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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 88 $310,000 Bid Lowest Made ForNewDorm Construction Contract Will Be Officially Given Today Successful Bonds Bidder To Be Made Known By Regents Ilartgon and Hammond, contract ing firm of Portland, submitted the lowest bid for construction of the now dormitory building at the Uni veristy of Oregon, citing a figure of $310,00.0 for the project. Bids Mere opened Friday at 2 o’clock. Lorenz Brothers, Portland, rye re the next with a bid of $.112,943, while the only Eugene firm offering fig ' ures, Stien Brothers, were next with bid of $31.1,000. Award of the contract, will be made this morning at a meeting of the university re gents tftf\?d for 10 o’clock. Other firms bidding on the struc ture, all of Portland, were Tranchell and Parelius, $317,390; Dougan and Hammond, $326,700; Waale and Sh attack, $326,826; Thomas Muir, $330,400; Stebinger Brothers, $333, 000; Robertson, Hay and Wallace, $340,581; James L. Quinn, $352,000. Building to Begin Work on the dormitory, which will house 278 students, is expected to start shortly after the contract is officially let. It is planned to have the structure ready for occu pancy next fall. Bids on the bond issue of $.175,000 to pay construction and furnishing, costs were also ojpened at three o’clock Friday. Figures submitted M-ere as follows: Dean Witter, Portland, w’ith Marine National Bank, Seattle, 92.13, with interest at four and hue-half percent; Pierce, Fair and company, Portland, with Lumberman's Trust company, Port land, 93.011, with interest at four and three fourths per cent; Ferris and Hardgrove, -'with Blyth Witter, 95., with interest at five percent; George H. Burr, Conrad and Broom, with Murphy Favre and company,; 94.76, with interest at five percent. These represent the proposals fig ured on by the building committee of the University, although several alternate proposals were submitted by each of the firm combinations listed. Officials Satisfied Satisfaction was expressed by uni versity officials over the bids sub mitted on the construction of- the bui ding, and the fact that a figure of four arid 6ne-half percent was set on the bond issue in bids submitted was also favorably commented on. The successful .bidder on the bond issue will be announced following the regents’ meeting Saturday. The fact that the test ease to determine the validity of the legis lative act under which the building is to be constructed is now in the supreme court in Salem- will not inr terfere M-ith the letting df cofttYhcti or determining the successful bidder oh the borid 'issue. ’ ‘ 1 Excavation on the site of the building has already started and Is expected to tie. completed., spon. Law-, rence and Wolford, Portland archi-' teets, have all plans completed so that the contractors can start to work immediately. Silver Anniversary Of Botany Collection Observed Yesterday A number of plants in the Univer sity of Oregon herbarium observed their silver anniversary yesterday when Louis F. Henderson, curator of the collection, took them fro™ their cases and gave them a free breath of air , In 19015 Professor R. A. Sweet - ser’s botany classes made a collec tion of western Oregon plants and pressed them. These plants ware put away and until yesterday the botany department had forgotten they ever existed. Sony of them met an untimely end when it was decided that they were too broken for further use, while others were put back to be brought out in 19.”.') for their golden anniversary. Possible Y. W. Heads Named M. Edmundson Nominated For Presidency As a result of a recent meeting of the nominating committee of the Y. W. C. A,, the name of Margaret Edmundson has been submitted for the presidency of that organization for next year. Miss Edmundson has been secretary of the Y. W. cabinet and head of the freshman commis sion on the campus. She has also been prominent in other lines of University activity, including de bate and athletics during her two years here. She .will be the first scpliomore to be nominated for this office since 1924 -when Mary Clerin, a junior, served as president. Nominations' for vice-president are Betty Higgins, and Maxine Thomas, juniors; for secretary, Vir^ ginia Manning, junior; and Margar et Bteckle, sophomore; for treasurer Marion Leach, junior, and Ruth Rnmsey, sophomore, for the position of undergraduate representative. The elections will be held at the Bungalow next Tuesday from 9 until 4 o ’clock and every member of the Y. W. C. A. will be entitled to vote. The , girls in charge of the election will be announced later. The nominating commitjtee, the personnel of which included Mazie Richards, Paulino Stewart, Julia Wilson, Gladys Calef and Dorothy Thomas, based its decisions to quite a degree upon the results