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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1939)
U. OF ORE WEATHER RETORT Cloudy Thursday and Friday with moderate rains in south-west, and on roast. Little change in tem perature. Increasing southwest winds off coast. VOLUME XL UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1939 NUMBER 61 THE Passing SHOW By GORDON RTDGKWAY Zero Hour Nears In Spanish War Spanish civil war news in brief from four focal points: Barcelona—The loyalist govern ment reported that it has given lip the defense of the besieged city and has removed all its agencies to the city of Gerona. Franco troops had finally cut off all lines of retreat around the city, but gov ernment reserves and civilians, in cluding many women, asserted that they would defend their homes un til they dropped in the streets. The “zero hour” is expected some time today. England—The cabinet met yes terday to consider possible results * of the latest turn of affairs. It was also revealed that Generalissimo Francisco Franco has pledged him self not to wreack revenge upon any civilians in the city if Barce lona is taken. France—Was warned by an of ficial statement in Rome that there would be “consequences” if the French interfered with the “inevit able victory” of insurgent forces. The threat was backed by mobil ization of 60,000 Italian reserves. United States—President Roose velt announced that America would continue its “hands off” pol icy in Spain, and that the arms embargo would not be lifted. Sec retary of State Hull reiterated that the embassy will remain with the loyalist government. Shake-Down Levels Chilean Buildings An earthquake of “terrific pro portions” shook the South Ameri can nation of Chile yesterday, cen tering near Santiago. Pan-Ameri can airways reported early that nearly 2000 people were dead as At Washington, the nation’s cap radio advices from Santiago indi cated that only about 100 were killed with 500 wounded. Approximately 40 per cent of the buildings were leveled. All gov ernment agencies have been mo bilized for immediate aid. Thomas vs. Perkins Continues Hotly At Washington, th nation’s cap ital, the battle between Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Con gressman J. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey continued undaunted. Both expressed the desire to have the matter brought to a head be fore the house judiciary committee immediately. Miss Perkins reached out, in fact, for more authority, by an (Please turn to page four) English Town Cinema Has Pet ter s' Nook By ANNA MAE HALVERSON A blinkin’ cuddlah’s cawnah, by jove! It cawn’t happen in Eng land! It’s no lie, and it did happen in England. A pettefs’ paradise has been established in staid Ux bridge, Middlesex, England, ac cording to a United Press dispatch. The town cinema decided to re serve a special corner for lovers because they engaged in so much kissing and cuddling that they drowned out the picture for paid customers. Elderly women were the chief grumblers about the bois terous mugging. The special corner, with its dim- i mer lighting, isn't approved by the i Vicar of Uxbridge at all. Other fellow clergymen opined that no self-respecting young man would take his girl to the special kissing seats.—The Californian. * * « Book There should not be any such thing as a textbook for they are things which are not meant to be read you buy them and sit them on the shelf and then sell them back at half price several months later.—Snookie in the Daily Texan. * * * Degree No one has accused college wo men of making matrimonial bur eaus out of colleges quite so scorchingly before as Helga Bourse, a German student at Muskingum college. Says she: “They’re so sil ly. They sit around and gab about their dates and who kissed who." She says they’re after a MRS. de gree, not an A.B. or B.S.—ACP. Yell Leader To Be Chosen At Assembly Three Aspirants To Perform Before ASUO Members in Gerlinger Today Amid a fluttering' of ballots and the rally spirit of campus elec tions, ASUO members will meet this morning in Gerlinger to choose a new Webfoot yell king from the list of three applicants turned in yesterday. Four of the original competitors for the position will be denied a chance to show their ability at the meeting because of scholastic in eligibility rating given them by No student will lie issued a ballot on which to vote for Ore gon’s new yell king at this morn ing’s election unless he presents an ASUO eard to ushers at the door, | Student Body President Harry Weston announced last night. University officials. Bob Elliot, Woody Slater, and Art Wiggin re main as aspirants for the post left vacant by the removal, because of ineligibility of Paul Cushing. Weston to Officiate Harry Weston, ASUO president, who will officiate at the assembly, has announced that he will intro duce each of the applicants. They will in