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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1938)
Pollock's FOLLY By BOB POLLOCK WHn.E WE DON'T like to have people think we've gone on the Silver standard, this yarn about barrel-chested Dave, his injured tootsie, and his femi nine fans is too good to resist. As those at last night's Beav er-skinning know, the curly haired lad in the size Ik E shoes was in the infirmary—presum ably not only for the rest but for an injured foot and fill. NOW AT THE moan and is to pack grub to the sick . . . groan establishment they have a couple of girls whose duty it these two, rather young and en tirely basketball conscious, de livered Mr. Silver’s not incon siderable supply of daily vita mins and then retreated to wards the open door their eyes still on the not inconsiderable Silver frame. Alas and alack, their hero worship did them dirt. The door was half o|>en . . . the leading lassie whammed into it with all the grace and ease of the Nor mandie taking a slant at an Iceberg . . . her knees buckled, the silverware on her tray de scribed a graceful arch over lier head and then liero-worship er No. 2 arrived under a full head of steam . . . The warning shriek of the almost-fallen dam sel came too late . . . Waitress No, 2 collapsed in what is us ually described as an ignomin nus heap over the now pros trate form of Waitress No. I. WHAT HAPPENED next, deponeth sayeth not but it is to be presumed that the two scrambled to their feet, col lected their silverware and trays and departed in a red haze ... it was reported that Mr. Silver restrained his laugh ter until the two fallen maids had departed. Mr. Silver is a gentleman. HAUL OF FAME: For I he Haul of Fame thin blustery' morning we nominate a beauti ful lady in green . . . her name isn't known, nor would we recognize her again—unless she wore that ultra, ultra green rid ing habit which she had as she strode down Thirteenth near the l’ub yesterday. Presumably she sought a horse. Her boots flash ed and sparkled from the en vious gleams in the eyes of the babes about her. Her trousers, her coat, her hat were all green. And she was beautiful. (JOSH, I WISH WE KNEW WHO SIIE WAS. HELL WEEK preceding ini tiation at Oregon has gone never to return officially. Even the fraternities recognize this and do not plan anything except “entertainment” for in coming neophytes . . . evidently something like that was in the wind for the pledges of Pi Kap pa Alpha who are to have the hand of brotherhood extended to them sometime in the near future if the brothers can find the aforementioned pledges to extend the aforementioned hand. The pledges, nimble - witted fellows, got wind of foul inten tions hi ye old chapter house sometime yesterday afternoon and concluded to get in their Sunday nuneli first by folding their tents . . . The usual tactics of wrecking beds and stealing light globes was followed. The pledges are not ones to break with tradition. UNFORTUNATELY, how ever, the winter winds are cold and the pledge treasury is non existent, so it is apparent that an early return will be neces sary. Probably the hand of brotherhood will now hold a paddle. In the Mail L FOR RECOGNITION To the Editor: Dear Sir: May we ask your support in a matter concerning the entire university and student body ? The “Mitt and Mat club,” or ganized this year, has received some publicity tnrough your columns, and, we think, has gained the interest of a consid erable portion of the student body. The club is, at this time, endeavoring to obtain official recognition for wrestling and boxing as varsity sports. The individual members of the phys ical education department board governing such matters seem to be favorable, but as yet no ac tion has been taken. The reluc tance seems to be due to skep ticism concerning the amount of actual interest in these activi ties among the students, and regarding the abilities of those actively taking part in the club's work; and due, also, to unwillingness to encumber the department budget with addi tional expense. Therefore, may we point out 1. Last year 67 men en tered the intramural wrestling tournament, and from the be ginning of the school year it has beeen evident that an even larg er number will participate this February. Out of these, surely a reasonably creditable varsity could be chosen. 2. The U. of O. is alone among the major colleges and universities of the Pacific coast in not having varsities in these two sports. That is why, last year, we could send no repre sentatives to the Northwest meet which included Oregon State, Washington, and WSC. At OSC, wrestling is a major sport, and certainly has at least minoiTsport standing at the other institutions. 