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OREGON PRESS CONFERENCE Register Has Names of 81 Journalists 33 Daily, Weekly Papers Represented Many Visitors Have Two Reasons For Attending Oregon Press Conference Here Eighty-one editors, publishers, and advertising men from Enter prise to Seaside, and from Klam ath Falls to The Dalles, signed their names on the official regis ter yesterday as the 1934 conclave of the Oregon State Editorial as sociation began its business ses sions at the Journalism building. Thirty-five daily and weekly news papers of the state were repre sented. Many among the visitors had a two-fold purpose in attending the convention; one as representatives of their newspapers, and the other as graduates returning for a glance at familiar faces. Among those who spent their undergrad uate days on the University cam pus were Earle Richardson, editor and publisher of the Dallas Itemi zer-Observer; Vincent Mutton’ printer, Jennings Lodge; Jack Bel linger, representing the Journal of Flagstaff, Arizona; L. P. Arant, manager and co-publisher of the Baker Democrat-Herald; Earle E. Voorhies, manager and editor of the Grants Pass Courier; Harris Ellsworth, editor of the Roseburg News-Review; Jack Bauer, Mt. Angel News; Ralph R. Cronise, co-publisher of the Albany Demo crat-Herald; Leith F. Abbott, Southern Pacific advertising de partment, Portland; Richard C. Horn, Eugene News business man ager; John W. Anderson, managing editor of the Eugene News; and Max Schafer, editor and publish er of the Seaside Signal. Others, whose interest was not confined to the business of the con ference, visited with sons and daughters who are on the campus. Merle R. Chessman, editor of the Astorian-Budget and president of the press conference, is the father of Peggy Chessman, Emerald lit erary editor. Mrs. E. R. Gilstrap, one of the many women present, is the mother of Phil and Ernestine Gilstrap. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Aid rich, representing the Pendleton East Oregonian, visited with their daughter, Eleanor Aldrich. A. Z. Sherrig, representing Blake, Mof fitt, and Towne, is the father of Del Sherrig. All of the important news and press associations of the northwest were represented as were the type founders and printers of the state. Several of the journalists’ wives attended the sessions. FEMININE 0. McINTYRE GIVES OBSERVATIONS (Continued from Fage One) cigars, one of which was being smoked, and at the same time eaten by Jack Bladine. Flowers, paint, tobacco, a faint reminder of the repeal of the 18th amendment, wet hair, and raincoats—shake them all together, add a dash of pineapple juice and the rind of two lemons, and presto, one has the atmosphere of the meeting room of the sixteenth annual press conference! The event which undoubtedly caused more comment and occa sion for humor among the editors was the presentation of a sum of money, taken up as a collection at the Friday luncheon, to the wife of Elbert Bede, to buy her editor husband a new tie. Bede came to the conference with one of those narrow, artist ties, which when tied look very much like an ox ford shoestring, just about ready to untie. Bede came to the annual ban quet held at the Osburn hotel last night, not only with a tie, but with socks and a sport handker chief which attempted to match. The three articles had all the col ors of the spectrum and some that put the spectrum to shame! It has been decreed by the editors that he shall wear these articles of apparel, or rather accessories, to each annual press conference held at the University hereafter. The banquet was well attended [ and thought by some to be the best in many years. Some of our observations and conclusions: Bill Tugman dozed in his chair: Betty Anne, Macduff, reporter from the Register-Guard, looked charming in black and silver: Dean Schwering. in black and: white; Mary Louee Edinger, soci ety editor on the Emerald, in I brown evening dress, and a white fur jacket. George Turnbull had a goodj speaking voice, and received a tre mendous ovation after his intro duction by Dean Eric W. Allen, j President of the University Boyer j Press Conference Officials Merle R. Chessman (left), publisher of the Astorian-Budget, is president of the sixteenth annual Oregon Press conference, which closes this morning, and George S. Turnbull, professor of journalism, is secretary of the yearly conclave. Kwama Draws Plans Tentatively for Dance Kwama, sophomore women’s honorary, outlined a general pro gram for the term at a luncheon and business meeting held yester day noon at the Anchorage. Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, dean of women, invited members of Kwama to a tea at her home Sun day, February 4. Tentative plans were made for a dinner dance, to be given jointly by Kwama and Skull and Dagger, sophomore men’s honorary. The dinner dance will be held at the Eugene hotel, February 9, and will probably be formal. Only members of the honoraries and their escorts may attend. Groups Hear Mathews Give Dialect Readings A. J. Mathews, Latin and French instructor at the University, read several “Uncle Remus’’ stories in the true negro dialect to nature and folklore groups of Philomelete, at a joint meeting yesterday after noon. In addition to reading the stor ies, which are taken from a book by Joel Chandler Harris, Mathews talked about the South and about negro life and customs. He also read a sketch, dealing with a ne gro funeral, which had been writ ten by a friend of his. Mathews, who is from Georgia himself, lent a true southern drawl to his readings. CARLTON SPENCER TO ATTEND LEGION MEET (Continued from Page One) and commander of the Oregon de partment of the American legion, in accordance with a resolution adopted at the recent national American legion convention. Sim ilar committees are at work in eastern states, and have received much favorable comment from eastern newspapers. Three members of the law and order committee have been grad uates of the tJniversity of Oregon: Spencer, who received a B. A. in 1913, RLE. in 1915, and J.D. in 1925: Edward F. Bailey, ’13, now a Eugene attorney and former state senator; E. Palmer Hoyt, ’23, now managing editor of the Oregonian in Portland. made a public appearance, a very good speech, and a hit! The following joke told by Don ald Sterling, of the Portland Jour nal, in explaining the brevity of his speech, received the biggest laugh. "Said Anthony to Cleo-1 patra, when he called on her in j her tent one night: ‘Cleo, I didn’t! sneak in here to talk!’” The Oregon editors must be fond of shrimp; it was served as; the first course this year, and also; last year. Other repetitions onj the menu were turkey, peas, and the inevitable parsley. Ralph Watson, Journal political | writer, insisted he was a census: taker. Several of the editors who' spoke had marked tremuloes. Spring flowers on the speakers’ table, especially daffodils, donated, by the Campus Flower shop, were! charming and added a “flowery” atmosphere to the banquet hall. We like these conferences more and more each year, and think' journalum a gieai game! I Emerald of the Air We bring you a program of pi ano serenade today by an old maestro, Fred McKinney. He is a veteran Emerald-of-the-Air per former and a member of the Delt trio, which has recently put in its hid to fame by panicking the cam pus with a new brand of vocal harmony. On Monday afternoon Lloyd Speer makes his debut on the eth erized Emerald broadcast. Plenty of entertainment is on tap during this 15 minute program. The time of presentation is half past four and the broadcasts orig inate in the studios of KORE. Nine New Books Added To Rent Library Shelf j Nine new books have been added to the rent and seven-day collec tions at the library this week. They are non-fiction for the most part, although several volumes of fic tion are included. “Inevitable War” by Lieutenant Colonel Richard Stockton, “Apples and Madonnas,” a book on emo tional expression in modern art by C. J. Bulliet, “Salvation by Laugh ter” by Dudley Zuver, “The Crime of Cuba” by Carleton Beals, “Time, Forward!” by Valentine Kataev, and “Poems, 1921-1933” by Archibald Ma.cLeish, are the books in the non-fiction group. “L'Affaire Jones” by Hillel Bernstein, “No More Trumpets” by George Milburn, and “Four Days’ Wonder” by A. A. Milne are new fiction books. CONFERENCE OF PRESS VISITORS ENDS TODAY (Continued from Page One) Chicago, managing director of the A. B. C. Announcement of the winner of the best weekly contest for the past year, the Washington County News-Times, was also made in the morning. Visitors Have Luncheons Group luncheons were held at the Anchorage at noon yesterday. At a nc-host lunch, Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of journalism described his summer trip to the orient in a talk entitled, “Go West, Young Man, Go West.” A business meeting of the Ore gon State Editorial association oc cupied the larger part of the aft ernoon yesterday. Harris Ells worth of the Rospburg News-Re- j view, president of the O. S. E. A.,! presided at this session, which j was primarily concerned with the discussion of newspaper and print-1 ing codes. The annual banquet of the con ference, under the courtesy of the Eugene chamber of commerce was staged last night in the Eu gene hotel. Dean Allen was toast master of the dinner. Entertainment was provided for the visiting newspaper men at the Colonial theater, which offered -> special showing of “Golden Years of Progress.” Ladies of the con ference were guests of a tea given-, by Theta Sigma Phi and Gamma Alpha Chi. The Murray Warner museum v.