Canoe Fete
Pairing Drawing Toilay
At Siile
OREGON DAILY EMERALD
OREGON’S INDEPENDENT COLLEGE DAILY
Mother’s
Day Chairmen Pick
Assistants
VOLUME XXXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1936
NUMBER 104
Christensen Ballet Tonight In Igloo Ends ASUO Spring Concert Series
The Finley-for-president band
wagon that rolled to surprising
power last week lost the support of
two houses last night when a sud
den change was wrought in politics.
The Hammond - BeLieu - Thomas
entente who have kept their activity
in the dark during early campaign
work came into the open last night
with a meeting at the Chi O and
later at the Pi Kap house.
Although they have kept in the
dark, they have eontinued to deal
with houses who switched over to
Finley. Result of the dealing: Two
houses dissatisfied with gravy dis
tribution and prompted with more
sugary promises returned to the old
block last night.
Part of the sudden change can be
attributed to the apparent with
drawal of the mysterious outside
power which had been exerted be
hind closed doors within houses.
Cause number three was seen in
action in underclass politics which
reached its culmination yesterday.
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Aroused, assertive freshmen and
sophomores, who last week had
been told what to do in politics, re
volted yesterday. ATO Harry Wes
ton, who had been jerked from run
ning against Delt Harry Clifford for
sophomore class president because
of upoerclass pressure, appeared
last night as a formidable candidate
to oppose Clifford. Thus Delt sup
port for Finley is likely to switch to
the old block and draw Fiji votes
with it.
Also Noel Benson came into the
limelight as candidate for junior
class president, after underclass
men asserted their power. They
said that regardless of political
principles tliev believed that Phi
Delt Benson should run for class
president because he was the best
man for the office, even though he
was from the same house as Finley.
At a meeting of upperclassmen
backing Finley, it was decided after
considerable debate that the group
would maintain a “laissez-faire”
policy toward class politics. They
would make no effort to control
class offices for the benefit of stu
dent body politics. Letting nature
take its course appeared the best
policy, they thought.
In view of the fact that upper
classmen decided to allow under
classmen to have a free hand in or
ganizing their own politics, Harry
Weston immediately withdrew his
backing from Clifford. Phi Delt
and Beta will probably follow to
night.
Dalilberg to Speak
OnKORE for UO
W. A. Dahlberg, speech instruc
tor, spoke -on “The Average Man”
at the charter night meeting of the
Active club at the Osburn hotel,
Saturday, April 11.
Tonight he will speak over KOAC
on “The Place and Function of a
School of Arts and Letters.” Each
year representatives are chosen to
explain the functions and aims of
their respective schools. Mr. Dahl
berg is speaking for the University
of Oregon this year.
Campus
Calendar
The following women are re
quested to meet with the dean of
women tomorrow at 5 o’clock in
her office: Grace Peck, Lucille Mc
Bride, Margery Kissling, Virginia
Endicott, Elinor Stewart, and
Marjorie Smith.
Tonqued meeting scheduled for
tomorrow night has been post
poned until next Tuesday and will
be held at the Kappa Gamma
house.
WAA council meeting in Ger
linger hall at 6:30 tonight. Initia
tion will be held at 7:30.
Gamma Alpha Chi will meet this
afternoon at 5 o’clock in the wom
en’s lounge of Gerlinger for a
pledging service for new members
Phi Beta meeting tonight for
actives and pledges at 7:00 ir
Gerlinger.
Scabbard and Blade will meet
tonight in the barracks. Full dress
uniform.
Skull and Dagger members wil
meet at the College Side at 7:3(
tonight.
jMother’s Day
| Co-Chairmen
Name Aides
Record-Breaking Group
Sought for Festivities
Junior Weekend
Determined to bring, kidnap, or
demand that a record migration of
mothers of University students
will surge across the campus for
the combined Junior Weekend
Mother’s Day observance, a com
plete committee met yesterday
and began preparing activities
enticing to the most old-fashioned
'‘mom.”
