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VOLUME XL
NUMBER 117
Sophomore President Refuses to Divulge Vote
Sunday Set as Withdrawal Deadline
Politicos Must Stay
In Race After 12 P.MV
Say Student Heads
Weston Will Handle ASUO Elections,
Committee Decides; Student Union
Plans Progress
Political legislation was th*
main bill of fare for the ASUO ex
ecutive committee yesterday wher
it met in Dean Virgil D. Earl’s of
fice at 3 p.m.
A deadline for withdrawals from
the race for ASUO executive com
'39 Oregana
In Six Days
Distribution Will
Begin Thursday,
Officers Say
Six days from today the 1939
Oregana will be in the hands of
its owners. Copies of the book, put
up in large packing boxes, have
been arriving daily, until by now
a sizable pile has grown up in the
educational activities office.
The books wilf continue to ar
rive day by day until the entire
consignment is here. Distribution
will begin Thursday, according to
present plans. Before then not so
much as a smell of Oregana ink
will be allowed anyone not con
nected with the Oregana in an of
ficial capacity.
Appear
nuwever, fcL previewing ui me
new yearbook was held yesterday
in the office of George Root, edu
cational activities director.
Heralded last fall as the “most
beautiful” Oregana ever to be de
veloped at the University, the book
at yesterday’s unveiling stood re
vealed as the fulfillment of its
prognosticators. Already voted a
success down the line of its me
chanical producers, it showed why
upon inspection.
This latest edition of the offi
cial yearbook of the University and
its associated students offers many
departures from traditional year
book style, although it will still
resemble other Oreganas through
its subject matter.
Its new larger size is hardly no
ticeable unless compared with the
old size, although the benefit de
rived from the elimination of bulk
is definitely noticeable. New ar
rangements throughout and an en
tirely new crop of pictures makes
the book fresh and vigorous,
r To begin with, the cover prac
tically reaches out and bites the
unsuspecting viewer. Done in col
or which catches the picture as it
is, the cover leads directly into
the book and gives an indication
of what is to follow. It’s that way
all the way through.
A new method of handling grad
uating seniors is surprisingly pleas
ing. Here the seniors are grouped
in the sections of their respective
schools, giving the individuals
much better play and distinction
than was possible under the for
mer system of putting all senior
portraits in one section.
Even the living organization
sections, for which changes in
handling are limited as to possibil
ities, are done in a manner which
does away with the traditional al
phabetical grouping. The portraits
are not in block on their page, but
are in a sort of staggered effect,
yet no impression of haphazard
scattering is derived.
Outstanding characteristics oi
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, mittee was set at 12 p.m. Sunday
! evening. Withdrawals to be offi
cially recognized must be turned
over to the student body president
by that time in writing. Otherwise
all names will appear on the bal
lot, the committee decided.
A complaint against having
Zane Kemler, vice-president of
of the ASUO, handle elections as
provided for in the constitution
was met with an amendment to
that section of the by-laws. The
committee decided to strike out
the word “vice-president” and put
| in the words “president or other
duly appointed authorized member
of the ASUO.”
The complaint, handed to the
I committee by three candidates in
the present election, Wen Brooks,
Lloyd Hoffman, and Roy Vern
strom, stated that Kemler was
j “unfit to handle elections because
I of his connections with the Seder‘s
strom campaign for ASUO presi
■ dent.”
i Prexy Harry Weston indicated
at the meeting that he would'take
over official duties himself. Kem
; ler stated that he would rather not
| be connected with the elections at
; all if there were a complaint.
The exec committee also dis
| cussed the student union building
| program at some length. Kemler,
j member of the committee appoint
ed several weeks ago by Dr. Earl
M. Pallett, head of the educational
activities and athletic boards, re
ported progress on plans for fi
nancing.
Discussion of the plans for the
building itself also was taken up
by the committee members. Offi
cial action on the program was de
ferred until next Monday, when
the committee will meet to consid
er the union problem further.
The committee indicated, how
ever, that significant action would
be taken at that meeting. Mem
bers present were Harry Weston,
Zane Kemler, Jean Palmer, Paul
Deutschmann, and Dean Earl.
Graduating Seniors
Honored at Banquet
Graduating seniors who are
members of Phi Beta, national mu
sic honorary, were guests last
of associate members of the local
chapter at a banquet in their hon
or in Gerlinger hall.
Special feature of the banquet
1 program was a candle-lighting
! ceremony by six active Phi Betas.
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Picnics Put
' UO Students in
Infirmary
i
—
“Picnic victim ward” — that’s
what they’re calling ward five in
the infirmary these days. Margaret
Spliid and Peggy Snow, the two
inmates of the room, have both
been nursing injured legs since one
Sunday. With a swollen knee and
a touch of poison oak as their ail
ments, both girls seem to be thriv
ing under hospital treatment, and
their room fairly overflowed with
flowers, friends, food, and hot wa
ter bottles last night.
