VOLUME XL UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1938 NUMBER 28
All Campus Agog as Oregon's 'Greatest homecoming’ Nears
Homecoming is here again—three big clays of college life for
Oregon's grads—with one of the most extensive programs ever
planned for their enjoyment.
All University classes except in the law school will be excused
at noon today to allow students to make last-minute preparations.
Whooping it up in the first big event of the weekend, thousands
of University students will yell, crash, bang, and howl their way
from 5th and Wllamette to 19th and Ferry tonight in the noisiest of
noise parades. A blazing phalanx of several hundred freshmen
carrying torches will lead the parade, which will include several
bands, drum and bugle corps, and racket machines of every caliber.
At 8:45 students, grads, visitors, and townspeople will gather
at the bonfire site at 19th and Ferry for the biggest rally of the
year. Paul Cushing, University yell king, ami the rally committee
will supervise the show.
Alumni are expected to begin arriving on the campus this noon
and arrangements have been made to register and provide housing
for them by a committee on duty at Johnson hall from 1 to 6 o’clock.
Many New Campus Decorations
High spot of this year’s Homecoming will be the completely new
type campus decorations which greet students as they awake this
morning. Every tree and post is decorated and a large 40-foot
animated sign stands in front of Johnson hall. Under the direction
of Dale Mallicoat, decorations chairman, the campus received its
colorful robing late last night.
This year's Homecoming plans leave a vacant evening for indi
vidual entertainment of campus guests tonight after the noise
parade and bonfire. There will not be dances on the campus or at
Willamette park, Dick Watson, general weekend chairman, said.
Features of the bonfire rally will be the presentation of cups for
men's and women’s houses winning first places in the noise parade
and Homecoming sign contest. Judges for the sign contest, Ed
Bailey, president of the alumni association, Roland Davis, president
of the Portland alums, Baz Williams, famous Oregon athlete alum,
George Godfrey, head of the University news bureau, and Prof.
N. B. Zane, faculty member of the Oregon art school, will pick the
winners during the noise parade.
Judges to Have Box Seats
Judges of the noise parade will sit in. an upstairs window of
Wasliburne’s and will rush their decision to the rally. Judges for
the parade are: Dr. Lester Beck, professor of psychology; Clay
Baxter, Eugene alum, and Louis Harrington, Eugene.
House noise machines must start lining up on east 15th street
by 7:15, in order to give the parade time to form, Lee Terry, parade
chairman, said. All of the freshmen, who will carry torches, must
form in front of the postoffice by 7:30, he added.
Homecoming1 signs will be completed by 5 o’clock this afternoon,
according to Sign Chairman Tiger Payne. The signs will be lighted
and animated by 7 o'clock.
Awakening with an "ouch—ooooh, my head.’’ from a Friday
night before, Homecomers will swing into their biggest day bright
and early Saturday morning. Registeration, stalling at 8 o'clock
in Johnson, will lead off the schedule.
Alumni to Hold Meeting
A general alumni discussion meeting will start at 10 o’clock in
the assembly hall at Johnson, led by Ed Bailey, Portland, president
of the association. Following the meeting, the alums will gather
in their campus organizations before the Oregon-Tdaho grid head
liner.
Lettermen to Meet Early
All graduate lettermen will meet at gate 1, Hayward field, at
3:4.r> Saturday to form for their parade around the track to the
special lettermen’s seating section. Returning lettermen who do not
have sweaters may get them by contacting Romey de Pittard at
the Phi Delta Theta house. Alums are asked to explain at the
registration desks if they do not have sweaters.
Sssssssss BOOM! It's 2 o'clock and the Ducks meet the Uni
versity of Idaho on Hayward field. Card stunts and a parade iiy
tiie Oergon hand will feature half-time celebrations.
At 4:45, immediately following the game, alums will celebrate
with a real get-together and mixer in the Eugene armory at 7th
and Oak.
