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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.