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VOLUME XLI
UNIVERSNTY OF OREGON, EUGENE. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1939
WOMEN'S PAGE:
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NUMBER 42
Relations
Group
Revived
Foreign Relations,
Domestic Affairs
To Be Discussed
A chance to discuss foreign af
fairs in relation to domestic prob
lems will be offered to students of
the University with the reorgan
ization of the local chapter of the
International Relations club this
evening at 7:30 in the men’s lounge
of Gerlinger hall.
The purpose of the club is to
provide an open forum for the
study of international relations.
The meetings as well as the discus
| sions are to be informal and are
open to anyone who is interested.
Tonight’s topic of discussion will
be “What Are America’s Vital In
terests in the European War?’’
The new club is one of several
hundred throughout the United
States endowed by the Carnegie
institute. Each year the institute
furnishes a speaker for each of the
clubs. They also publish two sets
of books yearly on foreign affairs
and present a set to each individual
club for the benefit of the mem
bers. Copies of these books for
several years back may be found
in the International Relations club
shelf of the browsing room in the
library.
The club was organized first last
year, but most of the members
graduated and no officers were
elected for this year.
Victor P. Morris, dean of the
school of business administration,
, is the faculty adviser and is con
tinuing with the work of reorgan
ization with the aid of Dean Eric
W. Allen of the school of jour
nalism.
Officers for the new organiza
tion will be elected at a future
date.
People Invited
To Join Choir
Music-minded men and women
of the Eugene district who would
like to become members of the
University Choral union and can
not attend the Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoon rehearsals will have
an opportunity to attend the first
i evening practice of the group in
the music auditorium on Monday
evening, December 4, at 7:30 o’
clock, it was announced Thursday.
No tryouts or applications need
be made, and singers need not be
enrolled in the University, it has
been pointed out by Dean Theodore
Kratt, director. Members of the
group, which numbers over 300 at
this time, will give their first per
formance during winter term when
Mendelssohn's great oratorio, “Eli
jah,” will be offered. Rex Under
wood and the 70-piece University
symphony orchestra will accom
pany.
UO Alum Joins
Army Ranks
According to word received by
the military department, Elbert E.
Stickels, Oregon ’38, has been
commissioned a second lieutenant
in the United States army. Mr.
Stickels, a Eugene resident, will
leave today for the army barracks
at Vancouver, Washington.
The appointment was won by
Mr. Stickels in a competitive ex
amination. However, he has had
considerable military training. He
took four years of ROTC at Ore
gon, then was accepted for active
duty under the Thomason act,
spending a year at the Vancouver
barracks.
He will meet three other offi
cers from the class of '38 at Van
couver, Reed Fehdall, Kenneth W.
Kirtley, and Joseph Sallee are all
Commissioned second lieutenants
there, having completed their serv
ice under the Thomason act.
Cloud Has Silver
Lining; Student
Gets Beta Pin
The world seemed a little
brighter today to Laverne Van
Marter as he lay in Emanuel
hospital. He had on a Beta The
ta Pi fraternity pin.
“Red" attended Oregon last
year and got as far as the pledg
ing stage. During the summer
lie-was stricken with infantile
paralysis, and his hopes for join
ing the fraternity waned, but
last week the Beta house moved
en masse to the Portland hospi
tal and held a formal initiation
on the spot.
Laverne came to the Univer
sity on a scholarship and earned
a 3.78 grade point average as
well as four numerals in sports
during his first year.
Deans to Be
Honored by
Dads’ Club
Special Banquet
Planned; Dr. Erb,
Hobson to Speak
Donald M. Erb, president of the
University, and 12 Oregon deans
will be guests of honor at a special
banquet sponsored by the Portland
corps of the Oregon Dads’ club in
the Masonic temple Friday even
ing, December 1, the president’s
office announced yesterday.
The dinner has been scheduled
for the Shrine auditorium and will
start at 6 p.m. The program, ac
cording to the announcement, will
include singing and will be accom
panied by the 65-piece Washington
high school band.
