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VOLUME XXXI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1930
NUMBER 106
JOHNSON OUT; CHERRY TAKES HELM
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Five To Seek
Editorship Of
Campus Daily
Hall, Tussing, Van Dine,
And Taylor Named by
Emerald Staff
PETITION NAMES FIFTH
List Signed by 710 Enters
Tonkon Among Those
After Post
Four candidates for editor of the
1930-31 Emerald were nominated
by members of the Emerald staff
at a meeting held yesterday after
“ noon, and a fifth has been nomi
nated by means of a popular peti
tion circulated on the campus dur
ing the evening.
Four nominees, Vinton Hall,
Lakeview; Rex Tussing, Halsey;
Harry Van Dine and T. Neil Tay
lor, both of Portland, are juniors
in journalism. Harry Tonkon,
Portland, is a junior in business
administration.
Staff Nominates Four
Under the provisions of the
present student body constitution
' regarding nominations for the edi
torship, the staff is entitled to
nominate a maximum of four can
didates. Provision is also made
for nomination of a candidate by
a petition of not less than 100
students.
When the staff's votes were tal
lied, it was found that Tonkon
was the fifth man by a margin
of one vote, having 23 to Taylor’s
24 and Van Dine's 25. Hall polled
35 votes, and Tussing was given
33.
Petition Circulated
Friends of Tonkon immediately
began the circulation of a petition
for his nomination which carried
750 signatures by 10 o’clock.
Tonkon’s name will thus be
turned over to the publications
committee with those of the other
four candidates. The constitution
provides that the publications
committee shall recommend one
candidate for the position to the
executive council not later than
the second week in May. The
final decision is up to the execu
tive council.
At the meeting of the staff. Hall
was nominated by Bob Allen, Ton
kon by Willis Duniway, Van Dine
by Jack Burke, Tussing by Wilfred
Brown, and Taylor by Merlin
Blais.
Students Delay
In Paying Fees
Eleanor Houghton Is First
At Cashier’s Window
To Eleanor Houghton goes the
honor of being the first to pay her
fees. Who will be the last. Re
solve today that it shall not be
you—for remember, a fine of $3
for the first day and 25 cents for
each subsequent day late will be
imposed on those pokey students
who don’t visit the cashier’s office
before April 26.
“At the rate that fees came in
yesterday, which was very much
too slow, the students will have to
step to get all their assessments
paid before April 26,” said E. P.
Lyon, cashier.
Information Received
. Here on ISeiv Device
Information regarding a new in
vention in the form of a book con
veyor or distributor has been re
ceived by M. H. Douglass, libra
rian. The conveyor is designed to
take books from any stack level
to the delivery desk where they
are automatically discharged and
then sent back again to any stack
level where they are again auto
matically discharged.
Yale, the University of Roches
ter, and the University of Cincin
nati have purchased these new
book conveyors. There is a possi
bility that the University of Ore
gon may purchase a similar book
distributor when a new library is
built.
4
Heroic Frosh
Murders Fowl
To End Insomnia
JJEING wakened around 5
o’clock every morning isn't
a pleasant experience, particu
larly when the cause is the
monotonous and insistent tap
ping of a woodpecker.
T h e whole Kappa Sigma
house has been suffering from
early morning insomnia for
more than a week. Far too
long, thought Harlow Davis,
freshman. Yesterday morning
he stole out of the palatial
woodshed and in the modern
“Itohin Hood” manner cut loose
at the unfortunate marauder
with both barrels of a 12-gauge
shotgun.
Fluttering slowly to t h e
ground, the bird breathed its
last, while the brthren of Kappa
Sig breathed a sigh of relief.
Russia Asks Aid
Of Dr. Crosland
On Printed Matter
Soviets Want Assistance
On Type To Be Used
In New Plant
Professor's Wide Study
Makes Him Authority
The government psychologist of
Russia has requested the aid of
Dr. H. R. Crosland, associated pro
fessor of psychology, in a letter
received from A. R. Luria, who
holds that position under the So
viet regime.
The Russian government, which
has taken over most of the pub
lishing activities in that country,
is now making an extensive study
of the relative merits of different
printing type, and various page
sizes used in books and magazines
to determine which kinds will af
ford the greatest legibility. In a
new government printing plant
the Soviets are attempting to find
the best possible methods of pub
lishing reading matter from the
standpoint of the readers.
Dr. Crosland has been asked to
contribute to this study, because
of his extensive work already car
ried on in this field. He has prob
ably a wider knowledge on the
subject than any other psycholo
gist, because of his years of work
on the general problem of visual
perception in determining legibil
ity of characters, and the relation
of visual perception to the atten
tion paid by the individual.
