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South Africa Dr. tie Viiliers speaks today at ^ a studpnt assembly at 10 with i “South Africa” as his topic, j Classes excused. _ Lights High lights, dim light, stop lights, and bright lights of the Washington trip receive comment today in Bill Marsh's column on the editorial page. VOLUME XXXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1935 NUMBER 39 ? _ _ _ * STAGE t * i | of the * * + * + * + * * * * * WORLD i By Tex Thomason -H ■*< The big chiefs in both the Re publican and Democratic camps are beginning to pound the tom tom of pre-election propaganda. Around the Republican fires are seated several able warriors, most prominent of which is Senator Borah of Idaho, most potent of which is Gov. Alfred Landon of Kansas, and most tenacious of which is Mr. Herbert Hoover, ex of the White House. These are sending up their smoke signals at fairly regular intervals now, ev ery little puff of publicity indica tive of each man’s desire to at least be a prime factor in the choosing of the party nominee should he himself fail to cop it. Tops One Senator Borah is the perennial Republican candidate— only he is never nominated. Next year there is even less reason to believe he will be. The veteran of a hundred parliamentary engagements i s now a none-too-spry old man of 70 years. This fact alone might be enough to keep him from being nominated. It would certainly be one picked up and used to telling advantage by the opposition were he to be chosen. Borah knows this and his game is accordingly of an other sort. Two If there is one man Win. Borah has no use for It is Herbert Hoo ver. In the campaign of 1982 he fought him from hell to breakfast, as Billy Sunday used to sav. And he will do so again. But Mr. Bo rah and Mr. Hoover have one goal in common—each will see that the other isn’t the nominee of the Re publican party. If either of them goes into the convention primar ies the other is sure to tag along and do likewise. Anything to see that “dear friend” Bill or Herb isn’t standard bearer. They’re just that fond of one another. But each of these gentlemen wants the next nominee and plat form to represent hs own personal views. Both will talk like candi dates indefinitely for this reason. And that is the game both are playing — should either miss squatting on the throne himself he figures the next best thing is to the power behind it. Three The biggest of the Big Three is at present Gov. Landon, the man who is the champion of the pay as-you-go policy of government financing. Slowly, slowly, the build-up of his conservatism and sane scheme of common-sense ad ministration is gathering momen tum. Those who profess to know say his management of Kansas has been the smoothest act of budget balancing yet seen at this stage of the depression. To a people wear ied of our present frenzied finance this will be an unexcelled vote getter. The man has a good chance, better to be nominated than elected, but a good chance in either effort. Only One Hunched over the Democratic fire is only one brave. He is the only squawman in the eyes of his New Deal, the only one for her. The smoke signals going up from his tepee tell of glorious achieve ment, but they are being refuted by wisps telling of continued un employment, and unbalanced bud gets. They are producing plenty of worry, but at least Franklin Roosevelt doesn’t have to fret over whether he will be nominated, or who will be his “yes-man.” That is a Republican monopoly. Campus ❖ ❖Calendar Orides members must sign up at the YWCA bungalow before noon Wednesday for the faculty dessert party. Pot and Quill meeting at the home of Mrs. Myron Griffin, 1841 Kincaid, tonight at 7:00. (Please turn to page 4.) ‘South Africa’ Dr. de Villiers Topic Today Gerlinger Hall Scene For Lecture at 10 This Morning; All Classes Excused Student life and customs at Stel lenbosch university, from the stu dents’ point of view will be des cribed this morning by Cornelius de Villiers when he addresses a general student assembly on the general topic, “South Africa.” All 10 o’clock classes will be dismissed for the event in Gerlinger hall. Dr. de Villiers, visiting profes sor here under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for Inter national Peace, will compare the University at Stellenbosch which he was graduated, and where he is now dean of sciences, with the universities of Europe and this continent. Schools Same Size Stellenbosch university is 35 miles from Cape Town, the me tropolis of South Africa. It is com parable to the University of Ore gon in enrollment, is co-education al, and is like many other state universities in other ways. Dr. de Villiers will point out these likenesses and many differ ences in his lecture this morning. He will also describe student life in European universities, as he has done much work on that continent at Zurich, and in Italian universi ties. Here