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Class of ’40
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VOLUME XXXVIII
Remember Mother!
Next Weekend Is Hers
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NUMBER 108
Ralph Schomp Resigns as Activities Director
The
Gassing
ShoiD
Editors Note: Fully cognizant of
recent criticism regarding the Em
erald’s lack of scandal news we be
lieve that presenting this column
on the front page will satisfy the
most avarious reader.
The pink palace of Kappa Alpha
Theta offers as their candidate for
Oregon’s favorite springtime sport,
pin planting, Barbara Espy, the
undisputed flash of the Oregon
campus. Barb was the girl who
after an appendicitis operation
was up and whipping to and fro
after a little over a week’s so
journ. Coming through the r ituals
of Theta initiation this last week
end, four hours after receiving her
own pin, added the ATO pin of
Jim Quinn.
Alpha Phi added to her collec
tion of 22 pins, the hardware of
Johnny Keys, Kappa Sig, who is
now sentimentally inclined over
Gerry Hartwicke. Cecile Flynn is
again wearing the Beta badge of
Walt Miller with conjectures ris
ing from every side as to how long.
"I went to the animal fair” is a
tune which is appropriate for every
SAE, since the addition of an ani
mal menagerie plus the 42 mem
bers. “Da monk, da monk,” is the
property of Chandler Stevens, who
uses it in his disappearing monkey
act. Other members of the SAE
Noah's Ark, include two dogs, two
doves, pigeons, turtles, and a cat.
The Thetas again come in for
their share of the limelight with
their alligator. Sail alligator came
all the way from Florida with its
head out of a cigar box to the
recipient, Laddie Green. At present,
it reclines upon a rock in the wash
tub, which is non-conductive, ac
cording to members, to Luxing
stockings.
More thoughts while writing—
with or without the dean of wo
men’s approval, the Pi Phis seems
to be entering into their new
spring sport as donned in shorts,
Kincaid is now a cluttered mass of
Phi Delts and Pi Phis merrily
playing leap frog.
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By AIDA MACCHI
“What’s in a name?”
“Plenty!” say sixteen students
at the University of Minnesota.
These students answer to the
names of famous American of to
day and yesterday and consequ
ently are victims of boring gags.
Robert E. Taylor thinks that the
famous actor of the same name is
“pretty fair.”
The University Jeanette Mac
Donald doesn't like Nelson Eddy’s
wide eyelashes.
Coincidence of names is nothing
new to Robert Edward Lee, Long
Prairie, Minn., Arts freshman.
Lee’s father is named Harry Lee,
the same as the confederate gen
eral’s father. Lee’s uncle is named
Richard Lee, after the general's
uncle.
Bob Burns, Woodrow Wilson,
Edward Arnold, and J. A. Farley
are a few of the other celebraties.
Flunk Day Tradition
“Flunk day,” the observance of
which has become a tradition at
Albany college, was enjoyed by
students and faculty members on
Thursday, April 22.
The celebration is planned with
the utmost of secrecy by the stu
dents that the faculty may appear
in class to find no students await
ing them. Usually, the instructors
pull a fast one and fail to make
an appearance.
Gold Rivet Driven
Three aged men, survivors of
three pioneer modes of transporta
tion—the covered wagon, the sail
ing ship and the first transcontin
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Coalition Splits as
Dave Silver Places
Name on Ballot
New Plan Puzzles
Campus Politicians;
ASUO Will Receive
Petitions Till Noon
By BILL TENGRA
While campus politicians scrib
ble far into the night in an en
deavor to figure a way to beat the
proportional representation system,
Dave Silver added further compli
cations to their work by presenting
a petition yesterday to Jim Hurd,
vice-president of the student body,
placing his name among the grow
ing list of nominees for election to
the ASUO executive committee.
