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Elimination of essential func
tions of the A.S.U.O. is imminent
unless a good showing is made
today. Let’s get behind and push.
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Today may be your last chance
i to subscribe to the 1935 Oregana.
The supply is dwindling. Don’t let
’ it slide.
L-PECIAL A. S. U. 0. EDITION
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1935
SPECIAL A. S. U. 0. EDITION
Renner Sees Immediate
Downfall of Entire Plan
Of Student Gov er nmen t
Student President Tells of Long Task of
Building Present Program; Situation
Desperate as Term Opens
“I have spent much time thinking over the problem of optional
membership and how to get the students to support our program. In
tracing the growth of student- activities at Oregon it was perfectly
obvious to me that the students were the ones who desired these extra
curricular activities and that it was they who have worked almost
frantically through the years to build our athletic teams and our
school paper to a position of supremacy in the Northwest. It was
because the program developed could be administered more efficiently
by a corporate form of student government that our present ASUO
was adopted by the students.
“I believed that if the students could only see the inside of the
picture they would give their whole-hearted support to the venture;
also, because I knew that it was impossible to bring every student
into this intimate relationship with the organization I decided to do
all in my power to hold our program intact and perhaps further it.
when it became evident that this1
program could not exist on op
tional fees over a long period of
time, I bent every effort toward
securing compulsory fees.
Faith Destroyed
“Since that time my faith in
what I thought the students
wanted has been destroyed. Since
my debate with Mr. Neuberger I
have begun to feel that the stu
dents do not want activities, that
they or a great many of them, are
interested merely in the academic
side of education. If this is true
and the students do not want ac
tivities at Oregon then I have no
right to pursue the course I have
taken in supporting the A. S. U. O.
I know that there are a great
many students who wish to see our
program carried on but want to
see the burden on someone else’s
shoulders. It may be that these
students coupled with those who
are actively supporting our or
ganization are in the majority. If
so, the fact should be brought out
in the purchase of student mem
bership ca,rds today.
Retrenchment Ahead
“Unless the program is gener
ously supported we can look for
ward to the refunding of the $5 to
the faithful few and a cancellation
of our entire program. This will
mean no Emerald, no baseball or
track team, no high school track
meet, and no Junior Week-end. We
will have no spring football prac
tice nor any other preparations for
this coming year. It will destroy
our contacts with local and na
tional advertisers as far as the
Emerald is concerned. Our removal
from the athletic schedules of
other northwest colleges will give
us a reputation for instability that
will make it hard to regain a place
on these schedules. The discontin
uance of Junior Week-end will see
the destruction of one of our best
and most beautiful traditions. The
loss of spring practice will handi
cap our football team if it is pos
sible to revive our program next
fall. Of course if we have to cancel
next year’s football schedule this
loss will be immaterial.
Results Far-Reaching
“I know the general reaction to
such statements is that they are
merely a cry of “Wolf! Wolf!"
However, it is because just such a
move will be necessary, if the stu
dents will not give their support,
that I have tried to show a small
proportion of the results we may
expect from such a cancellation.
“I believe that even though our
fees are lowered five dollars a
term that enrollment at Oregon
will fall off rapidly in the next few
years if we have no extra-curric
ular activities.
“I hate to see Oregon set back
several years because I am sure
the students will demand activities
in the future and will build up a
system corresponding to the
ASUO. I also feel that we have
done our best in trying to maintain
the program on the optional fee
basis during the past year. It is
with a feeling of regret that I re
alize the attitude of the students
has changed to one of indifference1
or antagonism toward our present
organization making its destruc
tion inevitable.”
Joseph N. Renner
President, A.S.U.O.
Oregana Sale
Large to Date;
Few Available
$2.50 of $4.50 Cost
Must Be Paid Today
At Registration
Book to Be Finished About
Middle of May
Only a limited number of copies
of the 1935 Oregana remain un
subscribed of the 1200 copies or
dered from the printer, Newton
Stearns, manager of the book, said
last night. Anyone desiring an
Oregana, who has not already sub
scribed, should sign up during reg
istration today to be sure of a
copy.
