VOLUME xxvn
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NUMBER 114
Rules Made
if; To Govern
Canoe Fete
Regulations Simplified;
Five Judges Picked
For Event
Two New Cups Donated
For Humorous Section
Prizes Given Last Year Are
to Rotate
TJP7HILE the Junior Vodvil has
been acquiring a professional
polish, and other events of Junior
Week-end have been evolving grad
ually, the canoe fete committee has
been working on all phases of its
particular evl'ent, bri£ig|ing every
thing up nearly to completion.
Jtules and regulations, which will
govern the judging of the floats,
the picking of the judges, and the
donation of two new cups for the
humor section have been accom
plished.
Whereas the rules and regula
tions used last year for the fete
were very technical and difficult
to abide by, the rules and regula
tions this year have a simplified
form and will be far easier to
judge by.
Artistic Rules Stated
A different set will be used for
each section. That group of rules
which will apply to the artistic sec
tion are as follows:
Conception: 20 per cent, the
thought or idea, and the originality
or the original adaptation of some
known idea.
Presentation: 20 per cent. Ma
terials used, that is forms and set
tings, color, ^ij^h tings, characters,
-costumes and all other properties.
Effort displayed in Imiaking of
float: 20 per cent.
Design: 40 per cent. Harmonious
arrangement of the conception with
the materials in the making of the
float an object of beauty.
Crowd to Help Judge Humor
The rules governing the humor
section are few and simple. After
much pondering over the question,
the committee finally decided that
the main rule which should govern
this group would be:
That which has the best quality
of inspiring mirth: 100 per cent.
To be judged by: a. response of
crowd; b. reaction of judges.
The judges for this year’s fete
will be Dean D. H. Walker, Dean
Virginia Judy E-sterly, Miss Flor
ence E. Wilbur, instructor in dra
matics, Prof. Virgil Hafen, instruc
tor in art and architecture, and
Prof. Avard Fairbanks, instructor
in sculpture.
Business Men Give Cups
There will be two new cups this
year, which will be donated by Eu
gene business men. These cups will
measure approximately eight inches
in height and will be identical.
They will be presented to the houses
who win the prize in the humor sec
tion.
Mr. C. K. DeNeffe will donate
the cup which will go to the men’s
organization and Mr. F. R. Wether
bee of the Wetherbee-Densmore
store will donate the cup to be pre
sented to the winning women’s
house.
The houses who won cups last
year are Alpha Gamma Delta and
Sigma Pi Tau. These cups will go
to the houses winning the prize in
the artistic section this year.
Comptroller Receives
Several N.S.F. Checks
Several N.S.F. checks issued in
payment of fess have already been
returned to the comptroller’s office.
As a result the checks are consid
ered non-payments, and no more
checks will be accepted from these
students during the balance of the
school year.
Payment of fees picked up con
siderably yesterday, according to
authorities. Preparations are be
ing made for a strenuous last few
days.
The office is open until nw. Sat
urday. „
Dr. Hairs Election to Presidency
Met With Enthusiasm by Local People
Eugene Citizen Says Wisconsin Man Worked His Way
' Through School, Once Selling Papers
BY WILLIAM SCHULZE
ttJ^IKE father like son,” is an
adage that is applicable to Dr.
Arnold B. Hall, head of the depart
ment of po
litical science
at the Uni
versity of Wis
consin an d
newly elected
president of
the University
of Oregon, but
Dr. Hall has
gone his fath
er one better.
Jlrs lather was
35r. A. B. Hall a professor of
Greek at
Franklin col
letge, Indiana, and pastor of a near
by church, who struggled to sup
port his family on a salary of $1200
a year.
Dr. Hall, who has an equally en
viable reputation as an instructor,
and who has now attained the po
Moral Standards
Of Modern Youth
Debate Subject
Women Speakers to Hold
Last Contest of Year
On Thursday
The last debate on the forensic
program is scheduled for Thursday
night when Oregon women meet
University of Washington and Reed
college upon the question of the
moral standards of modern youth.
Frances Cherry and Mae Helliwell,
as Oregon’s negative, engage the
Reed affirmative in Yillard hall at
7:30 p. m. An open forum discus
sion for students will be held fol
lowing the no-decision contest. This
feature has proved very popular in
other schools where it has been
tried.
