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UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1039
NUMBER 17
A Word
from the
Faculty
L
(This is the first in a series of
columns written by the faculty ol
the University. Each week the Em
erald will ask a member of the
faculty to explain the work or in
terest of some particular depart
ment. For the first column we have
asked Professor George S. Turn
bull of the journalism department
to outline a hit of the background
of the High School Press confer
ence, now in session under the
auspices of the journalism school.)
By GEORGE S. TURNBIJLU
Professor of Journalism
It is now eighteen years since
the formation, at the school of
journalism, of the Oregon High
School Press association. The first
conference was held in a small
classroom of the old journalism
“shack,” May 20, 1921. The Girl
Scouts now use that old frame
building, which was sawed in two
one Sunday morning last year and
moved to a new site a dozen blocks
off the campus.
This conference, opening here
Friday, has overflowed the larg
est room of the present journalism
building (standing-room capacity
about 135) and is to be held in
Guild theater, (seating capacity
200). A Group exceeding 160 is ex
pected.
Increases Interest
Keeping pace with the increase
in size has been the interest of the
papers’ editors and managers in
the program. In the earlier years,
student participation in the con
ference sessions was much less
spontaneous and adequate than it
has since become, and the im
provement in this respect, it
seems, has been fairly constant.
In the last two conferences it
seemed to this writer that almost
everyone of the 135 or more dele
gates had been on his feet at one
time or another to participate in
the lively discussion on various
phases of high school journalism.
Not only the unanimity but the in
telligence of the participation in
the program was impressive.
Enjoy Contacts
students and tacuity ot the uni
versity enjoy these contacts with
the high school students drawn to
gether by an interest in the im
provement of their publications.
So as many of the journalism
faculty and student body who are
not tied down by their work will
be filling in the few places in Guild
theater not occupied by the high
school group. And while we’re near
that subject, let’s say that the
journalism people appreciate the
helpful spirit of Mrs. Ottilie Sey
bolt, head of drama, and Assistant
Registrar Clifford Constance for
the use of the splendid facilities of
Guild theater.
Judges in the high school news
paper contests are finding a sur
prisingly high quality in the com
peting publications. Here again the
trend is up and up. High school
journalism in Oregon has ad
vanced from a struggling infancy
to a promising youth in eighteen
years since the first of these con
ferences.
Will Have Newspaper
That first year, for example,
only three of the Portland high
schools had publications issued of
tener than annually; now everyone
has its newspaper. As the univer
sity newspapers have approached
nearer to the standard of the press
In general circulation, so have the
high school papers moved up to
ward the university press—and the
collegians have had to improve to
keep a step in front.
The effort has been made to pro
vide a program which will cover
all significant phases of the high
school newspaper. The hope is to
cooperate in the continued'rise of
high school journalistic standards.
It is the belief that there will be
mutual gain, too, from the asso
ciation of so many young people,
the pick of the state’s high schools,
interested in one highly significant
phase of secondary education.
Another All-American
The conference brings to Ore
gon’s attention this year another
of the all-Americans that are be
coming more and more common.
The Carlton Hi-Life was the pace
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__Brings Song to Igloo
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Lawrence Tibbett . . . will open the ASUO concert series when he
appears tonight in McArthur court. The popular baritone will arrive
in Eugene this afternoon.
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Tibbett Concert Set
For Tonight; Crowd
Expected to Fill Hall
Program Begins at 8 o'clock; Features
Well-Known Selections; Exchange Tickets
May Be Obtained at Igloo
One of the largest audiences ever
to fill McArthur court is expected
to hear the concert of Baritone
Lawrence Tibbett tonight, when
the popular American artist
sings in concert as the opening
event of the fall term Greater Art
ist’s series.
Beginning at 8 o’clock, Tibbett
will present a program that feat
ures a variety of well-known se
lections. The concert will be divid
| ed into six parts, each of which
will carry a special theme.
Exchange tickets must be ob
tained by student body members
I planning to attend. The concert
tickets can be secured in the ac
tivities office today or at a special
booth in the Igloo tonight. Re
served tickets for non-ASUO mem
bers are on sale in the activities
office for $1.25, $1.50, and $2.00.
General admission is $1.00.
