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New Gates to Paradise
The above photo shows one of the two great wrought ,iron posts
which will in the near future support the vehicular gates of the “Ore
gon Dads” entrance to the University of Oregon campus, and a num
ber of Portland Dads and two men who have had a great deal to do
with the planning and making of the gates. Left to right: H. Abbott
Lawrence, who designed them; Dr. Burt Brown Barker, vice-president
of the University; and Loyal H. McCarthy, president of the Oregon
Dads; Harold Hunt, publicity committee, and A. B. Dawson, super
visor of the WPA project.
Campus Gate
Fund Gains,
Sap Dads
University Agrees
To Construct Mall
From Gate to Libe
If Completed
Cash donations are slowly com
ing into the hands of the offi
cials of the Oregon Dads in reply
to their pre-Christmas plea for
funds to complete the great iron
gates now being constructed to
make a gateway to the'campus on
Ilth street.
A WPA grant enabled the Dads
to begin construction of the grilled
gates, now in partial completion
in Portland, but it was discovered
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Good Health Is
Greatest Asset
For Matrimony
By ANNA MAE HALVERSON
Good physical health is the most
important asset for matrimonial
ly-inclined girls, money is not,
said Texas Aggies in answer to a
recent questionnaire submitted to
the new marriage and family re
lations classes.
From a list of 88 traits good
health was selected as the most
desirable, receiving 258 votes.
Good personality was next in im
portance, with attractiveness, loy
alty, common interests, sex nor
mality, and intelligence following
in that order. Only two votes were
cast for girls who had money.
Such traits as cooking ability,
dancing skill, virginity, economy,
good family background, sports
manship, honesty, and dependa
bility received less than fifty
votes.
* *
Careful
Before I heard the doctors tell
The dangers of a kiss,
I had considered kissing you—
But; now I know biology
And sit and sigh and moan—
Six million mad bacteria
And I thought we were alone!
—Semi-Weekly Campus
* * *
Closed Shop
Professors sometimes get verj
fond of their students, but when
the classroom doors won't open
it's a different matter.
That actually happened in om
of the classes late last term at
Whitman college. When the houi
was over, and the students startec
to rush out, they didn't. The spring
had sprung and they were auto
matically locked in. Passers-bj
were surprised to see student!
pouring out of the windows.
And the same thing bappenet
the next day in another class.
Dater Gets
Bucket but Fails
To Duck It
Advice to the sneak dater or
what to wear on a sneak date—
a rain hat and rain coat.
“Will you take a sneak date ?”
a certain fraternity boy asked
a certain sorority girl last Fri
day night.
“Sure,” was the reply. At
12:30 a.m. the. sorority was in
an uproar of laughter.
It seems the young man ap
peared and the girl leaned out
the window and said in a sweet
young voice, “Are you there?”
“Uhuh, come on down,” was the
reply. But instead of the girl
appearing, a bucket of water
came pouring down in his face.
All those interested in sneak
dates might do well to take
umbrellas along—just in case.
Scholarship Entries
Due by April 15
I
Dean Earl Warns
Seniors to Apply
Before Deadline
The deadline is approaching for
University seniors interested in
graduate fellowships or scholar
ships in out-of-state institutions to
place their applications, warned
Oregon’s dean of men, Virgil D.
Earl yesterday, explaining that
most of the awards for next year
I are made by April 15.
Dean Earl recalled that in the
past most seniors have had a pho
bia against applying before nearly
| graduation time, which is entirely
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Librarian Douglass
Leaves for Annual
Vacation Trip
Florida will be the destination
of faculty vacationers. Mr. and
Mrs. M. H. Douglass, who left
Saturday by train for the South
on a six weeks’ vacation from Mr.
Douglass’ duties as chief librarian
of the University library.
Visiting libraries in various
United States cities along the way,
Mr. and Mrs. Douglass plan to
spend most of the winter months
in the South, returning wa Cali
fornia.
During his absence the librarian
chief’s duties are being handled by
his secretary, Mrs. Gladys Y. Pat
terson and Jack Plotkin, librarian
executive assistant.
WASHKE TO LEAVE
Paul R. Washke, professor of
physical education, will leave for
Portland Saturday to attend a
teachers’ meeting to be held at the
University club.
