Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1935)
Get Wise and Rally I Annual Kwama Get Wise party ! for co-eds is followed tonight by a rally dance for all at the Green | Parrot Palms. Girls attend both, men the latter. In Full Swing Homecoming activities step into full swing this week. Sign commit tee heads announced in today’s | Emerald. VOLUME XXXVII UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1935 NUMBER 21 “Get Wise” Party Will Be Tonight Kwamas Entertain New Campus Women I>om 7:00 to 8:30 At Gerlinger Hall Gym The “Get Wise” party given by Kwama, sophomore woman’s serv ice honorary, will be held tonight from 7 until 8:30 in the gym of Gerlinger hall in honor of new wo men on the campus. The time will not interfere with the rally dance which is also sched uled for tonight beginning at 7:30. Freshman women are asked not to have dates until after the “Get Wise” party, Hazel P. Schwering, dean of women, said. Campus clothes are in order for both the party and the rally dance. bkiih riannea For entertainment skits have been planned by campus groups reviewing activities open to all wo men students and those activities especially interesting to freshman women. This party is given in col laboration with the AWS activity plan formulated at the conference held early this term. Groups having skits include Philomelete, AWS, YWCA, and WAA. The nature of these skits is not to be known until presenta tion, however. Directorate Named The directorate appointed by Gayle Buchanan, president of Kwama includes: Isobelle Miller, program; Erma Huston, and Gen evieve McNiece, refreshments; Gretchen Smith, decorations; Hal lie Dudrey, music; and Betty Rosa, publicity. All women on the campus have been invited and a special invitation has been sent to freshman women and new women transferred here from other schools. Frosh counsellors will again ap pear in their official positions es corting their freshman women to the affair as an annual function included in their list of activities Buck McGowan will play for dancing during the evening. Re freshments will also be served. Recent Books Put on Rent Shelf Three new plays and an out standing novel swell the number of volumes in the rental section of the University library. Miss Rise, circulation librarian, reports the arirval of “Accent on Youth,” which, as the critics say, has style, and “White Man” by Samson Ra phaelson, whose viewpoints are “urbane and witty,” and “Sailors of Cattaro,” full of power of truth and daring, by Friedrich Wolf. Also, “Three Men on a Horse,” a three-act comedy by John Cecil Home and George Abbott, is among the rentals. The novel is Sigrid Undset’s “The Longest Years,” the most personal and re vealing piece of work of the author so far. It gives an intimate insight of the personality of one of the greatest living writers. “The Dancer’s Quest,” by Eliza beth Seldon is also new. “Trailing Cortez Through Mexico,’ by Harry T. Franck, the “prince of vaga-j bonds," will be placed on the seven-day shelf. Art Museum Libe Is Open From 8 to 10 W ednesday Nights Because of increased demand, the art museum library in the museum building will be opened to students every Wednesday from eight until ten o’eolck. These hours are in addition to the regular schedule hours. Kntranee to the building dur ing these added hours may be made through the rear of the building near Susan Campbell hall. Initiation Will Be at Banquet Sipma Delta Chi Will Take 8 New Members At a meeting- of Sigma Delta Chi, men's journalism honorary, yesterday evening, plans were made for formal initiation of eight men into the fraternity at the Oregon high school press ban quet November 1. They are William Robinson, Er win Laurence, James Morrison, Willard Marsh, Don Casciato, Clint Haight, Burk Mathews, and Paul Conroy. ' Graduate members of Sigma Delta Chi will have charge of the ceremonies at the banquet. They are: Alton F. Baker, publisher of the Eugene Register-Guard; Wil liam M. Tugman, managing editor, Sydney King, city editor; and John W. Anderson, managing editor of the Eugene Morning News. Pleading other pressing duties, Ned Simpson tendered his resigna tion as treasurer of the organiza tion at.the meeting. George Callas was elected to serve in his place. It was decided that the pledges to the group will serve as ushers and guides for the delegates to the press conference as part of their informal initiation. 