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foV* A Murder Weekly h Pure of Emerald Tale, ‘Mack Menace9 OLUME XXXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1937 NUMBER 64 The Passing S, t I , — I Court Fight Flan c Edward Tolls A \ r Fascists Gain ~ V Now Shi/) Tie- ^ \ By DARREL ELLIS Hattie Lines Form Damon and Pythias, Republican Senators Johnson and Borah, the pair of warriors who led the fight to defeat President Wilson’s League of Nation’s Covenant, join ed forces again yesterday to block President Roosevelt’s supreme court reform legislation. Senator Johnson declared he would oppose “this extraordinary legislation" to the limit of his capacity. Borah had already made known his intentions to block the plan. New Deal supporters held their fire, expressed no plans for battle. Senator Ashurst and Representa tive Sumners lunched yesterday with the President, but declined to discuss the conference. The supreme court appeared un moved by the controversy, went ahead as usual. Yesterday they heard arguments on Washington state’s law regulating wages of women, deferred decision on two other cases before a court was packed with curious onlookers. Ex-King Talks Marriage Guiding his sister Mary, the princess royal, and her husband through Vienna's historic build ings, the Duke of Windsor yester day talked of his plans for mar riage to Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, seemed less hurried to set the wedding date than last week. A close friend of the British roy al family declared that the ex-king might decide on a civil marriage in Hungary in April or May. Spanish fascists swept into Mal aga yesterday in a terrific drive that took the last important sea port held by the loyalist govern ment. Red-Turbanned Minnesota Coed Knoivs Palmistry By BERNADINE BOWMAN Hands—other people’s—are help ing Roslyn Alealay, arts college sophomore, through the Univer sity of Minnesota. With her platter of sand from a northern Cuban seashore, and her tiny electric lamp, the red-turban ned girl has been reading fortunes in Minneapolis palms for three years. Until recently, when she went to reading the palms of luncheon and dinner guests at a local hotel, she told fortunes at private parties. Both men and women ask her to tell their fortunes. But beyond re vealing that men are more ready to admit their own shortcomings, and women ask the most ques tions, Miss Alealay will not com ment about her customers. She has been studying palmistry since she was quite young, and thinks it would be a fascinating life work. Doodler Earns Honor “.003 ‘Hello Toot’.” Thus came back the final exam paper of a freshman in the mathe matics of investment class at the University of Texas, graded by the inimitable professor himself. The story behind the story was that the young gentleman greeted the professor with “Hello Toots” when he walked in to take the final examination. He stayed a few minutes and handed in three pages with some “doodlings” on one. The prof said that really the boy made only “0” but he was liberal with him because he was the only per son that greeted him that morn ing. Pointer Makes Survey Found—what a university educa tion is good for. After four years of college, stu dents walk under ladders instead of around them. Henry Nelson, ceiling painter at the University of Minnesota, has been making a comprehensive sur vey from the top of a ladder. “Recently a student just about broke his leg crawling around a bannister to get by. I yelled, ‘Hey, bud, you a freshman?' He looked surprised, ‘Yeah, how did you know?’ “Sophomores usually make some remark but go under anyway, jun iors hesitate—and then go under, but seniors stride right through.” Sorority Girls’ I Turf Tag Sale Brings in $100 Fund Now Totals $250; Another Drive Will Be Held Feb. 13 To Con tact Business Men Canvassing Eugene’s business district for funds to aid in the turfing of Hayward field netted nearlv S100 Saturday, announced - Bill Van Dusen, chairman of the ! drive. Because rrany of the business men were not contacted last week end, another drive with women of yellow and green tags, is proposed for Saturday, Feb. 13. With this tag drive, checks from sororities and fraternities, and some financial aid from interested alumni, a total of about $250 has been turned over to the turfing committee. Checks Received Several sororities who have promised financial aid have not sent in their checks. Plans are be ing made to contact all alumni, who might be interested, as well as to instigate other drives to stimulate interest in the project. Work on turfing of the field must be started in the spring and financial cooperation is needed im mediately, said authorities and en gineers. The money will