Women Defended Women's Kditor Petsch spouts back at Tex Thomason on the wo men's page today as she defends her sex regarding careers. * VOLUME XXXVII UNIVRSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1936 No Corsages The no corsage idea still holds forth for the senior ball. Story on women’s page. Letter in Safety Valve. NUMBER 73 ■— Dean Onthank Chosen State NY A Director Personnel Head Plans To Continue UO Work Part Time; Returns To Campus Marchl Appointment of Karl W. On thank, clean of personnel at Ore gon, as state NYA director was announced yesterday by the Na tional Youth Administration. Dean Onthank succeeds Paul T. Jackson, Klamath Falls, who re signed to become superintendent of the Salem Indian school. Dean Onthank will continue—at least part-time—as dean of person nel at Oregon, according to C. Val entie Boyer, president of the Uni versity. “Whatever duties Dean Onthank cannot discharge will be shifted to the various other members of the personnel department, but no new dean will be appointed, at least not until July when we will know more definitely where we stand,” Pres ident Boyer stated. Dean Onthank, who has been in Washington, D. C., ever since the first part of February, will not re turn to the Oregon campus until approximately March 1. English Organist Here February 20 Biggs to Be Guest Of Music Honorary E. Power Biggs, well-known English and American organist will appear at the school of music auditorium February 20 at 8:15 p. m. under the auspices of Mu Phi Epsilon, upper class national music honorary. General admission will be 50 cents and students’ admiS' sion will be 35 cents, the money to be used for the Mu Phi Epsilon scholarship fund. Mr. Biggs won the Threfall open organ scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music in London and studied with the famous G. D. Cun ningham. On finishing his course he won the Kiver organ prize and was appointed sub-professor at the Royal Academy of Music. During a year of recitals in Lon don and the provinces, he was com manded to appear before the roy alty at the Queen's hall. He broad cast from London radio stations and performed with Sir Henry Wood’s orchestra. Upon coming to the United States Mr. Biggs played 109 recitals in 30 weeks, one of which was performed on the Wan amaker organ in New York. Science Class Finds New Odor The science students in Deady are immune to all the ordinary re pellant odors found in the labs, but Monday morning- one odor proved too much for their hard ened constitutions. Dr. A. E. Cas well, head of the physics depart ment, always opens the door of a cupboard in the front of the lec ture room before a lecture. On this occasion after he had opened the door, he soon noticed a peculiar odor that smelled sus piciously like something dead. Fi nally after members of the class had expressed their disgust with conditions, the smell was traced to the cupboard and then to a wa ter pipe tunnel that opens into the cupboard. Dr. Caswell expressed his opinion that some small animal had crawled into the tunnel and died. 10 Patients With Colds Confined in Infirmary Colds still held the upper hand in the majority of cases of the 1C patients confined in the infirmary yesterday. Kenneth Smith, Bernard Klicks and Hirschel Hardisty were ad mitted, filling the men's ward Other patients include Rosalynne Kitchen, Ruth Byerly, Ellen Adams Mary Dodge. Cyrus H. Cook, Car Prodi. ^er, and George Schloetzer ! Symphony Concert \ Postponed; Will Be J Presented March 4 University symphony concert, scheduled for February 13, has been postponed until March 4. It will be at 8 o’clock at Mc Arthur court, under the direc tion of Kex Underwood. Music Group Gives Concert Tan Delta Delta’s Recital Starts at 8 Tau Delta Delta, underclass music honorary, is presenting its annual winter concert at the school of music auditorium tonight at 8 p. m. Several of the members are ac complished artists. Leota Reetz, contralto, is the winner of the Mu Fhi Epsilon scholarship and Madge Conaway received a part time scholarship from Mu Phi Epsilon. Charlotte Plummer is the holder of the scholarship awarded by John H. Stehn, director of the band. Patronesses for the concert to night are Mrs. John Stark Evans, Mrs. A. E. Roberts, Mrs. Rex Un derwood, Mme. Rose McGrew, Mrs. Jane Thacher, Mrs. S. H. Jameson, and Mrs. Jennie Burrows. Brandon Young is the president of Tau Delta Delta, Mary Fields is vice-president, and Phyllis Schatz is secretary-treasurer. Phyllis Schatz has charge of the concert and Elizabeth Onthank is her as sistant. Portland Visitors Hear Miss Baum An unsettled but fascinating life awaits any woman who aspires to the career of a department store buyer, declared Miss Ann Baum of Lipman Wolfe and Co., who spoke before a group of Dr. Cornish’s marketing and merchandising stu dents in Portland Monday. Miss Baum, a former president of the AWS of the University of Oregon, is in charge of the buying of children’s clothes for the store. Dr. Cornish’s classes also visited Meier and Frank, Olds Wortman and King, Swift and Co., General Grocery Co., and Jantzen knitting mills. Hat Thief at Work Again This Year — Last year a total