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VOLUME XLI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1940
NUMBER 67
Junior Weekend
Heads Appointed
Ehlers to Handle Canoe Fete on Millrace;
Cavanagh Will Be in Charge of Promotion;
MacKin to See That Debits Equal Credits
Oregon's junior class yesterday moved itself into the news with a
determined air to stay there until their annual spring term Junior
Weekend celebration is over, when weekend heads named Fred Ehlers,
John Cavanagh, and George Mackin to take over the bulk of the
planning for the affair.
Cavanagh, who just finished his job as Dads' Day chairman last
Six Students
Vie for Jewett
Prize Money
One Girl, Five Boys
Will Extemporize
In 10-Minute Talks
Students who are interested and
their friends are invited to attend
the finals in the Public Policy
speech contest tonight at 7:30 in
the faculty room of Friendly hall,
according to J. L. Casteel, direc
tor of the speech division.
The six contestants who will
compete for the $30 in prizes and
their subjects are: Jack Blankin
ship, “The Dies Committee”; Gene
Brown, “What’s Wrong With the
Church”; Leonard Clark, “Bottle
neck Distribution”; Charles Dev
ereaux, “A Motive for the Meth
od”; Jane Hooker, “A Third Term
for Roosevelt”; and Frank McKin
r ney, “Getting Goods on the Con
sumer.”
The speakers will be allowed 10
minutes to present their argu
ments. At the end of that time the
judges may question the entrants
for five minutes on any point set
forth in the speech.
The talks will be extemporan
eous. Only notes referring to sta
tistics and quotations may be
used.
The prizes are: first, $15; sec
ond, $10; and third, $5.
Tonight’s contest is one of the
divisions of the W. F. Jewett con
tests sponsored each term by Mrs.
W. F. Jewett in memory of her
husband.
Oh-for April
When in Love;
Catch a Joke?
\
By PAT ERICKSON
Or, oh to be in April (or some
place) now that mid-terms are
here. . . .
Phi Beta Kappas at the Uni
versity of Texas have recently
outlined their methods of study,
which consist mostly of a non
cramming policy.
One Phi Bete says, “Most stu
dents start studying at 11
o’clock and finish in the early
morning. That is wrong. They
should start earlier.”
Another follows this proced
ure: he begins studying at 7
o’clock at night and works rap
idly until 8 o’clock. He then gets
a cup of coffee to relax his mind
and works until 10 o’clock. Then,
unless he has some pressing
daily work, he quits at 10
o’clock. He gives this advice:
“Quit studying before you are
groggy!”
—The Daily Texan.
When one’s in love
It brings no good
Not even admiration.
When two’re in love
It does some good
It brings a generation.
—Oregon State Barometer.
* * *
I Don’t Get It
Do you have trouble catching
jokes? Are you threatened with
social ostracism because fleet
footed points in jokes pass you
by? Try these five points in
catching 'em:
1. Jokes are like birds. Most
of ’em lay eggs. Put salt on
their tales.
2. Every joke has a point.
Points are found on needles.
(Pleas* turn to page four)
week, will be in charge of promo
tion for the 1940 Junior Weekend.
He will handle both campus and
statewide publicity plans to bring
the biggest weekend crowd in his
tory to the University, according
to Chairman Lloyd Sullivan who
announced the appointments.
Ehlers Plans Fete
In charge of the annual canoe
fete on the millrace, highlight of
the celebration, will be Elder. It
will be his duty to arrange the
script for the water pageant and
secure floats for participation.
MacKin will head the finance
committee for the junior festivities,
Sullivan said. Budgeting of class
money and balancing their finances
will be his duties.
Still to be named by the junior
executives—Sullivan and President.
Jim Pickett—are chairmen for the
dance, the terrace dance, the cam
pus luncheon, and several minor
positions. They will be announced
as soon as eligibility ratings are
secured, the weekend chairman
said.
Theta Sigs Edit
'Date Savers'
For UO Piggers
Many’s the time Mary has for
gotten that date she had with
Johnnie, and Hugo was fined $2
for neglecting to attend the Sig
ma Sigma meeting—and how of
ten have they said, "If I’d only
written it down!”
