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NUMBER 114
The
Passing Show
Monotony Fliers
Berserk London
Freedom of Speech
Actors Jubilant
By GEORGE HALEY
Safe in London
Dick Merril and Jack Lambie,
who crossed the Atlantic just for
fun yesterday, were safe in Croy
don airport, England, after little
more than half a day's flight. They
plan to return immediately after
the coronation with pictures for
American papers and newsreels.
Flying blind most of the way,
Merril, and Lambie were rewarded
for the 2f>00-mile jaunt by two
Americacn girls who greeted them
enthusiastically with kisses when
they landed in Croydon. Merril
has crossed three times by air this
year.
Hooray for the King!
Staid Englishmen forgot their
dignity yesterday as crowds roam
ed the streets of London shouting
for the king. Carnival spirit was
maintained throughout the great
metropolis, which is estimated to
have already a million guests from
foreign shores.
Local Britishers can celebrate
the coronation in sound at least if
they brave the wee hours of the
morning. Stations KGW and KEX
will begin at 1 a m. tonight, with
a. description of Queen Mary leav
ing the Marlborough house. The
coronation ceremony, to be per
formed in histrionic Westminster
Abbey, will begin at 2:15. The
King’s speech will be made tomor
row at noon.
Court Opposition
Leaders of Philadelphia opposi
tion to the president’s court re
form plan were arrested yesterday
on solicitations charges prior to
their appearance at a meeting.
Pennsylvania’s attorney-general
Bailey reprimanded the police,
maintained the state was against
“attempts to suppress freedom of
speech.”
The move, according to Bailey,
was “an obvious last-minute effort
on the part of state officials
friendly to this (court reorganiza
tion) plan to try to prevent the
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Mothers Group
Fxtends Award
Increases Fund
By BERNADINE BOWMAN
The woman pays and pays and
pays. And an organization collects
the payment.
Called the Metropolitans, an es
cort bureau has recently been
formed which hires University of
Minnesota men to entertain “un
attended'’ women. The bureau is
one of many such businesses which
have sprung up all over the coun
try.
Any one of the 15 university
men now employed may be hired
from 6 p. m. to 1 a. m. for a fee
of $10, and from Saturday noon
to Monday morning for $25. (Take
him for a month and you would
probably get him free gratis.)
A single ad run in the univer
sity paper resulted in more than
enough applications. All men hired
are working their way through
school, are good looking and said
to be dignified with a lot of ex
perience.
The $10 is just the fee, and does
not cover the entertainment ex
penses for the evening. The woman
has to furnish everything. (Tain’t
worth it.)
Pants Good Alibi
A twisted story about his pants,
earned a Southern Methodist uni
versity freshman a pardon for
cutting his mathematics quiz sec
tion.
When he came to class the next
day, the professor questioned him
to find out why he had skipped.
"I have gym just before, math,”
explained the alibi-er. "Tuesday I
was in such a hurry to get dressed
in time for class that I poked my
foot through the seat of my pants."
Chi Omega Leads
Chi Omega, national social sor
ority, leads all other sororities in
the number of representatives
chosen for the 1936-37 edition of
“Who’s Who" among students in
American universities and col
leges.
Representatives for 1936-37 fol
low: Chi Omega, 28; Pi Beta Phi,
22: Delta Delta Delta, 21, Kappa
Alpha Theta, 17; Kappa Kappa
Gamma, 15; Phi Mu, 10; Alpha
Xi Delta, 10; Delta Gamma, 8;
Alpha Delta Pi, 4; and Gamma Phi
Beta, 3.
Concert Closes Series
Of Junior Festivities,
Mother’s Day Program
y <
Luncheon, Prom, Canoe Fete Draw
Crowds to Campus for Three-Day
Reign of Queen Betty I
By BILL PENGRA
Ending with the Nino Martini concert at McArthur court, the
reign of Queen Betty Pownall was brought to a brilliant finish
Sunday afternoon, 53 hours after her coronation Friday noon.
Starting with the large influx of visitors to the campus Friday
morning, the busy Junior weekend, combined with the Mother’s
weekend program, was climaxed by tho colorful pageant of the
canoe fete Saturday night.
Beginning Friday, with the campus luncheon, the first day’s
program oegan wun me coronauor
of Queen Betty and her royal prin
cesses Peggy Vermillion, Bettj
Jane Casey, Rhoda Armstrong, anc
Frances Schaupp. Festivities of the
afternoon started with a luncheor
for all University students anc
their parents and visitors at whict
various honorary societies eithei
chose pledges or conducted part ol
their initiation ceremonies.
