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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1940)
The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the University of Oregon, published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, and final examination periods. Subscription rates: $1.25 per term and $3.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Ore. Represented for national advertising by NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston—Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland and Seattle. BUD JERMAIN, Editor GEORGE LUOMA, Manager Lyle Nelson, Managing Editor Jim Frost, Advertising Manager UPPER NEWS STAFF Helen Angell, News Editor Betty J»ne Thompson, Chief Night Editor Ralph Woodall, Cartoonist George Pasero, Co-sports Editor Jimmie Leonard, Assistant Managing Editor Marge Finnegan, Women’s Editor Elbert Hawkins, Co-sports Editor Hal Olney, Assistant Managing Editor Ken Christianson, Assistant Sports Editor UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Mary Ellen Smith, National Adversiting Manager Ray Cook, Merchandising Manager Ted Kenyon, Classified Manager Herb Anderson, Circulation Manager Rhea Anderson, Special Accounts Manager Emily Tyree, Office Manager Kathleen Brady, Special Promotion Manager Voting Again for Megaphone Rights first glance the sudden discovery that it is time for the election of a new yell king would seem to belong in the bolt-out-of the-blue category. It is certain that few people remembered from last year that it was about that time, and even Yell King Bob Elliott had forgotten. In fact, just about everyone had forgotten. If the executive committee had not taken to poking around in the ASUO constitution last week in connection with the managerial setup it is likely that the Elliott regime would have continued merrily on its way until spring elections. There are at least a couple of reasons to justify the sneaking up of election time un obtrusively, but perhaps the first considera tion should go to the fact that this time of the year just is not commonly associated with the idea of elections and replacements in office. Spring term is the traditional time for most of this type of thing, and apparently it isn’t much thought of between springs. * * * jgUT the new method and time of electing the yell chief was enacted early in winter term last year (it is in the ASUO executive committee minutes for February 211, to be exact), and enough publicity was given it to make more than -a ripple upon the public mind. The fact that election time arrived and passed unnoticed would seem to indicate that not much of a ripple was made. rerhaps the mam reason tor the over sight, however, is the faet that tlie ASUO just never got around to pamphletizing the new rally and yell setup after it was ratified, so consequently there was no reference point from which to start, for the average ASUO member, or for the executive committee, for that matter. All the rest of the constitutional and by-law material of the ASUO is assembled in the little handbooks. The faet that the material is for the most part in the little books probably induced a disproportionate depend ence upon them for information. It never occurred to the many that the handbook, which had its first printing in 1938 and lias not been revised, might not be complete. * * # 'YyiTH this combination of circumstances it is plain that it would be hard to pin blame, if there should be any, upon anyone in. particular. This being the first year of trial for the system it is not remarkable that its operation slipped a cog. This slipup only shows what to watch next year. The only solution which comes to mind toward preventing a ■recurrence next year either in this or other offices is that the execu tive committee, the ASUO president, and the dean of men keep duplicate appointment cal endars so that dates may be checked off as they come around, and anticipated before they arc past. The BAND BOX By BILL MOXLEY Swing:, reported by some to be the music of morons, is ev ery day drawing more and more artists with the ability to play classical music at its best. Ben ny Goodman can swing his clarinet with the