President Erb Will Speak
Dr. Erb, as principal speaker of
the evening, has planned a talk on
the various University departments
and the functions of the different
schools. He will introduce the
deans who attend the affair.
Howard Hobson, basketball
coach, will discuss the prospects
for this year's basketball squad.
Janet Smith, employment secre
tary, is scheduled to address the
j group on the subject of how to
I combine school with part-time
work.
Parents Invited
All parents of University stu
dents or prospective students are
invited to attend. One of the main
purposes of the banquet, according
to Dean Vincent, president of the
Portland Dads, is to give parents
an opportunity to meet some of the
topmost leaders at the University.
University leaders who will be
present include: Burt Brown Bark
er, vice president: Donald M. Erb,
president; and Deans Eric W. Al
len, school of journalism; C. V.
Boyer, arts and letters; James H.
Gilbert, social science; J. R. Jewell,
education; Theodore Kratt, music;
Ralph Leighton, physical educa
tion; Victor P. Morris, business ad
ministration; Wayne L. Morse,
law; Karl W. Onthank, personnel;
Virgil D. Earl, dean of men; Hazel
P. Schwering, dean of women, and
O. F. Stafford, lower division and
sciences.
Librarian Compiles
New Bibliography
An annotated bibliography of
bibliographies which hold sources
of pamphlets and other teaching
aids has just been compiled by
Elizabeth Findley, senior assistant
in the reference department. The
pamphlet, which is in the form of
a curriculum bulletin, was edited
by Professor Hugh B. Wood of the
education department.
The title is “Free and Inexpens
ive Materials” and gives the teach
er a list of aids to supplement her
own reading which are either free
: or can be obtained at small cost.
Sources included in the pamphlet
I are books, periodicals, sources in
I special fields, inexpensive pamph
j lets, lists of firms such as pub
! lishing houses, railroads, and
| steamship lines which send out
1 material.
Action Shot of a Two Time Tag
Photo by Jack Bryant, staff photographer
A sample of some of the cutting tactics that will probably take place during the nickel hops this after
noon and evening are shown in the above picture taken in one of the pampas sororities. Dancing will
start at 6 and last until 8 p.m.
Soiority Doors to Open for Hop
At 6 o'Clock This Afternoon
Doors to the women’s living or- ’
ganizations will be wide open at
G o’clock this evening, a friendly
invitation to the men to come in
and get acquainted at the AWS
Nickel Hop.
Girls in sport dresses and sad
dles will greet the fellows who are
urged to come and be comforta
ble in their tin pants, moleskins,
or cords. Individual invitations
are not needed.
To the girls’ organization that
collects the most nickels in pro
portion to the members, J. A.
Hoffman, jeweler, is donating a
SDX Throws
Out Tradition
Chapter Banquet
Open to Public
For First Time
Breaking a long standing prece
dent, the Oregon chapter of Sig
ma Delta Chi, men’s journalistic
fraternity, have thrown their press
banquet, honoring Professor
George Turbull on the publication
of his book, “History of Oregon j
Journalism,” open to the public.!
This is thought to be the first time
in the history of the organization
that a strictly chapter function has
been open to the public.
This year’s press banquet is a
tradition breaker in another re
spect. Never before have the coeds
of the journalism school received
a special invitation to attend a
Sigma Delta Chi social function.
The banquet will be held at the
Anchorage at 6:30 p.m.
“Professor Turnbull is a man who
is admired and respected by all
who know him,” President George
Pasero stated, “and the mem
bers of Sigma Delta Chi feel that
it would be unfair to refuse his
many friends the opportunity to
assist in doing him honor on this
occasion.”
Bill Norene, publicity chairman
for the banquet, has literally
flooded the campus with tickets
to the affair during the last week
Norene has drafted a committee
of 15 to sell the tickets on the
campus. In addition, the tickets
are available at school of journal
ism offices.
Dr. Erb to Address
YMCA Conference
Donald M. Erb, president of the
University of Oregon, will address
the annual older boys' YMCA con
ference in Salem Saturday after
noon, it was announced yesterday
at the president’s office.
