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VOLUME XLII
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UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1940
NUMBER 14
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Registration
Wednesday
4 University Males
Will Register in
Friendly, McArthur
A sample registration form for
the selective service act appears
on page 4 of today’s Emerald.
Students will save themselves
and ROTO officials a great deai
of time by filling it out and tak
ing it to the registration Wed
nesday.
McArthur court for out-of-town
ers and Friendly hall for local resi
dents have been designated as
registration places for University
males signing up Wednesday under
the selective service act.
Colonel John Lyon, ROTC com
4. mandant, and a staff of senior
members of the corps will conduct
the registration in McArthur.
Doors will be open from 7 a.m. to
9 p.m. Students are requested to
register in the morning if possible.
Those whose permanent resi
dence is in Eugene may sign up
either at the faculty precinct in
Friendly hall or at their local sta
tion.
A11 Must Register
The act requires all males be
tween the ages of 21 and 35 to
register, except students in ad
vanced ROTC. Undergraduates,
however, may claim deferment
until July 1.
“We expect around 500 regis
trants, but we have blanks for a
thousand,” the Colonel remarked.
No one will be selected to fill
any quota except that of his home
district. Thus any shortage in Eu
gene will not be filled with stu
dents from out of town. Students’
t cards will be mailed to their home
districts and they will be exempted
or drafted by their own boards.
Army officials expect to call the
first 400,000 men in November.
Tickets on Sale
For'Touch Wood'
Tickets are now on sale for
“Touch Wood,” the University
players first production of the
year, to be given October 18, 19,
and 23. The box office in Johnson
hall will be open from 10 a.m. to
12 noon and 1 to 4 p.m. all week.
The price of admission is 50
/ cents, and all seats are reserved.
“Touch Wood" is an English
comedy by Dodie Smith that is
being revived after summer session
success that entertained packed
houses on four successive nights.
It is a perambulating production
which means that the audience
shifts instead of the scenes. Most
of the play takes place in the
lounge of Gerlinger hall with the
exception of one scene for which
the audience moves to the Johnson
hall theater.
Advertising Student
Appointed to Staff
Of Register-Guard
Fred Welty, sophomore in adver
tising from The Dalles, has ac
cepted a position on the advertis
/ ing staff of the Register-Guard.
Welty handled accounts, copy,
and layout last year and was one
of the leading Emerald local ad
vertising salesmen.
This is the first time an Emerald
business staff member has been
selected by the Register-Guard,
according to Jim Frost, manager.
Because of his new appointment
Welty resigned his job as Tuesday
advertising manager.
NYA Checks Ready
NYA students will receive their
first pay checks today if they have
their time reports in to the pay
roll office by 5 o’clock, Karl W.
Onthank, dean of personnel, an
nounced.
Amphibian tryouts will be held
Thursday and a week from Thurs
day, October 17 and 24, at 7:30
f p.m. in Gerlinger pool. All girls are
to bring own caps. Members of
Amphibians are asked to come at
(Courtesy of the Register-Guard)
THEY YELLED AT EACH OTHER
Husky-ette Kay Kelly and Webfoot Len Ballif engage in a bit of pleasantry on the sidelines during a
lull in Saturday’s game at Portland, despite the faet that they are members of rival yell squads.
Article Gains
Magazine Note
Matsuoka Story
Tops 'Old Oregon'
Issue Out Today
Commentator John B. Hughes
mentioned Sunday Yosuke Matsu
oka’s article appearing in the
October issue of Old Oregon,
edited by Roy Vernstrom.
Matsuoka’s article is accompan
ied by one from Minoru Yasui,
assistant to the consul of Japan
at Chicago. Both men are Univer
sity of Oregon graduates, Mr.
Matsuoka, Japanese foreign min
ister, having received his degree
here in 1900, and Mr. Yasui his in
1937.
Matsuoka’s article has achieved
nationwide recognition having been
published by the Associated and
United Press services. A feature
on the article will be published by
the Christian Science Monitor in
the near future.
The cover of this month’s Old
Oregon features a picture of “Hon
est” John Warren, freshman coach.
