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; VOLUME XXXVIII 'ampus ‘Kamos? in Rejuvenated ASVO Assembly Thursday UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1937 NUMBER 45 The Passing Show Manhunt Broadens Transport Crashes Ballot Preference Lewis Battle Cry By DARREL ELLIS Until He Is Caught From border to border, state and federal police joined forces yesterday in the most intensive manhunt since the Lindbergh kid napping, tracking down every clue which might possibly throw light on either the identity or whereabouts of the kidnapper murderer of 10-year-old Charles JVIattson. President Roosevelt had virtually taken over control of the case which he promised would never be given up “until the mur derer is caught.” In the vicinity of Everett, Washington, where the body was found, nearly 100 federal agents, state police, and other officers were conducting an inch-by-inch search of the woods, trails, and roads, and were questioning resi dents within a three-mile radius, a: * * At San Bernadino, California, a report that a man resembling the Mattson kidnapper was heading south—possibly for the Mexican border—was met with orders from local officers and state police to blockade all roads lead ing into the Imperial valley. The body of a man who pur portedly left Kelso, Washington, on a Greyhound bus January 7, and who leaped to his death from the moving vehicle discovered yes terday by Missouri police on a frozen creek near Kingdom City— was being investigated and was thought possibly to be linked with the Mattson case. * * * Canadian Mounted Police at Grand Forks, British Columbia, yesterday arrested two men for illegal entry into Canada from the state of Washington. The men, who gave names of Leonard Dahl, 31, and William Bailey, 44, had in their truck and automobile four loaded guns, and one unloaded. The men were beipg held until investigations of their earlier activities could be made. Plane Crash Kills One One passenger was killed and several injured yesterday when a transport plane on its way to Burbank, California, from Salt Lake City “pancaked” on a hill side 29 miles from Los Angeles. Included in the list of injured are Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, big game hunters. Each suffered a broken leg. Stormy weather was blamed for the crash. The “A’s” Have It AAlvik is his name—Christian AAlvik of Stevenson, Washington; (Please turn to page three) Cornell To Have Grievance Court9 Election Forums By BERNADINE BOWMAN Students at Cornell university v^ill be able to air their pet griev ances in a “good will court” which is to be established at that univer sity. Another purpose of the court will be to bring out ideas for the extension of self-government. To crystalize student opinion the student council has adopted the plan of holding open forums at which all candidates for class offices are invited to appear foi questioning as to their platforms By this means it is hoped that the general tone cf class elections will be much improved. Beaux Arts Ball Grasshoppers can really take' it according to an experiment con ducted by John Wehmeyer, USC pharmacy student. Wehmeyer ha; a hobby of experimenting with in sects, and has made many’ remark able discoveries. Recently, he conceived the ide£ of placing his pet grasshopper Jolo, in an ice tray, where he re mained for over three hours. Whei he was frozen solid in the ice Wehmeyer removed him, thawe< him out with hot water, an: placed him in the sunshine. For a few minutes the insec seemed stunned, but he was sooi hopping about, apparently non the worse for his harrowing ex perience. Heads Selected The newest racket for colleg girls is the one practiced a Augustana college. South Dakota The co-eds, in order to know wha they are in for, sell mimeographei "reputations” of fellows as the; are revealed at their (the girls' bull sessions. Campus Play To Deal With Family Trio Eleanor Pitts, Patricia Neal, G. T. Smith, Are Complex ‘Triangle’ of ‘The Shining Hour’ A modern play of human emo tions dealing with a complete family “triangle” is the theme of “The Shining Hour,” the winter season opener of the University theatre, which starts a three-day run Friday evening at 8:30 with a formal “dress” performance. The setting, designed by Horace W. Robinson, will picture a com fortable country home in rural England which is torn asunder by the intensely dramatic scenes which follow a brother's return home with his bride. Trio Takes Leads The leading