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CAMPUS
Marjorie Bates and
Pete Mitchell Again
UO's Ideal Couple
Weather Report
Increasing cloudiness Tuesday
and Wednesday probably l>econi
ing unsettled in the West portion.
Little change in temperature^
tientle changeable wind off the
coast becoming moderate and
southerly.
VOLUME XL
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1939
NUMBER 79
1938 Ideal Couple
To Go to UW Prom
Executive Committee Dispenses With New
Election Due to Time Shortage; Expenses
To Be Paid by Seattle Hosts
Winning the title of Oregon’s ideal couple last year continued to
pay dividends to Pete Mitchell and Marjorie Bates, who were selected
yesterday by the ASUO executive committee as Oregon’s representa
tives to the University of Washington Junior prom.
A request from the Seattle campus for the ASUO to send a couple
was thus complied with, after several days of discussion. Harry Weston,
New Stop Signs
To Go Up on 13th
By End of Week
Added Officer to Be
Detailed to Patrol
Perilous Corners
Two stop signs, voted last Tues
day by the city council, will grace
Thirteenth street at University
and Kincaid sometime during the
latter part of the week, Sam Bond,
chairman of the police committee,
revealed last night.
The signs are intended to control
much of the traffic going through
the campus and to eliminate traf
fic hazards at these intersections,
according to Bond. The stop at
University will be only for vehicles
going west and that at Kincaid
only for those going east, he said.
Special Police Provided
A special policeman with full
power to make arrests and regu
late traffic through the campus
will accompany the stop signs,
Councilman Bond warned. The spe
cial man will be stationed on the
campus indefenitely, until the pres
ent traffic situation has improved,
he said.
The new policeman will be
especially active in checking all
parking over one hour, parking in
no-parking zones between Alder
and Kincaid, parking on the wrong
side of the street, and speeding,
according to Bond. No further
warning will be given and arrests
will start as soon as the signs are
put in, he indicated.
Campus authorities hailed the
move as “an appropriate step” and
expressed the belief that the new
addition to the city police force
will do much to put the situation
under control.
Methodist Students
To Entertain at Tea
Wesley foundation members
will entertain Methodist preference
students and friends at tea today
between the hours of 3:30 and 5
in alumni hall.
Dr. Ray S. Dunn, minister of
the Rose City Park Methodist
church in Portland, who is speak
ing at special services at the local
church during the week, will be
there to meet students and friends.
asuu president, notmea asuw
officials last night of the Oregon
decision.
The executive committee’s de
cision was reached after a short
discussion. Lack of time was the
main objection raised by the ASUO
moguls to holding an election at
the present. Members of the com
mittee also frowned upon the pos
sibility of establishing the practice
and maintained that their action
should not be construed as setting
a precedent, Weston said.
The couple will travel as guests
of the University of Washington
with all expenses paid. They will
be visitors of honor at the prom,
which is being built around the
theme of ideal couples. Represen
tatives of all Northwest confer
ence colleges have been invited by
the Washingtonians.
Business Honorary
Initiates Four New
Members Sunday
Tau Delta Chi, business honor
ary, initiated four members into
its organization Sunday evening,
according to Luther Seibert, presi
dent. This initiation service was
held at 5:30 in Gerlinger with Hen
ry Spivak in charge. The new
members are Robert Findtner, Ed
win Larsen, Richard Sears, and
Leo Young.
The banquet was held following
the ceremony at the Del Rey with
the main speaker being Mr. Arthur
G. Dudley, assistant professor in
business administration, who spoke
on the conditions in China.
The next meeting will be Thurs
day when new officers will be
elected1.
Senior Ball Ducats
Now on Sale in All
Men's Quarters
Tickets for the 1939 Senior
Ball were m,ade available in all
men’s living organizations yes
terday, according to George
Hall, chairman of the dance.
Sales will be made through a
highly organized corps of ticket
salesmen, with at least one rep
resentative in each house and
through the ASUO offices in
McArthur court.
Ducats were put on sale a
whole week in advance to facil
itate the huge volume of sales
involved in putting on the an
nual formal ball in McArthur
court.
