VOLUME XXXIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1933 NUMBER 111
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Week-End Plans
Are Hastened
To Completion
Brief Sunshine Extends
Hint of Fair Skies
CLASSES DISMISSED
Friars, Mortar Board To riedgc
At Campus Luncheon; Queen
Margaret To Bcign
Sunny skies and northerly winds
ye.sterday for a time broke the pe
riod of stormy weather and gave
hint of good weather for Junior
Week-end, which starts Friday for
a three-day succession of student
activities, coupled with the Sixth
Annual Mother’s day events.
The Junior Week-end director
ate, has been working feverishly
|r all week in order to complete ar
rangements for the extensive pro-1
gram.
Beginning Friday at noon, al!
classes are to be dismissed for the
remainder of the week-end. The
All-Campus Luncheon, starting at
12 noon, is the first official event.
Arrangements have been made for
service for 2500, and all living or
ganizations will suspend their noon
meal on that day.
Queen Awaits Coronation
The coronation of Queen Mar
garet I, scheduled for 12:45, will
be a feature of the luncheon. Mor
tar Board and Friars will carry out
their traditional pledging of Jun
iors who have proved themselves
outstanding in activities.
A baseball game, Oregon vs.
Linfield college, will be the next
event, starting at 2:30 and con
tinuing until around 5. At the i
same time, a tennis court dance,
with a men’s bathing beauty con
test, is to start at 3 o’clock on the
tennis courts behind the main li
brary.
A tea for Oregon Mothers will
be held from 3 to 5 at the Y.W.
C.A. bungalow, sponsored by the
Y.W.C.A. council.
“La Fantasie des Fleurs,” bet
ter known as the Junior Prom, will
take place Friday night from 9 to
12 at McArthur court. The igloo
will be decorated in a complete
motif of modernistic flowers.
Queen Margaret, and her party
w'ill attend the dance.
Mothers To Meet
An executive meeting of the
Oregon Mothers will be held Sat
urday morning at 8. At the same
time, the traditional painting of
the “O” by the freshman class
will be staged on Skinner’s Butte.
The frosh-soph tug-of-war
across the mill-race will take place
at 9, continuing until about 9:45.
At 10 o’clock, the Water Carni
val, under the direction of Eddie
Field, wall take place at the An
chorage on the mill-race. Swim
ming and canoe races, exhibition
diving, water polo, canoe tilting,
and tugs-of-war between swim
mers and canoes will make up the
program.
■ A mass meeting of Oregon Moth
ers will be held in Guild theatre
at 10, at which time the year’s
business will be transacted.
Canoe Fete Finale
The Mother’s tea, under the di
rection of Marylou Patrick will oc
cupy the afternoon, starting at
2:30 in Gerlinger hall. This will be
followed by the Mother’s day ban
quet, to which students, their
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Poiv ell. Ordered
To Forest Camp
For Active Duty
Warren C. Powell, graduate stu
dent and second lieutenant in the
infantry reserve, yesterday re
ceived orders to report for active
duty at the Eugene district head
quarters of the citizens’ conserva
tion corps. Major R. H. Black is
commander of the headquarters.
The nature of the work Powell
will do was not specified in the
orders but it is expected that he
will be in charge of clerical work
in connection with the several
camps in the district. He took his
degree in business administration.
Other members of the staff in
tBe Eugene headquarters will in
clude a medical major from Let
terman’s hospital at San Francis
co, quartermaster captain and a
quartermaster sergeant, both from
Fort Lewis, and a recruiting ser
geant from Portland. This staff
will go to work immediately mak
ing arrangements for the setting
up of camps and providing sup
plies and materials for the men
who will move in shortly.
Smith Announces
Terms for Book
Review Contest
Reports Must Be Less Than 300
Words Long, Open to All
Undergraduates
Opportunity for students to win
two substantial prizes in a book
review contest was announced yes
terday by S. Stephenson Smith, as
sociate professor of English. The
awards are four books for first
prize and two books for second
prize, and the contest is open to
all undergraduates.