Dr. Erb will speak on the sub
ject of “Whither America,” de
' veloping his theme on the Euro
pean aspect ©f current problems.
He will deliver the address on his
return trip from Portland follow
ing the Dads’ club banquet in the
Masonic temple Friday evening.
silver loving cup. This will be
awarded Saturday morning and
will have the house’s name en
graved upon it.
Half-Hour Periods
Each house will clear the floor
every half hour and the boys who
wish to re-enter must put another
nickel in -the “kitty.”
Co-chairmen Barbara Bamford
and Margaret Young urge the men
to visit as many houses as possi
ble and to come early because the
Hop will only be between 6 and 8
o’clock.
Known in former years as the
Hospital Visiting
Out Except for
Special Permits
Effective immediately, there
will be no visiting allowed at
the student health service hos
pital except where there is some
special reason, and then only if
special permission has been
secured. The reason for this
temporary ruling is the pres
ence at the hospital of a few
cases of influenza and the re
port of a rather widespread epi
demic around Grants Pass and
Medford.
Since people get sick, usually,
from other people who are sick,
and, particularly, because the
final examinations are near, it
seems wise to do everything
that we possibly can to prevent
an epidemic.
Fred N. Miller, M.D.
University Physician
I
Library Receives
Books on Chinese,
Japanese Conflict
The museum library has recent
ly received a number of new books
on China, Japan, and Russia. Of
special interest are those which
deal with the war now going on
between China and Japan.
Described as a Chinese “All
Quiet on the Western Front,” is
“Wheat and Soldiers” by Corporal
.Ashihei Hino, translated by Bar
oness Shidzue Ihimoto. “Inside
Asia” by John Gunther, “Japan
Over Asia” by William Henry
Chamberlin, and “Journey to a
War” by W. H. Auden and Chris
topher Isherwood, give the Occi
dental viewpoint on the situation.
Interesting to children because
it was written by three little girls,
and interesting to grownups be
cause of the quality of the writing,
is “Our Family” by Adet and Anor
Lin.
On the subject of Chinese art is
“The Chinese Eye” by Chiang Yee,
which gives an interpretation of
Chinese painting, and “The Heri
tage of Cotton” by M. D. C. Craw
ford.
Chinese women are explained in
I “Chinese Women.” "Yesterday and
Today” by Florence Ayscough;
and “Three Sisters” by Cornelia
j Spencer. The last is the story of
the powerful Soong family of Chi
na.
Dime Crawl, the Pi Beta Phis
have walked off with the prize for
the last two years. In 1938 the
dahce was not held because of a
flu epidemic.
Winners Listed
Last year Alpha Chi Omega
took second place honors with Al
pha Phi third. In 1937 Alpha Phi
still ran in the money, winning
second place and the Delta Delta
Delta took third.
Money taken in tonight will go
toward the Associated Women
Student scholarship awards and
student loans.
Piano Recital
Scheduled
This Evening
Mrs. Underwood
Will Be Soloist at
Music Auditorium
The concert season in the music
auditorium this year will get a
scintillating musical send-off to
night at 8:15 when Aurora Potter
Underwood, professor of piano and
a favorite campus soloist for many
years, is presented in a recital. The
public is invited.
The soloist is a graduate of the
University school of music, where
her work was done with Jane
Thacher. Other well-known vir
tuosi who have instructed her are
the composer Stojowski, I. Phil
lippe, Edwin Hughes, Ethel New
comb, and Fanny Bloomfield
Zeisler.
A member of the music school
faculty for 17 years, Mrs. Under
wood is the wife of Rex Under
wood, conductor of the University
symphony orchestra. Her program
for tonight is taken from the
works of the classical and romantic
composers.
Beethoven's “Sonata in D Min
or” and Shumann’s “Etudes Sym
phoniques” will be the most dra
matic offerings of the evening.
More lyric selections will be the
“Winter Wind Etude” and Waltz
in C. Sharp Minor” of Chopin, and
a rhapsody and an intermezzo from
the works of Brahms.
