56th Year of Publication
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I NIVKKSITV' OK OKKOON, KKiKNE, HEDNESIJAV, APRIL 20, 1935
NO. 113
Students Vote in Primaries Today
Oppenheimer Speaks
To Overflow Crowd
By Kathleen Morrison
tnwiald Reporter
There are about two dozen ob
jects about aa elementary aa elec
tron* ami protons, J. Robert Op
penheimer said Tuesday night
in hla first Condon lecture, "The
Suhnuclear Zoo."
Explaining the material of
which atoms are built, he added
that there is not one of these
particles which cannot be
changed into another.
A crowd of approximately
2500 people filled both the Stu
dent Union ballroom and fish
bowl. The ballroom has a seat
ing capacity of 1100, according
Judge East to Give
Freedom Lecture
"Free Trial versus One Free
Press ’ will be the topic of the
weekly browsing room lecture
held tonight in the browsing
room of the Student Union. Cir
cuit Judge William G. Hast will
be fhe speaker.
East was recently recommend
ed by the United States Justice
department for a Judgeship in the
Portland federal distinct court.
This was the second time that
Hint had been recommended for
the post.
Long an out-spoken advocate
of the lawyer'* viewpoint on the
battle b«-tween the “robe and the
reporter.” East has spoken on
the subject several times, one of
the most recent being at the Ore
gon Broadcasters association
convention here the first of April.
Discussion leader for the 7:30
p.m. talk will be Dr. Charles G.
Howard, professor of law.
i *o St Rlllngson, Union director.
The speech was heard via the
public-address system in the fish
bowl and downstairs area.
Rule* Never Change
Some of the rules governing
the action of subnuclear particles
never change, or change only
partially, he said. These rules
are called invariants. The most
common example of this is the
concept of electric charge.
The two most elementary parts
of the nucleus are protons and
neutrons, Oppenheimer said. The
neutron will inevitably change
(Into a proton and an electron,
and a proton can be changed into
a neutron and a positive electron
; or positron.
Before 1932, nuclear phyaics
was not complicated, he said.
This was because the scientists
didn't know enough. Atomic
theories were generally of New
ton's theories and laws of elec
tromagnetics.
Two Theories Discovered
Two new theories brought
about the development of nuclear
physics as it is today, Oppen
heimer said. One of these was the
theory of relativity, which ex
plained the relationship of mass
and energy in respect to relative
time and motion.
The second was Plank's con
stant, which tells the relation of
energy content and wave fre
quency. "This theory explains
1 most of physics and all of chem
istry," he said.
Both of these concepts must
be used to understand any atomic
theory, he said.
Since many atomic particles
exist for only a small fraction of
a second, their discovery was not
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Essay Deadline
Today at 5 P.M.
Today at 5 p.m. has been set
as the deadline for submission
of entries in the ASUO-Senate
sponsored essay contest on stu
dent government. Entries may
be turned in to the ASUO office
SU Board to Meet
ASUO Candidates
The .Student Union hoard
will meet today at 4 p.m. Items
on the agenda include:
0 Discussion of the policy
on solicitation in the Student
Union.
^ Interview of Lucia Knep
per and I)lck Gray for posi
tions as junior members at
large.
0 Interview of Lolly Quack
enbush for sophomore member
at large.
0 Discussion of University
Singers home concert.
0 Reports on directorate
petitioning.
0 Discussion of Student Un
ion passes.
on the third floor of the Student
Union.
The winning entry in the con
test will be awarded $20, with
prizes of $10 and $5 to be given
the second and third place win
ners.
A part of the Senate's public
relations program to create an
interest in student government,
the contest subject is "The Role
of Student Government on the
University of Oregon Campus.”
The winning entries will be
selected by three faculty mera
' bers of the Senate: Donald L» -
Shane, director of student af
fairs: R. D. Horn, professor of
English, and Victor P. Morris,
dean of the school of business ad
ministration.
