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TODAY'S EDITS: Tyrant Throttle Flying—A Favorite Bryant's Memoirs SPORTS PAGE: Football Finalists Swimming Team Duck Tracks VOLUME XLI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1939 NUMBER 43 Webfoots’ Offensive Sparkles Newcomers Shine; Thousand Witness Torrid Encounter By GEORGE PASERO Oregon’s Duck hoopsters, spark ing in spurts much as their prede cessors, the 1938-39 national champions, used to do, whipped Signal Oil's remarkably smooth quintet, 47-43, at McArthur court last night, but they had to come from behind in a wild, thrill packed final burst to win. Some 1,000 spectators, all eager to pass judgment on Coach How ard Hobson’s latest maple court creation, saw the game, and to say the least they saw a team that was not lacking in fight and game ness, especially since it had to fight back the hard way. Ducks’ Offense Shines Offensively, the Ducks were impressive, breaking for all man ner of shots, but defensively, they were not so hot. All of which means that Coach Hobson has his work cut out for him to eliminate the rough spots. Considering, however, that it was only the second varsity game of the season and that four of the five starters were newcomers to the ranks of the regulars, the showing of the Webfoot team was more than encouraging. Newcomers Show Class In such players as Bill O’Don nell, late of Portland Pilot fame; Chuck Patterson and Bill Court ney, ex-Oregon; and Jay Hollings worth, Art Merryman, Nello Van elli, and Roy Pflugrad, former OSC stars, they were facing some of the northwest’s smoothest play ers of the last few years. Another bright spot of the game was the showing of Trans fers Vic Townsend and Hank An derson and of Archie Marshilr, holdover center. Townsend and Anderson spark led on offense, and Marshik, though he failed to score, used his height and weight to good advan tage under the backboards. Glass Board Shows Ducks Oregon athletic officials, though they worked like Trojans all day, could only set up one of the new 350-pound glass backboards, and as a result, the game was played under a peculiar arrangement of one glass and one wood board. The Webfoots drew the honor of testing the new glass board, and it seemed to bother them consid erably at first as they missed easy shots. However, before halftime, they were beginning to find the range. The Oilmen opened fast, Jay Hollingsworth potting the first (Please tarn to page three) Nine Pledge UO Houses Eight freshmen and one sopho more were pledged to sororities and fraternities in the latest pledging spurt announced by the dean of men’s office and the dean of women’s office. Alpha Chi Omega led the list with the addition of six women to its pledge roster. They are Jane Meek, Portland; Catherine Bates, Troutdale; Frances Abraham, Portland; Marion Fuller, Berkeley, California; Constance Morrill, Bur lingame, California; and Mary Lou Simmons, Bend. All of these wo men are freshmen. Delta Delta Delta announced the pledging of Margaret Smith, freshman, from Coquille. Donald O’Neill, freshman from Olympia, Washington, pledged Phi Sigma Kappa and Brad Fancher, sophomore from The Dalles, pledged Sigma Nu. Holmer Selected Y Committee Head Earl Holmer, YMCA member, was recently selected new presi dent of the committee on building a life philosophy, Paul Sutley, ex ecutive secretary of the “Y,” an nounced yesterday. . As head of this group, Holmer will work with Dr. J. R. Branton head of the department of religioc at Oregon. Came Through in Pinch Matt Pavalunas whose three baskets in the final minutes of the game last night paved the way for Oregon’s 47 to 43 win over Signal Oil of Portland. 1 Faculty Drive Starts Rolling Red Cross Activity Headed by YWCA; Students Give $75 With Thanksgiving vacation un der their belts the YWCA service group headed by Karolyn Kortge is now ready to launch its faculty drive for the Red Cross. Starting today, each faculty member will be personally contacted by some member of the University commit tee and asked to leave his contri bution at the office of his depart ment head. Members of the Y group will then collect the money from there. Today all the money from the campus drive was in with the ex ception of five houses and it is estimated that the total will be close to $75, a definite improve ment over last year’s $55. Hendricks hall led the organiza tion with $6.08. On the whole the girls’ houses did much better than the boys’ organizations. One box from a large boys’ house yielded only five cents and 20 kernels of corn. “This is strange,” said Mrs, Genevieve Turnipseed, who is di recting the drive, “since it is ob viously the boys who would re ceive the most benefit from the Red Cross if this country should go to war.” The faculty drive will