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VOLUME XLI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1939
NUMBER 46
Rites for
Dr. Clark
Today
Rev. Higginbotham
To Conduct Service
At 2 o'Clock
Funeral services for Dr. Robert
Carlton Clark, head of the Univer
sity history department, who died
from a heart attack Monday, will
be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock
in Veatch chapel.
Rev. Herbert Higginbotham,
minister of the Unitarian church,
Eugene, will officiate. Active pall
bearers will be Dr. Andrew Fish,
associate professor of history; Dr.
J. T. Ganoe, associate professor of
history ; Dr. Dan E. Clark, profes
sor of history; M. F. McClain; Dr.
Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law
school; and Dr. Victor P. Morris,
dean of the school of business ad
ministration.
Honorary Pallbearers Listed
Honorary pallbearers will include
Dr. Burt Brown Barker, vice presi
dent of the University; Dr. J. D.
Barnett, head of the political sci
ence department; Dr. Warren D.
Smith, head of the geography and |
geology departments; and Dr. J. H. j
Gilbert, dean of the college of so
cial science.
Dr. Clark died Monday morning
following a heart attack which he I
suffered while addressing his to j
o’clock history class. Students j
rushed forward to offer first aid,
but before a doctor could arrive he
had passed away.
The historian’s classes will not!
meet this week, but all other class-1
es will hold regular sessions this >
afternoon, an administration re
lease said last night.
YWCA to Give
Frosh Party
Freshman girls will gather for j
their annual Christmas party this
afternoon in Gerlinger hall at 4
o’clock. The affair is being spon
sored by the YWCA frosh com
mission with the assistance of the
AWS and WAA.
Every freshman girl is invited
to come and bring a 10-cent gift
wrapped in tissue paper for the
Eugene Lions club. The gifts will
be distributed among the needy
children at Christmas time.
Jean Wilcox is general chair
man for the party; Grace Wil
liams has charge of decorations;
Mary Jane Rotegard, refresh
ments; Adele Canada, publicity;
and Mary Word and Nancy Lewis
promise a nice program.
Fijis, Phi Sigs Pledge
The office of Dean of Men Virgil
D. Earl yesterday announced the
pledging of Robert Martinson,
freshman in architecture and al
lied arts from Portland to Phi
Gamma Delta, and Richard Tak
vorian, freshman in social science,
from Modesto, California, to Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Lois Nordling
Leads Seal Sale
To Men's Houses
Rale of tuberculosis Christmas
seals in men’s living organizations
begins today on ttie campus under
the head of Kwama, sophomore
women's service honorary.
In charge of sales is Lois Nord
ling, who will direct Kwamas in
their visits to men's living organi
zations for sales to individuals and
the larger block seal sales to
whole chapters of Greek organiza
tions, dormitories, and coopera
tive houses.
Yearly Co-op
Dinner Set
For Tonight
Speeches, Movie,
Music to Furnish
Entertainment
Making merry will really be in
mode at the third annual all-co
operative turkey dinner at G
o’clock in the dining room of the
Methodist church.
Besides the lure of a piping hot
turkey dinner, with dressing,
cranberry sauce, cinnamoned ap
ples, and ever so many other cul
inary tempters, there will be a
light, humorous entertainment and
some interesting speeches as well.
Movies, Singers
C. E. Banning, of Roseburg,
manager of the Lane County
Farmers’ Union cooperative, will
speak concerning “Oregon Cooper
atives.’’ Two University students
will discuss the campus side of the
subject. Vocal duets, “Will You
Remember” and “Santa Lucia,”
will be sung by Elaine Lee and
Nisma Banta. A short movie of
the funny side will conclude the
program.
In consideration of students
haunted by approaching finals,
Mary Field Etter, general chair
man, says that the event will be
as brief as possible, beginning at 6
o’clock sharp and ending by 8
o’clock.
Everyone interested is given a
hearty invitation to attend the
dinner and may purchase tickets
for 35 cents at the University Co
op store. Phone 642 for reserva
tions.
