VOLUME XLII NUMBER 115
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1041
Steers Cracks World Record
Daily Again A ll-A merican
UO Dailg Given
'All-American'
By ACP Critics
New Honor Brings
'Best' Total to Four
For Emerald
The Oregon Daily Emerald hit
the all-American peak for the
fourth consecutive year, Editor
Lyle Nelson revealed today.
Expert critics for the Associat
JNeison
eel Collegiate
Press rated the
Emerald among
the top nine col
lege dailiei^in the
United States out
of a competitive
list of 412 papers.
With L e R o y
Mattingly in the
editorial chair, Oregon s newspa
per started its climb to the na
tion’s top ranking college dailies
m lUcw-ua anci
was given in ad
dition to its all
American rating,
the Facemaker,
ACP's recognition
for one of the
most' outstanding
papers.
Editors Paul
Leonard
Deutschmann in 1938-39 and Bud
Jermain last year continued lead
ing the Emerald to all-American
Stitzer
heights.
The scorebook
issued by ACP
commented: “an
excellent paper,
carefully edited
. . . the stories
show a conscien
tious attempt to
do a good report
ing job.”
The new all-American certifi
cate climaxes Editor Nelson’s
journalism career on the Oregon
campus. Starting as a sports re
porter, Nelson worked up to as
sistant managing editor as a
sophomore, and in his junior year,
before his promotion to editor-in
chief, he served as managing edi
tor. He is also a member of Friars
and was given the Koyl cup last
year as the outstanding junior
man.
This year also marks the end
of the Emerald careers of Jimmie
Leonard, managing editor, and
Kent Stitzer, news editor.
Canoe Fete Ducats
Go on Sale Today
Canoe fete tickets go on sale
today in the McArthur court edu
cational activities office. No
reservations will be made by
phone and all seats reserved in
sections must be paid for at the
time.
Seating space is available for
only 3,000 persons at the millrace
grandstands. Prices for the fete
are: reserved seat tickets are
priced at $1 and 75 cents with
general admission going for 50
cents.
LOOKING AHEAD
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
above, peers intently into the fu
ture. Wednesday, it will be Uni
versity students who look ahead
—toward greeting the first lady
on her first visit to the Oregon
campus. Mrs. Roosevelt will
speak in Gerlinger hall Wednes
day night.
US First Lady
To Speak Here
Mrs. FDR to Talk
Wednesday at 8
In McArthur Court
Generally acknowledged to be
the best informed woman on cur
rent affairs in the nation, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt will exhibit
her knowledge of the pan-Ameri
can situation when she speaks on
“Cultural Relationships Between
the American Republics,” 'Wed
nesday evening.
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Eight Chosen
To ASUO, Class
Election Board
Newly-Appointed
Group Will Direct
All-Campus Voting
Members of an election board
to supervise details of ASUO and
class elections were announced
Monday by John Cavanagh, di
rector of 1941 elections.
Members are: Milt Levy, Wil
bur Bishop, Gertrude Puziss,
Nancy Ames, Marge McLean,
Helen Angell, Russ Hudson, and
Pete Barnett.
If questions arise regarding
class elections, class presidents
will be consulted, Cavanagh said.
Members of the newly-appoint
ed board will meet Wednesday at
4:30 at the Side.
This year ASUO polls will be
open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and
class polls will be open from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m., as provided for
under present constitutions, Cav
anagh explained.
House Presidents
To Appoint Agents
As Receipt Takers
Changes in plans for collecting
co-op receipts to help finance the
student union building were re
vealed Monday night by Uly Do
rais, chairman of the freshman
committee to collect receipts.
Dorais related that he wrote
letters to all house presidents
Saturday asking them to author
ize a freshman in each house to
collect receipts, and turn them
in to the University Co-op store.
After the house representative
has collected the money he will
turn it over to the freshman stu
dent union committee, he ex
plained.
