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VOLUME XXXVIII Willamette Is Team Whirl, W ill l\ot Open Season Today—Rain NUMBER 95 f y The Passing Show W eather : Rain Bottled Bilbao Cautious England Labor Peaceful By PAUL DEUTSCHMANN Spring, Where Art Thou? Spring began March 21, but Ore gun saw lew signs of it yesterday. The entire state was drenched with heavy showers and winds. In Eu gene, the fall reached near two inches since Monday with the river rising rapidly. Nearly a score of coast and val ley towns reported over an inch and a half since the downpour began Monday. In Portland an un dermined house collapsed after 2:03 inches were checked. The U. S. weather bureau predicted more showers for today. University City Fight Action in the Spanish civil war was centered on the Bilbao and Madrid fronts yesterday, as insur gents attempted to close in on the northern capital and loyalists struggled to gain the last few hun dred yards necessary to bottle up 3.000 rebels in the University city salient. Bilbao, with 300,000 inhabitants I and refugees, reported ability to ! hold off rebels for months. Food ships were offered protection from insurgent sea blockade. One gov ernment offensive was stopped in the University sector after a ter rific hand-to-hand encounter. No Blockade Runners Cautious England, shieing away from immediate trouble in the Bil bao blockade situation, moved yes terday under the guidance of Prime Minister Baldwin to keep British ■ merchant vessels out of the three mile zone. Anthony Eden declared, “We refuse to lead Europe over the precipice.” Opposition leader Attlee moved against the caution policy, de manded that his majesty’s govern ment protect its shipping. Mean while warnings to shipowners were issued to discourage any English “blockade runners.” Speculative Activity Activity in labor circles yester day was restricted to speculation on the parts of employers and em ployees in regard to the influence of the Wagner decision on their (Please turn to page two) Student Authers Steal Profs Fire; Write Own Books By EERNADINE BOWMAN When profs write a book for students, that’s $3.50. But when students write a book for profs, that’s news! The news is being made by 14 campus leaders at Stanford, mem bers of the student government class, with the cooperation of 370 colleges. The book is to be the first word on American student government and is to be titled, “Student Activities in College.” The class got tired of talking about campus government and got a hankering to read about it. So they're beating the professors at the professors’ own game, and writing a text, for their own class and others like it in other schools. Man’s Mouth Noticed When a co-ed looks into a man's face, the first thing she notices is his mouth. This fact was re vealed when the women at the University of California were ask ed to explain what interested them most in facial features of the op posite sex. After observing the mouth, the majority of the women agreed that the next characteristic that they noticed in the male was the way and the style of his walk. A snappy, independent “swing” re ceived the most votes. One observing coed asserted that “any style of walking character istic of the individual person would be accepted, but must not include any type of a slouch.” The majority of the men admit ted that they were most interested in the eyes of a new acquaintance. When questioned further, they said that the size, color and shape of the eyes did not matter. The ex pression in them alone held their attention. Mummy Life Is No Fun Being a* live mummy isn’t any fun. is the lament of a student of the school of drama at the Univer sity of Oklahoma. He had to stand still while ten make-up men work ed for three hours on him, pasting strips of gummed paper around bis body. Schumacher, Morris Define United States’ Relations to League Session Today Ends Peace Forums; Spain Focal Point of European Setup Because of Resources. Says Smith “The United States and Her Participation in Organized Inter ternational Agencies," was the topic of Dean Victor P. Morris yesterday in one of the series of forums presented as a part of peace week. The remaining forums will be held today beginning at 2:30 and continuing until 5:00. Dr. Waldo Schumacher, of the political science department, assisted in the round table discussion and outlined first the major purposes of the league of nations. They were in brief to promote international cooperation both economically and politically; to bring about conditions in which the states would not resort to war; to have justice and