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Mothers
This edition of the Emerald Is
dedicated to the mothers of Ore
gon. A complete resume of the
weekend's activities will be found
j on page 4.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1935
NUMBER 115
VOLUME XXXVI
Resu me
of the
Day’s News
By the Associated Press
- MAY 13-r
Dust Boui Gets Big Rain
KANSAS CITY — The nation’s
dust bowl became a rain barrel to
day. Welcome drops patterec
steadily upon powder-dry areas o1
Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and
Texas.
Music to the ears of residents
and life itself to crops and pas
tures, the rain measured from less
than an inch in the drier sections
to cloudbursts which put streams
out of their banks in south central
■* Kansas and Oklahoma.
Few spots in the area racked for
months by storms of blowing silt
were missed altogether. S. D.
Flora, meteorologist at Topeka,
said additional showers were in
prospect.
Liberal, Kansas, heart of the
dust area, received moisture total
ing ,20 of an inch and skies re
mained cloudy.
South of Liberal in the Okla
homa panhandle, rainfall ranged
from .35 of an inch to 3 inches in
eastern Beaver county.
Violence Enters Strike
PORTLAND —- Violence entered
the Pacific Northwest lumber
workers’ strike late today when a
truck load of logs and another
truck load of lumber in the vicin
^ ity of Hillsboro, near here, were
dumped by reputed strike sympa
thizers.
The trouble flared when a Hills
boro sawmill attempted to obtain
logs despite the widespread strike
of sawmill and timber workers
union members, and the attempts
of a retail lumber yard to replen
ish its stocks from a mill.
No arrests were made, but spe
cial deputies were assigned to es
cort log and lumber trucks. More
deputies will be assigned tomor
row.
Dirt Farmers Convene
WASHINGTON — Scores of
weather-worn dirt farmers from
more than 25 states began assem
bling in Washington today, voic
ing a determination to show con
gress and business critics that ag
riculture wants the farm adjust
ment act continued.
C. H. Day, Plainview, Texas, un
official leader of the pilgrimage,
estimated that more than 500 far
mers were in the capital tonight.
The railroads reported seven spe
cial trains, each carrying around
350 farmers, are scheduled to ar
rive here between 7 and 9 o’clock
tomorrow morning.
Delegates from North Carolina
said 1,500 farmers from that state
would be here for tomorrow’s mass
meeting. Fifty arrived today from
South Dakota. One was here from
Montana and said 12 others will
join him.
Filipinos Fear Violence
MANILA — (Tuesday) — Still
jittery over Sakdalista disturban
ces, Filipinos voted at heavily
guarded polls today as govern
ment leaders unanimously predict
ed overwhelming ratification of
the 10-year commonwealth gov
ernment before complete indepen
dence from the United States.
Reinforced constabulary was un
usually alert because of recurrent
rumors of further violence planned
by the Sakdalistas, or advocates of
immediate independence, whose up
rising May 2 resulted in 60 deaths,
The voting began at 7 a. m.,
(6 p. m., Monday, eastern standard
time) and advices from several
provinces indicated the balloting
was lighter than in the elections
of last June, despite the addition
of women's suffrage.
France, Russia Confer
MOSCOW — Foreign minister;
of France and Russia today stud
ied ways to build some permanent
eastern European peace structure
upon the foundation laid with the
signing of the Franco-Russian mu
tual assistance pact.
A 90-minute conference betweei
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Campus Calendar
House mothers will meet at th
Kappa Kappa Gamma house a
1:15 today.
Phi Beta meeting tonight at 6:5i
o’clock in Gerlinger.
WAA council will meet tonigh
at 8 o’clock in the social room o
Gerlinger hall.
Amphibian pageant rehearsal a
7:30 this evening. Important direc
tor’s meeting at 7:00.
