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Boyer Leads Oregon During Critical Time Many Problems Fill Three-Year Tenure Of Retiring Chief Executive By BUD JERMAIN An eventful term of office while serving as chief executive of the school has been the lot of Dr. C. Valentine Boyer, retiring president, under whose leadership the Uni versity went through a critical period in its development. Appointed to the office in 1934 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, Dr. Boyer took over the reins of administration at a hectic time. The state board appointed a new chancellor and a new president of Oregon State college at the same time they selected Dr. Boyer. The University had been in the lime light for some time, and the Zorn McPherson bill, to unite the Uni versity and state college at Cor vallis had only recently been laid to rest by voters of the state. Goes Through Fight icvK.mg umue jusl ai rne time pressure was being brought to bear to end compulsory student body fees, Dr. Boyer saw the fee fight through to the bitter end, when optional fees won out. In the finan cial upset following the change, the University went through a try ing period 1 readjustment. Not long after taking up the duties of office Dr. Boyer faced the storm which raged over compul- ' sory-optional military training, coming out in favor of compulsory training. This controversy con tinued throughout his entire term of office, until it was finally settled by voters throughout the state at; the last election. Gets Full Power President Boyer was given full executive powers shortly after be ing appointed, even taking over some of the powers formerly dele gated to the chancellor's office, although he was not formally in augurated until 1936, when he was sworn in at a solemn ceremony. Chancellor Kerr resigned his post the same year of Dr. Boyer’s appointment to the presidency, and , after some discussion as to wheth -er or not to retain the office of chancellor, the state board named Frederick M. Hunter, former chancellor of the University of Denver, to the post. Traditions Buried The last stand of campus "tra dition'1 gave way during Dr. Boyer’s regime when he issued a ban on “hacking" for tradition violations. Hacking on the libe steps was outlawed by the presi dential edict. It was issued on the ground that political ill feeling was being aroused by such measures. Campus traditions of this nature had been for some time in the pro cess of dying a natural death, the 1 Campus Calendar Alpha Delta Sigma—Importan meeting at 4 this afternoon i Professor Thacher's office. Dane committee be sure to attend. Alpha Kappa Delta will mee Wednesday evening, December 1 at 7:30, in the AWS room, Gerlin ger. There will be no meeting of th prose and poetry or Art and musi groups of Philomelete this weeh Women’s Athletic associatioi will hold a meeting to award ath letic honors in Gerlinger hal Thursday evening. Skull and Dagger will mee Thursday at 10 p.m. at the Collegi Side. ban was placed during the last at tempted revival. Building Booms It was while Dr. Boyer was serv ing as head of the University thai a million-dollar building prograrr went through, the University gain ing a new infirmary, a new men': physical education plant, and i half-million dollar library. Thi: building program is still going on in a less conspicuous degree. Dr Boyer also took active part in ; campaign for a student unioi building, a project as yet unreal ized. ASUO Setup Change Athletic activities were separat ed from educational activities dur ing this period, the step being nec essary to straighten out the tang] 3d student body finances. The setuj adopted finally consigned of separ ate athletic and educational board: with both student and faculty membership. Another reforn which took place not so long age was the changing of the studen' aody constitution which rearrang 2d the entire ASUO setup. Enrollment of the University un der Dr. Boyer's administratioi grew from around 2000 to th< present high figure of approxi mately 3000 students, with a corro sponding increase in the faculty. Also introduced while Dr. Boye: was in office was government aic ’or college students, the granting }f NYA funds by the governmenl supplying the first federal assist ance to University students. Campus Friends (Continued from parte one)■ ■ lice even to a hired girl. By thi way, you can tell a lot about peoph oy the way they treat their help,’ she concluded. And such is the man the campu: knows. Iarkwood, SILK STOCKINGS Of Qift of DISTINCTION l Larkwood hosiery is distin guished for its EVEREADY MATCHMEND and VAMP TOE features—for the beauty of its texture—and for its longer wearing qual ity. A gift of Larkwood hosiery will delight any woman you know—and re flect your own discerning good taste. t 9 w: n 9q 79c to $1.15 Jain our Hosiery Club . . 