Blnodv but Unbowed—-William Allen White Comes Over the Mountains, but Misses Fire on UO Football
T^OT so long ago, in Bill Tugman’s Register-Guard, there
appeared the following:
mb. buhl kids the webfeet
It seems that in the great state of Kansas recently they had a
football contest between the University and the Ag College which
ran in fatal parallel to recent tragic events at Hayward Field. This
inspired the famous William Allen White, the sage of Emporia
(Gazette) to dash off a piece twitting the “highbrows,” and our
own Bob Ruhl, editor of The Medford Mail-Tribune (Pulitzer prize
winner) and member of the state board of higher education has been
inspired to paraphrase it as follows:
"The Mail Tribune rejoices at the everlasting walloping that the
State College at Corvallis gave the State University at Eugene In
football recently. This is as it should be. The college maintains uni
versal military training for boys. It specializes in the stratosphere
of manual training—which enrich mankind. Corvallis is the place
where you should expect to find students who coordinate between
eye and hand—young men who are husky and skillful, youths who
are practical. There go boys who are highly intelligent in their
various trades, callings and such avocation^ as cluster around high
mechanical ability.
“The University is, on the other hand, primarily a school of
liberal arts around which are gathered the professions of music, law,
medicine, pharmacy, engineering in its theoretical branches, jour
nalism, literature and the other fine arts. That such a school of
modern magii should even compete in a football game against one
of the best agricultural and mechanical colleges in the United States
is preposterous.
“The University deserved a licking and got it. What business
has a lawyer, a doctor, a fiddler, or a sandwich cutter going up
against another youngster from a school whose business is to train
his muscles and channel his mind into the stark problems of a hard,
practical life? Of course, the University got walloped. We hope it
will always get walloped until the academicians of Eugene learn
that the football championship should naturally belong to the State
College at Corvallis, which trains farmers, artisans, cow doctors,
highway engineers, super-electricians, major-generals, and tree
experts.
You cannot go up against nature. And no school that teaches its
pupils much about the higher and better things of life, no school
devoted largely to noble ideals and the higher branches of sublimated
fiddlesticks should tangle up with harsh, callous-handed, bull-voiced
he men with Neolithic jaws and who carry pile drivers in their pants.
The stuffing which was pounded out of U. of O. should teach the
Webfoots the truth: Don't monkey with the buzz saw. This noble
truth should hereafter be placed well up toward the beginning of
their curricular requirements.
In the meantime for the poetic justice of O.S.C.’s glorious victory,
The Tribune thanks all the Oregon gods!” (End quote!)
Thanks Bro Ruhl! You needn’t worry lest Webfeet "storm the
sanctum, break the quarter-sawed oak table over ye editor's bald
pate and smash the presses.” Nor is it likely we will bother Mr.
White. We know when we are and deserve to be kidded. The matter
is referred to Tex Oliver et als under the heading "Unfinished Busi
ness.” All the U. of O. needs is the restoration of its sciences, a
couple more linemen and a spare fullback. In any case we've still
got the millrace.
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own two cents’ worth: William Allen White has long
been in the habit of collecting figurative blue ribbons for
just such literary gems as this sample. However, it would
seem that the gloating reapplication left room for some more
thorough editing of the original to fit the Case.
In the first place, a score of 19-14 is not exactly in. the
category of the “everlasting walloping” mentioned. Neither
has the state college a monopoly in maintaining universal
military training for boys. In fact, only last spring the college
was licked on its grounds by the University ROTC unit in
open competition.
Furthermore we figure Mr. Iluhl has made a fatal slip in
trying to hang that “sandwich cutters” onto the University.
We were under the impression that the school of pharmacy
was located on the Corvallis campus, which rather puts the
shoe on the other foot. As for technicians, well, someone has
to figure out what they are to do before they do it.
. It is very much to be doubted if anyone who sat in Hay
ward stands through that donnybrook November 11 would be
willing to line up with “Brother” Buhl, (as Bill Tugman has
it) and admit that anyone held or would hold a corner on
knocking the stuffing out of the other. Maybe the Orange
was lucky to come out of it alive.
Anyway we always liked William Allen White.
