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Crucial Series; Loss
Means Title Hopes
VOLUME XXXIX
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1938
NUMBER 78
Class Treasury $ 70 in Debt; Charges Hurled
Sophs' Treasurer
Charges' Indiscreet'
Handling of Funds
Hutchison Admits Class $70 in Debt; Says
Educational Activities Office to Blame for
, Not Requiring Requisitions
By PHIL BLADINE
Attacking- the method of ASUO educational activities office
“indiscreet" handling- of class funds, Dick Hutchison, sopho
more class treasurer, yesterday started a movement to place
the direct handling of the funds in the hands of the class offi
cers. Hutchinson cited the “unauthorized" requisitions of
money for the soph informal as the basis of his attack.
“The educational activities office is allowed the handling of
the Classes monev. for which it collects $95 nniece eneh veor Tti
Milstein Concert
To Be in 'Igloo'
Thursday Night
Tickets of Original
Program Accepted;
To Begin at 8:15
The would-be audience which
was disappointed when Nathan
Milstein failed to appear here for
his scheduled McArthur court con
cert Sunday, February 13, will have
its chance to hear the master
violinist when he plays in the Igloo
Thursday night.
Announcement of the arrange
ment of this new date was made
yesterday by George Root, educa
tional activities director, upon re
ceiving final approval of the date
from the violinist.
ASUO cards and tickets bought
for the postponed performance will
be redeemable for admission, while
^ other tickets will be on sale at the
door. The concert is scheduled to
begin at 8:15.
Milstein’s previously scheduled
appearance and reception had to be
postponed when a snowstrom pre
vented his train from getting
through the Siskiyous from Cali
fornia. At first it was believed
that he would not be able to appear
this term, but after his northwest
tour had been re-scheduled and re
routed, it was found that Thursday
night was open.
Classes Go on
As College Is
Auctioned OH
By ALYCE ROGERS
Wesleyan college at Macon,
/ Georgia, will go on the auction
block March 1. The institution has
been advertised for sale to satisfy
bonds totaling $988,000, but classes
will not be interrupted.
Wesleyan is the first chartered
Methodist school for women and
last fall entered its 102nd year of
operations with an enrollment of
307.
An attempt will be made to sell
grounds, buildings and equipment,
following rejection of a proposed
settlement of the bonds for $350,
000. Negotiations with bondhold
ers have been under way for about
two years.
The Smart One ...
“It’s a wise coed who can keep
the romance of her freshman year
from becoming the steady date of
f"her upperclass years,” according to
an Indiana Daily columnist.
Not a Chance ...
Wallflowers at the University of
Tennessee don't know whether to
be sad or happy.
Dancing taught “in 10 easy les
sons” is the latest activity of the
physical education department.
BUT the instructor has made it
clear that those who “have no
rhythm, no spirit pf the dance, and
those who just can’t be taught to
dance,” are barred from entering
the class.
So it seems that if you're a Ten
nesse student and a wallflower be
> ‘cause you have a hard time with
your dancing, the last place you
want to go is to the university’s
dancing class — where only those
having natural grace are welcome.
| return for this, the office takes
i care of the money and lets it out
when called for by the classes.
There is no reason why the class
officers should not be able to han
dle the money—that’s what they’re
for,” Hutchison explained.
Soph Class in Debt
According- to Hutchison, the
sophomore class is $70 in debt,
mainly from losses on the informal.
He explained that committees ob
tained money from the office with
out obtaining requisitions, for the
expenditures from him.
‘‘This method of handling the
funds is not practical,” he said,
“because it allows the committees
to go ahead with their plans with
out turning budgeted expendi
tures over to the officers to be-ap
: proved. The committees for the
i sophomore informal went right
ahead with their plans for the
dance, purchasing and hiring with
out reports of their activities or
approval from the officers.
Requisitions Not Needed
“The committees charged their
expenditures to the sophomore
class at University accounts. When
these bills came due, the money
was paid from the fund without
a single requisition being made.