of the recent try-outs for cabinet member ship which have been carried on during the last two weeks. “Evefy girl who was interested in the Y. W. was invited to come in and in terview the secretary, Miss Thomas, and tell her just why she was in terested and how she would express that interest on cabinet, if she were selected to'membership in that body. The girls who presented the most constructive plans, and seemed the most genuinely interested were nat urally considered most seriously. The cabinet appointments, which will be made by the new president when she is elected, will also be based largely upon the results of these tryouts, was the eqmment of, Pauline Stewart, retiring presi dent. is' , On account of the nearness of the examination?, the. annual election banquet given in honor of the new officers by the whole membership of the Y. W. C. A. will be postponed until the beginning oft next- year. Rpth Felter; present social chairman on .the cabinet, will be in charge of that affair. • Kenneth Rowe Spends Summers as Hay Hand, Sailor, Actor, Forester Everything from shipping as an ordinary seaman on a small freighted in the gulf, working in the oil fields of Texas, the wheat fields of Kan sas, the hay fields of the west, tour ing New York presenting one aet plays, to the forest service in Ore gon, has been the experience of Kenneth Rowe, instructor in the English department. Thrills? Yes, you bet! Down in the Texas oilfields, with a boom' on, Mr. Rowe said it was not safe to go to bed with more than $3 iu your pockets, if you expected to wake up the next morning. It was nothing out of the ordinary to have someone killed any night. It prob ably comes the nearest to the wild west days of anything left today, he said, only most of the killings were not open fights. Some of them came in poker games, But us ually it was to get money to go on gambling. The saying was “$3 is too much for*a man to carry.” When he got a job on a small freighter running between Texas porti, Philadelphia and 'New -York, Mr. Rowe concealed from all but the captain that he was a college man. “They all thought I was an un-' skilled laborer and down on his lifek,” he said. “ I had gone in for amateur dramatics in college, and I enjoyed thjit the most of any piece of acting I have ever done. It would have been less pleasant for me if they had known I was a col lege graduate.” His ruse was dis covered, though, about ten days out, but by then he had been established ar a man with them, and accepted among them in spite of having been to college. “Luckily, from my point of view, unluckily from theirs, we ran into a hurricane in the gulf. All hands were qn deck for three days and nights. I thought it was a great experience,” he said. A Liverpool Irishman, gloriously uncouth, lan : tern-jawed, shock-headed, who play ed on an accordion, was the only one on board who appreciated his pointl of view. Mr. Rowe took this job as a means to Philadelphia, on the way to join (Continued, on page two) Water Will Fly When This Trio Meets Aggies Today LEFT, Johnny Anderson, Oregon’s speed demon, who is scheduled to break several Pacific Coast records this afternoon in the Woman’s tank. Anderson n°w holds the 40-yard dash title. Don McCook, varsity distance swimmer, who makes his last collegiate appenrancc this afternoon. C harles Silverman, dark-haired water-splasher who will also attempt to hang up a ne'v record today in the 220 and 440-yard events. House Groups For Fete Chosen Lottery Plan Used for Pairing Organizations Since the time of Noah and the Ark the accepted form has been twosomes, pairs, and couples. When the canoe floats drift down the mill race Junior week-end, they won’t be in pairs but will be the result of the combined efforts pairs. Yes terday morning immediately after the bell dismissing the 10 o’clock classes ‘had rung, Ronald Hubbs, Jack Jones and Roy Herndon took their stand on the library steps and proceeded to pair off the houses. The names of the women’s houses were put in one hat and the names of the men’s houses were put in another. Jack and Roy held the hats and Ron ptit a hand in each. He, announced the pairings as lie drew, them: Fiji and Alpha Clii Omega, Kappa Sigma and Alpha Omicron Pi, Friendly Hall and Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Chi and Chi Omega, Phi Delta Theta and Delta Zeta, Clii Psi and Kappa1 Alpha Theta, Phi Sigma Kappa and Alpha Phi, Beta Theta Pi and Alpha Xi Delta, Bachelordon and Hendrickd Hall, Phi Kappa Psi and Delta Gamma, $igma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Beta Chi and Susan Campbell Hall, Sigma Pi Tau and Delta Delta Delta, and Delta Tau Delta and Gamma Phi Beta. “I hdpe the groups are contented with their partners,” said Sally Hughson, who" was in charge of tho lottery. “It was as fair as it pos sibly could have