Gael vs. Web foot
Plan now if you expect to at
tend the St. Mary’s-Oregon game
in San Francisco on Thanksgiving
Day. Low rates are offered.
Guild Hall
The University players offer
their first production of the year
Friday and Saturday nights at the
Guild theater.
VOLUME XXXIV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMEER 21, 1934
NUMBER 34
Resume
of
Today’s
News
By Associated Press
-NOVEMBER 20
COMMITTEE PROBES RUMOR
NEW YORK—(AP)—With Ma
jor General Smedley D. Butler as
its chief witness, the hou$e com
mittee on un-American activities
delved today into reports the re
tired ranking- officer of the marine
coi’ps had been asked to lead a
fascist movement in the United
States, with a dictatorship as its
aim.
REBELLION IN MEXICO?
MEXICO, D. F. —(AP) — Report
ed rebel activity between Laredo
and Monterrey this evening led
the capital to recall recent reports
that revolution would break out
November 20, anniversary of the
1910 rebellion.
A recent proclamation circulated
in northern Mexico over the pur
ported signature of General An
tonio Villarreal, twive - defeated
candidate for the president, called
for rebels to rise today to oust the
present government and reestab
lish ‘^true revolutionary princi
ples.”
NAVAL “LEAKS” DISCLOSED
(Copyright, 1934, by the Asso
ciated Press).
WASHINGTON—(AP) — The
United States, seeking a better bar
gaining position with foreign naval
powers, was disclosed today to
have clamped rigid secrecy restric
tions on information concerning
new naval developments.
The navy department’s move
was prompted by word that “leaks”
had occurred. At least one world
power was known to have refused
to cooperate in an exchange of
naval data, claiming that it could
get all the necessary information
through so-called unofficial chan
nels.
FEDERAL, SLEUTH ON TRAIL
PHILADELPHIA—(AP) — Un
derworld haunts were watched to
day for a trace of William Weiss,
night life character reported held
for $100,000 ransom.
At Washington the department
of justice expressed the belief that
his disappearance was an under
world's case. It was announced
that J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the
division of investigation, is taking
personal charge of the hunt.
PANGBORN MAY FLA’ PACIFIC
LOS ANGELES—(AP)—Clyde
Pangborn, noted trans-Pacific
flyer, may be the navigator on the
proposed non-stop flight from Los
Angeles to Tokyo, Monty Mason,
Los Angeles aviator who will pilot
the plane on that hazardous, 6400
mile journey, said today.
DISCUSSION CLASS TO MEET
“Proselyting of College Athlet
ics” will be discussed Thursday
evening at the Phi Kappa Psi
house by the class in the conduct
of group discussion.
N.Y. Students
Burn College
Head in Effigy
Cilv College Is,Scene of
Demonstration
Fists Fly in Melee
Mob Protests Expulsion of
21 Students in
October
NEW YORK, Nov. 20—(AP) •
After engaging in fisticuffs with
police, more than 500 striking City
College students today burned the
figure of President Frederick B.
Robinson in effigy at the base of
the campus flagpole.
The cardboard effigy repre
sented Dr. Robinson, who is ill in
Mount Sinai hospital, with a sec
ond head—that of Premier Musso
lini.
The strike broke out after
smouldering resentment among
certain campus liberal and radical
groups in connection with the ex
pulsion a month ago of 21 under
graduates for staging an anti-fas
cist demonstration during a visit
of Italian students.
Police Intervene
Fists flew and several persons
were knocked down when police
attempted to break up the demon
stration. It started when Charles
Milgrim, an expelled student, be
gan a speech calling for a general
strike.
The arrival of Professor George
M. Brett, who took Milgrim's place
on the improvised rostrum and
told the students they could use
the stadium ended the fighting.
The strikers marching toward the
stadium, chanting “oust Robinson”
and “reinstate the 21 students.”
Shouts of “cops of the campus”
suddenly broke from the group.
Again they began exchanging
punches with the officers. The col
lege authorities, to avert a serious
disorder, allowed the students to
return to the flagpole.
Flag Hoisted
The trouble started in the early
morning when a black flag ap
peared atop the flagpole. It was
removed by a steeplejack and re
placed with the American flag.
