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VOLUME XXXIII COMPLETE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1932 NUMBER 102 Senior Plan Up To Faculty Vote This Afternoon Changes in Graduation Dates Proposed Examinations Week Early, Or Exemption Urged By Class of ’32 The “Senior Plan,” proposing changes in dates for commence ment and examinations, will go be fore the faculty committee on commencement for consideration at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The resolution, presented to the committee by the class of 1932, which adopted the recommenda tion at a meeting last week, covers six points. They are: Six Points Listed 1. That senior students antici pating graduation in the college of liberal arts in the University be given their final examinations one week prior to the regular final examination week, or namely, from June 1-4. 2. That all seniors anticipat ing graduation that have maintained an average of “C” during the spring term, in any liberal arts course, shall be exempt from the final examination in that course. Additional Proposals Given Concurrent with the passing of (Continued on Page Two) Seven Will Enter Hilton Law Prize Speaking Contest Topic To Be Taken From Oregon Constitution Section Seven Seven out of the original 20 en trants have been pickf^ by the law school faculty to vie for the $50 first prize donated yearly by Frank H. Hilton, Portland attor ney. The men who will speak tomor row night at 8 o'clock in the Guild hall are Roy Herndon, Otto Frohn mayer, Wu Tang, Avery Thomp son, Joe McKeown, Charles Dol loff, and Howard Green. Argument will be over the ques tion: what is the proper interpre tation of the following provisions in section 3 of article 7 of the Ore gon constitution” ... no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re (Continued on Page Two) Students See Stars! But Through Telescope Star-gazing was the campus’ newest fad last night. Students in Dr. Leo Friedman’s classes in physical science gath ered around a telescope near the Fine Arts museum last night to view the craters of the moon, see j Saturn and Jupiter at close range, and try to count the number of stars in the Milky Way. With astronomy the present topic of study in the physical sci ence sections, Dr. Friedman ar ranged the planetary visit by telescope for the classes. I Fees Announced Due and Payable Today Till Apr.23 £OURSE fees will be payable at the cashier’s office on the second floor of Johnson hall beginning this morning and con tinuing until April 23. The cashier’s o?.ice is open from 8 to 12 o’clock in the morning and from 1 to 3 o’clock in the afternoon except on .Sat urday when it closes at noon. A penalty of tt>2 will be charged for latje payment after j April 23. An additional 2a j cents is charged for each day j after April 24 that fees are not paid. Anchorage Place Of Animal YWCA Dinner Thursday Mrs. F. D. Miller To Depict Foundation of Group; Public Invited Officers, members, and friends of tlie campus Y. W. C. A. will meet Thursday, 6:45 p. m., at the An chorage, where the annual mem bership banquet of the organization is to be held. At that time new of ficers and group leaders will be in troduced. The banquet will be in formal. Jean Failing, social chairman, announced yesterday that the af fair will be based on the part the “Y” plays in campus life, repre sented by a “skyscraper” idea. The program, with Helen Chaney, out going president, as toastmistress, will follow this general plan. A view of the foundation of the association will be presented by Mrs. F. D. Miller, member of the advisory board. Margaret Edmun son plans to describe the frame- j work, and Aimee Sten, who sue- j ceeds Miss Chaney, will build the tower. Louise Rice has charge of the musical program, and Mary I Snyder heads the decoration com- j mittee. The purpose and contact direc torate, new executive group of.the Y. W. C. A., is managing the sale af tickets, which may be obtained in the houses or at the bungalow for 4 cents. Y. W. officials ex tend an invitation to all members ind persons interested. House Libraries Will Be Discussed] Ten automobiles have been pro- j vided to take 50 students of the | Wesley club to Newport for their annual retreat April 15, 16 and 17, it was announced yesterday by Howard Ohmart, transportation chairman. No organized program is being arranged until Saturday noon to allow plenty of time for recreation! on the beach, according to Donald Saunders, president. Discussion leaders for the event include Charles G. Howard, pro fessor of law; and Rev. Cecil F. Ristow, pastor of the First Metho dist church. The Newport week-end retreat is open to all University students, who may make arrangements for attending the affair by calling 375. Cars will be leaving both Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. I University Choir Attracts Applause From Portlanders By WELDON H. KIRK Returning students, and local musicians yesterday brought re ports of an enthusiastic audience which greeted the first appearance; of the University Polyphonic choir at its first Portland concert. The splendid choral singing, most of; which was