Group Pictures
Pictures of both t|»e editorial
and business staffs of the Emerald
and Oregana are to be taken to
day. Read the details.
VOLUME XXXVII
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% By Tex Thomason *
A most interesting thing has
been brought to my attention. It
seems that the students of the
University of Oregon are governed
by a body which possesses a
beautiful constitution, but no by
laws. The ASUO appears to be by
lawless, so to speak.
The story runs this way. Last
spring Mr: Joe Renner, at that
time student body prexy, and a
committe chosen to work with him,
got very industrious. Result: a new
constitution, re-defining the object,
membership, duties, etc of the
ASUO. It was put before the stu
dents in the election of last spring.
It carried. But no by-laws were
included in that new constitution
for the voters to accept or reject,
and NO provision was made speci
fying that the by-laws of the old
constitution were being voted on.
This scribe has heard from sev
eral sources that difficulties were
being had. It seems that the ad
ministration of the ASUO has
found it necessary on some occa
sions to revert to the old by-laws
to find what their powers are,
what they can “legally” do, the
steps necessary before taking any
actions, and so on. Then to act in
accord with tnose non-existent
laws. BUT THIS, IP CORRECT,
IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. You
never voted on this. You never
gave them the power to draw on
that forgotten document. Then you
have been governed in part by by
laws which you never gave the
present ASUO administration pow
er to govern you by.
Why no one has noticed this, or
why, if they have noticed it they
have said nothing, I am not in a
position to say. The exact situation
I do not know. But there is enough
question to warrant my asking, as
I understand it is the privilege of
any member of the ASUO to do,
for a decision from the judiciary
committee as to whether the by
laws of the old constitution are a
part of the new constitution,
whether actions, if any, taken by
the present ASUO administration
hinged on those by-laws are con
stitutional, and what would the
judiciary committee suggest or
advise doing to remedy the situa
tion, in every phase, if the by-laws
are decided to not be a part of the
present consitution. This is re
quested.
Campus ❖❖
❖ ❖Calendar
Tau Delta Delta will gather at
Westminster house at 7:30 tonight
to secure transportation to the
home of Mollie Bob Small, where
the meeting will be held.
* * *
Senior ball directorate will meet
today at 4 o’clock upstairs in the
College Side. Everybody come.
Freshman women are invited to
be present at the first meeting of
Marjorie Thayer’s personality and
biography group of the YWCA to
be held in Gerlinger hall at 4
o’clock.
* * *
Order of the “O” will meet today
noon at the Phi Psi house.
* * *
The prose and poetry group of
' Philomelete will meet this after
noon at 4 o’clock in the women’s
lounge of Gerlinger hall. Miss Rise
of the University library will give
a review of books.
* * *
Skull and Dagger meeting to
night at 7:30, upstairs in the Col
lege Side. Very important.
* * *
Any person wishing to try out
for two dramatic productions to be
given this term should be at Guild
hall between 1 and 3 Thursday,
January 23. Those wishing to try
out who are unable to attend
Thursday should call Eleanor Pitts
at 480-J or Edith Kronman at
1307.
* * *
Important Phi Beta meeting to
night at 7 o'clock in Gerlinger hall
for actives and pledges.
Photographs
To Be Taken
For Oregana
Groups Are Scheduled
To Be Photographed
This Week; Individual
Pictures Finished
With individual pictures for
Oregon’s 1936 "greater Oregana”
completed, George Root, editor, an
nounced yesterday evening that be
ginning this afternoon, group
photographs will be taken for the
book.
Those to be photographed in
clude activity organizations, hon
oraries, and special groups. Time
schedules are to be run in the Em
erald during the remainder of the
week and organizations are being
warned by staff officials that they
must adhere strictly to these an
nouncements. Secretaries of groups
have been asked to contact each
member to be sure that the com
plete membership of the organiza
tion will be present.
