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volume xxxix
NUMBER 22
Today's
Teletype Talk
By STAN HOBSON
Japan Answers “No”
Elk “Fish Story” Told
Unions Can’t Agree
Money for Montague
Market Aid Planned
JAPAN REFUSES
TO ATTEND AT BRUSSELLS
Claiming that it would “put se
rious obstacles in the path of a
just and proper solution" of the
Far-Eastern situation, Japan for
mally rejected an invitation yes
terday to attend the Brussels nine
power peace conference.
Japan's contention is that she is
fighting in self defense, that the
nine-power treaty is obsolete be
^ cause of spreading communism in
China, and that the League of Na
tions should not interfere.
ELK PRECIOUS ARTICLES
ON OLYMPIC PENINSULA
Both men and elk on the Olym
pic peninsula are of the opinion
that conditions are too crowded—if
elk have opinions. “Red" Dahl,
Seattle huntsman, claims there
are 5,000 hunters on the trail of
0,000 elk in that vicinity.
To quote: “In the Hoh country,
we saw two hunters on opposite
sides of the river, firing at a sin
gle bull simultaneously. Both
scored hits and the bull plunged
into the river.
“The hunter nearest the elk fol
lowed suit, clinging to its back in
order to be first to attach his game
seal.
“The elk sank and it required
three other hunters to save the
^ man from drowning."
UNION PEACE
BELIEVED UNLIKELY
Obviously near collapse last
night, the peace conference of the
AFL and the CIO could only be
held together if both sides make
extensive concessions, it was gen
erally believed.
With both organizations seeking
the upper hand, no common ground
for a compromise could be found
and the conferees adjourned until
November 4. The AFL accused the
CIO of procedure which “seriously
jeopardizes” the possibility of suc
cess. A CIO spokesman objected
that the federation was demanding
“abject surrender.”
BIG MONEY RUMORED
FOR GOLFER MONTAGUE
HOLLYWOOD — The film col
ony received the rumor that the
^man of mystery, LaVerne Mon
tague, is going to make $1,000,000
in the near future with anything
but amazement.
When word of Montague’s ac
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0 S C Draws Dp
Plans for Huge
Orange Letters
By ALYCE ROGERS
A sixty-foot high letter “O” to
be filled with bright orange-painted
boulders, which should mae it vis
ible for a long distance, will soon
grace “Simple Hill,” due north of
the Oregon State campus, to iden
tify the school to passing motor
ists. Around the outer edge of the
/ letter, will be another trench to be
filled with an inflammable sub
stance to flame up on rally nights.
A committee is also negotiating
for another site on a nearby hill
where it is planned to build an up
right steel structure letter thirty
feet in height. Chemicals will be
burned on this framework to pro
duce an unusual torch effect.
Oregon Fable, Too
From the Indiana Daily Student
comes this “fable in the mail:” “I
want to buy an athletic season
book and a University theater tick
et, as well as subscribe to The
Daily Student, Arbutus and Bored
Walk. Nobody has approached me.
—Signed, Forgotten Man.”
'Penny a Kiss'
^ “Only a penny a kiss" was the
slogan of the members of Mc
Carthy dormitory at Syracuse,
New York until the plan died from
over-success.
It seems that the coeds, in order
to faise funds for a party, put a
silver bowl by the dorm door and
if a date kissed his girl goodnight,
he dropped a penny in the bowl.
The news soon spread and every
fraternity member was wending
his way to the McCarthy dorm.
The telephone calls became so
numerous that the girls wrere no
longer allowed to answer and the
house mother took charge.
But soon, as all good things
come to an end, the university offi
i cials were acquainted with the ac
tivity and it wasn't long before
the little silver bowl was removed
from the hallway, and only the
regular percentage of males were
present.
Walkout Penalties
To Be Protested bg
Punished Pledges
Peaceable Campaign
Launched as Coeds
Prepare Petition
By BILL PENGRA
Starting a peaceable campaign
to bring about further discussion
of what they termed “an unfair
punishment,” pledges in one soror
ity were preparing a petition last
night to bring together the heads
of houses and representatives of
their group to study the walkout
regulations, recently enforced.
