Eat Doughnuts
For Easy Chairs in Now
Drowsing Room
OREGON DAILY EMERALD
OREGON’S INDEPENDENT COLLEGE DAILY
VOLUME XXXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1936
NUMBER 110
Political Torches Will Flare in Tonight’s Gigantic Vote-Seeking Parades
L,et mere rirst De pui to rest
rumor that Gib Schultz, the “fair
haired” boy of the SAE’s, had
skipped over to the Finley side of
the fence. If for no other reason
than that he is in the infirmary
with measles and unable to skip
anywhere, he is still number two
man on Fred Hammond’s ticket.
As fallacious as the above was
the warning by the muffled voice
that called the Chi O house the
other eve to whisper a report of
Hammond promising Tri D e 11
Stevenson Junior Weekend Queen
in exchange for the gals votes for
him.
We have just found out the
reason for the unusual display of
courtesy by the Phi Delts, ATO’s,
and others, in walking out as
nominee Hammond began his ac
ceptance speech last Thursday. It
seems the boys were hungry, and
who can hold a hungry Phi Delt?
Facts are coming to light with
the dawn of every day. It comes
from reliable quarters that on the
night of filing “Boss” Finley at
11:30 p. m. was still frantically
scouring the campus for someone
to run on his ducat. Rush, rush,
rush—up to the dorm to try and
corner Eschebeck’s long name, up
to Alpha Chi's palatial home to
try and swing Margilee Morris to
his way of thinking, up to the
Delt's to assure Jim Blais- that in
spite of all hell and half of Georgia
he would somewhere find those
three missing names. The hesi
tancy of all approached to accept
is reported to have arisen because
the horn of plentiful promises
never ran dry, and everyone had
heard that—well, after all, they
ARE just so many of the golden
aples on the tree of appointments.
Even the Maestro should have
known that!
Considerable concern is being
shown in some quarters because
Hammond is actually conducting
an “unpolitical” campaign. A
sorority member said in awed
terms that she thought the man
was really sincere—“the speech
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Finley
Rebuttal
The suggested student council of
the Hammond platform is merely
a vote-drawing gesture, and would
fail miserably in any attempt to
wards actual ascertainment of stu
dent opinion. Greek letter organi
zations, through superior numbers,
would have control of the council
and shut off independent student
opinion. Each organization, as a
flattering move from the Ham
mond group, would on the surface
have power of expression, but any
political faction in power would
see that no such opinion would
escape their direction and super
vision. Thus the group as a whole
would be subject to direct domin
ation by party leaders, and would
merely be a political machine of
the party in office. There would
be no fixed responsibility.
Hammond's suggested council
would therefore be only an en
larged duplication of the present
executive committee as proposed
by the new ASUO constitution,
and would be a superfluous body
to the one Hammond already pro
fesses to support. The group of
some 50 members would be a ridic
ulcusly*unwieldly and cumbersome
body, at all times subject to polit
ical manipulation.
The idea that the Emerald
should be throttled by a group that
will by its very membership be
partisan is entirely too dictatorial
and extremely antagonistic to the
broad ideas of freedom of the
press. Such suppression would kill
the very essence of the aim of anj
good paper.
* * *
The proposal of Hammond foi
a graduated student body card sale
it entirely beside the point in that
such power resides with the Uni
versity president and the state
board. The recent actions of the
president have been indicative
that a split fee will be arrangec
with one card for athletics, anc
another for educational activities
We are in entire accord with suet
a move which would insure finan
cial stability and has the backing
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International
Ball Climaxes
Peace Week
Model League Members
To Discuss Rhineland
Remilitarization
Peace week, inaugurated Mon
day by General Smedley D. But
ler’s speech at crowded Gerlinger
hall, will be climaxed Friday night
by an International Ball at 9
o'clock in Gerlinger, at which Dr.
Richmond, official flag man of the
Rotary club, will be guest of honor.
