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Webfoots Retaliate For Montana Loss With 63 to 49 Score Executive Council To Pick Committee For Student Union VOLUME XXXIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1938 NUMBER 64 Work to Start on University 'Super-Show Committee to Be Named For Student Union Work ByASUO Executive Group Class Election Set-up Will Face Executive Group at Noon Meet Three Possible Solutions Are Suggested by Class and ASUO Officers; Fall or Spring Politics Is Issue A meeting of the ASUO executive council this noon will face the question of conducting class elections with three possible solutions being suggested by class and student body officers. Whether the ASUO shall exercise control over the polls and whether the elections shall be conducted in fall or spring terms have become the major propositions. President Barney Hall favors student body supervision over all Glee Chief John Stark Evans ... to lead (Eugene Gleemen in annual concert in McArthur court tonight. Smoking Room Is College Base, Leacock Says By ALYCE ROGERS “If I were founding a university —and I say it with all the serious ness of which I am capable—I would found first a smoking room; then when I had a little more money in hand I would found a dormitory; then after that, or probably with it, a recent reading room and a li brary. After that, if I still had money over that I couldn’t use, I would hire a professor and get some textbooks.” -—Stephen Leacock. Deffy Definishuns . . . Smoke: Stuff which when it gets in your eyes is a song from Ro berta. Weekend: Something one waits five days for. Frat Pin: That which makes an ugly male look handsome. Night Work: That which silly people think students do. Notebook: That which one loses ■when full. —Silver and Gold. Ban on Women ... You can put your feet on the desks and smoke, but you can’t use your gal for inspiration in the law library at the University of Texas. Closing one eye—or maybe both —to the ruling that girls are not supposed to visit the library with out special permission, potential Blaekstones have been taking along sweet young things to rest their eyes when looking up from usty law tomes. However, gals will be gals, and that means they will be noisy, so Ira P. Hildebrand, dean of the school of law, posted the ruling and demanded strict observance. Of course, if one just can’t digest law without a young lady to soothe the fevered brow, permission can be obtained to bring her along. elections but is undecided whether fall or spring provides the most opportune time. Noel Benson, vice presidei ‘ of the ASUO, favors elections in the fall and questions the necessity of direction outside the classes. ! Spring Primaries Suggested ! Dick Litfin and Gleason Payne ! of the sophomore and freshman or ganizations, desire fall term elec tions preceded by direct primaries in the spring. Charles Irwin, senior prexy, fa vors fall term elections sponsored under ASUO supervision. Zane Kemler of the juniors could not be reached last night. ■ - ... --- Mail Students to Get Individual Tutoring Extension Division to Send Out Members Of Staff Oregon’s extension school is plan ning an innovation which will pro vide correspondence students with the advantages of a teacher’s guid ance, according to Miss Mozelle Hair, head of correspondence work. The new plan, which was tried as an experiment in the Coos county district, retains the individual studying method, hut provides that a member of the staff meet with the correspondence students three times a year. Miss Hair believes that the principal disadvantage of the “lone-wolf” method of correspon dence work is the lack of discus sion and the resulting bias and narrowness of view. The new plan was started when a number of Coos county teachers taking a course called “curriculum construction” were found. W. G. Beattie, associate professor of edu cation, was sent there. Historic, Futuristic Brides Will Parade “Here Comes the Bride, Look at her Stride," will float from the portals of the music building Feb ruary 17 when the campus YWCA presents “Wedding Belles," a pag eant of colonial, modern, and fu turistic nuptials. Phi Beta trio will furnish music for the colonial wedding party, and Miss Barbara Ward will present a solo. Music chairman for the af fair is Eleanor Hays. Prominent students on the cam pus will be selected to portray the brides, grooms, et al. This is not the first time an event of this kind has ben held . . . a similar program was given in 1934. A feature of the evening will be a prize awarded to the one wear ing the oldest authentic wedding dress. FACULTY WILL DINT, Members of the faculty will be entertained at a dinner to be giv en by the Chi Omega sorority ‘ Thursday evening. Fund-Raising Survey To Be Conducted; Pep Squad