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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1938)
Fund Lack Cramps Landscape Work Improving Works Are Suspended WPA Activity Halted Until Allotment Is Received The landscaping project on the University campus underwent en forced suspension this week fol lowing the announcement last week by county WPA works direc tor Todd that no more funds are available for the work. The men, at work on the project for several months, have been transferred to other projects, ac cording to Todd, who said the pro ject will be resumed when another allotment is received. Campus landscaping directors predicted a two-month wait before activity is resumed. Other WPA projects on the cam pus will not be affected by the dis continuance of the landscapnig op erations. The men’s dormitory heat tunnel and sewer projects will be carried to completion, possibly with the addition of some of the workmen released from the land scaping. The heat line extension from the museum to the library will also be completed. The interior of the remodeled old library building was in the pro cess of plastering, lathing having been finished last week. Earl Sandness (Continued from fai/e three) tip in the cripples is proving in dispensible to the Duckling com bination. Everett McNeely, Chet Al len, Harold Hoffman, and George •’Porky” Andrews aided Sandness and Marshik in the heaviest sled ding for the frosh during the trip. No Vacation Although they made such an out standing record on their just com pleted jaunt, "Honest John” is not giving the boys a vacation. Tn last night’s practice, the frosli mentor had his regulars battling his reserves in ten-minute scrim mages which were played at regu lar game speed. Warren concentrated his atten tion on set plays and passing in the enlongated scrimmage. Mar shik, Allen, and Sandness, John's “tall boys”, as he calls them, came in for special attention regarding the art of backboard recoveries. jesse uwens uives (Continued from pane one) Then he skirmished over the low hurdles and gave a sprinting exhi bition with the same smooth glid ing that won the 100 meter race lor him at Berlin, his "greatest thrill.” Incidentally, the German citizens treated Jesse "line, really fine," he said. Referring to Oregon's world's indoor pole-vaulting champion and ex-outdoor champ, he said, “Some times Varoff is like a million dol lars, but he has both good and bad days. If he has another day like he had at Princeton, New Jersey, he will top them all again.” "Yes, I know Bill Hayward,” Jesse said. "He has developed a lot of good men.” And the world's fastest human of all time admit ted he was after Chuck Patterson, Oregon’s former basketball "brown bomber.” Joe Lilian], another friend of Owens, is now with the Harlem Globe-Trotters, Jesse thought, but Grant, Olympian forward from NYU, thought he was no longer with them. Jesse also knew of Bobby Robinson, another ex-Ore gon colored boy and pole-vaulter "You betcha, pole-vaulting 13 feet 6 inches is good jumping, damned good.” ’Twas about seven years ago. that Lilian! was ruled off the Ore gon football team on disputed charges of professionalism in con- j nection with a traveling negro baseball team. The rules of ama teur organizations such as that which deprived the Ducks of the great colored ball-carrier are rare ly ever too strict, according to Owens. "No, the rules aren't too rigid. You must have some rules to abide by if you are to have any organization.” EX-EDITOK VISITS Editor of The Emerald when it was published three times a week, in 1919-20, Leith Abbot was a visi tor on the campus yesterday. He ; is now general advertising man ager for the Southern Pacific in Portland. Subscribe for The Emerald. Get the news of your school. National Labor Relations Board Steps in Dispute Senate Dawdles First Day for Legislation Since Filibuster By GORDON RIDGEWAY SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31—At tempting to avert another tie-up of Pacific maritime industry, the na tional labor relations board took charge today of a dispute between two rival longshoremen’s unions. The NLRB is claiming complete jurisdiction in the matter and has indicated that state courts should Step aside. Nothing Doing WASHINGTON, Jan. 31—Exact ly nothing was actually accom plished in the senate today as the first business was considered since the end of the southern filibuster against the anti-lynching bill. President Roosevelt’s $3,000,000, 000 housing trill is the first order of business. Green at War MIAMT, Fla., Jan. 31—Formal declaration of war, such as it might be, was being considered by the American Federat ion of Labor against the CIO, William Green, president, announced today. The threat killed in most quar ters hope for a peaceful settlement between the two iabdV factions. New Teacher? PORTLAND, Jan. 31 Declaring a 1935 legislative act unconstitu tional, Circuit Judge H. D. Norton of Medford today gave the verdict that teachers cannot be involun tarily retired at the age of 65. This decision will prevent the Portland school district from forcing the retirement of several teachers Feb ruary 1. The school directors said they would appeal the matter to the supreme court. 