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VOLUME XXXVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1935 $ NUMBER 54
Resume
of the
Day’s News
By Associated Press.
JANUARY 17
PLAN AID FOR AGED
WASHINGTON—With a presi
dential guide before it, congress to
day set out to enact a five-phased
program to help the jobless, the
aged, mothers and their children
and to closer safeguard health.
In one bundle, President Roose
velt sent to the capitol a message
outling what he thought was nec
essary to establish “sound means
toward a greater future economic
security of the American people,”
and a report portraying the con
clusions reached in a half-year
study by a large group of experts.
General opinion in the capitol
was that the move represented the
most sweeping effort in the
country’s history to provide
against the “haards” of life.
HUGO MAYER CONVICTED
GRANTS PASS—Hugo Mayer,
eccentric hermit of the Curry
county hill country, was today con
victed of the murder of Robert
Fantz and will be sentenced to life
imprisonment. The jury, deliberat
ing only 35 minutes, recommended
against the “hazards" of life.
CHECK BANK-RAIDING GANG
SAN QUENTIN—The rise of a
murderous, bank-raiding gang was
thwarted, authorities said tonight,
in the breakup of the escape staged
by four desperate San Quentin fel
ons and the later arrest of Clyde
Stevens, alleged plotter of the kid
nap-and-run coup here yesterday.
“Unquestionably these four con
victs were planning to form a bank
raiding gang and spread terror
through the east,” said Julian Alco,
acting chairman of the badly shak
en state board of prison terms and
paroles.
Editor - Legislator
Will Be Speaker
At Press Banquet
C. P. Haight Has Record
For Wit; Last Address
Here Was 4Rig Hit’
Word has been received that C.
P. Haight, editor and publisher of
the Blue Mountain Eagle, Canyon
City, Oregon, will speak at the
banquet of the 17th annual Oregon
Press conference, in Eugene, Jan.
24, 25, 26.
Mr. Haight' (LL.B. ’99) has a
wide reputation as a brilliant and
witty speaker. Two years ago he
addressed the conference on “The
Weekly Papers’ Insides,” making
a big hit with the members of the
conference, This is the first meet
ing Mr. Haight has been able to
attend since he spoke then. News
paper men over the state are look
ing forward with keen anticipa
tion to his speech.
He is a representative from
Grant and Harney county in the
legislature. It is probable that he
will give some humorous sidelights
on the big show up in Salem.
Many other prominent editors
have been procured to address this
meeting. Hugh G. Ball, editor of
the Hood River News, adjudged
the best weekly in 1932, will speak
on “City vs. Country, the Editor's
Biggest Problem and Biggest Op
portunity.” Mr. Ball has some
facts and experiences which he be
lieves prove something important
in the field of weekly publishing.
W. M. Tugman, of the Register
Guard, Eugene, will speak on “Do
We Know How to Write News?”
Mr. Tugman is credited with some
revolutionary ideas on the subject.
His speech should be a high point
of the program.
Friday afternoon, Jan. 25, Dr.
Dexter M. Keezer will speak on
“What’s Ahead? How Much Can
We Safely Predict?” Dr. Keezer is
the president of Reed college. He
is known as a notable scholar and
a constructive member of the
‘New Deal’ personnel, besides be
ing a live wire newspaperman
with a splendid newspaper record
at home and abroad.
Sol. K. Lewis, Lyndcn Tribune,
Washington, will speak on ‘ How
a Community Newspaper Can
Build Up, Even During Depression
Years.” Mr. Lewis has built up
one of the liveliest and most prof
itable small newspaper weeklies in
the entire country.
Law School Plans Use
Of Old Library Building
When the new library building
for which appropriations have just
been granted is completed, the
“old libe” will not fall into disuse,
as would be supposed, consider
ing its long term of service al
ready accomplished. Instead, it
is planned to use the old building
to house the fast-growing law li
brary.
