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Nation's Voters Pick A President at Polls From P> to ft Today VOLUME XXXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1936 NUMBER 20 The Passing Show November 3,1936 Shanghai Police Sympathy W alkouts In W'inter” s Grip By DARREL ELLIS Today”s the Day Presidential candidates wound up the most expensive campaign in American political history with a final radio barrage last night, as voters from Maine to California awaited the opening of polls to day. Campaign leaders for both par ties proclaimed that their candi dates would win sweeping victor ies in today's election. Estimates made yesterday indicated that over 45 million voters will do the decid ing. Polling places will start closing at 3 p. m., eastern standard time, and will continue shutting at half hour and hour intervals until the last booths in Oregon and Wash ington lock up at 8 o'clock. Pacific standard time. Unofficial tabulations will be broadcast through intricate radio hookups from coast to coast. Ob servers believe that the voting trend will be known by early af ternoon. Totighies Tortures Taxi fare in Japan yesterday contributed to a growing list of in ternational complications. A British sailor, arrested for al legedly refusing to pay a taxi fare, charged Japanese police with tor turing him to obtain a “confes sion.” The police, he said, pushed a fountain pen under his finger nails and forced ink into the wounds to make him sign. Idle Ships Shipping paralysis tightened on the Pacific coast and spread to other American ports as seamen and longshoremen in Atlantic and Gulf ports walked out in sympathy for western maritime workers and the maritime commission postponed (Please turn to page tivo) Stanford Plans New ‘Night Spot’ Latest reports have it that Stan ford is to have its own "night spot.” The Stanford g61f course clubhouse will be used as the “nit ery” experiment. A radio will be installed, a soda fountain operated, and there will be informal enter tainment and dancing until 11 or 12 o’clock. If the proposed scheme is suc cessful a $25,000 hall may be built to accomodate the dance. The night life of the campus was further affected by a ruling per mitting women entertainers to ap pear with outside orchestras. One of the reservations was that there be a “bouncer” to oust them the minute they begin any “question able” performance. Veterans The play “Bury the Dead” may be given as an Armistice day pro ject by the College Council for Peace on the San Jose State col lege campus despite strong oppo sition from the Veterans’ council. The Veterans’ council, last week, refused to co-sponsor the play. Student Hans Reimer was sentenced to prison to get his masters degree! After serving a three months term he declared it an invaluable exper ience. Reimer, the 23-year-old son of the president of the State Teach er’s college at Clarion, Pa., in order to get material for his thesis, “In nate Participation in the Adminis tration of Penal Institutions,’’ made secret arrangement at Wichi ta last summer to be sentenced on a “bad check charge.” Neither the judge who sentenced him nor the prison officials knew that Reimer “framed” himself to get the inside story on prison life. UO Pigging Students on the campus here never think anything of the odd tradition of never taking a date to an athletic event but on other cam puses this is considered unique. The University of Washington Daily says: "The tradition proba bly won’t be carried to Portland, but on the Oregon campus a man never takes a date to an athletic event. In case the man forgets and comes wandering into the student section with his cutie, the angered student body rises and taunts the offending couple with the yell “pig gers, piggers!” Latent Faculty Advisory Group Is Reorganized |Council Duties Restated; Body Restored Under Boyer in 1935 Had Been Inactive 3 Years Reorganization of the advisory council of the faculty of the Uni i versity of Oregon has been com pleted, it was announced yesterday by Dr. C. Valentine Boyer, Univer sity president, and duties of this important division were restated, following approval of the faculty at its last session. The advisory council was formed in 1915. when Dr. Prince L. Camp bell was president. It functioned continuously and took an active part in faculty affairs until 1932, when for a time during the reor ganization of the state system of higher education no regular meet ings of this group were held. For the past year, however, Dr. Boyer