Chancellor Hunter
Is Given House by
Former Eugenean
University Pianists
Play Tonight lor
Scholarship Fund
VOLUME XXXIX
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1938
NUMBER 60
Oliver Gets Oregon Coaching Post
!*:
Dean Earl Forbids Mill-Racing of Shavers Because of Cold Weather
'Beardless'
Sophomores'
'Dunking'Out
Whiskerino Contest
Punishment Will
Not Be Enforced,
Rowe Reveals
Beardless sophomores are not
destined to mill-racing, it was
revealed yesterday when the
discovery was made that Dean
Virgil D. Earl advised that no
“dunking” punishments be ad
ministered to those who do not
conform with Whiskerino con
test requirements.
Dean Virgil D. Earl was contact
ed by one of the sophomore com
mittee members and asked for his
stand as to mill-racing and at this
time Dean Earl explained, "I don’t
think it good for any man to go
in the race in such zero weather.
I disapprove of the danger it might
involve as to the health of the
victim.”
New Punishment Planned
A telephone conversation with
Paul Rowe, chairman of the “dunk
ing" committee, confirmed the re
port of the dean’s request. He
said, “some other form of punish
ment will meet those who do not
have beards at the dance Friday
evening.”
Because of illness the class
prexy, Dick Litfin, could not be
contacted to furnish more informa
tion as to what new type of pun
ishment will be “dished out” when
the “slackers” are caught.
Several years ago the punish
ment customary was doled out in
the form of hacks on the old library
steps. Dr. Boyer ordered this dis
continued because of the danger
of physical harm to the students.
Again last year an attempt was
made to revive the hacking custom
but the suggestion did not mature.
Harvard Prexy
Justifies Policy
Of Scholarship
By ALYCE ROGERS
“We cannot afford to let the ac
^ cident of birth cripple the educa
tional opportunities of youths of
promise. Our colleges and univer
sities must extend their taproots
until they reach all classes of so
ciety.” Thus Harvard’s President
James Bryant Conant justified
Harvard's new policy of awarding
more and bigger scholarships to
promising students.
Remember ...
Puppy love is the beginning of a
dog’s life.
- -T_cs Angeles Collegian.
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Lucky Sneezers
You can count your I.Q. by your
sneezes, so if you are one of the
many hay fever sufferers on the
campus, you are to be congratu
lated!
^ Doctors say that intelligent peo
ple are more susceptible than the
uneducated, but in the same breath
they contradict themselves by say
ing that women are more suscepti
ble than men.
Students at the University of
Texas, according to the campus
daily, blame various and sundry
things for their hay fever. One
student declared that the coming
of the crickets has something to
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RESEARCHERS MEET AT OSC
Five University of Oregon offi
cials attended a meeting of the
general research council of the
^ state system of higher education in
Corvallis on Tuesday. The five
were Dr. R. W. Leighton, Dr.
R. W. Leighton, Dr. George Rebec,
Dr. C. B. Beall, Dr. L. A. Wood,
and Dr Howard Taylor.
Proposed Fee Raise
Leaves Tuition Rate
Under '32- 33Mark
Plan for Dues Increase Is Referred to
Chancellor F. M. Hunter for Investigation;
Depression Sees $27 Change
By BUD JERMAIN
Even with the proposed fee increase of $2 which the state board
considered Tuesday, fees would be still be under the high mark set in
the years of ’32-’33, records in the board offices in Johnson hall re
vealed yesterday.
Adding $2 to the amount now paid, while it would make the total
$5 higher than last year's figure, would leave the figure $1 under the
'32-’33 level, according to R. L. Collins, statistician and budget official
Teetotaler
Janet Felt . . . tries to keep boy
friend on water wagon in “Ah!
Wilderness.”
Ah! Wilderness Cast
In Final Rehearsal
The University theater produc
tion of Eugene O’Neil’s “Ah! Wil
derness” goes into its final dress
rehearsal tonight and will open to
morrow night at 8 p.m. The show
is also to run Saturday, and on
Tuesday night of next week.
Tickets for any of the perform
ances are still available in the box
office in the corridor of Johnson
hall.
oi tne state system.