respect for all treaties; and to make a rule of international law to be observed by all nations in their relations to one another. Success Doubtful In concluding his brief resume, Dr. Schumacher stated that as the world already knows these objec tives have not been carried out. The United States has observers sent to the league but they do not participate, merely staying in the background to keep the United States well informed and also by this stand, the United States stays in a position to defeat the purposes of the league through not actively taking a part. The only part the United States plays is in non-political actvities which we are invited to attend in an official capacity and usually do so in a non-official way. Such con ferences have been the opium con ference held in 1923 which we aid ed by stricter supervision of im ports. We helped in making ar rangements in matters pertaining to health, and played a large part in the unsuccessful disarmament conference held. The United States has also been a member of the in ternational labor office since 1924 and has helped in passing regula tions. Man in Court Since the world court has been organized, an American has been a member of the representative body; we participate in nomina tions but not in the elections. Dr. Shumacher said that the United States should join the world court because its powers are judicial or optional but dangerous issues would be involved if we joined the league of nations because of polit ical alliances. This concluded the forum with (Please turn to page two) Peace-Week Forum Schedule for Final Day Is Announced Peace forums to be held to day in Gerlinger are as follows: 2:00- 3:30 “What Students Can Do To Aid Peace,” which will be held in the women’s lounge with Dean Karl On thank in charge. 2:-3:30 “Concrete Internation al Policies of the United States” by Dean Victor P. Morris in the men’s lounge. 3:30-5:00 “The Clash Between Fascism and Communism in Europe and Asia” by S. Ste phenson Smith in the men’s lounge. 3:30-5:00 “A Plan of Interna tional Control of Natural Re sources and Communication” by Warren D. Smith in the men’s lounge. Editor Applicants Are Interviewed The University publications com mittee interviewed all nine appli cants for Emerald and Oregana editorships and managerships yes terday afternoon arf, submitted its decision to the educational ac tivities board late yesterday for approval, Carlton Spencer, publi cations committee chairman said last night. If the decision as arrived at by the publications committee is ap proved by the activities board, it will be submitted to the executive council for final approval and an nouncement probably Friday morning. Applicants for Emerald editor are LeRoy Mattingly, Lloyd Tup ling and Gordon Connelly; with Walter Vernstrom as the only ap (Please tarn to page two) Flood Threatens Eugene; Heavy Rains Cover Roads River Rises Near Crest Rain pouring incessantly from leaden skies for the past three days lay in puddles over the campus last night, but in territory surrounding Eugene water from the Willamette river, rapidly rising to flood stage, inundated roads and blocked communications with many outlying com munities. Rising water was within three feet of flooding large portions of the Willamette highway, and if it continues to rise at its present rate flood conditions are expected by this morning, J. T. Toole, state highway officer, stated last night. Highway Blocked Floodwater blocked the Willam ette highway last night near Swim mers’ Delight. Passage through the area was virtually impossible, high way officials said. Slides, which occurred early in the afternoon, had been cleared away last night. During the 24 hours preceding 7:20 last night, 1:49 inches of rain fell in Eugene, and an additional .33 of an inch fell between that time and 9 o’clock, weather re ports from Mrs. G. M. DeBroekert. local weather observer, disclosed. River Rising Fast The Willamette river at Eugene rose from 5.6 feet to 9.2 feet, a total of 3.6 feet, during the twelve hours between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m., when the last reading was taken yesterday. The river crest stood slightly less than 3 feet under the flood stage, but melting snow and driving rain in the Cascade foot hills was expected to send the river over its banks today. The Springfield-Creswell section (Please turn to page four) Junior Weekend Stationary to Be Distributed Free To brighten up those dull let ters home, a boon to letter-writers has been extended by the junior weekend directorate. Special sta tionery with scenes showing Junior weekend