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VOLUME XXXIV ~~ = UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1933 _NUMBER 105 9 Candidates Seek Oregana Editor Post Publications Committee Withholds Names CLARK PETITION IN First Reading; of Applications for Position Completed; Date Of Choice Unknown By ED STANLEY If interest in student activities had seemed lagging thus far this year, it spurted suddenly and sur prisingly yesterday afternoon as nine candidates marched into the graduate manager’s office before 3 o’clock and filed applications for the editorship of the Oregana. Nine in all—representing every class from freshman to junior, thereby avowed their intention of entering the feverish struggle for the yearbook post that has kept the publications committee and the executive council in turmoil since April 10, when applications were first submitted. Only two stu dents, Bob Zurcher and Parks Hitchcock, applied for the job at that time, and both were rejected by the executive council, which then decided to reopen the lists and call for more candidates. Anybody’s Race Apparently deciding it was any body’s race, or aroused by the campus-wide inter est resulting from the rejection of Hitchcock and Zurcher, candidates sprang up from everywhere. The publications committee, af ter meeting yesterday, refused to divulge the names of the candi dates, although it has always been customary to announce the entire field of candidates as soon as the petitions have been given a pre liminary reading by the publica tions committee. Bob Hall, student body president and chairman of the committee, said when questioned by the Emer ald last night that the names were being kept secret in order to save the eight unsuccessful candidates, whoever they may be, from the undesirable publicity which would result. He declared that the com mittee did not desire a repetition of the publicity that attended the rejections of Zurcher and Hitch cock. One Candidate Known As a result of the committee’s secretive attitude, the name of only one candidate is known cer tainly to have been filed. It is that of Barney Clark, freshman in journalism, whose intention to run for the post was made known in the freshman edition of the Emer ald Saturday. Both Hitchcock and Zurcher were declared eligible to re-enter applications for the position, by action of the executive council, but Hall refused to say whether either had filed. Hall declared that the publica tions committee was well satisfied with both quantity and quality of (Continued on Pae/e Two) Named to Chair I)r. George Rebec, head of the department of philosophy, who has been named to occupy the Prince Lucien Campbell chair of philosophy, which was created Saturday by action of the state board of higher education. Rebec Is Honored With Appointment To Chairmanship Dean of Philosophy at Oregon Obtains Important Post In Professorship Dr. George Rebec, dean of the graduate school and head of the philosophy department, was named to the chair of the Prince Lucian Campbell professorship of philoso phy when the state board of high er education created the professor ship Saturday night and named it In memory of the late president of the University. Prince L. Campbell was presi dent of the University from 1902 until his death in 1925. Chancellor William Jasper Kerr recommend ed that the professorship be estab lished and also trecommended Dr. Rebec for the chair. As president, Dr. Campbell was very much interested in philosophy and often expressed the wish that when he terminated his tenure as president of the University of Ore gon he might become professor of philosophy. He died at the height of his career and was deprived of this wish. Dr. Rebec is nationally recog nized for his work as a teacher of philosophy and has been head of the department for many years. Olds Wins Tlieatr£ Pass For Most News Stories Don Olds, reporter on the Emer ald, topped the list for writing the most stories for the paper for the week ending April 28 and won the free ticket to the Colonial theater. Peggy Chessman was second and Frances Hardy third in the number of stories written. Mary Jane Jenkins wrote the greatest number of heads for stories and Margaret Ellen Hill was second among the copyread ers. Turnbull Remarks on Shaw Attitude Toward Journalism By RUTH KING Much comment has been given to George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, since his recent visit to this country. Dean Carl W. Acker man, of the Columbia university school of journalism, took excep tion to Shaw’s statement that, "in all civilized countries at present newspapers exist for the purpose of concealing the truth.” Shaw’s accusation was cited by Dean Ackerman as similar to many others made "by intelligent men and women,” and he consid ered them serious charges. A few of those named were: That news paper standards are determined by circulation: that the press gives the public