Women's
Politics Over—Now for
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VOLUME XXXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936
NUMBER 87
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By Tex Thomason
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Easy Money
T wouldn't go so far as to advise
anyone to haul off with their share
of the swag while the getting was
good, because manv are already
taking advantage of their oppor
tunity. By this I mean that we are
living in an age of graft, manv
know it, take advantage of it, and
so don’t need to have pointed out
to them that to open their pockets
to the trickle of slush money
would increase their income nicely.
What brings this up was a con
versation had yesterday with a
prominent man who said that re
cently he had had occasion to use
a state car. He pulled up in a fill
ing station, took on about five gal
lons and didn't need any oil. He
flashed the credit card and the at
tendant asked if he would want
ten gallons of gas and a couple of
nuarts of oil written on the bill.
When he demurred the attendant
was surprised into remarking that
he was the first he’d seen who
skipped the chance to pick up a
little chicken feed.
I would hate to be called on to
nrove the truth of this anecdote,
but X have no reason to doubt the
veracity of the man who told it
to me. Tt is similar to the case of
the cops here in town, who cart
home the waitresses of a certain
restaurant in exchange for free
coffee, in that it is petty graft,
and would be all but impossible to
prove it in a "my word against
yours” situation, but it is never
theless misuse of the taxpayers'
money.
j o ne sure, sturr iiKe tms paies
into insignificance when we re
member the Teapot Dome scandal
of several years ago, the disclos
ures of Lincoln Steffens, and more
recently the eye-openers given us
bv the Senate committee investi
gating the munitions companies,
but it serves to bear out that it is
a day of easy money for those on
the inside, whether they be small
frv or big operators.
Youth is great at feigning so
phistication and worldliness, and
many of us if asked whether we
would open our pockets to the
lush-trickle, if we were in a posi
tion to might on the spur of the
moment reply affirmatively. Upon
reflection most of us would prob
ably change our minds and follow
the inherent tendency of youth to
be idealistic by voicing that it’s a
rotten condition when the wheels
of democracy, both little and big,
have to be lubricated with the oil
of graft. We would like to see that
changed, but in a democracy, rich,
corrupt, and functioning by con
cessions and reciprocity of favors,
it is unlikely that a few adolescent
voices in our factory of freshmen
will ever be heard. “Just some
crack-pot college kids trying to
change the world that has given
them everything they have” sounds
forth from every hill and hamlet
when a few of us hint that the or
der of easy money might well be
purged of some of its baser con
cepts and actions. Very well, but
the day is coming.
Last Concert
Winter Term
Tonight at 8:15
Tschaikowsky Number,
‘Sixth Symphony,’ 1$
On Varied Program
Under the direction of Rex Un
derwood, the University symphony
orchestra will present its concert
tonight at 8:15 at the school of
music auditorium. This is the last
of the concert series on the ASUO
winter term schedule.
One of the leading numbers ap
pearing on the program is Tschai
kowsky’s “Sixth Symphony.’’ Mu
sic leaders rate it as even more
popular than his “Fifth Sym
phony,” which was featured on the
program presented by the Portland
symphony orchestra. Other num
bers on the program are: “Bran
denburg Concerto in F Major” by
Bach, and “Concerto in D Minor,”
by Wieniawski.
Miss Johnson to Solo
Dorothy Louise Johnson, violin
ist, will play a solo accompanied by
the orchestra, for the number by
Wieniawski. She is a sophomore
and has studied four and one-half
years under A. M. Schuff, Port
land, and two years under Mr. Un
derwood. She won the Oregon Fed
eration of Music club contest in
Portland in 1932 and again in 1933.
Mr. Underwood has wired Fran
ces Brockman, well known violin
ist, whom he allowed to use his
beautiful Italian violin, to return
it so that Miss Johnson could use
it tonight. Miss Johnson is a mem
ber of Phi Beta, women’s national
music and drama honorary, and is
also a member of the Portland jun
ior symphony under the direction
of Jack Gerscobitch.
