Head in" South Mighty Oregon’s football team is heading south today, after leav ing last night following a rousing rally parade and send off. Women The Emerald’s weekly women’s page has been shifted to page three this week. Sports section is on page four. VOLUME XXXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1935 NUMBER 17 Frosh Officers Launch Plans For Bonfire MoAvoy Announces Committee Heads; Jewell and McClay To Be Co-Chairmen Appointments for frosh bonfire, the first official act of Arnie Mc Avoy, newly elected freshman class president, were made yesterday. Plans have been launched to make the affair the pay-off event of homecoming rally the night of No vember 8. Skinner’s butte will appear as a sheet of fire if plans now under way are completed. Torches made of oil-soaked gunny sacks placed close together on the hillside will be tended by freshmen appointed to the task. According to tradition the bonfire is built to assist in the protection of he huge lemon “O” the night before the Oregon-Ore gon State game. Heads Named Herb Jewell and Jack McClay will act as co-chairmen for the event and are charged with organ izing the committees into unified action. Working under Jewell and McClay are: Doyle Mulligan, con struction; George Hall, material; Wallace Greenland, vigilance (Skinner’s butte): Ruth Sta.nely, refreshments; Carl Egeloff, clean up; John Olsen, finance; Lloyd Tupling, publicity. Vigilance of the campus, which includes protection of the senior bench, Hayward field, campus buildings and statues, was 1 as^ year under the direction of the Order of the “O" but this duty has been as signed to Kenneth Hills. Vigilance Committee Campus vigilance will begin a week from Monday with Willis Frye in charge that night, Tues day night vigilance. Bud Burnett; Wednesday night, Art Hill; Thurs day night, Rod Aya; and on Friday night all assistant chairmen will be combined under Burnett. Ted Olsen and Dorothy Magnu san are in charge of decorations for the frosh event; Fran Latour ette. materials; Norma Rising, campus construction; John Dun gan, field construction; Carl Egel off; assistant chairman. Charge Made Action taken by townspeople against the usual large bonfire and its resultant scarring of Skinner butte and the ineffective fireworks display of last year have forced of ficials to change the method of bonfire construction. It is hoped that the many innovations be ing made in this year’s affair will establish a new tradition. Speech Group Chooses Seven Tryouts for the University of Oregon’s women's symposium team were held Tuesday evening at 7:30 p. m. in room 13, Friendly hall and seven new members were added to the group. They are: Beula Chapman, Viola Barker, Earleen Grobebe, Jean Larson, Felker Morris, Esther Lange and Edith Clark. Last year's women’s discussion team included: Mary Nelson, Frances Mays, Betty Brown, Wil helmina Gerot, Laurene Borck schink and Eileen Donaldson. James A. Carrell, instructor in speech, leads the group, which will begin holding regular meetings as quickly as convenient days can be arranged. Griffith Will Lead Bible Study Group Glen Griffith, secretary of the local YMCA, will lead a newly-or ganized Bible study group which will meet Thursday evenings at 9 o’clock at 613 East 11th street. "The Bible and the Quest for Life,” by Bruce Currie will be the text used in the discussion. Library Acquires Scottish Dictionary The etymological dictionary of the Sottish language has been re ceived by the University library. The four volumes and supplement were written by J. Jamieson, and published from 1879 to 1887. Women to Help At Press Event Theta Sigma Phi Will Entertain Delegates Members of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s professional journalism fraternity, will assist with the en tertainment of delegates to the Oregon High School Press associa tion which will meet here Novem ber 1 and 2. For the women delegates, the honorary will sponsor a no-host breakfast Saturday at 8 at the Anchorage. Eleanor Aldrich is in charge of the Theta Sigma Phi skit at the banquet Friday evenin'?, November 1. Margaret, Petsch will make arrangements for the break fast, and also the housing of the women delegates in the different sororities. Thirteen pledges will be initiat ed by Theta Sigma Phi Sunday morning at the journalism build ing. They are: Margaret Petsch, Eleanor Aldrich, Phyllis Adams, Mildred Blackburne, Corrine La Barre, Jane Bishop, Dorothy Dill, Hilda Gillam Buel, Virginia Endi cott, Virginia Howard, Doris Holmes, Laura Howard Smith, Henryetta Mummey, all of whom were pledged last spring term, and Mary Graham, who was pledged this term. Professor Makes Suggestions for Sorority Economy Indirectly, one of the eminent professors on the campus made an economy suggestion for sorority houses—distribute the girls ac cording to weight for a savin gon the fuel bill. The professor was a saw-dust shoveler for one of the sororities during his student days at the Uni versity. “There was a skinny girl on the third floor that was always sticking her head out of the win dow,” he said, “and calling down, ‘It’s cold up here. Turn on the heat.’ ” Students to Speak In Seal Campaign Several students have volun teered to aid the sale of Christmas seals this year by traveling Lane county and speaking in behalf of the Lane County Health associa tion and the tuberculosis seal drive. The talks will be a preliminary educational step to the seal sale early in December. They will speak before several granges, com mercial clubs, churches, P.T.A., and other organzations. Those serving are: Nora Hitch man, Orval Etter, Frances Mays, Paul Plank, Claude O’Brien, Kess ler Cannon, Walter Eschebeck, Clayton Van Lydegraf, Howard McAnulty, and Self-Service clubs in Eugene. Campus •> •> Calendar YWCA membership banquet at Gerlinger hall at 6:00 tonight. * * * Last tryouts for Amphibian in Gerlinger tonight at 7:30. * * * Any girls interested in assisting in the Girl Scout program in town please call at the YWCA bungalow for information. * * * Alpha Delta Sigma will hold an important business meeting today noon at the College Side. * * * Activitiy chairmen of the wo men’s living organizations will meet today at 5 o’clock in the College Side. • * • There will be a meeting of the music group of Philomelete at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at 4 o’clock. • * • Theta Sigma Phi, women's na tional journalism professional hon orary, announces the pledging of Mary Graham. Eugene. • * * The Asklepiad club will meet to morrow night at 8:00 p. m. at the home of Herbert Armentrout, 667 Va East Twelfth street. All Eyes on Laval The world’s eyes were upon Prenr.rer Laval of France as he shaped his answer to Great Britain’s flat question whether France will co operate with the British fleet in event of a clash with Italy. Laval, shown here as he was questioned by Paris newspapermen the other day, is in a trying position because of pledges given Mussolini several months ago and because of the threat of internal dissension if he decides against Italy. Grace Indicted By Grand Jury Hall Jewelry Is Still Unrecovered Paul Grace, alleged campus rob ber, was indicted by the Lane county grand jury yesterday af ternoon for burglary in a dwelling, on a charge of grand larceny. The jury, after postponing actipn on the case for several days because of a heavy docket, finally returned a true bill. As Grace has been unable to post the preliminary bail of $5000 set by Justice of Peace Dan Johnston, he will probably have to remain in jail until his trial is called. Judge Skipworth, of the circuit court, will sit on the case, which has not yet been scheduled. The $300 worth of jewelry, which Grace is accused of stealing from the home of E. H. Hall October 3, has not been recovered, according to L. L. Ray, district attorney. A small amount of cash was also taken at the time. Grace was apprehended in the dormitory October 5, after being identified by Hall and Jennings King, who maintain that he is the man they chased across the cam pus the afternoon of the robbery. The burglar eluded capture at that time by brandishing a gun at his pursuers. Although Grace, who says he is from Palto Alto, was not regis tered in the University, he was living in the dormitory. He claimed to have been a student at Stanford. Expert on India To Speak Tuesday Maurice Ballenger, for 17 years a professor at Lucknow university in India, will speak at Gerlinger hall October 29, according to an nouncement yesterday from Glen Griffith, secretary of the YMCA. “The Philosophy of Non-Violent Resistance’’ will probably be the title of Professor Ballenger’s ad dress. Mr. Ballenger is well ac quainted with Mahatma Ghandi, famous exponent of passive re sistance, and is qualified in the choice of his topic. According to present plans, Pro fessor Ballenger will arrive on the campus October 28 and will be available for conferences and in terviews with small student groups. His main purpose in com ing in contact with student groups and organizations