Guild War Protest
Play Will End Run
At Curtain Tonight
VOLUME xxxvm
NUMBER 17
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Free to Marry
The “most talkeu UUv,UI. woman
in the world” is today tentatively
a free woman. The hearing in Jus
tice Hawke's court yesterday- a
mere formality of seventeen min
utes’ testimony followed by a crisp
“Oh, very well, a decree nisi" from
the judge—gave Mrs. Wallis War
field Simpson the right to marry
again, if she wishes, at the end of
a six-month probation period.
The vivacious, Baltimore-bor.i
friend of Britain’s, King Edward
VIII was at no time looked upon
by Justice Hawke, who was notice
ably irked to find the now famous
divorce case in his court. No cor
respondent was named.
Setting the Pace
A $230,000,000 modernization
program for France’s air forces to
gether with a large increase in
number of war planes was ap
proved' by the French cabinet last
night. In Belgium, a new military
bill of unknown content awaits
consideration of parliament at to
day’s session.
Coming on the heels of the re
cent Italo - German accord, the
French and Belgian moves were
interpreted by observers as reac
tionary measures. Belgium’s mili
tary bill, at the same time, was a
matter of conjecture—as to whe
ther it includes fortifications of
her French as well as her German
borders.
Poor Robinson Crusoe
An 18-year-old youth who spent
six shivering hours in the darkness
on Crater lake’s Wizard island af
ter swimming through icy waters
from the lake shore was rescued
last night by CCC boys who carried
a boat down the steep embankment
and rowed out to him.
Clayton Ellingson, 18, cousin of
Don Ellingson, who made the swim,
started on the venture also but
turned back when the frigid wa
ters proved too much for him.
When discovered by CCC rescuers,
Don was wrapped in a piece of
canvas he had found on the island
and was nursing serious cuts on
his feet, caused by walking on the
sharp lava rocks which cover the
island.
While Madrid W aits
With Insurgent advances yester
day bringing them almost within
shelling distance of the Spanish
capital, the Fascist battle cry last
night had become “Madrid by Sat.
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Socialists Gather
Tonight at Y Hut
Eugene socialists and near-so
cialists will meet tonight at the
University Y hut to lay final plans
for the last five days of the cur
rent political campaign.
Rev. Cecil F. Ristow of the
Methodist church, and Prof.
Charles Hulten of the journalism
school will speak. Ristow will out
line the platform of the Socialist
party and the part it is playing in
the present campaign. Hulten will
discuss the possibilities of a na
tional Farmer-Labor party during
the next four years, and what part
the Socialist party may play in its
development.
Party platforms, student litera
ture, and other pamphlets and ma
terial explaining the socialist po
sition will be available. The meet
ing, which will begin at 7:30 p. m.,
is open to all persons interested in
the candidacy of Norman Thomas
and the Socialist ticket.
Patric, Former
Student, Off for
European Trip
As special correspondent for the
National Geographic society, John
Patric, journalism student at the
University in 1933, writes from on
board the Conte di Savoia that he
is off on his second European
assignment in a single year.
Equipped with a portable type
writer, a new camera, and $1000 in
expense money, he was sent by
the society to Czechoslovakia and
Hungary to look for interesting
material.
Patric has just finished two stor
ies which will appear in future
issues of the National Geographic
magazine. One on Rome will be
published shortly after the first of
the year. The other, on Italy, will
be divided into two or three separ
ate stories.
Third’s a Charm ?
(Courtesy the Morning News)
Shown in the bridal gown she wore at her first wedding, when she
became the bride of Lieutenant Winfield Spencer Jr., USN, in 1916, is
Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson whose first decree of divorce was
granted in 17 minutes in an English court yesterday. Mrs. Simpson’s
name has been linked romantically with that of King Edward VIII,
whose formal coronation will come in a little more than six months,
just a week before Mrs. Simpson is given her final decree.
Wrought-Iron Gates on
LibetoHonorLateDr.Hall
The memory of Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the University
from the fall of 1926 until he resigned in 1932, will be honored when
wrought-iron gates are hung for the new library building.
These gates are being designed by B. O. Dawson, a former student
of the art school who is now in Portland.
Other art work which is being included in the new structure is
being done by students in the art department or who were formerly
connected with it. Edna Dunberg,
who died last summer, was work
ing at the freize outside the build
ing.
