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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1939)
Winter Social Slate Released by Dean Schwering, Page 3 LIBRARY U. OF ORE. Hobson’s Men Ready for First 'Civil War’ Game Move for Two Semesters Started on Campus Kemler Leads Action To Eliminate Present Three Term Setup Difficulty of Transferring Mentioned as Objection to Existing Conditions; OSC Student Heads Also Behind Proposal A two-semester system to replace the present three-term setup appeared on the University of Oergon horizon last night with a state ment by Zane Kemler, ASUO first vice-president, that such a reform is being considered. Kemler said he had contacted student body officials at all schools in the state system, receiving a favorable response in the first reply. Oregon .State college was the first to get in line behind the proposal, Yeomen, Orides Will Meet For Chinese Dinner All Independents Luncheon for Dads To Be Discussed A Chinese dinner will be held at 6:30 by the Yeomen and Orides, in dependent men’s and women’s cam pus organizations tonight in the sun porcfi of Gerlinger hall, an nounced Marcia Judkins and Bob Boyd, co-chairmen of the affair yes terday. One of a series of dinners in for eign motif, the get-together will be of a social nature. Coming plans for the term will be discussed, how (Pleas/r turn to bage four) Value Put on Grid Awards By NY Police By HOPE DONDERO At last college football letters have been given a stated value. The New York City civil service com mission, in a move to attract col lege grid players to the police force, will allow one point for every var sity letter won by any applicant for a police post in the next civil ser vice examinations. In addition to all this, the new recruits must be handsome, agile, and intelligent. “We want no ‘Man Mountain Deans’,” says Paul J. Kern, head of the civil service com mission. “the new cop must be streamlined.” Add Definitions Handful—blacksmith’s tool. Mayor—female*horse. Leaf—to go. Appear—a wharf. Rabbit—fast. Stoic—long legged bird. Cynic—something you wash dish es in. Ferdinand—is worth two in the bush. Don Budge—don’t move. Shuffle—garden implement. Beauty Takes Beating The first “beauty contest” ever attempted at McGill university was a complete flop. A group of stu dents, seeking to give the annual Junior Prom a boost, decided to hold a mock beauty contest and the winner was to have received the crown of pulchritude at the prom. The stunt received widespread attention, and university deans and heads of schools shuddered. Then came the joke. When the ballot boxes were opened, it was discovered the ballots contained the names of Mussolini, Hitler, Garbo, Mae West, and some of the McGill professors. Not one coed received a vote. with Beaver student body heads registering approval. Kemler was armed with plenty of arguments for the new system he proposes, with plenty of back ing throughout the state, even at this early stage. Complaints Listed Among the complaints listed by Kemler as reasons for the check on student opinion were the diffi culty of transferring to and from California schools, and the gap be tween January high school gradu ations and the start of spring term under the three-term setup. Transferring to or from major j California colleges entails either | loss of time or loss of credit, and J sometimes both, Kemler said. Cali : fornia schools use the two-semes ter system, as do many of the smaller colleges in Oregon. If the two systems were to be made more nearly alike, friction and waste, unavoidable the way things are now, would be eliminated, is the claim. Time Lost Also figuring in the charges against the three-term school year was the time lost in registering and taking examinations for the extra term. Expense to the Uni versity of paying a cumbersome registration staff was also listed as due for elimination if the two semester plan were to be adopted. Kemler admitted, however, that there are difficulties in inaugurat ing such a plan which would have to be overcome before it could go into effect. For one thing, a state law specifies that each student in the state system shall pay a $5 (Please turn to page jour) Hand Lake Skiing Facilities Improved Complete sanitation facilities have been installed at Hand lake for the skiiers and new regulations have been developed for skiing on slides and will be in use by the weekend, Ranger Ingle of that dis trict said. The big first aid box has been moved in to give the ski patrol more efficiency, Ingle said. As yet no toboggans have been used at Hand lake and precautions are being taken to prevent any to be used in the future, according to Ingle. Since there are no special slides for toboggans and it is too dangerous for skis and toboggans to use the same slide, signs and warnings are being posted to that effect, Ingle said. Older Girls" Prexy At Meeting