Ducks Drown Idaho
• Beneath First-Hall
Barrage of Basket
AWS Nominating
Group Will Meet,
Name Candidates
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1938
VOLUME XXXIX
NUMBER 79
AWS Will
* Nominate
ThisWeek
No Action Taken at
Last Meet; Names
Will Not Be Given
Until Assembly
The nominating committee of
the AWS took no action at their
meeting Saturday morning, Gayle
Buchanan, a member of that
group, said yesterday. Dean Hazel
P. Schwering, adviser of the group
was absent from the meeting.
' Meeting for the purpose of choos
ing the women’s organization can
didates, the group decided to post
pone that work until their next
meeting at the end of this week.
Nominees for the AWS positions
will be contacted by members of
the group before the open nom
inating assembly next Monday. At
that time nominations may be
made from the floor to add to the
list which will be announced on
that date.
Names Not Released
No indication was made by
members of the nominating group
that the women named at the
closed meeting would be an
nounced before the open meeting.
The nominating committee con
sists of Brandon Young, Vivian
Emery, Harriet Thompson, Vivian
Runte, Aida Macchi, Anne Freder
icksen, Gayle Buchanan, and Mrs.
Schwering, adviser.
Jean Rawson 'Airs'
Emerald Broadcast
Journalism Student Is
One of Four Coeds
In Semi-Finals
Second student announcer on
the Oregon Emerald daily news
broadcast sponsored by Lucky \
Strike was Jean Rawson, sopho
more, who aired the “flashes from
the campus” last night, as com
piled by Roy Vernstrom, assistant
script editor.
Miss Rawson, a major in journal
ism, has had no previous experi
ence in radio or speech work and
is one of the four coeds who will
speak. She was selected by the i
judges as one of the ten semi- j
finalists after the record-breaking i
auditions last week. Upon comple-!
tion of her broadcast last night, I
she received $10 as prize for win
ning in the semi-finals.
Eight more winners will broad
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Shakespeare>
Modern Slang,
Same in Effect
“What Shakespeare did for the
English language in Elizabethan
days, American slang is doing to
day. It is constantly enriching the
language with new words and ex
pressions.” Professor G. S. Browne
of the faculty of education at the
/ University of Melbourne, says the
Americans are doing most of the
work in adding new words to the
English tongue. The English,
themselves, have done little.
“My conception of a liberal edu
cation is the development and ex
pansion of native intelligence.”
Lawrence A. Downs, president of
the Illinois Central railroad, speaks
at DePauw university’s conference
on “Business and the Liberal Arts
College."
“In the last few decades college
courses have been subdivided . . .
(until) the present day student, to
learn about all the aspects of a
given field, would have to spend at
least one-fourth of his college time
on that subject.”
Caesar Sighs ...
, Caesar sees her seize
Her scissors,
Sees her eyes,
Sees her size,
Caesar sighs.
—Northwestern News.
* * *
Take It Easy ....
University of Washington stu
dents who are majoring in pharm
acy have their own model drug
store to experiment with, complete
with modernistic window displays,
and stock down to the last thing
in cosmetics. It all looks so scien
tific and educational that students
were surprised to hear a man ad
dressing the class just before it
entered the drug store with the
remark, “Now, class, when we get
in there behind the fountain, re
member not to cut the break too
thick. You can’t eat up all the
profits, you know!”
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CAV.P’JS
Working Students Hit Hard by Business Secession, Decreases in NY A Funds
. Current business recession with a resultant strain on
dwindling NYA funds has brought about a situation that
is assuming ominous proportions for self-sustaining stu
dents on the Oregon campus and at other coast colleges
and universities, University officials said yesterday.
Reports from Washington, D. C., show the pinch of
“hard times” is forcing more and more young people to
apply to the Nationtfl Youth Administration for assistance
in all parts of the land.
"The business recession, coupled with unemployment
resulting from labor controversies in Oregon is creating
a tremendous pressure on the NYA fund, as well as on all
other forms of student aid," said Karl W. Onthank, dean
of personnel.
