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VOLUME XLI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1940
NUMBER 74
Slater Wins Yell King Post; to Select Dukes Today
Curtain Lifts on
. 'Night Must Fall’
UO Theater Presents Famous Play
Opening Tonight; Ed Burtenshaw and
Rose Ann Gibson Head Cast
"First night” audiences this evening will witness an entirely new
type of drama that has been seen on the campus stage this year with
the opening of "Night Must Fall,” an original crime melodrama stress
ing mental and psychological aspects. The curtain of the University
theater will rise at 8 o’clock.
Tickets may be obtained by phoning or calling at the box office
Sophs Plan
1 Enforcement
Of Beard Rule
Sheriff Buchwach
Orders 17 Violators
To Appear at 'Side'
At 3:45 this afternoon in front
of the College Side Sheriff Buck
Buchwach of the sophomore-or
dained “Whiskerino county" and
his 50 vigilantes will take first ac
tion to enforce their beard-growing
rule with a public dunking demon
stration.
Violators of the no-shaving regu
lation which sophomores must
abide by until then- annual Whis
kerino dance February 17 were re
ported last night by the vigilante
committee. The overall - garbed
posse will take charge of this after
noon’s dunking procedures in bar
rels of water before the College
Side.
Violators Listed
Those ordered by Sheriff Buch
wach to be at the Side at 3:45 for
their punishment include the fol
lowing:
Bill Potter, Dave Jahn, Bill Fos
ter, Jimmy Ray, Ray Grant, Milton
Gardner, Homer Townsend, Maurie
Goldberg, Alec Cohen, Burt Os
born, Fred Konsehot, Edgar Ja
cobs, Jack Waites, Dominic Gio
vanini, Clem Fischer, Bill Chilcote,
Howard Lorence, Charles Cutler,
Doug Hay, Fred Farrar, Roy El
liott, Bud Brown, and Hugh Wil
son.
otienaers to Appear
k. All offenders who fail to appear
for this afternoon’s execution will
have a special punishment addition,
the vigilante group promised. “Any
sophomore who doesn’t grow a
beard will not be permitted to
escape the arm of the law,” Buch
wach stated in his ultimatum yes
terday.
Vigilantes to Present
Vigilantes in each living organi
zation will be present in full re
galia to take charge, and they are
also responsible for seeing that the
lawbreakers named attend.
Climax of the two weeks beard
contest at the Whiskerino next
Saturday will feature a free shave
to the man with the heaviest
growth of whiskers. By special ar
rangement, the sophomores will be
able to have Ken Baker’s swing
band here to play for the affair.
Baker just finished a season at
Ocean Park, California and at the
Palomar. Last summer he was fea
tured at Jantzen Beach in Portland.
Eugene Merchants
Will Hold Opening
Eugene merchants decided yes
terday to hold their spring open
ing Thursday evening, February
29. Ted Kenyon, Emerald repre
sentative at the Chamber of Com
merce merchant's committee meet
ing, yesterday spoke to the mem
bers regarding University partici
pation in the annual event. Plans
are being made for promotion of
the merchant’s opening by the
Emerald business department.
t The Emerald Three o’clock club
will meet tonight at the Univer
sity Press. Several new members
will be initiated.
m jonnson nan Tor tonight s per
formance. Seats for tomorrow and
Tuesday nights’ shows may also
be reserved.
Contrast to Usual Slapstick
Emlyn Williams, the author of
this startlingly different epic, was
called a “trader in gooseflesh
thrills” by the New York Evening
Journal when his play appeared on
Broadway. “Night Must Fall” also
played a two-year run for London
theater patrons. It was produced in
Hollywood with Bob Montgomery
and Rosalind Russell in the leads.
Williams’ thrillers have a sense
of comedy, too, but are in distinct
contrast to the usual slapstick of
light sophisticated drawing room
type of humor. The laughs in
“Night Must Fall” relieve the ten
sion before the next onslaught of
horror.
Burtenshaw Is Villain
Ed Burtenshaw heads the cast as
Dan, the villain, who has a peculiar
way of showing his gratitude to an
old lady who takes him in.
A wheel ejiair invalid with a
despicable temper, Mrs. Bramson,
played by Rose Ann Gibson, lets
grief come into her house when
she succumbs to the fawning flat
tery of Dan.
