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VOLUME XLI
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1939
NUMBER 18
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Lawrence Tibbett
Baritone Fails to Sing 'De Glory Road'
And 'On the Road to Mandalay' Because
'Audience Won't Work'
By GLENN HASSELROOTH
Six encore numbers and 18 curtain calls would have spelled fatigue
for many a good baritone, but last night in McArthur court, when a
throng of applauding music lovers ceased clapping and started to leave,
Lawrence Tibbett was returning to the platform to sing two of his
best-loved numbers, “On the Board to Mandalay" and “De Glory Road."
Mr. Tibbett, not to mention hundreds of people in the audience, was
Thrilled Listeners
i
Lawrence Tibhett . . . One of the
largest audiences ever assembled
in McArthur court roared their ap
proval of his singing.
Jitterbugs
Set to Dance
At Carnival
Prize Swim Team
To Give Exhibition
On October 28
A jitterbug contest will be held
October 28 at the AWS carnival. (
Every house is to have one or more |
entries. As an added attraction the
officials of the carnival have ar- [
ranged for last year’s prize win
ning team to give a demonstration
of their skill.
Judges for this year’s contest;
will be Miss Pirkko Paasikivi, Bob
Diez, and a third judge who has
yet not been selected. All arrange
ments have been made by the fea
ture committee, headed by Eliza
beth Steed. Her committee mem
bers include: Eleanor Sederstrom,
Lorene Hopkins, and Sue Sigel.
Big Stuff
Arrangements for the themes of
the living organizations booths
have been made. Oregon students
are to be strictly “Joe College” for
one evening, at this college "fair.”
“Throwing football at Beavers”
is to be the theme of the Orides
Theta Chi-Omega hall booth, and
will be decorated in OSC colors.
The Pi Phi-Phi Sig concession will
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Dean Morse Speaks
On Education Topic
At Ashland Meeting
Dean Wayn L. Morse, of the
University law school, left the
campus late Thursday night for
Ashland where he was scheduled
to speak at an educational confer
ence yesterday morning and again
in the afternoon.
Dean Morse, who has gained
considerable recognition through
out the nation as a result of his
part in the Pacific coast maritime
situation, consented to reappoint*
ment as maritime arbitrator for
the coast last Wednesday but is
still awaiting final approval of his
acceptance by President Donald
M. Erb who is in San Francisco.
Return of Dean Morse to the
campus is expected late tonight.
President Erb will be in his office
Monday morning.
disappointed. But he shrugged it
off with,
‘‘Well, if they won't ‘work,’
neither will I!”
As the vigorous baritone has
maintained dozens of times, he
likes nothing in the world better
than singing, and he rewarded his
admirers with Schubert’s ‘‘The
Wanderer,” Moussorgsky’s “Song
of the Flea,” to mention a few of
the encores.
After every group of songs, he
would return backstage, only to
be handed a fresh sheaf of re
quests, many of them beginning:
“Dear Mr. Tibbett: Will you
please sing . . .”
His first operatic number, from
“Rigoletto,” he explained, is the
plea of the hunchback as he begs
the courtiers he has just coursed
to return his daughter, Gilda, to
him. Mr. Tibbett rather hesitating
ly admitted he would be singing it
again Monday night, when he
opens at the San Francisco opera
house in the title role.
The “Barber” Song
The crowd wouldn’t let him go
after the Verdi ario, so he and
Pianist Stewart Wille obliged with
one of the many songs that
brought down the house: “Largo ai
Factotum” from Rossini's “Barber
of Seville.”
Every handful of requests called
for a series of jokes and gags be
tween baritone and pianist. Mr.
Tibbett was “Larry” and Mr. Wille
was “Stewie.” Each time they
were backstage together the two
would paw rather carelessly
through the music scores, trying
to relieve some of the tension they
felt, but did not show, while on the
stage.
Silent Prompters
Mr. Tibbett had at hand seven
tiny black prompt-books, in which
were written words to hundreds of
songs. Just before the last group
of numbers, the manager noticed
that “Water Boy” had been placed
on the program instead of “Moan.”
A general panic took place, Mr.
Tibbett all the time saying, “Well,
I’ll be derned, Stewie, I’ll be
derned.”
After “Stewie’s” well-received
group of solo numbers, Mr. Tib
bett met the pianist as he came
offstage. The baritone punched him
in the ribs, grinning,
“Let’s go to work, Stewart, now
that you’re all rested, I’m feeling
swell.”
Sweat and Inspiration
Perspiration stood out on the
pianist’s brow, but he was game,
saying,
“Okay, Larry, come on, while
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Football
Fans Bark
Joyously
Oregon Yell King
Leads 500 Ducks
At Spirited Rally
There may not have been a Tib
bett to cheer on the Webfooters at
last night’s rally. There may not
have been the Gonzaga coach or
Student Body Prexy Johp Dick or
Mrs. Tex Oliver. But there was
Bob Elliott, cheerleader, to pep up
the crowd.