Phi Pi Theta will meet today a
5 o’clock in 106 commerce for th
election of officers. Members onh
Mary McCracken
Will Head Seniors
As Class President
—
Vice-President Succeeds
To Office Following
McCall Ousting
Grant Eatle Resigns
Action Taken by Labbe to
Solve Vacancy Problem
Mary McCracken, recently
elected vice - president of next
year’s senior class, will automatic
ally succeed to the position of pres
ident of the class, Edmund Labbe,
prexy of this year’s juniors,' an
nounced last night, as he revealed
that Grant Eade had declined the
position by turning in his resigna
tion at 7 p. m.
The class has been without a
president for the past week since
the judiciary committee ruled Tom
McCall, last minute write-in victor
over Eade, as “not elected.”
Labbe said that after discussing
the matter with Dean Virgil D.
Earl as to the proper procedure, he
found that in the absence of any
clause providing for a special elec
tion, and in light of sections pro
viding that in event of absence of
the president or inability to serve,
the vice-president shall assume full
duties of president, that Miss Mc
Cracken would assume the office.
Similar Case Cited
A similar case occured in 1929,
Labbe stated. Then Carl Nelson
was elected president of the class
in the spring, and upon his failure
to return in the fall, Eleanor Poor
man, elected vice-president on his
ticket, succeeded to his office. It
is expected a special election will
be held to fill the position of vice
president.
Dean Wayne L. Morse, when
called last night, said that he felt
such procedure was the correct
manner to handle the matter.
Eade Hands in Resignation
Eade’s resignation stated, “For
reasons of a personal nature, I
hereby decline the office of presi
dent of the senior class of 1936.”
Miss McCracken expressed sur
prise at the move last night as she
said, “I am completely taken by
surprise, but as there appear to be
no technical irregularities in my
assuming the duties of president
of the senior class, and unless I
am ruled ineligible through a pro
test to the judiciary committee, I
accept the responsibilities and
duties of that position.”
k
Miss Brockman
To Be Honored
With Luncheon
Violinist Returns From
National Contest
Honoring Frances Brockman,
violinist, who has returned from a
trip east to compete in the national
young artists contest and to play
in several other concert and pro
gram appearances, members of Phi
Beta, national music and drama
honorary, will meet for luncheon
at the Anchorage, Wednesday at
12 o’clock. The luncheon will also
honor new pledges.
The annual candle light service
to honor the seniors of the organ
ization, will be held Tuesday eve
ning, May 21, at the home of Mrs.
John Jay Rogers.
Kenneth Clair Will
Appear in Recital
Kenneth Gordon Clair, student
organist, is to be presented in re
cital by the University of Oregon
school of music tonight at 8
o’clock. The complete program is
composed of numbers by Johann
Sebastian Bach in commemoration
of his two hundredth and fiftieth
anniversary.
His program has been announced
as follows:
I
Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor.
II
1. Choral, “Christ Lies in
Death.”
2. Choral, “We All Believe in
One God, Creator.”
3. Fugue in G Minor, (the little).
III
1. Choral, “In Sweetest Praise.”
2. Fugue in G Minor, (the
great).
Phi Beta Will Present
Maude Stehn Recital
Phi Beta, national professional
music and drama honorary, is to
present Maude Stehn, pianist, in a
recital Thursday evening. It will be
given in the school of music aud
itorium and will begin at 8:15
o’clock. All students, as well as the
general public, has been invited to
attend the event free of charge.
Poem to DeadyHall Written
By First University Student
Deady hall! One of many build
ings on the campus now—but in
the early days of the University
it stood alone.
This building has many memor
ies for W. W. (Billy) Scott, of
Creswell, Oregon, who recently
composed in its honor the poem
printed below.
Mr. Scott, now 79 years old, was
the first student to register in the
University. He was then twenty
years old. His father Wm. J. J.
Scott, member of the first board of
regents, was one of the greatest
contributors to the construction of
deady and was instrumental in get
ing the University located in Eu
1 gene.
Deady Hall
Grand old Hall!
. Thou art the cornerstone of all.
Thou art a beacon to these college
grounds,
; Like discerning eye, have watched
- their growth
t With leaps and bounds.
