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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1949)
A Goat in 1907... Live Duck Mascot Makes '45 Debut By Coralie Nelson |; Oregon once had a goat for a i mascot! Furthermore, it was sta bled in Friendly Hall, up in the : south end on the third floor. i In 1907, when Friendly was the men’s dorm, the goat mascot was kept there for a series of season ! games by two students named Carey Loosely and Bug Merriman. Garbed in an Oregon sweater, ;Bflly roamed the campus for his pasture and took up a permanent i daytime residence on the front ! steps of the library. Most people ■developed a habit of using the jside entrance during this period. After Billy’s vague disappear jance (no one seems to possess any definite information about it, al though several hypotheses have been developed), Oregon’s only mascot until 1945 was a large wooden duck wbicli appeared in various forms through the years. ! PUDDLES APPEARS | At a rally on Oct. 5, 1945, pre Iceding the Oreg'on-Tdaho football game, the first live and quacking iPuddles made her debut. The idea of having a real duck mascot for Oregon was started in 1945 by Jim McClintock, who, with the help of the rally squad, rounded up a num ber of farmers who expressed their willingness to donate a duck for |tlie team. 1 Many ducks, of various sizes, shapes, and colors were considered and rejected until a little white bird wearing an "O” sweater was discovered. Oregon defeated Idaho (that year, in the first post-war home game, 33-7. L__ Examinations Set Examinations for physical sci ence aids have been announced by the United States Civil Service Commission. | Tiie examination will cover (branches of physical science ex cept meteorology. Positions to be (filled pay from $2,200 to 3,100 in agencies in and around Washing ton, D.C. Information and applications may be obtained from regional civil service offices or from the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D.C. Applications should be sent to the Commission's Washington office and must be re ceived not later than Dec. 13 li -- McClintock and Bill Gross, cus todians of the new mascot, had a little difficulty in keeping track of her. Aside from traveling to many conference games the first year, she was spirited away on two long expeditions. The first occasion was at the beginning of the Christmas holi days, when some WSC students stole her from MjcClintock’s home in Portland. Nothing was heard until after the first of the year. On Jan. 3, McClintock received several anonymous notes, some of fering reassurance of her well being, others condolences, and then Puddles herself arrived through the freight office, safe and sound of wing and limb in her own crate. OSC THREATENS Puddles disappeared several days before the Oregon-Oregon State game in November, 1946, and ar rived shortly afterward on the OSC campus. Numerous anony mous threats proposing either a change in color of the snowy-white feathers, or a duck dinner were turned in to McCiintock before the game on Nov. 23 at Bell Field, where the erstwhile mascot was re turned to Oregon amid extensive ceremonies staged by OSC rooters. Puddles was captured again by OSC on Nov. 20, 1947. ORIGIN OBSCURE The origin of the term “Web foots” as applied to Oregon stu dents and teams seems to be more obscure than that of the duck mas cot. However, a story is told of the early mining days in Oregon, which, if it does not throw light on the subject, may offer an idea which could be enlarged upon. It seems that a traveler was spending the night at a farmhouse on the Long Tom River. Observing the weather, he remarked sarcas tically that children in Oregon ought to be webfooted. The wife of the farmer replied, “We thought of that,” showing him her baby's feet—webbed between the toes. Since that time, “Webfoots” has been a general term applied to Ore gonians. Bootblack: ight or dark, sir? Absent Minded Professor: I’m not particular but please don’t give me the neck. 1 WaCOME ALUMS! Before or After the Big Game Drop In For.,. • Steak DINNERS • Fountain Service We Serve BREAKFAST, LUNCH - DINNER \\eckdays Sunday Open. 7-11 p.in. 9-11 p.ni. 'Winterset' to Christen New University Theater After many play productions in the cramped quarters of Guild The ater in Johnson Hall, the Univer sity Theater staff will have a dream come true when Maxwell Anderson’s “Winterset” opens its run at the new theater Dec. 2. University Theater- Direc t o r Horace W. Robinson has long wanted to produce “Winterset.” Since first coming to the Univer sity as technical director in 1933, Robinson has directed many of the productions following his first, “The Chief Thing.” Especially well-known for his spectacle productions in McArthur Court, he has directed “Peer Gynt,” “Of Thee I Sing,” “The Green Pas tures,” and last year’s “Marco Mil lions.” Directing the second production of the current season will be Otti lie T. Seybolt. At the University since 1928, Mrs. Seybolt had no idea her field would be the theater until she did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, then, as now, a flourishing center of the theater. It was there that she had as a classmate Frederic March. A Shakespeare enthusiast, she has produced several of his plays here, including “Hamlet” and an outdoor performance of “Romeo and Juliet.” Now in his second year with the University Theater, William E. Schlosser is technical director, scene designer, and construction crew boss. A graduate of North western University, where he also did his graduate work in drama, Schlosser has designed the two set tings to be used for “Winterset.” Webfoots Now 'Webfeet' Whip Oregon Webfeet So said approximately 10 0 0 orange and black pamphlets that were dropped from the skies onto the University of Oregon campus Thursday afternoon. A graduate oi tne university School of Journalism, LeJeune W. Griffith is business manager of the theater. Also in her second year on the theater staff, Mrs. Griffith, while a student, played the leading role in “I Remember Mama,” and was awarded the yearly “oscar” presented by the theater for the “best acting job by a woman in a leading role” for the part. 18 University Students ^ Enlist in Naval Reserve Eighteen University of Oregon students have recently enlisted in the Organized Naval Reserve Sur face Division 13-2'. at the Naval Reserve Training Center. Most of the men are engaged in recruit training. The University men who have become reserve trainees are Melvin K. Moser, Merlyn L. Smith, Donald E. Gregory, Francis A. Wadsworth, Eddie L. McCluskey, Dale E. Knowles, Donald M. Julian, and Harold J. Smith. INEXPENSIVE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS! A I "45" PLAYER 1 $12.95 ' RECORDS I ...69c $1.00 | 7” Popular 7” Classical A "33/3" PLAYER $9.95 RECORDS 10” Popular .$2.85 10” Classical .$3.85 12” Classical.$4.85 New Shipments Radio Laboratory 768 E. 11th Phone 4-4431 WELCOME, ALUMS! Let's Get Behind The Team! BEAT THE BEAVERS