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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1931 NUMBER 117 Women To vote On Constitute; Changes Friday Revision Work Finished By Commttee New Document Enlarges Purposes of A. W. S.; Budget Planned Tomorrow from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m., the Associated Women Stu dents will have an opportunity to vote on the revised constitution which has just been completed by a committee consisting of Betty Anne Macduff, Alexis Lyle, and Bess Templeton. Several significant changes have been proposed. The purpose of the association has been rewritten to be more inclusive of the activities of the organization. The new con stitution extends membership to honorary as well as student mem bers, and makes provision for a fi nance committee whose duty it will be to plan a yearly budget. The revision will provide for the regu lar membership of the secretary of the A. S. U. O. on the executive council of the Associated Women Students. The number of standing committees proposed by the con stitution has been reduced to three: Big Sister, Peters Lodge, and for eign scholar. Minimum Set A specification is made that a minimum of 150 members must be present at any mass meeting of the association in order to transact business. The new constitution if approved will make the vice-presi dent the chairman for all social functions. Information concerning the elec tion and the proposed A. W. S. constitution will be distributed to the women’s living organizations on the campus today. Mimeo graphed copies of the document will be sent to each house, and an nouncements will be made by the following representatives: Ellen Sersanous, Alpha Chi; Marjorie Swafford, Alpha Delta Pi; Constance McKenzie, Alpha Gam; Virginia Grone, Alpha O; Adele Wedemeyer, Alpha Phi; Maxine Reed, Alpha Xi Delta; Margaret Read, Beta Phi Alpha; Betty Jones, Chi Omega; Ardis Ulrich, Tri Delt; Louise Ansley, Delta Gamma; Jessie Judd, Delta Zeta. Carol Werschkul, Theta; Marie Daly, Kappa Delta; Elizabeth Strain, Kappa; Mary Ellen Brad ford, Phi Mu; Hester Hopkins, Pi Phi; Dorothy Thomas, Sigma Kap pa; Emma Belle Stadden, Susan Campbell; Velma Powell, Hen dricks; and Lucille Kraus, Gamma Phi. The proposed A. W. S. Con stitution appears in full on page 4. Forsta’s Mother Dies Eric Forsta, sophomore in eco nomics, was called to his home in Astoria Saturday by the death of his mother, Mrs. Emma Forsta. Mrs. Forsta died as a result of a fractured skull received in an au tomobile accident. Funeral servic es were held yesterday. Mill Race Tongs Throw ’Wettest’ h Party of Years "" Mr. Volstead and noti dean of women—one of th st” campus affairs of recent /ears was pulled off last night. It was a joint mill-racing party thrown by the Phi Psis, Betas, Gamma Phis, Chi Psis, and Alpha Psis. It all began when Bob Sleet er, of Phi Psi, was pushed in by his fraternity brother, Hugh i Williams. Being already in the | swim of things, Sleeter upset a | canoe containing tvo defense- j less Gamma Phis in the water. By that time the affair was well started. Various and sundry people entered into the spirit of the thing and also into the race. It is reported by a reliable author ity that a car was stopped by ! the “rowdies” and the luckless occupants dragged forth and im mersed in the “dear old mill race.” Varied Costumes To Feature Acts At Junior Vodvil Three Assistants Chosen For Lighting ami Stage Work Five complete changes of cos tume will be worn by the chorus girls of the Junior Voclvil, accord Marian Camp ing to Marian Camp, chorus di rector, who de signed and made a number of them herself. Yesterday black and white outfits for the opening dance ar rived from Seattle. Three new as sistants were se lected to aid Mar tin Geary, stage director. Rosa mund Sticker is in charge of the lighting, and Ethan Newman is assistant stage man ager. Jack Marshall has de signed an original setting for the “Spanish Fantasy” act. A Baby Austin has been pro cured, and Dorothy Clifford, prop erty director, is still searching for a straight-jacket for the climax of the cafe scene. Two valuable ] swords from the Philippine Islands will be used in one of the skits. | “The costumes for ‘The Spanish Fantasy’ will be tha most elab- j orate of all,” said Louise Webber, j who is in charge of costuming for | the skits. “Tlmy will be very un usual, and will include nightgowns and nightcaps, and a woman’s cos tume for a man,” she added. Dress rehearsal was held last night at the Heilig theatre at 11 o’clock. Friday night at 8:30 will be the opening performance. On Saturday afternoon at 2:30 a mat inee will be given, and the last chance to see the 1931 Junior Vod vil will be Saturday evening at 8:30 o’clock. ROTC Has First Spring Parade Battalion of Students Passes in Review Before Major Tierney and Cadet Commanders With the dignity and preciseness ] which,makes a military parade so [ impressive, the R. O. T. C. held its first battalion parade of this term yesterday on the drill field south of the military building. While the military band played stirring march selections the army students shouldered arms and, de spite the high temperature, dis played in all their exercises the result of careful training and su- j perior work on the part of their | commanding officers. Although