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NUMBER 19
Politics Out, Says Prexy
Of 'Sweetheart Contest’
An official “Sweetheart of Sigma Chi” is to be selected from
the fall freshman class of '42 by the local Sigma Chi fraternity, was
the announcement made by House President Rex Applegate last
night.
Each women’s living organization has been asked to present
two freshman girls as candidates from their organization. Two din
ners will be given for the candidates. After these dinners final
selection will be made.
Secret Ballot, “No Polities Involved”
The method of selection will be by secret ballot among the active
members of Sigma Chi.
“I want it to be understood by each candidate's living organiza
tion that politics will not enter into the selection under any circum
stances,” asserted Applegate.
The winning freshman girl will be presented with a Sigma Chi
sweetheart pin at a dinner given in her honor, Saturday evening of
Homecoming. Later in the week the fraternity will honor her at
her living organization with a special serenade.
New Frosh Constitution
Approved by Class
After Vigorous Session
The new frosh constitution was adopted at a meeting marked by
noisy discussion when 96 members of the class of ’42 gathered in
Villard hall last night.
A clash came between the majority party which won every office
last week and the ATO-Chi Psi combination, which urged the addition
of a clause limiting the expenditures to those approved by the entire
class. The new constitution as adopted gives the president and trea
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diture with the approval of the
educational activities office.
Amending Revised
The constitution provides for a
new method of amending. Peti
tions may be signed by 35 class
card holders rather than 50, the
number specified in the old con
stitution. However, two-thirds of
a quorum vote will be required to
pass any amendment.
The constitution was passed by
a majority standing vote. Call for
a quorum was not specified by the
former regulation of the class.
Spaniel Seeks
Social Science
Study; Stopped
Dogs want to know the facts
of life! This fact was proved
conclusively Thursday morning
in Instructor Quirinus Breen’s
social science class.
A coal-black cocker spaniel»
had placed itself in the front
row of the lecture room. In
structor Breen, lecturing on the
facts of life, suddenly espied it
staring at him with a rapt ex
pression, and ordered it evicted
from the room.
Vigorously ODjecting, the pup
yelped and barked in its firmest
manner.
The facts of life were too good
to miss!
Daring Ducks
Descend Upon
Sleeping State
OREGON STATE COLLEGE,
Corvallis (Wednesday, Oct. 19—
Several University of Oregon ob
streperous ducks descended upon
our peaceful campus late Monday
night and filled the air with U. of
0 songs. Many complaints sent in
by residents of the city against
the noise makers, who were wan
dering about the town and cam
pus, started the police on the
chase.
Johnny Wells, campus police
man, caught the ducks in their
badly-beaten car near the green
houses and promptly ordered them
oh their way home.—Oregon State
Barometer.
* * *
Night or Morning?
It’s the sleep before 12 o’clock
that rests you most, say experts.
But it’s the sleep after 7 o’clock
that feels the best, we say.—Mon
tana Kaimin.
* * *
Do You?
My parents told me not to
smoke—I don’t.
Or listen to a naughty joke—I
Idon’t.
They made it clear I must not
look I
At pretty girls or even think
About intoxicating drink—I don't.
To dance or flirt is very wrong—
I don’t.
Wild youths like women, wine anc
song—I don’t.
1 kiss no girls not even one,
I do not know how it is done.
You wouldn’t think I have mucl
fun—I don’t.
—Queens Journal.
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Purpose Picketing
Students advertising a Univer
sity of Michigan play productioi
picketed the local cinemansion ii
order to advertise their own play
—Idaho Argonaut.
Social Heads Refuse
Dessert Plan Action
Controversy Passed
To Interfraternity
Council
Still unsettled, still unofficial—•
the exchange dessert controversy
was no nearer adjustment as a re
sult of the meeting of social chair
men of men’s living organizations
yesterday.
Professing little knowledge of
the problem, the social heads re
fused to take any action on the
matter, implying that it would be
settled by the interfraternity coun
cil.
At a meeting last night, the
council failed to act on the ques
tion or give Tt consideration for
the present.