Next to last event in the" week
long parade for peace will be the
model League of Nations assembly
slated for Thursday night at 7:30
in Villard hall. The meeting, first
attempted on the campus, will, as
the name suggests, present a
model league meeting. Students
representing France, Germany,
Russia, Italy, England, Japan, and
the United States, will defend or
attack the remilitarization of the
Rhine, according to which country
they are upholding.
Students participating in the
assembly and the parts they will
play are as follows: Walter "Esch
beck, president; Don Serrell, first
French speaker; Carl Anton, Ger
man representative; John Luvaas,
Russian representative; Jason Lee,
U. S. observer; Charles Shmomura,
Japanese observer, Ortin Goodwin,
Italian repreesntative, Maxwell H.
Morris, English representative;
and Kessler Cannon, second French
representative. Students of the
University and townspeople of Eu
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Yeomen Nominate
Officers Tonight
Yeomen meeting has been
changed back to tonight and not
postponed as was announced in
yesterday's Emerald.
There will be nominations for
officers for next year but the dis
cussion for next year's plans will
be cut short so that the meeting
will not last too long.
Fred Gieseke, president of the
Yeomen urges that all the mem
bers be there and on time.
Learned Faculty Turn Doughnut Venders
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The halls of knowledge will be vacated today by these five 1
members of the University faculty wlio will lend their efforts to sell 1
enough doughnuts on the campus to raise needed funds to furnish
the browsing room in the new library. Left to right: Sirs. Alice
Macduff, assistant dean of women; Karl \V. Onthank, dean of per- 1
sonnel, C. Valentine Boyer, University president; Frederick M. Hunter,
chancellor of state higher education; Virgil D. Earl, dean of men;
and Hazel P. Schwering, dean of women.
Faculty Stages Campus-Wide
Doughnut Sale Today
Girls Assisting in Sales Are1
Naine<l;# Funds Will Aid
Browsing Room
Faculty members will take to
booths today in a campus-wide
sale of doughnuts given to raise
money for the new library brows
ing room. Dr. Rudolph Ernst, head
of the faculty committee for
raising funds, will be assisted by
Karl W. Onthank, Mrs. Alice B.
Macduff, Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering,
and Virgil Earl.
Student-aides of the faculty
doughnut drive will sell from
booths located in front of the Col
lege Side,' between Oregon and
Commerce, before the old libe, and
between the art school and Mc
Clure. The -names of saleswomen,
places, and hours as released last
night follow:
College Side: 9-10, Jean Urfer;
10-11, Jeanne Aronson; Margaret
Goldsmith; 11-12, Esther Clausen;
12-1, Faye Buchanan, Estelline
Bell; 1-2, Nancy Ogden; 3-4,
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Qualifications of Craig Finley,
Would-Be Prexy, Told
Craig Finley, backed by
eight fraternities, seeks the
head office of the ASUO with
a host of activities on the cam
pus. Houses behind, him with
their votes: Phi Delta Theta,
Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha Tau
Omega, Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi
Kappa Psi, Chi Psi, Sigma Chi,
and Beta Theta Pi.
Finley’s activities since en
tering University: co-chairman
ASUO drive winter term, Skull
and Dagger president, chair
man frosh glee. Homecoming
dance directorate, vice-presi
dent Phi Delta Theta, speakers
and rally committees.
Cecil Barker, candidate for vice
president, is vice-president of Phi
Sigma Kappa. His activities on the
campus include: Skull and Dagger,
rally committee for two years,
frosh glee committee, sophomore
informal directorate, chairman of
ASUO drive, and was temporary
chairman of the junior class last
term.
Jean Stevenson, candidate for
secretary on the Finley ticket, is
a member of Delta Delta Delta
sorority. Her activities: vice-presi
dent of the freshman class, Dad’s
day directorate, YWCA doughnut
sale, president Amphibians, AWS
speaker's committee, rally com
mittee, WAA council, frosh
counsellor, and Waffle Wiggle
directorate.
Marjorie Kissling, seeking the
office of senior woman, comes
with the following list of activities
to prove that she is a campus lead
er: Thespian, Kwama, Phi Theta'
Upsilon, Gamma Alpha Chi, Phi
Chi Theta, WAA council, YWCA
frosh committee, frosh glee and
sophomore informal directorates,
i Mother's day committee, junior
prom, AWS reporter, and former
member Emerald staff.
