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VOLUME XXXT UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1930 . NUMBER 105
Comedy Stunt
Will Feature
KORE Series
‘Guilfin and Ilis Gal’ To
Open ‘Emerald of the
* Air’ Tonight
STODDARD TO SPEAK
Kwama To Present Musical
Program for First of
Weekly Broadcasts
By THORNTON GALE
An unusual feature for a col
lege broadcast, introducing the
“Oregon Daily Emerald of the
Air,” radio hour broadcasting over
KORE at 8 o'clock tonight, is a
continuity stunt called “Guilfin
and His Gal,’- written by Bob
Guild and Mike Griffin.
It is a college romance depict
ing two lovers and the difficulties
into which they get while attend
ing college. It will be presented
by Bob Guild as Guilfin and Je.wel
Ellis as the “gal.” According to
Art Potwin, general director, this'
promises to be one of the cleverest
comedy stunts in radio. It will
occupy the first 15 minutes of
each Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday night program.
Sophomores in Charge
In line with a series of broad
casts being presented by honor
aries and clubs of the campus,
Kwama, sophomore women’s hon
orary, will go on the air tonight
with an all-musical program that
will hold the attention of the radio
audience for 25 minutes. Carolyn
Haber lach and Erma Logan, who
are representing Kwama, will play
the piano, and sing solos and
duets.
Tom Stoddard, student body
' president, will speak on “Student
Franchise” in the first'of a series
of talks by prominent people on
the campus. Paul Hunt will also
speak on “The University of Ore
gon, Past, Present and Future.”
Hunt will be followed by 10 min
utes of news and comment from
the Oregon Daily Emerald. Chair
men of dances and other campus
functions who desire radio pub
licity are invited to get in touch
with Potwin.
Politicians to Speak
A political night is being sched
uled for the near future. Every
politician or his manager will be
allowed a short speech to give his
views and platform over the
“mike.” If politics get too dirty
Potwin has promised a weekly
broadcast of the latest dirt.
Arrangements for the broadcast
are in the hands of Art Potwin,
chairman; Slug Palmer, assistant
chairman, and Thornton Gale,
news director.
1
Siveetser Will Give
Talk on Nature Lore
An illustrated talk on “Nature
Lore for High School Clubs" will
be given by A. R. Sweetser, pro
fessor in biology, this afternoon
at 4 o’clock in 103 Deady.
All those interested are invited
to attend this lecture, which is be
ing sponsored by the leadership
training course taught by Prof.
Harold S. Tuttle.
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; Rush or Fine>
Is Registrar's
Call to Students
HCOME early and avoid a
I fine," says E. P. Lyon,
cashier. Today is the first day
I for payment of fees! Students
| have until April 26, afier which
j date a fine of $3 for the first
1 day late with an additional 23c
| for each subsequent day will
| be added to the amount of the
unpaid fees.
The place: Cashier's office in
Johnson hall.
The time: April 16 to 26.
The fine: Three hard-earned
shekals or more.
Moral—Eventually, why not
now?
Annual Mother’s
Day Plans Made;
To Be May 10-11
Mrs. Cook Will Preside
At Open Meeting
On Saturday
Big Banquet Is Scheduled
For Visitors
Plans for meetings, banquets,
and various other junior week-end
entertainments are being made for
the annual Mother’s day to be
held on the campus May 10 and
11 when mothers from all over the
state will be guests of sons and
daughters.
The week-end will be opened
with a meeting of the executive
committee Saturday noon, May 10,
which will be conducted by Mrs.
Walter M. Cook, Portland, presi
dent of the Oregon Mothers. Mem
bers of the committee are: Mrs.
C. D. Bodine, Mrs. W. B. Crane,
Mrs. F. A. Heitkemper, Mrs. J. F.
Hill, Mrs. Treve Jones, Mrs. Phil
Metschan. Mrs. George Peters,
Mrs. Herman Schade, and Mrs.
Wallace Schearer, all of Portland;
Mrs. Colon Eberhard, La Grande;
Mrs. Charles Hall, Marshfield;
Mrs. Emil E. Judd, Roseburg; Mrs.