Ticket Holders Free
Holders of ASUO season con
cert tickets and student body cards
will be admitted without extra
charge. Otherwise, general admis
sion will be 25 cents. The pro
ceeds will be used for the orches
tra scholarship loan fund created
by Mr. Underwood for music stu
dents.
Wilbert Moore
Article Printed
Wilbert F. Moore, graduate in
sociology, had an article published
in the February issue of “The
News Letter,” published by the
chapters of Alpha Kappa Delta, so
ciology honorary.
“Early Russian Social Thought”
is the title of the article, a sum
mary of a research project which
contains the history of social
thought from the appearance of
the Slavs in Russia, early during
the 6th century, to the Napoleonic
period.
Former Secretary
Returns to Campus
Mrs. Harriet Hodgin Van der
Vate, former secretary to Dr.
Howard Taylor in the personnel re
search bureau, returned to the
Oregon campus Tuesday.
Mrs. Van der Vate is working on
a PWA research project having to
do with consumers cost. It is under
the home economics division of the
1 United States department of agri
culture.
Munching Kwama 'Brownies9
Gets Social Approval
By LILLIAN WARN
Hippity hop to the Kwama shop
To get a bag of Brownies
5c a sack—just the right snack
To eat on your way to classes and
back.
Today is Kwama brownie day,
says the roly-poly campus crier.
From 9 o'clock until 5:30 Isabel
Miller, campus social chairman,
has given her sanction to the
rightfullness on this day of munch
ing delicious brownie cookies to
and from classes. The three-fourth
inch thick confections are sanitar
ily cellophaned, two in a bag. for
five cents, according to Kathleen
Duffy, general chairmen.
Before the Side, between Com
merce and Oregon, in front of the
old libe. at the women's gym, and
in front of Hendricks hall, you'll
receive service with a smile for a
nickel, in addition to two brownies*
from freshman cookie vendors.
With that special form of torture
known as final examinations a
mere matter of days away, you
will find the realism of brownies an
exceptionally satisfying antidote
for all those abstract theories
floating about in your mind now.
Brownies may be obtained today
in any of the five booths stationed
about the campus. Cookie vendors
and their hours were named in yes
terday's Emerald.
Committees who assisted Kath
leen Duffy, brownie general chair
man, follow: brownies, Isabel Mil
ler; selling, Elizabeth Turner;
house sales, Hallie Dudrey and
Betty Rosa; booths, Jean Ackerson
and Irma Huston; posters, Doris
Mabie; publicity, Lilyan Krantz
and Lillian Warn.
Stanford Aptitude
Tests on March 7
In 302 Condon Hall
The college aptitude test for
Stanford university 'entrance
will i>e given by Or. Howard It.
Taylor, head of the psychoolgy
department, on Saturday, March
7, in room 302 Condon hall at
9 a. m.
All students expecting to
transfer to Stanford next year
are asked by Dr. Taylor to take
the test now or In Portland on
Saturday, March 28, when the
same test will be given there.
Howard Receives
Honor Position
Law Association Chooses
New Commercial Law
Council Members
Charles G. Howard, law profes
sor, received word yesterday of his
election to a post in the Associa
tion of American Law Schools. He
has been selected a member of the
council of the round table of com
mercial law for 1936, it was re
vealed.
The obiect of the association,
Prof. Howard said, is the improve
ment of legal education in Amer
ica, particularly of the law
schools. The body was organized
in 1900 and maintains a high stan
dard for school membership.
Other members of the council to
which Prof. Howard was elected
are John Hanna, Columbia univer
sity, chairman; H. C. Dillard, Uni
versity of Virginia; John E. Mul
der, University of North Carolina:
S. C. Oppenheim, George Washing
ton university: and Roscoe T. Stef
fen, Yale university.
Prof. Howard said yesterday that
he hoped to attend this year’s
annual meeting of the association
which will be held in Chicago.
