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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1938)
State Board Hears $10-12 Fee Increase Proposal r Name of New Coach May Emerge Tonight From Board Meeting Gene Shields ... on the hoards before the hoard tonight. Shields, Last of Four, Will Be Interviewed In Latest Session; Final Decision Seems Likely Before Dave Silver Leaves For the fourth and last time members of the athletic board will meet to interview candidates for the position of head football coach at the University. Tonight’s meeting, where Gene Shields, Oregon line coach, will be interviewed, is expected to bring the announcement of the new head mentor and an end to the three-month old coaching controversy. It was believed that the board will make a decision tonight because Harrij Lewis to Swing at Senior Ball on Feb. 12 Three weeks’ search for a top notch “sweet and smooth” band for - the senior ball came to a close yes terday with the announcement that Harry Lewis and his orchestra had been signed on the dotted line to swing it at McArthur court on February 12. Lewis’ musicians have just finished an engagement at the Rio del Mar in southern California and have been playing over the NBC blue network during this time. Comparatively little known on the Pacific coast, Lewis is rapidly gaining attention out here with his sophisticated swing style. Played in East Since opening the Wiltshire Bowl at the renowned Beverly - Wilt shire hotel in Los Angeles some two years ago, Lewis has been east, hitting such high spots as the Hollywood restaurant in New York City. Like Glen Gray and his Casa Lo ; mans, Lewis’ orchestra is incor porated, each member being a share-holder. Leader . Lewis also contributes to the musical out-put with his violin. First in Igloo This year’s senior formal will be the first dance of the term in the Igloo, being staged during the ab sence of the basketball team. Be sides a guarantee by Chairman Mel Shevach that the floor will be in perfect condition, he also plans to work out some means of limit ing the attendance. “We’re going to keep the place danceable,” he said yesterday. Shevach has called a committee meeting for tonight at 8 o'clock in the College Side. f 'Self Quizzes, Test Student Ability at B U By ALYCE ROGERS A new idea on quizzes was re ported in The New York Times a few days ago. At Boston Univer sity’s college of business adminis tration students were passed a piece of blank paper and asked to write down their own questions and answer them. “The purpose was,” the profes sor said, “to find out what the students did not .know, that is, what they did not ask themselves, and to see by their questions how they rated the relative importance of the material which the test covered. (Please turn to page three) Dave Silver, Duck basketeer and student board member, will leave for an extended road trip. Gene Shields, boss of the Oregon line for many years, was the choice of Oregon students in a poll con ducted by the Emerald several weeks ago. Mr. Shields is an Ore gon graduate and a former foot ball star. Shields East From a list of 52 candidates submitted to the athletic board at a recent meeting only four emerged. All except Mr. Shields have been questioned. Ted Bank, University of Idaho; James Brad shaw, Fresno State Teachers col lege, and' Tex Oliver, University of Arizona, have been before the board in the past ten days. The search for a new coach was started late in December after Coach Prince G. Callison resigned after criticism from various stu dent and alumni groups. HUNT CLUB TO MEET The Eugene Hunt club meeting, open to all University students, will be tonight at the county fair grounds. The club ride for an hour beginning at 8 o’clock and will hold its meeting at 9. William McLean, law student, will present the pro gram. Mmc Change Demands Met Winter Noise Rally Begins Here Tonight Four Prize Dinners Will Be Awarded to Loudest Webfoots, Says Sam Fort Oregon students will have their last chance tonight to rally around the championship-headed Duck quintet and urge them to victory when the first outside winter-term noise rally in University annals begins tonight at 7 o’clock in front of Johnson. Students are asked by Rally Heads Sam Fort and Paul Cushing to bring every available noise raiser, as prizes for the loudest rallier will be awarded. Team to Be Present The team will be present with “Hobby” Hobson to express their determination to the students to Win the Washington and Montana games they are leaving for imme diately after the rally. Skull and Dagger men will be present with rally torches to light up the players before the crowd, and to use in case the rally devel ops into a serpentine parade. Gamma Phis to Sing Entertainment will be offered the students also, said Cushing, with the Gamma Phi chorus, Smoky Whitfield, “L’il Henry” Al by and Mack Robinson perform ing. Prizes for the best noise-produc ers will be two pair of steak din ners for the first two, and two dinners—not steak—for the run ners-up, said Fort. The University band will be present. TO TEACH IN NEW MEXICO Howard Stafford, who took his master’s degree at the University in 1935, has been appointed through the teachers placement service as a teacher of mathemat ics and science in a Silver City, New Mexico, high school. Stafford is the son of O. F. Stafford, dean of the lower division and service departments at the University. 