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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1938)
PE Building Completes First Year Better De par tment Fetes Anniversary Of New Gym Plan t New Dean at Helm of Physical Education Department for the Year 1937-38; School Provides Training for Majors By PARR APLIN January 5, 1937 a newly completed $357,000 physical education plant was opened on the campus to the public and students. Since then this department of the University has made large gains and advancements in health education. The building is not finished yet, there are two large unfinished areas that may be used for any number of things. The largest is being used at present by the track team, and has Deen nttea out wun a poie vault ing pit for George Varoff to prac tice in, the dirt floor has been smoothed off in order that the track men can run without danger of stone bruises and train for the hurdles. In the fall and early spring football practice, the team works out in the field house as it is called. Since the erection of the new building two men have occupied the dean's chair. The first man was John F. Bovard, who aided in many ways for the rapid gains of the school. At present Mr. Bovard is at UCLA and has charge of developing a graduate school in health education. The man now in charge is Dean R W. Leighton, who was raised u'on a professor of education to deauship of the physical education department. Since Dean Leighton took over the department ha? ad ded a new swimming pool, two new clubs, the Mitt and Mat club, and the Ski club. Now there is some talk about having and or ganizing a hiking club and an archery club during the spring term. PE Grads Placed The new building has increased interest about the campus in PE recreation almost half, and the enrollment in majors has made a decided upward jump. Now that the state requires that all schools have a health program, this has given a greater field for graduates than ever before. There is also a notable increase in towel service. In that the increase is caused by more students who are using the plant as a form of recreation. after they have already completed their physical education require ments than ever been noticed be fore. The placements of graduates is not a difficult task, there are sev eral instances where there was not a graduate who could fill a posi tion and the department had to go back for some of their former graduates. There is such a case now on hand ana the office is try ing to find someone to fill that vacancy. Dean Leighton has been quite concerned over the problem of not having the facilities to take care of the intramural spectators. To take care of that he has been thinking about making the large unfinished area into a room to accommodate such sports as leyball, and badminton, and at the Swish It! Oregon’s new dean of PE . . . trying out the basketball floor. Leighton Lectures Dean Leighton . . . lectures in one of the ultra modern classrooms of the new men's gym. wrestling, boxing, basketball, vol same time to take care of the spectators. This would mean another recrea tion room with galleries for spec tators. Also there is another large area that could easily be made into bowling alleys and shooting ranges. This room could hold twelve bowling alleys. The only difficulty is as Dean Leighton says, “Is the building sound proof?” Of course this latter idea will have to come after the com pletion of the sports room, which now are only two very good ideas, in the opinion of Dean Leighton. Business Men Exercise There is also a great de^il of interest shown by the business men of the city. They are given the privilege of using the entire building two nights a week, Mon day and Thursday. This also in cludes the swimming pool. They pay $4.00 a term for this service, which includes their gym suits and complete recreational facilities. In the event of bowling alleys being installed this would bring the en rollment from seventy up to a considerable increase. Portland, Eugene, and Salem have given evidence of increased interest in health education. This fact is manifested in Eugene by plans for a playground, having a football field, baseball diamonds, and a large parking area. Material advances have been made by the clubs of the city, the most notable being the Rotary club. Plans are underway already for purchasing land for the project. The children of Eugene are giv en the opportunity to take advan tage of the service offered by the physical education plant. Every Saturday all children interested may enter the playground classes under the direction of the majors, who use this as a chance to gain experience in the handling of child ren. The building is positively overrun with boys of all ages per forming in every department of the plant, and the entire office staff say they are in a dither all day. Now the department is faced with the problem of what to do with the paint on the walls at the swimming pool. Some time ago the same thing happened in the shower rooms at the school. It seems that the heat and moisture made the paint, which was sup posed to have been waterproof, to start to ferment, causing a very disagreeable odor, and turning