Regulations for the contest pro
vide that all students entering
must read any three books listed
in the “Students’ Guide to Good
Reading,” which is obtainable at
the Co-op store and includes a wide
and varied field of literature. The
entrant must then submit a re
port on each of these three books
of not less than 25 words or more
than 300.
The reports must be typed, on
one side of the paper only. Name
and address of the student must
not be placed on the report itself,
but must be placed in a sealed en
velope pinned to the paper. The
review must be what the applicant
himself thinks and feels about the
work. All reports must be handed
in to the Co-op not later than 5:30
on Thursday, June 8.
Judges will be Marion F. Mc
Clain, manager of the Co-op store,
and Ed Turnbull, of the Shelton
Turnbull-Fuller printing company.
The winners may select the vol
umes of their choice from the $1
titles of the MacMillan company,
The Oxford University Press, the
A. L. Burt Publishing Co., E. P.
Dutton & Co., Modern Library,
and Grosset and Dunlap, who are
supporting the contest.
The competition is part of the
national contest under the sponsor
ship of the Intercollegiate Com
mittee on Students’ Reading, un
der the direction of Atwood H.
Townsend, Ph.D., who prepared the
index, and who is active in the na
tional movement for encouraging
wider reading among movies and
the building up of students’ pri
vate libraries. Those winning in
this district will have the chance
of seeing their reviews included in
the reports of college students
which Dr. Townsend plans to in
sert in his forthcoming text, “A
Revised Student Guide to Good
Reading.”
Men Pay and Pay for Books
Overdue at Condon Library
They pay and pay at Condon
libe—but, contrary to time-worn
axioms, adages and maxims, it is
the man who pays the wages of
* dilatoriness.
The males, records show, have
acquired 75 per cent more fines
than women for misuse of Condon
reserve library books—the use of
books being equally distributed
between the men and women.
Miss Helen Everett, librarian, is
of the opinion that the strangely
impressive showing of the men
may be accounted for because of
the fact that the men have more
money than the girls. The co-eds,
with less spare change to strew
about, apparently think twice be
fore they keep a book out over
time.
Another interesting fact anent
the reserve library is the informa
tion that the use of books from
Condon has fallen off one-half
since last year—and libraries all
over the country have reported
within the last two years an in
crease of more than twice their
previous circulation.
Last year books were taken out
of Condon reserve at the rate of
two thousand a day, but now there
is a daily turnover of only about
one thousand. And with the hint
of a tear in her voice, Miss Everett
reports that the amount of fines
taken in has decreased
The fact that the freshman en
rollment has decreased consider
ably since last year probably ac
counts for much of the slump in
library circulation, Miss Everett
says, because the books at Condon
are mainly those used for fresh
man physical science and social
science survey courses.
Among the victims yesterday
was Frank Kistnef, sophomore in
social science, who pungled up
$1.42 for the rent of a book over
a period of a month. Miss Everett
said that after sending two warn
ing slips to Kistner she was be
ginning to be worried, but yester
day the book was returned and
the fine paid in full without, a
murmur.
The saddest tale emanating from
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Speak in Jewett
Contest Tonight
After-Dinner Talks To Emphasize
Idiosyncracies and Traits
Of Human Ilace
Nine University women, ranging
from seniors to freshmen, will par
ticipate in the VV. F. Jewett after
dinner speaking contest for wo
men tonight in the men’s dorm.
Each will speak on some phase of
the general topic, “Why Do We
Do It,” emphasizing the idiosyn
cracies of the human race and of
fering some explanation for the
peculiar actions we all perform.
Contestants for the $20, $10, and
$5 prizes will be Geraldine Hick
son, Jean Leonard, Helen Harri
man, Marclay Eisaman, Cynthia
Liijeqvist, Pauline George, Louise I
Smith, Frances Mays, and Hen
j riette Horak.
Judges for the contest will be
Prof. John H. Mueller, Prof. P. V.
Morrissette, Hugh E. Rosson, Mrs.
Genevieve Tumipseed, and Miss
Mozelle Hair.
