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VOLUME XL UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1938 NUMBER 29 ‘Cocoanut Grove’ Will Be Theme Streamlined Sign Winner The Theta Chi illuminated sign . . . winner of the campus sign con test staged as part of the program to welcome back the| grads to the 24th annual Homecoming. Deafening Din of Saws, Jack Hammers, Whistles Split Eugenean Eardrums Twenty boiler factories were turned loose in the streets of Eugene last night when twenty noise floats, every one a winner, were paraded down the streets. Earmuffs and cotton were in order as more than 10,000 Eugene residents, visiting alumni and students gathered along the sides of Wil lamette street to witness what was termed as “Oregon’s noisiest noise THE WINNERS! Most attractive house sign: ^ Men’s houses — Theta Chi, first; SAE, Sigma Nu and Men’s Co-op, honorable mention. Women’s houses—Alpha Gam ma Delta, first; Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha Omicron Pi, honorable mention. Noisiest Float: Theta Chi and Orides, first. Pi Kappa Alpha and Hilyard Co-op, second. Yeomen and Phi Beta Pi, third. Student Train Gambling, 'Bats' Investigated By ANNA MAE HALVERSON The ghosts of 7-come-ll must have been floating around the ^ University of Wisconsin during the recent investigation of gam bling on the special student train to the Iowa-Wisconsin game. The Daily Cardinal, student , newspaper at the University of Wisconsin points out that the uni versity is not to blame for the gambling since it had been an agreement with the railroad com pany that the latter see that the conditions on the train were “wholesome.” However, the Cardinal viewed the possibility of discontinuance of the special trains in the light of “ginned-up” parties with skidding and crashing automobiles on their way home from a football victory. —Calif. Daily. I Recipe Old Proverb: Life begins at for Song Hit: Life begins when you're in love. Late movie: Life begins in col • lege. So now you have to be a forty year-old, lovesick college student to really live.—Alabamian. * * * Honorary The University of West Virgin ia has a mock honorary fraternity named Fi Batar Cappar. As a first step in a new constructive program it instituted a tag day to provide grants and aids for worthy students participating in tennis, track, and baseball. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEET A general alumni discussion meeting will be held at 10 o’ clock this morning in the assem bly hall in Johnson. Ed Bailey, Portland, president of the asso ciation will preside. parade.” The noise parade and the rally afterwards went off as planned. Grads returning- for the weekend were enthusiastic in terming it ‘‘The greatest show of Oregon spirit since I graduated.” Best Spirit Ever ‘‘This is the greatest manifesta tion of spirit at any Oregon rally I have ever witnessed,” David Gra ham, Portland alumnus, told the crowd gathered for the rally at 19th and Ferry streets. ,“Most noise I’ve heard in a long time,” commented Keith Fennels, one of the judges. ‘‘The best spirit at Oregon in many years,” Clay Bax ter, another judge, chipped in. “Best noise parade and all around spirit that I have seen on any cam pus,” Louis Harrington, another judge stated. Top honors of the day went to Theta Chi who took first place in the house signs and alse placed first, teamed with the Orides, for the best noise float. Second place in the noise division was awarded Pi Kappa Alpha and the Hilyard Co-op while in third place was the Yoemen and Phi Beta Pi. Theta Chis Twice Winners In the signs division, the first place among men’s houses went to the aforementioned Theta Chis while Alpha Gamma Delta took the (Please turn to page three) McArthur Court Set For Barris Edition of Homecoming Mixer It’s "McArthur Grove” for tonight, in honor of Harry Barris, writer of hit tunes, madcap of the piano keyboard, and ace band leader, who will for four hours demonstrate to students, returned grads, towns people, and homecoming guests how he does it. Barris, fresh from the Los Angeles Cocoanut Grove, ldhds off with his special ASUO bonus swing concert at 8 o’clock. This