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VOLUME XLI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1939
NUMBER 37
Dr. Baxter Gives Address
On Students Responsibility
To Struggling Universe
Intellectual Instead of Emotions Stressed
By President of Willamette University
At ASUO Mass Assembly in Gerlinger
By JEFF KITCHEN
“We must see that our intellects remain in control and not our
emotions if we are to stay out of war,” declared Dr. Bruce R. Baxter,
president of Willamette university, in his address on “Student Re
sponsibility in a War-Torn World" before an Oregon student body
assembly yesterday.
“I do not believe it inevitable that we enter the war, but we must
Christmas
( Revels Heads
Announced
Yeomen, Orides
Annual Dance Set
For December 9
Plans for the annual Christmas
Revels, which is to be held Decem
ber 9, moved ahead with the an
nouncement of committees to
handle various functions of pre
paration. The dance, sponsored”by
the Yeomen and Orides, will follow
the pattern of an Old English
party.
Heads of the committees are:
program, Art Fourier and Marcia
* Judkins; publicity, Bill Dyer and
Erros Penland; refreshments, Ehr
man McFaddin and Priscilla Gil
more; decorations, Bob Clever and
Becky Anderson; tickets, Everett
Daugherty and Madeline Holshier;
cleanup, Bill Hudson and Millie
Budiselic. Velma Staples was elect
ed to obtain chaperons.
Next Monday evening will be
guest night for the Yeomen. Each
member has been asked to bring a
guest in order to bolster member
ship. There will be a short business
session followed by dancing with
the Orides. Any and all independ
ents wishing to come are extended
an invitation to do so.
Large Geology
< Trek Planned
An unusually large number of
students are planning to go on the
geology field trip to the Bohemia
mining district this Sunday, it was
indicated yesterday by Dr. Warren
D. Smith, head of geology and
geography departments. Around 50
have arranged to make the trip.
The Bohemia district, located
near the summit of the Cascades,
is the principal mining district
close to Eugene. Dr. Smith said the
students would study the forma
tions on the surface of the ground
and also go underground in a few
mines.
The group also will look at the
machinery in some of the adjacent
mills where the ore is concentrated
before it is shipped to smelting
centers.
< The expedition plans to leave
about 8 o’clock Sunday morning,
but in case of rain it will be called
Student Religious
Leaders Meet
Continuing last year's practice
of meeting to! discuss problems
found in their work and to ex
change ideas, directors of the stu
dent religious groups on the cam
pus met yesterday morning with
Dr. James R. Branton, head of
the department of religion.
To better coordinate their work,
the group decided to meet regu
larly each Thursday at 9 o'clock
in Dr. Branton's office.
<• The University of Oregon is one
of the fastest growing colleges in
the nation.
the example of our way of living
that there is strength in democ
racy,” he said.
Naming a theme of moral re
armament and education as the
weapons which Americans must
use in combating the forces which
would tend to draw the United
States into the European struggle,
Dr. Baxter pointed out weaknesses
in the internal conditions of this
country that make it vulnerable to
subversive influences and laid
down a five-point program for stu
dents to consider in taking up their
responsibilities.
Nation’s Problems Told
Problems which American youth
must consider in strengthening the
American way of living and thus
bulwarking democracy mentioned
by Baxter fell into four classifica
tions. The friendly Salem univer
sity president pointed out that dis
ease, and especially mental dis
orders, still impose a heavy burden
on the nation. Ignorance, with be
tween five and six million adults
in the United States unable to read
or write in any language, was also
mentioned as a handicap which
must be rectified.
Economic maladjustment, with
fifty per cent of the family in
comes in the nation set at $1200 or
under per year is another problem
which must be considered. “A
straight line is still the shortest
distance between two points,” Dr.
Baxter said in discussing dis
honesty, which penalizes progress
of every kind. “It is a travesty that
Richard Whitney, once addressed a
meeting on the subject of honesty.”
Whitney, former New York Stock
Exchange president is now in Sing
Sing prison serving a term for
embezzlement.
Citizenship a Duty
Students should become intelli
gent world, American, and com
munity citizens in order to under
stand and carry on national func
tions with understanding and wis
dom during time of war,” Dr. Bax
ter stated. “This historical back
ground of nations is much the
same as that of individuals,” he
said. “When young, like children
they go through a stage of depend
ence. In youth it is one of inde
pendence as they strike out for
themselves and finally they be
come of age and depend on one
another as part of a social system.
