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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1938)
Oregon's Web foots Defeat Montana's Grizzlies, 69 to 43, in Fast-Breaking Hoop Contest r Conference’to Close With Lunch Today; Erb Talks to Editors Meetings, Elections To End Press Meet; Group to Celebrate 25th Year An advertising manager’s de partmental, a general session, a business meeting, and a no host luncheon in the John Straub Mem orial building will complete the program of the twentieth annual Oregon Press conference here to day. The first part of this morning’s program will be devoted to the ad vertising manager's department, of which Harry Schenk of the Mc Minnville Telephone-Register is president. The main address of the general session will be delivered by William W. Loomis, publisher of the La Grange, Illinois, Citizen, and president of the National Edi torial association. Publishers to Elect The semi-annual ONPA business meeting, with Alton F. Baker, pub lisher of the Eugene Register Guard and president of the associa tion presiding, will follow the gen eral session. After the business meting, the publishers will adjourn to the luncheon. The luncheon, with Henry N. Fowler of the Bend Bulletin act ing as toastmaster, is in observ ance of the twenty-fifth anniver sary of the Oregon school of jour nalism and the University chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, journalism fraternity. Chapter Organized in 1913 On April 9, 1913, the local chap ter initiated its first pledges. Since then it has pledged and initiated many men now prominent in na tional and international journal istic circles, as well as state. There were ten original charter members, of which Karl W. On thank, dean of personnel, and Carl ton F. Spencer, professor of law, remain on the campus. Prominent among the active alumni of the local chapter are E. Palmer Hoyt, managing editor of the Oregonian; Leith .Abbott, head of the Southern Pacific pub licity department; Robert O. Case, short story writer; J. Cooke Allen, foreign correspondent; Ernest Haycox, fiction writer; and Amos> Burg, Jr., traveler and contribu tor to the National Geographic Magazine. Speaking on the luncheon pro gram will be Governor Charles H. Martin, representing the state; Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter, representing the state system of higher education; Dr. C. V. Boyer, retiring president, representing the University; and William W. Loomis, president of the National Editorial association and national honorary president of Sigma Delta Chi. College Boys Earn Ski Trips Selling 'Dogs' “Hot dogs, hot dogs.” This is the cry which echoes through Oregon fraternity and sorority corridors almost any night during study hours. The cries are followed by two boys with the traditional metal box of the hot dog salesmen at foot ball games. The boys, Wallace Clark, son of the. head of the history de partment, and Kieth Rodman, make their nightly tour o? all the sororities and fraternities on the campus. In the fraternities Y they walk into the rooms in or der to let the odors tempt the students. “We have to cover all the houses on the campus between 9:30 and 12:15,” said Clark, “and it makes quite a job.” The Sigma Chis eat the most among the fraternities and the Gamma Phis, among the soror ities. Clark explained that they were just two college boys working their way up to Mount Hood to go skiing. LITERATURE ARRIVES Literature for college students who plan to enter Girl Scouting ^ professionally has been received by Miss Ruth Smith, local director. The pamphlets will be given out at the Girl Scout office in the IOOF building Saturday morning. Conference Sidelights By GEORGE TURNBULL Ben R. Litfin, publisher of The Dalles Chronicle, had a double mission in coming to the conference. He was active on the Thursday and Friday pro grams, and he hobnobbed a bit with his son Dick, second-year journalism student at the Uni versity. Likewise Frank Jenkins, ed itor of the Klamath Falles Her ald and News, whose son Bill is a freshman in journalism. George Aiken, former presi dent of the conference, whose daughter Louise is a senior in journalism, was unable to get here for the twentieth confer ence. Harry N. Crain, city editor of the Salem Capital Journal, whose talk on “Politics and Po litical Reporting” was a feat ure of the Friday morning ses sion, is an old-time editor of the Oregon Daily Emerald. He was on the job in 1917-’18, about four years after Henry Fow ler’s time. Henry is here repre senting the Bend Bulletin. Editor Claude Ingalls of the Corvallis Gazette-Times, com menting on Arthur Perry’s dis cussion of the “Trials and Trib ulations of Column Writing,” recalled his old friend, the late Jay E. House, formerly of the Topeka (Kansas) Capital. House, he said, frequently dis agreed in his column with his editor; the columnist used “rea son and common sense,” while the editor “was something of a progressive.” “Farmers, ..Democrats, ..and professional wrestlers are the best targets for the columnists’ shafts.” Women and religion are “out,” Arthur Perry, Med ford Mail-Tribune’s columnist, told the conference. (See additional sidelights on page 4.) Many Alumni Attend Press Convention This year’s press conference has been a reunion not only of the state’s newspaper men but also of Oregon alumni, 24 of the 62 dele gates being graduates of this Uni versity. Following journalists are num bered among the U. of O. alumni: Merle R. Chessman, '09, Astorian Budget; Ralph R. Cronise, ’ll, Al bany; Franklin S. Allen, ’13, Springfield News; Marie Fletcher, ’14, Eugene Register-Guard; Hen ry N. Fowler, '14, Bend Bulletin; Harry M. Crain, ’16, Salem Capi tal Journal; Lucien P. Arant, ’18, Baker Democrat-Herald; Alene Philips, ’19, Oregon Blue Book staff. Adelaide V. Lake, ’20, Sheridan Sun; Harris Ellsworth, ’22, Rose burg News-Review; Harry Schenk, ’22, McMinnville Telephone Register; John W. Anderson, ’23, Eugene News; Earle E. Voorhies. ’23, Grants Pass Courier; Reuben Young, ’24, Gold Beach; Arthur R. Jones, ’25, Condon Globe-Times: C. F. Bolliger, ’28, Clatskanie Chief. Bruce Dennis, ’30, Vancouver; Merlin Blais, ’32, Portland Oregon ian; V. H. Hall, ’32, Oregon Motor ist; Edwin Cruikshank, ’33, Port land Oregonian; Gil Wellington, ’35; Jean Aiken, ’35, Ontario Ar gus; Larry Quille, ’37, La Grande Observer; George Haley, ex-’39 Gresham Outlook. Johnson to Speak At Education Meet Principal H. B. Johnson of Eu gene high school will lead dis cussion on the implications of northwestern education in the pro gress report of the state curricu lum committee at the open meet ing sponsored by Phi Delta Kappa, men’s educational honorary. The meeting, Monday evening, January 24, at 7:30 p.m., will be in the men’s physical education building and is open to the gen eral public. Mr. Johnson is chair man of the state curriculum com mittee. Freedom of Press, Academic Liberty Stressed; Awards To Papers Made Cooperation between educator.-' and journalists in the preservation of freedom of the press and aca demic liberty, was the keynote of the address given by Dr. Donald Erb, newly elected president of the University of Oregon, who spoke last night at the annual no-host banquet of the Oregon Press con ference. Dr. Erb declared that professors should be free to maintain their own political and personal opinions in private life. He asked the news paper men to aid educators in at taining and keeping this freedom, adding that educators have con tinually fought for freedom of the press. Trophies Awarded The Sigma Delta Chi trophy, awarded each year to the best weekly in the state, went to the Hood River News published by Hugh G. Ball and E. A. Sonnich sen. The cup now goes into the permanent posession of the News publishers who have won the top rating in three contests. • The McMinnville Telephone Register, twice a winner of the tro phy, took second place by a narrow margin. Third place went to the Redmond Spokesman. Vale Paper Wins Publisher A. H. Bone of the Vale Eenterprise received the Hal E. Hoss trophy, awarded to the best weekly in towns of less than 1,000 population. Second ranking was given the Junction City times and third to the Moro Journal. Bruce McCoy, president of the Louisiana state editorial associa tion judged the contest entrants. He commended Oregon editors arid publishers for their excellent work. Trophies were presented by Bill Lamme, representing Sigma Delta Chi. (Please turn to page three) Students Register For Talent Contest George Root, director of educa tional activities and co-originator of the planned all-campus vaude ville, announced today that every one expecting to participate in the vaudeville must enter the talent contest sponsored by the speech division and directed by Warren Waldorf. Root also stated that much of the talent uncovered in the contest will be used in the vaudeville, if it has not been reg istered. Registration for the contest is open at this time in the speech di vision or with Waldorf. Prizes to taling at least $50 are offered. Tal ent suitable for radio, banquet, and vaudeville types of entertainment will be included. Such acts as im personation skits, dance teams, jugglers, and musicales are being sought. A catalog file of everyone enter ing will be made available to or ganizations seeking entertainment numbers. ' < Musical Show Plans Delayed By Board Vote Special Committee's Report Reveals Opinion on Type Of Show Varies Meeting in special session Fri day afternoon, the educational ac tivities board withheld action on the production of a campus musi cal comedy and sent the matter back to its special committee for a more detailed report. , The report of the special com mittee yesterday revealed a split of opinion among that group ds to whether the show, if it were found possible to present it, should be of the revue-vaudeville or sim ple musical comedy type. Director Needed The special committee’s tenta tive figure of $200 for the campus production was held by at least three board members to be an underestimate of the sum needed. The problem of securing a director for the projected show was also reported by the committee as yet unsolved. Acting on the motion of Miss Frances Schaupp, the board ap proved the recommendation of Ed ducational Activities Manager George Root, Oregana Business Manager Howard Overbade, and Oregana Adviser Orlando J. Hollis that the Oregana contracts be in creased by 150 books. . 