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VOLUME XXXIV • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1934 \ NUMBER 37
Resume
of
Today’s
News
By Associated Press
-NOVEMBER 22
WASHINGTON — Impo rtant
changes in fundamental new deal
policy were recorded today as the
government bought its first Ford
car since NRA and ordered that
work relief payments be at the
rate prevailing locally for similar
work.
DRUNKS TO BE FINED!
PORTLAND, Ore. — The city
council today passed an ordinance
providing that back seat drivers
as well as the person at the wheel
may be sentenced to six months in
jail and fined $500 for drinking li
quor in automobiles.
The ordinance affects any occu
pant and applies whether the mo
tor vehicle is moving or parked.
COURT BATTLE LOOMS
WASHINGTON — The battle
between the gigantic steel indus
try and its union labor today moved
toward the courts.
Collapse of negotiations be
tween the United States Steel cor
poration and the Amalgamated As
sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers was regarded by the in
terested here as making court ac
tion inevitable.
OWi l ilitltiilull M JU
PORTLAND, Ore. — Alvin H.
Scott was brought here today from
a hospital in Roseburg, Ore., and
arraigned on charges of conspiracy
in concealing ransom of the Charles
F. Urschel kidnap case.
He was injured when his auto
mobile crashed near Roseburg.
Federal agents arrested him and
announced discovery on his person
of about $1300 of the bills paid for
release of the Oklahoma million
aire.
CREDIT BANKS SUGGESTED
CHICAGO — Creation of muni
cipal credit banks was suggested
to mayors of 95 big cities today
as a practical means of solving fi
nancial difficulties.
These institutions, A. A. Eerie,
city chamberlain of New York,
asserted, can create credit for cit
ies as credit is created for the fed
eral government.
JHNSTON PLAN CONSIDERED
Farm leaders Thursday viewed
the proposal of Oscar Johnston,
AAA official and Mississippi cot
ton planter, that the South and
Midwest unite in a huge farm bloc
to demand parity for agriculture
as a reiteration of plan often sug
gested but still vitally needed.
RAILWAY STRIKE CALLED
LOS ANGELES — A strike of
approximately 1,200 union em
ployees of the Pacific Electric
railway company, which serves and
connects Los Angeles and subur
ban areas, was called by union of
ficials late today to begin Satur
day at 2 a. m. The company han
dles a week-day average of more
than 150,000 passengers.
CountSusannet
To Give Talk
Here Tonight
Speaker World Traveler,
Internationalist
Lecture in Villard
Chooses ‘French Pol i l i c s
In Central Europe’
As Subject
Students, faculty and towns
people will be given an opportunity
to hear a world traveller and ob
server of international affairs,
Count Jean de Susannet, tonight at
7:30 o’clock in Villard hall. Dr.
Susannet, who is also noted as a
clever and entertaining lecturer,
has chosen one of the livest topics
of the day, “French Politics in
Central Europe,” on which to talk.
In his discussions of international
affairs Dr. Susannet can draw on
his own extensive background, for
even before the World war he saw
service in the Sahara regions and
in Morocco, part of the time under
Marshall Lyautey. At the begin
ning of the World war he served on
the staff of the 20th army corps
under General Foch. Later he was
on the G. H. Q. staff under Joffre,
and during the last months of the
war and during the peace confer
ence, was on Marshall Foch’s inter
allied staff.
Was Commander
Dr. Susannet also was company
and battalion commander in the
26th regiment of infantry of the
20th corps and saw service at Ver
dun and at various other points of
the front. For his war service he
received the decoration of Legion
of Honor, Croix de Guerre with
several citations, Medaille du Ma
roc, British Military Cross and
other foreign orders.
After the war the international
ist became an employee and later
assistant managing director of a
Paris industrial concern manufact
uring railway rolling stock. He
was also interested in other con
cerns.
Travels Widely
For the past nine years Dr. Sus
annet has lived in Victoria, B. C.
but during this time has made sev
eral trips to Europe, and one to
the Orient, and has toured the
United States. He also studied at
the university in Victoria. Before
entering military service he studied
at the University of Paris, from
which he received several degrees.
A discussion in which the audi
ence will take part will be held fol
lowing the lecture. The subject will
be the Saar Basin.
At 4:00 today Count Susannet
w'ill give a talk in French on
French-Indo China in the men’s
lounge of Gerlinger hall.
