All-Campus Musical Will Not Be Presented This Year
Lack of Director,
And Short Time
Brings Board Veto
Plan to Form Dramatic Club Preparatory to
Next Year's Production Is Suggested; H.
Robinson Asks for More Decorations
The educational activities board yesterday accepted a report of a
•r special committee that the production of a student musical comedy
would not be feasible this year.
Reasons given by the committee were the shortness of the prepara
tion period before the only possible dates and the lack of directorial
services this year. 1
Horace W. Robinson, chairman
of the board's committee for the
decoration of McArthur court, pre
sented a request to the committee
for the purchase of drapes in addi
tion to those which are now ready
at an expense of about $65. They
will be used to alternate with the
panels at concerts to provide deco
ration all the way around the court
at dances.
Idea Adjudged Worthwhile
Organization of a dramatic club
which would work towards the
presentation of a musical show
next year was recommended in the
report as accepted by the board.
The ,committee approved the general
idea as “worthwhile” and declared
talent and enthusiasm on the cam
pust justified the production of a
show w'hen time and funds are
available.
Chairman Earl M. Pallette indi
cated that there might be a possi
bility of finding funds for next
year’s budget to finance a dramatic
organization and produce an all
Unfversity show.
No Organization Set Up
No machinery was set up for
the organization of a campus dra
matic group.
Talent brought to light in the
investigation of possibilities for a
musical will probably be presented
to students in ASUO assemblies if
possible, Chairman Pallet indicat
ed.
Tobacco Heir
Gets $80 Day
v Expense Limit
By ALYCE ROGERS
Eastern courts have just grant
ed an income of $80 a day to a
Princeton freshman in order that
he may live in the style to which
he has become accustomed. The
collegian in question, Anthony N.
Duk,e is heir to part of a tobacco
fortune. H's mother told the judge
that Tony needed $2,400 a month
to live the life of a Princeton man.
It just seems like these fraterni
ties get more expensive every year,
doesn't it?
What Next? ...
Courses to teach the wives of
educators how not to be a drag on
their husbands’ careers have been
introduced at Teachers’ college,
Columbia university.
4 Love? ... Wear White
If it’s romance you’re after, girls,
wear white. Experimenters at
Westminster college, Pennsylvania,
have found that girls dressed in
white get more offers of marriage.
White, they say, is connected with
moonlight; moonlight with ro
mance; and finally romance with
marriage.
Smarty...
Thirteen-year-oid Catherine Mc
Grath is a sophomore at the Uni
versity of Washington in January.
Her forte is mathematics, which
she just coasts through for A’s
She finished the eighth grade four
years after starting school. She
hopes to earn a bachelor of science
degree in mathematics and then
^ study law.
Radio Education
To Be Reviewed;
Stetson to Speak
The place of radio in relation to
education will be the general top
ic of the northwestern conference
in Seattle February 4. Professor
F. L. Stetson will speak Friday
night at dinner on the American
council survey of education.
Leaving Eugene on February 3,
Professor Stetson will stop for a
short time at Albany college exten
sion in Portland before going on
to the conference in Washington,
j Following the conference, he will
speak on February 5 to the field
chapter of Phi Delta Kappa on the
cooperative study of secondary
school standards, and will be back
on the campus Monday morning.
Decorates
Sam Fort . . . planning1 decora
tions for senior ball.
Sophs Bemoan
Lost Manhood
As Beards Cut
Mother, get the old shaving
mug out, and whet up pa’s old
razor, because when little Willie
gets home this morning he’ll be
coming out of the brush.
Today little Willie’s pride and
joy goes up in a swirl of soap
lather. For three days he has
sported a bristling patch on his
chin that resembled the most
supercilious of Van Dykes—well,
it would have been in another
month, anyhow —he must now
watch it disappear down the
washbasin drain.
