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m'cum _3i'.. EDITORIAL OFFICES: Journalism building. Phone ’300 Editor, Ixtral 334; News Room and Managing Editor, 353, BUSINESS OFFICE: McArthur Court. I’hone 3300- Local 214. PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon MEMBERS OF MAJOR COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS Represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 42nd St.f New York City: 123 W. Madison St., Chicago; 1004 End Ave., Seattle; 1031 S. Broadway, Los Angeles; Call Building, San Francisco. Editor—Mildred Blarkhurne Managing Editor—Clare Igoe Business Manager—Patsy Neal Editorial Board Roberta Moody, Henriette Horak Margaret Petsch, Rutli Storla Assistant Editor Virginia Endicott Women’s Editor Margaret Petsch Sports Editor Irmajean Randolph; Assistant Helen Ferguson Day Editor Margaret Ray Assistant Day Editor Bernadine Bowman Night Editor Marjory O’Bannon News Editor Laurent: Brockschink Assistant News Editor—Marian Marsters Cartoonist- Lucille Davis Reporters Phyllis Adams, Phyllis Baldwin, Dor othy Dill, Corinne LaBarre, Helen Dodds, Lillian Warn, Betty Brown, Lillian Krantz, Henryetta Mummey, Marie Cavanaugh, Gladys Battleson, Elizabeth Stetson, Martha Stewart, Signe Rasmussen, Jean Gulovaon Copyeditors Beulah" Chapman, "Gertrudc'*Carter, Pearl Jean Wilson, Margaret Goldsmith, Lucille Davis, Corriene Antrim, Alice Nelson, Mar guerite Kelly, Helen Dodds Night Staff Marilyn Rbi, Lillian Warn, Bette Needham, Helen Ferguson The Oregon Daily Kmerald will not lie responsible for returning unsolocited manuscripts. Public letters should not lie more than 300 words in length and should tie accompanied by ttie writer’s signature and address which will be withheld if requested. All communications are subject to the discretion of the editors. Anonymous letters will bp disregarded. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon, Eugene, published daily during the college year, except Sundays, Mondays, ho'idays, examination periods, all of December except the first seven days, all of March except the first eight days. Entered as second-class matter • t the postoffice, Eugtme, Oregon. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. rpllE University of Oregon may be short of an A abundance of necessary finances, we may lack a great horde of students, but one thing we do not need is more honoraries. During the past quarter the value of having so many honoraries has been frequently questioned. But despite editorials in the Emerald in connection with this matter, which we would choose to regard as grave were it not rather humorous, nothing has been accomplished in the way of an investigation. Nothing has been done to change the present sys tem. But if Martha McCall, newly elected AWS persident, can carry through her recently pub licized intention to investigate women’s service honoraries, we feel that something may be def initely accomplished. Under the Lid The two groups mentioned by Miss McCall were Thespian and Phi Theta Upsilon, freshman and junior women’s lionoraries respectively. While we agree with Miss McCall that these organiza tions possibly do not perform any tremendously valuable function, we are rather curious to know why a dozen others should be exempt from in vestigation. It is a known fact that the most familiar task of service lionoraries is passing teacups at formal functions a rather dull enter prise for outstanding campus women. We do not wish to single these lionoraries out for particular disfavor, however, and feel that till campus organizations should undergo a thor ough examination to determine whether or not they are worthy of the hours of time spent by officers and me ibers, and whether the member receives any justifiable percentage for the outlay of a substantial membership fee. At the present time there are more than thirty honoraries on the campus, each struggling des perately to keep a fair afnount of money in its treasury. Service honoraries arc frequently dic tated to by campus politices, thereby losing their significance. We, the women of the campus, ask for a cleanup of the honorary haibt at the Uni versity of Oregon. Gambling ill Get You JT'H an undeniable fact that we Americans must continually have some silly little game which will amuse us. Not long ago the whole nation was jo-jo mad; then came jig-saw puzzles; and now, a more daring