Others who were in the infirm
ary yesterday include: Eleanor
Johnson, Barbara Williams, Elved
Steele, Bob Chappel, Bob C. An
derson, Paul Davis, Larry Watson,
William Bernard, William Cardi
nal, Harry Lqwe, and Nick Matich.
Dance Group to
Present Show
Registration Day
To Be Enacted in
Weekend Recital
An added feature of Junior
Weekend this year is the spring
recital of Master Dance, interpre
tive dance honorary. The group
will present a program Friday,
May 12 from 8 to 9, immediately
before the Junior-Senior prom.
The recital is made up of 18
numbers, containing both solo and
group dances. Members of the Mas
ter Dance honorary, the physical
education dance classes, and the
Eugene high school dance class will
take part.
The two numbers, "Three Danc
es of Experience” and "Registra- j
tion” stand out as the highlights
of the group dances. The former is
a dance built on a cycle or pattern
of life. It begins with a dynamic j
dance in fast tempo, followed by j
a stylized number called “Realiza-1
tion,” and end's with a slow, rhyth- ■
mic dance. “Registration” is a
“takeoff” from registration day at
the University. It is a pantomime
in which various types of students
are shown in their peculiar atti
tudes during registration.
A third group will perform the
“Washer Woman,” which, like
“Registration,” is a comical dance.
A solo called “Sophisticated Lady”
should prove distinctly interest
ing.
There is no admission price to
the recital. Everyone is invited to
attend.
Delta Phi Epsilon fraternity has
awarded its National Honor Key
to Secretary of State Cordell Hull
for his work in fostering the cul
tural solidarity of the nations of
the western hemisphere.
Corbett Will Stay in
ASUO Political Melee
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Other Candidates Also Stick It Out;
Rumors of Withdrawals Persist
In Spite of Denials
Scott Corbett, president of the junior class and candidate for the
ASUO executive committee, definitely committed himself to stay in
the race last night, quelling a storm of sudden rumor that he was
about to withdraw.
Corbett, who came into the race after the move to combat bloc
politics began, indicated that he would remain a candidate and would
endeavor to get on the executive committee.
Rumors of other withdrawals continued, although no backing of
Emerald Puts
On Frills as
Women Edit
Annual Feminine
Edition Will Come
Off Press Saturday
When tomorow’s Emerald comes
out its readers will be subjected to
something no other Emerald of the
year has attempted, to wit, an all
feminine publication, from top to
bottom.
Tomorrow’s paper will be none
other than the annual women’s edi
tion, planned, written, and edited
by coed journalists, the edition be
ing the highlight of the Emerald
year.
Coed newshawks wiii cover all
the Emerald beats, hanging up the
keep out sign for the benefit of all
habit-bound male frequenters of
the Emerald offices.
With a staff headed by Editor
Elizabeth Ann “Becky” Jones, the
women announce drastic changes
in Emerald makeup and news con
tent. Startling news breaks are
promised by the skirt-wearing
journalists, who have spent the en
tire week preparing for this
stretch at the helm.
Assisting Editor Jones will be
Bernadine Bowman, associate edi
tor; Beulah Chapman, managing
editor; Betty "Jane Thompson,
assistant managing editor; Sally
Mitchell, sports editor; and Cor
ine Antrim, copy editor. Helen
Angell will be news editor.
The coeds promise to outdo male
Emerald bulwarks in newswriting,
coverage, and all-around newspa
per running in general.
Sports as seen through feminine
eyes will attempt to out-Hawkins
and out-Pasero the present sports
staff, Sports Editor Sally Mitchell
declared yesterday. “We’ll show
them writing that will make
Hawkins, Gregory, Grantland Rice,
and the other top-notch sports
men look like amateurs,” was the
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them could be certified. The execu
tive committee yesterday set Sun
day midnight as the deadline for
official withdrawals. Any candi
dact who does not give a signed
statement to President Harry Wes
ton on or before that time will have
his name on the ballot.
One-hundred word statements
from all the candidates except John
Dick and Jeannette Hafner are ap
pearing in today's issue of the Em
erald.
erald. All candidates received defi
nite notice that the Emerald would
run their statements. A news story
announced the fact yesterday. Per
sonal messages were left for every
candidate requesting him to get his
statement in.
Co-op Has May
Day Programs
Independents May
Get Them Today,
Says Hanson
Mothers’ Weekend programs are
available to independents in the
Co-op store today, and should be
called for immediately. Elmer
Hanson, promotion chairman, re
vealed yesterday. These programs
further explain the material which
has already been sent to mothers
of all University students, and are
to serve as personal invitations
from their sons and daughters for
Junior Weekend.
Tickets for their mothers may
be purchased by students up to
May 12, when the weekend cele
brations begin, in Dean Virgil D.
