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Concert Tonight A free program of concertos and two-piano compositions w'ill be of fered tonight in the music audito rium at 8 o’clock. Seniors Call at the Alumni office in Friendly hall for commencement instruc tions, free luncheon tickets, and tickets for parents and friends. VOLUME XXXV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1934 NUMBER 123 Lack of Room Shows Need For New Libe Insufficient Book Room Is Reason DECISION IS FENDING Lobby, Ventilation System, Room For Stacks, Reading', Would Re Improvements The necessity for a new gener al library at the University of Ore gon, as suggested and approved by the state PWA advisory board and awaiting congressional decision, was explained yesterday by M. H. Douglass, University librarian. He enumerated the reasons for de siring a new building as inade quacy of room for books or read ers, ill-adapted rooms, and desira bility of the features enclosed in modern library plans. The University, he said, now has a collection of more than 250,000 volumes, and its stacks can ac commodate no more than 150,000. As a result .books are stored in the residence on Onyx street and in the basement of Friendly hall, in addition to the. architecture li brary, business administration li brary, Condon hall, and law li brary. It is a problem of the library staff each year, Douglass contin ued, to determine what books can be moved to other libraries or be stored to make room Cor the new arrivals. Jnsuiiiciont Kooin Besides there being insufficient rooms for arranging the books, the reading rooms are not well adapt ed to their purposes, he said. This especially applies to the refence and periodical reading rooms. The circulation desk, card catalogue, information desk, and hall are all connected with the reading room, and the noise and confusion is det rimental to concentrated study. This problem, Douglass showed, is eliminated in modern libraries by the construction of a lobby, sepa rated from the reading and study rooms, where all talking may be done. As another fault of the present building, the librarian listed the poor ventilating system in the li braries on the campus. To cool the room or freshen the air one must open a window or door and cause a draft throughout the rooms. The accommodations in newer li braries which might almost be called necessities, said Douglass, are stalls in connections with the stacks. These are especially ar ranged for graduate students or thesis writers, and consist of indi vidual desks in the stacks where a student may do extensive re search much more easily than un der the present method. Recreational Shelves In new libraries there are open shelf rooms for recreational read ing. Bookcases are divided into separate heads and contain mat ter which is read in that room only. This is the type of reading room provided for at Dartmouth. Should the national congress ap prove of the Oregon PWA board’s suggestion, the state would be granted $350,000 for the erection of a modern library on the Univer sity of Oregon campus. Reports (Continued on Page Four) George Hopkins To Present Piano Students Tc night A recital composed of concertos and two-piano compositions, orig inally scheduled for Monday eve ning, will be given tonight in the school of music auditorium at 8 o’clock. George Hopkins, professor of piano, will furnish the orchestral background. A feature in the pro gram is the appearance of Geneva Ide, who recently appeared with the Portland junior symphony, and who also won honorable mention in the state contest. All of the participants are stu dents of Hopkins. The program will bo: I Concerto in G-n:inor( first move ment ) ...Mendelssohn Anne Booth II Capprioccio Brilliant....Mendelssohn Catherine Mishler III Impromptu Rococo.Schutt Bernice Mahoney and Marjorie Scobert IV Serenade and Allegro Gojoso .... .Mendelssohn Edith Grim V Concertstuck .Weber Geneva Ide VI Concerto in B-flat....Tsehaikowsky (Second and third movements) Sally Potter Reed Play to Be Given ; On Outdoor Stage , Near Old Library Tennis Courts to Be Auditorium Of ‘Syvan Theater’; Acting •" To Be Done on Turf - The Greeks had a word for it. They called it the Sylvan theater. The University drama division which is presenting Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” under the direction of Mrs. Ottilie T. Sey'oolt, calls it an outdoor thea ter. The boisterous Shakespearean comedy which is being given this Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:30 