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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1934)
VOLUME XXXV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1934 NUMBER 88 Student Group Votes Support OASU Of Drive Committee Hopes to Add Non-Members 100 PER CENT IS AIM Blanks to Be Circulated to Obtain Activity Cards Without Cash Payment Immediately Convinced that, if possible, every student registered in the University should be a member of the A. S. U. O., a committee of 50 student leaders met yesterday and unanimously voted to launch a campaign to secure additional members in the student organiza tion. This Committee of 50, which has been active in other student functions throughout the year, is composed of heads of all the liv ing organizations on the campus and leaders of independent men and women. The half-hundred students pres ent were enthusiastic over a pro posal to approach non-members through an organized membership drive, and not a dissenting voice was raised against a motion to back a membership campaign to begin immediately “to safeguard student government at the Uni versity of Oregon.” Drive Scheduled In charge of the membership drive will be Ralph Schomp, Mal colm Bauer, and Ralph Walstrom, who will work in conjunction with the enforcement committee com posed of Bill Russell and Mary golde Hardison. Those present at yesterday’s meeting were provided with mem bership blanks and a list of the non-members in their respective organizations. These blank forms were drawn up to make it possible for a student to become a member of the A. S. U. O. immediately without the actual cash payment of the $5 fee. In signing these blanks, the member agrees to pay the student fee as a regular installment on his registration fee, final payment of which is due on or before May 5. As soon as the blank is filled out in the proper form, the student, may present it at the cashier’s window in Johnson hall, and he will be given privileges of mem bership in the student body at once. Stoddard Speaks Payment of class fees may also be made in this same manner, and at the same time if desired. Tom Stoddard, assistant gradu ate manager, explained to the committee the seriousness of the problem with which the A. S. U. O. is faced. He outlined the many activities and events supported fully or in part by the organiza tion, and warned those present that unless a concerted effort was made to increase student body membership, it would be impos sible for the A. S. U. O. to keep up its extensive program of extra curricular activities, including sports, class events, orchestra and band concerts, and similar func tions. Tongue Explains Tom Tongue, student body pres ident, explained the possibility that unless the students show an interest in their organization that the state board of higher educa tion might see fit to change radi cally the existing system of stu dent self-government. “The one way to show this loyalty and in terest in student government,” concluded Tongue, “is to show your approval of the present sys tem by subscribing to the $5 fee.” Last night marked the opening of the organized drive, and all non members, independents as well as members of living organizations, will be given an opportunity to gain the privileges of student body membership. Already one soror ity, Alpha Phi, has announced 100 per cent membership. Others are expected to reach this limit in the near future. Meeting Scheduled At an open meeting of the cam pus YMCA cabinet scheduled for Monday, April 16, Reverend How ard White, of the St. Mary's Epis copal church of Eugene, will talk on the basic principles of the Epis copal church. After the talk, there will be an open discussion of the subject. Brian Heath Wins Edison Marshall Award for Story ‘Trilogy of Youth’ Wins $50 Prize; Ethan Newman, Marjorie Neill Receive Mention Brian Heath, sophomore social i science major, is winner of the Edison Marshall short story con test which was conducted during winter term under the direction of W. F. G. Thacher, professor of English. Heath’s entry was entit led “The Trilogy of Youth.’’ Ethan Newman, senior economic major, and Marjorie Neill, sopho more art major, received honor able mention with their short sto ries entitled “The Gold Star’’ and “Other People’s Lives.’’ Heath said that he had never entered a story in a contest be fore, and although interested in writing he had done nothing more than just “scribbled some.” The contest in which 26 manu scripts were entered was judged by M. F. McClain, manager of Co-op store; Mrs. Beatrice Beebe, formerly of the Eugene high school faculty; and Dean M. Ell wood Smith, director of lower di vision at the University and O. S. C. The prize going to the winner of the contest is $50. Professor Thacher announced that with the consent of the auth ors he would enter these three manuscripts and possibly two or three other entries in the college short story contest which is being conducted by the magazine Story. This contest is open to all stu dents of colleges and universities in the United States and will close April 15. The prizes will be $100 and $50. The Edison Marshall short story contest is one of the oldest con tests on the campus, having been held annually for about 18 years. Marshall, a well-known writer now living in Augusta, Georgia, was a member of Professor Thach er’s first short story class at the University 20 years ago. 36 CWA Workers Clean Out Old Libe Employment in the old library during spring vacation was given to 36 student CWA workers. Much needed work was accomplished, ac cording to M. H. Douglass, librar ian. The workers checked through half the shelves arranging books in their proper order and striving to account for errant volumes. Books were mended; newspa pers were collated; manuscripts were copied; bibliographies were checked; pictures were mounted; labels were pasted; clippings were arranged; stencils were made of lists of magazines for exchange— there was little rest for the stu dent workers when they whipped the library into shape for the new term. Librarian Douglass pleads for students to bring in stray books. Radical Club Will Hold Open Meeting Tonight Oregon Radical club holds its first meeting of the spring term tonight at 7:30 in the Y hut. Hav ing adopted a constitution before the end of last term, the club is now organized to act. The group expects to adopt a definite plan of action for the re mainder of the school year and is urging all members to be present to take part. This is an open meet ing and interested non-members are invited to attend. Business Ad Students To Hear Real Silk Man Business administration and other students interested in em ployment with Real Silk Hosiery company will be given an oppor tunity to meet Clem Price, a rep resentative of that company, to day and all day tomorrow. Price is interested in men for the college division of the com pany. While he is here he will talk before Prof. N. H. Cornish’s class in sales management. The address is tentatively set for 11 o’clock Thursday morning in room 106 in the Commerce building. Oregon Graduate, ’29, Is Father of Baby Girl Dr. Francis Robinson, '29, is the father of a baby girl, according to information received by Dr. E .S. Conklin, head of the department of psychology. Dr. Robinson is now head of the department of psychology at Stout Institute, a Wisconsin state nor mal school. He is the brother of Johnny Robinson, famous orches tra leader. Fellowships Prove Scarce Even for Brilliant Students By HOWARD KESSLER “The present economic depres sion” which has, in four years be come the tritest of trite phrases, is not to be blamed for unemploy ment alone. When the official in dictment is drawn up, one of the principal charges laid against Old Man Depression will be “that he did cause a lapse in the education of the peoples of the world.” There are on file in the gradu ate division office in Johnson hall, papers which tend to prove this assertion beyond reasonable doubt. These files, which consist of ap plications for teaching fellowships at the University, have all been answered negatively and with re gret, for many of them are from brilliant scholars and professors willing to work for a minimum stipend. Whereas 72 fellowships and assistantships were granted by the University in 1931, and 56 in 1932, last year there were but 16, with probabilities of even fewer in 1934. Max W. Salvadori’s is a case in point. He writes requesting a teaching fellowship which would enable him to complete the social and political studies he undertook several years ago. “It is my intention to complete a compared study of the social transformations which are at pres ent occurring in three typical countries, as are Traditionalist England, Democratic U. S. A., and Fascist Italy,” Salvadori writes, with degrees from universities in Geneva, Rome and Turin as a background. “I could teach po litical science, social science, in ternational relations or economic geography.” The applicant is at present teaching in England, is 26 years old, a British subject, can speak fluently English, French and Ital ian, and bears recommendations from Ferrero, one of the greatest authorities on history, whose exile from Italy was caused by his op position to Mussolini, and, strange ly, also from Croci, internationally reputed philosopher who is a Mus solini cohort, approved by the Ital ian department of'education. Other famous scholars are willing to