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L. S.U. Expert Will Inspect Animal Relics Son of Prof. O. C. Howe To Start Enterprise I.ad Stubs Toe While Swimming In Stream and Discovers Ancient Fossils (Editor’s note: The Dr. Howe mentioned in the following As sociated Press dispatch is a son of Professor Herbert Crombie Howe of the University of Ore gon, his attainments, therefore, being of particular interest to this school.) By QUINCY EWING BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 15. — (API-—The boy who stubbed a toe while swimming in a Louisi ana stream has given geologists what they regard as first definite proof that prehistoric behemoths roamed the state as recently as 5000 to 100,000 years ago. Dr. H. V. Howe, head of the Louisiana State university geology department, is preparing to exca vate with assistance of university students a deposit of fossilized animal bones on a bank of Bayou Manchac, near Baton Rouge. The deposit, Dr. Howe says, is rich in possibility, but true ap praisal of the deposit awaits pos sibly months of careful digging in the marl, or sub-capillary clay in which the skeleton remains have been imbedded for centuries. Molar Teeth Unearthed Molar teeth and other bone rem nants assertedly of mastodons have been found already and the clay may also yield the bones of such animals as saber-tooth tigers, giant elephants distinct from the mammoth or mastodon, ground sloths, and horses and wolves of huge type extinct long before the advent of North American civili zation. Should human bones be discov ered, Dr. Howe asserted, the de posit would be of particularly ex traordinary importance, establish ing a contemporaneous historical link in the Louisiana coastal re gion between the human race and the animals mentioned. Ponderous teeth, pronounced! mastodonic, were found recently by Justin Cooper, 12-year-old Ba ton Rouge boy, when he stubbed! a toe against one of the great three-pound molars while swim ming. Other Fossils Found The L. S. U. geology head said j they washed down from the bank, \ under which a little scraping re vealed other bones extending over a hundred-foot area. Dr Howe ventures the hypoth esis that the area may have been a fresh water lake where masto dons and perhaps other animals came to drink. The geologist attributes the splendid preservation of the bones despite wetness of soil and climate to the type of clay in which they were imbedded. The clay is full of lime, and its fine grain pre vented circulation of moisture and resultant dissolution of the bones. Call a Dentist! The teeth that Dr. Howe said once belonged to mastodons are serrated, from 6 to 8 inches long, and weigh from three to four pounds. Discovery of mastodon remains was reported in Louisiana near St. Francisville some time ago, but i Dr. Howe said the Manchac de posit was of widely different type. The St. Francisville pit, he said, dated back possibly 600.000 years. Social Swims Will Be Every Friday Evening — Open hour swimming in the wo- | men’s pool, Gerlinger building, has ; been revived. For years it has been the custom to throw the pool open once a week for the use of both men and women. Last year, however, for the first time the de mand fell off so heavily that the j privilege was withdrawn. This year requests have been so numerous that it was found ad visable to revive the custom and it will be continued indefinitely if the turnout warrants keeping the pool open. Social swims will be held every Friday evening from 7:30 to 9 o’clock. FRATERNITIES STAND DEPRESSION OFF WELL (Continued from Page One) ity’s biggest single item of ex pense. “In most cases the, men who! hold mortgages or own houses I have had the sense to see that their only hope of protecting their in- j terests under present conditions is to make it possible for the fra ternities to lower their house bills and thus prevent the chapter from 1 breaking up. In some college • towns there is considerable talk of declaring moratorium on princi- . pal payments on houses until con ditions improve.” A reliable index of a national fraternity's prosperity is the num- - ber of initiations during the year, according to Cook. “Sigma Phi Epsilon initiations are now running about 12 per cent higher than a year ago.” he said, ' and I believe that other nationals are enjoying a similar increase. ’ ~f ~ " SOCI ’ Many Houses Entertain With Recent Dances The sophomores of Alpha Ph entertained the pledges with i masquerade dance last Saturday evening. The idea carried out wa: i Mardi Gras, and balloons, serpen tines, palms and flood lights dec orated the rooms. The guests were all in costumes. Carol Cunningham and Margaret Anne Howland were j in charge of the dance. Patrons and patronesses for the 1 affair were Dr. and