Murals have been made on the
two staircases, one depicting the
growth of science and dedicated to
the memory of Frederick George
Young. Dr. Young, who died in
1929, was connected with the Uni
versity for 33 years, both as dean
of the school of sociology and dean
of the graduate school, which posi
tion he took in 1920.
Mural Depicts Art Growth
The second mural, depicting the
growth of art, is given in memory
of Lewella Clay Carson, the first
Dean of Women on the campus.
Miss Carson is living in a Califor
nia sanitarium. These murals have
been the work of Albert and Ar
thur Runquist.
Several of the sculptored heads
of famous men which fill the
niches on the outside of the build
ing are the work of Mrs. Walter
Pritchard, whose husband is work
ing on the statues for the phys
ical education building.
All of these projects are under
the supervision of the WPA.
Rhodes Awards
Aspirants Must
Sign by Friday
Friday will be the last day for
those who wish to comppte for the
Rhodes scholarship to sign with
George Rebec, dean of graduate
division and chairman of the local
committee in charge of choosing
eligible contestants.
Books containing information
about the Rhodes scholarship and
Oxford university are kept on re
serve for those who wysh to acquire
further knowledge on the subject
in room 30 of the library. Each
year these books are put on re
serve so that one person cannot
take out all available material.
Out of the fifteen contestants
last year in the university, four
were selected to attend the meet
ing of the state committee in Port
land. They are: Leland Thieleman,
Stuart Portner, William Hall, and
John Caswell. The competitors do
not have to be students of the uni
versity but are required to have
at least two years of university
work.
The local committee which
chooses the applicants includes:
George Rebec, C. B. Beall, Andrew
Fish, R. R. Huestis, A. R. Moore,
and S. S. Smith.
75 Coeds Meet
For First Taste
Of Rifle Practice
Coeds’ interest in the art of
sharpshooting manifested itself
Tuesday afternoon when about 75
women gathered at .the ROTC
headquarters to be instructed in
riflery.
Sergeant Harvey Blythe, antici
pating a small group, found it nec
essary to increase the hours avail
able for women to practice firing.
A temporary schedule offers all
day Tuesday and Thursday and
possibly Thursday evening from
7:30 until 10:30, for practice and
instruction.
“These rifles wouldn’t kick a fly
off a toothpick,” was Sergeant
Blythe’s consoling answer to nu
merous queries about rifles “back
firing.”
Soph Chairmen
Starting Work
On Class Dance
Olympic Hotel Band May
Play; Haener, Kemler
Name Committee Men
For Informal
Expecting: the annual soph in
formal to be one of the big dances
of the term because of the large
number of second-year students,
Co-chairmen Harold Haener and
Zane Kemler are making plans to
secure a ‘‘big name" orchestra for
the affair, scheduled for Saturday,
November 14.
George Cropp’s Olympic hotel
musicians, who rate high in Se
attle, according to the chairmen,
are being considered. Other leading
orchestras of Oregon and Califor
nia will also be contacted before a
final choice is made.
Fine Dance, No Motif
Althought the motif for the fall
social highlight has not yet been
decided upon some variation of
‘‘Bon Voyage” will probably be
used as a theme.
In the meantime, routine work
was inaugurated yesterday with
the appointment of ten special
committees.
Those announced were: orches
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New System Used
For Selling Mums
Prizes Are Awarded io Girls
Selling Most; Holden’s
To Supply Flowers
Introducing a novel system for
contracting mum orders on detach
able duplicate tickets, 30 salesgirls,
directed by Felker Morris and June
Brown, opened sales yesterday for
the Oregon-Washington game Sat
urday, according to Gladys Battle
son, general AWS mum sales chair
man.
Prizes will be again awarded to
the girls selling the most mums.
Harriet Sarazin and Jacquiline Mc
Cord sold the greatest number in
fraternities last week, each girl
selling 27. Katherine Kahn, selling
in Susan Campbell hall, won for
selling the most to coeds.
Holden’s florist shop at Broad
way and Morrison streets in Port
land, has contracted to furnish
mums at 50 cents, 75 cents, and $1,
deliveries to be made on 75-cent
and $1 mums.
The tickets to be used will be
much easier to dispense to pur
chasers than were the sales slips
formerly used.
