alumni
EDITION
VOLUME XXXIII
ALUMNI
EDITION
NUMBER 134 |
Assembly Will
Be Staged This
Morning at 10
Classes at That Hour To
Be Called Off
Brown To Tell of Situation
Concerning Proposed
Consolidation
CAMPUS CAFES TO CLOSE
FOR ASSEMBLY
To toe sure that all students
attend the important all-cam
pus assembly at 10 o'clock thi3
morning in Gerlinger hall, food
shops near the campus will
close during the meeting hour.
The restaurants which volun
teered to cooperate with the as
sembly backers and will close
are: College Side Inn, Taylor’s,
Cottage, Lemon-O Pharmacy,
Campus Grocery, Grey Bell,
Oregana, Green Parrot, and
Toastwich Shoppe.
By JULIAN PRESCOTT
Ammunition to be used in the
campaign to defeat the initiated
bill which would move the Uni
versity to the college campus will
be supplied by Alexander G.
Brown, alumni secretary, in his
talk in the assembly this morning
at 10 o’clock in Gerlinger hall. All
classes will be dismissed.
Feeling that a crisis was facing
the University, the student parlia
ment requested Mr. Brown to tell
of the situation before an assem
bly of all students on the campus.
He is considered best acquainted
with it.
Oregon’s Position To Be Shown
The University’s position in the
proposed transfer will be presented
by the alumni secretafy. He is
thoroughly familiar with all de
tails of the measure and of the
movement supporting it, having
made an extensive study of it dur
ing the past several weeks.
Stress will be placed upon the
extravagance of the abandonment
of the Eugene campus or its utili
zation for the 500 or so students
that would come here to a school
for elementary school teachers.
The loss to other parts of the state
will also be detailed.
Serious Results
“Not only Eugene, but all parts
of the state will be seriously af
fected should the measure carry,”
Brown stated. “The removal of
the University to Corvallis wovdd
mean not only great financial loss,
but also the destruction of a sys
tem of higher education built to
give equal opportunity for young
men and women to obtain the best
possible training at the least pos
sible cost lo themselves and the
taxpayers.”
Acquainting students with the
true picture of the consolidation
at Corvallis and impressing upon
them the responsibility they face
in carrying the campaign with
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Speaks Today
L* '
Alexander G. Brown, alumtii sec
retary, who will speak on the con
solidation move at the assembly at
10 o’clock this morning in Ger
linger hall.
Jonathan Butler
Is Expected Here
j Early Next Week
Athletic Czar Making Tour
Of Inspection, Offers
No Comment
The man of mystery, Jonathan
A. Butler, commissioner of ath
! letics in the Pacific Coast confer
ence, will make his long-awaited
visit to the University of Oregon
early next week. He was at Cor
vallis yesterday and told news
papermen there he expected to go
to Eugene in several days.
It is believed that he left Oregon
State last night to attend the Pa
cific Coast conference track and
field meet at Seattle.
When questioned as to the pur
pose. of his visit, Butler said he
was merely making "a tour of in
spection.” He refused to comment
on athletic conditions.
It is expected that he will go
into executive session with Pro
fessor H. C. Howe immediately
upon his arrival in Eugene.
Senior Orators To
Compete for Prize
The Failing-Beekman contest for
senior orators will take place on
June 10 with the same five en
trants who were announced last
Tuesday. The contest is to take
place in the music auditorium.
The five entrants are Roger
Pfaff, Art Potwin, Alice Redetzke,
Wallace Campbell, and Jim Lan
1 dye.
Negotiations are in motion to
secure some distinguished alumni
to act as judges.
There are two prizes: one of not
more than $150, provided by Henry
Failing of Portland, and another
of not more than $100 provided by
C. C. Beekman of Jacksonville.
This contest is recognized as
part of the commencement exer
cises of the University of Oregon
I each year. The contestants are to
| appear in academic costume.