Nor is little Willie’s sorrow
confined to the more spiritual
phases of his loss. He knows
that in every house and hall
gleeful brothers will be waiting,
armed with brush and blade, to
make his cheerful countenance
shine forth, clean and unadorned.
He suspects that these brothers,
in their overwhelming zeal, will
not waste too much tenderness.
In fact, helpful brothers have
been known to forget the use of
soap in their ministrations. Is it
any reason he has a feeling of
uneasiness ?
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Police Gunfire Fatal to OSC Student
i
Orchestra to
Give Featured
Radio Concert
Hour Program Over
National Network
Offered University
Symphony Director
Another “big time’’ musical
broadcast is scheduled for the Uni
versity symphony orchestra it was
announced by Rex Underwood, di
rector, yesterday, after he received
a letter from the National Broad
casting company offering a broad
cast date for Sunday, February 28,
from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
The announcement was made
following the ovation given the
orchestra -and featured soloists
Thursday night at its concerto pro
gram in the music auditorium.
Mr. Underwood stated that he
was offered his choice of either
red or blue network facilities for
the broadcast to be made directly
from the school of music auditor
ium. He wired immediate accep
tance of the offer.
Approximately a year ago, on
January 27, the symphony orches
tra, with soloists Hal Young and
Dorothy Louise Johnson, gave a
half-hour coast-to-coast broadcast
over the red network of the Na
tional Broadcasting system. The :
broadcast, pronounced one of the 1
biggest musical successes ever giv-:
en in the auditorium, was followed
February 27 by another with Rob
ert Garretson, student pianist,
featured. This broadcast was sent
to Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Seattle, Spokane, Portland, Sacra
menton, and Salt Lake City.
Since then the symphony has
given numerous concerts, several
of which have been put on the air.
The audience will be limited to
600, the capacity of the music
auditorium. The program will be
announced later.
ADDRESSES PREP FACULTY
Speaking on the significance of
the cooperative study of secondary
school standards for junior high
schools, Professor F. L. Stetson
of the school of education ap
peared Thursday before faculty
members of Roosevelt junior high
school in Eugene.
University Players
Match Former Stars
Cast in 'Wilderness'
Newman, Schwartz and Lewis Show Fine
Understanding of Roles; Robinson Sets
Retain Usual Mastership
Players of the University theater, with minor exceptions, came
admirably up to the standard at last night’s performance set by the
finest actors of the stage and screen who have preceded them as char
acters of Eugene O’Neil’s great human drama, “Ah! Wilderness.”
No one need stay away from this show on the pretext that, “It
was so well done in the movies that an amateur show might spoil it
for me.” The play was given the finest possible treatment on both
stage and screen, but Roy
Schwartz, Ethan Newman, and
Lewis need doff their hats to no
body as the kindly, wise Nat Mil
ler, the drunken, lovable Sid and
the bewildered, sensitive Richard.
Most difficult, and best loved
role of this bittersweet comedy is
that of Nat Miller. George M. Co
han and Will Rogers played it on
the stage, Lionel Barrymore in the
films. Roy Schwartz gives a skill
ful and utterly convincing portray
al of a father who is both courag
eous and loving. Another difficult
role to portray without slipping
into pathos is that of Richard Mil
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Charles Kirby Dies
From Bullet Wound;
Said to Be 'Prowler'
*
Special to The Oregon Daily Emerald
CORVALLIS, Jan. 28.—Charles J. Kirby, OSC student in forestry,
was found dead in a clump of shrubbery early today, the target of a
barrage of fire from a city policeman who had been called out to
investigate a "peeping tom" who was molesting residents near the
campus.
Kirby fled when fired upon. After searching the neighborhood
Profs Express Need
For Sound Projector
Lack of Equipment Is
Visual Handicap to
Instructors
“A university without a film
projector in these days is like a
home without a radio,” said A. H.
Kunz, chairman of the committee
for visual instruction. He is back
ed up by more than half the mem
bers of the faculty according to
the signatures recorded by Ray P.
