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Editor, John Pink Managing- editor, Bill Pengra Chief night editor, Larry Quinlin Upper news staff: Elbert Hawkins, sports editor; Aida Macchi, exchange editor; Wen Brooks, assistant managing editor; Irvin Mann, news editor; Myra. Hulser, women’s page editor; Rita Wright, society editor; Patsy Warren, radio editor; Jean Weber, morgue director; Homer Graham, chief copy editor. Reporters: Margaret Rankin, Marolyn Dudley, Howard Percy, Maxine Glad, Catherine Tay lor, Dick Litfin, Betty Jane Thompson, Peggy Robbins, Jim Leonard, Relta Powell, Leah Puppo, Mary Kay Booth, Mary Failing. Sports staff: Bill Norcne, Russ Iseli, Lucille Stev ens, Kenneth McCubbins. Copyreaders and proofreaders: Dorothy Ash, Mary Kay Booth, Relta Powell. Taking Inventory Any business firm worthy of the name takes annual inventory, usually at the close of the fiscal year, to determine just how well or how poorly that firm lias managed during the year. Hooks are examined, statements audited, stocks inventoried. Both efficiencies and deficiencies in management come to light, in the findings. Firm heads discover weak nesses in their “lay-out” (part purpose of tlie inventory) and are able to go about remedy ing same the next year, so as to increase sales, general efficiency and build up a better busi ness. The annual inventory found expedient by business firms, might also be taken to advan tage by college students, llow many students ever take time to size up themselves, to take inventory? If they should, what would be the findings? Probably all of us came down to school last fall with different ideas as to what we were going to get out of college. Many of us freshmen, I daresay, had nothing but vague hopes . . . hopes to get into extra-curricular activities, hopes of becoming campus big shots, and some few, hopes of really excelling in studies. Have we realized these hopes? If not, why not? Most of us have probably tasted keen disappointment more than once during the year, have felt bitter that such-and-such just “didn’t pan out” as we’d expected, hoped. But there’s no use in dwelling on that. We can, however, take inventory of ourselves, find out “why” we didn’t go over so big, “why” the grades weren’t always exactly “pleasing to pop,” “why” we didn’t have as good a time as we’d hoped for. Maybe we attempted too much during our first year, maybe too little. Perhaps we did not push ourselves hard enough, perhaps too hard. Whatever the defect, there's always tomorrow . . . next year. Will we use it more advan tageously ? All of us, freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, can profit by an occasional inventory of ourselves. Now's none too soon to start planning for next year, for a better year. Let's take time to think, to quest ion ourselves, to find out where we’ve fallen down, not come up to our own expectations, and to plan. Then we can decide what we want for next year, and go out and get it! Or know the reason why! —-’40, Student Union Again? Kach year the fresh class, in this column, takes up the cry to secure a student union building for the 1 adversity, and so far with no avail. We are now faced with this prob lem once again, of conducting a campaign lor such a structure, and the usual promises of t he I rush class, to take up the work, should soon be forthcoming. There is no denying the need for such a place in this school, to be used for a reerca tional center with facilities for meetings,’ dances, and for all campus functions. And there is no denying that plans for such a campaign are no further along than they * have ever been. But we can keep trying to get some action on this—it seems to be a custom for the frosli to pledge theumelves to it. Such a building, as our neighbor at Cor vallis (whom we poke fun at) have had for several years, would do a great deal to put Oregon on (lie top as a University. The dream of a new library, infirmary and physical edu cation plant has materialized only through unceasing effort on the part of all. The addi tions to the heating plant are completed and space made available in tin1 old libe wdl soon be filled with law books. Logically, next on the program should be a student union. This building, if we ever get it, should be a new one, and in keeping with the other improvements on the campus. And not just for keeping up with our northern Jones neigh bors, either. A central activity building, with modern student, class, and alumni