Friars, Mortar Board
Friars, senior men’s service hon
orary, pledged Noel Benson, LeRoj
Mattingly, Tony Amato, Barnej
Hall, Dave Silver, Charles Irwin
Sam Fort, and Mel Shevach. Mor
tar Board, senior women’s honor
ary, tapped as pledges Miss Janei
Smith, Betty Brown, Gladys Bat
tleson, Gayle Buchanan, Viviai
Emery, Elizabeth Turner, Harriet!
Thomsen, Gretchen Smith, Virginu
McCorkle, Clare Igoe, and Brandoi
Young.
Alpha Delta Sigma, men’s pro
fessional advertising society
pledges paraded with sandwich ad
vertising signs all afternoon, anc
Asklepiads, men’s honorary pre
medical society, gave their annua
burlesque operating procession. Thi
Green Goose, surrounded by Sigmc
Delta Chi pledges, trundled about
Order of the O men observed at
old tradition by ducking in th<
fountain near Deady hall, all un
fortunate men wearing white shoes
ties, or speaking to girls.
Water Carnival Hit
An afternoon at the grandstanc
by the millrace followed, when the
annual water carnival was pres
ented. Two new features this yeai
included a burlesque canoe fete anc
innertube race between six mem
bers of the frosh and soph classes
Comic imitations of the floats o1
the real fete were given by house;
not having floats this year.
First on the schedide for mother;
was the registration and the
Mothers’ tea in Gerlinger in the
afternoon.
Juniors Win Cups
The Junior prom, Friday night
featuring Ben Pollack's music, was
held in a romantic atmosphere
created by novel decorations in Mc
Arthur court. A special section re
served for mothers in one balconj
was the only side not covered by £
largy canopy hung from the ceil
ing. A feature of the evening wa;
the grand march of the royal courl
to the throne at one end of the
dance floor. Following this, cup;
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Rhapsody in Blue
Featured Tonight
B. Garrelson, Won", Davis,
Burggraf Presented by
Hopkins in Reeital
The setting- for one of the most
interesting musical concerts of the
season will he the music auditor
ium tonight at 8 p. m. with Robert
Garretson, student-master of piano,
playing “Rhapsody in Blue.” Jac
queline Wong. Lural Burggraf, and
12-year-old David Smith will also
present several selections.
The Rhapsody to be given to a
campus audience publicly for the
first time tonight, brought imme
diate fame to its composer George
Gershwin, and became a favorite
with all musical audiences. A com
1 hination of stately classical style
and exciting modern “swing”
1 rhythm, the Rhapsody is a piece
of artistry hardly excelled among
modern compositions.
Robert Garretson, piano student
' of George Hopkins, has just re
ceived rn invitation from Ruth
Isherwood, manager of the Port
land junior symphony orchestra
to play e solo of George Gersh
win's “Rhapsody in Blue" with the
orchestra this summer.
Mr. Garretson, who will play
Gershwin’s “Rhapsody” on the
campus Tuesday night at a con
certo program to be given in the
music auditorium at 8 p. m., has
played solo parts before with the
junior symphony orchestra, and
has also played with the Portland
Symphony Training orchestra.
The “Rhapsody,” is a selection
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BA Major W. E. Naylor
Wins Advertising Post
Walter E. Naylor, B. S. Winter
'37, is new employed in the ad
vertising department of the Bon
Marche department store in Seat
tle, Washington.
Naylor completed requirements
for graduation from the school of
business administration last term,
majoring in advertising. He was
formerly Tuesday advertising
manager for the Emerald.
They’ll Rule the Roost
("Courtesy the Register-Cuanl)
New ASUO leaders wore installed in their offices at a student body
meeting last Friday. The officers, left to right, are Barney Hall, presi
dent ; Noel Benson, first vice-president; Frances Schaupp, second vice
president, and Dave Silver, secretary-treasurer. They won out at elec
tions under Oregon’s newly-initiated preferential voting system.
Oregon Not Great School,
Lacks Science Training,
Law School Head States
The major factor preventing Oregon from ranking as a great uni
versity is its lack of instruction in pure science, said Wayne L. Morse,
dean of the Oregon law school, speaking to the New York City associ
ation of Oregon Alumni, according to a story in the Register-Guard
Sunday.
“The University of Oregon is a good university of its class. However,
honest compels me to say that it is not a great university," the article
quoted him. “I think your alma mater has tinned low, almost to the
AWS to Entertain
300 Oregon Girls
The University and AWS wHl
be hosts to 300 of northwestern
Oregon’s leading high school girls
on May 15, when girls and deans
meet on the campus for their con
ference. John L. Casteel, head of
the speech division, and Mrs. Eric
W. Allen will be principal speak
ers at the one day meet, Mrs. Clif
ford Constance, dean of girls at
the Eugene high school and vice
president of the organization, an
nounced yesterday.