Grace Peck and Lucile McBride,
co-chairmen, named the following
student committee last week: Mar
gery Kissling, social affairs; Vir
ginia Endicott, banquet and decor
ations; Elinor Stewart, registra
tion; Marjorie Smith, secretary;
Bill Marsh, advertising; and
Wayne Harbert, publicity.
“Stardust” at Top
At the top of the socially
studded weekend will be one of
the most traditional spectacles of
universities on the coast, the 1936
presentation of the canoe fete,
“Stardust.”
All Junior Weekend activities
will -be open to mothers. This in
cludes everything from the time of
the all-campus luncheon until the
last float has passed around the
bend of the millrace Saturday
night, the co-chairmen have an
nounced.
Dull Moments Target
The faculty committee, which is
working with the students towards
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Junior Women
To Meet Today
Mortar Board Will Seek
Opinion of Women for
1936 Selection
All junior women will meet at 4
o’clock this afternoon in 110 John
son to vote on a tentative list of
Mortar Board members. A list of
96 junior coeds whose accumulated
grade point average is sufficient to
make them eligible for the senior
service honorary has been prepared
bv the 1935 Mortar Board. From
this list each junior woman will
check the ten girls she believes
worthy of election.
Lists will be sent to faculty mem
bers to gain a wide selection of
opinions and final voting will be
done by members of the organiza
tion before Junior Weekend, at
which time the Mortar Board march
is held.
In addition to high scholarship
qualifications for membership are
service and leadership.
Ouakers Slate
Four Speakers
Prof. R. H. Dann will be the first
of four speakers to address the
Westminster association in a series
of Thursday evening talks, on the
subiect of “My Faith’s Approach to
God.”
Professor Dann, of the depart
ment of sociology of Oregon State
college, will speak to the Quakers
this Thursday at 8 o’clock.
On one of the successive Thurs
days an Oxford group team from
Portland will be the speakers. The
membership of this group will be
announced later.
Dr. Perry Hopper of Westminster
Presbyterian church, Portland, and
chairman of the board of trustees
of Westminster house, will speak
one evening. The remaining Thurs
day, Father F. P. Leipzig, of the
local Catholic parish, will speak.
Lomax to Speak on
City Management
Alfred Lomax, professor of busi
ness administration, will speak
over KOAC at 7:30 tomorrow night
on “A Plan for Reorganization of
Local Government Services on a
Geographical Basis.”
Every Wednesday night the
League of Oregon Cities in conjunc
tion with the Bureau of Municipal
Research sponsors talks on various
phases of city government and plan
ning.
On April 22 Harry Freeman, tech
nical consultant for the Portland
city planning commission, will talk
on "The Economic Necessity of City
Planning.”
Order of the ‘O’
Elects Tomorrow
John Lewis ami Del Bjork
Candidates for Prexy;
MeCall Retiring
Men who carry the banner of
Oregon on gridiron, maple court,
track, and diamond will elect of
ficers for the coming year at an
Order of the “O" luncheon at the
Sigma Nu house Wednesday.
John Lewis, basketball star, and
Del Bjork, football tackle, are on
the ballot as presidential candi
dates to replace the retiring prexy,
Harry McCall.
Aspirants for vice president are
Vernon Moore, football center; Ed
Farrar, a rival at center on the
grid squad as well as an election
opponent; Sam McGaughey, ace
track miler; and Chuck Reed,
swimmer. Retiring vice president
is Howie Patterson.
Ken Skinner, football tackle,
and Gilbert Schultz, track letter
man, are candidates for secretary.
George Scharpf is the retiring lad
at that position.
Treasurer next year will be
either Ralph Amato, baseball out
fielder, who took the place of Stan
Riordan when the latter dropped
from school a month ago, or Sid
Milligan, golfer.
Sergeant at arms candidates are
Tony Amato, football guard; Chan
Berry, football center and track
weight man; and Dale LaSalle,
football halfback.
