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VOLUME XXXVIII
Campus Luncheon
Friday ISooii Opens
]u n iors' Festiv ities
NUMBER 111
asuo election marks campaign close
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Faculty Strikes Blow at Grade Point Emphasis
Melody, Mirth, Beauty
To Fil 1 Campus During
Celebra tion of Juniors
Oregon's Queen
Betty Pownall, tall anil stately,
will l>e crowned Queen Betty 1
tomorrow at the campus luncheon
for a three-day reifjn over Junior
weekend activities.
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The
Passing Show
Royal Romance
Decapitations
Magpie Nemesis
Battle for FDR
By STAN HOBSON
Honeymoon in Austria
Ex-royal romance went one step
nearer the altar yesterday when
the Duke of Windsor won Wally
Simpson’s consent to an Austrian
honeymoon filled with golfing',
mountain-climbing, ' and yachting
on the blue Adriatic.
While the happy pair were mak
ing plans for their coming marri
age, 14 American women were
presented to the first court of the
new reign of King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth to launch the
three-month coronation fashion
pageant.
Mad Butcher?
Cleveland’s eight beheadings
since September, 1934, came again
into the picture yesterday when
the lower half of a woman's torso
floated to the surface of Lake Erie
about a mile from the shore. Taken
lo the morgue, it matched the up
per half found last February.
Magpie Fishing
Bait-casting for magpies, nuis
ances in stock-raising country, is
the latest sport around Heppner.
Introduced by Bert Mason, an ex
pert with rod and reel, magpies now
have a new nightmare.
Mason equips himself with a
fishing rod and puts a lighted torch
cn the end of the line. Then he
casts at the neck of the birds, fir
ing them with the torch.
Heady for Fray
When President- Roosevelt re
turns to Washington from his fish
ing jaunt he will find his supreme
couit measure has an adverse vote
of at least 10-to-8 in the senate
judiciary committee. However, ad
ministration leaders intimated last
night that he will be ready for
the fray.
Two Graduation Talks
On Casteel's Schedule
John L. Casteel, director of the
speech division, will be commence
ment speaker at the joint gradua
tion exercises to be held at Elmira
Monday night for a number of
Lane county grade schools. Mr.
Casteel will also speak at the Hills
boro high school graduation May
2S on the subject, "Captains Cour
ageous."
Roily I to Bo Crowned
At Friday’s Luncheon;
Prom on Friday Night,
Canoe Foto Saturday
Carnival on Race
Mortar Board and Friars to
Pledge Tomorrow at 1 ;
Pollack to Play
A cavalcade of melody, a proces
sion of mirth, and a parade of
beauty will meet the eyes of Jun
ior weekend visitors and students
at the University of Oregon this
weekend beginning tomorrow with
the coronation of Betty Pownall
as queen at the campus luncheon.
Highlights of tftis year’s week
end are the Junior prom, with the
music of Ben Pollack and his or
chestra, Friday night, and the “Ro
mantic Serenade” canoe fete Sat
urday night.
Rex Underwood will direct the
University symphony orchestra in
playing opt-ra melodies for the
canoe fete staged on Oregon’s tra
ditional mill race.
Benson to Crown Queen
Formally heralding the opening
of the weekend, Noel Benson, Jun
ior class president, will crown
Queen Betty I in front of Deady
hall, while students, guests, and
mothers will view the spectacle
from the green lawns, shaded by
the tall firs of the campus. During
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Got An Appetite?
There’ll Be Lots
To Eat on Friday
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Quantities of food—enough to
feed a starving Armenian army
—will be served at the campus
luncheon tomorrow starting
promptly at noon.
According to Elizabeth Turn
er, luncheon chairman, 150 large
cakes are being contributed by
living organizations to supple
ment 1000 pints of potato salad,
4500 sandwiches, 125 gallons of
pickles, 200 pounds of potato
chips, 350 gallons of punch, and
5000 Dixie cups.
Luncheon will be served under
the tall firs between Deady and
McClure halls this year. During
the affair, Queen Betty I and her
royal party will be d' awn up to
the coronation stand by a coach
and two white horses.
