Students Publish Paper
Tonight's Register-Guard will be'
published by students of Professor
Turnbull’s and Dean Allen’s jour
nalism classes. Complete staff is
listed in today’s Emerald.
i VOLUMNE XXXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY. MAY 16, 1935
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NUMBER 117
Resume
of the
Day’s News
By the Associated Press !
—-~.wr-- MAY 15 -*
4 Shot in Outbreak
MANILA—Three city officials
and another person were shot to
death today in what authorities
called an outbreak of Communistic
terrorism in Laguna province, scene
of the bloodiest fighting in last
week’s pre-plebiscite Sakdalista re
volt.
The trouble started, officers said,
when a band of Communists roam
ing the hills near the village of San
Antonio shot and killed one person.
A group of officers went to investi
gate and three of them were shot
down. The other dead were the act
ing village chief of police, the mu
nicipal vice president and a police
man.
News of the slayings reached
here as the counting continued on
yesterday’s balloting in which the
Filipinos voted overwhelmingly to
accept a commonwealth form of
government for ten years pending
complete independence.
Search for Pilot Ends
VALDEZ, Alaska—Search for
Pilot Jack Peck, his plane and two
passengers, ended today when
word was received the plane had
been forced down at Portage bay,
and the three men were en route
here by boat.
The plane took off from anchor
age for Valdez Sunday on what
normally is a two hour flight. Pilot
Jack Ruttan hopped from Anchor
age to search for the Peck plane
today. There were no details of
Peck’s mishap in the brief message
telling of the men's safety.
Spring Ice Jam Breaks
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — The ice
“broke” at Nenana, 50 miles west
of here on the Tanana river, at
1:32 p. m. this afternoon—an event
all Alaska waits for every spring.'
William Berrigan, member of the
cooperative drug store, of Fair
banks, was the “lucky guesser.” He
had guessed the exact minute that
the ice would break in a contest
in which almost all of Alaska takes
part.
To him, for his guess, goes a
$61,600 prize.
Another Fairbanks man, Thom
as M. Hunt, register in the Fair
banks office, was close, but not
close enough. He had picked 1:29
p. m. as the time. All the money
prize, however, goes to the first
place winner.
Strike Maintains Grip
PORTLAND, Ore. — Pacific
Northwest lumber strike negotia
tions remained in a log jam to
night.
Today’s developments carried
some cheer along with the gloom,
but nothing indicated there would
be speedy settlement of the walk
out directly affecting some 35,000
workers.
Alfred F. Biles, president of the
Central Door and Lumber company
here said his 100 employes were
“strong-armed” off the job by 200
union pickets today.
The company workers refused to
go through the picket lines, it was
said. A handful of men finished up
work already under way.
Union officials reported they
had “converted the men to the
American Federation of Labor,"
which seeks higher wages, shorter
hours and union recognition in the
lumber strike.
A. W. Muir of Seattle, spokes
man for the union forces, contin
ued conferences here and remained
“an optimist,” but admitted he ex
pected no developments soon.
Kappas Enel
Raelio Contest
| On Air Today
_
Winners of Competition
Will Be Announced
| On Friday
Theater Appearance Will
Decide Prize Receiver
The final program on this year's
! Emerald of the Air radio contest
will be presented at 4:45 today over
KOEE by Kappa Kappa Gamma,
and the two toppers in the compe
tition will be announced in tomor
row morning's Emerald.
Friday night these two winners
will appear on the stage of the
McDonald theater competing for
the $25 prize which is to be award
ed the top contestant.
Fijis on Air Wednesday
Phi Gamma Delta presented the
next to the last program in the se
ries yesterday afternoon with a
musical presentation of two piano
solos, a piano duet, and two vocal
solos.
Judges of the contest are J. A.
Carrell, of the University speech
department, Naomi Harper of
KORE, and Mrs. J. B. Patterson,
Eugene pianist and music teacher.
OSC Competition Out
Planned competition with simi
lar winners at Oregon State Col
lege has been called off, Contest
Manager, Woodrow Truax an
nounced last night. Officials at
Corvallis notified him by telephone
that they would be unable to par
ticipate, Truax said.
Because of the number of with
drawals from the contest by cam
pus organizations, tentative plans
calling for a trip for the winners
to Portland will not be carried out.
Phi Beta Honors
Violinist, Pledges
Phi Beta, national music and
drama honorary for women, held
its formal spring pledging Tuesday
night, May 14. The girls who were
pledged at the service are Mada
lena Giustina, Maxine Goetsch,
Dorothy Louise Johnson, Marjory
Miller, Patsy Neal, Kathryn Rowe,
Ruth Bloomer, and Portia Booth.
