Promotion Starts
On Dad's Weekend,
January 27 to 29
VOLUME XL
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1939
NUMBER 50
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Smiling Tex’ Oliver Offered Arizona Grid Contract
Gerald A. (Tex) Oliver . . . was named on January 26, 1988 to
succeed Prink Callison as Oregon’s grid mentor and yesterday, less
than one year later, was offered his old job at the University of
Arizona. His decision will be awaited by Oregon fans.
Head Coach's Position
At Southern School
Opened to Oregon Man
Oregon's Football Chief Receives Phone
Message From Former Bosses; Makes
No Comment on His Intentions Now
By GEORGE PASERO
Gerald A. (Tex) Oliver, head football coach, yesterday con
firmed reports that he received a telephonic offer Monday to
return to the University of Arizona as head coach.
“I talked to Arizona officials yesterday, and I consider it a
compliment that they should want me back,” genial Tex told
The Emerald. Naturally, I will consider the offer, but as vet
Only Tall Ones
Belong to Unique
California Club
The California Tip Toppers, a
club composed of men and women
all over six feet in height, now has
40 members. The club was organ
ized a year ago when a Miss Kay
Krysler wrote a magazine article
bewailing the disadvantages of the
tall girl. She was swamped with
letters from all over the country
and the result was the formation
of the Tip Toppers.
Women to be eligible must be
more than six feet tall and men
must be at least six feet four inch
es.
Hello, You Cad!
You’re late again, I hate you!
I hope you never come;
I loathe the ground you walk on,
You worthless cad, you scum!
I hope you die a lingering death
Sometime in boiling tar
I never want to see you-—
—Oh, darling, there you are!
* ❖ *
Gives Cupid a Boost
God’s gift to blind daters, Eric
Jauch, senior at the University of
Illinois, keeps a record of all the
blind dates he’s arranged for the
past four years. Out of the 20 he’s
arranged this semester, all but two
have worked out okay.
* * *
Biology 1939
A practice teacher in science
asked a child in lab school to name
five kinds of bugs. The bright one
recited, "Lady, bed, love, fire, and
jitter.’’
YVV GETS SHOW CASE
A new glass case for candy was
recently purchased for the YW
bungalow. Part of the profits from
candy sold at the bungalow was
drawn upon for the purchase.
Directors note an increase in
the use of all state services offered
Californians by the U. of C. exten
sion division.
I am in no position to comment
on it.”
Five Years at Arizona
Coach Oliver spent five ^suc
cessful seasons at the Tucson in
stitution. During the five years he
spent coaching the Wildcats, he
made them a formidable football
power, one which billed games
with various Big Six and South
west conference schools of far
larger enrollments.
First news of the offer to reach
Eugene came through Associated
Press dispatches.
The vacancy in the head coach
position at Arizona was created by
the resignation of Orian Landreth,
Oliver’s successor, who will return
to Polytechnic high school, Long
Beach, California, where he
coached several years before going
to Arizona.
No Decision Reached
Coach Oliver admitted that the
Arizona offer was an attractive
one, and added that he would know
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Dad's Day Committee
Starts Preparations
For Full Weekend
Contest for Best Letter of Invitation to
Be Held; Special Stationery Available;
Slogan Is "Bring Pop to Oregon"
“Bring Pop to Oregon” is the war cry of the Greater Dad’s day
committee as it swung into extensive preparations to make Dad’s
weekend of January 27 to 29 the greatest in the history of the Univer
sity.
With a full program of two basket ball games, a swimming meet,
all campus banquet, luncheon for dads of unaffiliated students, dance,
church services and a band and orchestra concert the dads will find1
plenty to do when not attending the meeting and visiting with their
Minister to Be
Campus Guest
For Two Dags
Christian Students
Ask Portland Man
Here Next Week
“Common Sense Religion” will
be the subject which Rev. Richard
M. Steiner from the Church of Our
Father in Portland will discuss
wheh he appears before a Univer
sity assembly audience next Wed
nesday evening at Gerlinger hall.
Coming to the campus at the
request of Christian student groups
on the campus, Rev. Steiner will be
here for two d^ys, when he will
meet with several University
classes, and will viist at various
living organizations. At the houses
where he has dinner on the two
evenings he is here, Wednesday
and Thursday, the minister will
lead fireside discussions.
