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RAY NASH, Editor EDITORIAL BOARD MILTON GEORGE, Manager Claudia Fletcher....Managing Carl Gregory ..... Telegraph Clarence Craw .P. 1. P. Arden X. Pangborn_Literary Editor Editor Editor Editor Walter Coover_Associate Editor1 Richard H. Syring ___...« Sports Editor Donald Johnston .....-- Feature Editor 1 Elizabeth Schultze .Society Editor News and Editor Phones, 656 DAY EDITORS: William Schulze, Mary McLean, Frances Cherry, Marian Sten, Dorothy Baker, Miriam Shepard. NIGHT EDITORS: J. Lynn Wykoff, chler; Lawrence Mitchelmort, Myron Griffin, Rex Timing, Ralph David, Floyd Horn. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Joe Rice, MU Prudhomme, Warren Tinker, Joe Freck, Glenn Gall, Harold Bailey, W. J. Loundagin, Harold Heater, Charlee I Barr, Willred Brown, Thomaa Pumfrey. SPORTS STAFF: Joe Pigney, Harry Dutton, Chalmers Nooe, Chandler Brown, Warren Tinker, Scott Milligan. FEATURE STAFF: Florence Hurley, John Butler, Clarence Craw, Charlotte Kiefer. THEATER NEWS: William Schulze, John Caldwell. UPPER NEWS STAFF: Amos Burg, Ruth Hansen, La Wanda Fenlason, William Haggerty. NEWS STAFF: Grace Taylor, Elise Schroeder, Maryhelen Koupal, Josephine Stofiel, Thirza Anderson, Etha Jeanne Clark, Mary Frances Dilday Elaine Crawford, Audrey Henrickaen, Phyllis Van Kimmell, Margaret Tucker, Gladys Blake, Ruth Craeger, Leonard Delano, Chrystal Ordway, Margaret Reid, Glenna Heacock, Irene Urfer, Joe Rice, Leonard Hagstrom, Margaret Thompson, Alice Gorman, Thelma Kem, Evelyn Shaner, Floyd Horn, Jean Young. BUSINESS STAFF LARRY THIELEN—Associate Manager Rath Street .. Advertising Manager BUI Hammond .. Ass’t. Advertising Mgr. Charles Reed . Ass’t. Advertising Mgr. CaeieUe George_ Mgr. Cheeking De.n. lid. Bissefl _Circulation Manager Bill Bates . Foreign Adv. Mgr. Wilbur Shannon — Ass’t. Circulation Mgr. Roy Dudley_Assistant Circulator Frederica Warren . Circulation Assistant ADVERTISING SALESMEN—H. Day Foster, Richard Horn, Harold Kester, Ray Smick, John Caldwell, Kenneth Mpore, Eugene Laird, Margaret Underwood, Ina Tremblay. FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR—George Weber. ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS—Harold Bailey, Herb King, Ralph Mlllsap. OFFICE ADMINISTRATION—Lova Buchanan, Margaret Poorman, Dorothy David son, Helen Katenbrink, Pauline Prigmore, Elizabeth McCord. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of the DniTertUy of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday during the eollcgs year. Member, United Press News Service. Member of Pacifls Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the posboffice at Epgene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subecrlp tSon rates, $2.60 per year. Advertising rates upon application. Residence phone, •dltor, 721; manager, 2799. Business office phone, 1895. Day Editor This Issue— ~iorothyn Baker, Night Editor This Issue—L. H. Mitchelmore Assistant Night Editor—Charles Barr WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1928 More and Better Work— If the Faculty Says So 'I'ETHEN the faculty convene this ’v afternoon, "'they will find the scholarship committee there all braced to give another twist to the already fairly close-fitting scholar ship lid. This crew is aiming for air-tight coverage. The effect of the committee’s proposed action js to weed out the merely collegiate; under the new regulations these would either be come hasty converts to a heavier Btudy program or prematurely de scend into tho world by the back stairs. Twelve hours, subject to modification for petitioners in un usual circumstances, would be the minimum study load for both upper and lower divisioners. And they will be allowed only a two hour flunking margin over this. Upper classmen with fewer than ten hours to show for a term’s work will be dispatched without reprieve, under classmen will bo given a term’s stay of sentence ns probationers. If tho scholarship committee’s suggestion is regarded favorably by tho faculty—and the Emerald is nil for it—its benefits will bo largely contingent on tho perfection