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U. OF 0. LIBRARY CAMPUS .Vt*? - EDITS: Tiger Payne Worries About His Salary VOLUME XLII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1941 NUMBER 82 ASUO Elections Open to All DOSE OF SOCIOLOGY... < Board to Present 'The City’ Today Educational Movie Contrasts Systematic Building Program With Haphazard One; Four Shows This Evening in Chapman By MILDRED WILSON Hailed by critics as one of the best documentary films, because of both planning and photography, that has been recently produced, "The City" will be shown free of charge today, to all University students. Presented in the movie room (207> of Chapman hall four times this afternoon and evening, the main feature will be accompanieid by a supplementary film "The River." Times for the movies are: 3:15; 4:30, 7:15 and 8:30. f Shows All According to Frank S. Nugent, well-known cinema critic for the New York Times, “ ‘The City' is one you should not miss. Excellent as a documentary, with graphic de piction of planless squalor and planned comfort. It contains one of the most bitterly hilarious se quences of the year. Perfect, the complete answer to what New York is like.” Brilliantly proving the possibil ities of movies as a medium of reportage, the documentary film is now recognized as an increasingly popular entertainment item. Both of these films have received ex ceptionally high praise from crit ics and are considered the best pro ducts of this type produced to date. Co-Feature As a sequel to "The Plow That Broke the Plains," striking views of the Mississippi valley rehab ilitation work will be presented in "The River,” which will be co featured on the program. Showing brief glimpses of the type of pro ducts transported by the river— cotton, lumber, coal and agricul tural products of all kinds—the picture also points out the damage that follows a rampage of ol' man river. The films, both of which were directed by Pare Lorentz, are com plete with a beautiful musical set ting and will last approximately an hour and a quarter. The educational activities board, sponsoring the program, particul arly requests that students remem ber their activities cards which will 4 be required for admisison to the show. Admission for others in terested is 20c. I HEAR MUSIC... Delta Gams Take First at Musical Gamma Phis Finish In Second Place; Pi Beta Phi Third Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, and Pi Beta Phi are the respective first, second, and third place win f ners of the women’s houses that took part in the first round of elimination of the all-campus sing contest Saturday morning. Each house sang two numbers. Delta Gamma sang its sweetheart song and Cole Porter’s “All the Things You Are;” Gamma PhiBeta, “Capprice Viennois” by Fritz Kreisler, and “Pigger’s Serenade” by Fred Beardsley, Oregon stu dent; and Pi Beta Phi, “Two Hearts Beat in Waltz Time,” and “Along the Millrace” by another Oregon student, Bernie Somers. A $75 prize will go to the house which is judged best by Miss Maude Garnett, assistant profes sor of public school music, and Madame Rose E. McGrew, and Hal ford Young, professors of voice, at the finals to take place later in the term. p Choruses from the men's living organizations will sing in the mu sic school auditorium Saturday, February 22. Their schedule will be in the Emerald this week. Forty-Five Students Take Geology Trip To Bonanza Mine Forty-five students, under the supervision of Dr. W. D. Smith, head of the geography and geology departments, took an all day field trip Monday to the Bonanza quicksilver mine. This mine is the largest of its kind in the United States and its up-to-the minute equipment and method of operation proved to be of great interest. The group was permitted to en ter several of the numerous tun nels and witness the actual process of quicksilver mining as it is car ried on in the richest producer in the country. OH, GEE! TO BE IN COMPANY G! Photo by Jimmie Leonard No more than a “yardbinl” in this picture, one of these candidates for Little Colonel is going to receive promotions in record-breaking quantities, for she will be elected to that rank at Scabbard and Blad e’s annual Military Ball, Saturday night, February 22, in McArthur court. Displayed before ROTO Company G, the coeds are given their first opportunity to check up oil the military. In the picture are, first row (left to right): Joe Rieg, Fred Ehlers, captain of Company G and Military Ball chairman, Peggy Lou Doxsee, Margaret Childs, Patricia Wright, Betty Walls, Maxine Hansen, Aida Brun, Josephin e Gordon, Mary McAdam, Dorothy Lynd, and Jonelle Melvin. In the second row (from left) are Jane Huston, Winifred Green, Patricia Howard, Jeanette Gordon, Margery Williams, Barbara Neil, Frances Cox, Betty Lou Brugman, Anita Baekberg, and Harriet Minturn. i WEEDING OUT... Executive Committee Plans to Pick Leader For New Rally Squad Payne Calls for Petitions