Until December 16 Dr. de Villiers will be on this campus until December 16. This is his first visit to the United States, and, according to Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel, he is enjoying his work here. Several classes have heard this versatile speaker, who is also versed in music, and coaches drama at Stellenbosch university. H. B. Yocom, professor of zoology, will introduce Dr. de Villiers. Yeomen Clock Fastened Down The Yeomen clock, won as a prize in the noise parade which was a feature of homecoming, has been securely established at the Y hut. Whether the clock, gained at the expense of much Yeomen effort and a badly-smashed thumb as the result of a particularly well aimed sledge-hammer blow by Fred Gieseke, Yeomen prexy, will be allowed to tick out its days peaceably in the seclusion of the hut is a question that will be de cided by the group in tonight’s meeting. At any rate, it is fairly certain that the trophy will remain at the hut until a decision is made about it since it has been screwed to the radio and the radio, being of the genus of 1929 hen everything was made big, is a bit too large to carry about as a watch fob. Phi Beta Honors Pledges Tonight Pledges of Phi Beta, national music and drama honorary, will be honored guests of the active and associate chapters in a meeting tonight at the Osburn hotel at 7. Katherine Briggs will be the host ess. The program will consist of a reading by Katharine Kelley, a skit by Dorothy Griswell and Wil helmina Gerot, and selections by the string quartet Composed of Dorothy Louise Johnson, Audrey Aason, Metty Lowell, Bernice Lew is and Edith Farr, accompanist. Caroline Schenk, Marjorie Tucker and Cecilia Worth, in the vocal trio, will sing. Six New Patients In Infirmary Six new patients in the infirm ary over the weekend bring the total up to eight for yesterday. Raymond McMichael. Harry Schleifer, Dale Mallicoat, Ben Wi ner, Dorothy Everett, and Howard Skinner are the new entrants. Harvey Thompson and Ruth Byer ly were old patients who remained over the weekend. {Freshman Hear {Speakers Tonight Earl, Ontliank, Rebec Landsbury Talk Freshman women are to hear speakers in their various houses to night at 7:30. These meetings will replace the general assembly type of speeches formerly used in ac quainting new students with var ious professors and their ideas con cerning the campus. Five speakers will be heard to night in an informal discussion. Virgil D. Earl, dean of men, will speak at the Pi Beta Phi house. The freshman women from Delta Delta Delta and Alpha Chi Omega will meet there. Groups to Assemble At the Delta Gamma house, George Rebec, dean of graduate (Please turn to page four) Placement Bureau Teachers’ Meeting To Be December 3 There will be a meeting for all prospective teaehers for next year who hope to avail them selves of the services of the University placement bureau, Tuesday, December 8, at 4 p. m. in room 4 of the education building. The meeting does not Include supervised teachers. Moore Returns From Convention Oregon Sigma Delta Chi Chapter Tenth in Nation Bob Moore, president of the Uni versity of Oregon chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s professional journalism society, returned to the campus last night after attending the society’s twentieth annual na tional convention held November 15, 16, and 17 in Champaign Urbana, Illinois. Moore represented the Oregon organization which was ranked as tenth in Sigma Delta Chi chapters throughout the United States. The Oregon State branch of the pro fessional society ranked third in the ratings. 1 More Positions Open Sigma Delta Chis employment bureau has reported more positions for journalists this year than at any time during the past six years, Moore stated the convention in dicated. Charles H. Dennis, editor emeritus of the Chicago Daily News, Phillip Kinsley, of the Chi cago Daily Tribune, and Paul Scott Mowrer, associate editor of the Chicago Daily News, were among the outstanding speakers at the meet. Farley Speaks On KORE Hookup A good-sized crowd, including a number of students, gathered at the railway station Saturday noon to catch a glimpse of Jim Farley, postmaster-general, as he passed through Eugene on his way to Portland. Mr. Farley alighted from his train and spoke for a few minutes over a radio hook-up connected with KORE. He told of the im provements which have been made in mail transportation and predict ed that in a very few years trans Atlantic airplane mail service will be established. Several foresighted persons pro duced stamp books which Mr. Far ley obligingly autographed. This brought about a general scurry which resulted in Mr. Farley's af fixing his signature to everything from memo books to sheets has tily torn from notebooks. Recital in Music Auditorium at 8 The school-’ of music will present Miss Harriet Gamble, ' harpist, Miss Brandon Young, harpist, Miss Norma