Coed Writers
Pledge Ten
Answering a summons, three
senior and five junior women in
journalism Monday walked into
Professor George Turnbull’s of
fice to find they had been named
as pledges by Theta Sigma Phi,
women's national journalism hon
orary.
Girls receiving their pen points
and pledge ribbons are Relta Lee
Powell, Helen Sawyer, Sylvia Sar
latt, Barbara Stallcup, Betty Ham
ilton, Doris Murphy, Edith Ogles
by, Eve Erlandson, and Sally Mit
chell. Betty Fiksdal, who was un
able to attend, was also pledged.
Flying Students Lucky—Says
Scribe After Pleasure Flight
By JIM BANKS
Warm, sunny afternoons make
air traffic heavy out at the local
sky terminal as instructors capi
talize on ideal flight conditions
and v/ork in some extra training
for CAA students.
On the line in front of the hang
ars are the sturdy, sleek little
trainers, poised for action. Ships
come gliding in, sweep along the
runway, and taxi back to the line
as another roars down the field
and leaps skyward at full throt
tle.
Campus Seen From Air
“Want to go up?” Bob Meaney,
instructor and all-powerful to 10
flight cadets," asked this reporter.
"You'd be surprised how insignifi
cant the campus looks from the
air.”
“Sure,” I gulped, trying to ap
ear casual.
Staggering under the wing and
into the rear seat, I adjusted the
strap, and soon the four-cylinder
motor caught with a chatter. We
taxied slowly to the windward
side of the field and took the air.
Climbing up and away from the
field in a wide bank, the Amazon
flats unreeled beneath the wings
with outbound traffic on 19th
street looking like a procession of
ants.
“Lowdown” Footballers
The campus spreads out in a
sweeping panorama with the mill
race and the Willamette skirting
the western edge. Johnson hall,
the Igloo, Gerlinger, and the sta
dium stand out sharply against
the afternoon sun. The pilot
dipped the right wing in a sharp
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Gone Again
Howard Hobson, coach of tile national championship basketball
squad will put his new team on the train and head for the East tomor
row. The squad will be feted at the “Hobson Hobble” January f».
Activities Board Discusses
Plans of Winter Term Card
Sale; Harger Signed Again
Figures—columns and pages of them—were the main order of bus
iness Monday night when the educational activities board held its final
meeting of the term, to hear its financial report as of December 1.
With J. O. Lindstrom, University business manager, explaining the
way, six schedules crammed with figures were gone over by the board,
representing every aspect of board finances from Emerald and Oregana
; to inventories and balance sheets. The reports were in general favor
able to the board and were all ac- -f---.
cepted.
WHAT THE BOARD DID:
1. Signed Les Harger on as
assistant educational activities
manager for the rest of the
year.
2. Pared a few items in the
Oregana expense budget.
3. Insured board equipment.
4. Planned for the winter
term ASITO card drive.
Student body tickets for winter
term were discussed in relation to
the projected drive. ASUO Presi
dent John Dick was not present, so
the board was informed only as to
plans released up to that time.
Reduced slightly by some of the
figuring was the expense budget
of the Oregana, which was out
lined by George Root, educational
activities manager, and George
Knight, Oregana editor. Knight
also brought in a tentative scale
of picture prices for the book. Re
duction of the budget was a result
of the letting of contracts at the
last meeting. The concert series
budget was also revised.
Harger’s Position Secure
Les Harger, assistant manager
of educational activities since the
middle of last summer, found him
self on a more permanent basis af
ter the meeting. Harger was given
an all-year rating, rather than the
fall term standing he had held
thus far.
Equipment of the board took on
a more secure aspect, with the ap
proval of a four-year insurance on
the equipment inventory.
A further item of business was
the consideration of sending out
the Emerald to many more new'
points in the state than have here- j
tofore been receiving the Univer-1
sity of Oregon daily. No conclu
sion was reached, pending further
investigation.
Members present were Chair
I man Earl M. Pallett, Dr. D. M.
Erb. Dan E. Clark, George Hop
kins, Horace W. Robinson, George
Root, Ann Frederiksen, and Leon
j ard Jermain. Also present were
I Les Harger and George Knight. .
