Decision of Board
To Be Disregarded
For Present Term
Extracurricular Activities of 1934-35 Are
Assured as Part of Educational
Function of Institutions
PORTLAND, April 16.—(Special to the Emerald)—The studenl
governments of Oregon’s institutions of higTier learning were toda}
given assurance of financial security for the year 1934-35 in a ruling
of the state board of higher education that student body fees for the
coming year will be compulsory. No change was made in the presenl
situation of optional fee payment for this term in accordance with the
opinion of the attorney-general on the illegality of such a fee.
In reaffirming its position regarding the compulsory collection oi
student fees, the board expressed its belief that extracurricular activi
ties are an essential pait of the educational function and program
of the institutions under its jurisdiction. In order to work out the
uecaiis or a new arrangement o
fee disbursement that would mee
the approval of the attorney-gen
eral, the board referred the mattei
to the chancellor and presidents oj
the various institutions, togethei
with the finance and curriculE
committees of the board.
Class Fee Eliminated
While the $5 student fee will be
collected much the same as in pre
vious years, the board ruled thai
the class fee of 50 cents per terir
at the college and University be
eliminated from the institutions;
fees now collected. Other matters
pertaining to the arrangement oi
a new plan of allotment and dis
bursement of the fees will be left
to the above named officials.
Other business of the board had
to do with drastic budget curtail
ment in all branches of higher edu
cation in the state. A $5,000 cut
was effected ill the appropriation
for extension work at Eugene and
Portland; $7,000 was sliced oft
funds available for physical edu
cation on campuses at Eugene and
Corvallis; and parallel reductions
were made in salaries and allow
ances.
Music School Created
Included in the report of the
chancellor to the board were sev
eral items affecting the organiza
tion of higher education in the
state. The department of music on
the Eugene campus was reinstated
as a school of music with John J.
Landsbury as dean. The name of
the school of fine arts, of which
the music department has been a
part, was changed to the school of
architecture and allied arts. Two
deans of lower division and service
courses were set up on the cam
puses of Corvallis and Eugene.
These executives will head all
lowe'r division work except that
under the supervision of the mili
tary and physical education de
partments.
Further recommendations of the
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Schools of Lane
To Compete Here
In Music Contest
First Tournament for Class E
Groups Slated Saturday on
University Campus
Saturday at the school of music
will be “Rural high school day,'
when class B high schools from
all corners of Lane county gather
for the first annual class B music
tournament.
“These smaller high school
with 150 students or less, are al
ways more or less of a secondary
consideration at meets in which
large high schools also take part,"
explained Mrs. Anne Landsbury
Beck, head of public school music
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KORE to Present
Political Program
“The Ballot Box,” weekly 15
minute discussion of state political
problems, will be presented every
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock over
station KORE, appearing for the
first time this evening. The pro
gram will be sponsored by the
Score, campus study and discus
sion group organized last term.
William Bruce, graduate student
and president of the Score, will
give the opening talk on the sub
ject, “A Sales Tax for Oregon?”
On succeeding Tuesdays other
state issues, including the milk
control act, the income tax, edu
cation, county reorganization, and
the short ballot, will be taken up
l by members of the group. Infor
j mation rather than argument will
; be the purpose of the program.
Merlin Blais will be director of
the broadcast.
Grasp of Musical Continuity
Shown by Clarinet Soloist
By J. A. NEWTON
A solo clarinettist is at a disad
vantage because his instrument is
heldom heard in solo interpreta
tion. It is difficult to accept this
style of music and judge it, since
there is little definite basis foi
comparison.
Offhand one may feel that the
instrument is lacking in flexibility
and may develop a prejudice or
this ground. Unquestionably it is
better adapted to ensemble work
as has been noted herein before.
Therefore, on the count of tech
nical mastery of the instrument as
applied to the rendition of John
Gribble on last night’s student re
cital there is no call to speak. On
the count of musical interpretation
as such a few remarks may be
made.