The meeting is being held to
[ discuss graduate instruction in the
J Portland extension center.
20 Student Leaders
Voice Opposition to
Change in Liquor Sale
Dr. Erb Calls Group Together to Find Out
Undergraduate Reaction to Proposed
Move to Ban Wine, Beer Sales on Campus
By BUD JERMAIN
A student opinion unanimously opposed to the proposed change in
the sale of wine and beer near the campus was revealed yesterday
in a meeting of 20 student leaders with President Donald M. Erb.
Dr. Erb called the meeting for the purpose of finding out the under
graduate reaction to a proposal, put forward Saturday by the Eugene
ministerial association, for more rigid control of beer and wine sales
ngar the campus. The proposal would forbid beer 'sales within several
Ad Men's Dance
To fie Revamped
For Dad's Dag
Krazy Kopy Krawl
Planned to Fit New
Weekend Theme
Alpha Delta Sigma, men’s ad
vertising honorary, will stage its
annual dance Dad’s day weekend
in place of the Frosh Glee. The'
dance, known as the Krazy Kopy|
Krawl, will be revamped this yearj
in keeping with the theme of the j
festivities.
. A “Dad’s Oregon” will be pre
sented from January 27 to 29.
Costumes and pictures of the
period “when dad was in school”
will be dug out of attics and libra-;
ries and used to lend atmosphere
to the occasion.
“All chairmen have a habit of
predicting a bigger and better this
or that, and while I would like to
be an exception I can’t help say-;
ing that this Dad’s day has all the j
prospects of being a real occasion,” j
says Chairman John Luvaas. “The!
enthusiasm shown by both the!
faculty and student committees is,!
indeed, encouraging. The idea of,
having a i theme for Dad’s day is
an innovation that should add
spirit.
“It can’t be stressed too much
how we want to make the dad’s
feel the spirit of friendliness in j
which they are being asked to [
come to the campus,” he added.
The freshmen are planning on
transferring their cooperation to a
reception for the fathers during
the dance. Faculty members would
be there to meet the dads. The pur
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Deady Rooms Soon
To Be Modernized
Modernization of lecture rooms
103 and 105 in Deady began yester
day it was announced by Dr. Will
V. Norris, professor of physics.
The work is being done as a
WPA project and will consist of
provision for ventilation, accoustic
ally treating of ceilings, indirect
lighting, new window blinds for
darkening the rooms, and painting.
Twenty Students
Need Board Jobs
For Winter Term
“Who will offer work that
will give 20 boys their board
for the term?”
This is the question upper
most in the mind of Miss Janet
Smith, employment secretary.
Unless work that can be ex
changed for board this term can
be found, nearly 20 boys will
have a hard time staying in
school, and may have to drop
out, it was reported yesterday.
Thursday and Saturday’s are
i good days for people who have
j odd jobs they want done, Miss
Smith reports, for a number of
boys have these two days free.
blocks in the campus, which would
eliminate every one of the campus
“spots.”
Council Meet Postponed
Although Saturday’s announce
ment said the city council would
consider the measure tonight, it
was learned last night that the
special committee appointed by the
ministerial association would not
have its plans ready so soon. The
committee is composed of Rev.
Arthur R. Jones, Dr. S. E. Child
ers, and W. P. Walter.
No definite program has been
lined up as yet, Reverend Jones,
chairman of the committee, said
last night, although there may be
a special ministerial meeting called
in the near future. Local organiza
tions will be contacted, and spon
sors of the move will take plenty
of time to work out their plan of
campaign, Jones said.
Plan Said “in Embryo”
University was asserted by the
The plan was characterized as
“in the embryo stage now” by W.
P. Walter, YMCA secretary, an
other member of the committee,
who said that action came primar
ily from state-wide appeals from
parents and others. Mr. Walter
reported considerable favorable
response to the movement since its
inception.
That the pushing back of beer
from such proximity to the cam
pus would be for the good of the
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Onthank Writes for
'Fraternity Youth'
Karl W. Onthank, dean of per
sonnel, is author of an article on
house libraries at the University
of Oregon, and their results of in
creasing good reading in sororities
and fraternities, appearing in this
month’s issue of “Fraternity
Month.”
