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Japan Under Fire
Radio Quells Strike
FDR Plans Reforms
Pants Trouble Told
Black Canvass Held .
LEAGUE, U. S. CONDEMN
JAPANESE INVASION
GENEVA — A steamed - up
league of nations put the pressure
on Japan last night in an effort to
end her undeclared bullying of
China. The United States govern
ment also formally condemned Ja
pan last night, as a treaty violat
or.
The 52-nation assembly, of which
the Aga Khan is prexy, bolstered
China with its “moral support,”
and told Japan that other meas
urer, may be taken if they don’t
put away their guns and sail back
to their island. The nine-power
pact group, of which the U. S. is
a member, already has been asked
to act, and quickly.
BOOMING YANKEE BATS
LURE STRIKING CONS
JOLIET, 111. — Convicts would
rather listen to a baseball game
than NOT eat, it was found yes
terday at Stateville penitentiary.
Because of the radio broadcasts
of the world series, all but 21 of
the original hunger-striking pris
oners assumed their regular places
in the dining hall. The warden had
ordered the loudspeaker system
shut off until normal conditions
returned. The strike began Mon
day as a protest against tightening
of parole regulations.
ROOSEVELT MAY CALL
SPECIAL SESSION
HYDE PARK, N. Y.—Feeling
that the average man is in favor
of the New Deal program, Presi
dent Roosevelt said yesterday that
he would make a decision within
a week as to whether he would call
a special session of congress to
speed those measures.
The president made no comment
on either his far-reaching Chicago
peace address or Associate Justice
Hugo Black.
BUTTON EPISODE
WINS DIVORCE CASE
LOS ANGELES Because his
wife wouldn't sew a button on his
trousers, and because of other acts
of "cruelty,” Jackie Stewart, for
mer Australian boxer, was granted
a divorce yesterday.
Reconstructing the pants scene,
Stewart said he asked his wife,
Ruby to “please, dear, sew it on.”
He continued, “She flared up and
threw the button in my face." . . .
Tough guys, these boxers.
CANVASS NETS TIE
IN BLACK QUESTION
PORTLAND Oregon’s con
gressional delegation is divided on
whether Hugo Black should resign, I
according to a canvass conducted
by the Portland Oregonian yes
terday.
Nan Wood Honeyman (D) and
Walter M. Pierce (D) voted no, r
while Frederick Steiwer and James
W. Mott said yes. McNary de
clined to voice an opinion.
Giving an iron-clad argument to
support his belief, Pierce com
mented, “Democrats have such a
terrific time getting jobs they
never should resign from one." i
> Evidently Pierce is still living in
the past.
ITALIAN ATTENDANCE
AT POW'-WOW REQUESTED
LONDON Mussolini was given
24 hours grace last night by
France and Great Britain in which
to answer an invitation to a tri
power conference in regard to ’
Spanish volunteer withdrawal.
Alarmed at the new flow of
blackshirts into war-torn Spain,
the two inviting nations showed
that their patience with II Duce is
none too strong.
Australian Students
To Visit Campus
Two students of the University
of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
will be featured speakers during
Homecoming activities, October 22
to 24. They are K. W. W. Wilmot,
B.A , LL B., and A. L. Benjamin,
LL.B., members of the Internation
al debating team who have been
commissioned by the chancellor of j
the Australian university to study
student life on campuses of uni
versities in the United States.
Wilmot and Benjamin will speak
on some of the following subjects:
Governing factors of Australian
economy, Industrial peace through
arbitration. Problems of the Pa
cific, particularly with reference
to their observations in the Philip
pines, China, and Japan, which
they visited on their trip to this
country.
In the summer of 1931 Dave Wil
son, Bob Miller, and Roger Pfaff
of the Pacific Basin Goodwill team,
visited the University of New Zea
land at Dunedin, representing the
University of Oregon. Last year
the visit was repaid to this cam
pus by students from the Dunedin
university.
Wilmot and Benjamin will be in
Eugene for a short time on Octo
ber 5, and after a tour of some of
the southwestern states they will
return for Homecoming.
Members of Alpha Delta Pi so
rority will be hostesses to the
SAE's at dessert this evening. 1
_ The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication Of the tJniversity of Oregon, Eugene, pub
ished daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final examination periods
Entered as second-class fnail matter at the postofffce, Eugene, Oregon.
