VOLUME XXXIV _________UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1933 _NUMBER 64 State Officials Praise Oregon i Students’ Zeal »■ - - ■ ."V Interest in Educational Problems Lauded PETITIONS OFFERED New University Infirmary Funds Will Be Available After Biennium of 1933-34 _ By STEPHEN B. KAHN STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore., Feb. 3.—- ( Special)—Enthusiastic commendation of the students of the University of Oregon for their initiative in bringing their views to the attention of the legislature was voiced by a half score of prominent state officials this af ternoon. Senators and representa tives joined in expressing to Dick p Neuberger, chairman of the stu dent delegation, admiration for the interest manifested by the Univer sity in educational legislation. The chief activities of the group of students, which included Dick Neuberger, Raymond (Butch) Morse, and Stephen Kahn consist ed of focussing the attention of legislative officials on the pre vailing student opinion opposing further reduction in faculty salar ies. Late this afternoon a formal recommendation was submitted by the trio to Representative L. F. Allen, chairman of the joint ways and means committee, which read as follows: "In order to maintain the fac ulty of the several institutions of higher learning on a plane com mensurate with their experience and ability and to provide suitable remunerative recognition, recom mendation is hereby, made that the board of higher education make no further reductions in the prevailing salaries of the instruc tional staff, but effect the neces sary economies by applying re ductions to other existing func tions, viz: administrative staff, maintenance staff, physical plant, etc., etc.” Meier Expresses Appreciation At a conference with Governor Meier this morning, the chief ex ecutive of the state expressed his appreciation of the students’ in terest in their own problems and commended their loyalty to the faculty body. He outlined the fi nancial problems confronting the state and advanced the hope that no function of the state system of higher education would be perma nently impaired. Before a meeting of the ways and means committee Representa (Continued on Page Three) Frosh Will Stage Dancing Tonight Freshmen and other students who do not intend to go to the Senior ball will have an opportun ity to* dance tonight at the frosh get-together affair at the Campa Shoppe at 9 p. m. Music is to be furnished by the Mad-Hatters, President A1 Wall stated. The dance sponsored by the men's frosh commission, will be the first on the freshman program of social events. Tickets are 50 cents per couple and are on sale at all living organizations. Inde pendent freshmen and all upper class students may purchase tick ets at the Y.M.C.A. from Hale Thompson. Patrons and patronesses for the evening will include Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Cutler, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dahlberg, Mr. and Mrs. Paul WasTike, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shumaker, and Mr. William Kid well. Future Lawyers Shown Necessity Of Wide Learning Broad study in pre-law subjects and liberal knowledge of fields of endeavor other than law were stressed as advantages to the student planning to enter the legal profession by Earl Immel, prominent Eugene attorney and ex-president of the Oregon State Bar association, who spoke recent ly before approximately 100 un derclass students in pre-law work here recently. “In order to be successful as a lawyer a man must be familiar with the trades of all men with whom he does business,” Mr. Im mel said. “The doctor, on the oth er hand, is sufficiently well equipped if he knows his own bus iness well.” In stating these views, Immel substantiated the frequently stat ed policy of the law school which emphasizes the necessity of a wide pre-iegal training. He also dealt with the fact that salesmanship is an essential requirement for law just as much as it is in any other business. Conklin To Give Love, Marriage Lecture Monday * Second of Scries To Be at Villard On Subject of Psychological Aspects of Courtship Dr. Edmund S. Conklin, head of the University psychology depart ment, will deliver the second lec ture in the love and marriage series of speeches Monday evening, February 6, in the Villard assem bly hall. His topic will be "The Psychological Aspects of Court ship.” Dr. Conklin will deal with the many problems confronting couples before marriage, problems such as finance, attractive per sonalities, mating, selection, and the relationship between the en gaged. All students are urged to attend this lecture, especially those people who were present