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University of Oregon Co-operatives Grow—Still Growing Coed co-op cup winners . . . with their scholarship trophies. Shown here, left to right, seated, Rhoda Fulton and Marguerite Sappington; standing, Betty Ames, Phyllis Munroe, 3Iaxine Wyse, and Nisma Banta. Depression Weathered as Fourth Year Experiment Finds Houses Going Strong By HCBARD KUOKIvA This spring completes the fourth year for the students' living co operatives, a mid-depression experiment by financially poor students on the University of Oregon campus. Today the 200 members in the three co-op organizations no longer sit on apple boxes for chairs or live in the barren conditions under which the 15 men opened the pioneer unit of Campbell co-op on 13th and Hilyard in the fall of 1935. Standards Going Up The co-op leaders are vowing shall go up still more. Self denial in the first lean years of the strict ly cash enterprise have brought a reward in better living conditions all around. These three organizations now boast six houses. The pioneer Campbell co-op has two houses with a membership of 70 men. Canard which also was organized during the first year has 40 men. The coed cooperatives, however, have boomed the most. This or ganization which was opened for women in the spring following the birth of the original men's co-op has three houses with a fast in creasing membership. Amalgamation Planned Now through the leadership of UO Coops Superior, Say Returning Experts;More Than Mere Houses By BETTY JANE THOMPSON “The University cooperative houses are far superior in spirit to those on the other campuses,” declared Miss Joan Murphy who with three other University cooperators, Alice Mulloy, Phyllis Munro, Frances McCarter, and Miss Janet Smith returned Wednesday from a two-day visit on the Idaho and University of Washington campuses. “They (the University groups) make more of an enterprise of it," she said. “It rises above the bread and butter level. On the other campuses they put a great deal more stress on efficiency and the eco JICUIllVs OlUC UX it. Other Things Stressed “Here we realize,” she continued, “that that is a prime consideration, but we stress other things.” Schol arship, Joan said, is stressed a great deal here. The University groups have a moral consciousness in the ethical sense of the word, and are far superior in scholarship to the houses on the other two campuses, she declared. At Idaho the co-ops rate thirteenth from the bottom, thirteenth from the top. Washing ton State placed fourth or fifth, she said. Due to Membership This superiority she claims is largely due to the method in ap plication of membership. The University system, although it has been in existence only about half as long as the other systems, has a much higher developed co operative organization for girls, Joan said. At each of the two campuses there is only one house. However, the need for housing depends upon living conditions. At the Univeristy, of Idaho, she said, the whole living system is com paratively cooperative. She found little or no feeling of difference in social levels. For one thing, she said, the halls, cooperatives, and sororities and fraternities have regular exchanges arranged by the university. Religion Seen A partial explanation of this,, she feels, is the influence of the religious life of the community. A number of the students come from the community around the univer sity, and thus have a feeling of unity to start with, she said. Very commendable at the Univer sity of Idaho is the fact that there Zeiss Cameras, Agfa Film DOTSON’S are nowhere on the campus more than two persons in a room. “It adds to the academic comfort,” Joan said. Another difference in the two systems is the policy of refunding unusued money at Idaho. Here the group uses the surplus to buy new things for the houses. Idaho Co-ops Aided The universtiy also aids the co operative movement financially on the Idaho campus, she said. Work schedules, too, are differ ent, Joan said. At Idaho there is a ten-cent penalty for failure to do work or find a substitute. Pullman charges 35 cents an hour which goes to the substitute. There it has been taken, off the honor system, she said. Here the penalty is assign ment of dirty work, and there is nothing better, she believes. Jobs Are Fun Even the dirty jobs are fun, she said. Such work brings about a closer unity. Working together and carrying on a constructive program of education are two ma jor parts of the cooperative pro gram, she said. The highly organized student government such as it is at the University means that part of the efficiency is lost, Joan said. But the little inadequacies that appear should be allowed for because stu dent government means more unity, she contends. New House Wanted Looking ahead to next year, Joan said that the groups were hunting another house to replace the Thirteenth street house. But, she declared, they will not accept just anything for a nice home means that one has gone a long way toward a good program. Two things Joan believes con tributes greatly to the spirit of I unity. These are common sleeping rooms and architectural style. JUST FIVE MORE DAYS ! :> We will personalize—Free ol' Charge—any box of Stationery purchased this week at p the Campus Store. 