NUMBER 133
Yeomen and
Hendricks Hall
Win Trophies
Paul Petrie of O. S. C.
Judges Song Contest
Six Organizations Compete
For Final Honors and
Large Cups
By LOIS REEDY
Oregon Yeomen and Hendricks
hall were the winners of the Poly
phonic Choir trophy contest held
last night in the music auditorium.
The two large cups were presented
to the winners following the deci
sion of Professor Paul Petrie of
the Oregon State college music
school.
Out of 19 entrants at the start
of the contest in February only six
competed in the finals. The final
casualties were Beta Phi Alpha
» among the women, and Alpha Tau
Omega in the men’s division. The
final entrants in the order that
they sang were: Alpha hall, Kappa
Sigma, Oregon Yeomen; and Alpha
Omicron Pi, Sigma Kappa, and
Hendricks hall.
Skill Shown
All six entrants showed consid
erable skill and finish in singing,
as the result of several months’
practice. All of the groups had
been assisted by either profession
als or upperclass music majors.
The songs were fairly difficult
compositions requiring a knowl
edge of music in making a finished i
presentation. Each group sang
one song unaccompanied. It was
in this song that the most marked j
difference occurred. Alpha hall1
and Kappa Sigma were not as def
inite and clear in tone on the
acapelfa as the Yeomen, although
they were as easily understood.
The women’s voices were all un
usually clear and no failure in
pitch was outstanding except in
the final chord of the Alpha Omi
V cron Pi last song. The Hendricks
hall women had greater strength
than either of the others.
• Groups Listed
The winning men who sang for
the Yeomen were: Dean Beistel,
first tenor; Harold Arnold, second
tenor; Jack Bauer, baritone; and
John Littlehales, bass. Margaret
Beistel was the accompanist. The
group was coached by Loren 1
Davidson, a member of the Yeo
men.
From Hendricks hall were;
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U. of O. Band To Play ,
At Salem This Evening <
The University band has been '
invited to present several numbers
for entertainment at a contest be- 1
tween individuals representing the 1
different communities of Marion 1
county. The contest is to be held ‘
•vin Salem at the Elsinore theatre ‘
"this evening. 1
One of the interesting events 1
which have been planned for the (
band is a dinner, given by the '
chamber of commerce in their
honor. Twenty-five members of 1
the band will make the trip and i
will leave about 2 o’clock this af- 1
ternoon in private cars. I
Beaver Radio Debaters
nassam lass .r^rrynmmmsi
Iie\ Robinson and Gordon Winks, of O. S. C., who meet Oregon
■ debaters in a battle of microphones next Sunday afternoon for the
first non-decision radio debate.
Pfaff and Wilson
To Debate O. S. C.
Over KGW Sunday
University'Team Will Take
Negative on Question
Of Disarmament
Roger A. Pfaff and David G.
Wilson, University debaters, will
clash with an Oregon State team,
composed of Rex Robinson and j
Gordon Winks, in a non-decision j
radio debate over station KGW, !
Portland, on Sunday afternoon,
May 31, it was announced today.
Two days later, on June 2, these
Oregon men and Robert T. Miller
leave Portland as members of the
Pacific Basin debate team, which
has over fifty foreign debate en
gagements during' the next eight
months.
Oregon, making arrangement for
Sunday’s radio debate, which will j
be broadcast at 3 to 3:30 o’clock
p. m., has allowed the O. S. C. |
team the affirmative of the ques- j
tion, “Resolved: That all nations
should adopt a policy of complete
disarmament, except for such
forces as are necessary for police
protection.”
Participants Active
Wilson is a major in journalism,
and has been an editorial writer
on the Emerald. Pfaff recently
won first place in the Murray
Warner essay contest, is a mem
ber of Delta Sigma Rho, interna
tional forensic fraternity, and has
participated in debate, oratory and
speaking for the past two years.
O. S. C. debate squads won both
the men’s and women’s Pacific
coast debate championships this
year. In contests with the Uni
versity, each school has one vic
tory so far this season. Since 1917,
O. S. C. has won 11 of the 16 men’s
debates with the University.
Robinson and Winks, who are
speaking for O. S. C., are both
members of the 1931 coast cham
pionship debate team. Winks has
27 intercollegiate debates to his
credit and is a senior in com
merce. Robinson has participated
in 13 intercollegiate contests, in
cluding some international de
bates.