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Advertising Honorary
To Discuss Convention
Alpha Delta Sigma, national pro
fessional advertising fraternity,
will hold a luncheon at noon today
at the College Side, it was an
nounced yesterday by Mahr Rey
mers, president of the organiza
tion.
During the luncheon the group
will discuss plans for the Alpha
Delta Sigma advertising conven
tion which is to be held on the
campus May 27. Reymers stated
that a large number of delegates
will be present and plans must be
arranged for their accommodations
and preparations of the meetings.
Mrs. Milne Recovering
After Major Operation
Mrs. W. E. Milne, wife of Dr.
Milne, professor of mathematics at
Oregon State, is recovering from
a major operation last Saturday.
Mrs. Milne has been ill for some
time.
' Dr. and Mrs. Milne were resi
dents of Eugene, until this year,
Dr. Milne having been transferred
from this University to Oregon
State college because of the shift
ing of upper division mathematics.
Order of 'O’ Men
Will Meet at Six
Tonight at S.A.E.
|"|RDER of the “O” members
will meet this evening at 6
o'clock at the S.A.E. house, it
was announced yesterday by Or
ville Bailey, president of the or
ganization.
At this time plans will be dis
cussed for the Bill Hayward
banquet which is being spon
sored by the organization. Tom
Stoddard, assistant graduate
manager, will speak to the
members about the affair. The
members will also talk over
plans for the state high school
track meet. The group is work
ing in CQnjunction with Bill
Hayward to handle the meet.
JUNIOR WEEK-END, 1933
George Hibbard, General
Chairman
Friday, May 12, Campus Day
Dick Wallsing* r. Chairman
12:00 noon—All-campus lunch
eon (Caroline Card).
12:45-1:15—Coronation of
Queen Margaret I.
2:30-5:00—Baseball game, U. of
O. vs. Linfield college, Rein
hart field.
3:00-5:00—Tennis court dance,
back of main library.
3:00-5:00—Tea for mothers by
Y. W. C. A. council, Y. W.
C. A. hut.
9:00-12:00—“La Fantasie des
Fleurs,” Junior Prom, Mc
Arthur court (Jim Fergu
son).
Saturday, May 13
8:00 a. m.—Executive meeting
of Oregon Mothers.
8:00 a. m.—Painting of the
“O” on Skinner’s butte.
9:00-9:45—Frosh-Soph tug-of
war over mill race.
10:00—Water carnival: Swim
ming and canoe races, water
stunts (Eddie Field).
10:00—Mass meeting of all Ore
gon Mothers in Guild theater.
2:30 p. m. to 5:00 — Mothers’
tea, Gerlinger hall.
5:30—Mother’s day banquet,
men’s dormitory.
8:30-10:30—“Fete Fantastique”
—Canoe Fete, presentation of
water carnival prizes (Dave
Eyre).
Sunday, May 14
Special Mother’s day services in
all local churches.
Special dinners for mothers in
all living organiations.
Cabinet To Give Tea
In Honor of Mothers
Mothers will be honored at a
tea Friday afternoon from 3:30 to
5:30, when the Y cabinet and the
upperclass commission cabinet
will entertain at the Y bungalow.
Queen Margaret and her court.
Catherine Coleman is general
chairman for the affair. Ruth
Eaton will work with a selective
committee to decorate the bunga
low. Elizabeth Bendstrup is in
charge of serving, and Myrna
Bartholomew, refreshments.
Infirmary Gets Three
Students Folloivinft Ad
The infirmary is housing
three now, presumably as a re
sult of a little advertising, ac
cording to the nurses. Straw
berry shortcake was served
night before last, when only one
patient was enrolled. Since that
fact got out, more and more are
getting in.
Those waiting for more short
cake are Nell Halstead, Norris
Perkins, and Douglas J. Ward.
Skull and Dagger,
Kwama Will Give
Last School Dance
Service Honoruries To Hold Affair
At Willamette Park May 29;
Gala Time Promised
The last dance of the school year
will be given by Kwama, women’s
sophomore service honorary, and
Skull and Daggers, men’s sopho
more service honorary, at Willam
ette park Monday, May 29, it was
announced yesterday by Walt
Gray, president of Skull and Dag
gers. Tickets for the affair will
be sold at all the living organiza
tions. The admission will be 50
cents.
