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LIBRARY U. OF ORE. PAGE FOUR: V Sports Managers Get 'New Deal'; Additional News SPORTS: Duck Tracks OSC Wins Intramurals VOLUME XLI f600 UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1940 NUMBER 66 Election of Officers Ends Press Meeting Turnbull Renamed Secretary; Noble Discusses Japan By WES SULLIVAN At the final session of the Ore gon Press conference Saturday, Verne McKinney, publisher of the Hillsboro Argus, was elected presi dent of the group for the coming year. George S. Turnbull, professor of journalism, was re-elected secre tary. Before the luncheon session Sat urday Dr. Harold J. Noble, profes sor of history at the University, who has recently returned from Japan, explained to the newsmen that any sudden moves, such as t drastic restrictions or embargoes, would give the extreme element in Japan a chance to blame the United States for any troubles arising there. Advocates Pressure He also pointed out that a policy of careful pressure toward Japan by the United States with protec tion of American interests in China and eventual evacuation of that area by the Japanese would prove more to the advantage of the United States. If the extreme action of strike or lock-out does come, the public, which is the ultimate judge in ev ery strike, has a record on which to judge its merits, declared Dick Fagan, labor expert for the Oregon Journal before the morning ses sion. Brown, French Talk Joe C. Brown, publisher of the Redmond Spokesman, stressed or r ganization in his speech before the group. Newspapers should conduct their business on high levels in order to avoid unfavorable legislation, stated Giles French, publisher of the Moro Journal and member of the legislature. Giving publicity to any attempts to control the legis lature by any group or clique was also recommended. More Cars Needed] For Campus Tour Three or four more cars are needed to aid in a tour of the campus planned for members of the St. Olaf choir this afternoon, it was announced last night by the alumni office. \ Five or six cars have already been secured for the tour. Any per sons willing to furnish cars for the occasion are asked to call Ken Erickson at 634-J this morning. Persons who have already promised cars may learn the exact hour of the tour by calling Erickson. CAMPUS CALENDAR Theta Sigma Phi will meet at 6:20 this evening in the journalism shack. H. E. Maxey of the Spring field News will speak on opportun ities in weekly newspapers. The meeting is important. Heads of Houses will meet this afternoon at 4:45 in the men’s lounge of Gerlinger hall. There will be a meeting of Phi Theta Upsilon today at 5 o’clock in the men’s lounge of Gerlinger hall. The YMCA commission on build ing a life philosophy will meet at the home of its chairman, Earl Holmer, at 1920 Harris street, this evening from 6:45 to 7:45 in order that members attending may have an opportunity to go to the con cert of the St. Olaf choir. The student executive cabinet of the YMCA has changed its meet ing date to Wednesday evening from 8:45 to 9:45. All members are requested to attend. The community service group will meet today at 4 o’clock at the YWCA bungalow. i They Counted Him Willard L. Marks, president of the state hoard of higher educa tion, whose presence on the campus for Dads’ Weekend helped Ihe Thetas win the cup for having the most fathers. Mr. Marks' daughter is Marian Marks. Stehn to Play Fight Song for Student Group Tune for Victory Chant to Be Chosen By Committee Members of the student fight »ong committee will meet with John Stehn, director of the Univer sity band, Wednesday at 4 o’clock to hear several marches which he has selected as likely tunes for a new U. of O. victory chant. The pieces will be played' by the ! band and the committee will select ! two or three it thinks appropriate I for the school. Following Stehn’s suggestion a contest will be held ] to secure words for the new song. The tunes selected by the com mittee will be presented to the student body at a general assem bly. Following the presentation members of the student body will be asked to vote on the tune or tunes they think best suited. Four new songs, composed by students, have been turned in to the committee and are receiving consideration, Chairman Elbert Hawkins said last night. The new plan will not minimize the stu dents' work, but will give an added opportunity to secure a new song, Hawkins said. Three More Flyers Make First Solos Adverse flying weather cleared over the weekend in time for Tom Fishburn, Stan Johnson, and Ro land Rodman to mark up solo flights, swelling the rapidly-grow ing roster of Oregon’s air instruc tion course soloists. Ed Leonard took his Cub trainer around alone last week as his first eight hours of instruction came to an end. A few more hours of dual in struction await the soloists, but the majority of their flying will be alone to acquire air experience, students indicate. Music Programs To Be Broadcast Over Station KOAC Two musical programs will be j offered from the University of Ore- | gon music school over station I KOAC, Corvallis, on Wednesday. : Phyllis Gray, piano student of' Aurora Potter Underwood, will play a half-hour program starting at 11:30 a.m. Her selection will be Schumann's “Nocturne,” Brahms’ “Capriccio,” Debussey’s “Jardins Dans