Mrs. C. L. ' Schwering, Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins, Mrs. A. L. Wall, Mr. and Mrs. James Harding, and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. G. Thacher. * * * Pink ejephants, teddy bears, lit I tie Bo-Peep and other nursery 1 characters decorated the rooms of | Alpha Tau Omega at their pledge j dance Saturday evening at the chapter house. John Reynolds ! was in charge of the dance, which ! was informal. Those acting as patrons and pa ■ tronesses were Mr. and Mrs. Lance Hart, Mr. and Mrs. George Hop kins, Mr. and Mrs. Art Bushman, and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hoyman. • * * Members of Kappa Alpha Theta entertained their pledges with a formal grille dance Saturday night. Eleanor Skelley was in charge of decorations. Patrons and patronesses were: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Herman, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Rosson, and Mrs. Grace Russell. Co-op Features Book Week With Window Display Franklin’s Autobiography Outstanding Work In Group In observance of National Book week, the Co-op store is featuring a window display of limited edi tions, loaned by J. Ed Turnbull, of Shelton-Turnbull-Fuller com pany. The books come from all over the world, and are printed by the most famous of printing compan ies. Outstanding in the group is Franklin’s “Autobiography,” print ed by John Henry Nash, of San Francisco. Walt Whitman's “Leaves of Grass” was designed by Frederic Warde, and printed by William Edward Rudge, on the Mt. Vernon press. “Rip Van Winkle” was de signed by Frederick W. Goudy and composed by Bertha M. Goudy. Henry Fielding’s “Tom Jones” was designed by George Macy and printed by E. L. Hildreth. Victor Hugo’s “Notre Dame” was de signedand printed in Paris. Of peculiar interest is “Kwai dan” by Lafcadio Hearn, and printed in English in Tokyo, Ja pan. Carlyle’s “Sartor Resartus” was printed in London by the Cor wen Press. In short, nearly every country in the world is included in the printing of the books on display. Books are shown which were print ed in Czechoslovakia, in Sweden, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Italy, France, and England. E T Y - ■ Many Sorority Teas Given During Week Pi Beta Phi will honor thei i ! housemother, Mrs. Betty J. Croud i and their province president, Mrs Joseph A. Russell, with a forma tea to be given at the chapte house Wednesday afternoon fron 3 until 5 o'clock. In the receiving line will be, be sides Mrs. Crouch and Mrs. Rus sell, Beatrice Milligan, Bernici Spencer, and Zulieme Tibbets, Mrs. L. P. Hubbs, Mrs. Austir Dodds, and Mrs. Mary Margaret Griffith will pour. Barbara Tucker is in charge ol the arrangements for the tea, and the tea table will have for a cen terpiece a large pumpkin filled with fruit with a light shining from the inside on fruit around the pumpkin. * * * Kappa Delta honored their pledges at an informal dance Sat urday evening. Palms and flood lights decorated the rooms. Fre da Stadter was in charge. Patrons and patronesses were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shumaker, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Van Loan, and Mrs. Albert Powell. * * * Pledges of Sigma Kappa were honored Saturday evening at a dance given at the chapter house. The house was transformed to represent scenes at a rodeo. Sad dles, chaps, harnesses, whips, bales of hay, and Indian teepees deco rated the rooms. A more cosmopolitan group than the Limited Editions club would be hard to imagine, it is said. Only 1500 copies are made of these books, and they go only to members of the club. Membership cost is $120 a year, and 12 copies are sent to each member each year. Mr. Turnbull has one of the fin est private libraries in the city, and is known as an incessant read er, and a frequent visitor at the book balcony. Journalism Grad Working in Japan Climbing Fujiyama and seeing the Diamond mountains of Korea and the Nine Dragon falls were some of last summer’s experiences of Margaret E. Cuddeback, gradu ate of the University of Oregon school of journalism in 1931. Miss Cuddeback is now teaching English in the Baptist Training school at Osaka, Japan. “Sliding Down Fujiyama I had heard was fun,” Miss Cuddeback writes in a letter to George Turn bull, professor of journalism, “and I guess it was, with lava rock half way up to your knees, your shoes full of sharp cinders, and we had an extra dose of fun for it rained all the way down.” “The police met us in Tsurga,” she went on to say, “as they do all of the boats and when they saw me they wondered what the ‘Russian’ was planning to do and having neglected to get a police permit to re-enter the country, they had a right to wonder. Light hair is not a blessing in a country