Other features of the luncheon
are the selection of Mortar
Board and Friar candidates and
an initiation stunt by Askle
piads, medical honorary.
Calculating Firm
To Demonstrate
Office Machines
The Monroe Calculating com
pany will present a demonstration
between 10 and 12 today in room
206 Commerce especially for the
office organization and manage
ment class of the school of busi
ness administration. The demon
stration, however, will be open to
everyone who is interested and
wishes to come.
Such machines as adding, calcu
lating, and bookkeeping and post
ing will be demonstrated. Of spe
cial interest is a social security cal
culating device which is attached
to the bookkeeping and posting
machine.
Mrs. Joe Johnson, company rep
resentative of Eugene and adjacent
territory, will present the demon
stration.
WarrenSmith’s
ResolutionGets
Faculty’s OK
Now Plan Suggested as
Stop Toward Taking
Emphasis Off Grados,
On Subjects
Striking’ a fatal blow at the
computation of grade point aver
ages of groups, faculty action yes
terday afternoon abolished the
practice of listing and ranking the
GPAs of living organizations, when
it approved a resolution introduced
by Warren D. Smith, head of the
University geography and geology
departments, at the regular May
meeting of the faculty in Friend
ly hall.
Approval of the resolution was
felt to be a step in the direction
of removing traditional emphasis on
grades and placing it on the sub
ject matter of courses.
Resolution Listed
The complete resolution as pro
posed by Mr. Smith and approved
by a large group of faculty mem
bers, reads as follows:
“I move that (1) there shall be
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Miss Smith Talks
To Coeds on Jobs
Final Lecture in Theta Sig
Series Given at Gerlinger
Hall Last Night
“Women and Their Careers” was
the subject of a lecture given by
Miss Janet Smith, University em
ployment secretary, last night in
Alumni hall of Gerlinger in the
last of a series of three forum lec
tures for University women. The
forums have been presented under
the direction of Theta Sigma Phi,
women's journalism honorary.
"Three doorways exist through
which women may enter the busi
ness world — office work, selling,
and teaching-” Miss Smith said,
“and after a girl finds one of these
doorways, jobs are- numerous.”
In looking for a worker, an em
ployer asks, first of all, if the ap
plicant has ranked above the av
erage in school work, Miss Smith
said, and also if she maintained
interest in campus activities. An
other very important requirement,
according to Miss Smith, is that
the applicant be thoroughly inter
ested in the work at hand. Earn
ing one’s wray through school, at
least in part, was also cited as a
qualifying factor.
A satisfactory solution has not
yet been found to the problem of
finding one’s most suitable career,
according to Miss Smi^i.
Teaclicr Placements
Improved This Year
The teacher placement service
has had unusual success in the
placement of teachers this year as
compared with last yeaj\ Up to
May 1 placements have increased
approximately 82 per cent over the
same period last year. Placements
include both elementary and high
school principalships, teaching posi
tions in the grades, junior and sen
ior high schools. Positions have
been obtained by teachers as far
east as Ohio and a few placements
have been made in Washington and
Idaho.
Tuesday 11 o’Cloeks
Scheduled for Today
Because of Assembly
Tuesday 11 o’clock classes
that did not meet because of
the assembly will meet today, it
was annouced yesterday.
WSC Knocks Ducks
From Club Top, 6-5
Cougars Quell Oregon Rally in Ninth;
Piteliers Sayles and Marlowe Duel in
Crucial Mound Bailie
By ELBERT HAWKINS
Washington State’s slugging- Cougar nine nicked big Bill
Sayles for nine hits, including three long home runs, and with
a narrow 6 to 5 victory on Howe field yesterday bounced Oregon
right out of first place in the northern division pennant chase.
They play again at 2:30 today.
It was really a tight squeeze for the Cougars, for Coach Buck
Bailey had to call relief pitcher Joe Sienko from the bull pen to
quell a desperate ninth inning Duck uprising that netted three
Car Thief to Face
Justice Tonight
Gavel lo Fall at 7:30 p.m.
On Fourth in Series of
Moot Trials
The fourth moot court of the
present sits in solemn session in
the circuit court room of the Lane
county courthouse tonight at 7:30.
Acting Dean Orlando Hollis of the
law school will be “Hizzoner” for
the evening.