Placed under special rules this
week by the houses’ discipline
committee for their walkouts dur
ing the past two weeks, pledges
planned to ask for another chance
to be heard, concerning their date
less weekends.
Rules for Week
Rules placed on the pledges for
this week are briefly—no dates,
no shows, no exchange desserts,
no eating in campus food shops,
no walking or talking with boys
between classes, no visits or shop
ping downtown, and no luncheon
guests. Besides the general disci
pline rules to be observed by all
pledges who walked out, many of
the houses have placed their own
regulations upon their pledges.
Protest Punishment
Protests against the strictness
of the punishment was made
especially by those not being able
to attend the pledge dances in
their honor. Charges that the dis
cipline, so late in coming (two
weeks in some cases), has allowed
several of the houses to escape
this fate, were made.
Many of the girls said that al
though warned by the rules against
walkouts, they had been encour
aged to keep this tradition of the
school by their older 3isters and
the fact that no trouble ever re
sulted before. The campus ruling
stressed by heads of houses in lay
ing down the new walkout regula
tions was that the girls are not
supposed to leave town which some
of them did.
Forum Groups Will
Discuss Economics
Drawing from President Roose
velt’s speech of October 25 in Chi
cago, the women’s symposium has
chosen one quotation for the key
note to their forum discussion this
year.
Examination of present - day
threats of war and discussion of
possible policies and programs
which might keep America out of
war will be presented in this forum.
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Gerald T. Smith will take the
lead in “Roadside,” season-opener
at the University theater Friday
night.
Robinson Produces
Unique Stage Sets
Veterans and Several
Novices Appear in
'Roadside' Cast
Horace W. Robinson has again
overcome the restrictions of the
Guild hall stage to create an in
genious and effective set for the
production of "Roadside.” There
are two scenes in the play. One is
a roadside setting including a cov
ered wagon, an open fire, an earth
bank, and a rail fence. The other
is an interior scene of a court room j
after the impetuous “Texas” has
vented his wrath on it.
The cast for the most part is
made up of veteran actors, but
Jack Lewis and Eddie Hearn have
their first featured roles as Red
Ike and Black Ike, a pair of feath
er-brained yokels. Tom Robertson
and John Kirrigan make their first
appearance as much-abused min
ions of the law.
Young Costumes Cast
Properties and costumes appro
priate to the early Oklahoma set
ting were obtained yesterday from
Cal Young, famous for his work in
Eugene’s pioneer pageants.
Donna Row has replaced Mary
Elizabeth McCarthy as a hostess
for the formal opening on Friday
night. Cider and doughnuts will be
served between acts in keeping
with the rustic atmosphere.
Leading Man
3 California Co-Ops
Studied by Ohmart
Cooperative houses at the University of California were studied
first-hand last week by Howard Ohmart, general manager of the two
Campbell Co-ops on the Oregon campus. Ohmart returned Monday
night from Berkeley, where he “lived in” with 350 members compris
ing the Barrington hall unit of the California Student Cooperative
Venereal Diseases
Up for Discussion
Dr. Miller of the student health*
service reports that the American
student health association will hold
its annual meeting this year at
Mills college, Oakland, Cal. the
weekend following Thanksgiving.
This organization formed to fur
ther health service for college stu
dents has in former years devoted
much of their time to the discus
sion of tuberculosis but according
to reports venereal diseases will be
the topic of discussion for the
forthcoming meeting.
Dr. Miller is one of the district
executives of the association and
will attend the conclave accom
panied by Dr. Hayes, also of the
infirmary, and by H. S. Hoyman
of the physical education depart
ment.
association.
Following are facts collected by
Ohmart on his visit, which was
made primarily to discuss possibili
ties of an all-Co-op conference
during Christmas vacation.
500 Students in Co-ops
Two men's houses and one wo
men's house make up the Co-op
association, which is incorporated
More than five hundred students
comprise the association.
