VOLUME XXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1925
NUMBER 58
LEAGUE TO MEET
HERE IN APRIL
Local Women’s Organization
Makes Arrangements for
Entertaining Delegates
CHAIRMEN REPORT PLANS
One Hundred Visitors From
Institutions This Side of
Appalachians Expected
Tentative 'plans were discussed
and committees announced at a
meeting Wednesday, of the heads
of committees for the Women’s
League National convention, to he
held on the campus next April 15,
16, 17, and 18. Every college and
university west of the Appalachian
mountains is to be represetnted at
this convention, and labout 100 dele
gates are expected. This is the first
meeting of its kind ever held on
the Oregon campus.
The committee plans to have a
definite scheme of decoration for
every affair, and to do everything
with a finish that will make Ore
gon linger in the minds of ttja dele
gates after they return to their
respective schools. The initial
entertainment will be 'a stunt show
on the first night of the convention.
. It will be very informal, in the
manner of a get-acquainted 'affair,
to start the program and make all
the visitors feel at home. Although
there are no definite plans for this,
some stunt from the April Frolic
will probably be given.
Guests to be Entertained
The different houses are going
^ to be asked to take care of all the
lunches for their guests. One day,
perhaps, several of the organiza
tions will join in preparing a more
elaborate luncheon. On Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday evenings, the
guests will be entertained by the
campus League at dinners. Just
how or where the first two will be
given has not yet been decided, but
the one Friday, a formal affair, is
given the League by the University,
and will be at the Anchorage. Af
ter this dinner, a formal dance at
the Womap’s building will be given
the visiting delegates by the local
League.
Saturday, the final day of the
convention, a picnic up the McKen
zie is scheduled as the chief affair.
Cars for transporting all the visi
tors and their hostesses to’the scene
of the picnic have been offered by
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t TOST GRADUATES TO FILE
PROGRAMS BY SATURDAY
Graduate students who entered
the University at the beginning of
the winter term must file their
study programs by tomorrow. The
now graduate students are allowed
two weeks in which to arrange their
courses and discuss and decide up
on the matters relating to their
theses.
| Chairman in Charge
! of Convention Plans
■ ---.- ■ --O
Mary Jane Hathaway
SENIORS REQUESTED
TO DECORATE FOR BALL
Work on Dance Will Begin
At Five O’clock Today
All members of the senior class
are requested to aid in decorating
the Woman’s building for the Sen
ior Ball, to be held tomorrow night.
Work on decorations will begin to
day at five o’clock and will con
tinue until completed.
“The success of the affair,’’
states Willard Marshall, “depends
on the co-operation of all the mem
bers of the senior class—both wo
men and men. ’ ’
The construction committee de
sires that the work of decorating
be completed tonight, in order that
the workers may find time to rest
Saturday before the ball.
“We want everyone there at 5
o’clock this afternoon,’’ the com
mittee head said. “The work will
not be drudgery if everyone re
sponds. ’ ’
Hilda Chase is head of the wo
men’s construction committee and
Willard Marshall, of the men’s.
CRAFTSMEN TO GIVE
DANCE JANUARY 31
The Craftsmen club, University
organization of Masons, will hold
an informal dance on Saturday,
January 31, according to plans made
at the meeting and dinner of the
club held last night. All Masons
of the campus as well as members
who have taken their first degree
are to be initiated. About fifty
members attended the meeting,
which was held at tne new club
house.
The club voted to take two pages
in Oregana and Tuesday, January
20, at 12:40 was set as the time for
the taking of a group photograph
at the club house. All University
Masons are requested to be present.
OREGON ALUMNI OF PORTLAND
WILL STAGE SOCIAL FUNCTION
“The Portland alumni are organ
ized! There are 2000 of us. Watch
us stir this old town up.” Thus
reads the bright-colored yellow and
green invitations sent to all alumni
and friends of the University by
Lyle Bartholomew, chairman of the
social committee of the alumni.
A dinner, with “everything,”
speeches, dancing. ' cardsjv reminis
cent conversations, cross-word puz
zles and everything else of recre
ational nature, even “post-office,”
and “drop the handkerchief” is the
cause of the stir in alumni circles.
