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LIBRARY CAMPUS TODAY'S EDITS: Hang Up the Band; Bear Traps; Behind the 8 Ball SPORTS PAGE: Donut Tilts Engelke Wins Duck Tracks VOLUME XLI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1939 NUMBER 39 Board Approves Contracts Eugene, Portland, Medford Firms To Print Oregana What the Board Did: 1. Heard homecoming report. 2. Approved concert of Eugene Gfeemen. 3. Discussed increasing' number of Emeralds printed daily. 4. Let Oregana contracts for virtually all mechanical work. The 1J40 Oregana took a long step forward yesterday when con tracts for job work on the book passed through the educational | activities board in a special meet ing called primarily to consider contract bidss. Contracts for cover, printing, binding, lithography, color pho tography, and engraving were let to firms in Eugene, Portland, and Medford, after consideration of bids which in most cases included two and three firms. Cover Contract Let Cover lithography contract went to Bushong and company, Port land, only bidder. Printing and binding, Shelton, Turnbull, Fuller, of Eugene. Lithography, Bushong and company. Color photographs will be handled by Marshall Smith, and Leonard of Medford. Engraving will be done by Hicks Chatten, Portland. The board also heard a sales re port by Dick Williams, Oregana business manager, who told of spe cial sales to outside organizations for University promotional pur poses. A set figure, total number of books to be printed, was decid ed on. Root Reports on Homecoming The meeting, an afternoon spe cial. opened with a partial report on homecoming by George Root, manager of educational activities. Incomplete returns show a suc cessful weekend, Root reported. A concert by the Eugene Glee men for February 20 was ap proved as an added ASUO attrac tion. For the second consecutive meeting, the question of whether to print more Emeralds each day came up before the board. Emer ald Business Manager George Lu oma appeared with figures show ing the number printed with dis tribution facts. The matter was finally turned over to J. O. Lind strom, University business mana ger, for investigation with power ^ to act. Frost Appointed The appointment of Jim Frost as Emerald advertising manager was approved. The board also voted to approve a San Carlo opera company ap pearance in McArthur court early in spring term, the project to be an independent non-ASUO feat ure. Dr. Earl M. Pallett, chairman, presided. Shaeffer Contest Won By Grad, Jay Wilson Jay Wilson, graduate student in business administration, has just been notified that he was winner of Shaeffer Pen company’s “Colle giate Carry-about Radio Contest” on this campus. For completing the sentence, “Sheaffer's fineline pencil is best for classroom notes because . . he won a new portable General Electric radio given by the pen manufacturing company. The radio was presented by the University Co-op which handles Sheaffer’s products locally. Propeller Club Will Hold Inspection Tour Members of the campus Propel ler club wall meet in Portland at the American-Hawaiian Steamship company terminals Friday morn ing, November 24 at 10 o’clock. The group will make an inspection tour of the port facilities of Port land harbor. The regular Wednesday meeting of the club has been canceled be cause of Thanksgiving vacation. Pranksters Go To Extremes In Fun-Making “Never mind, dears. If anyone should kidnap you he'd drop you under the first arc light." Thus spoke members of Kappa Alpha Theta as they dressed their two fashion mannequins and set them out in the front yard for part of their homecoming play. But in the night came some prinksters who whisked away the mannequins and now the sorority members are preparing to drape their treasury in black and go into mourning, for unless the figures are returned the so rority will be obliged to pay $70 for them. Pranks to the tune of $70 become something more than good clean fun but the Thetas are willing to overlook this if only they could find their man nequins back in their front yard some morning. Here Tonight Miss Dunham Will Tell Experiences Miss Patricia Dunham, who has just returned from a hostel trip through the countries of Europe, will tell of interesting experiences which she had in contacting the common people of the nations now locked in war at a special meeting tonight in Gerlinger hall. All members and friends of the University Student club, local di- i vision of the National Hostel asso ciation, are invited to attend the gathering which will convene on the third floor of the upper cam pus hall at 7:30. Miss Dunham was in Paris when the war broke out. She spent last year in traveling the picturesque lanes of the continent over the j paths of the Youth Hostel associa tion. She is a Seattle girl and ar rived home at the northwest city only a week ago because of delay caused by war conditions. Since that time she has been busy with interviews and Youth Hostel club meetings, having ad dressed the “pedal pushers” at Reed college only last Saturday. Local Hostel club plans will also be discussed, and all interested in either the address by Miss Dun ham or hostel work are especially invited to attend. 