THE WEATHER
Oregon: Cloudy Thursday and
Friday; showers NW. portion;
mod. temp; mod. S. and SE. winds.
Wednesday: Temperature, maxi
mum, 64; minimum, 47; rain, .05
inches; river, —.5 feet; south wind.
VOLUME XXXV
VOTE TODAY
At Y hut from 9 to 3 today.
A.S.U.O. cards necessary to vote
for class and student body candi
dates. Any student may vote for
Coop board. Certification neces
sary from cashier if card lost.
NUMBER 104
Jane Thacher
To Play Tonight
InPianoRecital
Program in Music Hall
To Start at 8
ADMISSION IS FREE
Request Selections Included by
Performer; Brahms and
C'hopin Predominant
Of wide interest to followers of
music is Jane Thacher's piano re
cital otnight in the school of music
auditorium at 8 o’clock. The pro
gram will be free to the public.
Mrs. Thacher a member of the
University music faculty, received
most of her education in Europe
and studied under Leschitizky,
generally regarded as the world’s
greatest piano teacher. She was
also a student to Carlopfleger,
court composer to Emeror Franz
Joseph of Austria, who is the au
thor of church music.
In 1914, she came to the Univer
sity as instructor in piano, and al
though taking some trips abroad
since that time, she has continued
her affiliation with the school. She
plans to take advantage of her lei
sure time in more extensive travel
ing, in Europe and America.
Requests Answered
Tonight's program is in response
to many requests that poured in.
Her last public appearance was a
year ago, when she depicted the
growth of dancing, fro mprimitive
tribes to modern times. She has
followed a practice of giving at
least one recital each year. ° To
night’s program w-as originally
scheduled to be given before
Christmas, but interruptions pre
vented her appearance at that
time.
Mrs. Thacher defined tonight’s
program as “romantic.” Heading
the list ift this category is Chopin’s
Sonata ,a very definite program of
poetic and romantic appeal. Mrs.
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Sehloth Selected
To Post by Bush
The appointment of Bill Sehloth
to conduct the A.S.U.O. elections
was made by Neal Bush, vice
president of the A.S.U.O., instead
of by Tom Tongue, president, as
the Emerald stated yesterday.
Tongue, apparently wishing to
make it clear to all that he did
not make an appointment of a
fraternity brother, gave the fol
lowing written statement to the
Emerald:
"If there is anything I detest,
it is fraternity nepotism in cam
pus appointments. I want it
thoroughly understood that Bill
Sehloth was appointed without my
knowledge by Neal Bush, whose
constitutional duty it is as vice
president to supervise the conduct
of A.S.U.O. elections. The Emer
ald’s statement that I appointed
Mr. Sehloth was entirely errone
ous.”
Morse Will Speak
Wayne L. Morse, dean of the
law school, is to speak to the
Marion county bar association
Saturday noon on “Trends in the
Law.” The meeting at which he
will speak will be held in the Ma
sonic building, in Salem.
i Seniors „ ted Again
Satnrdc 7 adline for
Cap an ~~..Z nvn Orders
A seconc
urday will
ing that Sat
deadline date
for orderin s and gowns
and commf nt announce
ments was u last night by
Harry Hanson, chairman of the
senior commencement commit
tee.
Explaining that the whole
class order must be sent back
east for filling, he said there
would be no extension of time
after Saturday.
Orders for both the caps and
gowns and the announcements
should be placed at the Co-op.
Comedy, Drama
Doth Utilized in
‘The Chief Thing'
Play Scheduled for May 2, 4, 5;
Reservations for Tickets
Being Made Now
A comedy for some, drama for
others—such is the description of
‘‘The Chief Thing,” to be given by
the University players on May 2,
4, and 5, under the direction of
Horace W. Robinson, instructor in
dramatics.
There is perhaps more comedy
than drama in the play, especially
at the Roman banquet scene. There
is Nero, played by Henry Robert,
bloodthirsty and imposing, who
nevertheless likes his women;
Ligia, enacted by Pauline Con
radt, who is stout with an air of
decided Christian martyrdom; and
the comedian, Bill Thienes, stout,
flabby, and carelessly made up,
who dislikes exertion of any kind.
In addition there is Galina Crispin
illa, played by Helen Harriman,
who is very little like the dissolute
courtesan she is trying to play.
All together they make “The
Chief Thing” an amusing comedy.
Robert Dodge at local 216 can be
reached between 3 and 5 for ticket
reservations.
