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Love and.... Annual lecture series on love and marriage opens tonight in Ger linger. See story on page one. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY. JANUARY 30, 1936 NUMBER 63 | STAGE | | of the ! ! WORLD | t-1 jp .1 + By TexThomason !£ ^f>*T>>f*>f*tT**T**'T**f*i’Y**l*tf*1f>*f'*t'T'**f**f**f*>fitt*>f**l**y*,f*>|* “All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely play ers.” On our little 2x4 piece of that stage the following stars have made famous the following lines. Titles are mostly omitted—only for brevity’s sake. Captain Kelley. “Manifestly,—” Mittelman. “The crux of this case is 6.” Schumacher. “And the devil take the hindermost.” Hoyt. “Good morning, class.” Warren D. Smith. “I know be cause I’ve been there.” Cornish. “Now, according to the King James’ Translation, Mogul .... Come, come. We must has ten along.” Dean Earl. “Well, if I were do ing it, I think I would go about it this way.” Thacher. “The sid - u - ashun changes.” Schmidt. “Ja. Ubersetzen Sie das.” Chancellor Hunter. “Fellow stu dents, . . . .” Casteel. “Of course you know the definition of a mugwump—a bird perched on a fence, with its mug on one side of the fence and its wump on the other.” Burrell. “What I’m trying to say is this—an investment is like a suit of clothes.” Bond. “Now, according to Tay lor . . . .” Dahlberg. “Like one of my neighbors came over and said, ‘Why, Mr. Dahlberg ... ?’ ” or “When we were speaking before the grange at-last year, some old codger stood up and . . . .” Lesch. “I wish all trains were in hell.” Hollis. ‘‘But isn't there an arti cle in this constitution Art. —, Sec. —, that provides. ... ?” (Yes, there was.) DeBusk. ‘‘So I went down to the jail. I asked him something no body else thought of. Why did he do it?” Mrs. Socolofsky. “This is the Dean of Men’s Office calling. Would it be possible for you ... ?” Ken Shumaker. “Make the theme like a woman’s dress—long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to be interesting.” Hayward. “What did you say your name was? And don’t call me Mr. Hayward. Call me Bill.” Callison. “Get off your ... Of all the *—@—@-** that I ever saw.” (Censored). Crosland. “That knocks that theory into a cocked hat.” Stillman. “Now I want to be cheerful about this." Riddlesbarger. “Qualify your statement.” Stehn. “QUIET! QUIET! YOU MONKEYS!” Caswell. “10,460 light years away.” Horn. “Who said, under what conditions, and give the dramatic and poetic value of the passage, ‘Oh, come away with me’?” Barnett. “That’s all wrong.” Thanks to all who so generous ly contributed to the makekup of this colyum. Talks on Love And Marriage Begin Tonight Dean Scholz Will Open This Year’s Series At 7:30; Drs. Brodie, Schauffler Speak Next Launching the fifth annual se ries of lectures by prominent speakers on the subject of Urn and marriage, Mrs. Cheryl Scholz, dean of women at Reed college will speak tonight on the practical aspects of love and marriage. Dean Scholtz will speak at 7:30 in Villard hall for men and women students. Admission will be by cards only, which may be obtained today free of charge in the living organizations and at the Co-op. The committee in charge of the lectures stated that the three sub jects to be presented in the series are related, and that students should strive to attend each one. The second lecture, on the bio logical aspects of love and mar riage, will be given by Dr. Jessie Laird Brodie, and Dr. Goodrich Schauffler in separate seminars for women and men. Both these speakers are practicing physicians in Portland and spoke in the series last year. The psychological aspects of the subject will be presented in the final lecture by Dr. J. Hudson Bal lard, Presbyterian minister from Portland. The dates for these suc ceeding lectures will be announced later. The committee assisting Peggy Chessman, chairman, is composed of Craig Finley, Isobelle Miller, Charles Miller, and Virginia Endi cott. President’s Ball Slated Tonight The third annual President’s Birthday ball will be held tonight at the Winter Garden ballroom, at 8 o’clock. Two bands, Gary McLean’s Wil lamette Park band and Eddie Scroggins’ Melody Makers, will provide the music The dean of women has give no tice of 12:30 permission. Clark Fay is general chairman for the affair. All proceeds go to aid infantile paralysis sufferers. Thirty per cent will be allotted to the Warm Springs foundation, and 70 per cent will remain here to a.id deserving cases in this state and city. Late Leave Granted Only to Coeds Who Attend FDR Dance Late permission Thursday night