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The , Worldl of Nations This Week: London Black mail ; Egyptian Dispute; League Influence not Felt. - By Glenn E. Hoover - There may be scholars whose fatuity will permit them to believe that the public excitement over the London black mail case, is indica tive of a growing interest in world politics. We should like to harbor such an illusion, if it were possible, but we cannot. True there is in volved an Indian prince, the mys terious Mr. “A”, who enters the drama dashing enough. The stage setting is good,—a Victory Ball in Albert Hall, the smartest hotels of London and Paris, princely retinues in Oriental costume, a deligjhtful melange of the mystery of the East and the gayest capitols of Europe. But the charming dusky and naive Mr. “A”, noble chief of a nobler race, visiting the seat of Empire, falls in with the friendly Mrs. Robinson and her little group of dolichocephalic blondes, land the first act ends with our hero mak ing an ignominious exit as chief dupe. Knowledge comes but Wis dom lingers. Lingers too, the thou sands of good British pounds, fruits of the patient industry of the Prince’s faithful subjects. A real Prince of India is worsted in a bat tle of wits with mere common and untitled North Europeans. Nordic supremacy is established so strik ingly that the British Foreign of fice forbids the disclosure of his name “for reasons of state.” If the home-folks found out, Britain might lose a most faithful ally. The Anglo-Egyptian dispute still holds the attention of the world minded. The center of interest has shifted from the mere terms of set tlement of the dispute, to the man ner of settlement. In short, if the nation members of the League are sincerely out to abolish war and force, ought they not to stand for judicial or arbitral settlement ir respective of the merits of their case? On this point, Anglo-Saxons par ticularly, must be on their guard to keep their thinking straight. The question is no longer as to the mer its of the controversy, but as to the procedure to be followed in its set tlement. Their sympathy with Britain, their horrors of assassina tion, their belief in the comparative incompetence of native races, ought not obscure the more fundamental issue. # * * Britain, in dealing with Egypt, probably has little to fear from the League of Nations. Andre Tardieu writes from Paris that France must stand by England because of her, agreement of 1904 which promised England a free hand in Egypt. Ke further thinks that France has the same problem on her hands in North Africa that England .has in Egypt and that at bottom it is a conflict between Occidentalism on the one hand and Islamism and Bolshevism on the other. These two “isms” are however, decidedly short in representation in the World Court and England would have little to fear from its decision if Egypt sug gests a settlement by that tribunal. The British government, in in sisting on a uni-lateral settlement imposed by force, has more reason l to fear the criticism of its oppo nents at home. G. B. Shaw baa al ready declafed that the government, by its attitude has destroyed the influence of the League of Nations. Continental public sentiment, as ex pressed in the press, while approv ing the British case, seems opposed to the procedure it is following. • * • The American system of accord ing to the Senate, powers practi cally equal to those of the lower house, has steadily declined in fa vor. The British House of Lords lost its final check on legislation in 1911. A constitutional law to this effect is one of the lasting con tributions of the Liberal party. In France a parliamentary tradition has grown up that the cabinet is responsible to the chamber of deputies only, and it does not resign on an adverse vote of the Senate. In the new constitutions of Ger many, Austria and Czecho slovakia, definite provisions are made to in sure the dominance of the lower house. In Canada, the dominance of the popular legislative body is assured in most of the provinces, by doing away with the upper house. This is the case in British Columbia. In the provincial legislature, a reso lution has been introduced urging a constitutional amendment doing away with the Senate in the Domin ion Parliament of two chambers is anomalous sc long as the provinces prefer the one chamber system. k NUMBER 41 HIGH SCHOOLS OF STATE SEND LEADERS HERE Officers of Student Bodies, Editors and Managers of Publications to Come FIVE HUNDRED INVITED TO FIFTH CONFERENCE Delegates Will Convene in Music Auditorium for Joint Opening Session The fifth annual conference of the