‘Lights Out' ns Libe
Doors Are Opened
To Visiting Crouds
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Polities, Pep Slnted
For A SCO Assembly
At II o'Clock Today
VOLUME XXXVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1937
NUMBER 109
New ‘House of Learning' Complete, Modern, Beautiful
The new half million dollar University of Oregon library which
opened Monday is not only modern and complete in its service fittings
lint is also a building of extreme beauty, both inside and out. Above
right, is a view of the building from outside, taken from the front
terrace. Top right, the main circulation desk is shown, while lower
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left, the hook delivery system Is being inspected by a library worker.
The ornate library doors seem to interest the two students inspecting
them in the front picture, lower rigiit. These are the Hall memorial
doors.
Visiting Crowds Tour ISew Libe
The
Passing Show
Duke Hurries
Neiv Eruption
Pulitzer Awards
Caddies’ Demand j
By PAUL DEUTSCHMANN
‘The Woman I Love’
Notified of the removal of the
last legal barrier to his marriage
to Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson,
“the woman I love,” the Duke of
Windsor last night sped to Monts,
France, for his first visit in 22
weeks with the dark-eyed, Ameri
can-born woman.
The Duke, tanned, smiling, and
happy, a far different man than
the voluntary exile who came to
Austria over five months ago, was
full of enthusiasm at the mention
of Mrs. Simpson's London-granted
divorce decree yesterday.
Show Goes On
Most notable in a new eruption
of labor disputes which has en
compassed bakers, dairy and refin
ery workers, is the strike of 11
unions of the Federated Motion
Picture Crafts, which yesterday is
reported to have included over 6,
000 workers.
While production of motion pic
tures has not as yet been effected,
much importance is placed on the
decision of Screen Actor’s Guild as
to whether it should join the strike
or not. The decision will probably
be rendered Sunday.
Civil War Novel Wins
Pulitzer prize awards, for excel
lence in American journalism and
letters, went to the St. Louis Post
Dispatch, to Margaret Mitchell,
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Darkness Envelopes New
Libe on Debut; Rain Chases
Stomp to McArthur Court
While 200 couples danced to the music of Gus Meyer’s orchestra at
the library dance in the Igloo, other students and townspeople viewed
for the first time the interior of the newly-completed structure.
Fifteen student guides met visitors at the door and conducted them
through the decorative wrought-iron gates down the impressive air con
ditioned halls of black and w-hite Italian marble, past the main stack
rooms already filled with books, into the maze of smaller rooms in the
rear of the building'.
Soft light from the indirect sys
tem suddenly became black as a
fuse burned out, and the crowds
were stopped. A few murmurs and
nervous titters were cut short as
assistants rushed to the rescue.
Lights Out
As the lights again flooded the
building the tour continued. On the
first’ floor, the visitors were shown
the highly-publicized, nearly-com
pleted browsing room, the reserve
leading room, and myriads of small
individual study rooms.
Visitors were led to the third
floor, with its upper division read
ing room and conference rooms.
A book lift, electrically run,
carrying books to the desired floor,
operated smoothly. Everything was
ready for the work to begin next
day when students began their
studies in the new building.
Convenient Terrace
Outside, terraces, balconies, flat
topped roofs with ample space for
sun bathing or that quick cigarette
between studies attracted comment
from the visitors.
Storm clouds drove dancers from
the terrace into McArthur court.
The house librarians entertained
with a ‘'Terrace Stomp”— a brand
new feature, in keeping with the
new building.
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Political Statements
In the past it has been the policy of the Emerald to extend the
use of its columns to the candidates for office of ASUO president.
Because of the many in the field this year, all the candidates are
invited to use the Emerald to outline their ideas and policies. These
statements should not be more than 150 words long and should be
delivered at the Emerald before 8 o’clock tonight, as the paper will
print no matter on politics on Thursday morning, in accordance with
long established custom. They will be printed in alphabetical order.
Each candidate should compose or help to compose his own
statement.
Schomp Named
Pageant Head
Oregon Trail Celebration
To Be Held in Mid-July;
Definite Dates Not Set
Ralph Schomp, educational acti
vities director, was named man
ager of the 1937 Oregon Trail
pageant at a meeting of the page
ant board of directors in the Os
burn hotel Monday afternoon.
Schomp’s resignation as director
of educational activities at the
University will take effect June 1.
Plans for this year’s Oregon
Trail pageant, annual pioneer cele
bration held in Eugene during
July, will get underway next week.