Joe and Elmer, Cottage
‘Come-ons’, Kidnaped
By LAWRENCE QUINLAN
Kidnaping—one of America’s most vicious crimes—showed its
ugly visage on the University campus last Friday night when two
hard working boys were snatched from under the eyes of several
hundred unsuspecting students. The two victims, Joe Barker and
Elmer Gape, both brain childs of H. P. Slugg, campus cartoonist, are
still missing.
This statement was submitted to
campus detectives last night by
“Tommy,” waitress at the Cottage
on 13th street where the two men
were honestly employed at the
time of their abduction.
“The two men were at their post
in front of the Cottage door, tend
ing to their usual duties,” the at
tractive, broken-hearted waitress
tearfully explained, “when—
“Oh, their duties? Why, Elmer
sits on a stool and gazes at a colos
sal milkshake in front of him, while
Joe—good old Joe—stands behind
Elmer with a white apron around
his waist and a ‘come-on-in’ appeal
in his eyes. They lure the fresh
men and other ‘sophisticates’ into
the cafe, you know.”
With a catch in her throat “Tom
my” went on:
“Then, about 10 o'clock, we sud
denly were aware that the two lads
were gone. The kidnapers took
Elmer’s stool and milkshake—even
Joe’s apron.”
“Oh, yes, we miss them terribly,
and we know that Elmer’s and
Joe’s friends are mourning their
disappearance, too.”
Topping the long list of broken
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Charm School
Meets Today at
Alpha Phi House
“How Can You Be So Chram
ing?” may be just the title of a
song to some coeds, but to others
these words phrase a problem.
Philomelete offers the answer.
Charm school, one of the Philo
melete groups of Phi Theta Upsi
lon, junior women’s honorary,
meets this afternoon at 4 o’clock
at the Alpha Phi house. All girls
on the campus are invited to at
tend.
Campus etiquette, tradition,
fashions and topics of interest to
every coed will be discussed at the
meeting. Isabelle Miller, campus
“Emily Post,'* Frances Schaupp,
Jane Bogue, and Kathleen Duffy
are in charge of the group.
Other hobby groups directed by
Philomelete are: recreation, art
and music, prose and poetry, travel
and drama.
Mrs, Thacker’s^
Book of Songs
Taken From Car
To use the words of Shake
speare, "Something's rotten in
Denmark!”
An autographed collection of
the songs of the picture “Swing
Time,” presented bv Jerome
Kern to Mrs. Jane Thacher pro
fessor of piano, has mysteriously
disappeared. Mrs. Thacher had
the collection only four hours.
Mrs. Thacher planned to work
out a two-piano arrangement on
some of these songs with Robert
Gould, professor of music.
Mrs. Thacher loaned the vol
ume to Professor Gould, who
placed the songs in his car. When
Professor Gould stopped at the
old library, the collection of
songs vanished.
The collection is of consider
able value.
Friars Pirii Six
Senior Pledges
Lewis, Eschebeck, Finley,
Thomas, Davis, Bjork
Tapped at Dance
Honors were bestowed upon six
senior men at the annual homecom
ing dance Saturday night, when
the Friars tapped their men. New
members of the senior men’s hon
orary are: John R. Lewis, president
of the Order of the d; John Thom
as, varsity catcher; Walt Esche
beck, chairman of the 1936 home
coming; Alan Davis, one time soph
omore class president; Craig Fin
ley, former president of the Skull
and Dagger; and Delbert Bjork.
football tackle and captain.
Six hundred couples danced in
the Russian ballroom to Gus Mey
er’s Campus Capers and were en
tertained by features. Don Chap
man was master of ceremonies for
the student acts.
Dave Lowry and Vic Rosenfeld
were co-chairmen for the dance.
Vets Challenge
OCPC to Debate
ROTC Question
Members of the Oregon Commit
tee for Peace and Freedom yester
day accepted a challenge for de
bate in the. Portland civic auditor
ium issued Sunday by representa
tives of Portland veterans’ organi
zations.
The challenge directed to Charles
Paddock, peace committee head,
said, “Believing that the public is
not fully informed as to the mili
tary training initiated measure, the
undersigned challenge your organ
ization to publicly debate the is
sue.”
The message was signed by Har
vey Swan, district commander of
the American legion, and head of
the Multnomah county veterans’
allied national defense committee.
Paddock received the challenge
yesterday, asking the OCPT to set
a date for the meeting.
