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; VOLUME XXXVIII N_ JVws of Week Is Reviewed in ‘Quiz9 On Edit Page Today UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1937 NUMBER 48 The Passing Show Pervert Suspected Thrill Extortionist IIungary s Champion Naval Limitations By DARRKL ELLIS FBI Has Note Theory While the identity of its suspect is lacking-, an unofficial but re liable source last night revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investi gation is seeking a pervert for the kidnap-slaying of Charles Mattson. That the boy’s body was found nude in a clump of brush and that his abductor demanded the odd sum of $28,000 as ransom from the boy's parents gave definite support to the new "G-men" con tention. Federal agents thoroughly ex amined Tacoma records of all per sons involved in perversion and other sex crimes but as yet have not discovered sufficient clues to suspect any particular person. Thwarted Imitator Reverbations of the Mattson case were felt in New York City last night as police arrested Aus tin Ryan, 16 year-old high school student who had written ransom notes demanding $10,000 from Bert J. Young, of New Rochelle, N. Y„ father of his school chum, who has been missing since January 4. Reading about the "Mattson case out west," Ryan, thought he could get money so he could travel around the world, he told police. Sophs Take Notice— With a 14-inch appendage on either side of his upper lip, John Kontra, 81 year old resident of Kapsover, Hungary, yesterday un officially declared himself world’s mustache champion. In laying claim to the title, Kon tra revealed that his adornment re ceived lavish care, and that its graceful curl was the result of daily plastering it to the contour of a ram’s horn with a special oil. Kontra further indicated, with no modesty, that his mustache at tracted no little feminine attention. The Boys Talk Guns Complying with the terms of the 1936 London Naval Treaty, in which the United States, Great Bitain and France agreed to limit (Please turn to page two) Joe College Pays The Bill, Though He9d Rather Not By BERNADINE BOWMAN The old percentage system is wrong, Washington State Ever green statisticians reveal. Instead of everything being 50-50 between man and maid, it was discovered in a survey of the Washington State campus that the men were being taken to the tune of 84 per cent of date expenditures, the wo men coming through with only 16 per cent. Women interviewed on a pro posal of a 50-50 system were de cidely opposed, with 64 per cent saying “no” to the question. The men students took exactly the op posite stand, 64 per cent of them approving equality between the sexes, as far as expenditures on dating was concerned. The survey also revealed that the average “steady” couple went out 58 times during the year, the boy financing the dates 50 Jtimes and the girl only 8. In the case of the poor male who does not go steady, it was found that he pays in most cases 95 or 100 per cent of the social budget. MINNESOTA FREEZES UP While Oregon students were en joying spring weather last week at about 10 degrees above zero, the University of Minnesota was really cold, judging from the amount of fuel used to keep the campus building warm. No less than 185 tons of coal were burnecj in one day of sub-zero weather. Even when the thermometer warms up to zero, 160 tons of pow dered coal are blown into the fur naces, according to the Minnesota daily. “Old world romance isn’t what it used to be,” said Harry McMullan, junior in the University of North Carolina. After a year in Germany and England, the southern lad de cided that romantic Heidelberg was lacking in atmosphere except that of tourists and American stu dents. He arrived at these conclusions in spite of attending the Univer sity of Heidelberg and witnessing a duel of German students, which ended mildly in his opinion. One of the dualists received only a cut cheek and trimmed ear that would scar him for life. 10 Orchestra To Broadcast Over Network Coast - to - Coast Hookup To Feature Hal Young, And Dorothy Johnson; Hoogstraten to Talk Hal Young, professor of voice, Dorothy Louise Johnson, student violinist, and the University sym phony orchestra will take part in a Nation-wide broadcast from the music auditorium on January 27 from G until 6:30 p. m. The program, which will be broadcast from Eugene to Port land by private wire and from there over a coast to coast net j work, was made possible through | negotiations with the National Eroadcasting