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VOLUME XXXV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. TUESDAY. APRIL 24, 1934 NUMBER 102 Request Recital To Be Given by Bryson Tonight Appearance of Baritone ' First in Two Years PROCRAM IS VARIED Accompaniment Will Be Played by Marguerite Sputh Bryson In Music Auditorium Roy Bryson, baritone, assistant professor of music, will appear in a school of music recital for the first time iq two years, in the mu sic auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock. He will be accompanied by Mar guerite Spath Bryson. The recital, which will be given by request, will be short and in formal, due to the warm spring weather. The program is unortho dox, in that it has many popular as well as classical numbers. Three of the numbers were sung by Ro land Hayes in Eugene, and most of the songs are in English. Bryson has enjoyed a successful and varied, though brief career. He ^studied in Los Angeles under great teachers, and spent two and a half years in New York in study ing and professional work. He ap peared two years ago as soloist with the Portland Symphony or chestra, but has not appeared as recitalist here since that time, and in all, has only given four recitals on the campus. Bryson's program will contain a great variety of works including English, German, French, and Spanish masters .with two negro spirituals, “Go Down Moses," and “Bye an’ Bye.” Other outstanding numbers on the program are “Ave Maria,” by Schubert, "Chanson du Toreador,” from the opera “Car men,” by Bizet; and the prologue from Leoncavalla’s “Pagliacci.” The complete program will be: I -By My command—Recit. Where-e’re You Walk—Air. Semele . Handel Nature’s Adoration.Beethoven Dido’s Lament .Purcell When Dull Care .Old English It Is Enough (Elijah) . . Mendelssohn II Ave Maria . Schubert L’Invitation au Voyage.Duparc Le Manoir de Rosemonde...Duparc La Partita . Alvarez Chanson du Toreador (Carmen) . Bizet III Go Down Moses .Arr. Burleigh Bye an’ Bye . Arr. Burleigh The Greeen-Eyed Dragon ...Charles Sometimes When Night Is Nigh . Phillips Prologue (Pagliacci) ...Leoncavella ► 100 Students Receive Non-Payment Notices Of Spring Term Fees One hundred notices for non payment of second installments on spring term fees have been sent out to University students since the payment deadline last Saturday, it was announced from the business offices in Johnson hall yesterday. Penal ties of 25 cents a day for delin quent payments wul be charged until Saturday, April 28, after which date those who have not paid will be subject to dismissal from the University. A considerable number of non-resident fees have also yet to be paid. These were also due April 21. w U 3 Student Group Backs Martin Above is pictured the executive committee of the Martin-for-Governor club, established Saturday on the campus. In the insert are W. J. Pendergrast (left) and Harold J. Kinzell, Portland lawyers, who aided in organization of the group. In the front row, from left to right, are Kendall Lottridge, Frank Levings, Ed Schiesser, Josephine -Rice, acting secretary, and Art Clark. In the center row, from left to right, are Bruce Hamby, acting chairman, Gordon Carey, Harry Butler, Jack Vaughn, and Ken Linkluter. In the rear line, from left to right, are Mike Mikuiak, Bree Cuppoletti, Joe Gerot, Ken neth Schramm, and Ed Wheelock. Peace Speeches And War Actions Of F.D. in Clash Inconsistency in Policy Pointed Out by Traveling L.I.D. Secretary Here The inconsistency between Pres ident Roosevelt's peace speeches and his war actions was pointed out last night by Monroe M. Sweetland, traveling secretary for the League for Industrial Democ racy, in a talk, “Shall It Be War, Mr. Roosevelt?” given in 110 Johnson hall. Concluding a summary of dis tinctly warlike activities on the part of the United States, Sweet land declared, “We’ve never had such war preparations as we’ve had during the first year and a half of the New Deal.” He spe cifically mentioned the Vinson naval appropriations bill, army control of the C.C.C. camps, and increased R.O.T.C. expenditures. “Our fight is not against Presi dent Roosevelt," he added, how ever, “nor against any of the men who are forced under the present setup to prepare for war. Our battle must be against the system that makes war natural and in evitable.” “The United States and the United States alone might have taken the lead