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VOLUME XXXVII
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1936
NUMBER 126
Strenuous Weekend Over, Now For A Health-Radiating Tan O ^ The Race
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Fish Beta Key
Award Planned
For Swimmers
Other Features Be in
Prepared for ‘Floatin
University’
TO TO
Ey HELEN FERGUSON
The Fish Beta key, the highest
reward for aquatic merit, will be
awarded to three graduating sen
iors of the “Floating University”
at 8:00 o’clock tonight and at 8:30
p.m. Thursday in Gerlinger pool.
The chancellor of the University
will present the keys.
Qualifications for entering the
Fish Beta contest are most diffi
cult and only five members of the
large senior class have passed
these qualifications. On the night
of graduation, the five candidates
will try every fishy trick known to
win a key. The three winners will
join the ranks of the immortal Fish
Betas. Consolation prizes to the
losing contestants are the regula
tion, all wool, grade-A diving suits,
complete with a life buoy.
Many Features
Graduation is only one of the
feature events of the “Floating
University” presented by the Am
phibians, women’s swimming hon
orary. and the men’s varsity swim
ming team. A very watery take
off on the recent Junior Weekend
includes a Canoe Fete with floats
and a lovely queen; a promenade;
fancy diving exhibition; formation
swimming, men’s races, and a wa
ter polo game to represent the Ore
gon-Washington fracas.
Reports have it that Mike Hoy
man, coach of Oregon’s famous
varsity swimmers, will render a
solo entitled “Would God I Were a
Tender Apple Blossom.” Bix Huff
man will accompany him with a
fog horn.
Members Listed
Warrine Eastburn, Helen Fabri
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'Back to Oregon?
Pledge of New
Soph '38 Club
They're very much on the cam
pus now, these Kwama and Skull
and Dagger men and women, but
as provision against the vagaries
of time, the members of the sopho
more service honoraries banded to
gether in the '38 club last night
and vowed to return to Oregon
once each year.
On one Saturday, the club mem
bers are pledged to gather at high
noon at the Anchorage—or any
successor inn on the millrace site—
Saturday of Junior Weekend.
The action to form the club
came at a banquet in the Anchor
age last night when the organiza
tions combined for their last for
mal functions.
Each member signed the pledge
to return every year during the
weekend and to attend the banquet.
In case anyone is unable to attend,
he or she is to send a telegram or
letter to those attending the meet
ing telling what he is doing and
where he is.
Following the banquet, and in
response to demands for an ad
dress, Isobelle Miller, Oregon’s
Emily Post, shocked the group
with the brief statement that ‘T’ve
been so busy gulping my food that
I haven't had time to see if every
thing is in order.”
Lyle Baker and Ralph Cathey,
who will wander in Europe next
year, gave a brief sketch of their
proposed travels.
Robert John Wilhelm, speaker of
the evening, was introduced by
Woodrow Truax, Emerald radio
editor.
Order of O Meets
At Phi Sigma Kappa
During Lunch Today
The Order of the “O” will
hold a noon meeting today at
Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
.Members are asked to bring
35 cents for back assessments.
Distribution of keys will be dis
cussed, along with other busi
ness.
Soloist
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Bill Sutherland, Jjnlor Gleeman,
will be one of the soloists on the
combined program of the Eugene
Gleemen and the Janior Gleemen
which is to be held at the music
auditorium on Thursday evening.
Hypnotism Talk
Attracts Hundreds
Popular Ideas of Theory
Groundless, Mr. Beck
Tells Audience
A student participating in a
stage demonstration in Villard hall
last night, stood with his eyes
closed, and following the hypnotic
suggestion given him by L. F.
Beck of the psychology depart
ment, slowly leaned forward and
began to fall before he opened his
eyes. The demonstration was part
of a lecture in which students and
townspeople crowded Villard hall
to hear Prefessor Beck sweep aside
the beliefs that underlie the popu
lar conception of hypnotism.
“One of the greatest factors to
be combated in the study of hyp
nosis, declared Professor Beck, is
the belief that a person is a virtual
slave of the hypnotizer. This is en
tirely ungrounded.”
