VOLUME XL
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1939
NUMBER 55
CAMPUS
Webfoot Hoopmen Beat Cougars 57 to 44
Mixed Sports Start Tonite
Men, Women
To Take Part
In Program
Men's Gym Will Be
Scene of PE Club's
Co-Recreational
Activity Nights
f By HAROLD OLNEY
Tonight at 8 o’clock amusement
bound University students will
gather in the men's gymnasium as
the guests of the PE club, which
is presenting its first co-recrea
tional night of the term.
The object of the co-recreational
nights, as expressed by A1 Long,
secretary of the group, is to make
available for the students some
type of recreation other than danc
ing and attending theaters.
Many Games Offered
A variety of forms of entertain
ment will be offered tonight in
cluding swimming, squash rackets, j
ping pong, shuffleboard, and group '■
dancing. In addition, there will be
tournaments between the various j
living organizations of the campus, |
in volleyball, handball and badmin
ton. Teams will be chosen to repre- |
sent the various houses, and each
•{ men’s organization will be paired
with a women’s organization. The
winners in each of the respective
sports will receive 50 points and
the runners-up 35. The paired;
houses having the largest total at
the end of the evening will be de
clared the winner, Long said.
Pairings Announced
—The pairings’”3f-’the"""’various |
houses will be as follows: Delta
Upsilon and Kappa Alpha Theta;
Sigma Nu and Delta Delta Delta;
Alpha Tau Omega and Pi Beta
Phi; Beta Theta Pi and Kappa
Kappa Gamma; Yeomen and Susan
Campbell hall; Kappa Sigma and
Alpha Omicron Pi; Phi Delta
Theta and Chi Omega; Theta Chi
and Alpha Gamma Delta; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Xi Delta;
Phi Sigma Kappa and Alpha Delta
Pi; Gamma hall and Alpha Gamma
Delta; Sigma Phi Epsilon and Al- ■
pha Chi Omega.
Any of these organization who
cannot enter or any others who
wish to enter are requested to get
in touch with Caroyln Dudley,
Delta Delta Delta or Al Long, Sig
ma Phi Epsilon.
West Virginia
\Hitler Party'
Leads to Cable
By ANNA MAE HALVERSON
The humor that seems to make
United States citizens less suscep
. tible to hysteria and mass ignor
A ance didn’t fail to crop out in this
crisis as it has in most others.
The laugh originated when West
Virginia members of Phi Sigma
Kappa fraternity staged a “Hitler
Party’’ to which members came
costumed like Hitler. The German
press, famed for not being able to
take a joke, seriously scorched the
party-goers by calling them “in
solent, shameless, and silly.”
Not to be outdone they cabled
Hitler thus: “West Virginia uni
versity students hereby sever re
lations with Germany, prosit.”
* * *
Advisory
An anonymous coed at Brigham
Young university wrote a story for
the school paper frankly giving ad
vice to weak-minded males. In re
gard to doorstep tactics, she said:
“Don’t ask us can you kiss us.
If we say yes ... we sound like a
j hussy ... if we say no . . . you
might not believe us. So give us a
burner . . . and we'll let you know
if we like it or not.”—The Y News.
This Is No Lie
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J. O. Lindstrom . . . University business manager proves he landed
this 14i/£-pound steelhead.
Lindstrom Hooks1 Biggie,’
Proves it With Picture
J. O. Lindstrom, University of Oregon business manager, is
right in there with the best of them when it comes to telling fish
stories . . . since Saturday afternoon when he hauled in one of the
largest steelhead trout ever taken out of the Siuslaw river.
The steelhead weighed in at 14 ]/2 pounds and measured 34
inches long.
“He Fought an Hour to Land It”
Lindstrom was fishing the Siuslaw with George H. Godfrey,
University news bureau man, near Swisshome when he hooked the
fish and began an hour’s battle to land it above the rapids.
A number of times Lindstrom was forced to pay out 150 feet of
line in his fight with the trout, while Godfrey managed the boat
in the whirling water of the river. It was almost necessary to boat
down through the rapids in pursuit of the fish.
Siuslaw Trout Aren’t Minnows
Siuslaw trout are the largest and gamest of the coast stream
steelhead, according to Oregon fishermen.
Lindstrom’s “take” on Saturday was the largest fish he has
pulled out of an Oregon stream with his hook and line . . . not only
that, but the big fellow is one of the largest ever taken from the
stream where the fish have a wide reputation for fight.
