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•World War I Changed
Campus to Training Camp
(Eclitoi s Note : I his is the second in a series of articles
on the campus during the first World War.)
By EDITH NEWTON
When Oregon first became a military training camp, April
16, 1917, Captain Willie Shippen was in charge of the Univer
sity military activities. Under his direction between three and
four hundred students and a majority of the faculty practiced
the rudiments of military training in Kincaid field.
While Daddy Long Legs,” advertised as the most fascin
ating comedy hit of the year, was being billed at the Eugene
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to $1.50, Oregon coeds had not
^^>rgotten the war.
New Courses
Three new courses had been an
nounced for women; physical pre
paredness, first aid and emergen
cies, and lectures on Red Cross.
They were scheduled for spring
term of 1917.
Miss Carmen Swanson, senior
and assistant in the zoology de
partment, was the first woman to
be called to active service. Miss
Swanson had volunteered as a
yeoman in the navy the previous
summer and had not expected to
be called into active service un
til after graduation. She was sent
to Bremerton to do stenographic
work.
Red Cross Work
The YWCA bungalow was head
quarters for all Red Cross work
on the campus, and girls were ask
fet to pledge as many hours as
possible knitting and folding ban
danges.
Rifles were needed for the boys
to drill with, and in the absence
of real Springfields, wooden guns
from the Eugene planing mill
were put into service. Khaki ov
eralls furnished by the boys
themselves were their uniforms.
Charlie Chaplin
While Charlie Chaplin was play
ing at the Savoy theater in “The
Cure,” wild rumors swept over the
campus. There was no FBI or any
other efficient local organization
to investigate the numerous stor
ies that were spread, and stud
ents took it upon themselves in
many cases to follow clues they
believed important.
All sports at Oregon were sus
o^ended in favor of military train
^P>g soon after war was declared.
The greatest blow to sports came
when Johnnie Beckett, captain of
the football team that had beaten
Pennsylvania 14-0 on New Year’s
day 1917 in the Rose Bowl, en
listed in the marine corps along
with “Brick” Mitchell, another
star player of the 1916 season, and
Coach Hugo Bezdek.
Ambulance Corps
On June 7, 1917, every member
of the T6 team that had not al
ready enlisted joined the ambu
lance corps formed by Dr. Eberle
Kuykendall, University graduate
living in Eugene.
Summer session that year was
well attended. Many business men
came from Portland to spend the
summer taking military training.
Fall term military training was
tntinued on a large scale, but
en were growing scarce.
During that term it was decid
ed that because of the lack of
men it would be permissible for
coeds to come to dances in groups
if they were attended by chap
erones. A typical dance that year
was one advertised in the Em
erald. The advertisement stated
that soft collars and middie blous
es would be required at the stud
ent body dance in the gym. The
admission was 25 cents.
Prices were higher, and among
the latest jokes was—“If the cost
of living mounts any higher, what
say you to getting an airplane ?”
tThe “Hooverizing” movement
as gaining momentum, and a
fraternity reported having cut
down costs so much that even
the garbage man was complain
ing.
Homecoming dance that year
was made as simple as possible.
Taxis, dress suits, and flowers
were ruled out as extravagances
that marked one as disloyal.
The freshman bonfire was to
be only 15 feet high, and nothing
but cld boxes or material that
had no value were used in the
demonstration.
Sans Everything
Miss Lillian Tingle, home eco
nomics teacher, amazed the whole
state with her economizing rec
ipes. “Sans Everything’’ was the
name she gave to her first won
der recipe for a cake made with
out sugar, milk, butter, or eggs.
In a lecture on food conservation
she told her audience that she
had made some very delicious
soup that day with apple rinds
boiled in water with a tablespoon
of peanut butter added.
A complete survey of wasted
food on the campus was made,
and it was determined that the
165 men from the University
who had enlisted could be fed on
the food that was being thrown
away. Immediately all houses
started saving food and adopted
the slogan, “The University of
Oregon will feed its soldiers.’’
24-Year-Old
Made Major
University of Oregon alumnus,
24-year-old William B. Rosson,
was recently promoted from the
rank of captain to the rank of
major in the army of the United
'States, it was announced by the
■war department a few days ago.
The distinction is two-fold as it
makes Major Rosson one of the
youngest officers of his rank in
the ground forces of the United
States armed' forces.
Major Rosson’s record at the
University was one of exception
al achievement. In 1940, the year
of his graduation, Mgjor Rosson
was elected a member of Phi
Beta Kappa; he received the rat
ing of a cadet colonel in the
ROTC. The summer after grad
uation he received the Pershing
medal for being the most out
standing ROTC cadet in the 9th
corps area and upon graduation
was granted a regular army com
mission.
Three of his classmates here
at Oregon and his roommates at
camp were awarded commissions
of second lieutenants in the re
serve corps at that time. They
were Burton S. Barr, a lieuten
ant-colonel under Rosson in the
ROTC, Richard H. Werschkul,
and Robert Herzog, all of Port
land.
Barr, Werschkul, and Herzog
were all called into active duty
at the same time as Rosson but
were separated and sent to dif
ferent camps. The four class
mates did not see each other
again for nearly two years.
Then the quartet met again in
Africa on November 7, having
arrived simultaneously in differ
ent transports. But again they
were scattered. By this time Barr
and Herzog have risen to the
rank of captains and Werschkul
to first lieutenant.
Macalester college, St. Paul,
will train air force cadets.
University Man
Publishes Study
The result of about six years of
.intensive study, a 21S-pagc mono
graph entitled "Lewin's Topologi
cal and Vector Psychology," by
Dr. Robert W. Leeper, assistant
professor of psychology, has re
cently been published by the Uni
.versity press.
