First Smoke
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anil now flame! The optional and
the compulsory factions of the
student fees question agree to a
debate. Story page one.
NUMBER 82
Resume
of the
Day’s News
By the Associated Press
- ' EBRUARY 26
Ttco Cubans Resign
HAVANA — Two more of Pres
ident Carlos Mendieta's right hand
men quit the cabinet today, and
tonight sources close to the gov
ernment expressed the belief the
ministry was breaking up among
the rocks of Cuba's island-wide
school strike.
The two who resigned — Cosme
ae La Torriente, secretary of state,
and Raul de Cardenas, secretary
i of interior and justice—did so os
tensibly because they did not ap
prove Mendieta’s plans for general
elections this year.
Important quarters, however,
said they stepped out because they
favored stronger tactics in dealing
with the school strike, partici
pants in which estimate it has in
volved more than 300,000 persons.
Salary Policy Reached
SALEM — Recommendations fo
return of but 10 per cent of the
salary cuts of state officials and
employees, passage of the combin
ation Ickes-Grange power meas
ure by the house, deferment of the
stamp tax bill for cities in sales of
wines and beer, and the closing of
the Rogue river to commercial
fishing which passed the house
without opposition, were the high
lights of the Oregon legislative ac
tivities today.
\ Following a conference with
Governor Charles H. Martin dur
ing the afternoon, the ways and
means committee authorized a
statement that an agreement had
been reached upon a general sal
ary policy and upon holding down
capital outlays to a minimum, but
definite action had not yet been
taken.
, <
AAA Amendments Up
WASHINGTON — The AAA
amendments, 1935 model, today be
gan a bumpy journey through con
gress, with proponents putting for
ward arguments similar to those
that failed to get them through
last session.
Chester C. Davis, farm adminis
trator, told the house agriculture
committee that the amendments
were vital to farmers and in par
ticular to the growers of fruits and
vegetables and dairymen.
Treasury Submits Bill
WASHINGTON — A new sec
tion of the social security bill, de
signed to make additional millions
available for federal financing,
was submitted to congress today
by the treasury.
It would let the treasury take
money paid in by persons who were
buying voluntarily old age annui
ties and use it to defray expenses
of the government. The money
would be replaced by long or short
term government securities.
Hungerford to Speak
On German Colleges
Members of the Physical Educa
tion club will hold a professional
meeting this evening when Mary
Jane Hungerford, interne in physi
cal education will speak to the
club.
Miss Hungerford’s topic for the
meeting will be “New College in
Germany.” After the discussion
the club members will be instruct
ed in German folk dances.
The meeting will be held at 7:30
in the social room, Gerlinger hall.
Campus Calendar
Senior class will meet at 8 p. m.
in room 105, Commerce.
Alpha Delta Sigma will meet at
4 o’clock in Professor Thacher’s
office.
Senior gift committee will meet
at 5 o’clock at the College Side.
Housemothers are requested to
be ready at 12:00 when cars call
for them for the picnic.
Junior Shine day directorate will
meet on the west side of Friendly
today at 11:50 for picture.
Charm school meeting at the
Theta house at 4 o'clock.
Frosh fireside will be held from
8 to 10 o’clock this evening in the
YW bungalow. Helen Morton will
speak.
YWCA cabinet will meet for;
luncheon today at the Anchorage
at noon.
YW upperelass potluck dinner
will be held at the YWCA bunga-;
low tonight at 6:00.
Executive council of the Oregon
Yeomen and the entire smoker di
rectorate will meet at 4 p. m. in
the Yeomen office this afternoon
Very important. All members j
asked to be present.
The editorial board of the Penny
Review will meet tonight at 7:3C
at the home of Margaret David-:
son. I
Russia Topic
OfHalukTalk
This Evening
Former Russian Speaks
In Villartl Hall at
7:30 Tonight
Lecturer Has Made Study
Of American Nation
First-hand information on Rus
sian, untainted by any “red” influ
ence, will be given students and
faculty members of the University,
by William Haluk at a free open
meeting of the International Rela
tions club tonigjit at 7:30 in Villard
hall.