Zinser, pianist, and Mrs. Eileen Edbloom, soprano, in a re cital in the music auditorium to night at 8 o’clock. Two Houses 100 Per Cent For Oregana Alpha Gamma Delta, Plii Kappa Psi Win Cup; 340 Copies Sold In Subscription Drive . Alpha Gamma Delta and Phi Kappa Psi have been awarded the two Oregana cups for being the first two houses to subscribe 100 per cent to the yearbook during last week’s drive. Totalling 340 subscriptions, Ore gana week was declared a success by Newton Stearns, manager. Nine living organizations have not as yet reported and the total for the year now stands at 1126, only 36 short of the previous goal of 1200. Stearns Raises Quota The quota has been upped to 1300 by Stearns, since it is his belief that when representatives from the remaining houses turn in their blanks, the figure will be well above 1200. This, he said, will provide the staff with more money with which a greater book may be made by the 1936 Oregana. Figures used in ascertaining per centages of house standings are of ficial, being from the dean of men's office. The following groups have not yet reported to Dick Hill, cir culation manager, who asks that they do so at once: Gamma hall, Sigma hall, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Chi Omega, and Susan Campbell hall. Subscribe Next Term Winter term registration will be absolutely the last opportunity for students to subscribe to the 1936 publication, which officials fore cast will be the largest book in at least 10 years, featuring a greater picture display than ever before. Portland League To Hear Morris Dr. Victor P. Morris, professor of economics here, will present the last lecture of his series of talks on current problems before the Portland League of Women Vot ers next Friday afternoon at 2:30. Dr. Morris will speak on “Eco nomic Security|” His other lec tures pertained to Roosevelt’s monetary policy and to the eco nomics involved in the Italian problem. The League of Women voters is a non-partisan, civic organization sponsors the talks on civic prob lems every year. Yeomen Will Plan Christmas Dance Discussion of a dance planned for Christmas vacation to which students and townspeople will be invited, will be held by the Yeo men in their meeting tonight at 7:30 at the Y hut. The dance, if it is held, will be held at the Green Parrot and proceeds will be used for an Oregana picture fund. “Christmas Revels” will be the subject of a talk by S. Stephen son Smith,' of the English depart ment, to the Yeomen tonight. Ci der and doughnuts will be served as refreshments after the meet ing. Libe Excavations Uncover Fossils Fossils millions of years old are being unearthed daily in the exca vations of the basement of the new library of the University of Ore gon, according to Warren D. Smith, head of the department of geology. An exhibit of the fossil shells will be placed in one of the cases on the lower floor of Condon hall soon, with both scientific and com mon names listed with each shell. They mark the site of the for mer sea beach, and are represen tative of the Oligocene period. The exhibit is being prepared by Dr. Smith with the assistance of Lloyd Ruff and Frederick Hoffstead, staff assistants. MISS HICKSON H. 8. TEACHER Eileen Hickson is teaching in the high school at Grass Valley, Oregon. Women Vote Today on AWS Constitution Obsolete Terming, Old Rules to Be Done Away With if New Regulations Adopted Whether the AWS will be gov ! erned by a new constitution or by | its old one will be decided today when AWS members cast their votes between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. in front of the Co-op. A week has passed since mimeo graphed copies of the new consti tution were distributed among wo men students attending the last AWS meeting. This was to give voters sufficient time to under stand the question on which they are deciding. ASUO Tickets Necessary Students must present their stu dent body tickets upon going to the Co-op, and have their name removed from the list of those eligible to vote. The proposed constitution fol lows work this year by the present officers of the group headed by Margaret Ann Smith, president, to unify and clear up misunderstand ings of the older constitution. Terming Obsolete Various terming used in the old constitution is now out of date, and the new edition is an attempt to correct this fault, officers say. The proposed constitution, fol lowing its drafting by the offi cers, has been approved by the executive committee composed of representatives of all women’s or ganizations and of the dean of wo men’s office. Visitors Praise Oregon Library Main Libe Open; Condon Closes on Holiday James G. Hodgson, special as sistant in the University of Chi cago, was on the campus Saturday collecting documents to complete the files in his university. The library was able to supply him with 14 pamphlets in volume form. According to Mr. Hodgson, the University