New Oregon Mentor defers Contract Acceptance
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Stars in 'Wilderness'
Alice Mae Spiling anil Iris Franzen . . . fraught by problems of 1900.
Ah! Wilderness' Play
Will Open Formally
At Guild Hall Tonight
Opening tonight at 8 p.m. in Guild hall is the University theater
production of Eugene O'Neil’s “Ah! Wilderness,” a comedy hit which
has met with a brilliant success on both stage and screen. Following
the first night custom, refreshments will be served between acts, and
formal dress is optional.
Directed by Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt, the cast includes: Eleanor
Pitts, Roy Schwartz, Jack Lewis, Eddie Hearn, Gayle Buchanan, Ethan
Newman, Janet Felt, Tommy Tugman, Lester Miller, Malcolm Walt
Proposed $2 Fee
Raise Action Due
At Next Meeting
Chancellor's Study
May Be Completed
By March 8
With the tentative fee jump
question now being studied by
Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter,
who is at present in Corvallis, it
was suggested today by authorita
tive sources that no new develop
ments are likely to come until the
next meeting of the board.
The board will come together
again March 8, at which time it
will again consider the fee prob
lem. The report of the chancellor
upon his findings will probably be
a major factor in any action the
board may take.
Disclosed at this week's board
meeting was the fact that out of
12 western states studied, there is
only one other state which has
higher fees than Oregon, that state
being Colorado. These figures and
others of similar nature are being
carefully analyzed in relation to
the fee situation.
Increasing enrollments at state
institutions of higher learning,
causing choked-up classrooms and
ji extension of University facilities,
have brought the matter of funds
to the front, University officials
said.
Nazi Students
Must Not Fight
Trifling Duels
By ALYCE ROGERS
Dr. Gustav Scheel, nazi student
fuehrer at Berlin, has decided
there were too many duels last se
mester and has ortlered drastic
curtailment, according to the As
sociated Press.
The honor code which was is
sued six months ago makes it
obligatory for every student to de
mand satisfaction with weapons
^ if his honor has been violated. But
Scheel believes students have
abused their right to duel in de
fense of honor.
Dr. Scheel’s assistant, Dr. Mar
tin Sandberger, has disclosed there
were 178 honor duels from June
to last December and that most oi
them were over “trivialities” that
should have been dealt with by the
disciplinary court—not the honoi
court.
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Bubbles ...
“The Purple Parrot,” humoi
mag, at Northwestern, was barrec
from distribution on the campus
because it contained a two-page
i supplement of photos showing
coeds reclining in the bath. Au
thorities learned that "loyal” sis
ters had been supplied with candii
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man, Alice Mae Selling, Pat Tay
lor, Bob Shelley, George Batter
son, and Iris Franzen.
Special emphasis has been placed
during the preparation for the play
on making it authentic in every de
tail as to costume, properties, and
set. The set was designed and con
structed by Horace W. Robinson
and is unusually ingenious as well
as realistic.
“Ah! Wilderness’’ represents an
unusual' departure from O’Neil’s
past works. It is a charming, wist
ful comedy of family life and a
youth’s distressing problems in
the America of 1906.
In a poll taken in a campus au
dience last spring, this play was
the first choice of all of those sug
gested on the ballot.
SHINN TO TALK
Delos Shinn, business ad major,
will substitute for Daniel D. Gage,
professor of business administra
tion, as the speaker over KOAC, on
the “business hour” program to
night. The subject of his talk was
not learned. Professor Gage will
conclude his series of talks on the
silver racket next week.
Permanent Drapes Ready
i
Radio Hookup
Rests While
Bigwigs Think
State Board Ponders
Merge With KOAC;
Survey of Listeners
Under Advisement
No definite action was taken by
the state board of higher education
on the proposal to extend facilities
of KOAC to the Oregon campus,
it was learned yesterday.