events will be distributed free to students through living or ganizations and the Co-op. Gladys Battleson and Zollie Vol chok, publicity chairman, announ ces that the stationery will be ready Thursday, and urges stu dents to use it to send out invita tions to friends and relatives for junior weekend. Stickers advertising the “Roman tic Serenade” theme of this year’s weekend will also be available. Four-page booklets containing in vitations from Noel Benson, junior class president, and Sam Fort, weekend chairman, and a program of events scheduled for May 7, 8, and 9 will be distributed with the I stationery. Pi Kaps Take Top Honors With 2.56 GPA Women’s Co-op Places Second; All - Campus Average Is Raised lo 2.1 Standard Setting an average grade of 2.850 for their fraternity, the Pi Kaps came out on top when winter term house GPA's were released yester day. Following the Pi Kaps was the Women's Cooperative club with an overage of 2.8225. The average for the entire Uni versity was 2.4034 with the men placing nine organizations above this mark and the women eleven. Individual GPA's will be released this afternoon, according to the registrar’s office. House Ratings Given Organization membership is tak en as certified to the dean's office at mid-term, except that auditors and graduate students are omitted. Following are the GPA's and stand ings of the living organizations.: 1. Pi Kappa Alpha. 2,8506 2. Women Coop Living Assn. 2.8225 3. Alpha Gamma Delta . 2.7166 4. Alpha Hall . 2.6989 5. Sigma Alpha Mu . 2.6406 Non-organization women 2.6246 6. Canard Club . 2.6237 All Men's Clubs . 2.6144 7. Alpha Delta Pi . 2.6031 8. Campbell Coop. Club . 2.6031 9. Phi Mu . 2.6000 Non-sorority women . 2.5972 10. Sigma Hall . 2.5895 11. Theta Chi . 2.5361 (Please turn to parje two) PlansforCarnival Enter Final Stages - / Bud Brown’s Orchestra Will Furnish Music for Jitney Dancing Hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn, ice cream, and soda pop by the dozens, pounds and quarts were ordered this week by Marionbeth Wolfen den, food chairman, to sell from the two AWS booths at the AWS carnival in McArthur court Satur day night, as preparations for the affair went into its final stages. The booths will be decorated un der the supervision of AWS, all others by the living organization. Freshman women are being asked to work a half hour each during the evening in the booths, an nounces Betty Wright, booth chair man. Tickets for buying food from booths, taking part in the games set up by the different houses, and for dancing will be secured from one stand, all at five cents apiece, stated Kay Coleman, general chair man, yesterday. A 10 cent charge will be made at the door, but with this one is given a free ticket which is worth five cents in exchange for a dance, food, or game. Bud Brown and his campus or chestra will play for the jitney dance. Dancing will be five cents p. dance, admission by couple, and for each dance the orchestra will play two dance numbers. Jack Wagstaff, auctioneer, will swing the gavel for the bartering of the baskets of food prepared by the 15 best dated women on the campus. Doors will be open at McArthur court at 7:30 Saturday evening, dancing beginning later. Campus clothes will be in order for this no-date affair. Casteel, Hargis Speak At Annual Conference John L. Casteel, director of the speech division, and D. E. Hargis instructor in speech, will spend the weekend in Portland, where they will take part in the seventh annual meeting of the Oregon Speech association. Mr. Casteel, who is a member of the advisory group and of the com mittee on nominations of the as sociation, will speak Friday eve ning on “Speech and the Develop ment of the Whole Personality.” Mr. Hargis will address the col lege session on mental hygiene in the first speech course. Tien lio at loads of Potential May Queens Nino of tin* ten candidate for the title of queen of Junior weekend are all set to shove off in the two canoes above. Five will he chosen in the balloting today, and the candidate with the largest number of votes will float down the inlllraee on the queen’s float to rule over the canoe fete. In the back canoe are Frances Johnston, Florence Smith, June Martin, Frances Schuupp. In the front canot, Helen Mitchell, Khoda Armstrong, Betty Pownall, Cherle Brown, Peggy Vermillion. The tenth candidate, Betty Jane Casey, is not In the picture. Law School Basehallers Open Action Against BA’s Horsehiders in Complaint Once again members of the Oregon law school student body have lodged their annual complaint against the “boys" of the school of busi