Results on a study of the effec
tiveness of letters in words from
left to right, by Dr. Crosland, will
also be contributed to the Russian
study. He will give a paper on the
subject at the annual meeting of
the Western Psychologists asso
ciation, at Los Angeles, this June.
College Students’
Intelligence Is
Research Subject
Egypt Students Compared
With Americans by
Gif fin
The average intelligence of col
lege students in Egypt, as com
pared with that of students ir
American institutions, is the sub
ject of a research being conduct
ed by Robert Giffen, an Oregor
graduate with the class of 1927
e.nd now an instructor in English
at Assiut cgllege, in Assiut, Egypt
Dr. Howard R. Taylor, directoi
of the personnel bureau, recenth
mailed to Mr. Giffen copies of twe
standard intelligence examina
tions, to be used in testing Egyp
tian students.
One, the Peterson rational learn
ing test, will be the basis of ai
extensive survey of ability t(
memorize by rote, which is be
lieved to be unusually high amonj
| the Egyptians. The other form t<
be used is the Peterson uniforn
’ test of mental performance. Botl
| consist entirely of calculations
: and therefore involve no language
difficulties.
Revised Plan
Of Vodvil Is
Twice Vetoed
Derision Will Not Affer
Performance To Be Put
On Next Year
TO USE SHOW TALEN1
Heilig Theatre Offer Doei
Not M« quirements
Ol mittee
When pos g s of a Junio:
Vodvil poppe A gain yesterda;
at the offer © Heilig' theatr
to supervise . § larsals of th
annual show, § rumble wa
again silenced q ? student af
fairs committe a negativ
vote on the gro O at the new
ly submitted pla . -mi did not con
form closely enough to the agree
ment made by the Junior vodvi
revision committee.
It was made clear yesterday bj
the members of the student af
fairs committee that, although
there had been restrictions placec
on the performance this year, vod
vils of the future years were nol
to be affected. All that will be
required of next year's directors
according to Mrs. Virginia Jqdj
Esterly, dean of women, will b^ £
report on the style of show beihf
planned. It will be necessary thal
this be passed on by officials.
In their reply to the proposei
play offered by the Junior class
and the Heilig theater, the com
mittee stated that in the time al
lowed for preparation was shorl
and that the new plan was not ir
accordance with the rules pre
viously stated, it was deemed ad
visable to vote negatively.
Much of the vodvil talent which
has already been prepared for the
show will be featured at various
occasions during Junior Week-end
according to an announcement
made yesterday by members ol
the directorate.
Alumni Roll Will
Be Released Soon
May Issue of Old Oregon
To List Grads
The 1930 edition of the Univer
sity of Oregon Alumni director
listing the names, addresses, de
grees, and occupations of rnori
than 7000 graduates, will be re
leased about the middle of nexi
month, in the May number of Ole
Oregon, official alumni magazine
it was announced yesterday bj
Miss Jeanette Calkins, alumn
secretary and editor of the publi
cation.
In her own absence at an alumn
conference in Amherst, Massachu
setts, Miss Calkins stated, Mis:
Margaret Boyer, managing editor
will act as editor of the special is
sue. The directory will be the firs
publication of its kind at the Uni
versity since 1925, according t<
its sponsors, and will include mem
bers of graduating classes fron
1878 to January 1930.
The April number of Old Ore
gon will be off the press som
time this week, Miss Calkins an
nounced.
W. F. G. Thacker Writei
Stories for Blue Boot
W. F. G. Thacher, professor o
English, is at present engaged ii
writing two stories of football fo
the Blue Book magazine. The;
will be sent in time to be publisher
during next fall’s gridiron seasor
Prof. Thacher has written footba:
stories for Blue Book for a num
ber of years. ,
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Largest Man Hunt of the Year
Now in Full Swing; Men Flee
Senior Women Plan Full Week of Entertainment
As Lure to Wily Males; Men
Despair of Quiet
THE divine right of men, that of asking the maid of their choosing
to all campus functions, goes by the board next week. No longer
is the male the aggressive! Wonsan will step to the fore as the pur
suer of the elusive man in the festivities of Senior Leap week to be
» held April 24 to 26.
The men will have a splendid chance to get even with the gals
for making them wait; and while the women are fuming helplessly
on some fraternity porch waiting for their man, he can calmly brush
that moustache, fuss with his tie, and then trip down 20 minutes later
and sweetly say, “Oh, I haven’t kept you waiting, have I?”