All students regularly en
rolled in the University are elig
ible to enter the contest. The
entries should be from 1000 to
5000 words in length, typewrit
ten, double spaced, and on one
side of the papers.
The first place entry will be
printed in the Emerald, accord
ing to John Whitty, contest
chairman.
TryoutTimes,
Finalists Told
The five women * houses whose
skits will appear in the WUS
vodvil show Friday night will be
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa
Alpha Theta, Chi Omega, Pi Beta
Phi and Delta Delta Delta, ac
cording to Darlene Deland, pub
licity chairman.
Themes for the winning houses
were, in the same order, "Alex
ander's Ragtime Band," "Slaugh
ter on Tenth Avenue,” ‘Tf 1 Were
A. Millionaire,” “Oregon's Way
With Women" and “1 Wish."
Tryout times for men's
houses, as announced by co
chairmen Helen Johnson and
Chuck Wingard, will be tonight
in the Student Union at the fol
lowing times:
Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, Sigma Nu and Sigma
Chi. 6:30; Beta Theta Pi, 6i40;
Chi Psi, 6:50; Delta Tau Delta,
7; Phi Delta Theta, 7:10.
Phi Gamma Delta, 7:20; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, 7:30; Phi Sigma
Kappa, 7:40; Phi Kappa Sigma.
7:50; Campbell club, 8; French
hall, 8:10; Delta Upsilon, 8:20;
Damvbda Chi Alpha, 8:30: Theta
Cbi, 8:40, and Phi Kappa Psi,
8:50.
OSC Barometer
Attacks Election
Campus elections have pro
duced more than a few new of
ficers at Oregon State this
spring.
The Barometer, student news
paper at OSC, has taken a stand
against the student body elec
tions committee because of the
committee’s unwillingness to re
veal the numerical returns in the
student primary elections.
The campus primaries were
held last Wednesday and when
the Barometer asked the com
mittee for the numerical re
sults they were refused by the
committee on the grounds that
the numerical results would
"publicly embarrass the losing
candidates.’’
The Barometer staff, not ap
proving of this policy, compiled
some unofficial returns by con
tacting the individual candidates
who were informed of the numer
ical returns. The paper printed
its findings in its April 16 edition
and also attacked the committee
editorially.
In its editorial the Barometer
said, "Is Oregon State college
such an incubator that wc have
to protect student politicians
from getting hurt even though
in real life elections they know
very well that their votes will
reach the public eye along with
those of other candidates.”
The editorial went on to say
that, "We think it would make
a better election if these people
were publicly embarrassed, and
thought twice about running for
office.”
Fifty-Five Candidates
Compete in Election
By Bob Robinson
Fmerald At«i«t*nt N«w> Editor
The hours of waiting are al
most over for 55 candidates in
the ASUO primary elections. The
reason today is election day!
By late tonight or early Wed
nesday all candidates will know
; whether or not they have been
I eliminated from the running or
will remain in contention in the
all-campus general election.
May 4.
The voting booths officially
opened at 8 this morning and
will remain in operation until 6
tonight. There are eight booths,
all located at convenient places
on campus to facilitate case in
i voting.
Kight Booths
The booth locations are Fen
ton hall, Friendly hall, the Men's
pool Commonwealth hall, the
Student Union, the library quad,
the Co-op and the area between
Straub and Gerlinger halls.
All students can vote for ASUO
officers, marking their* ballots
according to preference (X. 2, 3,
4, 5, etc.). Freshmen, sophomores
and juniors then can vote for
'class officers next year in the
section indicated by a number
circled with red pencil.
After finishing wnth the ballot
i marking, voters should fold both
the ballot they have marked and
the blank one and turn them in
Skull and Dagger
Calls for Petitions
Skull and Dagger petitions for
next year's members are due to
■■ day at 5 p.m., according to Presi
dent Doug Basham.
Pictures are needed with the
petitions. Any freshmen may pe
tition. __
Petitions may be turned in to
i Skull and Dagger members or
put in the petition box on the
third floor of the Student Union.
to the poll clerk, being sure to
specify to the clerk just which
ballot is the marked one.
