CAMPUS
Dr. Boyer Returns
r To Villctrd as New
President Arrives
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Webfoots Regain
NW Hoop Lead as
Idaho Sinks WSC
VOLUME XXXIX
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1938
NUMBER 83
Vandals Beat WSC; Oregon in Lead
Oregon's Football
Headman, Oliver,
Arrives on Campus
Ex-Arizona Mentor Faced With Coaching
Staff Problem; Will Await Athletic Board
Meet to Name Assistants
Ey VINCENT GATES
Gerald A. (Tex) Oliver, Oregon's new football coach, arrived on
the campus Sunday night from Tucson, Arizona.
The transplanted Texan, who gave up the reins of Arizona foot
ball to accept a similar post at Oregon last month, was scheduled to
talk to several clubs and alumni groups almost immediately upon his
arrival in Eugene. Anse Cornell, graduate manager, was busy arrang
Chem Student
Uses Science
On 'Chiseler'
From the chemistry depart
ment comes an idea for getting
even with the roommate who
borrows things.
Silver nitrate when applied to
the skin causes it to turn black.
One eve before commencement
an underclassman poured a
healthy dose of silver nitrate
into his shaving mug which his
roommate, a senior, invariably
borrowed.
On the morning of commence
ment the senior awoke to find
that the dark circles under his
eyes blended alarmingly into a
deeper black on his cheeks and
chin. Convinced that he was suf
fering from some terrible mal
ady, he immediately rushed to
the infirmary, where, after a
careful examination, the attend
r ing physician announced that he
had been on the receiving end of
a practical joke.
No Without Us;
Say Bama Gals
To Men Folks
Irate coeds at the University of
Alabama are hurling all sorts of
charges at the men on the campus.
They think they have a good rea-,
son since they recently learned
that the university “coking” shop
has one of its biggest crowds after
10:45 p.m., when the men must re
turn their “dates” to dormitories
and sorority houses. The boys in
sist they aren’t trying to save
money on the girls by waiting until
they have one mouth to feed. “We
. like a late evening snack,” they
' said by way of defense. “And be
sides, there are some dishes a gen
tleman can’t eat gracefully in the
presence of a lady.”
Temptation...
If two red lips
Were upturned to your own,
With no one
To gossip about it,
Would you pray for endurance
To let them alone?
Maybe you would,—
—But I doubt it!
—Los Angeles Collegian.
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Single Purpose ...
A sorority is a group of girls,
living in one house, with a single
purpose—to get more girls, to live
in one house, with a single pui
f pose.
—Rocky Mountain Collegian.
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Oakie Wire Fun ...
Northwestern university's sopho
mores recently invited Jack Oakie,
one of cinema's funny men. to their
annual jib. With all due prepara
tion, etc., Mr. Oakie couldn t ac
cept the subpoena but sent this
wire:
“Best wishes for your big Joe
College dance Saturday. Eat, drink
and be merry I always say for to
morrow there might be a law
against it.”
PRINCIPAL TO SPEAK
S. L. Goddard, principal of Lo
rane union high school will discuss
the topic “Teacher and Rural Com
munity” at the teacher’s prep
meeting at Westminster house to
night at 7:30.
mg interviews and conferences for
Oliver with almost every organiza
tion in town and on the campus,
many of which will have to be de
clined, he said.
A meeting with the football
squad was tentatively set for late
in the week.
Assistants First Problem
The most pertinent problem fac
ing Oliver on his coaching situa
tion was put to him from all sides
—that of assistants. Oliver had
nothing definite to say about his
choice of assistants but declared he
wanted to first meet with the ath
letic board and offer recommenda
tions, all of which are not yet
worked out. It is known that his
recommendations will be accepted
by the board as a formality.
‘‘The main thing I want is to
get a winning football team,” he
said. ‘‘How we do it is not so im
portant so long as it is done. The
assistants are naturally a neces
sary part of that aim, and I want
to do as much as possible to make
a wanning football team a likeli
hood.”
Oliver refuses to hint as to who
will comprise his staff until he
meets with the board probably
sometime this week.
Will Choose Helpers
The fate of freshman coach John
Warren and lino coach Dick Reed
as well as a choice of a new back
field coach lies upon the decision
of Oliver. His recommendations to
the athletic board are expected to
be accepted.
