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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1936)
Bonfire Construction of the annual fresh man bonfire or flaming; “O” with the collection of materials on Skin ner's butte. See story on page four. VOLUME XXXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1936 NUMBER 13 The Passing Show Militant Europe FDR in East Hawaii Clipper China-Japan By DARREL ELLIS Europe Bristles The “war craze" in Europe swept inexorably on yesterday as Fascist insurgents pressed toward “sure” victory in the Spanish civil war. Russia, shouting her loyalty to the Spanish government, threatened to denounce the neutrality pact and send war planes to aid in the de fense of Madrid. Germany, bristling in her denial of Nazi meddling charged Russia had already violated neutrality agreements by aiding the Spanish government. Reports in Rome said Italy and Germany were ready to recognize any government the “vic torious” Fascists might set up. Cheers for FDR Crushed against police lines by force of sheer numbers, a surging crowd awaiting the arrival of President Roosevelt in Worcester, Massachusetts, last night tore an 800-pound police traffic pole from its base, injuring five persons. Earlier in the day, at Boston, a crowd estimated at 175,000 jammed the Boston common to cheer the president at his appearance there. In Los Angeles, meanwhile, 16 year-old John Dobbins was re leased to the custody of his moth er after being arrested the preced ing night for a “bottle-throwing incident" at Gov. Alf M. Landon’s coliseum rally. First Passengers Formally inaugurating regular transpacific air passenger service, the Hawaii Clipper, carrying seven passengers besides her regular crew of seven, took off from Ala meda, California, yesterday at 3:15 p.m. for Honolulu. The huge ship is scheduled to span the 2400 miles over water by early this morning. 13 Miles to Madrid Madrid government militiamen yesterday made a forced retreat from Navalcarnero to Mostoles, only 13 miles from the Spanish capital, after a seven-hour bom bardment by fascist artillery and planes. In a dramatic air battle being fought at the same time over the airport just outside of Ma drid, two government war planes were shot down by fascist aviat ors. Diplomats ‘Stumped’ The Chinese-Japanese diplomatic situation appeared “hopeless” yes terday, it was said by Shigeru Ku wagoe, Japanese ambassador, af ter a three-hour discussion with Chang Chun, Chinese foreign min ister. YMCA Cabinet to Meet At.Mossy Maples Camp A YMCA meeting, at which the complete program for the rest of the term will be assembled, will be held Saturday afternoon at Mossy Maples camp. Members are requested to be at the Hut at 12 o’clock. Rally Program Complete for Friday Night Police to Escort Parade; Thomas Orders Floats To Stay in Line in Homecoming March Although plans for the theatre rally program Friday night are complete and houses are busy working on their floats, for the Homecoming parade, committee men are still rounding up the edges and attending to minor de tails. Don Thomas, head of the rally committee, announced Wednesday that drivers of floats are not to leave the line of march after they have started. Vic Rosenfeld, theatre program chairman, announced yesterday fi nal plans for this affair. The screen play,' “Pigskin Parade,” will begin about 8:30, as soon as the parade breaks up. A second feature, “Thank You, Jeeves,” will (Please turn to page two) State Rock Designs Subject of Address "Petroglyphs of Oregon” was the subject of the paper delivered by L. S. Cressman, professor of an thropology and retiring president of Sigma Xi, science honorary, at the first meeting of the term held in Condon hall Tuesday night. The material for the paper was based on field work in Oregon over a period of three years. Professor Cressman named the three major areas of the state in which the two types of curved rock designs are found. The Wil lamette valley and the southeast ern part of the state are petro glyph areas and the north cen tral section with a corridor run ning down through the Klamath basin is the pictograph area. “Composition as a form of pre sentation is more readily perceived in the naturalistic designs than in the geometric,” said the speaker, mentioning a dancing group on a large boulder in the Jordan River gorge as one of the more striking examples. The various types of segins used were described and then illustrated by projection on a screen. General and chronological con siderations and the meanings and significance of the carvings were given. A general discussion followed. Guild