Ray Logan, Seaside; and Mrs. W.
J. Seufert, The Dalles.
After this meeting the mothers
will be entertained with a tea at
Alumni hall by the Associated
Women Students. The purpose of
the affair is to give the mothers
and students a chance to become
acquainted. At 4 in Guild hall the
mothers will attend a mass meet
ing and various problems concern
ing parents and students will be
taken up.
Probably the highlight of the
week-end will- be the banquet Sat
urday evening in Gerlinger hall
for mothers and their sons and
daughters. President Hall, as well
as a number of other prominent
people, will then address the moth
ers. The exact program is to be
announced later.
A special vesper service for the
mothers is being arranged for
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock in
the Music building.
Seven Patients Now
On Infirmary List
With two additions, Thelma Kem
and George Sprague, the infirm
ary now has seven patients. Oth
ers are: Elsie Burke, Ruth Van
Schoonbaven, Rachael Pederson,
Floris Sorenson, Raymond Force.
Has Radio Power To Distract?
Lester Beck To Conduct Experiment
Can students study and listen
to the radio at the same time?
^ Assuming that students do study,
can they get their lessons better
with or without music? It is a
common belief that distractions de
stroy concentration, but some
psychologists have decided that
individuals in some instances at
least, can do better work when
there is some distraction such as
music to overcome. There is an
other question to ask, Is music a
distraction—good music, at least?
These problems are now being
attacked by Lester Beck, senior
in psychology, who is conducting
an experiment with six psychology
lab sections.
Under his experiment, which
will cover a period of several
weeks, the sections will be divided
into groups, half of which will be
given the Iowa state reading test
while listening to phonograph mu
sic and the other half will read
without the music; then the stu
dents in each group will be
quizzed over what they have read.
When this is completed, the groups
| will be reversed and the experi
ment conducted.
The results thus obtained will
contribute to the solving of the
problem of the effect of sound on
visual learning.
Political Pot
Hot as Tickets
Boil to Close
Laird Announces Gregg as
Candidate for Junior
Man Position
14 HOUSES UNCERTAIN
Paper Support of Groups
Chief Source of Worry
To Each Line-up
M
£ By DAVE WILSON
* i political meeting held last
; - g at the Sigma Chi house,
% % - Laird, candidate for the
'i 2 t body presidency, an
t) 3 d Jack Gregg, Theta Chi
: J2 -2 tore, as the candidate on
; c 2 :et for junior man. .
H this step Laird and his
p ^ uanagers have definitely
q rumors current on the
campus during the past week that
they would let the candidacy of
Slug Palmer for junior man pass
unchallenged. Both parties now
have complete tickets, and in that
respect, at least, will continue the
battle on equal terms.
Both for Paper Support
The most interesting feature of
the political picture at present is
the struggle between the two tick
ets to see which will gain the
paper support of the majority of ,
the living organizations. Each
party is bending every effort and
using every form of persuasion
and argument to secure the back
ing of the individual houses.
The writer attended a meeting
of the Johnson party held at the
Pi Phi house Sunday evening, and
also the one held for Laird sup
porters at the Sigma Chi house
last night. At both of these ses
sions, representatives of houses
were called upon for statements
regarding the stand of their or
ganizations.
Houses Apportioned
Accepting definite promises of .
full support at their face value, it ,
appears that just now the 40 fra- (
ternities and sororities on the cam- ^
pus are split equally three ways: |
each party claims 13 unclaimed (
by the other side, and the remain- j
ing 14 are either claimed by both j
parties or acknowledged by both (
parties to be uncertain. ]
This is an indication of the ]
closeness of the race for support.
With election day only two weeks
away, the undecided 14 cannot re- ■
main on the metaphorical “fence” j
for long, and the side to which i
the majority of them fall will, on i
paper, be the stronger as far as -
the fraternity vote is concerned. 1
However, if the present trend 1
of affairs continues, it is probable i
that the remaining prizes will be i
equally divided, thus giving each 1
party a supporting block of ap
proximately 20 organizations. ]
Interest in Independent Vote
In this event, the major interest
will naturally shift to the inde
pendent vote contained in the halls
of residence. Realizing that the
measure of defeat or victory may
lie with the independents, each ,
party is campaigning in the halls
with herculean zeal. The battle
for the independent vote is at its
fiercest stage, but each party
rashly claims a premature victory.
