Nominations
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OREGON DAILY EMERALD
OREGON’S INDEPENDENT COLLEGE DAILY
Independent
Students Meet Tonight
In Oerlinger ^
VOLUME XXXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1936
NUMBER 83
Blais Selects
Committee
To Study ASUO
MfCready, Boyer, Howe,
LaBarre, Pallett Are
Listed for Group
After a long confrwcneo with
President C. Valentine Rover
yesterday afternoon. .Tames
Blais, student body president,
xeleeted a eommittee to study
the possibility of changes in
ASUO organization and to find
successors for the posts vacated by
the resignations of Hugh Rosson,
graduate manager, and Tom Stod
dard, manager of athletics, Tues
day.
Blais Will Head Committee
The special committee which will
consider problems of organization
and administration will be headed
by Blais. Lynn S. McCready, Ore
gon alumnus and prominent Eu
gene business man, will represent
alumni. Earl M. Pallett, University
registrar, will represent the fac
ulty, and H. C. Howe, professor of
English and Oregon's representa
tive to the Pacific coast confer
ence, will also act for the faculty
and advise on athletics. Cosgrove
LaBarre, senior finance man, is
the other student member.
President C. Valentine Boyer will
advise the group.
Problem of Reorganization Faced
Along with the duty of selecting
successors for Rosson and Stod
dard, the committee is faced with
problems of reorganization and
financing student activities because
of the defeat handed the compul
sory student fee bill at the special
election January 31.
Blais said that a meeting of the
committee will be called later this
w’eek.
No plan of reorganization has
been expressed by those of the
committee because of the many
ramifications of the problems fac
ing it.
Rofeson and Stoddard did not
make any further comments on
their plans after June 30, when
the resignations will become effec
tive. It is believed that Rosson will
enter the field of law, either teach
ing or practising.
Museum Displays
Art Treasures
Reproductions of Famous
Japanese Paintings Show
Art Trend
Reproductions of Japanese mas
terpieces from the thirteenth cen
tury to the present day are now
on display in the Oriental art mu
seum and will be up until the end
of winter term. These reproduc
tions were made by Otsuka of To
kio and were brought here by Jiro
Harada, lecturer in Oriental art, to
be presented to the museum.
Originals Are Treasured
They are the actual size of the
originals and are reproduced on the
same kind of paper or silk on
which the original is painted. Ac
cording to Mr. Harada, the mas
terpieces are so well reproduced
that some of them are difficult to
distinguish from the originals. The
originals, most of which are con
sidered national treasures, are
possessed by ancient temples, pri
vate collections, and public insti
tutions throughout Japan.
Biographies Given
A biography of the artist ap
pears with each work. A careful
study of the exhibit, said Mr. Ha
rada, would enable one to get a
general survey of the development
of Japanese painting of the last
few centuries.
The museum is open Wednesday
and Friday afternoons from 2 to 4
o'clock and Sunday from 3 to 5
o’clock.
Rifle Matches Scheduled
Scheduled for shooting matches
this week with the University of
Oregon squad are University of
Pittsburg, University of Georgia,
Iowa State, University of North
Dakota, University of Missouri,
Rose Polytechnic Institute of Terre
Haute, Inidana. University of Flor
ida, Washington University at St.
Louis, UCLA, and University of
Alabama.
All Independents
Meet Tonight at 7
In Cerlinger Hall
All independents, including
Yeomen and Orides students,
will meet tonight at 7 o’elock
in alumni hall in Gerlinger to
consider emergency problems.
Proposed amalgamation of
the groups will be among meas
ures considered. Brittain Ash
will preside.
Fred Gieseke and Theda Spi
cer, in calling the meeting, em
phasized the need of 100 per
rent independent representation
and indicated that important
new business is to be consid
ered.
Karl Onthank
Home Again
Dean of Personnel Will
Leave Today to Take
Over State NY A
Karl W. Onthank, dean of per
sonnel at the University and re
cently appointed administrator for
NYA in Oregon, returned yester
day from Washington, D. C., where
he has been the past month con
ferring on his new position. He
will leave for Portland today-to
take active control of Oregon NYA
activities.
