Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1925)
VOLUME XXVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1925 NUMBER 83 DEBATE TEAMS Women Take Contest From Willamette at Villard Hall By Two to One 'CONTEST LOST TO O.A.C. Amendment of Japanese Immigration Laws is Topic of Discussion The women’s debate teams di vided honors in the triangle debate held last night with O. A. C. and Willamette university. Mildred Bateman and Beatrice Mason, af firmative team, defeated Elizabeth Fairchild and Elaine Clower by a 2 to 1 decision. The negative team, Dorothy Newman and Aline Buster lost to O. A. C. at Corvallis, 3 to 0. H. G. Tanner, of the chemistry department, presided as chairman in the meet in Villard hall. H. H. Herdman, Portland; Tom Stavely, Portland; and O. W. Haynes, Cot tage Grove, acted as judges. The question was, “Resolved: That the present immigration law be amended to admit Japanese on the quota basis.” “It is of utmost importance,” said Beatrice Mason, in her open ing argument for the affirmative, “that a diplomatic policy be worked out between the United States and Japan.” The State Department once asked ■ that the power of handling the bill and its clauses be given to them, but Congress refused and passed the extension bin by a large major ity. “Congress proved by this act,” Miss Mason said, “that it were not free from mob psychology.” Because of the exclusion act, she ■suggested that it would stimulate a greater revival of border smug gling. “Japan recognizes the sovereign! power of the United States to ex-! elude foreigners,” stated Elizabeth j Fairchild, of the ^illamette nega- i tive team, “becaus'e immigration is a dominant affair.” Total exclusion of Japanese is de- * sirable, Miss Fairchild said, be cause it was in harmony with public opinion; it preserved racial liomo -geneity as Japanese were not as similable; Japanese cannot become naturalized citizens and are an j economic detriment. Mildred Bateman of the affirma tive, maintained that assimilation ! was not a vital problem as only 146 \ would be allowed entrance and that the cheap living of the Japanese was a virtue rather than a detri ment. “The total exclution movement1 by Congress, Miss Bateman de clared, “was not in keeping with the former policy maintained by the United States toward the Ori ent. We have endangered friend ship and sown the seeds of enmity.” “The quota plan was framed to meet the requirements of European immigrants,” said Elaine Clower in her negative argument. “The farm ers never intended it to apply to the Japanese problem.” “The present number of -Japan ese already in this country consti (Coniinued, on page three) BRET HARTE VOLUME GIVEN TO DEAN ALLEN A very fine edition of Bret Harte’s “Heathen Chinee” was pre-| sented by John Henry Nash, a San ; Francisco printer, to Eric W. Allen, | dean of the school of journalism. This edition includes a facsimile of Bret Har.te’s own manuscript, and the story of just how the poem was •written, together with some remin iscences of his bibliography of the poem, and the presentation from the printer. . Mr. Nash printed 225 copies of this beautiful production, none of which are for sale. Several other . pieces of very fine printing were sent with this, including a copy of a de luxe chapter of Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Silverado Squatters,” and a color engraving of Girard Hale’s painting, “Napa "Wine.” Mr. Nash will be a speaker at the newspaper conference, which is to be held on the campus, March 13 and 14. f Walter Malcolm ‘KEMPY’ TICKETS ON Si TODAY Heilig Theatre to Be Scene Of Production; One Per formance is Scheduled PRICE SET AT 75 CENTS Tickets are now on sale in the various living organizations for the Mask and Buskin production “Kerapy,” which will be given at the Heilig theatre next Thursday night, February 26. This one per formance will be the only one giv en this year by the organization and great care is being taken by them to make “Kempy” compare favorably with Mask and Buskin successes in past years. “Kempy,” two years ago in New York, was the great comedy success of the season, running well past the usual length of runs of the theatrical season. It is written by two vaudeville monologists who have incorporated into the lines all the humor of a vaudeville sketch with the addition of clever plot, interest, and surprise. There is none of the deadening effect often felt in semi-modern comedies. “Kempy” sparkles with the latest and liveliest situations. • Representatives in Houser, For the convenience of students, a representative has been appoint ed in each living organization to whom they may apply for tickets. Thursday night has been made an open night for dates. The following persons will have tickets for “Kempy.” Beta Theta Pi, Arthur Gray; Kappa Sigma, James Leake; Alpha Beta Chi, Ar thur Gale; Phi Delta Theta. Wal ter