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VOLUME XXIX.
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Debaters at 6:35
NUMBER 108
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928
Candidates’
Lineups Wrapped
In Vagueness Yet
Uncertainty Revolves
About Three Leaders
Out for Presidency
By R. N.
Campns political moguls came out
of session last night complacently
rubbing their hands together. They
had just envisioned a ballot with
every candidate thereon a superman.
In order that this might come to
pass they would have to lop off one
of the presidential aspirants or, at
least, force him to bend the knee
'to another lord. Else how could
they develop a tight-reined, spirited
competition? Surely not with a
clumsy three-cornered affair on
their hands.
Knee-bending is a hard trick to
teach ambitious young politicians.
It naturally comes hard to them—if
some one must submit, well . . .
“you first, dear Gaston,” say they.
That’s just the way it's been for
so long now that the promotel's are
almost frantic.
Myths Circulate
In order to blast the deadlock,
spokesmen in the Hubbs wheel float
ed a Davis-for-president myth. It
didn’t faze McKeown for a min
ute. So now both Ilubbs and Mc
Kc-own are going about their busi
ness, each swearing that ho would,
have whiskers down to his knees be
fore he ’ll give in. In the mean
time, Johnson is having troubles of
his own, though they’re not quite
so spectacular.
In a half hour today on the cam
pus, a spectator could see enough
assortment of rival politicians and
motley underlings to make his head
swim. One of the editorial candi
• dates-to-be was even caught trying
out the swivel chair which he hopes
to succeed to as he did business
with a leader of a presumably hos
tile camp.
Although attention is focused on
the IIubbs-McKeown merger, which
many still persist in believing im
minent, new heads constantly pop
ping up in the melee add zest to the
game. Pangborn and Coover have
some company in the person of
Leonard Hagstrom, Alpha TJpsiloii,
senior in journalism. In company
with Gene Laird, liis manager, he
went scouting all day yesterday. He
found enough encouragement to de
cide to take a fling at the Emerald
job with the other boys.
Anderson. Opposition Uncertain
Art Anderson is the only man in
sight securely perched on the vice
presidential rung. Herndon, Ilynd,
and Holaday are all being talked
about for places on the other tickets
in this position or else for senior
man. Burr Abner, supposed to be
poised for a senior man proposal,
would conflict with Holaday. Most
likely the latter will lie doggo until
the class elections.
Three are to offer themselves as
secretary, it appears. Agnes Pet
zchl to all appearances {has the
women’s halls pretty well sewed up;
this makes alluring bait for the
i one-too-gallant politicians. If she
is favoring any of the top-rungers,
it is ‘probably McKeown. Joe Ral
ston, Alpha Phi, looks as though
she’s doing well with her campaign
but it’s not obvious where her con
nections are. She doesn’t appear to
be joining the Betas, even though
(Continued on page three)
Hollywood Blamed by
French Writers for
Glorifying Warfare
PARTS, April 19.—Hollywood is
blamed by French writers far a
wave of stupidity which they say
threatens to submerge the civilized
world.
“The California film products
constitute a social danger,” Fran
cois Marzelino wrote in a violent at
tack on American pictures today.
“They try to impose upon the
world the idea that the American
army and navy are stronger than
all others. They set out to prove
that war is a romantic and desir
able adventure. The American films
under the Hayes dictatorship re
veals itself as a means of solemn
political action and as a, means of
lowering the general intellectual
level of the masses.”
These were some of the arguments
advanced by French producers and
critics favorable to the application
of the last letter of the new French
film control law. They placed the
mentality of the Hollywood scenario
writers on the average level of the
12-year-old child.
Petition Granted
Scabbard and Blade Accept
Military Group
Official announcement that the
petition of the Officers’ Club of
the local E. 0%T. C. unit for mem
bership in Scabbard and Blade, na
tional military honorary, has been
accepted, was received by William
C. Rutherford, captain of the local
group, Thursday. The installation
will be held Saturday morning ail'd
ceremonies of initiating the pledges
will be gone through with next
Wednesday at the weekly parade
of the R. O. T. C. battalion.
