Oregon’s Canoe Fete
The annual canoe fete scheduled
j for tonight is the only one of its
; kind presented in the United
| States. Story appears on this page.
Program Listed
A complete program of today's
and tomorrow's activities may be
found on page one.
VOLUME XXXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1935
NUMBER 114
Queen Mary I Leads
Canoe Fete Tonight
With 'Float of Songs’
Robert Cathey to Weave
Romantic Story
In Program
Time Is Set for 8:30
Chilton Plans ‘Fire Dive’
In Ignited Suit
By Velma E. M. McIntyre
A streak of flame, the curtains
part, the “Melody of Spring" floats
down the many colored waters of
the “Old Mill Stream” as the or
chestra plays a soft accompani
ment to the fanciful, romantic tale
of the master of ceremonies, and
the climax of Junior weekend is
here—tonight at 8:30.
Queen Mary and her princesses,
in her “float of notes”, will usher
in “The Melody of Spring,” the
theme for the canoe fete of 1935.
Constance Kletzer, a major in the
school of allied arts, submitted the
idea for which she was awarded
a $15 prize.
Will Weave Story
Robert Cathey, the junior man
whose rich and charming voice won
him the honored position of master
of ceremonies, will weave the story
about each float, and the audience
will no longer be sitting on the
banks of the mill race as the color
ful floats carry it away to a land
of story and song.
The three judges, Dean Hazel P.
Schwering, Horace W. Robinson,
instructor in dramatics, and Ste
phenson S. Smith, professor in
English, will select one of the ten
floats as winner of th^ silver tro
phy. Both the men and women’s
house will receive a silver loving
cup.
Plan Fire Dive
The basis for judging is as fol
lows: conception 20 per cent; pre
sentation, 30 per cent; effort, 10
per cent: design 40 per cent. Sec
ond and third prizes will be award
ed also.
Robert Chilton, Pacific northwest
intercollegiate diving champion,
will fascinate the audience with
the thrilling spectacle of a fire
dive. He will wear a gasoline
drenched suit that will be ignited
just as he leaps for the water.
Each float will be constructed
around the theme of a popular
well-known song. Ten men’s ■ fra
ternities have cooperated with ten
women’s sororities in constructing
the floats the cost of which is not
to exceed $30.00.
Floats Entered
The organizations entering floats
are as follows: Delta Delta Delta
Alpha Tau Omega; Gamma Phi
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Monday Concert
By Moore Sisters
The University of Oregon school
of music is to present in recital
Elaine and Martha Moore, pianist
and violinist, Monday, May 13, at
8 o’clock.
The complete program of the sis
ters follows:
I
Mozart . Concerto in D Major
allegro
II
Schutt . Carnival Mignon
Prelude
Harlequin’s Serenade
Columbine’s Lament
Punchinello
Pierrot, the dreamer
Caprice
Elaine Moore
III
Godard . Concerto Romantique
Allegretto
Canzonetta
Martha Moore
IV
Brahms . Rhapsody in G Minor
V
Chopin .... Nocturne Op. 37, No. 2
VI
Chopin .... Waltz in C-sharp minor
VII
MacDowell . March Wind
VIII
. Gardens in the Rain
Elaine Moore
DeBussy
Outstanding Juniors
Ann-Reed Burns, left, was presented the Gerlinger cup last eve
ning1 at the Junior Prom. The cup is awarded each year to the most
outstanding woman in the junior class. William Hall, right, received the
Koyl cup, awarded each year to the outstanding junior man.
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Asklepiad Holds
Formal Initiation
At Eugene Hotel
Eight New Members Enter
Pre-med Honorary
In a formal initiation held in a
private dining: room of the Eugene
hotel last night, eight University
of Oregon pre-medical students
were introduced into Asklepiad,
campus honorary in pre-medicine.
The banquet in honor of the
eight new members was graced by
entertaining speeches from Dr. Ed
ward Lesch, Dr. H. B. Yocum, Dr.
Ralph Huestis, and Dr. Lester
Beck, all of the University faculty.
Toastmaster of the evening was
the Asklepiad president, Herbert
Armentrout.
The organization, markedly en
larged by the addition of eight
promising men looks forward to a
year of accomplishment and ac
tivity. Two of the past year’s ac
tive members have been admitted
to the Oregon Medical school and
will resume studies there next fall.