College-Age Germans
Toil in Labor Camps
Generally speaking, young men and women in this country be
tween the ages of 18-25 are either employed at some type of work or
attending a university, but in Germany many in this age group are
busily engaged in manual labor in a work carhp or “Ein Lager.”
Yet the German youths seem to be satisfied, according to the ob
servations made by Christian Freer, graduate assistant in Romance
languages, when he was in Europe about a year ago.
These peculiar camps were established in 19?,1 primarily for the
purpose oi taxing up the unem
ployment slack and keeping young
people off the streets, said Mr.
Freer. Now there are numerous
camps throughout the whole of
Germany; they are compulsory.
Before a man can be given per
mission to perform a military ser
vice, he must have worked in the
work camp at least six months.
They work seven hours a day at
manual labor building up their
body; they work stripped to the
waist and after a short while they
become healthy and strong. In
each camp there is a library for
the workers.
The pay received amounts to 25
cents a day, and out of this wage
the workers are required to pay
for their own cigarettes and boot
black. However, one thing that can
be said in favor of the camps, ac
cording to Mr. Freer, is that they
do bring together different classes
of people and eventually class dis
tinction is erased.
The women do their share. In
harvest time they work in the field
with the men and do housework
too.
The number of workers in the
men’s camps is approximately 250
while in the women’s camps the
number is limited to 40.
In 1935, these camps were taker
over by Hitler and thereafter sub
sidized by the state. They still ex
ist today as strong as ever if nol
stronger.
UO Orchestra
Trip Limited
To Portland
Stops at Tacoma,
Salem Considered
Too Great a Risk
By Activities Board
Peeling that the financial risk
was too great, the educational ac
tivities board of the ASUO decid
ed Sunday afternoon at a special
meeting to back the University of
Oregon symphony orchestra tour
on the Portland trip alone.
The entire symphony will play
in the Portland civic auditorium
April 2, according to arrangements
now being made by the board.
No Salem, No Tacoma
The action of the board, which
cuts out the possibility of the or
chestra performing at Salem and
Tacoma, was reached after con
siderable discussion. The decision
of the board, which confirmed an
action taken February 11, was
based on the fact that the extended
tour had a large possibility of in
curring a deficit between $400 and
$600.
Members of the committee gen
erally agreed, although no specific
motion was made, that it was in
no position to undertake this re
sponsibility. The Portland trip, ac
cording to Mr. Fansett who was
empowered by the board February
11 to begin work, has a good
chance of breaking even. Expenses
of this trip will amount to approx
imately $800.
lExpense Almost Halved
Addition of the Tacoma trip,
which would produce no revenue,
would increase expense to more
than $1400, Mr. Fansett indicated.
This expense could possibly be tak
en care of if the Portland concert
was a complete sell-out, although
the alumni secretary said that such
a possibility was extremely unlike
ly
The board suggested to Rex Un
derwood, director of the orchestra,
that the woodwind section be sent
to the music conference in Tacoma,
but indicated that no funds for
such a project could be obtained
from the ASUO.
Eugene Group Asks
Request for financial backing
came from Mr. Underwood and
William Tugman, representing the
Eugene symphony association, who
sat with the board in reconsidering
the situation.
The proposed orchestra tour,
which has been under considera
tion for several months, was orig
inally intended to take in Tacoma,
Portland, Salem, and possibly Se
attle. The concert series, given
here during the latter part of fall
and winter terms, were originally
part of the program to sponsor
the trip.
Concert Cash Out
Funds from these concerts, how
ever, were used or earmarked for
scholarships and would not be
available for the trip, Mr. Under
wood explained to the board. Mon
ey allocated by the state board of
higher education was for instru
ments, and also could not be used
to finance the tour.
Mothers Set April 1
As Award Deadline
April 1, 1939 was set as the
deadline for application for the
Oregon Mothers’ scholarship, at a
meeting of the executive commit
tee of that organization held Sat
urday in Portland. The scholarship
is awarded each year to outstand
ing graduates of Oregon high
schools to aid them in attending i
the University.
Attended by Dean of Personnel
Karl W. Onthank and three Eu
gene committeewomen, the meet
ing was held to complete formula
tion of plans for obtaining money
for the 1939 scholarship, and to
arrange preliminary plans for
Mothers’ day on the campus.