Today’s Slate Listed
The schedule today finds the
Emerald and Oregana news and
business staffs slated for the steps
of Johnson hall. Pictures of the
Emerald staff are scheduled for
3:15, and those of the Oregana
staff will be taken at 3:30.
Oregana pictures for other or
ganizations will be taken Wednes
day, according to the following
schedule: 11:40, Phi Beta; 12:30,
Interfraternity council; 12:45, Pan
Hellenic council; 3:15, Theta Sig
ma Phi; 3:30, Philomelete cabinet;
3:45, YWCA council; 4:00, AWS
council.
Russian Singers
Offer Rare Treat
Latvian Chorus Slated
For Thursday Evening
The famous Latvian Russian
singers will appear Thursday night
at McArthur court as the second
program in the winter concert
series sponsored by the associated
students.
This famous singing group was
organized shortly after the Russian
revolution in 1905. Its members
were principally from the teaching
groups—professors and teachers
of colleges and conservatories who
were forced to flee to western
Europe for their lives.
As a cultural outlet from the
hardships of manual labor they
gathered to play symphonies. Over
half of the original chorus was
killed in the world war and the
present group is made up princi
pally of descendants and relatives
of the original group.
The first part of the program,
entitled “An Evening in St. Peters
burg, 1910,” will include four
numbers by Tschaikowsky. Anoth
er part will be “An Evening in the
Ruins of a Monastery” and will
form a tableau with a complete
Russian altar, incense, a priest in
robes, candle light, an invisible
choir, and ecclesiastic costuming
used to make the picture authentic.
Their complete program will be
announced later.
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Y Mass Meeting
Wednesday Night
Seabeck, summer conference
camp of the YW and YMCA, will
be the main theme of a mass meet
ing of all Y students Wednesday
evening, January 22, in the alum
ni room of Gerlinger hall. Stella
Scurlock, northwestern regional
secretary of the YWCA, will speak.
A program to serve as a back
ground to Miss Scurlock’s contri
bution includes a skit to be direct
ed by Edith Clark, and a group of
16 singing girls directed by Theda
Spicer, who will render Seabeck
melodies.
Other chairmen include Ruth
Weber, Seabeck chairman, and
Doris Mabie, refreshments. Elaine
Sorenson, president, will preside.
All students interested kre in
vited, as well as advisory board
members of the YW and YMCA.
I House Presidents
| To Make Lists for
j Dean’s Office
I Presidents of all sororities are
asked to turn in to the dean of
women’s office lists containing
the following information:
1. Names of all girls living in
the house.
2. Names of all girls who live
out.
3. Activities of all girls in the
house.
4. Names of girls who will be
initiated this term.
5. Names of girls who failed
to make their grades fall term.
Student Union
Chapter to Be
Formed Here
Progressive Leaders
Sought; Group Will
Replace SLID and
NSL Organizations
A chapter of the new American
Student union will be formed on
the University campus within a
week or two, according to officers
of the Old Student League for In
dustrial Democracy and National
Student league chapters.
The Union will probably include
many prominent campus leaders
who have never before done ac
tive work in progressive organiza
tions. Leaders are being sought
among fraternity and sorority
members, in an endeavor to make
the new Union a truly represen
tative body of progressive students,
rather than dominated by those of
any one political belief.
Will Replace SLID, NSL
Oregon’s chapter of*the Union
will replace the SLID and NSL or
ganizations, and may absorb other
progressive groups on the campus.
The Student union was formed
in Columbus, Ohio, during the
Christmas vacation, by 427 stu
dents, representing 76 colleges and
37 high schools. Oregon’s delegates
were Fred Gieseke, president of
the University YMCA, and John
Luther Luvaas, leader of the Lu
theran students and member of
the Student Christian council.
A five-point program was adopt
ed with practically no opposition.
1. Freedom: Defense of the
right of students and teachers to
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Yeomen Leaders
Meet Wednesday
Yeomen plans for the term will be
discussed by the Yeomen execu
tive council when that body meets
Wednesday at 3 o’clock in the Y
hut.