The present proposed increase,
which has been referred to Chan
cellor Frederick M. Hunter for fur
ther study, is to raise the tuition
rate. Term fees already total $30,
of which $10 is specified for tui
tion. The increase would have
made the figure $12 for a total of
$32. These figures do not include
the $2 gym suit fee, which is paid
by 65 per cent of all undergraduate
students, according to University
figures. Neither do they include
class or ASUO memberships.
Original Fees $33
Fees in the year of 1932-1933,
the first year of the unified state
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Two Gals Fret
As Bell Hails
Feasting Time
’Twas nearing the end of a
class period, and from one of the
rooms in the home economics
building there came that delic
ious aroma which heralds the ap
pearance of a freshly baked cake.
Soon the bell rang, the door
opened and a number of girls,
wearing broad smiles and laugh
ing gaily, entered the locker
room. Each was carefully carry
ing a small package—that is,
almost everyone.
Two girls were bemoaning the
fact that while their classmates
had cakes they had none. “But,”
one of them said, "if we took
ours home, we would have to
pack it, and I do mean 'pack’.”
“We got some flour that was
n’t exactly dry,” said the other
by way of explanation.
Symphony, Soloists
In Concert Tonight
A three-star concerto program with the University symphony or
chestra directed by Rex Underwood and soloists Jane Thacher, Aurora
Potter Underwood, and George Hopkins, will be presented in the music
auditorium tonight at S:30 o’clock.
For many years the University has preferred to be known as the
f,,ir> o norto niimViPi* with thp fift-nippp nrphpstra Tbp nrn
gram will begin with Mr. Hopkins
playing the famous Beethoven
"Emperor” concerto.
Franz Liszt’s concerto in E flat
major, played by Mrs. Underwood,
and Schumann's second piano con
certo presented by Mrs. Thacher,
will also be featured on the pro
gram with the symphony orches
tra.
Tickets for the affair, all re
served, are on sale in the ticket
office of McArthur court. Admis
sion will be $1 for adult and 501
cents for students. Only 600 seats i
are available, it was announced.
GRAD MARRIES
John E. Milligan, Jr., member
of the class of ’36, was married to
Miss Daryl Smith last Saturday in
Honolulu at the “Little Church at
the Crossroads.”
Mrs. Milligan is a graduate of
the University of Honolulu. They
will live in Kaunakakai, Molokai
Island, Hawaii.
While on the Oregon campus.
Milligan was a star athlete and a
' member of Phi Delta Theta.
Judges Selected
For Story Contest
W. F. G. Thacher, professor of
advertising, yesterday announced
that judges for the annual Edison
Marshall short story contest have
been selected.
The judges named were Alfred
E. Powers, dean and director of
the extension division, Portland;
Mrs. Margaret Goodall, instructor
in education in University high
school, Eugene; and Mr. John
Hawkins, a professionel writer,
Portland.
The contest is conducted every
year, with Edison Marshall, noted
writer, donating the prize of $50
to the winner.
Rules of the contest, which
closes February 15, are that each
manuscript must be submitted to
Mr. Thacher in duplicate, and with
out the writer’s name on the story.
The name of the author should be
placed in a sealed envelope with
the name of the story on the out
side.
Business Man
Gives Oregon
His Residence
Erb Will Occupy Old
Residence; Eugene
Property Holder
Makes Donation
The chancellor of the state sys
tem of higher education now has
an official residence on Fairmouut
heights, the donation of Campbell
Church, Eugene business man and
property holder. Announcement
was made yesterday of the gift,
which includes approximately two
acres of beautifully landscaped
grounds and a swimming pool, the
property being valued at $50,000.
Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter
has been instructed by the state
board to move to his new quarters
this summer, which will leave the
president’s house on the campus
for the new president, Dr, Donald
M. Erb.
The gift is the answer to the
problem which has been a source
of concern to the state board for
some time. The chancellor will now
have his official residence in Eu
gene and quarters at Oregon State
college in Corvallis which will be
available as often as is necessary.