1960 Oreganas Sold Winter term sales brought the total of copies reserved to about 1960, Root revealed. Advertising, staff, and complimentary copies and books required for other serv ices boosts the total needed well past the 2000 originally ordered, Manager Root indicated, and ne cessitated the increase to 2150. Acting on the recommendation of Adviser to the Oregana Hollis, the board set the dates for the pay ment of the salary-bonuses to Edi tor Wayne Harbert. Professor Hollis indicated that Harbert and his staff were well ahead of the deadlines to be met on this date. Many Machines Of Value Brought For Week Exhibit Nearly four tons of all types of machines that represent a total value of $40,000 will be assembled at the Burroughs Adding machine display at the Commerce building next week. This mass of machines and equipment represents the latest machines used in all phases of the business world. This exhibit will be on display all next week and will be explained by H. C. Peck, instructor. The ex hibit will be open to the general public, Eugene business men, as well as the BA students. Four Men and a Ball Under the basket in last night’s battle . . . the ball nears the rim. Order of 0 Men Grooming Legs, Hanks for Limp Free Autographs and 'Han-Car' Ballet at Dance Tonight Hailed as “an autograph seek-1 er’s paradise,” the annual Letter men’s Limp will be presented to- > night in Gerlinger hall following the basketball game. Promises of j Signatures of “each and everyone of yesterday's heroes” were made last night by ambitious Order of O men. Broadway will come to the cam pus, when pledges to the order; strut their stuff in the best Zieg feld fashion in the “Hand-Car" ballet. Members of the beef trust gather at the classic every year and during intermission, lift their heels in the latest dance craze style. Latest reports indicate that the huskies have been working out1 daily for what they expect to be “the toughest session they’ve ever had.” With blond-haired Steve Anderson billed as the premier danseuse and prepared to shoot the works in the Big Apple, the ballet is rapidly rounding into form under the direction of Ar leigh Bentley. Tony Amato, prexy of the club, when announcing the free auto graphs to all collectors, added "As a special attraction for our dance, we are going to have an orchestra. /Phase turn tn pac/e three) Press Listeners Ponder Dean Eric W. Allen, Ben Litfin, The Dalles Chronicle; E. 8. Kimball, Portland bureau manager, Associated Press; and Merle Cressman, Astorian-Budget . . . register various reactions to speaker. Earl Supports Plan [To Revise Balloting By ELIZABETH JONES The plan of the executive committee to put class elections in the lands of the ASUO election board was endorsed by Virgil D. Earl, lean of men, Friday. “I think it would be very desirable to have ASUO uid class elections at the same time. It has been handled that way in the past and worked out very well,” he said. This method would concentrate all the ballyhoo and electioneering, vhich is part of any election, into one period, which would have less I Supposed Man Is Only Woman At Coed Caper Row on row of girls repre senting Mae Wests, strong men, Indians,, gypsies, hill-billies, snake-charmers, lion-tamers and fat women sat cross-iegged on the floor of the Gerlinger assem bly room Thursday evening, watching with approval the dance executed by the women members of the faculty. Things had quieted down. Sen ior girl cops paraded to and fro, keeping a watchful eye on the various entrances to the build ing. The comparative stillness was pierecd by the shrill sound of a policeman’s whistle. “A man!” someone shouted. “Look!" A finger was pointed accus ingly at a figure in pants, boots, and plaid shirt, balanced precar iously on the bars used for cor rective gym. Coeds in their respective cos tumes rose enmasse and surged forward. Several pairs of hands reached up to pull the figure from his perch. He turned his gaze on the policemen, who stepped back in surprise. Coeds again settled down to enjoy the program. The supposed intruder was a girl. Forward Pass Lands Student In Yell Section A forward pass into your seat ? Oregon students gave basket ball enthusiasts a new thrill in half-time events at the Montana game last night when Dick Pe ters, sophomore in business, was ushered to and from his seat with great rapidity. Men couldn't make up their minds where they wanted Pe ters to “park his carcass" and therefore the student fans held a light scrimmage workout using Dick as the “pill." It’s all in fun if you aren’t particular from which angle you watch the game. tendency to disturb the equilibrium of the campus, he explained. It is no harder to set