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VOLUME XL
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1939
NUMBER 96
ENGLAND
WILL DO
-WHAT?
Assembly Speaker
To Describe Czech
Crisis, New Trend
Of British Policy
“Here come the British”—or at
least the British ideas—will be the
theme of this morning's 11 o’clock
assembly, when F. F. Figgures,
Pacific coast lecturer for the Car
negie Foundation, speaks on “Bri
tain’s Policy in Europe” in rela
tion to the present upheaval there.
Following up his last night’s ad
dress to the International Relations
club will be this morning’s lecture,
when Mr. Figgures says he will
philosophize on the trend of Euro
pean affairs.
Drawing on the store of person
al observations which he made
while in Czechoslovakia during the
upheaval there last fall, Figgures
will give his listeners a “play by
play” description of the Munich
peace parley of a few months ago,
and will discuss the trend that
British policies will henceforth
take in relation to foreign affairs.
Dean Victor P. Morris of the law
school, who is in charge of enter
tainment for the Carnegie Foun
dation representative, will intro
duce him.
Following the morning assembly,
Figgures will be entertained at a
faculty club luncheon, and then
will entrain for Portland where he
is scheduled to speak at Reed col
lege Friday.
Rodriguez, Chilcote
Stag at Infirmarg
Accident victims Dick Rodriguez
and Bill Chilcote, badly cut and
shaken, who were Tuesday night
in an automobile accident at Thir
teenth and University streets, are
recovering from their injuries and
will be released from the infirm
ary within the next few days.
Their Model-A Ford turned over
when they took the corner too fast,
according to Bud' Gibbon, driver
of the car who escaped uninjured.
Persons attracted to the scene by
the noise of the wreck helped Ro
driguez and Chilcote from under
the car, which they feared, would
catch fire, as gasoline flowed free
ly from the tank. No flames re
sulted, however.
Chilcote sustained deep ankle
cuts and will be in bed for several
more days, while Rodriguez, who
was cut and bruised about the
head, may leave the infirmary to
day.
T
Popular Prof?
Must Be This,
Say Students
“What makes a professor popu
lar?” was asked students at the
University of Illinois in a recent
poll. Qualities deemed most desira
ble in instructors were:
1. Good style of conducting- a
class.
2. An “abundant personality.”
3. Knowledge of subject matter.
4. Leniency in giving good
grades.
5. Sense of humor.
6. Good looks.
7. Euthusiasm.
8. Ability to understand stu
dents.—Daily Trojan.
A Suggestion
A columnist on the Michigan
State News recently called atten
tion to a certain prof's bad habit
of keeping classes overtime. The
professor immediately took steps
to remedy the fault. He proceeded
to take up collection for an alrm
clock. He purchased the clock, and
now keeps it carefully set at the
correct time for dismissal of class
es.—Idaho Argonaut.
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Obit
Grandpa, in a speedy car
Pushed the throttle down too far
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Music by the G.A.R.
—Bensonian.
All frosh golfers meet at Col
lege Side tonight at 7 o’clock.
'Mamma'Lost;
Hilyard Girls
Make Garden
Latest strange addition to the
University lost and found de
partment is a tombstone bearing
the inscription, “Mamma."
Last week’s inviting spring
weather found the house mother
of Hilyard cooperative house
making a rock garden that, when
completed, strangely resembled
a grave in its shape and size.
The next morning, students on
the way to 8 o’clocks paused,
looked again, then doubled in
fits of laughter. Some prankster
had taken the trouble to cart a
sizeable tombstone from the
graveyard and place it at one
end of the Hilyard house
“grave."
At the other end were flowers
which were mysteriously ex
changed during each following
night for fresh posies for
“Mamma.”
Failing-Beekman
Rules Announced
Graduating Seniors
Eligible to Enter
Oratorical Contest
Rules for the Failing-Beekman
oratorical contest for graduating
seniors June 2 have been an
nounced by the speech division of
the University. Prizes will be $150
and $100.
Anyone who has completed the
requirements for graduation in
June may enter this contest. They
will be asked to deliver original
orations with subjects of their own
choice. They are limited to approx
imately 1500 words and this shall
not include more than 150 quoted
words.
All contestants must signify
their intention of entering and in
dicate their subject by May 12.
Manuscripts must be submitted to
the speech division not later than
May 19.
In case more than six seniors en
ter a preliminary contest will be
May 23.
Speakers will deliver their ora
tions without notes or prompting.
They should appear at the final
contest in academic costume.
John L. Casteel, head of the
speech division, states that a com
plete list of rules may be found at
the speech offices.
