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* Love, i \ r iage l % F Second of v ** C and Marriage series talks i & -it. See story page pne. * (Germany Sliown Carl-Gustav Anthon portrays conditions in Germany as he saw them in “A German Student’s Ger many" on the edit page. VOLUME XXXV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1936 NUMBER 71 j STAGE | ! of the I t WORLD ! + + +-+ £ By Tex Thomason * 4* ************************ About Face Here are some interesting fig ures—if numerical figures interest you. The national income for 1935 was 53.7 BILLION dollars; taxes. Federal, State and local amounted to 10,250 MILLION dollars, or 19.1 per cent of income. The na tional debt, or amount to be raised by future taxation is over 27.8 BILLION dollars. To have paid all of its bills in 1935 the figures show that nearly one-third of all the money earned by workers, farmers, entrepreneurs and invest ors would have had to be taken by the government in the form of taxes. England, who balances in come and outgo, takes about 25 per cent of the national income to do the job. She taxes heavier than any country. But instead of taxing for the full amount our Federal Government is borrowing against the future to get money for spending. Which do you prefer, a sharp increase in taxes or a mortgage on the future? Or are you old enough to vote ? Neuberger Writes Of Borah’s Plans Former Emerald Editor Interprets Campaign The presidential aspirations of Senator William Borah are des cribed in the February Current History magazine as an effective part of the senator’s campaign for re-election in Idaho to the senate. The article was written by Rich ard L. Neuberger, editor of the Emerald in 1932-33, who recently went to the Gem state to cover po litical events for the New York Times, the Morning Oregonian, and other publications. rue political threat of Governor C. Ben Ross as a probable candi date for United States senator has forced Borah to step outside his constituency to strengthen his Ida hoan favor. As written by Neu berger, “Surely the voters of Idaho cannot reject for the senatorship a statesman who might have been president!" Borah's recognition that he has only an outside chance for the ^residency makes the Borah boom merely a stratagem in the Idaho campaign, the Oregonian writer declares. Neuberger described the Town send plan as a headache to the famous senior senator, who had dodged the issue as much as pos sible, for he realized the great strength of the pensioners in his constituency and his former stand against the sales tax, which is the proposed method of financing the Townsend plan. Nevertheless the former editor of the Emerald predicted that Bo rah would turn a cold shoulder to the Townsendites should he be forced to take a stand. The Cur rent History bearing this predic tion appeared on the streets only two days before Borah rejected the plan in his Brooklyn speech. Elinor Henry, ’34 Working at Whitman Miss Elinor Henry, ’34, stated in a brief note to Prof. George Turn bull of the journalism department, that she is now in Walla Walla, Washington, for approximately four weeks of work on the Whit man Centennial publicity prelimin aries. Miss Henry, who was re cently visiting on the campus, is a journalism graduate. Thespians Will Sell Apples W ednesday Thespians will hold a carmel apple sale Wednesday, February 12, from 9 to 5:30. The purpose of the sale is to raise money for the AWS room and to pay for Thespian pictures in the Oregana, said June Hust. Price of the apples will be five cents. jROTC Would Continue on Optional Basis Action by Board of Education Necessary To Halt Compulsory Drill, Says Murphy “If military became optional on the Oregon campus the unit would be continued unless enrollment fell an appreciable amount.” With this statement. Col. E. V. D. Murphy, head of the University ROTC, explained what result the success of the optional campaign would have. Colonel Murphy went on to say that even should the optional pe tition and faculty vote go through, an action of the state board of higher education would be neces sary to repeal the present compul sory standing. Those favoring op tional military could recourse to initiative petition if the board failed to move, but such action would not come before the people for some time. Murphy Gives No Opinions Although Colonel Murphy de clined to give any personal opin ions, wishing to keep out of the politics of the affair, he referred to a pamphlet with statements of college presidents in regard to mil itary training. Of 67 college heads, only one stood strongly against military training. Nine upheld compulsory ROTC, seven were in favor of op tional, and the remainder did not (Please turn to page three) Phi Alpha Deltas Attend Banquet Law Men and Alums Entertain in Portland Phi Alpha Delta, professional law fraternity recently reinstalled on the Oregon campus, and its Portland alumni chapter banqueted together last Saturday night at the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club in Portland. Eleven members of the active Williams chapter here and their