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First Annual Oregon Dads' Day
Attracted Fathers Way Back in '28
DUCKTRACKS
___ By JOHN BARTON
To Oregon Dads, this column is presented as an intro
duction to the University of Oregon Athletic Depart
ment—its workers and its parts.
Whether you know it or not, you were probably in the build
ing which houses the Athletic Department last night—that is.
you were if you saw the Oregon-Washington game. It’s in Mc
Arthur Court that the offices and most of the work of the de
partment can be found.
And heading the department i
is congenial, ever-smiling Leo
Harris, who goes under the |
term of Director of Athletics, i
It’s Leo who arranges the trips I
for the teams. He fires and fires |
the personnel of the depart- |
ment.
He might be called the front
office man for Webfoot sports. |
And incidently, Leo arranges 1
little things like half-time en
tertainment at football and
basketball games. That can
give you a slight idea of the
job he has.
r Leo’s office is on the East
side of McArthur Court lobby,
right behind and across the hall
from the student cheering sec
tion.
Next to his office can be
found the offices of Jim Aiken,
LEO HARRIS
head coach of Oregon football, John Warren, helmsman of Web
foot basketball, Baseball Coach Don Kirsch, who also handles
Frosh basketball, Track and Frosh Football Coach Bill Bower
man, and backfield Coach Jerry Lilly.
Coaches Are Thick . . .
Upstairs, in the northeast balcony lobby is the office of Di
rector of Athletic Information Art Litchman and his hard work
ing assistant, Fred Taylor. They keep the papers and radio sta
tions supplied with up to the minute dope on happenings in Duck
athletic circles, including copious statistics on all players.
In the north lobby downstairs is the office of Howard Lem
ons, graduate manager of Webfoots sports. He pays the bills
and foots the expenses on all things connected with sports at
Oregon.
It’s quite a job to pay the hotel and cafe bills of a football or
basketball team on a trip through the Midwest. That’s what
Howard Lemons does.
Also under the leadership of Leo Harris are, of course, the
varsity and frosh swimming teams, headed by John Borchardt,
and the tennis and eolf teams in the sorinsr.
In McArthur Court . . .
That gives you a fair idea of the personnel of the athletic de
partment. But it’s only a small percentage of the number of per
sons who work for Oregon sports.
Not mentioned are the corps of secretaries, the student man
agers, and Trainer Tommy Hughes and his co-worker Dr.
George Guldager, team physician. These two men put in hour
after hour on Oregon athletes, working out sore muscles, taping
weak ankles or even clipping a painful hangnail.
That’s the personnel. Now for the work of the Athletic De
partment :
If, sometime today in the course of your campus tour on bob
sled or skis, you happen to be taken around Hayward Field,
where the home football games are played every fall, take a
look at the north end—at the old “horse shoe.”
You'll see that it’s being torn down. And next fall, if you come
to a home football game, and we hope you do, you’ll see a new and
different stadium. It'll seat more people, and it'll give everybody
a better view of the game.
The department does that. When the Oregon Ducks went to
the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day, 1949, they earned enough
money to pay for a new stadium. But that isn't the only source of
their money, Dad.
Nope. A lot of that money the department uses to rebuild the
stadium and completely redo the basement dressing rooms and.
showers of McArthur Court comes right out of your pocket. That
is, it comes out of your pocket when you buy a ticket for a game.
And You Help Pay for It
So come around next fall and look at the new Hayward Field,
which you have helped to pay for. Remember, that’s not tax
payers’ money; that's money which has been earned by Oregon
sports through paid attendances.
And last night, if you went to the game, you might have no
ticed that McArthur Court has new suspension-type baskets
at each end of the floor. Also new is the scoreboard. All these
things are paid for by the department.
I
By MARTY YVEITZNER
Don’t be surprised if Dad turns
to you after the weekend is over,
and says, “You know, the whole
thing reminds me a lot of 1928.”
Chances are, if your father was
around the campus during the
Year-Before-the-Cra^h, he will
note the similarity between this
weekend and that. According to
some yellow programs we have
been looking at, all that would be
needed to bring them up to date
is the changing of a few names
and dates.
First Dads’ Day
Dad’s dad, grandpa to you, prob
ably came down on Saturday, Jan.
28. He had been hearing a lot about
this First Annual Dads’ Day, and
furthermore had been meaning to
check into just how much a month
it took to keep a boy in college.
Newburn Speech
To Open Meeting
President Harry K. Newburn will
welcome over 100 Oregon educa
tors today gathered for a confer
ence sponsored by the University
School of Education.
Minard W. Stout, principal of
University High School in Minne
apolis, Minn., and professor of edu
cation at the University of Minne
sota, will be principal speaker. His
topic will be “Recent Trends in
Extra-curricular Activities.”
Other speakers include Leonard
V. Koos, head of the chemistry
department, William J. Maucher of
the University of Montana, and
Julio Bortolozzo, principal of Jef
ferson High School in Portland.
Speakers will lead discussion
groups in the University High
School building from 11:15 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
A buffet dinner will be held at
the Eugene Hotel with R. T. El
lickson, head of the physics de
partment, speaking on the “Un
happy Atom.” Attendance at the
Washington-O regon basketball
game will close the conference.
Kleinsorge to Read
Malthusian Essay
Dr. P. L. Kleinsorge, professor
of economics, will read “An Essay
on Population,” as presented by
Malthus, in the Library Browsing
Room at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Discussion leader for the pro
gram will be Dr. E. H. Moore,
head of the sociology department.
Therfe are more people ready to
turn down ideas than there are
people to think them up.
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He was met at the train by his
offspring, taken to the administra
tion building to register, then back
to the dorm or fraternity house
for some rest and small talk.
Under the direction of General
Chairman Elmer L. Shirell, acting
dean of men, departments and
other sections of the University
had conferences and exhibits
planned for parents.
To change the subject from an
overdrawn allowance, Junior took
“the old man” sightseeing until
5:45, when they found themselves
in front of the Women’s Building.
Annual Banquet
Here the first annual Dads’ Day
banquet was held. Fathers were
addressed by University President
Dr. Arnold Bennet Hall and Cap
tain John J. McEwan, the Jim
Aiken of his day.
From there everybody went over
to Mac Court to see (coincidence)
the University of Washington take
on the Duck* in a basketball en
counter. Then, as now, the Huskies
were a top ball club, coming into
the Igloo with top spot in the
division, and an unblemished rec
ord. We don’t want history to fol
low the book too closely, for the
Washington team defeated Oregon
on that night 22 years ago.
As an added feature, dads saw
the forerunner to our forthcom
ing Kramer-Gonzales tennis duel.
Harrison and Lockwood, two top
University stars, put on an indoor
exhibition. This made McArthur
Court a formidable rival for New
York’s Madison Square Garden.
The night before, an indoor track
meet had featured top intramural
athletics.
A Quiet Sunday
Sunday, Jan. 29, was a quiet day
for dad. The Eugene Chamber of
Commerce took him on an auto
tour, he went to church, then back
to the house for a meal. A Univer
sity vesper service closed out the
weekend.
Before going home, son probab
ly talked him into a trip down to
the Rex to see Tom Mix in "The
Arizona Wildcat.” By that time Pa
was ready for the trip home.
Sound familiar to you, Dad?
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