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PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
LeRoy Mattingly, editor Walter R. Vernstrom, manager
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UPPER NEWS STAFF
jonn i'inK. r,iDcri nawKins,
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editor.
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managing editor
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»ui r >-iii*t, rauio eauor.
Edwin Robbins, art editor.
Clare Igoe, women’s page
editor.
Jean Weber, morgue director
Chief Night Editors;
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Martha Stewart, feature editor.
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( lair Johnson
Lillian Warn
Night editors
Bob Jolly
I Jay editor:
Corrine Antrim
Mary Kay Booth
The Spice of Taste
TASTE of both classical and popular
music was given to Oregon students this
weekend when they were privileged to hear
the music of lien Pollack for the Junior prom,
and the glorious voice of Nino Martini, lead
ing tenor of the Metropolitan opera, in con
cert Sunday.
Pollack’s pop, and the urgent rhythm of
liis melodies, were greeted with delight by
Oregon students, who this year have danced
to the music of many “big name” hands. The
“dean of sophisticated swing” played music
that was modern, new, familiar to his college
audience.
Sunday's concert was different. Martini,
recognized as a great artist, brought to the
campus no contagious rhythms, no melodies
with the appeal of familiarity. He brought
instead a voice of great beauty and the charm
of a natural, attractive personality, llis pro
gram was simple, for the most part rather
unfamiliar to his listeners. Yet when he walk
ed to the stage and sang his first number, they
were entirely captivated, llis conquest was
completed when lie sang encores well known
and loved by his audience.
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’Yy'llEN MARTINI sings at the Metropoli
tan, they turn crowds away from the
doors. No such crowd greeted his Ktigene ap
pearance. But the enthusiastic demand for
encores that greeted each number indicated
that the same magnetism and genius that were
beloved of New York and motion picture
audiences had appealed to his Eugene, listen
ers as well.
ll was gratifying to see the largest crowd
in years at the Junior prom—largely because'
of the attraction of Ben Pollack’s name. But
it was more gratifying to see the genuine
appreciation and enthusiastic reception that
the University gave to a fine artist . . . even
if he didn’t “swing it!”
Aviation Stock Drops
IMPORTERS iiiul news photographers went
out to Lakehurst, Now Jersey, tlu* other
day, ostensibly to rover a good but almost
routine story of the landing of (lie lliiidon
burg. The story the reporters not kept the
wires sizzling across the continent. The pho
tographers' pictures are being appraised as
the best of the year and by some as the best
in the history of news photography. The
llindenburg crashed, killing lib persons, at
the end of her trans-Atlantic crossing.
There is a deep signilieanee in the fact the
llindenburg story is one of the best of the
year and that the pictures of the disaster are
among the best "shots" of all time. True,
there were Jb people killed in a spectacular
craekup but a goodly part of the news value
in the accident arose from the belief of the
public that air travel is still highly spectacu
lar and dangerous.
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L|M tiE.N'K theaters proudly displayed signs
advertising news reels of the crash, loss
than a week after it occurred. On the end of
one of the news reels, while the screen dis
played a burning, crumpled mass of frame
work. the commentator declared an investiga
tion was underway and that something con
structive would arise from the ruins in the
iorm of knowledge w hich might in the future
prevent such catastrophes.
These facts illustrate the interest of the
public in aviation and seem to indicate it is
in a receptive mood at least as far as news of
spectacular air accidents is concerned. There
have been lew attempts to take advantage of
this interest to educate the man iu the street
to the advantages and the practicality of air
travel.
During the past few mouths there have
been several of these accidents, in most of
which lives were lost and which newspapers
played up with front page stories and pic
tures. The work of making America air
minded has without doubt autlereil because
of the adverse publicity these stories occas
ioned.
TREADING headlines of such accidents, the
public is apt to forget or is ignorant of
the fact that mile for mile in the past several
years air travel has been shown to be safer
than travel by auto and almost as safe as
travel by rail.
