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VOLUME XXXVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1937
NUMBER 71
The
Passing Show
Bridge W orkers Die
s Die League’
Skunk in School
L npolite Strikers
By PAUL DEUTSCHMANN I
Golden Gate Tragedy
The San Francisco Golden Gatt
bridge construction was marred bj
its first major tragedy Wednes
day when 13 ■workmen fell 20C
feet into the waters of the ba\
when a scaffolding, condemned aF
unsafe by accident commission in
spectors, collapsed and crashed
through the safety net.
Three men were rescued. One
body was found. The nine missing
were believed to have perished.
Frank McDonald, member of the
accident commission, said that if
prompt action had been taken in
regard to the commission's ruling,
all the men would have been saved.
Bridge engineers gave no official
statement.
Japanese Hari-Kiri
Ten of the 14 members of the
notorious Japanese “Let's Die
League” were held by Tokyo police
today after five of them had tried
to commit Hara-Kiri in front of
public buildings. Documents found
on the attempted suicides showed
they decried the loss of their re
ligious freedom, which they al
leged the Japanese government
had taken away.
Four members of the cult, which
was accused as the instigator of
the assassinations of July, 1933,
were yet at large. Police kept the
“let’s die” adherents from complet
ing their self-destruction.
Smelly Education
Education suffered a smelly set
back when a skunk took over a
Rochester, New York, high school.
Wandering into the boiler room,
the polecat caused a quick evacua
tion of the 1150 pupils and their
instructors. The principal rang
the fire bell, but the warning was
unnecessary. Everybody quickly
left.
Judge Asks Apology
Declaring that contemptous ac
tion of the Flint, Michigan, sit
down strikers had injured court
prestige. Circuit Judge Paul V.
Gadola demanded that strike lead
ers appear before him to apologize
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Husband Thinks
Woman’s Place
Still in the Home
By BERNADINE BOWMAN
Even if man’s place is in school,
woman’s is still in the home, ac
cording to the practice of most of
the University of Washington's 211
married men. Only about ten of
this number are willing to let their
wives come out of the kitchen into
the classroom. And the college
wives who do go to school either
have part-time classes or solve the
problem of washing dishes and
cooking by living at home with
the in-laws.
Less than four per cent of the
students there are combining mat
rimony and education this quarter.
Of the 132 married women enroll
ed in classes, 17 are younger than
21. Many of these women are
polishing off the last few credits
required for graduation, while
their husbands provide tuition
money.
The youngest of the married
men is 18. Thirty-six per cent are
younger than 25. While most of
these heads of households are en
tirely self-supporting a few con
fessed on registration cards to re
ceiving anywhere from 75 per cent
to 100 per cent of their monthly
income from sources other than
their own work.
Student Fingerprints
Marquette will be among the
first of the nation’s universities
and colleges to launch a finger
printing department. Through the
co-operation of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation and Milwaukee
police department, all students who
wish to may be fingerprinted as
a positive means of future identi
fication.
Kissing Catching Too!
To kiss or not to kiss ? That is
the question confronting students
at the University of Texas.
Dr. George W. Cox, state health
officer recently said, ‘‘I strongly
advise that students refrain from
kissing during this period of in
fluenza epidemics. The close con
tacts might easily produce a fur
ther continuance of the disease.”
Dr. Cox, in other words, believes
that it is best to forego the satis
faction to be gained from kissing,
at least for the present time.
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Gleemen Sing
Tonight in Last
OfASUOSeries
Flood Relief Fund Gets
Proeeeds of Coneert;
Miss Calkins to Play
Harp Obligato
Presenting their forty-second
concert, the Eugene Gleemen will
close the ASUO concert series to
night in McArthur court with a
program of songs starting at 8:15
p. m.
Led by John Stark Evans, pro
fessor of music, the Gleemen will
sing a program, varying in style
from folk songs and native Am
erican tunes, to the more classical
selections of Schumann and Bee
thoven. Doris Helen Calkins, harp
ist, will play several harp solos,
and the harp obligato in “Silent
Strings.’’ The nationally-known
baritone, Mark Daniels, will pres
ent a group of solos, and will sing
with the Gleemen in the last num
ber. Cora Moore Frey will accom
pany the group.
Membership Is 80
The Gleemen, who have an ap
proximate membership of 80, are
composed of Eugene business men.
Some of its members are from the
University faculty; others have be
longed to glee clubs in their col
lege days. They have come from
all over the United States, and
from all walks of life.
