Oregon daily emerald., February 13, 1937, Image 1

The
Passing Show
Lincoln Honored
Judiciary Troubles
Neutrality Laics
Back to Work
In Memoriam—
At the scene of his birth, at the
old statehouse where he delivered
his ..memorable ..“house ..divided”
speech, and at the only home he
ever owned, throngs of Springfield,
111., citizens yesterday paid silent
tribute to the memory of the
“Great 'Emancipator,'’ Abraham
Lincoln.
But while Springfield was hon
oring the nation's great leader on
his 128th anniversary, a state
senator in the Iowa legislature told
the chamber “For some reason or
other the picture of Abraham Lin
coln which traditionally had a
place at the right of the presi
dent's desk has been supplanted by
one of Henry Wallace.”
FDR Stands Pat
Tn spite of increasing opposition
to his supreme court reorganiza
tion plan arising within the ranks
of the Democratic party, President
Roosevelt stood pat on his orig
inal bill, spruning alternative mea
sures offered from all sides.
At least three Lincoln Day
speakers went on record yesterday
as opposing the contemplated ju
dicial set-up.
Stay on This Side
Permanent neutrality legislation
to keep the United States out of
war is seen in the near future, as
the Senate Foreign. Relations Com
mittee, headed by Senator Pitt
man (D-Nev), staras today to
delve into the many proposals now
the proposed laws will seek to
“apply more severe restrictions to
the travel and financial and com
mercial transactions of Americans
in the event of coflict. between
foreign nations.”
G. M.’s 100,000
In a dozen different states more
than 100,000 workers were sum
moned back to work in General
motors plants last night after a
disastrous sixweek strike.
Adding nearly $2,000,000 to its
annual payroll, Packard Motor Co.
announced a five cent an hour
wage increase for its 12,500 work
ers.
Dance dom’s Duke Here Monday
Male Mae West
Model Is Sought
By 1) W Students
By BERNADINE BOWMAN
Secret agents are seeking a male
Mae West at the University of
Washington for their annual Ballet
Moose. The mysterious male is to
be chosen from the ranks of grid
iron twinkletoes. The qualifications
for the campus Casanova are:
height G feet. 2 inches; weight, 198
pounds; ankle, 13 inches; thigh,
24; hips. 44; waist, 38, chest, 46,
and neck, 18.
Arab Skyscrapers Old
Each family in Shabwah, Ar
abia, has a skyscraper for a home,
Hans Helfritz, German explorer
and first white man ever to reach
Shabway, told students at the Uni
versity of California in a lecture.
“The buildings were constructed
of baked mud and bricks about 400
years ago, when Arabian towns
were used as fortresses. They were
built 11 or 12 stories high so that
the lower part could be used as a
protecting wall to keep the Bed
ouins from climbing in. The win
dows, which can only be closed
with wooden frames, are only
found above the third or fourth
story.’’
Nagging Has Merits
If it were not for family nag
ging, most college students would
drop out of school at the end of
two years and go to work.
That is the conclusion of Dr.
Robert J. Trevorrow, president of
Centenary Collegiate institute. He
says that if the family urging, the
pride, and other factors urging
the boy or girl to go on were taken
away the great majority would be
be satisfied after two years.
“It is better," he declared, “to
have a two-year junior college
course from which they can gradu
ate and go home proudly than have
them leave school in the middle of
a four year course.”
ADVISORY BOARD MEETS
The advisory board of the
YWCA will hold its monthly busi
ness meeting at 9:15 Tuesday in
the Y bungalow. The board con
sists of some of the prominent wo
men of Eugene. Mrs. E. E. DeCou,
president of the board, is in charge.
Igloo Will Don
Ballroom Garb
For Ellington
Women Get 12:30 Leave
To Dance; Tickets on
Sale for Spectators to
Watch the ‘Duke’
With Duke Ellington’s world
famous orchestra setting a festive
background, McArthur court will
be transformed into a softly light
ed ballroom Monday night, where
social-minded students will take
part in that most formal and gala
dance of the school year, the
Senior ball.
Women have been granted spe
cial 12:30 permission for the dance,
which will start at 9, following the
ASTJO concert featuring the famed
orchestra, which has made such
a successmul career on tour in this
country and in Europe.
