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Alpha Caws Fight Flamas. Follow With Fir am all’s F o r m a l VOLUME XXXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1937 NUMBER 49 The Passing Show Court Regulations First Toumsender W orkers Still Sit G-Men and Matson By DARREL ELLIS FDR Surprises President Roosevelt will sum mon legislators together in the near future to pound out a definite program for regulation of the su preme court, Democratic Senator Minton from Indiana, declared yes terday after a conference with the chief executive. Showered with a barrage of proposals for curbing the high tri bunal, congress has been in a quan dary concerning the problem. Most of the bills favored broadening of congressional powers on labor and industrial legislation or obtaining more favorable decisions for New Deal objectives. Dollar Goes 'Round “I haven’t kissed my wife so many times in a day since we were married." said dour, unemployed C. C. Fleming, first recipient of ■$200 dollars in a Townsend revolv ing dollar experiment, after the second day of his spending spree. The 63-year-old spender, jubi lant after spending $49.50 in two days, said he must spend the en tire $200 in 30 days. Merchants have agreed to pay a 2 per cent transaction tax on all his "tagged dollar.” Want Sitters Removed Detroit's sit-down auto strikers met a stymie yesterday when Gen eral Motors' representative refused to negotiate unt-'l the strikers left the plants. Michigan’s Governor Frank Mur phy left for Washington late yes terday to confer with federal of ficials. The entire situation was in a deadlock. Last Suspects Quizzed G-men ended the eighth day of the search for Charles Mattson's kidnaper-slayer, quizzing the last of a group of important suspects. No announcement was made which contributed further evidence to the case, but federal agents said that their vigilance w-as not re laxed. W ould Place Ban As fascists swung into the sev enth month of attempts to over throw the Spanish socialist govern ment, European powers met in London yesterday to make defin (Please turn to page two) Syracuse Flivver Owners Seldom Say fFill 9er Up9 By BERNADINE BOWMAN The gasoline tank in the rear end of that old ’27 Chewy or that nearly as ancient Plymouth owned by students at Syracuse university seldom, if ever, gets wet above the quarter-way mark, states the Syracuse Daily Or ange after a survey of gas sta tions in the vicinity of the cam pus. The average amount of gas bought per student, per stop, per car, ranges from one gallon to a ‘half a dollar’s worth” at the most. Asked if students ever say, “Fill ’er up,” one attendant scoffed, “Sure they say fill ’er ..up.” “Fill up the radiator and. ..while you’re at it, fill up the. ..tires, too.” STUDY MOODS ARE COSTLY Study moods are reported to be a costly idiosyncrasy by the Minnesota Daily. Students who wait for these spells of inspira tion to do their studying should be sure of three things before they continue such a practice. First, be sure they occur often enough to get their work done. Second, be sure they last long enough when they do occur. Third, be sure they are not get ting themselves into some very poor habits of work. USC HAS MOVIE BUREAU Do you want to become a mov ie star? Well then, don’t waste your time by going to the studios in Hollywood, just enroll at the University of Southern Califor nia. Because, according to the. ..Daily Trojan, practically every major producing company in Hollywood has. at one time or another called upon the Univer situ of Southern California bu reau for extras. Members of the extra movie list, composed of some 1,500 drama students, re ceive requests from studios on an average of three times a year. Records show that many stu dents have gained permanent po sitions in the cinema business through the bureau. Kerr’s Position] Is Threatened By Solon’s Bill Alien Seeks lo Eliminate Titular Office; Objects To ‘Empty Title,’ Hut Sanctions Pension A move for abolition of the of fice of Dr. W. J. Kerr as chancel lor emeritus of the Oregon state system of higher education ap peared yesterday when Represen tative Allen of Multnomah an nounced he would introduce a bill in the house at Salem today to eliminate the post. The bill will be introduced today, but it must go through several readings and a house committee before it will be brought up for a vote. In announcing his plan to intro duce the bill, Representative Allen said he was not opposed to offer ig Dr. Kerr a pension. "Why not list it as such rather than creating an empty title," Allen said. Gets $6,000 Annually At the time Dr. Frederick M. Hunter was made chancellor of the state system a year and a half ago, Dr. Kerr was made chancellor em eritus. The position carries a sal ary of $6,000 a year. Dr. Kerr was president of Ore gon State college for 37 years be fore he was made chancellor of the reorganized