Haluk was born in Russia and
lived there until 1921 when he came
to the United States. He served in
the Russian army during the
World war and also witnessed the
revolution in Russia. Upon coming
to the United States he became a
naturalized citizen and is at pres
ent an illumination engineer in
San Francisco.
Seeks Money
At a meeting of the Eugene
ihamber of commerce February 22.
Haluk frankly stated he came to
the United States to get money
and planned to stay long enough to
acquire it. Soviet propaganda had
convinced him that the United
States was a nation where the peo
ple were abject slaves of capital
ists, even worse than in Russia be
fore the revolution. But all of
these ideas were changed when he
made a study of our charity hospi
tals, our constitution, and the char
acters of famous American lead
ers.
Haluk has become well-known
for his views on communism, par
ticularly as they apply to the Unit
ed States. In his talk he will point
cut why he believes this country is
unfit for such a form of govern
ment as the so-called radicals are
urging. He believes that congress
and the American citizens should
take definite action against the
spread of communist propaganda
in the United States today.
Haluk Travels
Haluk’s job makes it necessary
for him to visit many places in
the United States and thus gives
him excellent material for compar
ing the American people as well as
the government with the people
and government of Russia.
It is Haluk’s belief that the
great corporations which agitators
hold up as monsters do more for
the nation and its people than the
most benevolent European dicta
tors. European dictators, past and
present, have been interested pri
marily in gratifying their love for
power and command and not in
bringing progress to their people,
he maintains.
Thacher Submits
12 Contest Entries
Twelve advertisements have been
selected by Professor W. F. G.
rhacher for submission to the
judges in the McMorran and Wash
curne annual advertising prize
?ontest. Nine of those selected for
further judging in the finals were
-ubmitted by men while the other
;hree were entered by women.
The entries of Donald Farr, Wil
!a Bitz, Eldon Haberman, Velma
McIntyre, Walter Naylor, Edward
Priaulx, Jack Gilligan, Helen Row.
Clifford Thomas, Barbara Webb
Lawrence Quille, Alfredo Fajardo
md George Schenk, are now in
rompetition for the §10 and $5
-nerchandise bonds which are being
jffered to the winning contestants.
The winners of the contest will
orobably be announced next week
by Karl Thunemann, manager of
McMorran and Washburne store.
Murderess
Mary Dugan, celebrated raven
haired chorus girl beauty as she
awaits in the woman’s ward of the
county jail to face trial for the
murder of her lover.
Root Selects
Directorate
For 'Classic’
Sigma Delta Clii Affair
Is First All-Campus
Spring Dance
“Classic” has been sleeted as
the title for the annual spring
dance presentation of Sigma Delta
Chi, journalism fraternity, sched
uled for April 6, it was announced
last night by George Hoot, general
chairman of the affair.
The complete directorate for the
Classic, which is the first all-cam
pus dance of spring term, was ap
pointed yesterday by Root.
Band Not Named
Several prominent Pacific coast
bands are under consideration to
play for the Classic, although no
definite arrangements have been
made as yet. The dance will be
held in the Igloo and the motif
will be a modernistic one, it was
said.
The directorate as announced by
the chairman, follows: assistant
chairman, Les Stanley; decora
tions, Bill Phipps, Barney Clark,
Larry Quille; features, Bob Lucas;
finances, Ned Simpson; fentertain
ment, Winston Allard, Stivers Ver
non; music, Bill Aetzel; publicity,
Bob Moore; posters, Stanley Robe,
Mohan Raj; programs, Eugene
Lincoln, Reuben Radabaugh.
Root Optimistic
“The dance classic of the year!
That’s what the very first dance
of Oregon’s spring term should be
and is to be this year when Sigma
Delta Chi takes over the responsi
bility of heading spring term’s so
cial calendar,” Root said.
“The dance “Classic” will treat
Oregon students to the finest dance
and entertainment available, and
plans for the orchestra and feat
ures, though tentative at the pres
ent, are to be all that the name
“Classic” implies. This dance, on
spring term’s first Saturday night,
is to be the preview for a dance
that promises its annual appear
ance as a spring term highlight
each year.”
CASWELL NOMINATED
Prof. A. E. Caswell of the phy
sics department has been nominat
ed as a candidate for the position
of vice-president in the newly-or
ganized Oregon Council of Church
es.
