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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1937)
77m Passing Show — Strikers Sing Lewis “Surrender” l\o Court Change English Censors Strikers Leave Plants Strikers, singing- and shouting, marched from General Motors plants yesterday jubilantly pro claiming victory in the most wide spread strike ever paralyzing Am erican auto assembly belts. The evacuation came immediate ly after strikers voted unanimous approval of the eight-point peace pact drawn up at a series of meet ings between union leaders, em ployers’ representatives, and gov ernment conciliators during the 44-day sit-down strike. In the peace agreement, the auto workers union was accorded recog nition as the representative of its members in all of the companies G9 plants. General Motors agreed to drop injunction proceedings against the unions. Production will start im mediately. Other demands of the union will be negotiated later. Victory or Defeat? Foes of John L. Lewis within the American Federation of Labor yes terday contended that his agree ment with employers was “a sur render” in the fight for labor rights. William Green, president of the j federation, declared that Lewis did I not win his fight for recognition of his union by the employers, but I surrendered. Three Man Dictatorship Legal experts yesterday declar ed that President Roosevelt’s court reform bill would not change the privilege of one-third of the su preme court justices making decis ions in certain cases. Both the present law and the President’s change authorize two thirds of the court to constitute a quorum. Under the proposed change 10 judges would constitute a quorum. The court could affirm the decision of a lower court, by an even split of the sitting judges. Thus if only six judges sit on a case now, three of them —a third of the total membership — could hand down such an opinion. Royal “Fits” Rumor After blocking out a foot-note “rumors the king again attacked by epilepsy,” the weekly news magazine Cavalcade was placed on sale yesterday. The footnote was blocked out read: item appeared: “Round the stock exchange, as well as among the members of par (Please turn to page four) Ten Cent Fares Support Capers Of Coeds at CSC By BERNADINE BOWMAN A unique means of raising funds for a women's organization is the annual tradition on the University of Southern California campus tax day. Once a year the coeds round up all the antiquated “jollopies” in the vicinity of Los Angeles and garner men to act as chauffeurs all day. Classmates are driven to and fro on the campus for the sum of 10 cents a ride. Prizes are award ed the sorority and girl netting the most profits, as well as to the drivers of the carriage having the most passengers during the day. Science Aided by Star Robert Taylor, motion picture star, contributed a $250 grant-in aid to Stanford to support the study of the psychology of the theater under the direction of Rob ert T. Ross, instructor in psycho logy. The project involves experi mentation with the effects of stage lighting upon audiences. Taylor wras a student of the psychologist when the latter was on the staff of Pomona college. The National Research council also contributed $200 in support of the project. House Boys May Unite House boys, long an exploited lot with no recourse but to air their gripes among each other, may organize into a union at the University of Washington. They do not aim to organize because the present national economic trend appears to be toward unions, but because they believe that through a union they can best accomplish their ends. Their ultimate aim is collective bargaining. The only similar organization is at Washington State college where the white-jacketed lads are banded together for social purposes only. At Washington a three hour maxi mum is being sought in return for board and room. - gggw Cowls Escort Men To Vnlcntino Dance At Sorority Houses NUMBER G7 Dave Silver, As King of Hearts, j Reigns Today Girl-Date Danee Opens At 3:30 in Chi Omega, Theta, Alpha Chi, and Pi Phi Houses King Dave Silver will begin his reign over the Heart Hop this afternoon when Elaine Cornish, prime ministers for the occasion, places the heart-covered, gold crown on his head. The dance will start at 3:30 o’clock in the Alpha Chi Omega, Pi Beta Phi, Chi Omega, and Kap pa Alpha Theta houses. At 4 o'clock, men and their coed escorts will gather at Alpha Chi Omega for the coronation ceremonie.s After this rite, dancing will con tinue in the four houses until 5:30 o’clock. Silver Gives Speech “His Royal Highness” made his first public address to his subjects at the ASUO assembly Thursday in Gerlinger. The text of his speech was, “I don’t know why you (Please turn to page four) Pi Beta Phi Wins 1937 Dime Crawl i $127 Tolal Revenue Tops All Records; Alpha Phi Places Second Pi Beta Phi with an average of 142 cents per girl proved itself the most popular house on the campus, and winner of the 1937 Dime Crawl, Wednesday night, as swains flocked around living