“Of course wo are very much
pleased that our petition has been
accepted,” Rutherford declared
yesterday. “The installation of the
Scabbard and Blade here on the
campus means a great deal to the
local military department and cer
tainly much to the cadet officers
of the unit.”
The officers of the unit, who
will probably take over the reins
of the new organization after the
installation, are Rutherford, cap
tain; Mark Taylor, first lieuten
ant; Marvin Cone, second lieuten
ant; and Earl Raess, first sergeant.
Present members of the Officers’
Club include W. R. Brown, Marvin
Cone, Francis DeWelt, W. A. Erick
son, Verne C. Folts, II. W. Hall, E.
C. Howe, J. Rodney Keating, Ken
neth Martin, W. R. Padrick, Earl
Raess, W. E. Read, W. A. Ruther
ford, W. C. Rutherford and Mark
Taylor.
The pledges are Earl Claus, Irv
ing Flagel, Thomas Goodin, L. K.
Harthong, R. L. Herndon, K. I. In
galls, R. J. Keeney, Francis Mc
Kenna, R. S. McMath, W. K. Mor
gan, W. V. Parker, F. P. Sclilegol,
and Laurence Shaw.
Major O. II. Schrader of Seattle
and C. A. Clark, leader of the Boy
Scout movement in Eugene, will bo
present Saturday at the installation.
(By United Press)
Officers’
Co-eds Revenge Selves on Males
At Hectic Campa Shoppe Scramble
A dash of saxophone, a crash on
the instep, and a splash of pnnch—
this might very well be a weak at
tempt on the part of John Doss
Tassos to describe the “Co-ed’s Ke
venge” last night at the Campa
Shoppe. According to expectations,
the men arrived promptly at 8
o ’clock, as they are supposed to do
when an affair begins at 7:30, and,
dressed prettily in their best bib
and tucker, lined themselves up de
murely around the wall. Presently,
seme girl broke the ice: “Will you
—(gulp!)—may I have this dance?”
And the men proved themselves
genuine gentlemen.
Without even obliging the ladies
to lead, they took the lassies’ small
fingers by the tip and steered them
without casualty over the perilous
camel’s hump that is superimposed
in the very middle of the Campa
Shoppe. And presently complica
tions set in.
One girl got mixed up with an
other's man. The jealous one’s eyes
darted figurative daggers which
failed to pierce the pursuer’s armor
of brass. One absent-minded -sen
ior forgot and made homegoing
dates with two girls, and thereby
killed his popularity for the rest of
the week.
Bobby Warner and Camille Bur
ton stopped the performance en
tirely with their clever pedal synco
pation—we mean step dancing, and
were brought out again and again
to the point of sheer exhaustion. Pr.
and Mrs. G. A. floss, visiting patron
esses, frolicked ^nerrily with the
rest. The whole senior class went
home swearing and sighing. Only
one permanent thing was resulted.
Every girl, except the brassless ones,
has copped onto her secret sorrow
for a date.
This afternoon from 4 to 6, the
Alpha T>e_lta Pi house will be the
scene of the famous “Cat-Astrophe.”
Multi-colored cats will serve as
dance programs; Buster Love’s place
has come across in genteel fashion
with the loan of their red-checked
tablecloths, and for two whole hours
the feline frolic will wax funfuh
Seniors who expect to bring dates
will be met at the door with a snarl
—the only proviso is that they may
take them home. Alpha Omieron Pi
has worked long and faithful with
| Alpha Delta Pi to make the party
I a catty affair, and any senior who
' is not brave enough to cut a class
and come will expect to be pumped
j full of lead at the Bar-room Bust
| which starts in the Malamute atmo
[ sphere of Hendricks hall at 8:30,
DreamFollies
Ticket Prices
Will Be Same
Junior Week-End Group
Upheld by Officials
Of University
Today Last Chance To Buy
Reserved Seats at
Organizations
After conferring with .several
prominent University officials, the
Junior Week-end directorate met
yesterday and decided to maintain
the! ticket prices to the Dream Fol
lies originally decided upon. Presi
dent Arnold Bennett Hall, Elmer
L. Shirrell, dean of men, and Dean
James II. Gilbert were among those
who upheld the committee iij its ac
tion.
