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SPORTS: Staters to Play Webfoot Five Again Tonight M. H.DOUGLASS ! U.O.LIBRARY VOLUME XLII UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1941 NUMBER f>G PRESS CONFERENCE . . . Minety Journalists Register for Meet Annual Conference Draws Men From All Parts of State to Discuss Problems, New Developments in Field of Journalism By NEVA HAIGHT Ninety newspapermen registered today for the twenty-third annual Oregon Press conference. The first session of the conference at 9:45 in the journalism building brought together publishers, editors and writers from ail over the state to discuss problems and developments in the journalism field. President of the conference, W. Verne McKinney, co-published of the Hillsboro Argus, was head of the opening sessions and appointed the CONFEREES Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the Oregonian, active OXI’A member M ho totok part in yesterday’s panel discussion. W. Verne McKinney, Hillsboro Argus, press conference head, .» Roy Brown, president of the Na tional Editorial association, will spealc on “Selling the Home-Town * Newspaper" today in his capacity as publisher of the San Rafael (California) Independent. Giies French, Sherman County Journal, ON PA president. following committees: nomina tions — Lars Bladine, McMinnville Telephone-Register, chairman; Wallace Sprague, Salem States man; Douglas Millarky, Burns Times-Herald. Resolutions: Sheldon F. Sackett, Coos Bay Times, chairman; Hugh Ball, Hood River News; Thomas Nelson, Junction City Times; and Donald J. Sterling, Oregon Jour nal. Necrology: Elmer Maxey, Springfield News, chairman; Hen ry N. Fowler, Bend Bulletin; and Hugh McGilvree, Forest Grove News-Times. French Appoints Giles L. French, president of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers’ association, appointed on the reso lutions committee for the ONPA, E. R. Aldrich, Pendleton East Ore gonian, chairman; Lars Bladine, McMinnville Telephone - Register; and Merle Chessman, Astorian Budget. At the convention banquet given last night, Dean Wayne L. Morse of the law school praised the work done by newspapers in support of the Fair Labor Standards act, and predicted that laborers and em ployers would make great strides in the next 12 months toward more stable labor conditions. Draft Act Explained Lieut.-Col. Elmer V. Wooton, state director of selective service, explained the workings of the sys tem and complimented newspapers on their work in explaining the ruling to the public at a luncheon held at noon at the Anchorage. Speakers in morning sessions included Richard B. Dudman, Palo Alto, Calif., associate in the Front (Please turn to paije four) CONSTITUTION Independents Outline New Organization Woodruff Declares 'Six-Man Council' Class Government A “six-man council” type of government will guide the “new frosh class,” now being organized by independent forces on the cam pus, Chuck Woodruff, independent leader, said yesterday. In describing the plan Woodruff said that it was “patterned after the type used with success in Cali fornia, midwestern, and eastern schools.” It has been found par ticularly successful at the Univer sity of Minnesota, he said. Council Elected The council will be elected from the class as a whole, and council members will elect officers within itself. It will be composed of the six candidates receiving the high est number of votes in an election, which will be open to all persons recognized as freshmen by the University. Candidates for the council must comply with the same rules that govern other ASUO offices, such as scholarship regulations and years in school. They will nominate' themselves, however, Woodruff said, in explaining features of the plan new to Oregon. Examination Set An examination will be conduct ed over Gregg's Parliamentary Law and tpe principles of student government about a week before nominations. Anyone will be eligi ble to take this test. Those who pass will be eligible for nomina tion. Classmen will vote for three can didates under a preferential voting system. No fee will be charged for voting privileges. 'Boughing' to WSC I hate to comment on the game, But I guess that I should try. “The Cougars came from out the north And made the tall fir fly.” —J. W. S. They Whittle While They Work Singers Hobbies Vary By MILDRED WILSON On the stage they may seem to be enormous, awe-inspiring individuals, just a few minutes removed from the battlefield, and perhaps prone to such hobbies as collecting red Russian beards — but investigation finds that the Don Cossacks who will sing at McArthur court next Tuesday evening, really have comparative ly mild pastimes. For instance, if you happen to talk to Wassily Flustikoff he is apt to whip a camera out of his pocket and snap your picture (probably with your mouth open). Flustikoff is a Russian candid camera fiend. Jean Beresoff Then, possibly, Jean Beresoff may invite you to join him in a game of four-handed Russian soli taire which he originated and de veloped—and which only he under stands. As yet there hasn’t been a real game played because no one but Beresoff can grasp its finer points — and there is even doubt about Beresoff. On the more serious and in