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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1940
VOLUME XLI
NUMBER 50
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'Hobson Hobble’
To Open Campus
Social Season
All-School Dance Shifted From
Igloo to Gerlinger; Fall and
Winter ASUO Cards Good
By WES SULLIVAN
It will be a basketball-minded Webfoot crowd that starts the round
of winter term campus social life tonight with Oregon's second annual
“Hobson Hobble’’ in Gerlinger hall, designed as the official sendoff for
the coming season.
The keynote of the affair will be the “on to victory” movement for
another national basketball championship. The first “hobble” was
Hops Tonight
Hobby Hobson will be the guest
of honor tonight when campus
rug-cutters swing to the strains of
Art Holman’s music.
r
Jewett Contest
Lists Winners
Six Boys, Three
Girls Gain Prizes
In Fall Term Try
v
Nine members of the University
of Oregon’s extemporaneous speech
classes proved their ability as
speakers last week by winning the
fall term edition of the W. F.
Jewett speech contest. The com
petition is sponsored each term by
Mrs. W. F. Jewett in memory of
her husband.
All members of the 14 sections
of the extemporaneous classes
were given an opportunity to en
ter, and the best were chosen to
compete in the finals December 13
and 14. The speeches were five to
seven minutes long and were tak
en from talks given in class. They
were prepared by the students.
The first night saw both men’s
and women’s prizes' offered. The
second contest pitted both men and
women in the same competition.
The prizes were: first, $15; second,*
$10; and third, $5.
First night winners were: men,
Leonard Eallif, Harvey McKee,
Pete Riley. Women winners were:
Jean Person, Michi Yasui, and
Jane Hooker.
I
The winners in the second con
test were John Blankinship,
CHarles Devereaux, and George
Luoma.
Luoma donated his prize to the
Finnish relief fund in Eugene.
Morris Gives Radio
Talk on Propaganda
Dean Victor P. Morris, of the
school of business adiministration,
gave a radio speech Wednesday
afternoon over station KORE for j
the American Association of Uni-1 j
versity Women’s program. The!
speech was entitled “Facing the
Barrage of Propaganda.”
He declared that there was much 1
more propaganda now because it | (
is easier to distribute it. People j,
are massed together in cities, and ,
radio, movies, newspapers, and
magazines all help to spread it. )
Americans should be on guard ;,
for propaganda, but should not be
so skeptical of news as to discard i
the truth, he emphasized. He stated j i
that to keep open avenues of in- c
formation and to think themselves i
out of difficulties are the duties of i 1
citizens of neutral democracies. j t
carried off last year with the ad
i
I vent of the first rational cham
! pionship, and it is hoped that this
year’s dance will mark the start of
another drive.
Fall Cards Good
Although fall term student body
cards are outdated, they will be
accepted this evening. Winter
term cards will also be accepted.
The dance is scheduled for Ger
linger hall instead of the usual Mc
Arthur court. The special waxing
the Igloo has received in prepara
tion for the basketball season
would be marred if the floor were
to be used for dancing, committee
men said.
Informality Theme
For those interested in what to
wear, informality will reign, ac
cording to Les Harger, in charge
of arrangements. Music will be
furnished by Art Holman's band.
The prizes for the ASUO drive
will be awarded during the course
of the evening.
The hop was originally set for
fall term and advertised as the
fall term dance, but had to be
postponed until winter term be
cause of conflicting engagements.
Band to Give
Recital Sunday
The Finnish national anthem,
“Finlandia,” by Jean Sibelius, will
be one of the featured numbers to
be prer ented by the University of
Oregon band in its free concert for
students and townspeople in the
music auditorium next Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock, according to
John H. Stelin, director.
The program of the band will
include a wide variety of old and
newer concert works. Mozart’s
“Sonata in E Flat,” Bach’s “Pre
lude and Fugue in G Minor,” “Sieg
fried’s Rhine Journey” from Wag
ner’s “Dusk of the Gods,” and
“Perpetual Motion” by Johann
Strauss are the older numbers.
More recent selections are the sec
ond movement from Howard Han- ■
son's “Nordic Symphony,” “Pa-1
vanne” from Morton Gould’s “Sec
ond American Symphonette,” and
Haydn-Wood's “Manx Overture.”
Ad Positions
Still Open
“Last term’s record staff and
ibout a dozen new members make |
jp the active business department,
of the Emerald,” George Luoma, |
Emerald business manager, an- !
nounced last night following the
Jay’s staff organization. Luoma,
Uso said that students who did
lot apply for Emerald positions
yesterday may still do so, and ,
isked all interested students to see l
limself or Jim Frost, advertising
nanager of the Emerald.