continue throughout the week. Oregon Coed Wins Journalistic Prize In National Contest National journalist honors were bestowed on an Oregon coed, as Pi Delta Epsilon announced that Betty Jane Thompson had beer awarded third prize in an inter collegiate news-writing contest. Miss Thompson chose for hei subject the students’ reaction tc the Orson Wells’ broadcast of the Mars’ invasion. It was entered ir the 1938-39 contest and was select ed at the annual convention at the University of Richmond on No ' vember 18. Along with the prize money Miss Thompson received word that she will receive a medal in a few days. I Scribe Admitted To Infirmary Except When 111 “I can’t cover the infirmary today because I’m supposed to be in it only I can’t get in be cause it’s full.” This rather un intelligible sentence muffled by a few coughs was phoned into the Emerald last night to a ra ther bewildered copy editor. The sentence and the voice behind it mean to convey that Corine Lamon, who has been covering the infirmary beat for the Emerald since last spring term, was taken ill, and for all the times she has entered the in firmary when she was well the only time she was refused admis sion was when she was sick. Kappa Alpha Theta Wins Nickel Hop ROTC Men Set Record For Campus Winners Collect Best Drill Rating On Appearance — ■ The ROTC 1ms set a new record. -For the first time this year, every company had a more than perfect rating- at last Wednesday’s uniform drill. Of the twelve competing un its, all made scores of better than 100 points. Top honors of the week went to Company C, section 1, with a high score of 100.362. Officers of the company are: company command er, Gerald E. Childers; platoon leader|fe, George Knight, Ray Schwab, and John'Skirving. Colonel Robert M. Lyons, head of the military department, praised the cadets highly. “It was a splendid showing,” he said. “I have the highest expecta tions for the ROTC corps this year. It promises to set up even a higher record than did last year’s cham pionship corps.” Companies are rated on the per sonal appearance and conduct, in the ranks of its cadets. Demerits are given for every unfastened button, or unpolished shoe, or even an unshaven face. For outstanding appearance, points are awarded, making it possible to have a more than perfect score. Second place went to Company A, section 1, with a score of 100.343, third place to Company G, section 1 with 100.286, fourth place to Company A, section 2, with 100.283, and fifth place to Company C, section 2, with 100.258. Longer Library Hours Announced For 'Crammers' To accommodate students who wish to study for exams, the University library will be open until 10 p.m. Friday and Satur day, December 8 and 9, and Fri day, December 15. This includes the reserve departments, circula tion, reference, and periodicals. Dr. Erb Recalls First Year As President; Notes Changes By RAY SCHKICK Dr. Donald M. Erb, youngest educator ever elected as president of the University of Oregon, yes terday celebrated his second anni versary as head man on the Uni versity campus. Dr. Erb was chosen president here November 30, 1937, following a unanimous vote of approval by the state board of education. He succeeded C. Valentine Boyer who resigned because of ill health. No Stranger When Dr. Erb moved to this campus, he was not new to the University. He previously received his start at Oregon as instructor in 1927 and was a regular member of the faculty until 1933 when he was named professor of economics at Stanford university. The Cali fornia institution was his home un til 1937. Yesterday the president discussed various changes on the campus since his return. New Faculty Members “One of the outstanding im provements of these past two years,” he stated, “was the addi tion of many new faculty members to the teaching staff. These in structors, both men and women, have served as an able supplement to our previously capable staff. It is such instructors who have made possible expansion of course offer ings here and reduction in the size of extra large classes. Continued Growth “One of my main hopes,” he stated, “is to continue this expan sion until some day our teaching loads will be light enough to al low faculty members to continue research work outside of their im mediate campus work.” Dr. Erb commented on the addi tion of physical equipment in the different buildings and more espe cially on the construction of the new Chapman hall. He also ex : pressed hope that library appro priations would continue to show | an increase toward their pre-de pression standard. Fine Condition “Oregon is a considerably larger : school now than when I came two years ago,” Dr. Erb related. “The University on the whole is in fine ! condition and I have really enjoyed ! my first