The principal of each high school
in Oregon has been sent copies of
the scholarship plan for this year,
and is instructed to file, in addi
tion to the eligible student's appli
cation, a secondary school record.
Three University freshmen are
here this year through the aid of
the Mothers’ scholarship.
Pre-Registration System
Viewed From Two Sides;
Dr. PaHett—C.L. Constance
Pre-Enrollment
Period at OSC Will
Take Place Before
End of This Term
No changes will be made in the
University registration procedure
for spring term, Registrar Earl
M. Pallett said Monday, despite
announcement from Corvallis that
Oregon State upperclassmen had
started a two-weeks pre-registra
tion period Monday.
“Too many complications arise
under a pre-registration system to
make it advisable. For example,
the schedule of classes is not com
pleted until about two days before
the end of the term.
Complications Avoided
If a student should become ill,
or could not attend the next term
for some other reason, he would
have to go through the regular
procedure of withdrawing from
school, by petitioning and obtain
ing the consent of his instructors
and adviser, he said.
Mr. Pallett pointed out that,
w'hile about 90 per cent of classes
are unchanged during the year,
some changes are made necessary
by illness of instructors, increased
registration in some courses and
other factors.
If students had pre-registered,
these changes would cause a com
plete revision of the student’s pro
gram after he returned for the be
ginning of the term, and no bettter
results would be had than if he
had registered at the regular pe
riod.
Early Conferences Advised
“We have always urged students
and advisers to confer on the com
ing term’s work before the finish
of the term. Students who have
done this have found they can reg
ister in an hour or so; by confer
ring with their adviser previously,
all they have to do is fill out their
cards, and get the adviser’s signa
ture,” Mr. Pallett said.
Juniors and seniors at Oregon
State started a two-weeks pre-reg
istration period Monday. They will
not be required to pay fees until
March 21, but will fill out material
during the next two weeks, and
turn it in before examination week.
Good Plan for OSC
E. B. Lemon, OSC registrar, saiu
that the plan gives the State stu
dents more time to work out their
schedules, and eliminates much
registration day confusion. The
plan has been handicapped in the
past by students failing to take
advantage of it, he said.
Substantially the same results
can be obtained by Oregon stu
dents if they talk to their advisers
and work out their program before
the end of the preceding term, Mr.
Pallett pointed out.
f
Change Would Be
Substitute for
Two-Semester Plan
Recently Rejected
A pre-registration arrangement
is a logical alternative for the
“thumbs down’’ attitude Oregon
took on the proposed two-semester
system, C. L. Constance, assistant
registrar, asserted yesterday.
“We must do something to re
duce the great task of register
ing," he declared, suggesting regis
tering before final exams of the
previous term as probably the best
solution to the complex problem.
The only reason the University
does not join Oregon State, Cali
fornia, and Washington in the pre
registration setup now is that the
faculty has never been able to get
schedule changes in shape that far
ahead of time, he averred. Even
now, several changes are effected
after all classes have been slated
and registration over for the com
ing term.
Why Not Now?
“There is no reason' why we
can’t have it now to the extent
of conferring with advisers before
going home and arranging a sched
ule of classes and needed hours,”
Constance declared. After return
ing to the campus following vaca
tion, exact hours could be lined up
and a study program formulated,
he said.
Pointing favorably to the plan
of pre-registration at California,
the assistant registrar agreed that
their method of merely paying fees
during registration, and then turn
ing in study programs within two
weeks “might work here.”
He was certain though, that any
plan to "take the strain off of
registration itself” would be a boon
to campus officials, although to
put such a change in force would
necessitate action probably by sev
eral faculty and college bodies.
Mrs. Jane Thacher
To Talk on Europe
To Springfield Club
"A European Summer” will be
the subject of a talk presented by
Mrs. Jane Thacher before mem
bers of the Happy Evening club in
Springfield at 8 o’clock Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Thacher, who spent the
past summer traveling through
England, France, Germany, and
other countries on the continent
renewed many friendships made
during her years of musical study
in Vienna. She is professor of pi
ano in the University of Oregon
school of music.
The meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Sam N. Sweeney.
Juniors Will Give $10
For Weekend Theme
The weekend committee is sponsoring’ this contest for an idea
which will best uphold the .Junior weekend tradition. It has been
simplified this year to attract the attention of those who have no
artistic ability. We are asking only that the applications contain the
bare cutlines of the idea.