turn lead students present in demonstration yells in order that ASUO members may be better qualified to make their decision. Ballots will be issued at the door to each holder of a student body card, and no one will be al lowed to vote unless he presents this identification. Hobson Will Talk Also slated on this morning’s program will be a short talk by Basketball Coach Howard Hobson and presentation of members of his 1939 quintet. Webfoot three-year lettermen will receive recognition awards for their efforts in the athletic field, in lieu of the Oregon blankets which were to have been presented at this time, but which have not yet come from the manufacturers. Lester Ready is scheduled to sing “Without a Song” by Vincent Youman and “A Chip Off the Old Block” by W. H. Squire. Bobby Garretson will accompany him. Pat Shea will also sing two popular numbers. Dr. Miller Plans Physical Exams For Senior Class Dr. Fred N. Miller, student health service head, yesterday announced the beginning of sen ior physical examinations. This service is made available to seniors each year, thus giv ing them their last physical check-up before leaving college. Seniors desiring the examina tion should make their appoint ments early, Dr. Miller warned, for exams will be given in the order appointments are re ceived. Line Coach Bill Cole May Leave Oregon Webfoot Forward Wall Boss Plans to Accept Position at Santa Ana, Cal., High School; No 'Probable Successor' Listed Confirming reports that he had been contacted by Santa Anna high school authorities regarding the post of football coach and direc tor of athletics, Ralph W. (Bill) Cole, line coach at Oregon, stated yesterday that he would leave the Webfoot coaching ranks if contract stipulations are met by the California school. When Santa Ana high contacted me regarding the position, I made several stipulations in the contract. I have received no word ASUO Officers Discuss Reform Of Rally Squad Williams' Proposal Criticized; Election Of Yell King Voted Legislative difficulties beset the ASUO executive committee yester day at their luncheon meeting in the Anchorage as they attempted to put Dick Williams’ rally and yell squad reform plan into the by laws. The two-hour meeting was taken up almost entirely with discussion of the combined plans which would set up an appointive rally commit, tee based on seniority, 'make the yell king position an elective of fice, and clear up the vague rulings of the present on finance and fi nancial practices of both groups. While the basic principles of Williams’ plan were approved by the committee, the score or more of detailed regulations which he in cluded in his report drew com ment and criticism. Williams ex piained> however, that he had merely included these points to give a complete picture of the ral ly set-up which his study of coast colleges revealed. Student Vote Mandate The committee voted to hold election of yell king today at the ASUO assembly. Technically the yell leader should be appointed by the committee. They plan to use {Please turn to page four) '39 Oregana Price Rises to $5.50 Today Students who have not yet ordered their 1939 Oregana will pay the price of their procrastina tion, Dick Williams, Oregana busi ness manager, announced last night. From this time on, late comers will pay an additional fifty cents because they delayed placing their order. The price of the Ore gana is now $5.50. At least 35 or 40 copies are still available, Williams said, because of the number of contracts which have been cancelled. While the exact number of copies which will be available for the latecomers is unknown, there will be consider ably less than 100 copies, Williams i said. i He added that 2100 copies of the 1 1939 yearbook had been sold. Professor Beck Hits Capital Punishment Crime does not pay, says Professor L. F. Beck of the psychology department, even though the adoption of the lethal gas chamber in Oregon makes the death of a criminal more pleasant and humane. “The knowledge of the consequences does not prevent a crime,” he said, “because the results are too far removed from the actual crime. The criminal can see too many possibilities of escape. He can plead insanity, hire a good criminal law yer, or perhaps establish an alibi.” Criminals will not commit more crimes, or take greater risks, Beck said, because the method of capi tal punishment in the state hap pens to be a more desirable one. Professor Beck believes in capi tal punishment only as a last re sort in dealing with a criminal. "I believe in capital punishment,” he said, “only when it is shown by a board of experts in human be havior that the criminal is incap able of readjusting himself to society. With the system of capital punishment now in use there is a great chance that an innocent man might be sent to death.” Tracing the evolution of the various devices to kill, Professor ; Beck explained