The opinions expressed by these
men intimated that the final deci
sion did not rest within the hands
of the Student Council, although its
opinion might have been acted upon
if presented at an earlier date. The
change was not considered reason
able after the plan3 had progressed,
this far.
Decision Held Arbitrary
The Student Council is not vest
ed with the power to regulate an
affair of this kind,” said President
Hall. “Whether or not the price
is too high is beside the point. The
Council’s decision was entirely ar
bitrary and did not take into con
sideration the impossibility of a
change at this late date.”
“The Constitution does not give
the Council the'power to reduce the
prices to the show,” was the com
ment of Dean Gilbert. “I believe
the Junior Bevue committee is jus
tified in its stand.”
Dean Shirrell expressed the opin
ion that the Constitution did not
give the Student Council any juris
diction over the Junior Bevue com
mittee. As a Junior Week-end func
tion this was held to be out of the
realm of the Council’s action.
0’Bryant Wants Cooperation
Billy O’Bryant, chairman of the
Bevue committee, manifested his
desire to have the backing of the
entire University to insure the suc
cess of the Follies, but declared the
Council’s action had come too late
to make the requested change in
rates.
“We are sorry that this trouble
has developed at so critical a per
iod,” he said. “However, the posi
tion of the Council is understood
and if everything were not in readi
ness to stage the show, the expenses
could be cut and the prices re
duced. To meet the increased ex
penses which the Junior Week-end
must bear in connection with the
new Mother’s' Day program, May
12, and a show produced on a slight
ly larger scale, we have to set the
prices at the present level.”
Today will be the last chance for
students to make their advance
ticket purchases in the living or
ganizations. Seats may be reserved
after this time only by mailing
orders to the graduate manager’s
office or to the Heilig theater. The
box office at the Heilig theater will
probably open next Thursday.
Dr. W. D. Smith Writes
On Wallowa Locality
“The Wallowa Mountains and
County” is the title of an article,
one of a series on Oregon localities,
in the last issue of the Common
wealth Beview, by Dr. Warren D.
Smith, head of the geology depart
ment. The article deals with the
geography and economic resources
of the Wallowa region, and has a
number of illustrations.
The Commonwealth Beview is
published quarterly by the com
bined faculties of the Schools of
Sociology and Education. It is off
the press today.
Encyclopedia Asks
Picture of Campus
UNIVEBSITY OF WASHING
TON, Seattle—(P. I. P.)—Interna
tional recognition of the plan of its
campus has been received by the
University of Washington in the
request.of the Encyclopedia Britan
nica that a^pliotograph of the plan
be furnished for publication in the
world-famous reference work. The
plan, which was designed by Bebb
and Gould, former university archi
tects, is to illustrate an article on
institutional architecture.
Judiciary Committee
To Confirm Sinnott
For New Job Today
PORTLAND, April IP—The nom
ination of Congressman Sinnott, ns
judge of the United States court of
claims, referred to the senate judi
ciary committee late Wednesday,
will not be confirmed before Friday
as the committee will not meet to
day, the Washington Bureau of the
Oregon Journal says.
If confirmed Friday, Sinnott prob
ably will wire his withdrawal as a
candidate for renomiifation, so that
his name will not be certified to the
county clerks for printing on the
ballot. Final decision in regard to
withdrawal has not been made, how
ever. Sinnott will not take his seat
on the bench in any event until
after the close of the present ses
sion of congress, so that the eastern
Oregon district will have no break
in its representation "in Washington.
Canoe Fete Head
Advises Entries
Herndon Warns Houses
To Start Early
Three weeks remain for the four
teen lucky men’s and women’s or
ganizations entered in this year’s
canoe tete to plan
and construct the
floats destined to
compete for the
prize trophies. If
the select group
will heed the ad
vice of Roy Hern
don, chairman of
the fete, no time
will be wasted in
delaying the pre
liminary work of
planning the 'de
sign.