adviser, Prof. Charles G. Howard, attended the banquet which was followed by a stag party. The banquet was one of 34 throughout the United States cele brating the national Phi Alpha Delta night. Programs of twelve of the banquets were broadcast on national hookups, including the Portland program. Robert F. Maguire, president of the Oregon State Bar association, was featured as the chief speaker at the Portland celebration. Other speakers for the occasion were Colonel A. E. Clark, prominent Portland attorney, G. G. Smith of the University of Chicago and Pro fessor Charles G. Howard. Ray Mize, law student, and Cal South er, president of the Portland alum ni chapter, were in charge of the banquet. Wendell Cameron of Portland was toastmaster. Law students from Eugene who attended the Portland celebration were Ray Mize, A1 Hakanson, Her man Hendershott, Philip Hayter, Keith Wilson, Ronald Rew, Arthur Barnett, Hale Thompson, Richard Kriessien, Chester Anderson, and Donald Burke. Campus * ❖ ❖ •> Calendar i |T 1 i i 1 n ' i a Members of the Frosh Frivoli ties committee will meet in the College Side at 4 o’clock today. Final plans for Friday night will be made. D.A.R. members will meet today at 4 p.m. in the women’s club rooms on the third floor of Ger linger hall. Health club directorate will meet at the College Side at 12:30 today. Charm school will meet at the Alpha Phi house at 4 o’clock today. (Please turn to page four) Jewett Contest Deadline Soon Ru<lio Entries Must Be in by February 15 February 15 is the deadline for entering the Jewett radio contest, announced John L. Casteel last night. The contest, with prizes of $20, $15, and $5 contributed from the Wilson E. Jewett fund, will be in the form of a radio interview or dialogue between two persons on questions of national interest. The contest is open to all stu dents, and in case of more than six entries, a preliminary contest will be held and eliminations will be made on the basis of manu script submitted. Manuscripts submitted to the speech depart ment by February 15. The final contest will be held on the department's public address system. Entries will be judged from the standpoint of contest and value for future radio presentation. The interest and informational val ue of the subject will be considered along with the effectiveness with which the discussion is adapted to radio broadcast. Four pairs of students have so far signified their intentions of en tering the contest. They are Paul Plank and Zane Kemler upon the subject of "The Matanuska Experi ment”; Howard Kessler and Minoru Yasue, “American-Japanese Rela tions”; Walter Eschbeck and Av ery Combs, “The Next President of the United States,” and Fred Bales and an unannounced partner, “Problems of Our Diminishing World.” Students may receive further de tails at the speech office in Friend ly hall, such as suggestions for writing manuscripts, and should arrange for practice periods over the department's public address equipment. An additional contest is being planned in cooperation with station KOAC with problems dealing with radio announcing. The details of this contest will be announced lat er, stated Mr. Casteel. Schools Show Attendance Gain OSC Has 22.5 Per Cent Boost to Top University An increase of 7.6 per cent in enrollment over winter term at tendance for last year has been recorded for the University, ac cording to figures released by Chancellor Hunter to the state board of higher education at a re cent meeting. Oregon’s enrollment for the pres ent winter term is 2,597 as against 2,414 for the 1935 winter term. Five of the six institutions com prising the state system of higher education showed increases for the winter term. Of this group Oregon State with a 22.5 per cent again showed the largest increase. Enrollment of nursing students in the University medical school dropped 26.1 per cent because of higher standards adopted recently which reuire practically a college education for entrance. Actual gain in students for the six institutions was 765 giving a total enrollment of 7,349 students in schools of higher education in Oregon. Pianist to Give Lecture-Recital Mrs. Jane Thacher, teacher of piano, will give a lecture-recital on "Modern Trends in Music” next Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Gerlinger hall, before the members of the Eugene branch of the Amer ican Association of University Wo men. In discussing her topic, Mrs. Thacher will develop the back ground of the subject and will il lustrate with selections from sev eral composers. She is recognized as one of the most outstanding pianists of the Northwest and haa won high acclaim both here and. in the East. .. Tea will be served at 3 o’clock and the program will start at 3:30. ! It is to be a silver tea. i Eight Nominees In “King of Hearts” Voting University Women Will Select Ruler Of ‘Ladies’ Leap' From Group of Men “The King of Hearts," who is to reign over the YWCA "Ladies’ Leap" Friday, February 14, will be selected from the following eight men: Ralph Cathey, Rex Cooper, A1 Davis, William Hall, Cosgrove LaBarre, Tom McCall. Reed Swen son, and