UNION
NOW!
By Ann Reynolds
The student union general
meeting is tonight. This is the
one chance students will have to
express their opinions before—
not after action has been taken.
Instead of waiting until the build
ing is built and the whole matter
settled before students decide
they don’t like the plans, they
should turn out tonight.
The student-faculty committee
is offering students the chance
to break a precedent. For the
first time there will be no ex
cuse for yelling about not having
a greater degree of student gov
ernment. And also if a large num
ber do not turn out this will prove
that the students are not capable
of the responsibilities of student
government.
Quicker Action
To those juniors and seniors
who support their disinterest by
the fact that they will not be able
to use the building, we say, the
more interest, the quicker ac
tion. To the freshmen and sopho
mores this meeting should be
doubly important because the
more need shown for the building
will bring realization of the plans
in time for them to enjoy the
building.
It would be impossible for us
to give you all the plans concern
ing the building. For this rea
son these complete plans will be
discussed and new ones intro
duced. Professor Will V. Norris,
ringmaster of the student-faculty
committee and an extremely cap
able leader, will probably be in
charge of the first part of the
meeting. If there are any topics
that students wish to discuss dur
ing the more formal section of
the meeting, they should be
turned in to Professor Norris,
Deady hall before tonight.
Two Big QQuQestions
Two of the big questions that
wTill undoubtedly be dealt with
are the site, and what wre are go
ing to need in the building. Every
living organization of the campus
and all independent students
should be represented. Even the
law school is invited to air their
opinions.
From what we hear about the
next edition of the builletin, “Un
ion Now,” there will be some
words flying between John Cav
anagh and Joe Gurley. They have
both accused each other of lack
of interest in student union
movement.
At last the editions of the bul
letin have matched these two
campus wits and it will be fas
fascinating if not educational to
see how they fight it out.
Crosland Speaks
H. R. Crosland, associate pro
fessor of psychology, spoke last
Thursday evening before the bi
weekly meeting of Phi Delta Phi,
law school fraternity.
In connection with his talk he
showed slides on demonstrations
of perceptions, dealing with phe
nomena affecting the reliability
of witnesses.
YM Meets Todav
Freshmen of the YMCA will
meet at 4:30 p.m. today to hear
Dr. Gordbn Wright, assistant
profess ) * of history, talk on the
topic, ‘An interpretation of the
Intern&ti mal Scene.
The frosh executive committee
meets at 1 p.m. ('carles Rcffe,
Milto 1 Small, Dave Knox, and
Leonard Farr, the “Y” finance
committee, will try to settle some
money matters at 3 o’clock this
afternoon.
Campus Calendar
Men’s social chairmen meet to
day at 4 o’clock in the men's
lobby of Gerlinger.
University office secretaries
meet for supper at the Anchor
age at 5:30 p.m. today. For res
ervations see Mrs. Clark in Ger
linger.
/\ii university people interested
in Christian Science organization
are asked to meet at 7 p.m. to
day on the third floor of Ger
linger.
Fencing club will meet at 7:30
p.m. on the Gerlinger sunporch.
Plans for a meet with Reed col
lege will be discussed.
Larry Kunz and Bill Wren are
requested to report to the CPT
office sometime this afternoon.
Pot and Quill will meet at the
home of Sally Allen, 2239 Birch
Lane, this evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Fellowship of Reconciliation
will meet at 8 o’clock at Wesley
house. Dr. B. Earle Parker, min
ister of the Methodist church,
will review Gerald Heard’s ‘‘The
Creed of Christ.”
Wesley Foundation cabinet
meeting will be held tonight at
7:30 o’clock.
Order of the “O” will meet
Wednesday noon at the Sigma
Chi house for election of officers.
In Time
With the
Tunes
By RUBY JACKSON
The prejudices that war and its
intolerance propagate have their
effect on music, too. Germans,
for instance, must not listen to
the music of Mendelssohn, be
cause Mendelssohn was of Jew
ish origin and his music therefore
is “decadent.” In fact, the music
of any non-Aryan composer is
frowned upon or forbidden in
Germany. Good Germans do not
listen to modern music, either.