1 IS
Candidates in the UIS primary
arc:
ASUO president- Sam Vahey.
Senator-at-large Mary Claire
Allen, Bob Biggs, Dick Frear,
Dorothy Her, Susan Lamb, David
Lobb, Richard McDaniel, Chuck
Mitehelmore, Kathy Morrison
and Roger Sommer.
Senior class president — Kip
Wharton.
Senior class representative—■
Sam Frear.
Junior class president — Carl
Groth.
Junior class representative—
Beverly Bellarts, Charlsie Park
er and Joanne Reed.
Sophomore class president —
Dale Bajema.
Sophomore class representa
tive- Doris Allen and Samuel
Whitney.
AGS
On the AGS ticket the follow
ing arc candidates:
ASUO president—Bud Hink
son.
Senator-at-large—Louie Blue,
Brian Booth, Darrel Brittsan,
Travis Cavena, Walt Ching, Ann
Enckson, Nan Hagedom, Bill
Hardin, Bob Kubes, Linda Lundy,
Marcia Mauney. Bill Moore, Jer
ry Pool, Anne Ritchey and Rob
Roy.
Senior class president— Martin
Branaenfels, Bob McCracken and
Ev Stiles.
Senior class representative —
Patty Fagan ami Bob Maier.
Junior class president Doug
Basham and Barkey Herman.
Junior class representative —
Molly Carr and Sally Jo Greig.
Sophomore class president —
Jim Lynch, Jim Perry, John Ra
ventos and Gordon Summers.
Sophomore class representa
tive— Dick Allen, Elliot Carlson,
Betty Herrman, Jim Hilands,
Shirley Pamienter and Richard
Urie.
All-Campus Vote
Will Decide Court
Five junior girls will be elected
j to the Junior Weekend Court
; tomorrow. Voting will be done
throughout the day at the Stu
dent Union and the Co-op. The
Court will be announced during
the intermission at the Vodvil
Friday night.
Students must present student
body cards to vote. The final
voting for queen will take place
later.
The final six candidates for
Junior Weekend Queen are:
Phyllis Pearson
Phyllis Pearson, sponsored by
Alpha Chi Omega, Beta Theta
Pi, Carson 3 and Lambda Chi
Alpha, is from Portland. Miss
Pearson is majoring in element
ary education, and is a member
of Phi Theta Upsilon. secretary
of the Student Union Board, and
: president of her sorority.
Jackie Robertson
Jackie Robertson, put tip by
Phi Kappa Sigma and Pi Beta Phi
j is from Portland, also. Miss Rob
| ertson is majoring in elementary
| education, and has served on the
Bon Marche college board. She
. was also co-chairman of housing
of Dad's Weekend and pledge ad
viser for her sorority.
Jean Singleton
Jean Singleton, sponsored by
I Alpha Omicron Pi, is from Bak
ersfield, Calif. Miss Singleton is
majoring in business administra
tion. She transferred from San
Jose State this year, and has
been active in Amphibians and
the Student Union dance com
mittee.
Sue Smyth
Sue Smyth, Delta Gamma,
claims Portland as her home
town. Miss Smyth is a history
major, and has been active in the
YWCA, serving as Junior Ad
viser and on the cabinet. She is
also secretary of her sorority.
Gail West
Gail West, nominated by Al
pha Delta Pi, is also from Port
land. Miss West ia majoring in
elementary education. She is
vice-president of Phi Theta Up
silon, president of heads of
houses, and chairman of the
WUS drive.
Barbara Wilcox
Barbara Wilcox, sponsored by
Sigma Kappa, Susan Campbell
and Theta Chi, is from Riddle,
Oregon. Miss Wilcox is an ad
vertising major and is chairman
of the Bon Marche college board.
She is also a member of Phi
Theta Upsilon, and co-chairman
of promotion for Junior Week
end.