that the lethal gas i chamber was probably adopted be 1 cause very often in hanging an individual was put to death by ! slow torture. from the school officials regard ing the outcome of their Monday meeting at which time the con tract was to have been discussed. If Santa Ana meets my condi tions, I will accept,” Cole said. Cole, genial 240-pound line men tor for the past year, told the Emerald that he had asked for a salary of $2400. Press reports from the south indicated last night that Santa Ana officials had agreed to the salary and other conditions. Notice Expected Today Although Cole has not been con tacted further, he expects to re ceive notice this morning from Santa Ana officials as to wheth er his appointment to the position has been approved by the board. The portly mentor, still bothered by a racking cough, denied that poor health had influenced his de cision to leave the University. Financial difficulties in running his ranch the past year was cited by Cole as a reason for his considera tion of the California offer. “Big Bill,” as he is called by nearly all his friends, owns a 20 acre orange ranch just five miles out of Santa Ana. Cole came to Eugene last spring from Tustin, California, high school where he coached football for nine years. For the past year he has been line coach and chief assistant to Headman Tex Oliver. All-Coast Tackle While playing his senior season for Coach Howard Jones at South ern California, Cole was chosen as a tackle on the all-coast team. After graduating in 1924, Cole coached freshman football for the Trojans before going to Tustin. In Portland to attend an alumni meeting, Coach Oliver told the United Press that he knew there was a possibility of Cole’s leaving, "but I did not expect him to do so at this time.” Oliver had no recom mendation for an immediate suc cessor, but it is expected that) Oliver will have an assistant on hand by the opening day of serine football. Oliver, himself, coached at Santa Ana for a long period before mov ing to the University of Arizona. At Oregon, Cole was under a one-year contract which was to have been renewed. CAMPUS CALENDAR The Community Service group will meet at the Y hut at 6 p.m. today. Christian Science organization will hold its regular meeting in the YWCA bungalow at 8 tonight. All students and faculty members are cordially invited. Tau Delta Chi will meet in the alumni hall, Gerlinger tonight at Independent students are asked to get their tickets for the Dad’s day luncheon at the booth on Thir teenth street before Friday noon. Badminton club meets tonight in Gerlinger at 7:30. ROTC Vaccinations Finished for Year Smallpox vaccinations and ty phoid shots for 45 ROTC boys j were finished Wednesday by Dr. Fred N. Miller of the University health service. None of the boys, military stu j dents who are planning to attend the summer camp, fainted or found | it necessary to sit down this year, 1 Dr. Miller reported. Millrace Plan To Be Talked By Committee Meeting Scheduled Tonight on Property Development Along Pacific Highway A special committee, appointed by Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the University of Oregon, will meet in Friendly hall tonight with a committee of Eugene citizens to report plans for the development of property owned by the Uni versity lying north of the millrace and east of the Anchorage. The object of the meeting is to prepare plans for development of of the property in the event that the proposed change in the Pacific highway through the east side of Eugene should be put into effect. Highway May Move The proposal under considera tion would place the railroad tracks where the highway now runs and the highway between the tracks and the University campus. Although no definite plans for the changing of the Pacific highway have been announced, the commit tee has been considering the prob lem of what should be done .about the University property in the event the change should be decided upon. The property was purchased less than a year ago for the sum of $4500. It was thought at the time that the property was purchased that it would provide ground on which to build the floats for the annual canoe fete. It was also thought that additional bleachers for the Junior Weekend festivities might be built there. \ Interest Old One At the time of the purchase, Karl W. Onthank, dean of person nel, said that the University had been interested in procuring the property for the last 20 or 25 years. He added that President Campbell had been very much in terested in the possibility of devel oping this property for the Uni versity. The committee will meet in the faculty room of Friendly hall at 7:30 tonight. The committee in charge of the investigation includes Professor Fred A. Cuthbert, Dean Virgil D. Earl, Professor Orlando J. Hollis, Professor Will V. Norris, J. O. Lindstrom, and Earl M. Pallett. Several Graduates Secure