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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1932
NUMBER 115
14 Honor (tries, Clubs Invited to Forum
Student Group
Faces Definite
Organization
Campus Representatives
To Meet Monday
Credential Blanks Allotted
Living Groups To Insure
Delegations
Fourteen campus honoraries and !
clubs will be asked to send a
representative apiece to the stu
dent forum meeting at Guild hall
Monday evening, it was decided at
the meeting of the forum commit
tee held Saturday afternoon at
1:30.
Those approved by the commit
tee pending final decision by the
forum itself are: Congress club,
Cosmopolitan club. International
Relations club, Order of the “O,”
Philomelete, Delta Sigma Rho,
Newman club, Pan Xenia, Phi
Beta, Sigma Delta Chi, Theta
Sigma Phi, Kwama, Skull and!
Daggers, Scabbard and Blade.
“We are announcing these
*■ groups today,” said Dave Wilson,
chairman of the committee, “be
cause it would be difficult to get j
credential blanks to their presi
dents before Monday evening.
“The presidents of all houses,
halls, independent groups approved j
by the committee, and other large ;
organizations such as the A. W. S. I
and the Y. M. C. A., will receive !
credential blanks by messenger i
service Monday afternoon.”
The forum meeting has been j
called by Brian Mimnaugh, A. S.
U. O. president, for Guild hall at
8:00.
Groups Get Representation
Until the forum accepts a per
manent plan for representation,
the organization committee is ask
ing all living organizations to send
two official delegates to the Mon
day meeting.
Credential blanks will be sent to
all house and hall presidents and
to heads of independent organiza
^ tions Monday which will entitle
the bearers to voting power at
the meeting.
“These credential blanks must
be properly signed,” said Dave
Wilson, chairman of the commit
tee, “and will entitle the bearers
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Pioneer Mother Arrives on
('unions, Inspects New Home
By PARKS HITCHCOCK
A lady we know in the upper
circles of the University, tipped us
off that the Pioneer Mother was
arriving secretly on the campus.
Alarmed, we investigated. The
Pioneer Mother, you know, is the
statue that Burt Brown Barker
will dedicate on Mother's day. It,
and the panels on the side of the
base were done by A. Phimister
Proctor, of New York.
Workmen, surrounded by the
usual onlookers, were putting the
statue on the pedestal when we
arrived.
It seems the entire statue is
hollow.
I “There's room in there for three
| men,” one of the workers com
| mented.
When they were going to seal
j the statue to the pedestal, some
l one was inspired with a brilliant |
! thought. It seemed a shame to,
waste all that space. A hurried ;
j search was made for something I
| to stick into it. Something to pre- J1
I serve for wondering posterity. At
i this point, L. H. Johnson, comp- 1
troller emeritus, discovered a copy
of yesterday’s Emerald in his pock
et, and generously dedicated if for I
j the filling of this vast cavity. |
“It would have been nice if all !
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Heads KOAC
Alfred E. Powers, who will be
dean of the general extension'
bureau of Oregon’s system of I
higher education, under the plan
adopted today by the state board.
Among his duties will be the
supervision of station KOAC, Cor
vallis, owned by the state. Dean
Powers is at present dean of the
University extension division.
Porter Accepts
Crete. Nebraska,
Ministerial Post
YMCA Secretary To Leave
Next Month To Take
Pastorate
Coincident with his return from
Chicago, where he attended a con
ference of young Methodist min
isters, the Rev. R. B. Porter, ex
ecutive secretary of the campus
y. M. C. A., announced that he
had received and accepted a cal!
to be the pastor of the Congrega
tional church at Crete, Nebraska.
The fact that this field offers
him a chance to get back into his
chosen profession, the ministry,
and at the same time work wit.*
students in Doane college, which
is supported by the Congrega
tional church, swayed Mr. Porter
to accept the position. Unsettled j
conditions of future “Y” work on I
the Oregpn campus also brought
pressure to bear.
Doane college is a liberal arts
school of limited enrollment and
Mr. Porter believes that within a
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Quiet Rules In
Politics After
Day’s Activity
Campaigns Expected To
Open Monday
Plans Made by Houses To
Hear Candidates at
Group Meetings
By JULIAN PRESCOTT
Quiet prevailed in campus poli
tics yesterday after several days
of strenuous activity lining up
tickets and preparing nominating
speeches.
