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TODAY'S EDITS: Two Dollar Fee, The Fourth Estate, Woodall Draws VOLUME XLI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1940 NUMBER 64 library u. OF ORE. Dads Will Arrive onUO Campus Today 22nd Press Conference Opens Today Annual News Confab Begins Full Program Journalism Classes Close; Meetings Open to Students For the twenty-second consecu tive year, newspaper men from every part of the state will con vene at Oregon today for the an nual press conference. From 9:30 registration time in the school of journalism until to night’s banquet, delegates will lis ten to speakers on various jour nalistic. angles aijd trends, with general discussion periods sched uled throughout the day. The an nual press meet brings newsmen representing the majority of Ore gon cities on the campus, to talk over the events of the past year in their profession. Harris Ellsworth, editor of the Roseburg News-Re view, has charge of the day’s pro gram. Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism, decreed all journalism classes will close to day as the “shack" fills with con vening newspaper men. The meet ings are open to students, how ever. Theta Sigma Phi, women’s pro fessional journalism honorary, is to entertain women journalists this afternoon at a tea in Gerlinger hall. Kay Taylor, Theta Sig prexy, has charge of the tea. The program for the entire weekend is printed in full on page four. CAMPUS CALENDAR Committee chairmen for the Sophomore Whiskerino will meet this afternoon at 4:30 at the Col lege Side. Members of Yeomen and guests will hold a radio dance in Gerlin ger hall after the Oregon-Wash ington basketball game tonight, according to William Wheeler, president. The Orides-Yeomen ski trip to Hand Lake this weekend has been postponed because of lack of trans portation. Young married couples of the campus are invited to attend the covered dish dinner held tonight at Westminster house. The dinner starts at 6 o’clock and any couple is welcome. University Youth Hostelers, who plan to go on the weekend skiing trip should contact Margaret Hal ford and make arrangements for transportation and lodging. A sheet for signatures is posted in the library. Theta Sigma Phi To Honor Wives Of Publishers — Leaving their better halves around the conference table at the shack, Oregon newspaper women and wives of publishers will discuss their own problems at tea this afternoon from 3:30 to 5 in alumni hall in Gerlinger. The tea is annually given by Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism honorary, honoring women attending the Oregon press conference. Heading the hostesses is Catherine Taylor, president. Harriet Whalley and Doris Mur phy will pour. Margaret Dick, Helen Sawyer, Sylvia Sarlat, ! and Doris Murphy are planning the refreshments. i Sophomore Men Start To Cultivate Beards Buchwach to Head Committee in Charge Of Annual Whiskerino; 'Hairy' Contest Will Be Featured Preceding Dance Beard-growing will be the chief order of business for Oregon males between now and February 17, according to Emerson Page, appointed yesterday as chairman of the 1940 Sophomore Whiskerino dance. Page, a member of the Webfoot rally committee, announced his committee heads last night to handle arrangements for the dance which is the climax of Oregon’s annual two weeks beard-growing contest, Little Colonel To Be Chosen Bg New System Tickets to Serve As Balloting Slips For Coed Selection There will be a new system for counting; votes in the Little Colo nel contest at Scabbard and Blade’s Military ball, Mike Moran, publicity chairman, said yesterday. The customers at the dance will write their choices for Little Colo nel on the backs of their dance tickets. There will be no ballots. The dance ticket and the stub, with the candidate’s name will be deposited in a box. Members of the faculty of the University ROTC will count the votes. “The new sys tem will eliminate all chances of a mistake in counting the votes,” Moran stated. From the field of 21 candidates a Little Colonel, two majors, and two captains will be chosen. Sale Begins Friday The advance ticket sale for the dance will begin Friday noon at all men’s houses, Bill Rosson and Daryl Evans, of the ticket sales committee, announced yesterday. Tickets will also be available at the candy counter in the Univer sity Co-op store. The committee has made plans to open a ticket booth in front of the Commerce building Wednesday noon. A new innovation is being used in advance ticket sales, Rosson and Evans said. The fellows who come around and buy their tickets early may have them punched at the booth. The dance program, consisting of painted wooden sol diers, will then be given away. In this manner, the two committee men said, the fellows will be able to fill in their programs before the dance. Coeds to Usher Visiting Oregon Dads will get an early glimpse at the candidates for the Little Colonel position, for they will serve as ushers at the Dads’ Novelty program Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the audi torium of the school of music. The program will consist of skits and musical numbers by University students. slated to open February 3. Contest to Be Featured, Buck Buchwach will