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
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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
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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.