The magazine also contains articles
by Elmer Fansett, alumni secre
tary; Bob Flavelle, associate sports
editor of the Emerald, and Jim
Rathbun, president of the Order
of O. Class news this month is
better than usual, according to
Editor Vernstrom.
Luoma Announces
Activity Committees
George Luoma, assistant educa
tional activities manager, has an
nounced the members of the activ
ities staff for each day of the
week. Staff members will work
under various department heads in
helping organize and run educa
tional activities.
Babs Du Puy and Barbara John
son will work today under Janet
Rieg on the office staff. Elaine
McCliment and Bob McQuilkin will
work with Roy Metzler in the
publicity department today.
The following will work today
with Jeanette Christensen, pro
gram manager: Peggy Kemp,
Evelyn Mitchell, Jean Frideger,
Bee Schum, Dorothy Routt, Mary
Jane Dunn, Jimmy Lyle, Ernie
Hinkle, Helen Rayburn, Marylee
Fry, and Patricia Lawson.
Fireplace Finished
Finishing touches were put on
Westminster house’s outdoor fire
place Friday morning.
This recreation and social cen
ter will be available to other
groups not connected with West
minster. The house leaders declare
that they will welcome any assist
ance they can get this morning.
Expedition Battles
Desert's Hazards
Beset by dust storms and men
aced by deadly, but never fatal,
Klamath Lake field party, headed
Lake field party, headed by
Dr. L. S. Cressman, head of the
anthropology department, still
managed to bring back a large
number of significant fossilized
bones and other anthropological
material from their six-week sum
mer trip.
Included in the bones and bone
fragments now being classified in
the anthropology department are
those of bison, deer, elephants,
camel, horses, sheep, birds, and
fish with five complete human
skeletons rounding out the haul.
Some of the bones, according to
E. A. Antevs, of the Carnegie In
stitute, are at least 4000 years old
and represent a different people
than the Modocs, historically of
the region.
The field party, made up of 11
University students, spent most of
their time digging trenches where
the material was found, stopping
occasionally to decapitate an in
quisitive rattler.
A rather interesting detail about
the camp site, known locally as
Laird’s landing, is that the steam
boat docked there regularly back
in 1890—and now the nearest water
Is several miles away with a dry
lake bed in its place.
Other material, beside the fos
sil bones, salvaged by the party in
cludes: foreshafts to atlatl darts,
bone spoons, pendants, and bone
awls.
Fledgling Pilots
To Begin Flying
Forty-four civilian pilot train
ing- students will take to the air
today for the first actual flying of
the course. The class, which in
cludes the quota of five girls, has
been occupied for the past two
weeks with ground courses con
cerning civil air regulations, me
teorology, and navigation.
J. C. Stovall, assistant coordin
ator of the CAA, announced that
six openings still to be filled in
the class will be settled by the end
of the week and names of the six
remaining students released.
Ready to fly today are: Eileen
Baker, Leonard Ballif, Lynn
Boches, March Bowers, Lewis
Harrington, Leonard Clark, Wil
liam Craig, John Daniels, James
Doern, Jefferson Dorroh, George
Drach, Dorothy Durkee, Harold
Ellicott, Henry Evans, Raymond
Foster, Howard Giesy, Paul Gil
bert, Georgia Giuatina, Bert Ha
gen, Robert Hendershot, Blake
Hirsh, Harold Johnson.
Jonathan Kahananui, Joseph
Kennedy, Floyd Kirkpatrick, Ver
non Kivel, Larry Kunz, Milton
Levy, Nancy Lewis, Eugene Mc
Gee, Robert Mitchell, Carl Orcutt,
Emerson Page, David Rementeria,
Wilfred Ross, Harry Ryboek, Ran
dolph Soranson, Gordon Stanley,
Amie Thyng, Chester Trout, Ray
Wells, Sherman Wetmore, William
Wren, and Henry Wagner.
Honorary to Meet
Phi Delta Phi, French honorary,
will have its first meeting Wed
nesday at 4 p.m. in Friendly hall,
according to Jack Powers, presi
dent.
Dr. Osage, new professor in
, French department and the na
j tional president of the honorary
| will be present.