This specially arranged radio 1
forensic match is non-decision,
emphasizing the importance and
the current interest in the ques
tion to be argued.
Lieutenant Prouty Recounts
Experience With Gen. Butler
By RALEIGH GRAVER
Lieutenant E. S. Prouty of the
local R. O. T. C. unit was one of j
the officers who had the pleasure |
of observing the work of Major j
General Smedley D. Butler at
Camp Pontanzen near Brest, j
France, during the World war. j
7 At this time General Butler was
serving as brigadier general of the!
marine corps at this station, and
Lieutenant Prouty was a first lieu
tenant of the 8th infantry.
“The formation of Camp Pontan
zen into a large place in a very
short time was the general’s prin
cipal achievement,” said Lieuten
ant Prouty. The organization of
85,000 men into a clean, well man
aged group was one of the things
the general accomplished while act
ing as commander of this camp.
Carry Lumber From Brest
The soldiers objected very much
to carrying lumber from the town
of Brest to the camp, three miles
distant, because of the muddy con
dition of the roads. General Butler,
one stormy night, told his chauf- i
feur to drive behind him while he i
walked through all the mud and i
rain from the camp to Brest. In ;
the town the general found the i
heaviest piece of lumber he could
find and carried it back to the :
camp. Lieutenant Prouty said that '
General Butler was always doing I
things of this sort in order to help
build up the morale of his men and
show them that when a thing had
to be done, it would be done.
Rain, poor sleeping quarters, <
muddy roads, very few trucks and i
horses, unsanitary living condi- ]
tions. and bad food distribution and
quality were only a few of the ,
things with which General Butler ‘
had to battle. It took the hard
working, persevering Butler to go
through with this hard work and
make Camp Pontanzen a place fit i
for human beings, declared Lieu- 1
tenant Prouty. i
Ten thousand meh leaving and
entering camp every day made 1
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Sigma Delta Chi
To Initiate Four
In Meeting Today
Portland Publisher Will Be
Associate Member;
Others Active
_
Sigma Delta Chi, men’s journal
istic fraternity, is initiating A. C.
Gage, publisher of the Angora
i Journal, of Portland; Roy Sheedy,
| Rufus Kimball, and Jack Bauer at
111 o’clock today in the men’s
lounge of Gerlinger hall. Mr. Gage
will be admitted as an associate
member, and the others as active
members.
Mr. Gage, an old-time newspaper
man and member of the Oregon
State Editorial association, pub
lishes a national trade magazine
of recognized importance. The
wide territory covered by the
magazine necessitates Mr. Gage
i maintaining offices in Chicago and
Portland.
The three students being initi
I ated have been actively connected
i with the Emerald for the past
several years.
I Rufus Kimball, sophomore in
journalism, having been a reporter
for the past two years, was editor
of the men’s edition of the Em
erald this year. He was manag
ing editor of the freshman edition
last year.
Roy Sheedy, journalism junior,
has been a member of the staff
for three years and is now a day
editor.
Jack Bauer, junior in journal
ism, was formerly editor of the
student paper published at the Co
lumbia university, Portland. Since
coming to the Emerald Bauer has
worked as a feature writer and
publicity director for the school
of music.
Two Medals To Be
Awarded To Best
French Students
Language Department Is
Honored Second Time
By French Consul
Two medals, one gold and one
silver, have again been presented
to the Romance language depart
ment by the French government
through the French consul at Seat
tle, as awards for excellence in
French. The gold medal will be
awarded to that student who
stands highest in the advanced
courses in French literature. The
silver medal will be awarded to
that person who ranks highest in
third year French literature.
The announcement of these
awards will be made on commence
ment day and will appear on the
program. The French government
also gave two medals last year to
the Romance language depart
ment. Naomi Hohman received
the gold medal last year; Schuyler
Southwell won the silver medal.
“The idea is to encourage the
study of French and French liter
ature among American students,”
said Dr. Ray P. Bowen, chairman
of the Romance language depart
ment, jin commenting upon the
presentation.
Luncheon Will Honor
Seniors on Libe Staff
A luncheon in honor of the sen
ior members of the library staff is
to be given at the Anchorage this
noon.
Senior members are Esther Mal
kasian, Ronnello Lewis, William
Bruce, and Edward Graham.
