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Midterms and Politics Over, But Only Two Weeks ’Til Jur' ~ Weekend Opening; Day Postponed for Two Weeks by Rain OREGON DAILY EMERALD n i* .ort Page Tells Latest Track Dope Today OREGON’S INDEPENDENT COIXEGE DAILY VOLUME XXXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY. APRIL 25, 1936 NUMBER 113 Choir Plans Presentation Of 'Requiem’ Polyphonic Group Will Give Concert May 1; Paul Petri to Direct The annual spring concert of the polyphonic choir has been an nounced for Friday, May 1, at 8 p. m. in the school of music audi torium. Under direction of Paul Petri the chorus of 110 voices will present "The Requiem,” said to be one of the most beautiful works that has come from the pen of the master, Guiseppi Verdi. Among many fine concerts spon sored by the school of music the annual concert of the polyphonic choir is rated outstanding and at tracts capacity crowds. No admis sion is to be charged. Miss Schatz Accompanist Phyllis Eileen Schatz will act as accompanist, Robert Gould will as sist at the orean and solo parts will be taken bv Mrs. L. J. Mur dock, soprano, Mrs. Bruce Spald irie, mezzo soprano, Charles J. Fahey, tenor, and Robert Mc Knight, bass. The program includes: No. 1. Requiem and Kyrie (Req uiem et Kyrie) soprano, mezzo-so prano, tenor, bass, and chorus. No. 2 Day of Anger (Dies Irae). Four solo parts and chorus: “Day of Anger” (Dies Irae) chorus. "Hark! the Trumpet” (Tuba mir um) chorus. "Now the Record” (Liber Scriptus) mezzo - soprano and chorus. "What Affliction (Quid sum, miseri) soprano, mez zo-soprano and tenor. "King of Glories” (Rex tremendae) quartet and chorus. "What Affliction” cordare) soprano and mezzo-so (Please turn to parje two) Eugene Girls To Honor Mothers Tonqueds Will Serve Tea Sunday in Gerlinger Hall From 4:30 to 5:30 Nearly 200 mothers of Eugene girls in the University have been invited to tea Sunday afternoon at Gerlinger hall by Tonqueds, organ ization for Eugene girls. Kathleen Hoaglum is in charge of arrange ments. Tea will be served from 4:30 to 5:30 with Mrs. E. R. Endicott, Mrs. F. L. Stetson, and Mrs. Karl Onthank pouring. Mrs. Hazel Schwering and Mrs. Alice Macduff have been invited as special guests. Committees include: Invitations: Jean MacLaren and Helen Nelson; decorations, Mary Hunt and Lorraine Hunt, hostesses, Mollie Bob Small, servers, Jean Tavlor and Maude Edmunds, food, Beulah Chapman, Dorothy Row land, and Mildred Morgan, the first one named is chairman in each case. Matli Honorary Names Fifteen Fifteen students who have com pleted at least two terms of cal culus with average mathematic grades of B or above and whose other grades are at or above the all-University average, were elect ed into membership of Pi Mu Ep silon. national math honorary, yes terday. Honored were: Paul Brainard, Jule F. Graff, George Jameson, Donald Johnson, Ralph Johnston, Gordon Link, Mary McCracken. Elizabeth McGirr, Willard L. My ers, Kenneth Reeves, Ted Russell. Max Saunders, Whitney Scobert. Thurston Skei, and Fergus Wood. Officers for the coming year were also elected: Katherine Ste vens. director: Fergus J. Wood, secretary-treasurer. A sum of $20 was voted by the group as its do nation to purchase math books for the browsing room in the new li brary. A department of justice file in Washington contains 1800 differ ent automobile tire patterns. Dean Allen Writes Friends Of Warming Sunrhine9 Fun Aboard Atlantic Steamer The editing class of the journalism school lias received n letter from its traveling dean, Erie W. Allen, who is now on an extended tour of Europe. The letter was mailed aboard his steamer April 5. Excerpts from the letter: “This is the night of the captain's farewell dinner and the costume ball and T. filled to the gills with one, and playing hookey from the other, am just sitting down to create a slight diversion. . . . Europe is just ahead—tomorrow is the last day on board. America is far behind—we have scarcely heard the English language spoken for the last week. T have carefully concealed the fact that my own youth was misspsent in exactly tlie way most of you are misspending yours—the result it that f scarcely know when a German adjective takes the weak or Lilt; strong ending, ur wucn a sentence ought to end with a habe gehabt geworden sein. I have therefore been studying grammar mornings and reading Edgar Wal lace detective stories in German evenings, and playing the German version of shuffle board and ping pong in between. “The first part of the trip was a pretty strenuous race against time across the country. The doc tor held us to the last minute on account of Bill's (his son) flu and pneumonia and we had to drive 400 miles a day. At Pendleton Bill awoke with a fever and we tried to get our Eugene doctor on the long distance from there but failed. When we left Boise the snow was falling and