Campaigns are expected to
break out with restored vigor ear
ly Monday after the week-end rest
during which political steam will
be worked up. Managers of the
two tickets will be getting in fuel
for the high pressure needed on
election day, Thursday.
Leaders of the Hall ticket were
busy, however, lining up their fol
lowers behind Bill Bowerman and
Gordon Day, new candidates for
vice-president and senior executive
man. Bowerman and Day were
named by the Hall party after Ned
Kinney and Orville Bailey had been
declared ineligible.
The Wilson party confined its
efforts to the publication of a pa
per in which it is planned to pre
sent ramifications of the party
platform. The first edition, which
ippeared late Friday, contained ar
ticles on ineligibility and the For
.im and suggestion of a ball game
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AWS Schedules
All - Campus Tea
Tuesday, May 3
Final Spring Social Affair
To Be Scenes of Eating
Of Foreign Student
The final A. W. S. social func
tion of the year will be held on
ruesday from 4 to 5:30 p. m. on
:he lawn in front of Gerlinger hall,
it will be an all-campus tea hon
oring Mrs. Hazel Prutsman Schwer
ng, dean of women, and Nella Ros
er, A. W. S. foreign student.
As a special feature of the after
loon the Associated Women Stu
lents officers for the coming year
vill be installed.
Virginia Grone is in general
loon the Associated Women Stu
dents officers for the coming year
vill be installed.
charge of the affair, and will be
issisted by Harriette Saeltzer, re
freshments; Gretcheq Kegal, flow
ms; decorations, Jean Failing,
Margaret Hunt, and Mary Van
'■less; initiation, Violet Walters.
The receiving line will consist of
Mrs. Schwering, Mrs. Arnold B.
Tall, Louise Webber, Nella Ros
er, Mrs. Nelson Macduff.
Several numbers from the physi
:al education dance recitals, will
>e given under the direction of
Marjorie B. Forchemer, of that de
•artment.
Members of Mortar Board, sen
or women’s honorary will act as
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Dean Allen Makes Statement
“The action of the board is, of course, extremely gratify
ing-, especially because it was (unanimous and accompanied by
cordial and friendly statements from board members.
“Our job now must be to live up not only to the oppor
tunity that has been extended to us, but to the high degree of
confidence that has been expressed in the school by the news
paper editors and public, not only in this state, but elsewhere.
This is a heavy responsibility, and can be fulfilled only by
united and definite effort on the part of faculty and students
alike.
“The plan proposed by the editors and adopted by the
hoard is entirely practicable and should allow the school to go
ahead with no loss of efficiency, provided enrollment is not
seriously affected by the announcements that have gone broad
cast to the effect that the school was abolished. The board re
quires that the school be largely supported by fees, just as lias
been the case in the past. This can undoubtedly lie done,
though some little time may be required to counteract the idea
that the school has been abolished. It may take a year or so.
“YVe have heard many tales of high school seniors who
were deciding to go to other states because the school of
journalism was abolished. I hope that all University stu
dents and alumni will help to spread the word that the school
has not been abolished, but that it is to go ahead with a most
decided effort to make it more efficient than ever. The new
curriculum will be in some respects an improvement on the
old one.”
' ERIC W. ALLEN.
Guild Hall Hamlet Production j
Wins Audience's High Praise
t
Depictions by Love, Stipe
Said To Be Unusually
Well Done
By BOB GUILD
and
S. STIOPHENSON SMITH
The Guild Hall company played
Hamlet to a full house last night
in Gerlinger hall, which had been
transformed by George Andreini
and his lighting assistants into a
close approximation of an Eliza
bethan theatre, with a larger fore
stage, and a stylized palace inte
rior for the inner stage. The di
rector, Mrs. Seybolt, had worked
out a practicable and intelligible]
acting version, and she had per
formed something close to a mir
r
aclc with the help of a cast which
we thought far better than the
Stratford barnstormers: she had
brought out the values of Shake
speare’s verse, without slowing up
the pace unduly or sacrificing the
theatrical appeal. As usual, Will
Himself was still the greatest aid
to the cast, because he supplied i
in this play enough good stage
business and “sure-fire” situations
for a dozen plays. But Mrs. Sey
bolt and her cast took full advan
tage of the chances, and the
Mousetrap Play* Ophelia’s pathetic
scenes, the duel, and the great
soliloquies held the audience tense:
no .small feat in a three-hour pro-1
duction. Coan’s overhead lighting
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Police Dog Found
Suffering From
Strange Malady
A stray police clog was the cen
tral figure of a dramatic "poison
ing" episode on the campus yes-1
terday morning.
