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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1939)
Ducks Meet Beavers Tonight in Second Hoop Contest of Series Architect Visualizes UO 'Back Door’ Plan Cuthbert Outlines Beautification of Mill Race Area; Would Build Amphitheater for Canoe Fete; Suggests Highway Trade An attractive plan for developing the “back door” of the University in connection, with the proposed highway change was outlined last night by Fred A. Cuthbert, landscape architect, at the meeting of President Erb’s special committee in Friendly hall. The plan, as outlined by Cuthbert, would provide for moving the mill race north in the area now owned by the ASUO to make room Greeks, Colleges Co-ordinating, Bantas Declare 'Greek Exchange' Editors Discuss Fraternal System Better coordination between the activities of fraternities and the administrations of colleges and universities was cited, yesterday, as the most important recent de velopment in the fraternity world by Mr. and Mrs. George Banta, Jr., editor and associate editor of Ban ta’s Greek Exchange magazine. They conferred yesterday with University offibials and represen tatives jot campus Greek letter or ganizations. Through the work of interfrater nity conferences, much improve ment has been made in fraternity college relations, declared Banta, and relations on the whole seem better in the West than in the East. In opposition to the conten tion of some, the editor stated that the fraternity system is not losing ground, but that it is faced by a serious problem in the trend to ward university-owned dormitor ies. Undergrads’ Opinions Vital Mr. and Mrs. Banta both said that as long as a fraternity re tains the reputation of being more (Please turn to page three) Illinois Coeds Popular by Point System Here is now the coeds at the University of Illinoise are rated for popularity: 0 points for girls’ telephone calls. 2 points for letter from the boy at home. 5 points for local male telephone call. 7 points for long distance male telephone call. 8 points for weekend date. 10 points for first major dance date. 15 points for first fraternity bid. 35 points for first fraternity pin. If you can average 50 points a week you are a real queen. 40 points a week you are a princess. 25 points a week you are doing O.K. Below that—well why men tion it? —Indiana Daily Student. Ten Cents a Round Dime-a-dance girls were out in full regalia at a University of Tex as dance the other night, charging 10 cents for a quick turn about the floor in the Lambeth Walk. When any Joe College with a dime paid for the privilege of dancing, with one of the smoothest partners west of Arthur Murray’s school, he was kicking in to sweet ( charity. All money collected by the novel plan went to the university scholarship fund. —Indiana Daily Student. And More Definitions A coolie is a movie with air conditioning. A tangerine is a kind of one sided banjo without strings. Countersigns are cards used in grocery stores to tell the price of eggs and stuff. Vermicello is a section of big fiddles in a symphony that are played between the knees. Contraband is a bunch of hill billys with mouth-organs and fid dles. —Silver and Gold. * * * Good Idea Lives there a student with a soul so dead Who never to himself hath said "To heck with books— I'm going to bed.” —Daily Tar Heel. for the new railroad right of way. In addition, an amphitheater cap able of holding approximately 3000 people would be built. This project, together with the construction of a small lagoon in the mill race, would be an excellent set-up for the canoe fete, he pointed out. Would Cut Eleventh South of the highway, Cuthbert visualized the possibility of doing away with Eleventh street from Kincaid to University, running the latter directly into the highway and the former into the highway by means of a curved road which would enter the highway at right angles. This would make possible the extension of the proposed campus mall clear to the highway. Cuth bert suggested that the gates be ing presented to the University by the dads be installed at this point. The meeting was opened by Dr. Erb, who explained that the Uni versity’s plan was entirely tenta tive. Earl M. Pallett, executive secretary of the University, added that the plan had been drawn up to show the highway commission what the University would like to do in the event that the highway was changed, Development Tentative Although the highway commis sion has not definitely decided upon such a change in the present road, University officials hope that such a development will be pos sible. Since the University and the ASUO are in possession of con