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VOLUME XXXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1936 . Greek Council Names Committee to Confer With Dads on Pledging NUMBER 30 The Passing Show Peace Conference London Censorship Wanted: Ships Opera Star Dies By DARREL ELLIS Buenos Aires Bound With peace in the western hemi sphere as his objective. President Roosevelt will board the cruiser Indianapolis from Charleston, S.C., this morning for a 12,000 mile sea voyage to Buenos Aires, Argen tina to participate in a peace and trade discussion December 21 American republics. The conference was called at F-D's suggestion. Arrangements have been made to keep the presi dent in touch with developments in the maritime strike situation and other home problems. ‘Miss Perky’s’ Enquiry The taboo of King Edward VIII’s courting friendship was torn completely away in Britain’s par liament yesterday when a pert, red-headed wopian member of the house of commons demanded to know the reason why pages of current American magazines had been torn out. “Miss Perky,” as the lady of the house has been dubbed, did not mention the name of Edward’s American friend, but after the session did not deny that she re ferred to Mrs. Simpson. "As a Briton, I am not supposed to know anything about Mrs. Simp son,” she declared. Stranded in Islands A telegram to the white house yesterday from Australia stated that 700 persons are stranded in the islands because of the United States maritime strike and plead ed that steps be taken toward a speedy settlement of the situation. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, employers'and union representa tives met for peace discussions but for the first peace discussion since the strike in October accomplished little. Slightly Attached So attached is Simplicio Godino to his brother Lucio, both of New York, that when Lucio -was taken to a hospital,, critically ill with pneumonia, he went also and is now sharing his brother’s bed as a guest. Simplicio and Lucio are Siamese twins. The medical profession showed interest in the case but was not surprised at Simplicio’s good health while his twin’s temperature rose to 105 degrees. Explanation of the seeming paradox, physicians said, lies in the fact the twins have sep arate circulatory systems. Schumann-Heink Dead Mme. Ernestine Shumann-Heink, 75, noted Metropolitan opera star, died at her Hollywood, California, (Please turn to page four) Fireworks Show Goes Big at TCU Pep Celebration1 By Bernadine Bowman Texas Christian university goes on record as being the first school to stage a fireworks display as part of a pre-game prep rally. The large crowd attending the rally last Friday night were enthusiastic over the idea. Another novel idea introduced at TCU is the limiting of the dance stag line to 40 men. The plan is being tried in an effort to increase the number of couples attending the dances. Peeping Tom Faked The coeds at the Alpha Chi Ome ga house on the University of Minnesota campus were warned one night last week! that “a peep ing Tom was peeping” in their front door. The startled girls made a scram ble for flashlights and approached the windows near the door. They focused the flashlights on the fig ure of a great big man, but he didn't move nor look up—because he was only a dummy (a stuffed one!) Empty Seats Explained By the time the present genera tion is looking for jobs, positions will be waiting for them, according to a University of California pro fessor. “School rooms all over America are unoccupied at the present time—owing to the alarm ing decrease in children born in this country.” Need for old-age pensions will be eliminated as a result because men will be working until they are sev enty because of a lack of younger men to take their place, the pro fessor says. 1937 Style Review Scheduled Today At AWS Mass Meeting Gerlingor to Be Setting! For Colorful Fashion! Parade at 4; Models Will Take Part Berg Backs Revue Latest Ensembles Will Be In Show; Miss Pownall Represents Campus Associated women students of the University of Oregon will assemble in their first mast meet ing of the year today to witness Miss Fashion 1937 perform her most glamorous role of several sea sons, under the sponsorship of Charles Berg of Portland. The alumni room of Gerlinger hall will be her stage. The performance be gins at 4 o’clock. Before the fashion revue, during which Miss Reifenrath, Portland stylist, will cite the many new fash ion stories of the year influenced by world affairs, Martha McCall, AWS president, will introduce her cabinet and conduct a brief busi ness meeting. Practically every campus coed is expected to attend, as are a large number of specially invited guests. Roll call will be taken by houses. j Seven Will Model Seven models are expected to parade the smart ensembles stress ing fashion’s decree of dressier clothes. Betty Pownall will be the only campus model. (Please turn to pane four) YWCA Will Choose Soph Commission YWCA sophomore commission officers will be elected Wednesday from 9 to 3 o’clock at the Y bun galow. A YWCA membership card entitles any sophomore girl to vote. Dorothy Magnuson has been nominated for president; Harriet Sarazin and Margaret Goldsmith, vice-president; and Catherine Sta ples and Frances Olsen, secretary treasurer. Marionbeth Wolfenden, presidential nominee, resigned in favor of Dorothy Maguson because of too many activities. The sophomore commission will have charge of