Tonight Lois Taylor, state Older Girls’ conference president, will meet with Eugene girls at the YW bungalow this evening at 8 o’clock. Discussion will center around the state Older Girls’ conference to be held at Lin field college in March. Girls interested in the organiza tion are invited to attend the meet ing. Janet Morris and Mary Kay Crumbaker are arranging tonight’s meeting. Who Said Anything About Beer? Barbara MeMichen, Anne Waha, Pat Taylor, Donna Row, Pat Shea, Sadie Mitchell, and Elisabeth Stetson . . . hoist a few schooners of milk similar to the ones to be enjoyed by University women at their annual frolic, the “Coed Capers,” February 2. Calcium Cocktails, Milk to You, Feature of Coed Capers for 1939 It’s novel, it’s nourishing', and it’s non-fattening! A sensational feature which is fast sweeping the entire nation, the “Milk Bar,” will be introduced on the Oregon campus for the first time at the Coed Capers, to be held in Gerlinger hall on Feb ruary 2. There coeds can consume innu merable calcium cocktails, con sisting of cold Grade A milk, without fear of gaining weight, and with every promise for in creased vitality and a schoolgirl complexion that calls for compli ments.; Dr. Marian G. Hayes, of the University health service, believes that giilk should be a vital part of everyone’s diet. "A glass of milk contains only about one third as many calories as do some candy bars,” she said, “and the calcium which it contains is val uable and essential for the teeth and the body as a whole. Milk also acts as a mild sedative i for ner vous conditions,” she added. Tickets to the “Capers” are now on sale at all women's living organizations. Buy one today, and meet your friends at the “Milk Bar.” 'Private Lives' Cast Announced Kathleen MacAlear And Eddie Hearn to Have Leading Roles The cast of “Private Lives,” Noel Coward’s comedy of matrimony, now under production at the Uni versity of Oregon theater, was re leased yesterday by Mrs. Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt, director of the play. Kathleen MacAlear, who is com ing to the foreground of the Uni versity dramatic season will play the role of Amanda Prynne, lead ing lady, and Eddie Hearn will take the masculine lead as her former husband, Elyot Chase. The supporting cast includes Wilfred Roadman as Victor Prynne, Amanda’s new husband, and, Jeanette Hoss, who as Sibyl Chase, is Elyot’s second-choice wife. Edith Ekstrom will carry the role of Louise, Amanda’s maid. “Private Lives” will be present ed in the theater in Johnson hall for a three-night stand February 3, 4 and 7. Student Calls Horse Trailer Enigma Ends The great horse trailer mys tery has been solved. An Emer ald reader reading the mystery in a story Tuesday, called the Emerald yesterday afternoon. The mysterious voice advised a staff member that the two un known students’ names were Art Griffith and Stewart Webb of Zeta hall. The enigma resulted from a picture shot by Tom Miles, Ore gana staff photographer on his way south to the California game. The subject was the two students, riding in the back of a horse trailer. It was a good picture and the Oregana staff planned to use it in the yearbook, but they could n’t identify tne two students. All members of the staff pondered over the picture but still the names were not known. At this point the OEI (Oregana Bureau of Investigation) was or ganized with the Emerald story as a result and at last the identi fication was learned. WPA Workers Find An ti-Jitterbug Laws WPA workers on the codification project have uncovered many queer ordinances. The bureau of municipal research, league of Oregon cities, has several posters on which are pictures of these laws. One poster entitled “Time Marches On’’ contains three amusing laws. One 1913 Astoria ordinance would have hampered our present day jitterbugs. It stated: “All persons are hereby prohibited from dancing any exaggerated or disorderly dance, being such dances com uiKJiiiy nuuwu as lagging uaiitca, and commonly called The Pivot, Walk Back, Shivers, Hipp Dip, Jelly Wiggle, Bunny Hug, Turkey Trot, Heads-together, Closeness, Port and Starboard, Side Shoe, Briney Deep, Corkscrew Twirl, Angleworm Wiggle, Grizzly Bear, and Tango.” Judging from the names of dances there must have been jitterbugs even then. Punish ment for disobeying this ordinance was a fine of not less than $2 nor more than $25 or imprisonment in the city jail for not more than 12 days. Another Astoria ordinance passed in 1878 concerned bathing in the Columbia river. Under this ordinance persons bathing in the rievr between the hours of 4 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. who were not wear ing a suitable bathing suit would be punished. After dark bathers (Please turn to page four) Winter Artist Series To Open January 19 Pianists Pasmore And Trerice to Be First on Program Having recently returned