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◄ Student Recital Marguerite Spath and George Barron, both seniors in music, will give a joint recital at the music auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight. Hear them! The Weather Tuesday fair and warm. Maximum . 77 Minimum . 36 VOLUME XXXII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1931 NUMBER 110 Hall Approves Consolidation Of Institutions Proposal of Survey and ► Governor Backed Meier Outlines Economies; Duplication of Courses Hit at Board Meeting Approval of the proposed con solidation of the state's five insti tutions of higher learning as out lined by the recent federal survey and seconded by Governor Julius L. Meier, was given yesterday by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the University, at the opening meeting of the state board of higher education in Salem. An outline of recommendations for economies in the state's edu cational program given the board y by the governor was another high light of the board meeting, which will continue today and may last till the end of the week. One Administration Proposed Putting the University, Oregon State college, and the three nor mal schools into one system, and possibly under one administration, was backed by Meier to effect savings of $1,500,000 asked of the schools. Asked for his views on consoli dation, Dr. Hall said: “There are two main types: One, the Mon tana type where you have the schools under a chancellor but op erating under their own manage ment: two, the California type where you have the various divi sions under one president as at Berkeley, Davis, and Los Angeles. California Plan Favored “Personally, I prefer the Cali fornia plan because it prevents duplication of overhead, friction in departments, and unites the people and alumni behind one system of V schools.” Duplication in courses must cease, it was the joint agreement of Dr. Hall, and Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of Oregon State college, in their statements to the state board. “We can’t blink our eyes at this matter of duplication,” Dr. Hall said. “From my first arrival in Oregon, I have seen repeated evi dences of public suspicion that un warranted duplication exists be tween the institutions, particularly the college and University. It is an argument that we must meet by action if we are to win public approval. There must be no fur ther compromise on duplication.” Duplication Must Go “Every unwarranted duplication can be eliminated, and it should be,” Dr. Kerr said. “I am sure that it can be done if we are given the opportunity of conference. We ought to be able to get together y on this matter. Of course a ques tion will arise, as to what consti tute unwarranted duplications, but they can be threshed out.” Seven points were listed by Meier in making his proposals for reduction of expenditures to the board. They were: 1. Reduction of $1 per capita for operation and maintenance. 2. Increase fees of out-of-state students to cover cost of educating them. 3. Elimination of “high-pres (Continued on Page Four) I May 29 Opened To Social Affi' ; By Dean’s Oft \ . # / uCk Friday, May 29, has be opened for informal social ai fairs, Hazel P. Schwering, dean of women, announced yester day. Although this is a closed week-end, the day was opened on account of present conges tion of the social calendar, and because Saturday, May 30, Me morial day, is a holiday. Those houses and organiza tions which heretofore have been unable to find places on the schedule will be allowed to make arrangements on that day, the dean said. Mortar Board Dance Tickets To Be on Sale Today Chairman Outlines Drive In Women’s Houses; Meeting Slated Tickets for the Mortar Board ball will be put on sale in the women’s living organizations this Bess Templeton afternoon, it was ann ounced by Bess Templeton, chairman of the sale, last night. All those who are selling tick ets are to meet with Miss Tem pleton this after noon at 4:30 in the north end of Alumni hall. The tickets are $1.25 per couple—the dance to be neia this Friday evening, April 24, in the Eugene hotel. Any ticket seller who can report a 75 per cent sale in her house by Thursday noon is to receive one free ticket. All tickets and sales are to be turned in to Bess Templeton at the Alpha Chi Omega house on Thursday at noon. After that, tickets may be procured from Dorothy Eberhard at 947 (Pi Beta Phi). Tickets will also be sold at the door Friday night. Those who will sell tickets and their