has called the group together reg ularly once each month and has conferred with them on other oc casions. Study Made The decision to continue the council and to outline it's duties definitely followed a request that a study be made of the advisabil ity of establishing in the faculty a committee on committees, a bud get committee and a committee on tenure and promotion. Such a sys tem has been adopted at several other universities. However, it was decided to continue work of (Please turn to fa tic four) $59,300 Bid Gets Heating Contract Improvements to Plant to Include Installation of New 536 HP Boiler Making- a basic bid of $59,300, Nelson Brothers, one of three bid ders for work on the heating plant improvement, was awarded the! contract yesterday by the building committee of the state board of higher education composed of F. C. Callister, chairman, Mrs. B. W. Sackett, and R. W. Ruhl. Construction will begin within ten days after signing of the con tract which is now being prepared by Charles D. Byrne, secretary to Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor of the state system of higher educa tion. The contract will be drawn up by the end of the week. The work includes the installa tion of a new boiler of 536 horse power, modifications to improve the efficiency of the present heat- | ing system, and an induced draft to clear up the smoke pall which settles over the campus from the present heating plant burners. W. V. Norris, in charge of all campus construction, said the ba sic bid will not be the total cost of construction, which will amount to approximately $65,000. Of this amount, $29,250 will be paid by the federal government through the PWA. Six months is estimated as the time required to complete the plant improvements. Other bids made for the contract were by Hastorf Inc., and C. C. ; Moore and Company. i Local Hunt Club Starts Fall Rides Thursday Evening The Eugene Hunt club will meet Thursday at the riding pavilion of the Lane county fairgrounds. Hors es will be available at the riding academy for $1 apiece. Kathleen Horton, instructor in horseback riding, will be in charge of the first rifle. At the first meeting last Sunday, the club decided to hold evening rides each Thursday night during the fall term. Cross country rides will be held the second Sunday of each month. In connection with the ride Thursday, the hunt club will hold a business meeting, at which offi cers will be elected. Members of the faculty and student body are invited. Wins Scholarship Violin soloist for the University of Oregon symphony orchestra, Ruthulbert VVolfenden, a b o v e, holds the Mu Phi Epsilon scholar ship for musical achievement. Miss Wolfenden Wins Scholarship Mu Phi Epsilon to Sponsor Symphony Concert; to Feature Lantlsbury Ruthalbert Wolfenden, junior violinist in the University school of music is winner of the Mu Phi Ep silon music scholarship for 1936-37, She is violin soloist and principal violist in the University symphony orchestra and Eugene Chamber music society and will play in the opening concert of the orchestra on November 23. Miss Wolfenden is a member elect of Mu Phi Epsilon, women’s national music honorary, which elects members at the end of the sophomore year on qualifications of scholarship and musical ability and activity. Awarding an annual music scholarship is part of Mu Phi Ep silon’s policy of promoting musical activities in the community. The scholarship winner is chosen each spring at competitive tryouts be fore a committee of disinterested judges. Natural talent, scholar ship, promise of active musical career, and ability to progress are the chief merits upon which the winner is chosen. Mu Phi Epsilon is sponsoring the opening University symphony orchestra concert to be given No vember 23 for the scholarship fund. John J. Lansbury, dean of the school of music, will play a piano concerto and a group of solos as features of the concert. This is his first appearance in public in almost five years. Entrance Limit For Sigma Delta Psi November 7 Thursday, November 7, is set as the deadline for all fraternity house managers to enter their men in the annual Sigma Delta Psi track and field competition. A house must have three men entered in order to compete. Each house receives 30 points for entering a team. It is also imperative that cross country managers have their men workout, as all runners have to be checked by Russ Cutler before they will be allowed to compete. The house must have three men finish within the 20-minute