La Pluie,” Mosckowski’s “Spanish Caprice,” and two pre ludes and an impromptu by Chopin. At 2 p.m. Peggy Sweeney, in structor in violin, will play “Vitalii” by Chaconne, and “Hungarian Dance No. 1” by Bhams, on the Mu Phi Epsilon alumnae program arranged by Maud Densmore. Miss j Sweeney will be accompanied by Mrs. Underwood at the piano. The grass has been removed from the area next to the art mu seum to facilitate digging the new tunnels. Over 500 Dads Visit Campus On Weekend Kappa Alpha Theta Gets Trophy for Most Dads Present Over 500 fathers, including 169 freshman Dads, visited the cam pus last weekend to elect new of ficers for the state Dads’ organi zation and to be entertained with shows, banquets, and exhibits by their sons and daughters. Seven hundred people at the banquet Saturday night saw Kap pa Alpha Theta awarded the A. W. Norblad trophy, having 47 per cent of their Dads present. Alpha Tau Omega and Theta Chi tied for second place with 43 per cent attendance. Theta Chi will keep the Paul T. Shaw cup for the first half of the year. Pi Beta Phi, who had 69 per cent of its freshman dads here, took the O. L. Laur gaard trophy. At the mass meeting of the vis itors Saturday morning Joe Reisch, Portland, was chosen to succeed Loyal H. McCarthy as president of the Oregon Dads. Other offi cers for the ensuing two-year term (Please turn to Pape two) UO Delegates Go to NYA Meet Students Attend Portland Sessions Of Conference Four University students, two boys and two girls, participated in a National Youth administration conference at Portland last Friday with Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel, the personnel office an nounced yesterday. The four were Ken Erickson, Betty Lou Brown, Maxine Glad, and Joe Jackson. They attended two sessions in the council cham ber of the Portland city hall, one from 10 to 12 a.m. and the other from 2 to 4 p.m. According to the personnel office, the meeting was to discuss NYA problems during the visit to the northwest by Au brey Williams, national NYA di rector. Labor leaders, business directors, school teachers, and students were represented at the sessions and spoke on the problems of the youth of today in finding work both dur ing college and after graduation. Group members expressed the pos sibility that NYA work would be cut almost 25 per cent next year and questioned the effect of such a decrease on students working their way through college. Repre sentatives also discussed sugges tions for the future. Approximately 150 delegates at tended the conference. Ceramics on Display A colorful collection of ceramics from Miss Victoria Avakian’s ap plied design classes is on display in the circulation room of the li brary. There are plates, vases and other highly glazed potteries in the collection. Thev Won 'Most Dads' Cun Photo by Bud Jermain Kappa Alpha Theta sorority was host to more dads than any other campus living organization last weekend and thereby won the cup held here by Bette Brookshier. In the center is Marian Marks and at the right Virginia Swearingen. Whitfield Wins Motion Picture Production Role A part in “Dark Town Strut ters Ball,” motion picture pro duction, has been awarded Smokey Whitfield, former Uni versity of Oregon drama star, according to word received here this week. Known for his work in “Em peror Jones” while in college, Smokey secured the part in the George Randol production after playing a Pasadena performance of the show, “Kiss the Boys Goodbye.” Smokey was on the campus the last three years, and while here was active in other fields, as well as dramatics. He was master of ceremonies at many student programs, sang with a local orchestra, and was also M.C. at a local night club during the summer. He was also a vars ity boxer. Substitutes Named On Emerald Ad Staff With Business Manager George Luoma away on a two weeks’ de bate tour, Jim Frost is in charge of the Emerald advertising staff. While Frost is stubstituting for Luoma, Jean Crites is holding down his position as advertising manager. Fred Welty, a freshman, is also acting as a substitute, taking the place of Fred May, W'ednesday day manager, who is ill. Speech Contest Finalists Listed Casteel Names Six Persons Competing Wednesday at 7:30 Six finalists in the Public Policy speech contest were announced last night by J. L. Casteel, director of the speech division at the Univer sity of Oregon. They will compete Wednesday night at 7:30 in room 12 (faculty room), Friendly hall, for the top honor. Students qualifying and the sub jects of their talks are Gene Brown, “What’s Wrong With the Church?”; John Blankinship, “The Dies Committee”; Leonard Clark, “Bottleneck Distribution”; Charles Devereaux, “A Motive for the Method”; Jane Hooker, “A Third Term for Roosevelt,” and Frank McKinney, “Getting Goods to the Consumer.” Speaking in the order named, each person will talk for a maxi mum of 10 minutes, following which the judges may question the speaker, if they wish, for five min utes. The public is invited to attend the contest which will begin promptly at the hour named. Gift for Camera A gift for the library’s camera came Monday from the Metropoli tan Life Insurance company in the form of a microfilm, "Madame Cu rie and the Story of Radium.” YELL KING VOTE SET THIS WEEK Two Plans Offered For Selection of New Leader Soon The University