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While on Your Vacation hATe The Oregon Statesman mailed to you. Phone COO. EIGHTIETH YEAR v."" FOUNDED 1631 WEATHER Fair today and Moixlr . ; warmer; humidity lower -day; cooler .Monday. Ms-v. temp. Saturday SO; min. 38: river 0. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, June 15, 1930 Mrnn im nnr BLBINS;IBI ISKS-RBHHL Newspaper Manuf act u r ed Case Out of Whole Cloth, Claimed Board of Control Decides Horticultural Board Mem ber Will Stay If there are any fruit growers In Oregon who believe that the horticultural industry was damag ed by an alleged statement ol H S. Merriani of Goshen, member of the state horticultural board, that a "mysterious'' fruit pest had been discovered in western Ore gon, they failed to appear and give testimony before the state board of control here Saturday. Virtually all of the testimony offered by the several witnesses was favorable to Merriara, and in dicated that the attack was inspir ed by the Capital Journal with a view of "getting even," and not by the fruitgrowers. Merriam's gtatemeuArfcgartiing the "myster ious disease," was alleged to nave been made at a hearing held here recently to consider charges pre ferred against S. H. Van Trump, Marion county fruit inspector. After considering the testimony the board of control went into ex ecutive session, and later an nounced that Mr. MeTriam would be retained as a member of the state horticultural board. He pre- - viously had submitted his resig nation, with the understanding that he would remain on the board if such was the desire of the board of control. Itoesn't Recall Rash Statement R. J. Glatt, prominent fruit grower and affiliated with the Woodburn Fruitgrowers associa tion, testified that he attended the Van Trump hearing, at which Merriam was quoted as referring to the "mysterious disease." Glatt said he recalled Merri am's statement, bat gave It only passing attention at the time. He alleged that Merriam made no definite statement as to the local ity or identity of the disease, but that his remarks apparently were intended to emphasize the neces sity of frequent and thorough fruit inspections by county Jruit Inspectors. Glatt charged that newspaper cent out distorted stories in con nection with Merriam's state ment, and that these did not give the facts. John W. Ramage and H. F Butterfleld, also of Woodburn, gave testimony similar to that of fered by Mr. Glatt. Butterfield declared that Merriam made no reference to injury of a million dollar Industry. I ..aw Enforcement Claim Is Upheld William A. Aird of Oregon City, member of the state board of hor ticulture, said that there recently was discovered in Oregon what is known as "strawberry yellow." (Turn to page 2. eol. 2) Win Audition Contest Here 3 ft if j fy tsgh Mi.Ni Josephine Albert and Wen dell Robinson, winners or tne Atwater-Kent audition contest Vwl,l lirm Vrdnendav nleht. They will compete in the etat contest at Portland In tne iaii. MIDWEST ILIW1 TOIL IS 6 LONG ILLNESS IS ENDED FOR DR.flFFiffl Noted Alienist. Assistant Head of State Hospi tal, Dies Here Served Faithfully at State Institution 39 Years; Widely Honored (By the Associated Press) Six dead, about 60 reported ser iously injured, 150 bruised or cut and property damage estimated at more than $1,000,000 were the tolls of a series of tornadoes which lashed eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin late Fri day. Five of the dead were in Wis consin near Mf-nomonie where the storm skirted the northern part of the. city and ripped through the surrounding countryside. The other death was at Randolph, Minn., where 40 families were made homeless. Dr. Lewis Frank Griffith, re cognized as one of the leading alienists and psychiatrists in the United States, passed away at 5:35 o'clock yesterday evening at his home here. Dr. Griffith, who had bee seriously ill " for several months and whose death has seemed imminent more than once in that period, died peacefully, being unconscious the last few Jipurs. His immediate family and a sister, Mrs. Helen Giese of Port land, were with him when death stretched forth Ub sand. Lewis Frank Griffith was born Jnne 3, 18S, on the old Griffith homestead 12 miles east of Salem ih the Waldo hills. He was the son of Lewis