roles of the trio, around which the play revolves are taken by Gerald T. Smith, Eleanor Pitts, and Patricia Neal. The production is directed by Otillie Turnbull Seybolt. The box office will be open daily from 10 to 12 and 1 to 5 ac cording to Milton Pillette, business manager for the production. On days of performance the office will be kept open until curtain time. Advance reservations made pre vious to the official opening of the ticket sale indicate a full house for the first night performance with its attendant tuxedoes and formal gowns. Plans have been made to serve coffee in the theatre lobby during intermission. The lobby will be converted into a comfortable lounge for the purpose. Reservations may be made by calling at the theatre box office in 104 Johnson hall or telephoning 3300 and asking for the University theatre boxoffice. Regular per formances will be at 8 o’clock Sat urday, January 16 and on the fol lowing Tuesday, January 19. Work of Oregon Alum Is In Poetry Anthology Chester A. Fee, University grad uate with the class of 1916, is among the contributors in the 1936 anthology of poetry, “American Voices,” edited by Margaret Nel son. As well as his poem, “Shad ow,” there is a biographic sketch 1 of Fee. The book was received this week by M. H. Douglass, librarian, and will be found on the University of Oregon library shelf. Fee, the first president of Ye Tabard Inn, has in the past two years published two | books, “Chief Joseph, Biography of : a Great Indian,” and “Rimes O' Round-up,” and is now working on j two others. i Betrayed Wife Patricia Neal brings another of her performances to Guild Theater patrons as the wife in “The Shin ing Hour,” to be presented on the campus January 15, lti, and 19. Her part in a tragic love triangle is a new type for Miss Neal. aws ejections To Be This Term Martha McCall Asks That Members Conte m p 1 a t e Selected Candidates Martha McCall, AVVS president, asked Thursday night that Univer sity women begin contemplating candidates for AWS offices for which elections will be held the end of winter term. Although a nominating committee submits possible names, nominations from the floor may also be accepted. The exact date and place of the election to transpire this year, win ter term, for the first time, in or der to escape the hubbub of ASUO and other spring elections, has not been definitely set. '"’student body cards will be need ed to vote. Miss McCall urged that house presidents stress the im portance of coeds obtaining these within the next two week. Speech Honorary Will Hold Meeting Thursday Order of the Mace, University speech honorary, will hold their first meeting of the term Thurs day at Room 13, Friendly, follow ing the speech assembly, which is scheduled to begin at 7:30, Kessler Cannon, president of the society, has announced. W. A. Miller, instructor in physics, will address members of the speech assembly at a meeting to be held Thursday at 7:30 in Villard hall. Mr. Miller will lecture and give demonstrations on sound. All speech students are expected to attend these regular monthly as. semblies. Reduced Prices Slated At Whiskerino Dance — | Men of the campus need not fear for their wallets. Tickets for the i Sophomore Whiskerino January 23 are eighty cents, and can be bought j from representatives in all living organizations. Departing entirely from the old high-schedule costs of campus dances in the past year, the dance committee under Denton Burdick I promises that even though the initial cost is low, the returns will be Steppe Steps > uilr UI me ^ I iK-Cl UJ wauci ■ ers in Col. W. deBasil’s Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo to appear r here February 4 is Alexandra j Danilova. Tiekets are selling rap r: idly among students and towns i I people for the first AS CO concert feature of winter term. mg ii.. •The sophomore raising the best beard by the evening of the dance, January 23, will be pre sented with a cup. Many other valuable prizes are in store for the iucky ones who make a showing. Any trimming of beards except immediately before the dance will not be tolerated by chief vigi lantes Jim Wells and Willie Frager. A new machine has been put in use by the vigilante represent atives to detect any trimming of beards by an electric shaver. Even though the mill race is no\v frozen over to a depth of i three inches, the sleuths are busy at work making black-lists of each sophomore who shaves. As soon as possible these men will be | called