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Nominations for ASVO Positions in Gerlinger llall Today at 11 o'dock NUMBER 10G Proportional Representation System Will Make Little Change in Nominations Today, Says Colvig By FRED COLVIG Emerald Editor When the ASUO nominating as sembly is rapped to order this morning under Gib Schultz’ gavel, there will be little if anything in the procedure that will mark it as different from the way such meetings have been carried on in the past. For the proportional re presentation system established two weeks ago by the executive committee does practically nothing to change the method of nomina tion traditionally followed on the campus. I The only thing new this year is the method of election, propor tional representation, which will be seen in practice Thursday, a week from today. There will be a change today in only one particular. President Schultz, instead of calling for nominations to specific offices— president, first and second vice presidents, etc.—will simply call for nominations to positions on the executive committee. The assortment of the four suc cessful candidates to their respec tive offices on the committee will be taken care of in next week's election by the procedure of pref erential balloting-, which is a fea ture of the new electoral set-up The successful candidate with the greatest number of first choices will at that time be pronounced president; the one with the second highest number of first choices will be first vice-president, etc. The preferential balloting method which will be practiced next Thursday is described in the new law substantially as follows. Each voter will be given a ballot containing the names of the can didates, with a blank square be side each one. In these squares the voter will put numbers indicat ing the order of his preference for the different candidates, putting' down as many choices in "1 -2-3 or der" as he wishes. The voting itself will be simple; it is in the subse quent tabulation of the ballots that the procedure becomes relatively complicated, but even that is not so difficult to grasp. First of all, when the polls have been closed and the ballots are all in, the tabulators will figure out what in the ling.- ■•f proportional representation is known as t^hH "quota,” which is the least number of votes through which a candidate can be elected. This is ascertained by dividing the total number of votes cast by a number one great er than the number of offices to be filled and adding one to the re sulting quotient. Thus, if there are l,r>00 votes cast and there are four offices to fill, the "quota” will be obtained by dividing 1500 by five and adding one, giving 301. Then the tabulators will sort all ballots out in piles according to the first choices indicated. The ballots on which Joei Elow is given first choice will be put in one stack; the ballots on • which .loe I leaks is given first choice will'be put in another stack, etc. Follow ing this, the ballots will be count ed and each candidate will be credited with the number of first choices he has gained. If the num ber of first choices received by any candidate is equal to, or exceeds the "quota,” which is, let us say, 301, he will at once bo declared elected. Still using the “qiKita" of 301 as an example, suppose a candidate receives more than that number. As stated in the preceding para graph, he will be considered elect ed. But, under the system of pro portional representation, these surplus ballots will not be wasted. Prom such a successful candidate's pile of votes a number of ballots equivalent to the surplus will he drawn, and the second choices in dicated on these ballots will be credited to the candidates who are still in the running but not yet elected. If the addition of these second-choice ballots to any can didate’s. pile raises his total to 301 votes, he will be declared elected. Then, fitter all of the first choice ballots have been distrif buted, the candidate with the least number of votes will be declared defeated; and his ballots will be distributed, each one going to the “continuing candidate” indicated, as next choice. A “continuing candidate” is one not yet. elected or defeated. If this transfer of the "defeated candidate’s” ballots raises the total of another candidate’s votes over the “quota,” he will be pro (Please turn to pa<ir two") The Passing Show Definite Majority Catastrophic Insurgent Crip ‘Real Economy' By PAUL DEUTSCHMANN Gleeful Opponents Adding three Democratic mem bers of the senate judiciary com mittee to their side on the court revision issue, opponents of the plan counted ten out of the com mittee's 18 members. Observers indicated the plan would now prob ably undergo a drastic revision or be sent to the senate with a nega tive recommendation. Administration leaders were con fident of the success of the presi dent's measure in the upper house. Ohio Rolls On General normalcy r eturned to