Enlarged plans of the personnel
>rganization will make room for
urther advancements on the staff
his term. “Staff members will be
lotified of their positions within j
. few days,” Frost said last night.
One important “shift” in the j
msiness department was revealed
esterday. It was made known that
ean Crites, national advertising
nanager during fall term, has
ieen placed as manager for Tues
ay Emeralds. “Jean is a capable
nember of our staff and I expect
ter to do well in the new posi
ion,” Luoma said.
Their Team Lost
George (Porky) Andrews (left) and Toivo Piippo, guards, saw their mates lose to Rtibensteins’, 48 to
8G, last night. Andrews is layed up with a pulled ankle tendon, and may not see aetion against the Idaho
Vandals Monday and Tuesday nights.
Morse Says
No Arbiter
Requested
Law School Dean
To Consult Dr. Erb
If Asked to Act
Dean Wayne L. Morse, law
school head, stated last night that
he has received no official request
to act as arbitrator in the San
I Francisco ship clerks’ dispute,
and revealed that he has no im
mediate intentions of accepting a
position away from the University
of Oregon.
Dean Morse said that if and
when he should receive an official
request to be the third man in the
bay city labor strife, he would con
fer with President Erb for advice
and counsel. San Francisco news
releases state that his name has
been recommended by both disput
ing parties and Governor Culbert
Olson of California.
Dean Likes Oregon
When interviewed as to whether
or not he contemplated leaving
Oregon in favor of another posi
tion, he stated,
“As far as I know now, I ex
pect to continue my services at
the University of Oregon. It is true
that I have been approached in re
gard to another deanship and in
regards to the availability of my
services for another teaching po
sition. However, the negotiations
in neither case have reached the
point requiring official action on
my part. Naturally one does not
refuse to give serious considera
tion to various possibilities for bet
tering one's economic and profes
sional position. However, I am
very happy at the University of
Oregon, and I am anticipating
many years of teaching at the Ore
gon law school.”
Expensive Closure
The law school head reported
that the port of San Francisco,
closed for 54 days at an estimated
cost of $200,000 a day, is now open
for a 10-day period of negotiation
by consent of both parties. If at
the end of the period no agreement
can be reached, an arbitrator will
be called in. It is in this capacity
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Archdemon Flu
Stalks Oregon,
Shuts in 13
“Will it be all right if T go up
and see-?”
“I'm awfully sorry, but the re
I striction on visitors is still in
| effect.”
Thus more than one person ex
pecting to see patients at the
) school hospital have been politely
reminded by nurses that the no
j visiting ban posted during the
j latter part of fall term is still
being observed.
According to Dr. F. N. Miller,
health service director, influenza
cases in the infirmary, coupled
with a flu epidemic in southern
j Oregon, were responsible for the
! taboo on patient-visiting. How
ever, he explained that excep
tions to the rule would be made,
with limitations, in emergencies
or very special cases. How long
the ban will continue wasn’t re
vealed.
Under observation in the hos
pital, each one a post-holiday pa-i
J tient, are Jane Barlow, James
i Lonergan, Charles Mix, Marian j
Fuller, Robert McKinney, Jean
Quail, Betty Anderson, Neva
Barber, Imola Mitchell, Virginia
Anderson, Nancy Lee Stratton,
Beryl Brunner, and Stanley
Brown.
Hoop Ticket
Sale Starts
Reserved seat tickets for the
.University of Oregon-University of
Idaho and University of Oregon
Oregon State College basketball
games to be played here next week
are now on sale at the ASUO tick
et office in McArthur court.
Monday and Tuesday nights will
see the Idaho Vandals in action
while Friday night will feature
Oregon State’s Orangemen.
General admission will be 55
cents, and reserved seats, in the
center of the west balcony, will go
for 85 cents. Installation of glass
backboards has made possible
2,000 more good general admis
sion seats, it was pointed out. The
games will start at 8 p.m.
Co-op Pays
Out $1025
To Students
McClain Explains
Decision to Release
Fall Term Shares
Dividends amounting to $1025
on fall term purchases were paid
out to students by the University
Co-op store, it was announced yes
terday by M. F. McClain, manager.
Although this was slightly less
than was expected on the basis of
cash register receipts the deficien
cy can be attributed to the short
notice given students, McClain
said.
Early Audit Explained
In explaining the Co-op board’s
sudden move to pay dividends of
5 per cent on fall term purchases
instead of waiting until the end of
the school year before making
payments, McClain said:
“The board moved • to declare
dividends on all fall term purchas
es after the auditor, Spencer R.
Collins, announced that because
our fiscal year ended with the cal
endar year it would be better to
pay dividends at the end of the
fiscal year.
"This is necessary in order that
the Co-op may determine its ex
isting liabilities before making out
an income tax statement,” he said.
