Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 02, 1938, Image 1

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    Old Master
Fritz Kreisler . . . world famed
violinist, who will play in concert
at McArthur court Monday night
in the first of the year’s ASUO
artist series.
Fritz Kreisler
To Play at Igloo
Monday Night
Music Lovers Jam
Ticket Offices; First
Of ASUO Series
Fritz Kreisler, magician of the
violin, will play at McArthur court
Monday night. Willamette valley
music lovers are flooding the Uni
versity of Oregon ticket office with
applications for seats.
Kreisler, whose genius has been
accepted as the greatest in modern
times, will appear here as the first
attraction on the University of
Oregon’s greater artist series.
Tickets can be obtained from the
office at McArthur court.
It is seldom that a city the size
of Eugene has a chance to offer
an attraction so tremendous in ap
peal, so world-famed as Kreisler.
All over the world this master of
the violin has packed concert halls
and theaters to the doors.
Critics Score
Censors \Love
Novel Titles
By ANNA MAE HALVERSON
The editors of The Reporter and
The Ticker, much censored and
suspended publications of the City
College of New York, have finally
turned the tables on Dean Justin
Moore of the school of business
and civic administration. Dean
Moore has been a constant heck
ler to the papers, having suspend
ed The Ticker three times for ob
scenity since 1932 and also seven
students in 1934.
A novel, "Mexican Love,” was
printed in London in 1934 and au
thorized and editorially criticized
by Dean Justin Moore. Said the
dean stiffly by way of explaining
his literary effort: "When you
write a book, you like to make the
titles rather interesting.”
The Ticker printed the chapter
titles, and they were rather inter
esting—"A Siren’s Boudoir,” "Lov
ers in the Park,” “The Price of a
Husband,” "A Mistress Dissatis
fied.”
Gleefully The Ticker printed,
"The white knoll of her hips made
the girl’s waist seem by compari
son unusually slender,” and “ ‘You
struggle not to kiss my lips. Come,
Douglas, let us steal a little hap
piness from fate.’ ”
Rule 'Em Out
You coiffure - conscious and
make-up hating males might go
up to Queen’s university at King
ston, Ontario. Among the fresh
man regulations supposedly in
force from 8 to 4 every day are:
1. Freshettes (Canadian ver
sion i must dispense with make-up
and nail polish.
2. Freshettes must part their
hair in the middle, w'ith no roils
from the ears up.
* * *
Pipes
Other colleges have their wor
ries about what the fair coeds are
doing also. The following is from
the Indiana Statesman:
“Deah, deah, the girls are going
eastern! Not with accents this
time, but with pipes—little three
inch affairs with practical ,y invis
ible bowls, which they still hesi
tate to display in broad campus
daylight.”
WPA ENLARGING LOT
WPA men have been working
this week on the vacant lot be
tween Friendly aDd Journalism to
enlarge tne parking area to ac
commodate five more cars. A
base will be made of crushed rock
after the ground has been spaded.
VOLUME XL
UO Rhodes Choices
Named by Judges;
Story Page One
NUMBER 26
Days of Old Oregon
To Be Atmosphere
For Homecoming
Former Campus Traditions to Be Revived
For Special Benefit of Returning Alums;
Students to Start Campaign
When alums come back to “honor Oregon” this weekend, give
them a taste of Old Oregon as they knew it in the days when it was
unthinkable to walk on the Oregon seal.
Such is the theme of a student campaign inaugurated by a. group
of student leaders last night and backed by the official sanction of
I the alumni secretary’s office. It is the plan of the student leaders, led
by Harry Weston, asuu president,
to revive all campus traditions,
over homecoming weekend, for
the special benefit of the return
ing alums.
A campus-wide drive to get the
students behind the move will be
gin today with announcements in
living organizations that all un-1
derclassmen will be required to ob
serve traditions strictly over the
weekend. Upperclassmen will take
the lead in enforcing the rules,
and anyone caught violating a tra
dition will be subject to punish
ment by the Order of the O, ac
cording to Hank Nilsen, president.