sung unaccompanied, struck a responsive chord from the many music lovers who attend ed the concert. The perfect blending of voices and the suave handling of pianis samo passages was the outstand ing feature of the concert, and re flected the many hours of care ful preparation which the choir spent on the program. The Verdi “Requiem” with solo passages for a quartet composed of Nancy Thielsen, soprano; Agnes Petzcld, mezzo-soprano; Hadley Crawford, tenor; and George Bar ron, bass, was superbly sung, with a thrill that comes with ec clesiastical music. Miss Thielsen won a personal tribute in singing the solo part, “Libera Me,” from the “Requiem.” Eugene Pearson proved himself to be a splendid artist and the possessor of a beautiful baritone voice, when he sang the “Serenade de Murchia,” by Schindler, accom panied by the choir. C. L. Starr, chairman of the State Board of Higher Education, expressed himself enthusiastically in favor of this type of work be ing done at the University. He said, “I got just as much thrill out of this concert as I would at a football game, and I like foot ball.” B. F. Irvine, editor of the Oregon Journal and member of the State Board of Higher Education, was an equally enthusiastic listen er, and commented on the fine presentation made by the choir. Mr. Arthur Boardman conducted ably, |tnd credit for much of the success of the choir is due to his splendid leadership. Women’s New Voting Pledge Will Still Hold Individual Vote Assured, Says Ann Baiun Coming Student Elections Will Convince Doubters, President Asserts Editor's Note: This is the second of a series of articles on campus polities. By DAVE WILSON When Ann Baum took office a year ago as president of the Asso ciated Women Students, she pledged herself to ‘‘bring about closer cooperation between the A. W. S. and the women’s living organizations.” No executive has ever fulfilled a campaign pledge in more capable fashion. The program of cooper ation which Miss Baum instituted was climaxed a month ago, when she announced that executives of the A. W. S. had secured the unanimous backing of women’s houses and halls to a policy of voting as individuals for indivi duals in this spring’s A. S. U. O. elections. This announcement was re (Continued on Tage Two) Seattle’s Mayor Of Personality Is To Be at Midway There are mayors of this ’n’ that ’n’ the other, but there's only ane mayor of personality—Seattle’s Vic Meyers. His Gandih stunt may not have made him legal mayor, but it did give him yards of publicity. The campus will have a chance to find out what’s behind the bal lyhoo tomorrow night at Midway. Vic Meyers has spent 10 years de veloping his Trianon band and has gained the distinction of being one of the best band leaders in the country as well as one of the goof iest politicians. Another feature at Midway’s Thursday night dance will be Dor othy Grodvig, Lucky Strike radio artist. And some fine singers and ! tap dancers are carried by Vic and j his band, according to reports. Law Class Hears Talk By Government Agent Randolph Collins, of the United States department of justice and representative of the federal gov ernment in the Malheur lake case, addressed the class in “titles” of the law school Tuesday morning. He spoke on the legal problems in volved in the Malheur case. Mr. Collins has represented the federal government in title liti gation for the past 12 years and as a result of his experience was able to give a wealth of information regarding federal practices to his audience yesterday. Where Justice Is Grim and Swift, Choruses Charley On .the Way 1915—Thomas Mooney con victed for tossing a bomb which ■viped out a bunch of “prepared ness” paraders. 1932 — California’s governor still “considering” a pardon. California justice never was I anything to brag about, but in this case “justice” sure is a long time coming into its own. Pho tographic evidence showed Mooney a mile away from the 1 murder scene at the time of the oombing. But California always i “gets her man.” President Wilson had to in tercede with the California gov ernor for a commutation of the death sentence. And just lately dapper Mayor Jimmie Walker stepped into the limelight by crossing the continent to plead for Mooney. Hold your breath—Governor Rolph has finally announced he will utter a decision on the 20th of the month. Why not wait awhile. Governor, and make it a eulogy? Patiently, WEBFOOT CHARLEY. Intramural Golf Tournament Decisions Result in Protest 1 1 Yeomen, Phi Psis Charge Boushey With Unfair, Arbitrary Awards Charging that arbitrary and un fair decisions were made in award ing intramural golf matches to Friendly hall and Chi Psi, protests by Phi Kappa Psi and the Oregon Yeomen were to me in the hands of Earl E. Boushey this morning. As supervisor of intramural ath letics, Boushey awarded the matches on the ground that the losers sought postponement with out first getting the permission of the supervisor. Postponed matches in previous tourneys this year have help up decision of the champion ship for several weeks, and the rule was made to facilitate play. The protests point out, however, that the postponements