Thou art a jewel to our eyes,
A prize our fathers won
) (Through toil and sacrifice.
; Before thou were builded here,
! Thy timbers stood in unhewn wood
t : Among the pines;
f Thy walls lay in beds of clay
Beneath the sod and vines.
| Our fathers in thee visions saw
t Drew thy unique design,
- And when thou wert completed
Proclaimed thee sublime.
For three score years the flight o1
t, time
e Has left thy beauty unmarred,
r.| While those great men wh<
wrought you here,
Have gone to their reward;
While I, the first my name to
scroll,
That commencement day,
Time’s been quite kind,
But left my tresses gray.
The classmates that I had that day
But very few remain;
To speak of that memorial day
Or thy great name proclaim.
Our faculty then, though very few,
Were noble ones, good and true;
Somewhere on stone should be in
scribed
They lived with honor, with honor
died.
I walk today on campus ground,
Where then was common grass,
And note the change time’s
brought around,
As memory scenes I pass.
The ivy planted at thy base,
Thy granite walls now graze,
Tendrils cling with leaves of
green
Make thy walls a scenic scene;
The old oak tree
Time’s left unscarred,
Left standing here a bodyguard,
Or perchance may be a witness
tree
To thy name and history.
I oft reclined beneath its shades,
And studied verbs and grades;
And many joyous moments whilec
With classmates talked, and joked
and smiled,
Topics of the day discussed,
And prophesied great knowledgf
trusts.
Grand old Building!
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Students to Edit
Register - Guard
Issue Thursday
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Journalism Classes lo Hear
Tugman Speak
Students of the reporting, copy
editing, and editing classes of the
school of journalism will publish
the Eugene Register Guard Thurs
day. May 13. William M. Tugman,
managing editor of the Register
Guard will speak to the students
who are editing the paper this af
ternoon at 4 in 105 Journalism.
Mr. Tugman will explain the
working of a small paper in order
to acquaint the student publisher
better with the manner and atmos
phere in which they must work.
Copyediting and reporting labs
have been excused this week.
Robert Lucas has been appoint
ed managing editor of the Guarij
for Thursday and will be assisted
by Clair Johnson as assistant man
aging editor. Charles Paddock will
act as city editor and Don Cascia
to as sports editor. Dan E. Clark
Jr. will be night editor and Louise
Anderson is to be society editor.
Laura Margaret Smith will act as
head proofreader.
More than 45 students are sched
uled to work on the paper. Down
town beats as well as the Univer
sity will be covered thoroughly.
Special stories have been assigned
to students and the tip sheet con
tains features for the Register
Guard student issue.
All Girls Invited
To YWCA Picnic
All girls on the campus are in
vited to attend the picnic which
the Seabeck group at the YWCA
are giving today behind Skinner’s
butte. There will be cars at the
bungalow from 5:40 in the after
noon until around 6 o’clock.
Theda Spicer is general chair
man of the affair. Other members
of the committee are: Lillian
Warn, invitations; Elaine Cornish,
food; Helen Bartrum, publicity;
Eileen Donaldsen, transportation;
Mary Nelson, program.
The program will consist of sing
ing and a skit dealing with hap
penings at Seabeck. A picnic din
ner will be held in the open. All
girls living in Eugene who are un
affiliated are to bring 10 cents.
Honorary to Give
Tea for Sponsors
Tau Delta Delta, women’s under
class music honorary, will enter
tain its patronesses, women and
wives of the music faculty, and
members of Mu Phi Epsilon at a
tea to be given at the Delta Delta
Delta house, Sunday, May 19, from
3 to 5 in the afternoon. Those in
charge of arrangements, according
to Bernice Stromberg, president of
the organization, are Joy Carlisle,
Ann Barton, and Cherie Brown.
Theta Chi on Emerald
Of Air Contest Today
Theta Chi fraternity will be to
day’s contestant in the Emerald of
the Air radio contest. The theme
of its program will be “Smoke
Rings.’’ Visions of smoke will form
the backgrounds of short musical
vignettes.
