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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1936
VOLUME XXXVII
NUMBER 109
Hammond And Finley Propose 1936 ASUO Programs In Platform Briefs
ASUO Reorganization Proposed
Final decision on the Hurd eligi
bility was handed down by ASUO
Prexy James Blais yesterday. He
accepted and passed the petitions
of Cecil Barker to replace Hurd on
the Finley ticket for vice-president
and the petition naming Jim Hurd
as candidate for senior man.
* * *
Opening the last lap of political
ballyhoo came the automobile pa
rade and dance in the men’s dorm
sponsored by the Hammond-for
president partv last night. If sup
port can be iudged bv the number
of autos in a. parade, Hammond has
almost doubled his backing since
the noon parade held last Friday.
Dancing in the men’s dorm topped
off the evening’s festivities. An in
termission was called shortlv after
the first few numbers at which Ken
BeLieu introduced Hammond and
the members of his ticket.
Hammond made a short speech
bringing out the fact that he was
glad to see so many smiling faces
and that he hoped they wouldn’t
forget him at the polls. All of
which sounds like something we
have h^ard somewhere before.
* * *
Finley politicos will gather at the
Beta house tonight to advance the
cause after parading: in and about
the campus. Grand finale to all po
litical log-rolling and ballyhoo will
come Wednesday night when both
parties will combine in a raucous,
horn-tooting parade through the
Fugene business section and re
turn.
Coalition and cooperation among
freshman politicians which came
last weekend with the lone nomina
tion of Harry Weston was not based
on such altruistic motives as it first
seemed.
The move was first labelled unity
in the freshman class, in an effort
to get away from appointment bick
ering within the class.
The truth of the matter became
known yesterday. The coalition of
political forces came about only af
ter Weston advocates signed an
agreement with the opposition
which guaranteed equal distribution
of appointments.
Beautiful as the motives were the
element of political distrust was
still present.
Leading Educators
Join Summer Staff
Two outstanding educators who
will join the staff of the Univer
sity of Oregon at Eugene for sum
mer sessions to be held June 22 to
July 31 are Dr. Howard G. Mer
riam, head of the English depart
ment of the University of Mon
tana and editor of the literary
magazine Frontier, and Eugen
Gustav Steinhoff, director of the
National School of Art, Vienna.
Calendar
Theta Sigma Phi will meet at the
home of Henriette Horak, president,
761% East Twelfth street at 7:30
tonight. Important business per
taining to Matrix Table will be dis
cussed. Every member must be
present.
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Canoe fete directorate members
meet in George Godfrey’s office in
Friendly this noon for pictures. This
meeting is important as the pictures
are needed.
* * *
H. M. meeting at 12 o’clock at
the College Side.
* * *
Spring basketball practice starts
at 7:30 tonight in Igloo. Coach Hob
son announced officially last night.
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General Butler Denounces
War, Big Business, Diplomats,
To Big Crowd in Gerlinger
President Who Keeps Us
Out of Conflict to Be
Hero, Says Marine
Vigorously denouncing war, big
business, politics and diplomats,
Major-General Smedley D. Butler,
retired marine corps officer, yes
terday told 2000 students and
townspeople in Gerlinger hall that
the president who would give his
word to keep the United States
out of war would be the greatest
man in the world since Christ.
“The fellow who says that there
shall be no war—I’d vote for him
if he were a Budhist,” the general
reaffirmed in the short open semi
nar after the scheduled talk, given
from 10 o’clock to 11:20 before a
packed hall.
Diplomats Ridiculed
General Butler, who held his
audience with sparkling humor
and vivid statements, complained
bitterly about the use of the
American flag as a tool of diplo
mats and international bankers.
Diplomats he ridiculed as “politic
ians out of a job, who talk on the
intake.”
“it there is any blood of mter
I national bankers in our flag, it’s I
in the yellow fringe around it,”
Butler remarked caustically to an
amused audience. He went on,
however, to explain the sacredness
of the flag which in his mind
should stand for all of the people.
Patriotism Defined
“Patriotism is love of the homes
—the 22 mililon of them with their
roots in the ground,” explained the
the peace-seeking professional
soldier. “It’s not the pride in the
strongest army or navy. That’s
nationalism.”