Meanwhile a break-up of the
coalition group on the campus was
reognized as politicos started
scambling to reform as much of
the old party blocs as they could
salvage. The break-up, which has
been forming for two months, will
cause individual houses to rally
around candidates from their own
houses, resulting in more divided
factions than before the coalition.
Evident confirmation of the Em
erald prediction of two weeks ago,
that the coalition would split up
before the elections, was made last
week when the list of candidates of
the campus-party was enlarged by
the addition of more members. And
as nominations continue to be add
ed, the futility of that group in
trying to place its ticket of three
men and one woman on the exec
committee became more plain.
Although further use of the
coalition is impossible under the
proportional representation system
recently adopted, it was recognized
by several members of the group
that it has been useful in splitting
up the two old parties of former
years. As one stated it, “The p-r
system is too complicated for even
one party to stay together and
win anything.”
Silver's petition was supported
by several factions after the coali
tion left his name off tVie nominat
ing ballot, and it was evident that
it had split because of too many
candidates already.
Women party leaders made one
great mistake this past week by
breaking up the entire women’s
vote of the school by naming too
many candidates. The coalition
originally put up three men and
one woman, but the women could
not see why there should be more
men on the ballot. So they put
up other women, losing the chance
of presenting one strong choice
who would probably have taken the
student body presidency by means
of the preferential ballot.
Retailers’ Program
Session Monday morning in
Friendly hall.
8:00 a. m.—R egistratio n,
Friendly hall.
9:00 a. m. — Address— "Pur
poses of the Oregon Retail Dis
tributors' Association.” Presi
dent Harold Wendel, manager of
Lipman, Wolfe & Company.
9:30 a. m.— Address "How
Oregon's First Fair Trade Act
(1935) Works,” Frank Nail,
proprietor of Nau's Drug store,
and formerly president of the
Portland Retail Drug associa
tion.
10:00 a. m.—"What Oregon's
1937 Anti-Price Discrimination
Act (Senate Bill 103) Is,” Ed
ward F. Bailey, lawyer and state
counsel of the Home Owners'
I-oan corporation, Portland.
10:30 a. m.—“Retailing under
the Robinson-Patman Act,” E.
A. Tibbits, controller, Sears,
Roebuck and Company, Port
land.
11:00 — Discussions led by
Keith Fennel, proprietor, Uni
versity Pharmacy, Eugene; and
Edward N. Weinbaum, Portland
Chamber of Commerce.
12:00— Luncheon.
Session Monday afternoon in
Friendly hall, G. R. Walker, con
troller, Powers Furniture com
pany, Portland, presiding.
2:00 p. m.—"Why People
Leave Home Towns to Trade
and What to do About It,”
Claude Hall, manager Lincoln
Market.
2:30 p. m.—"Weaknesses and
Strength in Selecting, Training
Employees,” Dr. N. H. Cornish,
professor of business adminis
tration, Oregon.
3:00 p. m.—"Concrete Appli
cations of Research to Oregon
Retailing," Eric M. Stanford,
controller, Olds, Wortman &
King, and president of the Port
land controllers group.
3:30 p. m. Discussions on Re
search led by T. W. Hickman,
manager of Western States
Grocery, Eugene.
4:00 p. m.—"Retail Taxation,”
Dr. James H. Gilbert, Dean of
the college of social science, Ore
gon.
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Martini Ducats
Before Tlnarsdlaij
All students wishing to get
exchange tickets on their stu
dent body tickets should get
them at the ticket office at Mc
Arthur court before Thursday
of next week. No tickets will be
issued on ASUO cards after that
date.
Tog«ci-War Hard On Sophs,
Bat Thejj Hare to Take It
“Can't we do away with those rough, old tug-of-wars?” asked the
spokesman for the sophomore class, last night when interviewed about
the frosh-soph battle of Junior weekend.
No escape is in sight for the second-year men for this year, however,
as the event was slated definitely as part of the fun of next Saturday’s
program, according to Cy Wentworth, water carnival chairman.