250 Visit New Gamma Hall Libe Approximately 2 5 0 students, faculty members, townspeople and house^librarians made a visit to the new Gamma hall library at its formal opening yesterday. The li brary was installed last week as a result of the traveling library group meeting conducted by the University library officials. House librarians who were pres ent were given valuable sugges tions on how to reorganize their living group by Bruce Johnston, the hall librarian, and Beryl Holden. Shumaker Finishes Text Supplement A mimeopgraphed book supple menting the text in “Methods of Study” class has just been com pleted by Prof. L. H. Shumaker. The material was compiled ex pressly for application to the Uni versity of Oregon and the particu lar facilities found here. Arrangements have been made between Shumaker and M. H. Douglass, school librarian, to pro duce 1000 copies of the section of the book related to the use of the University libraries. These will be distributed in the near future. Band Gets Down to Work; iS Cigarettes. Pipes Banned The University band has got down to work in earnest. Ask any body! The girls have come again and the concert season is getting under way. Heavy rehearsals are being conducted by John Stehn and there's no horse-play tolerat ed; absolutely none! The boys, as usual, were enjoy ing their last minute cigarettes when John called for order. He didn’t get it quickly enough so he called again (and could have been heard clear to the mill-race). Sup posing he meant it, the lads piped down to hetfr any pearls he might care to cast. “No more cigarettes—or pipes! We now have ladies in the band and they don’t like it!” Then rehearsal started. All the heavy numbers in which our A-l band excels and the gentlemen of the band, in sportive rnood, not having enough to do already, be gan talking and popping around on their instruments. The results was very much a personification of Sherman's four-letter definition of war. John got a trifle red about the neck which should have been a warning, but wasn't. He retired to the office and came out with his little “black book,” and began am bitiously marking down “5’s" af ter the names of the offenders. So now, the University band, not only being the finest, is being groomed to become superlative and the good old high school standards have been invoked—5 points for each infraction of discipline taken from the total term grade. “Join the band and be happy!' is now the bandsmen's slogan. Green Lids May Appear Council Plans Hats As Honor Badges Green lids worn as a badge of I honor instead of as a sign of pun i ishment, may make their appear - I anee on the campus in the near i future, if plans of the frosh council I materialize. | The council, which met yester j day at three o'clock in the Y hut j decided to start a new tradition by having freshmen wear the green ; lids as a sign that they are fresh ! men and proud of it, just as upper j classmen wear the time-honored ! cords. Hats Make Class Spirit It was pointed out at the meet ing that green hats will allow the frosh to recognize each other and | to become acquainted as well as | giving a chance for better class | spirit. Members of the council will contact their fellow freshmen dur ing this week in an effort to get the sentiment of the class on the subject. If it is found that the majority of the frosh favor wear ing lids, a supply will be purchased by the council and sold. Council members also decided at the meeting yesterday to offer their services to members of the vigilante committee which has been organized in an effort to keep order during the homecoming game with Oregon State. The com mittee consists of freshmen and is headed by Bud Burnett. Barger Attendance Favored A vote in favor of attendance at lectures and assemblies was taken by the group and members will endeavor to get a larger at tendance at these meetings. Dudley Miller, vice-president of the council, was appointed person nel officer to have charge of noti fying members of meetings. Scabbard, Blade Planning Dance Paddock Appointed Chairman of Affair Plans for the first military ball since 1931 were made at the meet ing- of Scabbard and Blade last night in the ROTC building. The date for the formal military affair is set as January 11. The dance will be an outstand ing campus affair and many not ables, including Governor Martin, are expected to be in attendance. It will be held in Gerlinger hall. Bill Padock, junior in law, was appointed chairman by Captain Tom Aughinbaugh. Major Wap penstein, of the University ROTC, will assist the chairman. Plans for pre-initiation of pledges were made. Ken BeLieu was appointed mock-general of the neophytes. Biology Classes Will See Movies Moving pictures of the lives of lower organisms will be shown ti the biological science survey classes tonight at 7:30 in Villard auditorium by A. R. Moore. The public is invited to attend as well and a short explanation will be given concerning the animals. Two and a half reels will be shown with particular reference to the material being emphasized in classwork. Editorials Today Discuss: Gordon Connelly and Military Education An Umbrella In His Hand • Featured in Today’s Emerald: The “Emerald Magazine” con taining review of current books of interest and features Sinclair Lewis’ new novel—“It Can’t Happen Here.’’ _1 Italian Battle Chief Appearing- jubilant over his army's success, General Emilio tie Bono, commander of the Italian forces driving toward Maltale, hails a passing detachment with the fascist salute as he and his staff direct the attack on the Ethiopians. Beside him with arms akimbo, is Count Galeazzo Ciano, Mussolini's son-in-law and air force commander. Sign Painting Heads Named Miss Clark, Swenson Make Appointment With the appointment of living organization representatives t o handle signs welcoming Oregon alumni to the campus during homecoming November 9, home coming activities moved into full swing yesterday. Co-chairmen Dorothy Anne Clark and Reed Swenson an nounced the list of the house rep resentatives late Monday evening. Competition Announced As trophies are to be awarded the organizations displaying the best signs, the co-chairmen an nounced rules for the competition. All signs must be finished by 7 o’clock of Friday evening, Novem ber 8. Itemized expense accounts of the cost of constructing each sign must be handed to either Swenson or Miss Clark by noon of the same day. A maximum of $15 has been set on each sign by the sign commit tee. Assistants Picked Marjory Will, Gib Schultz, Eu gene Allen, and Woodrow Truax have been chosen by Swenson and j Miss Clark to aid them with the sign committee’s work. The complete list of house rep resentatives follows: Women’s organizations — Alpha Chi Omega, Lucille McBride; Al pha Delta Pi, Marguerite Sun strup; Alpha Gamma Delta, Elinor Stewart; Alpha Omicron Pi, Jo Skene; Alpha Phi, Virginia Schultz; Alpha Xi Delta, Marion Beezley; Chi Omega, Barbara Roome; Delta Delta Delta, Ruth Nollenberg; Delta Gamma, Kay Larson; Gamma Phi Beta, Frances Johnston; Kappa Alpha Theta, Betty Dean; Kappa Kappa Gam ma, Marian Dryer; Phi Mu, Mar garet Rugh: Pi Beta Phi, Frances Wells; Sigma Kappa, Mary Foster; Zeta Tau Alpha, Wilhelmina Gerot. Men selected Men’s organizations—Alpha Tau (Please turn to pane three J Extension Adds Courses ‘Living Writers’ Course Offered Two new courses have recently been added to the extension divi sion of the University of Oregon, which already offers over 100 cor respondence courses. Professor S. Stephenson Smith of the English department has prepared a course in “Living Writers,’’ and Professor Victor P. Morris of the economics department offers the course, “Economics of the Recovery Pro gram.” According to Miss Mozelle Hair of the extension division these courses are planned especially for teachers' study groups but are also open to individuals. These two new courses are the first to be designed especially for study groups. Arranged in three sections of 16 assignments each, the "Living writers” course will center on a study of literary types as exempli fied in the work of Englsh writers of the last thirty years. It will also include a study of social ideas expressed in recent drama and novels and a study of the psycho logical novel. Professor Morris’s course will deal with problems confronting the world during the last five years. It will attempt an interpretation of the moves made during the pe riod to bring about recovery of eco nomic conditions. Two hours credit may be ob tained from the economic course and three from the literature course. Spanish Club Will Meet at YW Tonight “La Corrida de Todos," campus Spanish club, will meet tonight at 8:30 at the YWCA bungalow. The program will commemorate the Mexican “Dia de los Muertos,” or day of the dead. The rest of the program will be devoted to sing ing. All Spanish students and oth ers are invited to come. Ballenger Discusses World Fellowship9 Youth Prime essentials for world fel lowship are knowledge of each oth er and the kind of “soul force” typified by Ghandi’s non-resistance to violence philosophy, Professor Maurice Ballenger tolcl a group gathered in- the Alumni room of Gerlinger hall last night. The speaker, a teacher in In dia for 15 years and recently re turned from trips through Italy, France, Palestine, and England, declared thkt everywhere the youth of the country were building a new world. He deplored the fact that this world which they seek to cre ate is a selfish one and is not based on world fellowship which, he said, is necessary before the earth can have peace. ! American youth are “sitting pretty” Mr. Ballenger declared and are not particularly worried about world problems and are not too interested in establshing a new era for this country. In time when they begin to realize that Ameri ca must take part in the troubles of the rest of the world, the youth of America will take charge much as those of other countries have done, Professor Ballenger believes. Professor