Change Slated by Hall Naming of a committee to study the ways and means to secure a student union for the University and action on the proposed rally reform plan will ' come before the ASUO execu tive committee today, Prexy Barney Hall announced last night. The committee, to be compos ed of four or five students, will make a survey of the way other universities on the coast have raised money to build the union. Oregon’s buildings will not have to be very expensive, according to Hall and Dean Onthank, although provision may be made for addi tions to be made to it at a later date. A fund available for the cen tral activities building at present contains $33,000. Rally Reforms Coming Reforms for the rally committee will probably be forthcoming to morrow, with some plan being made to have the ASUO take charge of a few of the basketball game half-time periods, Hall said. Suggested plans to bring the committee under the financial con trol of the ASUO, to change the appointment time of the rally di rector, to extend the time the com mittee functions to cover other sports besides football, will be taken tip in the meeting. Scientific Displays Scheduled forWeek Irwin A. Moon, owner of one of the largest private scien tific displays in the world, will give a demonstration in science in the First Baptist church, throughout the week. Each program will be gin at 7:15 o’clock. An electrical display will be the feature of each illustrated lecture. The inaudible vibration of a solid wall will become a loud roar through powerful high-gain am plifiers, which amplify feeble sounds, 1,250,000 times. These are some of the many things that students and citizens will be interested in seeing and ! hearing. Mr. Moon will demon strate the discharging of 1,000,000 volts through the human body. He will float metal in space, show tiny living creatures increased in area more than two million times, mov ing like prehistoric monsters on a screen, and demonstrate that dull gray rocks can become glowing jewels under a 20,000-volt iron arc, sponsors of the program said. The rush of molecules inside a bar of steel will be heard, and a voice recorded inside a tiny thread of steel. Students will see and hear voices projected on a beam of light. Discussion Group Talks in Portland On Labor Problem Three members of the public discussion gToup of the Univer sity speech department went to Portland Monday^, where they spoke on the “Labor Problem’’ be fore the chamber of commerce. Cooperation between capital and labor, whom he termed the “Sia mese twins of industry,” was urged by Kessler Cannon. He said capital should favor strong unions to give stability to business, while unions should develop sounder or ganization, leadership, and fewer abuses. Howard Kessler spoke on the problem in relation to the future, and pictured a condition where neither capital or labor should be supreme. Zane Kemler traced the growth of the present labor difficulties. ASUO Board Planning 'Big Time' Production Of 'Peer Ggnt Suite' Horace Robinson to Direct Super-Spectacle In McArthur Court; Hundreds to Take Part In Dancing and Action By BUD JERMAIN Probably the largest-scale undertaking ever attempted in any production on this campus will be the spring term presenta tion of “Peer Gynt Suite’’ by a cast listing more than 120 persons, and including the University symphony orchestra, at least 20 dancers, and a strong dramatic personnel. The announcement was released yesterday of this production, a presentation of the ASUO under the auspices of the educational activities board. Plans for the production had been well-defined before the dropped all-campus musical was suggested, but definite confir mation of the project was not released until this time. Characterized as a ‘‘super-spectacle’’ by director Horace W. Robin son of the drama department, the staging of the production will occupy the whole east end of McArthur court, from floor to top of the bowl. Board Approves Production Plans With the board having already placed the stamp of approval on the plans for the production, editing of the script has already begun, according to Mr. Robinson, with casting to follow as soon as possible. Dancing and orchestra casting will be handled by Miss Paasikivi and Rex Underwood, dance and musical directors respectively. “Peer Gynt suite will undoubtedly be the biggest thing the campus has seen,’’ was Mr. Robinson’s qualification. “It has more artistic merit than anything yet attempted, and it is big enough to look at “Peer Gynt suite” is a poetic drama with incidental music, the theme being based on Ibsen’s famous work of the same name. It is commonly given as drama alone, without the music, according to Robinson, only the more ambitious productions of it using the music. Music, Dancing Elements of