Charlene Jackson takes the part
of Olivia Grayne, a penniless
young girl dependent on her aunt,
Mrs. Bramson. Her poetry-loving
nature paints Dan as a romantic
figure until her common sense
makes her admit his true worth.
Waller Is Squire
Fred Waller plays a pompous
squire of the English countryside,
willing to many Olivia because his
estate needs a mistress.
Lorraine Hixson plays the part
of Mrs. Terrance, the cook, who
refuses to let Mrs. Bramson brow
beat her as she does her other em
ployees.
Mary Jane Horton is cast in the
role of Dora, the foolish young
scullery maid, who is responsible
for introducing Dan into the house
hold.
Scotland Yard again outguesses
the criminal with Gene Edwards as
Inspector Belsize.
Mary Jane Horton handles the
part of the brisk Nurse Libby.
Alumni Art League
To Meet in Portland,
Plan for Celebration
Members of the Alumni Art
league will hold a meeting Febru
ary 23 at Dean Ellis F. Lawrence’s
home in Portland.
Burke Morden, Oregon grad of
’36, is the new president of the
group and will preside at the meet
ing. Discussion will center around
the kiln and the community art
center of Portland. They will also
plan for the art school's twenty
fifth anniversary program.
All former students and alums
are invited to this meeting, Dean
Lawrence says. His Portland ad
dress is 2211 NE 21st street.
Some Cookie
Lorraine Hixson, who plays the
role of the cook in tonight’s Uni
versity theater play, “Night Must
Fall.”
AWS Speaker
Tells of Finnish
Fight for Liberty
'Angel of Siberia'
Speaks for Relief
Fund in Gerlinger
Fighting for the freedom they
gained 20 years ago, the Finnish
people prefer death to the loss of
that liberty, according to Mrs. El
sa Brandstrom-Ulich, who ad
dressed an AWS assembly in Ger
linger hall yesterday.
Sponsored by the American
Scandinavian foundation, which is
cooperating with the Finnish relief
fund, Mrs. Ulich gave a brief ac
count of Finland’s stormy history
terminating with its present diffi
culties.
Finns Progressive
“No country,” Mrs. Ulich main
tained, “is more progressive than
Finland,” for it was the first Eur
opean power to grant woman suf
frage, doing this as early as 1906.
All this advancement, Mrs. Ul
ich declared, has come to a stand
still. “Finland’s monuments have
been smashed by shells. The si
lence of her woods and the beauty
of her music has been drowned by
roaring guns and exploding
bombs.”
cooperative success
Describing Finland’s successful
cooperatives, trade unions, and
education system as the envy of
many countries, Mrs. Ulich said
commissions from other nations
have spent time in this Scandina
vion country studying its meth
ods.
This invasion of a peace-loving
Finland, Mrs. Ulich pointed out,
has drawn the Scandinavian coun
tries even closer together than be
fore. Unfortunately, she explained,
these countries are small and any
assistance they can give the in
vaded country is slight in the face
of Russia’s size.
Therefore, Mrs. Ulich urged
Americans not to talk about Fin
land’s plight but to “feel Finland
is fighting for our own ideals” and
to make personal sacrifices and
“give the utmost of what we can
for our Finnish brethren, for mod
ern democracy in Europe is fight
ing for its future.”
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Second Business
Student Conclave
Ends With Banquet
Nearly 700 Attend 18 Discussion Talks
On Qualifications Needed to Obtain Jobs,
Chance of Advancement, Types of Work
By ELSIE BROWNELL
Approximately 700 students, 21 business men, and all the faculty
of the business administration school attended the second annual three
day Business-Student conference, which was concluded yesterday even
ing with a dinner at the Anchorage sponsored by the Tau Delta Chi and
Phi Chi Theta, two business administration fraternities.
The 18 discussion-lecture periods devolved about the qualifications
needed by students to obtain jobs, the possibilities for advancement in
various fields, and a general out
line of the type of work done in
representative fields, and a gen-<
eral outline of the type of work
done in representative fields.
Students Interested
Many students were so interest
ed in the forum on Government
Service conducted by Bert Chap
pel of the Portland department of
finance that they met with him
and continued the discussion an
additional hour. Mr. Chappel point
ed out the recent advances made
in the service, and stated that the
modern trend is to put more gov
ernment work on a career basis
and to employ more and more col
lege students.