Registration will begin at 9:00
Saturday morning in Johnson hall.
Both morning and afternoon ses
sions are scheduled. Beauty will be
the main topic under discussion.
The physical education depart
ment of the University is sponsor
ing a play day program from 11:30
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point ot extinguisnment, tne lamps
of science.” It added, however, that
the dean did not propose taking
pure science from the state college
and returning it to the University.
‘‘What I do wish to emphasize is
that it is also important that a full
program in the sciences be offered
for the benefit of the youth of Ore
gon who attend the state univer
sity,” Dean Horse was quoted.
Points to Weakness
To sustain his argument the
Dean quoted five major contentions
of the science faculty: (1) An in
stitution of higher education with
out pure science is not a univer
sity. (2) The federal survey com
mission is alone in the opinion that
a. university can exist without pure
science. (3) The loss of advanced
work in pure science at the Univer
sity has been a distinct loss to the
state of Oregon since it has not
been accompanied by a correspond
ing gain at the college. (4 ) The res
toration of advanced science would
not create a precedent since other
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Schmidt Retains Faith
In Future of Dirigibles
Commenting upon the recent Hindenburg explosion, Dr. F. G. G.
Schmidt of the University of Oregon German department said today
that he will now make his trip to Germany by steamer. Dr. Schmidt
had arranged for a reservation on the Hindenburg and was planning on
meeting the ship when she stopped at Lakehurst, N. J., May 15.
“If another zeppelin sailed tomorrow, I would be on it,” said Dr.
Schmidt, “because the chances of another major disaster are lessened.”
Drink Their Way to Top Floats
“Drink Scene” from “The Student Prince,” entered by Kappa Sigma and Alpha Gamma Delta, won
first place at the canoe fete Saturday night. Second place was taken by Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha
Omicron Pi with “Barcarole Scene” from Tales of Hoffman. Alpha hall and Hendricks ball was awarded
third place for their float depicting the “Tavern Scene” from "The Vagabond King.”
rie staiea tnat ne aid not teei too
badly about the inconvenience to
him because his was a small mis
fortune compared to the loss to so
many others. “And then, I might
have been on it,” he said.
Dr. Schmidt is optimistic about
future lighter-than-air craft, al
though the explosion of the Hin
denburg will retard progress for a
while, he feels.
"The Graf Zepplin, sister ship of
the Hindenburg, has been success
fully making regular passages be
tween South America and Ger
many," said Dr. Schmidt, adding
that these trips would now be dis
continued for awhile until investi
gations are completed.
The Graf Zepplin is also filled
with hydrogen, which the German
professor explained could not be
replaced by helium. The supply is
monopolized by the United States
which is unwilling to commercial
ize it for fear it will be used for
military purposes.
Germany is building a new Hin
denburg, which Dr. Schmidt says
will probably be larger, safer, and
able to accommodate more pas
sengers and more luggage per pas
senger.
Haycox to Be
Matrix Guest
And Speaker
Women of Stale to Tie
Honored and Pledges
To Be Announced at
Annual Banquet
Honoring women outstanding in
journalism and the arts, Theta Sig
ma Phi, women's journalism honor
ary, will present its annual formal
Matrix Table banquet Thursday at
6:30 o’clock at the Osburn hotel.
Invitations have been sent to wo
men on the campus and throughout
the state of Oregon, and answers
are to be turned into the office of
the school of journalism. Tickets
for the banquet at $1.25.
Pledges to Be Named
Ernest Haycox, w e 1 1-k n o w n
writer of western fiction, is the
guest speaker. At the banquet
pledges of Theta Sigma Phi will be
named, the outstanding freshman
and sophomore women in journal
ism from the University, and those
in the high schools will be honored.
Rita Wright and Myra Hulser were
named outstanding freshman wo
men; Bernadine Bowman was sel
ected outstanding sophomore wo
man: Jean Crites was chosen from
University high school, and Donna
Row from Eugene high.
Long dresses will be worn at the
banquet, Virginia Endicott, presi
dent, announced.
Oregon Students
To Join Cadets
Chilton, Hardisty, Reed to
Enter Training School
For Flyers in Jnly
The Army Flying school at Ran
dolph field, Texas, recently noti
fied Robert Chilton, Dale Hardisty
and Charles W. Reed of their ac
ceptance to cadetship there.