vouch for Salvadori who, however, j cannot further his study by the repute in which he is held, be cause university coffers at present do not allow men of genius to edu cate themselves and the world. Sudhir Sen, student of econom ics in Calcutta, London and Bonn universities with honor grades from all three institutions, wants a teaching fellowship. He men tions, among other recommenda tions, a scholarship he has earned from “Deutsch Akademischer Austauschdienst.” A' hopeful German girl with philosophy degrees from Berlin ind Heidelberg universities would teach ‘‘history of philosophy, psy chology, ethics, aesthetics, or phi losophy of religion.” Peh-Tsiao Yuen, principal of iVuhu academy, “which has in creased its enrollment from 47 students* in 1926 (when Yuen took charge of the school) to 200 stu dents in 1933,” sends sheaves of testimonials and a humble request tor a teaching fellowship. Anwar Iqbal Quraishi wishes to continue his research work in ‘Rural Credit and Marketing Or ganization” in the United States. He is a graduate of Punjab and London universities with several scholarships in his career. And so they come. Franzi Glrabowitz, Viennese fine arts pro fessor, Munindra Chandra Ghose, Hindu scientist, Sheila Scott, Ed inburgh honor student, all begging for a chance to pursue study in their respective fields, and all be ,ng sadly turned away. All that can be hoped is that prosperity (Ah, intriguing word!) will soon see fit to emerge from the shad ows, or that those high in the of fices of the state will realize that ?ducation is far more important than a race for armaments, and international exchange of scholars will continue on a grander scale chan ever before. Frosh Glee Date Set for April 14; Chairmen Named Admission Will Be Free to Those Holding A. S. U. O. Cards; Others Must Pay Committee chairmanships for the Frosh Glee, annual all-campus dance sponsored by the freshman class, to be held this year on April 14, have been announced by Craig Finley, general chairman. The chairman was appointed and the date set by Fred Hammond, presi dent, at the last meeting of the freshman class last term. The committees are as follows: Marjorie Smith, Jack Rodda, gen eral assistants; A1 Davis, Cynthia Cornell, Eleanor French, decora tions; Louise Ruegnitz, Nan Smith, patrons and patronesses; Ed Mor row, Ben Grout, cleanup; John Forrester, Marge Leonard, fea tures; Mary Jane Boyle, Margery Kissling, Peter Brooks, refresh ments; Mel Johnson, Bob Helli well, construction; Don Thomas, Don Duncan, programs; Betty Coon, Frank Howland, orchestra; Eleanor Aldrich, Virginia Ham mond, publicity. Admission to the dance will be free upon presentation of an A. S. U. O. membership card. Others desiring to attend the dance must pay $1 per couple. It will be nec essary for both the man and the woman of the c'ouple to have a student body card. Pledging Announced Sigma Alpha Epsilon announces the pledging of Glen Palm of Rose burg, Oregon. Students of Journalism Urged to Try for Night Staff Work on Emerald Journalism students who would like to get a head start on the next year’s publishing and printing class and can stay up late on Friday night please leave their names and telephone numbers on the managing edi tor’s desk or get in touch with A1 Newton at the Emerald. The position of night editor for Friday night is still vacant. There is also room for two more proofreaders, one for Thursday and one for Friday. Those interested please do as written above. YWCA Conference To Be Held at Coal Springs April 7-8 Casteel, Mrs. George Winchell To Speak at Meetings; ‘Y’ Meml>ers Invited The two speakers to be featured at the Y. W. C. A. Training con ference to be held at Coal Springs this Saturday and Sunday, are John Casteel, who will lead the evening discussion, and Mrs. George Winchell, who will describe her European travels and discuss the present economic conditions. All members of the “Y” are in vited to attend this conference, the purpose of which is to bring the members of the cabinet and the Y. W. C. A. closer together, and to point out the place of the “Y” on the campus. Those interested should get in touch with Frances Rothwell, chairman of registra tion, at Sigma Kappa. Anyone who can furnish a car should get in touch with Betty Ohlemiller, chairman of transportation, at Phi Mu. All those attending the con ference are expected to bring a blanket. Besides the discussions of va rious activities of the “Y,” the opening and closing vesper serv ices, and the featured speeches, the recreational hours have always proved entertaining. Hiking, orig inal programs, and games fill these hours. And the meals are grand! In the past, those attend ing have always come home weighing a few