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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1936)
The Passing Show Red Over Madrid Stars Refuse ‘Bribe9 Buddy, Mary to Wed First Strike Meet Ey DARREL ELLIS Fascist bombs and artillery split the air around Madrid yesterday killing- GO persons and firing about 50 houses. Loyalists repulsed an attack which brought the insur gents into the city for the first time. The late bombardment was di rected at the university city in an attempt to dislodge defenders and open an entrance into Madrid. Fas cists entered and held ground for 12 hours, but were driven out when their reinforcements were repulsed. Tanks and armored cars waited outside the city for a possible en try after bombing ceased. Frank Merriwell and Co. Three star players of the Haver hill. Massachusetts high school grid team refused a gambler’s lu crative offer to "throw" the game, and went out to beat their tradi tional rival, Lawrence high school, by a 25 to 0 score. The boys were accosted several days before the game by a stranger who offered them $25 each if they would "forget to make touch downs.” They said, "he must have been crazy.” Mary Quite (Contrary In spite of her future husband’s incessant denials, Mary Pickford yesterday asserted that her en gagement to Charles “Buddy” Rog ers, would be announced Friday at a small reception and the wedding would take place next spring. Buddy was non-committal when interviewed by newspaper men, but Mary dispelled all doubts with an exuberant 2 a.m. telephone an nouncement to the bridegroom’s father. Boys Whoop It Up At the end of the first peace conference, between warring strik ers and employers yesterday, un ion officials expressed doubt whe ther workers would arbitrate dif ferences as requested by mayors of seaport cities who met with Presi dent Roosevelt in Washington. Rule over hiring halls was the topic of the meeting. Unions want ed full control, and employers de manded at least “neutral” control. Assistant Secretary of Labor Ed ward F. McGrady said the position of each side remained “unchanged.” FDR’s Postman’s Vacation At a meeting of American may ors yesterday, President Roosevelt announced intention of extending (Please turn to page three) Ball Machine Tests at U of C Shew Chances By BERNADINE BOWMAN “Why waste pin-money on pin ball machines?” asks the Ohio State Lantern. Students at that university, according- to a recent survey, spend an average of $1,500 a month on the machines. Losers apparently never abandon the idea that they can beat the “pinball-pi rates.” A University of California pro fessor has conducted numerous ex periments to determine what chances a person has to win in such a game. Using a mechanically ac curate release, he hit the designat ed hole only 28 times in 865 at tempts. Using a hand release he was successful only 14 times in the same number of shots. Anti-Gambling Drive The dormitory at North Carolina university has started a movement against local gambling. Gambling on the campus there is a direct vio lation of a university ruling as well as disturbing to the occupants of the dormitories. Melodies From the Sky Music may soon be floating down from the sky to the students of the University of Indiana. The new music building, which will be com pleted this month, will have a flat roof where recitals and entertain ments may be held. The roof promises to be one of the favorite places for summer recitals. Blind Date Efficiency The anti-lonesomeness bureau on the Lbiiversity of Idaho campus, organized by Dr. Evelyn Miller, dean of women, arranged 55 blind dates the first week it was in op eration, and an average of 30 the following six weeks. Lately busi ness supposedly has decreased be cause of the efficiency of the bu reau in establishing friendships of a more permanent nature. Fashion Frills Feature First AWSGathering Expect Large Attendance At Meet Wednesday; Tea Will Be Served in Gerlinger Hall The first Associated Women Stu dents mass assembly of the year will feature a Charles F. Berg fash ion show from Portland. This will be at 4 o’clock, Wednesday, Novem. ber 18 in the alumni room, Gerlin ger hall. A short business meeting will introduce campus officers and tea served on the sun porch will conclude the meeting. Martha McCall, 1936-37 presi dent will follow the introduction of her cabinet, with a presentation of ! Miss Margaret Reifenrath, stylist for Charles F. Berg, who will stage the revue. As the models display every thing from sport togs for campus wear to formal evening fashions, and informal evening fashions in cluding pajamas and robes, Miss Reifenrath will show how the com ing coronation of King Edward, the gay 1880's of his illustrious grand father, and the picturesque influ ence of the empire, have given this season’s prevailing fashions a glamour not seen for more than a decade. Models Will Parade Seven models are expected from Portland to parade the garments. The only campus model will be Betty Pownall, who spent part of her summer working at Berg’s. Following the fashion show, Kwamas will serve tea on the sun porch assisted by Mrs. Edith Sie fert, Gerlinger hostess. Staff Members Make State Finance Survey Herman Kehrli, director of the bureau of municipal research; O.K. Burrell, professor of business ad ministration; and Phillip A. Par sons, member of the state planning