The affair is to be given January
24 in the chamber of commerce
headquarters in the Oregon building,
Portland.
The invitations are long double
postcards of yellow, printed in green
type. “The Great Day Has Come!”
they say, “The Oregon Alumni of
Portland are going into action! The
first great social function of the
Oregon Alums takes place.
Cocktails, salads, sfeaks, ices, drinks
(soft), and everything all for $1.
Come on, you tightwads. Give the
*
wife a treat. Farm the kids out
with mother and join the gang. . .
Not many (speeches) but doggone
short and snappy. . . A11 the old
Glee Club men and women will be
[there. They’ll lead in the old Ore
gon songs, and we will all join in.
Solos! Duets! Violins! Pianos!
Trombones! Saxophones! Some
thing doing every minutes!
you’ll get a reception at the door
that will make the party a riot. Be
prepared for anything! . . Plenty
of pep. Beautiful women and
handsome sheiks. . . Cards—sure!
Bridge, Fan Tan, “500,” Pinochle,
Cross Word puzzles, or Poker. If
you can’t eat, play cards, dance,
sing or talk, you can start a game
of Post Office or Drop the Handker
chief! . . We aim to please. . .
Bring your friends. Make them
Oregon boosters. Bring them along.
Show them what Oregon spirit
means! . . No soliciting allowed!
If anyone mentions money they will
be thrown out. We don’t want
your money! We want you! . .”!
(Yes, the alumni still have their
old pepi More power to ’em.)
CHINESE POLITICS
SUBJECT OF TOLU
Upton Close, Noted Author,
Describes Revolutions
In Assembly Address
EXCLUSION CRITICIZED
Chinese - Japanese-Russian
Alliance Declared Pos
sible Result of Act
“China is the key to the present,
international situation,” Upton
Close, well known writer and ad
venturer, declared in his assembly
address on “Adventures in Chinese
Revolutions. ” “ There will be no
danger of a ‘Yellow Peril’ ” he
stated further, “so long as China
retains her present unaggressive
culture. ”
Brightening his survey of the
political history of China since the
Washington conference with amus
ing accounts of personal experiences
with the army of Wu Pei-fu and as
involuntary chaperon to a good
looking girl correspondent for
Hearst, Mr. Close maintained the
pleasing impression^e made on his
■audience here last year. He told
“Slap” Is Criticized
Mr. Close criticized sharply the
laughingly of Chang Tso-lin’s re
treat into Manchuria “by one-way
traffic” with Wu Fu’s army in
close pursuit. “Several times we
Jiad to get out and sit on the tracks
to wait for Chang to straighten out
his traffic tangle so we could keep
on chasing him.” It was after this
campaign that Upton Close acted
as secretary of foreign affairs at
the Chinese capital.
Mr. Close criticized sharply the
“slap in the face” America has ad
ministered to Japan in the immigra
tion act. It has undone all that the
Washington conference accomplish
ed, since the enforcement of Jap
an’s guarantees for the economic
neutrality of China depends en
tirely upon Japan’s good will.' In
stead of maintaining this good will,
he complains, America has trampled
upon it. He regretted that the ex
clusion was not accomplished tact
fully at least.
Resources are Grabbed
Japan, repulsed then from a de
sired Euro-American alliance,
turned her attention to the main
land where she was in danger of
being excluded by China and Rus
sia. Japan, as Mr. Close humor
ously put it, “wanted to play with
our gang,” and being thus disap
pointed, has turned her face toward
Asia where the-resources essential
to her position as a first class
power lie. She must grab these
resources, the speaker said, or fall
back into a fourth class power, for
she is keeping up appearances now
on the resources of a third rate
power.
It was this treatment by western
powers that incited Japan’s rela
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SPANISH CLUB CHANGES
RULE FOR MEMBERSHIP
The University Spanish club, El
Circulo Castellano, at its regular
meeting last night, decided that any
student, who has had at le&st one
year of college Spanish, is eligible
to membership in the club, upon
payment of his dues, 25 cants a
term.
Manuel Seminario, of Lima, Peru,
gave an address before the club.