tellectual side Micheal Bojanoff writes for his relaxation, in fact is master of 22 languages—and Eugene Gabayeff collects stones from all over the world as a geol ogical avocation. Vladmir Lazarev Vladmir Lazarev, the artist of the group, does charcoal carica tures of his comrades and unusual faces he notices while traveling. Thoroughbred horses are the main interest in the life of Akim Teri choff, who keeps a complete and up-to-date scrapbook on the sub ject. As a group the thirty-four gi gantic Cossacks are addicted to a game of Russian dice which they play for such stakes as but tons, cigarettes and pictures of pretty girls. Serge Jaroff Probably the most startling pastime of all belongs to the dim inutive choirmaster, Serge Jaroff. He whittles. Nothing creative— no modernistic figures, trees, an imals or doll chairs. Just simple, old-fashioned whittling which, al though it may appear rather pur poseless, is extremely relaxing, ac cording to Jaroff. A medium sized slab of wood usually lasts him about a week. BOB, THE BROTHER OF BING On Friday, the night of January 17, Bob Crosby and his Bobcats, Dixie swing band, will supply the music for the Senior ball. The dance is the first formal of this term and the last class of ’41 social function. Both Bob and Brother Bing spent their boyhood in Spokane. DIXIELAND BAND LEADER . . . ’Glam our Boy 'Crosby Balks at Nicknames DISCUSSIONS Dean Announces Lecture Series Early Winter Term Slated for Love/ Marriage Speakers Another “love and marriage” series of lectures, to be given early this term, was announced yester day by Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel. The lectures will last over a per iod of three weeks, and there will also be discussion groups held af ter the lectures. Last year these lectures were also given. Faculty members and authorities on the subject spoke to the students and then the students held discussion groups in their houses. Miss Billie Christensen is the student chairman for this year’s series. Dean Onthank declared in re gard to the series on “Love and Marriage” that will be heard this term: “I compliment the commit tee on arranging an excellent ser ies and on their practical and ef fective interest in a field of inter est which is of large importance to them.” BA Honorary to Hold Discussion Meeting "Lost Individualism,” a talk giv en by Professor C. G. Howard at the last Beta Gamma Sigma fall term meeting will be the topic of the business administration honor ary's meeting discussion Tuesday noon in the Side. Plans are being shaped for the students’ business conference of the stfhool which brings Portland businessmen here for talks with students. By ADELE SAY "Has anybody seen my gal?" warbled Bob Crosby on his first, personal appearance on a Spokane theater stage when he was thir teen years old, and then he balked on the next notes and ran off the stage. Since then /ns voice and his name have become famous along with his orchestra and many a stage has beckoned him. Dark Hair With dark hair, brown eyes, and of a becoming height, he his the freshness o? perscnaliiy of his bro ther Bing, and the nit of music in his smile. Bob swung a mean tennis rack et, played basketball, and football at high school and Gonzaga uni versity which he attended for two years. He was tennis champion of Spokane in 1929. Likes Handball Right now, Bob finds handball an appealing game, and radio ex ecutives wiio take him on at the Athletic club in New York city are slightly startled at the power in his musical dhow. Bob’s most prized possession is an Irish shilling for good luck; though he doesn’t believe in num eralogy and fortune telling. Sang With Weeks The first big job he had in his own line was singing with Anson Weeks and his orchestra. He was very late for his first appearance as the Crosby bow-ties slipped, and he finally had to get a bellboy to help him out. Bob dresses conservatively and dislikes any mention of the term ‘‘glamour-boy.’’ When he gets very j excited, he ruffles his hair like a symphony orchestra conductor. I This human baton likes to live in the city, and also to read mys teries in bed. If he couldn’t sing or lead an orchestra, Bob says he’d like to be a lawyer. Bob’s epitaph is already written. With typical Crosby humor it reads, “Here Lies Bob Crosby, Who ! Once Stood on His Own Feet." CONTEST Best Letters Written Dads Win Oreganas Yearbooks Signed By President Erb Go to Two Winners Two 1941 Oreganas, autograph ed by University President Don ald M. Erb, will be given to the boy and the girl writing the best letters inviting Dads to attend an nual Dad's day ceremonies Feb ruary 7, 8, and 9. The contest was launched yes terday to find the perfect all round letter of invitation. Dead line for the contest has been ten tatively set at January 25. Copies Distributed Copies of winning letters will be distributed to campus living organizations, whose members will send them to theri dads as invita tions to the week-end ceremonies. The contest committee asks that letters be general and informative, and recommends that they stress departmental displays in which the dads may be interested. They also suggest that other features of the week-end be played up, such as the banquet, the Oregon State