Bowen, head of the department of
romance languages, and Carl L:
Johnson, assistant professor in
French, in an attempt to determine
the interest of the various schools
for a film projector.
All the men contacted feel that
the possession of a sound film pro
jector would broaden fields hither
to closed through lack of material
to explain them to the classes.
Other schools, including Oregon
State college, California, Stanford,
and Washington, and even several
schools at Portland, are at present
equipped with projectors, accord
ing to Professor Johnson.
The cost of such a machine will
be from $500 to $750; the mainte
nance of it would be low as it is
expected that many of the films
will pay for themselves.
Business Machine
Display to Remain
Here Next Week
Business machines on exhibit at
the commerce building are to be
shown next week at Oregon state
college.
These machines, as explained by
Mr. H. C. Peck, instructor, can do
most of man’s work in the business
field except answer the telephone.
Students who saw the exhibit were
mostly interested in the invoicing
machine, a great time saver, and
a machine that most of the stu
dents had not come in contact with
before. The invoicing machine can
add, multiply, subtract, and total
all in a single operation.
A large number of outsiders be
sides the students have already
seen the exhibit, Peck said.
NYA CHECKS ON TAP
Many NYA checks are still at
the business office. Students were
warned that unless called for at
once, the checks will be returned
to the Portland office with no pos
sibility of again being sent to Eu
gene.
without finding- any trace of him,
officers believed he had escaped.
The body was found at 8 o'clock
this morning in shrubbery where
he apparently crawled in to hide.
Bullet Bounces
According to police reports, the
student was felled by one of two
bullets that ricocheted from the
sidewalk. Officers had warned him
to stop.
Night Patrolman Arron Dearing
and John Johnson were called to
investigate the report of the al
leged “peeper.” Officers said that
; when Kilby saw them he fled,
; despite orders to halt.
Kirby. 22, was a resident of
Pendleton, Oregon.
The patrolmen were exonerated
I by a coroner's jury.
Senior Ball Ticket
Sale Is Scheduled
Tickets for the senior ball, fea
turing Harry Lewis and his orches
tra, will go on sale next week in
all the men’s houses on the cam
pus. The dance is scheduled for
Saturday, February 12, in the
Igloo.
Sam Kroschel, in charge of
ticket sales, has appointed agents
to deal out the ducats, which sell
for $1.25.
At a committee meeting this
week, decoration plans for a Valen
tine scheme, were sketched by
Fred Heidel. Sam Fort, dance
decorator deluxe, is working with
Heidel.
'Lettermen's j
Limp' Ruled!
Out in Future
Student Discipline
Committee Censors
Annual Dance Due
To Features
The “Lettermen’s Limp,” annual
dance sponsored by the Order of
the "O”, University lettermen’s or
ganization, was discontinued by ac
tion of the Student Discipline com
mittee yesterday.
The reasons advanced by the
committee for the action were
"accumulated discontent with the
party, especially with features
associated with the party, and par
ticularly as a result of a disagree
able incident occurring at the
dance this year.”
Tony Amato, president of the or
ganization, refused to make any
comment concerning the commit
tee ruling.
Ballets Sore Spot
Although it was understood by
the statement of the committee
that the dances will be discontin
ued1, it is believed that, if the var
ious half-time ballets are left out,
the limp may possibly be reinstated
in the future.
The dance, highlight of the or
der’s social life for many years, his
yielded good income to the club’s
treasury. Profits on the dance
range from nothing up to about a
hundred dollars, Amato comment
ed yesterday. Last year the letter
men used a large part of their
$100 profit to help turf the new
Hayward field.
ALL-CAMPUS RESULTS
The handball doubles team of O.
Roberts and M. Johnson advanced
to the all-campus quarter-finals by
winning from S. Mack and E.
Stipe, 21-17, 21-15. The duo of
Corey and Koch also entered the
quarter-finals by turning back Sin
clair and Russell, 21-7, 21-11.
