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Latvian Chorus The Latvian choral group sings tomorrow in the second concert of the ASUO series. Story on page 1. 0,*cgana Pictures u9rj^°os J Jo vj . complete schedule for Ore group pictures is given on this page. VOLUME XXXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1936 NUMBER 57 + •+ + * + •* ■H •+ * STAGE of the WORLD •f* By Tex Thomason Ho, Hum The king is dead. Long live the king! In this touching fashion Great Britain’s empire welcomed the news of the death of George V and the succession of Edward VIII, only a few days ago called by all and sundry social biddies, The Prince. Only in England, sentimental England, could all this have hap pened. I do not mean by that, the deceased king could not have died somewhere else. That was a mat ter optional with him. But only in England would there have been genuine mourning. For every where else in the world there is ground for believing the death of a monarch would have been wel comed with cheers. In ye olden days when nearly every absolute ruler was a tyrant and a meanie, there is no doubt there would have been cheers. Ring in the New But times have changed. Mon archs are no longer monarchs. They are mere figureheads, and a figurehead can do no wrong. He is there to cost his country a for tune—in the case of Britain her be loved royal family cost about 1,000,000 pounds, between four and five million dollars, per an num. And also there to give the sentimentalists something to gush over. Were the British not the world’s best gushers, the price for gushing would of course be exor bitant. But as it is there is no cause for sarcasm. They think they get their money’s worth—and probably never even heard of Bar nuni's old quip about—one “every minute.” Oh, Edtvard Now as for Edward VIII. He is a likeable chap and has the repu tation of not only knowing his way in and out of night clubs, but also for knowing the devious courses of politics and economics. He is a slicker. A smoothie. In the next few months you would be safe in wagering your last lunch money he will break out in the most rev olutionary of stream lined crowns. He and Fred Astaire only recently led the list in the eyes of a bunch of New York tailors as being the best dressed men in the world. Quite and achievement when you stop to think about it. Fight On Already Edward’s advisers are battling tooth and toenail as to whether he should ride his charger into Parliament on one of the usual intrusions to make an empire pep talk. The Laborites are all for it, even up to and including the drama of his horse throwing him in such a manner that he lands in a speak ing position on the rostrum. On this very point the Tories are ada mant in their opposition. They agree it would be proper for an equestrian king to ride his “hoss” in, but on the batter of the “throw off” they are divided. The out come of this struggle along such strict party lines will rend the na tion asunder. Mark you this pro phecy. Then what will become of the empire? I leave the answer to that query to you. Anyway you decide it is a horse on them. Which is bad, very bad. Campus <•* •> *Calendar N. K. Hickens, credit manager of McMorran and Washbume, will speak to Alpha Kappa Psi today in the league room, third floor of Gerlinger. Guests are welcome. * » • Freshman class representatives in the living organizations will meet today at 4 p. m. in 110 John son. • * • The Outdoor group of Philome lete will meet in the alumni hall of Gerlinger at 4 o'clock Wednes day, January 23. All freshmen are invited to attend. The meeting will be short. (Please turn to page two) Open House To Feature Science Show Condon Invites General Public To Open House Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 By ELIZABETH STETSON Condon will hold open house again! Free movies, geological ex hibits, and anthropological dis plays will be viewed by the gen eral public and students when Condon holds its second open house on January 31 and February 1. The purpose of the exhibits is to acquaint townspeople and students from other departments with the work carried on in Condon. Last year nearly 1,000 people visited during the time the exhibits were on display. Will Feature Sound Pictures Featured this year will be sound motion pictures. The geology and geography departments will show pictures entitled “Work of Ground Water,” “Work of Rivers,” and “Development of Transportation.” The psychology department will show “Life Begins” depicting the early life of children and how they acquire new habits. The anthropology department will show a film featuring the na tive life of some tribe. Dr. L. S. Cressman has