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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1938)
'Vagabond Melodg' to Be Junior Weekend Theme, Committee Announces Canoe Fete Floats Will Depict Different Nations, 'Imaginative Picturesqueness' to Be Goal, Says Kemler By BUD JERMAIN Junior weekend, three-day festival scheduled for May 6, 7, and 8, was definitely gotten under way yesteday with the announcement by junior class Prexy Zane Kemler of the theme which will determine the pattern of the event and the release of the list of committee chairmen who will head the various departments of the junior’s big moment. “Vagabond Melody” will be the theme which will- dominate the whole campus for the three days of Junior weekend, the theme being the brain-child of John Link, senior in architecture and allied arts. Floats to Depict Countries Floats in the canoe fete will rep resent different countries. "Imag inative picturesqueness” will be the aim, according to Kemler, who said that floats will attempt to depart from the limiting realism of pre vious years. Drawings for the countries to.be represented will be held the latter part of the week, Kemler said, with nine countries ot be pictured in floats. Chairmen Announced Chairmen for the week-end, in addition to General Chairman Wil lie Frager, whose appointment was announced at the close of last term, are: Junior prom, Claire Peterson; campus day, George Jackson; cam pus luncheon, Margaret Goldsmith; terrace dance, Caroyln Dudley; canoe fete, Ed Thomas; queen’s reign, Elisabeth Stetson; publicity, Bill Van Dusen, who will be assist ed by Dale Mallicoat; finance, Brock Miller; sunlight serenade, Harriet Sarazin; weekend secre tary, Kay Coleman; water carnival, Hal Adams. Assistant to Willie Frager will be Mike Cooley. Water Line to Law Building Being Laid A new 5-inch pipe line to furnish an adeqaute supply of water to the new law building was in the pro cess of being installed this week by a WPA crew which by yester day had almost completed digging the ditch necessary to lay the new line. The new line will supply fire pro tection and adequate water ser vice to the newly remodeled' build ing, which has been supplied by a line formerly used for the library, and which has been found insuffi cient for the new use. The parkway between the new law building and the lower end of commerce will be back in place by the end of the week, and next week the paving of Thirteenth street will be cut across to the main campus meter across from commerce. Meter drains are also being in stalled. Anniversary Class Members Will Get March Old Oregon — The March issue of Old Oregon, alumni magazine, will be mailed tomorrow, including copies to all members of the anniversary clas ses, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25. and 50 vv" ' ago, according to Bill Pease, edi tor. Lead article in this month’s magazine is a personal i from President Erb to the students and alumni. Other i m portant stories are a summary of the has-; ketball season, and the Portland alumni banquet. There are seven MtU.*« **» « n i Six Infirmary Guests Enjoy Spring Tra-La Spring term is here! Oh yeah, say those unfortunate victims of the cold bug. The infirmary is host to six guests, who are en joying themselves so much that they plan to stay from one to three days or more. Those ill are: Margaret Daven hill, Jeanette Charman, Janet Hutchinson, Joyce R i t z d o r f, Johanna Lieuallen, and Leonard Ruecker. Short Story Contest Results Due Today Results in the annual Edison Marshall short story contest are expected to arrive from Portland today, W. F. G. Thacher, contest director, said last night. Prizes in the contest are $50, first prize, and $25, second prize for the best short stories which were submitted. Next year the contest will he re named the Marshall-Case-Haycox contest after three famous writers who graduated from the Univer j sity. As a result of the sponsor ship of the three writers the first prize will be raised to $100, Thach er said. Edison Marshall is a noted writ er of short stories. Robert Case is a contributor to the Saturday Eve ning Post and several other mag azines, Ernest Haycox is noted for his western stories which are featured in Collier’s weekly. Lions Club Tryouts Will Be 7:30 Tonight The last tryouts for the annual Eugene Lions club amateur con test will be held at 7:30 tonight at the Roosevelt junior high school, it was indicated today. A first prize of $50 will be awarded to the best performance in the show. Second prize will be $25 and third prize $10. In addition every contestant that is picked to be a part of the show will receive one dollar. The proceeds of the show are used to promote various Lions club activities in Eugene. All students of the University are invited to participate in the tryouts. Checks Waiting For NY A Workers At Johnson Hall NYA checks for the 271 un dergraduate and two graduate students are ready at window one on the second floor of John son hall. If checks are not claimed within 10 days, they will be re turned to Portland, according to ¥iS *Wei IW?1! i ? t > • Pomona Glee Club To Sing Saturday 32'Voice Chorus Has Brilliant