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Women's Page in
The Emerald
VOLUME XL
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1939
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NUMBER 71
Two-Semester Proposal
Turned Down by Faculty
Of Oregon State College
Plan Is Without Future Despite Approval
By Oregon Faculty; Instigator Kemler
Admits Setback for Suggested Change
Turn'ed down last week by the Oregon State college faculty in a
unanimous vote, the University-born two-semester proposal was a plar
without a future this week when Chancellor Frederick M. Huntei
received the state college faculty’s recommendation that the present
system of three terms be retained.
Passed by the University of Oreogn faculty only a week ago by a
vote of 33 to 22, the plan failed to meet with the aprpoval of the Oregon
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tive council when it met last
Wednesday.
George W. Peavy, president of
OSC, presided at the meeting of
deans of schools, heads of depart
ments, and the deans of men and
women. Action was taken as a
result of much faculty and stu
dent discussion on the subject.
Kemler Admits Setback
Zane Kemler, prime mover in
the two-semester battle, admitted
yesterday before leaving for the
British Columbia Delta Upsilon
convention that the plan had
definitely received a setback. Fu
ture action on the plan, he said,
was practically out of the question,
approval of other state schools be
ing prerequisite.
The plan itself had been in the
first stage of drafting at the Uni
versity law school, where a bill
was ready for the state legislature
to permit collecting the building
fee in two installments of $7.50
each per year. The building fee
specification was the only legal
barrier to the inauguration of the
semester plan in force at some
coast schools and others through
out the nation.
Second U-O Approval
This marks the second time the
University faculty had set its
stamp of approval on the change,
only to have its approval vetoed.
Oregon State college student
leaders visited the University cam
pus the week before last, and then
reported to the Beaver studnt body
that they would have to give the
plan further study before reaching
a decision either way.
Ho Hum' Group
Has Answers
Agin It All
By ANNA MAE HALVERSON
The prize organization developed
after all the talk and writing on
college campuses concerning the
state of the world is at Kansas
State Teachers’ college. It is called
a “Committee for the Investigation
of America’s Minding Its Own
Business in the Japanese-Spanish
German Situations.”
Every member must develop a
definite “ho hum” to be used in
ignoring foreign atrocities. Said
one of the founders, “We do not
intend to respond to anything in
the way of anything except what
we think of ourselves. We support
nothing. We are against every
thing. We do not feel that we have
sufficient information to justify
anything, especially effort.”—ACP.
Whoops
“You’re just built that way,
girls—your hips are put together
like that; and no matter how many
pairs of pants you put on—how
much you try to act like a man,
you're going to wiggle when you
walk. That’s what makes you
cute.”—Professor Thomas C. Sher
wood, University of Kentucky.
Is There a Need?
Discussion of necking- and pet
ting will not be included in a mar
riage guidance course to be given
at Harvard university, according
to Dr. Peter Sorokim, head of the
sociology department. — The Y
News.
FROSH GIRLS TO MEET
There will be a Phi Theta as
sembly for freshman women at
alumni hall in Gerlinger today
at 4. Master Dance and Am
phibian will put on exhibitions
with Jane Montgomery acting
as chairman.
He Gets It Now ...
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Chancellor Hunter . . . the OSC
faculty recommendation to keep
the three-term system has reached
him.
YW Frosh Group
Plans Assembly
The frosh commission, composed
of 16 freshman girls, helps plan
activities of the various YWCA
groups on the campus, and spon
sors several meetings during the
year.
A mass meeting, at which Mrs.
Alice B. Macduff, assistant dean
of women, was guest speaker, was
held fall term for all freshman
girls. Another assembly of this
type is now being planned for the
near future. Members of the com
mission assisted with doughnut,
Red Cross, and tuberculosis seal
sales last term.
President of the committee is El
na Johnson; vice-president, Helen
Zavodsky; secretary, Pat Salis
bury. Those on the committee in
clude Margaret Young, Isolde
Eichenlaub, Nancy Knickerbocker,
Ruth Hall, Betty McNiece, Maxine
Hansen, Edna Mae Thomas, Lois
Nordling, Barbara Bamford, Wini
fred Miller, Otillia Hofstetter,
Elizabeth Steed, and Jean Burt.
Library Tours Aid
Freshman Students
To acquaint freshman students
with the library and explain how
to find reference books for their
term papers, Mr. Jack Plotkin,
executive assistant in the library,
has been giving lectures and con
ducting tours through the library
for English composition students
at. the request of the English de
partment faculty.