eastern flood areas yesterday, as floodwaters from three states poured into the Ohio to be directed to normal channels. Although thousands were left homeless in the stricken areas, observers predict ed floodwaters would be spent be fore reaching Cincinnati. Mop-up crews were already repairing flood damage in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Bilbao Threatened Threatened yesterday by a stiff advance of the northern insurgent army, the refugee-swelled Basque capital of Bilbao remained today the principal insurgent objective of a 60-mile frontal drive. While left ists yesterday captured Durango, 16 miles from the seaport objec tive, plans in London were formed for immediate exacuation to France of the Basque city’s 500, 000 civilians and refugees. (Please turn to page two) 71 Students Drink Then Drive for Sake of Science By BERNADINE BOWMAN Two brace University of Cali fornia men recently dedicated themselves to the cause of science. The noble sacrifice was made for a "before and after drinking” driving test. The tests are being given to all students on the Cali fornia campus in an attempt to find out just what effect liquor has on drivers. The sacrifice for science was made, the two students taking the driving test under normal condi tions. They then procured a chauf feur and embarked for a local tavern. Here they ordered scotch and soda and drank a toast to science. The bartender sympathetic with the cause, like a nobleman, supplied them with five scotch and sodas apiece. The guinea pigs then proceeded to take the driving test a second time. The result was a decrease of 50 per cent in efficiency. The martyrs of science were so un nerved that they gathered up their chauffeur, trotted back to the tavern and each downed another drink. Electric Eye Detects Walking into class late and leav ing early is becoming a thing of the past for St. Thomas college students. An electric-eye detects the miscreants. A student can neither slip in or out undetected, even when the professor’s back in turned, for he must cross the light beam and when he does, a gong clangs. Wally a Spoiled Child "You don’t marry a girl’s face, you marry her temperament,” de clares Dr. Milton McLean, pro-i fessor of psychology at Macalester college. The possibilities of a happy mar ried life for the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Simpson were dis cussed by Dr. McLean. The dice are loaded against Wally because of her background,” he said, “she is, in a measure, a spoiled child.” New Features Scheduled for Mill Race Show Canoe Fete, Burlesque, Frosli-Soph Innertube Race Slated for First Time on Program i i Further developments in plans for Junior weekend water carnival, scheduled for Saturday, May 8, yesterday uncovered two entirely new features, a comic burlesque of the operatic theme of the canoe fete and an innertube race between the sophomores and freshmen. Both are innovations as far as previous water carnivals are con cerned. A committee, under the direc tion of Cy Wentworth, has drawn up a schedule of fraternities and sororities for construction of the comic floats, the parade of which will be a feature of the afternoon program. “The operatic themes of the canoe fete offer great chances for original comic ideas,” remarked chairman Wentworth. Cup to Be Awarded According to regulations drawn up for the new event, construc tion costs of each float must not exceed two dollars. A cup will be awarded to the living organization building the most original and comical float. Following are the house pairings for the contest: “Naughty Mari etta,” Delta Gamma and Sigma Alpha Mu.... “Madam Butterfly,” Alpha Xi Delta and Theta Chi; “Hansel and Gretel,” Phi Sigma Kappa; “Maytime,” Phi Delta Theta. “Desert Song,” Omega hall; “Tales of Hoffman,” Sigma hall; “Pagliacci,” Delta Upsilon, Delta Detla Delta and Delta Tau Delta; “Student Prince,” Alpha Chi Ome ga and Beta Theta Pi; “Vaga bond King,” Sigma Kappa and Pi Kappa Alpha; “Babes in Toyland,” Phi Kappa Psi and Kappa Alpha Theta. Asserting that the annual tug of-war struggle which in years past has featured Junior weekend water carnivals has never accom plished anything because of the “distinct advantage of the sopho mores,” Harry Weston, second year class prexy, yesterday is sued a challenge to the freshmen to “a real test of strength.” (Please turn tn fane fst’o) Symphony Slates Third Broadcast .For the third time in the current school year, the University sym phony orchestra will hookup with the National Broadcasting- com pany, this time on a program spon sored by the Oregon State High way commission. The half-hour broadcast, to be aired from 1:30 to 2 p. m. Sunday, May 23, from the music auditor ium is part of the campaign to advertise Oregon. The broadcast w'ill be sent by wire to Portland, and from t£ere over the network throughout the western states. In addition to numbers by the Orchestra the broadcast will fea ture the Eugene Gleemen directed by John Stark Evans, professor of music, and Hal Young, professor of voice. Governor Charles H. Martin, will give a brief address, and Frank B. Riley, Portland lecturer, will be master of ceremonies. The Oregonian is again sending its staff of technicians from radio station KGW to take care of the mechanics of the broadcast. 