Sociology
Honorary
Hears Dann
Alpha Kappa Delta
On Work Groups
Student work camps, organiza
tions which do jobs that otherwise
wouldn’t get done, were discussed
last night by Robert Dann, profes
sor of sociology at Oregon State
college, before an open meeting of
Alpha Kappa Delta, national so
ciology honorary, in the Alumni
room of Gerlinger hall.
Camps are situated in various
parts of the country, one in Penn
sylvania, another in the Tennessee
valley, one on the delta, one in
Flint, Michigan, another in Mace
donia, and two in California and
are sponsored by the American
Friends Service committee. Stu
dents wishing to attend these
camps pay $75 to work eight hours
a day or more for eight weeks
without pay.
Dr. Dann referred to a work
camp in San Pedro, California, of
which he was director last year
and was located to a settlement of
4,000 Japanese on an island near
Los Angeles. According to Dr.
Dann a grave race problem exist
ed on the island. To partially rem
edy this the Japanese offered to
build a native garden for a new
high school but found they could
not afford the labor, leaving op
portunity for the service commit
tee.
Preceding the talks the group
held its formal initiation under
the direction of S. H. Jameson,
professor of sociology. Those in
itiated were: Frances Montag,
Dorothy Ash, Nanette Schmuki,
lane Hall, and Joan Rlesch.
Listens
Gurley
Appointed
Hop Head
'Hobson Hobble' Is
To Be Theme of
Next Get-Together
Jo*' Gurley, appointed Monday
by ASUO Headman John Dick as
chairman of the “Hobson Hobble,"
j last night set in motion committee
machinery for the dance, which
will honor the return of Oregon's
basketball team from their East
ern invasion. Set for January 5, it
will be the first of the winter term,
following registration by only two
days.
Chairmen Named
Named by Gurley to start pre
liminary action were Bob Corby
who will be in charge of decora
tions, Bette Morfitt, chairman of
the patrons committee, and Frank
Meek, who will head the group in
charge of the floor.
Held especially to honor the na
tional championship s q u a d, the
dance will replace one scheduled
as an ASUO presentation for fall
term, and later cancelled, and all
pe^ons holding student body cards
for either fall or winter term will
be admitted.
Art Holman’s orchestra has been
put under contract for the affair.
Because the wax which dancers use
to lessen the friction against the
flooring is hard on quick stops
which galloping basketballers at
tempt to execute, scene of the cele
bration has been set for Gerlinger
hall.
To Back Webfoots
“Last year Oregon came home
With the first National Collegiate
Athletic association basketball
championship ever won, and Web
foot fans celebrated with a big
dance. “This year we intend to
show the boys who will attempt
to defend that title that we are
pushing them 100 per cent,” Chair
man Gurley said last night. “We
want to show them that if spirit
hlone will win the title again, it’s
in the bag right now. With decora
tions following .the championship
motive, and a plenty danceable
band on tap, it’s going to add up
to a lot of fun and will be a great
opener for the term,” he concluded.
Plans for sub-committees and
intermission talent lineups will be
announced later in the week.
AWS Council
Goes on Trek
Members of the executive coun
cil of the Associated Women Stu
dents will journey to Corvallis to
morrow to meet with AWS heads
there to lay plans for the western
regional conference of women
leaders slated for the Oregon cam
pus in April.
Tomorrow’s meeting at Oregon
State will be the second joint meet
ing of the term for these two
school leaders groups. Two weeks
ago OSC women’s government
heads were in Eugene, where they
were honored at an AWS assem
bly and feted at a dinner.
The group making the trip in
cludes Anne Frederiksen, AWS
president; Patsy Taylor, Bette
Norwood, Helen Angel], and Eliza
beth Steed. Dean of Women Hazel
P. Schwering and Assistant Dean
Alice B. Macduff will be special
guests.
Beattie Hurt as Car
Plunges Over Bank;
Injuries Not Severe
Mr. W. G. Beattie, director of
social welfare of the exten
sion division, received painful
but not serious injuries Tuesday
morning when his car went over an
embankment, after skidding on icy
roads near Harrisburg.
