Frosh Poll Begins Fall Politics
Board Okays Move
To Increase Size of
University Yearbook
Format of Oregana Enlarged From 9 by 12
Inches to 10 by 13; New Size Will Permit
Novel Layouts of Photographs
Promises of a “bigger and better” Oregana for 1939 will actually
come true, a decision of the educational activities board last night
indicated, when a motion to increase the size of the annual from
9 by 12 inches to 10 by 13 was approved.
The increase in size, according to Don Hoot, editor, will enable
better presentation of pictures, give opportunity for more novel lay
Coming Year's
Jewett Contest
Slate Announced
Title Registration
Before October 26 Is
Necessary
Contestants in Jewett speaking
must register their names and the
title or subject of their speeches
by Wednesday, October 26, at the
speech offices, according to D. E.
Hargis, speech instructor. The
political speaking contest will 'be
Wednesday evening, November 2,
and is open to all undergraduate
students.
The general plan is for each
speaker to argue in support of
some political measure, ballot
measure, party principles and plat
form, or a combination of these
ideas. Candidates, measures, and
platform must be of state or na
tional scope. Local and county is
sues are not included.
8 Minutes Allowed
Speakers will be given eight
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Student Fees
Illegality Suit
Lost in Court
By ANNA MAE HALVERSON
Question over the compulsory
payment of the $10 student body
fee at the University of Washing
ton was taken to court last spring
and an attempt to prove the ille
gality of such a fee was squelched.
Judge John M. Wilson of Thurs
ton county’s superior court ruled,
“There can be no question but
what the authority is a proper and
legal one, and you may take a
judgment to that effect.”
The students who instituted
their suit during the spring quar
ter, contended that the Board of
Regents, through the ASUW, had
no legal right to enforce the rule.
ASUW - sponsored activities, in
cluding AWS, glee-club, debate,
and intramural sports, they
charged, were not essential ele
ments of college life. Robert
Reese, student leader in the recent
court action, said that his group
planned to appeal the case, but he
wasn’t sure when.
Weather Report
Yesterday, fair; today, fair; to
morrow, what is this—love or war ?
—West Texas State.
At the Side We Saw—
The greenling boy who has
“frats in his belfry.” — Utah
Chronicle.
Open Door Policy
President Herman B. Wells of
the University of Indiana holds
open house or rather, open office
door, every Tuesday afternoon
from 2 until 4 o’clock. During
this time students may come in
any say anything they wish.
He calls Tuesday afternoon “the
high point of the week.” Ten stu
dents took advantage of the offer
the first afternoon. We wonder if
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ulus as wen as increasing the ar
tistic appearance of the book.
Value Increased
iThe Oregana, already judged
one of the best yearbooks in the
United States, is not exactly pio
neering in this field, as other
books have experimented with the
larger format. According to
George Root, activities manager,
who presented the case for the
larger annual to the board, the
new size will be a vast improve
ment, giving students a much
greater value for their purchase
price.
The larger format, together with
the added attraction of the natural
color cover, as well as the added
features planned for the body of
the annual, will go together to
make one of the most distinctive
yearbooks ever presented to the
Oregon student body, Root stated.
As it will appear the Oregana
will be one of the largest, if not
the largest college annual in the
country.
Style to Be Improved
Students who will write copy
for this year’s Oregana are al
ready experimenting on styles un
der the direction of Assistant Edi
tor Roy Vernstrom. The aim is to
make all copy in the coming an
nual alive and give it the Time
style, in the third person, and to
present the University in true pic
ture form so as to be enjoyed by
outsiders who have never seen the
campus as well as old and present
students.
Like Reserve Room
Hours Announced
Hours for which the reserve
reading room of the library will
be open fall term were announced
yesterday by Matthew H. Doug
lass, librarian.
Monday through Thursday books
may be checked out from there
from 7:45 a.m. until 10 p.m.; on
Friday from 7:45 a.m. until 6 p.m.;
Saturday, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.;
and on Sunday from 2 p.m. until
9 p.m.
Larger Size
George Root . . •. educational
activities director, who promoted
the plan to increase the size of the
Oregana for the coming year from
9 by 12 inches to 10 by 13 inches.