The board of directors suggested
Monday that Schomp secure an
assistant to work with , him on
plans.
The pageant will probably take
place in mid-July, though no defi
nite dater have been set as yet
by the board.
Canoe Fete Tickets
Going Fast; Students
Urged to Buy Early
Canoe fete tickets are selling
very rapidly according to re
ports from the ticket office in
McArthur court. Students are
urged to get reserved seats at
75 cents or $1 as soon as pos
sible if they intend to buy them.
General admission seats do not
go on sale until Saturday, May
8, then selling at 50 cents.
Big Year Wipes
Deficit Off Slate
Of UO Athletics
Long-Unused Treasury
To Hold $5000 July 1;
Future Is Promising,
Anse Cornell Says
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The athletic year 193G-37 will be
one of the best financially in the
past decade, stated Anson B. Cor
nell, director of athletics at the
University, yesterday, when he an
nounced that the athletic depart
ment will be out of the red by
July 1.
The department was able to pay
off $13,000 at the end of the 1937
basketball season, announced Cor
nell. The educational activities de
partment received $8,000 of this
and the other $5,000 went to the
alumni holding corporation.
Reduced athletic budgets are the
reason for this bright outlook, ac
cording to Cornell, and the depart
ment will reach July 1 with $5,000
in the treasury.
Funds Port ioned
Each sport director was given
an allotted fund to carry him
through the season. Because foot
ball brings in the most gate re
ceipts it was given the most liberal
support.
Track, swimming, baseball, ten
nis and golf were cut to the mar
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Five More Actors
Added to Guild
Players Comedy
Five more people will be added
to the London crowd seeking shel
ter from the rain under the roof
of a church in the opening scene of
“Pygmalion,” one of George Ber
nard Shaw’s greatest comedies, to
be presented by the Guild Theater
players, under the direction of Mrs.
Ottilie T. Seybolt, May 14 and 15.
The players are Bob Shelley, Al
vin Bogue, Elmo Jensen, Hubard
Kuokka, and P. T. Chiolero. They
form part of the crowd of diverg
ent English people, of all accents
and types.
Final Campus
Assembly Set
For 11 Today
Queen's Court Will Be
Presented to Students;
Caseiato, Buhino In
Vie for Male Queen
Oregon's last all-eampus assem
bly will be belli today in Getlinger
ball at 11 o'clock to give spring
activities “a big send-off,” Gilbert
Schultz,, student body president,
said yesterday.
Miss Betty Pownall, as Queen
Betty I of Junior Weekend, will
be presented to the students. The
Queen will be attended by her
Princesses.
ASUO candidates for offices will
also be presented to the assembly
to give brief speeches.
Coaches on Schedule
On the progam slated by Schultz
is Coach Bill Hayward and his
track team, and Coach Hobby Hob
son and his baseball team. The
players and coaches will have
seats reserved for them on the
stage. The varsity men will be
presented to the assembled stu
dents.
News was received yesterday of
unrest among the male students
of the campus due to the fact they
have not a queen to represent
them. They have accordingly gone
forward with their plans and nar
rowed down the choice to Don
Casciato the “Casanova Comet”
and Aaron “Sweetpca” Rubino.
Schultz said yesterday the two
factions supporting the two op
posing candidates will probably
reach an agreement by the time
of the assembly and present their
candidates.
Sigma Delta Chi
Hears E. P. Hoyt,
Initiates Eight
Initiation of eight members
into Sigma Delta Chi was held
Sunday in Gerlinger hall and
followed by a breakfast at the
Del Rey cafe.
E. Palmer Hoyt, managing
editor of the Oregonian, member
of Sigma Delta Chi and gradu
ate from the University of Ore
gon, spoke "off the record” on
the American Newspapers Guild
in the Northwest at the break
fast.
Those initiated were: Paul
Deutschrnann, Don Seaman, Bob
Lee, George Haley, Morris Hen
derson, Hubard Kuckka, Pat
Frizzel and Tom Binford.
George Bikman was chairman
in charge of the initiation and
Kenneth Kirtley, chairman for
the breakfast. Thirty members
were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. George
Godfrey. Mr. Godfrey is con
nected with the University News
Bureau.
AWS Ta«* Drive
For Libe Room
Continues Today
In an effort to raise money to
buy furniture for the browsing
room of the new libe, members of
AWS will continue their “Will You
Help the New Libe?” tag drive to
day, announced Gayle Buchanan,
president of AWS, yesterday.
