The Weather
Fair, warmer, and pleasant are
the predictions of weather man for
Oregon's Junior Weekend.
VOLUME XXXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1935
NUMBER 111
Resume
of the
Day’s News
By the Associated Press ,
__ MAY 7 —
Italian Troops Raised
ROME— Italy called more thou
sands of troops today to bear arms
in East Africa as the chamber of
deputies roared approval of the co
lonial undersecretary’s statement
that the Ethiopian situation "is a
problem of vast importance, em
bracing the whole European civi
lization mission."
Orders for the mobilization ol
new divisions of fighting men, as
revealed in an official communique,
are expected to provide “a power
ful instrument of war."
The best informed quarters said
Italy’s forces already in the colo
nies, beset by troublesome inci
dents with the Ethiopian govern
ment, now total approximately
100,000 men and that eventually
this number will be doubled.
Patman Measure Wins
WASHINGTON — In direct de
fiance of expressed white house
wishes, senate backers of the Pat
man bill today smashed swiftly and
successfully through three roll
call votes to complete congression
al action on the proposal to pay
the bonus with $2,201,934,000 in
new currency.
The final vote for the inflation
ary measure was 55 to 33. Despite
the last minute threat of a motion
to reconsider, leaders predicted the
bill would move toward the White
House tomorrow.
The ballot, which sent through
unaltered the house-approved bill,
thus fell several votes short of the
two-thirds necessary to override a
presidential veto. Leaders who had
threatened that the bill would
bounce back from the White House,
promptly predicted a veto would
be sustained. But advocates is
sued contradictory predictions.
Security Bill Pressed
WASHINGTON — Out of initial
administration fears that the lat
est supreme court decision had en
dangered vital new deal proposals
today emerged a fresh determina
tion by Roosevelt followers to press
the social security program toward
the statute books.
Second thoughts obviously eased
many minds of apprehension lest
the high court’s invalidation of
the railway pension act threatened
the president's security bill—and
possibly NRA also—with a label
of unconstitutionally.
Some disagreed, but prevailing
opinion from the White House to
the capitol apparently crystallized
in holding that the security bill
would not be affected because it
is based primarily on constitution
al grounds other than those which
condemned the railway retirement
act.
Roosevelt Is Opposed
WASHINGTON — Definite sen
ate opposition appeared today in
President Roosevelt's proposal to
abolish all except “necessary” pub
lic utility holding companies, with
the prospect growing that the
chamber would enact legislation
calling for regulation, without abo
lition.
An unofficial poll of the senate
interstate commerce committee,
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Campus Calendar
Heads of houses meeting today
at 4:00 at the Kappa Kappa Gam
ma house.
Sigma Delta Chi will meet at
4:15 today in the College Side.
Alpha Delta Sigma will meet at
4:00 today in Professor Thacher’s
office. All members must be pres
ent.
Master Dance group will meet
tonight at 7 o’clock in Gerlinger
hall. Every member must be pres
ent.
Junior weekend royalty will
meet at the College Side at 4
o’clock.
Strawberry festival directorate
meeting at 4:00 today upstairs in
the College Side.
Phi Mu Alpha will hold a special
meeting Thursday in the band
room at five o’clock.
Peace Action group meeting will
be held today at 4 p. m. Please
bring suggestions of books and
articles from magazines, or news
paper clippings which would be of
interest.
Westminster ’37-’38 goes on a
covered dish picnic at 5 today
leaving from the house. You're
welcome.
iCampus Prepares
Entertainment for
Mothers May 10-12
President Boyer Extends
Official Invitation
For Weekend
Banquet Big Event
Art Museum Will Display
Russion Paintings
By Ruth L. McClain
With 500 Oregon mothers look
ing towards Eugene for the com
ing weekend on the campus, the
University today is completing big
plans in honor of this record group
of guests. From all parts of the
Northwest, mothers will be with
sons and daughters for Junior
weekend and Mother’s day cele
brations extending from Friday.