Professors Express Ideas
On Oregonian Alterations
<<rTVHE question of habit is so i
strong in people that they i
immediately think they dislike I
something which is a change,” de-!
dared W. F. G. Thacher, journa'
ism professor yesterday. “A plan!
for popularization" is his reaction |
to the change in the Oregonianj
make-up, he stated. He said he had
read the Oregonian for over a
quarter of a century and that he
observed the most radical change
to be that of seemingly abandoning
conservatism. Such a digression,
he conceded, would make the paper
lose its more conservative readers,
and would make necessity for
gaining new readers.
The recent changes in the set-up
of the Oregonian—namely making
smaller print on the editorial page,
omitting "boxing” of the "ears,"
adding decreasing sizes of type in
the sport stories, shortening heads
and stories, and making various
alterations every day—which con
stitutes the discussion among
many people today, have become
the topic of interest for various
journalism professors, who gave
their ideas, independent of each
other, yesterday.
Dean Allen remarked that the
changes as yet seemed unstation
ary.
Arne G. P^ae added that the more
radical changes of Tuesday and
Wednesday seemed to be partially
abandoned in Thursday’s paper.
He stated that the change seemed
to leave place for more local news
which is of greater interest to the
readers.
George Turnbull gave his esti
mation that the Oregonian wa3
sacrificing the typographical art
istry of the set-up to make the
paper more effective in presenting
interest to the .general body of
readers, mentioning that the paper
didn’t seem to mind sacrificing its
individuality and making itself
similar to others.
''The Oregonian is now more like
the papers in Wisconsin,” stated
Charles M. Hulten, new professor
from the University of Wisconsin.
“Naturally, I am inclined to agree
with it, since the style is more
familiar to me.”
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Appears Tonight and Tomorrow
Above is a scene from the non-sensic.il English comedy, “Leave it to rsmilh,” to be presented at
the Guild theater tonight and tomorrow night by the University players. The curtain rises at 7:4~>
o'clock. Shown above are, back row, left to right: William Daugherty, Dorothy Parks, Ted Karafo
tias, Milton Pillette, Harry Eide. Front row; Gwendolynn Caverhili, Helen Campbell, Marytine New,
Althea Peterson.
Forum Speakers
Agree Planning
Is Not Far Ahead
Crumbaker, Jameson and
Ganoe Give Views in
Diseussion
That economic planning will
soon become a reality in the United
States was generally agreed upon
last evening at the regular weekly
forum held in Friendly hall, the
topic of which was “Is a planned
economy possible and desirable in
the United States.” Harold J.
Noble presided over the discussion.
Speakers at last evening’s forum
were Dr. Calvin Crumbaker, pro
fessor of economics, Samuel Jame
son, associate professor of sociol
ogy, and Dr. John T. Ganoe, pro
fessor of history, who presented
varying aspects of the problem
which is facing present-day soci
ety.
Mr. Jameson asserted that there
are three reasons why economicc
planning is probable in this coun
try; namely, that we seem to be
prepared for such a change, that
certain pre-requisits to economic
planning are present here, and
that it will not be a complete in
novation but merely an elaboration
of a system now seen in the New
Deal. Dr. Jameson stated that he
was not assured of the desirability
of such a situation.
Planned economy, according to
Dr. Crumbaker, means a “group
control of economic ' activities de
signed to eliminate poverty, un
certainty, and insecurity.” He as- j
serted that a study of classic econ-,
omy will give us an outlook that
can be analyzed. “There is a prev
alent belief that there is a ‘black
magic’ that can change a mob into
some sort of diety," he said.
j. Deyeve mat mere are no prin
cipals of economics in the ab
stract,” asserted Dr. Canoe.
“They are taught here first as in
terpreted by Taussig, and then byj
the individual professor.” “X will
see planning with grave apprehen-!
sion.”
Other volunteer speakers in the
audience added much to to the
general benefit of the forum. At
the next forum, to be held Decem
ber 6, a scientific topic will be
under discussion, considering the
idea of calling a holiday in scien
tific advancement and in invention.
Ziircher, Military
Delegate, Returns
Robert L. Zurcher, treasurer of
the local chapter of Scabbard and
Blade, national military honorary
for cadet officers, is now on his
wray home from Cincinnati, where
he attended the nineteenth annual
convention of the organization.
Burke Tongue, commanding of
ficer of the local unit, was unable
to attend the national parley.
Zurcher left Portland on Novem
ber 11 in company with E. R.