The only ping-pong singles
match saw E. Hearn defeat J. D.
Freund, 21-6, 21-15, 21-18.
Binford Music Ends Series;
Emerald 'Rhythm Review’
Program Starts Thursday
Maurie Binford and his orchestra played the swan song of the
Emerald of the Air programs of last term on what was the l^st broad
cast of the series over station KORE Thursday night at 8:30. A new
series will begin next week.
Don Kennedy, program director, announced the end of the broad
cast which appeared bi-weekly during fall term, while Windy Kaufman
outlined a new series which will
take over starting next Thursday
night over KORE.
New Program Slated
The new program, to be called
the Emerald’s Rhythm Review,
will be modeled after Kay Kyser's
College of Musical Knowledge in
which members of his audience are
asked questions pertaining to or
chestra leaders, theme songs, and
Tentative Plan Voiced by Benson to
Change ASUO Elections to Fall Term
In hopes of avoiding some of
the petty and distasteful inci
dents that have trailed class
elections, a plan to transfer the
time of elections from spring to
fall term was tentatively pro
posed yesterday by Noel Ben
son, ASUO vice-president.
Benson, as head of the ASUO
election board, said he felt from
past experience that a large
amount of politics would be cut
out if the change were made, as
less time for political agitation
would be available the first of
fall term.
He said it would then be pos
sible for all the class elections
to be held at the same time un
der proper supervision.
Charles Erwin, senior class
president, was reported as fav
oring the plan, and Benson said
he was going to contact the re
maining class presidents as soon
as possible.
Only question raised was by
members of the underclasses as
to the result the proposed
change would h;<V(e on their
plans for a direct primary to
precede the general election.
musical numbers, with the orches
tra playing the piece in question.
Student interest has already
been aroused by the new program.
Some thirty students were visitors
at the studio last night, and appli
cations to be contestants have been
received from many would-be prize
winners. A prize of one dollar in
merchandise at Eugene stores will
be given to the winner every week,
Kennedy announced.
Question Solicited
Students are asked to submit
questions which they want asked
on the program to Kennedy or
Kaufman. Some teasers have al
ready been selected for next week’s
broadcast, Kennedy said.
The first program of the new
series will come on the air next
Thursday night. Maurie Binford
and his boys will be on hand to
illustrate the questions for each
and every broadcast, with Kennedy
and Kaufman presenting the quiz.
Students are invited to visit the
studio during the broadcasts.
Malamutes Defeat
Ducks in First Tilt
Of Northern Trip
Hobby's Hustlers Top Northerners at Half#
20 to 19; Dave Silver# Bob Anet, Johansen,
Out of Rough Game at Seattle
Story Seeker
\V. r. G. Thaeher . . . opens an- ]
nual short story writing contest.
Survey Courses Fill
Group Requirements
One of the misconceptions of
students at the University is that
the social science survey group is
a branch of the sociology depart
ment, according to Samuel Haig
Jameson, professor of sociology.
Rather than providing special
ized courses in sociology fields, the
survey courses fill the so-called
“group requirements” and furnish
students with a general back
ground that will be helpful in other
courses.
That such courses as back
grounds of social science are not
pure sociology may seen by study
ing the list of instructors. Profes
sors of economics, history, soci
ology, aud political science have all
spent several years teaching it.
One year a psychology professor
even tried, his hand at it, said Dr.
Jameson.
Most students In the “back
ground” courses are freshmen, al
though members of other classes
frequently take them, especially
those who change their majors or
find themselves lacking in certain
requirements.
Similar general courses are also
available in the language, litera
ture, and science departments.
Courses for fulfillment of group re
quirements in social science in
clude world history, general soci
ology, introduction to philosophy,
and nrincinles of economics.
Teachers' Problems
Discussion Subject
Discussion of the problems of
preparation for teaching will be
the purpose of a meeting February
XI and 12 of the executive com
mittee of the Oregon state teacher
placement association and Dr. Nel
son Bossing of the school of edu
cation.