Four OSC Faculty
Members Here
To confer with Chancellor Fred
erick M. Hunter and other mem
bers of the state higher education
system, several of the Oregon State
college faculty were on the Ore
gon campus Tuesday.
Those coming from Corvallis
were George W. Peavy, president
of the college, W. A. Schoenfeld,
dean of the agriculture school, F.
L. Ballard, assistant director of the
extension station, E. L. Potter,
head of the agricultural economics
department, and W. A. Jensen, ex
ecutive secretary of the college.
Campus
Calendar
Women interested in cooperative
house on the campus Ure to meet
tonight at 7:30 in Dorothy Ny
land’s apartment, 613 East Elev
enth street.
There will be a meeting of the
AWS carnival committee tomor
row afternoon at 4 o’clock in the
Emerald business manager's office
of the Emerald.
The International Ball commit
tee which met yesterday afternoon
to discuss plans will meet again
this afternoon at 2 o’clock in the
YW bungalow.
Short hike and picnic supper will
take the place of the regular ’38
'39 club meeting tonight. Members
are invited to bring lunch and meet
at the Westminster hourse at 5:30
o’clock.
Interfraternity council meeting
tonight at 6:00 at the Phi Kappa
Psi house.
Master Dance meets tonight at
7:30. All members and pledges are
asked to be present. Please be on
time.
Intramural dance hour is this
afternoon at 4:00 instead of- Fri
day Everyone interested in the
techniques of the modern dance is
invited to come and participate.
All petitions asking the faculty
to recommend optional drill must
be turned in at the Y hut by noon
today, according to Charles Pad
dock, chairman of the Committee
for Peace and Freedom.
Winter Term
Exams Start
Next Thursday
Registration for Spring
Semester Will Begin
Monday, Mareli 23
Examinations for winter term
will start Thursday. Mareh 12. and
will end Tuesday, March 17. ac
cording to the schedule released
yesterday by the registrar's office.
Registration for spring term will
begin March 23.
The schedule is as follows:
Thursday, March 12: 8-10—10
MWF; 10-12 physical science sur
vey: elementary psychology lab
oratory; 1-3 10 TuThS; 3-5 4
MTuWThF.
Friday, March 13: 8-10 2 MWF;
10-12 corrective English; English
composition; business English; 1-3
2 TuTh; 3-5 general hygiene for
women; general advertising.
Saturday, March 14: 8 MWF;
10-12 French composition and con
versation: constructive accounting;
1-3 8 TuThS: 3-5 1 MTuWThF.
Monday. March 16: 8-10 11
MWF; 10-12 first year French,
second year French, French liter
ature; 1-3 11 TuThS: 3-5 physical
education activity courses.
Tuesday, March 17: 8-10 9
MWF; 10-12 background of social
science; 1-3 9 TuThS; 3-5 3
MTuWThF.
The MWF group includes classes
meeting on any two of those days,
or for any four or five days per
week. The TuThS group includes
classes meeting on or three of
those days only. All classes at 1,
3, or 4 o’clock meet at the time in
dicated.
Examinations scheduled by sub
ject take precedence over those
scheduled by hour of class meet
ings. The examinations will be
held in the regular classrooms un-'
less otherwise announced. In
structors should be consulted about
any conflicts that occur.
No examination is to be given
before the regularly scheduled
time, except with the approval of
the schedule committee, according
to a faculty regulation.
Two Nash Books
On Libe Display
Two publications of John Henry
Nash, San Francisco publisher,
which were recently purchased by
the University library, have been
put on display in the English re
serves showcase. The books are:
“Some Aspects of Horace” by Hen
ry Rushtin Fairclough, professor
emeritus of classical literature at
Stanford university: and “Jessie
Benton Fremont, a Woman Who
Made History,” by Catherine Cof
fin Phillips. Both volumes were
printed in 1935.
Mr. Nash is well-known for his
unusual handling of type faces.
Both books displayed have their
entire title pages printed in capi
tal letters.
