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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1939)
Society News of Week Covered By Coeds—Page 3 ftead the Calliope For Latest Political Dope—Page 4 IQ* VOLUME XL UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939 NUMBER Hits Spark Warm-Up For Show Cast in Smooth Form at Footlights As Opening Date Draws Near By ELIZABETH A. JONES When a college musical comedy cast hands out a large slice of sat ire in the middle of a rib-tickling, high-gear extravaganza — and makes it stick, you’ve got some thing. And when the whole thing is presented “With Fear and Them bling,” by Horace Robinson and Wilfred Roadman, featuring the Mary Staton-Lester Ready-Lor raine Hixon singing and acting combination, spiced with the irre sistible comedy relief of Patsy Tay lor and Jens Hansen—then you’ve got something else again! Act Two Clicks Rehearsal, of the second act of “With Fear and Trembling’’ last night in the University theater showed up previously unrealized depths of humor . . . and revealed a satire on the war and peace an gle that will really wow Univer sity audiences next week . . beautifully timed with the “peace strike” coming up next week. Music . . . real music, created and sung by Roadman and the stu dent cast, gives the comedy every touch of swing, sweet and hot, torchy rhythm, rousing chorus vol ume, and excitement that a danc ing and singing cast of 40 can put over in one small theater. Horace Is Magician The unique Robinson stage ef fects, done with lights, and dar ing proportions, are pointing this campus production from medioc rity to “the goods,” straight from the big time. Previews of the show justify daily the huge advance ticket sales and reservations pouring in to the educational activities office in Mc Arthur court. Shag? No Sale, Uclans Prefer Square Dance By HOPE DONDERO Perhaps as a change from this season’s oversupply of jitterbugs, or perhaps for other reasons, the men’s folk dancing classes at UCLA are rapidly becoming the most popular gymnastic recrea tion on the campus. Due to the phenomenal success of last term’s Morris dance team, a chorus composed entirely of men, two new classes in men’s folk dancing were opened this semester. The dance team was so proficient last semester they were invited to give several public performances. ■—Indiana Daily Student, a: * * Spinster's Lament I think that I shall never possess A degree as lovely as M.R.S. —Alabamian. * * * Honor Scholars A novel way of honoring excep f tional students is used at Pitts burgh university. A scholar’s day is annual occasion at which time awards are presented by the var ious fraternal organizations. Re cipients of such honors deserve more than merely to have their names printed on the commence ment program. —Daily Trojan. On the Cuff “What did you do with my shirt?” “Sent it to the laundry.” “Ye Gods!! The whole history of England was on the cuffs.” —Denver Clarion. * * * O, For a Mouse A sultan at odds with his harem Thought of a way he could scare ’em. He caught him a mouse Which he freed in the house, Thus starting the first harem scarem. —Urchin. 'Patsy Schoop'? Not quite . . . Patsy Taylor as the girl from the over-privileged classes in the UO musical comedy, “With Fear and Trembling.” Three Students Before Council For Suspension Webfoots Break Living Regulations; Penalty Lowered Striking for the second time in a week at willful breakers of Uni versity regulations, the campus disciplinary council, headed by Dean of Personnel Karl W. On thank, yesterday lowered the boom on three Webfoots for falsifying residences in order to live in apart ments. Although names of the offend ers cannot be learned, two will re ceive indefinite suspension, and the other will remain in school on pro bation. All three of the University en rolees indicated were punished af ter it was learned they had named incorrect addresses during hous ing registration at the beginning of the term. Residence in apart ments brought complications, and the matter was referred to the dis cipline group at their meeting yes terday. Earlier in the week the council announced suspension of a Univer sity student . . . again no name . . . for turning in papers that were not his own for a class as signment. The committe placing the pen alty includes, in addition to On thank, Miss Florence E. Alden, PE professor; Dean of Men Virgil D. Earl; Dr. J. H. Gilbert, dean of school of social science; Dean of Women Hazel P. Schwering; C. E. Spencer, professor of law; and Clair Hoflich, Ronald Husk, and Mary Elizabeth Norvell, students. Men's Symposium Heads South Again Heading south again, the men’s symposium accompanied by a dele gation from the University of Washington, will leave Sunday to