YMCA Election
Set for Today
Voting of All Members Is
Urged by Glenn Griffith;
Nominees Listed
Elections for the new officers of
the University YMCA will be held
today at the Y hut from 10 a. m.
until 4 p. m.
The following members have been
nominated for offices; John Espy
and Brittain Ash, president; Paul
Plank, vice-president; John Luvaas,
secretary, and Phoebus Klonoff,
treasurer.
Glenn Griffith, secretary of the
YMCA, has requested all members
to please turn out and vote.
These officers will be installed at
the membership banquet, known as
the Y’s Guys dinner, to be held
Thursday, April 16. in the Y hut.
Tickets for this affair are now
on sale and may be bought from
members of the Student Christian
council or those on the Frosh Coun
cil of the YMCA.
Hunter to Speak
To Women Voters
Chancellor Hunter will be princi
pal speaker today at the state con
vention in Portland of the Oregon
League of Women Voters. His
speech, delivered at a luncheon at
the Waverlv club, will be “Your
System of Higher Education.”
Naming of Thomas,
Blais Acknowledged
Robert W. Thomas and James
Blais have received letters from
the Marine headquarters in ac
knoledgement of their application
as second lieutenants in the marine
corps.
Thomas has been named principal
applicant and Blais alternate. In
formation concerning the final ex
| amination will be sent them later
| it was reported.
Make-up Psych Exam
To Be Given at 4 P.M.
Today in Condon Hall
All new spring undergradu
ates who did not take the
psychological examination on
Monday, April 6, please be pres
ent at 302 Condon today at 4
o’clock for the make-up test.
Houses Draw
Canoe Fete
‘Pards’ Today
Float Pairings to Be Held
In Side at 4; Song Also
Will Be Allotted
Drawings for the 1936 Canoe
Fete will be held this afternoon at
4 o'clock in the back room of the
College Side. Each of the organiza
tions mentioned below should have
a representative present at the
drawing or the drawing will be
made for them.
Chairman Dave Lowry said the
men’s living organizations will
draw for their pairings with the
women’s organizations. Then the
women will draw for the song
which will accompany their joint'
float.
No Changes in Song
“There will be no changing of
the song,” Lowry stated. “If the
float committee, as drawn, wishes
to substitute what they believe to
be a more appropriate song for the
period they must do this within
two days after the drawing, and
only with the consent of the gen
eral chairman. This is necessary in
order to keep all floats coordinated
with the theme, “Stardust.”
The time is limited as arrange
ments and continuity must be
written. Helen Jones, originator of
the theme, has drawn preliminary
sketches which will conform to
the rules and regulations issued at
the time of the drawing.
Lowry stressed the necessity for
cooperation. He said that although
the theme must be maintained
throughout that the regulations
permit a great deal of elasticity in
originality of design.
Delta Gamma and Kappa Sigma
are now in possession of the first
prize loving cups, which they won
last year.
First right to enter the Canoe
Fete this year was given to last
year’s non-competing organiza
tions, second choice going to those
not entering year before last but
entering last year.
Organizations Named
The organizations which must
be present for the drawings are
as follows: women’s—Sigma Kap
pa, Delta Gamma, Delta Delta
Delta, Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa
Alpha Theta, Alpha Phi, Alpha
Gamma Delta, Alpha Xi Delta,
Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Alpha
Delta Pi.
Men’s—Beta Theta Pi, Sigma
hall, Phi Sigma Kappa, Delta Tau
Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Omega hall,
Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Mu,
Theta Chi, and Pi Kappa Alpha.
P. E. Coeds Organize
Sunday Cycle Trip
Majors and minors in the wo
men’s physical education depart
ment are planning a bicycle trip
for Sunday, April 19. The exact
destination has not yet been decid
ed, but will probably be somewhere
along the Coburg road, by the Wil
lamette river.
The group will leave Gerlinger
hall at 10 o’clock Sunday morning,
and will return about 2 o’clock. Bi
cycles will be rented from Hutch’s
Bike shop.
Louise Pursley is in charge of ar
rangements for the trip, and Eileen
Donaldson of publicity.
