VOLUME XL
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1939
NUMBER 85
Lehman’s 'In a Persian Garden’
Scheduled for Tonight at 8:30
These five music students . . . will be featured in the “Persian Garden” at the music school tonight.
Standing, left to right, Iceland Chase, tenor, Virginia Tocze, soprano, Barbara Ward, contralto, George
Saunders, bass, and at the piano, Zoe Brassey, their accompanist in the song-poem.
Tonight at 8:30 the music audi
torium will be the scene of a per
formance of Liza Lehman’s Ori
ental song-poem, "In a Persian
Garden.” Barbara Ward, contralto,
Virginia Tooze, soprano, George
Saunders, bass, and Leland Chase,
tenor, students of Halfred Young,
professor of voice, will sing the
four leading roles.
Zoe Brassey will accompany at
the piano. The words for the song
cycle are adapted by Mme. Leh
man from the "Rubaiyat” of Omar
Khayyam. “Myself When Young”
and “Ah, Moon of My Delight!”
are among the songs included. A
special arrangement by Saville
Riley and Marian Hagg, also stu
dents in the music school, of “As
I Sit and Dream at Evening,” will
also be sung.
The singers are all well known
for their appearances at many mu
sical occasions in Eugene and over
radio station KOAC. Members of
Phi Beta, women’s national music
and drama honorary, will act as
ushers and hostesses.
The public is invited.
Cornell Men
Have New Team
-Tiddlewinks
By HOPE DONBiERO
The world moves forward—not
always as haltingly as people would
have us believe. Amidst the news
of some unknown ship rumored to
be sinking from a torpedo or a
drifting mine, and the news that
Japanese planes had bombed a
British something or other in Chi
na, and other more or less news,
we find this heartening statement:
“Cornell university men have
formed a tiddlywinks team.’’
-—University Daily Kansan.
* * a:
Not Surprising
A recent survey at Oregon State
college showed that students with
an average above “C” spent less
time studying than the majority
of those receiving lower grades.
—Willamette Collegian.
* as a
Chit for Chat
At the University of Wisconsin
Theta house, a young man was
waiting for his date when the
phone rang. Since there was no one
downstairs he answered it. Came
the reply, “Kappa Alpha Theta,
third floor,” in a deep baritone.
“Well, chum,” said the young man,
“you’re a better man than I am,"
and hung up.
—Daily Californian.
Poor Algernoon
Algy met a bear.
The bear was bulgy.
The bulge was Algy.
Daily O’Collegian.
Joanne Riesch, New
Amphibian Prexy,
Calls First Meeting
Joanne Riesch was elected to
succeed Margaret Van Matre as
president of Amphibians yester
day. Other officers include: vice
president, Margaret Young; secre
tary. Jean Watson; and treasurer,
Martha McClung.
The new president scheduled for
the last time the telegraphic meet
for Thursday at 4 o’clock. Initial
plans for the annual spring term
water pageant will be discussed,
she said, which makes attendance
imperative.
Brown to Advise on
University Buildings
Eyler Brown, associate profes
sor of architecture, has been ap
pointed by President Donald M.
Erb to succeed Professor W. R. B.
Willcox as architectural adviser
for the administration. He will
give advice on all matters concern
ing the appearance of University
buildings.
Professor Willcox had served in
that position for several years.
Ducks to Whoop It Up
At Station for Hoopmen
“Hobby” Hobson’s championship-bound Webfoot tail-fir basket
ball squad will not be pulling out of the downtown station Thursday
morning for Seattle without a warm sendoff, if Webfoot Yell King
Bob Elliott has anything to say about it.
Plans being worked out yesterday call for a genuine, rowdy-dow I
station rally Friday morning, with the University band, a loud- !
speaker system, and several hundred Webfoot throats on hand to i
get the ASUO into the champinoship race with the hoop squad.
Yell King Elliott said last night the student affairs committee
will consider a petition today to have classes dismissed for an hour I
for rally purposes.
Further details will be announced later, Elliott said.
I
Commonwealth
Conference Set
For UO Campus
Meet Scheduled for
March 13,14 to Talk
Over Highways
“Multiple Uses and General
Problems of Oregon’s Highways”
will be the general topic of dis
cussion at the Commonwealth con
ference to be held on the campus
Monday and Tuesday, March 13
and 14.
Dr. P. A. Parsons, head of the
sociology department, is general
chairman of the conference.
Groups participating will include
the conference on highway prob
lems, the Oregon safety council,
the Oregon roadside council, the
league of Oregon cities, the Oregon
finance association, the city plan
ning conference, the Oregon state
association for health, physical
education, and recreation.
Gilbert to Welcome
Monday Dean James A. Gilbert!
of the school of social science will i
give the address of welcome on [
behalf of the University. Mayor!