is shown on a specially con structed stage between tne oici libe and Deady. This is not the first time an out door stage has been used at the University. Shakespeare’s “Mid summer Night’s Dream” was pre sented on the stage across the millrace under the direction ot Sergus Reddie; Ibsen's “Peer Gynt" was given on Skinner’s butte under the direction of Mr. Reddie; and “Cradle Song” was shown outside the Art building un der the direction of Miss Florence Wilbur. Work has begun on this stage, flats representing a low wall are already up. No wooden floor will be used, however, as the players will act on the turf. Auditorium chairs will have as a foundation the surface of one of the tennis courts, assuring com fortable seating. In case of rain Friday or Saturday, the perform ance will be the following Mon day. If both days are rainy, Mon day and Tuesday will be the nights of the performance. The stage crew for the play is as follows: Horace W. Robinson, technical director; Bill Thienes, stage manager, with Betty Day and Boyd Jackson as assistants; Barbara Betts, property manager; and Richard Koken, electrician. Germany Thinks Our Football Heroes Are — Well Read It! American college football play ers—especially those of University of Oregon and Oregon State—are “nasty men" and indulge in a very wild and rough pastime. If you don’t believe it Just read one of Germany’s newspapers sometime. That’s what Alfred Schmidt, graduate of the University last June did recently in Berlin, where he is spending a year vacationing and traveling. Picking up the Berlin Illustrated News one morning, he was sur prised to find a large clear pic ture which showed a number of faces which seemed familiar. Ex amining it more closely he recog nized it to be a picture of the grid iron heroes of his alma mater and its traditional rival, Oregon State in action in their this year’s clas sic conflict. The scene of the game depicted in the paper was the much dis cussed play in which two Oregor State guards hoisted up their team I mate, Joe Devine, to block Ore gon's first try for extra point. Reading the cutlines under the picture, the Oregon alumnus read: "A rough fight scene from the American football, which makes j understandable the high accident rate in this sport. The captain of the unbeaten team of Oregon has jumped on the shoulders of fellow players to catch a long distance shot from the opposing team. Football differs from the German ‘Fussball’ not only by its rules, but especially by its wild method. | The official statistics state that the number of those killed during the present season is 32.” Thus enlightened, Schmidt clipped the picture and sent it to his former roommate here on the ; campus, Chuck Wishard. Wishard told the Emerald tha.t for a pin, penny, or a kind word, he will let campus students get a glimpse of how our king of sports 1 looks t# the German eye. Peace Seen in Longshoremen’s Strike Dean Henry F. Grady, left, chairman, and Judge Charles A. Reynolds, right, of the President’s mediation board, discuss the Pacific coast longshoremen’s strike situation with Edward F. McGrady, assist ant secretary of labor, sent from Washington to San Francisco to reinforce the group already trying to make peace in the coastwide strike. Worry, Worry! Suspense-fid Week Left Until Green Goose Notice to house managers: The price of several copies of this year’s Green Goose, Sig ma Delta Chi scandal sheet, to be published Tuesday, May 29, may be properly charged on the house records as an as set instead of a current ex pense. Why? Think of the po tential possibilities in fall term rushing in case some ter rible mention is made of a strong rival. Supposing some thing is printed about your dive? Well, in that case, your purchase will take that many Copies out of general circula tion. Did you think nobody saw you last Friday night on the mill-race? Did you teil your roommate some thing which he swore not to tell? Were the bare facts of your last house dance supposedly hushed up ? Did you think you got away with getting in at 3:S0 on the night of April 32? Beware, friend, for these are the things of which Green Geese are made. When this year’s hotter than hot edition reaches the cam pus in a special asbestos-lined ar mored car, your innermost secrets may be laid bare to the entire campus. When this green paper nemesis reaches out and lays you low, it will be too late to attempt to bribe the editor. Ah, you say, “There is an idea. I will treat the editor to a lemon-coke." But