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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1940
LIBRARY
CAMPUS
TODAY'S EDITS:
Time and Tide
The Greek Way
Shadow Bryant
VOLUME XLI
NUMBER 51
Oregon Wins Season’s Hoop Opener, 44 to 32
Sammies
Win Card
Contest
Zeta Tau Alpha
Cops Second Prize
In Drive Climax
Sigma Alpha Mu “poured it on”
last week and because the first
house to go 100 per cent ASUO in
the student body ticket drive by a
clear-cut margin of 20 hours. The
Sammies pocketed a $45 merchan
dise voucher from Callahan’s furni
ture store as a result.
The second place prize, a $25
Callahan voucher, was awarded to
Zeta Tau Alpha, which was the
second living organization to re
port all members ASUO card
holders at the activities office.
Blanket Goes to Fowler
Freeman Fowler, Canard club
ber, stepped up from immediately
in front of Les Harger, master of
ceremonies at Friday’s Hobson
Hobble, and matched his ASUO
card number with the one in Har
ger's hand, to take possession of
the “O” blanket. The prizes for the
winning houses in the sales drive
were also presented at the dance.
Chairman Tiger Payne an
nounced yesterday that the drive
was still going full speed ahead
in spite of the fact that over 56
per cent of the student body now
holds the all-important ducats,
Sales late yesterday reached the
1800 mark, and drive committee
men expect to see the figure top
the 2000 spot before the campaign
closes on Saturday, they said.
House representatives will con
tinue to collect daily prizes as
their organizations reach the cen
tury mark, and students are re
minded that the tickets may be
purchased from them at any time.
Men Behind in Contest
Other houses which have gone
over the top in addition to the
winners are Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha
Phi, Sigma Kappa, and Alpha
Delta Pi. No men’s living organi
zation had equalled the mark hung
up by the Sammies when latest
reports were compiled yesterday.
Committee heads in a statement
last night stressed the fact that
the cards, in addition to their val
ue in gaining admission to student
body functions and concert pre
sentations, are prirary requisites
to students holding or seeking stu
dent body offices and employ
ment under the ASUO.
Cards may be purchased from
house representatives, the cash
ier’s office in Johnson hall, or the
ticket office in McArthur court.
Visitors Talk
On Telephone
At Infirmary
Despite the health service’s
taboo on visitors, as a precau
tion against possible spread of
respiratory infection, “too many”
students seem allergic to the
ban. Five minutes in the restrict
ed area saw no less than four
persons seeking permission to
“see” various of the confined.
Probably out of sympathy,
nurses in charge arranged for
semi-public tete-a-tetes via long
distanced conversation, the dis
tance set between patient in the
ward’s bed and visitor outside
the ward’s door.
Hospital roll call for January
8 included the following:
Pauline Ewan, Ellouise Gunn,
Thelma Vaughn, Edith Borda,
Ruth Chambers, Roberta Lemen,
Beryl Brunner, Clifton Volstorff,
George Fulton, John Tuttle,
Donal Brosenamle, John Wall,
Burton Osborn, and Dean War
ren.
Sings for ASUO
Jan Kiepura ... will appear here
Thursday night as one of the at
tractions on the winter term
ASUO slate.
Jan Kiepura
Appearance
In Offing
Polish Singing Star
First Winter Term
Artist Attraction
While ASUO Drive Chairman
Tiger Payne yesterday tied up the
loose ends of his ticket sale, stu
dent leaders were already prepar
ing for the Thursday night opener
of the winter term Greater Artist
attractions—the appearance of |
Polish tenor Jan Kiepura.
The star of opera, concert and
movies, first artist on the full
slate of treats in store for card
holders, just finished his second
| season at the Metropolitan Opera
House in New York.
Arriving some time Thursday,
Kiepura will be accompanied by
his wife and co-star of several
moving pictures, Martha Eggerth.
Last year she appeared with him
in the film version of Puccini’s
“La Boheme.”
The opening vehicle on the 1940
Artist program will go before its
audience of University students
and Eugene music lovers at 8
o’clock Thursday evening on the
stage in McArthur court.
Since his debut in 1926 in the
role of “Faust” in Warsaw, Kie
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Students
To Hear
Writer
First Assembly for
Winter to Present
Mr. Dosch-Fleurot
Oregon’s winter assembly sea
son will swing into high gear this
week, when Arno Dosch-Fleurot,
world famous writer and corre
spondent, appears in Gerlinger
hall Thursday, January 11, to ad
dress students on present aspects
of the European situation.