been, and all that remains now is for the houses to get together and have an artistic float on the millraee the Friday night of Junior Week-end.” Dean Elmer Shirrell Visitor in Corvallis Elmer L. Shirrell, dean, of men, visited in Corvallis this week with Dr. U. G. Dubaeh, dean of men at 0. S. C., and while there investi gated the co-operative managers’'' association. He was the guest of Delta Kappa fraternity at dinner Tuesday night. Dean Shirrell will spend Tuesday and Wednesday in Portland, where he is scheduled to address several groups. Tuesday noon he will speap before the League of Women Voters at a luncheon at the Heathman ■ hoteL On Wednesday noon at the Heathman hotel he will talk to the social service workers of Portland on social histories of the disabled veterans. He will return to the campus Wednesday evening. University Bible Class To Hold Rally Sunday Elmer Adams, president of the University Bible class at the First Baptist church, announces a special rally service at the next meeting, Sunday morning at JO o’clock. At present there is an enrollment of 45 University students in the class. H. W. Davis, director of religious education on the campus, will lead She discussion^ Topics have been chosen which will challenge the at tention and thought of University men, according to those in charge of the program. The topic last Sunday was “The Choice of a Life Work.” All University men are invited to attend. Hopkins9 Concerts Prove To Be Popular George Hopkins gave eoncerts re cently in Longview, Chehalis, and The Dalles. In Longview his pro gram was given last Friday before an audience of 800 high school stu dents and townspeople. The fol lowing evening be appeared in con cert in Chehalis under the sponsor ship of the music teachers of that town. Eight encores and a return engagement attest to the popular ity of the concert in Chehalis. Mr. Hopkins will probably play in Olym pia and Oentralia cn the same trip in which he fulfills the Chehalis en gagement. A large audience was present at Mr. Hopkins’ concert at The Dalles, given under the auspices of the Monday Musical club. Mr. Hopkins’ next appearance will be at Hood River on March 23. Miniature 'Paintings To Be Exhibited Today An exhibit of modern and historic miniatures on tho third floor of the MeMorran and Washburnc depart ment store this afternoon and eve ning is being sponsored by the Busi ness and Professional Women’s club of Eugene. Entertainment features arc to be provided during the exhibit, which will last from 2 o’clock in the, afternoon till 8 o’clock in the evening. Among tho contributors to this art showing are Mrs. Albert R. SwCetzer and Mrs. Warren D. Smith, wives of members of the University faculty. There are about 55 miniature paintings in the group, the majority of which are modern. Among the older paintings there are several which are unique. One is of George Washington, painted when he was living. Another is in wax and rep resents Christopher Columbus. The dancing pupils of Mrs. Ken neth Moore will open the exhibit with a demonstration of old fash ioned dancing. At 3:30 Mrs. Now land B. Zane will address those present on the subject, “The Art and History of Miniature Painting.” Students Urged To Buy Grade Envelopes Now Students are urged to purchase envelopes at once for sending their grades home. Miss Certrudo Stephenson, of the registrar’s of fice, says that if the students do this early they will be much, jfwrv sure of receiving their grades, and un necessary rvork will be saved both the student and the office. Tho ^Women’s League lias placed stamped envelopes on sale at win dow eight in the Administration building now, and all that fs re quired of the student is a nickel and his address written'on the envelope., This can be done in a few minutes and should be attended to as soon as possible. Beattie To Visit Schools Of Willamette Valley W. G. Beattie, lecturer in the Extension division, is leaving Mon day for an extended trip through the Willamette valley where he ex pects to visit the high schools. One of the main reasons for this trip is to excite interest in the coming drama tournament and alsq to find out how much interest is being shown in the summer session. Track Champions To Be Determined Final Events Scheduled Today at 1:30 The final events of the champion* ship intramural track meet will be run off on Hayward field this af ternoon at 1:30. The closeness of the preliminary and semi-final races yesterday afternoon indicate that today’s honors will be keenly con tested. Four organizations are favored to come out on top, and according to Bill Hayward, none have any de cided advantage over the others. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta Theta I’i, P)ii Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta head the list in entrants for the finals. Good Time Made Some good time was made yester day considering that this is the first time during the year that the men have actually competed out of doors. All the heats in the 200 yard dash wore timed at about 24; and the 880 was clocked at 2:03. The field events this afternoon are expected to bring forth a few unusual marks. Ed Moeller, Phi Delt, sensational freshman discus thrower, will undoubtedly shatter the intramural discus record. Vaulters Are Beady Brocker, Robinson and Crowley are thought to be the best among the pole vaulters, but they will be forced to the limit by the other competitors. Brocker and Crowley are varsity men, and Robinson is from last year’s frosh squad. Rob inson’s form has improved greatly, end he has been doing around 12 feet in the indopr meets. The meet will be oyer in time for the Oregon-O. S. C. swimming tilt at 3:00. Qualifications for final events: 220 yard dash; Lowry, Sigma Al pha Epsilon; Standard,'Sigma Nu; PcnroSe, Sigma Nu; Atchinson, Phi Gamma Delta; Sigmund, Beta Theta Pi; Livesly, Sigma Phi Epsilon. 75 yard dash: Prendergast, Sig ma Alpha Epsilon; Wetzel, Phi Del ta Theta; Sigmund, Beta Theta Pi; Lowry, Sigiha Alpha• Epsilon; Atchinson, Phi Gamma Delta; Me-. Gee, Kappa Sigma. 880 yard run: MrKitrick, Phi Sigma Kappa; Ross, Theta Chi'; R, .Overstreet, Beta Theta Pi; Ruth ford, Delta Tau Delta. 440 yard dash: Baker, Bachel erdon; R. Hall, Sigma Alpha Ep silon; Fisher, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Anderson, Phi Gamma Delta; Ross, Theta Chi; ^Standard, Sigma Nu; Peprson, Kappa Sigma; Estelle, Phi Sigma Kappa; McDonald, Sigma Pi Tau; McCarty, Alpha Tau Omega; McKemjon, Theta Chi; R. Overstreet Beta'Theta Pi. .' : , jAJilqyun^j Guvoea, Sigma Phi Ep silon; ‘Winter^, Sigiha Chi;( Gardner, Independents; Kuykendall, Phi Sig mr Kappa; K: Nehl, Phi Sigma Kap pa; Simpson, Bacbelordon. High hurdles: Moeller, Phi Delta Thqta; Hendricks, Sigma Chi; Pren dergast, Siginn Alpha Epsilon; Ral sten, Beta Theta Pi; II. Kelly, Beta Theta Pi; McGee, Kappa Sigma. High jump: Hendricks, Sigma Chi; Reed, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sowell, Independents; Everts, Phi Gamma Delta; F. Hall, Beta Theta Pi; McCulloch, Alpha Tau Omega. Shot put: Wetzel, Phi Delta Theta; Moeller, Phi Delta Theta; Hildreth, Friendly Hall; Christensen (Continued on page three) Frosh Must Remove Would-be Art Work From Senior Bench “Green paint and ttip figure ’31 still smireti thp sonior bench. It is disgraceful to tlic freshman, class that they remain there,” said Don McCook yesterday. The bench must be devoid of even a trace of the objectionable color by Wednesday noon, March 7, or the freshmen will be marched up and a scrubbing party will take place, the senior proxy stated. Tiie fresh men have been warned twice that they must clean the bench, hut have taken no action. The weather is such now that the seniors wish to sun themselves on the privileged seat and there must be no traces of the freshman green to mar the otherwise pleasant sur roundings, according to McCook. Noted Harpist To Be Featured Symphony Artist To Come With String Quartet A'concert featuring Ruth Lor raine Close as soloist will bo given by the Underwood string quartet next Thursday evening at 8:30 in the auditorium of the music build ing. Ruth Lorraine Close is harpist with the Portland Symphony and head of the harp department of the Ellison W’liito Conservatory of Music. In this capacity she has stimulated interest in her chosen instrument by teaching many out-ff town pupils, notably from Medford, Corvallis, Salem, (in Oregon, and| from Kelso and "Vancouver, • Wash ington. Doris Helen Patterson of Eugene was among the harp stu dents of Mrs. Close presented in a recital in Portland during the Christmas vacation. She is not only recognized as an artist of merit in the Northwest, but during her four months’ study in Europe last summer she gave Successful concerts in Paris and London. English and French critics were enthusiastic in their praise of her stage personality and artistry. Among the numbers which Rutii Lorraiuo Close will play in the Eu gene concert is Zabcl’s “Marguerite at the Spinning Wheel.” Her exe cution, of the difficult right hand part of this number has been pro nounced “impeccable” by David Piper of the Oregonian Othor numbers by the liaYpist will j include Bach’s “Solfeggieto,” Bee thoven’s “Minuet,” Grand,jany’s “Prelude,” and two numbers by Debussy, “The First Arabesque” and “The Girl With the Flaxen Hair.” The smoothness of Mis. (hose’s technique will fit well with the placid flowing quality of the last mentioned number. Mrs, Close will also play two De bussy numbers with the string quar tet, “Danse Saerc” and “Danse Pro fane.” Debussy belongs to the modern school of composers and his works have an original appeal. The string quartet, consisting