the wind was blowing. In Wyoming it was five below zero. In Idaho, and again in Nebraska, the mud guards were repeatedly so filled with ice that the car would not turn corners. “We made the trip, however, on time at a cost of only $40 worth of gas and two quarts of oil. We had nearly a day to spare in New York and saw many friends, among them the faculty of the Columbia school of journalism with whom Bill and I visited. “The warmest weather we have had has been right here in the middle of the Atlantic. I haven’t used even the light overcoat I brought with me but have been sitting on deck daily in a compar atively light suit. That may not mean much to you if this letter reaches you an a fine Eugene spring day, but it meant much to us after our race across the bit terly cold mountains. “One cannot help liking these Germans. They have not the gracious manners toward strang ers that characterize my friends the Japanese, Chinese, and Mexi cans. But they do what they say, and everything is punctual to the tick of the clock. Every man is definitely and carefully trained for his job and he takes his work very seriously no matter how humble it may be. This ship is exceedingly well equipped and is kept scrup ulously clean. The cooking is grand, and the only difficulty is to keep from eating like a hog. They have a kind of gift for merry making, too, that takes the shine off anything I ever saw in Mc Arthur court or any Eugene fra ternity house. They love to sing (Please turn to page two) Ten Men Pledged To Asklepiad, Pre-Med Honorary Ten outstanding sophomore pre medical students were pledged last Wednesday evening by Asklepiad pre-med honorary, it was con firmed yesterday by Robert Cathey, president. The pledges, who have been seen on the campus wearing a small bone as a sign of their admittance to the society are: Raymond Hiroshige, Andy Karstens, Andrew Bogdonovitch, Henry Ash, James Perkins, Dick Hill, Thomas Fuson, Robert Gould, Max Carter, and Jack Newman. Good scholarship and excellence in the pre-medical field are the qualification necessary for the pledges chosen by Asklepiad. They will be formally initiated Friday, May S. Plans are being made by the society for a lecture on hypnotism. The date has been set as May 12. Tickets will go oh sale in a short time. Elder, Overgard In Yeomen Race Irwin Elder and Alvin Overgard were nominated for the office of president of the Oregon Yeomen next year at a meeting of the or ganiaztion Wednesday night. Phoebus Klonoff and Howard Lee are candidate for vice-presi dent. Lew Evans and Ernest Sav age are running for secertary, while Wililam Gieseke and Harold Strawn were nominated for treas urer of the organization. At the same time the newly written constitution of the Yeo men was read. A copy will be posted in the YMCA for those who wish to read it. Jameson Speaker For PE Club Monday S. H. Jameson, professor of sociology, will speak on “The Value of a Sociological Back ground to Physical Education Majors,” at the meeting of the Physical Education club next Monday evening, April 27. Sophs, Striving for Goodwill Of OSC, See Jail Walls By WAYNE HARBERT Brimming with that dear old spirit of congeniality with the stu dents at OSC down the river at Corvallis, four Oregon sophomores jumped into their Chevrolet Tues day night and chased to Benton county to arrange a picnic between the two second-year classes. Messengers of goodwill making the trip, which was to develop into an escapade, were: Elizabeth “I’m a Pi Phi” Turner, Bob "Chi Psi” Wilhelm, Lyle “I Used to Be Pres ident” Baker, and Ralph “Mary’s Got My Pin” Cathey. Cruising into the city of the col lege, the four sought the powers of OSC’s sophomore class to plot a picnic at some half-way point. They forgot all about Corvallis’ stringent rules of traffic. Also they didn’t know about a cop called “Squirrely” by the farm er lads and lassies. It seems that he is the scourge of campus driv ers. Attempting to park, Wilhelm i pulled up to the curb in Eugene fashion but was halted by "Squir rely” on his running board. “It’ll cost you five bucks for this,” he threatened. “What do you mean by that,” asked Driver Wilhelm, innocently enough. “Mind your business or it’ll cost you double,” warned the guardian of the pedestrians. Lacking the necessary currency, the worried sophs accepted “Squir rely’s” invitation to the city bas tile to learn their fate for parking in a style not fashionable. After a short period of earnest! pleading, the more liberal-minded judge accepted a single dollar in payment for the terrible wrong the students had pulled on the streets of Corvallis and dismissed them to drive carefully for the 40-mile stretch to Eugene and nice police men. The picnic question still is an undetermined event of wondering sophomores. Applications For Fete Jobs Are Requested Continuity Writer and Announcer Sought by Chairman Lowry