<m open for the gue.aU. i Forest Grove News-Times Wins Contest I ; Paper Best Weekly in Oregon for 1933 I _ I Advertising, Circulation Problems i Discussed at General Session Of Press Conference The Washington County News Times of Forest Grove woii the best weekly contest among Ore gon weeklies and semi-weeklies, it I was announced yesterday at the ; morning general session of the j Oregon Press conference in the journalism building. I The winning paper, which is j produced by the News-Times Pub I lishing company and managed and ! edited by Hugh McGilvra, will be | presented with the Sigma Delta j Chi trophy at the no-host lunch | eon today in the John Straub Me j mcrial building. Newberg Paper Second The Newberg Scribe was ad judged second best of the week ies by the three arbiters of the competing papers—David Foulkes of the Morning Oregonian, John Anderson of the Eugene Morning News, and Lucien P. Arant of the Baker Democrat-Herald. Third place w’ent to the Hills boro Argus, fourth to the Redmond Spokesman, and fifth to the Myrtle Point Herald. Methods Scored “When codes go into effect the newspapers have a selling job on their hands,” said Floyd L, Sparks, San Francisco, in his address to press representatives on “Adver tising Under the ‘New Deal.’ ” “One of the greatest things that could be brought about by the new deal is the elimination of black mail and sandbagging methods for getting advertising allowances.” “Blackmailing” Described Sparks explained'this statement by telling of many cases where re tailers use “blackmailing” meth ods to urge their wholesale com panies to allow funds for advertis ing campaigns. When they receive the additional money, they place it in the tills and regard it as a sales discount. Merle R. Chessman, Astorian Budget, president of the confer ence, approved Sparks’ feeling that the elimination of “sandbag” meth ods would be one of the greatest improvements under the new deal. A.B.C. Described O. C. Harn, Chicago, managing director of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, assured- the small newspapers that each member of the A.B.C. has the same vote, one. Harn's subject was “A.B.C. and the Smaller Newspapers,” and he explained that this bureau is the only way newspapers have of talk ing the same language to adver tisers. At the opening of the session Chessman appointed the following committees: Necrology: Ben Lit fin, The Dalles Chronicle; George Turnbull, secretary of the confer ence; and F. J. Wheeler, Milton Eagle. Resolutions: R. W. Sawyer, Bend Bulletin; C. J. Gillette, Coos Bay Times; Lars Bladine, McMinn ville Telephone-Register. Nomina tions: Earle Richardson, Dallas, Polk County Itemizer-Observer; Edgar McDaniel, North Bend Har bor; Lucien Arant, Baker Demo crat-Herald. Broadcast Read Tom Clapp, senior in journalism, read a sample radio broadcast of weekly news to open the meeting. The broadcast was presented to the group by Dean Eric W. Allen, of the school of journalism, as an j example of the weekly news sum mary which was requested by the radio division at KOAC and ap proved Thursday by the executive committee of the press conference. The program is to go on the air February 1. Three members of the senior class in editing, Clapp, Elinor Hen ry, and Malcolm Bauer, are in charge of the project. OPTIONAL MEMBERSHIP IN A3UO TO BE STUDIED (Continued from Pac/e One) tracted lawfully, and they respect! the obligation involved. They also believe the building fee may one day be used for such worthy en terprises as a now library or in-1 firmary on the University campus. “Therefore, they have confined \ their request to asking that nard pressed students, v/ho are finan cially unable to pay associated student dues, be extended the [ privilege of optional instead of compulsory membership in this or ganization." “Respectfully yours, “RICHARD L. NETJBERGER.” Landye had no further an nouncements to make regarding the situation. He is working with the legal committee of Eugene Laird and Josephine Rice on other i-pects of the affair. Korean’s Custom of Dotting Shoes Related at Luncheon A breezy after-dinner speech by Dean Erie W. Allen of the jour nalism school featured the Oregon Press conference luncheon at the I Anchorage yesterday. “Go West, Young Man, Go West” was the title of Allen's talk, in