It’s “decadent,” too.
As Americans we are in no po
sition to scoff at this. During the
last war the music of Wagner
was played scarcely at all in the
United States. It was German
music, and that made it bad.
Wagner is Hitler’s favorite com
poser and his favorite opera “Die
Meistersinger,” but that doesn’t
matter. That we have become
more tolerant is suggested by
the fact that though this war has
turned us as a nation against the
Germans, German music is heard
as frequently as in times of peace.
Should the United States go to
war, it will still be heard.
Power in Music
Russia has forbidden perform
ances of Sibelius’ second sym
phony in Finland. The music is
'Webfeet, Official\
According to Files
By DOC HENRY
Believe it or not, the University
of Oregon athletic teams’ nick
name is really “Webfeet” and not
“Ducks” as supposed by many
students and the general public.
Sports-writers have shortened
the original Webfeet to just plain
Ducks because it fits into head
lines much better, is a cleaner
and sharper wor, fits the needs
of a cartoonist, and is a pretty
good fighting symbol as repre
sented by the fiery-tempered
Donald Duck, Walt Disney’s
famed cartoon character, and be
cause it is more informal.
Kain causes
The original name for the ath
letic teams was derived from the
name given to pioneers who set
tled in the Oregon country by
Californians who jested' about the
fact that the pioneers must have
webfeet to survive in the terri
tory because of the large amount
of California “liquid sunshine”
that annually poured down upon
the occupants of the newly-settled
country.
The student year book was
named “Webfeet” for a number
of years but when the athletic
teams began to gain prominence
they changed the name to Ore
gana. The teams then used the
nickname “Webfeet” exclusively
and the students at the Univer
sity of Oregon were known as
Webfeet.
Drive Starts
In 1932 students and some
members of the faculty launched
a campaign to change the nick
name of the athletic teams, they
felt that “Webfeet” did not pos
sess enough spirit and was not a
true symbol of the fighting Ore
gon teams.
Many names were suggested;
among them were: Trappers, Pio
neers, Yellowjackets, Lumber
jacks, Oregon Bravers, Spartans,
Bonecfushers, Buccaneers, and
many others. Much discussion
came about the perplexing prob
lem, letters were written to the
Emerald and to downtown news
papers by the old pioneers who
felt keenly about retaining “Web
feet.”
In January the Student Rela
tions committee submitted the
suggested nicknames to the pop
ular vote of the students, estab
lishing their opinion on the name
for the University’s athletic
teams.
Results of the election were:
Webfeet, 413; Trappers, 47; Pio
neers, 37; Yellowjackets, 20;
Lumberjacks, 9.
On January 27, 1932, the ex
ecutive council passed a motion
to accept the new nickname of
the Oregon athletic teams and
“Webfeet” became official.
Ex-Grad Assistant
Now in Washington
On Planning Board
Word has been received from
James C. Nelson, principal econ
omist of the National Resources
Planning Board at Washington,
D. C., that Lloyd M. Faust, for
mer graduate assistant in the
economic department here, is do
ing commendable work in that
department in Washington on
problems of transportation.
Faust is working in this posi
tion while on a year’s leave of
absence from his instructorship
at the University of Kansas.
He obtained his B.S. degree in
’35 and was a graduate assistant
during the years ’35-’36, and ’36
’37. He went to George Wash
ington university in Washington,
D. C. on a fellowship.
Gulley Wlli Speak
E. W. Gulley, newly electee}
president of Pacific college in
Newberg, will be a guest of the
University on April 28 and 29.
Mr. Gulley will speak tc sev
eral campus groups on his experi
ences with European refugees in
both Spain and Cuba.
Eighteen Airbirds
Solo Since Friday
Swelling the list of spring term
soloists to over 50 per cent of
the class, 18 CPT students have
flown sans instructor since Fri
day. According to the civilian
pilot training office, 28 members
of the class have accumulated the
necessary eight hours dual and
flown alone.
