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W'omcn Turn to pajfe 4 of today's Em erald for comment on. the latest campus clothes and get that let ter off for home (and money). UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1936 NUMBER 8 The Passing Show Japan in Mongolia Soviet Communique Mrs. Simpson Strike Looms By DARREL, ELLIS To Russia A vast railroad extension pro gram in Mongolia, pushing 2,500 miles of steel rails to Russia’s very “back door” on the Soviet Manchuokan border, was drafted last night by the Japanese govern ment. Completion of the new project, second of Japan’s five-year rail road building programs, will give armies of that country rapid and complete access to any part of the Russian border. Blockade Urged Declaring the supply of arms for Spanish insurgents to be flowing from Portugal, an official Soviet communique to the Spanish Non Intervention committee in London last night demanded the immediate blockade of Portuguese ports. The note suggested enforcement of control measures be urged upon the French or British fleet, or both acting together. No Statement Mrs. Ernest (“Wallie”) Simp son, American-born friend of Eng land’s bachelor king Edward VIII, will seek to cut the legal knot which binds her to her present husband, it was announced yester day. Adultery—Britain’s only legal grounds for divorce—will be the means by which the king’s com panion will attempt to free herself. Mr. Simpson, the estranged hus band, made no comment last night beyond the announcement that “the case will not be defended” and that he had “no statement to make.” If Necessary Authority to call a coastwide shipping strike October 28 “if nec essary,” was asked by maritime labor leaders of union members yesterday, in answer to demands of the Federal Maritime commis sion for union agreement to an in definite waterfront truce. In a statement issued to the commission, the union asserted that federal demands “contained a threat” and that it was apparent (Please turn to parjc two) Debate Teams Hold Try - outs In Friendly Hall Thirty-eight men tried out for the University debate squad last night in room 13 Friendly hall un der the direction of W. A. Dahl berg, assistant professor of speech. Try-outs for the women’s debate team will be held in the same room tonight at 7:15. To give them time to review each speech thoroughly, the judges de cided to postpone final selection of the team until tomorrow. Eight men who were on the squad last year automatically have a space this season. The questions to be discussed by teams this year will be chosen at a meeting scheduled for next Tues day. 19 Faculty Men Receive Mention In‘Who’s Who’ Eugene Is Third Among Oregon Cities With 23 Names in 36-7 Edition Of Famed Directory Twenty-three people in Eugene have been conspicuous enough in their achievements to merit listing in the 1936-37 edition of “Who’s Who in America,” and 19 of this number belong to the faculty of the University. Eugene ranks third among cities of the state in the number of per sons listed, being surpassed only by Portland and Salem. Persons receiving mention in the volume must have achieved suffi cient success in some creditable line of endeavor to set them apart from their contemporaries. No names may be paid for. Faculty Listed The members of the University faculty listed are as follows: Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism: James D. Barnett, pro fessor of political science: C. Val entine Boyer, president; Newel H. Cornish, professor of business ad ministration ; Edgar E. DeCou, pro fessor of mathematics; James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of so cial science; Herbert C. Howe, pro fessor of English; Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor; James R. Jew ell, dean of the school of educa (Please turn to page tzeo) Ronald Hall to Give Pipe-Organ Recital Ronald Hall, a pupil of John Stark Evans, will give a pipe or gan recital tonight in the audito rium of the school of music at 8 p. m. Mr. Hall’s program, which in cludes a wide variety of music, will be played entirely by memory The program will consist of: Fugue in G Minor (Little). .J. S. Bach Toccata in G Major. .Theodore DuBois Fugue in G Minor (Great). .J. S. Bach II The Squirrel (Scherzino). .Powell Weaver Echo (Double canon in unison) .Pietro A. Yon Concert Variations in E Minor .Joseph Bonnet III Symphony No. 5. .Charles Marie Widor Allegro vivace Allegro cantabile Andantino quasi allegretto Allegro ‘OneHorsePolo ’atJJO? Girls Take First Lesson Campus Calendar New patients at the Infirmary today are Mary Alice Richeson, Winston Allard, and Jean Wagy. Still confined are Patricia Dugan, Ruth Fitch, Mary Benson, Daphne Mumm, Joan Jacobson, Elenore Pitts, Roderick Aya, Jack Dunn, and Jack Casey. * * * ... Daughter of P. E. O. are asked to sign a register at the YWCA bungalow. * * * All freshmen who were Girl Re serves in