Virgil D. Earl, dean of men, said that many students
ate forced to drop out of school because, while earning- a
part of their money by working during the school year,
they depend on certain stipulated sums from home and
when these fail are forced to leave the University.
The anticipated increase in opportunity for student
employment in Eugene in the spring, when industrial
activity which has stopped in the winter is resumed, may
not materialize as in former years, Dean Onthank pointed
out, because the recession and labor difficulties have upset
the usual order. Oregon, more than any other part of the
United States is dependent upon seasonal employment
such as is afforded by the lumber and fruit growing in
dutries, it was disclosed in recent investigations made by
the Northwest Regional Planning board, which is con
ducting a survey of occupational opportunity in the North
west. "Even the fish don’t run in the winter time," the
dean remarked.
Reports from the national capitol indicate that al
though an additional $250,000,000 will probably be ap
propriated for relief purposes, there is little likelihood of
an increase in NYA funds. A recent dispatch stated:
"The NYA . . . operating under a reduced budget, is in
no position to care for the additional load it is called upon
to carry. Its allocation was reduced about one-third for
the current fiscal year and now the need among young
people is growing greater with each passing day."
The news from Washington of the fund cutting did not
reveal for what use the money will be turned. It is be
lieved that most of the money will go for research and
technical school work.
Statistics from the registrar's office show compara
five figures on the number of students dropping school
this year as that of last year, is nevertheless encouraging.
In the fall term of 1936-37, 2.8 per Cent of a total enroll
ment of 2904 dropped out, as compared with 2.5 per cent
dropped last, term from an enrollment of 3120. A com
parison of those who dropped this term, to date, with those
at the same time last year shows 1.6 per cent have dropped
this term as^compared with 2.2 per cent of the total last
term.
About 39 per cent of those who have had to stop
school during a term were forced to do so because of
financial or employment difficulties.
Point-Mad Webfoots Avenge Idaho Defeats
George Root Replies
To Soph Indictment;
Presidents to Meet
Junior Treasurer
Agrees to Charge
In Statement Made
By Hutchison
Explaining; that requisitions for
class expenditures have been paid
out for unspecified amounts such
as “decorations” or “orchestra” in
stead of for a definite amount, and
that ..“budgets ..and ..requisitions
should be okeyed by class treasur
ers before they go through,” class
officers of the sophomore and jun
ior classes will meet today in an
attempt to formulate plans for in
vestigating the situation. Frosh
officers also will be present.
Following on the heels of Dick
Hutchison’s statements yesterday
regarding the sophomore class
treasury,. Dick Litfin, sophomore
president, appointed a committee,
composed of Lloyd Hoffman, chair
man, Scott Corhett, Bud Aronson
with Hutchison as adviser, to in
vestigate the present financial set
up. The committee has been re
quested to reach some conclusion
in the investigation by Thursday
or Friday when their findings will
be presented to a class meeting.
Debt Question
In discussing his announcement
that the sophomore class was about
$70 in debt—while later develop
ments have revealed that the ex
act amount is $32.47—Hutchison
said that he was told at the educa
tional activities office that the def
icit approximated that amount.
Brock Miller, treasurer of the
junior class, said yesterday after
noon that his experience with that
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Fashion Contest Sets
Deadline at 6 Today
Due to the increased interest in
the fashion contest that is being
sponsored by Gamma Alpha Chi,
women’s advertising honorary, the
deadline has been extended until
today at 6 o’clock, when all en
tries must be placed in the hands
of Frances Johnston, president,
before that time.
This contest is sponsored by a
Portland merchandising firm who
has offered as first prize a $22.95
dress or coat, second prize, $10.95
pair of shoes, and third prize, $5
worth of hose. Contestants are re
quired to sketch an ad with an
additional 50 words as to why
coeds prefer that type of mer
chandise.
Gamma Alpha Chi’s annual
spring fashion show and dance will
be held on April 2.
Eight Men Pledged
To Local Chapters
For Winter Term
Winter term pledges to Univer
sity of Oregon fraternities are
George A. Wilhelm and James Webb
to Pi Kappa Alpha; Bruce Giesy,
Delta Tau Delta; Robert F. Orme,
Sigma Chi; Leonard G. Hicks, Chi
Psi; Allyn Shaw, Delta Upsilon;
Lew E. Evans, Phi Sigma Kappa;
and Fred Pankey, Theta Chi.
Sixty Days on
Water Wagon
Wins Kisses
A month and a’ half ago,
Chuck Kerns swore off—on a bet
•—and last night his perserver
ance was rewarded.
The Sigma Chis were at din
ner when W e s t i n e Nasser,
Chuck’s O.A.O., arrived to pay
off the bet, dressed in a white
formal as the terms stipulated.
They embraced in good Tay
lor-Garbo fashion amidst the
appjause of the brothers and the
chaperone. After the dinner, the
couple repeated the performance,
this time in the front room, and
red-faced, left for the evening.
“Thank gosh I won,” said
Chuck.
Bob Bailey Elected
President of YMCA
For Coming Year
Officers for 1938-39 elected at a
cabinet meeting of the University
YMCA yesterday were Robert
Bailey, president; Roy Vernstrom,
vice-president; Kenneth Leather
man, secretary; and Ralph Sever
son, treasurer.
Installation of the new officers
will take place at a banquet to be
held within two weeks. The cabinet
and plans for the coming year have
not been announced.
The outgoing officers of the Y
are Harold Strawn, president;
John Luvaas, vice-president; Mar
vin Brubaker, secretary, and Paul
Plank, treasurer.
All Expenditures of
Sophomores Signed
For; Deficit Is Only
$32.47, Says Root
Rpplying to charges of “indis
creet” handling of class funds un
der its direction, the ASUO educa
tional activities office yesterday
revealed that all questioned sopho
more class expenditures had been
covered by signed requisitions,
with the exception of two minor
appropriations.
The sophomore class deficit was
further revealed to be $32.47 in
stead of the $70 charged by Dick
Hutchison, sophomore class trea
surer, according to Ed Walker,
University bookkeeper.
Decoration Cost Bothers
The fly in the sophomore finan
cial ointment, according to Root,
seems to be the $50 appropriation
for permanent decorations for the
Igloo, which Hutchison had for
gotten signing. The appropriation
was collected sooner than was ex
pected, which caused the major
difficulty with sophomore finances,
he said.
That the classes are getting
“their money’s worth” out of the
$25 fee charged each class for
handling and management was de
clared yesterday by George Root. |
Classes Get Services
Under the present setup the
classes not only get supervision in |
their activities, but they also get
the financial backing of the ASUO
when they run short of funds. In
addition, classes get all the benefit
from the ASUO financial adminis
tration organization.
Figures in the educational activi
ties office show total sophomore
class expenses for the year to be
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Oregon's Libe
Has Most Books
On HitParade'
A “Hit Parade" of books,
graphs with the names and
ranks of 20 current fiction stor
ies, and 22 non-fiction books has
been placed in the browsing
room of the University library.
These lists are received week
ly in the book supplement of the
New York Herald-Tribune, said
Miss Ethel R. Sawyer, browsing
room librarian.
A check-up showed that out
of 20 “tops” in fiction, the li
brary has Sr has ordered 17. Of
22 non-fiction, the library has
16.
For the week starting Febru
ary 20, “The Citadel” by A. .T.
Cronin ranks first. Kenneth Rob
erts' "Northwest Passage,” Sin
clair Lewis’, "The Prodigal Par
ents,” Louis Bromfield’s “The
Rains Came,” and Robert Na
than’s “Winter in April" are the
top five fiction stories on the
list. *
Best sellers in non-fiction are
“The Importance of Living,” by
Lin Yutang, “Madame Curie” by
Eve Curie, "How to Win Friends
and Influence People,” by Dale
Carnegie, “America’s Sixty Fam
ilies” by Ferdinand Lundberg,
and “The Arts,” by Hendrik Van
Loon, in that order.
Kemler Marks End
Of Theme Contest
Last chance to submit a theme
in the junior weekend contest is
today, according to Zane Kemler,
junior class president. Theme sug
gestions should be turned in at the
educational activities office.
Three prizes are being offered
by the junior class for winning
themes, which will be judged by
Horace W. Robinson, Rex Under
wood, and Maude Kerns, represent
ing drama, music, and art schools,
respectively.
Any theme on which work is
not completed may possibly be giv
en a short extension, according to
Kemler. •
Playwrights Kaufman, Ferber, Strike
At Hollywood Artifice in ’Stage Door’
Left-Winger
Malcolm Waltman . . . idealism
goes under when Hollywood gold
glitters.
The two characters through
which Edna Ferber and George
Kaufman take their stiffest swipes
at Hollywood in “Stage Door’’ are
being played by Hallie Dudrey and
Malcolm Waltman.
Miss Dudrey, who is one of the i
ten finalists in the Emerald Lucky
Strike contest, plays the part of
Jean Maitland, a beautiful, but not
too talented girl, who accepts an
offer to go to Hollywood on a
contract rather than continue the
struggle to make a name for her
self on the stage. The role will be
Miss Dudrey’s first major one in
any campus production.
• Ideals Go Down
Malcolm Waltman plays the
part of a left wing playwright who
says, “The theater shouldn’t be
just a place to earn a living in. It
should be thunder and lightning,
and power and truth.” A little suc
cess and a Hollywood contract soon
dampen his idealistic ardor.
The campus production of “Stage
Door” will play March 3, 4, and 5.
Gives Up
Hallie Dudrey ... no struggle
to carve u name on the stage when
Hollywood beckons.
Violinist Milstein
Man of Talents
Tickets Yet Available;
Concert Thursday
At Igloo
More than an artist who is mas
ter of his art is Nathan Milstein,
world-famed violinist, who will fill
his once-postponed engagement in
concert Thursday night at 8:15.
Pictured as a lover of thick Am
erican steaks, a man who enjoys
the lightest fiction, and an inveter
ate mimic, the violinist is said to
be good company wherever he
goes. He is a good water color
painter, in addition to his other
talents.
Milstein is also said to be a col
lector of books, and he has gather
ed together many precious old
violin bows. A strange passion of
his is his yen for gay, colored silk
pajamas which has persisted ever
since he could first afford them.
An accomplished linguist is Mil
stein also. When he left Russia
following the revolution he spoke
only his native language. Now he
is fluent in French, English, Ger
man, Italian, and Spanish.
Tickets are still available for the
event at the concert office in Mc
Arthur court, while ASUO cards
and tickets for the previously
scheduled Milstein concert are still
good.
Two Frosh Class
Meetings Slated for
Thursday at 11, 4
The freshman class will hold a
meeting Thursday at 11 o’c'lock in
Villard hall, announced “Tiger”
Payne, frosh president. Commit
tees for the frosh glee will be ap
pointed. Approximately forty ap
pointments are expected, and the
date and plans of the dance will
be announced.
A discussion of freshman activi
ties, sponsored jointly by Skull and
Dagger and ASUO, will follow at
4 o’clock in Villard. George Hoot,
educational activities director, Karl
Onthank, dean of personell, and
prominent upperclassmen will pre
sent views of campus activities.
Hodes and Coleman
To Entertain at Half
Harry Hodes and Louis Coleman
will provide the half time enter
tainment between Oregon and Ida
ho by playing a badminton match.
Jack Hodgen will act as referee.
Russ Cutler, assistant professor of
physical education, was the insti
gating force behind the act.
Oregon Basketeers
Slaughter Vandals
68to41inFast Game
Ted Sarpola Runs Wild to Get 14 Counters;
Gale Adds 13 to Make Total of 215 for 17
League Contests
Oregon's point-crazy Webfoots rose to unpredictable heights
at the Igloo last night to smother an amazed, helpless Idaho
quintet, 68 to 41. They play again tonight.