1. Name of the theme (as Vagabond Melody, Stardust, etc.).
2. Suggestions for the decoration of canoe fete floats, five at least.
3. Suggested musical accompaniment.
4. Name of contestant.
5. Address and phone number..
(Additional details may be added on other sheets.
Public Citizen No. 1
Marshall Dana . . . Portland
newspaper man will speak at
Thursday’s assembly.
Onthank Praises
Marshall Dana
As Public Citizen
Thursday Speaker
Active Newsman
In Portland
“Public citizen personified” is
the synonym Dean of Personnel
Karl W. Onthank suggests for
Marshall Dana, Portland newspa
per man and author, who will
come to the campus Thursday as
chief speaker for a Washington's
birthday assembly scheduled for 11
o'clock in Gerlinger.
‘‘This Business of Being an
American Citiz -n” is the title that
Dana has chosen for his address
Thursday, he told Dean Onthank
in Portland last weekend.
An active member of Sigma Del
ta Chi, Dana will be feted by that
organization of prospective news
paper men while here. A luncheon
has been slated in his honor for
Thursday noon.
The Portland journalist for
many years connected with the
Oregon Journal and now associate
editor of the publication, is co-au
thor of "More Power to You,” and
was the first chairman of the
Northwest Regional Planning com
mission, which has had charge of
designing Pacific Northwest im
provements.
‘‘I think no better speaker than
Marshall Dana could be obtained
for this spot on the assembly pro
gram,” Onthank said yesterday af
ter conferring with the Portlander,
“for people are a little more con
scious of citizenship today than be
fore and his address can do a good
deal toward increasing patriotic
thinking, in addition to being a
wholesome message.”
Hazen Foundation
Chooses Ohioan
As Main Speaker
Walter Horton, writer and think
er on religious thought,''from Ober
lin university, Oberlin, Ohio, has
been chosen as the main speaker
by the Hazen Foundation planning
committee for their summer con
ference July 30 to August 5. He
will speak on "Christianity and
Contemporary Civilization," re
ports John L. Casteel, speech pro
fessor who is a member of the
committee.
The Hazen Foundation meeting
is for student pastors, personnel
workers, professors, and others in
terested in student problems.
The tentative site for the confer
ence is Hig-Four Inn, 60 miles
northeast of Everett, Washington,
"in the heart of the Cascade moun
tanns," Mr. Casteel said.
Professor Stetson
To Judge Schools
Professor F. L. Stetson of the
education department, left Sunday
for Medford, Oregon, where he will
conduct -a demonstration school
and also evaluate the high school
there in comparison with othet
Oregon high schools.
High school principals frorr
nearby towns have been invited tc
attend the demonstration.
Canoe Fete Committee
Announces New Plan
For Selecting Theme
De-emphasis of Artistic Ability Expected
To Bring Out Hitherto Hidden Talents by
Use of Printed Blanks; Prize $10
Junior Weekend preparations climbed another rung or two of the
ladder yesterday when Scott Corbett, junior class prexy, named Bob
Schultz and Lloyd Hoffman co-chairmen of the canoe fete.
The new committeemen went to work immediately, and by last
night they had worked out a plan to find a theme for Junior Weekend
by popular suggestion.
Ten dollars will be given for the best theme suggestion, Schultz
turn nuumiiu tstuu. i nuy l veil iig
lived out a handy blank to make
it convenient for even the most
reticent to bring in suggestions.
The blank is printed elsewhere in
the Emerald today.
Theme on New Plan
Theme selection will be put on
a new level by this plan, it was
felt, this being the first time such
an idea has been tried. The two
canoe fete committeemen and the
other Junior Weekend appointees
felt that in this way the need for
artistic ability could be de-empha
sized enough to make the theme
the campus’ own idea.
"We want everyone to get in on
the naming of this year’s theme,”
General Chairman Hal Jahn said.
"If you’ve got an idea that will
work, we want you to turn it in.”
The theme idea should be one
which will best uphold Junior
Weekend tradition, Assistant Gen
eral Chairman Walt Miller sug
gested. At the same time it should
be general enough that it may be
applied to the whole weekend.