In spite of the soph's efforts to get the event called off in favor of
their strong sport—canoe-pigging, plans were being made to give the
moleskin boys their annual baths.
The bold challenge issued yester
day by Weston was accepted today
by a spokesman for the frosh, who
said, “We’ll not only give them
their scheduled swim, but drag
them and that pole they always use
for an anchor, right down Willam
ette.”
Prexy Weston’s challenge, pub
lished “down at the bottom of the
page where it won’t be easily seen,”
was backed up by the quivering,
quaking comment today, “Well, al
right, we'll fight them if we have
to.”
“Order of the O men, acting as
referees, are prepared to watch for
the usual sophomore skulldug
gery,” said Tony Amato, prexy, a
soph victim of last year.
' Advertising Society
Will Meet on May 15
The W. F. G. Thatcher chapter
of Alpha Delta Sigma, national
advertising honorary, will hold its
annual conclave in Eugene May 15.
■ Alumni and associates will attend.
Leith Abbot of Portland is sche
duled as toastmaster. Ostin Fen
ger, representative of a large San
| Francisco publishing company, will
be the principle speaker at a
hotel banquet to be held in the
j evening.
Plans have not yet been com
I pleted for the meeting.
State Retail
Men to Meet
HereMonday
BA School Sponsors
Meeting of Retail
Distributors; to Be
Annual Affair
By RTTA WRIGHT
Monday, May 3, will be the first
conference of the Oregon Retail
Distributors association on the
University campus, bringing re
tail merchants in all of their vari
ous fields here from the entire
state. •
This association was organized
in January 1937 under the auspices
of the Oregon school of business
administration with the assistance
of representative Oregon mer
chants. The headquarters, accord
ing to the constitution, is the busi
ness administration school. A pro
vision was made that once a year
a conference would be held on the
Oregon campus. The permanent
secretary of the hssoeiation is to
be the man in charge of merchan
dising at the University, who is
at present Dr. N. H. Cornish, pro
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Junior-Senior
Affair Sunday
Gerlinger sun porch will be the
scene of the annual junior-senior
breakfast. Sunday. May 2, at 9:45
o'clock when the lower classmen
will be hostesses to their superiors.
Mrs. Eric W. Allen will be fea
tured speaker, choosing as her
topic “Behind Our Own Steam."
Toastmistress will be Harriet
Thompson, YWCA president, who
will deliver the welcome address.
Gayle Buchanan, president of
AWS, will give the response. En
tertainment will be furnished by
Marionbeth Wolfenden's trio.
This traditional affair has been
carried out since 1913 with the
prevalent custom being that the
junior girls would take the senior
girls as their guests. The lower
class women put on the breakfast.
Tickets are 40c each or two for
75c. Additional guests will be all
housemothers and the YWCA ad
visory board.
General chairman of the affair
is Louise Plummer; tickets, Jane
Weston; decorations and programs,
Myra Hulser; properties, Patsy
Warren: food, Ruth Ketchum; ser
vice, Kay Staples; publicity, Rita
Wright; cleanup. Anne Frederick
son; posters, Frances Anne Wil
liams; finance, Majy Failing; sec
retary, Pat Taylor.
Canadian Sisters More
Free Than Oregonian
Coeds, Sag B. C. Visitors
By LARRY QUINLXN
Domination of student social activities by faculty ‘‘morals" boards
with the intended purpose of shielding the college girl’s "integrity”
a popular fad among ceituin American institutions of higher learning
apparently has little place in Canadian schools. Our cousins of the
maple leaf land are given more freedom in colleges because they .have
the gumption to get it.
At least statements given by two members of the University of
British Columbia’s five-man golf team, in Eugene to play Duck
golfers, carried that implication.
Ward Allen, captain of the Thun
derbird golf team, from Vancouver,
B. C., said that at British Columbia
no “late hour” regulations hamper
activities of the 1800 co-education
al students ehrolled.
