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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1940
NUMBER 40
Students Will
Revise ASUO
Constitution
Students Vote on
Change in Laws
At School Election
What thf» Executive Committee
Did:
1. Appointed George Luoma
and Wendell Wyatt to w ork
with Johji Cavanagh in
getting together several neces
sary changes in the ASUO con
stitution to be presented to a
student body election.
2. Voted to ask Skull and Dag
ger to handle the announcements,
etc. of the speaker's committee
for such drives as Salvation
Army, Red Cross, and Christmas
Seals.
3. Appointed Frances Cox and
4 Gloria Difford to organize the
student body office force.
Two law school students, George
Luoma and Wendell Wyatt, were
appointed to work with ASUO
Vice-President John Cavanagh on
proposed revisions in the ASUO
constitution, at the regular weekly
meeting of the executive committee
yesterday.
The three students will draw up
amendments to the constitution to
be presented to the student body
at an all school election early next
term.
Skull and Dagger, sophomore
men’s honorary, will be asked to
handle all announcements for the
speaker's committee, the executive
committee decide d. Announce
ments concerning the various cam
pus drives, etc. will be handled by
this group.
The committee also appointed
Frances Cox and Gloria Difford to
begin organization of the new stu
dent body office force in McArthur
court in the only other business of
the day.
Oregon Songs
On Sale Today
Sales of music books containing
three comparatively new Oregon
songs will begin in living organiza
tions today under the direction of
the Kwamas, according to Eleanor
Sederstrom, chairman of the com
mittee.
The first song in the book,
“Fight on for Oregon,” was com
posed by Leslie Irvin who attended
( Oregop last year, and it is hoped
that the profit of the sale of the
book can be given partly to him
so that he may continue school.
Pat Keller of the rally committee
is asking students to learn these
new songs before the game on Sat
urday afternoon so that they can
be sung during the game and they
will be used to serenade Oregon
State if Oregon wins.
“I think they’re good songs,”
said Pat, “and they should help the
rooting spirit, if the students will
just buy the books and learn the
songs before the game.”
Wesley House Tea
Will Feature Exhibits
Of Chinese Goods
The initial showing of the “Shop
* of China,” a bazaar of Chinese im
ported goods, will be the main fea
ture of the tea to be given from
3 to 5 p.m. today at Wesley house.
There have been 75 invited
guests. In keeping with the theme
of the tea, Chinese food will be
served.
Wardeen Hadley is general
chairman of the tea.
This Chinese display will be at
Wesley house each afternoon for
a week. Everyone is extended an
invitation by Wesley foundation.
All articles are for sale. December
5 and 6 a table of Chinese goods
will be in the co-op and on the
7th at the public market.
/
Crossing the Bar
So the law school’s got another
bench. 1
Well, they didn’t use their head.
They should have been more prac
tical,
And put a- soap box there instead.
—J.W.S.
IN 'SQUARE'
Jerry Lakefish, Oregon actor,
who will ap[>ear as Mr. Throstle
in the Guild theater’s forthcom
ing production of “Berkeley
Square.”
Guild Theater
Stars Lakefish
In Production
'Berkeley Square'
Opens December 4
At Johnson Hall
Jerry Lakefish will appear as
Mr. Throstle in the Guild Theater’s
forthcoming production, “Berkeley
Square,” December 4, 5, 6, and 7,
under the direction of Mrs. Ottillie
Seybolt, head of the drama divi
sion.
Lakefish will be remembered for
his portrayal of Quillery, the rad
ical Frenchman in last season’s
production, “Idiot’s Delight,” and
his caricature of of a cockney sol
dier in “The Terrible Meek.”
In addition to numerous support
ing parts in University productions,
he has had a varied experience off
the campus. He has been in Port
land Civic Theater plays, and
broadcasted with the Baker Play
ers on KOIN.
“Berkeley Square,” is a costume
fantasy set in modern and colonial
times. It tells the story of a young
American who goes to London to
take the title to his ancestor’s man
sion at Berkeley Square. While
looking through old diaries, and
letters belonging to hib deceased
ancestors, he is whisked to the past
in which he finds himself living
among them. He falls in love, and
the suspense mounts. To use a well
known critic's expression “One is
continually dancing on eggs that
never break.”