board, will leave for Salem Novem ber 16 to attend a meeting of the interim commission. Governor Charles H. Martin and state offi cials will also attend. They will present and discuss the results of their survey on the organization of the state finan cial departments. Dean Morse to Serve On State Committee Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, has recently been ap pointed to serve on the Oregon state bar committee on law en forcement and the committee on legal education for the ensuing year. Appointments were made by the board of governors of the Oregon state bar. Dads Object to Present Rushing System This group of fathers of University students, shown as they gathered outside Johnson hall following a mass meeting Saturday, voleed ob jection to the present system of rushing by fraterinites and sororitlesand voted for an investigation of the subject. The fathers’ stand against rushing was one of the highlights of the mass meeting, held as part of llie tenth annual dud's day. Speakers from the floor at the meeting favored a plan whereby no student could pledge until after his first year. fGravy’ Politics OSF Meet Topic Spoils System Cleanup Plan Will Be Suggested at First Federation Possibility of revising campus political methods will be discussed at the first meeting of the Oregon Student federation tonight at 7:30 on the third floor of Gerlinger hall. Preceding the discussion, Waldo Schumacher, professor of political science and adviser of the group, will give a talk on the place of the federation on the campus and what improvements it can make. Climax of the discussion of a po litical clean-up will be the pre sentation of an ASUO amendment which would make the present “gravy” system ineffective. Paul Plank, president, hopes that with the support of the federation this plan can be put across, thus alle viating the undemocratic political situation which, he maintains, now exists. Also on the order of the day is the election of a second vice-presi dent to replace William Hall, who was graduated last year. Presi dent Plank will appoint a new member of the program committee to replace Tom McCall, another graduate. All campus living organizations were notified last night of the meeting by Plank. Fate of the federation, which was started auspiciously last Feb ruary, will probably be decided at th‘e meeting. The organization was formed as an attempt to organize the liberal, but not radical stu dents, after the national American Student union was deemed too ad vanced by students interested. Opening of Golden Gate Bridge Is Gala Occasion By ROY N. VERNSTROM With California’s Governor Frank F. Merriam wielding an acetylene torch, the gold link in a silver chain was cut last Thursday morning to initiate the Oakland-San Francisco bridge superstructure. Two hours later a telegraph key was pressed by President Roosevelt in the White House causing green “Go” lights to be flashed on the bridge approaches officially opening the masterpiece of engineering Westminster Is Managing KORE Early Program The regular 7:45 worship service over station KORE each morning will be in charge of the Westmin ster organization for one week. Alma Herman and Leslie Dunton led Monday morning, and Frances Mays and Leonard Love will take the program Tuesday. Wednesday Helen Bryant, Bob Knox, and Wayne Gilfrey will of fer a program of meditation with special music. Laura Bryant, Lou ise Sandstrom, and Phil Barrett will present the service Thursday morning. Friday morning Gwen Caverhill and John Caswell will lead, and Saturday Mrs. J. D. Bry ant arid Gilbert Ross will be in 1 charge. co auiomooue iramc. , With 32 navy fighting ships in the bay below joining some 200 water craft, a massed flight of over 300 planes from three car riers and adjacent airports and po tentates of news headlines broad casting dedicatory messages on the bridge to a jittery crowd of tur bulent thousands, the writer had a difficult time crashing into news sources. However floor 27 of the San Francisco Shell tower building affored a safe refuge and an ex cellent point to inhale a panorama of the water crossing. From this retreat one could see the world’s wonder swarmed by infinitesimal objects under huge girders and sturdy towers above a great ribbon of concrete eight and one quarter miles long. Floating placidly at the peak of the scene was a Clipper ship. This affinity of two modern transportation (Please turn to page two) Fathers Condemn Rushing, Vf Pre-Initiation Week• Make Plan for Deferred Pledging Move to Delay Entry Into Fraternities During First Year Would Probably Break Houses, Is Comment Greek pledging and “hell week,” infamous fraternity initiation rite were put on the spot Saturday by the visiting fathers in their mass meeting held in Guild theater hall. The pledging question, which brought forth varied opinions from interested fathers, came up when a resolution was proposed that no students be allowed to join fraternities or sororities during their first y cai on liic tampua. Measure Amended The original measure was not carried through, however, being amended so that a committee will be appointed to investigate the whole question. Alhtough no defi nite committee was appointed by Merle K. Chessman, president for the coming year, it is believed that the group will be selected from the board of directors. Faculty and