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VOLUME XXVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. MAY 12, 1925 NUMBER 129 Understanding of new move for Buildings; increase Of New Fee held important by Student Council; Urged on Students The student council has passed a resolution urging every student to familiarize himself with the fee addition. The council has investi gated the matter thoroughly and has voted favorably for the in crease., It was not the intention of the council to co-erce the student body into voting for the amend ment. It urges very strongly, how ever, that every student i under stand the situation thoroughly, and then make his decision known at the polls tomorrow. » * » A donation of $60.00 to the Uni versity is a matter worth thinking for the most of us. That means fifteen dollars a year and five dol lars a term. Sixty dollars would buy a very excellent canoe, and it would buy a fairly decent campus Ford. * * * Sixty dollars is quite a sum. At the same time, it is forty dollars less than eightv-five per cent of the classes of 1924, ’25, ’26, ’27, and ’28 have signified their wil lingness to pay. A sixty dollar donation to the University—when considered from the point of view of the Univer ► sity—is also worth thinking over. It means not a fleet of Fords and a flotilla of canoes; it means a bas ketball pavilian, and a Student Union, and a new grandstand, and another wing, perhaps of the new science building, or a block of the new library. Those who have already pledged have done so unselfishly. Few of them expected to see the Student Union fully completed or even started in their college career. Surely the generations who will come to Oregon in future years and wrho •rill be reaping a bounteous return from the generosity of their predecessors, will not object to as suming a lighter burden than those who have gone before. • * * Sixty dollars from every student is sound business. It is as sound as the $100 pledge, obtained through campus drives is unsound. The University will reap far greater dividends from $5.00 fee additions than from $100 pledges. Pledges are easy to avoid for those so in clined, and a burden to those who pay over a long period of years after graduation. • * * New York State university levies a yearly fee of $300. The Univer sity of California collects $150 yearly. At the University of Wash ington students pay $60 yearly fees. At Oregon we pay $41.25 yearly. With the proposed fee addition our fees would amount to $55.25, a sum smaller than the Washington levy. May we not assume that an Oregon education is worth as much as one from Washington university! • » * The sixty dollar sums will be used to provide those necessary structures which the state and the alumni are unable to afford. When the student buildings are cared for the funds may be diverted, at the discretion of the executive coun cil, to academic buildings. • • » Many persons believe that a bas ketball pavilion, where the Oregon team might have practiced this vear, would have meant an Oregon championship at least for the North west. A good many students aren’t so sure. They couldn’t even get into the armory to see the game. * * * Construction of the new bleachers will begin immediately if the funds are voted tomorrow. If not, the condemned bleachers will pay a silent, empty tribute to the fact next Homecoming. I Condon Club Picnic Visited by Ghosts Shots Save Day According to jubilant, if rather mixed, accounts, the Condon club picnic must have been a hilarous affair. For instance, there is the rumor of ghosts that walked— and were layed by the vigorous and expert shooting of tlje Con don men; of the appearance at the picnic of some of the famous Friendly hall fruit salad; and of the left-over ice cream (how sel dom does such a phenomenon ap pear) being finished next day in a late and informal breakfast at Quartz hall! One of the outstanding events of the picnic was the selecting of Eugene Callagan as the best all around junior man in the depart ment. Such a man is chosen each year in the geology department. It is not yet decided what the prize is to be. The toastmaster of the day— or rather, evening—was Professor Warren D. Smith. Speeches were given by Dr. Edwin T. Hodge and by a majority of the members of the club, according to custom. Those speaking for the first time on the annual picnic were Mark Lupher, John Bean, and Hernia* Meirjurgen. ADVANCED STUDENTS T| GIVE MUSIC RECITAL Well Known Musicians on Program Tomorrow An advanced student recital will be given tomorrow night