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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1941)
Talk Scheduled By Von Brucke Austrian Scholar Will Speak Twice Here Next Week Ernst von Brucke, former pro fessor of physiology at the Uni versity of Innsbruck, Austria, will speak here Tuesday, April 8, and Wednesday, April 9, an nounced Professor Rudolf H. Ernst, chairman of the Univer sity lecture series. Dr. von Brucke left Austria in 1936, and has since been doing research work at Harvard medi cal school. His lecture Tuesday at 4 p.m. in 103 Deady, on “Fatigue and Recovery in the Peripheral Nerves,” is under the sponsor ship of Sigma Xi, science honor ary, and will be of particular in terest to psychology and physiol ogy students. The second lecture, to be given in the faculty room of Friendly hall Wednesday evening at 7:30 will concern a topic of more gen eral interest: the problem of ad justing oneself to environment, and the adaptation of the individ ual personality. This lecture is the last in the University lecture series. Professor von Brucke is mak ing a tour of western states, and through the joint efforts of the University of Oregon and Oregon State college, has been scheduled to speak here. The lectures are free of charge to the general pub lic and students. Registration Total Increased to 3198 With the addition of 13 regis trants Thursday University reg istration figures, previously hav ing a two per cent decrease, now show a decrease of only one per cent, compared with same time last year. Wednesday registrants raised total registration figures to 3198. This compares with 3244 regis tered at the same time last year. Those wishing to register should should do so in Johnson hall. A late registration fee of $5 will be charged. April 5 is the deadline for registration. Previous Kingdoms (Continued from ptific one) a lovely, captivating blonde, Mary Morse bobbed down the stream on her “float of notes.” She was Queen Mary I of Junior Weekend. ‘Stardust’ Fair, titian-haired Peggy Carp er became Queen Peggy in the spring of ’3t>, as barges floated down the millrace done up ac cording to the canoe fete’s “Star dust” theme. People braved sudden showers and gales whipping across the campus during the 1937 luncheon to watch the coronation of Queen Betty I, Miss Betty Pownall. Virginia Regan was crowned Queen Virginia I during the 1938 weekend. Maxine Glad reigned over a campus wonderland in the spring of 1939, “the greatest of all week ends.” Springtime in Vienna Last spring Oregon was a stage of swirling pinafores, ami Queen Betty III (Betty Buchanan) was a petite “first lady” during a weekend of Strauss waltzes that wafted one back to Vienna, the gaiety that prevailed there dur ing springtime. That’s a review of Junior Week end Queens, from 1931 to 1940. Who'll loll on sumptuous cush ions this year as queen while people are whisked away on a magic carpet back into the tales of the “Arabian Nights?” Jack Cossman celebrated his twenty-first “birthday” on the Uni versity of Oregon campus yesterday. Since 1920 he has been night watchman here, supervising buildings on the “dark-to-dawn” shift. During his campus life he has not missed a single day’s work because of personal illness. U0 Guardian Recalls 21- Year Night Watch Program Shift Planned in Fall New Pacific Basin Courses Outlined By Dr. H. J. Noble A new undergraduate major curriculum in Pacific Basin stud ies cutting across departmental lines and administered by a fac ulty committee will be intro duced at Oregon next fall. The program, which has been in preparation for several years, has been approved by the state board of higher education. It will be established in the college of social science and will lead to master of arts or master of sci ence degrees in this field. Noble Chairman Dr. H. J. Noble, associate pro fessor of history, chairman of the committee in charge, says that the program will include works of several departments. "In this way we are able to escape some of the restrictions of departmental work,” he said. The departments to be included in the program are anthropology, history, geography, sociology, po litical science, and art. Tried at U of M Dr. Noble stated that the same system has been tried at the Uni versity of Michigan with consid erable success. “Because of its location and the interest of the state generally in Pacific rim affairs, this seems to be the logical type of work for the University to emphasize,” he added. Committee The committee is made up of Associate Professor of History Harold J. Noble, chairman; Head of the Anthropology Department Luther J. Cressman; Professor of Business Administration Alfred L. Lomax; Associate Professor of Space Arts Nowland B. Zane; and Head of the Geography and Geology Departments Warren D. Smith. They will arrange special lec tures on Pacific affairs and also conferences on problems of east ern Asia. By ADELE SAY Yesterday the man who walks the campus with nothing for company but a cane or an um brella, celebrated his twenty first anniversary. Jack Cossman, for 21 years night watchman on the Oregon campus still walked around with his green umbrella last night; rattling windows, closing doors, and peering into* things. At Friendly hall, he stopped to reminisce, all the time with his eye on his watch. “I haven’t lost any time for ten years on my beat. I had to miss a little time before that when my wife was ill. “Among the things that I re member best are the time the professor took the armchairs out of the architecture building to put them in his fraternity house, and the fire that almost burned up the whole journalism depart ment in 1924.’’ The professor was taken care of, but the fire spread, according to Jack. “I was walking along looking up, when suddenly I saw smoke coming out of the cupola of a building; then the fire really started and the sparks spread clear to the athletic field. “People got so excited that they did everything. They’d throw a mirror out the window and then walked downstairs to bring things that could have been thrown out the window. They threw the journalism press out the window, too.” Jack used to be a blacksmith in Creswell, Oregon, before he came to take his .night watch man job here. When he came to Oregon, he had tWo sons going to school here; one very out standing in football and the other shining in grades. One winter Jack had to walk around the campus with gunny sacks wrapped on each foot through the deep snow. “I've never run from anything,” he said. “I’ve never been scared of anything either.” When Jack was asked if he wouldn't like a birthday cake from the Emerald staff to cele brate his 21st anniversary, he said, “Sure I would, if you’d like to give me one.” But he’d probably see the candles in the window and think Someone was breaking in. Sophs to Grow Chin-Stubble For Beard Hop 'Law' to Chastise Shaved Offenders Beginning Monday Bearded men of the class of ’43 will follow a razor-less path for the next two and a half weeks preparatory to their annual Wliis kerino dance, April 19, Bud Van denynde, sophomore president, announced last night. The shaving ban started Wed nesday and offenders who refuse to let nature take its course and let their beards grow, will be punished by “law” starting Mon day. At that time Sheriff Homer Thomas and a staff of deputies covering every corner of the cam pus will open a campaign of dunk ing and hacking that will last until dance night. Ceremonies following penal. convictions will take place in front of the Side each afternoon, Vandenynde revealed. RADIO DANCE WILLAMETTE PARK Friday Night Campus Calendar Pi Delta Phi will hold an im portant business meeting at 4 o’clock this afternoon in 111 Friendly. Wesley house will give an open house April Fool’s party Friday at 8 p.m. All University students are invited. Westminster house will hold open house tonight S to 11:30. The dramatic club will give a play. The student union committee will meet at 9 this morning in the Side. THREE CHEERS and a salute to SPRING A short silk in the mili tary mood will make you one of the bright est students, and will tide you nieely over the rough spots of both Spring and Summer. 1004 Willamette FOR A WINNING HAND Try OregonHEmerald Classified Columns ‘‘It’ll be the best investment you ever made*’ Only 2c per word 1st day lc per word each subsequent day Phone 3300 Ext. 354 Today!