Repercussions Roll
After Fiery Battle
Within Frosh Ranks
Students Prepare
Gala Welcome for
Leader of Oregon
VOLUME XXXIX
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1937
NUMBER 7
Freshmen Protest
Election Methods
"Tiger" Payne Ticket Makes Clean Sweep of
Class Posts; Protestors Question Need of
Cards for Voting
• By DICK LITFIN
Two major political blocs formed on old-standard lines in
the frosh class last night at the nominating-election assembly
and Gleason “Tiger” Payne’s ticket swept the ballot. The even
ing’s real fireworks, however, came from a group of protestors
independent of both blocs.
The protest centered around the fact that students were
refused admittance to the assembly and the right to vote because
4U/..I 4- r-vrvoorioc* olnco norrlo i_
even though the University desig
nates them members of the class
of 1941.
Methods Protested
Approximately 300 frosh seem
ingly “bought” the right to vote
against 600 who did not. Protestors
asked ASUO president Hall the
question: “Under what power do
you collect fees and deny us the
right to vote, as classes are no
longer connected with the ASUO
due to a revised associated stu
dent body constitution, and as the
frosh have no constitution?”
The sophomore and junior class
es incorporated themselves writh
constitutions last spring, but fresh
men so far have no constitution.
A motion was made at the assem
bly to appoint a constitutional
committee, but was tabled until a
class president could be elected.
Result to Be Examined
Rumors last night were that
Barney Hall would take the ques
In view of the protest of last
night’s freshman election the
question of voting eligibility will
be referred to the judiciary com
mittee otf the ASUO. The points
which will lie referred to the
judiciary committee will be item
ized in tomorrow’s paper.
BARNEY HALE,
ASUO President
tion to the University judiciary
committee, with a recommendation
that a frosh constitution be adopt- j
ed including a provision stating all |
freshmen with or without cards be ;
given voting privileges.
Chances are the reform in the :
old set-up will shake the founda
tions of the soph, junior and senior
organizations also, unless the al
ready adopted constitutions of
those classes prove to be an effec- )
tive bulwark against the reform
move.
Nominations preceding the elec
tion were as anticipated with the i
SAE - Sigma Nu - Kappa Sig bloc :
nominating Payne, Alice Lyle, Ann
Stevenson and Ken Erickson, and
the Phi Delt-ATO bloc selecting
Bob Hendersliott, Barbara Ben
ham, Ann Waha, and Lloyd Sulli
van.
Results came as predicted by
political dopesters, the lowest lead
of Payne’s ticket being held by
Payne himself, 180-136, with Hen
dershott trailing by 44 votes.
ASUO Cards May Be
Used at Frosh Game
Students attending- the Oregon
Oregon State freshman game in
Portland will gain admission with
ASUO cards.
Students can enter gate ten, and
the game starts at 8 o’clock.
Studen ts Enjoy
'Dinner Music'
At Kansas Cafe
By ALYCE ROGERS
“Music while you dine” is being
inaugurated in the cafeteria of
the* Memorial Union at the Uni
versity of Kansas.
In keeping with the newly in
i stituted swing sessions which are
gaining in popularity at Kansas,
the Union cafeteria is offering a
seven-piece orchestra to entertain
students during lunch and dinner
hours.
* * *
N. Y. College Leads
Largest Canadian college in en
rollment is 51-year-old Montreal
university with only 8,383 students.
The college of the City of New
York with its 31,266 enrollees far
overshadows it to top the U. S.
list.
* * *
Thumbers' Guide
In order to help “thumbers”
keep their appointments in other
cities, George Tomas, an instruc-.
tor at Pennsylvania State college,
has written a “Hitch Hikers Time
Table,” which tells the reader the
best hours to “flag,” the distances
between various cities, and the
length of time the journey should
take.
