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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1938)
Herns Awarded $25 In Tuesday's Trial A verdict for the plaintiff, Reva Herns, was returned by the jury in Tuesday evening’s moot court trial. She was awarded $25 for damages in her suit against George Neuner. Miss Herns contended that while parking on the McKenzie river highway with Neuner in his car, she was held up and robbed of $260 in jewelry. She charged negligence on Neuner’s- part for insisting on parking despite her protests. The plaintiff testified that after stopping the car, Neuner attempt ed to kiss her. Questioned further by attorneys, she said that; she refused him, after which he “sat in his corner and sulked for an hour.” She also said that the hold-up man showed no weapons, but that Neuner offered no resistance to him, even when Miss Herns al most overpowered the thug her self. Upon conclusion of the plain tiff’s testimony, • her attorney moved for a directed verdict, but the plea was refused by Judge Orlando J. Hollis, v The next moot court case is scheduled for tonight at 7:30 in the Lane county court house. Eighteen Dances (Continued from page three) chapter house to the music of Earl Scott. The theme is being kept a secret until after the dance. & & & Using “In. a Chinese Temple Garden’’ for the motif, Theta Chi will hold their spring formal this Saturday. A huge white Buddha will be placed on the terrace, facing the side yard with a grotesque effect planned by the use of colored lights. Pictures depicting scenes in China will be placed about the rooms. Incense will complete the effect. * * Sigma Kappa’s spring dance is being put on by the pledges and is a secret until after the dance. Carl Rowen’s orchestra will play. Alpha Chi Omega will have their spring formal on Saturday night to the music of Jimmy Johnston from Oregon State. Spring flowers will decorate the house. The back yard will be decorated to resemble Palm Beach. Alpha Delta Pi will hold their spring formal Saturday night in the chapter house. A reception pool will be placed in the front room and the dining room will have a fountain placed in it. The inside of the house will be trans formed into a garden. Phi Kappa Psi will hold their annual spring informal Saturday night using a caricature theme de picting all the members of the house and their guests. Buck McGowan’s orchestra will play. * * * Alpha Delta Pi will hold their Founder's Day banquet at 1:00 Sunday at the Eugene hotel. * * * Alpha Xi Delta will have a pic nic for guests this evening at June Maidling’s home. :j( :<t Alpha Delta Pi announces the pledging of Helen Hutchinson and Charlotte Rix. * * * Desserts of the week include on Wednesday, Beta Theta Pi enter taining Kappa Alpha Theta; Al pha Chi Omega, Alpha Tau Ome ga; Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Xi Delta; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Chi Omega. Tonight Kappa Kappa Gamma Her Fault! Frances Louise Shipp, 19 . . . Los Angeles Municipal Juge Con dee threw her suit against a Hol lywood cameraman out of court. Young women wTho voluntarily visit a man’s apartment have no right to bring attack charges, the | judge said. Old Indian Relics To Be Sought on Anthropology Trip Investigating Indian rubbish mounds will be the object of a field trip which members of an thropology classes will make to the coast this weekend. In prehistoric times, these mounds, known as kitchen-mid dens, served Indians as places to throw the refuse from their meals, particularly sea. shells. Among the shells also are found a num ber of implements made of bone. By excavating the mounds in search of these bone artifacts, stu dents will be given a first-hand taste of the field methods of ar cheologists. Twelve to fourteen will make the trip, accompanied by Dr. L. S. Cressman, head of the anthropol ogy department. The mounds are near Yachats, where the group will make its headquarters during its three-day stay. Book of Comedies Presented to Libe “Ladies Alone,’’ a group of eight comedies by Florence Ryerson and Clin Clements, has been presented to the University of Oregon library by Mr. and Mrs. Colin Clements, according to Mr. M. H. Douglass, UpiVersity librarian. entertains Phi Kappa Psi; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Phi; Sigma Kappa, Kappa Sigma. Friday night Theta Chi will en tertain Kappa Kappa Gamma. * * * “Lilac Time’’ is the theme of the annual spring informal to be held by Campbell Co-op next Sat urday night. Hundreds of lilacs will drape the interior of the house. Backseat Driver (Continued from page two) “Ray!” he roared, “are you going to lie there in bed and let your mother go down and fix that fur nace ?” * He * One of the campus’ wits was ac costed by the announcer for the program “What Lane County Thinks” down on Willamette street several weeks ago and was lured before the microphone. "What do you think of Presi dent Roosevelt?” the announcer asked him seriously. “Roosevelt?” the young man queried, “Roosevelt? Say, what happened to McKinley?” Campus Calendar | Ten o’clock classes will be held at 11 today so that students may attend the Stewart F. Bryant, assembly in Gerlinger. There will be an important spe cial meeting of Yeomen tonight at 7 in the YMCA hut. Plans for the picnic of May 21 will be the main order of business. Interfraternity