_,EROY MATTINGLY, Editor WALTER P-. VEP.NSTROM, Manage:
LLOYD TUPLINO, Managing Editor
The University's Classroom Growing Pains
/'"''LASSEN have “settled down at mis nine
in the term just about ns tniieh ns they
are going to nnil study eonditions in the
lihrnrv ought to he ns nearly “normal as
they ever will.
It was evident from the first day of school
that the removal of all Saturday classes from
the curriculum had intensified a situation
long in need of correction. The “union, fir
five-day, week has caused an overcrowding of
five-hour and four-hour courses, and Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday classes with more
students than any instructor should attempt
1 o handle. There is a dearth of good courses
available for students without special pre
requisites on Tuesday and Thursday.
* * *
~pyKFINfTE advantages have been derived
from the elimination of Saturday classes.
“Football Saturdays” are too numerous In
allow much continuity and the lure of Fort
land, the mountains, Ihe gym, and the coast
is always strong no matter what the season.
A Saturday free of classes provides a much
needed period for work on scholastic projects
of an extended type and is generally more
satisfactory to both students and faculty.
The change, however, had added students
to classes already too big and further crowded
classrooms which in the past were taxed to
hold the students assigned to them. Even
were they not crowded, many of our class
rooms are far from modern. Some lack ade
quate lighting, some need better ventilation,
while others just never were designed to be
classrooms. In the third group fall those in
S. II. Friendly hall, which were equipped as
living quarters.
A LTITOTTGII Oregon has ii now and beauti
f’ul 1 iIk* students visiting here from oth
er campuses say that no other University
library on the coast compares with it—the
same problem must already he met in handl
ing st ndonts.
Some re-arrangement seems necessary, at
least, on the lower floor of the library. The
reserve room is crowded every evening and
students are often forced to go upstairs.
Furnished or not, the library staff would al
most be justified iu commandeering the
browsing room and turning it to more directly
educational and practical uses.
Part of the congestion in the library must
be attributed to tbe fact that the budget on
Practical Politics
By MORITZ THOMSEN
(Recent events seem to call for another moral
ity drama, which in its terse and vibrant style
will warn the rahhle of their folly, and instruct the
resigned as to the true state of things.)
A Tragedy in One Act
The scene An attic in one of the better known
fraternity houses. The room is blue with smoke,
crowds of freshmen fill the place. In one corner a
student is taking the names of prospective candi
dates for president of the class. The registrar
speaks; he is tired. “Number 178 Ronny Rumple,
candidate for president.” The line moves up one.
“Number 179 CIus Gurgle, candidate for presi
dent.” At this point lie sighs once and falls un
conscious beneath the table. Another student
takes his place. “Number 180 Tommy Friz Puss,
candidate for president, number 181 Gilbert Mc
Gillicuty, candidate for president. O. K. dopes,
the offices are closed. One hundred eighty-ona
candidates for president, 181 class cards."
Each candidate rises and gives three cheers
for himself. Curtain.
Scene Two
It is after the election. The scene is the same.
The same students stand in practically the same
positions. The student registrar speaks. He is
grim and half fed up with the situation. “Now
\\ Mil'll il i "> run iiin nm, urni mnr,ntii
years ago, when the old libe was still in
service, serious inroads we're made into the
sums available for salaries and library neces
sities.
This year NY A rolls have been trimmed
and the library staff has suffered along with
other departments. Added to this is the fact
that an enrollment increase at Oregon has a
greater influence on library demand than at
practically any other school in the nation,
because figures show students here depend
more on the library for their materials than
at any other institution.
' — * * “
more liberal appropriation and carefully
planned re-arrangement can probably
eliminate the congestion at the library, but
the problem of relieving classroom jams is a
knottier one.
Johnson hall has been remodeled into a
suite of much-needed offices. It never pro
vided a great deal of class room space on the
first floor, “110” being notoriously drafty
and noisy.
Apparently there is no floor space now
available which could be converted into class
rooms meeting modern specifications and
adequately fill all needs.
* * *
'I'IIK answer seems to be a classroom build
ing.
There has never been any doubt that Ore
gon’s student body needs a student union.
If the co-op is a university enterprise and
student owned, as advertised, it might well
pay its annual rent for floor space in a Uni
versity building centrally located. Such a
source of income might go part way towards
paying the interest on money which would
have to be borrowed.
* * #
'J'MIE University obviously needs more tlian
ever a building fitted with classrooms of
a modern type—similar to those in the new
gymnasium. No one could deny the need for
a student union—at least no one ever has,
financial considerations always being the
point which lias snagged efforts to obtain one.
Perhaps it would not be feasible to include
both in a single structure. Perhaps this year
some means could be discovered for financing
“times” seem better.