to the deck of the historic bridge for a very chilly and blood : curdling ritual. In keeping with tradition any freshman caught witnessing the ! sophomores' fun will follow very closely in the dunked one’s wing steps. i Women Are Now Partners, Not Slaves, in Marriage Says Dr. Brodie in Forum "Women have stepped from bondage to partnership in marriage. Men have gained a partner and lost a slave,” Dr. Jessie L. Brodie, practicing physician from Portland and an Oregon alumna, said Tues day when she spoke to students in Villard hall opening the lecture forums on marriage which is under the direction of the student com mittee and the University personnel office. Dr. Brodie said she believed that people are now learning to live together for a better foundation of marriage. A committee has been SLaneu m r'uriia.iiu, saiu, wmuu is trying to train children for home making in the schools beginning ill the nursery schools and extending the education program through the high schools. Stability Necessary “Jtuman homes have to be stable." Dr. Brodie said, "and mar riage has the purpose of keeping the home together. Most of the mental and disciplinary problems are dependent on a poor- home in the background." She said that she considered a common interest and a common education necessary between part ners in marriage, and that a feel ing of respect between the two people is needed for the success of marriage. Speaking of the common bond of marriage, she cited a story of a woman whose husband had been, killed in an automobile accident af ter the two had been married for about ten years. Dr. Brodie said that the wife felt that she had not lost a companion but had lost part of herself. Marriage a Partnership ‘‘Interests are so much in common between married people that they almost always think (Please turn to patje ftvo) ASUO Cards Offer Varied Program Motile Carlo Ballet Russe, Admiral Byrd to Appear In Concert Series Major features of the winter term student body activities will be the appearance of Admiral Byrd and the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, Ralph Schomp, student activities manager, said yesterday. Admiral Byrd will come to the Oregon campus January 27. The Monte Carlo Ballet Russe will appear February 4. The bal let played 16 sell-out perform ances in the Metropolitan opera house in New York city before be ginning its tour. Next on the ASUO program will be the Eugene Gleeman on February 18. Participation in all student gov- ' ernment and assemblies, admission to band and orchestra concerts and the six remaining conference basketball games is also included in student body membership. The exchange card in the stu dent body books is exchangeable for special student body seats for the Ballet Russe without extra i charge. Subscription to the Emerald is' also included with the book. New Intramural Dance Hour in Gerlinger Hall A new intramural dance hour will be held in Gerlinger dance room at 4 o’clock on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This class will be open to both men and women. Members of Master dance will lead. TLe class will be concerned with the improvement of technique. Girls attending meetings twice a week will receive a WAA check ; which applies on a letter. ASUO Members Only Will Receive Emeralds; Delivery Policy Altered Starting Friday, Emeralds will no longer be delivered to living organizations, but will be placed at Johnson hall and the Co-op to be available only to student body members. Eater in the semester when lists of student body members in the various living organiza tions are available, the papers will be delivered to the organ izations with . the ..students’ 1 names printed on them. Weekly Contest Judges Named Best Oregon Newspapers To Reeeive Sigma Della Chi, Hoss Cups Howard Kessler, chairman of the Oregon Best Weekly contest to be held in conjunction with the Ore gon Press conference, which will take place January 21, 22, and 23, today announced the judges for the contest. They will be Charles D. Byrne, secretary of the state board of higher education, Ed Turnbull of Shelton - Turnbull - Fuller com pany, Eugene, and Herb Grey, ad vertising manager of the Medford Mail-Tribune. The judges will select the best Oregon weekly newspaper and the editor of that paper will be award ed the Sigma Delta Chi cup. For the best paper in towns of under 1000 population the Hal E. Hoss cup will be given. Certificates will be given second-place winners in both divisions of