respective living organiza tions are as follow: Alpha Chi Omega, Aimee Sten; Alpha Delta Pi, Josephine Stofiel; Alpha Gamma Delta, Helen Cop (Continued on Page Three) Four Days Remain To Enter Contest Essays Only nine weeks remain before the ship carrying the winner of the Murray Warner essay contest sails for Japan. The Oregon stu dent who wins this contest will attend the summer session of the Imperial college at Tokio. Students participating in this contest are urged to complete their manuscripts, as only four days remain until the contest is closed. Essays may be turned in to the librarian at the Murray Warner library in the Woman’s building between the hours of 2 and 5. Only two have been turned in so far. Manuscripts may either be signed or unsigned. Results and winners will prob ably not be known until the mid dle of May. Motley Assortment Collects For First Vodvil Rehearsal A vodvil. What is it anyway? Everyone knows that a vodvil is ymade of crooks, waiters, hicks, cops, and chorus girls. Every one also knows that the Junior Vod vil contains music, humor, snap, and spice, to say nothing of color ful costumes, magnificent settings, and remarkable talent. What would a junior vodvil be without them ? Sunday afternoon they were all assembled—the blue coats, the sharpers, the country greenhorns, the waiters, the danc ing chorus, the musicians, the hu morists, the dramatists, and all the rest of it, including the bull and the toreador. With such a motley crowd, eith er a vodvil or a vodvil rehearsal is bound to occur. It did. The Jun ior Vodvil, to be presented May 1 ^ and 2, held its first rehearsal at Cocoanut Grove. At this auspicious occasion, ce lebrities were gathered. In the ringside seats were the members of the faculty advisory committee. During a comedy scene between two sharpers and a country gen tleman, George Cherry sat on a chair and tipped it back, balancing himself by resting his arm on a handy table. But when the stage moved to another position, Cherry got up, moved closer, and sat down on a different chair to watch the dancing chorus put on their show. Occupying two prominent posi tions were the two Millers, Barney and Mac, directing and acting. And Kelsey Slocum, he does make a cute little crook. The dancing chorus danced, the directors directed, the actors acted. Finally they stopped, and singly, in twos, or in groups, they drifted (Continued on Tage Twol Junior Prom Heads Chosen By Chairman *tte To Be Assistant; Powell Seeretary \ Commanders Engaged f or Danee; Queen To Lead Mareli Appointment of the full direc torate for the Junior Prom, to be held May 9 as a feature of Junior Week-end, was announced yester day by Brian Mimnaugh, chairman of the dance. Members of the di rectorate are as follow: Ken Jette, assistant chairman; Velma Powell, secretary; Clifford Beckett, programs; Sol Director, construction; John Long, floor; Esther Kaser, refreshments; Betty Barnes, patrons and patronesses; Litton Bivans, features; Bill Kee nan, music; John Painton, clean up; Thornton Shaw, publicity. Decorations by Stark Plans for the dance are already well under way, Mimnaugh an nounced, and the Ten Command ers have been engaged to furnish the music. Decorations for the dance will be planned by the Stark Decorating company, of Portland. These will be built around the “Queen Idea,” which is to be used as the motif for the Canoe Fete, and other important events of the week-end, but exact details are not being announced. Several programs are now being considered, and the idea will be unique, it is promised. Queen Eleanor To Rule One of the main features of the dance will be the grand march, which will be led by Queen Elea nor and her attendants, with their escorts. This will be held just preceding the beginning of the dance. After the march the queen, with her attendants, will rule over the ball. Full committees for the dance will be announced later, Mim naugh stated, and work will get under way at once. Ruckmick To Give Public Illustrated Lecture Tonight Iowa Professor Is Noted Scholar on Emotion Psychology Prof. C. A. Ruckmick, of the University of Iowa will deliver a public lecture in Villard hall at 8 o’clock this evening of “Facial Expressions in the Emotions.” The lecture will be illustrated with lantern slides. "Professor Ruckmick is an au thority in the field of emotions,” according to Dr. R. H. Seashore, associate professor of psychology. “He has done a great deal of ex perimental work in the measure ment of facial expression and skin