company. Hoogstraten to Speak Director Willem von Hoog straten of the Portland symphony orchestra will speak briefly from Potland on music in the universi ties before the opening of the pro gram. Mr. von Hoogstraten was given a doctor of music degree at the University of Oregon in 1926. Mr. Young, nationally-known tenor, has sung with the America Opera company in the east. He has played in grand opera, light opera, musical comedy, concerts, oratoric, and a variety of other musical events. Violinist on Program Miss Johnson, solo violinist and a sophomore in the music school, is a member of Phi Beta, national music and drama honorary for wo men. The University symphony or chestra, conducted by Rex Under wood, i£ composed of 65 persons. Asklepiads Lay Plans For Year’s Program Formulation of a program fqr the coming year , was the main business of an Asklepiad, pre medicine honorary, meeting held Wednesday evening at the College Side. The sponsorship of a public lec ture in February will be the main project of the term, it was decided. Several meetings with speakers are also being planned for the near future, according to Ben Bowie. Emerald Feature, ‘Quiz of Week9 Initiated Today Walt Vernstrom, business manager of the Emerald, got off to a flying start in the Emer ald Quiz of the Week, new fea ture conducted by Elizabeth Stetson, sophomore in journal ism. Vernstrom made a perfect score answering all ten ques tions correctly. L. F. Beck, as sistant professor of psychology, was second best with 9 out of 10. Eileen Donaldson, junior, in physical education; third, one subjected to the quiz, scored 7 in 10. Quiz of the Week will be a regular feature of the Emerald this term. It appears on page two today. WPA Will Aid UO Landscape Plan $30,000 Projeet In cl ml os New Drainage System Regrading of Campus The federal government, througl the WPA, has approved the $30, 405 University landscape project it was learned Thursday from Fret A. Cuthbert, University landscape architect. Six months has been al lotted to complete the project. Included in the project will bi the laying of approximately 15, 000 feet of pipe line, an automata sprinkling system and the laying of drainage tile. Trees to be Planted The planting of trees, and shrub; about the new library and nev men’s gym is already underway About sixty street trees will als< be planted on the campus. Regrad ing, re-seeding, and seeding of va rious parts of the campus will soor start. Improvement of campu; drives and curbings will be in eluded in the project. Mr. Cuthbert said an average o1 60 to 80 men will be employee when all phases of the project are underway. McMATH IN PORTLAND Robert B. McMath ex ’30, live; in Portland where he is engaged ir the real estate business. Smooth Acting Marks Guild (First-Nighter A group of six Guild hall players under the direction of Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt gave a smooth and stimulating performance last night as “The Shining Hour,” Keithe Winter’s play, had its formal opening at the Uni versity theatre. Mechanically weak as the play is at times, the University players combine their talents in a closely knit unit to lift it out of the common place procedure of an eventless first act by increasing the dramatic pace througout the play to a smashing finale. With a shopworn plot Kwama To Sell Caramel Apples On Wednesday Committees in charge of the an nual caramel-apple sale to be held Wednesday January 20, by Kwama, sophomore women’s honorary, were announced yesterday by Kae Cole man president. Harriet Sarazin will be general chairman of the sale. Working with her will be Pearl Jean Wilson, in charge of arrangements; Felker Morris, in charge of booths, and Dorothy Magnuson who will get freshmen women to act as sales girls. Freshmen who would like to sell are asked to contact her as this will serve as an A. W. S. activity. At a recent Kwama meeting plans for the rest of the year were outlined. They include several sales, a tea for freshmen women, a trip to Corvallis to meet with the Talons, sophomore women's honor ary at Oregon State, and a joint meeting with Skull and Dagger, sophomore men’s honorary. Out standing events of spring term will be pledging of new Kwamas and a banquet for freshmen women who have ranked high in scholarship, _ HELEN WADLEIGH ON PAPER Helen Reynolds Wadleigh, ’27, is society editor for the Seattle Post Intelligencer. of the "eternal triangle” type tnis is no easy matter. It is accomplished, however, to a large extent through good