They are William Ito, and Robert
Johnson.
The newly initiated men are
John Allen, Ben Bowie, Dick Cur
rin, Harold Davis, Ivan Duff, Rob
ert Moody, David Morris, and John
Rodda.
Robert Moody will also enter
medical school next fall.
Senators Confer
On Power Plans
WASHINGTON, May 10.—(AP)
—Senators McNary and Steiwer,
Oregon Republicans, will confer
with Secretary Ickes tomorrow on
plans for distribution and charges
for power from the Bonneville dam
on the Columbia river between
Washington and Oregon.
Senator Steiwer said the public
works board had established a pol
icy for the handling of funds from
such projects for repayment of the
costs and operation of the project.
Under the policy outlined by the
board, in the case of Bonneville the
chief of engineers of the army will
determine the cost of power pro
duction and fix the price at which
the electric energy will be resold.
The price of electric current will
include the amortization of that
part of the capital cost of the pro
ject attributable to the provision of
electric current, with interest on
that amount and depreciation
charges as well as the cost of oper
ation and maintenance.
Services to Be Held
Sunday morning services for
mothers and students will be held
at 9:45 in Westminster house. Sun
day evening at 6:30 there will be
a forum led by Beverly Caverhill.
Program
Saturday, May 11
8:30 Painting of the Oregon O.
8:30 Mothers executive com
mittee 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 moth
ers, 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 com
mittee breakfast, John
Straub hall.
11:00 Special services, at all
Eugene churches.
1:00 Mother’s day dinner at
all living organizations.
Frosh President
Issues Decree
For Class of 938
A call to the colors was issued
last night by Ralph Cathey, presi
dent of the freshman class, when
he decreed that all yearling men
are required to meet at the College
Side at 7:15 this morning to
begin their annual trek to Skin
ner’s butte with their paints and
brushes to thoroughly daub the
lemon ‘O’ with a new covering.
Old clothes are to be in order
as the proper costume to wear, as
undoubtedly many of the young
sters will be privileged to slide
down the slopes of the huge letter.
Old brooms should be brought by
as many as possible as they will
serve as good paint brushes as well
as valuable weapons in case of a
surprise attack.
The annual sophomore-freshman
tug of war across the millrace i3
scheduled to begin at 9:30 o’clock.
From the big paint job on the
butte, the youths clad in tin pants
will go in a mob to the millrace
south of the anchorage to vie with
the sophomores in the colorful tug
o’-war battle across the murky
waters.
Men, Women Meet
Tuesday to Discuss
Rival Publications
Following another age old
tradition, the men and women
are scheduled to edit and publish
separate editions of the Emer
ald each year. „
A meeting wUl be held Tues
day, May 14 at 3 p. m. In 103
journalism at which time all stu
dents interested in working on
the two papers are asked to be
present. At that time a date for
the men’s and women’s editions
will be set.
Mothers Dine
Tonight, 5:30
In Straub Hall
Victor Morris to Present
Evening's Main Talk
On Knowledge
Class With Largest Mother
Turnout to Be Named
By Ruth McClain
Oregon will fete all University
mothers tonight with a banquet in
the great central dining room of
the John Straub Memorial building
at 5:30, preceding the Canoe FetA
The banquet will end two days 6f
social and business events in the
visitors’ honor.
Victor P. Morris, professor of
economics and one of the Univer
sity’s most popular instructors, will
give the main speech of the eve
ning on “Needed Knowledge for
Today’s World.” He is to be intro
duced by Pres. C. V. Boyer.
Blais to Greet Guests
Mrs. A. M. Dibble, president of
the Oregon Mothers' club for the
past year, will introduce Dr. Boyer
in her capacity as mistress of cere
monies. She will also announce the
class winning the mother-attend
ance contest. James Blais, presi
dent-elect of the associated student
body, will greet the guests. '
Music will be provided by stu
'dent talent, Charles Fahey, sopho
more in music, opening the pro
gram with a vocal solo.
The official banquet will follow
an active day for Oregon moth
ers. They will receive President
Boyer’s message at an important
mass meeting in Guild theatre,
Johnson hall, at 1:30 p. m., and
Mrs. Dibble urges every mother to
be present.