galvanic reactions and has pro duced one of the outstanding ex perimental articles on the nature of rhythm. His work on rhythm points out fundamental import ance of the kinesthetic or muscle sence, Dr. Seashore said. The psychology staff and ma jors of the department will hear Dr. Ruckmick speak at 4 o’clock this afternoon on “The Measure ment of the Galvanic Reflex in a Study of Emotions.” The psychol ogy luncheon club will have Pro fessor Ruckmick as his guest at noon today. Dr. Ruckmick, who is the author of “The Mental Life” and a num ber of other books on psychology, has spent the last six years work ing in his laboratory at Iowa. He is now on an extensive tour of Pacific coast universities. At the December meeting of the Psycho logical association he conducted a composium on emotion, with the result that he was asked to make this tour. Extra Performances Of ‘Ten Nights’ Slated Two additional performances of “Ten Nights in a Barroom” will be given tomorrow and Thursday evenings at the Very Little Thea tre club’s studio, 258 East Thir teenth avenue. Tickets will be on sale at the Co-op. "Co-Eds’ Revenge” Will Open Senior Leap Week Activities J Girls Exercise Telephone; Gladys Clausen Picks Committee Senior Leap Week, the time of the year when a young girl's fan cy lightly turns to thoughts of snaring a man for the week-end, will be off to a flying start Thurs day night with the “Co-ed's’ Re venge.” An added ice-breaker the same evening will be a special late permission dance at Midway, to be followed on the crowded Leap Week program by the Kappa Kof fee and the Mortar Board ball on Friday, a picnic Saturday after noon, the famous Barroom Bust and a midnight matinee Saturday night, and several other festivi ties not yet announced. Gladys Clausen, Leap Week chairman, yesterday appointed her committee as follows: Glay Joy, picnic; Betty Cook, Kappa Koffee; Jane Cullers, Co ed's Revenge; Reba Brogdon, Bar room Bust; and Margherita Hay, finance. Rules for the week-end, as per old-time custom, will be strictly 1— carried out on all dates, to-wit: First, the men shall do the sitting back, and the women shall do the prospecting for dates. Second, the women shall call for the men and shall provide transportation, both to and from. And third, the wom en shall pay all costs. These long established traditions will be held in deepest respect by the feminine element of 1931, and will be faithfully maintained throughout the Leap Week in spite of the economic depression, Miss Clausen assured the Emerald last night. In addition to the regular run of events, she said, plans are current on the campus for tennis and canoeing and sundry other dates, the initiative to be taken in all cases by the persistent and per suasive co-ed. The Co-ed’s Revenge, first on the program, Thursday evening from 7:30 to 10:30, according to annual custom will take place at the Delta Gamma house and will be open to all senior men and sen ior women. It is to be a no-date affair. Miss Clausen said, and at that time the girls will look over (Continued on Page Turn) Beaux Arts Ball Will Be Held at Osburn May 29 Directorate Announced for Art Students’ Big Costume Dance The biennial Beau Arts ball will be given at the Osburn hotel Fri day evening, May 29, under the sponsorship of the Allied Arts league of the University art school. Glenn Gardiner, president of the Allied Arts league, yesterday an nounced the directorate for the ball: Southwell Is Chairman General chairman, Schuyler Southwell, junior in architecture; assistant chairman, Frances Hum phrey, junior in interior design; decorations, Jack Marshall, sopho more in general art; programs, Joan Patterson, senior in interior design; publicity, Dorothy Shaw, senior in normal art; floor, Elmer Zeller, senior in architecture; re freshments, Esther Malkasian, senior in interior design; posters, Dorothy Illidge, junior in general art; features, Mervin Rodda, freshman in architecture; patrons and patronesses, Harriet Holland, senior in interior design; clean-up, Richard Guske, junior in sculpture. The Beaux Arts ball, given every two years by the art students, is an exclusive costume ball. Only students in the school of architec ture and allied arts and their guests will be admitted, Gardiner stated. Plans Being Formed Schuyler Southwell, general chairman of the Beaux Arts ball directorate, is manager of the art school branch of the Co-op. He said last night that preliminary plans for the ball call for lavish decoration and exclusive features