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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1935)
Next Thursday Student will have an opportun ity to hear Sherwood Eddy, noted lecturer, at an assembly sometime next Thursday. Story on page one. Sophs Dance The eampus goes a dancing to night as the sophomores present their annual informal. The motif— Top Hat. VOLUME XXXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1935 NUMBER 19 Soph‘Top Hat’ Takes Social Spot Tonight Swanky, Modern Ballroom Is Setting For Class Informal; Cheney on Program The sophomore class tonight steps into the limelight with its annual informal, the “Top Hat.” McArthur court will he changed into a swank and modern ballroom, with a huge canopy forming the ceiling. Fifteen chandeliers will be lowered from this throwing sil houettes of “Top Hats” upon the dancers. The “Top Hat” motif is being adopted from the picture of the same name which opens tomorrow at the Heilig theater. Dance mu sic by Art Holman and his orches tra will feature numbers from the picture. Holman’s trio—Ned Gee, Bruce Higby, and Ed McKinney— are working on new arrangements of vocal numbers from the picture. Cheney Will Dance Ed Cheney, whose dancing at the Oregon-California rally was so popular, has been brought down from Portland as a featured en tertainer. Cheney is a former Uni versity of Oregon student and has until recently been touring as a member of Ed Wynn’s company. Cheney has prepared several dance numbers from “Top Hat” to give at intermission time. He will also give several original routines which he has shown only at Prince ton. He promises that they are somethyig entirely new that have never before been seen in the West. Skull and Daggr, sophomore men’s service honorary, has chosen this dance as the time when sev eral sophomores will be tapped to pledge the society. Enough soph omores will be pledged to bring the organization up to its full strength. Star Sends Letter Ginger Rogers, star of the pic ture, “Top Hat,” yesterday wrote to the sophomore class wishing them the greatest luck with their dance. (Please turn to page two) Former Student Visits on Campus Returning from a month’s visit in the east and middle west, G. Richard Eckman, former Univer sity of Oregon journalism student, is visiting the campus this week end. Eckman was active in news paper correspondence work while attending the University and en gaged in newspaper work on Seat tle and Los Angeles dailies. He is now Oregon general agent for the Yeomen Mutual Life In surance company and is planning to open a branch office for his company in Eugene within the next thirty days. While in the mid dle west Eckman spent a week in Des Moines, Iowa, attending the national convention of the Life Underwriters’ association. He is affiliated with Sigma Alpha Epsi lon fraternity. Campus Calendar Frosh bonfire vigilante commit tee will meet Monday night at 8:30 at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house. * * * Gamma Alpha Chi luncheon at the Anchorage Tuesday. * * * Yeomen cross-country track as pirants are urged to report at Hayward field for the initial turn out of all candidates in this sport. Practice will be held under expert tutelage every day from 4 to 6. ♦ * * The Westminster fireside club will meet Monday evening at 8:30, with Oren Freerksen leading a dis cussion on “Recent Educational Trends.’’ A “sing’’ will follow at 10. * * « Mail is being held at the dean of • women's office for Norma Jacobs and Halcyon Wilson. Freshman Bonfire I f igilante Committee Will Meet Monday A meeting of the frosh bon fire vigilante eommiftee is slated to be held Monday night of next week. The meeting will start at 8:30 and will take place at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house. All members of the committee I are to be at the meeting, fresh man leaders said last night. Swim Group Gets Pledges i' Amphibian Tryouts Yield 12 Members Twelve Oregon mermaids splashed their way into Amphib ians, women’s swim honorary, in the Gerlinger hall pool Thursday night. Results of the tryouts were an nounced last night by Mary Mc Cracken, president of the organi zation. The girls were required to swim two lengths of the pool against time and 22 lengths for endurance. Hawaiian Leads Way Leilani Kroll, who learned her strokes on Hawaii’s Waikiki beach, turned in the fastest time in the speed tests. Miss Kroll swam two lengths of the pool in 27.5 sec onds. (Please turn to page three) Theta Sigma Phi Initiation Sunday Honorary Adds 14 Women Journalists