black, thus necessitating the tak ing off of the paint. The same thing is now occuring at the swim ming pool, but it will have to wait until summer to give it time to dry out and enable a new refinish ing job. To tile the shower rooms at the gym will cost approximately $17,000, an item the budget is forced to overlook. Thus it is that the health educa tion school has had a full, a busy, and productive year. According to Mr. Dickey, newly added graduate assistant to Mr. Washke, and from the University of Washington, the physical education plant at Ore gon is the finest on the coast, and has a great future. There is no doubt about it, it is the best. In Sunnier Clime Ex-Dean John Bovard . . . who left the University last summer for a job at UCLA. Co-ed Capering of Thirty Years Seen Thirty years of coed capering should be proof enough for any young coed that the annually sponsored AWS male-less social affair to be held Thursday in Gerlinger is really a frolic not to be missed. Nineteen thirty-eight marks the thirtieth year since the establish ment of the now traditional Coed Capers. Last year when capers were forced to postponement because of the flu epidemic was the first since 1908 tnai me cucus have been deprived of this chance to express themselves without the critical eye of a single male around to censure them. In 1908 the tradition was start ed with the social affair called April Frolic to establish some means of bringing the women of the University into closer touch with one another. Agnes Beach was the instigator suggesting the ^fair be patterned after a similar custom observed in California. Miss Beach and Dr. Carson made careful preparations for the affair hoping if it proved successful that it would become an annual cus tom. The January 1911 issue of A the U. of O. Monthly says of the frist frolic, “that the first frolic, held in 1908, was an undoubted success was felt by every girl who popped a bottle of soda pop in the mystic circle Umt eveflian-" Thus alter such a successfid beginning the April Frolic con tinued until 1932 when the tradi tion was changed to the present Coed Capers. The April Frolic was done away with following the ac ceptance of the federal report on higher education in the state recommending that “recruiting of students in any way be abandoned. Sororities were accustomed to en tertaining high school guests dur ing April Frolic weekend. The only real change involved in this change of name was the elimination of high school guests. The capers re mains the same costume-donning, stunt-producing evening that it has always been. Send the Emerald home to Dad every morning. He will like to read the University happenings. i Come; U'j’.y.u: at campus cii-cu*. Dreambooks Furnish Thrills for Millions By PAT ERICKSON Time marches on! And all the while unknown to a great horde of unthinking col legians there rests in the dim recesses of the University library a down-to-earth little file of—catalogs! Yes, sir, Sears Roebuck am. Company in the flesh. Included in the varied assortment of spring and summer and fal and winter editions of this earthy book is one with the intriguing V.UjfCIV’ll V-/* W UW1IV.VI Buh, ah! what a wealth of life and fancy in a catalog! Heart break and ecstasy mingle through out the pages. The pictures are pre sented. Fancy, for instance, ar eminent columnist poring through some remote or recent edition of it furnishing in his imagination the "widely publicized” browsing roon: ot the library. Think of his imag ination running riot, choosing lamps, chairs, and all the latcsl comforts for the home. What n way to escape the cynicism an< hardness of the world. Think of the cheer brought tc millions of homes by this chubby though condensed, little volume Papa looks longingly at new har nesses as he gazes through th( book by lamplight. Daughter finch a new ski suit she just mast have and Junior seems “dead set.'’ on ; new .22. What a chummy litth family we have there! Heartbreak enters our sparkl; picture of life when the gazers ii this magic crystal (may we rcfe to the catalog thus sacriligioualy ? realize that they have been lcttinj their imagination run away witl them and they force themselves t‘ again face the grim realness of 1 all. In some ways the book may b more of a curse than a blessing But who arc we to decide thes' matters of universal ( ?) import (It has been rumored that evei the library assistants sneak awa; from their duties long enough b retreat into the stacks to gaze a their favorite section of a catalog Whiclj just goes to sJjow ya!) Many Papers Will Compete For Honors Twenty Entries Sent To Baton Rouge for Judge's Decision Twenty Oregon weekly newspa pers have entered the contests sponsored by the University chap ter of Sigma Delta Chi to deter mine the best weekly newspapers I in the state in 1937. The contest is being held in connection with the Oregon press conference here Jan uary 20, 21, and 22. One award, the Sigma Delta Chi | trophy, will be presented to the weekly which is adjudged the best in the state. The other award, the Hal E. Hoss memorial trophy, will go to the best weekly published in 1937 in a town of less than one thousand population. Winners of the trophies last