Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1940)
EDITS: Freshman Gravy Train on One Way Track (600 LIBRARY U. OF ORE. SPORTS: Dick Invited To All-Star Basketball Game VOLUME XLII UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1940 NUMBER 23 Ted Hallock Resigns Frosh Candidacy Thornburg Kinersly Will Head Conference Judges To Announce Contest, Cup Winners At 11:40 a.m. Today - v Palmer Hoyt, Publisher of Oregonian, To Speak at Chapman; Two Roundtables Complete Weekend Conference Sessions By CORRINE WIGNES Thornburg Kinersly, editor of “The Tillicum” from The Dalles high 4 school, was elected president of the 16th annual High School Press conference by delegates yesterday. Bob Hiatt, former editor of the Franklin High Post, and this year a journalism student at the Univer sity, is the retiring executive. Gloria Green, manager of the Oregon City high school paper “The Top Salesmen Receive Prizes For Card Sale 5-Tube Radios Won By Three Students In Athletic Drive Prizes for student representa tives in the recent athletic card drive are ready for distribution at the ASUO news bureau office in McArthur court, Joe Gurley, cam paign chairman, announced Friday. Leading salesmen in the drive, which resulted in the sale of more than 2350 cards, were Jeannette Christensen, Mary Anderson, and Pete Lamb. Each of the three has been awarded a five-tube radio. Individual Awards Individual daily prizes have been awarded to the following: Nelda Christenson, Marilyn Ash ley, Les Anderson, Frances Cox, Cliff Sexsmith, Thelma Bouchet, Betty Jane Biggs, Jack Saltzman, Lou Torgeson, Bob Cherney, Walt Downey, Jean Spearow, Margaret Rawson, Loyal Lang, Bruce Car ter, Harry Rohrer, Neil Huckle berry, Mary Elizabeth Swearingen. . House Prizes ’ Living organizations which went 300 per cent in the card sales and won money orders for phonograph records at the Radio lab are Delta Gamma, Delta Upsilon, Pi Phi, Sigma Nu, Kappa Alpha Theta, Sigma Alpha Mu, Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi and Alpha Chi Omega, all $15 awards, and Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Kappa Sigma, all $10 awards. All prizes may be obtained from Bruce Hamby at the news bureau office in the upper northeast cor ridor of McArthur court. Winners are requested to call for awards as soon as possible. Former Costa Rican Leader to Stop Here f Dr. Leon Cortez, ex-president of the republic of Costa Rico and his official party will stop on the cam pus for lunch today en route to Washington, D. C., to talk with President Roosevelt. Accompany ing Dr. Cortez and his wife are Mr. Arturo Fernandez, consul gen eral for Costa Rica in the United States and Mr. William Fisher of San Francisco. Dr. Leavitt O. Wright and Mr. Anibal Vargas will act as official hosts on behalf of President Dr. Donald M. Erb. A luncheon will be given in honor of the group at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nom balais of Eugene. Mrs. Hunter Plans Tea A tea to which all alums have been invited has been arranged by Mrs. Frederick M. Hunter for 4 o’clock Monday afternoon at her / home. The members of Mortar Board will assemble at the Osburn hotel Monday afternoon for lunch. Elevator,” anc! Peggy Wright, as sistant editor of the Springfield "Sentinel,” are the new vice-pres ident and secretary. Betty Kleger, Astoria, and Virginia Hoffman, McMinnville, were last year's of ficers. Papers Judged Announcement of the contest winners will be made at 11:40 this morning, immediately before the conference adjourns. The cups which go annually to the best pub lications in various divisions will also be presented by R. C. Hall of the University press, who is chair man of the final judging. Members of Sigma Delta Chi, journalism fraternity, served as a preliminary judging committee. Conference delegates will have an opportunity to hear Palmer Hoyt, publisher of The Oregonian, at 11 o’clock in Chapman hall. He will speak on “The Place of the Newspaper in This Troubled World.” Discussions Scheduled Other features of the final ses sion this morning will be two roundtable discussions—one mim eographed paper round table in 207 Chapman, and a news and edi torial roundtable in 105 journalism. Jim Thayer and Bob Hiatt will pre side at the two tables, and follow ing both discussions queries from a question box will be answered. Serving as committee chairmen for this