of over 20 hats were stolen from the law school students. A detective was employed in the building for over two weeks but justice came not as a result even of his diligence. This year the elusive “hat thief” is at work again. Already several students, unwillingly relieved of their headgear, are facing frosty mornings bareheaded. Even down town churches have been invaded and hats stolen, according to re ports. Yesterday hope for the unfort unate victims came in the form of the following notice from Dean Wayne L. Morse which was posted on the law school bulletin board: “The city police department be lieves that it has arrested a hat thief. The chief is anxious to secure the descriptions, particularly the marks of identification, of hats which have been stolen from the law school building. Please give any such descriptions to Miss Kem, secretary of the law school, as soon as possible.” Frivolous Frosh Honor Cupid Friday Bedecked in large Valentine mu rals, colored hearts and paper streamers, Gerlinger hall will pre sent a typical Dan Cupid back ground for the opening of Frosh Frivolities, Friday night, John Ol son, committee chairman, declared yesterday. A large silver loving cup will be awarded to the living organization having the largest number of freshmen present. Prizes and re freshments are inoiaded on the | program. Coeds Cast j‘King’ Votes Today at Side Mm Receiving Second, Third Highest Votes Will Be Knaves; Polls Open From 9-3 Voting for the "King of Hearts” of the "Ladies’ Leap" will be from 9 a. m, to 3 p. m. today in front of the College Side. Every coed attending the University is eligi ble to vote. Men in the “King" contest are: Ralph Cathey, Rex Cooper, A1 Da vis, William Hall, Cosgrove La Barre, Tom McCall, Reed Swenson, and Leland Terry. The two men who receive the second and third highest number of votes will be known as the "Knaves of Hearts” and will at tend the “King.” If any man wishes a date to the dance, he should get in touch with Margilee Morse, who is chairman of the date committee. Tickets are on sale at living or ganizations and on the campus for 25 cents a ticket. One will admit one couple. Vivian Emery and Frances Schaupp are in charge of the elec tion. v Health Week Features Gaines Volleyball, Basketball, Swimming Offered A volleyball game to be played next Tuesday at 4:30 in the wo men’s gym will be the first event scheduled for Health week. During the week basketball games, a swimming meet, and a tea will be included in the week’s activities. Six teams will compete in the volleyball match and by a process of elimination the best team will be chosen. The teams will be made of the best players from each house and living organization. On Wednesday at 4:00 the Am phibians will put on a swimming exhibition in the women’s swim ming' pool followed by a social swim for all girls who are inter ested. The semi-finals for the in tramural basketball teams will be played off on Thursday at 4:30. All girls are invited to attend any of these games whether just to watch or participate. The directorate planning the Health week program include: Jane Bogue, Frances Watzek, Regan McCoy, Irene Schaupp, Phyllis Adams, Marge Petsch, Helen Bar trum, and Miss Warrine Eastbum. Project Workers Given Day’s Rest Construction of WPA and PWA projects, temporarily halted yes terday in observance of Lincoln’s birthday, has been resumed today. The floor of concrete at the new infirmary was poured Tuesday and the finishing touches put on yes terday. The forms for the base ment walls were removed and preparations made for the first floor forms which will probably be built today. Although workmen were given a holiday at the new libe, some of the plumbing has been put in, mainly sewer lines and connections for the wash rooms. The contractors were able to continue with the excavation of the new physical education build ing, the trucks coming and going in a proverbial sea of mud. YW Group to Hear Child Welfare Talk Mrs. Emmajean Peterson, in structor in the home economics department, will give a short talk on child welfare at the meeting of the YWCA welfare group at 4 o’clock today. Members of the group are asked to bring suggestions for projects for the nursery, and they will be discussed at the meeting this after noon. Anyone interested in joining the group is Invited to attend. Smiling Senior Leaders Mary McCracken, senior class prexy, and Frank Michek, chairman of the senior ball directorate, are shown above as they smilingly talk over plans for the traditional formal affair which will be held Saturday night in McArthur court. Story on the ball will be found on women’s page. Design Class Visits Sororities The freshman class in interior design, under the direction of Miss Brownell Frasier, associate profes sor of interior design, has been studying the interior decorating of the various sororities on the cam pus. Last Wednesday Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma were visited. The living rooms were studied for the purpose of the design, the funtion of the rooms, and the dif ferent styles reflected. The taste displayed in the draperies, carpet ing, and upholstry was noted and