U. G. Dubach, dean of men at
Oregon State College, was nomin
ated as a candidate for president.
Questioning Shows Students
Desire Return of Traditions
“Outside of Junior Weekend,
Dad’s day, and Homecoming, we
have none of the old traditions or
customs left here at Oregon,” said
a prominent senior in reply to the
query, “Should Oregon traditions
be enforced?”, a question put to
34 different students picked at ran
dom on the campus. “Our school
is getting to be simply an institu
tion of higher learning, with none
of the customs left which will in
later years enrich our memories of
days at Oregon,” he added.
Of all the students questioned,
22 were in favor of a complete re
vival of traditions, nine were in
favor of a return to most of the
traditions with a few exceptions,
notably freshman lids, and three
were against traditions entirely. ,
Out of eight freshmen ques
tioned, seven believed that tradi
tions should be revived with the
exception of compulsory wearing
of frosh lids. As one remarked, “I
see no reason why freshmen
should be made to wear anything
as ridiculous as the green lids they
want to make us wear. I don’t
mind the no “tux” rule, the no rat
race rule, or any of the other rules
we have to observe, but frosh lids
are carrying this revival spirit a
little too far.”
A member of the junior class,
however, looked at the subject of
freshman lids in a different light.
“There is no way now to tell a
freshman from a senior, except for
his frosh pants, which are discarded
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OSC Students
Plan to Hear
Roland Hayes
Concert Thursday Last
Of ASUO Series
This Year
Officials Request Students
To Aid Artist
Transportation is being provided
Oregon State students who desire
to come Eugene tomorrow evening
to hear Roland Hayes, negro tenor,
in concert under the auspices of
the Associated Students in McAr
thur court at 8:15 o’clock. A com
mittee of O. S. C. women students
is making necessary arrangements
with faculty members in providing
means of making the trip.
Haj'es’ appearance here will
mark the close of the current se
ries of concerts by world artists,
sponsored each year by the ASUO.
Last fall the Don Cossack Russian
male chorus was presented, and
since, Jascha Heifetz, violinist, and
Josef Hofmann, pianist of great
renown, have given concerts on the
campus.
Sang Last Winter
Hayes appeared here last winter
term and met with such praise that
officials, because of numerous re
quests, deemed it advisable to se
cure his return engagement here
this season.
On the program to be presented
are two outstanding selections by
George Frederick Handel, noted
composer, whose one hundred and
fiftieth birthday anniversary oc
curs only five days after the con
cert of Hayes here.
Composers Varied
Other composers to be represent
ed on Hayes’ program are C. P. E.
Bach, Dupare, Henschei, Krein,
Franz, and Rhodes. Percival Par
ham will accompany the tenor on
the piano. A special group of ne
gro spiritual arrangements are
planned to conclude the program.
Officials expressed a desire yes
terday that students who attend
the concert would give their utmost
to the artist during his program.
They stressed the point that every
one should remain in his seat until
the final encore is completed. Art
ists appearing here formerly have
expressed the apparent lack of at
tention on the part of the audi
ences.
ASUO Members Free
Students, upon presentation of
their ASUO membership cards will
be given free admission. Tickets
for others are on sale at the Co-op,
McMorran’s, and at McArthur
court at the following prices: $1.10,
reserved seats; 75 cents for facul
tuy members; and 55 cents for
general admission.
Critics all over the world join
in voicing their praises for Roland
Hayes. Joseph Baruzi, in Le Men
estrel, Paris, said recently of him:
“A voice so clear and shadowy,
which has the purity of a swift
mountain stream.”
Eugene Stimson, in the Chicago
Daily News, says of the artist:
‘‘Here was the haunting voice of
the negro race, raised faultlessly,
in the pure taste and conviction
and universality of an authentic
art.”
Kwama Will Give
For Frosh Women
• KWAMA, sophomore woman’s
service honorary, will be hostess
to all freshmen women Thursday
at a tea from 3:30 to 5 p. m., in
Gerlinger hall.
A musical program has been
planned for the occasion. Louise
Johnson will give a violin solo and
Helene Robinson will present a
piano number.
