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Hear Libby Frederick J. Libby, executive secretary of the National Council for the Prevention of War, will address students at 9 o’clock this morning in Villard hall. Hear him. VOLUME XXXII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. THURSDAY. MAY 14, 1931 NUMBER 127 Phi Beta Kappa Names 25 Seniors Members in Regular Spring Election - -, Secretary Releases List ^ Of Seniors Chosen Eugene Is in Lead With Seven Named; Six From Portand Twenty-five seniors were named to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honor frater nity by the membership committee yesterday. These persons were electeckin addition to the senior six who were elected last fall. The general qualifications for election to membership are that the candidate must have a 2.25 av erage during his four years of which two must have been spent at the University of Oregon. Fifty per cent of the work carried must ►be well distributed in language, philosophy, history, political, and social science, mathematics, and the sciences. Those students who were elected were announced by Miss Mary E. Kent, secretary of the local chap ter. They are as follows: Eugene Leads Eugene—John Elliot Allen, geol ogy; Beth Bowerman, education; Herbert J. Doran, sociology; Dorris Hardy, English; J. Orville Lind strom, business administration; Katherine M. York, English; and Cecil C. Snyder, journalism. Portland—Raymond Lester Bell, business administration; Ruth Charlotte Clark, education; Jesse S. Douglas, history; Edward D. Kittoe, English; Martha Proth ero, applied social science; and Willmadene Richolson, romance languages. Those from other cities are: Klamath Falls—Ralph Anthony Hill, business administration; and Mary Agnes Hunt, education; St. yHelens: Lilian E. Allison, psychol ogy; and Mary Nelda Caniparoli, mathematics. Oakland: Beatrice E r n s t e i n Bennett, journalism. Parkdale: Ralph Kenneth Black, education. Monmouth: Fred W. Calef, eco nomics. Helix: Bertrand Duval Isaminger, law. North Bend: Kath ryn Florence Langenberg Colins, English. Jacksonville: Ruth Eve lyn Severance, business adminis tration. Beaverton: M. Donald Smith, romance, languages. Hal sey: Rex Tussing, journalism. Senior Six The senior six who were elected during the fall term are: Mary Gertrude Gauntlett, biology; Ron ello Berry Lewis, business admin istration; Ida Johanna Markusen, history; Mrs. Golda P. Wickham, education; Paul A. Walgren, busi ness administration; and Mildred Maud Wharton, mathematics. ^ilson-Jewett Orators Must Report to Dean Independent women who wish to compete in the Wilson-Jewett pub lic speaking preliminaries on May 26 are asked to report their names to the dean of women’s office on or before noon of that date. Women’s Edition To Show How It’s Done Tomorrow rJ'OMORROVV the women rule the University. At least, they will rule the Emerald, and since it is averred that the press sways public opinion whether it wishes, so it follows that the women will rule the University. The annual women’s edition of the Emerald is set for Friday morning, and when it comes off the press the men of the campus and particularly of the regular Emerald staff will see what a real paper should look like, ac cording to the feminine powers that will be at the shack. The men and the women, ac cording to time-honored custom, each year compete to determine which sex can produce a supe rior issue of the daily. The men published theirs two weeks ago, and Friday the women are tak ing their turn. The losers, to be decided by George Turnbull, professor of journalism, will l>e hosts to the winners at a party to be given at the shack. Literary Digest Appoints Faville Honorary Editor Position on Cooperative And Advisory Board Given Oregon Man Dean David E. Faville of the school of business administration received word yesterday of his ap pointment to the cooperative edi torial and advisory board of the Literary Digest. The purpose of the board is to assemble and write material for the American States, a periodical to be published by the Literary Digest dealing with problems and accomplishments of every state in the union. Eugene Thewing, editor and or ganizer of the American States, in outlining the editorial plan, gives the following outstanding points to be taken up about the various states: 1. Its history from foundation to its present maturity as an American commonwealth. Told in dramatic form. 2. Its political significance and power in the nation. 3. Its own political problems. 4. Its social and industrial con ditions and problems. 5. Its great manufacturing and commercial enterprises. 6. Its agricultural interests, dif ficulties and possibilities. 7. The opportunities it offers for capital, for business enterprise, for labor, for education. 8. Its physical and scenic fea tures and attractions. 9. Its accomplishments in the (Continued on Page Three) Hotel Universe One of Most Intricate Plays Staged Here By WILLETTA HARTLEY “Hotel Universe,” one of the most technically intricate plays ever attempted on the Guild hall stage, has been set with an effec tive i 1 Iu s i o n of solidity and strength, and an arrangement for | constantly changing light throughout the performance. Fred Harris, in charge of the production staff, has accomplished an effec tive setting for a play written for a large stage much more intricate and up-to-date in technical facili ties than the Guild hall stage. The time of the play, as indicat ed in the dialogue, is about two hours, beginning on a summer eve ning just at twilight, the action moves into complete darkness and later into moonlight. Through it all comes the constantly recurring flash from the lighthouse just off the shore, establishing a definite rhythm for the action. For these effects several new pieces of light ing equipment are being brought tnto play for the first time. The shallowness of the Guild theatre stage makes the problem of creating the necessary night sky effect a particularly difficult one'for the stage technician, but Mr. Harris has so arranged his set ting as to conquer this difficulty successfully. The production staff has achieved a design for the hotel ter race setting of the play whi^h gives the small stage an illusion of spa ciousness and overcomes one of the troublesome problems of the Guild hall stage. “Hotel Universe” offers an especially difficult prob lem for the very narrow proscen ium of the stage, as one character, the father, must have a secluded nook, to sit in to which he fre quently retires, and in which he cannot be seen by other characters on the stage. The fact that “Hotel Universe” is played in one continuous action and requires no change of scene has allowed the building of an un (Continued on Page Two) ASUO Heads ToBe Installed This Morning I j Warner Contest Winner To Be Announced Retiring Officers To Get Awards in Assembly At 11 Today The administration of the A. S. U. O. will officially change hands this morning at a. special student body assembly, to be held at 11 o’clock in Gerlinger hall. All 11 o’clock classes are excused. The present officers of the as sociated students, under the lead ership of George Cherry, president, will conduct the installation cere mony for the incoming group, elected last week as follows: Brian Mimnaugh, president; Walt Evans, vice-president; Irma Logan, secre tary; Velma Powell, executive woman; Wally Baker, executive man; and Jim Travis, junior fin nance office. Cherry is to admin ister the pledge of office. Entertainment Listed Entertainment at the assembly will be provided by the Oregon Rhythm Boys, Kelsey Slocom, Bob Goodrich, and John Smedberg, who are now placed in the finals in the KGWT-RKO Rose Festival radio contest in Portland. The Univer sity band also will be on hand, Cherry announced. Awards to the outgoing officers of the A. S. U. O., including a gold engraved key for the president, and fountain pens for each of the others, are to be given out this morning. In addition, Cherry said, the winner of the annual Murray Warner essay contest, for which a trip to the Orient is first prize, will be made known, provided a deci sion can be reached by the judges in time. Rotary Club Votes Donation To Aid Foreign Students International House To Get Fund From Eugene Service Group The Rotary club of Eugene .has voted to aid the International house, living organization for for eign students, to the extent of $400 for the coming year. The board of directors decided upon the move at a meeting Tuesday night, said Dr. Warren D. Smith, professor of geology, and president of the local Rotary club. “The Rotary is doing all it can to foster good living conditions for foreign students on the campus and has taken the International house under its wing,” said Dr. Smith. “Members have raised $100, and we have underwritten the rest of the amount. This lat ter amount may come from other Rotary clubs in the state, but if not, the Eugene chapter will raise it. “A movement is also in progress toward providing a scholarship or fellowship each year by the Ro tarians of the Northwest for each college in the district, the men to be Japanese or Chinese students selected by Rotarians in their own lands. This last project was sug gested by Mrs. Murray Warner. “The Rotary club also passed its official endorsement; of the Uni versity’s Pacific basin debate tour,” Doctor Smith concluded. rSlums in Berlin9 Is Faculty Club Movie For Friday A cinema trip down the streets of forgotten men which depicts a life where human beings exist throughout their span of years without knowing the feeling of possessing more than five dollars in actual cash, will be the offering of the Faculty club in a showing of “City Slums in Berlin” at the Colonial this afternoon. Superb photography catches the actual spirit of the lower level of society which spews up its “jail birds” and criminals to prey on the monied classes in large cities of today. No famous actors take ^ part in the production as the char acters are picked from life itself. Bigger Frosh Lids To Greet Oregon Campus Next Year Executive Council Adopts Recommendations of Committee Next fall’s crop of freshmen will sprout forth in headgear of the traditional Oregon green, but of unprecedented dimensions. Conditions next year will be: such that any and all frosh can be easily distinguished at a dis tance from the College Side to the men's gym. In short, the manly heads of the class of 1935 are to be better and more thoroughly covered than those of any of the fifty-odd hordes of Oregon frosh that have gone before. A sweeping change in the size of the “lid,” long contemplated by those who govern such things, was finally put through the A. S. U. O. executive council last night, upon the recommendation of the student relations committee. From now on Oregon freshmen will be cov -- ered over with green cloth slightly larger than an ordinary baseball cap. Esthetic merit as well as greater visibility are reasons for the change, George Cherry, A. S. U. O. president, and chairman of the council, explained last night. From the standpoint of beauty and style, the rakish, athletic-looking lines of the new lid are supposed to excel the old green “spot"; while in con venience for Order of the O men in picking up lidless frosh, the ad vantages of the new size are con siderable. Along with this change, which has been sponsored by the Order of the O along with the commit tee, a new policy is to be put into effect next fall whereby the tra dition of frosh lids will be strictly enforced from now on, Cherry said. The ease of detecting violators hereafter is expected to make discipline both more formidable and more potent in years to come. Plans for Animal Shirt Sleeve Ball Near Completion Hunting Lodge To Be Motif For Dance Room Decoration Plans for the first annual all campus shirt sleeve dance, spon sored by Oregon Yeomen, neared completion last night, according to Clifton Culp, who is ui charge of the dance. The dance, the first of its kind on the campus, will be held Friday evening, May 15, at 9 o'clock in the dance room of Gerlinger hall, which will be decorated to repre sent a hunting lodge set in a wood land scene. Animal heads, skins, guns of various sorts, bows and arrows,' and rustic furniture will comprise the decorations. The main room, in conjunction with the long sun porch will be used for dancing, and if necessary the partition will be apened into the women’s gym to accommodate the overflow. Tickets for the dance are on sale sow and may be purchased from any of the following: Merlin Blais, red Montgomery, Evan Hughes, Bob O’Leary, Clare Hamlin, Fran ks Pallister, Francis Rickert, Wal ie Campbell, Ralph Yergen, Bob Walden, Ray Olsen, Rex Tussing, lack Bauer, Clifton Culp, or Claud Bonder. The patrons for the dance, as an lounced last night are: Mr. and Vfrs. H. C. Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Sen Shumaker, Mr. and Mrs. Ron ald H. Robnett, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Washke. Latin Honorary To Present Plaque at Banquet Tonight The owner of Pegasus, winged horse of mythical repute, is to be revealed tonight at the annual Pi Sigma banquet, when a wood carved plaque of the creature will be awarded the most outstanding student in Latin by Prof. Frederick S. Dunn, head of the department. The banquet, given by the Latin honorary for new members, is in formal and open to all students taking a course in Latin. It will be held at the Osburn hotel at 6:30. Dorothy Eads, president, will pre side. A program of music is planned for the dinner hour with Miriam Stafford playing the cello. She will be accompanied by Helene Robin son. At 5:30 members of Pi Sigma will meet to initiate five pledges into the organization. They are: Pauline Blais, Juanita Demmer, Mildred Fales, Beth Bowerman, and Joseph Goldsmith. Frederick J. Libby Will Speak in Villard| — Frederick J. Libby, executive! secretary of the Natibnal Council \ for Prevention of War, will speak ! this morning at 9 o’clock at Vil-1 lard hall at an open meeting, ac-1 cording to members of the Inter- j national club. Mr. Libby lectured i in Eugene yesterday before towns people and the Lions’ club. He will leave for Corvallis following his morning appearance. ! Band, Polyphonic Choir Plan Joint Concert Sunday Program Is Announced for Second of Musicals On Mill Race A joint concert will be given on the mill race Sunday evening at 7 by the University band and the second division of the University Polyphonic choir. This will be the first appearance of a University singing group in the Ynill race am phitheatre. Should heavy rains cause postponement of the concert, it will be given the following week. The last appearance on the cam pus of the second division of the choir was made at the end of last term under Roy Bryson’s direction, when the choir sang “The Holy City,” an oratorio by Gaul. On Sunday night’s program will be two eighteenth century hymns, a negro spiritual by Nathaniel Dett, director of the department of 'music at Hampton Institute, Hampton Roads, Virginia, and two old English carols, arranged by Deems Taylor, prominent figure in American music. “The mill-race stand is admir ably suited »to choral appearances,” said Bryson yesterday. “The soft est effects of the choir will carry well across the water, and if we can keep freight trains from run ning past while the choir is sing ing, the concert should be very fine.” Master Dancers Tryouts Slated For Wednesday Women’s Local Honorary To Choose Members In Two Tests Tryouts for Master Dance, wom en’s local dancing honorary, will be held on Wednesday, May 27, at 8 o’clock in the dancing room of Gerlinger hall, according to an announcement made yesterday by Miss Marjorie Forchemer, club sponsor. Aspirants will have to fill two requirements. A test will be given them governing technique and im provisation; and an original dance must be given before members of the organization. This dance will be considered for the following points: composition, including use of music, body design, design in space, and variety of movement; originality, and control. Anyone having fulfilled two terms of dancing is eligible to try out. The junior majors in rhyth mics are all requested to try out. Anyone interested may receive as sistance in selecting music, sug gestions, and criticisms from Miss Marjorie Forchemer. A list of people who have been particularly outstanding in rhyth mic work has been selected, and Master Dance expresses a wish that they try out. These are: Helen Copple, Cathryn Frentzel, Madeleine Gilbert, Alyce Cook, Mary Jean Warner, Clare Fahe, Fay Fishel, Jean Knapp, Phyllis Stokes, Madeline Miller, Cathrine Satterfield, Jane Kanzler, and Louise Webber. Consolidation Vote Expected At Board Meet State Education Body To Stay in Session Economies To Come in for Consideration; Meier’s Action Resented The state board of higher edu cation, in whose hands rests the destiny of the five institutions un der its control, will open the sec ond day of its deliberations in Portland this morning and will stay in session until a plan for ' economies and possibly for consoli dation of the schools under one ad ministration is worked out, it was learned here last night. With a letter from Governor Ju lius L. Meier urging action on the one administration plan as soon as possible and effecting savings, and briefs from the University and Oregon State college before them, members of the state board started their meeting yesterday with fire- j works which are predicted to con tinue today. Reply to Meier Written Three replies to Meier were drafted by the board, but when none of them were found satisfac tory a committee consisting of C. C. Colt, B. F. Irvine, and Edward Burch of Medford was appointed to address a reply to the state’s executive. Meier, in his statement to the board, urged the members to “elim inate elements of extravagance and inefficiency as disclosed by the fed eral survey commission and give a prompt and substantial reduction in the cost of conducting the insti tutions of higher learning.’’ The board resented Meier’s stand, saying it had already saved $500,000, the amount vetoed by the governor, by means of budget cuts listed by presidents of the schools. Consolidation Step Taken A move toward consolidation in to one system is being taken by the board, the governor will be told, and further cuts in expendi tures are being planned. “July 1, 1931, the date set by law for the inauguration of the program of the state board of higher education, is little more than a month in the future,” Gov ernor Meier said in his letter to the board. “It is essential that substantial economies be accomplished during the present biennium. Unless these economies are put into ef fect at an early date, the read justments will be accomplished by inconvenience and hardship to de partments and individuals. For the sake of harmonious and efficient <Continw.il on Page Four) Class Politics in Limelight Here as Campaigns Start The campus political cauldron continues to simmer with class nominations scheduled for May 21, and elections for all classes to be held on May 26, according to a statement released by George Cherry, president of the A. S. U. O., last night. It is a little early yet in the ! game to select the final field from 1 those who-also started. Several I minor earthquakes have occurred ! in the class political horizon, with the repeated withdrawal and re entrance of some of the candidates. Meanwhile the pseudo politicians are running about in an attempt to form tickets and lead a mythi- j cal party on to an empty victory. Rumors current credit half of the < available campus political supply < of being intent on sinister political machinations. Bad Weather Prevents Weekly ROTC Parade | The military parade which was ! scheduled for yesterday afternoon was not held because of adverse weather conditions, and as a result there will be no parade this week, i according to Major F. A. Barker, R. O. T. C. officer. Unless weather conditions inter- j fere, a parade will be held each t Wednesday throughout the re- t mainder of the term as scheduled, i v he said. I r Edlefsen Chosen as Head of Managers; Slocom Yell King __ e? i — ■ —■ I OnthankToTalk To Big Sisters at 5 O’clock Today rpHE mechanics of University a d mini strut ion, facilities which the University offers for students, the relation of Big Sisters to freshman advisors, and other associated topics will l»e discussed by Dean Karl W. Onthunk, dean of personnel ad ministration, todny at a meet ing of Big Sisters in 105 Jour nalism at 5 