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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1939)
The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $2.00 per year. Entered as Eecohd-class mritter at the pdstol'fice, Eugene, Ore. _._ Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave,, New York—Chicago—Boston—Loa Angeles—San Francisco -Portland and Seattle. Editor, BUD JERMAIN ^nager OFDRr.K LUOMA T.vlfl Nplqon Manae-insr Editor Rita Wright, Adv. Mgr. UPPER NEWS STAFF Helen Angell, News Editor George Pasero, Co-aporta Editor Elbert Hawkins, Co-sports Editor Marge Finnegan, Women’s Editor Betty Jane Thompson, Chief Night; Editor Jimmie Leonard, Assistant Managing Editor Hal Olney, Assistant Managing Editor Jack Bryant, Staff Photographer BUSINESS STAFF Jean Crites, National Advertising Manager Mary Ellen Smith, Assistant Frederick Ehlers, Classified Manager Jim Gleeson, Assistant Earl Maize, Merchandising Manager Ray Cook, Assistant Herb Anderson, Circulation Manager Maurice Goldberg, Assistant Janet Rieg, Assistant Janet Farnham, Executive Secretary Charles Kenyon, Staff Photographer Ray Foster Ken Christianson Margaret Young Ray Schrick Bob (Lefty) Sfith Milt Levy Jim Schiller Jerry O’Callaghan Nancy Lewis Len Ballif Bernard Engel ( hat les Bou e Bob Flavelle Margaret I)ake Mary Belcher Bob Potwin EMERALD REPORTERS: Bob McGill (Jerry Walker Dorothy Dunham Karrell Lear Betty Jane Thompson Nisma Banta Jim Schiller Mildred Wilson Jeff Kitchen Don Goddall Betty Jane Bigg1* Janet Piper Norman Foster Connie Averill Alma Paksia EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES Arvilla Bates Priscilla Gilmore BUSINESS OFFICE SECRETARIES: Billie Wade Sue Ehrhart Boyd Copenhaver Corine I.amon Bob Flavelle FJ.sa Brownell Marion White Dorothea Kresky Jack Buker Betty Hamilton Howard Fishel dim Banks Lois Bechdoldt Edith Oglesby Helen Sawyer Jean Adams Elizabeth Anne Harrison Eleanor Engdahl Buck Buchwach SPECIAL ACCOUNTS! Rhea Anderson, Chairman Lynn Johnson Don Brinton BUSINESS PROMOTION STAFF: Kathleen Brady, Chairman Dorothy Horn Evelyn Nelson Joan Stinnette Kennett Lawrence Lost in a Fog—It Could Happen Anytime so it came 1o pass that there was no rally at seven o’clock of a cold Monday morning, even though many a hod was for saken in the interests of school spirit. One of the queerest combinations of cir cumstance to develop in many a year of rally planning did a had turn yesterday to Boh Hochuli, chairman of the rally committee. Any time anyone is responsible for getting a sizeable crowd of college youth out of bed in a cold fog is in a had spot when Iho guests of honor fail to arrive, as Tex Oliver and his hoys did. And the sad part of it all was, it was no fault of the hard-working lloehuli. The whole trouble was in the difficulty of finding out just when the particular train would arrive. Sunday night lloehuli was assured by all the local sources he could find, and they should have known, that seven o' clock was the hour. Come six-thirty yesterday morning, however, and tin* story was differ ent. It seemed that the train would arrive at 12:4r>. But there was (he erowd—and it, was a crowd, loo—Availing, a l>it sleepily perhaps, hut still waiting. 01“ course the answer is known. They all look lln-ir yells and wen! home. IF Tex Oliver himself eon Id have been enn tacted (he answer might have been differ ent, but here again llochuli look a beating. The awaited telegram from Tex never got here nnlil nine in the morning, which was loo bile to do any good. Accordingly, when the team arrived, instead of the greeting which had been prepared for lliem and which they should have received, they were met by a handful of Ibeir friends and Hie rally committee, a rather subdued, welcome in comparison with wlial they have become used In. Needless to say, the regular welcome was probably missed. Hut 1he thing was licked by circumstances, not by lack ol good intentions. The rally commit lee did its part. Good Grooming for a Good Homecoming or the most certain tilings about the physical plant of Iho University, as two coed letter writers have observed elsewhere on this page, is that some part of the campus will invariably be in the process of either tearing up or putting back. This is especially evident when something special is planned for the campus. .So consistent are the local plan ners that it seems their first principle must be that something has lo be going on all the time. Indeed, it can work out no other way if the process of building up and improving is to be continued. It is true