Reputation, Varied Repertoire The 32-voice Pomona college glee club, 11 times in 14 years the southwest champions, will be pre sented in the school of music audi torium April 2, with a group of entertaining selections. Admission to the concert will be 50c. The singers directed by Ralph H. Lyman, have participated in numerous important events, nota ble among which are the Sperry male chorus parade, the NBC 10th anniversary celebration in which Yale and Harvard were the only other glee clubs participating, the University club of Los Angeles, and on the Santa Monica salon se ries. They have also given frequent radio broadcasts, together with a large number of appearances each year before clubs and other organ izations. As a result, their reper toire is large, and includes every type of choral composition, from the work of great masters to pres ent-day ballads of the humorous type. Hobson Will Attend Chicago Convention Howard Hobson, coach of Ore gon’s champsionship Northern Di vision basketball team will leave Friday for Chicago to attend the National Basketball coaches’ con vention there on April 3, 4, and 5. The Oregon coach will leave with the baseball team for Portland Fri day morning and immediately af ter the game will board the stream liner “City of Portland.” Prexy Erb Spends Vacation Visiting, Confering in South A conference, finishing affairs at Stanford, and a visit with his fam ily, occupied President Donald M. Erb during his last week's stay in California. The first part of the week he spend winding up affairs at Stan ford which he had been forced to leave in the middle of a term in order to be installed as president The latter half he attended meet ings of the Social Science Research Conference of the Pacific Area at San Francisco. Several other Uni versity professors were there too, including Dr. Parsons, Dr. Cress man, and Herman Kehrii. Dr. Erb said he particularly ap preciated the trip since it gave him a chance to visit with his family in Palo Alto while he was attend ing to his business affairs. Mrs Erb and their two children, he said, plan to move to Eugene in June when school is through. Spring Card Drive (Continued from page one) tion; Wen Brooks, publicity. Drive captains were Aida Macchi, Peggy Robbins, Patsy Warren, George Rolander, Art Hannifan, and Lloyd Sullivan. Drive chairmen throughout the year have consistently bested pre vious records with fall, winter, and spring sales all considerably above those made for the same periods a year ago. Students who have not already purchased their spring term cards may do so at the cashier’s office on the second floor in Johnson hall. The $3 cards can be purchased on the installment plan, one dollar down. LOST—Brown wallet belonging to Leonard J. Burke. Contents in Improved Standards Are Advocated by Dr. D. Erb By PAT ERICKSON Enlarging on a statement he made two weeks ago at the Port land alumni banquet given in his honor, “that the University shall be no ‘country club’ for socialites,” President Erb said yesterday the school’s foundation should be primarily academic rather than the way it is at present. President Erb would like to see the University organized so that academically minded people will be attracted for the benefits they can receive. His plan is not radically to change the present order of things, but improve standards so that the school will be undesir able to the wrong kind of people. “Frills and showmanship in the form of extra-curricular activi ties will fall flat in attracting students,” he said. “Put first things first,” is his motto. The increase in attendance at colleges during the 20’s caused a decrease in academic merit, but this situation has changed during the depression, when only the most serious J attended college. While President Erb is not interested in having Oregon "peopled by grinds,” as he put it, h ebelieves in other things after a respectable scholarly performance. I ROBE TALKS ON STAMPS Stamp collecting as a hobby was the subject of a radio address given by Stanley Robe, graduate assistant in the romance language department, over radio station KOAC in Corvallis last Saturday. The topic was one in the series of hobby broadcasts sponsored by the general extension division of the University. -1 Sinclair Lewis (Continued from page one) new distinction students at the University of Mississippi strive for. Each month the student pa per selects the outstanding student of the month, runs his picture on the front page and writes a sketch of his college career and activi ties. YOUR ARROW SHIRT STORE IN EUGENE ERIC MERRELL’S lion to make the most of yonr face v t r WALTON 25c ▼ / / BOYD 25c Just out, this sleek new detachable white starched collar. Rounded points, slightly spread for tie knot. Jf your face is long shaped or square, we recommend the new WALTON. If you have a round full face, wear the BOYD with medium long graceful points. Handsomely ' shaped and curved to fit your neck with comfort. This best seller has sharp square points of medium length and en hances all who wear it. Wear Arrow starched collars. They're ' smart for special occasions. 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