of the new curricular groupings under the general course revisions now being made. Faulty workmanship in cur ricular construction would leave the pipe-pickers ns rich a field as they could wish for; they could dodge the apparent stringent regulations and roam at will In newly opened ranges to tho annullmcut of the higher standard procedure. Beneath the sleepless eye of the scholarship committee, such loop holes hold slight promise for the intellectual sluggards. They will quickly disappear, and what the campus scene loses in color with their passing will return to it a, hundred fold in its now cloth of scholastic dignity. Tho scholarship committee has Y. W. C. A. Head Home From National Meet Miss Dorothy Thomas, Y. W. 0. A. secretary, returned recently from a week spout at the national confer ence of student secretaries at Asilo mar, California. Miss Thomas also spent a week at tho national Y. \\\ 0. A. conference at .Sacramento, California. One of the main speakers at the student secretary conference was Dr. II. B. Alexander of Ncripps Col lege who talked on educational methods and told of the experiment attempted at that school in using without reserve the best educational methods that are known, and in de veloping creative ability in the stu dents. Also present at the confer ence was Miss Leslie Blanchard of Now York City, national executive secretary of tho Y. \V. C. A., who discussed the problems of the stu dent “Y. W.” Girls Await Opening Of Hookey Schedule Girls' hockey is now in full swing, the teams having been picked and games scheduled. The opening game will be played at 5 o’clock Friday when the freshmen meet the sophomores. Next Monday the jun iors will play the seniors. The teams as announced by Miss Constance Dunn, instructor in phy sical education, are Freshmen: Gene vieve Heliwell, Thelma Lehman, Aiury Wilbornc, Nellie McDonald. fashioned a fair and creditable standard for University scholarship. The Emerald only hopes that the faculty are as cordial as we arc. _ A Most Cordial Invitation To All IT1 ROM a beginning as a happy thought idea in the mind 'of an obscure young woman, Mothers’ Day has become one of the few days of special designation to be observed in- a spirit in keeping 'with its pur pose. In a few years’ time, custom itu- the United States has decreed that the second Sunday in May be given over to honoring our mothers. Sentimental? Yes, but not cheap sentimentality such as this nation of Babbits is generally accused of having in surplus quantities. The sentiment of Mothers’ Day is not expressed in oratorical eloquence from the pulpits nearly so well as in the flowers worn in their honor and, better yet, in the special defer- ' cnees paid them on a May Sunday. What wo owe to our mothers is something not easily expressed in words but in the feelings within ourselves. This year Mothers’ Day falls on May l.'l, the Sunday of Junior Week end. The University authorities and the week-end directorate are co operating to make the occasion a memorable one. Visiting mothers are to be guests at special functions and at regular events of the campus celebration. It remains but to get the mothers to come. . The University ’ will send invita tions to the mothers of all Oregon students. Each student should see to it that he writes home and asks his mother to come to Eugene for the day. It matters little that he knows she can not accept the invi tation. The thoughtfulness and the wish expressed are far more import ant, desirable as an acceptance may be. It is a proper time for showing a most proper kind of sentiment. —W. 0. Virginia Hunter, ZepliR Rogers, I.eulso Lewis, Florence Wougliter, Elaine Undersoil; Hoph/ninres: Ueneviove Thompson, Malialn Kurtz, Naomi Moshberger, I Mary Turley, Eleanor (.'leaver, Mar jory Kelly, Hetty Summers, Freddy Kaiser, tlraec Caldwell, Ruth Jay nes, Ueneviove I’illuso; Juniors: Jo Ralston, Winifred Weter, Dorothea Lenseh, Emily Cropp, Auoua Ililderbrand, Marjory l.andru, Hilda Topp, Ruth Hureliam, Editha Harthel, Thelma Perozzi, Margaret Price, Mae Ilileman; Seniors: Evelyn Anderson, Hetty Heau, Hazel