year’s high school press conference were: arrangements, Charles M. Hulten, assistant pro fessor of journalism; program, George Turnbull, professor of jour nalism; contests, R. C. Hall of the University press. High School Debate Marvin A. Krenk, speech division faculty member, has recently been appointed executive secretary of the Oregon High School Debate league, it was announced yester day. This appointment, which came through the authority of the gen eral, extension division of the state board of higher education, entails state-wide organization and promo tion of this year’s high school de bate program. Grades Yank King Woody From Line-Up Scholarship Heads To Decide Question Of Eligibility With Homecoming and Oregon OSC football classics staring them in the face, University students find a bombshell sitting in their lap—they have no yell king. Woody Slater, chief pep direc tor, received notification that the scholarship committee has declared him ineligible to finish his term of office because of his spring term scholastic standing. Constitution Says “No” Slater, under the terms of the ASUO constitution, was automati cally disqualified at the beginning of fall term. According to rule 3 under schol arship regulations, the constitu tion reads: “scholastic probation automatically removes a student from any such office (ASUO), and prevents him from participating in any such activities while he is on probation.” Because no action was taken to appoint his successor, Slater has continued to lead Oregon yells dur ing the first games of the season. Committee to Decide Virgil D. Earl, dean of men, de clared that Slater’s case will be taken up again today by the com mittee of scholastic standing. If they agree to let him serve during the remainder of the football sea son, he may be re-instated, Dean Earl said. The scholarship committee con sists of: J. H. Gilbert, C. L. Con stance, Louis Artau, Virgil D. Earl, W. S. Hayden, Hazel P. Schwering, L. K. Shumaker, and A. B. Stillman. Mortar Board Head Will Arrive Monday Mrs. Hamilton J. Stevens, na tional treasurer of Mortar Board, will pay her second visit to the University of Oregon when she ar rives from Pasadena Monday morn ing to inspect the local chapter and give instructions to the members. In honor of her visit, several so cial events have been scheduled. Monday afternoon a luncheon is being given for Mrs. Stevens at the home of Dean Hazel P. Schwer ing. The Three o’clock club honored Some Stuff’s birthday at its week ly meeting last night. Houseboy of 78, Now Columnist, Visits Alpha. Phi Instead of a fraternity affil iation Ted Goodwin, Sr., of Prineville pledges his loyalty to Alpha Phi sorority. Goodwin, who was house boy for the Al pha Phis in 1918-19, returned last night to be special dinner guest of Janet Goresky and Eloise Gunn. After dinner he related stories of his college days and his var ied experiences in the newspaper world. In addition to duties as pastor of the First Baptist church he writes a weekly news column, “Right From the Heart,” and also conducts “The Prine ville Hour,” a tri-weekly news broadcast from Bend. Half-Time Stunt Remains Secret Oregon Traditions Will Be Observed For Homecoming A stunt tor between halves of the Oregon-UCLA game, Saturday, November 9, and various attrac tions are being planned for Home coming, 1940 style, according to the campus promotion committee, a sub-committee of the Homecom ing publicity body. The committee, consisting of Annette Turn, Jane Hochuli, and Don Belding, will work with the rally group in planning the stunt, the details of which are as yet a secret. Members of Order of the O, let termen’s honorary, will aid the committee in preserving some neglected Oregon traditions: walk ing around and not over the Ore gon seal, keeping off the senior bench if one is not a senior, and the “hello walk” tradition. Signs advertising Homecoming have been placed around the cam pus and downtown, the committee announced and there will be more to follow. Ode to OHSPA High school papers by the ton Today are being scanned By lots of prep school journalists At work on every hand. In view of all the scrutiny We’ll be subjected to, We sure hope that the Emerald’s Mistakes today are few. —J.W.S. A new department at the Uni versity of Georgia will teach all phases of dramatic and theatrical activity. Poll Shows Demand For Slater By