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Rog Schwartz First
To Broadcart News
Ten Semi-Finalists to
Take One Turn as
Commentators
Roy Schwartz, senior, was the
first of the ten semi-finalists to
take the air last night in the
Lucky Strike news broadcast audi
tions which will present one con
testant each night for the next ten
programs.
Schwartz, majoring in English,
took his five minute “trick” on
the air, presenting Emerald news
written for him by Roy Vernstrom,
assistant script editor. At the con
clusion of his five minutes on the
air Schwartz was presented $10.
The news commentator for to
night will be Jean Rawson, sopho
more in the school of journalism.
At the end of the two weeks air
trials, records of all the broadcasts
will be sent for judging to Edwin
C. Hill and Boake Carter, commen
tators, in New York. The winners
will take over their regular duties
on the nightly newscasts two
weeks from last night.
Setting records for the colleges
that have installed the programs
and contest in the nation, Oregon
students flocked 1163 strong to the
educational activities building last
week for auditions.
Records of the large size which
were put into use when the smaller
ones gave out will be transposed
and given to their owners at the
audition station either today or to
morrow, directors of the program
announced.
Stetson Leaves for
High School Study
Prof. F. L. Stetson of the school
of education left the campus Mon
day for a two-week trip during
which he will visit Oregon school
principals and supervisors. 'Re
sults of the recent national cooper
ative study of secondary school
standards will be discussed with
the principals, and applied to spe
cific individual problems.
Professor Stetson will speak on
the cooperative study Saturday
before the Portland alumni chap
ter of Phi Delta Kappa, men’s edu
cational honorary.
Hindu Ballet
Weird, Mystic;
Gets Ovation
Indian Music, Scenes
From Life, Folklore
Bewilder Audience.
12 Acts Given
The Uday Shan-Kar Hindu bal
let was enthusiastically received by
a bewildered though appreciative
audience last night at McArthur
court.
The twelve acts, separate scenes
in Hindu life and folk lore, consti
tuted a program unique to this
part of the world. Although the
company’s interpretative gesturing
( was the feature of the show, the
i puisic furnishing the background
I was equally entertaining.
Music Unusual
Six persons composed the or
[ chestra, a flutist, drummer, two
violinists and two others playing
i guitar-like instruments. The "drum
solo,” played on eight drums tuned
to a weird scale, was one of the
highlights. Conch - shell horns,
gourd drums, gongs, and native
xylophones were also used.
One of the best received of the
numbers was the "harvest Dance,”
in which eight of the troupe par
ticipated. A masked witch doctor
doing what appeared to be a Hin
du version of the "Big Apple” drew
laughs from the crowd.”
Flirty Scene Shown
"A gallant young man flirting
with two young ladies” was anoth
er scene whose story was more
easily perceived. Many gestures
used seem akin to the Western
world.
Particularly intriguing was the
method in which the dancers re
ceived applause. They would fold
their hands in a praying attitude
and bow deeply to the audience.
The dances’ oriental background
confused their significance, but the
aesthetic and dramatic value of
the performance compared favor
ably with recent ballet and dance
troupes who have visited the cam
pus.
Grade School
Teams to Play
Halftime Game
During the half-time of the
Idaho-Oregon basketball game
the River Road grade school
boys’ team, coached by Geary
H. Worth, will play the Wend
ling grade school coaqhed by
Vern Meyers.
• Members of the two teams,
none weighing over 85 pounds,
will play the first half of their
game before the regular game,
and will be off the floor by 7:10.
During the half they will finish
their game.
Hugh Hartman of Junction
City will act as referee.
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PLEDGE DINNER HELD
A formal dinner was held Sun
day for the nine men who have
been pledged this term to Pi Kap
pa Alpha after formal pledging.
Those who have pledged are: Ray
Holcomb, George Wilhelm, Gordon
Ridgeway, Jack Farris, Rodger
Duncan, Jim Webb, Bob Folgada
len, and Dale Cooley.
Coast Grid Czar?
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Edward N. Atherton . . . arrived
on campus for preliminary study
of athletes’ incomes.