a baseball game with : Idaho was going on during the pa rade a fair sized turnout of stu dents viewed the ceremonies. The battalion formed in line fac ing west on the east side of the drill field in order companies A and E, C, B, and D, each company forming on its guide-on. Company C was designated as color com pany. The companies were kept in good lines as they passed in review un der the direction of the following cadet commanders: Company A, Donald Guild; Company B, Johnny Kitzmiller; Company C, Raymond <Continued on Page Four) Girl Tennis Players Must Sign by May 2 Girls desiring to enter the an nual spring tennis tournament, to be run off at the end of spring term, are requested to sign up be fore May 2, with either Miss Mar garet Duncan, or Vivian Coss, coach and manager of women's in ter-class tennis, respectively. Girls turning out for the tourn ament, however, must keep ac count of and have their practices checked if they wish to receive W. A. A. points. Quite a number of girls have signed for the tourna ment already, and it promises to be very entertaining, according to Sigrid Riddell, assistant manager. I Oregon Student To Get Biblical School Award $750 Scholarship For Throe Years in East Graduates Going on With Christian Work Will Get Financial Aid The University of Oregon has been chosen as an institution to select a student for a $750-a-year scholarship for three years to the Biblical Seminary in New York, ac cording to an announcement from President Arnold Bennet Hall yes terday. This seminary is chartered under the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. The scholarship is intended as an aid to graduates who are looking forward to Christian leadership. The conditions of recommendation have been adopted from those gov erning the selection of Rhodes scholars, and the student selected is to be chosen by the faculty. Three Qualities Needed Three principal conditions of rec ommendation are the applicant’s qualities of manhood, character, and leadership; scholarly ability and attainments; and physical vig or and good health. The applicant must comply also with certain con ditions of acceptance as the bona fide intention of remaining three years and maintaining a good qual ity of scholarship. He must enter next fall term. President Hall, wishing to en courage Oregon students who might be interested, yesterday is sued the following remarks with regard to the scholarship: “The special scholarship offered to some University of Oregon stu dent by the Biblical Seminary in New York is an unusual opportun ity for some student with high ideals, who wishes to make Chris tian leadership and service his life work. Award Generous One “The scholarship itself, provid ing $750 a year for three years, is unusually generous and one that should be eagerly sought after by Oregon students. It provides all expenses, such as tuition, room and board and incidentals, and in ad dition, $250 in cash to be used dur ing the year. “The standard set by the don ors of this scholarship are high, but I feel sure that there are sev eral young men at Oregon who can qualify. It is my hope that we may have several applications and that (Continued on Page Four) Oregon Building Becomes Domain For Water Bags Water bag fiends were working a new racket yesterday. Some of the campus cutups were throwing them from the third floor of the Oregon building. A person usually is fairly safe from the flying bath tubs unless in the vicinity of a fraternity house, and to be merci lessly beaned while walking by the Oregon building is to be taken to tally unawares. A few minutes of ardent bagging netted several direct hits and brought blood to the eyes of the hitees. The dampened spirits rushed the door and pounded up the stairs to the scene of action. The bagging suddenly stopped. There was too much opposition in the hall. Sociology Honorary Initiates Five Pledges Five new members were initiat ed into Alpha Kappa Delta, na tional sociology fraternity Tues day afternoon at 5 o’clock at the home of Dr. Philip A. Parsons, dean of the school of applied so cial science. The new members are Karl W. Onthank, Dora Ellen Cash, Mar garet Gierhart, Evelyn Gallagher, and Eleanor Lois English. Follow ing the initiation a banquet was held at the Anchorage at 6 o’clock, with Bess Templeton, president of the organization, presiding. Dr. Parsons gave an address of wel come to the new members, and Evelyn Gallagher responded for the initiates. War Between Japan and U. S. Very Unlikely, Says Speaker Trade Relations Smooth Out Differences, Finds Traveler “The last thing Japan would want now is a war with the Unit ed States," declared W. E. Priestly, authority on the modern Orient, in his lecture at Villard hall last evening. “And this country would hesi tate to go into a clash with Japan because of one thing the fear of losing trade. I believe that the fact that we buy 95 per cent of Japan's silk annually will do much to avert complications between the two countries, although there is friction at several points. Further more, Japan is in no condition to fight a world power as she is low in financial resources.” The lecturer, who as commercial buyer for an American concern has been traveling throughout the Orient -for 20 years, told a vivid story of the problems Japan is fac ing and the customs