limit or the team will be disqualified. Runners should register on the chart on Hayward field when they workout. The Sigma Delta Psi events are 100-yard dash, 120-yard low hur dles, high jump, broad jump, shot put, javelin, mile run, baseball throw, football punt, and 20-foot rope climb. Infirmary Patients Hear Portland Game on Radio Students confined in the infirm ary who were unable to go to Portland to the game had the priv ilege of listening to it by means of radio. All those who were physically able were wheeled in their beds to make one large ward, and with the nurses and assistants, followed the game play by play. Progrtosticat ins> Professor Picks Pigskin Vic to rs Versatile Mr. Waldo Schu macher political science is his vocational field, but his avoca tion—that is another, the foot ball field. “Prognosticating- prof” Schu macher picked 1G of the 24 games in this week’s “Morning News” football forecasts to win second prize of five dollars. Perhaps Mr. Schumacher will be able to explain his prognos ticating prowess to his classes in terms of political science back ground; unusual enrollment in crease in political science classes will be given “the skeptical eye.” ' Gage’s Class Will Test Straw Vote Literary Digest Ballot Is Held Faulty Because of Limited Response — Students in Prof. D. D. Gage’s elements of statistics class will de termine how nearly correct was the Literary Digest’s straw vote of the presidential candidacy. The class believes that the straw vote is inaccurate because of its inclusion of only the upper classes of society, since the names for the ballots were secured from tele phone books, city directories, mail orders, and occupational dealers. The loop-holes suggested by the class are that the Digest may not have allowed for urban districts, particular social or economic classes, racial or religious groups, undecided voters who will be sway ed by last-minute speeches, and a cross section of the woman voters. The statistics provided by the. Digest at present indicate 54% of the voters for Landon, 40.7% for Roosevelt, 3.48% for Lemke, and 1.05 for other candidates. Dr. Frederick E. Croxton and W. L. Crum, outstanding statis ticians, have pointed out in an article in. Barron’s “Wall Street Journal” that this straw vote need3 adjusting because of the heavier Republican returns. New Extension Course Teaches Winter Botany As an outgrowth of the desire expressed by Oregonians for help in understanding and appreciating trees and shrubs in winter as well as in summer, a correspondence survey course is being offered un der the WPA adult education pro gram of the general extension di vision of the Oregon state system of higher education. According to H. E. Tobie, super visor of the WPA adult education, this is not in competition with any existing agency. Courses are pre pared and sent out to those whose educational needs are not being met at the present time. The course is open to all adults 1 without charge except for mater- | ials. Drawings, descriptions, and specimens of native trees and shrubs are to be sent in by observ ers from widely scattered locali ties, which will be checked by in structors and returned to the in- I vestigator. Instructor for the course is Mrs. Marian Field. Dads Will Be Guests at Soph Dance Nov. 14 Committee Makes Plans For Special Features, Awards; Two Cups Up For Houses As a special feature of the tenth annual Dads’ day, visiting fathers this year will be honored guests of the sophomores at their annual in formal dance in, McArthur court November 14, Barney Hall, student chairman, announced Monday. Headed by Earl M. Pallett, gen eral chairman of the faculty com mittee and Hall, committee mem* bfers discussed awards and special features of the annual weekend to be held on the campus November 13 and 14 at their meeting Mon day afternoon. Clifford Constance, awards chair man, will secure from Dean Virgil Earl’s office the list giving the membership of the various living organizations competing for the prizes available to the houses for the greatest attendance of Dads. Trophies Awarded The A. W. Norblad trophy, awarded annually to the living or ganization winning first place for the highest proportion of dads in attendance went to Phi Mu soror ity last year. The Paul T. Shaw trophy awarded the living organization for the second largest number of dads on the campus was won in 1935 by Alpha Delt Pi sorority. Phi Mu and Alpha Gamma Delta tied last year for the O. L. Laur gaard trophy given the house hav