Elisha Large will also welcome
persons attending.
The general subject Monday will
be zoning and control of roadside 1
property near city entrances and
along fast motor routes and free
ways.
Tuesday the general subject will
be roadside beautification and de
velopment, including parks and
recreational areas, timber strips
along highways, and the economic
aspects of scenic highways.
Tuesday evening the annual
Commonwealth conference ban
quet will be held at John Straub
Memorial hall.
The University of Georgia has
banned student hitch-hiking at
night and has forbidden coeds to
hitch-hike at any time.
Harvard university students are
approximately two inches taller
than the average undergraduate at
| mid-western universities.
'Sister Carrie' New
Addition to Nash
Collection in Like
The latest addition to the John
Henry Nash library of fine print
ing deposited at the University li
brary is a copy of Theodore Drei
ser’s “Sister Carrie” with a new
introduction by Burton Rascoe.
It was printed for the Limited
Editions Club by Joseph Blumen
thal at the Spiral press and bears
the autograph of Reginald Marsh,
who illustrates the book from cra
yon drawings made for the edi
tion.
The John Henry Nash collection
is open daily except Saturday from
3 to 5 p.m. It may be seen at other
times by special appointment.
Helen Luvaas Will
Give Piano Recital
Over KOAC Friday
A piano recital will be presented
by Helen Luvaas, student of Mrs.
Aurora Potter Underwood, Friday
evening on the school of music
broadcast over station KOAC.
She will play preludes by Chopin
and Scriabine as well as “Ara
besque in Etude Form” by Les
chetizky, and the third movement
of “Moonlight Sonata” by Beeth
oven.
Miss Luvaas was guest soloist
with the Eugene Junior symphony
orchestra during their recent con
certs.
Aircraft Mind
Needed Now,
Bryant Says
Imaginary Trip
Taken to Review
Peace Situation
Throughout World
Around the world in 45 minutes
was retired naval officer Comman
der Stewart F. Bryant’s record
yesterday morning as he took an
ASUO assembly audience on an
imaginary trip to analyze contem-!
porary peace moves as bases for
choosing a “students’ formula for
peace.”
Development of an “aircraft
age" in science was the Califor
nia navy man’s challenge to his
campus audience as the first step
in building a war-proof world.
Breaks Down “Moves”
Taking one by one the political
centers of the world, Bryant aired
their recent “peace moves” as gen
erally not acceptable to a demo
cratic country.
In Britain and Germany, he said,
policing of seas and air gets more
attention than peace formulas.
France is even now in danger of a
fascist sweep as a result of the
effects of the Spanish war, while
the Moscow government will soon
announce a definite turn from so
cialism to communism, Bryant de
clared. Japan's ideas were junked,
too, by the navy leader who as
serted that the Oriental nation will
leave no obstacle unturned in her
drive for expansion and removal of
Caucasian influence.
“Built Army for Peace”
“Washington’s formula is to
build up peace by building up mil
itary power to insure victory in
case of war,” he said, “but this
wlil not fundamentally solve the
problem.”
"The fundamental of the stu
dents' formula for peace lies in
leadership in human thought,” he
asserted, as he urged students to
make the most of their opportuni
ties for learning.
In choosing an attitude toward
peace for America, Bryant said
this nation must want to do more
than to defend democracy. “Even
more important,” he said, “we must
want to improve democracy.”
Following his 11 o’clock assem
bly appearance, Commander Bry
ant was feted at a Rotary club
luncheon, where he spoke to Eu
gene citizens on “America’s Place
in World Politics.”
'Business Digest'
Magazine Agency
Offered BA Students
An appeal for two or more BA
students to take the agency of the
Business Digest, a monthly publi
cation of the Traffic World Cor
poration in Chicago, has been sent
to Dean V. p. Morris of the BA
school from Seattle.
Summerfield McCarteney, gen
eral manager of the Seattle agency
stated in his letter to Dean Morris
that the students should preferably
be upperclassmen or recent grad
uates of the University.
The position does not necessitate
office-to-office canvassing but con
sists of calls to be made on busi- j
ness and professional executives I
living in Eugene or in the sur
rounding vicinity. The work will
be purely on a commission basis
with chances of developing into
advantageous connections after
the individual has proved his value.
‘Young Man’s Fancy’ Gets
Steer to German Verse
Perhaps a young man’s fancy
does turn to love in spring, but this
spring on the Oregon campus it
will turn to German poetry. At any
rate, this is the assumption of Mr.
A. M. Carlton, instructor in the
German department, who is going
to teach a course in German poetry
beginning this spring term.
Lyrical poetry will play a major
part in the term's work. The de
velopment of "Deutsche" music of
Schubert, Brahms, and Schumann
; will be surveyed under Mr. Carl
ton's capable leadership. If all goes
well, he might even permit his
class to hear the Carnegie collec
tion of records, of which Mr. Carl
ton says, “They are the finest in
the West.”