Kurt Lewin, professor of child
psychology at the State Univer
sity of. Iowa, whose publications
on the theories of motivation arc
summarized and criticized in the
monograph, wrote the foreword
to Dr. Leeper s work, stating:
No Petty Nonessentials
"In this monograph, Robert
Leeper has done more than mere
ly present vector psychology; he
has criticized it and improved it.
To be constructive, criticism must
be penetrating without becoming
lost in philosophical generalities,
and it must be sufficiently tech
nical without bickering about
petty nonessentials.
"As experience shows, it is
difficult to avoid the common pit
falls of criticism when the issue
at stake is of a rather general na
ture, such as the issue of field the
ory in psychology. It is gratify
ing, therefore, to meet this book
of constructive criticism.”
To Promote Understanding
Dr. Leeper summarizes and
comments upon Lewin's publica
tions on the theories of motiva
tion in the monograph, with the
aim of clarifying Lewin's princi
ples and making them more un
derstandable. He thus hopes to
promote understanding of Lewin's
work among psychologists carry
ing on research in that particular
field.
Formerly teaching at theUni
versity of Berlin, Lewin was an
outstanding European psycholo
gist before coming to the United
States in the early 1930’s. In ad
dition to his post at Iowa City, he
is visiting professor to Harvard
university for a part of each
school year.
Hollywood Reporter
(Continued from page six)
rolled by Harry Sherman . . .
Sabu slated for army call at fin
ish of “Cobra Woman" . . . Errol
Flynn starrer, “To the Last
Man," set to get under way
April 12 . . . Lionel Barrymore
draws role of army general in
“A Guy Named Joe” . . . Jack
Jenkins, infant actor in “The
Human Comedy," pacted by
MGM . . . Paul Henroid to co-star
with Ida Lupino in “In Our
Time."
Holly Dept. . . . George Mur
phy recovers from attack of
measles and rejoins cast of “Irv
ing Berlin’s This Is the Army”
. . . Entire Brooklyn baseball
team signs to appear with Red
Skelton in “Whistling in Brook
lyn" . . . Ida Lupino vacations at
Arrowhead and peruses script of
next Warner Bros, picture . . , .
“Song of Bernadette" finally gets
under way with 80-day shooting
schedule . . . Eleanor Parker,
featured in “Mission to Moscow,"
appears altar-bound with Lieut.
Frank Losee.
Luise Rainer considers two
picture deal with Paramount . . .
Twentieth Century Fox plans ten
Technicolor productions on 1943
44 schedule . . . Alan Hale dons
blond wig, ballet skirts and pow
der for one-scene appearance as
chorus “girl" in “Irving Berlin's
This Is the Army" . . . Fox may
make life of President Woodrow
Wilson . •. . Kate Smith will
broadcast from three army camps
• while in southern California for
“Irving Berlin's This Is the
Army."
Wayne received a gift of $500
to aid in developing the Hooker
Scientific library.
Music Major Named
NW Regional Winner
Elizabeth Walker, senior in
music, has recently been named
northwest regional winner of the
National Young Artists contest,
sponsored by the Federated Music
clubs of America.
Miss Walker, a violinist, won
the state division of the contest
at the beginning of the term. She
is now an entrant for the national
contest, to be held in New York.
Whether she will go to New York
or Whether the contest will be
broadcast is yet undecided.
She is a member of Phi Beta
and Mu Phi Epsilon, music honor -
aries, and will be presented in her
senior recital on April 20.
Trock Talk
(■Continiwd from f'a<n' jour)
Colonel Bill added Boyd Brown,
javelin to his list of champions.
From the 11 Vj mark he
steadily climbed to his present
ceiling of 13 feet ti inches. In
the northern division finals, he
narrowly missed vaulting to
the 14-foot level. Three times
he tried for the mark and three
times the crossbar toppled over
after a slight, joggle.
Thomas came a year late in or
der to see George Varoff, pole
vault champion in 1937 at. 14 feet
6 inches. Varoff's quick won
crown lasted but a couple of years
before he was toppled by Earl
Meadows and Bill Shefton. Next
of course came Cornelius War
merdam who seems to have done
the impossible in this particular
field of athletics.
In order to insure a better
chance at the 14-foot ceiling the
dependable Thomas has vowed to
Dr. Morris Added
To Planning Board
Governor Earl Snell Sunday
completed the staff of his newly
created post-war planning board
with addition of Dr. Victor P.
Morris, dean of the University’s
school of business administration,
and Dean R. H. Dearborn of the
school of engineering Oregon
State college.
Other members of the commit
tee have been previously appoint
ed and were chosen for the wide
variation in their respective
fields of interest. They include
E. B. MacNaughton, Portland
banker; George H. Buckler,
building contractor from Port
land; A. A. Lausmann, Medford
lumber mill owner: Wayne Stew
art, Dayville stockman; Del Nick
erson, executive secretary, Ore
gon State Federation of Labor
(A. E: of L. i; Stanley Earl, ex
ecutive secretary, Oregon CXO.
“Tlfe work of this committee
will be exceedingly important to
our state,” said Governor Snell.
•'The committee is charged 'with
the responsibility of devising
programs and methods, and' co
ordinating plans of action for the
post-war demobilization and tran
sition periods; of promoting ac
tively the industrial, mineral, and
agricultural resources of eur
state.”
Dr. Morris’ part in the commit
tee will pertain to the industrial
and economic adjustment of post
war problems.
strengthen his legs which he de
nounces as being his only or any
way main weakness when 6.Q
tried for the new height.
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