It will be impossible to order ad
ditional copies after the 1200 books
have been disposed of since some
of the printing has been completed,
and a special kind of paper used
in the book would have to be or
dered from the East.
Only $2.50 of the total purchase
price of $4.50 need be paid by new
subscribers today. The remaining
$2 will be taken from the student’s
general deposit with the Univer
sity, upon the authority of the
purchaser’s signature on the sub
scription blank.
Work on the book is rapidly
nearing completition, and the fin
ished product will be ready for
distribution about the middle of
May, according to Barney Clark,
editor.
Students who subscribed for the
book earlier will pay today only
the amount necessary to bring
their total payment to date up to
$2.50. Usually this will be $1.
F
Sees Trouble
Joe Renner, president of the As
sociated Students, says immediate
disaster ahead for the entire A. S.
U. O. organization in an eye-open
lug statement revealing the true
condition in which the student body
is placed by lack of student sup
port.
Oregon’s Canine
Cousins Get Cold
Faculty Reception
Bruno and his canine cousins
will no longer be allowed to frolic
among the buildings of higher edu
cation, it is evidenced by numer
ous notices placed on bulletin
boards and sent to living organiza
tions by a faculty committee de
signed to rid the campus of dogs.
Playful fox terriers, serious
minded police pooches, friendly
collies and shepherds, the ever-in
creasing strain of the behemoth
St. Bernard, and the common gar
den variety of dogs have been al
lowed to run at will on the campus
in the past, but because of the re
cent rabies scare, it has been
deemed advisable to attempt to
curtail canine activities on the
campus.
Even though Beta’s Bruno, who
is more or less of a mascot for the
whole campus, has had a brand
new spring haircut, he will evi
dently not be seen frisking as in
days past. From his waist down
ward, his blond wool has been
shortly clipped, resulting in a very
lion-like appearance of the beast
The anti-dog epistle reads in part
as follows: “It is expected that
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Soph Males to Replace Dogs
Of Campus With Bushy Faces
Now that the dogs have had
their days and are abolished from
the surface of the Oregon campus,
the sophomore males, are fast tak
ing on a fuzzy appearance, replac
ing the multitudes of canines.
Already, several wearers of the
moleskins have been seen with
seven or nine bristles protruding
from their facial epidermis.
"Join up with us sophs and
grow fuzz,” urged David Lowry
yesterday from beneath the dusky
covering on his countenance.
Lowry and Muriel Gabriel are co
chairmen for the ’annual “Sopho
more Whiskerino” which this year
is to use the “Days of ’49” as a
motif for decorations. April 12 is
the date. The chairmen have
asked that all sophomores pur
chase class membership cards when
registering today as they will ad
mit them free to the dance, as well
as permitting them to hold office
and to serve on committees. The
cards cost only 50 cents.
For the mere youths who are
yet unable to grow whiskers, a
prize is being offered for the light
est beard and for the more expe
rienced he-men, an award will be
made for the blackest hairy cov
ering of the region of tire face.
Those who follow closely the styles
decreed in popular men’s magazines
will have the opportunity to show
their stuff in designing the fan
ciest beards while the red heads
will strut various hues of flaming
fuzz for honors in that division.
The Ten Commanders will toot
for the affair which will be held in
Gerlinger hall, up behind the Pio
neer Mother statue.
The mill race? Oh, yes, the mill
race will figure quite prominently
in the enforcement of the back to
whiskers movement. You know,
it is spring now. But the cold
snow in the Cascades still provides
! the largest quantity of water to
■ run the Willamette river and the
race is reported by several who
I have been tossed in to be plenty
frigid, in spite of the violets and
the daffy dils that bloom so pro
fusely on the banks. So it is ad
vised for all sophomore men to re
vert to the gold rush days for big
ger and better facial fur.