American youth must gain intelli
gence through education to guide
this nation if they wish to make a
reality the great dream of peaceful
relations.
Money Has Place
“Students must also be develop
ing a sensible philosophy of life,
and ‘be able to take it,’ ” he added.
“Financial reward should be put in
its proper place. Anything as in
secure as money has no right to be
the only driving force behind pro
gress. There is no substitute for a
sound ethical stance.
“I dare to believe that as you
formulate a philosophy of life you
must have a focal point outside of
yourself, and that point will be
God. Back of every course is God.
May every crisis warn us to take
very seriously our responsibility in
a war-tom world,’’ were his con
cluding remarks.
Preceding the address the ATO
glee club sang two numbers which
were enthusiastically received by
the gathering.
Brantons Entertain
To meet students outside the
formality of the classroom, Dr.
James Ft. Branton, head of the de
■ partment of religion, and Mrs.
Branton entertained members oi
his classes in religion at an in
I formal open house at their home
j Wednesday afternoon.
Matron
Charlene .Jackson, who plays
Catherine Petkoff, a socially am
bitious mother, in “Arms and the
Man,” which opened last night.
Pay Up or Else,
Say University
Bookkeepers
All students must pay regis
tration and non-resident fees in
full by Saturday, November 18,
or face suspension for the re
mainder of this term, C. K.
Stalsberg, cashier, announced
yesterday.
Deadline for final installments
was November 10, and overdue
fees are now drawing fines at
the rate of 25 cents per day.
Charges will total $1.50 by Sat
urday, and those who don’t pay
by then will be suspended.
According to Mr. Stalsberg,
students care offered one last
chance from November 18 to 25
to pay $3.50 for reinstantement
but after that will be dropped
for the remainder of the term.
Westminster’s
Schedule Full
Theodore Kratt
Scheduled; Hike,
Skating on List
With a complete program of
skating, skiing, hiking, music, and
discussions planned for this week
end, members of Westminster
house face a crowded schedule for
the next three days, Anne Dean,
president, announced yesterday.
Highlighting the list of activities
is a meeting at 6 o’clock Sunday
evening at which Theodore Kratt,
dean of the music school, will talk
on “Music and Religion.” This
gathering is especially for Pres
byterian preference students, ac
cording to Miss Dean, but every
one is invited to attend.
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. members
will meet at Westminster house to
attend a skating party at Midway.
This will be followed by a double
program Saturday afternoon and
evening. Sam Cox will lead a hike
during the day, and at night there
will be a fireside gathering for the
NBC symphony.
Eric W. Allen, dean of the school
of journalism, has been scheduled
to head the Sunday morning group
at 9:45 a.m. All students are in
vited to attend any of these ac
tivities.
Phi Beta
Elects
6 Seniors
Professor Hollis
Named President
For Coming Year
By WES SULLIVAN
Six seniors were elected in the
University of Oregon chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa, national scholas
tic honorary, at a meeting in the
faculty room of Friendly hall yes
terday.
Those elected were:
Loraine Vivian Gjording, Port
land, English.
Wilbur Jack Grant, Portland,
journalism.
Wilbur Jack Grant, Eugene, psy
chology;
Alice Mary Coldren, Eugene,
psychology;
Philip B. Lowry, Medford, law;
Lois Onthank, Eugene, psychol
ogy;
Donald Castanien, Eugene, Ro
mance languages.
Miss Gjording had the highest
grade point average of the six,
earning 3.87 out of a possible 4.
Election of the Senior Six, an
honor conferred each year to six
members of the senior class, is
based on outstanding scholarship.
The time and place of the for
mal initiation and banquet for the
new members will be set later.
The meeting, presided over by
Orlando Hollis, present vice-presi
dent of the group, also elected of
ficers for the coming year. Pro
fessor Orlando J. Hollis of the
law school was named president,
and Andrew Fish, associate pro
fessor of history, was chosen vice
president. Mary E. Kent was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
The new members of the execu
tive committee are E. C. A. Lesch
and R. W. Leeper. D. E. Hargis
drew a three-year term and A. R.