A luncheon in honor of Fiances
Brockman, who has just returned
from the national music contest in
Philadelphia, and the new pledges
was given at the Anchorage yes
terday noon.
Advertisers Get
Dance Attention
“Henry” of Flit fame took the
honors at the spring dance recital
presented last night at Gerlinger
by members of Master Dance, as
he was encored by the packed
house to interpret his dance a sec
ond time.
Besides the satire on the adver
tisements were four other groups
of dances. The accompanists were
Catherine Mishler, Theresa Kelly,
the Phi Beta string trio and George
Bishop. Miss Ruth Bloomer of the
physical education faculty was the
adviser of the recital.
Palmer, Cummins Trial Airs
Troubles in Hollis9 Court
More pranks of Oregon’s reput
ed dignified gentlemen of the law
will be aired tonight when the case
of Palmer vs. Cummins comes up
for trial in Judge Hollis’ court in
the county courthouse at 7:30.
According to preliminary papers
already filed, it appears that
Messrs. Palmer, Pinkerton, and
Cummins, along with others of
their cronies, were not so long ago
engaging in a little beer-drinking
orgy. Mr. Pinkerton, inspired by
the occasion, vowed that he could
and would consume more than any
of the others. As a result, it was
agreed that they would all drink
until one of them admitted he had
reached the point of saturation—
and the first one so affected would
pay the bill.
Presently Mr. Cummins went up
front, ostensibly to buy some cig
arettes, but actually to bribe the
waitress to spike the beer of Mr.
Pinkerton, whom he described
carefully. The waitress, however,
made a bad error and gave it to
Mr. Palmer instead—who, after
four spiked glasses, admittd de
feat, paid the bill, and left.
En route home, Mr. Palmer, in
a moment of weakness, curled up
and went to sleep on a sorority
porch, where he was discovered by
certain of the sisters. Police were
called, and as a result Mr. Palmer
spent the night in jail and was
fined for drunkenness. He is now
bringing action against Cummins,
whom he holds responsible for his
downfall.
The case for the plaintiff will be
handled by Beckett, Calavan. and
Ryan, local attorneys. Mr. Cum
mins, the defendant, will be repre
sented by Bush & Clark. Witness
for the defendant will be Cummins,
Alva Goodrich, and Clarence Tap
scott, while Arthur Clark. Finker
j ton, and Edward Ryan will testify
i for the plaintiff. Arthur Jones will
act as bailiff-notary, Fred Hell
berg will be clerk, and Jack
Vaughan will serve as reporter
sheriff.
Join in Honoring King George
The world-wide observance of the Silver Jubilee of King George
Y’s accession to the throne of England was typified in the memorial
thanksgiving services conducted in the Washington (D. C.) Cathedral,
attended by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who is pictured as she greeted
British Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay,
Saturday Last Day
To Pay Installment
Of Registration Fee
Saturday, May 18, is the last
day for the payment of third in
stallment fees for registration
for spring term. Starting Mon
day, May 20, there will be a fine
of 25 cents a day for late pay
ment of fees.
Professor Writes
Marketing Book
The publication of a new book,
“The Marketing of Manufactured
Goods” by Dr. N. H. Cornish, pro
fessor of business administration
at the University, has been an
nounced by the Stratford company
of Boston, Massachusetts.
In his new book, Professor Corn
ish critically examines the adapta
bility of the different marketing
channels employed to distribute the
various types of manufactured
goods. The work is taken up from
the viewpoint of the manufacturer.
The book is intended as a text
and reference book for advanced
marketing classes and as a hand
book for manufacturers to aid them
in the solution of problems in dis
tribution.
This colume makes Professor
Cornish’s third book. His other
two books: “The Standard of Liv
ing,” and the “Cooperative Mar
keting of Agricultural Products”
are used widely as texts and ref
erence books in universities and
colleges in the United States arid
Canada.
Mrs. Macduff Making
Summer Housing List
Mrs. Macduff, assistant dean of
women, announces that she is now
making: a housing list for the sum
mer session. As there will be no
house holder’s meeting for the
summer session, all those who wish
to rent rooms, apartments and fur
nished houses this summer during
the summer session, should call
the dean of women’s office imme
diately. Those having rooms for
rent should get in touch with Mrs.
Macduff at once.