May 10, to Sunday, May 12.
Living organizatins, as well as
the campus itself, are being sub
jected to a thorough grooming be
fore the hosts of mothers arrive
Friday afternoon, and the three
day schedule is heavy with special
events and regular Junior week
end festivities.
In his official invitation to Ore
gon mothers, President C. V. Boy
er said, “We know the sacrifice
that many of you make to send
your children to college, and we
interpret that sacrifice as a recog
nition on your part of the value of
the ideals which the University
seeks to foster. We believe it is
our duty to make known to you
what we are trying to do, and we
know that your cooperation is
necessary to the success of our ef
forts.”
Icons painted during the early
part of the eighteenth century by
Russian monks will be on display
in the Murray Warner art museum
Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.
m. These sacred pictures, the
property of Mrs. Gertrude Bass
Warner, are bright colored biblical
scenes originally made for the
walls of monasteries, are now high
ly valued art pieces.
A special exhibit of Oregon wild
flowers will be housed in the dis
play room of the art building Fri
day and Saturday, arranged for
the visiting mothers by the botany
and architecture departments. A
special section has been arranged
at the Junior Prom for the guests.
Victor P. Morris, professor of
economics, will speak during the
annual Mother’s day banquet in
John Straub Memorial building
Saturday at 5:30 p. m. The pro
gram will be short, leaving ample
time to get to the “Melody In
Spring” canoe fete following the
dinner.
A mass meeting Saturday after
noon at 1:30 in Gqild theater, John
son hall, will bring all Oregon
mothers together a3 an organiza
tion, with Mrs. Arthur M. Dibble,
Portland, presiding. Other officers
are: Mrs. Walter M. Cook, Port
land, honorary president;; Mrs.
George F. Brice, Portland, vice
president; Mrs. W. B. Shively,
Portland, secretary; Mrs. L. A.
Henderson, Oregon City, treasurer.
The executive committee in
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Order of O to Act
As Enforcement
Body Campus Day
Neckties at Luncheon Are
Out, Ducking Is Penalty
Remember the tennis court
dance, the painting of the lemon
‘O’ on Skinner’s butte, the tug o’
war? And best of all, the ducking
of college joes who appear at the
campus luncheon wearing ties ?
These events will take place
again Junior weekend. . Stanford
Smith is chairman of campus day
and arrangements of the above
events are being organized.
The dance will be held on the
faculty tennis court, while partici
pants for the prizes dance to the
Ten Commander’s music. The
dance will begin immediately after
the campus luncheon and the
crowning of the queen.
Millrace in Order
The Order of the ‘O’ is planning
to millrace all men wearing ties at
the campus luncheon. The penalty
carries over during the afternoon
and violators of the tradition will
be given the consequences.
Freshmen will redecorate the ‘O’
on Skinner’s butte Saturday morn
ing at 8:00 a. m. All house presi
dents are urged to see that fresh
men are at the 'O’ by 7:45 a. m.
Freshmen who fail to help in the
painting job will be subject to pun
ishment by the Order of the ‘O’.
Tug of War Scheduled
The annual tug of war between
the freshmen and sophomores will
take place 100 yards west of the
Anchorage at the railroad bridge.
The event is scheduled for 9a.m.
Saturday morning and underclass
men not present for the “pulling”
will be thrown in the race by the
vigilant Order of ‘O’ men.
Assisting Stanford Smith are
William Rice, tug of war; William
Paddock, tennis court dance; Rich
ard Mears, ‘O’ painting; and Betty
Shoemaker, publicity.
Culver to Explain
6Y’ Seabeck Camp
Further plans and developments
in regard to the Seabeck confer
ence of the YMCA and YWCA this
summer will be explained by Ray
mond B. Culver, executive secre
tary of the Pacific northwest field
council of the YMCA on Friday
evening, May 17.
Culver has promised to bring
moving pictures showing scenes a£
the summer camp at Seabeck,
Washington. Although the exact
time and place of his talk has not
as yet been set, arrangements are
under way to provide for a joint
meeting of both men and women
interested in the conference.
