Housing Problem
Gets Resolution
From Committee
volume xxxix
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Dads Will Discuss
Deferred Pledging
At 10 o'clock Today
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1937
NUMBER 44
Pledges Must Live in
Dorms and Houses,
. Housing Board Rules
Frosh Soph 'Farming Out' Hit by Order;
Benefits of Organizations Are Lessened if
Students Live Out, Belief
By GORDON RIDGWAY
Ffeshman and sophomore pledges whose houses are too
crowded to house them must move into some campus living
organization for winter term, Karl W. Onthank, chairman of
the housing committee revealed today. A resolution to that
effect was passed by the committee earlier in the week.
At the beginning of fall term a few fraternities pledged more
freshmen than they could house in the available space. As a
result, some of the surplus frosh have been “farmed out” in
Eugene rooming houses, it was said.
une committee decreed that
those students, unless the house
now has room for them, must move
into a dormitory or similar or
ganization. Exceptions will be
made, as usual, for the ones who
“live out” for financial reasons.
The committee believes, according
to one member, that the fraterni
ties cannot possibly help the fresh
men with regard to campus life
if the pledges are not living in
the house.
More Regulations Due
Further housing regulations,
concerning the maximum number
of students that may live in each
house, will be passed before the
advent of winter term, Onthanlc
said. The committee has been
studying housing conditions on the
campus all term. An engineer of
the state board of health recently
helped them in making a survey
of the amount of space allowed to
a person on the sleeping porches
of the University dormitories and
in several of the houses. The re
sults in some places were not as
satisfactory as they might be, a
member of the committee said.
No “Crack Down”
Committee members explained
that they are not seeking to “crack
down” upon any group, but they
want to assure the students of get
ting as much as they pay for.
They believe that too crowded liv
ing quarters furnish good breeding
ground for winter illness.
The committee also desired all
students “living out” who intend
to keep their same arrangements
next term call at the dean of wo
men’s office for approval cards be
fore Christmas vacation.
Law School Takes
Concert Invitation
* Students Will Write
On Copyright Law
For $100 Prize
An invitation to participate in
the national Nathan Burkan me
morial competition was received
by the law school this week from
President Gene Buck of the Amer
ican Society of Composers, Auth
ors, and Publishers, sponsors of the
contest.
The competition, extended only
to the foremost law schools of the
country, awards an annual prize of
$100 to the graduating student of
fering the best thesis on copyright
law.
The prize-winners of each uni
versity will present their work to
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v Registration to
Begin at 8 a.m.
For UO Fathers
All dads are urged to register
upon arriving on the campus
today. Registration is at John
son hall from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The living organizations are
competing for prizes for having
the most dads with the A. W.
Norblad trophy as first prize and
the Paul T. Shaw trophy as sec
ond. For the biggest percentage
of freshman fathers registered
the O. L. Laurgaard cup is to be
given.
Registration has been in
* charge of Elizabeth Turner and
Dean Virgil D. Earl.
Reservations for the banquet
can be made through Dean Earl's
office in Johnson hall.
I
Annual Informal
Tonight to Open
Doors for Dads
All-Campus Soph Hop
In McArthur Court
Offers Two Bands
Dads have an official invitation
from the sophomore class to at
tend the annual all-campus sopho
more informal tonight in McAr
thur court at 9:30 as guests of the
class. A special section is reserved
for them.
Two Bands Scheduled
Two bands will play for the
dance, Gus Meyers of Oregon and
Bud Mercer of Oregon State. The
two band leaders say Oregon-OSC
rivalry will take on a new angle in
the "swing versus swing" contest.
The "informal” will be semi-for
mal for men, and formal for wo
men, according to Anne Frederick
son, campus social chairman.
Reduction to Card-Holders
Class card holders will be ad
mitted to the dance for a 25-cent
reduction, on presentation of class
cards. This means a couple for 75
cents instead of $1, according to
Co-chairmen Chuck Skinner and
Phil Lowry.
A "Joe College” theme is being
planned by Decoration Chairman
Bob Herzog. Programs will be
available at the door, Catherine
Murdock, program head, said last
night.
