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Score of Speakers Brings Teachers' Conference to End Prexy Candidate To Visit Campus, Talk With Faculty VOLUME XXXIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1937 NUMBER 26 UO Dads Day Planning to Start Today »' Students, Faculty and Dads to Talk Ideas; ASUO Committee to Pick Chief Plans for Oregon’s annual dads’ day program, December 4, 5, and 6, will move forward today when students, faculty members, and dads meet to select a chairman and complete plans for the weekend event. Members of the executive coun cil will meet this afternoon in the educational activities office to se lect a student chairman to direct the program. Call for Chairman Barney Hall, ASUO president, last night suggested that students interested in the position leave their names and qualifications with the secretary of the educational activities department. Tonight a group of Eugene dads of University students will meet with faculty members and a group of students to discuss plans for the three-day program. Plans will include dads’ club meetings with the election of offi cers, luncheons, dinners, and en tertainment. Alumni Dance to Be Held Saturday After WSC-Oregon Game A dance lor Oregon and Wash ington State students attending the Oregon-Washington State game .n Portland Saturday will be sponsored by the alumni associa tion Saturday evening in the Up town ballroom with alumni as hon ►ored guests, Elmer Fansett, alum ni secretary, said yesterday. A rejuvenated Oregon alumni will have an opportunity to con gregate at the dance with students for "a merry time for all,” Mr. Fansett said. Gill Evans and his (Crchestira will be the swing king for the eve ning. Tickets arc now available from rally committee men for 80 cents. Faulty Advice On 'Hitch'Given By Professor An English professor in the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology is ‘t’aking it all back.” In 1929 he told the graduating class ^ to “be a snob; marry the boss's daughter.” Now he declares, “I’ve decided the advice didn’t work out as well as I expected. By marrying the boss’s daughter the young man took the chance of acquiring the boss’s liabilities along with his assets.” Pantsless Frosh While other college professors and deans sit back and breathe a sigh of relief that Joe College is on the wane and hazing is no more, the Armour Institute of Technol ogy in Chicago goes onward with the true college spirit. The open season on frosh has started there and the poor greenie is subject to no end of embarrass ment when he refuses to wear his vbeanie. Sophomores catching such recalcitrants remove his trousers and then hide them. It is of no concern to them that the young man must go pantsless to his classes until he finds the hiding place of his trousers. Smooth Drivers No longer is the college student in Michigan considered a menace of the highway since the increase in the enrollment in Michigan State college’s police administration course. This five-year course, now in its third year at the university, is of fered in cooperation with the Michigan police and is made up of j courses including instruction in finger printing, ballistics, police communications, public relations, and other police problems. All courses are taught by the police experts of that state. Goodwill Tourer Barney Hall, ASUO president, will lead a group of University students on a visit to the Oregon State campus next week, where they will meet with OSO student officers. Winter Playground Open to Ski Team Winter Sport Fans To Have Chance to Develop Here With the announcement by the highway commission that the Mc Kenzie pass road will be kept open this winter as far as Frog Camp, Oregon students tan begin making active plans toward the formation of a ski team which would com pete with other Pacific coast uni versities. Oregon and OSC are the only major coast universities who have no such team, and the opening up of the Three Sisters region should make this possible. The terrain above and around Frog Camp is as good as any in the United States, and though accommodations are scarce, Paul Lafferty, president of the Obsidians has announced that their lodge will be available to University students who are in terested in this sport. The possibility also exists that a small stand where hot foods can be bought will be installed at the end of the road, making it possible for skiiers to spend the entire day in the Sisters region without both ering to prepare their own meals. A few miles above Frog Camp, the trees thin out, exposing mile after mile of ideal ski terrain, and the fact that these slopes are pro tected from the wind and are high enough to ensure dry powder snow for the duration pf the winter months, will eventually make this region one of the best known ski countries,in the world. Skiiers report excellent snow as early as November, and as late as the first part of July, and it should not be very long before Oregon and OSC are engaged in skiing competitions. Landscape