Newspaper flexible
The newspaper is the most flexi
ble, most mobile, and most easily
adapted to an advertising cam
paign, and is a medium the adver
tiser can't overlook, P. J. Mac
Auley of the Oregonian declared
in the advertising forum. He add
ed that all the larger stores are
coming to have their own copy
staff, who know the company’s
products intimately.
J. J. Gard Describes
J. J. Gard, vice-president of the
Portland United States National
bank, described the various de
partments in a bank and mentioned
the growing consumer-credit field.
He also told about the various
means of instruction of instruc
tion a bank offers its employees,
Howard Davis Says
Personnel was the topic of How
ard Davis, superintendent of Lip
man, Wolfe, and Company, who
said that a personnel director is
responsible to see that the firm,
the supervisors, the employees, and
the general public all get a square
deal. The most valuable training,
he stated, for personnel work was
selling on the floor.
* rank a. Dudley suggests
Frank A. Dudley, credit mana
ger of the General Grocery com
pany, said that mental alertness
was the prime prerequisite in
credit work, and suggested that
the easiest way to get into this
work would be through stenogra
phy.
Walter R. May Stresses
Speaking on public utilities,
Walter R. May of the Portland
Electric company, stressed the
need for accountants and techni
cal workers in public utilities, and
pointed out that as more people
take advantage of the utilities, the
cost to each person will be low
ered.
Sorority Entertains
The Alpha Xi Deltas entertained
at dinner Wednesday evening Dr.
and Mrs. Schwering, Dr. and Mrs.
R. H. Ernst, Dr. and Mrs. H. W.
Bernard, Dr. R. P. Bowen, Miss
Ethel Sawyer, and Dr. Gordon
Wright.
Totalitarianism,
Liberal Ideas
Are Contrasted
Heilperrin Speaks
At Faculty Meeting
In Friendly Hall
Totalitarianism and Liberalism:
Can they exist side by side ? To
this question Dr. Michael Heilper
rin, international economic author
ity, last night voiced an emphatic
“no” at the first winter term facul
ty lecture in Friendly hall.
“Experience shows,” declared Dr.
Heilperrin, “that compromise be
tween totalitarianism and liberal
ism doesn’t make the totalitarian
countries more liberal but makes
the liberal countries more totalitar
ian.”
Free Trade
In the field of international eco
nomics these theories are expressed
by free trade (liberalism) and ex
change control and quotas (total
itarianism), Dr. Heilperrin said.
Restrictions in the first field take
the form of tariffs instituted by
demands of certain groups, said
Dr. Heilperrin, and once they are
made, the economic system goes on
unhampered. Dr. Heilperrin termed
tariffs “framework intervention”
because they affect prices, con
sumption, cost of production, and
stimulation of industry only in
directly.
The tools of totalitarian econ
omy are quotas and exchange con
trol, Dr. Heilperrin said. These, al
though they once seemed plausible
because they tended to check the
individual hampering the rights of
others, have been demonstrated to
lead invariably to totalitarianism
and the complete loss of human
rights, he said.
Totalitarian Take Last Step
Establishment of the latter sys
tem, he said, leads to decrease in
foreign trade and in foreign ex
change to buy needed raw mater
ials. This in turn leads to aggres
sive actions for territory and influ
ence, he declared.
It is not necessary, he added,
that all totalitarian systems be
militaristic.
Germany Knows Economies
Of the totalitarian countries Ger
many has most skillfully applied
the economic tools of totalitarian
ism, Dr. Heilperrin averred. De
claring she would “help" the Bal
kan countries out of the depression
(countries being very cautious in
their buying then), she purchased
large quantities of raw materials
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Ep and John,
Invalids, Want
Pies; Cokes
If ever you’re in the hospital
and get unbearably hungry be
tween meals despite inactivity
and a certainty that you feed
only one mouth at meal time,
just dial the University News
Bureau for quick service like
John Koppen and Ep Hoyt did
yesterday.
Ep and John phoned the bu
reau yesterday afternoon, and in
less than two minutes Wes Sulli
van was unanimously elected to
purchase the following order at
the nearest dispenser for them:
three chocolate ice-cream cones,
a package of cigarettes, one
pumpkin pie, and five cups of
coffee.
In the infirmary yesterday
were Richard Sears, Virgene
Wade, Barbarajean Tuttle, Rol
land Merryfield, Ruth Wright,
Donald Tait, Donald Bor, Her
man Lemke, Ep Hoyt, William
Thompson, John Koppen, Frank
Bosch, Len 'Ballif, Robert Duke,
and Jack Peck.
