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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1942)
Morse Billed As Last Talker (Continued from pac/c one) and talking on problems inherent in settling labor disputes. Future Absence His return to the University this week is primarily to finish this term’s work with his classes and to round out some adminis trative duties at the law school. Sunday he will leave again for Washington, D.C., to resume his duties as one of three public rep resentatives on the war labor board. Future absence from the University will be dependent up on the continued existence of the board. At 41 years of age Dean Morse has gained prominence by his fearless and impartial action in the administration of justice in key labor and management dis putes, and because of the tre mendous number of responsibil ities ’ he has capably assumed. SinQe 1934 he has handed, down •» written arbitration awards in 93 labor cases, not including his most recent decisions and his work with the national railroad dispute case. Also this number does not - include the numerous oral decisions he has delivered. Social Viewpoint Courage and firmness in his decisions, backed by a broad and timely - social viewpoint, have prompted wide confidence in the opinions of Dean Morse by both labor and employers. With a stern eye for the facts of the cases before him he has risen to a position of great respect for ^his work in this difficult field of economic readjustment. His distinction emanating from extra-campus work, however, was preceded and supplemented by vigorous activity at the Uni versity where his outspokenness and independence has contributed to the welfare of the University of Oregon and the state system of higher education. Education Background for his present activities began at the Univer sity of Wisconsin where he ob tained his bachelor’s degree in philosophy in 1923 and his mas ter’s in 1924. His major was labor economics. At the University of Minnesota he won his bachelor of laws degree, and in 1932 Co lumbia university of New York conferred the degree of doctor of jurisprudence on him. The teaching role that brought Wayne Morse to the University of Oregon in 1929 as assistant professor of law started with his work as instructor in argumenta tion at Wisconsin in 1924, and similar work at the University of Minnesota for the next four years. Immediate and steady ap plication of his talents at the University of Oregon raised him to the position of dean and pro fessor of law in 1931. Since then his background for teaching law has been constantly enriched by ■5 c FOR GOOD FREEZER j FRESH ICE CREAM go to JOHNSON'S 1 4 SUPER CREAMED j|54 W. 10th Eugene an increasing amount of cxtra campus duties. Precedents Wide attention was given in 1931 to his “Survey of the Grand Jury System,” and to his study, together with the eminent Ron ald Beattie, of the “Administra tion of Criminal Justice in Ore gon.” Contributions of legal articles and book reviews to law journals of the country have been numerous, and his arbitration de cisions in several instances have established important precedents in maritime labor jurisprudence. One such case was the Enscin ai Terminal case in which he was called upon to determine what constitutes a legitimate picket line. Employers requested that Dean Morse order the workers to go through the picket lines. The decision established that laborers could not be forced to do so, be cause one of the basic tenets of unionism is that a union man will not go through a picket Hne. Since the employers knew this it was held to be an implied condi tion of the contract. In 1936 to 1938 Dean Morse was administrative director of the attorney general’s survey of release procedure in a nation wide. study, and special assistant to the attorney general in the department of justice. First Labor Case His first labor case, however, was from Marcola, a wage dis pute at the Fisher lumber mill. In 1936 he won the confidence of the disputants in the maritime case involving the inland boat men operators of the Columbia basin. As Pacific coast arbitrator in 1938 at the request of the secretary of labor he arbitrated the important longshore case. Special adeptness at reaching acceptable decisions was dis played again in 1940 as the chair man of the wage and hour hear ings for the converted paper pro ducts industry. In 1941 he was member of the special commis sion appointed by the national defense mediation board to study the douglas fir lumber industry, and this was followed by an ap pointment by President Roosevelt to the chairmanship of the rail way emergency board to make a fact-finding study on the railway industry and the threatened wage dispute. Alternate membership on the national defense mediation board last year culminated in his appointment to the present 12 man war labor board. In January of this year Dean Morse com pleted hearings on the most ex tensive waterfront arbitration case he has handled. Fine Animals Activities of Dean Morse that are not listed in Who’s Who, that do not have a great social sig nificance, taut that do require interest and study, and certainly carefully weighed decisions are directed toward his avocation— the breeding of fine animals. The dean has had an interest in ani mals ever since his boyhood days on a large Wisconsin stock farm. He ho’ds the view that animal husbandry is an art as well