According to Paddock, arrange
ments will be made in Portland by
Howard Ohmart, Portland repre
sentative of the committee. Neither
side has named speakers.
Second Concert
In Abas Series
Played Monday
A small but appreciative au
dience greeted the Abas string
quartet Monday evening when they
presented the second performance
of a series of concerts for students
only. The third and final concert
will be given November 9.
The program included “Adagio
Allegro" from the concerto for
string quartet by Sanmartini, “An
dantino Scherzo” from quartet in
G minor by Debussy, two short
pieces for string quartet by Stra
vinsky, four Bagatelles for string
quartet by McEwen, “Lament,”
“March,” “The Dark Lake,” "Red
Murdoch,” and “Andante Cant
abile” from quartet in C minor by
Mozart.
After the concert, all music hon
oraries gave a reception in the
lounge In order to meet the quartet
Hal Young Slates
Opening Recital
Now Voioo Instructor Will
Appear November 10 at
Music Ruildiii"
Hal Young-, recent addition to
the music faculty, will appear in
his opening campus recital Tues
day, November If), at 8 p.m. in the
music auditorium. Mr. Young,
tenor of wide musical comedy and
light opera experience, was soloist
with the Eugene Gleemen last
year.
Taking charge of the Gleemen
in the absence of John Stark
Evans, Young established himself
in Eugene as an excellent perform
er. At present he is acting as voice
instructor in the school of music.
Announcement of ticket sale and
program for the concert will be
made later this week.
In addition to singing in light
music productions, Mr. Young has
appeared as soloist for the Boston,
Cincinnati, Rochester, and Port
land symphony ochestras. In 1926
he sang with the American Grand
Opera company which toured the
United States singing grand opera
in English.
OCPF to Climax
Drive on Sunday
Peace Committee to Make
Final Appeal to Voters
Throughout State
On the air and on the debate
platform, the Oregon Committee
for Peace and Freedom will make
its last appeal to voters of the
state Sunday.
The broadcast is scheduled for
station KEX, Portland, at 9:45
p. m. Speakers will be Ben Os
burne, executive secretary of the
Oregon Federation of Labor; Ray
Gill, state Grange mfester, Bishop
Titus Lowe of the Methodist
church, and Paul Kelty, managing
editor of the Oregonian.
The debate is also scheduled for
Sunday evening in the library audi
torium, Portland. Non-compulsory
speakers will probably be Richard
Neuberger, Monroe Sweetland and
Charles Paddock. Speakers for the
veterans’ groups which issued the
debate challenge have not yet been
announced.
The committee is mailing its last
issue of the “Initiative,” non-com
pulsory bulletin, today, and is mail
ing thousands of copies of its ar
gument. The committee expects to
circulate more than 50,000 copies
of the folder.
Seamen’s Strike
May Delay Work
On New Library
A construction holdup on the
new library is feared if the im
pending seamen’s union strike ma
terializes, Will V. Norris, in charge
of campus construction, said yes
terday. Scheduled for any time
after Wednesday, over 35,000 sea
and dock workers may walk out.
Due to lower rates, construction
materials to be used on the library
have been shipped by sea. The re
mainder of the materials to be
used have been withheld awaiting
the outcome of the federal mari
time commission’s hearing of the
dispute and the decision of the
union men.
Much painting in the library re
mains to be done. Floor carving,
tiling, and laying of linoleum await
completion, while all lighting fix
tures must yet be installed.
When completed, the new library
will represent an expenditure of
approximately $500,000 of which
about 45 per cent will be paid by
the federal government through
the PWA, the remainder to be ap
propriated by the state of Oregon.
NY A Pay Checks Are
Ready for Students
At Johnson Hall
NVA checks are ready for
distribution at window 2 on the
second floor of the administra
tion building Wednesday from
8 to 12 o’clock and from 1 until
3 o’clock.
Didn’t Believe It
(Courtesy the Register■(luard)
As editor of u wire service from
the front in the war which “starts
tomorrow” in the University thea
ter's “Bury the ead,” Dan E. Clark
Jr. scoffs at his reporter when he
brings in a story that dead men
refuse to be buried.
Capacity Crowd
Sees Guild Play
‘Bury the Dead’ to Finish
Four-Day Run Tonight;
Attendance Good
Bidding fair to set a record for
attendance at a University play
presented in recent years, "Bury
the Dead" enters its fourth and
final showing in the Guild hall to
night after showing to a capacity
audience Tuesday evening.