that planners of this work cannot; always pick the time they want to have the projects, both large and small, done. They are at the mercy of many factors, including the availability of the specified labor. And once under way, the projects do not always run according to schedule. Furthermore, the University has in the last three or four years made tremendous revisions in its outward appearance, through a long-time process of gradual change. These changes will take con siderable time before the sears they make fade out completely. J^UT In got back to tbe feminine letter-writ inp: duo, it, cannot be denied Ibey have a point, when they suggest somet.liing be done to smooth over 1 he process, at, least for Home coming, which is now only eleven days away. Homecoming comes at a bad time of the year, as far as outward appearances are concerned. Junior Weekend has it all over this fall term event for natural beauty and color. By No vember 11 most, of the leaves will be down, and the remainder will have lost most of their color. Also the days are shorter now, and good weather is too much to expect, although other years have been fortunate. So the campus must make the most of what it has. It would seem that at least two coeds would be pleased if an attempt were made to “smooth over the process,” by picking up some of the odds and ends left lying around Irmn various projects, making good use of a lew rakes here and there, and policing the area in general. Now whether there is any means available to accomplish this is another question. It may be out of the reach of those in command, who would undoubtedly like to see some grooming for the campus. But if it is at all possible it should be done. And the day before Homecoming is not soon enough to start The SHOW OFF By NORMAN FOSTER Comes Tomorrow! Current philosophy is reflected In the fact that the theatre busi ness all over the country is en joying' tiie best attendance in months. Dealers claim it is be cause many people believe that this country will be in the war eventually and they might as well have a good time now. Nice thought, isn’t it! Focal Intelligence! We note that many of the local coeds have taken to knitting with a vengeance. All of which probably gives them something to think about while they talk. Stardust! Actor Don Ameche has been ordered by his doctor to take a long rest because of “digestive troubles’’ . . . Twentieth Cen tury-Fox is transplanting two full acres of cotton from central California, complete with stalks, bolls, etc., to the studio lot, for background in "Grapes of Wrath.” Trouble! An advance crew, sent to Vir ginia City to film sites for the Warner Bros, picture of the same name, returned to Hollywood without even unpacking their cameras. They reported that shooting will have to be done someplace other than Virginia City because the town is too modernized! Loyal! A patriotic note was struck by the AWS carnival committee last Saturday night in passing out "Made in Germany" labeled ser pentine. Boy Meets Girl! Perhaps hinting of a new prob lem in campus "pigging" was the sight Sunday of a fellow out walking with his girl. Nothing unusual about that, granted, even were it not "his" girl. The odd part of the scene was that he was carrying a portable radio. So maybe she would rather listen to Charlie McCarthy than to him. we don't know! Fire! There was a young girl from St. Paul Who wore a newspaper dress to a ball The dress caught on fire And burned her entire Front page sports section and all. —Shadows. Send the Kmerald home to Mom and Dad for the whole year for the special price of $2.25 per year. In the Mail Letters to the editor should be not more than 250 words long, and must be signed. If for some reason the author does not want his full name used, initials will be son the author does not want his full name used, initials will be used upon request, but the name must be signed to the original letter. To the Editor: "Home to honor the WPA” is an appropriate slogan for this year's Homecoming. Our alums boast of their attractive campus, we students are proud of it, but how can anyone's pride or boast be justified when the campus is a glorified construction project? Whenever we've wanted our campus at its best it's been at its worst — with mud holes, planks, pipes, slioles, and other beautifying objects around. We think our campus is beau tiful, but we should like to see it a finished product in due time. , As for the present, when we especially want it to look nice, can't something be done to smooth over the “process"? BETTY LOU