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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1940
NUMBER 0
4
Keller Plans
Duck Rally
For Sunday
Students to Greet
Team at Station
Upon Arrival
If the Webfoots have a scalp
dangling' from their trophy belt or
if the Indians are eating Duck
soup, it makes no difference to
Pat Keller and his rally commit
tee who are planning to welcome
Oregon gridiron men when they
arrive home Sunday noon.
Students are urged to be at the
station at 11:45 to meet Coach Tex
Oliver and his traveling squad of
32 who will arrive on the 12:10
train after their encounter with
the Stanford Redskins this after
noon in Palo Alto.
Bob Greer, who has been sub
stituting for Oregon’s yell king
this week while the latter attends
to University affairs at Stanford,
will again be in charge of the yells
and songs. A public address system
will help the yell leader and fur
nish music for the rally.
The rally committee will also be
on hand to greet the football men
and escort them to open-air tour
ing cars. From these automobiles,
the gridsters will receive the hom
age of the crowd as they lead a
serpentine back to the campus up
Willamette and on down Thirtenth
street.
ROTC Receives
More Uniforms
Uniformed Drill
Thursday, Says
Colonel R. M. Lyon
Shortage of equipment forced a
number of students to appear in
civilian clothes at Thursday’s
ROTC session. Concerning this
shortage, Colonel R. M. Lyon, head
of the ROTC department, stated
that storekeeper Joseph Pfeiffer
now has a complete stock of issue
clothing, and requests that those
not yet “m)‘|itary” obtain their
uniforms at the first of next week.
The entire co^ps will be required
to appear in uniform for next
Thursday's drill, Colonel Lyons
added.
“The ROTC unit presented a fine
appearance despite the fact that
1 Thursday marked the first turnout
for military formation,” Colonel
Lyon commented yesterday after
noon on the corps’ first practical
drill session of the year.
An increase of 100 is shown by
the registration of 1090 men in
both the basic and advanced cours
An assortment of water colors of
that approximately 635 freshmen,
365 sophomores, 60 juniors, and 40
seniors are enrolled in ROTC
courses.
Religious Service
Group Organized
Deputation leaders from several
religious groups on the campus
have organized to form a Student
Union for Community Service. The
purpose of the service group is to
4 aid students wishing to supply
entertainment and educational
benefits to neighboring community
groups.
This group will centralize the
efforts of all students who might
be interested in speaking, leading
recreation, or leading discussions
for civic or church groups around
Eugene whic hdesire the students’
aid.
Anyone interested in getting
practice in their talent field may
contact Relta Lea Powell, tem
porary leader of the group, at
Westminster house.
ASUO to Fill Staff
The educational activities de
partment is organizing their
staff for activity work on all
ASUO activities. Regular staff
positions are open for interested
students. Students wishing to
participate should see George
Luonia at the activities depart
ment in McArthur court.
'THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND...'
# * * *
FOR AN UNRESTRICTED PRESS
—Photos by Ted Kenyon, Emerald staff photographer
Phi Betas to Sell
Concert Tickets
Metzler Assigned
To Publicity Post
For Coming Drive
Members of Phi Beta, music and
dramatic honorary for women, are
managing the sales drive on re
served seat season tickets for the
Greater Artist series which will
open on the campus November 7
with the appearance of Paul Robe
son, negro baritone. Mrs. Lester
Beck, wife of Dr. Lester F. Beck
of the University psychology de
partment, is chairman of the sales
committee.
Roy Metzler is arranging the
publicity for the drive. Metzler,
who was appointed early in the
week as publicity manager of the
newly altered educational activi
ties board, wrote theater publicity
for the Emerald last year. This
summer he wrote publicity for
Twentieth-Century-Fox in Holly
wood
Reserved seat season tickets sell
for $4, $5, and $6. After Mr. Robe
son opens the series November 7,
Cornelia Otis Skinner will appear
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To a Sob Sister
If you’re sorry for the football
boys
Who are mangled on the field,
Don’t vent all sighs this after
noon
Nor all your sorrow yield.