'Y' Group Arranges For Fireside Chats Oregon's YMCA committee on student-faculty relations recently completed arrangements for speak ers who will lead fireside discus sion groups this term, Paul Sutley, executive secretary, announced yesterday. The body, according to Mr. Sut ley, is now contacting various or ganized living groups on the cam pus for places to conduct the meet ings. This committee will discuss topics of mutual interest to stu dents and faculty members throughout the year 1939-40. European T raveler Met on Hostel Northern Trip Fails For Band Five Year Tradition Broken by Decision To Stay Home Any hopes that the University of Oregon band might attend the Oregon-Washington grid clash in Seattle on Thanksgiving day were decisively squelched last night by John Stehn, band director, when he revealed that not enough stu dents were going to warrant band attendance. Anson Cornell, athletic mana ger, reported last week that 200 students had purchased tickets for the game. This will be the first time in five years that the band has not played for this contest. The ASUO booth, selling train tickets for students going home for the holidays or to the game, reports that 300 students have made inquiries concerning train fares to their homes and to Seat tle. Special $2.50 round trip rates are being featured by Southern Pacific for Portland-bound Web foots and $6.50 fares to Seattle and return. Dozens of California students were leaving last night for Thanksgiving dinner in the South, while other University enrollees will leave school tomorrow after noon following their Wednesday classes. Science Board Finishes Work The basic science examining committee of the State Board of Higher Education has completed its work on the twelfth semiannual examination of applicants for the healing arts certificate, Charles D. Byrne, secretary of the Board of Higher Education, announced yes terday. Sixteen candidates passed the examination which was given October 28. Twice each year this commit tee examines applicants who con template practicing one of the several healing arts in the state of Oregon. According to law the examination covers the fields of pathology, chemistry, physiology, hygiene, and anatomy. The test, Mr. Byrne stated, i# a prerequi site for professional examinations for practitioners. In all, 535 have received certifi cates since the first examination in February, 1934. The committee appointed by the State Board of Higher Education includes N. Fasten, chairman, Oregon State college, pathology; L. F. Griffin, Reed college, anatomy; C. V. Langton, Oregon State college, hy giene; J. A. Macnab, Linfield col lege, physiology; and O. F. Staf ford, University of Oregon, chem istry. There was no meeting of the Emerald 3 o’clock club this morn ing. 'Arms and the Man’ Accorded Three Bells by Campus Critic By BETTY JANE BIGGS If we were Jimmy Fidler we would give “Arms and the Man" three bells and let it go at that. Not an outstanding hit such as the last University theater pro duction, “Our Town,” “Arms and the Man,” which closed after a three-night run Saturday, did have its good moments. Either Fred Waller, as Captain Bluntschli, has not acquired the sophistication to be at ease in a lady’s boudoir or else he was suf fering from an attack of stage fright for after, well, rather poor first act, the boy made a comeback that pushed his other veteran col leagues hard to keep him from taking the honors. Burtenshaw Gets laughs As a rough, uncouth Bulgarian soldier, Ed Burtenshaw's appear ance on the stage was always good for a laugh or two as he went through such human gestures as trying to shake a few more drops out of an empty cognac bottle or wiping his lips on the table cloth following his repast. With her flaunting of skirts and subtle leading of the stronger sex on, Rose Ann Gibson enlivened the the play in her part of Louka, the servant “gal,” who gets her man. The dashing cavalry officer, Major Saranoff, played his asides to the audience with more spirit than he did when facing his fellow actors. However, his handsome blondness and flashing smile made the feminine part of his audience wish he could have the heroine in spite of his snake-in-the-grass at titude to his “high-love.” Forgetting to act when she thought the