ing the largest number of fresh men dads down for the event. “Legal guardians will be con sidered dads for the purposes of this competition,” Constance said in his statement. “The prizes will be awarded annually and will ro tate from year to year until won three times by the same living or ganizations. They then become the permanent property of such or ganizations.” Awards are to be made at the banquet Saturday evening, Novem ber 14, to be held in John Straub memorial building, Constance an nounces. Speakers to Contact Through the efforts of Gladys Battleson, secretary of the com mittee, speakers will contact all houses in the near future endeav oring to further the interest in the week-end. According to re ports from several different houses, responses from the dads have been encouraging. (Please turn to pnyc /?co) Clifford Grunin# Dies at Sacred Heart Hospital Clifford Arvine Gruning, fresh man in journalism, died Monday evening at the Sacred Heart hos pital of complications arising from an appendicitis operation October 20. Gruning, a 16-year-old student from Blue River, Oregon, was tak en to the University hospital Octo ber 20 and transferred to the Sa cred Heart that same evening for an emergency operation. The body was taken to the Bran stetter-Simon chapel at 1152 Olive. Funeral services will be announced tomorrow. Polling Booths Voting places for students living in the immediate vicinity of the University will be as follows: Precinct No. 11, Grace Lutheran church, Eleventh and Ferry, all area between Broadway and Thirteenth, and between Alder and Mill. Precinct No. 12, auto enforcement office, NE corner S. H. Friend ly hall annex, all area east of Alder and north of Thirteenth to rail road, north of Franklin to city limits. Precinct No. 14, University high school, all area between Thir teenth and Eighteenth, and Ferry and University. Precinct No. 15, Christian church, 17th and Columbia, all area between Thirteenth and Seventeeth, and east of University. Precinct No. 16, Shinn residence, 854 E. 18th, all area between Ferry and University, and south of Eighteenth. Precinct No. 17, Edison school, all area south of Seventeenth be tween University and Agate. Precinct No. 18, Roosevelt school, all area south of Seventeenth and east of Agate. Herd's Rhodes Scholars (Courtesy the Oregon Journal) Selected from Reed college's top ranking students, these five will represent the Portland college in the state Rhodes scholarship finals. Top, left to right. Worth Sharpe, Irving Korn, Robert Burns Read; below. Grant McConnell and Sam Van Hynlng. Sophs Select Cropp’s Band Winthr.op Holel Orchestra Popular in Washington University Campus Chosen from the smaller Pacific coast orchestras, George Cropp’s band from the Winthrop hotel in Tacoma was signed yesterday to play for the annual sophomore in formal, Saturday night, November 14. Cropp’s band achieved popular ity at the University of Washing ton where it has been featured at many campus affairs. Late last year and during the spring, Cropp’s orchestra occupied the stand at the Olympic hotel in Seattle. George Cropp for many years was musical arranger for Orville Knapp and his orchestra. The informal committee is still culling over a variety of dance set ting ideas in an effort to formu late a new dance motif for the annual affair. The decision of the group is expected today. Lawyers’ Annual Brawl Scheduled For November 7 Law school students will have an opportunity to relax from their usual dignified routine of study at the annual law school fall term dance to be held November 7. The dance is the biggest social event of the fall term for law schoolers. It will be informal, and for law students only, with, of course, their dates. Co-chairmen for the affair are George Bernie and Bill Davis. It will be given in the ballroom of the Del Rey cafe. Murray Collection Gets Book of Scenes in Spain "Cathedral Cities of Spain,” by W. W. Collins, was added to the Pauline Potter Murray collection of beautiful books this week. The book was bequeathed to the library by Mrs. T. M. Reiter, who died re cently. The book, published by Dodd, Mead and company is illus trated with 60 beautiful color pic tures of cathedrals and scenes in Spain done by the author. The col lection may be found on the bal cony above the circulation desk. Lomax Attends Foreign Trade Board Meeting Alfred L. Lomax, professor of business administration, attended the foreign trade advisory board dinner and meeting at the Portland chamber of commerce