The cast includes a new cast of
Guild Theater players: Ed Burten
shaw, Jeanette Harbert, Helene
Parsons, Betty F i k s d a 1, Jerry
Lakefish, Betty Jane Quigley, Pat
Taylor, Gene Edwards, Parker Mc
Neil, Trudy Harland, Ray Dickson,
Don Hargis, and Jean Harper.
The box office at Johnson hall
will open December 27. Tickets are
now being sold by Bundles for
Britain who are sponsoring the pre
miere.
bcxmmies, Kirkwood
Photos Scheduled
Kirkwood co-op and Sigma Al
pha Mu fraternity members will
be photographed at Kennell-Ellis
studio today for the Oregana. The
schedule for the remainder of the
pictures is as follows: Phi Sigma
Kappa, Thursday; Pi Kappa Al
pha, Friday; Sigma Kappa, Mon
day; Yeomen, Tuesday; all unaf
filiated seniors, Wednesday.
All students, in houses or other
organizations, who have not had
their Oregana picture taken,
should go to the studio before next
Wednesday, which is the deadline.
Pauline Pengra Gets
Vice-President's Post
Pauline Pengra was elected vice
president of Orides, organization
for independent women, Monday
night. She will succeed Carol Bird
who resigned last week.
A music major, and junior at
the University, Miss Pengra is
also in charge of the Orides cho
rus, organized for the first time
this year, and has served as pro
gram chairman for the indepen
dent group.
Filing System
Mag Be Used
For Activities
Board to Consider
Committee's Five
Recommendations
Containing five specific recom
mendations for use on the Oregon
campus, an activity card file report
has been submitted to the educa
tional activities board for its con
sideration and approval. The activ
ity card file system, which is de
signed to compile an accurate and
complete record of all activities
in which each student participates
during his University career, will
be an' innovation so far as this
University is concerned.
Busterud Chairman
With John Busterud, sophomore
in law, as chairman, assisted by
Cynthia Canfield and Marian Allen,
also sophomores, a committee has
been active for the past month in
conducting research of the system
as practised on other campuses.
After an exhaustive analysis the
committee has made the following
recommendations:
1. A colored card, 5 inches by 8
inches, with a different color for
each of the four classes, shall be
used in the file system, with a stu
dent keeping the same card each
year.
2. The ASUO shall sponsor and
be nominal head of the system,
with the educational activities de
partment in direct administration.
8. Freshman girls and boys in
terested in activities shall keep
files in order with a sophomore
student, preferably, in charge of
the work.
4. The cards will list all activ
ities engaged in by students. At the
end of a temporary committee job,
or after a permanent activity is
well under way, it will be listed on
the student’s card. There will be
no arbitrary appraisal of the stu
dent’s work by the committee
chairmen.
5. Questionnaires, Issued at reg
istration, must be collected before
students will be considered reg
istered.
According to George Luoma,
assistant educational activities
manager, the files will be open to
all campus organizations for refer
ence and will probably be of great
aid in future committee appoint
ments.
Luoma also commended the effi
cient and concise work done by
Busterud and his committee in
their research and recommenda
tions.
Graduate Students
Plan Organization
Questionnaires are being dis
tributed to graduate students this
week to determine if they want
an organization of their own and
what kind would interest them.
Lynn Hutchinson, graduate in
education, is temporary chairman
of the group sponsoring the move
ment. Preliminary meetings have
been held since their organization
this fall, and Barney Bybee and
Frank Larsell, graduates in psy
chology and English respectively,
prepared the questionnaire.
One of the principal purposes is
to act as a criticizing group of
the present graduate setup.
Each department is distributing
the questionnaires to all students
registered in school with graduate
studaning. The sheets may also be
obtained at the psychology depart
ment in Condon hall between 2 and
4 p.m. They should be returned by
November 29.
Geologists to Attend
Willamette Meeting
Thursday Evening
Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of
the geology and geography depart
ment, and Dr. Lloyd W. Staples,
geology instructor, plan to attend
a meeting of the branch chapter
of the Geological Society of the
Oregon Country, Thursday eve
ning. The meeting will feature the
installation of officers and is to be
held on the Willamette university
campus.
