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■ ___UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1932_ _NUMBER 32
Oregana Drive
To End Friday
Night At Seven
Publication Starts Soon,
Managers Announce
YEARBOOK COST CUT
Day, Stinger General Chairmen
Of Sales; Several Groups
Reach ICO Per Cent Goal
Seven o'clock Friday night is
the deadline for the receipt of all
subscriptions for the 1933 Ore
gana. At this time all subscrip
tions to the year book will be tab
ulated and publication will start.
Only enough copies will be printed
to meet the demands of those who
have declared their intention of
purchasing the student chronicle
at the above mentioned hour. All
who sign up later than Friday
will, therefore, not receive a copy
of the annual.
This announcement was made
last night by Gordon Day and
Helen Stinger, sales managers of
the student publication.
100 Per Cent Reported
A number of living organiza
tions have already announced a.
100 per cent subscription quota,
and many more are bordering on
a perfect representation. Phi
Gamma Delta and Delta Zeta were
the first to report 100 per cent
sales, and will therefore receive
the two lamps which were offered
to the first fraternity and sorority
which reported a complete list.
The present sale is not suffi
cient, however, and, unless more
subscribe before the zero hour Fri
day, Roger Bailey, business man
ager, announces that there will be
no 1933 Oregana.
Price To Be Lower
The year book will go on sale
at a new low price this year. Only
$4.50 will be charged for each
copy, and payments will be dis
tributed over a period of months.
Subscriptions are open to all
students, townspeople, and friends.
Those who are not connected with
any living organization may make
their payments at the A. S. U. O.
office in McArthur court. Those
who live in fraternities, sororities,
or dormitories will arrange for
payment through their respective
house representatives.
Amphibian Club
To Hold Tryouts
Tryouts for membership in Am
phibian club, women’s swimming
and life saving honorary, are to be
held Thursday at 7:30 in the wo
men’s pool.
At their tryouts all women must
present heart O. K. slips obtained
from Dr. Hayes at the dispensary,
although a student who received
an A.a. rating on the physical ex
amination this term will not need
an O. K. slip or heart recheck.
Tests in speed, form, diving and
endurance must be passed Thurs
day evening. The requirements in
each test are posted on the bulle
tin board in the office at the Wo
men’s building.
“Nothing attempted is nothing
gained,” said Mrs. Ivens, adviser
for the group, “so come over and
check yourself on your ability.
You’d be surprised at what you
can do.’’
Fraternities Take
Depression Well
Says SPE Official
"College fraternities are stand
ing the depression remarkably
well," declares Richard Cook,
traveling secretary of the Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity, who was a
Eugene visitor over the week-end.
"I don't mean that the fraterni
ties aren't feeling the pinch of the
times, for everywhere in the coun
try they've had to eliminate large
expenses for activities that used
to be considered as social necessi
ties. One chapter in the middle
west which I visited recently had
cut its budget allotment for dances
and other social functions from
$1500 to $200. Other chapters and
other fraternities have made sim
ilar cuts."
Cook has been on the road since
the middle of September, covering
the middle-western states and the
Pacific northwest. He left Satur
day night for Berkeley.
"Another big cut in expenditures
for many fraternities has been ar
rangements with mortgage hold
ers and owners of chapter houses
to make sharp downward revisions
of rentals and equity payments,
which are nearly always a fratern
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Sophomore Dance
To Be Presented
Saturday at Igloo
Abbie Green To Play for
‘Night in Holland’
This Week-End
Windmills, dykes, canals, and a
blue and white color scheme will
be the idea which will transform
the Igloo into a night in Holland,
on Saturday evening, November
19 for the sophomore informal.
Abbie Green’s ten-piece orchestra
will propel the couples over the
floor from 9 to 12 o’clock.
Bill Davis, sophomore class pres
ident has made’ the appointment of
Charles Clay as general chairman
of the informal. Clay reports all
preliminary arrangements made
and feels certain that everything
will run off as scheduled.