the contest. The awards will be presented at the press conference banquet to be held Friday night, January 23. Winter Term Social Events Are Scheduled Socialites to Swing Out With Campus Dances, House Formals Signed For Coining Term House dances in the form of dinner affairs, formals and semi formals have crowded the winter social calendar to capacity, fill ing each weekend until the begin ning' of exams. Campus affairs, dances and din ners with popular speakers, bas ketball games, social swims, and events of the educational activi ties series complete the calendar. One of the latest additions to the schedule is a campus dance February 26 to raise money to turf Hayward field. This was added to the list Mondny morning. Events scheduled and the order in which they will take place are as follows: Jan. 14 Heads of. houses ban quet. Jan. 15 — University Theater players. OSC at Corvallis. Social swim. Jan. 16 University theater players. Jan. 20 Coed capers. Newspaper Confab Jan. 21-23 Newspaper confer ence. Jan. 22 Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Social swim'. Delta Tau Delta formal dinner dance. Canard Coop dance. (Please turn to payc two) Senior Cops Will Guard Coed Capers from Male Intruders to Masquerade Thirteen. Hours? Days? Years? No. SENIOR COPS. Where? Coed Capers. When? January 20. Why? To keep out the male while the feminine element of the University of Oregon romps in carnival merriment at Gerlinger hall next Wednesday night from 7 until 9 o’clock. Coed senior cops have long been a tradition at the annual AWS fling to guard their fun from prying men. Last year, garbed in masculine attire of sweaters, pants, and bat lereci nais, uie ciaincy misses, changed into fierce G-womcn, en deavored with vicious-looking billy clubs and tin whistles to warn each other of intruders. The thrill of the evening arrived and sent terror into the hearts of faculty judges as one bold miss scampered out onto the rafters af ter a successful marauder whom she routed from the balcony pro jection room. There the lad had lain since early day awaiting his chance to take secret moving pic tures of the activity below. Action; Suspense! When discovered, his only hope was the rafters. The cop followed. There was action, suspense; but his camera wares were confiscated. This year those cops will appear as little boys and girls. But under neath their rompers and kiddie clothes will lie that guarding in stinct as fierce as ever. Beware to the man who doubts that daunt! (Please turn to pa</e jour) Science Confabs Planned; Studies Start This Week A seminar series for science students seeking information on subjects not included in the Uni versity science curriculum at the present time is being considered by the science department. Dr. H. B. Yocom, head of the zoology department, will speak Thursday evening at 7:30 in Deady hall on protoza in medicine. The lecture, which will be of particular interest to pre-medicine and biology students, is open to anyone interested. If attendance is large enough to indicate sufficient interest, a regu lar series will follow, according to Maxwell Doty, junior in science and one of the instigators of the plan. liyrd Scans the Skies Read-admiral Byrd and William Bowlin, navy pilot, talk it over and decide flying conditions are safe before they take off on an Ant ,artic exploration trip. Byrd’s adventures on this trip and many other will be told students at the ASUO-sponsored appearance on Januar'i 27 at McArthur court. Varsity O Men to Meet At Beta lltntse to Plan For Letterrnan's Limp John liFHh, president of the Order of O, will moi'l with memlters at the Bela Theta IT house at noon, today, to discuss plans for the Lettermen's I,imp, February t». Theta Sigs Hold Luncheon Meet Coniinitlcea Are Appointed For Press Conferenee January 21, 22, 23 Active and alumni members of Theta Sigma Phi, women's na tional journalism honorary, met yesterday afternoon at the Anchor age for their first luncheon meet ing of the term. Plans for partici pation in the Oregon Press con ference to be held on the campus January 21, 22, and 23 were dis cussed. Theta Sigma Ph i and Sigma Delta Chi, national journalism honorary for men, will present a skit together at the press banquet for the Oregon editors Friday evening. A tea for editor's wives and at tending newspaperwomen will be given from three to five Friday af ternoon at the home of Gladys Battleson by the members of Theta Sigma Phi. Gladys Battleson and Virginia