Professor Beck, in reviewing the
historical development of hypnotic
study, pointed out that the first
crude attempts used by European
charlatans were responsible for the
general misconception of the
science.
Motion pictures taken in Pro
fessor Beck’s class in abnormal
psychology showed interesting
responses of persons acting on
suggestion while in hypnotic sleep.
Minor mental disease and afflic
tions can be cured by hypnotism,
and actual photographs of a boy
being cured of amnesia were
shown.
Pi Lambda Theta
To Install Officers
Installation of officers for Pi
Lambda Theta, national education
honorary for women, will take
place Monday evening, May 18, at
the home of Mrs. F. L. Stetson.
The officers, elected at the April
meeting, include: Miss Marie Tin
ker. president: Mrs. Maxine Con
stance, vice-president: Miss Betty
Harcombe, treasurer; Miss Edna
Starret, recording-secretary; Mrs.
Mildred Williams, keeper of rec
ords; and Mrs. D. R. French, cor
responding-secretary.
Kappa, Theta, Theta Chi
Libe Pictures Shown
“Books for Fun,” an article in
the April edition of Banta’s Greek
Exchange describes the libraries
which are being built up by three
campus houses. Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Theta Chi, and Kappa Al
pha Theta.
Illustrating the article are sev
eral photographs taken in the li
braries mentioned. A description
is given on how these libraries are
built up and of the aid given them
by the University through its cir
culating collection.
Daughter Born to Grad
A daughter, Winnefred Eliza
beth, was born April 14 to Dorothy
Dixon Wall, graduate from Oregon
in 1925. Mrs. Wall is living in
N'Kana, Northern Rhodesia,
Africa.
Campus Term of 'Pigging’
Found to Date Back to Early
Days of University’s History
Ey DOROTHY DILL
"Pigging" seems to be a word
more fitting to the rural vocabu
lary of Oregon State College than
to the sophisticated lingo the Web
foots sling around. And yet it's
here, and here to stay, and seem
ingly indispensable There's a
story behind its meaning, and it
concerns a boy. a girl, and a pig.
Long, long ago when the Uni
versity was a babe-in-arms and
when everyone knew what every
one else did on Saturday nights
there was a freshman who devel
oped a weakness for a farmer's
daughter in Springfield. Every
week he would trek faithfully out
in the country to see his love, until
his devotion became a by-word on
the not-so-large campus. Her
father had pigs, as was usual with
Springfield farmers, and fellow
classmates had difficulty deciding
whether the stricken one was in
terested in the lady or the porkers.
Well, anyway, the poor fresh
man, who must have been fond of
his rural sweetheart to put up with
all this, found he was being ac
cused of "pigging.” He promptly
returned the compliment, whether
the date in question was in the
country or not. Soon “pigging”
became synonymous with “dating.”
We wonder, did he marry the girl ?
Several attempts have been
made to remove the undignified
word from the campus tongue, but
Oregon hangs onto her traditions.
When Grace Edgington was dean
of women, she originated a contest
to invent a word which would re
place “pigging.” One lucky stu
dent snagged the $5 prize with
"Juning” (get it? June-ingl, but
we can’t remember having seen or
heard the word since.
There’s a word on every campus,
it seems. Oregon State “fusses,”
and our “Pigger's Guide” becomes
their “Fusser's Guide.” One Cali
fornia school gets dignified and
calls it “queening.” But Oregon’s
not proud, and as long as there’s a
building left on the campus, there
will be “piggers” to sit on its steps.
KKG Fellowships
Are Again Offered
Three fellowships of $500 each
are open to women students this
spring for graduate study in the
field of human relationships, sci
ence, and the arts, according to in
formation received from the dean
of women’s office. Sponsored by
Kappa Kappa Gamma, these fel
lowships are awarded each year to
students of any college or univer
sity where there is a chapter of
the sorority.
Last year a University of Ore
gon student, Dagmar Haugen of
Eugene, was awarded one of the
fellowships.
To qualify for the award it is
necessary that blanks be obtained
from the dean of women's office
and returned by May 15.