With Hartley Kneeland, assist
ant chairman, committees working
on the dance consist of the follow
ing:
Decorations: Bill Neighbor,
chairman, Jim Wells, Spike Pow
ers, Jim Ringrose, Gilbert Wel
lington, Bob Ferguson, Scott Wa
ters, Jeff Howard, Grant Thuem
mel, Malcolm Bauer, Harold Peter
son, Walt Gray, Bob Chilton, Dan
McCarthy, Bob Morden.
Construction: George Schenk,
chairman, Don Thompson, Reed
Swenson, Bill Belton, Ray Green,
Hank Lewis, Bob Baery, Bill Tem
ple, George Condon.
Orchestra: Don Thompson,
chairman, Virginia Howard, Mar
garet Weed, Jim Ringrose, Bob
Riddle.
Patrons and patronesses: Cyn
thia Liljeqvist, chairman, Dagmar
Haugen.
Publicity: Ruth King, chairman.
Programs: Bob Zurcher, chair
man, Jim Wells, Eileen Coghlan,
Marytime New, Hartley Kneeland,
Clayton C. Wentz.
Feature: Virginia Van Kirk,
chairman, Louise Rice, Stephennie
Smith, Malcolm Bauer, George
Bernie, Norman Lauritz.
Refreshments: Nancy Archbold,
chairman, Althea Peterson, Kath
erine Gilbert, Ruth Osburn.
Clean-up: Mike Pinkstaff, chair
man, Sam Ramp, Chuck Halloway,
Worth Eppling, Ted Pursley, How
ard Ohmart, Ed McClaughery,
Claire Christopherson, Jim Dutton!
Norm Kernan.
Leonard C. Jee, ’30, Writes
Of War Experiences in China
A letter from Shanghai to Mrs.
Harold S. Tuttle this week brought
the first news since last April of
Leonard C. Jee, Chinese graduate
with the class of '30, who lived
for four years at International
house.
He left Shanghai in April, he
says, in his letter dated October 20,
and spent nearly four months wan
dering in Canton and Hongkong.
After trying some unsatisfactory
jobs, he spent several weeks at
West Lake, China’s paradise. Near
the end of September he accepted
a position with the English depart^
ment of the Bureau of Foreign
Trade editing one weekly and one
monthly known as the Economic
Bulletin and the Economic Jour
nal. Mr. Jee majored in economics
here.
Of his war experience he writes
humorously, “Me no likie war,”
“me no talkie war no more.” But
he goes on to say, “Well, all I’ve
done was to go into a newspaper’s
office and tell the chief editor that
I was the man who captured one
dozen enemies by single hand (a
liar) and that I want to write a
story about that. I got the ‘job’
naturally, and . started my story
the next morning. Oh, how inter
esting and how surprising to read
ers of the newspaper! I was writ
ing something quite different,
something about HEROISM, in civ
il wars as well as in foreign wars.
I gave our hero a mouthful ... It
was good, at least I think so. Well,
all was well. But, only three days
later, I got a little nice kick-out
from both the army and the news
paper’s office. That’s that, and
that’s a story of the story.” ,
Mr. Jee concludes his letter with !
a request as to news on the mer
ger fight and football, ending with !
the plea, “Remember, don't get
too serious. Things in Shanghai
look awful bad.”
Scabbard and Blade Goes on Parade
The local chapter of the national military honorary is here shown lined up on the steps of the
Anchorage after a dinner celebrating national Scabbard and Blade day. The men are: Left to
right, front row—Lieut. Leroy Smith, Eugene; Lleut.-Col. Orville Waller, Eugene; Lieut. Forest
Paxton, Lakeview; Major D. C. Stanard, Eugene; Lieut. Marshal Wright, Honolulu; Major J. H.
Tierney, Eugene. Middle row—Lieut. Edgar Smith, Portland; Lieut. John Hare, Hillsboro; Lieut.
Rudolph Krommeiin, Pendleton; Major Roscius Back. Eugene; Dean W. L. Morse, Eugene; Lieut.
J. M. Rae, Eugene; Lieut.-Col. Carl W. Robbins, Eugene. Bnck row—Lieut. Charles Bishop,
Pendleton; Lieut. Arthur Clark, Canby; Capt. Carlton Spencer, Eugene; Lieut. George Kotchik,
Portland; Lieut. Art Ireland, Portland; Lieut. Webb Hayes, Yakima. Not in the picture—Lieut.
Howard Kemper, Portland; Lieut. Ned Kinney.
Students Start
Annual Y.M.C.A.
Campaign Today
Leaders Stress All-Campus
Activities During
Coming Year
Student workers in the annual
Y. M. C. A. finance drive started
off this year's campaign to raise
$400 among University men by
making a sizeable contribution of
their own at the kick-off meeting
held last night at the Y. M. C. A.
hut. Eighteen men of those who
attended the meeting contributed
a total of $35 in cash and pledges.
Workers in every fraternity and
men’s hall, supplemented by an
equal number of solicitors among
independent men, will open the
campaign today and close it to
morrow night at 10:30, at which
time all cards will be called in by
Jay Wilson, chairman of the drive.
Dr. Raymond B. Culver, north
west secretary of the Y. M. C. A.,
came down from Portland Tues
day afternoon to assist student
workers in organizing and starting
the campaign. He spoke at last
night’s meeting, stressing the
small amound being asked this
year and the all-campus phases of
the University Y’s program.
“There is little weight to the
argument that a man who seldom
uses the facilities of the Hut has
no interest in this finance cam
paign,” declared Rolla Reedy, Y
president of the Y. M. C. A. cabi
net. “Expenses connected with
the hut will take only a small part
of the amount we are working for.
“The largest expenditures are
connected with directing fireside
forums in all hous’es and halls dur
ing the year, bringing internation
al figures like T. Z. Koo and Flet
cher Brockman to the University
as speakers and discussion group
leaders, and enabling the Univer
sity of Oregon to take part in such
significant intercollegiate confer
ences as the annual International
Affairs conference held in the
Northwest each Thanksgiving
week-end and the Seabeck confer
ence held each June.
“These are activities from which
everyone benefits and which would
be impossible without the financial
support of the student body.”
Campbell To Talk
Over Radio Today
Wallace Campbell, graduate as
sistant of sociology and a candi
date for the Rhodes scholarship,
will speak over KORE on the Em
erald-of-the-Air program today at
12:15.
Mr. Campbell has announced
that his subject matter will con
sist of a more or less comprehen
sive consideration of the series of
editorials which appeared in the
Emerald concerning the type of
student which Cecil Rhodes in
tended should benefit from his
scholarship, as compared with the
men who are actually selected.
Reference will likewise be made
to the Safety Valve article of Rob
ert Jackson, Rhodes scholar of
two years ago, which appeared in
the Emerald immediately follow
ing the editorials.
Chari es Hurrey, I
I nternationalist
Coming Saturday
Charles D. Hurrey, known as
“an ambassador of good-will to
fifty nations,” will be a visitor
on the Oregon campus Satur
day, according to officers of
the University Y. M. C. A., who
are sponsoring his visit here.
Mr. Hurrey is general secre
tary of the committee on
friendly relations between for
eign students in North Amer
ica. He will come to Eugene
in the course of a nation-wide
tour in the interests of the
committee.
A real cosmopolitan, Mr.
Hurrey is at home nearly any
where in the world. He is par
ticularly well informed on rela
tions between the United States
and Latin-American countries,
but includes service with the
Italian army during the war,
extensive travel in China and
Australasia among his experi
ences.
AWS Mass Meet
Slated Thursday
At Gerlinger Hall
Wemlell, Harris To Speak
Oil Vacations, Fashions
At Tea at 4
Tomorrow at 4 o’clock women
students and faculty will gather
in Gerlinger lounge for the mass
meeting which will open the A.
V/. S. vocational conference. Cyn
thia Liljeqvist is in charge.
Harold F. Wendell, president
ana manager of Lipman Wolfe
company, will speak on vocation,
opportunities for women. Henry
Harris, stylist for the same com
pany, will speak on fashions. H’s
falit will be illustrated by living
models from the store, two of
w hich will show girls’ clothes and
one mature model will wear gar
ments for women.
Tea will be served on the sun
porch after the talks.
Women’s Debale
Squad Will Start
Work This Term
9 Aspirants Out for Team;
U. of Wash., O. S. C.
Probable Opponents
With nine aspirants out for the
team, several tentative meets
scheduled, and the definite selec
tion of a question, work on wo
men's debate for this term has def
initely begun. Meetings of the
squads are held several times each
week, and material for the ques
tion, "Resolved: That the several
states should adopt a plan by
which the state would furnish
medical service" has grown rap
idly at each discussion of the
group.
Pauline George, Geraldine Hick
son, Frances Mays, Margaret Van
Clive, Helen Harrlman, Marclay
Eisaman, Louise Smith, Jean Leon
ard, and Ruth Smith compose the
squad at the present time, but
John L. Casteel, supervisor of for
ensics, is urging more to turn out
for the meetings.
Although there is no definite
schedule, in all probabilities there
will be debates with Pacific col
lege, Oregon State, and the Uni
versity of Washington towards the
first part of winter term. Two wo
men will be chosen from the squad
to represent the school at each
participation.
Questionnaires Sent
To Transfer Students
Within the next two weeks,
questionnaires will be issued to
approximately 200 students who
have transferred to the Univer
sity from other schools of higher
education. The information ob
tained is to be used in determin
ing the solution of problems that
confront transfer students.
The questionnaire is a project of
the class in method and practice
in personnel and guidance prob
lems under the direction of Karl
W. Onthank, dean of personnel ad
ministration, with Cecelia Bren
nan, junior in history, conducting
the survey.
Campus Calendar
Theta Sigma Phi meeting to
night at 7:30 at Sally Allen’s home
on Birch Lane.
Theta Chi announces the pledg
ing of Harry Lambert, of Eugene.
Amphibian tryouts will be held
Thursday evening at 7:30.
All eampus women are invited
to participate in the poster con
test for health week. Posters may
be on any phase of health and
must be given to Edith Clement
at the Alpha Omicron Pi house
by Thursday noon.
Gamma Alpha Chi will hold for
mal pledging in women’s lounge
at Gerlinger hall at 4 o’clock to
day.
All members of Scabbard and
Blade be at the barracks in uni
form at 1:40 tyr formal pledging.
Once in a Lifetime rehearsal at
7:15 this evening.
Pi Sigma will hold a special
meeting this afternoon at 4 o’clock
at 107 Oregon.
Y. W. Frosh discussion groups
led by Nancy Suomela and Eula
Loomis meet at the bungalow to
day.
Nature group of Philomelete
will meet at Susan Campbell hall
this afternoon at 4 o’clock. All
interested come.
•Journalism Jam directorate will
hold a meeting today in 104 Jour
nalism at 5 o'clock. Final plans
will be discussed. Be there.
Frosh Walkout
Draws Small
GroupToDance
First Plans Are Failure;
Idea Slips Out
STUDENTS USE CABSj
Dean Earl To Require Information
On Situation Before
Decision In Made
Freshman Walk-Out turned out
to be Freshman Wash-Out last
night, when a multitude of rumors
and counter-rumors cut the at
tendance at this traditional affair
to fewer than a hundred persons.
Misjudgment and inability to
prevent news of the plans from
getting out ahead of time were
advanced as the principal reasons
for the low attendance.
It was originally planned to
have the entire class meet at the
Anchorage, whence they were to
proceed to the town of Thurston,
about nine miles from Eugene, be
yond Springfield, and attend a
special dance in Thurston hall.
However, Allen Wall, president of
the class, attempted to dissuade
the freshmen who were gathered
at the Anchorage. Leaders of the
faction who were favoring the
movement were demoralized by
rumors of faculty censure and the
removal of freshman privileges
and telephoned a number of or
ganizations to inform them that
the affair was off. Later it was
decided to go through with it as
scheduled, but by that time many
of the groups were so uncertain
as to its being held that they de
cided not to go.
Frosh Take Taxis
The freshmen that eventually
arrived at the hall were conveyed
there in taxis at 25 cents a head.
They were met by a four-piece
band from Eugene and a group of
local villagers, and remained at
the dance until 12 o'clock.