that dislikes communism.” For the Christmas vacation Miss Cuddeback plans to visit Taiwan. THRIFT WONDER WAVE DUOART RINGLETTE ENDS Chic (tj* 1 Cfl Alluring Audacious J. # J \J Irresistible OUR MASTER <D*<^ qp jL WAVE tysL.yj W Permanent Waving is more than me f chamcal procedure. We style your coif fure to meet the dictates of fashion adapted to your individuality by our operators. ■ THRIFT BEAUTY SHOP Phone 280 Phone 280 i SAVE 10 PER CENT on Everyth i n g $5.00 9 Meal i ickets $4.50 ELOISK DORNER, Editor Junior Senior Dance Attracts ;! Crowd Friday 1 The annual Junior-Senior danc< ■ was the center of attraction or I the campus last Friday evening . The dance was held at the Campt Shoppe with Abbie Green's orcheS' tra furnishing the music. Decorations were carried oui with the battlefied motif. Chud Gillespie and Louis Vannice were chairman of the dance. Patrons and patronesses wen Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering Dean and Mrs. Virgil D. Earl, Mrs Alice B. Macduff, Dean and Mrs Karl W. Onthank, Dean and Mrs Wayne L. Morse, and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald H. Robnett. * * * Mrs. Lou Beck, province direc tor of Gamma Phi Beta was enter tained at a formal dinner Tuesday evening by the local chapter. Guests included Chancellor and Mrs. W. J. Kerr, Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering, Mrs. Alice B. Mac duff, Dean and Mrs. Virgil D. Earl, Mrs. Bruce Bogart, and Dr. and Mrs. Orville Waller. * * # A “Depression Drag” idea fea tured the dance given by Delta Zeta in honor of the pledges Sat urday night. Lovelle Shirley was in charge with Lois Margaret Hunt and Thelma Nelson assisting. Patrons and patronesses were Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering, Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Sether, Mrs. C. A. Bur I den, and Mrs. Lillian Eldridge. Law Publication Will Be Out Soon The Oregon Law Review for De cember has been sent to press, it was announced by Professor Charles G. Howard, editor-in-chief of the publication. Contents of the Review include: "Approved Forms of Pleading,” by George Ropsman, associate justice of the Oregon supreme court; “The Legal Profession and the Incorpor ate Bar,” by Charles H. Paul, for merly justice of the supreme court of Washington, now president of the Washington State Bar associa tion; and “Washington as a Man,” by Wallace S. McCamant, member of the Multnomah county bar, for merly justice of the supreme court of Oregon. Notes and Comments have been written by Ernest Burrows and Carl Coad. Recent case notes were collected by Charles L. Edwards and James Landye. Council To Hear Issue of Taxing Municipal Utilities M. H. McGuire Is Chairman Of Committee To Meet On Thursday Conflicting views on the ques tion of taxing city-owned utilitie; and on the problems of regulatior as applied to private and public plants will be given free expressior at a hearing to be held Thursday in the council chamber of the city hall in Portland, according tc James H. Gilbert, secretary of the Interim committee on Taxation ol Municipal Utilities. The committee, appointed by president of the senate, speaker ot the house and Governor Meier consists of six members with M H. McGuire, manager of city utili ties in McMinnville, as chairman. An extensive study has been made bearing on the prevailing practice of taxing utilities in other states, on the extent of municipal ly owned properties in Oregon, and the financial condition of mu. nicipally owned plants throughout the state. The arguments pro arid con on the taxation of city-owned plants have been fully analyzed. The state law on regulation of private utilities has been carefully studied with a view to suggesting improve ment. A tentative draft of the re port has been drawn up by the secretary. Before the report is put into final form the committee wishes to give an opportunity for the expression of various points of view. Invitation to attend the hearing have been sent to repre sentatives of the private utilities, to city officers and managers, well known advocates of public owner ship, and to officials of the state grange. After the public hearing the committee will formulate its own recommendations and prepare the report in the final form. It is ex pected that the report in printed form will be available for distri bution before the legislature con venes in January. Nine Pledged to Pi Lambda Theta Nine women interested in the field of education were pledged to Pirn Lambda Theta, national wo men's education honorary, at a meeting of the group last week. Those selected by the honorary are Helen Raitenan, senior in edu cation; Elma Havemann, senior in Romance languages; Doris Payne, senior in physical education; Kath leen Hughes, senior