‘Creole’ Theme Used
Sam Fort, campus decorator,
has made plans to decorate the
Igloo into a “Creole” ballroom,
with figures silhouetted on the
walls, and colored lights reflecting
on a rotating ball of mirrors hang
ing from the ceiling over the or
chestra stand which will be in the
center of the room.
Ralph Schomp, educational acti
vities director, announced last
night that spectators will be sold
tickets to watch the dancers and
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State Youth Act
Before House
Measure Provides Grant
Of $250,000 to Replace
Present NYA Setup
Oregon’s youth act, similar to
those already introduced in the
legislatures of Washington and
California, was placed before the
house last week by Representative
Bevans.
The act, to be administered by
the state superintendent of public
instruction, provides for a grant
of $250,000. The money would be
used to supplement the present
NYA set-up, as well as for high
school and non-school projects.
The act is sponsored by the state
executive committee of the Am
erican Student union, and follows
in general the proposals of the
American Youth act, hearings for
which will be held in congress
February 20.
The American Student union,
the American Youth congress, the
Student Christian movement, and
trade unions are sponsoring the
national bill. The state bills have
been introduced in many states to
supplement the present NYA relief
in case the American Youth act
fails to pass.
Nearly 3,000,000 students and
young people have endorsed the
national act, and several thousand
will pilgrimage to Washington
February 18-21 to demand its pas
sage. President Roosevelt will ad
dress the pilgrimage on the white
house lawn. Local ASU chapters,
student Christian groups, and oth
ers are carrying on petition, letter
and telegram campaigns urging
passage of the act.
Social Service Project
Will Enlarge Activities
Irving Elle, head of the student
social service project, has called
a meeting for the members of that
group and others interested for
Saturday evening at 7:30 in the
YWCA bungalow.
The purpose of the meeting is to
broaden the scope of the group to
include and eventually make as its
chief aim the feeding of those stu
dents who are sacrificing three
square meals a day in order to at
tend the University.
According to Elle, the food
which is now given to transients
should also be rationed so that stu
dents who have but one meal a day
may have a share of it. 1
Swings Sweet mul Dusky Rlues
Those words, above, describe Edward Kennedy Elhngiou and hl.-i
orchestra’s blues singer, left and right respectively. The dulte and his
band will appear here twice Monday evening, playing first for the
ASUO bonus concert and then for the Senior Ball.
Cheating Result of System
Emphasizing Grades9 Say
Profs* Remedies Named
Several faculty members were contacted this week regarding “why
students cheat,” and what can be done to eliminate the evil.
“I think the main reason for cheating is that w'e place quite a pre
mium on grades,” declared Kenneth L. Shumaker, supervisor of the
English bureau.
“If the premium were placed on the manipulation of the thought
processes and on the skillful utilization of material instead of on purely
memoriter work, I think cheating
would be lessened," said Mr. Shu
maker. Mr. Shumaker recom
mended problem types of examina
tions of the open book variety.
"I think we might as well recog
nize that cheating is a counter
part of the competitive system,"
declared Dr. E. H. Moore, profes
sor of sociaiogy. "If cheating is to
be eliminated, it will be done by
adopting a system that will have
no need for it.”
Many faculty members favor the
abolition of all grades or at least
the discarding of the competitive
grading system in favor of a pass,
pass with honors, or flunk system.
Others were quite emphatic in
their support of the competitive
grading system.
“Knowledge and academic
achievement is something we have
to determine and estimate in terms
of symbols,” declared Dr. Howard
R. Taylor, head of the psychology
department.
To reduce cheating Dr. Taylor
proposed the riddance of some of
the undesirable sorts of social
presssure which tend to put people
under temptations that they can’t
resist. He suggested the cracking
down on the over-loaded programs
of social and extracurricular ac
tivities.
Dr. Taylor also advocated more
rigorous examinations and at
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House Heads Banquet
Scheduled for Feb. 19
The third annual housemothers
and heads of houses banquet, post
poned because of flu. will be held
Thursday, February 18, at the
Kappa Alpha Theta house it was
announced in heads of houses
meeting this week.
The banquet, honoring a number
of special guests, begins prompt
ly at 5:45 o’clock. Special guests
invited are: Chancellor and Mrs.
Frederick M. Hunter, President
and Mrs. C. Valentine Boyer, Dr.
and Mrs. C. W. Schwering, Dean
and Mrs. Karl W. Onthank, Mrs.
Alice B. Macduff, Dean and Mrs.