Economic ventures of gigantic
corporations, like the New York
City bank and the Standard Oil
company, were blamed by Butler
for United States participation in.
wars. This makes it necessary for
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Dr. P. A. Parson Will
Speak at Oak Grove
Dr. P. A. Parson, head of the so
ciology department, will speak be
fore the “Greater Clackamas Un
ion of Clubs, Thursday, April 31 at
Oak Grove.
This organization is a federation
of community clubs in Clackamas
county. Dr. Parsons will speak on
social welfare with special refer
ence to child welfare and recreation.
Peace Advocates
To Meet Tonight
Optional ROTC Drive to
Be Started by Students
And Townspeople
Oregon's first student-led initia
tive will be launched tonight as
Eugene peace advocates, students
and townspeople, rally to a mass
meeting at the Y hut at 7:30. The
initiative, seeking to making mili
tary training optional at the Uni
versity and Oregon State, will get
under way formally with this first
city-wide meeting.
Prominent speakers are to be
featured on the program. The pro
posed campaign will be chalk
talked, quotas for petition pushers
set up, strategy and tactics dis
cussed, petitions checked out to
crews of local pushers, and a
social period observed, during
which refreshments will be served.
Enthusiastic leaders of the cam
paign sent out 200 cards today,
urging attendance at the kick-off
meeting. Yesterday's mail brought
strong support from Senator Peter
Zimmerman, who contributed five
dollars and announced his willing
ness to serve on the state advisory
committee. The Civil Liberties
Union of Portland sent $8.50 to
the campaign fund and pledged
five dollars more. The organization
endorsed the initiative and prom
ised active support.
Further backing came from Rev.
George Poor of Portland, who
pledged to turn in 500 names, and
from Richard L. Neuberger, state
head of the student fee referendum
a year ago.
Church support is beginning to
pile up as Rev. Cecil F. Ristow,
church secretary, contacts min
isters throughout the state. The
Lane County Federation of Wom
en’s Clubs last Saturday pledged
$13.80 to the initiative and more
than 30 members promised active
help in obtaining Lane county’s
quota of 5,000 names.
More than 100 students and
townspeople are expected at to
night’s meeting. Actual petition
pushing will get under way to
morrow. Mimeographed instruc
tions have been prepared for work
ers along with the reasons for the
initiative. Letters are also being
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Hammond Platform
We do not intend to conduct this political campaign by appeal
ing for your support on the basis of political appointments or
lineups. Wre believe that there exists on the campus, at this time,
a definite need, in fact, an urgent need for a constructive plan of
action in student affairs. All of you who have followed campus
activities for the past few months are forced to admit that the
associated students of the University of Oregon has been subjected
to financial embarrassment as a result of the optional fee readjust
ment and statewide misunderstanding due to students matters of
controversy. Whether you believe that the past changes or the
proposed changes are beneficial or not, the fact remains, and we
are forced to admit it, that we do not have a responsible and
efficient means of ascertaining student opinion on questions and a
responsible agency by which to iron out our problems.
* * *
We believe the solution to the problem lies in the creation of
a representative and effective studnt legislative group. Our plan
is brifly this:
1. The creation of a student council composed of one member
elected by each sorority, fraternity, dormitory, independent organi
zation, and responsible representatives of unaffiliated students.
This student legislature will be guided by its elected officers, the
A SUO president being the chairman, etc. It will hold regular
meetings and be subject to call for special meetings. When any
student controversy arises, any interested parties may appear be
fore the group and explain their views, then after due deliberation
the group as a whole will ascertain the true opinion of the student
body. This group may very well have its own student court and
cite violations of regulations before it. Here will also be formulated
all broad plans for campus activities such as homecoming, and
other ASUO problems.
» * •
2. The above council, it seems, might have some voice in pub
licizing the student opinions in the Emerald. While it will in no way
interfere with the rights of individual staff members it may very
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Peace Talker
Executive secretary of the na
tional council for prevention of war
Frederick J. Libby will make two
Eugene appearances today as the
second peace week speaker. Libby
will give an afternoon address in
alumni hall, Gerlinger.