top symphony orchestras in the country. Jack Jenney is a better trombonist than most concert artists. Re cently Toscanini needed a trom bonist to play a very high and difficult passage from one of Schumann's symphonies. After a great deal of rehearsal the maestro decided to withdraw the number from his concert be cause he couldn't find a man really capable of handling the part. He happened to hear Jen ney on a radio program and im mediately sent for the trom bone star. Jenney was given the difficult solo and executed the passages to Toscanini's complete satisfaction. . . . Jan Savitt is one of the. most tal ented violinists in the world and directed several symphonic or ganizations before he started leading a hot swing band. Yes, swing is lifting itself above the back-room jam session of sec ond rate musicians. It has be come a real art, and like other arts it requires and is getting —top-flight performers. Leo Robin anti Ralph Itain ger, one of Tin Pun Alley's most famous song teams, hardly ever get together to work on a song. Ralph works in the day time, Leo at night. They com promise when necessary by comparing notes in the late af ternoon. Other song writing teams have lived continents apart and .produced hits with consistent regularity. Jerry Colonna. the crackpot singer-comedian, has a combin ation of a bull's voice and a fish peddler' , lung which en ables him to sing a note longer and louder than anyone else m radio. A supposedly true story is told ot C'olonna's note holding ability It seems that < tran continental pilot v.us flying through tog toward Hollywood on a radio beam. The ignsi faded away but r minute later the pdot picked up omethmg which sounded like the same high-pitched buzzing .ugnal Just as the pilot arrived at his. air port a voice said Ibis 1 the National Broadcasting com pany" The pilot had ti'<•• n the last dangerou few miles over the Sierra Nevada: on on-: ot t. i A YEAR IN A DAY iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimuiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimuiuiiiiiivjminiiimmiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 15y WES SULLIVAN xais January 10—The pledging of high school students to Univer sity fraternities is being frowned on by the faculty. Boys who have not yet completed their second year in preparatory school have been pledged. January 20—"The boys and girls in the University spend entirely too much time in com panionship with each other, in comparison to the amount of real work they do," is the im pression of Miss Thompson, new assistant instructor in the wo men's gymnasium. January 24—Golf was ad vanced to the standing of a ma jor sport today. Girl Dates Restricted January 27—The Pan-Hellen ic association has decided that freshman girls can have no evening engagements with men from Sunday to Friday. February 21—A University chapter of the women's Suf frage league is being organized this week. February 24 The student body held a leap year dance last night. Springfield Serves Liquor March li The Oregon state supreme court lias changed a ruling of the lower courts so that liquor may now be served in Springfield. “Now indeed, will Springfield become a very Sodom of iniquity and vice.” A special police force will be sta tioned outside the city limits of Eugene to stop all cars and judge the state of their occu pants. March 9—The faculty is con sidering having six school days instead of five. "There is no doubt but that the students will approve of the plan with the agility a flea does the hand that would annihilate it.” March 27—The sun dial me morial, in memory of Wilson Mayo, ex-’09, will be installed next to Johnson hall in the near future. May Hobson Hero April 10 May Robson will appear in her new play "A Night. Out" in Eugene April IS. May 8—Carlton Spencer was elected president of the student body for the coming year. June 8—Oregon's two mem bers of the United States Olym pic team, Walter McClure, dis tance runner, and Martin Haw kins, high hurdles, are ready to start for the games in Stock holm, Sweden. Hit Parade show was ruined last week because Wee Bonnie Baker was home in her wee itty bed with a wee itty cold in the head. . . . What