'j Select yours today—from our stock of m distinctive papers. Popular tints and white. 1 styled in Eaton and Crane. ;; Valley Printing ^Stationery Co. } CAMPUS 5 and 10 12th at Alder Phone 2471 1 irrrnmmmmr-. Li LZJ L_J UU Lj —— ULJ <_L. L_J UJ u L^J L_J L_i —J i_J w. u_> • t_J —J I—J —t —J — —J —J i—J i_4 u-i —. 1_j i_ BARGAIN PRICES ON 15 FRATERNITY AND SORORITY FINS BRISTOW’S JEWELRY STORE Large halls keep people out of their own small rooms, she said. Joan gave much credit for the success of the University program to Miss Janet Smith and Mrs. Doris Wulzen. Both women were instrumental in organizing the co operatives on the campus three years ago. The spirit of Oregon co operators is largely due to Miss Smith, while the economic effi ciency of the system is credited to Mrs. Wulzen. CAMPUS CALENDAR Theta Sigma Phi wlil meet in journalism building at 7. Pledges should also be there. All girls interested in YWCA publicity work meet at Y hut at 4 o’clock Wednesday. Kwania meeting this afternoon at 4:30 in AWS room of Gerlinger. Those on the infirmary sick list yesterday include: Hanna Foote, Hoy Gallaway, Eunice Edwards, Calvin Kent, Frances Quigley, Vir ginia Anderson, Shirley Gibson, Marceta Seavey, Dorothy Kester son, Raymond Foster, Grant Bell, and William Chilcote. Phi Beta actives will meet at 4 today in the AWS room in Ger linger. Important meeting for members, Phi Chi Theta, room 105 Commerce Tuesday, 4:30. Spy Suspect •Mum anotlcr - experience,” laughed Blond Natasha Gorin, above, as she was arrested oil espionage charges in f.os Angeles. Her husband, a naturalized Ameri can. -Uxt-iiiT 1l in jail. that the standard of co-op living the interco-op council plans are being studied to amalgamate the three separate organizations into one close association. Although Howard Ohmart and Charles Paddock were the pioneers , that actually started the first house I.. . choosing members, gathering j furniture, and getting a house in order between odd jobs of work i about Eugene during the summer of 1935—Miss Janet Smith, secre tary of employment, has always been the spark that has encour aged the cooperators to make their ambition a success. Need Long Seen For a long time she had seen the need for lower board and room costs from her contacts with the hundreds of young men and wo men who came to her in search of employment. Miss Smith is now the house mother at the 13th street co-op. Although Ohmart and Paddock have graduated from the Univer sity the feeling of the undergrad uate cooperators is becoming more and more certain that the co-ops shall not be mere boarding houses. In spite of the fact that they pay only $20 a month for board and room, they are always striving to broaden their social and intellec tual education, and to strengthen their house pride and morale, and to make the quality of their mem bership second to none on the cam pus. Tops in Scholarship The Oregon co-ops have consist ently taken top spots in scholar ship rating on the campus. At present the women’s scholarship cup is being held by the Univer sity street house and the men's cup is held by Canard club. However, the cooperators insist that scholarship isn't their only interest. A well rounded social program has been laid out in danc es, parties, and picnics. To draw the groups together an all co-op formal will be held in Gerlinger hall April 21. Likewise the intramural pro gram has been accepted with en thusiasm to satisfy the athletic in clinations of the men and women students. The co-ops are operated by the students. Campbell Co-op’s two houses are managed by an execu tive council composed of the offi cers of the two houses. Carl Prod inger, senior in business adminis tration, has been hired as general buyer and Marvin Elle is the sec retary-treasurer. The executive council is chairmanned by Fred Rasor, president of Campbell co-op No. 2. Hubard Kuokka is the pres ident of Campbell co-op No. 1. In Canard club Kieth Rinehart is the manager and John Cavan agh is