Berglund, the ninth corps area in
spector of Scabbard and Blade.
JSo Thursday Classes
Stales Pallett; Studies
To lie Resumed Friday
jV'O classes will be held next
Thursday, Thanks giving
day, Earl M. Pallett, registrar,
announced yesterday.
Classes will be held Friday
and Saturday as usual, he
pointed out.
All Campus Tea
Climaxes Health
Week Activities
Affair Features Pepsters,
Awards to Contest
Winners
Sixteen Senior Pepsters will be
featured at the all campus tea
this afternoon at Gerlinger hall
which brings to a ruose the annual
Health week. Prizes for the pos
ture, poster, menu and sports par
ticipation contests will be awarded.
The tea will be opened by the
Pepsters and their Health Week
song which has been used to ad
vertise Health week in the wo
men’s living organizations this
week.
The winners of the posture con
test will be announced by Dean
Hazel Schwering who will award
prizes to the three contestants
placing best in alignment, poise
and posture tests. Judges are
Dean Hazel P. Schwering, Mrs. Al
ice Macduff, Miss Maude Kerns
and Miss Harriet Thomson.
The Alden cup will be awarded
to the house submitting the best
menu in the menu contest, judged
by Dr. Marian Hays and Mrs. Gen- j
evieve Turnipseed.
To the winner of the poster con
test will go the month's pass to
the McDonald theater. Judging
of the posters will be done by Miss
Maude Kerns, Ruth Howes and
Mrs. Grace Russell. Louisa Parry,
campus blues singer, will be fea
tured on the program.
Arrangements for the tea are J
under the direction of Betty Tubbs
assisted by Portia Booth, program; !
Betty (toon, refreshments; Pearl
Johenson, floral; and Mary Ellen
Eberhart, cleanup. Mary Margaret
Hunt is general chairman for
Health week.
Camous Calendar
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Outdoor hobby group will meet
today at 4:00 o’clock in Gerlinger
hall.
Open house will be held at West
minster from 8:30 to 11:30 o’clock.
Frosh commission council will
will meet at 3:00 today in the
Y.W.C.A. bungalow.
Social swim from 7:30 to 9:00
o’clock tonight in the women's pool
at Gerlinger. Towels will be furn
ished.
New Sicilia Delta
Otis Will Discuss
"Big Time Stuff
I Pledges Will Run Emerald
Tuesday; IIoss Award
Announced
Tuesday holds a two-fold activ
ity for pledges of Sigma Delta Chi.
The six men who have been strug
gling about the campus for the
past weeks under the burden of
lead linotype slugs fastened to
their lapels will appear at 11:50
a. m. Tuesday in front of the old
libe to present an "intelligent dis
cussion' on such subjects as "The
Intelligence of Devonian Fish," or
"The Effect of the Alpine Glaciers
on the, Price of Cheese in Switzer
land.” The neophytes will appeal
in formal attire in keeping with
the the solemnity of the occasion.
On the same day will be distrib
uted the issue of the Emerald ed
ited and written by the Sigma Del
ta Chi pledges: Stivers Vernon,
Eugene; Robert Lucas, Portland
Kummar Sri Mohen, Bombay, In
dia; Stanley Robe, Eugene; George
Root, Portland; and Lawrence
Quille, Eugene. Robert Lucas, who
has been chosen "editor for a day,"
announces [hat tire make-up of the
paper will be similar to that of
English newspapers.
YW Group Discusses
Graduates’ Problems
Mrs. George Winchell of Eugene,
who is just, back from a trip to
the eastern part of the United
States, was the speaker at the first
Y. W. C. A. upperclass discussion
group meeting last night at the
Y„ W. bungalow. ‘‘Personal and
Family Relationships” was her
subjects.
The discussion group will meet
every second Thursday from now
on at 9:00 p. m. at the Y. W. bun
galow and “Personal and Family
Relationships," will be the topic
‘.'or their meetings. The discussions
will deal with the problems that
college graduates have to face
when they are forced to find their
places in society, which is going
through so many economic, social,
and political changes.
ROTC Gets New Supply
Of Military Uniforms
An enrollment increase of 200
at ROTC over last year has made
it necessary for an extra supply of
uniforms to be sent to this depart
ment. Over 000 students as com
pared with 400 last year are now
taking drill. Almost 100 of these
have not been issued uniforms.