wait, gentle reader, here is (Continued on Faye Four) Business School To Honor Student Arno L. Peiterson has been se- j lected as the freshman in the school | of business administration who . made the highest grade point av- I erage during his first year at the ! University. Peiterson’s name will be en- i graved upon the Beta Gamma Sig ma plaque which hangs in the hall of the school of business. Formal j presentation will be made at the Beta Gamma Sigma initiation ban- ! quet which will be held soon. During his first year in school, ■ Peiterson made a grade point av erage of 2.76. For the purposes of the business school physical educa- j tion credits were disregarded 1 which brought the average up to ; 2.S7. | Peiterson is 100 per cent self supporting and is registered for 17 hours of work. He placed in che tenth decile in the entrance ex aminations given at the beginning of the year. Students of Italian Are Offered 3 Free Tours All college and university stu dents who are at present studying Italian will have the opportunity lo enter a contest for three free trips to Italy this summer. The contest is being sponsored by j the Italian newspaper, Corriere D’Ameriea. Each contestant is to write a 1 composition of 150 words in Eng- I lish or in Latin on the following ! topic: “What is your impression j of the Italy of today and how do I you imagine it will be tomorrow?” | The contributions to the contest must be mailed to the Corriere ; D’America no later than midnight of May 31, 1934, when the contest officially closes. Moore Is Assigned to New California Post Harvard Moore, instructor in military sciences at the University of Oregon Medical school in Port land, has been assigned to the San Francisco Presidio, it was learned recently. Lieutenant - Colonel Frederick 1 Barker, who heads the pregon R. O. T. C. unit, yesterday stated that, ; contrary to previous reports, Moore was not under the R.O.T.C. admin- ! istration at the Eugene campus, i To Take Master's Donald Hartung, coach at Mo lalla high school, will take liis master’s examination Monday, June 4. Mr. Hartung is a grad uate of Oregon State college and is a candidate for the master’s degree in education at the Univer sity. I YWCA to Sponsor Annual Breakfast Of Junior-Seniors j Mortar Board Cap Them'1 to Bo Used Throughout Program On Sunday, May 27 The Y.W.C.A. will sponsor the traditional Junior-Senior breakfast Sunday, May 27, at 9 a. m. in Gerlinger hall. All seniors, in whose honor the breakfast is be in'; held, are cordially invited. An interesting program, including music and toast, has been planned. A delicious menu will be served. Rosalind Gray, president of the “Y,”’ will act as toastmistress. Representing the seniors, Helen Binford will give the toast, “Don ning the Lid"; for the juniors, Catherine Coleman, “Pursuing the Lid”; Mary Klemm, speaking for the alumnae with “The Lid on the Shelf"; Mrs. DeCou will toast for the advisory board, “The Value of the Lid.” The theme of the breakfast, the mortar-board cap of the graduat ing college student, will be car ried out also in the hand-made programs. Honor guests, non-inelusive of the seniors, will be Dean Schwer ing, Mrs. Alice Macduff, Mrs. C. V. Boyer, and Mrs. H. H. Norton. As chairman of the breakfast, Jean Lewis has appointed the fol lowing directorate: food, Theda Spicer; contacting living organi zations, Mary McCracken; inde pendents, Elaine Sorenson; tables, Elaine Cornish; clean-up, Mary Ellen Eberhart; service, Martha McCall; music and program, Maa alena Gulstina; programs, Ger trude Lamb. The admission price for this breakfast is 25 cents a plate, or 50 cents per couple. The breakfast was scheduled for last Sunday, but has been post poned in order to make it possible for more of the University senior women to attend as guests of their l junior friends. Providing music are Madalena Giustina, violinist, Jessie Long, soprano, and Katherine Mishler, pianist. Phi Chi Theta Will Hold Initiation for Pledges Eleven pledges will be formally initiated into the ranks of Phi Chi Theta, national business adminis tration honorary for women, dur ing a banquet tonight at Mc Cracly’s cafe. Tlie new members are Elizabeth Anderson, Una Anderson, Ruth Chilcote, Irene Colliding, Nancy Lou Cullers, Julia LaBarre, Ruth McCornack, Marjorie McNiece, Kathleen Newell, Geneva Stafford, and Helen Tillman. Seniors Attention! The alumni office (southeast corner of Friendly hall) has been made official commencement headquarters. They are prepared to answer any