of (Continued ou page four) Varsity Meel9 Beavers in Water Today Woman’s Tank Will Be Scene of Battle At 3 o’Clock Records Scheduled To Fall In Many Events; New Time for Medley By RICHARD Tt. STRING Sports Editor The breaking of Pneifio const, rec ords will probably bo a common thing this afternoon at 3 o’clock when the ITniversity of Oregon var sity and freshmen swimmers and the Oregon State College varsity and rook fiivmen meet in the Wo man’s building tank in the second meet of the two scheduled. Earlier in the season the Webfoot natators defeated the Aggie swimmers, 44 to ,25. This afternoon’s water splashing contest, which will be the? last of the season for the Webfoots, will soe the establishment of a 300-yard medley record. There is no record at the present time and whoever wins today will sot a new mark for the short course. Johnny Anderson, Oregon’s Bpeed ace, who holds the Pacific coast mark in the 40-yard dash in :19.1, will attempt to bet ter his mark and try to break the records in the 100 and 220-yard events. Charles Silverman has been coming close to the coast record in the 44-yard race. In practice ho has nearly broken the present timo of 5:32.6. Silverman will also strive to better the mark of 2:43.8 f<^r 220 yards. Fletcher Strives for Record “Wig” Fletcher, slender Varsity breaBt stroker, will attemp# to brush aside the wtiter for a new time in the 200-yawl breast stroke event. Fletcher lies been training all sea son with titis one thought in view apd has conje close to the record in practice. Cuildall of Stanford holds the best time'With 2;49.8. According HbCdgch E<1 Abcrcrom bib of the Webfoots, Fred Wadlev, Oregon State rpok swiiiifner, should break the Pacific feast- time In 446 yprd distance race. Reports from Corvallis sfipw - th^t he; has already cpme close to the; (nark of 6:0012 held by Pete, Desjardins, national fancy diving champion and now a Student at Stanford. Frorth teak Revenge The • Oregon freshmen aquatic performors are out to avenge their defeat of earlier in the Benson. Jn a hotly contested meet in the Aggie tank, the baby Beavers succeeded in taking the long end of a 30 to 29 score. The addition of Forrest McKay, freshman breast stroker, should give the yearlings another place in this event. The first six freshmen events will be ruh off first, except tho diving, which will (Continued on page three) 'Spoon River Anthology9 Players Depict Life at Night Performance Speaking Voice Students Represent Character Range From Derelict to Vampire By MARY FRANCES DILDAY Olil maids, disillusioned poets, neglected wives, church deaconesses, Parisian, vampires, and derelicts from nil tlie bypaths of life .passed through a lonely hillside cemetery last night, telling their various stories, when members of the speak ing voice class presented “Spoon River Anthology” at tlife Guild thea ter, under the direction of Miss Florence E. Wilbur. Isabell Murray as Margaret Slack, poiinded out on the stage in a checkered suit and lamented the fate of a wife who had hoped to be a writer. After caring for eight children, she ran a needle through her hand,and died of lock-jaw. With a “what do I care” toss of her arms the lost poet walked off the stage, receiving one of the most appreciate applauses given during the program. The vivacity, grace and beauty of a Russian dancer was well por trayed by Edith Pearson, Who fin ished her spirited story with a flourish of her fan and whirl of her skirt. A similar character, Dora Williams—the vannpire w(ho traveled over the world breaking hearts and collecting fortunes—was daringly portrayed by Marmiam ContiSr. Violet Grek, interpreting the role of a Gorman inn keeper's mistress, won the sympathy of her audience by ter imploring' gestures, her half nobbing voice and pitiful tale. Though there were-^ow( men char acters in the anthology, the femi nine role* were far superior. Frank Jackson as Roscoc Purkapile, tho disillusioned lover, brought a note of comedy into his. part by his tight fitting suit and black derby, and his deporting exclamation that love was the “bunk.” The entire production, which was the initial appearance of the speak ing voice class, was well done. Not a single person spoiled the unique effect created by the half dreary and half comical anthojogy. Zelle Ruble, in a short prologue, acquainted the audience with tho characters buried in the graveyard, and in a well controlled voice called out to the dead, asking where the old friends wpre, and what they weto doing. William Gillette, as Benjamin Pantier, a lawyer in tho little town of Spoon River, leaned against a tombstone while his fel low townsmen filed by telling their stories. Each character was particularly well costumed. Quaint old-fashioned dresses, stunning gowns and 1 chio suits made a striking contrast with the bleak cemetery staging.