written to New York in an effort to secure pic tures of the Solomon island na tives, of contrasts between Arctic and tropic life, and of the life of Mongols in Asia who live upon the steppes. Last year “Grass,” a picture of a western Asiatic tribe was shown. Geyser Model Erupts A model geyser which, like Old Faithful of Yellowstone national park after which it was modeled, erupts every few minutes will be shown. An erosion table will show the effects of deforestation on land. These projects were conducted as PWA work. Slides of rocks and deposits from the sea will be pre pared so visitors can study them from microscopes. In the geography exhibit there will be surveying instruments and maps of foreign countries. The an thropology exhibits will show a se ries representing different types of culture, textiles, model homes, and utensils of various primitive peo ples. Artifacts given to the anthro pology museum will be displayed. The evolution of man’s brain will be shown by casts of skulls. Students of the general anthro pology class will assist with the open house. S. Eugene Allen to Talk Over KORE S. Eugene Allen, University stu dent, will speak in opposition to the two proposed amendments to the Eugene city charter Thursday eve ning at 7:15 over KORE. One amendment would provide that the Eugene water board must furnish lights and water to the city free. The other would require the water board to buy a large block of outstanding bonds which were used for the purchase of a city park. These amendments, according to Allen, if passed might result in higher costs for lights and water to the University as well as to other utility users in the city. Professor Orlando J. Hollis also opposes the proposed amendments, which view he defended recently in a debate with Cal Bryan, city recorder. Harada Will Talk At Sigma Xi Dinner Dr. Jiro Harada, visiting profes sor of art, will address members of Sigma Xi, science honorary, at the meeting to be held Wednesday, January 29 at the Anchorage. Dr. Harada will speak on “The Pre History of Japan.” This will be a dinner meeting to which wives of members are in vited, and those planning to attend are asked to place their reserva tions with Dr. W. D. Smith not later than Tuesday noon, January 28. AAA Chiefs Not Worried Little would an observer have suspected the load of care that rested on the shoulders of Chester Davis, standing, left, administrator of the late AAA, and the smiling secretary of agriculture, Henry A. Wallace, beside him, as they looked over the group of farm representatives assembled in Wallace’s office. The two government officials were presiding over a conference out of which they hope a solution of the farm problem will emerge. Wallace warned the farm leaders that a great surplus of corn and cotton might be expected unless a production program was adopted immediately and his stand was backed by President Roosevelt. Latvian Choral Group Sings Tomorrow Old Russian Setting Will Be Created; Concert Is Second On ASUO Schedule Thursday night is the second presentaton in the big winter schedule offered to members of the ASUO. The Latvian Singers, inter nationally famous choral group, will present a concert which is ex pected to be one of the finest ever given on this campus. The group is composed of first caliber trained singers who are from the republic of Latvia, one of the buffer states created after the world war to separate soviet Russia from western Europe. The music and interesting religious rites portrayed by the Latvian singers are grounded in the very background of European civiliza tion, dating back to the tenth century. Their work carries a pol ished version of the pathos, the na tional tragedies of their own race and that of nations long dead. Russian Atmosphere Created The Russian atmosphere is brought to the concert hall with the presentations offered. What is said to be their most successful program, “The Great Vespers of the Russian Church,” is a detailed re-enactment of Orthodox Russian church ceremonials and is the only one expressly authorized by the primate of the church. This group has a characteristic similar to that of the Don Cossack Russian male chorus which visited the campus last year and which was so popular. The chorus is or ganized on the lines of a symphony orchestra, and creates tonal effect corresponding to that of the var ious choirs of the orchestra. (Please turn to page four) Chancellor Hunter Returns From East Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter returned Tuesday noon from Chi cago, where he was one of 20 out standing educators of the nation gathered under the National Edu cation association to work out a five