The selection was “Fantasie Ap
passionata" by Renschel. The title
describes the work. Its moods are
many and of wide variety. Gribble
allowed himself sensibly controlled
freedom in representing these
moods, and, allowing for the short
comings of the instrument, approx
imated the effect desired by the
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Declaration of
Entering ASUO
Campaign Due
Candidates to File for
Offices Today
MIDNITE IS DEADLINE
Nominations for Student and Class
Posts Will Be Held Thursday;
Elections April 28
The political stew, which cam
pus “political chefs” have been
secretly brewing for the past
week, will begin boiling today,
when candidates for A.S.U.O. of
fices submit their formal declara
tions of intention to run for office
to Tom Tongue, student body pres
ident, at the graduate manager’s
office in McArthur court.
Pointing out the recently passed
constitutional amendment, which
sets The date for the nominating
meetings as the third Thursday in
April, and the regular constitu
tional provision requiring that
“each candidate shall submit to
the president of the A.S.U.O. on
or before midnight of the second
day before the day of the nomina
tions, a declaration of intention to
run for office,” Tongue set mid
night tonight as the deadline for
filing for candidacy and requested
that the declaration be left at the
graduate manager’s office.
Tongue further stated that fil
ing for class offices is not required,
but that nominating conventions
for the outgoing freshman, sopho
more, and junior classes are to be
held this Thursday evening. The
various class presidents will an
nounce the exact time and place
for these meetings.
Casteel Elected
Leader of State
Speech Meeting
Representatives of Colleges and
Secondary Schools Present
At Conference
John Casteel, director of speech
tducation at the University of
Oregon, was elected president of
the state speech conference to he
held in Portland next year. He
was named at a meeting of the
group at Salem Saturday.
Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, of the Uni
versity drama department, presid
ed over a meeting of the dramatics
section of the conference.
Representatives of elementary
schools, high schools, and colleges
all attended the meeting which
lasted all day Saturday. Sections
discussing various phases of pub
lic speaking were held for those
interested in special fields. Cas
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y MCA Cabinet Officers
Will Be Elected Today
At Hut Between 3 and 4
Elections of YMCA cabinet
officers for 1934-35 will be held
this afternoon in the Y hut be
tween 3 and 4 o’clock, with all
who have given financial sup
port to the institution allowed
to cast a ballot.
Nominations for positions in
the cabinet are: president, Bob
Poley, Alvin Parker; vice-presi
dent, Andy Newhouse, Verne
Nelson; treasurer, Cosgrove La
Barre: secretary, Ed Raudsep,
Howard Ohmart.
To Give Up Position
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as
Dr. W. J. Kerr, chancellor of the higher educational system of
Oregon, announced at the meeting of the state hoard in Portland yes
terday that he would resign as soon as his successor is named.
Sliadduck, Henry
Capture Prizes of
Sir Herbert Ames
Journalism Students Write Best
News Story and Editorial
On Speech Friday
Guy Shadduck, special journal
ism student, was pronounced win
ner of the $10 prize posted by Sir
Herbert Ames, lecturer and form
er treasurer of the League of Na
tions, for the best 500-word news
recount of his lecture Friday morn
ing on "The Revision of the Ver
sailles Treaty,” given before jour
nalism and history classes in the
Journalism building. The award
was made at the time of Ames’
speech in Gerlinger alumnj hall
Saturday night.
For the best 250-word editorial
written on the topic, Elinor Henry,
Emerald features editor and jour
nalism sentior, received a prize of
$5.
Judging of the entries was done
by Sir Herbert, after a committee
of students had eliminated all but
the stories submitted by Ray
Clapp, Don Caswell, Margaret
Brown, Sterling Green, and Shad
luck, and the editorials written by
Caswell, Louise Barclay, and Eli
nor Henry.
It is Sir Herbert’s practice to
post awards for student competi
tion upon the college campuses he
visits in the course of his lecture
tours.
Copies of the winning entries are
printed on the editorial page of
this issue.
Monteith to Give
Historical Recital
On Oregon Events
Marcus Whitman’s Grand-Nephew
To Sing and Speak in Program
At Gerlinger Wednesday
John Claire Monteith, baritone
and lecturer, who will present a
musical and lecture program, ‘‘The
Oregon Trail and Indian Days” in
Gerlinger hall at 7:30 p. m. Wed
nesday, was presented to a large
audience of townspeople and col
lege students last Friday in Cor
vallis, where he was sponsored by
the Associated Students of Oregon
State college.
The Town Club in Portland en
gaged him in a concert on Sunday
evening.