Registration Record
Set tor Spring Term
With a championship basketball
team to inspire them, Webfoots
went to work last week to mark
up a record-breaking' registration
figure, and according to C. L.
Constance, assistant registrar,
they succeeded. By late yesterday
afternoon the first 3000 spring
term enrollment in University his
tory was placed on record.
Although Constance forecast the
big swoop upward in enrollment
earlier in the term, it took action
from the basketball champs them
selves to put Oregon over the top.
The late registration of members
of the squad yesterday brought the
total figure up to 3,003.
This is the first time since the
University opened its doors that a
total student body of even 3900
has been obtained during spring
term, records in Mr. Constance's
office show.
The 1939 spring figure shows a
natural decrease from winter term
totals, for this year was no excep
tion to the rule that there is us
ually a 100 to 150 decrease in the
number of students enrolled during
winter term than fall term, and
between winter and spring term
totals.
FRATERNITIES PLEDGE
THREE NEW MEN
Three University fraternities
each took a new man into their
oragnization this week, according
to records filed at the dean of
men’s office.
Don Cooke was pledged to Theta
Chi, William H. Hill to Delta Tau
Delta, and Victor J. Bakke to
Delta Upsilon.
Tennis Courts Open
Sundays; Officials Say
Student Protest Brings Prompt Denial From
PE Department, Claim NYA Help Is in
Charge from 8 to 1, 2 to 6
bulletin
Tlio tennis courts arc now open from 8 to 1 anil from 2 to G on
Sundays. If there is enough demand for opening the courts earlier
the physical education department will have the gates unlocked at 7,
officials announced last night.
The tennis courts have been open on Sundays since the start of
spring term! That was the statement made by the physical education
department yesterday as the controversy between tennis enthusiasts
and court officials settled down to a round of "have to” and “have
not.” |
The dispute was fomented by a
recent letter to the editor of the
Emerald which charged that offi
cials were locking- the court Satur
day night and keeping it locked
until Monday morning. On this
basis an editorial was run inquiring
the reason that Mr. William
Grimes, attendant, kept the court
locked on Sundays.
The letter and editorial were not
founded on fact, according to the
physical education authorities, who
point out that the courts have
been open every Sunday since the
term began. According to these
officials, Mr. Grimes works six
days a week looking after the
court. He takes a day off on Sun
day, but in order to provide ser
vice for the students, NYA help
is hired to look after the court,
they asserted.
Investigations conducted yester
day further bear out the conten
tion of the physical education de
partment. Mr. Grimes is in charge
of the courts six days a week.
His place is taken on Sundays by
NYA students.
To the PE department's claim
that the courts are open from 8
to 1 and from 2 to 6 on Sunday,
students can only point out experi
ences when they have found the
courts locked during this time.
This, however, appears to be no
fault of Mr. Grimes or the depart
ment, but rather is due to laxity of
NYA students who sometimes fail
to show up on time, observers re
port.
The tennis courts are owned by
the University and are operated
by the physical education depart
ment. This department does not
leave the courts open all the time
as is done in Portland and other
places because of the damage to
courts and nets resulting from
misuse. Several times when the
courts have been left open a group
of people, mostly high school and
grade school students, have used
the courts as roller skating rinks
and have damaged or taken the
nets, officials state.
Latest Art Exhibit
Draws Local Praise
University art school heads are
praising the B. J. O. Nordfeldt
collection of paintings now on dis
play in the art gallery as one of
the most impressive exhibits ever
shown there.
Of the 14 oil paintings _ and 8
water colors, many were painted j
in Kansas and New Mexico.
Nordfeldt, who is a Scandina
vian-American, was born in Swe
den 61 years ago. Although he has
been recognized as a great artist
for many years, his style is unus
ually modern and very vigorous.
Angleworms, Rackets, Coeds
Influence Professors' Thoughts
By SALLY MITCHELL
It’s an old story—what hap
pens to a young man’s fancy in
the spring, but the turn in af
fairs in the life of a college pro
fessor — now that’s something
else.
Spring finds angleworms tak
ing on a new significance for
Dr. L. F. Beck of the psychol
ogy department. “In the fall,”
he said, “they are merely an
organism to be cut into with a
shovel, but in the spring they
are something to be reserved in
anticipation of April 15.
Beck Gardens
Dr. Beck also takes delight in
his flower and vegetable gar
dens. "I put seeds into the
ground, spray the black aphis,
and beat the clods of clay into
dust,” he said.