"Gammer Gurton’s Needle”
Presented on Canwus Lawn
By ELINOR HENRY
That rough-and-tumble farce,
‘‘Gammer Gurton’s Needle,” one of
the first plays to be written in the
English language, was played yes
terday afternoon before an appre
ciative audience sprawled on cush
ions and tarpaulins spread out on
the lawn between Deady hall and
the library.
The "back-drop” for the stage
consisted of trees and shrubs, and
in one scene a window in Deady
served to represent a window in
the upper floor of Gammer Gur
ton’s house.
Albert Culverwell, as Diccon,
reeled unsteadily and was easily
knocked down, but that didn't in
terfere with the swiftness with
which troublesome lies came to his
tongue.
William Anderson, who played
Hodge, the owner of the breeches
in which the elusive needle was
hidden, gave a laughable interpre
tation of Gammer Gurton’s serv
ant, who is always so brave—when
he was telling about it.
Louise Webber, as Dame Chatte,
whom Gammer Gurton, Margaret
Hunt in real life, believes to have
stolen her needle, succeeded in the
somewhat difficult feat of looking
mad for most of the play. The
fight scene between the two "gos
sips” was superb, though little
damage was done to either party.
Tyb (Beth Hurst) and Cocke
(Dorothy Esch) tumbled often and
evoked not a few of the hearty
laughs indulged in by the audience
•from time to time.
Betty Buffington portrayed the
: prologue. Wilbur Walker, as Dr.
Rat; Warren Gram, the Baylye;,
and Dorothy Clifford, Doll, com
i pleted the cast of the play, which
is the last production of the drama i
| department for this year.
Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, head of the
drama department, directed the
j play and served as prompter from
i her cushion at the edge of the
roped-off "stage."
1
Business Staff
Appointments
Are Released
Sclienk Announces Eight
Major Jobholders
Other Positions on Emerald
To Be Filled During
Fall Semester
More publication appointments
were released last night when Har
ry Schenk, newly appointed busi
ness manager, announced eight ma
jor appointments for the Emerald
business staff.
Hal Short, junior in journalism,
was named as advertising mana
ger. He acted as national adver
tising manager this year and was
also advertising manager of the
Co-op. He is also president-elect of
Alpha Delta Sigma, national pro
fessional advertising honorary.
Bush Promoted
Auten Bush was promoted to
the position of national advertis
ing manager. Bush is a junior in
business administration and held
the post of assistant advertising
manager this year. Both Short and
Bush have worked on the paper
three years.
The position of promotional
manager is to be filled by Mahr
Reymers, junior in journalism,
who was an advertising solicitor
this year. He was publicity direc
tor for junior week-end this year
and is a member of Alpha Delta
Sigma.
Hahn Appointed
The Sez Sue column will be tak
en over by Caroline Hahn, sopho
more in business administration.
She has worked on the business
staff for two years and this year
was assistant to Katherine Laugh
ridge, who had charge of the wo
men's specialty column. Miss Hahn
is a member of Gamma Alpha Chi,
women’s national advertising pro
fessional honorary.
Other selections made by Schenk
were Grant Theummel, circulation
manager; Althea Peterson, classi
fied advertising manager; Ed
Messerve and Gilbert Wellington,
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Gamma Alpha Chi
Heads Are Elected
Katherine Laughridge was elect
ed to succeed Harriette Hofmann
as president of Gamma Alpha Chi,
women’s national advertising pro
fessional honorary, yesterday at a
meeting of the group at the Gam
ma Phi Beta house.
For the past year Miss Laugh
ridge has conducted the Sez Sue
women’s specialty column, in the
Emerald. Mary Lou Patrick was
elected to the position of vice
president vacated by Janet Young.
Margaret Roberts will succeed the
newly elected president as secre
tary-treasurer of the group.
The following active members
have been recently pledged to the
advertising honorary: Edith Peter
son, Patsy Lee, Margaret Roberts,
Nancy Suomela, and Elisabeth
Thacher.
