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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1937)
ASUO Officers Biggest Attraction of Season at Ballet Rnsse Tonight NUMBER 61 The Passing Show Tension in Flint Fortune Hidden Will Levees Hold? KKK Threatens By DARREL ELLIS T)pfy Court Order The General Motors “sit-down’ strike took an unusual turn yes terday with strikers voicing their intention to ignore evacuation or ders and Governor Frank Murphy pleading for peaceful settlement of the dispute while state troops marched into Flint to make sure “there would be no bloodshed.” A communication from the United Automobile Workers un ion yesterday said, “We have no delusions about the sacrifices this decision will entail. We fully ex pect that if a violent effort is made to oust us many of us will be killed.” Poor With $43,630 Unable to account for the $43, G00 found hidden in drawers, tin cans, buckets, and sacks in her dingy three-room shack, Mrs. An na Miller, Spokane, was recover ing in a hospital today from the effects of starvation. The 54-year-old woman had been living on scraps for weeks and was removed from recluse in a half-starved condition. It was be lieved the fortune in bonds and currency were her life savings and investments. Engineers Hopeful The “zero hour” along the Mis sissippi was at hand last night as army engineers watch torrential waters lapping at the tops of lev ees along a 1000-mile wall to the sea. With 120,000 laborers strengthening and heightening the levee system, confident the billion dollar flood control system had licked "or man Mississippi.” Mystery Letter A mysterious letter written on a Klu Klux Klan letterhead and ad dressing subtle threats to Birt Showier, Vancouver, B. C„ was be ing investigated by police there yesterday. The note came in the form of an ultimatum to Mr. Showier to with draw a slander suit which he had filed against a radio speaker and to “make a press announcement to that effect” or “be held per sonally responsible for what will follow.” Minnesota Z-Man Gets His Blonde j With Classified By BERNADINE BOWMAN Student want ads in the Minne sota Daily paper really get results. Last week the following ad ap peared in the Daily: Wanted—Girl for fraternity par ty Saturday. Blonde, 5 feet, 5 inches, good looking, good dancer. Gl. 2133, “Z” Several times during the day re porters on the Daily called 2133 to get the low-down on the Z-man. The line was always busy. When he was finally reached on the phone he reported he had been successful in getting a girl—and that she had a car. “I’ve found out that girls in Minnesota are more skeptical than girls in Montana. I had a hard time convincing some of them it wasn’t a gag. They just called up to shoot the bull a while. I’m al ways willing to do that, of course, but I was really sincere about get ting a date for the party,” was the Z-man’s only complaint. “Every thing’s fixed up now, though,” he added. Coffee Served in Class The seven students in an Eng lish class at the Texas Christian university had opened notebooks and were prepared for the profes sor to arrive. They gazed, mean while, out on the cold and wet campus with a marked feeling of discontent. The professor entered and sur prised all by asking “How many drink coffee?” The count was taken and an or der sent to a nearby cafeteria. In due time eight steaming cups of coffee arrived and the hour passed in pleasing quickness— thanks to a thoughtful teacher. PROF IS SNOWBOUND Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery, assistant professor of education* re turned to her classes yesterday af ter having been delayed in her return from Portland by the im passability of the highways. She left Saturday to teach her weekly extension course in education, but was unable to make bus connec tions for her return. Duck-Beaver Game Pep Assembly to Be At 11 o’clock Toda^ Coach Hobson to Talk Present UO Team Young to Lead Grouj Singing Faculty Welcomed University Concert Bant Will Sub for Symphony Orchestra Program The ASUO pep assembly for tin Oregon-Oregon State basketbal game Saturday night will be helc today at 11 a.m. in Gerlinger hall Howard Hobson, coach of t.ht ! Duck quintet, will give a shorl speech and present his team. Ans< Cornell will also talk to the stu dents. His subject will be, “Whal happened at Oregon State." Don Casciato, Oregana editor who was originally scheduled for a return engagement of his "Majoi Bow - Wow Amateur hour” act was forced to call off the enter tainment when several of the acts reported sick at a late hour last night. Casciato will have a com plete new unit ready for the next assembly. Kennedy Will Speak Hal Young will lead the students in song. Young will also sing a number of his own selection. Don Kennedy will speak on be half of the Ballet Moose, the Rus sian ballet to be presented by Ore gon's lettermen February 6. Ken nedy will be expected to produce some of his famed ballerinos. The University concert band un der the direction of Douglas Orme, will take the place of the sym phony orchestra previously sched uled, which will be unable to ap pear. Schultz will render a few “tidy morsels,” as he described them, from the Oregon State Barometer. Members of the faculty are urg ed by Schultz to attend