Leland Terry. Voting will be held in front of the College Side Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All University wo men are eligible to vote. • The man who receives the most votes will be “King" and the two men who receive the next highest number of votes will be known as the "Knaves of Hearts,” and will, with the “King,” make up the royal party. The coronation ceremony will be held at 3:15 Friday and then the royal party will proceed to the four houses where the dance is to be held—Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Faculty Men Will Attend Conference Review of Northwest Theme of Spokane Meet Dr. P. A. Parsons, head of the sociology department, Dr. E. B. Mittleman, associate professor of business administration, Dr.’War ren D. Smith, head of the geog raphy department, and George H. Godfrey of the news bureau, will attend the Pacific Northwest re gional planning conference in Spo kane February 13, 14, and 15. This is the third annual meeting and will consist of a review of the resources and opportunities of the Northwest. Dr. Parsons, who is a member of the Oregon state planning board, will have charge of the section on welfare and planning. Dr. Smith will conduct meetings on mineral resources in Oregon, and Dr. Mit tleman will speak at the sympos ium on seasonal and migratory labor in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Godfrey will represent the state planning board staff. Problems of marketing power, land classification, agriculture, forestry, mineral resources, water resources, economics, transporta tion, education, public welfare, fishery and wild life will be dis cussed at the three-day meeting. Federal and state officials, rep resentatives of local governmental units, educators, business leaders, and others will attend the confer ence. Shovel Begins PE Excavation Excavation on the basement of the new physical education build ing was started late Saturday and resumed early yesterday morn ing with a power digger. The earth is being dumped into the north end of the heating tunnel being dug between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, and part of the top dirt is being spread on the slope directly in front of the music building. Sewer pipes have been piled along the sidewalk on Fifteenth street, ready to be laid when the work has progressed sufficiently. An outside tile will be used to take care of surface drainage. Former Teacher To Settle in Eugene Mrs. J. H. Kilburn, who will be remembered here as Katherine Froy, graduate assistant to Dr. DeBusk, of the education depart ment, and her husband are plan ning to settle in Eugene. Mrs. Kilburn left the University of Oregon to act as state director of special education at Laramie, Wyoming. Women Debaters Begin Season Speech Group Slates Discussion Appearances Making its initial public appear ance today at noon, the women’s ! debate group is slated to speak be fore the Salem Kiwanis club. To night they will speak before the Marion County Young Democratic club. The group, under the direction of James A. Carroll, will discuss the relief situation. "What permanent form of relief shall we adopt?" is the specific question under consid eration. Tomorrow the group will speak before the Salem Rotary club. Thursday noon, February 12, the group will discuss the same prob lem before the Oregon City Kiwan is club and the Independence com munity meeting, February 14. Esther I.ange, Betty Brown, and Mary Nelson are making the trips and will conduct the discussions, except for the onea t Independence in which Jean Larson will take Mary Nelson’s place. During the first week in March, women speakers from the Univer sity of Washington will be on the Oregon campus for a joint sympo sium with University of Oregon speakers. They will present a dis cussion of the relief problem in and around Eugene. A tour is being planned in east ern Oregon for spring vacation and the group will probably go to Seat tle sometime during the spring term for another joint symposium, according to Mr. Carrell. UO Law Review Gains Accord Former Student Writes How Magazine Helped Charles G. Howard, editor-in chief of the Oregon Law Review, received a letter yesterday from George Belt saying that the Re view had greatly aided him in the preparation of a case and asking the cost of a complete set, bound. Mr. Belt is a last-year graduate of the Oregon law school and is at present with Carson & Carson, at torneys, at Salem. The Oregon Law Review is a quarterly issued through th£ co operation of the law faculty and students. It has a wide circulation among the profession throughout the country and is also favored by many laymen. Leading articles by prominent members of the bar or law school professors, case notes and comments by students, and book reviews usually comprise its interesting contents. The February issue of the Re view has gone to press and will be released the 15th of this month ac cording to reports. Since a recent faculty ruling was put into effect the magazine is now obtainable by law students at 25 cents a copy or on the basis of a 75 cent yearly