is to find out the attitude of American students to ward foreign missions. His speech will be sponsored by the Student Christian council. Former Student Plays at Omaha Bernice Stromberg Is Praised as Pianist Bernice Stromberg-, a student in’ the University school of music during the past two years, received enthusiastic praise from critics when she appeared in piano con cert in Omaha at the huge Joslyn Memorial hall Sunday, October 13. News of her recital has been re ceived by Aurora Potter Under wood, with whom she studied dur ing her two years here. Miss Stromberg is the sister of June to her home in Oakland, Ne braska, where she has a large number of piano pupils. She goes to Omahs for lessons with August Borglum, reputedly the outstanding pianist of the state. In a private recital at his home she was presented by him as the pupil of Mrs. Underwood. Miss Stromberg is the stister of Elroy and Eugene Stromberg, also prominent former students at Ore gon. Students Plan For Conference November 29 to December 1 have been, set as the dates for the International Relations conference to be held on the Oregon campus The conference will open Friday evening at Gerlinger hall with a reception which is being organized by the Cosmopolitan club. Raymond Culver of McMinnville, regional secretary of the YMCA met Sunday with Mary Nelson and Frank Evenson, local co-chairmen to draw up plans for the event. The student forums will start Saturday morning, with discus sions on the Ethiopian situation and the League of Nations. For the afternoon a tea is scheduled, followed by a trip through the Murray Warner art museum. Yeomen Schedule Meeting for Tonight Plans for a meeting to be held tonight at the Y hut were dis cussed at a meeting of the Yeo men council Tuesday night. The meeting, to which all independent men are invited, is scheduled for 7:30. Yeomen plans for the year will be outlined and doughnuts and cider will be served as refresh ments. DEAN SCHWEKING SPEAKS Hazel Prutsman Schwering, dean of women, was the speaker for the University high Girl's League assembly Wednesday af ternoon. Plans for Press Convention Laid Journalism Students, Faculty to Be Hosts With the temporary program drafted for the annual convention of the Oregon High School Press association, students and faculty of the school of journalism are pre paring to serve as hosts for the occasion. Members of the differ ent fraternities and sororities have signified their willingness to coop erate. The convention is scheduled to get under way at 9:30 of Novem ber 1, with registration and as signment of members to the hous ing groups. James Elais. ASXJO president, will welcome the delegates to the campus after which Eric W. Al len, dean of the journalism school, will deliver the main address of the morning session. Discussion of pertinent high school newspaper problems will follow'. Professors to Speak The afternoon session will be featured by addresses made by Charles M. Hulten and George Turnbull of the University faculty and by Robert Lucas, Emerald ed itor. At 6:00 of the first day a no host dinner will be provided for the delegates, during which Sigma Delta Chi, men’s journalistic hon orary, will perform the rite3 of formal initiation upon nine neo phites. After a Dutch-treat breakfast at the Anchorage, under the auspices of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s jour nalistic honorary, Saturday morn ing will see the presentation of awards by Harris Ellsworth, edi tor of the Roseburg News-Review. Prizes to Be Awarded Prizes given are: for the best school notes in local papers—the (Please turn to page four) Misses Guillion, Hult Continue Dramatic Work Two of the University theatre’s most promising actresses who had leading roles in last year’s campus productions, are again activTTn drama work this season. During the summer Elenore Gullion and Alice Hult were awarded scholarships to the Cor nish school summer session in Seattle. The awards were made as a result of competitive tryouts. Otillie Turnbull Seybolt, direc tor of dramatics at the University, went to Seattle especially to see plays the girls were in and re ported that both did very satis factory work. Miss Gullion is now an apprent ice as the Cleveland Playhouse, one of the few theatres in the United States which offers an op portunity to a limited number of young people entering the field of professional drama. Alice Hult is continuing her studies at the University and has been selected to play the queen in the forthcoming