REGENTS' ACTS
FACING 1N0UIRY
Policies of Association
Of Professors Appear to
Have ’Been Violated
PROBE MAY BE ASKED
All Instructors Entitled
To Fair Trial Before
Dismissal, Is Claim
Principles of University admin
istration specifically applying to
the recent actions of the state
board of regents of the University
in dismissing and demoting a num
ber of faculty members, have been
found in the statement of policies
published in the bulletin of the
American Association of University
Professors, a national organization
having a chapter of about 48 mem
bers on this campus.
In a report of the committee of
academic freedom and tenure, pub
lished in February, 1925, in the
bulletin, the statement is made
that any university teacher should
be given notice of dismissal or of
refusal of reappointment not later
than three months before the end
of the academic year, and in the
case of teachers above the grade of
instructor, one years’ notice should
be given. These principles are the
ones that^ are in issue in the case
of the recent dismissals made by
the regents.
Defense Held Permissable
The report also contains the
statement that every university
teacher should be entitled to a
Afr statement in writing of the specific
charges and that he should be giv
en a chance to defend himself be
fore dismissal or demotion.
According to members of the or
ganization on the campus any lo
cal nfember or the local chapter
may request an investigation of the
situation. If the request is grant
ed by the national organization, a
committee will make a complete in
vestigation and the report, with a
full statement of the facts of the
case, naming those at fault, will be
published in the bulletin, which is
distributed to every member in the
United States. The report is na
turally given wide publicity in the
vicinity of the institution.
Extracts from the bulletin, out
lining the policies of the organiza
tion follow:
Dismissal Statements Given
“Definition of tenure of office:—
In every institution there should
^ be an unequivocal understanding as
to the term of •each appointment;
and the tenure of professorship
and associate professorship and of
all positions above the grade of
instructor, after ten years of ser
vice should be permanent (subject
to the provisions hereafter given
for removal upon charges.) In
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THE IMMEDIATE NECESSITIES
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BY RANDALL S. JONES
President, A. S. U. O.
If the building fee amendment
passes—a grandstand will be
built this summer—a pavilion,
within a year—and a student
union, within three years.
But the proposed building pro
gram is far broader than that—
for after these buildings are
constructed, cksh will be avail
able for a library, classrooms,
or a men’s gym.
The amendment limits the
money that may be used for the
grandstand, pavilion, and Stu
dent Union to $500,000 includ
ing the $260,000 already
pledged. That means that only
$240,000 can come from this
source for these purposes. The
pavilion and grandstand will
together cost $75,000, which
leaves $165,000 available for the
Student Union. The rest of the
money for the Student (Union
must come from the subscrip
tions already made.
Figuring the normal increase
in enrollment the $240,000 avail
able, under this amendment will
be paid in four and a half years.
After that period the revenue
obtained under this plan could
go into other buildings. A
$250,000 building could be built
every five years.
The passage of the amend
ment insures a permanent,
sound, business-like, building
policy that would continue so
long as the University grows
and needs buildings, and that
would be based on equal pay
ments by everyone,
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PROFESSORS LEND AID
IN SCHOOL PROBLEM
Up to about a month ago, the citj
of Medford had been worrying
about a seemingly impossible mud
die of political entanglement oJ
nearly a years’ duration. The eitj
was badly in need of new schoo
buildings, but at each election foi
the purpose of deciding the bone
to be voted upon and the site foi
the buildings, there were alwayt
a sufficient number opposed t<
either the bond or the site in viev
to defeat the bill.
Such was the predicament whei
Professor H. R. Douglass and Pro
fessor H. P. Rainey, both of thi
department of education went ti
their aid and succeeded in work
ing out a program.
“HASSAN” TO HAVE PREMIERE
SHOWING TONIGHT AT GUILD HALL
After two successful full dress
rehearsals, the play of the fine arts,
colorful, romantic and richly en
dowed with love, that element
that so entices the playgoer, “Has
san” is ready for production and
will be presented by the campus
dramaticists tonight - on the Guild
theatre boards for a four-night run.
Much has been said of the qual
ity and picturesqueness of this
drama, but it is impossible to real
ize the beauty of the piece until
it is actually reviewed by the
theatre goer. It is reported that
the entire company is vitally in
terested in the play and with this
as a background to the fascina
tion of the drama itself, it is be
lieved that the campus will wit
ness one of the most interesting
plays of the school year.
