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VOLUME XXXVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1937
NUMBER 60
The
Passing Show
Injunction Issued
Still More W ater
Political Prof
IS cm Set-h p
By DARREL ELLIS
Evacuation Orders
Conciliation prospects on the
General Motors’ strike front ap
peared bright last night as Circuit
Judge Gadola issued a three-point
injunction ordering "sit - down”
strikers from the l\vo Fisher Body
plants, demanding a 24-hour evac
uation and prohibiting strikers
from further picketing.
As the legal order- was read to
good naturedly booing strikers,
John L. Lewis, C. I. O. chieftain,
left Washington for Detroit, say
ing, "Every moral and logical con
sideration indicates a conference
between the contesting parties. Af
ter all, that is the only way to
settle a controversy ...”
While General Motors officials
declared that as soon as the plants
were returned to their possession
the way would be clear for a
‘prompt and honorable settlement,”
Senator Neely (D-WV) introduced
a resolution to the senate request
ing the Black lobby committee to
make a conclusive investigation of
the financial structure of General
Motors to determine if it is prac
ticable for them to establish a 30
hour week and minimum living
wage standards.
All Night Watch
With the swollen Ohio river just
five and one-half inches short of
the top of the 60-foot seawall, and
with indications that its crest had
not yet been reached, the mayor
of Cairo, 111., last night ordered
the city's first all-night watch.
While the total homeless during
the great inundation stood at
nearly 1,000,000 and the total dead
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End Depression
With Bananas9
Says Professor
By BERNADINE BOWMAN
Are bananas to solve the depres
sion?
“There were 119,000,000 banan
as eaten in the United States last
year,” Dr. Montgomery, professor
of economics at the University of
Texas, said in a speech last week.
“Now two of the industries most
depressed in the past few years
have been plate glass and soft
coal.
“If we keep foreign bananas
tout, we will have to raise them
here.
“Glass houses to raise them in
and coal to heat the houses will
take all the glass and coal we can
produce!”
Dr. Montgomery’s comment was
a satirical slip at the remedies
prescribed for the depression in
the last few years.
Leisure’s Not Leisure
How do you use your leisure?
The answer, says Professor Lav
rin of Nottingham university, is an
index to your worth.
Leisure is not, in this modern
world, leisurely.
And, strangely enough, many
people are finding that to play is
more work than work itself. Clear
ly, so Professor Lavrin concludes,
there is a discordant note in the
sociological rhythm.
Not so long ago, many people
wanted leisure and couldn’t get it.
Now, too many have it, and don’t
want it. And, moreover, a great
many people don’t really know
what to do with it.
And so Professor Lavrin says:
“Tell me how you spend your lei
sure hours, and I will tell you who
you are . .
Rats Like Mucilage
Rats—white and brown—have
aroused students of the Milwaukee
State Teachers’ college and stu
dents are demanding through
Echo, the weekly college publica
tion to know what’s going to be
done about them.
"Rats of the library variety
much prefer the mucilage found
on magazines to that found on
books,” wrote an embittered stu
dent. ‘'Longer and raggier than
their intellectual brothers,' the
field-house rats select athletic
equipment. Technically minded
rats, which inhabit the power
house, gnaw vainly on nuts and
bolts.” White rats are kept in
cages in a room in the college field
house for experimental purposes.
The same room is used by a girls’
archery class for practice. The
girls assert that the odor from the
rats permeates their clothing.
They signed a round robin asking
for removal of the rodents.
Big Stage Will
Change Igloo
To Concert Hall
Formal Atlire in Order
For Evening of Ballet
Rnsse Thursday, 8:15
In McArthur Court
Plans for making- McArthur
court into an improvised opera
house for the Monte Carlo Ballet
Russe coming here Thursday night
were announced yesterday by
Ralph Schomp, University activi
ties director. A new stage, two
feet higher than the usual plat
form with dimensions of 38 by 48
feet, is being erected.
Noel Benson and Olive White,
co-chairmen of the decorations
committee, said draperies, carpets,
flowers and divans are being put
into the hall.
