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No. 12
1939 GRIDIRON SCHEDULE TENTATIVELY SET
OUTSTANDING
SENIORS GAIN
HIGH HONORS
Christmas Recess
Starts Tomorrow
Ten Most Prominent, Mem¬
bers of Class of ’39
Earn Places in Col¬
legiate Who’s Who
Christmas recess will open Satur¬
day noon, with classes resuming at
8:25 A. M. Tuesday. January 3, ac¬
cording to an official bulletin Issued
this week by Rev. Theodore Mehling,
C.S.C., dean of studies.
MUTUALBENEFIT
AIM OF MEETING
Six Tilts Clinched
By Portland Coach
Nine-Game Slate Eyed As Negotiations Near Comple¬
tion ; Oregon State, St. Mary’s, Montana On List
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Plans Schedule
Names of ten seniors, voted the
outstanding members of their class,
were announced this week by Francis
McKenna, president of the Class of
•39.
Class Votes
Selected by a class vote, the men
nominated will represent Portland in
the American College Year Book, the
undergraduate Who’s Who.
Seniors honored included: Martin
Evatz, Butte. Mont,, distinguished
scholastically; Francis McKenna,
Portland, most likely to succeed; De¬
vin Duncan. Marshfield, disting¬
uished for leadership; Hal Lyster,
Reedsport, best all-around athlete;
Neil Meagher, Boise, Idaho, disting¬
uished- for sportsmanship; Dom Cal-
licrate, Portland, best personality;
ICiarvin Graser, Portland, most pop¬
ular; Louis Sherman, distinguished
in journalism: Randal Baker, Carl¬
ton most representative of the Uni-
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Seniors Set
Dance Date
The annual Senior ball, outstand¬
ing social event of the year, will be
presented Friday, February 10, ac¬
cording to an. announcement made
this week by Francis McKenna, class
president.
This year the ball will be spon¬
sored jointly by the senior classes of
Portland and the College of Nurs¬
ing. A committee consisting of Joe
Harrison, Alton Lucas and John
Wilkinson from Portland and Valera
Amort from the College of Nursing
ha. been appointed to make arrange¬
ments for the affair.
Price of the tickets has been re¬
duced to SI. 50 a couple and will go
cn sale following the Christmas va-
catin.
As there are approximately eighty
seniors and the number of bids is
limited, McKenna urges underclass¬
men to place orders early.
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Joint Social Program
Sought by College of
Nursing-Portland Plan
Definite action was taken Monday
evening towards formation of an
adaptable social program to more
closely knit the extra-curricular
activities of Portland and the Col¬
lege of Nursing, when student leaders
met and discussed plans offered by
student body officers of the two
groups.
Following presentation of the pro¬
posed plans, the group, headed by
Jane Rogers, College of Nursing Stu¬
dent body president and Russ Hays,
Portland S. A. C. president, selected
the more outstanding parts of each
individual plan and combined them
into one complete program.
A copy of the completed program
was presented the two representa¬
tive groups who in turn will discuss
it for corrections and additions with
their student organizations. When
the program is definitely approved
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Bo^s Town Tag
Drive Subject of
Student Assembly
An appeal (or student co-opera¬
tion in the "Boys' Town" donation
drive sponsored this wck by the
Student Activity council was the
theme of student convocation
Wednesday morning in Howard hall.
Principal speaker was Rev. James
Lane, C.S.C.. under whose leader¬
ship the campaign was launched.
The speaker pointed out the need
for donations to Lather Flanagan's
great endeavor. He explained the
unfavorable reaction to the recent
motion picture dealing with the or¬
phanage, which lias resulted in
an alarming decrease in contribu¬
tions.
It is a happy privilege for me, in the name of the adminis¬
tration and faculty of the University, to extend to all stu¬
dents, alumni, and friends of the University sincere best
wishes for a Happy and Holy Christmas. May the joyful
feast of the birth of Our Blessed Lord renew in our hearts
devotion to Him, and may the abundance of His blessings
he ours during the coming year.
Michael J. Early, C. S. C„ President.
R. L. "Matty" Mathews, Portland
grid mentor returned from the annual
coast conference meeting in Palm
Springs. Cal.. Monday with promites
of cne of the toughest schedules ever
lined up for the Purple and White
eleven in the 1939 campaign.
Nine Tilts Sought
Altogether, nine games are under
consideration, with six definitely
scheduled. At least one and possibly
three elevens will engage in their
first competition with the Pilots.
IJ present plans materialize, the
Portlanders will open their 1939 sea¬
son witli Willamette on the Mult¬
nomah stadium turf. Montana Slate
and Brigham Young will appear on
! the local gridiron with a possibility
that the Oregon Slate tilt will also
be played in Portland.