Hermian Smith, formerly of Eu
gene, and at present with the Er
win Wafey Advertising agency in
New York City, was taken in as
an associate member.
Cosmopolitan Club
Plans Nominations
Nomination of officers for the
Cosmopolitan club for next year
will take place next Wednesday
afternoon at 4:30 at the Interna
tional house, according to Eleanor
Jane Ballantyne, president for the
past year.
A nominating committee com
posed of Florence Mangavil, Dor
othy Foote, Hubert Allen, and
Eleanor Wharton, will present the
names suggested for the offices.
Other names may be submitted
from the floor. Offices to be filled
are president, vice-president, sec
retary, treasurer, guard, social
chairman, and program chairman.
Reports of this year's officers
will also be given at this meeting.
Voting will take place on Thurs
day afternoon, from 12 to 5 o'clock
at the Y. M. C. A.
Sophs Will Picnic
Tomorrow Noon
For Annual Event
Party To Begin at 2 P. M.
At Swimmer’s Delight
For Class of ’34
Saturday afternoon and evening
at Swimmer's Delight will be the
time and the place for the annual
sophomore picnic. The outing will
begin at 2 o'clock and continue
until 11 o’clock.
Bus transportation will be pro
vided for all students. The busses
will leave from the campus at 2
and 5 o'clock and from the park
at 8 and 11 o’clock. Signs will be
posted along the way for those
going by private c?ar.
Events on the program ar
ranged by the committee headed
by Evelyn Kennedy include swim
ming races at 3:30, treasure hunt
at 6, baseball in the afternoon,
dancing from 8 to 11, with a prize
dance at 10 o’clock.
Patrons and patronesses will be
Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering, Dean
John Straub, Mrs. Alice Macduff,
Mr. and Mrs. Prince Callison, Mr.
and Mrs. John Rae, and ilr. and
Mrs. John Maxwell Adams.
Oregon Students
Will Fight Plan
For Consolidation
State - Wide Organization
To Be Formed, Hall
Says in Telegram
A state-wide organization of
University students to fight the
Corvallis-supported plan to remove
the University to the Benton
county city will be formed early
this summer, Bob Hall, president
of the associated students, wired
the Emerald from Los Angeles last
night.
At the head of the group will
be a state chairman, and under
him an executive committee, Hall
said. Five vice-chairmen, geo
graphically located through the
state at important cities, will be
in charge of their districts.
County chairmen, with precinct
committeemen to contact person
ally each voter in the locality will
complete the organized opposition
to the consolidation measure.
“The time for action is here
now,” Hall said. “We, as students,
must do our bit to save the Uni
(Continneit on Pape Sir)
Seven Hundred To Receive
Degrees From University
Commencement Ceremony
To Be Held Here
June 13
Approximately seven hundred
University students will receive
degrees in the annual commence
ment ceremonies to be held on the
campus Monday, June 13.
Preceding the commencement
ceremonies will be the observance
of alumni day on Saturday and
the baccalaureate service on Sun
day.
Saturday mottling will be devot
ed to reunions, with classes of 50,
25, 20, and 10 years ago taking the
lead.
The alumni activities will open
at 9 o’clock with the annual break
fast of the State Association of
University of Oregon women. At
10:30 the semi-annual alumni
meeting will be held, with Homer
D. Angell, ’00, presiding. The all
campus luncheon will be held at
noon, with special tables for the
four classes that are having spec
ial reunions.
The formal dedication of the
Campbell museum of fine arts will
take place in the afternoon. At
5:30 the classes will have reunion
dinners, and this will be followed
by the beautiful and impressive
flower and fern procession, which
this year will center around the
Pioneer Mother statue in the Wo
man’s Quadrangle.
Dr. Arnold Bennett Kail, presi
dent of the University, will deliver
the address at the baccalaureate
Keep up the Fight
Is Swan Song of
Webfoot Charley
Same Old Story
The fight goes on.