3. The expense incurred by giving wrestling and boxing equal support with the other activities would be negligible, amounting only to transporta tion expenses for away-from home meets and the price of let ters for varsity men, and possi bly some additional cost for ad equate coaching. There are ex cellent rooms in the gymnasium already designated for the two sports, and equipment to sup plement the present supply would cost little. And, if nec essary, the members of the club have signified their willing ness to attempt “self-support” tc . ome degree by means of paid admission “smokers” for students and townspeople. If such activities as tennis I und golf deserve the support of the P.E. department, and the awarding of letters, surely wrestling and boxing do, for they require as constant and more strenuous training. One or two members of the board have suggested that the decision rest upon the showing of the University’s representa tives in their coming- meet, Jan uary 28, with OSC, and subse quent meets with Linfield, the Chemawa Indians, and possibly others. It might be pointed out that such an attitude with re gard to the gridiron sport would have resulted, in recent years, in a great saving on cloth for letters . . . But more to the point is the fact that this attitude is expecting the local entrants, without benefit of organized support or coaching, to better the performance of men from schools where the two sports are of major rating. But even so, we are reasonably confident that there is enough liability in the club to make a good show Technically, our petition is merely for actual execution of the support already given us in the official minutes of the board for technically wrest ling is a major sport here. Meanwhile as for some weeks the club members are training and conditioning them selves regularly. Do their ef forts deserve recognition? Yours truly, Walt Wood, P. Gahnah Thorne, John Valleau. (Editor’s note: The club’s ef forts do deserve support and The Emerald editorial columns extended the paper's blessing to the enterprise on at least one occasion last term. Since the department of phy sical education does not deter mine whether or not any team is to represent the Associated Students of the University of Oregon and it is the associat ed students which back all the University’s teams, both with its sanction and financially it is assumed that the physical education department board re ferred to in the letter is in real ity the athletic activities board. It is not within the power of the board by the ASUO consti tution to say that wrestling and boxing shall or shall not be ma jor sports. That power, along with the right to determine ma jor and minor sports letters and all athletic awards, is delegated to the student executive coun cil. If wrestling or boxing are to LEROY MAT1TNGLY, Editor WALTER R. VERN.STROM, Manager , LLOYD TUPLING, Managing Editor Associate Editors: Paul Deutschmann, Clare Igoe, 7 he Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon, published daily during the college year e*re*t, Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods. Eritered as second-class mail matter at the postfTice, Eugene, Oregon. Editorial Board: Parrel Ellis, Bill Peace, Margaret Pay, Edwin Bobbins, A1 Pirkhart, Kenneth Kirtlev, Bernardine Bowman. It's in Their Hands "P^ULTBURATMLV conceived to represent each of the three “factions” or interests in atlilrtics is tlic athletic activities board— I lie group which at present faces tbe problem of advisine President P. V. Boyer in bis selec tion of a coach for Oregon. ({ranting, if you please, tbe logic on which the board is founded—that faculty, students, and alumni members shall administer tbe affairs of associated student teams—its mem bers have been selected to insure tbe partici pation and representation of each group. Chairman is Marl M. Pallett, also bead of the educational activities board. Virgil D. Marl, -I. II. Hilbert, If. C. Howe, and II. W. Leighton are 1 lie voting faculty and Univer sity administration members, while .T. (). Limlstrom, like Manager Anson 15. Cornell, is a non-voting member. Tbe alumni members are Basil (Bar,) Wil liams, Bugcne bakery owner; Lynn S. Me <'ready. Mugene banker, and Roland Davis, president of the Oregon alumni of Portland. Student participation is insured by the presence, Ibis year, of President Barney Hall and executive council members Noel Benson and 1 )ave-f-jilver. With these men the decision on the coach ing personnel will probably rest, although they act only in an advisory capacity to the president. ^^LTTMS, although Ihey pay only indirectly as 1 nxpayors towards llio coaches’ sal miisl bo kept, coming' into tin* coffers. Stu lotii* affairs ot (In* institution because tlioy provide the funds—administered, of course, in a manner to satisfy coast conference regu lations— which keep Oregon in