what it wants, rather than what the public needs; that financial news is promotional rath er than informative; and that the weekly papers are subservient to local political machines. In response to these criticisms, which were made by Dean Acker man in an address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Eugene Register Guard contained an editorial Sun day, adequately headed, “Why Be So Touchy?” George Turnbull, professor in journalism, when asked his opin ion on the subject, said, “I agree with the editorial. It phrases my ideas better than I could myself.” Criticism should not be resented, a brief summary of the editorial pointed out. One reason why it is often so difficult to get at the truth is because it is so difficult for two persons to agree on what IS the truth, and Mr. Ackerman and Mr. Shaw were cited as in stances. “This appears to be a question of the extent to which the various charges are true,” Turnbull de clared. "Newspapers are run by fallible human beings, and they make the same kind of mistakes, regrettably, as are made by othei people.” “On the other hand, I have nc patience with loose general charg (Continued on Page Tyeo) Jim Ferguson Speeds Junior Week-End Plan Prom, May 12, Will Bo Biggest Event COMMITTEES NAMED Lucile Coate Is Secretary; Chuck Thomas Helps Direct; Wagner Head of Construction With Junior week-end only 10 days away, plans for the annual three-day round of dances, lunch eons, banquets, and general cam pus activity are gathering speed daily. The Junior Prom, Friday night, May 12, is to be the biggest single event of the week-end. Jim Fer guson, general chairman of the event, has organized his commit tees and sub-committees, and ar rangements have been started. Assisting Ferguson in the direc tion of the work is Chuck Thomas. Lucile Coate is secretary of the event. Construction for the Prom is being handled by Paul Wagner, who has named Stanley Haber lach, Wallace Hug, Ed Schlesser, and Marvin McConnell as his com mittee. Patrons and patronesses are under the supervision of Alice Wedemeyer, who is assisted by Frances Johnston and Blema Par ker. Marion Vinson is to have charge of refreshments, with Edith Cle ment, Mark Temple, and Phoebe Greenman working on her commit tee. Mark Cory will have charge of decorating the Igloo, and he will be assisted by Jim Weed, Harlan Boales, Jim Ghormley, Jim Blair, Howard Lewis, Bernice Baynard, Kay Felter, and Betty Karkeet. Transportation is being handled by Kimball Page, with Louis Vannice, Phil Corrigan, and Ken neth Lottridge assisting. Ticket sales are under the direc tion of Ed Schweiker, who has appointed Bill Dowthit, Dick Near, Howard Bobbitt, and Gib Olinger on his committee. The music committee is headed by John Pennington, with Lorraine Beardsley and Milo Glassman as sisting. Caroline Hahn is to ar range for programs. Freshmen Picnic Plan Formulated Weiners, dancing, and swim ming, but no dates and no upper classmen was the decision of about 40 freshmen who met at the Pi Beta Phi house last night to for mulate plans for the Frosh picnic to be held May 30. Jack Miller, chairman of the affair, gave a brief resume of the duties of each com mittee chairman. The place for the picnic has not been decided. The suggestion of a walk-out in, conjunction with the picnic met with disapproval of the grolip. Mil ler flatly refused to discuss it. It was decided that each fresh man should be taxed a small amount to help defray expenses of the picnic. A nine-piece band has been hired to play for the affair. Ball games and swimming will provide the afternoon’s entertain ment. A weiner roast and dancing will conclude the evening. Recital Is Slated By Jane Kanzler Presenting the second of this week’s three student recitals, Jane Kanzler, pianist, appears in her senior recital tonight at 8 p. m. in the school of music auditorium. Last fall term, Miss Kanzler, who is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon, appeared in joint recital with Frances Brockman, violinist. Her mother, Mrs. Jacob Kanzler, presi dent of the Oregon Mothers’ club, is remaining in Eugene to hear her daughter play. In her varied program she offers an airy gavotte by Kanzler. Her other numbers are Bach’s "Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor,” Leo's "Arietta,” Mendelssohn’s "Varia tions Serieuse,” Rachmaninoff's "Polichinelle,” and Hutcheson’s "Prelude” and “Caprice." Casteel Cuts Capers Tonight As APagliaccP Players Open “A campground for lodging, a drum or a horn for a lotta noise, and splashy posters and handbills for publicity—the regular road show ballyhoo,” is George Andre ini's lineup of this summer's pro gram for the “1 Pagliacci” play ers, who open the book of their adventures as a troupe tonight at 8:00 at the Methodist church in Moliere’s farce. “Physician in Spite of Himself.” Oregon and Washington will probably be the territory covered first by the wandering "Clowns,” Andreini