300 of State’s Best Meet Here May 15 Loading High School Girls Will Bo Entertained by AWS; Discuss Beauty University of Oregon will be host to 300 of the leading girls from Oregon high schools who will meet for a one-day conference on the campus with the deans of the school May 15 to discuss “Beauty." Meetings have been scheduled in the music building, Johnson, and the education building. A recrea tional session will be featured dur ing the noon hour while luncheon is being served in the men’s dorm. The University physical educa tion department announced last night that all athletic equipment would be given the visiting girls and their deans to be used during their conclave. AWS will entertain the visitors at a tea in Gerlinger later in the afternoon. Meyers, Cutler Call for Sigma Delta Psi Heads In order that work-outs and teams can be organized for the coming Sigma Delta Psl contest, Bert Meyers and Russ Cutler de sire to get in touch with the fol lowing men: Arne Lindgren, Bill Kopzak, Sam McGaughey, Short Freeman, Ken Miller, Harold Wes ton, Eldon Fix, Jay Graybeal, Jim Buck, Paul Rowe, Clyde Walker, Marvin Janak, Ralph Cathey, Dave Cox, Dave Silver, and Willie Fry. Any others that care to investi gate are urged to turn out and report to Russ Cutler at the new gym immediately. Retiring Richard Sleeter, retiring; mem ber of the co-op b oard, will be replaced at the election to be held May 6. Howard Replaces Normal President Notetl Oregon Alumnus to Beeome Seeontl Head of Slate Institution Appointment as president of Eastern Oregon Normal school at La Grande by the state boards of higher education, was accepted ^Tuesday by Dr. C. A. Howard, present state superintendent of public instruction. A graduate of Oregon in 1923, Dr. Howard has built up a distin guished record as an educator in Oregon. He was superintendent of public schools in Marshfield, Eu gene, Klamatl) Falls, and Coquille, (Phase turn to page two) Inter-fraternity Council Hits 'Dirty' Rushing, Passes Three Regulations for1937-8 Taking definite action on its “clean-up rush week” policy, the inter fraternity council Tuesday night gave its approval to several rules intended to accomplish this end. After listening to inspirational talks by Dr. George O'B. DeBar and Basil “Baz” Williams on fraternaiism and school spirit respectively, the council passed the following motions: 1. There shall be a penalty (degree to be determined according.to case) against all houses who have rushees sign statements, pledges or promises during rusn weeK. 2. All violations of any sort are to be reported to the interfratern ity council within 24 hours of their happening. 3. A list of various types of ille gal, "shady,” and "dirty” rushing tactics shall be published by the council to serve as a guidebook of information to the rushee. 4. The former breakfast date shall be eliminated. No fraternity shall contact rushees between 11 p.m. and 9 a.m. A morning date will be existing from 9 a m. to 11 a.m. 5. The official date cards must be purchased by the rushee not later than Tuesday noon. Rushing rules will be in effect all day Mon day, as before, however. After Tuesday noon any rushee wishing a card must obtain special permis sion from the dean of men for so doing. ‘Dirt-List’ Committee Named A committee of Charles Biddel, Harold Faunt, and Kenneth Battle son was appointed to propose var ious illegal rushing proceedures for ; listing on the official "dirt-sheet” to be published. Council members will vote on their proposals, and add more if they choose at the next meeting, to be held May 11 at the Kappa Sigma house. The council took action to pre- j pare for next rush week by pro viding for the setting up of a sys tem similar to last fall, with the i (Please turn to page two) Medical Honorary Sponsors Picture Tonight in Villard "Mechanics of the Brain,” a 6 reel film recently released from New York, will be shown by the Asklepiads medical honorary to night in Villard assembly at 8 o’clock. The film will show scenes taken from the laboratories of I. P. Pavlov in Leningrad, Russia, consisting of experiments on frogs, dogs, monkeys, and humans, both normal and subnormal. Dr. R. R. Huestis will give an introduction preceding the show and will comment throughout the production on its values, which will be of interest to everyone, parti cularly students taking psychology Students and townspeople are in vited. Admission is ten cents. Seniors All seniors who have any af ternoon classes are asked by the class officers to write their name, the class, and the hour on the ballot below and leave it for President