JEAN SPEAROW Woody Slater, Oregon’s peppy yell king, is ineligible. Spring term got Woody and knocked his grades for a triple loop. So, by all school standards of eligibility, Oregon is without a cheer leader. But . . . there is a game—the Oregon-Oregon State game—com ing up November 30. The tradition al blood enemies will stage their annual Dogpatch - Skunk Hollow type of feud and the Ducks will need a cheerleader who can ac count for plenty of noise. So another chunk of campus opinion has been polled with the following varied results. The ques tion was: Should Woody Slater be allowed to continue as cheer leader until after the Oregon State game, even though ineligible on account of grades? Leone La Duke: “I’m all for keeping him till after the Oregon State game, but what can you do . . . gosh!’’ Connie Averill: “I think it’s a shame, but for his own good may be they ought to try and make him study. But I certainly wish they'd leave him on until after the Oregon State game.” Jim Bailey: “I think he's an ex cellent yell king and his loss is going to be felt. I don’t think they should make any exceptions to the rule, though. But they’d better find a darned good substitute for the Oregon State game.” Hank Evans: “I'd rather see Woody in there than anyone else. It's too bad about his grades but we need him for the Oregon State game.” Phil Burco: “Sure, I think they need him but if he can't, then he just can’t.” Steve Worth: “Woody’s given a lot for his school for three years. Leave him on till after the Oregon State game.” Bob Flavelle: “If he’s ineligible scholastically, he’s ineligible . . . and the Oregon State game doesn’t make a darn bit of difference.” Betty Sevier: “The scholastic rule sets a definite standard for eligibility and I don’t believe that rule should be broken even though I do think he’s the best yell leader we could possibly get.’’ Corrine Wignes: "I think they ought to leave him in there until after the Oregon State game. Woody’s worked hard to get that position.’’ Bob Hiatt: “I think he’s prob ably the best yell leader in school but if he’s ineligible he has no business in there.” Frank Meek: “For the welfare of the University I think ' they should delay the step until after the OSC game.” Dorothy Ellingworth: “We would be in a jackpot if he quit now.” Betty Mae Lind: “If he can stay in through football season — hur ray!” Adele Canada: “The rule should have been enforced before football season—not just oefore homecom ing.” I Tuesday Set For Release Of Directory More Copies Made To Avoid Shortage Of Earlier Years The “Piggers’ Guide,” Oregon's) classical, classified “Who's Who” will be distributed Tuesday, ac cording to Helen Angell, copy ed itor of the 1940 directory. Kwama and Skull and Dagger, sophomore service honoraries, will distribute the books in living or ganizations. Booths will be estab lished at the Co-op and in the Side, Miss Angell said. “Pigger’s Guides” will cost 25 cents. Because of a shortage of direc tories last year, Miss Angell said that a greater number of (hem has been printed this time. The Guide will contain the name, campus address, phone number, home address and major of each student at the University, both graduate and undergraduate. Fac ulty members and campus living organizations will also be listed. Advertising for the Guide was solicited by George Mackin from merchants in both Portland and Eugene. 1 In previous years, educational activities department officials ex plained, the guide has been man aged by one person, who has taken care of both advertising and copy. The present plan of dividing the responsibility was designed by Ac tivities Manager George Root to speed up production and increase efficiency. Kappa Kappa Gamma Wins Radio Contest Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, captained by Virginia James, won top honors in the second edition of “Collegiate Quiz,” heard over KOAC last night. Betty Plankinton carried away individual scoring honors in the contest, surpassing her nearest man opponent by two points out of a total of five. The Kappas, represented by Kay Thompson, Virginia James and Betty Plankinton, outguessed their Phi Delta Theta opponents by a safe margin. This is the second time in as many weeks that the men contestants have been on the losing end of the quiz. Ted Holmes, Les Ready and Pete Igoe were the Phi Delt repre sentatives. Igoe