the president. Presidents of the three units of coed cooperatives are Phyllis Mun roe, Joan Murphy, and Alice Mul loy. Mrs. Doris Wulzen, is the buy er for the entire women’s organi zation and house mother for the University street house. Expenses Low Although board and room is $20 a month and $19 for the women, cooperators each put in from four to five hours a week working in the house to cut the costs of ex penses. Regular work schedules are arranged and failure to report means an added hour of work to be done on the manager’s request. Although further expansion is considered, the co-ops are not los ing sight of the fact that they are not just a low cost room and board organization for anyone who is financially embarrassed. Member ship is selective. A probationary period of one term is required be fore a candidate is chosen into ac tive membership. Probation Explained The probationary members sit in house meetings and take part in week to week business concern ing themselves, however. But they cannot vote on constitutional meas ures and those of general policy. Officersbip is open to anyone who has been an active member for two terms. With the discovery of the in , creased buying power derived from pooled resources, student co eperati. t_ are btcuuung more ac; “Brain Trust” of the Campbell eo-op . . . are shown, left to right, front row, Carl Prodinger, general buyer and manager, Marvin Elle, secretary-treasurer; back row, Hubbard Kuokka, president of Campbell co-op No. 1, and Fred Kasor, president of co-op No. 2, and chairman of the executive council. Dr. Pound To Address UO Women Speaker Said Very Successful As Teacher, Writer, Worker Women students of the Univer sity, whether interested in a ca reer or in gaining inspiration from one of the most successful women in the United States, will have the opportunity of meeting Dr. Louise Pound, professor of English litera ture at the University of Nebras ka, at meetings on the campus Thursday, it was announced yes terday. Dr. Pound, who is nationally known as a writer, teacher, and worker in various movements, will address a mass meeting of girls under the auspices of the Asso ciated Women Students at 4 o’clock in Gerlinger hall, and then will deliver an address, open to students and the public, in Friend ly hall at 8 o’clock. In the evening she will talk on “The American Language,” a topic that has v/on enthusiastic praise wherever she has spoken. To Talk in Salem While in Oregon Dr. Pound will be leading speaker at the state meeting of the American Associa tion of University Women, to be held in Salem Friday, April 14. Dr. Pound is national vice-presi dent of this organization, a post she has held since 1937. Following her graduation from the University of Nebraska, Dr. Pound was granted a degree of doctor of philosophy from the Uni versity of Heidelberg. In 1928 Smith college conferred on her the honorary 'degree of doctor of lit erature. Joins Many Groups At present Dr. Pound is national vice-president of the American As sociation of University Professors, and has held offices in the Human istic research association, Modern Language association of America, Association of Collegiate Alumnae American Dialect society, of which she was president, and Kappa Kap pa Gamma social sorority. She i: also a member of the National Council of English Teachers, Amer ican Folklore association, Interna tional Council on English, Inter national Phonetic association Phonetic Association of America, Linguistic Association of Ameri ca, and a number of other organi zations. more successful on campuses all over the United States. On the Pa cific coast the movement is par ticularly strong with organizations operating at the University of Washington, Idaho, Washington state college, University of Cali fornia and others. An all coast interco-op conference is being planned for Berkeley in June. I'aiiJiellcnic meets today at \ o clock in GtrLuger hail. Weekly Dances !All a Mistake' Say Prexies Kwama and Skull and Dagger heads yesterday were frantically trying to correct the error given out in Friday’s spring term so cial calendar, which showed ten nis court dances sponsored by these organziations on the social slate at the rate of between one and two a week. According to Kwama presi dent, Grace Irvin, that is not their plan. There will be no ten | nis court dance today as that scheduled intimated, and other tennis court affairs will be held only when definite announce ment is made. “We do hope to have a ‘mixer’ every week or two," Miss Irvin said, “but we are not definitely scheduling any yet." Duck Trackmen Show (Continued front pope two) of. more than 