such as will rival the dances given by the Beaux Arts Institute of De sign in New York and Chicago. The carnival idea will be the motif of the affair, and the best campus music will play for danc ing. Inasmuch as Saturday, May 30, is a holiday, Memorial day, per mission for the dance was granted by Deans Schwering and Biggs. Gardiner expressed confidence that invitations would be at a premium, due to the exclusive nature of the ball and to the elaborate prepara tions which are to be made for the entertainment of the guests. The Beaux Arts ball will serve also as a student celebration of the recent election of Ellis F. Lawrence, dean of the school of architecture, to the presidency of the Intercollegiate Association of American Schools of Architecture and Allied Arts, Gardiner stated. Biggs in Coos County For Extension Division Hugh L. Biggs, dean of men, left yesterday afternoon for Coos coun ty. While there he will talk at North Bend, Marshfield, and Ban don in the interests of the exten sion division. Mr. Biggs will re turn Friday. During his absence Virgil D. Earl will be in his office. Junior Skit Wins April Frolic Stunt Show on Campus Theta Girls Dressed as Football Players Take Prize for Costumes “Blue Monday,” a stunt depict ing the trials and tribulations of freshman women whose duty it is to entertain the upper classmen at the dinner table, presented by members of the junior class under the direction of Elizabeth Strain, was the winning skit at April Frol ic, the annual A. W. S. co-e<J af fair given Saturday evening at Berlinger hall. The junior class last year took first place also. The prize annually awarded to the individual or group that dis plays the greatest originality in costume and sustains the charac ter for the entire evening went this year to members of Kappa Alpha Theta who were dressed as foot ball players. Second prize for the best costume was awarded Agnes Peters, i guest on the campus, who was dressed to represent a Spanish girl. Norma Lyon, sophomore in music, playing the part of a crip pled boy with bandaged head and ! crutches received honorable men tion. Judges for the occasion included Mrs. Alice Macduff, Mrs. Rudolph Ernst, Mrs. W. F. G. Thacher, Dr. Mildred Mumby, Mrs. Hazel Pruts man Schweripg, and Mrs. Ottilie T. Seybolt. “Gypsy,” the senior stunt, was a clever combination of colorful dancers, vagabond music and Eng lish comedy. “Lullaby Land” was a toyland scene featuring teddy bears, paper dolls, Old King Cole, and Raggedy Ann, presented by the sophomore class. The fresh man stunt, “Inside Stuff,” enabled spectators to see what happens in the stomach of a small boy who stuffs himself with candy, pink lemonade, candy and pop corn at a circus. Curtain acts were given by Lou ise Marvin and Jane Stange, who entertained with a tap dance; Car oline Haberlach, who played piano selections; Isabelle Jenkins, dem onstrating the authentic hula dance; Marian Camp and Eleanor Lewis, who amused the crowd with a negro comedy; and the Kappa trio, composed of Betty Hudson, Lois Conover, and Janet Thacher. Jane Cullers, vice-president of the A. W. S., was chairman of the April Frolic this year. She was as sisted by a large directorate of campus women who arranged the details of the production. Seven Initiated Into Commerce Honorary Phi Chi Theta, women’s na tional commerce honorary, initi ated seven pledges Sunday morn ing at 9 o’clock in the women’s lounge of Gerlinger hall. Follow ing the initiation, a breakfast was held at the Anchorage. Those who were initiated into the honorary group are: Eileen McIntyre, Dorothy Hall, Evelyn Kimberling, Agnes Stewart, Alma Breshears, Frances Hoffman, and Charlotte Heilbron. Grand Juries Are Criticized By W. L. Morse April Law Review Has Survey Results Professor Claims System Causes Delay in Crime Cases The extents to which the grand jury system causes delay in the disposition of criminal cases is pointed out by Wayne L. Morse, associate professor of law, in part two of his survey of the grand jury system, published in the April issue of the Oregon Law Review, which was released from the press yesterday. The survey represents an analy sis of 543 questionnaires answered by judges in 41 states. The sur vey shows that a majority of judges believe that the grand juries do not exercise much inde pendence of judgment, but rather follow the lead of the prosecuting attorney. A majority of the judges reported that the grand jury initiates very few cases. This agrees with the statistical evidence of part