But, oh, boy! will the girls get even! Dunt esk. For, remember,
? the gals do all the asking and escorting, even paying the bills; the
' men can twiddle their thumbs and pray for some girl to give them
a break and ask them to dance, if the women do not deign, they are
wallflowers.
The Kappa Koffee is the opening affair of Senior Leap week. It
will be held next Thursday at the Kappa house from 4 to 6. It will
be a date affair, announces Naomi Hohman, in charge of the party.
1
Woe to any man who attempts-*
to. make a date for it, as the “wim
min'’ have that privilege, and can
step to the fore and ask their se
cret sorrow.
Thursday evening the “Co-ed's
Revenge,” positively a NO-DATE
affair, will come off at the Delta
Gamma house. The women will
stag it, and so will the men, but
the way they pair off will be en
tirely up to the wishes of the femi- I
nine portion. It will last from j
8:30 to 10:30 and campus togs are ;
in order, says Maria Wilson, who
is in charge.
The one formal function of the
week-end will take place Friday
night, that is, the Mortar Board
Ball, sponsored by members of
Mortar Board, national honorary
organization for college women.
Although it is an all-campus event,
the spirit of leap week pervades
this function too, for the women
ask the senior men to this, call
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Dress Rehearsal
Of April Frolic
To Come Tonight
—
! Kwainas To Sell Tickets,
Thespians Popcorn
At Co-ed Party
Joan Patterson Requests
Stunt Finance Report
April Frolic directorate met yes
terday at the home of Joan Pat
terson to discuss the final plans
I for the April Frolic party to be
given this Saturday from 8 to 11
p. m. in the Gerlinger building.
Miss Patterson announced that
dress rehearsal would be held to
night at 7 o'clock in Gerlinger hall.
She also requested that the chair
man of each stunt bring to her
before 6 o’clock Saturday a de
i tailed report of everything done
i by her committee and of all mon
I ey spent.
It was further announced that
the Thespians would handle the
selling of popcorn balls, and the
Kwamas would sell tickets at the
entrances to the building. Those
1 Kwamas who will sell tickets are:
j Katherine Perigo, Caroline Haber
lach, Carol Hurlburt, Lois Nelson,
Constance McKenzie, Ann Baum.
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Commerce Group
Elects Delegate
) "
Johanna Koberstein To Go
To Convention
Phi Chi Theta, women’s com
merce honorary, yesterday elected
Johanna Koberstein, senior in the
school of business administration,
. as delegate to the national con
vention of the organization in Bos
* ton, Massachusetts, from June 19
f to 24.
i Miss Koberstein will be accom
r panied from Portland to Boston
, by Miss Idabelle Tremayne, ’25
1 who is now national secretary for
Phi Chi Theta. After the conven
1 tion, Miss Tremayne will set out
- from Boston on a year's trip tc
Europe.
Faville To Leave
For East as C. C.
• Representative
Doan One of Seven Chosen
To Back Change in
Waterways Act
Prospective Instructors To
Be Interviewed
Dean David E. Faville, of the
school of business administration,
will leave Portland on April 23 to
travel to Washington, D. C., where '
he will serve in three important
capacities in connection with the
annual meeting of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, to
be held there, it was announced
yesterday by the business admin
istration office.
Dean Faville will act as a rep
resentative of the state chamber
of commerce; as national*council
lor for the Eugene Chamber of j
Commerce; and as a member of
the special committee of seven to j
place full support behind the Mc
Nary-Steiwer bill to amend the
inland waterways corporation act,
which contemplates making more
navigable the Columbia river and
its tributaries. Members are Phil
Jackson and F. L. Shull, Portland;
Harold ' K. Lawson, Vancouver,
Washington; H. M. Gilbert, Yak
ima, Washington; John M. McClel
land, Longview; and David E.
Faville, Eugene. This committee
will meet in Washington on April
28 to lobby for the bill.
Schmidt, Lomax Will
Be Judges in Contest
Dr. E. P. Schmidt of the eco
nomics department and Alfred L.
Lomax of the business administra
tion department will be in Hepp
ner on Saturday, April 19, to
judge an inter-county declamatory
contest with high schools of Uma
tilla, Gilliam, and Morrow coun
ties competing.
This is at the request of Lucy
E. Rodgers, Morrow county super
intendent of schools.
Ad Men Plan
Conference
For May 3,4
Moot To Bo Sponsored by
Alpha Delta Sigma
Members
COMMITTEE SELECTED
Ex-prexy of San Franeisco
Advertising Club
To Speak
More than 200 advertising
and women from various parts of
the state have signified their in-:
tentions to attend the first Ore
gon Advertising conference to be
held on the University of Oregon
campus, on May 3 and 4, under j
the auspices of Alpha Delta Sig
ma, national honorary advertising
fraternity.