Women’s social chairmen, meet
ing yesterday, decided that the
choice between desserts ana din
ners should be left to individual
houses. They recommend greater
informality in the conducting of
the affairs.
At an earlier meeting heads of
houses had agreed to retain the
present exchange-dessert syst.em
for the remainder of the term.
They suggested that upperclass
women and men of the exchang
ing houses meet at one of the
houses, while the lowerclass stu
dents meet at the other.
Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, dean
of women, and Mrs. Alice B. Mac
duff, assistant dean of women, re
viewed social regulations before
the meeting of social chairmen of
men’s houses. Conduct of house
dances received special considera
tion by the meeting.
Refreshments were served to
the group by Dean Schwering and
Mrs. Macduff.
Alpha Kappa Psi
To Convene Here
October 28 and 29
Alpha Kappa Psi, national busi
ness honorary, will hold a district
convention at the University of
Oregon and Portland, October 28
and 29. The national president, Mr.
W. J. Luby of Chicago, Mr. E. E.
Davison, district counselor from
the University of Idaho, and Past
President Harry Silke will attend
and participate in the convention
■ program.
There will be delegates from the
' University of Washington, Wash
, ington State, University of Idaho,
| and the University of Oregon.
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Prep Journalists on Campus Today
'It's the Melody*
Verdi Sederstrom . . . publicity
chairman of tonight’s Junior-Sen
ior dance in the Igloo, who claims
the danceable “Memory Melodies”
will make this the fall term’s fin
est dance.
McArthur Mix
Leads Weekend
Dance Program
Everyone Is Invited
To Junior - Senior
'Memory Melodies'
Nine o’clock — McArthur court
—“Memory Melodies” — it’s the
all-campus mix sponsored by the
juniors and seniors for everyone.
Semi-formal dresses have been
decreed for women and dark suits
for men. No corsages for the girls.
Art Holman’s Willamette park
band will furnish his brand of
sweet and swing tunes, while
dancers do their stuff in an Igloo
decorated with panels from some
of last year’s outstanding campus
dances.
Tickets are $1 a couple, with
juniors and seniors getting a 25
cent reduction with class cards.
Prof. Thacher Meets
With Study Group
At Klamath Falls
W. F. G. Thacher, professor of
English and advertising, met re
cently at Klamath Falls with a
group of 14 persons who have
formed a writers’ correspondence
study organization there.
■The meeting was the first in a
series of three during the time that
members of the group will be tak
ing extension courses in creatiev
writing, short story, and other
phases of the writing field, Miss
Mozelle Hair, head of the Univer
sity correspondence division, said.
NATIONAL ‘SAMMIE’ VISITS
Mr. James C. Hammerstein of
New York City, executive secre
tary of Sigma Alpha Mu, will visit
the University of Oregon chapter
this weekend. He will be a guest
of the local chapter from October
21 to 23. This is one of the stops
of Mr. Hammerstein’s “Sammie
Tour” of the United States chap
ters.
Dr. Brown
Gives Recipe
For Full Life
Noted Author's Talk
Well Received by
Thursday Assembly
Audience
1. Keep your eyes open—aw op
posed to the “freshman daze.”
2. Approach life as though it
had an end as well as a beginning.
3. Do things that you will want
to remember.
The above was the three-fold
recipe that Dr. Rollo Walter
Brown, noted author and educa
tor, gave for getting the most out
of life to a large assembly of stu
dents and faculty in Gerlinger hall
Thursday noon.
Elaborating on the three ingre
dients of his prescription, Dr.
Brown said' that students should
learn to see things in their proper
proportions, and with a discrim
inating eye. He asked his listeners
to imagine Ralph Waldo Emerson
walking around the familiar cam
pus with one of them, then return
ing to Concord to write an essay
on his observations that would
make readers 50 years from now
wish they could have taken the
same walk. Keen observation and
enthusiasm are essential parts of
genius, Dr. Brown said.
“We’re Slow Starters”
“We spend so much of our time
sitting aroiind in neutral,” said
Dr. Brown, “because we don’t al
ways realize the shortness of life.”