l\£ad the sophomore committee in charge of a contest to be featured before the dance, Page said. Other committee chairmen include the following: orchestra, Gerry Walker; pro grams, Sally Mitchell; patrons, Marjorie Schnellbacher; promotion. Norm Foster; publicity, Helen An gell; properties, Les Thompson; floor, Warren Grimberg; and tick ets, Jean Hurley. Committee to Decide Motifs Lining up of decoration motifs and beard-growing rules will oc cupy the committee this afternoon when they meet at 4:30 at the Col lege Side to decide on the theme for the mid-term informal. Sophomore men will publicize the dance by growing beards be tween February 3 and 17, and at the dance a special committee of local barbers will judge the cham pion set of Webfoot whiskers. A free shave on the stage of Ger linger hall will be the prized award ed the winner. US Trains Students For Civil Service Joseph Y. Barnett, commissioner of Indian affairs, interviewed about 20 senior students Wednesday af ternoon to select students to take part in the Southwest Federal Training project for federal civil service positions. This training project is operated through the National Institute of Public Affairs and is being financed by the Rockefeller foundation. Students from 30 other univer sities in the United States will also be contacted before any choice is made, Mr. Barnett said. Five Will Attend NY A Convention Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonnel, will accompany four NYA students to Portland this weekend to meet Aubrey Williams, national director of the National Youth Ad ministration, the personnel office announced yesterday. The group will attend meetings Friday during which problems of the NYA will be discussed, and provisions will be made for the welfare of those requiring finan cial assistance to go through col lege. Press Confab to See Oregon Dads, Grads Oregon grads and Oregon dads are listed among the guests ex pected for the twenty-second an nual Oregon Press conference, opening on the campus this morn ing. Harris Ellsworth, editor of the Roseburg News-Review, is presi dent of the conference this year. He and Mrs. Ellsworth both are members of the class of 1922. Henry N. Fowler, Oregon, '14, now associate editor of the Bend Bulletin and president of the Ore gon Newspaper Publishers asso ciation, is expected to arrive this morning. The Bulletin now has an all-Oregon staff in both news and advertising departments. From Grants Pass those present are A. E. Voorhies, publisher; Earle E. Voorhies, managing edi tor, and Noble Stanton, advertis ing manager. Earle Voorhies is an Oregon grad of the class of '22. Earle Puchardson, publisher of the Dallas Itemizer-Observer, is among those expected for the ses sions on the campus. He is an Ore gon journalism graduate of 1920. Giles L. French, publisher of the Sherman County Observer at Moro, is another Oregon old-timer who is back for the conference. Mr. French, who was a co-mem (Please turn to page jour) Which One Will He Take? Rev. Peter J. Luvaas may have a problem (100141111)? which of liis six children, all students of the Uni versity, to take to the Dads’ Day banquet Saturday. In the picture are: seated, Lois, Rev. and Mrs. Luvaas, and Helen; standing, Paul, Alice, Jeanette, and John. Japan's Attitude On Orient Setup Shown in Speech Dr. Noble Explains U.S.-Nippon Trade, Political Relations By RAY SCHRICK Japan’s sought-after “new order” in the Orient, the philosophy gov erning its attempted creation, and its effect on the United States were revealed by Dr. Harold J. Noble, Oregon 'professor of history, in a Gerlinger hall address yesterday. More than 1000 heard the Orient born Oregon professor, who is on leave of absence, telescope the Far Eastern situation through Japanese eyepieces on the eve of official severance of U. S.-Japanese eco nomic relations as stipulated by the 1911 trade pact. Difficulty Told “Main difficulty with negotia tions between the two nations,” Dr. Noble continued, “is the fact that Japan is split into three main groups, the army, the government, and the general public. The govern ment is only a buffer between the army and the people that takes the blame for all the difficulties which arise and yet has very little con-. trol.” Speaking on the long-time Jap anese-American trade t r e a t i e s J which expired yesterday, Dr. Noble emphasized the fact that America could do little else except drop the agreements but at the same time expressed the feeling that inter national complications might still arise from the incident. “When America complained of damages inflicted by the army in the Orient, business men were anxious to settle grievances, but it could do nothing as the army was too powerful. The people are not aware of the fact that their gov ernment is powerless and lay all blame on this body. Japanese Sincere “The Japanese,” he related, “are absolutely sincere in their beliefs and think they are doing the Chi nese a favor to want to straighten out their country. They are con vinced that they must win, and it would not be a wise move for Am erica to give the government a chance to blame us for any set- i backs they might suffer in their! foreign campaigns. “Americans have built a venom ous hatred for Japan,” the