“Several of the Roy Herndon
houses have already launched their
campaign,” said Herndon, “and
among these are the Sigma Pi Tau’s,
who have been awarded first placo
the last two times. Restricting the
floats to those of artistic designs is
going to make competition unusu
ally keen this year and will neces
sitate considerable work.”
Agnes Chipping, who is in charge
of awards, has increased the funds
to bo used in buying prizes and
states that efforts put forth by the
winners will not be in vain. A first
and second prize will bo awarded
and both the men’s and women's
houses will receive the same troph
ies.
Plans for an elaborate setting to
harmonize with the artistic floats
is being worked out under the di
rection of Mary Louise- Dutton.
Lighting effects to emphasize the
scenery will be arranged by Fred
Meads.
In addition to witnessing the
floats, the spectators will be enter
tained by a program of features ar
ranged by Tom Montgomery. Music
will be furnished by George Mc
Murphey and his Kollegc Knights
throughout the program.
Pairings in the canoe fete re
sulted in the following: Phi Gam
ma Delta—Alpha Chi Omega; Kappa
Sigma—Alpha Omicron Pi; Friendly
hall—Pi Beta Phi; Sigma Chi—Chi
Omega; Phi Delta Theta—Delta
Zeta; Chi Psi—Kappa Alpha Theta;
Phi Sigma Kappa—Alpha Phi; Beta
Theta Pi—Alpha Xi Delta; Bach
elordyn—Hendricks hall; Phi Kap
pa Psi—Delta Gamma; Sigma Al
pha Epsilon—Alpha Delta Pi; Al
pha Beta Chi—Susan Campbell hall;
Sigma Pi Tau—Delta Delta Delta;
and Delta Tau Delta—Gamma Phi
Beta.
April Showers Halt
Weekend Ball Games
April showers continue to hold the
upper hand on the University of
Oregon baseball diamond and have
resulted in the cancelling of the
two scheduled week-end games with
the Columbia University nine, today
and Saturday, according to word
from' Jack Benefiel’s offices.
The games were to be non-confer
ence practice tilts, and may be
scheduled at a later date. Coach
Billy Reinhart has been unable to
gel his ball srpia*l outdoors for a
practice all this week due to the
soggy condition of the playing field.
Senior Leap Week Program
Cat-Astrophe dance at Alpha
Delta Pi house from 4 to 0 today.
Bar Room Bust at Hendricks
Hall, 9 o'clock tonight.
Senior Heyday picnic, Satur
day, at Swimmer’s Delight.
Busses leave Villard at 4:110, 5:00
and 5:.'10. Cost, 35 cents.
Round-the-World Debaters Return
L KENNEU.-ELUS • 1 ' F1NK
npHE three members of the University of Oregon round the world de
bating team returned to the campus Friday, April 20, after com
pleting a tour that took them to Japan, China, India, many countries in
Europe, and the eastern and middle western part of the United States. Left
to right, Benoit McCrosky, Avery Thompson, and Walter W. Hempstead Jr.
Seven More Orators
To Compete for Jewett
Prize in Semi-Finals
First tryouts for the Jewett ora
torical prize contest were com
pleted last night with the selection
cf seven men from tho second sec
tion of the pro-legal English classes
to compete in the semi-finals. Tues
day night six were chosen from tho
first section to compete with those
chosen last night. Students from
the first section were judges last
night.
The Jewett prize which carries an
award of $50, is an annual affair
participated in by tho pro-legal En
glish classes. This year about 40
students Juried out.
Those chosen last night and the
titles of their orations are as fol
lows: Claude Hall, “Tolerance”;
Paul Clark, “Colossus of the North”;
Mel Davidson, “Outlawry of War”;
James Sharp; Jack Sammons, “A
Legitimate Experiment”; Sam Van
Vaetor; Francis Schaeffer, “Peace.”