they say: "Man, if you don't know what swing is by now don't mess with it” — PATS WALLER; "Kay Kyser has never admitted it, but 1 was tho originator of singing song titles" CHARLES STRAIGHT. . . . Fred Allen is allowed seven extra minutes every program for ad libs. Hi, Long Ducks, Loosen Up, Join Ye 6-Foot Club Are you a "Tip-Topper” 7 (a six-footer or better'.') Have you heard the. rumor about Oregon's forming a club for said persons? Apparently the founder of tlv : m1 club, from California, heard about it. for a letter came to the dran of women'' oifice giving advice on how to start it it? pur pose, etc. She said hei club now hoisted 5U active member - and that other branches are starting up such a. */ ' cl T- •- t ’ ftad S»4HltS ( - C—v UO Library Gets Many New Books Among the new books in the li brary is "Curtain Going Up” by McClury and Click. "The All-American Front" by Duncan Aikman tells of economic and political relations between North and South America. On the romantic side arc “South ward Hoi" by William La Yam and "Mid-Pacific" by James Nor man Hall. "A Southern Harvest," by Kobet Penn Warren, collects under one cover a variety of southern short stories. "From Oxcart to Airplane" is a biography of George H. Himes by Minnie Koof Dec. Summer Job Open \ll boy., wishing to apply foe ork with the ( rater Lake Ns timed park company for next siiin ciei -tumid see Homer Reeves, 7tv« K 17th street, as soon as possible, it was announced today. Dr. George W. Overmeyer. i contributor to the University h brary. recently sent "Henry Hud son by Bacon and "John Sevier as - Coma^-su c-ilUi-Surldvr1 nd do-airs Behind the 8ball With JACK BRYANT Now that the Military ball is so close, houses are searching for some scheme to put over their candidate, and some resort to forcing their freshmen to at tend, thus promoting another vote for their candidate. Ac cording to these ideas the house with the strongest political pow er wftl win. Not that the title of Little Colonel means anything except that there will he publicity and a title. A coed could get more publicity by having her room mates cut all her hair off, and get a better title by joining the Smootch club. It would be easy to choose a Little General every day this column is published for the rest of the year and still slight some one. Under the present setup one house is going to be happy and about 16 women’s living organizations disappointed . . . but misery loves company. Sue Faukell, ex-Susie and now an Alpha Chi, gives Bill Potter’s Sigma Chi pin back. . . . The Sammies may take over the Tri-Delt house after the girls build their new house on the race. . . . Professor Will V. Norris lias the license plate number 1231, and Dean Schwer ing has 2000 . . . Lois Nordling makes frequent trips 40 miles down the river, last week she took in the Junior prom. . . . Betty Hamilton is going to get more publicity to day. . . . Bill Pengra left Satur day night to work in Salt Lake for a big press association. Man about the sports world, Black George P a s e r o, now sports a conspicuous patch on his forehead, he claims the old story of running into a door, but that isn’t the way Clara belle tells it. Kay, call me Ro meo, Foster is one of the many to be attracted by Betty Mae Lind, but Betty Mae meet? Mister X nearly every afternoon in the journalism shack. Cut little Patty Hamley, Gam ma Phi, not on the campus this term, is packing her leg around in a cast after a ski experience. She will be here Saturday, ac cording to Bob Held. . . . Mary Belcher joins Christianson’s arrfty. . . . Vic Townsend is tak ing a beating from teammates about Jeanette Nielson. . . . This Emerald-Barometer bas ketball game is getting to be a farce, with the Emerald sports staff running in ringers on the Beavers. . . . The Military ball programs are tied on a little wooden soldier, very attractive. . . . Saw Leota Whitelock and Robert Currin in the Side Mon day. George Corey give out inter esting news concerning his roommate, Ralph Cathey ... a slight case of? Betty Pratt reads short stories in Dean Morris’ class, but blushes as she leaves to finish the story out side. George Luoma left with the symposium team Monday