C. and Susan Mar garet Grififth, early Oregon pion eers. His first schooling was in the little country school of his district, but he entered the Salem schools while still in the element ary grades. Later he was gradu ated from Willamette university and after that he taught school for a time in the Eldriedge school in Mission Bottom. Devotion to Duty Outstanding Trait Following his teaching exper ience he attended medical col lege at . KnoxVille university, Tenn. and was graduated from that institution with high honors. He was married 34 years ago to Julia Metschan, daughter of Phil Metschan, Sr., then state treasur er for Oregon. She survives him. Upon returning to Salem from his medical studies 39 years ago, Dr. Griffith became connected with the staff of the Oregon state hospital for the insane, with which he had been connected ever since. For nearly a quarter of a century he served as assistant superintendent. - For over 25 years he served at the hospital without a vacation, being thoroughly devoted to his work for the wards ef thaAOsplt- i and it was largely due, his associates say, to bis constant at tention to duty that his physical eakdown came. For a few years Dr. Griffith served as acting superintendent of the institution when Superin tendent R. E. Lee Steiner was transferred to take temporary charge of the state penitentiary. Dr. Griffith served as president of the Illahee country clnb, was for many years a member of the (Turn to page 2, col. 7) fQQGfn liGis Dr. Howarth Is' Honored Ferry Accident Fatal Lumber Market Jolted Milk Inspectors Meet MAXY HEAD MOVEMENT PORTLAND. Ore.. June 14. (AP) Dr. A. L. Howarth, super intendent of the Portland district of the Methodist Episcopal church, his 1een invited to become na tional director of a movement to reorganize Methodist college and hospital work among negroes. He cannot accept the invitation, how ever, without the permission of the Oregon annual conference, which is to be held at Astoria on June 24 to 29. DRIVER DROWNS LONGVIEW, Wash., June 14. (AP) J. R. Stuart of Port land, Ore., secretary of the American Laundry company, drove his car off the old ferry slip here tonight and waa drowned. Judge R. McClung. who was riding with Stuart, leaped from the machine to safety just as it was about to topple into the river. TIK OUTPUT -STOPS EUGENE, Ore., June 14. (AP) The local lumber industry received tH hardest Jolt of the year this weekend with the closing of the market for railroad ties, which constituted the chief out put of the smaller mills. A fourth of the mills shut down Saturday. The shutdown was occasioned by word received Wednesday from the Southern Pacific that it could take no shipments of ties nntil after July 1 as so many shipments have been received that the yards are congested. Lumbermen here regard ihc sit uation as temporary and are look ing forward to a re-opening of the mills within a few weeks. COPSON HEADS GROUP. ' CORVALLIS, Ore., Jun& 14. (AP) The Oregon Patr- and Milk Inspectors' association was formed here today by about 40 representatives from many sec tions of the state who were gath ered at Oregon State college. G. V. Copson. Corvallia city milk' Inspector, was elected presi dent; J. R. Jennings. Portland, rice president; and J. H. TulL marketing specialist of the Ore goo State college extension serv ice, was named secretary. The purpose of the organisa tion is to establish a more uni form and intelligent milk inspec tion throughout the state, the members said. Recommendations may also be made for future state or local legislation. PENDLETON FLOODED, PENDLETON, Ore.. June 14. (APf Breaking of a . 24-inch water main flooded part of the business district for a short time here this afternoon Several base ments were flooded. VETERAN PROF DIES EUGENE. Ore.. June 14. (AP) J. M. Emery. 