The dog was found writhing i:i j
convulsions in the art patio by I
Professor Ira Brown and Bob Vau'
Nice, student.
The twitching was evidently I
caused by strychnine poisoning.
The good Samaritans carried
the dog out to the lawn in front
of McClure hall, laid him down
tenderly and rushed for the dis
pensary for an antidote.
Dr. Fred N. Miller, who has re
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Phi Chi Theta Initiates
Ten at Gerlinger Hal!
Initiation for ten Phi Chi Theta j
pledges was held yesterday after-;
noon at 5 o’clock in Gerlinger hall, j
A banquet was held at the An- j
chorage after the ceremonies.
Those initiated were: Dorothy’
Drecher, Hazle Fields, Evelyn
Kennedy, Velma Parker, Kathryn
Felter, Lois Greenwood, Hilda
Fries, Alice Wederneyer, Adrath
Hutchinson, and Mary Snider.
Hamlet Contest
Won by McKennon
Claire McKennon was awarded
first prize for writing the most>
convincing essay submitted in the i
Hamlet contest last night after a 1
conference of the three judges,
Ernest G. Moll, Louis Myers, and
S. Stephenson Smith.
Winners of honorable mention j
in this contest dealing with Shake- ■
speare’s play “Hamlet,” were In-!
gram Kjosness and Charles Jones.
McKennon will be given the,
leather-bound volume of the com
plete works of William Shake
speare. This prize was offered by
S. Stephenson Smith for the best;
essay dealing with Hamlet as a j
spectacular melodrama, a pro- j
found psychological study of an
introvert, or a problem play about
revenge.
Lonely Ring Reposes
In Dispensary Drawer
Out of its hiding place in the
cash drawer at the University dis
pensary an old ring came yester
day. Dispensary nurses said the
ring had been in their possession
for about six months, waiting for
its owner to claim it.
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Higher Education Body
Unanimously Reverses
Decision on Curricula
Still Dean
With the State Board of Higher
Kdueat ion's decision to retain the
school of journalism at the Uni
versity, Erie W. Allen, shown
above, retains his position as dean.
Dean Allen expressed great pleas
ure today at the hourd's action.
Masculine Talent
Turns to Editing
Oregon Emerald
The gentlemen of the press
cursed unrestrainedly last night
when copy was slow at the Emer
ald desk. They exercised the man
ly prerogative of swearing right
out loud when Associated Press dis
patches on the meeting of the state
board of higher education were in
complete. They uttered sulphur
ous and extremely audible male
dictions when a night editor was
slow in showing up.
And they did all this without a
single furtive glance around to see
if there were females in the offing.
For the Emerald was decidedly not
a co-educational enterprise it was
the men’s edition.
With Managing Editor Thornton
Shaw covering the women's phys
ical education beat and Editor Bill
Duniway relegated to the infirm
ary run, George Sanford and Parks
Hitchcock, editor and managing
editor for a day, organized a crew
of masculine typewriter maulers
and put out the daily without help
or hindrance of a feminine nature.
Other officials of this morning's
paper were as follows: day editor,
Ralph Mason; news editor, Oscar
Munger; society editor, Jack Bel
linger; sports editor, Joe Saslav
sky; literary editor, Roy Sheedy;
reporters, Jay Seahorn, Hubert
rotton, Maximo Pulido, Dave Eyre,
Francis, Pallister, Don Fields, J.
Almon Ne*wton, Cliff Gregor, Ju
lian Prescott, and Sterling Green.
FOLK IN INFIRMARY
Good weather yesterday made
:he road to health quick for three
University students, cutting the
lumber confined in the infirmary
from seven to four. Marvin Jane
Hawkins, Curtis Jones, Warren
Powell, and Dorothy Lou MacMil
lan were still under the doctors’
’are at the infirmary yesterday.