Libby Appears
For Peace Week
Head of War Prevention
Council Will Speak to
Townsmen at Noon
Frederick J. Libby, executive sec-1
retary of the National Council for
Prevention of War, Washington, D.
C., will appear in Eugene for two
meetings today, as the second at
traction in the local Peace Week
program.
Mr. Libby’s first appearance will
be before a group of business men
and newspaper editors in a noon
invitational banquet at the Del Hey
cafe, at which time he will speak on
“The Threat of War and What You
Can Do About It.” Additional seats
can be reserved through Mrs. W. H.
Maxham, 1608 Alder street.
University students will hear
Mr. Libby at 2 o’clock in the alumni
room in Gerlinger hall on subjects
related to student opinion on war.
A brief discussion period will start
at 1:30 for students making special
arrangement with Miss Betty
Hughes at the University YWCA.
The ROTC initiative topic will be
discussed at length as it is the first
time that Oregon citizens will be
given a chance to vote directly on a
matter concerning militarism, if
the initiative succeeds in getting on
on the November ballot.
Has Studied Europe
For several summers Mr. Libby
has studied the peace and war sit
uation in Europe and visited the
League of Nations. The National
Council for Prevention of War of
which he is the head, is a fact-find
ing, peace news clearing house for
17 national organizations. It serves
now over 30 affiliated organizations
throughout the United States.
It is the largest non-endowed
peace organization in the country
and the second largest in the world
from the standpoint of staff, bud
get, and scope of its activities. Its
goal is to keep America out of war j
and to keep war out of the world.1
Official Notice
The following persons have
petitioned for senior class of
fices. They have been approved
and their names will appear on
the election ballot of April 23.
I)ave Morris, president.
Patricia Neal, vice-president.
Betty Coon, secretary.
Ralph Finseth, treasurer.
(Signed) Jack MeGirr,
Junior ('lass President.
Liquid Air Talk
In Villard Tonight
Elliott James Will Lecture
And Give Experiments
No Admission
Elliott James, demonstrator of
the properties of liquid air at the
Chicago Century of Progress expo
sition for over a year, will present
a lecture upon the subject of liquid
air tonight at eight o’clock in the
assembly room in Villard hall and
give accompanying experiments
similar to those conducted at the
world's fair.
Sponsored by the faculty of the
science school, the lecture will be
the seventh of the series of popular
science lectures planned for the
school year.
I-ecture Non-technlcal
The lecture will be non-technical
and of interest to both those who
have little knowledge of science,
and those interested in the physical
and chemical aspects of the demon
stration.
It is the policy of Mr. James to
present a scientific program in a
colorful and entertaining manner,
according to Dr. O. R. Stafford,
dean of the lower division and ser
vice departments, who saw James’
exhibitions in Chicago.
Open to All Interested
The experiments and demonstra
tions accompanying the lecture will
be upon the proper ties of liquid air
that has a boiling temperature of
about 312 degrees below zero, and
the behavior of different substances
at this temperature at which all
liquids are. frozen and most gases
liquified.
There will be no admission charge
and the lecture will be open to any
one interested.
Geography Class
Makes Field Trip
An all day trip to the coast was
made Sunday by members of the
field geography class. The class
drove to Florence and then down
the coast to North Bend.
They studied land formations and
the general physiography of the Pa
cific coast. About ten made the
trip. James Stovall, geography
professor, led the party.
Members of the Condon club,
geology honorary, also made a field
trip Sunday. They climbed Pisgah
mountain, which is about seven
miles southeast of Eugene, and col
lected different types of minerals
found there. Among some of the
specimens brought back were
agates which had been formed in
cavities of larger rocks by deposits
of silica and then washed loose.
Faculty Doffs Cap and Gown
To Hawk Lowly rSinker5
Tomorrow is the great day! Wed
nesday the faculty will come down
to earth from theory-making and
student-torturing to be just ordin
ary, everyday salesmen —doughtnut
salesmen at that.
In four booths the profs will
change their profession, as if by a
rub of Aladdin’s magic lantern.
Aprons and mess jackets are in or
der. Students will see their erst
while slave drivers in front of the
College Side, some place between
Commerce and Oregon, at another
spot between McClure and S. H.
Friendly halls, and still at another
location in front of the old library.
Now is the time to determine the
versatility of our own grade-givers.