The California cooperative move
ment has had considerable en
couragement from the administra
tion. Money loans at no interest
charge were made by the adminis
tration in helping the Co-ops to
organize and expand. The money
has always been paid back before
the date due, and the houses are
now in sound financial condition.
Inadequate dorm facilities at
California has resulted in an asso
ciated student investigation which,
Co-op leaders hope, will lead to the
erection of new dorms by the ad- j
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Hall Names Members
Of AS UO Commi ttee
To Promote Activity
Doug Milne Chairman of Group of 8 Boys
And 14 Girls to Notify Campus of Student
Body Meetings
Dong Milne was appointed gen
eral chairman of the ASUO speak
er's committee for the 1937-38
school year yesterday by Barney
Hall, student body president.
The group of 14 girls and 8 boys
will officially notify the campus
at large of all ASUO meetings and
activities, and be of assistance to
other student organizations in
making announcements.
Miss Sara/.in Heads Group
The girls’ section of the commit
tee will also function as the As
sociated Women Students’ speak
ers' committee. Harriet Sarazin
will head the group composed of
Patsy Warren, Patsy Taylor, Ruth
Richardson, Jean Bonness, Jeanette
Hafner, Peggy Robbins, Jean Web
ber, Barbara Needham, Betty Jane
Kurts, Pat Brugman, Peggy San
ford and Ann Dean.
The men’s section of the com
mittee will be composed of Paul
Cushing, Bob Dent, Gilbert Schnit
zer, Dick Pierce, Bob Smith, Sam
Kroschel, Herbert Anderson, and
Milton Levy.
The first large function of note
that the committee will announce
will be an Armistice day program
now being planned by the ASUO
in conjunction with the veterans'
organization of Eugene.
Rounds to the fraternities will be
handled by the girls, with the men
touring the sororities.
Men's Symposium
Will Speak in Bend
Five members of the University
men’s symposium leave for east
ern Oregon next Monday to appear
before several audiences in and
around Bend, Oregon.
Topics will be the “Supreme
Court issue” and the subject of
“Modern Governments.” They will
appear before the Bend senior high
school assembly, the Bend Lion’s
club, the Bend Methodist Christian
brotherhood, the Prineville senior
high school, Prineville chamber of
commerce, and the Redmond senior
high school.
This is the first time that the
University group has appeared be
fore audiences in that part of the
state and this trip opens up new
territory which is considered a
profitable expansion in this part of
the University’s state program.
Making the trip are: Freed
Bales, Kessler Cannon, Howard
Kessler, Zane Kemler, and Edwin
Roberts. W. A. Dahlberg, assist
ant professor of speech, who has
directed them in their study, will
accompany them.
Legal Studen ts
Plan Gala Hop
For Fall Term
The law school .will again
break social precedent on the
University of Oregon campus by
throwing the most stupendous
b(r tall of any yet staged in the
history of barristers' flings.
(And that covers a lot of
ground).
Again it is stipulated that the
law school is not to be held lia
ble for injuries sustained during
or after the dance as a result of
the negligent or intentional acts
of any and or all of the members
of the school. An ample supply
of ambulances and ice-bags is
guaranteed, however, for the
benefit of those requiring same.
Medical aid may as usual be se
cured at the University infirm
ary, or at the first-aid station to
be maintained at the dance.
Miss Reva “Darling-of-the
Law-Schcol” Herms, social arbi
ter for the occasion, has not yet
determined whether overalls and
hob-nailed boots or white ties
and tails will be in order. Afier
consulting with the fashion edi
tors of Esquire and Vogue she
will make her final ruling.
George Neuner, in charge of
selecting the ballroom, has an
nounced that negotiations for the
leasing of either the Rose Room
at Mammy’s Shack or the loft of
Dean Morse's barn, are in pro
gress.
Infirmary Report
Lists Many Cases
For Past Month
Yesterday marked the thirtieth
day of service for the infirmary
during- the present academic year
with but 118 cases reported in the
confined division.