year plan for unifying educa tion in the United States. Chancellor Hunter left for Cor vallis, soon after his arrival, to attend several committee meet ings. He will be in his office this morning. Police Matron Will Speak to YW Croup Mrs. Ella Richardson, police matron of Eugene, will speak at the YWCA bungalow tomorrow on making it possible for young people to find the highest stand ards of life. All freshmen women are invited. Mrs. Richardson is speaking under the sponsorship of the com munity sendee group of the YWCA. Hickens to Address Alpha Kappa Psi Today at Gerlinger N. K. Hickens, credit mana ger of McMorran and Wash burne, will speak on the credit system of Eugene’s largest clothiers’ store, at a meeting of Alpha Kappa Psi, national bus iness administration honorary, in Gerlinger hall at 7:30. Senior Ball Set For February 15 Committee Undecided On Hall and Orchestra A directorate headed by Frank Michek yesterday afternoon planned the outline of Oregon’s most formal of formals—the Senior Ball, scheduled for February 15. The 12 students directing the last dance to be given by the class of ’36 looked favorably toward an out-of-town orchestra, but did not make a final decision. The meeting was punctuated with outbursts of debate on the choice of orchestras and where to hold the dance, with Igloo-ites and Gerlinger-ites the opposing factions. The students assisting Michek in organizing the ball are Jack Mul hall, assistant chairman; A1 Wall, decorations; Howard Patterson, music; Willa Bitz, programs; Alice Ann Thomas, patrons and patron esses; Tom Aughinaugh, tickets; Nancy Lou Cullers, reception; Dor othy Anne Clark, secretary; Orton Goodwin, finance; Ann-Reed Burns, publicity; Senior Class President Mary McCracken, ex officio. Alpha Kappa Delta to Meet Alpha Kappa Delta, sociology honorary, will meet tonight in the women’s lounge in Gerlinger hall at 7:30. Recent issues of sociology and social research will be dis cussed, according to Hazle Corri gan, secretary-treasurer. Inauguration Of Dr. Boyer February 6 Talks l>y Authorities On Higher Education To Be High Spots; Sessions Open to Public A survey of higher education, with particular emphasis on its place in the commonwealth today and in the future, will be an im portant part of the program for the inauguration of Dr. C. Valen tine Boyer as president of the Uni versity of Oregon, February 6, it was announced here today by Dr. H. G. Townsend, chairman of the committee for the event. Four addresses, each to be de livered by an authority on higher education, will be on the program. At the morning sessions H. B. Myers, assistant dean of the Uni versity medical school, will talk on “Education for the Professions,” and Harold G. Merriam, head of the English department of the Uni versity of Montana, will deliver an address on “Education in the Lib eral Arts,” Both sessions will be open to the public. Address to Be in Afternoon President Boyer will deliver his inaugural address during the af ternoon ceremony, and Judge James T. Brand of Marshfield will speak at the inaugural banquet in the evening on “The University and the Commonwealth.” College and university presidents from various western institutions will be present for the occasion, and a large number of delegates of schools in other parts of the United States have been named to attend the event, it is announced. Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chan cellor of higher education, will pre side at the inaugural ceremony. Willard L. Marks, chairman of the state board of higher education, will represent that body, and Ru (Please turn to page three) Schedule for Oregana Pictures TOU A Y 11:50 a.m.—Phi Beta 12:30 a.m.—Oreguna business staff 12:35 a.m.—Interfraternity coun cil 12:45 a.m.—Pan-IIellenic council 12:50 a.m.—Athletic managers All above pictures to be taken on the steps of Johnson hall. 3:00 p.m.—Sigma Delta C'hi, University press 3:15p.m.—Theta Sigma Phi, University press 3:80 p.m.—Philomelete group of ficers 3:45 p.m.—YWCA cabinet 4:00 p.m.—AWS council 4:10 p.m.—WAA council All above pictures to be taken on Johnson steps. 4:20 p.m.—Amphibians, women’s pool, Gerllnger 8:00 p.m.—University sym phony, music school THURSDAY 11:50 a.m.—First and second year law, Oregon hall 12:80 p.m.—Executive committee, •Johnson steps 12:40p.m.—Alpha Delta Sigma, Co-op corner 12:50p.m.—Gamma Alpha Chi 8:00 p.m.—Alpha Kappa Psi 8:15 p.m.—Beta Gamma Sigma 3:30 p.m.—Teminids 8:45 p.m.—Phi Delta Phi 4:00 p.m.—Phi Alpha Delta All the above pictures to he taken at Johnson hall. FRIDAY 12:30 p.m.—Phi Mu Alpha, Mu sic school lounge 12:40 p.m.—Mu Phi Epsilon, Mu sic school lounge 3:00 pan-—Polyphonic choir, Music school auditorium 3:30 p.m.