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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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“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.