were by mutual agreement; that the agree ment was made prior to publica tion of the no-postpopement regu lation giving the supervisor power to award the match; and that the awards were made before Boushey was in full possession of the facts. The Yeomen protest states fur ther that the award of their match to the Chi Psi's was in direct con tradiction to a statement made by Bpushey over the telephone yester day afternoon to Don Caswell, captain of the Yeomen golf team, to the effect that the Chi Psi's had defaulted their match. The Yeomen foursome spent the after noon waiting for the Chi Psi's to show up to play, Caswell said last niplit. Later he learned that the mirtch had been awarded to the Chi Psi’s because of the postpone ment. Hearings on the protests will be held soon. ! Social Workers’ Training Center Possibility Here Work of Abolished School May Be Continued With Aid of Red Cross The possibility that a local train ing center for social workers may take the place of the Portland school of social science, scheduled for abolition by the board of high er education, was announced in a meeting of the board of directors of the Eugene Red Cross last Monday night. Philip A. Parsons, dean of the school of applied social science, stated that nothing official or definite could be said until the state board of higher education had issued a report. Selected graduates of the Port land school of social science are at present employed at the local Red Cross, both on paid and non-paid bases. Through this work prac tical training is obtained. The plan as expressed at the meeting was that the work at present ac complished through the social sci ence school at Portland should be carried on through the facilities of 1 he local Red Cross chapter in affiliation with the sociology de partment at the University. Students Prepare For Ad Contests Investigations and fact-findings respectively, are being carried on by W. F. G. Thacher's advertising classes in space selling and adver tising problems in preparation for the annual Ham-Jackson and the Botsford, Constantine and Gard ner advertising contests. The Ham-Jackson and the Bots ford, Constantine and Gardner ad vertising agencies in Portland con duct these annual advertising con tests on the campus with prizes totaling $50 each. The class in space selling, which is working on the Ham-Jackson contest, is divided into three sec tions to carry on an extensixe ana lytical campaign. In analyzing the advertising situation in Eugene the class is conducting a survey through questionnaires circulated among townspeople. Important information is expect ed from the questionnaires re ceived. Copy themes, dealer educa tion ideas, sales ideas, and even new, re-vitalizing sales policies are resulting products from such surveys. Solutions to the problems print ed in the contests will be judged for ideas, and for evidence of thor ough-going analysis and thought War Prevention Topic For Talk at Y Tonight Eleanor Doderage Brannan, who saw active service on the World war front as a Y. W. C. A. work er, will speak at the bungalow to night in the interests of war pre vention. The speech, to begin at 7:45, is open to all. As associate secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, Miss Brannan is carrying or her speaking campaign for that body. She is a graduate of Ox ford, has attended several sessions of the League of Nations, and is an authority on international affairs The crisis in China and its re lationship to world peace is the main topic of the speech. Malcolm Bauer Named Editor of Frosh Emerald Parks Hilelicock Is Chosen Managing Editor of Yearling Edition With the naming- of Malcolm Bauer as editor and Parks Hitch cock as managing editor, plans for the freshman edition of the Emer ald got under way yesterday. The issue will be published Saturday morning. Both Bauer and Hitch cock are freshmen in journalism. The two men were elected at a meeting yesterday afternoon of freshmen interested in working on the edition. Assisting the editor and managing editor will be the upper editorial staff, named by them yesterday. This staff will be composed of the following: Dale Fischer, assistant manag ing editor; Roger Early, day edi tor; Doug Polivka, night editor; Ralph Mason, literary editor; Don ald Fields, news editor; Tom Mc Call and J. Almon Newton, tele graph editors; and Bob Riddle, sports editor. Other members of the staff will be chosen later, and all freshmen who desire to work on the issue are urged to see Bauer or Hitch cock at once. Tardieu Raps U. S. Disarmament Plan GENEVA, April 12.— (API-1The American plan for disarmament, calling for the abolition of tanks, heavy mobile guna and gas, was assailed as useless by Premier An dre Tardieu of France today before the world disarmament conference. The French premier informed the conference that only through common action against an aggres sor would it be possible to attain security—-an assertion that was taken as a re-statement of the French plan under which all the nations would place offensive forc es under the supervision of the League of Nations, which would employ them as an international police organization. Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet commis sar for foreign affairs, renewed the Russian proposals for general disarmament, suggesting a 50 per :ent cut in all armies of more than 200,000 men. This would hit the Red arijry of Russia. Next Year’s Yell Kin" To Be Chosen Today The man to lead Oregon rooting sections at football and basketball games next year will be chosen this afternoon. Kelsey Slocum, incumbent yell king, issued a call last night for all yell leader candidates to report at the Igloo at 5 o'clock today for tryouts. Only those men reporting this afternoon will be given considera tion, Slocum said. REPUBLICANS GO WET ST. LOUIS, April 12 — (APj— The resolutions committee of the Republican state convention an nounced tonight it had agreed upon a resolution, to be submitted to the convention, calling for re submission of prohibition to a na tional convention to be called by Congress. 'Alfalfa Bill’ Leaves Oregon; On Way Home Appearance in Eugene Definitely Cancelled Alleged Shakeup in Affairs Of Oklahoma Believed Reason for Leaving “Alfalfa Bill" Murray, governor of Oklahoma and candidate for the democratic nomination for presi dent, will not make his scheduled appearance in Eugene today. This was made certain last night when Associated Press dispatches revealed that he had left the state bound for the executive mansion in Oklahoma City. Murray was scheduled to speak here at 10 o’clock this morning, but mysteriously disappeared yes terday, failing to keep a speaking engagement at Klamath Falls in the morning. It is rumored that reports of a projected government shakeup in Oklahoma by Lieutenant Governor Robert Burns were the cause of Murray’s sudden departure. PASSES THROUGH IDAHO; MAKES NO STATEMENT POCATELLO, Idaho, April 12 — (AP) — Governor William (Alfalfa (Continued on Page Two) Several Rare Old Books Displayed AtU,of O. Library That antiquaries are not'the only ones interested in rare and old books is proved clearly by the con dition of the Spanish Geographical and Historical Dictionary, a very old volume on display in the glass case on the second floor of the old library. This book has suffered great damage from the onslaughts of book-worms, who evidently were very hungry for knowledge, or else enjoyed the flavor of the ink. Other books which are of value both from the standpoint of age and rarity are to be seen in the case with the companion which has been so ill-treated. There is a transcription of the original manuscript of Dante’s “Di vine Comedy.’’ This transcription, known as th6 “Codic Trivulziano," is one of only 70 of its kind now in existence in the United States. Other books in the case date from 1492 down to the more recent days of President Monroe and the poet Southey. Unsliakcable Defense Maintained by Whitney WASHINGTON, April 12 (AP) President Hoover and senate bank ing committee members determ ined to go the limit tonight in de termining the influence of short selling or "bear raiding" on the stock market. After the committee had failed again to shake the defense of Rich ard Whitney, president of the New York stock exchange, the presi dent summoned Chairman Nor beck to the White House, who an nounced that the committee would "go to the bottom” of charges that bear raiders were knocking down stock prices. There was just a lit tle chagrin tonight among com mittee members and the adminis tration at the results of Whitney’s examination and the failure to substantiate charges of bear raid ing as the cause of the declining market. Dime Crawl For Spring Term Is Set for Tonight rJ1HK spring term Dime Crawl, sponsored by the Associated Women Students for the for eign scholar fund, will he held this evening at every women’s living organization on the cam pus from 6:30-7:80. Kach house representative will be held responsible for i turning in the money at the Chi Omega house before 8:30 to Nancy Suomela. It has been requested that all fraternities and sororities hold 5:30 dinners, in order that the dance may start promptly at 6:30. Plays Hamlet Gem* Love who will play the ti tle role in the eampiiN production of Shakespeare's play, “Hamlet,” to he presented under the direction of the drama department April 29 and 80. Love is a music major and is identified with many campus dramatic productions. Gene Love Given Role of ‘Hamlet’ In Coming Play Well-Known Student Actor Realizes Wish With Chance at Part Gene Love, major in music and well known in campus dramatics, will have the title role in "Hamlet," campus Shakespearean production to be given April 29 and 30. For a long time the chance to slay this role has been one of Love'3 keenest desires. For four years he has played with equal in terest and sincerity any part that has been handed him. He has "walked on,” in many productions, played important parts in others, and then uncomplainingly "walked on” again. In other words he has shown the essentials of a “good trouper,” according to Mrs. Otti lie Seybolt, drama director, who has coached him in his dramatic work. Love will be remembered per haps as the man with the shovel in the gravel pit scene of Gals worthy's “Escape;” as the doubt er among the populace in "The Ivory Door” by A. A. Milne. Last year he played the sea captain in "The Breaking of the Calm,” the (Continued on Page Two) Financier Tells Dangers Of Currency Inflation WASHINGTON, April 12 (AP) —A warning against the danger of currency inflation came from a prominent New York financier to night while advocates of cashing the $2,400,000,000 soldiers’ bonus sought an agreement on a money expansion plan. Charles E. Mitchell, chairman of the board of the National City bank in New York, wrote Senator rhomas (D., Okla.), that he con siders the proposed legislation for making the payment in new cur rency “dangerous in the extreme," idding that: “there is no shortage nf currency in this country.’ Nominees For Junior Queen Are Announced Nine Brunettes, Single Blonde Named April 21 Selicduleil as Date For Election of Ruler For Prom Nine brunettes and one blonde were selected yesterday by popu lar campus choice as candidates for queen of the Junior Prom, it was announced yesterday by Lou ise Webber, chairman of the queen’s reign committee for Jun ior Week-end. The single flaxen-haired aspi rant is Rocena Sutton. The others listed in alphabetical order, arc Mary Ellen Bradford, Frances E>rake, Dorothy Hall, Mary Lou Muncy, Thelma ftice, Edith Sinnett, Freda Stadter, Marjorie Swafford, and Mary Jean Warner. Election of the Junior Prom queen will be made from these candidates on Thursday, April 21, Miss Webber announced. The vot ing at that time will be formal in nature, on printed ballots. Interest in the preferential elec tion yesterday was enormous, it was learned last night, when the single ballot box which had been placed in front of the old library all day, was opened at the office of Brian Mimnaugh, student body president, in the presence of Ned Kinney, Week-end chairman, Bob Hall, class president, Ellen Ser sanous, Week-end secretary, Isa belle Crowell, election chairman, Miss Webber, and a representative of the Emerald. Since the balloting was informal and no check was made to regulate the voting, the number of votes given candidates was not released. Curator of Herbarium To Address Beta Lambda “Reminiscences of a Pioneer Botanist” will be narrated by R. L. Henderson, cuYator of the Uni versity Herbarium and research professor of botany, at the Beta Lambda, biology honorary, open meeting tomorrow night. Professor Henderson, who is generally conceded to be the best informed man on Oregon flowers and trees today, is the only liv ing pioneer botanist of this state. He is, also, accredited with being the first person to climb the North Sister. , The honorary invites all students and faculty members who are in terested to attend at 7:30 in Deady. Depression Improves Quality of Taxi Driving NEW YORK, April 12.—(AP) — A noticeable improvement in the manipulation of taxicabs in recent months was credited today by li cense bureau officials to the fact that many doctors, lawyers and merchants are now driving cabs. “A more intelligent type of chauffeur has come into the field,” it was explained. Manchuria War Said Caused By Imperialism. Nationalism Economic nationalism and the spirit of imperialism prevailing in Japan and China are the principal causes of the present Manchurian dispute, said Vlirosi Acino, Japan ese concul at Portland, in an ad dress yesterday at Guild hall. World-Wide barriers to trade in the form of tariffs, limitation of immigration, and other restrictions have made it essential for Japan to turn to Manchuria as a source of raw material and an outlet for manufactured goods, the consul re vealed. Japan’s victory in the Russo Japanese war put an end to Rus sia’s domination of Manchuria and Mongolia and consequently saved China from the at-that-time im pending partitioning by the west ern powers, Mr. Acino said. “Crina,” he stated, ‘‘should be grateful to Japan for having pre vented a possible partioning of her territory. What the Japanese en voy in Manchuria now, in the form of leases, treaty rights, and other privileges, are only a part of what Russia enjoyed before Japan re pulsed her. Consul Acino enumerated the different conditions and circum stances which led to the Manchu rian crisis and the recent fighting in Shanghai. Japan, he said, se cured by treaty with China the right to own and operate the South Manchurian railway; to work mines adjacent to the railway, to lease Port Arthur and Dairen, and the joint privileges of Korean and Japanese farmers to lease and own land in Manchuria. "These rights and privileges may be obviously unfair to China but the fact remains that the Chinese government has only nominal sov ereignity over leased lands. Unfair as they may be, Japan maintains she has the moral as well as legal right to protect her nationals and investments in China.” "Japan,” he continued, “has made Manchuria what it is today. The population was increased by leaps and bounds. The territory was rid of the ravages of Chinese bandits, and above all, the Japan I ese effected the present economic l development of the natural re sources. China herself has been benefited to a great extent by the development of Manchuria.”