Awareness of the brief time at our
disposal would make *us live more
fully and efficiently, the speaker
indicated.
“What have you accomplished
that you would like to have broad
cast to the world?” Dr. Brown
asked his audience. Save up fine
and generous deeds that you will
take pleasure in recalling, he ad
vised. If you want to start out
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Honor Rating Given
Company D in ROTC
Number two company of the 1
o’clock ROTC training unit was
designated Thursday as honor
company for the week, after a
close victory over company one of
the same section. Company two
made a score of 99.875 as against
a 99.824 by Company one.
Each year the ROTC depart
ment names an honor company of
all the competing classes. All stu
dents are required to come on
Wednesdays in full uniform and an
inspection is held. Points are de
ducted for absences, tardiness, un
shined belt or buckle. The total
of the company is then added* up
and the company scoring the high
est is designated as the honor com
pany of the week.
Company two of the ,1 o’clock
section is commanded by J. M.
Mitchell. First Sergeant is R. G.
Hochuli and platoon leaders are
W. H. Cummings and K. L. Dill.
Honor company for last week
was Company E. No. 2, command
ed by Courtney D. Lasselle.
Pledges Seem Content With Lot
Pledge life at the University
isn’t a bed of roses . . . but is
, almost one.
In fact, a survey among the
various living organizations yes
terday revealed a marked aura
of contentment surrounding this
year’s crop of neophytes.
Gene Brown of Alpha Tau
Omega, with the help of several
| of his brethren, and after con
siderable pause, decided that
house work was “pretty dirty.’’
Upper classmen and classes not
so bad and social affairs “a lit
; tie dead,” he says.
Social Life “Fun”
In the Alpha Chi Omega
house Betty Sevier thinks house
duties are “okay.” Although
long lecture classes are new to
her she finds the social side of
* college a “lot of fun.”
“I don't like house duties,”
says Dick May, a Chi Psi rook.
But he realizes that those along
with submission to upperclass
men necessary.
Pi Beta Phi pledge, Ruth Stod
dard .bemoans the lack of time
to • get things done, including
“house work.” This information
was divulged as she vigorously
wielded a dust mop to peat the
house work deadline. However,
she thinks social life is “keen.”
There’ll Come a Day
Submission to upper classmen
is all right because presently
pledges will have their day,
declares Mike Chambers at Del
ta Upsilon.
Fontelle Mitchell, Alpha Delta
Pi pledge, asserts that "dusting
the floor isn't so bad” but the
rest of the work isn’t so pleas
ant. Asked, if she minded sub
mitting to upper classmen she
emphatically answered, “defin
itely not!”
Pledge Gets Tickled
An unidentified SAE pledge
(Ed. note:) Several of the mem
bers were tickling him so that
he was unable to inform the re
porter of his name thinks that
social affairs should be half of
college life although he has been
too occupied with football to
benefit much so far.
Betty Plankinton is “having
a wonderful time” as a Kappa
pledge.
i William A u 1 d vehemently
praised the Theta Chi house
work system which necessitates
house duties only once a week.
Two Will Return Today
Trio of Oregon high school press ussociation officers . . . two of
these will play leading roles in today’s conference sessions. From
left are Betty Marshall, Washington high of Portland, vice-prexy,
Michi Yusui, Hood River, and at present attending the. University,
secretary, and Jerry Coates, Benson high of Portland, president. Coates
will be unable to attend the conference.
FOURTEENTH CONFERENCE
OF THE
OREGON HIGH SCHOOL PRESS ASSOCIATION
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM OCTOBER 21-22 — 1938
FRIDAY MORNING *
Sessions in Room 10S, Journalism Building
9:30 Registration and assignment to housing groups. Upstairs in
hallroom.
9:50 Meeting called to order by Betty Marshall, vice-president, who
will preside.
.10 ;00 Welcome—-Dr. Donald £&.. Erb, president of U. of O.
10:05 Welcome to the University—Harold Weston, president A.S.U.O.
10:10 Getting the Paper Started—Dean Eric W. Allen.