questions you may have concerning your procedure during commencement week. Tickets and information concerning the following events and procedure may be obtained at the alumni office: UNIVERSITY LUNCHEON, Saturday noon, June 9. (Seniors admitted free in caps and gowns; all friends, family, and others 60 cents per plate.) Seniors obtain tickets from alumni office. BACCALAUREATE SERVICE, Sunday, June 10. (Special reserved sections for seniors in caps and gowns. Each senior will be allowed three reserved seat tickets for family and friends. The balcony will be open to the public.) COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES, Monday, June 11. (Special reserved sections for seniors in caps and gowns and faculty mem bers. Each senior will be allowed three reserved seat tickets for family and friends. The balcony will be open to the public.) SENIOR WOMEN are urged to attend the breakfast given by the women graduates of the University, the State Association of University of Oregon Women. The breakfast is to be held at the Osburn hotel Saturday morning, June 9, at 9 a. m. Reservations should be made by calling 891. Tickets will be 50 cents. SENIOR WOMEN are also expected to participate in the tra ditional flower and fern procession, Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Special printed instructions for this event are to be se cured from the alumni office. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL SENIORS AND CAN DIDATES FOR DEGREES are to be secured from the alumni office. It is important that each senior secure a copy of these instructions. THE ALUMNI OFFICE will be prepared to answer your ques tions and give out tickets and the printed instruction blanks on the following days: Wednesday, June 6 -8 a. m. to 12 noon and 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. Thursday, June 7—8 a. m. to 12 noon and 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. Friday, June 8—8 a. m. to 12 noon and 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. THE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE Special Note ALL SENIORS, through arrangement with administrative officials and the State Board of Higher Education, are granted ac tive membership in the Alumni Association (which includes a sub scription to OLD OREGON) for one year. After the expiration of this first year’? membership, dues will be two dollars a year. How ever, the Aiumni Association offers a special paid-in-advance rate of one dollar per year. In other words, by payment of one dollar at the time the diploma fee is paid, you will be enrolled in the Alumni Association for two years. Or a payment of two dollars will enroll you for three years. If you do not take advantage of this paiddn-advance offer before graduation, it will be necessary to pay two dollars per years aftgr'your first year’s membership has. expired. 0 O o III. 0. Selected Training Post Of Supervisors Invitation Is Received From G. F. Zook PROPOSAL ACCEPTED Eight-Day Institute Planned for llegular Summer Session Of 50 Supervisors Ths University of Oregon will ; become one of 13 centers in the United States for the training of J supervisors for the Emergency Education program of the United ; States government. This was de ' cided when President C. V. Boyer wired acceptance of the offer j made in an invitation, it was an ] nounced here yesterday. The proposal came from George F. Eook, commissioner of educa tion, who outlined the project in his letter. An eight-day institute, to be held during the regular sum mer session, with approximately 50 supervisors attending, is in cluded in the plan. The outline of the work to be offered will be made up by the United States office of education, but all teaching and administra tion will be under the direction of university officials to be named for this project. Supervisors in attendance are expected to be housed in one of the dormitories. The center at the university will serve a considerable portion of the west, it is pointed out, since there will be but 12 others in the entire United States. Dr. Mollie Ray Carroll, of the University of Chicago, is chairman of the com mittee that will work out plans for the training course. Announcement of the centers j selected from the various parts of i the United States will be made at ! the meeting of the American As ! sociation for Adult Education, now ! in session in Washington. Alfred j Powers, dean and director of the j extension division of the Oregon j state system of higher education, | is