The club songs, the words of which
were written by Miss Rosalia Cue
vas, instructor in the romance
language department, were intro
duced, and sung by the whole group.
The next meeting will be held Janu
ary 28. *
DANCE FAVORS, CORSAGES
ABOLISHED BY COUNCIL
Favors and corsages for house
dances were abolished by action of
the inter-fraternity council in its
meeting last night. They were
found to be unnecessary and ex
pensive. It was also decided that
house dances, including formals,
will be simple and inexpensive in
the future. Basil Burke was elected
to fill the vacancy of tie office of
secretary-treasurer of the council.
| Corsages Barred
From Senior Ball
By Dean Easterly
Corsages will not be worn at
the Senior Ball, tomorrow night.
This announcement, made yester
day by the Dean of Women, is
in keeping with the ruling
i adopted by the Pan-Hellenie
council.
While this ruling was originally
intended to apply only to wo
men ’s formats it has since been
observed at freshmen glees, soph
omore informals, junior proms,
and all other University affairs.
The Dean’s announcement was in
tended to set at, rest various
conflicting reports as to the mat
ter. The official statement is
that which appears above.
ALPHA BETH CHI WINS
TAU KAPPA ALPHA GUP
Unanimous Victory Goes to
Men Debaters
i The Tau Kappa Alpha debating
cup’ goes to Alpha Beta Chi for the
'ensuing year. The affirmative and
negative teams triumphed over the
women’s teams, represented by
Kendricks hall, by a score of 6-0.
The argument and strategy of the
men’s teams received the unani
mous decision of the judges.
The economic and commercial
consideration dominated in the af
firmative teams argument. The
negative teams*concentrated on the
biological phase of non-assimilation.
The question debated was “Re
solved—-That the Japanese should
be admitted to the United States
'on the same basis that Europeans
are now admitted.’’
The Tau Kappa Alpha cup is
awarded each year to the winner
'of the final doughnut debates be
tween the men and women. Alpha
Beta Chi holds the cup offered by
the same honorary organization as
a result of their victory last term
in the men’s debate series.
Members of the victorious teams
are: affirmative, Wilford Long and
Max Robinson; negative, Kenneth
,Rew and Elam Amstutz. The de
bates were judged by faculty mem
bers. They were. Walter Barnes,
H. G. Tanner, Oscar Brown, James
Gilbert, Kan C. Merrill and E. W.
Merrill.
MANY SOCIAL EVENTS
LISTED FOR THIS TERM
Bequests have been coming in
fast at Dean Esterly’s officei for
dates for, social events. Although
it seemed during the fall term that
no other term ever had or ever
could contain such a vast number
and variety of events, the next
three menths show signs of being
well filled.
The following have been sched
uled recently:
January 17—Pi Beta Phi sopho
more bridge dance.
January 22—Lecture) by Dr. Dav
id Starr Jordan of Stanford uni
versity.
January 31—Craftsmen’s Club
dance.
February 4—Dime Crawl.
February 7—Beta Theta Pi for
mal, Pi Beta Phi formal.
February 13—Her.miian Club for
mal.
February 14—Alpha Delta Pi for
mal, Sigma Alpha Epsilon formal.
February 26—Mask and Buskin
play, “Kempy,” at Heilig.
February 27—Gamma Phi Beta
formal, Alpha Gamma Delta formal,
Kappa Omicron formal.
February 28—Tau Nu formal.
Lambda Psi formal.
GRADUATE CLUB TO MEET
NEXT MONDAY EVENING
Dr. Glenn Hoover will speak on
some phases of the last interna
tional conference at Geneva to the
Graduate club Monday evening at
the Anchorage. This is the third
of the graduates regular dinner
meetings. All graduates planning to
attend are requested to make reser
vations with Bose McGrew, tele
phone 883 or at Dean Bejoec’s of
fice.
OREGON BATTLES
PACIFIC TONIGHT
Game Will Prove of Great
Value to Varsity Men
Playing * for First Time
SCORE MAY BE CLOSE
New “Territorial” System
Used by Squad; Badger
Five Said to Be Speedy
>
(By Wilbur Wostor)
Regardless of previous scores
made by the Oregon and Pacific
basketeers, the contest tonight will
be fairly even, with perhaps the
varsity holding a slight edge over
the Badger five.