organizations to dance with coeds, Phyllis Gard ner, chairman of the miniature open house said yesterday. Alpha Phi averaging 36 cents worth of business apiece placed second, with Delta Delta Delta, a close third. The race for fourth place was such a close one that four houses came over the finishing tape neck and neck. They were Alpha Omi cron Pi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega, and Kappa Alpha Theta. All living organizations together, ! with the exceptions of Alpha Gam ma Delta who was tied up with a faculty dinner at the Crawl hour, and Zeta Tau Alpha, banned be cause of flu, swelled the AWS loan fund $127. This is the most money I that has ever been taken in at a Dime Crawl. The largest amount formerly, was 110 made two years ago. Last year under the leadership of Toni Lucas, men contributed $100 to the associated women’s cause. UO Music Profs Make Last Plans For NBC Concert John J. Landsbury, dean of the school of music, and Rex Under wood, professor of music, went to Portland yesterday to make final | plans for the University of Ore gon’s next NBC broadcast. One of two plans will be decided on for the broadcast, which is to be given February 27. Either the entire symphony orchestra will broadcast from the music auditor ium in Eugene, or a smaller group will be chosen from the orchestra to broadcast from the KGW studio in Portland. The University of Oregon has been chosen to present the broad cast for February as one of the monthly programs in a series un der the sponsorship of the north west and California music educa tion conference. History Class Will See Slides of Oriental Life Slides illustrating contemporary Chinese and Japanese life will be shown the Japanese history class by Arthur J. Marder, of the history department, Friday afternoon at four o'clock in 101 Condon. These slides were loaned to Mr. Marder by Prof. A. R. Moore, who , collected them during his exchange professorship at Tokyo a year ago. Hear Ye! Duke’s Sweet Strains Listening to the sweet and plenty hot strains of Duke Ellington’s'dusky hand are four members of the senior class, which is bringing Ellington here for the Senior Ball Monday night in conjunction with the ASUO which will present the colored orchestra as a concert series bonus attraction. Grouped around the radio are Henry Minger, chairman, Patsy Neal, Jean Stevenson, and Ken Miller. The insert is of the genial duke of dancedom “in puhson.” Chancellor Asks Retention of Kerr Value of Research Work As Marketing Director Viewed by Hunter Controversy over the position of Dr. William J. Kerr, as director of marketing research in the state system of higher education, arose igain in the state legislature yes terday when Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter asked the senate edu cation committee to retain the position. Dr. Hunter defended Dr. Kerr, declaring his work as marketing director would add millions to the income of the state. “Don’t be pennywise and pound foolish. Controversy has cost the state of Oregon hundreds of thous ands of dollars in the past few yeaers,” Hunter said, explaining that the bill was becoming a con troversial issue. The senate committee met to! discuss the bill which would abolish the position of Dr. Kerr, i recently passed by the house. The ' group took no action on the bill yesterday. A program of scientific agricul ture advocated by Dr. Kerr brought a million-dollar potato growing business to Klamath coun ty. Similar land development pro jects are being carried out in! other parts of the state, the chan cellor said. There is a need for a coordinator at the top to control marketing, (Please turn to page four) • Dean Morris to Speak At Pro-American Club Victor P. Morris, dean of school of business administration, will speak to the Oregon chapter of the Pro-American club in Port- j land, Friday morning at 10:30. The meeting will be held in the audi- ' torium of the Public Service build ing. Dean Morris will talk on ‘‘Inter national Economic Re-alignment.” Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, presi dent of the Portland chapter, will introduce Dean Morris. Pressure of Competition Cause of Honor System3s Failure, Says Dr. Smith By DR. WARREN D. SMITH (Head of the Department of Geology and Geography) (Editor’s note: At the Emerald's request, Dr. Smith yesterday con tributed an article on cheating. Dr. Smith’s views on the honor system, developing out of his first article, appear today. Attacking the grad ing system as conducive to cheating, Dr. Smith declared it belonged in the grade school. He recommended the use of “honors,” “pass,” and “fail” marks for grades, the exact earned figure not to be released except to the student or his parents.) I have been asked my opinion concerning the honor system. I have tried it on many occasions and still do with my advanced students whom 1 have come to know well. However, I remember on one oc casion years ago I tried it in a certain class. Later members of that class came to me and request ed me not to continue the plan since