5, one of the first members of the faculty of Oregon State college. Corvallls. died here tonight. He Is survived by his widow and six children. Emery was a teacher at the Methodist college at Corvallis when It became Oregon State col lege and be remained with the in stitution 15 years more. In 1915 he came to Eugene to make bis home. FAILING PRIZE WON EUGENE. Ore., June 14. (AP) Twenty-seven years aft er her mother Won the same prize, Margaret Edmundson, daughter of Mrs. Ella T. Edmundson. Eugene, has kwn awarded first nrize In the annual Falling-Beekman ora torical contest at tne university of Oregon. The prize, $150, is given by the late Henry K. au- ing of Portland. FUGITIVE SHOT PORTLAND, Ore., Jnne 14. (AP) Wlllard Barger, 21, was shot in the left leg tonight, wnue attempting to escape from Detect ives Heckman and MacDonaia. who had arrested him on a for gery charge. His wound Is not considered serious. ON.TO-OREGON MEETS PORTLAND, Ore.. June 14. (AP) A meeting of the advisory council on On-To-Oregon, Inc., has been called for next Friday by O. W.Mielke. president. Prog ress and plans of the association will he discussed. Mielke said today that more than one third of the IZdU.OOU fund which has been set for the annual qaota for advertising Ore gon, has already been subscribed. Oil Compendia War And Motorists Reap Benefit, Cheap Gas Motorists here were Jing ling extra coins im their pockets late yesterday, thanks -to a gas war that broke ont of an apparently clear sky. Gasoline dropped from 23 cents 4 gallon to 20 cents at most stations, al though It wan said that a few stations were selling as low as 18 cents, j Credit for the present gas inr is not 4ae the service stations, prominent owners said last night, but rather to a conflict among the gas companies themselves. WILLAMETTE GBADS AT Mill BANQUET LONG LABORS UPON TARIFF BILL ENDED WASHINGTON, June 14. (AP) Congress completed Its lengthy labors on the Hawley Smoot tariff bill today when the house, with a wild outburst of cheering, put its final stamp of approval on the document by 222 to 153 and placed upon the shoul ders of President Hoover the ques tion whether it shall become law. There was no doubt in the minds of administration leaders In both houses tonight that the president would affix his signature to the bill, probably next week, after he had studied its complex provisions and obtained counsel of experts and interested federal depart ments. I believe the president will sign it," commented Rep. Hawley of Oregon, chairman of the ways and means committee, co-author of the first tariff legislation in eight years. One Represents Class of 50 Years Ago, Four From 1905 Group One member of the class of 1880 and four from the class of 1905 were honor guests at the annual banquet of the alumni as sociation of Willamette univer sity held Saturday on the campus. The banquet was planned to espe cially honor the graduates of 50 and 25 years ago, and arrange ments were chiefly in the hands of Lestle J. Sparks, alumni sec retary, i The lone member of the class of '80 was Mrs, Dorcas Johns Neal of Alona, Oregon. Four of the six graduates of the class of 1905, Lila Swaffbrd Moser, Te- nino, Washington;; Edgar F. Aver- ill. Portland ; Engene Whipple, Vancouver, Washington; and Bur gess Ford, Gooding, Idaho, were back to renew acquaintance with the new and the old alumni. Averlll is the outgoing president of the association' and is succeed ed by Robert C. fNotson, one of the younger members of the or ganization. Other officers elected were, first vice president, W. T. Rigby, '89, Salem; second vice president. Miss L. Heist. Salem; third vice president. Miss Metta Walker, Portland ; and secretary-treasur er, Lestle J. Sparks. Additional members to the i executive com mittee are Leila Johnson, '19, Sa lem; and Tinkham Gilbert, '18, Salem. Judge Arlie G. Walker, McMInnvIlle, a t graduate of the, class of 1918. and J. O Stearns, '12, Portland, were re elected to the board of trustees to serve until 1933. Ed. Averill presided as toast- master at the affair and many of the alumni spoke during the eve ning. Principal among the speeches, however-, were those by President Doney, It. J. Hendricks, and Coach Spec Keene. The lat ter was greeted with resounding applause from the guests. The traditional commencement song "Farewell Willamette," was sung by Lillian Scott, member of the graduating class. The earliest class represented was that of 1873, and Mrs. V. W Ohmart of Salem, was the lone member present. - Other old tim ers were, Mrs. Wallace Denton, 1890, Salem; Mrs. Jessie D. Al bert, 1888. Salem: C. F. McPher son 1898, Portland; Mrs. Edith Bagley, 1897, Salem; I. H. Van Winkle, 1898, Salem; O. A. White, 1894, Plains, Montana; Emma H. Jones,t 1878, Brooks