the assem bly. There will be no 11 o’clock classes. Antique Textiles Being Exhibited In Little Gallery Cambodian brass and Philippine textiles, rare specimens of an art now forgotten, are being exhibited !n the art school “little gallery.” Purchased by Mrs. Warren D. Smith some years ago while she was visiting the Philippine Islands and Asiatic shores, the articles are now extremely valuable be cause they represent a native handicraft now obsolete. The textiles bear two kinds of decorations, embroidery and ap plique. The embroidery is done on a very fine grade of pina cloth; while in the applique process a whole intricate pattern is cut from one cloth and sewed to another, rhe brass work is from Cambodia, india. On the gallery walls are some modern batik design samples, a process invented by the Javanese. JAMESON GIVES TALK Professor Samuel H. Jameson, of the sociology department, will speak at the Marion county teach ers’ institution at Woodburn, Sat urday. His topic will be “Social Real ism.” Rhinesmith W arns Drivers to Secure Permits at Once Warning is being issued by O. L. Rhinesmith, campus auto enforcement officer, that be ginning Monday, students driv ing cars without permits will be penalized. Only 270 stickers have been issued this term as compared to the 503 given out last term. Rhinesmith’s office, room 14 S. H. Friendly hall, will be open from two to four Thursday and Friday so that students may secure their permits. 1 ) Pop The Question Girls!, Invite Him To The Heart Hop [ Has the weather dampened his ardor or mid-terms made him preoccupied and slightly ' forgetful that Valentine’s day is - just around the weekend ? Change all this, ask him to the Heart Hop, February 12. Dessert time tonight or after the Ballet Eusse will be a per | feet time to “pop the question” 1 about the heart celebration. For the timid souls, those gills who need another week to muster enough courage to ask him, the Dime Crawl, which gets the men right inside your very door, is just a few days before the YWCA, women’s choice dance. This is another golden oppor tunity for making that date. Competition for dating the ing of Hearts candidates is ex pected to be very keen. Do your dating early and avoid the rush. Who knows, maybe he will be King of Heart sor even one of the knaves to be chosen by popu lar feminine vote. Tickets for the Heart Hop are 25 cents for YW members and 35 cents for non-YW members. They are on sale at all women’s living organizations. Junior Symphony Concert is Slated The junior symphony orchestra of Eugene, composed of students of grade and high school, and a few college students, will appear in concert February 14 and 15. It will be directed by Douglas Orme, band director and director of pub lic school instrumental music. The orchestra will play Sunday, Feb ruary 14 in the music auditorium at 3 p. m. The concert of Febru ary 15 will be held in the Wood row Wilson high school at 8:15 p. m. The orchestra has been organ ized for three years. It was start ed and directed during those years by Rex Underwood, professor of music. In the past it has been supported by Phi Beta, national music and drama honorary for wo men. Phi Beta is sponsoring the ticket sale for the concert, and has offered its share of the concert proceeds to the public schools, whose children are also selling tickets, for the purchase of instru ments. The ticket price has been re duced from 50 cents to 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. Plant Show Slated For Next Sunday Oregon food plants will be dis played Sunday afternoon in 108 Condon by L. F. Henderson, cur ator of the University herbarium, who has collected specimens grow ing along the Columbia river basin. The display will be open from 3 to 4 o’clock. Mr. Henderson will be present to explain habits of growth and food value of the different plants. The display is sponsored by the student biology club. Concert Congratulation Gift Received by Libe The symphony concert brought material results today, in the form of a book given to the library as a congratulation gift. Frank L. Kis ling of Parksdale, listening in, felt he said a “tingle of pride when he heard the orchestra,” and to show his feelings sent to M. H. Douglass word that he was giving the li brary a volume of "Lafayette in America in 1842“ or “Journal of Travels in the United States,” by A. Levaseur, secretary to General Lafayette. Stars of Tonight's Ballet (Courtesy the Oregon Journal) Ballerinas with Col. W. tie Basil's Ballet Kusse de Monte Carlo are Irina Baranova, above, and Tatiana Biabouch inska. The company will present three ballets tonight in McArthur court as the highlight number of the associated stu dents winter term concert series. The performance starts at 8 o’clock. Onthank Leaves For New Orleans Dean to Read NYA Paper At Personnel Meeting; Jewell Also Goes Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonnel at the University leaves by train Tuesday for New Orleans where he will attend the meeting: of the American College Personnel association, which convenes there for the following two weeks. Dean Onthank will make stops at San Francisco and Los Angeles to at tend to University business mat ters on his way south. Dean Onthank, who is one of the vice-presidents