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r Publishers Ready For Annual Meet On Oregon Campus Razor Blade Sales Fall Off As Sophs Let Beards Grow VOLUME XXXIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1938 NUMBER 53 ASUO Group May Act on Activities Center 1 Committee Proposal' For Censoring 'Digs' In Papers Is Quashed OSC Motion at 'Better Relations' Meeting Draws Opposition From Both Groups; Compulsory Fees Again Suggested By DICK LITFIN The second-meeting’ of the Oregon-Oregon State joint “bet ter-relations” committee Saturday evening resulted in a pro posal to place The Emerald and Barometer under a censorship to prevent what the committee termed as “dirty digs,” it was learned from ASUO President Barney Hall last night. Set aside by members of the committee as the sore spot in better Oregon-Oregon State relations, withholding articles that 'No Gag Rule' Barney Hall . . . objects to cen sorship. Western Men Tougher Than Eastern Ones By ALYCE ROGERS “Western men are bigger, tough er, and they drink more and show it less than eastern men,” said Ar thur 'Norwood, of Princeton uni versity, president of the National Student Federation, when visiting California educational institutions this week. 4 Loath to express an opinion of western women because he “always gets in hot water,” when talking of the fair ones, Northwood con tented himself with the remark that he thought “they might be very interesting at night.” “Eastern students are more in tellectual in general, but western students have something just as • valuable; friendliness, a democrat ic attitude, and tolerance of per sonalities,” Northwood said. Styles of dress are a distinguish ing mark between the students of the East and West, according to Northwood. “In an eastern class room, 90 per cent of the men will be dressed in suits, with vests and ties. Western men dress very slop pily, which I approve of,” he said. Students in the East are more j &live and interested in the issues ” of the day than are those of the west, but they lack the western er’s friendliness. Class hatred, he concluded, is a common motive in the East, but lacking in the West. Beans! Beans! A pot of baked beans on every California table! That is the plea of the Califor nia Bean Grower’s program for the opening of the National Economy and Health Bean Sale starting Monday, but it apparently will find deaf ears on the Berkeley univer sity campus. “End the business recession sea (Please turn to page four) < migm. uauac ieeung oeiween me two schools by requiring them to be passed on by the committee was suggested. Oregon Opposes Opposition from the Oregon member on the committee as well as members of the Oregon State group caused the proposers of the ■■ensorship to withdraw their sug gestion. Bob Hendersm, Oregon State student president, again brought up the question of compulsory stu dent body fees for educational ac tivities, but no definite action was taken. Attention was brought to the -ompulsory fee question last December when at a meeting ol Oregon and Oregon State dele gates at Corvallis, Percy Losey, Oregon State director of athletics, suggested the two schools team up for the purpose of again bringing *he question before the voters of the state. UO Satisfied With Setup However, it was the feeling of the Oregon contingent at that time that the present setup at the Uni versity was the best. According to Noel Benson, ASUO vice president, the commit tee will function more as two units than one, to promote better rela tions on the two campuses. Refreshments were served the good-will group, following which they adjourned to the Oregon-OSC game, then to the Lemon-Orange squeeze where speeches were made to the assembled students urging better cooperation. Oregon students on the commit tee are Barney Hall, Noel Benson, Frances Schaupp, Virginia Regan, and Zane Kemler. Chimes, Bells, Gongs, and Freshmen Awake Irritant Sleepers—Sometimes By BILL SCOTT The majority of Oregon’s fra ternities and sororities favor the call sheet method of waking in the morning for "that !?**(*) o'clock, according to an Emerald survey. By this system the freshmen are awakened early (too early they in sist ) and they awaken the upper i classmen according to a call sheet which is signed the night before. The "Shake until conscious” sys tem seems tc be the most popular although some have bell, gong, and chime systems. The Pi Phi house boasts of its beautifully toned “musical gong" which awakens so gently that members have been said to be half way through with their egg before realizing it. In I-— the Pi Phi castle Jacqueline Mc Cord rates the honor of being the hardest to awake. The Sigma Chi boys too favor a non-nerve wracking system featur ing a sweet voiced freshman who pounds his chimes in broadcasting fashion and adds “first call” or second call as the case may be. In this tong it is President Dick Pierce who has the "most likely to sleep for a week” attitude. The individual alarm clock sys tem is used by the Chi O and Gam ma Phi sororities with freshmen out of the house