Comments on the poor dancing
condition of the court's floor
brought the promise of Carter
Fetch, floor chairman.
Intermission will bring enter
tainment to be presented with
campus amateur talent heading
the program, Don Palmblad, enter
tainment chairman, said.
Basketball Pinch Hits
For King Football as
UO Wins First Game
Athletic Contests Signal Season Change in
Oregon Sports Slate; Grid Year Thought
To Be Financial Success
By BILL PENGRA
A changing of athletic seasons this weekend found Oregon a 68 to 24
victor over the University of Portland hoop team in last night's game
at the Igloo and the grid team going into action this afternoon against
the University of Arizona at Tucson to end one of the most financially
successful seasons in several years.
Ushering in the newest edition of Webfoot basketball teams, Coach
Hobson’s towering boys stole a |
march on the regular season by
humbling the smaller Portland
Pilots in the game scheduled as a
feature of Dad’s weekend.
Seniors’ Last Game
The post-season tilt in Arizona
will give a last chance to play
under Oregon colors to nine men
who will finish their eligibility this
year. The men are Guard Tony
Amato, captain; Guard Joe Huston,
Guard Chan Berry, Center Vern
Moore, Tackle Bill Estes, Tackle
Chuck Bracher, Center Denny Bre
aid, Halfback Dale Lasselle, and
Fullback Arleigh Bentley. The
squad has remained in the south
since their victory over the San
Diego Marines last Saturday.
Although no definite figures
could be released before the final
game, the 1937 grid season has
been more successful financially
than any in the past several years,
it is believed by athletic officials.
Another sport will hold the spot
light this weekend, when Coach
Mike Hoyman gives the dads a pre
view showing of his varsity swim
ming and diving team this after
noon at 4 o’clock in Gerlinger pool.
Last year’s natators won all of
their major meets including the
northwest division championship.
3 Speech Contests
To Climax Activity
Speakers to Compete
For Cash Prizes
Next Week
Three Jewett contests next week
will climax the speech department
activities for this term.
The women’s intersectional con
test will be held Wednesday even
ing, December 8 in room 6, Friend
ly hall. The men’s intersectional
contest will be held Thursday even
ing, December 9, in Villard assem
bly.
Six men and six women will be
chosen from the twelve sections of
the extemporaneous speech classes
in a preliminary contest Monday
and Tuesday.
Judges will be chosen from
faculty members not connected
with the speech department and
townspeople. Prizes for the con
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Dr. SchmidtCorrects
Story of Presidents;
Has Many Memories
(Editor’s note: Dr. Friedrich G. Schmidt’s impressions of seven
Cniversity faculty today. He becomes eligible for the Carnegie
reporte. Dr. Schmidt is the oldest man in point of service on the
University faculty today. He becomes eligible for the Carnegei
Retirement Pension during the next academic year, as he is
now 69.)
Forty-one years of service as a professor of languages at the Uni
versity of Oregon is the record of Dr. Friedrich George Schmidt, the
the only man on the faculty who
has known every University presi
dent.
Dr. Schmidt came to the campus
.in 1897 as a full professor. The
University's appropriation at that
time wras only $30,000, he recalls,
and a full professor got just $1,200
a year—with no pay days during
the first six months because the
institution didn’t have any funds.
He will be eligible for retirement
under the Carnegie Pension fund,
which he recalls was obtained for
Oregon by President Arnold B.
Hall, during the next academic
year.
When Dr. Schmidt came to Ore
gon, the first president, John W.
Johnson, was president emeritus
and a professor in the Latin de
partment. C. H. Chapman was in
the presidential chair at that time,
and Dr. Schmidt characterizes him
as an excellent mathematician who
also occasionally taught philoso
phy.
Only One High School
The state’s only high school in
1897 was in Portland, the Univer
sity offering preparatory courses
to fill the need for secondary edu
cation throughout the state. Dr.
Chapman abolished all the high
school courses offered by the Uni
versity to encourage the various
communities to establish high
schools. He encountered much op
position in this move, the gray
haired educator recalls.