of the association, will have charge of one of the pro grams and will also give a paper on. the National Youth Adminis tration, of which he is the head in the Oregon educational institu tions. Dean Onthank will attend meet ings of several associated societies which are convening in the south ern city at the same time as the association. He will also stay over for some meetings of the National Education association. On his way home, the dean will stop in Denver, if time allows, he stated. J. R. Jewell, dean of the schools of education at the University, will leave the latter part of next week to attend the meetings of the Na tional Education association, but will not be able to travel with Dean Onthank as business inter vention hinders this. Women’s Co-op Holds first Tea Wednesday The Women's Co-op held a tea yesterday between the hours of 2:30 and 4:30. The affair was open to any students, faculty members, or townspeople whom the girls wished to invite. The informal.teas will be held every week, alternat ing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, throughout the remainder of the school year. Car Drivers Asked To Meet Ballerinas Half-Hour Earlier Drivers of the 43 volunteer ears are requested to be at thp Eugene depot at 4:30 p.m. in stead of 5:00, as previously an nounced. Russian ballet mem bers are to l*e transported to the Eugene hotel. Shack Sleuths Strangely Still; Slink, Snicker Locquaciona campus journal ists snarled through sealed lips around the shack last night, cast in a new role. Delegated, if only as a amateur, in their pro fession to tell all, Emerald re porters in the know maintained for once a mystifying silence. •‘‘Tuesday’s the day,” was the password. Editor Fred Colvig, exclusive in his educational activities building office the student un ion — refused to make a state ment until reporters had been identified and granted a formal appointment for 11:45 o’clock. Zealously guarding his secret, Colvig leered at the press repre sentatives gathered around like a wolf at bay and led off with the startling statement, “I’m tired of publicity. Watch Tues day’s Emerald. Emerald want ads bring results.” Pressed further, Colvig ad mitted that the campus daily was going to produce a bonus attraction, starting Monday, which would be more than a bonus—“and we aren’t trying to sell anything, either. This is going to sell itself. It has to. It’s even good enough to print in the Emerald.” Although Colvig went back into his trance and clutched at his typewriter, saying nothing further of a printable nature, Portland correspondents kept the wires ringing, sending the • news to an eager American pub lic, into the early hours last night. Dr. Noble Plans To Finish Book On Korea in June Harold J. Noble, professor of his tory, who is now in California on a year's leave of absence, expects to complete his book dealing with diplomatic relations of Korea by June. For the past year Dr. Noble has been doing research work at the University of California in Berkeley. He is now studying the Japanese language in order to read the ma into English. This book is being terial that has not been translated written for his doctor’s thesis. He received his doctor’s degree in 1931. Dr. Noble chose this subject as he was born and raised in Korea and has obtained the knowledge of the land and residents. Charles Paddock Wins $25 Prize Kessler Receives Second; Dean Ellis Third? Topic Is ‘Problems of Peace’ Charles Paddock, senior in jour nalism, won the $25 prize in the W. F. Jewett discussion contest held last night at Friendly hall un der the direction of John L. Cas teel, director of the speech divi sion. Paddock’s topic was “A Mat ter of Economic Systems." Howard Kessler, junior in jour nalism, won the $15 second prize for his speech, "Policing for Peace.” The third prize of $5 was won by Dean Ellis, freshman in law, whose subject was "In the Minds of the People.” Other contestants were Reinhart Knudsen, "Capitalize on Capital ism”; John Luvaas, “Neutrality Thru Self-Sufficiency”; Robert Dent, “Counter Propaganda,” and Frank Reid, “The Gods Go Forth to War.” Each entrant prepared an eight minute extemporaneous speech on some specific phase of the general subject, "Problems of Peace.” He was then questioned by the judges on his phase of the subject and his answers limited to one minute each. Judges were Charles Hulten, assistant professor of journalism; D. D. Gage, associate professor of business administration, and Wil liam Hall, research assistant. Honorary Members Attend YW Hoard Tea A tea was given by the advisory board of the YWCA in honor of Mrs. Frederick M. Hunter, Mrs. C. V. Boyer, and Mrs. Hazel P. Schwei ing who are honorary mem bers of the board yesterday after noon. Elaine Cornish spoke on the ac tivities of the YWCA campus or ganization. The senior cabinet of the YWCA was in charge of the serving with Clara Nasholm as chairman. January ISYA Checks Ready for Students at Window 2, Johnson NYA checks for January are now available at window two, second floor of the administra tion building. Students receiv ing these checks are requested j to call for them without delay. 