Virgil D. Earl, Miss Janet Smith,
and Martha McCall, president of
AWS.
SHELDON ILL WITH FLU
H. D. Sheldon, professor of edu
cation and history, is among those
stricken this week with influenza.
Prof Sheldon has been ill since
Tuesday and probably will not be
able to return to his classes until
next week.
BOSSING HOME
Nelson L. Bossing, professor of
education, has returned to his of
fice today after having been at
iome last week with the flu.
Speech Groups
Prepare for Trip
Students to Speak Before
Organizations in State
February 21 to 24
Complete plans for,the Univer
sity speech symposium group trips,
to be made between Feb. 21 and
24, have been announced by W. A.
Dahlberg, assistant professor of
speech, and John L. Casteel, di
rector of the speech division.
Orval Etter, Alva Blackerby,
Roy Vernstrom, Freed Bales, and
Kessler Cannon will make up the
group which is to address audi
ences at the First Congregational
church in Portland, the Astoria
Rotary club, the Clatskanie Ki
wanis club, and high schools at
Westport, Knappa-Svenson, As
toria, Warrenton, and Seaside
This trip will be in charge of Mr
Dahlberg.
Walter Eschebeck, Avery Combs,
and Barnard Hall will speak on
the “Constitution Today’’ before
the Newberg Chamber of Com
merce, the Woodburn high school,
and the Salem Rotary club. John
Luvaas and Edward Robbins will
speak on “Forms of the National
Government Today’’ at the Sheri
dan high school and the Salem
Kiwanis club. Professor Casteel
will direct this group.
Jewett Entrants
Asked to Submit
Outline of Talk
Students taking part in the W
F. Jewett oratorical contest must
submit an outline of their oration
to the speech division, by Wednes
day, February 18. The deadline
date had formerly been announced
as Monday, February 15, but an
additional three days will be al
lowed the students to complete
their outline.
According to John L. Casteel,
director of the speech division, par
ticipation in this contest will prove
helpful to seniors who are planning
to enter the Failing-Beekman con
test. Prizes of $150 and $100 are
awarded annually in the Failing
Beekman contest to members of
the senior class who give the best
and second best original oration at
the time of graduation.
Students who have signed up for
the oratorical contest are: Glenn
Reed, Orval Etter, Kessler Cannon,
Nora Hitchman, Walter Eschebeck,
Dean Ellis and James Rowan.
Duke Ellington'
Jazz Concert
Starts at 7:30
'Symphony Arrangement
Of Modern Selections
On ASIIO Entertain
ment Series in Igloo
Rhythm will be the password,
along with the necessary funds or
student body card, to gain admis
sion to McArthur court Monday
evening at 7:30 to hear Duke El
lington and his band in a sym
phonic jazz concert. Fall term
AStJO tickets will be accepted.
The well-known negro rhythm
king and*his 14 men play Sat
urday night in Portland following
an appearance in Hollywood, and
have been contracted by Ralph
Schomp, educational activities di
rector, to play an ASUO concert,
following which they will play for
the Senior ball.
The Duke will play his own mod
ern symphonic arrangements of
such hits as “Solitude," “Sophisti
cated Lady," “Mood Indigo,” and
“In a Sentimental Mood.”
The tour of the composer and
band leader who became so suc
cessful in Harlem’s hot night spot,
the “Cotton Club," is bringing him
to the Pacific northwest for the
first time.
Schomp stated yesterday that
holders of season tickets for the
greater artists series will not be
admitted on these tickets.
Reserved seats to the . concert
are 75 cents, general admission is
50 cents.
Interfraternity
Council Holds
Dinner Meeting
The Interfraternity council met
for dinner Wednesday night at the
Alpha Tau Omega house and in
formally discussed fraternity prob
lems. An attempt is being made to
have informal discussions with
each house president stating his
views, instead of the usual formal
meetings.
Fraternity national ratings were
also studied from comparative
charts of fraternities here and at
other schools.
Plans were laid for a meeting
next week when Elmer Fansett,
alumni secretary, will talk to the
group.
Pi Delta Plii Has
Initiation for 10
New Members
Ten new members were initiated
into Pi Delta Phi, French honorary,
Monday evening at the home of
Dean and Mrs. George Rebec. Dr.