Each party is to hold at least
one large meeting before the end
of the week. Another ten days
should bring more of less definite
settlement regarding which way
the houses are to go, and the last
frenzied struggle for the votes of
individuals will begin.
Graduate Assistant
Receives Appointment
Herschel Landru, who was re
cently offered a fellowship in his
tory from Duke university, an
nounced yesterday that he had re
ceived a graduate teaching as
sistanceship at George Washing
ton university, which he has de
cided to accept.
Landru, who is a graduate as
sistant in the history department,
will receive instruction at George
Washington from Samuel F. Be
mis, one of the outstanding au
thorities on diplomatic history in
the United States. Landru ex
i pects to specialize in this line of
| work.
Harmony Found Among World’s Representatives
Living together in an organized body, many students attending the University from foreign coun
tries find the world a much smaller sphere when h ome stories can he interchanged across the hearth
stones of International house. They are, first row left to right, Henry Kaahea, Art Markewltz, Charles
Voshii, Sam VVhong, Leonard Jee, Alson Bristol; second row, Eugenio l’adilln, Frank Shimizu, Francis
Jones, Fred Wade, Addison Smith, and Tunney Lee. Other members not in the picture are Ueun Tut
tle, Leland Fryer, Art Fryer, King Chau, Seiei Inamine, and Maximo I’ll lido.
Mistakes in Pledging, Poor Grades
May Be■ Averted by Deferred Plan
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Possible for Freshmen
To Orient Themselves
To College Conditions
(Editor's note: This is the
seeond of a series of articles
setting forth the merits of the
deferred pledging system with
the objections that have arisen
from its use at various univer
sities and colleges.)
By RALPH DAVID
When the interfraternity coun- |
cil of the University of Oregon
completed its investigation of de
ferred pledging systems in use in
the United States last year, it
summarized the advantages of de
ferred pledging as follows: 1. It
prevents mistakes in pledging,
both on the part of the pledge and
the fraternity, which is probably
its greatest advantage. 2. It
probably enables freshmen better
to orient themselves in University
life. 3. It may improve the scho
lastic standing of the freshmen.
Arguments Based on First
It is on the first enumerated ad
vantage that most of the argu
ments for deferred pledging are
based. If the fraternity has a
term, two terms, or a year in
which to look over the prospec
tive pledge it is going to be able
to pick out the desired men much
more easily than when rushing is
condensed into a single week at
the beginning of the school year.
The same holds true for the
pledge. In his leisure he can ex
Highest Mark
Is Reached in
Term Enrollment
CEVENTY-TWO new students
° have entered the University
this term, according to Earl M.
Pallett, registrar, making a
total enrollment of 3,275 for the
year. This is 33 more than
1929, the enrollment for which
was 3,242.
This is the largest number of
students that have ever regis
tered in tile University. Enroll
ment for regular students closed
last Saturday, hut the graduate
students have been given a
longer time and it is expected
that the number will lie even
greater.
amine the fraternity and see it
in its true light. As an editorial
in the Carnegie Tech student pa
per says, “no fraternity or rushee
can maintain a misguiding exter
ior for an entire year, and,
stripped as they will be, of all su
perficiality, a mutual choice can
be made with open eyes; nor can
a fraternity maintain an elabor
ate social program for an entire
year because of the prohibitive fl
nancial drain. Those plebes with
poor grades will have left, and
the freshman political luminaries
will have passed into sophomoric
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April Frolic Plans
Well Under Way
Joan Patterson Tells of
Affair’s Patronesses
Committees have been appoint
ed, features organized, and the
plans for April Frolic are well un
der way to make this event one
of the best in the history of wo
men's social affairs on the cam
pus.
Joan Patterson, chairman of
April Frolic, has announced the
list of patronesses for the party
to be given this Saturday night in
the Gerlinger building. They are:
Mrs. Virginia Judy Esterly, Mrs.