Phi Mu Alphas Go
Blackface in Show
Offered Thursday
Phi Mu Alpha, men’s national
music honorary, will present a mod
ern minstrel show Thursday, in the
music school auditorium, said James
Morrison, supreme councilman of
the group.
A varied program of vocal and
orchestra numbers, offered by some
of the campus' best musicians, in
terspersed with lots of good jokes,
will be presented, said Master of
Ceremonies Morrison.
“But ‘corny’ gags and barnyard
music are out." he said. “This is
going to be a new kind of minstrel
show, and we’ve got just the right
bunch to do the job. If you ever saw
that crazy batch of musicians re
hearsing. you’d think so too."
Price of admission is 25 cents.
Miller Applies
For Oregana Job
3 Competing for Position
As Editor of Oregana;
Council to Choose
One more petition for Oregana
editor, raising the total to three,
was submitted by Les Miller for
consideration of the publications
committee this week. Miller re
ceived sanction last week to sub
mit a late application.
Miller, a sophomore in business
administration, will compete
against Don Casciato and Mary
Graham for the position.
Applicants for the positions as
editor and business manager of the
Emerald will be interviewed by the
publications committee Tuesday
and Wednesday, and their choice
will be voted on by the executive
council before April 18.
F, A.Cuthbert Hit
By Towed Car,
Breaks Wrist
Fred A. Cuthbert, associate pro
fessor of landscape architecture, re
ceived a broken wrist, a gash in his
cheek, and several bruises Friday
evening between 5 and 6 o’clock,
when the front wheels of a towed
car ran over him as he was crossing
the street at Broadway and Wil
lamette.
Cuthbert attempted to go be
tween the tow car and a car being
towed when they stopped for a stop
street, not noticing the rope be
tween them. He tripped on the rope
and as the front car started up,
the front wheels of the second car
ran over him. He managed to get
out of the way of the back wheels.
Dr. Yocom to Speak
At Roundtable Club
Dr. H. B. Yocom, professor of
zoology, will present a paper, “The
Functions of Biological Stations in
Oregon" before a meeting of the
Roundtable club at the Osburn
hotel tonight.
The club, which is composed of
25 faculty people and 25 towns
people, meets at dinner once a
month, papers being presented by
members.
Order oj the Loij W ill Initiate
Two on Wednesday
'
Launching the long-awaited eve
ning with a banquet at 6:15 Wed
nesday in the Del Rey. cafe, the
members of the law school and
faculty will observe the elaborate
ly ceremonious rites of the initia
tion of two students into the Order
of the Coif, legal honorary for
scholarship, and the performances
of four law students for the an
nual Hiltqp prize contest.
The awarding of the $50 first
prize, offered annually by Frank
H. Hilton, attorney-at-law in Port
land, and the second prize of $25,
from the law school trust fund,
will take place after the initiation
and will be made by Mr. Hilton
himself. President C. V. Boyer,
Judge Leonard S. Goddard of Cot
tage Grove, and Edwin A. Hecks,
associate United State attorney in
Portland, will judge the contest.
Selected upon the basis of man
uscripts previously submitted, con
cering the constitutionality of
some phase of the New Deal leg
I islation, the following four stu
dents were finally chosen by the
law faculty to participate in the
contest: Herbert O. Skalet, Hale
G. Thompson, Thomas H. Tongue,
and Otto Vonderheit. They may
speak for 15 minutes, aided by
notes only.
Following the banquet will be
the initiation of Wilbur Riddles
barger, and Bertram Isaminger in
to the regal Order of the Coif,
honorary height of scholarly at
tainment. This occasion will mark
the first initiation of students to
be held on the Oregon campus in
to this organization of colorful
background. It is the oldest and
one of the most honored institu
tions of common law and is
thought to antedate the Norman
conquest in England. A charter
was granted to the University law
school and a chapter established
last year.
Charter members are: Dean
Wayne L. Morse, Charles G. How
ard, Carlton E. Spencer, Claude H.