state system creat ed after campaigns for the Zorn McPherson bill. Lane County SPA Will Hold Election Tonight The second organizational meet ing of the Lane county local of the Socialist Party of America wrill meet tonight at 8:30 p. m. Election of permanent officers and appointment of committees will be the chief purposes of the meeting. At the initial meeting last Tuesday James Rowan was named temporary chairman and Gordon M. Connelly, temporary secretary. Job Threatened Chancellor Emeritus William Jasper Kerr may be removed'from the state’s payroll if a bill which Representative Allen plans to take before the legislature goes through. Former president of Ore gon State college and former chan cellor of the state system of high er education, Dr. Kerr now draws a salary of $6,000 yearly. Infirmary to Add 34 Flu Patients Basement Hospital Is Built To Accommodate Sick Male Students Work of reconstructing’ the infirmary basement into hospital rooms is nearly completed. Thirty four beds have been made ready for men who have become victims of the influenza epidemic. Men occupying rooms on the second floor will be moved to the basement and the second floor of the building will be used for girls. Several utility rooms in the base ment have been installed at much expense in purchasing emergency equipment. Food will be prepared upstairs for the basement patients and will be brought down in the (Please turn to page four) Fire Adds Novel Touch To Saturday Cleaning By JOHN PINK The sisters of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority held what will probably go down in their log book—or whatever they keep their memoirs in—their first Fireman’s Ball last Saturday night. The girls were cleaning industriously on Saturday morning, brooms in hand, gay cloths turbanned about their heads, moving this and emptying that; and in the course of events one of the misses emptied the contents of an ash tray into the waste paper chute. No more was thought of this until a little later when opening the door of the chute, to empty something more down, a tongue of flame greeted the lass. She called to someone, who cal led to someone ellse, who called to another, and with a great scur rying and running and screaming, the girls tried to put out the blaze which was confined to the inside of the chute. One girl ran to call the local Smoky Stover aggregation, and | several took up the burden of | screaming — for the other girls were too busy, with milk bottles, pas, kettles, and even the contents j led to someone else, who called I of a hot water bottle, battling “old j demon fire.” ' Smoke poured from every win- j i dow and the girls were soon gasp- ' I ing and choking, but the fire lad dies sirened up to the door and took command. When one of the girls heard them coming down the street she said, “Gosh, I hope they don't climb through my window because I have my stockings hang ; ing out there to dry.”' One of the firemen received a thoroughly washed face when put ting his head into the opening at the bottom of the chute an enthus iastic lass cascaded a bucket of j water down on him. | The fire burned three trunks that were piled near the bottom of the chute, and this was the basis for a great deal of talk. Every girl was sure that it was her trunk that was burned, and in telling of the blaze later, each would bemoan the loss of her trunk. And with twenty girls claiming the loss of a ; trunk—there was a lot of talk (Please turn to page four) Coed Capers Cancelled; Flu Spread Feared Because Gerlinger Hall Is Drafly, AWS Issue Statement Calling Off Female Fun-fest Purely on their own initiative as a precautionary measure against further spreading of the flu, AWS issued an official statement last night that Coed Capers scheduled for Wednesday night, January 20. was permanently cancelled for the year 1937. Although all plans were com pleted for the annual carnival fun fest held each year exclusive of male participation, it was decided co postpone the affair. Later, be cause the campus social calendar was so full, the remainder of the term, it was decided to cancel it permanently. Because Gerlinger hall is drafty (Please turn to potjc four) Shipping Strike Delays Material From Extension Kxisting strike conditions, over-running their usual field of affected industry and inactivity, now threatens to leave its mark on education. Word of the strike’s far-reach ing effects came in a recent let ter from Seward, Alaska, to Miss Mozelle Hair, of the University's extension department. Miss Ud na Borgio, writer of the letter, stated that it would be impossi ble for her to take the corre spondence course at the present time as no provision for mail in the future has been made. “In about 70 days we have had only three mail days, and no ar rangement has been made for fu ture delivery. The “General Gor gas" leaves here tonight (De cember 31 ) and no