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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1934)
Annual Senior Ball Sets Frosh Free of Custom Russian Theater Idea to Be Theme of Dance $1 ADMISSION PRICE Archie Loveland, Portland Band Leader, Will Furnish Music; Bobbitt Is Chairman The Senior ball to be held to night in Gerlinger hall will be marked by the changes in custom which it has caused. Freshmen will be permitted to attend the dance, but will not wear tuxedos if they follow the request of Tom Tongue, president of the A.S.U.O. The Russiftn theater idea will be the theme of the dance, and will be carried out in the decorations and programs, bright oranges, yel lows, and reds predominating in the color scheme. Prominent Orchestra Archie Loveland’s orchestra, prominent in Portland, has been brought to Eugene for the event and will feature several specialty numbers. The committee for the dance is: Howard Bobbitt, chairman; John T. Casey, assistant chairman; Frances Johnston, decorations; Jim Ferguson, construction; Chick Burrow, features and publicity; Helen Burns, Caroline Hahn, Jean Failing, Lucile Coate, refresh ments; Marion Vinson, Phoebe Greenman, Patricia McKenna, re ception; Harold Birkinshaw, mu sic; Bernice Baynard, ^programs; Erwin Nilsson, tickets; and Stan ley Haberlach, cleanup. Patrons Listed Patrons and patronesses are: Mr. and Mrs. Burt Brown Barker, Dean and Mrs. James H. Gilbert, Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering, Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, Dean and Mrs. Eric W. Allen, Dean and Mrs. John F. Bovard, Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Boyer, Dean and Mrs. Virgil D. Earl, Dean and Mrs. J. R. Jewell, Dean and Mrs. Wayne Morse, Dean and Mrs. Karl W. Onthank, Dean and Mrs. George Rebec, Dean and Mrs. Ellis F. Lawrence, Dean and Mrs. Alfred E. Powers, Dean and Mrs. Elwood Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Rosson, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Callison, Mrs. Genevieve Tur nipseed, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, Mrs. Murray Warner, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Martindale, Mr. and Mrs. T. H.' Tongue, Mr. and Mrs. J. Greenman. Tickets, which are selling for $1.00, may be obtained at the as sociated students offices, the Co-op, or from any fraternity rep resentative. Scabbard, Blade To Hold Initiation Formal initiation services will be, held Sunday night at the arm ory for 12 pledges to Scabbard and Blade, national military hon orary. After a gruelling workout on the University campus yesterday! these men will take the final steps j towards becoming full-fledged j warriors. The new members will be: James Wells, Burke Tongue, Malcolm Bauer, William George, Rudolph Heghdal, Bob Zurcher, Joe Ren-! ner, Gardner Frye, Erwin Nilsson, Keith Wilson, Deith Powers, and Don Black. Dr. Bossing Will Talk In Roseburg Saturday Speaking on the idea presented in his recent article for the Oregon Education Journal, “Outworn Ed ucational Thinking,” Dr. N. L. Bossing of the school of education, will give two follow-up talks at Roseburg on Saturday. Dr. Bossing's article and talks have aroused a great deal of com ment in the educational world. His topics will be: “The Challenge to Education in the Crisis," at 9:30 a. m., and “Education’s An swer to the Challenge,” at*2:30 in the afternoon. Roosevelt to Be Honored A rally honoring President Roosevelt’s birthday will be staged at the Rex theater at 10:30 next Tuesday night under the direction of the Young Democratic League of Lane county and the W’ornen’s Democratic League. Organ mu sic, an orchestra, tap-dancing, and a prominent speaker will be fea tures of the 45-minute program. Hope Wanes for Missing Women Oregon authorities have announced their belief that the two Oak land, California girls pictured above have been slain in some section of this state after all traces of the pair were lost last November at Klamath Falls. They are Audrea Mardelle (left) and Doris Sparks, who disappeared while motoring from Spokane to San Francisco. Tongue Declares Himself Opposed To Frosh Tuxes ASUO President Believes Tradition Grew Up to Save Unnecessary Expense in First Year Tom Tongue, president of the A.S.U.O., declared himself last night against the “overthrow of a long-standing tradition,” in the matter of freshmen’s wearing tux edos as suggested by Ed Martin dale, senior class president. Tongue believes that the tradi tion grew up to relieve the fresh men of the necessity of buying tuxedos the first year, and that it takes more to abolish a tradition than just a declaration. His com plete statement follows: “As a result of numerous in quiries and telephone calls I want to make more clear my stand re