Elliott stepped up to the micro
phone to extract one of those fam
ous Oregon yells from the 500
Ducks that jammed the entrance
to Johnson hall and forgot what
the yell was to be. After several
embarrassing seconds, for Elliott,
the yell king recovered himself and
led the rooters in a cheer that re
verberated through the pillars of
Johnson.
Severar yells were practiced in
preparation for today’s game
against the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Re
sponse to cheerleaders’ requests for
yells was so favorable that Elliott
commended the crowd for its pep
and expressed the feeling that “we
are having no let down after three
successive wins.”
Ralph Newman, president of the
Eugene Quarterbacks’ club, Bob
Calkins, sophomore class president,
and Jim Pickett, junior class prexy,
spoke to the rooters over the pub
lic address system.
“I don’t know how they can
lose. The people downtown are all
with you and the team. If they
play ball like they did last Satur
day at Berkeley, they will mow
’em down,” Newman said.
Law School to Relax
University law school students
will hold a smoker in Gerlinger
hall next Tuesday night at 8
o’clock. Wrestling bouts will feat
ure the evening’s entertainment.
The law school dance, highlight
of social activity each term for
law students, is scheduled for No
vember 4 at the fairgrounds.
Oomph, Glamoi
Will Not Be 'In’
Today at Game
There’ll be no high heels, so
phisticated hats, or dressy fash
ions in evidence at today's game
... at least in the Oregon root
ing section.
Betty Buchanan, campus so
cial chairman, last night polled
various living organizations con
cerning their opinion on the
widely debated question of “what
the coed shall wear to the
game.”
On a basis of this survey, the
Webfoot rally committee voted
that all coed rooters shall attend
today's tilt in saddle oxfords,
and campus clothes.
‘Eat, Sleep, and Paint’,
Life of Sidewalk Artist
By JEAN SPEAROW
Eat, sleep, and paint! Vat alse
iss dere in life?” The twinkle in
his eyes belied the words, as our
campus sign painter settled back
on his heels and surveyed his
work — passionate orange paint
which proclaimed to all the world:
"NO BICYCLE RIDING AL
LOWED ON CAMPUS.”
“Oh, vonce,” he said, “I used to
go on boy scout hikes back in Ne
braska—used to go skiing, too.
Fact iss, in Norvay vere ay vas
born ve all vas bom with skiis on.”
Versatility ?
When questioned as to his versa
tility, our hero replied he could
paint anything.
“Anything?” Your reporter was
doubtful as she ran a reflective
tongue over her lipstick.
Our hero saw the tongue. “Veil,
at least my painting iss kiss-proof
—after half an hour—and if you
couldn’t vait half an hour denn you
vill yust haf to stick around.”
Ah, sage remark! But, alas,
sages and painters are possessed
of suspicious natures which spoil
the otherwise natural sunshine of
their dispositions for when we
asked his name the sidewalk artist
retreated hastily into his shell
flinging this parting remark over
his shoulder. “Oh, no you don't
Ay haf my name in the paper toe
many times—efery time ay go tc
yail.”
Bob Hiatt Elected
Conference Head
As Press Registration Reaches New High
Photo by Charles Kenyon, Emerald Staff Photographer
Two delegates caught registering for the fifteenth annual High
School Press conference which opened on the campus yesterday. Final
figures, with late registrations swelling the ranks, listed over 170
delegates on the campus for the conyention.
'O' on Skinner
Butte Regains
Normal Color
Gleaming with a brilliant yel
low lustre, the big “O,” scene of
much strife and vandalism, is
once again in a respectable con
dition.
Committeemen Jim Banks and
Ty Hutchins successfully round- !
ed up several worthy men of ’43 ■
and made two gallons of the j
very finest yellow paint disap
pear as if by magic. Left in a
state of camouflage a few nights
ago by a person or persons un
known, the reconditioning iob
came first on the list of the new
ly organized freshman class pro- ;
jects.
Today, unless some misguided
souls have attempted a return
engagement in the night, the
Oregon insignia on the slopes of
Skinners butte will be present
able as the team takes the field
against Gonzaga.
Pennants Take Over
For Mums; Easier
On Pocketbooks, Too
Those WAA boosters are not
keeping “mum” on the subject of
their newest good deed for the
cause of football* the sale of small
Oregon pennants for wear on the
lapel or in the center of a chrys
anthemum.
The dime’s worth of waving en
thusiasm will look fresh all season
while the coed’s last week’s mum
droops in a vase on her dresser.
Sally Murrow, as chairman of
the committee composed of fresh
man women, will visit houses and
dormitories and be in the stand
today to bolster any waning sup
port with a souvenir.