Initiation for 14 members of Theta Sigma Phi has been set for Sunday morning at 9:30. The ceremonies will be held in the jour nalism building in the atmosphere of the newspaper. A breakfast at the Anchorage will follow initia tion. Journalism majors who have dis tinguished themselves in newspa per work and are being recognized by the national professional honor ary in journalism are: Phyllis Ad ams, Margaret Petsch, Eleanor Al drich, Corinne LaBarre, Virginia Howard, Dorris Holmes, Mary Graham, Virginia Endicott, Mil dred Blackbume, Jane Bishop, Hil da Gillam Buel, Laura Margaret Smith, Dorothy Dill, and Henry etta Mummey. The first project for the new and former members of Theta Sigma Phi this year will be to aid the school of journalism faculty in sponsoring the high school press conference to be held on the cam pus November 1 and 2. Forum Will Hear Waller Sunday W. P. Walter, secretary of the Eugene YMCA, will speak to, Westminster forum Sunday eve ning on “Was Jesus a Pacifist?” The forum meets at 6:30, preceded by a tea at 6. Takako Nakajima, Japanese stu dent on the University of Oregon campus, will address the morning group at Westminster house at 9:45. ROTC Officers Appointed By Col. Murphy ! i 23 Advanced Cadets To Lead Military Unit; Hibbard Is i Named Colonel Twenty-three advanced militarv students were appointed cadet of ficers yesterday afternoon by Col. E. V. D. Murphy, head of the Uni versity of Oregon reserve officers training corps. Selections are made from senior military students on the basis of past record, length of time in the militarv school, and general achievement. A few junior stu dents are included among the ap pointments. Hlhbard Rnnkinf Officer George Hibbard, student in law, rated the title of colonel, the high est given to cadets. Hugh McCre die, junior in law, received the next highest position, that of lieuten ant colonel. Three students, Tom Aughinbaugh, head of Scabbard and Blade, James Blais, president of ASUO, and Marvin Stroble, jun ior in business administration, were appointed majors. Nine became captains. They are Wilfred Kenna, Forrest Kerby, Frank Michek, William Patrick, Howard Patterson, Norman Rey nolds, William Summers, Robert Thomas, and Otto Vonderheit. Command Underclassmen Four, Lauren Buel, Charles Means, Willis Paddock, and Fran cis Wall, are now first lieutenants. Worth Chaney, William Moore, Al van Parker, James Pigg, and Wil liam Schloth received the rank of second lieutenants. These appointments are partial ly honorary and partially practical, according to Colonel Murphy. Ca det officers direct the drill of soph omore and freshman students. ROTC Units Drill For Armistice Day Drill will be the major occupa tion of ROTC students during the next two weeks. Work on march ing will be speeded up to get the students in shape for the Armis tice day parade, according to Col. E. V. D. Murphy, head of the de partment. One of Sergeant Blythe’s fresh man courses in marksmanship will be given over to drill. Although the students have not had very much practice, Colonel Murphy ex pects them to make a creditable showing. Members of the University mili tary department, together with the band, will make an important part of the parade. A large number are expected to take part as the Ore gon State game, November 9, will keep students in Eugene for the holiday. DeBusk Recovers From Illness Dr. B. W. DeBusk of the school of education, has been seriously ill and confined to his home with an attack of influenza. Dr. DeBusk expects to return to school on Monday, October 28. Veteran Cast Chosen For Guild Theatre Play After three weeks of competi tive tryouts, Otillie Turnbull Sey bolt, director of the drama divi sion, has announced the complete cast for the forthcoming: Univer sity theatre production of Robert E. Sherwood's rollicking comedy, “The Queen’s Husband.” All the members of the cast have done previous work in the University theatre, with the excep tion of George Smith, new Ashland normal “find,” and campus theatre-goers will find many of their old favorites in the produc tion, the first under the University theatre's new playing schedule. Under this plan the play will open for two nights, Friday and Satur day, November 15 and 16 and per formances will be repeated on the same evenings the following week * end, November 22 and 23, in the University theatre in the admin istration building-. “The Queen’s Husband” concerns the many and varied troubles of King Eric VIII, the ruler (in name only however) of an imaginary kingdom. John L. Casteel, head