Feel sorry for "the campus boys.
Sympathize with their position.
If you’ll wait until this evening,
They'll be in the same condition.
-J. W. S.
Applicants Will File
For ASUD Activities
All students wishing to partici
pate in activities should file their
applications with the president of
their living organization, the edu
cational activities office announced
Friday.
Applications will be gathered by
a representative of the board and
filed according to the time they
are received.
“All appointments will be made
on the basis of these reports,”
announced Tiger Payne, ASUO
prexy. “Any aspirant for a posi
tion should have a preliminary
background behind him.”
Bears Eat Butterflies,
Sneech Teacher Finds
By RUSS HUDSON
“Yes, I did learn in my work
this summer that a bear eats but
terflies, a beaver combs his hair,
a deer is a dangerous animal
and . .
But Mr. Mark Hanna, instructor
of speech was reluctant to com
ment further on his summer’s
work, the presentation of a series
of radio programs for the Willam
ette National Forest service.
These presentations, which de
viated from the usual statements
and facts in favor of narratives
and dramatization of historical
happenings, dealt with the life and
characteristics of wild animals as
related to forest conditions.
It is Mr. Hanna’s hope that the
sequel to his radio series for the
forest service might be the approv
al of Washington officials to his
plan for a similar dramatization
series over a nationwide radio
hookup. Such a hookup would be
in collaboration with the speech
departments of colleges and uni
versities in the larger cities and
towns of the country.
Mr. Hanna feels that such a se
ries of programs sponsored by the
government and conducted by col
lege speech departments would af
ford students marvelous opportun
ities for contact and experience
with the major broadcasting com
panies.
It is his plan to syndicate these
program scripts, sending them to
8 p e e c h departments throughout
the country, where the programs
would be presented by students
who have shown interest and pro
ficiency in this type of work.
ABOVE:
Approximately 800 NY A
students swear an oath of alle
giance to the United States gov
ernment, in the music school.
AT LEFT:
Arthur Crookham, city editor of
the Oregon Journal, who told
journalism faculty members and
students that a free and truthful
press guaranteed a democracy’s
existence.
System Revised
In '40 Directory
Luoma Announces
Division of Work
Under New Plan
A new system is being used this
year in compiling the 1940-41 stu
dent directory, George Luoma, as
sistant activities manager, an
nounced yesterday. The new plan,
originated by Activities Manager
George Root, is designed to pro
vide greater speed and accuracy in
publishing the manual. It will
spread the responsibility and hard
work over a number of persons,
whereas heretofore one person has
taken care of the whole thing.
This year George Mackin will
handle the advertising, Luoma will
look after the editorial work and
the gathering of material, and
Kwama, and Skull and Dagger,
sophomore service honoraries, will
be in charge of much of the cir
culation.
Worked on Oregana
Mackin was finance chairman of
Junior Weekend and assistant bus
iness manager of the Oregana last
year. He was a member of the
committee which organized the
rally picnic at Jantzen Beach in
Portland this summer, Luoma
stated.
This year Kwama and Skull and
Dagger will be paid for their serv
ices. Of the two honoraries Luoma
said, “It would be difficult indeed
to do much work of this sort with
out the services of these two effi
cient service honoraries.”
Plans Secret
The Guide, which is under Jean
ette Christensen’s new production
department, will be ready for dis
tribution “in about three weeks.”
Plans as to the book’s content and
form have not yet been released.
Luoma cautioned students whose
addresses had been changed since
registration to file the new address
at the registrar’s office, second
floor of Johnson hall immediately,
If it is to appear correctly in the
guide.
Sixth Vogue Contest
Starts for Seniors
The Sixth Prix de Paris, Vogue’s
annual career contest for college
seniors, was announced today by
Edna Woolman Chase, editor of
Vogue magazine.