Part I.—‘‘The Song of Momus
to Mars,” Dr. Boyce; “Has Sor
row Thy Young Days Shaded”
(Irish melody), arr. O’Brien; “I
am a Roamer Bold,” (from “Son
and Stranger”), Mendelssohn.
Part II.—“Ewig,” Erich Wolff;
“Allerseelen,” Strauss; “Verrath”
and "O Liebliche Wange n,”
Brahms.
Part III.—Mr. Wille will play,
“Sonetto 104 del Petrarca,” Liszt;
"Giga,” Antoine Kammell; “Cap
riceo,” Bortkiewicz.
Part IV.—“Cortigiani, vil Razza
dannata,” (from “Rigoletto”),
Verdi.
Part V.—“Pilgrim’s Song” and
“None but the Lonely Heart,”
Tschaikowsky; “Wander Shoes,”
Elinor Remick Warren; “Edward,”
Karl Loewe.
Part VI.—“Water Boy,” arr.
Robinson; “Betsy’s Boy,” Jacques
Wolfe; "Hangman, Slack on de
Line,” (Negro folk song), adapted
by Harvey Enders.
Condon Club Elects
Officers for the coming year
were elected at the first business
meeting of the Condon club Thurs
day morning. Those elected were
Wilbur Greenup, president; Warren
Lomax, vice-president; Stella Nee,
secretary-treasurer; Carl Huffaker,
editor of Dips and Strikes.
Warren Lomax will give an il
lustrated talk on his trip to Ha
waii at the next meeting which
will be held in the men's lounge ol
Gerlinger hall, October 25, at 7:30
j Guests are welcome.
Displayed in
Trophy Case
Military Awards
Earned by ROTC
Peacefully Gained
In the dim hallway of the ROTC
headquarters stands a trophy case.
It is not very large or conspicuous,
just a simple glass and wood cup
board. But in that case is the most
important collection of intercol
legiate military awards in the
United States. Not trophies of war,
though, but trophies of peace.
At the top in a separate cabinet
stands a huge silver cup, slightly
tarnished by the years. On its face
is engraved “The William Ran
dolph Hearst trophy. Awarded to
the National Championship Rifle
Team.” The most coveted marks
manship award in the United
States, it was won last year by the
championship Oregon rifle team, in
competition with 200 other teams
all over the country. An annual
trophy, the cup will remain in
Oregon’s possession for one year.
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High School Editors Register
Today for Press Conference
Activities
Chairmen
Hold Meet
3.9 Per Cent Drop
In ASUO Card Sale
Claimed by Group
What the board did:
1. Heard its financial statement
for the year.
2. Heard reports on student body
card, concert, and Oregana sales,
and Emerald advertising.
3. Considered the question of
printing more Emeralds to meet in
creased demand.
4. Discussed Homecoming ar
rangements.
With four new members on the
roster, the educational activities
board yesterday got under way
in the first meeting of the year.
All members were present for
this first session, which was held
in Friendly hall in the afternoon,
although the board usually meets
in the evening because of the press
of business.
Reports took up the first part of
the meeting, with University Busi
ness Manager J. O. Lindstrom
leading off with the financial
statement of the board for the
year 1939-40. The statement
showed that if everything goes
right, the board may end the year
with a slight surplus.
More Cards Sold
John Dick, president of the
ASUO, brought in his summary of
ASUO card sales for the term as
compared with last year, the re
port showing a total of 2134 cards
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YW, YM Groups
Plan Regional Meet;
Rock Creek Is Scene
YWCA and YMCA groups from
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana, and British Columbia will be
represented at the YW-YMCA re
gional conference October 20-22 at
Rock Creek camp, nine miles from
Portland.
Business of the conference will
include working out a fall, winter, j
and spring term calendar, hearing;
reports of committee chairmen,
and making plans for Seabeck, the
summer encampment.
The University of Oregon “Y”
groups will head the committee on
religion, one of the most impor
tant committees of the conference.
Jean Crites is chairman, and Dr.
James R. Branton, committee ad
viser.
John L. Casteel, director of the
University of Oregon speech de
partment, will serve as faculty ad
viser.
Bettylou Swart, YWCA presi
dent, and Frank McKinney, YMCA
president, will take an active part
in the work of the conference.