Hall Players Offer Unique Opening Play One of the special homecoming weekend features will be the open ing performances of “Bury the Dead”, the University theatre’s season opener scheduled for 8 o’clock Saturday evening. Tickets will be on sale all week. The play is one of the most unusual attractions that the campus group has ever produced. It has no leading parts. The cast, one of t,he largest in recent years, numbers close to forty. The story is prin cipally concerned with six dead soldiers who refuse to be buried and arise from tneir graves to haunt the memories of the living, telling why they have no right to be killed when they have lived so little. "Bury the Dead”, is -written by Irwin Shaw, a former radio script writer and this his first play was produced last spring in New York with great success. This will be its first production anywhere in the Northwest. It is not written in the conventional three-act form but rather as a series of moving sequences. To accomplish this difficult task, Horace W. Robinson, technical de signer for the theatre, has devised an abstract, impressionistic setting in two levels. The upper level is a part of a war-scarred battlefield, with sandbags, and barbed wire barricades. The lower fore-stage is used for the motivation of the rest of the characters who endeavor to find ways to make the dead men lie down in their graves. Blackouts are used instead of curtains and there are no intermis sions or waits. The action merely shifts from one portion of the stage to another. This is accom plished by the concentration of bat teries of flood and spotlights which in turn illuminate various stage areas. Specialization is the one keynote of the characterizations and the group has had to call for help from many outside sources. The Roman Catholic and the Jewish churches of Eugene have given both proper ties and advice for the roles of the priest (played by Robert Vosper of the Latin department) and the rabbi. Likewise the military de partment on the campus has lent properties and advice in regard to military procedure in the play. Saturday night’s performance will start promptly at 8 o’clock and will be over in time for patrons to attend the homecoming dance. The play runs about an hour and a quarter. ’’Bury the Dead” will also be repeated the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Last-minute additions to the cast include: Beatrice Evans, the child, Donna Theda, acting as a street walker; Clifford Gruning, newsboy; and Mr. D. E. Hargis, speech instructor, as the priest. Comparison Shows U 0 Conservative Polls From U of W, Idaho Reveal Strong Vote for Communist, Soeialist Oregon's few communist sup porters, unearthed in this week’s Emerald poll, showed little strength in comparison with other universities, it was revealed when 1 straw vote results from northwest universities rolled in yesterday. Significant political trends were seen in the tabulations which showed varied support for several of the nation’s well-known figures. Roosevelt carried the University of Washington with 2330 votes to 618 for Landon. Browder, com munist candidate, received 108 votes, and Socialist Thomas netted 137. Undergraduates at the Univer sity of Idaho endorsed Governor Landon with 193 to 148 for Roose velt. At the Moscow college, Earl Browder, communist candidate, came in third, with 88 votes out of a possible 453, almost 20 per cent of the total. Morse Points Way To Labor Ills Cure Working Class Security Will Alleviate Troubles, Says Dean of Law School A workable solution of many features of the labor problem can not be attained until both sides ap proach the problem more realisti cally and less emotionally, Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, told the junior chamber of com merce Monday night. ‘‘We are just beginning in the field of American labor to see the effect of our free educational sys tem and high standard of living and of the strict'immigration pol icy of the last few years,” said Dean Morse. "The effects are not ed in a more enlightened laboring class than exists in most coun tries,” he continued, “The result,” Dean Morse said, “is a very interesting paradox. Business is urging the public, which is after all composed of a large percentage of laborers, to buy more and labor demands that it have more with which to buy, so that the basic paradox is the prob lem of distribution of wealth.” Dean Morse observed that the difficulty of talking on such a sub ject is that many people approach it emotionally and the very sug gestion of a more sensible distri bution of wealth raises the bogy of communism which