Tags were on sale yesterday, and
although many were sold, commit
tee heads feel that University stu
dents and faculty members can do
more toward this end.
Girls working toward Kwama,
women’s sophomore service honor
ary, are selling the tags.
Asklepiads Add Nine
To Pre-Med Honorary
Asklepiads, medical honorary,
pledged nine students last week.
Pledges were selected on their
character, scholarship, and person
ality. Those honored were Barney
Hall, Bob Epler, David Breuer,
Hiroaki Minatoya, Gordon Buck
McGowan, Robert Fulton, George
Stephenson, Willie Torrence, and
Earl Canfield.
Initiation will be held Friday,
June 7, at the Eugene hotel.
Politicians Toss Out Idealism
To Unite Fraternity Voters
Behind Candidate Benson
Oregon Plays Host
At Retailers Meet
Pair Trade Acts, Retail Taxation and
Merchandising Research Topics al
Beginning Parley
The Retail Distributors' association first conference came to a close
last night with a banquet at the Osburn, featuring five speakers anil
tlu> presentation of service award buttons to 12 members of Alpha
Kappa Psi, business administration honorary for men. Bert Blown
Barker, vice-president of the association, was master of ceremonies.
After a brief welcome bv Harold Wendal of Lipman Wolfe and Com
pany, master of ceremonies Barker introduced the speakers of the eve
ning: President C. Valentine Boyer, Dean Victor P. Morris and P. J.
McAuley, advertising and promo
tional manager of Meier and Frank
company.
President Boyer stressed the im
portance of treating knowledge
imaginatively, stating that such a
grasp of business gives zest and
energy to it, and that education
should serve to enlighten what the
individual is trying to master in
practice.
Stillman Speaks
Dean Morris introduced to the
200 retailers Dr. Bond, Professor
O. K. Burrell, Professor Ball, Pro
fessor Cornish, Professor Kelly and
Dr. Stillman as being part of the
University faculty which with the
student body made the University
more than a physical plant. He
showed the need for a better rela
tionship between teaching as
theory, and the merchandising as
practiced, soliciting merchant aid
in placing capable graduating sen
iors, offering in return University
service in the field of research.
Consumer relations, employee re
lations, fashion coordination, ad
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Final Talk Set
For Wednesday
Delayed F o r 11 m, Led by
Janet Smith, Will Be
Held in Gerlinger
The final Theta Sigma Phi lec
ture forum, delayed twice becau.se
Miss Janet Smith, employment sec
retary, was called away on busi
ness, will be held Wednesday even
ing between 7 and 8 in Alumni hall
of Gerlinger.
Miss Smith will speak on "Wo
men and Careers” to University
coeds in the final talk given in a
lecture series of three. Each topic
has been especially related to wo
men outside of college.
Previous talks have been given
by Eric W. Allen, dean of the
school of journalism, and Victor P.
Morris, acting dean of the business
administration school.
Tickets for this last lecture are
on sale by members of Theta Sig
ma Phi or at the door. The price
of the tickets is ten cents.
Music Graduates
Will Appear in
Summer Concerts
Graduates of the University
school of music have been advanc
ing rapidly according to reports re
ceived by the music faculty. George
Bishop, tenor graduate of 1934, will
appear on the NBC network in
Chicago May J1.
Nancy Thielson Fisher, graduate
soprano, will appear on one of the
special summer concerts of the
Portland philharmonic orchestra,
which will have as its guest con
ductor Erno Rapee, famed radio
artist.
MISS SMITH VISITS
Laura Margaret Smith, ’36, who
gave up her job as society editor
of the Morning News in Eugene to
accept a position as representative
for the Fairchild Publication, a
fashion service, in Portland, was in
attendance Sunday and yesterday
at the Retailer's convention held in
Eugene.
Senator Pearson
Named to Board
It. F. Irvine’s Successor
Has Fine Business ami
Legislative Records
Upon the heels of the resign
ation of B. F. Irvine, editor of the
Oregon Journal in Portland, Gov
ernor Martin announced the ap
pointment of State Senator Walter
E. Pearson as his successor on the
state board of higher education.
Mr. Irvine has continuously ser
ved as a member of the governing
boards of the state institutions of
higher learning in Oregon for the
past 39 years. For 31 years he has
been a member of the board of re
! gents of Oregon State college and
he has spent eight years as a mem
ber of the present board. Although
his term ended March 2, he con
sented to serve until May 1, but
declined reappointment.