“Hello Walk” Revived
First among the customs to be
revived will be the “Hello walk” j
tradition, which requires that ev- [
eryone walking the sidewalk be
tween Fenton hall and Villard
speak toi each person he meets.
This is a tradition which has died
cut during the last few years.
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Sheldon Reviews
Grads' Progress
Former Students
Are Forging Ahead
In Education
The progress of some former
students of the University was re
viewed by Dr. H. D. Sheldon, pro
fessor of history and education.
First in his reflections was Dr.
W. H. Burton, professor of educa
tion in the University of Southern
California. Dr. Burton graduated
from the Oregon school of educa
tion in 1916 having obtained his
doctor’s degree in the University
of Chicago. He has one of the
largest followings among teachers
of any lecturer in Los Angeles, Dr.
Sheldon said.
Dr. Peter Spencer, foremost au
thority on arithmetic and reading
in southern California, and a grad
uate from this University in 1922,
is now in Claremont Colleges,
California. He has recently com
pleted researches which have, ac
cording to Dr. Sheldon, a vital ef
fect on the common schools.
Dr. Claud C. Wooton, head of
the department of education and
director of summer school at Clare
mont Colleges is a graduate of
Oregon in the class of 1922. He is
rapidly making that institution a
center for research, Dr. Sheldon
said.
Beginning as regular members
of the faculty at Stanford this
year are Drs. Ethan Rothwell and
Henry Sheldon Jr. Dr. Rothwell,
former head of the social science
department in the University high
school, is in the history depart
ment.
Three Named to
Represent U.O.
In Rhodes Exam
Knapp, Turner, and
Winer Picked From
Nine Contestants
Robert Knapp, graduate student
in psychology, Thomas Turner,
senior in history, and Ben Winer,
senior in psychology were named
last night by the University com
mittee on foreign scholarships to
represent the University in the
statewide Rhodes scholarship ex
amination to be held at the Uni
versity club in Portland December
13. These candidates, who will be
officially certified by President
Donald M. Erb to the Portland
Rhodes scholarship committee,
were chosen from a list of nine
competitors.
At the Portland examination two
applicants will be chosen to go to
the regional district competition
in Spokane. Six states will each
send two candidates to this exam
ination, and from these, four will
be chosen to go to Oxford.
The scholarship is for $6,000 to
cover expenses of three years at
the English university. There are
32 scholarships given each year to
students in the United States.
Dr. Clark Reelected
To Historical Board
Dr. R. C. Clark, head of the his
tory department, was reelected to
the board of the Oregon Historical
society at the annual meeting in
Portland last Friday.
The meeting was held in the so
ciety room of the Portland audi
torium for the purpose of electing
board members to serve during the
next four years. Dr. Clark was
also reelected as editor of the Ore
gon Historical Quarterly.
Friday evening a banquet was
given at the Congress hotel. Dean
Wayne Morse of the law school
was the main speaker.
Others who attended the meet
ing from the University were Mrs.
Grace P. Morris, research assist
ant, and Mrs. Mabel McClain, re
search associate.
The purpose of the society is to
collect and preserve material re
lating to the history of the North
west. It maintains a library and
a museum of pioneer relics and
publishes the Oregon Historical
Quarterly.
Library Prepares
Historical Exhibit
In connection with homecoming celebrations honoring old grads
who visit the campus this weekend, the University library will feature
an exhibit of photographs and books related to the development of the
University.
The exhibit, being arranged by Miss Pauline Walton, who has
charge of the library collection room, will include photographs of all
the presidents of the University and copies of books they have written,
photographs of early faculty mem
bers, and a section on famous
writers who have graduated from
the University.
One case will be devoted to an
exhibit of the works of three men
—all Oregon alums—who have
I made names for themselves in the
literary field, and who are all for
mer students of Professor W. F. G.