Referee
Zollie Volohock, newly appointed
assistant student activity manager,
will take over the task of peace
maker and arbitrator between the
female and male card-sale mana
gers, Peggy Vermillion and Bob
DeArmond, after announcing the
winner in the battle of the sexes
tomorrow. Zollie, in his new posi
tion, will he in close touch with all
student affairs on the campus.
Cases Installed
For Collection
Cases for displaying the newly
acquired Burgess and Barker col
lections of books and manuscripts
are being installed in the confer
ence room of the University li
brary.
The Burgess collection of books
was gathered by Edward Sandford
Burgess, professor at Hunter col
lege. They were brought here
through the efforts of his sister,
Julia O. Burgess, a member of the
English department of the Univer
sity of Oregon, and interested citi
zens of Eugene.
The Barker collection was pre
sented to the University by Burt
Brown Barker, vice-president of
the University.
The Burgess collection is com
posed of old and rare books and
manuscripts and the Barker group
is of 19th century English litera
ture.
Faculty Golfers to
Start Tournament
Faculty divot diggers will begin
their annual golf tournament Sat
urday afternoon, October 9, on the
Laurelwood public golf course, by
playing their 18-hole qualifying
rounds.
Any members who are unable to
play Saturday must turn in their
cards from the Laurelwood course
to Charles M. Hulten of the jour
nalism school by Saturday, Octo
ber 16.
ART GRADUATES TEACH
Melba Masters, ’36, and Isabelle
Tracy, ’37, both art school gradu
ates, accepted teaching positions
in Oregon schools this year.
Miss Masters, who graduated in
normal arts, is teaching in Beaver
ton union high school, and Miss
Tracy is at the Silverton high
school.
GRAD RECEIVES POSITION
Thomas Louis Hansen, 1930
graduate of the University archi
tecture school, has been appointed
head of the architectural depart
ment of the North Dakota Agri
cultural college at Fargo. During
his senior year at Oregon, Hansen
received a scholarship at the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology.
After spending two years in France
Mr. Hansen became an instructor
i in the Washington State college
department of architecture, a posi
tion which he held until this year.
Election Returns
Complete returns of freshman
class election are:
President:
Gleason Payne.180
Bob Hendershott .136
Vice-president:
Alice Lyle.216
Barbara Benham . 97
Secretary:
Ann Stevenson . 195
Ann Waha . 116
Treasurer:
Ken Erickson . 200
Lloyd Sullivan .113
Law School's New
HomeTakes Shape
Old Libe to Be Redone
In Time for Next
Year's Classes
The "old libe” building, for some
time in the process of remodeling,
is beginning to take definite form
as the future home of the Univer
sity law school.
Present plans call for remodeling
from top to bottom, according to
Will V. Morris, professor of
physics, in charge of the project. I
The finished building will con
tain several new classrooms and
offices, administrative offices for
the law school, and other features,
including a typewriter room, two
reading rooms with their adjacent
stacks, and a lecture room seating
300 persons.
In addition the building will have ,
a club room on the first floor and
will house the bureau of municipal i
research and the offices of the |
law review.
Even the front steps are being
altered, several near the top being
cut out. The front door is being
lowered and narrowed slightly, and
the whole system of interior stair
ways is being revised. The newest
kind of plumbing will be installed
throughout.
The work is being handled by j
WPA labor, the completed pro
ject being expected to cost ap-1
proximately $50,000. Not all of
the needed funds have as yet been
allocated but completion is expect
ed “some time in 1938” says Pro- j
fessor Norris.
Former Oregon
President To Be
Honored Today
Tribute to the memory of
Prince L. Campbell, president of
the University from 1902 to 1925,
will be paid today by Dean Karl
W. Onthank who will take
flowers to the Masonic mauso
leum. The occasion is the birth
day of Mr. Campbell.
House Librarians
Choose New Heads
The House Librarions met yester
day afternoon in the browsing
room of the University library and
elected officers for the coming
year.