Honorary to Present
Mrs. Stehn in Recital
Tonight at 8 o’clock, Phi Beta,
music and drama honorary, is to
present Maude Stehn, pianist, in
recital at the school of music audi
torium.
Selections from the following
composers are to be played: Bauer,
Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy,
and Dohnanyi.
No charge is to be made for the
affair and the general public has
been invited.
YMCA Weekend
Retreat Planned
At First Meeting
Council Picks Brittain Ash
Board Representative
A weekend retreat at Newport
was planned by the YMCA coun
cil last night as it met in its first
organizational meeting of the new
Y year. Between six and eight
members of the council will spend
the weekend at Newport, planning
next year’s program.
Council members discussed a
prospective plan for campus ac
tion next year, including coopera
tion with the Student Christian
council and a group of discussions
for the freshmen and others.
The group will leave early Satur
day morning along with between
25 and 30 members of Wesley club,
Methodist student group. An open
ing discussion will be held Satur
day morning and another probably
during the afternoon.
The council also named Brittain
Ash to represent it on the Y’s ad
visory board. Mr. Ash and Fred
Gieseke, president, will meet with
the board at a banquet in the men’s
dormitory this noon.
Bertrand Adams will represent
the Y council on the Student Chris
tian council. Adams will cooperate
with the Christian groups in a
campus program entailing projects
similar to the anti-war demonstra
tion of this spring.
Seabeck, annual ten-day retreat
of the YM and YW organizations,
was also discussed. Hay Culver,
northwest executive secretary of
the Y, will be on the Oregon cam
pus Friday evening to show pic
tures of and tell about the Seabeck
conference. He will be at Villard
assembly at 7:30.
Professor of Physics
Speaks on Masonry
W. V. Norris, professor of phy
sics, addressed the Eugene Masons
last night at a meeting at the Ma
sonic temple, on the subject, “The
Scientists’ Tools.” His subject
matter had reference to ancient
craft masonry. L. K. Shumaker of
the English department, acted as
toastmaster of the meeting.
Finley Asks House
Presidents to Post
Freshmen at Igloo
Craig Finley, housing chair
man for the Oregon state high
school meet Saturday, requests
that all house presidents have
freshmen posted at the Igloo
from 12:30 Thursday throughout
registration of the athletes.
Student Guard
Edited Today,
Stories Ready
Men Outnumber Women
In Positions Held
On Staff
Lucas, Johnson to Fill Top
Places on Paper
The Register-Guard is scheduled
today to be published by journalism
students on the Oregon campus.
Members of the copyediting, edit
ing. and reporting classes have
been gathering material for stor
ies and working on special feat
ures for the past few days.
A bit of statistical work reveals,
however, that the women are out
numbered on the special edition of
the Register-Guard by 12. Men
working are 31 and women work
ing are 19.
Men Fiill Posts
The majority of the leading po
sitions are filled by men. Robert
Lucas, managing editor, Clair
Johnson, assistant managing edi
tor; Charles Paddock, city editor;
Don Casciato, sports editor; Dan
E. Clark, Jr., night editor. Louise
Anderson, the lone woman to head
a department, will handle society.
A number of features are
planned to be worked in the paper.
The University campus as well as
down town beats are being cov
ered for available sources.
Staff Named
Students who are working on
the paper are Cynthia Liljeqvist,
Reuben Radabaugh, Helen Stinger,
Jane Bishop, Robert Lull, Virginia
Howard, Ronald Gemmell, Fran
ces Hardy, Fred Colvig, William
Barker, Edward Simpson, Mar
garet Veness, Gilbert Wellington,
Ruth McClain, William Phipps,
Leslie Stanley, and William Aet
;zel, from Dean Eric W. Allen’s ed
iting class.
The reporting and copyediting
students under George E. Turnbull
are: Ann-Reed Burns, Fulton Tra
vis, Bette Church, James Morri
son, William Robinson, Robert.
Moore, Stanley Robe, William
Haight, Henryetta Mummey, Mar
jory Will, Mary Graham, Marian
Kennedy, Jack Gilligan, Robert
Jensen, Dell Sherrig, Signe Ras
mussen, Paul Conroy.
Miriam Butler, Helen Bartrum,
George Bikman, Newton Stearns,
Betty Shoemaker, Fred Anderson,
Margaret Petsch, Alfredo Fajardo,
Jack Taylor, Milton Pillette, and
Roberta Moody. Virginia Endicott,
George Callas, Miriam Eichner.
George Root.