Applications for the positions of j continuity writer and announcer I of the Canoe Fete, to be held May ' 9 of Junior Weekend, will now be [ accepted by Dave Lowry, chairman of the water festival. One person may apply for both positions, but applications for either will be gladly received by the fete directorate. As soon as a sufficient number of students have asked for these positions, they will be tried out in some competitive manner to be arranged later by Lowry. Special music arrangements are being discussed by Helen Jones, autoress of the ‘‘Star Dust" theme, and Lowry. Miss Jones has also been assisting in the plans for individual house floats. Construction of the stage for the fete has been progressing rapidly under the direction of Kermit Paulson. The framework of the platform, located across from the Anchorage bleachers, is almost completed. The throne of Junior Weekend Queen, the orchestra, and the anouncers will be on the com pleted platform. No changes in the songs to be used as the theme of individual floats have been made by the houses. The 10 floats will represent the songs originally scheduled for them at the first drawing. Kenny Allen’s 11-piece orchestra will play for the event. He is said to have a very good reputation in Portland, Lowry stated last night. Poetry Reading Finalists Picked Bikman, Cannon, Pillette, Bromberg, Miss Bauer Are Chosen George Bikman, Stanley Brom berg, Kessler Cannon, Marion Bauer, Milton Pillette, and John Luvaas were chosen for final competition in the annual W. F. Jewett poetry reading contest to be held April 29 in the men’s lounge of Gerlinger hall. Twelve students participated in the preliminary contest. Prizes of $20, $15, and $5 will be awarded to winners in the final. Prize winners last year were: first place, Roberta Bennett, who read Tennyson’s "Ulysees,” Ches terton’s “The Donkey,” and Mil lay’s “Oh, Oh, You Will Be Sorry for That Word”; second place, Alice Hult, with the selections, the 19th Psalm, Keats’ "On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer,” and Sarett’s “Wind in the Pine”; third place, Stanley Bromberg, with the speech of Gloucester from Richard III, Act I, Scence I, Keats’ “'Ode to the Grecian Urn,” and Milton’s sonnet, “On His Blind ness.” Three-City Radio Program Coming Inaugural broadcast of Oregon’s first intra-state radio chain, the Oregon Network, is scheduled for Sunday from 9:15 to 11 p. m. over stations KSLM, Salem, KXL, Port land, and KORE, Eugene. Art Holman’s orchestra will start the inaugural program from station KORE with symphonic arrangements of popular numbers. The next feature on the program will come from Salem and the fol lowing one from Portland. Back around the circuit the program will swing for dedication speeches by mayors of Eugene, Salem, and Portland. Featured on the program is a short play, “Eve of Evelyn.” The cast includes Ottilie Turnbull Sey bolt, Yeoda Brown, William Cot trell, Guy Wernham, and Parks Hitchcock. The program will end with features originating in Salem and Portland. Queen of Weekend Will Be Elected Next Thursday Ten coeds from the junior class | will be chosen by any student who | wishes to vote next Tuesday for his choice of the Junior Weekend queen to occupy the throne of honor at all events. A ballot will be printed in Tues day morning’s Emerald. No voting qualifications must be possessed by students who wish to name . their choice. Voting will be in the j College Side, Betty Coon, chair j man of the queen's reign, has announced. Wednesday noon the 10 women | will be whisked over the leading streets of the campus in convert ible coupes so all may better judge their final choice which will be made on Thursday. Only student body card holders will vote on the final choice. The four ranking next highest will be maids of honor and will attend the queen who will be ; crowned officially at the campus luncheon Friday noon, May 8, as the opening event of Junior Week end. _ Marie Cavanaugh Wins $50 Award Spurlock and Miss Sooville Rate Next in Edison Marshall Contest Marie Cavanaugh, sophomore in journalism, won the first prize 6f $50 in the Edison Marshall short story contest for her story, "Sep tember Love,” Prof. W. F. G. Thacher, who was in charge of the contest, announced yesterday. Those awarded honorable men tion were Virginia Scovttte, junior in journalism, for her story, “A Fanfare to Judy Marsh,” and Clark Spurlock, sophomore in social science, for his story, “Brady Was in It.” Nineteen manuscrips were en tered in the contest, which is the twentieth of its kind sponsored by Edison Marshall, former student in the University, and now one of the foremost writers of fiction in the United States. Miss Cavanaugh, who lives in Oregon City, is a member of Mr. Thacher’s class in short story writing. Judges in the contest were Mrs. Clara Fitch, secretary to the dean of the graduate