Mr. Dosch-Fleurot is an Oregon
born newspaper man and began his
journalistic work on the Portland
Oregonian. He has been covering
international happenings in Eur
ope for the past 25 years and re
turned to this country in the fall
of 1939.
Last summer the speaker twice
traveled across Germany. The last
time he went through was during
the mobilization at the end of Aug
ust and for a whole week he had
the opportunity to see Germany
preparing for a long or short war.
He has also spent much time in
England and France.
A year ago Mr. Dosch-Fleurot
established a personal newspaper
syndicate, “The European Back
ground.” He has worked for the
Associated Press in Paris, the In
ternational News Service in Paris,
Berlin, Rome, and London, and
was for some time correspondent
for the New York World.
Mr. Dosch-Fleurot is the uncle
of Mary Ann Campbell, journalism
major, and her sister, Marguerite
Campbell, who is majoring in
sculpture.
Tuesday Luncheon
Instituted to Discuss
Campus Problems
The first of a series of Tuesday
luncheons is being- held at West
minster house today noon. Infor
mal discussion of campus relations
and problems is the general theme
of these luncheons which cost 25
cents.
Lem Putnam, present chairman,
said that the meeting today will
decide the trend pf the discussions
for this term and the other busi
ness of the group. Anyone on the
campus is welcome.
The home-cooked food is furn
ished by the Westminster moth
ers and those wishing to attend
should make reservations early.
The luncheons start at 12 and end
promptly at 12:45.
Keats Book Added
Eight volumes of “The Poetical
Works and Other Writings of
John Keats” have been added to
the Pauline Potter Homer collec
tion of rare books in the library.
The volumes were edited by H.
Buxton Forman.
Indian Tomb Relics Subject
Of Anthropology Club Talk
By MILDRED WILSON
Burial sites, copper beads, trade
routes, and Indian dice were some
of the subjects Allen Murphy, an
thropology graduate of 1939, dis
cussed when he talked before the
Anthropology club, Wednesday
evening. The meeting was held in
Gerlinger hall.
For the past four months Mur
phy has been working on the Co
lumbia Basin Archeological sur
vey which is attempting to re
move valuable Indian material
from the area that will soon be
flooded by the Grand Coulee dam.
They have stopped operations for
the winter but plan to proceed with
the excavations early in the spring.
The speaker told of the different
kinds of burial sites they had dis
covered and-remarked on the ex
cellent quantity of copper beads,
dentalia shells, and other orna
ments found. Near the remains of
children they occasionally found a
bird bill. Presumably the bird had
been a pet.
The significance of the copper
beads, according to Murphy, was
tliey indicated there had been trade !
out to the coast from this region. I
A few other articles that were'
found showed commerce was prob
ably more extensive.
Even the Indians had their way
of gambling, the speaker disclosed.
Polished beaver teeth formed a
satisfactory substitute in a game
of chance that the Indians seemed
to be fond of.
There was discussion after the
talk and refreshments were served.
Vandal Beaters and Their Coach
Three senior members of the University of Oregon basketball team provided much of the victory
drive as Hobby Hobson’s quintet stopped the Vandals, 44 to 82, at McArthur court. From left to right
are Matt Favalunas, guard; John Dick, forward; Ted Sarpola, forward, aiul Coach Hobson.
’Y’ Groups
Plan Action
For Winter
Freshman Council
Schedules Series
Of Six Meetings
By KELLY HOLBERT
Starting next week the various
commissions, committees, and dis
cussion of the YMCA will again
swing into action to carry out
their plans for the winter term.
The newly formed freshman
council is lining up a program se
ries of six meetings on problems
of social and personality adjust
ment with professors from the de
partments of speech, religion, and
psychology leading the meetings.
J. L. Casteel will conduct the first
two meetings from the personal
adjustment viewpoint and Robert
Leeper from the psychology de
partment will lead the following
two on social problems.
Branton to Lead
Dr. James R. Branton will lead
the last two by combining the so
cial and personal adjustments with
the religious standpoint. The first
meeting of this series will be held
Wednesday, January 10, at 7:30
p.m. in the YMCA hut and meet
ings will continue weekly at that
time throughout the term.