of Oregon will have a new yell king this week, but just what procedure will be used to put him in office still wasn't clearly decided last night by ASUO Prexy John Dick and his executive committee. Two paths by which a new cheer lead er might be elected lay open. An ASUO election assembly Thursday morning or a special all campus election at the Y hut were the two methods which Dick and his committee were contemplating last night. The Specified Way “An assembly is the specified way to choose a new king,” the ASUO head explained, “but we are not sure that such an election would be enough by itself to call a full hour student body meeting, (Please turn lo pat/e two) Gov. Sprague To Escort Little Colonel at Ball New Method to Be Instituted for Selecting Winner Topping off the other honors awarded to the winner of the Lit tle Colonel contest, this year the girl chosen from the 21 candidates will be escorted under the arch of the Scabbard and Blade crossed sabers at the Military ball Satur day night on the arm of Governor Charles A. Sprague. “This is the first time in several years that the governor has been able to be on the campus for the military honorary’s annual fete,” stated Mike Moran, publicity chair man. Other army officials through out the state have been sent invita tions and have signified their inten tions of accepting, Moran said. OSC Meml>ers Guests Other guests on the campus that evening will be Oregon State's chapter of Scabbard and Blade. The Oregon Staters will take part in the ceremonies at intermission time and will also pay tribute to the Little Colonel and her staff of two majors and two captains. A new system of electing the Little Colonel is going to be in augurated this year at the ball, Captain Harry Milne, has an nounced. The name of the candi date is to be printed plainly on the back of the admission ticket. This ticket will be punched at the door and be put in the ballot box by the couple inside, Milne explained. Close at 10:15 The military staff of the Oregon ROTC will take charge of count ing the election returns and the ballot will close promptly at 10:15 in order that they may be tabulated by intermission time. In the race for Little Colonel are: (Please turn to f-of/r two) What Will a Student Union Building Mean? By JIM BANKS Student union building ia a phrase familiar to every student, but just what such a building is and what it can mean to a college is not so universally understood, judging from inquiries received by both the varsity and freshman committees. Committeeman Doug Fabian of the frosh promotion group has tabulated information from dis plays in the student union room, itemizing some of the services and benefits that such a structure af fords. Data submitted by Fabian in his report to Glenn Williams, chairman, emphasizes what the building offers to each individual student. The structure, which will be one of the largest buildings on the campus, provides a common; meeting place for every organiza tion and committee. Fountain Servlet Feature Fountain service, a feature oi most union halls at other colleges will mean a modern place for cam pus “coke” imbibers to congregate play cards, or just talk. Member ship is a pass to pre-game rallj dances, admission free. Three thou sand or more students will go ir and out every day, to have a meal check a coat or bundle, read s book, arrange a meeting in an air conditioned room, play a piano phonograph or radio, study, anc visit. Organizations may have as large a banquet as they wish. The student may come in to hear free concerts, engage in forums, oi possibly, as the building expands see a movie. | Within the walls of the structure would be: A large, up-to-date dance floor equipped with a public address [ system and phonographs. | Billiard rooms, card rooms, j lounges for men and women. If appropriations are large enough, a large banquet room. Music rooms, a room for art and reading. Possibly an extension of KOAC. Fountain service. Offices for campus organiza tions, press room, Order of the O, Skull and Dagger, Kwama, Scab . bard and Blade, etc. Important from the standpoint of student-faculty relations, a com mon meeting place for professor and student. Roy Vemstrom, general chair man of the varsity committee, re ports that professors at Wyoming were lavish in thir praise of their new student union because it made possible student-faculty contacts on an informal basis. All These Things The report specified that other student unions have done all these things, and reported savings for members in fountain service, danc es, and banquets. Administrative heads of union halls from every major college say that annual events such as Junior Weekend have been produced with greater success because of better organi zation facilities provided by the union hall. Frosh committee members have studied union building functions and have several ideas for Oregon’s proposed structure, to be brought out at a meeting Wednesday. St. Olaf Choir, Famed Concert Attraction, Appears Here Tonight Minnesota College Students to Present Program of Scandinavian Folk Songs, Chorales in McArthur Court at 8 o'clock Sixty youthful voices that received their training in the Scan dinavian country of Minnesota, tonight will swell the walls of Oregon's McArthur court at 8 o'clock, when the famous St. Olaf college choir makes