'Gotta Get Good Grub' Say Those LivingOut By DOROTHY BURKE “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” may be applied to both men and women on the Oregon campus as shown by the many men and women students living “off the campus.” Food seems to be jne of the important items in batching rather than living in frater nities or living organizations provided for them by the University. Records show that 652 of the 1971 men students enrolled in the Dark Horse Revealed in Beard Battle A gross injustice has been done. The name of a leading con tender for top honors in the soph “whiskerin^” was not men tioned in the list of possible con tenders. Due to this injustice this un named person, who is said to have the scraggliest, the black est, and the toughest looking beard on the campus, will be hereafter known only as the “dark horse" contender. The dark horse's manager re ported that by next Friday his contestant will have a beard that will put General U. S. Grant’s famous crop of whiskers to shame. He also let it be known that the dark horse's beard is being guarded carefully against | any would-be conspirator who might shave it off. university unis teim live un campus either with relatives, in boarding houses, or in apartments. This includes the 208 fraternity members out of 856 who do not live in the house. Only 262 men are living in the dormitory and 101 in the cooperative houses. Of the 1095 girls registered in the University last term, 395 of these arte living independently in boarding houses, with relatives, at home or batching in apartments. The sororities accomodate 470 girls while 146 live in the two dormi tories and 74 in the Co-ops. Many girls who are living out and batching for economic reasons say that with two girls living to gether the total expenses per girl can be cut to $18 a month or less. “I prefer my own cooking,” was the repeated answer of the many men students who were asked to state their reasons for batching. They all agreed however, that the financial saving of batching was the essential reason, as a person can live as cheaply as $15 a month this way. It can even be done much cheaper but as one of them ad mitted, “It is not living, it is only existing.” One of Three Jane Thacher . . . and two otfter artists will star at concert. — Jane Thacher, Pianist Since Age of Five, Will Play at Fund Aid Concert As an addition to her already long list of musical successes, Jane Thacher, professor of piano at the University, will be one of the three concerto soloists in the concert of the University symphony orchestra Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. in the music auditorium. Following her appearance here, she will be presented with the Portland symphony orchestra in Portland February 6, playing Grieg's A Minor Concerto under Willem Van Hoogstraten. Knife for Papa. Once Pledged Youth's Troth Today, when a man woos a maid, he .woos her; and if she doesn’t “foo” him, he keeps on wooing her until something comes of it, i.e., after much ef fort pro and con and with her consent he marries her. Things were much simpler than this in Oregon several centuries ago when an Indian brave wished to marry. All he needed was a red “knife,” which he would hand over to the girl’s father in return for his daughter’s hand. The knives served as a means of distinguishing the wealthy from others. Black knives as well as red ones were used, although they were not as valuable. Whenever a man of wealth and importance died in an Indian community, several knives were buried with him. A great many of these “knives,” both red and black, are now in the University museum of natural history which opened January 20. Barristers' Group Has Initiation Meet Phi Delta Phi formally initiated eight pledges last Saturday at the Eugene circuit court. The initia tion was followed by a banquet at Cafe Del Rey. Judge Harris, formerly of Oregon supreme court, and Judge Skipworth of Oregon circuit court were guests and speakers. Those initiated were George Neumer, Carl Helm, George Smith, Bernard Klicks, George Corey, Sheldon Parks, Donald Marshal, and Denton Burdick. mis. manner, wiki nas sruuieu music since she was two years of age, is recognized as one of the best pianists of the Pacific coast. She began taking