for the president’s ball will be given only to women who are going to attend the dance. Those who are attending must be in by 12:15. Regular hours are in order for women who are not attending, it was announced from the office of the dean of women. Oregon Men Gaze, Blink At Antics of Capering Coeds Crashing the gate through the ever vigilant senior cops, Oregon men gazed and blinked at curious ly clothed females last night at the forbidden coed capers. Breath less were the stories of the dizzy antics and odd garb of the Uni versity's outstanding ladies. Thrice did the cops toss out Norma Lyons, feminine. But through the entire evening Bob Wagner watched the proceedings, and tells an interesting tale. His story will be found below, after a few highlight views as seen through the eyes of other observ ing gentlemen. Most observed were members of the junior class, in their skit. Car men Curry paraded in an old fashioned georgette formal with rhinestone beads — other attire termed s’eezy. Martha McCall pre sided as a bar keeper with a big black handle bar mustache, wig on head, and donned in white apron and trousers. Short skirts predominated in a choral group made up of Pearl Johansen, Grace Peck, Ruth Ford, Jean Stevenson, Kay Skalet, and Elaine Cornish. Old sweaters and old berets adorned shoulders and heads. Orange hair ribbons matched other ribbons here and there of the same color. Margilee Morse passed without question as a little boy. Three Chi O’s dressed as tramps in long garments stuffed with pillows panicked watchers. Jane Green, with teeth out, was a leader. An interview with Wagner fol lows: The realm of the capering coeds was crashed last night by sylph like Theta Chi Bob Wagner. From his feminine disguise, the frosh watched the entire program. Two years ago Henry Mlnger spent part of the evening with the coeds and last year Bill Parsons carried (Please turn to page four) On Screen at Condon This Week Above is a picture of the photographic cone where the film “Life Begins,” which will be shown at open house at Condon this week Friday and Saturday, was made. The showing is made possible by the new projector purchased by Dr. Beck which he is using for his classes in particular but will also make available for University use. Student Union Chapter To Be Formed Tonight Campus Liberals Will Meet at 7:30 In Gerlinger Hall Oregon’s chapter of the new American Student union will be launched tonight at a mass meet ing in alumni hall, Gerlinger, at 7:30 o’clock. The new organization is intended to bring together all progressive groups on the campus, uniting liberal students in a more powerful organization than has ever before existed. Tonight’s mass meeting will feature Monroe Sweetland, nation ally-known student leader and or ganizer, who is now a law student at Willamette. He will outline the purposes of the new union. John Luvaas and Fred Gieseke, Oregon’s delegates to the national conven tion which formed the Student un ion, also were on the program. Movement Receives Favor A hasty survey yesterday indi cated considerable favorable com ment on the union among faculty members. A number are exepected to send greetings and good wishes to the mass meeting. Similar re sponses from a number of student organizations is expected. Although no program for the Oregon campus has yet been even tentatively sketched, it probably will depart in some details from the national program drafted at the Columbus convention. Leaders declare the union’s purpose is to provide an outlet for spontaneous student activity, and that local chapters will not be rigidly bound to the national program which was drafted largely to crystallize is (Please turn to page three) Mrs. Battleson Is On Way to Recovery Mrs. E. W. Battleson, injured in an auto wreck last Thursday, is on the road to recovery, As the fracture did not start to mend un til yesterday, she will be confined for at least four weeks more. Mrs. Battleson wAs injured when the car in which she, her husband, and her daughter Katherine collid ed with a car driven by C. S. Sed erlin, of Springfield, on the Pa cific highway Thursday morning. I Davis Calls Meeting Of ASUO Speakers Group at 4 in Side Members of the ASUO speak ers committee will meet today at 4 o’clock upstairs In the Col lege Side Inn, AJ Davis, head of the group announced last night. Davis asked that all members be present as the meeting Is an important one. Famed Liberals Support Union Educators, Writers Assist Students Support for the new American Student union, is coming' from many nationally-known figures, according to the organization’s