First Rehearsal Held
For Tournament Play
The first rehearsal, which is al
ways a rather sticky, floundering
affair, for “Shall Wo Join the
Ladies?” was held yesterday after
noon. The one-act play, shrouded in
mystery which is concealed under a
cover of gaiety and animation, will
be given the afternoon of May 4 in
Guild theater in honor of the high
school delegates to the drama tour
nament.
Sir James Barrie, in his unfinished
play, provides brilliant repartee
among his thirteen dinner guests
who have been week-end guests at
bis home. It is after a toast to the
host, “Sam Smith,” that he rises
and makes known his real reason for
inviting those who are present.
The complimentary play will be
given after tho luncheon on Friday.
On the evenings of May .'1 and 4
the contesting high schools will stage
their plays, two being given each
night.
Schulze and Caldwell
Emerald Film Editors
William Schulze and John Caldj
well have been appointed as review
ers for a new( column of film tips
starting in this issue of the Emer
ald. This will be substituted for
the old column of theater announce
ments on the editorial page of the
paper.
This change in the method of pro
viding information on the enter
tainment offered in local theaters
is intended to add interest and re
liability to the column, according to
Claudia Fletcher, managing editor.
An attempt will be made to describe
the showings so that readers may
choose the ones suited to their in
dividual tastes.
Large Number Attend
U. of W. Open House
UNIVERSITY OF WASHING
TON, Seattle, April 19.—(P.I.P.) —
Climaxing the most successful open
house ever lte+d on tho University
campus, the electrical department
won the open house cup and banner
for this year’s display, which was
held last Friday and Saturday.
Chemical engineering was awarded
second place by the judges. The
open house is held biennially, and, in
exhibiting the work of the various
departments, gives the public an
idea of the value of the courses
given at tho University. Attendance
this year was estimated at more
than 11,000.
Debaters To Get
Welcome Rally
Oregon Globe Trotters
Back Tonight
The canals of Venice wove crowd
ed with gaily festooned water
craft. Officials in gaudy uniforms
stood, impatiently, speeches in mind.
Soft, medieval Italian music drift
ed over the waterways, and pretty
Venetian girls leaned far to catch
the first glimpse of the adventurer.
This was the return of Marco P0I9
(reconstructed).
The scene changes. It is 5:55
today and the first strains of music
drift from the instruments of tho
University band, halted at tho Phi
Sigma Kappa corner. It inarches
to the Southern Pacific depot—
green and lemon-ye)low uniform^
resplendent. It is followed by the
.cheering populace—university men
and women—oager to catch the first
glimpse of the adventurers. As tho
Shasta slows and stops, Donald Beo
lar, master of ceremonies, and Dr.
Arnold Bennett Hall quickly re
hearse burning words of welcome.
Tho University’s three Polos aro
returning.
Avery Thompson, Benoit Mc
Croskoy and Jack Hempstead, after
having travelled over soir.o thous
ands of miles of the earth’s sur
face, talked their way across threo
continents, and debated the most
lucid-tongued orators of several na
tions, return to Oregon, tired, prob
ably broke, but undoubtedly wiser.
Across tho water-pitcher of inter
national amicability they have
faced brown men and white men
and yellow men. They have tasted
sea sickness in the North Sea; they
have sweltered in tho heat at Cal
cutta; they have emerged unscath
ed from distant skirmishing with
the Unitod States war department
in tho Phillipines. Their adven
tures have been 'many-fold, and they
return with ditty bags packed with
romance, photographs, and news
reels.
But more than their individual
accomplishments, they have com
pleted the first collegiate round-the
world debate tour. They will bo
welcomed this evening in a manner
befitting the return of conquering
forensic sons of Oregon.
International Carnival
At ‘Y’ Ilut Tonight
Tonight at, the Y. M. C. A. hut at
8 o’clock the International Carni
val, sponsored by tho Cosmopolitan
club on the campus, is open to the
down town people and to students
on the# campus. Alt nationalities
represented on tho campus havo
their booths, stunts, and programs
ready for the Eugene folk and stu
dents tonight. Admittance is free
to overyono except a charge of a
few cents for admittance to tho var
ious booths and concessions.