The article is based on the Uni
versity’s rather unique plan of pro
viding a circulating library con
taining at this time 1000 books
which are loaned as “traveling li
braries” in small lots to the differ
ent living organizations. There a
house librarian checks them out
to each student. Making them eas
ily accessible, better and more
reading is done by students.
Fraternities Add Six\
Sororities Eighteen
As Rush Week Ends
Women's Houses
Close Busy Winter
Pledging Period
Campus sororities pledged 18
women students at the close of ■
“rush week” activities for winter i
term, it was announced Monday by :
Hazel P. Schwering, dean of wo
men:
Those named on the list are Al
pha Chi Omega, Irene Yturri, Mar
ion Simmons; Alpha Deta Pi, Bar
bara Jean Campbell, Zo Anne
Shook, Virginia Willson; Alpha
Gamma Deta, Dorothy Schnoren
berg, Beverle Shumate; Alpha Phi,
Ann. Brown, June Namitz; Alpha
Xi Delta, Helen Sawyer; Chi Ome
ga, Barbara Williams; Delta Delta
Delta, Margaret Girvin, Bettie
Hobbs, Betty Mathison; Gamma
Phi Beta, Jean Burt; Pi Beta Phi,
Kathryn Zimmerman; Sigma Kap
pa, Gloria West; Zeta Tau Alpha,
Myrna Pruner.
UO Theater Plans
For Term Released
Private Lives and
Emperor Jones Will
Be Dramatized
The University Theater will pre
sent two outstanding dramas dur
ing the present term, according to
announcement made yesterday by
Mrs. Seybolt, director of the drama
division. Both are by famous and
popular playwrights, and their pro
duction has been requested many
times by University theater pat
rons and players.
Noel Coward’s violent and vola
tile comedy, “Private Lives,”
scheduled for production Febru
ary 3, 4, and 7, under Mrs. Sey
bolt’s direction, will be the first
of the two. The second, Eugene
O’Neill’s celebrated “Emperor
Jones,” directed by Horace W.
Robinson, will be presented late in
February.
All the members of Guild Hall
players, theater workshop, tech
nique of acting, and stage design
classes are busy on the plays which
are already in rehearsal.
The only upper division drama
students not working on the drama
division productions, are the mem
bers of the play production class.
These students are each directing
one of a series of one-act plays
with casts featuring the drama
students at the Eugene high
school.
JESSUP’S VACATION BUSY
Dr. Bertram Jessup, assistant
professor of English, took his de
gree in philosophy during the
Christmas vacation at the Univer
sity of California, when he com
pleted his thesis entitled, "Rela
tional Value Meanings.”
OBI Officials Seek
Mysterious Rooters
They were in the north end of a horse trailer going south—south
to the Oregon-Califomia game in Berkeley, these two loyal Oregon
rooters, when Candid Cameraman Tom Miles of the University snapped
their picture as they pulled into the checking station near the line.
Miles turned the picture, an amazingly fine print showing the two
with their Oregon rooters lids and red noses, into the Oregana for
printing in the 1939 yearbook. Ore
gana officials were greatly pleased
with the print and are planning to
give it nearly a full page display
in the book if they can find out
I the names of the two Oregon
I rooters.
The result was the organization
of a new bureau in the Oregana—
the OBI, Oregana Bureau of In
vestigation. This bureau has been
canvassing the campus for the past
two months but to no avail, no
one knows who the two were.
The picture shows that the trail
er bore a Washington trailer li
cense, number 16,867. The OBI
would be grateful to anyone who
can identify the two Oregon stu
dents or who can give any clue
to their identity.
Students who have been watch
ing the work of the OBI from the
side are beginning to wonder if
what Tom Miles actually took a
picture of couldn’t have been a
horse and if so would that be a
horse on him.
Late Fall Pledging
Swells Greek Men's
List Still Higher
Although winter term’s rush
veek saw only 6 men pledge Greek
)rganizations, an intensive late
’all term rushing period has
swelled the total number of men
idded to fraternity rolls to 25, a
report from the office of Dean
Earl yesterday revealed. Alpha
rau Omega claimed 4 of the 6
men pledged last week.