garding the tradition that fresh men refrain from wearing tuxe dos. In my opinion this is a worth while tradition and one that should continue to be observed. It was conceived with the idea of protect ing the freshmen against a large added expense in an already ex pensive first year in college, so that on formal occasions the fresh man who could not afford a tuxedo would not feel socially handi capped. Thus it is in keeping with the absence of class distinction and the ideals of social equality which have been developed and maintained.on this campus. “I am heartily in favor of the senior class inviting the freshmen to their annual ball if they wish to do so, but to attempt to overthrow a long-standing tradition such as that regarding the wearing of tux edos by freshmen is quite another matter, especially when the mo tives are possibly financial and for publicity, rather than with a sin cere conviction regarding the val ue of the tradition. “A true tradition cannot be abol ished at one sweep any more than Dne can be started by deciding to “have a new tradition.” Although [ intend to take no action to co jrce its observance, leaving it up to the individual men’s living or ganizations to enforce as they see Fit, I do sincerely believe that the tradition should be maintained, and think it will be a long time before t is overthrown. Until such a time 3omes, the Freshmen should re joice in their immunity from the boiled shirt.’ ” Truck, Sedan Collide On Corner Yesterday A crash, followed by a piercing howl—as though some dog were in agony—made students rush to the south windows of Friendly hall about 9:10 yesterday morning. University truck 9, driven by Carl L. Neet, 1724 1-2 Lawrence street, collided with a model T Ford sedan driven by L. B. Payne, 2020 East 19, at 13th and Univer sity streets. The truck, headed north on Uni versity, struck the sedan going west oh 13th, overturning it and piling it up on the corner next to Friendly hall. Payne received minor injuries of the leg and chest bone. Neither of the other two occupants of the car were injured. Former Student Refuses to Admit Receiving Wouml Donna Gill Endures Pain to Keep Girl Scouts From Knowing She Violated Precept Because she did not want mem bers of her Girl Scout troop to know she had violated one of their precepts, Donna Gill, former Uni versity student now a teacher and active, scout leader at Albany jun ior high school, endured the pain of an accidental bullet wound in her side for nearly three days be fore revealing that she had been shot. Miss Gill received her wound late Sunday night on her return from a hunting trip with her fath er. She was taking the gun from her car when the trigger caught on the handle of her suitcase. The bullet struck a rib three inches below her heart, but was deflected so that it caused only a flesh wound. Against her physician’s orders, Miss Gill attempted to teach school Monday, but was noticeably weak and faint. She merely told the students that she wag not feeling well, until sundry rumors forced her Wednesday to reveal the de tails of her mishap. She admitted that she had hand led the gun carelessly, thinking that her father had removed all the shells from the weapon before placing it in the car. Her reti cence in regard to the accident was prompted, she explained, by the fact that she was ashamed to admit to her Girl Scouts that she had forgotten to practice the warn ing she had often preached—“han dle guns with care.” Miss Gill was a pre-law major on the campus in 1928, 1929, and the fall of 1930. In 1931 she was one of a group of University stu dents that made the Hawaii sum mer cruise. Miss Gill was affil iated with Kappa Alpha Theta so rority. Thela Sigma Phi Slates Open Meeting Tuesday Theta Sigma Phi, women's jour nalistic fraternity, will hold an open meeting at the home of Mrs. Sally Allen, 2239 Birch lane, Tues day evening at 7:30 p. m. Women majors in the school of journalism have been invited as guests. John Anderson, managing editor of the Eugene Morning News, will be the speaker. Campus Calendar Coed Capers Directorate meets Monday afternoon at the Alpha Chi Omega house. Junior Stunt of Coed Capers will rehearse in the College Side at 11 a. m. Sunday. Wesley Club Cabinet meeting Sunday morning at the Methodist church at 8:00 for breakfast. Holly Seavey is in charge. Eula Loomis will preside. Heads of houses’ and I’anhellen ic representatives’ pictures to be taken on the steps of Condon hall at 11:40 today. Dr. Conklin to Speak In Love and Marriage Series Monday Night Dr. E. S. Conklin, head of the department of psychology at the University, will appear as the second speaker in the love and marriage series Monday evening at 8:15 p. m. in Villard hall. Conklin will discuss the psy chological