His car was badly damaged, and
he received a broken collarbone
and four broken ribs.
Mr. Beattie had remained in Sa
lem overnight rather than return
after his extension class Monday
evening because of the heavy fog.
Somethin' Slips;
Big Press Quits;
Problem's This:
They slammed the first "valve"
down, the paper started round
and round, whrr-rr-crash — the
blanket slipped off the press,
and the Emerald rolled out of
"bed" on the wrong side late
night before last. The result:
students, faculty, et al, waded
through breakfast with their
eyes glued on their coffee, toast,
and cereal instead of on the four
page daily,- and trudged off to
their 8 o'clocks “uninformed.”
No reflection on the' mechan
ical, circulation, business, or edi
torial departments of the Em
erald, for the press simply got
convulsions of some sort and re
fused to “give out."
Immediately following the
breakdown, John and the boys
over in the press room went
about diagnosing the trouble.
Finally, following 4 hours of
treatment, the machine was pro
nounced fit, and the Oregon
Daily Emerald came tumbling
out in time to catch Oregonians
at lunch.
Marriage
Talks to Be
Discussed
Winter Term to See
Ninth Annual Love,
Wedlock Series
Oregon’s 1939 Love and Mar
riage lecture series will get its
first touch of organization this af
ternoon when Chairman Lloyd
Hoffman swings his committee of
planners into action at a 5 o’clock
meeting in the office of Dean of
Personnel Karl W. Onthank.
Discussion of speakers for the
ninth annual winter term lecture
series on the general subject of
married life and its relation to the
college student, will be the main
order of business at the first or
ganizational meeting of the series
heads.
In past years the lectures have
been divided into three divisions,
each of which has been handled by
a prominent speaker in the field
under discussion.
A survey of the religious ele
ments of marriage and its charac
ter-building qualities is generally
the first division of the series. The
second field entered is that per
taining to the psychological influ
ences which determine successful
marriages; and the third question
discussed is that dealing with the
physical aspects of marital life.
Fight Song Heard on
Chicago Air Hook-up
The strains of "Mighty Oregon"
were heard from coast-to-coast
last night when “Uncle Walter’s
Doghouse" played it over the air
waves in a national hookup.
The fgiht song was dedicated to
University students and the Web
foot football team.
The "Uncle Walter’s Doghouse”
program orginates in Chicago.
Mass Student Rally
To Launch Webfoots
On Hoop Barnstorm
Duck Team Hops Aboard Cascade Limited
After Rubenstein Battle Tomorrow Night
For First Leg of 22-Day Nation-wide Jaunt
Keynoting the 1939-40 hoop season, a basketball rally will speed the
southbound Cascade limited on its way Thursday night, when the squad
departs on the first leg of their 22-day nationwide barnstorming tour,
Rally Official Bill Ehrman stated last night.
Immediately after the Rubenstein game the entire team will drive
en masse townward to the Southern Pacific station. Rally heads say
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i torcycle police escort clearing the
way as the entire campus con
verges on the depot.
Rob and Wally Handy
Bobby A net, Laddie Gale, and
Wally Johansen, of last yeai's im
mortal national championship
j team, will be on hand to wish their
! former teammates luck. Bob Klliott
and the yell squad are to keep the
cheers resounding and the band
will gets its first workout since the
close of football.
‘'Hobby” Hobson, head man in
basketball at Oregon, is to speak
over the public address system con
cerning his new team's possibilities
this season and possibly say some
thing about the games scheduled
for the tour.
Stop In Glendale
Glendale is the first stop, where
they will hold a workout to iron
out the kinks of travel. The first
game is at New Orleans where they
meet the Gaylords on the munici
pal stadium court.
Basketball fever held all Oregon
in its grip last year when the'
Ducks wound up with an NCAA
championship and rally heads hope
that this will see a continuation of
the fervor. Housing officials are
lequested to allow underclassmen
town permission for the rally night.