will go on for an hour, until 9. Then at 9:30 the “Grove” atmos phere will really begin to show up as a thousand couples make the most of the Barris night in the an nual Homecoming dance. Barris at the piano, doing the hot breaks which are by now sec ond nature to him, Barris all over the bandstand, Baris, Barris, BAR RIS, with Oregon Homecoming at mosphere further coloring the af fair. Dancing will continue until 12:30, and possibly a little after. Girls must be in by 1 o’clock, even with the special late permission granted for the weekend. Dark suits for men, long dresses for women. No corsages—mums are official Homecoming corsages. Dad's Dag Set tor Winter Term Date The University of Oregon’s an nual Dad’s day will be January 28 this year, Dean of Personnel Karl W. Onthank announced yesterday] following action by the Oregon I Dad’s organization. The faculty committee named for the affair includes Dean On thank, executive secretary, G. N. Belknap, C. L. Constance, V. D. Earl, G. H. Godfrey, Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, and Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed. ASUO President Harry Weston j is expected to name the student committee for the affair next week. NY A Checks Arrive For 311 Students Students working on NYA re ceived checks yesterday totaling $3543.65 for work done between September 19 and October 16. The i checks were mailed direct to stu dents from the Portland office. Undergraduate students, 297 of; them, worked a total of 9602 hours for an average earning of $11.32. Fourteen graduate students worked 366 hours for an average check of $13.07. Stage*Set for New Writers, Visitor Says By HELEN ANGELL The stage is set today as never before for an influx of new writers into the field of fictional writing, Edison W. Marshall, noted American author, who is here this week-end to visit his alma mater during Homecoming, declared last night. Seated with Dean Eric W. Allen of the journalism school and W. F. G. Thatcher, professor of English, in Dean Allen’s office, Mr. William McKinney To Play Monday Over KOAC Program Opening the University hour broadcast Monday night at 8 o’clock, William McKinney, grad uate student of the University of Oregon, will play fifteen minutes of pipe organ music over station KOAC, Corvallis. His selections include “Clair de Lune,” Debussy; second move ment of the “Fifth Organ Sym phony,’’ Widor; and “Gavotte” from Thomas’ opera, “Mignon.” “Billy” McKinney, who former ly lived in Milton-Freewater, is a fifth year pipe organ student and organist at the Christian Science church in Eugene. Marshall exchanged memoirs ol the war-time years spent at the University of Oregon. The three recalled how “Eddie Marshall” stayed up to the small hours of the morning at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house here to compose his early efforts. Professor Thacher, recalling old time stories, reminded the author of the time that he had criticized a story quite fiercely which Mr. Mar shall had written in a freshman class in English, and then saw it appear in a leading magazine at a little later date. For the past 20 years, Marshall has lived what he termed a "vigor ous and intense life” in southern United States, Europe and the orient, and now he plans to settle down to a certain extent and write (Please turn to page three) YWCA Announces Programs for Year Carol Singing and 'Heart Hop' Again Planned by Group A year replete with activities and new projects for the Univer sity YWCA was revealed by Ruth Ketchum, president of the cabinet, as she disclosed yesterday the plans for the forthcoming year. “We are sponsoring our annual Homecoming donut sale which is now in progress, and numerous other enterprises which we hope will increase our general “Y” funds that are used for campus needs and scholarships,” Ruth ex plained. Over three hundred coeds are members of the YW and together have planned the Christmas carol singing just before winter vaca tion, the Sunday breakfast given by the junior girls in honor of the seniors, and the Northwest region al conference at Seabeck, Wash-' nigton, this spring. “The Valentie day ‘Heart Hop’ will again