In comparing scores, Oregon is a
good 30 points stronger than the
Pacific team, however, ooin squads
have improved considerably in the
last week and a speedy tilt will be
on tap tonight at the armory, at
7:30.
New Defense Used
In the contest against the Badg
ers tonight, Oregon’s defense will
be materially weakened due to the
fact that the style of defense has
been shifted about several times. At
the beginning of the season, the
team used the “zone” system of
guarding, but it wras found that
this style was too complicated for
a comparatively green team to
master, ^Therefore, Reinhart changed
back to the old man-to-man de
fense or the five man defense for
several days. However in to
night’s contest the quintet will
again revert to the use of the “ter
ritorial” or “zone” system. At
present the varsity has not gained
a thorough knowledge of either
style of checking and against the
speedy Pacific five, it is quite pos
sible that the .Badger forwards may
break through for more than their
share of points.
Oregon Offense Weak
While learning this Btyle of
checking, most of the time in prac
tice has been spent in perfecting
the defense and the Oregon offense
has not noticeably improved. There
fore the Forest Grove basketball
five may spring an upset in to
night ’s contest.
Regardless of the showing that
Oregon makes in the tilt tonight,
this game will greatly aid the var
sity in mastering some of their
new styles of play. The Pacific
contest will give the new men on
the squad a good chance to get
used to playing under fire and to
be ready to play in some of the
harder conference games.
Coach Reinhart has slated the fol
I lowing men to start in tonight’s
tilt. Gowans and Hobson will
start at forward with Okerberg at
the tip-off position. Westergren
and Gillenwaters will complete the
line-up at guard.
TOMORROW LAST DAY
FOR ADDING COURSES
Tomorrow closes the two-week
time limit in which courses jnay be
added, is the warning issued from,
the registrar’s office. Students
who have any intention of increas
ing their schedules must have their
petitions in by noon, January 17.
After that time no student will bo
permitted to "add courses to his pro
gram.
Under the new ruling courses may
be dropped any time during tho
term if such action is approved by
the advisor.
OFFICERS OF FRESHMAN
COMMISSION ELECTED
As a result of the election of of
ficers in the Freshman Commission
yesterday, Dorothy Dougall was
chosen president; Virginia Priaulx,
vice-president and Mazie Richards,
secretary.
Social, service, meetings and pub
licity committees will be appointed
by the officers very soon and ad
ditional appointments may be made
later. The Freshman Commission
will work in co-operation with the
Y. W. C. A. A regular meeting of
the organization will be announced
later.
r DIRECTOR OF SPRING^
JUNIOR STUNT
!
Paul Krause
0RE6ANA CANVASSERS
TO TURN IN REPORTS
Orders May Be Placec
By Graduate Manager
Representatives for the Oregant
drive are requested to turn in mon
ey received, at the graduate man
ager’s office this afternoon. Tc
facilitate immediate check-up on or
ders, the manager of the Oregans
desires that the matter should nol
be neglected.
While the officiat drive endee
yesterday, a few orders may stil
be placed through the graduat<
manager. These orders must b'
made immediately though, it ii
stated. Students are warned thal
later it will be Impossible to ob
tain any copies.
Complete returns of the drive
have not been finally accounted
but it is believed that many more
'copies have been sold, than were
last year.
OREGON CLUB ENTERS
DOUGHNUT WRESTLING
At a meeting of the men’s Ore
gon club last Monday night, among
,other matters discussed were the
matters of entering teams in the
doughnut wrestling anel handball
tournaments. Louis Carlson was
appointed to manage the wrestling
team.
All unaffiliated men are eligible
for the team and as the wrestling
tournament will be held soon, Carl
son is anxious to get as many men
out as possible. There is a list in
the office at the men’s gymnasium
where all those men interested in
turning out for the sport may sign
and they are urged to do so at once.
PLEDQING ANNOUNCEMENT
Sigma Pi Tau announces the
pledging of Ernest Dealer.