Theta Sigma Phi, women’s
journalism honorary, has a solu
tion for all that now. It has pub
lished a social calendar covering
every day of the week for the
entire term, listing all the sched
uled events from house dances
and concerts to basketball games
and organization meetings.
The books sell for only a dime,
and may be purchased from any
member of Theta Sigma Phi
(they’re running all over the
campus and you can always find
one in the "shack).
These little calendars—which
may prove to be life-savers any
day of the week, go on sale Wed
nesday, January 31.
Second Installment
On Winter Fee Due
All students who owe money on
wniter term registration fees must
pay their second installments on
or before February 10, C. K. Stals
berg, cashier, announced yester
day.
First installments on non-resi
dent fees are also due at this time,
and final payments on student
body cards must be made, Mr.
Stalsberg stated, and asked that
students call at windows three and
four in Johnson hall between the
hours of 8 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 3
p.m. as soon as possible.
After February 10 penalties of
25 cents per day will be charged
on all non-resident and registra
tion fees for a period of six days.
After that time students will be
suspended and given one week to
pay $1.50 in fines, $2 for reinstate
ment and remainder of their
amounts due. All those who do
not pay by February 24 will be
dropped from registration for the
rest of this term.
Erb to Be Speaker
Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of
the University of Oregon, will ad
dress the staff of the Good Samari
tan hospital, Portland, at a special
banquet Friday night, the presi
dent’s office announced yesterday.
Dr. Erb will speak on “The Unit
ed States, Depression and War.’’ He
will remain in Portland Saturday
for a series of business appoint
ments.
One Will Be "Little Colonel'
(Courtesy of the Oregonian)
One of these twenty girls will he given the coveted title “Little Colonel” Saturday night at the an
nual Military ball. The girls, from left to right, are: Front row, Fae Fvatis, Susan Campbell hall; l’eggy
Parker, Zeta Tau Alpha; Betty Anderson, Pi Beta Phi; Joan Hoke, Kappa Alpha Theta; and Rebecca
Anderson, Orides. Second row, Jean Burt, Gamma Phi Beta; Eleanor Sederstrom, Alpha Phi; Evelyn
Kirchofer, University house; Alice Hoffman, Sigma Kappa; and Mary Jane Shaw, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Third row, Lois Welborn, Alpha Delta Pi; Carol Cook, Hendricks hall; Blanche McClellan, Delta Gamma;
Aida Brun, Hilyard house; and Mary Peek, Hi-land house. Fourth row, Bette Norwood, Delta Delta Delta;
Eadie Yturri, Alpha Chi Omega; Jeanne Mills, Chi Omega; Jennninc Withers, Alpha Xi Delta; Donna
Ketchum, Alpha Omicron Pi.
Business Men to
Meet BA Majors
Portland, Eugene,
Klamath Falls Will
Send Delegates
Portland, Eugene, and Klamath
Falls business men will hold coun
sel on the campus with Oregon BA
majors concerning various fields
of work February 6, 7, and 8, a
report from the school of business
administration reveals.
Highlighting the conclave will
be a banquet at the Del Rey Tues
day evening, at which time the
theme of the conference—closer
relations between the school of
business administration, its stu
dents, and business men—will be
presented, according to informa
tion received.
Round Tables Scheduled
Round table discussions from 2
to 3:30 p.m. and from 3:30 to 5
o’clock have been scheduled with
the following topics to be up for
consideration: Foreign trade, cas
ualty and fire insurance, manufac
turing and production, traffic, life
insurance, real estate, marketing,
merchandising, accounting, savings
and loan, office management, gov
ernment service, advertising, bank
ing and finance, persorftiel, credit,
and public utilities.
This year’s conference follows a
highly successful one held last
year, according to the BA school,
at which time many business men
expressed themselves as more than
phased at the opportunity to bring
some of the'*- practical experience
to the attention of students and
to do their part in bridging the
gulf that so often exists between
the classroom and the so-called
practical business world.
Reporter Finds
1Background'
At Infirmary
Some people travel far and
wide for “background” then hi
bernate in some dump to spin
out a yarn. The reporter hikes
about a block daily, parks on a
bench, and "smells” around the
infirmary’s' receiving corridor
for his “background.”