for Chairman By 11 a.m. Today; Selection Will Be Made From Applications, Personal Interviews A leader to head Oregon’s new streamlined rally setup will be picked from applicants for the position by the ASUO executive committee at 11 o’clock this morning. All persons interested in the positions must file applications with the ASUO office in McArthur by 11 today. The selection will be made from the applications after each appli cant is interviewed at the ^meet ing. Only those applying for the position of chairman should be present at the meeting today, “Tiger” Payne, ASUO Prexy, an nounced last night. Applications for the other 'posi tions on the committee will be ac cepted by the ASUO office any time before the deadline of Wed nesday at 5 o’clock. The selection of the rest of the committee of 11 will be made from these applica tions after scholastic eleigibility and qualifications for th epositions have been determined, Payne said. The remaining positions on the committee to be fil’ed wi'l be for one senior woman, two junior men, two junior women, three sopoho more men and three sophomore women. One of these will be appointed treasurer of the rally committee in accordance with the new rally committee plan adopted by the executive committee last week. Music Instructors Plan Recital Tonight The first faculty concert of win ter term, dedicated to Paderewski in memory of his debut in the United States 50 years ago this week, will attract music lovers to the music auditorium tonight at 8:15 when a piano program of classical and romantic composi tions will be played by Aurora Potter Underwood. Mrs, Underwood’s program will include groups by Chopin and Brahms, selections by Liszt, Scria bine, Johansen, and Saint-Saens. A special feature will ' be perform ance of Paderewski’s “Cracovienne Fantastique.” The concert will be the first of two to be given as part of the Uni versity’s observance of Paderewski week, which is being held through out the nation from February 15 to 22. The other will be Thursday night when the University sym SPECIFICATIONS f 'Little Colonel'Panel Of 21 Women Packed With 115-lb. Brunettes Oregon’s typical “Little Colonel” aspirant has brown hair, tips the scales at 115’£ pounds, and is definitely opposed to entering the Europ ean war. Such non-military attributes were revealed in a composite interview last night from Oregon's 21 nominees for Scabbard and Blade’s “Little Colonel" to rule over the Military Ball Saturday night. Average Candidates average a petite five feet four inches in height and sev ADVICE TO THE LOVE-LORN... Houses to Hear Chats Tonight on Marriage Students will gather tonight by firesides of several living organ izations, for informal discussions of love and marriage under the leadership of members of the fac ulty and other invited speakers. These discussion groups are a climax to the series of lectures given by Dr. J. Hudson Ballard and Dr. Jessie Laird Brodie who spoke on the psychological and physio logical aspects of love and mar riage here recently. The names of discussion leaders, the groups they will conduct, and the organizations where they will be guests are: Dean Karl W. On thank, Chi Psi and Beta Theta Pi at the Chi Psi house; Rev. Williston Wirt, all men’s dorms at the dorms. Porter Leads Dr. L. S. Porter, Pi Phi, Alpha Chi Omega, and Kappa Kappa Gamma at the Pi Phi house; L. Bartlen, Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Chi Omega at the Theta house; Mrs. Mary B. Farr, Delta Gamma, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Delta Pi, and Sigma Kappa at the DG house. Dr. P. A. Parsons, Phi Sigma Kappa, Delta Upsilon, and Sigma Chi at the Sigma Chi house; Dr. L. S. Bee, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Fiji, and Pi Kappa Alpha at the SAE house; Professor W. A. Dahl berg, Detla Tau Delta, Alpha Tau Omega, and Sigma Alpha Mu at the Delt house; Hoyt Trowbridge, Phi Delta Theta, Canard club, and Campbell co-op at the Phi Delt house. Morris Leads Dean Victor P. Morris, Sigma Nu and Kappa Sigma at the Sigma Nu house; Dr. Robert Leeper, Phi Psi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Kirk- j wood co-op at the SPE house; Dr. R. R. Huestis, Tri Delt, Highland house, and University house at the Tri Delt house; Dean Hazel P. Schwering, Gamma Phi Beta, Al pha Phi, and Hilyard house at the Gamma Phi house; Mrs. J. D. Bry ant, Hendricks hall, Susan Camp fce'l, and Zeta Tau Alpha at Hend ricks. Graduates to Face Preliminary Tests Five graduate students in Eng lish will take qualifying examina tions Saturday, February 2V, in Villard. ' The students must demonstrate, by passing the examination, the thoroughness of their previous preparation and their ability to do work of a graduate character be fore admission to candidacy for an advanced degree is granted. eral coylv refused to give exact weights. “Wo wouldn't say, really,” thev laughed. “Brownettes" dominate the field among the candidates. Two blondes and two redheads are exceptions. One for War Only one “private” favored en tering the war on England's side, “with reservations.” The rest were emphatically opposed. The “Little Colonel” will be chosen by balloting at the Military ball Saturday night. To the queen will go a white cape and the eag'e symbolic of her rank, to the two majors will go capes and maple leaves. The two captains will re ceive capes and bars. All tickets for the dance will be called in Wednesday afternoon, according to Fred Ehlers, general chairman of the ball. Foreign Food Group To Make Chow Mein Chow mein will be served at 6 o’clock Wednesday evening by the foreign foods group at the home of Mrs. E. E. De Cou, executive secretary of the YWCA, at 929 Hilyard street. Student Union No. 3 Unless they build a Union building They won’t be able to contrive To find a place that’s big enough To hold a student union drive. —J.W.S. I Union Bill Progressing Byrne Encourages “The student union bill is progressing in the state legislature much faster than any of us had expected,” said Dr. C. D. Byrne, secretary of the state board of higher education, pausing momentarily his rush of acitivities, all of which arc directed toward getting the bill in shape for passage by the senate. The bill as it stands, authorizes a bond issue of $250,000 for a student union building. This makes it possible to retire the bonded indebted ness over a 25-year period with a maximum interest rate set at 4 per cent. This is the rate set by the bill, but present money market con ditions make it probable that a lower interest rate of 3 per cent could be secured, according to Dr. Byrne. Kate Per Year At current interest rates it would require about $15,000 in interest and principal retirement a year to pay off the bonded indebtedness within the prescribed time-limit. But the burning issue today is not where this money is to come from. This question can be worked out later. The real problem now is to get this “permissive bill" passed. Once the bill is passed by the legislature, the committee in charge can w’ork out ways and means of carrying out the project. University officials, when they feel it is advisable, may then present to the board of higher education a pro gram for bond issuance. Sources Listed The bill is broadly written so that athletic revenues, concert pro ceeds, rentals from the Phi Gamma Delta house and the book store, concessions in the union building, and unpledged portions of the student building fund can be used. The two sources of revenue which cannot be touched for student union are student fees and state appro priations. Of course, it may be unneccesary to use all these means of money raising, but Dr. Byrne stresses the fact that the real thing to work for now is the passage of the “permissive bill.” Later on, when permission to float the bonds has been granted, there will be- time enough to work out the “how” angle. With Dr. Byrne working steadily to get the bill in legal form ready for passage, it is probable that it will be up for discussion and vote by the senate about the middle of this week. From there it will go to the house where, unless it meets with unexpected resistance, it will become law. SINGTIME fiurness Names Frosh Glee Date Big Band May Play; Young Is Chairman Of Main Committee The date for the Frosh Glee, sponsored annually by the fresh man class, has been set tentatively as April 5, according- to Jim Dur ness, president of the official fresh man class. This date, however, is subject to change if needed to accomodate a big name orchestra. The main committee for the dance was announced yesterday by Burness. Og Young will act as general chairman and Ted Hal lock will be in charge of arrange ments for securing an orchestra. Other committee appointments will be made at a “later date.” "We plan to get this thing roll ing right away,” said Burness. “We’ve been working on it all v.’inter and from all indications it will be possible to get a big name orchestra.” Late permisison will be granted for this first major social func tion of the new term. It has not yet been announced whether 12:30 to 1 o’clock will be closing time. Film Times Listed Times for the educational film to be shown in the theater ] room of Chapman hall (207) to day are as follows: 3:15 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:15 p.m., and 8:30 p.m. Students must bring their activity cards with them for free adminission. Picnic Weather Annoys Inmates Of Bug Bali wick With such lovely picnic wea ther outside, isn’t it a shame that there are so many people sitting home at the infirmary wishing . . . The infirmary is better than the Side to go visiting these days . . . although the nurses are getting awfully tired of hav ing to put down their work and try to quiet down the halls a bit. After all there ARE some people who are sick. Who? Allan Powers, Janice DeVore, Gertrude Hoke, Joyce Hansen, Ann Gardner, Stephanie Peter son, Joan Cross, Phyllis Dube, Fred Hill, Cris Lundseth, Amos Jahn, Nelson Sandgren, Gil Git ner, Russ Rohwer. Ricky Gra benhorst, Burr Monrad, Paul Bolton, Steve Bush, Charles Rowe, Hugh Muir, Maurice Solo maon, Fred Timmen, and Bill Norene. Facts on Tobacco Awaiting Webfoots At Emerald Office Oregon students may obtain a free 42-page illustrated booklet on America's tobacco industry by ap plying at the Oregon Daily Em rald business office in the jour nalism building or by writing to Liggett & Myers Tobacco com pany, 630 Fifth avenue, New York, N. Y. Entitled ‘‘Tobaccoland, U.S.A.,” the booklet contains over 100 large photographs depicting tobacco farming and cigarette manufac turing. Ideas, Ideals-Inspirations UO Students Build 'Dream Union1 By BOB FRAZIER Oregon students want a dance hall, an auditorium, committee rooms, and a lounge in the pro posed student union building ac cording to a campus poll conduct ed Monday among students chosen at random. Following are some of the com ments made by the students ap proached and asked, “What would you like to see in the proposed stu dent union building for the Uni versity campus?” Norma Evans: Better ballroom than the Igloo or Gerlinger. Com mittee rooms. Places to send tele grams. Bob Rogers: The city of Eugene ought to be cut in on it somehow. They need an auditorium very badly. Look at all the townspeople who come to our Greater Artists series. Whitson Cox: Auditorium. Rec reational facilities, billiard tables, and the like. Phyllis Foster: Something in place of the Igloo to dance in. Big enough for all to go, so it won’t be like the Oregon State M. U. Place for Greater Artists seris and all. Some sort of tea room. Steve Worth: Cocktail bar and davenports. That reminds me of a joke. (Joke deleted.) Ken Harquail: A lot of space for student activities. Juke boxes. Place for private jam sessions. Coke bar. In General Ed Bydell: Oregon State has a very nice one. Place to dance. Commissary of some sort. Loung ing rooms. Frances Oram: Have to have a' dance hall, and place for assem blies. June Harrell: Place for Greater Artists Series and lectures. Betty Nims: Student body of fices. Big dance hall, and let’s have a study room just to offset all this. Mary Jane Quinn: Ping Pong, lounge. Morse Rules Committee Act Constitutional Executives Given Power to Amend Student By-Laws All regularly registered under graduates at the University may vote in ASUO elections this spring, it was definitely decided Monday. Law School Dean Wayne L. Morse, chairman of the ASUO judiciary committee, ruled that action taken in this direction by the Executive committee last week was consti tutional. “The Executive committee has power to amend the by-laws of the Association provided the given by law adopted by the Executive com mittee does not infringe on con stitutional guarantees,” the dean ruled. No Record Action giving the franchise to all students was reputedly passed last spring by the Executive com mittee, but no official record of it is available, since the minutes for that meeting of the group were apparently not turned in to the ed ucational activities office. Only record of such action is an article that appeared in the following day’s Emerald. Once More To clear up the dispute over last spring’s decision, the committee passed the same measure again at their meeting las Tuesday. To prevent possible disputes on the constitutionality of the meas ure from arising later, John Cav anagh, first vice-president of the ASUO, entered a petition for hear ing to the dean’s office. It is understood that this meas ure will allow all regularly regis tered undergraduates to vote with out payment of special fees for the privilege. DOUGH RISES ... Majority Class To Help Union Council Resolves To Turn Over 25 Per Cent of Profits Twenty-five per cent of all prof its from activities of the majority class of 1944 will be turned over to student union funds to be used at the discretion of student union committees, members of the freshman six-man council decided last night at their first meeting since their election last Wednes day. A rsolution was adopted urging all freshmen to contribute co-op receipts to student union funds. Speech Instructor Marvin Krenk was appointed official adviser in a temporary capacity since the in ception of the group early in Jan uary. Counciimen are: Chuck Wood ruff, chairman; Uly Dorais, vice chairman; Beverly Padgham, sec retary; Bill Moshofsky, Dick Shel ton, and Grace Babbitt. An activity program will be pre sented at the group’s next meeting Friday at 4 p.m. at the Side. Movie on Ainu Life To Play Wednesday “Ainu Life,” a film showing the customs of the inhabitants of the northern Japanese islands, will be presented Wednesday, February 19, at 8 p.m. in 207 Chapman hall. Sponsored by the anthropology department, the film is open to students and townspeople. The showing is free and will last for about an hour.