offices and committee meeting rooms, is essential to our needs. Whether secured with grants from the fed eral government, I’WA loans, or gift funds, some plan of financing the move should be undertaken now. A student union is possible if we take action on it. Why not a meeting of those persons most interested—namely the president of tin; Uni versity, the dean of women, llie business man ager of the University, the presidents of the A Sid) and AWS, and a member of the state board of higher education—to come to some understanding on the subject. What is needed is immediate action. Or must we pass the buck to classes of the future? - - If You Gotta Go, You Gotta We're glad we have liie opportunity to say goodbye now, to you, Fred. For if your cam paigning has made this University a better place to move, live and have our being in, we will reap the greatest reward#. We who still have three years to serve here are, grateful to you for making the place a cleaner and more wholesome one to get our training for the battles of life. Especially, if the ball you have been building around the freedom of women, and lifting of late hour restrictions starts to roll one of these days— we are sure it will, after your basic work— everyone will be grateful. For in some future day, or night, when the perennial pigger says that fervent farewell he will breathe, “Gee, to think Colvig did this for us." But seriously, Fred, we think the gravy has been cleaned from the political vest once and for all with the proportional representa tion plan, on which you put so many hours— not that it benefited you, who would be leav ing soon—but that it would aid us poor un guided ones. For that we can’t thank you enough, for we are sure that in the future those holding the guiding reins over us will be truly representative of the campus and its Interests. In all your efforts you have: striven to arouse (lie .stagnant elements present in our rumpus life to art ion, and make students aware of the possibilities around them. And we are too. Fred, for like sheep, once we have been shown the way, we ean’t fall from the trail. So, Fred, although corporeally you will not he here, the hot water in your tub will be working as a cleansing agent on life, loves, and liberties of the campus. -'40 An Orchid . . . (Editor’s note: This is one of the thousands of letters the editor has been literally swamped with tomorrow.) To tlie Editor and his Excellent attain : Congratulations! All of you! The Emerald has at last "come alive." Today's edition is undoubtedly ttic best issue of a college publication ever printed. You young ladies and gentlemen of the press de serve the praise and whole-heated thanks of the entire student body for deiru nstrating that stu dents "can.” when they will, get out a decent looking sheet. 1 only wish the regular Emerald staff could do one half as well, but that is an idle wish, 1 realize. The punch, verve in your writing is truly com mendable. Such heady heads, luscious leads, su preme stories and . . . well the whole paper was so remarkable , . . Words cannot describe the vast improvement in one day, but why go on? Next Tuesday's paper will revert to the same trite, time-worn stuff, stories full of bromides, half tearted neads, and lousy leads. Today's edition is a pleasant and most welcome "breather" from the ordinary, everyday run, CON GRATULATIONS AGAIN, you E R E S H M E N! You're tops in the newspaper racket as in every thing else! Undoubtedly! Signed: DEAN FRED1UC BLUBBLEDEW WALLEN State Retail (Continued from page one) fessor of business administration. -VI! Day Sessions Unfair trade practices will be the principal subject for discussion at Monday morning’s session with the problem of retail research and taxation being taken up in the afternoon. These problems will be of pertinent interest to every type, of retailer, according to Dr. N. H. Cornish. The organization is entirely edu cational ancf hopes to tie the mer chants of the state in with the University for the mutual benefit of both. “If retail rcchants come to the University and sec what we arc' actually doing for students in business; there retailers will be in a better position to appreciate the value of Oregrnn graduates who will eventually tajte their place 111 the business world,” said Dr. N. H.; Cornish. Student Merchant Tie-up Definite results that should fol low are better teaching methods, better research, and better retail practices. In the workaday world. Indirect results should bo the closer acquaintance of retailers and stu dents who will be retailers of to morrow. The session will begin Monday morning with 8:00 registration at j Friendly hall and will run from 0 to 12, in the afternoon from 2 to 1 A banquet will be held at the Isbum hotel at <5;t>0 Mouday night. with Burt Brown Barker, vice-president of the University, as toastmaster. L'r. Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor, Dr. C. V. Boyer, president of the University. Dr. Victor P. Morns, dean of busi ness administration, and P. J. Mac* Auley. manager of the publicity department of Meier and Frank company, Portland, will deliver addresses. Sunday afternoon. May 2, a sweepstake gelt tournament, is be ing sponsored by the Fugetie coun try club for visiting retail mer chants. It is to be held under the direct ion of Wcldcll Wood. pro. with sweepstake and blind bogey prizes being offered. -10 Invite Mother for UUt weekend. Campus Briefs . I'i Lambda Theta, women’s na tional education honorary, is hold ing a dinner and a luncheon in honor of Miss Shannon Pettinger. national member-at-large, visiting from Portland, Saturday. The luncheon will be held at noon in the Anchorage and the dinner at the Osburn hotel at 6:30. Old officers and incoming ones are in vited to the lunch and all mem bers are invited to the dinner. House chairmen for Canoe fete will meet today at 1 o'clock at the Mill race. Lots will be drawn. Vaal Stark, regional director of the Big Basin Girl Scout area which includes California, Oregon, Washington, and the Hawaiian Is lands, will visit the local Girl Scout office May 13 and 14. '• She will meet with the council Thursday. Friday she will see per sons wishing to have private con ferences with her. She will speak to leaders and other people inter ested in Girl Scout work Friday evening at the YWCA, 7:30. Uni versity gil ls interested in this work arc invited to the meeting. Dean J. It. Jewell, dean of the school of education will address the Eugene Chamber of Commerce at a banquet Tuesday night. Italpli Carlson, field representa tive for first aid and life-saving from Pacific Branch office of the American Red Cross, will be in Eu gene and will meet v/ith senior life savers and examiners Monday evening at 7:30 at Gerlingcr pool. Senior lifesavers who wish to become examiners, or those who are already examiners may recheck at that time. Carlson will be in town from May 3 to 5. Another i meeting will be announced Mon day night. Dr. Nelson L. Bossing will ad dress the National League of Wo men Voters in Portland next week on problems of the curricula. Members of the Dill Pickle club, girls who eat their lunches at the YWCA, will hold a skating party on top of the Eugene reservoir, May 5. A weiner roast will'be held after the skating party, it has been announced. Miss Marie Tinker, president of Pi Lambda Theta was operated on this week for appendicitis and is reported to be recovering in the Sacred Heart hospital. The faculty of the school of edu cation drove to Corvallis Thursday evening to hold a joint meeting with the faculty of the Oregon State school of education. Matters of policy of the two institutions were discussed. Dr. Elizabeth Montgomery and Dr. Wendell S. Brooks, professors of education, spoke on vocational training at Saint Mary’s high school last week during their an nual Vocational Week. Dr. P. A. Parsons, head of the sociology department, will leave Monday afternoon for a meeting of the state planning board of which he is one of the ten mem bers. He will return that evening. Mr. Herman Kehrli, director of the bueau of municipal research, and Mr. W. C. Hyde, of the same department, left for Portland Fri day. Mr. Kehrli will attend a meet ing of the League of Oregon Cities on Sunday. Mr. Hyde is to give a civil service promotion examina tion. They will return Sunday. I Warrened You . . . By PATSY WARREN With Griff Williams really put ting the “swing in the thing” at Jantzen, taking those ace ATOs out of local circulation. . . . and all the house hops, more time will be devoted to finger waves than ether waves tonight. But we shut ins will have our favored stand bys, anyway. Of course there’s always the National Barn Dance! Didn't know the Phi Delts would make a cross country deal out of it but 1 guess they do nothing in back to the mike robe stuff, Purv Pullen, the man who started the whole country whistling bird-like accompaniments to "Let's All Sing l.ikc me