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LIBRARY ■ U. OF ORE. : * Plans Laid for Baseball Opener; Details on Page 3 Campus Musical Held Over, See Story on This Page VOLUME XL UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939 NUMBER 107 Freshmen Nominate For Coming Year Calkins, Lansing to Vie for Presidency; Prexy Says Voters Must Have Cards To Vote at YMCA Thursday Once more setting adrift the gravy boat on the troubled politica seas, the freshman class last night nominated officers for the coming year. Presided over by President Jack Daniels, the frosh meeting was conducted in Villard hall. The freshmen nominated Bob Calkins, independent, and Jack Lans ing, Kappa Sig, for president; Maxine Hanson, Delta Gamma, and Frosh Prexy fjctc k uameis . . . Announced the I nominations for sophomore offices.j Emerald Posts to Be Filled Today _ l Student Executive ^ Group to Appoint f Editor, Manager Appointment of the Emerald’s: new editor and business manager will be the chief order of business in today’s ASUO executive com mittee meeting scheduled for 1 o’clock in Dean Earl’s office. The committee interviewed four applicants for the business mana- i ger’s position and seven editorial 1 aspirants in a lengthy session starting yesterday afternoon and continuing last night. The committee's recommenda- ■ tions were turned over to Prexy Harry Weston after last night’s meeting, and will be made official with today’s announcement. The committee will also take up Y the possibility of sending Oregon’s recently won basketball champion ship trophies to San Francisco’s Treasure Island for exhibition at the fair. Recommendations of coaches for award of boxing and wrestling let ters will be considered before ad journment of the meeting. I Be Inspired by Mule, 'Lawyer Tells Students By MIRIAM HALE “Hitch your wagon to a mule," was the advice given University of Wisconsin students by George y Haight, Chicago attorney, and for mer Wisconsin Alumni association president in a lecture on significant living. Stressing the value of the simple things in life, Mr. Haight told the students, “The great adventure of living is made up of the common place and the usual. It is because of this that the mule can be used to demonstrate successful and sig nificant living.'' Every life is socially significant, he said, but persons can be of serv ice to others only if they can help themselves. In other words, advice to college students would be, “Come down to earth and be willing to plod a lit tle.” * * * Gossip The more we think about it the! more certain we are that the way; ^ Franchot Tone treated Joan Craw-; ford is positively un-American. —Daily Kansan. tsarDara williams, cm O for vice president; Margaret Young, Theta, and Betty Workman, ADPi, for secretary; Cullen Murphy, Chi Psi, and Bob Cherney, Pi Kapp, for treasurer. Daniels announced that the polls will be located in the YMCA and voting will be Thursday. He re minded the assembly that voters must have class cards. Walker Treece and Bill Loud gave a report on the Frosh Glee. They urged the members of the class to support the frosh affair Saturday night. Last night’s meeting was a fol low-up of the assembly Wednes day night in which the constitution was changed. The constitutional change made way for a quick nom ination and election of sophomore class officers. Introduction Period Begins University to Play Host to Hundreds Of Prep Students Beginning today it’s official get acquainted - with - your- University week-end at Oregon, with hundreds of high school seniors from all over the state descending upon the cam pus for a first glimpse of college life. Nearly all men’s and women’s houses have arranged special danc es for their hign school guests to night, and they will be special guests at the Frosh Glee tomor row night, according to Aurelie Wolcott, Pan-Hellenic president. Although this week is not a des ignated “pre-rushing week-end for next year’s freshmen, it is to show them what Oregon is like, and bow much they may get out of four years of college here, Miss Wol cott said. Sing Contest Rules Given All men’s living organizations will be invited to enter this year’s annual Interfraternity Song con test, sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha, music honorary, Harold Shearer, chairman of the contest, an nounced yesterday. Rules of the contest state that at least two-thirds and not more than three-fourths of the members of a living organization may par ticipate. Three songs in four-part harmony are to be selected as fol lows: the Oregon pledge song, one fraternity or organization song, and an optional number. Preliminary tryouts will begin in about two weeks, when profes sors from the school of music will judge aTi contestants. The several best groups will vie in the finals for a circulating trophy in the early part of May. Last year the cup was awarded to Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Don Rees has been appointed Phi Mu Alpha committee chair man, while Shearer is head of the interfraternity council and other men’s living organizations. 