CITES SET FOR
MIL SHOWS
Junior Class to Present
Big Annual Production
Before Students in May
THREE SHOWS PLANNED
Krause Announces Heads
Of Sub-committees for
Supervision of Event
The heads of the various com
mittees for the Junior Vodvil, which
will be presented on May 9 and Iff,
were announced by Paul Krause^
chairman, at a meeting of the jun
ior class Thursday afternoon.
James Leake, manager of the
Emerald, was named business man
ager of tho affair; Wayne Leland,
who has had a great deal of ex
perience in creating scenes and in
painting them, scenic director;
Maurice Warnock, who has served
in various executive positions in
campus activities, stage manager;
and Charles Norton, president of
the Oregon Knights, properties. An
yet, no one has been selected an
electrician.
‘ ‘ There will be tnree perform
ances this year. On Friday even
ing, May 9, the first will be given;
and on the following day*’ Krause
announced last night, “there will
be a matinee, which will be fol
lowed by the evening performance.
There _ will probably be about sight
acts.
Bessons are Given
“The reason for three shows in
that those who participated in the
acts last year were tired as the re
, suit of two shows in one evening.
, This year we will try to do away
with the jam of people at one per
formance, too. We are going to
try to make all of the acts short
and snappy, and utilize every bit of"
the time. Each performance will
i probably not exceed two and one
half or three hours at the most.'*
Krause asked that every one on
tho campus begin to think about
acts now, for there will absolutely
be no changes later than a month ®
or throe weeks before the show.
“We want to have it as close to »
professional performance as pos
sible,’’ he said. “There is a lot of
real talent on the campus, and wo
want it all represented.”
“The date for the tryouts hao
not been arranged yet, but we
would like the talent to come vol
untarily. We don’t want to foree
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DEAN SHELDON ADDRESSES
MEDICAL SCHOOL STUDENTS
Dean H. D, Sheldon, of the school
of education, is visiting in Port
land, where he spoke to graduate
and rosearch students of the Medi
cal school last night on “The Sig
nificance of Graduate Work in
Higher Education.” Dean Sheldoa
will also conduct several classes, to
day, in connection with the exten
sion division.
WOMEN SHOW ENTHUSIASM
FOR SWORDSMANSHIP CLASS
Whether it is a belligerent or an
aesthetic motive that prompts them,
one fact remains: the gentler sex
are showing their enthusiasm for
fencing even more than the men.
Miss Florence Alden of the women’s
physical education department re
ports that she already has 30 young
women who have signed up for this
sport with enthusiasm, and who are
impatiently awaiting formation of
the classes. The department is tak
ing every possible means to accomo
date the unusual numbers who have
shown their intention of joining
the class. Complete equipment will
be ordered, and a search is being
made for a competent coach. It is
probable that Reginald K. Heber,
master swordsman, former coach of
fencing at San Diego junior college,
and a varsity man on the Univer
sity of California’s southern branch,
crack team, will be secured for this
position.
Unless unforeseen obstacles arise,
it will only be a matter of a short
time until the classes are well under
way. The fencing department for
men is cooperating.
The phenominal growth of thia
sport surpasses any such movement
ever made at Oregon. Should prom
ise of novice competition be secnr
ed there will be, without doubt, *
movement to establish fencing as a
minor sport.
The young women who are sup
porting the new sport are: Sarah
Starr, Margaret Ballantyne, Marian
Smith, Vera Wilbur, Helen Webber,
Bess Andrews, Helen Park, Arlene
Butler, Laura Prescott, Marie Malm
gren, Marjorie Merrick, Elizabeth
Cheney, Carol Colby, Norma-Jane
MeCleary, Katherine Van Dellar,
Mildred Vaughn, Ruth Wheeler, Ge
neva Drum, Geneva Zimmer, Kee
Buchanan, Kate Buchanan, Con
stance Cole, Dorothea Drake, Iris
Saunders, Frances Plympton, Ade
line Lee Zurcher, Dealtry Bean,
Eleanor Marvin, Nell Best, and lily
King.
Some of these are taking fencing
as an educational feature in aes
thetic dancing, and others for basic
training in dramatics.