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Boyer to Talk The final freshman assembly of the year will be presented tonight : at 7:30 iii the music auditorium, with President C. V. Boyer as ! speaker. ' VOLUMNE XXXVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1935 NUMBER 95 Resume of the Day’s News By the Associated Press — ~ ~ APRIL. 15 ■ Britain Balances Budget LONDON — Neville Chamber lain, chancellor of the exchequer, pulled his fourth balanced budget out of the counting house today, offering new relief to millions of small taxpayers despite increased military expenditures for 1935-36 of 10.500.000 pounds—about $52, 300,000. The smiling chancellor proposed to the house of commons that the income tax be reduced in the lower brackets and announced the res toration or the final portion of pay cuts made in 1931. Even so he presented an estimated surplus for the year of 500,000 pounds—about $2,425,000. Roerich Pact Signed WASHINGTON — North and South America joined at the White House today in signing the Roer ich pact, designed to preserve the culture of the new world through joint protection in times of war of artistic and scientific institutions and historic monuments. Choosing Pan-American day— anniversary of the birth of Boli var, the Liberator—for promulgat ing the treaty, President Roosevelt said the pact possessed a “spirit ual significance” far deeper than the text of the instrument itself. Lumbermen Ready to Act PORTLAND— Timber and saw mill workers of the Pacific North west are organized and ready to seek higher wages and shorter hours, Ben T. Osborne, secretary of the Oregon Federation of La bor, declared today. Osborne projected himself into the threatened lumber industry slrike for the first time by declar ing the union workers were “ready tc move at anytime, either in the direction of negotiation or strike.” He asserted there were “unpre cedented demands from men in the woods” to enroll in the union. On the other hand, high officers of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen announced that a two-week survey just completed in Oregon, Washington and Idaho showed that “90 per cent of the workers don’t want to strike.” Insult Fucps Last Trial CHICAGO — Federal govern ment chose today to make one last effort to punish Samuel Insull and his colleagues for an alleged crim inal transfer of the assets of Cor poration Securities company with foreknowledge of its collapse. Acquitted of charges of embez zlement and mail fraud cnospiracy, Insull and eight others, including his son Samuel, Jr., must face trial for the alleged removal of $2,558, 120 from the company treasury before they will stand clear. The state, believing conviction impossible, had dropped its last indictment and it had been thought the federal department of justice would abandon its prosecu tion, too, for the bankruptcy in dictment had been generally re garded as the weaker charge. But Attorney General Cummings at Washington concurred in the rec ommendation of District Attorney Dwight H. Green that he proceed with trial. The elderly chief defendant, told of the final hazard ahead, declined to comment. Campus Calendar Gamma Alpha Chi will meet to day at 4 o’clock upstairs in the College Side. Riding academy classes will not meet until further notice. Riding clubs will be held as usual. Kwama will meet at Pi Beta Phi house tonight at 7:15. Theta Sigma Phi meets at the Anchorage at noon today. Impor tant that all members attend. Matrix plans to be completed; all committee heads bring reports! House representatives in charge of booths for the A.W.S. carnival will meet at 4 o’clock this after noon in the College Side. Wesley club council ■null hold its last meeting tonight at 613 East Thirteenth. All council members are requested to be present. Yeomen softball players should get , in touch immediately with George Teltoft at the Y hut, or be at the Y hut at 4:55 today. Golf players are requested likewise. Skull and Dagger will meet to day at the Phi Delt house. East Will Hear Local Violinist In Competition Frances Brockman Goes To Philadelphia Contest Today Musician Will Give Concert In Washington Enroute By Fulton II. Travis Frances Brockman, University violinist who competed a fev, weeks ago to take the entire Pa cific Northwest by her sensational playing, will leave today to com pete in the national contest under sponsorship of the Women's Fed erated Clubs of America, April 24 in Philadelphia. Miss Brockman is going via Washington, D. C., where she will play at the home of Senator Char les A. McNary before a group oi his friends. Memorizes 15 Numbers In addition to carrying in her mind the intricate numbers which she will play there, she has mem orized all 15 of the contest selec tions