rsiraics mng ana wno was clubbed “radio’s voice of the wilds” by Beil Bernie, will make a guest appearance on the Alka Seltzer hour over the NBC Blue Network at 7:00 p. m. Pullen claims his repertoire of imitation noises ranges from the buzz of a horse fly, to the bellow of a hip popotamus. At six o'clock over KKX we have Hildcgarde so Lala Wintermute's ear finally took the air. And of course if you’re one of those mar tyrs who sacrifice all just to be on the in and in of things you can listen to Your Hit Parade at t>:00 over KOIN and tell us all about it after we finish our tasty morsels or better still save till later. . . . They tell me it makes a wunnerful lead for conversation when you’re stuck. Some Highly Recommended Discs: Jimmy Dorsey’s “The Love Buy Will Bite You." is so good and so contagious that each house is catching it in on slow way ami you couldn't possibly be immune even if your motto were “Love Bah!" Then again you've no doubt melted away with Bing Crosby's recording of "Sweet Leilani.’’ Canadian Sisters Much (Continued from Page one) "What they do nights is up to themselves.'* Drinking at campus functions is banned, according to Allen, but students are permitted to smoke on the campus, m the buildings, and even in classrooms before class scs-1 sions. "The girls, of course, seldom smoke m class, but not because of any campus ban," Allen said. "A few of the profs even smoke dur ing class session, but they’re only trying to be eccentric—like some Harvard profs." Digby Lynch, another member, is attending the University of Brit ish Columbia on an exchange schol arship from Dulhousie university in Halifax Nova Scotia. Lynch at tended Dalhousie three years be fore coming to British Columbia last year. A late-hour ruling for Dalhousie women? Yes. they have one—but it ranges from 11 o’clock deadline to 2:30 a.m. “The freshettes (freshman wo men) can stay out four nights a week till 11,” Lynch said. “Also, they are allowed three “12 o' clocks” a month, and a “2:30 o’-; clock” night once a month.” “This late-hour ruling,” Lynch continued, “is extended for upper class women. Seniors can stay out every night until 12, and they are ! allowed to stay out till 2:30 several ; nights a month.” Bans have been placed on wo men’s activities more than once, according to Lynch, but students promptly rebelled, and the bans failed. “A ruling was made at Dal housie about a year ago by the ad ministration, barring the wearing of shorts by women in gym class 1 cs,” said Lynch. "But the students just wouldn't tolerate it, and the ruling never did hold.” “Yes, I believe this principle of self-reliance is felt by students throughout Canada,” Lynch con cluded. “They object to unfair re strictions placed on them by facul ties, when they feel that they can manage their own affairs. Educational Chief (Continued from page one) exceedingly difficult job in direct ing and promoting student activi ties,” he added. “The board, however, does not wish to stand in the way of his advancement and has accepted his resignation of June 30. In view of the fact that Mr. Schomp has assured us he will assist in select ing a worthy successor and aid during June and July in breaking They’ve Had Enough The romance of Joan Bennett, goluen-haired film star and Gene Markey, playwright, has foundered on the grounds of incompatibility, according to Miss Bennett who says she will sue for divorce. The couple, shown in the above picture were married in 1933 and have one child. Since that hot September day when some 200 freshmen stepped off the train to begin their careers at the University, they have heard “Oregon in the spring—ah, yes, ’tis lovely here when the sun shines and the millrace runs clear." Winter came. The race ran cold with blocks of ice and with the spring rains, threatened to overflow its banks. But spread over the coast is the tradition of the race and the prestige which it lends to the campus. Josephine and Joe College, peered each morning from their sleeping porch windows for a glimpse at the little stream, hoping that on this day it would be warm and that last year’s rubber bathing suit could be put into use. Canoes started floating down stream. Alpha Phis, Gamma Phis and neighboring Chi Psi lodgers chatted about the weather on its banks as they contemplated a brief swim. As the new awning was spread over the Alpha Phi patio, the Chi Psis talked under its shade. But several of the sisters, despairing of the weather took to bicycling, rol