certain ones, whom they re fused to name, were abusing the privilege. Now what are you going to do about that ? Would I do away with quizes and exams? No, if properly U3ed these are valuable both to student and teacher, but we must not place too much reliance on these tests. Some very intelligent students can not write good exams, but if you take these into the laboratory or [ into the field they do very well. We must use common sense in our dealing with students and we must always remember that perhaps the fault is not entirely with the j student. Reflection of Business Attitudes One other point I wish to make is this: the general philosophy of life today in many parts of the business world promotes this sort of attitude in the student. I don't mean to say that the average busi ness men is dishonest in business, but the idea among some people is that cheating is O. K. and that the only sin is in getting caught. This is in part due to the highly competitive nature of business to day. If this man in New Jersey per sisted in sending his war mater ials out to Spain in defiance of the wishes of the president and of the country at large in order to make a profit in war materials, how can : you expect students to draw fine ' (Please turn to page four) John F. Gribble Killed in Texas Plane Crackup John F. Gribble, graduate of the University in 1935, was Killed in a plane crash yesterday while on a solo flight from Randolph field, San Antonio, Texas, where he was a flying cadet. Gribble was practicing landings at Zuehl field, a training port, and went into a tailspin at 200 feet. While in the University, Gribble was prominent in n^isic circles, played in the orchestra and band, and was a member of Phi Mu Al pha, national music honorary. He was affiliated with Phi Sigma Kappa. After graduation, Gribble taught music in the public schools of Powers, Oregon, and went to Ran dolph field in 1936. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gribble of Medford, and a sister, Catherine, of Cottage Grove, who also attended the University. Wesley Club Members Will Hear Howard Talk Charles G. Howard, law profes sor, will speak to the Wesley club Sunday at 6:15 p.m. in the Meth odist church. His subject will be “Bishop Asbury and American Methodism." This is the second of a series of biographical lectures given at Wesley club. r Eugene Junior I Symphony Will Play Sunday Plivllis Gray, Granver To Play Piano, Harp; Second Goneert to He Given Monday Eugene's Junior Symphony or chestra will give a concert at 3 Sunday afternoon in the Music hall, open to the town and Uni versity. The symphony, in its fourth year here, is under the direction of Douglas Orme, and is one of three in the state, the other two being in Salem and Portland. It has 65 members. There will be a piano solo by Phyllis Gray and a harp solo by Charles Granver both under the direction of Aurora Potter Under wood. A second concert will be given in the Woodrow Wilson high school Monday evening at 7:30 for those unable to attend Sunday. Admission is 25 cents, general, 10 cents or ASUO tickets for stu dents. Survey Rates UO High in Research Oregon Beats Washington And California, Jewell Learns from Bulletin Statistics show that Oregon is better than Washington and Cali fornia in research studies, accord ing to a bulletin issued by J. R. Jewell, dean of the school of educa tion. A table was compiled in the bulletin showing a list of the state universities with the ratio of re ported research studies to the en rollment of the respective univer sities. Oregon with 2,750 students and 16 research studies in higher education is just below the Uni versity of Minnesota, and is out classed by Iowa, Virginia, Wiscon sin, and Ohio State university. However, Oregon is ahead of Indiana, Kansas, Washington, Cali fornia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michigan universities. This bulletin was published by the United States office of educa tion. It contained a bibliography of the research studies in educa tion made by all the state institu tions of higher learning of the country between September, 1934 and August, 1935. It listed 2,971 studies in all. Plans for Banquet Are Discussed by Alumni Plans for a banquet of the Port land association, at the Congress hotel, March 5, were discussed by Elmer C. Fansett, alumni secret ary, and Paul Hunt, president of the Portland association, while Mr. Hunt was in Eugene Monday night. Entertainment will be provided from the University drama and music departments. Mr. Hunt is general chairman for the banquet. Miss Smith Interviews Employers in Portland Miss Janet Smii.n, employment .secretary, returned yesterday afternoon from Portland. She in terviewed Portland employers con cerning jobs for Oregon alumni and graduates for the campus per manent placement bureau. Philomelete, Kwama, And Military Pictures Scheduled for Today KOTO, Philomelete, and K\v ama pictures will Ik- taken for the Oregana this afternoon. Those scheduled are: Philomel ete officers, 12:30; Philomelete group chairmen, 