in the school of music auditorium starting at 8:30 o’clock, which is the first of a series of recitals of this type to be given this term. There will be no admission charge and both students and townspeople are urged to attend. Many well-known campus musi cians will hold a prominent place on the program. Richard Adam, tenor, who distinguished himself by his solo work in the “Seven Last Words of Christ,” which was given on Good Friday by the University choir, will sing several solos. His voice was also very favorably re ceived at the home concert of the University glee clubs and at the con certs given in Salem and Portland. Delbert. Moore, violinist, who is considered one of the favorite mu sicians on the campus, and who charmed his audience last Sund^ at the Vesper service by playing “Simple Confession,” will give a number of selections; Others who will take part in the recital are Mil dred Welch, soprano, and promin ent member of the girls’ glee club; Gwendolyn Hayden, violinist, and an active member of Mu Phi Epsi lon and the University orchestra, and Alma Lawrence and Barbara Edmunds, pianists. Miss Lawrence is a pledge of Mu Phi Epsilon, na tional musical fraternity and Bar bara Edmunds is a member of the girls’ glee club and is considered one of the most outstanding fresh men musicians on the campus. BACH MUSIC PROGRAM TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT The music program devoted to Bach, sponsored by Weimar-Bund, University German club, is to be held in the alumni parlor of the Woman’s building, tonight, at 7:30. Wellington Sloan, instructor in the school of music, has made selections of those compositions of Bach which are not so well known. “Fugue in A Minor,” and “Eigh teen Small Preludes” are among those chosen. Mr. Sloane is di recting the orchestra for “Hassan.” He has also written the score for the Guild production. The regular business meeting of Weimar-Bund will be conducted at the dinner, to be held at the Col lege Side Inn, at 5:30 tonight. The club extends an invitation to all students to attend the music pro gram. LIST ML TILT SET FO'll TOOST Willamette Ball Players To Invade Hayward Field At 4 p. m. This Afternoon ROAD TRIP WILL FOLLOW Williams or Harrison With Mimnaugh Behind Plate Will Be Oregon Battery The Oregon baseball nine will play its last game on the home field this afternoon at 4 o’clock, before leaving on the road trip. The Willamette team will invade the new Hayward diamond and at tempt to uphold their creditable record of only one defeat so far this season. The game today will greatly aid the team in again striking their winning stride and to put the var sity in good shape for a stiff north ern trip. The battery for the Lemon Yel low today will be either Ray Wil liams or Fred Harrison on the mound with George Mimnaugh re ceiving. Jack Bliss, who has been behind the plate for Oregon in all the contests so far, is out with a sprained finger, however, he may get in for a short period of the tilt. Mimnaugh has had consider able experience behind the batter and is expected to hold down this berth in a creditable manner. Carl Knudson is slated to take Mimnaugh’s position in right field today. The Willamette lineup is as fol lows: Tonner, c; Herman, 1; Pol ing, ; Fastnatch, ss; Isham, 3; McAllister, Hanson, and Nakanna, field; Callahan, Ellis or Roberts, pitcher. WILLAMETTE VICTOR IN ORATORY CONTES! Willamette university, represent ed by Leland Chapin won first place in the Pacific Coast oratorical contest at Corvallis, Friday night, |with his oration entitled, “The In ternational Mind.” O. A. C. repre sented by Frank Lacy was awarded second place and Ralph Bailey of the University of Oregon received honorable mention. The Oregon man spoke on “The Sin of Progress. The other contestants were Cale Whitaker from Washington State college and John Thomas from Whitman college. A cash prize of fifty dollars in gold was awarded the winner and twenty-five dollars was the reward given to the speak er judged second best. Friday’s contest was sponsored by the Pacific Forensic league, an organization seeking to standardize forensic activities on the western coast. The league fostered the first Pacific coast public speaking contest held at Leland Stanford Junior university in December. A series of league debates have been planned for next year in addition to the other two annual contests. These will determine the Pacific Coast debate championship. Judges were: Richard D^ieh', judge of the district court of Port land; J. M. Devers, attorney for the state highway