EASY ON THE DOWN BEAT
A new “senior bench” adorned campus grounds In front of the law school yesterday. Pictured above,
Bill Robert, left, and Pat Erickson, right, help Bill Decker to a “gentle” seat. Say law school students:
“This bench is for law school seniors only!”
Position Filled
By Ted Harmon
Managing Editor,
New Oregana Post,
Chosen by Bishop
Ted Harmon, sophomore in jour
nalism, has been appointed to fill
the newly created Oregana position
of managing editor, according to
Wilbur Bishop, Oregana editor.
Harmon was organization copy edi
tor before receiving his new ap
pointment.
In reference to the establishment
of the new position Bishop stated,
“The need for a managing editor
was felt by previous Oregana
staffs but nothing was done about
it. I know that our staffs in the
past have been loosely organized
and inefficient as a group—it has
been too much of a one-man staff.
It is my purpose this year, not only
to put out a good Oregana, but to
establish an efficient organiza
tion.’’
Bishop also announced the ap
pointment of Eleanor Beck, Port
land, as one of the two executive
secretaries for the 1941 Oregana.
Miss Beck will divide the secre
tarial duties with Doris Murphy.
Neil Koch, Eugene, was appoint
ed subdivision editor last week and
will edit the law school section in
the Oregana. The Lemon Punch,
traditional humor section of the
yearbook, will again be put under
the charge of co-editors with J.
Wesley Sullivan and Pat Erickson
in joint control of the features and
jokes.
Editor Bishop remarked in con
clusion, “Laurita Christofferson,
dependable secretary on three pre
vious Oreganas, is going an ex
cellent job in her position as assist
ant editor of the 1941 book.”
The Oregana staff will be given
a final revision the first week in
January, according to the editor.
Tickets on Sale
Tickets for the Oregon-Ore
gon State game must be pur
chased by presenting student
body cards at the ticket office in
McArthur court and paying
$1.10.
As there will be no booth at
Corvallis, students are urged to
attend to this as soon as pos
sible, according to Anse Cornell,
graduate athletic manager. The
regular price of the game is
$2.20 but those holding ASUO
cards receive admission, for half
price.
Voice Majors
To Broadcast
A new series of programs—one
of the many given by University
of Oregon music school students
each week over station KOAC,
Corvallis—will be given each Wed
nesday evening by voice students of
Sigurd Nilssen, former Metropol
itan star and now professor of
voice here.
Evenson Featured
On Wednesday night at 8
o’clock, Oberlin Evenson, baritone
from Clatskanie, will sing a pro
gram made up entirely of Ameri
can songs. Selections will include
“Gypsy John” by Clay, “Jeanie
With the Light Brown Hair” by
Fosters, “Cato’s Advice” by Huhn,
and “When I Have Sung My
Songs” by Ernest Charles.
Tuesday’s Programs
There will be two programs on
Tuesday night. At 8 o’clock, Hal
Young, professor of voice, will
sing a program including “One
Who Has Yearned Alone” by
Tschaifcowski, “The Last Hour”
by Kramer, and “Die Lotosblume”
by Schumann. At 8:30 p.m., a pro
gram of harp music will be given
by Doris Helen Calkins, professor
of harp. A program of string en
semble music will be heard from
8 to 8:30 Friday night.
Campus Radio Room
One of Best on Coast
By BOB WHITF.LY
Professor Don E. Hargis is
mighty proud of his radio station.
Tew Oregonians realize that right
here on our campus is one of the
finest equipped radio stations in
the Pacific Northwest.
Of course there are no uniformed
pages to take you around and see
the numerous studios like they
have in Radio City, ’cause there is
only one main broadcasting room,
but as far as equipment goes, it’s
second to none.
The broadcasting room is heav
ily soundproofed and insulated.
Even the most minute of sounds
is picked up on the super-sensitive
microphones. You can’t even en
joy a piece of gum, ’cause over the
air it sounds like the waves beat
ing against the Prom at Seaside.
Broadcast Through KOAC
Although the station does not
send direct to Eugene, each Thurs
day and Friday nights programs
are given through the state owned
station KOAC, Corvallis, and then
they are relayed back to Eugene.