ness administration. The complaint, though hanging conspicuously on the bulletin board in Commerce since Monday, has to date been neglected. The law school baseballers want action. So they have brought their complaint to the EMERALD, which is printed herewith: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR UNIVERSITY COUNTY Men of the University ot Oregon | School of Law, Plaintiff vs. Boys of the University of Oregon School of Business Administration Defendant. J COMPLAINT COMES NOW the plaintiff by the attorneys from the University of Oregon School of Law, and for cause of suit alleges: I WHEREAS, for the past year the defendants in the above entitled suit have conducted themselves in insolent, abusive, disrespectful, scurrilous, opprobrious, insulting, and reviling manners towards the plaintiffs of the above entitled suit in the following manner to-wit: 1. By congregating along the side walk in front of their unpreten tious cells of questionable learn ing and casting slurring, smutty, and childish remarks at innocent passers-by; 2. By cluttering up, with their un sightly presence, the curbing along 13th St. in the City of Eugene, Oregon, appurtenant to and abutting the revered School of Law, which curbing rightfully belongs to the men of the Uni versity of Oregon School of Law by light of adverse possession, 1 and has been so adjudged to be long to the men of the University of Oregon School of Law by a court of competent jurisdiction; 3. By continually and repeatedly expectorating and casting refuse, paper, and cigarette butts upon the exclusive restricted and hal lowed sidewalk and curbstone rightfully belonging to the men (Please turn to paf/e two) Pan-Hell to Meet To Discuss Rules LongoConsiilcred R u s li i 11 <; Changes Go to Council; May Be Voted Today Hope for settlement of the pro posed rushing rules for fall term was expressed last night, as Vir ginia Regan, president of Pan-hel lenie on the campus, announced a meeting of all council members to day at 4 o’clock in Johnson. The rules, passed to the council Monday by the rides committee, were read to sorority members at their house meetings that evening, with discussion open for sugges tions and criticism. New provisions that would eli minate "hot-boxing” by houses re ceived approval of the council members and the majority of sor ority women. The new rules as read provide that rushees may be asked for dates for only two days, with new date cai'ds being sent out for the next two days, until the week is completed. Instead of the customary Sun day tea, a reception would be held in some spacious hall, and all sor orities would meet the rushees at the same place and time. Various other changes which would eliminate much of the red tape and uncertainty of the pre vious rush weeks were read, and these will go through serious dis cussion and voting this afternoon. Political Lines Drawn as ASUO Sets May 6 Elections Date; Classes Still in Quandary With the date for the annual ASUO nominating assembly set for April 29 and elections for May G, yesterday found campus politi cians swelled with the perennial hope of a solid pre-election bloc and with organization well-laid for the coming campaigns. As winter term dwindled to a finish, far-seeing campus politi cians laid plans for a coalition party composed of all campus liv ing organizations for the avowed purpose of uniting the student body behind a single candidate in stead of splitting the group into two political camps. One of the first meetings of the group was held in the banquet room of Seymour's, and amidst the conviviality of the scene, poli ticians discussed possibilities of forming “a united student body for a greater Oregon.” As a result of the meeting, a confederation was formed and plans were laid to select a single candidate to run for each ASUO and senior class elective office, as the selection of candidates to be made by a “representative caucus” of all living organizations. Mem bers of the group will meet this week, probably Wednesday night, (Please turn to page two) Men’s Glee Club Elects Bales to President’s Chair Oregon's men’s glee club, under the leadership of Hal Young, will be known as the Oregon Melody Men, it was announced yesterday after a meeting of the club. Officers were chosen at the samesame time. They are Freed Bales, president; Bob Bailey, sec retary-treasurer, and Paul Rich ardson, librarian. The organization of singers is to be permanent in the University. The Melody Men may make pub lic appearances later and may sing during Junior weekend festivities. The group will hold its next meeting Thursday