audience was not look ing at her, Lorraine Hixson as Raina showed women as they are —man chasers at heart, in spite of the sweet retiring exterior. Butler Cramps Stage Only appearing on the stage for brief moments at a time, P. T. Chiolero, as the family butler gave a good characterization, although his six feet, some-odd inches rather dwarfed the small stage floor space. Truly understanding the Shaw spirit of the play, Charlene Jack son as Catherine Petkoff, the mother, really made her satirical lines jump as she uttered them in a tone loud enough for McArthur court instead of the small room of only 200 seats which the theater holds. Don Childers as an officer of the Bulgarian army walked on. Nickel Hop to Follow Holiday Number of Nickels To Determine Male Ground Coverage The AWS announced Thursday, November 30, as the date set for the Nickel Hop. From 6 to 8 o’clock, campus males will troop from house to house, covering- as much territory as their pickels will permit. The Nickel Hop will be a mod ern version of the Dime Crawl with the added attraction of being easier on the pocketbook. Every half hour, the floors will be cleared and a new nickel will be collected from all those who wish to continue dancing at the same house. Formerly scheduled for tonight, the 'Nickel Hop was postponed in a recent AWS meeting to the date following vacation. Instructors Elected To Landscape Group Associate Professor of Land scape Architecture F. A. Cuthbert and David E. Thompson, instructor of landscape architecture, were elected to the American Society of Landscape Architects recently. Professor A. L. Peck, head of the department of landscape archi tecture at Oregon State college, and Assistant Professor W. Dorr legg also received notification of their admittance into the organiza tion. All four men were junior asso ciates of the society since gradua tion from college. After submitting many examples of their work, the men were judged for their know ledge of the material handed in to the examination board. Oh-Oh! War Will 'Depants' Sophomores By HELEN ANGKLL Oregon’s Joe College, a la soph omore, has lost his moleskin trou sers—and it can all be blamed on the European war. University second-year men who trek down to Eugene clothiers in the future to buy their traditional uniform, the soft-surfaced “soph moleskins,” are going to have a hard time finding any of them, it | was disclosed yesterday through a \ survey of various clothing stores. English Need Cloth Although Oregon's self-satisfied men probably didn’t know' it until now, they’ve been wearing import ed cloth in those trousers that are badges of their sophomoric supe riority—and the English manufac turers have decided that they need their extra cloth worse than Unit , ed States collegians need their tra 1 ditions. With the advent of the economic problem which accompanies a war, European nations have been cut ting down on their exports to for eign countries, dispatches from wholesalers to Eugene merchants explain. The moleskin cloth is only one of the many commodities be ing hoarded abroad. One Pair Left One men’s store last night ad mitted they had only one pair of soph pants in stock. Asked if he thought the situation was to be permanent, the manager popped back at the reporter with, “Hold the line a minute while I put Mr. Chamberlin on.” “We can get limited quantities now,” he said, “but not at prices anyone would be willing to pay.” That there is an American sub stitute for the British cloth was cited by another store manager, although he declared that the new world product “is not as service able because it does not launder or dry clean as well.” The head of another Eugene es tablishment where they haven’t been stocking "moleskins” for some time, recalled that he had heard the report too that the American supply from England is a minus quantity. “The domestic product that we have here is not good,” he explained, “because they don’t seem to have the process as well developed over here.” It’s one of Oregon’s most ad hered-to traditions that the fresh man fellow wears “tin pants” dur ing his first year here, and that when he becomes a sophomore he dons the softer, dressier “mole skins.” In his upperclassmen days he is privileged to wear cords, oi anything else he chooses for cam pus wear. YMCA Cabinet Plans Retreat Various Subjects Of World Interest Will Be Discussed Paul Sutley, executive secretary of ,Jt,he Oregon YMCA, yesterday announced complete plans for1 the annual YM-YW cabinet retreat scheduled the eighth and ninth of next month. Members of both groups will spend two days at the beach and while there will hold discussions on various subjects of world inter est. Faculty members will act as chaperons for the occasion