Monteith, grand-nephew of Mar
cus Whitman, who brought the
first wagon train into Oregon 96
year's ago, is the descendant of
three lines of Oregon pioneer an
cestry. He is a native born Ore
gonian and formerly lived in Port
land.
The personal incident side of his
toric pioneer days will be the fea
ture of his program. Coming at
this time, excellent material to be
used in building canoe fete floats
for Junior Weekend may be ob
tained by attending Monteith’s lec
ture.
An A. S. U. O. card is not nec
essary for admission at the pro
gram, sponsored here by the asso
ciated students and the junior
class. Townspeople are cordially
invited.
Campus Calendar
Sophomore class meeting sched- i
uled for tonight has been post
poned until Thursday evening at ,
7:30, at which time officers will be
nominated and spring activities
discussed.
John Caswell will lead the West
minster group in a biographical
liscussion of Kagawa, the great
Japanese religious and social
eader, in its regular weekly study,
neeting scheduled for 9 o'clock to
light.
Tonqucd meeting will be held to
night at the Pi Beta Phi house
(Cuntmucd on l‘iuje Two)
First Position
In Grades Won
By Kappa Delta
Sigma Hall Falls Down
To Second
| TOP AVERAGE 1.7685
Alpha Xi Delta, Phi Mu, A. O. Pi
Next; Chi Psi, Sherry Itoss
In Men’s Group Leaders
Kappa Delta sorority, with a
grade point average of 1.7865,
topped the University living organ
izations scholastically for winter
term, it was revealed yesterday in
the house grade lists released by
the registrar's office. Sigma hall,
which held first place last term,
took second with 1.7361 points, and
Alpha Xi Delta, another sorority,
earned third position in the rat
ings.
Topping the fraternities, al
though placing twelfth in the list,
was Chi Psi, followed by Delta Up
silon six steps down.
The all-University average of
1.3952 was almost one decimal
point , over that of fall term aver
age of 1.2981.
Hendricks hall dropped from sec
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Emerald Contest
Gives Week for
Houses to Enter
17 Entries in Running for Prize
Of $50; Programs Will
Start Tuesday
Campus living organizations
have another week to prepare
their programs for the Emerald
of-the-Air radio contest as a result
of a change announced Saturday
by Walter Swanson, in charge,
setting April 24 as the opening
date for the competition.
To date 17 houses have entered
the competition for the $50 first
prize and the second award of a
silver cup, to be given to the best
entry of the opposite sex from that
of the winning entrant. Swanson
said last night that he expects
the extended entrance deadline to
attract at least 10 more entrants
before the end of the week.
The programs will be presented
at 4:30 each day, beginning next
Tuesday, and continuing every day
except Sunday until each competi
tor has presented a 15-minute
program before the KORE micro
phone.
Financial backers of the contest
are Laurelwood golf course, Rex
theater, McDonald theater, Dens
more-Leonard, Paul D. Green's,
Oregana confectionery, DeNeffe’s,
University pharmacy, and O Duck
Inn.
Organizations wishing to enter
the contest can call Walter Swan
son at 2330W.
Freshmen of Emerald
Staff Will Meet Today
At 4 to Select Editors
All freshmen on the Emerald
staff are requested to attend a
meeting in 100 Journalism build
ing this afternoon at 4 o'clock
to elect an editor and managing
editor for the freshman edition
of the campus daily, which will
appear on Saturday, May 12,
this year.
Newton Stearns will be chair
man of the meeting.
Chancellor Will Quit
When Board Names
Announcement Comes as Surprise at
Portland Session of Higher
PORTLAND, April 16.—(Special to the Emerald!—Dr. W. J.
Kerr, for the past year and a half chancellor of Oregon's system of
higher education, today announced that he would “retire from the
chancellorship when a successor to the office may be obtained.” The
announcement, made at today’s regular meeting of the state board of
higher education, came as a surprise to members of the board as well
as others connected with higher education in Oregon.
For nearly a half century Dr. Kerr has been an important figure
in the higher education of this state. For the greater part of this
time he served as president of Oregon State college, being instru
mental in the rise of that institution to a place of prominence in the
to
Education Group
Four Students to
Compete in Hilton
Speaking Contest
Prizes of $50, $25, and $15 will
Be Awarded; Event Slated
Tonight at 8 p. m.
