Shine On
Today is the juniors’ day to
shine. Stands will be constructed J
on the campus along Thirteenth i
Ave. The charge will be ten cents. |
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VOLUME XXXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1935
NUMBER 107
Resu me
of the
Day’s News
By the Associated Press \
MAY 1 -
Colonists Off for Alaska
SAN FRANCISCO This many
"hilled city, which looked down on
the frenzied gold rush of '49, saw
another human drama enacted to
day as 274 colonists from unpro
ductive lands in Minnesota board
ed the transport St. Mihiel to sail
lor a promised land of opportunity
in interior Alaska.
Eagerness for what might lay
, ahead was written on the faces of
young and old alike as this strange
army of soil tillers gathered at
the pier. Since their arrival Mon
day from St. Paul they had been
feted by the city and civic clubs.
Like true pioneers of old they
v/ere, this first group of colonists
to head northward in the govern
ment-sponsored project.
Nondescript luggage, piles of
bedding rolls, a boxed piano, home
fashioned chairs for the kiddies,
boxes of this and that cluttered
the pier. Each family stood guard
over its own possessions.
French A viators Killed
CHATEAUROUX, France —
A dead man dangling from an open
parachute floated down out of the
sk es here today after two army
planes engaged in maneuvers col
^ lided in mid-air.
One of the planes cut the other
in two; throwing Pilots Herve and
Unique and Observer Quenebaud
from the cockpits of the ships.
The observer was killed in the
fall to earth, but the pilots’ para
chutes opened. Herve landed safe
ly. Henigue was dead. Apparent
ly he was killed in the collision and
his parachute opened of itself.
Russia Parades Power
MOSCOW — Soviet Russia, pro
fessing peace, paraded her mili
tary might today in May flay ex
ercises.
Wave upon wave of gray clad
warriors passed before Joseph Sta
lin in Red square and nearly 700
military planes zoomed overhead'
in the most imposing display Rus
sia has ever given of her aerial
power.
“War danger has obliged us to
increase the strength of our fron
tiers,” Klement Voroshiloff, com
missar for defense, told the march
ing men. “The principal desire of
Soviet Russia is peace for the
whole world.”
The mammoth demonstration
went on for hours, with Red square
echoing to the roar of planes, the
tramp of feet and the rumble of
tanks over the stone paving.
Senate Orders Inquiry
WASHINGTON — A senate or
der for an inquiry into relief spend
ing capped a series of develop
ments today as President Roose
velt gathered the material to give
official life to his four billion dol
lar work organization.
Mr. Roosevelt issued an order
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Campus Calendar
The Interfraternity council will
meet today at 6 o'clock at the Phi
Sigma Kappa fraternity.
Phi Delta Theta annouunces the
pledging of Fred Simpson of Santa
Monica, California.
Delta Tau Delta announces the
pledging of Jason Bailey of Port
land.
Christian Science organization
will meet in the YWCA bungalow I
at 8 o’clock tonight.
AWS carnival directorate will1
meet today at 4:30 upstairs in the
College Side.
Student Christian council will
meet at Westminster house today
at 4 o'clock.
Phi Mu Alpha will hold a special
meeting at 4 o'clock Friday at the
music building. Very important.
Skull and Dagger will hold a
meeting at 7:45 tonight in 104
journalism. Both members and
pledges be present.
Business staff of the Emerald
will meet at 4:30 today in the bus
iness office.
Freshmen interested in working
on the traditional special edition
of the Emerald to be published
Saturday morning have been asked
to meet in 105 journalism this af
ternoon to make final plans for the
sheet.
Campus luncheon directorate
will hold an important meeting at
4 o'clock today at the College Side.
State Board
i
Aids Student
Union Hopes
Project Is Fifth on Lisl
Sent to Planning
Commission
Early Consideration May Bt
Given Building
By Malcolm Bauer
A student union has been includ
ed in the list of campus building
projects submitted to the state
planning- commission by the board
of higher education. Fifth on the
list of proposed new structures to
be partially financed by federal
funds, the student union project
shows promise of early consider
ation.
