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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1940)
Amphibians Tryout Tonight Coeds Will Meet At Gerlinger Pool; All Girls Invited Amphibians, coed swimming' honorary, are holding tryouts to night in Gerlinger pool at 7:15. Any girl who is interested is wel come to come and try, Prexy Martha McClung said last night. “We have done so many inter esting things this year, and an ticipate an even better program net year,” Marthan continued. “Amphibians sponsored the intra mureal swimming meets, present ed with the varsity swimmers a successful water pageant “Plea sure Island,” placed second in the western region of the Nation al Telegraphic meet, entertained the OSC aquabats here and ac cepted an invitation to swim in their pool with them, and con quered the elements of water polo.” Set by the Amphibians as pre requisites to pledging are these tests: Speed—40 yards in 32 seconds. Form—2 strokes. Endurance—22 lengths. Diving—3 standard dives. Girls who are going to try out are requested to bring their own swimming cap. Suits will be furn ished. Vernstrom Talks At Alumni Meeting University students will put on a program at a meeting of Oregon alumni and their friends of Wash ington county tonight at 7:30 in the Hillsboro chamber of com merce. Roy Vernstrom, chairman of the University Federation com mittee, will show pictures of the campus and give a talk The Delt quartet, George Drach, Don Hicks, Paul Eckleman, and Cy Vims, are scheduled to sing sev eral songs. Ar ngements for the meeting are being made by A1 Bogue, a ’39 graduate of Oregon and a teacher in the Hillsboro union high school. Fellowship Plans Trip to Corvallis The Varsity Christian Fellow ship will go to Corvallis for a hike and campfire with the OSC Fellowship Saturday afternoon, members of the Oregon group announced Wednesday. Several cars will leave shortly before noon and return by 9 p.m. All students are welcome to at tend. Arrangements are in the hands of Ralph Eichenberger, phone 3 800. Free Piano Concert Scheduled Tonight ■Modern and classical piano compositions which have stood the test of popularity will be of fered music-minded Eugene resi dents who attend the free conceit in the University of Oregon music auditorium tonight at 8 o’clock. The concert will be given by eight University pianists, all students of Professor George Hopkins, and will be open to the public. Two of the numbers are new, having recently been composed by Mr. Hopkins himself. These will be the “Scottish Gavotte” played by Leone La Duke and Emery Hobson, and the “Tropical Inci dent” rhumba, which Miss La Duke and Mr. Hopkins will offer in a two-piano arrangement. Schutt’s “Impromptu Roccoce” will be interpreted by Geraldine Walker and Jane Partipilo, and Franck's "Symphonic Variations" by Mr. Hobson. Two movements from piano concerts will also be presented, one from Rubinstein by Thelma Schnitzer, and the other from Ravel by Lural Burg graf. Dorothy Gelman and Ger aldine Walker will play “The Ga votte and Musette” by Raff. Research Bureau Arranges Plans For Convention The University bureau of mu nicipal research and service is helping arrange the annual con vention of the League of Oregon Cities which is scheduled for May 23 and 24 at Seaside. William Hall, director of the bureau and executive secretary of the league, reports that main in interest during the convention will center around problems of city population and municipal services. One of the main purposes of the campus bureau is to give technical advice to city officials in the state as problems arise concerning government, finances, and legislature in the cities. PE Open House Set for Friday Open house will be held at the physical education building for all men students next Friday evening from 7 to 9 p.m., it was announced yesterday by the phy sical education office. The event is one of several which have been held this year to acquaint stu dents with all the facilities of the department. All of the equipment will be available for games or for gen eral recreation. Visitors who wish to see the department in action will be welcome, it was stated. Like to Be Original? We’ll help you to fix up some thin" really different that you will be proud to have her wear. We can suggest many differ ent and original designs for corsages and hair-do’s for the formal that you attend this weekend. Drop in today. We'll be glad to help you. f EUGENE’S FLOWER HOME (UNIVERSITY FLORIST) Cox-. 