afternoon of this week at 4:30 in the music auditorium. CORNELL DEAN HERE Miss Louise Fitch, dean of wo men of Cornell, arrived in Eugene Sunday for a ten-day visit with her sister, Mrs. Clara Fitch. Miss | Fitch came to Eugene after at tending the AWS national conven tion held recently in Los Angeles. Unconcerned over the fact that they have no constitutions to gov ern elections, or their actions for the coming year, class politicians have scurried over the campus for several weeks lining up tickets and hacking for the coming campaigns. Orphaned by adoption of new ASUO by-laws, classes remain without any rules or regulations for their future destines, class of ficers have made no moves yet to adjust the divergence between the two groups. First and most diligent of poli tical groups to enter the field, were freshmen politicians, who early in the term felt assured that their organizations and political line-ups would stick during the coming year. Two groups lined up. One or ganized by Sigma Nu John Dick, freshman class president, and Dick Litfin, SAE-Frosh Gleen chair man; and the other by Bob Hoc huli and his bloc of last year. Supporters of Litfin and Dick gathered last week to pick a ticket end form a party. The group named Dick Litfin as candidate for for sophomore class president, Anne Frederickson, vice-president, Carol Hansell for secretary, Dick (Please turn to page tivo) Junior Queen Will Be Named Today at Polls Ruler for Weekend Will Be Chosen From Field Of Five Brunettes and Five Blondes A monarchy of a beautiful queen i r.ncl four princesses to reign over the picturesque “Romantic Sere nade” Junior weekend, will be chosen today by a democracy com posed of all students holding stu dent body tickets. Polls Open 9-3 Ballots will be provided in a vot ing square located between Oregon and Commerce buildings from* 9 o'clock to 3 o’clock. Persons not voting will not be allowed to enter this section, according to Jeanette Charmen, chairman of the Queen's Reign committee, who urges every one to vote for his five preferred candidates for puchritude. The co-ed receiving the highest total number of votes will be prowned queen of Junior Weekend, May 7, 8, and 9. The next highest four will be the queen’s attendants. Candidates Named Candidates are Helen Mitchell, Rhoda Armstrong, Betty Jane Cas ey, Peggy Vermillion, Frances Schaupp, Florence Smith, June Martin, Cherie Brown, Frances Johnston, and Betty Pownall. Five of the ten candidates are blonde; five are brunette. They range in height from five feet sev en to five feet two. It is planned tentatively to intro duce the selected queen and atten dants in formal attire to patrons at the McDonald theatre sometime this week. Chi Psi Beaten In First, Battle Of the Millrace The Martins and the McCoys can no longer rest on their laur els because the Alpha Phis and Chi Psis yesterday staged “the best dern feud in these hyar hills.” It all started as the par ade of potential Junior weekend queens moved majestically over campus lanes and byways in the soft, downpatter of an Oregon drizzle. (Patter, patter.) The Chi Psis, boosting their own in dividual candidate and the Alpha Phis theirs, leered at each other. Then at 6 o’clock yesterday evening came the zero hour, all was quiet on the mill race front. In the meantime, the Chi Psis had nominated a queen of their own, "Haines for Queen.’’ Bob Haines had won the coveted hon or and the Alpha Phis obligingly posted signs boosting him. But as the end of the zero hour approached, both sides mobilized for action. The Chi Psis, resent ing slurs on “Queenie” crossed the millrace and scaling the fire escapes and roof tore down all of “Poor Queenie’s’’ signs. This was the signal for the attack. With one rallying cry, water bags were gathered, wastebask ets were filled, and the Alpha Phis chased off the lodge men and again put out their signs. Still upholding their candi date’s honor, the Chi Psis strip ped for action and dove into the millrace. But waterbags proved too much for them and the first battle of the millrace was tri umphantly won by the Alpha Phis. Mine. McGrew Sings At Portland Conclave _j_ Madame Rose McGrew, profes sor of voice, spent the weekend in Portland, attending a convention of Zonta, a women’s national or ganization. The convention was held in the Benson hotel. Mme. McGrew sang some numbers by Brahms and gave a talk on the status of wo men in Germany. CASTEEL TO TALK John L. Casteel, director of the speech division, will speak at the Belknap CCC camp at McKenzie Bridge, Wednesday evening, as a part of the regular monthly edu cational program.