Museum Will Be Open
Sunday Eugene churches will
round out the weekend with spe
cial Mother’s day services, followed
by dinner in all living organiza
tions. An exhibit of Russian icons
[will be open to the public in the
Murray Warner art museum from
3 to 5 in the afteernoon.
Reservations for the banquet
may still be made with the dean of
men. It is stressed that the dinner
will be over with ample time to
reach the Canoe Fete, which starts
at 8:30 p. m.
The complete banquet program
follows:
Invocation. Rev. Milton S. Webber.
ASUO greeting. James S. Blais.
Introduction of Pres. C. V. Boyer
by Mrs. A. M. Dibble.
Introduction of Victor P. Morris
by Pres. Boyer.
Victor P. Morris on “Needed
Knowledge for Today’s World.”
Introduction of special guests
and executive board by Mrs. Dib
ble.
Earle Wellington, president of
the Oregon Dads.
Announcement of class attend
ance-winner.
Music by Charles Fahey and trio.
Mothers Asked to Visit
Young People’s Group
A special invitation is extended
to mothers to attend the young
people’s class at the First Chris
tian church with their sons and
daughters tomorrow morning. A
special urogram has been planned.
Dr. Victor P. Morris will take
charge of the class as usual. The
class begins at 9:45 a. m.
William Hall Wins Koyl Cup,
Ann-Reed Burns, Gerlinger;
Friars, Mortar Board Pledge
9 Women, 6Men Taken
By Two Honoraries
Yesterday
Lunch Gets Crowd
Dance in Faculty Tennis
Courts Follows
By Betty Shoemaker
Climaxing the colorful scene ot
! the campus luncheon which opened
Junior weekend yesterday, 15
prominent juniors were drawn into
the ranks of Friars and Mortar
Board, senior service honoraries.
Winding their way through the
scattered crowd. Friars, led by Jo
seph Renner, carrying the tradi
tional scroll, tapped six outstanding
(junior men who fell into line be
hind the members of the honorary.
Robert Lucas, Edmond Labbe,
William Schloth, James Blais, Cos
grove LaBarre, and Budd Jones
have their names engraved on the
scroll which hangs now from a limb
of the maple tree behind Deady
hall.
Much Enthusiasm
Nine prominent senior women
were presented with red roses as
a token of membership in Mortar
Board. Clad in their caps and
gowns the long line of members
made an impressive sight as the
crowds opened to allow them pas
sage way. Enthusiasm in the
crowd ran high as the new mem
bers were added to the honorary,
Gaining the right to wear the
small black and gold pin were Peg
gy Chessman, Ebba Wicks, Vir
ginia Younie, Dorothy Bergstrom,
Ann-Reed Burns, Mary McCrack
en, Margaret Ann Smith, Henriette
Horak, and Elaine Sorensen. Se
lections to Mortar Board were
based on scholarship, leadership
The lawns between Friendly hall
and the old library were crowded
with sons, daughters, and moth
ers. Corsages and the Oregon
Mother tags distinguished the
honored guests of the weekend.
Band Plays
Hundreds of people were served
from the long1 tables where meat
loaf, buns, potato chips, punch, and
ice cream cups were the order of
the day. Skull and Dagger, Kwa
ma and Thespian members were
kept busy throughout the pledging
and crowning of the queen until
the crowd had been served.
During the luncheon musical se
lections were presented by the
University band. In their trim blue
uniforms the band added to the
brightness of the scene.
Plans for the campus luncheon
were prepared and carried out by
Adele Sheehy, chairman. Miss
Sheehy was assisted bv Edward
Pinney, Helen Wright, William Ito,
John Lundeen, Alice Ann Thomas,
and Betty Shoemaker.
Following the campus luncheon
the faculty tennis courts were
opened and a campus dance was
enjoyed the remainder of the af
| ternoon. The Ten Commanders or
chestra was engaged for the oc
casion.
Information Seekers at Old
Libe Have Faith in Librarian
That students really believe In
the omniscient powers of the libar
ian is shown by a list of questions
and topics on which information is
being sought, drawn up by Miss
Elizabeth Findly, at the reference
desk of the old libe.
The list shows the variety and
scope of subjects on which stu
dents ask questions.
Sometimes the demands are
made humorous by misconstrued
wording or vagueness on the part
of the information seeker. Most of
the time students know what they
want but do not know where to
find the material. "When did In
dians first see horses” one student
wants to know. While anoher asks,
“What is the 'Athlete’s Bible?'”