Personal conferences with Rev.
Steiner may be arranged by inter
ested students through contacting
Francis M. Beck, local YMCA sec
retary.
The Portlander’s appearance
here will be another phase of the
University’s continuance of the
Christian Mission Week lectures
which gained wide acclaim on the
campus last fall.
Morioka Receives
Position in Hawaii
Percy T. Morioka, who gradu
ated from the school of business
administration at the University
of Oregon in 1938, was recently
appointed an insurance represen
tative for Manufacturers’ Life in
Hawaii.
Mr. Morioka was born on the
island of Hawaii and after attend
ing the University of Hawaii for
two years, came to the University
of Oregon where he specialized in
insurance.
oL/na ui uauguLcia uii me Laiu^un, ;
said John Luvaas, chairman of the
students committee yesterday.
New Theme Planned
The theme of the weekend is to
be in the vein of the time when
most of the dads went to college.
Dance decorations will feature
derby hats, turtle neck sweaters,
billowing coiffeurs, slender waists,
rustling bustles and ankle hugger
pants.
Special Dad’s stationery is being j
furnished the students in order to
persuade them to write to dad to
invite him down immediately. Cups
will be awarded to the two houses
har ing the greatest number of dads
in attendance for Dad's day and
to the house having the greatest
proportion of freshmen dads in at
tendance.
Letter Contest Starts
As a special inducement to en
| courage the students to invite the
paters down, a special contest for
the best letter urging dad to appear
for the occasion is being promoted.
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Movie Thriller of
Grads at McDonald
A moving picture account of the
daring trip down the Deschutes
river made last fall by four Eu
gene sportsmen, all University of
Oregon alumni, will be presented
at the McDonald theater Wednes
day, Thursday, and Friday, it was
announced by James O’Connell,
manager.
A narrative of the trip will be
given by Veltie Pruitt, who with
Prince Helfrich, acted as guide for
the party. The other two members
were Merwin R. Irish and George
H. Godfrey, of the University
news bureau.
The pictures are all in natural
color and are declared to be out
standing in protographic excel
lence. They depict the daring de
scent of scores of rapids and nar
row escapes, in which disaster was
averted only by the skill of the
two boatmen.
The journey was made in light
McKenzie river type boats, which
are easily maneuvered but are ex
tremely fragile.
Lost: Year-Old Rally Reform
Executive Committee Minutes
i
Constitution Book
Reaches Presses;
Distribution to Start
{Thursday
—
pue to go to press this morning
is 'the long-heralded constitutional
handbook compiled fall term by
Zane Kemler and Wally Johansen,
ASUO vice-president and trea
surer respectively.
The book brings together with
in the same covers for the first
time the ASUO constitution and
by-laws, all class constitutions and
by-laws, and the same for the
AWS.
Book Delayed
Originally planned for distribu
tion at registration last week, the
book was held up by the addition
at the last minute of the AWS
setup to the list, which necessi
tated some changes in the pam
phlet.
Almost anyone interested in get
ting one of the books will be able
Lo get one, Zane Kemler said last
night. ASUO members, holders of
class cayis, and AWS members will
be entitled to copies, Kemler said.
Organization and printing of the
work, as well as the financial ar
rangements, are under the direct
supervision of Kemler, who last
night was reading proofs on the
completed part of the project.
Ready Thursday
Distribution will begip Thurs
day, with three stations designated
to hand out copies to eligibles.
The books will be available at the
McArthur court ASUO offices and
it the offices of the dean of men
and the dean of women, according
to Kemler.
Four thousand copies will be
printed, not all of which will prob
ibly be ready the first day, Kemler
said. However, enough will be
ready to take care of first-day de
nand, he indicated.
Only possible delay for the pam
phlet now is trouble at the Uni
versity press.
Biennial Report of
State System Made
Available to Faculty
The 1937-1938 biennial report of
:he Oregon state system of high
jr education is now off the press,
rhis publication contains reports
if the chancellor, the presidents of
:he several institutions in the sys
tem, the comptroller of the sys
tem, and a bibliography of faculty
3ublications of the institutions of
:he state system.