Star Finds Quiet
On Fishing Trip
Les High lumps 6 Feet. 10 25-32 Inches
At Seattle as He Also Scores Points
In Hurdles. Spear Throw, and Shotput
By FRED TREADGOLD
Les Steers today was still trying to recover from tlufc
landslide of acclaim that snowed him tinder since his record
smashing leap last Saturday. Scores of telegrams and con
gratulatory messages were still swamping Bill Haw-yard'#*
bounding kangaroo, who Sunday sought retreat from the
nation-wide publicity by going on a fishing excursion witW
George II. Godfrey, intrepid explorer and head of the Uni
versity news bureau.
An elaborate reception greeted Steers and his coach at the
railroad station Sunday when Junior Weekend Queen Anna
belle Dow welcomed the ilew world's champion back homo,
' Hawaiian leis were placed around Steers’ neck as proud Bill*
Hayward looked on approvingly. After all, world’s ’records
don’t fall every day, and ti feet 10-5/32 inches is quite a way#*
into the stratosphere, with only a pair of rubber legs and $
strong heart to pull the trick.
That was the official mark credited to the University of
Oregon athlete, who in-between his high jumping managed toj
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Sixteen Spend
Picnic Season
In Infirmary
Hot summer afternoons, con
trastingly cool spring evenings,
and the "old faithful” measle bug
are the cause of 16 disgusted stu
dents spending their time in the
infirmary, with ailments ranging
from severe sunburn to colds,
sinus trouble, and "speckelitis.”
Picnics will be scheduled at a
later date for: Mary Runge, Bar
bara MacLaren, Frances Baily,
Howard Bankus, Bill Campbell,
Jerry O'Callaghan, James Curtz,
James Durkheimer, Tom Oxman,
Bill Hoyt, Fred Foster, Bill Ehr
man, Les Anderson, Bill Jones,
Jim Green, and Ernest Sawyer.
Five Men Pledge
Five new pledges to join men’s
houses are Gordon F. Nichol,
Vale, Oregon, Kappa Sigma; Bill
Fugit, Stockton, California, ATO;
Warren Clark, San Mateo, Cali
fornia, Phi Kappa Psi; Art W.
Sprick, Portland, Pi Kappa Al
pha; Ben M. Howse, Los Angeles,
Pi Kappa Alpha.
NOW I LEIS ME DOWN TO DREAM
(Courtesy of the Register-Guard)
Queen Annabelle Dow greets world’s champion hi^*1 JuniPer> i>Ps Steers, in true Hawaiian fashion as
she “casts” a lei over his head upon arrival in Eugene Sunday. “Onlooker” to the left is veteran track
coach, Bill Hayward. Steers broke the world outdoor high jump record in Seattle Saturday by sailing
over the bar at 6 feet, 10 25; 32 inches.
Two 'Revivals'
To Play Today
First Presentation
Of 'Mickey Mouse',
Comes to Campus
_i
Complete with the first Mickey
Mouse, today's film revival pro*
gram will feature ‘'The Last
Command.” The cast of, the main
film includes such present-day,
greats as William Powell and
Evelyn Brent with Emil Jarming!#*
taking the male lead.
Shown in the movie room Of
Chapman hall (207) at four dif
ferent times today, this is th<5
fifth program in a series of sfof
which have composed the Survey
of the Film in America, spon
sored by the educational activi
ties board.
Times for today’s movies, to
which students will be admit
ted on their activities cardsS
afternoon show, 3 o'clock; eve
ning shows, 6:45 and 9.
Followers of Mickey MousO1
will be surprised to find that h€S
was a "toughie” at the beginning!
of his career. Behaving much likg
Donald Duck, Mickey is star re#
in his first venture "Hang'
Crazy.”
A rather tragic picture, distin
guished by painstaking photo*'
graphic quality, "The Last Com*
mand” was inspired by .eal-lifdl
occurrences in the film center*
Portraying the pathos found la
the lives of the many extra an#
small-part players of Hollywood!
this picture shows William Pow
ell, before his .suave days, n on#
of his "heavy'’ roles.
"The Last Command'’ was di
rected by Josef von Sternberg.
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Rochester to Talk
George Rochester, assistant
professor of law, has been select
ed to give the commencements
address for the graduating ciaaer
of Eugene high school.
Junior Weekend—4 '
The designers of the stationery
For the Arabian Night *
Neglected one minor matter,
There’s no room left to write. i
—JAVA