Following is a partial list of the
buildings and improvements sub
mitted in their order of suggested
priority:
Projects Listed
1. Completing new library.
2- Additions to heating plant.
3. Physical education plant
and men’s gym.
4. Humanities building.
5. Student union building.
G. Completion of Condon hall.
7. Auditorium with drama and
speech departments.
It was explained by J. O. Lind
strom, business manager of the
University, that this order of list
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Optional Fee Men
To Start Petition
' Count This Week
5,000 Signatures Expected
In Lane County
After another weekend referen
dum day the student relief com
mittee announced Wednesday that
unofficial counting of petition sig
natures will probably start this
week. With a total of over 10,000
signatures necessary, and a dead
line of June 9, names will soon be
gin to be checked by county clerks
so that a sufficient number will
have been checked within the three
months period allowed for referen
dum campaigns.
Several hundred more names
were secured Saturday as mem
bers of the committee sought sign
ers on Eugene’s busiest street cor
ners. Lane county is being counted
on for between 5,000 and 6,000
names, and responsibility for most
of them rests with the campus
committee.
Several Townsend and grange
speaking dates were filled last
week, including a successful raid
on Cottage Grove. Most of the
speaking arrangements will be set
tled within the next two weeks.
The relief committee is already
planning a victory banquet, confi
dent that the referendum will go
over the top without difficulty.
The first count on Lane county’s
response to the optional fee refer
endum drive will be know tonight
when the student relief committee
meets at the Y hut at 9 o’clock.
Howard Ohmart announced last
night that all filled campus peti
tions will be counted, checked and
classified according to precincts.
Students with filled petitions are
asked to bring them to the meeting
or to Howard Ohmart at the Y hut
personally for notarization by him.
Miss Hill to Give
Recital Monday
Margaret Ellen Hill, organist, is
to be presented in recital next Mon
day evening at 8 o'clock in the
school of music auditorium, by the
University school of music. No ad
mission charge will be made.
Her complete program was an
nounced yesterday as follows:
I
J. S. Back .
.Prelude and Fugue D-Major
II
Charles Widor Fifth Symphony
1. Allegro Vivace
2. Allegretto Cantabile
3. Toccata
III
Claude Debussy. Romance
Joseph Clokey ...
.Wind in the Pine Treee
IV
Joseph Bonnet .
.. Concert Variations in E-Minoi
Usherette
Alice Halt, University junior,
who plays the role of May Danish,
theatre usher, in “Small Miracle,”
Guild hall’s first spring offering
slated for presentation in the Uni
versity theatre, May 4 and G.
Campbell, Vail
Lead Juniors
In Shine Day
Class Members Receive
Free Ducats on Card
Presentation
Led by Jack Campbell and Ed
ward Vail, both well-known pro
fessional boot blacks, the junior
men at 9 today open again the
famous Junior Shine day.
Humor has it that behind closed
doors in men’s living organizations
the annual shoeshiners’ serenade is
being carried on as junior men
practice up on unlucky friends.
Tickets on Sale
Robert Thomas and James Blais,
co-chairmen, said late last night
in regard to the Shine day, “A
shine on the toe is worth two on
the heel.” Tickets for the event
are on sale at all living organiza
tions for 10 cents (one dime). In
dividuals are perfectly free to pur
chase more than one ducat. Junior'
class members get a free shine on
' their class Membership card.
Campus booths are located at
the College Side, Condon, and old
library. A schedule of junior shin
ers follows: 9-10, Alfred Whittle,
College Side' Thomas Holman,
Cosgrove LaBarre, Condon, Grant
Eade, old library; 10-11, William
Schloth, College Side; Tom C.
Blanchard, William Hall, Condon;
Stanford Smith, William Wright,
old library; 11-12, Pete Buck, Nor
man Hampton, College Side; How
ard Patterson, Robert Avison, Con
don; Harold Peterson, old library.
Between 1-2 Edmond Labbe,
Benjamin Chandler, College Side;
Millard Wilhelm, Gay Pinkstaff,
Condon; William Cunningham, old
library; 2-3 William Paddock,
Richard Proebstel, College Side;
W William Hutchinson, Condon;
and 3-4, Robert Thomas, Jack
Campbell, College Side.