Suits are in order for men; wo
men will wear long dresses, Isa
belle Miller, campus social chair
man, said yesterday.
The ballet is on its fourth Amer
ican tour of 100 cities in 25,000
miles. Last season the American
public paid $1,000,000 to see this
unique group of dancers present
the Imperial Russian ballet num
bers.
Since the last American tour,
the ballet has had seasons at
Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Paris, and
a three months’ stay at Convent
Garden in London. Lafet fall the
ballet played to 28 consecutive
sold out performances at the Met
ropolitan opera house in New York
City.
Among the ballerinas coming to
Eugene who have charmed Euro
pean capitals are the Caucausian
Tamara Toumanova; Irina Baron
Pva, the popular “Baronova of the
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Pep Assembly
At 11 Thursday
Hal Young, Don Casciaio
And Major Bow-wow’s
Amateurs’ Slated
An ASUO pep assembly for the
Oregon - Oregon State basketball
clash was announced yesterday by
Gilbert Schultz, student body
president. The assembly will be
held Thursday at 11 a m. in Ger
linger hall.
Howard Hobson will be present
at the time and give a short
speech. Anse Cornell, athletic
manager, will also also speak.
Hal Young, professor of voice,
who has proved very popular at
ASUO assemblies in the past, will
sing and lead the students in song.
The student body yell-leaders will
be present to lead in Oregon yells.
The University’s 65-piece sym
hony orchestra, under the direc
tion of Hex Underwood, will take
part in the assembly. The orches
tra recently played over a national
radio hookup, and was highly suc
cessful. This will be the first time
that the University symphony or
chestra has been introduced to the
associated student body assembly.
Don Casciato, who conducted
his “Major Bow-Wow’s Amateur
Hour,” at the last ASUO assem
bly, has promised to organize a
few numbers for the entertainment
of the students, Schultz said.
Members of the faculty are
again urged by Schultz to attend
the assembly. There will be no
11 o’clock classes.
Mathematics Honorary
Meets Tonight at 7:30
Popular phases of mathematics
will be discussed at a meeting of
Pi Mu Epsilon, mathematics hon
orary, tonight at 7:30 at Deady
hall. Elizabeth McGirr will read a
paper on “Japanese Mathematics,”
and Ted Russell will read one on
“The Mathematics Curriculum."
Both are student members of the
honorary.
Preceding the talks, a short bus
iness meeting will be held, accord
ing to Catherine Stevens, president
| of the organizations.
Prof. E. E. DeCou, permanent
secretary of Pi Mu Epsilon, and
Kenneth Ghent, mathematics in
' structor, will also speak.
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Oregon Pioneer
Holds Poor Fish
As Floods Abate
The recent Eugene inundation
must have reached a record high
tide mark some time in the wee
hours of Tuesday morning, for
it left a fine piscatorial speci
men. commonly known as a fish,
stranded high and dry in the up
raised hand of the Oregon Pio
neer.
An autopsy revealed that the
body of the fine, foot-long habi
tant of Oregon’s famous streams
had been in a state of rigor mor
tis for several hours.
The very despondent droop of
the fish's inert body bespoke the
resignation with which he ac
cept his doleful plight. His now
glassy eyes still hold the helpless
pleading look which might have
moved some kind individual to
effect his rescue had the lonely
little figure been noticed soon
enough. The general attitude of
despair which permeates the
stranded amphibian shows that
he had lost all hope as his tragic
end drew near.
Date of Military
Ball Postponed
Until March 6
The Military Ball, originally
planned for February 20, has been
postponed until Saturday, March 6.
Because the senior ball was
scheduled for February 15, this
change was arranged. The list of
candidates for Little Colonel, which
were to be turned in by each wo
men’s living organization today,
will not be called for until some
later date. This date will be an
nounced in the near future by Scab
bard and Blade officers.
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Marriage Talk
Is Cancelled;
Next on Feb. 10
Third Lecture of Series
On Biological Aspects
Tn Separate Forums
For Men ami Women
Because of weather conditions,
Dr. J. Hudson Bollard, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church in
Portland, will be unable to give
his lecture on the “Psychological
Phases of Love and Marriage”
which was scheduled for tonight.