Hayden Explains
Readjustment
Of Architecture
Oregon Delegate
To Design Conclave
Tells of Training
By PAT ERICKSON
“How practical should architec
tural training be?”
Architecture schools of today
are forced by the circumstances of
social readjustment into question
ing what is fundamental to the
training of an architect, says Wal
lace Hayden, assistant professor of
architecture, who has just returned
from Detroit where he represented
Orgon at a conference on coordina
tion in design.
Short Sighted?
But varying opinions dominate
the scene. One group of architec
ture schools believes that students
should be trained to fit the current
demands. Others feel that this is a
short sighted policy, Hayden says.
In the face of a present tendency
to import European techniques, the
Oregon architecture school likes
American methodology, Hayden
pointed out. He found this idea in
favor at the conference.
Conference on Coordination
The conference on coordination
in design was called by schools
who have felt the need for recog
nizing the change in social atti
tudes toward design, Hayden said.
Outstanding contributors to the
round table discussions included
Walter Gropius and Joseph Hudnut
of Harvard, Maholy-Nagy of the
Chicago Bauhaus, Eliel Saarinenn
of Cranbrook, Keesler of Columbia,
and Walter Baerman of the Califor
nia Institute of Technology.
Oregon’s Objectives
Oregon’s architectural objectives,
which have been in practice for 10
years here, were well received at
the conference, Hayden reported.
The coordination in design con
ference, which is under no definite
sponsorship but includes a nation
wide selection of art schools, is to
be held on the west coast next
year, Hayden said, although its
meeting place has not yet been
selected.
Finns Fighting Grimly, Says Elsa Brandstrom-Ulich
By BETTY JANE THOMPSON
Interested only in what she could
do for helping the valiant Finns
who, to use a historic American
phrase, are fighting with “Give me
liberty or give me death” on their
lips to preserve their freedom and
democracy, the “Angel of Siberia,”
Elsa Brandstrom-Ulich, visited the
campus yesterday.
Probably to most of her listeners
she was a very interesting woman
telling the story of the plight of
her Finnish neighbors, describing
the beauties of the Scandinavian
countries with extreme charm. It
remained for a conversation with
members of the Swedish class, Mrs.
Astrid Williams, their instructor,
(who were delighted to speak with
her in her native^language) and the
Emerald reporter, to get her to
admit that she held three honorary
doctorates from as many European
universities (a distinction that
really means something): one in
medicine from Uppsala in Sweden,
one in law and one in theology
from universities she, steering the
conversation away from herself,
refused to name.
Decorated by King Gustav
Nor would she comment on the
fact that she is the only woman to
be decorated by King Gustav of
Sweden. This honor she received
for her work during the World war,
the same work that won for her
the title, ‘'Angel of Siberia.” And
it was with great reluctance that
she admitted she lived for 12 years
in Russia, the daughter of the
Swedish ambassador to that coun
try.
The United States is a democ
racy, she said. But the Scandinav
ian countries are more so. With
pride in her voice she added, “They
are probably the purest democra
cies in the world.’’
She spoke with pride of the co
operative movement in Sweden. A
discussion of the reason for its
seeming unpopularity in other
countries was followed by the re
mark ’’Well, maybe the people in
your country haven’t learned graft
so quickly as those in ours."
Education Discussed
Education, too, came into the
discussion. "I can see no difference
in the things my little girl is re-1
ceiving in school here in America
and the things I received as a girl
in Sweden,” she said. Which would
seem to say that American pro
gressive education, while progres
sive for this country, is "30 years
behind the times.”
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Second Year Man
Succeeds Elliott
As Cheer Head
Student Body Vote Smallest in
University History; Reports Indicate
Most Popular Assembly of Year
Oregon students went to the polls yesterday, or rather were sup
posed to, and in one of the smallest student body votes of University
history elected Woody Slater, blond cheer assistant, yell king for the
1940 school year.
Slater received 126 votes, 40 more than his closest opponent. Other
competitors were Art Wiggin, Bob Greer, and Max Horenstein. They
LULUUCU VULCS U1 OU, clliu J.O
respectively.
ASUO Card Holders Vote
Choice was based on an 11 o’
clock assembly performance in
Gerlinger hall which was open to
all „ students. ASUO card holders
were given the chance to vote as
they left the auditorium, and ballot
boxes were also kept open in the
"Y" hut between the hours of 1 and
4 o'clock.