Hoop Ace Anet
Playfully Rolls
Tire in Street
A basketball star rolling
tires? Bob Anet, captain of the
league-leading Webfoots, play
fully propelling such an object
down the street? Incredible, but
it’s true.
Anet was seen at noon yester
day, traveling toward the Sigma
Nu house and simultaneously hit
ting the automobile tire at his
side.
Explanations will no doubt be
forthcoming, but they’ll have to
be taken with a grain of salt.
Various people think it’s one
of Hobby’s ways of teaching the
boys to relax!
Company B Teams
Win ROTC Honors
Both 10 o'Clock
Groups Post Perfect
Records for Week
Company B No. 1 and Company
B No. 2, both 10 o’clock sec
tions were designated as the
honor ROTC companies, both scor
ing perfect records of 100 per cent
in this week’s inspection.
Company B No. 1 officers are
Luther Siebert, company com
mander; William Rosson, first ser
geant; and Claude Hockley and
Stanley Warren, platoon leaders.
Company B No. 2 officers are
Donald Anderson, company com
mander; Frank Lukowski, first
sergeant, and Rex Applegate and
Wilfred Stephens, platoon leaders.
Company C, 11 o’clock, took
third place with a score of 99.918.
Fourth place was awarded com
pany A, 9 o’clock, who scored
99.900.
Company D, 1 o’clock, was fifth
with 99.868.
Company E, 2 o’clock, won sixth
place with 99.855.
Thirty Initiated Into
WAA Organization
Thirty girls were initiated into
WAA last night at an impressive
ceremony in the AWS room of Ger
linger by Betty Riesch, president,
and Jean Kendall, vice president of
WAA. All of the other officers
assisted at the initiation.
Lois Onthank was appointed
chairman of the initiation and
award banquet to be held Febru
ary 25.
Those initiated were:
Patricia Jean Taylor, Helen
Howell, Claudia Sevier, Betty
Cleator, Frances Thomlinson, Mil
dred Snyder, Zadie Enos, Bette
Workman, Helen Graves, Ruth
Ketchum, Lillian Schaffer, Eliza
beth Steed, Barbara Stallcup,
Thelma Bouchet, Opal Myers, Mary
Ann Nevins, Virginia Kempston,
Barbara Bamford, Beverly Steel,
Harriet Scott, Betty Giddings,
Mabel Turner, Peggy Robbins,
| Jean Boggs, June Bennett, Ethel
Dixon, Alice Joy Frizzell, Florence
j Spies, Barbara Baldinger, and Ar
j lene Thurmond.
Rats, Psych Class
Look at Each Other
Members of Professor Robert Leeper’s psychology class smelled
a rat yesterday—in fact a couple of rats.
To illustrate the psychology of motivation, Charles McClean, an
assistant, brought two hungry rats to class—Floozie and her brother,
Boozie.
Floozie was placed in one half of a box, which was partitioned by a
sheet of paper, and a bowl of bread and milk was placed in the other
section. Alter sne naci iammanzea
herself with her surroundings,
Floozie tore through the paper to
the food on the opposite side of the
box.
Floozie Goes Through
Each time the experiment was
performed the barrier was made
more difficult to surmount by add
ing additional sheets of paper to
the partition, but Floozie, in her
search for food tore her way
through.
Between each experiment,
Floozie, typical of her sex, stopped
a moment to wash her face and
brush her whiskers. “It's just like
the case of girls,” McClean re
marked, “there’s nothing you can
do until she’s through.”
Enough Is Enough
When the partition was made
five sheets thick, Floozie became
discouraged because she could not
even get a toothhold in the paper,
and engaged, herself in other ac
tivities, until a tiny hole was
punched for her.
Floozie proved to be such a good
specimen for the illustration her
brother rat was not needed.
The rats are used each year be
fore psychology classes.
Congressmen Join
Fraternities in Fight
For Security Revision
Managers Get Favorable Replies From
Oregon National Solon; Will Write Again
To State Body
I Managers of campus Greek-letter organizations yesterday got a
I lift from higher up in their social security amendment fight when
Ivan Clark, secretary of the managers’ council received favorable
answers from three Oregon congressmen.
The replies indicated the congressmen would support the house
managers in their move to have the national social security act
amended to exempt college Greek-letter organizations.
Remington Will
Finish Speaking
Series Todag
Busy Clergyman
To Leave for Youth
Meeting in Salem
Maybe they’ve tired him out
with a strenuous speaking
schedule, but Bishop W. P. Rem
ington, number one love and mar
riage lecturer, still hopes that the
University will ask him back
again.