to tour Portland, Clatskanie, As toria, and way points. George’s Jane Spaulding lives in Astoria. Rhea Anderson, Hendricks, is another of the many working on the inconspicuous ad staff this term. Duo, Burke Austin. Phi Dell, and Mary Rosson, Gam ma Phi. . . . Rocky Rodman, ace of the Oregon flying squadron, soloed yesterday. Perhaps it was a case of wanting to get his feet on the ground too soon, anyway it's the first time he e\er got stuck in the mud while trying to fly. The Alpha t his just pledged Gracia Barringer, a transfer from .St. Helens hall. Gov. Sprague (Continued from potie one) Kadie Yturri, Alpha Chi Omega; Lois Wclborn, Alpha Delta Pi; Lois Ann Houle, Alpha. Gamma Delta; Donna Kotchum, Alpha Omieron Pi; Eleanor Serlerstrom. \lpha Phi; Jeannine Withers, Alpha Xi Del ta; Jeanne Mills, Chi Omega; Bette Norwood. Delta Delta Delta, Blanche McClellan, Delta Gamma; Jean Burt. Gamma Phi Beta Betty \nrlerson. Pi Beta Phi; Mary Jane Shaw, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Peg gy Parker, 7Ma 'fan Alpha Eva lyn Kirehhofer, University house. Aida. Brun. Hilvard house; Rebecca Anderson. Ondes; Carol Cook. Hendricks. Mary Peck. Hi-land house; Jean Hoke, Kappa Alpha Theta. Lay Evans, Susan Camp* tea ocu Alice Hoffmaa . T.-ippa. Law School Dance To Be February 17 Committee heads announce that plans are taking shape for the law school winter term dance February 17, with William Robert as gener al chairman. The lawyers voted the social function for this term to be for mal, staged downtown at either the Eugene hotel or the Cafe Del Rey. "We are presenting a formal dance to prove to the rest of the campus that, contrary to popular belief, law school students are ca pable of highest social conduct,” Dave Silver, promotion chairman, declared. “We feel that a bad prec edent has been set in the past by our idealistic informality. Realiz ing that the campus is apt to mis understand the law school atti tude, we have decided to adopt a 1 mode that they will understand, hence the formal.” Committeemen at work on the! dance are: Tickets and finance—Tex Ham ilton, Chester Trout, and Jeff Neil; hall—Bob Recken, chairman, Bob Havens, and Russ Iseli; music— Jack Hay, chairman, Leon Olm stead, Ed Luckey; publicity—Dave Silver, chairman, Hugh Collins, and Bill Lubersky; “Summons”; and formal invitations—Kenneth Abraham, chairman, Brock Miller, and Herman Hahner; patrons and patronesses—K. A. Wyatt, Betty H. Brown, and Jeanette Hafner; flowers—Charles Phipps and Jer ry Norville; dates—George Corey, chairman, M. J. W’ormser, and j Francis Nickerson. The committee reports that the orchestra is still pending. "Promoter Silver indicated that! the lawyers will have a unique method of presenting bids and in vitations, something new and ‘dif- ■ ferent which will be kept secret. Visitors from all over the. state will be in town for the dance, he ( reported, including some promi nent judges and alums. 1 Yell King (Continued from page one) hence the chance of a special elec tion instead.” Since the Thursday 11 o'clock , assembly period is not filled this • week, the executive committee may ] choose that time for their meeting ; Whatever decision is made will ( come this afternoon after they . confer with Dean of Men Virgil f D. Earl. j Election Required { Need of a campus election to { choose a new yell king came when | ASUO leaders late last week un- I earthed a clause of the new rally | committee rules organized last j year which requires election of a j new leader two weeks after the { beginning of winter term. I One of the two present yell j dukes will be the ultimate choice | of the student body, according to j the rules. This ASUO regulation J leaves a clear field of competition ^ for Assistants Woody Slater and Art Wiggin. The new king will replace Bob Elliot, who has been the chief megaphone man for Webfoot root ing sections since his election a j year ago. cS raio. BUSINESS PROMOTION : Dorothy Horn Evelyn Nelson Joan Stinette SPECIAL ACCOUNTS: Alvera Maeder Dick McClintis Hill Kataton .lack Bryant Milton Levy MERCHANDISING : Jack Bryant Milton Levy CIRCULATION : PHOTOGRAPHY: OFFICE: Mary Jean MeMorris Betty Wheeler Janet Rice Ted