Stanford Rally
Train Proposal
Lacks Sanction
Excom Refers Plan
To Pallett Without
Recommendation
Following a week of indecision
by University officials regarding
the proposed special rooters’ train
I to Palo Alto for the Stanford
game Saturday, the matter of
sanctioning such a plan was re
ferred by the ASUO executives
committee yesterday to Dr. Earl
; M. Pallett, executive secretary of
the University, with no definite
recommendation of approval.
Southern Pacific railroad people
were ready to place a train at the
disposal of one hundred or more
Oregon students if the University
administration approved of such
an excursion. Students promoting
the special train took their case
to the student affairs committee
last Thursday, which referred the
matter to the executive committee.
Money Factor Considered
The executive committee, unable
to provide money for chaperones,
the band, yell leaders, and rally
committee, referred the decision to
Dr. Pallett.
“The small group which would
make the trip would not be a very
representative body of Oregon
students,” said ASUO Prexy Harry
Weston last night, “and for this
reason, it was decided to refer the
matter for the present and try to
make it mean a great deal later
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Dr. Bo wen Appro ves
Reading For Honors
A training which goes beyond that ordinarily received from the
average college career is the one which is gained from the work for
degrees with honors, in the opinion of Dr. Ray P. Bowen, president of
the University honors council.
' “The students who have read for honors have been among the
best on the campus,” Dr. Bowen said. “They have read more widely
ana thought in more lields. Con
sequently they have a better
mental development and a more
mature judgment than the ordin
ary graduate.”
Out of the present junior class
there are 79 eligible to work for
honors. Only 8 juniors and 8 sen
iors have taken advantage of the
opportunity to read and write in
a specialized field under the guid
ance of a single department or
school. From this number, one
student is working for (general
honors, one for honors in business
administration, one in German, one
in romance languages, and 12 in
English.
Dr. Bowen states that he is al
ways impressed with the type of
people who read for honors. He
says they are keen and intelligent
and show a much more lively inter
est in what goes on about them.
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Bibliography Gives
Teachers Problems
A bibliography covering all
available material on the fifteen
social problems of high school
teachers is being mimeographed
for the use of the synthesis of so
cial science classes, Dr. Henry D.
Sheldon, professor of history and
education, said.
The bibliographies were com
piled with the assistance of Hr.
Joseph Holaday of the University
high school, Mr. H. W. Allison, and
Mr. Philip Parks, both from the
history department of the Eugene
high school.
The most important articles of
Mr. Allison's collection of maga
zine clippings concerning the sub
ject, considered one of the best
collections in the state, were used.
Freshman Balloting
To Begin at 10 This
Morning in Y Shack
Eight Nominees, Split Into Two Tickets,
Seek Election; Break Among Houses Seen
By Non-Partisan Observers
BULLETIN!
A new angle on today’s frosh election was revealed last night
when it. was discovered that Kit Carson, nominee for secretary, will
be advanced to sophomore standing at the end of fall term and will
consequently be ineligible to hold any freshman office after that time.
Supporters of the old ATO-Beta-Phi Delt bloc backing Miss Carson
said last night that they would go ahead with their same ticket. The
deadline for nomination by petition was last Thursday, leaving a
write-in campaign as the only alternative.
Balloting for frosh class officers will begin today at 10 o’clock in
the YMCA shack and will close at 3, Zane Kemler, ASUO vice
president said last night. Only those possessing class cards are
entitled to vote.
Eight nominees, split into two tickets, are seeking election. Jack
Daniels, Florence Kinney, Betty DeArmond, and Bab Calkins are run
ning for the offices of president,
vice-president, secretary and
treasurer respectively.
On the other ticket are Bob
Sheets, Eleanor Sederstrom, Kit
Carson, and Mack Hand. A ninth
candidate, Ruth Stoddard, nomin
ated for secretary, has withdrawn.
Split Predicted
Blocs backing the two tickets
remain intact, according to the
campaign managers. Non-partisan
observers, however, are predicting
a split among two or three houses.
Unofficial reports last night said
that more than 500 class cards
have been sold, forecasting a
record-breaking turn-out at the
polls.
Campaign Quiet
The campaign this year has been
noticeably quiet with the work
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41ROTC Officers
Get Appointments
Appointments and
Promotions Made
by Colonel Lyon
Cadet officer appointments in
the University ROTC unit, were
announced yesterday by Col. Rob
ert M. Lyon, head of the military
department.