Enrollment Shows
Five Per Cent Jump
Junior Class Has
Greatest Increase;
Freshmen Next
With two weeks of winter term
classes out of the way, registra
tion figures last night showed the
University’s junior class leading
all others in per cent of increase
over last year’s third-year stu
dents, with an 8 per cent jump to
their credit.
Although only making a 3 per
cent increase over 1938’s sopho
more class enrollment after two
weeks of school, the sophomores
again boast the heaviest class en
rollment with 1145 members
chalked up. A 4 per cent gain for
the freshman class makes a total
of 935 members, while this year’s
graduating seniors total 454, beat
ing last year’s enrollment on the
same date by only 1 per cent.
The total figure of 3166 was set
down for the whole University last
night, a gain of 5.3 per cent over
last year’s late enrollment figure
of 3007.
Changes in Social
Calendar Released
By Dean of Women
Reports from the dean of wo
men’s office today revealed chang
es and additions to the social cal
endar. The Phi Delta Theta infor
mal will be held February 10 in
stead of February 11, and the Pi
Kappa Alpha House dance will be
held February 18, instead of Feb
ruary 4.
The Student Christian council is
now scheduled for January 18, and
the Sigma Pi Epsilon house dance
date is set for January 21.
Exactly 125 students work on
the 11 student publications at
Fordham university.
Frosh Sparring
Partner Hard
On 'Emperor'
“Emperor Jones,” alias Smokey
Whitfield, Oregon’s actor-boxer
swingmaster, took the count in
a boxing workout Monday af
ternoon to the extent of a brok
en rib, delivered at the hands of
a freshman sparring partner.
The injury is a painful one,
. Smokey explained yesterday, but
the rib will be in working order
again within a week.
Whitfield’s lung-power will not
be impaired for the “Emperor
Jones” production in any case,
as the break will have healed
before the show opens, accord
ing to Smokey’s doctor.
Dr. R. C. Clark Asked
To Review Article
Dr. R. C. Clark, head of the his
tory department has been asked
by the American Historical Re
view to write a review of “Win
ning Oregon” by Melvin C. Jacobs,
professor of history in Whitman
college.
“This is an important contribu
tion to the history of Oregon,” Dr.
Clark said. The article will appear
in the Historical Review about
July.
Appointment
Of E.W. Smith
Confirmed
Nominee Resigns
Milk Board Position;
Senate Committee
Reports Favorably
SALEM, Jan. 18—(Special) —
The state senate yesterday con
firmed by a vofe of 20 to 9 the
appointment of Edgar W. Smith
of Portland to the state board of
higher education after a five-man
committee named Monday brought
in a favorable recommendation.
Smith announced his resignation
from the state milk control board
earlier in the day, removing the
last point of objection to his be
ing named. A heated argument
took place Monday afternoon,
when it was pointed out by Sen
ator Franciscovitch that Smith
would be ineligible to hold two
positions, both of which draw $10
a day in salary.
Delayed by Small Vote
The matter of studying Smith’s
ineligibility was referred to the
committee on Senator Burke’s mo
tion, which passed, 16 to 14. Sena
tors on the committee were: Whip
perman, chairman, Wallace, Stray
er, Steiwer, and Zurcher.
Smith was named for the post
on January 1 by former Governor
Charles A. Martin. He will replace
Walter E. Pearson, who resigned
to become state treasurer. Mr.
Smith is a former University stu
dent, but obtained his degree from
Cornell university.
Charlotte Plummer
In Successful Recital
The first clarinet recital ever to
be given at the University of Ore
gon school of music or in Eugene
last night was presented at the
music auditorium to a large audi
ence by Charlotte Plummer, senior
clarinetist and student of John
Stehn.
Opening the program with Ma
son’s sonata for clarinet and piano,
one of the most popular clarinet
arrangements written, Miss Plum
mer and Edythe Farr, pianist, gave
a beautiful interpretation of the
difficult number. The first move
ment was quiet and somewhat
pastoral in nature; the second
was alternately wild and exciting,
and slow and melodic, while the
third movement contained some
thing of the character of the first,
although it was lighter and more
brilliant.
The second selection, “Fantasie
Ballet,” by Mazellier, was a com
petition solo in 1936 for clarinet
graduates from the Paris conserva
tory. Also included on the program
were two contrasting numbers by
Hurlstone, “Intermezzo” and
“Croon Song.”