Earl Makes No Statement,
Dean Virgil Earl would make
no statement as to faculty action
in the matter, except that he would
require complete information on
the situation and extent of the
walk-out before any decision
would be made.
Cecil Espy, president of the sen
ior class, refused to discuss the ac
tion the upperclassmen would take.
Heaney’s Etching
Rec •eives Award
An etching of the little red jail
west of the court house In Eugene,
done by Charles Edward Heaney,
recently won the purchase prize
given by the Henry Galleries of
Seattle in the Northwest Print
makers' exhibition.
The etching is one of a group of
Heaney’s aquatints, linoleum and
wood cuts, which are now on dis
play in the gallery of the art de
partment of the University.
Mr. Heaney’s work possesses
both force and delicacy. He makes
no compromise between his own
interpretation and the actual de
tails of his subjects.
Recreation Program
Sponsored by W.A.A.
Misunderstanding has arisen in
regard to the recreational pro
gram being sponsored by the Wo
men's Athletic association.
The hours are from 4 to 6 on
the afternoons of every week day,
but Friday afternoon has been set
for an especially planned and full
period of recreation. On the other
afternoons any one may come but
each girl must herself sign out for
such equipment as she wishes to
use. “On Friday afternoon, howr
aver,” Doris Payne, recreation
chairman, explained, “there will be
girls here with the equipment for
everything to teach anyone and
aelp make Up a game.”
Local Community Fund
To Get Subscriptionn
The Eugene community chest,
which must raise $14,888, has been
actively engaged in raising sub
scriptions to cover the desired
amount.
On Wednesday, November 23,
the Eugene Firemen are holding a
dance at the Winter Garden in
order to help in raising funds. The
price of admission will be 50 cents
per couple. Abbie Green and his
orchesra and Meile Good's band
will furnish the music.
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Pledges of Sigma
Delta Chi To Give
Speeches Friday
Neophytes of Sigma Delta
Chi, men's national journalistic
professional fraternity, will
garb themselves Friday in silk
hats and varying degrees of
formal attire, and will appear
on the library steps to present
their pre-initiatory melange of
nonsense lectures.
Promptly at 12:40 the initi
ates will mount the steps and
brave the jeers of hecklers and
possibly a few hurtling toma
toes and cabbages.
The neophytes are Francis
Pallister, Ed Stanley, Eugene
Stromberg, Ray Clapp, and Don
Caswell.
Singing Contest
Between Houses
Soon Under Way
All Fraternities, Sororities
Will Enter Competition
This Year
Arrangements for an interfra
ternity-intersorority table singing
contest, an annual affair upon the
Oregon campus up until the last
two years, neared completion yes
terday when Don Eva, organizer
of the event, named student and
faculty judging committees and
reported that he hopes to have |
the contest under way by next
Monday.
So far as is now known, every
fraternity and sorority group will
enter the contest, although par
ticipation is not compulsory. Eva
will determine today the full en
trance list.
From approximately 40 organi
zations who are expected to enter,
five men’s groups and five wom
en’s groups will be selected by
the student judging committees to
compete in the finals. From these
the faculty judging committee will
select the winning men's and
women’s organization.
Faculty Judges Named
Judges of the finals will be John
Stark Evans, professor of organ
in the department of music; John
H. Mueller, musician and profes
sor of sociology;' and Mrs. Doris
Helen (Patterson) Calkins, in
structor in harp.
Student Judges Announced
Elimination judges named yes
terday will be Mervin Rodda, Bill
Sievers, Frances Drake, Norma
Chinnock, and Caroline Card. Each
of these Judjjes will select two
qualified assistants from the cam
pus at large, and then each judg
ing committee will hear the ef
forts of the eight houses in its
division. Elimination judging will
be done during lunch or dinner,
according to a schedule to be
drawn up soon by Eva, Rodda,
Sievers, Miss Drake, Miss Chin
nock and Miss Card.
The basis of judging will be on
the following points: singing in
unison, spirit, variety, new school
songs, and pitch and precision.
Trophy cups will be awarded the
winning fraternity and sorority.
