VOLUME XLV NUMBER 44
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1943
In Memoriam . .
. . . to Major Tom Taylor, who lost his life over Europe last year, a
$10,000 gift has been made to the student union building fund.
Dr- Barnett Leaves UO Campus
To Accept Smithsonian Post
Taking a year’s leave of absence, Dr. H. G. Barnett, assist
ant professor of anthropology and assistant curator in the mu
seum of natural history since 1939, left last Sunday to accept
/£e position of senior ethnologist at the Smithsonian institution
in Washington, D. C. In addition, he will have an opportunity
to do war work with the ethnogeographic board, a committee
organized by different research foundations to provide a source
of expert information for government departments, both civil
lan ana war sei vices. me com
is under the direction of
Dr. Duncan Strong, professor of
anthropology at Chicago univers
ity.
Negotiations are underway to
engage a substitute for Dr. Bar
nett during his absence, and the
classes which he taught will still
be offered. If it is found necessary
to drop any courses, a notice will
v posted, said Dr. Cressman, head
of the department of anthropol
ogy.
Dr. Barnett came to Oregon
from the University of New Mex
ico where he taught archaeology,
He had also taught general
courses in anthropology at the
University of California.
He received his bachelor of arts
degree from Stanford in 1927 and
his doctor of philosophy degree
from the University of California
in 1938.
The professor is the author of
various articles in scientific journ
als, and is a member of Phi Delta
Kappa, liberal aits honorary, and
gignia Xi, science honorary.
Last summer he taught full
time in the far eastern section of
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Mail Clerks Needed
To Send Off Emeralds
The Emerald is in need of a
mail clerk and an assistant mail
clerk to handle the Emerald mail
orders. These p o s i t i ons are
University jobs and are paid for
by the University according to
the amount of time put in. The
pinions will require approxi
mately two hours a day, the
work being done before 4 :30 every
afternoon.
Any one interested should ap
ply to Elizabeth Edmunds, busi
ness manager, at the Emerald be
fore 5 p. m. Friday.
Dramatists Decide
On 'Dark Victory’
“Dark Victory’’, a drama by
George Brewer Jr., and Bertram
Bloch, popularized as a movie
starring Bette Davis, has been
chosen as the next University
theater production by the ad
visory council.
Second and final reading for
principal characters in “Dark
Victory” will be heard this eve
ning at 7:30 p. m. in Guild hall.
Horace Robinson, acting head
of drama, introduced the play at
a representative meeting of the
drama group yesterday evening
in Guild hall. The play was ac
cepted unanimously and tryouts
began immediately.
The date for the first produc
tion has been set as January 21
and will probably be in the form
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Student Union Fund Increased
By $10,000 Memorial toTaylor
The student union fund has been increased to
£57,749.92 by a $10,000 gift made to the fund by Mr.
and Mrs. George Giustina and family, it was an
nounced Wednesday by Dr. Karl M. Pallett, execu
tive secretary of the University. The gift is to be
used to furnish a room in the future student union
Hiikling as a memorial to Major Tom T, Taylor, late
son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Giustina.
First installment of the gift, a cheek for $“,500
was presented to the University on Tuesday with
a pledge for the remaining $2,500 which will be
given later.
Major Taylor was 2-t when he lost his life a year
ago heading a bombing mission over Europe. A
former University student, Taylor received his ap
pointment to Randolph Field in 1939, and was com
missioned a second lieutenant in February of tyif.
His first assignment to duty was at Mc.Chord field.
He served at various fields in the United States!
before going to England in October, 1942.
Major Taylor had a rapid rise in rank. News of
his promotion to major was received only a few
weeks before his death on January 13, 1943, when
he was serving as commanding officer of tJto
304 th bombardment squadron of flying fortresses.
He had returned to Eugene in the early sum
mer of 1941 to marry Mice Giustina. The PurpK©
Heart was awarded to him posthumously.
Before Or. Erb’s untimely death, the Univers
ity president had been working with the Giustina
family, helping them in arranging details of tho
gift. ‘
Public Rites
For Dr. Erb
Set Sunday
Public memorial services in
memory of Dr. Donald M. Erb,
late University president, who
died last week after a sudden at
tack of pneumonia, will be held
Sunday at 4 p. m. in McArthur
court.
Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett,
vice-president of the board of
higher education, will speak from
the standpoint of the board and
Nancy Ames, ASUO president,
will speak from the standpoint of
the students.
A poem by Ernest G. Moll, as
sociate professor of English, will
be read.