is not the case at all. I he causes for the average working man’s insecurity must be removed if business is to enjoy con tinued prosperity and if our eco nomic institutions are to function in a way which will promote the general welfare,” said Dean Morse. Dean Morse stated that a very important patriotic duty rests upon business men, labor leaders, and citizens generally to approach this complicated social problem in a spirit of realism. Amphibian Tryouts Are Slated for Tomorrow Amphibians will hold try-outs for prospective members in Gerlinger pool Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Girls who attended the last meet ing and did not make the test are invited to try again, Jean Steven son, president, announced yester. day. Girls interested n swimming who were unable to attend last Thursday's tryouts are urged to come also. Museum Library Offers Russian Book Display A collection of rare Russian books will be on display in the art museum library this weekend in connection with the concert of the Don Cossack chorus and the Rus sian motif of the homecoming dance. The art museum will be open to the public Saturday morning from 10 to 12 and Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5. The museum library will be open Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. I Dave Says ‘OK’ Dave Lowpy, left, “the thinker", scrutinizes the Russian costume worn by Helene Jones, and gives unreserved approval of the knee length garb. Lowry is chairman for the homecoming dance in Mc Arthur court, Saturday night. Decorations for the affair are built around a “Russian Rendezvous” theme. —Courtesy Register-Guard. Final Tabulations In Emerald Poll Responsibility for the optional military vote of students in the Em erald straw poll Monday and Tuesday can be credited to the indepen dents, tabulations made yesterday in Johnson hall indicate. The bar barians rallied more than 2 to 1 against conscription, but this majority was almost wiped out by the fraternity and sorority vote for compul sory drill. The unaffiliated went optional, 368 to 170, and the Greeks favored compulsory 424 to 235. An error in tabulating the total optional-compulsory vote was dis covered yesterday which cut the optionalist lead from a 27-vote margin to one of 15 votes. The freshmen and graduate classes were the only ones to give a majority vote for optional drill. Alfred M. Landon carried the Greek votes, but President Roosevelt won the election on the basis of his independent support. The busi ness administration, law, and physical education schools were the only ones to sanction compulsory ROTC, while architecture and allied arts was the only school giving a majority to Landon. Norman Thomas was strongest in the music school drawing four votes to six for both Landon and Roosevelt, but he failed to get one vote in the 348 cast by the business administration school. There was but one Communist vote in the entire school of journalism, second largest in the University. The Emerald poll had 1277 ballots marked, representing 44 per cent of the school. Exactly 49 per cent of the men voted, and 32 per cent of the women. The law, journalism, and social science schools had over 50 per cent of their enrollment represented. Only 13 per cent of the science majors found sufficient interest in the poll to vote. Final tabulations: Sex: Male . Female . Class: Freshmen . Sophomore .. Junior . Senior . Special . Graduate . Major: AAA .. AL . BA . Ed . HE . Jour. Law . Mus . PE . Sc. SoSc. Affiliation: Independents Greeks . C I 447 189 a o a 3 314 16S s g o J3 P 42 23 01 ■a Z o c m 20 4 176 129 15 5 168 137 16 3 144 103 21 4 133 101 12 10 12 0 0 28 19 6 3 30 32 9 0 80 55 12 4 193 143 0 6 42 28 2 0 6 4 10 82 63 13 1 74 63 2 6 6 6 4 1 21 14 1 0 18 15 2 1 106 72 23 5 321 156 57 10 320 328 12 12 X 5 0 a > o O 1 0 = g o. o O O 436 385 168 198 3 0 194 123 0 0 156 162 0 0 120 146 2 0 113 145 0 0 2 0 0 0 31 25 0 0 40 30 0 0 79 68 2 0 14i 201 0 1 39 32 0 0 6 4 1 0 89 65 0 0 70 72 0 0 11 6 0 0 15 20 0 0 22 12 0 0 106 95 3 1 368 170 2 0 235 424 GRAD COMING FOR WEEKEND Harold Bates, recent graduate of the business school who is now working for the Westfir Lumber company, will be among the grads who plan to return this weekend for homecoming. RYTA ESH’S BROTHER DIES Ryta Esh, Portland, education major, was called home Saturday because of the death of her bro ther, who was killed in an auto mobile accident. Dance Chairman Releases Names Of Honor Guests Tickets Going Fast, Says Bales; Some Houses Already Over Quota; Sale Closes Friday Molly White, chairman of pa trons and patronesses for the Rus sian