Association of High School Student Body Officers and the Oregon High School Press associa tion, will convene on the campus Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6. Over 500 delegates have been invited to the conference, 400 of whom have accepted the invi tation and they will begin arriv ing Thursday night for the two-day session. The organization on the campus are expected to house these dele gates, and the Greater Oregon com mittee, who are working out the de tails of the conference, asks that the houses co-operate with them in this regard. The Oregon Knights will meet the representatives at the train, and will bring them to the Adminis tration building for registration, and cards of certification. The committee wishejs the serviqe of freshmen at this place to take the delegates to the houses designated them. First Session Friday The conference will open Friday at 9:00 o’clock with a joint meet ing in the Music auditorium at which Randall Jones, president of the student body will preside. The welcoming address will be given by Dr. H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school of education. After this session the conference will divide into three sections. The student body officers will remain in the music auditorium, at which Donald C. Beelar, president of the Asso ciation of Student Body Officers, will preside. C. W. Boetticher, superintendent of schools at The Dalles, will speak on “Oregon High School Athletics,” and the whole ( Continued on Page Three) OREGANA PICTURES DUE BEFORE END OF TERM List of organizations to have photographs taken this week: Tuesday—Gamma Phi Beta. Wednesday—Phi Sigma Pi. Thursday—Kappa Kappa Gamma. Friday—Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Saturday—Pi Beta Phi. With little more than two weeks remaining before Christmas vaca tions, there are still twelve organi zations yet to have members pho tographed. According to an ar rangement mador with the Kennel Ellis studio, no pictures will be taken after the first of the year; so that all who wish to have their photographs in the 1925 Oregana must visit the studio before the end of the present term. Students who do not live in or ganizations may call up the studio at any time and make appoint ments; and those who have not been able to meet appointments in the past are given the same op portunity, according to Augusta DeWitt, editor of the annual. All organizations, both living and honorary, must send in their money to Gibson Wright, manager of the Oregana, before the end of this week or no space will be reserved ; for them. Many of the organiza tions have responded promptly to the warning issued several weeks ago, but there are still a number which have not spoken for special j pages, and unless they do so im- ! mediately, no reservations can be made. Work of Japanese Artist Portrays Variety of Style “The Painter Who Lives to Baint” might truly be the title added to the name of Tokio Ueyama, Japanese artist whose paintings in oils are still on ex hibition in the gallery in the Arts building. For in the canvass there is to be noted a love of color, particularly in his still lifes, and a certain facility of expression which is coming out through his double heritage of oriental blood and occidental training. And the vigor of draw ing is apparent. Attention has already been called to his work by way of an estimate. It may be added that it not only reveals the cross currents in his own nature but in the modern world, of art. One sees within the four walls of the gallery the decorative, which, in his native Japanese art, quickly conventionalizes. One sees academic studies, done with painstaking care. One sees mod ernistic. tendencies in landscapes such as the one with the white horse browsing in a field backed by rolling hills. His portraits, and, to a lesser degree, his landscapes, reveal the long apprenticeship to which he is subjecting himself, and his endeavor to find his true method of expression. FINAL EXAMINATION Courses Not Now Included To Be Arranged Final examinations for the fall term are to begin on Wednesday, December 17, and will be held ac cording to the schedule given be low. The status of a course is de termined in this schedule by the numbet of weekly meetings of the class, and not by the credit which it carries. Courses not scheduled below are to be arranged by the instructors at any time after the last regular class meeting. However, in schedul ing these examinations, Tuesday evening, December 6, from 7:15 to 9:15, is to be reserved for the ex amination in Personal Hygiene. Variation from the regular sched ule may be m'ade only by permis sion of the committee. Unless other arrangements are made by the instructor, examina tions are to be held in the regular class-rooms. Wednesday, December 17 8:00—3, 4, and 5 hour nine o ’clock classes. 