Read ’em and weep. Vested
interests are struggling hard.
In New York Mayor Walker is
on the griddle for accepting ■
“gifts”—and giving franchises. |
In congress the battle continues
to make the little fellow bear
the taxes. From every industry
the whoop for higher tarjff ris
es. Iniquitable taxes, unwise
pensions, unfair legislation—so
the story goes.
I've been criticized and con
demned; praised and panned.
I They’ve called me red, radical
and reactionary, and occasional
ly liberal. All of which may be
true, but if I’ve made a couple
of the boys think, I retire with
satisfaction.
Let me repeat. America’s
OK, fellows. But a bunch of
big shots have been perverting
the government for their own
interests. We’ve got to smoke
’em out, so let my parting shot
be:
FIGHT ’EM OREGON
Finally,
WEBFOOT CHARLEY.
service Sunday, which will be held
this year in McArthur court.
The commencement ceremony
Monday will also be held in Mc
Arthur court, with Rabbi Stephen
S. Wise, of New York, as the
speaker.
The degrees will be presented
by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall.
The following list of 737 stu
dents who are candidates for de
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Barker Appointed
Lieutenant Colonel
F. A. Barker, commandant of
cadets at the University of Ore
gon, has been notified of his ap
pointment and confirmation by the
United States senate to be lieuten
ant-colonel. Colonel Barker began
his military career in 1904, when
he was appointed to the United
States Military academy from
Oregon, his home being in Astoria
Colonel Barker graduated in
1908 and was commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant. In 1912 he was
promoted to the grade of first lieu
tenant and, at the beginning of
the World war, to the grade of
captain. Soon afterward, he was
promoted to temporary major and
later given a permanent commis
sion of major.
Colonel Barker served four years
in the general command and stafi
corps and has graduated from
army service schools. He has been
stationed at the University R. O.
T. C. department for the past four
years.
Petzold To Appear
In Senior Recital
The trials of pre-examination
•week will not keep musically-mind
ed people of the campus away from
the last recital of the spring term
series, to be given by one of the
outstanding singers on the campus.
Agnes Petzold, mezzo-soprano,
is to appear in her senior recital
at the music auditorium next
Thursday evening, June 2, at 8:15.
Miss Petzold has been a student
of Arthur Boardman for three
years, and has been the holder of
a Juilliard foundation music schol
arship for the same length of time.
These scholarships are awarded
only to Students who convince a
representative of the New York
foundation that they have musical
ability.
She has been one of the most
consistent soloists with the poly
phonic choir.
She appeared with Mr. Board
man as a soloist in the University
Symphony orchestra’s presentation
of “Samson and Delilah’’ last
month. Recently she added to her
musical laurels with a fine per
formance as Lucy Lockit in “The
Beggar’s Opera.’’
Eleventh Hour
Rally Edges Out
Oregon,7 to 6
Huskies Tally Four Runs
In Ninth To Win
Victory Assures Winners
Of Tie for Pennant;
Loiuluhl Homes
SEATTLE. "May 26.— (API — A
four-run rally in the ninth inning,
for a 7-to-6 victory over the Uni
versity of Oregon here today, as
sured the University of Washing
ton of at least a tie for the north
ern division Pacific Coast confer
ence baseball championship.
Things looked dark for the Hus
kies when the Wcbf^ots piled up
four runs on four hits, including
a homer by Londahl, in their half
of the ninth but three hits, a walk
and an error pulled Washington to
the top again.
Washington leads the league
with 12 victories and three losses
compared with 11 wins and 4
losses for Washington State col
lege. The Huskies close the sea
son against Oregon tomorrow and
a victory will clinch the title.
The score:
R. H. E.
Oregon . 6 11 2
Washington . 7 9 3
Putnam and Harnett; Scales and
Shaneman.
COUGARS VVHIP O. S. C.