of the speech division, will portray the royal figurehead. Not least among his troubles is his wife, Queen Martha, (Alice Hult) whose dominating personality is “ a pow er behind the throne.” Another di stressing situation arises because the king's daughter, Princess Anne (played by Portia Booth), is in love with the king’s private secre tary, Frederick Granton (played by Charles Barclay), despite the fact that the royal family has ar ranged her marriage to Prince William (Bill Cottrell). (Please turn to page two) Oregon-UCLA Game ; Today to Re Charted ; On Board at YMCA A broadcast of *he Oregon CCLA game will be given in the YMCA hut this afternoon. Accompanying the broadcast, a chart has been preparted upon which the position of the hall will be charted at all times. All University of Oregon students are invited to attend. YMCA Council Is Reinstated Old Frosh Traditions May Be Revived Green lids and the freshman handbook, as well as other neglect ed frosh traditions, may be re vived as a result of increased ac tivity on the part of the recently organized Frosh council. The council will make a report at the YMCA cabinet meeting Monday at 3 o’clock in the Y hut on its action in reviving these and other traditions. If they are to be revived it is probable that the green lids, missing for several years, will be worn this year. How ever, the freshman handbook would not be published until the fall term of 1936. Frosh council, almost extinct and practically inactive for the past two years, was re-organized last Tuesday as a unit of the YMCA. Charles Devereaux is president of the group, and Cosgrove LaBarre and Avery Conds are upper-class advisers. Reports from the international relations committee and plans for the organization of a radio com mittee and a library committee are among other matters which will be considered by the YMCA cabinet Monday. The radio committee, if it is organized, will have charge of the radio at the Y hut and will advertise valuable programs which students may wish to hear. The li brary committee wll try to make arrangements with the library to have books loaned to the YMCA in the same manner as living or ganizations obtain them. Phi Delta Kappa Schedules Gould H. R. Gould, superintendent of public schools, will speak on the “Critique of the Progressive Edu cation Movement,” Monday, Octo ber 28, at 7:30 in Gerlinger hall. His talk is being sponsored by Phi Delta Kappa, men's education al honorary, which is sponsoring a series of public meetings during the year of 1935-36 on the general theme of the “progressivve educa tion movement and its local impli cations. Rumor NYA Will End Unfounded The rumor that all federal relief will end in December, including student work, is absolutely un founded, according to J. O. Lind strom, University cashier. No such report has come out of a Univer sity office. NYA checks will be paid as soon as word is received from federal headquarters at Washington. Sorority Honors Province Director Mrs. Homar A. Mathieson, prov ince director of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, has been a guest at the local chapter house since Wednes day, October 23. On Friday eve ning a formal banquet was given in her honor, with members of the faculty and alumnae of the soror ity as guests. Pi Lambda Theta Sets Banquet Date Pi Lambda Theta, women’s edu cational honorary, held a regular business meeting the evening of October 23, and definitely set the date of their Founders’ day ban quet as November 23. Names for new members were also submitted. Voting will take place at the next meeting, to be held November 7. Oregon AAUW Holds Meet On Campus Today’s Convention Program Announced; Breakfast at 8 At Eugene Hotel Fourteen branches of the Ore gon division of the American As sociation of University Women are meeting on the University of Ore gon campus this weekend for their twelfth state convention. Yesterday the groups met for international relations day with several speeches being made. Program Listed Today’s program is stated in full as follows: 8 a. m.—Kugene hotel. Break fast meetings of the international relations, fellowship, and educa tion groups. 9:30 a. m.—Alumni hall, Gerlin ger. Business meeting of Oregon division, treasurer’s report. Wel come to the campus, Margaret Ann Smith; reports of standing com mittees and reports of the nomin ating committee. Election of the president for 1936-1939. Mrs. Vir gil Earl, state president will speak. Luncheon at Dorm 12:15—John Straub Memorial hall. Education luncheon, with President C. V. Boyer of the Uni versity as speaker. Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, president of the Eugene branch, presiding. 2:00 p. m.—Alumni hall, Gerlin ger. Education and legislative round table. 3:00 p. m.—Branch activities round table. Report of registration and resolution committees. Ad journment. Neophytes. Orate; Successor of Sex Is Debate Issue At noon yesterday in what threatened to end in a riotous free for-all, eight emminent experts, each'proficient in his own line, de bated long and violently on the subject: “Resolved that X should be abolished in collegiate circles." The contest took place on the steps of the old library and a goodly crowd was there to boo or applaud as 6ach notable point was brought out. The emminents, Sigma Delta Chi pledges in disguise, wore top hats, derbies and pajamas on this me morable occasion. Judging by the applause of the crowd the negative won by six boos and a cat-call. This team con sisted sometimes of four and some times of six members—the differ ent notables changing sides ac cording to the immediate issue in question. “What comes after sex?” was the main topic brought out. After a bitter debate the teams finally agreed that seven was all it could be. Bossing Will Not Return on Nov. 1 Contrary to previous reports, Dr. Nelson L. Bossing of the school of education, who is recu perating from a major operation, will be unable to return to school November 1, but hopes to be back sometime around the middle of No vember. In the meantime Dr. R. U. Moore, principal of University high school, has been placed in charge of Dr. Bossing’s classes. Dr. Bossing has kept in touch with his affairs from his home through both Mrs. Lucia Leighton, secretary at the school of educa tion, and Dr. Moore. Renner’s Mother Burned to Death Word was received in Eugene this afternoon of the death of the mother of Joe Renner ASUO pres ident last year. Mrs. Renner, a telegram stated, was burned to death while visiting in North Da kota with a daughter. Renner flew from Philadelphia, where he is in army training, to be present for the funeral. Frosh Captain i Meryle Peters, ex-Jefferson high grid srar, who led the yearlings against the rooks last night. Me holds down the right tackle post in the frosh forward wall. Fourteen Men Enter Contest Rhodes Scholarship Orals Begin Sunday Fourteen Oregon candidates have entered the annual contest for the Rhodes scholarship, accord ing to Mrs. Clara Fitch, secretary of the graduate division of the University. The examinations will begin Sunday afternoon at two o’clock with each candidate being, given approximately half an hour of actual questioning. Besides these, two other candi dates not in Eugene have been rec ommended by the committee: James W. Burke, a student at the Portland medical school, is be ing allowed to omit this prelimin ary exam, having won his way into the district contest last year. The committee has recom mended that Lloyd Humphries, ’35. be admitted to the Indiana state contest because of recognition won by him in the district examination last year. Humphries is at present taking advantage of a fellowship awarded him by the University of Indiana after his graduation here. FORMER STUDENTS MEET Peter N. Root, ’24, Bakersfield, California, recently attended a short post-graduate course given at the Stanford university medical school in San Francisco. In a let ter to the alumni office he says, “ . . . found there, besides Ken Cook (’23 graduate who is prac ticing near him) Sol Weil and Glen S. Morgan, all of the class of ’23. Looked almost like an Oregon re union.” Sherwood Eddy Here Thursday Noted Traveler Back From European Tour Sherwood Eddy, world traveler, author, and lecturer, will speak be fore a general assembly on the campus at some time Thursday. Eddy will be in Eugene but one day, and may be available for some other engagements. Eddy has just returned from making a study of the political and economic situation in Europe in a walking tour through Russia, Poland, Germany, Austria, France, and Great Britain. He has also studied the recent development of the League of Nations. He and his fellow traveler, Samuel Franklin, held intimate conferences and per sonal interviews with many states men, economists, officials of Eur ope. Dr. Eddy graduated from Yale in 1891, and in 1896 he went to In dia where he studied fifteen years, experiencing many interesting ad ventures, and witnessing many im portant political developments. Dr. Eddy is the author of some twenty volumes. Johnson Hall Janitor Reported