Betty Lou Kurtz, Chi Omega,
and Verdi Sederstrom, Sigma Chi,
were unanimously elected for presi
dent and vice-president, respec
tively.
La Vern Littleton, Sigma Kappa,
was elected secretary, and Bob
Emerson, Pi Kappa Alpha, pub
licity manager.
The House Librarians was or
Speakers in the afternoon were
M. H. Douglass, librarian; Alice
MacDuff, Dean Karl W. Onthank,
Ethel R. Sawyer, browsing room
librarian, and Bernice Rise, circu
lation librarian, sponsor, who was
active in the organization of the
club.
The House Librarians was or
ganized last spring and sponsored
the Terrace Dance to raise funds
to furnish the browsing room. They
will collect books this week for
their living organizations — books
which are of interest because of
their own merit and not because
of some assignment. The books
will be drawn for a month.
FROSH TAKES HONORS
Jean Groves, freshman at the
University and former editor of
the Delphic, St. Helen’s hall an
nual, received word that her pub
lication was awarded a medal in
the girls’ private schools class of
the third annual critique and con
test for high school year books.
Jean, who majors in art, is a mem
ber of Kappa Alpha Theta soror
ity. The contest was sponsored by
Columbia university.
Pigger's Guide
To Roll off Press
ForHomecoming
Miller Named Editor;
Book Will Appear
In New Dress
Oregon’s new student directory
will be off the press and ready for
sale a few days before the Oregon
Oregon State game, George Root,
educational activities manager, an
nounced last night.
Using a new system this year.
Root said that he had appointed
Lester Miller, junior in business
administration, to edit the book.
Miller will be in charge of getting
advertising, planning the book and
will be resposible for its produc
tion. Formerly the wor.k was
handled through the educational
activities office.
Songs, Yells Included
Students wishing to make
changes in the addresses which
they announced on registration
day are asked to go to the regis
trar’s office in Johnson and ar
range for the change. This must
be done before Friday night as
work on the typing of the book
starts Saturday.
In addition to the Oregon songs
and yells which have become a
feature of the “Pigger’s Guide,”
the book this year will appear in
a new dress with an entirely new
cover design. 1500 copies of the
new edition will be run off and will
be on sale at either the educational
activities building or the Co-op
about the 18th or 19th of October.
Advertising Trophy
To Be Given at Meet
Alpha Delta Sigma, men’s na
tional advertising fraternity, will
award a trophy to the Oregon
newspaper most outstanding in ad
vertising achievement that is a
member of the Oregon Newspaper
Publishers’ association. This trophy
is to be awarded for the first time
at the convention luncheon to be
held Saturday, October 9, at the
Multnomah hotel in Portland.
The entire membership of the
W. F. G. Thacher chapter will at
tend this luncheon. Any students
with cars, who want to go to Port
land this weekend and would be
willing to take members of the
Alpha Delta Sigma group, are ask
ed to contact Howard Overback at
the Oregana office between 1 and
2 o’clock today or Walt Vernstrom
between 2 and 3 o’clock. All ex
penses for the trip will be paid by
the group.
New officers of the organization
on the campus are Zollie Volchok,
president; Noel Benson, vice-presi
dent; and Dale Mallicoat, secre
tary-treasurer.
Former Student at
U of O Edits Paper
Cloyd Conner, one-time student
of journalism at Oregon, has re
cently been chosen for the position
of editor of the Culver City Citi
zen, Culver City, California.
Before transferring to the Citi
zen, Conner was managing editor
of the Downey Champion at Dow
ney, California, and was for a
short time on the advertising staff
of the Los Angeles Examiner.
The Citizen is located, near the
Warner Brothers’ studio, and its
shop handles all the press releases
and other job work for the picture
concern.
Conner was a transfer from Ore
gon State, entering the University
the spring of 1936. He was, for a
time, a member of the staff of the
Emerald.