and lead informal groups. Program Given Complete program is as follows: Friday, 6:30, dinner; 7:30 to 7:45, worship under direction of Mary Wright and Wayne Kelty; 7:45 to 9 discussion under direction of Dr. Branton, head of the depart ment of religion, on application of our religious philosophy; 9 to 10:30, recreation. Saturday, 7:30, breakfast; 8:30 tc 9, free; 9 to 10:30, discussion on education led by Professor Cas teel; 10:30 to 11:30, free; 11:30 to 12:45, lunch; 12:45, discussion by Professor Arthur Dudley on eco nomic implications; and 2:30, clos ing worship under direction of Miss Wright and Mr. Kelty. To Chaperon Chaperons attending include Professor Casteel and wife, Pro fessor Dudley and wife, Dr. Bran ton, Miss Janet Smith, Mrs. Mar jorie Evans, and Paul Sutley. Students are Milton Small, Stan Robinson, Frank McKinney, Wayne Kelty, Larry Hopkins, George Luoma, Henry Carr, Bob Lovell, Dwight Caswell, Betty Lou j Kurtz, Marjorie Montgomery, and i Kathleen Erady. Former UO Student Reported Acting In Playhouse Cast Two University alumni, Elisa beth Stetson and Doris Wulzen, re port seeing another well-known ex 1 Oregon student, Smokey Whitfield, i play the part of “George” in the ; first night performance of "Kiss | the Boys Goodbye” last Wednesday ; at the Pasadena Play House, i Scouts for Paramount pictures i who were also in the audience ' signed the playhouse cast for spring production of the comedy ; filming of “Wishes to Begin in j December.” Smokey will be remembered as a prominent figure on this campus. He had one of the leading roles in the plays “Emperor Jones,” “Noah Stage Door,” and “With Fear and Trembling” that were presented by 1 the drama division of the Univer j sity of Oregon, Thousands Jam Igloo For Kirstein’s Caravan First Flight Of Fledglings Scheduled Student Classes Will 'Take the Air' After Thanksgiving Next Monday, following the hol iday weekend, the first plane is schedided to take off from the Eu gene airport marking the start of air instruction, it was announced last night by Carlton E. Spencer, head of the flying school. Weeks of red tape came to an end with a telegram from Wash ington, D. C., to Flight Operator Joseph Harrell, in charge at the field, okaying equipment and per sonnel. The flight operator and three other instructors will give dual instruction to ten students apiece, i Taking personal charge of their1 allotted one-fourth of the “Flying Forty” will be Charles Mears, Rob ert Meaney, Stephen Hathaway, and Joseph Harrell, flight instruc tor. Ground work was laid for fly ing to start yesterday, but flight heads felt that the short week would disarrange the schedule and November 27 was set as the of ficial stalling date. A carefully mapped out sched ule will regulate all time in the air. Each instructor has a book listing his ten students and the time they are to report for lessons and a master schedule for the com plete class is in Mr. Spencer’s of fice. About five minutes from the campus straight out Thirteenth street, the airport has been the scene of intensive activity in prep aration for the influx of fledglings and the four 50-horsepower Cub trainers will be poised at the run ways early Monday morning. French Department's 'Grand Illusion' To Show on Nov. 30 The film, “Grand Illusion,” which the French department is showing November 30 in Condon hall, comes highly recommended by the New York Times. On September 18 the Times said, “If this report has fallen down in proving that ‘Grand Illusion’ is a fascinating picture, we claim im munity on the grounds that many of its virtues cannot be reduced to words.” The tickets are still on sale on the third floor of Friendly hall. Showing will be at 4 and 7:30 p.m. and the price of admission is 25 cents. Fog Fails to Dampen Gaiety of Audience Satire, Burlesque of Ballet Group Proves Entertaining; Characterization, Costumes Carry Out Theme of Skits By GLENN HASSELROOTH Fog and cold failed to freeze over the gaiety of several thousand University students and Eugeneans, who turned out to enjoy the pre* Thanksgiving feast of color and humor which was dished out last night in McArthur court by artists of the American Ballet Caravan. Those who came to be exalted by the serious grandeur of tragic ballet went away disappointed. Those who came simply to be enter tained, left knowing they had been satirized, laughed at, s,nd bur Poison, Horses Land Two Coeds In Infirmary Recovering from a hike around Spencers butte, Lorraine Gjord ing, member of this year’s Sen ior Six, declared from her sick bed in the infirmary where she is swathed from head to foot in bandages, ‘‘I am allergic to poi son oak.” Her roommate, Elizabeth Hanchett, is now her ward mate as a result of a horseback ride. “We