as a science. “The breeder of fine animals who makes a study of blood lines has to make an artistic approach to his work just as a sculptor or a painter molds out of raw ma terials a beautiful painting,” says the dean. Horses and sheep are his favorite subjects. Championship In the stables cn his 27 M> -acre farm in the Col'ege Crest area of Eugene he has nine head of lorces, among which is a three Scholarship Applications Now Ready Approximately 85 scholarships will be awarded to students, eith er graduate or undergraduate, desiring to attend the University during the academic year 1942 43, according to an announce ment issued by the President’s office. These scholarships are awarded each year, by the state board of higher education, the number be ing based on two per cent of the cumulative enrollment for the preceding year. About one-half are given to high school students desiring to attend the Univer sity. Eligibility To be eligible, a student now atteending the University of Oregon must have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.50 and be. in need of financial assistance. Applications may be secured from the president’s office in Johnson hall. All applications muBt be filed by April 1 in order to be considered by the commit tee. Scholarships Value For the academic year 1942-43 these scholarships will carry a value of $66, which will apply toward annual charges totaling $103.5Q. For out-of-state students the value of the scholarship amounts to $216. Applications are first consid ered by a local committee com posed of: Dr. Earl M. Pallett, chairman; Dean Virgil D. Earl, Dr. C. L. Huffaker, Dr. Waldo Schumacher, and Miss Janet Smith. The final awards will be made by the committee on high school relations which is composed of representatives from the Univer sity of Oregon, Oregon State col lege, the State College of Edu cation, the State Department of Education, the High School Prin cipals association, and the Asso ciation of City Superintendents. year-old champion. This colt, “Spice of Life,” won the grand chantpionship in the breeding classes at the Oregon state fair last year. Dean Morse refers to him as “my paper and pencil horse, because he was produced in my study first.” He decided what combination of blood lines he wanted in the stallion that was to head his stable, then made a search of the stables in Am erica, finally made a purchase from Tom Wilson, Chicago meat packer, and hauled the horse home from Illinois in a trailer behind his car. His interest in American sad dle horses has been somewhat contagious with a number of the faculty members and Eugene citizens and resulted in the or ganization and growth of the Eu gene Hunt club. Blue Ribbons Dean Morse’s girls, Nancy, 10, Judith, 7, and Amy, 5, add to the interest for animals on the Morse farm, for they have raised blue ribbon chickens and also some rabbits. The present chief concern of the University of Oregon’s emi nent young legal figure is to serve the United States to the full extent of his capacity during the war crisis. Intelligent and vigorous handling of his duties in the past have brought honors to himself and the University of Oregon which might be accepted as an indication of what the fu ture will bring. A memorial monument to Em ma Hart Willard, pioneer of high er education for women in the United States, recently was un veiled at Middlebury, Vt. Confab to End (Continued from page one) Loan association, Portland: Gen eral H. G. Winsor, Puget Sound Power and Light company, Port land. Purpose of the yearly confer ence which features prominent Oregon business men, is to aid business administration students in selecting the field of work for which they are best fitted. Tea Served Speaking yesterday were E. H. Porter, State Public Welfare commission on government career service; Harold Stone, Pacific National Advertising agency, on advertising; Rogers Kimberly, Eugene First National bank, on banking and credit; Martin Mam men, Willamette Iron and Steel, on personnel; Charles L. Paine, Sam Rugh Realty company, Eu gene, on real estate; and Aruthr S. Cannon, Medford, on account ing. Phi Chi Theta, business wom en’s honorary, has served tea each day at the mid-afternoon re cess. The campus of Norwich univer sity is undergoing a major face lifting operation to provide a set ting for two new buildings, White mess hall and a civil and elec trical engineering laboratory. Ad Man Talks At BA Meeting Harold Stone, Pacific National Advertising agency, Portland', ar rived in Eugene Wednesday morning for the fourth annual student-business conference, spon sored by the school of business administration. Mr. Stone was honored at a luncheon at the College Side Wednesday noon by Alpha Delta Sigma, men's advertising honor ary. At the conclusion of the lunch eon, Mr. Stone, who was a mem ber of the chapter at the Univer sity of Washington, gave a brief talk before the assembled active alumni and associate members of Eugene. As a feature of the student business program, Mr. Stone con ferred with the advertising sec tion, which met at 2 p.m. Wed nesday at Gerlinger hall. G. Duncan Wimpress, sopho more in journalism and Emerald chief city editor, underwent an appendectomy yesterday morn ing at Sacred Heart hospital. The attack came while Wim press was working on the copy desk Tuesday night. In the Spring... 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