bulletin. Educators, writers, labor leaders, ministers, professional men—all are lending their aid. Charles Hendley, president of the New York chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, hailed the Student union as “a ral lying point for ail students inter ested in furthering the cause of peace.” Other educators on the union’s advisory board include: Professor Robert Morss Lovett, University of Chicago; Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, Union Theological Seminary; Pro f e s s o r Alexander Meiklejohn, University of Wisconsin, George S. Counts, Teachers college; and Dr. Louis Hacker of Columbia. Francis Gorman, vice-president of the United Textile Workers of (Please turn to page two) New Projector Will Be Used For Baby Study Dr. Lester F. Reek Obtains Apparatus To Study Rudiments Of Child Behavior The purchase of a new $70C sound motion picture projector was announced yesterday by Dr Lester F. Beck, psychology pro fessor. It is the latest thing in •sound and movie projectors and will accommodate a maximum house of 2.000 people. Dr. Beck purchased the projec tor for use in his psychology class es but will make it available tc the University. With the projec tor, Dr. Beck got a reel of sound film entitled “Life Begins.” These films will be used in the genetic psychology classes to demonstrate modern' cinema methods for study ing infant behavior and to portray important stages in a child’s de velopment. Hidden Camera Used “All psychology topics, percep tion, emotion, intelligence and learning, have beginnings before the time of birth and during the feriod of infancy. These films show rather clearly the rudimentary manifestations of these kinds of behavior,” said Dr. Beck. The pictures were taken in a special photographic dome in a screened studio where the young sters played while a hidden camera recorded all their movements. The children are said to be of average intelligence, and all are of Ameri can parentage. The project was carried out under the direction of Dr. Arnold Gessell, child psycholo gist. Still Shots Used Also Dr. Beck's projector is a Victor -machine and uses either silent or sound film. An amplifier is at tached to it, as is a microphone so the instructor may add com ments as the picture is being run, if he wishes. The projector also permits film to be stopped and re-run at any point or allows still pictures to be thrown on the screen. | Campus I ❖ Calendar i The YWCA welfare group will meet at 4:00 Thursday at the bungalow. The nursery school work is to be taken up again, and anyone interested please attend. Scholarship chairmen of all liv ing organizations are asked to call at window 6, second floor of John son hall for the fall term grade lists. (Please turn to page two) Asbestos (Editorial) Tomorrow it will be all over! The optionalist boys are planning a party. The compulsory contingent will attend the basketball game. And the Emerald, poor thing, which favors neither com plete optional nor compulsory fees, but merely the passage of the bill to place the authority for establishing the fee in the hands of the board, bleats one last bleat before succumbing to the restriction of statutory law-prohibiting publication of election material on the day of election. This editorial is on the front paee because—well, there is no other place to put it. Today the larger part of the editorial column is devoted to a long letter by brother S. Eugene Allen. Yesterday brother James Blais shoved us out in the cold. A 500 word letter! Tsk, tsk. The battle carried on bv the two afore-mentioned gentle men plays an effective obbligato to the Rohinson-Kmith con certo, that for the past week has rolled both Republicans and Democrats in the aisles. * * * One constructive thing has emerged from this scuffle. It is fairly well realized bv all concerned that neither complete optional nor complete compulsory activity fees will suffice in the future. There has been expression of agreement by both sides as to the desirability of establishing an optional athletic fee and a moderate compulsory fee for strictly educational and cultural activities. In order that the activity program be perpetuated in the future, such a plan must be provided. It would be much better were the state board to be given power to do just thing thing. It will be under passage of the bill. Such matters belong in the hands of the board. No passage? No speed. No speed? Inefficiency. However, the Oregon Journal has intimated that there is communism behind supporters of the optional movement. And this includes the Morning Oregonian. HAW! This alone made