two years as president ' here.” Outside of the academic sphere he expressed two outstanding memories, one the national cham ! pionship basketball team, and the ! other, the first three football game3 this year. Aid Christmas Seal Drive A few of the house mothers who are aiding the lane County Publle Health assoeiation in the annual Christmas seal sale. They are, left to right: Mrs. Jennie Burrows, Sigma Kappa; Mrs. Hunt Quinn, Delta Gamma; Mrs. N. H. Anderson, Alpha Phi; Mrs. Gene Herron, Gamma Phi Beta; Mrs. Doris Wulzen, University house; Miss Pearle Bonisteel, Delta Delta Delta; and Miss Mathea Hansen, Alpha Xi Delta. Christmas Seal Sale Begins Tomorrow Warner Talks For Honorary Plans Discussed For Next Summer School Sessions “The Place of the Pacific North west Problems in Education” was the topic of Dr. Kenneth O. War ner’s speech at the Phi Delta Kap pa meeting in the physical educa tion building Monday night. Dr. Warner is the director of the Northwest Regional council ir. Portland. “If you are to teach regionalism, you will teach more about regional problems than regional resources,” stressed Dr. Warner. “Population trends are moving from the dustbowl to the North west. The United States govern ment thinks there will be a flow into the Northwest and none out of it,” continued Dr. Warner. High Schools Needed Because these people are driven out by poverty, the educational problem is to teach them to make a living on sub-marginal land. Dr. Warner explained that there would be a need for the support of larger high schools rather than elementary schools. “Young people should realize the problems that they must suive to mane tne i-acinc nonn west what it is to become,” as serted Dr. Warner. Monday afternoon Dr. Donald M. Erb, Dr. Donald E. Clark, and Dean James R. Jewell, of the school of education, met with Dr. Warner to discuss plans for a sev eral day conference during the 1940 summer school. December 11 there will be another meeting to complete the details for the con ference. Artist Dr. Lewis Mumford of Chicago, a national authority on city plan ning from an artistic viewpoint, and Dr. Howard Odum of the Uni versity of North Carolina, one of the United States’ leading sociol ogists, will speak at the confer ence. Dr. Odum is one of the lead ers of the movement of replacing sectionalism with regionalism. The University of Oregon will also furnish speakers. Earlier Monday evening mem bers of Phi Delta Kappa met for dinner at the Osburn hotel. Dean Frances O. Powers, of the school of education at the University ol Washington, and an alumnus ol the University of Oregon, was present at the banquet. With Walter Miller, president of the Interfraternity council, repre senting the men’s organizations, and Betty Lou Kurtz, chairman of the women's living organizations, cooperating with Miss Mathea Hanson, campus chairman, the 33rd annual Christmas Seal sale will open officially tomorrow. Each living organization has an active committee representative to conduct the sale in their group. Either Christmas Seal bonds or Christmas Seals may be purchased. Concerning the matter of bonds Miss Hanson remarked, "This is the first time Christmas Seal bonds have been offered for sale on the campus and we believe that the houses will prefer them to the sheets of seals since they can be J framed and hung in the chapter J rooms. But whether stamps or bonds are chosen, each organiza tion is urged to cooperate in this worthwhile project for a 100 per cent representation.” Ninety-five per cent of the money from the sale of Christmas seals is spent in Oregon. The other 5 per cent goes to the National Tuberculosis association for na tion-wide work. In Lane county the money is used to carry on the educational program against tuberculosis, to conduct health clinics and X-ray and tuberculin testing. Although many of the Univer sity students come from Other com munities they are in Lane county the larger part of the year and receive the benefit and protection 1 of the Lane County Public Health ! association, which is sponsoring ; the sale. All-Dorm Dance To Be Staged Tonight Hendricks hall, Susan Campbell hall, and the men’s dorm will join forces tonight in the all-dorm semiformal, which is to be held in the John Straub Memorial hall. Bob Calkins’ orchestra will pro vide the music. Cardboard notes and sheet music of famous pieces will bring out the musical theme. Helen May Hatcher will perform Hungarian and Spanish dances at intermission. I _ Graduate Visits Here Miss Rita Ridings, graduate of the University of Oregon and for mer member of the University li brary staff, is visiting at the home of her parents in Eugene. Miss Ridings is reference librar ian at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Pi Beta Phi, Tri Delts Are