PULLMAN, Wash., May 26 —
(AP>—The Washington State col
lege baseball team broke into the
winning column again today by
defeating Oregon State, 3 to 2, in
a conference game.
Oregon State took its two runs
in the first inning on three singles
in a row by Jensen, Cronin and
Biancone. Washington State scored
one each in the first, third and
fourth innings.
The score:
R. H. E
Oregon State . 2 7 1
Washington State . 3 7 3
Woodard and Keema; Norby and
McKay.
Today’s Issue oj
Oregon Emerald
Is Last for Year
With this morning’s edition of
the Oregon Daily Emerald, Editor
Willis Duniway and Managing Edi
tor Thornton Shaw wrote ‘‘30" to
their year’s work—for "30", in the
lexicon of newspaperaom, spells
“the end."
' Today’s 8-page paper will be
the last issue of the year, and staff
members can turn their attention
exclusively to examinations.
Only the Emerald banquet re
mains to interest staff workers.
At this annual event, to be held
next Wednesday evening at Lee
Duke’s cafe, the hardest-working
journalists will be rewarded with
cash prizes for their efforts, and
those members who have rendered
unusual service will be honored
with pins signifying membership in
the Order of the Emerald "O.”
Co-op To Buy Used
Books on Tuesday
' The Co-op will buy second-hand
text-books from the students be
ginning on Tuesday, May 31, Mar
ion McClain, manager, announced
yesterday.
’ "We will not be able to take all
books offered at the regular rate
as during the previous years at
-50 cents on a dollar," said Mr. Mc
Clain. “But we will, however, take
all the University text books
Which were used during the school
year of 1931-32 at the highest
price possible, so we, in turn can
sell them to a second-hand book
’dealer.”
“Heretofore, we had taken books
that were to be used in next year
courses,” Mr. McClain continued,
"but this year we feel that stu
dents will be anxious to dispose of
their books, even though the price
we are able to pay may not be up
,fo the standard of former years.”
Call To Arms
-EDITORIAL
IITS is the first issue of
the Alumni edition of the
Oregon Daily Emerald, and
is being sent to all alumni
resident of the state as well
as to the members of the as
sociation. For the college
year 1982-tTl Old Oregon has
been suspended and alumni
news will be carried in a spe
cial edition of the Emerald
published each Saturday.
Now as never before the
University needs the active
cooperation and help of the
alumni in order that the
greatest tragedy ever com
mitted against a state's
higher education system may
not come to pass in Oregon.
The Alumni association, fac
ing the year without any fi
nancial assistance from the
state, needs every graduate
and ex-student as a member.
The future of this organi
ation and more important
still, the future of the entire
University of Oregon rests
largely with the alumni.
Whether your alma mater in
the future will be a campus
at Eugene or a memory de
pends directly upon you.
A coupon is published in
this issue for the use of
alumni who are not members
of the association.
Emerald Staff’s
Banquet Set For
Next Wednesday
Lee-Duke’s Is Tentatively
Seheduled for Place
Of Event
Although definite plans have, as
yet, not been arranged, the annual
banquet given for the members of
the Emerald editorial and business
staffs will be held next Wednes
day evening, June 1, at 6:30, with
the tentative place set at the Lee
Duke cafe, Larry Jackson, busi
ness manager, and Willis Duniway,
editor, announced yesterday.
In case the place is changed,
Emerald staff members will be
notified, Jackson and Duniway
said.
The outstanding feature of this
banquet is the announcement of
awards of merit given the selected
staff members who have done out
standing work in the various fields
of the newspaper. Also selected
members of the reportorial and
business staffs of the paper are
chosen to the Emerald Order of
the "O.” Both the awards and
honorary selections are made by
the editor and business manager
of the paper.
Talks will be made by the re
tiring officials of the Emerald and
also by the newly appointed offi
cials. Dean Eric W. Allen will
also give a short talk to the last
gathering of the 1931-32 Emerald
force.