Three University
People to Speak
Mis3 Ruth Hobson and Mr.
Howard Stafford, graduate stu
dents in geography, and Dr. War
ren D. Smith, head of the geog
raphy department, will speak at
the Willamette Valley Students
conference in Corvallis, Saturday.
“A Climate Map in Oregon” Is
the title of the paper which Miss
Hobson will read, while Mr. Staf
ford will read “Guano Lake in
South Central Oregon.” Dr. Smith
will give a talk on Crater lake,
which he will illustrate with hand
colored lantern slides, made es
pecially for him by the artist em
ployed in slide coloring by the
Carnegie Institute.
McCelhan Has US Job
Harry McCelhan, senior geog
raphy student, left yesterday to
work with the United States Geo
logical survey on topographical
mapping. The work, which will last
until fall, is the mapping of the
Cascades east of Cottage Grove.
Working on the same project is
Mr. Aubery Walker, a former Uni
versity student.
Pease Takes
Mrs. Pierce’s
Board Post
Martin ‘Court Martials’
Wife of Ex-Governor
After Hearing
Appointee Given Position
Formerly Held
SALEM, Ore., May 1. (UP) —
For being AWOL from 16 of the 23
meetings held by the state board of
higher education in the last two
years, Mrs. Cornelia Marvin Pierce
today was “court-martialed" off
the board by Covernor Martin af
ter a hearing.
E. C. Pease, The Dalles, a mem
ber of the original board appointed
by the late Governor I. L. Patter
son, was immediately named to
Mrs. Pierce’s place. Pease is a re
publican. He served from March 2,
1929, to April 8, 1933.
Attorney Appears
Leaning back in an easy chair
and puffing slowly on a cigar, the
governor conducted the hearing at
the same time that his “execution
order” for Mrs. Pierce was being
dictated and typed in an outer of
fice.
Only Herman E. Lafky, Salem
attorney, appeared in behalf of
Mrs. Pierce. He said friends of
Mrs. Pierce and citizens interested |
in the case, and not the board
member herself, asked him to ap
pear. Lafky did not name the
“friends and citizens.”
Cross-examination by Lafky of
Charles D. Byrne, secretary of the
education board and assistant to
Chancellor W. J. Kerr, brought a
declaration from Governor Martin
that he would remove all members
of state boards and commissions
who did not attend meetings.
viienuunee i\ecessary
“Regular attendance at meetings
and fairly continuous presence in
the state I hold to be necessary to
full performance of duty,” the gov
ernor declared.
Martin said Mrs. Pierce’s pres
ence in Washington, D. C., where
she is secretary to her husband,
Representative and ex-Governor
Walter M. Pierce, and her non-at
tendance at board meetings were
the only reasons that brought
about her removal.
Callister Near Edge
The governor declared he had
thought of removing F.E.Callister,
Albany, but had found his attend
ance record did not justify “moving
in on him.”
At Lafky’s request, Martin di
rected Secretary Byrne to compile
the records of attendance of all
present and past board members
from the start of ex-Govemor Jul
ius L. Meier's term to the present
date.
“The absence of other board
members has nothing to do with
Mrs. Pierce’s case,” Martin de
clared. “But it is going to be the
policy of this administration that if
persons appointed to state boards
and commissions do not attend
meetings they will be removed.”
Lafky indicated that from the
records which Byrne will give him
he might demand the ouster of
other board members.
“Let’s go to the bottom of this if
you want to run out any more
members on absenteeism,” the gov
ernor said to Lafky.
"If others have been absent I’ll
proceed against them."
The attorney asked that Martin
defer appointing a successor to
Mrs. Pierce, but the governor de
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Alpha Delta Pi ff ill
Broadcast at 4:45
la Initial Program
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Alpha Della 1*1 sorority will
broadcast over KORE at -1:45
ocloek today, in the initial pro
pram of the annual Emerald of
the Air radio contest, it was an
nounced last night by Woodrow
Truav, contest manager.
Winners from the Oregon
campus will compete with win
ners in a similar contest being
eonducted at Oregon State col
lege, at the McDonald theater
May 17, and at a Corvallis thea
ter Mav 1!>.