Thacher of the English depart
ment. Professor Thacher has ar
ranged to have them attend this
year's homecoming events and see
the exhibit for themselves. The
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authors are Robert Armond Case,
’20; Ernest Haycox, ’23; and Edi
son Marshall, ex-’17.
Another case will be based on
early athletics and will include a
picture of the first football game
played here—in 1893—and pic
tures of some early teams, gal
Young, Oregon’s first football
coach, will be featured in photo
graphic studies.
The exhibit is to be placed in
the lobby of the circulation library
on the first floor.
These smiling- Iiwamas . . . will start another “mum” sale on the campus today. Pictured here are
left to right, Janet Goresky, Betty Ames, Pat Taylor, Grace Irvin, and Majeene Glover.
Homecoming Mums
Sale Starts Today
Promising a better delivery sys
tem, a better sales campaign, and
bigger "mums” for Homecoming
weekend, Kwama announced yes
terday the start of another chrys
anthemum sale for the benefit of
the AWS, starting today under the
direction of Grave Irvin, Kwama
prexy.
Speakers will make the rounds
of living organizations every day
this week to take orders for the
blossoms. Booths will be placed in
hotels downtown to take orders
Friday afternoon and Saturday.
Campus booths will be open during
the week at the usual places near
the library, Oregon building, and
■the Side.
A deadline for house orders has
been set for Friday evening at 7
o’clock, after which deliveries will
not be made, Miss Irvin said.
Prices will range from 50 cents
to $1.25.
Parking Grounds
Behind Friendly
Will Be Enlarged
The parking area between
Friendly and Journalism will be
enlarged to accommodate five
more cars, according to F. V. Cuth
bert, campus architect. WPA men
have been working this week to
prepare the lot for a crushed rock
base.
If weather conditions permit, a
brick-faced retaining wall will be
completed in two weeks on the
east end of the library which will
coincide in appearance with the
rest of the building.
In addition to these two projects,
Mr. Cuthbert stated that a con
crete walk has been completed
which runs along the east end of
the men’s pool and that planting
of various shrubs around the build
ing is now in progress.
BA KRIS REQUESTS
Request numbers for Harry
Barris to play Saturday night
must be in at the educational
activities office in McArthur
court by Friday noon.
Students Warned
That ASUO Cards
Not Transferable
A warning that ASUO cards
are not transferable and will be
confiscated whenever detected
on anyone other than the right
ful owner, was issued yesterday
by Athletic Manager Anse Cor
nell and Educational Activities
Director George Root.
The warning came following
the confiscation of more than
thirty-five of the cards at the
Portland game last Saturday,
when non-student body mem
bers attempted to get into the
stadium on ASUO cards.
The activities office pointed
out that the tickets are plainly
printed “not transferable’’ on
the back, and ticket takers at
ASUO gates are picked for their
knowledge of the student body
i members.
Ambitious Publicity Men
To Flood Northwest Radio
Stations With Programs
Homecoming news will flood the northwest airlanes today as three
radio programs over five Oregon stations send forth invitations to
alumni and ex-students to come back for three great days at college,
November 4, 5 and 6.
Leading off the parade, at 2:45 this afternoon, Zane Kemler, Mar
garet Young, and Doris Leighton will tell listeners of the KGW “Curb
stone Quiz” broadcast all the details of the weekend. Talking from a
downtown Portland street corner,
the University students will be in
terviewed in an “ad lib" program.
On ‘Commercial’ Tonight
Tonight at 7:30, a Portland
clothier’s half-hour broadcast over
station KOIlST, Portland, will be
entirely devoted to Homecoming
publicity. Details for the program
were arranged last weekend by
members of the Homecoming com
mittee.
Topping off the day’s flood of in
vitational publicity, a network of
three stations will carry a Univer
sity produced program tonight
from 10 to 10:30. ( Originating in
KORE, Eugene, the program will
be sent out over KSLM, Salem, and
KALE, Portland.
