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VOLUME XL UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1939 NUMBER 119 UO Student Union Nears Reality Executive Committee Allocates 20 Per Cent Of $15 Fee for Building New Plan Would Remove Debt To Standing Fund at Rate of $5,000 Yearly; Construction May Start Soon Taking what was characterized as the “most significant step since the student union building campaign began 16 years ago” the ASUO executive council decided yesterday afternoon to appropriate 20 per cent of the income from ASUO student fees to be earmarked for the erection of a student union building. The exact provision of the measure, which was proposed by Zane Kemler, ASUO vice-president and student member of the union build ing committee appointed' by Dr. Earl M. Pallett, specify that the 20 per cent be applied against the present ASUO debt to the alumni hold ing company. (.This debt, contracted in 1929, is the result of a loan made out Insane Rats To Perform In Film Here Asklepiads Bring Maier's Picture To Campus Members of Asklepiads will pre sent a national premiere of two moving pictures dealing with in sanity and how it can be cured on Wednesday night at 8 o’clock in Deady hall with Dr. Lester Beck, psychology professor reviewing the film. This film is the result of Profes sor Norman Maier’s experiments at the University of Michigan who recently furnished evidence of im portance by experimentally driving rants to insanity. Doctors know that injuries to the nervous sys tem, narcotics, and syphillis drive men crazy. But the ever increasing number of mental cases which can be traced to no physical cause has the medics stopped. It is to this type of “unknown insanity that Norman Maier has lent a helping hand. Films Won $1,000 These films recently won the $1,000 prize from the American Advancement of Science society and were lent to Dr. Beck by Pro fessor Maier for a short time. These films were widely heralded. In the March 6 edition of Life they were given a three page spread. (Please turn to page three) CAMPUS CALENDAR Meeting of campus married girls will be in the AWS rooms of Gerlinger hall at 7:45 o'clock to night. A short talk will be given by Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed. Gerlinger cup committee meet ing at 4 today in the dean of wo men's office. Phi Beta will have its installa tion of officers tonight at 7:15 in alumni room of Gerlinger. Import ant meeting for everyone. Phi Theta Upsilon will meet at 3:30 today in Alumni hall in Ger linger. Delta Phi Alpha, German honor ary, will elect officers at 7 o’ clock Wednesday at a meeting in alumni hall in Gerlinger. After the short business meeting there will be entertainment and refresh ments. All chairmen of Junior Weekend committees will meet today at 4 at the College Side. | of the student union building fund which is under the administration of the alumni holding company. The fund amounts to approximate ly $35,000, and was raised in 1925-6 after an extensive student cam paign.) Debt Being Paid During the past few years the ASUO has been paying off the debt to the holding company at the rate of $2000 per year—$1200 by the athletic board and $800 by the educational activities board. The executive committee’s meas ure means that these payments will be stepped up to approximate ly $5000 per year—$3000 from the athletic board and $2000 from the educational activities board. Under tentative plans for financ ing the union building project, funds are available from the fol lowing sources: Rental of fraternity house ( ex penses and upkeep deduct ed .$1200 Rental from University Co-op store (The state board has transferred this money to the general building fund and it is believed that it will be available for the student union building.) . 2400 Income from ASUO fees . 