This afternoon, the affirmative
team, Margaret Blackaby and Ce
cile McKereher will leave on the
Southern Pacific for Seattle, where
they clash verbal horns with Wash
ington’s negative co-ed. speakers.
They will be accompanied by Mil
dred Whitcomb, woman’s debate
manager for the A.S.U.O.
The girls have succeeded in de
veloping very interesting construc
tive speeches upon this subject of
modern American life, according to
Robert P. Horn, coach. He said
yesterday that the girls were well
prepared to give a good account of
themselves, since two of Jtlie debat
ers were veterans on the varsity
and since the other two have had
previous experience.
Miss Cherry is a sophomore in
journalism from Wallowa. She met
the Washington woman debate team
in Eugene last year, her first on
the varsity. Miss Blackaby is from
Ontario, a junior and a major in
English. She took part in do-nut
debates last year.
Miss McKereher was on the varsi
ty last year. She is a sophomore
in English from Portland. Miss
Helliwell, a letterman in debate
from last year’s team, is a senior in
education from Portland.
P. E. Club Will Hear
Douglass and Moore
Prof. Harl R. Douglass of the
school of education and Supt. E. J.
Moore of the Lane county schools,
will speak at the regular meeting
to be held tonight by the P. E.
club at six o’clock in the College
side inn.
These men are the first of a se
ries of speakers and physical edu
cation authorities to appear before
the P. E. club, which began its
second year of existence last week,
with Roland Belshaw as president.
Dyments in New York
After Trip to Europe
Colin V. Dyment, dean of the
college of literature, science and
the arts, accompanied by his wife,
Dr. Bertha Stuart Dyment, arrived
in New York on the Red Star liner
Pennland last Wednesday, accord
ing to an official message received
from the Red Star Line.
sition of president of the Universi
ty of Oregon at a yearly salary
of $12,000, is said to have earned
his way through school, at one time
carrying newspapers.
| He is praised by H. W. Davis,
director of the United Christian
Work on the campus, and Dr. C. L.
Traywin, pastor of the Baptist
church in this city, both of whom
are graduates of Franklin college,
Indiana, where Dr. Hallfs father
was for many years a professor
of Greek and where Dr. Hall him
self secured his bachelor’s degree.
“All his life Dr. Hall has lived
in an intellectual atmosphere, and
I predict a very successful career
here for him because of the rich
spiritual and intellectual back
ground of his life,” declared Mr.
Davis.
“I knew his father and mother
very well. His father, C. II. Hall,
for at least 35 years was a professor
of Greek at Franklin college. He
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First President
Of Oregon to Be
Commemorated
Semi-Centennial Services
to Place Tablet on Grave
of J. W. Johnson
The seimd-eentennial committee at
a meeting Monday night decided to
provide a suitable tablet to be
placed on the grave of John W.
Johnson, first president of the Uni
versity, it was made known yester
day.
A sub-committee on commemora
tion ode and literary features was
appointed at the meeting. Their
task is a stimulate and uncover
latent literary talent in the writ
ing of a semi-centennial ode.
The decision to place a tablet on
the monument of Dr. Johnson was
reached after Dean H. Walker, dean
of men, and Mrs. Lawrence Harris
had consulted with Herbert John
son, son of ex-president Johnson,
and now a pastor in a Baptist
church in Boston, regarding the
wishes of the family.
The plan is to provide a tablet
to be placed on the monument, over
the grave in the Masonic cemetery,
with wordg commemorating the ser
vice of President Johnson to the
University.
The committee also considered
changing the inscriptions in the
Administration building, which is
named for the University of Ore
gon’s first president.
A prominent aluimnus will be asked
to deliver a memorial address deal
ing with the life and woftc of Dr.
Johnson as a scholar and teacher.
Mrs. Alice Henson Ernst, assist
ant professor in English, is chair
man of the comimiittee on comem
moration ode and literary features,
and Ralph D. Casey and W. F. G.
Thacher, both of the school of jour
nalism, are the other two* members
of the committee, who will select
the ode.
The ode will be judged according
to excellence of composition and
originality of idea. It should deal
with a subject fitting the nature of
the celebration, such as: history, or
achievements of the University, or
of a vision. There is no set length
or form for the composition, and
[ faculty members, alumni, and stu
dents ujray compete, and will re
ceive a suitable recognition and re
ward.