one of the survey. Judges Express Opinion Over 400 out of 545 judges ex pressed the view that the grand jury causes such a delay in the disposition of a criminal case that the state's case is weakened. The judges’ opinions compared very favorably with the statistical data which Mr. Morse secured in the Oregon crime survey. In the cases studied in Oregon the aver age time from the date of arrest to the date of final disposition is 60.2 days. The average time from the preliminary hearing to the grand jury action is 28.5 days! That means that in Oregon cases studied about half of the time is consumed by the indictment meth lod, according to Professor Morse. In addition to the Oregon sur vey, data from New York, Illinois, Missouri, and Pennsylvania crime surveys all show that the indict ment method consumes about 50 per cent of the time, the report states. Delay Weakens Prosecution From these and other facts, Mr. Morse draws the conclusions that the indictment method causes con siderable delay in the prosecution of criminal cases. In concluding his part two of the survey, Mr. Morse says: “That delay weakens the state’s case needs no extended comment. One effective strategic practice of criminal lawyers is to manipulate delays. Thus cases 'grow cold,’ witnesses forget or disappear for one reason or an other, alibis can be manufactured, the accused if guilty can rehearse his part, and all in all the public interest is jeopardized by delay. “Then, too, delays work gross injustices on many innocent de fendants. A cloud hangs over their reputations, they are made to suffer unnecessary embarrass ment and mental anguish, if with out means they sometimes must remain in a none too pleasant jail, while awaiting grand jury action.” Nine Students Contribute Professor Morse points out that the delay caused by the indictment method should receive serious con sideration on the part of those (Continued on Page Three) Joint Student Recital Is Scheduled Tonight Miss Marguerite Spath, pianist, and George Barron, basso, will be presented in a joint recital at the school of music auditorium at 8 o’clock this evening. Miss Spath. a student from Portland, is a sen ior in music. George Barron, of Ashland, is also a senior. The outstanding numbers which Miss Spath will play will be Schu bert, "Sonata in A-Major,” and Friedman - Gartner, “Viennese Dance, No. 2.” Of especial interest in George Barron’s portion of the program will be “Hagen’s Soliloquy” from Die Gotterdammerung, Wagner, and “Quoniam tu Solus Sanctus,” from the “Mass in B-minor,” Bach. Miss Spath is a student of Mrs. Thacher, and Barron of Professor Boardman. Robert Gould will be the accompanist. The public is cordially invited to attend. I Choicest Vodvil Seats To Go Fast, Says Bob Holmes VVTITH the opening night of the Junior Vodvil only two weeks away, it is absolutely imperative that those desiring good seats order their tickets at once, according to Bob Holmes, ticket chairman. “The Importance of prompt notion," stated Holmes, “is made very obvious by the fact that with a seating capacity of only 800, the aggregate seating capacity of the three perform ances is only 2400, and this must take care of a student body of 3400, to say nothing of the Eugene people.” The orders should be mailed to the box-office of the Heilig and must contain a self-ad dressed stamped envelope as well as the cash for the tick ets. The ticket office of the Heilig will open this Thursduy, April 23, and this is the only place that tickets may lie secured this year. Uuiversity Band Will Sponsor Big ‘Whoopee’ Show Profits Will Accrue to New Uniform Fund; Record Crowd Expected Hailing their event the "gala night of the year," the University of Oregon band will sponsor a spe Carson Mathews cial midnight matinee at the Colonial theater at 11:15 Satur day,' it is an nounced by Car son Mathews, manager of the band, who is in charge of the event. The funds to be made at the ben efit, as well as a percentage of the receipts during the day, will go toward new uni forms for the band, and a record attendance for the event is hoped for by those in charge. Stage Stars To Appear Except for the feature pictures that will be presented at the mati nee, the entire show will be under the direction of the band. A num ber of outstanding acts, drawn from leading campus stage stars, are now under preparation, and will be announced scion. The whole entertainment will be a “whoopee event,” Mathews an nounces. Horns, favors, confetti, and other devices will be