speak at North Bend, Marshfield, Bandon, and Myrtle Creek. They will return Wednesday. Leonard Clark, Walker Treece, Delmor Rice, and Charles Dever eaux will make the trip to speak | on their topic, “Values,” at the southern high schools and Kiwanis clubs. Marion Hagg, pianist will also go. The Washington group will dis cuss “Labor and Employment.” Their leader is A1 Franzke, speech instructor. April 21 the same Oregon men will go to Hillsboro to give their symposium for the Parent-Teach er association. Goshen grange will have them April 26 and Crow Stage grange April 28. Today the Eugene City club will meet at 2:30 at the Unitarian church to hear the speakers. Sold! Lost Articles to Go At Auction Sale Calling 18 Webfoot students who are probably all wet and searching frantically for their umbrellas; also the eight who need raincoats; also the six ab sent-minded men who may have realized their hatlessness. Maybe some of these have the misfortune to be the 10 pupils who, having lost their glasses, apparently can't find the lost and-found department. Five cents paid at the lost and-found will bring back your wandering possession if it is there, and a good chance exists that it is. An excellent assort ment of notebooks, keys, foun tain pens, pencils, gloves, and other personal belongings fills the closets, shelves, and drawers of the department, and there is almost a whole library of books —texts of various kinds- -class ics, fiction, poetry. Some careless individual de serted his pipe; another (ex planation please) lost his basket ball shorts. Then there were the two unlucky pledges who are minus their pins. Since these forsaken articles multiply with surprising rapid ity, the AWS, to prevent phys ical submergence of the lost and-found department, has de cided to hold an auction and sell everything. The sale will be at 4 p.m. next Tuesday on the steps of Com merce, so all claiming must be done soon, unless you prefer to buy your ex-possession at the auction. Jack Wagstaff and Jay Gray beal will be autioneers, and the returns will go into the AWS fund. Piano-Violin Concert Set for Tonight Ralph and James De Coursey to Play In Music Building Ralph De Coursey, student pian ist, will offer selections from Cho pin, Grieg, and Debussy, when he plays in recital Thursday evening at 8:15 in the music auditorium. The public is invited. De Coursey, a student of Jane Thacher, has selected for his pro gram "Intermezzo” by Dohnanyi, "Nocturne” by Debussy, two pre ludes and "Fantasie Impromptu” by Chopin. Other numbers will be Grieg's "Wedding Day at Trold hagen” and "Ballade,” and "Inter mezzo" by Brahms. Assisting De Coursey on the program will be his brother Ralph, violinist. He will offer "La Cap pricosa” by Ries, "Scherzo Taran telle” by Wieniawski, and the first movement of Beethoven's "Sonata in F Major." The brothers are members of the famous musical De Coursey fam ily of Idaho. Summer Camp Jobs Now Available to Women Students Campfire counsellor positions for next summer at Camp Namanu may be secured from interviews with Miss Elaine Gorham, execu tive secretary of the Campfire Girls in Portland, who will be on the campus today and tomorrow morning- to talk with any one in terested in that type of work. Job Hunters See Summer Resort Head This Week Following up previous appli cations for summer work, Mr. George Sabin, manager of the Oregon Caves summer resort is on the campus to interview Uni versity students. Mr. Sabin is using the em ployment office as headquar ters during his stay on the cam pus. Arriving yesterday, he will finish his work her etoday, Miss Janet M. Smith, employment secretary, said. Chapman Hal! Name Of Building Structure Will Be Named for Second U. of O. President; Will House Co-op Humanities building? Not now. It’s Chapman hall. The new building is to be named after Dr. Charles Chapman, who was the second president of th^ University of Oregon and served in that capacity from 1893 to 18991 Dr. Will V. Norris, professor of physics and University technical adviser, announced yesterday. Chapman hall, which has been under construction for several months, is to be the best-construct ed classroom building on the cam pus, it was announced, and will cost $165,000, including the expense of furnishing the building. To House Co-op The first floor of the building will house the Co-op store, while on the second' floor will be a large lecture room, three classrooms, five offices, and two study rooms. The lecture room, which will seat about 150 persons, according to present plans, will be the finest lecture room on the campus, with light-proof window shades for moving pictures, special acousti cal arrangement and lighting con trol. The other rooms will also have all these features