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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1938)
LEROY MATTINGLY, Editor WALTER R. VERNSTROM, Manager LLOYD TTJPLTNG, Managing Editor Associate Editors: Paul Deutschmann, Clare Tgoe. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon, published daily during the college year **cej t Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods. Entered as second-class mail matter at the postffice, Eugene, Oregon. Editorial Board: Darrel Ellis, Bill Peace, Margaret Pay, Edwin Bobbins, A1 Dickbart, Kenneth Kirtley, Bcrnardihe Bowman. Dorms Get Guaranteed 3.8 Milk—in Bottles | jUlv.U 1 run i men mid women received llieir milk in individual bottles, restaur ant style, and with a ring of cream around tlie lop of the hot tie yeslerday as a result, of fast action on protests by dorm officials. Restaurants and other eating places serv ing milk for public consumption are required by state law to supply whole milk in un opened bottles to the consumers. Whether the milk the hall dwellers have been receiving in the past has been skimmed, every individual has the same right, under pure food laws, to the certainty that his milk is up to standard ■—with butterfat content of at least d.K as has the restaurant customer. * * 9 r|~'IIH swift action of the administration of the dorm was an acknowledgment of this right. Milk served from five gallon cans, skimmed or unskimmed, varies in butterfat content, the poorest milk coming from the bottom of the can, as city health officials de clared Monday in explaining the milk law. Conditions similar to those in the dorms have existed for years in many other campus living organizations not directly under Cni versity control. Some houses buy skimmed milk, supposedly for cooking purposes, and, perhaps because it’s from the bottom of a five gallon can, some of the milk served on campus tables seems pretty mm. norm action to eliminate all possibility of the student re ceiving inferior milk might, well he followed all over the campus. Milk is an important item of most student diets and every man and coed should he assured of getting the same grade, grade “A.’’ which is served in res taurants. * igHKRRY Ross hall and her Blair Hamer, reputedly spokesman for 27.r> men. received a major part of the credit (or stigma) for launching the milk “protest.” Ilarner, while not the elected or appointed mouthpiece of either Wherry Ross hall or of the dorms collectively, did, as nearly as could he ascertained.- represent general feeling in the hall in regard to the quality of the milk. The rapidity with which the complaint ..ived action indicated more than the recog nition of the men’s right to ask for an ad justment in the matter of milk. The dorm administration, it would seem, is ready to listen and act upon if action is justified— the complaints of its tenants. Although the “milk protestors” understood that Dean Vir- - gil I). Marl had hcen informed of dissatisfac tion, they did not appeal to Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed, director of dormitories for the state system, through the usual channels. But. at, any rate, they sure got action. Tonight's the Night ‘y^T’EEKS have passed and much ground lias been covered by AtldHi<* Activities Man ager Anson 11. Cornell and throe coaeliing prospects since Prince (I. Callison cleared the decks for a new coaching regime for Oregon football. Manager Cornell’s tour and the first meet ing of the hoard on the matter brought the field down to four men. At the time it was apparent that not one had experience as head coach at a major institution to hack up his application. Tonight the hoard will interview Gene Shields, last candidate on the list, and . ... m. . will probably make it filial decision, since the months remaining before spring practice be gins arc slipping swiftly away. Voting Mem ber Dave Silver will leave for the basketball team’s northern tour, to he gone more than 30 days, on Thursday so a decision after the interview with Shields tonight seems likely. * # # # ■y^IIAT changes in attitude will the board have when it sits once more having interviewed the candidates? One thing seems fairly certain the men in the field for the job are in every ease stronger than seemed probable. In other words, the interviews, in both material con veyed and the personalities the nominees showed, would seem to indicate that the record each has made in his present capacity is not a fluke. UPRISING!.,Y similar are the types of foot ball which the coaching nominees have advanced. Admitting that the possibility for variety in system arc limited to a considerable extent, it seems more than a coincidence that years of college experience have led four men picked from different points to choose