“Seventy per cent of the stud
ents live at home in Vancouver, or
in boarding houses,” Allen stated.
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ROTC Mem Wear
Uniforms Monclciijj
All ROTC students must wear
their uniforms to class Monday,
said Col. E. I). V. Murphy. The
annual tactical inspection of the
Oregon ROTC until will he con
ducted by Vancouver barracks
officers.
High Steppin’ Sayles
Oregon’s hig Bill Sayles turned in his fourth victory, and third
shutou? of the season hy dropping Idaho’s Vandals 9 to 0. ('itching
hitless hall, Sayles was finally nicked for two hits in the eighth and
ninth innings.
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New Library
To Be Open
On May 3
Reserve Sections
Will Remain in Old
Quarters; 3 Shifts
Used to Move Books
Oregon’s new $405,000 library,
the fourth part of the $970,200
building program being carried on
at the University by the state
board of higher education, will be
opened for use Monday morning
and for inspection the same eve
ning from 7:30 until 10.00, accord
ing to M. H. Douglas, head of the
library department.
Delay on the new structure of
promise for use last fall, was
caused by tie-up of material in
the seamen's strike last year. Mov
ing the large number of books
from the old library has been ac
complished by shifts working 24
hours a day for the past two days.
Final moving of the reference
books in Condon and the English
reserve will be completed during
the summer sessions, Douglas said
yesterday.
The circulation, reference and
periodical divisions in Oregon's
library will be available to students
starting Monday morning at 7:54
a. m.
At a meeting of the state board
of higher education last Tuesday,
they approved plans for remodel
ing the old library into a law
school, and accepted the new libr
ary as an additional part of the
University of Oregon.
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Sigma Delta Chi
Plans 2 Contests
Plans are being made for two
outstanding concerts in the jour
nalism world by Sigma Delta Chi,
men’s journalism honorary.
For the newspaper which has
given the most community service
during the year, a plaque will be
given. Letters are being sent to
chambers of commerce throughout
the state to nominate the news
papers. Formerly a prize was given
the best newspaper in the state,
but due to the fact that one news
paper has been consistently win
ning the prize a new contest has
been started.
The second contest which is be
ing sponsored by the honorary
concerns news stories. A watch
key will be awarded to the report
er who writes the best news story
in Oregon. George Turnbull will
be the judge of the contest. The
news story selected will be nomi
nated to be put in the book of
best news stories of the year, by
Dean Eric W. Allen. These contests
are open to all towns in Oregon
except Portland.
The prizes will be awarded at
the State Newspaper Publishers'
association convention which will
be held in La Grande in June.
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Banquet Ticket Sales
Will Begin Monday
Tickets go on sale Monday at
the dean of men's office for the
Mother’s Day banquet to be held in
John Straub memorial building
Saturday, May 8, announced Earl
M. Pallett, general chairman, yes
terday.
All place at the table, selling
for $1 a piece, will be reserved.
Four hundred seventy-five tickets
are to be sold, said Pallett, and
when these are sold, no more will
be available.
Bernadine Bowman, working
with Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed,
are putting on the banquet. Decor
ations will be carried out in the
spring time theme.
“The banquet has been set for
5:30 and all the speakers are to
limit their addresses, so mothers
and their sons or daughters may
be able to attend the Junior Prom
on time,” concluded Pallett.
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Educational Chief
To Leave Present
Post on June 30
President Boyer Compliments Resigning
Head of Department for Excellent Work in
Bringing Best Attractions to University
Ralph S. Schomp yesterday announced his resignation as
director of educational activities at the University, a position he
has held since the creation of the depxartment following- the
ASUO reorganization last spring.
Schomp took over his nresent duties when fchc Associated
Students activities were divided into educational activities and
the athletic departments. He asked that his resignation take
effect June 30.