Senator Pearson came to Port
land in 1908 from Virginia. He was
engaged in the insurance business,
and was elected state senator in
1934, representing Clackamas, Col
umbia and Multnomah counties.
The appointment will necessitate
his resignation from the senate.
In the announcement, Governor
Martin said, in part:
“Mr. Irvine’s record of service to
higher education in Oregon is with
out parallel in the history of the
state.”
Colvig Resigns,
Staff Is Revamped
Resignation of Emerald editor
Fred Colvig, tendered in order that
he might accept a position with the
United Press service in Portland,
has brought several changes in the
staff of the student daily.
Chosen to succeed Colvig next
year, LeRoy Mattingly will take
the editor's position at once. Mov
ing into the job of managing edi
tor vacated by Mattingly's promo
tion will be Lloyd Tupling, former
news editor. Paul Deutschmann,
formerly assistant managing edi
tor, is to be associate editor for the
rest of this term. George Haley
will fill the position of news editor
opened by the promotion of Tup
ling.
GRAD IN NORTH DAKOTA
Ann Hutchuison, ex-'36 law stu
dent, is a full-fledged lawyer, hav
ing passed the state bar exams of
North Dakota. She is doing court
reporting for her father, Judge
W. H. Hutchuison, district court
judge.
Dean Sclitvering Asks
Girls to Hel/) Act as
Hostesses to Mothers
Girls interested in acting as
hostesses in Gerlinger and
Johnson halls for Mother’s
Weekend, May 7, and 8. are
asked to contact Dean Schwer
ing immediately.
Duties will be to guide and
welcome the visiting mothers
through these buildings.
Dalton, Fori Withdraw,
Throw House Support
To Benson; Coalition
Fears Dorm Power
Trade for Coed Vote
\\ omen’s Group Organizes
To Secure ASCO Spots;
Harking Is Divided
Frightened by the specter of an
apparently solid independent vote
backing Barney Hall for ASUO
president, coalition politicians
threw their “unite the campus"
idealism into the discard and
adopted a staggering weekend pro
gram of vote-trading in an effort
to insure the election of Noel Ben
son, fraternity candidate.
Political action formed along
two closely allied moves: /witli
drawal of Bill Dalton and Sam
Fort from the ASUO race to throw
their backing behind Benson, and
the alignment of sorority house
second choice votes to support
Benson.
Ideal floes Out
When the coalition group organ
ized it held up as its cardinal mo
tive “selection of the most able
men to lead in uniting the cam
pus." Candidates of the group
were to be selected by representa
tives of all living organizations. At
a meeting of the group last Wed
nesday night, Barney Hall was
selected to run for the executive
council by a vote of 34, Noel Ben
son received 23 votes.
Independent Goes Out
This was the first indication fra
ternity politicians had to show
the support the non-fraternity man '
had. Two days later they moved
to insure the election of a frater
nity candidate.
Bill Dalton and Sam Fort, also
selected by the group, announced
their withdrawal from the race last
night. House backing of both men
was thrown behind Benson. In re
turn for their withdrawal, consid
eration for the two men will be
given when the coalition group
picks the two men they will push
for senior class offices.
Trade Votes
To gain all possible support,
coalition politicians offered to
throw theii* second and third
choices over to the two women’s
candidates in return for the sec
ond choice vote of the women for
Noel Benson.
In women's houses, the same sit
uation was taking place. Women
have come to realize they must
organize to insure the election of
two women in view of strong men’s
organizations. They voted to throw
their backing behind Frances
Schaupp and Gladys Battleson to
overcome the strength of the men’s
first choice votes.
Last night Elizabeth Turner. PI
Phi candidate who had withdrawn
in favor of the other two, again
appeared in the race to complicate
the situation.
'Ugliest Man5 at
Texas Has Coed
Title Challenger
By BERNADINE BOWMAN
The self-named “ugliest college
man in Texas,” Joe Frederick, a
student of Texas Christian univer
sity stirred up the competitive
spirit in a female.
It seems that Flora Petersen, a
coed at Wheaton college, Illinois,
saw Frederick’s picture in a paper
and hurled a challenge at the TCU
man.
"I saw your picture in the Chi
cago Tribune, she wrote, “and I
challenge your title.” She enclosed
her picture and finished off Fred
erick with “I may not be beautiful,
but I made the honor roll! Did
you ?”
Men Love White
College men prefer women in
white, according to a recent survey
made by the Daily Orange, Syra
cuse university newspaper.
The men said white makes a girl
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