by 9 o’clock. Janet Dillehunt at the Gamma Phi and Lois Strong at the Chi O are the hard to wake champs. At the Fiji house where the sleeping porch is known as "Little America,” methods varying from the gentle shake to the “roll-out of - bed - and - bounce - on - head nntil - the - awakened - cries - uncle” systems are used. Here, Fred Beck enters the list of "hard to awakeners.” Other "sleepers” are Hallie Dud ley, the Kappas pride, Bill Black aby, the ATO entry; Beta Jim Mackie; Phi Delt Bob Elliot; Le land Terry of the Theta Chi house, and Bob Pollock of SAE. Humor adds that the girls of one of the sororities down by the Mill stream famous for its "campus queens” don’t attend morning classes but just see the prof in the late afternoon. Playmates Again Jack Lewis and Eddie Hearn . . . former Red and Black Ike turn college boy, 1906 model. '[Morris'Says Public! Opinion Unreliable By MERRILL MORAN “Public opinion cannot be relied upon to keep America out of future wars because public opinion shifts around a good deal,” said Dr. Victor P. Morris, deal of the school of business administration yesterday in an interview on peace problems. “I do believe that it would be harder to sway us towards another war because the public has become hardened to the facts of war,” Dr. Morris continued. I It was the propaganda isssued by various interests who desired war that swayed public opinion and swept us into the world war, Like Fines Fail to * Jolt Joe From Bed “Joey, it’s time to get up.” “Oh ma, call me again pretty soon.” And then when little Joe bolted out of bed about 8:50 he suddenly realized the awful truth—he wasn’t home, “mas” couldn’t call him, and he had a book due at the library at 8 that morning. But did that worry Joe? Certainly hot. He’d just let them take his fine out of his !Stevie' Loans One Dollar as F.D.R. Is 'Shot' WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 — President Roosevelt today bor rowed a dollar from his secre tary, “Steve” Early, and became “founder no. 1” of the new na tional foundation he organized to combat infantile paralysis. Press photographers, present to “shoot” the procedure, report ed much embarrassment in the White House when the presiden tial pockets proved bare of the necessary funds. The general public will be asked to help in the drive against infantile paralysis. Chairman Keith Morgan hopes to enroll 2,000,000 persons. fees! Joe's no dumb-bell. There are many Joeys running around the campus judging from the number of little slips reading “You have incurred a library fine as indicated below” et cetera, sent out from various library depart ments, says Willis Warren, execu tive assistant. So far this term the heaviest toll of fines was noted on Monday, January 17. Star fine days, says Mr. Warren, are Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, with Mon day holding the lead. If a fine notice is not responded to in three days, it is sent to the business office to be taken, with a ten cent addition, out of the student's fees. When the fee is returned in the spring, Mr. Warren pointed out, the amount of library fines is deducted from it. Out of approximately 600 fines incurred last term, 100 were paid and 500 | taken out of the library fees, he I says. Dr. Morris believes. For that rea son he thinks that public opinion can be harmful as well as helpful. In reference to the recent Lud low proposal as an amendment to the constitution which would re quire the public's vote of consent before war could be declared, Dr. Morris is inclined to agree with the president who stated that such an amendment would tie the hands of the department of state in deal ing with foreign affairs. Dr. Morris thinks the wisdom of the Ludlow proposal cannot be re lied upon and stated that he would rather depend upon the judgment of the department of state in cru cial times although he believes that in less tense situations the people (Please tarn to paqe four) Irish Leaders Again Demand National Unity LONDON, Jan. 17—Ireland today, as in many past years, is again “at the wars,” with Eng glish and Irish leaders reaching a stage of marked dissention. The issue, fast becoming a crucial one, is over the union of Ireland, (formerly Irish Free State) and Northern Ireland (Ulster). Irish Prime Minister De Va lera declared that Irish unity is essential to real understanding between Dublin and London. British officials answered that such a union could not be effect ed without consent from the North". . Larger Enrollment Brings Job Shortage Board and Room Will Aid Many Students During Term Due to the great increase in the enrollment at the University ancJ the decided scarcity of jobs, there is a great increase in the need for employment among students this term, said Miss Janet Smith, secretary of employment yester ’ay. She is devoting all her efforts oward solving this problem. Miss Smith stated that this carcity of employment is a drastic , ijtuation inasmuch as must stu Tents’ needed expense money isi lerived from work while attend ng school. More board and room obs have been