which he described a day spent in Korea during his recent vacation in the Orient with John ,J. Landsbury, head of the depart ment of music, and Harrison V. Hoyt, dean of the school of busi ness administration. Amusing recollections of Ko i rean customs and their stunning .effect on men who had been reared to believe that shoes should be worn inside the house as well .as outside, was the text of the speech. Allen related the surprise with which he had viewed the modern facilities offered by Korea in rail way transportation, and described the party's reception by the na tives. "The three deans were a great sensation everywhere they went." he said. “We had a mass of cre dentials from Secretary of State Hull, Governor Meier, and some very nice mentions from Chancel lor Kerr. All of these were re plete with huge seals and blue and yellow ribbons. The Koreans ■probably thought the three deans were there to change the govern ment or something.” A former student of Allen's was known to be the publisher of the principal newspaper in Korea, so the dean decided to call on him at his office. “'Five editors greeted us,” re lated Alien, “and there vve were, exchanging bows and business cards. When an interpreter fi nally arrived, we found that my ex-student was in New York City. However, we were invited to be the guests of honor at a banquet that evening, and naturally ac cepted. “When the time came, and we arrived at our host's home, we were requested to deposit our shoes at the door and escorted to a room, wherein were placed cushions for our convenience. About 20 dishes were placed on a small table beside us. As the for mer teacher of the publisher, 1 was the guest of honor.” Allen went on to describe the beverages and food served, and the manner of serving them, with geisha girls playing during the banquet. The dean concluded by urging everyone who had not yet visited the Orient to “go west” for a most delightful trip, and one very worthwhile. Robert C. Hall, superintendent of the University Press and asso ciate professor of journalism, in troduced the speaker. The Associated Press and United Press were hosts in a luncheon held apart from the no-host lunch eon at which Dean Allen spoke. Hendricks Hall Will Give All Campus Tea An all campus tea will be given by the sophomore class of Hen dricks hall on Tuesday between the hours of 3 to 5. Hilda Swenson will pour. Mil dred Schwartz and Edwina An derson have charge' of the affair, and they will be assisted by Mar garet Hoethler, Helen Woughter, Virginia Harrison, Reva Herns, Maxine Goetsch, and Polly Thomp son. Library Receives New Publication on Stamps Western Stamp Collector, a nevi', semi-weekly publication being re ceived at the library promises, ac cording to the Oregonian, “to be the most successful venture of its kind ever undertaken in any part of the world.” It is published in Mill City, Oregon, by A1 and Ar lene M. VanDahl, erstwhile pub lishers of the Mill City Logue. BEAVERS TAKE SLOW GAME FROM OREGON (Continued from Page One) another long- shot, putting his team out in front, 10 to 6. O’Connell Turns Savage Three minutes later Berg swished the net on a mid-court toss, but Hibbard matched it with a one-hander from the foul line. He added two more points a min ute later on a tough cripple shot following a fast break around Berg to the basket. Oregon took time out and Gemmell replaced Berg. Carl Lenchitsky got a nice one hander with four minutes to play, which ended the Beaver’s scoring at 16. Oregon got one more point on Willie Jones’ conversion. He was fouled by Captain O’Connell, who savagely jumped on him while Willie was on a fast cut to the hoop. With less than a minute to play, Berg tried a desperate long shot, but missed the rim. Hibbard Stars in Tilt George Hibbard, Beaver forward, was the individual star of the game, scoring 11 points, more than the total of the entire Webfoot team. He seemed to be the only player on the floor who was willing t(j play a little basketball and risk a shot once in a while. The game was unusually clean. Only eight personal fouls were called and six of these were on Oregon. So much time was taken up with passing the ball and wait ing for a chance to break or shoot, that there was little cause for ex cessive fouling. As a result, the game was run off in short order, few times out being taken for foul shooting. Summary OREGON (9) FG Robertson .1 Gemmell .0 W. Jones.0 B. Jones .1 Olinger .0 Berg .2 FT PF TP 0 12 0 10 10 1 0 3 2 0 10 0 0 4 4 1 u. s. c. O’Connell .1 1 Hibbard.4 3 Folen .0 0 McDonald .0 0 Lenchitsky . 