10:00—First and second year Spanish, all sections. 1:15—3, 4 and 5 hour ten o’clock classes. 3:15—Outlines of English Litera ture, all sections. Thursday, December 18 8:00—3, 4, and 5 hour eight o ’clock classes. 10:00—Freshman Accounting, all sections. 1:15 — First and second year French, all sections. 3:15—3, 4, and 5 hour two-fifteen classes. Friday, December 19 8:00—3 and 4 hour eleven o’clock classes. 10:00—3, 4, and 5 hour oire-fif teen classes. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM TO BE GIVEN SUNDAY Christmas music and carols and the history of the origin of Christ mas customs are to be subjects of the program being given in Alumni hall at 4 o’clock Sunday by Mu Phi Epsilon and Phi Mu Alpha, honorary music organizations. This is the third program of the series being presented by the mu- ■ sic organizations. Tickets are 35 ' cents single admission, or 80 cents for students and $1.10 for adults for this program and the three j others to follow it. The Christmas program is to be given under di (Ccm tinned on Page Three) VARSITY RECORD IS SPECTACULAR i Outstanding Features Are Unexpected Victories Over U. of W. and 0. A. C. FUNDAMENTALS TAUGHT Review of Season Shows But Two Losses at Hands Of Conference Opponents (By Wilbur Wester) The tattered jerseys, moleskins and grimy football togs have been stored away. Everything pertain ing to football has been shoved in to the background—except—the un usually successful grid record of the fighting Oregon eleven. * Only twx> defeats marred the record of the varsity in their coast and northwest conference races; one at the hands of the present champions, Stanford, the other by the northwest title-holders, Idaho. The outstanding chapters in the history of the recently ended Ore gon grid season are the unexpected victory over the pennant-bound Huskies, the other being the victory over the strong O. A. C. team. In the early part of spring of the present year when the dusty grid garb was recovered and the pig skins were revived by air pumps for spring practice, a new and un known man came to the Oregon campus to, if possible, put the Lemon-Yellow team on the coast football map. Fans are Dubious However, sport critics and stu dent football fans, after looking at the disorganized awkward and green material on hand and also the utter lack of lettermen in the ranks, shook their heads and decided that again, Oregon would fight in vain for grid recognition. But the new Oregon football mentor, Joe Maddock, neither pes simistic or optimistic, said very lit tle. When pressed for a statement, J.oe would reply, “The boys will fight to do their best this fall.” Maddock seemed to have little concern for the very heavy grid schedule that had been arranged for the varsity. Instead, he spent night after night both in the spring and the early part of the fall, dril ling and instructing his men in the. “fundamentals” of the game. It was only but a week or two before the (Continued on Page Three) EX-STUBENT HAS PART IN PLAY GIVEN TONIGHT Dave Swanson, former Oregon student and a member of the pffes ent senior class, will be seen to night in Eugene at the He^ilig theatre in one of the two leading male parts in the Forest Taylor production, “The Other Man’s Wife.” Swanson was active in dramatics in high school and scored highly in Guild hall plays from his freshman year in the University, until he left the campus last spring. He was in charge of the last Jun ior Vaudeville. Swanson joined the Forest Tay lor players last summer. The play which is to be presented tonight is one of domestic intrigue and the handling of the other man is new and original. Swanson takes the part of a serious minded young mar ried man and is largely responsible for the vein of mirth which runs throughout the play. The play is so written as to lend itself to many dramatic situations which follow each other in rapid succession. Leon Cluff takes the other lead ing male part. He is an actor of wide experience as is William Jen sen also in this play. The leading lady is Belle Griffith of San Fran cisco, formerly a student in the University of California. Guests of honor at the play will be Miss Charlotte Banfield, Fergus Beddie, Darrell Larsen, Norvell Thompson and Virgil Mulkey. MUSICAL PLAY PRODUCED HERE Fergus Reddie and Perry Arant Combine Efforts On 'Yellow Candle Light’ CAST AT WORK ON PARTS Fantasy to be Presented On Campus