According to present plans, Mr.
Onthank will divide his time be
tween his administrative duties in
connection with the NYA and his
present job as dean of personnel.
Coordination Needed
Most of the task facing him now,
he said, is that of coordinating ex
isting federal aid services such as
WPA with the NYA. Since the
latter is only temporary, with
funds enough to operate only until
July 1, it is necessary that some
arrangements be made to care for
those under its supervision in the
event that the project is scrapped
by the administration.
The National Youth Administra
tion, according to Dean Onthank,
is carrying on a program of aid
for college and high school stu
dents in need of money to continue
their education and for youths out
of school who have no jobs and
whose families are on relief.
'Explains Set-up
For the former, part-time jobs
are provided which will pay at
least a portion of their expenses.
This type of relief has been carried
on for the past year under various
agencies. For the latter the pro
gram is two-fold and is just begin
ning to be developed, the dean ex
plained.
Under the present plan young
men and women are given voca
tional training through night
schools and extension services and
are assisted in getting jobs where
there is a chance. Where there is
no opportunity for employment,
NYA endeavors to provide work of
some sort so the estimated 5,000,
000 unemployed youth of America
do not have to remain idle, he de
clared.
Makes Inspection Tour
On his way home from Wash
ington, Mr. Onthank stopped at va
rious cities throughout the United
States to inspect and familiarize
himself with NYA set-ups. Among
the cities he visited were Louisville,
St. Louis, and San Francisco.
While in St. Louis Dean On
thank was elected vice-president of
the American College Personnel
association, whose meeting he at
tended from February 19 to 23.
During his trip across the con
tinent Dean Onthank visited the
Tennessee Valley project, where a
former student of the University,
Paul Agar, is assistant controller.
Toastmaster Club
Names New Heads
Richard McBee and Albert Kauf
man were authorized to reorganize
the Toastmaster club, a group for
both independent and fraternity
men, at an open meeting Thursday.
The club might be a means of
uniting the independents, McBee
said yesterday. It will be limited to
men but not to independents, he
said. McBee pledged the support of
the boys in case the independent
girls wish a similar organization.
Tonight’s meeting at 7:30 will be
presided over by the newly-ap
pointed chairmen, and the discus
sion will be political parties of
independent campus organizations.
Oregon J Student
Federation
Meets Tonight
Graduated ASIJO Ticket,
Rushing Plan May Be
Considered
With discussion of a graduated
student body ticket and the fra
ternity rushing plan as very proba
ble parts of the program, the Ore
gon Student Federation will meet
tonight at 7:30 on the third floor of
Gerlinger hall, in the first business
session since formation February
14.
The program for the meeting
will be definitely decided this af
ternoon when the program com
mittee, temporarily headed by Dick
Halley, draws up the procedure. :
Patronage in student politics, as
well as fraternity support of ath
letes may also be included in the !
schedule.
Federation Will Consider
Members of the federation will
discuss the situations suggested by
the program committee, and may
adopt definite policies of action in
regard to them if they see fit. Ac
cording to Paul Plank, the presi
dent, the group is going to estab
lish some constructive policy in
regard to these situations. Com
plete decisions on all points may
not be made until later meetings,
however.
Executive Council Meets
The executive council of the
federation, consisting of William
Hall, Charles Paddock, Kenneth
Phillips, Muriel Nicholas, and Jack
Riley will also meet this afternoon
at 3 o’clock to establish regula
tions in regard to dues of mem
bers. A t the present time dues are
50 cents a year. Plank, ex officio
member of the council, suggested
that the fee might be cut by the
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ASU Opens Survey
Of Student Labor
Campus Wage Scale Will
Be Compared to Labor
Union Standards
First steps toward an investi
gation of local student labor con
ditions in comparison to labor un
ion wage standards were taken
last night at the special meeting of
the University of Oregon chapter
of the American Student union in
Gerlinger hall.