The new supply, about 110 com
plete outfits, is expected within the
month, Colonel E. V. Murphy, mil
itary science professor, announced
yesterday.
“The date is very uncertain, how
ever, as they may be shipped via
the Panama canal," he added.
A.W.S. Passes
3 Amendments
To Constitution
Large Affirmative Vote
Sweeps in Reform
Kagid Standards Set
Grade Qualifications, A. S.
U. O. Membership Are
New Requirements
Universiy women passed by an
overwhelming majority three
amendments to their A.W.S. con
stitution at a campus election yes
terday. Of the total number of
votes cast, more than three-fourths
vv ere cast affirmatively. The
amendments to the constitution
dealt with membership in A. W. S.,
time of elections, and membership
in the A. W. S. executive council.
The amendments proposed and
passed were:
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 3:
time of elections: elections shall be
held on the second day following
the nominating assembly. Final
counting of votes showed 261, yes;
59, no.
“C” Average Required
Article V, Section 2: members
of the executive council: the chair
men of the following standing com
mittees: Activities, Big Sister, Pe
ter's Lodge, Speakers, Kwama and
Thespian, and Orientation Cours
es. Addition to Section 2: All wo
men students must have made a
“C” average the term before en
tering associated women students'
activities and maintain this aver
age or resign. Resvdts of votes
cast were: yes, 303; no, 18.
ASUO Card Necessary
Article II, Section 1: member
ship: the Associated Women Stu
dents shall include all women stu
dents holding student body mem
bership cards, and the dean of wo
men of the University of Oregon.
Two hundred sixty-seven votes
were cast affirmatively, and 54,
negatively.
In order to pass the above
amendments, two-thirds of all
Elaine Cornish, sergeant-at-arms
of A. W. S., had charge of the
polls.
A.D.S. Neophytes
To Parade Today
Six students elected to Alpha
Delta Sigma, national advertising
fraternity, will scamper the down
town streets today displaying
sandwich-boards as a part of the
pre-initiation program plotted for
them by the organization.
Those being initiated are Mel
lohnson and William Schloth,
Portland; Jack Campbell, Eugene;
Stanford Smith, Klamath Falls;
Jordon Powell, Nev/man, Cal.; and
Frank Nash, Pendleton.
Dressed in grotesque attire and
rearing their sandwich boards, the
neophytes will parade the streets,
/isiting Eugene merchants as they
?o. At. It :50 a. m. today the group
■vill assemble on the library steps
ind there will deliver speeches on
/arious nonsensical subjects.
Initiation has been set for next
Sunday.
Oregon Bar Committee
Gives Third Radio Talk
“Law in Modern Society," was
he subject of discussion by the
aublic relations committee of the
Oregon bar, in the third of the
eeries of ] 1 radio lectures present
ed over station KOAC last evening
rrom 8:15 to 8:30. They are a reg
ilar weekly feature.
The lectures which are sponsored
ay the law school faculty, have
aeen so well received that Luke
Roberts, manager of the station,
a as requested that this series be
eonducted during the next quarter
also.
CASTEEL, TO SPEAK
This morning at 9:20 John L.
rtasteel, professor of speech, will
epeak to the assembly at Eugene
high school. The assembly will be
held this morning to initiate new
members into the chapter of the
national high school honor society
af the Eugene high school.
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‘Delighted’ \
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IJr. I*. A. Parsons, head of the
sociology department and chairman
of the newly appointed state plan
ning council, declared himself “de
lighted with the progress made by
the committee to date” in Wed
nesday's meeting of the group in
Portland. He also intimated that
there was a plan underway to rec
ognize Oregon’s system of higher
education.
Yearbook Sales
Reach 600 Mark;
Drive Continues
Newton Stearns Sets 1000
As Subscription Goal
For Oregana
Approximately 600 subscriptions
to the Qregana have been received
to date, Newton Stearns, business
manager, announced last night. A
goal of 1,000 has been set and it
is expected that the quota will be
reached, as only half of the stu
dents on the campus have been
contacted.
Fifty cents is collected when the
subscription is taken, with an ad
ditional $1 paid at the beginning
of winter and spring terms. Two
dollars is transferred from the $5
breakage deposit, made by all stu
dents when registering, making
the total cash outlay for the book
only $2.50, it was stressed by
Stearns.
Sam Bikman is the circulation
manager and his assistants are
Jack McGirr, V/inston Allard, Mar
garet Petsch, and Kenneth North.