from a successful nationwide concert tour which started them well on their way to stardom, Pasmore and Trerice, youthful duo-piano team, will open the University of Ore gon’s winter artist series with a concert in McArthur court, Thurs day, January 19, at 8 p.m. Wherever these two brilliant ar tists have appeared their pleasing personalities, and the excellence of their performances on the key boards, have met with vigorous enthusiasm from the public, from other musicians, and from critics. Pasmore and Trerice made a pre vious appearance in Eugene two years ago on the summer concert series, and were well received at that time. Reserved and general admission tickets for the concert are now available at the Associated Stu dents’ ticket office, in McArthur court, and they will be sold at Washburne’s tomorrow afternoon, and Tuesday and Wednesday after noons of next week. General ad mission tickets are on sale for 50 cents, with reserved seats selling at 65 and 75 cents, and $1. Campus Living , Organizations May Procure Speaker Living organizations who would like to have Dr. Richard M. Steiner, pastor of the Church of Our Father in Portland, as a ! luncheon or dinner guest are asked to get in touch with Fran ces Beck at the YMCA or Karl Onthank, dean of personnel, as soon as possible. Rev. Steiner will lead fire , sides at the houses where he has ! dinner on next Wednesday and Thursday nights. He is also to speak at a University assembly I next Wednesday evening. U.S. Attitude Paradoxical, Speaker Says Chinese Lecturer Points to Contrast In Action of People And Big Business Pointing to the paradox of the American people trying to boycott Japan while the industrialists are supplying her with a good share of her war materials, Dr. No.Yong Park, Chinese author and lecturer, yesterday told University student’s and townspeople at an assembly in Gerlinger hall that the lack of co operation might be because the peo ple had failed to instruct their rep resentatives on a course of action. Dr. Park suggested that the vot ers take measures to inform their congressmen of their attitude, say ing, "Your attitude toward Japan will be more important than that of any other nation." Far Eastern Expert The noted speaker, although Manchurian born, was educated in the United States and Europe, and is regarded as an expert on Far Eastern affairs. Attempting to show impartiality over a question which is vitally tragic to him and his countrymen, Dr. Park asserted that "China will fight until the Japanese are driven out, until Japan conquers China, or until both nations become too ex hausted to continue.” Nipponese Bluffs He assured his listeners that he felt Japan’s threats that a world conflict would exist if the United States stopped shipping them goods was merely a bluff on the part of the Nipponese militarists. "If America would combine with a few other countries, you could break the Japanese war machine in 24 hours—or maybe 26," he de clared. He urged America to "as. sume unselfish leadership" for then can she lead “the world from the shackles of war into the sureties of peace.” Dr. Park was introduced to the assembly by Dr. Harold J. Noble, (Please turn to page four) I UO Law Students Against Dry Zone University law students decided yesterday to send a petition to the Oregon state liquor commission protesting against the proposition to make a dry zone around the cam pus, it was announced by Frank Nash, president of the law student body. The petition will be prepared by Bill Lubersky. The group has set date for their annual winter term dance for Fri day, February 3. The dance will be semi-formal. Hoy Pflugrad . • . Oregon State guard will have his hands full tonight on his home floor when Oregon’s lowering hoop men invade that rumpus J Oregon Hoopmen Will Meet OSC Beavers in First of Annual Series Corvallis Game to Be Battle of Coaches; Dick May Replace Scoring Ace Gale In Starting Lineup; Zone Defense Studied Set to throw speed and concentrated drive against the famous Slats Gill zone defense, Oregon's northern division champs meet Ore gon State’s cage forces in the first tussle of the 1989 “civil war” series at Corvallis tonight, starting at 7 :S0. And once again, as is the tradition, anything can happen in these intrastate classics. There is no basis of comparison by which the strength of the two clubs can be accurately measured. Only the final score tells a true story. YVSC Beat Both Both OSC and Oregon have met j and been beaten by Washington State college's Cougars, Oregon State twice and Oregon once. But Oregon copped a 45 to 36 decision over the Goliaths from the Palouse country, while the Beavers dropped both games of their series with the Pullmanites. Coach Hobson has spent a week drilling his team on the intricacies of a tight zone defense, Oregon State model, and the Orangemen, for their part, have spent even more time