However, there is no advan
tage either way, except that
those “some people” spiel out
stuff that critics a-ha-a-a! over,
while this reporter gets tangled
up with yarns about the hospital
that his “friends” yawn at . . .
So some of them say.
Therefore, ye olde infirmary
beat-pounder has resolved to
turn over a “new leaf.” Here
goes—(A page with nothing on
it faces him. . . . He turns it
over, and ditto). Guess it’s no
use.
Patients include Miss Schwit
zer, Virgene Wade, Gay Bubar,
Anne Estes, Cathrine Fitzgerald,
Jean Reiter, Dorothy Wells, Ei
leen Cooper, Walter Wood, Floyd
Kirkpatrick, Bill Thompson,
Hugh Hoffman, Fred May, Keith
Ralstin, and Jim Greedy.
Libe Breaks Record
The reserve department of the
University library set an all-time
high in circulation Thursday with
2131 books. The highest previous
record was reached November 28,
when 1985 books were checked
out.
Mrs. Gladys Heise, accessions
clerk in the University library, is
resigning her position and will be
replaced next week by Mrs. Elaine
Clark.
Union Committee
To Meet Today
Norris to Explain
Designs and Plans
For Student Union
Called for 4 o’clock this after
noon in the student union room,
the frosh student union promotion
committee will meet for its first
session since organization was
completed last week, Chairman
Glenn Williams announced yester
day.
Committeemen have made ar
rangements to have Will V. Norris,
professor of physics, speak explain
ing designs and floor space plan
ning for student union buildings.
Professor Norris may talk to the
group tonight.
Billie Wade has been appointed
to serve on the committee, a per
manent organization active
through the full four years.
Shumaker to Speak
To Frosh 'Y' Council
Professor Kenneth Shumaker,
of the English department, will
lead a “bull” session on “Intelli
gent Personal Relations" with the
freshman council of the YMCA
tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the “Y”
! Hut.
This is one of a series of such
meetings of the neophyte group to
hear various professors of the Uni
versity voice their opinions on re
' lations with other people. All in
terested men, whether frosh or not,
will be cordially welcomed. Stanley
Robinson is chairman of the first
; year group.
Singing '60’ Takes to Oregon
By PAT ERICKSON
If they hadn’t come from a cli
mate 20 degrees below zero, St.
Olaf singers from Minnesota might
not have praised Oregon’s “balmy”
weather.
Arriving at noon for last night’3
concert, the collegiate singers pre
pared for their presentation by not
preparing. “We never practice be
fore a concert,” they said.
Traveling westward in special
cars since January 19, the choir
has had a performance every day.
Excited by the prospect of visiting
numerous new places, choir mem
bers declare they are not at all
tired. In fact, the boys of the group
played basketball all afternoon
here, while the girls went on a
sight seeing tour of the campus.
Like Oregon Weather
Oregon weather they like. But
what of winter sports ? On the St.
Olaf campus in Northfield, Minne
sota, they have a ski run, and a
hockey field for winter activities.
A “rival institution,” Carlton col
lege, in the same town affords them
plenty of excitement in football and
basketball games especially.
The St. Olaf choir has been di
rected for 29 years by F. Melius
Christiansen who started it as a
church group. Soon he realized
how good it was and began tour
ing, going to different sections of
the United States and twice to
Europe.
The present singing group would
like to go to Europe but fear the
war conditions are prohibitive.
1200 at St. Olaf
St. Olaf college, with 1200 stu
dents, has been made world-famous
by its choir singers. Each singer
in the group is especially chosen
by Dr. Christiansen who will ac
cept only clear, straight tone qual
ities in his choir voices. The choir,
usually about 60 in number, is com
posed of about 25 boys and 35
girls.
Choir is the main activity of the
school, and has drawn students
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Emerald Travels
Over378Miles a
Year - Statistics
It' all the Emeralds printed on
the University press in one year
were laid end to end, one page
u’ide, they would reach from Eu
gene to Portland and back.