Gold Glasses Found
A pair of gold-rimmed glasses
were found on the campus during
junior weekend by Willis C. War
ren, librarian. Owner may have
same by seeing Warren at the main
library and identifying the glasses.
Campus *
❖ Calendar
Strawberry festival directorate
will meet at 4 today in the Side.
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Dean Sheldon will give a Univer
sity lecture tonight at 7:30 in room
12, Friendly. The public is invited.
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Pi Mu Epsilon meeting today.
Initiation in Gerlinger lounge at 6
o’clock. Dinner at Anchorage at
6:30.
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All girls interested learning
about Seabeck, YWCA summer
camp, are invited to meet at the
bungalow tonight for a Seabeck
rally from 9 to 10:15. Refresh
ments will be served.
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Order of the O meets at noon to
day at the Phi Sigma Kappa house.
Canoe Fete Float
Pictures Available
At News Bureau
Flashlight photographs which
were taken of floats in the canoe
fete Saturday night may he se
cured by students, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Pictures were taken shortly be
fore they drifted down the mill
race but some are rather poor
prints. Unusually good pictures of
the following floats are available:
“Kathleen Mavourneen,” “Minuet
in G,” the queen's barge, “Oh Su
zannah," “Genevieve, Sweet Gene
vieve,” “On a Bicycle Built for
Two." and “Whispering.”
The winning float “In the Shade
of the OJd Apple Tree,” was an
chored across the millrace and the
picture is not too good, although
all details are plainly outlined.
Mediocre prints of “Lovely Lady,”
and “Song of Love” are available.
Students desiring photos may se
cure them by calling at the Uni
versity news bureau in Friendly
hall or by calling Wayne Harbert
atl920. The 5x7% prints are be
ing sold for 25 cents each.
An excellent picture of the main
stage was taken.
Women Urged to
Buy Gardenias
Flower for Every Man at
Mortar Board Ball Aim
Of Committee
A gardenia on the lapel of every
man at the Mortar Board ball is
the aim of the AWS gardenia sale
committee which this year is tak
ing over the sale as a project. The
flowers will be sold in all women’s
living organizations.
‘It is only fair that every man
wear a gardenia on this one occa
sion in view of the numerous cor
sages they must send to women,”
Martha McCall, president of the
associated women students, said.
Representatives in the houses
are: Alpha Chi Omega, Esther
Clausen; Alpha Omicron Pi, Vir
ginia McCorkle; Alpha Gamma
Delta, Margaret Carman; Alpha
Delta Pi, Gretchen Smith; Alpha
Phi, Barbara Fairhurst; Alpha Xi
Delta, Beth Prat; Chi Omega
Lois Ann Whipple; Delta Delta
Delta, Bette Needham; Delta Gam
ma, Maude Edmonds; Gamma Phi,
Mirian Fouch; Kappa Alpha
Theta, Mary Fales; Phi Mu, Lu
cille Fincke; Pi Beta Phi, Felker
Morris; Sigma Kappa, Genevieve
McNiece; Zeta Tau Alpha, Ruth
Lake; Hendricks hall, Phyllis
Gardner, and Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, Mary Jane Mahoney.
A radio program to advertise
the drive further is planned for
Tuesday, May 19, acocrding to co
chairmen Hallie Dudrey and Laura
Edmonds.
Caswell Sends Book
Revision to Publisher
Dr. A. E. Caswell, head of the
physics department, sent the re
vision of his book, “An Outline of
Physics,” to the Macmillan pub
lishers last Saturday. Th4 revision,
which is very thorough, is the first
to be made since the book was
published in 1928 and is the result
of two year’s work on the part of
Dr. Caswell. The book will be re
leased from the press in late Feb
urary or early March.
Graduate of ’29 Married
Pauline Gutherie, graduate, from
the University in 1929, and Wil
liam Lawson Baugh Jr. were mar
ried in Los Anegles on May 1. Mrs.
Baugh is affiliated with Phi Mu
sorority, and with Mu Phi Epsilon,
women's national music honorary.