This is the first time that the
men’s and women’s groups have
ever gone together in the Seabeck
conference.
Master of Ceremonies for
Canoe Fete Still a Mystery
Who will get the spotlight?
Whose fascinating personality and
I voice will direct “The Melody of
Spring” from the orchestra’s first
chord to the last dying strains that
float down the race into the spring
night, May 11, when the melodious
pageant concludes the Junior week
end festivities?
All of these questions will be de
cided after the tryouts for the hon
ored position of master of cere
monies for the gala water carni
val are held Thursday night at 7
o’clck at the Anchorage. The hon
or, prestige, and responsibility at
tached to the position will be con
ferred upon the man who proves
himself most eligble, according to
William Schloth, canoe fete direc
torate chairman.
“In former years the master of
ceremonies has been appointed,
but we are employing the same
spirit of democratic competition
that was used in selecting this
year’s canoe fete theme to deter
mine who will preside over the cli
mactic event," Schloth said. “All
the men who desire to enter the
tryouts should get in touch with
me at once,” he declared.
The orchestra strikes the first
note, the curtains part, and a harp
attracts the audience—behind the
harp—which ushers in the “Melody
of Spring,” the queen and her prin
cesses ride in majestic charm in
the “float of notes,” that will carry
them down the race to the royal
throne. The float was designed by
the Yeomen, Richard McBee is in
charge of construction.
The silver loving cups will be
awarded to the houses showing the
most originality and artistic con
struction of their floats.
The judges, Hazel P. Schwering,
dean of women, Stephenson Smith,
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Officers of the Oregon Mothers’ Club
These Oregon mothers headed the organized group during 1934-35.
First row, left to right: Mrs. E. A. Henderson, treasurer, Oregon City;
Mrs. A. M. Dibble, president, Portland; Mrs. George F. Brice, vice
president, Portland; Mrs. H. B. Fenton and Mrs. C. T. Chamberlain,
directors, Portland. Second row: Mrs. Ben Chandler, Marshfield; Mrs.
Roy T. Bishon, Mrs. E. C. Poets, .Mrs. T. J. Aughinbaugh, Portland;
Mrs. A. W. Norblad, Astoria; Mrs. Percy Freeman, Portland, all
directors. Third row: Mrs. Jack Spence, McMinnville, Mrs. E. E. Gore,
Medford, directors; and Mrs. Walter M. Cook, honorary president.
Display of Hobbies
Featured at Libe;
Books Suggested
A very invitingly arranged show
case of hobbies is featured this
week on the main floor of the old
library. Samples of various hob
bies are exhibited, and reading ma
terial pertaining to specific hobbies
is suggested.
The divers kinds of hobbies sug
gested are: music, painting, cook
ery, photography, arts and crafts,
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Si?mia Delta Pi to
Initiate Members
Five new members will be taken
into the ranks of Sigma Delta Pi,
national Spanish honorary, at its
annual initiation ceremony at the
home of Professor Leavitt O.
Wright tonight.
The ceremonies will take place
at 5 o’clock and will be followed
by a banquet at the Anchorage at
6:30. The initiates are Jeanne Han
kins, Catherine N. Poppleton,
Stanley L. Robe, Marie, L. Sac
comanno, and Adrian Van Moock.
Five initiates from Corvallis who
will also take part in the meeting
are Mary M. Allen, Carmen S.
Fulkerson, Dorothy R. Keep, Wil
liam J. Walsh, and Victor Mur
dock.
Antone Yturri, president, will
preside at the meeting. Professors
Hay P. Bowen, Anna M. Thomp
son, Chandler B. Beall, Warren D.
Smith and Leavitt O. Wright will
be present as honorary members.
About 12 other alumni members
from Eugnee and Corvallis are ex
pected to attend.