regular lessons at the age of five, and while very young went to Europe to continue her study with the best of teachers. Started Training Early She was the youngest student under the tutelage of Theodor Les chetizky in Vienna who was deeply interested in his talented American pupil and predicted a brilliant pub lic career for her. The young musician underwent a period of intense study from Les chetizky, an exacting teacher whose pupils include Paderewski, Gabrilowitz, Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, and many others. After marrying W. F. G. Thacher, she came to Portland, and later to Eugene. As concerto soloist in the con cert Thursday night, she will be featured in Schumann's second piano concerto, playing with the University symphony orchestra under the direction of Hex Under wood. Other featured soloists will be Aurora Potter Underwood, to be featured in Franz Liszt’s concerto in E flat major, and George Hop kins playing Beethoven’s “Em peror” concerto. Wall Board Being Tested ior Sound An acoustical board with a high degree of sound absorbency is being tested in the office of Dr. Will V. Norris in Deady hall, workmen yesterday covering the ceiling of the room with the board. The board, which sells at a mini mum cost, is being tried out with a view toward possible future adop tion for classroom use. Such a medium practically eliminates echoes and permits undistorted ;ransmission of sound. Dormitory Diners Served Individual Bottles of'Grade A' Written Protest Brinqs Half-Pint Portions of Same Quality Milk; Less Variety in Butterfat 'Cream' Content Hall residents who protested Monday against "thin milk” served at meals were greeted with individual half pint bottles of “Grade A" milk at lunch yesterday. Serving milk in individual containers did not constitute a change in the grade, Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed, director of dormitories said. Fishy Aroma In Johnson Is Only Lobster No, the drama department hasn’t started a fish cannery within their cramped quarters. That pungent aroma comes from the lobsters used in the produc tion of "Ah! Wilderness,” which opens Friday night at 7 p.m. Passers-by in the lower hall way of Johnson hall in the last few days have noticed that "fishy" odor which emanates from the stage entrance to Guild hall. The odor is much more no ticeable on the stage and in the drama office. The script of the play, how ever, calls specifically for not only the eating of lobster but also for blue fish, so smell or no smell the play is going to be authentic. Silverton Is Visited By U of 0 Speakers Members of the public discussion group visited Silverton Monday night, where they presented a sym posium on ‘‘Industrial Conflict.” The program was given twice during the afternoon, to the Silver ton high school and to the grange. W. A. Dahlberg, professor of the speech department, was in charge of the trip. Students participating were Louis Rotenberg, Kessler Cannon, Howard Kessler, and Zane Kemler. Elsie Eschebeck sang a group of solors as an added attraction. Myrtle Creek will be the next town visited by one of the discus sion groups. Four speakers and John L. Casteel, head of the speech department, will visit there Friday. ‘‘The Farm Problem” is the top ic to be presented to the Myrtle Creek high school in the afternoon and the grange during the eve ning. Charles Devereaux, Dean El lis, George Hall, and Robert i Young have been selected to make the trip. Keith Barker will enter [ tain the audiences with juggling I acts. This same group, including George Mackin, will present “The Farm Problem” to the Women’s Citv Discussion club the afternoon of February 3. Sewer Pipeline Proiect Is Added To Building List A project to lay 880 feet of sewer line from the basement of the men’s dormitory to a main line Tripp, William McKinney, Elwin has been added to the list of cam pus WPA projects. Work has already started on the digging, which necessitates the breaking of considerable street pavement. In some places the ditch will have to go down as much as 16 feet in order to reach drainage level, according to Al bert Anderson, foreman. The line will be in 10-inch tile. Dormitory tuners nave always Deen served with grade A milk, although objections to thinness might have come from those who received milk from the bottom of the cans from which the milk was formerly served, she declared. Grade A Served The bottled milk was served to all dormitory diners. Men who objected to the matter in letters to Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter and President-elect Donald M. Erb seemed satisfied with the change. “At least we are assured of get ting cream with our milk,” they said. Former Method Told Milk for the dormitories was re ceived in large cans, the top cream was mixed with the milk before it was served. Insufficient mixing