Endicott were appointed as an invitation committee for the tea. Judith Wodaege and Ellamae Woodworth were appointed on the decoration and refreshment com mittee, Clare Igoe, Mildred Black burne, Phyllis Adams, and Mary Graham will serve refreshments On the clean-up committee art Margaret Ray and Jean Gulovson Registration of the Oregon edi tors from Friday morning unti Saturday will be handled by Thets Sigma Phi members. Westminster to Start Club for Frosh, Sophs The “38-30 Club” of last year sponsored by Westminster housf for campus freshmen and sopho mores, will be reorganized into the "39-40 Club” tonight at a meet ing scheduled for 8:30 at Westmin ster house. New officers will be elected, anc members of last year are asket to be present. All freshmen anc sophomores are invited to partici pate. Mikulak Will Meet Students At Assembly Amateur Hour Featuring Major Bow-Wow's New Starlets Offers Varied Campus Talent “Iron Mike" Mikulak. former Oregon all-American fullback, will be formally introduced at the ASUO assembly Thursday at 11 a. m. in Gerlinger hall. Mikulak, named Monday as Oregon back field coach, will give a short talk to the associated students. Hal Young, professor of voice, will sing and lead the students in. a number of songs. Don Casciato, recently discovered baritone, will also entertain the students with a selection. Schultz Will Me Major An amateur hour known as “M a j o r Bow-wow's Amateur Hour” with Gib Schultz, president of the student body, acting as master of ceremonies, will be fea tured through the auspices of the ASUO. The program as obtained from Master of Ceremony Schultz yesterday is as follows: “Smoky” Whitfield as “The Duke from the Delta." Hal Jepsen as Fred Astaire's “out of town." Reart-render Slated Lou Lubensky and Walt Esche beck in the sad, sad story of ‘‘Casey at the Bat,” which, ac cording to Schultz, will bring out heart-rending sobs to the sorrow ful strains of ‘‘Hearts and Flow ers,” as only Walt can play it. Next—Ed Wulzen as "Lord (Please turn to page two) New Library Etchings Placed on U of O Shelf The construction of the new li brary is commemorated in the book of 30 etchings by George W. Gil key ‘35, which was placed on the U. of O. shelf in the library this week. The etchings were taken as the thesis for Gilkey’s master of arts degree which he received last June, and was done under a WPA project. Besides the bound book, which contains introductive messages by Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter, President C. Valentine Boyer, Li brarian M. H. Douglass, and Achi tect Ellis F. Lawrence, and an acknowledgement by Gilkey, there will be available a second set of etchings for use in the art schools. Propellor Club ‘Port’ Organized on Campus A “student port” of the Propellor club of the United States, business and administration honorary in foreign trade, has been organized on the Oregon campus and will take up active work with the installation of the chapter on January 21. Campus foreign traders, students with a professional interest in foreign trade, make up the personnel of the organization. It will be devoted to popularizing and explaining the part the American mer chant Marine plays in foreign trade. This club was conceived and! started by Professor Warren Lo max of the business administration school. It has as its objectives: to, promote, further and support an > American merchant marine; to dis- ' cuss shipping problems; to promote ; interest in foreign trade on the * campus; to obtain prominent indi-r viduals in this field to speak; and^ to organize those professing inter est in foreign trade. The officers are: president, Glenn Kantock; vice - president, John Economus; secretary - treasurer, Bruce Rogers; honorary president and adviser, Professor Lomax. Installation of the new officers and the 30 charter members is ten-' tatively set at a dinner, January 21. Attending will be prominent ship ping mei^from many points on the Pacific coast and a visiting dele-] gation of the Propeller club of Portland. This i. p" international organi zation which s 51 chapters. The Propeller club provides the indi vidual with a medium for working in concert with his contemporaries and associates toward improved . conditions in the marine industry.! - To the American marine industry, * the Propeller club of the United States offers a national organiza-1 (Please lum to page two) | Sale of Manhattan Shirts ; Regular and Button Down Styles $1.65 Joe Richards MEN’S STORE