Behind the
With JACK BRYANT
Sure hope this is straight, but
they say that Chan Kitbourne
definitely doesn’t like to be kid
ded about Marion Fuller, Alpha
Chi pledge, yet the muddle
ecmes in when a Kappa at Cal
and George Smith are men
tioned, let’s call it the week’s
complications story. . . . War
ren Treece is still having trou
ble with his Janes . . . contrib
uted by the Gamma Phi com
mittee on other people’s affairs.
. . . AND versatile Nancy Lewis
now is reported to be doing a
Itiiett Butler to perfection. . . .
TODAY’S COMPLIMENT: Jean
Kncasse, the girl with eyes that
lias personality bubbles in ’em.
Thetas threw a squamaticous
house dance according to all re
ports. . . . QUESTION OF THE
DAY . . . Will some one please
explain where the Sigma Nus
got their truck, or is it em
barrassing ? ... ALARM
CLOCK story of last week is
the story of Connie Averill's
near tubbing as she set all the
alarms to ring during dinner,
when, of course, guests were
present. . . . GOOD WAY TO
GET RID OF CANADIAN
QUARTERS AND DIMES, give
them to the (plug) delivery boy
or the bus driver after dark. . ..
BULLETIN BOARD QUERY:
What lovely ADPi has Fran
Gray’s sweetheart pin? AN
SWER . . . (via freshman on
phone duty) THEY DON'T
KNOW EITHER.
Sigma Nu Splatter
Don Kirkpatrick last night
bequeathed his White Star to
Margaret De Balt, Pi Phi. They
are both from Klamath Falls.
First planting of the week (that
we know of). FAUX PAS of
the week was the Sigma Nu
serenade Friday night. ’Tis said
they neglected two of the larger
sororities on the campus.
* * *
Johnny Yantis, Delt, celebrat
ed his birthday Friday starting
at about 2 o’clock in the after
noon. Needless to say several of
the brothers joined in the party.
They took time off for a dessert
that evening, and undoubtedly
someone is singing "I Get Along
Without You Very Well.”
* * *
Bill Fugit vs. Bob Millspaugh.
The object a Theta pledge. A
well-planned evening avoided a
mix-up at the nickel hop. Niee
going, Nancy. And then there's
Dick Sears whose fraternity
joolery should soon travel to
K.K.G. at Corvallis. One Kay
Seibert! Tommy Hutchins has
been traveling back and forth
quite frequently too. Corvallis
every Saturday and usually on
Wednesdays too.
* * *
Sigma Chi Pageantry
Lou Cook planted his pin
again, but before it was offi
cially announced the White
Cross bounced back home. The
girl was Beverly Burns too
bad, kids. Tell us, Ralph is the
Sigma Chi sweetheart ATOing
again ?
That’s all for today, except
that Spud Adams, Phi Delt, has
broken his pledge with Alpha
Chi Omega. One more Fly Delt
loose.
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Speech Section
To Give Party
Fourth Annual Tea
At Christmastide
Set for Dec. 15
Surrounded by St. Nicholas’
symbol of gayly decorated fir
trees, candles, and a fire on the
hearth, faculty members of the
speech division will be hosts to
students of their classes at the
fourth annual Christmas tea Fri
day, December 15. Held in the offi
ces of the speech division, the tea
will last from 3:30 to 5 o'clock.
A tradition of the tea is the
collection of Christmas stories told
in foreign languages by the speech
students, at the end of which
Christmas carols are sung.
Reminiscences of J. L. Casteel,
director of thfe speech division, and
D. E. Hargis, instructor in speech,
revealed many highlights of the
entertainments of past years. Not
able among these were the pathetic
story told in Finnish by George
Luoma which produced much hi
larity among his listeners, the
modern version of old nursery
rhymes as told by Barbara Wil
liams, and the juggling feat of
Keith Bartler.
Mrs. Astrid Williams, assistant
professor of German, will preside
at the tea table. Refreshments wili
be under the supervision of Mr.
Hargis, while A1 Smith, graduate
assistant in speech, will head the
kitchen crew, having followed in
the footsteps of Walter Eschebeck
who held that position last year.
Mr. Casteel said that there will
be provided a basket and polishing
cloth for all his students equipped
with apples.
Practice Teachers
To Get Assignments
Assignments for winter term
supervised teaching will be given
in the school of education, room 4,
Thursday afternoon, at 4 o’clock.