now attending this session, i Definite plans and dates for the institute here are expected to be ; announced in the near future. Women’s Master Dance Honorary Will Give Recital Annual Spring- Appearance to Be Held Thursday; Affair Open to Public Master Dance, women’s dance honorary, will present their an nual spring- dance recital Thursday j evening at 8:15 in Gerlinger hall. The affair is open to the public, and free tickets may be obtained from any member of the organ! . zation or at the women's physical education office. A wide variety of dances will be presented, including a great deal of percussion and improvisation work, also a group of negro themes for which George Bishop, baritone, will sing the accompani ment. Primitive themes and a group number entitled "Songs of the Night” will also be presented. Vivid, and unique costumes will be utilized for various types and moods of the dances, which the group have been working on for the past two months under the direction of Ruth H. Bloomer, ad viser. Edith Grim and Theresa Kelly will be the accompanists. Members of Master Dance in clude Ida Mae Nickols, president, Marion Vincent, Miriam Hender son, Kaye "Knox, Roberta Moody, Maxine Goetsch, Marion Sheldon, Maxine McDonald, Lucy Ann Wen dell, Gertrude Winslow, Lou Hill, Willa Bitz, Bernadine Franzen, Lois Howe. The group will be as sisted by members of the advanced interpretive dancing class. Campus Calendar Executive council of the Oregon Yeomen for both this year and last will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Y hut. Peggy Chessman's group of frosh counsellors will meet today at 4 o'clock in 4 Johnson for a final quiz. Everyone must be there. Affiliated Living Groups will hold an important meeting at 4 p. m. today in 110 Johnson. All presidents of member fraternities and" sororities are asked to be "present. Thirteen of Best Books Of Year ISotc Displayed In Hall of Old Library Thirteen of the hooks select i ed as the 50 best books of 1933 so far as American bookmaking is concerned have been placed on display in the main hall of the old libe. The exhibit, com plete with notes of explanation and criticism on typography and makeup, have been compiled by Robert Lane and accompany each book in the display shelves. Annual Conclave Of Oregon Music Teachers Closes Addresses and Study Classes Fill Program for Last Day; Officers Reelected The annual meeting of the Ore gon music teachers, held this year on the University campus, came to a close yesterday with ad dresses, study classes, and elec tions. The conclave lasted from Sunday afternoon to Tuesday aft ernoon. Frederick W. Goodrich, Port land, will again serve as president of the group, while Frank G. Eich enlaub, Portland, retains the post of vice-president. Second vice presidents elected all served last year. The personnel of this office include: Beulah C. Ockwig, Portland; Edla Larsen and Mrs. C. C. Hol den, Tillamook; Dorothy Pearce, Salem; Rose McGrew, Eugene; Mrs. Clyde Beard, Roseburg; Mrs. VV. J. Marsh, McMinnville; and Tom O’Brien, Bend. Mrs. Verne Preston was re elected secretary, Mrs. Mary Eve lene Galbreath, recording secre tary, and Mrs. Carrie A. Beau mont, treasurer. Dean John J. Landsbury, of the University school of music, ad dressed the group, using as his subject the imprpved relation be tween music institutions afid pri vate teachers. The same theme was stressed by Goodrich. Ernest G. Moll, associate professor in the department of English, pointed out the relationship between music and poetry in creating a person ality and producing a “pattern.” Symposiums and study classes in piano, orchestral instruments, and voice occupied the greater part of the afternoon. A vocal clinic was given, in which many teachers took part. Arne Rae to Return From Editorial Meet Arne G. Rae, assistant professor of journalism and field manager of the Oregon State Editorial asso ciation, will return this evening from St. Louis where he has been attending meetings in connection with the National Editorial asso ciation and the Graphic Arts code. Two Oregon newspapers, Hood River News and Hillsboro Argus, received honorable mention in the newspaper production division of the National Newspaper contests, according to reports from the con vention of the National Editorial association which Rae is attend ing. While in Saint Louis, Rae also attended meetings of the Newspa per Association Managers’ incor pora tionporation, and of the re gional code administration mana gers of the Graphic Arts