A little fatigued after another
hard day which included four ad
dresses to student groups, the
eastern Oregon clergyman pre
pared last night to leave today for
Salem where he will take part in
a youth conference set for this
weekend.
Before he departs from the Uni
versity, however, Bishop Reming
ton still has a full day, with lec
tures before two social science
classes and a fraternity luncheon
on his social slate.
Laughing about his dozens of
talks since he arrived last Friday,
the bishop remarked, “It’s a good {
I thing I’m a bishop—nobody else
would stick his neck out for such j
variety of subjects to talk on.” I
Ministers, he said, are always
thought of as knowing only relig
ion, and yet they ask them to be
prepared to speak on every sub
ject, no matter how remote from
the realm of religious activity.!
Truthfully, though, he admitted he ^
liked it, and only wished students
realized he liked it.
Deady Hall Ceiling
Painted Pale Green;
Lighting Changed
Painters were busy today cover
ing some of the ceilings of Deady
hall with a pale green hue. The
ceilings themselves were recently
installed, and are accoustical tile,
the trade name of which is “elo
tex.”
Workmen had previously low
ered ceilings, and are still install
ing ceiling tile in remaining rooms.
Deady will also have indirect light
ing, raised seats and platforms,
and a new system of exit ventila
tion.
The large windows in the wall,
which were so long a part of the
building, have also been discarded.
When work is completed it is ex
pected that Deady hall will be one
of the most modern although one
of the oldest buildings on the cam
pus.
UO ROTC Officers
To Attend Exercise
At San Francisco
A command post exercise will be
held in San Francisco during the
early part of next August, which
will be attended by officers from
the University ROTC, according to
a recent announcement of first ser
geant F. I. Agule, instructor and
chief clerk of the military depart
ment.
The purpose of the exercise will
be to insure prompt and efficient
i action on the part of the various
j sections of the army in the event
: of an attack by a foreign power.
Only officers will attend the
, exercise and the whole thing will
be carried out on a theoretical
basis. Troop movements and man
euvers will be plotted out on paper
but not a soldier will have to
march.
Three Reply
Congressmen replying to letters
sent out last week were Senators
Charles McNary aiul Rufus Hol
man and Representative Homer
Angell.
Senator McNary said he would
support the amendment, Clark
said, while Holman said he ap
proved of it and would give it his
“careful consideration.” Holman
indicated he thought the amend
ment a good idea, Clark said. Rep
resentative Angell stated he would
keep the proposal in mind.
The claim is now being con
sidered: by the senate ways and
means committee, Clark reported
last night. The ways and means
committee will determine the valid
ity df the managers’ contentions
before passing the bill on to the
senate for official action.
Settle Down to Wait
“There is nothing we can do now
until we hear how the thing comes
out,” Clark said, indicating that
the answer might be expected
either soon or late.
The state, however, was not do
ing so well by the managers, it
was learned. Letters mailed at the
same time the national bids went
out have brought no answer as
yet, Clark said.
Will Try Again
The managers will write again
to the state unemployment com
mision, asking for some action.
All that was asked of the state
was a new ruling on the unemploy
ment tax. The managers in their
petition -stated that they felt the
unemployment tax was not in
tended for their type of organiza
tions.
Music Students
To Offer Recitals
Two recitals will be presented
by students of the University
school of music tonight and Friday
evening at 8 o'clock on the Uni
versity of Oregon broadcast over
station KOAC.
Thursday evening Jane Young,
violinist, will play “Sonata in A
Major” by Corelli, accompanied by
Evelyn Erickson, student of Mrs.
Aurora Potter Underwood. Miss
Young, Eugene, is a sophomore at
the University and a student of
Rex Underwood.
Friday evening Dorothy Davis,
Eugene, will present a piano re
cital. Her first selection is a son
ata by Beethoven. Next she will
play “Minstrels” by Debussey, and
the last number, "Rhapsody in F
sharp Minor" by Dohnanyi. Miss
Davis is also a sopliomore in mu
sic and a student of Mrs. Under
wood. She has been very promi
nent in music, both as an accom
panist and a soloist. ,
Gossips Win
Pat on Back
From Horn
At last someone has a good
word to say for scandalmongers.
I like good gossips,” said Dr.
Robert Horn to his English lit
erature class Wednesday morn
ing.