5000 Would Provide Finance According to the tentative plans which have been drawn up, this yearly income should provide enough to finance a loan. If ad ditional parts of the program can be arranged the construction of one unit of the building, costing be tween $200,000 and $300,000, should be started in the near future. J. Orville Lindstrom, business manager of the University, said yesterday after learning of the ex ecutive council’s move that he be lieved the program was sound. In providing for repayment of a loan rather than direct assessment, it would speed up the process of get ting rid of the holding company debt and would at the same time make money available for the Un ion building, he said. Although the plan was held up for some time due to the fear that it would put too great a strain on the programs of the two ASUO boards, the present program— $5000 per year in the form of a re payment of the holding company (Please turn to page three) Plan Junior Prom : I"'""1 - -—---—--- » Bud Aronson and Glenn Eaton . . . All smiles after their Junior prom meeting yesterday. Stanford Track Athletes Strike; Refuse to Run To run or not to run seems to be the question up before mem bers of Stanford university's track team, just at present. Recently the squad members announced that they “did not choose to run’’ unless they were represented at the Intercollegi ate American Amateur Athletic association meet, which will be held in New York on May 27. The threatened strike, however, did not go so far as to keep the members of the team from turn ing out for practice yesterday. Coach Dink Templeton carried on regular training of his run ners and jumpers, taking it for granted that his team would show up for the Fresno relays Saturday night. However, no retraction of the “strike" threat was forthcoming from the squad. Major Phillips To View ROTC Major Albert G. Phillips of the 7th infantry at Vancouver bar racks will begin the annual detail inspection of the University ROTC today, when he visits the 11 o’clock advanced military class. Major Phillips was expected to arrive on the campus, either last night or this morning. He will in spect the 11 and 1 o’clock advanced classes. At 2 o’clock he will meet with Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the University. Major Phillips will stay over Wednesday and inspect the whole unit at their regular Wednesday drills. He may stay and see the parade that afternoon. Housemothers Picnic Oregon housemothers attended a picnic at the Laurelwood golf course yesterday in place of their regular meeting originally planned for every Monday. The committee that planned the gathering con sisted of Mrs. Doris Wulzen, Mrs. Elizabeth Talbert, and Mrs. Stewart. Robe, Castanien to Travel In Mexico This Summer The state of Jalisco, Mexico, will be the home of Stanley Robe, re search assistant in Spanish, and Donald G. Castanien, junior in Ro mance languages, this summer while Mr. Robe continues with the linguistic and historical study that he began two years ago. The pair plan to live in private homes where only Spanish is spok en, and in this way improve their pronunciation and knowledge of the language. They will eat the Mexican food, and they hope, learn to relish it. The people of the Los Altes region, where Mr. Robe is studying, are of Spanish blood, vir tually unmixed with any Indian strain. They are a conservative people, quite antagonistic to the socialist program of the govern ment. To Visit University At the university in Guadalajara capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico, Mr Robe plans to visit again his friends among the faculty members of the Mexican university. Among the summer fiestas in Mexico is the fiesta of San Pedrc (Please turn to page three) Juniors on Last Lap of Fete Plans Igloo Decorations i To Cost $200; Dance Tickets on Sale Only three days left until Jun ior Weekend! With the campus about due to straighten out of its political tail spin, Junior Weekend planners were ready with a substitute at traction, after yesterday’s develop ments on the Weekend front. Getting up steam in the Junior Weekend boilers, junior prom chairmen and canoe fete heads had the latest reports to offer, with decorations and tickets being the prime items on the list. With decorating for the prom set for Friday night, due to move into its first stages today, prom co-chairmen Glenn Eaton and Bud Aronson came out with the an nouncement that prom tickets | would go on sale today. Topping their ticket announcement was the revelation that junior class cards would rate a reduction of 25 cents for the prom, which is to be a $1 dance. Fete Tickets Selling Canoe fete tickets were well on (heir way to the annual sellout for . the event, it was announced, al though the ducats have been on ' sale only three or four days. But it was prom decorations which brought the superlatives from the chairmen. Two hundred dollars, no less, worth of decora tions they promise. "The finest thing ever attempted in the Igloo,” j was the statement of Dale Malli coat, Igloo decorator of long stand | ing. The juniors tell of a false ; ceiling, complete draping for the j walls, and $25 worth of spotlights. •As for the program, they are said (I’lcasc turn to paije three) Grad Visits Campus; Speaks to Class Jack Bellinger, graduate of 1933, has been visiting the campus and spoke to G. T. Turnbull’s reporting class Monday. Bellinger has just ‘returned from Tokyo, Japan where he taught at the Aoyama (blue mountain) Gakuin college. At pres ent he is not sure about his plans for the future. Bellinger has been in Japan for two years, and before that worked j with the UP. Editors Guests at University Club R. G. Callvert, associate editor of the Oregonian, and Donald J. Sterling, managing editor of the Oregon Journal, were guests at a \ dinner held at the University club in Portland last night. Callvert was awarded the Pulitzer prize for edi torial writing, and Sterling was elected president of the American ^ Society of Managing Editors. Juniors Will Elect Officers Barr, Lowry Up For Prexy; Misses ** Swift, Robbins Run For Vice-President The juniors will contribute to the current political scene today by voting in the YMCA and will be open from 9 to 3 o’clock. Voters must possess class cards. Candidates for senior class of fice are: Burton Barr, Sigma Al pha Mu, and Phil Lowry, Theta Chi, for president; Alice Swift, Gamma Phi, and Peggy Robbins, AOPi, for vice-president; Alyce Rogers, Alpha Gam, for secretary; Bob Winslow,- Chi Psi, and Charles Hillway, independent, for treasur er. Another presidential candidate, Gorden Benson, was declared in eligible by the dean of men's of fice yesterday afternoon. Bloc meetings last night en couraged juniors to get out and do or die for their respective he | roes. Arrangements were also | made for cars to pick up prospee i live voters at their living' organi zations and give them a free ride to the polls. Temporary election board selec tions are Anne Frederiksen, Gam ma Phi, Charles Skinner, DU, Bob Hochuli, ATO, and Bob Haines, I Phi Delt. Knights to Hear HopkirTs Jazz George Hopkins, professor of piano at the University of Oregon school of music, has accepted an invitation to present his “suite Jazz” to the Round Table, Eugene’s business men’s organization, at their monthly banquet Tuesday evening at the Osburn hotel. Five compositions comprise this suite — “Snake Eyes,” “Dusky Rhythm,” “Moon Down,” “Black Diamonds,” and “Hum, Black Boy." The University Symphony orchestra played three of these numbers in their February concert this year. On tho next evening Mr. Hop kins will play for a community music week program at Reeds port under the auspices of the chamber of commerce. He will also speak on a subject relative to music week, which is being ob served throughout the nation this week. Cornish Pupils Test Salesmen Dr. N. H. Cornish, professor of business administration, took 11 of his advanced student to Port land Friday, May 5, to test the efficiency of 121 sales people in Lipman, Wolfe and Company store. Saturday they worked as extras in the store. Students making the trip were I Betty Crider, Helen Elliot, Lor raine Hunt, Helen Patterson, Bea trice Thomson, Edith Williams, Wyburd Furrell, Paul Thunemann, i Harold Draper, Lawrence Reid, j and H. Z. Findley. ! Sociology Staff Will Attend Conference The entire staff of the sociology department will attend annual •spring conference of the Pacific Sociological society at Agate beach May 12, 13, 14. Dr. E. H. Moore, professor of sociology, is on the program com mittee. Dr. Charles N. Reynolds, of the sociology department, is chairman and discussion leader of the Friday evening session and Dr. J. T. Ganoe, professor of history, will discuss, “Historical material as sources for sociologists,” on Sat urday morning. ASUO Heads Will Be Elected Today; Polls Open From 9 to 3 Sprague To Install Officers Biggest Assembly Of Year Expected to Watch Ceremonies Tomorrow ASUO executive committee heads, to be chosen by poll-bent Webfoots today, will take office officially tomorrow, when Oregon’s chief executive, Governor Charles A. Sprague, conducts installation ceremonies at which is expected to be the biggest assembly of the year. It'll be a field day for “chief executives" in general, with Uni versity President Dr. Donald M. Erb acting as master of cere monies; retiring ASUO prexy, Har old Weston, extending the Webfoot welcome; and the as yet unknown quantity, next year’s ASUO presi dent, to be installed. Governor