All Phases Slated
All phases of campus planning
for Homecoming will be presented
over the network program, which
will feature the music of Fred
Beardsley and his Oregonians.
Oregon’s two newcomers in ex
ecutive and coaching fields, Dr.
Donald Erb, president of the Uni
versity, and "Tex" Oliver, head
football coach, will speak during
the broadcast. Bruce Hamby,
head of the athletic news bureau,
will interview Coach Oliver.
Also featured on the program
will be talks by Harry Weston, stu
dent body president, and Dick
Watson, general Homecoming
chairman.
INFIRMARY LISTS 12
Colds still account for the ma
jority of infirmary patients. Stu
i dents registered at present are:
' William Smith, George Stephenson,
Gerald Good, Mary Graham, Bob
Duncan, Robert Stafford, Francis
Nickerson, Peter Lamb, Henry
Beechre, Orval Heide, Val Culwell,
and Gerry Horsthotts.
Still Writing It
Phil Bladine . . . public relations
agent for Homecoming weekend,
who has arranged to flood the air
lanes with publicity this week, but
promises no mention of “men from
Mars” will in; made.
New Set of Shells
In Museum Display
A new case has been added to
the museum of natural histury by
H. B. Yocom, head of the zoology
department, representing the com
mon shells found on the Oregon
coast. There are about forty dif
ferent kinds of bi-valve molluscs in
the Coos Bay region M which
twelve are displayed. Clams in the
case represent those used for food.
Faculty Will Vote on
Recommendation for
'No-Grade' Courses
Existing System Would Be Modified by
Senate Committee Proposal Up Before the
Meeting of Professors at 4 p.m.
Definite action on the long-discussed grading question will be
taken today at 4 when the general faculty meets in Friendly to vote
on a proposal which would make possible a partial “no-grade” system
at the University of Oregon.
The recommendation, submitted by a senate committee appointed
last April and already passed by the faculty senate, will be voted upon
by the general faculty today, according to E. H. Moore, professor
UO Fathers In
Lane County to
Form Dad’s Club
Organization Plans
Will Be Discussed
By Group Tonight
Lane county fathers of Univer
sity of Oregon students will meet
tonight at 6:30 in the Osburn ho
tel to form a local Oregon Dad’s
club.
Included in the meeting will be
addresses by Chancellor Frederick
M. Hunter, President Donald M.
Erb, Karl W. Onthank, dean of
personnel, and “Tex” Oliver, foot
ball coach.
First matter to be brought up
at the meeting is the organiza
tion of the club. constitution,
j proposed by a special committee,
will be voted upon following gen
eral discussion. Music and enter
tainment features will be also pro
vided.
560 Lane Dads
A tabulation by the personnel
department of the University
shows a total of 560 Oregon dads
in Lane county, nearly all of whom
reside in Eugene. Lane county
ranks a close second in the state
as regards the number of Oregon
dads, with Multnomah county lead
ing all other counties with over
600, reports Elinor Stevenson, sec
retary to the personnel depart
ment.
Tonight's meeting is under the
supervision of Robert W. Prescott,
member of the state dad’s execu
tive committee, while James Rod
man, Arthur Morris and Karl W.
Onthank are committee members
on arrangements.
Depression Curbs
Enrollment Growth
As present registration figures
advance to an all-time high in the
history of the University,' a study
of enrollment over the past 25
years reveals war and depression
to be the greatest hindrance to
college education with the last de
pression taking a far greater toll
than the world war.
Today's enrollment shows 3326
students registered on the books,
while back in the school year of
1933-34 only 2386 students were
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of sociology and chairman of the
committee.
The proposed change would not
do away with the fundamentals of
the present system, but would
make it possible for some courses
to be put on the "no-grade” or
pass and flunk basis, upon the
recommendation of the minor
schools and the approval of the
regular machinery for changes in
the status of courses, the report
says.
