Old Emerald Pictures Historic Battle.
By Len Calvert
Emerald Ass'stant New* Editor
Relations between Oregon and
©regon State were not always as
peaceful as they are today. Today's
actions between the two schools is
usually conducted with paint brush
es on campus sidewalks and the
©regon “O” on Skinner's Butte.
However, back in 1937 an event
now known as “The Great War"
took place on the Oregon campus.
It seems that Oregon State beat
©regon 14-0 at Oregon's Homecom
ing that year. The win caused so
much excitement on the OSC cam
pus that students left their classes
and danced in the streets Monday
morning.
At about 11 a.m. Monday. Oct.
25, 1937, the word was spread on
ghe Oregon campus that about
1500 “Staters” had passed through
Junction City on their way-to Eu
gene.
Equal to Challenge
Oregon students were equal to
the challenge. Students generally
left classes to gather at the Col
lege Side Inn to meet the invaders
from the North. Outside the Eu
gene city limits the invading Beav
ters were met by Eugene and State
Religious Council
Sponsors Assembly
The University Religious Council
! will present a Thanksgiving dra
' matic service Tuesday, Nov. 25,
during the assembly hour.
Beginning with the pilgrims and
! continuing down through history
, to modern America, the program
will present incidents illustrating
the history of Thanksgiving. The
service, which is being planned by
a committee headed by Laura Lee
Newton, will include choral music
by a choir composed of students
from all religious groups on the
campus.
police and warned against “rough
stuff."
The “Staters” victory parade,
with three patrol ears as escorts,
wound up Willamette, out 13tli
past the "Side”, down University
to 11th and back downtown. All
was peaceful between the two sides
until an OSC car stalled on 11th
between Hilyard and University
streets.
Then, the Oct. 20 Oregon Daily
Emerald says, “Oregon students
seized the four occupants of the
car and marched them to the mill
race." Students clamored for
“more Beavers” and the story con
tinues "It wasn't long before par
lies of Oregon students were
blocking all the intersections about
the campus, stopping cars and
grabbing all Staters and taking
the victims to the race.”
Mill ltaee Bridge
Activity centered for a time at
the bridge over the mill race on
Alder street. Then the action mov
ed up 11th to the Anchorage, a for
mer restaurant between 11th and
the race, where more OSC students
were ducked, many minus all their
clothes except shorts.
When all the invading Beavers
had been cleared from the campus
area, Oregon students spread out
Floor Level Raised
For 'Henry IV' Set
A "first" in University Theater
history will have been achieved
when “Henry IV," part I opens
Dec. o. Th.'s will be the first time
for any production that the orches
tra pit floor level will have been
raised, creating a s even foot acting
area in front of the foot-lights.
The set for “Henry IV” will be
made of levels and will have bur
lap covered flats and risers. The
rained level for the orchestra pit
will also be used in the forthcom
ing production "Death of a Sales
man”, scheduled for winter term.
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Th© medical specialist; after a thorough exam
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over the Eugene area, hunting for
more Beavers. They found f>0 OS<'
men in Seymour's cafe at 10th and
Willamette. Before the angry
Ducks could gel inside the restau
rant, Seymour’s locked the doors,
which were guarded by Eugene pa
trolmen. Students continued to mill
about in front of the cafe, blocking
downtown traffic. Patrolmen clear
ed the street enough to permit
traffic to move.
When the OSC men refused to
come out and the Oregon students
were unable to get in, pickets ap
peared, bearing signs which said
"Unfa.'r to Oregon." Finally,
through arbitration by the police,
the “Staters" came out of the cafe
to be thrown in the mill race and
then led to Skinners B.itte to paint
the "O”.
•<)• Painted
The painting of the "O" was the
second stop for most of the O.St;
men. Enthusiastic Oregon students
used three cases of yellow paint
while sliding the Beavers down the
sides of the "O" by the seat-of-the
pants method. One unfortunate in
cident reported by the Emerald
was that some of the OSC men
who were walked barefoot to the
butte from the campus, cut their
feet on broken glass.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon helped di
vert some student attention from
the riot by holding an informal
dance on the tennis court beside
the house. About 1000 students at
tended the dance where some of
the Beavers were made to sit on
the piano and sing "Mighty Ore
gon" or get thown in the mill race,
according to the Emerald report.
French Kevolution
Classes for the most part were
dismissed. However, one professor,
Arthur Marder, refused to let out
his history class. The Emerald said,
“The discussion of the French revo
lution of 1830 went on with sound
effects.” It was also reported that
the ItOTC classes were dismissed
with the advice to go out and get
some practical experience in
"war.”
The Emerald went on to say,
“OSC student leaders said that
rioting was not their purpose in ,
coming to Oregon, that they wish- I
ed to have an informal get to
gether with Oregon students for
an all-round good time.”
No action about the riot was '
taken by the State Board of High
er Education and University offi
cials did not seem to be too dis
pleased with the affair.
The Emerald quoted then Uni
versity President Boyer as saying,
T am surprised that victory should
mean so much to Oregon State
that they should want to come
over here to lord it over our stu
dents.” As long as the least pos
sible damage was done, we should
be satisfied with our victory today,
as any marching back over there is
uncalled for."
Virgil Earl, dean of men, issued
this statement about the incident,
"I think the students of the Uni
versity should be complimented on
keeping their heads as long as they
did. What developed later was un
avoidable and occurred under very
trying circumstances.”
This “Great War" was the big
gest clash between the two largest
state schools. This Saturday, the
traditional rivalry will be renewed
on the football field of Portland's
Multnomah stadium.
Honorary Group |
To Hold Initiation
Beta Gamma Sigma, national
business administration scholastic
honorary will hold an initiation
and dinner at the Student Union
tonight. C. Ward Macy, head of
the department of economics, will
speak on “The Citizens’ Stake in
Government Finance.”