fad has found pleasure for l'un-jaded appetites the pin and ball machine! The other day the Lane county court banned all pin and ball machines in the county outside of cities where they are regulated by license. The order will go Into effect June 1. Personally, we feel that the court might have performed an act of jnerey by banning the pesky things entirely. The fact that they are a polite way of gambling away nickels is not out sole objection they’re hard on the nerves!' One is almost driven into the first stages of d. t’s. while waiting for the cute little silver ball to roll into something and stay away from the pesky ‘‘out." What's more, the game is habit forming.' One becomes an addict, and acquires pin-ball fever— and after all twenty nickels do make a dollar. Can’t someb- save us from the pin-ball folly ? Shake Hands With France SINCE the passage of thq, Reciprocal Trade act on June 12. 19.34, which provided for as much as a 50 per cent tariff reduction by the persidept in exchange for "similar concessions from other nations, 13 agreements have been negotiated be tween the United tates and foreign countries. Not the least of tn fee is thg one signed May 6 by Cordell Hull, secretary of the department of state, and Andre de Labculaye? French 3 ambassador to the United States. The facts supporting the making of the treaty will be hard to overcome by even the most hard headed protectionist. Recent reports to the com merce department show that the United States lost over 27 million dollars from 1934-35 in trade with France. Also strained trade relations were developing between the two countries over France’s supposed discriminatory import quotas which were imposed on United States goods. Sure ly the administration had reason to suppose that this treaty was a wise and timely one in every respect, considering the financial and cooperative loss of the two countries. Effective June 15, the pact provides for a reduction on the following American exports: grapefruit, passenger automobile chassis, unsweet ened canned pineapples, fountain pens, dried prunes, raisins, and cash register:-;. The first two items are reduced 50 per cent. These articles are included in the 19 lowered rates granted the United States in which trade with France last year amounted to $3,500,000. Especially benefiting the northwest are the quota concessions by France on fresh apples and pears with a 50 per cent gain over the present quota. Canned salmon, logs, lumber, typewriters, and household refrigerators were included in a list, of 44 items for which present French import quotas were enlarged. While France’s chief concessions were in lib eralized import quotas and almost full abandon ment of her discriminatory system against the United States, this country reduced tariff rates on 71 items which last year accounted for $19,070,000 woi th of the $58,330,000 total French imports into the United States. This is the first pact to be signed with a large industrial nation others now in force include those with Canada, Cuba, Brazil, Sweden, the Netherlands, Haiti, Switzerland but this is the first to be negotiated with a country that is so important to our export trade. It points to the success of President Roosevelt’s world trade re covery program which became necessary after the high tariffs of the Hawley-Smoot act which re sulted in surplus-choked home markets, depres sion, and retaliation by high tariffs from other countries. It also points to the saneness of reci procity. It is the only effective and fair way of stimulating trade between two nations and of aid ing overproduction in fields of specialization. Something New for Frenchmen T OOKS like France will try something new in the way of government a republican dic tatorship. Strange bedfellows these, but it will be interesting to watch the political concoction in action. Leon Blum, leader of the National Socialist party and organizer of the “popular front” of left ists that won tin recent French elections, will be practically the dictator of France when Premier Sarrout and his cabinet resign on June 2. Blum, who with his cabinet will take over the holm of the French government at that time, has laid down a four-point program which the nation | will follow until the next election in J940. The four planks include: 1. Adherence to the League of Nations. 2. Consolidation of European peace. 3. Promotion of mutual assistance pacts. 