Heavier-than-air flying is no longer an im
practical hobby of the daring and wealthy.
It is a day by day service to most of the cor
ners of the world, a recognized industry, need
ing only the confidence of the traveling pub
lic and getting it more and more. It is sig
nificant that England and the United States
have virtually abandoned work with lighter
than-air craft, while Germany persists in her
efforts to build them bigger and bigger.
Perhaps Germany is on the right track
with her dirigibles. The Graf has flown many
miles without a major accident but all three
of the nations which have led the world in this
field have had very little “luck.” Those roar
ing flames which reduced the llindenburg's
shell and framework to a tangled mass in such
a short time wen; fed by hydrogen from lies
gas bags. Hydrogen is highly inflammable and
possesses only a little more lifting power pci
cubic foot than does helium, which does not
burn. The United States controls most of the
world’s supply of helium while the Germans
fill their Zeppelins with hydrogen, yet the
United States has practically admitted the
failure of the big craft despite this advantage.
As soon reason thal travel by boat is un
safe because the Hindenburg crashed as to
declare its failure is a reflection on the safety
of airplanes, for the llindcnlmrg depended
upon gas to sustain her and the airplane relies
upon the power of its motor and the action of
her air foils, or wings. Nevertheless, the Hin
denburg crash, placed another obstacle in the
pathway of aviation’s endeavour to sell itself
to the public—it made a good story but bad
publicity.
Credit Is Due
,J| 'IIE UNIVERSITY'S social calendar does
not lack events but there is only one
affair in its whirl of college life which is indi
vidual, distinctive, even unique — the canoe
fete.
Annually floats “parade” down the race,
riots of color and graceful motion, in the only
show of this kind. Utilizing the possibilities
of the millrace, the fete is cast against a
natural background and is an event of true
beauty.
It’s a real tradition, this canoe fete. It
holds a position comparable to the Fresno State
college “hack race” and to the “Trail to
Rail” pageant given by Eugene.
This year’s fete was a fine one. Chairman
Sam Fort and his committee set the standards
for the 1!W -Junior weekend high and the
canoe fete was perhaps their “main event.”
Much credit should be given the committee
for the success ol’ Junior weekend, but, and
especially in the canoe fete, the cooperation
of the campus was essential. Organizations
spent hours planning and constructing intri
cate floats.
It was a lot of workjmt the results were
worth it.
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Miscellany
GRADES AND GREEK LETTER
SOCIETIES
A news report from Hie campus of the Univer
sity of Oregon states the authorities there have
abolished competition among the student living
organizations for "house" scholastic standing
Group averages will no longer he calculated ani
published. Individual grades will he available ti
students, parents and others directly interested, bul
will not he made generally public. No more "scan
dal sheets."
It is desired to interest the students in tlu
more serious subjects of the curriculum. As it is
pressure is said to he applied to students to induct
them to enroll in the "pipe" courses (simple sub
jects! in expectation that they will make hettei
grades than would he likely in the "solids," am
consequently boost, or at least sustain, the "houst
average." For example, an "A" obtained in appre
ciation of hemstitching" counts just as much at
one secured in calculus, and is generally easier U
get. And the more A s. the more glory for deal
old Omicron Upsilon ri.
With no more need to maintain "house stand
ing" in the scholastic fields, it is hoped the pipe,
will be deserted and the students will turn to the
more serious subjects which arc offered in plenty
but. at present, not patronized in proportion tc
faculty estimate of their worth.
The stop is bound to moot with mixed senti
ment Persons who regard "grades" as productive
of more hatm than good and as generally futile
for the purposes of education, will say the school
authorities have not gone far enough they should
have eliminated them entirely. Others persons may
wonder why, instead of going around Rubin Hood's
barn, the authorities did not just reduce the credit
for passing the easier courses in proportion to
their worth, if any.