Henriette Horak
Heads Honorary
Henriette Horak, junior journal
ism major, stepped into the presi
dency of Theta Sigma Phi, wo
men’s national journalism honor
ary yesterday following election by
the group at the Anchorage. She
succeeds Frances Hardy.
The vice-presidency for the com
ing year will be filled by Ann-Reed
Burns; secretary, Velma McIntyre;
treasurer, Miriam Eichner; and
keeper of archives, Ruth Storla.
Formal pledging for 12 new
members will be held Monday eve
ning, Mav 13, at the home of Bet
ty Anne Macduff, 1135 Mill street,
Miss Horak announced.
Out-going officers, besides Miss
Hardy, are Cynthia Liljeqvist, vice
president, and Janice Worley,
treasurer.
YWCA Cabinet Makes
Plans for Year on Trip
Plans for YWCA activities next
year were made this weekend by
the present and past council of
the YWCA when they spent Sat
urday up on the Mckenzie.
Mrs. Frances Selleck of the Port
land YWCA aided the girls with
their plans in the morning. In the
i afternoon she spoke on the dif
1 ferent positions available for wom
en and the problems connected
with them. Mrs. Selleck has
placed a number of girls in various
positions in Portland, so had a
number of her experiences in this
field to relate.
Queen Mary I
WillReign At
Junior Prom
Grand March, Dance for
Royal Party Will Be
Feature of Evening
Royalty, pomp, and ceremony
will transform drab McArthur
court into the regal splendor of the
ballrooms of yore, when charming
Queen Mary and her princesses in
white silk formals will lead the
grand march at the annual Junior
Prom Friday night, making their
first official appearance following
the coronation.
After encircling the flower laden
court three times, the royal party
will participate alone in the most
spectacular dance of the evening.
Then Mary will be escorted to her
throne by Edmond Labbe, junior
class president, where she . will
reign supreme over her subjects
for the remainder of the evening.
The grand march will take place
at 10:30 and the order of the pro
cesion is as follows: Queen Mary
and escort, princesses and escorts
Edmond Labbe, junior class presi
dent; Joe Renner, student body
president; Edward Meserve, senior
class president; A1 Davis, sopho
more class president; Ralph Cath
ey, freshman class president; Cos
grove LaBarre, chairman of Junior
Prom; John Clabaugh, chairman of
Junior weekend; followed by all
those attending the dance.
The traditional strictly formal
dress has been discarded this year,
and the attire will be long spring
mtormais tor the women, ana light
suits fat1 the men, Cosgrove La
Barre, chairman of the dance, said
today.
A 60-foot section in the balcony
on the west side of McArthur court
is being reserved for the visiting
mothers, Mr. LaBarre stated, and
an invitation is extended to all
mothers who care to attend the
dance.
Tickets for the Junior Prom are
on sale for $1 in all men’ living or
ganizations, according to Tom Hol
man, chairman.
Seabeck Picnic Will Be
Held Tuesday on Butte
A Seabeck picnic for all girls on
the campus who would like to at
tend is to be held next Tuesday,
May 14, at 6 o’clock behind Skin
ner’s butte.
Theda Spicer, chairman of the
picnic, will explain about the Sea
beck conference, which is to be
held this summer near Puget
Sound, in Washington. Several
girls from the University went to
the conference last summer and
the YWCA is attempting to enroll
a large number of girls for attend
ance this year.
Further information concerning
the picnic will be given out later
in the week.
Graduate to Teach at Yale
Robert Jackson, University of
Oregon graduate and Rhodes
scholarship holder, has been
granted an instructorship in math
ematics at Yale for next year.
Finishing his work now at Lin
coln College, Oxford, Jackson is a
mathematical physicist. He ma
jored in both physics and mathe
matics at the University.
Senior Class Without
Leader as Judiciary
Rule Puts McCall Out
AWS, YWCA to
Honor Mothers
At Tea Friday
Pearl Johansen and Doris
Mabie Have Charge
A tea in honor of the visiting
mothers will be given Friday, May
10, from three to five o'clock in
alumni hall of Gerlinger by mem
bers of AWS and YWCA. Former
ly both organizations gave separ
ate teas, but this year they are to
be combined.
