< * ' Listen to Your Emerald Ncivs Reporter Tonight, KORE, 10:30 p.nt. VOLUME XXXIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY *4, 1938 NUMBER 114 Merch ants Meet for Second Day Session Of Retail Conference Oregon Delegates Discuss Laws Affecting Business; Claim Unfair Trade Practice Act Is Working Fairly Well Retail merchants of Oregon, meeting here this morning for their second annual institute, delving into laws affecting their businesses, found the unfair trade practice acts working out fairly well for- all “but opponents of American ways of doing business,” but were frankly critical of the Miller-Tidings “resale price maintenance” legislation. The Robinson-Patman act has accomplished a division of responsi toilty between buyer and seller, it was declared by John Rynes, mer Case of Missing Constitution Is Solved bg Earl Williams Is Satisfied With Result of Meeting With the frosh class constitu tion being produced by Prexy Ti ger Payne yesterday morning on the request of Dean of Men Virgil Earl, a sudden stop was brought to the “constitutional test case” which Dick Williams, freshman, had threatened to raise regarding last Thursday’s nominating as sembly. Williams, who met with Dean (Please turn to page two) Students Use Ice Coin Slugs In Telephones By ALYCE ROGERS The telephone company in Palo Alto recently discovered why some of its profits had melted away. Stanford university fraternity brothers financed their telephone calls with nickels, minted by freez ing water in. molds. Collectors, flooded with water instead of coins, threatened to remove tele phones from all fraternity houses unless the men paid in cash. * * 4 Prommin'... Now that promming time is near Coeds smile from ear to ear; Cuddle up and start to neck; Use flattering phrases by the peck; Tell a guy he’s really swell, Dresses nice and dances well; Makes him think he really rates. All they want’s a promming date. —Indiana Daily, s * ■& Try These . . . If you’re tired of knock-knocks and do-funnies, maybe you’ll like our color scheme: What color is a ghost? Boo. What color is shampoo? Drene. What color is scram? G’way. What color is Jack Benny? Jel lo. What color is a belch ? Burple. What color is g, telephone ? ’Elio. What color is sorrow? Woes. What color is a bride? Wed. What color is an index? Filet. What color is conductor? Car man.—Exchanges. chandising manager of Eastern Outfitting company, Portland. The resale price maintenance act might have been improved if “the president had know more about such fields as book business,” Miss Vivian Cooley, head of the Meier and Frank book department, told the merchants. Provisions of the act are difficult to follow and in some respects retard progress, she believed. Cooperative Buying Feared Merchants were also apprehen sive about cooperative buying and selling organizations, pointing out in open dicussions that these groups had an advantage in less taxation and in other ways. Regu lation of them, along fair trade lines, is believed to be necessary. Chain store taxation was sound ly scored as a punitive measure, in tended to drive out this industry, rather than raise revenue, it was declared by E. A. Tibbets, control ler of Sears, Roebuck and com pany, Portland, in an address be fore the afternoon session. If legislation succeeds in driving chain stores out of Oregon, the state would face the loss of an industry amounting to $48,000,000 annually, he said. Profits Taxes Hit Hard Undistributed profits taxes are hitting the smaller merchants much harder than larger concerns, it was pointed out by O .R. Ander son, instructor in accounting at the University. Modification of the present form of legislation was sttongly urged by Anderson, and by S. D. Buell, of Walter D. Whit comb company, Portland. Simple, but attractive store ad vertising, worked out along the lines that will put the desire to buy in the customers mind, was urged by Frank Short, instructor in ad vertising. Business men today must realize (Please turn to paqe two) Phi Theta Upsilon Pledges 21 Women The list of 21 girls pledged te Phi Theta Upsilon, junior wo men’s honorary, at a meeting yes terday was released by Dorothy Magnuson, president of the so ciety. The list includes Betty Lou Kurtz, LaVern Littleton, Jean Bonness, Blanche Brown, Anne Fredericksen, Mary Failing, Jean nette Hafner, Charlene Jackson, Jean Kendall, Joan Murphy, Aida Murphy, Betty Lou Swart, Peggy Sanford, Mary Thatcher, Patsy Taylor, Genevieve Treadgold, Rita Wright, Lavelle Walstrom, Patsy Warren, Betty Jane Van Dellen, and Pat Brugman. Loving Cup Maxine