Majors Design New Camp A group of senior landscape ar chitecture majors have been given the opportunity to experiment with designs for a few sections of the new forest camp being constructed in the Willamette forest beyond McKenzie Fridge, Fred A. Cuth bert, instructor for the class, an nounced yesterday. The designs as finally made will be constructed by the forest serv ice. Work included in the project will be designing of camp furniture, shelters, and landscaping of the area. The experience that the students working on the project will gain will prove of great value to them, Mr. Cuthbert said, because many of the graduates enter the nation al forest service, or some form of park service. Beck Will Speak at Speech Assembly Lester F. Beck, assistant profes sor of psychology, will speak on the “Psychology of Stage Fright,” at the monthly speech assembly to be held in Villard hall Thursday evening at 7:30. This assembly is open to all in terested. Lonely Days End For Students As 'Guide' Is Issued Telephone, Address Books Go on Sale Today Today is the day. No longer need the lonely males and coeds lament. The "Pigger’s Guide” is out and will be on sale today at a booth opposite Commerce and Ore gon on Thirtenth, at the education al activities office, and at the Co-op store. Following the plan of super streamlined publications on the campus the student directory has been dressed up in gay green and lemon yellow covers and printed on buff book paper to make the finding and reading of the names at Oregon easier. Despite the ris ing costs of paper and printing the price of the "Guide” to names and phone numbers remains at 25 cents. Maps Included In the back of the book is a map of the University campus, along with floor plans of the new library. At the campus booths groups of coeds will act as salesmen for the annual phone and address publica tion. This year’s edition was edited by Les Miller with Bill Lubersky act ing as business manager. Direc tors reported a larger income this year than in previous years. Drivers' Exams Are Scheduled for Friday, Saturday Mark Taylor, examiner of opera tors and chauffeurs, will be in Eu gene Friday and Saturday, Novem ber 5 and 6. Drivers’ examinations will be given at the Knights of Pythias hall from 9 to 6 on Friday and from 8 to 5 on Saturday. All those wishing permits or licenses to drive cars are asked to see Mr. Taylor during these hours. OREGANA NOTICE All Oregana house agents are to report at the Oregana office in the Educational Activities shack between 1 and 4 today. Amateur Jockeys Ride Marble Boards By DAVID COMPTON “It's stupendous, breath-taking, nerve-tingling, heart-breaking, marvelous.” These are the praises sung for the latest indoor sport to lit the Oregon campus. According to the many exponents of the game, it combines the Cooke's Voyages Will Be Theme of Beekman Essays The Oregon Historical society has selected ‘‘The Voyage of Cap tain James Cook to the Northwest Coast” as the subject for this year’s Beekman essay contest. The prizes offered are four in number, first $60; second $50; third $40; and fourth, $30; and will be awarded for the best four original essays. Only girls or boys over 15 years of age and under 18 eighteen years of age and under 18 or private school, academy, sem inary, college, university or other educational institution within the state of Oregon, can compete in this contest. Essays submitted in competition must not exceed 2,000 words in length and must be in either pen or typewriting. Full details con cerning specific rules of the con test may be obtained at the his tory department. The contest clos es March 16, 1938. Besides the cash awards each winner will also receive a bronze medal. Library Purchases Crusaders' History “The History of the Crusaders,” by Michaud and illustrated with engravings by Gustave Dore was bought yesterday by the Univer sity library. The funds came from the Pauline Potter Homer founda tion. The book, in two volumes is about six hundred pages long. Each volume is approximately ten by fourteen inches wide and nearly ‘three inches thick. stamina of football, the patience of a rubber of bridge, and the “never say die spirit” of baseball into one thrilling game. Yet any one with the IQ of a moron can become an expert in a short time. “Pinball railbirding,” as it is called is indeed a popular sport as can be attested by the steadily increasing number of addicts. Each afternoon and evening finds games in full swing in any of the num erous hash-houses or drug stores where the pin-games may be found. The railbirds hang around the ma chines like a pack of vultures wait ing for a free meal. Then as some sucker sauntres up to the board and starts emptying his pocket book into the bowels of the ma chine, they pull a Notre Dame shift and make a mad dash for places on the line of fire. Broken bones during this rush do not distract from the pleasure of the game in the least. The game is started by the guy that is playing the marble board. As the ball rolls onto the playing field the excitement mounts high. With faces tense, the railbirds lean forward. All eyes are glued on the ! elusive little ball. 