The boys will be enrolled in the
July class shortly after gradua
tion. The course consists of eight
months primary training at Ran
dolph field, and four months ad
vanced training at Kelly field. Fol
lowing that they will enter active
duty in some part of the United
States for five years.
All three men have been promi
nent in athletics on the campus.
Reed, a Beta fro*i Raymond,
Washington, and Chilton, a Sigma
Chi from Canyon City, are both
mainstays on Mike Hoyman's re
cord-shattering swimming squad.
Hardisty, an S. A. E. from Eu
gene, is a two-year track man on
whose javelin-tossing ability Bill
Hayward is pinning his faith.
Among other Oregon men who
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Phi Bela Kappa Takes
13 Seniors From Class
Of 1937; 3 Are in BA
P Mon, :> Women Awarded Gold Keys;
Beulah Chapman. Journalism Soph,
Wins Book With 3.82 GPA
Eight men and five women of the senior class were chosen
to membershin in Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic
society, at the regular spring election meeting of Oregon chapter
held in 110 Johnson hall yesterday afternoon. This, with the
Senior Six chosen last fall term, gives nineteen members of
Oregon’s 1937 class the honor of membership in this society,
founded in 1776. Following is the list of those elected, with
their home towns and major subjects:
Gerlinger Winner |
('lari* Igor, junior in journalism,
received double honors at junior
weekend festivities. Selected for
Mortar Board at the campus lunch
eon, Miss Igoe was again honored
at the Junior prom where she* was
awarded the Gerlinger cup for the
most outstanding junior woman.
Miss Igoe is women’s editor of the
Emerald.
MBS. SCHWERING SPEAKER
Dean of Women Hazel P. 9ch
wering left the campus Sunday
evening to speak before the Co
quille Women’s cclub near Klamath
Falls Monday afternoon. She used
as topics her European trip and
the University. Dean Schwering
will return to the campus today.
i n> ms tiuynr n u \v v r m n n,
Portland, serial science. J
Isabelle Mae ('handler, Port
land, English.
Dan E. Clark II, Eugene, jour
nalism.
Fred \V. Colvlg, Eugene, jour
nalism.
Avery A. Coombs, C u 1 v c r,
business administration.
Orval H. Etter, Eugene, law.
Carl X. Jones, Portland, polit
ical science.
Louise 1, a t h a ni, Silverton,
English.
Dallas Norton, The Dalles,
education.
Arno L. Peiterson, Eugene,
business administration.
Helen Marie Rasmussen, On
tario, sociology.
Mareeline E. Scavey, Spring
field, business administration.
Minoru Yusui, llood River,
law.
Wins Book Set
Beulah Chapman, rtf Eugene*
sophomore in journalism, was
selected as winner of the set of
books presented by Phi Beta chap
ter to the highest-ranking student
of less than junior standing. Miss
Chapman's average for 78 hours
of varied work in University
classes is 3.82 out of a possible
4.00 Runner-up in standing was
Ben Winer, of Portland, major in
law, with a average of 3.77.
Initiation for the newly-elected
members will be held in Gerlinger
hall, Wednesday, May 19. The
speaker for the initiation banquet
will be Dr. Bruce R. Baxter, presi
dent of Willamette university.
Toastmistress for the occasion will
be Miss Mary II. Perkins, profes
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Rampaging Frosh Win
Tug-o-war; Dunk OMen
By WEN EROOKS
When husky members of Law & Order Incorporated (the order of the
O) are given a bath, and by freshmen, it's something! So certain
cantankerous members of the mighty Order of the O realized on Sat
urday morning when the frosh, after dragging the sophomores through
the race, decided to top things off with club-swinging Tony Amato and
his colleagues. Among the Order of the O men sacrificed to the cause
(the race) were Messr3. Wallace Arthur Johansen, Robert Anet, Dave
The All-Time Champion Losers
(Courtesy of the Register-Guard)
At th<* tug-of-war Saturday morning sophomore men hung up an
other loss. Perrenlal losers at the hands of sturdy freshmen, the above
picture shows the less fortunate “tuggers” being dragged through the
cold millraee waters.
Whiskers uammon, L,addie Gale,
and John Paint-job Yerby.
The fun began at 7:30 Saturday
morning when the more artistic
lads of the class of '40 assembled
at the corner of Eleventh and Al
der, trekked up Skinner’s butte, and
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Checks
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Sweaters in gay and
conservative colors
are ideal and prac
tical for campus
wear.
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Eric Merrell
the University Men’s Store
You are Correctly Dressed”