hope to be out by Christ mas, in spite iof our present afflictions,” both girls optimist ically chorused as we left. Others in the campus hospital yesterday include: Jack Brown, Norman Elston, Gertrude Puziss, Dorothy Davis, Henry Carlson, Helen Graves, Leland Chase, and Robert Wilmsen. Library Receives New Contribution A gift for the library was re ceived Monday from John A. Over street of Tonkaw, Oklahoma, in the form of the author’s newest book, “Song of the Old South west.” The book was printed on the Co operative press in Oklahoma and was made from photographs of the typewritten manuscript. Mr. Over street says in the preface of the book that it is simple blank verse on the subject of the old West. Kiwanis Hear Jewell Stressing Thanksgiving as a day of reunion, Dean J. R. Jewell, of the University school of education spoke before the members of the Eugene Kiwanis club Monday noon. He also mentioned the advan tages American youth have over European. Young People Slight Ballet, Avers Caravan Director By JEAN SPEAROW “Don’t you ever do any serious work?’’ The question was put to Mr. Lincoln Kirstein, director of the Ballet Caravan yesterday as he speoke to a small group in Ger linger hall. “Yes,” he said doubtfully, “we do a serious kind of work but no body likes it. Young people are apt to be too presumptuous and thus make a serious work into something ludicrous.” History of Name Told When he was asked how the company got its name, Mr. Kir stein laughed reflectively. “F'ive years ago there were only five or six of us in a bus and we called ourselves the caravan. Now, though we’ve graduated to the bag gage company stage, the name sticks.” The dancers in the company arc till SLUUCIIta III UI1C uv-uv/w* erican Ballet in New York City. The school has 125 members and the company is composed of 11 boys and 13 girls. “The company,” Mr. Kirstein ex plained, “is purely professional. I am afraid I shall have to answer your questions by saying that we are not an educational organiza tion. No, we do not give everyone a chance at the leading roles. We are very undemocratic. The best role goes to the best dancer. We’d like everyone to be happy but we don’t care if they’re not. “We could hardly,” he went on with a twinkle, “start a perform ance with a curtain speech saying, ‘You will notice that the leading role is danced by a young girl who is not very good but she's really awfully nice and besides it’s her turn tonight.’ (Please turn to page tivo) lesqued. But they were nonetheless amused. As sparkling as the chromium which Mac, the station attendant polished, was the first ballet, “Fill ing Station,” which the audience liked, and applauded enthusiastic ally. The story was in the life of Mac who attempted to be nice to every one of his fickle customers. The customers were clever, espe cially that of the bandit whose get-up consisted of mask, blue oiled silk raincoat, and pink-and purple pajamas. The truck drivers looked more like bums along the millrace than anything else, be cause of the rags they wore. “Drunks” Prove Comical The inebriated rich boy and girl who were responsible for most of the piece’s comedy were not un familiar types. The death of the girl, victim of the ganster’s bullet, was treated in largely comic fash ion, rigor mortis setting in almost immediately. (Please turn to page two) CAMPUS CALENDAR There will l»e an important meet ing of all nursing students in Ger linger hall at 4 o’clock today. Re-, freshments will be served. Freshman council of the Oregon YMCA will not meet this Wednes day because of Thanksgiving va cation. Master Dance meeting this week will be held this morning at 10 a.m. instead of the usual time. The school of Master Dance meeting held regularly on Wednesday will not be held this week. A film will be shown at 4 p.m. today in 101 Gerlinger showing the field tactics of leading wo men’s hockey teams. Phi Theta Upsilon will meet at 5 p.m. today in the men’s lounge at Gerlinger. Phi Delta Phi, French honorary, will have a short business meeting at 4 o’clock in room 111, Friendly hall today. Pat Dunham, Youth Hostels group member, who recently re turned to this country from Eur ope, will address Oregon’s Youth Hostelers tonight at 7:30 in Ger linger hall. All students are invited to attend. All those going to Corvallis for the badminton tournament are asked to meet in front of Gerlirt ger hall at 5:30 p.m. Theta Sigma Phi will meet to night at 7 o’clock in the journalism building. All members should be present. Sigma Delta Chi will meet this afternoon, instead of Wednesday, in room 104 of the shack. Further plans for the banquet honoring Mr. Turnbull will be discussed. Important Phi Chi Theta meet i ing in Commerce at 5 o’clock this afternoon.