of Oregon library has more complete files than most of the schools he has visited. The hours for the different branches of the library during the Thanksgiving day vacation were announced by M. H. Douglass, head of the library. Keep Special Schedule Reference and circulation librar ies will be open on Thanksgiving day from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. The reserve libe will close at 5 Wednes day afternoon and will not re-open until Friday. Books may be taken out of the reserve libe between 4 and 5 Wednesday and will become due at 8 Friday morning when all divisions of the library will resume their regular schedules. Cross Country Run Wednesday Tomorrow will be the great day for clonut cross country athletes inasmuch as at 4 o’clock they will begin a grueling three-mile run for this year’s Bill Hayward tro phy. Runners have been warned by Coach Rus Cutler to be sure to receive their correct starting num bers. Firty-five runners, to date, have entered this year's event and some thrilling sprints should take place before the end of the race which will be run in the hills surrounding the city. CALAVAN IN PORTLAND Corwin Calavan, LL.B., ’35, Is practicing law with Wood, Mon tague, Matthiessen and Rankin in Portland. Offices are in the Yeon building. MISS KLEKAR IN FRISCO Kamilla Klekar is treasurer of the San Francisco chapter of Phi Beta. Her mailing address is 665 ‘Pine street. Pigger’s Guide On Sale at Co-op Student Directory Has New Features Pigger's guide, long awaited student and faculty directory, will definitely go on sale today at the University Co-op store and the graduate manager's office, it was confirmed last night by A. S. U. O. officials. The sales for the first two days will be handled by the Associated Students hile the Co-op will take care of the few straggling sales for the rest of the term. Contains New Features This year’s student directory, hot off the presses yesterday, con tains many new features between its modernistic cover plate. Chief among these new innovations are: (Please turn to page four) AAUW Scholarship Applications Must Be Filed by Dec. 1 Applications for all AAUW scholarships and fellowships must be handed in to dean of women’s office by December 1, Hezel P. Schwerlng, dean of women, announced today. Several of thees scholarships are available to women stu dents, and information on them may be had from Dean Schwer ing. 25 Sigma Xis Will Visit OSC Chapter Dr. de Villiers Will Lecture at Banquet Approximately 25 members of Sigma Xi, honorary scientific so ciety, will leave about 4:30 p. m. Tuesday for Corvallis to meet in a joint banquet with members of Sigma Xi of the Oregon State chapter. The banquet will be at 6:15 in the Memorial Union build ing. The dinner will be followed by a lecture on some new theories of evolution by the guest speaker, Cornelius de Villiers, according to Warren D. Smith, professor of geology. Dr. de Villiers is dean of the science faculty of Stellenbosch university in the Union of Soutn Africa, and is also scheduled to speak on this campus today at 10:00 a. m. Pi Lambda Theta Pledges Initiated Over 68 members of Pi Lambda Theta, national women’s educa tional honorary attended the Foun ders’ day banquet and initiation held at the Osburne hotel Satur day, November 23. The theme of the decorations was yellow rosebuds and blue can dles, carrying out the honorary's colors, blue and gold. Each of the ten pledges gave an original, and in many cases, hu morous poem. Bossing May Read Paper at Convention Nelson L. Bossing, dean of the school of education, has been in vited to read a paper on the sub ject of prophesying teaching suc cess at the annual convention of the National Institutional Teach er’s Placement association to be held in St. Louis February 22. Dr. Bossing has not yet decided as to whether or not he will ac cept. Dr. de Villiera And a ‘New’ Peace? • Can the Tariff Be A Political Boomerang? Editorials T< Discuss: Phi Betes Choose Outstanding Seniors From Class of 1936 W omen to Cot 12:15 Permission on Ere Of Thanksgiving Women students will have 12:15 permission Wednesday night, as Thursday is a holiday, the dean of women’s office an nouneed today. Thursday will lie the only holiday for Thanksgiving, and classes will meet Friday and Saturday. Oregana Picture Schedule Listed Derision Concerning Final Date Announced The final schedule for those who have not had their Oregana pic tures taken is as follows: Yeomen and Independents, Tuesday, December 3. ....(Tlie Yeomen and Independent chedule sheet will be posted at the Y hut. Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Sigma, Tuesday, De cember 3. Alpha Tail Omega, Wednes day, December 4. Phi Delta Theta, Thursday, December 5. Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Mu, Friday, Friday, December 6. Zeta hall, Monday, Decem ber 9. December 10 until exams will devoted to those who have been unable to have their pictures tak en at their scheduled time. After this temr no one who was in school fall term will be able to have their picture taken. Only new students will be given the oppor tunity to get their picture in, the decision is final. There will be no exceptions. Medical Test Set For December 6 Medical aptitude tests will be given December 6 at 2 p. m., ac cording to an announcement re ceived from the committee on ap titude tests for medical students by Dr. H. B. Yocom. The local tests are under the supervision of Dr. Yocom and will be in 105 Mc Clure. A charge of one dollar per ap plicant will be made to defray the expenses of the test committee of the Association of American Med ical Colleges. Tests have proved helpful, being used as a factor in the selection of the students of 90 per cent of the medical schools. Last year the tests were taken by 10,569 stu dents of 617 colleges. In the Uni versity of Oregon, there were 22 applicants. The test itself lasts approxi mately one hour and a half. It is objective in nature and largely phychological. Bowen Leaves For Palo Alto Dr. Ray P. Bowen, head of the romance language department, will leave today on the noon train for Palo Alto, California, where he will attend the 37th annual meeting of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast at Standford uni vfrsity. The association will meet on November 29 and 30. At one of the regular meetings Dr. Bowen will read a paper he has written, which 7s a study on “The Dramatic Elements in the Construction of Balzac’s Novels.” Dr. Bowen has been a member of the PAPC ever since he became a member of the University faculty ten years ago. He is now on its executive committee. President C. Valentine Boyer is an ex-vice president of the philological organ ization. ROSE AT PKINEVIIXE Frank Rose has a teaching posi tion at Prineville this year. Misses McCraeken, Burns, Sumpter Are Picked; Hall, Reed Newliouse Selected By LE ROY MATTINGLY Senior six, composed of out standing members of the class of ’36 who have been chosen for Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary, was selected yesterday afternoon when the honorary elected members at its fall meet ing, The six seniors upon whom the highest of scholastic honors was conferred are: Ann-Reed Burns, journalism major. William O. Hall, economics major. Mary L. McCracken, education major. Andy J. Newhouse, law major. Marjorie Sumpter, English major. Charles A. Reed, history major. Initiation of the new members has tentatively been set for De cember 14. In addition to the election of the senior six, officers for the Oregon chapter of the national scholastic honorary were also selected at the meeting Monday afternoon. Warren D. Smith Elected Warren D. Smith, professor of geography and geology, was elected president and will head the organization for the forthcoming year. Dan E. Clark, assistant di rector of the extension division, was chosen vice president, Mary E. Kent, office manager of the ex tension service, was re-elected to the position of secretary, while Florence D. Alden, professor of physical education, was chosen as a member of the executive com mittee. Two new members of the mem bership committee, Jesse H. Bond, professor of business administra tion, and Frances E. Frazier, were elected. Initiates Active on Campus Ann-Reed Burns of Portland, journalism major, was awarded the Gerlinger cup last year. The Gerlinger award is made annually to the outstanding junior woman on the University of Oregon campus. William O. Hall, also of Portland and a major in economics, was awarded the Koyl cup in 1934, a presentation made annually to the outstanding Oregon junior. Mary L. McCracken, an educa tion major and also from Portland, is president of the senior class and has been extremely active in cam pus affairs. Marjorie May Sumpter of Mill City is an English major. She is a member of Phi Lambda Theta, women’s education honorary. Charles A. Reed, Hood River, is a history major on the Oregon campus and a member of Condon club, geology and geography hon orary society. Reed re-entered the University in 1934 as a junior after an absence of three years. Andy J. Newhouse, a law major from Broadbent, was given the Phi Beta Kappa award of $25 in books in 1934, his sophomore year. The books are given to the sophomore having the highest grade point average. Others Selected Later Other members of Phi Beta Kappa will be chosen from the senior class later in the year. The six students eligibile for Phi Beta Kappa and outstanding on the campus during fall term are named as members of the senior six in addition to the honor of election to the national scholastic honorary. AWS President Asks All Members to Cast Votes at Co-op Today Ballots on the new AWS con stitution are to be cast between B a. m. and 5 p. in. today la front of the Co-op, and Mar garet Ann Smith, president of AWS, urges all women students to vote.