and Ready tied for high scoring honors for the men. Doris Durfee and Duke Young produce and present this half hour student program which originates in the new KOAC remote-control studio on the University campus. Lutheran Students Plan Coast Retreat A coast retreat is planned this weekend by the Lutheran student association, Lois Nordling, general chairman, said last night. The re treat will be held near Florence. Part of the group will leave to day at 12:30 p.m. from the YWCA bungalow, Miss Nordling said. The rest will leave tomorrow morning (Sunday) at 6:15 a.m. Committees named are: Roy Vernstrom and John Lund, devo tions; Elmer Olson, finances; Lyle Jacobsen and Dorothy Gustafson, entertainment; Marlin Nelson and Cliff Matson, transportation; and Gladys McNutt, Doris McMindes, Dot Lou Simonsen and Evelyn Johnson, food. Accompanying the students will be Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard Fedde of Eugene, Hallock’s Letter . October 2.r>, 1010 Lyle M. Nelson, Editor The Oregon Daily Emerald Journalism Building Dear Mr. Nelson: At the freshman elass nomination assembly Wednesday evening, October 2d, I was nominated for the presidency of that group. As an indication of disgust for the present political trends, T desire to announce through your columns that it is not. my wish to run for this office. Please consider this letter formal notice of declination, removing therefore the last obstacle in the paths of politicians running the lives of non-thinking freshmen. This decision was not reached after a conference with bosses or overlords. If was reached upon realizing, Ihrongh recent Emerald editorials, lmw gullible most freshmen tended to be. Respectfully, TED IT A BLOCK, Zeta Hall Float Partners To Unite 'Efforts Late Fraternities Refuse to Accept Assigned Partners By 1511.1, FENDALI; Forty-one living groups will i unite to build 20 noise floats for the Friday night parade during Homecoming weekend as a result of yesterday’s drawing in the Side by group representatives, George Makin, noise parade chairman, an nounced last night. The representative from one house who arrived too late for the drawing scheduled for 4 o’ clock, refused to team up with an independent living organization that had been added after being accidently left out of the 4 o’clock drawing. A redrawing was de manded by the lone house repre sentative, witnesses asserted, so that the house might have a chance to draw another partner. Against I-eaving Committee officials ruled against the second drawing leaving further action concerning this entry until later. “You can count us out!” the rep resentative from another house claimed, who had not arrived at the drawing on time, after finding no sororities were left in the hat. The following remaining men’s and women’s living organizations on the campus were listed together in producing noise floats: Pairs Listed Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Phi; Campbell and Kirkwood with Al pha Omicron Pi; Chi Psi, Kappa Alpha Theta; Delta Tau Delta, University house; Delta Upsilon, Alpha Gamma Delta; Kappa Sig ma Chi Omega; Phi Delta Theta, Pi Beta Phi; Phi Gamma Delta, Delta Delta Delta; Phi Sigma Kap pa, Gamma Phi Beta; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Kappa; Sigma Nu, Zeta Tau Alpha; Sigma Phi Ep silon, Alpha Chi; Theta Chi, Alpha Delta Pi; Sigma and Zeta halls with Alpha Xi Delta; Sherry Ross, Omega and Gamma halls with Su san Campbell; Alpha and Hen dricks halls with Pi Kappa Alpha; Yeomen and Omega with Delta Gamma. Beck Will Address Psychology Group Dr. Lester F. Beck, associate professor of psychology, is sched uled to speak as a member of a panel at a meeting of the Oregon Mental Hygiene society Tuesday evening in Portland. The panel will discuss the question, “Who Is In sane and Why?" This is one of the topics of the 1940 lecture scries sponsored by the society. The general subject for all panels is “The Psychology of Personal Adjustment." Smiths Leading, Guide Reveals; Johnsons Close Can the Smiths be slipping? Well yes, numerically speaking at any rate. The new Piggers’ Guide sets the count at 32, nine less than last year. The Smith superiority of numbers, howevej-, is closely contested by the Johnson forces at 30, an increase of one over last year. The Wilsons numerous, but def initely in third place , number 23. The Jones boys, and gals, haven’t