Rebec is the head of the philosophy
department. Twenty-five persons
attended the ceremony, after which
Chandler B. Beall, professor of
"omance languages, spoke in
French on ‘‘Libraries in France
and Italy,” and his experiences in
Europe last summer.
New members are: Katherine
Stevens, Isabelle Chandler, Doro
thea Bargelt, Mark Fitch Wern
ham, Margaret Dee Rugh, Lois
Luvaas, Irene Honstead, Jeanne
Fleming, Virginia Moore, and Phil
lis Payne.
Sacramento Librarian
Will Be Campus Guest
Miss Bertha Dubinske, head of
the branch department of the
Sacramento library will arrive in
Eugene Sunday to spend a week.
She will be a guest of the Univer
sity and will study library methods
here during her visit.
Thursday afternoon the organ
ization of house librarians are hav
ing a tea in her honor at which she
will speak on ‘‘New Books," choos
ing those which she thinks will be
of particular interest to the stu
dents. The library staff is also
planning a dinner for her. Willis
Warren, reserve librarian, has not
yet announced the date.
Jittery Webfoots Beaten
By Victory-Starved Vandals
35-31; Second Try Tonight
J ictory Is Vandal Loot
Scrappy, careful, ready to capitalize on every error of Oregon’s
sluggish Webfoots, Idaho last night took its first conference victory
at the expense of the second place Ducks, Dili Kramer, guard and left
above, led the Vandal onslaught. Ken Robertson is the only senior on
the Vandal squad.
Higher Education Faces
Financial Crisis; Hunter
Offers Six-Point Proposal
Revealing the financial crisis now being faced by the state system
of higher education, Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter Thursday after
noon submitted six proposals to the state legislature's ways and means
committee as a means of alleviating the condition.
The proposals run from a change in the base on which special millage
taxes for the support of higher education are levied to a slice of liquor
license profits and licenses on games of chance. The program has not
been acted on by the board of higher education, the chancellor said.
However, they do represent the
suggestion of tax problem authori
ties.
Due to the depression drop in
property values and a resultant de
cline in the millage ratio, funds
for the state system have dropped
off annually, until now the situa
tion is considered "very grave.”
Six-point Proposal
Dr. Hunter’s six-point plan pro
poses to:
1. Change special millage base to
80 per cent of true cash value in
stead of assessed valuation on pro
perty.
2. Divert $700,000 liquor profits
to higher education, or a tax of
ten per cent on gross sales of hard
liquor and a tax of 70 cents per
barrel on wines and beer.
3. Create a commission to license
games of skill, the revenue to be
divided between cities, counties,
and state.
Filing Fee
4. A $3.00 filing fee to be paid
by all persons filing income re
ports, whether they pay income
tax or not.
5. Stabilize millage revenues at
1030 level.
6. Pool all money available for
salary increases and pro - rate
amount among all state activities.
Action taken by the ways and
means committee was not reveal
ed yesterday.
PE Students to Give
Half-Time Exhibition
Under the direction of Russ Cut
ler, instructor of physical educa
tion, 20 major PE students will
give an exhibition of pyramid
building between halves of the
Oregon and Idaho basketball game
this evening.
Those1 participating in the act
will be dressed in white, and they
will perform under spot lights. The
house lights will be turned off and
spots will be directed on the pyra
mids, precision acts of ground
pyramiding, mixed parallel bar and
ground pyramids, and difficult bal
ancing.
These acts will incorporate all
of the seven fundamentals of pyra
mid building: variation, symetry,
repetition, opposition, transition,
dominance, and subordination.
There will be five ground, and two
parallel bar pyramids.
The boys who are taking part
in the exhibition have been work
ing hard, and would appreciate
the attentive cooperation of all
spectators.
Girls to Sell Tags
To Business Men
Nearing Warm Weather
Makes Rapid Collection
Of Funds Necessary
Sorority women who did not con
tact business men in the blocks to
which they were assigned last Sat
urday will visit the residences of
these men today, announced Mary
Elizabeth Norvell and Felker Mor
ris, heads of the tag drive.
With the completion of this
drive, which consists of selling yel
low and green tags to the business
men of Eugene for the forwarding
of finances for the turfing of Hay
ward field, another project will have
been completed. Nearly $100 was
realized from last Saturday’s at
tempt, and heads are confident
that nearly as much will be gained
today.