William H. Giesek,e was appoint
ed colonel; Courtney D. Lasselle
promoted to lieutenant-colonel.
Those who rank as majors are:
Luther R. Seibert, Stanley A. War
ren and Edwin J. Welch. Cap
tains include Frederick R. Findt
ner, John W. Mitchell, Leonard K.
Robertson, Wilfred R. Stephens
and Thomas L. Wiper.
I1 irst lieutenants named were:
Donald N. Anderson, Philip M.
Andrews, Donald C. Boyd, William
M. Campbell, William H. Cum
mings, Richard L. Davis, Kenneth
L. Dell, William B. Foster, John
G. Gavin, Charles A. Hillway,
Claude C. Hockley, George H.
Knight, Ray M. Logan, Phillip M.
Lynch, Paul A. Sanders, Donald
T. Smith, Edward W. Strohecker,
Donald O. Tower, Lloyd F. Van
Dusen, Jack J. Wagstaff, Charles
H. Weston Jr., Earl C. Williams,
Don B. Yeager and Leo F. Young.
Second lieutenants include: Rex
Applegate, Keith W. Barker, Don
ald T. Childers, Allen H. Murphy,
Allan L. Shepard, Robert E. Speer
and Robert E. Watkins.
These men were promoted be
cause of their outstanding ability
and service to the ROTC, Colonel
Lyon stated. Further appointments
will be made at a later date when
warranted, he added.
Women's Honorary
To Fete Journalists
Theta Sigma Phi, women’s jour
nalistic honorary, will hold an in
formal reception honoring all wo
men in journalism, Thursday, at
7:30 p.m. in Alumni hall.
Mrs. Eric W. Allen, Mrs. Charles
Hulten, and Mrs. Lloyd Tupling
will be the guest speakers. Their
subjects will be announced in the
Emerald tomorrow.
Elizabeth Ann Jones is general
chairman of the reception.
Today Tells
Story for
Vic Regina to
Today is the day for Vic
Reginato. It is this morning at
9:30 in the circuit court rooms
that he will learn what the grand
jury has decided in the accident
death of Mrs. W. R. Hall.
Reginato was the driver of a
car which struck down and
killed Mrs. Hall and injured her
husband the afternoon of Oct. 1,
after the football game with
UCLA.
The grand jury hearing of the
case was Saturday, and today
the findings of the group will be
brought in. If a true bill is re
turned, Reginato will be indicted,
ifr not he will go free.
House Commissary
Operators May Have
To Pay License Fees
The possibility that commissary
operators, selling cigarettes and
other tobaccos in living organiza
tions on the campus, may be re
quired to pay the regular license
fee imposed by the city was seen
last night when the question was
brought before the city council.
After considerable debating con
cerning who operated these com
missaries and to what purpose the
profits were devoted, Mayor Large
asked for definite motions. None,
however, were forthcoming and the
question was tabled, i
Other business passed by the
council included a motion for mak
ing a four-way stop street at 19th
and University, to become effective
before the end of the month. At
present only traffic on University
street is required to stop.
AMOS BERG WRITES
Dean Eric Allen of the school
of journalism has received an in
teresting account of Amos Berg’s
descent of the Colorado river this
fall. Berg, who was a former stu
dent under Dean Allen, has in
formed him of his day to day trip.
Fall Enrollment Up;
UO Sets New High,
EON Leads System
5 Higher Education
Institutions Chalk
Increases; Medical
School Decreases
Fall term enrollment for the
six institutions of the Oregon State
System of Higher Education shows
a 7.5 per cent increase over last
year, according to a summary re
port issued Saturday by Chancel
lor Frederick M. Hunter.
The combined enrollment as of
October 6, is 9030 students as com
pared with 8398 students on the
same date last year, or an increase
of 632 students. Indications point
to a cumulative enrollment for the
year of almost 11,000 students in
comparison with 10,157 last year.
EON Lends Schools
Eastern Oregon Normal school
leads in percentage increase with
49.5 per cent, collowed by South
ern Oregon Normal school with
28.3 per cent increase, the state
college with 7.2 per cent, the Uni
versity with 6.7 per cent, the Ore
gon Normal school with .5 per
cent, and the Medical school with
a 3.3 per cent decrease.
Actual registrations as of Octo
ber 6 are as follows: State college,
4343; University 3292; medical
school 437; Oregon Normal school,
432; Eastern Oregon Normal
school, 272; and Southern Oregon
Normal school, 254.