After a brief hearing concerning
the questions, action on the matter
was deferred until further study
could be made of the costs and
needs. Among the things which
will be studied, according to Dr.
Dan E. Clark, director of general
extension, will be accurate cost
figures for extension and direct
operation.
Also included in the study will
be a survey of the listener field in
an effort to determine the number
of listeners reached by KOAC, both
in state college and University
programs.
Art Students Await
Annual Ball Tonight
Bohemia Transposed
To Anchorage for
Shuffle at Nine
After the clock strikes nine to
night, the Anchorage will no long
er be the Anchorage for it will
have been transformed by art stu
dents into a Bohemian’1 scene for |
their annual Beaux Arts ball. Con
trary to last year’s policy, this
year’s ball is open only to art stu
dents and their friends.
During the past week students
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Midnight Oil Burns While
Spiders and Dust Gather
On Joe College's Books
By BILL RALSTON
What the heck?
The week before mid-terms and no notes, no books, no assignments,
no library card, no nothin’. What to do about it? How about a study
schedule ?
Let’s see; Up at 6:30 (a.m.) Should do house duty but, oh well,
just as soon take hacks.
6:45 time for breakfast. Should feel gloomy; so darn much study
mg’ to do.
6:59 turn on radio and listen to
“early bird” program.
7:15 get dressed. Let out yell
because pants are inside out.
7:30 go downstairs and tell ev
erybody what a lot of talking they
did in their sleep.
Read Funnies
7:33 try to get the remnants of
the morning paper and see where
Pa and Li’l Abner will be blown
to when the nitro-glycerin ex
plodes. Nuts, continued tomorrow.
7:45 get on hat and coat; go
down to the Side; have a “coke"
and start on that long walk, one
block, to the library. Get there
too early and have to stand out in
the rain for one minute.
8 to 8:30 wait for librarian to
find out if they have a copy of
your book.
8:31 to 8:47 try to find a friend
to talk to. It’s too early to study.
Sleep and Snore
8:50 to 10:00 sleep in upper divi
sion room. Wake up and find all
the girls laughing. Must have
snored.
10:01 to 10:29 walk back to the
house. Stop to ask a couple of
Thetas what they thought of the
exchange dessert.
10:39 to 11:00 read mail and!
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Igloo to Be Fitted Tuesday
For New Wardrobe; First
Donned for Local Gleemen
Work Nears Completion on the Project for
Hanging 600 Yards of Cloth From Walls of
McArthur Court
By BUD JERMAIN
The long-awaited permanent decorations which will transform
specious McArthur court into a ballroom or concert hall to suit the
need, are not only here but they will be “tried on" Tuesday in anticipa
tion of Wednesday night's gleemen concert.
The 600 odd yards of new clothes for the huge enclosure were pro
nounced ready for use yesterday by Rorace Robinson of the drama
department, m charge ot installa
tion.
For concerts there will be a main
drape of pearl gray sateen behind
the sound shell back of the stage,
with alternate panels of runt and
antique gold-colored monk's cloth
covering approximately half of the
wall which leads up from the bas
ketball floor. Only half of this wall
circle is to be covered for concerts,
bleachers usually covering the re
maining portions.
Sateen Main Drape
The main drape is of sateen, and
is to be arranged in a long sweep
to the stage. Colored lights will be
focused on the central drape dur
ing concerts.
For dances the arrangement will
be somewhat different. The whole
wall-circle immediately off the
basketball floor will be covered,
a good grade of colored burlap
having been purchased to be used
with the other panels and with
decorations, according to Mr.
Robinson.
Lighting for dances will feature
new sheet metal lamps which will
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Sick-List Mounts at
Oregon's Infirmary
Although the infirmary is not
faced with a flu epidemic as was
the condition at this time last year,
96 cases have been reported since
the opening of the winter term on
January 3.
The health service staff has add
ed extra help so as to have facili
ties to cope with the large number
that are confined to hospital care.