Finally, the demonstration quietly
ended. Three students had been ar
rested in connection with hanging
of the flag.
Dean Morton Gottschall said the
police had been summoned by the
college authorities who told them
they apposed any demonstration
except in the stadium. Asked what
steps, if any, would be taken to
prevent a repetition of the demon
stration, the dean said:
"Tomorrow is another day, there
has been no perceptible effect on
attendance at classes.”
Earth, Sun Way Behind Rest
Of Universe Say Scientists
By F. B. COLTON
Associated Press Science Writer
r'tLEVELAND, O., Nov. 20—
v-4 (AP)—The earth, sun and
milky way aren't keeping- up with
the rest of the universe. They are
lagging behind in a stagnant
“back-water” of space while the
rest of the universe expands like a
soap buble at enormous speed.
Theis “local" section of the uni
verse was thus pictured as a
“stick-in-the-mud" last night be
fore the national academy of sci
ences by Prof Karlow- Shapley, di
rector of Harvard college observa
tory and world-famous astronom
er.
At the same meeting the scient
ists saw amazing movies, the first
ever taken, of a gigantic “solar
bomb” or mass of hydrogen gas,
thrown out from a sunspot. It was
40.000 miles long and half as wide,
an arear of 800 million square
miles, and moved at a speed of 240
miles a second or 504,000 miles an
hour.
While the universe as a whole
is believed to be expanding at a
speed of 24.000 miles a second. Dr.
Shapley said, there are some local
sections of it that are collapsing
instead of expanding and other
sections, like the vicinity of the
earth, that are just standing still.
In the universe as a whole the
many huge galaxies or star clouds,
similar to the milky way, are rush
ing away from the earth and each
other, while in the regions that are
collapsing the star clouds are com
ing nearer together.
The “back-water” in which the
earth, sun and milky way are
“stuck” is a region of space so
large that it would take a light
ray one million years to cross it
at light’s speed of 186,000 miles a
second. But this is a very small
section of the universe. There are
other “back-waters” even larger.
Prof. Shapley estimated that
about two billion galaxies, “island
universes” like our own milky way,
will be within range of the new
200-inch telescope that is to be set
up on Mount Palomar in California
by the California Institute of Tech
nology. Beyond that there are pro
bably many more, for no one
knows how large the universe may
be.
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Senior Popsters
Continue Activity
For Health Week
Menu Contest Ends; Cup
To Be Presented at
Friday Tea
The Senior Pep Pattoi continued
to invade women's living organiza
tions yesterday as the menu con
test sponsored by the W. A. A. for
Health Week came to a close.
Competition in the sports partici
pation contest begins today when
a varied program of activities is
offered to campus coeds at Ger
linger hall.
All menus competing for the Al
den cup, which is awarded annu
ally to the house submitting the
best menu for a week were turned
into Gladys Battleson, yesterday
noon. The Alden cup will be pre
sented to the winning sorority
house at the campus tea on Fri
day.
A “splash party”, under the di
rection of Amphibian, women's
swimming honorary, will be given
to the senior Pep Patrol at 4 p. m.
this afternoon. An all-campus
swim will be held Thursday at 4:30.
A challenge ping pong tourna
ment from 4 to 5:30 every evening
will be held on the sun porch of
Gerlinger hall. On Thursday an
all campus swimming meet will
begin at 4:30. Girls wishing to
play are urged to sign up on the
bulletin board. Of interest will be
one challenge game between Doro
thy Bergstrom, president of W. A.
A. and Miss Florence Alden, pro
fessor of physical education.
Alpha Phi and Alpha Omicron
Pi, Susan Campbell hall and Kappa
Kappa Gamma will meet this af
ternoon in a volleyball tournament.
Basketball will be played following
the volleyball game for those wish
ing to participate.
Forum Group Will
Discuss Current
Public Questions
Debate Team Members to
Broadcast Winter Term
Series Over KOAC
William Hall, forensic oratory
manager and member of the Uni
versity debate squad, will open the
series of a student forum to be
broadcast over KOAC next term
with a discussion of the “Uni-Cam
eral Legislative System.” Under
this system there is only one house
in the state legislature rather than
two. Nebraska has adopted the
uni-cameral legislative system.