University the atre production of Robert Sher wood’s “The Queen’s Husband.” Ray Injures Skull In Bicycle Crash Waverly Ray, sophomore in bus iness administration from Hood River, is in a serious condition at the Pacific hospital after toeing struck by a bicycle Tuesday eve ning. Ray was struck to the pave ment as he stepped from behind a car on Alder near Broadway. He suffered a fractured skull. His physician, Dr. Edward Zimmer man, reported late last night that his condition was unchanged. Taylor Will Speak Before Teachers Dr. Howard Taylor, head of the psychology department, will spend Friday morning at the Douglas county teachers’ institute held in Roseburg. He will give an address on “The Influence of Research in Psychology on Educational Theory and Practice.” Dr. Taylor has also been asked to participate in a panel discussion later in the morning on "Can We Justify Expa, sion of Our Schools?” Leader’s Talk Wins Students; Nomination Legality Questioned Sclilolh Petitions Judiciary Group On Technical Point of Meeting Questioned constitutionality of yesterday’s nomination assembly in a petition presented late yester day by William Schloth will be settled at a special meeting of the judiciary committee tomorrow at 1 o’clock in the office of Dean Wayne L. Morse. Kermit Paulsen was the only nominee at the disputed meeting. Schloth’s petition stated that the nominations were illegal on the grounds that adequate notice of the meeting was not furnished in the Emerald, student publica tion. The constitution states that the meeting must be announced in the student publication two days be fore it is to take place. The meet ing was mentioned in an Emerald story early last week but a defi nite date was not given. Blais Makes Statement The statement of President James Blais made last night fol lows : “I am very thankful to have the opportunity to make a statement through the Emerald columns con cerning the questioned legality of yesterday’s nominating assembly. “I realize it would be useless to argue the matter in these columns and have therefore asked an opin ion from the judiciary committee. “Any verdict this body reaches will be entirely satisfactory. If they find that the notices given of the meeting fulfill legal re quirements of the constitution, then the whole matter is closed and the election will take place as scheduled, next Wednesday. If, however, they question the legal ity, the business transacted at the assembly must come up again at a future date. “It is unfortunate that a delay may occur in this case and Chus prolong the vacancy created by Robert Prentice’s failure to return to school. However, I wish to as sure the student body that an ef fort will be made to take care of the matter at an early date, in case the ruling of the judiciary warrants this.” James Blais. Smith Will Speak On Radio Tonight Dr. Warren D. Smith, professor of geology, will tonight give a dis cussion of the relation of geogra phy to the exploitation of mineral products over KOAC at 8:15 p. m. This lecture is sponsored under a joint series between Oregon and Oregon State on the “Mineral In dustries of Oregon.” A quotation from Sir Walter Scott’s "St. Roman’s Well” will illustrate the humble position of early geologists. “Some run up hill and down dale knapping the chucky stone to pieces wi’ ham mers like sae many road-makers run daft. They say ’tis to see how the world was made.” “Now these ‘daft road-makers’ pass on foundations for dams and aid location of rich oil and mineral deposits,” Dr. Smith comments. Peterson Gets Job on Journal Anton (Tony) Peterson, ’31, for mer business manager of the Em erald, has recently been chosen as manager of national advertising for the Oregon Journal. Peterson was prominent in school activities here and was win ner of the Koyl cup award for 1030. This award is made to the out standing all around junior man. While here Peterson was affil iated with Sigma Nu fraternity and was a member of Alpha Delta Sigma, honorary advertising fra ternity. He has been with the Journal three years. Red Cross Head H. Murray Jacoby (above), who was special United States ambas sador at the coronation of Haile Selassie, has been appointed by the emperor as American representa j tive of the Ethiopian Red Cross. Juniors Meet Officers Tonight BeLieu Will Outline Class Policy for Year Junior class members will meet their officers for the next year and will hear the class policy out lined in general at a brief meet ing in room 203 Villard hall Thurs day night. President