Moore a one-year term on the
membership committee.
Blood, Topic
Of Dr. Huestis
Characteristics of the different
blood groupings and their signifi
cance was the general topic of the
talk given by Dr. R. R. Huestis,
zoology professor, before the An
thropology club, Wednesday even
ing.
After a brief explanation of the
method of classifying blood types,
Dr. Huestis elaborated on some oi
the ways it could be used in an
thropological research. He said
that even ancient mummies have
been tested to find the prevailing
blood type in other centuries.
After the talk Dr. Huestis an
swered questions, and there was a
short informal discussion. Refresh
ments were served in the mair
lounge.
Thirty More Live Out
In the last week 26 boys and 4
girls have been permitted to liv<
outside the University houses
This brings the number of stu
dents living outside to 975. O:
these 198 are girls while 777 arc
boys.
‘Arms and the Man’ Declared
Success by First Nighters ;
Dancers
I Praised
| By Critics
Artists Will Show
At 8 Monday Night
In University Igloo
By HEUEN ANGFXL
Combining old world glamor
with new world vigor and youth,
the American Ballet Caravan,
: which during its three years of
active work has brought a revi
talization to the United States
ballet field, is already Eugene
bound for its appearance here
Monday night.
The Ballet Caravan, scheduled
to open here at 8 o’clock Monday
evening in the Igloo, was hailed
by the critics across the continent
last year as the finest develop
ment to have taken place in the
American dance field.
The side-splitting three num
bers which the Caravan has
scheduled to show here are per
formed by 21 experienced danc
ers, all young and well-trained.
One of the newest numbers on
the dance group being brought to
the University is the "Billy the
Kid’’ number, based on the life of
: a famed desperado of the old west,
j It is hilariously funny, according
j to newspaper reviews, and a true
I characterization of a western
j character. The whirling dancers
| carry “Billy” through his long il
lustrious career as a gunman in a
style that will have audiences roll
ing in the aisles.
Although Director Lincoln Kir
stien and his troop have a full
slate of both serious and amusing
numbers, at the request of ASUO
heads sponsoring their Eugene
showing, they will dance here only
the humorous type.
Tickets are now on sale at Mc
Arthur court’s ticket office. Since
the performance is one of ASUO’s
Greater Artist Series, student
body card holders will be admitted
free of charge.
Gay music, brilliant costumes,
and elaborate lighting effects, all
will be used to make this per
formance the highlight of the fall
season for concert-goers, activi
ties heads said last night.
Ray Cook Promoted
To Department Head
Ray Cook has been appointed
merchandising manager of the
Emerald, George Luoma, Emerald
manager, announced last night.
Cook has worked with the Emer
ald this year in merchandising ac
tivity.
Emerald merchandising pro
motes the Emerald as an advertis
ing medium to all local firms,
i Cook will be in charge of local
account services for the Emerald
and will carry on the many new
programs that have been launched
this year.
George Turnbull Acquires Author’s Title
Professor George Turnbull of
the school of journalism yesterday
had another title to add to the
long list he has attained in the
writing field—that of author. The
occasion was the appearance of his
new book, “History of Oregon
Newspapers.”
Over sixteen years in prepara
tion, the book traces the develop
ment of newspapers in Oregon
from the advent, nearly one hun
dred years ago, of William G. T.
’Vault’s Spectator to the present
day metropolitan daily.
Mr. Turnbull began work on
the book in 1923. He collected the
enormous amount of data and pre
pared the manuscript in his spare
time, mostly after 1929. The book
contains 560 pages, approximately
a quarter of a million words.
The achievements of hundreds of
Oregon newspaper men, in
cluding such big journalistic fig
ures as Harvey W. Scott, H. L.
Pittock, Sf.m Jackson and others,
is supplemented by short descrip
tions of their personalities—all
woven together in a fascinating
story of the development of jour
nalism in the state.
Not only does the book reflect
great care in gathering and pre
senting of facts, but it also re
counts many amusing and dramat
ic incidents in the history of jour
nalism in the state.
Development Traced
The development of journalism
in the various counties of Oregon
is also traced through the years.
Beginning with the first county to
publish a newspaper, Clackamas
in 1846, the trail follows chrono
logically to the start in a tent in
Madras of the first newspaper in
Jefferson county.