Arnold Bennett Hall, Mrs. Rudolf
Ernst, Mrs. Eric W. Allen, Dr. Wil
moth Osborne, Miss Fannie Mc
Camant, Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, Miss
Maude Kerns.
Business Staff Adds
Another Office Girl
The Emerald business office has
another new office girl, Marjorie
Dana, sophomore in art. She was
appointed yesterday by Bill Ham
mond, business manager.
Hammond still has one position
open for a girl who can type and
do general office work. Applicants
may see him at his office on after
noons.
French Honorary
Elects Members
Initiation of 10 Pledges
Will Be Held May I
Pi Delta Phi, national French
honorary, elected the following
members to membership at their
meeting held last Thursday eve
ning:
Willmadene Richolson, Kathryn
Landenberg, Katherine Karpen
stein, Margaret Brooks, Donald
Smith, Eula Harrington, Ida Mark
usen, Patricia Hatch Howell, and
Marjorie McDougal. One special
member was also elected, Jacques
LaForge.
The initiation for these new
members will be held May 2, ac
cording to Dorris Hardy, presi
dent of the honorary.
Means Will Teach
At Cheney Normal
Among the members of the Uni
versity faculty who plan to teach
at other institutions next summer
is Edgar R. Means, instructor in
science at University high school.
Mr. Means will spend 11 weeks at
the summer session of the normal
school in Cheney, Washington,
where he is to conduct a course
on statistics and tests in measure
ments.
Conference Is
Slated for June
By Max Adams
University Male Quartet
To Be Main Feature
At Conference
Seaheck Will Be Scene
Of Annual Meet
Full details of the Pacific North
west Student conference, to Vie
held June 13 to 21 at Seabeck,
Washington, were announced yes
terday by Max Adams, executive
secretary of the student Y. M.
C. A.
Two men who are connected
with the University are listed
among the leaders of this year's
conference. These are Nelson L.
Bossing, of the education faculty,
and Mr. Adams.
The Independent male quartet of
the University, which was the
main feature of the program tak
ing second place in the recent Em
erald-KORE contest, will sing dur
ing the conference.
A number of recreational facili
ties will be available for confer
ence delegates, the grounds being
equipped with tennis courts, a golf
course, a swimming lagoon, sev
eral rowboats, and grounds for
horseshoe pitching.
"The eight-day period will be
one of great inspiration for those
attending the conference. It will
give the men an opportunity to
gain many fine pointers for the
coming year,” said Mr. Adams.
Among those from the state of
Oregon who will be leaders at the
conference are: Norman F. Cole
man, president of Reed college,
Portland; Col. H. R. Richmond,
commanding officer of the R. O.
T. C. at Oregon State college;
Marshall N. Dana, associate editor
of the Oregon Journal, Portland.
Leslie Manker, chairman of the
conference, is at present a senior
at Willamette university.
Nine men from the University
of Oregon attended the conference
last year, and a goal of 20 is be
ing set for this year’s conference.
Rates and further details of the
conference may be obtained from
Max Adams at the Y hut or at
Westminster house.
Summer School Gets
Spokane Instructor
One of the 30 leading educators
who will come from various parts
of the country to teach at the
University of Oregon summer ses
sion is Miss E. M. Ellis, dean of
girls at North Central high school
in Spokane.
Miss Ellis is to conduct a course
for deans of girls in high schools
in connection with a course given
; by Fred L. Stetson, which con
cerns educational and vocational
' guidance. This class will be de
voted largely to the study of per
' sonality and the social situation
; in high schools.
City F athers Submit
Ordinance Banning
Downtown Rallies
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To Play Tonight
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Aurora Potter Underwood, pian
ist and member of the school of
music faculty, who will play an In
teresting program of romantic and
modern music at the auditorium
tonight ut 8:15 o’clock.