to enforce inter (Continucd on Page Tu'o) Medford Orators Western Winners Medford high school won first place in the western district of the state high school debate league contest, Saturday afternoon at Friendly hall. The winners earned the right to meet the champion of the eastern district to debate for state title. Irene Stubblefield and Dolph James, coached by Ralph Bailey, represented Medford. Their op ponents were Helen Mae Beal and Wilbur Newby, coached by Miss June Goodale of Newberg. Judges were Waldo Schumacher, professor of political science; Or lando Hollis, professor of law; and Dr. H. V. Matthews, professor of; education. Budding Shysters to Display Verbal Talent in Moot Trials Several of the aspiring attor neys in the law school have "hung out their shingle,” and for a short time are taking over their future profession, while they act as at torneys in the first of the moot court trials held every year by Prof. Orlando J. Hollis' class in trial practice. The Oregon law office has been transformed into a sort of court house .holding the offices of two attorneys, the sheriff, and the; clerk. Outside the office is a card-: board shingle, printed on each side with "Coad & Noel, Attorneys-at Law"—only some fellow student, more suspicious than kind, has crossed out the “attorneys” on one side of the sign, and replaced it with “shysters.” Tacked on the door are the detailed office hours of the sheriff and clerk. The lat ter, apparently, is already doing a good business, for he charges “ex tra fees for evening appointments.” In this week’s trial, which will be held Thursday at 7:30 in the circuit court room at the court house, Charles C. Barkley is suing James Landye and Charles Stock len. It seems that just before spring vacation Landye and Stock len told Barkley that he could fish in the Willumette river before the season opened and without a li cense, since it was a tide-water stream. Barkley, being a Californian and (Continued on Faye Two) Women Journalists to Elect Managing Editor, Editor for Coed Paper All women students who are interested in working on the women’s Emerald whether jour nalism students or not, are asked to attend the meeting for the election of editor and man aging editor of the edition Wed nesday afternoon at 4 in 105 Journalism building. The wotaen’s edition will be published May 19. The tradi j tional contest will be held be tween the men and women’s editions. Deadline Set for Caps and Gowns Saturday, April 28, will be the deadline for ordering graduation announcements and caps and gowns, Harry Hanson, chairman of the senior commencement commit tee, said today. Only about 130 of the graduat ing class of 260 had placed their orders for caps and gowns, accod ing to last night’s figures. Al though an order for 2500 announce ments has already been sent in, M. F. McClain, Co-op manager, said last night that arrangements have been made for a second order to take care of the seniors who did not get their requests in on timg for the first. Orders for both the announce ments and the caps and gowns should be placed a't the Co-op. Box Office in Johnson Open for Ticket Sales “The ticket sale for ‘The Chief Thing,’ to be presented May 2, 4, and 5, by the University players is progressing nicely,” according to Robert Dodge, business man ager. “The response has been en couraging, although at the present time there are still good seat3 available.” The box office in Johnson hall will be open every day from 3 to 5, and from 10 to 12 on Saturdays. Any one who wishes to buy a ticket can call there, or get in touch with Robert Dodge at local 216. Campus Calendar Dr. Victor Morris’ 9 o’clock eco nomics class will have an hour ex amination on Wednesday. Westminster association mem bers are requested to stop at the (Continued on Page Two) Saturday Last Chance To Return Rooter’s Lid And. Prevent Paying $1 This week is the last chance students will be able to turn in tjieir rooters’ lids at the graduate manager’s office in McArthur court. After Saturday $1 will be de ducted from their deposit. Up to. the present time only 250 out of the 500 lids have been returned. 