Ballenger will be on the Oregon campus for the next two weeks talking with student groups on "world fellowship” and will leave about November 11 for Seattle and the Puget Sound area. Decision ‘No’ On Connelly Group Says Grant Not Within Authority In a second and final decision llie faculty committee on military education yesterday refused to ex empt Gordon M. Connelly, sopho more in journalism, from ROTC drill. . The “test" case proved definitely that the only two bases for exemp tion by the committee are con scientious objection and heavy work schedules. Connelly's attempt to open a third channel through which objectors to drill could find exemption was thwarted after the faculty committee had considered his case for over an hour and a quarter. The committee’s official state ment, explaining the refusal, said: “Mr. Connelly’s second peti tion presented no new facts in support of his claim for exemp tion. To grant Mr. Connelly's request would amount to malt ing military training optional, which is not within this commit tee’s authority.” “The problem of compulsory military training in this Univer sity can never be settled until it is settled right, Connelly declared last night, reiterating his intention to continue to demand exemption. He said he would petition the faculty to recommend either op tional military trailing, or an ex emption in his case to the state board of higher education. Student Refused Entrance Opening the hearing yesterday, the committee was asked to admit S. Eugene Allen, student, to sit in on the session. After a 10 minute discussion the committee refused him admitance, deciding that since (Please turn ta pac/c three) Law Honorary Arranges Talks Tongue Directs Plans For First Luncheon Arrangements for a series of talks by prominent lawyers to be presented to the law school stu dent body will be made by Phi Delta Phi, national law honorary, it was decided at a special meet ing called by President Bob Marks Monday night. The talks will continue throughout the fall and winter terms. As Phi Delta Phi is a living or ganization on most campuses an effort will be made by the local chapter to hold weekly luncheons to replace the social activities of other chapters. Plans for the first luncheon are under the direction of Thomas Tongue with Tony Yturri and Bob Miller as assist ants. A report on the national conven tion of the fraternity was given by Bob Marks, who attended the con clave last summer. Campus •> ❖ Calendar i Alpha Kappa Delta, national so ciology honorary, will have its Init iation for new members Sunday afternoon, November 3, at the home of Dr. Parsons. * * * Interfraternity council meeting at 4 p. m. Friday at 110 Johnson. Travel group of Philomelete will meet today at 4 o’clock at the Pi Beta Phi house. * • • How to Be a Leader group will meet at the YWCA this afternoon at 3 p. m. » * * Women social chairmen of all living organizations will meet this afternoon at 4 in 110 Johnson. • • * Mall for Dorothy Richards and Loree Laird has been received at the dean of women’s office. • * * Time to Live group will meet at YWCA this evening at 9 p. m. All campus women are invited to at tend. (Please luru to page three) Emerald Openings On Business Staff An nounred Today More openings on the Emer ald business staff were an nounced yesterday. Students wishing practical experience in advertising and salesmanship are especially desired for the positions, says Kichard Ileum, who will interview applicants today at 3 o’clock in the busi ness office in McArthur court. Juniors Visit Polls Tomorrow Minger Is Only Eligible Candidate The junior class will go to the polls to elect a treasurer Thurs day from 9 to 3 p. m. at the Y. M. C. A. hut, with Bill Mclnturff, jun ior in law, in charge of the election committee. Henry Minger, busi ness ad student, is the only candi date. “So far there has been only one candidate,” explained President Kenneth BeLieu. “No other is now eligible because, according to the constitution, candidates must file a petition bearing the signatures of at least 25 qualified class and stu dent body members, either one day before nomination or by midnight the day following the nomination.” This automatically leaves Min ger in possession of the office pro vided any number vote. It will be illegal to write the name of any person not duly nominated in on the ballots. Kahn Working On TV A Project Stephen B. Kahn, ’34 graduate of the University of Oregon, is now working in the legal department of the Tennessee Valley Authority and attending law school at the University of Tennessee. According to Mr. Kahn, the TV A project has gr^at possibilities, this being the initial experiment deal ing with the development of an en tire water-shed in the interests of the people who live in the valley. Before going to Tennessee