except the light proof shades, which are not need ed except in the auditorium. Each room will have its lighting con trol using photo cells, separate from the other rooms. This light ing control automatically keeps the lights properly adjusted in each room. Home Ee, on Third Floor On the third floor will be the home ec department, with model kitchen, living room, dining room, bath, and bedroom. In addition there will be a sewing room and laundry. The model kitchen will have eight units and an instructors’ unit. Each unit will have a stove, sink, refrigerator, and work table. The instructors’ unit will have, in addition to this, a suitable place for washing dishes and a garbage disposal unit. Company C Sets New Record in Inspection Company C (11:00) set a new record in yesterday’s inspection by scoring a better-than-perfecl score. Several times perfect scores have been made, but this week, three companies were above the 100 per cent mark. The reason for the new record is a change in the policy of the military department. Heretofore the officers have only deducted points from the scores of the stu dents when they found something wrong with their uniforms during inspections. Beginning last week, however, the officers decided to award points for students who had been especially industrious in pol ishing belts and belt buckles. Thus, it was possible to score better than a perfect record. Company C led the other com pany with a score of 100.081. They were followed by Company D (1 o’ clock) who made a score of 100.047. Company E (2 o’clock) was third with a score of 100.008. Company A (9 o’clock) made a score of 99.981. Company C officers are: com pany commander, Charles Hillway; first sergeant, Harry Milne; pla toon leaders, George Knight, Tom Wiper, and Bob Speer. ANDBON READS PAPER “Psychology and the Theory of I Values’’ was the title of a paper I read by Mortimer Andron, gradu 1 ate assistant in social science, at the meeting of the Economics club last night in Gerlinger hall. The subject was discussed at length by the club members after , the paper had been read. Saturday Deadline For Seniors on Graduation Orders Graduating seniors must have their caps and gowns and class announcements ordered at the Co-op by Saturday, April 15, according to word from Miss Harriet Sarazin, acting class president, yesterday. .Wednesday Set As Deadline For Emerald Petitions Candidates Must Turn Papers in to Root's Office by 4 Wednesday, April 19, was set last night as the petition deadline for the positions of Emerald editor and business manager, by the edu cational activities board, meeting in faculty room of Gerlinger hall. Petitions should be turned in to George Root, director of the ASUO educational activities program, by 4 p.m. on that day, Earl M. Pal lett, chairman of the board, indi cated. The board will meet that same evening to scrutinize the pe tions of the candidates. Interviews with the prospective editors and managers will take place the next evening, the board decided. Candidates for the position of Oregana editor, George Knight and Roy Vernstrom, and for business manager, Dick Williams, were in terviewed by the board at their meeting. -Their recommendation will be acted upon today by the ex ecutive committee of the ASUO when they meet in Dean Earl'S of fice at 3 p.m. Announcement of the appoint ments of the Oregana officials for 1939-40 will be made in the Em erald tomorrow. The educational activities board also voted to accept the offer of the Eugene Gleemen to put on a concert in McArthur court this term. It will be held May 24 and will be free to student body card holders. House Managers Elect Chuck Phipps At a meeting in the Dei Rey cafe last night, Chuck Phipps, Phi Delt, was selected as the new head of the House Managers for the coming school year. The other of ficers are: vice-president, John Yantis, Delta Tau Delta; and sec retary-treasurer, Hal Jahn, Sigma Chi. Phipps was elected over Jack Dunn, ATO, and will succeed Karl Koch as president of the organi zation. Speaker to Tell Life of Diplomat Woman Minister To Give Address; Friday 1 o'Clocks To Be Held Today BULLETIN All Friday 11 o'clock classes will l>c held today at that time so that all students may attend Kuth Bryan Owen’s address to morrow morning. The private life of a woman diplomat will go on parade tomor row, When Ruth Bryan Owen, who made history a few years ago when she became the first woman minister to Denmark, addresses University students at 11 o’clock in Gerlinger. A wire from the speaker last night said she would arrive in Eu gene tomorrow at 1:50 a.m., when AWS officers, who are sponsoring the assembly, and members of Delta Gamma, Mrs. Owen’s soror ity, will greet her train. It will be the first time, in