The Oregon campus project is a
unit in a national survey to be con
ducted by the union to determine
the position of the working stu
dent nationally.
Seeks to Improve Conditions
If wages are low in particular
occupations, the union desires to
raise them and to place them on a
standard scale, it was declared.
The chapter decided to work
hand in hand with the Oregon
Committee for Peace and Freedom
in pushing a final petition drive
for optional military to secure the
remainder of the goal of 1000 stu
dent signatures, 600 of which have
already been presented to the fac
ulty.
Assists Optional ROTC Drive
The drive will probably be held
on Friday between classes in order
that signatures can be given to
the faculty before it meets on
Wednesday, March 4. The Oregon
Committee for Peace and Freedom
meets today at 4 o'clock in the
AWS room on the third floor of
Gerlinger for a very important
meeting.
Optional ROTC leaders at the
union meeting expressed confi
dence that the faculty would re
cord an optional sentiment.
Deadline Placed
On UO-OSC Game
Reserved Seat Sale
Deadline for reserved seat
tickets for the Duck-Beaver
basketball game, now on sale at j
the graduate manager’s office,
has been set for tonight, Ralph ,
Schomp, assistant graduate
manager, announced yesterday.
The tickets will be returned to j
Oregon State college tonight.
Reserved seats are 75 cents and
$1.00.
Age, Ambition, and a Bullet
Public Invited
To Free Matinee
Misses Kronman and Pitts
Direct Annual Studio
Plays Today at 3:15
The Studio players will present
two one-act plays today at 3:15 in
Guild theatre with attendance open
to all and admittance free. The
plays are under the direction of
Edith Kronman and Eleanor Pitts,
both of whom a,re student^ in tlje
play production class of Ottilie
Turnbull Seybolt.
The first play, directed by Edith
Kronman, is an original one-act
comedy by Helene Beeler entitled,
“The Stuff It Takes.” The play
was written this fall by Miss Bee
ler, who until recently was in Al
ice Ernst’s playwriting class. An
entirely new angle to the “love-or
fame-fight,” presented by Miss
Beeler’s play, was taken from a
true incident of a girl who got a
job by a new technique. The cast
includes Dorothea Witt, Olive
White, and Bruce McIntosh.
“The Turn of the Road,” the
other play, directed by Eleanor
Pitts, is of a more serious nature.
Included in its cast are Dorothy
Helgerson, Francis Sinnette, Don
Edwards, Wilhelmina Gerot, Ray
Hockett, and Dick Watson.
There will be only one perform
ance of the studio plays and there
is no admission charge.
Sprague to Address
Pro-American Club
Charles A. Sprague, editor of the
Salem Statesman, will give a po
litical, though non-partisan, ad
dress at the monthly luncheon of
the Pro-American Organization of
National Republican Women to be
held at noon Friday, March 6, in
the Japanese room of the Osburn
hotel.
Hazel P.. Schwering, dean of wo
men, and chairman of the educa
tion committee of the organiza
tion, will introduce the speaker.
Students who wish to attend are
asked to make reservations at the
hotel.
Dr. W. D. Smith’s Son
Recovering From Cuts
Warren Smith Jr., son of Dr.
Warren D. Smith, geologist, is re
covering from the bad facial cuts
which he received on the skiing ex
pedition at Odell Lake last Sunday.
Warren fell going down the ski
slide and caught the tip of his ski
in his nose ripping it and part of his
face. Dr. O. F. Gullion gave him
first aid at the time and took 4 or
5 stitches in the cut when they
returned to Eugene. The cut is
said to be very uncomfortable but
not serious, and will leave only a
small scar. Warren is a junior at
University high school.
From a microscopical examina
tion of the dust found in a watch,
a French scientist claims he can
tell the kind of work in which the
man owning the watch is engaged.