Lin Hoyt’s Collegians will fur
nish the music for the evening,
Sparkling features will help to
make this last dance a gala af
fair, says Robert Ferguson and
Nancy Archbold, co-chairmen of
the affair.
Bus service to and from Wil
lamette park will be available. The
bus will leave from in front of the
Co-op.
Robert Ferguson and Nancy
Archbold, appointed ticket sellers
in the various living organizations.
They are:
Women: Gladys McMillan, Adele
Sheehy, Ann-Reed Burns, Peggy
Chessman, Mary Jane Jenkins,
Eleanor Eide, Betty Gearhart,
Henriette Horak, Elma Giles, Vir
ginia Younie, Ruth Mae Chilcote,
Elizabeth Ricks, Evelyn Hays, Eb
ba Wicks, Ruth Eaton, Virginia
Proctor, and Eleanor Norblad.
Men: A1 Neilson, Lucks Fox, Ed
Labbe, Jim Blais, Bob Thomas,
Jerry Denslow, Bill Marsh, John
McConnell, Bob Zurcher, Chet
Beede, Dean Connoway, Gec.ge In
man, Bill Paddock, and Borden
Poson.
Elsa Mehlman To Talk
To Student Socialists
Elsa Mehlman, former instruc
tor of English at the University
of Moscow, will speak to the Stu
dent Socialist club at the “Y” hut
at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow evening.
She served for 10 years as head
of the English department at
Polytechnic high school in Oak
land, California, before going to
Russia. In 1922 she went to Si
beria and was for two years di
rector of education in Koosbass
colony. After that she taught Eng
lish for six years at the University
of Moscow.
At present Miss Mehlman is liv
ing at the cooperative farm, four
miles from town, on the Eugene
Coburg highway. Her talk will be
open to the public.
Campus Calendar
Theta C'hi announces the pledg
ing of Clair Christopherson of
Klamath Falls and Andy New
house of Broadbent, Oregon.
Junior Prom directorate will
have its picture taken this morn
ing in front of Johnson hall at
11:50.
Scabbard and Blade will meet at
4 at the Barracks today.
Mias Smertenko’s course in lit
erature of the ancient world will
today resume its regular sessions
at 10 Monday, Wednesday and
Friday in room 7 Deady.
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Seniors’ Fees
Get Reduction
By State Board
Graduating Class Spared
Heavy Expense
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CUT WILL SAVE $1700
Exorcises Will Bogin Juno 9 With
Dedication of Dormitory as
Straub Memorial
Graduating seniors will be re
quired to pay but $6.50 for the
privilege of partaking in gradua
tion exercises and receiving a de
gree from the University this year,
instead of the customary $10.
This reduction comes as a result
of action taken by the state board
of higher education at its meeting
in Portland Monday. The fee
covers all costs of graduation, in
cluding charges for the speaker,
diplomas, etc. The previous
charge of $10 had been in force
since 1902.
The move to reduce the fee was
started some time ago, according
to Cecil Espy, president of the
senior class, who expressed him
self as highly pleased by the ac
tion of the board last night. The
reduction will save the senior class
as a whole more than $1,700, he
said.
Action looking toward re
tion was first undertaken by the
president of the senior class at
Oregon State college in collabora
tion with Espy. Working in con
junction with the business offices
of both institutions, an investiga
tion of the actual charges neces
sary 'to cover all costs incident to
graduation was determined. This
cost was found to be about $6 at
the University and slightly higher
at O. S. C.
With this figure as a basis
recommendation was made jointly
by the two schools with the re
sulting lowering of the fees. It
is not known whether the change
is intended as permanent or mere
ly for this year.
Graduation exercises will offici
ally begin Saturday, June 9, with
the christening of the men’s dorm
as John Straub Memorial building.