Oregon’s Chief Executive
To Tour, Speak on First
Official Trip to Campus
Speech in Gerlinger
Will Highlight Tour
Of Campus Today
Governor Charles H. Martin is
to be guest of honor and principal
speaker at a special assembly in
Gerlinger hall at 11 o'clock today.
The state executive’s talk will deal
with “Traditions and Present Day
Affairs" as he addresses the as
semblage of University students,
faculty and townspeople.
The governor will be welcomed
to the campus with one of the
most colorful ceremonies ever ex
tended a guest of the University.
As the dignitary and his party ap
proach the hall, he will be accord
ed full military honors by the U.
of O. unit of the R.O.T.C., under
the command of Colonel E. V. D.
Murphy. A special color guard
will escort the governor to his
place on the platform.
President C. Valentine Boyer
will introduce the governor. Hal
Young, music professor, will pre
sent the special music of the event,
and other special features have
been arranged.
Students and townspeople are
welcomed to the event.
Bird Imitator
Receives Trip
To New York
Shades of Horatio Alger and
the story of Cinderella!
The glittering hand of fame in
the shape of an offer for an ap
pearance on a nation-wide radio
broadcast has apparently reached
for Howard Lee, senior at the Uni
versity and prominent indepen
dent.
Fame’s hand is backed up not,
only by glitter but by a very busi
ness-like letter which Howard re
ceived from J. S. Simpson, mana
ger-secretary for Robert Ripley of
Believe It or Not fame. He offers,
among other things, a free trip to
New York—at Mr. Lee’s conven
ience—and all expenses connected
with that trip and his stay in
New York.
It all came about* because Lee
has developed the unique ability to
successfully imitate the call of 36
animals, as well as a number of
birds, without using artificial aids.
Lee learned his difficult art
through long practice and constant
imitation of sounds which he heard.
He has appeared as an amateur
over several radio stations.
If arrangements can be made,
Lee intends to take the trip to New
York during the Christmas vaca
tion or sometime during January
or February.
Sadie Dunbar Will
Be Honored at Tea
Sadie Orr Dunbar, uncontested
candidate for the president of the
Federated Women’s Clubs of Amer
ica, will be guest of honor at a
tea given by Dean Schwering,
Mrs. Effie Knapp, and Mrs. J. O.
Holt at Gerlinger hall October 8,
from 3 to 5 o'clock. Students are
invited to come and meet her.
The Sigma Chis will entertain
the Alpha Phis at dessert tonight.
Welcome, Governor
rJX)DAY Oregon puts on its best dress and welcomes Gov
ernor Charles II. Martin, the state’s chief executive, to
its campus.
The governor, an army officer holding the rank of gen
eral, will be escorted to the campus by the ROTC. Oregon’s
band will blare its welcome and students and University
officials will extend official greetings.
'RESIDENT C. Valentine Boyer has requested that classes
be dismissed before the usual hour to enable the students
to file to seats in Gerlinger hall before the governor begins
his address. The assembly, more than any other phase of
the visit, will give Governor Martin a chance to look the
student body over.
The welcoming committee’s value lies in the fact that it
complies with convention. The impression it will make on
thd governor is necessarily a limited one because of the
formal nature of the group.
The University and its student body will speak for itself.
Welcome to the campus, Governor Martin!
'Roadside'Will Be
First Guild Play
American Comedy
By Young Author Is
Being Cast Now
“Roadside,” a rough and ready
comedy of southwestern America
by Lynn Riggs will be the first
Guild hall production this year.
Dates for the show have been set
for Friday and Saturday, Novem
ber 3 and 4.
Mrs. Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt,
director, says casting will be com
pleted this week.
The play tells a story of a “big,
hulky, curly-headed ring-tail-toot
er” named Texas and the buxum,
black-eyed Hannie Rader who is
more than a match for him.
Lynn Riggs is one of the most
promising of the young American
playwrights. His first professional
production, “Green Grow the Li
lacs,” was produced with resound
ing acclaim by the New York Thea
tre Guild.
