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R.O.T.C. Parade See Oregon’s R. O. T. C. parade today at 4:50 on the drill field east of the barracks. The men show real military maneuvers. INE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1931 NUMBER 136 Experience Is Said Basis of True Educatior Dr. Carl Doney Brings Message to Banquet President of Willamettr Addresses Plii Bete Sigma Xi Meeting “Men who reach out into all realms of knowledge and experi ence assimilate and find themselves possessed with that truth with which they have oeen in contact, This, then, is education,” said Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president of Willamette university, at the eighth annual joint banquet of Sig ma Xi and Phi'Beta Kappa at the Osburn hotel last night. Dr. Doney's topic was "Expe rience and Education.” He point ed out that one’s education will depend very largely upon both the quality and the quantity of his experience. He stated that one's own vocation determines the quan tity of his experience, contrasting the factory worker and the educat ed man. Automatic Work Dulls “The man who does automatic work soon exhausts the capabilities of his experience and becomes au tomatic himself. The man in a complicated executive position be comes more educated as he re ceives, holds, and interprets his experiences,” President Doney ex plained. “The fields of experience and education were never broader, nor more fertile, nor more inviting than now. If there is within a man a power to envision triumphs yet to come, triumphs that awaken the true scholar, that man is on the path to success,” he concluded. Dr. Milne Toastmaster Dr. William E. Milne, professor of mathematics, acted as toast master. Dr. John H. Mueller, pres ident of Phi Beta Kappa, greeted the new members of the scholastic fraternity, and Mary Caniparoli, senior in mathematics, responded for the new members. Dr. Albert R. Sweetser, president of Sigma Xi, welcomed the new members of the scientific fraternity, and the response was given by Ivan Mc Collom, graduate student. Visiting members of Sigma Xi came from the Oregon State col lege chapter and from the Univer sity of Oregon medical school chap ter at Portland. Initiations Are Held Initiations for the two honorar ies took place yesterday afternoon preceding the banquet. The Sig ma Xi pledges received member ship at 5 o’clock in the men’s lounge at Gerlinger building, while the Phi Beta Kappa pledges were initiated at 5:15 in alumni hall. Phi Beta Kappa pledges who l received membership are: Beatrice : Bennett, Mary Agnes Hunt, Lilian Allison, Mary Caniparoli, Willma dene Richolson, Martha Prothero, Ruth Clark, Katherine York, Beth Bowerman, Ruth Severnace, Kath ryn Langenberg, Dorris Hardy, John Allen, Herbert Doran, Orville Lindstrom, Cecil Snyder, Raymond Bell, Jesse Douglas, Edward Kit toe, Ralph Black, Ralph Hill, Rex (Continued on Pago Three) ’Hello Broadway’ Their Theme Song Now Leaving Portland tomorrow, the Oregon Rhythm Boys, winners of the KGW-RKO Rose Festival broadcast, will go direct to New Yrork City, where they will be presented over the NBC coast-to-coaat network June 5. The boys are, left to right, Bob Goodrich, Kelsey Siocom, and John Smedberg. -a i—-,*>-— Congress Club To Hear Dr. Erb at Closing Meeting Fir§t Faculty Member To Address Club on Wage Topic For the first time in its history, j a member of the faculty has been I invited to address a meeting of j the Congress club. Dr. Donald M. Erb, professor of economics, has accepted an invitation to present the subject of “Wages in Depres sion” at the meeting this evening at 7:30 over College Side Inn. This will be the last regular gath ering for the term. Following Dr. Erb’s address there will be an open forum when members of the club will be given an opportunity to comment on the topic of the evening. Wallace J. Campbell, president of the Con gress club, has extended an invita tion to business administration and sociology majors to attend the discussion. Commenting on Dr. Erb’s ac ceptance of the invitation, Camp bell said last night, “In view of the unusual interest in this vital topic, the officers of the Congress club have agreed to allow this de parture from established tradition. Dr. Erb’s thorough acquaintance with current economic conditions warrants this unusual procedure, but we do not contemplate extend ing this policy in the future.” Complete plans for the annual Burt Brown Barker contest for extempore speaking will be dis closed at the meeting tonight by John King, chairman of the com mittee on preparations. The com petition, which is limited to mem bers of the Congress club, will be held next Thursday evening. Three of the four prize winners in the W. F. Jewett public speak ing contest held