Verdi Sederstrom, student body
vice-president, last night expressed
dissatisfaction at the small number
of votes cast. Last year 338 men
and women voted.
Succeeds RUiolt
Slater, by his election, succeeds
Bob Elliott, last year’s cheer king,
at the top yell position on the
campus. He has one day in which
■ to choose one or two yell dukes as
' assistants. Selection is expected to
be announced today.
Thursday morning’s assembly
was the first all-student program
of the winter term. Student reports
indicate it was one of the most
popular of the year.
students perform
Included on the program were
songs, dances and skits. A Pi Phi
trio of Joanne Rieseh, Jo Bullis,
and Grace Irvin sang two selec
tions, “Little Fraternity Pin” and
"Blue Prelude.” Pat Taylor also
presented a comic number.
Dick Clark gavi>s political satire
in imitation of President Franklin
D. Roosevelt. Jim Ross also gave
two tap dance numbers. He was ac
companied on the piano by Helen
Jane Kerr.
A debate scheduled between
George Luoma, Emerald business
manager, and Bill Lubersky, law
school student, fell through when
Lubersky failed to show up. In
stead Roy Vernstrom read a note
of regret and Luoma spoke his de
fense into the microphone in Finn
ish.
John Dick, student body presi
dent, was master of ceremonies for
the occasion.
Feb. 21 Set as Date
For French Movie;
Ski Short Is Likely
“Les Perles de la Coronne” the
French movie being sponsored by
Pi Delta Phi, French honorary, has
been definitely set for Wednesday,
February 21, according to C. L.
Johnson, assistant professor of Ro
mance languages.
Mr. Johnson expressed hope of
obtaining a 20-minute ski short to
accompany the main feature. This
would make the performance last
an even two hours. Showings will
be at 4 and 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The ski picture, if presented, will
be given in English. Whether or not
the additional feature will be avail
able will be announced sometime
before February 21.
Bayley to Lecture
Before PE Classes
W. D. Bayley of the state board
of higher education will lecture on
the subject of narcotics to classes
on the Oregon campus next week,
according to a letter received by
the school of physical education.
Mr. Bayley will speak before the
men’s health education classes, the
women’s hygiene classes, and the
PE majors in the school of health
education.
First Millrace
Accident of Year
Is Recorded
Attempt to Shoot
Rapids Ends in
Disaster for Two
The first mill race accident of
the year was reported yesterday
when two University students,
their names undisclosed, attempt
ed to shoot the rapids at the head
of the race in a small canoe. The
two rented the canoe from Mr.
D. T. Bayly at the Anchorage
landing and apparently were going
for a ride on the race. As soon as
they got above the danger point
they attempted to shoot the rapids,
but were tipped over and ino the
river.
Mr. Bayly refused to divulge
the students’ names when ques
tioned last night. “I understand it
is a University offense punishable
by expulsion from school and I do
not want to get the students into
trouble,” he said.
“I told them to stay within the
safety zone on the race, but ap
parently they didn’t choose to lis
ten. It should be an example for
other students who adventure too
far,” he said.
Several accidents of a like na
ture occurred last year. In one of
these, Bob Bailey, senior class
president, was drowned when he
and a companion ventured too near
the spillway at the head of the
race.
Only recently the interfratern
ity council erected a new warning
in an attempt to stem the tide of
accidents occurring yearly on the
race.
Rats Reduce on
Home Cooking;
It-s-now Art
By PAT ERICKSON
Rats
A group of 150 rats subjected
to laboratory experiments at the
University of Hawaii recently
demonstrated that they thrive on
untoasted peanuts and lose
I weight on home cooking.
The rats seem to be happy,
and live in the cleanest rat lab
oratory in the world, says Dr.
Hsien Wu, head of the biochem
ical laboratory at Peking Union
Medical college.
Dr. Carey D. Miller, the ex
perimenter, pointed out that rats
with raw peanuts in their diet
are twice as big as the roasted
nut addicts; consequently if you
want to be a football hero you'd
better junk that bag of roasted
peanuts and go in for the raw
stuff.
—Ka Leo O Hawaii
• * *
Spring ’ira
ls^ ink spot: "Why are you
crying?”
2nd ditto: “My pop’s in the
pen.”
1st i. s.: “Oh, that’s all write,
he has a short sentence.”
—Silver and Gold
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