Candidates for supervised teach
ing are expected to be present as
absentee assignments are difficult
to make up.
Students will not be permitted
to carry more than J7 hours of
work while doing their practice
teaching according t(» F. G. Ma
comber, director of the supervision.
ieachers Research
(Continued from paste one)
tory of Oregon which appears in
the 1939-40 issue of the Oregon
Blue Book.
Wrote for Dictionary
Through the years he has writ
ten up many Oregon historical fig
ures for the Dictionary of Ameii
ran Biography. Among those bio
graphies were those of Governor
George Law Curry; Judge Matthew
P. Deady, long president of the
University of Oregon board of re
gents; United States Senator J. N.
Dolph; Abigail Scott Duniway.
newspaper publisher and mother of
woman suffrage in Oregon; Har
vey W. Scott, distinguished editor
of the Oregonian; David P. Thomp
son; l/nited states Senator John
H. Mitchell, aud Asa Lawrence
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Lowell, pioneer, one of the found
ers of Portland.
Dr. Clark was a progressive stu
dent of history. One of his well
known articles for the Oregon His
torical Quarterly, of which he has
been editor for the last two years,
I was on the subject “Why History
Needs to he Rewritten.”
In the last few years this Oregon
scholar lias allowed himself to be
come more and more active in re
search in addition to his classroom
duties. In the spring and summer
of 1938 lie went to London and,
wifh Hurt Brown Barker, succeed
ed in persuading the Hudson's Bay
j Company to open its.archives for
examination.
Successful in Search
He and Dr. Barker brought back
a wealth of material dealing with
’ the earliest days of Oregon, when
, Dr. John McLoughlin was factor of
! the Hudson’s Bay company at Fort
Vancouver and practically gover
I nor of old Oregon. He Was engaged
in rewriting early Oregon history
1 on the basis of his investigations
and was looking forward to fur
ther researches in that field.
Dr. Clark was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and was a charter
member and one of the organizers
of tlie Oregon chapter, which was
installed in 1923.
1 Besides being a director of the
Oregon Historical society and edi
1 tor of the Quarterly he was a mem
ber of the editorial boards, of the
Pacific Historical Review and the
Pacific Northwest Historical Re
; view. He was a member of the
American Historical association.
Robert Carlton Clark was twice
married. His first wife was Anna
W. Wallace, who died in 1023. He
married in 192b Marguerite S.
Straughan, Oregon graduate of
1923. Besides his widow, he leaves
four children Catherine Louise, a
graduate of the University of Ore
gon; Edith Elizabeth, Wallace C.,
and Ruth Anna. 1
Airmen to Enter
Essay Contest
10,00 Fledglings
In Competition for
$300 First Prize
Oregon members of the Intercol
legiate Flying club, an organization
composed of the 10,000 CAA flight
students in colleges throughout the
United States, will have until Feb
ruary 1 to submit their entries in
the club’s essay contest, a report
from the national headquarters
stated last night.
The contest, sponsored by Rob
ert H. Hinckley, chairman of the
Civil Aeronautics Authority, of
fers a first prize of $300. The sec
ond place winner will receive $150
and third, $50.
Picked as the subject for the
contest is “The Cultural Value of
Flying.” Edward T. Martin, club
president, interprets the subject to
mean cultural value to the individ
ual and civilization in general.
Three “big-time” aviation men
and a prominent educator will
judge the essays. Charles F. Hor
ner, president of the National
Aeronautics association, Grover C.
Loening, donor of the Leoning In
tercollegiate trophy, Major R. W.
Schroeder, vice president of United
Airlines, and Alex Ruthven, presi
dent of the University of Michigan
have been selected as judges.
The new closing date allows an
additional two months. The orig
inal wind-up was scheduled for
December 1.
Christmas Seal Idea
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know people who did not use
Christmas stamps!”
Idea Reaches U. S.
The philosophy of the sale
spread rapidly over Europe and
t Ire world. Miss Emily P. Bissell
launched the United States first
Christmas seal sale in Delaware
in 1907. Her goal for the sale had
been $300 but through the whole
hearted cooperation of the news
papers and the aroused enthusiasm
the sum of $3000 was raised.
As proof of the immediate pop
ularity of the Christmas seals one
can contrast the first year's $3000
with the $135,000 donated in 1908,
after the entire United States had
adopted the idea.