Kenyon Ray Schrik EMERALD REPORTERS MOD Mt'l.lll Kay Sehrick Betty Jane Thompso N isma Bant a Mildred Wilson Betty Jane Biggs Dorothy Krf'i.. VVest Sullivan Bat Erickson i orine i.anu'n Elsie Brownell \Jin\ Banks Edith Oglcj.by Helen Sawyer Connie AvcriU Jim Bronson Jean Dunn Kellev Holbart M UK I I . I \ l I . Margaret. Young Nancy T.ewL' Bernard Kneel Bob Flavello Bob Dot win Don Gibbona Bill Phelps Austin ‘ Haney Jim Schiller T.cn Ballif Den Cowley I'nu! MrCai’s Jim Browne I Tuesday Advertising Stuff: Jean Crites, Day Manager Adrienne Flurry Mary Kay Riordan Don Gilbert Harriet Mtnturn Boyd Copenhaven Tuesday Copy Desk staff Pat Frizzell, copy editor Joan Chrystall, assistant Mary Ann Campbell Connie Avenll Tom Wright Florence Anderson Jim Banks >ight Staff Ruth Hartley Phyllis Shaffer gtitzet 1_t v klaur.c Burgess i Dissecting Set Lost; Lucky Frogs Saved Some lucky dog is being saved from the fickle finger of fate, for in the lost and found department is somebody’s dis secting set. Its past probably reads of pickled cats and big black bugs, but at the present time it is just sitting in a drawer at the University post office, waiting for its owner to come and claim it. Its appearance is menacing, for under that sleek, black, vel vet-lined case are some very dangerous looking tools. A ra zor-sharp knife, tweezers, scis sors, and a thing that looks like a dentist’s “cavity-hunter” are awaiting to get at some beetle’s hind leg. Included in the orphaned case is a ruler which is covered with all sorts of scientific-like signs. Such things as gram, grains, troy, avoir, Cm., Ml., and L U.S. Fid. Oz. make the non-scientist’s head swim. It could be doing very much instead of merely sitting there in that dark drawer. Surely such implements don't wander the streets by themselves. It must belong to somebody, and that somebody can claim it at the postoffice in the University de pot. Article Reprinted A reprint of the article, “Traits )f Successful Furniture Salesmen,” iy Dr. N. H. Cornish was published n the January issue of Furniture South, a magazine covering the 'urniture trade throughout the iouthern states. The original article was pub ished by the Pacific Northwest Jome Furnisher. Dver 500 Dads (Continued from paye one) vill be William Tugman, Eugene, dee-president; Ed Averill, Port and, secretary; and Karl W. On hank, Eugene, re-elected execu ive secretary. Two members, John J. Rogers if Eugene, and Manley Treece of Portland, Judge Arthur Hay, ^akeview, and Rev. George Swift, Salem, wqre re-elected to succeed hemselves on this committee. iiiiiBiiiiiEinfinnmn!! iiyinimiiuiB CHARTER A GREYHOUND BUS UO-OSC Basketball game at Corvallis 33 passenger bus $30.00 38 passenger bus $35.00 For further information Phone 461 t* h t !> p p h P p p p p p Tone, Gold-Pilled Lockets $3 featured at $2.43 • ROUND • HEART S BOOK • OVAL BRISTOW'S JEWELRY 020 Willamette MR. and MRS. NEW! UCLA to Inaugurate Greek Advisory Plan Contrary to fraternity policies of American colleges, the Univer sity of California at Los Angeles will inaugurate on July 1 an ex perimental three-year fraternity advisory system under the direc tion of a full-time fraternity ad viser, a recent UCLA release re . vealed. Financed by a $150 annual fee from each of 27 fraternities on the Eruin campus, the experimental advisory system will function as a centralized cleaning house for all fraternity problems, according to present plans. Interest in the project is being expressed by fraternity and soror ity factions on the Oregon campus, where, as in colleges throughout the United States where “Greeks” are camped, fraternities are indi vidual entities, with necessarily arbitrated elements. Giving of financial advice, aid ing management problems, helping ; toward improving scholarship, fos tering a comprehensive program of pledge training and orientation, emphasizing the cultural aspects of fraternity life, cooperating with the planning and building of chapter homes, and encouraging more active participation in va rious fraternity councils will be the organization’s Objective, re ports say. You’ll FEEL right, if .. . You DRESS right! 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