Already the law library is tax
ing Oregon hall to the utmost. The
tremendous weight of the books
stored on the third floor of the
building is a severe strain to the
construction, and has necessitated
numerous repairs in the last few
years.
It is believed that the present li
brary building will furnish ade
quate space for the 23.000 volumes
now comprising the collection, with
a liberal allowance for future ex
pansion.
Renner Sets
Campus Go
In Customs
President Names Senior
Enforcement Group
For Campus
Ten Men Appointed
Senior Council to Report
Tradition Violations
Joe Renner, ASUO president, an
nounced last night that enforce
ment of the group of traditions,
passed upon recently by the execu
tive council, would begin immedi
ately, since the appointment of a
senior tradition committee has
been made.
Bill Berg, vice president of the
ASUO, will serve as the head of a
superior court of traditions. Work
ing with him will be Bob Miller, ex
ecutive senior man, Craig Finley,
president of Skull and Dagger, and
Bob Parke, president of the Order
of the “O.” This group was pro
vided for in the motion passed by
the council.
Ten to Police Campus
Ten senior men were appointed
by Renner to report all infractions
of traditions to the court. They
are: Ed Meserve, senior class presi
dent, Bill Russell, Bill Phipps, Miles
McKay, Malcolm Bauer, Keith Wil
son, Ray Mize, Arne Lindgren,
Grant Thuemmel, and Bob Zurch
er. The latter will serve as secre
tary of the court and will keep a
record of the names of all persons
violating the traditions, as well as
the punishments given to them.
The court will convene once a
week or as often as Berg wishes
to call a meeting.
Traditions Listed
Anyone breaking any of the
traditions will be reported to the
-court, which will summon the in
fringer and mete out the necessary
punishment. The following are
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Yearbook Collection
Displayed Downtown
The Warren yearbook collection
of representative college and prep
school annuals is on display at
the Eugene branch of the Zeller
bach Paper company located at
Fourth and Lincoln streets.
The books are chosen from all
parts of the country and indicate
tire latest yearbook tendencies.
Students interested in annual pub
lications are invited to inspect the
group which will be in Eugene un
til Friday evening.
Audience Acclaims Campus
Premiere of "The Amazons"
Acclaiming- it as one of the most
entertaining plays ever to be
staged on the campus, the large
audience which attended the first
performance of “The Amazons” at
the Guild theater last night was
enthusiastic in its praise of the
production. A second performance
will be given at 8:15 tonight.
Getting the audience into the
light, sparkling mood of the play
the minute they stepped on the
stage, Dorothy Parks as the ec
centric Lady Castlejorden and
Horance Robinson as the well- i
meaning old family' retainer, gave |
outsanding performances. This is
the first time that Horace Robin-;
son, who is a member of the!
dramatic instructing staff, has ,
acted in a campus production. I
Mary Bennett, Elenore Gullion, and
Helen Veblen took their parts very
convincingly as the three “sons"
that their mother had raised so
carefully. As they swaggered about
in men's attire, calling each other
“■he” or "old chap." the girls proved
a source of amusement to the audi
ence.
Not a little enjoyment was pro
vided by Hud Winstead as the
aristocratic little Lord Tweenways,
who always managed to keep his
composure in any circumstance
and who could not forget for a
minute that “we never 'do' such
things." Dan Clark, Jr., as the
“would be" English Frenchman,
handled his role admirably, forever
getting his vocabulary twisted and
becoming involved in one comical
situation after another.
Tlie romantic touch was supplied
by Edgar Wulzen, who took the
part of Lord Litterly, the girls’
cousin and a member of a family
branch thoroughly detested by
Lady Castlejorden. Lucille Stewart
as the very masculine “Seargeant”
Shuter, Ted Karafotias as the old
game keeper Fitton, Bill Cottrell
as the servant Youatt, and Richard
Koken as the poacher Orts, enacted
their parts with a great deal of ef
ficiency.
