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• Complete Coverage Of California Games On Pages 4 and 5 Spring Registration Worries Ended— See Story Below VOLUME XL UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1939 NUMBER 88 OREGON PUTS ON TREASURE ISLAND TONIGHT Pacific Coast Champs Will Meet University Of Texas in First Game Webfoots Favored to Grab NCAA Western Championship; Winner of Tournament To Meet Ohio for National Championship By GEORGE PASERO Picked by the southern casaba favorites to cop the NCAA’s Western cage championship, Oregon’s coast champion hoop sters will open their quest for the national hoop honors tonight at Treasure Island, meeting the University of Texas in their first game. The Oregon-Texas court battle will be the second of to night’s doubleheader at the San Francisco fairgrounds. Okla homa and Utah State will tangle in the first game. The two Coed Date Hop Will Open Social Season Gamma Alpha Chi To Present Annual Girl Date Dance Next Saturday Honors for opening the spring social season will go to the ladies Saturday evening, March 25, when Gamma Alpha Chi, women’s na tional advertising honorary, pre sents its annual girl-date dance. Men of the campus, fresh from a week’s vacation, may continue to relax for one more weekend, ac cording to Marjorie Eai.es, chair man of the dance, who announced that the entertainment for this Saturday would be with the women paying the freight, as per tradi tion. The dance will center around the theme of the “Girl of Tomor row.” Campus models, to be select ed by the committee during the week, will “show” the latest after noon, sport and evening clothes during intermission. Although the committee have not yet completed arrangements for the orchestra, Art Holman will probably play, Miss Bates said. Tickets will be available in the girls’ living organizations. In keeping with the weather spring clothes will be in order. Rifle Team to Enter National Tourney The University men’s rifle team came through the first elimination for the national rifle tournament when they grabbed third place in the ninth corps area match fired during the last week of winter term. The 1938 ninth corps area cham pions were topped in the match by both Washington State college and University of California at Los Angeles teams who shot a surpris ingly high score. Although the Oregon team fired as high a score as they did in 1938 when they won the championship, they only placed third this year. However, the third place was good enough to insure the Oregon team of a chance to compete in the national tournament. Sergeant Harvey G. Blythe, coach of the Oregon squad, explained that the top 30 per cent was selected from each corps area to fire in the na tional match. Five schools were selected from the ninth corps area. They are: Washington State col lege, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Oregon, Oregon State college, and Univer sity of Washington. winners win meet Tuesday night for the western championship. Winner of the western N.C.A.A. ’ eliminations will journey to Evan ston, Illinois, to compete against j Ohio State, the eastern winner,1 ! March 25, for the national title, i Game Schedule Announced j As announced by John Bunn, N.C.A.A. commisioner for the West, Utah State, and Oklahoma will play at 8 p.m., with Oregon meeting Texas at 9:15. The Webfcots, hailed as one of the finest quintets in northern di vision history, won the right to represent the Pacific coast by wal loping the California Bears in two straight games, 54 to 49 and 53 to 47. i Texas, champion of the South-' west, and' Oklahoma, Big Six titlists, are rated as strong oppo : nents for Oregon, with Utah State ! figured the weakest of the four j entries. Texas Strong Class of the southwest, the Texas Longhorns boast a record of 10 wins against 2 defeats and are picked by southern experts as the club that will be Oregon’s tough est hurdle. Advance reports from Treasure Island indicate that nei ther Utah State, Rocky Mountain champs, nor Oklahoma have the speed or height to cope with Ore gon. The Texans and their star, Bob by Mears, arrived in San Francisco Saturday night. Mears, termed the best dribbler in the Southwest, was unanimous all-conference choice. j Ohio State, Western conference (Please turn to page two) Piano Recital Set For Helen Luvaas i — Concert Scheduled For Tuesday Night At 8:15 o'clock Helen Luvaas, pianist, will play two selections from the works of her uncle, Morton Luvaas, when she is presented in recital Tues day evening at 8:15 in the music auditorium by her professor, Jane Thacher. Dr. Luvaas is professor of music at Allegheny college, Meadville, Pennsylvania, and well known in eastern music circles as a composer. Miss Luvaas, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. P. J. Luvaas, was soloist with the Eugene junior I symphony during their winter con certs. The public is invited. Complete program follows: The program will begin with two “Inventions” by Bach and the fam ous “Moonlight Sonata” of Beeth oven. Four number from Chopin, including the well-known “Waltz” in C sharp minor, will follow. Also included in the second section are Brahm’s “Ballade,” “Arabesque in Etude Form” by Leschetizky, and McDowell’s “Shadow Dance." The third section will be made ' up of “Traumerei” and “Romanze” by Miss Luvaas’ uncle, two pre ludes from Scriabine, “Clair de Lune” by Debusy, and Lavallee’s “Le Papillon.” How to Get It Over; In Eight Easy Steps Spring Term Registration Advice Given For Third Push Against Enrollment Mill In McArthur Court Today; Funds Needed The greatest of ’em all, spring term, will officially open this morn ing at 8 o’clock with more than 3000 students attempting to get through the registration mill in McArthur court. Students who were here last term will be given all material, includ ing red book and other necessary registration blanks, at McArthur caurt. Those who were not students registered last term will be given material in Johnson hall. All lower division advisers will be stationed in the Igloo and upper division advisers will be in their offices during the day. All offices 1. Get registration material In McArthur. 2. See adviser and make out schedule with him. 3. Get adviser's signature. 4. Turn in class cards to de partment clerks. 5. Get approval for housing. G. Get card checked by floor walker. 7. Pass through the fee tables. 8. Pay cashier. will be open from 8 to 12 and 1 to 5, Clifford L. Constance, assistant registrar said last night. Mr. Constance, however, warned against an early rush. To eliminate swamping of advisers in the first few hours, material -will not be given out before 8 o'clock under any circumstance, he said. The usual "late fine” will be mefed out to undergraduates who fail to register today. Graduate students will have most of the week in which to "get in.” Each University enrollee must obtain a check of approval from the housing officials on his living quarters for the term in order to make his registration proper, offi cials warned. Noted Peace Leader Will Speak Tuesday Dr. John Nevin Sayre, outstand ing advocate of pacifism and peace leader, will speak at a public meet ing Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock at the First Methodist Episcopal church. His topic will be “Chris-; tian Pacifism in a World of Force.” ' Dr. Sayre’s work in the cause of peace is both national and in ternational. For three years he has oeen president of the national peace conference, a group composed of 42 American national organiza tions interested in world service. Last summer Dr. Sayre presided over the international fellowship of reconciliation meeting in Hol land. He is closely associated with Miss Murial Lester of England, who is active in social work and peace movements. She is at pres ent a travelling secretary for the fellowship of reconciliations. At 6 o’clock an organizational and business meeting and dinner will be held at Wesley House by local members of the fellowship of reconciliation. Mr. Harold Stone Hull, Pacific coast fellowship of reconciliation secretary, will ac company Dr. Sayre. » Dr. Sayre is brother of Francis B. Sayre, assistant secretary of state. Committee Meets On Oregon Campus The committee on health, physi cal education, and recreation of the Oregon State Teachers asso ciation met on the campus last week. Earl Boushey, assistant pro fessor of physical education, and Ned Johns, instructor in physical education, were consultants of the committee and sat in on the meet ings. The committee members were guests of Dr. R. W. Leighton, dean of the school of physical education, at the Oregon-California basket ball game Thursday night. If You've Heard This One Stop Us-It Seems... (Editor's note: This little art icle, a clipping from the San Francisco News, was received by the editor from an anony mous sender, obviously a Cali fornian.) Two university professors from Oregon were motoring to San Francisco and a few miles outside of Sacramento pjjked up a hitchhiker. As both gentle men are distinctly on the aca demic side this was quite an event in itself. They chatted with their guest and' found by ques tioning that he didn’t have a job, wasn’t on relief or a WPA proj ect. In fact, he told them, he was fresh out of Folsom where he had paid off the state with 18 months for picking pockets. The professors saw murder and sudden death ahead and stepped on the gas to make Sacramento before dark. Of course a speed cop got them, and they stepped out to argue, but not wanting