siderable property which would be necessary to make the change, they have hope of getting some of the improvement done through an exchange with the commission of property for services. Details of Cuthbert’s plan in clude a pedestrian underpass start ing near the Villard steps. The change in the mill race would necessitate constructoin of a new intake for millrace water. The architect also pointed out the move of the railroad tracks would make necessary the installa tion of some type of underground conveyor to bring fuel to the Uni versity heating plant. Dr. Burt Brown' Barker, vice president of the University, will speak on the proposition today at the chamber of commerce. Dean Schwering to Speak Over KOAC Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, dean of women, will be guest speaker on a KOAC radio program tonight at T :30, according to Mark Hanna, director of the program. Mrs. Schwering will tell about her position as dean, what it means, and why the University has such an office. She will answer questions about fraternities and sororities, person ality difficulties, mass education, the house mother’s program, and the outlook of students in regard to the depression. Fraternities Pledge Seven More Men With this week-end marking the end of the first half of winter term, Oregon fraternities continue to pledge men in order to fill their term quota before March. Pi Kappa Alpha pledged this week Irving Larson and Forest I. Lewis; Sigma Nu, Earl Wassar; Sigma Chi, Arthur Wiggins and Charles Hamilton; and Delta Tau Delta, Allen Condon and John Bur ton. Three Years of YW Cabinets in Reunion Girls who have served on YWCA cabinets of the past three years will hold a reunion during junior weekend, Mrs. John Stark Evans, executive secretary, said yester. day. Honor guest will be Miss Clara Nasholm, vice-president of th< 1936-37 cabinet, who will sail for a year of study in Sweden short ly after the reunion. Miss Nash olm is one of the librarians at th< city library. ‘Pops5 to Invade Campus Again Dudes of 1910 Will Welcome Arriving Dads Duck-Beaver >Battle Will Top Program For Today; Banquet Slated Tomorrow Sporting the costumes of the “good old days” when “pop” went to college and driving cars of 1910 vintage, student chauffeurs will greet Oregon dads as they arrive today for the Dad's day weekend. A full program is slated for “Dad’s” entertainment, beginning tonight with the Oregon-Oregon State basketball game in McAr thur court. Dads at the game will be guests of the student body. Getting down to business Satur day morning, the dads will elect officers and hear reports of com mittees at a 10 o’clock meeting in Johnson hall. During the afternoon campus buildings will be open for inspec tion, with the library and the Ori ental art museum being especially prepared for the visiting parents. Also in the afternoon, dads will have an opportunity to view the Webfoot swimming team in exhi bition at the natatorium, and exhi bitions of boxing, fencing, and tumbling in the men’s gym. The exhibitions are scheduled for 2 o'clock, and the swimming for 3. Saturday night the annual ban quet will head the program, with President Erb slated for a short address. Following the banquet will be an Oregon Frosh-Oregon State Rook basketball game, and the Krazy Kopy Krawl, Alpha Del ta Sigma dance. A new feature of the weekend will be a luncheon given by inde pendent students for their dads Saturday noon in Gerlinger hall. Tickest for this may be purchased until noon today at the booth on 13th, and after that from Mrs. Edith Siefert in Gerlinger. John Luvaas, Dad’s day chair man, urges students to get their dads registered as soon as possible. Registration tables in Johnson hall will be open from 1:30 to 5 Friday, and from 8 to 3 Saturday. Patch Mystery Solved: Noble Blames Razor The patch is off Dr. Harold Noble’s chin today! However, the whiskers remain. With betting odds steadily ris ing as to the why of the patch which had been covering his chin all week, Dr. Noble dis closed yesterday that it was due to infection from a razor cut. When asked when he would shave the history professor said that if he waited long enough, he would have such a nice beard it wouldn’t be necessary. Managers Request Campus Tax Revision Letter to Unemployment Commission Asks for Exemptions for Fraternities Lists Abuses of Present Campus System Producing action two days after development of the idea, house managers of campus organizations yesterday had ready their letter to the state unemployment commission asking “a revision of the unem ployment insurance act in regard to itudent help.” The revision desired is for exemption of social fraternities