"To discover college girls who
have the ability to write and a
flair for fashion is our purpose in
sponsoring this contest,” -stated
Mrs. Chase. “Contestants are of
fered a valuable training in fashion
reporting and feature writing."
A year’s position on Vogue's
fashion staff is first prize of this
year's contest. Seven major prizes
together with honorable mentions
are offered contestants*
Ducks Seek Indian Scalp
Luoma Names
Head of New
Department
Coed Will Manage
Chairmen of Top
ASUO Committees
Jeanette Christensen, member
of the educational activities de
partment staff, has been named
manager of the newly organized
production department, George
Luoma, assistant activities mana
ger, announced last night. Roy
Metzler was appointed head of the
publicity department earlier in the
week.
These appointments are a part
of a plan, now being put into effect,
which will increase the speed, ef
ficiency and service of the activi
ties office, Luoma explained. An
office manager, who will look after
correspondence and office routine,
will be named later.
Heads Workers
Miss Christensen worked with
Joe Gurley in the ASUO athletic
card sales drive last week, and was
prominent in campus affairs last
year. Under the title, “Production .
manager of ASUO activities," she
will head a staff of eleven chair
men of “significant" activities. Ap
pointments of the chairmen have
not been announced as yet.
The production department will
cover the Emerald, Oregana, stu
dent directory, forensics, major
campus events, organizations and
honoraries, AWS, WAA, student
administration, drama, band and
orchestra, and the Greater Artists
series.
Handles Promotion
Metzler’s publicity department
will handle the circulation of pro
motion stories for the Emerald,
Oregana, AWS, WAA, Greater
Artists series, activity administra
tion, forensics, YMCA and YWCA.
Department heads will be an
nounced later.
There will be a special AWS is
sue of the Emerald Tuesday. The
Emerald business staff under Bus
iness Manager Jim Frost is work
ing in conjunction with Metzler by
contacting Eugene merchants for
advertising for the issue.
Time Will Mention
Matsuoka Report
The next issue of Time maga
zine will mention an article ap
pearing in the October issue of Old
Oregon, according to Roy Vern
strom, editor.
Written by Yosuke Matsuoka,
Japanese foreign minister, the
story deals with the situation in
the East, and is entitled "A Far
Eastern Report.”
The article was sent to Vern
strom by Mr. Matsuoka. It is im
portant in that it is the first state
ment for publication that he has
made to the press of this country.
News of the story came to Time
magazine over the Associated
Press wires from Eugene, where
it was originally printed in the
Emerald, and is being run in Old
Oregon in conjunction with one by
Minoru Yasui, assistant to the con
sul of Japan in Chicago. Both Mr.
Matsuoka and Mr. Yasui are al
umni of the University of Oregon,
Mr. Matsuoka having received his
LL.D. here in 1900 and Mr. Yasui
his B.S. in 1937 and his LL.D. in
1939. Mr. Yasui was a member of
Oregon Phi Beta Kappa.
Auto Mishap Fatal
To Former Student
Joseph E. Thomas, Oregon
graduate, died September 30 of in
juries received in an auto accident
September 27, near Honolulu, Ha
waii.
Thomas was graduated from
Oregon in 1939, then received a
commission in the United States
.army air corps and, at the time of
the accident, was serving at Wheel
er field, near Honolulu.
'Bunion Derby’ Schedule
* * re
starts at 7; Ends 11:40
By BETTY JANE BIGGS
A little bit early for hallowe’en but a great many door bells will
be rung tonight, as men’s living organizations leave their home
first at 7 o’clock to receive a warm welcome from Oregon coeds
at their annual fall term open house.
The formal “welcome mat” will continue to remain on the front
steps of the women’s porches until 11:40, allowing each of the 28
men’s living organizations 10 minutes at the campus queens’ man
sions.
Each men's living organization will begin its evening’s visit at
the house opposite its name and continue to call on the women's
houses in the order named. When the bottom of the list is reached,
they are referred to the top.