high school are to meet at the Y bungalow Thursday at four o’clock. * * * A YMCA cabinet meeting will be held at 5:00 today at the Hut. • * * Alpha Delta Sigma meeting in the College Side at noon today. • * * Christian Science organization will meet in the north room on the third floor of Gerlinger hall. Thurs day at 8 p. m. * * * Students interested in drama are (Please turn to page two) Swish, and the horse jumped an other foot. “No, not that way; this is the way to do it.” Again the rider went through the mo tions of swining the mallet, and out on jthe field could be heard from Carolyn Dudley, “This is the backward swing, and this is the front swing. Now get up here and try it again.” The team of five members, this evening arrived at the field too late to get any mounts. The next best thing was to use the remain ing horse to work out on. So the team took turns at practicing on the one horse. Those awaiting there turn swung viciously from astride the fence. Tarzan, the horse, got the work out in this case, and what a work out. Two SAE spectators thought that if the horse held out, the girls would get some practice towards evening The girl:- who showed up to learn the game were Jean Ackerson, Au drew Colcok, Alice Weymouth, . Marolyn Dudley, and their instruc . toress Carolyn Dudley. Although there was only horse they gained some inkling of what it was all alxiut. Next week with a full team, horses and everything, the fair grounds should echo to the crack of mallets on bamboo root balls, and the shrill screams of delight of the participants. Play ‘Captain Wallace Boyle, Guild theatre ac tor, who will take the part of a captain in “Bury the Dead,” to be presented in the University theatre during homecoming. The play is unusual in that it has no leading parts. Landon, Roosevelt Boosters Assemble Politically Minded Students Plan Active Campaign; Group Heads Elected While the “Landon-for-Presi dent” and the “Re-elect-Roosevelt” clubs are busy boosting their re spective parties among the cam pus voters, those with Socialist tendencies are confining themselves to passing out buttons and to per sonal contacts, and there is no ac tive work going on for promotion of the Townsend candidate, Lemke. The Landon-for-President boos ter club held an organization meeting last night, at which meet ing plans for a full three weeks of activity were outlined, and David Hoss, Salem, was elected presi dent. t •; ' ‘ ;; The next meeting of the club has been set tentatively for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 20, in the Y hut. All who are interested are asked to come. A mass meeting of the campus Democratic organization will be held this evening at 7 o’clock in Gerlinger hall. District Attorney L. L. Ray will speak. Membership in the Lane county young Demo cratic club will not eliminate any one interested from participation in the campus organization. Committee appointments as an nounced by Sid Milligan, Re-elect Roosevelt president, are ' as fol lows: student relations, Ercel King, Peter Garrett, Doc Edwards, and Erma Huston; publicity, Bill Marsh, Margaret Ray, Geri Thay er, Lesley Forden, and Bob Lee; speakers, Ed Reams, Kenneth Phillips, Marie Rasmussen, Mary Elizabeth Norvell, and Bob Shaw; executive, Sid Milligan, Andy New house, Bob Obeckson, Betty Brown, Dave Silven, Ercel King, Craig Finley, Kay Duffy, and Mary Elizabeth Norvell. It is the aim of those interested in electing Norman Thomas, So cialist candidate, to distribute lit erature among campus voters and to hold a rally meeting sometime before election, according to Gor don Connelly, campus representa tive. Helen Roberts Will Play Part In Guild Drama Helen Roberts’ name was acci dentally omitted from the list of women, which appeared in Tues day’s Emerald, playing in “Bury the Dead,” University theatre pro duction opening October 24. Helen plays Martha Webster, the one woman who is able to see the dead soldiers’ point of view. At the general’s request she visits her dead husband to urge him to allow himself to be buried, but ends by accepting his point of view and urging him on. The following changes in Ore gana pictures for fraternities were announced yesterday: Nov. 23—Sigma Alpha Mu. Nov. 23—Pi Kappa Alpha Nov. 24—Omega Hall Nov. 25—Gamma Hall. Nov. 30—Zeta Hall. Dec. 1—Sigma Phi Epsilon. Roy Morse Named ROTC Cadet Colonel j - Forty Doughboys to Take Advanced Ranking as Commissioned Cadets Roy M. Morse, senior majoring in economics, was appointed cadet colonel of the University ROTC unit yesterday by Colonel E. V. D. Murphy, commandant. Forty other advanced students in military science received cadet commissions, according to a spec ial order issued by the department. Delbert L. Bjork, lieutenant - colonel, and Robert C. Chilton, Sid ney A. Milligan and Frank E. Nash, majors, compose the field officers, promoted. The following list of appointees include 33 seniors in the