Young GOPs Pick Head
Bruce Holt, freshman in pre-law,
has been elected president of the
University of Oregon Young Re
publicans. Other officers elected by
the group are Phyllis Ranney, jun
ior in architecture, vice president,
and Joan Nelson, sophomore in po
litical science, secretary-treasurer.
of all the pleasures
brings... only you
can give this gift!
YOUR PORTRAIT
THE
FEHLY STUDIO
12th & Kincaid - on the campus
Annual AWS Tea
Planned for Dec. 6
At Kappa House
The annual Christmas tea spon
sored by the Associated Women
students will be held Dec. 6 from
2 to 4 p.m. at Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, according to Jean Mauro,
general chairman.
On display will be the boxes
filled by University living organ
izations for needy families in the
Eugene area. The organization will
be informed of the specific re
quirements of the boxes this week
by letters. Men's groups are ex
pected to contribute only food.
Assisting Miss Mauro with the
arrangements for the tea, for
which campus clothes are in or
der, are Ann Blackwell, food;
Rosemary Hampton, invitations;
Mary Wilson, program; Valerie
Cowls, decorations; Bobbette Gill
more and Norma Hamilton, col
lections; Jane Tingley, distribu
tion; Tina Fisk, publicity; Donna
Hill and Sally Hannah, promotion.
'Idea Session' Set
For Business Men
University of Oregon business
administration professors will be
hosts to approximately 100 busi
ness leaders of Lane county Tues
day night.
The occasion will be a special
“idea session” sponsored by the
Eugene Chamber of Commerce be
ginning at 7:30 p.m. in the audi
torium of Commonwealth hall.
Members of the University staff
will analyze various sections of the
recent industrial survey of the
county made for the Chamber of
Commerce by a San Francisco re
search firm.
SAVE XMAS MONEY
Save money on your trip to the Airport
—Make your appointment for a
group of you to ride together
$3.00 WILL HIRE A TERMINAL CAB
FROM CAMPUS TO AIRPORT
Any number to five may ride in
same cab for $3.00
Phone
5-4311
TERMINAL TAXI SERVICE T«n
University Fights for Majorettes;
Wins Long Battle in Late Thirties
With Decision That Sight of Knees OK
By Len Calvert
Emerald A»i'»tant Newi Editor
It took University of Oregon stu
dents almost two years of hard
fighting before they got a drum
majorette for the University band.
1938 and ’39 Emeralds tell a
story of controversy about "exploi
tation of womanhood," bare knees
and short skirts. Now the band has
three drum majorettes.
It seems that Oregon students
first started demanding a drum
"majorette” in 1937. but the idea
was quickly banned by University
officials and the Associated V\ om
en Students council. However, a
controversy involving the drum
majorettes at Oregon State college
brought the matter up again in the
fall of 1938.
OSC Ban
OSC officials banned their girls
after State played Washington
State college in Portland. When
OSC students rose in protest
against the edict, it reminded Ore
gon students of their unsuccessful
effort of a year ago to get a drum
majorette for their Oregon band.
Within a week after the State
officials passed the ban, it was
repealed in the face of student
pressure. According to a Nov. 15,
1938, Emerald story, "OSC women
were almost unanimous in the
opinion that it was ‘entirely prop
er’ for girls to appear with the
band.”
The OSC women had been ban
ned because of bare knees and
short dress. The University ban
against permitting a girl to march
before the band was that it would
be “indulging in exploitation of
womanhood.”
The Emerald commented editor
ially, "There is no need for a con
Wc have ’em... The essentials
of your courses highlighted
and packed into a nutthell.
for quick thorough review!
Asl{ ro tee the fimom
; coiiEGf outline s:nies
U of 0 CO-OP
This sign language can save your life
• Right turn
* Left turn, pulling away
from curb, or backing up
® Stopping or slowing down
If other drivers were mind-readers, you
wouldn’t have to give band signals.
Unfortunately they’re not. So when
you make a sudden turn or stop with
out signalling, you run the risk of an
accident.
Protect your err and yourself by
learning the correct, legal signals and
using them properly. In this way you
tell other drivers what you are going
to do before you do it.
Remember—hand signals are more
important today because there are
more cars than ever on the road. Don’t
take a chance—make hand signalling
a habit.
Be careful—the life you save may be your own!
Oregon daily
iEMERALD
Urination of Victorianism on the
Oregon campus."
In that same issue of the paper
a letter to the editor appeared on
the front page from an anonymous
writer said, "Let's hope Oregon j
pulls out of the rut on the major
ess question. Not that it is a great |
necessity to have a bare-legged
girl or two in front of the school
band but the idea of taking a
grammer school attitude such as
seems prevalent around the Oregon
campus is really a disgusting dis
grace for a school with a suppos
, edly broad-minded, level-headed
type of learning and teaching hab
its.”
Tire letter ended with this com
ment. "OSC can." "Can't We?'