Thirty-Three
Nominated in
Class Meetings
Lineups Are Unchanged,
Aside Few Additions
Three Candidates for Each
Senior Offiee; Two Vie
In Other Classes
Thirty-three candidates official
ly threw their hats into the politi
cal ring at the nominations of
class officers held yesterday in
Villard assembly hall. With the
exception of the completion of
lineups in the junior class for sen
ior offices, the class nominations
went through as previously an- j
nounced.
The lineups for senior offices
were completed with the naming;
of Amos Lawrence, running on
Hobart Wilson's ticket, and Alice j
Redetzke as secretary on Merlin I
Blais' ticket, and four nominations
for the much coveted position of
class barber.
Juniors Name 12
The candidates nominated for
senior offices were: President, Bill
Barendrick, Hobart Wilson, and
Merlin Blais; vice-president, Helen
Kaufman, Hope Sheliey, and Dul
cie Lytsell; secretary, Margaret
Ansley, Virginia Grone, and Alice
Redetzke; treasurer, Bob O’Mel
veny, Amos Lawrence, and Paul
Lafferty; class barber, Eleanor
Lewis, Elizabeth Strain, Barney
Miller, and Joe Hughes.
Candidates nominated at the
sophomore meeting for junior class
officers were: President, George
Vaughn and Bob Hall; vice-presi
dent, Ardis Ulrich and Elizabeth
Scruggs; secretary, Betty Ann
Macduff and Carol Werschkul;
treasurer, Keck McKean and Ed
Boles.
Those nominated at the fresh
man meeting for sophomore class
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Willamette U. Prexy
To Address Banquet
Dr. Carl Doney, president of
Willamette university, will give the
address at the banquet of Phi Beta
Kappa and Sigma Xi at the Oc
burn hotel, Tuesday, l,?ay 26. Sig
ma Xi will hold its initiation at 5
o'clock of that day at the men’s
lounge of Gerlinger hall. Phi Beta
Kappa will initiate at alumni hall
at 5:15.
The banquet will begin at 6:30
and will cost $1 a plate. The ad
dress, which will begin at 8 o’clock
at the Osburn hotel, will be open
to the public.
Hog-Calling Sophs
I Warn Farmers as
| Saturday Nears
Farmers living; near Swimmers'
Delight are requested to keep close
tab on their animals this Saturday
because the hog-calling contest, a
feature of the sophomore picnic,
will bring forth the best talent in
the class with enticing effects up
on the swine.
, This feature in addition to many
| others was disclosed at a meeting
[of the sophomore picnic directorate
I Wednesday night. Bart Siegfried,
I chairman of the affair, laid special
I stress upon attendance. A prize
i will be given for the house having
the most sophomores present. All
plans have been completed and
Siegfried promises a picnic that
every sophomore on the campus
can enjoy.
Other features of the picnic will
be a tug-of-war for girls, swim
ming races, golf approach, rat-rac
ing contest, waltz contest, and
other features. Prizes will be
awarded to the winners through
the courtesy of Eugene merchants.
Buses will be leaving for Swim
mers' Delight from the Administra
tion building from 4 o’clock on. The
food will be served at 5:30, between
contests, and will be followed by
dancing.
The menu, which is being han
dled by Marguerite Tarbell, will
consist of sandwiches, cakes, cof
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Lettermen’s Slide
Issues Invitation
To Entire Campus
Buggies, Hay, Buttermilk
Will Be Features at
Igloo Tonight«
Whee! Slick as A whistle! C’mon
over, Skinny. ’Nary a splinter in
this freshly sanded, planed, and
waxed 30-foot slide, the one and
only entrance to the big all-campus
barn dance to be given tonight by
the Order of the O at 9 o’clock in
the Igloo.
Whoa, there, Pegasus! The lat
est in chariot races will feature
one huddle-buggy of real fame.
Don’t miss the two Raduks from
the RKO circuit strut their stuff—
who knows—perhaps the real barn
yard shuffle.
Hay! Hay! cry the 72 bales that
together wdth numerous antiquated
buggies—not to mention the live
stock, constitute the decorations.
There need be no parched throats
tonight as long as the 20 gallons of
strictly fresh buttermilk hold out!
Don’t miss this opportunity to
stomp to the Turkey in the Straw
as fiddled by the campus band— [
the Ten Commanders.
