UO Will Hear Fight Song Prospects
Webfoots Mix
Music, Politics
Band to Play Two
Pep Song Numbers
At ASUO Assembly
Mixing school spirit with their
politics at Tuesday morning’s
ASUO nominating assembly,
Webfoots will hear the Univer
sity concert band play, for the
first time before an audience, two
possible University fight songs.
Culminating more than two
terms of search for a suitable in
spiration song for the University,
the fight song committee has
chosen two numbers as outstand
ing from the list of contributions.
One of the tunes was written
by an Oregon student, Les Irvin,
while the other came from a
group of Los Angeles alums.
“We like them both equally
well,” Chairman Elbert Hawkins
said last night, “so we're going to
sit on the fence and let the school
decide.”
Nominations for ASUO offi
cers, and Phi Theta pledging will
also be on the 11 o’clock assembly
slate.
Oakes to Interview
Oregon BA Seniors
H. V. Oakes, personnel man
ager of Montgomery Ward com
pany in San Francisco, will come
to the campus May 7 to interview
senior students in business ad
ministration.
All seniors interested in con
tacting Mr. Oakes should call the
business administration office to
check on their qualifications.
Pep Raiser
Elbert Hawkins, chairman of
the ASUO fight song committee,
scheduled to present two new in
spiration tunes for the first time
at Tuesday’s nominating assem
bly. The University concert band
will play the numbers.
Landscape Group
Starts Tour Today
Twenty-five student landscape
architects of the University and
of Oregon State are leaving to
day for their annual field trip
under the supervision of Profes
sor F. A. Cuthbert, dean of the
school of landscape architecture.
Professor W. R. B. Willcox, and
Professor W. Dorr Legg of Ore
gon State will accompany the
group.
The group plans to return next
Thursday after visiting architec
tural developments in Longview,
Tacoma, Olympia, and Seattle.
Rifle Team Students
To Try 'High Flying'
Probably the saddest man in
Eugene Thursday was Sergeant
Harvey Blythe, ROTC instructor
and coach of Oregon's nationally
famed rifle team.
In the last day of the army air
corps examinations, Tom H. Tay
lor and Clifford D. Collins, sched
uled for the top two positions on
Oregon’s 1941 * rifle team, re
ceived their appointments as fly
ing cadets and will leave for the
army air school next September.
Two other candidates, Harold
V. Larson and Wilbur Wittcliff,
were accepted by the examining
board and received their appoint
ments. Both have been doing
some exceptional shooting on the
rifle range and were expected to
join the team next year.
“It’s not that I begrudge the
boys this wonderful opportunity,
but it will certainly lower Ore
gon's chances in next year’s in
tercollegiate matches,” the ser
geant said.
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'Si wash' Premier
To Honor Mrs. Fitch
By RAY SCHRICK
A kindly, white haired lady—
the secretary of Oregon’s gradu
ate school—faces one of the hap
piest days of her life on May 21.
For on that day “Good Old Si
wash” will live again—it will live
just as it was created by her hus
band in a series of books written
about college days of the early
1900’s.
The lady is Clara L. Fitch, who
works on the second floor of
Johnson hall, and her husband
was George Fitch, noted Illinois
newspaperman and member of
the legislature, who built around
his university alma mater, Knox
college, the stories that found a
happy place in many an appre
ciative reader’s interest.
Opens May 21
On May 21, upon the screens
of leading theaters in Galesburg,
Illinois, a world premier of these
adventures will unfold — and in
that audience will be Mrs. Fitch.
She will be there as honored guest
of Paramount studios, producers
of the Fitch stories, following a
flight across more than half the
United States.
Picture rights to the story were
purchased some time back and
production is now almost com
pleted. Title of the movie will
probably be “At Good Old Si
wash.” Selection of this name in
volves a story in itself because
the producers first considered
calling the picture “Those Were
the Days.”
Suggestion of this name was
“snowed under” by an avalanche
of criticism from congressional
offices, the office of a railroad
president, the offices of many in
dustrial executives, several noted
country places, and many reader
friends of the author who enjoyed
his stories.
Name’s Origin
This resulted in changing the
title so it included Siwash, and
that is probably the way the pic
ture will be released.
The word Siwash, according to
Mrs. Fitch, was devised by her
husband because it so accurately
described the antics of Knox stu
dents who appeared “like a bunch
of Siwashes.” That name was
used when the story originally
appeared in the Saturday Even
ing Post. It was used also when
the stories appeared in book form.
Cast of the picture will include
Ezra Stone, the Henry Aldrich of
radio, who was taken to Holly
wood especially for the part. Oth
er leading roles will be filled by
William Holden, Judith Barrett,
and Bonita Granville.
200 in Cast
Many of the movie scenes were
filmed on the Knox campus, and
the cast includes nearly 200 per
sons now attending school there.
Costumes for the 1911 styles were
made in Hollywood, sent east, and
streets were blocked off in sec
tions where the old-time atmos
phere was recreated for the
movie scenes.
In order to reach Galesburg in
time for the premier, Mrs. Fitch
will leave Eugene the preceding
Saturday or Sunday. Her daugh
ter, Mrs. Mary Wernham, is also
on the campus, but will not go
east for the production. She is
graduate assistant in Romance
languages.
The Emerald Three o'Clock
club last night met at the Uni
versity Press. Lack of business
and scarce attendance resulted in
an early banquet at a Eugene res
taurant, followed by dismissal.
Spiral Design
Sets Record for
Cake Technique
A new technique in cake cut
ting was demonstrated yesterday
by Dr. Homer G. Barnett, an
thropology instructor, at a birth
day party given him in the an
thropology lab.
The spiral design, which was
the final result of his knife wield
ing, was probably the result of
his agitation on being suddenly
confronted with a roomful of
charming people chorusing "Hap
py birthday to you.” The cake
(decorated by 16 pure, white
candles) was divided among the
donors and Mr. Barnett.
As a comment for the press
Dr. Barnett (who sometimes
teaches a course in American In
dian) remarked: Ugh! Heap good
party! Me likum.”
Sigma Xi Chooses
Twelve Members;
Initiation May 18
Six active members and six as
sociate members were elected to
Sigma Xi, national science hon
orary, at a meeting of the group
last Thursday.
Those elected were: active
members; Gatlin R. Brandon,
John A. Guis, Noel B. Rawls,
Howard L. Richardson, Robert
Rinehart, and Arne J. Lindgren.
The associate members are:
Robert F. Anderson, George A.
Berglund, Abraham Carp, Wil
liam Avery Cass, William James
Jackson, and Lois Onthank.
The new members will be init
iated May 18.
Etter Plans Trip
Orval Etter, research assistant
in the bureau of municipal re
search and service of the Univer
sity, has been asked by the City
Finance Officers association of
Oregon to lead a. discussion at
their meeting at Seaside May 22
and 23. Etter earned his B.S. de
gree here in 1937 and was grad
uated from the law school last
year with a J.D. degree.
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