4The Chief Thing’ To Be Presented Under Robinson Instructor in Dramatics Directs Play Offered May 2, 4, 5 By University Group A dancer, a landlady, a clerk, and a stenographer—all go to the fortune teller for advice in “The Chief Thing,” which will be pre sented by the University players under the direction of Horace W,. Robinson, instructor in dramatics, on May 2, 4, and 5. And the advice the fortune teller gives leads the story to a local theater, where Nero, Poppea, and their servants are seen in the play "Quo Vadis.” Poppea—the woman for whom Nero killed his wives so that he might be a widower and marry her. And killed her husband so that she might marry him. And not con tent with this killed his mother because she didn’t like Poppea— then topped it off by killing Pop pea’s son because his harp playing wasn’t pleasing. Another person in this same Ro man banquet scene is the slave (Continued on Pat/c Two) Kerr Appoints Group to Scan Student Setup Committee Composed of Men From All Units BORK ELECTED HEAD Plans of Activities Reorganization To I5e Presented; Meeting Held Last Saturday A committee to investigate die student body situation in the va rious units of the Oregon state system of higher education was appointed by Chancellor Kerr. This group, whose first meeting was last Saturday, will gather infor mation on how the fee situation is handled in other schools. The group will present plans for reorganization of student activi ties to comply with the attorney general’s ruling that all fees col lected by the board must be used for educational purposes. Their study will cover all units of the system having associated student body fees or similar fees corre sponding to them, according to the chancellor. Comptroller Bork of the central (Continued on Pat/c Two) Bowerman Will Replace Phipps As Sports Editor Head Is Letterman in Football, Also Outstanding Member Of Track Team Bill Bowerman, senior in busi ness administration and varsity athlete, makes his bow with this morning's Emerald as sports editor 8f the campus daily. He was appointed to that posi tion Saturday by Sterling Green, editor, and Joseph Saslavsky, man aging editor. He replaces Bill Phipps, manager-elect of the 1935 Oregana, who resigned because of heavy duties on the yearbook. Bowerman, the new sports chieftain, is a two-year letterman in football, having received his monograms as an efficient block ing quarterback under both Doc Spears and Prink Callison. He is at present a track aspirant under the tutelage of Bill Hayward and one of the outstanding 440-yard runners on the Webfoot. cinder team. Tattooed Letters Promised Varsity Warriors by Jukes Above, left: Action photo of J. Jorgensen Jukes, con-Fusion candidate for student body president, straddling an issue. At the right is Ferdinand Arthur (Slug) Murgatroyd, candidate for senior man, making a campaign speech in semaphor code at the state school for the deaf. Just after this picture was taken somebody dropped a lighted cigarette in a wastebasket and Murgatroyd broke his arm yelling “Fire!” Another plank went into the Jukes platform when the party came out solidly for tattoed O’i for nudist lettermen. “We are heartily in favor of thit move,” said Jukes late last night from his office under the table at the Dinwiddie Corset and Confec tionery store, “ and believe it will ! be a boon to the pantsless athletes that choose to come to Oregon ! the future. “We believe that the O’s should be tattoed somewhere on the an terior portion of the torso, just so they are in no danger of being transformed into a swastika in [ (Continued on Page Two) Political Stunts More Plentiful As Race Looms Jupiter Destroys Plans Of Parlies STRUGGLE AWAITED Election for Sophomore Class Officers Expected to Be Bitterly Fought By NEWTON STEARNS A real, old-time political race now has the campus in its grasp. Parades, rallies, tennis court dances, lawn parties, canoe races, speeches, and other campaign stunts are everyday occurrences as each candidate and ticket tries to outdo the other party. The banners and placards of Joe Renner’s party proudly proclaim that 11 men’s houses are behind that party 100 percent, while the quieter campus opinion seems to indicate that Malcolm Bauer will draw down a large percentage of the coed vote. Rain Drowns Efforts Although the Bauer forces proudly proclaimed that even the heavens frowned upon the opposi tion when a Renner rally dance, scheduled for the S.A.E. tennis court, was rained out on Friday, Jupe Pluvius demonstrated his non-partisan status by also raining out a lawn party planned for the Gamma Phi Beta house Sunday, and since, practically everything has been washed out. J. Jorgensen