The winner of this year’s con
test will appear on the stage of
the McDonald theater the evening
of Friday, May 17, when prizes
will be awarded to the winners.
The McDonald theater is awarding
the cash prizes this year.
Stromberg Out of Hospital
Eugene Stromberg, executive
secretary of the Y.M.C.A., has been
released from the Pacific hospital,
where he was confined because of
pneumonia, and is staying at the
home of Lloyd Denslow until he
has fully recovered. Mr. Stromberg
was operated on for appendicitis
May 15, and contracted pneumonia
a few days later.
San Diego Jobs Sought
Positions for students at the
much heralded San Diego exposi
tion are being negotiated by Miss
Janet Smith of the University em
ployment office. The jobs, simi
lar to those at the World's Fair
last year, will be obtained, if the
plans work successfully, through
Miss Smith.
Men, Women Meet
At 5 Today to Plan
Special Emeralds
Mon and women note! This af
ternoon at 5 p. m. a meeting will
be held for all Emerald work
ers who are planning to work
on the men’s and women’s edi
tions of the Emerald whieh will
be published soon. The dates for
the two editions will be derided
upon this afternoon.
Rivalry between the two pa
pers creates new ideas and new
features. Last year the women
lost to the men and a picnic at
Riverside park hud I>een planned
for the winning side. Old Man
Weather, however, stepped in
and the picnic was indefinitely
postponed.
Somebody Loses in
Letter-Chain Says
Smart College Kid
“They laughed when he sat down
to write his chain letter, but he
was the idol of the campus when
he leaned back in his chair and a
stream of dimes rolled out when
ever he opened his mail.” That
would make good copy for an ad
vertisement for the latest “wrink
le" in the chain letter craze which
has swept the country during the
past month.
The ordinary brand of chain let
ter contains six names. The person
wishing to perpetuate the chain
sends a dime to the top name, adds
his name to the list and sends
copies to five of his friends. This
puts the chain on a trust basis.
The new method trusts no one,
nor trusts to luck. The person in
stead of sending the letter goes out
and personally contacts his pros
pect and sells him the letter. The
two then adjourn to the nearest
mail box where the new chain
member sends his dime to the top
name.
If the chain goes through un
broken, one should receive $1,562.
50. No one has yet figured out
where all the money is coming
from if each person is to receive
the same amount. One fellow on
the campus said that he had fig
ured it out, and the only persons
that lost any money were the 15,
615 persons that mailed letters.
Some professor in the University
of California took his slide rule in
hand and found that by the time
a chain had been sent on n.56
times each man, woman, and child
in the United States would have
received two letters.
Sentiment on the campus seems
to be that one is a "sucker” to in
vest a dime in the letter as well as
put 15 cents into postage for fhe
letter. Campus personages have
been more or less deluged with
chain letters, some coming from as
far away as St. Louis and other
parts of the middlewest.
However, chain letters have met
their Waterloo on the Oregon cam
pus where, contrary to legend of
the college youth, there are few
willing to back a 15,625 to 1 bet.
University High Club
Will Give Annual Play
The Scarlet Mask, dramatic club
at the University high school, is
presenting their traditional three
act play Wednesday evening at the
University high school auditorium.
This year "God3 of the Mountain,”
will be given and is under the d i
rection of Miss Helen Veblen, sen
ior major in dramatics at the Uni
versity.
Admission will be by invitations
as the play is presented for friends
of the University high school stu
dent body members.
Mrs. Macduff to Speak
Mrs. Alice B. Macduff will be the
principle speaker for the house
mothers meeting this afternoon at
1:15 at the Kappa Kappa Gamma
house.
Mrs. Macduff will talk on her
recent trip to the Orient and
another short program will be
given.
Open House Planned
Because of the success of the
Condon open house, an exhibition
sponsored last term by the depart
ments housed in Condon, a similar
project is tentatively set for fall
quarter. Contrary to reports, then
will be no open house this quarter
because of crowded schedules.