Only Members to Vote
On Westminster Ticket
Only members of Westminster
association are eligible to submit
nominating petitions and vote at
the Westminster’s annual election
of officers, scheduled for Sunday,
Mrs. J. D. Bryant, hostess and ad
viser of the group, announced last
night. She corrected misinforma
tion given the Emerald yesterday
to the effect that all University
students were eligible to partici
pate in the election.
The ticket prepared by the West
minster nominating committee,
which will be formally voted on at
the election includes: Jean Lewis,
president; Beverly Caverhill, vice
president; Dorothy Jensen, treas
urer; Arthur Grafious, morning
chairman; Elaine Ellmaker, forum
chairman; Leslie Dunton, study
group chairman; and Lois Howe,
social chairman.
Hermian Club to Hold
Seminar With DeBusk
The Hermian club, women’s phy
sical education honorary, is hold
ing a seminar tonight at 8:30 p. m.
in the social room in Gerlinger
hall.
Dr. B. W. DeBusk. professor of
education, will lead the discussion.
The title of his speech is “Guid
ance Problems in Reading Sub
jects.”
Clark Declares New Oregana
Will Be Strikingly Modern
A new--utterly different—Ore
gana is promised for 1935 by Bar
ney Clark, newly appointed editor
of the University’s annual. Al
though this year's Oregana was
varied, he stated that it would be
more “radically revised" next year.
“The Oregana will be accorded
more modern treatment than it;
has ever received,” he said. ‘We
plan to use a type of art work that'
has never before been used by any;
college annual. A new type face
will be used throughout the book,
and border designs, type masses,
and pictures will be arranged in a
sharply modern manner."
Clark, sophomore journalism ma
jor, has worked on the Oregana
for two years, as section editor
when he was a freshman, and as
assistant editor and copy editor
this year. He is also humor editor
of the Oregon Daily Emerald.
He announced that the staff
would be appointed in a few weeks.
“I'm not going to do it in a hurry,”
he said. “I plan to interview each
prospective member of the staff
carefully, and select a staff that is
smooth-working and efficient, and
in which each is best adapted to
the type of work which he is to do.
“We are going to attempt to
produce an outstanding annual—
one that is utterly different than
anything done in this school be
fore. The staff will work through
the summer and organize the work
completely then instead of in the
fall as has been done in previous
books. With three months of extra
preparation we feel that we shall
be able to produce a book which is
a success artistically and financial
ly, and one which will be highly
satisfactory to the students.
"The staff for this year book are
going to really work. We want no
one to apply for a job who is doing
it just for house credit and idle
amusement. Anyone who is inter
ested in doing annual work should
see me in the next few weeks—as
my staff will be selected early.”
Enrollment in
Oregon Shows
Big Decrease
Student Loss in State Is
Largest in U. S.
FIGURES STARTLING
Surveys Made by Constance and
Kae; Institutions Work
Under Handicap
Institutions of higher education
in Oregon suffered a decrease in
enrollment of 27.1 percent between
the years of 1931 and 1933, while
college and university attendance
throughout the United States has
fallen but 8.2 percent in that time.
In 1929-30 the University of Ore
gon enrolled 6.74 percent of stu
dents attending higher educational
institutions on the Pacific coast,
and Oregon State Agricultural
college has 7.73 percent. In 1933
34 the University here had 5.01
percent of the total for the coast,
and the state college at Corvallis
had 4.66 percent.
These startling figures are dis
closed as the result of independent
surveys conducted by Clifford L.
Constance, assistant registrar of
the University, and John M. Rae,
associate professor of business ad
ministration. Constance has com
puted the attendance figures na
tionally, while Rae has worked out
a table for Oregon institutions as
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Committee Heads
Plaeed on Junior
Weekend Groups
Bill Davis Appoints Fred Fisher
Chairman of Campus Day,
Burke Morden Assistant
Bill Davis, chairman of Junior
weekend, announced two commit
tee heads last night. Fred Fisher,
junior in business administration,
was made chairman of campus
day, and Burke Morden, junior in
arts and architecture, was made
assistant general chairman.
Fisher said plans would include
as usual the tennis court dance,
and campus luncheon. In addition
to these a special feature, for
which plans cannot yet be an
nounced, athletic features, and a
beauty, contest for men are listed.
Other events of the weekend in
clude the crowning of the queen,
freshman-sophomore tug - of - war,
painting of the "O,” and the jun
ior prom.
Junior weekend takes place May
11, 12, and 13, Mother's day- pro
grams being included in the ac
tivities. The junior prom is slated
for 9 to 12 in McArthur court on
Friday. Campus day is Friday and
the canoe fete on Saturday eve
ning at 8:30.
! Campus Calendar
Yeomen who are competing in
Emerald radio contest be at KORE
studios by 4:15 today.
