ilOHoopSquad
Gains 'Polish’
The University of Oregon bas
ketball squad both took and gave
some hard knocks during vacation
period, but came out a rather im
proved aggregation on the whole,
according to Coach Howard Hob
son.
Hardest knock was the loss of
towering Ken Hays, 6-foot, 7
inch center from Waitsburg,
Washington, due to grades, Ted
Holmes, alternate forward from
Menlo Junior college, may also be
temporarily let out on account of
marks.
Job Looms
With forward-guard Luke Bac
celleri now in the armed forces,
Hobson confessed that the job of
rebuilding his team would be a
hard one. “However we have
hopes that some of the new men
who will be entering school this
winter will show some promise,”
Hobson stated. “Any of the new
fellows who are interested in bas
ketball are cordially urged to at
tend practice any day at 4:30.’’
The Duck aggregation emerg
ed from the northern division jam
boree at Astoria with a good rec
ord, having broken even with
Washington State and lost to
Washington, the conference favor
ite, in four 20-minute halves.
Played Well
“The boys showed flashes of
basketball,” declared Hob
Son. “Although we had only one
really good practice, owing to the
interference of final exams, the
fellows exhibited as much stuff as
the average conference team this
year.”
Hobson also commended the
showing of the team in the game
with the Fort Lewis five. “Al
though we lost,” he said, “the sec
ond half of that game was ours.
The boys put forth what I believe
(9 be their best performance so
far,”
Drills Resumed
The squad disbanded for vaca
tion after the Fort Lewis game.
night the players recon
v'iitte« ancl held a workout which
T)r> hampered by the slipperiness
| oi me floor. Workouts will be held
! 'nightly this week with stress
being laid'heavily on condition in
an effort to whip the boys into
shape.
President Erb’s Career
As Educator Brief,Bright
The joy of the University’s holiday season was plunged into
gloom upon the announcement of the death of Dr. Donald Mil
ton Erb, president since 1938. His untimely passing brought to
an end a career which began only 43 years ago and lifted him
to the University of Oregon’s top post at the age of 38.
Doctor Erb was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 3,
1900. His father, Dr. John Lawrence Erb, was and is a nation
ally famous organist, composer, and choir director. Young
Donaid entered the University of Illinois in 1918, thus becom
ing acquainted with the disadvantages of trying to obtain an
education in wartime. According to Dr. Clarence Valentine
Boyer, himself a former president of the University, and now
head of its English department, he was “not an outstanding stu
dent, but was extremely bright in R.O.T.C. classes and other
wartime subjects.” Dr. Boyer at one time actually taught his
successor when he himself was an instructor in English comno
sition.
Dr. Erb received his bachelor of
science degrfee from Illinois in
1922. After a year spent in gain
ing practical business experience,
he returned to his alma mater and
took his master’s degree, which
he received in 1824. He attended
Harvard in order to attain his doc
torate of philosophy. While there
the genius for scholarship which
was to help to place him in a pres
idential chair began to make it
self evident, and Dr. Erb was
awarded the Thayer fellowship.
He followed up this triumph by
carrying off the Ricardo prize for
all-around outstanding work by a
graduate student at the end of his
sojourn at the eastern school. In
1930 he was awarded the Sheldon
traveling scholarship on which he
toured the country and wrote a
thesis on the state of the nation’s
railroads.
“Outstanding” Man
He began his teaching career
by accepting an instructorship in
economics at Oregon in 1927, and
was speedily elevated to assistant
professor. When he left in 1929
he was voted the “most outstand
ing faculty man” by the outgoing
seniors of that year. He received
this honor in spite of the fact that
his teaching experience had been
limited to the scant two years
which he had taught at the Uni
versity.
After receiving his doctorate,
he was again appointed to the
University faculty, and taught
here for three more years. He was
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Goodwin, editor of the Emerald,
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offered an associate professorship
in economics by Stanford Univer
sity in 1933, and began an asso
ciation with them which was ter
minated only by his election as
president of Oregon in March,
3 938. At the time he left the Cali
fornia institution he was acting
head of its economic and sociol
ogy departments.
Throughout most of his adult
life he was a regular contributor
to the leading economic journals
of the country. He was a member
of the American Economics asso
ciation, the Pacific Economics as
sociation, Phi Gamma Delta social
fraternity, and the Rotary club.
In 1941 he was selected “first citi
zen of Eugene” by the Eugene
realty board.
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Fill Vacancies
December 13 marked the begin
ning of school for 153 new basic
engineering students recently at
tached to the ASTP unit. This new
contingent of men enrolling' in
term one of basic engineering one,
arrived on the campus December
7 to fill vacancies created by grad
uation and reassignment. These
men complete enrollments for this
term.
Graduation exercises were held
December 4, for 18 of the 34 men
who completed term three of
basic engineering one. The new
term commenced December 13 and
will be concluded March 4, at
which time 140 men will complete
the term.
The present program is arrang
ed in a series of three 12-week
terms with 738 soldiers enrolled iii
the various courses.
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