school; Kenneth Shumaker, supervisor of the Eng Ish bureau; and Victor Kauffman, former student in the University who is now a profesional writer. Winner of the contest last year was Ruth McClain, then a senior in English. Tiny White Collie Pup Theta Chi Pet Added variety to the host of canine mascots of sororities and fraternities, Theta Chi has adopted a bouncing 5-weeks-old white col lie pup for its official dog. The newcomer is not yet capa ble of negotiating its way around the campus because of his extreme youth and inexperience. It has not yet even a name. The pup is rapidly winning the attention which was given the fra ternity’s police dog, “Kiemmel” which was killed by an automobile near the College Side a year ago last fall. Westminster Will Elect Officers Sunday Westminster association will! elect officers for 1936-1937 at the forum meeting Sunday evening at 6:30. Frank Evensen will discuss plans for the spring conferences to be held on the McKenzie May 2 and 3. Edna Carlsen will conduct the worship service. Tea will be served at 6. Miss Lois Lutz, Lane county home demonstration agent, will be the speaker at Westminster morn ing group Sunday at 9:45. Her talk will be the third in a series on “Community Service.” Laura Bry ant will have charge of the wor ship. Science Talk By R.W. Chaney Is Wednesday General Assembly Slated So Students Can Hear Noted Paleontologist Ralph W. Chaney, professor of paleontology at the University of California and nationally-known authority on that subject, will speak at a general assembly in Gerlinger next Wednesday at 11 a. m., according to announcement from Dean Onthank’s office. Topic of his address will be “A Scientist's Adventures in Mongolia and Central America." Speaker Is Traveler Born in Chicago in 1890, Dr. Chaney has done field work on Cenozoic paleobotany in Central and South America and has visited Mongolia, China, the Philippine Islands, Manchukuo, Chosen, and Japan on other expeditions study ing fossils and flora. On several of these expeditions he has accom panied Roy Chapman Andrews, world-famous explorer, who spoke at Oregon several years ago. Although Professor Chaney has never spoken before the Univer sity student body he is no stranger to Eugene and its vicinity, having been here to gather material for a book on the flora of Goshen, a small town 10 miles east of here. Chaney Arrives Tuesday Dr. Chaney will arrive on the campus Tuesday in order that he may attend the banquet of Sigma Xi, science honorary, at which he is scheduled to speak. His subject will be “'Ancient Forests of Ore gon.” For his speech at Gerlinger, Pro fessor Chaney will be introduced by President C. Valentine Boyer. PE Faculty Attend Mt. Hood Meeting Miss Harriet W. Thompson and E. R. Knollin, professors of physi cal education, are in charge of dis cussion groups at the spring meet ing of the Oregon State Physical Education association. The meeting is being held at Mazama lodge at Government Camp, Mt. Hood, today and to morrow. Other faculty members attend ing the meeting are Earl E. Boushey, Miss Florence D. Alden, Miss Warrine Eastburn, Mrs. Faye Knox, and Miss Janet Woodruff. Eight Patients Left In Infirmary Friday Eight students were confined in the University infirmary last night according to reports of the Uni versity health officials. Jane Chapler was the only new patient to be admitted and the other seven include: William Rob inson, Woodrow Robinson, Clyde Walker, Doyle Pigg, Richard Reum, Floyd Conner, and Jack Gavin. Baseball Diamond Officially Named H. C. Howe Field It’s Mis Field Now Long awaited questioning as to the future name of Oregon’s new “Anonymous” baseball field ended yesterday with offieial christening of the grounds as “Howe Field” in honor of Prof. H. C. Howe, who is Oregon faculty representative in the Pacific ('oast conference. ‘Write Home,’, Asks Committee f Mother’s Day Group Will Contact Houses Today For Cooperation With “Write - a - Letter - to - Mother” as their password, a group of students will visit every living organization on the campus sometime today to personally ask every student to cooperate in ex tending invitations to “moms” to visit on the campus Junior Week end, May 8, 9, and 10. The personnel of the speech and pamphlet - distributing group is Mary McCracken, Toni Lucas, Hat Kistner, Evelyn Porter, John Mc Cleod, William Chambreau, James Morrison, and Bill Marsh. Virginia Endicott, chairman of the banquet the evening of May 9, has announced that chicken will be featured on the menu. “Last fall the dads who came down for Homecoming and Dad’s day were treated with chicken so we thought that we couldn’t slight the mothers with anything less than the popu lar fowl of the dinner table,” she said. Others on the Mother’s day di rectorate with Miss Endicott and Marsh are Co-chairmen Lucile Mc Bride and Grace Peck, Wayne Har bert, Margery Kissling, and