Present arrangements are that
the class will be held on Tuesday
at 11 o'clock in room 14 of Friend
ly hall. It is scheduled for twice a
week; special arrangements will
be made for the second class of the
week.
Our Boy Smokey Is a Successful Emnercr
(Courtesy of the Register-Guard)
Smckey Whitfield . . . pictured at left as he appears in campus clothes, and right, as he appears
in Eugene O’Neiil’s play, “Emperor Jones,” which will finish its three-night run in Johnson hall tonight.
New Hilton Contest
Open to Lawyers
Erie-Tompkins Case
Will Be This Year's
Discussion Topic
Implications of the decisions of
the United States supreme court
in the Erie Railroad company vs.
Tompkins case will be the topic
of discussion for contestants in
the annual Hilton prize contest, it
was announced yesterday by Or
lando J. Hollis, professor of law
who is in charge.
This topic was chosen by the law
school faculty because they believe
it is sufficiently broad to give an
opportunity to any student in the
law school to enter the contest.
The contest will probably be
held in April. All students desir
ing to enter must contact Mr. Hol
lis before March 10.
The purpose of the contest is to
promote the oral discussion of le
gal subjects, Mr. Hollis said.
The first prize of $50 is given
each year by Frank H. Hilton,
Portland attorney. Mr. Hilton has
given the prize for the past 16
years. Second prize of $25 is paid
from the law school trust fund.
The three judges will be either
members of the bar or judges from
the bench.
Mr. Hollis said that it was cus
tomary for the winning talks to be
published in the Oregon Law Re
view.
SDX Will Nominate
New Pledges Todag
New pledges for Sigma Delta
Chi, men’s journalism fraternity,
will be nominated in a meeting at
4 p.m. today in 104 Journalism,
Hubard Kuokka, president, report
ed last night.
The neophyte newsmen chosen
will be pledged formally at the an
nual Sigma Delta Chi spring in
formal, to be held early next term,
Prexy Kuokka informed. Latest
details of the dance preparations
under the joint chairmanship of
Bill Cummings and Hoy Vernstrom
will also be discussed. Phil Bladine,
chairman of the new state-wide
Best Weeklies contest for the Sig
ma Delta Chi cup, will report on
the progress made by the contest
committee.
Last week the news fraternity
held a luncheon in honor of Mar
shak N. Dana, associate editor of
the Oregon Journal.
The Middle American Research
institute of Tulane university is
conducting a campaign for funds
to reproduce on the Tulane cam
pus the great Maya pyramid in
Two-thirds of Vermont’s village
I communities are represented in the
i University of Vermont student
| body.
Talent! Talent!
Sederstrom
Plans Show
Would-be singers, tap-dancers,
impersonators, musicians, or ac
tors were the objects of a special
call sent out last night by Verdi
Sederstrom, newly re-appointed
to head another term-opening
student body card drive.
Sederstrom wants talent in
' the foregoing categories, or any
other talent, to be used in con
nection. with spring term’s first
“bonus” ASUO offering.
The talent will be used to en
hance a combination get-to
gether, show, and dance, ten
tatively scheduled for the Igloo
early in.the term.
Would be performers take no
tice.
Lasselle Leaves;
Colonel Post Open
Notification of the appointment
of Courtney D. Lasselle, colonel in
the cadet corps at the University,
as second lieutenant in the United
States reserve corps has been re
ceived by the military department,
from the adjutant-general’s de
partment in Washington, D. C.
Lasselle’s promotion will cause
a general promotion among the ca
det officers at the University.
Lasselle will have completed his
four years of military training by
the end of this term. He will re
ceive his appointment March 10.
The officer who is selected to
fill this vacancy will be the third
to be promoted to the rank of
colonel in the cadet corps during
this school year, which sets a rec
ord. William Gieseke was appoint
ed at the beginning gf the school
year and completed his work at
the end of the fall term. Lasselle
was appointed in his place and
now the position is again vacant.
Officers in the military depart
ment cannot recall any such shift
ing of officers having occurred be
fore.
Exactly 544 of the 685 federal
bureau of investigation staff mem
bers have university degrees.
'Emperor Jones' to
End Run Tonight
West Indian Drama
Draws in Spite of
Approach of Exams
The third and final production of
the “Emperor Jones” will go on
the stage in Johnson hall theater
tonight with Smokey Whitfield,
closing a successful run in the Uni
versity of Oregon drama division
show.
With two important perform
ances of the Eugene O’Neill play
taking place in the middle of the
final week before examinations at
the University, box office reports
showed almost a total sellout of
seats last night as news of the
superiority of the West Indian
drama spread over the campus and
Eugene via grapevine telegraph.