'Pantaloons'
Create Riot at
Pill Dispensary
Nancy “Pantaloons” Riesch cre
ated a minor riot in the campus
pill palace Monday when she strode
down the corridors Queen Eliza
beth style in what seemed mid
Victorian pantaloons. But upon
further observation, it developed
that Nancy tangled with some
poison oak which necessitated
bandaging her legs with gauze.
The effect was terrific.
Don Swink must have dated with
a two-ton truck last week-end
’cause he’s reposing in the infirm
ary with an ingrown toenail plus
a little blood poisoning thrown in
on the side.
Others in the confines of the in
firmary include: Marilyn Beltz,
Marian Sherman, Jacqueline Hock,
Betty Klien, Fern Nutting, Etoile
Smith, Dorman Alford, Lynne
Bockes, Ken Erickson, Bob Hollis
ter, and Dominick Valpiani.
Afternoon Classes
To Vacate Chapman
Afternoon classes in room 207
Chapman will be transferred to
other halls during the two-week
period of October 14-25 to allow
the annual state police convention
to meet in the room.
Students of general psychology
(Psy 201, C4, Leeper 1MWF) will
be instructed in 203 Villard. Pro
fessor Quirlnus Breen’s 2 o'clock
class in backgrounds of social sci
ence (SoSc 101, C2, TTh) will
move to 101 Condon.
Reporters to Meet
Emerald reporters will meet to
day at 4:30 p.m. in the news room
of the journalism building.
The meeting will be conducted
by Kent Stitzer,
'All-American'
Oregana Sets
Point Record
Book Rated Best
Of University's
Many Yearbooks
The 1940 Oregana was awarded
900 points out of a possible 1000
by the National Scholastic Press
association in rating the book as
“All-American," Dick Williams,
business manager of the annual,
announced Monday.
Previous high point rating was
scored by the 1936 volume which
won 940 points. It was edited by
Dcnald Root.
“It is difficult to learn just what
the point rating of other school’s
yearbooks is,” he said, “but the
fact that we were rated ‘All
American’ puts us in the top four
at least.”
At the end of the association’s
"scorebook" judges wrote, "A
splendid book. Congratulations on
it.” The association is affiliated
with the department of journalism
at the University of Minnesota in
Minneapolis.
The October issue of the Book
Binding and Book Production, jour
nal of the book publishing trade,
ranked the Oregana with the Gum
bo of Louisiana State university
as outstanding among college
yearbooks. In an article called
"Report card for school annuals,”
the writer said, “The ’40 Oregana
runs away with honors for cover
design.” It also comments favor
ably upon the book's artistic make
up and pleasing appearance.
Addresses Wanted
Students whose addresses have
been changed since registration
must file the correct Eugene ad
dress, home address, an$ phone
nu’mber with the registrar imme
diately if the names are to appear
correctly in the student directory,
George Luoma, assistant activities
manager, announced Monday.
Macabre Figures
'Oscar', 'Gertie'
Ride With McKee
Death rode the highway Mon
day with Paulus McKee, senior
in education.
Perched beside him in the
front seat of his Model "A"
coupe rode “Oscar" and “Gertie”,
skeletons.
McKee, who was parked in
front of Hendricks hall, declared
that the two macabre figures are
the property of the University
PE department and are not
Hendricks girls."
dricks girls."
A practice teacher at Wood
row Wilson junior high, he teach
ers health education to eighth
graders. His class is studying the
bony structure of the body, and
McKee, who uses the skeletons
to illustrate his lectures, carries
them from the PE department to
the school in his car.
YWCA Members
To Elect Today
Girls Nominate
28 For Freshman,
Sophomore Jobs
Nominations for YWCA fresh
man and sophomore commissions
were made yesterday afternoon at
the YW bungalow. Members will
vote today from 9 to 12 and 1 to
3 at the bungalow.
Girls nominated for president of
the Frosh Commission are: Pat
Sutton, Patty Pearson, Betty Mae
Weigand, Margaret De Cou, Eliza
beth Edmunds.
Lorraine Peterson, Dorothy
Clear, and Mary Shaw are running
for vice-president.
Nominees for secretary are:
Babs Du Puy, Betty Kincaid, Carol
Hobart, Betty Nims.