1 0 Kidder .0 o 6 9 1 3 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 2 0o 0 6 4 2 16 " Refee: Jimmie Mitchell. Spokane. Umpire; Dwight Adams, Salem. February 3 Fast Date For Second Payment On Registration Fees The second installment on registration fees will be due February 3 this year, and there will be a fine of 25 cents for every succeeding day that dues are not paid, according to a statement from the University business office. Non-resident fees are also due at this time. French Novelist Writes of Works Miss Christina A. Crane, instruc tor in Romance languages, has just received a letter from Edouard Es taunie, famous French novelist, concerning some of his recent works. Miss Crane studied Estaunie’s novels for her master’s degree, and is personally acquainted with the writer. Arrangements are now be ing made to translate some of his works into English. Estaunie is one of the most well known of the modern novelists in France, his masterpieces being “L'Appel de la Route.” He is at present living in Lausanne, Swit zerland. Appointments Will Be Available at Brown U. Fellowships, scholarships, and assistantships for the academic year of 1934-35 are available at Brow n university, Providence, Rhode Island, for graduate stu dents in psychology. Special at tention is called to the fact that certain of these appointments are open to those graduating from col lege in June, 1934. For application blanks and fur ther information, address the di rector of the psychological labora tory, Brown university. Mike Journeys South To Play Chicago Bears Mike Mikulak, Oregon’s All American fullback, left Wednes day for Los Angeles where he will join a group of all-stars in a game with Lhe Chicago Bears, eastern professional gridders, next Sunday. Among the football immortals who will team with Mikulak on the all-star team will be Ernie Pinkert, of Trojan fame, Sanders, from Washington State, and many others who have blazed their names across the football skies of the nation at one time or another. Press Codes Main Topics At Meetings o Faculty Members Speak During Session Financial Condition of Association Reported as (iood; Four New Members Added The principal considerations be fore the business meeting of the Oregon State Editorial associa tion. which was held in the Jour nalism building yesterday after noon, were the newspaper and publishing code proposals in con nection with the N. R. A. The meeting was called to order at 2 p. m. by Harris Ellsworth of the Roseburg News-Review, pres ident of the association. He called upon Hugh G. Ball, vice-presidtnt, to report on the Thursday meet ing of the executive committee. Report Slade Ball reported that the Oregon state game commission proposes to carry on an advertising cam paign in Oregon papers. Plans call for about $25,000 to be spent on advertising matter the first year. The committee, Ball re ported, was favorable to the pro posal, as was the game commis sion. The financial condition of the editorial association, Ball said, was reported as good, with a num ber of newly affiliated members. The executive committee, Bail continued, had decided to end the verbal contract with the Eugene Engraving company, in order to change it into a formal contract. Broadcast Discussed Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of journalism had outlined the details of the coming broad cast over radio station KOAC al Corvallis. Following Ball’s report was that of the treasurer, who made an earnest plea for payment of de linquent dues. The field manager, Arne G. Rae, spoke next. He reported that the publishers’ code was at pres ent on President Roosevelt's desk or that of Administrator Hugh Johnson. He said that word was expected momentarily that the code had been approved. He”hiso reported four new members. Dentists Seek Aid A representative of the Parker dentists asked the support of the association in the blocking of the bill in the Oregon legislature which would forbid dentists in cluding price levels in newspaper advertisements. The group fa vored such support. Rae then read an 11-page paper on the code of fair competition for the graphic arts industry as it stood on December 18. Following this talk, E. F. Bitler read the code of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper associa tion’s code. In the main the two codes were alike. Pay scales for mechanical workers in newspaper plants were found to be much higher at the present time than either code stipulated. Code Effects Discussed W. F. G. Thacher, professor of advertising in the University, •spoke on the effect of codes on advertising. Thacher read excerpts from a pamphlet which explained the workings of the NRA in reference to many codes. He mentioned the