commission; and Dr. C. M. Landers, president of Ore gon State Normal school of Mon mouth. In honor of the visiting orators and coaches, a banquet was given bv the forensic division of O. A. C. following the contest. Students Warned By Faculty Against Canoeing in Rapids Needless Risks. Cause Deaths in River The student advisory committee of the faculty issues its annual warning to students against ca noeing in rough water in the river. For a good many years past there has been a fatal acci dent in the river about once every four years. If the rule holds true, the University is due for another canoeing fatality this year. The committee has no wish to curtail legitimate student recreation, but it does feel it necessary in the in terest of protecting the students from serious accidents, and the University from criticism for neg ligence in safeguarding its stu dents, to call attention of all stu dent to the University rule re quiring suspension ol students “shooting the rapids,” or other wise running risks on the river. Regardless of the rule, students should observe the following pre cautions: 1— No student who is not a good swimmer should venture into the river in a canoe. 2— Venturing into rough water whether or not technically “shoot ing the rapids’’ is, for anyone not an expert, a foolhardy act. Those who are sufficiently expert in handling a canoe to venture into rough water safely should be willing to forego the pleasure out of consideration of the safety of others to whom the trick may ap pear easy, but who may unwill ingly invite disaster by taking it. DR. THOMAS E. GREEN TO ADDRESS ASSEMBLY Dr. Tliomag E. Green, lecturer and author, member of the Staff Council of the American National Bed Cross, will speak at this week's assembly on questions of peace. “•Dr. Green journeyed around the world in the interests of interna tional peace in 1910,and three years later was a delegate to the Fourth American Peace Conference, and since then has been an international lecturer for the American Peace Society, as well as a special lecturer for the Carnegie Endowment for In ternational Peace. During the last months of Amer ica' s participation in the World War he directed the Speaker's Bureau in the U. S. Treasury Department in behalf of the Victory Liberty Loan, and after the war 'was a member of the European Belief Council. Dr. Green has been decorated for dis tinguished service by several for eign governments, including the Medal of Honor by the Fnerch gov ernment, Medal of Merit, Polish Bed Cross, Medal of Honor, Chi nese Bed Cross, and has recently been elected a Chevalier of the Le gion of Honor of France. The Bed Cross oficers of Eugene have been invited to hear Mr. Green. MURRAY WARNER CONTEST CLOSES WITH 7 MANUSCRIPTS When the contest closed yester day, seven manuscripts had been turned in to compete for thp Mur ray Warner essay prizes of $100, $05, and $35. The judges to whom the papers are to be submitted are: Dr. Josef Washington Hall. Univer sity of Washington; Harvey Wheel er, graduate of the University in 1907 and for 15 years engaged in educational work in Japan, now a resident of Eugene; and Ivan Ware, formerly with the Canton Christian college, China, also a Eu gene resident. This contest was established by Mrs. Warner to create more inter est in the Orient, and to attempt to bring about a closer relationship between the United States and the Orient through a better understand ing. Nominees for Co op Board of Directors to be Chosen The nominees for the Co-op board of directors to be voted on at stu dent body election tomorow are as follows:-sophomores, to serve two years, two to be chosen, Kirk Bol liger, Clarence Carter, Morton Coke, Pat Hughes, Balph Staley. Freshmen to serve one year, one to be elected, are Frank German and Bob Overstreet. $5.1 TERM FEE Platforms of Candidates Unanimously in Favor Of Proposed Amendment ANNOUNCEMENTS BRIEF No Statements Made By Malcolm and Winterer, Aspirants for President Unanimous approval of the pro posed $5.00 fee addition amendment was the outstanding feature of candidates’ platform submitted to the Emerald last night. Without exception the candidates declared themselves in favor of the fee addi tion to be voted upon at tomor row’s student body election. The two candidates for student body president, Walter Malcolm and Steele Winterer, did not sub mit platforms. Each declared per sonally the fee addition to be the most important consideration be fore the student body at the pres ent time, but saw no need in pre senting statement on a general pol icy. Eollowing are the platforms submitted by the candidates for vice-president and editor: Candidates for Vice President If I am elected to the office of Vice President of the A. S. U. O. I pledge myself to the following simple program: 1. Conscientious and progressive carrying out of the duties of the office. 