Tentative arrangements call for
a Yeomen smoker featuring ama
teur bouts with probably a star
scrapper from Portland or else
where in the top spot. Also on the
Independent's schedule will be a
dance and a Washington’s birth
day party.
Decision on continuing the Yeo
men dances held twice a week will
also be made by the council at its
meeting tomorrow. At present the
dances are held Monday and
Thursday nights for an hour and
a half at Gerlinger hall, but there
is a possibility that the Thursday
night dance will be changed to
Friday night, when it will be
scheduled for 9 to 12.
George Hall, freshman member
of the Yeomen, was recently elect
ed as class representative to the
council.
Jane Thacher Gives
Concert in Portland
Jane Thacher, professor of piano
at the University, gave a soiree in
time concert Sunday at the Neigh
bors of Woodcraft hall in Port
land. Gertrude Graves Martin, so
prano, of Portland, sang several
selections.
The audience was very apprecia
tive, and especially responsive to
Mrs. Thacher’s playing of Chopin’s
Sonata.
Professor and Mrs. Thacher re
turned to the campus Monday.
Split Decision Says
Sigma Nu Must Pay
$15; Verdict Accepted
Complete Report
Of Advisory Body
Lists Evidence
From Both Sides
Statement of the Case
All of the Greek-letter fratern
ities on the University of Oregon
campus are organized into an in
terfraternity council which has
adopted rules and regulations af
fecting various matters which
concern relationships between tne
different houses. Among these is
an elaborate code of fair practices
regarding the conduct of the hous
es, their members and their repre
sentatives during the period of
rushing. Under this code a variety
of matters are covered, such as
pledging prospective candidates
for membership before actual reg
istration takes place, the notifi
cation to their houses of pledging
and release from pledging, penal
izing the offense of inducing a man
to break his pledge, or making un
complimentary references to other
fraternities in which the prospec
tive pledge may be interested, and
finally fixing legitimate hours for
various events during the period
devoted to the entertainment of
new students.
Although these regulations cover
a wide variety of possible offens
es only one rule, namely, that which
forbids entertainment of all rush
ees later than 10:30 in the evening,
was involved in the charges pre
ferred against the Sigma Nu fra
ternity. Five violations in all were
charged and approved to the sat
isfaction of the tribunal 'represent
ing the Interfraternity council and
the Sigma Nu fraternity was fined
a total of $45.00. This fine was im
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Beaux Arts Ball
Is Huge Success
Kletzer, Perkins
Winners of Couple Prizes
As promised, the Beaux Arts
ball Saturday night was a success.
Through a myriad of costumes the
judges, chosen from the art school
faculty, chose the winners in the
contest for original and outstand
ing costumes.
The winners, chosen by couples,
were Norris Perkins and Constance
Kletzer, each receiving a $1 mer
chandise order on McMorran and
Washburne. Second prize went to
Halley Johnson and Margaret
Reynolds. The first prize winning
masqueraders were dressed as
Haile Selassie and his wife; the
second winners came grabde as
Mark Anthony and Cleopatra.
The costumes were of a large
and conglomerous variety with
everything including the satanic
majesty himself to the very angels
from the upper world.
About 80 couples attended the
festivities. Skull and Dagger took
of the clean-up.
University High
To Present Opera
The University high music pupils
will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s
“Princess Ida,” one of the best of
that famous duo's light operas,
either the latter part of March or
early in April in McArthur court.
This will be the premiere per
formance of “Princess Ida” in Eu
gene, and promises to be one of the
most attractive presentations of
the year. There will be 72 voices,
including principals and chorus.
The group will be accompanied by
an orchestra and will be profes
sionally costumed.
“Princess Ida” will be directed
by Anne Landsbury Beck.
GIST OF REPORT
Sigma Nu is not guilty on
three charges because of lack
of evidence and irregularity of
proceedings involved.
Sigma N11 is guilty on two
counts on both of which con
clusive evidence was brought to
light and the charges admitted.