the struggle a comedy. Allard Names Tentative Staff Of ‘Scruples’ Aim-Reed Burns, Pease, Hanson Head List; Sophisticated Magazine Planned Appointment of a tentative staff for “Scruples,” new campus hu mor magazine, was made last night by Winston Allard, editor of the magazine. Ann-Reed Burns, women's director; Ed Hanson, art director, and Bill Pease, assistant editor, head the list of appointees. "Scruples” will make its first ap pearance on the campus during Junior weekend. Allard explained that the staff hoped to publish a smart and sophisticated humor magazine designed for the Oregon campus. “Scruples” will, in a sense, rise from the ashes of the old “Lemon Punch,” the former humor magazine which was dis continued in 1924. Edison Marshall and Ernest Haycox were staff members of the “Lemon Punch.” Oregana Staff Manages Business The business staff of the Ore gana is handling the business man agement for the magazine, and the second edition will be bound in the back of the Oregana. The maga zine will also serve as a guide throughout Junior weekend. Other appointments include: Ed itorial board, Fred Colvig, James Morrison, Max Morse, and Bob Prescott; Art Board, Bob Colvig, and Fred Beck. Further appoint ments will be made later, Allard said. French Society Dines Tonight Phi Delta Phi, French honorary, will banquet tonight in an after initiation gesture honoring nine new members. The formal initia tion will begin at 6:00 in Gerlinger hall, following which the group will adjourn to the Anchorage for dinner. Motif for the dinner will be the club’s symbol of a gold fleur-de-lis on a blue background, carried out in daffodils and blue iris. New members who will be init iated tonight are: honorary mem bers, Solomon Katz and Carl L. Johnson; special members, Mrs. Hugh Miller and Mrs. Buford Roach; and, undergraduates, Mar garet Ann Smith, Katherine Coney, Helen Roberts, Jack Huggins, and William Barrett. Committees for the event in clude: June Saunders, initiation chairman; Leland Thielman, corre spondence; Lillian Warn, Alice Olmstead, and Saxon Brooks, ban quet. June Saunders, president, will preside at the Anchorage. Mr. William T. Starr will welcome the new members. Mrs. Hugh Miller will respond for the initiates. Harvard Offers 15 Graduate Fellowships Fifteen graduate fellowships in the field of street and highway traffic control administration are being offered by the bureau of street traffic research of Harvard university. Anyone interested in applying for these fellowships is asked to seek information at the bureau of municipal research in Friendly hall. Icy Race Waters Will Engulf Seven Reardless Victims Seven sophomore men who couldn't or wouldn’t cultivate a bea rd for the Whlskerlno will be tried before a vigilante band "down by the Alpha Phi house” at 12:30 today. Those who face an invigorat ing swim if their excuses do not explain a lack of hirsulte fo liage are: Robert Thompson Leonard Uufford Harvey Johnson „ Jack Newman James Maokle Andrew Bogdonovich Peter Watsek Any freshmen caught watch ing the dunking will also take the icy dip. Athletics Exempt? Applying a recent decision given Iowa State college against the federal government stating that taxes on athletics admissions are levied on state funds and are there fore unconstitutional, Prof. H. C. Howe believes Oregon and other schools are also freed from the tax. Ex-Naval Head To Lecture Bryant Is Authority On Oriental Affairs Observation and study of social and economic conditions in the Or ient during many years of naval and foreign service there gives Lieutenant-Commander Stewart F. Bryant a solid foundation on which to base his talk, “Japan and Rus sia in the World Today." The re tired naval officer speaks at a gen eral assembly in Gerlinger hall at 10 o'clock Friday. According to a story in the Uni versity of Washington Daily, Bry ant’s outlook on world affairs is quite opposite from the viewpoint usually taken by ex-service men. Speaking before a group of Wash ingtonians on “What Is Our De fense Against Communism," he said radicalism will thrive if re pressive measures .continue to be used. The real danger of upheaval lies not in the Russian-Bolshevik influence but in the growing dis content of America’s unemployed, implying that fascism not commu nism would result. Denounced Suppression Different from suppression views of most militarists Bryant believes that machine guns and imprison ment cannot be used to chase idea3 out of people's minds, pointing out that allied pressure following the World war served to unify the So viet movement against the rest of the world. Lieutenant - Commander Bryant has been in constant touch with the Orient since 1917 when he was (Please turn to pat/c two) Psychology Exams To Be Given Today For New Students Entrance psychology exam inations for students who en tered the University winter term will be given today at 4 o’clock in 310 Condon hall. Howard Taylor, head of the psychology department, will give the exam. All students who have not taken this examination must be present. Iowa Decision PointsUOWay For Tax Rebate Court Declares U. S. Cannot Tax Athletics In State Schools; Prof. Howe Explains Oregon may regain $15,000 to $20,000 taxes paid to the federal government in the past four years and may increase its revenue from athletics by 10 per cent. Professor H. C. Howe, chairman of the Eng lish department, stated in inter preting a recent circuit court decision in the case of Iowa State college against the federal govern ment. On the grounds that the Iowa college was a state institution and that its athletic revenues were a part of state funds, a United States circuit court recently up held the institution’s claim that contest admissions could not be taxed because the federal govern ment has no power to levy duties on state funds. The circuit court’s decision establishes a precedent which Ihe University of Oregon may make use of in a similar suit, Professor Howe said. Higner Appeal i.iKeiy Although the first round in the test case which the Iowa school has started resulted in a judgment for the college, Professor Howe be lieves that the appellate court will be asked to re-hear the evidence and that a decision by the United States supreme court may be given. “Oregon'3 football revenues for the past season were in the neigh borhood of $37,000,” Howe, who has been affiliated with the Ore gon faculty for 35 years and who heads the athletic committee, de clared. “Therefore, Oregon’s in come from football would have been $3,700 greater were it not for the tax. Should the Iowa State case establish a precedent, Oregon could thus increase her revenue by taking a similar action.” Oregon May Get $30,000 More important still, if the fed eral tax should be declared uncon stitutional, is the fact that $15,000 to $20,000 paid by this University to the federal government in the past four years would probably be returned . Grounds for Iowa State's suit are found in the constitution which says, in effect, that the federal government cannot tax the income of the states. The final decision, Howe declares, hinges on whether or not the income from athletic contests can be considered state income. “Admissions at Iowa State’3 games are collected by the college and are taken to the treasurer’s office immediately. They can be removed from the treasurer’s office only upon presentation of a requi sition from the state. They are thus more definitely state funds,” Professor Howe explained. Legal Opinion Hopeful Legal opinion indicates that the federal tax will be held illegal and that the decision may be applied to other schools, including those which are incorporated, Howe said. Professor Howe attended the 1932 session of the National Col lege Athletic association at which (Please turn to page two) Use of'Spoils System’ Begins Law School Row A petition to recall Robert Hunter, president of the law scnool, attacking him for follow ing the “spoils system’’ in handing out appointments for the law school dance committees, was cir culated among the law students yesterday. After 19 signatures had been se cured, President Hunter, getting wind of the conspiracy, immediate ly made a drastic ruling demand j ing a minimum of 7$ signatures for a vote on his expulsion. The recall petition was dropped. Although the leading agitators of the recall movement were not disclosed, unreliable resources re ported that Bill Martin, chairman of the law school formal, drew up the petition. It was said that he, upon reading the Tuesday Emer ald's announcement of the various committees, found his name miss ing and was temporarily convinced that his “promised” appointment as chairman of the dance had been revoked. Plans for the unprecedented law school formal are progressing rap idly, it was announced late last evening after the storm had sub sided. The music committee, how ever, is temporarily inactive, due to lack of necessary information. To secure it they have posted a bulletin notice in the law school captioned: "In order to ascertain whether we can afford an orchestra or only a harmonica and banjo it is im putative that we Have first-hand information as to the number plan ning to attend the dance. Please sign below.”