Mr. Reddie is giving to the lead
ing part, Hassan. that finesse which
is necessary in the portrayal of the
romantic confectioner of (Bagdad.
The whim of the author has robbed
the confectioner of the lead
throughout the play but while it is
in the hands of Rafi, the king of
the beggars, the part is well execut
ed by Terva Hubbard, and the in
j terest is by no means dropped dui
ing his intense scenes with Pei
vaneh, the lover of Rafi. Pervane'
is played with unusual taste b;
Claire Gibson. Opposite Mr. Red
die plays Gerda Brown, in the rol
of Yasmin, the enticing creature o
Hassan’s devotions and poeti
adoration. Her role is difficult t
handle but she is giving it th
proper atmosphere, which will prol
ably make it one of the most sue
cessful characters she has ever poi
trayed.
Th oriental harshness of th
cruel Caliph of Bagdad, leader o
the faithful, is given with supei
ior understanding by Darrel Lai
sen. Too many other interestin
characters edge their way into thi
drama to be mentioned here bu
each one, according to the ir
structors in the drama departmeir
have earned themselves a considei
! able amount of praise in their r<
| speetive portrayals of the mind
! and emotions of the orientals, wh
are so difficult to understand.
The curtain opens tonight on th
first performance at 8:30 at Guil
hall and will continue for the res
of the week.
Above: The proposed site of covered grandstand. Below: Proposed basketball .pavilion, seating 6,000 and
providing three practice floors. Because of the urgent necessity for these buildings they will be the
first constructed.
Bad Injuries May Prevent
Oregon Athletes From
Entering Next Meet
JOHNSON IS ON SICK LIST
The University of Washington
relay was more like a football
game. The varsity track men came
home last Sunday night after the
Seattle trip with three men limp
ing. Three outstanding tracksters,
Jerry, Extra, 100 and 220 men,
Gilbert Hermance, quarter mil
er and Pen Wilbur, another 440
man pulled muscles in the races or
before and it is doubtful whether
or not they will be able to enter
the dual meet with the University
of Washington at Seattle this week
end.
Tryouts will be held this after
i noon for the half mile, two mile,
. and all the quarter milers with the
exception of Jim Kinney. There
will also be an elimination race in
the high hurdles between Kalph
Tuck and Franeis Cleaver. The
' system that Bill started is the chal
' lenge system in which a man if
he places far down on the list in
the first regular tryouts may chal
lenge the man above him up to
third place so today’s elimination
races are the results of the «hal
lenges among the varsity men.
' The miler to be entered in the
meet has been picked and there
will be no tryouts for the event.
- The winner in the tryouts this af
- ternoon will practically complete
' the list of 19 or 20 men Hayward
7 plans to take north with him. He
- will enter a sixteen-man team so
’ that they will present the strong
f est front to the Husky squad. A
■ lot of shifting of events will be
> necessary.
! On top of the hard luck piled up
- at Seattle, the mentor got the news
- at the first of the week that “Tiny”
- Johnson, Oregon’s mainstay in the
weight events was ill in the in
? firmary with the mumps. Walt
f Kelsey was unable to enter the
- meet after proving himself to be
- the fastest 220 man out, because
l of a touch of “flu” and Wester
s man, star hundred yard man, hasn’t
t fully recovered from some leg
- trouble so there is trouble heaped
, up in quantity in Hayward’s
- camp until the cripples start com
- ing around on the road to recovery
s How many of them will be able te
o enter the meet is doubtful. By tin
end of the week Bill will knou
e whether or not they have improved
cl sufficiently to compete,
t j The event in which the Oregoi
(Continued on page four)
Campus Machine
Is Smashed When
Two Cars Collide
Crash!
“I knew it!” groaned Claude
Eeavis as he looked out of his
window and beheld his campus
Ford crumple up from the on
slaught of a Ford coupe, “now it
will take me until doomsday to
get her out of the hospital.”
Such were the mixed feelings
of the car’s (excuse me) owner
as he stood in his room and
watched a coupe, driven by a
girl, run into an Associated Oil
roadster, glance off and Tun
smash into his pet heap, which
was parked on Thirteenth and Al
der streets.