Mrs. Underwood has appeared in
concerts in Portland, Vancouver,
Moscow, Ida., and other parts of
the Northwest. Recitals in New
York and Paris have also been
given by the pianist.
Library Sets Record
The library broke another record
Tuesday when the reserve depart
ment sent out 1,985 books. This is
a new high in the reserve depart
ment, at least 100 more than have
ever gone out before, according to
Marjorie Reynolds, reserve libra
rian.
Portland Maplemen
To Tackle Webfoots
All Freshman Math
Examinations Set
For December 19
All freshman mathematics
exams will he held Tuesday, De
cember 19, instead of Saturday,
December 1(1, as previously an
nounced, according to Dr. A. F.
Moursund, head of the mathe
matics department. The time
will he 8 to 5 o’clock.
Backboard
Installation
Is Delayed
Extra Weight/
Game Practice
Holds Up Erection
Erection of the new glass bas
ketball backboards which have ar
rived at the University gymna
sium in McArthur Court is being
delayed because of the fragility of
the steel frames upon which they
are to be placed, according to
Anse Cornell, athletic director.
Weighing 350 pounds apiece,
they are about 150 pounds heavier
than the old boards, which ac
counts for need of reinforcing the
steel standards. One of the frame- |
works t9 hold the backboards is
out of line and will also need re
pairs. Basketball practice every
day and games slated for both
Friday and Saturday will consid
erably slow up the process, ob
served Mr. Cornell.
The backboards which are three
by six feet have a twelve-inch
panel of wood on the lower part,
the rest being of glass about an
inch thick. Installation of this
new apparatus will enable specta
tors behind the backboards to see
the plays which was Impossible
through wooden boards.
Acquirement of the glass equip
ment here will mark the comple
tion of the use of this type of
backboard by all six of the col
leges in the northern division of
the Pacific Coast basketball con
ference. Schools included are the
Universities of Idaho, Montana,
Washington, Oregon, and Wash
ington State and Oregon State.
SAE, Tri Delts
Song Tilt Over
Two more living organizations
were marked off the list of those
yet to try for the McDonald thea
ter's two $75 cash prizes to be
awarded to the two top singing
houses on the campus last night,
when Sigma Alpha Epsilon and
Delta Delta Delta appeared on the
McDonald stage.
The three Tri Delt numbers in
cluded “The Pearl Song,’’ “Last
Night," and “Under the Tri Delta
Moon.” The SAEs sang "Here’s to
Sigma Alpha Epsilon,” “Bells of
St. Mary’s,” and “Violets.”
Next week there will be no con
test entries because of the appear
ance of the Bali dancers. December
13, Delta Gamma and Alpha Tau
Omega will sing.
Stalsberg Urges
Payment of Back
Loans to Students
Students who drew emergency
loans during registration, Septem
ber 29 and 30, should call at win
dow 2, Johnson hall, and pay their
loans plus a 50 cents service charge
as soon as possible, C. K. Stals
berg, cashier, announced yester
day.
Regarding loans taken out since
that time, Mr. Stalsberg advised
that they be paid in full before
Christmas to avoid the winter term
registration rush, January 3.
1939 National Champs
Will Defend Record
Strong Independent Signal Oil Quintet
Will Take Floor at 8 o'Clock Tonight;
Game Marks Second Start for Oregon
By KEN OIIKISTIANSON
For the second time this season, Oregon will defend her national
championship prestige on McArthur court tonight at 8 o'clock. Coach
Hobby Hobson will field his five against an independent Signal Oil
quintet from Portland.
The Webfoots downed Southern Oregon Normal Saturday by a
64 to 44 count in their first game of the 1939-40 season.
Signal Oil’s team is one of the best clubs in Portland and Is usually
Students Planning
Move Urged to Tell
Housing Secretary
All students who plan to
change the address next term
are urged to inform Mrs.
Evangeline M. Morris, housing
secretary, before the end of this
term. By so doing they will save
themselves considerable time in
registering for next term.