Also included is a brief biogra
phy of some of Oregon’s more
famous reporters, a brief outline
of the rise of society and sports
writing and the rise of the Sun
day newspaper.
23 Years
Mr. Turnbull has been a pro
fessor in the University school ol
journalism for the past 23 years
Before coming to the Universitj
he was connected with the Bel
lingham Reveille, Seattle Times
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Port
land Oregonian and San Franciscc
Chronicle.
The book was published by Bin
fords and Mort of Portland.
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Pigging Outlook
Brighter; Good
Times in View
Pigging prospects for the year
are on the up and up gals so
whisk out your glad rags and
look hopeful.
Eighteen hundred members of
this campus have risked a quar
ter of their hard-earned money
and there are bound to be plenty
of people trying to get their
money’s worth. In fact, much to
the pleasure of the piggers’
guide editors, there aren’t any
left.
Who can tell, maybe the in
creased business in the local em
poriums and theaters will make
for new jobs and the distribution
of more money? This in turn
will entice more students to Ore
gon who will buy more piggers’
guides and make proper use of
same, so get out your glad rags
gals and look hopeful.
UO Musicians
To Go on Air
First of Programs
This Evening at 8; -
Hopkins in Charge
The last week before the Thanks
giving day to be observed by stu
dents of the University of Oregon
will offer the usual variety in mus
ical programs to be given over
station KOAC, Corvallis, according
to an announcement made by
George Hopkins, in charge of ar
rangements.
At 8 o’clock Friday evening Le
land Chase, tenor student of Hal
fred Young, will sing “Sylvia” by
Speaks, “Homing” by Del Riego,
“La ReVe” from Massenet's "Ma
non,” and Mendelssohn’s “If With
All Your Hearts.” He will be ac
companied by Zoe Brassey.
Second of the string ensemble
programs directed by Rex Under
wood will be given Monday night
at 8. Art Holman’s arrangement of
Youman’s “Time on My Hands”'
will be played by a string octet
made up of Janet Gordon, Eliza
beth Walker, Jane Young, Cor
rine Combs, Malcolm Caffee, Ber
nard Somers, Howard Jones, and
Verne Sellin. Caffee will also play
a violin solo, “Indian Love Call” by
Friml.
At 8:30 p.m. Monday, Howard
Jones, cello student of Lora Ware,
will offer a short recital. His selec
tion will be “Allegro Appasionato”
by Saint Saens, “Arioso” by Bach,
“Allegro con brio” by Guerini, and
“Playera” by Granados.
| Obsidians to Pay Visit
To Historic Row River
Caves Next Sunday
The historic How river caves
will be the destination of local ob
sidians, when they leave Eugene
for their weekly excursion next
Sunday morning.
The Obsidians will leave Hen
dershott’s Gun store at 8 o’clock.
They will drive within a quarter
of a mile of the caves. Hugh P.
Currin will be the leader.
Washke's Father,
Well Known on
Campus, Dies
Paul R. Washke, professor of
physical education who is on leave
of absence this year at NYU, re
ceived word that his father, Dr.
W. B. Waldo, president emeritus
of Kalamazoo Teachers’ college,
died last week. Dr. Waldo
was well known to many on the
Oregon campus as he has visited
and spoken to the students several
times in the last few years.
Shaw Philosophy
Portrayed in Play
English Dramatist Presents War Stripped
Of Gold Braid and Parade; Emphasizes
War as Just Another Trade Minus Glamor
By BETTY .TANK BIGGS
From an insignificant beginning to a second and third act worthy
of George Bernard Saw, University theater audience last night wit
nessed the opening of “Arms and the Man.”
Directed by Mrs. Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt, “Arms and the Man”
points out the typical Shaw philosophy of war. Stripped of its glamor
of gold braid and parade ground manners, Shaw presents war as lie
sees it—just another trade. ’
Subtle humor is brought into the |
women’s parts also as the ambi-1
tious mother decides the common
Swiss soldier, son of a hotel keep
er, with 200 horses and seven car
liages is a better match for her
daughter than a major of noble
family having only 20 steeds and
three coaches.