a chance with 21 Andersons, 20 Browns, and 20 Millers between them and third place. Four James Wilsons and three Mary Smiths offer a good oppor tunity for some interesting confu sion, but careful attention to ad dresses furnished by the Piggers’ Guide may help in some cases. Lyle Nelson is pleased to learn that he has a namesake to whom he can direct any irate Emerald reader while he thinks up a good answer or goes into hibernation. Music School Plans Weekly Broadcasts George Hopkins, professor of piano, will be the featured soloist on a weekly program to be heard each Monday night at 8 o’clock over station KOAC, Corvallis, it was revealed last night by Dr. Theodore Kratt, dean of the Uni versity of Oregon music school, which sponsors a number of musi cal quarter-hours over the state owned station. Mr. Hopkins has composed an original melody which he will use as a theme song for his weekly quarter-hour. On Monday night, October 28, his program will con sist of Chopin’s “Ballade in A Flat,” Brahms’ arrangement of Gluck’s "Gavotte,” and Respighi’s “Nocturne.” Phyllis Taylor, pianist, will play at 8:30 Monday night. Her selec tions will be “Sparks” by Mosz kowski, MacDowell's arrangement of Bach’s “Gigue,” and “Evening Song” by Mendelssohn. AAUW Food Group To Serve Japanese Dinner at Meeting The foreign foods group of the American Association of Univer sity Women will study Japanese food and culture at its meeting Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, assistant dean of women, is in charge of the program, and she will be assisted by Michi Yasui, member of Phi Chi Theta and resident of Susan Campbell, and Midori Funataki, a freshman at Hilyard house. A din ner of sukiyaki will be served to all. t Independent Steps Down From Race Only One Name For Each Office Remains on Ticket Tod Hallock last night formally withdrew from the race for presi dent of the freshman class when he issued a statement of declina tion to run. The statement is print ed in today's Emerald. Hallock was nominated at the freshman assembly last Wednes day and was the only independent in the race. His withdrawal leaves only one nominee for each office in the class. Hallock termed his withdrawal "an indication of disgust for the present political trends” and the “removing of the last obstacle in the paths of politicians running the lives of non-thinking fresh men.” He could not be reached for any further statement of plans last night. 'Harvest' Slated For Wednesday First French Film Scheduled Twice In Chapman Hall Against the backdrop of Eur ope’s war-wrecked villages is staged the unusual film, “Har vest,” Oregon’s first French movie of the year which is slated for a one-day showing here Wednesday. Two performances of the movie will be given in Chapman hall, loom 207; one at 4 in the after noon and the second at 8 o’clock p.m. No ordinary movie is this picture of peasant life on the soil of Pro vence. Critics have lauded the film, an adaptation from Jean Giono’s French novel, “Regain,” for its po etic reality. Told convincingly but without any “arty” effects is the story of a primitive man and wo man, of their growth in relation to each other, to the barren soil they make yield, to the deserted village they make live again. Time magazine, in reporting the first showing of the film in this country, calls “Harvest” an “un arty picture” told "with great art” and the New York Times, the same season, called it a story with great understanding and one which wins a genuine “atmospheric authen ticity.” Tickets for "Harvest's” one-day showing are now on sale at the Cp-op. Admission charge is 25 cents. Tickets purchased can be used for either afternoon or eve ning performance. Wesley Club Head To Address Council Rev. Charles E. Funk, director of Wesley club, will speak Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. before the University student religious coun cil. Reverend Funk, who is adviser to the council, will also lead a dis cussion on “A Student’s Religion.” The meeting will be In the West minster house. The Religious council, composed of students from all faiths, invites any interested students to attend. Ann Dean, council president, will be in charge of the meeting. Paul ine Pengra and Cliff Matson are in charge of music and devotions. | - NOTICE Wrestlers report to Ray Foster Monday at 4 p.m. in wrestling I room of the PE building.