'Potluck of Nations' Held by YW Groups With each of the six courses of the dinner a dish from a different country, 30 members of the YW foreign foods group and the Cos mopolitan club Tuesday attended the “potluck of the nations’’ at the YW bungalow. The menu included Swedish meat balls, German salad, Irish potatoes (an American dish), English rusks, and Mexican pud ding. I Musical Held Over; Sellout Is Predicted An almost complete sellout of seats for “With Fear and Trem bling-,” campus musical produc tion, for tonight and Saturday nights has caused University of ficials to bow to popular de mand and hold the show over for next week. Three perform ances are scheduled for next week. They will he on Wednes day, Thursday, and Friday nights. All reservations for the three performances should be made early, as orders from outside are rapidly coming in, George Root, educational activities di rector, said las^ night. Tarnished T rophies Found Records of Many U of O Conquests Now Reposing in PE Building Twenty-seven trophies, stained, scratched, in some cases broken, lie in what has been for the last few years the University of Ore gon trophy room. Spread out on four desks, in room 115 of the men’s gymnasium, covered with dust, the trophies are the records of numerous contests, waged and won by Oregon ath letes. 22 Cups Altogether there are 27 trophies, 22 of these are cups, 4 plaques, and 1 bronze statue. Classifying them in another fashion, there are 16 cups, and the statue, which were won in track events; 5 interclass cups; 1 northwest division baseball championship cup, and 1 women’s golf championship cup. Of the four large plaques, two were physical ability pentathlon trophies, one an intramural trophy and one a Paci fic northwest track championship trophy. Of the four plaques, there is not one which has not been scratched, split, or marred in some way. The intramural trophy has a large split in the wood. There are two metal shields on the plaque, on which it was originally intended the names of the intramural winners should be engraved. Kappa Sigma won it in 1921 and Sigma Chi won it in 1922. After that no entries were made. Plaque Scratched The Pacific northwest division track championship plaque which was won by Oregon in 1915, has been scratched on the metal plate as though with a nail. All the cups, without exception, are tarnished and stained. One, a beautiful silver cup with deerhorn handles, was won by an Oregon track team in the first triangular (Please turn to page jour) 'Kindly Pay Yo Fo-Bits Fust, Please' I Vic Nudelman, “Marrying Sam,” practices up for his ceremony at the Frosh Glee Saturday night by marrying Elliot Wilson, Li’l Abner, and Mary St crkerson. Miss Storlterson is one of the twenty can didates running for "Daisy Mae.” Disciplinary Action Dealt By Group Penalties Meted To Offenders of University Rules Penalties imposed yesterday by I the student discipline committee, made up of representative of fac ulty and student body, were an nounced by Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel. The penalties were as follows: On a student for copying- work from a neighbor in a quiz, failure in the course; Boisterous Conduct On a student for boisterous con duct at a student function while under the influence of liquor, in cluding damage to University property and particularly, failure to comply with instructions of of ficers to leave, indefinite suspen sion from the University. Liquor Warning Issued The committee repeats its pre vious announcements that, al though it has no power to prevent students using liquor, they will be held responsible for any unbecom ing conduct while under the influ ence of liquor or in a situation in which liquor is a factor. In addition, the committee barred the readmission of two former stu dents who had previously been in volved in the same trouble. HEADS VISIT OSC Miss Mabel Wood, head of the home economics department, and Mrs. Hazel Schwering, dean of wo men, went to Corvallis Wednesday to visit the nursery school and the home management houses on the Oregon State campus. Both of these are part of the school of home economics. Spread of Skill Is Business Of PE, Boushey Declares “In a university, the people are primarily going to be professional,” said Earl E. Boushey, assistant professor of physical education, , Thursday, “but they must have a spread of skill—they should be able to play tennis, croquet or any oth er sport, when the occasion arises.” And the school of physical educa tion attempts to give this spread of skill. Expressing his belief that physi cal education is more and more becoming a vital part of university life, Mr. Boushey also fostered the idea that ethical conducts and so cial training are acquired around physical education activities such as tennis, fencing, archery and similar sports. When Mr. Boushey was asked of what special value to the stu dent is the school of physical edu [ cation, his reply was, “physical vai ues, social values, and health val ues. Another thing is that students learn to know people more inti mately in social games such as physical education offers.” If one really wants to know a person, according to Mr. Boushey, the PE school is a good place to go. “In physical education you arouse emotions that cause a per son to be himself,” he says. Generally speaking, Mr. Boushey believes that, “boys and girls re ceive too little exercise in our type of civilization.” The school of physical education has much to offer in the eyes of James E. Rodgers, chairman of field service of the American Rec reation Association. Mr. Rodgers passed through Eugene last week and visited the PE school. Accord ing to him, we have the best equipped offerings that he has ever seen. Freshman Parade Today at 3 Will Publicize Dance A special parade publicizing tomorrow night’s annual Frosh Glee will be held today at three o’clock, when freshmen from all over the campus parade through the streets. They have been asked to meet in front of the College Side for the parade. The assembled freshmen will parade through downtown streets and back to the campus again in “any vehicle obtain able’’ according to Jack Saltz man, parade chairman. Junior-Senior Breakfast Set May 7 Selected as Date; Osburn Hotel Is New Location Spring term and Junior weekend bring the Junior-Senior breakfast, an event which just as traditional and as old as the weekend. May 7 has been set as the date for this annual affair to which junior girls invite and take senior women as a last gesture of good-will and re spect before the latter’s gradua tion. Gerlinger hall will no longer ac commodate the breakfast crowds, so this year it has been necessary for the committee to move their affair from its accustomed location to the Osburn hotel. The committee handling the breakfast includes: Lavelle Wal strom, chairman; Elizabeth Steed, music; Peggy Robbins, speakers; Jean Burt, prograni; Ann Bossing er, tickets; Majeanne Glover, table decorations; Barbara Stallcup, pub licity; and Bonnie Miller, secre tary. Modeling Positions Available for Coeds —In New York A career as a model is the secret ambition of many a college girl. It is an ambition which may be real ized this summer by any Oregon coed who will be in New York to model clothes for the fall fashion magazines. Grey’s Advertising Agency wish es to obtain the services of two or three girls from every college and university in the United States to model for them. The only re quirement is that the girl wear a size twelve dress and have the ap pearance of a typical college girl. Beside the remuneration given worthwhile experience may be ob tained. More information can be secured from the dean of women’s office. THACHER IS JUDGE Mr. W. F. G. Thacher, professor of English and advertising, has acted as a judge in the annual short story contest recently held at the University of Montana. The manuscripts, ten in all, have been returned. Freshmen Finish Igloo Decorations Final Flourishes Turn McArthur Into Li'l Abner Domicile Freshmen penciis worked over time yesterday as Cy Nims and his Frosh Glee decoration commit tee put the final flourishes on an elaborate floor plan designed to turn McArthur court into a Li’l Abner domicile for tomorrow night’s annual dance. Complete plans revealed last night show Johnny Callahan's or chestra encased in a log cabin typ ical of the Yokum family at one end of the floor. Coke dispensar ies will be housed in cabins, and life-sized replicas of Dogpatch bus iness houses will fill one corner of the room. Mammy and Pappy Massive mural-type drawings of Mammy and Pappy Yokum, Daisy Mae, Li’l Abner, and others of their friends will adorn walls of the court, with special lighting effects used to heighten them. “Hairless Joe’s’’ cave will take the place of the regular haven for dance sitter-outers in one end of the floor, with ferns and moss used to build up a cave-type area for davenports and chairs. Special surprise feature will be the doors to the outside of the building, which according to Bill Loud, co chairman of the dance, are "un mentionable.” Tickets at ASTJO Tickets are still on sale today in ASUO offices in McArthur court, where freshman class cards will be taken in as 50-cent pay ment. Other tickets may be ob tained in living organizations. One o’clock permission has been granted campus socialites for the annual frosh dance, scheduled to begin at 9 o'clock. REV. MR. WITMKR TO SPEAK Rev. Mr. F. R. Witmer of the Evangelical church of Eugene will be the guest speaker at. tonight’s meeting of the Xntervarsity Chris tian Fellowship in the YWCA hut at 7:30. All students are invited to at tend this meeting. Following the address will be games and refresh ment. 250 People Hear' 'War Strike' Speakers Hit Use of Force F. B. Farquharson, U. of W. Professor Urges Students to Make Up Minds Before Propaganda Starts Urging- his listeners to think the war question through and make up their minds now before propaganda reaches them, F. B. Farqu harson, University of Washington faculty member and World war vet eran turned “isolationist” pacifist, opened the strike for peace yester j day which drew an audience of 250. “It is unfortunate,” he said, “that the United States came off so easily in the World war.” People did not see the horrors of the war: they know it only second hand. Comparatively speaking-, the Am erican people do not know what it means to lose soldiers,” he said. Because he