John Cuddy, managing director
of Californians, Inc., has been se
lected as the main speaker and
honor guest during the conference.
Mr. Cuddy, who has been presi
dent of the San Francisco Adver
tising club and has taken an ac
tive part in advertising circles of
the Pacific coast, will speak at
the large banquet to be held on
Saturday evening, May 3.
Golf on Program
The conference will get under
way on the Saturday afternoon of
the weekend, when the visitors
will witness the Oregon-Washing
ton State baseball game at Hay
ward field. Women guests will be
entertained at a tea to be given
by Gamma Alpha Chi, national
honorary advertising fraternity
for women. Golf will also be on
the schedule for the ad men.
What promises to be one of the
best meetings ever held for Ore
gon advertising men will be the
large banquet to be held at the
new men’s dormitory on Saturday
evening.
Thacher Heads Work
Sunday morning, active, alumni,
and associate members of Alpha
Delta Sigma will hold a reunion
breakfast at a local hotel. Rob
ert W. Jones, of University of
Washington, grand president of
the national fraternity, will be the
main speaker at this affair.
Sunday morning will be featured
by golfing, tour of the University
campus and the city of Eugene.
Working with Weber on the
committee in charge of the con
ference are Anton Peterson, As
toria; Harry Tonkon, Portland;
Edward Bissell, Portland, ahd
Richard Horn, Falls City.
«
men
University Prof
Returning to U. S.
Dan E. Clark Completing
Work in Europe
Dan E. Clark, professor of his
tory, who has been doing research
work in London, will sail for the
United States May 22 and will re
turn to the campus next fall, it
was learned yesterday from Ver
non G. Sorrell, professor of eco
nomics, who recently received a
letter from him.
Professor Clark, who is assist
ant director both of the University
extension service and of the sum
mer school, did research in Wash
ington, D. C., on the "Westward
Movement in American History”
prior to his present work in the
British museum at London.
He leaves soon for the continent,
where he plans to spend about a
month visiting Paris, Switzerland,
Belgium, Germany, and Holland
before his return to America this
spring.
Club Weilders Polish Outfits To Crack First Ball Monday
Match play of the Emerald’s
> spring handicap golf tournament
will begin Monday, Faulkner
; Short, manager of the club wield
i ing contest, announced yesterday,
i Drawings are to be held Saturday
i afternoon and the pairings and
, handicaps will be published in the
* Emerald Tuesday. Four more wo
men entered yesterday.
Qualifying rounds are to close
Saturday noon and the scores
must be placed in the box in the
Emerald copy room before that
time.
The list for men was closed with
48 entries or three full flights.
Entry lists for women will be
open until Saturday noon and it
will be possible for them to regis
ter for the contest at the same
time their qualifying score is turn
ed in.
Cups and prizes will be display
ed next week. The Co-op is do
! nating the cup for the men's
championship, flight, Hender
shott’s will furnish the runner up
with a new golf bag, Paul D.
Green gives a cup to the winner
i of the first flight, and DeNeffe’s
is donating a sweater to the men’s
second flight winner. The Buster
Brown shoe store is giving a cup
to winner of women’s matches.
Robert Bishop was the last man
to place his name on the entry list.
Women entering included lone
Wedemeyer, Grace Vath, Ethel
Linklater, and Lucille Murphy.
Yellow Signs
Stress Parking
Rules on Campus
itWAHAT’S the idea here,
can't you rend plain Eng
lish? Those yellow signs mean
NO PARKING.”
“Yes, I know, but really I
just meant to stop a minute.”
Almost every campus crate
or “cad” has had the experience
of having a little white ticket
tied to its steering wheel. No
longer will It he impossible for
the owner to l>eg off from the
penalty on the grounds that the
little messages on the trees and
telephone posts were not seen.
Brand new, bright yellow signs
huve been erected at close in
tervals on both sides of 13th
street through the campus.
Thirteen Frosh
Enter Extempore
Speech Contest
Vice-president Award Will
Be Divided on
April 23
Donor To Be Chairman;
Judges Named
Thirteen freshmen have entered
the vice- president extempore
speaking contest to be held on
Wednesday, April 23, according to
Wallace Campbell, chairman of the
contest. The names were submit
ted at the meeting of the Congress
club held last night.
George Bateman, Jack Bellinger,
Tim Booth, Kenneth Campbell,
Roy Craft, Charles Dolloff, Leslie
Dunlap, Robert Gamer, Sterling
Green, John King, Marl Lyle,
Ethan Newman, and Don Saunders
are the men who will compete for
the vice-president award compris
ing a total of $25.