She is choir director and soloist
of the West Adams Presbyterian
church in Los Angeles. Mr. Baugh
is a graduate of Columbia univer
sity law school, New York, and is
practicing law in Los Angeles,
where the couple will live.
Graduating Seniors
Asked to Pay $6.50
Coin wen re m ent Fee
i
In order that all diplomas
may l>o ready on Commence
ment day, the graduation fee of
$6.50 should l»e paid by all grad
uating seniors as soon as possi
ble, according to the register'*
office. Early payments will per
mit those diplomas to he made
first, and will remove part of
the last rush.
No senior should expect to
graduate in June who has not
received a “Statement of Stand
ing Toward Graduation” from
the registrar’s office.
Four Juniors Win
Shine Day Awards
D. Griffin, K. Coney, Fix,
Breaul Sell Most Tiekets,
Receive Cigarettes
Awards to Dorothy Griffin, Kay
Coney, Eldon Fix, and Denny
Breaid for selling the most tickets
for the junior shine day May 7,
were announced last night by Gil
bert Schultz, chairman of the
event. Gross proceeds were $29.20,
the largest since pre-depression
days.
Each of the winners will receive
a tin of Philip Morris cigarettes,
donated by the campus representa
tives, Stanley Bromberg and Zol
lie Zolchock. Dorothy Griffin sur
passed all other workers with a
total of 40 tickets sold.
Records of other high salesmen
were: Kay Coney, 22; Eldon Fix,
21; and Denny Breaid 20. Kay
Eisman, Kay Skalet, A1 Henke and
Milo Lacy all sold more than 10
tickets.
Schultz was very well pleased
with the success of the traditional
day. He reported a net profit of
approximately $15. Thanks of the
junior class and the committee
were also extended by the chair
man to all students who contrib
uted to the success of the shine
day.
Charles Fahey
To Sing Friday
Appearing in his final perform
ance before graduation, Charles
Fahey, student in the University
school of music, will sing Friday,
May 15, in the music auditorium.
Mr. Fahey studied voice in Port
land before coming to the Univer
sity three years ago. Since then
he has been instructed by Paul
Petri, professor of voice at Oregon.
He sang the leading tenor role in
“Requiem,” spring music concert.
Mr. Petri will accompany him.
NEA Meet Expected
To Attract Students
It is expected that the meeting'
of the National Education associa
tion in Portland this summer will
attract a greatly increased number
of students from other states to
the University summer sessions
this year.
The Portland session will be dis
missed during the entire week of
June’29 for the reason that the
Lincoln high school building will be
needed for the sessions of the NEA.
Classes on the campus will be
dismissed for three days to enable
students to attend the sessions of
the NEA. The time missed will be
made up on Saturdays.
6 Infirmary Patients
All Have Measles
Each one of the six patients con
fined in the University infirmary
has German measles.
The six are: Jean Palmer, Jean
Gulovson, Gale Smith, Nathaniel
Israel, Roderick Aya, and Harold
Niemi.
Ex-’35’s Marry
Announcement of the marriage
on March 23 of Mae Schnelbacher,
ex-’35, to Mark E. Cory, ex-’35, in
San Francisco, has been received
on the campus. Mrs. Cory is a
member of Alpha Gamma Delta
sorority and of Phi Chi Theta hon
orary. Mr. Cory is a member of
Phi Kappa Psi. He is now with
the RKO film company in San
Francisco where the couple is liv
ing.
Long-Time
Job Service
Opens Today
Employment Bureau for
Unspecialized Grads;
‘Drop-outs’ Installed
A long-time placement service ,
for graduating seniors who have
majored in non-specialized courses
and for students who drop out of |
school without taking their de
grees is to be opened on the cam
pus this morning. President C. V.
Boyer announced yesterday.
For the present the office will be
located at the YMCA and will be
directly in charge of Miss Janet
Smith. Miss Smith also handles
the student employment office
which works principally to give
undergraduates school-time and
vacation work.
Has Board Approval
Working with the appropriation
set aside for such a service by the
state board at its last meeting,
Dr. Boyer and Dean Karl W. On
thank designed the service. It has
been approved by the board.