a booth at the Wel fare League Bazaar in December. Colonel Robins Science Lecturer Bonneville Dam Engineer To Give Illustrated Talk On River Projeet Colonel Thomas M. Robins of the United States army corps of en gineers, supervisor of the Bonne ville dam project and division en gineer of the Pacific Northwest, will speak on the Columbia river improvement and Bonneville pro ject at 7:30 Wednesday evening in 105 McClure hall. The lecture, the second of this term's popular science series, is open to all students, faculty mem bers, and townspeople. It will be illustrated with lantern slides. Colonel Robins was born in Maryland and was graduated from the United States Military acad emy in 1904. Commissioned in the corps of engineers, he served in ill ranks from second lieutenant to colonel. He is a graduate of the army war college at Washington, D. C., Fort Humphries, and also a gradu ite of the command and general staff school. He holds a distin guished service medal for outstand ing discharge of responsibilities luring the world war. The popular science series has been combined with the scientific museum series in order to get the commmunity interested in the mu seum work outside of the art mu seum. Professor L. S. Cressman is curator of the museum. Salvation Army Quota Approximately Half Full Returns on the annual Salvation A.rmy drive are now approximately one half of those collected last pear, it was announced by Calvin Srumbaker, professor in the busi ness school and chairman of the drive on the campus. Although some donations have been more liberal and solicitors ire not yet through campaigning, the amount, of which the total is expected to be collected by the end of the week, still remains at less than half. Solicitation is limited to the fac ulty, library staff, and administra tive staff. Ex-UO Prof Will Speak At Teachers’ Meeting Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bates, one-time head of the department of rhetoric and American literature in the University, will talk to the American Association of University Professors and other faculty members next Saturday evening, November 21, at a dinner to be held in the Oriental room of the Os burn hotel, at 6:30. He will speak on “The Teacher and Civic Freedom.” After leaving the University in 1925, Dr. Bates became literary euiiur ui liic uiuiuutti y ui ^vxnci ican Biography.” For the last ten years he has been one of the best known book reviewers in New York, dealing not only with fiction and the drama, but with scholarly works in many fields. He has been a staff reviewer on the Saturday Review of Literature and on Books, the weekly review published by the New York Herald-Tribune. Of Dr. Bates’ numerous books, four have been published during the past year. The unauthorized biography of Hearst, written in collaboration with Ernest Carlson, with the title “Lord of San Sim eon” has been a best seller, and has proved of particular interest to •journalists all over the country. Dr. Bates presents Hearst as a complex and colorful character, ex plaining his activities in terms of a good many different motives. “The Story of Congress,” which was published soon after the Hearst volume, gives the history of the national legislature in lively, narrative form. A few weeks ago Simon and Schuster published “The Bible: De signed to Be Read As Living Liter ature,” an edition arranged and edited by Dr. Bates. Book shows (Please turn to page two) Sigma Delta Chi Initiates Seven This Afternoon Seven neophyte journalists will be initiated into the Oregon chap ter of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s pro fessional journalism fraternity, this afternoon at 5 o’clock in the north east first-floor room of Gerlinger hall, George Bikman, ritual head, announced last night. The initiates are Lloyd Tupling, Leonard Greenup, Stanley Hobson, Gerald Crisman, Robert Pollock, Fulton H. Travis, and Wayne Har bert. Following the initiation there will be a banquet at 6 o'clock in the College Side inn. LANDSBURY TO SPEAK Dean John J. Landsbury of the music school will address the Adult Music Study club today on "The Importance of Notation in Explain ing Musical Phenomena.” Richard Hagopian, tenor, and Miss Alice Holmback, pianist, graduate stu dents of the University, will fur nish musical numbers. jReames Names ! AidestoMake Pledging Query Fraternity Head Aets on Suggestion of Dads; Evils of Hell Week Are Brought Up Following- up the clads’ sugges tion in regard to deferred pledging, Ed Reames, president of the inter-' fraternity council, yesterday ap-i appointed a committee of three, headed by Cecil Barker, to inves tigate the suggestion and keep the council posted on developments. Barker, aided by Henry Mingeij and Charles Irving, will start in-, vestigation immediately. Their first step will be an effort to get in touch with the committee ap pointed by the Oregon Dads. May Be Discussed The subject may be discussed further at the next council meet ing, November 19. Reames voiced an opinion that has been quoted widely when he stated that there is not a single house on the campus that could successfully survive the first “lean year’’ which would re sult if deferred pledging were put into effect. In regard to “hell week,” Reames said that action would be up to in dividual houses. First action on the part of fraternities was taken Monday evening when Sigma Al (Plrase turn to pope tico) Jewett Contest Judges Named Judges were chosen Monday af