Symposium
Discussions
Available
Vital Present-Day
Problems to Be
Subject of Debates
A discussion program on vital
present-day problems by sympo
sium speakers of the University of
Oregon may be arranged for serv
ice clubs, high school assemblies,
granges, and other organizations
by writing to the speech division
of the University of Oregon, it was
announced today.
Under the direction of Profes
sors W. A. Dahlberg and D. E.
Hargis, symposium groups for this
year have prepared three different
subject groups for discussion. The
first is “Distribution problems that
face producers, the middlemen,
and the consumers.” Under this
heading, particular attention is
given to problems of southern Ore
gon, fruit growers, eastern Oregon
wheat and stock men, Oregon lum
ber industries, and Oregon mer
chants and general public.
Propaganda Will Be Aired
The second topic for discussion
by men-students is “Propaganda
and Public Opinion in the United
States.” Special attention is paid
to military, commercial, and po
litical promotion programs incited
by the critical state of world af
fairs.
The subject of women speakers
is "What is wrong with educa
tion?” Division questions under
this problem include the following:
“Why should we have education,
should we have education for all,
what should be taught and who
should teach, who should control
education, and how should teach
ing be done?”
Radio Plays Available
In addition radio plays are avail
able for presentation before groups
as entertainment and for demon
strations of broadcasting tech
nique and practice.
The purpose of the symposium
group of the University has been
explained as two-fold: First, to
provide the young men and women
at the University with an oppor
tunity to appear before realistic
audiences where they can experi
ence an actual life situation; sec
ond, to offer to the people and tax
payers of the state an opportunity
to share in the information that
the students have uncovered in
their investigation and research.
in the first bracket or winner of
the hoop play. They were beaten
last week by the Seattle Savidges,
ex-Washington stars, who posted
an 11-point margin over the Oil*
men. Rubenstein's Oregonians, in
dependent ex-Oregon players,
downed the Savidges in turn by(
four points.
Dick Will Play
John Dick, all-western NCAA
forward, , totaled 17 counters
against the SONS Saturday for
high-point honors and will prob
ably lead his team from the for
ward position. Ted Sarpola, trick
shot artist who critics claim gets
his shots off faster than any other
man on the coast, will team at the
other forward post.
Six-foot-seven-inch Archie Mar
shik, last year’s reserve, will st%tt
at center. Hank Anderson, transfer
from Eastern Oregon Normal, Will
probably alternate.
Matt Pavalunas, last year’s al
ternate with Wally Johansen, Will
start at one guard position. Vic
Townsend, flashy transfer froha
Compton jaysee, is slated for the
other guard spot. Toivo Piippo ahd
George Andrews will alterhate at
guards.
Players Selected for Ttlp
Hobson has selected eight of his
eleven players who are to make the
eastern trip and the Madison
Square Garden appearance. Dick,
Sarpola, Marshik, Anderson, An
drews, Piippo, Townsend, and
Pavalunas are the selection. The
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CAMPUS
CALENDAR
Three reels of motion pictures
pictures sponsored by the Propel
lor club will be shown at 3 o’clock
this afternoon instead of at 7:30
as was previously announced. The
public and all students interested
in foreign trade are invited to at
tend these motion pictures in
rooms 209 and 207 in Chapman
hall.
Campus Vespers will meet at
4:45 p.m. in the upstairs AWS
room today. D. S. Hargis, speech
instructor, will be the reader.
Phi Beta meets tonight at 7 o’
clock in Alumnae room of Ger
linger. Everyone should be pres
ent, but pledges are especially
urged to attend. Refreshments will
be served and W. B. Nash will be
| the speaker.
—
All Orides members who wish to
I attend the dinner for the volley
: ball team Monday evening be sure
j to sign in Mrs. Siefert’s office by
1 5 o’clock Friday.
-.
Christian Science Organization
at the University of Oregon will
meet at 8 o’clock this evening at
| the YWCA bungalow.
-■
Rev. Frank S. Beistel of the Cen
tral Presbyterian church will talk
at the meeting of the religious dis
I cussion group of the YWCA at the
YW bungalow today at 4 o’clock.