Mrs. A. N. Moores, 1878, Saieni; A. N. Moores, 1876, Salem Mrs. Alzira Chandler,; 1890, Salem; Mrs. Ruth Reed, 1897. Fully '220 alumni were regis tered for the banquet, that figure Including approximately 70 mem bers of the senior class, who were present in a body. A unique tea ture of the evening was a public address Eystem of amplifiers in stalled in the gymnasium. Engineer Choice Council? Task On Monday Night Official selection of the engin eering firm which will handle the appraisal for the city of the Ore gon-Washington Water company plant here will be made Monday night at the regular council meet ing. W. C. Morse and Company, approved by the utilities commit tee of the council and by the water commissioner, is virtually assured of the job. Determination of the basis for compensation will be np before the council. -Routine matters coming nn for attention will include the deter mining of awards for fire hose,' Bids were announced a fortnight ago. Boycott Talked dn Gang Allies CHICAGO, June 14. (AP) The Chicago crime commission to night announced the intention of attacking the hoodlum element's pocketbook and in a letter sent members advised economic- boy- Lcottlng'of all businesses, land lords, professional men and bant ers who "give aid and comfort to the enemy, and are In reality part ners in nefarious gangster opera tions." SCHOOL BOARD RACE DRAWING WIDE INTEREST Mrs. Keene, B. F. Pound and Arthur Moore Seen in Triangular Race Candidates For School Board At Election Here on Monday Olinger Apparently Leads Field; Voters go to Polls on Monday Interest in the annual school board election to be held Monday grows keener as time for actual voting draws near, with the race expected to revolve about the suc cessor to L. J. Simeral, retiring director. PoHs will open Monday from 1 to 7 o'clock in the W. C. T. U. hall on Ferry and Commer cial. Although there are two vacan cies, that of Simeral and Dr. H. H. Olinger, Incumbent and chair man, Dr. Olinger seems to have a sufficiently strong following to indicate that his position is safe. The other three candidates are: Mrs. Roy Keene, the only woman to date to run for a school board position in Salem; Dr. B. F. Found, president ol the Marlon county- parent-teacher council. and Arthur H. Moore, former member of the city council and manager of a bicycle shop here. Whether the contest will center exclusively about the thrjee candi dates remains to be seen, but at any rate each has put in a strong bid for a seat. Teachers Opposing Olinger Reelection So far as is evident on the sur face, the only approach to an or ganized vote Is that of a group of teachers here who are definitely opposed to seeing Dr. Olinger re seated. Their grudge is ground ed on Dr. dinger's opposition to increasing the teachers' salary schedule this year. The question of increase in salary came before the board a month or so ago, and was definitely voted down after Dr. Olinger led a matter-of-fact charge against it. In fact, Dr. Olinger took the entire matter in his hands and pointed out the in ability of the board to Increase salaries this year and also the weak points in the schedule which the teachers proposed. Teachers .themselves say they are. making no attempt to influ ence the school vote, however one candidate said some time ago that a teacher approached him to take a definite stand for Increased sal aries in the system. Dr. Pound is expected to draw a large vote from the parent teacher membership, and stands largely on his excellent record in the city and county In advancing this work. Mrs. Keene will draw a large (Turn to page 2, col. 3) vim 0w M) V iH SEEKS : REHEARING Ofi COURT RM6 SALEM WOMEN IE CHOSEN FOB LEADS Cast For "Purple Flood" Is Announced at Legion Frolic Here OREGON POPULATION MAKES LARGE AN War Mothers of Salem Leave on Trip to France Mrs. Jennie Laqdgraf, 1425 Garnet street, and Mrs. Mary A. Walling, 2485 Xorth 14th, left Salem on the Cascade limited last night for New f"ork City, from where they will sail on the Roose velt June 21 on lone of the War Mothers' pilgrimages to France and the burial grounds of their soldier dead. ? , The two locaj women, were joined here by two other Marlon county women, Mrs. Alois Keller of Mt. Angel and Mrs. Barbara Kirsch of Stayton. Mrs. Emma C. Olson of