aspects of the prob lem. Charles Howard To Attend Meet of Bar Association i - Oregon Professor on Committee Will Prepare Discussion Topics for Lawyers Charles G. Howard, professor in the University law school, will at tend a' meeting of the committee of the Oregon state bar associa tion, to be held in Portland Feb ruary 1, according to word just received from Sidney Teiser, chairman. The purpose of the committee is to cooperate with the American Bar association’s national com mittee on coordination in prepar ing programs and topics for dis cussions. Similar committees have been appointed in each state. At the February meeting the state committee will fill out a questionnaire on “Criminal Law and Its Enforcement,” which is one of four topics to be studied. The others are "Legal Education and Admission to the Bar,” “Un authorized Practice of the Law,” and “Selection of Judges.” The results of this questionnaire will be sent to the national co ordination committee, which will study it, together with similar ma terial submitted by committees from other states, classify the ma terial, and organize it. Thus the problems of all the state bar as sociations will be considered and studied in a unified manner. These state committees have been formed as a result of a pro gram made by the national com mittee on coordination at a meet ing last year. This program has as its purpose the aiding of state bar associations in preparing pro grams and topics for discussions, thus tying in the work of the states with the national bar as sociation. Members of the Oregon state committee are Sidney Teiser, Portland, chairman; Arthur Mc Mahan, Albany, ex-president of the Oregon state bar association; J. Hunt Hendrickson, judge of the district court in Portland; and Profesor Howard. Officers Elected By Hobby Group Jill Madsen was elected vice president and Grace Rucker elect ed program chairman of Prose and Poetry group of Philomelete, at a potluck supper and meeting held last night in the AWS room. The president and treasurer will not be chosen until spring term, but the other officers are elected in order to give them more expe rience before thejT have to take over the active management of j the group. Both Miss Madsen and | Miss Rucker are freshmen. After roasting wienies, buns, and marshmallows over the open fire, meanwhile informally electing the officers, the group made plans for a skit to be given at a Valentine’s party next month. Rehearsal of the skit, which has not yet been definitely chosen, will begin at the next meeting, in two weeks. Williams’ Talk To Be Given at Students’ Meet Assembly in Gerlinger Monday at 10 l _ .CLASSES DISMISSED ! Lecturer Will Describe Laboring Conditions Among German, Russian Workers Fifteen years of studying: the worker here and abroad have con vinced Whiting' Williams, author, lecturer, and industrial consultant, that the American laborer has had and still does have a .better living- than any other worker in the world. Williams will address a public student assembly Monday, Janu ary 29, at 10 o’clock in Gerlinger i hall, on working conditions in | Germany and Russia. Classes will | be dismissed for that hour, ad ministration officials report. Returning from his recent visit [ to the famous “Pittsburgh dis I trict” in Russia, Williams urged j every loyal American to cooperate to the fullest extent with the NRA, although considering it as a temporary relief measure. 1-Ie claimed that in Russia there were 5.000. 000 deaths last winter and spring, due to famine, and that among the Russian upper class the number who die of famine is placed as high as 10,000,000 to 15.000. 000. Censorship Strict “Censorship is stricter and con ditions generally are much more distressing than reports in this country would show,” he said. “Russia’s workers are now in a battle of passive resistance, not withstanding the gains made in the last five years.” Williams, who has worked side by side with unskilled laborers in Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Italy, France, Poland, and the United States, took a leave of ab sence from his position as vice president in charge of personnel of the Cleveland Hydraulic Steel company in 1919, to find out more about the steel worker's actual problems and difficulties. Experiences Varied Since then he has alternated from shirt-sleeves to tuxedos, from hobnailed boots to patent leather oxfords, spending sum mers as a worker and other sea* sons as an, executive or lecturer. He is an authority upon condi tions in the factories and mines of America and Europe. In 1928 he made his first visit to Russia without an interpreter, to find out the working man’s feelings toward his government and the kind of deal he was get ting. When he came back, he said that the great