direction plus competent and occasionally inspired characteriza tion on the part of the actors. In a cast which is uniformly cap able, it is difficult to single out any one performance as being above the average. There are moments, how ever, when Gerald T. Smith as the conscience-stricken husband reach es a high point of realistic interpre tation. Patricia Neal turns in a good per formance as Judy, David Linden’s wife. Eleanor Pitts rises from a somewhat jerky characterizatior in the early part of the play to a i believable third act denouement i One of the more interesting char acters, Hannah, the bitterly pro tective old maid sister, is handlec with a surety of touch by Margie Tucker. George Bikman as Mickey plays his role in a clear cut anc realistic manner, while Ernest Savage as Henry, the older bro ther, presents a convincing char actor whose inability to cop< with feminine psychology is stil with him in middle age. Horace W. Robinson has provid ed an attractive and workabli ! setting. Dark stained woodworfc and ceiling beams combine wit! stucco walls and leaded window: to represent an Elizabethan York shire farmhouse. "The Shining Hour” will be re I peated at 8 o’clock tonight ant i Tuesday.—G.I. Dance Artist Leuonide Mussina, auovc, is the I masculine lead of the Ballet Husse, which appears here on February 4 as one unit of the Associated Student’s conccr' scries. I Infirmary Adds Basement Rooms i _ Many Patients Are Being Kept in Hospital Rooms In Houses, Homes Dr. Fred C. Miller, head of the i University health service, contin . lies to ask the cooperation of the entire student body in combatting l the flu epidemic. “With the infirmary filled to . capacity, and some thirty cases distributed among the living or ■ ganizations,” he said, “particular . care must be taken." Dr. Miller asked especially that ■ no violent forms of initiation be performed, such as mill-racing, and keeping students up all night. ! “At this time,” he said, “students . are not physically able to undergo such treatment, and influenza is ( apt to result.” Students 111 at Houses Sixteen girls are under doctor’s i care at the Pi Phi house, and the i chapter room has been made into a miniature infirmary. Doctors and nurses have been calling at the various houses to care for those whom the infirmary is unable to handle. The administration has approved of the enlarging of the infirmary by reconstructing the basement into hospital rooms. Work of plumbing and painting has already begun, and the rooms should be in use by the latter part of next week. Boys will probably have the basement wards, and the sec ond floor will be utilized entirely *1 by the girls. Officers Are Chosen By Alpha Delta Sigma Alpha Delta Sigma, men's na tional advertising honorary, elected Bill J. Jones president, and Pete Garrett vice-president, at a recent meeting. A charter member of Alpha Delta Sigma, Frank Short, who was recently added to the faculty of the journalism school, is now connected with the group. A decision to hold monthly din ners, in order that associate mem bers could attend, was made during the meeting. Youth and Legislation Is Wesley Club Topic “Youth's Interest in Legislation Before Congress” will be discussed at Wesley club Sunday evening Betty Brown and Charles Paddock will lead the talk on both state and national legislation. Wesley club meets at 6:15; a social hour is held at 7:30. I Oregana Editor Asks Heads of Honoraries To Meet on Saturday Don Casciato, editor of the 1937 Oregana, requests that all heads of honorary organiza i tions wishing to secure pages for their groups in the yearbook call at the Oregana office in the ASl’O ..educational ..activities building between 1 and 4 o’ clock Saturday afternoon. Pic ture Agents Woody Everett and Dave Cox will be there to ar i range picture schedules and contracts. Those unable to call In person may telephone. MacLean Will I Discuss Value ! Of Curricula ‘Colleges on Trial" Topie Of Lecture by Noted Vocational Expert at Tuesday Assembly “Colleges On Trial" is the sub ject on which Dr. Malcolm Mac ! Iwan. director of the general col j lege of the University of Minne sota. will speak at the 11 o’clock assembly Tuesday at Gerlinger hall. Kail W. Onthank, dean of personnel administration, an nounced loday. The speaker wilt be introduced by President Boyer. Dr. MacLean will discuss the practical values desirable in higher education anil their existence or non-existence in present college curricula throughout the nation. The general college of