Symphony Concert
Program Planned
Favorite Selections to
Be Played Over
Radio Network
A complete program was an
nounced yesterday for the broad
cast of the University symphony
orchestra from the music school
auditorium over a nation-wide
hook-up by Rex Underwood, direc
tor of the orchestra. The half
hour program will be heard over
the red network of NBC from 3:30
to 4 o'clock next Sunday afternoon.
Among the selections always
welcomed by concert-goers will be
the prelude to the “Deluge” by
Saint Saens, played by the string
orchestra with Mollie Bob Small,
violinist, soloing.
The concert will be opened with
Smetana’s “Dance of the Come
dians.” The intermezzo from the
beautiful Wolf-Ferrari “Jewels of
the Madonna,” and the fandango
from the Rimsky-Korsakov “Ca
price Espagnole” will be included
on the program.
George Hopkins, professor of
piano and soloist of the broadcast,
will be at the piano in the rondo
from Beethoven’s famous “Em
peror” concerto, in which he was
also the featured soloist in a recent
concerto program of the Univer
sity symphony orchestra.
The program has recently been
changed from the blue network to
the red network.
The public is invited to attend
the concert, and no admission will
be charged.
Miss Drury to Wed
Norris Kent, Grad
The engagement of Miss Laura
Drury, secretary of the, dean of
women, to Mr. Norris Kent, for
mer Oregon student, was an
nounced last weekend at Miss
Drury’s home in Medford.
Miss Drury is affiliated with the
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and
is a member of Phi Beta Kappa,
national honorary society.
The wedding will be held early
in June.
Ex-G-Sleuth
Investigating
UO Athletics
Representative From
Pacific Conference
Studying Coastwide
'Proselyting'
Kdwin N. Atherton, who is head
ing- the Pacific Coast conference
athletic survey intended to clarify
and adjust proselyting practices in
the conference, is on the Oregon
campus today interviewing athletes
as a preliminary move in compiling
data and information.
The athletic survey, pledged by
the conference members not to be
used in declaring an athlete in
eligible nor to embarrass any other
school or alumnus, is designed to
enlighten the conference schools
on the practices used by athletes in
securing incomes and support in
college, Atherton said vesterdav.
No “Dirt Diggiiij;"
“In no way is this intended to
be a dirt-digging investigation,”
the former G-man and vice-consul
of the national government told
the Emerald.
Oregon is the fifth school to be
visited by Atherton in the cam
paign to find a “practicable, rea
sonable and equitable” adjustment
of the ways and means that college
athletes — particularly football
players—acquire means of support.
“I have found definite response
and cooperatidh from every school
so ^ar,” the conference field-agent
said. ('Nowhere is there an at
tempt to suppress information.”
Nothing startling in the fact
finding investigation is expected
at present, Atherton declared. The
first round-the-circuit loop of the
“commissioner” will be merely pre
liminary and a more intensive in
quiry will be undertaken later in
the year, he said.
Taking Long Trip
The present swing around the
conference circuit began in Los
Angeles with the interviewing of
UCLA and USC athletes. Then
came Stanford, California at Ber
keley, and Oregon State.
From Eugene, Atherton will go
to Pullman and Moscow to con
tinue his fact-finding hunt and will
take in Montana State university
at Missoula before concluding the
job at the University of Washing
ton in Seattle.
The investigative survey, which
was first suggested by Dr. Robert
Gordon Sproul, president of the
University of California, a year
ago, is being carried out with an
altruistic interest, Atherton ex
plained.
Survey New Thing
“This survey is probably the first
thing of its kind ever done in inter
collegiate athletics and the Pacific
Coast conference is taking a for
ward step in trying to adjust some
thing that for a long time has
been a mass of rumors,” he de
clared.
Atherton will be in Eugene until
Friday or Saturday completing his
preliminary work.
KIEJJE ADDRESSES ATO
Paul E. Kiepe, professor of
speech, gave an after-dinner talk
at Alpha Tau Omega last night on
“Improving Your Speech.” The
discussion was concerned particu
larly with speaking in the “house.”