Jukes, although re ceiving a large amount of notori ety through an over-zealous pub licity man, has not been found by any “plum-seeking” political men. This leaves him with no houses proclaiming themselves "100 per cent Jukes,” for no house will give spmething for nothing. Frosh Battle Looms Freshman politics, although on a smaller scale, is none the less bitter. A close checkup by lead ers of the two parties running for sophomore class offices, headed by (Continued on Poyc Four) Allen, Turnbull to Talk At Newspaper School Members of the journalism fac ulty and representatives of the Eugene newspapers will conduct a school for country and Grange correspondence at the request of the Grange next Saturday in the auditorium of McMorran and Washburne. Dean Eric W. Allen and Prof. George Turnbull, both of the school of journalism, will take part. The morning session beginning at 10:30 will include lectures on newspaper correspondence. A tour will be made of one of the local news paper plants in the afternoon at 1:30. The purpose of the school is to promote country correspondence in newspapers. Anyone interested is invited. Symphony Orchestra To Give Free Concert The University Symphony or chestra will present a concert, which will be one of the finest of the year, according to Rex Under wood, conductor. It will be held in McArthur court on Monday, May 7, at 8 o’clock. The concert will serve as the first test of the $8000 acoustical improvement recently completed in the igloo by SERA workers. Ad mission will be free. 4WS Carnival Biggest Presented Financially A total number of 2,275 people said the five-cent admission to the A..W.S. Carnival Saturday night. This was the largest carnival ever presented from the financial standpoint, $400 being taken in. Co-op Association Will Meet in 105 Commerce At 4 to Elect Directors The annual meeting of the University Cooperative Store association, of which all Univer sity students are members, will be held at 4:00 this afternoon in 105 Commerce building. Business of the meeting will include reading of the annual financial report and nomination of next year’s directors. Bauer, Rentier, Berg, Lauritz Policies to Be Published by Emerald Candidates for president and vice-president of the A.S.U.O., will be interviewed by the Em erald today on matters of policy, views on student government, and general information con cerning the University and A. S. U. O. Those who will be interviewed are: Renner, Bauer, Lauritz, and Berg. Results of these interviews will be published in tomorrow's Emerald. Japanese Artist To Exhibit Work Beginning Friday Yoshida Nekido, Student Under Leading Japanese Masters, to Lecture on Campus Yoshida Sekido, known as the most distinguished living expo nent of traditional Japanese art, will exhibit some of his paintings in the Little Aft gallery of the school of art and architecture from Friday, April 27 to Tuesday, May 1. , A lecture and demonstration of his painting method will be given by Sekido to members of the Ori ental art class, members of the art group of the American Asso ciation of University Women, and art students Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. The gallery will be open daily from 9 a. m. until 12 noon, and from 1 until 4:30 p. m.; on Sun days, from 2 until 6 p. m. Sekido, who was born in Tokyo, began painting at the age of 15. During his student days he studied under the leading masters of Jap anese painting. In 1921 he came to America to study in the art centers of the United States and Canada. In America he has devoted himself to the study of the Occidental arts and to instruction in the Oriental arts. Military Parade Delayed by Rain With the untimely interruption of Jupiter Pluvlus, the military parade that had been planned for last night was called off. The pa rade was scheduled as a part of the administrative inspecton by Commander-General James K. Parsons of the 5th brigade, Van couver barracks, and Major Rati Brush, major of infantry. The visiting officers were on the cam pus all day yesterday, and al3o visited the local CCC camps. No date for a future parade has been set, but one may take place Wednesday afternoon. A tactical inspection will take place May 2, when Major James H. Tierney will be on the campus to view the R.O.T.C. units. This will be the high point of the term series of parades. Howard Gets Bid for Law Institute Meeting Charles G. Howard, professor