student opinion Monday indicated a belief that such i a deferred pledging plan would break Greek houses unless there was an exceptionally large increase in enrollment. Hell Week Hit “Hell week,” which is already officially banned, the dads learned from Virgil D. Earl, dean of men, was the target of a pointed reso lution. Dads were asked to co operate with Dean Earl in com pletely eradicating the ancient fra ternal initiation procedure from the campus. Fathers in favor of the resolu tion to investigate “rush week” pointed out that the present set-up does not give the student time to judge the houses wisely. Deferred judgment was also hailed as a means of creating a more demo cratic student body. Expansion of the University, both in regard to new buildings and increase in professorial service, was also discussed by fathers. The present situation was portrayed for them by Burt Brown Barker, vice-president of the University. YW Sophomores To Elect Officers At Meet Today The sophomore organization of the YWCA will meet Tuesday af ternoon at the Y bungalow at 4 o’clock to elect officers for the coming year. Reports of the nom ination committee, which was named at a meeting last Thursday, will be made. An active and varied program has been planned for the sopho mores to carry out. The program will include the making and selling of yarn mascots, and the planning of chat groups. Those on the nominating com mittee were: Frances Olsen, Kath erine Calloway, Katherine Staples, Margaret Goldsmith, and Dorothy Magnuson. All sophomore girls are urged to attend the meeting this afternoon whether they are Y members or not. Miss McCornack Dies From Fall Fall in Murray Warner Art Museum Is Fatal to Aged Woman Miss Mary Elizabeth McCornack, 75, graduate of the University of Oregon in 1882 and one of the old est living alumnae of this institu tion, died at midnight Sunday at the Sacred Heart hospital, follow ing a fall Sunday afternoon on a flight of stairs in the Murray War ner art museum. Miss McCornack spent part of Sunday afternoon in the museum, and, while descending the stairs, fell and struck her head. She was taken to the hospital, but never re gained consciousness. Miss McCornack, the daughter of Andrew and Maria McCornack, was born near Eugene, April 11, 1861. Following her graduation from the University she went to Boston to study music, and graduated from the New England Conserva tory of Music in 1885. For many years she was instructor in music at the University, and has always taken a prominent part in music af fairs in Eugene. She has also been an active alumnae of the Univer sity, and has devoted much of her time aiding the institution. Messages of tribute for her long service to the University and the community were received here yes terday from Ur. C. Valentine Boyer, University president, and Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chan cellor of higher education, both of v/hom are in Texas to attend a meeting of the National Associa tion of State universities. Committee Will Meet Today to Finish Plans For Oregon-OSC Rally The rally committee will meet today at the College Side at 5 o’clock to complete plana for the Oregon-OSC rally Friday night. All students with cars are re quested to get “Beat OSC” stickers for their windshields. They' can be obtained from ral ly committeemen or from the co-op. Eugene Is Host To State Mission Protestant Ministers United To Discuss Problems of Churches Eugene was host to the Nation al Preaching mission last week, as ministers came from all.over the state to attend numerous seminars to discuss ministerial problems and to promote revival of interest in the church. This Lane county and Eugene meeting followed the appearance of the mission in Portland four days last week. The mission is a united preaching campaign of all Protestant churches of the entire United States. Leading at the various meetings, including two sessions of young people, and one public meeting last night, were: Dr. Levi T. Pen nington, president of Pacific col lege; Bishop Dagwell, Oregon Episcopal church; Rev. Mr. Sidney Hall, Methodist church; Rev. Mr. M c F a d de n, First Presbyterian church of Portland. Landscaping Begins on New Infirmary Grounds Finishing touches are being added to the new infirmary, as the WPA workers are landscaping the grounds and making general im provements. The ground between the two en trance walks has been filled in with loam and made smooth. Blocked lawn has been placed, and work has begun on the side grounds. Shrubs have been planted, and the excava tion work in the street and nearby lots is being rapidly completed. Senior Six Chosen By Phi Beta Kappa From Class of 1937 Harvest Dance Planned by AWS Gus Mover's Band to Be Bait to Bring Students Baek From Corvallis Girl meets Boy and if she's wise, asks him to the AWS Har vest dance Saturday, November 21 in McArthur court. The dance of fers coeds an opportunity to take advantage of their fast-fleeting leap year privileges, and get that date they've been hoping for al year. As further inducement to bring students back from the Oregon Oregon State game in time for the dance, Gus Meyer's campus orches tra has been engaged to play, anc a real harvest atmosphere, com plete with cider and doughnuts anc carmeled apples will be created. Decorations, under the directior of Constance Kletzer and Lucia