The purpose of the tea is to
better contacts between the two
lower classes on the campus. Doro
thy Dill is general chairman for
the affair. She is assisted by Elea
nor French. Lillian England is in
charge of refreshments, and Mar
jory Kissling is in charge of pub
licity.
Today’s Emerald
is brought to you by the
following advertisers.
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Hey Lady, Is That
fTusko9 Following
You to Classes?
Paging Tusko, the elephant.
Tusko has completed his para
doxical life. Two years after the
death and burial of most humans,
we remember the occasion of their
sad demise- and promptly change
the subject. Such is not the case
of Tusko, for while he was some
times a nuisance while living, a
Portland and Seattle newspaper
has opened a search for the bones
and hide of the infamous pachy
derm.
Yesterday Prof. Warren D.
Smith received a letter from the
Portland office of the newspaper
asking as to the whereabouts of
Tusko’s remains. According to the
letter, they had been informed by
Dr. Bull, Tusko’s owner, that the
bones and hide of the giant mam
mal had been given to the science
department of the University of
Oregon. Professor Smith says
that there is no record of any such
bequest and that in all probability
the University of Washington re
ceived the remains.
The newspaper is interested be
cause during his many rampages
and sprees he became almost an in
stitution to the people of Seattle,
who are interested in Tusko’s dis
posal.
If you should see Bruno, the
campus pup, nibbling daintily on
a bone, look closely for it might
be a remnant of the once mighty
Tusko.
Co-op to Feature
Japanese Prints
Beginning today about 130 Jap
anses prints will adorn the win
dows and gallery of the Co-op. The
prints, which are for sale, are from
the Shima Art company of New
York city, oriental art importers,
Marion F. McClain, manager of
the Co-op, announced yesterday.
The display consists of reduced
reproductions of the best works of
'Japanese artists. Among those in
the lot are the works of Hiroshige
and Hokusai, the two most influ
encial Japanese artists of the mod
ern school of painting of the 19th
century.
The pictures are printed on Jap
anese rice paper and mounted on
photographic mount boards. Prices
vary from 15 cents to $4.50, Mc
Clain said.
Writing Contest
Ends Tomorrow
The Edison Marshall short story
contest closes tomorrow. No manu
scripts received after February 28.
by Prof. W. F. G. Thacher, who is
in carge of the contest, will be eli
gible for competition.
There is no limit to the number
of words contained in the story.
Two copies of the manuscript, how
ever, must be submitted. Both are
to be typewritten and one is to be
a carbon copy of the original.
The name of the author is not
to appear on the entry. An accom
panying envelope is to contain the
name of the writer on the inside on
a slip of paper. The title of the
story is to be written on the out
side of the envelope.
Professor Leslie L. Lewis, Ethel
Chase Christie, and Harold Say are
judges for the contest this year.
Endicott Chosen
Head of Tonqueds
Virginia Endicott was choser:
president: Jessie Rae Atwater
vice-president; Gavle Buchanan,
secretary; and Lillian England,
treasurer of the Tonoueds in an
election held at the Pi Beta Phi
house Tuesday night.
Mary Ellen Eberhart was gen
eral chairman of the meeting. Vir
ginia Endicott was in charge of re
freshments. assisted bv Clare Igoe,
Alberta Roberts. Madalena Gius
tina. and Jessie Rae Atwater.
The girls will take office spring
term, replacing Roberta Moody,
Virginia Endicott, secretary, and
Adeline Adams, treasurer.
Science Schools May
Repeat ‘Open House’
Attendance at the "open house”
of the geography, geology, and an
thropology department held last.
Friday and Saturday was so large
and interest was so great that an
other such affair may be given
next term, said Warren D. Smith,
head of geography and geology,
yesterday.
"There have been a number of
requests for a repetition of the
open house.” Professor Smith said,
"The response to the affair last
week wa« very encouraging.”
ASUO Issues Challenge
To Debate on Fee Issue:
Referendum Launched
Fifteen Students Launch
Drive in Referring
Bill to People
Petition Is Drawn
Committee of 15 Students
Elects Howard Olimart
Fifteen militant students put
their heads together in a planning
session at the Y hut last night, and
evolved documents which will start
the wheels turning shortly to refer
to the state, Senate bill No. 204,
which empowers the state board of
higher education to make student
fees compulsory if it so wishes.