Discussion led by Wendell Wyatt, Jeffersonian, Jefferson higfi
school, Portland.
10:40 Editorials and the Editorial Page—How Can We Make Them
Better?—Paul Deutschmann, Editor of the Emerald.
Discussion led by Erros Penland, former editor Albany Whirlwind.
11:10 Features in the High School Paper—Raymond Lindgren, Forest
Grove Morning Moan
Discussion led by Margaret Girvin, former editor Bulldog, Mt.
Vernon (Wash.) High.
11:35 Special Problems of the Mimeographed Paper—Alan Robertson,
Editor Carlton HiLife.
Discussion led by Alice Eusticc, former editor Ink Drops, Yamhill
high school.
12:00 Adjournment
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
1:30 Report of nominations committee and election of officers.
1:40 Organizing Staff for Effective Work—Bill Pengra, managing ed
itor, Oregon Daily Emerald.
Discussion led by Irma Scmler, former assistant editor Granton
ian, Grant high school, Portland.
2:10 Making Old News Smell Fresh—Professor Charles M. Tfulten,
University of Oregon.
Discussion led by Nisma Banta, former editor News Notes, Prine
ville high school.
2:40 The Sports Page in the High School—Porter Frizell, former sports
editor for Emerald, and sports editor for Eugene News.
General discussion.
3:00 Making Bad Copy Good, and Good Copy Better—Professor
George Turnbull, University of Oregon.
Discussion led by Don Lemons, former makeup editor Pendleton
Lantern.
3:30 The Gossip Column—a Joy and a Headache in the High School
Paper—Eileen Pcsek, Jeffersonian.
Discussion led by Lois Nordling, former editor U.H.S. Uni-IIi
Lighls.
4:00 How the Adviser Functions in a Medium-sized High School—
Miss Amarette Barnes, Beaverton high school.
4:20 Adjournment
FRIDAY EVENING
6:00—Dinner at Del Rey—Dean Allen, toastmaster. Everyone invited.
Tickets at Dean Allen’s office for 65c.
Nash Collection
Receives Three
Limited Editions
t
Three recent selections of the
Limited Editions club have been
received by the John Henry Nash
collection of rare books in the
University library.
Two volumes of “Salome,” by
Oscar Wilde are colorful editions t
to the collection. One volume is in
the original French with gouache
illustrations on black paper by
Andre Derain, the other is in Eng
lish translation.
A three-volume edition of Count
Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” is
another of the new selections. This
was printed in England.
The third is “Elegy Written in
a Country Church-Yard” by
Thomas Gray. It is decorated with
wood engravings sketched by Ag
nes Miller Parker in the same
country churchyard where Gray
wrote his poem.
Group Discusses
Foreign Policies
Varied opinions of the current
regimes in Italy, Russia, and Ger
many were expressed during the
weekly meeting of the discussion
group held Wednesday evening at
Westminster house.
Edgar Rasor, graduate assistant
in economics, led the discussion on
“Planned Economy in the Totali
tarian States.” He declared that
structural homologies in the eco
nomic setup are present in the
three nations, somewhat obscured
by the political ballyhoo of each.
Martin Harvey, one of 35 dele
gates from North America to the
world missionary conference to be
held in Madras, India, this fall,
reached the campus in time to
participate in the discussion.
Discussion of the same subject
will be continued at next week’s
meeting.
Fourteenth Annual
High School Press
Conference Begins
Speeches, Bancruet, Awards to Be Feature
At Newspaper Meeting; 145 Delegates Are
Expected for Registration
The school of journalism will open wide its doors this morn
ing to the 14th annual conference of the Oregon high school
press association.
Included in the two-day session are greetings from the presi
dents of the University and the associated students, speeches on
newspaper work by everyone from the dean of the school of
journalism to high school representatives, the annual banquet,
and presentation of awards for the best school papers in the
Doors Shut;
Pair Gets Lost
In Art Museum
A pair of “babes in the woods”
got lost yesterday, and of all
places to get lost in, they had
to pick the art museum.
The “babes" were two visit-t
ing high school journalists who
had arrived on the campus too
early for the press conference.