Westminster guild meets tonight
from 9 to 10 for regular service
work.
Nature group of Philomelete
will leave the AWS room at 5
o’clock Friday for a picnic near
Skinner’s butte. For further par
ticulars call Gladys Burns at 471.
Frosh counsellors’ directorate
will meet today at 4 in the Col
lege Side.
Christian Science organization
will hold its regular Thursday eve
ning meeting tonight at' 8 in the
Y.W.C.A. bungalow. The annual
business meeting and election of
officers will take place immedi
ately afterwards.
Stoddard Issues Final
Call for Return of Lids
Without Paying $1 Fine
This week is the last possible
chance to return rooters’ caps
to the graduate manager's of
fice at McArthur court, it was
announced yesterday by Tom
Stoddard, assistant graduate
manager.
If the caps are not turned in
by the end of this week, a
charge of $1 each will be made
against deposits of students
failing to return the lids.
Senior Dignity
To Be Curtailed
On Leap Week
Delta Gamble, Farewell
Folly Today’s Events
DANCES SCHEDULED
Swimming, Kappa Koffee, Midnight
Matinee, Mortar Board Bali
Listed on Program
Senior men and women will
throw off the weight and worry of
four busy college years and return
to the simple things of life today.
What they will do at the Delta
Gamble, from 3 to 5 this afternoon
—besides dance and eat—is so
wildly wicked that Eugene's post
master, Darwin E. Yoran, has
threatened to keep the Emerald out
of the mails if it’s even mentioned.
But let that pass. The seniors will
find out and Mr. Yoran already
knows.
The “cultural veneer” will be
completely peeled off when the
seniors cavort in gingham gowns
and campus cords tonight at the
“Farewell Folly” at Hendricks hall.
Dancing will last from 7:30 to
10:30. Admission, for seniors only,
will be just 00 cents for all events
of Senior Leap week, except Fri
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Alpha Delta Sigma
Lads Labor Long
To Supply Noisesj
Piercing cries rang out and the!
sound of crashing glass echoed and j
reechoed through the almost emp- i
ty Colonial theater yesterday af-1
ternoon. Though it struck the har- |
rowed hearer’s ears more like
sound effect rehearsal for the San
Francisco earthquake, it really was
the Alpha Delta Sigma boys find
ing out what they could do for
“Ed’s Coed,” Oregon's own campus
movie, with a couple of pieces of
sandpaper, a box full of broken
glass, a book, a pan full of water,
phonograph records, and some
broken boards- with an extremely
sensitive microphone.
Before an operator appeared to
run off the film, the advertising
honorary men had reduced the
chaos of queer noises into some
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Vote Your
Convictions!
(EDITORIAL)
As Inst year and every year
preceding, the Emerald again
makes the plea, however fu
tile, that students disregard
political machines, party line
ups, fraternity and sorority
blocs, and personal prejudice,
and vote for the men and wo
men best suited for the posi
tions.
Torchlight parades, brass
bands, and screaming sirens
are lots of fun, and are signif
icant to the extent that they
indicate an awakening interest
in student affairs. But they
offer no basis for judging the
fitness of a student body or
class officer.
Tom Tongue, student body
president, must have known
the futility of his exhortation
yesterday when he urged stu
dents to ignore political blasts.
The Emerald realizes, too,
that its words will have little
effect.
But if members of the A. S.
TJ. O. are as anxious for the
perpetuation of strong student
government as they appeared
to be in the A. S. II. O.'s re
cent crisis, they will face the
responsibility squarely. They
will vote their convictions, and
will select the men arid women
they believe best able to pre
serve honest and intelligent
student rule.
Plans for Annual
Mother’s Day to
Be Given Friday
Program Announced for Weekend
By Committee; Events Slated
On May 11, 12, 18
Members of the speakers’ com
mittee will announce Mother’s day
plans and distribute invitations at
lunch tomorrow according to Bill
Meissner, assistant chairman or
the Mother’s day committee, who
is in charge of the speakers. The
University is to send out special
invitations also, but the personal
invitations of the students are to
be one of the features of the plan.
The program of events reads:
Friday, May 11
3-5:30 p. m.—Tea for mothers by
Y.W.C.A. council at Y.W.C.A.
bungalow.
9-12 p. m. Junior Prom, McAr
thur court. (Balcony open to
mothers.)
Saturday, May 12
8 a. m.—Meeting of executive com
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Nervous Breakdown Greets
Jukes After Marking Ballots
The Jukes party as it started its trek to the polls early this morn
ing, to vote for Bauer and Kenner. Two voting places will he utilized
this year. Men will go to the North Foils while women will go to the
South Foils.