Optional Fee Men
y Will Plan Drive
With more than 6000 names al
ready in the hopper, students work
ing for a continuance of optional
student activity fees will meet to
night to plan the last drive that is
expected to take the referendum
over the top. The relief committee
convenes at the Y hut at 7:30. The
meeting is open to all students in
terested in the fee question.
A concerted one-day drive to
complete coverage of Lane county
will be planned. Grange petitions
are being called in, and more than
2000 are expected, according to S.
Eugene Allen, organization chair
man. Nearly 4000 names have
been filed in Multnomah county.
Mittleman Contributes
To Economics Review
The American Economic Review
published quarterly by the Amer
ican Economic association will in
a forthcoming issue carry a paper
on “The Differential Performance
of Certain Selected Workers in
Periods of Prosperity and Depres
sion,” by Dr. E. B. Mittelman of
the University of Oregon.
Dr. Mittelman has applied the
method of relative variations not
dependent upon any particular
unit, long used by psychologists,
especially Kraepelin and his fol
lowers, to check the issue involved.
The results, cross-checked thirty
one different ways, indicate that
it is only the lower fringe of work
ers who are more efficient in de
pression than in prosperity. The
more competent workers do not do
as well in depression as in prosper
ity. The data was obtained in the
Jantzen Knitting Mills.
Romeo and Juliet
Milton Pilette and Eirnorp Gullion, leads in “Romeo and Juliet,”
famous Shnkesperian tragedy, which will be presented for six nights
by the Guild theater, beginning Wednesday, May 29. The play is to be
staged out of doors.
Thomas Sets
Registration
Time at Noon
Heads Name Assistants
To Be in Charge
Of Meet
Registration for some 216 con
testants in the annual state high
school track meet is to begin today
at noon in McArthur court, it was
announced last night by Don
Thomas, student manager of the
meet.
Skull and Dagger men and
pledges have been asked to take
charge of registration, issuing en
try numerals, housing, and general
information. Craig Finley, regis
tration chairman, asked last night
for all fraternities to have a rep
resentative at the registration
booth at all times so as to assist
in escorting the guests to their liv
ing quarters for their two day stay
on the campus.
Appointments Made
Thomas has announced the ap
pointment of Dolores Belloni as his
secretary and Finley’s assistant is
to be Betty Coon.
F.ach house is to be notified this
morning which high school athletes
they are to accomodate.
Paulen Kaseberg will be in
charge of the district managers
and will oversee the accomodations
and equipment The district mana
gers, who are to act as hosts for
the University, will be announced
by Kaseberg tomorrow.
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Faculty Members
Attend Reed Meet
Dr. Boyer, president of the Uni
versity, Karl Onthank, dean of per
sonnel, and S. Stephenson Smith,
professor in English, left yesterday
to attend the inaugural conference
of Dexter Keezer at Reed college
in Portland. Prominent professors
from northwestern colleges and
universities have been invited to
the conference, where educational
problems will be discussed.
John Allen Gets
New Mexico Job
John Allen, son of Eric W. Allen
of the school of journalism, has
accepted a job on erosion control
in northern New Mexico with the
AAA.
Allen, a graduate of the Univer
sity in 1931, is working for his
Ph.D. at Berkeley at the present
time. He is visiting friends here in
Eugene while awaiting orders con
cerning his position. Allen is ac
companied by his wife, formerly
Margaret Moss, who was also a
graduate of Oregon in 1931.
Anthropologists Plan
Field Study at Beach
Anthropology students will go to
the beach this weekend to make a
field study of kitchen middens and
mounds along the coast. The
group leaves Friday afternoon and
expects to return Saturday night.
L. S. Cressman, professor of an
thropology, is planning the trip,
and will accompany the class.
Men Meet at Shack
Todays for Planning
Of Saturday Edition
Lean men, fat men, tall men,
short men, big men, little men,
nice men, bad men—in short, all
men who have tendencies toward
journalism should he at the
journalism shack today at four
o’clock when a staff meeting will
he held to make preliminary
plans for the men’s edition of
the Emerald, which will appear
Saturday morning. The meeting
will l>e held in room 104.
All members of the staff, an
nounced in this morning’s paper,
should l>c present as well as any
others who wish to work on the
“Esquire” edition, according to
Malcolm Bauer, editor.
Journalists Elect
Delegate, Editor
A delegate to the national Sigma
Delta Chi convention, and an edi
tor and business manager of the
Green Goose were elected yester
day when Sigma Delta Chi, nation
al professional journalism fratern
ity met at the journalism building.