Tickets for Revels
On Sale in Campus
Living Organizations
Tickets for the Christmas Bev
els, scheduled for Saturday, De
cember 9, have been placed on sale
in all the campus living organiza
tions and will be on sale there un
til noon Thursday.
Madeline Holshier and Everett
Daugherty, co-chairmen of the
ticket sales committee have an
nounced that after Thursday, tick
ets will be sold in the following
places: Friday, between Oregon
and Commerce buildings, from 10
to 12 and from 1 to 3; Saturday, in
Mrs. Siefert’s office in Gerlinger
hall, at the same hours. Those
who do not get tickets at any of
these places may do so at the door
Saturday evening.
Admission is 25 cents per per
son, and the doors open at 9 p.m.
Crumbaker to Speak
Dr. Calvin C. Crumbaker of the
department of economics will
speak to a discussion group on the
“Economic Causes and Effects of
the Present War” this afternoon at
4 o’clock at the YM hut.
The meeting is open to both men
and women students.
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Barriers Ignored for United
Front Against Tuberculosis
By MILDKKD WILSON
One of the most remarkable ]
things about the Christmas sea’
is its universality. Completely ig
noring barriers of race, creed, and
caste, all kinds of people have rec
ognized the necessity for a united
front against tuberculosis and are
buying the penny seals.
Christmas seal sales are held
or have been held in 45 countries,
[n some countries they are quite
recent, and in others the sales
have occurred annually for many
years.
There are several unusual feat
ures in the history of these seals.
For instance, Japan has sponsored
Christmas seal sales, although she
has no Christmas. Naturally in
that country they are not called
Christmas seals but ‘'tuberculosis”
3ealK.
It is interesting to note that
vhile Russia and Germany have
lad no national sale of seals, Aus
;ria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and
Finland have been active In the
Irive against the “white plague"
for many years.
Through the participation of so
many countries a collection of
Christmas seals gives a compre
hensive representation of the dif
ferent types of world art. Some of
the pictures are extremely simple
and others quite intricate.
People wondering whether or
not they should buy Christmas
seals are asked to remember this
bit of information. The United
States tuberculosis Christmas seal
issued in 1917 is now worth $50 to
a collector.
Waring’s
Song Aid
Accepted
Jimmie Leonard
Named as Contest
Assistant
Definite action, on the long
awaited proposal for a fight song
to take some of the burden from
“Mighty Oregon” was taken last
night when the newly-appointed
student committee swung into ac
tion.
Of several possibilities two were
selected and discussed by the com
mittee. One of these was to accept
the offer of Fred Waring, band
leader, and present him with ma
terial to be used in composing a
song.
John Stehn Aids
The other possibility was sug
gested some time ago by band di
rector John Stehn. M!r. Stehn pro
posed to select several marches,
play them before a student com
mittee, and have it select one as
the music for the new fight song.
A contest would then be held, much
as was done at the University of
California a few years ago, and
students would attempt to supply
the words to the song.
Following these plans Elbert
Hawkins, chairman of the commit
tee, announced the appointment of
Jimmie Leonard to aid in the work.
Leonard will be in charge of the
contest idea, Hawkins said.
Committee Meets at 4
All members of the committee
will meet again tomorrow at 4
o’clock in the office of Bruce Ham
by, athletic director.
"Although the meeting is pri
marily to discuss steps to be taken
to secure Fred Waring's aid, any
student who is interested in the
new fight song idea is invited to
attend,” Chairman Hawkins said
last night.
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
Youth hostelers will meet to
night at 7:30 in the men's lounge
in Gerlinger hall. It is the last
meeting of the term.
Fight song committee will meet
in Bruce Hamby’s office at 4
o’clock today.
Love ami Marriage series com
mittee will meet today at 5 o’clock
in Dean Onthank’s office.
The library staff will meet
Thursday. Mrs. Ernst will describe
her display of masks, which is
now being featured in the cases in
the circulation department.
The Propeller club will present
sound movies entitled "America’s
Good Neighbor Fleet" today at
7:30 p.m. in Chapman hall. All
students are invited to attend.
Fencing club meeting at 4 in
Gerlinger sun room. Everyone in
vited.