speaker stated. “This is mainly because we don’t know the people well enough.1 They are instilled witji a very (Please turn to (aye Jour) Who's Got Some Hair Restorer For UO Scalp? The University campus is be ing- scalped. The particular por tion that is having its theoretical epidermis removed is the section embracing the art museum, and the walk from 13th street to the library. The “scalp” will be transferred to Chapman hall and Hayward field. The “bald spot” will re ceive a new cover next spring. Concert Band Plays Saturday UO Dads, Students To Be Feted Guests At 2:30 p.m. Show University of Oregon students and their fathers will be guests of the University band directed by John H. Stehn at a free concert to be given in the music auditorium Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The program will be a part of the many entertainments scheduled for Dads’ Day weekend. The program will last approxi mately 45 minutes and be over be fore the “air raid” of welcome leaflets takes place at 3:30, Mr. Stehn announces. Featured soloists will be Robert Carlson, cornetist, who played at the Gerlinger hall assembly Thursday. His selection will be "Andante and Allegro” ,by Ropartz. Numbers to be played by the band aremostly by contemporary composers. Included are Ferdie Grofe’s “Mardi Gras Suite,” Da vid Bennett’s “Scenes from the Sierras,” the march from Proko fieff’s “Love for Three Oranges,” Dvorak's "Slavonic Dance No. 7," Morton Gould’s “Pavanne” from the “Second Swing Symphonette,” the finale from Tlschaikowsky’s fourth symphony, and “Perpetual Motion” by Strauss. The public is invited to attend. Today Is Deadline To Enter Jewett Speech Contest Today is the last day to turn j in topics for the winter term Jewett speech contest to be staged January 31, according to J. L. Casteel, speech division director. A list of suggested subjects is posted on the speech depart ment bulletin board. Union Building To Be Displaged For UO Visitors j , - Committee Plans To Contact Alums For Aid in Project By JIM BANKS Freshman student union com mitteemen will go on extra duty today and tomorrow as press con ference delegates from every part of the state anu visiting Dads see the union building display in John son "iiall following registration. Glenn Williams, elected committee chairman Tuesday, announces that members are to be on hand to ex plain exhibit features for the cam pus guests. charge of the display, remarked. “They know the facts and are cap able of putting them over.” The new committee in charge of promotion for what will likely be Members Capable “The new members took hold very well,” Williams, who also has (Please turn to page four) Banquets, Concert, Oregon-Husky Games To Entertain Visitors Biennial Election of Officers to Be Held; Departments Will Keep Open House; Student Novelty Program to Be Presented By BETTY JANE BIGGS After 18 years? of arranging the lives of their sons and daughters, the Dads will arrive on the campus this afternoon to find that their lives for the weekend have been planned by their offspring. Registration' at Johnson hall will start at 1:30 this afternoon and will continue until 3:30 tomorrow. Visitors must check in here in order that their presence will count in awarding the trophies. The Faculty club will be boat to the executive committee at dinner at G o’clock when the meeting will be adjourned so all the dads may be present at the Washington-Ore gon basketball game in McArthur court at 8 o’clock. Election at 10 The biennial election of officers ot the state association will be held at a mass meeting in the Univer sity theater in Johnson hall at 10 o’clock Saturday morning. Cultural and education aspects of Oregon will be shown to the dads under the guidance of Kwa ma and Skull and Dagger, sopho more service honoraries, at the de partmental open house from 1:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon. Honor aries in the various professional schools have arranged and super vised exhibits and displays in their respective fields as contributions in welcoming the pops. Music for Dads Under the leadership of Dr. Theodore Kratt, dean of the school of music, the Dads may relax from 2:30 to 3:30 in the music auditor ium where they will be entertained by the University symphony or chestra and band. As a real ex ample of the “Modern Way’’ Carl ton E. Spencer, director of civil aeronautics, will explain from 3:45 to 4 the reasons for adding this new department to the University curricula. A 45-minute student novelty pro gram will be presented for the guests in the music auditorium, ' beginning at 4 o’clock. Erb to Speak A 5:30 banquet in Gerlinger hall, complete with musical numbers and Dr. Donald M. Erb, as the main speaker, will take up the guests’ time until the second Ore gon-Washington basketball game in the Igloo at 8 o’clock. Tickets to the banquet may be secured in the housing secretary's office. For the evening’s finale all liv ing organizations are honoring the dads with firesides and smokers at 9:30. Special services for the fathers will be given at the Eugene church es Sunday morning. One o’clock dinners with their sons and daugh ters can be ended with an inspec tion of the Oriental art museum from 3 to 5. — Schools Open Most