ranks of : cadet captain and first lieuten I ant. Three juniors received the title of second lieutenant. Captains: Henry C. Auld, Pat rick F. Cassidy,, William F. Cor man,» Robert J. Dean, Edward W. Elfving, Fred B. Hammond, Dale A. Hardisty, Louis A. Larson, Charles H. McGirr, David M. Mon tag, Robert Newlands, Julius H. Scruggs, David C. Silvan, Fred C. Smith, Don Thomas, John D. Thomas, Minoru Yasuli. First lieutenants: Franklin S. Allen, Jason S. Bailey, E. Cecil Barker, Arthur F. Beistel, Howard A. Bennett, Robert E. Biddle, Rus sell W. Humphreys, Edward R. Ja cobs, John E. Keyes, Robert P. Kidder, Samuel K. McCaughey, Charles W. Reed, George R. Sher win, Alfred S. Tyson, Couch M. Wallace, Clarence H. Wilson. Second lieutenants: Herschel C. Hardisty, Elbert E. Stickels, Wal ter A. Swanson, juniors. 0regon‘0’toFlame On Skinner’s Butte? Frosh Bonfire Committees Appointed by DeCicco; Progress Rapid Harold DeCicco, bonfire con struction committee cha i r m a n , made the following appointments on his committee Wednesday eve ning following a consultation with Bill Rice, bonfire co-chairman: Scott Corbett, George Heiglig, Stan Norris, Don Sheedy, and Dick Burger. Plans drawn up by DeCicco and his committee provide for a flam ing “O” 150 feet long and 80 feet wide. The width of the line drawn by the “O” will be about two feet. Laths will be fixed in the ground within the two-foot margin of the “O." Burlop bags will be fastened on the laths and soaked with 40 gallons of crank case oil contrib uted by various garage operators of Eugene. When completely pre pared and ready to be burned, gas oline will be poured on the “O” and ignited by a member of the com mittee. Exceptionally rapid progress is being made by all of the bonfire delegation. Actual construction should begin before the end of the week. Suspension Due For Those Who Fail to Pay Fee Records in the University cash ier’s office shown that about 200 students have unpaid registration fees for this term on which there is now accruing a penalty of 25 cents for each day late. If all such delinquent fees and accrued penalties are not paid by October 17, University regulations provide that all such students fail ing to pay become automatically suspended from the University. They may be reinstated only by payment of the fees and penalties due with an additional penalty of $2.00 for reinstatement. If for any reason circumstances prevent payment, students are urged to see the University cashier in Johnson hall at once. Students of Indiana university were recently informed by a noted Harvard lecturer and member of the faculty, that mixed classes are detrimental to students, and that co-education is a distracting ele ment. Let 5Em Know She’s an O Cal With A MUM Hot dogs! Rooter’s lids! Blaring bands and noise! Those are three necessary ingredients to put zest into a football game, especially the forthcoming mortal combat with the Idaho Vandals. But there is something lacking on this picture —a big, gorgeous, fragrant, leafy symbol of school-spirit and loyalty, in its center reclines a fuzzy green "O”. How about it, guy and gals ? That's your identification mark, telling the world you're from the Webfoot stomping grounds. Don’t be an insignificant nobody. Sport a mum and ballyhoo Oregon! You men about the campus can thrill your mothers and girls by presenting them with mums. In addition to their beauty, the petals are nice to pull off and eat after the first touchdown has left you minus your finger-nails. W.F. Jewett Contest Offers Cash Prizes Undergraduates Eligible to Partake in Radio Forum Discussions Cash prizes are being offered to winning contestants in the W. F. Jewett radio forum contest, to be held Thursday evening, November 5, at 7:30. There will be a first prize of $25.00; a second, $15.00; and if there are eight or more contestants a third prize of $5.00. This contest is open to all un dergraduates, and those wishing to enter should sign up by Friday, tOetotor 30. The participants will present forum discussions on cur rent economic, social, and political problems, or on any subject of in formative character which has wide enough appeal for broadcast; the discussions are to be written up in the form of interviews between two or three persons. In case there are more than six entries, a preliminary contest will be held, or eliminations will be made on the basis of the manu scripts submitted. All accepted manuscripts may be used next term during the student series over KOAC, Corvallis. Winners of last year’s contest were Howard Kessler and Minoru Yasui, who presented a discussion on “Peace or War in the Pacific?” Art School Opens Exhibit of Work Of Living Artists The first in a series of four exhi bitions by living American artists opens today at 10 a. m. in the art gallery of the school of architec ture. There will be no admission charge to the exhibit, which will be open until 5 p. m. every