The control room is a maze of de
tectors, instruments and micro
phones. There is even a complete
recording system to play records
•for sound effects. If one would
want a sound effect for a train
wreck, just look it up in the cata
log, and there you have it—com
plete with accompanying moans
and groans.
Equipment Latest
Noted radio technicians have
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Dads Provide
Life Privileges
$1 Subscription
Asked in Drive
Of Parents' Group
Approved at the last meeting of
the Oregon Dads’ association, set
in motion by President J. F. Riesch
and Ed F. Averill, secretary of
the dads’ society, a movement is in
progress among dads of Oregon
students to set up a life member
ship organization, according to
Dean Karl W. Onthank, executive
secretary of the group.
In the notice sent to every one
of the 3,000 or more Oreg6n dads,
the fact was emphasized that mem
bership in good standing did not
require the payment of the asked
for $1 contribution, but with the
contribution comes a card repre
senting life-long organization
membership.
350 Contribute
Dean Onthank reports that about
350 have sent in their contributions
so far, signifying their desire to be
on the life membership roll.
Through the cooperation of stu
dents in contacting their fathers
this number may soon be swelled,
Dean Onthank believes, and hopes
that students will take an interest
in helping build this new organiza
tion.
The purpose of the dads’ group,
as set forth in the general notice
sent to Oregon dads by their offi
cers, is “to cooperate with the Uni
versity in its efforts to provide
training that will fit our boys and
girls for useful citizenship.”
Law School to Hear
Austrian Judge Talk
The second in the series of lec
tures sponsored by the Phi Delta
Phi law school honorary will fea
ture Dr. Walter Konirsch, former
Austrian judge, who will speak to
the law students at 4 p.m. Wednes
day, November 27.
Dr. Konirsch, a recognized schol
ar in the field of Roman law, will
discuss the influence of the Roman
law on English common law. Mem
bers of the law school student body
are invited to attend the lecture
in Fenton hall, room 307.
Students Get Cuts
In Magazine Rates
Campus living groups will be con
tacted tonight to inform students
of a special Saturday Evening
Post collegiate campaign which is
being conducted by Jay Stott of
the University magazine bureau, a
senior in business administration.
Students will be able to get their
Saturday Evening Posts at a spe
cial rate for six months If they
subscribe by November 30. Sub
scribers will receive 26 issues of
the Post from December 11 to
June 4.
Turke y Day Fills
Infirmary With
Eleven Patients
The annual post mortems for
Thanksgiving have been steadily
rolling into the campus infirm
ary since classes have once again
started.
Ray Packouz, Dick Tgle and
company are now "knowed” as
the degree boys. They have just
invented a new system where
they measure each other’s colds
by the scientific method. What
fun!
Thanksgiving vacation proved
a boon to infirmary stock this
week as Monday closed with a
strong 11 patients. They Include
a various array of Oregon talent
starting with: Corrine Pritchard,
Jeanne Lehman, Mary Elizabeth
Davidson, Milly Edwards, Sue
Piel, Ruth Wilson, Marvin Chris
ty, John DeSassise, Dick Igle,
Ray (K.O.) Packouz, and Phil
Osborne.
Bob Keen Calls
Senior Meeting
Thursday Night
Dance or Variety
Show Question Will
Face Organization
Seniors will meet in Villard hall
Thursday night to decide whether
they will sponsor the annual dance
or a variety show this year, accord
ing to Bob Keen, senior class presi
dent. If the variety show is given,
the script, continuity, and music
will be written by an outstanding
band leader who has written sev
eral Oregon songs. His name will
be disclosed after the dance-show
issue is decided, says Keen.
Campus Talent
Talent would be gleaned from
all over the campus for the show.
Including a glee club and a 40
piece orchestra, It would compare
to the Masque and Wig shows put
on by Princeton, Keen further de
clared.
The seniors are prepared to
spend a large amount of money
for either the show or dance, and
if they decide on the dance, which
has been one of the big affairs of
the school in years past, they will
try to get a big-name orchestra,
Either of the events will be held
in McArthur court sometime dur
ing winter term.
A uniform constitution will also
be brought up for adoption at the
senior meeting Thursday night.