Browsing Room Gets Venetians;
Furniture Adds ’Homey Touch'
Venetian blinds for the Uni
versity library browsing room
were decided upon and ordered
by the furnishing committee for
the room, after a Sunday meet
ing there, says Miss Brownell
Frasier, chairman of the com
mittee.
A delay in ordering has been
caused, says Miss Frasier,
through a change in budgets.
The blinds, originally to have
come from a general library
furnishing fund, have had to be
ordered from the regular brows
ing room furnishing fund.
Wood Cuts Discussed
The committee of three, Miss
Frasier, Miss Maude I. Kerns,
and Wallace Hayden, also dis
cussed the placement of wood
cuts for the room which are be
ing made by Mr. Arthur Clough.
During the meeting the mem
bers of the committee put up a
Venetian blind ‘‘just to see what
would happen.” The results
W'ere pleasing, they reported.
The light colors of the chairs,
with the use of the one blind,
immediately fell into a relation
ship with the room somewhat
similar to the relationship they
will have with the finished room.
Enrich Color Harmony
It is these so-called “light” col
ors which will help bring out
the richness of the completed
room. Miss Frasier added.
The ordering of the blinds is
another step toward completing
the room. The other major
problem, the ordering of the
rugs, has been solved and work
is now progressing in China.
Ducks Meet Vandals
Tonight as Webfoots
Enter Crucial Week
Free-Toss Hero
. . . Iiis last second foul-shot beat
Oregon in game at Moscow.
Backboard Batter
BBENDON BAJWETT
t
. . . slaps ball from backboard
into teammates arms.
Personality Check-ups
Sponsored by AWS Will
Present National Expert
Offering campus men and women an opportunity for a personality
check-up, Elizabeth MacDonald Osbourne, nationally known personal- 1
I ity consultant, arrived from the East, Monday night, to begin her
groups of talks and conferences at 10:00 this morning.
Miss Osbourne's work has been designed to arouse interest in the
I necessity of a pleasing^ appearance and an intelligent knowledge of
the factors which contribute to it; to try to make the student body
see that college is a training
ground for poise and personality
as well as academic pursuits.
3-Dny Schedule Set
Brought here under the auspices
of AWS, a three-day schedule has
been arranged for her to observe
campus life as it really is in the
living organizations and in the
realm of classes; in this way to
get her reactions and suggestions
from it.
Her conferences will be held be
tween 10 and 12 in the morning
and 2 to 4 Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday. Anyone wishing to
make an appointment with her
may schedule it at the dean of
women's office.
In addition to her conferences,
Miss Osbourne will have lunch to
day at Pi Beta Phi, dinner at Hen
dricks hall, and will be guest of
the faculty at the basketball game.
Betas Will Be Hosts
Wednesday, lunch has been
planned at the Beta Theta Pi fra- I
ternity, a meeting with the men’s 1
social chairmen at 4 oclock in the
men’s lounge in Gerlinger. In the
evening she will be a guest at
a preference dinner at the Alpha
Phi house, and again will be a
guest of the faculty at the basket
ball game.
Invited to lunch at the women’s
co-op on Thursday, Miss Os
bourne’s program will be brought
to a conclusion at an AWS mass
meeting at 4 o’clock in Alumni
hall in Gerlinger.
In charge of Miss Osbourne's
entertainment is a student com-,
mittee composed of Rita Wright,
Elizabeth Stetson, Virginia Regan
Phyllis Gardiner, Harriet Thomp
son, and Kay Coleman who are
aiding Dean Hazel P. Schwering.
Oral Reading Hour
To Feature Drama
By R. E. Sherwood
“Idiot’s Delight,” by R. E. Sher
wood will be read aloud in the
browsing room by Miss Ethel R.
Sawyer, librarian, Sunday, March
6.
Attendance at reading aloud
hours has been increasing, Miss
Sawyer noted. She has held four
in the browsing room, as well as
numerous ones elsewhere.
Miss Sawyer saw Lunt and Fon
taine in ''Idiot's Delight” on the
New York stage, and will give her
interpretation of it from that per
formance, she says.