To the tennis courts for relax
ation goes Professor S. Stephen
son Smith, who was at one time
the varsity tennis coach. “I’m
lucky now if I can play tennis
three days a week,” he said.
Time Too Short
“I can’t seem to find more
time for recreation in the
spring,” said Samuel H. Jame
son of the sociology department.
“Students have more time be
cause they steal time from other
things.”
Aside from his gardening,
which he thinks is a perfectly
conventional thing to do, Profes
sor W. F. G. Thacher of the
journalism school says he notices
other stirrings and interests in
the spring. “The girls on the
campus look prettier in the
spring than at other times," he
observed. “If I can't recognize
a pretty girl when I see one.
then I know I am getting old.”
Short’s Time Flies
“I really don't know what I
do with my time in the spring,”
said Frank Short, who is also
of the journalism school. “I
guess I'll have to make a study
to see where it goes.”
It keeps Professor E. G. Moll
of the English department busy
taking care of his two acres of
ground on the outskirts of the
city. He, too, however, is anx
iously awaiting the opening of
the fishing season.
Vincent to Paint
Murals in Salem
Postal Building
—
UO Art Professor
Wins Government
Bid for Job
A. M. Vincent, professor of
drawing and painting at the Uni
versity, has been unanimously
chosen winner of the anonymous
competition for the decoration of
the Salem postoffice, it was an
nounced Tuesday by the United
States treasury department, sec
tion of fine arts.
A sum of $2300, to include the
complete cost of execution and in
stallation, will be paid for the
work.
To ‘Do’ Large Space
Professor Vincent will decorate
a space of about 125 square feet
on the wall over and around the
entrance from the main lobby to
the stair lobby.
The mural will feature the con
structing of the Mission mill,
which was built under the super
vision of Jason Lee and was one
of the first buildings in Salem.
On the other side there is to be
a contemporary scene of a man
and his wife clearing land. This
is to symbolize that Oregon is still
a pioneer state and that oppor
tunities now exist as they did in
former times.
Panels Displayed
Panels standing' for the three
divisions of the state—the coast,
the Willamette valley, and East
ern Oregon—will be placed across
the top of the space.
Preliminary sketches will be
started immediately on the mural,
which is to be in oil on canvas.
Thirty artists from Oregon,
Washington, and Idaho entered the
competition.
Wright Notified of
Father-in-Law's Death
Professor Leavitt O. Wright, of
the department of romance lan
guage, has just received word that
Mrs. Wright’s father, Dr. John
Howland, died Tuesday night in
Claremont, California.
Dr. Howdand visited Eugene the
summer of 1932. He was graduat
ed from Amherst college in 1876,
and was in educational missionary
work in Mexico for 47 years.
His funeral took place Wednes
day.
Nine Varsity
Swimmers
Get Awards
Webfoot Mermen
To Receive Major
Letters, Executive
Committee Decrees
Awarding' of letters to nine var
sity Webfoot tankmen and three
managers was announced yester
day by Harry Weston, ASUO pres
ident. The awards were approved
late Monday night at a special ex
ecutive committee meeting follow
ing the meeting of the educational
activities and athletic boards.
The nine varsity swimmers were
recommended by Ned Johns, swim
ming coach, and approved by the
committee. They will get the reg
ular nine-inch block letter.
These members of the 1939 Web
foot swimming team who received
letters were Jack Levy, Sherman
Wetmore, Jack Dallas, James Mar
nie, Tom Starbuck, Pierce Mal
lory, and Ralph Lafferty, swim
mers; Leo Gaffney and Ralph Ca
they, divers. In addition to passing
on the qualifications of the swim
mers, the committee also voted
manager letters for Jim Feldern,
Clifford Sexsmith, and Bill White.
Awards for the varsity basket
ball players were discussed, but
no decision was reached.
Disputed Edition of
'Mein Kampf' Here
“Mein Kampf," Hitler’s reveal
ing book about the Nazi party and
Herr Hitler has been obtained by
the University library in a Reynal
and Hitchcock unabridged edition,
according to Mrs. Gladys Patter
son, library secretary.
So far the library has not been
able to obtain the book published
by Stackpole and Sons because of
the dispute between that company
and the Houghton Mifflin company
concerning the book’s copyrights.
After making several appeals for
injunction against Stackpole and
Sons, Houghton Mifflin arranged
to have the book published by Rey
nal and Hitchcock.
The copy in the library is a com
plete unabridged and fully anno
tated edition, according to the
“Publishers Weekly.”
“The book makes known the
mind, the character, the procedure,
and the program of the present
Nazi government," says Dorothy
Thompson. “It is a book of cur
rent interest and will some day
be used as a historical document,"
she concluded.