Springfield was also In the party. a Canneries Not Prefering Out Of State Help Charges that (local canneries are employing opt of state resi dents to the excusion of local people are apparently without foundation, according to a survey made by a Statesman reporter on Saturday. ; In a visit to fire of the larg est plants in Salem a total of 187 cars were counted and every csj bore an Oregon I license plate. BEBE DAN'tELS WEDS LOS ANQELES. June 14 (AP) Before nearly 200 stars of mo tion pictures Bejbe Daniels, her self one of fildoms -luminaries and Ben Lyons, Juvenile lover of the screen, were married here tonight at a fashionable hotel. PORTLAND, Ore.. June 14 (AP) Census returns from 26 of the 36 counties in Oregon show a population of 757,328, an In crease of 135,177 over the 1920 census, or 21.7 per cent. In 1920 these same counties represented 84.5 per cent of the total population of the state and estimated on these figures, the to tal population of Oregon now should be in excess of 950,000. If returns bear out these figures the increase during the past decade would be greater than has ever been reported for the state in any previous census. Multnomah county gained the greatest number in population since 1920 of any county reported to date but Lincoln county so far has reported the largest percent age of increase 62.7 per cent. Jackson county is second with a gain of 61.2 per cent while Des chutes Is third with 52.9 per cent increase. Lane reports 50.5 per cent and Josephine county 50 per cent. SEATTLE. June 14 (AP) Official- census figures for 38 counties and as estimate of the one other county of the state, as received by the Associated Press, give the state of Washington a population today of 1.553,291, showing an increase of 14.4 per cent In ten years. Traffic Captain In Traffic Jam Hits Parked Car Captain Max Flanery of the state traffic squad was a victim of a traffic Jam Thursday. On turning into Capital street, he met two cars side by side and was forced to drive to the ex treme right of the street, where the officers' car ran into the parked automobile of Joseph M. Brennan. damaging fender and tire of Mr. Brennan's car, a police report stated. The police car was uninjured. Failure to give right of way caused the car of Ed Newman, 2175 North Liberty street, to col lide with the automobile of B. G. Davidson. 347 Court street, a traffic report stated. Newman was traveling north on Liberty street and was watching a car coming from the west and. misjudged the speed of Davidson ear, which was coming from the east. Three Salem women, Maye Mar inelli. Myrtle Lynch and Martha Jean Dixon, will have the leading roles in the first Willamette val ey motion picture, to be filmed here beginning next week. , An nouncement of the members of the cast for the valley picture, "The Purple Flood," was made last night at the close of the Am erican Legion - Dagmar Pictures film frolic, atended by about 600 local people. Other major parts in the Pic ture, which is the story of the Willamette valley and its prunes, primarily, were announced to be assigned to: Peggy Brownhill, Kathryn Rowe, Florence Powers, Ruby Laughlin, Fr C. Robinson of Cor vallis, Dr. F. S. Scott, W. S. "Doc" Haley, Valda Davis of Silverton, Ardith Drake of Silverto'n, and Irene Caaebeer. Minor roles will be taken by: Meda Harden, Maxlne Pettyjohn, Mrs. H. H. Albln. Yvonne Pick ell, Kathleen Bladon of Eugene, Crystal Carter of Eugene. Vernon Nash, Kermit Russell, Isabel Mar vin, M. S. Barker of Eugene, Ber tie Scott of Eugene, Verne Case- beer, Mary J. Ferguson of Mon mouth, Mildred Hal set h, Paul A. Lee, Nora Reese, Florence Mar shall, Alma Green, Dean R. Scott of Eugene, Thomas Lewis, Neel W. Rolofson and Kathleen En gle. Prodactlon Starts Wednesday, Plan Actual production of the pic ture will get under way next Wed nesday, with the cast to be assem bled Monday and the group to go over the script Tuesday. All the interior shots will be taken in Sa lem at the Dagmar studios at room 420 Oregon building, and many of the exteriors will be tak en in and around Salem. The cameraman will also make some shots in Eugene, Corvallis, Sil ver Creek Falls, Dallas, Mon mouth and other valley points. It will require at leatet two weeks, and possibly 21 days, to film the story, which