Boyer Bans Hacking
As Punishment for
Traditions Violators
I
Order of O men Relieved
Of Enforcement Duty;
Revival Favored
Rourke Spokesman
Friendly Methods of Action
Needed for Policy
Future developments following
President Boyer's ban of “hacking"
as a method of keeping students
from walking on the grass and
breaking other campus rules are ex
pected to be acted upon by the fac
ulty at its next meeting, when they
may take some action in an at
tempt to provide some other meth
od of enforcement. At the same
time, a vigorous statement telling
of the stand of the Order of the
"O” and the traditions committee
was made by Roland Rourke, vice
president of the student body and
chairman of the traditions com
mittee last night.
Relieved of Responsibility
Rourae said last night that the
Order of the “O” did not take over
the responsibility of enforcing the
traditions because it was any idea
of the organization itself. It was
only after the many campus or
ganizations had announced their
favor for the traditions revival
movement that the Order of the
"O” took its place as the enforcing
power. Rourke said that undoubt
edly the lettermen’s group would
take no steps to continue the en
forcement and that they were
“glad to be relieved of the respon
sibility.”
“I am in favor of enforcement
of traditions on the University ol
Oregon campus and I think this
belief is shared by the majority of
the students.” Rourke said last
night in a lengthy statement “I am
sure that the Order of the “O” did
not take it upon themselves to ad
minister disciplinary measures
, merely to satisfy their own lust for
inflicting physical punishment. The
present method of enforcement
may not be the best one but 1
doubt if any better one has been
; suggested.
No Real Injury
"As far as any physical Injury
, resulting from the effects of the
. paddling, I am sure that this would
not occur as the leather paddle
i only inflicts a stinging sensation
. that is not lasting. No favoritism
or politics has entered into the ap
prehending of offenders and all ol
. them have had a chance to explain
' their case if unjustly accused. II
, friendly methods can be employee
for the enforcement of traditions
that is very fine and the Order ol
the “O” will be glad to have il
taken off their hands.
“They believed that such things
as walking on the grass, and smok
ing on the campus were againsl
i the best interests of the Universitj
i and their action was carried out
in good faith,” he concluded.
Honorary Discusses
Juvenile Delinquency
The local administration of juv
enile male delinquency cases of
i Oregon was discussed last night by
Paul Foreman, graduate student,
before a meeting of Phi Delta Kap
pa, national men’s education hon
orary.
, Mr. Foreman spent last summer
' doing research work along this
' line. He will be awarded his mast
' er’s degree in science in June, al
ready having completed his exam
inations with honors.
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3 Elaine, Irene Moore
Appear in Program
Elaine and Irene Moore, pianist
* and violinist, respectively, were
1 presented in a student recital at
- the school of music auditorium last
r night.
1 Composers represented on their
e varied program were: Mozart,
■, Schutt, Godard, Brahms, Chopin,
MacDowell, and Debussy.
Bans Hazing
Hi
A flicker of a recently revived
tradition enforcement at Oregon
was stamped out yesterday by Dr.
C. V. Boyer, (above) president of
the University. Dr. Boyer declared
that physical punishment of vio
lators is “childish.”
Boyer's Statement
Editor’s note: Ending the cur
rent enforcement of Oregon tra
ditions, President C. V. Boyer
issued a statement yesterday in
which he listed his reasons for
banning the public “hackings”
on the library steps.
The complete text of the presi
dent’s letter follows:
To the Oregon Emerald:
During the past few weeks the
Order of the O has undertaken at
the request of the ASUO to enforce
by the use of physical violence
some of the traditions of the Uni
versity. In particular, they have
i attempted to prevent students
from smoking on the campus and
walking on the grass. The word
tradition is very loosely used, but
faculty and students alike under
stand so well the current use of
the term to include customs, man
ners, and usage that greater
exactitude would be mistaken for
quibbling. Some of these traditions
are unique and lovely, such as the
canoe fete and the flower and fern
ceremony at commencement time.