Sigma Nu has no just grounds
for withdrawal from the council.
Tlie committee is firmly con
vinced that an organization for
regulation of fraternities is nec
essary and suggests compulsory
membership.
The committee suggests re
vision of procedure in cases
brought before the council’s
tribunal.
Both groups accept decision
with apparent satisfaction.
Houses Pledge
34 New Men
SAE and Sigma Chi
Lead With Five Eaeli
Fraternities pledged 34 men dur
ing the first two weeks of winter
term, with Sigma Alpha Epsilon
and Sigma Chi leading with five
new men each. Portland claimed
10 of the men, and three came
from Eugene. Pledges follow:
Alpha Tau Omega: Edward
Haas, San Francisco; Everett
Stroble, Pendleton. Delta Upsilon:
Archie Parrott, Portland; William
Zimmerman, Portland. Delta Tau
Delta: George Hall, Ashland. Chi
Psi: Gordon Jameson, Milwaukie;
Stephen Cook, Portland.
Howell Pledges Kappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma: Wardlow Howell,
Ashland. Pi Kappq. Alpha: Allan
Finke, Portland. Phi Gamma Delta:
Jack Casey, Portland; George
Cornwall, Portland.
Phi Sigma Kappa: Carol Olsen,
Woodburn; Jerry Sweasy, Klam
ath Falls; Harold Hebard, Ump
qua. Phi Kappa Psi: Bob Parks,
Portland; Thurston Skei, Portland.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Ron Husk,
Portland; Jack Levy, Milwaukie;
Don Edwards, Eugene; Jim Mac
Donald, Glendale; Jim Jacobsen,
Eugene. Phi Delta Theta: Curtis
Cunningham, Seattle; Bruce Mc
Cleod, Berkeley; Joseph Hillis,
Klamath Falls.
Sigma Chi Pledges Five
Sigma Phi Epsilon: Richard
Watson, Medford; Wilbur Greenup,
Eugene. Sigma Chi: Neil Jackson,
Nyssa, Bill Marshall, Portland;
Bernard Nelson, Hood River;
Howard Nelson, Hood River; Rex
Applegate, Roseburg. Sigma Nu:
Dee Phelps, Hood River; Bob Col
vig, Medford. Theta Chi: Dallas
Norton, The Dalles.
Campus Building
Plan Outlined
Sometime in the far away future
the Oregon campus will be able to
boast of a building quadrangle.
This formation will face Thir
teenth street with the now library
as the head of it.
It will consist of Condon hall
with an addition on the south side
and a companion building east of
it on the other side of the quad
rangle. Another addition will be
made on the south side of the Mur
ray-Warner art museum with a
companion building opposite it on
the quadrangle. The whole scheme
will be set off by the new library
building that will face the north
when it is finished.
The landscaping of the quad
rangle will consist of a cinder walk
on each side and a lawn and banks
of flowers and shrubs in the mid
dle.
This plan will be carried out
when it is possible for the Univer
sity to get a sufficient allottment
of money to proceed with the
plans.
Two Counts Are
Upheld, Three
Dropped; Phi Si"
Fines Still Out
Affirmation of two of the orig
inal decisions against Sigma Nu
fraternity bearing $15 in fines and
exoneration of the fraternity on
three other counts was announced
in the report of the student ad
visory committee released Monday
afternoon.
Fines amounting to $45 were
levied against the fraternity by
the tribunal to the council more
than three months ago for alleged
dirty rushing, and these fines were
later upheld at the appeal session
of the tribunal.
Fenwick, McCall Pleased
“We’re perfectly satisfied and
will accept the fines in the cases
which were upheld by the advisory
committee,” Ed Fenwick, Sigma
Nu president, said last night. “The
house feels that it received a
square deal from the committee. I
hope that next year revision of the
council’s methods in regulating
rushing will eliminate any possi
bility for such conflict.”
Fenwick was joined by President
Tom McCall, Interfratemity coun
cil leader, in expressing his satis
faction with the decision.
MeOall Hopes for Unity
“I feel both participants in the
case should be satisfied with the
decision,” the council head said.
"I am glad the Sigma Nu frater
nity will be with us to make a
stronger council.”
Jurisdiction in the enforcement
of the findings of the student ad
visory committee was given to the
faculty committee by the report,
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Freshmen Women
To Hear Lecture
Talks on College Life
Scheduled for Tonight
Lectures on college life and ad
justment for freshman women will
be continued Wednesday evening,
Dean Karl W. Onthank announced
yesterday. All lectures except the
Orides’ will begin at seven.
Mrs. Wendel Van Loan will
speak to freshmen of Delta Delta
Delta and Alpha Phi at the Pi Beta
Phi house. Florence Alden of the
physical education department,
will meet at the Delta Gamma
house with freshmen of Alpha
Omicron Pi, Sigma aKppa, Alpha
Gamma Delta, and Zeta Tau Al
pha.
Mabel Wood, professor of home
economics, will speak at the Chi
Ocimron Pi, Sigma Kappa, Alpha
pa Alpha Theta, and Phi Mu.
Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Xi
Delta, Alpha Delta Pi, and Alpha
Phi freshmen will hear Virgil Earl,
dean of men. Dean Onthank will
speak at Susan Campbell for fresh
men from there and Hendricks
hall.
Orides will hear Lester Beck of
the psychology department in the
AWS room, Gerllnger hall.
New Infirmary
To Open in Fall
Concrete pouring for the new
infirmary will start tomorrow,
according to Will V. Norris, chair
man of the building committee of
the state board of higher educa
tion. Excavation has been com
pleted for the basement after two
weeks’ work.
The infirmary, which is being
built on Thirteenth and Ony*, will
have a complete basement and two
stories. Ross ,B. Hammond, Port
land contractor, is building the in
firmary, whicji, according to Mr,
Norris, will be finished in six
months and ready for use at the
beginning of next fall term.
Cashier Reports
Non-Residents
Behind on Fees
Eighteen., non - resilient ..stu
dents have not paid their $40
fees which were due Friday,
January 17, E. I’. I.yon, cashier
of the University, announced
Monday. A fine of 25 cents a
day will lie charged this week
for students still behind in pay
ment .
After this week students still
in arrears for out of state fees
will he subject to suspension
from school.
Two Faculty
Members Will
Cross Ocean
B. B. Barker, Dr. Clark
To Attend Conference
At London in July;
To Tour in Europe
The University of Oregon will be
represented at the Anglo-American
historical conference, to be held in
London July 6 to 11, by Burt
Brown Barker, University vice
president, and Dr. R. C. Clark,
head of the department of history,
it was announced here today by Dr.
C. Valentine Boyer, president.
Both Mr. Barker and Dr. Clark
plan tours of Europe during the
summer, and will be able to be
present for the London meeting.
The conference, which has been
held every five years since 1921, is
regarded as one of the most im
portant sessions in the field of his
tory to be held anywhere, and only
highly qualified historians are ad
mitted as delegates.
Both Are Authorities
Dr. Clark is an authority on
Amereian history, particularly his
tory of the West. His published
works include “Beginnings of Tex
as," "History of Oregon,” “History
of the Willamette Valley,” and
biographies of notable pioneers. He
was president of the Pacific coast
branch of the American Historical
association in 1921.
Mr. Barker, since he became an
official of the University in 1928,
has devoted considerable time to
historical research, both in Amer
ica and in Europe.
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WPA Painters
Invade Deady
Sniff! There’s a smell of fresh
paint and zoology speciments in
the air! Many of the walls of old
Deady hall will receive a new coat
of paint within a few days.
Contrary to other professions,
the WPA painters have started at
the top and are working down. The
rooms are being entirely rewired,
also.