Dr. J. H. Gilbert, dean of the
college of liberal arts, stressed
the fact that the services are open
to students, soldiers, faculty and
townspeople.
New Students' Pictures
Taken Thursday Only
Oregana pictures of new stu
dents will be taken Thursday only,
Helen Johnson, Oregana editor,
announced. Only students who are
new this term should have their
pictures taken, Miss Johnson said.
Friday is the last day that stu
dents may get their proofs and
decide on which one they want
printed. The pictures will be tak
en at the Kcnnel-Ellis studio.
Arthur Pratt Fund SetUp
ToAssist Graduate Scholars
By MOLLY CONNELL
Establishing the Arthur P. Pratt fund for graduate stu
dents, a check for $5000 was received by the late Dr. Erb Sat-'
urday from the Eugene bottling company, of which John G.
Foster is president.
Mr. Foster stated in a letter accompanying the check that
he wanted to do something for Eugene and the University of
Oregon.
"We had little or nothing to start with,” said Foster. "Ev
erything we have at this plant came from Eugene. In making
UO Civilians
Number 1228
C. L. Constance, assistant reg
istrar, anounced Wednesday that
it seemed certain that the antici
pated total of 1500 students for
winter term will be exceeded.
The total registration for Tues
day was 1228, of which 207 were
men, and 1021 were women. Of
this number, 1168 were here last
term, 35 were matriculates, and 25
were old students not here fail
term.
By Tuesday evening 1416 stu
dents had received material and
were in the process of registering.
No new figures have been com
piled as yet but there is expected
l.o be a considerable number of
students registering late.
Advanced ROTC men who have
returned to the campus will make
another 56 in the total of stu
dents.
Carl Huffaker Relates Attitude of Neighbors’
Regarding United States in Series of Letters
By PEGGY OVERLAND
It used to be Europe that drew
the graduates—France, Germany,
the Balkans—all the countries
where unrest was slowly brewing
into World War II; now it is
South America. The list of those
who have gone from the campus
into some type of work in the
Pan-American countries is be
coming very impressive, and Carl
Huffaker, ’40, presents the at
titude of the “Norte Americano”
very graphically in letters which
he has been sending home regular
ly.
Huffaker, who was a major in
anthropology on the campus and
a member of Condon club, has
been in the southern continent on
a government mission. He gained
special attention because of his
strong interest in map work and
in phisiogrophy while at the uni
versity.
The December issue of 01:1
Oregon carries excerpts of some
of his letters which present vivid
descriptions of the character of
the South American, his customs,
attitudes and beliefs. Most of his
attention is devoted to analyzing
the national character, of which
he is an enthusiastic admirer.
"The first thought, to become
clear might be the cosmopolitan
nature of this country. It’s an
amazing montage of people and
histories that one calls his ac
quaintances here. You weave in
and out of a long procession of
people who have nothing in com
mon save their differences and
restless adventuring that brings
them to this continent, a land
variety of its peoples.
“Then too, I might picture phil
osophies that one finds here. Liv
ing, as I used to, in a commercial
country, there is an attitude here
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inis gut, 1 nati me two-xoia pur
pose of expressing my apprecia
tion to Pratt and the people of
this city.
It struck me that the Universe-'
ity uas the key to the whole sit
uation here; that it represented
a background that establishes*'
the character of this city. I fellt
I could do more for the eonimun-1
ity in this way titan in any other'
way. This is an expression of nay
feeling for Eugene.”
In the letter, Foster stated h’a>
intention to add a certain amount'
annually to this sum ancl mere'
from time to time.
This fund is to provide two
more scholarships annually, d'e-'
pending on its earnings,
scholarship to be less than $250.
The first awards will be an-'
nounced at the 1944 commence
ment.
The donor specified that quali
fications are to be based upon
scholastic record, character a mil
good citizenship of the student, and*
his promise of doing distinguished*
graduate work in any field.
Those graduate students who
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BULLETIN
New Year’s Eve celebrants ‘
will be able to celebrate until 1
1 a. m., according to an an
nouncement by Karl W. On- •
’thank, chairman of the stu- i
dent affairs committee. One
o’clock permission was grant
ed by the committee at a
meeting Wednesday after
noon. '
Classes for the ASTU will
be held as usual on New
Year’s Day, but the Air
Corps detachment will enjoy
a holiday. Civilian students
on the campus will also at
tend all regularly scheduled ;
Saturday classes, as New
Year’s is not classed as a. j
a school holiday.