Davis, will carry out an appropri ate seasonal theme with colorfu autumn leaves, horns of plenty, anc a yellow harvest moon as back ground. Refreshment booths wil be huge barrels. Programs will also carry out the autumnal note Tickets may be secured from representatives in each house foi one dollar. Campus clothes will be worn, so that students may rush back from the game and go direct ly to the dance. Jewett Contest Thursday; Three Added to Entries Three more entries in the W. F Jewett after dinner speaking con test were announced Monday. Thej are: Dean Ellis, who will speak or "In Fancy I Return;” Roberi Young, and Edwin Robbins. Rob bins and Young have not yet dis closed their subjects. The after dinner contest will be held in the Theta Chi house at ( o'clock Thursday evening. Anyone interested in purchasing tickets which are 50 cents each, is re quested to notify the speech de partment by Wednesday. This contest is sponsored b> Mrs. W. F. Jewett and is to give inexperienced speakers an oppor tunity to win one of the three cast awards in competition with othei speakers of the same training. First prize is $25, second $15, anc third $5. Judges have not yet beer chosen. Lawyers Worry Over Steak-Eating Lizard What is it a baby alligator, crocodile, lizard, or just plain salaman der? That’s the question law school students asked each other yes terday. The object of their inquiry was a small reptilian creature about six inches long, brown and scaly with black stripes slicing down its back All day yesterday this midget Lacertilia drew attention in the typing room of the law school where it reposed comfortably in its box ol leaves, its sides bulging from its last meal of rare beef steak. Harry McCall, D. R. Dimick, and Bobby Anderson were the intrepid adventurers who captured the slimy reptile sometime Sunday. Ac cording to McCall, it is getting the best care that conscierttious law students can give. It will eat noth ing but very rare beefsteak, he says, and so is being fed bounti fully on that delicacy. The creature has been named Zioncheck, McCall added, and will serve as a mascot for the Zion check club, a newly-formed organ ization of three members devoted to doing one foolish thing a day to relieve the monotony of law school routine. Speculation still runs rife as to whether the animal is a lizard or a _.-oss between a Gila monster and an alligator. A trip to the biology department has been proposed to ascertain its identify. Speech Classes To Meet in Third Jewett Contest „ The third W. F. Jewett contest of the year has been announced b> John L. Casteel of the speech de partment. This one will be onlj for the different sections of the speech classes. The contestants will be chosen, one from each speech class, by popular vote oi the pupils. The contest will be held in twc divisions, one for women and the other for men. The women's will be December 3 in Villard and the men's will be December 10 in the same place. The purpose of the contest is tc give the speech students a chanc to practice talking to an audience Speeches are to be six minute long, on any subject. Top Students Are Tyson, Vosper, Horenstein; Misses McCall, Dill, E. Cornish Officers Are Picked Dan E. Clark Maile Prexy; Allen, Kent, Hall, Lesch Win Executive Posts Senior six, composed of out standing members of the class of '37 who have been chosen for Phi Beta Kappa national scholarship honorary was selected Monday af ternoon when the honorary elected six members at its fall meeting. The six seniors upon whom the highest of scholastic honors was conferred are: Alfred S. Tyson, business ad ministration major. Robert G. Vosper, Latin major. Elaine Cornish, business ad ministration major. Dorothy Dill, journalism ma jor. Marcus Horenstein, psychology major. Martha McCall, history major. No definite date has yet been set for the initiation. In addition to the election of the six seniors, officers for the Oregon chapter of the national honorary were elected at the fall meeting Monday afternoon. Clark New President Dr. Dan E. Clark, assistant di rector of the extension division of social science and professor of his tory succeed Warren D. Smith as president for the forthcoming year. Miss Florence Alden, professor of physical education, will fill the place vacated by Dan E. Clark as vice-president of the honorary. Mary E. Kent, office manager of the extension service, was reelected secretary-treasurer. Dr. Calvin Hall, assistant pro fessor of psychology, was elected to the executive committee, and Dr. E. C. A. Lesch, associate pro fessor of Euglish, was reelected to the membership committee. ([’lease tarn to page three) Pi Mu Epsilon to Hold Dinner Wednesday Pi Mu Epsilon, mathematics honorary, will hold a get-together dinner Wednesday night at 6 in the'Del Rey cafe, to which each member is urged to bring a guest. The program will include a sym posium of summer experiences as related by E. E. DeCou, head of the mathematics department, and A. F. Moursund, associate profes sor, and Kenneth S. Ghent, instruc tor also of that department. Miss Katherine Stevens, direc tor of the local chapter appointed Mr. Ghent and Betty McGirr to help her on the committee for the dinner. rri.'. _ ....1 If You need a Suit or Overcoat! or if you’re going to need one! GET IT NOW! $1/1.85 $23-85 $26ss Eric Merrell 4 “Where Value Meets You at the Door”