day for three weeks. Every year, the Living American Art Incorporation of New York City, selects 48 pictures by living artists for reproduction. The 12 pictures now on exhibit are all fac simile reproductions made by the collotype process. Some of the artists whose works appear in the exhibit are Rico Le brun, William Gropper, Louis Bouche, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. The collotype process by which the re productions were made is supposed to be one of the most accurate pro cesses known, and great care has been taken to make the reproduc tions faithful in every detail. No Classes Excused Saturday for Idaho Game in Portland Saturday classes will not be excused this weekend for the Idaho game in Portland, accord ing to an announcement from Dean Onthank’s office. They will be excused, how ever, for the game October 24 with Washington State. On October 31, classes will be ex cused after 3 o’clock classes, and Saturday morning classes will be excused for the University of Washington game in Portland. Liberty League Accepts | Military Training Debate Challenge ofOptionalists Time, Speakers of Oral Battle Will Be Chosen Today; Contest to Be Held Before Emerald’s Poll Declaring that the Oregon Liberty associate i was ready to debate the military training question “anytime after next Wednesday," Robert Prescott, publicity director of the Oregon Liberty association, accepted the challenge made yesterday by the Oregon Committee for Peace and Freedom. “We will be pleased to meet the opposition in a debate. However, we are too busy organizing our campaign this week to leave time for it. We will be elad to meet them , ~ any place they choose,” Prescott declared. Announcement of the time and place for the debate is expected to be made by noon today, after op posing factions have discussed plans. Optional military advocates were quick to lay plans after they had been informed of the challenge acceptance. “For the sake of intelligent vot ing we request that the debate be held before the Emerald poll,” Charles Paddock, leading optional advocate stated. Poll May Be Set Back An Emerald poll to determine student opinion on the military is sue was to be held Monday and Tuesday of next week. Paddock and Prescott met last night to dis cuss the possibility of asking for a postponement of the Emerald poll until after the debate. Neither group was prepared to announce speakers, as they be lieved it necessary to await more definite announcements. Non-compulsory military enthu siasts last night laid out the final three weeks of their campaign. Letters, bulletins, speeches, de (Please turn to paqe two) Tugman Says Graft, Not‘Reds,’HurtP-I Guild No Solution, Editor Avers; Sigma Delta Clii Can Help, Is Hope "The situation in Seattle with regard to the Post-Intelligencer strike is not the result of "red" activities but of a civic condition which is familiar to us all, that of racketeering and politics,” William M. Tugman, managing editor of the Register-Guard, told approximate ly 40 Sigma Delta Chi members and guests at a meeting of the journalistic group last night. Recently returned from a con ference of Washington publishers in Seattle, Mr. Tugman related his investigations of the strike and its background and expressed an opin ion that “newspaper guild systems linked up with the A. F. of L. are not the answer to the newspaper man’s problem of lifting the salary scale of professional journalists. “Some such an organization as this one (Sigma Delta Chi) is, I believe, the solution to this diffi cult economic situation of compar atively low salaries facing jour nalists,” said Mr. Tugman. Education of publishers to a plane of understanding with edi torial employees was advocated by Mr. Tugman. An open forum fol lowing the talk was held by the members. A regular meeting of Sigma Del ta Chi at 4 p.m. Thursday in room 104 Journalism, was announced. Flower and Plant Survey Made on State Highway Professor Albert R. Sweetser, botanist, and George Otten, land scape engineer of the Oregon State highway commission, made a sur vey of the flowers and plants along the Oregon coast highway just be fore the recent fires to get mate rial for a trip slip of the vegeta tion. The purpose of this highway commission’s publication is to ac quaint tourists with the character istic Oregon forms. “It is hoped that this may be ready for the tourist travel next year,” said Professor Sweetser. "It may be illustrated with some of Mrs. Sweetser’s life size water col ors, of which she has completed over 350.” U 0 Liberty League Convenes Tonight Meeting Plans to Oppose Optional M ilitary Drive, Says Prescott The first offiical meeting of the Oregon Liberty association will be held in the south sunroom of Ger limrer hall at 7:30 tonight. The purpose of the meeting will be “to organize University stud ents into an active, concerted drive on the campus and throughout the state