No very serious cases have been
reported, stated staff officials, and
this number of patients is not too
large considering the size of the
student body. Quite a different
story was related in the dispensary
department where over half of the
student body have required medi
cal treatment for minor ailments.
To date 1.476 different miner cas
es have been registered and there
have been 2781 visits. The num
ber of visitors is exceptionally
large because most of the patients
report back for observation and
treatment more than once.
Tag Sale Will
Be Described
In Assembly
Mrs. Gerlinger to Give
Talk; Sticker Sale to
Furnish Browsing
Room Funds
A special student assembly will
be held this morning at 11 o’clock
in Gerlinger at which time plans
for the concentrated sticker sale
to raise funds to furnish the
browsing room will be introduced.
Mrs. Irene H Gerlinger, head of
Portland donations, will speak.
Mrs. Gerlinger has said that if the
cooperation of the students is
shown to substantial amounts will
be given toward the $10,000 esti
mated to furnish the browsing
room.
Hill Buy Books
Mrs. Gerlinger said that by not
spending any of the money until
all of it was raised a discount will
save money to be used for books.
Prof. S. Stephenson Smith will
give a short humorous speech at
the assembly. Kessler Cannon is
to give a factual talk on what the
committee, headed by Harold
Faunt, is doing. "Babe” Binford
and his orchestra will play, and
Louis Moffet will demonstrate
truckin’.
Duck Stickers to Be Sold
Salesmen will be at the assem
bly doors to sell the newly designed
duck stickers. The proceeds of
this sale, which will be carried on
Thursday afternoon and Friday,
will go to the $l,.r>00 that Oregon
students and townspeople have
been asked to raise. Saturday tags
will be sold downtown. Betty Lou
Kurtz is in charge of the town
booths, and Ann Fredrickson is in
charge of campus sales.
Concrete Driveway
To New Libe Doors
A concrete horseshoe driveway
making possible automobile ap
proach to the very doors of the
University’s newly dedicated half
million dollar library is one of the
results of activity on the part of
the state board of higher education
this week.
Announcement was made today
through the office of Earl M. Pal
lett, executive secretary and regis
trar of the University to the effect
that an allotment of funds for the
purpose of constructing such a
driveway had been made by the
board.
Present plans call for a concrete
horseshoe filling almost the whole
space at the Kincaid street end of
the building, as well as a parking
space of considerable size in back
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Gets More Funds
Announcement was made yesterday that additional funds have been granted the University library
to provide space and facilities for more students.
State Board Grants
Money to Expand
Libe Study Facilities
Rhodes Exams Set
For Saturday A.M.
Four University of Oregon stu
dents will be seleeted to represent
the school in the annual Rhodes
scholarship competition on Satur
day morning by the foreign schol
arship committee. The four will
be sent to Portland to take part in
the state-wide examination with
other Oregon college representa
tives.
Members of the foreign scholar
ship committee who will choose
Oregon's representative are Dr.
George Rebec, chairman, dean of
the graduate division and head of
the department of philosophy; S.
Stephenson Smith, professor of
English; Dr. A. R Moore, professor
of physiological psychology; Dr.
Chandler Beall, professor of Ital
ian in the department of Romance
languages; Dr. Andrew Fish, pro
fessor of history; and Dr. R. R.
Huestis, zoology professor.
Formerly, at least one-third of
the contestants in the examination
have been students who had en
tered the competition before. This
year, however, only one “repeater”
has registered.
Age Limit Set
No student may become a can
didate whose birth date is before
October 1, 1913, or after October
1, 1919.
The four Oregon representatives
will be chosen in an oral examina
tion to be given on Saturday, Octo
ber 30, in room 202 Johnson hall.
They will go to Portland on De
cember 16 and 18 to take part in
another oral quiz with representa
tives of all Oregon colleges, from
which two will be selected to at
tend the district competition in
Spokane, Washington. The dis
trict committee will make the se
lection on December 20 of four stu
dents to accept the scholarships to
Oxford university, England, ac
cording to the will of the late Cecil
John Rhodes.