With the first sign of spring,
which became evident on the Ore
gon campus this last week, stu
dent body and faculty members
who have taken an interest in the
I project, saw the necessity for fur
thering plans immediately toward
the turfing of the mud covered
field.
Committee men and women of
the “Lemon-Orange Squeeze," the
inter-collegiate dance to be held
in Gerlinger, February 26, follow
ing the Oregon-Oregon State
game, began final decoration
plans and general arrangements.
Pcery Buren and Margaret Bell,
head of the dance on this campus,
announce that colors of both
schools will be utilized to form
decorations of the hall.
Company C Wins
Weekly Honors
With 100 Score
Company C is this week’s ROTC
honor company with a perfect
score of 100.
The company’s officers are:
company commander, Arthur Beis
tel; first sergeant, Gorden Palmer;
platoon leaders, Noel Benson, Car
rol Gates, Robert Moffett.
The other companies in their
order are: company E, 99.95; com
pany B, 99.78; company D, 99.60;
company A, 99.53.
Lemon-Yellow Offense
Bogs as Cellar-Bound
LI. I. Sophomores Get
First Conference Win
Silver Hio;li Pointer
Game Market by Ragged
Flay; Winter, Relko,
Kramer Sparkle
Northern Division Standings
Points
W L,
WSC . 7 S
Wash. 6 3
Oregon ....7 4
OSC . 3 «i
Idaho . 1 7
l’et. For Agst.
.700 387 319
.067 367 338
.636 394 375
.230 244 263
.125 211 269
By PAT FRIZZELL
(Emerald Sports Editor)
Oregon’s VVebfoots couldn’t get
their offense underway at the
Igloo last night, and a victory
starved Idaho basketball team took
advantage to snatch a 35-to-31 win.
The Vandals, who hadn’t won a
single conference game, looked
shaky and definitely inferior, but
the Webfoot, badly off form, could
never get started, and the visitors
gradually gained in confidence and
morale as the game progressed.
It was close all the way, as the
two sophomore quintets fumbled
the ball back and forth in a ragged
exhibition. The defeat, coupled
with Washington's victory over
Washington State at Seattle, drop
ped Oregon into third place, in a
virtual tie for second with the Hus
kies but trailing in percentage.
The Ducks face Idaho in a sec
ond game at 8 o’clock tonight.
Silver Scores 18
Long southpaw one-handers by
Bill Kramer, guard, and feeding and
fighting by Steve Belko, forward,
and Roland Winter, guard, were
responsible for Idaho's first con
ference win. For Oregon, only
Dave Silver could hit his hat. Dave
was back in form and he holed six
field goals and as many foul shots
for 18 points.
The score was tied for the last
time with approximately six min
utes to go. Forrest Twogood’s
fighting Vandals, aware of a gold
en chance and flashing a rabbit’s
foot after seven straight setbacks,
stepped out at that juncture with
an onslaught which wouldn’t be
denied. Oregon’s zone defense
crumbled.
Idaho Takes Lead
Winter grabbed a pass from
Belko and potted from the left to
give Idaho a two-point edge, 26 to
24. A moment later the Vandals
got the ball out of bounds under
Oregon’s basket and Lyle Smith
rushed across court under the
bucket to snatch Belko’s out-of
bounds toss and flick it in. It was
28 to 24, with four minutes left.
Johnson fouled Dave Silver and
Dave holed out to bring the Ducks
within three points, but the pestif
erous Winter struck again. The
Vandals moved down court slowly
after Silver’s shot, and Belko sud
dently drove into a corner. He
passed out to Winter and swish!
30 to 25.
Basket Nullified
Wally Johansen bagged a one
hander after Oregon took the next,
tip, but Referee Coleman called a
charging foul as the slim Webfoot
shot, and his bucket was nullified.
Kramer missed the gravy toss and
the Webfoots drove back with the
minutes flying. Silver shot, Win
termute followed and tipped in the
rebound, making it 30 to 27.
Only three minutes were left
and pandemonium reigned as the
teams passed wildly into each oth
er’s hands and sprawled in heaps
on the floor. Bobby Anet fouled
Belko and left the game on per
sonals. Belko holed the shot, put
ting the Vandals two field goals in
the lead. Intercepting a pass at
the center line, Johansen dribbled
half the length of the floor, pur
sued by the pack, to sink a lay-in
and give the Ducks a chance. It
was 31 to 29.
Idaho Takes Tip
Idaho connived to take the tip
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