The organization has long been
noted for its benevolence in giving
benefit concerts. They will sing in
Portland, February 26, completing
the 5th annual concert they have
given there for the benefit of the
i Shrine hospital. During the last
four years, they have contributed
; $7,500 to the aid of the crippled
children there. The proceeds of to
night's concert will go for the
benefit of the flood stricken areas.
Those who do not have student
body cards may purchase 35c gen
eral admission or 50c reserved
seat tickets at McMorran and
Washburne’s store.
: Following the concert Gleemen
and their wives will be entertain
ed by Mr. and Mrs. John Stark
Evans in the banquet room at Ger
linger hall with a buffet supper.
Dr. Y. T. Wu, campus speaker,
will be an honored guest at the
supper.
Gayle Buchanan,
Genevieve McNiece
Nominated by AWS
Gartrude Brantliover, Gretelien Smith
To Vie for WAA Leadership; Three
In Race for YWCA Presidency
Gayle Buchanan and Genevieve McNiece were nominated for
office of president of the associated women students at a nom
inating’ mass meeting held in the AWS room of Gerlinger, Wed
nesday afternoon.
The nominee list was made at secret meetings held during
the last week by officers of the women’s associations, the cab
inet members and sponsors. Two nominations were made from
the floor yesterday.
Nominees for vice president are Vivian Emery and Frances
Johnson; secretary, Phyllis Gardner, Marionbcth Wolfenden,
and Elisabeth Stetson; treasurer,
Kay Coleman and Fellcer Morris;
reporter, Myra Hulser and Judith
Wodeage; sergeant-at-arms, Aida
Macchi, Aurelia Wolcott, and Jo
liene Woodruff.
Martha McCall, president of
AWS, announced the nominations.
Others Nominated
Harriett Thomsen, Margaret
Carmen, and Ellamae Woodworth
will vie for YWCA presidency at
the polls Friday. Virginia Mc
Corkle was nominated for vice
president; Bernadine Bowman and
Catherine Staples,' secretary;
Maude Edmonds, Margaret Gold
smith and Louise Plumber, treas
urer.
Announcement of these candi
dates was made by Elaine Cornish,
YWCA president.
WAA Nominees Announced
WAA presidential candidates, .as
announced by Frances Watzek,
I president, are Gretchen Smith and
Gertrude Branthover. Elizabeth
Mushen was nominated for vice
president; Carolyn Dudley and
Mary Thatcher, secretary; Jennie
Misley, treasurer; Lydia Margaret
Reichan and Dorothy Magnuson,
custodian; Anne Fredericksen, ser
geant-at-arms.
If the weather permits, voting
will be held in front of the old1
libe Friday from 9 until 3. In the
event of rain, election will be in
the YWCA bungalow, Martha Mc
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Eight Hour Day Still in
Effect for Law Students
Law schol students study hardest of all students on the University
campus, according to Orlando Hollis, acting dean of the law school.
A recent survey shows that of all the courses offered by the board of
higher education those of the Oregon medical school in Portland de
mand the greatest number of study hours. The embryo lawyers, how
ever, run the medics a close second in the time needed for class pre
Heating Tunnel
Near Completion
—
Will Be Connecting Link
In Pipe Maze Beneath
University Campus
Completion of the connection
tunnel along 13th near Friendly
i hall is due wthin two weeks, Will
V. Norris, campus construction
head, said yesterday.
Completion of the tunnel has
been held up while waiting for an
| additional government appropria
tion of $7300 to be granted. This
was received last week and all the
men were returned to their jobs.
The original appropriation was
$20,000. The new tunnel is a con
nection between the two main
heating tunnels between the heat
ing plant and McArthur court, and
,the plant and Gerlinger.
It will be used to carry off drain
age, and will have a connecting
heating pipe between the two pipes
in the main tunnels.
The new tunnel w’ill add a block
to the present mile and a quarter
of tunnels beneath Oregon’s camp
us. The tunnels carry all the heat
ing, lighting, draining, and tele
phone facilities for the University
Dr. Samuel H. Jameson, associ
ate professor of sociology is ill and
was unable to meet his class yes
terday.
jjaxauuu.
“Without doubt, the medical
students have the hardest studies
of all,” states Hollis, “but the sys
tem of teaching law requires near
ly as much study before class.