—Kwama 3:45 p.m.—Thespians 4:00 p.m.—Skull and Dagger 4:15 p.m.—Mortar Board All above to be taken in front of Oriental museum. Morrow Held Ineligible for Oregana Post Judiciary Group Rules No JC After Six Terms in School Prevents His Serving Ed Morrow, recently named act ing business manager of the Ore gana to succeed Newton Stearns who did not return to school this term, was ruled ineligible to hold the position yesterday by the ju diciary committee of the ASUO. The principal reason for Mor row’s ineligibility, Chairman Dean Wayne Morse said last night, was the technicality that he has been in school seven terms and as yet has not earned his junior certifi cate. According to the ASUO con stitution anyone in school more than six terms and not earning their JC is not eligible to hold either an elective or appointive of fice. The complete report of the case, as in that on the question of the presence or absence of by-laws to the constitution, was concurred in orally by the judiciary committee. Dean Virgil D. Earl is writing the complete report and it will be pub lished in a later edition of the Em erald. Student Union To Support Bill Optional-Compulsory ROTC Fight Resumed Spurred by threats of impending war and the army's veiled threat of universal conscription, the new ly organized American Student union will concentrate on a two point program, one of which is pas sage of the Nye-Kvale bill, the na tional administrative committee announced last week. One of the first moves of the lo cal Student union chapter, to be organized next week, will proba bly be the marshalling of student support for the bill now in con gress, providing that no military funds shall go to schools which have compulsory military training. Step Toward KOTC Abolition The Student union’s support of the Nye-Kvale bill, favoring op tional military training over com pulsory, was extended by the ad ministrative committee in the be lief that passage of this measure will serve as another step toward complete abolition of the ROTC. Local action on the military sit uation will probably culminate in another strike against war, to be staged early in April, on a larger basis than ever before. It would be carried on in connection with the nation-wide strike, which, leaders hope, will bring out 250,000 stu dents this spring. Ex-Students Get Mid-Year Places Three mid-year placements have been made by the placement bur eau of the education school, under the direction of Ida Mae Pope. Hagan Moore, who did post gradu ate work on the campus last year, Is now teaching English at Grants Pass high school. William H. Kurtz, who also at tended here, has taken a position as mathematics teacher at Albany high school, and Zada Tinker, graduate student, has been placed in the Pospect high school at Med ford, teaching English and history. Dr. Adams Funeral In Portland Today Final rites for Waldo J. Adams, Eugene dentist who died at the Oregon-Oregon . State basketball game last Friday, will be held at 11 p. m. today In the Portland cre matorium. Dr. Adams, a former student of the University, died at the game from a heart attack caused by over-excitement. He has practiced in Eugene since 1911. I Prepares Reports ---j Ray Mize, pictured above, who prepared the report for the judi ciary committee on the question of whether the ASUO constitution technically had by-laws or not. Schloth Accepts Committee Post Group to Start Work On Constitution Revision With the acceptance of Bill Schloth, senior in economics, to work as chairman, the ASUO con stitutional committee is now ready to function, it was announced last night by Jim Blais, ASUO prexy. The other members of the com mittee who have been appraised of their jobs for some time are: Virgil Earl, dean of men, Cosgrove La Barre, and Tex Thomason. The duty of the new committee will be to go over the entire consti tution and by-laws, and make any recommendations they deem nec essary. As the new constitution adopted last spring is believed full of loopholes, the committee will have a sizeable job in bringing it up to date, Blais said. "This committee was named some time ago,” said Jim Blais in explaining the situation, “but as it was felt that there would be no changes until spring elections, it has not yet functioned.” The four named above will sub mit their recommendations to the judiciary board, where they will be gone over and approved. Then they will be taken to the execu preparation to submitting the changes to the student body. Student Outlook, Review Combined "The Student Advocate" will be the name of the new monthly mag azine, organ of the American Stu dent union. It replaces