last Monday evening to hear Dr. Harold Leon ard Bowman speak on the socio logical aspects of love and marri age. The same tickets used last time will admit a student to this lecture. English Assistant Gets Portland School Place Miss Florence Thompson, grad uate assistant in English at the University of Oregon, left Wed nesday for Portland, where she will take over a part-time position in the English department of St. Helen’s hall. Miss Thompson is interested in writing and has jiad stories print ed in the Good Housekeeping and Collier’s. Campbell Reedy Will Discuss Tax Problems Rolla Reedy, senior in education, and Wallace Campbell, graduate assistant in the social science de partment, will speak on “Is There a Solution to Oregon’s Tax Dilem ma" on the “Road Ahead" pro gram over radio station KORE, Sunday at 2:30. This will be the fourth presen tation; the series of talks are to continue indefinitely. -J Master’s Degree Desired A. C. Stambrough, who is now on the faculty of Monmouth nor mal school, filed his abstract and thesis for his master's degree with the University of Oregon graduate school office, Clara L. Fitch, school secretary, said yesterday. His subject is history of Pacific col lege. Possibilities of Pacific Strife Shown by Warren D. Smith The stage is set for a war in the Pacific which may assume world wide dimensions, is the opinion of Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the geography department. Dr. Smith said that he did not wish to pre dict such a war, but the situation was favorable for it. Two factors tending toward war were pointed out by Dr. Smith in an interview yesterday. One was the geographic situation and the other the present trend of those in control of Japan. The islands and group of islands under Japan’s control form a semi circle with the Philippine islands a center, Dr. Smith said. This semi-circle includes the islands of Formosa, Pelew, Yap, and others. Dr. Smith brought out the close-1 ness of these islands to the Philip pines by saying he had seen For mosa from the northern most is land in the Philippines. Another Japanese possession, the Marshall islands, is comparatively close to the Hawaiian islands. Dr. Smith said he hoped that a war would not occur, but that the nations may blunder into it. Al though the militaristic factions are now in control in Japan, there are a great many people there who deplore the situation, he said. Hope that this more conservative ele ment would assume power, thus eliminating the possibility of an economic boycott on Japan by the United States and Great Britain, was expressed by Dr. Smith. This . (Continued on Page Three) Plan Proposed For Change Of Election Time # ASUO and Class Voting Would Be Same Day HALL IS FAVORABLE Date Would Be Advanced From First Thursday in May to Second One in April By ED STANLEY A proposal to advance the date of student body elections from the first Thursday in May to the sec ond Thursday in April was made last night by officials of the A. S. U. O. Nominations would be ad vanced to the first Thursday in April. A further revision of the cam pus elections was suggested when Bob Hall, student body president, proposed that all class elections be held simultaneously with general 3tudent body elections. This would appreciably limit the campaign pe riods and the resultant disruption of classes and study schedules. If the students accept the new proposal, the elections will take place about three weeks after spring-term registration. Present Nomination In Late April At the present time, the asso ciated student constitution pro vides in Section 2, clause 1, that nominations shall be from the floor at a general A. S. U. O. meeting the last Thursday in April. Elections shall be held on the seventh day following nomina tion, or the first Thursday in May. It is also planned to conduct a group of meetings which all new ly elected officers will be required to attend in order that they may become familiar with the student body government, its functions and duties. During these meetings they will have an opportunity to learn how the officers cooperate with the administration, they will be shown what powers the admin istration has over the associated students, the importance of finan cial structure, and all other duties they will be required to perform during their term in office. Much of the explanation would be made by the retiring president. . Hall Favorable Hall stated that, if the plan should go through, every newly elected officer will positively have to attend the spring term meet ings ancj show an interest as well, before he will be permitted to take the oath to perform his duties during his term of office. The aim is to give the new