“The average student on the
campus does no work at all com
pared with our students. A person
must be intensely interested in
law or he will automatically weed
himself right out of the school.
Besides the usual number of elec
tive subjects, the student must put
in approximately four hours study
for each class hour."
Professor Hollis explained that
the reason for the complexity in
the study of law is the variety of
decisions handed down by different
courts which must be reviewed.
The student must store in his mind
the concensus of many different
opinions on similar cases.
“There are also a vast number
of periodical law reviews contain
ing recent decisions that must be
digested by instructor and pupil
alike. Laws keep changing, and
for this reason the student who
does not keep up with the pace in
his studies has very little chance
of passing the bar examinations.
A partial survey among the law
school student body revealed that
‘ at least four hours is spent by the
I average student in preparation for
each class. As two law classes per
day is the usual schedule, eight
hours spent in the library becomes
a daily habit.
Students in the three classes un
animously voted the third year
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Debaters Sketch
‘Lab of World’
New Zealand’s Reforms
And Social Legislation
Are Described
History of New Zealand social
legislation and reforms, which have
resulted in its being termed “the
social laboratory of the world,”
were briefly sketched by J. H.
Kemnitz and C. E. Pledger, mem
bers of the University of Otdgo
goodwill debate team, at an as
sembly held last night in Villard
hall.
New Zealand is called the social
laboratory of the world because it
has been one of the first countries
to institute social reforms which
are now being adopted universally,
Mr. Kemnitz said.
Mr. Kemnitz, the first speaker
of the evening, told of the history
of New Zealand. A Dutch explorer
from the Dutch East Indies was
the first white man to visit New
Zealand. In 1769 an Englishman,
Captain James Cook, explored the
coast, found the Maori, a native
people a friendly race, and claim
ed the country for England.
After tribal power was weaken
ed the progressive party under the
leadership of John Ballance gain
ed control of the government and
started to institute the changes
which have made New Zealand
famous. District courts of concilia
tion and courts of arbitration were'
founded to settle disputes between
employers and employees. An old
age pension law was passed. Rail
roads, telegraph and telephone
companies as well as transporta
tion companies were taken over by
the government to enable all the
people to get equal benefits.
“Under the labor party, which
is now in power, the provincial
system was replaced by state
schools which made attendance
compulsory.
Dr. Alderman Will
Talk Wednesday
On Embryogenv
The embryological growth of
lower animals will be described by
Dr. A. L. Alderman next Wednes
day evening, February 24, at 7:30
in Villard hall.
The meeting, sponsored by the
biology club, was formerly sche
duled for last night, but was post
poned in order to give all science
students an opportunity to attend
the open Sigma Xi meeting.
Teaching Classes Start
For Education Majors
Seventy-six education majors
have taken over practice teaching
classes in University high school
and Roosevelt junior high school
this week for the coming terms
work. Fourteen of these are teach
ing music; four, art; three langu
age; ten, physical education; ten,
English; and nine, commercial
classes, while ten are teaching so
cial studies and eight others are
in charge of study halls.
^Chinese Editor
j Will Address
Student Body
Problems Facing China
Is Subject of Y. T.
Wn’s Lecture at 11:00
Today in Gerlinger
Basing his talk on China's prob
lems, Y. T. Wu, editor-in-chief of
the Chinese Association press, will
speak to students at an assembly
in Gerlinger at 11 today.
Mr. Wu is a member of the na
tional committee of the YMCA. He
is considered the most widely read
Christian writer for Chinese stu
dents. His articles are widely read
in all parts of the country.
Understands Radicals
Never adopting the popular view
of things, rather preferring to
make his own opinions on realities,
he suffers frequently for his views
and statements. While working
with the Chinese Fellowship of
Reconciliation he became intimate
ly acquainted with the radical and
communist groups in China and
has since helped to meet and inter
pret their criticism of Christianity.
At 9 a.m. Mr. Wu will speak
to Dean Allen's editing class. After
his assembly speech he will attend
a luncheon at the faculty club. At
8 o’clock he will lead an open for
un in Gerlinger hall.
Oregana Agents Asked
To Report to Overbook
After 2 P. M. Thursday
All Oregana agents are to re
port to Howard Overback in the
Oregana office after three o’
clock today to check up on
unpaid installments on the. Ore
gana. It is essential that every
one report.