be resumed this year," j the president said, “a ‘King of j Hearts’ will again be chosen, and the event will take place in four of the campus sorority houses.” “Activities for every girl means many committees and interests within our group,” Miss Ketchum continued, “and this year we have added a new foreign-foods club which studies the customs and foods of different countries, and the usual “Y” groups which in clude our community service, pub lic affairs and international rela tions, religious, music and book review committees.” Mrs. Warner Talks To Art Epics Class Mrs. Murray Warner, director of the art museum, addressed a class in civilization and art epics Thurs day on the Chinese water colors of Miss Helen Hyde. Miss Hyde, an intimate friend of Mrs. Murray for many years be fore her death in 1919, was long recognized as a leader among the foreign painters of Chinese home life. She spent most of her life in China and Japan gathering mate rial for her works. Mrs. Warner told the class par ticularly of the paintings done by Miss Hyde when the latter was a guest in Mrs. Warner’s Shanghai home. At that time, the speaker said, her brother was covering the Russo-Japanese war as a corre spondent for the Chicago Daily News. Also at the time, the now Gen eralissimo Chaing Kai-Shek was employed as a credit agent in her husband’s office in the same city, Mrs. Warner continued. Miss Hyde’s paintings are on ex hibition in the museum, on the ground floor, in the room to the left of the main entrance. Also exhibited on the third floor is a collection of paintings of Jap anese scenes, executed by Miss Maude Kerns, a member of the University art faculty, in 1928. The Kappa Kappa uamma sor ority softball team defeated thf Sigma Chi fraternity team at the ■ University of New Mexico. The Latest Pin-Planting i - The five finalists in the “Sweetheart of Sigma Chi” contest which .was won by Betty Anderson, Pi Phi freshman, last night. The girls, from left to right, are: Ann Bossinger, Marjorie Kempter, Betty Ander son, the sweetheart; Florence Stevens, and Mary Storkersen. Betty Anderson 'Glorified’ Stocks Adopted For Sigma Chi Pin Planters A Puritan punishment device, the stocks was adopted yester day by the Sigma Chis as a new method of treating pin planters, succeeding the former mattress method. A perpendicular wooden frame, with holes for arms and legs, was built by Dick Peters, to hold the “offender” in front of the Side during the noon hour. Clayton Sheldon was selected as the first victim. He was locked in the frame, and to make certain his remaining, his an kles, covered with white spats, were locked and chained together. Sheldon remained until “the Girl,” Caroline Sturgeon, ar- J rived and was supplied with a i ring of keys, After tryipg most j of them, she succeeded fin free ing him. Tabard Inn Meets, Pledges Announced Edison Marshall, who writes for Cosmopolitan, Robert Orman Case, who has a short story in the cur rent number of Collier’s, and Ear nie Haycox, another regular con tributor to Collier’s magazine . . . were all there ... as well as sev eral other professional writers and former actives in Ye Tabard Inn' when that organization banqueted at 6:30 last night. Following the dinner Wen j Brooks, president, introduced four . new pledges to the writing honor-! ary: Hubard Kuokka, Howard Kessler, Leonard Clark, and Daniel Bergman. # W. F. G. Thacher, founder of the local chapter of Sigma Upsilon, spoke briefly, after which Mar shall, Haycox, and Case led in a general discussion of writing. Oregon Profs Will Appear on Radio On Education Week Four University of Oregon pro-1 fessors, two city school superin tendents, and the state superinten dent of public instruction will ap pear on KOBE broadcasts during American Education week, Novem ber 6 to 12, it was announced Fri day. Under the general theme “Edu cation for Tomorrow’s America” daily programs have been lined up through the week, with a differ ent speaker each night. Leading off Sunday morning at 9:15 will be Hex Putman, state superintendent of public instruc tion, whose topic will be “Achiev ing the Golden Rule.” Monday at 1:30 p.m. Dean Ralph (Please turn to