Presentation This symphony concert, dance recital, and dramatic offering all in one includes 7 dance numbers and several presentations of the Uni versity symphony orchestra. The music and dancing are worked into the whole, and play a significant role in the production, according to Robinson. Release of Robinson from his duties in the drama department has already been approved, so that he will be able to devote his full time to the staging of this production. Assisting Robinson in the directing will be Walden Boyle, also of the drama department. Pallett Voiced Board’s Enthusiasm The enthusiasm of the board for the production was voiced yester day by Chairman Earl M. Pallett, who said that the board is whole heartedly behind the project. “A production which fits the building,” was his designation. Although the spectacle will be in production for more than two months there will be only one presentation of the suite, as far as is now known. The latter part of April was given as the approximate time at which the production would be ready, but no definite date has been approved. Quiz Shows Women Bluff More Than Men Which, as a general class, is more sincere—men or women? Who are the biggest “bluffers”? An experiment along this line was conducted recently by John J. Landsbury, dean of the school of music, in a quiz given his class in appreciation of music. Because the class has never been asked to purchase a textbook, and is seldom asked to attend a concert for which admission is charged, uean Landsbury thought it tair enough to ask his appreciation class to attend the recent concert program of the University sym phony orchestra, with George Hop kins, Jane Thacher, and Aurora Potter Underwood featured. Stressing the interest of the un usual program, he spent the last day before the concert discussing the concert. At the program, he noticed that of his class of sixty-nine students, only a few were present. Questions were then given the class in the form of a quiz, the answers to which could not possibly be given by one who was not there. Answers Bluffed Some of the questions brought forth amusing, if obviously bluffed, answers, Dean Landsbury sail. “Why did Hopkins enter the stage from the right, causing disturbance and confusion among the orches tra, when the other soloists entered from your left?” The answer is, he did not. But some student, stuck for an answer said, “He wanted to attract attention in the audience.” Another, “It is ethical for a man to enter on that side, and women on the other side.” "Between what numbers did the brasses of the orchestra move down in front of the cellos?” queried Dean Landsbury. “Between the first and second,” bravely guessed some. “Between the second and third,” chanced others. Correct answer: The brasses did not change places with the cellos. “Was Mrs. Thacher’s dress light (Please turn to page /our) CameraClub Plans Meeting for Tonight The campus Camera club will hold its initial meeting to talk over plans for such a club on the campus. Anyone interested can meet in 10 journalism tonight at 7:30. Plans for the recognition and election of officers will be the schedule for the evening. The club will probably be able to sponsor salon exhibits of its prod ucts and discuss the commercializ ing of college pictures and stu dents’ profits. Possibility of obtaining promi nent commercial photographers and eminent specialists was ex pressed by Jimmy Goodwin, lead er in organizing the club. New Natural History Museum Open Daily The new University museum of natural history in Condon hall will be open to the public afternoons from 1 to 5 daily, and from 2 to 4:30 Sundays, staff members of the museum announced. SKATING PAKTV PLANNED A skating party at the Midway skating rink is scheduled for Fri day night by Westminster house. The party will leave there at 10 p.m. after regular open house. Webfoots Punch Up 63-49 Count Over Montana Boys To Divide Roadtrip Games New Emerald Radio Program Will Start OverKORE Tonight Rhythm Review to Feature Binford Band; Question Contest Based on Popular Music And Orchestras to Be Held “The Emerald Rhythm Review is on the air.” Tonight at 8:15 over KORE, Oregon's new half-hour musical review contest and program featuring Babe Binford’s band will get under way with Don Kennedy as master of ceremonies. The program is to be styled after the Kay Kyser "Blackhawk Review” program from a Chicago night club. A contest, open to stu Evans Will Lead Gleeraen Concert Tonight at 8:15 Dressed-up Igloo Will Greet Spectators for First Time Coming' as a bonus attraction for winter ASUO caret holders, the Eugene Gleemen will present their annual concert in McArthur court at 8:15. John Stark Evans, professor of music, leads the group of 80 male voices in the specially arranged choral