a decade that Mrs. Owen has been to Oregon, and her visit here will be cut short tomorrow, when she catches a late afternoon plane for the east from Portland. Mrs. Owen startled the world a few years ago, when she chose to marry Danish Borge Rohde rather than keep her unequalled position as first American woman diplo mat. Since her marriage and re tirement from public life, she has conducted several lecture tours in the United States. Her address to morrow will deal largely with j Scandinavian movements for im provement. President Donald M. Erb will in troduce the speaker. Alpha Gams Play Games, Lick Suckers At Surprise Party It was "Happy birthday to you” last night at the home of Mrs. C. M. Miller when a group of Alpha Gamma Deltas gave Rosemary Harrison and Winnifred Miller a surprise birthday party. Included in the list of guests at the affair were Lois Ann Soule, Wayne Scott, Alyce Rogers, Dick Alcott, Margery Ersted, Marion Reemes, Owen Miller, Bob Matlock, Jane Godlove, Delton Mann, La Vaune McDonald, Oliver Hogg, Al ice Bailey, Jack Waits, Virginia Tyrrell, Sam Hughes, Helen Dono van, and Maurice Clark. Games and comic suckers were the highlights of the party. Classy Competitors Caper In Campus Canine Contest Dogs with blue blood. Dogs that are mutts. Big dogs. Little dogs. Just so it’s a dog. That’s the only stipulation AWS carnival heads make regarding entrants in their "popularity contest’’ for fraternity canines to be held at their spring carnival Saturday night in McArthur court. Probably the unique entry so far in the race is the "quintpuppy” eutiy oi uie liu rsis. ixo, quiin puppy isn’t a Webster-coined word; it belongs to the Chi Psis alone. It seems that their prize animal became a mother the other day, so they’re entering her five offspring as their "black horse” in the popu larity poll. One of the best-known dogs on the list of Joan Hoke, contest chairman, is “Smokey,” the police dog hope of Phi Belt members. Then there’s the "Delta Queen,” who promises to keep up the dig nity of the animal section with the aristocratic strut typical of her Chow species. Another chow in the race is "Ching,” the Sigma Nu | color-bearer. Page the WPA Pi Kaps and SAEs will have the ! biggest job in getting ready for ; the show. An SAE sent out the I call last night for an architect to | construct a kennel for their giant ! St. Bernard, and the Pi Kaps are faced with a similar problem. "Just a mutt” was the title a Sig Ep freshman gave their dog when the Emerald phoned, hut he finally dceided they’d named their entrant “Sooner.” “Sooner” will go on parade Saturday for the Kappa Sigs. Adding color to the meet will be ATO's “Red Dog.” Eternal Collar Problem The moat perplexing problem bothering carnival heads last night was how to buy a collar to be' presented the winner that would be adjustable to the Pi Kap’s St. Bernard or the Chi Psis’ tiny pup pies. Anyway, they promised the collar would be engraved with “most popular dog at Oregon” when it reaches the hands (we mean neck) of the winner from the ranks of these “proud sons of the Greeks” Saturday night. Each visitor to the section of the building marked off for the dog show will be given a ballot when he pays the admission fee, and may vote for his favorite as he goes out, Hiss Hoke said. Announcement of the winner will be made at 11:30. Bob Smith Wins Order of the O' Presidency The backfield won again yes terday in the annual election for Order of “O" offices, with three of the five posts going to behind the-line cleat-wearers. Bob Smith, beefy halfback, won the presidency, while his sometime running mate, Ted Gebhardt, was elected vice presi dent. Fullback Frank Emmons came out of the elections as sergeant-at-arms. Non-baekfield men who won offices yesterday were Ford Mul len, basketball - baseball star, who was elected secretary, and Kirman Storli, ace runner, treas urer. The new officers took over immediately, with Retiring Prexy Hank Nilsen relinquishing the gavel to Bob Smith. Peace Strikers Pull Together On Meet Plans Split Patched Up As Leaders Work Out Compromise With the ironing- out of major disagreements, the campus “strike against war” committee yesterday settled down to attend to details of the program scheduled for April 20. One of the first moves was to clarify the meaning of terms used in reference to the group. Student Peace Strike committee was adopt ed as the group’s official name. The title, Youth Committee Against War, previously used, the committee ponited out, is the name of a national organization advo cating principles similar to those of the so-called isolationists. The actual demonstration will be known as a “strike for peace” rather than a “strike against war,” the committee said. To retain a degree