paye three) GYM OPEN TO PUBLIC Homecomers will have the op portunity to see Oregon’s new gymnasium Saturday morning, ac cording to the announcement of Dr. Leighton, acting dean of the school of physical education. Guides will be supplied to escort visitors through the building and point out ‘ the things of interest. Also, the gymnasium and men’s pool will be open to students for recreational purposes during the morning, Dean Leighton said. Pi Phi Blonde Wins Sweetheart Race Blonde, blue-eyed, 19-year-old Betty Anderson, Pi Phi from Seat tle is official sweetheart of Sigma Chi, University of Oregon chapter. The petite freshman nosed out four of her classmates to win the sweetheart contest in a vote cast at noon yesterday and counted last night at 9:45 over KORE. Voting was by all actives of the local chapter. The secret ballots I were counted with presidents from ] the houses of each of the five fin alists on hand at K6RE as an hon orary election board. The local sweetheart contest is part of a na tional movement. The five finalists earlier survived an elimination to which each wo men's organization had set two en tries. All entries attended a ban-; quet in their honor last week at the Sigrria Chi house. "Sweetheart” Betty, five feet four inches of personality sur mounted by an up-style hair-do, showed extreme excitement over her new status, but admitted being “very happy" about it. Oh, yes, she has dimples. She will be banqueted tonight, when Sigma Chi will plant its of ficial "sweetheart” pin on her. Other finalists were Mary Stork erson, Theta; Florence Stevens, ADPi; Marjory Kempter, Alpha Chi O; and Ann Bossinger, Kappa. __ Erb, Hunter Will Go To Convention in East i Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the University, and Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter will leave Monday for Chicago to attend the national convention of state uni versities, scheduled for November 9, 10, and 11, they announced to day. President Erb, following the state university conference, will continue east to New York where he will spend the week of Novem ber 14 seeing alumni and contact ing various foundation enterprises. He will be the guest of Oswald Garrison Villard, noted publisher and son of Henry Villard, for whom Oregon’s Villard hall is named, at dinner November 16. At the state universities con vention the two Oregonians will confer with the National Educa tional association on the nation's educational program, the problems which confront educators today, and the purposes of education. Dr. Hunter will also meet with the Educational Policies commis sion, of which he is the only mem ber of the Pacific Northwest. Morris Attends Portland Meeting Victor P. Morris, dean of the BA school, is in Portland this weekend for a series of meetings of the League of Nations associa tion of which he is the Portland branch president. The occasion of the meeting is the visit of Mr. Clark Eichelberger, national director of the associa tion, to Portland. Mr. Eichelberg er has been in Geneva and the capitals of other countries in Eur ope during the recent tense weeks. He was one of the observers used by the Columbia broadcast ing system to send the news of European conditions to America. Powerful Idaho Team Will Meet Revamped Webfoot Squad Todaq Hayward Field Will Be Scene of Game at Two o'Clock; Hard Fight Seen Between Evenly Matched Aggregations By GEORGE PASERO Idaho’s powerful Vandals will furnish the opposition for Oregon’s revamped Webfoots this afternoon on the Hayward field turf in the annual Homecoming classic. Game time is 2 o’clock. Coach Tex Oliver’s gridders will be trying to break a losing streak which has stretched to three games when they face Ted Bank’s men from the Inland Empire. as tor tneir part, the Idaho squad makes no secret of its deter mination to wallop another confer ence opponent, even if its games with member teams are labeled “kings-ex.” Vandals’ Record Good Idaho has a record of four wins in six games. Its list of victims in cludes Oregon State and Washing ton, although the latter must be entered in the partial victim class. The Huskies tied the Vandals, 12 to 12. Coach Ted