pounds more, and expressing enjoyment of the proc ess of gaining said pounds. In case it is impossible for someone to go Saturday afternoon at 12:30, a few cars will leave at 7. a. m. Sunday. Pledging Announced Phi Mu announces the pledging of Frances Vachon of Eugene. Campus Coeds To Elect A. W.S. Officers Today Balloting in Front of Old Library TIME FROM 9 TO 5 Student Body Cards Necessary To Cast t otes; Candidates Prominent in Affairs A.W.S. Candidates PRESIDENT Catherine Coleman Marygolde Hardison VICE-PRESIDENT Virginia Howard Marie Saccamanno SECRETARY Ileva Herns Henriette HoraU TREASURER Portia Booth Ann-Reed Burns SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Lee Chapman Elaine Cornish REPORTER Margery Higgling Marjory Will Officers of the associated wo men students for 1934-35 will be elected today, with voting taking place from 9 to 5 in front of the ■ old library. Women must show their A. S. U. O. cards in order to vote. This spring, for the first time in several years, the A. W. S. president will be elected over com petition. During the last few A. W. S. elections, there has been only one presidential candidate; however, in accordance with a rec ommendation of last year's plan ning conference, two candidates, Catherine Coleman and Marygolde Hardison, will oppose each other for the office. Candidates Prominent Both Miss Coleman and Miss Hardison are well known juniors and have had experience in cam pus as well as A. W. S. activities. Both women have served on the A. W. S. council during the past year, and are members of Phi Theta Upsilon, women's upperclass service honorary. Catherine Coleman is now chair man of the A. W. S. speakers’ committee, in charge of registra tion for Mother’s day, and is on the Y. W. C. A. cabinet. She was assistant chairman of Coed Capers last term and chairman of tickets and masks for the A. W. S. Masked Ball. She has been on the Tonqued council and was in charge of the Tonqued Christmas Ball. She was general chairman of the 1933 Y. W. C. A. hot cross bun sale, and was in charge of the A. W. S. scrapbook in 1931-32. Activity Varied Marygolde Hardison was chair man of frosh councillors this year, is chairman of the A. W. S. voca tional conference, now in session, and is a member of the student body enforcement committee. She lias been on the Coed Capers di rectorate, and was assistant chair man of the A. W. S. carnival last year. Fall term she was in charge of registration for Dad's day. She has been a member of the fresh man, sophomore, and upperclass service honoraries — Thespian, Kwama, and Phi Theta Upsilon. Two women are also competing for each of the remaining five A. W. S. offices. Marie Saccamanno and Virginia Howard, candidates for vice-president, are both jun iors, and have both served on A. W. S. council during the past year. The candidates for the offices of secretary and treasurer are sopho mores, and those for sergeant-at arms and reporter freshmen. The elected officers will be in stalled in a few weeks at an A. W. S. mass meeting, and will take over their duties immediately aft erward. Campus Calendar Oregon Radical club will hold an important meeting in the Y hut tonight. Non-members are invited to attend. Emerald day editors will meet tomorrow at 4:30 in 104 Journal ism. Reservations for the Gamma Alpha Chi fashion dance must be made before Friday noon. Call Mary Teresi, 2788, for reserva tions. Scabbard and Blade will meet tonight at 7:30 at the Phi Delta Theta house. Meeting of all Lutheran prefer ence students at the Westminster house this evening at 8 o’clock. Friday Last Day For Entering: in C7 Warner Contest Essay Competition Gives Chance To Students to Win StOO Worth of Prizes Friday, April 6, is the last date for submission of essays to the Warner contest dealing with the life and problems of the Pacific area. Professor Harold J. Noble, chairman of the committee in charge of the competition, an nounced yesterday that about 25 essays are expected to be submit ted by that time covering such topics as "Japan’s Trade Conflicts with Great Britain," "Extra-Ter ritoriality in China," “Effect of the Japanese Protectorate in Man churia on American Commerce,” and "The Problem of Exchange Professors and Students Between the United States, China, and Ja pan.” "We are rather astonished that there are not more entrants for a contest of this kind,” said Noble, commenting on the opportunities available for research in the Mur ray Warner oriental art museum and the prizes offered, totaling $400. The Warner essay contest, spon sored by Mrs. Gertrude Bass War ner annually was instituted “to promote better understanding be tween Americans and Orientals.” The general subject of this year’s contest deals