Concluding the program, Miss
Plummer and the string quartet,
composed of Mary Ann Holt, Lo
rene Mitchell, Ruthalbert Wolfen
den, and Madge Conaway played
Mozart’s harmonious quintet for
clarinet and strings.
The University lioopmen . ... put their heads together before the WSC game last night—and emerged the winners.
Semesters J j
Rallij Reform
Due for Test j
_ i
Exec Committee to
Put House in Order
In First Meeting of
Winter Term
Facing consideration of both the
ASUO rally setup and the pro
posed change to the two-semester
system of University operation,
the ASUO executive committee
will meet today for its first regu
lar meeting of the term.
The committee will look over
the several reform plans which
ASUO Prexy Harry Weston has
been accumulating for the last two
weeks, including the most recent
one by Dick Williams. Here all!
the committee expects to do is get i
an idea of what is available in the!
way of rally plans, postponing i
definite action until next week.
Semesters Get Throttle
However, there will be no side
stepping on the part of the com
mittee when it comes to the pro
posal to change the present three
term setup to a two-semester sys
tem, as proposed by Zane Kemler,
ASUO first vice-president and
member of the executive commit
tee.
Kemler pointed out last night
that the ball must be started roll
ing immediately, one way or an
other, before the state legislators
pack up their toothbrushes and
head for home.
Faculty Rumored Favorable
The two-semester plan comes
before a student group first on the
strength of reports circulating yes
terday that the faculty put the
stamp of approval on such a sys
tem two years ago. The faculty
would again have to pass on the
proposal before it could reach the;
state board, Kemler said.
A successor to ex-Yell King Paul1
Cushing will have to be chosen by
the next home basketball game,
which is scheduled for a week from
Friday. What the committee will
do in this matter is not known, in
view of their present judging of
rally reform plans.
One other item of business which
will have to be taken care of is
the confirming of a minor appoint
| ment.
The meeting will be in the form
of a luncheon at the Anchorage.
Most popular non-athletic extra
curricular activity at the Univer
sity of Maine is the stage.
WSC Lead Fades
Before Duck Drive
Gale Finds Scoring
Ege; Gets 22 Points
Wintermute, Dick
Also Star in Oregon
Win at Pullman
By GEORGE PASERO
After trailing- at half time by
a 25 to 21 score, Oregon’s de
fending champions came back
with a second half rush that
netted them the surprising total i
of 36 points and a brilliant 57
44 victory over Washington [
State’s giant Cougars in a nor
thern division game at Pullman
last night. The two teams play
again tonight.
As Laddie Gale goes, so go the
Webfoots, Duck hoop fans said
when the big all-coaster experi
enced unaccustomed difficulty in
finding the hoop against the Wash
ington Staters at Eugene.
Gale Was “Ifot”
But last night Laddie Gale was
hot, very, very hot, and the hotter
he got, the hotter the Ducks got. j
He collected only two field goals;
and only six points in the first
half, but as the second half got
under way, tall Laddie began to
find the range and the whole Duck
team began to catch some of the
Gale “fire.” By the game’s end
Gale had rung up 22 points.
No sooner had the second period
started than Bobby Anet was driv
ing down the floor to flick a one-;
hander through the hemp. Burly
Johnny Dick followed up with an
other and the Ducks had knotted
the score for the first time in the
ball game, at 25-all.
(I’lcase turn to paqc two")
Fee Installments
Due Friday, UO
Cashier Warns
The first installment on regis
tration, student body, and out of
state fees is due by Friday,
January 20. Fines will be meted
against students making late
payments C. K. Stalsberg, Uni
versity cashier, warned.
Payments will be received at
windows 3 and 4, Johnson hall,
between 8 and 12 in the morn
ing and 1 and 3 in the afternoon.
UO Students 'Tops' in Nation in Libe Use
First in the United States in
utilization of the reserve section
of their University library is the
rating that Oregon students re
ceived in a 1938 survey of Amer
ican college libraries, Mrs.
Gladys Y. Patterson, library
secretary, revealed yesterday.
Each student at the Univer
sity took out an average of
157.07 books last year from the
reserve section to top the list of
37 colleges tested in the survey.
Following Oregon is Chicago,
where each student averages
111.24 volumes per year; Dart
mouth, with a record of 110.77
per person; and Cincinnati,
where each student uses 100.53
books.
