First Petition
Turned in on
ROTC Initiative
Van Winkle Now Legally
Permitted to Grant
Title of Ballot
ROTO initiative developments
were still moving rapidly today,
pushed by the Oregon Committee
for Peace and Freedom, which sent
a petition signed by 10 voters and
officers of the committee to Sec
retary of State Fail Snell to legal
ly permit Attorney General Van
Winkle to grant a ballot title.
At the same time word was re
ceived from Olympia, Washington,
that an optional ROTC initiative
ballot title had been filed concern
ing the University of Washington
and Washington State college.
Money Comes in
While money continued to jingle
into the freedom committee head
quarters at the Y hut in small
sums, committee leaders mapped
out membership for a citizens’
state committee, possibly to be led
by J. J. Hansaker, Northwest head
of the National Council for Pre
vention of War, or Peter Zimmer
man, former gubernatorial candi
date.
Branches of the committee wrere
formed at Willamette university in
Salem by Monroe Sweetland, for
mer organizer of the Student
League for Industrial Democracy;
at Linfield college by Wilbert
Moore, Linfield graduate and pres
ent graduate assistant in sociology
here; and at Reed college in Port
land by Muriel Nicholas, formerly
a student at Reed but at present
a student here.
Paddock to Go to Corvallis
Charles Paddock and officers of
the Eugene group have tentatively
planned a trip to Corvallis this
Saturday to organize a branch
there of students who have an
nounced hope for such an organi
zation. The present initiative would
make the military scienec course
optional at Oregon State college,
where not one student was ex
empted on any grounds this year
by the strict administration.
Possibility still remained that
the state board of higher education
might announce a favorable com
mittee report on elective drill and
go optional. The committee is
headed by Ben Irvine, editor of the
Oregon Journal and compulsory
advocate.
Alpha Kappa l)<*Ita
Initiates Font*
Miriam Gilbert, Hans Plambeck,
Polly Lou Todd, and Orpha Dasch
were initiated into Alpha Kappa
Delta, sociology honorary, Thurs
day night, April 9, at the bi-month
ly meeting held at 7:30 in Gerlin
ger hall.
John L. King, instructor in the
Edison vocational school in Seattle,
spoke to members present on a
position for sociologists in econom
ic planning. He said that econom
ic planning could bo helped by the
dissemination of scientific infor
mation from research work and
from fiank evaluation of technique
of control and propaganda. Mr.
King also discussed certain inter
Breath uf bprlng
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Sneer ul those zero blasts;
chuckle through frozen lips.as you
tackle inountainoiis snow dirfts!
I,el your thoughts dwell on bath
in;; beauties and spring blooms!
For it's almond blossom time on
Santa Catalina Island and, as a I
sort of harbinger of spring for
their chilled eastern cousins, these
nymphs posed for this scene while
reaping their share of blooms.
outing loft and right wing political i
and economic movements in Seat
tle.
Dean Wayne L. Morse will speak
when the honorary meets on April
22. J. H. Geoghegan, educational
director at the federal penitentiary
at McNeil Island, will appear be
fore the group on May 11.
Bryson Students
Several song programs have
been given during the past few
days by students of Hoy Bryson
of the University school of music,
including Grayson Ross,' baritone,
who appeared in a recent radio
program sponsored by the Burch
Shoe company, and who will sing
for the Kiwanis club at its noon
meeting l, Monday. Boss holds the
Phi Mu Alpha scholarship in voice
witli Bryson.
Caroll Green, another baritone,
sang in the Burch program over
KORE Thursday evening. Green is
a transfer to this campus from
Stanford.
Two women students, Madelle
Beidler and Lenta Reetz, also ap
peared before community groups,
the former singing at the Thurs
day meeting of the Business and
Professional Women’s club at the
Hotel Osburn, and the latter pre
I
scnting numbers before the adult
music education class.
Flood Control Even in Dry Desert
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Several wash Intakes like the one pictured will protect the banks
of the All-.Vnieriean Canal from Hood action—despite the fact that
the canal crosses a desert region. The intakes are to take care of
cloudbursts. The All-American, to be Vuierica’s largest irrigation
canal, will water large areas in California’s Imperial Valley.
HO Profs to Speak'1
At Graduations
State High Schools Slate
Faculty Members forJ
Final Exercises
Twenty-one faculty memoers ui i ;
the University will give gradua- J ,
tion addresses at high school com- j
mencements this spring.
Each year, a list is made of the I
professors who are interested in
making commencement addresses. ]
The names of the instructors and j
the subjects on which they will j
speak, are sent to principals of all!
high schools in the state, in pam- ,
phlet form.
Bernard Hinshaw, director of
social welfare, general extension j
division, is in chareg of preparing
the list and handling correspon
dence with the principals.