Name for Theme Asked
Detailed information asked in
the blanks calls for a name for
the theme, suggestions for the dec
oration of a few canoe fete floats,
and suggested musical accompani
ment. The applications will contain
only the bare outline of the idea,
but the person submitting the idea
which is accepted will be asked to
cooperate with the canoe fete com
mittee in the application of that
theme.
The winning theme will be an
nounced next Tuesday, February
28, in the Emerald. Judging will
be by representatives from the art
and music school faculties meeting
with the Weekend committee.
Deadline Saturday
Deadline for suggestions was
set at 5 o’clock Saturday, which
gives the campus five days to pro
duce a winning idea.
“We want to attract the atten
tion of those who have in other
years stayed out of the contest
from a feeling that they lacked
artistic ability. It should be em
phasized that artistic ability is not
necessary. All you have to do is
turn in your suggestion,” Chair
man Schultz and Hoffman said.
Last year’s theme was “Vaga
bond Melody,” with the canoe fete
featuring nations of the world.
Other themes which have been
used are “Romantic Serenade'* and
“Stardust.”
The suggestions should be
dropped into the special box which
will be in the College Side.
ORAL MASTER’S EXAM
Eva Burkhalter, who has been
working for her master’s degree
here, has completed her work and
will take her final oral examina
tion at 3 o’clock Thursday at the
education school.
Biological Slant
Final Theme of
Love Series
Separate Meetings
Set as Women, Men
Meet Dr. Brodie
Advcie to the lovelorn from a
biological slant will be the theme
of tomorrow’s final love and mar
riage lecture of the 1939 series,
when Dr. Jessie L. Brodie, Port
land physician comes to the cam
pus to address women and men
students separately at 4 and 8
o'clock Gerlinger assemblies.
Dr. Marian G. Hayes, assistant
University physician, who attended
the University medical school in
Portland with Dr. Brodie, said yes
terday that “she is as well-quali
fied as anybody can be, for she
has worked as a practicing physi
cian, as a Reed college physician,
and is herself married and the
mother of three children.” The two
women doctors are also members
of the same medical society.
Knows Her Stuff
Dr. Brodie, who has been a
speaker on the biological aspects
of marriage since nearly the be
ginning of the love and marriage
series eight years ago, will arrive
Wednesday afternoon from Port
land, where she conducts a prac
tice. Her husband is a physician.
At 4 o’clock tomorrow, the Uni
versity alumnus and graduate* of
Reed' college, will conduct a mass
assembly for Oregon women, when
open discussion on the sex prob
lem will be featured.
Tomorrow night at 8 o’clock al
umni hall of Gerlinger will be the
scene of a similar forum for Uni
versity men.
Dr. Brodie’s lecture will mark
the final of the annual February
trio of lectures, which were con
ducted this year by Bishop W. P.
Remington of the Episcopal
church, and Dr. L. F. Beck, assist
ant professor of psychology, in ad
dition to the appearance of the
Portland doctor tomorrow.
Insurance Contest
Starts Tonight at 7
The insurance sales contest will
be held tonight and tomorrow night
in room 7 of the commerce build
ing from 7 to 9:15, according to
Mr. L. C. Kelly of the BA school.
The three winners of the con
test will go to Portland for a final
contest some time in the near fu
ture. A prize of $35 will be award
ed to the final winner.
j HE Students Study
i Coeds' Wardrobes
The average Oregon coed has a wardrobe costing $507.17, according
to statistics given by Mrs. Carolyn Ward, instructor in the home
economics department yesterday. Each member of Mrs. Ward's cloth
ing selection classes has estimated the cost of her wardrobe and
averaged the cost with the other members of her class as a term paper.
The minimum amount spent was $91.32 while the most expensive
! wardrobe ran as high as 5>ibbd,
1 stated Mrs. Ward. The most vary
ing item in any girl's wardrobe is
the amount she spends for a fur
coat. Many girls who have a small
I number of clothes do not have a
fur coat, said Mrs. Ward, so the
cost of clothes has been estimated
I as about $350 without this addi
tional luxury.
In addition to the amount aver
aged as to the money spent for
clothes, the classes are figuring
out how many additional articles
of clothing they will have to buy
next year to replenish their ward
robe.