Faculty members to whom this
report would be useful may obtain
copies by calling the editor’s office,
:ampus 319.
ASUO Card Drive Ends; Totals High for Term
Committee to Lunch
With Workers as
Guests of Honor
With 1776 members already in
the fold and the possibility that
more would be added when returns
were complete, the 1939 winter
term ASUO card drive ended last
night, substantially ahead of last
year's comparative figures.
Last year’s total at the same
time was 1735 ducats, according
to educational activities office fig
ures. With enrollment increased
over last year's, the possibility was
apparent that the ASUO had just
about held its own.
Their work done, the drive com
mittee will gather for a luncheon
meet today at the College Side.
Guests of honor will be the three
salespeople who are high for the
period of the drive over all others.
The three are Pat Taylor, Hen
dricks; Bettie Jane Quigley, Hil
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Glenn Eaton, Sadie Mitchell, and Ken Erickson . . . ended their work yesterday as ASL'O winter term
ard sale drive captains. About 1780 cards were sold under their direction.
UO Students
Excel m Use
Of White Space
“The truest words are often,
spoken in jest.” At least written
in jest, anyhow.
The realization of this came to
one as he spied a sheet of paper
on one of the bookcases in the
original manuscript room of the
University library.
Tuesday evening the sheet of
paper was seen between an orig
inal manuscript of a German
volume, and another manuscript
of somewhat ancient origin. On
the sheet were inscribed these
words:
“Original manuscript of aver
age University of Oregon stu
dent.” And beneath this sentence
seven inches of blank, white
paper!
Leavitt 0. Wright on
rhree Study Groups
Spanish Problems,
Conference Subject
Of Research Work
Three positions for study and
research of Spanish language prob
lems have been given to Dr. Leav
itt O. Wright, professor of Span
ish, by the American Council of
Learned Societies, it was an
nounced yesterday by President
Donald M. Erb.
Under the auspices of the na
tional organization, Dr. Wright,
who is a national authority on
Spanish pronunciation, has been
isked to organize a conference of
Spanish-American linguists to be
leld next August at Ann Arbor,
Michigan. The Oregon professor is
ronferring with Dr. Waldo G. Le
and of the association on this and
ather projects in Washington, D.
2., this week.
Dr. Wright has been asked by
:he council to survey the field of
Spanish-American dictionaries. He
ias also been selected a member of
:he council’s commission on Latin
(tmerican studies. Dr. Wright will
return from his eastern trip the
first of next week.
YW TO GET RADIO
A new radio will soon be in
stalled in the YW bungalow, it
was learned yesterday. The cabi
net, advisory board, and Dill Pic
de club furnished the necessary
funds for the purchase.
Today Is Deadline
For Oregana Pix;
Group Shots Next
Today is the last day for stu
dents to have their individual
pictures taken for inclusion in
the 1939 Oregana, declared Ed
itor Don Root yesterday. Those
who have not been photo
graphed should make arrange
ments with Kennel-Ellis imme
diately.
Starting Friday, organiza
tion pictures will be taken in
front of Johnson hall until
noon, thereafter on the library
terrace. The schedule is as fol
lows:
11: Delta Phi Alpha.
11:15: Beta Alpha Psi.
11:30: Phi Lambda Theta.
11:45: Phi Alpha Delta.
12:30: Phi Mu Alpha.
12:45: Sigma Omega Chi.
1:00: Librarians.
1:15: Pan-Hellenic council.
1:30: InCerfraternity council.
1:45: Interdorm council.
2:00: House Managers asso
ciation.
2:15: WAA council.
2:30: Order of the “O.”
Search Fails to Locate Measures Acted
Upon Last Spring; Weston Says 'No/ Dean
Earl Says 'Yes' in Memory Test
An unknown quantity to all practical purposes last night was what
happened to the 1938-model rally committee reform, which turned up
lost or strayed when ASUO Prexy Harry Weston and First Vice*
President Zane Kemler tried to find it.
Kemler reported late last night that the missing revision measure,
under which the whole rally committee setup was to undergo drastic
changes, was not to be found. The educational activities office yester
Hnv nnHprwpnl a sPaiv.h for thp exprntivp rnmmittpp minutps in
which the revision measure should
be entered, but no minutes were
to be found.