against the optional military initiative,” according to Robert Prescott, publicity director of the association. Prescott urged students to keep Thursday night free from engage ments so that the meeting may have a large attendance. “We members of the Liberty association wish to repeat to the students that the optional military initiative which we are fighting should be the first concern of ev ery student in the University. The issue, in our opinion, is larger than the bill to be voted upon next month. We are fighting to demon strate to the people of the state that Oregon students will not al ways submit to the will of an op portunistic majority. "We lost, through our apathy, the initiative last year on optional fees. We do not intend to lose this next fight," he asserted. Albany Follows Trend With Co-op Organization A cooperative living association is being organized at Albany col lege, according to representatives of the local groups, who visited Albany yesterday to confer with the eight men who are forming the group there. Charles Paddock, president of one of the men’s cooperative hous es at the University, was the prin cipal speaker at an afternoon for um held in Albany with members of the new group. Betty Brown, treasurer of the girls’ co-op, and George Bikman, recording secre tary of the men’s co-op, also spoke. Houses Drive To Bring Alumni 'BacktoOregon’ Cup Award to Be Given Group With Most Old Graduates Returning At Homecoming Competing for a cup award to ba given to the fraternity and sorority having the most alumni present for the homecoming, houses today began an intensive campaign to secure 100 percent alumni atten dance. Walter Eschebeck, homecoming chairman, yesterday announced officially that the cup will again this year be awarded. It was won last year by the Kappa Alpha Theta, and Kappa Sigma. No Sign Prize No prize is to be given for the best homecoming sign this year, as the living organizations are ex pected to concentrate on floats. Each house is expected, however, to construct an inexpensive wel come sign as in former years, stressing the Washington State game as a theme. The homecoming directorate is sued the following list of execu tive assistants at its Wednesday meeting: Ken Thomas as assistant to Avery Combs, finance head; Frances Schaup, Dick Sleeter and Bill Rice to assist Don Johnson with programs; reception chair man, Mildred Blackburne, will be aided by Kay Coleman; and pub licity work will be handled by Zollie Volchok, chairman, and Myra Hulser, assistant. Youthful Hikers To Get Lodgings In Hostel System Oregon youths may --oon be hik ing from one end of the state to the other, taking with them only what clothes they wish to wear and enough money for food. They will spend the night at youth “hostels’’ that are being established in the United States under the "hostel’’ movement. The “hostel” movement, origin ated in Germany and the Scandi navian countries, provides food and shelter at intervals for hikers and cyclists, traveling either in groups or alone, who wish to see the coun try without paying four or five dollars every day for room and board. Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonnel at the University and NYA director for Oregon, has been asked to head the movement in Oregon, It is already under way in New England. Liquor at parties, “cheek-to cheek and “streamline” dancing are banned at Boston university. George Varoff Thinks He Can Better Record By HUBARD KUOKKA ' "How does it feel to be the g world's champ, George?” George Varoff, holder of the | world’s record, 14 feet 6 1-2 inch- § es, in the pole vault, scratched his 1 chin. “Well, to be frank, I don’t | think anything about it, because 1 l feel I can go much higher.” Last summer, Varoff, a major in music at the University of Ore- j gon, had the discouraging expe- | rience of cracking the world’s rec- | ord in the national AAU meet and 1 a week later failing to make the United States Olympic team, the | tryouts of which were won at 14 f feet 3 inches, three and one-half | inches lower than his own record, j "I never could figure it out my- | self why I failed to make it,”ihs 1 mused. It was just one of those I things. However, later in the same P summer on the same field in New | York, he vindicated himself by j vaulting 14 feet 4 1-2 inches, at § the World Labor Athletic carnival, j And not only that. At the same | labor meet he soared far above 14 | feet 9 inches, only to knock down § the bar with his little finger. That | was one of his biggest thrills be cause Governor Lehman was | watching him. George was more | (Please turn to page thn .') iiiiiniliiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiuiiiinuiiliiiniiinmnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiliiiiliiiiuiinniig JOE RICHARDS MEN’S STORE imrmmnimninnnimmiiii 'Wiltshire Suits and Topcoats ire styled for University men who demand smart clothing.