A Few Tickets Ecft
While the majority of available
seats for tonight’s show have been
sold, there will be a limited number
of good places left for those who
buy their tickets at the door, ac
cording to Austin Dunn, drama
division secretary.
That Ed Burtensliaw and Whit
field, who carry the most respons
ible parts in the show, showed so
little of the customary “let down”
of a second run performance last
night is probably due to the
literally irresistible insistence with
which the subtle effects of set and
beating drums in the play lift ac
tors and audience into a primitive
excitement.
Jtobinson Shares Honors
Director Horace W. Robinson
shares honors with Whitfield for
the success of the play. Robinson
is an instructor in drama at the
University. His next production
will be an ambitious one . . . the
collaboration of an all-campus
comedy with Wilfred Roadman.
Ernst Book Feted
Alice Henson Ernst, associate
professor of English, has been in
vited to read from her book,
“Backstage in Xanadu,” at a meet
ing of the Folk club in Corvallis
March 6.
The book was released for pub
lication last spring.
Stop Signs Make Debut
On Campus Intersection
Two bright yellow "stop” signs
appeared on the campus yesterday
as the Eugene city police force
began a campaign to eliminate the
traffic hazard which has in a little
over a month been the cause of
seven accidents.
The new signs, which were vot
I ed by the council two weeks ago,
| will stop all traffic, entering the
I campus on Thirteenth street at
Kincaid and University. There will
be only one way stops at both in
[ tersections.
A policeman to enforce this new
ruling and to check on speeding,
double parking, and all other traf
fic violations on the campus will
be stationed here within a few
days, S. M, Bond, chairman of the
police committee, said last night.
He explained that the city would
give drivers a few days to get used
to the new stop streets and would
then begin cracking down on all
violators.
Sederstrom
Heads Spring
ASUO Drive
Vernstrom to Be
Promotion Leader;
Ducats to Cost $3
Verdi Sederstrom, who headed
the winter term ASUO card drive,
was selected by student body Presi
dent Harry Weston to direct the
spring term drive, according to an
announcement yesterday.
Sederstrom immediately began
picking those who would assist
him with the spring term drive.
Those he selected are: promotion
chairman, Roy Vernstrom; cap
tains, Glen Eaton, Sally Mitchell,
and Kenneth Erickson; publicity
chairman, Bud Jermain; secre
taries, Jean Kneass and Eleanor
Swift.
Sederstrom announced that the
spring term ducats would sell at
$3. He pointed out that if one
bought individual tickets to the
many events offered on the card
that the price of the tickets would
come to more than twice the card
cost.
Sederstrom and his staff are the
identical setup which in the drive
at the opening of the winter term
ran up a score of more than 1800
student body cards sold.
Finance Officers Set
Date of Eugene Meet
The Oregon Finance Officers as
sociation will hold its third annual
conference at Eugene on March
13, in conjunction with the League
of Oregon Cities convention and
the Commonwealth conference at
the University, it was announced
'by Herman Kehrli, acting secretary
of the Oregon association.
Miner B. Phillipps, city control
ler of Pasadena and president of
the Municipal Finance Officers as
sociation of the United States and
Canada, will be a visitor and
speaker at the conference.
Featured on the conference pro
gram will be reports and informal
round tables on 1939 legislation
affecting the finance officer, new
accounting installations in Oregon
cities and counties, day to day pub
lic reporting, and the disposition
of foreclosed property. Mr. Kehrli
is helping to arrange this pro
gram.
Mrs. Grace Schiska, Lane coun
ty treasurer, is one of the directors
of the association.
NASH BIOGRAPHY PRINTED
A~Iife story of John Henry Nash
with descriptions of his books is
running currently in the Inland
Printer magazine.
DOWN
BUT NOT
OUT
AT THE INFIRMARY
Occupying a four-bed ward
alone might he lonesome [for1
some students. But it is not so
for Harry Lowe, SAE, who is in
ward 8 at the infirmary.
Harry seems to be one 6! the
meat popular persons at the in
firmary. Since he entered Mon
day afternoon with an infected
leg, Harry has had hordes of vis
itors. Yesterday during visiting
hours he was being entertained
by six persons, who were
sprawled over all the available
chairs.
According to Harry, he is pre
paring for a prolonged stay. He
added that he hoped to get out
in time for spring vacation. Har
ry lives at San Francisco and is
anxious to see the exposition.
It was just too bad for super
stitious persons yesterday. There
were 13 patients at the infirm
ary. The patients included: Wil
lis Pack, Ina Furrell, Elaine Ann
Gordon, Frances Williams, Ma
rie Staton, Doris King, Margaret
Betts, Cecil Igoe, Alan Sherrill,
William McCormack, William
Brenner, and Glen Briewell.