More Pictures
Scheduled for
Oregana Today
Members of the following or
ganizations should be present at
the assigned locations and at the
designated time today for Oregana
pictures:
Front steps of Johnson hall: 11,
Interfraternity council; 11:15, all
athletic managers; 11:30, Philome
lete secretaries; 11:45, Kwama.
Entrance to men’s gym: 1:00,
intramural managers; 1:15, Theta
Chi softball team; 1:30, Alpha Tau
Omega golf team; 1:45, Phi Delta
Theta tennis team; 2:00, Beta
track squad; 2:15, Yeoman cross
country squad; 2:30, Sigma Phi
Epsilon "A” volleyball team; 2:45,
Alpha Tau Omega “B" volleyball
team.
At ROTC building: 3:15, seniors
in military (in uniform); 3:30,
juniors in military (in uniform);
3:45, rifle squad (in uniform).
Photos will not be taken in case
of heavy rain.
Oregon's New Coach
p
TV\ Oliver . . . will lead Ducks next year.
Kyser's Musical Question’
Program to Be Emulated in
New Emeraldof Air Series
Outlining; a new series of musical Emerald of the Air programs
fashioned about the popular Kay Kyser’s Black Hawk program, Don
Kennedy, director of the broadcasts, has announced the first of such
! radio features with Babe Binford’s band for tonight at 8:45 o’clock over
KORE.
“Our new plan, to be on one-half hour every Thursday night, will be
introduced and explained tonight,”
Kennedy said yesterday. “We
j think this term’s broadcast will bo
i come the musical treat of the cam
pus.”
The programs will be in the form
i of contests to answer questions
on musical titles, tunes, popular
band leaders, theme songs and
types of instruments. Candidates
‘ to take part in the contest at the
studio will be chosen from names
submitted to the radio editor.
Valuable prizes are being gathered
for each broadcast’s contest win
ner.
Swing Club Starts
The new “swing club” program
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Tickles Keys Toniqht
George Hopkins
school program.
with two other Oregon professors on music
Like Circulation
Of Books Boom
Attributing its cause “perhaps
to the number of English compo
sition term papers being written,"
Miss Bernice Rise, circulation li
brarian of the University library,
announced an increase in circula
tion of 1309 books over winter
term last year.
The total number of books
checked out from the beginning of
the term to January 25 last year
were 11,297. This year’s figures
for the same period amount to 12,
503, she says.
'Smiling Tex' Wins
Three-Year Contract
After Lonq Session
mS
New Duck Gridiron Mentor Will Receive
$6000 Yearly Salary; Was Quarterback on
Army Team, Has Varied Record
A lean, smiling- Texan, G. A. Oliver, was recommended as
head football coach for the University of Oregon by the ath
letic activities board last night.
The board’s recommendation to President C. Valentine Boyer
named a salary of $6000 a year on a three-year basis.
No stipulations were made in the recommendation as to
assistants. Coach Oliver indicated while on the campus for his
interview that he would require the same number of assistants
as were used last year but refused
to indicate any preference as to
personnel.
Shields Interviewed
Before going into formal session
to vote on the four candidates re
maining in the field since the elim
ination of candidates at a board
meeting January 13, the board in
formally talked with Line Coach
Gene Shields, last of the men to
appear before it.
Oliver, a ^Vest Point quarter
back in the years following the
World war, comes to Oregon from
Arizona. His Wildcat team
drubbed the Ducks, 20 to G, in the
season just finished.
Studied at IISC
The new Oregon gridiron mentor
got his degree from University of
Southern California. He also stud
ied at Stanford.
San Diego high school was Oli
ver’s first coaching position. From
there he went to Santa Anna. He
has held his present position for
i five years.
In his interview with the board
Coach Oliver indicated that at one
i time or another he had had occa
sion to use or study every major
coaching system. He has studied
at coaching schools offered by
leading coaches throughout the
nation.
Providing the state board ac
cepts the recommendation of the
athletic board to Dr. Boyer as has
been the custom in the past, the
new football leader will come to
this campus for spring practice or
sooner, he indicated while on the
campus.