I
J
' Had not an assassin’s bullet yes- ,
terday removed Viscount Makato
Raito, above, keeper of the Jap
anese privy seal, he would likely
have succeeded aging Prince Kim
ochi Saijoni, left, as one of the
emperor’s closest advisers.
Kessler, Yasui
Win Contest
‘Peace or War in Pacific’
Title of Winning Talk
In Jewett Rivalry
Howard Kessler, sophomore in
journalism, and Minoru Yasui, jun
ior law student, won -the $20 first
prize in the Jewett public speaking
contest, held in Friendly hall last
night.
Speaking on “Peace or War in
the Pacific,’’ they were given first
place because of the informative or
educational value of their subject,
the interest aroused by the treat
ment, and the effectiveness of pres
entation.
Serrell, Speaker Place
'Other"contestants included Don
Serrell and Clifford Speaker with
"Revision of the Versailles Treaty”
as their topic, G. Schultz and W. E.
Thomson, speaking in “Third Party
Prospects,” Paul Pank and Zane
Kemler on “The Matanuska Settle
ment,” Walter Eschebek and
Avery Combs who spoke on “Our
Next President," and Howard Mac
A n u 11 y and Marshall Nelson,
speaking on “Bonneville Dam and
the Inland Empire.”
The contestants were winners of
a preliminary contest held several
days ago.
The contests, held every year,
are made possible through the W.
F. Jewett fund, established by Mrs.
Mary H. Jewett of Eugene in honor
of the late Wilson F. Jewett. The
administration of these contests is
assigned to the speech division of
the University of Oregon.
Judges of the contest were Mr.
Morris, acting manager of KOAC,
Professor Charles Hulten of the
school of journalism and Professor
R. R. Martin of the sociology de
partment.
Several of the topics will be
given over the radio forum.
WAA Plans Annual
Banquet for March 5
The directorate for the annual
banquet of the WAA, to be held
at the Del Rey cafe Friday evening,
March 5, at 6 o’clock, was an
nounced by Jane Bogue, chairman,
at a meeLing held at the College
Side Wednesday.
Elizabeth Onthank will take care
of invitations; Betty Riesch, enter
tainment; Margaret Johnson, dec
orations; Genevieve McNiece, fi
nances; Margaret Bell and Mar
iam Fouch, reservations and pro
grams; and Ruth Lake, publicity.
The next meeting of the group
will be Tuesday, March 3, at 4 ;
o’clock in the College Side.
Harada Addresses
Kiwanis, Students
Jiro Harada, lecturer in Oriental
art, will describe one of the Im
perial gardens to students of land
scape architecture at the home of
Mrs. Anna Gullion tonight at 8:00.
Last Saturday he addressed the
International club at Westminster
house in Corvallis on Japanese art.
Mr. Harada will speak at the Ki
wanis luncheon Monday, March 2,
and that night will present his
speech to the American Associa
tion of University Professors at
Monmouth. The subject will be
Japanese art.
Harry Clifford
Will Direct
Frosh Glee
Committees Named; Will
Begin Preparations
Immediately
Harry Clifford was named Frosh
Blee chairman yesterday by June
Brown, acting president of the
freshman class, for the spring
lance tentatively scheduled for
April 11. Jack Lockridge will be
issistant chairman.
Work on the important spring
cffair will begin immediately, to
cfford sufficient time for develop
ng the details to perfection, Clif
!ord said.
In announcing his directorate
Clifford announced that all chair
men of sub-committees will be
called together at the first meeting
sarly next week to discuss plans
and outline work for each commit
tee.
Assistants Named
Assisting Clifford and Lochridge
are George Campbell, chairman of
finance committee; orchestra com
mittee, Jay Langston, chairman,
aided by George Hall, Frances La
tourette, and Nan Brownlie; deco
rations, Felker Morris, chairman,
Rod Aya, Harold Haener, and
Esther Clausen; entertainment,
Sherie Brown, chairman, Ted Ol
sen, Betty Funkhauser, Keith Os
burne, and Frances True; pro
grams, Zane Kemler, chairman, La
Ra e Windsor, Bob Recken, and
Dorothy Johnson.