Over 12G miles of paper, two
Emerald pages wide, winds its
way through the University press
each school term, according to re
cent calculations.
Approximately GO,000 inches is
used in each issue of the Emerald,
or almost one mile of paper. The
paper is bought in rolls which run
off about three regular issues of
the campus daily.
Beard Sprout
Anticipated
For Soph Hop
Barbers to Decide
On Bushiest Crop
At February 17 Go
Three campus barbers—"Slick”
Schlic.k, Charlie Elliott, and Leo
Deffenbacher—will take the center
of the stage at the all-campus
Sophomore Whiskerino dance Feb
ruary 17 to judge the winners of
the campus beard-growing contest
scheduled to begin this weekend.
Emerson Page and his Whisker
ino committee heads yesterday had
arranged for the three barbers to
choose the thickest set of whiskera
to be grown by a sophomore Web
foot during the two weeks period
and to have one of them shave the
winner on the stage of Gerlinger
that night.
Decorators Named
Named by Page yesterday to
handle decorations planned for the
informal dance are Erie Swanson
and Lloyd Hecathorne. A theme
in keeping with the whisker-grow
ing will be the motif for their
decoration ideas and will be an
nounced next week.
At midnight February 3—just as
the Military ball ends—sophomore
class leaders will begin enforcing
their “grow - a - beard - no-matter
what” ruling, Page said last night.
Special enforcement rules to be an
nounced later in the week will keep
campus razors out of use after that
time.
Far Eastern Relief
Drive Nets $200
With the closing of the drive
for the Far Eastern Student Serv
ice fund drive last weekend, the
campus committee headed by Bet
ty Lou Kurtz announced the re
ceipt of $200 during the cam
paign.
While the goal set by the com
mittee was not reached, this
year’s contribution from the Uni
versity is a substantial increase
over the $18 raised last year, Miss
Kurtz said.
Put in terms of Chinese mone
tary values, the $200 from the
campus will provide $2400 toward
the maintenance of education,
clothing, feeding, and housing stu
dents and faculty in the Far East.
Prizes Offered for
Two Top Essays
Two prizes of $25 and $15 re
spectively are to be awarded, un
der the terms of the Philo Sher
man Bennett bequest, for the best
essay on the principles of free gov
ernment.
Any undergraduate of the Uni
versity who wishes to enter will
have a choice of two specific sub
jects, The Ludlow Resolution:
Popular Voice in a Declaration of
; War; or The Influence of Corpor
ate Organization in Free Govern
ment. Essays, which are not to be
over 6,000 words, are due on or
before May 1, 1940.
Students wishing to enter should
register with Waldo Schumacher,
] chairman of the committee in
charge.
Reverence,Beauty
Keynote Concert of
St. Olaf's Sonysters
Students—2,000 Strong—Return Choir
For Three Encores; Program 'Beautiful
But Long/ Says Critic's Summary
By GLENN HASSELROOTH
“Its life impels the forest
Again to stir with song ...”
So might the words to Director F. Melius Christiansen's own com
position, “From Grief to Glory,” describe the 52 harmonious voices of
his St. Oiaf Lutheran choir which brought a more-than-average size
concert crowd into McArthur court last night to hear a program filled
with reverence anti majestic
beauty.
‘Christy’s’ Roving Eye
Opening with Tschaikowsky’s
four-part chorus, “O Praise Ye
God," the choral group set the
mood of religious feeling which
dominated the program. The a
capella presentation seemed incom
plete at first, but at conclusion of
the number, conveyed an almost
ethereal character through the
purity of their resounding voices
and the organ-like depth of tone.
The fact that the success of the
St. Olaf choir comes not solely
through teamwork was apparent in
the first group of numbers. The
stately white-haired leader seemed
to appraise his soloists with a lov
ing eye, and at no time did he let
his direction obtrude in front of
the effective work of his singers.
Beautiful But Long
If there was any fault in the
wholly beautiful program, it was to
be found in its evenness of mood
and its length. Glorious as some of
the passages were, they were too
much alike in spirit to keep up
strict attention for such a length
of time. Drama must have shadows
as well as light if it is going to
achieve true success. Many of the
songs ascended to a holy exalta
tion, but it was readily evident.to
the audience that if an exalted
mood is sustained too long, the re
sult is fatigue rather than purga
tion.