The order of the speakers and
their subjects will be determined
by lot, and the speakers will be
given three hours in which to pre
pare their speeches, which are to
be not more than eight minutes
in length.
The subjects will be chosen from
those discussed this year at ses
sions of the Congress club, in
cluding the following: “Independ
ence of India," "American Penal
System,” "Social Race Equality,”
"The Tariff,” “Socialism vs. Capi
talism,” "Recognition of Russia,”
"Suppression of Birth Control Lit
erature," “Installment Buying,”
"Compulsory Military Training,”
“Dollar Diplomacy,” “The Immi
gration Problem,” and "America’s
Crime Situation.”
Burt Brown Barker, vice-presi
dent of the University and donor
of the award, will preside at the
contest. Easton Rothwell, of the
University high school faculty;
Eugene V. Slattery, assistant dis
trict attorney of Lane county; and
Donald Husband, Eugene attorney,
will act as judges.
Tivo Prominent Men
To Address Students
Two nationally known men will
be on the campus Friday to speak
to student groups at the Y hut.
Charles Corbett, an officer of the
student Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C.
A. of the United States, will be
here, along with Roy McCullough,
of the Intercollegiate Prohibition
association.
Mr. McCullough is from Wash
ington, D. C., and will meet with
men interested in forming a group
to study the liquor question.
Freshman Dean Will
. Speak at Conference
The Western Section conference
of the National Association of
Deans for Women, convening Wed
nesday, Thursday, and Friday of
this week in Laramie, Wyoming,
is to hear an address by Mrs. Ha
zel Schwering, assistant dean of
women at the University of Ore
gon, explaining the Philomelete
hobby groups established on thi3
campus last year. Mrs. Schwering
left for the conference Sunday.
Stronger Man
Available Is
Reason Given
Large Crowd Gathers for
Announcement of
Party Heads
TICKET GAINS POWER
Surprise Reigns in Ranks
Of Johnson Group
At Meeting
Hal Johnson retired from his
candidacy for the presidency of
the student body last night, and
George Cherry took his place.
Effected with startling rapidity
and daring precision, this change
of candidates on the part of the
backers of the Johnson ticket was
a complete surprise to the student
body.
Rumors that a shake-up was
pending began to filter down from
the powers-that-be shortly before
the dinner hour, but it was not
until 9:45 that public announce
ment of the change was made.
At that hour a crowd which
packed the Kappa Kappa Gamma
house to capacity heard Johnson
and Cherry explain their reasons
for the big change.
“Not Quitter,” Johnson Says
Johnson said in part, “I feel
that there is a better man in the
field and for that reason I wish
to withdraw from the race in fa
vor of George Cherry. I don’t
want you to think I am a quitter.
I can accept defeat as gracefully
as anyone, but I don’t want to see
the rest of the ticket beaten be
cause of me, apd for that reason
I am retiring.”
Cherry then spoke, expressing
confidence in the ability of his
ticket to win at the polls, and
stating that two more houses had
joined his party since the an
nouncement of the change in lead
ers.
Cherry Prominent
Cherry is a junior in business
administration. During his fresh
man and sophomore years he was
one of the prominent independents
on the campus. Since last fall he
has been a member of Phi Kappa
Psi.
In entering the race Cherry is
making a strong bid for the large
independent vote. The problem of
his party is now to preserve the
equality of fraternity and sorority
backing which they had with the
party of Chuck Laird Tuesday,
when statistics compiled by the
writer showed 13 houses claimed
definitely by each side, with 14
“on the fence.”
Much water will flow down the
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Eugene Anti-Noise
Bill Not To Include
University Rallies
Mayor Says Proposed Law
Not Aimed at Student
Activities
Reassurance that the “anti
noise” ordinance now before the
Eugene city council does not in
clude the banning of student ral
lies from downtown streets was
given the Emerald yesterday by
Mayor H. E. Wilder.
The ordinance, which was tabled
until next Monday, requires that
owners of loudspeakers, noise
makers, and musical instruments
must have permits from the city
recorder before they can turn
them on full blast on the city
streets.
“That is not aimed at student
rallies or noise parades at all. The
students are welcomed to parade
on the streets. The bill before the
council was aimed to curb the ra
dio and other noisy equipment
which downtown merchants turn
on in the morning and which blare
all day and disturb office workers.
Besides, I don't know whether
that ordinance will even pass. It
was tabled until next council/
meeting,” Mayor Wilder said.