Improved Charles Dennison, janitor of Johnson hall, who was burned early this week when a steam pipe broke in the basement of the build ing, is reported to be much im proved, and will return to work sometime next week. He has been at the University infirmary since his accident. Norway and Russia Draw Praise of Dr. Ray Bowen The magnificent scenery of Norway and the remarkable pres ervation of the Russian palaces pjnd museums were selected by Dr. Ray P. Bowen, professor of romance language, as the most outstanding memories of his re cent five weeks cruise in Europe. “The scenery in Norway is as beautiful as that of Switzerland. The fjords run Inland and are of ten surrounded by moutains seven or eight thousand feet high. The fjords are like finger lakes; being very deep they offer an ocean liner passage for 150 to 200 miles in land. “At Oslo there is a museum where three of the original Viking ships are preserved. The curve of the prow is extremely artistic and delicate, so much so that modern artists would be proud to equal it,” Bowen said. Copenhagen and Stockholm have the most modern buildings in Eur ope, the architecture being the best seen by Dr. Bowen on his en tire tour. Helsingfor, noted for its very tall gilded church spires, was another of the Scandinavian cities advanced in building development. When Dr. Bowen approached Leningrad through the Baltic sea the ship had to pass 24 Russian warships before it could enter the harbor. The Hermitage in Lenin grad is the best art gallery in Ebrope, and according to Bowen, the gallery’s grand stair case is worth the trip alone. In the Her mitage is the best collection of Rembrandt and includes some of the best Italian and Spanish work. (Please turn to page jour) Rooks Hand Duck Frosh 9-0 Beating Alexander Leader As OSC Yearlings Win; Nicholson and Peters Look Good Led by a tow-headed little man by the name of John Alexander, and a tough smashing fullback sporting a glamorous high school reputation—Ben Ell, the Oregon State rooks last night flashed ev erything from a single wing back formation to the famous USC squirrel cage shift to beat the er ratic Oregon frosh 9 to 0. Playing with their backs to the goal line clear through the first half, the frosh resorted to the kick ing of Dave Gammon in a desper ate effort to stem the bustling, heckling rooks. But early in the first quarter, Don Coons, left end for the rooks broke through and blocked Dave Gammon’s kick, sending the ball far over the end zone securing a safety for the rooks. 'EM Fumbles at Crucial Moment With two points staring them in the face the frosh still couldn’t get out of the hole of their own terri tory and were saved from further humiliation when Ben Ell fumbled the ball on the frosh two yard line at the opening of the second quar ter. Tony Veranda grabbed the free hall and fought his way out of the Oregon end zone, giving the ball again to Oregon. In the second half, a frosh team displaying excellent physical shape, jumped into an offensive game and ran up six first downs while the (Please turn to page jour) O’Connell Makes Radio Survey Kenneth J. O'Connell, professor of law, returned from Portland yesterday where he has been gath ering testimony from radio engin eers to contest the operating of a Utah station on the same frequen cy as KOAC, Oregon state college statioA. As it is believed that the pro posed Utah station will infringe on KOAC territory, which extends in to eastern Oregon, Prof. O’Connell will prepare a brief next week which will be sent to Washington along with other testimony for hearing before the federal commu nications bureau. Bible Discussion Group Has Meet The Bible discussion group led by Glen Griffith, YMCA secretary, got under way Thursday night with about ten students present. The group, using “The Bible and the Quest for Life’’ by Bruce Cur rie as its text, discussed the first chapter, "When the World Goes Wrong,” at its initial meeting. Next meeting is scheduled for a week from Thursday night. All students welcome. GRADUATES MARRIED Edna Curtis Spenker, B.A. ’31, M.A. '33, and Eugene Callaghan, B. A. '26, M.A. '27, were married last month in Chicago, Illinois. They will live in Washington, D. C. , where Mr. Callaghan is an as sociate United States geologist in the department of interior. Editorials Today Discuss: • National Affairs For Assemblies? • — Social Unity At Last? • The University And Radio Featured in Today’s Emerald: For light reading read Bill Marsh’s “Campus Exchanges.” Everything from hick baseball players to five-cent cigars.