to be used in Philadelphia, Up almost to the moment she steps onto the platform, she will not know which one of the num bers she is to play as the judges may demand any of the 15 from her. Aurora Potter Underwood, her accompanist, and Mrs. M. Donald Spencer will leave with her. Mrs. Spencer is manager of the Port land symphony orchestra. Success Foretold Miss Brockman and much to the people who seem to be marked for success—not because she gets the (Please turn to page two) Noted Radiologist Will Talk Tuesday Dr. A. F. Barnett, listed by the American Medical association as the only radiologist in the state of Oregon, outside the city of Port land, will address an open meeting Tuesday night at 7:30 in 105 Deady hall. Although radiology covers both the fields of x-ray and radium, Dr. Barnett will limit his talk to the y-ray. The first half of the speech and demonstration will include an historical sketch of the pioneer work with the x-ray, its develop ment, its dangers, and the men and work involved. Modern diag noses and treatment illustrated with x-ray pictures will make up the concluding part of the doc tor’s address. The lecture-demonstration will be the first attempted by the new ly organized society of pre-medi cal students. During the past two terms of the present year similar lectures conducted under the aus pices of the Asklepiads, pre-medic honorary, have attracted much at tention on the campus. Pan-American Day Held by Honorary Pan-American day will be cele brated by Sigma Delta Pi, national Spanish honorary, tonight from 7:30 to 8:30 in room 5, Oregon hall. All the republics of South America celebrated this day or April 14 in an effort to promote friendship and peace among these nations. The room in which to night's celebration will take place has been decorated with the chap ter’s 21 flags of the American re publics in honor of the week. The meeting will be open to the public and will be followed by a short business meeting to elect new members. Frosh Welfare Group Will Meet at 4 Today An important meeting of the freshman welfare committee, ir which the organization and plan? for the term’s projects are to be decided, will be held at 4 o’clock this afternoon in the YWCA bung alow. Bernice McDonald, chairman o: the group, has a number of ac tivities for the welfare committee to carry out this term. She urge: all members to be present at the meeting tomorrow as well as an; other freshman girls who are in i terested in welfare work. Leaving fur National Contest Frances Brockman, University violinist, Pacific Northwest winner, who leaves today for Philadelphia, where she will compete for national honors April 24. AWS Carnival Heads Named; Plan Booths | Annual Affair Is Slated In McArthur Court April 27 Plans for an AWS carnival filled with “different” ideas are well un der way, according to Reva Herns, carnival chairman. Names of booths and attractions have been submitted by all organizations. The carnival is an annual af fair, to be held this year on Sat urday, April 27 in McArthur court. Students, faculty and townspeople are welcome. Jitney dancing, as well as games of fortune and skill io on the program. Assistants Named Marjory Will is assistant chair man of the affair. Other members of the directorate are: Portia Booth, promotion; Vir ginia Endicott, raffles; Genevieve McNiece, corresponding secretary; Mildred Blackburne, recording sec retary; Rose Gore, clean up; Imo gene Wylie, food booth; Ebba Wicks, tickets; Dorothy Hagge, basket social; Jane Brewster, dancing; Ann-Reed Burns, finance; Miriam Eichner, publicity. Plan Basket Social Booth attractions include base ball, beano, chuck-a-luck, shooting gallery, black jack, roulette wheel, bar of fortune, guinea pig race, a pig slide, and an egg throwing booth. The basket social is an innova tion this year. Miss Hagge will announce details of this event at a later date. It is to be one of the important features of the evening. Legal Fraternity Pledges 9 Students Nine outstanding law school men, seven of them first year stu dents, were announced yesterday as pledges of Phi Delta Phi, na tional' legal honorary fraternity. Initiation of the new affiliates will take place within the next few weeks, according to Robert Marks, president of the fraternity. Chosen for the honor were Cor win Calavan, Portland, third year student; Edwin Schlesser, Port land, second year student; Gordon Campbell, Oa,pmel, California; Thomas Tongue, Hillsboro; Mal : | colm Bauer, Pendleton; Antone • Yturri, Jordan Valley; Robert Mil ■ I ler, Knappton, Washington; Orval ■ Thompson, Shedd; and William • j Dougherty, Medford, all first year [ students. Campus YW Officers To Be Chosen Today Installation Banquet Set For Thursday Evening At YW Bungalow