The faculty members who will
make commencement addresses
are Roscius H. Back, assistant
professor of military science; Jesse
H. Bond, professor of business ad- j
ministration; James M. Carrell, as
sistant professor of speech; John
L. Casteel, director of speech divi- !
sion; A. E. Caswell, professor of
physics; N. H. Cornish, professor;
of business administration; H. V. j
Hoyt, dean of the school of busi- j
ness administration.
W. A. Dahlberg, assistant pro- ]
fessor of speech; Daniel D. Gage,;
associate professor of business ad- ^
ministration; R. R. Huestis, pro- i
fessor of zoology; Samuel H.
Jameson, professor of sociology;
John J. Landsbury, dean of the
school of music; Alfred L. Lomax, I
professor of business administra- ]
tion; R. R. Martin, instructor in j
sociology.
E. H. Moore, professor of soci
ology; Victor P. Morris, professor]
of economics; Wayne L. Morse,]
dean of the school of law; E. V. D. j J
Murphy, head of the department of ij
military science ... Karl W. On- I
thank, dean of personnel admin- jj
istration; Philip A. Parsons, head ! j
of the department of sociology; I
and Howard R. Taylor, professor ]
of psychology.
Bryson Speaks to
North Bend Kiwanis
Roy Bryson of the school of mu
sic was in North Bend Thursday, I
speaking before the North Bend]
Kiwanis club at their noon meet-1
ing, on the subject of "Attitudes i
on Music and Musicians in Com- ]
munities of the United States."
Music as a solution to the leisure 1
time problem, and the place of mu- I
sic, both traditional and in the
modern world, was pointed out by 1
the speaker through the use of 100
definitions of music.
Westminster House
To Observe Easter
Annette Surdam will lead a spe
cial worship service at Westmin
ster house Sunday morning at 9:45.
All townspeople and students are
invited to this meeting which will
consist of special music and a de
votional service. Tt will last less
than an hour so that people will
have an opportunity to attend
their own church services.
At 6 o’clock there will be the
regular Sunday evening tea, fol
lowed at 6:30 by a discussion on
immortality.
Forensic* Season
(Continued from pace one)
The committee named is: Elinor
Stewart, registratioon; Virginia
Endieott, banquet: Marjory Kiss
ling, reception: Marjorie Smith,
secretary; Bill Marsh, advertising;
and Wayne Harbert, publicity.
\tteiul Weekend Events
A string of social events, entic
ing for every mother, is being ar
ranged in the combined program of
Junior Weekend and Mother's day. 1
The 1936 edition of the canoe
fete. "Stardust," is expected to at
tract many mothers to the campus
for the weekend, Chairman Dave
Lowry says.
Other events which the mothers
may witness will be: the Junior
Prom, the frosh-soph tug of war,
the painting of the O. and the wa
ter carnival.
S|MHdal Events Listed
The mothers themselves will par
ticipate in a round of social activi
ties including: a mass meeting,
teas, banquet, special dinners, and
the all-campus luncheon. Church
services dedicated to the mothers
are being arranged for May 10.
Another feature of the weekend
will be an exhibit of Oregon flow
ers given by F. K. Sipe. associate
professor of botany.
LOST. Parker pen Tomlinson. I
Phone 758. I
Oregon's Flower a Resident
For 30,000,000 Years
“Oregon Grape,” a shrub well
tnown to Oregonians as their state
lower, has at last been proved to
)elong really to Oregon alone, as
t is a 30,000,000 year old resident
>f Oregon, according to Dr. C. A.
\rnold, curator of the fossil plant
nuseum of the University of
Michigan.
Dr, Arnold identified fossil leaves
:ound in miocene rock from east
;rn Oregon as Oregon grape.
Specimens of fossilized wood
’ound on the field trip led by Dr.
S. Cressman, anthropologist,
'rom the University last summer
nto eastern Oregon, have also been
dentified by Arnold, and several
assistants, from the ethno-botani
cal laboratory at Michigan. These
specimens were proved to be rock
elm. They were found in Guano
valley in eastern Oregon where
nothing but sand and sage brush
exists now and are considered also
to be of Miocene time.
Dr. Arnold said that evidently
in eastern Oregon in the early
times many plants grew which no
longer are native to that district.
These include the ginko tree which
grows now only in Japan, the ail
anthu or tree of heaven, and
ironwood. It is thought by anthro
pologists that these trees and
plants “traveled” from Asia to
North America across what is now
9 Men Initiated
In Phi Mu Alpha
Nine men were initiated Thurs
day into Phi Mu Alpha, men’s
national music fraternity, in the
University music building'. William
Gresham is president of the group.
Those initiated are Wayne Gil
fry, Wendell Gilfry, PvObert Gould,
Tom Turbyfill, Jack McClay, Wil
bur Jessen, Dallas Norton, Al
bert Chamberlin, and Earl Scott.
Gresham said that the entire
honorary is planning to attend the
regional convention of Phi Mu Al
pha to be held in Pullman. Wash
ington. on the Washington State
college campus May 1 and 2.
the Eering sea but at some early
time existed at a land connection
between the continents and from
i there on down the coast.