Dr. Horn believes that a good
gossiper must have a good mem
ory, brilliant insight, and lively
personality.
"If gossip is an art, most stu
dents are artists and poor ones
at that,” stated Dr. Horn.
Approximately one - fourth of
University of Texas students who
take pure and applied mathematics
end their courses with failing
grades.
New Names
In Race for
!King of Hearts'
Coming in just before the
deadline two new candidates for
the coveted “King of Hearts" ti
tle entered the race last nigiit.
These were Clair Hoflich who
will represent the dorms, and
Seth Smith, the red-headed flash
from the Sigma Phi Epsilon
house.
Both men accepted the candi
dacy when notified that they
had been chosen. Grace Irvin,
chairman of the dance, said that
there had been no attempt to
leave out representatives of
either organization. Delay in
getting the last two candidates
was causal by difficulty in get
ting men from the two organiza
tions to run.
Morris Will Head
YMCA Campaign
Dr. Victor P. Morris, dean of
the school of business administra
tion, will head the coming YMCA
youth investment week campaign
to be staged here February 27 to
March 6, according to plans re
leased last night by YMCA offi
cials.
When questioned concerning his
acceptance of the position, Dr.
Morris confirmed the reports, add
ing “The problem of counseling
and guidance for young people and
of helping them to bridge the gaps
until their place is found in the
economic life of the community is
an insistent problem ... I am in
terested in a successful campaign
for ‘Y’ support.”
Christmas Cookies,
Varied Appetizers
In Swedish Dinner
Typically Swedish were the
varied cheese and fish appetizers,
the unmashed potatoes, meat balls,
and the all-the-year-round Christ
mas cookies served at the meeting
of the foreign foods group at the
YW bungalow last night.
Prepared by the girls under the
direction of Doris Hanson, the
menu included dishes made from
recipes in the “Princesses’ Cook
book,” which was edited by one of
the outstanding Swedish cooking
authorities.
Center of attraction during the
dinner was the little cookie dish
from which fairy-like tunes tinkled.
At the next meeting of the
group, a Japanese dinner — with
chopsticks to eat with—will be
served.
A new study of evolution is be
ing made at Indiana university,
where Prof. A. C. Kinsey is exam
ining 100,000 specimens of the gall
wasp.
Tony Amato Enters
King of Hearts Race
Tony Amato, third-year law student, has been named by the lawyers
to represent them as a candidate for the ‘‘King of Hearts,” it was an
nounced yesterday by Frank Nash, president of the law student body.
Nash said they have chosen Amato because he is ‘‘possessed of so
many endearing young charms.” Other qualities of the vivacious bru
nette were pointed out by his fellow barristers: His piquant charm,
ms syipu-uae ngure, ms scnooi
girl complexion, and his classical'
features. One lawyer remarked
that he personifies the glory that
was Rome.
Amato has had experience. Last
year he was maid of honor to the
queen of the law school during
Junior weekend.
Asked for a statement, the mod
est Tony said that he was a busy
man and was afraid he didn’t have
time for all this folderol. He added:
“I only regret that I have but one
life to give for the law school."
Married Women
Students to Meet
The first meeting of married
women students on the campus
will be held this afternoon at 4
o’clock at the YW bungalow, Mrs.
John Stark Evans, executive secre
tary, announced yesterday.
Purpose of the meeting will be
to discuss the possibility of organ
izing a local married women’s club
or of joining a national group.
Oregana Pictures
Of Campus Groups
Scheduled Today
Today is the last chance for
the following groups to have
their pictures taken for the Ore
gana, Editor Don Root an
nounced last night:
At libe terrace:
1:00—Tau Delta Chi.
At Gerlinger field:
2:00 University co-op spring
girls’ baseball champions.
2:15- Women’s hockey team.
At art museum:
3:00—Skull and Dagger.
3:30—Theta Sigma Phi.
3:45—Phi Theta Upsilon.
4 :00- Alpha Delta Sigma.
At Gerlinger gym:
4:15—Women’s fencing club.
4 :30—University co-op bas
ketball team.
4:40—Kappa volleyball team.
4:50—Amphibians.
Dime Crawl Honors
Won by Pi Phis Again
I -
Victors Average 48 Cents Per Girl in
Tuesday Dance Event; Alpha Chi Omega,
Alpha Phi Follow in Second and Third
By GERRY WALKER
Averaging; 48 cents a girl, the Phi Beta Phis again walked off with
the AWS cup for earning the most money at the Dime Crawl Tuesday
evening.