The committee on conferences
and retreats with Henry Carr,
chairman, is working on a new re
treat for this term. Another of
their objectives for the winter
term is to outline plans for the
delegation to the annual regional
summer conference at Seabeck
next June.
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Dr. Moore Will Give
Radio Speech Today
A radio talk by Dr. A. R. Moore,
professor of physiology, is sched
uled for 2 this afternoon over
KOAC. Dr. Moore will be intro
duced by Dr. H. R. Taylor, head of
the psychology department, and
his speech is entitled “You may
not believe it, but totalitarian gov
ernments are not as efficient as
democracies in the development of
scientific knowledge.”
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Man Shortage
Bothers Forty
Coed Dancers
Forty girls to seven men
seems unfair odds to Norda Fin
linson, but that’s the standing to
date in her old fashioned dancing
class.
The poor males are calling
for help in guiding the coeds
through the intricacies of polkas
and schottisches. They claim
that one is persona non grata at
skiing parties if one can’t break
into a Hambo when the old fash
ioned music starts at Tirtoberline
lodge or Belknap camp.
It’s not too late to sign up,
says Miss Finlinson. The hours
are Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday at 4 p.m.
Ub Aviation Reserve
Base Officer Coming
To Select Prospects
An officer from the United
States aviation reserve base at
Seattle will be in Eugene January
18 to consult with naval air corps
prospects, according to a notice
from the office of Carlton E. Spen
cer, flying school head.
Men interested in naval educa
tion should contact Captain L. B.
Stedman Jr., U. S. marine corps
reserve, at the Eugene hotel on
the evening of the 18th or the
morning of the 19th.
The navy air corps gives a year
of training with pay and cadets
are commissioned as ensigns upon
completion of flight training.
Best Flyer
To Compete
In Contest
National Winners
Will Get Money
For Training
Oregon’s ace student pilot will
try for $1,000 worth of aviation
education next spring when a na
tionwide contest under sponsor
ship of the Institute of Aeronauti
cal Science gets under way, ac
cording to a communication re
ceived by Carlton E. Spencer,
flight school head.
The flying school's outstanding
fledgling will compete with repre
sentatives from six other schools
at a designated place in flying
tests given by a board. One winner
and an alternate will be picked
from each of the seven Civilian
Aeronautics Authority regions in
the United States.
Finals at Washington
A round trip airlines ticket to}
Washington and $50 expense mon
ey goes to the winner in each re
gion to compete in the finals. In
addition to the first place award
a second prize of $750 and a third
for $500 will be given.
Contest rules say that the priz
es are for the purpose of further
ing the winner’s education along
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First Student Pilot to Solo
Makes Three-Point Landing
Pierce Mallory, senior, brought
his Cub trainer down unassisted in
a three-point landing Saturday,
the first student pilot to solo in
Oregon’s flight training program.
Photographers were on hand at
the Eugene airport as Instructor
Joe Harrell gave Mallory a pre
liminary ‘‘check flight" and okayed
his solo attempt.
His initial solitary came after
nine hours of instruction with reg
ular ground school work. Although
he bounced a bit as he set his
plane down, he declared he was
“too busy to worry.”
‘‘There is too much to look after
when flying to worry about any
thing," he told ground spectators.
"Before getting into the plane, I
was a little nervous."
Mallory’s solo hop will probably
keynote a series of first flights as
the end of required dual training
nears for many of the student pi
lots. Instructors in the Oregon
school stress absolute safety and
will solo their charges only after
they have definitely proved them
selves capable of handling a plane
alone. When the instructor is con
fident of the student's ability, he
administers a "check flight,” a last
trip as a general check up, and al
lows the solo if conditions are
right.
Sarpola Top Scorer
As Webfoots Shine
After Shaky Start
Marshik, Pavalunas, Townsend Sparkle
As Howard Hobson's Cagers Begin With
Triumph; Teams Clash Again Tonight
By ELBERT HAWKINS
Co-Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald
Oregon’s national champs opened defense of their four 1939
basketball titles by whipping a bruised and battered team from
the University of Idaho at the Igloo last night. The Ducks did it,
44 to 32, after a slow and shaky start.
Second game of the series comes at the usual 8 o’clock hour
tonight when the Vandals wind up their four-tilt jaunt through
the Willamette valley.