OSC Not Too High
Oregon State College at Cor
vallis is far down the list, using
, only 55.02 volumes per year for
each student, while the Univer
sity of Washington ranks still
lower in the list, with an average
of 48.39 for every person.
Few Books Go Home
The University of Oregon falls
down in home circulation, rank
ing eighth in the list of 37 in
number of books that each stu
dent takes out of the library’s
circulation department or brows
ing room for home use. An av
erage of 36.11 bookts each year
is the average taken out by each
University enrollee. North Caro
lina Is tops in this group with
an estimate of 102.22 books for
each of their members.
Little Money Spent
In a similar survey of 42
American institutions on the sub
jects of amounts of money spent
each year on the library, amount
available fdr new books, and
salaries paid employees, Oregon
is far down the list, rating
around thirty-fifth in each of
the three check-ups.
'Redbook' System Will be
Banished; to Be Replaced
By Photostatic Copying
Beginning next fall term, the University’s age-old “redbook” sys
tem of recording grades and registration material will give way to
modern photostatic copying of this information by Oregon’s photogra
phy department, C. L. Constance, assistant registrar, announced yes
terday.
“By this new system, pictures merely will be taken of the type
written material on each student’s registration blank, instead of copy
ing it several times oy nanu, Con
stance, who is formulating plans
and obtaining use of equipment for
the project said. He suggested that
"such a change will cut in half the
work of registration officials.”
According to Constance, each
sheet on which the permanent rec
ord is filled out will be reduced
one-third by filming and will les
sen space required to file records
by nearly half.
To Be More' Accurate
Accuracy will be the greatest
single improvement of the new
system, Constance explained, since
it is impossible to copy by band
all of the thousands of registra
tion cards without making errors
on many of them. Until now, offi
cials have copied in pen and .ink
material on entering students and
their grades during their four
years here. The new system will
provide for all copy for photo
graphing to be typewritten.
Utopia Planned
"The ultimate hope of the
present plan is to some day reach
a stagfe when all material on a
single student will be located in
one office on one sheet of paper
rather than scattered in the offi
ces of the two deans, in the per
sonnel department, registration
offices and health service,” he de
clared.
The new system will supersede
the present plan in which paper
copies are kept in bound files, from
which it is difficult to extract
copies for references, Constance
said.
Portland Men to Be
Guests of PE School
The school of physical education
will play host to several Portland
ers who will be on the campu3
Friday and who intend to visit the
PE school, according to Dr. R. W.
Leighton, dean of the school of
physical education. The visitors,
who are prominent in health educa
tion and physical education in
Portland, will be escorted through
the new men's gymnasium, he
said.
Those expected are: Lestle
Sparks of Willamette university;
Dorthea Lensch, director of recre
ation at Portland; Eldon I. Jenne,
director of physical education for
the Portland schools; Ethel Mealey,
director of health education of the
state board of health; and Mrs.
William Kletzer, national vice
president of the Parent-Teachers
association.
HOME EC HAS VISITOR
A visitor to the home economics
department yesterday was Mrs. J.
D. Pigg, the former Miss Polly
May, a graduate of the school of
education in 1938. Her husband,
J. D. Pigg, a graduate of the BA
school in 1937, is now working on
the state income tax commission
in Portland.
Coed Capers Chance
Of Lifetime, Girls Say
It’s the chance of a lifetime!
At this year's Coed Capers you’ll have an opportunity both to see
and be your favorite movie star. When the University of Oregon Lim
ited leaves for the Riviera, on the night of February 2, it will be loaded
with a galaxy of popular screen and radio stars.
As Earl Scott’s orchestra swings into its opening number the
dance floor of the Hotel Riviera
will be crowded with such celebri
ties as Martha “Pat Taylor” Raye,
Joan “Nancy Cooper” Crawford,
and Deanna “Shirley Hoyt” Dur
bin. It has been rumored that as
a special feature Eethel “Florence
Cantrell” Waters, inimitable torch
singer will make her appearance
on the program.
Coeds may dress in fashionable
beach togs, tourists costumes, for
mal evening gowns, spectator
sports clothes, or they may come
as ladies’ maids, or secretaries for
the celebrities. World famous fig.
ures, members of royalty, authors,
or anyone else who may winter at
the Riviera will be welcomed.
A cash prize will be awarded to
the house which has the largest
percentage of its members present.
Tickets are now on sale at all wo
men’s living organizations.”