Dr. Strong, the University’s third
president, held that office for only
three years before going to Kansas
to accept a post as chancellor. "Dr.
Strong was an organizer. He was a
Yale man and Oregon’s most easy
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110 Fathers to Be
Feted at Events
Set for Tonight
Banquet, Basketball,
To Top Activities of
Gala Weekend for
UO Dads
Climaxing the program of the
;leventh annual Dad's weekend
vill be the banquet tonight in John
Straub Memorial hall starting at
5:30 with the program going on
the air through remote control
aver station KOAC between 7 and
i.
Reservations are still available
through Dean Virgil D. Earl's of
fice in Johnson hall at $1 a plate.
Any fathers who are not able to
jet them prior to the banquet may
purchase them at the door of John
Straub Memorial hall.
Chessman Will be Toastmaster
Acting as toastmaster will be
Merle R. Chessman, Astoria, presi
dent of the Oregon Dads, who will
officially open the banquet pro
gram. The Bardsmen will then sing
the Oregon pledge song which will
be followed by invocation by the
Rev. Earle B. Parker, of the Meth
odist Episcopal church in Eugene.
Greetings will be extended from
the state board of higher education
oy Senator W. E. Pearson, a mem
oer of the board, from the Oregon ,
Mothers by Mrs. W. C. Schaeffer,
/ice-president, from the ASUO by
Barney Hall, president, from the
AWS by Gayle Buchanan, presi
lent, and from the University of
Dergon by C. Valentine Boyer, act
ng president.
Throughout the dinner the Phi
3eta trio will furnish musical num
oers. As a part of the musical pro
gram the Gamma Phi Beta chorus
vill sing several selections and
3arbara Ward will sing.
Hunter Main Speaker
Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter
vill give the principal address of
;he evening and has chosen for his
heme “Building Oregon.’’ Follow
ng the chancellor’s speech will be
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Morning Business Meeting,
Campus Tour Highlights of
Today’s Dads’ Day Program
All Buildings to Hold
Open House; Profs
And Officials Stand
By to Welcome
Escorted not only by their sons
and daughters but by special Dad’s
day guides, Oregon dads will be
conducted on a campus-wide tour
this afternoon beginning at the
new library at 1 o'clock. Every
building on the campus will be
opened for dads to inspect, and
students, profs, and officials will
be on hand to greet the visitors.
Following a visit to the new
$465,000 library, where special ex
hibits of Oriental manuscripts, fine
books, and other displays have been
arranged, the dads will go to the
art museum for an inspection of
that building. The new infirmary,
the men's natatorium, and other
buildings will also be visited.
Volleyball Tilt Slated
Girls’ athletic exhibitions will
begin at 2:30 in Gerlinger hall.
Badminton, shuffle board, and vol
leyball will be played, featuring a
championship intramural playoff i
between Kappa Kappa Gamma and
Alpha Delta Pi for the campus vol
leyball title. Miss Warrine East
burn has arranged the exhibitions.
Beginning at 3 o’clock in the
new men's physical education
building, exhibitions of tumbling
and fencing will be staged in the
west activity room. At 3:30 box
ing and wrestling matches will be
presented. Russ Cutler is in charge
of the men’s athletic program.
Swimming in Gerlinger
At 4 o’clock a swimming and
diving exhibition, with varsity men
swimmers and members of Am
phibians, girls’ swimming organi
zation, participating, will be held
in Gerlinger hall. This part of the
program, which was previously an
nounced for the men's natatorium,
has been changed to Gerlinger to
better accomodate the girl swim
mers. One of the outstanding par
ticipants will be Barbara Bald
inger, holder of the national junior
880-meter championship, and 1940
Olympic prospect. Approximately
30 swimmers and divers will take
part in the exhibition.
The purpose of the open house,
which has been handled by a com
mittee headed by Lloyd Hoffman,
campus promotion chairman, is to
give the dads an idea of the facili
ties and activities made available
to Oregon students. Although the
dads may visit any building on the
campus at their own convenience,
they are urged to note the time
schodule of the program so as to
take advantage of the special en
tertainment which is being offered.