emphasis was placed on the scale, proportion and color of the room. University Students Entertain Aid Society "Granny Goes to Bed,” written by Mrs. Eric Allen, was dramatized with a cast of University students for the entertainment of the Central Presbyterian Women’s General Aid society Monday, Feb ruary 10. The part of Granny was played by Mrs. J. D. Bryant of Westmin ster house; Peggy, by Edna Carl sen; Jan, Leonard Love; and Rita, Beth Pratt. Mary Louise Busche, Norma Lof felmacher, and William McKinney played several selections as a mus ical trio including piano, cello, and violin. Westminster House Plans Varied Program Westminster house has a varied program planned for the latter part of the week. Thursday at 10 o’clock the Uni versity staff of religious workers will meet. From 4 to 6 o’clock Slack and Snack hours will be held for its third time. Friday the Westminster weekly open house will be observed from 8 to 11:30 with dancing, games, and refreshments. Earl Johnson is in charge. Decou Speaks Over KOAC On Park Growth Professor E. E. DeCou, head of the mathematics department, and member of the Eugene park board, spoke last night on “The Layman's Part in a Constructive City Park Program” over KOAC in Corval lis. This was one of a series of broadcasts on municipal affairs ar ranged by the League of Oregon Cities and the bureau of municipal research. In relating the history of the Eu gene park system development. Mr. DeCou said that since the chamber of commerce decided over a year ago to make a start in city beautification, work on the 65-acre park, known as Skinner’s butte, has been steadily progressing. Improvements are being made in Hendricks’ park and Spencer’s butte, six miles to the south. Pro posed plans, Mr. DeCou stated, in clude the planting of a stately ave nue of beautiful trees along 19th avenue and the transformation of the old county fairgrounds into a great park, playground and recrea tional center. Dr. Bossing to Teach In New York School Dr. Nelson L. Bossing, of the school of education, yesterday of ficially accepted the offer to teach during the summer session at the College of the City of New York, which he received last week from Dean Paul Klapper of the school of education there. Dr. Bossing will teach for eight weeks, beginnig June 22. Stetson to Talk to PTA Dr. E. L. Stetson, of the school of education, will address the Con don grade schol PTA Thursday af ternoon. Februaor 13, on some phases of child development and education. Faculty Receives Anti-ROTC Papers Five hundred dollars was granted to the University for pur chasing books on art and music by the Carnegie corporation of New York, President C. Valentine Boyer announced at the faculty meeting yesterday. The fund is to be used in the living organization library to which all houses on the campus have access. M. H. Douglass, li brarian, said last night that the money woidd be used immediately to purchase the books. Petitions for optional ROTC, signed by approximately 600 stu dents, were read by Carlton Spen cer, secretary of the faculty group. As no new petitions can be passed in a single meeting, the faculty vote on the question will be taken at the March meeting. John Ganoe, associate professor of history, was appointed to announce to various groups that the optional question will be considered later. If the faculty vote is in favor of optional military, they will recom mend their decision to the state board of higher education, with whom the final decision rests. If the vote is negative, the issue will not be taken to the state board. Student supporters of the op tional question are considering an initiative movement if the faculty vote is not in favor of the question. Gilfry, Brown Hurt In Auto Collision Wayne Gilfry, sophomore in mu sic, and Ted Brown were slightly injured last night when two cars collided at Fifteenth avenue and Hilyard street. Occupants of the other car were not injured. Gilfry and Brown were taken to the Pacific hospital, but were re leased after their cuts had been dressed. A Sydney, Australia, man has slept only five, times in the last year. We didn’t, know “Music Goes 'Round, etc.,’’ was that old. Letter to Boyer Tells Difference Of ASU, ACU Difference between the Associa tion of College Unions and the American Student Union, was pointed out in a letter recently re ceived by President C. Valentine Boyer. The first mentioned group is made up of 40 Student Unions throughout this country and Can ada. The national association of these unions wished to make clear that it is not associated with the recently formed ASU. The Association of College Unions also requested that Presi dent Boyer take steps to prevent the ASU chapter from using this name, due to confusion inadver tently caused by the two different "Unions.” The association points out that it does not request such action as a measure against the ASU, but only as a means of saving endless confusion. Jewett Contest Entries Total 7 Preliminary Elimination Competition Will Be Held Three more students have signi fied their intention of entering the Jewett radio contest, for which the deadline is Saturday, February 15. Dan E. Clark, Donald