Elizabeth Gill Quits;
Will Go to Honolulu
Miss Elizabeth Gill, clerk in
charge of the multigraph depart
ment, has resigned her position at
the University to go to Honolulu,
where she will visit relatives.
Friday she will go to San Fran
cisco, from where she plans to sail
next week.
Cosmopolitan club will meet at
7:15 Thursday evening, Gerlinger
sunroom. Short business meeting.
Trips~to Coast,
Picnics Cause
Grief Next Day
Ton cokl and three poison oak
patients are now in the infirm
ary, and each suspects his neigh
bor of spreading his affliction
throughout the ward. Trips to
the beach cause most of the
colds, while the other ailment is
a result of the ever-popular pic
nic, according to the latest sam
pling of opinion among infirm
ary patients.
Confined to the infirmary yes
terday were: Clarence Zurcher,
George Goodrich, Ruby Orrick,
Harry Regnart, Lorraine St.
Louis, Jason Lee, Margaret
Voorhees, Gordon Hogan, Clau
dia Dixon, Norman Lee, Jane
Farnsworth, Sunny Stanke, Ir
win Buchwach, Marceta Seavey,
William Gentry, Kathleen Gross
man, Richard Rodriguez, Grant
Bell, and William Chilcote.
Eighty Sophs Apply
For Advanced ROTC
Applications to Be
Taken Till April 14;
Must Pass Test
Approximately 80 sophomore
ROTC students have applied for
enrollment in the first year ad
vanced military course for next
fall term, it was announced yes
terday by Colonel Robert M. Lyon,
commandant of the University
ROTC. The military department
started taking- applications on the
first of this week and will accept
applications until Friday, April 14,
he said.
The applicants will be required
to pass the regular war depart
ment physical examination before
they can be considered. These ex
aminations will be given sometime
before actual consideration of the
applicants begins, he said.
Three things are considered in
selecting the junior officers for the
following year: the University
grade point average, military
grades, and the student’s ability,
as demonstrated, in leadership.
It is expected that approximate
ly 50 of the present sophomore
class will be selected.
It was pointed out that the num
ber of students permitted in upper
division military courses has been
increased several times. A request
has been put in to raise the pres
ent number of 85 to 100. With
about 50 officers in the junior
class, who will be back next year,
there remains another 50 to select.
Phi Betas Plan to
Give Play in May
Phi Beta, national music and
drama honorary, Tuesday night
completed plans for spring term
announcement of the production of
a play to be given at Washburne’s
about the middle of May. About
twelve girls to be chosen for the
cast will be announced later, ac
cording to Jean Ramsden, presi
dent. The date of initiation of new
members has been set for Sunday,
April 23, in Gerlinger hall.
Special fame has recently been
given the organization by the na
tional convention when it was de
cided that all alumni and associate
chapters should have the letter Pi
precede their other Greek name in
honor of the Pi chapter at Oregon
whose adviser, Mrs. Lotta Carl,
suggested having these alumni
chapters named systematically
with Greek letters.
PI PHIS HAVE LUNCHEON
Luncheon guests at the Pi Phi
house yesterday included Mrs. Ha
zel P. Schwering, dean of women;
Mrs. Alice Macduff, assistant dean,
and Miss Helen Dodds, secretary
in the dean’s office.
HEADLINE NEAR
Campus organizations must
have their social events for
spring term listed by 5 o’clock
this afternoon in the dean of
women’s office. After today the
social calendar will be closed to
all further listing of dances for
the term or any change of date
of any dance already scheduled.
Crown Chase Begins
As Would-Be Queens
Go on Spot Today
Five Junior Weekend Princesses to
Emerge at Selection Committee Verdict;
18 Coed Candidates at Starting Post
Her majesty the queen-to-be of .Junior Weekend, as yet unnamed
and a long way from her crown, will move one step nearer her regal
throne today, getting over the first hurdle, the leadoff elimination,
this afternoon before the queen selection committee.
Five coeds certain of at least princess standing in the .Junior
Weekend royal court will emerge out of the 18 or more feminine
hopefuls scheduled to model before a hand-picked committee at 3
clock in Gerlinger. Out ot these
five the campus at large will get
to register its choice by means of
ballots next week.