Committee Okays $910,000
Allotment for State Board;
Pay Restoration Cramped
Proposal Covers Millago
Deficit; Boyer Sees
Partial Restoration of
Teaching Salaries
Finance Plan Given j
Hunter Says Bill Needed
To Prevent W age Cuts,
Class Curtailments
"If the legislature passes the
bill to give to the state board of
higher education the $010,000 ap
proved yesterday by the ways and
means sub-committee, it will en
able us to meet the millage deficit
but will leave us short for salary
restorations,” stated Dr. C. Valen
tine Boyer, president of the Uni
versity, last night.
“The amount might see us
through the coming biennium if,
after the bill is passed, it does not
become effective until September.
In this way we would be able to
restore the majority of the sal
aries," continued Dr. Boyer.
60 Per Cent Restoration
"But if the bill would go into
effect March 2 we would only be
able to restore about 00 per cent
of the salary cut. Although the
amount approved by the sub-com
mittee is $63,000 less than was
asked for, President Boyer said he
felt that this would take care of
the increased enrollment.
Hill Is “Must"
To prevent discontinuance of
University courses, dismantling of
departments, or further cuts in
salaries, higher education requires
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American Press Handling
Of Current Chinese Scenes
Is Unfair, Says Dr. Y.T.Wu
The handling of Chinese news by the press of the United States is
in some cases fair but in the majority, the news is very badly handled
because of lack of understanding, Dr. Y. T. Wu, editor-in-chief of the
Association Press of Chir.a, said yesterday.
“I have noticed this especially in the News Week," Dr. Wu said,
"They seem to make light of many of the events which occur in China
The kidnaping of Chiang Kia Shek is one example which I noticed
especially." , . ,
Dr. Wu said that his opinion had been formed, however, during
the short period of two months
which might explain his adverse
opinion. He also stated that his
feeling might be due to the differ
ence between American and Chin
ese styles of writing.
The New York Times, Dr. Wu
believed, adequately interprets
Chinese news.
When asked his opinion of the
revision of the Chinese block let
ters which consists of latinizing
the words written with them, he
said he would be willing to pro
phesy that this would revolution
ize the Chinese press and printing.
Chinese Censorship
Dr. Wu said that the Chinese
newspapers are controlled by a
heavy censorship and depend most
ly upon the foreign press associa
tions for their news.
Dr. Wu, who is secretary for the
Nationay YMCA of China, will be
the principal speaker for the stu
dent Christian council conference
this coming weekend. His discus
sion will center around "Christian
Youth Building a New World.”
Heads of Houses
Dinner Is Tonight
The third annual formal dinner
honoring house mothers and deans
of personnel is to be given tonight
by heads of houses. Dorothy
Rhinehart is in charge of arrange
ments for the dinner, which will
be held at the Kappa Alpha Theta
house at 5:35 o’clock.
Guests include house presidents,
house mothers, Chancellor and
Mrs. Frederick M. Hunter, Presi
and Mrs. C. Valentine Boyer, Dean
and Mrs. Virgil D. Earl, Dean and
Mrs. Karl W. Onthank, Dr. and
Mrs. C. L. Schwering, Mrs. Alice
B. Macduff, Janet Smith, and
Martha McCall.
UO Offers Eugene
Men Gym Classes
300 Applications Already
Filed; PE Building to Be
Thrown Open
Evening classes in physical edu
cation have been arranged at the
University for Eugene business
men, starting Monday night. Plans
were completed last Monday to
start the enrollment for the pro
ject to be held in the new Physical
Education building, according to
Dean John F. Bovard.
The long-sought gym and in
struction courses w’ere virtually
assured by Tuesday noon, when
300 applications had been filed.
The classes, a new feature at the
University, will have the full use
of all the facilities, courts, rooms,
and basket and locker-room.
The opportunity to the town's
male citizens to engage in these
activities was brought about by
Joe Darby local business man. De
finite arrangements were not com
pleted until after conferences, be
tween Dean Bovard and Darby,
had been held to settle expenses.
A charge of $4 per term will be
made for use of the facilities of
the gym. This will include regula
tion uniforms such as students
wear. Members of classes need
supply only their own gym shoes.
Cost for the remainder of the term
has been set at $2. Classes will be
held every Monday and Thursday
night, from 7:30 to 9:30.
Paul R. Washke, director of the
men's gym, announces that those
participating must wear the regu
lation uniforms.
Medieval Mimic
Manuscripts At
Main Library
Two parchments, faded music
manuscripts dating from the
16th century, originally from the
monastery of Monteserrat, are
now on display at the main libr
ary.