Enormous Loss
To State Seen
In New Move
Normals To Join Battle
Against Measure
Plan Would Junk Millions
Worth of Property,
Brown Says
T">.. 4 T T71V A l\Tr»T7'T~>
Secretary, University of Oregon :
Alumni Association
The University of Oregon today
is on the verge of the greatest
fight in its history for self preser
vation, and, with the normal
schools at Monmouth, Ashland and
LaGrande, united in a battle for
the future of higher education in
the state.
Signatures are being solicited to
place upon the ballot at the No
vember election an initiative meas
ure which would completely change
the nature of Oregon’s higher edu
cational system, junk millions of
dollars worth of property, cause
'economic havoc in the communities
where the institutions affected are
located, deny to hundreds of young
men and women educational oppor
tunity, abandon the program out
lined by the state board of higher
education without a trial, and bring
to a close more than 60 years of
service to the state by the Univer
sity of Oregon.
No Economy in Measure
The measure is tagged with the
currently popular slogan of econ
omy, but a study of the bill shows
there is no economy in it. Even
the casual reading of this vicious
piece of legislation brands it as
destructive, with no saving feat
ure of definite economies provided.
On the campus of the University,
plant and equipment valued at
$4,491,822.86 by the state board
would be largely a loss, the normal
schools at LaGrande and Ashland,
valued at $226,537.50 and $251,
976.76, respectively, forced out of
business.
In addition to this loss of $5,682,
801.98, the state would be called
upon, should this measure be
adopted, to build additional facili
ties at Corvallis, designed as the
seat of the combined institutions.
Facilities at Corvallis have long
ben inadequate to handle the 3000
enrollment, according to the bien
nial reports of Dr. W. J. Kerr, pres
ident of the state college, and his
last report discussed this condition
and declared, “the colleg is far be
hind in its building program. The
urgent need for additional buildings
has been emphasized in successive
biennial reports for the past six
years. Conditions have become
such that it is imperative that
funds be provided for the construc
tion of buildings during the next
biennium.”
Great Cost to State
It is conservatively estimated
that the measure would cost the
state not less than $10,000,000,
taking into consideration the loss
by abandonment or restricted use
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Eugene Gleemen To Appear
In Music Auditorium Tonight
“Dress rehearsal” of the Eugene
Gleemen for their 11th semi-annual
concert was held late Thursday
evening in the music auditorium
after Carolyn Haberlach's recital,
and the stage is set for the pre
sentation tonight, from the "Hymn
of Thanksgiving,” used as the
opening number by the Gleemen
for every concert, to “Lift Thine
Eyes,” the closing chorus. After
putting the Eugene business men
through their paces John Stark
Evans, director, said "O.K.”
Several outstanding selections
which without doubt will win great
admiration from the audience to
gather tonight at 8:15 in the music
auditorium are included on the
program. The famous Russian
choral chant, “Hospodi Pomiluis,”
first heard here five years ago
when it was sung by the Smallman
capella choir, was so popular when
included on the Gleeman’s Janu
ary p.'bgram that it will be re
peated tonight by special request.
The “Jollification,” a group of
humorous selections, promises to be
full of chuckles for the audience.
Wise cracks that put Vulture Vin
chell to shame ate included in the
roosters song, "arranged, diversi
fied, and censored.” From what,
we heard of it last night, we wish
they had not bothered the censor!
Sally Addleman, guest artist for
the Gleeman tonight, is to sing the
soprano obligato for the cantata,
"The Highwayman,” which is be
ing presented for the first time west
of the Mississippi. This composi
tion is a very rich one, having been
written scarcely more than a year
ago. Hadley Crawford will sing
the incidental tenor solo.
Dale Cooley’s baritone solo, “The
Glory Road,” also promises to be
a fine number on the program.
This song is one of a trilogy of ne
gro spirituals recently published.
Tickets for the Gleemen’s con
cert, which will be 25 cents for
student admission and 50 cents for
reserved seats, are available at
McMorran and Washburne’s.