.“Roadside” is full of a lusty,
earthy humor. Its characters are
constantly embroiled in a rough
and tumble battle of wits.
The University theater is to de
vote at least half of this year’s
productions to plays dealing with
the American scene. “Roadside”
introduces this policy.
Bob Garretson to
Play in Portland
Symphony Concert
Robert Garretson, pianist, has
been asked to play the famous
Gershwin “Rhapsody in Blue” in a
concert with the Portland junior
symphony orchestra in Portland
February 19.
Garretson, a senior, attracted a
great deal of favorable comment
last year when he featured the
Rhapsody in a concert on the cam
pus. Since then he has played it—a
combination of modern rhythm -
at numerous club functions, both
local and in other cities.
Fifteen Professors
On Portland Staff
University instructors who teach
the weekly Portland extension
classes are: Oliver L. Barrett, as- ;
sociate professor of sculpture; W.
G. Beattie, associate professor cf
education; N. L. Bossing, profes
sor of education; D. E. Clark, pro
fessor of history; N. H. Cornish,
professor of economics; Rudolph
H. Ernst, professor of English; J.
S. Evans, professor of organ and
structure of music. Others are: J.
T. Ganoe, associate professor of
history; A. L. Lomax, professor of
business administration; Elizabeth
Montgomery, assistant professor
of education; V. P. Morris, dean
of business administration; A. B.
Stillman, associate professor of
business administration; H. R.
Taylor, professor of psychology,
and P. R. Washke, professor of
physical education.
Chancellor's Reception First Event in Busy
Day for Executive; New Library Will Be
Inspected; Luncheon Scheduled
By ELIZABETH JONES
Today, as the first speaker of the year, a governor of Oregon will
make an official visit to the University campus. Governor Charles H.
Martin, with his executive secretary and budget director, Wallace S.
Wharton, will arrive this morning to speak to U. of O. students on
“Tradition and Present Day Affairs” at a general assembly in Ger
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First Payment
On Fees Due
Students juiyInn fees on the 1
installment plan are reminded
by the business offiee that the
seeond installment on all de
ferred payments will be duo
next Monday, Oetober 11.
There will he a penalty of 25
rents per dny on delinquent ac
counts which will become effec
tive Tuesday, October 12.
Fees are paid to Clifford K.
Stalsberg, cashier, at windows
8 and 4, Johnson hall.
Sixty Melody Men'
Signup for Chorus
Sixty men signed up for mem
bership in the Melody Men, a sing
ing organization for University
men, at their first meeting Tues
day night in the music school.
The organization will form the
men’s chorus for the light opera ,
‘The Student Prince” to be per
formed in Eugene by students of
he University sometime during the
year and will also sing at im
portant musical functions of the
University throughout the year.
The men will meet every Tues
day at 7:30 p.m. and every Thurs
day from 4 to 6 p.m. All interested
are asked to attend the next meet
ing.
Auto Sticker Sale
Advances Rapidly
Registration of student’s cars,
now totaling 442, is heading tow
ard a new high. The total for last
winter and spring terms was only
537. O. L. Rhinesmith, auto en
forcement officer, advised that stu
dents who have not yet registered
should do so soon.
All students who drive cars on
the campus are required to register
at the beginning of both fall and
winter terms, regardless of wheth
er or not they are residents of
Eugene.
Violation of the rules prohibiting
unnecessary noise on the campus
will result in the offender's being
denied the privilege of driving a
car.
The automobile office in Friendly
hall will be open from one to five
in the afternoon until Oct. 15.
Thereafter it will be open from
two to four daily except on Satur
day and Sunday.
She Left the Hills—
Fate Tough on Daisy
By MORITZ THOMSEN
Fate draws two souls together in a love as strong as the will to
live, and then fate again steps in and kills that love with insignifcant
little events or things that otherwise are harmless. Fate is essentially
tragic for fate runs through the life of every man and life is tragedy.