From 8 to f) o'clock, every paid-up member of their association,
every ASTTO card holder, and every other person who has 50 cents
will hear Harry Harris and his orchestra swing out in a feature
concert.
And Finally—The Homecoming Dance
Then for a full evening's swing—a thousand couples will dance
on the spacious floor of “McArthur Grove" to the melodious tunes
of Harris and his Cocoanut Grove band - floor guaranteed to be in
good condition by the dance committee. Feature of the dance will
be tapping by the Friars as they add to the list of members of the
senior men's honorary.
One o’clock permission Saturday night, so the dance will con
tinue until that time. Then it's on the move again for the alums—•
where to ? ....
Sunday morning it’s church—then dinner at living organizations
—then home after the "biggest” weekend ever spent at college.
Interfraternity Council
Discusses Improvements
For New Rushing System
Old Problem of Delivering Pin-Planters in
Mattresses to Sorority Houses Is Again
Referred to Committee
Improvement of the rushing system was the principal business
taken up last night at the regular meeting of the interfraternity
council. Although no final action was taken, the council heard a
report of a rushing committee and discussed several suggested
changes at length before President Ron Husk referred the matter
back to the committee for further investigation.
Econ Club Discusses
Measures on Ballot
Anti-Picketing Bill,
Sales Tax Panned
By Student Group
Three principal measures on the
ballot were discussed last night at
the meeting of the newly organized
Economics club in Gerlinger hall.
Discussion on the bill prohibit
ing picketing and boycotting by
labor groups and organizations
was led by Louise Aiken who
pointed out the difficulties which
would be involved if the burden
of interpreting the act were left
up to the courts in as provided in
the bill. Other points objected to
in the general discussion were the
bill’s vagueness and its general re
pressiveness in regard to unions.
The transaction tax discussion,
headed by Maxwell Morris, rode
the measure hard in pointing out
that if it were adopted Oregon
producers and processors would be
at a distinct disadvantage in com
petition with similar businesses in
other states as the transaction tax,
it was claimed, would result in a
pyramiding of taxes in Oregon
greater than any sales tax in any
adjoining state.
Consideration of the Eugene wa
ter board bill was based mainly on
the arguments of the water board
among which was the necessity of
paying off the bond issue within a
20-year limit.
Next meeting of the club will be
November 17 in the AWS room in
Gerlinger hall at which time Mary
L. Nelson will talk on the proposed
Eugene-Springfield merger.
Walt Vernstrom Gets
Post on Advertising
Staff of Bend Paper
Word was received yesterday by
Arne Rae, ONPA manager, that
Walt Vernstrom, last year's Emer
ald business manager, has accept
ed a position on the advertising
staff of thj Bend Bulletin.
Vernstrom’s appointment to the
Bend Bulletin gives that newspa
per three former Emerald business
managers, all of whom are Alpha
Delta Sigma scholarship winners.
All three are on the advertising
staff of the Bulletin including be
sides Vernstrom, Frank Loggan,
'26, and Chalmers D. Nooe, '29.
Ye Tabard Inn members atten
tion! Tonight at 6:30—962 Pearl!
The WOB.
Rooters' Caps
White Shirts
To Be Worn
Rooters’ lids and white shirts
for the men and pom-poms for
the girls are necessary in order
to sit in the rooting section at
the game Saturday, Paul Cush
ing, yell leader, announced last
night.
This section, close to the 50
yard line, will be smaller this
game and students who want
to get in it are urged to fill up
the seats before the game,
Cushing said.
The sale of pom-poms will
begin on the campus today.
Booths will also be placed out
side the grandstand to sell them
to grads Saturday.
A1 Long, rushing committee
chairman, outlined a proposed
change which received the approv
al of several intei’fraternity coun
cil members. Its main feature was
an improved method of listing
names on fraternity preference
slips, so as to meet more accurate
ly the quotas stipulated by the
housing committee.
Lists Suggested
Each fraternity would submit a
list divided into three parts, under
the proposed system. The first list
would be comprised of the men
whom the fraternity desired most,
and would be limited to only two
or three men over the quota.