(Ten minute wait) .
C.amma Phi Beta .
Alpha Phi .
Hilyard House .
(Ten minute wait) .
Alpha Xi Delta .
Chi Omega .
Kappa Kappa Gamma.
(Ten minute wait) .
Pi Beta Phi .
Alpha Chi Omega.
Kappa Alpha Theta .
(Ten minute wait) .
Delta Gamma.
Alpha Gamma Delta.
Alpha Delta Pi .
Alpha Omicron Pi.
Sigma Kappa .
(Ten minute wait) .
Hendricks hall .
Zeta Tau Alpha.
Susan Campbell hall .
(Ten minute wait) .
University house .
Orides (second floor of Gerlinger)
(Ten minute wait) .
Delta Delta Delta .
Women’s co-op (1992 Potter) .
.Alpha Hall
.Alpha Tau Omega
.Beta Theta Pi
.Campbell Co-op
.Canard Club
.Chi Psi
.Delta Tau Delta
.Delta Upsilon
.Gamma hall
.Kappa Sigma
.Kirkwood Co-op
.Law students
.Omega hall
.Phi Delta Theta
.Phi Gamma Delta
.Phi Kappa Psi
. ..Phi Sigma Kappa
... .Pi Kappa Alpha
.Sherry Ross hall
.Sigma Alpha Epsilon
.Sigma Alpha Mu
.Sigma Chi
.Sigma hall
... Sigma Nu
.Sigma Phi Epsilon
.Theta Chi
.Yeomen
.Zeta hall
Dance at Jantzen
Follows UW Tilt
Mitchell Orchestra
Signed; Pat Keller
Heads Committee
To climax Oregon’3 Portland
weekend, October 11 and 12, the
ASUO rally committee is sponsor
ing a football dance at Jantzen
Beach Saturday evening after the
afternoon Webfoot - Washington
game.
According to Pat Keller, rally
chairman, Bob Mitchell and his or
chestra has been signed to play for
post-game celebration.
The Mitchell orchestra, known
for their “fashions in rhythm,” is
not unknown to dancers here on
the campus. The 15-piece musical
unit, featuring Virginia Wheeler
as vocalist, played for both the
Scabbard and Blade ball and the
Junior prom here last year.
The group features novelty num
bers with the girl vocalists special
izing in instrument piece on brass,
trumpet, and guitar. Bob Mitchell
and his band have also been heard
over Portland stations, KALE and
KOIN.
Working with Keller on the ar
rangements for the “Beat the Hus
ky” dance are rally committeers:
Jim Carney, Russ Hudson, Ted
lindley, Pat Cloud, Len Ballif
Jack McCliment, Sue Cunning
ham, Mary Word, Caroline Holmes,
Doris Gething, Betty Jane Biggs,
Edie Bush, and June Justice.
Applications. Asked
Applications for Homecoming
chairman must be turned in to a
member of the executive com
mittee by Monday evening. Ap
pointments will be announced
soon thereafter, Tiger Payne,
ASUO president, stated last
night.
• All interested students are
eligible to apply and may leave
their applications at the educa
tional activities office in Mc
Arthur court if unable to con
tact individual committee mem
bers.
Medical Aptitude
Tests Announced
Medical aptitude tests will be
given at 2 o’clock November 8 in
105 McClure to all pre-medical stu
dents who plan to enter medical
colleges in the fall of 1941, Dr. H.
B. Yocom, chairman of the pre
medical advisory committee, an
nounced yesterday.
The test, which lasts about two
hours, will be given at this time
only, Dr. Yocom explained. Last
year about 25 University of Ore
gon students took the test. It was
given to 10,459 students in 623 col
leges and the results were used by
the committees of admission in the
various medical schools throughout
the nation.
The test may be taken by stu
dents whether or not they have
completed their pre-medical re
quirements. It is not primarily a
test of factual knowledge.