13th pair Free WILLIAMS’ STORES 1015 Willamette St, Ex-County Judge Fehl Must Face ! Insanity Charge Oregon May Suffei From Federal Cul Of Road Funds Ioj uunuu.s iuliuCiWAI MEDFORD, Nov. 30.—Earl H Fehl, former Jackson county judge goes on trial tomorrow on an in 1 sanity charge. A panel drawn from the regular jury list will hear kthe testimony, although according to Presiding Circuit Judge H. D. Norton the functions of a jury in the case are not definite in Ore 1 gon. The district attorney’s office said the deputy warden, chaplain, and two guards of the state prison, where Fehl had previously served a term for ballot theft would be | called as witnesses. Four psychiatrists last week pro nounced that Fehl was a victim of paranoia, a persecution complex. U. S. Ship Taken SHANGHAI, Nov. 30. — The American flag was hurled into the Whangpoo river today when Jap anese took possession of an Amer | ican-owned launch. Immediate protest was made by the U. S. Consul General Clarence E. Gauss. This ship and two Italian ves sels were appropriated by the Jap anese as they continued to follow their policy of taking anything necessary for transportation of supplies and troops to the interior of China. Italian authorities were under stood also to have protested. Roads Lose Out PORTLAND, Nov. 30.—Oregon’s highway modernization program may be delayed 15 years if Presi dent Roosevelt’s recommendations for cutting federal aid road funds are carried through, the state highway commission said today. The proposed reduction would mean a $50,000,000 loss to the state. Pork Barrel! WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. — Cut production costs of home building, say the congressmen, but don’t curtail road building expenditures. Such was the general congression al reaction to the president’s last message, observers reported today. Roosevelt asserted that he made the road cut recommendation out of necessity for securing a bal anced budget. Campus Yarns Tell (Continued from f'tnjc one) stock, he took with him. He is believed to be “the only fellow in school that year smoking two-bit cigars.” Another short, short story about our prexy is the one of his exper iences with the “old oil.” He worked in the Pennsylvania oil fields in summer vacations while a young fellow, gaining much valu able training as well as certain properties. “The income from his oil pro perties came in very handy while he was studying at the American academy in Rome and Athens in 1906—until the deluge came.” “The fall rains flooded his wells causing production to stop sud denly. With his visible means of sup port swept away student Boyer headed home from Greece — via steerage. Three Students Head (Continued from page one) possibilities would be good to bring a surprise bonus attraction to the campus for card holders. Bob Bailey will be campus pro motion chairman, Keith Osborne as advertising manager, Vivian Runte, secretary, and Dick Litfin publicity chairman, Hall said. Two night ASUO dances will be held for card holders also, accord ing to the three chairmen. Oregon's daily Emerald will also be a top attraction for card buy ers, being delivered to ASUO mem bers free. < 100 Per Cent j Plans were formulated last night for a campus 'TOO per cent'1 drive, : houses and individual salesmen topping the rest being scheduled for prizes. Six captains to be announced in 1 the near future will handle sales on the campus, which will be divid ; ed into six sections. , The ASUO card will be $5 this term, Assistant Activities Mana j ger Zollie Volchok said last night _ DK CLARK SPEAKS Dr. Ft. C. Clark of the history department addressed the business administration honorary at their annual banquet last night. The subject of his speech was “Hudson Bay Company Archive..'’ Six Men Have Held University President Position Since 1875 — By ELIZABETH ANN JONES Six men have helped to mold the destiny of the University of Oregoi from the presidential chair since the school was founded in 1875. Thei I were Professor J. W. Johnson. Dr. Charles H. Chapman. Dr. Franl Strong. Dr. Prince L. Campbell, Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, and Dr Clarence Valentine Boyer. President Johnson held that office from the time Deady hall Final Flans Listed For Soph Informal Program Completed For Jig to Be Held After Hoop Game Yesterday the committee for the ! sophomore informal met and for mulated last-minute plans for the dance to be held Saturday night in the Igloo following the basketball game with Multnomah club. Joe College decorations will be placed on the walls