Some Fields Increase
The largest increases have come
in the following fields of work:
junior college at the Eastern and
Southern Orgeon Normal schools,
59.7 per cent; education at the
University of Oregon, 26.2 per
cent; education at Oregon State
college, 25 per cent; science at
Oregon State college, 19 per cent;
and physical education at the Uni
versity of Oregon, 18.5 per cent.
Since the upturn in enrollment,
which occurred in the fall of 1934,
the Oregon institutions have
gained almost 60 per cent in com
, bined student body numbers and
this fall total establishes an all
time peak.
Educators Study
Curriculum Work
Round table discussion centered
largely on modern curriculum
practices at the second annual
conference sponsored by the school
of education and Southern Oregon
Normal, October 7-8 at Ashland.
County and city school superin
tendents, school principals, and
others directly concerned with
heading up curriculum studies in
the schools of southern Oregon
were in attendance.
Dr. Medford, president of the
Southern Oregon Normal, served
as chairman of the three sessions,
held Friday and Saturday morn
ings and Friday night. The open
ing presentation at each session
was made by F. G. Macomber,
professor of education at the Uni
versity of Oregon.
An open discussion on supervised
teaching, modern trends in the
core of curriculum movement, and
the relationship of the supervisor
to the student teacher in the mat
ter of teacher’s training was held.
A similar meeting was held at
both the La Grande and Southern
Oregon Normal scools last year.
MISS STAMM ILL
Betty Mae Stamm, assistant in
the order department of the Uni
versity library, has been confined
to her home several days because
of illness.
Work Begins on New
Sub-Campus Tunnel
Work started yesterday on the construction of a 660-foot reinforced
tunnel to handle all service utilities connecting Johnson, Fenton hall,
and the new Humanities building directly, and which will join Condon,
Commerce, and Oregon to them by ducts.
According to building supervisors, this project will be known as
University of Oregon tunnel unit number eight and will cost $47,127,
or which has been donated
by the federal government for ma
terials and labor. The University
will pay the remainder through
supervision, engineering, and ma
terials.
The tunnel will be approximate
ly 6 by 7 feet inside and will be
finished in about eight months as
a WPA project. McClure, Deady,
and Villard will also be connected
on the same unit by ducts.
One hundred men are expected
to be at work on this project with
in a month, with Albert Anderson
as the engineer and Dr. W. V.
Morris as the technical adviser to
President Erb.
Tunnel unit number 7, started
last term, will be finished within
two weeks. It connects the John
Straub Memorial building with the
present tunnel system and cost
approximately $40,000.
According to authorities there
is a total of 5,600 feet of tunnels
now on the Oregon campus.
Infirmary List
Lengthens After
Bunion Derby
The annual campus “bunion”
derby appears to be too much
for University of Oregon
students. On Monday the in
firmary list reached a new peak
for this quarter with 18 patients.
On this list are: Eleanor Col
lier, Nancy Hunt, Pat Holder,
Jean Adams, Eunice Cable, Jean
Banning, Joyce Jenson, Carolyn
Dudley, Gerald Good, Gynn Ma
thias, Murray Brown, Joe
Grimm, Rod McMillan, Theodore
Thompson, John Dungan, John
Curry, John Purcell, Neal Po
vey.
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Open
House
Highlights
It Was Two
Other Fellows
Friday night was all the fun,
all the mixup, and all the 15^
miles of footwork involved in the
annual open house. Everybody
was in on it, and things were
happening. Emerald correspon
dents telephoned reports from
the battle line.
Came Saturday morning, how
ever, and it was all too evident
that the said Emerald telephone
reporters had been a trifle over
enthusiastic, ana had made a
statement confusing the facts.
The Theta Chi cowbell mys
tery will go down in history as
an error rather than a hit, all
because someone said it was the
Sigma Nus who stole the cow
bell and thus fired the shot
heard ’round Gerlinger, when the
Sigma Nus were perfectly inno
cent.
Not only were the Sigma Nus
innocent of the cowbell abduc
tion, but they were also innocent
of participation in the mixup
which followed, it was learned
from reliable sources Saturday.