'Journal Man' Tells Of Reporting Work Fred Lockley, special interview ?r for the Oregon Journal, spoke to Prof. George Turnbull’s 11 o’clock reporting class yesterday, explaining methods he uses in ob taining interviews. Frosh Once (Continued from (age one) dling by lettermen on the library steps. The parade up to the butte was abolished in 11)20 on the grounds that it gave the townspeople a bad idea of university life, it some times resulted in injuries, it inter fered with Saturday classes, and that traditions were on the decline. On the subject of green caps, how ever, in 1929, Dean Straub com mented in a speech that he con sidered them an important tradi tion in binding the class together. So green lids for freshmen re mained a regulation until 19315 when they were abolished together with hacking punishments for vio lations of traditions. Dean Gilbert at that time considered this action “The most progressive move in many years.” Seeking to revive lost traditions a traditions court was established on the campus in 1935. Some of the traditions included a freshman sophomore tug of war on the mill race, no smoking on the campus, no walking on lawns, frosh to wear frosh pants, frosh to refrain from wearing tuxedos, "Hello walk" was started again, students were not to tread on the Oregon seal, only seniors were to sit on the senior bench, and during Jun ior Weekend the “O” was to be painted. Those not keeping the rules were to be punished. The question of green lids for freshmen was brought up in 1935 at the time the announcement con cerning the wearing of tin pants by freshmen but it didn’t meet with its former favor. All school stickers at Pomeroy's Associated. Fun Round-Up Mayflower—“Artists anil Mo dels.” McDonald—“Hurricane” and “Change of Hearts.” Heilig—“Hitting a New Hifh” and “P rescript ion for Ro mance.” Rev — “Life Begins at Col lege” and “Wife, Doctor, and Nurse.” $ * * Guild theater—“Ah! \Vildf*r nPss.” * * * TUESDAY’S RADIO NBC—6:30—Hollywood Mar di (iras, with Lanny Ross, Charles Butterworth. CBS—630—Jack Oakle; 8:30 —Al Jo I son’s Show with Martha Raye, Parkyakarkus. KORE—8-9:15— (Possibility) Basketball, Oregon-Montana. By DOUG PARKER Lily Pons blossoms out with a feather skirt in her latest feature. “Hitting a New High,” now play ing at the Heilig. Jack Oakie, Ed ward FI. Horton, Eric Blore and John Howard play leads in the musical. Oakie supplies the plot element by trying to sell his star, Lily Pons, to Opera Scout Horton. So Miss Pons is decked out in a feath er costume as a “Bird Girl" and warbles with the birds in an Afri can jungle. Horton, on a big-game hunt, hears her and is “sold.” She is “captured” and transported to the U. S. in a bamboo cage; and i that’s only the beginning! Lily Pons is one singer who looks swell either on an opera set or in a jungle with score more on than a wisp of down hither and thither. (As for tin' jungle—it’s studio made with an 8,000-gallon pool thrown in for good measure.) Snap shots: “Hurricane” at the Mac is a $2,000,000 venture on two comparative “discoveries,” J o n Hall and Dorothy Lamour. Now the two are famous and the film’s paying dividends pips. And by strange luck, Hall has landed in a film whose story is co-authored by [his cousin James Norman Hall. WAA INITIATES WAA will hold Initiation this evening at 7:30 in alumni hall. As many as possible active members are asked to attend. Preceding the initiation there will be a short WAA council meet ing at 7:15. MAKE YOUR . . . 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Critics and customers alike have acclaimed the production as a rousing success with Horace W. Robinson's sets receiving especial praise. Attendance at the performances so far has been notable for the number of town people and local alumni. Extra chairs were crowd ed into every available space Fri day and Saturday nights with many people unable to secure seats of any kind. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS Applications of coeds who desire aid through AWS scholarship must be turned in today, Dean Hazel P. Schwering announced yesterday. Magctzihe Carries Article by UO Men "O. K. in Modern Mexican Slang,” a study of contemporary ordinary usage to express Ameri can slang expression, written by Leavitt O. Wright, professor of ro mance languages, and Stanley L. Robe, graduate research assistant, appeared in the December issue of the Modern Language Forum. Gleemen to Give fContinued from page one) fy McArthur court will be put to use. According to Activities Man ager George Root, the $700 decora tions will be up in ample time for the concert. To Sing Foreign Songs The program will be opened with the “Prayer of Thanksgiving,” by K'remser. Following this the Glee men will present their songs in a “nationality” series, first Russian songs, then Scandinavian, then American songs. The Russian .songs will give five men of the concert who with their extraordinary low range will sing the famed Don Cossack chorus which reaches to “A" below “C". Tickets for non-ASUO card hold ers may be obtained at the ASUO office, at Washburne's, or at Mc Arthur court the night of the con cert. Stanley Robe to Talk On Mexican Books Stanley Robe, of the Romance languages department, will speak at House Librarians meeting this afternoon on "Mexican Literature and Books.” Mr. Robe, who is a graduate of the University, spent the summer in Mexico. All houses are asked to have representatives present at the meeting to be held in the browsing room of the new library at 4 o'clock. IIITFFAKER TO SPEAK Dr. C. L. Huffaker of the school of education will sp£ak before members of the faculty and school boards of Linn county in Halsey February 2. Co-opers Make (Continued from page one) the groups stress harmony in their relationships with one another. The women from the Hilyard co op staged a short skit dealing with the tribulations of “our little Nell" who came sobbing back to her pappy’s shack with a family after having run off to marry the villain. Campbell co-op, men’s group, also staged a skit, “Sororitry,” a light little story of campus living groups. Group singing climaxed the program. Subscribe for The Emerald. Get Troubled with insomnia? Sub the news of your school. scribe to the Oregon Daily Emerald. I fifld they give me more pleasure than any cigarette I ever smoked. 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