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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1938)
Minor Letter Awards Made To 15 Ducks Executive Committee Also Approves Fee Setup Minor sports awards and next year’s ASUO fees filled the pro gram of the ASUO executive com mittee last night as the committee met and named 15 athletes and two managers to minor letters and approved the same fee setup in use this year. The committee awarded the mi nor block “O” to four in skiing, six in wrestling, and three in box ing, and gave numerals to one man each in boxing and skiing. Wrestlers Win Letters Wrestling letters went to Clar ence Francis, Jim Mountain, Fair fax Roberts, Dale Peterson, John Skirving, and Elmer Williams, while Gale Ferris, Frank Nicker son, and Bob “Smoky” Whitfield received awards for boxing. Ski ing letters went to Bryan Ryan, Walt Wood, Jim Mackie, and Frank Drew. Numerals went to Merle Hanscom in boxing and to Pat Dolan in skiing. Three wrestling awards were re ferred back on the ground of non possession of ASUO cards. Two varsity men and one frosh wres tler otherwise eligible were re ferred back. Managers Rewarded Eugene Truby was awarded a letter for senior boxing and wres tling manager, with Jack Gavin re ceiving the junior manager ward in the same department. A recommendation by H. S. “Mike” Hoyman, varsity swim ming coach, that letter require ments for swimming be raised from 12 to 16 points was referred to First Vice-President Noel Ben son. ASUO fees next year were con tinued at Jhe $7-$5-$3 scale in use this year, with the $15 card rat ing $1 off on the total price. Bagpipes Bag UW Coed$125; Scale Oriental By ALYCE ROGERS A knowledge of bagpipes netted a University of Washintgon coed $125, when she sold an article to Coronet magazine. “Bagpipes sound the way they do because the notes are on an ortiental scale,” she says. “Bagpipes sound best outside.” Which confirms what we’ve always thought about bag pipes. Pome ... We learn of vice and virtues From very different points; The good we learn at mother’s knee, The bad at other joints, —Coyote 'Taint So . . . “Anyone who is not contemplat ing marriage is physiologically or pathologically ill and should see a (Please turn to page eight) Frosh Coalition Proposed At Banquet; ‘Will Do Away With Blocks* ,Say Leaders By BILL SCOTT Formation of a new all-campus coalition party in the coming frosh elections seemed possible following a banquet meeting last night for representatives of six of the larger fraternities and all of the women’s living organizations at which it was decided to “do away with the party blocs.” The new deal in the freshman class will be made possible if others accept an invitation to come into the scheme of things. Ann Waha Wanted, Co-ed As Snow While For 7 Dwarfs By BETTY HAMILTON With nominations for Snow White to be elected at the frosh glee, April 29, slated for next week by the sororities, popular opinion moved yesterday to choose the seven dwarfs. The self-appointed committee attempted to pick those that re sembled Disney’s characters in every way. The preliminary re port named Barney Hall as Sleepy; LeRoy Mattingly as Bashful; Chuck Erwin, Doc; Noel Benson, Sneezy; Don John son, Grumpy; Jack Enders, Hap py; and Cy Wentworth, Dopey. ' Because of popular demand for Joe Devers, the committee found it necessary to select an eighth dwarf, named Queenie. Weekend Forum Discussion Group Is Started on Campus The Weekend Forum was or ganised Sunday night in the AWS room in Gerlinger hall, at which Jdme Ray Chagnon, graduate of ! the University of Washington and i social worker of several years ex I perience, was chosen chairman of I the discussion group. Chagnon discussed the present Sino-Japanese war, giving at the same time a background of recent Chinese history. Discussion fol^ lowed the speech. This coming Sunday at 8 p.m. in the AWS room Raymond Jeff cott will lead a discussion on new ^eft-wing Mexico. Coed BA Honorary Selects Officers For Coming Year Newly elected officers of Phi Chi Theta, national business honorary for women, are Jean Palmer, president; Florence Sanders, vice president; Dorothea Davidson, sec retary; Doris Imus, treasurer; and Irma Helickson, historian. Jean Palmer was chosen at the last meeting to represent Oregon Beta chapter at the biennial Phi Chi Theta convention, held in June this year at Pittsburgh, Penn. Depression Theory Is Topic for Dr. Erb “Some Theories of Depression and Recession” is the subject Uni versity President Donald M. Erb will speak on ^before the Town club in Portland today. He will re turn to Eugene this evening after some afternoon appointments in Portland. iwas nominated for the vice-presi dency and Betty Buchanan for sec retary by representatives of the ,women’s groups. More Nominations Later Nominations for the remaining offices of president and treasurer will be made at a later meeting, j said Wally Rossman, coalition I leader, last night. Rossmann emphasized that the party objective is to nominate the best man for the office rather than “the choice of a few politicians sitting around a few glasses of beer.” “Tiger” Payne, retiring presi dent, and Stan Stiger attended the banquet as guests. That any nominations for the offices may be