Anyway, think it over. The Emerald
would like to hear any intelligent comment,
If you have one, drop it in the morning mail.
listen here. We’re getting no place. 181 votes cast
—one apiece for each of you gents. Won’t just
one of you drop out?” The candidates scream in
unison. "I want the gravy.”
The registrar speaks again. “Well, one of you
has got to drop out, and vote for someone else.
One of you has got to be eliminated.”
Again the students scream in unison, ”Oh, so
it’s elimination.” They fall at one another with
black jacks which they all seem to have brought
for the occasion.
The curtain falls.
AT LEAST ONE SIDE
And any day now we're expecting to run
into a professor who announces a surprise
quiz with the exhortation to “Please write on
at least one side of the paper.”
# # #
TOUGH COMPETITION
It looks as it President Roosevelt made a
serious error in judgment when he chose this
time ot the year to make an all-important
announcement about America's foreign policy.
After all, at least as far as his average Am
erican reader is concerned, the wars in China
and Spain can hardly compete with the world
series.
SIDE SHOWd
Edited bv
I’aul Deutsehniann, National
Bill Campus
One freshman girl, who doesn't
possess a class card, had an idea
yesterday which may develop into
the biggest reform in class poli
tics that the campus has ever seen.
Meet Miss Mary Mohr, of The
Dalles. Backed by the consent of
some of the deans of the Univer
sity, and encouraged by the opin
ion of a Eugene lawyer, Miss Mohr
protested to Barney Hall, presi
dent of the ASUO, that last night's
election of Gleason (Tiger) Payne.
Sigma Nu, was void. Her grounds
ivere that the class of '41 has no
constitution providing for an elec
tion of class officers, and that con
sequently the 316 freshmen who
cast ballots last night at Villard
have no authority to decide who
should dictate the policies of a
group which includes some 900 in
coming freshmen. The fact that
approximately 300 frosh bought
class cards gives them no legal
status as "the class of '41," Miss
lohr argued.
llcr ouse is a substantial one.I
When tho new ASUO constitution
was formed last spring, one of the
provisions definitely divorced the
classes from the VSl'O. Notwith
standing, President Harney Hall
felt it his duty to take the inttia
tive in organizing the class of ’41,
so lie called last night’s election.
Miss Mohr made a motion from
the floor during the course of the
meeting to the effect that a com
mittee he formed to draw up a
constitution, hut in the heat of the
meeting, members of the class pre
ferred to get somebody into office
rather than spend time on legali
ties. The motion was tallied by a
vote of the assembly.
* » »
But Miss Mohr and her followers
Gordon Ridgeway of Gamma hall j
and Bill Rentz, Yeoman were not !
so easily defeated. Before the re
sults of the election were an
nounced, they sought out President
Hall and other members of the
election board with the plea that"
1300 freshmen had "bought” the
privilege of voting.
It was indicated last night tha
President Hall would officially roc
agnize the newly-elected class of
fleers—Tiger Payne and his con;
plete supporting ticket. (Tigei
and his co-candidates were swepi
into office by large margins ovei
Bob tteiulershott and his ticket
despite the opinions of some tha:
Hendershott had the election ii
the bag by virtue of his “Mug
wurap" story, which rattled rathei
hollowly in the quiet dignity o
stately old Villard hall.)' The pro
test filed by Miss Mohr will be pre
seated to the University judiciary
committee for immediate action
according to President Hall, am
the election may eventually be de
clared void.
Representatives of the defeated
bloc said last night that they dir
not plan to support the protest
Campaign Manager Wally Ross
mann termed the election, as fai
as he was concerned, "perfectly
legal.”
Campus
Calendar
Women to Meet—The Amphib
ians, women's swimming honorary,
will hold a short meeting tonight.
Gerlinger hall and 7:30 is the place
and time of the meet.
Phi Chi Theta will meet at the
College Side at 4 p.m. New officers
will be elected.
Meeting Set The Christian Sci
ence organization will meet in the
AWS room in Gerlinger hall to
night at 8 o’clock. Faculty and
students are invited to attend.
Infirmary patients today include:
Margaret Mills, Zola Boyd, Charles
Murphy, Edward ..Adams, Samuel
Knight, Kenneth Love, Carl Jant
zen.
Correction—Due to an error, the
freshman tea scheduled for 3:30 to
5:30 at the Tri-Delt house this
afternoon, was announced for Wed
nesday afternoon. The tea will be
held this afternoon as scheduled.