filled this term than before, however, thus filling a great many needs. In reviewing last term’s work, Miss Smith said that she filled 733 odd pobs and 193 permanent ones. During September she had an average of 62 visitors each day and 45 telephone calls. She inter viewed 37 people each day and re ceived 25 phone calls in October. During November she saw 30 per , sons and received 20 calls each day and in December 27 persons and 21 calls. .. Exams Scare Studes; Sales At Coop Soar Life at college may go on without much fuss for the great er part of a term, but with the approach of final exams the boys and girls begin to get panicky —or so it would seem from a study of records at the Univer sity Co-op store. With sales of the Barnes and Noble outline series as a yard stick, it was established by Mar ion F. McClain, manager of the Co-op, that 30 per cent of all copies sold during fall term went over the counter in a rush just before the week of exams began. Leading in sales of the out lines was Shakespeare, with U. S. history, educational psycholo gy, geology, and economics fol lowing. Some students get so worried, according to Mr. McClain, that they come in as exam time draws near and buy the textbooks they have gotten by without all term. Dean Schwering Gets Appointment Notice was brought to the at tention of readers of the December issue of the 1939 World’s Fair magazine of the appointment of Hazel P. Schwering, dean of wo men, to the position of state chair man of the national advisory com mittee on women's participation in the New York fair. Dean Schwering's picture ap peared with 11 other state chair men in the magazine that has international coverage due to world-wide interest in the fair. Full Program Awaits Annual Press Meeting Conference to Bring Oregon Newsmen To University for Discussions A full program dealing with newspaper problems and manage ment will be awaiting Oregon newspaper men when they gather on the campus for the twentieth annual Oregon press conference January 20, 21, and 22. The conference, which always attracts nearly all the Oregon newspaper fraternity, this year bids fair to be the largest of them all, according to Alton F. Baker, ] publisher of the Eugene Register Guard. Confab Starts Thursday The annual publishers’ round table and dinner at the Eugene hotel at 6:30 p.m. Thursday will unofficially open the conference. Lucien P. Arant, co-publisher of the Baker Democrat-Herald, will act as toastmaster. Rising news paper production costs and busi ness methods that will insure pro fits will be the themes of the meet ing. The general sessions will get under way Friday morning after registration in the journalism building at 9:30. A. E. Voorhies, publisher of the Grants Pass Cour ier and president of the conference, will preside. Speakers will be Ar thur R. Jones, editor and publisher of the Condon Globe-Times; Ade laide V. Lake, editor of the Sheri dan Sun; Harry N. Crain, city editor of the Salem Capital Jour nal; and Arthur Perry, Medford Mall-Tribune. Luncheon Friday Robert C. Hall, superintendent of the University press, will act as toastmaster at a no host luncheon at the Anchorage. Mr. Voorhies will speak on “30,000 Miles Through Europe.” Afternoon speakers will be E. ! Palmer Hoyt, managing editor of ; the Oregonian, Portland; Charles L. Baum, promotion manager of the Oregon Journal, Portland; Ben R. Litfin, publisher of The Dalles Chronicle; and Calvin Crumbaker, professor of economics at the Uni versity. Following the meeting, a conducted visit to the newly open ed museum of natural history in Condon hall is scheduled. (Please turn to page two) Executive Council To Consider Action On Student Union Board to Take Action on Docket of Student Problems; Early Move on Building Project Is Expected i Condon Museum To Open Officially Year's Preparation Is Shown in Displays; Speakers Listed The University of Oregon mu seum of natural history, a project on which staff members have worked for nearly a year, will officially open Thursday evening following an address at 7:30 by E. H. Baldock, chief engineer of the state highway commission, it was announced by Dr. L. S. Cress man, professor of anthropology and director of the museum. Other speakers at the dedica tion ceremonies will include W. G. Pearson, member of the state board of higher education and Dr. C. V. Boyer, president of the Uni versity. The new museum, located on the second floor of Condon hall, repre sents an integration of all the na tural history collections of the University, which up to the pres ent time have been housed in separate buildings, Dr. Cressman said. The material is gathered togeth er in archeological, ethnological, botanical, geological, paleontologi cal, and biological collections. Geo logical material from the collec tions made by Dr. Thomas Con don form an important part of the museum. This material has been augmented by specimens discover ed on field trips. Two private collections are be ing loaned for the opening. One is a collection of Philippine carv ings, tools, and costumes being loaned