2. Whole hearted and enthusias tic support of the matters consid ered best by the administration elected. 3. Furtherance of the five dollar a term building fee which I con sider the most vital issue at the present time. PAUL AGER. If elected to office of Vice Pres ident, I will work for the interests of the student body to the best of my ability, assist the president of the sudent body in every way that I can, discharge the duties of vice president, and those of the commit tees of which I would happen to be a member, in a faithful prompt and business like manner. I con sider the five dollar fee amendment for campus buildings the para mount issue before the student body and will support* it to the best of my ability. BOB McCABE. Candidates for Editor It is a notorious fact that poli tical platforms are seldom lived up to and that campaign promises are seldom kept, not necessarily because of the insincerity of the candidate but because there are always situ ations and forces which must be reckoned with as they arise, and which can not be forseen before the candidate has taken over the duties of the office. I therefore do not feel it perti nent to make any statement as to what I will or will no«do, as I do not prefer to mind myself con fronted with an old platform with which to meet new problems. I do, however, wish to add my word to what has been said for the amendment raising student body fees to cover the cost of a basket ball pavilion, additional bleachers and the remainder of the student union fund. Increased fees may be unpleasant but if this amend ment is not passed we shall find our home coming crowd sitting out in the rain. HAROLD A. KIRK. Because I think the editor of the Emerald should be elected solely on his merits as a journalist and exe cutive, I have entered no political “rings” nor vote-exchanging allian ces, and furthermore will not do so. Tf elected, I will abide by the following points: 1. To provide a University news paper representative of student activity and student life. 2. To support each student ac tivity according to its worth. 2. To promote to the fullest ex tent the interests of the student body at large. 4. To aid in the continuance of (Continued on page four) Sea Life Specimens Acquired on Trip By Biology Group A bit of the sea has been trans planted to the biology laboratory as a result of the week-end trip taken by twelve biology students to Newport. Miss Vesta Holt, zoology instructor, accompanied the students. Large lavendar, gold and pink and small red starfish, little green sea urchins clinging to hol lows in rocks, sea anemone, her mit crabs, many kinds of mollu scs, and several varieties of worms are some of the specimens brought in by the explorers, and are now reposing in large recep tacles of preservative. Saturday and Sunday mornings from 5 to 10 a. m. were spent in collecting at the marine gardens near the lighthouse about five miles above Newport, said Miss Holt, outlining the trip. The par ty was favored with the remark ably low tide of 1.7 feet Sunday morning. Skinned and bruised from climbing about among the rocks, the specimen-gatherers re turned to the campus Sundav night. ALBERT PRIZE WINNER VOTED ON TOMORROW Special Poll to Be Open At A. S. U. 0. Elections A special poll will be maintained at the student elections Wednesday for senior voting on the winner of the Albert prize. Cliarlos Jost heads the committee in charge of the poll. Voting will take place on that day in accordance with the desire of the class of ’25, as ex pressed at their meeting last week. The faculty committee on awards has selected three nominees for the Albert cup, formorly a $25 prize; Mary Jane Hathaway, Winifred Graham and Tod Gillenwaters. In 1923, John MacGregor won the prize and last year it was won by Claude Robinson. The faculty com mittee selects nominees for this prize and chooses the winner of the Koyl cup. The winner will be kept secret until Junior Week-end, when the cup will be awarded at the Prom together with the awarding of the Gerlinger and Koyl cups. The cup is given by J. Albert of Salem, to the senior man or woman who has a record for faithful study and a scholarship not below average, who during his collego course has made the greatest progress