to admit the cause of their haste, accepted a ticket and all climbed aboard again. Speed tickets were also new in their lives and they wondered what to do about it. “Tear it up, gents,” advised their passenger. “No, that would be illegal,” said one of the professors, “and anyway the officer has it reg istered in his book.” “You can still tear it up,” said the Folsom alumnus. “I’ve got the book.” Sigma Delta Psi to Start Practice and Tryouts This Week Practice for the annual Sigma Delta Psi national tournament, which will be held sometime be tween May 1 and 15, will begin immediately, according to Russell Cutler, assistant professor of physical education and faculty ad viser for the local chapter. Students who wish to participate will not only have the opportunity to enter the national competition, Cutler ponited out, but will be able to pass tests to enter the organiza tion and win points for intramural competition in both house and in dividual competition. Sigma Delta Psi tryouts for in door events will be held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5 o’clock in the equipment room of the men’s gymnasium, Cutler announced. The hours for the out side events will be announced later. Personnel Association Elects Dean Onthank As Vice-President Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonnel at the University, has re ceived notification of his election to the vice-presidency of the Am erican College Personnel associa tion at the annual meeting of the group in Cleveland last week. Dean Onthank, who was unable to attend the meeting this year, also served as vice-president of the organization several years ago. During the last year he was a member of the board of directors and served on many committees studying various problems of the nation-wide organization. Spring ASUO Program Replete With ‘Super’ Values Stars of Spring Term Igor Gorin (upper left), Coach Bill Hayward (upper right), and Wimpy Quinn (below) . . , represent persons featured on the varied program of attractions and events offered by the ASUO for spring term. Students to Register for 'With Fear and Trembling’ An opportunity to make sure of seats at the ASUO musical comedy “With Fear and Trembling” to be presented in April, will be extended to students at registration today, educational activities Director George Root announced yesterday. Blanks will be distributed for students to fill in the days on which they wish to attend the comedy. This has been made necessary, Root oaiu, uctaunc kjl me unmcu iicai ing capacity of the University theater in Johnson hall. Since the comedy is scheduled for six nights, only approximately 1200 wul be able to see the production. Last year’s "Peer Gynt’’ drew 4000 in one night. If students will indicate their choice of nights, Root pointed out, the problem of making it possible for the show to be presented to a majority of student body members will be greatly simplified. An advertising brochure on the production will be printed up today and will be distributed over the campus this week. It pictures the leading performers as well as sev eral of the "hoofers" of the com edy, who show promise of turning out a performance of “profession al” quality. “I Found Something New in You," original song of the comedy written by Wilfred Roadman, has (Please turn to page sir) Dorothy L. Johnson Wins High Award Dorothy Louise Johnson, instruc tor of violin in the University oi Oregon school of music, is winner of the Young Artists' contest for Oregon violinists sponsored by the National Federation of Music clubs in Portland, March 4, it was an nounced Friday by Hex Under wood. In addition to winning a prize o< $50, Miss Johnson will have the honor of having her name engraved on the same cup which was won previously by Frances Brockman and Howard Halbert, two-time winner. Miss Johnson will be per mitted to keep the cup, which is given biennially, until the next ! contest. (Please turn to pa ye six) Sports’ Schedules, Concert to Headline Variety Show to Be First Spring Term ASUO Hop Dancing and Floor Show to Provide Gala Entertainment An evening with plenty of the well-known “yumph” in it is in store for ASUO members Friday night, according to plans outlined yesterday for Verdi Sederstrom's combination dance and variety show, first ASUO attraction of spring term. First, there will be dancing. That makes it a dance. But it's also gqfcng to have a floor show, which makes it more than just a dance. Furthermore, it will take place in an Igloo floor surrounded by tables—maybe that phakes it ft cabaret. Whatever it is, it will be some thing definitely out of the ordinary in campus offerings. Les Harger, baton-twirling “drum-majoress” of football season fame, will run the show as master of ceremonies, keeping