or settling before serving might have caused thinness in milk at the bot tom of the cans, Mrs. Turnipseed said. “We are serving the same grade of milk now that we served be fore,” she said. Radio Players Will Present 'The Spy' The University Radio Players, members of Paul E. Kiepe’s radio class, will present “The Spy,” by James Fenimore Cooper, over KORE tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Tomorrow's dramatization is one of a series of Thursday night broadcasts entitled “Treasure Next Door.” These productions are built around various popular books and short stories with the purpose, Mr. Kiepe declared, of promoting a more general interest in books and the use of the library. Students making up the cast are Marjorie Ister, Verdi Sederstrom, Gordon Benson, Wendell Brooks, David Compton, Geraldine Hart wick, Eleanor Pitts, Chandler Ste vens, Alice Stewart, Lloyd Beggs, Frank Johnston, Robert Elliot, Mary Ellen Williams, and Virginia Winston. WSC Cougars Drop Invading Beavers Oregon State’s sophomore hoop | ers gave Jack Fiel’s men a close scare last night, carrying the vet eran Cougars into an overtime pe riod, but the defending champs came through and won on a long shot by Clyde “Corky” Carlson, co captain of the WSC team. Merle Kruger converted a free throw with one second remaining ir the game, to tie the score, 39 to 39, just after Roy Pflugrad had scored on a field goal in the last minute of play. Tony Romano’s shot gave the Beavers a half-time lead of 16 to 14. “Corky” Carlson was also high point man with 15 tallies. Sensa tional long shots accounted for most of Carlson’s points. Chancellor to Make Study of Fees Question Proposed Tuition Increase Causes Board to Tie-Vote; Action Deferred (Special to Oregon Daily Emerald) PORTLAND, January 25. — Chancellor Frederick M. Hunt er was asked by the state board of higher education in meeting here today to study further a plan for a raise in tuition fees from $10 to $12 per term to be effective next fall. The suggested raise, to be levied on undergraduates, came from the board’s finance committee and met immediate opposition by several board members. A move to amend the finance committee’s report and refer the proposal back for further study was made by R. W. Ruhl. A vote showed F. E. Callister, E. C. Pease and Ruhl voting to refer, and E. C. Sammons, W. E. Pear son, and C. A. Brand voting against the amendment. First Tie Vote It was the first tie vote taken by the board for several meetings. President W. L. Marks broke the tie by voting for the raise to be referred. One member, Mrs. Bea trice W. Sackett, was not present for the vote and Herman Oliver, member of the finance committee did not vote. Although the matter was placed in the chancellor’s hands without additional discussion, it was learned that very decided views were tak en on the raise. Some members felt that students should be willing to take a heavier burden in meet ing the financial needs of the edu cation system, while others were opposed to it on the grounds that Oregon’s students in the higher learning institutions carry more than other schools on the coast. Psychological Love, Maturity Talk Topics Dr. Beck Will Lecture Tonight in Third of Marriage Series Touching: upon the “Psychologi cal Aspects of Marriage,” Dr. F. L. Beck of the psychology department will address students tonight at 8 o’clock in Villard assembly for the third lecture of the Love and Mar riage series. His speech will deal with the es sential development of love as an emotion and the different phases through which the individual goes as he matures. Attempting to show the opera tions of psycho-mechanism such as projection and the mental dis cord that it produces in married life with the effort that must be made to overcome them will make up the content of the speech. “In marriage relationships, it is incredible how often one attributes to anothex what actually is a pro jection of their own deficiency.” Dr. Beck said. Faculty, Students To Hold Thursday Tea in Gerlinger Don’t let the name “faculty cof fee” scare you out. The affair known by this name includes stu dents, too. The second faculty cof fee of the year sponsored by the AWS will be held Thursday after noon, January 27, from 4 to 5 in Gerlinger lounge. It is arranged as a means for students to enter tain their favorite profs, says Peggy Peebler, general chairman. All students, both boys and girls, are invited to come and each bring a teacher to the coffee. Refresh ments will be served. The affairs are held, not as a means of apple polishing, Miss Peebler said, but to promote better personal friendships between in structors and students. LIBRARIAN READS A class in which modern poetry is read for appreciation is conduct ed in Portland by Miss Ethel R. Sawyer, University browsing room librarian. The last meet was on Sunday.