Kirk, Eunieo Daniels, Helen Mutuaw, Eleanor Marvin, Nelly Host, Letters Ask Questions Of Summer Sessions As indieativo of the widespread interest that is being shown in the Oregon summer school, Miss Hilda Olson, secretary of the summer ses isiou, has been receiving requests,for information from all parts of the United States and even from other | countries. During the past week she has received communications from Porto Rico, Regina, Saskatche wan, Canada, and from various states such as Nebraska, Wisconsin, Florida, New Mexico, Montana, Minnesota, Missouri, Wyoming, Illi nois, Arizona, Kentucky, Colorado, and Ohio, beside the regular re quests coming from Oregon, Wash 1 ictun, California, and Idaho. Tit SEVEN ft SEERS A NEWLY FORMED EUGENE SERVICE CLUB WILL MEET AT 5:00 FOR BREAKFAST INSTEAD OF AT NOON FOR LUNCH. Needless to say, it numbers no University students among its mem bership. # * * PATHETIC CASE EXISTS AT OREGON UNIVERSITY Aged Man Unable To Leave Room He Signed Up Por When A Freshman EUGENE, Ore., May 1, 1928— (Special)—One of the most pathetic cases in the history of the Univer sity of Oregon was disclosed here today when it was found that an aged man and his family were living in one room, one he had signed up for when a freshman. This University ruling is a hard and fast one, but students are usual ly able to break away before they reach such advanced age. A year or so ago a desperate student burned down the home ho was living in, but the courts held that he would have to move into the new one the land lady built. TODAY’S DIRECTORY ANSWER “What time will you get in to night?” “It’ll be near morning.” “Then here’s the Keefer the door. ” » *■ * BE SURE AND VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT THAT RAISES FEES SIX-BITS A YEAR. IT ISN’T much; BUT IT ALL HELPS. ’ * ■* “What makes you think Sarah is marrying such a hopeless man?” “He went to every jewelry store in town trying to buy her a left handed wrist watch.” LIFE’S LITTLE TRAGEDIES The absent-minded garage man mails himself a bill for repair work and drops dead when lie receives it. Released from pledge Is Jimmie White; lagged four houses In a single night. An Emerald reporter went over to tho A. S. U. O. publicity office to verify a rumor that Sam Wildcrman had passed the bar examination. He wasn’t there, but the reporter was told that if she would come back in 1950 sh« might get a story on it. PROF GETS TOUGH BREAK AT DREAM FOLLIES Tho lust tiling in the world you would think about when ordering theater tickets would be to ask whether or not there was u post between the two seats for you and the girl friend. A. Holmes Baldridge, instructor in public speaking, will hereafter inspect the seats before the per formance. As it was, only his power of persuasion in getting the two gentlemen ahead to trade seats with him, kept him and the girl friend within speaking distance during the Dream Follies. VOTE A IVET TICKET. KEEP THE WOULD SAFE FOR WATER BAGGING. VOTE NO! FAMOUS LAST WORDS “If it doesn't rain, I'll voto for you.” REM EMHER: EVEN V O U R BEST FRIENDS WON'T VOTE FOR YOU! * «' • SF.VF.N SEERS Thirty to Attend Y. M. Conference! Oregon Quota To Be Part Of Record Number The University will reach its quota of men for the student con ference^ to be held at Seabeck, Washington, June 9 to 17, if the present interest is sustained. Bill Schulze, who has charge of the booster work for the Y. M. C. A., j says that fifteen have signed up, and a number more expect to do so in the next few days. The quota for Oregon is thirty men. A program has been planned for the Pacific Northweift Conference, which will give the attendants a full i week of interest. Taking as their slogan “The set of their faces is forward,” the committee in charge of preparations has secured a strong group of speakers and leaders. These include A. J. “Dad” Elliott, for many years executive student secretary of the central region of the Y; Arthur Rugh, of the foreign di vision of the national council; J. Stitt Wilson, of Berkeley, Califor nia^ Dr. George Stewart of New York City and a graduate of Lin field