According to figures released yestrday the Pi Phi average even
, surpassed the amount made by them in 1937, when they averaged 42
i cents per girl. Alpha Chi Omega and Alpha Phi won second and third
i places respectively with an average of 46 cents and 43 cents respec
!-i tively.
Three-Day Run Ends
For 'Private Lives'
Large Crowd Sees
University Theater
Production Close
The University theater version
of Noel Coward's “Private Lives”
closed last night after a three-day
run on the Johnson hall stage with
Kay McAlear as Amanda Prynne,
and Eddie Hearn as Elyot Chase,
i The production was directed by
Mrs. Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt, head
of the drama division.
The modern comedy proved to be
first class entertainment for a
very nearly capacity house on all
three nights of the performance.
Difficult dialogue between the
two leads was especially well
handled, but most important, the
true spirit of happy-go-lucky liv
ing and loving was maintained
throughout the entire show.
Jeanette Hoss played Sybil
Chase, Elyot’s second wife, and
Wilfred Roadman, who is also en
gaged in producing the all-campus
musical “With Fear and Trembl
ing," took the part of the outraged
Englishman, Victor Prynne, Aman
da’s second husband.
Set, sound effects, and lighting
were the work of Horace Robin
son’s class in stage craft.
Political Science
Expert to Speak
Saturday Evening
Dr. Harold J. Laski, famous
British political scientist, will dis
cuss public affairs with a com
paratively small group of journal
ists, educators and politicians Sat
urday night, February 11, at the
Portland hotel in Portland.
The affair will be a dinner and
will begin at 7 o’clock. Reserva
tions must be • mailed to Frank
Kenin, Corbett building in Port
land, or to Richard L. Neuberger
at the Oregonian in that city. All
reservations must be received by
Friday morning accompanied by a
check for $1.50, which will be the
cost per plate.
As before, the cup was on the
I percentage basis, the amount of
| money earned being divided by the
i number of girls in the organiza
i tion.
Although the Alpha Chis earned
I more dimes, they placed second be
I cause their girls did not average as
much individually.
The total amount earned during
the evening for AWS scholarships
was $165.07, surpassing the amount
made last time by over $38. Only
$127 was earned in 1937.
Elisabeth Stetson, president of
AWS, said that the Dime Crawl
“was very much of a success.”
Anne Fredricksen, treasurer of the
AWS, stated, “Times must really
be getting better to bring in so
much more at the Dime Crawl this
year than we did two years ago.
Included in the money turned in
at the dean’s office today were two
bus tokens and a Washington tax
token.
Mortar Board Party
Scheduled Tonight
Plans have been completed for
Mortar Board's annual Smarty
Party to be given tonight in
Alumni room of Gerlinger hall, ac
cording to Peggy Jane Peebler,
Mortar Board committee member.
About 175 women students whose
grades were three point or above
for fall term have been invited to
this affair by Mortar Board, wo
men’s national honorary for senior
women, who always give this party
as a recognition to students who
have achieved high grades.
Mr. Burt Brown Barker, vice
president! of the University, will
give the main address. Miss Ethel
Sawyer, browsing room librarian,
will read a short play. Various
other entertainment has been
promised by Elisabeth Stetson,
chairman of the Mortar Board
entertainment committee. Th“
serving of refreshments will com
plete the evening.
DOWN
BUT NOT
OUT
AT THE INFIRMARY
The main worry of most stu
dents reclining in infirmary beds
is when they will get out. Three
patients interviewed yesterday
expressed the sentiments of the
majority when they declared, "I
want to get out of here.”
It’s a Party—
Very few school books are in
evidence in infirmary rooms. But
school is not forgotten. The more
studious usually worry about all
the work they will have to make
up. Magazines and crossword
puzzles are much in demand. A
few fortunate patients have
radios and listen to their favor
ite programs.
But They Can’t Sleep
But life at the infirmary is
not the luxury it may seem to
those who have not spent some
time there. One girl pointed out
one of the various drawbacks
when she indignantly said, “They
wake us up at the most unearth
ly hour to take our temperature.”
Sleepers-in Total 16
The 16 students occupying
beds yesterday included: Char
lene Jackson, Mary Fulton, Mary
Graham, Jane Griffin, Carolyn
Kamm, Ina Brenner, Michael
Gallis, Paul Collins, Mason Mc
Lean, Clifford Sandstrom, Wil
liam Reynolds, John Newton,
William McMurray, Don Morri
son, and Isabell Witmer.