December 29 was the deadline
for all fall term payments, but
dividends will likely Be declared
on winter and spring purchases at
the end of spring term, the man
ager said.
“If the board sees fit, and it is
likely they will, payment will be
authorized on the remaining fall
term receipts at the end of the
spring term,” McClain said.
Westminster Invites
Symphony Listeners
Westminster House is open each
Saturday evening for any students
who are interested in coming and
listening to the NBC Symphony
hour. The symphony starts at
7:30.
Last year many students availed
themselves of this opportunity of
i quiet hour of listening to the
music.
Dr. Koo to Talk Before Four Camous Grouos
By BETTY JANE THOMPSON
The little Chinese gentleman,
vho wears the traditional costume
rf his country and plays a flute,
s coming to the campus again!
Dr. T. Z, Koo, secretary of the
A'orld’s Student Christian federa
ion, will find no welcome lacking
vhen he arrives January 16 for
:our speaking engagements, in
duding a student body assembly,
i faculty luncheon, an AWS as
;embly, and a banquet.
His summers spent at YM-YW
Seabeck conferences and his pre
jvious campus addresses and class
room appearances have won for
him many friends among Univer
sity students.
Send-off for Drive
Dr. Koo’s visit will signal a cam
pus drive for the Far Eastern Stu
dent Service fund. Designed to
help Chinese students in their at
tempt to carry on their education
in the far western part of China,
the fund is being raised by a na
tional committee with which Dr.
iKoo is working this year.
“Oregon in the past has not
done its share in this project,” Dr.
J. R. Branton, head of the depart
ment of religion, declared. He
pointed out that in 1938 OSC con
tributed $310.86, WSC $101.09,
University of Washington $70, and
Oregon $12.44. Last year Oregon
State raised $307.60, WSC $100.34,
Washington $603.37, and Oregon
$18.77.
Topic Listed
“China Today and Tomorrow”—
the China that the present college
sturents are and will make—will
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January Registration Figure
Hits Highest First-Day Mark
In Oregon History; 2,845 Sign
Gerlinger Schedule
Change Necessary
All rescheduling of clubs that
meet in Gerlinger hall must be
completed by next week, it was
announced by Mrs. Edith Sie
fert, Gerlinger hostess, yester
day.
Students
To Adopt
New Dads
Honoraries Will
Guide Fathers
Around Campus
By BETTY JANE BIGGS
Students, whose fathers won’t
be able to attend Dads’ Weekend,
will have the opportunity to adopt
another Dad during this celebra
tion January 2G, 27, and 28.
The general committee, headed
by John Cavanagh, is working on
plans which will involve the vari
ous living organizations, honorar
ies, and student talent for the new
novelty program.
Kush t he Dads
“Show the Dads a good time,’’
.urges hospitality chairman, Walk
er Treece. “Use rushing tactics oh
I them—the right kind,” he amend
ed.
I The different professional hon
oraries will be invited to erect at
tractive and appropriate signs be
fore their schools to invite the
Dads in for open house on the Sat
urday afternoon.
| The heads of Kwama, Phi Theta
jupsilon, and Skidl and Dagger are
being connected to act as guides
and welcoming committee during
the Dads’ visit at the University.
Cavanagh, at the general com
mittee meeting yesterday also in
troduced two new members: Ralph
[Woodall in charge of campus
[preparation and Pat Taylor who
will arrange for the student pro
gram, a new feature on the Dads’
Weekend.
Each of the general committee
[members will be allowed to choose
a subcommittee to work under
him. Announcement of these ap
pointments will be made at a later
date.
Sororities Can
Bid 82 Girls
Sororities are rushing 82 girls
for the winter term period accord
ing to an announcement made by
Aurelia Wolcott, panhelienic presi
dent, yesterday afternoon, the
opening day of the “rush."
Preference dinner will be held
Saturday night. Dinner dresses
will be the proper attire.
P-ushees will not be given date
cards for preference dinner until
Saturday afternoon between 2:30
and 3:30. Oral bidding is a viola
tion of panhelienic rules.
Bids will be given out in the
dean of women’s office between
10:30 and 11:30 Sunday morning
for the pledge banquet at noon.
Rushees may move into the house
immediately after.
Only two dates a day, lunch and
dinner, are allowed to the houses
during the winter period. Campus
clothes at noon are appropriate
and short silks for evening.
Realtors Hear Smith
Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of
the geography and geology de
partments gave one of the princi
pal speeches last night at the Eu
gene Realty board banquet honor
ing Mr. F. M. Wilkins, 91-year-old
“first citizen of Eugene for 1939.”
Dr. Smith’s speech was “Challenge
to the Citizenship of 194U.”