YWCA members will cast the!r ballots today for officers for the coming year, with Elaine Sorenson and Mary Nelson unopposed for the offices of president and vice president. Phyllis Adams and Pat sy Neal will oppose each other for the office of secretary, with Elaine Cornish and Margilee Morse nom inated for treasurer. Rosalind Grey, retiring presi dent, urges that all members of the YW cast their votes, since the race for the last two offices is expected to be close. Voting will be at the YW bungalow between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. “Today will be the last oppor tunity to sign up for spring term activities,” Miss Grey also an nounces. “A check list will be pro vided at the polls, and especially since several new fields have been added, it is expected that there will be projects to interest every girl.” The installation banquet, for which Jean Lewis is general chair man, is planned for Thursday eve ning. Ticket sales are being hand led through living groups and un affiliated women may notify Betty Hughes, at the YW bungalow, ;f they expect to attend. Awards Due For Turnout At Frosli (dee Jiimnv PieriekN's Rami Will Furnish Mush For Affair Somethin" New Promised In Decorations Tickets for tlie class of ’3S’s Fresh Glee which will be held next Saturday night at McArthur court, were placed on sale at all the fra ternities yesterday. A new and un usual feature will be held at the dance in which prizes will be awarded to the sorority and fra ternity with the greatest percent age representation at the dance. Jimmy Dierickx's orchestra of Corvallis will provide the music for the Frosh Glee. It will be semi formal, it has been announced. The decoration committee, headed by Noel Benson, has promised some thing refreshingly new in the line of adornment for the hall. Committees Named Freshmen in charge of the var ious committees for the Frosh Glee have been appointed as fol lows: Co-chairmen, F. Lyle Baker and Louis Hillis; in charge of design ing, Clyde Keller; in charge of decorations, Noel Benson: and clean-up, Richard Hill. William Jones has been appointed publicity chairman, with Marjorie Stith acting as assistant. Those on the publicity committee are Edward Hanson, Regan McCoy, and Signe Rasmussen. Carter Sells Ducats Albert Carter at the Kappa Sig ma house has charge of the sale of tickets. They are selling for $1 a couple. Any freshmen with class membership cards will be admitted free. Money will be refunded at the door on tickets purchased for the full price if one of the couple is a freshman class member. Interviews Begun For Publications The publications committee of the associate students yesterday began a series of personal inter views with applicants for the edi tor and business manager’s posi tions on the Emerald and the Ore gana for 1935-36. The names of the applicants have not been dis closed. Each applicant wiles a sealed petition with the publications com mittee, which recommends one person for each position. These recommendations are given to the executive council where final pow er rests. Members of the publications committee are Joseph Renner, William Berg, Barney Clark, Wil liam Phipps, Prof. George Turn bull, Prof. Orlando J. Hollis, Rob ert K. Allen, and Hugh Rosson (non-voting). Palmer Talks at Meet Dr. Clay Palmer, minister of the Congregational church, spoke at the house mother’s meeting yester day afternoon in Johnson hall. Dr. C. V. Boyer, president of the Uni versity, will speak at the next meeting. Architecture Students Visit California Gardens9 Estates Beautiful California gardens, estates and parks were visited by the 30 professional students of landscape architecture from the University and Oregon State col lege, who went to San Francisco recently. The group was in charge of F. A. Cuthbert, associate pro fessor of landscape architecture on this campus, and H. R. Sinnard, professor of landscape architec ture at Oregon State. The group spent two days studying the gardens south of San Francisco, in Burlingame, San Mateo, and Palo Alto. The Stan ford campus at Palo Alto was vis ited also. According to Cuthbert, the gardens south of San Francis co are the most pretentious and j beautiful to be found in the Bay region. There is a wide variety of both the formal and informal types. “The formal gardens,” said Cuthbert, “are like pieces of old Italy.” Golden Gate and Fleiaschakher parks in San Francisco were visit ed. The San Francisco lily gar dens were also ^een. They are the work of Tommy Church, landscape architect, whose office was visited by the students. The gardens at Berkeley and Piedmont are on a smaller scale, but are just as beautiful as the larger ones, said Cuthbert. John W. Gregg, professor of landscape | design at the