Mrs. Ottilic Seybolt directed the ’■
play. She is planning to have the:
dramatic department produce two!
more three-act plays this term. She
will direc t one and Horace Robin-1
son the other.
Startling Talk
In Bloodless
Surgery Field
New Electro-Surgery Is
Subject of Lecture
By G. E. Man
Results Amaze Students;
Beefsteak Subject
Minimized bleeding, ease of use
and elimination of ties and sutures
almost entirely, were pointed out
by C. S. Spangler, for 12 year head
of the education department of the
General Electric company, in a
demonstration and lecture held in
Deady hall last night.
In explaining the principle of
electro-surgery, Mr. Spangler said
that the tissues were not cut but
were burst by the high frequency
current used. Contrary to the old
principle used in the early at
tempts at bloodless surgery by the
use of hot instruments, the blood
is not coagulated but the tissue
around the blood vessel is shrunk
to' stop its flow of blood. In early
experiments where heat was used,
searing occured and scar tissue
was formed which was hard and
prevented proper healing.
High Frequency Used
A frequency of 400,000 alterna
tions per second is obtained from
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Stehn Demolishes Furniture
When Band Chairs Collapse
When the chair which, theoreti
cally, is supposed to hold a band
musician off the floor, collapses
in that mesmeric hush while the
baton is poised in mid-air, it’s fun
ny—but when two musicians hit
the floor within 30 seconds of each
other amid the wreckage of erst
while chairs, it’s a riot! That is,
unless it’s the culmination of six
years’ useless talking. And so—
John H. Stehn, University band
conductor, blew up yesterday.
He was a little red around the
neck when his pet oboist flopped,
thereby risking an expensive in
strument. not to mention his own
liffe and limb, but after the bass
player crashed to the mat, threat
ening to utterly demolish a couple
hundred dollars worth of gold and
silver, Stehn became positively ap
oplectic.
He left the band in mid-air and
ran for a telephone. Precisely what
he said regarding the department
responsible and the type of chairs
which are foisted off onto the band
room will probably always be a
closed book, but the look of com
plete satisfaction which spread
ever his face upon his return in
dicated that he said it!
No sooner was the rehearsal
over than he went the rounds,
searching for chairs which were
weak and in danger of letting
more players down. Each one was
separately broken into small frag
ments and hurled to the center of
the room. He stated, (exclussive
to the Emerald), that he'd been
veiling himself hoarse for six years
trying to get some decent chairs
in the band room and nothing had
happened.
Now, by the beard of the pow
ers-that-be, he was going to have
some tangible evidence to display
which would force action on new
chairs for the band, and incident
ally, he was going to see that his
players and their instruments were
safeguarded!
Chief Justice j
Congratulates
Law Session
Review Features Word
Of Hughes in Issue
Just Off Press
Judge Brand Contributes
Editorial Comment
The December issue of the Ore
gon Law Review, official journal
of the Oregon State Bar associa
tion which is published quarterly
by the University of Oregon law
school, wil! be in the mails prob
ably today, fiair’ Charles G. How
ard, law school professor and fac
ulty editor-in-cbkf of the publi
cation, last night.
The edition v/ill carry several
interesting features, such as the
congratulatory message sent by1
chief justice of the supreme court
of the United States, Charles E.
Hughes, to the first session of the
Pacific Coast Institute of Law: an
editorial on the conference written
by Judge Janies T. Brand, circuit
judge of the'second judicial dis
trict; as well as the complete: pro
ceedings of the Pacific Coast In
stitute of Law conference, held in,
Eugene on September G, 7, and 8,1
1934. Reports of committees ofj
the Oregon St3te Bar Association
on public relations, legal education
and admission to the bar, will be
included in the Review.
Exchange of Views Needed
“What is needed is an intimate
exchange of views! by men of spe
cial studies and men of special ex
perience. And the more direct and
informal the procedure, the better,"
Hughes said in his message. “Such
conferences may be influential, not
only in bettering administration,
but in developing intelligent opin
ion in the community," he added.