Baccalaureate services will be held
Sunday and commencement exer
cises will be held Monday, June
11, both at McArthur court. Jo
seph Schafer, superintendent of
the Wisconsin State Historical
society and faculty member at the
University from 1900 to 1920, will
deliver the commencement ad
dress.
Gray Appointed Head
Of Sophomore Picnic
Walt Gray has been appointed
chairman of the Sophomore picnic
by Bill Davis, class president, it
was announced yesterday. Ted
Pursley has been chosen assistant
chairman, Gray announced. The
picnic will be held Memorial day,
May 30, at Willamette park.
Committee appointments were
made by Gray last night. They in
clude Don Burke, orchestra; Hart
ley Kneeland, transportation; Peg
gy McKie, food; Jim Ringrose,
grounds; Virginia Van Kirk, Eliza
beth Bendstrup, and George
Schenk, features.
A huge Donnre at night will fea
ture local and outside entertain
ment and Hoyt’s Collegians. The
remainder of the day is devoted to
dancing, swimming, a treasure
hunt, a diving exhibition, dancing
contest and a warm reception for
any freshman.
Hazel P. Schwering, dean of wo
men, has granted 10:30 permis
sions for all sophomore women at
tending.
Students Wishing
Tickets for Fete
Urged To Hurry
A LL students who have not as
■‘“■yet purchased tickets for the
Canoe Fete are urged to do so
at once since they will go on
sale in town Thursday, it was
announced yesterday by Tom
Stoddard, assistant graduate
manager. Tickets are on sale
at the A.S.U.O. office in McAr
thur court and at the Co-op.
Of the reserved seats selling
at 50 cents there are very few
left, but the students will be
allowed to have as many as
there are left, stated Stoddard.
General admission tickets will
sell for 25 cents each instead of
35 cents as was announced in a
back edition of 'he Emerald.
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Pleased at Honor
Karl W. Onthank, dean of per
sonnel land an ex-editor of the
Emerald, who last night extended
his congratulations upon the high
rating won by the paper in a re
cent survey by the National Schol
astic I’ress association. He said
students, alinnni and faculty
should be proud of the Emerald.
Judges Declare
Men’s Emerald
Contest Winner
Better Organization Is Given as
Iteason for Decision Over
Women
The men's edition of the Emer
ald was declared winner of the con
test with the women’s number, by
the judges who were appointed to
pass on the comparative merits of
the two special editions of April
28 and May 6.
“Superior organization” was
given as the underlying reason by
Eric W. Allen, dean of the school
of journalism; W. F. G. Thacher,
professor of English and business
administration; and George S.
Turnbull, professor of journalism,
who acted as judges. The women,
the judges declared, apparently
procrastinated and clogged tHe
mechanical processes until the pa
per had to be padded out with two
large house ads and one piece of
time copy under a man’s by-line.
The men were beforehanded and
demonstrated better planning.
Criticism of the men's edition
was restricted in the main to too
small stories which were charac
terized as weak. Looseness in
copy editing was indicated.
"The papers were both credit
able, but were not as closely edited
nor as vigorous as the regular edi
tions,” Dean Allen said. "This is,
perhaps, to be expected,” he con
cluded, "when nearly every mem
ber of the two staffs were in an
unfamiliar position.”
This is the third time that the
men have won in the contest which
has been an annual affair during
the last four years. In accordance
with tradition the losers will play
host to the winners at a party later
in the term.
Spring Flowers Will
Be Sold at Luncheon
Sprays of spring flowers are
to be sold at the all-campus
luncheon next Friday, by the
Y.W.C.A. frosh commission.
Tiie sprays, which will cost 10
cents each, and are to be worn
like a corsage, will be made by
all freshman women before the
luncheon. Flowers used have
been procured from members of
the Y.W. advisory board.