In spite of all this, the hearers
were deeply appreciative. Among
the better-liked selections were
Gustav Schreck’s “Motet for Ad
vent.” Mr. Christiansen’s own
“Beauty in Humility” and “From
Grief to Glory.” The old Finnish
folk song, “Lost in the Night,” was
especially notable for Gertrude Boe
Overby’s soprano solo.
The student bleachers in the
Igloo are still the same old student
bleachers. If 2000 students can
forget those, and applaud for three
encores, th» little group of singers
from Northfield, Minnesota, must
be good!
Girls' Rifle Team
Tops Frosh Boys
For Second Time
For the second year in succes
sion the gals whupped frosh boys
with shootin’ irons. Scores released
yesterday by Sergeant Harvey
Blythe, rifle instructor, showed
that the girls’ varsity rifle team
beat the freshman boys’ team by
32 points in last Saturday's Dads’
Day matches.
Highest individual score was
made by Catherine Miller with 194
bullseyes out of a possible 200.
Second place was tied between
Margaret Pollard and Gloria Mae
West. Del Kimberling and Bob
Ellinwood tied for top spot in the
boys’ team with a score of 191.
Colds, Flu Shelve
Seven UO Officials
Influenza and colds are taking
a heavy toll of University officials
this week, the president’s office
announced yesterday, stating that
seven leaders are at the present
time on the sick lists.
Those suffering from “flu” in
clude Virgil D. Earl, dean of men;
Earl M. Pallett, registrar; Mrs.
Lucille Thompson, secretary to Dr.
j Pallett; J. O. Lindstrom, business
manager; L. O. Cressman, head of
the anthropology department; Mrs.
Merle Montieth, business office
secretary; Mrs. Una Clarke, busi
ness office secretary; and Miss
Gladys Kerlee, secretary to Dr.
| Donald M. Erb, University presi
dent.
Ticket Sale to
Start Todaq for
Military Ball
Dark Suits Proper
For Men, Chairman
Bob Herzog States
Campus military leaders have
announced an “outpost" will be
set up in front of the Co-op and
guarded by two machine guns as
the ticket sale for the Military
ball Saturday night, begins today
at 1 o’clock.
Sentries will be Scabbard and
Blade junior pledges who will be
on guard duty at the “outposts”
for the remainder of the week.
Bill Rosson and Daryl Evans are
in charge of the ticket selling de
tail. •
Programs Not Ready
Programs will not be ready to
be given out tomorrow as previous
ly announced, Bud Jermain, pro
gram chairman, said, but those
having purchased theirs may get
the program later in the week by
presenting their unpunched ticket
at the “outpost.”
Bob Herzog, general dance chair
man, said that the Military ball is
formal, and dark suits will be in
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CAMPUS
CALENDAR
Gabble - Gobble - Git tea hour
will be held at Wesley house this
afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock .
The student fight song commit
tee will not meet with John Stehn,
director of the University band, at
4 o’clock today as previously an
nounced. The meeting has been
called for next Wednesday at 4.
YWCA frosh commission will
meet at 5 o’clock today in the Y
bungalow. Urgent. All members
be there.
Kappa Kappa Gamma volleyball
team is to report at 12:30 for Ore
gana picture sat the south side of
Gerlinger hall.
The WAA council will have their
pictures taken for the Oregana
promptly at 12:30 at the south
side of Gerlinger.
Westminster’s business meeting
will take place tonight in the form
of a covered dish dinner. The din
ner is scheduled to start at 6
o'clock.
The commission on social, eco
nomic, and political problems will
meet in the “Y” lounge today at
4 o’clock. Paul Sutley, executive
secretary of the YMCA will lead
the discussion in an effort to dis
cover the purpose of the group for
the ensuing terms.
Professor Kenneth Shumaker
will discuss “Intelligent Personal
Relations’’ with members of the
freshman council of the YMCA to
night at 7:30 o’clock in the “Y”
hut. All male students will be cor
dially welcomed.