VOL. XXXV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1934 NUMBER 63 State Board Rejects Optional ASUO Membership Special Group Votes Against Bid of Students Oral Flareups Feature Morning Session PROS, CONS ARGUED Action on Callison Bonus Delayed During Negotiation for Coaching Contracts PORTLAND, Jan. 29.—(Special to the Emerald)—A proposal to make membership in the Associ ated Students of the University of Oregon optional rather than compulsory, advocated, by a com mittee of 10 students, was. re jected today by the state board of higher education, upon recom mendation of a special student welfare committee of the board. The case for and against op tional membership was argued at a morning session of the welfare committee, with Tom Tongue, president of the A. S. U. O., and Hugh Rosson, graduate manager, presenting figures to show that optional membership is not feas ible at present, and Jim Landye and Dick Neuberger arguing for the adoption of the optional plan. Disallowance Recommended The committee, consisting of E. C. Sammons, C. A. Brand, and F. E. Callister, recommended that, the petition be disallowed, and the recommendation was approved unanimously by the board in its afternoon session. Action on a resolution of the University executive council vot ing Prince G. Callison, football coach, a $1000 bonus for the cur rent athletic season was post poned, pending the outcome of ne gotiations now in progress con cerning new salary contracts for Callison and Alonzo A. Stiner, coach at Oregon State college. Verbal Warfare Flares The discussion of optional mem bership in committee was marked by some verbal flareups, in one of which was mentioned the fact that a constitutional amendment proposing optional payment was defeated at the last A. S. U. O. elections. Neuberger reminded the A. S. U. O. representative that the de feat had largely been caused by the action of a “Committee of 50” which illegally entered the Uni versity Press and inserted hand bills in the Oregon Daily Emerald. Although Tongue was a member of the Committee of 50, he denied having any part in or previous knowledge of the entry into the press. Students Represented Although only Landye and Neu berger sjpoke, several students visited the meeting in behalf of optional membership, including (Continued on Page Tico) New Course May Be Inaugurated If Profs Survive Although not registered in the catalog, a brand new course has been added to the curriculum. Qualifications will be a flivver, a non-breakable frame, and a lot of nerve. Professors will be those members of the Phi Delt clan who are still intact by the time the course gets under way. Last Saturday the professors and students who abide at Condon formed a wildly cheering gallery for the preliminary tryout, pre sumably to decide what Phi Delt brother should be considered dean of the new course. A wild race between two flivvers was held be tween the education building and Condon hall. The center of the track was a pile of dirt from a hole being dug there. The track itself was the fresh green carpet of the campus. The whole frat crowded the side walk and cheered the jouncing rac ers, as a man with a flag started them off. Around and around they went, three times, and each time around the starter lowered the flag and indicated the laps yet to go The name of the winner may soon be divulged. New Publication Issued for First Time Yesterday Division of Educational System Puts Out Extension Star for State-Wide Circulation A new publication, the Exten sion Star, representing the exten sion division of Oregon higher education, made its first appear ance yesterday. The policy of the Star is to link “the various activi ties of the extension work to gether so a well rounded and com pleted picture of what is being done in the field of adult educa tion and betterment can be ob tained.” The class in journalistic writing of the Portland extension center (Continued on Page Three) Sigma Delta Chi Will Initiate Five Perhaps you have wondered what those small linotype slugs were in the lapels of our leading campus journalists. You deserve to be enlightened—they are the pledge pins of Sigma Delta Chi, national professional journalism fraternity. Five men will be wear ing them today: Guy Shadduck, Leslie Stanley, Art Derbyshire, Bill Aetzel, and Reuben Rada baugh. The steps of the old library will be the scene of pre-initiation ten minutes before noon on Friday, February 2. Neophytes will appear in formal attire in keeping with the solemnity of the occasion, and an “intellectual discussion” will be held between members and pledg es. Formal initiation will be held Sunday, February 11 in Gerlinger hall. Loss of Plaster Wall Drapes Would-Be Lawyers in Gloom By ANN-REED BURNS The law school library is shrouded in black, mourning for one of the plaster walls, long a favorite gazing spot of worried students—but now, extinct. The accident happened to the wall yesterday noon. The plaster had been cracked for some time, due to the daily opening and shut ting of the fire door, which was placed in the late, lamented wall. So yesterday some workmen were trying to fix the plaster, when—crash!