numbers. Miss Marian Van Antwerp, guest soloist from Portland, will sing three numbers in her unusual tenor voice. Her numbers will be Handel's “Care Salve,’’ “Songs of Gruzia” by Rachmaninoff, and Lambert’s "She Is Far From the Land.” The University’s new drapes and decorations for McArthur court, recently constructed to alter the appearance of the court, will be seen for the first time. The pro ject, costing $700, will be up in time for the attraction. To Sing Foreign Songs The program will be opened with the “Prayer of Thanksgiv ing,” by Kremser. Following this the Gleemen will present their songs in a "nationality” series, (Please turn to page four) dents ot the university, will be started tonight with five contest ants each answering five questions. Questions pertaining to orchestras, popular numbers, entertainers, theme songs, and other musical matters have been selected from a rapidly growing list sent in follow ing last week’s program announce ment. Prizes Offered The winner of the quiz questions (which will be illustrated by mu sical numbers of the band) will receive a one dollar merchandise certificate from either Gordon and company, women’s shop, or Paul D. Green, men’s store. Questions will be asked by having the band play parts of the titles to be asked, Kennedy said. A decision to move the program from Thursday night, as it was originally scheduled, was made yes (Please turn to page four) Half Assistant Is Not Freak, Professor Says Freaks abroad? No, not ex actly. But Professor Jameson of the sociology department says he has two and one-half grad uate assistants” in his social sci ence survey group. When asked to explain, Dr. Jameson said that the “one-half assistant” was really a whole person who only worked half time. The assistants spend most of their time correcting quiz pa pers, “projects,” and cutting stencils, he added. Coach in Thirty Days Tex Oliver . . . will take over his post as Oregon coach on March 1 to start spring practice. Gale High Point Man For Ducks; Lazetich Montana Scorer; Oregon in Lead By GEORGE PASERO Taking the lead in the first few minutes of play, University of Oreg'on’s league-leading Ducks resumed their court burning tactics last night tb trounce Montana State univer sity’s Grizzlies by a 63 to 49 margin in the fourth and final game of the season between these two teams at Missoula. Beaten Monday night by the determined Grizzly pack, 58 to 52, the Ducks were the complete masters tonight, as tall Laddie Gale once more had his eye on the hoop, canning the huge total of 25 points. Gale whirled 10 field goals and tossed five free throws to ring up his high mark. Last night’s victory left Coach Howard Hobson's boys still on top of the northern division standings, a full game ahead of Washington at the halfway mark of the pen nant chase. Gale Leads Scorers Gale’s 25 points last night boost ed his scoring for the two game series to 32 counters or an aver (Please turn to page three) I Plans of BA Student Body Rounding Out Constitution Approval Is Chief Business of Tuesday Meeting Student body approval of their constitution and discussion of the proposed consolidation of the BA library with the main library will be carried out at the second BA student body assembly Tuesday night. The student committee has al ready approved the constitution and it will be put to a student vote for acceptance at the assembly. Originally planned for Thursday evening, the asembly had to be moved to next week to avoid a con flict with the junior class assem bly, said Harry Hodes, committee chairman. For some time the University has considered moving the BA li brary to the main library. Such a proposal will go through unless op position is raised by the business students. The BA students will have the chance to voice an opinion on the matter at the assembly. If enough opposition is shown, a peti tion will be raised among the stu dents to prevent the consolidation. If the constitution meets student approval, the governing officers will be nominated at the following assembly, and elected the first of spring term. The forming of the constitution presents the first steps in the or ganization of the school. If this separate type of organization is a success other schools may follow suit. i Inter-School Group On Courses Meets Members of the inter-institutlon at curriculum advisory committee met in the faculty room of Friend ly hall on Monday afternoon. The meeting was presided over by Chairman George Rebec. Those who attended from the University and the State College were Dr. Howard Taylor, Dr. Or lando Hollis, Dean Orin Stafford, Dr. W. Weniger, Dr. F. A. Gilfillan, and Dr. Elwood Smith. Dr. V. V. Caldwell of Monmouth normal and Dr. Olof Larsell of the Port j land medical school are also mem bers of the committee^