styles and methods of play and coaching which are basically, much the same. More important still, perhaps, is the atti tude all four have towards the “off-tlie-field” * obligations of Ihe job. None of them believe s111<I<■ 111. iilimtni, iiiul public interest should be pushed aside ns it bus been here by several generations of eoaehes. All believe, on the other hand, that 1 he success of the team de pends to a great extent on the support it gets from I liese sources. « * * rJ"'EX Oliver, last of the outside candidates, seemed particularly impressive in his interview. Before he had answered the first question put to him, Oliver had established his ability to speak easily, interestingly, and grammatic ally. The Phi Beta Kappa key which he'wears on his watch chain indicates he was a top ranking student in college—at Texas univer sity, West Point, University of Southern Cali fornia (where he received his degree), and Stanford. The tremendous knowledge of the game which he illustrated soon proved that he has been a student of football in fact, in his two days on the campus lie seemed to live up to his reputation of living, eating, and sleeping football. * # # JU the board has been favorably impressed by outside candidates it should also be im pressed tonight by the lone Oregon candidate in the field, dene Shields. For Shields, too, has much to offer- more perhaps than some of the members suspect and is capable of putting himself across, lie, like the* other three, is also a student of the game and the "Shields system" is as modern and up-to-date as any in use today. Everything still points, it seems, to the “inside” man as the logical choice. But the board's search, putting aside the financial ami other considerations involved and turning the floodlights on pure gridiron tutoring poten tialities as it has. will establish the man who signs the dotted line as the victor over a strong field. Campus Calendar Muster Dunce will hold tryouts for new junior members at the Gerlinger dance studio at 7:30 p.m. Oregana pictures will be taken, so all members be present. All freshman men will meet in front of the Igloo today at 3 o’clock for work, according to Tiger Paine, class prexy. All men are asked to be present. The Condon club will meet Thursday, January 27. at 7:30 in Gerlinger. J. C. Stoval will speak on "Essential Oils." All candidates for the little colo nel meet in front of the military building at 3:15 today. Meeting tonight at 7:30 in the YMCA hut. Dr. Kramer will speak on the Australian school system. The schedule for all remaining Oregana pro up pictures will appeal in Thursday's Emerald. Watch fot it! Alpha Delta Sigma pledges am associates will meet at the College Side for lunch today. Important gathering. Portland Architects Visit at Art School; Discuss Problems Francis B. Jacobberger and P. Bellusehi, Portland architects, are visiting the art school today. They are members of the education com mittee of the Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Archi tects. It is a custom for the members of the education committee to visit the campus once or twice during ' the year. At this time they confer with students who are preparing for practice and to discuss with j them the state board exams and | the problems they will face when they begin to practice. A dinner will be held at 6:30 at the College Side. Lather go at the Whlskerino. French Honorary Initiates 8 Members Eight new members were elect ed to Pi Delta Phi, French honor ary, and Mrs. Clara L. Fitch, and Mrs. Paul P. Smith became honor ary members at the meeting; held January 18, at the home of Mrs. Hazel Howe. Miss Mary Elizabeth Costello read a paper in French on courses at the Sarbonne university, of Paris. New members were; E. Bailey Barnett, Virginia MeCorkle, Claire j Shanks, Kathleen McAlear, J. Monroe Richardson, Loraine Giord ing. Mary Kessi, and Stanley Robe. Frosh Leave (Continued from pour two) at guards. This combination boasts a 6 foot 2 average which is prob ably considerably better than any of the high country teams can produce. Hood River will offer the first opposition for the Ducklings Wed nesday evening with Pendleton, l.a Grande and Baker next in line on Thursday, Friday, and Satur day nights. Pollock's FOLLY By BOB POLLOCK (Editor's note: Columnist Eoh Pollock’s first story, a tale of Officer Rhinesmith, the Letter men’s Limp of last Saturday, and something called Duncan’s Dew of Killarney was "edited.’’ Undaunted, Pollock continues with a second and less timely incident in the life of the cam pus policeman. To go with the biography ) * * * All of which reminds us of another incident in the pictur esque past of Campus Cop Khinesmith. Patrolling his heat, he spotted a car parked in a way the law has gone at great lengths to inveigh against. The license number, he noted, was “111,111.” Officer Rhinesmith did his duty, lie tagged the ca r. It was not until later that Tagger Rhinesmith learned that the chariot with the "111,111” license number belonged to Charles H. Martin, Major-Gen eral, Rtd., former representa tive from Oregon, and at pres ent serving as governor of this sovereign state. It appears Policeman Khine smith is too much of an ardent reader of the statutes and not of the newspapers, otherwise he could not have helped knowing that this particular numlter is always reserved for Governor Martin. Maybe this is a ehanee for a smart solicitor for the Oregon ian or tifr Journal to make a sale. Ah! Wilderness, Eugene O’Neill’s three-act comedy be came an eight-hour nightmare for members of its cast Sunday evening, night and early morn ing. failed for a rehearsal sched uled to start at 7 Sunday p. m. they straggled wearily home at S a.m. Monday . . . anxious housemothers of gal east mem bers had burned the University’s wires for hours wondering where, their wandering women were . . . the male memliers of the show fired up cartons of eigarets and Director Ottilie Seybolt lost pounds and turned grey by degrees as the night waned and the morning waxed . . . hut the show, tritely, must go on. . . . •lack Powers, freshman from Salem, to whom his fellow stu dents at Sherry Ross hall point with pride and some envy as a four-pointer was born in a home for the feeble-minded. . . not only was he born there, but most of his relatives lived there. . . . It would seem at first glance that this is the old Abraham Lincoln story of a rise from a log cabin to the White House, in this ease of the hoohy hatch SIDE SHOW By Bill Cummings and Fatil Dentohmann Campus What Oregon needs most of all in its proposed student union building is an auditorium. For years, students have been crowded into the women’s gym in Gerlinger hall because we have no better place to meet— and now that plans are taking shape for a building designed for student activities, why not include in the blueprints a gath ering place suitable for assem blies and student body meet ings? * * * President-elect Donald M. F.rli must have wondered about his new college when he stood on the unbecoming platform in Gerlinger and attempted to make his voice heard through a tangle of gymnasium apparatus hanging above the heads of his listeners. The place is unworthy of a high school for such meet ings, let alone a university. * * as Without an auditorium, a new student union building would being substituted for Abe’s cab in and the University of Oregon for the presidential palace. . . the truth of the matter is, how ever, that young Mr. Powers’ paternul grandfather was su perintendent of the place and, unlike the inmates, came and went when he would. . . not. satisfy the needs of the Uni versity. Certainly the expense of including an auditorium in the proposed building would not be prohibitive. Our student un ion should be a modest struc ture, it is granted, to conform with Oregon's depleted building budget, but would the union be worthwhile at all without a place large enough and conven ient enough to house student body gatherings ? Classes could use the auditor ium for class meetings, instead of huddling in the uncomfort able confines of Villard; the AWS, the ASITO, the speech de partment, the newly formed business administration student body, and a dozen other groups could use the place for meetings which would be interesting and effective. Oregon’s drama department has struggled along in its little theater for years, turning out plays which should he presented before audiences of from one to two thousand instead of a scant two hundred. All this, because Oregon does not have a suitable auditorium, in which to hear its distinguished speakers, its new presidents, its student officers, and its dramatists. If we have to wait for it, all right, hut when the student union building goes up, let’s see that an audi torium is included in the plans. Music Honorary Adds Six Members Formal initiation was held for six pledges to the Psi chapter oS, Phi Mu Alpha, men’s national mu sic honorary, Monday evening in the music building. The new members are Richard ITogopiah, Robert Douglas, Gordon Trip, William McKinney, Ectwin Myrick, and Norman Gaeden. Buy gas on the campus at Pome roy’s Associated.—adv. i 1. AND MRS. NEWT” 'his elector j se„ °Wn d^Ve 5 m,Ve 6nge^!th 20 Z thro CVery rette is def9Cftaffetf°oeS OI,t defective onec'ga Ever„. ?» s«„ce . folds mZ '° mat, c/“® ’*"«*’■ «*d ienl? ***■ Weekly Radio Features Lawrence Tibbett Andre Kostelanetz Paul Whiteman Deems Taylor Paul Douglas 1 Youllfind MORE PLEASURE in Chesterfields milder better taste Contain 19)8, Ligoett & Mveas Tobacco Co,