During the past weekend work
in zoology storerooms and the pho
tographic room on the third floor
has been started. Following these
Professor F. P. Sipe’s office will
be painted and rewired.
The zoology laboratory on the
second floor will also receive its
repainting. The ceilings and the
upper two-thirds of the rooms are
being done in a light cream color.
The base and woodwork is being
painted in a steel gray.
Enrollment Totals
At 2590 Mark
Registration for winter term
had reached 2590 by Monday eve
ning, Clifford Constance, assistant
registrar, announced, making a
decrease of 151 students from fall
term, when 2741 were registered.
Last winter term 2413 were en
roled in the University, showing a
substantial gain for this year.
Seventy-seven graduating seniors
are among the total registerd for
this term.
January 2, the first day of reg
istration, 2013 students enrolled.
Eighty-two entered the following
Monday, and 101 registered Tues
day, January 7. Students wishing
to' register now must" petition to
the academic requirements com
mittee of the faculty for admit
tance.
State Printer
Strikes Blow
At Lab ‘Plants’
Hobbs Condemns
University and OSC
Printing Plants
As Uneconomical
Branding the maintenance of
state-owned printing plants at the
University of Oregon and Oregon
State college as “labs” for campus
papers as “uneconomical, extrava
gant, and unnecessary,” E. C.
Hobbs, state printer, last night
struck sharp blows at the printing
establishments of both schools in
a survey report which will be
placed before the board of control
at Salem. This news was carried
in an Associated Press story from
Salem last night.
Hobbs, who made the report and
study at the request of Governor
Martin, who is chairman of the
board of control and the state
printing board, advocated the cur
tailment of the activity of the two
printing plants, other than for
purely laboratory work.
Advocates Salem Printing
He concluded that the large vol
ume of work could be done by the
state printing plant at Salem at a
great saving. The detailed report
will be discussed at a later meeting
of the board by the governor, sec
retary of state, and state treasurer.
No statements on the report
were forthcoming from University
men vitally concerned last night.
Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chancel
lor of higher education, is out of
town. President C. Valentine Boyer
and Dean Eric W. Allen of the Uni
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Co-eds to Caper
On January 29
Annual AWS Affair
Promises Great Fun
Gaily costumed girls will frolic
to lilting music at the annual Co
ed Capers, one of the two big
events of the year sponsored by
AWS, to be held Wednesday, Jan
uary 29, from 7:30 to 10:30 in Ger
linger hall. The music will be fur
nished by Jack McCarthy’s ten
piece orchestra. Admission is 15
cents.
Competition will run high for the
most original costume and the best
skit. Each class, as well as the
faculty and Senior Cops, an organ
ization of 13 outstanding senior
girls, will present skits, the win
ning group to have its name en
graved on a cup.
There will be dancing also, and
during the course of the evening,
caramel apples and ice cream bars
will be sold.
Jerry Chessman will be in
charge of the freshman skit, Viv
ian Emery of the sophomore skit,
Pearl Johansen of the junior skit,
Dean Hazel P. Schwering of the
faculty skit, and Dorothy Berg
strom of the entertainment by the
Senior Cops.
Patronesses and judges will be
Dean Hazel P. Schwering, Mrs.
Alice B. Macduff, Mrs. Frederick
Hunter, Betty Robb, Mrs. R. H.
Ernst, Janet Smith, Astrid Wil
liams, and Mabel A. Wood.
Helen Bartrum is general chair
man. Assisting are Genevieve Mc
Niece, refreshment, Frances
Schaupp, orchestra, Patsy Neal,
stage and props, and Ruth Lake,
publicity.
Cement Pouring
On Libe Delayed
Pouring of the cement for the
second floor of the new library
has been delayed because addition
al steel work had to be done. This
reinforcement consists of long
steel rods three-fourths of an inch
in diarheter placed in the form be
fore th4 cement is poured. Usually
six such rods are used in each
columh:
It is expected that this work will
be finished by tonight so that the
main pouring will start Wednes
day.