Mar jorie Smith. Lady Primrose Gets $1265 at Lawyers’ Moo9 Trial Lady Primrose was avenged to j the tune of $1265 Thursday night | nt the moo’ trial ti third year law students when Otto Vonder | heit. dairy farmer, was awarded 1 damaeres from Alton Hakanson who descended into his herd with a parachute, stampeding his 36 cows into a barbed wire fence. Winner of the 1934 Oregon Jer sey show. Lady Primrose was the pride and joy of Farmer Vonder heit's herd, his only livelihood. When Hakanson, whom the plain tiff charged with negligence, was forced to bail out of his plane, his parachute frightened the cows, who saw him descending and ran into the fence. They were cut and damaged, two so badly that they had to be killed. Attorneys for the plaintiff, Or ville Wilson and Ann Hutchinson, called Ray Mize, manager of the local airport, to testify that the dependent was a flying student. Discrepancies in Mize’s testimony I were evidently ignored by the jury, as it awarded judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Herman Hender shott, veterinarian, related on the stand the details of Lady Prim rose’s tragic death. Witnesses introduced by defense attorneys B. L. Coan, Tom Hart field, and Gordon Campbell were Hakanson, Fid Schlesser, and Don | aid Heisler. Heisler, who has a farm adjoining Vonderheit’s stated that planes frequently pass over his farm. Vonderheit said that his cows had never before seen a para chute. Heisler testified that the parachute did not scare his cattle who were across the fence from the stampeding herd. Attractive Ann Hutchinson pleaded with the jury to grant her client damages amounting to $1385 to compensate for the harm done him and his herd by the negligent descent of Hakanson. Vonderheit’s other attorney, W'ilson, motioned (Please turn to page tzvo) Proxy Rover Performs Christening as Rain Drenches Grounds on Opening Day Oregon's varsity baseball field will hereafter bear the name of Professor Howard Crombie Howe, a pioneer in athletics here. Rain yesterday mined ail opening fes tivities, but the dedication of the field was performed by President Boyer between showers and be fore several hundred faithful fans, who held hopes of seeing a game until the last minute. As he dedicated the field Boyer said. "Professor Howe has en deared himself to the students of the University of Oregon, both past and present, through his vigi lant protection of their rights in the athletic world. His loyalty and his sincerity in his contacts with the athletics of this University have moved those in charge of the naming of this beautiful field to forever consecrete his name. Name Bestowed "Therefore, by the powec in me vested as president of the Univer sity of Oregon, on behalf of the students both past and present, on behalf of the faculty and the state at large, I hereby dedicate this field and bestow upon it the name of Herbert Crombie Howe field.” BovardJWashke Return to Campus University PE Men Attend Annual Conference in St. Louis, Missouri John F. Bovard, dean of the physical education school, and Paul R. Washke, director of men’s gym, returned Wednesday from St. Louis, Missouri, where they have been attending the annual conferenc of the American Physi cal Education association. Dean Bovard is a member of the governing board and of the legis lative council. Mr. Washke was elected chairman of the intramural group of the APEA. Mr. Washke reports having seen two former Oregon faculty mem bers, Dr. Delbert Oberteuffer, now with Ohio State university, and Dr. Harry Scott, with Rice Institute. Both men were directors of the men’s gym at the University. Many interesting speeches were given, said Dr. Bovard. Of partic ulary interest and importance in regard to its effect on the Univer sity was the speech given by President Linderman, who spoke on standards for PE schools. This subject has been studied for several years with little success, said President Linderman. In order to get an idea of what are the best subjects in PE, questionaires will be sent to the prominent schools. From the curricula of these schools standards in physical edu cation will be made. Dorothy Nyland Loaves for East Dorothy Nyland and Elizabeth Hughes left Thursday for the East to confer concerning religious work. Miss Nyland, for several years director of Methodist student ac tivties at the University of Oregon, went to Cleveland, Ohio, for a general conference of Methodist church leaders which is held every four years. While there she will confer with missionary authorities in regard to establishing Wesley foundation units in Japan, where she expects to go within the next six months. She is expected to re turn to the University of Oregon before the end of the term. Miss Hughes, who recently re signed as executive secretary of the University YWCA, will go to Swarthmore college, where she will take courses in peace work.