The assistant circulation managers
are contacting persons not affil
iated with a living organization.
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Guild Theater
Presents First
Play of Season
Plot Features Romance,
Mystery, Comedy
18 Students in Cast
Karafotias, Parks, Pillette,
Dougherty, New Have
Leading Roies
Tonight, at 7:45 o’clock, the Uni
versity Guild theater will present
its first play of the season, “Leave *
It to Psmith,” by P. G. Wodehouse.
The setting for this farcical play
is laid at Blanding's Castle, near
London. The plot, which is a com
bination of romance, mystery, and j
comedy, deals with the efforts of
Freddie to steal his stepmother's
diamonds in order that he might be
financially able to marry Phyllis.
Complications set in when Coot.es
and Smooth Lizzie also develop a
desire for the jewels. The whole
play is sparkling, light and enter
taining, with highly amusing situ
ations and sparkling dialogue.
Cast Ready
The complete cast consists of:
Psmith, the professional handy
man, played by Ted Karafotias;
Lord Middlewick, the harassed
husband, played by Bill Dougher
ty; Lady Middlewick, the overbear
ing and portly stepmother of Fred
die, played by Dorothy Parks; Ru
pert Baxter, the official sneech
maker and secretary of Lord Mid
dlewick, played by Harry Eide;
Freddie Bosham, the irresponsible
son of Lord Middlewick. played by
Milton Pillette; Bellows, the butler,
played by Bill Cottrell: Phyllis
Jackson the romantic lean, played
by Marytine New; Eve Halliday,
the temporary assistant secretary
of Lord Middlewick, played by
Gwendelynn Caverhill; Cootes, the
blundering crook, played by Bill
Schloth; Miss Penvey, the pseudo
poetess, played by Helen Camp
bell; Ethelberta Fitzwiggen, the
envious old maid cousin of Lady
Middlewick, played by Althea Pe
terson; the Lift Man, James Doyle;
Cynthia McTodd, Pauline Conradt;
Ralston McTodd, Virgil Esteb;
Gladys Rumbelow, Joyce Busen
bark; Agatha Crofton, Wanda Rus
sel; Lord Chiostead ,Ethan New
man: and Christopher Walderwick,
Wavne Harbert.
The plav has been coached by
Mrs. Ottillie Seybnlt, head of the
dramatics division of the Univer
sity.
STROMBERG LEAVES
Eugene Stromberg, student and
secretary of the University Y. M.
C. A., left Eugene this morning
with Philip A. Parsons, head of
the sociology department, to make
a tour of Lane county, visiting
small communities. The purpose
of the trip is to do research work
in rural sociology.
Senior Six Prefer Sports,
Books, or f What Have You?’
NE hundred books a year!
That is the number Lloyd
Humphreys, one of the Senior Six
recently selected by Phi Beta Kap
pa, has read in the time most stu-'
dents use to go to shows or dances.
Humphreys says it is because he
likes to read — "anything and
everything.” His favorite authors
are Anatole France, John Gals
worthy, anti F. W. Nietzsche.
Humphreys, who is a psychology
major with a grade point average
of 2.80, wants to be a college pro
fessor. He is trying for the Rhodes
scholarship to Oxford university,
and although he isn’t “planning on
going to Oxford,’ he intends to
obtain a master’s and doctor’s de
gress somewhere.
Psychology, music, general read
ing, and athletics are his main in
terests.
Humphreys, who lives in Eu
gene, is affiliated with Delta Up
silon fraternity.
Another student who was hon
ored by the Phi Beta Kappa selec
tion to Senior Six was Helen G.
Abel, of Astoria. She wants to j
teach also, but beyond that she <j
hopes to be in diplomatic service (
where she can use foreign langu- *
age3 which are her greatest inter
est. I
Miss Abel is interested in activi -
ties although she “hasn't had time '
for much of them.” She sang with
the polyphonic choir, and worked
with the Philomelete groups.
Miss Abel, who is an English
major, is a member of Sigma Kap
pa sorority.
Mortor Board and Phi Theta
Upsilon, upperclass service honor
aries, are previous honors which
Vaiborg L. Anderson, English maj
or and one of this year’s Senior *
Six, has obtained. She was also S
active with Philomelete groups. i
Miss Anderson, who is working
for honors in English this year,
plans to teach and later obtain her {
master’s degree. She also has the aj
ambition to go to Sweden to study
literature. She has spoken the
Swedish language since she was u,
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