After the celebration the papers
and documents that are delivered
will be gathered and published in
one volume. The ode will be given
! a prominent position in this publi
| cation.
I
! Directors of Co-Op
Will Meet Tomorrow
j The board of directors of the Uni
, versity Co-op store •will hold their
| annual meeting tomorrow afternoon
at 4:30 o’clock at Villard hall, ac
cording to Orlando Hollis, president
of the board. Many important is
sues will come up. The co-op store,
a student controlled corporation, is
managed by Marion McClain, form
er graduate manager of the Uni
versity.
Data Shows
Activity Bug
On Rampage
Scholastic Work, Student
Activities Declared
Nearly on Par
Questionnaires Declare
Extra Duties Voluntary
Fraternities No Detriment,
Believes Campus
■JJNIVERSITY students are firm
ly “sold” on the value of stu
dent activities, according to statis
tics derived from the Emerald ques
tionnaires distributed on the cam
pus last week.
In answer to the question, “If
you could re-enact your University
career, would you spend on student
activities less time, the same timle
or more time,” only seven per cent
of the students reported they
Would spend less time on the extra
curricula activities. Of the re
mainder, 45 per cent stated that
they would spend the same time,
48 per cent said that they would
devote more time than had been
their practice.
Activities Rated
When asked, “Do you believe
that student activities can be given
less value, equal or mote value with
scholastic activities ajs a prepara
tion for later life,” 25 per cent
stated that in their Opinions acti
vities could be given less value
than scholastic activities, 54 per
cent believed that activities could
be granted equal valde, and 21 per
cent stated that activities were of
more value than scholastic activi
ties.
These figures dermfHhtrate most
vividly one of the most interesting
and characteristic phenomena of
contemporary American higher edu
cation; namely, the belief that ex
tra-curricula activities are an ex
tremely valuable training for Am
erican life: the principle, stated
briefly, and somewhat exaggerated,
that being a member of many col
legiate committees makes one a
better Rotarian or a better mlember
•of the Civic club.
Value of Activities
While this is not the time and
place to question the validity of
this general argument or to point
out the merits of the scholastic ed
ucation as opposed to the rah-rah
type, it may perhaps not be amiss
to attention that (many educators
and students are taking an oppo
site view on the general proposi
| tion; namely, that so-called activi
ties, while enjoyable and worth
while in making friends, are of
I little worth when the student has
! graduated; and that campus lion
I ors, while good fun, evaporate like
1 a puff of powder upon leaving col
J lege. Scholastic education, how
! ever, these people contend, brings
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\ Abramson Chosen
President at Election
Of Sigma Delta Chi
Sol Abramson, managing editor
j of the Emerald, was chosen to head
■ the Oregon chapter of Sigma Delta
Chi, men’s professional journalistic
: fraternity, at the "regular annual
| election of officers held at the noon
j luncheon of that organization yes
terday at College Side Inn.
I Bertram Jessup was elected Viee
jpresident, Herbert Lundy, secretary
treasurer, and Jack Hempstead,
Quill correspondent. All of the off
icers were chosen by the unanimous
vote of the chapter. The new offi
cers will take over the work of the
chapter at the next meeting next
Tuesday, and will function under
| the advice and supervision of the
j retiring officials during the remain
■ der of the term.
Retiring officers of the chapter
I are Harold Kirk, president; Ed
j ward Miller, vice-finiesident; Har
I old Ilunnicutt, secretary-treasurer,
I and Jalmar Johnson, Quill corres
j pondent.
Mr. Abramson is a junior in the
I school of journalism and has been
: connected with the Oregon Daily
Emerald in various capacities dur
ing his three years at school. He
is now running for the office of ed
itor. The other incoming officers
are all three sophomores and have
been prominent in newspaper work
on the campus.
James I. Johnson Enters
Name for A.S.U.O.Head
Pi Beta Phis
And Betas Get
Song Awards
Loving Cups to Be Passed
on to Winning Houses
At Annual Event
pi BETA PHI, women’s house,
and Beta Theta Pi, men’s fra
ternity, were voted the two best
singing organizations on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus by the
judging committee last night.
These two houses were judged
the best in a contest among the 40
living organizations on the campus.
In the preliminary contest held last
week, the four judging committees
selected Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, women’s organizations, and
Beta Theta Pi and Theta Chi, men’s
organizations, as the four winning
houses.
Silver Cups to Be Given
The two final winners will be pre
sented with silver loving cups by
Walter Malolm, president of the
student body, at assembly Thurs
day. These cups are donated by
Laraway’s music store and will be
passed on to the winning houses
next year, as it is planned to mako
Oregon’s Song Week an annual af
fair.
The judges’ decision in the case
of the women’s houses was much
more difficult than that of the men,
the decision in the former case be
ing 2 to 1 and in the latter, unani
mous.
The decision was finally reached
in favor of Pi Phi’s because of the
unusual quality of their harmony
and three-part work, especially in
singing "As I Sit and Dream at
Evening,” and "In the Harbor of
the Mountains.”
Hew Songs Learned
“Memories of Oregon”, unknown
by most of the students on the
campus, was sung by both the win
ning houses, who had to get the
music from alumni, and special ef
forts were made to learn the song.
The Betas inserted several inter
esting features in this song.
The judging was based on the
number of the songs and quality of
the music. Although the Theta
Chis’ and Kappas’ songs were pre
sented in a very pleasing manner,
the quality and evidences of prep
aration were most striking in case
of the winners.
The purpose of Song Week, which
was to acquaint the students with
Oregon songs and to promote inter
est in singing them, has been ful
filled, according to the judges, and
the interest and emthusiasm was un
usual.
New Interest Shown
All over the campus a renewed
interest has been shown in the sing
ing of Oregon songs; many people
are singing new ones they had not
known before. The judges are ear
nest in their desire that the stu
dents do not forget the songs, but
continue to sing them and be pre
pared for the next annual Song
Week contest.
The judging committee was com
posed of. George Hopkins, instruc
tor in music in the University
school of music, Vivian Wbodside,
and Alan Smith.
--
Mautz Freed by Jury
In Moot Court Trial
Robert Mautz was found not guil
tv at the moot court trial last night
on tire grounds of alleged perjury
of a statement he imade before the
district attorney of Lane County as
to whether or not he knew of an
illegal liquor seizure.
The state attorneys were David
Ifusted and Paul Patterson. Don
ald Husband and Randall Jones
took the side of the defendant. The
witnesses of the case were Edward
Grant, Ted Tamba, Edward Hicks,
Leo Dofenbaeker, James Powers,
Erederieka Travis, and Bert Good
ing. The bailiff was Rupert Bulli
vant; clerk, Y. Herbert Brooks, and
court reporter, John Bryson.
The trial, which took place at
the circuit court room3 of the Lane
county court house, was well at
tended by both students and towns
people.
Candidates Named for
Student Body Offices
PRESIDENT—
.Tamos Johnson
VICE-PRESIDENT—
Ralph Staley
SECRETARY—
Lep Luders
Frances Morgan
EDITOR OF EMERALD—
Sol Abramson
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL—
Senior Woman (one year)
Junior Man (two years)
Fred West
STUDENT COUNCIL—
Senior Men (three)
Wilford Long
Senior Women (two)
Margaret Pepoon
Junior Men (two)
James DePauli
Junior Woman
Sophomore Man
Joe Haliday
Lester Johnson
YELL KINO
EDITOR OF OREOANA—
Frances Bourhill
Junior Vodvil
Ticket Rush to
Be Discontinued
House Representatives to
Each Recieve But
Fifty Tickets
The usual deluge of students
which oecurs each year when the
Junior Vodvil ticket sale is started
will be done away with this year.
The committee in charge has agreed
that each house representative will
be entitled to 50 tickets which will
not be sold in blocks but will be
divided equally throughout the
house.
Each house representative should
be at the McDonald theater at 2:00
this afternoon and will not be re
quired to stand in line for any con
siderable length of time. Repre
sentatives will only have to stand
in line long enough to get a card
stipulating their number in lino.
The first man in line will not get
the pick of the seats but a block
of seats which, as was said before,
will be distributed equally through
the house. This arrangement has
been made to assure fairness to
everyone. All those living in hous
es will have an equal opportunity
to get good seats by applying to
the ticket offices at the McDonald.