'O’ Smacks of Beaver Visit;
NewFrosh Prexy Gets Job
The classes of '40, '41, and ’42
are probably carrying on “busi
ness as usual” this week, but the
neophyte class of ’43 is still cele
brating the election of Les Ander
son, Jeanette Nielson, Ruth Gra
ham, and Glenn Williams as class
officers for the year.
Topping a whirlwind campaign
program by a swifter balloting be
tween the hours of 11 and 4 Octo
ber 18, the 500 odd freshman class
card holders voted largely a
straight party ticket in favor of
bloc 2.
Les Anderson, the new president,
is an honor student from Jefferson
high school in Portland. Ruth Gra
ham is from Lakeview, Oregon,
and has had experience in official
duties. The “Swede from Tilla
mook,” Jeanette Nielson, finds it
hard to believe that so many peo
ple she hadn’t seen until a few
weeks ago would put an X before
her name. Another Portland boy
is Glenn Williams, a graduate of
the Rose City’s Franklin high.
The first official worry of the
new president was the homely
black color of the vandalized “O”
atop Skinner’s butte, which is re
painted yearly by remorseful fresh
men. After the lull which followed
last week's nominations, Les, so
far, has a well-content class de
pending on him.
Will Greet Press Conference Delegates
(Courtesy of the Oregon Journal)
Members of Kwnma, sophomore women’s honorary, will be on hand to welcome delegates to the high
school press conference which opens on the campus t oday. The Kwnmas will ulso help with the registra
tion of the 150 people expected.
Torchlight Rally Slated
Ducks to §o
On Rampage
Tonight at 6
Lawrence Tibbett
Pre-Concert Talk
To Rouse RoOters
All houses are requested to have
5:30 dinners tonight in order that
students may attend the Gonzaga
rally at 6:15 in front of Johnson
hall.
A dinner hour torchlight parade
climaxed by speeches and yells in
front of historic Johnson ball to
night will put the campus in a
rally mood for its initial home
game of the season, according to
Bob Hochuli, rally chairman.
Band to Parade
Beginning at 6:00 the University
band will parade by the Chi Psi
lodge, on up to the Alpha Phi
house, then up Alder to 15th, past
sorority row and through the cam
pus, ending on the steps of the ad
ministration building.
Thirteenth Avenue will be roped
off to keep traffic from the rally
center, for no cars will be used. As
the band goes past each house stu
dents will join the parade on foot,
to move en masse to the campus.
A short pep talk by Lawrence
Tibbett, here for a concert tonight,
will be the highlight of the affair.
The Gonzaga coach, ASUO Prexy
John Dick, and other campus
leaders will round out the slate
with speeches. Unusual note will
be a short talk by Mrs. Tex Oli
ver, wife of Oregon’s football men
tor.
Hochuli promises that the rally
will be over in plenty of tlrpe for
the Tibbett concert.
Miss Stevenson
Leaves for Vacation
Miss Elinor Stevenson, secretary
to Karl W. Onthank, is on a two
months leave of absence and is be
ing temporarily replaced during
the period by Mrs. Berger Rorvick.
Her plans for the vacation are in
definite, but she expects to include
a short trip to the East before she
returns to the personnel office. Mrs.
Rorvick, the former Helen Jones,
i was graduated from the University
[ with the class of ’37.
Yellow Hue of O’
7b Be Restored
By Frosh Class
Oregon’s "class;'of ’43 came to
the rescue of University honor
last night, when Prexy Les An
derson named, two frosh fellows
to heftd an official committee to
.return thfe color of the “O" on
Skinner’s butte to its original
lemon yellow.
Jim Banks and Ty Hutchins
Will organize freshmen to paint
a coat of yellpw over the orange
and black coats that were ap
plied by visiting Oregon Staters
last week.
“It won’t be long now," Banks
promised last night.
Latest Drama
Goes on Road
Roseburg Kiwanis
To Sponsor Tour
Of Local Actors
Climaxing their success on the
University theater stage, the cast
of “Our Town" will again don their
prewar costumes and under the
sponsorship of Kiwanis they will
present Thornton Wilder’s play to
Roseburg audiences Saturday, Oc
tober 28.
Given the Pulitzer prize in 1938,
this production has been presented
to more audiences, by both pro
fessional and amateur actors, than
any other play in the first two
years of its life.
After a summer production in
the University theater "Our Town”
was scheduled for a three-day run
on the campus last week but was
held for an extra day to meet the
demand of the students, faculty,
and townspeople.