Hobby Hobson’s crew showed flashes of championship form
as it moved along1 to victory No. 1
in the northern division pennant
chase, but more than once found
the Idaho outfit carrying the fight.
Not Too Smooth
The Duck mentor pronounced his
machine "ragged” after it was all
over, and at times the Oregon of
fense seemed rusty. Idaho fought
along even with the Webfoots until
the 13-minute mark in the first
half and moments later pulled out
two points ahead for its biggest
lead of the contest, ,9 to 7. The los
ers’ final lead waij 10 to 9 after
about 16 minutes.
For a 14-minute stretch after
that, the Oregons clicked and
poured in a string of buckets with
their fast break operating more
like the champs of '39. They had a
lead of 31 to 17 midway through
the second half but hit another
ragged streak and saw it melt
away to five points at one time.
Only 24 Fouls
The Vandals and the Ducks piled
up only 24 personal fouls between
them, 13 for Oregon, the losers
terming it a “breather” after their
two - game knock-down-and-drag
out scrimmage with Oregon State.
It was a banner night for Ore
gon’s loose-jointed Whirling Der
vish forward, Ted Sarpola. The
Astorian pushed in six field goals
for 12 points and high honors with
a series of shots that kept the
Igloo’s partial capacity crowd hap
pily yelling.
Oregon’s starting guard com
bination of Matt Pavalunas, and
Vic (Slick) Townsend rolled in 16
points, the latter getting nine on
three field goals and as many free
throws. Paul (Stonewall) Jackson,
fiery little first year guard, re
lieved his two mates long enough
to add another six.
Harris Injured
The Vandals played without their
leading scorer, Roland Harris, jun
ior veteran, who was injured last
weekend, but were kept within
striking distance by Forward Roy
Ramey and Center Otis Hilton (6
feet, 8 inches), who accounted for
almost two-thirds of their team’s
points, 10 apiece.
Idaho’s biggest lead of the game,
9 to 7, was gone after 14 minutes
and 20 seconds when Townsend
dribbled in on a set play to lay in
Jackson’s pass. .
Otis Hilton holed a free throw
to put the Vandals ahead, 10 to 9,
four minutes before the first half
ended. But bang, bang went the
Webfoots, and at half-time it was
Oregon 17, Idaho 10. The Ducks
made four rapid-fire baskets. First
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Art Portfolios at Libe
In connection with “Art for
Your Sake,” the National Broad
casting company’s public service
feature, the library received four
portfolios of illustrations to the
radio talks. This feature traces
the entire course of art develop
ment down through the ages and
there are 64 reproductions in the
series by such artists as ElBreco,
Velasquez, Rockwell Kent, Titian,
Leonardo Da Vinci, and Raphael.
UO Song
Contest
Still Open
Students Urged
To Submit Ideas
To Committee
I
—
Pushing ahead with plans de
signed to give student composers
a chance to write an Oregon fight
song, Chairman Elbert Hawkins of
the committee in charge yesterday
announced that the contest will
remain open for another two
weeks.
One student has already written
a song and the committee and
John Stehn, director of the band,
feel that a student should be in a
better position to write a good
fight song than an outsider, Haw
kins said.
Hawkins pointed out that many
; great college fight songs have been
[ written by students. “Rome of
these students didn’t know the first
thing about music,” Hawkins said.
Waring Asked to Write
Several outsiders including Fred
Waring, nationally known band
leader, have been asked to work on
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CAMPUS
CALENDAR
An important meeting of Pi Phi
Theta, women’s business honorary,
is scheduled lbr the Commerce
building at 5:30 p.m. today.
Heart checks for coed basket
ballites wili be given from 4-5 to
day in Miss Thomson’s office on
the third floor of Gerlfnger.
Members of the Newman club
will hold a tea dance this after
noon from 4 to 6 in Gerlinger hall.
Refreshments will be served. Ev
eryone is invited. Admission 10
cents per person. Bring friends.
A meeting of the general mem
bership committee of the YMCA
will be held at the YMCA hut to
day at 4 o’clock.
The commission on building a
life philosophy of the YMCA will
meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the
home of Dr. James Branton, 2058
Harris street. All interested per
sons are cordially invited to at
ted.'Dr. Branton will lead the dis
cussion.
Sunday Soiree will meet at 5
p.m. at the Sign of the Four.