said. A truck will be the “how” and the best the vil lage has to offer in the way of a campground will do for the one night stopover. “Of course, when we hit Broadway nothing but the New Yorker’s best suites will be considered,” he added gravely. However, New York, if not it’s leading hotel, is not just “the stuff dreams are made of" foi one of the cast of tonight’s farce. Inez Simons, who plays the part of the revengeful wife, has won a schol arship which entitles her to 10 weeks’ training with the Reper tory Playhouse Associates of that city. She will leave Eugene in June and hopes to remain through next winter as a permanent mem ber of this group and tour the United States with them in the fall and winter of 1934. Louise Marvin, charming nurse of tonight's cast, has already earned the title “professional” as a member of the Portia Mansfield Dancers, with whom she toured the United States in 1928, the year before she entered the Uni versity. Others of tonight’s cast include such well-known figures in cam i In Play Tonight , ■mnHW Lw. , .-. . .-.v.v.-. ■«* -- Inez Simons, winner of Reper tory Playhouse scholarship, who plays the part of the wife of “The Physician in Spite of Himself” in Moliere’s play by that name, given I by the I Pagliacci players tonight i at 8 o'clock at the Methodist church under the auspices of the Wesley foundation. pus dramatics as Don Confrey, Wilbur Walker, Cynthia Liljeqvist, Hagen Moore, Professor John L. Casteel, and George Andreini, "king” of the Guild work-shop. Gene Love, lead in last year’s Guild production of "Hamlet,” di rects the play. Mrs. Schwering To Be Honored at Annual AWS Tea Louise Webber To Entertain New And Old Council at Dinner After Social Preparations for the annual A. W. S. tea, to be held in honor of Dean Hazel P. Schwering to morrow from 4 to 6 in Gerlinger hall, were announced by Emma Bell Rtadden, general chairman, yesterday. Previous to the tea to which all women of the campus are invited, the new A. W. S. officers for next year will be installed. At 6:30 that night, following the tea, Louise Webber, president of the A. W. S., will entertain the members of the new and old A. W. S. council at a formal dinner at the Gamma Phi Beta house. This dinner will con tinue the campus tradition of the outgoing A. W. S. president giv ing a dinner for the outgoing and incoming council. In the receiving line for the tea will be Dean Schwering, Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, Mrs. Murray Warner, Louise Webber, and Jean Failing. Members of Phi Theta Upsilon and heads of houses will act as hostesses. Thespians and Kwamas are to serve. The committee for the tea is Emma Bell Stadden, general chair man; Marjorie Haas, decorations; Ruth Martin, food; Phoebe Green man, hostesses; and Marie Sacco manno, music. Papers Wanted Dr. Parsons of the sociology de partment is particularly desirous of receiving extra copies of Friday, April 28, issue of the Emerald. Students who have copies of tjiat date that do not want the paper may leave them at the social sci ence house. Animal Breakfast For Juniors and Seniors Planned Virginia Hartje Names Members Of Committee; Juniors Will Be Hosts to Seniors Senior prominence and premier place in campus social affairs will be slightly subordinated Sunday, when the Juniors play hosts to the “uppermost” classmen at the an nual junior-senior breakfast. The repast is to take place May 7, in Alumni hall of Gerlinger from 9:30 to 10:30, announced Virginia Hart je, chairman. One junior and one senior will be admitted for 40 cents. Arrangements are being made to contact every girl living off the campus, but those not reached are asked to sign up at the Y. W. C. A. bungalow, and plans will be made for partners. Special guests at the breakfast will include Mrs. Hazel P. Schwer ing, dean of women, Mrs. Alice B. (Continued on Page Three) Clapp Awarded Prize In Old Oregon Contest Tom Clapp, junior in journalism, has been awarded first prize of five dollars for making the best advertisement to be used in Old Oregon. The contest winners were announced by W. F. G. Thacher, professor in the business admini stration school. V/. Hubert Totton, sophomore in journalism, was awarded second prize of two and a half dollars. The advertisements made by Fran cis Pallister and William Whytal were given honorable mention. , The contest was sponsored by Robert Allen, alumni secretary. The advertisements will be used by Eugene advertisers in Old j Oregon. Campus Calendar Pot and Quill meets tonight with Joan Cox and Marjorie War ner, 1240 E. 22nd, at 7:30. Junior Prom directorate meeting at 3 p. m. today in the College £ide. Student Socialist club meeting Thursday evening at 7:30. The place will be arranged later. Pi Kappa Alpha announces the pledging of Frank Arrell, ’36, of Eugene. -—=---I All men interested in working on men’s edition of the Emerald ■ meet today at 5 in 104 Journalism. Industrial group of the Y. W. C. A. will meet at 8 o’clock tonight in the “Y” bungalow. All members please be present. Pot and Quill meets tonight at 7:30 at 191 East 19th street at | Joan Cox’s home. Askelpiads will meet tonight at 7:00 in 201 Deady. All members j and pledges will please attend. 