in January; Portland Trip Likely Fergus Reddie, head of the de partment of drama at the Univer sity, and Perry Arant, western pianist and composer, have finished collaboration on tho writing of a musical fantasy, “Yellow Candle Light,” the first of its kind ever attempted on the Oregon campus. Mr. Reddie is the liberettist and Mr. Arant the composer. “Yellow Candle Light” is a com bination ' of clever, sometimes touching, lines, with beautiful melodies. The plot is never subor dinated to the tausic, as in most operas, operettas, and even musical comedies. The quaint thread of the story runs throughout the three acts, and choruses and solos are therefore natural, logical, and fit pleasingly into the whole. Campus Musicians In Cast The liberetto was read to the cast at Guild theatre nearly a week ago, and after the reading, Mr. Arant played m'any of the melodies which he has composed. The east, selected from the department at large, has been chosen for both dramatic and singing ability, and will include several people who are prominent in musical circles on the campus. Perry APant, the composer, is par | ticularly well known in the Pacific northwest and in California, for his compositions and his concert play ing. During his school days, Mr. Arant won many prizes for his in terpretation of the works of some of the famous composers and in later years he studied in the East. He has taught music and languages in t}ie northwest and has been teacher of piano in several univer sities. He graduated from the Uni versity of Oregon in 1918. Compositions arc Popular Among the better known compo sitions by Mr. Arant are His “Valse Tendre” and “Longing,” published by W. A. Quincke. These are fre quently played in concerts in the west. He has also written operettas for high school use. Fergus Roddie is the author of several plays, some of which have been producel at the University for their premiere. His “Little Yellow Mother” and the “Little Dog Laughed,” published by the Gor ham Press, are among his best *nown, Maxine Elliot played “Sayonara,” by Fergus Reddie, for a year on Broadway. He did the original dramatization of “The Awakening of Helen Ritchie” and for several other plays which have been produced both on Broadway and in stock. “Yellow Candle Light” will be played here during the latter part <*f January and will probably be takon to Portland shortly after. The cast includes seventeen charac ters and a chorus of more than twenty voices. HIGH SCHOOL VISITORS TO SEE STYLE SHOW The Women ’« League wdl,l put on a correet clothes show, Satur day, December 6, from 10 to 11 a. m. at the University high in hon or of the high school girls who at tend the high school press associa tion conference held on the cam pus, December 5 and 6. This was put on last year, also, and is for the purpose of showing the girls just what is the correct thing in college 'women’s clothes. Tentative plans for the show in clude a talk by Eloise Buck on ^ beauty in clothes and the value of (Continued on Page Two) Closed Week-Ends and Examinations Face Student Body The next two week-ends before final examinations will be closed. No houses will be allowed to give dances on any of these nights, was the announcement from the office of the Dean of Women. It has always been the custom during the last two weeks of a term to forbid house dancos, as many students who would par ticipate in those affairs wish the time for studying. Rules regard ing individual dates during the next two weeks will be up to the various houses. Women’s League Sponsers “the Ghost Between” Tomorrow night is the date set for “The Ghost Between,” a road show, which will be given at the Heilig theatre under the 'auspices of the Women’s League. The box office will open this afternoon, and remain open tomorrow from 10 un til 8 o ’clock. All seats are re served, everything downstairs is $1.00, and the seats upstairs are 75 cents'. The basic idea of the play is that when you find yourself face to face with the memory of some man, it is a very different matter from measuring wits with some other man, even when you are in love. The characters, selected and coached by Richard Carlyle, noted New York producer, are reportod by people who have seen the play in New York, as being n'atural folks, participating in sparkling dialogue and many situations quite out of the ordinary. All receipts from “The Ghost Be tween” will go to the Foreign Scholarship fund of the Women’s League. Jeanne-Elizabeth Gay is managing the presentation of the play, and Don Parks is business manager. BOB MAUTZ IS CHOSEN ’25 FOOTBALL CAPTAIN Bob Mautz was unanimously