its University of Oregon debut. Second of the 1940 Greater Artist series presentations here, the St. Olaf choral organization will sing entirely unaccompanied and without the opening pitch of a tuning fork. The Minnesota college students, who have sung in cities all over the United States and in 35 Euro pean cities to packed houses, will present here a group of hymns and Scandinavian folk songs. Full Program Listed The complete program, divided into three parts, follows: Part I. “O Praise Ye God” by Tschaikowsky. “Tenebrae Factae Sunt” by Ingegneri. "Restoration” by Edwards. "Motet for Advent” by Schreclc. Part II. "Benedictus qui venit” by Franz Liszt. Two anthems, “As a Flower” and "Sing to God” by Paul Christianson. "From Grief to Glory" by Melius Christiansen. Part ITI. "From Heaven Above” from Martin Luther’s "Geistliche Lieder.” “Beautiy in Humility” by Melius Christiansen. “Lost in the Night,” a Finnish folk song. "Wake, Awake” by Phillipp Nico lai. Cards Admit Students Student body cards will admit University enrollees, and no ex change tickets will be necessary. Admission prices for non-card holders are $1.25, $1, and 75 cents for reserve tickets, and 50 cents, general admission. Tickets are available at the Educational Activ ities office, or at the door tonight. When the choir appeared in Seattle, a critic on the Seattle Times staff wrote: “Seattle has heard St. Olaf’s chair and without doubt it is the most perfectly co ordinated choral body that has ever appeared in this city.” Holders of ASUO cards will not be required to obtain exchange tickets for tonight’s concert of St. Olof’s chair. Student body cards will be accepted at the door. Kwama Announces Scholarship Award Announcement of the award of a $35 fee scholarship to a University coed for spring term was made yesterday by Kwama, sophomore women’s service honorary. The scholarship, to be given through the dean of women’s of fice, will be awarded on the basis of grades, school service, need, and character. The $35 grant marks the first entrance of the sophomore women’s service honorary into the scholar ship field. Gavin Participates In Army Work Jack Gavin, former Oregon stu dent who graduated from the Uni versity last June, is now partici pating in the United States army maneuvers in California, a post card received yesterday by the personnel office stated. Mr. Gavin is a lieutenant in company 6 of the 7th infantry and at the present time is working abroad a U. S. army transport ship. While at Oregon he was an active member of Scabbard and Blade, national military honorary. French Camp Plan Christian Freer, graduate stu dent in Romance languages, spent the weekend in Portland discuss ing plans for a French camp which will be in session from July 5 to August 19. According to Mr. Freer, who is assistant director for the camp, the site is still un determined. i Dean Morris Confident About Oregon Trade Phi Delta Kappa Holds First Open Forum in Series Optimism as to the economic and industrial development in Ore gon was expressed by Dean Victor P. Morris, head of the school of business administration, in the first of the open forums sponsored by Phi Delta Kappa, men's educa tion honorary, in the physical edu cation building last night. Dean Morris brought out five points as reasons for future indus trial development in Oregon. First, he stressed “In looking at a physical contour map of North America the most impressive fea ture on the Pacific coast is the Columbia basin.” ‘Much Natural Power’ He brought out that we have a climate completely adaptable to industrial and economic growth. Secondly, he pointed out, “In all the industrial revolutions when you wanted to put your finger on the pulse of the industry you put it on the source of the power. Oregon | has much natural power.” As his third point he mentioned that efficiency is one of the requi j sites of any development. Many im | portant men have considered the ! Pacific northwest as one of the I highest points of efficiency in the world. “In the near future one of the most important features in estab lishing a factory is locating near adequate recreational activities,” emphasized Dean Morris in stating his fourth point, the importance of utilizing spare time in modern in i dustry. Increase in Trade Market possibilities was men I tioned in conclusion. Dean Morris 1 declared that there will be an in crease in trade in the Orient which will surpass the advance in the Atlantic basin in the next two decades. Slow government and lack of in vestment capital were mentioned as handicaps to Oregon’s advance. After Dean Morris’ talk, discus sion of the subject ensued. The meeting was in charge of Viron A. Moore, president of Phi Delta Kappa, and principal of Lin coln grammar school in Eugene. New Books Placed On Seven-Day Shelf New books on the seven-day shelf in the library include “The Bride" by Margaret Irwin and “My Heart's in the Highlands” by William Saroyan. The first book is the story of Princess Louise and the Marquis of Montrose, the man who razed Scotland for Charles II. William Saroyan, the author of the second book, has already made his mark in the realm of the short story, and this is his first attempt at a play. Student Under Knife Betty Lou Crooks, University student, was operated upon for ap pendicitis at the Sacred Heart hospital Sunday evening.