in music; Maurine Lombard, graduate in education; Virginia Hancock, sen ior in Latin; Beulah Gore, senior in music; Alice Henshaw, and Mrs. Victor Morris. Initiation will be held Thursday Mars Takes a Rap in Brazil The war is over. Above, center, is Gen. Bcrtholdo Klipger, head of the constitutionalist army of Sao Paulo, arriving at Kio lie Janeiro with his stuff officers after all had been placed under arrest; The civil war had torn Brazil for nearly a year la-fore the insurgent forces were finally defeated. i -- ! Movie Notes ! Colonial- Freaks, Murders in the Rue Morgue. McDonald Night After Night. State Woman from Monte Carlo. Rex—Old Dark House. Colonial Thrills! To quote verbatim: Thrill Seekers! Come get your fill—(this is not a paid ad). With the motliest collection ever to grimace before a camera, the first offering on the Colonial double bill. “Freaks,” presents the queer est of all queer movies. Every atrocity ever committed by a mad heredity is here, armless, headless (practically), legless, everything less, and not a bad story, either. Second half position goes to “Murders in the Rue Morgue," an adaption of Edgar Allen Poe’s at which time Mrs. Genevieve Knight Bixler, national president of Pi Lambda Theta, who will be here on a two-day visit, will ad dress the group. A special meeting to practice in itiation song was held last night at the Chi Omega house. “super-special shocker.” Petite Sidney Fox plays the sweet young thing who arouses your sympathy; Bela Lugosi (Dracula, Zombie) plays another menace. Who bet ter? No raise in prices, says Manager Godfrey. McDonald Joe is a devil with the women, but all the trouble had to be when a lady kissed him. When he got the run-around Joe told her off in no uncertain terms. You ought to see George Raft being master ful and masculine. Five feet ten inches of ex-prizefighter with his hair slicked down in the most un derworld fashion — and there's more than one way to consolidate a chain of speak-easies. George Raft makes his debut as a full-fledged star in “Night After Night.” We’ve wanted him to ever since Scarface. Now he wears silk shirts, gardenias, sleeps between silk sheets, as the big shot of Broadway vendors. Con stance Cummings does her Ijest, and as for Wynne Gibson, she’s right up Joe’s alley, but what would a movie be without a tri angle ? Elver since Clark Gable, the he- j men have held the center of the ! stage so meet the latest. George ! Raft. Calling a cigarette mild doesn’t make it mild. Chesterfield starts at the beginning, by using the right kind of mild, ripe tobaccos . . . Then Chesterfield ages and cures its tobacco just right. And scientific research has perfected a unique method of "Cross Blending” that makes Chester field consistently milder and better-tasting. © 1932. Liggett & Myees Tobacco Co. | Three Contests To Be Sponsored For Health Week I , —7 . i Alden Cup Will Be Given For Best Menu; Posture To Be Judged -- 0 W. A. A. is sponsoring threa main contests in connection with health week this year. They ara ; the menu contest for all houses, | the poster contest for all students, and the posture contest with one j entrant selected by each house. The houses entering the menu ! contest must have the list of their ! menus for this week turned in to Mae Mastcrton at the Kappa Delta house by this noon. Judges have not yet been selected but Miss Florence Alden will present the Alden cup to the winning house. It will be the third year the cup has been presented. It was won last year by Alpha Phi. Entries in the poster contest must be turned in to Edith Clem ent at Alpha Omicron Pi by Thursday noon. The prize has not |: yet been decided but last year it was a two weeks’ pass to the Co lonial theater and may possibly be the same this year. The girls entered in the posture contest will be judged at the W. A. A. tea i' riday afternoon. TwatchT THE BlG | GAf*l£T Ihuioter [hey George;) fast ' HOWT>lT> WORK you3>o\T? that! / W i 1 } ME? I EAT £«BET>I>EE> W-HEAT i — ■" ——r——■ ■r»r" BIG game hunters fuel them selves up regularly with that famous energy-and-courage food, Shredded Wheat. No namby pamby foods for them! So start your day with Shredded Wheat, and see what the evening brings! It’s 100% whole wheat, you know i ; . and that’s Nature’s own energy food! Nothing lost, and nothing added. Shredded Wheat is energy food, but it knows how to taste good, tooj Slide yourself up to your favor ite eating place. Ask Joe for a brace of those hearty biscuits^ Float them in a bowl of cream or milk. Keep up the good work for a week, and then tell the campus to watch out! When you see Niagara Falls on the package; you KNOW you have Shredded Wheat SHREDDED WHEAT MATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANV Uneeda Bakers’1 f