officers a chance to get an inside view of student affairs. In the opinion of Hall, the new system would be a great improve ment over the plan used at the present time, and seems to be the only plan of its kind that has been attempted on other college sh ss attempted on the Pacific coast. He also stated that the proposed plan j would eliminat some of the dis-' turbance in campus politics. McKelligon Makes Statement A statement made fcy A1 McKel ligon, chairman of the local com mittee of the National Student Federation of America, declared that the proposed system would cut out petty politics on the cam pus and would allow the students to catch up on their studies. McKelligon stated that the pro jected change would probably be submitted to a student body vote some time near the end of the term. YMCA National Official To Appear on Campus David Porter, national secretary for student work of the Y.M.C.A., will arrive from New York for a Eugene visit on February 14. The campus Y.M.C.A. plans a dinner honoring Mr. Porter, at which the advisory board, and the cabinet of the hut will be guests. Howard Ohmart is in charge of arrangements. Payment of Last Fee Installment Due Noon Today rpHE SECOND installment on -*• the registration fee and non resident fees will be due today. The office of E. P. Lyon, cash ier, will be open until noon. Although several students have already payed the fees, a great many more have waited until the last minute and those planning to do so today should be on hand early. j Navy Bulldogs Stage Mock Battle The nation’s mightiest warships are being prepared for a moek “attack” on the Pacific coast start ing on the 6th. No shots will be fired except on paper, and a record will be kept of all the maneuvers between the Hawaiian islands and the Pacific coast. An umpire will preside and chalk up hits and misses between the two fleets. Oregon Seniors To Hold Annual Formal Tonight Patrons and Patronesses To Bo Honored at Reception Dinner To Be Held Graduation will seem one step nearer tonight to members of the senior class as they gather for the Senior ball at Gerlinger hall at 9 p. m. Students who last year at tended as members of the third year class will appear in all the glory accorded seniors for the an ual formal. The hall has been decorated in a modernistic manner for the event, black, purple, and silver be ing used as colors. These will be used in a black canopy, purple drapes, spotlights, and mirrors. Music will be furnished by the ‘‘Rhythm Club,” 10-piece orches tra which has been playing at the Carapa Shoppe. Billy Sievers and Wilbur Thibault will be featured by the orchestra. Tickets for the affair may be puchased at living organizations, the Co-op or at the door. Pro grams will be sold for 50 cents at the dance, according to Charles Stryker, general (Chairman of the event. Two events will be held in con nection with the event tonight. At 6:30 p. m., the patrons and pa tronesses will hold a no-host din ner in the men's dormitory. At 8:30 p. m., a formal recep tion will be held in alumnae lounge honoring the patrons and patron esses. In the receiving line for the reception will be Cecil Espy, Dean James H. Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Starr, Chancellor and Mrs. W. J. Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Brown Barker, Miss Louise Web ber, and Robert Hall. National Hookup To Feature Pfaff Roger Pfaff, University of Ore gon graduate, and the three mem bers of the Japanese good will team touring the United States will speak on a national radio hookup through the Columbia Broadcasting system Monday at 11 a. m., Pacific standard time. The program which is presented under the auspices of the National Student Federation of America, may be heard through KOIN in Portland or any other stations con nected with the Columbia net work. Pfaff and the three Japanese university students appeared on the campus last November. Music Programs To Be Presented Twice Next Week Two musicales will be given by the University music department next week. Betty Evanson, pian ist, and Catherine Firebaugh, con tralto, will give a joint recital Tuesday at 8 o’clock in the music building auditorium. Miss Evan son will present numbers by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and by several modern composers. Miss Firebaugh will sing one num ber from Handel’s “Messiah,” and three other numbers by composers of the nineteenth century. Kenneth Roduner, tenor, accom panied by Theresa Kelley, will give a concert Thursday, February 9, at the music building. University Depot Has Lost Articles The collection of odds and ends found on the campus is steadily growing at the University depot. Among other things there