New Jobs Despite a slack season for mak ing placements for job-seeking graduates, the department of edu cation placement bureau has secured teaching jobs for gradu ates during the past few months. Louise Beers Walker has re ceived a position in the girls’ phys ical education department for the rest of the year at Pendleton high school. Ruth Eversole has a job in the high school at Joseph, Oregon. The job of principal of the high school at Valsetz, Oregon, was given to Joe Stewart. Mrs. Vyra Tobin has accepted a position in the grade school at River Road, near Eugene. Ruby Wright, graduate student, will teach at Reedsport high school. Action Due Soon on Two-Semester Plan Faculty Senate Urges Backing for Resolution Passed Two Years Ago Following up an action taken two years ago, the faculty senate yesterday voted to recommend that the faculty reaffirm its reso lution in support of the two semester plan, it was announced by Dr. Howard R. Taylor, chair man of the group. Faculty members are reported to be still overwhelmingly in favor of the adoption of the two-semes ter plan. A resolution in favor of the plan was passed by the senate and affirmed by the faculty two years ago. Action Never Completed However, action was never com pleted throughout the entire state system of higher education be cause of the building fee provision which allowed an assessment of $5 per term on each student but made no provision insuring the building quota in the event of adoption of a two semester plan. An advantage of the semester system is greater integration of the state system of awarding aca demic credits with the systems used by Oregon high schools and by colleges and universities of other states, it w^is brought out. Registration Expenses Pared Expenses of registration admin istration would be cut by one third, according to Assistant Registrar Clifford L. Constance. The “mad scramble’’ which is now a necessary part of determin ing mid-term and final grades would be cut down by one third, allowing both students and faculty to doVote more time to actual study and instruction. Law School Eyes Two Semester Plan The University law school facul ty has und^r consideration tho proposal to adopt the two-semester plan at the University, Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, said yesterday. “In many respects I think the semester plan is preferable to the quarter system,” added Dean Morse. He pointed out that further in vestigation may show that it would be inadvisable to adopt the plan for the law school unless at least one more faculty member is added to the staff. He said that the semester plan would probably require a complete reorganization of the law school curricula, with resulting increases in teaching load. Dean Morse explained that many of the law courses are one term courses. These courses would have to be revised or combined with others under the two-semester plan. COSMOPOLITANS TO MEET The first organized meeting of the newly-formed Cosmopolitan club will be held Friday afternoon at 4:30 in Alumni hall, the steer ing committee announced yester day. Curtailment Possible In Education Budget Possibility that the budget for higher education in Oregon for the coming year will be curtailed seems likely as the time for consideration of the problems of higher education by the state legislature draws nearer. Chancellor F. M. Hunter’s proposed budget of $5,960,664 has already been slashed to $5,396,289. It is believed that state legislators will hesitate to increase the revenue of the state by adding new taxes. Furthermore, any new taxes approved by the legislature would not take effect until they had been passed in the general election of 1940. It was announced recently by the tax commission that Governor Sprague’s three-point tax program would attempt to "keep the revenue on the same basis as at the present.” The cut of $464,000 in the Chancellor’s proposed budget was in the fund for salary restorations. The chancellor proposed that $664,000 be used for salary restoration but this sum was cut to $200,000. I Decorations Sheduled For Local Streets Downtown Eugene, as well as the campus, will be decorated in honor of Oregon dads this weekend. Overcoming the difficulty of a minus budget, John Luvaas, chairman, has managed, with the cooperation of merchants, to have 55 banners made for the streets downtown. The city will put the banners up. A definite need for banners has been felt in past years, but lack of money has made them impossible. Greek Heads Will Hear National Editor Fraternity Trends, Problems Named Discussion Topics Recent fraternity trends and local as well as national problems will be the main topics for consid eration when Mr. and Mrs. George Banta Jr., editor and associate ed itor respectively of Banta’s Greek Exchange, speak to members of several fraternity and sorority council groups today. Mr. Banta is vice-chairman of