Increase Expected
As Deadline Nears
Present Total Chalks Up All-Time Record
For Winter Terms; Freshmen Number 1,031#
Twenty-Two Per Cent Over Peak Year Ago
By RAY SCIIRICK
- Oregon January enrollment figures soared to the highest first day
point in University history Wednesday afternoon as 2,845 men and
women students registered In McArthur court for winter term work.
According to totals released yesterday by C. L. Constance, assist
ant registrar, this year’s mark is eight per cent above last January's
high of 2,624. This sets a new all-thre record for winter term3.
negisirauon ngures snow
men and 1,112 women students now
at Oregon. In 1939 there were 1,613
men and 1011 women on the rolls.
One thousand thirty-one freshmen
have signed up for this term’s
work, 22 per cent above last year’s
848.
“Records are expected to mount
even higher today and tomorrow,”
stated Constance. “A large staff
of workers is busy enrolling late
students in Johnson hall today.
This is the shortest term of the
year but registration should come
very close to the large fall total
of 3,700.
Late enrollment fees for under
graduate students were charged
starting Thursday and are mount
ing at the rate $1 per day. A
maximum fine of $5 will be
charged. Students who have not
yet paid their fees should do so as
soon as possible, the registrar’s of
fice stated. Saturday, January 13,
the last day of registration.
Drama
January 23-25
Set as Dates
For Production
"Pride and Perjudice,” forthcom
ing production of the Very Little
Theater, under the direction of Dr.
R. D. Horn, associate professor of
English, will include a representa
tive cast of 26 members.
Actors to represent Jane Aus
ten’s characters have been selected
xiom many different departments
of the University and include facul
ty members and students.
Stepping from the speech de
partment to the stage of the Very
Little Theater will be Donald Har
gis and Marvin Krenck, speech in
structors. Representing the art de
partment will be Art Pulos, gradu
ate assistant, and Fred Cuthbert,
associate professor of landscape
architecture.
From the drama division come
Mrs. Ottilie T. Seybolt, drama di
, rector, and Bill Nash, instructor.
Miss Pirkko Paasikivi, physical
education instructor; Major H. L.
Barrett, assistant professor of mili
tary science; and Miss Ethel Saw
yer, browsing room librarian, will
also take part. Others in the cast
include Marjorie Bates, Mary Sea
ton,, Virginia Mikulak, Iris Smith,
Kenneth Griffith, Ethan Newman,
Mrs. W. H. Dutton, Wilfred Road
man, Mrs. W. M. Tugman, and
Elaine Parsons.
The three-day run has tentative
ly been set for January 23, 24,
and 25.
Houses Asked
To Turn in List
Of Social Events
All living organizations are
urged to turn their social sched
ules for the winter term into the
dean of women’s office as soon
as possible, so a complete list
of the term’s events can lie
made.
FROSH
SPONSOR
'LIMP’
Leap Year Sets
Theme for New
Dance Idea
Girl gets boy!
This order, set up by a new year,
a ne>v rule in class dances, and a
driving frosh committee, was an
nounced as the theme for the Leap
Year Limp, which will open the
doors of Gerlinger hall on the night
of Saturday, January 13, to all
campus dancers.
The leap year dance, which will
hand the line of “How about Sat
urday next?” to the feminine half
of the Oregon student body, will
bring to the University the music
of Woodie Hite and his orchestra.
First Time Here
After playing at Portland night
spots and at alumnae dances, Hite
will be appearing in Eugene for
the first time.
Co-chairmen Len Ballif and Bob
Fronk, named as head men for the
Leap by Frosh Class President Los
Anderson, announced yesterday
that the dance will not replace the
Frosh Glee, annual funfest pre
sented by the freshmen, but is an
effort by the class of 1943 to
bring another first class dance to
Oregon’s social schedule.
Limp Informally
Informal campus clothes will be
the order of the evening along the
"what to wear” front. This will
please most campus males, com
mitteemen believe. “With the girls
worrying about the date angle, the
order can be reversed with the
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CAMPUS
CALENDAR
Th<* West Side Women’s Christ
ian Temperance union will meet
Tuesday at the home of Mr3. Ellen
Conn, 1040 Jefferson street, at 2
o’clock. Very important matter to
be considered.
Members of Sigma Delta Chi
will meet in room 104 journalism
building this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
All meml>ers of the Leap Year
Limp committees are asked to
meet Saturday morning at 10 o’
clock above the College Side.
The social swim in Gerljnger
pool will continue this term at the
usual time, 7:30, Monday night.
Episcopal students’ open house
Friday afternoon from 4 to 6 o’
clock at Miss Helen Lyles’.
Friday night party at Wesley
House, 8 o’clock.