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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1951)
"Duck By Bill Ourney Emerald Sport* Editor ' "<• nerve center <>! atliletics at Oregon is a carpeted office in McArthur Court, and the mail responsible for their efficient administration is .Mr. Leo Harris, athletic director par ex cellence. The organization he heads is a large one, with a turnover of from two to three hundred thousand dollars per year. And Mr. Harris is faced with the same problems as any private businessman, for if Oregon is to continue to compete in the I’C ( , his department must keep it- head above water financial ly. I he state of Oregon > only contribution is money for salaries paid to staff members for services in the I’K depart ment. All improvements, aid for athletes, and coaching salaries must come from gate receipts and student fees. Football makes profit Last year, even with a faltering Oregon ('.rid squad, foot ball receipts made up $23,000 of the $2X,000 profit showed by the athletic department, basketball accounted for about $3,000 more, while sports such as baseball, track, golf, tennis, and ekiing finished in the red. ‘‘I think we may lose money this year—its hard to draw crowds unless you have a winning team,'’ said Mr. Harris. An example of this is the paltry 14,000 fans who showed up for the recent UCLA game in the mammoth LA Coliseum. As to Oregon's long range position in the 1’CC, Mr. Harris said: Naturally, we arc at a disadvantage in competition with larger, richer schools, but we intend t■. continue on our present basis.” "In recruiting athletes, our policy has consistently been to emphasize Oregon as a place where a boy can get a good education." About the movement towards de-emphasis of college ath letics, Harris had this to say concerning such controversial points as abolition of bowl games and spring football practice: “I've never felt that bowl games in themselves are bad—I do think that receipts from them should be divided upon a nearly equal basis around the conference. This would prevent the rich from getting richer, and the poor from getting poorer. ‘ I think if all schools dropped spring football drills, it would give r>ther sports their rightful place in the sun and increase interest and participation in them.” New stadium seen Harris is also looking to the future in regard to Oregon's stadium situation. Hayward field has a capacity of about 2.1,000, with new steel bleachers on the cuds which Harris planned and added. In the planning stage is a proposed new stadium to he built across the street from Hayward field where the present pre fabricated housing is located. This stadium will first probably be built to hold 30,000 fans, with provision for ultimate enlargement to 45,000. No specific date has been set for its construction, but there is a very nice drawing of it hanging in the main athletic office. Mr. Harris is a Stanford graduate of 1927. He has a solid background in college athletics, as he earned three letters at tackle for the Indians under the great 1’op Warner, originator of the single and double w ing formations. 1926 National Champs In 1926, his team won the national football championship as determined by the Dickenson rating system, and went on to play Alabama to a 7-7 tie in the 1927 Rose Bowl. Commenting on his college football days, Harris said: “For me playing college football was a fine experience. I think that in athletics the crux of the matter is leadership at the coaching level. Playing under Pop Warner was really an educational experience.” “I think football in those days was much the same as it is now, although there was no platoon system, and there was a difference in emphasis. By that I mean, at the present time many more college football players expect financial help in getting through school. This has its bad points, of course, but it does enable many deserving kids to get an education who wouldn't otherwise.” Daughter who flies Mr. Harris has been at Oregon since 1947, with a long career of coaching and administrative work previous to that. Now he lias a new interest, the activities of his daughter Lorraine, or “Larry" as he calls her. She is a stewardess for Pan American, and has been to Hongkong, Singapore. Tokio—“all the places I’d like to go; and someday I’m going to do it,” said Mr. Harris. There is also a Harris son, Keith, who is currently a quarter back for University high school. Perhaps someday there will fie another Harris connected with the University of Oregon football team. Director * Leo Harris Matthew Arnoldj Browsing Room Discussion Topic “Don't Underestimate Matthew Arnold” will be the topic of the fifth in the Browsing Room lecture series tonight at 7:30 p.m. with Al burey Castell, head of the phil osophy department, as lecturer. Castell will discuss Arnold and the humanities, stressing Arnold's England, and his ideas of criti cism, culture, and literature. He will also discuss Arnold's feeling \ about the Bible as literature, his I thoughts about poetry as litera ture, and the arguments Arnold has aroused since his time. Arnold was an English poet, classical scholar, and literary crit ic. He wrote "Essays in Criti cism”, "God and the Bible”, "Tris tam and Isuelt”, and "Sohrab and Rustram”. He wrote poetry and prose, and his works extended into the field of philosophy. Castell came to Oregon in 1919 from the University of Minnesota, | He is the author of several books, including "College Logic" and "In troduction to Modern Philosophy”. Symphony Rehearsal Set for 6:30 in Court Today's rehearsal for the Uni versity Symphony Orchestra will be at 6:30 p.m? in McArthur Court. That time was chosen in order to permit the orchestra to complete the rehearsal before the 9 p.m. Halloween festivities in the court. Tonight's practice will be the final rehearsal before the orches tra's appearance Thursday night in the anniversary concert com memorating the University’s 75th anniversary. The public is invited to that concert. Read and use Emerald classi fieds. I'- --= Business Honorary Receives Approval The local chapter of Phi Chi Theta, national business women’s honorary, was inspected and pass ed Tuesday by Mrs. Jeanne Clark, | national vice president of the or : ganization. Mrs. Clark found the J Oregon chapter very satisfactory, Beth Miller, president, said. 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