History of Oregano Reveals Webfoot,
Beaver Used as Former Cover Names
By Bob Ford
How would you like to receive
your yearbook this spring with
the “Beaver" printed across the
cover ?
Such would have been the case if
you had been attending the Uni
versity in 1909. The name of “Bea
ver" was described as "an especial
ly good one” in the forward of the
1910 book, which officially launch- |
ed the college annual as the Ore
gana.
“However," the 1910 book stat-,
ed, "since our friends at Corvallis,
have chosen to adopt the sobriquet,
wholesale, we will let them have
the term and move ahead to one
we think berter.”
The difficulty of selecting a
name for the yearbook which would
stick is apparent. The name of
Webfoot graced the cover of the
1902 book, the Bulletin came intoj
prominence in 1907, the Beaver in
1909, and finally, the Oregana in
1910.
Name Causes Controversy )
The name of Webfoot caused a
great deal of controversy, owning
to the rise of violent opposition in
different quarters to its use in any
connection with the state, the claim
being advanced that Webfott was
a poor advertisement for Oregon
because it inferred that we have a
much larger rainfall than is really
the case (?????).
With the birth of the name Ore
gana (which is the Spanish name
for a flower which grows on the
coast! the hope was expressed by
the 1910 staff that “we have found
a name that will carry a more sat
isfactory connotation with it than
would any of" the old ones.”
Not only the name of the year
book marked the difference be
tween the annual publications. The
1902 Webfoot was a far cry from
the present day Oreganas. The
Webfoot, which had 180 pages, was
seven and one-half inches by nine
and one-half inches in size, and
carried this apologetic forward,
“We have done the best under the
circumstances.”
Formal Articles
Formal articles, such as the "his
tory of Deady hall, and “The Fu
ture of the University,” by Charles
Chapman, University president,
were given front positions in the
Webfoot.
Pages of poetry, minute snap
shots re-photographed against
sprays of Oregon grape, and “out
of the classroom” candids of coeds
in straw hats filled up the space
in the pages further back in the
Webfoot.
Twenty-four members of the
track team, posed in sagging
shorts, are pictured in the Web
foot. Sixteen of the 24 track team
members attested to the "varsity”
vogue, with their hair parted in the
middle.
It was “anybody’s campus" then,
with only one fraternity in exist
ence and 31 students in tho gradu
ating class.
An ‘Awful’ Word
One student stated in the 1910
Oregana that he hoped the editor
did not intend to use the word
“pigging” in the book because it
is such an “awful word." The editor
explained that the complainer's
suggestion of using twoing or too
ing in the yearbook would not
sound quite right. Who would want
to call a pig a tootsie or a pigger
a tutor?
In the fall of 1915, the "financial
strain” of the yearbook passed
from the juniors, who had financed
the book previously, to the "strong
ly organized student body." This
was a welcome relief from such
financial difficulties as the debt of
$266 on the annual in 1909.
With money to burn, the annual
started developing into the book
that it is today. Color plates ap
peared for the first time in the
1910 yearbook, and in 1916, 335
students promised to give subscrip
tions to the Oregana.
No More Whiskers
When volume 32 of the yearbook
was in the process of publication,
the editorial staff promised that no
more “whiskered gents dourly fac
ing the reader” would appear in the
book. The staff was proud to an- i
nounce that two full pages would
be devoted to organizations.
The 1936 Oregana made a real |
step forward with the introduc- j
tion of "offset" lithography, which
made it possible for the Oregana
to have the first photographic cover
of any college yearbook, and a
much more complete photographic
coverage of the school year.
The 1937 Oregana claimed popu
lar rating, with the annual win
ning the esteem of coast readers
in a survey. Since this time, the
Oregana has consistently been win
ning All-American honors.
Another Oregana will be distri
buted to University students this
spring, and will undoubtedly take
its place with the best ones. Ruth
Landry, senior in sociology, has
edited this year’s book, and is en
joying spring term immensely,
now that the Oregana has gone to
press.
Facilities, Davidson, Staff
Miss Landry claims that the
facilities on the third floor of the
Student Union have been wonder
ful, and that Larry Davidson, night
manager of the SU, who is adviser
to the publication, and Miss Land
ry’s efficient staff, have all com
bined to make the book possible.
Irwin-Hodson of Portland is do
ing all the printing for the book.
Kennell-Ellis, Eugene photography
studio, has done all the living or
ganizations’ pictures, and Bush
ong and Company of Portland has
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a roof party, soYnething she has
been looking forward to all year.
"We may cook some hot dogs
over the Browsing Room fireplace,"
the editor joked.
WE RAID
TODAY S STAFF
Aset. Managing: Editor: Eugene
A. Roue
C'opydvyk: Bob Talhofer, Jim
Haycox, Adeline Oarbarlno, AI
Karr, and Judy MeLoughlin
NIGHT STAFF
Night Editors: Bill Holman and
Surah Turnbull
12 Acts Survive Vodvil Eliminations
Twelve acts were selected to ap
pear in the All-Campus Vodvil Sat
urday night at eliminations Tues
day and Wednesday nights.
The acts:
Delta Gamma, ‘‘Let Me In:”
Delta Zeta, "The Face Upon the
Floor;" Sigma Kappa, "Black
Magic;" Alpha Chi Omega, "An
chors A Wait;” Alpha Phi, "Sneak
Preview;” Alpha Delta Pi, “Remin
iscenses of School Days;” Delta
Upsilon, "Senator Keyholer Com
mittee on the CampuH.”
Lambda Chi Alpha, "Variations
on a Theme by Mozart;" 'I'au Kap
pa Epsilon, "Gussie Get Your Gat;"
Campbell Club, "Closing Hours;"
Delta Tati Delta, "Start the Mu
sic;" and Theta Chi, "Old-Fashion
ed Pantomime."
Tickets for the Vodvil will be on I
sale today and Friday morning In |
the Co-op and Student Union.
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