subscription rate. The regular price is $3.00 a year. Professor Howard said that a complete, bound set of the Oregon Law Review (Vol. 1 to XIV) could be secured for $63.00. OSC Tops Oregon In Scholarship Oregon State college leads the University of Oregon by six hun dredths of a point, a comparison of the all-school grade point averages shows. Oregon’s rating is 2.33. whereas the Corvallis school score is 2.39. Chi Omega sorority led all OSC organizations with a better than "B” average of 3.01. The highest ranking University group was Al pha Xi Delta sorority with a 2.81 average. Delta Chi fraternity topped the Oregon State men with 2.85, 23 hundredths of a point better than Oregon’s first men’s group, Alpha hall. Fraternities on the Corvallis campus take honors for the men. Four Oregon State houses, Delta Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Sig ma Phi, and Pi Kappa Phi did as well or better than the best of the dormitories. WAA Health Week Starts February 17 Sports Program, Poster Contest, Tea Inelinleri on List Of Varied Events A poster contest, a sports pro gram with swimming, basketball and volleyball games, and a tea will be included in the WAA Health week starting February 17. A month’s free pass to the Hei lig theatre will be given for the best poster entered in the contest The posters may be on any sub ject pertaining to health and may be entered by any man or woman student. All posters must be turned in to Regan McCoy by Fri day, February 14. Judging will be done by a committee composed of art instructors. Swim Pageant Slated A swimming pageant on Tues day will start the week’s sports program. All women swimmers on the campus are eligible to com pete. On Wednesday, sorority and hall volleyball teams will play in the volleyball contest. The semi finals for the intramural basket ball games will be played on Thurs day. A large tea on Friday from 4:00 to 5:30 at Gerlinger hall will end the week. Students, faculty mem bers and a few townspeople are to be invited. Music Planned A short skit and musical num bers will be included on the pro gram for the tea. Also the health iest girl on the campus will be chosen from candidates selected by the living organizations. The directorate for the week in cludes: sports, Jane Bogue; secre tary, Frances Watzek; posters, Regan McCoy; tea, Irene Schauff; publicity, Ruth Lake and Phyllis Adams; Senior Pep Patrol, Marge Petsch; chairman, Helen Bartrum; and faculty adviser, Miss Warrine Eastburn, instructor in physical education. Sigma Delta Chi Will Hear Bede Eililor to Give Story Of Opal Whitely Case Elbert Bede, publisher of the Cottage Grove Sentinel and vice president of the Oregon State Edi torial association, will be guest speaker at the dinner to be given by Sigma Delta Chi, journalism honorary, Friday evening at 6 o’clock at the College Side. Mr. Bede will reveal the inside story of the investigation he made, some years ago, into the Opal Whiteley case, which has the rec ord of being one of the biggest literary hoaxes in history. Opal Whitely, claiming to have descended from French ancestry, one day disclosed a jumbled diary which, she claimed, had been kept in a secret box since she was (Please turn to pai/e two) Peace Group Meets Today The Oregon Committee for Peace and Freedom will meet at the YWCA bungalow at 4 o’clock this afternoon, at which time assign ments will be made for the peace campaign to bn launched Wednes day. All members of the committee and all others interested are urged to attend. Students will be sta tioned at doors of all campus build ings between classes on Wednes day morning in the interest of the optional ROTC petitions being cir culated. All petitions must be turned in by noon on Wednesday, for the fac ulty committee to which they will be presented meets at 4 Wednes day afternoon. Leaders of the movement announced that 325 names had been turned in yester day without the aid of the two doz en petitions yet in circulation. Construction Hits High Level — Libo, Infirmary, Tunno!, Warehouse Under Way Construction and work on the campus has reached a high level, it was revealed in a survey yester day. Wooden forms on the west side of the new libe have been removed and the second layer of concrete has already been poured on the floor of the stack room. Workmen were protected by a canvas cover ing, while inside the room fires were lighted to help set the cement. At the infirmary the first floor has been prepared for concrete which will probably be poured to day. Metal conduits for electric light and telephone wires were put in place yesterday. The handball courts, formerly a part of the men's gym, are being made into a general storeroom and warehouse, it was revealed by Mr. D. L. Lewis, superintendent of the physical plant. The tunnel between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets has reached a point halfway between the two streets. Part of the tunnel near Fourteenth street remains to be dug and cemented before joining with the other tunnel which will meet it at right angles from Uni versity street. Student Union To Meet Tonight All Those