ATO’s new men include Stanley
Buck, Ed Storli, Robert Payne, and
Sam Cox. Theta Chi claimed Galen
C. Morey, and Pi Kappa Alpha
pledged Raymond Gennittle.
Before Christmas vacation be
gan, a week of pledging was con
cluded during which 19 students
were accepted to membership in
men’s houses. During this period
Theta Chi pledged Thomas C.
Robb, Cecil Laws, Michael Dari
otes, Harold Huggins, Eugene Mc
Gee, Peter Wiley, and Don Walker;
Phi Sigma Kappa pledged LaVern
Spaugh, Ralph L. Ohman, Bruce
W. Carter and Wayne Timm; Pi
Kappa Alpha added Walter Robin
son, Rudolph H. King, and Ed
ward A. Radigan; and Sigma Al
pha Epsilon pledged Wesley Petrie
and Robert W. Rieder. Stanton W.
Smith pledged Phi Kappa Psi, Wil
liam I. Lpnigan, Phi Gamma Delta,
and David M. Crittenden, Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Men’s pledging will continue
throughout the term if quotas are
not filled, Dean Earl said.
Dr. Park to Speak
At ASUO Assembly
Oriental Outlook
Will Be Subject
Of Noted Author
“The Outlook of the Far East”
will be Dr. No-Yong Park’s sub
ject when the noted Manchuria
born, Occident-raised Oriental ad
dresses a Gerlinger assembly
Thursday morning, as the first
1939 all-school get-together.
Dr. Park (Pao) is not new to
University listeners, according to
Dean of Personnel Karl W. On
thank, who recalled yesterday his
appearance on the campus here
several years ago when his sharp
wit in contrasting the East and the
West gained many friends for him.
A graduate of Harvard univer
sity and former student of several
schools in Europe, Dr. Park has
made Far Eastern history and in
ternational relations his life study.
His book, “Retreat of the West”
prophesies on the international sit
uation in the land of his birth.
Ruth Fitch Will Play
Over KOAC, Corvallis
A piano concert will be given by
Ruth Fitch, a student of George
Hopkins, Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 on the University of Oregon
school of music broacast over
station KOAC, Corvallis.
Her selections include Schubert’s
“Impromptu* in E Flat” and two
numbers by Alberniz, "Tango” and
"Legend.” Miss Fitch is a junior
from Medford.
Miss Woodruff Is
New State PE Prexy
Dr. R. W. Leighton, dean of the
school of physical education, an
nounced today that Janet Wood
ruff, associate professor of the
school of physical education, had
been elected president of the Ore
gon Physical Education associa
tion at a recent meeting of that
organization, held in Portland over
the Christmas vacation.
Miss Woodruff replaced Lestle
Sparks, director of physical educa
tion and athletics at Willamette
university.
Executive Committee
Mag Uncover Plan
Passed Last Winter
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Change Made Following 1937 Grid Season
Criticisms; System to Eliminate Faults
Lost During Change of Administrations
By WILLIAM ROBERTSON PENGRA
Searching for a solution to the problem of creating on efficient
rally squad, the ASUO executive committee will discover soon that a.
reform plan was passed February 17, 1988, “to lie written into its by
laws to control and direct the work of that body.”
Members of the exec committee will find that ex-Prexy Barney
Hall was commissioned to draw up the plan. No attention has l»een
turned to the reform plan since the present school year began and the
Rumor Spiked !
That Cushing Is
Out as Yell King i
Official Ruling on
Eligibility Lacking,
Dean Earl Says
Although he was reported as
retiring from the position of yell
king, Paul Cushing will continue
to lead Oregon yells it was learned
from official sources last night.
Cushing had been reported as
retiring because of ineligibility, but
the report was in error.
Zollie Volchok, who made the
announcement at the "Hobson
Hobble,” was informed by authori
tative sources that Cushing would
no longer be yell leader and wish
ing to show him that the student
body was grateful for his three
years of service, led the students in
a yell for the Oregon king. Vol
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Honor Rating Won
By Theta Sigma Phi
Women's Honorary
Will Give Tea for
Newspaper Wives
News that the University of
Oregon chapter of Theta Sigma
Phi, women’s journalism honor
ary, has been placed on the nation
al honor roll for efficiency has
been received by Bernadine Bow
man, president of the group.