Earl’s office.
One dollar is the required fee
for the tickets, which entitle hold
ers to reservations at all festivi
ties arranged for the visitors—
banquet, teas, Junior prom, lunch
eons, canoe fete, campus tours,
Mothers’ Day church services, and
numerous other activities.
“It is advisable to buy tickets
for your guests early, as most res
ervations will be taken far in ad
vance,” said Chairman Hanson.
Since 1930, 64 per cent of the
Rhodes Scholars have entered ca
reers in public life.
Bulletin
Stan Staiger, sophomore class
president, stated to the Kmerald
] this morning; at 2:00 a.m., that
he had withheld the votes on
the basis of an election hoard
j vote to take this aetion.
Upon being- advised that such
action was not a regular pro
cedure lie agreed to divulge the
vote which was as follows:
President: Pickett, 100; Lew
44.
Vice-president: J. Casey, 91;
S. Mitchell, 52.
Secretary: B. Norwood, 99;
K. Kortge, 44.
Treasurer: B. Keen, 100; S.
Johnson, 43.
Junior Class
Candidates’
Three Politicians
Announce Their
Candidacy
Three new hats were thrown in
the junior class political ring yes
terday. Petitions given to Scott
Corbett were for Gorden Benson,
for president; Alice Swift, Gam
ma Phi, for vice-president; Bob
Winslow, Chi Psi, for treasurer.
The three new candidates will be
placed on the ballot along with
the names of the persons nomin
ated at last Tuesday’s junior class
assembly. The students already
nominated are: Bert Barr, Sigma
Alpha Mu, and Phil Lowry, Theta
Chi, for president; Peggy Robbins,
AOPi, for vice-president; Alyce
Rogers, Alpha Gam, for secretary;
Charles Hillway, independent, for
treasurer. Alyce Rogers is uncon
tested for the senior class office
of secretary.
The deadline for petitions was
5 o’clock last night and therefore
nominations are closed, according
to class president Corbett. Elec
tions will be conducted Tuesday,
May 9, along with regular ASUO
balloting.
The election board will be under
the direction of Rita Wright, jun
ior class vice-president. Corbett
said that the ballots will be held
for two weeks after elections and
a recount may be demanded by a
petition signed by 20 class card
holders.
New York university’s Dean Ned
H. Dearborn is the first United
States college dean to apply for
membership in the American Fed
eration of Teachers.
Pickett Ticket
Goes in, Says
Stan Staiger
Fear of Hurting Candidates
Is Reason for Suppression
It is understood that yesterday the sophomores elected Jim
Pickeet and his entire ticket to junior class office. According to
Stan Staiger, Pickett and party went into office with a two
to one lead over their opponents. Those elected, according to
Staiger, were: Jim Pickett, ATO, president; Jenny Casey,
Kappa, vice-president; Bette Norwood, Tri-Delt, secretary; and
Bob Keen, SAE, treasurer.
The results of yesterday's election are not definite as Stan
oiaigci, aupuumuie ^ictwa picsiutriiL,
refuses to release for publication
the number of votes cast for each
candidate. Staiger’s excuse for not
giving out the vote count was that
it might hurt the losing candidates.
However, each person of that tick
et said last night that they had no
adverse feelings toward the matter
of publishing the votes cast.
Dean Kart, when contacted by
the Emerald last night, said that
he did not believe such a situation
had happened before in the history
of class elections. The only other
suppression of number of votes
cast was that of AWS several
years ago. That organization has
released its votes for general pub
lication the past two years.
Election day dawned bright and
early for a small group of Larry
Lew supporters. At 3 o'clock yes
terday morning the hopefuls,
equipped with calcimine, brushes,
and Larry Lew-for-president post
ers, conduct a council of war to
decide whether or not to brave
the then dripping elements and
begin campaigning. They finally
reached the conclusion that cam
paigning attempts would be futile
and all went home to bed.
UO Moot
Court Stymied
The case of snake bites man,
man bites snake, was temporarily
stymied last night when the Roo
ney versus Yasui affair produced
a hung jury. The case was tried
before a jury of college students
in the Lane country court house
and was the second annual law
school moot court trial.
Presiding Judge Orlando John
Hollis announced that trial would
be continued at a later date.
The trial was enlivened by re
peated references to Mr. Yasui’s
keeping company with a snake and
Mr. Rooney’s mauling of , the
charming little pet. The whole
thing ended very unsatisfactorily
for both the defense and the prose
cution.
Emerald Gives Platforms of Candidates for ASUO Posts
Wen Brooks
My ambition in the present race
is to see capable student officers
elected, students who will reflect
in their decisions the representa
tive opinion of the entire student
body and will maintain an active
interest in student government, not
; merely during one political cam
| paign, but throughout the school
I year.
If elected, I pledge myself to
work for the best interests of the
entire student body as I see them.