Believing the increased atten
is an indication of stirring interest
in campus drama, the play’s pro
ducers and actors were enthusias
tic last night. Attendance to all
performances has been good, Mrs.
Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt reports,
with the smallest "house" attend
ing Monday night.
The policy of not selling the
seats in the first two rows has
been maintained throughout the
performances, as they are too close
to the stage, especially in a play
of this type which depends heavily
on the lighting for it's effects.
C. A. JONES HAS JOB
Chester A. Jones; who formerly
did graduate work in chemistry at
the University of Oregon, is now
working for the Champion Paper
and Fiber company at Hamilton,
Ohio.
His position is in the chemical
control of the manufacturing oper
ations.
OregontoHold
PortlandRally
Friday Night
Serpentine, Street Rally,
Danee, Show on Stage;
Affair to Be 4No Date,’
Says Committee
A “stupendous” pre-game rally
for Friday night in Portland, pre
ceding the “big game" Saturday
has been announced by the Oregon
rally committee, headed by Don
Thomas.
A serpentine dance, beginning at
the depot will wind up Broadway
street to the Broadway theatre.
Students leaving Eugene on the
4:52 train Friday afternoon will
arrive in Portland in time to par
ticipate in the serpentine.
Dance Will Be Informal
Following a brief street rally in
front of the theatre, the students
will gather on the mezzanine fof
an informal dance. Then the stage
performance will be given.
The entire affair will be “no
date," the rally committee feeling
this will insure freer participation
and greater enjoyment for the stu
dents. .
The committee emphasizes the
importance of cooperation on the
part of students to make the rally
a success, and urges all those plan
ning to go to buy their train tic
kets, rally tickets, and rooter lids
before Friday, to avoid last-minute
confusion.
Theta Sigma Phi
To Initiate Nine
Mrs. Eric W. Allen to Tell
Of Summer Vacation
Spent in Germany
All women enrolled in the jour
nalism school are to be guests of
Theta Sigma Phi, women’s nation
al journalism fraternity, at an
open meeting Thursday, November
5, at which Mrs. Eric W. Allen will
speak on her experiences in Ger
many the past summer. The affair
will be in Alumni hall.
Immediately preceding the meet
ing, nine women, pledged by Theta
Sigma Phi last spring at the Mat
rix Table banquet, will be initiated
by the society. Members and
pledges will attend a banquet at
the Anchorage before initiation
which will be held in the AWS
rooms in Gerlinger hall.
Mildred Blackburne is in charge
of initiation. Assisting her are
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College Reading Trends
Shown by Lending Libes
“Book consciousness” has resulted in 548 books being placed on
the lending library shelves of 14 living organizations this fall. Women's
organizations have topped the men in interest 9 .to 6.
Alpha Phi, Tri-Delta, Chi Omega, Sigma Kappa, Susan Campbell
hall, Women’s co-op, Alpha Gamma Delta and Alpha Xi Delta are
the women’s groups who have taken advantage of the traveling
libraries. Men s organizations tak
ing out books are Theta Chi, Phi
Sigma Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta,
Omega hall, and Westminster
house.
College men read more non-fic
tion than do women, Miss Bernice
Rice, circulation librarian said. In
fact non-fiction has lead fiction for
the two-year period since the start
ing of these lending libraries, 3,176
to 2,193, in the total of 5,269 books.
Another surprising fact discov
ered by Miss Rice is that contrary
to speculation, books on art and
music were demanded by men's or
ganizations and the majority of the
books from the Carnegie collection
of art which was received last
spring were taken out by them.
Guesses have been made as to
the most popular books among col
lege students but Miss Rice’s fig
ures show 17 books which stand
above all others. They are “An
thony Adverse,” “Skin Deep,”
“North of the Orient,” “Mutiny on
the Bounty,” “A Lantern in Her
Hand,” “Men of Art,” “Arrange
ment of Flowers,” “Twentieth Cen
tury Music,” “Magnificent Obses
sion,” “100,000,000 Guinea Pigs,”
“Personal History,” "Omah Khay
yam,” “Madame Bovary,” “Out of
My Life and Thought,” "Modern
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Joe Richards
MEN’S STORE
Into tin' door
Hi* threw his hat;
Out came another
And that was that.
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