'Stage Door' Work
Resumed bg Cast
After a three-day layoff, the
“Stn^e Door” cast has resumed in
tensive rehearsals. Horace W.
Robinson, director of the play and
numerous others of the drama de
partment returned from Seattle
Sunday where they attended the
sectional meeting of the National
Theater conference.
Those who attended the confer
ence saw the first amateur pro
duction of "Stage Door” done in
the Pent House theater. In this
theater the stage is in the center
of the auditorium and the audience
sits all around the platform. This
interesting method of production
may be experimented with by the
University theater later this year.
Reservations for the campus pro
duction of the play may be ob
tained by phoning the office of the
drama department.
First Contest Looms
As an Opportunity
To Regain Northern
Division Lead
The beginning; or the end?
It's one or the other for Ore
gon’s desperately driving Web
foots tonight when they toss
their hopes for the northern
division hoop tiara onto Mc
Arthur court and attempt to
defend them from the invasion
of the victory-minded Vandals
of Idaho.
Game time is 7:30.
The two clubs tangle again to
morrow night, but tonight is the
night that tells the tale, as far
as Oregon fans are concerned. If
the rangy Ducks win tonight they
will be off to a winging start on
the road that leads back to the top
of the conference, but if they lose
they will be clinging by less than
the proverbial “hair” to the very
brink of elimination.
Week Counts
Counting on this week’s cam
paign to put his club within finger
tip distance of the title, Coach
Hobby Hobson has indicated that
his Ducks will "cross their bridges”
when they come to them tonight.
Wednesday night and Saturday
when they resume civil war hostili
ties with the Beavers of Oregon
State college.
Oregon now rests in third place,
a full game behind both Idaho and
Washington State who are dead
locked at the top of the conference
ladder. With 16 games of the 20
game schedule past history, Ore
gon has won exactly 10 and lost
six while the.Vandals and Cougars
boast 11 victories against only five
defeats.
Huskies Have Chance
Washington, too, is conceded a
mathematical chance for the crown
as the Huskies from Seattle trail
Oregon by only one game.
Forrest Twogood’s Idahoans cap
tured both games from the Ducks
at Moscow a little over a week ago,
33 to 28 and 35 to 34. Loss of
these two games knocked the
Ducks out of first place standings
for the first time this season.
Idaho Slow
In Idaho, the Ducks will be meet
ing one of the two teams in the
conference that uses the “slow-em
up” style of play. The other is Ore
gon State, and together, these two
teams have made it rough going
for the drive - drive - drive Hob
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Readers Use Gloves
On Libe's Rare Books
By DOROTHY BURKE
"Handled with gloves” are the many rare books found in the Murray
Warner art museum library.
The select books - of the 3G00 volumes contained in the library—
are found in the rare book room and are so valuable that one must
wear gloves in order to examine them.
The books found in this room are segregated into cases in specific
groups, such as Chinese, tar-East
ern, and Japanese books which
relate to many subjects of oriental
art, literature, painting, habits and
customs.
Many of the books were pur
chased by Mrs. Gertrude Bass
Warner, the director of the Mu
seum of Oriental Art. They were
bought after the Boxer Rebellion in
China when most of these books
were available for the first time.
A book of plates, illustrating a
collection of Chinese furniture,
which was bound in China, is one
of the interesting books in the
Chinese case. This book begins
from the back and unfolds toward
the front in pamphlet form: this
is the common Chinese method of
book-binding.
The far-Eastern book shelf in
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Periodical Prints
Article by Doctor
An article on the psycho-educa
tional clinic by Dr. Elizabeth G.
Montgomery of the school of edu
cation appeared in the March is
sue of the Oregon Commonwealth
Review.
Writing on the clinic’s remedial
work, reviewing books dealing with
the subject, and discussing specific
problems that arise in the clinic,
Dr. Montgomery has had articles
published in Oregon Educational
Journal, a monthly, since Decem
ber and expects to contribute to the
spring issues. She has also been
asked by the Commonwealth Re
view to write an article on her
child guidance clinic.