It is only incidental, of course, but will not the
Hellenic brotherhoods and sisterhoods now tend to
select new members merely for wealth,beauty,
popularity end kindred qualities counted upon to
add to the "walioo” of the house?—An Oregonian
editorial
Editor’s note: What's the hour of that "appre
ciation of hemstitching?"
Hop’s
SKIPS 6* JUMPS
By ORVAL HOPKINS
VTOW that canoe fete: Due con
^ gratulations to dear old
AGDelta and the KSigs ... I still
don’t know what that Barcarolle
job looked like . . . what with dolts
standing up to stare on all sides . . .
And people certainly moaned . . .
The Maytime float sort of got me
on account of I’m always one to go
around kissing girls and all that ...
The heroic young man on the Al
pha-Hendricks float who strode
about snatching that torch . . . Why
didn't the ork give the boys some
help on that “to hell with Ber
gundy" . . . Seems queer that the
queen and her little helpers only
get to see the aft side of the floats
and the stooges guiding them . . .
A very robust looking freight didn’t
seem to bother the lad in his ren
dition of the “Desert Song”.. .Very
nice of the judges to divide the
prize so evenly among the orgs and
non-orgs . . . something is to be
said for diplomacy after all . . .
even if it does miss the "where
credit is due” angle . . . The per
formance took about an hour and
a half, which is creditable ... I
understand this one had it over
last year’s fete but must bow to
the '35 number . . . Great disap
pointment that none of the floats
capsized . . . That always seems to
add to things somehow ... It
seems that Hal Young could have
done his little stint sooner than he
did . . . The announcer very per
sonable ... As was said, it’s the
setting, trees, the race, lights, etc.,!
that make the fete what it is ... |
I heard as many remarks about
the cow jumping over the moon as .
about anything of the evening . . .
light clever these lads and lassies
. . . Being of a very simple mind, !
I had to have the “Naughty Mari
etta" number explained to me . . .
Didn’t the cherry tree and the red
gatepost in “Madame Butterfly”
sort of clash ... or was it those
oysters I ett . . . I was hoping for ■
a rendition of “Poor Butterfly”
just at that point, too . . . Dean i
! Landsbury deserves kudos for his
“Romantic Serenade” as does one
C. Kletzer for her theme . . . We
uns down in the four-bit seats got J
the full benefit of the tearing I
apart after the floats got past
all you plutocrats . . . The Faust
float represented a lot of work and
seemed very well done . . . Cer- |
tainly a lot of people walking
around with blankets after the fete
... it don’t seem right ... To get
back to the announcer, the laddie
did all right when Maytime was
delayed . . . The weather was nice,
the night warm, the floats excel-1
lent, everything was lovely but my
seat . . . And aren’t Hubbell and
Ol’ Diz just athumpin' . . .
Kampagmg rrosh
(Continued from page one)
gave the Oregon O it's annual
spring facial. After applying the
yellow, frosh huskies slid their
chief, John Dick, and their newly
elected class t r c a. s u r e r, Dick
Hutchison, down the slippery face
of the O. No damage was done the
O, but Hutchison suffered three
stitches in one finger.
Returning to the campus, the
feudin' frosh rampaged from one
house to another, routing sopho
mores out of bed. Then, having
left their impressions on various
portions of the sophomores bodies,
they'd chase on to the next house,
adding local color (yellow paint*
wherever they went. Don Thomas
was the official "sloppcr-onnei" for
the frosh.
Highlights along the way: new
proxy Litfin routed from privacy of
bed at SAK sanctorum, unique
beauty bath applied on front lawn:
DU’s Karl Wester interrupted in
process of mailing letter, given
once-ovcr; make-up applied to Sig
ma Chi's queen, Yerby . . . good
job well done: Sigma Nu's Bobby
Anet surprised in phone booth:
Hank Nilscn deprived of his lower
garments, given what is known as
a "warm up" and introduced to
mill race. Chi Psi's Osbiirn, paja
mas and all, enjoys cool morning
bath in race: Bob Boyer "sleeps"
1 though it all: Beta's love merchant,
Bud Burnett, along with Dick Win
termute. Jack Smith, and Walt
Miller, receives guests (forty
frosh) and free "entertainment";
Phi Psi's Joe Letelle McCool and
A1 Boguc dunked, paint applied U
sit-down portions of lads: Bogue
remonstrates, while held by six
freshmen . . he won't run away
i . . no, really ? SPR’s receive ad
vance notice, clear out before
marauders arrive.