Minne sota provides curricula for students who have not decided in what field to concentrate their studies; it tries to outline courses most ad vantageous to the undecided in dividual student. Monday evening Dr. MacLean will be a guest at a small informal dinner, after which he will meet with a group in Gerlinger hall for discussion of educational problems. Faculty members who wish to at tend either the dinner or the even ing meeting should make reserva tions by calling Dean Stafford, local 248. Dr. MacLean was on the campus two years ago. and addressed a group of faculty members. Friday evening he concluded a two-weeks’ series of appearances at public forums in Portland. He spent most of December in California lecturing on educational problems. After spending Monday and Tuesday, on the campus, Dr. Mac Lean will return to the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. University Band Concert Sunday Classics, Modern Tune In Mixed Presentation at Music Building The first University band con cert of the year will be given in the Music building Sunday after noon at three. In addition to the usual- type of pieces played, a modern tune by Carlton Colby, “Headlines,” giving an impressionable reflection of the violent pace of the modern day by a rhythmic cross section of life from the standpoint of a press room will be featured. The program for the afternoon concert is Symphony in B-Flat (Finale-Allegro Vivace) Paul Fauchet. “Phedre”’ Overture . Massenet Invitation a la Valse ... C. M. Von . Weber La Source Leo Delibes Headlines ...... CarletonColby M. P. Chessman Seeks Sanction of Naval Base Merle R. Chessman, father of Peggy Chessman, ’36, left Monday for Washington where he will spend two months seeking congres sional approval of a naval base at Tongue Point. Mr. Chessman is the editor of tho Astoria Budget Gazette and a representative of the Columbia de fense league of Portland and As toria. Dean Landsbury Back From Chicago Session John J. Landsbury, dean of the University school of music, re turned Friday from a trip to Chi cago, where he attended three im portant music sessions. He attended conventions of the Music Teacher's national associa tion, National Association of Schools of Music, and Phi Mu Alpha fraternity. At the conference he gave a talk on music history and its place in the curriculum as distinguished from courses in music apprecia tion or music literature. Ducks Skin Out on'State On Purdy’s Last-Second Basket by 35 to 34 Score All for Fivo ■Esasssas jagKMMMga&MMK Wan jus! about what Art Merryman accomplished against Oregon at Corvallis last night when he scored 21 of OSC’s 84 points before he was fouled out with six minutes to play. Merrymun finally had his evening when he followed in the tradition of great State forwards, Hibbard i nd Falmberg, after understudying them for two seasons. Hayward Drainage System Imperfect; Must Be Rebuilt Before Turfing Work Starts Cuthbert Recommends Investigation Of Condition of Tiling of Field Be Made for Surveyi of Repairs Imperfections in the present drainage system in Hayward field may make it necessary to have the system rebuilt before the work can be done on the turfing, revealed F. A. Cuthbert, associate professor of landscape architecture yesterday. It has been noticed for some time that the field does not drain properly, explained Mr. Cuthbert, therefore an investigation will be made immediately to examine the condition of the tiling and to deter mine what is needed to put it into first class order. It is hoped that The possibilities are that the til ing has broken or is too deep in the ground to be effective, Mr. Cuthbert said. In such case it might be necessary to have the whole layout reconstructed. This would entail an expense which has not been planned for, he said. Turf May Not Be Available "It would be foolish to put an expensive turfing job on top of the field without knowing the con dition of the underground drain age," he observed. "It would prob ably have to be dug right up again." Furthermore, Mr. Suthbert con (Please turn to ptuje two) K«iyes Resigns Post as Head of Military Group John Keyes, head of Scabbord and Blade, asked that his resigna tion be accepted at a recent meet ing of the organization. He gave, as an explanation of his request, a heavy scholastic load. Keyes took the office early last fall, succeeding Dave Morris, who went to Germany on a scholarship. He was one of the two men from this campus who attended Scab bard and Blade's national conven tion in Georgia