Halliburton
Travel Talk
Is Monday
University students, townspeo
ple and 'nigh school students will
attend the last ASUO assembly of
the year when they hear Richard
Halliburton, popular non-fiction
writer, as he lectures in McAr
thur court Monday evening, at 8:15
o’clock.
Halliburton will center his ad
dress on his latest travel book,
“Seven League Boots,” in which
he describes his deathbed inter
view with the chief assassin of the
Romanoffs, royal family of Russia,
and the death house. Present-day
conditions in Russia under the new
economic set-up wall also be touch
ed upon by Mr. Halliburton. His
unsuccessful attempt to enter
Mecca, the Moslem holy city of
Arabia, where no Christian is al
lowed. will also be described.
A vivid imagination inspired
Halliburton to undertake one of
his most daring, and laugh-provok
ing exploits that of riding an ele
phant over the same pass in the
Alps mountains which Hannibal,
Carthigian general, crossed with
his army over 2,000 years ago. This
tale, with many of his other ad
ventures from all parts of the
w’orld will be related.
Halliburton has interrupted the
completion of a newspaper assign
ment to lecture at various places
on the coast. His assignment is to
write an entire page on his travels
for 40 newspapers every Sunday
for 52 Sundays a year’s job.
Student card' holders will be ad
mitted free; charges for otheirs
will be 50 cents for adults and 25
cents for children. No reserved
seats will be available, Ralph S.
Schomp, director of educational
activities, stated yesterday. Stu
dents w’ill occupy main floor seats,
and will not be required to sit in
the bleachers.
IN INFIRMARY
Ellen Torrence, Jim Hague, Ger
aldine Thayer,' Louis Coleman, John
Rutz, and John Stewart are in the
infirmary today.
Col. Bill Hayward's track team
meets Oregon State for the 29th
annual meet this afternoon at 2
o’clock at Hayward field.
Heroine; Medal
When fire destroyed Bandon,
Ore., last fall, Evelyn Manciet,
chief telephone operator, kept lines
open, remaining' at her post until
flames broke the exchange win
dows. Her heroism brought much
needed assistance. She has been
awarded a Vail medal.
Herman Kehrli
Will Speak
At Convention
Herman Kehrli, director of the
bureau of municipal research, will
leave Monday for Bellingham,
Washington, to attend a conven
tion of the Association of Wash
ington Cities.
He will speak on the “Training
Program for City Employees,” us
ing the Oregon police training
school and other groups in which
his depaitment has been interest
ed as examples.
Mr. Clifford W. Ham, executive
director of the American Municipal
association, has called a meeting
of executive secretaries of the
Pacific coast league. He will fly
out from Chicago to attend the
Bellingham meeting. The Ameri
can Municipal association has
made possible the continuance of
the field serivee which is an im
portant part of the department of
University.
UO Alums, Exchanges,
Teach Summer Sessions
Many of Oregon’s alumni will be found on the staffs at all of the
state’s higher institutions of learning during the coming summer ses
sions. Exchange instructors from Stanford. Arizona, Washington, In
diana, and Reed are to be found in the distinguished list.
At Oregon State colicge in Corvallis will be William Donald Wilkin
son, Ph.D., assistant professor of, geology, OSC, and Delbert Moore,
professor of violin and orchestra, OSC.
TTrtiimr’oif’tr’c omnniPf cpcjcinn nt 1 cronp \urill hatrP ■ MciiiHq T
Kerns, associate professor of nor
mal art; Jesse H. Bond, Ph.D., pro
fessor of business administration;
James H. Gilbert, Ph.D., dean of
the college of social science; Anne
Landsbury Beck, professor of mu
sic; Sophus Winther, Ph.D., pro
fessor of English, Washington;
James C. Stovall, M.A., instructor
in geography; Astrid M. Williams
assistant professor of German lan
guage and literature; Andrew Fish
Ph.D., associate professor of his
tory.
Others are: Orlando J. Hollis.
J.D., professor of law; E. Lenore
Casford, periodical librarian; Ber
nice Rise, superintendent circula
tion department; Faye F Knox
instructor of physical education;
and Charles N. Reynolds, Ph.D.
professor of sociology, Stanford.
At the University’s extensior
are on strike. Hee’s one at work
blanch in Portland are W. G.
Beattie, associate professor of edu
cation; Karl W. Onthank, dean of
personnel administration; Percy M.