Jim Hurd, aspirant for senior
man, is persident of his house,
Beta Theta Pi, and was co-captain
of this season’s championship
swimming team. He won all
American honors in the East.
Charles Erwin, an Alpha Tau
Omega, is suporting Finley for
junior finance man. He was a
member of the frosh glee direc
torate last year and secretary of
his house. Incidentally, it was Er
win who produced the worst beard
for last term’s sophomore whis
kerino.
Optional Military
Drive Under Way
Petitions Against Foreign
War to Be Circulated in
Living Groups
With the arrival of petitions
from Salem the Oregon Committee
for Peace and Freedom officially
began their state optional military
initiative drive last night at a
meeting held in the Y hut. Cam
paigning for the 16,371 signatures
necessary to put the measure on
the ballot will begin immediately.
Glen Griffith, secretary of the
YMCA, Mrs. George Winchell,
president of the Eugene Women’s
club, and Rev. Rristow, Methodist
pastor, spoke to the members of
the committee, giving them advice
and pledging the support of their
organizations.
According to plans submitted by
Howard Ohrnart, 6,000 signatures
should be obtained by the local
committee from Lane county. Five ,
thousand are to be collected in ;
Portland, 3,000 in Salem, and the j
remainder from Granges, labor ]
organizations, clubs, and churches.
In conjunction with these activ
ities, as a part of Peace Week,
petitions against war on foreign
soil will be circulated locally, with
the view of sending them to the
Oregon senators and congressmen.
Representatives will take them to
all fraternities tomorrow. Satur
day, under the direction of Gladys
Battleson, they will be distributed
among the sororities.
An address on student wcffk in
regard to peace will be given at 4
o’clock this afternoon in Gerlinger
hall by Serril Gerber, national
field secretary of the ASU. All
members of the ASU and student^
interested in peace may attend. '
Brooks to Be
Graduation
Day Speaker
Ballard Is Baccalaureate
Choice; Exercises Will
Be Week Early
Stratton Duluth Brooks, nation
ally known educator and ex-presi
dent of the University gf<Jklahoma
and the University of Missouri,
and Dr. Hudson J. Ballard, min
ister of the First Presbyterian
church of Portland, have been
baccalaureate speakers, it was an
lounced last night. Topics of their
iddresses were not made public.
Dr. Brooks, born in Everett,
Missouri in 1869, gained promi
lence during the war years of 1917
md 1918 when he was federal food
idministrator for the state of
Oklahoma, resigning in 1923 to
recome head of the University of
Missouri where he remained until
1931. Since 1931 he has been ex
ecutive director of the Order of
De Molay.
students Know Ballard
Reverend Ballard, the Bacca
aureate speaker, is known to Ore
gon students through his talks
iere winter term in the love and
narriage series. He has been min
ster of the First Presbyterian
?hurch for the past year, coming
:o Portland form Oxcidental col
ege of Los Angeles where he was
professor of religion.
The Commencement speaker,
Dr. Brooks, is a graduate of the
University of Michigan, taking his
B.A. there in 1896. He later at
:ended Harvard, receiving h i s
master's degree there in 1904. His
LL.D. degree he got from Colby
?ollege, completing his work there
in 1912.
Brooks Is Phi Beta Kappa
He is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, the National Society for
;he Scientific Study of Education,
ind the National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America.
Commencement exercises will be
leld a week earlier this year in
irder that the full facilities of the
University will be available. For
merly held at the end of the
examination week, they will be
leld June 1 this year, the day pre
?pdinp* thp stnrfr nf PYaminaticna
Campus
❖ Calendar
Mother's day directorate meets
this afternoon at 4 o’clock in the
College Side.
An important meeting of Kwama
will be held today in the AWS
room of Gerlinger hall at 4 :30.
Alpha Delta Sigma business
meeting tomorrow at 4 p. m. ir
Professor Thacher’s office.
* * *
There will be an important meet
ing of the speakers committee
Thursday at 4 o'clock in the Col
lege Side.