Western Books for
1938 Are Displayed
A group of western books of
1938 was put on display in the
library browsing room this morn
ing. The collection of 35 books in
cludes contributions from 13 west
1 em printers and is sponsored by
the Rounce and Coffin club of Los
Angeles, California.
Oregon s NY A
Fund Grows
More Than Three
Hundred Student
Positions Filled
Three hundred and seventy stu
dents at Oregon are "working
their way through college,”—
with the help of the National
Youth Administration.
Figures released yesterday at
the office of the dean of person
nel styow that 359 undergraduates
pocket an average of $12 a month
from NYA work, while 11 gradu
ate students earn around $20
apiece in a month, to bring the to
tal University expenditure to
$4,500 in an average monthly pe
riod.
UO Share Increased
Oregon’s share of the funds pro
vided by the national government
to help worthy students finance a
college education was increased
this year due to the large jump in
registration. However, according
to Dean of Personnel Karl W. On
thank, the number of students eli
gible for NYA work has shown a
gain even larger than the propor
tionate increase in the government
appropriation. The University now
receives approximately $41,000 as
compared with the $30,000 figure
j of the last few- years which was
based on the 1936 registration to
tal.
Hake Leaves
Most undergraduates work 32
hours a month and receive 35 cents
an hour for doing jobs that range
from raking autumn leaves off
campus lawns to assisting at the
library. Graduates receive 50 cents
i and hour and work about 40 hours
■ at jobs that are usually of a more
technical type than those handled
by those who have not received a
degree.
In order to qualify for an NYA
position, a student must rank in
the upper fifth of his high school
graduating class, and be passed by
an examining board which studies
recommendations and reports from
his principal and business contacts.
Entrance Work Stops
Because of the rush of work in
preparing University class-rooms
and desks, workmen have had to
stop work on the new art museum
entrance. The museum library is
still available Monday through
Friday, from 2 to 5 p.m.
Lectures
To Begin
At 9 a.m.
Record Attendance
Expected; 70 Boys
78 Girls Pay Fees
Approximately one hundred fifty
prep school editors from all over
the state will become “Webfoots
for a day” this morning, when
registration for the 15th annual
Oregon High School Press confer
ence gets underway at 9 o’clock.
Pre-weekend reports indicated
last' night that a record attendance
of 78 girls and 70 boys will pay
their fee this morning for the two
day session of lectures by Oregon
journalists on various phases of
newspaper work.
Because of the increased attend
ance this year, all conference meet
ings will be held in the University
theater in Johnson hall, rather than
in room 105, journalism building,
as was previously planned. Regis
tration, however, will still be in
Room 10 of the journalism build
ing.
Kwama Meets Eds
Members of Kwama, sophomore
women’s service honorary, will
meet delegates at the train this
morning to direct them to regis
tration headquarters. James L. C.
Ford, assistant professor of jour
nalism, is chairman of arrange
ments for the delegates.
Visiting delegates will be guests
at a banquet tonight at the Osburn
hotel, and will then attend the
Lawrence Tibbett concert in Mc
Arthur court at 8:15.
The prep journalists will see the
Gonzaga-Oregon football game to
morrow afternoon at the special
price of 40 cents. Tickets are be
ing obtained for them by members
of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s
journalism nonorary. The women’s
group will also register the dele
gates.
Cups Awarded
Editors of Oregon publications
judged best in the state by a fac
ulty and student committee here
will be awarded cups significant of
their accomplishment sometime
during the weekend. Awards will
be made by Alton F. Baker, pub
lisher of the Register - Guard;
Frank Short, instructor in journal
ism ; Superintendent Robert Hall of
the University press; and members
of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s journal
ism honorary.
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
There will be a meeting of the
Homecoming general committee at
4 :00 at the College Side.
All married students on the cam
pus are invited to a covered dish
dinner Friday evening at 6 o’clock
at Westminster house. Plans will
be formulated for more good times
in the future.
Westminster will be open as us
ual tonight for games and recrea
tion. Everyone may come in and
enjoy himself.
All NYA time reports must be
in the business office by 5
o’clock this evening.
Highland house will have a
house dance Saturday evening in
stead of Potter's Co-op as stated
on Thursday’s women's page. The
dance will celebrate the football
game.