means the film will be released in Salem about July 2 7. The picture will be shown here first, a? a theatre to be announced later, and at the same time copies of the film will be released throughout the county- The local post of the American Legion, which has sponsored the moving picture here, is planning to have it shown at the national American Legion convention in August this summer. L. Jack Sherry, director, will be in charge of the picture produc tion and Sol Smith, president of the Dagmar company and Mrs. Smith will leave the first of the week for the north. Cronemiller to Receive Backing For Promotion It was reported here Saturday that four members of the state board of forestry had agreed to recommend the appointment of Lynn Cronemiller as state forest er, to succeed Frank A. Elliott, who died here Wednesday night. Cronemiller Is now serving as assistant state forester and has been connected with the depart ment for six years. Acting Governor Hamilton has been requested to call a meeting of the state forestry board this week, when the election of Mr. Elliott's successor will be consid ered. Pending the meeting Mr. Cronemiller will have charge of the state .forestry department. Student? Held On Theft Charge Theft of a "rear end" for a light automobile was charged against Homer Roberts, student, following his arrest Saturday night. Officer Burgess and L. A. Scheelar, proprietor of the auto wrecking establishment Roberts was said to have raided, claimed to have caught the youth with the used paTt tied onto his own ma chine. They said Roberts explained he was planning- to drive home, and that the "rear end" of his car wouldn't make it. I V i t I Here's the Who's Who on the bal lot which will face you Monday afternoon when yon go to the polls at the W. C. T. V. to vote for two directors for the Salem school district for the next three years. Above, left. Dr. B. F. Pound, prominent In parent teacher work in the county and state; right, Arthur H. Moore, former city councilman; below, Mrs. Roy Keene, only woman aspirant. Dr. H. F. Olinger, can didate for reelection, says he doesn't think bis face In print will get him any votes. CHANGES MP FOR WWi E Interim Committee Seeks to Eliminate Waste at Sessions Here With a view to eliminating confusion during legislative sea sions and increasing the efficiency of employes, rearrangement of the Interior of both the senate chamber and hall of representa tives will be discussed at a meet ing of the interim committee which will meet in Salem Friday June 20. The committee was authorized in a house resolution approved at the 1929 legislature, and is com posed of Senators Eddy and Up ton and Representatives Bynon, McCready and Chinnock. Ralph Hamilton of Bend, who Is acting as governor by virtue of being speaker of the house of representatives of the state legis lature, said Saturday that he was much interested in the plan of the interim committee to do away with the confusion ' that has marked every legislative session in Salem for many years. He also expressed himself as favorable to the Washfhgton plan as far as the employment of cler ical help is concerned. Hamilton pointed out that in Washington virtually all legislative employes are selected by the chief clerks of the senate and house with the result that the costs have been reduced to a nominal figure. Washington Hae Much Lower C'ot Figures obtained - from Wash ington show that the total ex pense of conducting the legisla ture there Is far below the amount of money expended in Oregon. This record was considered re (Turn, to page 2, col. 5) Objections Cited to Pro ceedings in Case of Disbarment N Failure to Admit Evider.ce Disproving Bad Check . Charges Claimed Thorn) ManniT. Portland seph, also a Portland attorney ai.d republican nominee for governor, recently was permanently disbar- . m. reu oy me siaie supreme conn , from praoticine' his profession n.