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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1941)
IDITS We Pay At the Game SPORTS Mecham, Man of the Week VOLUME XLIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1941 NUMBER 17 REMEMBER THEN . . . Left: Deady hall as it appeared in early campus history. Today is the 65th anniversary of that building and of the University oi Oregon itself. AND NOW . . . Below: An airplane view gives the 20th century touch to the enlarged campus of today. Note the large clumps of trfes which have been planted since the 1876 opening date. Beard Starting Set For Sunday .^Sunday is the day when each second year man must begin to grow a beard or suffer the con sequences, according to Eariy Campbell, sophomore class presi dent. Thursday had previously been announced as the starting date but because of the game in Portland it was decided to post pone it. A sheriff’s posse was appointed yesterday by Jim Thayer, Whis kerino chairman, Campbell, and Sheriff Jim Burness, to aid in seeing that all sophomore men go unshaven. November 1 is the date sot for the dance when the beard-grow ing contest will reach a climax vwith prizes being awarded fox best beards. Punishment for shavers will be a traditional dunking in some conspicuous place on the campus. Victory Bell Moves To New Stronghold Oregon’s victory bell will make the Portland trek this weekend under a new guard of honor, it was announced last night. In accordance with tradition the victory bell is placed under vigilance of the president of the Order of the O and his liv ing organization. Jim Kathbun, this year’s f head of the lettermen, reports that the bell is already in his care and he is “darn sure we’ll have a chance to ring it Sat urday.” University Cake Wears Sixty-Five Candles Today By RUBY The University of Oregon is In those nine words are coni ries, the joys and happiness 1 educational institution. Though the state legislature ganize, and locate the Univers 1872, Deady hall, the first build ing, was not ready for students until 1876. The doors were opened to the first class October 16 of that year, and the first class was graduated in June of 1878. The second University building, Villard hall, was not built until 1885. 177 Students Since the first student body of 177 men and women to the pres ent one of 3467 the University has continued to grow. In place ox the five faculty members that start ed the University on its ca/eer there are now almost 300. The curriculum has developed until many professional schools supple ment the original classic and literary courses. Graduate work was not added until 1900, and extension work was initiated in 1907. Seven presidents have led the University since its establish ment. The first of these was John Wesley Johnson, who held his position until 1893. Johnson hail now bears his name. 100 Acres Physically the University w as at one time limited to the area immediately surrounding Deady hall. Today almost 100 acres are incorporated in the campus. JACKSON 65 years old today. ained all the sorrows and wor hat go into the making of an passed an act to “create, or ty of the State of Oregon” in Men's Pod Hours Announced by PE Open hours for swimming in the men’s pool have been an nounced by the PE depart ment as follows: 10:45 to 11:45 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; 10:45 to 11:45 and 2 to 3 on Tues days and Thursdays; and 9 to 12 and 2 to 3 Saturdays. Pa<f-GA-yc<4-(fa OSC Athletic Board Rules Free Game Tickets Out Oregon State's athletic board turned thumbs down ’Vt 7' n day on University of Oregon's recommendation that fr>\: id mission to the Frosh-Rook game Friday night be granted to holders of athletic cards from the competing schools. This game, an annual affair, has always been a pay-as-you go proposition, since it is sponsored by Portland chapters cf Oregon and Oregon State alumni asociations. Neither Oregon nor Oregon State athletic boards have anything to do with the promo tion of the game. Committee of Two At Monday's meeting of the University athletic board, how ever. Anse Cornell and Clarence Codding, president of the Port land chapter of University of Ore gon alumni association, were ap pointed as a committee of two. They were to contact the Ore gon State board through Percy Locey, OSC athletic manager, and influence them in favor of estab lishing free admission to the game. Board Refuses This would have applied to all future Frosh-Rook games as well. The Beaver board's refusal makes it necessary for both University and OSC students to put 55 cents on the line Friday, if they want to see the game. Pre-Game Mix Plans Changed Replacing the rally planned for Friday night, a snake dance will start at the Paramount theater in Portland at 7 p.m. and proceed up Broadway and Morrison streets to Multnomah stadium. Action taken by the student af fairs committee changed arrange ments for the pre-game celebra tion. University students will fol low the band, rally squad, and yell kings into the stadium where Yell Leader Earle Russell will lead the rooting section in two new novelty yells. According to Russell, the half time period will be brightened with a new novelty "swing” yell, using a clarinet to establish the rhythm. Five newly selected drum majorettes will be present ed between halves through cour tesy of the University pep band. Saturday morning rally girls will be stationed at Charles F. Berg’s to distribute free lemon and green megaphones from 9 until noon. Mums ordered for the game may be obtained at Berg's. Girls are asked to wear the rub ber yellow and green kerchiefs. Hudson Names Don Walker Festivity Head Don Walker, second year law’ student, was named special events chairman Wednesday for the Homecoming festivities by Russ Hudson, Homecoming chair man. "In this position,” said Hud son, “Walker will have one of the biggest of the Homecoming jobs.” As special events chairman, Walker will supervise commit tees in charge of the Order of the "O” luncheon, bonfire, events during the Oregon-Oregon State game, sign contest, and the alum ni gathering. Walker is a mem ber of the Oregon Federation at Portland, an association of active undergraduates organized to ac quaint prospective students with the University. Applications Due Applications are due i o cl a y at noon for other positions on the Homecoming committee. Applica tions should be turned in to Hud son in the Alumni office in Friendly. It is imperative that persons desiring positions should have their applications in today. The annual theme contest to select a slogan for the alumni fete will get underway next week, Hudson announced. Students are advised to begin work on their slogans. A suitable prize will bo given to the winner. Plans Discussed Plans are now under discussion, Hudson said, to provide some event that will replace the noise parade; which was cancelled by the heads of living organizations at a meeting Tuesday. Cfass Officers I'm glad the class officers were on the spot. I'm glad |jfe discrepancy did oc cur. Because if this question had never come up, I'd never known who the class officers were. —J.W.S. A a Place, ta Put Client Colonel Laments Lack of Barracks By TED GOODWIN As last Thursday’s ROTC drill period came to an end and over 1,000 uniformed students marched off the field, Col. R. M. Lyon, head of the University military department asked, “What will we do with them when it rains?” Enthusiastic over the fine showing made dur ing their first drill of the year, Colonel Lyon and his staff are, howrever, handicapped by the lack of proper quarters for the military science depart ment. “Our present barracks,” said the commandant, “lacks the dignity and space essential to a growing ROTC regiment.” The fire hazard of the old frame building prevents storage of enough rifles and other valuable equipment for the regiment. Dur ing wet winter months there is no place to carry on a drill program suitable to 1.000 students, he declared. The office space is entirely lacking in the dignity and convenience worthy of an educa tional department with the enrollment cf the ROTC. "It has always been my privilege,” he sa: ' to work with young men.” Between periods of active duty in Cuba, the Philippines, and the M;.:dcan. border, Colonel Lyon has held faculty positions at West Point. He came to Oregon in 1938. Looking back, he said, “The happiest years cf my life have been those spent in taking youngsters and watch ing them grow into officers.”