Tonight’s trial concerns the case
of one Arthur Barnett who drove
off in the “wrong” car — Robert
Miller’s blue Ford coupe. Barnett
had asked a fellow stident if he
might borrow his blue Ford coupe
for a short drive, unaware of the
fact that Miller's coupe was iden
tical to that owned by the afore
mentioned fellow student.
On the way he managed to bring
Miller’s car into sudden and ser
ious contact with another person’s
vehicle, resulting in considerable j
damage to Miller’s machine.
He returned the remains of the
coupe to the curb by the Side, and
was assured bv the fellow student
that everything would be all right,
as the fellow student had his car
fully insured against accidents.
But it wasn't the fellow student’s
car that Barnett had wrecked.
CLUB NOMINATES
At a meeting of the Wesley club
yesterday officers for next year
were nominated, with only one can
didate for each office.
consecutive singles anci a pair or
runs.
Nearly 2300 fans turned out to
watch Bill Sayles and Mel Mar
lowe, Washington State southpaw
ace, match pitches in the season's
most crucial battle. Oregon collect
ed 12 hits off Marlowe, while
Sayles yielded nine, however Buck
Bailey's gang made theirs count.
Three big Washington State inn
ings the sixth, eighth, and ninth
provided enough extra base clout
ing to finish Coach Hobson's scrap
ping lads. The Cougars did it with
a vengeance, collecting a homer in
each canto.
Mound Duel Develops
For five innings it was a true
mound duel with both boys hurling
beautiful ball. Up to then, Oregon
had collected just four scattered
blows off Lefty Marlowe, and
Washington State had found
Sayles for only two.
In the first of the sixth, Hobby’s
pitching ace yielded his first earn
ed run in 42 innings when Ed God
dard, Cougar right-fielder, reached
him for a lusty home run ovev the
bank in left centerfield.
Ducks Retaliate
The 2 to 0 lead looked large with
both teams playing tight ball. How
ever Coach Hobson’s merry lads
came right back in their half to
push over one tally. Three succes
sive singles by Jack Gordon, Andy
Hurney, and Gale Smith did it.
Sayles then grooved one to Corky
Carlson who larruped a long high
fly deep in center, and he traveled
the circuit to score behind Nether
cutt with Washington State’s third
and fourth runs.
Midget. Nethereutt strode to the
plate, whacked another speedball
into centerfield to account for
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Conference Applicants
Given Additional Time
The committee for the selection of University delegates to the
fourth annual Japan-Amei ica student conference at Stanford, August
2 to 7, has extended the date for receiving applications from May 1,
the original deadline, untii May 10, Dean Onthank announced yesterday.
Dean Onthank said he thought there were many students interested
in the aims and purposes of the confidence that have not yet filed
applications, and this time extension will give them a chance to apply.
"The conterence promises to oe ,
extremely interesting and a valu
able experience for students head
ed toward foreign trade, diplomatic
or consular service, or interested in
international relations- particular
ly oriental affairs,” Dean Onthank
said.
Summary of the plans of the con
ference show there will be nine
discussion groups in the six-day
session. They are:
1. Student life in Japan and Am
erica.
2. Japan’s and America’s eco
nomic stake in the far east.
3. Armaments and national se
curity in the Pacific.
4. The individual and his gov
ernment in Japan and America.
5. Marriage and family life in
Japan and America.
6. The worker and his job in
Japan and America.
7. Moral and .spiritual values in
present-day life.
8. World society and the national
state.
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Vlays, Eschcbcck Will
Teach in Klamath
Frances Mays and Walter Esche
Deek, graduating seniors, have re
cently accepted positions in the
<lamath county union school sys
em. Both Miss Mays and Esche
jeck are majors in the speech op
ion of the English department, and
vill teach speech, English and so
cial science.
Thursday Is Last Day
To Exchange Tickets
For Martini Concert
Exchange tickets for the Nino
Martini concert must t»e obtain
ed at the ASl.'O business office
in McArthur court immediately,
it was announced last night.
Thursday is the last day that
student body card holders may
make this exchange, contrary to
any previous announcement.