Margilee Morse either at the College Side or the Educational Activities office. Name ... Class. Nomination Assemblies Mark Political Climax; 10 Nominees Up for ASUO Positions Today Frosh, Sophs Nominate At Assemblies Today Scheduled for 4 p.m.; Tickets Lined Up Party Lines Set Juniors Postpone Meeting, Await Constitution Plan; Others Plan Adoption Class politics will come to a head today when freshmen and sopho mores meet at nominating assem blies. The frosh will meet in John son, the sophs in Villard, both at 4 p. m. The juniors will hold a nomi nating assembly early next week, Noel Benson, president, said yes terday. The Kappa Sig-SAE-DU bloc ! candidates in sophomore elections were rumored yesterday to be Zane Kemler, president, Bill Frager, vice-president, Virginia Regan, sec j retary, and Frederica Merrell for treasurer. Reports are Miss Mer rell withdrew later. The ATO-Beta-Phi Delt bloc nominees last night were Denton Burdick, president, Mary Hinish, vice-president, Phyllis Gardner, secretary, who was reported to have withdrawn, and Brock Miller, treasurer. Litfin Up Frosh candidates on the Sigma Nu-SAE-OU-Kappa Sig bloc were reported to be Dick Litfin, presi dent, Anne Frederickson, vice president, Mary Jane Wormser, secretary, and Dick Hutchison, treasurer. The Chi Psi-ATO-Beta opposi tion are reportedly backing Bob Hocholi, presdient, Patsy Warren, vice-president, Aida Macchi, sec retary, and Fred Beardsley, treas urer. Sophomore Lineup Same Sophomore line-up will be on the same lines as the old ASUO blocs of DU, SAE, Sigma Nu, SPE, Delts, Theta Chi, Dorm, and Kappa (Please turn to paqe two) OFFICIAL NOTICES Members of the sophomore class will meet in Villa r<l ball today at 4 p.m. to nominate can didates for class offices and to adopt a new constitution. HARRY WESTON, Sophomore Class President, Members of the freshman class will meet in 110 Johnson today at 4 p.m. to nominate can didates for sophomore class offi ces and to adopt a constitution. JOHN DICK, Freshman Class President. Retail Association Of State to Meet The Oregon retail distributors association meeting scheduled for the University of Oregon campus Monday, May 3, will have retail research and taxation, as the main topic of the afternoon session, said Victor P. Morris, dean of business administration. Problems of pertinent interest to every merchant will be up for dis cussion in speeches and forums. Questions as to why people leave their home towns to trade and the solution offered: how to select and train Oregon retail employees; ap plications made by research to Ore gon retailing; and retail taxation are all to be brought up. Such outstanding men as Eric M. Stanford, controller of Olds, Wortman and King at Portland, Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of social science, and T. W. Hickman, manager of Western States grocery of Eugene, are sche duled to speak. CASTEEL TO CORVALLIS John L. Casteel, director of the speech division, drove to Corvallis today to judge the finals in the parliamentary proceeding contest of the state convention of Future Farmers of America. Davis to Seek Justice At Moot Trial Tonight If you saw a poor, defenseless chap, blood oozing from his head, scamper up the law school steps, fleeing from a vicious looking gent with a club, what would you do? Some would hesitate to attack the man with the club, but not the chivalrous Mr. Anderson. Seizing his trusty ring-binder notebook, Robert A, Anderson up and bopped the villain over the head, sending villain Bill Davis to unconsciousness. Anderson then kicked the “cold'’ Davis two or three times in the face. Three hours later. Davis slowlv “came tn ” in » i^ni a ... days later he hunted out Anderson, I demanding that he pay the costs of the medical attention received while visiting at the hospital, ex plaining to Anderson that the af fair on the campus had been a “put-up job,” was make-believe. Fellows students had been engaged in taking a perfectly harmless amateur movie, before the belliger ent Mr. Anderson had so rudely interrupted. But Mr. Anderson now refuses to meet the ridiculous demands of Mr. Davis. He claims he saw Davis chasing McKeon, threatening him with a club, and yelling, "You, devil! I’ll kill you!” Claims he heard McKeon’s piteous cry, “Help! Help! Save me!” So he merely (Please turn to page two) Oregon Fencers To Meet Beavers Tonight at 7:30 Oregon will again “bare its foils” for a competitive fencing meet with Oregon State tonight at 7:30 in the main gym of Gerllnger. Although Oregon has no official fencing team, interest in intercol legiate competition has been so strong that a fair team has been organized. The team will oonsist of the following students: Bill Young, Henry Spivak, and the only girl member, Lenore I^avanture. The public is invited. Four Men, Four Women Are Chosen By Coalition Group at Joint Meeting For Fleet ion May 6 Month-long organization of ASUO politics was climaxed at a meet