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Gleeman Sing
This Evening,
Friday at 8:00
Concerts Will Be Final
Ones for Season;
Bishop Sings
The final public appearance of
the Eugene Gleemen this season
will be tonight and tomorrow night
in the school of music auditorium
when the popular group will be
presented in an all-request pro
gram, starting at 8 o’clock. Ad
mission prices are set at 40 cents,
all seats being reserved.
As a special feature of the event,
the Junior Gleemen, recently or
ganized group of younger men in
terested in singing, will appear in
several numbers, joining with the
older group in singing the final
group. John Stark Evans directs
both groups.
Incidental solos will be sung by
George Eishop, tenor, who will
make his final appearance with the
Gleemen before leaving for Chi
cago to study.
The complete program was an
nounced by Mr. Evans yesterday
as follows:
GLEEMEN
Prayer of Thanksgiving .
. Old Dutch Air
Dank Sei Dir, Herr . Handel
Where’er You Walk . Handel
Hallelujah, Amen . Handel
O Filii et Filiae . Leisring
Finlandia . Sibelius
One Who Has Yearned Alone ....
. Tchaikowsky
Dark Eyes.Russian Folk Tune
Russian Carol (Six Parts) .
. Rimsky-Korsakoff
Calm as the Night . Bohm
On the Sea. Buck
Shores of Sighing.Chaffin
Liebestraum (Seven Parts) .. Liszt
JUNIOR GLEEMEN
Dedication . Franz
Her Rose . Coombs
Southern Moon . Strickland
Carry Me Back to Ol' Virginny....
. Bland
Why Don’t You Try? . Yon
ENSEMBLE
Sylvia . Speak3
Let Me Born Again . Young
Concert Planned
By Mu Phi Epsilon
Mu Phi Epsilon, women's under
class music honorary, are sponsors
for a free concert to be given next
Tuesday evening at 8:15 o’clock in
the music building auditorium.
Madelle Beidler, general chair
man, announced the following com
mittee appointments yesterday af
ternoon: Maxine Hill, program;
Marjorie Scobert, True Morris,
Jeanette Turner, IOdwina Anderson,
and Margaret Rugh, publicity.
The general public has been ex
tended an invitation to attend.
Queen Mary's Hobbies Many
Include Cooking, Golf \ Roses
The Queen of Hearts has nothing
on our fair Queen Mary. Selected
from ten competing junior women
for the honor of ruling the campus
May 10, 11, and 12, Mary Morse re
vealed today with a flash of her
white teeth, that she is quite do
mestic and "loves to cook.”
Browned on California beaches,
Mary’s dazzling blondeness is cap
tured in two sparkling blue eyes.
Tall and stately, with a poise
which comes with "royal" birth,
Miss Morse is at once the queen
and the girl. Majoring in arts and
letters, she transferred from Pasa
dena Junior college the winter term
of 1934.
For recreation, her regalness calls
for long walks into the country, a
good game of golf, and some rare
and exciting books. But her real
hobby is riding and horses. . . and
t’is feared sometimes she spoils her
animal, down in the sunny south,
with sugar lumps and such.
A deep dyed passion for dark
red roses makes the young Theta
a true resident of the Rose Bowl
district, but Oregon has claimed
her for its own and she will wear
the golden crown at the Junior
Weekend festivities.
Faculty Asks
Abolishment
Of 'Quarters’
Change Recommended
To Edueation Board
For Approval
ROTC Question Remains
As Formerly Voted
A recommendation that the Uni
versity school year be composed of
two "semesters” instead of the
three "term" system now in use
received an overwhelming affirma
tive vote at the faculty meeting
held yesterday.
The recommendation will go to
the board of higher education
which has final jurisdiction over
such matters. The new setup
would substitute two definite
school periods, the first ending in
late January or February, for the
present system.
H. C. Howe, professor of English
made the motion to abolish the
three terms which have been used
here since 1917.