(This seems to be a good idea
for anyone with a “Yeah, Team!”
spirit and a “go home and go to
bed” pocketbook. Incidentally,
those Gonzaga people will go diz
zy when the Duck fans wave their
i pennants before their bulldogs.)
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Photo Class Offered
The physics department reports
j that the two-hour credit course on
the rudiments of photography has
been installed for the first time
this year because of student de
mand. This course is not to be con
fused with the photography class
es in the school of journalism. The
student interest in the first two
labs has been high.
Plans Set
For Soph
Informal
Heads Announce
Prizes for Annual
Dance in Igloo
By NORMAN FOSTER
The sophomore informal will be
just that, according to plans an
nounced last night by co-chairmen
Bob Lovell and Bob Deverell. In
order to more vividly carry out the
informality of the dance, prizes
will be awarded to the sophomore
girl wearing the dirtiest pair of
saddles and to the sophomore man
displaying the filthiest pair of
moleskins.
The date of the one outstanding
sophomore fall term contribution
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Moran Elected
Club President
Robert “Mike” Moran was elect
ed president Wednesday, October
18, at the first meeting of the Pro
peller club since its reorganization.
It. W. Sears was vice-president,
and Robert Mitchell is the secre
tary-treasurer.
Ail students interested in for
eign trades or international rela
tions are invited to attend the first
regular meeting which will be held
in the school of business adminis
tration Wednesday, October 25.
Beginning the first Wednesday in
November the club will sponsor a
series of motion pictures on foreign
trades and related subjects.
The Propellor club here was or
ganized in 1937, and is a junior
unit of the national club which is
composed of professional men. The
primary purpose of the club is to
further interest in international
relations.
Any Invertebrates?
H. E. Herbertson and George
Stephenson of the zoology depart
ment report that so far their ef
forts to collect invertebrate ani
mals have been successful. Thej
returned recently from Charleston
the location of the zoology sum
mer school, with some new specief
for use this term. Mr. Stephenson
has charge of the work on the an
j atomy of the chitons.
Awards
On Slate
Today
Best Publications
Will Receive Prize
Cups as Finals
Bob Hiatt, editor of the Frank
lin High Post was elected presi
dent of the 15th annual Oregon
High School Press association con
ference by delegates yesterday.
Jim Thayer of Carlton 4s the re
tiring chief executive.
Betty Kleger, who edits the As
tor Post, and Virginia Hoffman,
assistant manager of the McMinn
villan, were elected to the offices
of vice-president and secretary.
Dorothy Myers, Vernonia, and Au
dria Haffenden, Lincoln high of
Portland, were last year’s officers.
Awards Made Today
Interest of the 100 delegates
will center today on the presenta
tion of awards which-is scheduled
for 11:45 this morning, just before
the conference adjourns. At this
time the cups which go annually
to the best publications in the va
rious classes, determined by the
number of students in a school,
will be presented.
One of the biggest problems con
fronting the average high school
editor will be discussed this morn
ing when Helen Lucille Angell,
Emerald news editor, speaks on
"How Shall We Handle the Gos
sip (alias dirt) Column? Prep
school editors find the task of rec
onciling the demand of students
for “names in the news” with jour
nalistic standards a tough one.
Other phases of newspaper pro
duction assigned to Emerald staff
members for the conclave were:
editorial problems, handled by Edi
tor Bud Jermain; sport coverage,
discussed by Co - Sports Editor
George Pasero, and staff organiza
tion, with Lyle Nelson, managing
editor, addressing the gathering.
Many of the embryo news
hounds attended the Tibbett con
cert last night as guests of the
University after their banquet at
the Osburp hotel. George S. Turn
bull, professor of journalism, pre
sided at the dinner assisted by the
conference officers. Nearly all the
members of the group are expected
to back Oregon at the Gonzaga
game this afternoon.
Broadway Bookies
Favor Oregon in
King’s-X Grid Clash
Bulldog's Tony Canadeo Famed as Great
Punter, Passer, and Runner; Eight or
Ten Thousand Fans Expected
By RAY FOSTER
Eleven Bulldogs will be after the flying tails of eleven fleet
Ducks today on Hayward field in the first home game of Tex
Oliver’s mighty Webfoots.
Gonzaga university invades the local gridiron hot after an
upset over the heavily-favored Oregon team. The odds favor
Oregon in every instance, ranging from a one-touchdown edge
to 10 points given by the Broadway bookie boys. All the experts
say its a Duck dinner, but there is still chance for an upset.
One of the reasons for the optimism of “Puggy” Hunton is
tnat in eacn ot the last two games
his team has started the game a
decided underdog. Everyone knows
what happened. The two-touch
down-favorite, Texas Tech, lost by
a single score, and the three-touch
down-favorite, Idaho Vandals, were
whitewashed by that same num
ber.