Lawrence Has Influenza
Ellis F. Lawrence, dean of the
school of architecture and allied
arts, has been ill with influenza at
his home in Portland for the past
week. It is expected that he will
be able to attend his classes this
week, according to Mrs. Mabel
Houck, secretary and librarian of
the school.
Men's PE Classes
For Rest of Winter
Term Are Cancelled
The remainder of men's ac
tivity classes in I’E for winter
term Have been cancelled be
cause of construction work on
the gym.
Lecture classes will continue,
however, and exams will be
given, said Dean Rovard.
Exam schedules have been
posted in the I’E building.
Oregon Seniors
Invited to Capitol
Visit to U.S. Supreme Court
To Be Part of Program
Spring Vacation
An invitation to all University
seniors to attend the annual ses
sion of the National Institute of
Public Affairs in Washington, D.
C. , was received by President C.
Valentine Boyer yesterday.
Sessions of congress, a visit to
the supreme court, attendance at
congressional hearings, and meet
ings throughout the day with lead
ing government officials, legisla
tors, press correspondents, and
lobbyists are included on the six
day program of the institute.
The one week institute is being
inaugurated at the request of col
lege authorities, and will be held
during the spring of each year, the
letter said. No tuition fees will be
charged.
Seniors who wish to participate
in the work can obtain additional
information by writing The Direc
tor, Institute of Government, 400
Investment Building, Washington,
D. C., or by seeing Professor
James D. Barnett, head of the po
litical science department here.
Keezer Speaks
At AAUW Dinner
The local chapter of the Ameri
can Association of University Wo
men was addressed at a dinner
meeting last night by Dexter Kee
zer, president of Reed college. He
spoke on the modern trends in edu
cation.
Mrs. Nelson Macduff is president
of the Eugene chapter. Mrs. Wil
liam Tugman and Mrs. W. E. Bu
canan, Jr., had charge of arrange
ments for the dinner. Chancellor
Frederick M. Hunter introduced
President Keezer. Members of the
AAUW and several guests were
present.
Dean Morse to Speak
At Church Breakfast
Dr. Wayne L. Morse, dean of the
University law school, will be the
speaker during a breakfast given
by the young people of the First
Christian church at the Cafe Del
Rey at 8 o’clock Sunday morning,
March 8. Dr. Morse has selected as
his topic “The Individual’s Relation
to Law Enforcement.”
A short program of musical
numbers has been planned. Miss
Naomi Jackson will be the toast
mistress for the breakfast. Tickets
may be obtained for 25 cents at
the University Co-op.
This is the third of a series of
breakfasts planned by the group.
Out to Spear a Winter Meal
Travelers are intrigued by the sight of Indians spearing and net
ting salmon while runs are going up the river. This picture was taken
at C'elilo falls near I’he Dalles.
Faculty Action
On Military
Held Doubtful
, Compulsory Backers Get
Almost Enough Names
To Equal Optional
University compulsory and op
I tional military advocates drove to
j a fast finish yesterday, stopped for
a breathing spell, and then laid
plans for future campaigning, as
they awaited the decision of the
faculty on a motion which comes
up for action today recommending
j that the state board of control
make military training elective.
Possibility that the faculty might
postpone action for further consid
eration was expressed by interest
ed students and faculty members
last night.
GOG Students Sign
According to Ben Chandler,
chairman of the committee for the
general welfare, 606 students
signed petitions voicing approval
of present compulsory military
training. The petitions, which
were circulated at fraternity and
sororitv houses, the dormitories,
and in indenendent student circles,
were called in last night to be pre
pared for presentation to the fac
ulty today.
“In view of the fact that the pe
titions were onlv circulated two
days, I believe that the results
were quite good. Members of sev
eral fraternity houses signed the
petition one hundred per cent,”
Chandler said.
Postponed Action Possible
Although it is believed possible
that the faculty might postpone
action on the question, President C.