If the quota is not satisfied by
this list, men would be taken from
the second list, and then from the
third, if necessary. - Names on the
second and third list would be
typed according to preference, and
pledging woqld be done numeri
cally.
Only enough pledges to satisfy
the quota would be accepted by
the clerks in making out the pledge
list for each house. Pledges failing
to make the house of their first
choice would be given an optional
second choice.
Objections Seen
Members of the council pointed
out several objectionable ponits in
the proposed system, chief among
which was the problem of dealing
with prospective pledges who
would be listed so low by the fra
ternity of their choice that they
failed to come within the quota.
Other matters brought up at the
meeting included the problem of
delivering pin-planters to sorortiy
houses in mattresses, which was
referred to a committee after a
short discussion.
A report on Homecoming was
submitted by Chairman Dick Wat-!
sen, and plans were made by the j
council to promote effectively the
activities of the weekend in each
living organization.
Morse Will Talk on
KEX Tonight at 6:30
Dean Wayne L. Morse of the
University law school will speak
on the anti-labor bill over KEX
tonight at 6:30 o’clock in Port
land, it was announced. Dean
Morse is speaking in behalf of the
Oregon State Federation of Labor
and in opposition to the anti-labor
bill which will be submitted to the
voters November 8.
This is a follow-up of the public
statement Dean Morse issued last
week opposing the bill.
Free Swinger
Harry Harris . . . whose orches
tra will play for the free ASUO
concert in the Igloo from 8 to 9
tomorrow night, and later for the
Homecoming dance.
Barris Head Man
In Igloo Tomorrow
ASUO Members to
Get Bonus Concert;
Dance Follows
Webfoot jitterbugs take notice!
Harry Barris does his stuff here,
in McArthur court, tomorrow
night.
Not only will he play for the
Homecoming dance but he will
also put on a special concert as an
ASUO card bonus attraction be
fore the dance. i
His hour swing concert will be
of the same type which has been
the sensation of the Cocoanut
Grove and other California night
spots.
ASUO card holders get in free,
and so do paid-up members of the
alumni association, who will get
their tickets upon registration.
Clair Johnson Tells
Of Salt Lake Post
Clair Johnson, Emerald manag
ing editor during the school year
1935-36, gave Sigma Delta Chi
members a lucid half hour’s sketch
of his activity as general assign
ment reporter on the Salt Lake
City Tribune last night at the
weekly meeting of the journalism
honorary at the Side.
Johnson, back on the campus for
homecoming, went into detail on
the “blue slip system” which the
Tribune is using to cut down er
rors. Each day the paper is gone
over inch by inch and blue slips
are sent to every member of the
paper who has erred. If enough
blue slips are credited against the
reporter, said Johnson, he is fired.
“This method has reduced typo
graphical and factual errors by
more than 80 per cent,” he said.
Lloyd Tupling displayed at the
dinner meeting a book of Sigma
Delta qhi activities during the
year which Hubard Kuokka, SDX
prexy, wall take east with him to
the national convention at Madi
son, Wisconsin.
Careless Frosh Vandals Ignite Own Bonfire
William G. Everson
Scheduled to Speak
Here Armistice Day
A complete Armistice day program, climaxed by a speech by
Major General William G. Everson, president of Linfield college, was
released yesterday by Dr. R. C. Faust, general chairman of the pro
gram.
Dr. Faust’s statement clarified rumors concerning the identity of
the speaker. Dean Collins, who was reported to be the speaker, will
talk to a special meeting of the
Eugene Ministerial association at
7:30 Friday night.
No Classes Friday
All classes next Friday will be
dismissed, a holiday having been
declared by University authorities.
Members of the ROTC will gather
at the barracks in uniform at 10
o'clock, from where they will
march down to Thirteenth and
Kincaid streets. They will be met
there by a parade of the veteran
societies of Eugene and both pro
cessions will march to McArthur
court for the ceremonies.