o'clock. This is the fourth meeting of the Big Sisters since their ap pointment about a month ago. The series of meetings being held this term are in the nature of giving them foundation and background to use in their work with next year’s freshmen. Phi Mu Alpha To Present Annual Concert Tonight Eight Soloists ami 15-Piece Orchestra Is Listed On Program The annual concert of Phi Mu Alpha, men’s honorary music fra ternity, will be given tonight at 8 o'clock in the Music building. There will be eight soloists on the program, and a 15-piece or chestra ensemble. Ralph Coie, Bill McNabb, and Buck Nash will sing, and Hugh Miller, Victor Bryant, George Kotchik, and Laurence Fischer will play. The program is composed en tirely of music by American com posers, 15 numbers in all. George Barron will conduct the orches tra. Barron, Miller, and Harold Ayres will accompany the soloists. Ralph Coie will sing “May, the Maiden,” by Carpenter, and “Out ward Bound," by Calbreath. Coie is a baritone. Victor Bryant, flutist, will play Maganini’s “Street of Bazaars.” William McNabb, tenor, will sing “The Moon Goes Drifting By,” by Grunn, and “Red Bom bay,” by Reddick, a number sung by the men’s glee club at its con cert last month. Hugh Miller will play Dett’s “Juba Dance” as his piano num ber, and three pieces from Clokey’s "Fireside Fancies” on the organ. Two violin duets, “At Dawn ing,” by Cadman, and “To a Wild Rose,” by MacDowell, will be played by George Kotchik and Laurence Fischer. Gifford Nash will sing “The Sea,” a composition of MacDowell, and “The Piper,” by Head. The orchestra will close the con cert with two Indian dances writ ten by Skilton, “Deer Dance” and “War Dance.” Council Makes Choice Of Officials Cheer Leader Slocom Picks Four Assistants To Aid in Work Jack Edlefsen, head aports man ager, and Kelsey Slocom, yell king, are the appointments made by the .executive council |of the A. S. U. O. fat i t s meeting ilast night, and a n n o u n ced by George Cher ry, student body president. At the same time, Slocom ap pointed flis as sistant yell lead ers for next year, Jack Edlefsen as follow: Free man Young and F,d Wells, junior yell leaders; and Eddie Schweiker and Warren Stauffer, sophomore yell leaders. In choosing Edlefsen to head the student managerial system for next year, the council acted on the recommendation of the coaches and the athletic committee of the A. S. U. O. Slocom’s appointment was upon the recommendation of the student relations committee. Both will assume their official du ties next fall. Has Experience Edlefsen, a junior in business administration, has behind him two years of experience in man a g e r i ai worK. Last year he held the position of sophomore man a g e r of swim ming, and dur-1 ing the present school year he has served as junior man ager ih both basket ball and baseball. His home la w Portland. Kelsey Slocom Beginning the year as assistant yell leader under John Creech, Slo com stepped into the position of yell king at the end of fall term, when he was given a temporary appointment by Cherry, effective for winter and spring terms of this year. Slocom succeeded Creech when Creech dropped out at the end of the fall. He is a resident of Hood River, and a junior in pre law. Statement Issued Edlefsen commented on his ap pointment as follows: “I hope to be able to continue the very efficient system which has been in force all year, under the direction of ‘Hack’ Miller one of the best managerial sys- . terns in any university or college in the United States. I intend to maintain that high standard. “The most marked change in the system for next year will be that (Continued on Page Two) Mimnaugh First Athlete To Be AS VO President Since 1920 (Editor's note: This is the first of it series of interviews with newly-elected A. S. U. O. officers.) By THORNTON GAEE Brian Mimnaugh, new president of the A. S. U. O., combines in his character the better qualities of e x e c u tive and athlete. He is one of the few letter men who have been elected to this high office, the last one being Leland Anderson, president of the student body in 1920. When Mim naugh met An . aerson in Sidney, Miinnaiigh . ... ,, Australia, three summers ago, he had no concep Lion, of course, that he himself ivould some day be student body president. His meeting with An derson came as a result of a trip of the Multnomah club baseball team of Portland in the summer of 1929. Although only a fresh man in college, Brian was chosen as one of the group that would make the journey. Mimnaugh graduated from Jef ferson high school, Portland, in 1928 and entered the University of Oregon in the fail of the same year. His father is a lumberman operating near Pondosa, Oregon, and since the age of nine Brian has spent most of his summers in the lumber camps. In his freshman and sophomore years, he led the baseball team in batting average, and this year his box score places him third among bat wielders, with an average of .375. When told by advisors this year that an athlete could never be elected president of the student body, Brian admitted the founda tion of the argument, but charac (Continued on Page Two>£