The service will aim mainly at
employment for those students who
have not specialized directly in
professional fields and for those
who do not take their degrees, but
will be open to all who want long
time positions. It will supplement
but will not replace the placement
service of the deans of various
schools and the appointment office
for teachers.
Fee Charged
As in the teachers' employment
service, a $3 fee for permanent
registration will be charged. No
charge will be made by the service
for the credentials which it sends
out to those employers who ask
for them and to prospective em
ployers whom it will contact but
25 cents will be charged for cre
dentials sent out at the applicant’s
request.
Campaign Planned
"We plan to make an active
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Surprise Contest
WillBe Feature
Of WAA Festival
"An orchestra and everything,"
announced Irene Schaupp about
the tennis court dance to be given
at the Strawberry festival Wed
nesday, May 20, from 6:00 till 7:30
o’clock.
Thp Strawberry festival Is an
annual affair sponsored by the
WAA. Everyone on the campus
is invited to attend and be served
a delicious strawberry sundae for
10 cents. During the evening, a
jitney dance will be given on the
faculty tennis courts.
A surprise entertainment is a
traditional feature of the festival.
Marjorie Gearhart promises that
this year’s will be most unusual.
There will be song and dance spe
cialty numbers put (on by the or
chestra. Also, a surprise contest,
the nature of which has not yet
been disclosed. However, the word
"strawberry” was mentioned in
connection with contest plans.
East year’s feature was the
crowning of the "Strawberry
Queen’’ in the person of Cosgrove
LaBarre. The "Queen" and court
of husky males presided over the
evening’s festivities.
Entire ROTC Unit Will I
Present 2nd Parade
This Afternoon, 4:40
The second afternoon parade
of the entire t'nlverslty ROTC
unit will be held this afternoon
at 4:40 on the field east of the
ROTC' building.
Scabbard and Blade, national
military honorary, will hold its
formal pledging ceremony at
this parade.
More Jobs Open
rhis Summer
Students Needing Position
Can See Miss Smith at
YMCA Hut
Summer jobs for students are
being turned in from all parts of
Lhe Northwest and in large num
bers. according to Miss Janet
Smith, who is in charge of the em
ployment bureau of tha University
of Oregon. Students are to apply
for these positions through the of
fice which is located in the YMCA
hut on the campus.
“Good times and the satisfactory
service given by the University
students last summer are the rea
sons for the plentiful jobs,” Miss
Smith said. The positions are
chiefly in resorts and lodges as
waitresses, bell-hops, and clerks.
Miss Smith has been working on
a plan, yet indefinite, to send a
group of girls and a chaperone to
eastern Oregon, where the new ir
rigation project has built up a
large industry in raising and can
ning peas. The girls will be paid
higher wages than usual, it is be
lieved. because of the scattered
population in that district.
Positions for next fall are ex
pected to be more plentiful, too.
Students wishing to apply for
them are asked to write to Miss
Smith during the vacation.
Seabeck Rally
Will Be Tonight
A Seabeck rally to acquaint girls
with the fun and benefits derived
from meeting other students of the
Northwest in a two weeks summer
outing on the shores of Puget
Sound, will be held tonight in the
YWCA bungalow from 9 until
10:15 o’clock.
Eileen Donaldson, who has just
returned from the national YWCA
convention in Colorado Springs, has
charge of the fun. Mary Nelson
will speak on Seabeck benefits, and
Margaret (Tommy) Reed will lead
the group in familiar songs. Helen
LaFollette is general Seabeck
chairman.
All house presidents have been
contacted so that announcements
will reach living organization mem
bers at noon today. A large turn
out is expected. Refreshments will
be served.
Ray and Hulten Go
To Grants Pass Soon
Arne Rae, assistant professor in
journalism, and Charles Hulten, in
structor in journalism, will leave
Friday for Grants Pass and the
Oregon Caves on business con
nected with the State Editorial
association convention which will
be held there June 18, 19, and 20.
Saturday they will visit Rose
burg, where Hulten, who is chair
man of the gridiron committee,
will hold a meeting of the group.