with pennants of every college and university that Oregon meets in the conference basketball schedule this year. These decorations are to be put up immediately following the game by the entire committee. A special dad's sections has been arranged for in the gallery in order that fathers do\Vn for the weekend may view a college dance. All sophomores holding class cards will get a 25-cent reduction I on the admission price which will be a dollar. The dance will be semi-formal for men and women with no corsages. Christmas Revels Set for December 11 Big plans are now being made for the annual Christmas Revels dance party to be held in Gerlin ger hall Saturday, December 11, announced Vivian Runte and' Har- | ] ry Hodes, respectively, presidents of the Orides and Yeomen, indepeo- I dent women^s and men’s organiza tions. Although the party is sponsored, by the independent groups it has always been a traditional all-cam pus affair in which the students and faculty membens get together for a yuletide spree a few days be , fore the worries of the final exams. This year it is hoped to get a hundred per cent faculty turnout; tef cut loose and frolic with thei youngsters. Numerous skits have j been planned in which the faculty i will rib and be ribbed along with the student big shots. Christmas decorations and an honest to good ness jolly Santa Claus will be on hand to make it truly a Yuletide j party. Ski Enthusiasts to Hold Meeting in Men's Gym Friday Ski-minded University students are invited to attend the “Ski Laufers” local ski organization at the meeting of the society Friday, December 3, according to Mps. H. A. Moore secretary of the board of the Ski-Laufers. The program will include movies of a snowmobile in action on Mount Hood and the McKenzie areas, with a talk by Mr. Davidson, inventor of the snowmobile. Plans for the coming ski season will be discussed and there will be a re port on the membership drive. Friends of members are invited to attend this meeting, said Mrs. Moore, and University students are eligible to join. Education Council Meets in Corvallis A joint meeting of the graduate council of the Oregon State Sys tem of Higher Education was held at Corvallis on Monday, Novem ber 29, according to Clara L. Fitch, secretary of the graduate division. Dean George Rebec presided over the session which is held once each term alternately at the State Col lege and the University. LIKE HEAD PHOTOGRAPHED Included in a group of pictures of visitors to a South American cattle ranch which appears in the December issue of National Geo graphic are Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Douglass. The picture was taken last year as they took their vac i tion traveling in South America. CLARK WRITES ARTICLE Dr. R. C. Clark, head of the his tory department, has "received the latest Paciifc Northwest Quarterly in which he has written the article “Chief Factors of the Columbia Department. ’ the first building erected on thi campus, was opened to students ii 1875 until 1893. Johnson, a pionee and a classicist, organized the Uni versity and put it on its feet as i smoothly functioning unit. Th< first president was a graduate o Yale university. The second administrative heat of Oregon from 1893 to 1899 wa; Dr. Charles H. Chapman, brillianl mathematician, and able speaker who was a graduate of Johns Hop kins university and came to Ore gon from the Wisconsin State Nor mal school at Milwaukie. At the time of Chapman's presidency there were no high schools in Ore gon, and the University president through a series of addresses tc the citizens of Oregon, was largely responsible for their establishment under a state system. Chapman was instrumental in establishing revolutionary methods and ideas in the University, especially in the field of science. The period of reorganization and radical change at the University continued during the administra tion of the third president, Dr. Frank Strong, of Yale, who served in the office from 1899 until 1902. Dr. Strong continued the policies of President Chapman, and togeth er the two brought about the com plete change of Oregon from a small western college to a modern university. President Prince L. Campbell served the longest term of any executive of the University — 23 years from 1902 until his death in 1925. To his winning personality and untiring efforts for the appro priation of state funds for the Uni versity, Oregon owes the erection of adequate buildings to house her growth during these years. To Campbell, more than any other in dividual, is given the credit for building the University into what it is today. During his administra tion the student enrollment grew from 230 to 3,000. When the state