'A player feints to the left and then lurches for ! ward in an endeavor to keep the ball out of the wrong hole. His , efforts are in vain as the ball ; plunks into a hole at the top of the board. A jaw drops, but is quickly picked up again. Low noises re sembling moans are heard along the scrimmage line. The line shifts to the right and play is resumed. The quarterback calls time out as 40 to 1 odds appear. Faces go white with excitement. A woman shrieks. Everyone literally guides the ball down the board with his j body. The ball comes to a rest. (Please turn to page three) To Visit Campus Professor Homer L. Doilge of the University of Oklahoma was en route to Oregon last night to visit the University campus, supposedly in connection with his candidacy for the president's chair vacated hy Dr. C. Valentine Boyer. AWS Sponsors Prof, Student Tea Mixer Starting a new precedent, cam pus men and women will have an opportunity to invite their favor ite professor for a cup of coffee at the AWS tea to be held Thurs day in Gerlinger from 3 until 5. This tea is for the purpose of getting acquainted with your pro fessor ip an informal atmosphere. The idea is to get your professor after class or ask them some time before if they wouldn’t like to go over and have coffee some time during the afternoon. AWS is lay ing emphasis on the fact that this is not for women but that men on the campus are to take advantage of this opportunity also. Mortar Board and the AWS council will act as hostesses with freshman women starting. The council decided that Novem ber 17 would be the date for the next mass meeting. Further plans were discussed for the weekly dances and committees were appointed to decide on an ap propriate time. The dances will be held either on alternate weeks or as monthly affairs. Donald Seaman Appointed Editor Of Lemon Punch Students Interested In Working on Staff Contact Editor Donald Seaman, junior in the school of journalism, has been ap pointed editor of Oregon’s 1938 humor magazine, "Lemon Punch" ; which will appear as a feature in the 1938 Oregana and at least one ! other time this year. An effort will be made, accord ing to Seaman, to revive the tra ditional Oregon humor of years gone by which was published in "Lemon Punch.” The name "Scru ples,” which has been used for the past two years, was discarded be ! cause it has no connection with the University. All articles and jokes in the pub lication will be original this year, as will the cartoons and other fea tures. The deadline for material will be January 3 when the maga zine must be ready for the printer. This advanced deadline is even ahead of the usual appointment of the editor. Students interested in working on the staff may contact Seaman or attend a meeting which will be held soon in the journalism build ing. 'Emerald of the Air' Features Interview The Emerald of the Air last night featured an interview of Werner Asendorf, German ex change student, by Don Kennedy, program director. j Asendorf said that when he j learned of his acceptance as an ex change student, he had a choice between Stanford and Oregon. He chose Oregon because he preferred a smaller community where people are more friendly and he could be closer to the American people. He denied taking any "training course” before coming here, and said that the Germans were very much in favor of Adolf Hitler and his policies. He said that Herr Hit ler has reduced Germany’s unem ployment from 5,000,000 to 500,000. He believes that Hitler's final aim is peace and a unified Europe. Questioned about differences be tween German girls and American coeds, he said that German girls are more natural, but that coeds are "pretty nice, too”. Asendorf saw his first football game in Eugene and got a big thrill out of it, he said. He admit ted that he was “not much of a sportsman,” but hoped that he was a “good sport.” Curriculum Data At Glance Will Be Feature of Booklet Information at el glance con cerning educational facilities at the six institutions administered under the state system of higher educa tion is being offered prospective students in a new booklet entitled “Courses of Study, Oregon State System of Higher Education.” The booklet was prepared by the divi sion of information of the system. The booklet, designed primarily to help the high school student se lect a college curriculum best suit ed to his needs, gives a brief but complete exposition of all courses of study, both general and special ized, offered in the six institutions, University of Oregon, Oregon State college, normal schools at Ashland, Monmouth, and LaGrande, and the medical school in Portland. An other purpose is to give a picture of the unified institutions and the way in which their functions are coordinated under the leadership of Chancellor Frederick M. Hun ter. Included in the booklet is a dou ble page