Olsen on Clean-up Body
Patrons and patronesses, Frances
Olsen, chairman, Mary Jane Ma
honey, Ruth Stanley, and Gail
Grebe; advertising and publicity,
Lloyd Tupling, chairman, and Paul
Deutschmann; clean-up, Forrest
Landeen, chairman, Harry Adams,
John Olsen, and Water Van Emon.
Board Inspects
New Library
Report Is ‘Satisfactory’;
Substitutions Possible in
Library Frieze
The library board, led by Dean
Ellis F. Lawrence, of the art
school, made a tour of inspection
through the new library yesterday,
M. H. Douglass, librarian said.
“We found everything quite sat
isfactory,” Mr. Douglass said. “We
ivere shown where the murals and
new decorations are to be placed
in the new building.
The board approved of the sculp
turing of the head of John Locke
which will be placed in the new li
brary frieze over the front part,
Mr. Douglass said. The head of
Aristotle will be done over if suf
ficient time is available to fulfill
the contract, the board decided.
“The work was supposed to have
been finished on the 15 heads for
the library last week,” Mr. Doug
last said, “but this work was not
completed then. We hope to have
all 15 heads sculptured by Friday.
The board decided to allow a
substitution in the sculpturing of
the head of Phidias because no ac
curate portraits or plaques are
available. This head may be re
placed by that of Michaelangelo.
Miss Louise Utter is doing the
work on this head.
Campus
•> Calendar
There will be an emergency
meeting of all independent stu
dents, including Yeomen and Ori
Jes, at 7 o’clock in alumni hall. It
is essential that every independent
student be present.
Oregon Committee for Peace and
Freedom meets at 4 o'clock today
in the AWS room in Gerlinger hall
to start the final optional ROTC
signature drive. Highly important.
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Toastmasters’ meeting tonight
at 7:30 at the YMCA hut. Plans for
a reorganization will be discussed.
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The Studio players will present
two one-act plays in a matinee per
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University Students
Organize Committee
For Campus Opinion
1
2 OSF Committors
Will Moot Today
To Disouss Plans
The program committee of
the Oregon Student Federation
will meet this afternoon at 4
o’clock in the Delta Cpsilon fra
ternity to complete plans for the
program of the meeting tonight
in Gerlinger.
Kiehard Halley, chairman, re
quests that Willium Dalton,
Tom McCall, Howard Ohmart,
and .John Luvaas, be present for
the meeting.
The executive council of the
federation will ulso meet at 8
o’clock in the College Side to
discuss proposed projects for
action of the group.
5 Measle Cases
Confined to Annex
Dr. Miller Urges Students
To Come to Dispensary
For Health Cheek
Although there are five cases of
German measles on the campus,
the epidemic of flu seems to be
subsiding.
There are now 31 University stu
dents on the sick list, 10 of them
being admitted to the infirmary or
the infirmary annex yesterday.
Dr. Fred N. Miller and the rest
of the staff of the University
health service, urgently request
that all students who feel ill to
come to the dispensary for a diag
nosis. This will be an aid both to
the health officials and to the other
students on the campus and will
help to stem the spread of any fur
ther sickness.
11 Patients in Infirmary
Yesterday there were 11 patients
in the infirmary, the following six
being admitted: Beryl Cornish,
Bernice Scherzinger, Evelyn Gen
oves, Margaret Hay, Leland Terry,
and Robert Young. Others there
include: Jean Larson, Dixie Miller,
Maude Long, Audrey Aasen, and
Bartlett Cole.
Three girls were admitted to the
infirmary annex yesterday. They
are: Ruth Mary Scovel, Dorothy
Johnson, and Helen Engel. The
other seven there are: Jeanne
Sherrard, Dotrothy Howell, Arlene
Reynolds, Aileen Dement, Helen
Carlson, Elvera Marx, and Mari
jane Sturgeon.