ler skating and a bit of canoeing. Alice Ann Moore and Barbara Me Micken don their culottes each hour after dinner and do the rounds of the village at the cost of cents an hour. Gamma Phis, craving the indoor recreation, play hell (a derivative of solitaire) with Peggy Harbaugh, Mary Wright, and Doris Drager winning occasionally. Pi Beta Phi arrow-wearers leave their secluded back yard sun bath ing to play at leap frog on the front lawn. Betty Jane Moore, Jack McCord, Jane Weston, and Pat Brugman find that it takes the place of dieting, keeping the waist line down but the legs stiff. Hugs in Juanita Bail’s room at Alpha Chi Omega arc thrown back as the girls settle in a circle for in a new man, the board feels that the department will be able to con tinue in the fall on the same basis,” Dr. Tallet stated. No one has been selected to take over Schomp’s position, but Dr. Pallet said a successor would be named in "due course of time.” No names have been mentioned as to possible successors. McClure Hall Perks Up To Outsiuell Chem Lab Tis spring—tra-U! At least, it's spring in the rooms of McClure hall, according to Jane Meyers, laboratory instructor in the chemistry department. And a trip through the building yesterday proved that she was right. Throughout the building, on desks and tables, were bouquets of freshly picked lilacs. Apple and peach blossoms, progressed marvelously in their efforts to ‘‘out-smell" the typical stench left by chemistry through many I long years. Whether or not the collection of blossoms on her desk was the cause of a severe headache that caused Mrs. Alice Monjay, secretary of lower division and service depart ments, to go home yesterday after noon is still a question. But never theless, the blossoms still remain, much to the pleasure of Dr. Onn F. Stafford, dean of lower division and service departments and hea t of the chemistry department. According to Miss Meyers, pass ing students first asked a favor of her. then wise-cracked a little, and then noticed the lilacs on her desk. When asked the reason for such - | step, she simply replies, ‘It's | spring!" Yes. indeed, "l’is spring j in McClure hall! DEL REY Now featuring Nundu' t'vt'niu^ TEA DANCES Bud Brown's Orchestra I’ll.'ll.' s:H.l for Information (ho grade school game of jacks. Marion Brookings and Marjorie Brainerd join in, but Bila Hellberg beats them all, sometimes getting as far afc her "baskets.” Sylvia Scarlat, Boise's contribu tion to Sigma Kappa, leads all the The Ugly Duckling by A. CAMPUS KRATE I’m not a cutie nor a beauty nor Any darn prize winner. I'm not easy on the eyes, but I'm Breezy and a sinner. And I've got just what it takes, Though my lines don't knock ’em over, And you seldom find me parking out In fields of four-leaf clover. Yes, I'm a mess I will confess But still I guess I am O. K. ’Cause when the fellows see me They don’t run the other way. . . No, they rush me and they crush me, When I'm loud they try to hush me. . , Still, they always string along. . . don't Speak lightly or “tush-tush” me. I am what I am and I am Proud of my fate! For I'm always in the thick of things. . . Am called “The Campus Crate.’” sisters in conversations on timely matters which turn into punning parties, with Genevieve McNiece, and Katherine Morrow adding wry bits. As soon as the dinner hour is over at the Kappa house, Fifteenth street becomes a baseball diamond. June Brown and Eleanor Hays put up strong competition for the Phi Delt’s five membered team. Anne Dean and Mary Haines lead members of Alpha Delta Pi in the parlor pastime of so many col lege women. They knit by the hour but take time off to support their house in intra-mural sports. Since Shirley Rising's mother sent her a game of Jack straws, Helen Mitchell's room has been a gathering place for the AOPi house who watch and wait—for someone else to make a mistake. The Thetas, in their cool base ment play room, form ping pong teams playing as the hours roll by. Virginia Conrad, Jerry May, Julian Fortmiller, and Dorothy Magnuson monopolize the table to play their matches. Margaret Keen, Ruth Ford, Pearl Johansen, and Kay Coleman, Delta Gammas, always keep a bridge table on its four legs, peparatory ior their daily rubber of contract. Political Party Campaign Managers: Attention! A special price has been established for campus political adver tising to appear in the OREGON DAILY EM ERALD. f or detailed information call at the office of the Emerald business manager.