This was to have been the sec
ond in this year’s series of lecture
forums on marriage. The the third
lecture will be held next Wednes
day, February 10, on the biologi
cal problems of marriage. Dr.
Jessie L. Brodie and Dr. Goodrich
C. Schauffler, physicians from
Portland, will conduct the meeting
for men and women in separate
lectures.
Talk in Gerlinger
Dr. Brodie will speak to the wo
men in the alumni room of Gerlin
ger hall, and Dr. Schauffler will]
conduct the lecture for men in Vil
lard hall. The time for these talks
has been set at 7:15.
Dr. Ballard will give his psy-J
chological talk on marriage some
time in February. The date will
be announced later, Jayne Bower
man, chairman of the student com
mittee, said yesterday.
Assisting Miss Bowerman and
Karl W. Onthank, dean of person
nel, are Isabelle Miller, Charles
Miller, Bud Burnett, Jean Gulov
son, and Mildred Blackburne.
Three for the Show
Among the 55 troupers in the Bullet Russe chorus are these three
dancers who will appear in scenes from “I.es Sylphides,” one of three
■ ballets to be presented in McArthur court tomorrow night at 8:15.
Rigorous Training Is
Price Of Ballet Fame
The lovely young ballerinas of the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe do
j not lead the glamorous lige Oregon co-eds have been led to believe.
Although feted by the nobility of the European capitals and treated
! to envious looks of women throughout the world, their’s is no easy
life.
As children of six or seven, the erfected ballerina of today entered
Employment Secretary
Puts Off Portland Trip
Miss Janet Smith, employment
secretary, was forced to postpone
her trip to Portland until travel
j conditions improve.
Miss Smith had scheduled a two
day trip to Portland the first part
of this week where she was to in
terview employers for the perma
I nent placement bureau concerning
jobs for graduate students and un
dergraduate students who are not
attending school this year.
schools of the ballet for instruc
tion. By the time the age of 12 was
reached, most girls were ready for
important dancing roles. The girls
1 must rise early, and prepare for
dancing practice that starts at
9 a m., and continues until 10:30.
They then have a half-hour's rest
until time for rehearsal with the
company from 11:00 to 1:30. After
this comes lunch.
They are given two hours cf the
afternoon to do as they please, fol
| lowed by a second company rehear
! sal from 4 to 6 p.m. Preparation
for the evening performance fol
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Huskies Spring Comeback,
Dump Over-Anxious Ducks,
39 to 30; Oregon Rally Fails
Authorities Seek Solution9
Reasons for Withdrmving
Of Students From School
Since the early 1900's University presidents, registrars, and mem
bers of the board of higher education have been faced with an increas
ing problem why are our students, leaving the University after one
or two years of school ?
Answers that have been received on withdrawal blanks give vague
reasons, and as there is no way of compelling the student to give an
honest or constructive answer, the problem has become more confusing
as time goes on.
Following a visit of Dr. Malcolm
MacLean from the University of
Minnesota to this campus, a hope
of light flickered in the hearts of
our leaders for a time.
Pres. Boyer Comments
President C. V. Boyer, when'
asked how he felt about Dr. Mac-'
Lean’s plan of making the first j
two years of our universities into
a general course of study and in
the third year, separating the stu
dents into the fields of speciality
in which they are best fitted, stat
ed that he thought the plan a fine
one but doubted if it could be
made practical as the University
curriculum stands now.
To find a solution for the drop
ping out of school, authorities have j
first looked at the reasons given
by withdrawing students.
Out of the fifty students with
drawing during the fall term of
1936, 16 gave bad health as the
reason; 15, available work; nine,
finances; eight, family difficulties;
and two, change of schools.
‘There is no way to compel any
student to give the real reason for
his quitting the University on his
withdrawal blank,” stated Clifford
Constance, assistant registrar.
“Some give no reason at all, and
those who do, often do not give
the real one.