This is the first time in recent
years that this high recognition
has been awarded to the chapter.
The award is based on fulfilling all
national requirements in the most
successful way.
Plans for the tea to be held at
the home of President and Mrs.
Donald Erb during the annual
Press Conference to be held this
month will be discussed at the
regular meeting to be held at the
journalism “shack” tonight at
6:45. The tea is for newspaper
women attending the conference
and wives of publishers. Theta
Sigs will handle the registration
at the conference.
PE Professors Will
Make Demonstration
Earl E. Boushey, assistant pro
fessor of physical education, and
Janet Woodruff, associate profes
sor of physical education, will con
duct a physical education and
health demonstration for the pur
pose of finding better ways to
teach health education, physical
education, and athletics in the
grade schools and high schools of
the state, it was announced yester
day.
Professor Boushey and Miss
Woodruff have been conducting a
like demonstration at Monroe for
the last three years. It is expected
that their work here will last for
about five years.
EX-STUDENT APPOINTED
Notice of the appointment of
Keaster Hale, former University
student and physical education ma
jor, to the position of recreation
leader of the Portland Park bureau,
has been received at the school ol
physical education office.
Hale graduated from Santa Bar.
bara Teachers’ college in 1936. He
came to Oregon to work for his
master's degree. Hale completed
the hours for his master’s degree
last term.
new rally squad was named, it
could not be learned last night
whether the ireform-bound com
mittee will find the plan in the
by-laws in final form.
Some Criticism Prevails
Quoting from the Emerald's
story after the plan was passed
last year, “Acting to clear up
some of the criticism that the
present set-up receives, the com
mittee agreed to two plans sub
mitted by Abe Weiner and Prexy
Barney Hall.” This year's execu
tive body has no plans submitted,
but still faces criticism of the
present system, it was learned
from authoritative sources yester
day.
The plan passed last year stat
ed that the “rally group shall be
composed of nine members (three
sophs, two juniors, a senior who
shall act as chairman, and three
women members). In addition
each living organization will name
a frosh to serve an apprentice
ship.
“Early Appointments”
“The executive committee will
appoint the railymen not later than
May 22 of each year by elimina
tion. From the frosh apprentices,
three members will be named to
serve during their sophomore year,
and so on up to the choice of sen
ior man. Women will be named by
the executive group and rally
chairman after they have peti
tioned for places.
“Under Hall’s plan, the rally
chairman will act as coordinator
of the entire rally program, ap
pointing sub-chairmen to head va
rious phases of the work as cam
pus rallies, publicity, and dances.”
May View Old Plan,
Executive committeemen may
search for the draft of the plan
passed last year in their new at
tempt to reform.
Several members of the rally
squad having expressed their dis
satisfaction with the financial set
up of the system, an investigation
may follow on that matter.
University Band
To Give Concert
The University of Oregon band,
under the direction of John Stehn,
will present its first concert of the
year Sunday, January 15, at 3
p.m. There will be no admission
charge.
Robert Carlson, Portland, fresh
man in music at the University,
and a brilliant cornetist, will be
featured soloist. He will play Ar
man Bournonville’s "Pendant la
Fete." Honors that have been won
by Carlson include Idaho high
school cornet championship twice,
Oregon championship twice, and
highest rating at the Northwest
Regional contest in Seattle last
spring.
The band will play Debussy’s
"Respects to Mr. Pickwick” and
"Canopy,” Vaughan « Williams’
"Toccata Marziale”, Bach’s "Little
G Minor Fuge,” and “Bourree,”
and other numbers by Grieg, Dvor
ak, and Meyer-Helmund.
' BA Conference
Being Planned by
Students, Faculty
Plans are now being made for
a conference of business men of
Eugene and Portland and BA stu
dents of the University. It is
planned for the campus sometime
in February.
Students on the committee in
clude: Ruth Tawney, Ruth Ketch
urn, Karl Wester, Willard Myers,
and Harold Faunt. The faculty
members are Professors Arthur G.
Dudley, N. H. Cornish, C. L. Kelly,
and Miss Ruth May Chilcote, sec.
retary of the BA school, and Vic
tor P. Morris, dean of the school.