from paying the unemployment insurance tax on “so-called wages paid to Orchestra-Band Concert Sunday Groups Directed by Underwood, Stehn To Entertain Dads University of Oregon dads who visit the campus during the com ing Dad's day weekend will be of fered, among many other enter tainments, a free joint concert of the University of Oregon sym phony and band. It will be held Sunday afternoon, January 29, at 3 o’clock in the music auditorium. Selections to be featured by the orchestra and Conductor Rex Un derwood will be overture to von Weber’s “Oberon,” and "Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saens, and "Beautiful Blue Danube” by Jo hann Strauss. The band, under the direction of John H. Stehn, will play the over ture to Rossini’s “William Tell,” the intermezzo from Victor Her bert’s "Naughty Marietta,” and the "Morning, Noon, and Night Overture” by von Suppe. Chorus Picked for All-Student Musical Members of the dance chorus of the as - yet - unnamed all - student musical comedy to be produced at the University of Oregon were 1 selected yesterday by Horace Robinson, director of the show. The dance director of the entire production is Gene Edwards, for 1 mer professional dancer and now a student at the University. The six girls chosen to dance the first number, called “Today’s a Holiday,” are Mary Staton, Donna Row, Janet Eames, Betty Jean - Caldwell, Alyce Rogers, and Elea nor Sealy. Music for the dance was com posed by Wilfred Roadman. Theme and title of the musical comedy will not be disclosed until all members of the cast have been chosen. SCORING BOX, PAGE 2 Use the complete lineups and score card on page two in to day’s Emerald to keep the score in tonight’s clash between the Beavers and Ducks. Game time is 8 o’clock in McArthur court. Bring your Pop. ' Walk Past, Don't Ride' Say Old Ordinances The transition from horse and buggy days has been pretty well completed even in the more rural communities of Oregon, but the laws of many cities have not kept pace. WPA workers on the Oregon codification project sponsored by the mureau of municipal research continue to find ordinances applying to situations which are no longer present. Many ordinances say that it is the duty of any person riding a bi cycle, tricycle, velocipede or roller j skating “when about to meet or pass a team to dismount from • said vehicle and remain standing or wheel the same along without riding the same until he has got at least 25 feet past the said | team.” 1 Many cities still have ordinanc es requiring that hitching rings be placed in all sidewalks at the time of their construction. Some ordinances state that “no vehicle or rig used on the streets of the city shall be left standing unse cured and that its motive powers shall be so secured that the same cannot operate or move the vehi , cle without some action on the part | of the owner or operator or driver." si-uueius worKing ior mem. The managers, in their letter, state their belief that “such ser vice should be classed under those services described as ‘religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational organizations.’ ’’ Letter Declares The letter goes on to point out that the work in fraternities is of the same type as that provided by the Universtiy, to keep the student in school. Consideration of the need of the student is also pointed out. That the tax is necessarily paid by the members least able to pay, because they are themselves stu dents, is cited. Another argument used in the letter is that the stu dent work, done in the fraternities, is not intended to be the career of the student worker, but rather a means to allow him to carry on his education. Abuses Explained The letter ends with an explana tion of an abuse to which unem ployment benefits have been put. The managers say that in the past many students, who ha.Ve been fraternity workers, have returned to school and have collected unem ployment benefits to be applied on their education, at the expense of the employers. Employers in this case, they point out, are students attending the same university, and in many cases members of the fraternity. This abuse, it is charged, actual ly deprives these student employ ers of their full rights. Further more, the student worker who does not return to school and who col lects unemployment benefits, is doing so at the expense of other students who are still attending school; and also, is again benefit ing from "work which was origin ally provided him so that he might continue his education.” OSC Leaders Like Plan for Two Terms Faculty Also Favors Change; Building Fee Law Must Be Amended First Chances for concerted action on the twossemester proposal were looking up yesterday after the visit of three student officials from Ore gon State college with Zane Kem ler, vice-president of the ASUO, who proposed the plan. Conferring with Kemler today were Bob Walker, ASOSC prexy, Ed Burchell, Barometer editor, and Joe Carter, Memorial union presi dent. All three student officers re acted favorably to the plan as ex plained by Kemler. Staters Willing to Help Although no immediate action will be taken by the representa tives of the two schools, the Stat ers indicated a willingness to in vestigate its possibilities, and con cur with Oregon in pushing the measure if it met with favorable reception on the Corvallis campus. Kemler said that he would go ahead with his plans and would forward material on the benefits of the change to Walker. No definite course of action on the measure has been set as yet, but both Kemler and Walker seemed hopeful that the plan could be put through. Faculty Favors Plan The University faculty senate Wednesday passed a resolution recommending that the general faculty reaffirm its decision of two years ago to forward such a plan. It was learned that faculty mem bers are still overwhelmingly in favor of the change on this cam pus. The present action toward the change came as the result of Kem ler’s proposal that the change be made. The ASUO executive com mittee at a meeting a week ago authorized plans for yesterday’s meeting with a view toward get ting the present building fee law amended before any other action | be taken. Ten Thousand Problems— Or More—Face Dean Earl During Each School Year By HELEN ANGELL Ten thousand problems—and all about boys! That’s the life of Dean of Men Virgil D. Earl, whose records show that he has an average of 9,328 recorded engagements a year. From loaning money to supping tea with a sorority; from hand ling medical and psychiatric cases to chaperoning special rally trains; from managing rushing to disciplining students—so goes the life of the genial Dean Earl, who is a campus personality that everybody knows. “Try to Count Them” He challenged and level-headed human to sit in his office for one afternoon and count the number of students who trek across his threshhold to apply for loans. Last year, for example, he made 2708 loans to University men, totaling $68,201.52 in all. He’s official University scholar ship investigator and estimates that he talks to 379 applicants each year for regular scholarships, in addition to 236 boys he inter views concerning appointments to athletic scholarships. Helps the Frosh, Too It’s Dean Earl, too, who sees that freshmen learn to orientate themselves to their new campus homes and attempts to solve their problems through personal inter views if they become “homesick.” He arranges for inspection of fraternities for fire hazards, and sees, too, that the Greek houses keep their rushing, pledging and (Please turn to page three) Piano Recital To Be Held at Mrs. Thacher's Home A recital of master compositions will be played by piano students of Jane Thacher when they meet Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock at her home for their monthly re cital. Among' the students who will play is Helen Luvaas, soloist with the Eugene junior symphony which played in Junction City January 25. She will also be featured with the orchestra when they play in concert in Eugene February 5. Others who will offer selections are Barbara Tripp, Norma Lyon, Ralph de Coursey, and Mary Kay Crumbaker. Compositions will be from the works of Bach, Debussy, Abram Chasins, Delius, Beetho ven, and Chopin, Mrs. Thacher said. Hobson's Men to Start Big Drive Against OSC On McArthur 'Front' Far-Sighted Webfoot Squad Eyes Pace Washington Huskies Set in Northern Division Race; Seek Sixth Straight Win By GEORGE PASERO Oregon’s “big push’’ toward Pennantville meets a strong counter offensive at McArthur court tonight as Duck battles Oregon State Beaver in the second of 1939’s “civil war” hoop skirmishes. The opening gun of tonight’s cage campaign will be fired at 8 o’clock. Hot on the heels of the pace-setting Washington Huskies, Coach Howard Hobson’s Ducks will swing their heavy artillery into action against the Beavers with the hope that it will clear the way to their sixth straight win. Dropped Second Game Five straight the Ducks have won since they dropped their sec ond game of the season to the Cougars in their last home game nearly a month ago. All of these Duck triumphs have been taken on the road. Two weeks ago tonight, the Ducks started the streak by trouncing the Beavers in a tight, rough-house ball game at Corvallis, 31 to 26. Then they moved to the Inland Empire and dropped