devising tricka to work against the Ducks. Gill May HaVe Tricks A. T. (Slats) Gill, the Beaver court magician, lias put his head to work, and reports emanating from Corvallis indicate the Orange headman has some brand new court strategy to pull out of his! bag of tricks tonight. For his initial contribution to! tonight’s hopp show, Oregon’s i Mentor Hobson may present a re-! vamped lineup—one that will be! conspicuous because of the absence j of All-Coast Lauren (Laddie) Gale.! The Duck star failed to find his true stride in the Cougar series and there is a strong possibility that John Dick, big fellow from The Dalles, may open in his place. The addition of Dick to me Duck j lineup will boost its aggregate! weight. Dick Sure to Start Aside from indicating that Dick may open at a forward berth, Coach Hobson yesterday said he had not selected his starting five. However, it was significant that1 Hobson, in practice Wednesday, worked a combination that includ-; ed Dick and Southpaw Bob Hardy j at the forward berths, Slim Win- J termute at center, and Wally Jo hansen and Bobby Anet at the; guard positions, for most of the! session. As replacements, Coach Hobson used Matt Pavalunas and Ford Mullen at the guard posts and Ted Sarpola in Hardy’s post. Any of these three may break into the starting lineup, Hobson indicated this week. Subs May See Action Other Webfoots who may see i (Please tarn to paje four) Like Lobby Displays Two Varied Exhibits Two widely different countries, Scandinavia and California, are represented in the two exhibits featured in the lobby of the University library this week. Lorraine Gjording, a student at the University who traveled widely in the Scandinavian countries last summer, has lent for the exhibit souvenirs of her trip. F’eatured are rare Danish porcelain figurines, a nanumaue sweater, cap ana mit tens from Norway, tiny toy shoes, handweaving from Sweden, match boxes from Sweden’s great match works in Jonkoping, and pieces of birchwood. The other lobby showing con tains several books on California from John Henry Nash's collec tion of rare volumes. The ones in this California group have all been printed by Mr. Nash himself dur ing the past few years. The most rare of the Nash volumes on dis play is ‘‘Old California,” a group of 10 reproductions of famous water colors painted by Rowena Weeks Abdy. Less than a week after the printer had completed the volume, all copies had been sold, so that there are very few in cir culation. The exhibit was arranged by Olivet Field and Miss Lenore Cas ford of the library staff. Milne Speaks at Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Banquet Ten Servants' Title Of OSC Professor's Dinner Address Dr. W. E. Milne, head of the mathematics department, at Ore gon State College, turned back the pages of time 5,000 years, as he traced the development of the pres ent day numerical system, in his address before the Phi Beta Kappa banquet last night. Dr. Milne stated that the figure 60 was used as a basic number of measurement over 5000 years ago and that few things so old were still used today. It is one of the oldest concepts, useful to man, he said. Dr. Milne traced the present sys tem of numbering through the an cient Egyptian, Chinese, Grecian and Roman civilizations. The title of Dr. Milne’s address was “Ten Servants” referring to the ten basic digits of modern nu merical systems. Professor Moll, Phi Beta Kappa president, described Milne’s address as “a talk of very unusual range. It was a scholarly talk still livened with humor and imagination.” President Moll Conducted both the initiation meeting in Gerlinger where the senior six were officially made members of the local chapter, and the banquet meeting in John Straub Memorial hall later. At the banquet Professor Moll read a poem of his own composition. The senior six who were initiated are: Beulah Faye Chapman, Andrei L. Isotoff, Donald S. Richardson, Laurie Elizabeth Sawyer, Ben James Winer, and Elisabeth Stet son. Bulletin Board of Movie Previews to Be Posted in Libe Motion pictures will come in for their share of library attention this term when staff members will keep in the lobby an up-to-date bulletin board of previews of coming mov ies and their merits. An auxiliary feature will be books on exhibit which give back ground or other material on the movies slated', to cultivate interest in good productions. The picture featured this week is the French movie, “la Kermesse He roique’’ (Carnival in Paris) to be presented in the physical education building here next Tuesday nighf. DEAN LAWRENCE HONORED Dean E. F. Lawrence of the school of architecture and allied arts has been appointed chairman of the na tional committee on preparation for architectural practice. The commit tee is selected from members of ar chitectural schools, registration boards, and practicing architects. Dr. Lawrence said.