the confcrcn<*o as far as material is concerned. Because coaches just don’t get. by any more without subsidized material, the a 1 ... influence is to he seen in tin* manner which ■*ll members ol the hoard vote, for the money must he kept coming itno tin* coffers. Stu dent feeling, on the other hand, also affects the vote of the entire hoard because the ap peal ol the teams which represent Oregon to the students is always an essential factor. Faculty members are not left in between, however, as the faculty and its representa i lives have decided opinions ot its own and Pennine interests at stake. * « « 'yX7’ITn at least two conflicting opinions ap parent, 1 lie hoard was undoubtedly act io" with <_>reat wisdom Thursday night when it adjourned after doing little but “favoring” four men. Students have made it obvious, it seems reasonable to believe, that they want Shields. Alums have made it just as apparent that they desire an outside man. But while alum sentiment favors “importing” a coach, it is somewhat split as to what man or even as to what caliber man it wants to import. Bringing three outside men here is an expensive procedure, but it seems the best possible thing to do under the circumstances since it is evident that a large body of alumni at present desire an outsider. The board would scarcely be justified in making an out side choice on not always unbiased testimony and hearsay alone -and it could not very gracefully reject a familiar figure in the race in favor of an unknown or field of unknowns, should such be its final decision. So the search continues, and wisely. There seems no great press of time for a selec tion, if it comes within the next month in time to give the new coach a change to get. organized, select his staff, and start spring practice. The delay may mean an enlarged and improved field and at the least it will provide first-hand information, to some ex tent, about the three men being interviewed. T^RPORTS indicate that the* salary problem lem was not discussed or voted upon at the meeting. It seems doubtful, without an about face in state board policy, that a con tract for more than one year or for more than the salary of Oregon's last coach. Prince 0. Callison, would be granted despite state ments of that possibility appearing in Oregon newspapers. The state board and the athletic board are apparently in agreement on this matter ■ that it would be unwise to pay a football coach the fabulous sum the “big name” men receive, far more than the salary of Oregon’s president or faculty members. Such action has allied some schools with the terrific over emphasis which has made a college game into a mercenary spectacle one degree higher than the bull light and the Roman arena. Other Editors Believe.... DO WE PEDDLE OR SELL UNIVERSITY? “You've got to sell yourself!” Man or institution, it's still the creed to success. Sometimes it’s hard to believe, in the light of this institution’s personalized sales appeal, that the University knows just what it’s selling. In any event, it isn’t yet selling itself to its own people. Its sales approach doesn’t even con vince its freshmen the customers who’ve already signed a contract that they did the right thing. How can the University expect these customers, as alumni, to become underwriters of its corpora tion ? The University can so easily change its sales appeal. Competitors all ove» the country—sales men with a product in no sense superior to its own are succeeding where the University falls short. Other universities have long realized the vital necessity for putting the theory behind a complex organization across to newcomers anti doing it in a relatively short time. The University, to date, takes only passing notice of its freshmen, goes through a few routine motions, mutters an incan tation or so, then leaves the new crop to dig the whole thing out for themselves. At THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALI FORNIA, by comparison, emphasis is placed main ly on upperclass advisers who assist in SPRING ORIENTATION. A WEEK Is given the new stu dents to catch hold. AT WISCONSIN, a schedule as intricate and efficient as any of Machiavelli's intrigues is in effect. Four pamphlets—dedicated to teaching freshmen the University overlap in no instance, and form the written complement to a schedule that has existed almost a decade. The schedule allows for a WEEK of orientation, has every hour of the day catalogued to best use. The background is the same, the country over. This University happens to be one of the excep tions that make the rule. At IOWA, a WEEK of fall orientation is set prior to school opening. Iowans point to student participation as standout feature. OHIO STATE has perhaps one of the best organized systems of selling the university to its newcomers in existence. In the middle of its pamphlet, Freshman Week Program, is a double page daily time schedule. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, a University without a campus, uses the unifying feature of a STU DENT CAMP prior to school. Washington and Lee operates on a similar camp schedule. These are just a few instances. Big schools all of them, but no bigger than Texas. Yet the University still squats on its haunches, comparatively speaking, when it would take so little effort to stand up on its hind legs and look around itself. Daily Texan. become major or minor sports, ttie council must give its ap proval. Apparently it has not been consulted. If any funds are required as this letter indicates there will be, the athletic activities board would have to pass on them, just as it passes on disburse ments for all the athletic events and teams under its control. So the best thing the Mitt and Mat club can do is to put forth its application through the proper channels. In light of the interest developed by its ac tivities, the executive council would probably be glad to make it a minor sport in order that participants from its rank might represent Oregon and be eligible for sports awards.) foinet Clown! -at-campus circus. SIDE SHOW By Bill Oumminjfs l’aul Deutohmann and Campus Kcsults of fhe athletic board meeting Thursday night east an interesting light on the coach ing' situation. Narrowing the field of 54 candidates down to four was a big step toward the selection of a man for the job, but the athletic board seems to be taking every precaution against making a decision that will be regretted. They are pro ceeding in an open-minded, log ical, and conservative process of elimination. Furthermore, the board has indicated that the field has not been limited to the four "favored" men. * * * Some surprise was expressed among students as to the out come of the board's selections, especially inasmuch as Eric Waldorf failed to make the team. In the campus straw vote, Waldorf placed second to Shields, and is seemingly held in high esteem among the stu dents. The explanation lies in the fact that Oregon officials refuse to take a chance on a high school coach. It is too big a jump from a high school to a university head coach job, but this does not eliminate the pos sibility of employing Waldorf on the Oregon coaching staff as an assistant. In that capacity he could learn college football and at the same time contribute Three Schools Offer Girls Scholarships Three fellowships and scholar ships from three eastern schools and one from the Institute of In stitute of International Education have been received by Dean Hazel P. Schwering. The Bryn Marr college of Bryn Mart', Pennsylvania is offering fellowships and scholarships tang ing from 20 resident scholarships for $860 to six non-resident gradu ate scholarships for $2.50. Women who have already done one year of graduate work are eligible for these scholarships. Students wishing to apply for foreign exchange scholarships will be interested in the fellowship for graduate study abroad offered by the Institute of International Edu cation. The fellowships are offered for France, Germany, Italy, Aus tria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Switzerland. Men of American born an*I preferably those who have an understanding of the for eign language are eligible for these scholarships. Another scholarship, one of the Miss Abbott’s School Alumnae fel lowships, is offered from the Rem brake college in Brown University valuing $1000. The Radcliffe college training course in personnel administration is offering two fellowships of $500 each. These fellowships offer courses which prepare students for posts in college placements offices, industrial personnel departments, and in government bureaus. All scholarships must be applied for by March 1. Six Men Added to Winter Pledge Roll Recent additions to the winter term pledge list are: Thomas Wi per, Phi Sigma Kappa; Milton Fisher, Theta Chi; Charles Staf ford, Phi Delta Theta; Roderick C. McMillen, Phi Gamma Delta; Dale Cooley, Pi Kappa Alpha; and San ford V. Moose, Delta Tau Delta. Music Recital Will Feature Three Girls Three Eugene students of music will be presented in recital Thurs day, January 20, at 8 p.m. in the school of music auditorium, play ing selections for the piano and Violin. They are Lorene Mitchell, vio linist, Dorothy Davis, who will ac company Miss Mitchell on the pi ano, and Evelyn Erickson, pianist. Miss Mitchell, student of Rex Underwood, professor of music at the University, is a senior in Uni versity high school, and one of the few Eugene students in the Uni versity symphony orchestra ■while still in high school. She was one of the winners in the recent Fran ces Brockman radio contest. Miss