Blames Filing System
Prexy Weston blamed the diffi
culty of locating the lost minutes
on last year’s system, under which
there was no place specified for
the filing of minutes, and no one
was held responsible.
Weston expressed the opinion
that the revision measure was
never actually passed, although it
was recommended and discussed.
He based his opinion on instruc
tions from outgoing Prexy Barney
Hall last spring at his induction to
office. Hall, Weston said, told him
the first thing he should do was
to “get going on the rally com
mittee.”
Dean Earl Remembers
Dean of Men Virgil D. Earl was
reported to have said he remem
bered Abe Weiner’s measure and
thought it passed, but when he
was asked about this last night he
said he didn’t feel Ilia memory
should be final authority.
In the event the missing minutes
are not recovered the executive
committee will either formulate a
new scheme or revamp the old one,
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PE Club to Meet,
Form Hoop Teams
A meeting of men physical edu
cation students, interested in try
ing out for the PE club intramu
ral basketball team, will be held
tonight in room 114 of the men’s
gymnasium. Although this is the
first time that the club has entered
a team in any intramural event,
the group plans to enter teams in
both A and B leagues of all events
from now on, A1 Bogue, club pres
ident said.
All physical education majors,
minors, or graduate students who
have not already signed up to play
for some other team, are eligible,
Bogue said.
At the meeting tonight, both A
and B league teams will be select
ed and captains for each team
elected. These captains will be re
sponsible for their teams to Bob
Boyd, recently appointed intramu
ral manager, Bogue said.
The first practice of the teams
will be held the same evening,
Bogue said.
Film in French
To Be Shown
Here Tuesday
Picture Awarded
High Movie Honors
Best 1936 Cinema
Providing proof that there can
be something new on the Oregon
campus, Pi Delta Phi, French
honorary society, will sponsor La
Kermesse Heroique (Carnival in
Flanders), a French dialogue film*
with English subtitles, Tuesday in
the Physical Education building.
Winner of two coveted conti
nental cinema awards, the grand
prize of French cinema, and the
gold medal award of the Venice in
temational exposition of cinema
tography, “Carnival in Flanders’?
was selected as the best movie of
1936 by the National Board of Re
view.
Two Shows Slated
Two showings of the film are
planned, a matinee at 4 o’clock
and an evening show at 7:30, Dr.
Carl L. Johnson, head of the
French department, who has made
arrangements to bring the film
here, said.
The picture will be exhibited in
room 101 in the PE building, Dr.
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Dr. W. D. Smith Will
Discuss Philippine
Savages Over KOAC
A colorful collection of costumes
and weapons used by the Bagobos,
natives of Mindanao island, in the
Philippines, will provide the sub
ject for a radio address by Dr.
W. D. Smith, of the geography de
partment, over station KOAC, Jan
uary 12, at 8:15 p.m. Dr. Smith
will speak on “Savage Gentlemen”
—a trip into the country of the
Bagobos.
The beaded costumes and crude
weapons which Dr. Smith secured
from the native tribes when he led
a scientific expedition across the
island in 1908, have been donated
by him to the museum in Condon
ball, and are on display there.
Daily's 'John Henry'
Thirty Years Old
By HELEN ANGELL
1900-1939.
Thirty years since Joaquin Miller’s poems describing Oregon as the
“emerald” state gave the University publication its new name in 1909,
is the record which the Oregon Daily Emerald will be able to observe
this year.
It was September 29, 1909, that W. C. Nicholas, editor in chief,
and his staff began publicaiton of a bi-weekly sheet t® replace the
recently improved Oregon Weekly. In choosing a name for the new
paper, me university seiecteu me
description of this locality made
by Eugene’s famous poet, Joaquin
Miller, who used the word “em
erald” to designate his home-sec
tion in many of his songs of the
West. Though the description was
never officially sanctioned as a by
word of the state, the student body
accepted it because of its relation
ship to their colors, which then, as
now, were green and yellow.
“It will not be a mock news
paper nor a disciple of yellow jour
nalism. Fake stories and sensa
tional revelations are not in its
field. Its work is to give the stu
dents and alumni a faithful ac
count of all the college news and
nothing but college news,” declared
the new editor in his first publica
tion.
The change from the small in
complete Oregon Weekly to the
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