Only nine patients remain in the
Pacific hospital from the Univer
sity. Herbert Juell, Kathleen Rose,
Helga Myrno, William Hutchison,
Donald Stout, George Reeves,
Richard Farra, Abram Merritt, and
Daniel Jordan.
YWCA Nursery
Group Meets at 4
When you hear the sound of the
hammer, that will be the girls of
the welfare nursery group, coming
to you from the YW bungalow,
located on the University campus.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Today’s meeting at 4 o'clock will
be devoted entirely to actual pro
ect work. The current project is
making large construction blocks
from cigar boxes. These will be
given to the children in the Wash
ington grade school nursery.
The blocks will be colored with
bright-colored harmless vegetable
colorings, and can be built into
“houses” and various other struc
tures large enough to allow the
children to play in.
There will be only one more
meeting this term, according to
Ellamae Woodworth, chairman of
the group, and the project should
be completed by the end of that
meeting. Girls are requested to
bring their boxes and hammers.
Anyone interested in joining the
club is invited to attend the meet
ing, or information about the club
may be obtained from Miss Hughes
at the Y bungalow.
Farmers’ opinions on AAA’s un
timely end seemed to depend on
whether they had been sprinkled
or drenched in the gentle rain of
checks.
Group Plans Attempt for
Crystalizing Major i t y
Will; All Elements
Represented
More than 20 campus loaders,
called in special meeting at the
Emerald office, voted last night
lo form an “Opinion Steering
Committee" for the purpose of
formulating and determining
student opinion on problems ot
state-wide interest.
The committee selected com
prises a membership representing
radical, liberal and conservative
elements, and will seek to give
citizens of the state true and un
biased information on student ma
jority views, Bill Hall, chairman,
declared.
Others Named
Other members of the committee
are Dave Lowry, Ferd Colvig,
Charles Paddock, Tom McCall, and
Don Thomas.
Space for discussion of impor
tant student issues will be provided
in the columns of the Emerald,
editor Bob Lucas announced.
Methods for tabulating the voice
of the student body on such issues
as compulsory military training
and referendums on educational
matters were discussed, and mem
bers attacked the impression
created throughout the state that
certain minority interests repre
sented the whole body of student
opinion.
Resolution Passed
A resolution, declaring the pur
pose of the newly-formed group
was presented by Cosgrove La
Barre and approved by the mem
bership.
The resolution:
“As there is at present no effec
tive means of determing majority
opinion in the Oregon student body
and as there are a smal group of
students on the Oregon campus
who have been taking a stand on
major issues, their stand through
its publicity in the state has often
been construed to be the opinion
of the student body as a whole at
the University of Oregon, there
fore this Steering Committee of
University of Oregon opinion has
been set up to decide what the
issues are and to ferret out the
opinion of the students AS A
WHOLE on those issues.
UO Psychologists
Plan State Meet
Five Colleges to Be Here;
Dr. V. V. Caldwell From
Monmouth to Speak
The psychology department has
completed plans for the first gath
ering o f Oregon psychologists
which is to be held here on the
campus this weekend. The mem
bers of the University of Oregon
psychology department are spon
soring this meeting to help the
group formally organize.
Representatives from Oregon
State college, Monmouth Normal
school, St. Helen's Hall, Reed col
lege, and Linfield have sent word
accepting the inviation and it is
expected that other Oregon schools
will also be represented.
One of the outstanding discus
sions of the conference will be that
led by Dr. V. V. Caldwell from
Monmouth, upon “Relative Bene
fits of Demonstration vs. Recita
tion in Elementary Psychology
Classes.”
Friday evening a banquet honor
ing the guests will be held at the
Faculty club.
Ghent Will Address
Mathematics Group
Dr. Kenneth S. Ghent, instructor
in mathematics, will speak at an
open meeting of the Pi Mu Ep
silon, mathematics honorary, to
night. The subject of his talk will
be “Some Problems in the Theory
of Numbers.”
Kathrine Stevens, junior in edu
cation, will give a short discussion
on "The Origin of Some of Our
Measures.”