council meeting at the Beta house tonight at 6. Visual-education clinic and dem onstration tonight at 7:30 in Vil lard. Open to all. Phi Theta Upsilon will meet at 4:30 today at the Theta house. .VII members of the Master Dance group meet in dance studio of Gerlinger this afternoon from 4 to 6. There will be a Skull and Dag ger meeting at 4 p.m. today at the College Side. Important! Almost 1000 People View Nash Printing Nearly a thousand people are estimated to have viewed the John Henry Nash collection of fine printing in the University of Ore gon library during Junior week end. There were 581 signatures add ed to the register. The collection, which has been returned to the Nash room for the rest of the term, will be open daily from 2 until 5 p.m. until the end of the term. Ex-Oregon Student Dedicates Novel to Professor Howe Dedicated to Prof. H. C. Howe, of the English department, is the recently published novel, “This . Passion Never Dies,” written by one of Professor Howe’s former students, Sophus Keith Winther. Mr. Winther, who graduated from the University in 1919, and who is now a professor of English at the University of Washington, wrote the following inscription in a copy of the book which he sent to Professor Howe. “I want this especially to ex press my deep appreciation for all that you did for me when I was your student at the University of Oregon. Whatever credit I may deserve as a writer and teacher I feel stems first of all from you.” Tentative arrangements have been made for the Presbyterian churches of Oregon to meet on the University campus for their synod July 13, 14, and 15. The campus has been chosen for the past two years in succession, and has been used at different times for several years. Math Wizard (Continued from page one) gents, and the ASUW are named as defendants in the suit by Students Bob Reese, Sid Coontz, A1 Morris, and Steve McReavy. * The students, who will make a test case of the issue in the state court, ask the return of the fees they had to pay before they could enroll. Paging Miss Post It happened one day after tea Strong convulsions seized the sea And one beheld, along the rail A flock of people turning pale It happened, then it passed, That pie came first and soup came last! j Penniless Now Maurice Costello . . . once a reigning matinee idol, now broke and ill, lie says. He asks a Los Angeles court to make his daugh ter Dolores, actress, contribute $200 a month to his support. Mrs. Ernst's Book Of Plays Appears At UO Go-op Store Advance copies of “Backstage in Xanadu,” a new book of plays by Mrs. Alice Henson Ernst, associate professor of English, have been received at the Co-op store. “Backstage in Xanadu,” a group of amusing one-act plays,, is the second book Mrs. Ernst has pub lished. Her first one, “High Counr try,” was published in 1935. It was a regional book of plays of the nor thwest and was received favor ably by critics everywhere, being recommended by the American Li brary association as one of the best books of the year. Two of the one-act plays in the new book by Mrs. Ernst have al ready been produced here on the Oregon campus. Campbell Co-op to Hold Spring Dance In a setting of sweetly scented lilacs, Campbell Co-op will hold its annual “Lilac Time” semi-for mal spring dance at the Kincaid street house next Saturday even ing. Patrons and patronesses for the affair with be Miss Janet Smith, Mrs. Edith Siefert, Mr. and Mrs. Willis C. Warren, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Griffith. Preceding the dance the Camp bell men will hold a stag banquet to honor the seniors. INDEPENDENTS TO DANCE Friday night Yeomen and Ori des are sponsoring an all-indepen dent dance in the AWS room, Ger linger. All independents attend ing are required to wear some part of a cowboy or cowgirl costume. Dancing will be from 8:30 to 12 and good music is promised. The semi-costume is the only price of admission. PORTLAND CALLS PREXY ERB To address a Thursday night meeting of the Portland Dads on “Current University Affairs” is the main purpose of a trip to Portland President Erb is making today. He has several appointments in Portland to meet during the day, and will return to Eugene Friday. NOTICE The concert of the Polyphonic choir will be held at 8 o’clock this evening instead of 8:15 as an nounced previously. CLASSIFIED PICTURE FRAMING — Oriental Art Shop. The Petite Shop, Dressmaking ind Altering; 573 E. 13, ph. 3208 1 Miss Barker Goes On Eastern Trlpf A three months’ vacation on thro Atlantic seaboard will be the lob of Miss Beatrice Barker, head cata loguer at the University of Oregoh library, who left Tuesday to attend commencement ceremonies at> Brown university, Providence. Rhode Island, where she reeei\ e<t her Ph.B. degree. Miss Barker will visit with Mis?* Emma. Stephenson of New Haven, Connecticut, a University of Ore gon graduate in the class of 1915* who is now’ librarian in the refer ence department at Yale univer sity. Lutheran Students Will Picnic Sundaj ■ ■■■■ i ' 1 Lutheran students will meet Sunday at 2 at the YWCA bunga low’ to go on a. picnic at MiUiox.net park. Swimming will be in order as well as baseball and eats. Thoso coming are asked to bring some? sort of food as the eats will bn potluck. All Lutherans on the campus are hereby urged to at tend. 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