The manuscripts, loaned by
Louis Artau, assistant professor
of music, are written in a medi
eval script, and have a different
type of notation than the pres
ent music manuscripts. Their in
terest historically lies in the
medieval notation of a triple
system rather than a double sys
tem.
The manuscripts are of the
Gregorian series.
Music School on
NBC Red Network
Garretson to Bo Soloist
In Second Broadcast
From Eugene
The radio program to be given
by the University school of music
February 27 will be broadcast from
the music auditorium instead of
from a Portland studio, it was an
nounced by John J. Landsbury,
dean of the music school, Wednes
day.
The broadcast will be transmit
ted by private wire to Portland,
and from there over the red net
work of the National Broadcasting
company. Although attempts are
being made to change the hour,
it is probable that the half-hour
program will begin at 5 p. m.
In addition to selections of the
University symphony orchestra a
solo number, "Rondo from Piano
Concerto in D Minor” by Mozart,
will be presented by Robert Gar
retson, piano student of George
Hopkins. Dean Landsbury will give
a four-minute speech on the im
portance of music in the public
schools.
The symphony orchestra will
present a group of varied numbers.
Three of the eight popular Russian
songs by Liadow will be placed;
the Comic song for strings and
woodwinds, the Berceuse for
strings only, and the Rondo for
strings, flute, and tamborine.
Selections by Grieg and Ambroise
Thomas will also be played.
The final number of the program
will be three selections from the
Borodin “Prince Igoe.” The dances
are of the slave maidens, the wild
men, and the archers.
This program is sponsored by
the Northwest and California Mu
sic Educator’s conference which
present a radio program once a
month, and for February chose the
University of Oregon to give the
concert.
Morris Will Address
Active Club Thursday
Victor P. Morris, acting dean of
the school of business administra
tion, will discuss some of the
changes in ideals and standards of
business men which show the em
argence of the more liberal social
philosophy, when he talks before
the Active club in the Eugene
hotel Thursday noon.
This changing trend in social
thought is related to proposals
such as that of the president to
change the supreme court, accord
ing to Mr. Morris.
Mr. Morris’ talk will cover some
of the problems involved in the
social legislation of the new deal
and supreme court.
CAMPUS SPEAKERS CHOSEN
William Dalton, Robert Dent,
and Donald Palmblad have been
appointed to the campus speakers
jroup, according to an announce
ment made Tuesday by Kessler
Cannon, chairman of the men's
speech committee.
Ways and Means Body
Accepts Sum Splitting
Martin's Figure and
Board's Request
Senate Fight Seen
P
Marion County Man Loads
Fight on Continuation
Clause in Rill
A compromise allotment of
$910,000 to die state system of
education to meet salary and en
rollment problems was approved
by the ways and means sub-com
mittee of the state legislature and
was directed to the entire com
mittee for approval yesterday.
Strenuous opposition confronted
the proposals in the committee
meeting, but Sen. Dean Walker of
Polk county interceded in their
defense, supporting the arguments
advanced by Dr. Frederick M.
Hunter at a recent sub-committee
meeting. Senator Walker pointed
out that while salaries of other
state employes had been restored,
salaries in the state system had
remained at their depression level.
Three-Point Plan
The three-point program of the
sub-committee included a $400,000
outright appropriation, $36,000 in
restoration of revenue diverted
into the state general fund, and
$473,000 from restoration of the
1929 millage levy base.
The figure approved by the
joint-committee was a compromise
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Keen Links Tree
Rings, Weather
Relation of tree rings to climatic
cycles of wet and dry years in
Oregon for the past several hund
red years was the subject of a
lecture by F. P. Keen, government
entomologist, presented at Deady
hall last night before the Oregon
and Oregon State chapters of
Sigma Xi, science honorary.
Mr. Keen’s talk was titled “A
Ttee Ring Record of Oregon’s Cli
mate” and dealt chiefly with his
study of the Pondcrosa pine in
Eastern Oregon. This tree, related,
tells very accurately history of
precipitation, even more so than
the renowned California redwood.
Research into the amount of
damage caused by the bark beetle
in Ponderosa forests in the east
er part of the state led to his study
of tree rings. Tho entomologist
stated that the bark beetle des
troys annually nearly as much
timber as is cut.
Mr. Keen also stated that much
of the timber stand of Eastern
Oregon is endangered by lack of
moisture.
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