Collier, assistant professor in En
glish; Melvin T, Solve; Ph.D., pro
fessor of English, University of
Arizona; John T. Ganoe, Ph.D.,
associate professor of history; and
Oscar O. Winther, Ph.D., instructor
of history in Indiana university.
Oregon Normal has engaged the
assistance of Helen C. Anderson,
assistant professor of English.
Southern Oregon Normal will
have Marion Ady, assistant profes
sor of art; Virginia Hales, assist
ant professor of physical educa
tion; and Jean Eberhart, instructor
in physical education.
A graduate of the Oregon law
Help Wanted:
A Steno Cook
Besides taking a letter, the
stenographer of tomorrow may
have to take an order of ham and
eggs, if this electric oven and stove,
designed for office use, becomes
popular. Dashing off some coffee
and rolls such as the boss’ mother
used to make, Dorothy Canterbury
of Chicago demonstrates the con
traption.
school in 1914 and now a professor
of education, H. E. Inlow, will be at
the Eastern Oregon normal.
L. O. Wright Named
Teaching Delegate
To Mexico City Meet
Prof. Leavitt O. Wright, of the
romance language department,
was named as plenipotentiary
delegate of the American Associ
ation of Teachers of Spanish to
the Third Inter-American confer
ence on education to be held in
Mexico City, August 22 to 29.
Presenting Some Closeups of Hollywood as Strike Slows Industry
Casualties of filmland rioting
when the Theatrical Stage Em
ployees’ alliance quarters were
wrecked were Lon Sheets in l>ed
with badly bandaged arm and
with him Jim, his twin brother,
Norman, slightly hurt.
Striking Hollywood studio paint
ers aren’t idle these days, if they
are on strike. Here’s one at work
stencilling out one of the banners
prepared for picketing and demon
trationsas part of the movie work
ers’ strike.
Pat Casey, labor conciliator of
Motion Pictures Producers’ associa
tion, declares that so far as studios
are concerned actual strike condi
tions do not exist, and says state
ment of demands or grievances is
waited.
Vandalism broke out in the Hol
lywood strike when a mob invaded
the Westmore beauty establish
; ment, owned by four brothers who
head studio makeup departments.
Photo of Bette Davis smeared with
tar.
Plans Made
For Flower,
Fern Parade
Arrangements are being made
for the annual senior breakfast and
flower ar.c' fern procession on May
29. The procession is one of the
most impressive ceremonies of
commencement weekend.
Members of the State Associa
tion of University Women and Ore
gon senior women will meet at the
Osburn hotel Saturday morning for
the breakfast. The procession will
take place in the evening on the
lawn between Hendricks and Susan.
Campbell halls.
Oregon alumnae will march two
by two according to the year of
graduation, starting with the old
est class represented. Senior wo
men in cap and gown will march
in two lines, meeting to form an
“O" around the Pioneer Mother
and place their flowers on the
lawn.
Mrs. E. O. Potter, Eugene, Mrs.
Charles Triedel, Vancouver, and
Philura Murch, New York city,
who were graduated over fifty
years ago will be honored guests
at the bieakfast. A prize will be
awarded to the organization hav
ing the largest number of senior
women present.
The University symphony orch
estra, directed by Rex Underwood,
will play for the procession.
Professor Wright expects to be
conductor of the Crowell study
travel tour to Mexico, in charge ot
the study and classes of members
of the party who do work in lang
I uage and literature.
High School
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the girls. Badminton, ping pong,
shuffle board, and tennis on the
courts will be in play.
Mrs. Clifford Constance, dear,
of girls at Eugene high school, and
Miss Virginia Hartje, dean of girls
of Woodrow' Wilson junior high
school, are in charge of the pro
gram.
Mrs. Hazel Archibald, dean of
girls of Roosevelt junior high, is
in charge of arranging flowers for
the meetings.
Tea to Be Served
From 4 until 5 o’lock in the
afternoon, AWS will be hostess at
a tea on the sun porch of Gerlin
ger. Phi Theta Upsilon members
will serve.
Vivian Emery, Gayle Buchanan,
Elaine Cornish, Jayne Bowerman,
Jane Bogue, Kathleen Duffy, Janet
Hall, and Myra Hulser will act as
guides to show the visitors through,
the campus buildings, after they
are directed to these buildings by
the Kwamas.
Keep . . .
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alive with Hamilton
Ygu’ll be proud to hear, ten
years from today, "That’s my
Hamilton . . . Dad and Mother
gave it to me ten years ago
on GRADUATION DAY!”
Let us show you our selection
of these fine, accurate watch
es today.
Hoffman’s
Broadway and Willamette
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