All of this is the decree of Dr.
Rudolph Ernst, head of the faculty
committee which is in charge of
raising funds for the new library
browsing room.
Among the volunteers are: Karl
W. Onthank, dean of personnel;
Mrs. Alice B. tyacduff, assistant
dean of women; Mrs. Hazel P.
Schwering, dean of women; John
Casteel, head of the speech depart
ment; and Virgil Earl, dean of men.
To be certain that they will win
the nickels from the innocent stu
dents and the faculty, University
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I Pendarvis Dance
Tickets All Sold
Fifty Ducats Left Will Go
To Oregon State Today,
Dan Clark Cays
Tickets for the Journalism Jam
boree, annual dance sponsored by
Sigma Delta Chi and featuring the
music of Paul Pendarvis, are gone,
according to Dan Clark II, general
chairman of the dance.
"There are about 50 tickets left
on the campus," Clark said, "and
those 50 will be collected some time
today. Many students at Oregon
State have written over requesting
tickets to the Pendarvis dance, so
we are going to take what tickets
remain unsold here and send them
to Corvallis.”
Promised Tickets Resell
Clark also issued a warning to
house representatives, saying that
tickets which had been promised
but not paid for would be collected.
“Either get the cash,” he said, “or
give up your unsold ducats. We
can sell the remaining few in one
dav at Corvallis.”
Rumors which have it that more
tickets for the dance have been
printed are absolutely false, accord
ing to Clark. Most of the 600 orig
inal admissions were snapped up
the first week they were on sale.
The scattered few which are left
will either be sold or sent “down
the river” to Corvallis by Wednes
day evening.
Theta Chi-DG
Booth Win Cup
‘Dario’ Coaxes Most Coins
From Patrons; SAE, Tri
Delta Place
Theta Chi and Delta Gamma,
with cries of “darto” at the annual
women’s carnival in the Igloo Sat
urday night, were awarded the sil
ver loving cup for the most attrac
tive, biggest nickel-catcher, and
best all aroud booth.
Featuring their booth was a 40
foot dart which was suspended from
the high ceiling of McArthur court
and a public address system. In
charge was Herb Clark for Theta
Chi and Hazel McBrian for Delta
Gamma.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta
Delta Delta pounded through the
evening of hilarity with honorable
mention for their “chuck-o’-Luck"
booth. Also mentioned for their
originality were Kappa Kappa
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Official Notice
A change in nominations for
the offices of vice-president and
senior man will appear on the
ballot of April 28.
Petitions nominating Cecil
Barker for vice-president of the
student body, and Jim Hurd for
senior man have been passed
and accepted.
(Signed) James Blais
President.
Nominees Picked
For Co-op Board
Plank, Drew, Thompson,
Hall, Cannon, Lnvaas,
Sleiter Named
Paul Plank, Frank Drew, Bar
ney Hall, Kessler Cannon, Dick
Sleiter, William Thompson, Phyllis
Gardner, and John Luvaas were
nominated for membership on the
1936, ’37, and '38 University of
Oregon Co-op board at a meeting
of some twenty students in 105
Comem rce yesterday.
Gardner, Luvaas, and Thompson
were nominated for the single
sophomore seat on the board, and
Plank, Drew, Hall, Cannon, and
Sleiter will compete for two year
senior memberships.
McClain Gives Report
The annual report, given by
Marion F. McClain, manager of
the Co-op, showed that the volume
of business handled by the store
reached $50,914.80 during the last
year with a gross profit of $12,
117.18. $7,154.44 went for salaries
for the manager, two full time
clerks and five part time workers.
Net profit for the year reached
$375.22.
The University Co-op was
established by the ASUO twenty
years ago, and after operating two
years a poor football season neces
sitated that it be sold to pay a
$35,000 debt.
Bankers Issued Loan
After two years of private own
ership, Eugene bankers issued a
blue sky loan and the project was
again under way. Faculty mem
bers were sold 7 per cent interest
bearing stock in the University
Supply company, as it was called
then. The stock has since been
called in entirely.
During depression years the
store ran on the border and for
two years was coming out in the
red.
Though the Co-op belongs to the
ASUO, it is run as a separate
business, members of the student
body being elected every year to
the store’s board of directors.