both Washington State and Idaho twice. And now, playing the first home game since January 7, the Ducks must prove that they are as good a “home" club as a “road” club for tonight’s tussle is the first of five in a row on the McArthur maple. Dads Expected Tonight Tonight's game is the first and probably the biggest feature event of Dad's day weekend. One of the largest crowds of the season, com posed of dads, students, and towns people, and fans and students of Beaverton are expected to watch the Beavers and Ducks mix it up again. Since the end of fall term, I the Ducks have played 17 games and only two have been at home. Slats Gill's Beavers have not registered a single win this season. The Orangemen have been beaten twice by Washington and Wash ington State and once by Oregon. Hoping and expecting to win their first one at the expense of Oregon’s defending champions, the Beavers have new court strategy to throw at the Webfoots. New OSC Attack Planned The plan of attack to be used by the Gillmen, according to re ports from Corvallis, calls for a shoot-when-you-can type of ball. All week the Orange aces have been casting off with abandon, and they fully expect to do so against the Ducks. Otherwise the Staters will use much the same tactics they have used all season—rugged zone de fense and slow-’em-up tactics. Coach Hobby Hobson has kept intact the lineup of Johnny Dick, Laddie Gale, Slim Wintermute, Wally Johansen, and Bobby Anet in practice all week. This same five will probably bear the brunt of the work against the Beavers. John Dick Recovered Dick spent the first two days of the week in the infirmary with an | infected heel but returned to play Wednesday. A second quintet composed of Southpaw Bob Hardy, the Ashland sharpshooter, Ford Mullen, Matt 1 Pavalunas, Ted Sarpola, and Red (Please turn to paije four) Bob Elliott Wins Yell King Post Bg Thirty Votes Elective System Brings Few ASUO Members to Poll An unconcerned student body, which turned out only 338 strong for the election meet, yesterday named Phi Delt’s Bob Elliott, one year veteran rally committee mem ber, as Paul Cushing’s successor to the position of Webfoot yell king. Defeating Chi Psi’s Woody Slater, his nearest competitor for the position by 30 votes, Elliott will today come into the key posi tion of the much-discussed rally committee, and will Friday play his new role for the first time when he leads Oregon rooters in their antics at the game. Write-ins Appear Final tabulations given out last night by ballot counters gave El liott 136 counts, Woody Slater 106, Art Wiggin 91, Harry Weston 2, Dean Schwering 2, and Dean Onthank 1. Other features of the assembly, conducted by ASUO prexy, Harry Weston, included recognition of (Please turn to page three) Frosh to Give Reception for Visiting Dads To give pop an opportunity to relax between dances and to meet other dads and members of the University faculty, the freshmen, under the leadership of Marge Grepe will stage a re ception for dads in alumni hall immediately after the elaborate Dad’s day banquet tomorrow evening . The reception will continue during the Alpha Delta Sigma Krazy Kopy Krawl in the main “ballroom” of Gerlinger. This reception is something new in Dad's day entertainment, and Jack Daniels, freshman class president, has promised that it will be one of the highlights of the entire weekend. The freshmen want to do right by their dads and consequently are serving both punch and cof fee. Girls, Frosh Riflemen To Stage Small War' Bullets will whibb and zing Saturday morning as theyearly feud is once more fanned to life between the girls’ rifle team "and the fresh man boys’ team. During the periods in between the girls mutter to themselves about proving themselves to be the stronger of the sexes while at the same time the boys become more determined to “keep the women in their proper place (which is, they say, not as rifle champions). This mat,'ch, which will take place on the ROTC rifle range, is a feat ure of Dad's weekend for it will be a "fight to the finish,” offering all the necessary thrills to bring Dad back to college. Firing will commence at 9:30, and last until 11 with 12 members on each team. It will be a special 20-shot match in prone position with Major A. L. Morris as range officer. The final teams will be picked today by Sergean Harvey Blythe, who has been coaching both firing squads. “It is impossible to predict the outcome, but the scores will be very close. Last year the girls lost by only eight points so they have a very good chance this year to move up. If they do win, however, the campus will probably never again be the same,” Sergeant Blythe said yesterday.