legislature referred the appropria tion of money to the University to a vote of the people, President Campbell devoted his time to sjiic cessful campaigning in all parts of the state. The fifth University president, Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, who ser*ved from 1925 until 1932, was an eloquent orator and a brilliant man. He won national fame as a political scientist, and did much to further music and other forms of art at Oregon. From 1932 to 1934 the office of president was left vacant, with Chancellor William J. Kerr of the Oregon state system of higher edu cation acting as administrative head. In 1934 Dr. C. Valentine Boyer, a Princeton university graduate, accepted the office of president of the University of Oregon. His ad ministration, which ended with his resignation in July of this year, has seen the addition of a fine new library, physical education build ins and the infirmary, as well as the rise of the student enrollment from the low depression level to as high a figure as has ever been teached. First Libe Collection Receives Book Plates New book plates for the thou sand or so books comprising the original University lifyrarjfl have been received, M. H. Douglass, li brarian, has announced. These books Were donated to the library by Henry Villard in 1882. The book plate reads, “This book was presented to the University of Oregon in 1882 by Henry Villard, founder of the University of Ore gon library. It is one of the orig inal volumes given by Mr. Villard when the library was established.’’ Above this inscription is a picture of Mr. Villard. Class Hears Credit Management Talk Students studying credit man agement were given a practical knowledge of their work yester day when Walter S. Garrett, man ager of the electrical department of Washburne's spoke on “Install ment Credit ami Selling.’’ This talk, which followed a class demonstration on interviews, gave practical illustrations on how a credit man would open an inter view for credit and how he would decline an applications without in juring tilt applicant _ feeling-. Frances Brockman To Plag at Concert Spanish Symphony to Be ..Featured. Next Sunday [ sympnony Espngnole by Lain, , the number that Frances Brock , ' man played as a guest artist with the Boston Symphony orchestra, j will be the featured number of her concert with the University sym , phony orchestra Sunday. Miss Brockman will also give a , group of violin solos as the final : number of the concert, among which will be Kreisler's “Siciliano et Rigaudon.” One of the most . popular of the Debussy waltzes, j ‘‘La Plus Que Lente.” One of the most interesting num bers on her program will be "Noe j turne” by Lili Boulanger, one of the few really great women com posers. She died at the age of 25 I years, and every year for 20 years, Paris has held a funeral for her. A Spanish dance by Granados Kreisler and a Russian dance by Stravinsky-Dushkin are also num ! bered among Miss Brockman’s se lections. The University symphony orches i tra, in its first concert of the sea | son, will play a group of selec tions, generally popular with con j cert-goers. Among these will be the unforgettable unfinished “Sym phony” by Schubert. Two dances, the “Polka” and “Dance of the Comedians” from Swetana's “Bar tered Bride.” opera house from an old Spanish fairy tale, are also listed. Bizet's “Farandole” and the In termezzo from the Wolf-Ferrari “Jewel of the Madonna,” are also to be played by the 65-piece group. — Dimit Interviewed on ! Emerald Program The new boxing program of the University was the feature of last night’s Emerald of the Air with Don Kennedy interviewing Jimmy j Dimit, boxing coach and captain, j on the aspects of the sport as car ried on this year. Dimit said a tentative meet with Oregon State mit men is being ar ranged as a January event. The sport was formerly only a physical \ education activity, but has been i moved into the category of a com petitive sport this year through , the efforts of department officials. Miss Ethel Sawyer Gives Book Lecture Miss Ethel R. Sawyer, browsing room librarian, has just completed i a scries of five lectures on current books at Gill’s in Portland. Miss Sawyer talked on current biogra phies, books of poetry, and novels. The talks were given every oth er week on Saturday mornings in the auditorium of Gill’s. A small admission was charged for the lec tures. — PHI SIG HAS GUEST Robert L. Faber, traveling secre tary for Phi Sigma Kappa, has been a guest of the University of Oregon chapter for the past four days. Mr. Faber, an Illinois gradu ate in 1935, is making an inspec tion on the financial condition of j fraternities throughout the coun I try. j Faculty Backs