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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.”