chosen captain of the Oregon foot ball team for 1925 at a banquet given last night at the Osbum hotel in honor of the football squad There were 30 football men pres ent including the 14 lettermon. The guests were Joe Mjrddock, Virgil Earl, Professor Howe, Dean Walker, Jack Benefiel, and Dr. Bovard. Mautz has just finished his sec ond year on the varsity and was picked by a majority of the sport critics as one of the best ends on the coast. OXFORD OREGON MEET III DEBXTE Referendum, As Desirable Part of Representative Government is Question OXONIANS WILL DEFEND NEGATIVE STATEMENT Both Schools Represented By Experienced Speakers Something New Promised Oxford university, of England, will compete against the University of Oregon when the debating teams of the two institutions meet in the Methodist Episcopal church, Wed nesday evening, December 3. “Besolved; that the referendum is a desirable part of representative government,” is the question to be discussed. Oregon will take the af firmative. Walter Malcolm, Joe Frazer and Paul Patterson are to present the arguments on this side of the question. J. D. Woodruff, Malcolm MacDonald and M. C. Hol lis will defend the negative stand for Oxford. Oregon is Experienced The members of the Oregon team have had wide experience in debate. Malcolm^ and Frazer debated for Oregon last year and Patterson has represented the University for seve ral years. He is now assistant in the English department. The Ox ford men are also experienced de baters and active in politics at Ox ford and in other parts of England. MacDonald, son of the former prime minister of Great Britain, contested the Bassetlaw division of Nottinghamshire in the general election of 1923 as Labour candi date. He was defeated, but is still prospective 1 Labour candidate for the same constituency. Woodruff 'and Hollis have taken part in Ox ford political societies. Wloodruff is ex-president of the Oxford Uni versity Liberal club and Hollis was president of the Union in 1923. Crowd is Expected Reports from other universities and colleges where the Oxonians have debated show that record crowds have attended the affairs. A large attendance is also expected here, and it was for this reason that the Methodist church was obtained for tho meet. Something new in the line of ar gument is promised by the Institute of International Education, under whose auspices ithe Oxfojrd team was brought to America. The. English speakers are loss formal than the Americans, says a letter from the Institute to H. E. Ros son, Oregon debate coach, and the (Continued on Page Two) STRONG TEAMS BEATEN BY WEAKER ONES, POINT ‘DOPE’ DEMONSTRATES (By D. M. O.) Dope compiled by comparative scores is always published in the papers before every toig football game. The average fan reads this with much gusto, thinking that this means a victory for the toam which has run up a few more points on some school than the team they are to oppose has. A team's approximate strength (jan be figured fairly accurately, but not by comparative scores al together. If the dope given out is taken entirely from comparative scores, some complications 'are bound to arise. Here is some dope, figared en tirely from comparative scores of the season just past. St. Mary’s beat U. 8. C. by 14 points, and U. S. C. beat Idaho by 13 points, which gives St. Mary’s 27 points over Idaho. Idaho de feated Oregon by 13 points which gives St. Mary’s 40 points over Oregon. Orogon beat Washington by 4 points which gives St. Mlary’s 44 points over Washington, Cali j fornia, and Stanford, because Washington tied California and California tied Stanford. In real ity California and Stanford both beat St. Mary’s by a decisive score. Willamette tied Oregon 0-0, and Oregon beat Washington by 4 points which gives Willamette 4 points over Washington. Washing ton tied California, who beat U. S. 0. seven points. This gives Wil laihette 11 points over U. S. C., I1. S. 0. beat Idaho by 13 points which gives Willamette 24 points over Idaho. Idaho beat O. A. C. by 22 points which gives Willam ette 46 points over O. A. C. These tw0 teams did not play but if they hnd the outcome would iprobably have been different. Oregon proved herself 4 points better than O. A. C. which only gives Willamette 42 points over her. Washington beat Willamette by 53 jmints and Oregon beat Washington by 4 points which gives Oregon 57 points over Willamette. If the two teams had not played, the outcome would be slightly uncertain, in one ease giving Willamette 42 points over Oregon, and in another case giving Oregon 57 over Willamette. The final score was Oregon 0, Wil lamette 0.