Oregon will play the type of
football that he has coached at
Arizona, Oliver said last Sunday
when questioned as to his plans ir
the event of his selection.
Uses Fast Play
Working on the theory that more
touchdowns are scored from out
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Mice Chisel Webfeet;
Maiden Seeks 'Thief'
“F’r goodness sakes! Who’s been eating my apple?” cried the fair
young maiden, who in reality was an NY A typist in the sociology
department. She had just found imprints of tiny teeth in her lunch
apple that told clearer than words the whole story: mice.
For many years the University has preferred to b “known as the
habitat of Donald Ducks and similar webfooted creatures, but recently
several buildings on the campus
have found themselves infested
with Mic-key Mice. They have
been found by many department
members to be not nearly so hum
orous as the original Mickey, but
nonetheless, entertaining.
At the news bureau the mice be
came so bothersome that ten cents
was invested in the purchase of
two traps. They were made tempt
ing with the proper pieces of
cheese, and the conspiracy began.
The first mouse to fall under the
spell (and smell) of it all became
very eager in his attempt he had
been starving along on typewrit
ten pages and carbon paper for
years -and he would let nothing
hinder him. Not even the descend
ing wire guillotine of the trap
could stop him, even after it fell.
While wedged in the clamp he
proved he still had enough life in
him to eat cheese. And he did.
Now the problem is: Did the trap
kill him? Or was it the cheese?
Anyway, he died.
Alpha Delta Sigma
Holds Pre-initiation
Six new pledges received theii
initial ceremony before becoming
members of Alpha Delta Sigma
advertising honorary, as the or
ganization held its bi-monthly
meeting at the College Side Wed
nesday. The neophytes will be for
mally initiated at a ceremony or
February 12. Regulation business
was also attended to at the meet
ing.
SAE, Pi Kap, Kappa
Sig Pledge New Men
Latest list from the fraternity
pledge front at the University in
clude the names of Maurice L
Clark and Robert J. Davis, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Gordon Ridgeway
and Ray Holcomb, Pi Kappa Al
pha, and Edward C. Adams, Kappa
Sigma.
Threat of Third
Maritime Tie-up
Looms Nearer
Southern Filibuster
Continues Merrily
As Gag Fails
By GORDON RIDGEWAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26
Strife between the American Fed
eration of Labor and the CIO for
control of Pacific coast stevedor
ing labor spread along the sea
board today, threatening the third
I maritime strike in four years.
CIO leader, Harry Bridges, has
declared that a walkout hinges
upon a California supreme court
decision Friday. Bridges' citizen
ship is now being investigated by
a senate committee.
In Portland, Charles G. Peabody,
A. F. of L. organizer asserted,
"Bridges is afraid to call his CIO
strike. The men are getting sick
of the CIO. One more strike and
the men will return to the federa
tion.”
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Stop Delay?—Nope
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—Seem
ingly invincible, southern senators
continued their filibuster against
the anti-lynching bill today as sup
port for invoking the senate “gag
rule" failed to materialize.
No night session was called for
; tonight, administration leaders
deeming it impossible to advance
' the situation.
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Lewis Says ...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—John
L. Lewis announced tonight that
the CIO unions will merge with the
American Federation of Labor if
1 the Federation will take them as
they stand. As an alternative he
offered to take all AFL unions into
| the CIO.
The peace proposal, the most
definite one to come from Lewis,
was made at a convention of the
United Mine Workers.
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Royal Peace
DOORN, The Netherlands, Jan.
26.—Celebrating his seventy-ninth
birthday today, ex-Kaiser Wilhelm
of Germany is now convinced that
the royal families of Windsor and
Hohenzollern have finally been
conciliated for the first time since
the World war.
A telegram of congratulations
was sent, signed "Bertie, May and
Elizabeth,” by King George VI,
Queen Mother Mary, and Queen
Elizabeth of England.
More Receives
Notice of Placement
Wayne L. Morse, dean of the
University law school, recently re
ceived notice from the American
Bar association, of his appointment
as sub-committee member for the
state of Oregon acting under a
committee on cooperation of the
section of legal education and ad
missions to the bar of the Ameri
can Bar association.