Two additional members were
named last night to Chairman Bob
Hochuli’s selection committee,
with Educational Activities Man
ager George Root and Speech Pro
fessor W. A. Dahlberg getting the
call. Others who will be in on the
judging, as announced yesterday,
are Elisabeth Stetson, Virginia
Regan, and Dean of Women Hazel
P. Schwering.
Here They Are
The 18 candidates who will go
through the elimination are: Alpha
Chi Omega, Betty Cowan; Alpha
Delta Pi, Marian Bromley; Alpha
Gamma Delta, Alyce Rogers; Al
pha Omicron Pi, Peggy Yaden;
Alpha Phi, Maxine Glad; Alpha
Xi Delta, June Nordling; Chi
Omega, Florence Sanders; Camp
bell hall, Lorrain Gjording; Delta
Delta Delta, Doris Ann Neeley;
Delta Gamma, Helen Gillam; Gam
ma Phi Beta, Betty !lean Foulke;
j Hendricks hall, Jean Spence; Girls’ |
Co-op, Mildred Reetz; Girl’s Hil- j
yard Co-op, Blanche Browne; Kap
pa Alpha Theta, Patsy Taylor;
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Mary Jane
Shaw; Phi Beta Phi, Margaret Wil
liams; Sigma Kappa, Alice Hoff
man.
‘All-Around Girl’
“An all-around Oregon girl,” to
use the words of Junior Weekend
Chairman Hal Jahn, is the ulti
mate aim of the queen appraisers.
The candidates will be judged on
appearance, features, poise, per
sonality, and general bearing. The
elimination will be handled in the
manner of a style show, with the
would-be weekend rulers parading
past the committee and acting as
models. Short silk dresses are pre
scribed by the committee.
Vote Next Week
The five princesses, survivors of
today's seeding, will then wait
until Monday of next week before
facing their last test, the all-cam
pus selection by ballot.
The selection committee will
meet as such only once, this after
noon being their first and final
sitting. If any of the queen aspir
ants fail to show up at 3 o’clock
this afternoon in the Gerlinger
lounge, their elimination will he
automatic.
Social Injustice
Called Cause of
World Unrest
English Speaker
Draws Picture of
European Turmoil
Branding social injustice as one
of the major causes of the World
war, F. F. Figgures, Pacific coast
representative of the Carnegie
Foundation, drew a clear-cut pic
ture of the European situation in
8. speech before the International
Relations club in the faculty room
of Friendly hall last night.
“One of the causes of the war
was social unrest,” he said, “and
the r eason of the social unrest was
social injustice.”
In order to get social justice,
Figgures said, it would be neces
sary for England to put over her
present plan of surrounding the
German borders with English al
lies, in order to exert pressure oh
the German Reich. “You can't get
decent settlements by arbitration,
with Germany conscious that she
can perhaps get more than her
just share.” He dealt a sly poke at
international diplomats when he
added, “There is all the difference
in the world between the easiest
settlement and the best settle
ment.”
Figgures felt that the Rome
Berlin axis had stood about all the
strain it could bear.” We know quite
well that Mussolini doesn’t like
the position he is in," he said.
Striking at what he considered
the greatest weakness of the world
court as managed by the league of
nations, he defined the court as “a
judicial court to arbitrate a judi
cial dispute between two nations, if
the nations involved wish to refer
it to the court.”
He stressed the importance of
economic independence for a na
tion which expected to become in
volved in war. In regard to Ger
many’s position in this respect, ha
said that “if she (Germany) can
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Portland Minister Urges
Students and Townspeople
To Review Religious Ideas
Stating that religion does no violence to the intellectual accuracy
of science, that it is dignified, sincere, respectful, and intellectually
sound, Dr. J. Hudson Ballard, minister of the First Presbyterian
church in Portland, urged students and townspeople at yesterday’s
vespers to review their ideas of religion with a thoughtful mind.
The thoughtful mind is an educated mind, Dr. Ballard said in out
lining six characteristics of a
thoughtful mind.
The thoughtful mind is not one
which ridicules religion. Nor is it
one which accepts without question
everything religious.
Acceptance of the essential;
rather than the incidental is the
first characteristic of the religior
of the thoughtful mind Dr. Ballard
said. Important as they are, church
I membership, creeds, rituals, and
ceremonies are incidental thing;
and are not one of the require
ments of a thoughtful mind, he
said.
Secondly, the religion of the
thoughtful mind is generous with
those who differ with it. Great
minds are humble: it is only the
little mind that is dogmatic, said
Dr. Ballard. The more we learn,
the greater become the things we
do not know, Dr. Ballard ex
plained.
The religion of the thoughtful
mind is based upon reason, not
upon emotions, he continued.
Why should we demand more
from religion than from science ?"
he asked. Every science ends in a
question mark. Religion, too, is
surrounded by mystery. If God
jet control of the Rumanian oil
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