The Coaching Situation
(An editorial)
Threatened formation of the “CCCC” was perhaps not
the wiseest or most delicate manner in which to question
whether Coach Prince Gary Callison should be retained next
year.
Despite its premature birth, the CCCC has achieved its
purpose . . . the athletic activities board which passes on
the entire coaching staff has had its attention called to indica
tions of student dissatisfaction and rumors of low team
morale.
The main interest of that board should not be in naming
a coach who will win games. Oregon is in tough competition.
Too often the failure to win is the charge placed against a
coach. Coach Callison should not be judged upon his “games
won and lost’’ record but on whether he can produce a team
which can and will go out and play ball.
It is the duty of that board to the best of its ability and
within its financial limits to name a coach: (1) for whom the
Oregon team will want to play ball; (2) who can instruct
the team so that it can play ball.
The board has definite obligations to the student body,
the University, and the team which should be kept in mind
in making such a selection.
Indications are that the board realized these obligations
and will act accordingly. It is not fair to Coach Callison to
carry hte matter further until he has had a chance to speak
in his own behalf and to make known his plans for the future.
If rumors, apparently with some foundation, are true that
Coach Callison does not have the cooperation of his team and
that the morale of the team is bad, it would be better for both
Oregon and Callison if he went someplace else.
At any rate, the best of luck to the coach and team against
Arizona this afternoon.
Old Grad Returns to Play
Frances Brockman, talented University of Oregon graduate, I
will play her violin at a concert in McArthur court Sunday, the. last
of the fall term concert series.
Conceit to Wind Up
Festivities for Dads
Frances Brockman, nationally known concert violinist and Eugene
girl who returned recently from the Boston, conservatory of music,
will play Sunday afternoon at 3:15 o’clock in McArthur court.
The 23-year-old violinist upon her graduation from the University
has made a name for herself in the east as a concert player. She will
appear here as an extra attraction of the ASUO concert series.
The violinist will be accompanied by the University symphony
orchestra conducted by Hex un
derwood, her former teacher. The
orchestra at present is composed
of 65 pieces.
An interesting fact in regard
to the concert is that George Var
off, Oregon’s own world-champion
pole-vaulter, will be a member of
the orchestra.
Two world champions on one
program is quite an attraction, ac
cording to George Hoot, education
al activities manager, who holds
Miss Brockman "tops” in her work.
Miss Brockman has been busy
since her arrival in Eugene with
two radio broadcasts, banquets,
public appearances, and attending
affairs held in her honor spon
sored by music honoraries.
Admission for non-card holders
will be $1 and $1.25 for reserved
seats, and 50 cents general admis
sion.
MORRIS TO ADDRESS HI-Y
Victor P. Morris, dean of the
school of business, will address a
group of Hi-Y boys gathered for
a conference, under the auspices of
the Eugene YMCA, to attend a
banquet Saturday night.
His subject will be “Youth Fac
ing the Future.”
Champ Swimmers
Perform for Dads
As Varsity Champions
With Amphibians
Plan Program
Oregon’s varsity swimming team,
winners of the Northwest diving
and swimming championship last
year and the Amphibians, women's
swimming honorary, will give their
initial performance this year for
the benefit of Oregon Dads, Satur
day at 4 p.m. in the Gerlinger
pool.
The event, originally scheduled I
for the new men’s swimming pool,
was changed to Gerlinger because
it offers better accommodations
for the girls and the new men’s
pool is not completely finished at
this time.
The varsity swimmers are fast
getting in shape for the opening
of the swimming season, anxious
to defend their Northwest crown.
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Noel to Be Depicted
In Guild Hall, Dec. 7
The “Jen d’ Adam,” French play, to be given by Pi Delta Phi in
Guild theater December 7, at 8 p.m. is one of the oldest Christian plays
known, and provides an excellent picture of 12th century life, said
Dr. Carl L. Johnson, director. “The graphic realism throughout sug
gests negro spirituals, or other works of the spirit made real.”