the national in terfraternity conference. President Donald M. Erb and personnel officers, the interfrater nity council, and Pan-Hellenic will entertain Mr. and Mrs. Banta at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at noon. Following the luncheon, al umni advisers and rushing chair men will meet with Mrs. Banta at the Theta house. Mr. Banta will go to the Phi Delta Theta house to meet with the interfraternity coun cil. Besides meeting with the com bined groups, the visitors will be entertained by their own fraterni j ties. Mrs. Banta is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, and has served as a national officer. Banta, a member of Phi Delta Theta, is past president of the national group. The two will come to the campus from Oregon State where they have been principal speakers for a two-day conference. Bill Cummings, interfraternity council member, will drive Mr. and Mrs. Banta from Corvallis. The Drama club will meet thi3 afternoon at 4 o’clock at West minster house. Student Leaders of Two Schools Will Study Proposals On Campus Today j Concerted student action may be taken today on the two-semester plan which has been seething: in the minds of faculty members and students of all the institutions of the Oregon state system of higher education since discontent with the present plan was first expressed two years ago. Bob Walker, president of the associated students of Oregon State college, and Ed Burchell, edi tor of the Oregon State Barometer, will meet with Zane Kemler, vice president of the associated stu dents of the University at 2:30 this afternoon to discuss a student movement to bring the building fee law before the legislature at Salem, a necessary step in the inauguration of the two-semester system. Kemler Provides Drive Impetus behind the student movement has come from Kemler, who will confer today with Walker and Burchell in an effort to enlist the aid of the Staters in support of the project. Articles in the Barometer in the past have indicated that the Cor vallis faction has not endorsed the movement, and it is the aim of Kemler and the ASUO executive committee to reach a common point of view on the matter for more effective action. Fee Law Is Block With faculty support of the plan secured by the faculty senate meeting yesterday, the greatest obstacle blocking the way of posi tive action by state board heads is the building fee law which re quires that a building fee of $5 be paid by each student every term. Under the present wording of the provision, the use of the two-semester plan would cut the building fee one third. Today it will be the aim of stu dent leaders of the two state four year schools to provide for neces sary student action in placing the proposed revision before the state legislature to change the building fee law to read “$5 per term, per student, or $7.50 per semester.” NINETEEN IN INFIRMARY John David, Barbara Ward, Bette Hayden, Flora Miller, Jean Banning, Mary Peck, Alice Mullay, Olive Brown, Claire Lyon, Avia Klemme, Wilbur Colwell, Val Cul well, Bob Corby, Cutler Webster, Jack Waits, Alan Chaffer, Bob “Smokey” Whitfield, John Smeed, and Charles Baker are listed aa infirmary patients. Dr. Schmidt to Retire After 42 Years Here By MAURICE GOLpBERG Dr. F. G. Schmidt, present head of the German department, will retire this June after 42 years of teaching at the Unievrsity, it was learned yesterday. The white-haired professor has accomplished much in his lifetime. Forty-two years ago he was teaching at Cornell college in Iowa as head of the German department. Then he had the opportunity of accepting numerous appointments in the East and on the Pacific coast; but he chose the University of Oregon. Dr. Schmidt has known every president of the University. He has also written many textbooks and has edited other publications of some value which have been recognized by many eminent schol ars throughout the nation. Intends to Travel This coming summer after his retirement, he intends to do some research and travel abroad—per haps to France and Sicily. At any rate, he will not spend next fall i here. Dr. Schmidt maintains that, “Having been at work for 42 years, I am entitled to a rest. I have | always believed in the future of ! the University of Oregon," he said, | “and it will continue to grow and grow.” Real Mexican Food Served by Y Group Straight from old Mexico was the atmosphere of the "pozole” dinner served last night by the Foreign Foods group at the YW bungalow. Miss Mary Wright planned the dinner with real Mexican food served on genuine Mexican pottery. Twenty attended the dinner. Nina Schmor is in charge of the group. MISS SAWYER ILL Miss Ethel Sawyer, browsing room librarian, is confined to her home in Portland this week be cause of illness. She will return next week. The first students of Villanova college required to furnish them selves with large silver spoons.