of the coun try, both in his own words and by a group of hand-colored slides. Mr. Priestly stated that Japan has the highest percentage of liter acy in the world, 95 per cent of the population being able to read and write. Japan is the only Oriental country that is now running itself free from help by the world pow ers. She has her own government, her own army and navy. There are 8,000,000 copies of newspapers cir culated daily among the popula tion of 60,000,000. “Japan’s problem now lies in two directions," Mr. Priestly said. “Her greatest problem is a lack of land to grow enough rice to adequately support a population that grows over a million each year. In order to get this land she is now put ting in a strong claim on Man churia, long an area coveted by China and Russia as well as Japan. Russia is as great a problem to Japan as she fears that great country more than any other. If bhina were to ally with Russia it Would be a combination dangerous to the welfare of both the United States and Japan. It would be to this country’s benefit to help Ja pan in her struggle for recogni tion.” In his experiences in Japan, Mr. Priestly said he found the Japan (Continued on Page Three) ‘Cyrano’ Praised At Film Preview Showing Friday French Color Movie One Of Faculty Club’s Foreign Scries Proving that a classic play can be fully as enjoyable on the screen as a popular Hollywood thriller, "Cyrano de Bergerac,” a cinema filmed entirely in color in Paris, was hugely enjoyed by a preview audience at the Colonial theatre last night. The film is an earnest and effec tive attempt to portray the play of Rostand, one that has delighted French students for many years. Cyrano with the grotesque nose is, of course, the outstanding player, but the entire cast, all drawn from the famous Comedie Francais in Paris, does excellent work. The screen technique is unusual, but is so done that tlie action nev- I er lags, even though the picture does not have the advantage of au dible dialogue. The color is so care fully done that one is conscious only of its beauty. The screen version follows the classic in all essential details, and is thoroughly enjoyable, those who saw it last night declare. A critical review of the picture will be published in the Emerald Friday morning, in which more about the picture will be told. “Cyrano de Bergerac” will be shown as the Faculty club picture at the Colonial Friday afternoon. Showings are scheduled for 1:30, 3:30, and a supper matinee at 5:30. The popular price of 25 cents will be charged, although this picture is the most expensive of the year for the faculty club. Dr. Kerr Defends Science Removal To Oregon State Denounces Transferring of Commerce to the University W. J. Kerr, president of Oregon State college, in a brief filed with the state board of higher educa tion yesterday, defended the sug gested removal of pure science from the University, and opposed all portions of the Federal Survey which proposed transferring the courses in commerce, journalism and music from the college. He defended the present curric ula at Oregon State college on the ground that previous proposals for elimination of various courses had been rejected by the board on sev eral occasions, as recently as 1925. Kerr declared that “sound edu cational policy warrants the as signment of science to the state college,’’ and said that the Uni versity would suffer no loss in prestige under a unified system of higher education. He maintained that historical priority should have some weight in transferring the commerce work, and advocated removal of all business administration sub jects to Oregon State college. Accounting Plan For Cities Told in Article by Kelly National Magazine Carries Story on Work Done by Municipal Committee The April issue of the American City magazine carries an article by Prof. C. L. Kelly, of the busi ness administration school, on “Uniform Municipal Accounting in Oregon.” The article is the result of the work of the municipal ac counting committee organized by Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, of which Professor Kelly was chairman. The article tells of the work done by the committee in outlin ing and drawing up a municipal accounting system to be used by all city and county auditing of fices. The adoption of the system is recommended, but not manda tory. Four Results Given According to the article, adop tion of the system will result in: 1. A more efficient and ef fective administration on the part of local officials if there were an exchange, between the various units having like inter ests and problems, of informa tion gathered on the same basis. 2. A fund of information about the various municipalities which could be used by our leg islature, our state chamber of commerce and other groups who are desirous of promoting and developing our resources. 3. An authentic source of in formation to various businast. and financial interests which may be seeking a suitable loca tion for manufacturing plants or the investment of funds for other purposes. 