Emerald Rating
Receives Many
High Plaudits
All-American Rankin" Is
Object of Praise
STAFF COMMENDED
\V. A. Tugman Lauds Campaign To
Reduce Living Expenses;
Others Enthusiastic
In recognition of the all-Ameri
can rating recently accorded the
Emerald by the National Scholas
tic Press association, members of
the Emerald staff yesterday re
ceived felicitations and congratu
lations from students, faculty
members and newspapermen. This
is one* of the highest honors ever •
received by the Emerald. In his
letter to Dick Neuberger, editor of
the Emerald, it was stated by
Fred L. Kildow, director of the
National Scholastic Press associa
tion, that the Emerald had won
910 out of a possible 1,000 points.
Among those praising the honor
won were W. A. Tugman, manag
ing-editor of the Eugene Register
Guard; W. J. Kerr, chancellor of
higher education; George S. Turn
bull, advisor of the Emerald; Karl
W. Onthank, a former editor of
the Emerald; Dr. James H. Gil
bert, another former editor; Dean
Wayne L. Morse, Dean Eric W.
Allen, and George Godfrey, All
were enthusiastic in their com
mendation.
Living Plan Praised
Neuberger was non-committal
about the honor won by the pub
lication. “I think this is due to
the splendid work of my fellow
staff members," he said. “To them
I extend my thanks and apprecia
tion, and to all others who assisted
in the publication of the Emerald.
Said W. A. (Bill) Tugman,
fighting managing-editor of the
Register-Guard, “I think that is
splendid work on the part of the
Emerald editors and entire staff.
The best work carried on by the
Emerald this year was its cam
paign on the living costs. This
year’s Emerald will rank with the
best Emeralds of all time.”
For his manner in advocating
the living cost program which Mr.
Tugman praised, Neuberger was
denounced by the interfraternity
council. This subsequently led to a
move to oust the editor. It failed,
however, and he held his post.
Chancellor Congratulates Paper
Chancellor Kerr commented as
follows: “I think it is very grati
fying and I wish to extend my
congratulations.”
Said Eric W. Allen, dean of the
school of journalism: “I know that
Professor Kenneth E. Olson (who
rated the Emerald) is a careful
and responsible person and his se
lection should carry a good deal
of weight.”
George S. Turnbull, advisor of
the Emerald, issued the following:
”1 am very much pleased and not
greatly surprised with the Emer
ald’s standings as given by the
National Scholastic Press associa
tion. I should like to see more of
the college papers rated by the
same efficient agency, particularly
some of the other papers whose
standing has been impugned by an
unofficial rating.
“I think the Emerald has made
l satisfactory progress through the
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Fete Floats To Be Modeled on
Fairy Tale Theme This Year
By HENRIETTE HORAK
Fashions in floats change even
as fashions in dress. The annual
canoe fete, as a pageant, grew out
of the canoe races at Junior Week
end. The first floats were single
flower bedecked canoes filled witn
beautiful girls and gallant youths.
For a number of years flowers
predominated as the decorating
feature; then for two or three
years, the floats, inspired by prom
ising young architecture students,
carried out the theme of palaces,
mansions, and dream castles in
Spain. The unique and grotesque
held sway for a number of years,
then came the era of a heterogen
eous mass of diversified themes
and motives.
This year the canoe fete returns
1 again to the beautiful but also
to the unique. Under the title,
"Fete Fantastique,” the floats for
the first time in canoe fete his
tory will carry out the idea of uni
ty, bringing before the spectators
living pages from the books ot
i fairy tales mystic, charming
characters that make the world go
’round and continue to live as the
ages roll by and men die.
A castle will be erected over the
platform upon which the action
takes place, across the mill-race
from the spectator seats. The large
arch at the upper end of the
bleacher seats will be reconstruct
ed to resemble a castle gate,
through which the floats will pass.
A brilliant, many-colored curtain
will screen the upper part of the
mill-race from the spectators part
ing each time a float passes
through.
Each year in addition to the
scheduled events at the fete, the
public is entertained by some
slight, humorous, and sometimes
courageous unexpected deed of
daring. There is usually some
beautiful Venus going down to the
bottom of the mill-race, and gal
lantly, amid tumultuous applause
of multitudes, swimming to the
shore, where she calmly and non
chalantly shakes out her golden
tresses.
One particularly memorable
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