“There will be plenty of good
seats for everyone, so no one need
stay away on account of not being
able to get good seats,” declared
Brooks. “The aim of the manage
ment of the Junior Vodvil this year
is to put an end to the usual crowd
ing and waiting in line at the box
office.
The first five rows will sell for
$1.00, the remainder for 75 cents.
The first five rows in the balcony
will sell for 75 cents and the re
mainder for 50 cents. All tickets
will be reserved except the 50-cont
seats arid the seats for the Saturday
afternoon matinee which will sell
for .‘15 cents.
The evening performance will
start at 8:15, and the matinee per
formance w-ill begin at 2:30.
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Elections of Mortar
Board to Be April 28
Mortar Board elections have been
postponed for one week on account
of the absence of Mrs. Virginia
Judy Esterly, who is visiting in
California. As she will return
; sometime this week-end, the elec
j tion is set for one week from to
day, Wednesday, April 28. All
women members of the junior class
will be expected to vote at the
meeting. Fifteen girls will be se
lected by ballot on the basis of
scholarship, activities and service.
Announcement of the result of the
election will be made during Jun
ior Week-end.
Twelve ]N ames
Now Listed On
Political RoU
Frances Morgan and Lee
Luders in Race for
Secretary
By the Editor
rJ'HE political army rounded up
several recruits yesterday, in
suring candidates for a goodly por
tion of the student body offieesu
All told, eight new names were add
ed to the previous list of three
names.
Most important was the announce
ment that James X. Johnson, presi
dent of the junior class, desires to
be student body president next
year. Johnson, besides being on the
honor roll five times in his eight
terms at the University, haB taken
an active part in student activi
ties. He served on the athletie
managerial staff in his freshman
and sophomore years and was ap
pointed manager of minor sports
this year.
John won his debate “O” in his
sophomore and junior years, repre
senting Oregon in the State Old
Line oratorical contest and partici
pating in the radio debate this year
with Southern California. Johnson
is a (member of Oregon Knights,
Gra-Kos, sophomore honor fratern
ity, and Kappa Sigma.
Frances Bourhill Enters
Editorship of the Oregana is de
sired by Frances Bourhill, who his
held the position of publications
editor for the Oregana this year.
In addition to this work Miss Bour
hill has done editorial work on Old
Oregon, alumni magazine, and has
been a day editor on the Oregon
Daily Emerald during the past
year. Miss Bourhill was also junior
chairman of the serving committee
at the senior breakfast, 1925, and
is chairman of the serving commit
tee at the junior luncheon, 1929.
Miss BourliiU is a member of Theta
Sigma Phi, professional journalism
fraternity.
Two names were presented for
the office of secretary of the stu
dent body, Frances Morgan and Lee
! Luders.
Frances Morgan, in her freshman
year, was secretary of her class and
was appointed a captain in the stu
dent union drive. In her sophomore
year she was in charge of the soph
omore women in the student union
campaign.
Frances Morgan Active
At the present time Miss Morgan
i is secretary of the woman’s league
j and recently had charge of the rum
j mage sale given for the benefit of
I the new fine arts building. She ie
j a member of the decorating commit
! tee for the junior prom, and was on
the decorating commiittees for the
sophomore informal and the home
coming dance last fall. Miss Mor
gan has been active in athleties,
having accutaniulated 500 points for
a letter and having been on class
swimming teams for the past three
years. She is a member of Kwana
and Alpha Chi Omega.
Lee Luders Candidate
| Lee Luders, also a candidate for
i position as secretary of the student
body, this year holds the position
! of assistant chairman of jnnior
week-end. She was on the home
coming directorate last fall and w«*
a member of the high Bchool con
j ference directorate.
! Miss Luders served on the Wom
i an’s League national convention di
rectorate last spring, and on the
W. A. A. executive council, beside*
being a member of the Greater Ore
; gon Ootmmittee.
She has been on the Oregana
staff for the past three years, and
this year is associate editor of that
: publication. She is a member of
Thespians and Gamma Phi Beta.
Fred West in Bace
Fred West is the first candidate
i for the office of junior man on the
executive council, a two-year por
tion. West, who in a sophomore
rating on the campus, is on the A.
S. U. O. traditions committee, ia
chairman of the A. S. TJ. O. music
committee, was chairman of the
underclass *mix last fall, wae asao
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