submitted to him, was stressed by Rossman. “The days of the gravy train in fresh man politics are gone,” he said. Jewett Registration Deadline on Friday Students planning to enter the annual W. F. Jewett poetry read ing contest, to be held next Wed nesday, must register at the speech department not later than tomor row. The contest, offering prizes of $25, $15,and $5, is open to any one on the campus. Each partici pant will read one sonnet, one lyr ic, and a passage of blank verse. These selections must be chosen from a list at the speech division office. Anyone interested must consult a member of the staffs of either the speech division or the drama division. The final contest will be held at 3:34, p.m., April 20, with pre liminaries on Monday. Law School Moot Court Trial Series Beginning _ • The case of Richard B. Miller vs. Andrew J. Newhouse is scheduled to come to trial tonight at 7:30 in the circut court room of the Lane county courthouse, in the first of the law school’s series of six moot court trials. Miller has filed suit against Newhouse charging damages ! of $1257.50. The plaintiff is represented by the firm of Herns and Neuner. I Shephard and Winslow are attorneys for the defendant. Orlando J. Hollis, acting dean of the law school, will be on the bench. Miller’s complaint charges that the defendant, finding the plain tiff unconscious on University 1 street near 13th, recently, did abuse him physically, treating him as 3 drunk, thereby causing injury to ' the plaintiff, and causing his ar rest Dy the police on a charge of 1 intoMcation. The plaintiff further testifies that he had not been drinking, but had been the victim of a hit-run driver. The charges have been denied by the' defendant. Fred B. Hammond, court clerk, has posted a list of students on the campus from which group the jury will be drawn in a notice by the College Side. His Honor Orlando J. Hollis . . . will rule from the bench of the law school’s first moot court trial. University Chorus Will Sing Tonight Student Teachers To Conduct High School Group Student teachers from the music department will conduct a free public concert by the University high school chorus in the school of music auditorium tonight at 8 o’ clock. Student teachers who will be directing are Ellen Dixon, Edythe Farr, Norman C^eden, Rosemary O’Donnell, Ruth Reasor, Bonnie Tinker, Brandon Young, and Har o'd Hebard. The University high sei ool students directing are Jay Lyons and Eldon Platt. Amonsr the numbers will be a j sixteenth -< century madrigal, ! Thomas Motley’s “Sing and We Chant It’’ to be sung by the stu dent teachers. The program will consist pri marily of folk songs, spirituals, and | old favorites. “Santa Lucia,’’ an ! Italian folk song, the popular negro work song “Water Boy,’’ and the old English "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes,’’ are to be in cluded on the program. Ratcliffe Talk Gives Britain Views Today English Journalist to Speak in Gerlinger At 11 This Morning On World Crisis University students, faculty* members, and Eugene residents will gather in Gerlinger hall at II* o’clock this morning to hear S. if. Ratcliffe, British journalist and author, speak on ’’Britain’s Su preme Crisis.” Other meetings which the speak er will attend are a faculty club luncheon at noon, and a dinner at. 5:30 p.m. at the Anchorage, fol lowed by an open forum, which ia sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, men's national journalism honor ary. A native of England, Mr. Rat cliffe has studied the policies of the British government for the last 50 years, and is regarded by those who have heard him as a lecturer of no mean ability. Of Mr. Rat cliffe, Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel comments: Gives British Viewpoint "It has been a long- time since we have had the British point ol' view voiced on the campus. Mr. Ratcliffe’s orservations on current** and movements in the British em pire should be extremely interest ing and valuable." To an outsider, the British gov ernment seems to be at a turning point, and it will be gratifying to hear what an Englishman has to, say about it, Dean Onthank said. (Additional detalis, page 7.) Registration Will End Next Tuesday; Primaries May 3 Although approximately foity !, five per cent of Oregon’s enrolled I students are eligible to vote in tho coming primary elections, very few have registered at the county;, clerk’s office in the courthouse* that office reported yesterday. Clifford Constance, assistant registrar, states that about twelve hundred students are listed as be ing 21 on the school’s records and have filled the necessary residency, period by being in school for si* months. Registration may be accom plished by swearing to party affili ations before the deadline set lor* next Tuesday. The primary elec tions will be held May 3. UO Student Fines Accruing at Hate Of 25 Cents a Day Fines at the rate of twenty five cents a day for overdue registration fees and out of' ’ state fees have been accruing;1 since Tuesday, April 12t C, lZt Stalsberg, University cashier, .. announced yesterday. April IS is the last day for the payment of fees. The fines will then have reached $1.50, * Mr. Stalsberg said, and students will ‘; then be suspended.