1 he setting is in front of the doors of Notre Dame de Paris, with
Deferred Pledging
To Be Considered
At Guild Theater
Meeting
With more business scheduled
han has ever before been brought
lefore the Oregon Dads, a lively
lession is expected this morning
it 10 o’clock in Guild theater,
rohnson hall, when the visiting
Dads gather for their annual mass
neeting, it was revealed last night
by Karl W. Onthank, executive
lecretary. Among other matters
jf importance deferred pledging
vill be discussed.
President C. Valentine Boyer
ivill address the Dads, setting forth
suggestions for general improve
ment of the University, and the
committee on objectives and pro
gram, which is headed by Walter
M. Cook of Portland, will submit a
report which is expected to in
clude plans for the erection of a
gate at. the entrance of the Uni
versity to improve the appearance
of the campus.
Under the chairmanship of Loy
al H. McCarthy, Portland, a com
mittee which has been making a
study of deferred pledging will re
port its findings and a general dis
cussion of the matter will take
place. Students of the University
will be represented on this score
by John Hayes and Dick Pierce of
the interfraternity council who will
explain the existing pledging sys
tem to the Dads, according to a
statement by Keyes. Bob Good
fellow, president, will represent the
house managers organization.
Establishment of a permanent
radio broadcasting studio on the
campus for remote control connec
tions with KOAC will also be dis
cussed, it was revealed by the ex
ecutive committee. Other business
will include a report by the brows
ing room fund committee, of which
Ed F. Averill of Portland is chair
man.
Election of new officers will re
place the following officers for
1936-37: Merle R. Chessman, As
toria, who will preside over the
meeting, retiring president; Mr.
McCarthy, vice-president; Mr. On
thank, executive secretary, and
Walter M. Cook, Portland, secre
tary.
Sigma Delta Chi
Aids Igloo Fund
Sigma Delta Chi officially
pledged $50 toward the proposed
face-lifting of the Igloo for school
dances Thursday—with one stipu
lation; that of securing a suitable
big-time orchestra for the annual
dance and of securing a suitable
weekend.
Bob Lee was chosen dance chair
man to make arrangements for a
nationally famous orchestra to ap
pear before Oregon students at
this year’s all-campus dance.
All weekly newspaper editors of
Oregon were sent invitations to
participate in the Editorial Press
convention and to display their pa
pers, Bill Lamme, newly-appointed
chairman, announced. The conven
tion has been set for January 21
23.
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other characters typical of the
period appearing upon the stage
and in the audience.
The stage will be set showing
paradise, the world and hell simul
taneously, the costumes will be
those current in the 12th century,
and an effort is beiryj made to
reproduce both the scene and the
costumes as nearly like those of
the 12th century as possible.
The “Jeu d’ Adam,” a represen
tation of Biblical history portrays
the fall of Adam and Eve through
disobedience and promises the re
demption of mankind through the
birth of a savior. There is no cli
max to the play.
These plays, later called “Mys
teries” and “Passion plays” were
usually given at Christmas time.
L>aa s L>ay program
(Registration from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in Johnson hall)
Saturday
8:30 a.m.—Executive committee breakfast, regents’ room, John
Straub Memorial building.
10:00 a.m. Mass meeting of dads, Guild theater, Johnson hall.
12:00 noon Luncheon with son or daughter.
1:00 to 4 :00 p.m.—Open house on the campus. All buildings open
for inspection, and athletic exhibitions at Gerlinger
hall and men’s physical education building.
4 :00 p.m.—Exhibitions of swimming and diving in Gerlinger pool.
5:30 p.m.—Dad’s day banquet, John Straub Memorial building.
8:00 p.m. Basketball game with Multnomah club of Portland,
McArthur court.
9:00 p.m.—Sophomore Informal, McArthur court.
Sunday
11:00 a.m.—Special Dad’s day services at Eugene churches.
1:30 p.m.—Dinner with sons and daughters.
3:15 p.m.—Concert by University orchestra (Frances Brockman,
soloist), McArthur court.
Sunday golf at Eugene Country club, Laurelwood public golf course,
Oakway public golf course.