At the present time, as it has
been since 1920. the National Tu
berculosis association, composed
of physicians and laymen, are the
sponsors of the Christmas seal
sale in this country. The emblem
of the seals is the double-barred
cross, significant of the great
Christian crusade.
Although lunar Holboll. the or
Idcal Outlives Holboll
iginator, died in 1927 he left an
ideal and thousands of faithful
workers. Miss Bissell is still ac
tive in the work.
For the future of the Christmas
seal Miss Elizabeth Cole in her
"The Story of the Christmas Seal"
says, "Until tuberculosis is ‘wiped
out' entirely the penny Christmas
seal has work to do. Its gay and
colorful appearance each Christ
mas season continues to bring a
message of hope that tuberculo
sis can be controlled and that
some day the tiny seed will grow
to full fruition."
UO Professor
Will Go East
R. R. Huestis, professor of zool
ogy, will deliver a report before
the Genetic section of the Ameri
can Society of Zoologists, a divi
sion of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science,
at the annual meeting of the as
sociation to be held in Columbus,
Ohio, December 29.
Professor Huestis will report on
the results of his experiments in
the hereditary characteristics of
the common white-footed mouse
or deer mouse.
Hobson Will_
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three straight eariy-season tri
umphs. The University's charges
will be led by John Dick, the only
starting member of last spring’s
team, still playing for the Univer
sity.
Dr. Clark's Nature
(Contented from page one)
more than his share of drudgery
about the camp. The cooking usu
ally fell to him and it was around
the campfire that the warmth of
his personality shone out and his
quaint humor and philosophy
found expression.”
His career found him serving in
many capacities. During the World
war, he spent from May to Octo
ber, 1918 in Washington, D. C.,
as research assistant in the divi
sion of civic and educational com
mittee for the committee of public
information headed by George
Creel. During that time, too, he
helped compile and edit “War
Readings," a book about and by
heros and participants in the al
lied forces.
Prolific Writer
Books and articles attributed to
him are many. Perhaps one stu
dents attending Oregon grammar
i schools will remember for a num
ber of years to come is the little
green History of Oregon with the
orange letters studied in about the
sixth grade. Collaborating with
him were George Verne Blue of
the state department, and Robert
Down of Portland.
First to be spoken about when
outstanding work is mentioned is
Dr. Clark’s research on the history
of Oregon and the Northwest as
found in the archives of the Hud
son’s Bay company in London.
Making two trips to Europe, one
in 1925 and the other with Dr.
Burt Brown Barker, vice-presi
dent of the University, in 1936, he
discovered many facts necessitat
ing the rewriting of chapters in
history books. As his demand for
accuracy led him on, he constant
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ly searched for official documents
for his source material.
Stimulated Others
Outstanding ds were his own
contributions, the stimulation for
research Dr. Clark gave to others
is perhaps one of his greatest con
tributions, his co-workers declare.
Regarded as a progressive and
liberal in politics, Dr. Clark main
tained decided political and social 1
views. However, he refrained ad
mirably from prejudicing his stu- ■
dents, insisting upon wide read
ing. An ardent Democrat and a
great admirer of President Roose
velt, he served as a member of the
local county central committee.
Considering quality above party,
he did not vote straight tickets but
or the person he considered best.
He was always contemptuous
ind intolerant of things smacking
if corruption, fraud, and lack of
oyalty to the public. One of his
nany qualities admired by his
'riends was his fearlessness in op
posing or supporting issues he
ieemed wrong or right no matter
row unpopular they were.
.... To members of the Emerald
Business Staff who have partici
. pated in and contributed to a very
successful term of publication
that will soon be completed.
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perience. Valuable advertising activity in the direct busi
ness of making layouts and selling space has been the work
of many; promotion and merchandising has meant hours
of profitable, experience for others; office work of various
kinds and other types of business activity has added inter
est to others.
Students of different interests and majors make up an out
standing Emerald business department. From the. schools
and departments of business, journalism, social science,
pre-law, arts and letters and many others . . . members
have gathered to make for greater efficiency, experience
and enjoyment.
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To you all . . . the best wishes and congratulations.
And thanks to \V. F. G. Thacher, F rank Short, and Robert
C. Hall of the School of Journalism for their advice and
cooperation.
Thank you sincerely,
George 1