Campus Coeds, Schoolgirls
View Knit Fashions
Nearly 150 girls gathered in
Gerlinger yesterday afternoon to
watch 21 campus coeds model the
latest fashions in knit wear. The
knit show, followed by a tea
served by Thespians and Kwama,
was also held to honor high school
seniors, prospective University
freshmen for the coming year.
With a background of music
played by Lois Ann Whipple, Mrs.
Manerud introduced the various
models who paraded in formal as
well as sportswear attire. Most of
the garments were knit by the
coeds themselves or their mothers,
and were of many styles and
colors.
One of the most outstanding
was that worn by Lois Strong. It
included an attractive white knit
coat over a turquoise two piece
suit with raglan sleeves finished in
moss stitch. The ensemble of Nann
Brownlie a white luster wool
with a red plaid top, was much
admired by the spectators, as was
Elaine Bedell’s mystic red suit in
a small nub weave.
A beautiful white dinner dress
with long full sleeves was modeled
by Eva Gadwa. Previously she ap
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Convicts Are
Human, Says
Dr. Geohegan
Educational Program at
McNeil Island Prison
Outlined
“The prisoner is a human being.”
Using this statement as a key
note, Dr. J. Herbert Geohegan,
educational supervisor of McNeil
island federal penitentiary, ex
plained in Gerlinger hall Tuesday
the aims and accomplishments of
the “New Deal for the Prisoner”
now in effect at the Washington
prison.
The idea at McNeil Island is to
keep in mind that the prisoner
must go back into the world, Dr.
Geohegan said. To make him less
anti-social than when he came in
is part of the “large order”
assigned to Dr. Geohegan and the
staff of psychiatrists and educa
tors who plan the courses and pro
gram to give the prisoner.
■Everything from grammar
school work to college* courses is
offered. Almost all of the work is
carried on through private tutors,
the convicts themselves instructing
each other. The success of this
work is shown, Dr. Geohegan said,
by the fact that 70 per cent of
the men are taking educational
work.
Part of the McNeil system is the
isolation of newcomers from the
rest of the convicts. They do not
have contact with the men for 30
days. In that time they are inter
viewed, ivestigated, and studied to
learn what can be done to put
them back into a normal life.
Dr. Geohegan stressed the point
that prisoners were not greatly
different from other people. Many
of them, according to him, are
criminals only because of accidents
or unlucky or unfortunate inci
dents. Many of us are not in prison
only because we have been lucky,
he intimated.
Prison environment in the past
has been very bad for the young
criminal, the educator said. The
young convict often has learned
how to "blow a pete,” (crack a
safe), or counterfeit a bill, while
in prison. These conditions must
be changed. Dr. Geohegan believes,
and at McNeil Island constructive
efforts in that direction are being
made.
Phi Delta Kappa
Will Initiate Six
Six outstanding men in education
will be initiated in Phi Delta Kap
pa, national education honorary for
men, next Saturday, May 16 at a
banquet at the Eugene hotel. They
include: Ted Russell, Ray Hen
drickson, Stuart Portner, Dallas
Norton, Lloyd Beerman, and Wil
liam Wilmot.
The main speaker of the evening
will be Dr. Dexter M. Keezer, pres
ident of Reed college, who will
speak on recent advancements in
progressive education.
Earl Boushey, president of the
local chapter, and Joseph Holaday,
secretary, are in charge of ar
rangements.
H. D. Sheldon Speaks
This Evening at 7:30
H. D. Sheldon, professor of edu
cation and history, will be the
fourth and last of the speakers
scheduled for the University lec
ture series by the committee on
free intellectual activities. He will
talk on “Recent Innovators in the
Writing of History,’’ Wednesday,
Mayl3, at 7:30 in room 12, Friend
ly hall.
Old Urad Visits
Dr. C. R. Dawson, graduate in
chemistry in ’30, is now on the
campus, with his family for two
weeks visiting with his mother.
Dr. Dawson, who took his master’s
degree in chemistry from Stanford
is now employed in the refining
department of the Shell Oil com
pany in Martinez, California. With
him is Mrs. Dawson, formerly Mil
dred Pike, ’29, and a year-old
daughter.