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Daily Staff Members
Plan Special Editions
At Meetings Tonight
—
Emerald workers will meet in
105 Journalism tonight at 7:30
(o discuss plans for the annual
special editions of the Emerald.
These editions, produced by the
men, women, and freshmen, will
come out during the remainder
of the term.
Robert Lucas, editor, requests
tlia^every member of the staff
be present. The special editions
will he judged, and the winners
will he given a prize by the
losers. The women’s edition won
last year’s contest.
Third Moot Trial
Case Concerns
Injured Cow
The third ease in the series ox
moot trials put on by the law
school trial practice class, will
take place Thursday at 7:30 in the
Lane county circuit court. A mem
orable feature is that this is the
last case in the 1936 series in
which an attorney of the fair sex
will participate. The public is in
vited to attend.
The case concerns an action
brought against Alton Hakanson
by Otto Vonderheit for the loss of
two cows and injuries to other bo
vines, suffered when Hakanson
landed by parachute in a field ad
joining Vonderheit's farm. The
parachute caused Vonderheit’s herd
of Jerseys to stampede into a
barbed wire fence.
Ann Hutchinson and Orville Wil
son will act for the plaintiff op
posing three barristers for defense.
They are Gordon Campbell, Burton
Coan, Thomas Hartfiel. The other
officers of the court will be taken
by George Hibbard, bailiff-notary;
Robert Hunter, clerk and James G.
Smith, reporter-sheriff.
Witnesses for the plaintiff are
Herman Hendershott and Dorothy
Kliks. Witnesses for defense are
Donald Heisler and Edward Schles
ser.
Political Ballyhoo
Ends Tonight On
Eve of Balloting
Official Notice
Student body elections will be
held Thursday, April 23, be
tween the hours of tl a. m. and
3 p. ill. at the VMC'A hut. Class
presidents will conduct their
own class elections and must
furnish material and ballots.
The associated students will
furnish the ballot boxes.
Signed,
Itoland Ilourke,
Vice-president,
Associated Students.
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Lowry Asks for
Fete Float Plans
.Stand Construction Jolt Is
Directed by Paulson;
Progress Is Made
Detailed plans for the 10 Canoe
Fete floats, including color com
binations and sketches must be
handed in to Dave Lowry, chair
man, today, according to regula
tions of the annual celebration.
Proper lighting and writing of
the continuity will be understaken
as soon as the plans are submitted
by the houses, Lowry announced.
Work has been progressing quite
rapidly in laying the foundation
for the famous festival.
Paulson Constructs Stands
Construction of the stands is be
ing directed by Kermit Paulson.
This job is being particularly well
done, according to Lowry, who
commended Paulson upon his in
dustrious work.
Information in regard to the
costumes of the persons on the
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Fred Hammond, Aspiring Head
Of ASUO, Lists Record
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Banking their votes behind
Fred Ilaintnond in his bid for
th(> presidency of the student
body are nine fraternities and
the dormitory: Sigma Nil,
Kappa Sigma, Delta Tan Delta,
Sigma Alpha Mu, Pi Kappa
Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Delta TTpsilon, Theta Chi, and
Sigma Phi Epsilon.
During his freshman year,
Hammond headed his class as
president. Since then In* has
entered the law school, been a
member of the men’s-debate
squad, earning a certificate, co
chairman of the sophomore mem
bership drive, chairman of the law
school dance, and president of his
fraternity, Kappa Sigma.
Under Hammond’s guidance,
i this year’s Junior Weekend activi
ties have been whipped into reali
zation of a successful event by
Their Hats in Ring for ASUO Presidency, and Vice Presidency
Craig Finley
Cecil Barker
Gilbert Schultz
Fred llammom!
Chairman Hammond.
Gilbert Schultz, Hammorid’s
candidate for vice-president, is a
varsity track man and a member
cf Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
He has been appointed chairman
of this year’s Junior Shine day set
for later in the term and is secre
tary of the Order of the O.