200 Prepper Trackmen To Compete Here \niiual Meet Scheduled For May 20 14 EVENTS BOOKED First and Second Place Winners From Ki^l't Districts Will Come to Campus Approximately 200 youths will be guests on the campus May 20 when high cshool athletes will gather on Hayward field for the first time to compete in the state high school inter-scholastic track meet. Fourteen events will be included in the meet and the University will award a gold, silver, and bronze medal to the first three places. The 42 medals are now on display at the Babb Hardware company. It was customary in the past to hold the meet annually at Oregon State college, but last spring the state board of higher education authorized that the meet should alternate each year between the two campuses. Other Meet Slated Friday, May 19, has been set as the date for the dual track meet between the University tracksters and Oregon State college. With this arrangement the high school athletes will see track events be tween college teams. In former years each school was permitted to send as many men to the state meet as it chose, but this year a new plan has been put into effect whereby the state will be divided into eight districts and the first and second place winners will compete in the meet here. In the case of district eight, which comprises the Portland High School Athletic association, the four first places in each event will be eligible for competition at the state meet. Eliminations Soon The eliminations will be run off either May 6 or 13, and all results must be at the graduate manager’s office not later than May 15, it was announced yesterday by Tom Stoddard, assistant graduate man ager, who is promoting the meet. This new system will be similar to that used for many years in Wash ington, California, Idaho, and other states. The district meets will probably prove a more satisfactory plan be cause only the cream of athletes will compete. Stoddard and Col onel Bill Hayward, who will be in charge of the meet, expect to run off a real high class meet in which each athlete will be given a chance to show his best ability against equally capable opponents. All preliminary events will be run off in the morning and the finals will take place in the after noon, Stoddard stated. J. L. Gary, principal of West Linn high school and secretary of the state board of control, is authorizing this meet. Three principals or super intendents from each district will conduct the respective meets. Diplomas Will Be Held Up if Fees Are Unpaid No diplomas will be order for which the fees have not been paid, Clifford L. Constance, assistant registrar, said yesterday. Students who pay tfle fees and fail to grad uate will be refunded the money, he said. In stressing the importance of the fees, Mr. Constance pointed out the fact that of the 82 students who filed graduation requirements for January, 1933, only 41 paid for diplomas. A delay in payment will make the receipt of the diploma late, he said. Dr. Oxtoby To Be Here To Confer on Religion Dr. W. H. Oxtoby, president of San Francisco seminary, is to be on the campus this Tuesday eve ning and Wednesday morning for his regplar visit to confer with all students interested in religious work. All students wishing to confer with Dr. Oxtoby may make an appointment by calling Westmin ster house, 442-J. Legislative Slashes Deep; New Members Formally Inducted 1 Men Will Meet ! ToMakePlansfor Emera Id Edition A LL men interested in work ing on the annual men's Emerald Friday are requested to meet today at 5 o’clock in room 104, Journalism building. The men have won over the women for two successive years and will be out to make Fri day’s edition another win. The group that puts out the winning paper will be given a party by the losers in the Journalism shack at a future date. 15 Frosli Pledged Skull and Dagger At Annual Dance Sophomore Honorary Accepts New Men on Basis of General Leadership Ability At the Frosh Glee Saturday night, 15 of the most outstanding men in the freshman class were pledged to Skull and Daggers, sophomore service honorary. The pledges, carrying swords on their shoulders, marched upon the plat form at 10:30 and were formally accepted by Walter Gray, presi dent of Skull and Daggers, as he gave them their pledge-pins. The selections were narrowed down from a field of 120 fresh men who have worked for the or ganization during the school year. Candidates are considered upon a basis including the qualities of scholarship, leadership, personal ity, character, and interest in ac tivities on the campus, and in A. S. U. O. and class activities. Election to Skull and Daggers is considered