Formal spring football practice
might not be started until the first
of April, Oliver said, but if weather
permits warm-up practices would
begin in March.
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I
Dr. Erb Takes Prexy Chair;
Dr. Boyer Returns to Villard
As English Department Head
The Old
Dr. C. V. Boyer . . . will return
to his position and offices in VII
lard.
Coach Oliver Due
At Next Assembly
Thursday Meeting to
Introduce Hobson
And Hoop Team
“Smiling” Tex Oliver, new Uni
versity of Oregon football coach
from Arizona, will be officially \
adopted by University students at
the last assembly of winter term
on Thursday morning when he will
be introduced by Anse Cornell,
Oregon athletic manager.
Oliver, who arrived in Eugene on
Sunday, will share the limelight at
the associated student meeting
with basketball coach Howard
Hobson and his Webfoot team. The
Ducks, who have been forging
their way to the top of the north
west conference competition, will
be introduced individually to the
student body at this time. ASUO
president Barney Hall will direct
proceedings at the meeting, which
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Committee Will Discuss
NYA Requirements;
More Demands for Aid
The fate of NY A students on the Oregon campus for spring term
will be determined this afternoon at 4 o’clock when the committee on
Federal Employment for Students will meet with Chairman Karl W.
Onthank, dean of personnel, in his office to discuss grade require
ments, organization, and distribution of federal student aid funds,
which will amount to approximately three thousand dollars.
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Recently Resigned
President Will Play
Same Active Part
As in Past Years
Dr. C. Valentino Boyer, recent;
ly resigned president of the UnU
versify, returns to his former of
fice in Villard»hall this morning to
resume his duties as head of the
Knglish department and dean of
the college of arts and letters.
During most of his administra
tion, Dr. Boyer maintained his of
fice at Villard' hall, and it was only
at the beginning of this fall term
that he moved into the newly dec
orated president’s office in John
son hall.
Among his other duties, Dr. Boy
er plans to teach English courses,
beginning next fall, but for the
present he will conclude the unfin
ished business of his recent office,
and will offer his assistance to Dr.
Donald M. Erb, new president of
the University, in assuming the
responsibilities of the presidency.
Dr. Boyer took office as presi
dent of the University in Febru
ary, 1934, being formally inaugur
ated in February, 1936. He re
signed last summer, giving ill
health as a reason for his action.
Spring Term Music
Schedule Planned
Colorful and interesting music
events to begin spring term at the
University music school have been
scheduled by George Hopkins, pro
fessor of music, he announced yes
terday.
David Smith, 12-year-old master
of the piano who last year evoked
such hearty approval from an au
dience in the music auditorium bv
his interpretation of the Mendel
sohn concerto, will again appear
on the campus April 5. The little
boy is the only youth to appear
with the Portland symphony or
chestra under Willem Van Hoog
straten.
Shortly after David’s appear
ance, Marion Hagg, another of Mr.
Hopkins' out-of-town piano stu
dents, and Barbara Ward, Univer
sity vocalist, will appear together
in a recital in Klamath Falls. Later
they will appear on the campus.
Robert Garretson, brilliant Uni
versity piano artist, will appear in
recital the last part of April.
Early in May, Mr. Hopkins is
planning a concerto program of
varied and colorful selections,
which will include Gershwin, Ravel,
Chopin, and McDowell.
The New
Dr. DonuUl Earb . . . seventh
iiuin to take over president’s chair.
Population Change
Factor to Be Topic
Professor Moore Will
- Give Second Talk in
Faculty Series
A discussion of the methods of
establishing the mobility of popu
lation at any given time and place
will be given in an address tonight
at 7:30 in Friendly hall when Pro
fessor E. H. Moore of the sociology
department speaks. j
| The talk, second in a series of
I faculty lectures, is entitled “Ad
| ventures in the Isolation of the
Mobility Factor in Population j
Change."
I Professor Moore, who is recog
I nized as an authority on popula
tion change, will discuss the meth
ods of establishing the mobility of
population at any given time and j
place.