ing of representatives of men’s and women's living groups last night when eight candidates, four men and four women, were chosen for nomination to the ASUO executive committee at 11 o’clock assembly in Gerlinger hall today. Two other eligible candidates, Clare Igoe and Bill Pease, made known intentions to run Tuesday night, swelling the total to ten candidates. Frances Schaupp, Gladys Battleson, Genevieve McNiece, Elizabeth Turner, Barney Hall, Noel Benson, Sam Fort, and Bill Dalton were Emerald Policies’1 Hit by Coalition Boh DeAmamt’s Attack on Paper Ton Severe, Say Party Members Criticizing- the Emerald for “try ing to split the coalition for some unknown reason, for opposing the student government throughout the year and for being against the | University administration,” Bob DeArmand, chairman of the coali tion group, at last night’s meeting, | of the group voiced an attack on the student paper, contending that it doesn’t truly reflect student opinion in its news columns. “But understand,” he said, “1 am not trying to hit the Emerald.” DeArmand, when questioned lat I or, said “I don’t mean that wo are telling the Emerald what it should do. But it could find out campus opinion through this representative group. We are not a dictatorial group and do not propose to be. But we do believe we can get cam pus opinion and then work togeth er.” He pointed to the recent Em erald stories which aired Univer sity regulations for coeds, and stories about burning of ballots at the last AWS election. He pointed out that if the coali tion group stuck together it could act as a body which would give the Emerald a true reflection of cam pus opinion. All except one of the key leaders of the coalition organizations when questioned thought that DnAm and's speech was not indicative of the true feeling of the group. Noel Benson said, “DeArmand’s talk was not representative of the group, although X think at times the Emerald might represent stu dent opinion better. This group (the coalition) would not have the power, nor would it attempt to dominate or dictate Emerald poli cies.” Agreeing more with DeArmand’s tone, Charles Irwin said, “The poli tics story in this morning’s (Wed nesday’s) Emerald was a definite attempt to hit the coalition group. Both the Emerald and this group are part of one organization and should work together for the best interests of the school.” PLEDGES HONORARY Martha Stewart, junior in jour nalism, was elected to member ship in Pot and Quill, women's writing honorary, at a meeting held Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Myron Griffin. Patricia Allison, freshman, was initiated into the group at this j meeting. the eight chosen last night. Imme diately after the meeting petitions were circulated to gain the signa tures of 50 ASUO members to qualify the candidates for nomina tion. A long list of names was as sembled shortly after the meeting, the group will have no difficulty in obtaining the necessary number, it was believed. Select Might Candidates. The selection of eight candidates was a reversal of a plan formulated earlier in the campaign to select four candidates for ASUO offices, three men and one woman. In the voting each house, dorm, and in dependent representative had a vote. At the meeting* Barney Hall, in dependent, was placed on the bal lot by a total of 34 votes. Nearest candidate was Noel Benson, Phi Delt, who ran up a total of 23 votes. Bill Dalton received 24 votes, and Sam Fort 13. Don John son and Fort ran almost neck-and neck with 13 to 12 on the first bal lot. On a re-vote ballot, Fort won out for a place on the ticket by a 14 to 13 vote. Gladys Battleson and Frances Schaupp were tied for first place as the coed nominees, the other two were those behind. A motion made to place the left over candidates on the senior class ballot, was withdrawn. Senior Nominees Postponed A new motion was substituted to select candidates for senior class offices and was passed with few dissenting votes. After a short dis cussion, the group decided to post pone senior class nominations until a later date. Gib Schultz, student body presi dent, will call the nominating as sembly together at 11 o’clock to day. No nominating speeches will he made. Nominations will be made by the simple statement “I nomi nate for a position on the ASUO executive committee -” Final campaigning for candi dates will continue until election next Thursday. Pink Calls Meeting of Emerald Frosh Edition Staff for 7:30 Tonight A meeting to organize the frosh edition of the Emerald has been called by Editor John 1’ink for tonight at 7:80. The following staff members are requested to be at the jour nalism shack; Myra Huiser, Kita Wright, Dick Lit fin, Bob Uittel, Maxine Glad, Alary Fail ing, Mary Kankin, Peggy Rob bins, Howard Percy, Catherine Taylor, Betty Thompson, Bill Davenport, Mary Booth, Bob Tongue, Bob Jolley, and Larry (juinlin. All other freshmen interested are invited to come.