code. Rae is the regional code administration manager for the code for Oregon. Full Program 01 Events Billed For Graduation Failing, Beekman Finals To Be June 8 LUNCH SCHEDULED Women’s Flower, Fern Procession Featured; Instructions and Tickets at Alumni Office That members of the class of 1934 will have a busy three or four days during the commence ment season is indicated by the calendar of events issued from the alumni office. They will be fed, sermonized, ceremonalized and graduated. The Failing and Beekman con test to be held at the music audi torium Friday evening, June 8, will attract a large number of seniors on account of the promi nence of those competing for prizes of $150 and $100. Because of the large number of contestants entered it will be necessary to hold a preliminary contest several days before the final tilt on Frday eve ning. At this preliminary the number of contestants will be re duced to six by picking the best three from the two well-balanced groups. The University luncheon at noon Saturday, June 9, will assemble representatives of graduating classes, alumni, faculty and visit ing friends of the University. The senior class will appear in aca demic costume and a representa tive of the class will appear on the program. Seniors will be given free tick ets to the luncheon when they call for their commencement instruc tions at the Alumni office in Friendly hall. It will be neces sary for graduates to attend the luncheon in cap and gown, tickets being required only as an indica tion of the number to attend. The luncheon was again granted free to seniors bv the commencement committee, despite the reduction in diploma fee put into effect last year. wuiers aiienaing me luncneon may obtain tickets at the Alumni office for 60 cents each. The women of the graduating class will play an important part in the flower and fern procession Saturday evening at 7:30. This mpressive event in which graduat ing women and alumnae march around the statue of the Pioneer Mother, bearing bouquets of spring flowers and depositing them in a circle at the base of the statue, is considered one of the most beautiful events of the commence ment season. The class will march in a body, clad in cap and gown, at both the baccalaureate and the commence ment exercises. Since the trans fer of the Sunday services from the downtown church in 1932, they have been permanently located in McArthur court. Full instructions regarding time and place of pro cessions and the part which each graduate will play in the exercises will be supplied from the alumni office during the week preceding commencement. Each graduate, including candidates for advanced degrees, is asked to call at the alumni office for instruction sheet and tickets admitting relatives and guests to special reserved sec tions in McArthur court. Birthday of Pioneer Father Recalls Stories of Sculpt or The campus "Pioneer," that in spiring work of art erected in front of the library and facing' Johnson hall to arouse ambitions, and a desire to emulate the pio neer virtues, yesterday had a birthday. This representative of ail the noble and best in the his tory of the west is triumphing into its sixteenth year. Whiie Oregonians are celebrat ing their seventy-fifth anniversary as a state, it seems only fitting that this representative of the men and women, animated with the highest motives, courage, fore sight, endurance, and savers of the west should be given some recognition. The "Pioneer” was donated by Honorable Joseph N. Teal, a Port land business man, and unveiled on this campus May 22, 1919, in the presence of 1200 spectators during commencement day exer cises. It is the product of A. Phimister Proctor, a western sculptor of world-wide recognition. The reasons for Mr. Teal's choice of the University campus for the erection of the Pioneer are quoted in part from his presenta tion address that follows. "It is sufficient to say that here | the Willamette and McKenzie I rivers join their waters into one grand channel and create this beautiful valley, the paradise to which the pioneer struggled over great mountains and across desert plains to which he first came in numbers, and in which he made his home. No more fitting place than the campus of the University of Oregon could be found for the memorial. Here amid these beau tiful surroundings, in this institu I tion of learning, acting as an in spiration to Oregon’s young man hood and womaahood, this pioneer in bronze will find a hospitable (Continued on Page Three)