Concert Tonight
To IncludeTwo
Cator Preludes
Mrs. Underwood To Play
Selections Written
By Californian
‘Blue Danube Waltz’ Will
Be on Program
Two preludes by Walter Vincent
Cator, of California, which have
not been played here before are
part of the interesting program
lo be given tonight at 8:15 o’clock
it the music auditorium by Aurora
Potter Underwood. j
Mrs. Underwood was entertain
ed at the home of the composer
it Carmel last summer, along
with other University faculty
members, and heard the compo
sitions, which are written on the
iura-modal scale developed by
Mr. Cator. His preludes have just
oeen published.
The University pianist has on
her program some of the most
interesting of Chopin music. She
will play the C-major and F-major
studes, the F-minor fantasie and
the A-flat major waltz and the
E-flat minor polonaise. The pre
ludes she has chosen are Nos. 1,
3, and 16.
Debussy, of whom she has a
particularly good appreciation be
cause of a summer’s study in Fon
tainbleau with Philippe, and Blan
ket are among the moderns on
her program. Concert Arabesque
m “The Beautiful Blue Danube,"
by Johann Strauss, arranged by
Schulz-Evler, will be Mrs. Under
wood’s final number.
Mrs. Underwood is a University
graduate who has been a piano
instructor at the school of music
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Students’ Ire
Aroused Over
Proposed Bill
Permit for Noise-making
Parades Would Have
To Be Obtained
Passage of Act Will Be
Considered Next Week
I
The spirit of spontaneity of stu
dent rallies and other manifesta
tions of joy on the part of the
students of the University was
threatened Monday evening when
the city fathers of Eugene con
sidered an ordinance relating to
the regulation of all loud-speakers,
noise makers, musical instruments,
broadcasting devices, and so forth,
in the down-town area, technically
known as fire zone number one.
This ordinance, which was laid
over till the next meeting of the
city council, would require obtain
ing of licenses by all persons wish
ing to place a program before the
public, if that program is to in
volve noise of any character, in
cluding music.
Students were aroused Tuesday
over the proposed ordinance.
Heavy Fine Suggested
Should the ordinance pass, stu
dents desiring to make announce
ments to the down-town Eugene
public—if they wish to attract at
tention to themselves by means of
musical instruments or other
noise-making devices — would be
required to obtain a permit or be
subject to a fine of not less than
$5 or more than $50 or spend the
time in jail at the going rate of
$2 per day and found, according
to City Attorney S. M. Calkins.
Permission Necessary
All student rallies, noise pa
rades and similar demonstrations
would come under this head, and
should the city recorder, whose
duty it will be to issue the per
mits, frown upon the suggestion
by the students that it is for the
public weal and welfare, theirs is
but to incur the enmity of the
police force and the good and law
abiding element of Eugene, if they
would pursue their plans without
permission.
Advertising Students
Will Enter Contest
Members of the class in Adver
tising of W. F. G. Thacher will
compete in the annual Ham-Jack
son agency’s contest in direct-mail
advertising. Prizes totalling $50
are being offered.
The students have their choice
of two problems. They may write
about a direct mail advertising
campaign for chain drug stores, or
on a similar campaign for a finan
cial house which sells securities of
various kinds. The contest is open
until May 2.
Organ Combats Spring Fever
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Scovell Recital Said Artistic Success
By BOB GUILD .
A more celebrated critic than
myself once said that the most
impolite audiences he had ever
seen were to be found in Oregon.
This would seem to have been
borne out last night at the Music
auditorium. Shortly after Allen
Scovell had artistically waved his
brow clear of the artist’s hair that
surmounted it, in response to the
perfunctory applause that was his
due from the scattered audience,
and commenced his first number,
the auditorium began to fill.
It was spring, and for the first
time in several days not raining,
and as a result his listeners
seemed woefully unimpressed by
the seriousness of the occasion.
Some held hands, and billed and
cooed to the accompanying strains
of Borowski’s Third Sonata. Oth
ers wrote notes and drew pictures
on the reverse sides of their pro
grams, while Bach's Toccata and
Fugue in D Minor filled the hall
with its majesty.
The pity of it is that Mr. Scovell
did remarkably well with a diffi
cult program, playing with a fine
control and a certain aplomb in
his stage presence. His opening
number, Rogers’ Concert Overture,
was extremely well done, and
would have been very Impressive
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