DO Hawaiians Elect
Officers; Plan 'Luau'
Plans for a “luau” to be held in
the near future, election of officers,
and discussion of extension of the
organization to national scope were
features of the meeting of the
Huiokamaiana club last night at
he College Side.
The ctlub, organized las year, in
cludes all University students who
come from Hawaii.
Frank Hitchcock was re-elected
president, Jim Marnie chosen vice
president, and Leilani Kroll was
elected secretary-treasurer at the
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Additional Funds Will
Make Room lor 180
More Students, New
Furniture Bought
Meeting the need for more li
brary space necessitated by in
creased enrollment and by in
creased use of the library, M. H.
Douglass, University librarian, an
nounced yesterday the state board
of higher education had sanctioned
the purchase of new furniture. Ar
rangements were being made to
readjust the setup in the library’s
various study rooms to increase
their seating capacity.
The board's authorization will
make available accommodations
for 180 additional students. With
them installed, the library will still
be well below the capacity load of
839 students for which it was de
signed, Mr. Douglass said.
487 Seated Now
Seating arrangements are avail
able at present for only 487 stu
dents and serious congestion has
resuUed, the librarian indicated.
Reserve reading rooms were espec
ially crowded.
The downstairs reserve reading
room is at its peak load already,
he declared. The books available
at this desk were handled in the
upstairs reserve of the old libe and
in Condon hall, so the demand un
der the new system is heavy.
Room 150, the overflow reserve,
and the lecture room will be used
more* extensively when the new
equipment is available. The lecture
room now seats 58, can accommo
date 100. The capacity of the up
per division reading room can be
almost doubled. At present accom
modating 32 stufiious people, the
newspaper room p r operly
equipped, can take 80, while the
other rooms in the building can
serve a proportionately larger
number of people If study desks
and chairs are available, Mr Doug
lass states. He says the cause of
the congestion is not lack of space
but the limited amount of equip
ment available.
Id lie Well Planned
In planning the library, he de
clares, especial care was taken to
avoid th'^divergence of all lines of
traffic upon the circulation lobby.
This eliminates crowding in the
central lobby and more than the
necessary noise at the circulation
desk, Mr. Douglass explains.
fiie head librarian announced
earlier in the year that the staff
of the library had not been in
creased in proportion to the in
crease in usage because the budget
in the new building is the same as
the sum allowed for maintaining
the oiu structure.
The decrease in NYA help avail
able this year has also cut into the
efficiency of the staff, forcing a
greater burden on all library em
ployes, he has also pointed out.
Rhodes' Scholarship
Qualifications Listed
Contrary to popular belief applicants for Rhodes scholarships need
not have all the knowledge of the past 10,000 years at their fingertips
to stand a chance in qualifying for the Oxford award, Mrs. Clara
Fitch, graduate division secretary, said yesterday.
A four point GPA and a sallow complexion is not the insignia of a
Rhodes scholar. Applications,
which must be filed today with
Mrs. Fitch, show on the other hand
that the committee expects a good
knowledge of one’s own field of
study, a strong character, qualities
of leadership, and physical vigor.
Examinations Oral
According to Mrs. Fitch examin
ations by the University’s foreign
scholarship committee are all con
ducted orally. If the applicant
shows a sound knowledge of his
own field, the committee moves on
to other fields to determine the ex
tent of the student's knowledge.
A broad education, along with
other qualifications, determine the
winner of the right to represent
Oregon in the district examina
tions.
Information concerning courses
offered at Oxford can be found in
several books available in the
browsing room.
Garretson to Play
Piano Over KORE
Fifteen minutes of a half-hour
radio program over KORE Thurs
day night at 7 p.m. will be devoted
to the music of Robert Garretson,
senior piano student of the Uni
versity.
The program, sponsored by
Charles P. Poole of the Poole Fun
eral home, will consist of popular
and well-known classical numbers.
Among the selections played will
be the lively and brilliant “Rhap
sody in C major” by the contem
porary composer Dohnanyi. “The
Harmonica Player,” a composition
by David Guion, composer of
“Home on the Range," will also be
played.