of law, has been invited to attend the twelfth annual meeting of the American Law institute, which will be held May 10, 11, and 12, in Washington, D. C., and also the meeting of the committees of bar associations appointed to co operate with the institute, which will be held May 9. Professor Howard is a member of the cooperating committee, be ing one of the state annotators of the restatement. He is particu larly interested in the restatement of the law of contracts. Radio Contest Goes on Ether Today at 4:30 Theta Chi to Make Debut This Afternoon JUDGES ANNOUNCED Contest Scheduled for Every Day Except Sunday; Will Last Until About May 25 Competition in the Emerald-of the-Air radio contest will begin this afternoon at 4:30 over KORE with the initial program being that of Theta Chi, first organization drawn Friday by Prof. George Turnbull of the journalism school, according to Walter Swanson, ra dio contest chairman. “The contest will last until about May 25, with a different house or hall on the air every day except Sunday's,” Swanson stated last night. Judges will be Mrs. Naomi Har per of radio station KORE, Dave Foster, announcer; George Callas, former Emerald radio editor, James Doyle, music student, and Swanson. They will select four contestants from the 23 in the con test who will present their pro grams once more in the finals. Each house will receive a rating in the preliminary eliminations. The order of appearance is as follows: Phi Sigma Kappa.Mon., Apr. 30 Phi Delta Theta.Tues., May 1 Della Tau Delta.Wed., May 2 Delta Delta Delta....Thurs., May 3 Phi Gamma Delta.Fri., May 4 Bata Theta Pi.Sat., May 5 Pi Beta Phi .Mon., May 7 Sigma Hall.Tues., May 8 Gamma Phi Beta.Wed., May 9 Kappa Sigma .Thurs., May 10 Alpha Xi Delta.Fri., May 11 Alpha Phi .Sat., May 12 Phi Mu.Mon., May 14 Alpha Gamma Delta, Tues., May 15 Alpha Delta Pi.Wed., May 16 Alpha Chi Omega....Thurs., May 17 Kappa Aipha Theta ...Fri., May 18 Zeta Tau Alpha .Sat., May 19 Money for the prize is being con tributed by DeNeffe’s, Oregana confectionery, University Pharm acy, McMorran and Washburne, Eugene Farmer’s dairy, Perlick's Food store, Laurelwood Golf club, Rex theater, Densmore-Leonard, Firestone Service Stores, Inc., and McDonald theater. Skeie's jewelry store is furnishing a cup to be giv en to the organization of the sex opposite the winner, which finish es highest in its sex. No one outside the individual group will be allowed to compete with it in a contest program, Swanson stated. Theta Chi . Delta Upsilon Yeomen . Zeta Hall. Delta Zeta . Thurs., Apr. 26 ... Fri., Apr. 27 .Sat., Apr. 28 Wed., Apr. 25 Tues. ,Apr. 24 Marks for Mid-Term To Enter Registrar's Records by Saturday Mid-term grades are to be in the registrar's office by Satur day, April 28, announced Clif ford Constance, assistant regis trar, yesterday. Soon after that date warning slips will be sent to the students whose grades are such as to warrant them, and the Univer sity year of 1933-34 will enter its final lap. Vocalist, in Senior Recital Shows Rare Musical Ability By J. A. NEWTON In last night's senior recital by John Spittle, the larger-than-usual crowd was greeted by musical ren ditions which were superior on practically all counts to those pre sented in most student recitals of the past year. Spittle didn’t get off key at any time, an unusual, practically non existent, quality amongst student vocalists. He allowed himself great range of expression, such as to fit his interpretations as he under stood them. But the most important item was his ability to establish a mood; the ability to stir that musical emotion which is so seldom stirred. These things he accomplished despite what appeared to be a physical handicap in his voice, which at times hindered the qual ity of his tone. For the most part, it was much easier to catch the mood and feed ing behind the numbers in English, especially those of the last group. Yet Spittle transposed, by means of music, a definite impression as well as a clear story from most erf the foreign language numbers. He accomplished this with Wolfe’s “Nimmersatte Liebe,” Massenet's “Ouvre tes yeux bleus," and Vidal’s “Ariette.” The fourth and last group of numbers Were all in English, and proved the most popular. It would be impossible to say that any one was done better than the others, though the final number, “I Love Life,” was the most showy and (Continued on Page Two)