are quite a number of books with the student’s name in them. These are: A1 Nielsen—McKinsey’s Ac counting Principles, Helen Edmin ston —- Foerster and Steadman’s Writing and Thinking, Emil Mohr —Foerster and Steadman’s Writ ing and Thinking, Virginia Gavis —Foerster and Steadman’s Writ ing and Thinking, Kenneth Wilson Gray’s Economic Doctrine, Ada lia Everts — French grammar, Murray Fowler — Teacher’s Im proved class book, Tom Aughin baugh — Craig’s Speech Arts, Glenn A. Bechtold—Fundamentals of Objective Psychology, Betty Hudson—British Poetry and Prose, Dewey Carpenter—British Poetry and Prose, and George Niemi — Outline of Physics. The rest of the list includes: 12 pairs of gloves, 1 bracelet, 1 knife, 2 rings, 7 fountain pens, and the same number of ever sharps. Journalism Graduate Has New Mexico Job Word has been received Dy Erie W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism, from Willetta Hartley, journalism major who graduated last year, that she has a position writing a shopper’s column on an Albuquerque, New Mexico, news paper. Mrs. Hartley was a member of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s jour nalism honorary, and of 'Phi Mu. Campus Calendar Elizabeth Serugg’s frosh discus sion group meets at Y. W. bun-! galow, 1 o’clock Monday. Group on religion will meet at Y. W. bungalow Monday night with Professor Dunn at 9. Y. W. cabinet meets Monday night, 7:45, at the bungalow. Housemothers will meet in room 4, Johnson hall, Monday at 3 p. m i The Nature girls of Philomelete will meet tomorrow morning at 9:30 for breakfast. Come to Susan Campbell hall instead of the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. Benito Padilla will lead the Wesley club discussion Sunday night in an endeavor to answer the question, “Why Should I Have a Personal Religion?” The meet ing will follow the social half-hour which begins at 6:00 p. m. Dr. E. S. Conklin, head of the psychology department at the University, will conduct a round (Continued on Page Tivo) Depression Will Feature on New Shelf at Library Move Is Made To Meet Demands For Books on Current Economic Problems Student interest in the depres sion and books conccrning .it is so great that the old library is today opening a new shelf to meet the demand. This “depression shelf” will contain all the late books— and the number is legion—which deal with this paramount econ omic problem of today, according to Miss Bernice Rice, superinten dent of the circulation department. The preponderance of the circu lation of these depression books over all other types is shown in a comparison of the grand total for the seven-day shelf for this school year which is approximately 628 which leaves the favored books a one-third rating against the com bined fields of fiction, poetry, phil osophy, travel, biography, and the many by-lines of these types. The latest of the volumes which will appear on the shelf are vol umes I and II on “Recent Social Trends in the United States,” which is a report of the Research Committee on Social Trends ap pointed by President Hoover. The president wrote the foreword for the series, in which it is pointed out that since the task assigned was to inquire into changing trends, the emphaSis is on ele ments of instability rather than stability in our social structure. These books, which were just pub lished in January, 1933, were pur chased from the income of funds contributed to the University by the late Henry Villard of New York City. Eight Students Added To Advertising Corps Eight positions have been filled on the Emerald advertising staff, it was announced yesterday by Mahr Reymers, manager. Parker Favier, senior in business administration, and Tom Clapp, junior in journalism, have been appointed as special representa tives. Other new appointments are; Ruth Baker, freshman in business administration; Betty Powers, freshman in humanities; Bob But ler, freshman in social science; Carl Heidel, sophomore in archi tecture; George Brice, sophomore in business administration; and Charles Darling, freshman in business administration. Oregana Offers Chance for New House Pictures Any living organization wish ing to have a new picture of its house in the Oregana may do so by bringing it to the Oregana office in McArthur court, it was announced by Vir ginia Wentz, editor. The charge will be $5, Miss Wentz stated. Five houses have already j turned in their new pictures. -f---—— ■ Role of Minister Assumed by Prof In Marital Event Dan Cupid began his tricks with iiis bow and arrows on the first "honest - to - goodness" sun shiny day Oregon has seen for more than a month. The day was Thursday, and the victims of the "archer” were Rob ert Frederick (Bob i Lan