4. Progressive disarmament. Speaking to the National Socialist council, Blum said recently: “We must consolidate the country against Fascist attacks. We must put the republican spirit in all high administrations, and we will deprive (he Fascists of all secret means of propaganda.'’ The program i. general and broad enough not to mean much. At any rate it seem politically safe and there must be something to it. for somebody once said, “100,000 Frenchmen can’t be wrong! All of which is by way of saying keep an eye on France, lads.! No Men Allowed, Say Women rl"V>DAY, according to the tradition of the Shack, -* the women who intend to eke out their living in the art of writing for newspapers have edited, written, copy read, and proofread the edition for your benefit and approval. Much has been said about the poor future of women in the field of journalism today. But as I'avid Hac.cn said when speaking before a group of campus coeds, “There are just as many oppor- , Utilities for women in the journalism field as in 1 any other.” So here we are; this is our work: and we're glad it's over. Dales \\ anl (Continued from (ope one) not mistakeiChe'H have”tfiom 'aft'er lie sees (he date he's going with. Jack hinders, one of those daring Sigma Nil’s, is wearing a red fromal, doesn't care what kind of flowers he gets just so that they “do a lot for him." Tex Thomason, SAM. in.-ists he wasn’t invited, so out of sympathy we women are sending him wall flowers. Phi Deit Ed Strohecker thought J the whole affair funny but wantr a dozen eallalilies. it will probably be the largest corsage on the floor. That i it will be on the floor before the evening u over. Ben Chandler, Chi Psl, is wear ing' pink hue with ruffles, ami be ing very sensitive to color schemes, would like led gardenias for a ( ou tlast. Maybe they will have son extra frills, too, to go with the ruffles. Bill Hall, the Albert, Koyl. etc. man, got mercenary on us and wanted to krtow who bought tin corsages. Beside , he . ay he isn't going to wear a dress. You don't suppose he intends to go in a slip! Del Bjo>k, another cup man, seems to be following in Bill s foot steps, because he wanted to know if the flowers were paid for. lie ttlso specified that In 1 like them to be white. , Platt Davis decided to go to e\ tumies and wear pan la.cuuui | organdie with black flowers,- if he I get them. .lack AtcGirr. junior class presi deuf. has gone ritzy on us°and wants orchids? but can't quite de cide whothel- to0wear his whit^ or black formal. “ Gib Schultz. ASl’t) \q resi dent. ha- more than0 political sor row*. It seems he’s a track man and can’t go. l-'lorist, double that order of wall flowers for the SAK house. Saturday, and all the anxious worrying- over what to wear, how to get there, and what kind of corsages to send will cease in a madcap, climax at *the Kugene 1 hotel, andadon't be surprised if you see all of the above mentioned in j tu... ■ .u.d .inhuwr suit . urn wm To Oregon Alums To Entertain At Breakfast — The annual breakfast given by the Slate Association of Univer sity of Oregon Women will be held at 9 o'clock, Saturday, May 30, in the Osborn hotel tearoom in con nection with events of University Alumni day. Mrs. Frederick M. Hunter, wife of the chancellor of state higher education, Mrs. C. Valentine Boyer, wife of the presi dent of the University, and Miss Ida Patterson, graduate of fifty years, will be guests of honor. As in preceding years, women of the University graduating class will be invited and a number of guests from different parts of the state are expected to attend. Miss Elrna Hendricks is general chairman for the breakfast, and Mrs. Ella T. Edmundson, retiring president of the association, will arrange the program. The State Association of Univer sity of Oregon Women is an organ ization open to all former women students of the University which has established and continued the Mary Spiller loan fund, helped in maintaining the Pauline Homer collection at the University li brary, and been active in keeping up the tradition of the flower and fern procession. Graduation is not required for membership. Preceding the breakfast the as sociation will hold its annual meet ing to elect new officers. The re tiring officers are Mrs. Ella T. Edmundson. president; Mrs. Wil liam Barker, first vice-president; Miss Jeannette Calkins, second vice-president; Miss Bertha