Recent solitary flyers are: Fri
day—Bruce Giesy, Gilbert Bur
leigh, and Earl Nichols, taught by
Harold Sander; Clarence Lind
quist and Ernie Williams, stu
dents of Steve Hathaway; Bob
Calkins, Harry Davidson, and Les
Anderson, instructed by Wesley
Hammond, and Maxine Wyse,
second girl to solo and a pupil of
Max Green.
Saturday: Two students of Max
Green, Ted Morgan and Pat Ri
ley. Sunday: Marjorie Bates,
third feminine soloist, instructed
by Harold Sander; Bing Osburn
and Jay Ambrose, taught by Wes
ley Hamniond; Freeman Sinclair
and Jim Crump with Max Green
as their teacher.
Monday: Norm Angell and Bob
Anderson, both students of
Sander.
of such strong nationalistic char
acter that it raises the Finnish
people to a dangerously high
pitch of patriotic fervor. Russia
has realized the power of music,
and bowed to it.
When Toscanini prepared to
leave his native Italy, Mussolini
refused to let him go. It was only
after America had demonstrated
her anger at this action that Mus
solini did a “turn about.” and de
cided to let the noted conductor
out of the country in the interests
of creating “good will” with the
United States.
Old and New
OLD AND NEW MUSIC will
be combined on the Standard
Symphony Hour Thursday night
at 8 p.m. (KORE) Among num
bers on the program are: “Car
nival Overture” by Dvorak; three
movements of Mozart’s “Jupiter”
symphony; “Night on Bald Moun
tain” by Moussorgsky.
Abdul K. Mehta, champion
cyclist of India, has organized a
cycling club for students at Texas
university.
ti
IT’S SPRING
—and that means more
clothes for sports,
dances, picnicking, and
many other activities of
Spring! Let ns keep
those clothes clean and
in good condition.
Phone 825
NEW SERVICE
LAUNDRY
‘Service Our Motto’
839 High St.
Kaufman, Hart
Drama to Begin
Robinson to Direct
Latest Comedy Hit;
'On May 16, 17, 20
“George Washington Slept
Here,” latest Kauffman and Hart;
comedy hit, will be presented in
the University theater May 16,
17, and 20 by the technique of'
acting class under the direction,
of Horace Robinson.
The play, which has just com
pleted a successful run on Broad
way, tells the story of Newton
Fuller, who wanted only “a little
piece of land to call my own,”
and his troubles after he got it.
This showing will be the play’a
first amateur presentation any
where, and is the first production,
as a group, of the 1940-41 tech
nique class.
Members of the cast in the
order of their appearance are:
Mr. Kimber, Howard Speer; New
ton Fuller, Walker Treece; Ana
belle Fuller, Dorothy Durkee;
Madge Fuller, Pat Howard; Steve
Eldridge, Dick Turner; Katie,
Phyllis M. Sanders; Mrs. Douglas,
Kay Fitzgerald.
Clayton Evans, Chuck Boice;
Rena Leslie, Jean Person; Hester,
Jean Horton; Raymond, Bobby
Joe Quigley; Uncle Stanley,
Frank Calhoun; Leggett Frazer,
Don Tait; Tommy Hughes, Alan
Foster; Sue Barrington, Marguer
ite Sappington; Miss Wilcox,
Anne Brown; Mr. Prescott, Jean
Harper.
Botany students at South Da
kota State college will attend!
summer camp in the Black Hills.
Romance!
“Girls Under 21”
with Rochelle Hudson
— plus —
“Dispatch from
Reuters’ *
with Edw. G. Robinson
Held Over!
DEANNA DURBIN
in
'Nice Girl?'
with FRANCHOT TONE
and WALTER BRENNAN
Two Big Features!
The Mad Doctor”
with Basil Rathbone, Allen
Drew, John Howard,
Ellen Drew
— plus —
“The Monster and
the Girl”
Ellen Drew - Robert Page
Riotous Action!
“A GIRL, A GUY,
AND A GOB”
with GEORGE MURPHY
and LUCILLE BALL