Movement for Vote Defeated
A motion to take a new vote on
the question of optional military
was defeated. At the meeting held
last month a motion directed
against the compulsory feature of
military training was defeated by
a vote of 43 to 42, when President
C. V. Boyer cast the deciding vote.
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Air of Suspense
Surrounds Stage
Of Guild Theater
‘Small Miracle’ Creates
New Atmosphere
Guild hall’s ordinarily very aca
demic looking stage has this week
been transformed into a rich red
and comfortable interior of a
theatre lounge where this weekend,
in an atmosphere of exciting sus
pense, a “small miracle" will come
to pass.
The "lounge,” forming a setting
for the comedy, intrigue and ex
citement contained in the three
act melodrama, “Small Miracle,”
has been designed by Horace W.
Robinson, dramatic instructor,
under whose direction this recent
sensational New York stage suc
cess is being presented here as the
amateur premier of a new play
which has won the unqualified ap
proval of critics.
Within its heavily carpeted in
terior, this lounge room of the
"Forty-third Street theatre" of
fering usually a quiet, restful place
in which to smoke between acts
of the theater’s musical comedy,
suddenly becomes, through a queer
sequence of events, a setting for
wild schemes, desperate actions,
and an intertwining of the lives of
ten of the theater patrons which
only a thrilling climax can
straighten out.
"Small Miracle" is to be pre
sented two nights only, Saturday
evening, May 4 and Monday eve
ning, May 6. Tickets may be pur
chased from members of the tech
nique of acting class or from the
box-office of the University theat
er in Johnson hall where reserva
tions are now being made.
Service Carriers
Installed by SERA
With SERA funds, the Univer
sity is installing approximately
2.000 feet of reinforced concrete
tunnel to carry heat, water, gas,
electric and telephone service to
the campus buildings.
The tunnels, which are seven
feet high, will be lighted and made
possible to work in and to enter
at various points on the campus.
Universities throughout the coup
try are using this tunnel system
and find it increases general effi
ciency of service and reduces re
pair expense?.
When the work is completed, as
expected, in'July, it is estimated
to be worth $40,000. One hundred
twenty relief men have been work
ng since January on the construc
tion under John L. Griffith, con
etruction engineer. Will V. Norris,
professor of the physics depart
ment is technical advisor for the
project.
Construction Begins
For 'Spring Melody’
Of Junior Weekend
Saturday Deadline
Set for Paying Fees,
Non-Resident Tuition
Saturday noon, May 4 Is the
deadline for the paying- of sec
ond installment fees, and for the
paying- of non-resident fees.
Starting Monday, May ti, there
will he u penalty of 25e incurring
for each additional day that the
fees aren’t paid. Fees should he
paid at window number four on
the second floor of Johnson hall.
Officials’ Sins
Bring Returns
For Violations
Friday Set for Traditions
Offenders to Appear
At Old Libe
Traditions court officials will
find their sins visited upon them
Friday at 12:40 when four promi
nent "vigilantes’’ will feel the sting
of the paddle. All four are accused j
of the heinous crime of walking on
the grass—while in the pursuit of
duty.
At the same time Howard Oh
mart will be given the second and
final opportunity to take his pad
dling—or receive the dire conse
quences. The complete list of those
who are to suffer for violations of
traditions is:
William Berg
John Holloway
John Stolp
Hack Anderson
William Kilpatrick
Arthur Barnett
Robert Miller
Carson Shoeniakc
Ray Koch
unman, wno was originally
scheduled to appear for smoking
on the campus, is getting his last
chance, Stolp, Anderson, Kilpat
rick, and Barnett were reported for
smoking also, while John Holloway
was caught indiscreetly wearing
the traditional upper class cords.
Berg, Miller, Shoemake, and
Koch who have faithfully per
formed their duties of reprimand
ing others will be punished for run
ning on the grass.
All Order of the O men are
asked to be present, Berg stated,
in divulging the time of execution
for himself and his fellow violators.
Gieseke Elected
To Head Yeomen;
Stales Program
Entire Ticket Takes Office
Following Close Race
Frederick L. Gieseke, junior in
business administration, was elec
ted president of the Oregon Yeo
men, unaffiliated men’s organiza
tion, by a close vote of 24 to 19
over Donald Farr last night at the
Y hut.