—the tragedy oc curred! With a hair-raising screech and a loud cracking groan, the whole plaster wall crashed to the floor! Bits of plaster were scattered to the four winds—every move of the law students who were there at the time could be traced, through the trail of plaster be hind them. And a thick white dust thoroughly covered the shelves of books which the CWA workers had just finished clean ing. . . . So now a new wall is being put up—and although it will no doubt be very beautiful, it can never re place in the hearts of true law students the former “Old Faith ful.” And, accordingly, the shelves facing the fallen wall are covered with heavy black p a p e r—as mourning for the lost wall—and, incidentally, as protection for those few books which have not already been thoroughly redusted by the thick white flakes. Williams Says Russians Fail To Stir Worker U. S., Soviet, German Trends Described DEFEATISM DECRIED Speaker Opposes Emergency Acts As Permanent Measures for American Recovery Emphasizing the transitory character of the NRA and other reforms instituted by the present American government, Whiting Williams, author, lecturer and in dustrial consultant of note, in a speech before a public assembly of students in Gerlinger hall yes terday morning, forwarded his idea that the United States should base its philosophy on the average American life over a long period of years. “The defeatist state of mind which we are laboring under at present is a bad thing for the country. We need someone who, like Hitler, can raise the people in their own estimation by telling them how wonderful they are,” wa3 the opinion of Williams, whose subject was “New Deals in Russia, Germany and America.” Anecdotes Given The speaker, who lightened his talk with many personal anec dotes of his experiences as a com mon laborer in Europe and Amer ica, explained present economic conditions among the workers of Russia, Germany and the United States. He expressed his disappoint ment in Hitler as an orator, but said that the German dictator knew the psychology of the people he ruled and gave them what they wanted, which was prestige in their own eyes. However, he doubted if Hitler could remain in power long enough to equip the German people for war unless he first fulfills his economic prom ises. Hitler’s Power Uncertain “Hitler’s power in the future depends upon this fulfillment of promises. If he fails, 75 per cent of the people will be opposed to his remaining in office. If he suc ceeds, 75 per cent will support him.” "Hermann Goering, H i 11 e r’s right-hand man, may soon stage a coup d’etat,” was the estimation of Williams. “He is the man, it is generally believed, whom Hitler must watch.” Going on to the conditions in Russia, Williams said that he was much impressed in 1928 with the improvements made over the old institutions, but that on his recent visit he saw that many conces sions must be made, if the new government is to be a success. Trouble in Lack of Interest ‘‘The chief trouble in Russia is the failure of interesting the worker in his work,” stated Wil liams. “Since 1928 the value of the ruble has suffered greatly. (Continued on Page Three) Saturday is Deadline For Second Payment Of Registration Fees Second payments on winter term fees are due before Satur day, February 3, students are reminded by the University business office. After that date a daily fine of 25 cents will be charged for each delinquent, and after February 10 students are subject to disqualification for non-payment, February 3 is also the dead line for payment of the non resident fee of $50 per term for students who reside outside the state of Oregon. Figures from the business of fice reveal that there are more students than usual delaying payment of fees this term. Look to Love’s Future, Warns Psychologist Sex Attraction Unsound. Marital Basis PRETENSE IS SCORED Conklin Tells Students ‘Marriage Is Partnership in Art of Living’ at Lecture By PEGGY CHESSMAN In facing problems involving love or marriage, think not in terms of the immediate future or momentary happiness, but in terms of a lifetime or future hap piness, suggested Dr. E. S. Conk lin, head of the University psychol ogy department, in the second of the series of lectures on love and marriage, sponsored by the stu dent body annually for the past three years. “Love changes in intensity,” he explained. “It cannot remain for ever on ethereal heights, so it is important that those entering marriage—a partnership in the art of living—consider the matter from a standpoint of a lifetime