It will be informal.
She Left the Hills
(Continued from f>ar/r one)
box. “A ninety-eight cent dress,”
she mumbled, ‘‘a plutocrat, an ex
ploitation."
Daisy Mae knew that she could
never go back to that store again,
but as she hurried up to the attic
room where she was living, her
thoughts filled with elation at the
thought of changing the gunny
sacks which she was wearing for
her first new dress. “Ziggie ziggie
zow,” she thought if you can call
that thinking.
Daisy Mae West?
The dress fitted her perfectly,
but Daisy Mae, hardy as she was,
could not stand the thin material.
She was used to having dresses
that came down to her knees, and
the new styles were just too much.
She was brave about it all, realiz
ing as she chewed on her hard tack
that brighter days were ahead and
that as soon as she got a edyca
tion she could earn money and per
haps have t\vo dresses.
It was love at first sight when
Daisy Mae met Junior—poor Jun
ior with his one shirt to his back
and the humble piano box in which
he lived. It was a love enduring
as the hills, but she could not know
the heart break of his life, how
when he came to school he had in
vested all his cash in a shirt to
wear that would wow the gals and
make the gents pant loud with
jealousy.
She couldn’t know how with that
shirt, as red as blood and just as
disagreeable to look at, he had
been shunned by every living thing,
how the houses had closed their
doors to him. She did not know
the loathing he had developed for
the thing, yet how in braveness,
he would wash it every night in
the gutter that ran past his hovel.
Love Snares the Lass
It was love at first sight as I
have said, yet these two lonesome
souls shunned by the world could
never speak to one another. They
had no mutual friends and no one
ever introduced them. They used
to follow one another all the day,
their hungry love-sick eyes glued
to each other. I can't figure that
last one out unless one of them
walked backwards. Oh well.
As the winter came, blowing the
icy mists before it, Daisy Mae
caught cold', but school is here for
edycation, and never a class did
the sweet child miss—except, of
course, when she was chasing Jun
ior.
The fourth of January it snowed
and Daisy Mae, struggling through
the drifts, felt the weakness of ex
haustion creeping up on her. “I
hope,” she thought, “that Junior
doesn't see me now—now without
a coat, and the snow flakes clot
ting my shiny face.” Then fate
stepped in, and she saw Junior
coming up the walk. Panic struck
her. and dazedly she staggered to
ward the bushes next to Deady.
Vague voices overcame her—“Now,
brush your teeth datter—brush
your—city snakes.—”
They found her three weeks lat
er. Poor Junior never was the
same. He began following every
bag that strolled around the cam
pus.
And if you're wondering why she
lay there dead for three whole
weeks, why don't forget that the
chemistry department makes some
pretty funny things.
And, if you're wondering any
thing else—keep it to yourself, you
lug.
BOND BOLDS N1EYV HOME
Professor Jesse Hickman Bond,
faculty member of the business ad
ministration school, is building a
new home at Walnut and Fair
mount. He expects to be able to
move into his new residence within
a month or six weeks, he said yes
terday. The new house is a short
l distance south of his present home,
1790 Walnut.
LAW LIBE HAS NEW BOOKS
Included in the list of new books
received by the University law
school is a 10-volume set of Penn
sylvania superior court cases and
an eight-volume set of the 1937
California code, according to Miss
Lois Baker, law librarian.
ASUO Prexy Hall!
Views-Activities
A rejuvenated student organiza
tion welcomes both old and new
Oregon students. The Associated
Students have established a sound
financial basis for their activities
and are now able to offer an aug
mented activity program which
should enlist the support of stu
dents of every interest. The stu
dent body is planning a social pro
gram which will include all of the
students on the campus. The new
constitution and bylaws furnish
the executive committee with pow
er to furnish the leadership neces
sary to build a united campus.
Educational Activities Manager
George Root has planned a concert
and lecture series which will con
tribute to the cultural background
of all student body members. Ath
letic Manager Anse Cornell has
scheduled activities which should
enlist the active participation of a
large number of students. For stu
dent spectators the football sched
ule offers many home and Portland
games. Expanded programs are
planned in all other student body
activities.
In this connection, the executive
committee recognizes that activi
ties are of value only as a sup
plement and enrichment of the
intellectual heritage which the Uni
versity offers its students. The
committee proposes to consider not
only the applicant’s organizational
abilities in selecting activity lead
ers, but also intends to investigate
the scholarship of applicants for
student body positions and to thus
secure leaders of intelligence. The
group will, wherever possible, en
courage entrance into activities of
students who have not formerly
contributed to the achievements of
the student body.