The meeting is scheduled to be
called at about 10:45 by Carlton
Spencer, chairman. A program of
music by the University band and
group singing of the audience led
by Hal Young, University voice in
structor, will follow. After this
and exactly at 11 o'clock, the au
dience will stand at attention and
will observe a one-minute silence
in memory of those who died in the
war. Taps will be sounded in the
distance.
Speech Follows
This will be followed by an in
troduction of the members of the
veteran committee and the Uni
versity committee. Following this
Mr. Spencer will introduce the
speaker.
The title of Mr. Everson’s talk
will be “Something Worth Think
ing Through at a Time Like This.”
It has been especially prepared for
students and townspeople, Dr.
Faust said.
The program will end with the
audience singing the “Star Span
gled Banner.” All townspeople and
students are invited, Faust said.
CHANGE UIBE HOURS
On account of the Homecom
ing game Saturday afternoon
the reserve departments of the
library will close Saturday
noon. Books for home use may
be drawn between 11:30 and 12
o’clock, and will be due Sunday
at 2 p.m.
Oh Hear Them
Bells Ringing
Out in Deady
All things come to those who
wait.
i Deady hall has waited long
enough too but this period has
now gotten its compensation,
because for the first time in its
long life Deady has a bell that
can be heard.
Yesterday morning a student
was rudely awakened by a loud
peal at the end of the hour. Gone
are the days of untroubled sleep
and justifiable cutting of one’s
next class. The bell was in
stalled Wednesday night and
now Deady has come to life.
The faculty hopes that the stu
dents do too.
Company D No. 2
Five Times Champ
For the third consecutive week,
Company D No. 2 was designated
as the honor company of the week,
with a perfect rating of 100 in
Wednesday’s ROTC drill inspec
tion.
Officers of Company D No. 2
are John W. Mitchell, commander;
Robert G. Hochuli, first sergeant;
William H. Cummings, and Ken
neth L. Dell, platoon leaders.
Company D No. 1 was second in
the standing with a score of 99.941
and Company B was third was a
99.897 rating.
Freshman ROTC classes have
completed fundamental marksman
ship training and have begun tar
get practice on the range. Sopho
more students are taking a general
course in the study of machine
guns, automatic rifles, hand and
rifle grenades, and other modern
war weapons. Juniors are taking
up an extensive machine gun
course.
Campus Men’s Date Expenses Not So High, Poll Shows
By JACK BRYANT
Irked by Emerald Feature
Writer Betty Hamilton’s story
in which it was said that it cost
$30 a month to date coeds, cam
pus males aroused themselves to
the pitch of discussing the story.
In general, the fellows discus
sed two issues, first, is the story
true ? and second, what can we
do about it if it is true?
The first question: Is it true?
was answered by the poll in de
tail.
Using a proportional repre
sentation system the poll re
vealed that the average campus
male spends $6 a month on dates
and $8.12 on himself for a
I month’s supply of tobacco,
snacks, and other incidentals.
Houses Contacted
Fraternities, dorms, co-ops,
and independent students living
in private homes were contacted.
The fraternities represent 45 per
cent of the campus males, the
dorms 10 per cent, the co-ops 5
per cent, and the independents
40 per cent. Several average or
ganizations of each of these
groups were polled. "
The average fraternity man
spends $11.05 on dates during
the month and $13.25 a month
on themselves*
Dorm Men Spend Less
Dorm men spend $6 on dates
during the month and $8 a
month on themselves.
The co-op men spend $2.50 for
dates with girls during the
month while they spend $2 on
themselves during the same
period.
An average independent man
spends 77c a month on his dates,
while he spends $3.46 on him
self.
Story Exaggerated
Sources other than the poll
held that Miss Hamilton exag
gerated her story by using a
few examples not indicative of
the entire campus.
“There is probably one fellow
in each house that will fulfill $
the qualifications listed in that
story,” announced a Phi Delt.
‘‘If it costs $5 to make an
impression, there aren’t many
impressions made,” declared a
Sigma Nu.