yesterday for rep resentatives of men’s living organ izations are members of the Con (Continued on Page Four) Costumes and Odd Setting of Child’s Play Prove Success By WILLETT A HARTLEY Members of the cast of “Sir David Wears a Crown,” presented yesterday afternoon in Guild thea tre, succeeded in carrying a large group of children into the realm of make-believe and fascinating them with the story of Sir David Little Boy and how he won a crown for himself. Though the technique of the play made it captivating to the audi ence of children, no one character was outstanding in his role, and the play as a whole did not suc ceed in carrying the adult mem bers of the audience out of the world of reality. The colorful costumes and the story-book setting in a castle courtyard were of particular ap peal to the children of the audi ence, as were the characters out of the world of folk tales and fairy stories. Sir David Little Boy, played by Neva-Lois Thompson,] was particularly successful in pre senting the appearance of a child and thus gaining easy contact with her small listeners. ' f «t" '. ’Jf - • i 'va ;- " *4*! Charles Shoemaker, as the king, was probably the character who played most successfully to his adult audience, and he seemed to succeed in making contact with the children, too. Mary-Jane Bur dick, who took the part of the King’s Great Aunt, made the young audience dislike her as much as did Sir David Little Boy. The Soldiery, played by Michael Norton, was efficient, and though he only spoke variations of a sin gle line, he succeeded in doing that well. The children thrilled when the Queen, Kathryn King, escaped be ing decapitated and loved Edith Schmiedeskamp as David’s mother. Dorothy Morgan as the blindman was most consistently in character of any of the minor characters. 1 Sophs Must File Applications For Junior Certificate gOPHOMORES who have not applied for degrees are urged to do so before leaving school for their summer vaca tion. This may be done at the Administration building and must be completed before the student receives his junior cer tificate, according to Earl M. Pallett, registrar. There is no cost connected with filing the application. The student gives on these cards the major in which he intends to finish and the degree that he expects to receive upon graduation Juniors May Give Financial Aid to Oregon Debaters $800 Gift for Bandsmen’s Uniforms Approved By Committee Recommendation that financial aid be given Oregon’s Pacific Ba sin debate tour team by the class next year" was made yesterday af ternoon at a meeting of the junior class finance committee. The sum of $800, voted for band uniforms at a class meeting last week, was approved by the committee. Following is the committee’s re port: We, the undersigned, as mem bers of the finance committee of the class of 1932, make the follow ing recommendations: 1. That $800 be given for band uniforms, as voted by the juniors in the last meeting. 2. That the remaining amount be retained for expenses incurred in our senior year. 3. And, because the three de baters of the Pacific Tour have found it necessary to each pay over $800 of their own money to finance the tour, and will be in debt to some extent because of the tour’s expenses, we recommend that the class next year financially aid them. Signed: Joe Hughes, chairman; Ken Jette; Chet Knowlton, Jack Gregg, Elizabeth Strain, Carolyn Haberlach, and Professor George Turnbull, class adviser. Philomelete Picnic To Be Given Thursday < • Baseball, swimming, and stunts will be the entertainment for all the Philomelete members at the picnic to be given for them Thurs day afternoon by Phi Theta Upsi lon, upperclass women’s service honorary and sponsor of Philome lete. The picnic will be held at the grove across from the Anchor age from 4:30 to 7:30 p. m. Dorothy Eads is chairman of the picnic and is having the presidents of each group of Philomelete ar range a stunt to be presented by their group. Each girl is to bring her own supper. Phi Theta Upsilon will! serve dessert. G. Bennett Wins First in Jewett Contest for Men Gordon Day, Steve Kahn, Roy McMullen Place Next in Talks George Bennett, freshman in so cial science, placed first in the fi nals of the W. F. Jewett public speaking contest No. 3 held yester day afternoon for representatives of all men’s living organizations on the campus. The contestants spoke for six minutes on various phases of “Political Parties,” which was the general topic. Bennett, representing the Oregon Yeomen, received the first prize of $35 for his speech on “Should a party follow public opinion or make public opinion?” He main tained that it was the duty of a political party to lead in forming ideas rather than be merely an ex pression of public opinion as it is. The