IConfusion . . .
... of now students wtiiis to
hum up the results of the eompll
rated process of oriental ion on
I'ampus. More details In editorial
pn pa Re two.
.VOL. LV.
Coach Len Casanova...
• . . conducted a three week foot*
hall clinic in Japan and Hawaii,
this summer. Sec page three.
Magazine Sales
Checked by Police
jj The case of a magazine sales
man who was being investigated
for his methods of selling sub
scriptions to Collier’s magazine on
the campus last week was closed
JWonday afternoon by the Eugene
city police.
* After investigating the case,
police officials said they would
make no charges against the man,
who was identified as Vera Gil
•Joy, a representative of the Un
ion Publishing company of New
Warning Released
All students should he wary
of any magazine or other sales
men who approach them on
campus offering extremely low
Prices or rates, A. L. Etllngson,
Counselor of men, warned yes
terday.
University students are advis
ed to ask salesmen on campus
(or a letter from the office of
Student affairs authorizing them
to make solicitations on campus.
York city. Gilroy was believed to
have left Eugene over the week
end.
Two freshman men said Gilroy
approached them to offer free
eight-year subscriptions to the
magazine provided they pay $10
postage charges. The students
made out counter checks to Gilroy
who presented them with receipts
bearing the name of the New York
firm.
One of the checks was cashed
by the University Co-op although
Gilroy failed to produce identifi
cation proving that he was a stu
dent and said that the checks
were payments of gambling debts.
The other check was refused be
cause it was incorrectly made out,
according to Mrs. Gerda Brown,
office manager of the Co-op.
The affair came to light when
the name of one of the students
who made out a check to Gilroy
was recognized by a clerk at the
Co-op. The student denied that the
check was a payment of a gambl
ing debt and then told how he had
been approached by the salesman.
Eugene police entered the case
after a check with the city li
cense bureau proved that Gilroy
was not licensed to sell magazines
in Eugene.
There was a possibility that
other students had made similar
business deals with Gilroy, since
the Co-op was holding additional
checks made out to him. These
checks also could not be cashed
because they were incorrectly
made out.
Splendor, Romance of Yesteryear
Belied by Languishing Mil trace
by Anne feitchey
Emerald Feature Editor
( One of the University of Ore
gon's oldest traditions, ante-dat
tng the founding of this institu
tion itself, is the millraee.
Running through the town of
Eugene from east to west, it has
played various roles, all of them
Important, in the history of both
the town and the University.
“Eugene City,’’ as it was known
In those days, began around the
then-swift stream with the con
struction of the old mill in 1855.
Other industries developed, and
in 1859 a ferry service was begun
to serve this center of the fast
developing city.
Fire Destroys Mill
In 1892 the mill was destroyed
i by fire, and in 1895 it waks rebuilt.
k The year 189.3 was a milestone in
the history of the stream, for it
: was then that its first and*only
| steamboat plied the waters.
I Fraternity and sorority houses
,.vt the newly-originated Univer
sity began to see in the midstream
a pleasant site for living quar
ters, and in approximately 1900,
co-incident with the appearance
of canoes on the stream, the
houses were built on its banks.
Controversy between industrial
and private interests was the key
note of the year 1910. A long and
bitter battle ensued, lasting until
1916.
Canoeing Popular
During this period, the campus
in general was discovering the
millrace as a recreational area of
no little importance. Canoeing be
came one of the favorite pastimes
of students, and in 1915 diving
contests and exhibitions were fea
tured entertainment.
Junior weekend, a tradition in
itself for the University, featured
the first of the fabulous canoe
festivals in 1915. These were elab
orate affairs, using the device of
paired living organizations com
peting for top honors in construc
tion and staging, much like the
“Don’t let us interrupt your game; we’re still hoping that they’ll
have the ’race restored by spring term.’’
present weekend floats for tradi
tion week-ends.
This period, which was to be the
only really high point in the
stream’s life, lasted but a short
time. Incidental recreational de
vices, such as a boathouse owned
by the University in 1938, came
and went, and as they did fewer
and fewer new uses appeared.
Plans Stymied
A new era for the millrace be
gan in 1946, when the city of
Eugene cast longing and posses
sive eyes in its direction. A pro
posed joint program of operation,
with the city using the area for
highway improvements, was sug
gested, and the University even
agreed to help them operate on
such a basis. However, the ex
pected financial problem was pres
ent, and there appeared no solu
tion for the difficulties.
Under the Joint operation plan,
the millrace would be restored
to its former fast-flowing glory,
and 1949 was the year in which
these plans came closest to real
ization. ,
Present obstacles which keep
the millrace in a state less than
glorious are the fact that Spring
field sewage is dumped into the
Willamette above the entrance to
the stream and that construction
of the city's culverts is such that
the amount of waterflow is neces
sarily reduced.
Most recent of many attempts
to clean up the millrace was last
April, when Dave Todd, then a
junior in liberal arts, organized a
rejuvenation committee.
Representatives Meet
First step in the plan of Todd
and his helpers was a meeting of
representatives of the millrace
houses with Oren King, then the
city manager of Eugene, and the
city council. ,
Cooperation in this venture was
good, and enthusiasm ran high.
Two hundred students -appeared
on the appointed day, and the Uni
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NO WORD ON CLARK
Protest Still Pendino
Tho official status of a Univer
sity of Oregon protest to Pacific
Coast Conference Commissioner
Vic Schmidt over the Bob Clark
incident remains in doubt today.