The faculty editorial staff of the
law school consists of: Charles G.
Howard, editor-in-chief; Wayne L.
Morse, dean of the law school;
Carlton E. Spencer, James D. Bar
nett, Orlando J. Hollis, and Claude
H. Brown.
Articles in the issue are the
speeches given at the institute by
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Campus Calendar
Westminster holds open house
tonight. Five cents for refresh
ments and fun for everyone.
The lecture on hygiene scheduled
for 7:30 last night in Gerlinger hnll
was postponed because H. H. Dix
on, the speaker, was in an auto
accident.
Chamberlin
Says Soviet
Costs Great
Former Correspondent
Champions Cause
Of Liberty
Rule Fills Prisons
Stalin ‘Dear Brings Death
During 1932, 1933 {
A balance sheet showing the loss
of lives and the suffering of hu
manity in Soviet Russia against
the gains of industry, during her
period of violent change in the
drive toward the goals of greater
industrialization and collectiviza
tion, would show the cost far
greater than the gains, was the
opinion expressed b y William
Henry Chamberlin, in his address
in Gerlinger hall Thursday. "The
loss of lives is out of all proportion
to the benefit it has brought or is
likely to bring,' he said.
“A period of 12 years in Russia
and 8 years in Germany has made
me become more enthusiastic for
political and civil liberties of a
democracy, and I believe there is
more hope in finding a way out of
our economic and social difficulties
through a democratic method and
through freedom of the press and
discussion than a Bolshevist ar
Fascist method of turning over all
control to a group at the top who
can use ruthless methods of sup
pression,” Chamberlin said.
Compared Systems
“The difference between the New
Deal and the Soviet program Is
the difference between pulling a
tooth with cocaine and without co
caine,” the former correspondent
in Palssia for the Christian Science
Monitor stated in comparing our
government with that of Russia
He further pointed out that a
program similar to that of Russia
could not be employed under a
democratic social order, for the
freedom of the press and the elec
toral check would make such a
scheme of ruthless force and coer
cion of the people impossible.
A cartoon which pictures a
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Kappa, Alpha Plii
Reach Quotas in
ASUO Card Drive
Russell Announces Other
Groups Approach 100
Per Cent Mark
Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha
Phi both reported 100 per cent sup
port in their houses for the cur
rent student body ticket drive, be
ing conducted by a committee
headed by Bill Russell and his
committee.
Several ether houses were re
ported to be nearing the 100 per
cent goal last night.
Russell announced last night
that quite a few tickets had been
sold in the last few days and ex
pressed a hope that more would
be sold before the concert of Hei- i
fetz at McAr thur court Saturday
right. His appearance here is un
der the auspices of the ASUO and
all card holders will be admitted
free.
Six con^’once basketball games
also remain on tlie home schedule
tc which ASUO members will be
admitted free. Besides these, sev- '
era’ other concerts are scheduled, j
including Roland Hayes, negro I
tenor, Joseph Hoffman, world j
famed pianist. Many other privi-1
leges are also given student body
members, including among which:
are, subscription to the Emerald, |
privilege to serve on committees I
and staffs of the two student pub
lications. as well us free admission
to several lectures that are planned
for this term.
Live Creatively9
Mrs. Turnipseed
Tells Freshmen
“The Y.W.C.A. has a fine oppor
.unity to live creatively, help oth
ers live creatively, ami help bring:
:>bout the new social order for
which everyone is looking,” said
Mrs, Genevieve Turnipseed, state
lireetor of dormitories, before a
freshman fireside conducted by
he Y.W.C.A. at Gerlinger Wed
nesday evening.
To live creatively, young people
nust first of all think only good,
-iue and beautiful thoughts, Mrs.
rurnipseed said.
They must have a good philoso
phy of life based on two things,
respect for a power greater than
rhemselves, and respect for per
• onality.