toward an ideal in character, service and wholesome influence. «3>-<5* There will bo a sophmore class meeting today at 4:30 p. m. in room 107 Villard Hall—Prof. Howe's room. Important busi nes. All members must attend. Junior class meeting today at 5 o'clock in Villard Hall. Very ‘ Important. Representatives from every house please attend. REGENTS' SKYING IN FUNDS LISTED Reduction of $60,000 In Budget Met By Cuts of Faculty and Salaries EXTENSION LOSS $10,000 Department of Drama and Speech Arts Only One to Lose Identity in Change A survey of the definite econo mies made in the University of Ore gon at the last meeting of the board of regents was made public yester day officially by the administration committee. The statement throws light on the financial policy by fur nishing actual figures and esti mates, not given out in prior re ports, resulting in the criticism made in the last Emerald and in the state papers. The administrative committee es timated several months ago that if the University were to meet the demands made upon it for increased staff to care for the expected in crease in the student body next year and also to meet heavy pav ing costs, approximately $60,000 must bo saved in the budget for 1925 and 1926. This original estimate of the amount necessary to be saved, as it later proved, was too high, 'as some of the paving projects of Eugene city streets within or bordering the campus will n<jt be undertaken for the present, and it was found pos sible to decrease by l^alf the amount estimated for staff salaries which originally appeared necessary. $15,000 for Paving Tw.o paving projects that were ordered by the city of Eugenfe, how ever, will cast the University ap proximately $15,000. This sum had to be taken care of in the Univer sity budget. The projects are the paving of Eighteenth avenue from University street to Agate and of Agate street between Fifteenth and Eighteenth avenues, all city streets within or bordring the campus. It was expected, when the orig inal estimate of a required $60,000 saving was made, that $25,000 would have to be appropriated from University funds for paving. Pro jects, however, to pave Kincaid street from Thirteenth to Four teenth avenues, and Fifteenth from University to Agate, and University from Thirteenth to Fifteenth, were postponed by the city, thus enabl ing University officials to cut $10, 000 from their original estimate of paving expenses. In the Extension Division budget a saving of $10,000 a year was made by reducing the budget below former allowances, but permitting the extension division at the same time to raise student fees and thus increase earnings. By abolishing the position of University field worker, carried in the extension division budget, a salary item of $3,000 yearly was saved. Zoologists Leave Posts Bertha Hays and Vesta Holt, instructors in zoology, resigned and will be replaced. While granted a year’s leave of absence, it is under stood that Dr. H. B. Torrey, de (Continued on page three) “HASSAN” TO HAVE STAGE CRAFT SETTINGS AS USED IN NEW YORK As a fitting moans to harmonize with the rythmic tone of the play, “Hassan” which begins its run on the campus tomorrow night, sets are being painted and designed by the personnel of the art department under Mr. Nowland Zane, Mr. Vir gil Hafen and Mr. Biler Brown. The play, entirely Oriental in plot and situation, will be greatly improved by the new sets which are now completed and will be ready for use the night of the open ing performance. Since the first rehearsals of “Hassan” the artists have been witnessing the play and have attained the full significance of the drama itself so that they would be able to plan their designs and settings in accordance with the giving of the play. The new stage craft idea has been used in the construction of these sets in that there has been used a cross between the realistic and impressionalistic design, as is so prominent in the Theatre Guild productions in New York. This is the first time that the new stage craft settings have been used in the campus Guild theatre and it is believed that the novelty will make a decided impression on those who attend the performance of Fleck er’s London hit, “Hassan.” With the melodious color har monies of the new sets, rugs from Oarto/.ian’s in Portland, and spec ially arranged music for the danc ing moments in the play, it is be lieved that this production will be the most attractive one of the year. Tickets are now' on sale for "Hassan” at 50 and 75 cents. The play runs four nights, May 13, 14, 15 and 16.