Malcolm; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Robert Love; Alpha Tau Omega, Gordon Wilson; Phi Gamma Delta, j Earl Chiles; Sigma Nu, Howard I Oswald; Sigma Chi, Foster Rose. Women Appointees Listed Phi Sigma Pi, Carl Ashley; Phi Kappa Psi, Jack Hempstead; Bach j elordon, Tom Mahoney; Sigma Pi Tau, Bud Christensen; Friendly i Hall, Lowell Baker; Lambda Psi, I Peter Ermler; Psi Kappa, Gerald J Wade; Kappa Delta Phi, Charles Snell; Chi Psi, James Fcfrestel; i Delta Tau Delta, Bill Hamilton. I Gamma Phi Beta, Lillian Lud (Continued on page three) i --- ALPHA XI DELTA HOUSE IS SCENE OF WEDDING _&_ • The Alpha Xi Delta house was. the scene.of the wedding of Hatti» , Fletcher, ex-’27, and Frank Shontz, \ junior in pre-medics, yesterday ( S afternoon. The ceremony was held j at 4:30 o’clock, with Marjorie Thompson, Alpha Xi Delta, and Cal- j vin Yoran, Phi Sigma Pi, as at tendants. Mrs. Shontz Is a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority, and' Mr. Shontz is a Phi Sigma Pi. Neither one has been in school this year. Mrs. Shontz was a major in the romance ; language department. They will make their home in Eugene, after a trip to Newport, and in the fall will go to Portland, where Mr. Shontz will enter the University of Oregon medical school. i WARNED CONTEST TO riELO 1200 {Three Prizes Instead of One Will Be Given for Best Essay on Orient UPTON CLOSE TO JUDGE P. S. Bennett Offers $20 for Paper on Topic of Free Government Principles Three prizes instead of one are to be offered this year in the Mur ray Warner essay contest, it rvas announced yesterday by the com mittee in charge. In previous years only one prize lias been offered, and this was raised last year by Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner, its donor, from $50 to $100. This year, with $200 available, sent from China by Mrs. War#er, the added awards become possible, and con sequently there will be a second prize of $65 and a third of $35. The committee reports consider able interest already manifest in the contest, with several already at work, three of whom have been at it, more or less intensively, for two months. Oriental Relations Basijc . The essays are to be of approxi mately five thousand words in length, as originally suggested by Mrs. Warner. They are to deal with some topic designed to in crease interest in the general sub ject of the furtherance of closer relations between the Pacific Coast of the United States and the countries of the Orient. The es says are to be turned in to George Turnbull, chairman of the commit tee on awards, not later than May 1. Each contestant is to submit three copies of his essay, making it possible to have the judging done simultaneously, and eliminating the delay of former years, occasioned by sending a single copy around to each of three judges. One of the board of judges has already been selected: Josef Wash ington Hall, (Upton Close), noted authority on the Orient and auth or of one of the late best sellers, “In the Land of the Laughing Bud dha,” while here several weeks ago agreed to take time to act. Ur. Hall is a member of the faculty of the University of Washington when he isn’t getting first-hand informa i t.ion on the way things are done across the Pacific. Names of the other two judges will be announced soon, the committee expects. Previous Winners Barred A new rule adopted by the com mittee bars all previous winners from participation this year. The contest is limited, further, to under graduates in residence at the Uni versity. The winner of the Mur ray Warner prize last year was Ted Kurashige, now a practicing law yer in Honolulu, T. H. Subjects covered in previous contests have included the relation of the press to the oriental problem, education in the orient, topics dealing with oriental art, and trade relations. The subject embraces a wide range of possible topics. Another chance to win some prize money is offered in the Philo Sherman Bennett essay prize con test, in which $20 is offered to the student of the University writing the best essay on “The Principles of Free Government.” The prize was won last year bv William Ar thur Rosenbraugh, third-year law, now Oregon 'Rhodes scholar at Ox ford. Rome of the subjects on which have been c,written in this contest in the past are the rule of the majority, marriage and divorce laws, state government, the com merce clause and state rights, cen tralization in government. This contest also permits a wide range of topics. May 1, Close of Contest Tn this contes* also three copies of each essay are to be made, and the closing dav is Mav 1. Judges are yet to be named. The com mittee in charge is made up of W. F. G. Thaclier. A. F. Caswell. John ,T. Landsburv. George Turnbull, and M. K. Cameron. Varsity Hoop Game Not Scheduled With Southern California The University of Oregon bas ketball team will not play the University of Southern Califor nia, March 2, stated J. W. Bene