The regulation against smoking on
the campus has its value also as a
means of preserving the beauty of
the campus and preventing an un
sightly litter of cigarette stubs.
But there are better ways of pre
serving these traditions than by
resort to physical violence..
The use of physical violence is
itself a bad tradition which should
be stamped out. It is at best child
ish, at worst barbaric, if not sa
distic. Youth is prone to it, as wit
ness the brutalities of hazing in the
past and of “hell week" at present.
What students commonly fail to
realize is that not all men respond
to physical violence in the same
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Methods of Discipline
Ruled Out Following
Factional Strife
Violence Is Barred
Traditions Committee Are
Without Plans
By Wayne Harbert
Public "hacking” on the library
steps of students who have been
accused of violating Oregon "tra
ditions,” such as walking on the
grass, smoking on the campus, and
“pigging” at games, ended yester
day with the announcement of C.
V. Boyer, president of the Univer
sity, that such methods of enforce
ment must cease.
When spring term opened, the
lettermen greeted the violators of
the traditions on the library steps
with stinging paddles on the aver
age of once a week. Several vic
tims took the hacking as a per
sonal insult to their political be
liefs, even though they were proven
guilty of breaking the rules, and it
is believed that strife between
these factions caused Pres. Boyer's
order.
Physical Violence Out
“The use of physical violence is
itself a bad tradition which should
be stamped out,” the president’s
statement said. “It is at best child
ish, at worst barbaric, if not sa
distic. Youth is prone to it, as wit
ness the brutalities of hazing in
the past and of ‘hell week’ at pres
ent .... At the present time,
when sharp diversions over Uni
versity politics are in evidence,
charges of persecution and intimi
dation are all too likely to be made
against those who impose physical
punishment. Even though the vio
lation of a tradition be the actual
cause of the public chastisement,
if the mortified individual belongs
to an opposing political group, no
amount of prostestation will pre
vent him and his friends and many
impartial persons as well from
thinking that the fundamental mo
tive for the punishment was vin
dictiveness and its ultmiate pur
pose intimidation.”
Members of the traditions com
mittee last night were undeter
mined as to any other possible
method which could be used to
urge students to refrain from
walking on the grass and violating
other traditions. President Boyer,
in his statement, suggested that
“more effective and humane ways
of securing the observance of tra
ditions” be used, maintaining that
“most students who have any af
fection for or pride in their alma
mater are open to reason on the
subject of traditions.”
President Suggests Committee
If President Boyer’s suggestion
is put into effect, a committee will
be drawn from the several groups
on the campus, representing “the
disliked intelligentsia and the so
called radicals as well as the
ASUO.”
Upon the suggestion of the
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r
Wild Flower Exhibit Shows
185 Species, Many Paintings
r Approximately 185 different
s kinds of wild flowers, including
- lichens, mosses, and mushrooms
- were on display in the Little Art
- gallery of the school of architec
ture and allied arts Junior week
end. Paintings of the wild flowers
were also featured in the exhibit,
which was given by the botany de
l partment and the art school.
Most of the material was ob
t tained in Lane county. Each speci
B men was labeled with its common
t and botanical name. Some of the
t more familiar flowers were the
lamb’s tongue (erythronium glgan
r teum), scotch broom fcitysus sco
parlous), tall yellow violet (viola
i, gladella), iris (irix tenax), dog
wood (cornus dougasii), cat-tail!
(typha angustifolia), and lady
slipper (calypso bulbosa).
The flower paintings were done
by Mr3. Albert R. Sweetser and
Elberta Wilson. The mush room
paintings were done by Mrs. Mar
ian Field.
One of the visitors to the exhibit
was Dr. Helen M. Gilkey, of the
Oregon State college botany de
partment, whose book on wild
flowers was used to identify some
of the specimens on display. Louis
F. Henderson, curator of the her
barium, identified the specimens.
Frank P. Sipe, associate professor
of botany, and Wallace Hayden,
chairman of the exhibition commit
tee of the art school were in charge
i of the exhibit.