201 to take fourth place. Francis “Dutch” Schultz, broad shouldered frosh sprint ace, out did the varsity in both dashes, winning a special 110-yard sprint in 10.3 seconds and the 220 in 22.7. Bob Diez, running against time, sprinted the 110 in. 10.9, and was second behind Schultz in the 220. Diez also took second in the broad jump with a leap of 19 feet, 3'i inches. Closest race of the afternoon was the high hurdles event which saw Lloyd Dodd nose out Harry Weston in 10.2 seconds. Results: 110-yard dash Won by Schultz; Buck, second; Keene, third (Diez ran a challenge race in :10.9 to displace fourth man who was clocked at :11.5). Time, :10.8. Mile -Won by Mitchell; Kloin fcldt, second; Barker, third; Gam bee, fourth. Time, 1 ;28.8. High jump Won by McKee; Shipley, Law, Lang, Cox (tied for second). Height, 5 feet 9 inches. 110-yard run -- Won by Storli; Buck, second; Ellis, third; Han tcom, fourth. Time, ;01.9. 80-yard hurdles—Won by Dodd; Weston, second; Loving, third. Time, :10.2. Javelin Brown. Distance, 209 feet 5 inches. Broad jump Won by Rebec; Diez, second; Keene, third. Dis tance, 21 feet 1 inches. 220-yard dash Won by Schultz; Diez, second; Van Vlict, third; Dodd, fourth. Time, :22.7. 880-yard run - Won by Storli; Schriver, second; Tower, tiiird; Wolf, fourth. Time, 1:59.1. Shotput Won by ltadigan; Hyde, second; Olsen, third. Dis tance, 28 feet 3 inches. Erosh results: Milo Won by Ross; Johns, sec ond. Time, 1 ;53. 410-yard run Won by Steele; O’Toole, second. Time, :53. 880-yard run Won by E. Stor H; Olsen, second; ltiner, third. Tune, 2:08.0. Discus — Won by Olsen; Radi gan, second. Distauci, 115 feel 9 [ inches DANCE CANCELLED Canceled because of funeral services for Bob Bailey the same day, the Kwama-Skull and Dag ger tennis court dance sched uled for Wednesday evening will not be held, it was learned last night through Dean of Wo men Hazel P. Schwering. Popular Dog To Be Crowned At AWS Carnival Campus Pooches To Hold 'Spot' Saturday Night Not only will the canine chosen “most popular dog on the campus” at Saturday night’s AWS carnival be so named, but he will also be presented with a collar engraved with that title when the annonce ment of the victor is made during intermission, carnival chairmen de cided yesterday. Entries have been telephoned from nearly every men’s living or ganization on the campus, Joan Hoke, who is in charge of the con test, reported yesterday. A few entries have not yet been made, and they must be phoned in be fore today noon. A special portion of the Igloo floor is being partitioned off for the animals, and each house will he allotted a space of that floor on which to construct a kennel for | their entry. Special prizes have been selected, also, for the kennel °r cage named by a committee of judges the best-constructed. Other rules explained last night by Miss Hoke were that the house entering a dog must provide for a caretaker throughout the eve ning and that kennels must be completed by 5 o’clock. Announcement # of the winner, chosen by popular vote of the pa trons visiting the carnival, will be made during intermission at 11:30. Hendricks, Tri Delts (Continued Trout l’ui/e Two) walked three but regained her con trol and fanned a total of seven ADPis. On the mound for the ADPis, Mildred McCarthy showed possi bilities. But as most of the clubs have found, what they need is more control. The season’s first double play almost stopped the Tri-Delts when they first came up to bat against the defeated Sigma Kappas. Hobbs had been walked when second bat ter and Pitcher Vadnais came to bat. On the first pitched ball, she con nected for a nice dribbler to Sig ma Kappa’s third baseman Smith. A quick throw to first put the pitcher out, and an even quicker throw back to third caught the un suspecting runner. Score by innings: R H E ADPI .101 30 5 5 2 Hendricks.123 \*—7 7 3 Batteries: McCarthy and Heisler. Williams and Lindblad. R H E Sigma Kappa 130 00 4 7 5 Tri Dclt . 243 3*—12 10 4 Batteries: Langford and Turner. Vadnais and Hobbs. TYPIST WANTED! YOU BET . . . plenty of The Em erald's 3800 readers need typing done. Let them know you can do it in . . . EMERALD CLASSIFIED Only 2c a word Local 354 Blankinship Wins Oratorical Contest John Blankinship won the Jew-' ett oratorical contest and $25 Wed-" nesday evening. His speech dealt with the idea that man has grown' intolerant toward any change in. our social system. George Hall came in second for a prize of $15. He told of prob lems caused by a false sense of values and emphasized that man must develop a spiritual life as a means of salvation. 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