-r Oregon, tonight filed with t;-e court a petition for rehearta:. . Disbarment proceedings ogairt Mannix were fuM by Joseph. Mannix aliKJ in his petition for rehear in ? that he hail b- a charged by Joseph, with passii t; a number of worthless checks, ar.tl . that the supreme court sub-e- f ouentlv lind dnle.t him th t. r- ilege of introducing certain bar accounts ana recoms which he -clared would have proven the fafs ity of Joseph's claims. This a c tion on me part of me supr-n court was branded by Mannij a violation of the federal cn-:;-tution. Other Objection- to ProceIlnKs Xot4d It was alleged bv Mannfx i .t the supreme court committed a grave error by holding that U Henry W'enime. ronmanv wa a party to the first Wemnie 6uit aii.l that the defendant was guilty of deceit in representing to the rlous courts that it was t a party to the action. A mer inspection of H: Judgment roll of the first Weaim case," read Mannix' petition for rehearing, "would show on th face of the record that the E. H r ry Wemme company was aoi a party." Mannix contended In his petition that the Wemme litigation stressed by Joaph, as ne of tee. principal grounds on which tt. defendant should be deprived or the privilege of practicing his pro fession in this state. "The defendant in this ea-, " continued Mannix' petition, "d:4 not desire to make this meaning the worthies! check charge a personal matter. But Mr. Jew ph was anxious to disgrace and ruin this defendant by publishing throughout the United States trat he was guilty of felonious codi,c4 in these old check matters. Says Some Charges Not. Presented "This defendant did not, at Le could have done, bring to the at tention of the supreme court tie criminal misconduct of Jo pa set forth in the old indictnmit against him in Multnomah county in which he was charged wit a forging the name of one Ajitf worth to a complaint In the Jus tice court. Neither was refereii (Turn to pa?e 2, col. 6) commence T W. U. SET WIDNDAY Monday morning the rolVjr days of 79 seniors of Willamette university will be brought to a close with the final com met 'f ment exercises to be held at t Methodist Episcopal church. BiE op Titus Lowe of Portl: id will de liver the commencement addre&s. Presentation of degrees, honors, prizes will be by Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president of the univertity, and announcement of senior schol ars for the next year will b an nounced. Among prize winners al ready made known are Marian Morange, Joseph Albert prize of $25; Harold Hauk, Colonel Per cy Willis prize of $25, and J. H. Both athletic prize, a new award this year. Eleven girts of the cla have been selected to membership in Alpha Kappa Nu, scholastic honorary, and these will be pre sented Monday. Rev. Wilbert Dowson, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Portland, will be grant ed the honorary degree of doctor of divinity at the exercise8, it hm been made known. Sixty-six senior will receive B. A. degrees from the school of Hb eral arts, one music diploma wiil be presented, and 13 will receive the degree of bachelor of laws. Jason Lee Centennial Pageant Plan Launched In line with the recommenda tion of President Carl Gregg Do ney that a system of teacher's pension or insurance be instituted at Willamette university the board of trustees Saturday authorized the appointment of a committee to investigate the plan. Rev. M. A. Marcy, Eugene, was appointed chairman, while E. T. Barnes, Sa lem, and Earl A. Nott, McMinn ville will serve with him. That and the matter of the cel ebration of a centennial to com memorate the coming of Jason Lee In 1834 was the only business which was not entirely along rou tine lines. Dr. B. L. Steeves, pres ident of the board, was authorized to confer with Dr. Doney and R. J. Hendricks, regarding the ap pointment of a committee to Plan- for a huge celebration in 1934. Hendricks has already advertised the plan for the affair extensive ly and is at present at work ea a pageant depicting the cowing of the founder of Willamette uni versity. Dr. Steeves will make bie 1 appointment soon, it is said. Volumes of reports from varieus departments took up most of the morning and the meeting extend ed into late afternoon. Nothiag spectacular came up for discussion, members of the board said. The re ports Included documents fros President Douey, Dean F. M. Erickson, of the school of libera) arts; Dean Roy R. Hewitt, of tb law school; Olive M. Dahl, dean of women; F. D. Learner, head of physics department; Roy S. Keene. athletic director; - N. S. Savzse. . business secretary; and Dr. F. G. Franklin, librarian. Outstanding among the contents ' (Turn to page 2, col. 4