Dean Powers Given Supervision
Of Radio Station KOAC, Corvallis
By DICK NEUBERGER
PORTLAND, Ore., April 30—(Special to the Emerald)—
The State Board of Higher Education reversed its field today
and restored the school of journalism to the curriculum of the
University of Oregon. It was the first important change made
by the board members since they passed their detailed and
drastic economy program a month ago. The re-establishment of
the journalism school was a surprise to all concerned, for it
was the consensus that the board had crossed the Rubicon and
never would turn back.
Unexpected though the move was, it was passed by a unani
mous vote. The motion went through at approximately 11:45
this morning following a fairly prolonged discussion.
-—«. $3,000 Operating Limit
Four Convicted of
Manslaughter in
Lynching Affair
Mixed Jury Asks Leniency
For Defendants in
Massie Case
HONOLULU, April 29. (AP)-—
The four defendants in the Joseph
Kahahawai lynching case were
convicted tonight of manslaughter
by a racially mixed jury which
asked leniency.
A loud sob broke from Mrs.
Thalia Massie, central character in
the unusual chain of circumstances
surrounding the case, when the
first verdict was announced, -that
convicting Lieutenant Thomas H.
Massie, her husband.
The maximum penalty for man
slaughter is ten years imprison
ment. They were charged with
second degree murder, which calls
for a penalty of 20 years to life
imprisonment.
When the defendants had ar
rived, the jury, composed of five
Americans, three Chinese, a Dane,
a German, a Portuguese and an
Hawaiian, filed in, solemnly Judge!
Davis asked:
"Gentlemen of the jury, have
you reached a verdict?"
"Yes, your honor,” said John
Stone, American and foreman, ris
ing.
“We, the jury, find the defend
ant, Thomas H. Massie, guilty of
manslaughter. Leniency recom
mended."
The next verdict, the same as
for Massie, applied to Mrs. For
tescue. In rapid order the clerk
then read the verdicts applying
to the two enlisted men. Neither
Lord nor Jones showed emotion.
School Employee Joins
Husband at Redmond
Mrs. Olive Adams Young, who
graduated from the University in
1929 and since then has worked in
the registrar's office, has left the
University and gone to Redmond,
Oregon, where her husband is em
ployed on The Spokesman, weekly
newspaper published at that place.
Mrs. Young is the daughter of
Percy P. Adams, professor and as
sistant dean of the school of archi
tecture and allied arts.
A condition set forth by the
board in the retention of the
school of journalism was that the
department must operate each
year on not more than $3,000 of
the state’s money. The rest will
have to be made up from fees
and other sources.
C. C. Colt, chairman of the cur
riculum committee, praised the ac
tion of the Oregon State Editorial
association in urging the re-estab
lishment of the school. “The edi
torial association opened our eyes
to (lie value of the journalism de
partment and was very cooper
ative in its work with us,” he
commented.
Secretary Training (Nit
Several other important steps
were taken by the board today,
although they are overshadowed
by the reinstatement to good grace
of the fourth estate school. The
secretarial training course at Ore
gon State college was limited to
two years, instead of four as it
has been in the past. Hereafter
all degrees in secretarial work
must be obtained elsewhere than
Corvallis. All training of commer
cial high school teachers si o was
transferred to the University along
with the school of commerce.
Another move announced for
mally fur the first time was that
radio station KOAC, now con
trolled by the state college at Cor
vallis, would be placed under the
direct supervision of Alfred Pow
ers, dean of the general extension
bureau.
Chancellor Not Chosen
No action was taken on the
naming of a chancellor to govern
both the College and the Univer
sity, but it is probable that C. L.
Starr, E. C. Sammons, and C. C.
Colt will go East in the near
future to interview candidates for
the office.
Dispensary Will Help
Indiscreet Sunbathers
Sunburned?
Then go to the University dis
pensary. With Old Sol doing his
best yesterday afternoon, Dr. Fred
N. Miller, University physician, and
his staff of doctors and nurses
made ready with the latest salves,
oils and ointments for the rush of
sunburned students they expect to
day and Monday.