Ken BeLieu will intro duce Vice-President Carmen Curry and Secretary Grace Peck. Candidates for the office of class treasurer to take the place of David Crosse who did not return to school will also be nominated. BeLieu will give briefly the pol icy which he presented during the class election last fall and has signified his intention to follow it closely throughout the year. 200 Expected For Y Banquet The YWCA membership ban quet will be held tonight in Ger linger hall at 6:00. It is expected that about 200 girls who intend to join the YWCA will attend. Miss Dorothy Nyland, director of the Wesley Foundation in Eu gene, who has recently returned from the Orient, will be guest speaker. Toastmistress will be Elaine Sorenson, president of the YWCA. Group singing will be led by Theda Spicer. Doris Mabie, assisted by Mary Ellen Eberhart, Juanita Mills, Ha zel Lewis, and Lillian Warn, is in charge of the banquet. Any girl who has not already made her reservation should do 30 at the YWCA bungalow. Editorials Today Discuss: • Over 500 Books For Idle Hours • Advancement of the Prep Fourth Estate • Lindbergh’s Genius Pierces New Fields Featured in Today’s Emerald: Tom McCall discusses Victory Bell in “Sports Quacks,” page 4. Dry Humor Adds To Reminiscences Of Early Days On U. of O. Campus Rare Irish humor and a radiant smile accompanied the address of Colonel John Leader, veteran of two British wars, when he spoke to a large gathering of students and faculty in Gerlinger hall Wed nesday morning. The Colonel declared that Eur ope cannot understand America, with its multitude of mortgages on homes, its high automobile mortal ity rate, and the waring gangs of Chicago. “America is still the land of opportunity where opportunity knocks at everyone's door,” he re marked, “but too often it is ac companied by hard work.” Praises Oregon Great was Colonel Leader’s praise for Oregon. “The most dis tinguished battalion of the 40 oth- " er battalions in the world war was that of the University of Oregon.” He added that the reason why this statement was not generally rec ognized was because the Oregon ians are "the most martial and the least military of any other race in the world.” Leader was seriously injured in the battle of the Somme and after he had recovered he was sent to Oregon to lead in organizing the University’s military training unit. His first meeting with the faculty here, he said, left him with the im pression that they knew little of military training, especially when he proceeded to dig trenches and throw barbed wire entanglements over the present site of the ath letic field. Soon, however, many were leading in the training of the battalions all over the state. Next, Leader said, he had to overcome the opposition against military training on the part of the men students. This problem was also shortly overcome, and soon he had groups of women stu dents sewing on a huge flag. Repeats Farewell “If ever Oregon was in trouble and wanted me again, I’d come back with everything I had ... I say that again, and I say it more definitely and more sincerely than I said it before,” the colonel con cluded, repeating the same state ment that he made before the stu dents in his farewell address in Villard hall 18 years ago. Before Colonel Leader was in troduced to the student body by Jim Blais, president, nominations to fill the vacant office of junior finance office were asked from the floor. Kermit Paulsen was the only nominee, but officials expect that an opposing party will form and present a petition to Blais today or tomorrow asking the entry of another name on the ballot. Blais also announced that he had received a petition with the neces sary number of signatures asking the vote of the ASUO of its opin ion on a membership clause of the executive council, concerning in dependent students. Episcopal Group Will Broadcast A series of radio programs to be broadcast over KORE has been arranged by St. Mary’s Fellow ship, Episcopal student organiza tion. The program will be heard Sunday evenings from 7:15 to 7:30 and, if present plans materialize, will continue throughout the win ter. In the initial broadcast next Sunday Carol McFall, soprano, will sing and Eugene Allen, president of the group, will give poetry readings. LUNCHEON CLUB MEETS The “Luncheon Club” — com posed of women students who eat lunch at the YWCA and men who eat at the YMCA—met yesterday at the Y hut with about 35 present. The club meets every Wednes day and eats lunch together and enjoys group recreation.