"If we can learn the spiritual
laws of life and follow them, we
have started creative life. You
nay best represent Oregon by liv
ing creatively," Mrs. Turnipseed
declared.
Freshmen women may all help
n meeting the campus problems,
she pointed out, first by having'
healthy bodies and open minds,
rhey must respect the finest in
everyone and help classmates to
find a richer life.
Following Mrs. Turnipseed’s ad
Iress, creative projects that all
freshman women may take part
in were presented by council mem
bers.
Marietta Conklin told how the
weekly vesper service affords op
portunity to learn creative living
:hrough silence.
Berniece McDonald presented
the welfare project, assisting in
ihe nursery at Washington school,
enabling the girls to learn creative
living through relief of human mis
2ry. Creative living through beau
ty was presented by Hannah Cros
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Bands Will Blare
Here on April 12
Forty howling bands from hope
ful high schools all over the state
will deluge the University of Ore
gon campus April 12 and 13 in the
annual state band contest! This
number may be cut down if the
usual elimination system is used,
but there is talk of having all
bands come to Eugene this year.
The contest is to be sponsored
by the ASUO and many of the
technical details are to be ar
ranged with the cooperation of
Phi Mu Alpha, men's musical hon
orary.
Solo contests for nearly all types
of band instruments will be held in
the Music building, while the ma
jor band contest for class A. B.
and C bands will be held in Mc
Arthur court.
Architect
Dean Ellis F. Lawrence, dean of
tho scool of architecture at the
University, who is the designer for
Oregon's new §350,000 library.
Speech Meet
Near; Join Up
Says Casteel
Three Prizes Offered for
Jewett Contest Held
February 15
Winner Represents U. of 0.
At Stale Contest
Only a lev/ students have as yet
signed up to enter the W. F. Jew
ett extempore speaking contest
which will be held February 14.
said John L. Casteel, director of
speech yesterday. All students de
siring to enter should sign up im
mediately and begin a survey of
the field on which the talks will
be given. This will insure a good
chance of winning one of the
awards, he points out.
Topic Announced
"America’s Stake in the Pacific,”
the general topic chosen for this
second series of the W. F. Jewett
contests, will include all phases of
America's relation to the political,
economic, and social life in the Pa
cific Basin, International prob
lems and commercial relations with
the orient as well as with the
United State's possessions will
come under this subject.
This extempore speaking con
test is open to al! undergraduate
students. All the entrants will
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Chamberlin Glamour Fades
To Reality for Interviewer
By Henrietta Horak
My mind played a trick on me.
It photographed a picture of a man
whose writings I have read, a man
cf whom I heard great tales—but,
the lens lied. Or else, it was some
where in the process of developing
that it happened. My picture had
p finish of gloss, but when I saw
William H. Chamberlin I muttered
under my breath, and called my
camera a name—for this wasn’t
the first time I was tricked. The
man was merely a rough sketch of
iny elaborate photograph.
I had attached a halo of grand
ness to the man who has traveled
so widely, who has watched, for
the past ten years, Russia grow
from agricultural childhood to in
dustrial adolescence; watched
thatched huts disappear, and in
their places spring up modern
apartment houses. A man who
had forced his way into the old
cities of Soviet Central Asia, and
felt the almost primitive pulse of
Samarkand and Bokhara.
But then, no matter about my
photograph—I was standing be
fore a rough sketch. I had heard
him deliver a fair address on “The
Balance-Sheet of the Five Year
Plan,”—and listened with interest
to his explanations about the “ku
laks,” the concentration camps
collective farming, the factory sys
tem, the inequalities, and the re
pressions of freedom—but now I
wanted to know more about the
speaker himself, and about little
things that don’t fit into a lecture
Have you seen or spoken wit'
Stalin?" I asked. "I have see”
him, but have not had the prlvl
lege of speaking to him, since he
grants but a very, very few inter
views to foreign correspondents.”