second prize of $25 went to Gordon A. Day, Phi Kappa Psi, who spoke on “Radio and its ef fects upon politics.” Stephen B. Kahn, Friendly hall, received the third prize of $15 with his speech on “The Independent in Politics.” “The Influence of Third Parties” was the subject chose!! by Roy McMullen, Pi Kappa Alpha, who won the fourth prize of $10. There were no preliminaries for this contest, as it was decided at the last moment to dispense with them and go right ahead with the finals. Judges for the contest were Reginald Coggeshall, professor of journalism; Ray P. Bowen, depart ment chairman of Romance lan guages; George Turnbull, profes sor of journalism; F. G. Lewis of the Southern Pacific; and Miss Crogan of the physical education department. Frosh Com mission To Hold Picnic at Portage Freshman women will frolic to day in a picpic sponsored by Frosh Commission, to be held at the portage between the hours of 4 and 8 o’clock. All women will meet at the Anchorage at 4 o’clock. Swimming and ga hies are planned. Refreshments will con sist of buns and weiners, potato salad, and lemonade. There will be a small charge of 15 cents to help defray some of the expenses. Tickets are being sold in all the women's living organizations, and all freshman women are asked to turn out for this last get-together of the year. University Graduate Has Article Accepted Catherine Poppleton who was graduated last June from the Uni versity of Oregon and who is now teaching English in the "Instituto Colon” in Guadalajara, Mexico, has just had an article, ‘‘The Place of Music in Worship,” accepted for publication in ‘‘La Nuera Senda,” a Spanish magazine. The article is written in Spanish, which Miss , Poppleton has learned since she has been in Mexico. She had stud ied very little Spanish before going to Mexico. HaU-Kerr Plan ; Due at Board’s | Meeting Today — Stale Education Group Convenes at Portland University, College Heads Asked for Report at Last Gathering Taking up once more the edu cational problems of the state, the board of higher education will ' meet in Portland today to hear a I joint report it ordered at its last ; meeting from Dr. Arnold Dennett 1 Hall, president of the University, and Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of I Oregon State college, j The two educators were id ses | sion on the campus yest erday and i have met before since the last board meeting in Portland May 14 to work out the requested joint plan for consolidation of the state's I institutions of higher learning un der one administration and provide for economies. Action Not Expected Whether Dr. Hall and Dr. Kerr will have their findings ready for presentation today, or whether the I board will merely meet, deliberate on the educational situation fur ther, and then postpone action is not known here. Persons who have kept in touch with the state board feel that ac tion will not be taken until July 1, the date when the board officially i takes control of the five institu ' tions under its supervision, j Ways to reduce expenditures by $1,181,000 during the next bien 1 nium are being sought by the | board, and their search led to ask | ing the University and college presidents for suggestions. Reallocation of science courses, and the suggestion of the federal survey that pure science courses i go to Corvallis, were the main points at issue when the board last convened in the Rose city. These same grounds for discussion are expected to come up today at the board’s session, and some refer ence to solution of the problem is expected in the Hall-Kerr plan. U. of O. Orchestra To Give Program With Five Soloists | Purpose of Concert To Be For Instrument Fund The all-accompaniment put. gram to be played by the Univer sity Symphony orchestra tomor row night in the Music auditorium at 8:15 p. m. was announced yes terday afternoon by Eex Under wood, who will conduct the orches tra. Five University students will be soloists for the performance. The program includes the first movement of Schuman’s piano con certo, to be played by Gladys Fos ter, of Portland, “Retorna Vinci tor” from the opera Aida by Verdi, sung by Agnes Petzold, mezzo-so prano, the first and second move ments of the Concerto No. 4 in D minor for violin, by Vieuxtemps, played by Esther Wicks, violinist, the aria “Casta Diva" from Bel lini’s opera "Norma," sung by Nancy Thielsen, soprano, and the first movement of Hadyn’s piano concerto, played by Harold Ayres. "This program is not too heavy, Underwood said in releasing it. “The music, while classical, is very beautiful. The arias to be sung by Nancy Thielsen and Agnes Pet zold are operatic, sparkling, and tuneful. The two piano concertos will not be ‘heavy’ music, but de lightful music which will show the abilities of the soloists and of the orchestra numbers. “We need the money for our in strument fund very badly. Within the next ten years we must spend about $1,000 for new instruments. The admission charge of 25 cents, I think, is not too much for such a splendid program. The orchestra and the soloists have been working hard for several months in prepa ration for this concert, and they are ready to give their best per formance of the year. It will be a fitting climax to a year of grati fying achievement in the field of music on the campus.’’ Paid Tribute ---— W. F. O. Thaeher, advisor of tin' local chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, national honorary advertis ing fraternity, which bears his name, has been presented a jew eled pin by the organization as a tribute to ids work for the group. W. F. G. Tliacher Is Given Badge by Alpha Delia Sigma Jeweled Pin Presented to Founder of Group At Conelave A jeweled Alpha Delta Sigma pin has been presented to W. F. G. Thacher, professor of advertising and advisor of the local chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, national honorary advertising fraternity. The presentation was made at the banquet of the annual Oregon Ad vertising conclave held last Satur day night at the Osburn hotel. The pin was given to Mr. Thacher as a token of remem brance, appreciation, and sincere love and admiration for the man himself, according to Harry Ton kon, president of the fraternity, who presented the gift at the ban quet. Advisor Since 1924 Mr. Thacher was the inspiring influence for the organization of the chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma on this campus in 1924, and has since been its advisor. The chap ter has assumed his name, its of ficial cognomen being the W. F. G. Thacher chapter. He is now grand vice-president of the na tional fraternity, and is expected to take an active part in the na tional convention to be held in Se attle in October. In 1928, the W. F. G. Thacher chapter of the advertising group was awarded a plaque for being the most outstanding chapter in the fraternity. Mr. Thacher has kept as his purpose for the organi zation of Alpha Delta Sigma on the Oregon campus the develop ment of advertising on the basis of being a profession. Men Brought Here Through the efforts of Mr. Thacher in his association with Al pha Delta Sigma, advertising men of great prominence in this coun try have been brought to the cam pus upon several occasions. Many of these noted advertising men are associate members of the W. F. G. Thacher chapter. Mr. Thacher was instrumental in the formation of an alumni group of Alpha Delta Sigma men in Portland. He has made pos sible the many advertising sum mer scholarships for students of advertising at the University, as well as being* instrumental in bringing the Advertising Club of Portland scholarship to this cara pus.o. , Miinnuugh ami Cherry Expected Back Today Brian Mimnaugh, president of the associated students, and George Cherry, ex-president, are expected to be back on the cam pus today after attending the an nual conference of the Pacific Presidents' association, held re cently in Tucson, Arizona. The conference held sessions May 20 to 23 on the campus of the University of Arizona, which was host to the delegates during their stay. Representatives from some 70 universities and colleges of the Pacific slope attended, each institution being represented by both its retiring and its incoming student body president. During Mimnaugh’s absence, Walt Evans, vice-president, has been acting president of A.S.U.O. McKelligon, Wilson, Hall Chosen Class Presidents in Vote __ 9 All Straight Ticket Victories; Junior Race Landslide By THORNTON SHAW T TPSETTTNG the political dope bucket which has been filled with various and sundry predictions for the past few weeks, straight tickets were elected without exception when the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes voted yesterday in the annual class elections. The feature of the election was the landslide by which the officers of the coming junior class were elected, the margin ranging from 236 votes in the case of the presidency to 105 for the secretary position. This is in contrast to the junior elections, where the margin ranged from 11 for the senior presidency and vice-presidency to 26 for secre tary. The freshman elections showed a wide range of margins, from 12 for the position of treasurer to 146 for secretarv NEW CLASS OFFICERS The following students were elected yesterday to compose the administrations of their re spective classes for the coming year: Senior Class President Hobart Wilson. Vice-president—Hope Shelley. Secretary- Virginia Grone. Treasurer—Amos Lawrence. Junior Class President—Bob Hall. Vice- president — Elizabeth Scruggs. Secretary—Carol