be ready to begin the work as soon as the ground is ready. Bill Van Dusen and Dick Wat son met with Mary Elizabeth Norvell, and Felker Morris, heads of the tag drive today to set de finitely plans for Saturday's drive. Men’s Glee Club Plans Underway Chorus May Be Used as Basis for Light Opera ‘Student Prince’ Plans for a new ASUO activity are now under way, in the form of the organization of a men’s glee club. The singing organiza tion, to be under the direction of Hal Young, professor of voice, is not a function of the music de partment, but is for the participa tion of all campus men. Mr. Young, who last year dur ing the illness of John Stark Evans, directed the Gleemen, will hold auditions every day between 5:00 and 6:00 p. m. except Wed nesday, or any other time by spe cial appointment. S. Smith to be Speaker For Alpha Kappa Delta S. Stephenson Smith, professor of English, will be the speaker for the Alpha Kappa Delta meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the women’s lounge of Gerlinger hall. His topic win be “Contemporary Literature as a Source of Sociolo gical Data.” Femmes Puncture Targets; Sea 11 te School Opponent Powdered cheeks are being pressed to rifle stocks and femi nine eyes glued to the bull’s eye as the girls' rifle team prepares for its first big match. On February 26. the girls’ team will travel to Seattle for a shoukler-to-shoulder match with the University of Washington girls’ rifle team. The Washing ton team has been one of the country's outstanding feminine squads for the past 10 years— this is Oregon's first year, but “So what?” seems to be their attitude. A win on this trip would bring the team into prominence up and down the coast. Competition among the members of the squad was intensified when Sergeant Harvey Blythe, coach, announc ed that only eight girls could be taken. Those selected will be the eight best shots, he said, and no amount of charm or apple pol ishing will gain a place unless it is accompanied by a well punctured target. The team will fire a postal match Thursday evening and Friday afternoon against Coe College, Connecticut state, and Carnegie Tech, all girls' teams. Mystery Radio Sent to Hospital Remains Puzzle A generous person of unknown identity has presented the nurses and patients at the University hospital with a radio. No clue was left as to whom the gift should be given, and since no patient was expecting a radio, the gift remains a mys tery No marks are to be found on the radio to identify the orig inal owner. As there were no objections, the radio was instal led in one of the girls’ wards. In order that the correct per son receive the radio, and that it may be turned over to the pro per party, the nurses at the in firmary ask that the generous giver make known his identity. Ski Trip Planned By P E Students First social function of the Phy sical Education club will be a ski trip Sunday, February 14. This trip is being held in connection with the womens P E club. All physical education majors, minors and friends are invited to go. The men are asked to sign up on the bulletin board to the right of the main office, and the women may get in touch with Edna Carl son. There will be a charge of 50 cents to pay for transportation and hot coffee. Skiers will meet in front of Ger linger hall at 8 o’clock Sunday morning. Those wishing to make the trip must sign up by Wednes day. February 14 Folklore, Farce Mark ‘Pu rsuit of Happiness ’ “ ‘The pursuit of happiness’—that means the running after happi ness, ja?” asks Max, the young Austrian, after quoting the closing lines of the Declaration of Independence in the hilarious comedy which borrows its name from that diginified document. Yes, that is just what it means, explain actors rehearsing the play at the University theatre. In a recent season before New York theatre goers “The Pursuit of Happiness" was greeted with such enthusiasm that the first night audience is said to have "split its pretty gloves applauding” and the critics showered it with praise in their delight at something fresh and new. Included in the cast of the Uni versity theatre production of the play are Helen Roberts of “Good bye Again,” cast as Prudence Kirkland, the demure ( ?) Puritan maid opposite Jerry Smith, recent ly the love-tortured hero of “The Shining Hour.” But to Maxmillian Leopold von Obersdorf Kirschman Christmann, or “just Max,” Jerry’s present character, love is not tor ture but a gay adventure. With the Reverend Lyman “peeping tom” Banks thrown in for good measure in the person of Adrian Martin to make certain that the course of true love shall not run smooth, campus audiences may look forward to a series of riotous evenings, February 26 and 27 and March 2 when “The Pursuit of Happiness" opens at the adminis tration building auditorium. Big Name Band To Swing Songs For Senior Ball Duke Ellington's Group Plan Symphony Hour Before Danee; Dress Is Dark Suits, Tuxes. Edward Kennedy Ellington is his name, and when he brings his four teen artists here February 15, the campus will have the opportunity to hear and dance to another “big name’’ orchestra. "Duke” Elling ton, pianist, composer and director of this unusual orchestra, will di rect his own modern symphonic compositions in an ASUO concert in McArthur court at 7:30 p.m. Symphony will give way to swing at 9 o’clock when the Duke will play for the Senior Ball, cli max of the winter formal season. Henry Minger and his committee are working now on decoration de tails. Tickets for the dance, which will be $1.50, will go on sale later this week, Minger stated last night. Correct dress for the Senior Ball will be either dark suits or tuxes for men and formals for women, Isabelle Miller, campus “Emily Post,” announced last night. Ellington is the composer of such hits as “Solitude," “In a Sen timental Mood,” “Mood Indigo” and “Sophisticated Lady.” Creator of a new vogue in dance music, the Ellington “jam” artists have been featured on the National and Columbia networks, in major cir cuit and independent theaters, and in motion pictures. Stars at Cotton Club Ellington gained his recognition at Harlem's famous Cotton club, where he was signed to an exclu sive Mills contract. Following -a European tour of unusual success, he was asked to write an Ameri can opera by the Metropolitan, opera company. Presentation of either fall or winter term student body tickets will be good for admission to the concert. Tickets for non-student body card holders will be 50 cents general admission and 75 cents for reserved seats. Freshmen Group Sponsors Talks Four Speakers Listed for Tonight’s Discussions; Meetings from 7-8 For the next three weeks, the University Freshman orientation group will sponsor a series of in formal talks in various living or ganizations it was announced yes terday by Vivian Emery, chair man. The first will be held tonight from 7 to 8 o’clock. Each of four scheduled speakers for this evening, Dean Eric Allen, Kenneth Shumaker, Dean Karl On thank, and Mrs. W. L. Van Loan will chat on some phase of the value of college and the outside world. Dean Allen will speak on schools abroad, and his own experiences connected with them when he visit ed Europe last year, at the Delta Gamma sorority. All freshmen, and upper classmen, from Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Gamma Dleta, Alpha Omicron Pi, and Sigma Kappa, will gather there. Gamma Phi Beta will be host esses to Kenneth Shumaker, who will tell the value of study habits in future life. Alpha Phi will also meet here. Delta Delta Delta, Susan Camp bell hall, and the two women's cooperative houses will meet at Hendricks Hall to hear Mrs. Van Loan speak on the relationships between college and future homes. Dean Onthank will talk on the value of training in college at the Chi Omega house where Alpha Xi Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Al pha Chi Omega, and Pi Beta Phi freshmen will gather. Any stu dents living off the campus may go to whichever group they choose, Vivian Emery said. I Harpist, Baritone Gleemen Soloists Mrs. Doris Helm Calkins, Mark Daniels Assisting Artists at Concert Soloists for the concert of the Eugene Gleemen, to be held in Mc Arthur court at 8:ir> p. m. Febru ary 18, have been announced. Mrs. Doris Helen Calkins, harpist, and Mark Daniels, baritone from Port land. will be soloists on the pro gram. Mrs. Cora Moore Frey will be accompaist for the chorus. Members of the student body will be able to get admission on their student body tickets. Others may buy 35 cent general admis sion tickets, or 50 cent reserved seats. Tickets may be purchased through the civic and fraternal groups who are cooperating in the plan for the concert. Receipts from the concert will go for the relief of the mid-west flood victims. The committee on arrangements reported 'hat the city organizations have backed the move to make the concert a com munity project. Noted Painter to Speak on Trends In Architecture M. La Montague St. Hubert, well-known French fresco paint er and delegate from the French ministry of foreign af fairs, will speak to art students and any others interested Wed nesday, 3:00, in Villard hall. His subject will be "The French Architectural Tendencies of the Paris 1937 Exhibition”; subtitle, "The Great Quarrel Between Classics and Modernists.” M. St. Hubert has been said by those who have heard him to be a “delightful man and a good speaker.” He was awarded the croix de guerre