And on down to the race for thet
,tug-of-war. Frosh outnumber
sophs about .1 to 1. Get restless at
delay. All for immediate action.
Order of O restrains fellows. Lv
i ervthing must be just so. Legal,
l - i
above board. Prexy Amato gives
brief talk, asking fellows to ob
serve rules of game. Other Order
of the O on hand. Tug starts.
Frosh get upperhand, pulling
sophomore aggregation into murky
race water. Some sophs drop off
rope, avoiding dunking. Frosh go
get 'em. Hough and tumble ensues.
All frosh in! Those who don't go
in are put in by classmates. Don
Casciato given dunking. Tony
Amato thrown in along with other
Order of the O.
And once again the freshman
class upholds tradition by beating
the sophomores in the annual tug
of-war.
Oregon Not Great
(Continued from page one)
survey recommendations have been
disregarded or modified. (5) The
cost of providing advanced work in
pure science will be no greater than
the cost of adequately providing
lower division instruction only.
Other Factor Faculty
Other factors keeping Oregon
out of the rank of great universi
ties are its “good average faculty’’
and the need for a greater program
of social service in the fields of
social science, the story went on.
“As I see it,” the article quotes
the law dean, “a university can be
no stronger than its faculty. Show
me a university with a weak fac
ulty and I will show you an en
larged entertainment cantonment.
Some faculty colleagues at Eugene
might not appreciate this remark,
but objectivity, I believe justifies
the remark that the University of
Oregon does not have a particul
arly strong faculty.’’
Plii Beta Kappa
(Continued from page one)
sor of English, a former president
of the Oregon chapter.
To Honor Dunn
A committee was appointed to
prepare resolutions on the death of
Frederic Stanley Dunn, head of
the classics department in the Uni
ersity, a charter member and for
mer president of the chapter.
The meeting was largely attend
ed by faculty members and gradu
ate students. Among those attend
ing was Dr. Frederick M. Hunter,
chancellor of the Oregon system of
higher education, who is a member
of the organization.
Rhapsody in Blue
(Continued from page one)
combining modern swing music
with the older classic music. Its
presentation Tuesday night will be
the first public playing of the con
certo On the campus.
it’s Not the Ku Klux Klan
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No, it wasn’t the young- Klu Kluxers who stalked the campus Friday noon. Members of Asklepiads,
honorary physiology fraternity, tapped pledges at the campus luncheon. Dressed in hospital attire, and
bearing a mute reminder of better days, their parade added a humorous note to the festivities.
Queen Rubino I Bashful
But He Has Personality
By BOB EMERSON
I’ve never had a chance to interview a “real" queen before and when
the managing editor barked at me to "see ‘Sweetpea’ Rubino and don't
come back without a story,” I was scared.
But luckily he is as sweet as his name would indicate. With one
of his legs thrown daintily over the edge of his chair he talked non
chalantly of the obvious things of life. But when I asked him about
his election chances, down went me
leg and a fierce glint came into his
eye.
"It's going to be plenty tough!—
Casciato with his personality plus
and Rubino with his personality
plus plus,” he declared.
And then smiling rather sheepish
ly he added, “Of course I don't
care.”
This sweet nomination for the
illustrious position of men’s Junior
Weekend Queen, began the battle
against the elements of the world
just 21 years ago. He attributes
his slight avoirdupois to the fact
that his parents were married
twelve years before he was born.