University of Cali ! fornia and U.C.L.A., guided the students in their study of the Cal I ifornia campus. July I, Is Dale Set For Construct ion Of New Library Architects ami Engineers Confer During Week First work on the University of Oregon's new $350,000 library will begin in July 1, it was concluded here this weekend after engineers of the inspection division of PWA for Oregon and Washington con ferred at the Eugene hotel, dealing with various PWA projects in the state. Architects have been working with the University library offic ials on plans for the building for some time. The final drawings for the building will be completed soon, officials have stated. R. H. Corey, engineer-inspector for all Oregon and Washington PWA projects, attended the con ference and announced that all plans which are necessary to begin construction will be finished by the first of July. At that time, he said, he will direct an inspector to come here and give them a final check, to be sure that they comply with PWA regulations. Boyer Speaks On Education 7:30 Tonight Talk Concludes Year’s Orientation Series For Freshmen The last of the freshman assem blies for this year, will be given tonight in the music auditorium at 7:30, with Dr. C. V. Boyer, presi dent of the University, as speaker. He will speak on "The Meaning of a Liberal Education.” Dr. Boyer, who was formerly head of the English department at the University, received his mas ter's degree from Princeton and later attended Oxford. Before coming to Oregon, he practiced law in Pittsburgh. He has written essays and reviews for magazines and is the author of the book, "The Villain as Hero in Elizabethan Tragedy." This will be the last of the se ries of lectures which were offered to freshmen in order to familiar ize them with the ideals of the University in respect to culture, scholarship, and personal develop ment. Due to the rush and excite ment of Freshman week, these lec tures were omitted this year from that week and have been offered throughout the school year. The asemblies have been given with the idea of helping the fresh men to grasp the idea of a uni versity and to understand how the courses which they are taking are related to each other and to life. The lectures previously have been given on Monday nights, but due to conflicts, this last one is tc be tonight. Kelirli Receives Punjab Request That the work of the University of Oregon bureau of municipal re search and the League of Oregon Cities is attracting widespread at tention is shown by a letter re ceived recently by Herman Kehrli, director of the bureau and secre tary of the league. The letter is from Haradatta Rhermo, of Lahore, India, honor ary secretary of the Local Self rrovernment conference of Punjab. In a request for literature and in formation on the Oregon system of group organization, Mr. Shermo tells of other work being done in India along such lines in attempt tc place that country on the same progressive lines as the United States. He also gives a brief de scription of Indian problems. St. Mary’s High School Hears Jewell Lecture Dean J. R. Jewell, of the school of education, spoke last week be | fore the student body of St. Mary’s high school in Eugene on vocation al guidance. Catholic vocational guidance week was celebrated by all Cath olic institutions throughout the United States April 9 to 13. Juniors Seek Fair Oceu pant of Throne For Gay Festivities J Student Teachers Must File Requests For Practice Work Prof. Nelson S. Bossing of the education school announced yes terday that all students who ex pect to complete their work for a secondary school certificate next year and have not had su pervised teaching, are requseted to file their applications for stu dent teaching with the school of education at once. Forms for application may be secured at the office of the secretary of the school of education. “All students concerned are urged to file their applications at once because assurance of an opportunity to meet, the state requirements for a teaching cer tificate can only be given quali fied students if these applica tions are on file before the close of the spring quarter," Prof. Bossing stated. Ten Page Spring Opening Emerald Coming Thursday Now Stylos to Be Featured For Women Readers of the Emerald will be greeted Thursday morning with a ten page spring opening edition featuring spring fashions for col lege men and women, Grant Thuemmel, business manager, an nounced today. Besides the regular news section of the Emerald there will be a special section embodying the new spring styles, the women’s page, and the society section. The special section will be put out. entirely by the business staff. Eldon Habberman and Ed Priaulx will be in charge of the layout. Dorris Holmes will manage the women’s page with the assistance of Virginia Wellington. Katherine Larson and Ed Priaulx will have charge of the art work. The men’s fashion page will be under the supervision of Grant Thuemmel. Business Survey Gets High Praise The University of Oregon chap ter of Alpha Kappa Psi has won distinctive national recognition for its survey on “Store Moderniza tion” in Eugene. In a letter to Dr. N. R. Cornish, the chapter’s ad viser, Dr. W. L. White, chief of the marketing research division of the U. S. Department of Com merce, praised the work of the chapter as follows: “You may be interested in know ing that I consider this about the finest job turned in to date. We now have the returns in from 18 universities.” The University Alpha Kappa Psi boys, together with Professor Cornish’s class in problems in dis tribution, covered about 300 retail establishments in the Eugene sur vey. From the survey over 800 needed improvements were noted. Gamma Alpha Chi Ducats Sell Today t - Tickets for the annual Gamma Alpha Chi spring formal, the first women’s choice dance of the sea son, will go on sale tomorrow. There will be a limited number of tickets distributed to the Thes pians in each of the girls’ houses and halls. The dance is to be held Saturday, April 26. Peggy Chessman, chairman of the dance, has already received a large demand for tickets. The cost i: only 99 cents a couple. Featur ing Jimmy Emmett’s orchestra and conducting a spring fashion show with 12 attractive coeds act ing as models the Gamma Alpha Chi dance gives promise of being one of the most entertaining for mals of the year. Members of ASUO Will Choose Candidates On Thursday Ten Highest to Vie May TO, 11, 12 to Be Date Of Annual Weekend The University of Oregon jun ior class will temporarily revert to a limited monarchy, during its annual week-end of festivities, May, 10, 11, and 12, and is an nouncing its search for a queen to occupy the throne during that period. Somewhere on the campus lives a fair coed who will wear the, crown offered by the junior class, and be “her majesty” at all the events of Junior Weekend. Box at College Side The entire campus will have a voice in selecting the young mon arch this week. Thursday, in the Emerald, will be a ballot, upon which all members of the ASUO may write their choice for the fem inine monarch. The ballots must be deposited in the ballot box at the College Side, between the vot ing hours of 9 to 5. The ten girls receiving the high est number of votes will be select ed for the finals which will be held Tuesday, April 23. From among these ten coeds will be chosen the queen and her four attendants. Crowning on May JO The queen will be crowned Fri day, May 10, preceding the cam pus luncheon, and she and her at tendants will be the guests of hon or, and the royal court at all the Junior Weekend events. The junior class is making ne gotiations with newsreel compan ies for possibilities of filming the various Weekend festivities, and should such negotiations be com pleted, her royal majesty and her court will be screened. Peggy Chessman is in charge of Queen’s Reign, and assisting her, are Alfred Whittle, Marian Allen, Eldon Haberman, Virginia Younie, and the Yeomen, who are to build the float for the queen and her at tendants. Students Figure In Russian Play Featuring’ a number of Univer sity students and well-known res idents of Eugene the Very Little Theater gave its first presentation of “The Cherry Orchard” before a large and enthusiastic audience at its studio on Thirteenth avenue east last night. The play, which deals with a Russian family living on the edges of the orchard and the forced sale of the latter, will run all week. Clever lines and outstanding char acterizations by the cast make “The Cherry Orchard” one of the leading plays that has been pre sented in Eugene this year. Members of the cast are: Daisy Swanton Hamlin, Edith Pearson, Gayle Euchanan, Jack Matthews, Henry Korn, Don Ralston, Robert D. Horn, Mildred LeCompte Moore, C.uy Wernhame, Maxine Goodwin, Dick Koken, Bud Winstead, and Alice Ernst. Boushey Wins Phi Delta Kappa Vote Earl E. Boushey was elected president of the University of Oregon chapter of Phi Delta Kap pa, national education honorary, Friday afternoon at an initiation meeting at the University high school. Assisting officers for the coming year are Gaile Good, vice-presi dent; Joseph A. Holaday, secre tary; and V. E. Kerley, treasurer. Initiation service was held for William J. Bruce, Virgil Esteb, Aubrey L. Fletcher, Robert L. Heddlngton, Paul O. Hughes, Spencer Reeves, and Oscar A. White. Following initiation a ban quet was held at the Eugene hotel, with Dr. Francis F. Powers, dis trict representative of the fratern ity, as speaker.