Faculty Requests Change
This suggestion is made on the
basis of considerable faculty re
quest that some correction be made
as to the status of some required
courses and other courses utilized
by students to raise their grade
point averages, it was pointed out
in the senate committee recom
mendation.
The change would in a measure
alleviate the bad conditions result
ing from high enrollment in
“pipes” and other courses where
satisfactory evaluation of student
work on the basis of the present
system is impossible, the commit
tee members believe.
2.00 Still to Rule
Requirements for graduation
under the recommended setup
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Astor Expedition
To Be Essay Topic
Beekman Contest
To Get Underway
Prizes to Be Given
“The John Jacob Astor Expedi
tion” is to be the topic of the 1939
Beekman essay contest, according
to information released yesterday
by the Oregon Historical society.
Pour prizes will be awarded for
the best essays. They will consist
of $60 for the first prize, $50 for
the second, $40 for the third, and
$30 for the fourth. Contestants must
be between the ages of 15 and
18 years of age and must attend a
public or private school in Oregon.
A bibliography which will be
sent to students on request may
, be obtained from the Oregon State
library at Salem.
Bronze medals will also be
awarded to the winners.
Requirements for entering the
contest may be found at the Uni
versity library. Purpose of the an
nual contest is to promote the
reading and study of American
history by Oregon students and to
familiarize them with the history
of the state.
Committeemen in charge of the
contest are B. B. Beekman, Leslie
M. Scott, and George H. Himes.
'Mum' With Personality—Courtesy of Kwamas
UO Males Bring Out Crying Towels Again
He stood at the landing wait
ing for her to arrive. Three
minutes pass as he nervously
looks at his watch. Scene
changes. He is sitting down. His
face looks long and drawn out.
Forty-five minutes have gone
by. Suddenly he looks up. There
she is. The very essence of
charm. His face brightens, and
then falls. Oh gosh, he thinks,
it’s going to cost me $5.00 to
make a good impression.
More $$$ Than Tuition
“Women are more expensive
than the price of tuition itself”
is the complaint filed by the Ore
gon males. Stating that they
can't take the average Oregon
coed out on a Saturday evening
without spending from $3 to $10,
after waiting for her from 30
minutes to an hour, several cam
pus romeos declared that they
would like to meet a few women
who ate their dinner before they
went on a date and who liked to
spend a quiet evening at home
for a change:
“I spend around $30 a month
on girls, and I only date on
weekends," said a Sigma Chi,
"but what can a man do, if he
wants to take her out again, he
has to make a good impression."
Three of his fraternity brothers
agreed with him adding "and the
payoff is when they keep you
waiting for an hour. That’s the
last straw.”
Food Costs Plenty
Several Phi Delta commented
on tho money they spent feed
ing their dates after a show or
dance. "Costs just as much to
feed a woman as I spend on my
self in a week," said one of the
boys.
"I’d like to meet a gal who
doesn’t have to take in a dance
and eat afterwards to have a
good time,” said a Beta, adding
that there are a few girls on the
campus who don’t mind putting
in an evening of dancing at their
living organizations.
Needed, But Costly
"Why is it women have to be
always on the go - to a dance—
to a show, etc. ?, asked several
ATOs. “Why can’t they be sat
isfied with spending an evening
doing nothing, once in a while?"
“We can’t live without them,
but we sure can’t afford them,”
is the attitude of many of the
fellows. “The thought of what
it's going to cost me Homecom
ing weekend, to take a date to
the dance, flowers, etc., is al
most going to spoil the week
end for me, if I think too much
on the subject,” said a Canard
club man.
"Some day I’m going to meet
a woman who has just as much
fun talking to me and maybe
having a coke after an evening’s
dancing at her living organiza
tion, as she does at an expensive
dance with all the trimmings.
Then, by gosh, I’ll be the hap
piest man on earth.” said an
SAE.