Glad and cup ... to be given to the living organization having the most mothers registered on the campus this weekend. Maxine is publicity chairman for the Mothers’ weekend, and does not go with the cup. Conference Names Smith As President James G. Smith, secretary of the McMinnville chamber of com merce was today named president of the State Association of Com mercial Secretaries, at the final session of the group’s nineteenth annual conference, held on the University of Oregon campus. He succeeds Don H. Peoples of Bend. Other officers named were: George H. Layman, Newberg, vice (Please tuqi to page seven) S. S. Smith Speaks At Citizens' League Prof. S. Stephenson Smith, of the English department, who re cently returned from a trip to Washington, D. C., addressed the Citizens’ league at their meeting in the Moose hall last night in a speech entitled, “Behind the Scenes in Washington.’’ • . Professor Smith told of his dis cussions in Washington, D. C., with “new dealers’’ in regard to the proposed spending program, and the attempts that the admin istration has made to get out of the depression. Typical Oregon Spring Picnics Being Observed “Let’s have a picnic, fellows.” Spring term is going full swing picnics everywhere. Let’s observe one of those typical Oregon picnics: 1. It starts to rain after the fire is built. 2. Your girl starts to sneeze. 3. There isn’t any grass, only poison cak and it looks like gra^ss to you so you sit in it. 4. The sandwiches are invaded by ants and you don't see them until you discover the rest of the ant on the other bite. 5. You come prepared to swim but you find you don’t have to because you are already drenched so what’s the point? 6. You seek shelter in a shack nearby but the roof leaks. 7. By this time your gal “wants to go home.” 8. You can’t leave—What about the money you invested in. the beer? 9. Besides you’re just beginning to have a good time and should you worry if your gal is such a poor sport? 10. “Oh well, better take her home, psst, heh fellows, I’ll be back.” (Heck, I can have more fun with the boys.) 11. But after you reach the sorority house your girl sidetracks you, and you decide she isn’t the outdoor girl anyhow—she's the home type. 12. Then you kick yourself for treating your darling so mean. And when you both break out with poison oak the next day, you’d like to sock the guy that suggested the picnic. NashLihrarg Collection of BooksReadg Fine Display Placed For Remainder of Spring Term; May Remain Longer The John Henry Nash collection of fine books opened to the public* yesterday afternoon at the new* University of Oregon library, where it will be on display for the remainder of spring term ahd niay remain as the property of the Uni versity. Thirty-six persons were present at the special preview show^ing of the group, following a luncheon in honor of Nash at the Osburo hotel where the printer told Presi dent Erb, members of the faculty library committee, and guests of the background of his library. Guests at Showing .Out of town guests at the show-* ing wrere Mrs. C. S. Jackson, own er of the Portland Journal; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Skiff, Port land book collectors; Mrs. Beatrice W. Sackett, of Marshfield; Mr. and! Mrs. C. A. Brand; and Vice President and Mrs. Burt Bro;vm Barker. Mrs. Sackett and Mr. Brand are members of the state board of higher education. Display for Librarians, Parents Much enthusiasm over the Ii* brary, which includes the complete work of Mr. Nash as well as rep resentative pieces of printing since the Gutenberg Bible in 1150. Much enthusiasm was shown, the books later in the afternoon 0 when the collection was made (Pleqsc turn to page seven) Hopkins to Present Varieties in Rhythm Varieties of modern rhythm will chai'aeterize the weekly piano broadcast to be given by George Hopkins, professor of piano, to night at 7:15 over the local sta-t tion KORE. Mr. Hopkins, who has received , requests to present these varieties* on his program, will open the broadcast with “La Comparsa” by; Lecuona. One of his own selections, “Dus-* ky Rhythm” from "Six American. Miniatures,” will also be included in the group of piano numbers. A.' .folk song by Stephen Foster will also be given with variations. Sophs to Study Unanimous Vote In Villard at 4 The sophomore class will meet this afternoon at 4 in Villard to decide whether to make the election of Scott Cor-' bett unanimous, in view of the withdrawal of Lloyd Hoffman from the race. The class will also discuss an added attraction for card hole1-, ers. T" > i P « 11 .. , , y