The speech division is sponsor
ing a series of forums which will
be broadcast over KOAC during
the winter term each Thursday
night at 8:40. Many public ques
tions of current interest will be
dealt with during the course of
the series. Included in them are
old-age insurance, reorganization
of county government, public reg
ulation of moving pictures, and
others.
Speakers from the University
debating teams will present the
problems of the various subjects.
Participation is also open to other
students. Those who are interest
ed should call at the speech divi
sion offices, room 10, Friendly
hall, to get details.
A manager of the forum will be
appointed later. He will automati
cally become a member of the staff
of forensic managers.
Hammond Offers Free
Tap Dancing Lessons
Jack Hammond, professional
dancer who has appeared in fea
ture numbers at various campus
functions during the past two
years, is offering free tap dancing
lessons this week. Classes will be
conducted for both men and wo
men, and any one interested is in
vited to attend the demonstrations.
Last night women were instruct
ed for one hour free of charge, and
next Friday evening from 7 to 8
p. m. men will be given instruction
in the art of tap dancing. Ham
mond’s studio is located at 850 E.
14th street.
MRS. PURDIN VISITS
Mrs. Elsie Wilson Purdin, who
was employed in the infirmary in
1927 and now lives in Portland,
has been visiting here since Fri
day, Nov. 16. Miss Collahan and
Mrs. Purdin spent Tuesday at the
latter’s home on Fall Creek.
Large Crowd
Hears Norris
Laud‘Energy’
Talk to Bo Given Again
At 7:30 Tonight
Queer Devices Used
Sources of Power ami Light
Are Outlined in
Talk
Speaking behind an experiment
table loaded with everything from
a toy railroad, which performed
its tricks in perfect accord with
an electric switch, to a ping pong
ball bouncing above an air jet, Dr.
Will V. Norris, associate professor
of physics, told an illustrated story
of energy—its source and natural
manifestations -— last night in
Deady hall to a large gathering of
students and townspeople.
Because there was not sufficient
seating space the same lecture will
be repeated tonight at 7:30 in
Deady, room 103.
Sun Described
Dr. Norris described the sun as
the great source of energy to the
earth. The electro-magnetic rays
radiate from this terrifically hot
body, estimated 10.000 degrees
fahrenheit, to the earth and make
life possible by its energy-giving
processes. The great celestial bod
ies such as the constellatons, neb
ulae, and especially the moon,
which exercises a great gravita
tional pull, effect us considerably.
Timber, one of our most impor
tant resources, is also a result of
solar energy.
illustrations uscu
Like a magician, Dr. Morris
manipulated the apparatus on the
table to illustrate different theo
ries of energy producing forces.
He demonstrated the conversion of
heat to electricity, to magnetism
and showed how magnetic power
derived from heat was capable of
holding about ten kilograms of
weight. Other experiments includ
ed the playing of light on photo
electric cells, and electric energy
turned into hea. Radio-electricity,
potential and kinetic energy, was
also demonstrated. The transfer
ence of electrical energy through
space was shown by means of a
radio set.
Dr. Norris quoted Dr. Howard
Clayton Urey of Columbia univer
sity who has recently received the
Nobel prize in chemistry.
“ ‘There is not enough energy
(natural resources) in the country
to keep us going another hundred
years if we use it as fast as we
did in the twenties. It might al
most be better if we didn’t get out
of the depression’.”
Plows Work to Clear
McKenzie Pass Hoad
Despite sixteen inches of snow
at the summit, the McKenzie pass
is open for traffice, say reports
from the highway engineer’s de
partment. There is snow on the
highway two miles above Lost
Creek, and travelers are advised
to use chains in crossing the pass.
Week-end storms blanketed the
regions near the summit, and
snow plows were kept busy all day
Monday clearing the highway for
traffic.
Military Group
Pledges Twelve;
Murphy Honored
Formal Initiation Will lit
Hold Next Term
At Ball
Scabbard and Blade, nations
military honorary, yesterday an
nounced the pledging- of twelve
cadet officers. Formal pledging
was conducted two weeks ago al
a banquet at the Sigma Nu house
but the names of the new pledge;
were not divulged by Burke Ton
gue, commanding officer of the
organization, until yesterday.