punishments for code violations. He explained that the code does not apply in a shop where less than five are employed, or in a town of under 2500 population. Policy Decried “Loss leaders,” namely, ads taken at prices lower than the usual level in order to attract other advertisers, were declared unethical. Inaccuracy in adver tising was scored. After Thacher's talk, President Ellsworth noted that many news papers were not represented. The scheduled roll-call to determine how many publishers took liquor ads was postponed until the gen eral session, set for this morning. Allen to Speak Dean Allen of the school of jour nalism, will speak at a meeting of Pan Xenia on the third floor of Gerlinger hall Wednesday night. NOW—FIRST KIN! CHOMe OVVHCJ • €UG€N«i QVH | O LON I A I ii »»* & alocis Wm TWO HOURS OF TERRIFIC THRILLS!! SOS ICEBERG! Made Entirely in the Arctic North! Hus Walt Disney’s “ULI.ABV LAND” All in Technicolor XTKA—Owl Mat. 11:10 “AS YOU DESIRE ME” Garbo’s Best! Exactly as presented in New York at §1.50 per seat! Here—All Seats 15c Come at 0—both shows 15c SUNDAY—‘TWO I-STAK SHOWS! “LADY FOR A DAY" “WARRIOR’S HUSBAND pi... “Old King f»•!*;”— Disney Color Cartoon—All for 15o Two Hundred Attend Jubilee Press Dinner Sigma Della Chi Presents Award to Weeklies Dean Allen, Chancellor Kerr Give Welcome of University; Historical Talk Given More than 200 gathered in the | Osburn hotel last night to attend a ceremony commemorating the ! diamond jubilee year in the history i of Oregon journalism. George S. ! Turnbull, instructor in the depart ment of journalism, gave an intro ; duction on the history of Oregon I newspapers • since 1859 when the state was inaugurated into the Union, and introduced the repre sentatives of three papers which date back to the -earliest days of Oregon jciv i. "Oregon has the distinction of having the first newspaper to be printed on the Pacific coast," Turnbull said. This paper, a small four page affair, was the Oregon Spectator, published in 1846. Ten years later Oregon had two dailies in Portland, eleven weeklies and one so-called religious weekly; the state of Washington had no dailies and four weeklies; and there were but 3,342 publications in the Unit ed States. All newspapers were classified as political, religious, or literary publications. Early History Traced Ralph Cronise of the Albany Democrat-Herald traced the early history of the Democrat, first pub lished in 1859, R. J. Hendricks of the Salem Statesman discussed the beginnings of the Statesman, and Paul Kelty, editor of the Oregon ian described an early issue of that paper. The Washington County News Times edited by Hugh McGilvra, was adjudged the best w'eekly in the state of Oregon for the year of 1933 and awarded the Sigma Delta Chi cup by Donald Caswell, president of the journalism honor ary. The cup was surrendered to Caswell prior to the presentation by H. G. Ball, editor of the Hood River News, which was awarded the cup for the year of 1932. Ball received a certificate of merit in exchange for the cup. •fudges Named This year’s judges were David Foulkes of Lhe Morning Oregon ian, John Anderson of the Eugene Morning News, and Lucien P. Arant of the Baker Democrat Her ald. The decision was based equal ly on the excellence of the front page, the editorial page, the me chanical makeup, and the adver tising. Second place was awarded to the Newberg Scribe, edited by Don Woodman; third place to the Hills boro Argus, edited by Verne Mc Kinney; fourth place to the Red mond Spokesman, edited by Joe C. Brown; and fifth place to the Myr tle Point Herald, edited by R. L.. Tucker. Visitors Welcomed Speeches of w'elcome to the press delegates were given by Dean Eric W. Allen, of the school of journalism, who acted as toastmas ter; Chancellor Kerr, who wel comed the editors and publishers on behalf of the University and as sured them that the institutions of higher learning would never for get that their goal is of the great est possible value to the common wealth; Carol Wells, senior in jour nalism, who extended the students' welcome to the assembled dele gates; and the newly appointed acting-president of the University, Dean Boyer. President Boyer asked that the editors extend a hand of fellowship, and pointed out that in making this speech he was affording them an opportunity to give him a “once over” in order that they might discover “what liberties they may take with me in the future.” Douglass 111 M. H. Douglass, University li brarian, will be absent from his of fice for t he rest of the week on ac count of illness. movAm 12:30 Continuous 11:30 600 Seats 15c LAST TIMES TODAY HARVEY MY UPS BETRAY