Leslie Stanley was chosen as del
egate to the convention which will
be held at the University of Illin
ois, Urbana, Illinois, Novembei
15-17. Bob Moore was elected an
alternate.
Winston Allard will lead the
"gossip snoopers” for the tabloid,
Green Goose. The paper is green
too. Dan E. Clark, Jr., was chosen
as business manager for the
scandal sheet. The definite date
for the sheet has not been set yet.
However, it is said that the tabloid
will contain eight pages.
Campus Calendar
Pre-medical students will hold a
short but important meeting in 103
Deady at 4 o’clock today.
Phi Theta Upsiion will meet to
day at 5 o’clock in the Women’s
lounge of Gerlinger hall.
Strawberry Festival directorate
will meet at 4 o’clock today in the
College Side.
AWS council will meet today at
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Hoover Says
NR A Abolition
’One Answer’
Small Businesses Will
Be Killed, Former
Head States
Code Methods Are Said to
Be Un-American
PALO ALTO, Cal., May 15.—
(AP)—Complete abolition of the
NRA is “the one right answer”
which the house of representatives
should make to the senate’s action
extending its life, former President
Herbert Hoover told the Associated
Press in an interview here today.
“We do not construct new build
ings on false foundations, and we
cannot build a nation’s recovery on
a fundamental error,” he said.
The NRA has been crushing the
life out of small business and “they
are crushing the life out of the
very heart of the local community
body,” he declared.
Abolishment Only Alternative
In response to a question as to
what, in his opinion, congress should
do with regard to the NRA, the
former president said:
“In reply to your question, the
one right answer by the house of
representatives to the senate's ac
tion extending the life of the NRA
is to abolish it entirely.
“This whole idea of ruling busi
ness through code authorities with
delegated powers of law is un
American in principle and a proved
failure in practice. The codes are
retarding recovery. They are a
cloak for conspiracy against the
public interest. They are and will
continue to be a weapon of bure
aucy, a device for intimidation of
decent citizens. \
Chiseling Encouraged
“Claiming to cure immoral busi
ness practices, the codes have in
creased them a thousand fold
through ‘chiseling.’ They have nof
protected legitimate business from
unfair competition but they have
deprived the public of the benefits
of fair competition.
This whole NRA scheme has
saddled the American people with
the worst era of monopolies we
have ever experienced. However
monopoly is defined, its objective
is to fix prices or to limit produc
tion or to stifle competition. Any
one of those evils produces the
other two, and it is no remedy to
take part of them out. These have
been the very aim of certain busi
ness elements ever since Queen
Elizabeth. Most of the 700 NRA
codes effect those very purposes.
Living Costs Increased
“My investigations over the
country show that the codes have
increased costs of production and
distribution, and therefore prices.
Thus they have driven toward de
creased consumption and increased
unemployment. They have in
creased the cost of living, and
placed a heavier burden on the
American farmer.
“The codes are preventing new
enterprises. In this they deprive
America's youth of the opportunity
and liberty to start and build their
independence, and thus stop the
men and women of tomorrow from
building soundly toward a true
social security.
Employment Not Increased
“The whole concept of NRA Is
rooted in a regimented ‘economy of
scarcity’—an idea that increased
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Two Juliets Found to Portray
Immortal Tragic Character
After waiting seven years for a
Juliet to appear and make possible
a campus production of "Romeo
and Juliet,” the famous lyrical
tragedy of bubbling youth and ill
fated love Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt,
dramatic director, finds that pros
perity has turned the corner
meaning that she has two Juliets.
The simplest solution is to use
both. Therefore, on one night the
leading feminine role will be taken
by a tall, intensely ardent Juliet
portrayed by Elenore Gullion. On
the other night Virginia Mikulak
will enact the part of a small, wist
ful, tender Juliet.
Milton Pillette, who has been
prominent in campus productions,
has been given the role of Romeo,
Shakespeare’s Immortal lover. He
will keep his part throughout all
of the productions. “Romeo and
Juliet," which is to be played out
of doors, will begin Wednesday,
May 29, and will run for six con
tinuous evenings. The rest of the
cast has been selected and will be
announced early next week.
All three young players in the
leading roles are having an oppor
tunity coveted by all actors and
actresses in the history of the Eng
lish speaking stage. Of recent
years Jane Cowl and Rollo Peters,
followed last season and this by
Katherine Cornell and Brian Pe
ters, have portrayed these famous
“star-crossed” lovers, whose deaths
brought an end to their parents’
strife.