^One not so particular student re
quested “Interesting- and unsual in
formation about anything.”
Other miscellaneous material
students ask for is: number of
cities in the world by the name
“Bombay”: number of deaths in U.
S. due to airplanes; amount of pat
ent medicines sold in 1930; amount
of silver in U. S. coins; cost of
living among farmers in China;
cost of U. S. cats per year; effect
of geography on religion; winners
of literary prizes; author of "The
Anatomy of Melancoholy”; the mill
race in student life; political as
pects of feudalism; Spanish treas
ure chests; proletarian literature;
list of moral and immoral acts;
maiden name of Lord Baltimore’s
mother; personality of houses; col
lege Btudents and automobiles; and
material on Chinese eggs.
Originator and Chairman
Constance Kletzer, left, originated the “Melody of Spring” theme
for tonight’s canoe fete. William Schloth, right, is chairman of the
affair which will be held on Oregon’s beautiful mill race.
Trophy Awards
Wait for Victors
In Water Carnival
Both Men’9 ami Women’s
Houses Vie for Cups
One of the outstanding events
of Junior weekend to be held this
morning is the water carnival
which is to be staged on the mill
race at the Anchorage, starting at
10 o’clock.
Willard Jones, chairman of the
committee in charge, has an
nounced a varied program of events
to be paraded before the audience.
No admission is to be charged for
the program.
Living organizations, both soror
ities and fraternities, are to vie in
the main event for the cup to be
presented the representative who
wins the speed races. Attractive
awards are to be given second
place winners.
Men who are to represent their
respective organizations are: Ken
neth Lichty, Phi Gamma Delta;
Martin Mockford, Theta Chi; Bruce
Martin, Sigma hall; Frank Lloyd,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Eugene
Stauss, Pi Kappa Alpha; Frank
lin Roberts, Yeomen; Fred Lees,
Gamma hall; Roland Gibson, inde
pendents: Ed Kendall, Kappa Sig
ma; Harvey Jones, Phi Sigma Kap
pa; Don Brooke, Phi Kappa Psi;
James Hurd, Beta Theta Pi.
Women to swim for the cup are;
Jane Chapler, Alpha Phi; Helen
Payne, Delta Delta Delta; Elane
Goodell, Kappa Kappa Gamma;
Margaret Ann Smith, Kappa Al
pha Theta; Jane Bogue, Gamma
Phi Beta; Olive Lewis, Chi Omega;
Marian Smith, independent; Kath
ryn Buck, Pi Beta Phi; and Fran
ces Arnspiger, Phi Mu.
Events scheduled are to be by
the Amphibians, women's swim
ming group, varsity swimmers, tub
race, high and low diving, women’s
race, dog races, men’s race, and a
canoe tipping contest.
James Hayes will serve as mas
ter of ceremonies and will be as
sisted by a public address system,
making possible an announcement
of events.
The committee in charge in ad
dition to Jones, includes Nancy
Lou Cullers, Jack Mulhall, Robert
Thomas, Don Kelly, Berkeley
Mathews, and Ed Kendall.
Blais Appoints Thomas
To Head Track Meet
All arrangements for the state
high school track meets here next
weekend will be in the hands of
Don Thomas who was appointed
chairman in charge of the track
meet yesterday by James Blais,
student body president.
Thomas's duties will include se
curing housing facilities, registra
tion, transportation, etc. Further
announcements concerning
appointments of committee mem
bers will be made next week.
Sigma Delta Chi
Pledges Talk on
Lingerie Points
Clad in everything’ from grass
skirts and Frank Buck hats to
out-of-date nightgowns, the five
pledges of Sgma Delta Chi, nation
al professional journalism frater
ity; added their bit of entertain
ment for the crowds gathered in
wait at the campus luncheon yes
terday.
With the library steps as a fit
ting background the linotype slug
wearers loudly proclaimed their
views on the subject of summer
work for college students. Clever
points for students planning to en
ter into the lingerie sales business
(from door to door) comprised the
talks.
Touches of pathetic humor over
a broomstick added to the merri
ment of the occasion. While the
pre-initiates lauded the business of
selling, members of the fraternity
scattered among the crowd added
their suggestions.