Political Meets,
Dances Banned
For All Houses
Confabs in Fraternities j
And Sororities Are Ont
Followin': Order From
Dean of Women
At a special meeting' of the heads
of houses called Tuesday afternoon,
Dean of Women Hazel P. Schwer
ing announced that “no more polit
ical meetings and political dances
are to be held in fraternity and
sorority houses.”
A sophomore class dance was
previously planned for last night
at the Chi Omega house, but after
this announcement, it was called
off.
Political Stir Irks
Tiie faculty has long tired of the
political stir of the University cam
pus, pointed out Dean Schwering,
and they had hoped that with the
introduction of the coalition polit
ical bloc, meetings where all houses
were not represented would come
to an end.
Two weeks ago, women of all
living organizations met at open
meetings to select their candidates
for ASUO offices, but with the
weakening of the coalition seen on
the horizon, special groups met,
stressing abilities of certain candi
dates and going back into blocs. It
is these to which Dean Schwering
referred.
Sigma Xi Elects
Moore President
New officers and members were
recently elected at the meeting of
Sigma Xi, national science honor
ary.
The new officers are Dr. A. R.
Moore of the psychology depart
ment, president; Dr. A. H. Kunz
of the chemistry department, sec
retary; Dr. A. F. Moursund of the
mathematics department, treas
urer.
Full members elected at the
meeting from the medical school
were Joseph K. Scott, Paul G. Haf
ner, Lrnnan F. Ney, Jack W. Gron
dahl, Dr. Ralph A. Fenton, Max
Schoolnik, and James Brooke. Wil
liam A. Miller, instructor of phy
sics at the University of Oregon
was also elected a full member.
Associate members elected were
Harold Sexton, psychology;
Charles A. Reed, instructor in zoo
logy; Leonard Jacobson, psycho
logy: James C. Welsh, psychology;
Robin A. Drews, anthropology;
Elizabeth Dye, psychology and
physical education, and Marlowe
Dittebrandt of the medical school.
Initiation will be held prior to
the anual joint dinner of Phi Beta
Kappa and Sigma Xi. The date for
the dinner has not been announced.
At the next meeting of Sigma
Xi to be held May 18 at 8 p.tm.,
Dr. E. D. Furrer will speak of
some aspect of parasitology.
Amphibians Plan
Coronation Theme
The date for the Amphibian
Aquaduck water pageant has been
set for May 19-20, stated Molly
Cunningham last night, at a meet
ing to discuss plans for the annual
swimming exhibition. The theme is
the conventional coronation idea,
and plans for its routines are fin
ished, with practices already begun.
Last year the coed swimming
honorary presented a picture of "A
Floating University,” with geom
etry, history, and military classes
expressed in aquarian rhythm.
Student Body Will Pick
Four New Leaders at
Polls in Y Hut Today
TVn Naim's Slill on Hallo!
As New Election Plan
(iets First Try; Names
To lie Rotated
No Exact Position?
.i I r«lessors lo .Supervise
('minting; Sophomores
Vole ul Same Time
Campus voters will write the
finish to Oregon's heated political
battle when they file 10 polling
booths in the YMCA bungalow
from 9 to 3 to choose from a list
of ten entrants, the four candi
dates who will direct ASUO stu
dent government during the next
year. Sophomore elections will be
held at *he same time.
For the first time in the history
of campus elections the preferen
tial voting system will be in ef
fect. Despite announcements by
three candidates that they have
withdrawn from the election, their
names will appear on the ballot
along with the seven who have
been act'vely campaigning in the
twilight of the election rase.
Ten on Ballot
Today's ASUO ballot will have
the names of Gladys Battleson,
Noel Benson, Bill Dalton, Sam
Fort, Barney Hall, Clare Igoe, Bill
Pease, Frances Schaupp, Dave Sil
ver, and Elizabeth Turner. Names
will be rotated on the ballots so
that each candidate’s name will
appear first an equal number of
times.
Candidates will not run for spe
cific positions on the executive
committee, their election to a post
will be an expression of the popu
lar choice. Candidates with the
greatest number of first choices
will be president of the student |
body, next greatest will be vice
president, next second vice-presi
dent, and last secretary-treasurer.
Results By 8 p. in.