experiment would need to make some conces sions before it could be success ful. Return Visit Made Last July he returned to see what had happened in the five year interim. He went as quietly as possible to avoid a government conducted visit, to the "Pittsburgh district," where famine was sup posedly worst and again talked to the men themselves. After working in the Saar val ley of Germany, Williams pre dicted that when the 700,000 peo (Continued on Paye Three) Swiss Police Dog Aids Blind Oregon Graduate With W ork An almost unbelievable tale of an Oregon graduate who gathers and edits news and advertising copy in Portland, despite his total blindness, is carried in the Decem ber issue of "Linotype News." With the assistance of a trained police dog, Trebia, Edward C. Rob bins goes about his official duties as editor-in-chief of the Southeast Portland Index, the official organ of the Southeast Portland Cham ber of Commerce. The dog was born and raised in the "Seeing Eye” kennels in Swit zerland, and was trained by that famous corporation to guide the blind. She leads Robbins safely about the city. When an automo bile approaches an intersection that she is supposed to lead Rob bins across, she stops immediately and will not proceed until the ve hicle has passed. She has been taught not only to protect her master but to pick up any object he might drop and return it to hfm. And she seems to under stand perfectly orders given her in English or German. Robbins credits Trebia with in creasing his own working efficien cy by enabling him to traverse the city in confidence and security. A special pass given him by the Portland Traction company per mits Trebia to ride on all Portland street cars and busses. Robbins is a native of Portland, where he attended Jefferson high school. He lost his eyesight in an accident while working in a Port land railroad shop during the World war. He soon mastered the Braille system of reading, and en rolled at the Oregon Institute of Technology. He was a student of the University of Oregon from 1922-1925, completing the journal ism course in three years. Overcome by Huskies Jack Robertson (left), two-year veteran forward, and Bud Jones, sophomore guard, aided in a last-minute drive which almost upset the Washington Huskies in Seattle last night. They will be In the start ing lineup in the second game of the series tonight and will be out to trample on Hee Kdmundson’s i’urpie quintet. Students to Give Musical Recitals Monday Evening Marjorie Scobert, Vivian Malone Maxine Hill, Helen Ferris Will Perform Appearing on the regular Mon day recital next week are Helen Ferris, pianist; Maxine Hill, pian ist; Vivian Malone, violinist; and Marjorie Scobert, pianist. The time is 8 p. m., and the place is the school of music auditorium. Beginning and concluding the program, Miss Scobert plays “Son ata in F-Major," by Mozart, "Pre ludium,” by MacDowell, “Lento,” by Scott, “Naiads,” by Juon. Miss Scobert has often played during Y.VV.C.A. vesper hours and on va rious other programs on the cam pus. Of modern Spanish type is “Tan go," by Arbos, played by Miss Ma lone. She has been a student of Hex Underwood for four years, and he speaks highly of her work. Maxine Hill’s group consists of “En Bateau” by Debussy, “Tam bourin," by Rameau, and “Inter mezzo, op. 117“ by Brahms. Playing the fourth group on the program, Miss Ferris contributes to the program: Enrique Soro’s “Waltz Dedication,” Gardner Eyre’s "Drifting,” and John Pow ell’s “The Snake Charmer." Miami Triad Dance Is Reinstated at Meeting A petition asking for the rein statement of the Miami Triad formal dance was granted at the student affairs meeting held yes terday in the office of Dean of Women Hazel P, Schwering in Johnson hall. This dance, in which the Sigma Chi, Beta Theta Pi, and Phi Delta Theta houses take part, has been discontinued for three years. This year it is scheduled for Saturday, February 3. Here's Your Chance For $9.90, Less One Wallet-On Cuppoletti Bree (Cupp) Cuppoletti, foot ball player extraordinary and basketball player of note, has lost a wallet containing about $9.90 in cash and many a val u a b 1 e document, somewhere near the auto enforcement of fice in Friendly hall. Anyone who finds this wallet may keep the cash if he will return the wallet. Orangemen Drop Cougars in Game At Pullman, 26-23 Winners Climb to Second Place In Conference Standings; JVfcPhee High Scorer PULLMAN, Wash., Jan. 26 — (Special) -Oregon State nosed out a stubborn Washington State quintet here tonight by a score of 26 to 23 and went into second place in the northern division standings. The Beavers staved off danger ous Cougar threats in the final few minutes of play by resorting to a stalling game. The Orangemen left the floor at the end