Pour third-year law students
will give 15-minute oral speeches
advocating some change in the code
of Oregon civil or criminal pro
cedure, when they compete in the
annual Hilton prize contest at 8
tonight in room 105 Commerce.
This contest, which has been held
for many years, is intended to pro
mote the oral discussion of legal
subjects by law students. The first
prize of $50 is donated by Frank
H. Hilton, Portland attorney; sec
ond and third prizes, of $25 and
$15, respectively, are added by the
law school dean's trust fund.
Hilton himself, the originator
and sponsor of the contest, will be
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Skull and Dagger
Names Neophytes
Skull and Dagger, sophomore
men s service honorary, pledged 15
freshmen during the intermission
of the Frosh Glee last Saturday.
Those pledged were Dave Mor
ris, Bob Prentice, John Thomas.
Al Davis, Bob Helliwell, Frank
Nash, Craig Finley, Ted Blank,
Dick Cole, Cecil Barker, Mel John
son, Jack McGirr, Frank Howland,
Don Thomas, Bob Knapp.
Tom Tongue, president of the
A.S.U.O., Neal Bush and Walt
Gray, past presidents of Skull and
Dagger, and Cosgrove LaBarre,
now president, took charge of the
pledging ceremony.
" V.UIU/UUUU. i^lU Ulg LUC
past 18 months he has been a lead
ing figure in the work of coordi
nating the work of the several in
stitutions of higher learning in the
state.
In expressing his desire for re
tirement, the chancellor said:
“When on September 6, 1932, in
a period of emergency, I accepted
the responsibilities of the chancel
lorship, it was with no thought of
continuing in the office indefi
nitely. It was assumed that with
the cooperation of the faculties
and the support of the board, the
unified organization could be ef
fected within a reasonable time
and a stable policy established,
insuring to future higher educa
tion in Oregon coordination, har
mony, and a sound basis for fur
ther development. Since these
conditions now prevail, with pros
pects for steady and continued ad
vancement, I now feel justified in
announcing to the board, in ac
cordance with my original inten
tion, my desire to retire from tho
chancellorship when a successor to
the office may be obtained.”
Such a successor, explained F.
E. Callister in reading the board’s
acceptance of the resignation,
would have to be “a man broad
enough in educational training and
experience to comprehend in his
understanding and his sympathies
the entire scope of higher educa
tion in Oregon."
Following the announcement of
Dr. Kerr, Willard Marks, chairman
of the board, explained to those
present that, in spite of rumors
to the contrary, the chancellor's
request was made of his own free
will and without compulsion from
any source. B. F. Irvine, board
mehiber and editor of the Oregon
Journal, paid tribute to the retir
ing chancellor in a brief talk tell
ing of his long association with
Dr. Kerr.
Work of 37 Western Artists
Shown on Art Gallery Walls
By MARY JANE JENKINS
The beautiful, meditative eyes
of a Hindu doctor look calmly into
the space of the little art gallery
on the University campus. A
shabby little old lady stands awed
before a still life painting. A
portly clubwoman remarks quite
audibly that art is really a waste
of time, after all. Her companion
retorts that there just "isn’t any
sense to it—none at all.’’
The walls of the gallery are
lined with the works of 37 living
American painters, all leading
western artists. The display,
brought here by the local A. A.
U. W., will be shown until April
25. About 175 visitors, aside from
University students, have been re
corded in the guest bo ok, and $27
has been taken in. The money is
to be added to the A. A. U. VV.
student loan fund.
Lance W. Hart, assistant pro
fessor of drawing and painting,
mentioned two paintings favorably
“Hawaiian Landscape,” by Ray
mond Hill, a small canvas filled
with tropical greens, and “Sum
mer Design,” by Charles Rciffel,
i large painting in w'hich brilliant
green blazes under summer sun
light.
Commenting critically on the
paintings displayed, Hart picked
out "Portrait,” by Willard Nash,
as an example of a certain kind
of technical excellence. The pic
ture, a woman sitting on a chair
—her hair bedraggled, frustration
portrayed in every line—conveys
an idea, but it may not spell
beauty to the observer.
“Figures on the Beach,” by
Douglas Parshall, A. N. A., is
“soft in color, but in nothing else,”
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