with methods to im prove relations of the United States and the countries of East ern Asia. Nine awards are given to Amer ican and foreign students, who must have taken one classroom course dealing with the history, economic and social, or interna tional relations of countries of the Far East. University Group Chooses Drama For Spring Term Puppet Show, Shakespearean and Russian Comedies to Be Presented A modern Russian comedy, a Shakespearean comedy, and a pup pet show’ such is the program of the University theater group for the spring term as announced by Mrs. Ottilie T. Seybolt, dramatics director of the University. Evreinov's "The Chief Thing" will^be given on May 2, 4, and 5. It is a comedy in a light vein as contrasted with the sombreness of the usual Russian play. Horace W. Robinson is directing the per formance. A specially constructed sylvan theater will be used for Shake speare's "The Taming of the Shrew," which is to be given on May 25 and 26 under the direction of Mrs. Seybolt. A number of University theater players will form the nucleus for a group of actors and actresses which will in clude faculty members and towns people as well as University stu dents. “The Wizard of Oz,” a marion ette performance by the Cornish Puppeteers will be brought to Eu gene by the University theater group. The date for this show, which is especially interesting to children, has not been announced yet. There will be, however, a matinee for children as well as a performance for adults. Mrs. Seybolt, in commenting on the Cornish Puppeteers, ranked them with the famous Italian Tea tro dei Piccoli, which showed with great success in New York two years ago. She also said that she considered "The Wizard of Oz" one of the finest puppet shows which has been in the United States in the last decade. AWS President Warns Women’ Houses Mot To Hive 100% Vote Warning has been issued by Jean Failing, A.W.S. president, that women's living organiza tions are not allowed to pledge themselves to support any can didate or group of candidates 100 per cent in today’s elec tions. Voting is to be absolute ly individual. The penalty for an organiza tion pledging 100 per cent sup port will be that all members of that organization will be automatically prohibited from holding office or participating in any way in the A.W.S. for the ensuing term. This ruling and the penalty accompanying it are final, hav ing been passed last year by action of the A.W.S. council and heads of houses. 200 Jobless C.W.A. Students Still Wait For Official News University Relief Committee Makes Final Arrangements to Help Should Aid Fail University officials and approx imately 200 jobless students, con fronted with the possible necessi ty of withdrawing from school, waited and hoped in vain yester day for notification from Port land FERA headquarters that stu dent emergency relief work would be resumed. The word did not come. Chancellor W. J. Kerr, who told the Emerald Monday night that he had received information indi rectly from Senators McNary and Steiwer in Washington, D. C., to the effect that the student aid work would be resumed, said last night that he was "hopefully ex pectant” that official word from Elmer Goudy, Oregon FERA, will be received today. The University's committee on federal relief for students met yes terday afternoon and made final arrangements for putting the stu dents to work if and when it re ceives official authorization. The committee is considering applica tions of needy students to replace some whose low scholastic average last term makes them ineligible for the federal aid work this spring term. Summer Session Invitation Given To Harold Noble Seminar on Berkeley Campus Would Further Interest In the Orient Harold J. Noble, associate pro fessor of history, has been invited to attend a summer seminar on Far Eastern studies at the Uni versity of California at Berkeley, according to a letter received re cently by him from Alien C. Blais dell, director of International house on the U. of O. campus, one of the organizations that is spon soring the six weeks of study. The classes, which will last from June 25 to August 3, are under the auspices of the Committee on the Promotion of Chinese Studies of the American Council of Learn ed Societies, the Committee on Japanese Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies, the Committee of International Rela tions of the University of Cali fornia and International house, and will consist of a group of not more than 30 professors from the universities and colleges of the Pacific coast states. "We feel that the seminar is to be an important experiment in an effort to increase our concern on the Pacific coast relative to the culture of the