curricula chart which gives a tabular summary of each course of study. The booklet was planned and composed by Edwin T. Reed, pub lications editor for Oregon State System of Higher Education. He was assisted by Delmer M. Goode, publications editor at the state col lege, and George N. Belknap, Uni versity editor. Charles L>. Byrne, director of information for the sys (Please turn to page three) Prexy Nominee To Visit Campus Prominent Physi cist Was Main Factor in Building Oklahoma Graduate School Visitor on the campus today, Ho mer L. Dodge, candidate for the presidency of the University, has attracted national prominence for his work in building up the grad uate school of the University of Oklahoma. Since going to his present place at the Norman, Oklahoma school, Dr. Dodge has held many positions in the department of physics. He started as professor of physics and head of that department in 1919, and became director of the school of engineering physics in 1924. Also a member of the governing board of American Institute of Physics since 1932 and director of the Ok lahoma bureau of standards since 1919, besides which he has held numerous special appointments and positions in research and sur vey work in his field. He has served as president of the Oklahoma chapter of the American Association of Univer sity professors and on the national council of that council. In 1923, he was president of that state’s academy of science. Four Fellowships He has held fellowships in four scientific societies and has had four books and about 50 research papers published. Besides his writ ing- on physics and other science articles, Dr. Dodge is the author of many papers on educational prob lems published in various papers. His foremost work has been in the graduate school of which he was made dean in 1926. Dean Dodge regards as one of his most 1 important contributions to that school, the adoption of programs of study leading to the degree of doctor of education. Oklahoma was among the first ten institu tions to confer this degree. Two of the 50-year-old educa tor’s earliest accomplishments on the Oklahoma campus were his part in the establishment of a fac ulty club and the improvement in the standards for high school teachers in the state. Affiliated with Fiji, social fra ternity, and Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Delta Kappa, hon orary societies, is this third can didate to visit our campus. Besides the out-of-doors avoca tions of boating, camping and the study of anthropology, he interests himself in art work, having man aged several exhibits in Iowa City, Iowa. Honorary to Discuss Buying and Selling Pi Lambda Theta, national edu cation honorary for women, will launch a new series of discussions on problems of better buying and selling at the second meeting of the season Monday evening. The sub jects are grouped under the title, “Educating the Economic Illiter ates.” Law School Fooers' To Go Under Hammer “Anything you’ve got for anything we’ve got” will be the cry of lawyer Sid Milligan when he auctions off his undated fellow law men to Oregon coeds on the law school steps at 12:45 p.m. next Thursday in preparation for their “Foo” themed dance Friday night at the fair grounds. The dance slated to begin at 9 p.m. will be held at “second barn on the left’’ after entering the fairgrounds. The unusual theme was chosen, says Keva Hearns, so cial arbiter of the “Stable Stomp,” “because to my knowledge this is the only dance on or off the cam pus to have a genuine foo motif.” Costumes for this term’s dance will be kept in accord with the rustic surroundings, anything "barny” being acceptable, accord ing to Ed Raudsep, dance chair man. The purpose of Thursday’s “bar gain sale” the lawyers declared is to “bring before the public, flow ers of the legal department that have heretofore bloomed unseen.” Ticket chairmen, Jack McGirr and Nathan Cohen, are anticipat , ing an attendance exceeding 65 1 couples. Rally Planned for Oregon-California Grid Clash Nov. 12 Rally committee chairman Sam Fort and activities assistant Zollie Volchok returned from Portland yesterday after making arrange ments for a huge Oregon rally in the rose city Friday, November 12, preceding the California - Oregon grid clash the following day. Fort and Volchok held back in formation as to the plans for the rally, except for hinting at a ser pentine through the downtown streets followed by a rally at the Paramount theater. Fort said arrangements are be ing attempted for a rally dance also at the uptown ballroom. Fur ther information will appear in ' The Emerald. Mums to Be Sold For Oregon-WSC Game at Portland For the Oregon-Washington State football game in Portland this weekend, AWS is sponsor ing another mum sale with Har riet Sarazin as general chair man. The mums are being purchas ed from Tommy Luke's and can be picked up at either of his flower shops at 6th and Alder or 23rd and Sandy. The usual prices of 50c, 75c or $1.00 are prevailing. Orders will be taken by repre