last summer. An election to fill his place will be held later this week. The remainder of the meeting was given to discussion of a list of new cadet officers for pledging later this term, and to debate in regard to the Military Ball, which will be held in February. Three Entrants Signed Up for Jewett Contest Three entrants have signed up for the W. F. Jewett discussion contest, which is to be held Wed nesday, February 3. Students planning to take part in this con test are urged by members of the speech department to list their phase of the general subject, “Problems of Peace,’’ as soon as possible in order to avoid duplica tion. Howard Kessler has selected “Policing for Peace” as his subject. Kenneth Shipley will talk on “Mod ern Farming," and Dean Ellis has listed “In the Mind of the People" as his topic. Glenn Reed, junior in journalism, is the only entrant listed for the oratorical contest to be held Thurs day evening, February 11. Partici pants in this contest may choose their own subject. Prizes of .$25, $15, and $5 will be awarded in both these contests. Dean Ontliank Attends Education Discussion Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonnel administration, participated in the panel discussion of educa tional problems at a public forum in Portland Friday evening. Dean Onthank will drive down from Portland Saturday afternoon. Dr. Malcolm MacLean, assembly speaker for Tuesday morning, may accompany him. Art Merryman Scores 21 Points in One-Man Floor Exhibition But Leaves Game on Fouls OSC Leads at Half Gun Sounds With Victory Shot in Air; Silver’s Average Hits Skids By LLOYD TUPLING OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, Jan . 15. (Special to Oregon Daily Emerald)—In a sweaty revival of the “civil war," Oregon's Driving Ducks took a 35 to-34 win from Oregon State to night in the last second of a game that appeared five seconds before to have been a win for the Beavers. With the score tied, S3 to 33, in the last minute of play, Anet went out on fouls, and Tuttle got a free toss. Tuttle made it 34 to Oregon's 33. After the score, Wintermute snatched the sphere from the referee and sent a long one down to Purdy, who sank it in midfloor. The gun “poofed" amidst the roars of an astonished, jam-packed Ore gon State gym. Ducks Open Rally Scoring 11 points in the last seven minutes of the game, Ore gon showed a driving force which over-shadowed its lack-lustre first half opening. In a first half in which the lead changed more times than a lead dollar, Oregon State swept to a first half lead of 21 to 16. It was the Beaver’s scoring rally started in the first half, continued in the opening of the second, that gave them an early last half lead which made it look like the day was over for Oregon. Ducks Score First The Beavers took the first score soon after the tip-off. Oregon re taliated with one point. The score swung back and forth with the count tied six times and the lead changing. Oregon State took the (Continued from pnrjc three) Oregon Students Use Dictionaries, Says Douglass “I don’t know anything about Oregon students buying diction aries, but I do know that they are wearing a lot of them out in the library,” M. H. Douglass, librarian, said Friday when ques tioned on his opinion of the veracity of a statement by G. E. Pease concerning the dictionary less state of the University stu dents. Mr. Douglass went on to say that he thought the students were library-conscious rather rather than book-buying con scious. Until a few years ago student fees were charged to cover cost of textbooks which were put in the libraries for class use. When this was aban doned in order to put both Ore gon State and the University on the same fee system and lessen the bookkeeping for the school, there was already bred into Uni versity students the use of the library and its sideline, the dic tionary. That they use the library is shown by the fact that the latest figures obtained show that about 200 books per person a year have been checked out to stu dents here. George Turnbull, professor of journalism, came forth with an additional reply to the indict ment of the University students. The dictionaries sold by these salesmen, he said, are small pocket editions whose only use can be for looking up the cor rect spelling of words. They contain nothing of sources, pro nunciation, or correct usage and are doubly bad because students develop the habit of depending on them instead of going to the larger dictionaries where they can get complete information.