The committee for the tea in
cludes: Pearl Johansen, in charge
for AWS; Doris Mabie, in charge
for the YWCA; Ruth Ford,
arrangements; Hannah Crossley,
decorations; Imogene Wylie, tea;
Jean Ackerson, invitations; Doris
Mabie, servers.
Those in the receiving line will
be Mrs. J. W. Kerr, Mrs. C. V.
Boyer, Mrs. B. B. Barker, Mrs.
Macduff, Mrs. Schwering, Mrs. A.
M. Dibble, Mrs. O. F. Stafford,
Margaret Ann Smith and Elaine
Sorenson.
Those who will pour are Miss
Betty Hughes, Mrs. A. H. Norton,
Mrs. E. E. DeCou, Mrs. Rex San
ford, Mrs. R. M. Betts, and Miss
Janet Smith.
Mrs. George Brice, Mrs. W. H.
Cook, Mrs. E. C. Peets, members
of Mortar Board and members of
the YWCA cabinet will help re
ceive. The members of Thespian,
Kwama and Orides will serve.
Invitations are issued to all fac
ulty women, housemothers, moth
ers visiting on the campus, and
Eugene mothers.
Alpha Kappa Psi
Holds Initiation
Initiation of members for Alpha
Kappa Psi, men’s business admin
istration honorary, was held yes
terday afternoon in alumnae hall
of Gerlinger for Carl Thomason
and Astor Lobach. Following the
initiation a banquet was held at.
the College Side.
W. H. Anderson, secretary and
controller of Lipman, Wolfe Co.,
was the principle speaker for the
banquet with the subject, "Em
ployer, Employee Relationship.”
Members of the organization at
tended the affair and the additional
guests included: Prof, and Mrs.
N. H. Cornish, Dean and Mrs. H. V.
Hoyt, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ander-1
son, Mr. L. C. Ball, Mr. J. D.
Pierceson, Mr Karl Thunemann,
Mr. Lester Burch, and Mr. N. S.
Nelson.
Herbert Large, president of the
.organization, was toastmaster at
the banquet and Prof. Cornish in
troduced the speaker.
Election of officers will be held
at the next meeting Tuesday eve
ning, May 14.
Harbert, Pease Name
Frosh Pass Winners
Awards for work on the fresh
man edition of the Emerald were
announced yesterday by Wayne
Harbert, editor, and William Pease,
managing- editor. Signe Rasmussen
and Ellamae Woodworth were
awarded theater ducats.
A Colonial pass was won by
Signe Rasmussen for the best
story on the new library, while
Ellamae Woodworth won a Mc
Donald theater pass for the best
all around work.
Miss Frasier Speaks
Brownell Frasier, assistant pro
fessor of interior decoration at the
art department, talked at the house
mothers’ meeting yesterday after
noon. She described the different
homes in the various countries and
told of the kind of flowers each
country used for decorations in
their homes. She illustrated her
lecture with floral designs made
of real flowers.
Ruled Out
Thomas McCall, whose last min
ute write-in election to the presi
dency of the senior class was
declared illegal by the judiciary
committee yesterday.
^Dime Chain Mail’
Declared Illegal
WASHINGTON, May 7.— (API
—Beset by a multitude of inquir
ies, the postoffice department to
day made public a ruling of its
legal department which declared
the “dime chain mail” illegal be
cause it violates the lottery and
fraud laws of the postal service.
“The chain letter scheme,” said
the ruling, “is a violation of the
lottery law because at the time a
person gets in on the chain he has
no knowledge of the extent to
which the chain has already pro
gressed and in parting with his
money he has no guarantee that he
will receive anything in return.”
“It is a violation of the postal
fraud statute because the scheme
is economically unsound and it
cannot possibly work out as con
templated because there are neith
er people nor money enough in the
country to assur all the partici
pants receiving what they are
promised.”