Foreign Trade Group
Initiates Seven Men
Seven new members were initi
ated into Pan Xenia, international
foreign trade honor fraternity,
yesterday afternoon in Gerlinger
hall. A banquet at the Anchor
age followed the formal cere
monies.
The initiates were Percy Rid
dell, John Wade, Stan Haberlach,
Roger Comstock, Robert Schriber,
Robert Erickson, and Sherrill
Gregory.
Senior Class
Will Give Bust
Of Dean Straub
$500 Will Be Presented
To Student Fund
SORENSON TO WORK
Commemoration of Dean Straub’s
Work Considered Honor,
Says Cecil Espy
A combination memorial bust
and loan fund will constitute the
senior gift to the University this
year, it was decided last night at
a meeting of the senior class, after
a lengthy discussion.
A bust of Dean John Straub i3
to be executed by Rex Sorenson,
and cast in bronze at the approxi
mate expense of $600. This bust
is to be presented to the Univer
sity.
The balance of the fund, which
will total about $500, will be con
verted into a student loan fund,
to be added to the several private
and subscribed loan fupds already
in operation.
Committee Administrates Funds
Administration of the senior
funds has been assigned to the
senior gift committee, composed
of Dorothy Esch, Charles Stryker,
James Travis and Virgil Langtry.
Mr. Sorenson, a graduate stu
dent in sculpture, has executed
several pieces that have won him
much favorable comment. His
works include a bust of Bernard
Daly, Lakeview philanthropist,
and the two sons of Governor
Meier.
Consent was given to the under
taking of the project by Mrs. John
Straub. It will take approxi
mately six months to complete the
bust.
Plans for the beginning of tho
work on the bust will be drawn
up very soon, it was stated last
night by Virgil Langtry, chairman
of the gift committee.
Espy Makes Statement
Cecil Espy, senior president,
made the following statement con
cerning the project:
‘‘We as members of the senior
class feel that it is not only a
privilege but an honor to have an
opportunity to commemorate such
a character as Dea’ John Straub.
"In presenting a bronze bust
upon graduation, we feel that we
are able to express our own con
victions, and to convey to the stu
dents of future classes the posi
tion which Dean Straub held in
our lives, and in the life of the
University.
"Our class was the last group
to be welcomed to the University
by this man, who devoted the ma
jor part of his life to our school.
Now we are fortunate, at the end
of our term on the campus, to be
in a position to perpetuate Ifis ex
istence with us.”
Large Party Enjoys
Saturday’s Field Trip
Dr. Warren D. Smith and Hugh
Currin, in charge of a party of
about 10, spent last Saturday in
making a field trip up the Row
river, where they visited a num
ber of caves. At one place they
were lowered 60 feet underground
by means of ropes.
"This part of the country is
characterized by lava formations
and crevices, the land having
slumped considerably. We didn’t
find anything of importance but
caves, though,” Dr. Smith said.
Oregon Student Government
Functions, Policies Set Out
(This is the first of a series
.of stories by Mr. Prescott on
the operation of student gov
ernment at the University of
Oregon in Its business functions.
The next will appear in an early
issue of The Emerald.)
By JULIAN PRESCOTT
At the top of the student gov
ernment there is the executive
council. It determines all policies
and names all administrative of
ficers. In a word, it is the su
preme unit of the student govern
ment.
The council is aided by numer
out standing and special commit
tees and several permanent offi
cers as well as numerous student
officers who work for a school
year. This staff of administrative
officers ranges from the graduate
manager down to the assistant
managers of various activities.
Membership of Council
The executive council is com
posed of seven student members,
four members of the faculty, in
cluding the president of the Uni
versity or his representative, two
alumni members and the graduate
manager and alumni secretary. The
latter two are non-voting mem
bers.
Students and faculty members
make up the standing committees,
of which there are seven. The spe
cial committees, of which there are
seven. The special committees,
such as the homecoming and canoe
fete committees are composed of
students only.
Powers of Council
Coupled with the power to de
termine all policies of the Asso
ciated students as a business or
ganization, is the power to author
ize the budgets of all divisions of
the association's activities and to
approve all appropriations for
carrying out these activities. Ex
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