ternoon for the W. F. Jewett after dinner speaking contest, to be held Thursday evening. They are: James H. Gilbert, dean of social science; S. Stephenson Smith, professor in English; and Paul E. Kiepe, in structor in speech, John L. Casteel, director of speech, announced Tues day. There are nine entries in the contest which will be held In the Sigma Chi house at six o'clock. Those signed up and their topics are: Roy Vernstrom, who will speak on “Freshman Reminis censes”; Walter Eschebeck, “Sen ior Agony”; David Hoss, “. . . and a Good Time Was Had by All"; Ray Hewitt, “Mr. Otis Regrets”; Robert Elliott, “Friendship”; Dean Ellis, “In Fancy I Return”; John Luvaas, Robert Young, and Edwin Robbins have not yet disclosed their topics. The speeches are to be approxi mately eight minutes long on any sub-topic pertaining to the subject of “Alma Mater.” They may be given with or without the use of notes and either extempore or memoriter. Nature Adviser To Be Honored . By Local Scouts Mrs. Elizabeth Price, head na ture counselor of girl scouting for the Pacific coast, will be honored by Eugene girl scouts at a meet ing Wednesday night at 8 o’clock in alumnae hall of Gerlinger As a special feature of the meet ing, Julianne Fortmiller will be presented with her golden eaglet, the highest girl scout award. Miss Fortmiller is a sophomore in the University. Miss Donna Gill, scout secretary of Albany, will make the presentation. After the award, Mrs. Price will talk to the group on nature study possibilities in Oregon. She is well known on the coast in girl scout circles for her nature work. While here she will meet with Dr. Louis Henderson, curator of the Univer sity herbarium. Murray Warner Essay Contest Discontinued The Murray Warner art essay contest will be discontinued this year, Victor Morris, professor of economics and chairman of the committee in charge of the con test, has announced. Other mem bers of this committee are Clar ence Osborn, professor in history, and Samuel H. Jameson, professor of sociology. Grab Your Hats, Boys .v*Wv,... • 1. V. .. . ■ . JiMiv.... '*• ' Xl (Courtesy the Oregonian) With June Brown and her winsome smile added to the stuff of Oregon equipment managers, Coaeh Prince Gary (allison should have little trouble getting his men to go after their hard-shelled bonnets for the Beaver game. Some armful—those nelmets. Profs Plead Cooperation Of Classes For Monday’s Crucial Rifle Competition Seven of Oregon’s less sedate instructors will put a professorial polish on as many 1903 Springfield rifles next Monday afternoon in the opening marksmanship match between the faculty squad and the girls’ team. Captain Carleton E. Spencer, dispenser of law propaganda, laid aside his judicial gown yesterday to disclose the following facts in a closed interview. “My line-up will consist of Professors Zane, Shu - I maker, Taylor, Leighton, Hopkins, PE Department Has Guest Day Regular Class Routines to Be Shown; Visitors Will Take Part Townspeople and members of the faculty are to have a chance to see a typical class day in the wo men’s physical education depart ment during guest day today. This is not to be a demonstra tion but regular classes showing what the girls are doing. During the 20-minute interval between classes guests will be invited to take part in the activity that they have just seen, and between 5 and 6 there will be a social swim. Suits and towels will be furnished by the department. In classes where the technique or content warrants it, short (Please turn to pafjc four) ASU Council Sets Goafs on Campus The American Student union ex ecutive council last night placed dormitory workers at the top of the list for its labor investigation, approved a $50 budget for the local chapter, authorized issuance of a pamphlet urging membership in the ASU, and announced a campus wide range of activities for pro-* gressive students. The 35-cent minimum for stu dent labor, announced last week, remains the chief goal of local or ganization, it was decided. Dormi tory and University officials will be asked to list student workers, and technical assistance to provide an accurate and impartial survey was authorized for the labor com mittee. S. Stephenson Smith, will defend academic freedom at the ASU’s Thursday night meeting, Program Chairman Hayes Beall said. Hollis, and myself. We are observ ing strict training rules as to diet, exercise, and plenty of rest." Would Maintain Nerve “Students are earnestly be beseeched not to exasperate any of us in our classes during the next few days because an even temper is absolutely essential to the main tenance of a steady nerve. If we (I’lcase turn to page four) 3-Day Thanksgiving Vacation for Oregon Schools Announced Annual "Battle Of Bell Field’ Stirs Campus Rally Finale Scheduled j For Friday; Parade, j Bonfire Will Precede Corvallis March With the state of Oregon's own "civil war” looming on the grid horizon, enthusiasm for a victory over the old rivals from over Cor vallis way is already mounting on the campus as the Webfoots pre pare for their final encounter of the season against Oregon State on Bell field this Saturday. Always the one game that both teams want most to win, it pro mises to be a classic fight from start to finish. Conference stand ings will be forgotten when the op (Please turn to pat/c two) Students Praise Hospital Service, NewRegulations University hospital visiting regulations, which were estab lished at the beginning of the year, have