The Pilots will journey to Missoula
to play Montana and to San Fran¬
cisco to tangle with St. Mary’s, ac¬
cording to present plans.
Southern Trip
A two-week jaunt to Southern
; California will be undertaken if
I games can oe arranged with Loyola
jof Los Angeles and San Diego Ma-
j lines. A contest with Pacific is also
j in the offing.
Tlie projected 193? schedule ap- j
! pears to be not only the toughest |
j ever lined up for the Filots but also
j entails the most representative op¬
position ever slated.
The tentative list includes three
teams from the Rocky Mountain
area, one Pacific coast conference
outfit, two Northwest conference
elevens and three top-notch coast
independents.
Investiture Rites
Scheduled Sunday
A Solemn Investiture ceremony at
St. Francis parish Sunday will offi¬
cially close the Scout Training course
jointly sponsored by the University
and Port'and Council. B. S. A.
Archbishop Edward D. Howard, D.
D.. Archbishop of Portland in Ore¬
gon, will preside at the ceremony.
This is the first time that His Rev¬
erence has presided at the rites, offi¬
cial investiture procedure of the
Catholic Boy Scouts.
Fifty-six men, including
П
from
Portland, will receive certificates.
Tickets to the investiture are not
required for the non-re'erved sec¬
tion.
“Matty” M athetvs
ENGINEER CLUB
SLATES FORMAL
Slated as the last dance of the
winter semester, the Engineers’ club
semi-formal to be held December
27 in the Campus Commons will fea¬
ture the music of John Merryman
and his ton merry men.
Closed to all but members of the
club, the dance is planned as a
program affair. An original winter
theme will be the motif of the dec¬
orations.
Mike Buckley, junior from Port¬
land, president of the Engineers'
group, is in charge of general ar¬
rangements.
PORTRAYALS
OFTHESPIANS
DRAW PRAISE
Richard Clemo and Sally
Taylor Lauded for Fine
Portrayals; Novel Stage
Setting Proves Popular
A capacity crowd of drama lovers
thronged to Campus Commons Fri¬
day night to witness the final per¬
formance of "Big-Hearted Herbert,"
laugh-packed three-act comedy pre¬
sented by the Portland Players.
Interesting Plot
A deftly-patterned plot containing
a series of mirth-provoking circum¬
stances furnished the talented cast
ample opportunity to display theii
ability.
The intimate style employed in the
production met with the hearty ap¬
proval of the audience.. Instead of
an elevated stage being erected, the
only setting was the ceiling, lighting-
effects coming from above instead of
from the conventional footlights.
The set was open on three sides, the
audience forming a semi -circle
around the exposed portions.
Richard Clemo, playing the lead
role of "Big-Hearted Herbert" Kal-
nes=. was no less than masterful in
his characterization of the bluster-
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Junior Prom
Head Named
Ed Curran, junior from Yonkers.
N. Y., was appointed chairman of a
committee to investigate a suitable
date for the annual Junior Prom, at
a meeting of the third-year men
Monday noon in West. hall.
Since the pre-Lenten social calen¬
dar is nearly complete, it was sug¬
gested the dance be held late in
April or early in May.
An assisting social committee xvili
be appointed following the Christ¬
mas vacation.
European Qovernment Forms
Explained By Noted Speaker
BEACON GAINS
IN CIRCULATION
Circulation of The Beacon hit a
new high this week as eighteen hun¬
dred copies were run off the press.
Seven hundi'ed issues are distrib¬
uted weekly on the campus and 1100
sent through the mail.
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By Louis Sherman
"The United States will be drawn
into a general European war only if
it cuts off all foreign trade with the
belligerents," stated Dr. Abram Leon
Sacher in a Town Hall lecture on
“Four Roads to Security” at the Ma¬
sonic temple Tuesday evening.
The brilliant Univei'sity of Hlinois
historian revealed for an* apprecia¬
tive audience the nature and func¬
tions of Communism. Fascism, Nazi¬
sm and Democracy.
“Communism," asserted the round-
faced good-natured Dr. Sachar.
"holds any war that was ever fought
was primarily for the sake of bread.
The Communists claim that religion '
is but a blind that hides the true |
baseness of capitalistic society and |
that any institution which stands in :
the way of the classless society must
ruthlessly be removed by force, since
no possessing group has ever cap-
itualated voluntarily." Dr. Sachar
illustrated his contempt of such a
society by several very interesting
stories. He claimed that Communism
has two very pronounced weak¬
nesses: First, that excessive power
corrupts and secondly, that in a
planned economy everything is plan¬
ned. except the planner.
"Гп
little
more than two years," stated the lec¬
turer, “over 1770 of Russia's most
able public servants have been killed
by Stalin's purge."
"Fascism," continued the famous
historian, “is based on fear. In Italy
it was financed by the giant indus¬
trialists, yet in a short time, Mus-
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