Erickson is a member of Phi Beta, national women's music and drama honorary and a junior in the University. She is a stu dent of Aurora Potter Underwood, assistant professor of music at the University. The concert is open to the pub lic. Talent Audition (Continued from paje one) man Gaeden and Wilifred Road man submitted much of the play early this week. Root will give auditions this af ternoon from one to four o'clock at 1426 Onyx street. He has asked that songs, acts, and other talent be given a chance for parts in the musical. to Oregon his drawing power in Portland and his unques tioned ability to turn out foot ball players who can block— something that Oregon teams have long needed. One advantage of a change in the grading system: Stu dents would tend to select their courses with the idea of getting what they wanted, not with the idea of getting courses which are classified as "pipes.” Under the present system there comes a time in the col lege career when it is more im portant to get a few hours of “A” or “B” than it is to get a sound knowledge of some meaty subject such as economics, his tory, or mathematics. Hence, the entrance of "pope courses. If grading were reduced to the bare skeleton of “honors,” "passing,” and "incomplete,” business ad students would not be attracted into the school of music, pre-law students would not sign up for a cinch art course, and journalists would not resort to an easy English course merely for the glory of grades. Come! Clown! at campus circus. Many Young People Meets Come Sunday Social Hour, Service Open in Gerlinger Tomorrow — All young people's evening meet ings will give way to an union so cial hour and worship service at Gerlinger hall tomorrow at 5:30 o'clock. Student Christian council representatives are planning the meeting. Between 5:30 and G:00 o'clock a social and tea will be held. Fran ces Coffey is general chairman. Her committee consists of representa tives from the different study groups. Harold Ayres and Phil Barrett will present musical selections dur ing the hour. Virginia McCorkle, YWCA rep resentative on the council, will lead the worship service. The Westminster players will also pre sent "The Years Ahead,” a modern dramatic interpretation of mission ary work. As a result of requests from stu dents, the Wesley club morning forum will discuss and study the background, development, and con tent of the Bible during the next few weeks. Charles Paddock, Jr., *a graduate of last year and now manager of the consumers’ cooperative store in Eugene, will discuss “The Coop erative Movement” at the morning fori^n at the Community Liberal chqrch. Quarterly communion service and reception of members will be held at the regular morning serv ice at the Central Presbyterian church. Dr. Norman K. Tully will have "Our Remembrance” at his theme. First Christian 11th at Oak. Dr. S. Earl Chil ders. 9:45, Bible school. Opening ex ercises by high school. 11, “Preparing for Service.” 7:30, “Duplicating the Early Church.” Central Presbyterian 10th at Pearl. Dr. Normal K. Tully. 11, Communion and reception of members. “Our Remembrance.” [ 7:30, “John, Man of Temper.” Evening service in chapel. * * * First Methodist Episcopal 12th at Willamette. Dr. B. Earle Parker. 9:45, Wesley club morning for- j um. Beginning study of the Bible. 11, Sermon. * * * First Baptist Broadway and High. Dr. Harms, pastor. 9:45, Sunday school. University Sunday school class, taught by Mr. H. H. Schroeder. 11, Sermon, "An Unforgettable Interview with Jesus." 7:30, Sermon, “Old Forms of Op pression.” First Congregational 13th at Ferry. Rev. Williston Wirt. 9:45, Sunday school. 11, “What’s in a Name?” 7, Plymouth club. “Home and Family,” Bobby Washburn. * * * YVesimmsier House 1414 Kincaid. Mrs. J. D. Bryant. 9:45, Dr. Norman K. Tully will Speak. Monday, 9:45 p.m., fireside sing. Tuesday noon, luncheon. ■* * * Community Liberal (Unitarian) 11th at Ferry. Rev. Herbert Hig ginbotham. 10, Adult forum. ‘'The Coopera tive movement,” Charles Paddock, Jr. 11, “Ye Are All Gods.” Rooters_ (Continued from page one) nearly any color, the applicants were particularly specific in stat ing whether they are for or against redheads. Frowning on the best-known feminine charac teristic, one said he would date “no woman who talks too much." Remember Girls who retire at half-past ten, Are loved by their parents and elderly men. —Gustavian Weekly. _r>. ,1, J. UU1 X A VtJii Freshmen at Queen’s University in Ontario, who are caught in a beer parlor are required to buy one large bottle of beer for each upper classman who catches them in the act, and the victim must leave immediately. The "freshman regulations” amendment was approved by the Arts Society executive,, and the Alma Mater society. 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