fiel, yesterday. The game was never scheduled definitely, hence it was not necessary to cancel it. The reason for Oregon not meeting the southern conference team on their northern trip was that the game would come with in the two week period just prior to examinations, and it has been a custom to leave this time free from student body activities. The announcement has been made by Jack Benefiel that no students will be admitted to tonight’s game without the, red winter term stu dent body ticket. SWIMMING MANAGERS ARRANGE MEET EVENTS First Week of March Set For Class Contests Class swimming will start the first week in March. This state ment was given out after a meet ing of class managers last night. Events for the class meets will be much more difficult than those on the doughnut schedule. The complete list of events for class swimming and rules decided upon last night ars as follows: 1. 20-yard free style race. 0. 20-yard back crawl race. 20yard back crawl race. 4. 20-yard breast stroke race. 5. Plunge for 30 seconds. 6. Dives (required). Straight front. Swan. Front jack. Back dive. (3 optional). Jack knife twist. Back jack knife Front flip. Back flip. Half gainer. Whole gainer. Hand stand. Hand stand sommerset. Once and a half. Front twist. 7. Belay. Any other suggestions for option al dives if approved by class man agers will be permitted in the meets. _ The tournament will be con ducted on an elimination consola tion basis. A swimmer may enter any three events including the relay except when the 60-yard race is chosen in which case she may enter only one other speed event. A heart O. K. will be necessary to qualify for the class meets. The O. K. obtained for basketball or doughnut swimming is satisfactory. A minimum of 4 practices. Any swimmer on a class team un able to swim in any meet must re port to Miss Barbara Page, swim ming coach before 9 a. m. on the day the team is scheduled to swim. All class teams must present their (Continued on page four) UNIVERSITY CHEMISTS TEST TRANSFORMERS The chemistry department of the University has just tested some samples of oil to be used in the transformers of the City of Eugene power plant at Walterville. Be fore the oil can be used for the transformers which step up the voltage to a potentiality which per mits it to travel a long distance, it has to be of a certain quality so it will not fail or burn out, said O. F. Stafford, professor of chem istry. If the oil is not of the nec essary quality, it not only means interrupted serviee, but loss of very valuable equipment, complete line-up and designate the o---<?> BAND MEN ATTENTION Tonight is the night. Your section has been re served for you at the Armory. You are all expected to turn I out because it is the last home game, and the big game of the season. Be there and do your part towards making the season a victorious one. VARSITY TO MEET AGGIE BASKETEERS Four of Varsity s Hoopsters -<3> O O 'Ke.NMav.U's uu IS} PHOT® * PHOTO r Above—“Swede” Westergren and “Hobby” Hobson; below —“Russ” Gowan and “Ted” Gillenwaters. FROSH-HOOK HOOPERS TO MEET HERE TODAY Odds Favor Freshmen; Two Men Out With Injuries The frosh basketeers will meot the O. A. C. rooks this afternoon in their return game. The contest will be played at the men’s gym and will be called at 3:00 o’clock. Dope favors the freshmen to win this title, as they easily defeated the rooks in their first engagement at Corvallis a few weeks ago. In that contest the frosh ran wild and were able to score almost at will, taking the game by a 53 to 35 score. The rooks were far over (Confident and had not then got their style of play down to perfec tion. However, in the tilt this af ternoon the rooks are expected to have their system well oiled and the over confidence was entirely taken out of them by the bad defeat at the hands of the freshmen. Coach Dave Evans is expecting a hard game and is preparing his players for the style of play which the rooks are expected to use on their offense. The frosh will lie handicapped to some extent by the injuries which were received by two of the yearl ing squad. Tiber hard sprained his wrist and Powers is impeded by a charley horse. These men will probably be able to start the game, but they may not be able to last it out. The probable line-up for this tilt will be as follows: Beeney and Joy at forwards, with Walker and Orewdson in reserve, Eberhard at center with Squalisli to fill in if needed, and at guard, Powers and Reichstein, with Hutchinson to re place in case of a necessity. TRY-OUTS FOR VODVIL TO BE RE-SCHEDULED The schedule ;is originally work ed out0 for the° try-outs for Junior Vodvil has been changed, and the new list will be 'published the first of next week, according to an an nouncement made by Paul Krausse, vodvil chairman, yesterday. The try-outs for both the atcs and the musical comedy were to have been held this week; but, due to the