1 Russian Dancers To Perforin at 8 Tonight in Igloo Social Chairman Defines Disputed rFormal Attire9 The question of dress for the Ballet Russe tonight which has perplexed many minds the last fewr days, has definitely been set as long dresses for women, whether with a date or in a group of other coeds, Isabelle Miller, campus social chairman and Dean Hazel Schwering an nounced last night. Many men plan to go in tuxes, although dark suits will not be barred. This final decision was render ed because the Ballet Russe is a major University function, and all preparations have been ar ranged for a formal evening by committee executives. Jewett Speakers Outline Oration Students taking- part in the W. P. Jewett oratorical contest must submit an outline of their oration to John F. Casteel, director of the speech division, by Monday, Feb ruary 15. Contestants may choose their own subject but should select some problem of public concern. They must show why the problem is significant, analyze the problem, propose a solution, and urge that their solution be followed. The speech must be 15 minutes in length. Members of the faculty will probably serve as judges and award the $25, $15, and $5 prizes. Five persons, Glenn Reed, Orval Etter, Kessler Cannon, Nora Hitch-, man, Walter Eschebeck have al ready signed up for the contest. Kelly Seeks' Data In Peace Survey In co-operation with the North west Life Insurance company of Minneapolis, Minnesota, C. L. Kel ley, professor of business adminis tration, has had 1200 peace ques tionnaires distributed to upper di vision business ad students and to both lower and upper division stu dents taking social science courses. The Northwest Life Insurance company is sending a similar ques tionnaire to all sections of the country in an endeavor to secure a consensus on the peace situation. . Their findings will be published in booklet form. The questionnaire is divided into four parts giving students an op portunity to express their opinions upon the armament question, mili tary instruction, individual mili tary duty, and to mark whether or not they are affiliated with any peace or patriotic organization. University Graduates’ Economic State Studied Twelve hundred replies have been received by the University in connection with a survey of the economic status of University of Oregon graduates now being held in cooperation with United States bureau of education. Similar studies are being made in other universities throughout the United States, according to Dr. Howard R. Taylor, supervisor of the local research for the prob lem. The data is being tabulated and will probably be released early spring term. REUTER AT DUKE Dr. Ernest G. Reuter, M.D. ’33, has been appointed to an assistant ship in roentenology at the Duke university in Durham, North Caro lina. Dr. Reuter received his A.B. degree from Reed college, his M.C. at the University, and was later awarded a fellowship at the Uni versity of Illinois. McArthur Court Altered Into Opera House for Evening; 55 Dancers To Participate 3 Operas to Show Seats Opposite Stage Go To ASUO Card-Holders; Divans Plaeed in Hall Appearing tonight at McArthur court at 8:15, the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe will present to Eu gene, for the first time, the art of the Imperial Russian ballet. The 125 ballet members will ar rive at 5 p.m. The ballet stags crews will immediately go to Mc Arthur court and arrange their properties. The 55 ballerinas and directors will go to the 90 rooms reserved for them at the Eugene hotel and prepare for the evening performance. Igloo Is Opera House The task of changing McArthur court into an improvised opera house will be completed by late this afternoon, Ralph Schomp, uni versity director of activities, said yesterday. Draperies, flowers, rugs, and divans will be placed in the hall for use between the bal lets; a mile of rope, spot lights, and flood lights will be used in per fecting the new stage to be used by the ballet. Program "Les Sylphides” will be the first of the ballets presented. It is claimed to be the finest specimen of classical ballet now known. It is played to Chopin’s music. Second of the three ballets is “Aurora's Wedding.” This ballet is based on Tschaikovsky's “The Sleeping Princess,” and was creat (Please turn to paye three) Story of Filming Of Romeo, Juliet In Libe Display The picture story of the research work back of the filming of “Ro meo and Juliet” can be seen in the display shelves of the library from now until Friday. Here is shown the work that when into the mak ing of this picture as historically accurate as possible. Costume sketches from the pen of Adrian, Hollywood’s famous dress design er, are compared with the Renais sance paintings. The likeness even to little details is to be noted in the setting reconstructed from pic tures of the places where the story was laid. In choosing the cast an attempt was made to have the actors aa nearly as possible resemble the sketches that are had of the char acters of the story. These sketch es and the players are shown side by side in this display. Embarrassing Moments It is, in a way, embarrass ing for us to repeat so fre quently that the Manhattan Shirt is, in our opinion, the shirt for you to wear! Sup pose you come in and sell yourself. We feel sure you will be as strong for them as we are. JOE RICHARD’S MEN’S STORE 878 Willamette