A total of 390 cases have been
handled by the hospital staff al
ready this academic year and an
even greater amount have been
turned out from the dispensary.
Favorable health conditions pre
vailing on the campus now, in
comparison with last year’s record,
permit the infirmary to operate
with nominal housing facilities.
All Faculty Decides
To Maintain Credits
Proposed 17-Hour Cut
In UD Requirements
Held Unfair
The college of arts and letters
faculty met Wednesday and unani
mously voted that the number of
upper division credits in the col
lege of arts and letters should not
be dropped from 62 to 45 as re
cently was proposed in faculty
meeting. The matter was referred
to the various departments and
academic council for discussion.
“This decision is in the interests
of both the upper and lower di
vision student,” said Rijdolf H.
Ernst, professor of English Thurs
day, when interviewed. “It is not
right for the junior or senior to
compete with those in the lower
classes. He should work with his
peers.”
"It is also true that a large
number of older students, who
have been studying longer in tak
ing lower division subjects, tend to
lower the grades of the freshman
or sophomore, who should be tak
ing the course.” Since the upper
division student does not get cred
it for these courses towards grad
uation, both students lose out in
this way.”
Soph, Frosh
Prexies Want
To Rule Votes
Underclass Heads
Agree to Submit to
ASUO Supervision
If Primary Fails
New developments in the execu
tive council proposal to place class
elections in the hands of the ASUO
board appeared last night as fresh
man and sophomore class presi
dents asked that they be allowed
to conduct their own elections next
spring.
Presidents Payne and Litfin said
that due to the sophomore adoption
of the direct primary, and pending
frosh adoption, that they wished
to test their new election plan
without outside supervision.
ASUO vice-president Noel Ben
son said that the plan was to have
more uniformity in elections under
the ASUO board, and that contro
versies could be more easily settl
ed by the judiciary committee.
Proxy Votes Questioned
Questioned as to how proxy vot
ing could be blocked without the
ASUO board’s supervision, Payne
and Litfin said that their own elec
tion boards, equally composed of
members of opposite parties, would
stop proxy voting.
The plan the board would use,
though Litfin and Payne said the
class members had not yet passed
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Gamma Alpha Chi
To Initiate Six
Gamma Alpha Chi, women’s na
tional advertising honorary, in
itiated six girls Wednesday evening
at Alumni hall. The initiation serv
ice was followed by a banquet at
the Anchorage.
The new members are: Jean
Bonness, Marjorie Bates, Jean
Rosson, Ruth Mary Scovel, Pa
tricia Brugman, and Lillian Scott.
Extended Cram Period
Meets Profs' Opposition
On Charges of Laziness
Random opinion as to the holding of pre-exam reviews as a requisite
i nthe syllabi of all departments was divided between students and
faculty members in a poll taken yesterday.
A plan such as this, if accepted, would make it the duty of each
department to donate the last week before final exam dates of each
term to an extensive review of the material that had been covered.
ASUO Annals Disclose Long-Standing
Demand for Student Union Buildina
By PAT ERICKSON
While Oregon’s proposed student
union awaits action next week by
a special committee of the ASUO
executive board investigating
means of financing it, a review of
Emerald files for the 15 years since
the plan was first brought forth
was completed today.
A student union building for the
University was first proposed in
1923 by John MacGregor, then
president of the student body, who
saw similar buildings at Califor
nia universities, and decided that
Oregon needed one, too.
A $10,000,000 building fund had
been started through the efforts
of President Campbell in 1922, and
subscriptions and donations for
this fund were being taken from
townspeople, alumni, and students
at the time the student union
building plans were advanced.
ASLO Fund Started
The idea was so well received
by the students that the ASUO
decided to start a fund for such
a building from the funds already
contributed by students.
in 1924 student body president
Claude Robinson appointed Haddon
Rockhey general chairman to raise
the necessary funds, with a goal
set at $200,000. By April an ex
tensive campaign had raised $84,
000 from University students.