the greatest single honor that can be conferred upon a freshman in the field of campus activities. "This year’s selection includes men from every field of endeavor (Continual on Page Four) Tickets for Fete Go on Sale Today Fifty cents for reserved seats will be the admission charge for this year’s canoe fete to be held Saturday, May 13. Tickets will go on sale at noon today at the Co-op Book store. This was re vealed last night by Delbert O. Kimberling, ticket manager of A. S. U. O. Kimberling said: “A large num ber of ticket orders have been re ceived by mail and I advise those who want good seats to get them by the end of the week." Marion McClain, manager of the Co-op stated that many orders have already come in by mail from other parts of the state as well as Eugene. ■Sammons’ Committee To Meet Sunday NEXT SESSION MON. Vo Recommendation To Oust U.O. Dean of Women Mentioned At Board Meeting By DICK NEUBERGER PORTLAND, Or., May 1.—Spe cial )—Out of the University club ind into the street Saturday brisk y stepped Lieut.-Colonel Eddie Sammons, U. S. A., honorably dis charged. Under his arm he car ried copies of the budgets and fig ires which will determine the des tiny of higher education in the state of Oregon. Mr. Sammons was the last of the board mem bers to leave the scene of the group's first regular meeting in several months. As chairman of the all-important finance commit tee, he had remained after the ses sion to explain the complexities of the situation to members of the press. Every other member of the board took away with him a copy of the tentative budget submitted by Chancellor Kerr. For a week the rulers and guardians of high er learning" in the commonwealth will study and investigate thor oughly the plans for disbursing the greatly reduced income with which the institutions will be operated during the next biennium. Then they will come back, either to pull to pieces, submit intact or make desultory changes on the budget the chancellor presented. Finance Trio To Meet On Sunday, six days from today, Eddie Sammons will sit down with C. C. Colt and Herman Oliver to formulate the report of the fi nance committee. Theirs will be the most difficult task of all. Funds have been trimmed to the bone; federal appropriations have been discontinued; numerous de mands have been made by minori ties throughout the state. All these factors must be considered. But those who remember Eddie Sammons’ tenacity when he led a column of the Sunshine division over the top in Flanders 15 years ago and recall his recent tnilitant campaigns for the cause of edu cation have faith that he and his committee will help mightily in the struggle to resurrect higher learning from the financial morass in which it struggles today. Thou sands of Oregon citizens have im plicit faith in Eddie Sammons and his committee. Rumors on Press Row Concident with the meeting of the finance committee will be cau cuses and midnight round-table sessions at which other board members will compare their per spectives and opinions on the fi nancial plans. On Monday the board will convene formally at (Continued on Patje Three) Jane Thacher9 Soloist9 Gives 1 Fine Performance on Sunday fl Jane Thacher, as any soloist worth his salt should, dominated the concert given at McArthur court Sunday afternoon by the University Symphony orchestra. Her performance in the Grieg con certo for piano and orchestra was the memory that most listeners carried away with them, over shadowing even the memory of a very capable performance by the orchestra in Dvorak’s symphony in E-minor, from the “New World.” The thing that appeals to the layman in Mrs. Thacher's per formance at the piano is that she clearly and sincerely loves the music and enjoys playing for the sake of the music. The listener says to himself, “Here is a pianist who wants my applause to say ‘that is beautiful music,’ not ‘how wonderful you are, Mrs. Thacher!’ ” The Grieg concerto, with the clear-cut staccato themes of the two allegro movements contrasted with the slowly lyrical mood of the Jjl intervening adagio movement, I was an excellent vehicle for the ji| restrained enthusiasm with which M Mis. Thaeher always plays. Per- J sistent applause brought her back jj to the stage for a dreamy little f number, Edward Lauren’s “Si- jj esta.” Rex Underwood gave fine read- 4 ing to the “New World” sym- 1 phony. The well known “Goin’ j> Home" negro theme of the largo, si wit hits simple picture of the 1 spirit of a proud but sad people, is ®| not nearly as easy to do well as it would seem to be. Irven House, i who carried a solo part in the j; largo, on the English norm, left nothing to be desired. The finale, 1 in which Dvorak displays his si genius for unconventionally effec- j tive orchestration of intertwining themes, was splendidly done. The opening number, the over ture to Gomez’ “11 Guarany,” was no “piece de resistance” or mag (Continued on Page Four) j