of the major schools of the University will hold “open house” for the visiting dads and Press conference delegates. Laddie Gale Signs Pro Hoop Contract By GEORGE PASERO Lauren (Laddie) Gale, all-American forward of Oregon’s national collegiate championship basketball team, yesterday accepted an offer of $1100 to joint the Detroit Eagles, national professional league team, for the remainder of the season—approximately six weeks of play. Present star of the strong Rubenstein Oregonians, Eugene inde pendent five, Gale will leave Portland on an east-bound plane Saturday evening. He is being provided wiui transportation expenses both to and from Detroit. Spurns First Offer The Eagles, western division league leaders, who took another former all-American Webfoot, Ur gel “Slim’' Wintermute, out of the amateur ranks early this winter, are suffering from an injury epi demic and Wednesday offered Gale $750 to join the club for the re mainder of the season. Gale refused the bid, however, and held out until the new offer— a figure only $400 under the terms given Gale at the start of the sea son—arrived yesterday. Slim Pots ’Em Center Wintermute is one of the chief reasons why the Eagles are leading their loop. But even Slim, top scorer of his circuit, is suffer ing from knee injury. The handi cap, however, has not hampered his scoring ability, the “tall fir” potting 12 counters to aid his club to a 43 to 37 overtime victory over the Akron Goodyears last week. “I hate to leave Bobby and Wal ly (Anet and Johansen who were his teammates at Oregon last year and have played with him on the Rubenstein quintet this sea son), but I will be with Slim,” Gale said yesterday. The Oakridge sharpshooter, six feet four inches tall, was the lead ing scorer of the northern divis ion of the coast conference for the past two years. In 1938 he set a 20-game scoring record, but last year he failed by one point of ty ing Wally Palmberg's 16-game mark of 187 counters. For the en tire season, he chalked up 407 points. Offered $1500 at the start of the season two months ago when Wintermute accepted a similar contract, Gale turned it down be cause he was unable to get away from his work—he is an associate I with a beer distributing company, —and wished to compete with Bob- J by Anet’s team. ASDO Board Keeps Silent On Fee Boost Ex-Comm. to Plan Group Addition With President Erb What the Committee Did: J. Did not go on record as either approving or disapproving the new fee boost. 2. Itesolved to discuss board en largement with Dr. Erb. 8. Approved a new sports man ager setup to be incorporated into the ASUO by-laws. Forestalled by the consideration that the $2 fee increase was al ready an accomplished fact ap proved by the state board, the ASUO executive committee yes terday met, talked it over, and did the only thing they could do by admitting that the matter was out of its jurisdiction. The committee, with every mem ber present, did not go on record as either approving or disapprov ing the fee boost. The meeting was called on the heels of Wednesday's announce ment that the state board of high er education in its meeting at the first of the week had added to the required payments list a new fee of $2 for “incidentals.” Fee Increase Not Ended Yesterday’s attitude, however, does not mean that the commit tee is finished with the fee Increase problem, for the administration and regulations incidental to op eration will be business for many a meeting in the future. Actually fees took only a minor portion of the meeting time. From fees the talk shifted back to the question of 100 per cent inclusion of the executive committee on both the athletic and educational activ ities boards, with the committee registering unanimous endorse ment of such inclusion. Under the present setup the committee is di vided into fixed memberships on each board, which the committee felt often results in very small percentage of student representa tion. Dr. Erb to Hear Suggestions Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the University, will accordingly today receive a “delegation from the forecastle,” the committee having decided to carry their pro posal for the all-board membership to him. Dr. Erb as president of the University is the director and co ordinator of both boards, and it is within his power to decide wheth er expanded student representa tion is justifiable. Going from student representa tion to other branches of activity, the committee finally gave the ok to a new setup for sports mangers, the new arrangement to be incor porated into the by-laws of the ASUO. The addition to the by laws outlines rules for appoint ment of managers, requirements for appointment, awards for man agers, and eligibility. The managers had originally asked that they be permitted to organize under their own constitu tion but were sidetracked by the executive committee when it was decided that the proposal would conflict with the ASUO constitu tion. Victor P. Morris Talks to Lions On European War Highlighting some of the “pecu liarities” of the present European conflict, Dean Victor P. Morris spoke informally before the Eu gene Lions club Wednesday. Un usual characteristics of this war in comparison with others in past history were explained.