Learning Continues
Despite Overflow
In Art Department
Back in 1920-21 the art school
faculty gasped and wondered what
on earth they would do with the
68 students registered in different
courses. Each year the faculty
gasps anew and wonders what
they’ll do with the increased en
rollment. |
Last year with 250 students it
was bad enough: several new desks
were added to the architecture
room and Prof. W. R. B. Willcox
gave up his office to allow for
more desks. But this year it’s
even worse, members of the fac
ulty report. There are some 269
students enrolled already.
Even though there are four stu
dents without desks and several
painting students without easels
“we’re teaching them just the
same,” they say. Several members
of the “overflow” have been tem
porarily placed in the exhibition
room while those without equip
ment are patiently waiting for
their desks and easels to arrive.
There are 217 students in lower
division drawing as compared to
last year's 150 persons. Fifty stu
dents in painting does not seem to
be a great increase over last year’s
44 members, but some of the prob
lems facing the faculty may be
realized when one finds that the
capacity of the room is 16.
Social Calendar
Officially Closes
Wednesday Night
The social calendar for the
fall term at the University of
Oregon will be closed officially
on Wednesday, October 12, ac
cording to word released yes
terday by Mrs. Alice B. Mac
duff, assistant dean of women.
All dates for house dances and
other functions of a social na
ture must be filed in the office
of the dean of women before
Wednesday night.
Registration Ends
With New Record
Mark of 3313; Rise
Of 7 Per Cent
With Saturday marking the
close of regular registration, 3313
students have enrolled in the Uni
versity, setting an all-time high
for fall registration. This is an
increase of 7 per cent over last
year’s total of 2096 students who
signed up before the deadline.
Students may still register by
filing a petition at the registrar’s
office. These few late comers
should boost the total to near the
3350 mark.
Men Still Lead
Although male students lead the
feminine sex 2094 to 1264, the wo
men have shown a greater pro
portionate increase. The men have
increased 6 per cent while the
number of women has risen 8.6
per cent. Sophomores have the
greatest enrollment with 1241
registered second-year men, but
the graduates with 183 have in
creased their membership nearly
40 per cent to lead all classes in
that respect. >
According to other figures, re
leased by Assitant Registrar Con
stance, there are 1084 freshmen,
300 juniors, 390 seniors, 84 profes
sionals and 31 auditors. Only the
professionals and seniors show a
decrease.
Ed Majors increase
If enrollment figures are any in
dication, the teaching field pro
mises to be more crowded than
ever. There are 180 prospective
knowledge vendors this year as
compared to 144 here in 1937. On
the other hand journalism and law
enrollment has taken a drop. The
former fell from 315 to 283, while
only 233 law students have shown
up in contrast to the 251 enrolled
last year at this time.
Nine hundred and nineteen busi
ness majors top the majors field.
They are followed by social science
with 434, arts and letters with 336,
non-majors with 338, architecture
and allied arts with 269, physical
education with an even 200, and
music with 121.
'Piggers' Out Earlier
This Year to Appease
Erstwhile Swains
Campus pigging will be run
under handicap rules for more than
a week at least, according to Roy
Vernstrom who is putting out this
year’s student directory. »
But even so the local Don Juan’s
are better off than they were last
year when the book came out in
the middle of November. A map
of all the campus, including the
various living organizations, is
tentatively planned. Another new
feature is the front page centering
on an artistic Duck design. In
general, the makeup will follow
last year’s popular styling.
Sixty-three man hours were con
sumed over the week-end in get
ting a list of all the students
registered with the registrar. Six
typists were employed for two
days. A list of the employees, a
faculty list, advertising copy, copy
editing and the like will require
the remainder of the week to com
plete. Vernstrom reports that the
book will go to press early next
week.
Checker Game
Decides Fate of
Sports Story
It is not news, according to
the journalistic definition, when
Stephen Cady, University press
foreman, and some member of
the Emerald news staff “battles
it out’’ with words over a story
that came in late or a correction
that should have been made in
the copy, but it is news, by the
same definition, when they iron
out their disagreements in a
more peaceful way.
Members of the Emerald night
staff were, therefore, greatly
surprised when Elbert Hawkins,
sports editor, and Steve sat
down to a game of checkers,
during the night crews’ lunch
hour, to settle their differences.
The winner of the game, it
seems, was to have his way re
garding the story in dispute.
No final reports on the game
were available, but night staff
workers reported that Steve had
a satisfied look when he re
turned to work.