Com ings. secretary; Mrs. Arthur Quackenbush, treasu r e r ; Mrs. Frank L. Chambers, Miss Elma Hendricks, and Mrs. II. S. Bryson, trustees. Education Honorary Elans Tea in Portland The local chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, national education honorary for women, will join with the al umna chapter in Portland in 'hon oring' Mias Agnes Samuelson, member of Pi Lambda Theta and president of the National Educa tion association, at tea during the ME A convention in Portland June 29 to July 3. Plans for the tea were dis cussed at a meeting Monday eve ning at the home of Mrs. F. L. Stetson. „ Smith Mamed on Minin'!; Srctdom Advisor* Hoard o • Dr. Warren D. Smith has been' appointed to the special advisory | vmmittee on geology and mining oy Ormond K. Bean, chairman of i tlu'ostate planning board. . | There will be a committee meet-! ing in Portland on Friday but Dr.' Smith will be unable to attend be-; cause of liis work here. The Oregon Yeomen presented id minutes of singing last night iver KORE as a contestant in the Emerald of the Air radio contest. Hie second program, a "variety" show, w.i presented by Sigma Al dhy Epsilon. Delta Epsilon and Sigma Kappa ivii broadcast Friday evening at r :4o. Letter Writing Taboo Is Latest of Young-Tone McDONALD — “The Unguarded Hour,” and “Times Square Play boy.” HEILIG — “Girl From Mandalay,’ and “Sunset of Power.” REX - “Three on the Trail,” and “Anything Goes.” MAYFLOWER — “The Crusades.” Ey MARIAN BAUER Don’t write letters to anyone— not even your grandmother. For 7 Members of Ad Class Enter Plans Seven advertising plans for the Bostford-Constantine contest have been sent to Portland to be judged, W. F. G. Thacher, professor of ad vertising, announced yesterday. H. C. Auld, Venita Brous, Rein hart KnucTsen, Maurice Rosenfeld, Den Thomas, Bertram Schatz, and Gerald* Crissman submitted plans which will be considered for the award. . The contest is conducted in the space selling class annually and is sponsored by the Botsford-Con stantinc and Gardner Advertising company of Portland. Prizes are $15. $10. and $5. All members of the class sub mitted a solution of a problem, for the promotion of the sale of “San tiseptie” in the Eugene trfiding area. The seven best solutions were sent to Portland; Tan Delta Della Will Honor Members The announcement of officers for the school year of 1936-37 and the plnnnig of a tea to be held this afternoon were the major points of interest at the luncheon meeting of Tau Delta Delta, underclass music honorary, held Wednesday noon at the Anchorage. The tea will be given for women of the music faculty at the Univer sity. Eugene music teachers, mem bers of Phi Beta, and members and patronesses of Mu Phi Epsilon, both music honoraries, and music students planning' to enter the University next year. It will be held at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house front 3 until 5 o’clock. Those receiving will be Mrs. A. E. ..Roberts, ..Kathleen .Houglum, and Brandon Young. A^ the tea table will be Mrs. Jane Thacher, Mrs. Anne Landspury Beck, and Mrs. Aurora Potter Underwood. General chairman for the tea is Mollie Bob Small; invitation. Char lotte Plummer; program. Dorothy Burgess: food, Louise Burneson. Sophomore members will furn ish the following program: Ruth aibert Wolfendep. violin solo; Mary Fields, Phyllis Sehatz. Lucia Davis, piano; Harriet Gamble. Brandon Young, harp; Leota Reetz. Bonnie Tinker, voice. The other topic at the luncheon was the announcement of officers. They are: president Kathleen Houglum: vice-president. Mollio Bob Small; secretary-treasurer, Dorothy Burgess: reporter, Rachael Koken. Retiring officers in above order are: Brandon Young. Mary Field. Phyllis Sehatz. Dorothy Gore. it's all because of some letters j written in youth’s heyday that Lo retta Young gets tangled up with j a blackmailer, and Franchot Tone | is accused of murder, in the pulsat ing drama, “The Unguarded Hour,” playing at the McDonald theatre today. Sounds like a typical movie plot, built around a foundation which crumbles under your scrutinizing gaze, doesn’t it ? Well, it has its faults, but there are some unusual twists in this murder mystery that will keep your mind popping. And besides, they have to put out just so many movies down there in cel- i luloid land. Else where would the highly seasoned tastes of the av erage American find satisfaction —cheaply, and quickly? The story is laid in England, where Franchot Tone, as an Eng lish aristocrat, is angling for the appointment of attorney-general. Tone does a finished job, and you will sympathize with him in a scene with Roland Young, as the SWEET AS. HONEY t THE ONE AND ONLY * f£ Starts Sweet Smokes Sweet Stays Sweet NOTHING ELSE HAS ITS FLAVOR Also Imperial Yello Bole $1.50 This fully-accredited univer sity offers more than one hundred graduate and under graduate courses . . . under a faculty of distinguished men and women gathered from all parts of the world. School administrators and social scientists will find in spiration in the Seminar on Education in the Pacific Countries, held in coopera tion with Yale University and the Carnegie Corpora tion. 4: For little more than you would spend at home you con enjoy a summer session in Hawaii. Only about §30.00—average Sum mer term tuition—to add to unusually 1 o w steamship fares and Island living costs. A bulletin giving complete information will be sent upon request. Please address: DIRECTOR OF Summer Session UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII Honolulu. T. H. ‘Honey in Horn’ Author May Ignore West Critics By MIRIAM EICHNER HONEY IN THE HORN admirers watch with satisfaction the mounting eastern sales of the recent Pulitzer prize winner. Big time critics acclaim this first novel as “authentic Americanan’ and author Hal Davis finds himself in a position to look a bit disdainfully at northwestern critics who condemned his work as an inaccurate por trayal of the west. It would take a novel indorsed by the chamber of commerce to satisfy the critics who found fault with Davis’ rough and ready characterization. Tooping the List THE LAST PURITAN by philosopher George Santayana is top ping the best seller list as it has been for three months, ever since its puhlit lion. Along with Santayana's autobiographical work THE THINKING KEED by Rebecca WeSt and THE HURRICANE by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall have been alternating for second and third places in popularity. Farther down the list we find Charles Morgan’s SPARKENBROKE, IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE, Winifred Holtby’s SOUTH RIDING, THE ROLLING YEARS by Agnes Sligh Turnbull, THE EXILE by Buck, IF I HAVE FOUR APPLES Jcsephine Lawrence’s budgeteering novel, and GREEN LIGHT by Lloyd C. Douglas of MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION fame. Spongier Dies Unnoticed Recently the death of one Oswald Spengler passed practically unnoticed. Spengler is the author of “The Decline of the West” which volume has had extensive influence on European civilization regardless of its authenticity. When it first appeared Spongler's work was regarded with some alarm and a great deal of respect. It expressed a deafeatism which has been infused in philosophies of the foremost nations ever since its publication. Today critics regard the work as a mass of "over-simplified and often philosophically unsound generalizations upon the rise and fall rhythm of all peoples.” Nevertheless, generalizations advanced by Spengler are accepted by those who have no idea who originated them. Critics still admit that it has "been a factor both in the pessimism of the democracies and the hysteria of the dictatorships.” But Spengler died unnoticed. A title attracts our attention—HELLEMENTS OF HICKO NOMICS by Stephen Leacock, one of our leading humorists. * # Hi Bocks just out and coming out soon are GIVE US THIS DAY by Louis Zara, GENERAL SMUTS by Sarah Gertrude Millin, POST STORIES OF 1935, AWAY TO CAPE BRETON by Gordon Brinley, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN WARNED by Fougasse and McCullough, THE CORPSE WITH THE DIRTY FACE by R. A. J. Walling, VIL LAGE CHRONICLE by James McConnaughey, GIVE ME ONE SUM MER by Emilie Loring, WHAT I LEFT UNSAID by Daisy, Princess of Pless, SO LONG TO LEARN by Doreen Wallace. cross-questioning friend, who at- J tempts to prove that everyone has an Unguarded Hour in his life, j during which time his actions can not be explained. Loretta Young is as lovely as ever in her role of the loyal wife. Lewis Stone adds that English drawing-room effect, and Roland Young handles the light comedy nicely. Good enter tainment. The other attraction is “Times Square Playboy,’’ with Warren William. 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