Valentine Boyer said the motion
to come up before the body today
need pot necessarily be based on
the petition submitted earlier this
year by the Oregon Committee for
Peace and Freedom advocating op
tional military.
However, President Boyer said
the minutes of the last faculty
meeting mentioned that in view of
the petition from students asking
the faculty to petition the state
board of control for military train
ing to be made optional, at the
next meeting of the faculty a mo
tion will be made to that effect.
If the question comes to a vote
today, balloting will probably be
by secret ballot, President Boyer
said. “This will be done to avoid
the charge that somebody tried to
put something over by political
skullduggery.”
Board Action Indefinite
If the faculty does vote for op
tional military training the matter
could not come up before the board
of control at their meeting next
Monday, unless they laid aside
their own rules, President Boyer
pointed out. All matters to come
before the board must be on the
docket a week before the meeting,
and as the petition could not possi
bly reach the board’s secretary be
fore Friday, it is improbable that
they will take an action, he said.
"As I interpret it, on a vital
matter such as this, the board
might consider it for a month be
fore action is taken,” the president
declared.
Fight to Continue
According to leaders of the Com
mittee for the General Welfare, in
case optional advocates carry the
matter to the state electorate, they
will organize to fight the initia
tive. They declared that campus
liberals were dominating the read
ing matter of the state and misrep
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j Rae Gets Position
| In Census Bureau
John M. Rae, professor of busi
ness administration at the Univer
i sity of Oregon from 1928 to 1934,
j has been made division chief of the
census of business of the United
States bureau of census, according
to word received here yesterday.
Mr. Rae is in charge of one of
the four divisions of the business
census bureau, and has his head
quarters in Washington. He was
transferred to his new position
from the securities and exchange
commission, in Washington, D. C.
The new position allotted Mr.
Rae is a regular civil service ap
pointment as the result of compet
itive examinations open to the en
tire country. It pays a salary of
$.r>600 per year.
McCall, Cornish Win
AWS, YW Elections;
Top Endicott, Weber
Guild Play Will Be
Given Four Times
Horace Robinson to Have
Leading Part; April lO
ll, 17*18 Are Dates
Continuing a policy which was
inaugurated last term, the Uni
versity theatre will present “Out
ward Bound," its next dramatic
offering, on two successive week
ends, April 10-11 and 17-18.
Heading the cast of Sutton
Vane's mystical drama now being
rehearsed by Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt,
is Horace W. Robinson, instructor
in dramatics and director of the
recent production, “Street Scene.”
He will play the role of the trou
bled play-boy, Tom Prior. Mr.
Robinson has previously played the
part with the University of Okla
homa players. However, he will
give an entirely different interpre
tation to the role in the present
production.
In the role of Mrs. Midget,
quaint cockney washerwoman, will
be Miss Mary Bennett, Eugene ac
tress whose diverse roles with the
Very Little Theatre have included
Mrs. Puffy in “The Streets of New
York” and more recently, black
faced Topsy in “Uncle Tom’s Cab
in.” Experienced Guild Hall play
ers will take the other leading
roles in the play.
Gamma Alpha Givi
Dance March 28
Tickets for the Gamma Alpha
Chi annual dance to be held March
28, will be on sale today for 99
cents in all women’s living organ
izations through house represen
tatives. Irene Scha.upp and Kath
leen Salisbury are co-chairmen of
the ticket committee.
Contrary to previous years, the
Gamma Alpha Chi dance is to be
held in McArthur court in order to
provide more room for those who
attend. The motif for the dance is
to be a “Fifth Avenue” idea.
Maude Long and Betty Coon are
co-chairmen for the affair.
Miss Riser Visits
Alpha Gam House
Miss Julia Riser, field represen
tative of Alpha Gamma Delta in
ternational fraternity, is in Eu
gene visiting the Delta Delta chap
ter on her annual tour of inspec
tion. Her home is in Philuria, Ala
bama.