College; John H. Rudd and Lewis G. Bates, of the northwest council; Dean U. G. Dubach and Rev. Monroe G. Everett of Oregon State College; Professor Herman Clark, Willamette University, and Professor William L. Young, Uni versity of Montana. William Schulze, of the Univer sity of Oregon, is chairman of the committee in charge with Dean Du bach, James C. Rettie, Willamette; Professor Young, and Delbert Stokesbary, Oregon State College, as his co-members. Dr. Raymond B. Culver, executive student secretary for the Pacific Northwest field, is executive secretary of the confer ence. Three hundred men'at Seabeck is the goal for- attendance' set by the committee; ‘^Seabeck” committees in many colleges of the four north west states are attempting to secure record attendance this year. Immediately following the close of the conference, the summer in dustrial service group will start its work of study and practice at Ta coma, Washington. Any men inter ested in this course which gives University credit should see William Schulze. Funeral Services Held For Former Professor The funeral services for Charles A. Burlen, former instructor in the University, were held Tuesday morn ing at 10:30 at the Veaeh funeral home. Mr. Burden was at the head of the. physical education depart ment here from 1897 to 1907. At that time, he had charge of the gymnasium work for both men and women. From 1907 until his death Satur day morning, Mr. Burden has been in business in Eugene. He had never lost interest in the University and had many friends among the faculty and students. Week-end Trip Planned By Outdoor Club, May 5 Tho plans for the week-end outing of U19 Eugeno Outdoor club to the Coos Bay beaches are progressing. 1 Anyone, whether a member of the ' club or not is invited to go on the | trip which will start Saturday morn ing, May 5. Reservations may be made by phoning or writing H. B. Yocom at the department of animal biology of the University before Wednesday evening. There is a call for private cars for the trip. Anyone willing to drive and take extra passengers should let the leader know as soon as possible. The total cost of the trip will be $5.00. Return will be made Sunday evening. (Continued from page one) invitational affair, but the high school plays will bo open to the public. This will be the second time that the University drama department has entertained the high schools of the state at li drama tournament. The cup, awarded to tho school pro ducing the best one act play, was won by Roseburg last year. Roseburg is staging “The Locked Chest,” by John Masefield, under the direction of Alice Ueland and Helen Casey. Eugene high school, presenting "Two Crooks and a Lady” by Eu gene Billot, and Roseburg will give their plays Thursday evening. Eri day, Enterprise high and Mills City will produce “The Purple Dream” by Donald Breed and “Maria Co tita,” respectively. Tho Mexican drama to be staged by' the Mills City sU'.dout* >s anonymous. Him Tips HEIIJG—“THE BIG CITY.” A story of the gang land of New York’s East Side, capably presented by Lon Chaney as Chuck Collins, and an equally good supporting cast including Betty Compson, Marceline pay and Janies Murray. Chaney does the unusual and appears with out a weird make-up. The lady friend thought a little monkey-faced gangster was Lon himself until Our Hero showed his unmistakeable mug au naturel. —W. S. The comedy is better than the average; there’s one of thoso im possible Aesop’s Fables, and a spe cial number on the organ by Fredy Holt. MCDONALD: Second day—Elinor Glyn’s startling love drama, “MAD HOUR,” an ultra modern drama of college love and its heetic flights of temperamental fancies, with Sally O ’Neil, Lowell Sherman, and Larry Kent featured with a stellar cast. College men might be able to gain a good moral from this picture; its ending is like a slap in the face, .entirely unexpected, and yet what could She expect but—see it for yourself, and you ’ll remember the stirring, emotional, “MAD HOUR” for many hours to come. One of the best feature pictures with a good moral to. it. Also the Pantagcs favorite, Carlena