arrangements have been made for any more boats,” was the comment on the situation in her community. More serious than education, is the possible shortage of food, working materials. TCL AC A Members Urged To Acquire Information About Budgets and Diets Married students are advised to gird themselves with information on budgets and diets for the first regular meeting of the TCLACA, Thursday evening at 7:30 in Gerlinger hall, according to an announce ment made yesterday by Howard Kessler, president of the organiza tion. “Besides the important work of planning our year's program, members will have an opportunity to advflse students in other schools how ‘Two Can Live As Cheaply,’’ said Kessler. “We will present at least five letters to the group from men and women who are contem Term Payments On Oregana Are Due February 1 Winter term installments on the Oregana must be paid by February 1 or the right to an Oregana and the fall term installment will be forfeited, Howard Overback, busi ness manager, said yesterday. Don Casciato, Oregana editor, re quested that senior activity cards which will be distributed to living organizations this week be filled out and returned to the Oregana office by next Monday. All inde pendent senior men are asked to call at the Oregana office and fill out a card. Group pictures of honorarios will be postponed until a later date, said Casciato, because of the ill ness of the photographer. No more individual portraits will be taken by Kennel-Ellis. [muuu^ uuu i uuu i ' win advice before launching their mari tal ships on the sea of financial insecurity.” A sample letter is one from a sophomore at the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks. He writes: “I first learned of your organiza tion through the Collegiate Digest, which we get along with our school paper here at the University of North Dakota, and decided to make a request for information. Student Problem “In the first place, I am a soph omore at the above-mentioned University and engaged to be mar ried to a girl in Aberdeen, South Dakota, approximately 400 miles distant. , She is a sophomore in a teachers’ college in that city. We lave been going together for nearly !i>ur years; engaged for nearly* three. "I am employed (part time, of course) in the parts room of the (Please turn to pu<ir four) Dr. McLean Asks Education Reforms of UO Professors; To Speak to Students at 11 \ <>ir I ndcrgraduatrs Mill Take Psychology (Juiz at Villard Today All new undergraduate stu- j dints this term are required to bo present for the psychology examination this afternoon at 4 o'clock i:i room 107 Villard. English Reserve Sets 6-Year High January 12 was the largest day in six years for the English re serve when 869 books were cheeked out, Willis Warren, reserve librar ian, said. Only on November 4, 1930, was this mark topped when) 894 books were taken. Six hundred is considered a large day. he added. Both circulation and reserve li braries showed a gain over fall term last year. In the circulation department 33,599 books were taken out this term, a 3077 increase over the same period last year. October figures were the largest in the history of the library with 12,538 books going out, a 1400 in crease over 1935. The reserve librarian's figures reveal that Condon is still first in the number of books being checked out, but has a decrease of 527 books while English reserve in creased 4,132. This year’s figures show 56,367 for Condon and 28. 599 for English reserve. The busi ness library also shows a decrease of 2,224 with 21,360 books being used. Room 30, which is counted separately dropped about 200, to taling 2,149 books. The total figures for the reserve libraries show a slight gain over last' year of 1,232 with this year’s figures reading 112,475. Willis Warren, reserve librarian, and Miss Bernice Rise, circulation li brarian say that winter term is al ways their biggest term. Herman Kehrli to Speak At Hubbard Celebration Herman Kehrli, director of the bureau of municipal research, has been invited by Mayor Garfield Vo get, of Hubbard, to speak at a cele. bration January 20. Mayor Carson of Portland, is to be the principal speaker. Eugene AAUW’s Dist inguished Visitors (Courtesy of the Register-Guard) When the Eugene branch of the American Association of University the Society for International Relations and .Mrs. Barker, wife of the women met last week in the Murray Warner Museum of oriental art University’s vice-president, presented the afternoon's program on “Chi it had as its guests Miss Myra Sannomiya of Tokyo, Japan, left, nese Tomb Figures.” In the background is one of the museum’s Sirs. Burt Brown Barker of Portland, and Mrs. Murray Warner. Miss Chinese wall hangings. Sannomiya told of her work as secretary to the general secretary of t Doctors Forced To Cancel Talks Tonight's Lecture - Forum Postponed Indefinitely Due to Epidemic