When queried last night regarding his future plans, Schomp
Will Leave
Ralph S. ^chomp, director of ('du
rational artlvltlrs yesterday an
nouneed that he would enter pri
vate business after June 30, when
his resignation becomes effective.
County Holds
Music Festival
The musical abilities of 1800
eager grade school children from
rural schools of Lane county were
enthusiastically displayed yester
day afternoon in the annual Lane
county rural school music festival
held at McArthur court.
The program began with the
massed voices of the children and
audience ringing out the stirring
strains of "America.”
Outstanding among the orches
tras was that of Junction City
grade school which has been or
ganized only six months. A roller
skating feature by Corkie Briggs
of Glenwood and Bob Black of
Springfield added variety to the
event. Children of primary age
gave a folk dance.
said he intended entering private
business but was not yet ready to
make any statement regarding it.
C. Valentine Boyer, president of
the University in a statement to
the press said, “Ralph Schomp has
done excellent work for the Univer
sity and will be a hard man to re
place. He has shown much initia
tive and ability in directing stu
dent affair.”
Prominent on the campus during
| his undergraduate days, Schomp
Schomp joined the Associated stu
| dents as an assistant to Hugh E.
| Rosson, then graduate manager.
His work at that time consisted
i chiefly in promotion and direction
of publications, ticket sales, and
the annual concert series.
Schomp Succeeds Reason
Following Rosson's resignation
last year and the ASUO shakeup,
Schomp was selected as chief of
the newly created educational ac
tivities department, in charge of all
student activities except intercol
legiate athletics.
JJuring ms reign, schomp has
worked unceasingly to bring to
University students the highest in
entertainment values. Such attrac
tions as Admiral Richard E. Byrd,
Duke Ellington, Jimmy Dorsey,
Monte Carlo Ballet, Roland Hayes,
have been presented to the students
under his direction.
Resignation Accepted
Dr. Earl M. Palelt, director of
the educational activities board,
stated that the resignation had
been accepted, although with a
great deal of regret. He pointed out
the great advancement in all
branches of student activities un
der Scliomp’s administration.
Enlargement of the annual con
cert series, increase in the revenues
of the Oregana and Emerald, closer
cooperation and more efficiency in
handling various student organ
izations were cited by Pallet as
leading achievements under
Schomp.
Departure Regretted
"The educational activities board
regrets that Ralph E. Schomp is
leaving, for he has performed an
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Young Magazine Dealer
Knows All Houses Well
By JIM LEONARD
Whoah! Whoah! There i.s a screeching of wheels on the pavement —
a young man sits down on the front porch. This young man is taking
off not his shoes, but his rollei skates. He isn't slipping in “after
hours" purely a business call. There i.s a distinctive rap at the door.
“Wanta buy a ‘Post’?” asks Richard Link, campus magazine dealer,
as he enters my room. Richard, the son of S. T. Link, 1703 Franklin
boulevard, is eight years old and has sold magazines on the campus for
several months. So, of course, he knows his way around quite well.
Richard likes to be called “Dick.”
He is business-wise, too. I asked
his permission to see one of his
magazines “for a minute.” After
a short time, he said, “Yes, after
you get through reading it, you
will say that you don’t want to
buy it. What’s the use in buyin’
it, if you know what it’s all
about?”
Impressed by the psychology of
this young salesman, I gave him a
nickel and started the conversa
tion.
“How’s business, Dick?”
“Pretty good today. Last Tues
day it was raining, and I got wet.
But, today—well, I only got two
more magazines left!”
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Grad Contributes
Pcetry to Magazine
Walter Evans Kidd, English
teacher at Washington high school
in Portland, and University of Ore
gon graduate of ’26, had some of
his poetry published in the May
issue of the magazine “Poetry.'’
Mr. Evans, who obtained his
bachelor of arts and master’s de
grees at the University, war: a
member of Delta Upsilon social
fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, Three
Arts club, and Ye Tabbard Inn
the honorary for outstanding men
writers and poets on the campus.