Banquet Opens
1931 Conclave
Of Ad Makers
Oregon Rhythm Boys To
Be Program Feature
2 Nationally Known Men
Will Present Main
Addresses
The Oregon Rhythm Boys have
been secured as part of the pro
gram for the banquet which opens
the annual advertising conclave of
the Oregon chapters of Gamma
Alpha Chi, national women's ad
vertising honorary, and Alpha
Delta Sigma, national men's adver
tising honorary, at G:30 tomorrow
night at the Osburn hotel. An
: other feature on the program as
| announced by Professor Udall last
; night is MacGowan Miller.
The speakers for the evening
will be two nationally known men:
Frank Skipper, director of person
nel of the Penzoil company, Los
Angeles, speaking on “Thinking
Through”; and Joseph Hosmer,
prominent in Hearst newspaper
work, from Seattle. A great many
business men from Portland and
elsewhere in the state are ex
i pected for the conference.
Will Hold Breakfasts
| Sunday morning both organiza
j tions will hold initiation break
fasts, Alpha Delta Sigma at the
Osburn hotel, with James W.
Leake, former Oregon student,
presiding, and Alpha Gamma Chi
at the Anchorage, with Josephine
Stofiel presiding.
There will be three national
Gamma Alpha Chi officers pres
ent for~ the convention: Ruth
Street, former Oregon student,
Portland, national secretary; Mary
Irene Nicholas, Seattle, editor of
Gamma Alpha Chi News; and
Diana Irving Nelson, Seattle, na
tional treasurer.
Portable Typewriter
Disappears From Hall
Even thieves may be industri
ous. At least the one who, last
Wednesday, entered room 9,
Friendly hall and stole a typewrit
er was evidently out to find some
work for himself. The typewriter,
an Underwood portable, was the
property of Fred Fricke, sopho
more in journalism. It was stolen
at some time between the hours of
11 a. m. and 1 p. m., during which
time all occupants of the room
were away.
Police are now working on the
case and four or five individuals
are under suspicion.
All Ours—For A Day
By Abranz
YOU FROSh>y
C’N DO YOUR
STUFF TODAY,
i’n GOING ON )
A ONE-DAY f
VACATION/)
Jj
A Story, Decidedly
Not Minusa Name
QNCE (hero was a Shumaker
who had a Stetson and a
Packard. He was greatly given
over to Bossing—and Howe he
liked to Bragg! Not that this
means anything to the story in
question, hut he smoked the
gosh-awfullest Erb in his Pipes
that you ever dreamed of. This
really doesn't. Mather, either,
but I Kent see how anyone
could have such beautiful blond
Ilalr as he.
One day he went out into the
country to Fish, and after park
ing beside a stream and ITn
derwood(ed) hills he walked to
the bridge Spann(ing) the river.
There sat a beautiful maiden—
age 93. She looked like his fa
vorite movie Starr, but she
turned out to be a gangster's
Moll.
“Boyer pretty,” sc* he.
“Iiae! Kae!” shouts she. “I
always knew it, but I don’t
know what you’re Gonoe do
about it.” And with that she
Halls off and plants a Barker
on his Shinn.
Maybe his legs weren’t any
gilt-Edge Bonds, but he did
prize them anyway, so he slaps
her Beck. In so doing, he knocks
a hot Ash from her cigarette
which falls on a bare knee.
“Hay you,” shouts she, and
falls into a dead faint.
This story hasn’t any sense;
it hasn't any end. It is not true,
Norris it Wright.
Moral: Never give an unoc
cupied frosh a Pigger’s Guide.
Guild Hall To Be
Scene of Annual
Children’s Play
‘Sir David Wears a Crown’
To Be Staged Tuesday
At 4 o’Clock
“Sir David Wears a Crown" has
been selected as the annual chil
dren’s play, it was announced yes
__ terday by Cecil
IE. Matson, as
sistant in drama,
who is directing
the production.
■ i This play, the
|j! last presentation
!! of the drama de
partment this
i season, will go
■ on the stage at
14 o’clock next
I Tuesday after
noon at Guild
Cecil Matson hall.
A similar type of play is pro
duced each year primarily for the
Eugene school children, though it
usually attracts many students.
"Two plays were produced last
year, ‘The Steadfast Tin Soldier’
and ‘The Knave of Hearts,’ and
proved very popular even with the
college audience,” Mr. Matson
stated.