the political ma chinery at work for all the elec tions at once than it would be for any one, the dean added. One advantage to the classes un der this arrangement, Earl pointed out, would be the benefit of judi cial decisions handed down by the ASUO judicial committee should class administration meet with le gal barriers. Under the present set-up, class questions remain without a higher tribunal to refer to when an impasse is reached. Dean Earl expressed himself in favor of the erection of a student union on the campus, with the warning that the University should be financially prepared to handle the upkeep and servicing of such a building before active steps are taken to start the project. lucks Retain Top Position In NW Loop caddie Gale Is High With 15 Counters; Johansen Gets 14, Bobby Anet, 12 VV. L. Pet. ►regon . 4 1 .800 V'ashington . 4 3 .571 )SC . 3 3 .500 vac . 4 4 .500 daho . 3 4 .428 ifontana .2 5 .286 By BILL NORENE Oregon’s Webfoots started up he comeback trail here last night igainst Montana’s Grizzlies with i powerful 69-to-43 victory over Figgs Dahlberg's hoopers in the ’irst meeting of the two clubs this leason and retained first place In Northwest conference play. The Montana boys displayed a 3rand of basketball which kept he crowd constantly on the edge >f their seats as the point-minded Grizzlies cast off at every oppor tunity. Close af Start For the first 20 points the game was a close one, but after that Dregon power, Oregon height, and Montana’s long trip shot the score jp until it was 38 to 22 in the Ducks’ favor at the half. Charley Miller, stellar Grizzly ’•uard, opened the fireworks within i half minute of the first tip-off. rhe Ducks miscued and Montana tpok the ball out of bounnds.’ The Montana backcourt players handled the ball a couple of times, and zip! The ball shot to Miller, who was clear under the basket, he jumped up, and netted it easily. Gale Starts Gale hit a free throw a few sec onds later to break the ice for the Ducks. Paul Chumrau, the other Grizzly guard, scored on a beauti ful left-handed shot from way out. Anet dribbled in on the next play, and holed out to make the score 3 to 4 for the northerners and the battle was on. The Oregons finally caught up when Wally Johansen took a pass from Teammate Anet to score, and then the Ducks went out in front for the first time when Wally sank a free throw on Captain Thomp son’s foul. Score 10 to 9. Montana Leads Twice Montana took into the lead twice after that and five times the score was tied before Ted Sarpola col lected on a free throw from La zetich’s foul. That made the score 19 to 18 for the Ducks and from then on in it was all Oregon. Johansen hit two in succession, pausing long enough to give Bar ney Ryan, reserve Montana center, time to follow his own shot from the middle of the floor and sink the rebound. Anet Scores Alone Gale, high point man for the game with 15 counters, accounted for three of these, followed by Anet’s spectacular basket when he intercepted a Montana pass, (Please turn to page three) Propaganda Course May Be Scheduled By MERRILL MORAN The possibility of offering a course in propaganda analysis in keeping with present world trends is being looked upon favorably by H. D. Sheldon, research history professor. "In general I would say that the student sentiment would be strongly in favor of such a course, although whether or not it would be accepted in a separate course or as phases of propaganda as Cooperative Paper Will Be Published Soon, Says Kuokka The Co-op Paper published j by Oregon’s four cooperative houses will be out this week end, announces Herb Kuokka, president of Campbell Co-op no. 1, one of the two men's cooperatives i rn the campus. The paper has as its aim the binding together of the four men’s end women’s cooperative houses. It intends to be educational as well as to carry the news of the coop erative organizations, “We are not very well organ ized as yet since we are rather new on the campus," Ku'-kka stated. The two Campbell Co-ops have a joint supper on Sunday nights with members of the fac ulty as speakers, to aid in unify 1 ing the men’s organizations. studied in tne present social sci ence courses, I could not say,” Professor Sheldon said. With all the war propaganda that confronts the public today, a course that would teach the stu dents to distinguish the types of propaganda, would be of material benefit, Professor Sheldon believes Professor Sheldon added that the social science courses acquaint the students with the fundamentals of propaganda and for that reason some educators are hesitant about offering propaganda as a separate course. The course would materially benefit the consumer and investor as too often through propaganda suggestion, they are induced to buy materials and goods that they have no present use for, he said. Although no definite study h been made of the situation, Pro fessor Sheldon believes that th: course would be taught in con ’ tion with social psychology and the social sciences. He further added (Please turn to page three)