It will nil be over by eight
o’clock, (lection officials believe.
Jim Hurd, student body vice-presi
dent, yesterday obtained the as
sistance of three faculty members,
all well acquainted with the pre
ferential system, to oversee the
counting. Herman Kehrli. director
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May 8 Is Deadline
Of Senior Contest
Eleven Students Sign Up
For Oratorical Event;
Prizes Offered
Saturday, May 8, has been set as
the deadline for entering the Fail
ing - Beekman oratorical contest
and John L. Casteel, director of the
speech division, asks that seniors
planning to participate in the con
test sign up at once as a consider
able amount of revision is usually
necessary on the oration.
Manuscripts of orations, limited
to 1500 words, are due on Satur
day, May 15. A preliminary con
test will be held May 24 in case
more than six students plan to
take part. Orations may be on any
subject but must be original in
composition and not include more
than 10 per cent quoted material.
The final contest will be held
Friday evening, May 28, in the
music auditorium at which time
the prizes of $150 and $100 will
be awarded.
ATTENTION SOPHOMORES!
All members of the class of ’39
holding class cards be sure to
vote today for officers for the
coming year. The polls at the
YMC'A hut will be open from 9
to 3.
Signed:
HARRY WESTON,
Sophomore Class President.
Reserves to Close
Junior Weekend
English Reserve, Room 30
Will Be Moved to New
Li be By Sunday Evening
Since Junior weekend means a
temporary release from studying’,
the English Reserve, Room 30 and
Condon Reserve will be closed from
Friday noon until Sunday at fi
o'clock, M. H. Douglass, librarian
announced last night.
When the reserves open Sunday
evening Room 30 and the English
reserve will be housed in the new
library. Condon will not be moved
until summer. “We thought that
this would be too much to under
take at this time,” Mr. Douglass
said.
Students wishing to check out
books for this period may get them
after 10:30 Friday morning.
The number of desks and chairs
in it is hardly adequate, Mr. Doug
lass said. With the moving of the
reserves, more temporary chairs
and desks will be moved from tho
old libe.
Mothers Invited
To Tea Friday
Sons and Daughters May
Bring ‘Mom’ to Joint
AWS-YWCA Event
Women in the receiving line and
their order are as follows:
Gayle Buchanan, Harriet Thomp
son, YWCA president: Mrs. C. V.
Boyer, wife of the TJniversity presi
dent; Mrs. Elbert C. Peets, presi
dent of Oregon Mothers; Mrs. Burt
Brown Barker, wife of the Univer
sity vice-president; Mrs. Hazel P.
Schwering, dean of women; Mrs.
John Stark Evans, YWCA secre
tary; Mrs. Alice B. MacDuff,
assistant dean of women.
Pouring will be Mrs. Dan E.
Clark, president Eugene Mothers;
Mrs. George Turnbull, Mrs. Virgil
D. Earl, Mrs. Karl Onthank, Mrs,
F. W. Bond. Mrs. Walter M. Cook,
Mrs. Robert M. Betts, Miss Janet
Smith.
University sons as well as daugh
ters are invited to bring their mo
thers to the AWS-YWCA tea to
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’i
Minnesota Prof
Makes Fish Bait
In Spare Time
By BERNADINE BOWMAN
Dr. McCartney, professor of
pathology at the University of
Minnesota spends his spare office
hours in making artificial mice
which are sure-fire foolers, he
claims, when a .hungry bass is look
ing for his dinner.
It's all a matter of nimble fing
ers, a handful of mouse-colored
deer hair, a chicken feather fibre
for a tail, a soft duck feather for
whiskers, a pair of bead-eyes and
a bit of thread, beeswax and shel
lac and Dr. McCartney synthetic
mouse will fool the most observant
of the pisces family.
Much more colorful than Mickey
and Minnie Mouse are the flies
which he makes. In making these
everything from gold and silver to
his wife's fur remnants go into the
fish bait.
Coroanut Oil for Gas
Cocoanut oil instead of gasoline
may some day drive the trucks and
tractors of the world—if experi
ments being conducted by Antonio
Buot, graduate mechanical engin
eering student at the University of
[Minnesota prove successful.