for service Hyde Explains Police Training to Kiwanis Warren C. Hyde, member of the staff of the league of Oregon cities, spoke at a Kiwanis club luncheon Monday noon at the Os burn hotel. Cheating Is Widespread In College Classrooms, Declares OSC Professor Student Dishonesty Closely Related To Competitive Education System., Says Dr. F. W. Parr in Article By HUBARD KUOICKA That cheating in college classrooms is more widespread than is gen erally supposed and that the reason for dishonesty in class work is closely related to the competitive system of education was suggested by Dr. Frank Winthrop Parr, professor of secondary education at Oregon State college, in the January issue of Character in Everyday Life. "Teachers,” he writes, "generally will tell you that the 'honor sys tem' is the most advanced method they have with which to cope with If You’ve Love, TCLACA Gives Splice, Broom Presence of one campus couple ready to take the vows of matri mony at the "Love and the Broom” party of the TCLACA on February 14 lias been re quested by Howard Kessler, president of the University organ ization of married students. “The TCLACA arranges for the ceremony, pays the minister, and kisses the bride,” said Kess ler. “As a bonus attraction we will hold a shower for the happy coed after the festivities. Pre paring for her later reign, as it were." All applications should be ad dressed to Kessler at the school of journalism. For eligibility, only one of the couple need be an Oregon student at the time of the ceremony. The TCLACA Valentine’s day party will be held in Gerlinger hall. It will be open to all stu dents contemplating matrimony, at no charge. Madame Rose McGrew Has Resumed Teaching Madame Rose McGrew, profes sor of voice, returned to the school of music Monday feeling, she said, "weak and wobbly,” but is resum ing her teaching. She has been ill from influenza for three weeks. Monte Carlo Ballet Stages Very Elaborate Program At Matinee Performance Enthusiasm of Audience Heightened By Delay of Ballet Troupe; Dancers Hampered by Lack of Space By WILFRED ROADMAN An expectant audience of over 4000 came away thrilled by the Satur day matinee performance of the internationally-acclaimed Ballet Russo de Monte Carlo, which presented the most elaborate production ever staged at McArthur court. Most of the 4000 felt all that had been said about the troup’s 55 dancers, 30 piece symphony and carloads of scenery, was not exagger ated, even though Eugene saw only three out of the repertoire of zo complete Danets wmcn it. is presenting in 75 American and Canadian cities during the present tour. The delay of two days, be cause the group was snowbound, seemed only to heighten the aud ience’s enthusiasm for this unique, colorful dance spectacle. Solo Walt/. Superb “Les Sylphides,” described as a "romantic reverie in one act” with music by Chopin was a perfect ex ample of the old, classical type of ballet, so long associated with toe dancing. It was beautiful to look at, though a bit monotonous, part ly due to the obviously cramped space on the stage, which hampered the strict form and line of the number. The two waltzes, one a solo by the. star ballerina, Irina Baronova, and the other by Roman Jasinsky and Tamara Toumanova were superb. All of the ballets were stopped many times for the audience to applaud the individual and collective efforts of the talent ed dancers. Second Ballet Favorite Certainly the audience's favorite (Please turn te page four) Positions Found For 8 Teachers By Job Bureau Mid-year placements have just been completed by the teacher placement service which assists in finding jobs each year for teach ers. The following assignments have been made: Maude Casteel, graduate stu dent, ’36-37, Milwaukie grade school. Maude Frazer, graduate stu dent, '36-’37, Silverton high school. Alice Holmback, class of ’32, Whiteaker school, Eugene. Fred Sears, class of '33, Silver ton high school. Vernal Shoemaker, class of '33, LaGrande high school. Harold Santee, class of '35, Springfield high school. Joyn Mykut, graduate student, ’36-'37, Springfield high school. Ralph Long, class of '36, Ver nonia elementary school. ciassruuni uiaiiuneaty, yeL evt'iy kind of cheating goes on under this system, from simple peeking over the shoulder to organized businesses dealing in examination questions delivered in advance for cash.” Secret Plan Tried Dr. Parr experimented with this cheating matter at Oregon State by giving his students a vocabu lary test. Then he secretly had the papers graded and returned to the students without any marks on them whatever. The students were askc-i to grade their own papers. By comparing the scores com puted by the students with those computed by the