Acting speedily, the group
elected Howard Ohmart campus
chairman, Dick Neuberger, state
chairman, Verne Adams, treasurer,
Charles Paddock, secretary, and
Steven Kahn, legal advisor. A sim
ilar committee may be set up on
the Oregon State campus later.
Committee Named
Student Relief committee will be
the title of the organization which
lists on its executive rolls, in addi
tion to the officers, Stanley Robe,
Huey Frederick, Bert Adams,
Graydon Anderson, George Teltoft,
Carol Robe, and Joe Bradshaw.
A battle cry for the optional fee
protagonists was issued, signed by
Ohmart, Neuberger, Paddock and
Adams. It reads as follows:
“This issue was sound when it
first was fought several years ago;
it still is sound and wise today. We
feel it the conscientious and right
policy to exhaust every legal means
of fighting enforced fee payments
before giving up. We know it is
contrary to precedent for students
to conduct a successful referendum.
Lack of Funds Sited
“We have no funds and have not
the vast power of the groups who
want this $15 yoke placed on the
shoulders of every student. But we
know we are right and feel that
the plain people of the state—the
grangers, workers and churchmen
—are with us.
“If we fail, we shall live to fight
in a worthy cause another day. If
we succeed, we know the voters of
Oregon will annihilate this unfair
fee levy at the polls. Some of our
group are willing to drop their
studies temporarily and lighten
their scholastic loads to fight in
the cause.
“The referendum is what Wood«
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Murphy Receives
Finnish Laurels
Dr. William P. Murphy, ’14, the
only Oregon graduate to receive a
Nobel award, has been awarded
the Order of the White Rose by the
president of Finland. He was also
given the rating by the president
of Commander of the First Rank.
Dr. Murphy is now connected
with the Harvard Medical school,
where he received his M.D. degree
and with the Peter Bent Brigham
hospital. He attended the Univer
sity of Oregon medical school in
Portland in 1916-17. The work for
which he was given the Nobel prize
is described as liver therapy in an
emia, a disease which was consid
ered uncurable until a short time
ago.
Dr. George Minot, of Harvard,
and Dr. George H. Whipple, of the
University of Rochester, were his
co-workers and shared the prize
with him. Through their work a
concentrated medicine in powder
form is used in fighting off anemia.
He Sings Again!
Roland Hayes, great negro tenor,
who will appear before the student
body and townspeople in McArthur
court tomorrow night. His appear
ance is eagerly awaited by hun
dreds of students, who, last year,
were thrilled by his fine voice and
personality.
Co-op Offers Big
Edition Bargain
The greatest bargain in books in
America today!
This is the praise given by the
New York Times to the Modern
Library “giant” editions now on
sale at the Co-op. These giants for
merly were only available in cum
bersome and expensive sets. Two
of their February publications of
this type which are now at the
store are “Eleven Famous Plays of
Ibsen" and “The Complete Works
of Homer” complete in one volume,
in the "incomparable prose transla
tion of Lang, Leaf, Butcher, and
Meyers.',’
Among Ibsen’s plays included in
the compilation of his famous plays
in the giant volume are "A Doll’s
House,” and “An Enemy of the
People.” • |
Also included in this group is the
book by Knut Hamsun, “Growth of
the Soil.” For the month of March
the book company will send “Ten
Days That Shook the World” by
John Reed, and for April, “The
Time of Man” by Elizabeth Madox
Roberts. These three books are not
in "giant” forms, Mrs. Elsie Belk
nap, Co-op librarian, said yester
day.
Grange Will Hear
3 Men Speakers
Walter Eschebeck, Fred Ham
mond, and Glen Halladay, members
of the men’s public discussion
group, are slated to appear before
the Linslaw grange tonight to give
a discussion of old age pensions,
W. A. Dahlberg, coach of the team,
said today.
Already the men’s public discus
sion group, in their sixteen pre
vious engagements, have contacted
s total audience of approximately
2,500 people in the state. They
have given presentations of two
of the most widely discussed prob
lems of the day—old age pensions,
including the much-talked of Town
send plan; and county reorganiza
tion in Oregon.