Forest Supervisor
Talks to Reporters
P. A. Thompson, supervisor of
the Willamette national forest,
spoke to Professor George Turn
bull’s reporting class Thursday
morning. Mr. Thompson told the
class of the work that the forestry
service does, and suggested meth
ods of reporting forestry news.
The W'illamette national forest,
of which he is supervisor, is the
largest timber stand in the United
States in one national forest, con
sisting of almost 5,000 square
miles. He said that his work is
widening all the time from com
batting forest firest, and now in
cludes forest preservation, improv
ing recreational facilities in the
forests, and developing water
power possibilities.
Gym Alterations
Proceed Rapidly
Alteration of the old men’s gym
into a natatorium is progressing
rapidly, according to reports re
ceived yesterday. WPA workers
have a considerable portion of the
old gym dismantled already.
The building has been cut in two.
with only the roof remaining in
tact. Concrete foundation for the
south wall has been laid, and next
week the wall itself will be poured.
The space to be below the
bleachers to contain locker and
shower rooms has been prepared
and awaits concrete pouring. It is
expected that the deeper end of
the pool will be further deepened
about two feet.
An average of 30 men per day
are employed on this job, it was
reported.
LACES to Go and 1HINGS to Do
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Morn popular 1 li i s
year tliiin ever.
Open (ill 10 p. m. or
later by appointment.
f Campus Rental Stand
I 13111 mid Alder
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AFTER A BUSY AFTERNOON
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Playing
Tennis
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Or
GOING
SWIMMING
There Is
No Place
Like the
ANCHORAGE
For Cool Drinks
Or ;i Real Diunor
Served in Quiet,
Comfortable
Surrounding*.
‘•DINE BY THE
WATERSIDE”
KAMPUS KR1ER
By HOWARD OVERBACK
Bert Wheeler and Robert Wool
sey have poked fun at about every
thing and the latest to get its share
of kidding is the old Western
thriller.
“Silly Billies,” their current sa
tire, includes all the thrills that
commonly provide the smash cli
maxes of sage-brush sagas, but,
as Woolsey said while the picture
was filming, “No western was ever
like this.”
There are vicious desperadoes
and a stage coach hold-up. Peril
rides the plains in the persons of
a hundred blood thirsty Indians.
Renegade whites do their dirty
work. The U. S. cavalry rides to
the rescue—and arrives late (as it
always does). The boys are destined
to dance on the lynching rope, te
be scalped, to be burned at the
stake, to perish in quicksand—in
short, to endure all the breath
taking thrills of twenty Westerns
crammed into one madcap comedy.
Lovely Dorothy Lee, who has
been with the boys ih just about
every picture they have made, is
again romantically teamed with
Bert Wheeler.
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Audiences have come to look for
something new and different when
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
team in a musical picture and they
are not to be disappointed in “Top
Hat,” which opens at the May
flower theatre this Sunday.
In this RKO Radio musical
comedy Astaire and Miss Rogers !
not only introduce the “Piccolino,”
most sensational of their dance
creations, but they demonstrate a
new romantic technique. The “Pic
colino,” is one of several colorful
song and dance routines, all of
which are done to the lyrics and
melodies of Irving Berlin, who
wrote the complete musical score
for the picture.
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Last night the vicinity of 11th
and Alder looked like election eve
on the campus with people lined j
up along the sidewalks, cars for
blocks around, soft drink mer- j
chants doing a rushing business, I
and everybody excited and happy
(?). What was happening?
Yours truly was crammed into
the projection booth trying to hear
the picture and see it at the same
time. There is nothing harder than
trying to see a show and listen to
it also and being right next to the
mike is something awful.
After the show was over it was
nearly impossible to get out
through the swarm that came for
the same purpose as myself.
The result is as Professor Dahl
berg once said, “I don't like to go
where there is going to be a large
crowd.
A SPRING TONIC
FOR SPRING FEVER
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vv ny not enjoy
comfort and
relaxation
on the
MILL RACE
in addition to
getting some
muscle-building
exercise?
CANOES FOR RENT
ANCHORAGE RACEWAY
laite Cl uuac Ui i»«su
ing gas from the pain
less dentists of the
/'I plains . . . out where
;J the Wild West gets
really MAD!
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Door ODen \
12:45 wsemssma
Sunday
Tues.-Wed. Thurs. Only Fri.-Sat.
"Don’t Gamble "Lives of a ' “Powder Smoke Range”
With Love” Bengal Lancer” “You May Be Next”
The Mayflower will now have Matinees Saturday and Sunday
TONIGHT
Be Sure To See
OUTWARD BOUND!
Playing At
THE UNIVERSITY THEATRE
April 11, 13, and 17
Admission 35c
Call Local 216 For Reservations
RMMUB I
RIDE
FOR
HEALTH
Balmy weather is
here to stay. Why
not enjoy it on cool
trails \v here the
music of n a t u r e
l ings in your ears.
EUGENE HUNT CLUB
OUT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS