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LIBRARY U. OF ORE. EDITS: Ex-Comm. Takes Action On Rally Squad SPORTS: Donut Hoop Standings Released VOLUME XLII UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1941 NUMBER 78 REGULAR REGISTERED STUDENTS MAY VOTE—THEY DECREE * Those six students, members of the ASUO student executive committee, voted yesterday to extend the privilege to vote to all students who are regular undergraduates registered in the University. The edict was based upon the opinion that voting rights should not be given to those who do not pay full University fees. The officers pictured are (upper row, left to right) Gleeson “Tiger” Payne, ASUO president; John C'avanagh, first vice-president; Marjorie McLean, second vice-president; (lower row, from left) Harrison ^ Bergthoidt, secretary-treasurer; Betty Buchanan, AVVS president; and Lyle M. Nelson, editor of the Oregon Daily Emerald. 'Majority’ Men, Women Ballot For Six Class Leaders Today Freshmen Vote From 9 to 3 in Y To Elect Council i> Group to Announce Results Tonight; Ten Will Compete Members of the six-man council which will govern activities of the majority class of 1944 will be re leased tonight after freshmen vote for councilmen today from 9 to 3 in Gerlinger and the “Y” hut. Freshmen wishing to vote must present educational activities cards, which will be punched by an at tendant at the polls. At the same time the name of the student will be checked in the Pigger’s Guide. Ballots will be counted by the election board provided for by the recently adopted class constitution. Board members are: John Cav anagh, first vice-president of the f ASUO: Lyle Nelson, editor of the Emerald; Marvin Krenk, speech instructor and class adviser; and Ann Reynolds, member of the class. The six councilmen will be elect ed by a preferential voting system. Voters will mark their first, sec ond, third, and following choices for as many candidates as they wish to vote. The nominee receiving the high est number of votes will be presi dent of the newly-organized group. No candidate may be listed for more than one choice on a ballot. Open from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., the polls will be in the YMCA hut and the men’s lounge, Gerlinger. Candidates were nominated last Wednesday at a majority class as sembly. Class supporters emphasized that no fees will be charged for voting (in today's election. Candidates for the council are: Beverly Padgham, Tom Burbee, (Please turn to page fcmr) Touring Ghost Turns Out to Be Gadding Patien t Banquo’s ghost has been seen again. Touring the infirmary about 7:30 Tuesday night, who should be seen out in the halls gadding about like a spring chicken but Florence Schwitzer. After see ing her in bed so long, it was quite a shock—but certainly a pleasant surpirze. There are 19 patients regis tered—and still “Dube” and Sut ton. They include: Kristin McMa hon, Nola Lee, Jean Weber, Dor ris Anne Shoemaker, Lorene Marguth, Jean Eckley, Pat Sut ton, “Dube,” Frances Clingan, A1 Asher, Dale Kaegi, Ross Wither, Bill Lyon, Jack Denhart, Fred Hill, Jim Newquist, Lloyd Beggs, Don Swink, Bill Brand shaw, Barbara Ward, and Jane McCurdy. Faculty Association Plans to Entertain Graduates, Wives Women graduate students and wives of graduate students will be special guests of the Women’s Fac ulty club regular tea which will take place this afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 in the Alumni room of Gerlinger hall. Mrs. W. A. Dahlberg, general chairman, gave the following list 1 of those who will pour the tea; [ Mrs.' Howard Taylor, Mrs. J. R. 1 Jewell, Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, and Mrs. James Gilbert. Those who will assist with the serving are as follows: Mrs. Les ter Beck, Mrs. J. C. McCloskey, Mrs. Harry Schenk, Mrs. John Stehn, Mrs. J. L. Bangs, Mrs. Vaughn Corley, Mrs. D. D. Gage, and Mrs. A. B. Stillman, MONEY TROUBLES All-School Movie To Depict US Economic Ills Tuesday's Plays Show Mississippi/ American Cities Two recent outstanding docu mentary films will be shown to University students next Tuesday as the second winter term movie presentation of the educational ac tivities board, it was announced from the activities office yester day. “The River” and “The City” will be shown in the movie room of Chapman. “The River,” produced by Pare Lorentz, is a continuance of the film “The Plow That Broke the Plains” which was a feature of the fall term picture schedule. It shows pictorially the manner in which the Mississippi Valley has been impoverished by the river which flows through it. Striking views of the Mississippi valley flood and the work of re habilitation carried on by the gov ernment and the Red Cross, are in cluded in the movie. As the second feature of the j bill, “The City,” also directed by Lorentz, will show the past, pres ent and possible and probable fu ture of the American city. Full of action, humorous and with a true and important theme, “The City” was premiered at the New York World’s Fair where it was received enthusiastically. Activities cards will be the only ticket of admission required from University students and two af ternoon and two evening shows will be given, according to present ! plans. Ex-Comm Acts on Undergrad Suffrage, Rally Budget Plans YELL, VOTE Student Body Will Choose New Yell King Regular Assembly Named for Voting, Demonstrations In accordance with the provi sions of the new rally reorganiza tion plan accepted by the execu tive committee of the ASUO yes terday, the election of the yell leader for next year will be held at an all-school assembly Thursday at 11, President Tiger Payne an nounced Tuesday. The candidates for the position of yell king will have an opportun (Please turn to Pape four) SPANISH PICTURE... Bohlman Depicts Iberian Scene Watercolor Display By Oregon Grad Starts Next Friday By BYRON MAY'O Unusual sidelights on life in Mor occo, Portugal, and old Spain are depicted in the watercolors of Ed gar Bohlman, Oregon ’26, which are to be shown in the little art gallery of the art building the week beginning Friday, February 14. These watercolors are based on sketches Bohlman made while an artist on a scientific expedition going into remote districts of northern Africa in 1932. They in clude street scenes, people, and ex act pictures of life in the villages of northern Africa and southern Europe. Since his graduation from the University in 1926, Edgar Bohl man has established a reputation as a prominent young American artist, according to Who’s Who and numerous art publications. Besides his painting, this versa tile young man has taken an active part in the theater world of New York City as both designer and director, written numerous articles for national magazines, and written a book, “Life and Adventures of an American Painter in Morocco, Spain, and Portugal,” to be pub lished this spring. The exhibition of his watercolors has come from the Legion of Hon or, San Francisco, after his New York and Boston shows this win ter. The gallery is open from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. weekdays and from 2 until 6 p. m. on Sundays. Philharmonic to Play In Portland Concert Music with a pointer toward the Portland premiere of Jaromir Weinberger’s Prelude and Fugue on “Dixie,” will be heard at the Port land Philharmonic concert Tues day, February 18, in the Portland public auditorium. Melodies of the Paderewski “Minuet in G,” programmed to cel ebrate the golden anniversary of the Polish composer’s American debut, will mingle with the famil iar tune of “Dixie” in concert garb, and the overture to the opera, "The Flying Dutchman,” by Wag ner on the second half of the pro gram. First half will be devoted to the Tschaikowski symphony No. 4 and a short talk on “Pader ewski, the Musician and Patriot,” by Countess Morag Zamoyska, wife of a Polish count in German captivity. HERS THE APPLAUSE Gladys Swarthout, mezzo-soprano and long a member of the Metro politan opera association, sang for a student and town audience in McArthur court last night as fourth attraction of the 1940-41 Greater Artists Concert series. In Voice and Manner... Soprano Captivates Igloo Concert-Goers By MILDRED WILSON She came; she sang; and she captivated! Charmed by an arrestingly lovely voice and an equally beautiful face a large audience of Univer sity students and Eugene townspeople admired and applauded Miss Gladys Swarthout, internationally famed mezzo-soprano, as she ap peared last night in McArthur court. Ranging from operatic arias to gently melodic lyric songs, Miss MARRIAGE... Oregon Stubents Hear Dr. Brodie Today at 4,7 p.m. Portland Physician Makes Fifth Visit To University For the fifth time, Dr. Jesise Laird Brodie, Portland physician and surgeon, will visit the campus today to give lectures to men and women separately at 4 o’clock and 7 o’clock in Gerlinger, on “The Physiological Aspects of Love and Marriage.’’ Dr. Brodie is a graduate of Ore gon where she received her M. A. and M. D. and of Reed College where she received her B. A. and is now college physician. The men’s lectures will be given in the alumni room, the women’s series in the AWS room. Dr. Brodie has conducted scien tific experiments, turned out a book, taught biology and acted as social chairman of the Portland and Oregon League of Women Voters. She has a family of three children and speaks with authority on home-making. Many students here have become acquainted with Dr. Brodie through personal counsel and through her other visits to the campus. Dean Karl W. Onthank terms her a “popular and well-liked speaker.” Her lecture will be further de veloped in group discussions held February 18, when faculty mem bers and authoritative speakers will conduct fireside chats in living organizations on love and marri age. Raymond Ruppert, journalism freshman at Washington State, is making profitable use of several letters written in the 1870’s by the Hudson’s Bay company to the Can adian police. Swarthout’s program was planned to contain numbers which would please every member of her au dience—and judging from the half dozen encores which were called for it succeeded. Miss Swarthout had difficulty in keeping the dramatic quality of her songs out of her expressive hands and translated the mood and meaning of the compositions in a charmingly direct manner— with a sly toss of her dark head or pout for emphasis. Like ‘Mignon’ Particularly well accepted by her audience was the operatic aria from “Mignon” an opera in which Miss Swarthout has successfully appeared many times. She sang “Connais tu le pays.” Three songs of the Auvergne (in dialect), "Passo pet Prat,” “Malarous qu’o uno fenno,” and “Brezairolo” were beautifully pre sented as was “El Majo Discreto” —one of her Spanish numbers. ‘Carmen’ Encore The “Habenera,” an aria from (Please turn to parte four) Vote for No-Card Plan Unanimous Pep Squad to Have Bookkeeper; Bush Appointed Senior Football Manager; Dads' Weekend Committee Praised WHAT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DID 1. Voted that the regular fee, paid by all regular undergraduate students registered in the Univer sity he the only fee required for ASUO membership and voting privileges. 2. Adopted a rally eommittee re-i organization plan drawn up by the student committee appointed some time ago. The plan had two main features requiring (1) a week-kept system of bookkeeping, and (2) appointment of the rally group during winter term. 8. Approved the appointment of football and track managers. 4. Discussed the student union question. 5. Passed a resolution commend ing the Dads’ Day committee for the excellent work on the weekenr, recognizing the fact that they were handicapped by a lack of a student union building in which to hold the banquet. 6. Discussed student sportsman ship at the basketball game Sat urday night. The ASUO executive committee by a unanimous ballot Tuesday voted to extend membership in the ASUO to all “regular ilrldergrad uate students registered in the University.” The action was taken after only a brief discussion and went into the minutes of the meet ing as a revision of the by-laws at 11:41 a.m. Such measures were taken to clear up any doubt as to the posi tion of the executive committee on ASUO suffrage. A similar motion was passed last year, according to reports, but no minutes of the meeting were kept and, therefore, no official record was available. The legislation will go down in ASUO minutes as an action of this year's committee. The rally reorganization plan worked out by a special student committee was accepted by the ex ecutive group, also by a unanimous ballot. The plan, as explained to the executives, will create a new position of treasurer in the rally squad. The treasurer will be re sponsible for handling all funds, and for an accurate, up-to-date set of books. The plan also calls for appoint ment of the rally squad and elec tion of a yell leader in February of winter term. This provision, members of the committee were told, should eliminate purely po litical appointments and put the appointments on the basis of abil ity. The appointment of Steve Bush as senior manager of football; of (Please turn to paqe four) NO BANANAS ... Best Men u- Turnips, Says Miss Swarthout By JEAN SPEAROW Raw carrots and turnips and raw green peppers . . . these are the delicacies which most appeal to Gladys Swarthout who finds that while on tour she can’t be too particular, but must take what she can get. ‘‘Oh, I simply adore raw tur nips,” she crooned. “He and I,” pointing to Lester Hodges, her ac companist, “have munching con tests. It’s great sport in restau rants. "Nervous?” she echoed, when asked if she were still subject to stage fright. “I absolutely quake until the first group is over. One never knows what one will have to compete with and I’m always scared to death until I find out.” Conditions under which she is forced to sing are Miss Swarthout's •’hief cause of stage fright. “Of course, the student union building at Ann Arbor was beau tiful, but I am extremely thankful for a place as nice as this gym of vours. The mirror could be a little larger, but it’s clean and the piano is in tune.” Old theaters with drapes which muffle her best efforts are Miss Swarthout’s greatest grief. “And the pianos,” she moaned. “Why we often get nothing but some old in strument with the keys wired on and pedals that won't work.” Most people’s faces light up at mention of their hobbies so per haps it wasn’t noteworthy, but Miss Swarthout’s face did wreath itself in smiles when she replied (Please turn to page four) VALENTINES... Coeds Vote tor 'King of Hearts' TodagatSide Law School Enters 'Dark Horse' lor Heart Hop Ruler Oregon coeds will make their choice for King of Hearts today, so that he can reign over the Heart Hop Thursday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30. Besides the 27 original candi dates, the law school has entered the race, at the last minute, with their most “sophomoric" member, Herb "Dark Horse” Barbur. Voting will take place from 3:00 to 5:00 today in front of the Col lege Side, and only girls having tickets will be allowed to cast their ballots. The "Women’s living organizations (selling the most tickets will be giv en a prize of a $5 order for rec ords. Campus clothes, with the ex ception of wooden shoes, are in or der for the dance, which is spon sored by the sophomore commis sion of the YWCA. Besides “Herbie” Barbur, the other candidates and their respec tive houses are, Hugh Muir, Alpha hall; Ralph Dunn, ATO; Ralph Fuhrman, Beta; Jimmy Hafen brack, Campbell co-op; Blake Hirsch, Canard club; A1 Card, Chi Psi; A1 Soresen, DU; Jack Brown, Gamma hall. From Kappa Sigma there is Bert Hagen; Bill Skinner, Kirkwood co op; Jerry Winkler, Omega hall; George Olsen, Phi Delt; John Schaefers, Fiji; Bill Belfusa, Phi Psi; John Williams, Phi Sig; Vic Brown, Pi K; Steve Worth, Sherry Ross hall; Homer Thomas, SAE; Howard Fishel, Sammy; Chan Kil burn, Sigma Chi; John Crawford, Sigma hall; Jim Schiller, Sigma Nu; Bruce Bates, Sig Ep; Joe Wicks, Theta Chi; Bill Dyet, Yeo man; Don Shirley, Zeta hall; and Jim Maize from Delt. Portland Bankers Donate Scholarship Fourteen Portland businessmen have contributed $140 towards a scholarship donation for the 1941 42 school year. This scholarship, known as the Portland Bankers Association scholarship amounts to $250, awarded each year for four years to an outstanding student. This donation has been obtained chiefly through the efforts of Dean Conway, a former student at Ore gon. Further contributions will arrive soon to complete the neces sary sum. The contributors are: E. B. Mac Naughton, W. E. Keenan, Mac Wilkins, Dr. Otis B. Wight, Dean Vincent, John C. Veatch, Horace Necklem, Jank N. Barde, Dr. Burt Brown Baker, B. B. Beekman, Hen ry F. Cabell, O. B. Caldwell, Ar thur H. Devers, and A. A. Comire. Utopia We now have student voting. The rally squad program is out of its fix. God, What’ll I write my poems about If everything’s cleaned up in our | politics. —J.W.S.