Friday night. The board is composed of prom inent Portland shipping men, from whom Mr. Lomax will obtain new material for his classes in foreign trade. Election of Faculty Advisory Council to Be Held Tomorrow Election of the faculty advis ory council for the coming year will he held at the regular No vember meeting of the faculty Wednesday at I p. m. in the faculty room in Friendly hall. The election is being held in accordance with the action tak en at the special meeting Tues day, October 27. Theta Sig Open Meeting Nov. 5 Women Journalists to Hear Mrs. Eric W. Allen Talk In Alumnae Hall All women enrolled In the jour nalism school are invited by Theta ligma Phi to attend an open me"* Ing of the women’s national frater nity to be held in Alumni hall Thursday night at 7:30. Mrs. Eric W. Allen, who returned this fall from a six months’ stay in Europe, will be the featured speaker. Dorothy Dill, in charge of the meeting, said last night that an effort would be made to invite eacn woman personally, but the invita or not they can be reached. Preceding the meeting, initiation of nine pledges will be held in Oeplinger. A banquet will be helci at the Anchorage at 5 o’ciock, and initiation will be held immediately afterwards. In charge of the initiation are Mildred Blackburne, Phyllis Ad ams, and Henryetta Mummev Also present will be Mrs. George Turn bull. Mrs. Arne G. Rae, Mrs. Charles Hulten, and other aiumnae of Theta Sigma Phi. D. D. Gage, R Chilcote To Advise Phi Chi Theta Mr. D. D. Gage, associate pro fessor of business administration, and Ruth May Chilcote are the newly elected advisors of Phi Chi Theta, business honorary for wo men. Cherie Brown was chosen as re porter and Lois Strong and Helen Mitchell are on the committee for arranging speakers to talk before the society. Geraldine Sunnier to Marry Donald B. Reed Geraldine Sumner, Chi Omega, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam R. Sumner of Wenatchee, Washing ton, announced her engagement to Donald B. Reed, son of Mrs. Maude Krebs, of Corbett, at a house din ner last Thursday. Miss Sumner and Mr. Reed expect to be married next September. Miss Sumner is a sophomore in the University. Mr. Reed, a junior, is a member of Beta Theta Pi. UO Selects Five Candidates for RhodesAwards Brooke, Colvig, Vosper, Hornstein, Thielman Represent University In State Competition The University's five candidates for the state Rhodes scholarships finals were named yesterday by the University Committee on Ex tramural Scholarships. The five students who will go to Portland to enter the state compe tition are as follows: James W. Brooke, Portland, medical school student. Fred Colvig, Medford, senior in journalism. Marcus Hornstein, Portland, sen ior in psychology. Leland Thielman, Portland, grad uate in Romance languages. Robert Vosper, Portland, senior in Romance languages. The five selections were made from a list of 18 applicants, each of whom was interviewed individ ually. The committee making the selections was composed of Dr. George Rebec, dean of the grad uate division; Dr. B. C. Beall, pro fessor of Romance languages; Dr. R. R. Huestis, professor of zool ogy; Dr. A. R. Moore professor of general physiology; and S. Ste phenson Smith, professor of Eng lish. These five students will go to Portland where they will compete with contestants from other col leges and universities in the state. Two men will be selected from this group to try for the district selec tions. Four men will receive the final award from the district to attend Oxford university in Eng ; land. State, University Cooperation Is Purpose of Meet Discussion of future cooperation between the University and the Association of Oregon counties was the purpose of a meeting held Monday afternoon in the office of President C. V. Boyer. Present at the meeting were: President Boyer; P. L. Shull, Port land, president of the Association of Oregon counties; F. L. Phipps, The Dalles, secretary of the asso ciation; Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of social science; Calvin Crumbaker, professor of economics; R. W. Leighton, execu tive secretary of research; and Herman Kehrli, director of the bu reau of municipal research. Casteel to Preside at Portland Public Forum John L. Casteel, director of the speech division, will go to Port land Friday, November 6, to pre side at a public forum. Clarence T. Simon of the school of speech at Northwestern will be the princi pal speaker. 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