4. Ready information for wealthy families who desire to find a suitable location in which to retire. Usually men of this type are shrewd and have a keen analytical mind. They demand, among other things, an efficient municipal administration. They cannot afford to become in volved with extravagant waste and unreasonably high taxes. Also they expect a good school CContinued on Page Two) Twenty-Five To Attend Westminster Meeting A group of 25 selected leaders from the Westminster association will leave Saturday at 1 o’clock with Mr. and Mrs. Max Adams for Cedarwood Tavern, where they will participate in a conference at which they will elect a cabinet and plan programs for next year. Dr. W. L. Van Nuys, represent ing the board of Christian educa tion of the Presbyterian churches, will be the conference leader. Rev erend Milton F. Weber and several faculty members will also be pres ent. The conference will last from Saturday until Sunday evening, and for that reason no meetings | will be held at the Westminster I house this Sunday. Committees for Prom Chosen; Work Begins Programs Selected For Junior Dance Construction To Start Next Week; Throne To Be Built for Quecj With the announcement yester day of nearly all committees for the Junior Prom, scheduled for May 9, as one of the highlights of Junior Week-end, work on the dance is progressing rapidly, ac cording to Brian Mimnaugh, chair man. The programs have been defi nitely decided upon, and are now being printed. These will carry out the motif of the dance, the "Queen Idea,” which is also being used in the Canoe Fete, and will be done in silver and black, it is announced. One of the features of the dance will be the queen’s throne, which will be built with the orchestra pit. From this seat, Queen Eleanor I will reign over the ball. All dec orations will be in the plan of a queen’s court, with all features ap propriate to such a place. Bill Preble has been chosen chairman of the floor committee, replacing John Long, who found it necessary to resign on account of other work. The decorations will be the most elaborate of any ever used for a Junior Prom, it is announced, and will thus carry out the rather for mal atmosphere of the ball. They are being planned by the Stark Decorating company, of Portland. Construction work on the dance will start early next week, accord ing to Sol Director, who is in charge. He urges that all junior men turn out when the call is issued to assist in the work. Complete committees as an nounced last night are as follow: Programs—C 1 i f f o r d Beckett, chairman; Frank Harrow, Flor ence King, Jesse Bradley, and Kay Brigham. Construction — Sol Director, chairman; Henry Schenk, Wayne Emmott, Lou Mesher, Jack Coad, Bill Graeper, Dick Jennings, Lloyd Ruff, and Bill Crowe. Patrons and patronesses—Betty Barnes, chairman; Dorothy Mut zig, Elizabeth Fletcher, Dorothy Tongue, and Kathryn Perigo. Refreshments—Esther Kaaer, chairman; Helen Kaufman, Eliza (Continued on rape Four) Lethal Activities To Mark Men’s Emerald Friday Powder puffs and skirts will be taboo at the Emerald offices today. Tomorrow’s issue will be the an pal men’s edition, untainted by fe male hands. Rufus Kimball, editor of the special masculine number, has armed himself with a bar of type metal, and will menace all co-eds who violate the sanctity of his do main. Thornton Gale, managing editor pro tern, has prepared a molten lead bath at the University Press for any women who try to crash the exclusive stag affair. These feverish activities mark the annual journalistic competition between men and women for the production of a superior edition of the Emerald. George Turnbull, pro fessor of journalism, will choose the winning number, and the staff of the losing issue will throw a party. Sigma Chis and Zeta Hall Triumph at Golf Sigma Chi and Zeta hall ad vanced another round in intra mural golf due to victories over Gamma hall and Sigma Pi Tau, respectively. Gamma was an 8-4 victim, but Sigma Pi Tau was barely nosed out 6VC to 5%. Christensen, Pyle, and Swan piled up the Sigma Chi points, while Jim Smith and Dave Watson turned in points for Zeta. Whiteside’s forfeit gave Sigma Pi Tau 3 points, while Hal Rushton of Sigma Pi Tau trimmed John Wade, 2-1. Pre-Med Puff Ball Team Asks Game With Journalists J^IKE a deadly pestilence, puff ball challenges are over whelming the campus. Showing symptoms of high blood pressure, an advance chal lenge for the championship of the University has been re ceived by the Emerald editor. It states that the pre-medic de partment, both faculty members and majors, will play the jour nalists for the honor of meet ing the winner of the puff ball mutch to Im* played today be tween the business ad und psych departments. The matter has been put on the shelf, pending the outcome of the cushion hall match to be played at 4 p. m. today at 15th and Onyx streets. Junior Class May Make Donation To Uniform Fund Decision on Plan To Aid Band To Be Reached After Week-End Donation of a large sum of money toward buying new uni forms for the University band was practically assured at last night’s meeting of the junior class. Brian Mimnaugh’s proposal received pop ular approval, but due to lack of knowledge as to how much money will be in the class treasury, a motion was passed to let the sub ject remain undecided until the first meeting after Junior Week end. . Reports Heard Reports were heard from the di rectorates of Junior Week-end and the Junior Vodvil. Chet Knowlton and Omar Palmer, chairmen of the directorates, asked the full coop eration of the class. A picnic for the junior class