Mr. Kahn spent two months attending school on a scholarship at Ameri can university in Washington, D. C. He attended law school at the University of Oregon last year and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Ballenger Visits Luncheon Club Today Professor Maurice Ballenger, speaker at the mass meeting in Gerlinger hall last night, will be present at the regular meeting of the Luncheon club today. The club is an impromptu or ganization of men who eat their lunches at the YMCA and women who eat at the YWCA and meets every Wednesday for recreation. Abyssinian "Fuzzy Wuzzy” wo men gum their hair over a net work of wood. Student Rally To Welcome Players Home Team Needs Support For Impending OSC Tilt; Women Have 10:30 Permission Dancing, cheers, pep talks good times are on tap tonight at the Green Parrot Palms when the Ore gon rally committee stages its homecoming dance in honor of the varsity footballers from 7:30 to 10:30. The rally committee explains that the team is in rather low spirits after its setback at tha hands of UCLA. Tonight the stu dents will have an opportunity to show the varsity they are behind them 100 per cent and pulling for a win over OSC in the impending grid classic in Eugene November 9. Sorority women and underclass men have been granted 10:30 per mission to attend the dance. Fresh men women are asked to attend the Kwama “Get Wise” party at Gerlinger hall from 7:00 to 8:30 before going to the dance. The Zell brothers cup will be presented to the fraternity having the largest percentage of men present at the dance. This cup is awarded ahnually during the rally dance for the Oregon-UCLA game. Tonight's dance was formerly scheduled for last Saturday after noon but was postponed until to night because of a conflict with (Please turn to page two) Sample of Chairs For New Library Now on Display Standing out distinctly among its fellow furnishings to the point of salience, the modern, light weight aluminum chair is displayed on the main floor of the library awaits inspection. It is a sample of one of several types of chairs being considered by the library committee for furnishing the ref erence and upper division reserve rooms of the new library. The chair, submitted by an east ern company, is exceedingly light, weighing 8 5-8 pounds, and is cov ered with a silver DuPont fabric. Mr. Douglass, head librarian, states that several chairs will be given trial, and the one proving most satisfactory will be chosen. Bill Gieseke Is Elected Yeomen Representative Bill Gieseke was elected fresh man representative on the execu tive council of the Yeomen at a meeting of the council yesterday at the Y hut. Everett Blais was appointed personnel chairman. Budget for the Yeomen for the year was discussed by the group and will be presented for ratifica tion at the Yeomen meeting next Monday evening at the Y hut. Former Pi Alpha Delta Chapter to Reorganize Reorganization of the Williams chapter of Pi Alpha Delta, legal honorary dormant in the Univer sity since world war days, was confirmed yesterday by members of the student committee who have been working since summer for the revival of the fraternity. Twelve men will take initiation rites here Friday. Cited as a forward step in the history of the Oregon law school, reorganization of the local chapter has gained the support and sanc tion of law school and University faculty members. Competition be tween the newly reorganized Pi Alpha Delta and Phi Delta Phi, the other legal honorary here, will create a more aggressive atmos phere around student body and scholastic activities, faculty mem bers believe. Those instrumental in reviving the organization who will be init iated Friday. November 1, are: Duncan McKay, Alton Hakanson, Donald Burke, Edward L. McKeon, Phillip Hayter, Richard Kriesien, Keith Wilson, Hale Thompson, Herman Hendershot, Ray Mize, Ronald Rew and Arthur Barnett. Calvin N. Souter, prominent Portland attorney, will direct the installation of new members with the assistance of regional officer Pomeroy and other lawyers of the Northwest. Professors Charles G. Howard and Claude Brown, both members of the fraternity, have taken an active part in the reor ganization and will assist at the installation. Pi Alpha Delta was discontinued here because the size of the stu dent body did not wararnt the continuance of two legal honor aries. Up till the present time var ious fraternities have petitioned the law school to organize a chap ter here. Not until last spring when the Order of the Coif, highest legal honorary, was estab lished was the school open for any new group. Under the urging of faculty members interest was aroused among a group of law students interested in organizing a new fraternity, resulting in the ulti mate revival of one of Oregon’s first law societies.