things moving throughout the evening. The floor show itself bids fair to last at least an hour, although it is not known if it will be pre sented all in one unit. Show to Have Variety Impersonations, magic acts, a hot piano-pounding session, sing ing, vibraharp arrangements, a martet, specialty dknces, and naybe even a leg-swinging chorus vill parade before the crowd one ifter another. Another way it’s different is in ts time. It will probably start at I o’clock and continue until 11, vhich leaves time enough to make a well-rounded evening out of it, and still allow for plenty of danc ing. All in all, it looks like a ban-, ner evening—and planning is noy all finished yet. There may be even more. To non-ASUO mem bers it will cost 50 cents. The dance - variety - floor-show cabaret comes under the classifica tion of “bonus” attraction, in keep ing with ASUO policy of the past four terms. Last term’s offering was the “Hobson Hobble,” a dance held the first weekend of the term. Ad Contest Open To Oregon Students An opportunity for students of Oregon to take a fling at ad writ ing will be extended this week by the Grabow pipe company, who will award a set of six pipes as1 prize for the best ad written by an Oregon student. Entries in the contest should be the same size as the ad appearing in today's issue of the Emerald, and should be turned in to YV. F. G. Thacher, contest judge, before April 3. Hal Haener, business man ager, and Paul Deutschmann, edi tor, will assist Professor Thadher in judging. The winning ad will be published in the April 10 issue of the Em erald. GODFREY TO SPEAK George H. Godfrey, head of the University news bureau, will ad dress the members of the Ameri can College Publicity association, Friday, at their annual banquet in Portland on "Selling the Faculty on the Value of Publicity.” Student Body and Class Officers Need Cards; All-Campus Musical Cheaper Built up in importance by the specter of approaching spring elections and appoints ments, and sustained by such pillars as baseball, Igor Gorin, and the new and smart campus musical, the ASUO cards which about 1500 undergrads will buy this morning will be the latest thing in spring fashions. The first living organization to go 100 per cent will draw free tick ets to the campus musical, “With Fear and Trembling” for the entire house, while Medoland creamery will furnish desserts or ice cream to the first 12 organizations to get into the 100 per cent column, it was announced Saturday by Etlian Newman, assistant educational activities manager. Officeholders Need Cards Practically indispensable to can didates, would-be officeholders, and appointees, the cards go on sale at a time when the pre-elec- • tion fever is already beginning to agitate the campus dwellers. Of course elections are more than a month away, but anyone who waits until election time to buy will be throwing values away in the face of all good Ben Franklin thrift traditions. With a program which covers one out of every three days in the term, not counting days when more than one event occurs, the current ASUO lineup wraps itself around campus life like a heavy fog, getting into all the comers. The card is heavily salted with sports attractions, as usual in spring, but sports are not left by themselves to carry the entire bur den. ‘Varieties’ Planned Number one on the list, in order of time, is Friday night’s pepper pot mixture of dance, floor show, and varieties. Verdi Sederstrom, again this term’s drive chairman, L promoting the affair, which is likely to start a brand new trend in campus events. This saves the ASUO card holder 50 cents. Outstanding musical attraction of the term is Igord Gorin, favorite baritone of the coast and of many parts of the world. Gorin comes to McArthur court a week from Wed nesday as the second number on the ASUO program. Known to listeners wherever there is radio, Gorin, although still a young man, is no new figure but is rather a familiar voice now brought closer to home. More Pennants Wanted Baseball leads the sport parade, with track whooping in with a photo finish beside the diamond game. Howard Hobson, fresh from Oregon’s most successful basket ball season in 20 years, will set his sights on another northern division baseball tiara with a returning lineup of veterans plus some good transfers to blast rival horsehide all over the lot. The usual number of home varsity and frosh games is listed on the calendar. In track George Varoff, cham pion pole vaulter, goes into his last term of varsity eligibility, fresh from the Treasure Island in vitational meet with Kirm Storli, ace Webfoot sprint man Golfers Start It Golf actually opens the season April 7, when the University of Washington’s divot-diggers will (Please turn to page five)