was suggested for this spring. Art Potwin, president of the class, ap pointed Helen Kaufman as a com mittee of one to investigate the matter and report to the class later. State Education Body Meeting Date Not Set Yesterday's scheduled meeting of the state board of higher edu cation was postponed because sev eral members of the board could not attend, it was learned here through an Associated Press dis patch to the Register-Guard. No new date has been set for the postponed meeting, it was an nounced from the Portland office of C. L. Starr, chairman of the state board, but the session may be held within the next two weeks. Matters to have come before the board yesterday were consolidation of the five institutions of higher learning in the state under one administration, and the presenta tion of revised budgets by Dr. Ar nold Bennett Hall, president of the University, and Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of Oregon State college. ASUO Nominees To Be Named at Assembly Today Student Body Gathering At Gerlinger, 11 A.M. Candidates for President Will Speak for Three Minutes on Plans By THORNTON GALE Candidates for student body po sitions will be nominated from the floor today at a regular business meeting of the A. S. U. O. which is to be held at 11 o’clock in Gerlin ger hall. Nomination speeches of three minutes will be allowed for the presidential position, and speeches of two minutes for the rest of the candidates. The presidential nom inees will respond with three-min ute talks, outlining their platforms and policies. Time limitations will be strictly enforced, warned George Cherry last night. Must Be Member “A. S. U. O. membership privi leges are required of anyone nom inating a candidate,” said Cherry yesterday. "If fees covering his or her membership have been paid, the student’s name will appear in the poll book. Only those who ap pear in the poll book can nominate candidates.” The candidates who are expect ed to be nominated this morning are Chet Knowlton and Brian Mimnaugh for president; Walt Evans and Jack Stipe, for vice president; Irma Logan and Alexis Lyle, for secretary; Eleanor Lewis and Velma Powell, for executive woman; Wally Baker and Kelsey Slocum, for executive man; and John King and Jim Travis for junior finance officer. Parades, Dances Held Parades and dances, reminiscent of the pork-barrel days of Tyler, were the order of last night’s po litical rallies. Charming informal dances sans decorations were held by the two leaders. Mimnaugh’s at the men’s dorm and Knowlton’s at Cocoanut Grove. Outside of the dances and the subdued whoopee that went on, little else occurred on the darkening political horizon. Pi Kappa Alpha, and Zeta Tau Al pha have come off the nest and decided to put their eggs in the party basket. In spite of the mass meetings, the planned demonstrative dances, and the rah-rah high school cam paign ballyhoo, the political spirit is dormant, and as dead as a stale bottle of pop. The phlegmatic lethargy has even spread into the houses with candidates running on the tickets, and as a result it is the writer’s prediction that a com paratively light vote will be cast. Political Spirit Dulled Even the alert political mana gers have succumbed to the spirit, and are about as active as a kip pered herring in a bowl of mo lasses. The warm weather ha3 made the discussion of politics, ex cept in ironical vein, a social of fense. The reason for the deadly dullness is obviously the lack of ■ (Continued on Page Three) Puff Ball Rivalry Hits Condon Geologists Challenge Top-Floor Psychologists To Game; Dr. Hodge Captain Condon hall is in the throes of a terrific rivalry at the present mo ment. There is a good deal of bad blood flowing between the top floor and the basement. It all started when the psychology de partment began bragging about their puff-ball team. Naturally the geologists, who are in the same building, could not re frain from issuing a challenge to the top floor boarders. But let the captain of their team, Edwin T. Hodge, state the case in his own prolific terms. These geologists don’t mince matters. “The department of geology has so far listened quietly to the bla tant claims of the psychologists concerning their puff-ball procliv ities,” said Captain Hodge. “We have noticed their claims regard ing their superiority over such schools as those of law, commerce — yes, and I might even say jour nalism. We have also noticed with considerable pride that they have refrained from casting their brag gadocio at the department of geol ogy. “We geologists realize that in the building devoted to the intel lectual activities on the campus, the psychologists live on a higher plane, but we also realize that we geologists are the very foundation of the Condon hall intellectual edi fice. We hereby call attention of the campus that as soon as the psychologists have properly van quished some of the lesser contest ants, we will grant them the privi lege of meeting the real cham pions of the game of puff-ball. “The ancestors of geologists played puff-ball for more than a 100,000 years, using the thigh bones of dinossaurs for bats and boulders for balls. Our skill at the game has therefore become in stinctive, and we welcome an op portunity to initiate upstarts in the fine points of the sport,” con cluded Captain Hodge.