Stanford's Problem
Stanford university also got into
the act about the problem of a
drum majorette. Stanford's band
threatened to go on strike unless
their majorette was allowed to ac
company the band to Berkeley.
Stanford's women's Council issued
an edict against the majorette be
cause her actions on the field were
; "unbecoming to a Stanford wom
an.”
University of Oregon students
! overwhelmingly favored a "major
i ess” in 1938 and even most of the
faculty thought that it was a good
idea. Journalism Professor George
Turnbull criticized the attacks
which student's leaders had been
making against the administration,
however. He said "It seems quite
possible that they could advocate
something new' on campus without
taking a devastating sideswipe at
the whole institution."
Action for a drum majorette
reached its peak that fall of '38-'37
when the rally committee petition
ed the ASUO executive committee
for action on the subject. The AWS
council again vetoed the idea and
the movement suffered another set
back.
The Emerald came out with a
front page picture of the Univer
sity of Washington's five drum ma
jorettes with the caption: "Wash
ington has them . . . Why not Ore
gon?"
However, students in favor of
the idea were ngaln doomed to dis
appointment a.s the Htudcnt affairs
committee voted the Issue down 3
to 2.
In Protest
In protcat of the vote, I.es j-jar
ger, band major, appeared dressed
as a majorette Unown a.s "Hexsie
Larger," at the next home game.
Homecoming in 11)38 saw two ba
ton twirlers on the field on leave
of absence from the Eugene Amer
ican Legion.
Pressure for a drum majorette
was resumed during the fall of
1939. The AWS council suddenly
di 1 a complete about-face and ap
proved the idea. This was followed
by the ASUO executive council ap
proval and on Oct, 13, 1939, the
student affairs committee put its
stamp of approval on a drum ma
jorette for Oregon.
Mary Anderson, a freshman
from Eugene, became the i : ct
“majoress" to lead the band on the
held.
The University band currently
has three drum majorettes to strut
down the fields, The three. Vir
ginia Schmidt, freshman in physi
cal education, Nadine Mickleson,
not in school thiH year and Dixie
Reynolds, junior in English, are
assisted by Jim Case sophomore in
music, and Phil Lewis, sophomore
in liberal arts, as co-drum majors.
RE Week Petitions
Due Wednesday
Deadline for petitioning for Re
ligious Emphasis week chairman
ships has been set for Wednesday
of this week, according to co-chair
men Jo Sloan and Cathy Tribe.
Positions open ure general sec
retary. speakers, fireside, lun h-<
eon, housing publicity, promotion,
hospitality, evaluation, program,
special events and Sunday night
program chairmen. Petitions
should be turned in to Jo Sloan at
Delta Gamma or Cathy Tr.be at
Alpha Pi...
Religious Emphasis week, spon
sored by the University Religious,
counc il, will be held Jan. 25 to 29.
UO Debate Team Does
Well in Regional Meet
The University debate squad
finished in the upper half in a field
j
; of competition from 16 schools at
I the Northwest regional forensic
tournament held at Pullman,
Wash., Friday and Saturday. The
thre teams won 11 out of 18 de
bates at their initial performance
of the forensic season.
Phil Cass, freshman in pre-law,
and Don Mickelwait, sophomore in
pre-law, left Pullman Saturday
night to represent Oregon at the
' Western speech association tourna
i ment at Denver, Col., Nov. 25, 26
and 27. This team went through
the Pullman tournament with a
record of four wins and two losses.
The boys will return to Eugene
Saturday, Nov. 29.
The woman’s team of Loretta
Mason, freshman in speech, and
Elsie Schiller, junior in journal
ism, also won four of the six pre
liminary debates while Bruce Holt,
freshman in pre-law, and Paul
Ward, freshman in political sci
ence, came through with a three to
three record.
First place winners at the re
gional meet were Whitman col
lege, Walla Walla, Wash., in the
women’s division, and St. Martins,
Olympia, Wash., in the men’s di
vision. Both teams went through
the tournament undefeated. So
second and third places were an
nounced. There were 85 teams i
competing in the meet sponsored
by the Washington state chapter
of Pi Kappa Delta, national for- j
ensic honorary.
Herman Cohen, forensic direc
tor, expressed satisfaction in the |
performance of the three teams,
pointing out that although two I
thirds of the University squad isj
made up of freshmen they were j
competing against senior division«
teams with a great deal more ex
perience in college debating. Cohen j
: and Robert Kully, assistant direc-'
! tor, accompanied the squad on the
1 trip.
The squad will hold Its regular'
! Tuesday meeting at 7:30 pm. in ■
Villard 205. Cohen urged that all]
students interested in symposium-'
work attend as he plans to begin <
work on t He symposium topics of j
discussion which will begin imme
diately after the Thanksgiving
holiday.
Questions for the symposium in-j
elude the debate topic on fair em
ployment practices on the national,
level and methods of combating J
the Communist influence in $ej
United States.