They had been wandering about
the University, finally getting to
the art museum.
By the time the two got back
to the main entrance after their
inspection the museum was
locked up like a bank vault—afid
not a stick of dynamite between
them.
After some foundation-shak
ing yelling the boys managed to
make themselves heard by an
attendant, who let them out the
back door. |
This was in the morning. Af
ternoon brought a smoother
course of events, with the two
making the rounds with special
guides, pausing long enough to
again use their vocal powers in
W. A. Dahlberg’s speech class.
Who were the preppers?—
Chuck Williams and George Mc
Kinnon, editor and associate ed
itor of the Prlneville high school
paper.
Statisticians Learn
Use of Complex
Tabulating Machine
Sixteen future statisticians from
Dr. E. H. Moore's class in social
statistics were given first hand j
information on the University’s
tabulating equipment yesterday
when Clifford L. Constance, assist
ant registrar, demonstrated the
operations of the Hollerith ma
chine. |
One of the most complicated
pieces of machinery on the cam
pus, the Hollerith tabulates sta
tistics obtained from student
cards which have been filled out i
during the registration process.
Yesterday’s group was but half
the class. The remainder will have
an opportunity next Tuesuay to j
witness this demonstration which!
is part of the training offered by !
the course. [
state.
An even 145 representatives
have sent in their intention of at
tending the meeting. Twenty early
comers had arrived by 5 o'clock
last night.
Begins at 9:30
The conference begins officially
with registration and housing
assignment at 9:30 this morning
on the second floor of Journalism.
Gavel-pounding duties will be
handled by Betty Marshall, vice
president of the conference in the
meeting room, 105 Journalism.
Students wlil be welcomed at
10 o’clock by Dr. Donald M. Erb,
University president and Harold
Weston, ASUO prexy. Other
speakers during the morning are
Dean Eric W. Allen, dean of the
school of journalism; Paul
Deutschmann, Emerald editor; and
high school representatives as well
as former high school journalists
now enrolled in the University.
Election of Officers Slated
Nomination and election of offi
cers will take place in the after
noon at 1:30, followed by discus
sion and assembly groups. Bill
Pengra, managing editor of the
Emerald, and Porter Frizzell, for
mer Emerald and Eugene News
sports editor, will speak on their
respective fields in relation to the
high school newspaper. Professors
George Turnbull and Charles M.
Hulten will attempt to enlighten
the future journalists on improv
ing news stories and copy.
Toastmaster for the banquet is
Dean Eric W» Allen. Sigma Delta
Chi, men’s journalism honorary,
will put its initiates through their
paces, while entertainment will be
provided by Babe Binford’s or
chestra. An added feature to the
banquet is an address by Prexy
Harold Weston.
Open to All
The banquet is open not only to
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'At Good Old Siwctsh'
Subject of Reading
John L. Casteel, head of the
speech department, will read the
football scene from George Fitch’s
"At Good Old Siwash” to the Ori
des meeting Monday at 8:30 p.m.
in Gerlinger hall. Professor Cas
teel explains the selection as an
exaggeration on what would hap
pen to football if an old-fashioned
faculty had their way.
George Fitch is the late hus
band of Mrs. Fitch, secretary of
the University’s graduate division.
Astronomy Group
Sees Planets, Moons
By SADIE MITCHELL
From the Fairmount boulevard observator of Hugh J. Pruitt, Uni
versity astronomer, members of Professor Caswell’s astronomy class
made some interesting observations of various heavenly bodies last
night.
Because of the clearness of the night the students were able to
get an excellent view of the planet Saturn encircled by rings of light,
and Jupiter, surrounded by its four moons, two of which have only
recently been discovered. At the
exact time specified by scientists,
one of Jupiter’s moons eclipsed
behind the planet, entirely disap.
pearing from view.
Several times during the eve
ning the objects under observa
tion became indistinct visions,
gradually fading out in much the
same manner as short wave sound
fades.
The planets and various constel
lations were viewed through Dr.
Pruitt’s powerful four-inch tele
scope, and the three-inch one be
longing to the University.