de cision.” True, Conditions Given Love, he warned, must not be mistaken with sex-attraction, a situation that involves none of the elements of true affection. These conditions, %he enumerated as the conditioning- of one’s happiness to the happiness of another, devotion, trust, reliance, dependence, re spect, and a sex attraction that is worthless when unaccompanied by the other factors. True love, he continued, is will ing to sacrifice, is devoted, and shows respect. It is in these re spects that it is fundamentally dif ferent from a purely sex attrac tion. Examples Used Through a series of examples gained during his experience as a professor of psychology and an enthusiastic observer of human ac tions, Dr. Conklin presented every day problems and those of a rarer nature, all dealing with love and marriage, and through the explan ation of these he based his lec ture. A question asked him more of ten than any others, he said, is the one “How can I be attractive to the other sex?’’ Numerous lists have been published, he continued, that mention the necessary attri butes and charms that appeal to the opposite sex, some of them more or less trivial. Essentials Emphasized As essential characteristics Dr. Conklin stressed health, a moder ately low, controlled voice, with (Continued on Page Two) Duties Defined at Meeting ' w sJWBWfc- :j g •••••« X w> \.f^;^MBI8888aBgWWWW8^MIOJtOllMIIMIWWIIWWBWgSWBMt Dr. C. V. Boyer (left), acting president of the University, and Dr. G. W. Peavy, acting chief at Oregon State college, were told yes terday of their new duties and functions at the Portland meeting of the state board of higher education. They were appointed two weeks ago to their positions by the state board. Purs ley Is Newly Elected Head for ! Young Democrats (Edward F. Bailey, Lane County Party Chairman, Talks on Democratic History The Young Democratic league of Lane county last night elected Ted Pursley, first year law stu dent, to fill the office vacated three weeks ago when Thomas Stoddard, assistant graduate man ager of the University, resigned as president of the organization. More than 50 members and friends heard a brief talk on the history of the democratic party, given by Edward F. Bailey, chair man of the Lane county demo cratic central committee. He had figures to prove that democrats had been in the presi dency of the United States 10 more years than republicans in the last 134 years. Figures oil Graduate Enrollment Increase Graduate enrollment figures for the University at Eugene for the winter term reveal an increase of 10 students over last term. There are 135 taking graduate work now on the campus as compared to 125 last fall. Total graduate enrollment for all higher education divisions last term was 312, and it is expected there will be a larger registration for the winter term. Campus Calendar Sophomore class will meet to night at 7:30 in Villard. Plans for the annual Whiskerino Shuffle will be announced. Theta Sigma Phi open meeting for all women journalism majors will be held tonight at 7:30 at the home of Dean Allen, 2239 Birch Lane. John Anderson, managing editor of the Morning News will speak. Dr. Victor P. Morris will address members of the International Re lations club at the Craftsman's club tonight at 7:30. Oregon Yeomen executive coun cil will meet at Yeomen office Wednesday at 12:30. Very impor tant. Pi Sigma will hold a special meeting today at 4 p. m. in room 107 Oregon. All members be pres ent. YWCA frosh commission will not meet as planned. Pan-Hellenic and heads of wo men’s houses will have Oregana picture taken in front of Condon today at 11 :40 a. m. Phi Beta will have Oregana pic ture taken in the patio of the art building today at 12:45 p. m. Pan Xenia will have Oregana picture taken in the patio of the art building today at 12:40 p. m. All nfen Interested in varsity wrestling report in class room ad joining office at men’s gymnasium, 4:30 p. m. today. Swimming squad members, both varsity and freshman, are to meet at 3:45 p. m. today at the men’s gym for Oregana picture. Senior stunt for Coed Capers practice at Gerlinger hall today at 1 p. m. Rehearsal for sophomore stunt for Coed Capers today at 4 in the j College Side. Students to Join In Celebration of President’s Ball Sherwood Burr’s Band and Other Campus Entertainers Will Play on Program University of Oregon students will join with their Eugene and Lane county neighbors in paying tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt at the President’s Birthday Ball in the armory this evening. The program is to start at 8:15 o’clock with dancing at 9:15. Sherwood Burr's 10-piece band will furnish the music and several campus entertainers are to be featured on the program. Funds derived from the dance will be turned over to the Warm Springs Foundation for the cure of infantile paralysis, an institu