Brown, and Orlando J. Hollis.
Judge G. F, Skipworth, circuit
judge, will make a brief address
at the banquet. Professor Charles
G. Howard will preside over the
first part of the evening and Or
lando J. Hollis, professor of law,
over the contest.
In ASUO’s Final Spring Program
T \v o members
of the Christensen
bullet which ap
pears here tonight.
Above is Merle
Williams. Janet
Heed, right, is Bal
lerina. Both are
from Portland.
Official Notice
An official student body
meeting and nominating assem
bly will be held at It o’clock,
Thursday, April 16, in Gerlinger
hall.
(Signed) James Blais.
Mrs. Hopkins
To Sing on KORE
Professor and Mrs. George Hop
kins will be featured in the Art
ist’s Student program over KORE
tonight from 8:30 until 9:00
o’clock.
Mrs. Hopkins, an accomplished
vocalist, will sing Tosti’s "The
Last Song,” "Vissi D’Arte,”
"Vissi D’Amore,” “By the Bend of
the River,” and "Oh, ’Tis Snow
ing.” She will be accompanied at
the piano by Robert Garretson,
Student in the University school
of music.
Mr. Hopkins will speak on
"Music as a Hobby.”
This is one of a series of pro
grams presented each Tuesday
night over KORE by the Students’
Educational society.
Military Fledges
To Be Chosen
Scabbard and Blade, national mil
itary honorary, will meet tonight
at the ROTC barracks to discuss
men for pledging and to begin the
choosing of the five outstanding
freshmen in first year military, said
Tom Aughinbaugh, president of
the group.
A medal will be awarded to one
freshman from each of the five
companies on the basis of general
excellence in class and drill work.
Presentations will be made at one
of the parades to be held in May.
Junior officers selected bv the
group will be pledged at one of these
parades also.
Present officers of Scabbard and
Blade are Tom Aughinbaugh, presi
dent; Howard Patterson, vice-presi
dent: Marvin K. Stroble, treasurer;
and Allen Wall, secretary.
Margaret Jewell
Improves at Home
Margaret Jewell, daughter of
Dean J. R. Jewell of the education
department, who has been ill with
pneumonia at her home in San Jose,
California, is much improved, ac
cording to word received here yes
terday.
Mrs. Jewell is with her daugh
ter, being called last week when her
condition was reported serious.
Margaret IJtsoher Recovers
Margaret Litscher, assistant art
supervisor for cadet art teachers,
has been ill at her home for the past
week with a chin infection. She was
back on the campus Monday.
Smedley Butler
Will Speak Here
Famous Retired Marine
Corps Offieer to Talk at
Assembly April 20
Major-General Smedley Butler,
retired United States Marine Corps
officer, will speak at a general as
sembly in Gerlinger hall Monday
morning, April 20, under the joint
auspices of the University, the Ore
gon Student Federation, and the
American Student union.
General Butler, who is famous
over the entire nation for his force
ful speaking, will address students
on the topic, "War Is a Racket."
His talk will be the first event of
Peace Week, which will be observed
on the campus from April 20 to 25.
The assembly has been scheduled
for 10 o’clock. General Butler has
been invited to participate in an
open forum the hour following his
address, but since he speaks the
same evening in Portland it is not
certain that time will permit his ac
cepting the invitation.
President Boyer will preside at
the speech. Facilities of Gerlinger
hull will be taxed to the utmost, it
is believed, due to the great interest
in the retired marine corps officer.
Although the assembly is primarily
for students, many townspeople are
expected to attend.
General Butler, who is the recip
ient of a Congressional medal for
bravery in Haiti in 1918, and who
has been in the marine corps for 3fi
years, is nevertheless a severe critic
of the war "racket."
Prizes Offered
Ad Managers
The five daily advertising mana
gers of the Emerald will compete
each week until the end of the term
for a weekly cash prize to be given
for outstanding work.