"We have methods for attempt-:
ing to determine the number of
birds and the number of goods
which are transferred, but we do
not make available much informa
tion relative to the number of peo
ple who move to different parts of
the country,” he said yesterday.
“Oregon should be particularly
interested in this subject at the
present time because of the recent
movement of large numbers of
people from eastern areas to this
state,” said Professor Moore yes
terday.
In his address tonight Professor
Moore will outline methods which
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Executive Arrives
Here on Monday to
Begin New lob as
UO Head Man
It's President Donald M. Krl>
now. Dr. Erb, seventh to succeed
to the office, will hang up the “in”
sign on the door of the executive
offices in Johnson hall this morn
ing', where he will l»e ready for ac
tion at the president's desk.
Dr. Erb was in Eugene yester
day, visiting the campus, being in
terviewed by reporters, and posing
for pictures. No program was an
nounced for his first day, Monday
being in the nature of a breathing
spell before the youthful executive
takes up the strenuous duties of
his office.
Holds Faculty Meet
He will perform his first official
act as president Wednesday after
noon, when he will preside over the
regular monthly meeting of the
University faculty.
The new president is residing
temporarily at the Osburn hotel.
His family will not arrive here un
til June, in order that his children
may finish their school year in
Palo Alto. After the arrival of
the family he will occupy the presi
dent’s residence on the campus,
now the home of Chancellor Fred
erick M. Hunter. Dr. Hunter will
move to the recently-donated
chancellor's residence on Fair
mount Heights.
UO Students Invited
To McCall's Forum
Three Oregon students have been
invited to participate in a McCall’s
magazine forum in Portland March
26. The subject of the forum which
will be conducted by Jay Allen,
noted foreign correspondent and
graduate of the University, will be
"Peace.”
Students asked to participate
are: Jack Enders, student head of
the ROTC; Bob Recken, ex-’39, and
Bill Scott, junior in journalism.
Miss Toni Taylor, an editor of Mc
Call’s, was on the campus Sunday
interviewing the students.
The magazine is conducting the
forum of 30 young people for the
purpose of securing information on
what young people are thinking,
said Miss Taylor. The group is or
ganized in an effort to get a true
cross section of what the younger
generation think and feel rather
than an academic interpretation of
the situation, said the editor.
The Business recession ana lauoi
controversies in the northwest
make the problem of finances for
students more difficult than it was
at the first of the school year, ac
cording to Dean Cnthank, who has
noted a “tremendous pressure on
NYA funds as well as on all othei
forms of student aid.”
The appropriation of national re
lief funds by congress is expectec
to bring little relief to straining
Youth Administration coffers.
The University policy of distri
bution of NYA jobs is to give
freshmen and new students th<
benefits of the national fund unti
permanent, independent work car
be secured, and to extend the aic
to other new students who hav<
not had opportunity to get employ
ment by private means.
Faculty members who composi
the committee are, beside Deal
Onthank, Clifford L. Constance
assistant registrar; Virgil D. Ear
dean of men; J. O. Lindstrom, busi
ness manager of the University
Miss Janet Smith, employmen
secretary; A. B. Stillman, of th
school of business administration
and Miss Harriet Thomson of th
school of physical education.
Oregon Grid Teams Under Leadership
Of Fourteenth Coach. Records Reveal
By PAT ERICKSON
Smiling Tex Oliver takes his
place as Oregon’s fourteenth
coach on record. Altogether
there have been seventeen va
cancies in the coaching job
since 1900 but several men have
had two non-consecutive jobs,
library records reveal. Files
show that Oregon has hired
thirteen coaches before him
back as far as 1900. Cal Young,
the first coach, was chosen in
1893, but no mention is avail
able as to whether he was the
only coach before 1900.
Until 1887 no athletics were
■ permitted on the campus at all.
i The next year, 188, a man’s
, gym was built. It was destroyed
1 by fire in 1922. From 1876 to
1903, however, athletics were
in a generally bad condition due
t to insufficient facilities. Several
i games were played with 9 or 10
, men and no able substitutes, al
51 though every man turned out
for sports.
Young First Coach
In 1893, a football team
was organized with Cal Young
as coach. The first real game
was played in 1894 against Al
bany college. The score came
out Oregon 44, Albany 2.
From 1896 on, Oregon had a
team every year and played
games with other colleges of
the conference which included
Newberg, Willamette, Albany
college, Linfield, Portland acad
emy, and others no longer in
existence.
Lawrence Kaarsberg, who had
attained fame as a fullback at
Berkeley, was brought to Ore
gon as coach in 1900. The next
year he was replaced by Rich
ard Shore Smith, who had been
a stellar player from both Ore
gon and Columbia, and an All
American fullback. “Dick”
Smith stayed from 1901 to 1904.
•Bezdek Best
Bruce C. Shorts followed him,
and stayed but one year, 1905.
In 1906, Hugo Frank Bezdek,
an All-Western fullback from
the University of Chicago, came
out to Oregon. He stayed only a
year, but came back again later.
In an old interview Cal Young
remarked that Bezdek was one
of the best coaches Oregon had
ever had.
1907 saw the installation of
Gordon B. Frost as head coach.
Robert W. Forbes succeeded
him in 1908 and stayed two
years. William J. Warner was
Oregon’s next coach, and he
stayed 1910 and 1911. Louis
Pinkham coached in 1912.
Huga Bezdek returned in 1913
to stay till 1917. Upon leaving
Oregon, he became director of
playgrounds in Chicago.
The Rose Bowl
Charles A. Huntington, who
was better known as “Shy,”
took over the coaching post in
1918. He remained until 1923.
when he resigned to go into
business in Eugene; he is now
associated with the Manerud
Huntington Fuel company here.
He coached the second Oregon
team ever to play in the Tour
nament of Roses. Under him
Oregon ‘met Harvard, and lost
by only one point.
Huntington was succeeded by
Joe Maddock in 1924, who in
turn was succeeded by Dick
Smith in 1925. In 1926, John J.
McEwan, the West Point grid
mentor, was selected as the
head coach under a five year
contract. He had been head
coach of the Army from 1923
to 1925.
McEwan remained through
1929, when he was replaced by
Dr. Clarence W. Spears in 1930.
Spears' greatest triumph was
defeating NYU in 1930 by a 14
to 6 score at New York City. In
1931, he broke his contract to
go to Wisconsin.
Football seasons from 1932 to
1937 have seen Prink Callison
as head grid mentor.
Conference Hoop
Playoff Dates Set;
UO Still on Fence
Playoff dates of the Pacific
Coast conference were tenta- j
tively agreed upon yesterday,
following receipt of a telegram
to Anse Cornell, graduate man
ager, from A1 Masters, Stan
ford graduate manager.
The dates are contingent up
on Oregon and Stanford winning
the northern and southern di
visions, respectively—a proba
bility. If Oregon wins the
northern title the playoff with
Stanford—precluding an upset
by California this Saturday—
will be held in Palo Alto Satur
day, March 12, Monday, March
14, and, if necessary, Tuesday,
March 15.
Should the northern division
end in a tie the playoff will be
held on those same dates, prob
ably in Eugene, with the play
off for the coast championship
slated for March 25, 28, and 29
in Palo Alto. If the southern
division ends in a tie between
California and Stanford their
playoff will be held March 12,
13, and 14.
Short Illness Takes
Wife of Dean Rebec
Funeral Services Will
Be Tomorrow at 2;
Dr. Boyer to Read
Mary Lowell Rebec, wife of Dean
George Rebec of the graduate divi
sion of the University of Oregon,
died last night at the Eugene hos
pital. Mrs. Rebec had been ill for
the past ten days.
The funeral will be held Wednes
day at 2 p.m. in the Veatch chapel.
Dr. C. Valentine Boyer, former
president of the University, will
read the service.
Mrs. Rebec was born in Michigan
64 years ago. She was a student
of the University of Michigan,
earning her A.B. and M.A. degrees
from that university.
Before her marriage to Dean
Rebec she was active in educa
tional circles, teaching at the Min
nesota State teachers college, Vas
sar, and the Western Michigan
State normal school. At the last
named institution she served as
head of the English department.
In 1910 she married George
Rebec in Boston, moving imme
diately to Oregon and settling at
Medford. The Rebecs stayed at
Medford until 1918 when they
moved to Portland where Dr. Rebec
was engaged in founding the ex
tension division of the University.