Mary Dugan Collapses as
Love Nest TrialDraws Near
By Eadle Fisher
Formal murder charges were
preferred against Mary Dugan for
merly known as Mona Tree, stage
star, last night by District Attor
ney Galwey. This action has been
anticipated ever since Miss Dugan
was found dazed and staring at the
body of Edgar Rice, financier, in a
lavishly furnished suite in the Park
Gardens apartments.
The trial is docketed for Thurs
day, March 7, and Friday, March
8 at the Guild theater court room
in Johnson hall.
The attractive actress who has
sunned herself in the warmth of
critical praise since “Rio Rita"
brought her to stardom, now waits
in the cheerless woman’s ward of
the county jail for developments in
the murder case.
As each succeeding day brings no
evidence that would indicate
another person involved in the
crime, Mary Dugan, becomes less
hopeful and at times visibly down
cast. But never has she changed
her explanation of what happened
in the grimly luvurious apartment
early in the morning, February 21.
‘‘Mr. Rice was very sick and told
me to go to the drug store for
medicine. I ran out and when I re
turned I found him lying dead.”
Here a tone of bewilderment enters
her oft-told story.
Miss Dugan states she has no
near family or relatives living. Her
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Renner Calls for Student
Interest in Fee
Discussion
Del mte Is Assured
Netiberger, Olimart Make
Acceptance
With the controversial compul
sory student body fee measure,
ratified by the signature of Gov.
Charles H. Martin, safely on its
way to the state board of higher
education, a new phase of the op
tional - compulsory membership
squabble opened last night when
Joe Renner, president of the as
sociated students, issued a chal
lenge to the leaders of groups op
posing the $15 fee to a public de
bate on the issues involved. Ren
ner’s step was made in answer to
an earlier and similar challenge
which the optional fee group hurled
at the editor of the Emerald sev
eral weeks ago.
Opposition Willing
When informed last, night of
Renner’s challenge, Dick Neuberg
er and Howard Ohmart, represent
ing the opposing faction, reiterated
their previously expressed willing
ness to meet the proponents of the
bill upon the platform. Preliminary
arrangements were agreed upon by
telephone, with Neuberger and
Renner acting as spokesmen for
the two factions. No definite time
nor procedure was found immedi
ately satisfactory, however, and
representatives of both broups will
meet this afternoon to complete
plans for the verbal clash.
Renner Makes Statement
“There has been a great deal of
discussion throughout the campus
on the relative merits of compul
sory and optional student fees,”
declared Renner in an official
statement last night. “There have
been statements made to the effect
that the ASUO had no arguments
for compulsory fees. Challenges
were made by the optional group
for an open, oral debate to pre
sent the sinister facts that would
damn the student organization in
the eyes of the students.
“Today the governor signed the
bill making it law that the state
board of higher education should
have the power to assess compul
sory fees. The board should know
how the students themselves feel
about this question, and before the
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Senior Class Will
Meet Tonight at 8
The senior class gift, plans for
the Senior Ball and regular busi
ness will be discussed this evening
when members of the senior class
will meet at 8 p. m. in Commerce,
room 105.
A decision will be reached con
cerning the senior class gift which
is presented every year to the Uni
versity by the graduating class.
Bill Russell is chairman of the
committee.
Tom McCall, chairman of the
Senior Ball directorate, will out
line plans for the dance. An import
ant issue that will come before the
class members will be in regard to
allowing members of the freshman
class to attend the annual ball.
Keith Powers, treasurer of the
class, will give a complete financial
report. Ed Merserve is president of
the class.
Guess What?
RE PRESIDENTS
(I) Hoxv many presidents havo
there been in the U, S.?
Cl) How many presidents were
fraternity members?
(3) Who was the only left-hand
ed president?
(4) Whieh president was never
married?
(5) Of what fraternity is Presi
dent Roosevelt a member?
(0) What three presidents are
of Duteh ancestry?
(7) Which five presidents were
married twice?
(8) Which church did more pres
idents affiliate with than any
other?
(9) What profession were twen
ty-two presidents engaged
in previous to their inaugur
ation?
(10) Which president lived to be
the oldest and how old was
he at time of death?
(Answers on page 2),