Erb (Continued from pae/c one) bu.sine.su, returned there to gain lii.s master’s degree in 1924. Dr. Erb, along with four other men, was nominated for the posi tion at a special meeting of the state board on October 11. He ar rived on the campus November 10 for a three-day visit and interviews with University officials and heads of departments, following which he attended the California game in Portland and met members of the board. Receives I'li.ll. at Harvard Dr. Erb began his work for a doctor of philosophy degree in 1925 at Harvard. During his second year there he was awarded the Thayer fellowship and at the end of the year the Ricardo prize for out i standing economics work. He was also granted the Sheldon travelling fellowship during the summer of 1930. While on the Oregon campus he was named the “tops” in the Uni versity faculty by outgoing seniors of 1929. Going to his present posi tion of associate professor of eco nomics in the spring of 1933, he at once took an important position in that departmnet. During the past school year he was made acting head of his department. Besides his interest in his chosen field, the young professor has shown a keen ability and enthu siasm in sports—both college ath , letics and out-of-doors activities such an fishing. College Drivers Good Campus Cop Avers — By DORIS LINDGREN “The average student on the campus is a good and considerate driver and will stand comparison with any like group anywhere in the j country,” claims O. L. Rhinesmith, auto enforcement officer on the campus. There is less violation of traffic rules on the campus than there is aown town in comparison to tne number of drivers, Mr. Rhinesmith stated. This is due to the student attitude rather than to any traffic enforcement, he explained. “There is, however, as in any group of its size, those who are inconsiderate of the safety and rights of other people, and to a large degree they are the ones who make automobile regulations nec essary,” said Mr. Rhinesmith. The 1932 ruling was passed by the state board of higher educa tion prohibiting the use of cars by students whether privately owned, owned by parents, or rented, with only four exceptions. The excep tions were provided for married students, students with physical disability, students who could show to the satisfaction of the auto committee the need for a car for doing work which enabled them to attend school, and students who , commuted to and from school. To these students permits were issued at a cost of $1 for each car. “Abviously,'' said Mr. Rhinesmith, “there were vigorous objections to the ruling, and the objectors lost no time in informing the Univer sity.” Most vigorous of all groups out side the campus were the oil com panies. After a short trial demon strated that the ruling was not satisfactory, it was repealed and the present ruling established by the state board at the instigation of a joint committee from the Uni versity and the State College. Present regulations formulated by the auto committee and admin istrative officers require a student driving any car at any time under ! any circumstances to register his car and carry a sticker issued by the automobile office on the wind shield at all times while enrolled in the University. It is further required that stu dents sfiall observe state and city traffic regulations and maintain an acceptable social and scholar ship record. Revoking student per mits because of low scholarship us ually proves effective in rajsing their grades, Mr. Rhinesmith stat ed. Since license numbers change in January, it is necessary to reg ister cars twice yearly in the traf fic office. "The most noticeable thing about student cars this year, is probably the great improvement in the quality of cars driven by stu dents,” said Mr. Rhinesmith. “We have still occasionally a 'Viber 8’ or ‘Old Doc Yak’ on the campus, but they are not nearly so popular as they were a few years ago,” he said. CMW,#* KflEILIjQ MIDNIGHT TONIGHT One Showing Only! ■Qa Fearless.' |Amaiii6! FRANK ENTERTAINMENT FOR THOSE WHO WANT A NEW SCREEN THRILL st cans or lw» j\ ♦ TRUST EXPOSED! NEVER BEFORE REVFALFD' Special lecture by the Eminent Authority on Problems of Morals Dr. Eugene Vp^TAIRE “THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC” Frank! Daring! Fearless! Note: The Heilig Theatre has been leased to Mapel Attrac tions Co. for these special mid nite showings. Winter Term A.S.U.O. CARDS will be on sale at the Rally Dance today NO DOWN PAYMENT 2000 CARDS Big added attraction offered to students if this quota can be reached. Lets dance to a Big lime Orchestra winter term. « t e FREE dessert and other valuable prizes given to organizations going 100 pe.r cent.