Up for treasurer are Barbara
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Campus Political Leaders
Rap Policies of Opposition
Although the Emerald takes no stand on national politics, two
reporters were asked to interview leading campus exponents of both
Democratic and Republican political theories. We print these interviews
not as an indication of Emerald sentiment on political matters, but
merely an attempt to chronicle campus sentiment on what we feel
to be an important issue.—Editor.
Republican
By BETTY JANE BIGGS
Democracy is threatened when
the idea creeps over a nation that
one man is indispensable to a gov
ernment “of the people and by the
people,” Joe Gurley, senior in jour
nalism, said in explaining why he
wore a red, white, and blue Will
kie button.
Gurley is one of three students
who are responsible for the forma
tion of Wilkie-McNary non-party
club on the campus.
"Under Roosevelt's regime,”
Gurley asserted, “we’ve been in a
crisis for nearly eight years. Why
should we make it four more?” he
asked.
Explanation Held Unnecessary
Then, very seriously, Gurley de
clared that the significance of a
third term needed no explanation
to those persons familiar with
American history and the history
of Germany, Italy, and Russia.
Gurley listed his reasons for op
posing a third term for the presi
dent. “First,” he said, “there is
definitely no need for a third term.
Second, I am opposed to the un
American procedure used by
Roosevelt’s affiliation with such
’Tammanyish’ men as Hague and
Kelly and for his use of Ickes for
unsavory political expression that
‘seemingly originated from the
White House’.”
Praises Record
The GOP candidate was praised
by Gurley for his record of “proved
leadership and business ability.” It
is time,” he added, “that the ad
ministration uses sound' business
sense! After all, government is the
largest business in the country and
should be run on a business-like
basis!
“His background draws many
students to the Willkie banner,"
Gurley related. “Willkie worked
his way through college, fought as
a volunteer soldier in France,
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Democratic
By WES SULLIVAN
“There are plenty of fellows who
don’t want an education. Let them
join the army and keep the young
men who.are ambitious enough to
go after an education in the col
leges.”
That is the view of the Demo
cratic party in relation to the con
scription of college students for
service in the army, according to
Hale G. Thompson, Eugene attor
ney and president of the Lane
county chapter of Young Demo
crats.
“Young men who have the drive
to get themselves to college ought
not to be deprived of that educa
tion. An educated America is one
of our greatest hopes for the fu
ture. We will not only attempt to
exempt college students from mili
tary, but we will continue to aid
their progress through allotments
of NYA funds.”
Cites Buildings
Citing examples of what the
Democratic administration has
done and plans to do for the Uni
versity, Thompson mentioned the
erection of most of the new build
ings on the campus, which were
put up at least partly through
WPA funds, and stated that fu
ture building programs on the cam
pus would undoubtedly include fed
eral help. He mentioned specifical
ly the proposed addition and im
provement of the ROTC building.
Has State Affiliation
“Our chapter of the Young Dem
ocrats is a member of the state or
ganization of Young Democratic
clubs, which were formed several
years ago to acquaint the younger
voter with the political life of his
local community and the nation.
We appeal not only to those men
and women over 21 but also to
those not yet eligible to vote.
Our organization believes that it
is necessary for a person to have
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Rossman Named
By Joe Gurley
Homecoming Committees Revised; Prize
To Be Offered Student for Best Slogan;
$700 Budgeted for Expenses
Several revisions in the 1940 University of Oregon Homecoming com
mittee have been made, according to Joe Gurley, general chairman.
Wally Rossman will head the finance committee and also the committee
of special events, Gurley announced.
This year the committee has been allowed a $700 budget to handle
all expenses. Approximately $325 of this will be spent on the dance, the
rest will be apportioned to the -
other events by Rossman.
Gurley said that all plans will
be definite by the end of the week,
and that actual work on the pro
gram will begin then. This year
Stan Staiger, dance chairman,
hopes to obtain a big name band
and a program with a coast
hookup.
According to Bill Fendall, pro
motion chairman for the affair
pictures of Homecoming have been
turned over to the Oregon Journal
and it is believed that they will be
used in the near future.
“A prize will be given to the
student turning in the best slogan
for the 1940 Homecoming, and al
though I cannot officially say what
it will consist of, I know that there
will be one,” Gurley said.