Rendezvous, has announced a roll of special guests to be in vited to the homecoming dance in McArthur court Saturday evening. Topping the list of distinguished guests are Chancellor and Mrs. Frederick Hunter and Mayor and Mrs. Elisha Large. Others are: Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, Dean and Mrs. J. H. Gilbert^ Dean and Mrs. Eric Allen, Coach and Mrs. P. G. Callison, Dean and Mrs. Virgil B. Earl, Dean and Mrs. J. R. Jewell, Dean and Mrs. Wayne L. Morse, Dean and Mrs. Karl Onthank, Dr. and Mrs. George Rebec, Prof, and Mrs. O. F. Stafford, Dr. and Mrs. Edward DeCou, Mr. and Mrs. George Godfrey, Mr. and Mrs. Arne G. Rae, Prof, and Mrs. Charles Hulten, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schomp, Prof, and Mrs. Stephenson Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pallett, Colonel and Mrs. E. V. D. Murphy, Prof, and Mrs. W. F. G. Thacher, Prof, and Mrs. George Turnbull, Professor and Mrs Kenneth Shumaker, and Prof, and Mrs. Carlton Spencer. Emerald Charges To Be Aired at Meet The Oregon Liberty association at an 8 p.m. campus meeting in Gerlinger hall tonight will insti tute a drive to place required mili tary views before Oregon voters and substantiate Qharges made against Emerald editorial policies. At the meeting, which is open to the general public, reports from committees and officers will be read to determine progress made in the campaign. New plans to present required military views to voters before the November elec tion will be discussed and a course of action will be determined. Charges made against the Em erald in broadcasts from the Col lege Side during the straw vote poll will be aired, Don Thomas, chairman of the meeting said last night. Student leaders advocating re quired military training will par ticipate in the discussions. Oregon Lettermen To Sell Lids Today Rooter's lids will go on sale to day for the homecoming game. Or der of the "O” members will have* charge of the sale. As over 140 lids were sold for the Idaho game, it is predicted more will be sold for the Washington State-Oregon tilt here. Saturday noon calls to the living organizations on the campus will be made as a final drive to sell lids before the game. Don Thomas, rally committee chairman, has devised several stunts for students in the root ing section, and* white shirts and rooter's lids will be necessary to gain admittance to this section. Before the opening gun, alumni lettermen wearing Oregon sweat ers will hold their annual march around the field to a special sec tion reserved in their honor. Dean Schwering Talks On Frosh Orientation Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, dean of women, spoke on freshman or ientation to a group of freshman .girls representing each of the wo men’s living organizations last Tuesday afternoon in Johnson hall. She mentioned the importance of friendliness and courtesy especial ly toward housemothers, patrons, and patronesses. Various activi ties, hobby groups, honorary socie ties and the do’s and don’t’s of campus life were explained. She placed an emphasis on scholarship. Gum and Mums Declared 6Out9 For Informal Girls can wipe that worried look off their faces now, for the current campus problem of how to wear a yellow chrysanthemum with a red informal at the dance Saturday night has been solved by "Oregon’s own Emily Post," Isabelle Miller. The solution? Mums will not be worn. No flowers will be seen on the long dinner dresses which are in order, Miss Miller and Dave Lowry, chairman for the dance, have decided. However, according to the mum sales committee this is no excuse for fellows not to send girls a mum. Mums will be def initely "in” at the game in the afternoon. According to Miss Miller, gum chewing also will be out along with mums at this first informal dance of the year. Square Treatment Of Jury Advocated Portland Attorney States Supremacy of Oratory Is Lost to Courts The best way to win court ac tions today is to treat the jury ab solutely square, declared William Morrison, Portland attorney, to a combined audience of the law school student body and faculty yesterday morning. Morrison, partner in the firm of Maguire, Shields, and Morrison, presented a complete outline of the ordinary procedure followed in the usual civil court action, giving hints and suggestions on the va rious ways to meet situations and on handling phases of the suits. Following his address Morrison was feted by Phi Delta Phi at a luncheon held at the College Side Inn. The rule of oratory is waning, Morrison believes, because the modern jury is intelligent enough to recognize and weigh the impor