sentatives in each women's liv ing organization and AWS rep resentatives will contact all men's houses. The orders must be in by Thursday evening by 5:00. Phi Chi Theta to Hold Banquet Here Soon A banquet, sponsored by the Phi Chi Theta, women's business ad fraternity, will be given in Eugene, November 16, it was announced to day by Vivian Runte, chairman in charge of arrangements. The guest speaker will be Erwin S. Adams, assistant to the presi dent of the Jantzen knitting mills of Portland. While the topic of his speech has not been definitely de cided, he will probably discuss the merits of a college education. Mr. Adams is a graduate of Ore gon having received his BS degree in 1924. Although this banquet is spon sored by and given for students en rolled in business courses, all oth er students and faculty members are welcome. A definite location for the ban quet has not been decided upon as yet although the place will be an nounced presently. Tickets will be placed on sale in a few days and may be secured either from the commerce building or from Vivian Runte. Mr. Adams is affiliated with the Phi Beta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma honorary fraternities. Dr. Lesch Is Host to Poet Don Blanding Dr. and Mrs. Edward Lesch were hosts at a small informal gathering Saturday evening at their home honoring Don Blanding, one of America’s foremost contemporary poets, who was a Eugene visitor last week. Mr. Blanding, who is a world traveler, entertained the group with stories of his adventures in many lands. He also read some of his poetry and discussed modern poetry trends with Dr. Lesch. Dr. Lesch and Mr. Blanding were classmates at Princeton. Dr. Homer L. Dodge Is Expected Today; Charles Remer Has Not Withdrawn A new development in the selec tion problem is the expected arriv al on this campus this afternoon of another nominee, Dr. Homer L. Dodge, dean of the graduate school of the University of Oklahoma, for a short visit and interview with University officials. Although rumor stories were printed yesterday that Dr. Charles P. Remer, Michigan economics professor being prominently men tioned for the Oregon presidency, had withdrawn from the race, it was learned from Willard L. Marks, president of the state board of higher education, that such was not the case. Contrary to the stories that Dr. Remer had returned to his home in Ann Arbor and had wired his withdrawal from consideration. Chairman Marks said yesterday that no formal offers or decisions will be made by either side until all the candidates have had the opportunity to visit the campus. Thus far only Dr. Remer and Dr. Clarence M. Updegraf, University of Iowa candidate, have been here. Said Chairman Marks, “No an nouncement of the choice is immi nent because no final decision has been made,” thus passing off ru mors that any man had been of fered the position. Candidates to Visit In keeping with the plan of the state board to have each candidate visit the campus and be inter viewed, it was learned that Dr. Dodge, a physics professor and head of that department since 1919 at his present school, will arrive this afternoon to look over the sit uation and talk with faculty mem bers. He is believed to be the man favored for the position by several board members. Dr. Remer, a visitor here two weeks ago, is known to have the backing of many of the faculty. Dr. Updegraf, assistant to the president of the University of Iowa, was on the campus shortly after school started, while two of the other candidates being consid ered, David Faville and Donald Erb, of the Stanford economics de partment have not been here re cently. Interesting was the remark of Chairman Marks yesterday, that several other names are before the board for consideration. No hint has been given before this that there were others besides the five prominently named at the board’s special session October 11, for choosing a president. He has also stated that the announcement will come after consideration of the candidates by the entire board, and not just by any part of it. OSC Victory March Credited to Spirit Oregon State College students, expecting chastisement for their i now famous victory march to the University of Oregon campus, turned out in record numbers for a special student body meeting yes terday. President G. W. Peavy attrib ed the demonstration to enthusi asm and asked cooperation in maintaining the institution’s repu tation with the public. Students regarded the incident as closed. Ray Marlowe Visits On Campus Tuesday Ray Marlowe, tenor from San Francisco, was a guest of Mr. and , Mrs. Rex Underwood of the Univer sity music school here Tuesday, while on his way to a singing en gagement in Seattle. Mr. Marlowe was a tenor soloist in the Eugene trail pageant in the summer of 1934. Social Problems Will Be Discussed Mrs. Mary Hilburn Jackson will lead the social problems discussion at Westminster house tonight from 9 to 10 p.m. Mrs. Jackson will speak on "Share Croppers” of southeastern states.