tion founded by President Roose velt. Thousands of dances are be ing held in the United States to night for the same purpose and it is expected millions of dollars will be raised for the fund. Both NBC chains and the Co lumbia chain will be cleared at 8:15 for a one-hour national radio broadcast tonight and it will be picked up at the armory on equip ment installed especially for the purpose. A crew of men has been work ing for several days to put the armory floor in perfect shape for the dance. An admission charge of 50 cents will be made for men and 25 cents for ladies. International Relations Club Will Hear Morris Dr. Victor P. Morris will speak at a meeting of the International Relations club tonight at 7:30 in the Craftsmen’s club. His sub ject. will be “The Gift Toward Na tional Economic Self Sufficiency." It is the second of a series of talks by campus speakers, spon sored by the International Rela tions club. The first speaker was Dean Eric W. Allen of the jour nalism school. The speech should be of partic ular interest to economic majors, foreign trade students and all those who follow international events. Dr. Morris is an adviser of the International Relations club. Beaux Art* Ball Plans Shrouded in Myslery Final plans for the Beaux Arts ball, to be held Friday night at Gerlinger hall, will be completed this afternoon. Frank Wilke, in charge of the dance, announced yesterday that tickets are 75 cents, and are on sale at all fraternity and sorority houses. State Board Defines Functions of Heads In 12-Point Program Duties of Chancellor Kerr Transferred To Acting Presidents; Work of Deans Is Realigned PORTLAND, Jan. 29.—(Special to the Emerald)—Acting Presi dents C. V. Boyer and George W. Peavy at the University of Oregon, and Oregon State college were vested with full executive powers in their respective schools, at a short session of the state board of higher education today. High points of a 12-point program setting forth the functions of each new president were the granting of the privilege of sitting with the board at every session, meeting on invitation with committees of the board, approving and submitting to the chancellor all recommen dations over personnel, curricula, and budgets for his institution, and reviewing all institutional reports before release. Thus many of the duties formerly vested exclusively in Chancel lor W. J. Kerr were transferred in full or in part to the new Guild Theater’s Setting for New Play Is Beautiful Horace W. Robinson Designer of Scenes for Production '‘Gods Of the Mountain’ Not since the days of Fred Orin Harris, as scene designer three years ago, has Guild theater of fered so beautiful a setting as the one now standing ready for this week’s production of Dunsany's “The Gods of the Mountain.” Due to the CCC sketches last term, the new designer, Horace W. Robin son, had no opportunity to under take the settings for any substan tial play. “Gods of the Mountain” is one of the most fascinating plays in English for the designer. It offers endless opportunity for imagina tive treatment. Its demands are similar to those of "Hotel Uni verse,” for which Harris did one of his finest settings, in that it requires the creation of a very distinct mood. The scenes for “Gods of the Mountain” are dependent for their effectiveness upon a feeling of weirdness and foreboding, and a sense of oncoming doom, use the same principle, but in just the op (Continued on Page Three) Journalism Honorary To Have Open Meeting Women journalism majors will be the guests of Theta Sigma Phi, national journalism honorary, at an open meeting tonight at the home of Dean Allen, 2239 Birch Lane. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30. John Anderson, managing edi tor of the Morning News, will spealc on the opportunities for women in the field of journalism. An Important business meeting for Theta Sigma Phi members will follow the open gathering. Plans for the Matrix Table banquet will be formulated at that time. Mar garet Brown is chairman of the open meeting and Janis Worley is in charge of refreshments. executives named at the January chancellor submitted the recom mendations after two weeks of conferences with Dr. Boyer and Dr. Peavy, and declared that there existed “complete agreement” among the three. Relationships Complicated More difficult of composition, it was declared, were the relation ships between the new acting pres idents and interinstitutional deans, whose work involves executive du ties upon both campuses. Broadly speaking, it was agreed that the cross-campus deans-di | rectots^ axe responsible directly to the chancellor for all of their functions that are essentially in terinstitutional in character, and to their respective presidents for that part of their work which con stitutes an essential part of the work of either institution. Powers Set l