Finley Platform
1. Action through the executive council to handle a state-wide
"goodwill” campaign toward those persons who control the general
policies of the University.
This objective can be .secured by a standing committee which
will entertain and accomodate visitors from their respective parts
of the state. By contact with students on the campus, coupled with
an enjoyable visit, much can be accomplished in forming among
higher-ups, who in a large degree control many of the University's
general policies, a much more advantageous attitude.
Friendly, personal contact is a milepost on the way to state
wide support of this school.
2. A concentrated promotional campaign to interest high school
students in the University.
Invitations should be extended to sill high school groups to
hold state conventions. From these groups comes the material
which can build the University, but at the present time little or
nothing is being done to introduce them to the campus.
Interesting these hign school students in Oregon campus life
and Oregon schools and departments will ultimately benefit the
entire system.
All campus problems will be handled through the new executive
committee with cooperation from the administration.
Not much can be planned at the present time on such matters
as fees, et cetera, because of the centralization of authority in the
hands of the president of the University.
An entirely new reorganization of the ASUO is imperative.
That being the case, most action will have to be reserved until the
new organization is functioning.
To advocate policies which come within the consideration of
this group is betting on an uncertainty.
Let the new group attain creation first; then after its power
has been defined let it take the necessary action in regards to fees
and other current problems; which any well meaning president and
council will do for the best advantage of the school.
| Board To Hear
Boyer’s Plan
On Monday
Educational and Athletic
Activities Would Be
Divided in Change
By WAYNE HARBERT
A proposal which would definite
ly divide athletics from other activ
ities, including forensics, music,
and publications, will be submitted
to the state board of higher educa
tion next Monday at the Ashland
meeting by Dr. C. Valentine Boyer,
University president.
The move, anticipated as a neces
sity for financial stability of the
ASUO, will provide for a unified or
ganization which will be headed by
the president of the University. The
group which will serve under him
will be comprised of an athletic
board and another division provid
ing for educational activities. The
former group will be composed of
10 members while the educational
group will consist of four councils,
each composed of two students and
three members of the faculty.
Features Two Heads
An athletic and educational man
ager will head the two divisions, re
spectively. Dr. Boyer will name
these managers after consultation
with the boards, the plan provides.
On the athletic board will be five
members, the president and vice
president of the ASUO and three
alumni, one of which must live in
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Jewett Entries
Deadline Friday
Finals in Speech Contest
Will Be Given Tuesday;
20 Are Entered
Friday noon is the dead line for
all entries in the W. F. Jewett after
dinner speaking contest for all un
dergraduate men, announces J. L.
Casteel, speech director.
The final contest, for which six
men have signed, will be held April
29. In the two after-dinner speech
contests held for women, 14 women
are entered, eight in the one for
dormitory women, six in the con
test sponsored by the Orides, inde
pendent women.
The general subject for the men’s
contest is ‘‘American Messiahs.”
Contestants may take up any phase
of the subject dealing with individ
uals, organizations, or movements
whose intention is to save the
country. Treatment may be humor
ous, satiric, critical, or commenda
tory.
Speeches are to be six to eight
minutes long. Prizes offered from
the W. F. Jewett fund are $20, $15,
and $5.
Entrants are: Howard Kessler,
“For a Brave Nude World”; Bill
Marsh, “Loncoln, the Man”; Walter
Eschebeck, “Townsend"; Avery
Combs, “William Jennings Bryan”;
Bill Lubersky, "F. D. Roosevelt”;
and Howard Ohmart, “American
Legion.”
Reed College Lit
Prof Will Speak
Dr. Victor L. O. Chittick, profes
sor of literature at Reed college, will
lecture on “The Left-Wing Poets,”
Thursday evening in room 12 of S.
H. Friendly hall at 7:30 o'clock.
The talk will be the third of the
University lecture series by the
committee on free intellectual ac
tivities, of which Dr. Dan E. Clark
is chairman.
Dr. H. D. Sheldon, professor of
education and history, will give the
fourth and last lecture about the
middle of May. Other speakers in
this series have been Jiro Harada,
lecturer in Oriental art, and Cor
nelius DeVilliers, w’ho visited on the
campus last fall.