Werschkul. Treasurer—Ed Bolds. Sophomore Class President- Alvin McKelligan. Vice-president — Caroline Card. Secretary—Helen Burns. Treasurer—Julius Rehal. Art Majors Will Hold Fourth Ball At Osburn Hotel Dance To Be Costume, Says S. Southwell, Head Of Event The fourth duo-annual Beaux Arts costume ball, will be given at the Osburn hotel Friday night from 9 o’clock to midnight by the Allied Arts league, according to a report last night from Schuyler Southwell, general chairman. Reports from the separate com mittees were made yesterday af ternoon at a meeting at the Art building, and progress with the programs and decorations was evi denced. The dance is open only to art majors and their guests, and only 100 couples will be admitted to the ball room. Costume is neces sary. Invitations for the ball, the last major dance of the year, may be obtained at the art school branch of the Co-op, Southwell stated. They will be ready at 1:30 today. Joan Patterson, in charge of the program, reported that they will be ready Friday morning. They have been designed by the stu dents, will be in black and silver, (Continued on Page Four) h Voting in the elections was fairly light, as predicted, the to tals being about the same as in. former years, except in the junior class, where the three-cornered race for offices brought out about 100 more voters than usual. Complete results of the election are as follow: Senior Offices President—Bill Barendrick, 90; Merlin Blais, 96; Hobart Wilson, 107. Vice-president—Helen Kaufman, 86; Dulcie Lytsell, 95; Hope Shel ley, 106. Secretary—Margaret Ansley, 80; Virginia Grone, 117; Alice Red etzke, 91. Treasurer—Paul Lafferty, 102; Amos Lawrence, 117; Bob O’Mel veney, 70. Barber—Joe Hughes, 48; Elean or Lewis, 81; Barney Miller, 97; Elizabeth Strain, 54. Junior Offices P r e s i d e n t—Bob Hall, 309; George Vaughn, 73. Vice - president — Elizabeth Scruggs, 287; Ardis Ulrich, 95. Secretary—Betty Ann Macduff, 116; Carold Werschkul, 221. Treasurer—Ed Bolds, 272; Keck McKean, 109. Sophomore Offices President — Sheldon Dunning, 285; Alvin McKelligan, 303. Vice - president—Caroline Card, 340; Adrienne Sabin, 256. Secretary—Helen Burns, 363; Helen Shingle, 219. Treasurer — Julius Rehal, 299; Otto Vonderheit, 287. Voting in the junior class, al though heavier than usual, would it is believed, have been heavier had it not been for the confusion caused by inaccurate polling list3 being furnished to those in charge of the election, making it neces sary for a large number of stu dents to get statements from the registrar indicating their standing as a junior in the A. S. U. O. This “red tape” was made neces sary by the fact that the Univer sity classes as a junior only those who have junior certificates, in ad dition to being juniors in terms of attendance, while the A. S. U. O. constitution makes the classifica tion on the basis of attendance only. • The only lists available to the | junior election board were those of (Continued on" Pane Two) " ♦ j • ' Q V 0 * #, . . , Dorathi Bock To Give Dance $ * ft V* • *• 0° Recital Monday in Guild Hall o %/ A dance recital featuring Dora thi Bock, well known eastern dancer and actress, now enrolled as a special student in the University of Oregon, will be given Monday evening, June 1, in Guild hall thea ter. Miss Bock is the daughter of Prof. Bock of the school of archi tecture and allied arts. Those per sons who saw the Guild theatre production of "Hotel Universe” will remember her as Ann Field, leading lady of that play. Dorathi Bock started dancing when she was a very little girl, and at the age of 13 started train ing for the stage. At 14 she ap peared in a dance recital in Chica go which was the beginning of her career. In speaking of her dancing Miss Bock said, “My dancing is not in terpretive in the sense that it in terprets music by measure. I take a whole composition and interpret the mood of it by pantomime, a method that is entirely different than has been seen in Eugene. Early in her career Miss Bock worked with Pavely and Oukran sky, famous Russian dancers of the Russian ballet. She later went to New York where she worked with Michael Fokine, the leading Rus sian ballet master of the world. He liked her work so well that on sev eral occasions he let her dance her own numbers. This is something very unusual as most of the mas ters are very set in their views on the ballet. During her career she has danced with such artists as Paul Swan, American dancer, famous all over the country about ten years ago and now a favorite of Europe; Oumainsky, famous Rus sian dancer with whom she danced the Scheherazade, most famous of the Russian ballets, and Vasselos Kanellos, official court dancer of Greece. Vasselos Kanellos, Miss (Continued on Page Four)