of the first half with a lead of 13 to 11. The fired-up Cougars swept into their only lead of the game when Huntley Mc Phee, dead-eye Washington State forward, connected for two field goals. Skeet O'Connell, Cliff Folen, and George Hibbard got busy for the Oregon Staters and ran the score up to 22-15 in favor of then team. Then the Gillmen started their stalling game with the fran tic Cougars committing fouls in attempts to capture the ball. McPhee was high scorer of the evening with seven points al though he left the contest on per sonal fouls shortly after the sec ond half started. Hibbard swished the net for six tallies to lead the Beavers. Oritles lo Have Social Meeting Monday Might A social meeting for members of Orides, organized independent women, and other independent wo men who are interested in belong ing to the organization, is sched uled for Monday night at 7:30 in the dance room of Gerlinger hall. Loveda Mann and Loree Laird are in charge of the meeting and request that every member bring a prospective member to the affair. Helen Nickachiou will sing a typi cal Greek folk song. Mary Jean nette Denniston will play piano numbers for dancing, and Betty Wilson will play a piano solo. Group singing is also on the pro gram, as well as a short business meeting. Infirmary Has Six Two new patients at the infirm ary are Ed Morrow and Osborne Edwards. William Hall, Clarence Mullins, Pat Gallagher, and Percy Freeman are the other students confined. Webfoots Lose To Washington By 33-28 Count Victory Seventh in Row For Huskies RALLY FALLS SHORT Olinger, Hanover, Wagner Lead Scoring in Seattle Contest With Eight Apiece SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 23.—. (Special)—The Washington Hus ky quintet continued merrily on its way towards the championship of the northern conference by downing Oregon, 33 to 28, here tonight while more than 7000 fans looked on. The victory was the seventh straight for the rampag ing Washingtonians, and their record remains unblemished by defeat. The Husky sharpshooters hur tled into an early lead although Willie Jones, Webfoot center, con sistently captured the tipoff. A fast-breaking attack neutralized this disadvantage, and the home team collected a 20-10 advantage with the close of the first half. Webfoots Ragged The Duck aggregation displayed ragged floor work and was forced to cede the ball to the Huskies, time and time again for "walk ing” with it while dribbling. The Oregonians outscored Wash ington in the second half, but they could not overcome the lead which the Huskies relentlessly increased. Oregon made a closing threat which fell six points short of win ning the contest. Jack Hanover and Clyde Wag ner led the Washington offensive with eight points apiece while Gib Olinger scored a like number to show the way for his teammates. Lee Gets Seven Hal Lee, stellar Purple guard, who was a doubtful starter, man aged to collect seven tallies dur ing the evening despite an injured ankle. Bob Galer, who leads the individual scoring race in the northern division, was able to hit the hoop for only five points. The teams will play here again tomor row. The defeat dropped Oregon into third place in the conference standings, with Oregon State as sumed runner-up position under the Huskies by knocking off Washington State, 26 to 23, in a thrilling game at Pullman to night. The lineups follow: Oregon (28) (33) Washington Robertson (61...F.(5) Weber Gemmell .F. (8) Hanover W. Jones (7).F.(8) Wagner B. Jones (3) .G.(7) Lee Olinger (8) .G.(5) Galer Berg (4).S Shopping Column Emerald Feature Janis Worley, sophomore in jour nalism, was yesterday appointed supervisor of the Sez Sue column of the Emerald by Grant Thuem mel, manager of the campus daily. This shopping column makes its first appearance in this morning’s Emerald and will be a feature of every Saturday Emerald beginning today. Thuemmel emphasized the fact that the column is of interest to both men and women on the cam pus and that its continuance de pends upon student patronage of the advertisers represented in Sez Sue. Map of Italian Foods Received by Library "Gastronomic Italy” is the title of a colorful map posted in the reading room of the library. In a peasant type of art, food special ties of various regions of Italy are illustrated and their Italian names given. The library received the map a few days ago. There is very little identification on it, except the fact that it was printed in Italy. It appears to have been sent by an Italian tourist association. Miss Margaret Sims Visits Margaret Sims, University grad uate of 1931, now teaching music at Parish junior high in Salem, is visiting on the campus over the weekend. Miss Sims came espe cially to hear the Roland Hayes Concert on Thursday evening.