Listen, then, to the poor tale of Daisy Mae and Junior. They loved,
were honest with each other and discreet, but fate stepped in and
hnlv ripnth hrnnprht hnnnlness.
When Daisy May left Hokum
Hill her pappy spoke the sageness
of the hills into her innocent ears,
and as she stood on Main street
trying to find a dress that would
see her through the term at school,
the voice of the old man came
creeping into the consciousness of
her brain. “Wal, datter, be keer
ful of the city snakes, be sure to
brush your teeth, and remember
this money has to see you through
the year.” He gave her twelve
dollars, and ashamed to let her
hear the harsh grey sobs that
shook his frame, he left her on the
highway where she bummed her
way to Eugene.
Daisy Eyes Dress
It was all so strange, standing
there in front of the dress store
trying to find a ninety-eight cent
dress, but as she searched the win
dows, her eyes lit up as a smart
fur trimmed model met her ner
vous stare.
It was all over after that. Numb
terror struck her heart as the sales
woman in haughty disdain caught
up the dress and threw it into the
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Classes will be excused at 10:45
his morning: for the assembly to
>e held in Gerlinger hall.
The governor will be honored at
in informal reception at the home
>f Chancellor F. M. Hunter upon
lis arrival on the campus at ten
;hirty, where he will meet Presi
lent C. V. Boyer, the deans and
’acuity members apd civic leaders
)f Eugene.
Students to Greet
At the chancellor’s home, the
governor will be met by the stu
lent body greeting committee. Jer
•y Smith, Dick Litfin, Marcia
Steinhauser, Willa McIntosh, Bert
Sarr and Jack Enders form the
committee to welcome the state
ifficial to the campus on behalf of
;he students.
After the reception, the gover
lor will proceed to Gerlinger hall,
where, at 11 o'clock he will be ac
corded full military honors by the
University ROTC under the com
nand of his friend of world war
lays, Colonel E. V. D. Murphy.
Interested In Scouting
Governor Martin’s long contin
ued interest and experience with
problems of American youth spring
from a close association with state
ind national activities in the course
rf a long career in military and
civic duties.
He has taken an active interest
n such organizations as the Boy
Scouts and the 4-H clubs of Ore
gon. The governor's words on tra
lition and present day affairs will
oe authoritative.
After the assembly, the state
executive will make an inspection
•>f the recently completed library
building, and will then go down
town to the Eugene hotel where he
will be the guest of honor at a
luncheon given by the Chamber of
Commerce, the Active club, the
Realty board, Lions, Rotary, Ki
wanis and members of the Univer
dty faculty, before returning to his
luties at the state capitol.
New Museum Holds
Science Specimens
Exhibition specimens from the
several departments of the natural
sciences have a new home this
term in a newly constructed mu
seum on the second floor of Con
don, according to L. S. Cressman,
head of the anthropology depart
ment.
Complete remodeling operations
on this floor have provided space
for the new museum, its prepara
tion room, one classroom, and of
fice and laboratory room for the
department of anthropology. A
storage room for the lighter speci
mens which cannot be exhibited
has also been built.
The new museum will house
specimens from the geology, biol
ogy, and zoology departments, and
the Oregon state museum of an
thropology. Most of the several
collections, which were formerly
scattered about over various parts
of the campus, are now being pre
pared for the moving process.
"MusiQuest" Class
Almost Complete
Vacancies in the women’s group
piano class of “MusiQuest” con
ducted by George Hopkins, pro
fessor of piano, are almost filled,
Mr. Hopkins announced yesterday,
and registration for the class will
be closed next week.
All those interested in joining
the class are advised to see Ralph
Wilson of the Wilson Music House.
Extension Increase
Reported by Board
Returns of 1937 enrolment for
University extension division show
more towns are carrying extension
work than in any other year of the
history of the division.