The majority of students leaving
school, the reports show, are
freshmen and sophomores who are
registered in the schools of allied
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Continued Cold,
Says 4-Legged
Prognosticator
Because the sun shone inter
mittently yesterday, six weeks
more of bad weather is practic
ally assured if we are to believe
the popular tradition concerning
the ground-hog.
This bushy-tailed little animal
has long been considered a
weather prophet. According to
tradition, on the second day of
February it emerges from its
winter’s hibernation to view the
weather conditions. If the sun
is shining and the ground-hog
can see its shadow, it is a sign
that spring is still six weeks off,
and the wise little animal goes
back to bed to escape continued
bad weather.
Although the value of this
indication of bad weather is de
nied by scientists, the tradition
persists.
"Marmota monax" is the sci
entific name of this little rodent,
which is known also as a wood
chuck. It is about 15 inches
long, and is distinguishable by
its broad flat head, short thick
legs, bushy tail, and long whis
kers.
Barnett Speaks Over
KOAC Tonight at 7:45
James D. Barnett, head of the
political science department, will
talk on the proper relationship be
tween the civil service commission
and the city council and appointing
authorities, Wednesday night from
7:45 to 8:05 over KOAC. This is
the weekly broadcast on municipal
affairs sponsored by the league of
Oregon cities and the bureau of
municipal research.
Mr. Barnett is a member of the
civil service commission of Eu
gene.
AWS ‘Dime Crawl’
Due February 10
Women’s Organizations to
Entertain All Men From
6:30 to 7:30
“Ten cents a dance" is all it
takes for any young gentleman to
attend the “Dime Crawl” to be
held Wednesday, February 10,
from 6:30 to 7:30 in every women's
living organization. Phyllis Gard
ner will be general chairman of the
all-campus dance, sponsored by
associated women students to swell
the AWS loan fund to aid Univer
sity of Oregon men and women.
This annual affair is a contest to
see which sorority or dormitory
reaps the most dimes.
All living organizations hold a I
5:30 dinner that night to enable
everyone to be present for the so
cial hour. Coeds may ask special
boys to be present or a boy who
has a secret yearning to dance
with a certain miss may pay his
dime, dance with her ten or fifteen
minutes, and then depart to pay
another dime elsewhere.
Assisting Phyllis Gardner are:
Marie Rasmussen, treasurer; Mar
jorie Segre, secretary; Gladys Bat
tleson, speakers committee; and
Lillian Warn, publicity.
MARVEL TWISS WEDS
Marvel Twiss, ’36, and Robert
Wimbush were married in Portland
January 7. Mrs. Wimbush received
her bachelor’s degee from the Uni
versity last June. She is a member
of Pi Beta Phi. The couple will
live in Santa Ana, California.
CASEY MARRIED
John T. Casey married Margaret/
McNerney in Portland on January
16. Casey received his LL.B. de
gree from the University in '35
and was a member of Phi Gamma
| Delta. They will reside in Burns.
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Defeat Drops Webfoots Into Second
Place With Three Teams in Virtual
Tie for Conference Lead
NORTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS
W L Pet.
Washington State .5 2 .714
OREGON 6 3 .667
Washington . 5 3 .625 .
Oregon State 2 5 .285
Idaho .0 5 .000
By PAT FRIZZELL
(Emerald Sports Editor)
A determined bunch of Washington Huskies turned on the
heat in the second half at the Igloo last night and roared to a
39-to30 win over Oregon’s bitterly fighting Webfoots.
The Oregon sophomores dropped from first place as the
Huskies outdrove and outshot them in a reversal of Monday’s
thriller. The Webfooas are now resting in second, in a nominal
tie for the top with Washington State but trailing by virtue of
having won and lost more games. Washington, by its win, crept
into a position only half a game behind the leaders.
Student. Card Holders
Must, Exchange Tickets
For Ballet Russe Today
Student body card holders
must exchange tickets in card
books by noon today for ad
mittance in the reserved stu
dent section for the Monte
Ballet Kusse appearing in the
McArthur court tomorrow at
8:15. Tickets can be exchanged
in the ASUO ticket office in
McArthur court by 5 o’clock
tonight.