KURTZ MARJORIE MONTGOMERY I The World At Large By JACK BUKER Telegrams from the Orient and from business men on this side with investments in the Far East, together with a little dope gath ered here and there gives this columnist courage to bust into the conversation with, “The war in China will soon be over.” First evidence was a list of Japanese military failures in south ern China. Chinese defense, in I some cases, turned into aggres sion, and China’s stock took a sudden rise. Now the Japanese have quit the area entirely. This was significant because the south ern provinces produce most of China’s export business, and Japan | had expressed a desire to horn in on British graft in that section. Cabinet Changes Then we learned of disturbing unrest in the Japanese cabinet. Nipponese financiers and promot ers are getting peeved at the self ish actions of military leaders, and no doubt jealous, since the latter are the only group profiting from the struggle. Thus the cabinet turned over with the army out and the industrialists in. Then, last week, Ambassador Grew, our esteemed representative in Japan, while addressing a gath ering of important Nipponese, threw bueketfulls of dirt on their habit of disturbing American in terests in China. The bombshell came when the Japanese punctuat ed his talk with yeas of agreement. Army Out This unprecedented action ce mented a fastly growing suspicion that the Japanese military faction, was for the first time in years be ing stepped on by Japanese indus trialists. Although the nearest date w’e can set for complete halt of hos tilities is next spring, we know that several Americans are already planning to go back and rebuild their interest in China. 1 he Japanese have already ex pressed a desire to divide China into ‘spheres of influence’ with each interested nation sticking a finger into the pie.poor China, Japan’s sphere should con sist of about two thirds of the business in China, since she is favored with some spoils for her troubles. Army Balks Next year should be a boom era for the Japanese with the war in Europe drawing from her huge munitions plants at a good price. But what about her army, which has been used to an easy graft in China for the last couple of years ? This powerful, unruly and inde pendent thorn in the Japanese hide, has, throughout the ages, been leery of being dictated to. And it is still a glorious institution as far as the man in the street is con cerned. To us it spells .... revo lution .... but that is another story. Tn any event there promises to be opulent opportunity for the en ergetic college graduate to open shop in China next summer, as that unique country falls prey once again to a cosmopolitan army of business pioneers. Propeller Club To Show Pictures Tin* Propeller club is sponsoring; motion pictures for members of the foreign trade classes and other in- t terested students Wednesday even-1 ing' at 7:110 in the Villard hall! assembly. The pictures will give a compre hensive and detailed account of the construction, building, and launching of the President Hoover, one of the most modern ships on the Pacific until recently sunk in Japan. Desk Staff: Don Goodall, copy editor Howard Caudle Mary Anne Campbell Joan Chrystall Bob Potwin Tom Wright Kenneth Cherrick Bob Harpel Saturday Advertising Staff: Bob Rogers. Advertising Mgr. Margaret Girvin Art Haines Bob Gilson Elizabeth Dick Night Staff: Kent Stitzer, night editor. Ruth Hall. Tom Wright. I YWCA Installs New Officers Pledges Taken By Candlelight Twenty-nine new officers last tight were installed into the YWCA at a candle-light ceremony at the "Y” bungalow, with B e 11 y 1 o u Swart, president, acting as mis tress of ceremonies. Virginia James, conference chair man, and Darlene Warren, China, Cupboard, and Chest chairman, succeeded Barbara Fudton and I Marian Rones as members of the main cabinet. The girls, clad in white, formed a ! circle facing the center candle to receive small lighted candles and pledge themselves to “unite in the I desire to realize full and creative j life, to determine to have a part in | making this life possible for all 1 people.’’ The group sang in unison “Fol low the Gleam” in closing. Mrs. John Stark Evans, execu tive secretary; Miss Fanny Me | Cammant, YWCA advisory board j member, and Howard Willets, j YWCA and YMCA student secre tary of the northwest, were guests Hu I ten to Give Charles M. Hulten, professor of journalism now on leave of ab sence, will discuss the question, “What Is a Good Newspaper?” over KGO and the NBC blue net work, Wednesday night, Novem ber 1, starting at 9:45, it was an nounced at Stanford last week. Mr. Hulten will be heard on the Stanford progr am. He is serving as acting-assistant professor of jour nalism at Stanford university this year, while studying for an ad vanced degree. Recent public opinion polls made throughout the nation revealed di vergent opinions as to where the most trusted and generally con sidered leading newspapers are lo cated. Mr. Hulten, a former newspaper man of long experience, will dis cuss the qualities that make a good Leading Magazine Articles for October Posted in Library The list of the ten outstanding magazine articles for October has just been posted in the library. The articles are: “American Isola tion” by J. C. Brown in Foreign Affairs; “Our Jobless Youth” by J. Chamberlain in Survey Graphic; “Rumania or the Baltics Next?” by Walter Duranty in Atlantic Monthly; “The Future of the Brit ish Empire” by C. H. Grattan in Harper’s Magazine. “Roosevelt, the Rich Man’s Ali bi” by E. Davis in Harper’s Mag azine; “Hitler Could Not Stop” by H. Rauschining in Foreign Af fairs; “American Labor in Anoth er War” by L. Wolman in Foreign Affairs; “The Wages of Biological Sin by E. A. Hooton in Atlantic Monthly; “Instead of the New Deal” by A. Johnson in Yale Re view; and “Goal of American Edu cation” by E. C. Llndeman in Sur vey Graphic. newspaper. Exhibit Will Be Open The Schroff Memorial exhibit will be open from 2 to 6 o'clock on Sundays, Mrs. Houck, secretary to Dean Lawrence of the art school, has announced. Send the Emerald home to Mom and Dad for the whole year for the special price of $2.25 per year. uo, osc (Con termed frcnn page one) on tap when the yell leaders start calling for cheers. Tension Mounting Pre-game tension is already forming in many quarters, but is probably felt most in the offices of the student body activity de partment. where they have been hearing and talking homecoming for several weeks. All the hum and bustle of activity is directed at one idea -homecoming. Oregon is still a major team on the coast circuit and the Staters are going strong at the top. Con ditions are ripe for a gridiron struggle that will outshadow all the annual ‘‘civil wars" of former years. If there is anything to moral support, Oregon should win. Ev erything points to a Hayward sta dium filled to overflowing with a crowd whose support will be cen tered on the lemon and green of the Oregon Ducks. Behind the BALL With JACK BRYANT All that this column is or ever will be is the fault of its friends who reveal these things. MORE FRIENDS WANTED! Just how this thing slipped into type even puzzles the editor, he won’t even venture to guess and the other reader (1) won't have a chance ’till it’s printed. Gale Ferris and Margaret Wil liams seem to be on the outs . . . The Chi O frosh got a brain storm the other night and had a walkout... will these frosh ever learn that the dean doesn’t ap prove of walkouts . . . even if they just walk? Maybe it’s an exposition of womanhood! Why doesn’t McClung take off his campus tux ... in case Es quire costs too much call the Lodge and ask for . . . ? Even now the waves are roar ing . . . Romey De Pittard has been a Bandon by the sea. . . . Here’s one to wonder about: Ida Mae Fared taking Chuck Stafford’s pin and someone look ing “daggery” at him. A nomination from J. Ealously . . . The two flying high queens, Max Glad and Rita Wright, again in the limelight. With hunting season upon us, some “bird-dog” has been mak ing a big “Dent-in” Virginia Tooze’s life. Two questions with an answer: Is Hayward in a “Stew" over an other red-head? The Alpha Phis go in for big cars . . . (at least one of ’em) . . . could it be the big cars and Erhmans ? Bob Vadnais planted a pin in Portland with the Alpha Chi’s wondering . . . Mudd is the name of a Kappa Sig frosh, and Mudd will be the name of the frosh who deflated the Mudd bank account. Ask the Kappas . . . Who are the Chi Psis sneak dating this year? “Butch” Thompson seems to have met his match . . . and she isn't a Lemen either. With the ATO green and yel low sport job it could be that the Child-ren are playing. Frank Short, instructor of journalism, has a solution for the mystery of the victory bell. Says he, “If you really want to know, it came off an old style alarm clock!” As Onceover Lightly might say ... It Simms that “Tiger” Payne likes the Alpha Phi loca tion ... (it IS closer to the mill race ). Who's wandering boy is wan dering tonight ? French Magazines Not Reaching Libe World War II has reached the li brary, according to