Awarding of prizes will be based
upon general quality and coverage
of advertising. Managers compet
ing are Walt Vernstrom, Patricia
Neal, William Jones. Howard Over
back, and Francis Price and Louis
Lubliner, the latter two being co
managers.
Students Not Paying
Fees by End of Week
Will Be Suspended
Approximately ICO students
fa ilex! to pay the second installa
tion of registration fees at the
deadline Saturday. A late pay
ment charge of £5 cents a day
will lie made until payment is
made. I'nless arrangements are
made by the end of this week,
students failing to pay will be
suspended, according to E. P.
Lyons, I’nlversity cashier.
Final Spring
rerm Concert
In Igloo at 8
Hliristensen Dancers Will
End ASIJO Programs;
60 in Ballet
Accompanied by a cast of ap
proximately 60 cfancers and the
University of Oregon orchestra,
Janet Reed and William Christen
sen. who danced leading roles in the
Nutcracker, Chopiniana, and Cop
Delia ballets, well dance ‘‘Les Visions
de Massenet” for the campus and
ownspeople at the final spring term
concert of the associated students
in McArthur court tonight at 8
o'clock.
Almost immediately upon their
arrival, the entire company will be
nalled into rehearsal by William
Christensen, who has only recently
returned to Oregon after several
years of eastern stage successes. All
costumes will be taken from their
wrappings and pressed into order
by Mrs. J. W. Henselman, wardrobe
mistress. Scenery will be placed,
and the cast will complete last min
ute details for tonight’s concert.
Mischa Fell Director
Recognized as the coast's leading
dance group, the ballet will present
the same program it gave with the
Portland Symphony orchestra early
last month in Portland. Mischa
Pelz, well-known Portland musi
cian. will supplant Rex Underwood
as director of the University orches
tra tonight. He has arranged much
of the music for the ballets and has
been connected with the group for
some time.
Contrasting in both theme and
color, three complete ballets, one
French, one Spanish, and one Rou
manian will be presented.
“Les Visions de Massenet,” a bal
let of French fantasy, contains ex
cerpts from the opera, “Thais,” one
being the famous "Thais” Medita
tion. Others are the “Pliedre” over
ture, and “Scenes Pittoresques.”
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Skull and Dagger
Pledge Fifteen
Second - Year Honorary
Group Named at Frosh
Glee Saturday
In a gay Japanese setting, Skull
and Dagger pledged 15 outstanding
freshmen at ceremonies held be
fore an assembly of about 800 danc
ers during intermission of Frosh
Glee, Saturday night in McArthur
court.
As Dan Flood’s orchestra swung
into the opening dance tune, coeds
and their escorts, garbed in new
spring attire, were high in their
acclaim of dance decorations.
Those named at the impressive
Skull and Dagger pledging cere
monies were: Zane Kemler, Harlan
Duncan, Bob Bechtell, John Olson,
Harold Weston. Willie Frager, Jay
Langston, Bud Burnett. Bob Rec
con. Brock Miller. Jack Lochridge,
Clare Peterson, Bob Gridley, Jim
Wells, and Bill Cummings.
The initiation ceremonies will be
held later spring term.
Summer Session
Booklet Out Soon
Because of extra work in prepar
ing illustrations, the preliminary
catalog for the summer sessioh will
not be ready for distribution until
the end of this week. The catalog
was originally scheduled to conje
out some time last week.
The catalog will contain general
information in regard to the sum
mer session, and the list of classes
and instructors. A more detailed
description of the courses, with
time and place of meeting, will ap
pear in the regular summer session
catalog, which will be ready about
the end of May.
Five Entries Make
Ten in Infirmary
Five new patients w'ere admitted
to the University infirmary over
the last weekend to bring the total
confined to 10, three of whom
have measles. The new patients in
clude: Elaine Cornish, Margaret
Lange, Helen Gorrell, Clinton
Haight, and Clifford Morris.
The other five patients confined
, are: Robert Garretson, Roderick
I Vya, Kirk Eldridge, Doyle Pigg,
[ and Ila Rae Congleton.