Gieseke's entire ticket was
elected. Brittain Ash was selected
as vice-president over Ernest Sav
age by a vote of 24 to 19. Charles
Paddock won the secretarial posi
tion by a 31 to 12 majority over
Ray Kropp. Alvin Overgard was
elected unanimously as next year’s
treasurer.
The proposed program of the
victorious ticket includes a repre
sentative on the executive council
of each class, appointment of a
faculty advisor, athletic managers
for every sport, and membership
pins.
Virgil Esteb, outgoing president,
in turning his office over to the
new president, urged that the Yeo
men continue to become a more
powerful social organ for the in
dependent men rather than empha
size athletics and politics.
Art Lamka returned to the cam
pus late Sunday evening after
spending the past weekend with
his parents at their home in Salem.
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Chairmen of Committees
Announce Plans for
Features
Luncheon Is Free
Program on Mother’s Day
Atltls Attractions
With the selection of lovely
Queen Mary X to rule the Junior
weekend, plans are well under way
l'or this year’s Junior weekend of
festivities, stated John Clabaugh,
general chairman, today. The con
struction of the “song floats” for
the "Melody in Spring” theme,
featuring modern popular songs,
will begin this week, under the di
rection of Bill Schloth, chairman
of the Canoe fete, and Miss Con
stance Kletzer, who originated the
theme for the fete.
The Junior Prom will also be in
line with the spring idea, and Cos
grove LaBarre, chairman, promis
es the campus, and the visiting
mothers, the most "gorgeous”
Prom the University has seen for
some time.
Sunday Activities Planned
Mother's day activities have been
enlarged for this year, and several
new entertainments have been add
ed for their pleasure, states Miss
Ann-Reed Burns, Mother’s day
chairman. Students are urged to
issue personal invitations to their
parents to attend the gay weekend,
and watch the campus in its mer
riest mood.
The campus luncheon, under the
direction of Miss Adele Sheehy,
will be given again this year, and
the menu planned, while it is not
to be revealed for "publication,"
promises to be tempting and very,
very good! The luncheon is free
to all students and the visiting
parents!
Canoe Race Eliminated
The water carnival will feature
swimming races, and although thfe
canoe races will not take place
this year, various water stunts are
to be introduced which will offer
plenty of chills, thrills, and amuse
ment to the spectators. William
Jones is in charge of this event,
while Stanford Smith heads the
Campus Day committee.
The Junior weekend, this year,
is receiving wider advertising, and
publicity, than ever before, accord
ing to Ed Priaulx, advertising
chairman, and Henriette Horak,
publicity director. Posters and
photographic layouts have been
distributed in Portland, Eugene,
and various other leading cities of
Oregon, and stories of Oregon’s
unique canoe fete have gone out
all over the United States. Yes,
even to Bing Crosby, that maestro
of popular songs!
The following is the complete
program for the Weekend, and
students are urged to clip it for
convenience.
; Friday, May 10
12:00 CAMPUS LUNCHEON.
(crowning of the queen,
pledging of Mortar Board,
and Friars during the
lunch.)
1:30 TENNIS COURT DANCE.
1:30 Registration of Mothers at
Johnson hull.
2:30 Baseball game.
3:00 to 5:00 Tea for visiting
mothers in Gerlinger hall.
8:00 to 9:30 Reception, Gerlinger
hall; students and mothers.
9:00 Junior Prom (special section
for mothers.)
Saturday, May 11
8:30 Painting of the Oregon O.
8:30 Mothers executive commit
tee breakfast, John Straub
hall.
9:30 Frosh-soph tug of war.
10:15 Water carnival.
12:00 Lunch with son or daugh
ter.
1:00 Tennis, Ore. vs. OSC.
1:30 Mass meeting of mothers,
Johnson hall.
2:30 Baseball game.
5:30 Mother’s day banquet (John
Straub hall).
8:30 Canoe fete.
Sunday, May 12
8:30 Mother’s executive commit
tee breakfast, John Straub
hall.
11:00 Special services, at all Eu
gene churches.
1:00 Mother’s day dinner at all
living organizations.