Sprague will also turn over the three other executive com mittee jobs to the trio of politicians who follow the prexy in number of votes obtained from today’s ballot count. Driving from the state capitol tomorrow morning, Governor Sprague will arrive on the campus sometime before 11, when the Ger linger assembly is scheduled. With him may be Mrs. Sprague and their daughter. Although the governor has not yet announced his subject, he will address students briefly following the installation ceremony, in which he will be the chief figure. Dr. Erb will introduce him. Bonus attraction at the meeting tomorrow will be the first official student body recognition of Ore gon’s national championship bas ketball team. President Weston will present Oregon blankets to the champion squad as the last author ized act of his administration. The green and yellow blank ets will be finished with the titles of the four championships the Webfoot quintet won this winter woven into the fabric, and the words “National Champs” in scribed across the face of each blanket. Tomorrow’s trip to Eugene will be Governor Sprague's first offi cial visit to his Webfoot proteges since his inauguration in January. On his program for the day will be a tour of the campus, conducted by Dr. Erb, an informal luncheon at the Erb home, and a banquet in his honor arranged by the faculty club for tomorrow night. In the afternoon Governor Sprague, ex-editor of the Salem Statesman, will be honored at a reception in alumni hall of Ger linger at three o’clock, arranged by Sigma Delta Chi, national men’s journalism honorary. Nine Students Sick In UO Infirmary Nine sick Webfoots were regis tered in the infirmary yesterday, l all recovering from minor ailments. Those on Monday’s sicklist in cluded Seth Smith, Catherine Can non, Jerry Huntley, ICileen Dement, Beverly Young, Peggy Snow, Wil liam Cardinal, Nick Matich, and Harry Lowe. BULLETIN-1: A M Humors late last night that Lloyd Hoffman, Scott Corbett, and Jeannette Hafner were un officially withdrawing to sup port John Dick were apparently unfounded. Lloyd Hoffman stated that he was definitely running for as good a position as he could get. Bill Cummings, Phi Dclt polit ico, said Corbett was still in, and was not running second be hind Dick. A representative of the Kappa house maintained that Miss Hafner was still in, although running a second be hind Dick. Wen Brooks, another candi date about whom rumors have been circulated, maintained that he was fighting for a position on the ASUO execom. Sample Ballot I Pi'inted below is a sample ballot j which will be used in tomorrow’s ASUO election. For obvious rea sons fictitious names have been substitute for the names of the candidates. Instructions to Voters Mark your choices with numbers only. (Do not use X marks.) Put the figure (1) in tne square opposite the name of your first choice. Put the figure (2) opposite the name of your second choice, the figure three (3) opposite the name o fyour third choice, the figure four (4 ) opposite the name of your fourth choice, and so on until the whole number of names have been marked in the order of your pref erence. You may express as many choices as you please. Do not put the same number op posite more than one name. If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and ob tain another. You cannot injure the chances of I those you prefer by marking low er choices for others. The more choices you express, the surer you are to make your ballot count for one of them, but do not feel obliged to express more choices than you really have. □ Hugo N. Frye ["] Joe Soap □ Ivory Soap □ Killer Diller □ A1 K, Hall [ ] Queen Tony Amato Green Goose □ Paul Plop □ Ward Heeler Junior Women Offer Award Any junior woman who will graduate in 1940 and is a resident of Eugene is eligible for a $100 scholarship to be awarded by the Spinsters’ club of Eugene, accord ing to Miss Helen Dodds, secretary in the dean of women’s office. The qualifications for the award are scholarship, personality, and being outstanding in one's field of activity. The applications may be secured in the dean of women’s office, and must be returned by Friday at 5 o’clock. This scholar ship has been awarded for the past five years to the outstanding jun ior women by the Spinsters’ club consisting of young women of Eu gene many of whom are still in the University. Announcement will be made sometime during junior weekend of the winher of the