Goodwill Debate
Team Due Feb.17
New Zealand Travelers to
Address Student Body
Assembly
Members of the goodwill debate
and lecture team from the Univer
sity of Otago, New Zealand will
make their first appearance on
the University of Oregon campus
on Wednesday, February 17, when
they will address a student assem
bly.
The team is scheduled to arrive
in Los Angeles on January 23, and
their proposed four-months itin
erary includes speeches in Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington, Brit
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Ballerinas to Moose It
At Annual Winter Limp
Eddie Vail, director of the Ballet Moose, that Russian fantasy of
Oregon’s lettermen, announced that his ballerinas were In fine fettle
and would perform Saturday, February 6.
The ballet consists of three movements. First, the soulful strains
of soft music will be heard and the pride and joy of the gridiron will
gracefully swirl in aesthetic poses that only true ballerinas can achieve.
Then suddenly with a blare of trumpets we are transformed to the
i Townswomen,
Coeds Invited
To Y Tea Today
An open house tea will be held
Wednesday afternoon February 3,
by the advisory board of the YWCA
at the Y bungalow, for all campus
and townswomen during the hours
of 3 and 5 o’clock. Honorary mem
bers of the board, Mrs. Frederick
M. Hunter, Mrs. C. V. Boyer, and
Mrs. C. L. Schwering, will be
guests of honor.
Mrs. John Stark Evans, YWCA
secretary, and Elaine Cornish, pres
ident of the YWCA on the campus,
will talk during the afternoon on
the activities of the groups.
Pouring for the tea will be Mrs.
J. D. Bryant and Mrs. Clarence
Chase. Mrs. Chase, assisted by the
campus girls of the YWCA cabi
net arranged for the tea.
jazz age with that new tune “One
Two, Buckle Your Shoe" forming
the background for the chorines,
with Don Kennedy and Arleigh
Bentley, those two crooning croon
ers, stepping to the microphone.
For the last movement, the
soothing strains of "Sweet Hawai
ian Magic” are played and the
prima donna of the law school "La
McCall” will render his version of
the everfamous "Nautch Dance.”
La McCall has performed in the
past and was not going to dance
this year but because of the clam
or of his public consented to do so.
Never since the days of Ziegfeld
has such a group of dancers been
selected. The ballerinas are: Nello
Giovannini, Dave Gammon, Don
Kennedy, Jimmy Nicholson, Pat
Fury, John Yerby .Arleigh Bent
ley, Denny Breaid, Bud Robertsoxf,
Frenchy LaCau, Charles Bracher
Tom Blackman did not return to
school this term.
Bob Egge, a driving, miracle
dribbling guard veteran, sparked
the Husky attack that clicked in
the clinches. With Chuck Wag
ner out on fouls after the first 14
minutes, Egge took over entirely
the task of directing the Husky of
fense.
First Half Close
The first half was close all the
way, with Oregon holding a slight
advantage through a large portion
of its latter stages. A free throw
by Jack Gannon immediately be
fore the period’s close broke a tie
and gave Hec Edmundson’s reju
venated crew a 20-to-l9 margin
at the intermission.
Oregon took a momentary ad
vantage as Johnny Lewis canned
a honey on the dead run to open
scoring for the second session, but
Zlegenfuss holed two one-handers
in succession, and the Huskies,
fired by Egge, were off on a spree
that sent them soaring into a 14
polnt lead with 4 minutes to play.
Rally Too Late
The Webfoots struck with a be
lated rally with the count 39 to 25
against them, but it was far too
late Slim Wintermute sank a
shot on Voelker's fourth foul to
start the tardy comeback and
Lewis fanned the flame by laying
in a pass from Purdy. Purdy
flipped his wrists and arched in a
long one to send the 3500 specta
tors into vain frenzy just before
the gun.
Lewis led Oregon’s scoring for a
second consecutive night. He pot
ted five field goals and added a
foul toss for an 11-point total.
Wintermute and Dave Silver did
all the remainder of the Webfoot
point garnering, with the exception
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