This year’s meeting, a biennial
event, will be held with the state
association of city school superin
tendents.
Ducks Broadcast
Over KORE Today
The next in the series of week
ly vocational guidance plays, pre
sented every Saturday by members
of the radio class of Donald E.
Hargis, speech professor, will be
broadcast today at 1:45 over
KORE.
A dramatization of the changes
taking place in occupations is
planned for today in playlet form.
Vincent Gates, Eaura Bryant,
Kenneth Erickson, Joe Earley, and
Eleanor Pitts are cast in today’s
broadcast.
SKI BUS TOMORROW
Ski bus will leave tomorrow
morning at 7:15 from the College
Side. Roundtrip ticket one dollar.
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Before a near-capacity crowd of
around 8000 people, Hec Edmund
son's University of Washington
basketball team throttled the pace
setting Oregon Ducks in the final
period last night to edge out a 40
to 37 decision on the “ply-wood"
court of the huge Washington pa
vilion in Seattle,
Halftime score favored the
Ducks, 20-19.
The lead changed back and forth
until the final 10 minutes when the
Huskies turned on the power and
stepped out in front for good. Mid
way in the third quarter the score
stood at 31 to 30 for the Huskies.
Rough play on the part of both
teams featured the game with six
men—Lockhart, Williamson, Wer
ner, Silver, Anet and Johansen—
leaving the game via the four per
sonal foul route.
Laddie Gale ran up a lead on
Harry I^ockhart, his nearest com
petitor for scoring honors, by
counting 12 points to his competi
tors 2 for the night.
Close checking by both Gale and
Slim Wintermute of the Ducks was
a highlight of the game.
Latest Hit Tune
'Pulling Leg'of
Entire Country
By BURKERICKSON
“Someone is pulling’ your leg,’’
said Edmund Kremer, professor
of German, when questioned as
to the meaning of the new song
craze, “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon.’’
Translated, the title would
read, “You are pretty with me,’’
and in that case, everyone’s leg
seems to be pulled.
“Nonsense!” ejaculated the
professor, “it sounds like Yid
dish to me.”
“Now if it were 'You are com
fortable with me,’ it might have
some meaning,” Professor Kre
mer went on, still in a perplexed
state of mind.
Even with the literal mean
ing discovered, the actual motif
behind the title still seems a
little obscure.
Perhaps the composer was a
trifle hazy on this point him
self. Then again, these words
may have fitted in so perfectly
with the music, that the actual
meaning came to be a minor
matter.
The fact that the song itself
gives several explanations of the
phrase may prove that even the
author was somewhat dubious
concerning its significance.
According to him, it means
that “you’re grand,” "your’e the
fairest in the land,” and tells
how "wonderful you are.”
What this all ads ifp to is
merely the introduction of a new
term to revise the rather worn
out vocabulary of piggers. So
just call her up and say, “Bel
mir bist du schon”—she'll under
stand.
First Rifle Match
Pits Girls', Frosh
Squads at 10 A.M.
The first rifle match of the year
will be shot this morning at 10 by
the freshman rifle team and the
girls' rifle team.
This is to be a special 20-shot
match, using a prone position.
The freshman team is composed
of Lawrence Lew, David Curtis,
Freddie Quale, Floyd Gould, Wil
liam Hermann, Gilbert Wing, Bill
Kirkpatrick, Chauncey Brewer, and
Till Stone.
The girls shooting on the coed
team are Louise Woodruff, Ruth
Ketchum, Marjorie Bates, Dorothy
Burke, Constance Kletzer, Barbara
Stallcup, June England, Catherine
Miller, and Judith Oswald.
The girls’ team will also shoot
a postal shoulder to shoulder
match next week with the Univer
sity of Michigan. The team shoot
ing this match will be composed of
ten girls.