The twelve, who will be initiate!:
sometime next term, were Bill
Berg, Howard Clark, Jack Grang
er, Boyce Stanard, Gilbert Welling
ton, Robert Biddle, Jerry Murphy
Howard Patterson, William Pat
rick, Stanford Smith, Robert
Thomas, and Al Wall.
Col. E. V. D. Murphy, beginning
his first year on the campus as
commanding officer of the R. O
T. C., was made an honorary mem
ber.
Formal initiation will take place
next term at the annual military
ball.
Who’s Who by Howe
Names 6 From U. of C,
Six out of the 57 Oregon men
named in the "America’s Young
Men," an official Who’s Who
among the young men of the na
tion compiled by Durward Howes,
are from the Oregon campus.
C. D. Byrne, educator, O. J. Hol
lis, professor, W. J. Morse, dean,
Arne G. Rae, journalism, R. H.
Seashore, educator, and M. T.
Stoddard, educator, are the six
named in this book, the first au
thentic, up-to-date reference of its
kind to be published. Paul W.
Ager, '28, who now is a Tenhessee
Valley authority in the Muscle
Shoals project is also mentioned.
This book, to be published an
nually, is received through the co
operation of various national fra
ternities, alumnae secretaries, gov
ernment officials, prominent citi
zens, and leaders in all walks of
life.
Luncheon Groups Will
Hold Joint Meet Today
Dill Pickles and Question-marks
will wrap themselves around hot
coffee and Spanish rice this noon
when the YMCA luncheon group
will entertain the YWCA luncheon
club at the Y-hut.
Those boys who eat their lunches
regularly at the Y-hut have banded
together this year into an official
organization entitled the Question
Mark club. A similar organization
called the Dill Pickle club has ex
isted for some time at the YWCA
bungalow.
Plans for regular weekly ex
change meals wil 1 be discussed.
Fred Geiseke is in charge of ar
rangements.
Phi Bela Kappa to Give
Report on Senior Six
The Oregon chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa, national scholastic honor
ary, will hold its regular fall busi
ness meeting in room 110 Johnson
hall at 4:00 today. The member
ship committee will make its re
port on its findings for selection
of the Senior Six, who are those
six students who haev received the
highest scholastic rating for thei;
three years work.
I
Campus Calendar
Sigma Delta C'hi will have a
business meeting in room 101
journalism building at 4 o’clock to
day.
Junior-Senior Dance directorate
will meet today at 5 at the College
Side. Important.
Senior Pep Patrol will have pic
tures taken at 11:50 at Friendly
hall.
Freshman commission of the
Y.M.C.A. will meet in the Y hut at
8 p. m. today.
Temenids will meet at noon to
day at College Side.
Alpha Delta Sigma, including
pledges, will lunch at College Side
at 12 o’clock today.
Spicer-Yates discussion group
will meet today at 3 o’clock at the
Y.W.C.A.
World Fellowship group will
meet at the Y.W.C.A. bungalow
today at 4 o’clock.
Phi Mu Alpha meeting today at
5 o’clock in the music building.
Very important.
Tau Delta Delta members will
meet at the music building prompt
ly at 7:15 tonight.
Varied Roles
Feature Guild
Hall Attraction
Many Stars in ‘Leave It
To PsmitlT
Play Is This Week
Peterson, Campbell, and
Schlotli Take Leads
In Comedy
An opportunity to play roles of
an unusual type has been offered
several students who are cast in
the production “Leave it to
Psmith," which is to be presented
by the dramatic department this
Friday and Saturday evening in
the Guild theater.
Althea Peterson, formerly the
sweet, girlish heroine type, now de
picts the shrewish, old spinster—•
Aunt Ethelberta—who puts up a
good fight to get the family heir
loom, a diamond necklace, and who
takes her loss with no very good
grace.
Lizzie Is Crook
The part of Smooth Lizzie, the
lady crook, who changes from a
gutter snipe to a lovely and ro
mantic pseudo poetess, is enacted
by Helen Campbell. Heretofore
she has played straight roles call
ing for dignity and depth.