Phi Chi Theta Initiates
11 Members Tuesday
Phi Chi Theta, business ad hon
orary, initiated 11 new members
last evening at 9:15 at the Gamma
Phi Beta house with formal initia
tion followed bv a fireside.
Dorothy Dibble, president of the
organization, was in charge of the
affair and presided at the initia
tion ceremony.
Initiates included: Elane Cornish,
Virginia Hackney, Pearl Johan
son, Ina Kirley, Marjorie Kissling,
Violet Runte, Margaret Shively,
Joe Skene, Jeanette Thompson,
and Helen Viers.
Croup Decides Write-in
Elections Not Intent
Of Framers
Vote Count Is 4 to 1
Eade May Automatically
Succeed to Office
Next year's senior class finds it
self without a president today fol
lowing' a decision of the judiciary
committee of the ASUO yesterday
that Tom McCall was not legally
elected at the recent balloting for
class officers.
McCall's name was written in at
the last minute by supporters, and
he topped Grant Eade, opposing
candidate, by some 20 votes.
Eade May Succeed
Campus leaders were of the opin
ion last night that Eade would au
tomatically succeed to the office
but Joseph Renner, student body
prexy, said that in order to clear
any dopbt on the matter he would
present the question to the judi
ciary committee today. If Eade
does not succed to the office a
special election may be necessary.
“The committee’s four to one
vote declared McCall was not
elected,’’ Dean Wayne L. Morse,
chairman of the body, said last
night. "After reading the consti
tution in its entirety the commit
tee decided it was not the inten
tion of the framers to permit write
in elections,” Dean Morse stated.
Written Opinion Due Today
The complete opinion will be
written today and published in
Thursday’s Emerald. Prof. Calvin
Crumbaker, another member of
the body, will write a defending
minority opinion declaring that
write-in elections are not by im
plication prohibited by the consti
tution.
The committee’s decision was
called for yesterday after protests
had been presented contending
McCall’s eligibility.
Insurance Firms
Offer Opportunity
The school of business adminis
tration has received letters from
several of the life insurance com
panies’ general agents for the state
of Oregon desiring to get in con
tact with seniors who will be fin
ishing in June and who are Inter
ested in going into life insurance
as a career. Several of these com
panies are offering to give quali
fied college graduates a drawing
account for a sufficient length of
time for them to get well started
in the life insurance busines.
Anyone who thinks he may de
sire to go into the business should
leave his name, address, telephone
number, and home address, with
Miss Beal in Dean H. V. Hoyt’s of
fice. A meeting will be called later
for those interested in the matter.
Dean Onthank Tells of First
Canoe Fete in Spring of ’12
“I consider the canoe fete one of
the unique and distinctive features
of the University,” declared Karl
W. Onthank, dean of personnel,
who was a member of the first
junior class at Oregon ever to put
on a canoe fete.
‘‘Back in 1912 the students dec
orated canoes simply with a few
flowers or streamers and lights,”
he continued. “The canoe carnival,
as it was called, won success, so
it was repeated each year. Each
spring it became more and more
elaborate. As the idea developed
the students attached several
canoes together for their floats,
later abandoning them altogether
in favor of barges.”
Dean Onthank commented on
the marked improvement in the
decorating of the floats and the
lovely results that were achieved
in the whole canoe fete after the
art school was established at the
University. He pointed out how the
art faculty and art students com
bined their efforts and originality
to put the canoe fete on the high
standard that it is today.
“While there have been some
very attractive floats throughout
the last 20 years there are two
which stand out the most vividly
in my mind,’ he recollected. “One
represented a tropical sea shell, all
done in lovely pastel shades. The
other was a Chinese junk decorated
with its oriental trimmings. Many
of the past canoe fetes have been
so worked out that the floats fit
ted into the setting of the mill
race perfectly. I am always deeply
impressed when the floats are
adapted, to the beautiful back
ground that the mill race affords.’’