Coach Hobby Hobson’s boys simply couldn’t miss ’em after
loose-jointed Ted Sarpola caught fire late in the first half and
hit the comeback trail with vengeance.
Nearly 7500 cheering customers saw the Ducks boom to a
35-18 half-time lead, and with practically everybody playing,
Picture Posers
Stand at Wrong
End of Camera
"Hold it,” Cornerman Bill
Pease said to posing Uday Shan
Kar and a pair of Oregon coeds
greeting the dancer at the Eu
gene depot Monday afternoon.
The camera shutter clicked;
Pease and ASUO Publicity Di
rector Zollie Volchok arranged
a flock of official student greet
ers around the Hindu ballet art
ist. The shutter was clicked
several more times as the cam
era was moved to different an
gles.
But apparently Volchok was
n’t seeking pictures, in the true
spirit of hospitality. He seemed
to be trying to make Shan-Kar
feel important on his arrival.
The camera wasn't loaded.
gradually pull away.
Emulating the coast's great
Luisetti, lanky Sarpola went into
action just six minutes before the
first half ended, and at the end
had carved out 14 points for high
honors.
Gale Adds 13
Laddie Gale, the conference’s
scoring whizz, returned to form
with 13 more points to add to his
202. Center Slim Wintermute,
playing some of his greatest ball,
rolled in 12.
It was a makeshift lineup of
Dick, Sarpola, Wintermute, Johan
sen, and Anet that started the'
point spree, and they maintained
the tempo through later mintutes
of the first half and into the sec
ond chapter.
Oregon in Second
Hobby’s Ducks had their backs
against the wall, and knew it. The
triumph hoisted Oregon into a
second-place tie with Idaho, just a
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Edwin Atherton, Ex-FBI,
Disillusions Reporter;
Is Not 'Dick Tracy’ Type
Don’t look now, but that man is here!
Ex-G-man, former vice-consul of the United States and more
recently investigator of San Francisco’s graft clean-up, Edwin N.
Atherton seems anything but a sleuth of the Dick Tracy type.
Casually smoking a cigarette as he sat behind his desk in an office
at the Igloo, Atherton spoke in soft, academic tone and looked the
part of an executive as he told what the Pacific coast conference is
attempting to do in its fact-finding
survey into the sources of incomes
of athletes.
No Dirt Digging
Almost immediately he dashed
all hopes of a "dirt-digging” story
into a cocked hat as reporters ask
ed him what he had found so far.
“This is not a puinitve investiga
tion," he said smiling. It is merely
a survey into conditions as they
exist—intended to find a ‘practic
able, reasonable and equitable’ ad
justment of the practices used to
help support athletes irf the con
ference schools.
“The conference has pledged it
self not to use any information or
data to declare an athlete ineli
gible, nor to embarrass any other
institution or alumnus. This is a
survey and not a criminal investi
gation.” The ex-G-man grinned as
reporters became suddenly conser
vative in their questioning.
Big Man
Edwin N. Atherton is a big hulk
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Graduate Council
Meets Tomorrow
Graduate council members of the
University of Oregon and Oregon
State College will hold the winter
term meeting in Friendly hall to
morrow at 5 p.m. in the faculty
room. Dean George Rebec will pre
side.
Oregon State College faculty
members to attend the meeting
are Dr. Florence Blazier, P. M.
Brandt, Dr. F. A. Gilfillen, S. H.
Graf, Dr. V. P. Morris, C. W. Sal
ser, and Dr. W. Weniger.
University graduate council
members are Dr. Rebec, head of
the graduate division of the state
system of higher education, Dr.
Olof Larsell, P. P. Adams, Eric
W. Allen, Dr. Ray P. Bowen, Dr.
V. P. Morris, F. L. Stetson, and
Dr. H. R. Taylor.