Willis C. War ren, periodical librarian. Recently, several French magazines have not been coming so Mr. Warren wrote for information. The reply came and apologized for the de lay. The ship the magazines were on was chased by a German sub marine and had to return to port. The war also is the cause, but in a different way, of the suspen sion of the Science Progress mag azine. The last issue carried the announcement that since the mag azine was devoted to scientific re search and war diminishes that re search, the magazine would sus pend publication until after the war. We Pay Most Cash for Old Gold OKI gold, silver or plati num may be sold for cash or traded on repairing or jewelry of any kind. Jewelry Store 620 Willamette Next Entries Will Sing j The second weekly presentation of Oregon's campus song contest will be a feature of the McDonald theater's offering tomorrow night. I Gamma Phi Beta ahd Phi Gam ma Delta will each sing three songs of their own choice in competition for the $75 prize offered the win ning men’s and women’s organiza tion in the first annual campus sing. The contest will last through out the winter months until each group has competed. FASHION FIRSTS By DAVE COMPTON College clothing fads have had their day . . . and a brilliant colored day it was, too . . . but. now the average college man is dressing with “rhyme and reason.” While a more subdued ensemble is the order, the college student hasn’t abandoned his flair for color. Solid colors and striped patterns in shirts are the favorites for this fall with checks entirely out. Of the striped motif wide-spaced stripes are in predominance, fol lowed by the band stripes, which as you know, is comparable to the small cluster stripe. Green and tan are popular, giving the ever-popu lar blue a run for its money; but in many instances college men are selecting grey or sand color for their shirts. These colors, being neutral, blend nicely with sharp stripes. Ties—particularly the new wool en ones—are in constant demand in the recently developed color schemes especially designed to har monize with the majority of fail and winter suitings. Fabrics such as worsted and mohair, homespun woolens, and wool and silk com binations are the most up-to-the minute creations in neckwear. Fa vorites on the Oregon campus are Geologists Entertained The Condon club and the Univer sity geology department enter tained 40 members of the Geo logical Society of the Oregon Country, recently on their weekly excursion trip from Portland. After a dinner at the Ahcliorage the geological society group and approximately 20 Eugeneans went to Condon hall where a varied evening program was given. Lloyd Faiff, formerly on the Uhiversity of Oregon faculty and now field geologist for the United States engineers in Portland, lectured on the Willamette valley project. Af ter the lecture general moving pic tures were shown. The museum was open and a fragment of the Washougal meteorite, which zip ped over Portland early this sum mer, was of special interest to the visitors. Paisley, regimental stripes, and Scotch plaids. * o • Two major developments in hose, incidentally, are noted this fall. One is the corded effect in hosiery, which is ideal for wear with the new covert suits. The other is the growing use of the elastic-topper. This number is primarily for sum mer but has proved increasingly popular for fall. It is speeding the death of the socks-dangling-over the-shoes fad. Have you noticed the scarcity of vests on the Oregon campus this fall ? The swing is toward soft cashmere and rib-stitch sweaters in both pull-over and coat styles, the latter bedecked with shiny buttons of brass or wood. These light sweaters have replaced the drab vest and add that necessary dash of color. * * * It is the opinion of the coed population at Oregon that the av erage male on this campus is quite well dressed. Asked to single out three individuals for this week's title of “Mi’. Esquire” the women cast their ballot for Ralph “Doc” Cathey, Eeta Theta Pi; Jack Mc Clung, Chi Psi; and Matt Kelly, Sigma Chi. Congratulations, gents. I WARRIORS OF THE UNIVERSITY ARMY GAIN MERIT BY POLISHING UP THOSE BELTS AND BUCKLES. OFFICIAL LEATHER POLISH 40c BLITZ CLOTH-OFFICIAL . . 25c 65c I A small investment that will ■ pay big returns in merit. I University f CO = OP^ CAMERAS! CAMERAS! CAMERAS! A COMPLETE NEW DEPARTMENT AT YOUR SERVICE Eastman Kodaks, Wratten & Harrison filters, East man roll film and packs, F-R developing tanks. Wes ton exposure meters. 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