had not yet finished hsi education, he said, the feeling of having done his bit to save the world for democracy soon disap peared after his return home. His education was completed, he added, in the time when historians were looking over the facts and finding out who really won the war. I^ess Democracy Too, he found that there was more trouble and less democracy in the world after the war than before. ‘‘The chief result of the war on the surface is the loss of a very large portion of that dem ocracy,” Mr. Farquharson said. Speaking of the division of opin ion on the methods to obtain peace, Farquharson admitted that he 'stood on the Isolationist side, but said that both opinions should be respected. He said, however, that he wanted to define "Isolationist” in his own terms. "I don’t believe in war as a means of settling any problem. It doesn’t settle them: it intensifies them,” he said. World a Sick Man Farquharson compared the world to a sick man. Those who want war are like some of the doctors who say that in theory a certain operation should work and that it should be tried again even though all undergoing the same operation have died. It is better, he said, to talk the thing over until it is set tled. Second speaker on the program was David Epps, graduate of the University, now active in the Ore gon Commonwealth federation and liberal groups in Portland. De scribing himself as a “practical and sound-headed business man,” Mr. Epps said he was going to tell how the world really was—not as it should be as Mr. Farquharson had described. He said that when he was in col lege, he believed in the Isolationist stand, but that now he “was a backslider” believing that there will either be world fascism or world democracy. Lauds Roosevelt Lauding Roosevelt’s program of attempting to isolate the aggres sor nations, he added that the fas cist groups have to be fed contin ually in older to survive, and that the way to stop them is to starve them. “They are working for peace,” he said "a piece of this and a piece of that.” I The people who isolate them selves are only helping Hitler—in fact they make Hitler very happy, he said. “We’ll have a headache if we don't follow Roosevelt and his policy," declared Mr. Epps. Proposes Telegram In a surprise move Tony Harlow, campus collective security leader, proposed a resolution to send a (Please turn to pa<je four) Professor Gage Gives Property Buyers Advice Advice for prospective property purchasers was given in an article written by Prof. Daniel D. Gage Jr., associate professor of busi ness administration and instruc tor in real estate. The article was published in the April issue of Sunset magazine. Professor Gage stressed five ma jor points as of prime importance to those who plan to buy property. Most of the points were concerned vith questions of policy. Professor Gage advised anyone buying prop erty to consult an attorney in re gard to the title, if the buyer would be sure his title is clear. He cautions prospective purchasers to be sure their title is marketable, and not to accept an old abstract or policy of title insurance. An other point stressed by Professor Gage related to taxes and assess ment. Invetigate them, he advises. “No use paying other people’s back taxes,” he says. Newest and Oldest Herman Oliver . . . One of the original appointees to the Oregon state board of higher education in 1929. He was re-appointed again on March 2, 1989. UO Faculty To Entertain Board Group Eight Men to Be Guests at Monday Night Dinner The eight men of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education will be the guests of the Univer sity Faculty club on Monday night at dinner, while Mrs. Beatrice Wal ton Sackett is being entertained by Mrs. Donald M. Erb, wife of the University president. Dr. A. H. Kunz, associate pro fessor of chemistry at the Univer sity and president of the Faculty club, will preside at the informal affair. Never So Many Said Dr. Kunz, “I cannot remem ber a time when as large a num ber of the school board members have been guests of the Faculty club at the same time.” The dinner, scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock, is an opportunity for faculty members and members of the state board to become person ally acquainted. The Oregon state board will spend Monday, the first day of the regular meeting, for the consider ation of budgetary matters, in committee sessions on building, in surance, and finance. On Tuesday, the board will meet for their regular public meeting to hear committee recommendations. At 11 o’clock Tuesday morning, University students will hold a gala assembly to welcome the board and to hear an address by one of the board members. Dean Allen Better; To Return in 2 Weeks Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of journalism is feeling much bet ter and hopes to be back on the campus in about two weeks, Mrs. Allen said last night. Mrs. Allen reported that the dean will remain in bed for the rest of this week, however, and then the doctor wishes him to take an other week to get his strength hack. Although it was not known at first, Dean Allen suffered a slight skull fracture after his ac cident.