Runners Up AWS Scholarship Fund Increased By $112.11; President Anne Fredericksen Delighted at Success of Dance By BETTY JANE BIGGS On the mantel of the Kappa Alpha Theta house will rest the Nickel Hop silver loving; cup, symbolizing that in the fellows’ estimate the “pink palace” girls are the most popular coeds on the campus. Pi Beta Phi, winner in the last two contests, ran a close second .with an average of 21 cents and 4 mills per girl compared to the Thetas 21 cents nnd 5 mills. Delta Delta Delta turned in 19 cents and 5 mills to be accorded third place. Annually the AWS sponsors this dance where every women’s living organization throws their front doors wide open and invite the men to come in and dance. Campus Clothes Campus clothes, skirts, sweaters, and saddles or moleskins, tin pants, and cords are the attire for these informal get-togethers which desig nate by the number of men who drop their nickels into the boxes to show which house is the most popular on the campus. As a result of last evening’s two hours dancing, the AWS has $112.11 to add to their scholarship funds. Last year, the. women stu dents charging a dime made 165.07. With the dime ante Pi Phis aver aged 48 cents last year and 43 cents in 1937. The annual AWS dance was not held in 1938 because of the flu epidemic. Only $127 was made in the 1937 Dime Crawl. Fredericksen Elated Elated over the success of the AWS party in spite of the reduc tion in price, Anne Fredericksen, Associated Women Students prexy, said, "the success of the Nickel Hop is wonderful. It will go a long way in helping us raise the scholar ship the $5 as we planned.” Miss Fredericksen also praised co-chairmen Margaret Young and Barbara Bamford for the smooth way the dance was handled this year. Saturday morning the commit tee will deliver the silver loving cup, donated by J. A. Hoffman, jeweler, to the Theta house. On it will be inscribed “Nickel Hop; Kap pa Alpha Theta, ’39.” Fund Group Meets Monday Six members of Oregon’s stu dents' service fund committee will hold their first regular meeting Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the YWCA bungalow, Paul Sutley, executive secretary of the YMCA, announced yesterday. Members of this group include Annette Ansley, Bettylou Swart, Betty Lou Kurtz, John Dick, Roy Vernstrom, and Lem Putnam. They will discuss means of raising funds for T. Z. Koo, noted Chinese au thor and lecturer, who will speak here early next January. Local Nature Group Plans Activities Over Weekend Headed by Hugh Currin and Don Sipe, the Obsidians, local next to-nature organization, will launch a weekend of festive activities here in Eugene commencing this Saturday evening. A party at Belknap's former CCC camp Saturday night will be followed by an overnight siesta in cabins there. The following morn ing, Sunday, will see Obsidians lugging their own knick-knacks or a hike up to Proxy creek. UO Pianist Presents Fall Recital Mrs. Underwood Plays Classics With Originality By GLENN HASSELROOTH The old melodies seem ever new, it has been said, when they are interpreted by an artist who has both originality and an under standing of the works as the com-, poser meant them to be. Such a" statement was made again. Thurs day evening in the music auditor ium when a pianist of such a cali bre, Aurora Potter Underwood, gave her autumn concert before a large crowd of music lovers and friends. The wife of Rex Underwood, conductor of the University of i Oregon symphony orchestra, the pianist shares with her husband a fine “inner touch” in the per formance of Beethoven. Bridged Moods Playing tnat composer s "sonata I in D Minor,” the soloist bridged the change of moods between the movements so that they seemed integral parts of one great com position, instead of three disjoint ed piano pieces. The lovely line of the melody that made up the ada gio, and the agitation expressed in the allegretto were dramatical ly carried through. There was a filmy and dreamy softness in the first selection from Brahms, "Intermezzo in A Ma jor,” while the vivid force toward the end was skillfully emphasized. There seems almost no limit to the number of moods, tempos, and themes advanced by Brahms when (Pleas* turn to page Jour) CAMPUS CALENDAR All Orides members are invited to sign up for the volley ball din ner by 6 o’clock Friday in either Gerlinger hall or the YWCA hut. The dinner will be given at 6 o’ clock Monday. The regular social swim will be held in the Gerlinger pool at 7:30 tonight. Episcopal students’ open house will be held this afternoon from 4 to 6 o’clock at the apartment of Miss Helen Lyles, director, 740 East 15th. The intervarsity Christian fel lowship is entertaining the Oregon State college and Oregon Normal school chapters in the YWCA Fri day night at 7:30.