Shall We Close Up Shop?
Editorial
Tilings look black for pood old A.K.O.H.C. (sliort for
issociated students of Oregon State college). Yea, decidedly
black. Out of nearly 12000 students registered after the first
five days of spring term, considerably less than one quarter
(about bOOl have parted with the $5 bill necessary for
membership in the above-named body.
And lest we forget : things are looking gray—dark gray
—here at the University, where students will grab red books
today to go thru the quarterly scramble for back-row seats;
and with no better example than that set by the Oregon
Staters, there can be little hope that the A.S.U.O. will fare
any bettvr than did its northern counterpart.
As a result:
THIS WILL BE THE LAST EMERALD; and curious
students may pick up the hot news from page 17 of the
Morning Oregonian.
THERE WILL HE NO BASEBALL TEAM; and Billy
Reinhart will find himself stuck with the greatest squad on
the coast minus even the fare necessary to get as far as
Springfield.
THERE W'ILL BE NO .JUNIOR WEEK-END; and the
finest tradition of the University will fall into discard after
a quarter of a centurv of existence.
THERE WILL BE NO TRACK TEAM; with a North
west title in the offing: and Colonel Bill Hayward may have
to lay away his 30-stripe sweater.
THERE WILL BE NO TENNIS OR GOLF TEAMS;
and Steve Smith and Tom Stoddard will find themselves with
time on their hands.
THERE WILL BE NO MORE ALL-CAMPUS DANCES
or similar functions; and the Seventh street formal will enjoy
a season of unusual prosperity.
And. lastly. THERE WILL BE NO STUDENT GOV
ERNMENT ; and all we little boys and girls will have the
straight and narrow way pointed out to us by the wiser
minds of our elders—the faculty.
No. there can be no hope that students in Eugene will
respond to an honest appeal to save their University any more
than Corvallis students responded to a similar appeal to save
the State college . . . no hop*', unless Oregon students wake
up; unless Oregon students sense in time the threat to the
very foundation oi their school; unless Oregon students
shake off the lackadaisical, don Y-give-a-damn attitude
characteristic of the fee-dodger and take it upon themselves,
individually, as they make their seperate ways through Mc
Arthurs court, to pay the S-) at the A.S.U.O. table and save
those activities which are (he life blood of the American
university. k
Campus Movies
Will Be Released
At ‘Classic’ Dance
# -
Slated for Saturday Night
In McArthur Court
A startling expose of campus
events and affairs is scheduled to
take place Saturday night, April 6,
in McArthur court when Sigma
Delta Chi, national professional
journalistic praternity, presents as
the feature of its spring dance
classic the “Dance of Time” news
reel, allegedly nefarious movie of
campus events and occurrences in
cluding the “Coed Caperers” in ac
tion, the Mikulak - Wappenstein
elopment, who’s who at the Senior
Ball, and a series of episodes, as
daring as they are revealing, en
titled “The Hystery of Delta Gam
ma”; “Pi Phi, the Friendliest House
on the campus”; “Actual Shots of
Joe Renner’s Attempt to Abscond
With the A.S.U.O.’s funds"; the
“Liljequist-Colvig-Simpson Trian
gle”; and “Brawny Lettermen Si
lently Enforce A.S.U.O. Tra
ditions!”
Claiming the distinction of being
the first all-campus informal dance
of spring term, the classic brngs
of spring term, the classic brings
Jimmy Dierickx’s orchestra from
Corvallis whose playing was a
highlight of last term’s Sophomore
Informal. Better projection facili
ties that have been installed in the
Igloo have insured an even distri
bution of the orchestra’s music
over the entire dancing area of the
Igloo.
As an added feature, beside the
“Dance of Time” and the vocal
numbers of the orchestra, mem
oers of the dance directorate have
secured Lillian Warn, sophomore
in arts and letters, to present a
tap-dance feature in costume. Mi.ss
Warn will be remembered for her
“doll-dance,” one of the novelty
numbers at last year’s Christmas
Revels.
Tickets for the Classic have been
set at a bargain top of $.99 per
couple and may be secured during
the week from the Co-op or from
ticket sellers which have been ap
pointed in each fraternity house
on the campus.
Patrons and patronesses for the
classic, will be announced this week
by George Root, dance chairman,
and Leslie Stanley, assistant chair
man and president of the fratern
ity.
This dance will replace the Jour
nalism Jam, formerly sponsored by
the fraternity during Homecoming
weekend.
Dean Eric Allen
Will Broadcast
The first talk over KOAC on
the educational training and ser
vices offered by the Oregon State
System of Higher Education, deal
ing with the school of journalism,
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Fate of Term’s Activity
Plan Hinges on Support
Of $5 Fee by Students
Head ASUO Drive
Jim Bluis (left) und Virgil Esteb, co-chulrmen of a committee of
seven students to put over the campaign to sell the A.S.U.O. to the
campus. Other members of the group are Mary McCracken, Earl
Thompson, Catherine Coleman, Jack McGirr and Bill Paddock.
Miss Brockman
To Play Sunday
To Finance Trip
Violinist Will Represent
Northwest in East
To raise funds to assist in send
ing her to Philadelphia where she
will represent the Northwest in
the “young artists” competition of
the Federated Music Clubs of
America, Frances Brockman, vio
linist, will be presented in concert
next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
in the music auditorium.
Miss Brockman recently won the
privilege to represent Oregon as
well as the entire Northwest in the
event, which will be held April 23.
The whole city of Eugene is coop
erating to help defray expenses for
the trip, foremost among the
groups assisting being the Mu Phi
Epsilon, patronesses group, the
Very Little theater, the Women's
Choral society, the local branch of
the American Association of Uni
versity Women, and the Eugene
Business and Professional Women’s
club.
Tickets for the concert have been
placed on sale at McMorran and
Washburne’s store.
O.S.C. Faces
Curtailment
Ot Activities
Students Fail to Support
Sale of A.S.O.S.C.
Tickets
‘Minute Men’ and Partial
Payments Used
A great financial crisis is fac
ing the spring activity program
at Oregon State College because
of the lack of support of students
who have neglected to purchase
$5 student body cards.
Activities will be curtailed dur
ing the present term unless many
more students support the spring
program of baseball, track, and
other activities. Spring term
started at Oregon State last Mon
day.
Peavy Talks
Oregon State students have or
ganized “minute men” committees
to promote the sale of the tickets
and a newly devised partial pay
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Campus fBig Shots’ Express
Ideas on ASUO Ticket Drive
Campus leaders and prominent
students are in support of the
A.S.U.O. membership drive, accord
ing to opinions expressed yester
day which show a definite stand
regarding the necessity of 100 per
cent support from the entire stu
dent body.
Bill Russell, chairman of the
membership drive last term, said:
"It is only through the A.S.U.O.
that the entire student body can
be united in one self government
and can voice student opinion and
sponsor well rounded extra-curricu
lar activities. It is the duty of ev
ery student to become a member
of this organization if we do not
want to see student government
taken out of our hands. You all
know what the A.S.U.O. has to offer
and if you are interested in this
organization and in the Univer
sity's present and future, you will
become a member.”
Malcolm Bauer, high potentate
of the royal order of the Purple
Dragon, otherwise prominent stu
dent leader, stated, “Join up! You
can’t tell what you’re missing ex
cept when you’re not missing it.”
And Bill Berg, basketball cap
tain, urged, "Let’s pull together
to get a well-rounded education.”
"I think that the A.S.U.O. brings
closer harmony between the dif
ferent schools on the campus; it
also develops executive ability by
putting students in charge of va
rious groups," June Yates, presi
dent of the Y.W.C.A. remarked.
Althea Peterson, star of Uni
versity players, contributed the
following opinion, “A major part
of any student's education is in
participation in student activities
The University would not be a
true institution of higher educa
tion without the extra-curricular
activities made possible by the
A.S.U.O."
‘‘Even in the past two years the
concert series and the speakers we
have had have improved and under
the planned return of compulsory
membership we could have even
finer speakers and be privileged
to have finer concert attractions,"
Marygolde Hardison, winner of the
Gerlinger cup, said.
Adele Sheehy, we hear she’s run
ning for something, stated, "I be
lieve that a college education con
sists not only of work in the class
room, but also of the wide field of
extra curricular activities. To
have such activities, they must be
financed."
“I am for the compulsory fee. It
has proven the only satisfactory
method of financing the broad field
of extra-curricular activities, with
out which the University of Oregon
could not exist as a recognized in
stitution of higher learning," was'
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Admission to All Athletic
Contests Heads List
Of Privileges
Esteb, Blais Lead
Committee of Five Named
To Assist in Drive
With the appointment yesterday
of Jim Blais and Virgil Esteb as
co-chairmen for the spring term
student membership drive b y
Joseph Renner, ASUO president,
the current campaign for student
fees to insure an activity program
this term got off with a flying
start.
Free admission to 10 varsity
baseball games, subscription to the
Emerald, reduced prices on Junior
Weekend events, free admission to
all track contests, participation in
extra-curricular activities, voting
privileges, and the right to work
on the Emerald and Oregana are
only a few of the privieges to be
extended to ASUO members.
Aides Named
Shortly after their appoint
ments, the co-chairmen named
Catherine Coleman, Mary Mc
Cracken, William Paddock, Earl
Thompson, and Jack McGirr as as
sistant committee workers and
Wayne Herbert as publicity mana
ger.
Blais issued the following state
ment yesterday afternoon, upon
being informed of his appoint
ment: “The spring term ASUO
program is potentially a great one..
It’s ultimate success depends to a
large degree upon financial as well
as moral support of its backers.
Program inrge
"The spring term program is
one with many possibilities. Our
athletic teams boast title contend
ers in al sports, b<it success is also
partially dependent upon active
support of the students.
“With ASUO policies resting in
the hands of only qualified voting
students, those desiring to take
active part in spring slections must
have cards.
“Every student will be personal
ly contacted through heads of the
various living organizations.’
Esteb Speaks
Concurrent with Blais’ an
nouncement, Esteb released the
following statement: “It is diffi
cult for a pair of student eyes to
mount t evond the height fo $5 and
see beyond the sum into the mani
fold benefits which accruj from it.
I can’t believe that this is an age
when all traditions, customs, and
institutions are being utterly de
molished. Oregon students still are
conscious of their loyalty to their
Alma Mater, of their desire to see
rather satisfactory campus insti
tutions continue their service, and
to ste the name of Oregon em
blazoned on the rolls of those uni
versities which have survived the
awful years.
“We are urging every student to
buy a student card who can pos
sibly afford it. Its intangible val
ues are far greater than a few
more shows or cokes. After all, the
real value of college life comes
from associations and relations
with other people and institutions.
If a student isn't going to partici
pate in student affairs, he might
almost as well get his degree by
correspondence courses. Certainly
no one can deny that the ASUO Is
the paramount social organization
on the Oregon campus.’’
Curtailment Imminent
Drastic curtailment and possible
cancellation of all spring term ac
tivities faces the associated stu
dents unless sufficient numbers
purchase the $5 activity cards.
Suspension of activities may pos
sibly result not only for this term
but for years to come, it is an
nounced by thoese in charge in
urging support for the extensive
plans for this term.
Concert artists, such as Roland
Hayes, Josef Hofmann, and Jascha
Heifetz who were brought to Eu
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