The plan outlined was as fol
lows. A man remaining at the
University only two terms would
contribute $10. However, under
the drive, each student was to
pledge $100. The man who stayed
two terms was hit as hard as the
man who stayed four years. A $5
fee plan was then introduced by
which a student remaining four
years in college contributed $60,
which, compounded for six years,
equalled $100 as to be compared
with $100 to be paid after matricu
lation. This plan also made money
immediately available.
Site Picked
With the union building’s loca
tion tentatively set as west of
Kincaid street, Rockhey's drive for
funds swept the campus. Rockhey
stated, “Every man and woman in
the University is going to feel his
or her responsibility to back this
movement to the fullest extent of
his power.”
Then in 1926, the ASUO voted
to" contribute towards the building
of McArthur court with $50,000 of
their accumulated student union
building funds. This left approxi
mately $30,000 in cash and securi
ties in the fund. McArthur court
was erected in the summer and
fall of 1926, and its bonded indebt
edness paid off by 1932.
Dropped until 1935 for economic
reasons, the student University
question was again raised, but
given little consideration since pay
ments on the infirmary and the
new library were then getting first
notice. The funds then available
were $30,000 pledged to be used
only on the union building and
$18,000 gift fund, which could be
used for any purpose.
Compulsory student building
fees having since been abandoned,
the amount at present available
for the building is $33,313, $20,000
of which remains from the original
fund.
Class periods would be devoted to
the discussion and answering of
questionable topics in the student’s
mind. The professor would give a
more or less complete coverage of
the substance from which the ex
aminations were to be taken.
Professors Opposed
Information solicited from three
Oregon professors indicates that
general faculty opinion is against
such a proposel. Professor James
Barnett said, “College students
should be mature enough not to
need such preparation under the
guidance of the instructor.”
Prof. L. S. Cressman, head of
the department of anthropology,
explained, “We Jiave a definite
system of work that follows a
syllabus and in most cases the last
week is given to review. If such a
plan were installed as a routine it
would only mean another class to
contend with.”
Professor Jameson believed that
it would depend entirely on the
content of the course, but that stu
dents should comprehend all the
work during the term without such
help.
Students Want Review
Excerpts from student opinion
were more favorable toward the
adoption of the proposal. One stu
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New Question Arises
In Coach Situation;
Oliver Awaits Details
Contract Will Be Studied Further Before
Signature Is Placed on $6000/ Three-Year
Basis by Placed Candidate
While Oregon quieted down fol
lowing the naming today of Tex
Oliver as head coach for the com
ing three years at $6,000 a year by
the athletic hoard, all was not quiet
as it should be—with Oliver not
quite ready to sign the contract.
Athletic Manager Anse Cornell
sent Oliver a wire at the end of
last night's four-hour session stat
ing the terms of the contract and
that the routine letter of confirma
tion would follow from President
Boyer.
Oliver Hesitates
It was learned today however
that the Arizona coach will wait
and study the written contract be
fore agreeing to accept the post.
His contract at Arizona, which
runs for a while longer, will have
to be cancelled also.
Oliver indicated when he left
Eugene after iiis interview last
Sunday that terms similar to the
ones offered Thursday night would
be acceptable to him.
Meanwhile, on the Oregon cam
pus, it is understood that the con
tract when finished will be sub
mitted by President Boyer to the
state board of higher education,
although it will pass that group as
a formality. The new proposal will
be the first three-year contract
awarded since Doc Spears broke
his contract in 1932.
Shields, Mikulak Unsettled
With their positions on the
coaching staff unsettled, Gene
Shields and Mike Mikulak, assist
ant coaches, were believed to be
angling for other coaching jobs.
Oliver stated Sunday that he would
require the same number of assist
ants as were used last year but
refused to indicate any preference
as to the personnel that he would
choose.
Oliver has indicated that he will
come to the campus in plenty of
time to start the spring practice.