Hen-pecked Major
Ed Burtenshaw’s presentation of
the hen-pecked major of the Bul
garian army, Petkoff, proved one
of the highlights of the play.
The cynical Swiss soldier and
winner of fair Kaina’s heart, Fred
Waller, turned in a very creditable
performance with the blond, dash
ing Gene Edwards as Major Sara
noff, also giving a very convincing
appearance.
Each of the three acts called for
a different set of scenery which
involved much research work to
bring the Bulgarian atmosphere of
1885 details onto the stage cor
rectly. Designed and executed by
Horace W. Robinson, assistant pro
fessor of drama, the background
for the bedroom, terrace, and li
brary drew many favorable com
ments from the audience.
Cast Given
Other members of the cast in
cluded: Lorraine Hixson as Raina,
the daughter of a cultural-ambi
tious mother, Charlene Jackson;
Rose Ann Gibson, the servant girl
who marries into one of the Bul
garian “best” families with the
help of her ex-fiance, Nicola, the
family servant, played by P. T.
Chiolero, and Don Childers ap
peared as the army officer who
must invade the lady’s room to find
the enemy.
Seats for tonight and tomorrow
evenings’ performances are still
available. Reserve seats sell for 50
cents and may be secured at the
box office in Johnson hall.
'Grand Illusion’
To Be Shown
“Grand Illusion,” the motion
picture story of a prison camp in
Germany, will be shown Novem
ber 30 at two performances in
Chapman hall. The show is being
sponsored by Delta Phi, French
honorary. Here, according to
the New York Times of Sep
tember 18, is “a war story with
out screaming shells, no gallant
toasts to the fallen. War is a
grand illusion and Renoir proceeds
with his disillusioning task by
studying war, not in the front
line but in a prison camp with
captors and captives alike con
demned to the dry rot of inac
tion. Romance enters when one
of the French fugitives, trying to
escape, is sheltered by a young
German widow.”
Tickets for the two performanc
es are on sale for 25 cents on the
third floor of Friendly hall.
Pupils Hear Staples
Dr. Lloyd W. Staples, geology
instructor, spoke before the Uni
versity high school science classes
yesterday morning, on “Applica
tions of Economic Geology,” espe
cially in regard to mining in the
Bohemia district.
Miss Nelson
Chosen SX v
Sweetheart
Blond DG Coed Is
'Tops' in Hearts of
Sigma Chis
Evelyn Nelson was named last
night as the Sweetheart of Sigma
Chi.
The 5-foot 4-inch blonde from
the Delta Gamma house was “very
thrilled” as she spoke into the mi
crophone on a special radio broad
cast presented by Sigma Chi after
being named as the Oregon fresh
man coed to receive the honor for
1939.
Positions of prominence are not
new to Evelyn for she was a prin
cess in the 1937 Portland Rose
festival, nor will they end with
last night’s announcement. She
will be feted at a special banquet
tonight at the chapter house and
will be serenaded later at her
house. At the banquet she will be
pinned with a white sweetheart
cross.
Harger Is MC
Sigma Chi opened their broad
cast last night, which was pre
sented over KORE at 10:30, with
their Sweetheart song. Les Har
ger then took over the mike as
master of ceremonies and handed
it in turn to Verdi Sederstrom
who explained how the contest
was run.
The five finalists were then in
terviewed with Jean Morrison, Pat
Nelson, Ellen Ann Evans, and Lo
rabelle Wraith being presented
along with Miss Nelson.
Just a Year Ago
Betty Anderson, last year's
sweetheart, was also interviewed
and reminded that it was just one
year and twelve days since she
had been chosen to wear the cross.
Musical numbers by members
of the fraternity, with stylist Har
ry Williams playing “Blue Rhap
sody” in a piano solo, and a vocal
number, “My Last Goodbye," by
Don Palmblad completed the pro
gram.
Her sorority sisters of Delta
Gamma gave her a rousing recep
tion upon her return from the stu
dio.
1
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
Faculty recreation meeting for
men and women at Gerlinger hall
at 7:30 tonight.
Sigma Xi, will meet Tuesday,
November 21, at 8 o’clock in 103
Deady. • • .
Emerald 3 o'clock club will
meet tonight . All bona fide mem
bers are requested to be present.
Initiotion of new members will be
1 held at the usual banquet.