"This year,” he continued, “we
will work hand in glove with the
alumni office, as it is really their
program, and we would appreciate
the cooperation of all the students
with them.”
Swenson Opens
Sesond Annual
Police School
Officers Greeted
By President Erb;
Dean Allen Speaks
Classes of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation Police school were
under way Monday afternoon, when
J. D. Swenson, FBI agent, sta
tioned in Portland, outlined the
cooperative functions of FBI to the
gathering of police officers from
every section of Oregon.
The officers, who were offeree
the facilities of the campus by Dr
Donald E5rb, University president
to a week of intensive schooling or
the various phases of their profes
sion.
A message from J. Edgar Hoo
ver, director of the FBI, invited the
officers to attend the FBI school
in Washington, and wished suc
cess for the Oregon project. -
Others on the afternoon program
were Eric W. Allen, dean of the
University school of journalism,
who spoke on public relations, and
Clark Thomas Ashland, who lead
discussion on the necessity of bi
cycle control. An open forum con
ducted by Carl Berbman, police
chief of Eugene and president of
the Oregon Association of City
Police Officers followed the ad
dresses.
Time Magazine's
Summer Series
Distributed Today
Copies of Time magazine’s sum
mer series of advertisements on
United States journalism are being
distributed today with the Emer
ald.
Accompanying each of the 4,000
copies to be circulated in all is a
letter by Lyle Nelson, Emerald ed
itor, telling about Time's fall cam
paign, which will begin appearing
this week.
Onthank Returns
From Convention
Karl W. Onthank, dean of per
sonnel, returned Monday from
Portland where he attended the
second annual Northwest Associa
tion of Personnel managers conven
tion.
The subject discussed during the
three-day conference was "Person
nel Management in a Changing
World.” The convention was spon
sored by the Portland Chamber of
Commerce.
Frosh to Vote
On Constitution
At Class Meeting
Deans Schwering,
Earl Will Attend
As Group Advisers
Members of the freshman class
may vote on their proposed con
stitution when they hold their class
meeting tomorrow night in Vil
lard hall at 7:30 p.m.
At a meeting last Wednesday
night they added an amendment
which would give all freshmen vot
ing privileges whether or not they
were class card holders, but de
ferred action on the constitution
itself.
John Cavanagh, first vice-presi
dent of the student body, read the
proposed constitution to the class
and asked for discussion. The
group was immediately divided into
two factions when a motion was
introduced to extend voting priv
ileges to all freshmen. After more
than an hour and a half of heated
discussion the measure was
adopted.
Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, dean
of women, and Virgil D. Bari, dean
of men, co-advisers of the class,
will be present at tomorrow’s
meeting.
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Tuesday Last Day
For Fee Payment
All required University fees, in
cluding the non-resident fee, must
be paid by 3 p.m. Tuesday under
penalty of immediate suspension.
Students may pay at windows 3
and 4 on the second floor of John
son hall between the hours of 8
a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m.
No extensions can possibly be
granted, according to Cashier C.
L. Stalsberg, but small loans are
still available from the student
loan fund.
Dr.L.S. Bee to Head
Finance Committe
Leadership for the University of
Oregon YMCA finance campaign
will be centered on the finance
committee of the "Y” advisory
board. Dr. Lawrence S. Bee ot the
sociology department will act as
chairman of this committee which
will direct the solicitation of funds
both on the campus and in Eugene.
Other faculty members taking
part on the committee are Dr.
Victor P. Morris and Dr. Jesse
Bond. Mr. Henry Howard, Mr. G.
Bernhard Fedde, Paul Sutley, Mil
ton Small, and Bob Lovell com
plete the membership of the di
rectors of the campaign.
Mr. Howard will direct five
teams in Eugene and Dr. Bee will
guide the remaining three on the
campus.
Rally-10; Math-0
On the Monday right after a game,
When studies are merely a jest,
Our teachers all smile and pro
claim
Today we will not have a test.
Your leniency slays us, dear teach
er,
But we don’t think your attitude’s
true.
The reason you show generosity is
You forger, about studying, too.
—J.W.S,