adoption of new pjans, the try-outs have been postponed. A complete list of the names of the various acts, the date and the hour of each try-out will be published in sufficient time for every one who has already signed up to find out when he is scheduled. STUDENT MUSICIANS PLAN CONCERT TOUR Two Glee Clubs Will Give Combined Program Members of three musical organi zations of the University, the men’s and women’s glee clubs and the or chestra will leave Monday, March 28, on a short tour that will termin ate in Portland Thursday evening, March 26. The only concert that has been definitely scheduled is the one to be presented in Portland th“ evening of the twenty-sixth in the Heilig theatre. It is hoped that contracts can be completed for con certs by the glee clubs in Albany, Salem and Longview, Washington. It is quite probable, said James Lieake, manager of the organiza tions, that the orchestra will be heard in Astoria. The glee clubs are doing some-! thing entirely different this year,' said John Stark Evans, director. , Instead of separate concerts by j each club, combined concerts will ^ j bo given by the club with special ■ numbers by each organization. The numbers to be presented are all of I an entirely high-class nature. It is ! the opinion of Mr. Evans that the day of vaudeville stunts in glee club concerts has passed, and that the public is more interested in hearing the finer things. The con certs to be given for this reason will be unique in presentaton. In preparing for the tour a great j fleul of rehearsing is being done and all the numbers are being worked out to a very high degree of ex cellence. Soloists will include Ruth Akers, assistant director of the women’s glee club; Roy Bryson, as sistant director of the men’s organ!* 1 zation, Aubrey Furrey and Frank | J ue. CAMPUS SECRETARIES IN PORTLAND FOR Y. M. C. A. Henry W. Davis, secretary of the campus Y M. 0. A. and Mrs. Char lotte Donnelly, local employment 1 secretary, spent yesterday in Port | land attending to Y. M. C. A. busi I -h>ss. The regular business of the hut was conducted by student vol j unteers. MAY BE STEP TO CHAMPIONSHIP Game Marks End of O.A.C. Season; Three Contests Left on Oregon Schedule ALL MEN IN GOOD SHAPE Practice is Handicapped By Auto Show; Visitors Lineup May Be Complete Although the basketball season has another week to go, the Ore gon-O. A. C. tilt tonight at the ar mory will practically decide the champion of the northern section of the Pacific Coast conference. Should the Aggies win, they will end the season in a tie for high honors or even win the title should Washington lose another contest. If Oregon wins, the varsity will be well on the way for a 1925 pen nant. The doors to the armory will be thrown open at 6:45, although the game will not start until 7:45. Jack Bcnefiel has placed 300 more seats on the lower floor and 200 seats lxavo been reserved for townspeople in the balcony. Auto Show Spoils Practice On account of the auto show at the Arhiory this week, the Lemon Yellow quintet has been forced to quite a disadvantage, having to practice on one side of the armory floor in the morning. The team was only able to practice shots and IOUIS. Tliia game completes the Pacific Coast conference schedule for the Aggies, and Coach Hager is point ing all his guns toward this game. On the other hand, this contest will mark the fifth coast confer ence game for the varsity, meaning that Oregon still has three heavy contests remaining ou her schedule. Bobby Morris of Seattle will referee tlio contest. Morris refereed the O. A. C.-Oregon tilt this year at Corvallis. Official Lineup not Stated Although no official lineup has been decided upon by Coach Billy Roinhart, it is known that Hobson and Gowans will start at forward with Okerberg at center. “Swede” Westorgren will start at guard, while the other position will be filled by either Jost. Gunther or Gillen waters. The team is in good shape, the members of the squad having re ! covered from the effects of their ; vaccinations. The O. A. C. lineup will probably j include Baker and Ridings at for ward with Brown at center. Steele i and Stoddard will fill the guard j berths. I SOCIAL EVENTS ADDED TO TERM CALENDER A few more events have been | scheduled for the remainder of this term with Dean Esterlv, although it is likely that no more will be ar ranged since the social season will close two weeks before examina tions. One exception has been made to this ruling in that the freshmen have been allowed the date of 1 March 7 for the Freshman Glee, an | all university dance. Following are the recently ar ! ranged dates: Feb. 27 Pi Beta Phi reception I for national officer; Psi Kappa informal. Feb. 28—Alpha Chi Omega for mal; Sigma Beta Phi informal; j Alpha Xi Delta informal. Mar. 5, 6, 7—Guild hall play. Mar. 7—Freshman Glee. Mar. 13, 14—Editors’ and News | paper conference, i Mar. 20—Miami Triad dance.