Serell, and Howard McAnulty have signed up for the contest but have not signi fied their partners. The subject of Howard McAnulty’s discussion is “The Bonneville Dam and Naviga tion on the Columbia.” Prizes of $20, $15, and $5 will be contributed from the Wilson E. Jewett fund for this radio forum contest of 15-minute discussions or interviews to be read as dialogues between two or more persons. As there are now seven entries, a preliminary contest will be held and eliminations will be made on the basis of manuscripts submit ted. The final contest will be lim ited to six entries and be judged from the standpoint of content and value for future radio presentation. Nature’s Beauties Lectured on by Sipe Interesting things in nature to be found in Oregon winter time were pointed out in a lecture last night by F. P. Sipe, associate pro fessor of botany. “Nature has been a great mys tery since men began, but some forget it in adulthood,” said Mr. Sipe. “Others like to fish and hunt even with the discomforts embod ied in the undertaking. Most are content to see nature only in the summer, but western Oregon has much to offer in winter time. Com munion with nature the year around brings us health and con tentment.” Slides were used to illustrate the lecture with views of Spencer'f: creek, Spencer’s butte and thfe mushrooms, trees, mosses, lichens, and algae to be found there. This was the fifth in a series of science lectures being given this year. Lloyd Ruff to Teach * W. D. Smith’s Classes Lloyd Ruff, geology assistant, will take Dr. Warren D. Smith’s general geology classes while Dr. Smith is in Spokane attending a regional conference. Geology classes will study the origin and history of mountain building under the direction of Mr. Ruff. Oregon and other northwest ern mountains will be used to il lustrate the work. Fausto Catoy Passes Master’s Examination Fausto Catoy, graduate student in education, passed his examina tion Tuesday for his master of science degree. Title of his thesis, prepared under Dr. Jewell, was "The Development of Public Edu cation in the Phillipine Islands From 1898 to 1933." Catoy is from the Phillipine Islands and took his bachelor’s de gree at Oregon in 1933. Casteel Sets Oratorical Contest Date Failing-Beekman Competition Is Open To Seniors; Prizes Of $150, $100 Given The Failing-Beekman senior ora torical contest is to be held this year on Friday night before com mencement exercises, announced John L. Casteel last night. All seniors, men and women, of the University are eligible for the contest. The classification “senior” is construed to mean anyone who has 177 hours of credit, and all re quirements fulfilled to the point where graduation is possible at the end of the six weeks summer ses sion. Gifts Made The first prize of $150 is pro vided by income from a gift made the University by Henry Failing of Portland; the second prize of $100 by a similar gift made by C. C. Beekman of Jacksonville. Contestants must register for competition at the offices of the speech division on or before May 15. Orations are limited to 1500 words, and may be on any subject but must be original in composi tion, including not more than 10 per cent quoted material. Speeches Good Last year the prize-winning speeches were among the best ever given, said Mr. Casteel, One was an exposition on the legal situation in the United States and the other was an analysis of Oliver Wendell Holmes, late justice of the United States supreme court. Seniors intending to take part in the contest should confer with members of the speech division to insure full preparation for the con test. Help and information will be impartially given. Preliminaries May Be Held The contest is held in tue music auditorium with some officer of the University presiding. In ac cordance with long standing cus tom, the speakers appear and de liver orations clad in academic costume. (Please I uni la (age two) Morse Speaker At Law Meeting Dean Wayne L. Morse of the law school will be principal speaker at the meeting of the law enforce ment committee of the Oregon State Bar association which is to be held in Portland next Saturday, February 15. He has been requested to give a discussion of the “Differ ences in English and American Criminal Procedure.” In order to avoid an unnecessary trip to Portland, Dean Morse has attempted to make arrangement to set the labor hearings of the em ployers and employees of the West ern Transportation company for Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Dean Morse when recently asked to arbitrate the wage dispute be tween the two factions, accepted the responsibility. Word from Portland has not yet been received as to whether or not it will be possible for Dean Morse to conduct the hearings Friday and Saturday, he said late last night. Campus •> •> Calendar i i Students who are interested in an early morning Bible study and discussion will meet Friday morn ing in the YMCA hut at 7 o'clock. This meeting will be in the form of an experiment. The committee on student aca demic adjustment will meet this afternoon at 5 b’clock in room 3, Johnson. 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