“Great news copy,” said an
SAE. “If it costs $30 a month
to keep a girl, the fellow isn't
getting his money’s worth!”
Not Necessary
Several Delta Gamma spokes
women said: “They can spend
the money if they wish, but it
isn’t necessary. What really
counts is the fellow; he has to
be gentleman enough to make
you want to have a good time.”
"How silly!” fumed an Alpha
Chi. “I’ll bet those fellows that
spend $30 a month on the girls
have to do so in order to get
dates.”
“Girls don’t judge a date by the
amount, of money that is spent
on her. The fellow has to make
the date with his personality
and genuine interest,” declared a
Chi Omega.
“The average sale in the Col
lege Side is 9c,” says Manager
Newt. “Does that sound like fel
lows are spending a lot of money
on girls?”
One ambitious Pi Phi demand
ed to know what four-flusher
spent $30 of his father’s money
to show the girls a good time.
Few Dissenters
The few dissenting voices
heard during this suifvey ex
plained themselves by saying
they were from California and
they had allowances of from
$100 to $150 a month.
Another gripe, aired by the
feature writer, was the fact that
women keep men waiting for
hours while they get ready for
the date. A Kappa and an Al
pha Phi deftly spiked this argu
ment with the logical comeback
of “We wait for the fellows just
as often as they wait for us; it's
just about even up.”
Students Warned
To Get Special
Concert Cards
ASUO members failing to get
special cards before the Kreis
ler concert will be outside look
ing in Monday night, according
to a reminder issued yesterday
by Educational Activities Direc
tor George Root.
Student body cards presented
at the door will not get the
bearers into the concert, Root
said. I
The concert cards will be
given at McArthur court ticket
offices upon presentation of
student body cards before Sat
urday noon.
Oliver, Del Stanard
Speak at Assembly
Whple State Likes
Texl Eugene Doctor
Tells Students
"The alums like Tex Oliver; The
town likes Tex Oliver; The state1
likes Tex Oliver!” declared Dr. Del
Stanard, UO graduate of 1914,
when he spoke to an all-school pep
assembly in Gerlinger yesterday
morning to help rally chairmen
get “Oregon Going Places” for the
weekend’s Homecoming celebra
tion.
Dr. Stanard, who is now a Eu
gene physician, said he knew that
the University would really get
behind the festivities scheduled for
this weekend if they will but real
ize how their school and their
coach is being supported by every
alum this year. Oregon will go
places smiling in the main, he said.
Oliver Speaks
Coach Tex Oliver, reviewing the
season thus far, complimented the
student body on their support of
his team, declaring that “the man
ner in which you watch your team
j being defeated is a real test of
character.” He explained his su
; perstition was that the football
| fortunes of this school may be 11k
j ened to a rubber ball. If they tall
, to the lowest point, they can do
nothing but bounce up again.
Students were urged by ASUO
President Harry Weston, who act
ed as chairman, to remember that
the primary idea of this weekend
is to entertain the alumni, and
; consequently to put their interests
first. Dick Watson, general hoine
! coming chairman, gave a program
of events scheduled, and Scott
' Corbett, rally chairman, asked for
a true “Oregon spirit” in connec
tion wtih Saturday’s game with
Idaho.
I Other features of the program
| included special singing, numbers
by the University band and yells
I led by Paul Cushing, yell king.
Dr, Yocom Speaks
On KOAC Program
Dr. H. B. Yocom, head of the
zoology department, told of the
most common clams found on the
Oregon coast, on a program over
KOAC last night sponsored by the
museum of natural history.
Speaker for the program next
week will be Dr. L. S. Cressman,
director of the museum, whose
topic will be “The First Oregon
ians, Their Relation to environ
ment.”
GRADUATE TEACHING NOW
Winstan Allard, graduate of
Oregon in 1936, is teaching report
ing and magazine writing at the
state university of Iowa.