When his backers picked Queen
to-be “Sweetpea” he was reluctant
to-accept because of his retiring na
ture. Naturally bashful on all oc
casions, Rubino seldom has any
thing to say. To quote him "If
there is anything I hate, it’s a per
son who interrupts a conversation."
When asked about his trousseau,
if elected, “Sweetpea" was unde
cided. “Although I realize that I
presented a very striking appear
ance last Tuesday, at my coming
out party, in that red and yellow
net, I don't believe that this cos
tume is befitting one who has
reached this regal position," he
said.
Diet has never been one of Ru
bino’s worries.
“I find that I can eat most any
thing, and in pursuing my hobby,
which may become my life work,
the exercise keeps me in perfect
trim," he concluded.
Minoru Yasui of Hood River will
deliver the feature address at an
“international” Rotary club lunch
eon to be held in the Osburne hotel
at 12 o'clock today. Yasui, speak
ing on the problem faced by the
second generation of foreign stu
dents in the United States, will be
one of eight University students
not born in this country to speak
at the luncheon.
Local Girls Make Good
V,v - ir. te>' - V!-.: : .
Four Eugene women. students .it the Vniversity, were tapped for Mortar Beard,
senior women, at the campus luncheon last Friday, l eft *o rigid they are f.a\le
Young, daily s Ba'tleson. and Clare lgoc. Miss lgoe Has also awarded the Cierliuger
standing junior woman, at the Junior prom Friday Right.
national honorary for
Buchanan, Brandon
cup for the most out
Campus
Calendar
Elizabeth Dement, Louis Cole
man, Priscilla Mackie, Margaret
Rankin, Marion Turner, G ,dor;
Corum, Roy H o c k e 11, Gilbert
Schultz, Neil Stockhouse, Sam Kro
shell, and Jule Graff are in the
infirmary.
Pot and <Jtiill members are to
assemble in front of Gerlinger hall
tonight at 7:30 where cars will be
provided to take them to the home
of Mrs. Eric Allen where the group
will meet.
Alpha Delta Sigma will meet for
lunch today upstairs in the Col
lege Side.
Alpha Kappa Psi members will
meet in 105 Commerce tonight at
7 o’clock.
Alpha Delta Sigma members and
pledges are urged to meet at the
College Side for a luncheon and
business meeting, Tuesday, May 11.
Skull and Dagger meeting at
7:30 tonight in College Side.
All freshmen YW members will
meet in the YW bungalow at 4 o'
clock this afternoon to nominate
officers for next year's sophomore
commission. Nominations from the
floor can be made only by fresh
men having YW membership cards.
In correction, at the moot court
trial last week Arthur Barnett was
found by the jury to be guilty and
liable for the damages of $200 to
Robert Miller’s car, instead of vice
versa, as stated.
•The time for graduate theses
has been extended from May 10 to
May 15 because of difficulty of
getting books while the library was
being moved.
" v ' council members will meet
m the social room of Gerlinger at
6:45 o'clock tonight.
1 assing Show
(Continued from page one)
people of Philadelphia from exer
cising their right of public meeting
and free speech.”
Laborers Sore
Hollywood's actors returned to
" 01 k^ yesterday after being assured
ot Jo.50 per day for extras and
if' P°r tiay for small part players,
took players will get $50 per
•'cck, Jubilan actors of the guild
celebrated wildly. 4
lechnicians, members of labor
unions who started the original
movie strike, were sore. The guild
settlement was a conspiracy with
t he producers, they claimed. Busi
ne.'S manager of the union, angling
for CIO backing and a national
theater boycott, said the agree
ment was a "dirty double-cross.”
to State Schools
^ ill Require Reports
Gifts to all Oregon state institu
tions of higher education shall, in
the future, "be subject to consist
ent policy of report to institutional
officers, and subsequently to the
'-hancellors office, it was decided
at a faculty meeting, May 5, in
Friendly hall,
A special executive committee ^
"a° appointed to study the handl
of S‘ft funds, with Mr. Collins,
budget director, as chairman.
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