Bill Schloth, who has always
been cast before as the romantic
lover, with or without lights as
the case may be, has the role now
of a sneaking crook—a regular
tough, flashy Chicago variety.
Testy, blustering Lord Middle
wiek, gives Bill Dougherty an op
portunity to display his talents in
'a different way than he did as the
gentle student in “The Chief
Thing” last year.
Reservations for seats are be
ing turned in rapidly. The small
admission price of 35 cents for stu
dents seems to appeal to a large
number of people, according to
the present results from the ticket
sales.
Representatives Named
Reservation representatives ap
pointed from each house are as
follows: Alpha Chi Omega, Eliza
beth Bendstrup; Alpha Delta Pi,
Rosalind Grey; Alpha Gamma Del
ta, Lenore Wood; Alpha Omicron
Pi, Helen Campbell; Alpha Phi,
Helen Bartrum; Alpha Xi Delta,
Theda Spicer; Beta Phi Alpha,
Margaret Corum; Chi Omega, Jo
sephine Waffle; Delta Delta Delta,
Jean Stevenson; Delta Gamma,
Wanda Russel; Delta Zeta, Lois
Margaret Hunt; Gamma Phi Beta,
Miriam Henderson; Kappa Alpha
Theta, Alice Ann Thomas; Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Dagmar Haugen;
Phi Mu, Lucy Anne Wendell; Pi
Beta Phi, Marytine New; Sigma
Kappa, Roberta Pickard; Zeta Tau
Alpha, Ethel James; women’s dor
mitories, Valborg Anderson.
Reservations can be made
through these representatives, who
in turn, will phone them in to the
box office.
I Law Honorary to Give
Banquet at Anchorage
—
Phi Delta Phi, law honorary, is
sponsoring its fall term law school
banquet for all law students Thurs
day evening, December 6 at the
Anchorage.
This affair is held once each
term, with members of the Lane
county bar association and facul
ty members of the law school as
additional guests.
The principal speaker for the
evening, announced Kenneth Link
later, chairman, will be James U.
Campbell, associate justice of the
supreme court of Oregon.
SIGNS POINT TO EXPANSION
WASHINGTON—-JAP) — Fresh
from three directions came signs
today of a new drive in congress
for monetary expansion, despite
still echoing administration assur
ances there would be “no orgy of
inflation.”
Back for another session, Sena
tor Wheeler (D,, Mont.), an
nounced he would resume his fight
for the free coinage of silver at a
ratio of not more than 1 to 1 with
gold.
S. P. Offers Low
Round Trip Fare
To St. Mary’s Tilt
Party of Fifteen or More
May Seeure Reduced
Rates
Special round trip railroad fares
will be available for all those wish
ing to make the trip to San Fran
cisco for the St. Mary’s game on
Thanksgiving day. In event that
a party of 15 or more can be or
ganized, the Southern Pacific com
pany quotes the following' rates:
Round trip, 13.75, sleepr, $5. If a
hundred. or more make the trip,
the round trip ticket will cost
$12.50, while the berth will be $4
additional.
In order to take advantage of
these party fares it would be nec
essary for the required number to
! use the same train on the going
trip, but could return on any train
within seven days. The return
trips could be made individually.
The "Klamath,” leaving Eugene
at 12:15 p. m., Wednesday, 24th,
arrives in San Francisco at 10:12
a. m., Thanksgiving day, just be
fore the game that afternoon. Re
turn trains leave San Francisco at
6:20 p. m. any day, arriving in Eu
gene at 12:15 the next, afternoon.
All those intending to go to the
St. Mary’s game by train should
get in touch with Venita Broils at
the Alpha Chi Omega house, or
phone 1307. A party of at least
fifteen persons must be made up in
order to secure the reduced rates.
Labor, NRA Head,
Bankers All Unite
To Aid Recovery
Green Appeals to Working
Men to Back Federal
Housing Plan
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—(AP)
—To the growing cooperative drive
for economic recovery tonight was
added a group of conservative
critical bankers, the leadership of
NKA and—finally labor.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, ap
pealed to working men everywhere
to get behind the administration’s
housing plan, which had been en
thusiastically endorsed by the busi- I
nes men laeding the move for a
harmonious working relationship
with the administration.