We hope that students who are
interested! in this phase of the
activity program will indicate their
interest to some member of the ex
ecutive committee during the first
few weeks of school so that these
committees may begin to function
at once.
In addition to the usual activi
ties of the student body, it is the
plan of the executive committee in
cooperation with the Oregon Daily
Emerald to appoint a number of
committees to investigate various
phases of student life and student
government and to publish their
findings in the campus publica
tions. It is our belief that Univer
sity students must assume more
control over their social and aca
demic life if they are to be pre
pared for the social and economic
problems which will face them
after graduation.
If we receive your cooperation,
we promise that the Associated
Students of the University of Ore
gon will make a definite contribu
tion to the educational opportuni
ties which the University offers
you.
BARNEY HALL,
President, Associated Students.
House Dance List
Deadline Set Tonight
Sororities and fraternities must
have dance schedules in by 5 o’
clock tonight.
The sophomore formal scheduled
for Oct. 16 will be held the first
weekend in December, leaving that
date open for a house dance.
MISS POPE ON VACATION
Miss Ida Pope, placement secre
tary, has left on her vacation and
will return November 1.
Oregon Recognizes
Outstanding Faculty'
By HOMER GRAHAM
Long after Oregon students have forgotten their classmates,
the Oregon traditions and the campus, the fame of its faculty
will be remembered. For many years, the presidents of the
University have realized the value of obtaining for instructors
men of highest quality in ability and intellectual achievement.
Students who have attended Oregon do not find it difficult to
remember the teachers who have inspired them and who have
helped them in their undergraduate days.
The members of the Oregon fac
ulty are known for their research
as well as their every day work
in the classrooms. Many of them
are known in other states for the
work they have done.
Heading the list of University
professors is President C. Valen
tine Boyer, who recently submitted
his resignation and for whom a
successor has not been named. He
has been president for three years
and before that dean of the col
lege of arts and letters. He also
has held the position as head of
the English department. Dr. Boyer
is the author of a number of books
in his field.
Oregon Graduate.
Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of
the college of social science, gradu
ated from Oregon in 1903, and
later attended Columbia university
of New York where he received
his doctor’s degree. He joined the
Oregon faculty in 1908, teaching
economics. He became head of the
department in 1920, and in 1932
he was appointed dean of the col
lege of social science.
Dean Wayne L. Morse heads an
able law school staff. Dean Morse
last year was on leave of absence
from the campus, doing investigat
ing for the penal institutions and
paroles department of justice. The
high standing of the law school
is due to the influence of Dean
Morse. Graduates have made ex
cellent records at state bar ex
aminations, and the Oregon Law
Review, published by the school, is
rated as one of the best in the
nation.
The number of students who
have studied in Dean Eric W. Al
len’s school of journalism and have
been successful in their fields are
numerous. The school was organ
ized as a department in 1912, and
in 1916, Dean Allen became its
head when it was raised to the
rank of a professional school. Dean
Allen’s students are to be found in
all countries.
Dr. Ralph W. Leighton, who has
been named to succeed Dr. John
Bovard as dean and director of the
school of physical education, is an
educator of prominence. While he
will devote part of his time to his
duties as dean, he is expected to
remain as a professor of education.
Education Director
Dean J. R. Jewell of the school
of education is outstanding in the
field of education and holds a posi
tion as director of high school
training in the state system. Dean
Jewell graduated from Coe in 1903,
and received his doctor’s degree
from Clark in 1906.
Dr. George Rebec, head of the'
department of philosophy and a
prominent teacher of philosophy, is
also dean and director of the
graduate division of the Oregon
state system of higher education.
Doctor Rebec is a graduate of
University of Michigan.
Music Head Famed
Dean John Jacob Landsbury,
head of the school of music for 20
years, is prominent as a teacher
of music. He received his graduate ,
degree and his doctorate from
Simpson.
Dr. H. R. Taylor, head of the
department of psychology, is also
director of personnel research. He
is a graduate of Pacific university,
and received his doctor's degree
from Stanford in 1928.
The high standing of the Ore
gon faculty may be judged by the
large percentage of its members
who possess a doctor’s degree.
Nearly 50 per cent hold a doctor’s
degree, and a large number have
received their master's degree.
Many of the Oregon teachers are
working for their higher degrees
as a means of increasing their
value to the University of Oregon.
Many of the Oregon professors are
noted for their research activities,
and several are members of the
Oregon general research council of
the state system.
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