scholarship. Blue Caterpillar to Crawl On Susie-Chi Psi Fete Float Can it happen here? Wait until you have seen the Junior Weekend canoe fete next Saturday night be fore you answer. Lewis Carroll's “Alice in Wonderland" is a little too fantastic for all but children's minds, but the “Wonderland” scenes arranged for the canoe fete are a reality dressed up like a mid j summer dream, vdth Art Holman’s orchestra filling the role of sand man. Susan Campbell hall and Chi Psi are doing their bit in preparing their float, which they have named from the scene from which they took their theme, “The Caterpillar Scene.” Their float will carry a likeness of the big blue caterpillar which Carroll’s princess found in the forest sitting on a mushroom smoking a long hookah. The Susies and Chi Psis will go to the British Isles and to a nation by the Bay of Bengal for their satire. At this point Art Holman's interpretation of “Song of India” will be heard. The committee for the construc tion of the float is He^moine Vaughan and Mary Alice Hutch ins from Susan Campbell, and Bob Jolly and Phil Sheehan, Chi Psi. 4 Posts on Ex-Comm Up to Vote Schumacher, Robbins to Serve On Election Board, Weston Says BULLETIN Short election flushes giving the latest news as the counting proceeds will be broadcast from the Emerald news rooms by sta tion KOBE, it was learned last night. After a brief conference between uORE officials and the Emerald an arrangement was made to broadcast the resin fs over the local station, beginning as soon after 3 o’clock as is pos sible to obtain results. BULLETIN Sederstrom backers took a surprise move in the ASUO ex ecutive committee race last mgnt with a i o-minute radio broadcast over station KOBE at 10:30. Zane Kemler spoke in behalf of V'erdi Sederstrom, stating his qualifications and giving as one of his reasons for such an appeal to student voters as the fact that “the student press is in the hands of those who oppose us. Sederstrom spoke briefly on the functions of the executive committee. Members of Sigma Chi fraternity filled out the pro gram with singing. ASUO members will vote from 9 until 3 today at the Y hut as one of the most unique campaigns in recent years draws to a close. From the nine candidates Oregon voters will select four members of the executive council. In the race for the positions will be Wen Brooks, Scott Corbett, John Dick, Loraine Gjording, Jean ette Hafner, Lloyd Hoffman, Mary Jane Norcross, Verdi Sederstrcrn, and Roy Vernstrom. ASUO President Harry Weston began organization of election offi cials yesterday. Professor Waldo Schumacher of the political science department will aid in the counting to see that no slip-ups in the pro portional representative system of tabulation are made. Edwin Robbins, graduate stu dent who aided in drawing up the constitutional amendment which put in this baliotting system two years ago, will also be on hand. Political movements last night were varied. Bloc candidates at tempted to solidify their backing through telephone calls and pa rades. Signs appeared on various parts of the campus. Lineups re mained almost the same with Sederstrom and Miss Norcross heading a bloc. Dick and Miss Haf ner also stuck with the bloc sys tem. The others, Brooks, Miss Gjording, Hoffman, Corbett, and Vernstrom, running as independent candidates, had accepted little or I no organized support along bloc lines. It was not until mid-evening that the campus began to assume a pre-election day aspect. As soon as darkness had settled securely on Eugene, Sederstrom supporters gassed up their cars and lit their torches and began what turned out to be a 38-car parade. The cars were packed with enthusiastic Se derstrom supporters. A loud speak er equipped car was brought into service and bellowed forth eulo gies of Sederstrom. Campus eating establishments were jammed with political minded students and others searching for excitement. Politicians passed out cigarettes and threatened to kiss babes in arms. Up to the time of going to press, the Emerald received no notifica tion of any official withdrawals of ASUO candidates. DR. REID LECTURES Dr. John Gilbert Reid, professor of history, told of the Chinese col lection in the library of congress in Washington, D. C., before the monthly meeting of the library staff Thursday evening. Dr. Reid did research work in the archives of Washington, D. C., after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of California.