Alfredo Fajardo, George Bik
man, George Jones, Dan E. Clark,
Jr., and Reinhart Knudsen were
the originators and cast for the
program.
Colonists Arrive
At Future Homes
SEWARD, Alaska, May 10.—
(AP)—Excited and happy colon
ists left Seward today by the
Alaska railroad on the last lap of
their 4,000-mile journey from Min
nesota to Matanuska valley farm
lands.
By late evening they were due
to have the first sight of their
future home.
For weeks they have talked and
thought of the valley and of the
opportunity to make a comfortable
living on the 40-acre tracts furn
ished by the government.
In just a few hours they will
learn if the country is what it has
been pictured.
Since their arrival Monday night
from San Francisco the 67 families
have kept busy hiking around the
town and on the surrounding hills.
Ethiopians Help
Munition Makers
ROME, May 10.—(AP)—Appar
ently officially inspired charges
that Emperor Haile Selassie is
massing thousands of his desert
warriors in an offensive mobiliza
tion against Italy were hurled to
day in Italy's quarrel with Ethi
opia.
The authoritative newspaper
Giornale d’ Italia in making the
charges also said great quantities
of munitions and the latest tools
of scientific warfare—including
anti-aircraft batteries, tanks and
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Alpha Xi Delta, Sigma
Hall Win Scholarship
Awards
Presented at Prom
List Committees Selecting
Cup Winners
Several hundred students, and
several hundred mothers, who at
tended the “Melody in Spring”
Junior prom last night anxiously
waited for that all important an
nouncement—the winners of the
Gerlinger and the Koyl cups!
"I take great pleasure in pre
senting the Gerlinger cup to Miss
Ann-Reed Burns, as the outstand
ing woman in the junior class,”
these words were spoken by Mrs.
C. L. Schwering, dean of women
who made the award.
The Koyl cup, for the outstand
ing man went to William O. Hall,
and was presented by Virgil D.
Earl, dean of men.
To Alpha Xi Delta (sorority).
Sigma hall (men) went the two
scholarship cups presented annual
ly to the men’s and women’s living
organizations achieving the high
est average for scholarship among
their respective groups during
their academic year. These cups
were awarded by Burt Brown Bar
ker, vice-president of the Univer
sity of Oregon.
The committee which selected
the most outstanding junior wo
man of the class of 1036, for the
Gerlinger cup, the gift of Mrs.
George Gerlinger, one time regent
of the University included: Dean
Hazel P. Schwering, Mrs. F. L.
Ghambers, Mrs. W. F. Jewett, Miss
Mary Perkins, Frances Helfrich,
Catherine Coleman, and Nancy
Archbold.
The committee for the selection
of the Koyl cup winner, was com
posed of Dean Earl, J. H. Bond, C.
Crumbaker, C. L. Kelly, H. E. Ros
son, Dean Schwering, and H. B.
Yocom. The Koyl cup was first
given to the University in 1911 by
Charles W. Koyl.
Last year’s winners of these tro
phies were Marigold Hardison, the
Gerlinger cup, and Malcolm Bauer,
the Koyl cup.
Math Sharks Add
Facts to Lottery
PORTLAND, May 10.—(AP) —
What if no one broke the send a
dime chain?
In eleven and slightly more than
a half turnovers there would be a
letter for every man, woman, and
child in the United States, the
Benson Polytechnic high school
mathematics class figured today.
William Kletzer, head of the
mathematics department, put the
problem, using one of the original
letters with five names besides
that of the sender and with each
recipient mailing five more copies.
He also assumed the United States
population was 120,000,000.
His figure fiends reduced the
problem to a logarithm and found
11.56 turnovers the right answer.
And if you doubt it and don’t
remember your logarithms, use the
painstaking method of multiplying
five times five; then five times
your first answer of 25 and con
tinue it 10 times. In round figures
you have 49,000,00. Multiply that
by five and the result is 244,000,
000, or more than double the pop
ulation figure.
Phi Beta Kappa Spring
Election to Be Monday
The regular spring election
meeting of Alpha chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa will be held in room
110 Johnson hall, Monday, May 20,
at 4 o’clock. The initiation pro
gram will be Saturday evening.
May 25. The speaker this year is
to be Dr. Hartley B. Alexander,
professor of philosophy at Scrlpps
college.