Class cards will not be required for
entrance to the meeting.
Lecture Series Lists
Austrian Ex-Jurist
As a preview to the regular ad
dress, Walter Konirsch, the former
Austrian jurist, will give an ad
dress this afternoon at 4:00 p.m.
in 307 Fenton hall on “The Influ
ence of Roman Law on English
Common Law.” This speech is for
students, faculty, and friends who
are interested in law, political sci
ence and along the lines of a more
technical discussion than his
speech to be delivered on Thursday
in Friendly hall “Administration
of Justice in Germany.” The Thurs
day speech will be one that a gen
eral audience can enjoy while this
afternoon’s spe.ech is especially for
those interested in a technical dis
cussion on law.
This is the second of the series
of lectures presented by the Uni
versity lecture series. Mr. Rudoll
Ernst of the English department
is chairman of the University se
ries here on the campus.
Radio Group Slates
Professor's Play
“The House That W?s Nevei
Built,” a play written by Associat*
Professor D. D. Gage of the B.A
school and adapted for radio bj
Don Hargis, will be presented to
night by a group from Tau Delts
Chi, men’s business administratioi
honorary, from 7:30 to 8 over th<
regular Wednesday night B.A
school program.
Student Rally
Will Arouse
UQ Thursday
ASOSC President,
Payne Will Speak;
Houses to Perform
Gerlinger hall rafters will shake
as the Webfoots get on the rally
boat in a pep assembly in the wo
men's building assembly-gymna
sium Thursday morning at 11
o’clock.
Plans formulated now for the
program by Les Anderson and
Bette Morfitt, assembly chair
men, include appearances by Ore
gon State College’s Student Body
President Doug Chambers, Earle
Russell, yell king, and Tiger Payne,
ASUO president.
The yell king's contribution to
the program will be three new
yells which he will lead in prepara
tion for the Oregon State game
Saturday.
Assembly leaders plan again to
call on six houses to perform in
formally in the program. These
six houses will be called on from
the assembly floor and asked to do
one of three things in response.
The six houses are Theta Chi,
Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Tau
Omega, Kappa Sigma, Zeta Tau
Alpha, and Pi Kappa Alpha. The
three things which they may be
called on to do will be to sing
either their sweetheart song, the
Oregon Pledge song, or ‘“As I Sit
and Dream at Evening.”
Other numbers on the program
are being arranged for but are not
definite as yet, Miss Morfitt and
Anderson report. But they urge
students to be in their seats in
Gerlinger early to avoid having to
stand for the program.
W.H.B. Willcox
Repeats Talk
W. R. B. Willcox, professor
emeritus of architecture, will give
a talk on “Louis Sullivan, prophet
of modern architecture,” Wednes
day evening in 207 Chapman hall.
Starting at 7:30 p.m., the lecture
will be illustrated with slides.
This is the same speech that Pro
fessor Willcox gave to a large
group in the Portland art museum,
a week and a half ago.
According to faculty members of
the University architecture school,
the talk in Portland received wide
publicity and Professor Willcox is
repeating his lecture at the insist
ent requests of many Oregon stu
dents and Eugene townspeople.
Sullivan was the first prominent
architect to break away from the
conventional methods of copying
old European architecture styles.
He was censored severely for this,
but his work, done near the turn
of the century, still stands as a
model for modern architectural
trends.
Bible Study Group
Will Meet at the YW
With Dr. Branton
Dr. J. R. Branton’s Bible discus
sion group will meet this af
ternoon at 4 o'clock in the YW
Bungalow.
Although the Bible study group
did not meet the Wednesday pre
ceding Thanksgiving because of
conflicting events, students will
continue to meet regularly every
Wednesday afternoon for instruc
tion from now on.
Mrs. E. E. DeCou, executive sec
retary of the YW, stated, “This
group is becoming one of the most
popular of all the many activities.
We wish to impress on the minds
of the students that everyone is
always welcome — boys and girl3
alike.”
Loans Due Friday
Loans taken at registration for
two months are due this week.
They may be repaid at windows 1
and 2 on the second floor of John
. son hall.
All loans issued this term must
! be paid back before registration
material for next term will be is
sued.