12:40; and Kwama, 12:50; to he taken on front steps of Johnson hall. Miltary student officers at 3:00; upper division officers, 3:10; Scabbard and Blade, 3:20; and KOTC faculty, 3:30; to be taken at the KOTC building. All senior activity cards must be in the Oregana office by 4 p. m. Wednesday. Idaho Quintet Faces ! lucks in Crucial Tilt At 8 Tonight in Igloo Vandal Sub Although he doesn’t hold n start ing berth, Elmer Eddington may play against Oregon’s VVebfoots in iMeArthur court tonight and may have the Oregon men gasping the proverbial “Where’s Elmer?” Creole Motif Is Senior Ball Idea Negro Silhouettes, Light Background Carry Out Dance Theme Festive negro silhouettes on a white background will carry out the "Creole” decoration motif at the (Senior Ball, Monday night, February 15, in McArthur court, Ken Miller, in charge of decora tions, announced last night. Holders of senior cards may buy their tickets for $1,25, in the ASUO ticket office in McArthur court. Tickets are also on sale in living organizations. Invitations were sent out this week to 80 patronesses and pa trons, including members of the state board of higher education. Henry Minger said that invitations had been issued to several Eugene citizens, although the dance will not be open to the general public. Duke Ellington and his band will be stationed on a terraced stage in the center of the dance floor, with colored lights revolving on the set. The dance will start at nine o'clock following the ASUO concert fea turing Ellington. Dark suits and tuxes for the men, and formals for women will be the correct dress, Minger said. Women attending the dance will be given 12:30 permis sion. Westminster 39-40 Club Will Hold Party Friday Members of the 39 10 club, freshman and sophomore organi zation under the direction of West minster house, will have a Valen tine party tonight to take the place of the regular open house. Hazel Lewis and Edna Carlsen are in charge of entertainment, and Louise Sandstrom, Laura Bry ant and Bob Knox will arrange decorations. Adelle Baron is chair man of the refreshments commit tee. Skits Being Prepared By Playwriting Class Members of Mrs. Alice H. Ernst’s playwriting class are now preparing several original one-act plays to be presented by members of the radio class. Mrs. Ernst is a member of the English depart ment. Louise Sandstrom's dramatiza tion of the O’Henry story, “The Trimmed Lamp’’ was recently broadcast over KORE. Another O’Henry story, “Schools and Schools,” is now being rehearsed and will be produced later. Oregon Must Win Series With Scrappy Yaiulals To Stay in Running For Conferenee Title Johansen in Lineup Relko, Kramer Rest Bets Of Opponents Against Lemon and Green By ELBERT HAWKINS A dangerous Idaho five will face the University of Oregon’s second place Webfoots at McArthur court, at 8 o’clock -tonight. Tntent upon scoring their first win of the season, the Vandals, boasting one of the scrappiest teams in the conference, will tackle the Ducks Friday and Saturday evenings, winding up the four-' game series between the two quin tets. For Oregon, tonight's game is a crucial one. Trailing Washington State’s first-place Cougars, the Webfoots need a clean sweep over Idaho to stay in the race. The fighting vandals have bowed in defeat seven times this season without winning, but have nearly pulled several upsets. Coach How ard Hobson’s men were fortunate in turning them back three weeks ago by scores of 32 to 29, and 31 to 29. Ducks Ready for Idaho Ducks are ready for Idaho, and eager to tear into the basketeers from Moscow. Wally Johansen re turned to the lineup Wednesday leaving the squad in perfect phys ical shape and at full strength. Johansen will not be able to play a full game, but is certain to see action. The steady, hard-charging Idaho quintet, coached by Forrest Two good, is one of the league’s most feared teams. They have a fairly inexperienced lineup, and are ex pected to cast a bombshell in the race during their last nine games. Leaders in the Vandal set-play offense are a couple of high-scor ing artists in Steve Belko, junior college transfer, and Bill Kramer, veteran southpaw guard. Siv-footers on Vandal List Other big guns in the Idaho ma chine are Don Johnson, Willie Boh man. and Roland Winter, a trio of six-fcioter:>. All have performed at the pivot position. Lyle Smith, regular starting for ward, is a big husky who is a con sistent basket shooter, and a bul wark on defense. The Vandal squad was greatly strengthened last week by the addition of Ray Lavigne, rugged sophomore star, who was declared eligible for play. Belko and Kramer are main spearheads of the Idaho offense. The pair have been bad medicine for every team on Vandal sched (Please turn to page four) 't i SMART NEW Tuxedos SINGLE BREASTED DOUBLE BREASTED MIDNIGHT BLUES AND BLACKS and All Accessories Sop our campus represen tative, "Doe” Near, Beta Theta Pi. Phone 1024 for details about real style in tuxedos for your winter house formats. 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