After her arrival on the Oregon
campus Sunday noon from Berke
ley, California, she was entertained
at dinner with several prominent
faculty members attending. Miss
Riser is leaving Thursday morning
for the Corvallis chapter.
Tuesday evening a dinner was
held in her honor at the chapter
house, with Eugene alumnae as
guests. Elinor Stewart, Portland,
is president of the Eugene chap
ter.
WAA Refuses to Reveal
Vote Until Banquet
Thursday Night
Martha McCall and Elaine Corn
ish were elected to head the AWS
and the YWCA respectively for the
coming year by campus coeds yes
terday in a vote totaling only
slightly over 300 ballots.
Miss McCall's margin over her
opponent, Virginia Endicott, was
222 to 109. YWCA President Elaine
Sorensen said last night she
"thoght it best" not to give the
actual vote count in the YW re
turns, so Miss Cornish’s margin
over her competitor, Ruth Weber,
was not known.
No WAA Results
WAA leaders refused to reveal
the election results of their group
until their traditional annual ban
quet Thursday night.
In the other AWS voting, Helen
Bartrum won over Starla Parvin,
209 to 116, for vice-president:
Gayle Buchanan topped Gladys
Battleson, 214 to 116, for secre
tary: Elizabeth Ann DeBush won
the treasurer’s post from Vivian
Emery, 244 to 86; Martha Felsheim
had three more votes than Ann
Nelson for sergeant-at-arms to win
159 to 156: and Laurene Brock
schink won unopposed for reporter.
Other YWCA official posts saw
Clara Nahsolm winnig the vice
presidency from Edith Clark; Mar
garet Carman chosen secretary
over Virginia McCorkle; and Lil
lian Warn winning the treasurer’s
place unopposed.
Alpha Kappa Psi
Conducts Survey
A survey on "Why the People of
Springfield Buy in Eugene," has
just been conducted by the mem
bers of Alpha Kappa Psi, national
business honorary, under the di
rection of Professor N. H. Cornish
of the business administration
school.
Bertram Schatz, chairman of the
research committee, was assisted
by William Flagg, George Sher
win, and John Economus. The
members conducted a house to
house canvass, submitting the
questionnaire to Springfield house
wives.
The results will be compiled and
submitted to the Springfield cham
ber of commerce to help improve
the business methods and policies
of Springfield merchants.
William Flagg, of Vancouver,
Washington, was appointed treas
urer of the business honorary at
the last meeting, to succeed Karl
Thomason.
Christian Council
To Work on Peace
The Student Christian Council
will meet this afternoon at 4
o’clock in Westminster house. All
students who are interested in do
ing constructive peace education
are invited.
At the meeting the group plans
to organize a campaign for the
sale of peace bonds and literature
in Eugene and the surrounding
territory.
Wo Scruples’ Contains Section
• Of Coed Spring Styles
No Scruples, Oregon's new cam
pus magazine, will have a two
page spread of photographs of
prominent Oregon coeds wearing
the latest in spring styles. Ann
Reed Bums, women’s editor, is
handling this feature which is be
ing made possible by the coopera
tion of Eugene’s leading ladies’ ap
parel stores.
The new section will be known
as College Vogue. The publishers
of Vogue magazine have given No
Scruples permission to use the
copyrighted name, Vogue.
As yet the coeds to be used as
models have not been chosen, but
they will be named in the near
future.
The two-page spread of photog
raphy is indicative of the high pho
tographic content of No Scruples.
A great share of the magazine will
be taken up with line “drawing1.
photographsb and several full-page
cartoons by Ed Hanson and his art
staff.
Size of the first issue of No
Scruples, which will be circulated
during Junior weekend, has been
set at 32 pages. The cover will be
finished in two and possibly three
colors.
Toastmasters Club
Meets Tonight at Y
The Toastmasters’ club will hold
its regular meeting Thursday at
7:30 o’clock in the Y hut. Fred
Gieseke, who leads the meeting,
will use as his topic “Qualities
That Make for Campus Leader
ship.”