Work to Recommence at Once in Effort to
Repair Damage; News Camera Will Shoot
Second Conflagration
BULLETIN
Striking; at what ho termed an “idle rumor,” General Homecoming'
Chairman Dick Watson said last night that ull campus women are
expected to participate in the noise parade. Watson said that there
lias been some rumor to the effect that women would not take part
in the floats.
Following' an old Oregon tradition, the frosh bonfire burned again
Ends It All
Dick Watson . . . general chair- I
man of Homecoming, will see the!
end of weeks of planning when
Homecoming vv e e k e n d begins
today.
Registration
For Alums to
Start Today
Alumni registration will swing
into full stride this afternoon at
1 o’clock at Johnson hall. The
desks will be open from 1 to 6
today and from 8 to 5 Saturday,
Ruth Tawney, registration chair
man, said last night.
Alums must register in order
to receive Homecoming identi
fication badges. An additional
service in providing housing ser
vice for returning grads will be
supplied by Mrs. Gordon K.
Clark.
To avoid confusion in finding
places to stay, the alums may
contact Mrs. Clark from 9 to 12
and 1 to 9 p.m. both Friday and
Saturday at 101 Johnson. She
may also be reached by phoning
3300, local 331.
On the eve of Homecoming
last night, both of Eugene’s
main hotels reported near capa
city reservations.
-aucau in unit.:.
Efforts of the Oregon freshmen
went up in smoke Wednesday
night, evidently while vigilante
committee members had their
backs turned.
50 Frosh ‘Hired’
Starting from scratch again, 50
freshmen selected by Homecoming
Chairman Dick Watson and Jack
Daniels, frosh prexy, will begin
work early this morning to get
the fire in shape for tonight.
Word received late last night by
George Godfrey, news bureau
head, said that Parris Emery, Uni
versal Newsreel photographer will
be on the campus today to get ac
tion shots of the building of the
fire. Emery will come to Eugene
from Portland this morning.
Daniels emphasized the fact that
all members of the freshman class
are expected to work on the bon
fire this afternoon. The 50 work
ers building the fire this morning
will be excused from classes.
Frosh Meet Early
All freshmen must assemble at
the Eugene postoffice at 7:30 to
night to form their ranks for the
noise parade. Torches will be pro
vided for 800 frosh to carry in
front and along the sides of the
parade. The parade will begin
forming on East Fifth street at
7:15.
Co-chairmen of the bonfire, Ar
villa- Bates and Fred Kenschot,
will direct work on the fire today
in an attempt to have everything
completed tonight by the time the
noise parade terminates at the
fire’s little amazon site, Nine
teenth and Ferry, at 8:45.
Robin Drew Weds
Emma Monroe
Emma Elizabeth Monroe, ’37,
became the wife of Robin A.
Drews, ’37, now research assistant
in the anthropology department,
last night at the home of Dr. L. S.
Cressman, head of the anthropol
ogy department. Rev. Norman K.
Tully conducted the ceremony.
Mrs. Drews, who graduated in
education, is teaching in the
Springfield high school. The couple
intend to make theri home in that
city.
After the wedding Mr. and Mrs.
Drews left for McKenzie bridge for
a short honeymoon.
. There will be no Orides meeting
Monday night.
Nature of Mars Scare
Is Explained by Beck
Just how effective propaganda can become if used with the
same emotional appeals that were used on the “Mars scare" broad
cast last Sunday night, was pointed out by Dr. Lester F. Beck of
the psychology department.
“In that broadcast,” said Dr. Beck, “a very powerful emotion
was aroused, and there was no opportunity for immediate escape,
which would tend to make the feeling even more intense. If a per
son knew' he could cope with the situation and subdue intruders,
then the magnitude of his emotions would not be so great.”
In last Sunday's incident, however, Dr. Beck said, the play was
put on with so much vivid reality that no escape seemed possible.
The event illustrated the psychologcial effect of mass behav
ior, he said. The excitement and hysteria was invoked in people
who had not even heard the broadcast, but who became frantic
when the news reached them.