year were the Hillsboro Argus and Redmond Spokesman. Judge of the contest is Bruce R. McCoy of Louisiana State univer sity, president of Newspaper Asso ciation Managers and director of the National Editorial association. The newspapers entered in the con test were rushed to Mr. McCoy at Baton Rouge on Saturday, Janu ary 5. Presentation of the awards will be part of the program at the an nual banquet of the press confer ence at Eugene Friday evening, January 21, at which Dean Eric W. Allen of the journalism school will act as toastmaster. The trophies will be presented by William Lamme, contest chairman, Sigma Delta Chi. University Operators Busy With 137Phones By ELIZABETH JONES If one or two telephones at your house threaten to drive you to the dipsy doodle, then what would you think of the case of the Uni versity telephone operators, who take care of 137 of ’em ... at the same time? It sounds bad. all right, but it doesn't seem to worry the four operators who keep the dial panels deep under Johnson hall pounding like machine guns hour upon hour. The owner of the voice that says “University” when you call OOW in UUOICOI UWU1 iU A id <1.111. | and from 1 to 2 anti 4 to 6 p.m., answering flashing switchboard lights, handling long-distance calls, and acting as general information bureau for the University. "An operator,” said Mrs. Affie McCauley, who answered questions of the Emerald reporter as she op erated the switchboard, “must be prepared to find an answer for every question from the score of last night's basketball game to the date of spring vacation. We don't mind," she went on to explain, “that is part of our job.” The greatest number of calls go to the switchboards of the Health service and the physical education department, where they are dis tributed to various extension phones. Single offices which receive the greatest number of calls are those of the employment agency, the dean of men and the dean of wo men, and the educational activities office. In the evening, the library and the Emerald offices are the busiest lines on the exchange. The farthest long-distance call last term came from Washington, D. C., to Dean Wayne Morse of the law school. The majority of these calls come from Portland, Corvallis, or Salem. Probably the most exciting time in the history of the University exchange occurred during last Christmas vacation when floods damaged underground connections and no calls could be made from the campus for nearly a day and a half. Contrary to the expectation of all students of “True Detective," most telephoned messages to the infirmary extensions, are of an unexciting nature, accordingHo Dr. Fred Miller, director of the health service. Occasionally worried par ents call to inquire about sons or daughter who are “laid up,” and many calls are from students who wish information about their friends. In connection with these last, Dr. Miller suggests that such calls should be made during the day or at least before 8 p.m. “Eleven o’clock is not an early hour to a busy doctor or nurse, who may have been up on a case half of the night before,” said Dr. Miller. Under most circumstances, the health service is willing to do all it can to answer questions, and aid students. By the way . . . the next time you have tq wait an “hour” to give your number to the operator, sup pose you take time out to count to 137 before you exercise your vo cabulary? Many Acquire Jobs Teaching Recen tly By MURIEL BECKMAN Three hundred and twenty-six University of Oregon graduates have been assisted by the University teacher placement bureau in ob taining positions during the placement season just closed, according to the annual report of the bureau which shows an improvement in employment in the teaching profession. This is the largest number of placements ever reported at any time. Positions obtained include both elementary and high school principalships, superintendencies, teaching positions in the grades, and junior and senior high school. The teaching subjects in great est demand during the year in the secondary field, were: physical ed ucation and athletics, English, so cial science, commerce, music, mathematics, home economics and biological science. School activi ties most in demand were music, athletics, dramatics, ana puDiic athletics, dramatics and public speaking and debate. Of those seeking the help of the bureau each year, ordinarily about 75 per cent are experienced alumni in the field seeking advancement in the teaching profession. A large part of the work of the bureau is that of keeping in touch with teaching alumni and assisting them toward promotion. Your Emerald + A Few Minutes T ime Results in Hours and Dollars Saved HERE’S A TIP!... With the time you fellas and the gals spend shopping around for a tie or a dress, you could have caught up on that week-old Econ. or Lit. assignment. SAVE YOUR TIME! . By watching the Emerald advertising you are always aware of the values that Eugene merchants offer. You will know where to get just what you want and what you’ll have to pay. Remember—Emerald advertisers are cooperating with you through this paper to save shopping time . . . and shopping money. PATRONIZE EMERALD ADVERSTISERS