bas ketball game, and the dedication ->f the gates. Oates to Open Highlight of the week-end, ac cording to Stan Staiger, chair man of the affair, will be the ded ication of the gates on Eleventh street at the west end of the campus. The gates were purchas ed, in part, with money donated by the Dad’s association. Staiger said he hoped for a par ade through the gates south to Thirteenth street. Presumably the entire student body would take part. The banquet will be held Satur , probably in Gerlinger. Valentine Winner As Yet Undecided No winner has yet been picked in the “Ideal Valentine Gill” con test, judges report. Photos of the 54 (contestants were taken at the University news bureau Thursday afternoon, but judges have not had sufficient time to select a winning photograph. When the winner is chosen, probably early next week, her pic ture will be sent to Life Magazine where it will be printed with oth er “Ideal Valentine Girl” pictures from major colleges and univer sities throughout the country. Dr. Link to Discuss Analysis, Psychology "The Factor Analysis Method in Psychology” v/ill be the title of a speech to be given by Gordon W. Link, graduate assistant in the psychology department. He will speak to a psychology research symposium meeting Mon day at 7:30 p.m. in 324 Condon hall. Although the meeting is pri marily for psychology majors, the meeting is open to everyone. Exams Required The placement examination required of all new undergradu ate students will be given this Saturday morning, Jan. 11, at j 9 o’clock in 207 Chapman, ac- ! cording to C. L. Constance, as sistant registrar. Students who 1 miss the examination are sub ject to fine. NOT ENOUGH BASKETS • • • Ducks Miss Fire As Cougars Nab First Series Tilt Webfoots Drop First Conference Hoop Game by 48 to 39 Scorer Paul Lindeman Scores 16 Points to Spark Visitors Attack By KEN CHRISTIANSON Sports Co-editor, Oregon Emerald “Rough and ragged” characterizes Oregon’s opening confer ence game Friday night at McArthur court. Washington State, "fresh" from two losses to Oregon State, out-passed and out scored the Ducks to win, 48 to 39. Both teams play again tonight at 8 p.m. A total of 20 fouls were called by the referees—15 of them on Washington State. The entire game was ragged from an Oregon point of view; the Ducks held off the swift Cougar passing attack in the first half with a tight zone defense; then in the second half, the Ducks simply couldn’t stand the gaff. Washing ton State, according to observers of the OSC-WSC series, did not play the brand of ball against the Webfoots that they did against the Beavers in the second game. But the ball — a-la-Jack-Friel — was plenty good enough to bottle up the fumbling Oregons. Cougar Average Best Washington State took 77 shots from .the floor and made good on 22 of them. Oregon took 53 shots for 14 counted field goals. Batting average: WSC .285, Oregon .264. The usual dashing and shooting Ducks failed to shoot as often as in former games.This was due to the way in which the Cougars clung to the ball. Despite the ap parent superior height advantage of the Oregons, the Cougars gained their share of rebounds with Paul Lindemann and Ray Sundquist taking them off the boards. Each team got 45 rebounds during the course of the game. Lindemann won high point hon ors for the game with 16 points. Oregon’s Vic Townsend was next witii 15, followed by Hank An derson with 12. V’ern Butts of (Please turn to pape three) POSTLUDE . . . Band Presents Sunday Concerts Press Conference Will Hear Program In Music Building A musical “postlude” to the Ore gon press conference will come to the campus Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the music auditor ium when John H. Stehn and the 50 youthful musicians of the Uni versity of Otegon band play a free program, their first concert of the 1940-41 school year. Seven varied melodies and a group of four romantic composi tions, scaling musical history from the eighteenth century to the pres ent decade of the twentieth, will be played by the band. The program will open with two classical selections, Bach's “Pre lude and Fugue in B Minor," and Beethoven’s "Coriolanus” overture. These will be followed by four light sketches from Tschaikowsky’s “Nutcracker Suite” — “Overture Miniature,” “Marche,” “Dance of the M i r 1 i t o n s,” and "Russian Dance.” Also in the romantic vein will be the “Festival Over ture” by Robert Schumann. Mr. Stehn is arranger of Debus sy’s humorous piano composition, “General Lavine, Eccentric,” which he has given a band adaptation. Two numbers less well known to Eugene- audiences will be “Ronde d’Amour” by Westerhout and the first movement to Borodin’s sec ond symphony. Conductor Stehn will relinquish the podium to Art Holman, popular band leader and a member of last year’s graduat ing class, for the direction of "Tropical," which was written by Morton Gould, composer of "Pav ane” and well known for his radio work. Sidelights on Oregon Press Conference Delegates... After missing several confer ences through ill health, Edgar Mc Daniels, former conference presi dent, came up from North Bend, where he publishes the Coos Bay Harbor, one of Oregon’s best known weeklies. Mr. McDaniels says that he is feeling better