Bank and a squad of 29 football players arrived in Eu gene yesterday and ran through a short drill on the McArthur prac tice field. Lineup Shift Possible Two shifts in the Oregon lineup will send Don Mabee and Larry Lance to the end positions, and Ted Gebhardt and Bob Smith to the halfback posts. These shifts were made by Oliver following the Sou thern California game. (Additional details, page two.) Military Training Up for Discussion “The ROTC and Christian Ideals" will be discussed tomorrow evening at Wesley club meeting at 6:30 o’clock at the First Metho dist church. Charles Carpenter, Murray Adams, and Fred May will speak. Since 1928, when the general conference of the church took its official stand, the Methodist church has favored optional military training and has asked that all Methodist students conscientiously objecting to the course be exempt ed. This stand was again taken at the third national conference of Methodist Youth, which 14 local students attended, meeting on the University of Colorado campus last summer. One student in a California school carried his case to the United States supreme court, and, while the court’s decision was against him, Methodist churches throughout the country united in his support. The local group was active in the attempt to make military training optional in the state which was voted down by a count of 214, 246 to 131,917 in 1936. This 11 Help Mike Mikulak and Frank Em mons .. . talking; it over with their eye on one of the pigskins Emmons will try to pack through the Idaho line today. > 4 UO Alums Swamp Eastern University The University of Oregon has more alumni registered in the graduate school of retailing at New York university than, any other out of state schools among the 36 states represented, accord ing to a letter received by Profes sor N. H. Cornish of the business administration school from Jack Enders, Oregon graduate in 1938, who has been elected president of the graduate class of 104 students. The students on scholarships are Beryl Cornish, Jack Enders, Ker mit Gimre, Vivian Runte, and Wil bur Webb, while Harry Hodes and Howard Overbeck round out the Oregon delegation. Other Oregon grads from the school of business administration attending different universities with scholarships for graduate work include Gordon Palmer and Carrol Gates at Northwestern uni versity, and Jack Filsinger at the University of Washington. Today's Lineups I Oregon Idaho No. Player Pos. Player No. 62 Larry Lance .LE.Tony Knap 25 68 Bill Poskett .LT.....Dick Trzuskowski 47 71 Nello Giovanini .LG.Walter Musial 32 16 A1 Samuelson . C .Rudy Aschenbrenner 27 77 Cece Walden .RG ...Jack Donovan 17 67 Ellroy Jensen .RT.Ray Kaczmarek 33 14 Bud Robertson .RE.Ray Smith 16 75 Hank Nilsen .Q.Earl Gregory 45 28 Ted Gebhardt.LH Harold Roise 6 56 Bob Smith .RH.Edgar Wilson 5 38 Frank Emmons .F.Harold Durham 7 Referee- Nibs Price, Oakland. Umpire Mike Moran, Portland. Head Linesman W. S. Higgins, Spokane. Field Judge Perry Mitchell, Renton. OREGON ROSTER: 10, Stuart, t; 11, Cadenasso, c; 12. Mabee, e; 14, B. Robertson, e; 15, Haliski, g; 16, Samuelson, c; 17, Hendershott, e; 19, Winetrout, t; 20, Hinkinson, hb; 21, Gammon, hb; 22, Isberg, f; 24, E. Robertson, g; 26, Hawke, q; 27, Nicholson, hb; 28, Gebhardt, hb; 30, Passolt, g; 31, Stenstrom, f; 32, Speetzen, e; 34, Anderson, hb; 36, Peters, t; 38, Emmons, f; 39, Rach, f; 43, Hamilton, t; 44, Nestor, g; 48, Tressel, t; 49, Jacobsen, c; 56, B. Smith, hb; 58, Reginato, e; 62, Lance, e; 65, Blenkinsop, e; 67, Jensen, t; 68, Foskett, t; 70, Inskeep, t; 71, Giovanini, g; 75, Nilsen, q; 77, Walden, g; 73, Donovan, q; 80, Gray beal, hb; 81, Yerby, e. IDAHO ROSTER: 5, Wilson, hb; 6, Roise, hb; 7, Durham, f; 9, Kam elvicz, g; 10, Tauber, t; 12, Johnson, hb; 13, Bell, f; 14, Rathbun, t; 15, Howard, e; 16, R. Smith, e; 17, Donovan, g; 18, Caccia, c; 19, At kinson, hb; 20, Heien, e; 24, Acuff, hb; 25, Knap, e; 26, Beall, q; 27, Ashenbrenner, c; 29, Price, hb; 31, Cook, t; 32, Musial, g; 33, Kacz marek, l; 35, Ryan, e; 37, L. Smith, c; 41, Strang, t; 43, Sanner, g; 44, Stoddard, q; 45, Gregory, q; 46, Therrell, t; 47, Trzuskowski, t; 48, Rettberg, g.