of conserva tism and to insure good workman ship, the group voted that all post ers or banners to be displayed or carried by student strikers be sub mitted to the reconciliation com mittee for approval. Weather permitting, the strike will be held' between Hendricks and Susan Campbell halls as it was last year. In case of rain the meet ing will move into Gerlinger hall, Robin Drews, chairman, said. As outlined by the reconcilia tion committee headed by Anne Dean and two members from the two groups, the meeting will have as the mainspeaker Prof. P. B. Farquharson, University of Wash ington faculty member and world war flyer. A student speaker will present the isolationist view and administer the Oxford pledge to those who wish to take it. The meeting will then be turned over to the speaker for the collectivists. The group has not yet announced the speaker. Plans were made to sell badges and literature, with all proceeds above expenses going to the Far Eastern Student Service fund. Drama Student Will Be on KORE Tonight Shirlie McCarter, drama student, will lead humorous verse on the “Words of the Poets” radio pro gram tonight at 7:45 over KORE. Her selections follow a pattern in history. From the Elizabethan period she will give Appelles’ song from “Compaspe” by John Lyly and Sir John Suckling's “Out Upon It.” Going into the late nineteenth century there is a part of W. S. Gilbert's “Mikado” and "In the Usual Way” by Frederick E. Weatherly. Modern poetry includes: “The Cherubs" and “The Quest of the Ribband” by Arthur Guiterman and “Tu Quoque” by Austin Dob son. She will finish with Caroline Well's parody on the “Purpli Cow ” TODAY IS BIG DAY FOR AWS Installation of New Officers; Visit of Dr. Louise Pound Share Honors Today is AWS day. It's not offi cially designated, but the busy program which Anne Frederiksen, AWS prexy, outlined last night for campus women today is a full one, with installation of new officers and the visit of Dr. Louise Pound sharing top honors on the slate. The schedule for today: 12:00 -Luncheon for Dr. Pou^l at Kappa house. 1:30—AAUW members will meet Dr. Pound at the home of Dean of Women Hazel P. Schwering. Assembly at 4 4:00 — AWS mass assembly, alumni hall of Gerlinger. Dr. Pound will discuss “Slang, Yester day and Today.” Installation of officers. 6:00 — Installation banquet in honor of old and new AWS officers at Theta house. 8:00—Dr. Pound will address University lecture series audience on “American Speech.” Friendly hall. Dr. Pound comes to the Univer sity as the dual guest of AWS and the lecture series management. She is the sister of Roscoe Pound, dean of Harvard law school, and is herself a professor of English at Nebraska University. She orig inated and still publishes the periodical, American Speech. Lecture Open Her evening lecture will be handled by Dr. Rudolf Ernst, who announced last night that “it is open to everyone.” AWS officers for 1939-40 to be installed this afternoon by Elisa beth Stetson, this year’s prexy, will be Miss Frederiksen as new presi dent; Patsy Taylor, vice-president; Bette Norwood, secretary; Donna Ketchum, treasurer; Elizabeth Steed, sergeant at arms; and Helen Angell, reporter. WAA and YWCA heads will also install new officers. 5 Oregon Women Will Attend Meet AAUW Convention Will Be in Salem; Local Chapter to Go Five Oregon women will attend the AAUW state convention at Salem this weekend. They are Mrs. Hazel P. Schwer ing, dean of women; Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, assistant dean; Mrs. P. A. Parsons, Mrs. C. L. Con stance, and Mrs. Virgil D. Earl. These women will represent the Eugene chapter of this national organization of which Mrs. Schwering is the local president. This convention of the American Association of University Women will officially open Friday after noon with a business session pre sided over by Mrs. Earl and a pro and con discussion of the equal rights amendment and federal aid for education. At the formal ban quet Friday evening Dr. Louise Pound, national vice-president of AAUW and campus speaker of this week, will give the main ad dress. Saturday morning's business session will include a report of the Eugene chapter's work by Mrs. Schwering as well as reports of other officers. The Oregon women plan to leave for Salem Friday afternoon after the luncheon for Ruth Bryan Owen. This organization which meets this year at Salem’s Hotel Marion, gives a scholarship of $1200 every three years to some college girl studying at any of the Oregon colleges or universities. A negro who was being tried for a traffic violation in Austin, Tex as, was caught slightly off base when the judge asked him what the traffic sign “R.R.” signified. “Why, dat mean ‘room fo’ rent*,” leplied the darky.