His teams will play the same sys
tem of football that helped Arizona
to defeat Oregon this fall 20 to 6.
It consists of balanced and unbal
anced lines and long and short
punt formations, and spread for
mations also.
The nominee is a former West
Pointer and has held his present
position for five years. Like Ore
gon’s new president, Dr. Donald M.
Erb, he is 37 years old.
Thursday Night Set
For Jewett Contest
Poetry reading contestants,
chosen from the extempore speak
ing classes, will compete next
Thursday night in the annual Jew
ett public speaking contest.
Prizes of $15, $10, and $5 will be
awarded. The program will be held
in the Guild theater in Johnson
hall, starting at 7:30.
Sophs io Parade
Beards Tonight
At Whiskerino
Babe Binford's Band
To Play for Annual
Dance Event
Time for the annual sophomore
“Whiskerino” dance arrives to
night as Maurie Binford’s orches
tra strikes the pace for the “Moun
tain Boys” theme in Gerlinger hall.
Terminating the whisker derby
with the awarding of prizes to the
heaviest, the lightest, the reddest,
and the fanciest growth of board
or fuzz for the scheduled growing
period of two weeks will be one of
the main features of the dance.
“Informal attire is in order for
the dance,” stated Anne Frederick
sen, social chairman. All sopho
mores are compelled to wear their
beards to the dance and will be
dressed as loggers. Girls may wear
anything from slacks to skirts and
culottes.
Admission to the dance will be
one dollar a couple with a 50c re
duction being given to sophomore
j class card holders.
Charles H. Martin
Will Visit Campus
Governor Will Attend
Annual Winter Ball
Of Military Group
For the third time during the
1937-38 school year Governor
Charles A. Martin will visit the
campus, when he attends the Mil
itary ball, annual winter term for
mal of Scabbard and Blade, na
tional ROTC honorary.
Attendance of the governor, a
retired general, was made ceftain
by Jack Lew and John Enders of
the local Scabbard and Blade chap
ter, who visited the governor at
Salem recently and received his
promise that he would attend. The
governor will serve as official es
cort of the honorary little colonel
to be selected the evening of the
dance.
Invitations have also been ex
tended to Chancellor Hunter, Pres
ident Boyer, and President Peavy
of OSC, to represent the Oregon
State system of higher education.
Representatives of the Oregon
ROTC unit who will attend are
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Art School Display
Shows Student Work
Despite the fact that the architecture instructors are inclined to
believe that no one outside the art school is interested in what its
students do, the exhibit of student projects completed during the past
term recently put up in the exhibition room attracts many who wish
to spend a few moments in constructive as well as entertaining re
laxation.
The display Includes the work of both lower and upper division
students.
The projects range from designs for the facades of libraries,
churches, and other public build
ings by lower division students to
designs for entire buildings. Not
only does the student draw up the
architect’s plans for the building,
but he also shows how the complet
ed building would appear.
Among the exhibits, “A Hotel
for Conclaves,” should draw the at
tention of weary conference dele
gates. Almost every convenience
one could wish for is provided.
Plans for a natatorium show the
details of three pools and a build
ing. Other work demonstrates the
style in which churches of differ
ent faiths might be built.
Two pictures of the browsing
room, exhibited side by side, can
hardly be recognized as being of
the same room. The various ways
in which the same room may be
furnished is illustrated by these
two drawings.
Igloo Undergoes
Redecoration for
Next Hoop Contest
The Igloo is getting a new coat
of paint. Painters are in the pro
cess of covering up the drab gray
which has adorned the walls of
McArthur court.
The entire building will be done
over in light cream, a color that
will reflect the light instead of ab
sorbing it. Breaks in the walls and
splintered boards are being replac
ed by new boards. Carpenters and
painters are busy and believe it
will be finished in time for the
next basketball games. ^
The work is coming through the
WPA, as much of the work has
about the campus. M