Do you speak Russian ? “A
little; X can read it quite well, how
ever. My wife, who is a. Russian
by birth, and whom X married in
this country speaks it perfectly
end between us, we have no trou
ble with the language in Russia
It certainly is a difficult one to
master. If you don’t acquire a
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A Tentative Sketch of the Re cently Allocated Library
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Duck Squad
Meets Idaho
Team There
Ducks and Gem Staters
Fight for Second in
Hoop Race
Idaho Real Threat
Reinhart Shakes Up Team
On Eve of Battle
In a battle for second place in
die northern division of the Pacific
coast basketball conference, the
barnstorming Webfoot hoopers will
take the floor against the Idaho
Vandals at Moscow, Idaho tonight.
Almost overnight the Idaho
quintet has sprung from an un
known quantity to a team rated
among the title contenders. To
meet this situation, varsity basket
ball coach Bill Reinhart has drawn
up a new combination to start
against the Spudmen tonight.
Jones Pivot Man
Ron Gemmell, basketball and
baseball lettermau from Helix, i3
scheduletd for one forward post.
Rollie Rouke will play the other
forward. Captain Bill Berg and
Biuld Jones will be teamed ;>t
guard. The repsonsibi’ity of the
pivot position will probably fall
upon Willie Jones, although it is
not impossible that Bill Harcombs
will start. Glen Sanford and Sam
Liebowitz will be held in reserve
but are almost certain to see ac
tion.
Idaho Shows Strength
Oregon's prime worry will be lit
tle (5 feet 8Vi inches) Wally Gera,
ghty, at present time in second
place for northwest conference
scoring honors with a total of 20
points in three games. Huston,
Washington State center, leads
with a total of 34 points, hut
scored in five games. Another gent
likely to cause the invading Web
foots much grief is Harold Illunb,
6 foot 3 inch successor to Howard
Grenier’s center post. With 15 free
throws converted out of 16
awarded, Klumb claims the north
west free-throw championship. The
one free-throw missed was his 13t h
and occurred in the recent W.S.O.
game.
Team All Lettermen
Forwards Vic Warner, Norm
Iverson and another comparatively
small guard, Merle Fisher complete
the starting roster. The team, an
all-letterman aggregation, on of
fensive is reported, to toss the ball
around like the proverbial Idaho
hot potato.
The starting line-ups for tonight
follows:
Oregon Idaho
Gemmell .F. Warner
Rouke .F. Iverson
W. Jones .C. Klumb
3. Jones .G. Fisher
Berg .G. Geraghty
Many Outsiders
Plan on Coming
Here for Concert
Heifetz Comes to Eugene
Directly From Salt
Lake, Seattle
Many citizens from other Wil
'amette valley cities will come to
Eugene to hear Heifetz’ violin con
cert to be given Saturday night at
McArthur court under the auspic
es of the Associated Students.
Large blocks of tickets have been
-old to people coming from Pert
’and, Salem, Corvallis, Albany, and
Koseburg, as well as to many local
people.
Tickets are now on sale at Me
Morran and Washburne’s and at
the Co-op for outsiders and non
student body members. General
admission tickets are priced at 55
ents. Reserved seats are $1.10.
Ml students who belong to the
ASUO will be admitted to the con
cert free of charge.
Heifetz is scheduled to begin his
concert at 8:15 o’clock
The engagement of the noted
artist here is the only ona to be
given in the state of Oregon this
year. He will come here directly
from Salt Lake City and Seattle
and will appear at San Francisco
and Los Angeles after his Eugene
engagement.
An even larger crowd is expect
ed to attend the event than that
which attended the recent appear
ance of the Russian chorus.
The Heifetz engagement is the
first of several other concerts to
be sponsored by the ASUO during
the winter term. Students who in
tend to purchase student body
tickets should do so before Sat
urday night so as to receive full
benefit from them.