The second of a series of lec ture-forums on marriage, which was to have been given tonight, has been postponed. Dr. Goodrich 0. Schauffler and Dr. Jessie L. Brodie, who were to speak on the biological problems of marriage, feel that the epidemic has become too grave for them to leave their practices in Portland. Jayne Bowerman, chairman of the student committee working in cooperation w'ith the personnel of fice under Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel, said that the next meeting would be held Tuesday, January 26. Dr. J. Hudson Ballard, pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Portland, will speak on "The Psychological Phases of Love and Marriage.” The date for the second in the series has not yet been announced. Sipe to Speak On State Botany The Oregon chapter of Sigma Xi will meet in room 101, Condon, to night at 8 o’clock to hear the fol lowing two papers: “The Taxonomy and Geographi cal Distribution of • the Pacific Coast Species of Dentaria and Cardamine,” by Leroy E. Detling; and “Plant Exploration in the Eastern Oregon Country" by F. P. Sipe. The public is invited. A business meeting for members will be held at 7:30 o’clock, pre ceding the open meeting. 181 Year Course Offered One hundred and eighty-four years to complete a college educa tion! That's the length of time it would take if a student were to finish every course offered at Ohio State university. During the 184 years of study, says the Ohio State Lantern, 43 degrees would be con ferred upon the student. Minnesota Exponent of ‘General’ Educational Methods to Speak on ‘Colleges on Trial'; Explains New Setup Movement Is Designed for Study With No Major Definitely Chosen By PAUL DEUTCHMANN “We've got to breed a whole new’ race of educators.” With this statement, Dr. Mal colm MacLean, director of the gen eral college of the University of Minnesota, who will speak at assembly today in Gerlinger at 11, issued an ultimatum to died-in the-wool educators at a discussion of educational problems with fac ulty members of the University of Oregon last night. Dr. MacLean, exponent of a “modern” type of education, will speak today on “Colleges on Trial,” explaining to the Oregon students the general college movement, and comparing existing curricula with it, showing the lack or presence of practical values. Takes Up Debate Taking up the general college movement from the standpoint of the educator. Dr. MacLean discus 50 Oregon professors at Gerlinger last night, who questioned him in terestingly and skeptically. The general college of the Uni versity of Minnesota, which he di rects, is the foremost example of this movement in the country. In I it students who have been unable to decide upon a field are given a “general” education, designed as Dr. McLean expressed, to educate for “the time between sleep and job.” “We are not interested in giv ing a student what he wants or things he wants,” the Minnesota educator explained, “but what he needs.” This idea is pursued so that students are given the an swers to their questions on voca tional orientation, marriage and home life, philosophy, art and re ligion, and what is termed “soci"! sensitivity"—the social intelligence of the individual. Present Education “Easy” Declaring that education by for mula, the accepted and existing (Please turn to page four) Homer Is Mistreated; Best Friend Protests By DARREL ELLIS Homo Sapiens is his real name. We will call him Homer. Homer has lived for three years now in secluded silence behind heavy green cutains in room ...., Condon, classroom of L. S. Cressman, professor of anthropolgy. Homer is what someone has described as “a complete set of bones with the people scraped off," a common skeleton. But this stigma does not make him deserving of ill treatment, says Dr. Cresaman, Ho mer's best friend. Homer has been the brunt of many jokes. The green curtains which hide him from prying eyes have often been drawn aside to present a picture of ridicule a chalk cigarette hanging grotesque y from his grinning mouth, his legs crossed one over the other in rest ful attitude, or perhaps his thub hooked shamefully in the gaping hole where Homer's nose should be. Dr. Cressman admits that harm less jokes are all right, but when yesterday the curtains were drawn to present Homer a new and more confusing entanglement, and with his right foot ground to crumbly bits under some brutal heel, the joke had gone too far. , “This type of vandalism can have no explanation,” Dr. Cress man told his class. "The student who did this has only succeeded in showing his complete lack of intel ligence. "The only difference between him (pointing to Homer) and the people who do this sort of thing is that he (Homer) can’t walk and others come in and take advantage (Please turn to page four) SLACKS SLACKS SLACKS up c Buy Now at Amazingly Low Prices Eric Merrell “The University Man's Shop’’