tance of facts. A jury no longer is impressed by deliberate attempts to browbeat witnesses, to mistreat the opposition, and to show the judge disrespect. Janet Smith Seeks Jobs For Graduates Employment Secretary Is Contacting Business Men Of Portland For the purpose of securing per manent work for graduates, Janet Smith, secretary of the employ ment bureau, left for Portland, Monday afternoon. Last spring this service was started in contacting long time placement jobs for graduates in response to a growing demand. This does not replace anything offered by the teachers’ appoint ment bureau but is purely a service tendered by the employment bu reau. Alumni are urged to contact Miss Smith, if interested in this accom modation. Torrid Political DebateExpected At 11 o’clock Assembly Planned to Put Political Information Before Student Body In Unbiased Way Oregon student political interest, existing in varying degrees during past weeks, will rise to higher in tensity today when representatives of Republican, Democrat, and So cialist parties debate presidential campaign issues at 11 o'clock in Gerlinger hall. Monroe Sweetland, state chair man of the Socialist party, will open the debate schedule with a ten-minute review of socialist polit ical ideas. W. L. Gosslin, secretary to Governor Martin, will take up the bludgeon for the Democrats, and David Eccles, state chairman of the Young Republican league, will stump for Landon. Speakers to Give Viewpoints Concentrating their efforts on specific issues and problems fac ing the nation, the speakers will reflect America’s political view points. wnen sups were drawn to deter mine the order of speakers, each was allotted ten minutes for con structive speeches and five minutes for rebuttal, but Republican repre sentatives yesterday asked twelve minutes for the first speech and three minutes for rebuttal.. Casteel to Preside Professor John Casteel, head of the University speech division, will preside over the debate. No formal question will be up for considera tion and no winner will be named. The debate is an effort to put political information before stud ents in the most unbiased manner possible, organizers said. Members of the campus Roose velt-Garner club have persuaded Mr. Cosslin to stay over and ad dress the group at a special meet ing in Gerlinger hall at 4 o’clock In the afternoon. He will also speak at 7:30 at the city court house. Profs Unbend; Give Burlesque At Law Smoker The annual law school smoker was held Tuesday night with fun and frolic quite out of keeping with the average student’s concep tion of the dignity of law school professors and students. The professors led the fun with a burlesque skit of faculty meet ings depicting the trials and tribu lations necessary to enact needed legislation. They also panned the students in no uncertain manner. Each law school class gave a short skit. The seniors devoted most of their time to putting the professors in their places—accord ing to the seniors' ideas, anyway. Several musical numbers were pre sented. The faculty provided free cigars, cider and doughnuts. According to Bob Miller, law school student body president, this is the only law school in the coun try to have an affair of this kind. Detective Delves Deep; Defies Demure Dames By FELKER MORRIS Rally ’round/ Today we sauntered down to the Theta palace to see what foolish children are wearing pins. Jerry May coyly displays her Beta brass to those who don't know she has it, and speaks gayly of the American league's chances for the baseball pennant next year. The Hamley “Personality Kid" found fertile soil for planting, and Dorothy Good is reaping the harvest. . . . And of course even the un initiated know about Jo McGilchrist and Pete Buck; ditto that ravish ing Barker gal and Dale Fisher. The man in Ginny Koehler's campus existence is the Sig X with the dog, Hal Peterson. (That’s his name, not the dog’s). The big shot ATO that bothers Marg Baker is none other than our own A1 Davis —he of the hair cut! That takes care of the Thetas so we whip on down to the colon ial mansion where the DG’s reside. These Delta G’s are democratic, they collect pins from all the lads. Jeff Howard left his trinket with Louise Carpenter, and Phil (I-am a-law-student) Hayden hung his pin on Norma Kolstead. Of course, there’s Pearl Johansen and her shadow from the Kappa Sig house, and Constance Kletzer plus a ‘‘Five-armed Star.” Last but not least we leave you with the thought of Ruth (Henry) Ford and Ben Grout. Remember, ’tis better to have planted your pin and have it given back than never to have attended Oregon at all!