Big Crowd Exported
An expected crowd of between
eight and ten thousand fans will
probably see the most colorful
game of the season on the local
field. Hunton employs the Notre
Dame system of play, augmented
by his own deviations. These in
clude the wideopen brand of foot
ball or “razzle dazzle.”
The tough Bullddogs from
Gonzaga rolled into the home
port tonight at 10 p.in. They are
staying at the Eugene hotel
down town. They probably will
hold a short practice session on
Hayward field tomorrow morn
ing.
The much publicized Tony Can
adeo will perform from his left
half position. He is, expected to
show local observers the way to
kick those 60-yard punts, that are
so rare around these part3. He also
runs quite well too, so they say.
And throws a pass or two.
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Flying in from Denver for the
Gonzaga game, James Reed, '39,
crashed on the upper McKenzie
river yesterday morning at about
10 o’clock. The airplane, a new
army pursuit ship, developed me
chanical trouble, forcing Reed to
take to hi3 parachute. He landed
with nothing but a few scratches
m the Dan Knee ranch, about 37
miles from Eugene. The plane had
not be found last evening.
Reed is a second lieutenant in
the United State Army Air corps
at Denver. He attended Oregon
from 1933 to 1937, then went to
the army air corp school at Ran
dolph field, Texas, for a year of
training. In 1938, on leave from
the air corp, he returned to Ore
gon, and was graduated in 1939.
Reed and his brother, Charles,
were members of Oregon’s crack
swimming team of 1936-37.
Reed Crashes
On McKenzie
Sun-Tanned Tibbett Has
Personality, Scribe Says
By SALLY MITCHELL
A sun-tanned complexion, white
tie and tails, and twinkling eye.1,
made Lawrence Tibbett a hit with
his audience in McArthur court
last night before he even opened
his mouth to sing.
Pausing for relaxation in his
dressing room between numbers,
Tibbett wiped his perspiring brow
and smiled. “Singing is really
work, but I love it. I like to sing
to college audiences because they
show their reactions. If they like
something they’re enthusiastic.”
Likes It
Tibbett has sung in opera, con
I cert, motion pictures, and radio,
and as he says, “I like the thing I
am doing at the moment.” He
finds that it is harder for an artist
to stay at the top than it is to get
to the top. “Yessum,” he said
thoughtfully, “the further one gets
in a career, the greater the respon
sibility he has to that career.”
Criticizing concert artists of to
day, Tibbett finds that many of
them do not make their songs un
derstandable to the general lay
man. “I try to make my concerts
appeal to many types and many
tastes,” he said.
Career Thrust on Him
Tibbett’s career as a singer was
literally thrust on him, “for," he
explained, “I had planned to be an
actor. I studied drama, but I find
that in my work now I combine
both singing and acting.”
Being an enthusiastic football
fan, Tibbett goes to as many
games as possible. “And I yell, too
—sometimes much too much!” he
winked.
A curtain call interrupted his
conversation, and Tibbett clearing
his throat, remarked: “I'm afraid
I must do less talking, for I still
have more singing.” And with that
he walked briskly to the platform
and to his waiting audience.
A Bulldog Worry
Vic Reginato , , , fleet Webfoot
end, will l>e in the starting lineup
when Oregon meets Gonzaga here
today.
STUDENT
INCREASE
NOTED
3600 Register Fall
Term; Mark Eight
Per Cent Over '38
Cracking records seems to have
become something of a habit at
Oregon during the last year or two
and last year’s enrollment records
are no exception to the rule.
C. L. Constance, assistant reg
istrar, announced last night that
enrollment figures for the Univer
sity had bounced up to 3,600, which
represents an eight per cent in
crease over last year’s fall term
total of 3,334. Undoubtedly this
figure will continue to grow
throughout the remainder of the
term.
The 3,600 figure sees the full
fillment of first of the term pre
dictions, which stated that the en
rollment for the year would hit
that figure.
Constance predicted, after
checking over last year’s figures
and comparing them with enroll
ment figures set so far this year,
that enrollment would set a new
all-time high of somewhere around
4,000 for the year.
Dr. Cornish Attends
Directors' Meeting
Dr. N. H. Cornish, professor of
business administration, attended
a meeting in Portland Tuesday
evening of the board of directors
of the Oregon Retail Distributors’
institute. Plans for the 1940 spring
conference to be held on the Uni
versity campus were discussed.
Richard G. Montgomery, assist
ant manager of J. K. Gill company,
Portland, was elected president, and
company, Portland, was elected a
director to replace Eric M. Stan
for president, who accepted a po
sition with the Boston store, Mil
walkee, Wisconsin. Dr. Cornish is
secretary of the organization.
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
Cabinets of the YWCA and
YMCA will meet at 8:30 Monday
evening to make reports on the
regional conference meeting at
Rock Creek camp.