been conscientiously followed by students, and by the nurses and assistants in charge. The limitation of visitors and time has been found entirely successful, and' the patients have expressed their appreciation of the new system. The quiet hours permit students to study, rest, or read. Every possible convenience has been established that would be of benefit to the patients. Radios are placed In the wards for any who desire them, and study racks have been purchased to allow the patients to read and write in bed. Students released from the hospital have ^expressed their appreciation of the food, and the manner in which it is served. The new system is definitely su | perior to that of last year, ac cording to Dr. Fred N. Miller, I director of the health service. Girls Get Own Medicine, Find Men Hard to Date By CLARE IGOE Are you a social failure? Do you sit at home, yearning hopelessly for a date with Him? Do you invariably, in his presence, blush, simper, and stumble over the nearest chair? Are you flustered when he speaks to you on the campus, and do you forget to say hello till you are well past him, convincing him that you are not only a bit half-witted, but a snob as well ? If you are, and you do, then, girls, here is your opportunity! No longer neeu you sn uemureiy ana sigh, waiting for him to ask you for a date. Instead, summoning courage in hand, you may approach him with confident air, smile your sweetest, and ask him to go to the AWS harvest dance with you Sat urday night. And who could re fuse? But what, you wail, about us unfortunates who just haven't the nerve to ask a man to a dance? What about us who stammer mis erably, get as far as "Will you— could you, that is would you—” and falter dismally, only to finish up with a feeble "give me a match, please." To this vast host is ^ addressed our sympathetic and helpful “Time ly Tips to the Timorous.” Let’s look at the situation. You are alone with Him, everything is beautifully propitious for the invitation, he smiles at you, there is a lull in the conversation comes it, the per fect moment to speak up. What happens? You get a lump in your throat, you fidget, you cast des perately around for words — and you probably end up by blurting out, "I don't suppose you want to come home from the game in time for the dance Saturday, do you?” (I’lease turn to payc four) New Alum Head Visits Campus For Conference Elmer C. Fansett, newly ap appointed alumni secretary, was in Eugene Tuesday, to confer with ASUO and University officials and | to look for a house. He plans to I return to Eugene, December 15, to take over his duties. The appointment of Mr. Fansett has been made permanent, accord ing to Dr. James H. Gilbert, chair man of the alumni committee. Mr. Fansett returned to Forest Grove last night, where he is an instructor in economics and finance officer for Pacific university. Bales Will Give Talk At McKenzie CCC Gamp Freed Bales, junior in sociology, will appear in the monthly CCC program which will be held at Mc Kenzie Bridge at 8 p.m. Wednes day. Bales will discuss “Influence Working on Public Opinion." He will also sing two numbers. After ward there will be a movie. Friday, Saturday Added To Period by Decision Of Academic Calendar Committee Library to Be Open Schedule for Rest of Year To Be Studied and Made Uniform for State Classes at the University of Oregon and Oregon State college will be dismissed on the Friday and Saturday following Thanksgiving, it was announced today by an in terinstitutional committee appoint ed by Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter to determine a uniform academic calendar for the institu tions of the state system. The committee, consisting of Charles D. Byrne, secretary of the state board of higher education, chairman; E. M. Pallett, executive secretary of the University; and W. A. Jensen, executive secretary of OSC, took this action after con ferring with administrative groups on both campuses. Thursday Already Declared Thanksgiving day had already been determined as a holiday in the official calendars of both in stitutions. At the three normal schools the Friday and Saturday following Thanksgiving had pre viously been approved as a recess. For this reason, President J. A. Churchill, the fourth member of the committee representing the normal schools, was not present at the meeting. No change was made by the committee in the vacation period for employees of the two institu tions affected and departmental of fices will be open as usual on the two days following Thanksgiving. The committee gave no consid eration to the calendar for the next year but will study the academic program and will frame a calendar of events for 1937-38 in time for inclusion in the new catalogs. Faculty members felt that the extended vacation would cut the number of class days for the term below the minimum but no provi sion for making up the time wa3 announced by the committee. Dean, Jewell Returns From Education Meet Dean J. R. Jewell, of the school of education, returned Tuesday from San Francisco, where he at tended the meeting of the educa tional policies commission of the National Education Association of which he is a member. The meet ing was held for a discussion of the present high school curriculum. This is the first time since 1918 that the commission has met to consider a revision in the general curriculum. The chairman of the meeting was Dr. John A. 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