Coeds'Error; YMCA
Meet Good Though
By ELSIE BROWNELL
Crashing parties may not be
new, but when two girls crash a
Young Men’s Christian association
meeting that is news.
Two freshman girls were reading
their Emeralds when they found
that freshmen were urged to at
tend a YMCA meeting at 7:30
Wednesday evening. The two frosh,
members of Susan Campbell, had
been on the campus just long
enough to get all the letter organ
izations and houses thoroughly
mixed. They couldn’t recall just
what the YMCA was, but decided
to attend the meeting anyway.
Promptly at 7:30 p.ra, they
Showed up at the YMCA hut, and
being- encouraged by a “Welcome
Freshmen” sign, took their places
with the boys. After the room had
slowly filled up with boys and the
meeting had begun, the girls be
gan to feel uneasy and to wonder if
they were in the right place.
Finally they asked one of the
boys around them if they were in
the wrong place and what they
should do about it. He enlightened
them as to what the YMCA was,
but said they might as well stay,
adding that the boys would be glad
to attend a YWCA meeting later,
Needless to say, a good time
was had by all.
Oregon Meets
Stanford Foe
At Palo Alto
Southern Team
Favored in First
League Battle
By JOHNNY KAHANANUI
Oregon clashes with Stanford in
Palo Alto today. Stanford is fa
vored.
Someone will blow a little
whistle this afternoon, and two
teams of eleven men each will
come galloping together. Arms
flailing, feet pounding, players will
boom into one another and shake
loose a few grunts—and perhaps a
tooth or two to be trampled into
the turf—at the impact. Up in the
stands, a crowd of some 35,000 will
bellow with excitement at the
bruising struggle, as another Ore
gon-Stanford football game gets
underway, and the curtain is hoist
ed on another season of grid cani,
paigning for both schools.
Riding trains, jallopies, and
thumbs, a handful of Webfoot stu
dents will be somewhere in the
Stanford stadium yelling their
lungs out for Oregon, but the stay
at-home majority will have to glue
its ears to the nearest radio for
the play-by-play description.
Oregon Is Underdog
Oregon boosters with a flare for
adventure and a few spare dollars
can pick up five in Stanford money
with three of theirs, should the
Webfoots kick through, for Tex
Oliver’s boys enter today’s fray 3
to 5 underdogs.
Though basking in the glory of a
recent 27-0 trouncing of U&F, the
Stanford Indian is still smarting
from the 10-0 spanking and the
mouthful of sawdust he was forced
to swallow by the Oregon Duck in
Multnomah stadium last year,
avowing that this year it shan't
be so.
All this, plus visions of his hocus
pocusing every contender out of
the Rose Bowl, has made the Red
man grind his "tomahawk” for the
Ducks with more vigor. «
Strong Oregon Line ",
However, being behind on paper
before the game doesn’t make the
situation impossible for Oregon,
not by any means. Before the bat
tle is too long underway, after a
bit of roughing it up with Jim
Stuart and a few other bruisers on
the Webfoot line, the Indians will
be jarred rudely into realizing that
they’re not puttering around with
USP but are ramming up against
one of the most powerful forward
walls on the coast.
Stanford's tricky offense, that
worked with dazzling precision
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Landscapers Take
First Field Trip
Advanced students in landscape
architecture and faculty members
left on the first all-day field trip
of the new term early this morn
ing.
Purpose of the trip is to give ad
vanced students a chance to study
forest recreational areas. Accord
ing to faculty members, besides
studying the forest areas, a group
of students will study fall color
ing.
Several field trips are planned
for later on this year. One of these
will be to Silver Creek falls and an
other will be in the Willamette
river area.
Rare Manuscripts
In Library Display
The Burgess Rare Book collec
tion is on display this week in the
mai noffice of the University li
brary.
Among the many Latin manu
scripts included in the collection
is one written by Leovardo Are
tini in Florence, Italy in the year
1440, and now celebrating its 500th
birthday.