Coincidentally, the federal ad
visory council — twelve bankers
chosen to advise the federal re
serve board but frequently at log
gerheads with it—pledged their
support to the board and its new
governor, Marriner S. Eccles.
Plii Mu Alpha Extends
Invitation to Musicians
All men on the campus inter
ested in music are invited to attend
an informal meeting at tne music
building auditorium Thursday eve
ning at 7:30 under the sponsorship
of Phi Mu Alpha, men’s national
music fraternity, according t o
John F. Cribble, president of the
group.
Musical entertainment will feat
ure numbers by members of the
organization, and after the pro
gram refreshments will be served
in the lounge. The purpose of the
gathering is to ‘get acquainted,"
Gribble announced.
AWS Proposes
3 Amendments
to Constitution
Student Body Cards to
Be Required at Polls
Voting to Be Friday
Issues Are Elections’ Date,
Executive Council,
Membership
Three amendments to the A. W.
S. constitution dealing with time of
elections, members of executive
council and membership in A.W.S.,
have been proposed by the execu
tive council of the associated wom
en students, and will be voted on
Friday, November 23, from 9 a. m.
to 5 p. m. in front of the old li
brary.
The executive council of A.W.S.
consists of the following members:
president, vice-president, secre
tary, treasurer, sergeant-at-arms,
reporter, president of Y.W.C.A.,
president of W.A.A., president of
Phi Theta Upsilon, president of
heads of houses, chairmen of three
standing' committees, and the dean
of women of the University of Ore
gon.
Proposals Listed
The amendments to be voted up
on are:
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 3:
present statement, time of elec
tions: elections shall be held the
week following the nominating as
sembly. Correction, time of elec
tions: elections shall be held on the
second day following the nominat
ing assembly.
Article V, Section 2: present
statement, members of the execu
tive council: the chairmen of the
following three standing commit
tees: Big Sister Foreign Scholar,
and Peter's Lodge. Correction,
members of the executive council:
the chairmen of the following
standing committees: Activities,
Big Sister, Peter’s Lodge, Speak
ers, Kwama and Thespian, and
Orientation Courses. Addition to
Section 2: All students must have
made a “C” average the term be
fore entering associated women
students’ activities and maintain
this average or resign.
Article II, Section 1: present
statement, membership: the as
sociated women students includes
all women students and the dean of
women of the University of Ore
gon. Correction, membership: the
associated women students shad
include all women students holding
student body membership cards,
and the dean of women of the Uni
versity.
Two-Thirds Vote Needed
In order to vote, all women stu
dents will take their students body
tickets with them to the polls. All
women holding tickets are urged
to cast their votes in order that
every member’s approval or disap
proval can be heard.
Two-thirds of all votes cast must
be affirmative in order that the
proposed amendments will pass.
Elaine Cornish, sergeant-at-arms
of A.W.S., is in charge of the vot
ing.
World Armaments Increase
As Diplomats Study Problems
By the Associated Press
TTOW best to curb man’s power
to deal out death preoccupied
diplomats and disarmament ex
perts of the world Tuesday. Simul
taneously, there were moves to in
crease armaments.
Geneva—Hugh R. Wilson put
President Roosevelt’s plan to con
trol arms by licenses and publicity
before the disarmament confer
ences’s steering committee, as
Austria asked arms equality denied
her by peace treaties.
London—American, British and
Japanese naval negotiators, seek
ing new ways to limit ships of war,
were deadlocked over Japan's de
man for naval equality. It was re
ported Britain, in negotiations on
the side, asked Japan to guarantee
China's integrity.
Paris—Told Germany is arming
to the teeth, France increased her
war budget 800,000,000 franee (ap
proximately 853,000,000).
Yokoshuka, Japan — The new
8,500-ton cruiser Suzuya was
launched as the keel of the first of
two projected 10,000-ton aircraft
carriers were laid at Kure.
La Paz, Bolivia—Bolivia, beaten
in the Pilcomayo sector of the
Chaco Boreal, claimed the capture
of the Paraguayan fort Picuiba to
the north as the two South Ameri
can nations, heedless of efforts to
end hostilities, continued their long
bitter war.
ASUNCIO N— Paraguay flatly
refused the League’s proposal to
halt the warfare.