The announcement late last
night that students would be al
lowed to write in the name of the
Jukes ticket on the ballot today
threw the Jukes campaign head
quarters into a maelstrom of joy.
The only trouble now is that
none of the Jukes party can write.
BULLETIN
J. Jorgensen Jukes was resting
easily at a late hour this morning
after having contracted a case of
acute writer’s cramp from staying
up for the last two days marking
ballots for himself.
The condemned man ate a hearty
dinner. «
BULLETIN
K. Kasper Kallikak, con-Fusion
candidate for vice-president, was
discovered at midnight last night
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Athletes Beat
House Record
On Grade List
Teams Have Combined
Average of 1.3242
HOOPSTERS HIGHEST
Tom Stoddard Compiles Figures
Made During the Actual
Flaying Season
Members of Oregon's major ath
letic teams maintain a grade point
level higher than the all-men's av
erage on the campus.
This blow to the old theory of
athletic "dumbness" was delivered
yesterday by Tom Stoddard, as
sistant graduate manager, who has
discovered in a study of last win
ter and spring grade tables, that
members of the football, basket
ball, track, and baseball teams had
a combined average of 1.3242.
The varsity football squad com
prising 34 men, had the lowest of
the sports grade averages, for last
term, but were still higher than
several social fraternities. Their
average was 1.15, with 564 grade
points from 490 hours of courses.
Easketball players, during the
playing season last term, attained
an average of 1.42. Figures com
piled last spring for the baseball
and track teams show the follow
ing results:
Average
Baseball, 32 men, 483 hours,
655 grade points .1.35
Track, 54 men, 717 hours,
988 grade points .1.37
It is to be noted that figures for
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Meeting at Reed
College Planned
By Radical Club
Many Groups Invited to Attend;
Torchlight Parade for May
Day Voted Down
Plans for a Northwest Students’
conference to be held at Reed col
lege May 13 were proposed at the
weekly meeting of the Oregon Rad
ical club held last night at the Y
hut.
Among groups invited to attend
would be the Thursday noon club,
the Legion Against War, and the
National Student league chapter
of the University of Washington;
chapters of the League for Indus
trial Democracy at Washington
State college and Oregon State
college; and liberal clubs at Lin
field, the University of Idaho, Bel
lingham normal, and the Univer
sity of British Columbia.
At the conference, the students
would discuss their policy on edu
cational retrenchment, unemploy
ment, and war.
By the slim margin of one vote,
the Radical club voted down a mo
tion that it hold a May day torch
light parade, thereby conservative
ly opposing a measure which would
place them in the position of tak
ing part in a demonstration gen
erally recognized as strictly com
munistic in character.
Edinger, Horak Will
Head Women’* Edition
Mary Louiee Edinger, society
editor of the Emerald, was elected
editor of the women’s edition of
the Emerald which will appear i
Saturday, May 19, at a meeting
Wednesday afternoon in the Jour
nalism building.
Henriette Horak, reporter, was
elected managing editor of the
special edition. Anyone interested
in working on this issue should
see Mary Louiee Edinger or Hen
riette Horak.
A meeting will be called shortly
after the men's edition has been
published. The staff selected will
be posted in the Journalism build
ing, according to Miss Edinger.
Students Who Expect
Master’s Degree in
June Must Apply !\ow
Students expecting to take
their master's degrees in June
are requested to file their ap
plications in the graduate di
vision offices in Johnson hall as
soon as possible.
A list of those who may re
ceive a master’s degree is being
compiled at the graduate head
quarters, according to Mrs.
Clara L. Fitch, secretary of the
graduate division, and should
be completed soon.
Students to Decide
Fate of Candidates
For Offices Today
Foils at Hut Will Be Open From 9 to 3;
Balloting Will Be Confined to
Members of A.S.U.O.
The climax of the campus political race was capped by last night’s
quota of parades, bonfires and rallies. These activities were the last
chance for campaign managers to get in their sugar-coated words
before the election takes place today.
Elections of A.S.U.O. and class officers and members of the Co-op
board will be held at the Y hut from 9 to 3 today. A.S.U.O. cards
are necessary to vote for student body or class officers, but any stu
dent registered in the University may vote for members of the Co-op
board.