Grace Peck, who seeks the office
of secretary at the polls Thursday
was president of Chi Omega soror
ity. Her activities: secretary of the
junior class, frosh commission,
freshman discussion group, Thes
pian, YWCA membership drive,
YWCA regional tea committee,
Homecoming directorate, Waffle
Wiggle committee, coed capers
committee, and vacation dance
directorate. She is now co-chair
man of the Mother’s day commit
tee.
Pearl Johansen, who is on Ham
mond’s ticket for senior woman,
lists the following activities since
entering school: health week tea
directorate, Homecoming commit
tees, YWCA membership drive, Phi
Chi Theta, Phi Theta Upsilon,
chairman frosh counsellors, AWS
council, chairman junior skit at
coed capers, frosh handbook staff,
sponsor charm school, received
junior certificate with honors priv
ileges, and a member of WAA.
She is president of Delta Gamma
sorority.
Walter Eschebeck seeks the
position of senior man as an in
dependent representing the dormi
tory. He has been a varsity de
bater, earing a certificate, assis
tant chairman, Junior Weekend,
and is president of Alpha hall and
of the inter-dormitory council.
Bill Pease, Hammond’s choice
for junior finance man, was secre
tary of Theta Chi fraternity. His
activtics: member and officer of
Skull and Dagger, Homecoming
committee, sophomore informal
directorate, Whiskerino committee,
and ASIJO ticket drive. Pease has
been active on the staff of the
Emerald as a reporter.
Hammond, Finley Rush
Last Preparations to
Snare Voles From All
ASUO Card Holders
Climaxing' tonight's campirs
torchlight parade, University stu
dents will go to the polls Thursday
from 9 to 3 to elect student body
and class officers, members of the
Co-op board, and accept or reject
the new proposed ASUO constitu
tion.
Blaring auto horns and lusty
lunged campus politicos will sound
the end of bitter pre-election cam
paigns tonight when both Ham
mond and Finley factions celebrate
with parades and dancing. Effort
will be bent, today and tonight, to
ward lining up the last stray
votes.
Hammond Backers to Dance
Hammondites will gather in
front of Delta Tau Delta at 7:45
o’clock to travel the campus. The
entourage will end at the Delta
Gamma house to dance until 9:30
o'clock.
Finley's boys will assemble at
the Phi Delta Theta house at 7:45
to honor their candidate for ASUO
president. They will proceed and
in all probability join the Ham
mond parade to tour the campus.
Following the parade Finleyites
will dance in the Sigma Chi house.
Six ballot boxes and a long bal
lot will face voters when polls open
in the Y hut Thursday morning.
Rollie Rourke, ASUO vice-presi
dent, who is in charge of voting on
all student body matters will fin
ish selecting an election board to
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Hammond
Rebuttal
Personally I feel there is neither
anything advantageous gained to
either party nor anything con
structive offered to the students of
the University through a newspa
per discussion of the platforms of
opposing political forces. It would
seem that once the candidates have
set forth their views the students
should be permitted to judge for
themselves the merits of the re
spective platforms. If further ex
planation is desired, it seems that
candidates might appear before an
assembly of the whole student
body and explain in more detail
their various proposals than be
limited to an attempted tearing
apart of opposite platforms in an
effort to discredit opposing person
alities or in a gesture of self-de
fense.
* * *
We realize that under the new
constitution, the president of the
University will have the ultimate
say in the management of extra
curricular activities; but what of
student opinion and interest in
their own student body govern
ment? Surely the students as a
whole want to express their opin
ion and offer suggestions to whom
ever has the last say in the man
agement >f student affairs.
As I understand Finley’s plat
form, it seems that several of his
proposals are excellent in that
they set forth desirable efforts to
be made by the University, as for
example his proposal for a “good
will” campaign handled by what
he suggests as a standing commit
tee to greet out-of-town visitors.
Why couldn't such a committee
be appointed by a student legisla
tive group in which representatives
from all factions on the campus
would be represented by vote?
This is only an incidental matter
in the much greater problem of
building up the machinery to han
dle all student affairs. It is only
one of the many functions to be
handled by the student legislative
council which I hope to see estab
lished on this campus,
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