the old Stu dent Outlook and Student Review, and will be representative of many liberal organizations not previous ly connected with the student groups which sponsored the two old magazines. The Advocate, largest and most widely circulated of any represent ing the new student government, comes off the press January 26, and will be distributed on the Ore gon campus soon after February 1. It urges students to submit contri butions—either articles on general student issues or student literary efforts. New Patients Raise Infirmary Total to Nine Four new patients in the infirm ary today raised the total number to nine. Elizabeth Skei, Peter Brock, John Taylor, and John Brunton are the new occupants. Those who have been there from previous days are Bertha Sheppard, Morris Wilson, Helen Hoskins, Anna Ma rie Driscoll, and Stan King. Temenids Hold Pledging Tonight Formal pladging will be held by Temenids Wednesday evening, Jan uary 22, at 9 o’clock In the wom en’s lounge of Gerlinger hall. The girls to )>e pledged are. Ger trude Malecek, Gladys Burns, Agnes Harris, Beth Pratt, and Mil * adi Mason. Steps Taken To Remedy By-laws Error Judiciary Report Says Constitution Of ASUO Technically Has No By-Laws Following- a report of the judic iary committee late yesterday af ternoon that the constitution of the ASUO was technically with ou t by - laws, President James Blais anounced last night that it was the intention of the executive council to remedy the technicality immediately. A meeting of the council slated for yesterday was postponed to Thursday, however, because some council members were unable to attend, and at this time the group will undoubtedly adopt the reco mendations of the judiciary body to work out the elimination of the technicality, Blais said last night. Thomason Starts Query The report of the judiciary body as to the lack of by-laws came following a request of President Blais’ after an article in the Em erald's Stage of the World column by Tex Thomason questioned the presence or absence of same. The judiciary report stated that under the present setup, after the voting in of the new constitution last spring, the old by-laws of the old constitution were non-existent. It also held that any action of the executive council not specifically vested in the new constitution was also illegal, in answer to second and third questions by Blais. Body Makes Suggestions In . le final paragraphs of the report the judiciary suggested that to clear up any disorder that the executive council meet immeditely and either adopt the old by-laws, and make them retroative or to adopt a new set of by-laws. Blais said last night he believed the ex ecutive council would take the former action unless some better plan presented itself. This power is vested in the ex ecutive council by the new con stiution itself. Some Clashes Noticed Also presented in the report i3 the fact that various sections of the new constitution clash with the old by-laws. So in order to clear this error the procedure will be to take any section of the new constitution referring to the old by-laws which so clashes and adopt it as a part of the new by laws. Blais also said the council would probably remedy this in the manner suggested. After this the constitution com mittee which was picked some time ago will start functioning and work on revisions necessary in the constitution. V'VUipiVKf/ tIK |IIM l U1VVII The judiciary committee report was prepared by Ray Mize and concurred in orally by Deans Virgil Earl and Wayne Morse, and by Fred Colvig, another member of the committee. These other members agreed with Mize’s re port, although due to the neces sity for hurrying the report they ask minor changes in wording. On January 21, James Blais, president of the ASUO, in regards to inquiries as to whether or not the present constitution of the ASUO, had a set of by-laws, pre sented to us the following ques tions : (1) Are the by-laws of the for mer constitution still legally in op eration? (2) If not, were actions taken to make them illegal? (3) Also, if the old by-laws be came non-existent, following the election last spring, what limita tions are there, if any, governing actions of the various branches of the ASUO which have heretofore come under the by-laws? In answer to the above three questions, the judiciary committee makes the following holding. Question: whether or not the by-laws of the old AStlO consti tution remain in full force and be come a part of the new ASUO con stitution, adopted at the last spring election, April, 1935. Held: it is to be presumed that the Associated Students intended that the by-laws of the old consti (Please turn to Pag* four)