than he has for years. Another publisher who has had to miss some sessions is Thomas Nelson of the Junction City Times, back this time for the first time j since 1937. Mr. Nelson spends his “spare time” inventing useful gad gets for the back shop, of which he has a number to his credit. Brodie Attends George H. Brodie, former Ore gon student, now in charge of the business end of the Oregon City Enterprise, was one of the in terested participants in the confer ence. Mr. Brodie, whose father the late Edward E. Brodie, was three times president of the Ore gon State Editorial association, had not been on the campus for I several years. A. E. Voorhies, publisher of the Grants Pass Courier, was one of the notable absentees this year Mr. Voorhies, father of Earl E Voorhies, Oregon graduate of 1922, is recovering from a recent il’ness. Noble D. Stanton, adver tising manager, and Rex Tussing city editor, represented the Cour ier. Others Here Vernon Churchill, of the Mc Cann-Erickson advertising agency, and Leith F. Abbott, advertising manager of the Southern Pacific in Portland, together with James A. Orrnandy for the S. P. passen ger department, were among those, noticed at the sessions. Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Mellinger were over from Tillamook. The last time Mr. Mellinger was in town he came over with a “hill-billy” orchestra made up of prominent Tillamook business men with music for a hobby. Son Attends U. O. Roy A. Brown, publisher of the San Rafael, California, Independ ent, president of the National Edi I torial Association, who is on the conference program this morning, is the father of Wishard Brown, Oregon freshman in journalism. Claude E. Ingalls, editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times, groped his way through the fog and reached the conference in an hour and a half from Corvallis. Former Emerald Head Douglas Muilarky, manager of the Harney County News-Times at Burns, is here for the confer ence. Mr. Muilarky was editor of the Emerald 21 years ago. Robert K. Allen, a former man aging editor of the Emerald (1931) and Mrs. Allen (Velma Farnham) were interested listeners at the conference sessions. Mr. Allen, who is a son of Dean Eric W. Allen, is a member of the Oregon Journal advertising staff in Portland. E. B. Aldrich, editor of the Pendleton East Oregonian, was on hand early yesterday morning. His son-in-law, “Bud” Forrester, in charge of athletic publicity for Oregon State college, was sitting alongside him. (Please turn to page (our) INFORMAL Dance Program Will Change Hall To 'Wonderland' Game Precedes WAA Dance; Tickets Cost $1 By BETTY JANE BIGGS Using a ceiling of 1000 blue and white balloons and midst a snow scene of paper skiers and 50 real fir trees, WAA will present Its annual Winter Wonderland to night in Gerlinger hall following the Oregon-Washington State bas ketball game. Changing this year from the traditional formal atmosphere, this evening's dancing costume will be informal—short silks and heels— according to Betty Morfitt and Pat Vandeneynde, co-chairmen. Prom a snow-camouflage band stand, Eddie Gipson and his or chestra will provide the dance mu sic. Gipson’s music has become well known on the campus from his engagements at other social activities, including the Gamma Alpha Chi formal, and footbal^ rallies. WAA members who are in charge of various sub-committees for the dance include: Janet Farn ham, decorations; Dorothy Horn, orchestra; Mary Ellen Smith, tick ets; Bobby McClaren, programs; Ruth Hartley and Marge Dibble, upblicity; and Arlene Millard, pa trons and patronesses. Tickets are on sale at all men’s living organizations for $1. George Root Speaks To Advertising Staff George Root, educational activ ities director, gave suggestions for selling advertising to Eugene mer chants at the local staff meeting yesterday afternoon in Friendly hall. The increased purchasing power and size of the Emerald market from the University’s high enrollment and tying in advertis ing of certain products with the social program should be kept in mind when contacting advertisers, Root advised. Ron Alpaugh, layout production manager, outlined a new plan for better cooperation between the lo cal advertising and layout staffs. Each ad salesman is to turn in in formation about his accounts, in cluding business and merchandis ing policies, various departments in the store, and the best selling articles in each, new articles which are suited to the college student, and suggestions on satisfactory handling of the account. Business manager Jim Frost added that the layout department would enlarge its activities this term to help more extensively in selling lineage. Last term it aid ed mainly the Wednesday and Thursday staffs handling men’s and women’s advertising editions. Frost also warned writers to make copy suited to local conditions. Owners to Get Cards Athletic cards loaned by their owners and taken away from the holders at any of the previous bas ketball games, will be returned to their owners only upon payment of the price of one general admission ticket at the ASUO ticket office in McArthur court. Hereafter all tickets taken at the games will not be returned, Ed Walker, ticket manager, an nounced last night.