Orlando J. Hollis, Oregon's PCC
faculty representative, through I
whom the protest would have to!
be filed, said last night that he
had received no report of the in
cident fi-om either Athletic Direc
tor Leo Harris or Bill Bowcrman.
Mild Weather Expected
Although the season's first frost
of any consequence has chilled
large sections of the north cen
tral states just two days before
the end of summer. Eugene and
vicinity are probably in no danger
of really cold weather until at
least October, the local weather
bureau said Monday.
which came down from Canada,
is moving eastward and is ex
pected to bring frost and freezing
temperatures to parts of Iowa,
Illinois, Minnesota and Wiscon
sin. However, the nation’s corn
crop is expected to get past the
cold spell successfully.
The weather forecast for Eu
gene is cloudy with scattered
showers today and partly cloudy
tonight. High for today is expect
ed to reach 70 with a forecasted
low of 50 tonight.
A drop in temperature to 20 de
grees was recorded in some places
in North Dakota, where the frost
hit the western two-thirds of the
state. South Dakota also reported
heavy frost.
According to the Chicago
weather bureau, the cold air mass.
'Smilling Moroccan'
Departs for Ohio
The saga of Oregon’s colorful
Moroccan student, Abdul Haq
Balkhora is ended.
Abdul left Saturday after
noon for Ohio Wesleyan univer
sity in Delaware, Ohio, where
he has a tuition and partial
maintenance scholarship.
Student Union devotees will
remember the Morrocan with
the flashing eyes and ready
smile. Others will remember Ab
dul, the practical prankster,
who during registration week
enjoyed enrolling students in his
own course: Hst 567, contem
porary Moroccan history, seven
mornings a week, one hour of
credit.
New Schedule
On Yell Tryouts
Tryouts for yell dukes and song !
queens will be held at 6:30 p.m.'
in McArthur court Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday, instead of
tonight, Wednesday and Thursday
as previously reported in the Em
erald.
Four men will be selected Wed
nesday, and six girls will be picked
on Thursday and Friday. Students
wishing to try out must come
prepared to lead yells or songs,
rally board chairman A1 Golden
Red Pilot Seeks
Entry into U.S.
(-T)—The North Korean pilot
who delivered a Russian-made
MIG jet to the allies says he wants
to come to the United States to
study. He also says he didn't
know of the allied offer of $100,000
for a MIG when he landed Mon
day at. a base near Seoul in South
Korea.
The 22-year-old senior lieuten
ant in the Communist Air Force
made these and other statements
today in a news conference at
Seoul. He confirmed that the Reds
had brought planes into North
Korea after the shooting stopped
in violation of armistice terms.
The North Korean said they’d
brought in both MIGs and pro
peller-driven bombers.
He also said that Russian pilots
had flown MIGs in combat against
the 5th U. S. Air Force. And he
said his advanced flight training
was under Russian instructors. He
said his own plane was a MIG 15
and not a later model as had been
rumored.
assistant athletic director, who
first made the announcement of
the case. Hollis was attending a
convention in Gearhart when Bow
erman broke the story and did not
return to Eugene until Sunday
night.
The case broke when Clark, a
star football and basketball play
er at Portland’s Benson high
school, suddenly changed hia
mind about registering at Oregon,
and left school. Bowerman haa
charged that Clark was lured
away from the Oregon campus by
Oregon State college students.
Powerman added: “We hope to
produce evidence that these boy3
were representatives of the Ore
gon State coaching staff.’’ Clark
has since been reported at Cor
vallis.
Cnless such evidence were pro
duced, the PCC could probably
take no action on the protest,
since Clark had not completed reg
istration at the time of his de
parture and hence was not offi
cially an Oregon student. The
PCC code states that a student ia
not considered fully registered un
til he is eligible to attend class.
Clark had only picked up his reg
istration material and taken his
physical examination.
Clark Still Eligible
Bowerman stated that while
Claik could still change his mind
and register at another school
without losing his eligibility, he
believed that Oregon State was
gui.ty of violating the spirit if
not the letter, of the code.
Oregon State officials denied
any knowledge of the case, and
OSC Athletic Director P.oy “Spec”
Keene said Sunday that any fur
ther comment from that institu
tion would have to wait until a
meeting of the coaches.
1)0 Policy Buyer
Has Eye Accident
First student to place a claim
under the new ASUO group in
surance plan was Roger Steeds,
sophomore in liberal arts, accord
ing to a representative of the in
surance firm handling the plan.
Steeds bought his policy while
registering Wednesday morning.
At noon the same day, a small
foreign body in his eye necessitat
ed a trip to a doctor.
The doctor’s bill and medicine
amounting to $6, was paid fop
by the insurance company. Steed’*
all-expense accident coverage is.
still in effect until school opens
next fall.
The insurance desk will be lo
cated in the Student Affairs of
fice, Emerald hall, for a few days
yet this week, according to We*
Ball, insurance committee chair
man. Approximately 600 students
haye already signed up for tho
group insurance plan.
Faculty members are also eli
gible for the accident coverage,
Ball stated. Details of the cover
age are contained in this week’*
regular faculty bulletin. Faculty,
members who wish to join tho
group plan may fill out applica
tion blanks and leave them along
with their payments in the Uni
versity business office, said Ball.