Yours for more representative, and
constructive, student government!
Wen Brooks.
Scott Corbett
The office of student body presi
( dent calls for a man to represent
j the student body and to lead the
| students in their activities.
I consider it a great honor to
have been nominated for the office
and wish to sincerely thank those
responsible.
The whole spirit of the campus
' this year has been toward a more
unified endeavor to really make
this a great university, and I be
lieve whoever is elected will and
j shall attempt to carry on these
j ideals of a Greater Oregon.
(signed) Scott Corbett
Lorraine Gjording
Bridges cannot be crossed before
we come to them and problems
cannot be solved before they arise.
Those who have never been in of
fice naturally do not draw up
workable platforms. Musty election
issues have never been successful—
except as vote-getters.
No candidate should enter the
race without constructive ideas,
but these should not be palmed off
on the students as blueprints of
certain future action.
I fail to see the necessity of
making vague promises that are
incapable of being fulfilled.
Lloyd Hoffman
There is much to be done in the
development of the student union
building plan. It is my sincere wish
to see this project become a reality
in the near future. If I get a posi
tion on the executive council I will
make every possible effort to finish
the work done by the executive
committee this year.
Lloyd Hoffman
Mary Jane Norcross
In running- for the executive
council of the ASUO I am fully
aware of the responsibility that I
would assume if elected. I under
stand the problems that are facing
students of this University and I
also know of the several things
that they would like, and can ob
tain, if an executive council is
formed of students that will fight
i for those rights.
I know what powers the execu
tive council has, and if elected to
that body, I shall do my level best
i to see that that body functions to
its fullest extent.
Mary Jane Norcross
Verdi Sederstrom
I make this statement as one
concerned with the proper fulfill
ment of office if I am elected.
It is my firm conviction that the
best results to be obtained in ef
ficient student government lies,
not in a radical clamour for fur
ther powers, but an intelligent
concentration upon the power now
held by the executive committee;
a power which if realized to its
fullest extent, is sufficient to fos
ter the best interests of the stu
dents. When I say “the students,”
I mean each student because he is
one and not because of any social,
fraternal or academic affiliation.
Verdi Sederstrom.
Roy N. Vernstrom
To argue specific reforms in one
hundred words would be impos
sible. Generally, political inventions
are thought dangerous when they
threaten to disrupt the status quo.
Appealing to ASUO card holders
to think as individuals before vot
ting for executive councilors is this
campus invention which now com
petes with bloc politics. Oddly
enough, we sink our meager funds
into books and tuition to become
Platonic lovers of wisdom. Then
we deny that mental satisfaction
while in school by casting our lots
in student government not for cap
able candidates but for those best
backed by winning blocs with
gravy boats dripping abstractions
and quasi-promises.
Roy N. Vernstrom
Listeners
Praise
UO Choir
Large Crowd Sees
Polyphonic Group
In Annual Spring
Concert
Listeners at the annual spring
conceit of the University poly
phonic choir, directed by John
Stark Evans, Thursday evening at
the music auditorium, praised the
group for the vigor and quality of
their voices and balance of tone,
displayed in their singing.
Each of the soloists, including
Fred Beardsley, tenor; Lester
Ready, baritone; and Sidney Sin
clair, baritone, received many com
pliments for their performances.
Marian Hagg, at the piano, gave
the choir an indispensible support,
playing the most difficult accom
paniments with ease. William Mc
Kinney, fifth year student, added
variety and interest to the pro
gram with his organ accompani
ment to “Panis Angelicus” by Ce
sar Franck.
The soft flow of melody in Han
del’s ’’Musette” and “O Bone Jesu”
by Palestrina gave contrast to
spirited, carefree folk tunes which
followed. The grand finale came
with “The Highwayman" by Deems
Taylor, whose composition com
bines excellent words and music,
to form a dramatic and impressive
number when sung by the com
bined men's and women’s voices.
In the absence of their former
instructor, Paul Petri, who was a
few months ago injured in an auto
mobile accident, John Stark Evans
generously agreed to take over the
polyphonic choir. Mr. Evans di
rects the Eugene Gleemen, which
were designated as Oregon’s offi
cial singing group for the San
Francisco World’s fair.
Darlene Warren
Selected Outstanding
Woman in Speech
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The local chapter of Delta Sig
ma Eho, national forensics honor
ary, selected Darlene Warren as
the recipient of a plaque, present
ed annually to the outstanding wo
man in speech for that year, at a
meeting at the Anchorage Wednes
day night.
Officers for the coming year
were also elected. Charles Dever
caux was elected president and
Florence Sanders was chosen sec
retary-treasurer.
Three pledges were initiated into
the speech honorary. They are:
Florence Sanders, Pearl King, and
Roy Vernstrom.
George Hall, outgoing president,
presided at the meeting.