Interested Are Urged to Attend The tentative Oregon chapter of the American Student Union will meet tonight in an effort to defin itely establish its position. The im portant matters of constitution, policies, affiliation, and officers will be debated on the third floor of Gerlinger hall at 7:30. In the past two meetings about 50 interested and enthusiastic stu dents have attended and attempted to organize the group. To date their efforts have not been entirely successful, due to difficulties in agreeing upon basic policies. The value of ASU or of some similar organization has been noted by both faculty and leaders of campus thought. Whether the group accomplishes its high hopes or not will be decided at tonight’s assemblage. John Caswell, graduate student in history, will preside. He replaces William Hall, member of Senior Six, who has acted as temporary chairman of the group at the first two meetings. Hall is unable to attend. No qualification for attending the meetings is required. All stu dents interested in national or local affairs are eligible to attend. Those interested in the success of the Union urge more students to at tend the organization meeting. Daughter Born to Mrs. Erwin Williams Erwin Williams, graduate stu dent in education, is the father of a seven-pound girl born Friday at the Pacific hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have been living in Eugene for the past two years while Mr. Williams has been attending the University. The Wil liams’ have one other child, a son. Two Hundred Fail To Pay Out of State Fees by Deadline Approximately 200 students failed to meet the deadline of 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon set for the payment of the second installment of student fees, ac cording to announcement from the business office. Unless special arrangements have been made, students not paying the installment will have to pay a 25 cents a day penalty for late payment and will be liable for suspension from the University If payment la not made within a week. Fees are tp be paid at win dow four on the second floor of the administration building. Second Love, Marriage Talks Slated for 7:30 ‘Biological Aspects’ Subjects of Seminars; Lecture Amlienees To Be Segregated The biological aspects of love and marriage will be presented to night at 7:30 in separate seminars for men and women students by Dr. Jessie Laird Brodie and Dr. Goodrich C. Schauffler, prominent Portland physicians. Women students will hear Dr. Brodie in alumni hall of Gerlinger. Men will hear Dr. Schauffler in Villard hall. Both doctors were speakers on the annual love and mariage lecture series last year. Admission to the lectures is by ticket only. Tickets are distributed free in the living organizations and through the Co-op. Students are urged to attend all of the lectures as they are each part of a series. The third and final lecture of the group will be in the next two weeks when Dr. J. Hudson Ballard, Portland Presbyterian minister, will speak on the psychological as pects of love and marriage. Peggy Chessman is in charge of the lecture series. Assisting her are Craig Finley, Isabelle Miller, and Virginia Endicott. Hunter Speaks In Corvallis Today Chancellor Athlresscs Nebraska Alumni Club “The Family and Education” will be the title of a speech to be given by Chancellor Hunter today in Corvallis. He will address a state-wide convention of women in terested in home economics. Wednesday, Chancellor and Mrs. Hunter will go to Portland to at tend the consecration of Benjamin D. Dagwell as bishop of the Epis copal church. At a banquet sched uled for Wednesday evening in honor of the bishop, Dr. Hunter will deliver a short congratulatory speech. Thursday, the chancellor will give the main address at the an nual Founders’ day banquet of the University of Nebraska alumni club. His topic will be “The Ore gon State System of Higher Edu cation.” Dr. Hunter, an alumnus of Nebraska, was a star football player for his alma mater. Other visitors at the banquet will be Lon Stiner and George Scott of the Oregon State coaching staff. Dime Crawl Dance Postponed Week The change of the date of the Dime Crawl from February 12 to February 19 leaves the Senior Ball as the main social event for this week. With Bette Church gone to the Orient, Isabelle Miller has been ap pointed to take her place as cam pus social chairman and will give a few verdicts on etiquette at the Senior Ball. Those who want to know for sure just what is what may read her advice in the wom en’s page Thursday. Dr. Howard Taylor Attends Salem Meet Dr. Howard Taylor, psychologist, spent last Friday in Salem con ferring with a committee from the high school principals’ association upon the development of guidance programs in the high schools of Oregon. Dr. Taylor is chairman of the state subcommittee on counseling in the high schools, which is at present considering educational guidance for the students. The principals’ committee and the counseling committee at the meet ing Friday that records be made in each high school of of individual students and their problems.