distrib uted to all patrons so that they may participate in the fun. 560 Seats Available The band will play a concert to promote the show down town in the afternoon, and again in the evening. They will also play in front of the theater at 11 o’clock and will give a couple of concert numbers inside. Tickets for the event will be placed on sale on the campus to day and the sales committee will be announced tomorrow. Only 560 seats will be available, and it is advisable to purchase tickets as (Continued on Page Two) Political Camps Draw Tickets; Election Nears Mimnaugh and Potwin Up for Presidency Running Mates Chosen for All Offices Except Some „ On Co-op Board BY THORNTON GALE With the announcement of two complete tickets from the Mim naugh and Potwin camps, the great American game of politics is definitely under way on the Oregon campus. Chet Knowlton, A. T. O., first chosen to head his party, was demoted to second-in command in order, so say party leaders, to form a stronger com bination. Opposing him for the vice-presidency will be Walt Ev ans, Sigma Chi, Mimnaugh’s run ning mate. With the exception of the Co-op board, the tickets on both sides are complete and are as follow: Mimnaugh party — Brian Mim naugh, president; Walt Evans, vice-president; Irma Logan, secre tary; Wally Baker, senior man; Velma Powell, senior woman; Jim Travis, junior man; Ethan New man, Co-op board; and Adele Wedemeyer, Co-op board. The re maining position on the board had not been decided at a late hour last night. Candidates Are Listed Candidates on the Potwin party include: Art Potwin, president; Chet Knowlton, vice-president; Alexis Lyle, secretary; Connie Baker, senior woman; Kelsey Slo cum, senior man; John King, jun ior man; Dorothy Johnson and Buz Larkin, Co-op board. The re maining candidate for the board position has not been announced. The lineup of organizations with major candidates in the field brings into opposition Kappa Kap pa Gamma, Beta Theta Pi, A.; T. O., Gamma Phi Beta, Zeta hiall, Sigma Nu, Phi Sigma Kappa, and Susan Campbell hall on the Pot win side, and Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi, Delta Delta Delta, Al pha hall, Hendricks hall, Chi Psi, Alpha Phi, and the Oregon Yeo men as Mimnaugh supporters. Announcement of the tickets presents a peculiar political break up. Phi Delta Theta played ball with Beta Theta Pi last year in conjunction with A. T. O. to help win the election with a strong in dependent support. Backing Not Sure The actual number of houses that both sides have been able to line up so far has not been defi nitely determined, because of the number of usual early season “fence sitters.” Both parties seem to have an astounding amount of pre-election support. The women’s and men’s halls to date seem fairly well divided. The fraternity and sorority vote will undoubtedly play a greater part in determining the outcome of this election than it did last year. Unverified rumors coming to the ears of the writer at deadline time last night hinted of an important change in a major position on one of the parties. That such a change would be made has also been pre dicted by a number of the political “wise-boys.” Psychology Sluggers Hunt For Kitten Ball Opponents The sandlot ball players In the psychology department are daily growing more restless under the warm spring sun. They crave ac tion. Their challenge to a game of puff ball, issued to the school of education faculty and majors last Thursday, still is unanswered. So they now challenge the winner of the law school-business ad game. “We of the psychology depart ment were not jesting,” said Dr. Robert Seashore, head of the de partment, yesterday, “when we challenged the school of education to a ball game. We feel that their refusal to answer the challenge is our moral victory. “Now I hear that the law and business ad schools are going to play. Fine! And we’ll take on the winner. “Two days of sunshine and the supervision of the physical educa tion department should be made conditions of this game. These provisions are merely guards against having to wade around in the mud, or having to pop-bottle an incompetent umpire. “If any other schools or depart ments in the University can scrape up a team, we’ll play them also, for marbles or glory.’’ Dr. Seashore announced the ap pointment of Dr. Howard Taylor as captain of the team for the first game, feeling certain that the business administration and law schools would not neglect the challenge, as the school of educa tion has done.