by Warren D. Smith, pro fessor of geology. Mrs. Alice Ernst of the department of En glish is also lending a collection of masks and Indian carvings from the northwest. Stubble Appears as Beard Battle Begins By WEN BROOKS Did some one say, “What’s all this fuzz about?” Well, it isn’t another Oregon Trail pageant and it isn’t a college gone House of David. No, sir, it’s the annual Whisker Derby staged by he-men of the sophomore class, off to a fuzzy start! The race lasts two weeks, long weeks for some of the coeds on the campus, and at the end of that time fellows parading the darkest, Lecture to Reveal Marriage Biology Delving into another aspect of married life, the second lecture of the Love and Marriage series will be entitled “Biological Approaches to Marriage” with Dr. Jessie L. Brodie as guest speaker. The lecture to be given this Wednesday will be divided into two sections, one for girls at 4 and one for men at 7:30. Both groups will meet in the alumni room in Ger linger hall. Dr. Brodie comes to us with a \ vast experience along the medical line. She is a graduate of Reed college and the Oregon medical school. Dr. Brodie's husband, a prominent Portland physician, will i accompany his wife on this trip. | thickets and ugliest beards will be awarded prizes. The awards will be made at the Whiskerino, the one all-campus dance at which cheek rubbing is truly ticklish business. For two weeks sophomore men can save on razor blades and turn Sampson, and not be frowned upon by society when they do. Fact is, fellows with the best beards will be favorites during the period of competition while those less fortu nate individuals . . . unable to pro duce a convincing growth . . . may find the mill race a bit chilly! Paul Rowe is serving in the ca pacity of chief dunker this year, enforcing regulations and general referee of the derby. If you don’t know the boy . . . well, he played football . . . was plunging fullback. Some coeds on the campus are peculiarly silent regarding all this. Rumors have it they believe the affair altogether too one-sided. They claim the beards ‘‘itch” . . . (Please turn to pane four) Moving forward on the project of providing Oregon with a student union building, Barney Hall, ASUO prexy, said last night that the next executive committee meeting will see action in that direction, proba bly with the appointment of a com mittee to plan the ways and means to secure such a building. The meeting of the ASUO gov erning group, planned for the latter part of this week, will have a busy time when It takes up matters con cerning the building, reforms for the rally committee, and proposed changes in the ASUO constitution sections controlling elections, said Hall. The union project could be in vestigated by a student committee by looking into the methods used by other schools to secure such a building. The Oregon State method of raising money to build their Memorial Union, the center of stu dent life and activity, will be among those investigated. No re < cent action has been taken to for ward the plan on this campus, al I though there is a sum of money set aside for the start of the fund. Hall expects to take up the pro posed reforms in the rally commit tee set-up. Such changes as a year long term of office for the rally men, less emphasis on money mak ing, and faculty advis^rship of rally stunts, were suggested at the close of last term to the commit tee. Plans to change the election rules, before the spring term poli tical season sets in, are being ad vocated by Hall also. A few changes in election procedure, in cluding setting up an election com mittee and bringing the classes un der a uniform rule, will be suggest ed when the matter is brought up. This change is necessary to do away with unfortunate occurences of past elections, according to Hall. The petitions of the ski club and the Mitt and Mat club to have their activities made minor sports will be considered. ALPHA CHIS INITIATE The Alpha Chi Omega sorority will hold formal initiation on Fri day and Saturday. The following girls will be initiated; Mary Jane | Norcross, Barbara Mayo, Mildred Landreth, Libby Ann Jones, and Marilyn Ashley. Thou Shalt Not; Gals Tell Male Masqueraders Men won’t be safe inside Ger linger hall this Thursday night betwen the hours of 8 and 10:30. Not with ten “tiger-ladies" guarding the scene, the occasion being the annual Coed Capers, staged by AWS. Comprising the feminine po lice force will be Gladys Battle son, Clare Igoe, Gayle Buchanan, Harriet Thompson, Virginia Mc Corkle, Genevieve McNiece, Ella Mae Woodworth, Molly White, Elizabeth Turner, and Brandon Young. Any masquerading males will be promptly and properly bounc ed according to the officers of the law. This is one “for girls and girls only.” All coeds will come in costume. Different mo tifs have been suggested for the different houses. Costumes will be judged dur ing the evening and prizes of $2.50 and $1 will go to coeds taking first and second places. The Emerald Brings Latest World News to Campus as Portland Dailies Shut-Down—-Page 4