Orient," wfUes Blaisdell. "The seminar will offer to a small selected group of schol ars the opportunity to supplement their knowledge of Far Eastern matters, to discover the ways in which that knowledge can be sub sequently increased, to become ac quainted with a number of the ac tive scholars in the field and to discuss the particular problems which they have to face in offer ing instruction.” Founders Honored by Commerce Honorary Members of the University of Oregon and Oregon State college chapters of Phi Chi Theta, na tional women’s commerce sorority, were guests at the annual found ers’ day banquet of the Portland alumnae chapter of Phi Chi Tl*ta held at the University club in Portland during the spring vaca tion. The banquet took place Satur day evening, March 17. Miss Jeannette Dentler acted as toast mistress and Miss Lois Myers, of Portland, was the guest speaker*. U of O, OSC Choirs to Give Concert Sunday The University Polyphonic choir, combined with the Oregon State college chorus, will present a concert in the music school au ditorium, next Sunday at 3:30 o’clock. The same program was present ed the latter part of winter quar ter in Corvallis. Paul Petri is con ductor and he is assisted by Roy Bryson. The program will consist of a variety of numbers. It is the third concert to be presented by this group on the campus thi3 year. Vocations Meet Opens Today in Gerlinger Hall Various Fields of Worlc To Be Discussed A. W. S. IS SPONSOR Art, Advertising:, Education, and Modern Business Trends Are Included on Program Program Today 3:00—“Women in Art.” Miss Brownell Frazier, head of dcpartment of design at University of Oregon. Men’s Lounge, Gerlinger hall. “Women in Writing and Ad vertising.” Miss Frankie Coykendall of Botsford, Constantine and Gardner, Portland, Oregon. A. W. S. room, third floor of Geriin ger hall. 4:00—“Women in Education.” Mrs. Alice Howard, dean of girls of Klamath Falls un ion high school. A. W'. S. room, third floor of Gerlin ger hall. 8:00 — “Modern Needs and Trends in the Business World Today.” Miss Vivian Cooley of Meier and Frank company, Portland, Oregon. A. VV. S. room, third floor, Gerlinger hall. X III CC IUU11U and., one ..general ..speech,., to ..be given this afternoon and evening by Oregon business and profes sional women, will open the first A.W.S. vocational conference, to take place on the campus today and tomorrow. Prominent women who are prac ticing successfully in various lines of work will speak on the oppor tunities, requirements, and the practical considerations in their particular field. Following each speech, a paneled discussion will be lad by the president of the hon orary which is in that field. Uni versity women desiring special conferences with the speakers may make arrangements by calling Rosalind Gray. Round Tables Scheduled Miss Vivian Cooley, who is to make the general address of the evening on "Modern Needs and Trends in the Business World To day,” is associated with the per sonnel offices as well as being head of the book department at Meier and Frank's. She will be in troduced by Eileen Hickson, presi dent of Phi Chi Theta, business ad ministration honorary. The first two round tables, to be held at 3 this afternoon, will be led by Miss Frankie Coykendall, member of a Portland advertising firm, who will speak on “Women in Writing Advertising,” and by Miss Brownell Frazier, head of the University design department, who will speak on Women in Art.” Miss Coykendall will be intro duced by Margaret Roberts, presi dent of Gamma Alpha Chi, wo men’s advertising honorary, and Miss Frazier by Miriam Hender son. Education Is Topic Mrs. Alice Howard, dean of girls at Klamath union high school, will speak at a round table at 4 o'clock on “Women in Educa tion.” Mrs. Victor Morse, presi dent of Pi Lambda Theta, educa tional honorary, will introduce Mrs. Howard. Complete programs for the two days of the vocational conference have been delivered to living or ganizations, and may be secured at the Y.W.C.A. and the Co-op. Books which pertain to the vari ous fields discussed by the speak ers have been placed on the voca tions shelf at the old libe. D.A.R. Campus Roster Holds Second Meeting Monday evening, at the home of Marion Sheldon, the Lucinda Cox Brown, newly installed campus chapter of the D.A.R., held its second business meeting to discuss group policies, programs, and im mediate plans for a Student Relief fund which will become effective next fall. After a survey of the work of the national society, the group be stowed an honorary membership upon Mrs. John Y. Richardson, state regent of the D. A. R., and completed its business with a dis cussion of the plans for a future meeting with the Oregon State | chapter.