Any student who has lost his A.S.U.O. card may apply to the
cashier s office in Johnson hall for a certification of fee payment,
Candidates
Today
A. S. U. 0.
President:
Malcolm Bauer
Joe Rennet
Vice-president :
Bill Berg
Norman Lauritz
Secretary:
Nancy Archbold
Gail McCredie
Executive man:
Bob Miller
Biff Nilsson
Senior woman:
Elizabeth Bondstrup
Althea Peterson
Junior man:
Cosgrove LaBarre
Howard Patterson
CO OP BOARD
sopnomore member:
David Crosse
Reinhard Knudsen
upperciass m«mn«r:
Donald Farr
Warren Gill
Hale Thompson
Ed Wheelock
SOPHOMORE CLASS
President:
A1 Davis
Mel Johnson
Vice-president:
Helen Dodds
Dorothy Hagge
Secretary:
Betty Coon
Louise Latham
Treasurer:
Dale Hardisty
John Thomas
SENIOR CLASS
President:
Ed Meserve
Vice-president:
Marygolde Hardison
Secretary:
Pearl Base
Treasurer:
George Schenk
JUNIOR CLASS
President:
Ed Labbe
Vice-president:
Roberta Moody
Secretary:
Adele Sheehy
Treasurer:
Bud Jones
► which may be presented to the
election board in lieu of a student
body card.
By coincidence, parades for both
candidates for A.S.U.O. president
started at the same hour, Malcolm
Bauer's forces moving from the
Phi Delta Theta house, and Joe
Kenner supporters leaving from
the Kappa Sigma house at 7:30.
The two, by much successful ma
neuvering on the part of the two
field generals, were moved in cir
cuits not coinciding with each
other in any point.
Bonfires Are Climax
Both parades ended in huge bon
fires, one in the lot on the corner
of Fourteenth and Kinkaid streets
and the other, one block further
south.
The race still remains about
equal with very few persons offer
ing any betting odds. On paper,
it would appear that Renner has
the “100 percent backing” of n.
majority of men’s houses, while
! ’Qn n npirtinri fVin on rvi.
pus would indicate that a majority
of women are pro-Bauer. It is
practically impossible to make an
accurate estimate of the woman
vote, as sororities are not allowed
officially to make pledges of votes.
Result Unpredictable
The results of the contests for
sophomore jobs can no more be
predicted than can those of the
A.S.U.O. campaign. Both the
Davis and Johnson setups put the
finishing touches on their cam
paigns last night. 1 The sign con
test on the buffalo on the campus
did not materialize.
Only one ticket each being en
tered in the junior and senior class
campaigns, these elections will
probably be uncontested. The only
possible way for a candidate un
opposed to be defeated is for a
majority to write in some other
name on the ballot.
List Given
A complete list of candidates for
all offices follows:
A.S.U.O.: Malcolm Bauer, Joe
Renner, president; Bill Berg, Nor
man Lauritz, vice-president;
Nancy Archbold, Gail McCredie,
secretary; Bob Miller, Biff Nils
son, executive man; Elizabeth
Bendstrup, Althea Peterson, sen
ior woman; Cosgrove LaBarre,
Howard Patterson, junior man.
Sophomore class: A1 Davis, Mel
Johnson, president; Helen Dodd3,
Dorothy Hagge, vice-president;
Betty Coon, Louise Latham, sec
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Dr. Wright Explains System
Of Mexican Rural Education
An entirely new system of rural
education is underway in Mexico,
said Dr, L. O. Wright, professor of
Romance languages, recently as he
spread out a brilliantly colored pos
ter which explained briefly the con
struction of a school building.
Dr. Wright was talking to an
Emerald reporter concerning the
new movement for rural education
in Mexico. It had all begun by Dr.
Wright stating that he had spoken
about Mexico to Roosevelt junior
high school students that morning
—and then both Dr. Wright and
the reporter became so interested
in the Mexican experiment that
they went on discussing it.
It seems that volunteer workers
go into the Mexican rural commun
ities, where they organize schools
for the children, and try to develop
a higher general level of education.
With them the workers bring an
array of large vivid posters, they
tack up on trees and the like.
These posters, through the pic
tures and scenes printed on them
display some educational idea to
the large numbers who cannot read
—although, for the literate popu
lation, the pictures are accompan
ied by brief explanations in Span
ish. One poster which Dr. Wright
spread out was slightly reminiscent
of "Ten Nights in a Barroom." It
consisted of two scenes, contrast
ing the home life of a drunkard
with that of a more sober man.
Others portrayed in vivid hues a
sample outdoor schoolhouse, the
process of constructing a building,
and the furnishing of a simple
home.
Through the organization of
these volunteer workers a great
many rural schools have been
started in Mexico, according to Dr.
Wright. In a number of communi
ties the inhabitants, after becom
ing interested in education through
the efforts of the workers, have
worked gratis to build a school
house on a plot of land donated by
the government. All the inhabi
tants then share in the benefits of
the schoolhouse, which becomes
the center of the town—the club
house, the theater, the meeting
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