Diamond, the “Dancing Harpist Supreme,” in a dazzling medley of selections and dancing; then “BIG BOY” in “NO FARE,” and International News Events. Coming—Wallace Beery and Ray mond Hatton in “PARTNERS IN CRIME,” an underworld full of fun a ill hair raising adventures, with the screen’s greatest comedy team in a blaze of glorious fun, also a three act Fanchon-Marco-Pantages vodvil stage show. —J. C. Delts Win Donut Tilt In Two Extra Innings It took two extra innings to decide the donut baseball tilt yesterday aft ernoon between Delta Tau Delta and Friendly Hall. Both teams played consistent ball, despite the wet field, until the seventh canto when a couple of errors gave the Delts a run and also the tilt by a 3 to 2 score. In the first period the Delts started out by chalking up a run and duplicated the feat again in the third. Friendly crossed the platter once in the fourth canto and ag;Un: in the fifth, tieing the score. In the first of seventh, Peterson, Friendly first baseman, muffed Hagan's easy giounder and dropped Read’s throw from short on the third out which scored Hagan, and won the tilt for the Delts. Hagan and Majovski both did some good chucking, Hagan allowing four hits and Majovski five. As for strike outs, Hagan got eight to Ma jrvski’s seven. The Sigma Phi Epsilon-Alpha Tau Omega tilt scheduled for yesterday was postponed. Following is the schedule for Thursday: League A—Phi Delta Theta \-s. Sigma Nu! Theta Chi vs. Bachelor don, 4 o’clock. ii ( Batteries for yesterday’s game: Della Tau Delta—Hagan and Wood ruff; Friendly Hall — Majovski, Davis and Huddleston. Dr. A. R. Moore To Give Talk on Origin of Life Sigma Xi, national honorary scien tific fraternity, is sponsoring a lec ture to be given Wednesday, May 9. 9. Dr. A. R. Moore will talk on prob lems concerning the origin of life on the earth. The lecture will be held in Villard hall. Little Things —that are different—the little niceties, extra ser vices and conveniences that campus folk demand, make our food the more enjoyable. Gosser’s Confectionery 550 E. 13th Well! Look Yesterday your pen went dry—and you could not finish your notes. Listen- * Today the TWIN POINTS—pen on one end—pen cil on the other— solves the problem. Come in— they’re interesting and serviceable. Smartt’s Shop 796 Willamette “Catty.Corner” U. S. National Bank OLYMPIC LIPSTICK COTY New—double size — and specially shaped to give ex quisite, clear-cut outlines to the lips. The five radiant Coty shades are a subtle glorification of nature's colouring, imparting soft, fresh, satiny beauty in a final dashing exclamation SHADES point of light charm. MEDIUM. DARK CERISE 1NYIS1ULE Rtjilis Obtainable -L AT DRUG AND DEPARTMENT STORES Bulletins . Woman’s League Tea, Woman's building, 4 to 6. W. A. A. mass meeting at 5 o’clock today in room 121 Woman’s build ing. ’ The W. A. A. exhibit will be shown and all women are invited to attend. Intramural sports rep resentatives are urged to notify members of their houses. Rehearsal of Pony Chorus today at 5 o’clock in Carnppa Shoppe. Women’s League mass meeting for installation of officers, Thursday, in Alumni hall. Cosmopolitan club will have regular meeting tonight in Y. W. C. A. Bungalow at 8:00. All members urged to be present. “Oregon’s World Debate Tour,” two hour motion picture, will be pre sented in Villard hall Thursday evening, 7:30. Lecture by team members will accompany the show. Tickets thirty-five cents at Bene fiel’s office or at door. Students, faculty and townspeople invited. Delta Zeta Tea scheduled for May 5 has been indefinitely postponed on account of the death of Charles A. Burden, patron. A crashing, smashing drama of thrills and mystery. Other Features of Excellence tteilfaf And— On the Stage A Barrel of Fun HARMONICA CONTEST FINAL ELIMINATIONS TONIGHT—8:45 Come Out—Help Your Favorite Win Tonight Also— The Pantages Favorite CAKLENA DIAMOND Dancing Harpist Supreme at 3:30—9:05 OTHEE DOINS TOO TOMORROW WALLACE BttttY IM5VMGHD HUTTON *Vne original comeclu combination, steal all the laughs in sight in * 'Partners in Grime G paramount Qicturc PREVIEW Tomorrow Night