Since 1923 they have lived in Eu
gene.
Mrs. Rebec is survived by her
daughter, Elizabeth Rebec Van
Nice, a graduate of the University,
who Is at present working in Paris
with her husband, Robert Van
Nice, also an Oregon alumnus.
News of Mrs. Rebec’s death was
cabled to Paris last night.
Students Broadcast
Show Tonight, 8:00
“Typee,” a sea story by Herman
Melville, will be dramatized to
night by the University Radio
Players over KORE at 8:00. The
program is one in a regular week
ly series of book and short story
I features.
In the cast will be David Comp
1 ton, Robert Elliot, Chandler Ste
: vens, Alive Stewart, Hetty Fiks
dal, Jack Huddleston, Gordon Vin
cent.
.
Marder to Speak on
Far Eastern Crisis
Arthur J. Marder, assistant pro
fessor of history, will speak on the
Far Eastern crisis at the bi
monthly meeting of Alpha Kappa
Delta, national sociology honorary
to be held in the men’s lounge in
Gerlinger hall Wednesday night al
7:30. Reports will be made b>
members on the studies now being
made in the field of vocational op
portunities for sociology majors
the present group project. A socia.
period will conclude the meeting
Idaho Takes
Second Game
From Cougars
Saturday Night Win
Puts Ducks on Top;
Gale Raises Total
To 243 Points
NORTHERN DIVISION
STANDINGS
W L
Ore.13 6
WSC .12 G
Wash.11 7
Idaho ...*...12 8
OSC . 6 13
Mont. 3 17
Points
Per. For Agst
.706 907 739
,G67 758 69G
.611 728 703
.600 733 693
.316 620 656
.150 791 1038
By GEORGE FASERO
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Oregon leads the conference
again!
Washington State’s Cougars
have tumbled!
Bill Kramer’s promise lias been
more than good!
And all liecause University of
Idaho’s gallant Vandals rose from
the depths of defeat last night to
smite the Washington State college
Cougars from the top of the nor
thern division hoop standings, win
nings by a score of 41-34 at Mos
cow.
When Idaho left Eugene last
week after losing two to the cliam
i pionship-bound Oregonians and
| dropping virtually out of conten
! tion in the race for the flag, Kra
j mer, speaking for the whole Idaho
i squad, told the Webfoots that they
! would “fix” Washington State for
' the Ducks.
Idaho Turns Tables
The silver-and-gray-clad Idaho
ans lost the first game of their
Washington State series Saturday
night 43-34, but last night turned
the tables on the Cougars and lived
up to their promise.
Coach Forrest Twogood’s boys
I trailed by a 17-15 count at half
time, and it looked like the Cou
gars would pocket another game
and go swinging merrily along the
title trail. But they failed to take
into account a certain Mr. Bill Kra
mer.
Three Seniors Star
Kramer must have thought of
his promise to Oregon. He rallied
two seniors—Roland Winters and
Captain Don Johnson—around him,
and these three boys, playing their
last game in Idaho colors, gave
Moscow something to remember
them for.
They poured basket after basket
through the iron ring to catch
Jack Friel’s Cougars, pass them
and then pull away at the finish.
Idaho won despite the loss of
Lyle Smith, steady guard, who was
ejected from the game with per
sonal fouls six mindutes after the
■ half.
Washington State lost Captain
Corky Carlson, A1 Hooper and Ed
Kerpa also via the four-personal
route.
OREGON BEATS OSC
University of Oregon's pass-’em
up Ducks refused to let a little
thing like the touted Slats Gill zone
defense stop them when they knew
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Industry Debaters
Go on Trip Today
A four-day speaking tour, start
ing today, will take members of
the men’s public forum group to
Portland, Astoria, Seaside, and
way points where they will fulfill
speaking engagements on the topic,
“Industrial Peace.”
Symposiums have been scheduled
for Clatskanie, Westport, Knappa
Svenson, Warrenton, Seaside high
school, Astoria high school and Ro
tary, and the Portland Women’s
club.
Those making the trip will be
George Luoma, Don Bergeman,
Howard Kessler, and Marshall Nel
son, with W. A. Dahlberg, speech
professor, as their faculty adviser
and coach.