grader, Dr. Parr found that out of 409 students who had taken these double-acting tests during a period of two years, 49r/c had cheated to raise their grades. All Types Cheat After further investigations of the personal facts' of his students, Dr. Parr was able to make some interesting discoveries. Some of them were as follows: The older the student, the great er is the tendency to cheat; Fraternity men and sorority girls cheat more often than non affiliated students; Financially speaking, children from homes living on less than $2500 as year are not as a rule any more or less honest than those from families living on over $5000 a year, but children of laborers cheat more than twice as often as the sons and daughters of profes sional people; Students working their way through college have a greater ten dency to cheat than those support ed by their parents; Students formerly members of either the Boy Scouts or the Camp Fire girls, are more honest than members of other similar youth organizations. Hig Miots” Crooked Furthermore, Dr. Parr found that in the tests campus politicians and athletes cheated more than any of the others and that students working on publications cheated least of all. The students who are doing barely satisfactory work are much more likely to cheat than those who are doing a better grade of class work, he wrote, and in speak ing in terms of intelligence tests, the students at the bottom of the list cheat four times as much as those at the top, although 15% of the highest fourth are dishonest as well as 18% of those who get A's in their final grades. Students who trail in scholastic aptitude or find their time filled with work, athletics, or social events often have to cheat to rank upon a par with those students with superior ability and more time free to study, he said. Competition Blaftneil “Apparently,” infers Dr. Parr, “the tendency to cheat is closely related to competition. The stu dent seems to feel so impelled to make a good showing that he will use practically any means to do i so.” “It would appear that a system of education which ignores com petition, and emphasizes instead of glorying in the development of power to do independent thinking and to enjoy the cultural accumu lations of civilization, would put ! the useless honor system forever out of business,” he wrote. However, he said, before cheat ing can be disposed of the educa tors will have to get rid of marks, grades and all the other means of (Please turn to page four) Dancing Feet Will ‘Swing It’ At Dime Crawl Keen Rivalry Between Coed Organization Is Expected Wednesday At Annual Danre Dancing feet will “swing it” Wed nesday night, February 10, from 6:30 to 7:30 at any women's living organization for only 10 cents a dance at the annual AWS Dime Crawl. Keen competition is expected as coeds vie for title of the most popular house on the campus, gained through having the great est number of men in attendance. Two years ago, women's organi zations combined in this miniature open house idea, and raised about $110 for the benefit of AWS loan fund. Last year, under the leadership* of Toni Lucas, the event nu. u.,, proximately the same mark, net ting $100. Alpha Phi, Kappas Win Alpha Phi won first place two years ago, with Gamma Phi Beta and Pie Beta Phi in second and third places respectively. Last year Kappa Kappa Gamma won the title, with Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Gamma Phi Beta close on their heels. Girls who have not already ask ed their secret sorrows or any other boy who has a dime, still have today to do so. Boys are ad vised by Phyllis Gardner, chair man, not to be bashful, and not to think they must have a special in vitation to present themselves at the various houses, as long as they know a girl in that organization. Separate Numbers Campus men have the advantage this season of taking the girls back to a stag line after each dance. In that way a boy need not feel embarrassed about dancing with someone else, or leaving to visit some other house. Dances will be separate and distinct numbers, in stead of continuous. Two Oregon Graduates Study for Pit. D. at Yale George Schlesser, a graduate of Oregon who is working for his Ph.D. at. Yale, reports a growing interest in the institute of human relations there. This institute combines all fields of social science into one organ ization that they may mutually contribute to each other’s prob lems. Mr. Schlesser has charge of sev eral statistical researches under the department of education at Yale. Another Oregon man study ing for his Ph.D. at Yale is Joseph Angeil, who two years ago was an English instructor here. You Can’t Wear Your Sheepskin! 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