Work on “Sir David Wears a
Crown,” which is by Stuart
Walker, has been under way for
several weeks with a cast selected
from Mr. Matson’s dramatic inter
pretation classes. The cast, which
includes 17 persons, will be an
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Tribute Paid
To President
Hall at Banquet
University Head Pledges
Devotion and Service
Mock Trial Finds Proxy
Guilty of Untiring
Effort
Today marks the fifth anni
versary of Dr. Arnold Eennett
Hall's presidency of the Univer
sity of Oregon. Congratulations
and letters of appreciation are
pouring in from friends and
graduates' everywhere. As a
special feature, the Emerald is
printing an additional page in
honor of President Hall's excep
tional accomplishments here on
the campus and wishes him
many years of continued suc
cess.
Eugene and the University paid
homage last night to Dr. Arnold
Bennett Hall in one of the largest
and most inspiring banquets ever
held in the city.
The occasion was the fifth an
niversary of Doctor Hall’s election
to the presidency of the Univer
sity. Nearly 300 men and women
of all walks of life were present,
and the president was cheered to
the echo when he pledged anew his
devotion and service to the cause
of education in Oregon.
The banquet took the form of a
mock trial, with the people of Eu
gene accusing Dr. Hall of being
untiring in his efforts to bring
fame and renown to the University
and in trying to work for the best
interests of the students and peo
ple of the state of Oregon.
Dr. Hall Found Guilty
After listening to the testimony
of various witnesses among whom
was Dr. H. D. Sheldon of the Uni
versity faculty, who even when so
far as to claim that since the ar
rival of Dr. Hall at the University
the instructors have actually be
come "interested in the work they
are teaching,” the jury, through
R. A. Booth, foreman, returned a
verdict of guilty of the aforemen
tioned accusations. Dr. Hall was
then sentenced for life at hard la
bor as president of the University.
Dr. Hall Enters Plea
At the close of the trial, Dr. Hall
was introduced by Lawrence T.
Harris, formerly of the state su
preme court. The president then
said that he wished he might
honestly plead guilty to the accu
sations made against him, then
added, “I have always tried to
make decision for the good of the
people and the development of the
youth of this state, and I feel that
the faith of the people has repaid
my efforts.”
Those taking part in the trial
were Judge Harris, Ed Bailey,
Judge Skipworth, Roy Booth, Dr.
Sheldon, Mayor Wilder, Walter
Evans, Ann Baum, Cal Young, Lee
Young, Lee Brown, and R. A.
Booth.
The music was supplied by the
Eugene Gleemen under the leader
ship of John Stark Evans, and by
a trio consisting of Marian Staf
ford, Pauline Robinson, and Juan
ita Hoskins.
Spanish Posters in Oregon
Recall Colorful Histories
By RUTH DUPUIS
Sixteen beautiful colored posters
of Spain have been arranged
around the walls of room 105 Ore
, gon, the room of Miss Anna
Thompson, assistant professor of
the Romance language department.
The French honorary, Pi Delta Phi,
bought the posters. Miss Thomp
son has arranged them.
"I arranged the posters accord
ing to their position on the map,
to make it easier for the students
to remember what part of Spain
each poster is from,” Miss Thomp
son told the interviewer.
So, starting with the first pos
ter, the Valley of Aran, each one
was explained. Miss Thompson
pulled down a map of Spain and
pointed out each place of which
she spoke.
I “The Valley of Aran is in the
Pyrenees mountains on the border
of France. It resembles both
Switzerland and the Canadian
| Rockies,” Miss Thompson explain
ed. “In Gulacia there is some of
the most beautiful scenery I have
ever seen. Galacia is called th°e
“Switzerland of Spain,” and looks
like this picture of the Valley of
Aran.”
A wealthy-looking beach resort
was painted on the second poster.
“That is, or used to be before the
abdication of the king, the royal
summer palace. When I was there
we could stand on the hotel ve
randa and watch the king and oth
er members of the royal family
dive from their yacht and swim to
the beach below the castle,” Miss
Thompson said.
"This next is Asturias, the “Cra
dle of Spanish liberty,’ so-called
because it has never been captured
by foreigners, although the rest of
Spain has been invaded by Car
thaginians, Romans, Vandals,
Goths, and Moors,” she continued.
The poster shows the chapel of
Covadonga which commemorates
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