13tli and Patterson Phone 654 Campus Calendar Hawaiian club will hold an im portant meeting today at 4:30 at Taylor's. Amphibians will hold tryouts at 7:15 tonight.in Gerlinger pool. Entrants are requested to bring bathing caps. Christian Science organization at the University of Oregon will meet at 8 o’clock tonight in the YWCA bungalow. Seabeck YWCA-YMCA sum mer conference will be discussed for all those interested today at 5 o’clock at the YWCA bungalow. Junior Weekend directorate will meet this afternoon at 4 o’ clock in room 107, Commerce hall. It is the first meeting of the com plete directorate, and all commit tee heads and members are asked to attend and be prepared to give reports of their work. Dr. F. W. Skiff Plans To Visit Campus On Library Day Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Skiff of Portland plan to visit the campus on Library day, May 3. Dr. Skiff was granted an hon orary degree from the University of Oregon last spring. A fine collection of books was recently given to the University by Dr. Skiff for the use of the natural history museum. He col lects first editions and auto graphed copies of American writ ers, and his own library contains over 20,000 volumes. While here, Dr. Skiff will speak to the class in book selection and evaluation on "Famous Books in American Literature.” The visit ors will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Douglass. Moot Court Opens Sessions Tonight With Professor Orlando J. Hol lis on the bench, a group of pros pective jurors waiting anxiously for a chance to serve on the jury panel, and with a case of “dog bites man'’ up for trial, the law school’s first moot trial of the year will open tonight at 7:30 in the circuit court room of the Lane county court house, 8th and Oak. The dog in the case is owned by Betty Brown, defendant, who is charged by Plaintiff Darrel Johnson with careless conduct in letting the animal bite him. Damages asked total $200. Miss Brown’s attorneys are Kenneth Abraham and Denton Burdick, who oppose the plain tiff's attorneys, William F. Lu bersky and Sheldon Parks, in the legal battle. Assisting in official capacities will be Jason Bailey as clerk of the court, George Tichy as bail iff, and Donald Marshall as court reporter. White Coats for Formals $4.50 For spring dances, Jun ior Prom and formal wear, our white gabar dine coats arc tops! Double breasted with plain backs, these coats are styled to make you the best dressed man at Oregon! ROBERTSON’S MEN’S WEAR 832 Willamette » ( Keyed to Your Budget . Have you ever bounced on d pillow irt your stocking feet? Then you'll know how wedgees feel! They give you all the graceful height and flattery of high heels—with none of the teetering! And they make your feet look sizes smaller! All patent or patent with gabardine. 1059 Willamette Phone 3220 Municipal Group Releases Report On Traffic Control Russell Barthell, assistant di rector of the bureau of munici pal research and service, yester day released a report on the use of traffic islands and medial strips in traffic control by 58 cit ies in the United States and Can ada. The report was prepared for use of Portland traffic officials and shows that the use of mod ern merial strips and traffic and safety islands brings a decrease in accidents. Headquarters of the bureau are in Fenton hall, and William Hall is director of the bureau. Almost 2,000,000 students in 16 colleges and 120 schools were served last year by Boston uni versity's visual education depart ment. CLASSIFIED ADS Phone 3300 Local 354 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATES First day .2c per ward Subsequent days .lc per word Three consecutive times 4c per word and a fourth time FREE with cash payment. Ads will be taken over the telephone on a charge basis if the advertiser is •» subscriber to the phone. Mailed advertisements must have sufficient remittance enclosed to cover definite number of insertions. Ads must be in Emerald business of fice not later than 6:00 p.m. prior to the day of insertion. • Shoe Repairing CAMPUS SHOE SHOP. Quality plus service. 843 E. 13th. • Radiator Repair THIS AD good for 50c on Radi ator Work. Coak’s Radiator Service. 940 Pearl. • Musical Instruments ALL KINDS musical instruments. 760 WUtoanetLo • Used Cars COMPLETE LINE of Model A’s and Chevrolets, 29-31 Coupe3, Roadsters, Sedans. 139 Wr. Broadway, Phone 1873. • Lost__ LARGE BLACK and green Life time Schaeffer. Return to Olm stead in Fenton hall. GLASSES in green case. Call Jean Stumberg at 2638-W. • Found The Emerald runs a found column FREE for the benefit of University stu dents, whose personal belongings have been forgotten in the rush to leave classes and have consequently been turned into the lost and found depart ment by janitors and students. A minimum charge of 5c is made to each claimant of lost articles. The following have been turned into the lost and found department, in the University Depot, which is located across the street from the AAA build ing and adjoining the heating plant: SINCE the recent AWS sale, the lost and found department at the University post office has reported the following: 5 um brellas, 1 green ladies’ hat, 6 French books, 1 literature book, 2 English books, 1 prose book, 2 psych books, 9 fountain pens, 3 pocketbooks, 1 pr. glasses, 2 accounting books, 1 business correspondence book, 1 econom ics text, 1 geography syllabus, a number of spiral notebooks— some with notes, 1 pr. gloves, several bandannas, 1 raincoat, 1 rain jacket, 1 overcoat, ties, combs, lipstick, music, what you lost?