Native costumes are in order for
the •evening and all American stu
dents who can are to come in tho
costume of another country. Thoso
not in costume may come as chil
dien, hoboes, clowns, escaped con
! victs, “nuts,” or in their every-day
I clothes.
Dr. McIntyre, Eugene dentist, will
I give one of his widely known rcad
; ings; a selection *will be given Wy a
i Filipino; Violet Grek, popular cam
pus performer, will sing; Sam
Whong, from Korea, will givo a se
lection from his bamboo instrument;
a selection on a pipe organ will bo
given; Bessie Schoenberg, daugh
I ter of Madame McGrow, will present
a Hungarian dance; and a group, of
' popular Indian songs will be sung.
Student Dies
Following Air
Plane Crash
Reginald Smith Meets
Death at 3:45 P. M.
On Thursday
University Junior Lives
21 Hours Following
Accident
Twenty-one hours after he was in
jured in an airplane crash near the
Lane county fair grounds while re
ceiving his aviation lessons from
David Langmack, Eugene aviator,
Charles Reginald Smith, junior in
pre-medics from Portland, died yes
terday afternoon at .1:45 at the Eu
gene hospital.
The smashup occurred Wednesday
evening about 7 o'clock, when tho
plane, an old type “.Tenney,” which
had been reconditioned, went into
an air pocket and plunged to the
ground from an altitude of about
TOO feet.
Ever since the University student
was taken to the hospital, where it
was found that Smith was suffering
from a fractured skull and a frac
tured nose, little hope was held for
his recovery by physicians. From
tho time he. was struck with a part
of the plane’s wing, tho injured stu
dent failed to regain consciousness.
Plane Badly Wrecked
Langmack, tho aviation instruc
tor, escaped with only slight bruises.
The plane, which is owned by Paul
Anderson, of Eugene, was badly
wrecked, tho motor being about tho
only main part that can bo salvaged.
Tho wreck Wednesday evening
was Langmack’s second smashup in
ten years, according to the Eugeno
pilot. His first accident occurred
near Hillsboro last Friday, April 1.1,
in bis own airship, the Air King.
The .Tenney plane, which was
I wrecked Wednesday evening, is of
I the Curtis type N-J-4, formerly used
in the army for aviation training.
Former Canadian Student
Smith, who was 22 years old, was
transferred Ko tho University of
Oiogon from tho University of Al
berta in Canada. Ills mother is now
travelling in Europe, according to
Mrs. Ed Kline, Smith’s sister from
Portland, who was in Eugene yes
terday to tako caro of the body.
Tho student’s body was taken to
Portland Into last night. Holman
and Lutz, Portland morticians, aro
handling tho arrangements for tho
funeral which will bo held Saturday
morning in Portland, it was stated
by Mrs. Kline. Accompanying Mrs.
Kline on tho train to Portland was
Donald Johnson, freshman in eco
nomics.
Fees Musi be Paid
By Saturday Noon
Aro you ono of tho 900 students
who have not yet paid their fees?
Fees must bo paid by Saturday
jioon, April 21. Lute payment finos
are $3.00 for the first day and 2oo
a day thereafter.
Whether or not you have labora
tory fees there are class fees and
Junior week-end fees which must
be. paid. If you aro in doubt be
sure to go to the Administration
building and find out. Hotter bo
sure, than broke from paying tho
fine.
A day and a half is a short time
for nine hundred students to pay
fees, so come early and avoid tho
null, says E. P. Lyon, cashier.
U. High to Meet Salem
For Swimming Honors
_
University high and Salem high'
will bo attempting something new
in interscholastic events when they
hold their swimming meet in Salem
Saturday. This is tho first time
any of the high schools in tho state
outside of Portland have attempted
a swimming meet, because so few
have access to a swimming tank.
Eight boys will represent Univer
sity high.
Typing Contest Held
At University High
The Lane county typing contest
is being held at University high to
day. Schools that will bo repre
sented are JJottage Grove high,
Springfield high, Junction City high,
Eugeno high and University high.
Last year Eugene high took first
I place and University high second
I place.