What’s more Claude doesn’t
know yet who to blame the trou
ble on, the coupe or the roadster,
and says he will probably have
to pay for repairs himself, after
not even having the joy of be
ing a factor in the accident.
OREGON BASEBALL MEN
DEFEAT WILLAMETTE
By Wilbur L. Wester
Scoring 14 runs in half as many
innings, Oregon stepped back into
her winning stride and easily
trounced the Willamette nine, yes
terday afternoon. The Salem team
proved no match to the varsity and
by mutual consent on the part of
the players on both sides, the Lem
on Yellow hitting melee was called
off at the end of seven slow in
nings, with the score 14 to 3.
The game yesterday came just at
jthe right time. The varsity. had
| hit a hitting and fielding slump and
the battle with Willamette served
to help get the Webfooters in good
shape for the O. A. C. game at Cor
vallis on Saturday and the road
trip north next week.
The battle opened with Williams
on the mound for Oregon. He held
the opposition for three scoreless
j innings, when Coach Beinhart sent
! in Dave Adolph to finish an “al
ready won” ball game.
The first canto for the varsity
was very profitable, the Oregon
bludgeon-wielders - driving in four
, runs. The visitors did not break
into the run-column until well in
the fourth inning, when two errors
made by the varsity were convert
ed into two runs with the aid of
two walks given out by Adolph.
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SOPHOMOP.E CLASS
| PICNIC POSTPONED
At a meeting held yesterday
at Villard hall, the sophomore
j class decided to postpone their
class picnic from Saturday, May
1 16, to- Friday, May 29.
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ENTERS CONTEST
J. McGuire, Orator, Chosen
To Represent University
In Pacific Coast Finals
CONSTITUTION IS TOPIC
Jack McGuire will represent the
University in the Pacific Coast
finals in the National Oratorical
contest to be held at Stanford uni
versity, May 22. Prizes at stake
aggregate $5,000 and the contest
ants are the six best from the col
leges and universities of the Paci
fic coast states. The general sub
ject is the American Constitution.
The contest, which is being con
ducted by the Better American
Federation of California, will come
to its national climax in Los An
geles on June 5. At that meeting
one representative of each of the
seven major national regions will
speak. The winner in the contest
of May 22 at Stanford university
thereby becomes one of the nation
al finalists and automatically be
comes entitled to one of the final
^iwards, ranging from $2,000 to
$300, the seven totaling $5,000.
These schools included in the
Pacific Coast finals are: University
of California, University of Red
lands, University of Idaho, Uni
versity of Oregon, University
Southern California, University of
Washington, and Loyola college,
Los Angeles.
Each regional champion will go
to Los Angeles for the final meet
ing on June 5, and is assured a
prize of $2,000, $1,000, $540, $400,
$350, or $300, according to his rat
ing in that meeting.
The college contest is under the
direction of Randolph Leigh. or
ganizer and director of the Nation
al Oratorical contest for high
schools.
The judges for the contest were
selected on the basis of “composite
preference” nominations made by
the colleges themselves. They in
clude many of the most famous
teachers of oratory in America’s in
stitutions of higher learning.
The orations must be original and
must be on the subject of the Con
stitution or the relation thereto of
Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson,
Madison, Marshall, Webster or
Lincoln.
The clearing centers for these
seven regions are New Haven, New
York, Washington, Nashville, Chi
cago, Rt. Louis, and Stanford uni
versity.
Campus to Elect
Student Officers
Today in Villard
o
CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED
FOR A. S. U. O. POSITIONS
President
Walter Malcolm
Steele Winterer
Vice-president
Paul Ager
Bob McCabe
Secretary
DcLoris Pearson
Editor of Emerald
Jim Case
Jalmar E. Johnson
Harold Kirk
Edward Miller
Executive Council
Senior Woman ( one year)
Maurine Buchanan
Margaret Vincent
Junior Man (two years)
Rolf Klep
Bob Love
Student Council
Senior Men (three)
Louis Carlson
Carl Dahl
Dick Lyman
Floyd McKalson
Ted Tamba T’1'
Senior Women (two)
Dorothy Abbott
Marie Gilkeson
Vivian Harper
Adrienne Hazard
Ellen McClellen
Jo-Ann Warwick
Junior Men (two)
Lowell Baker
James Forestel
Richard M. Nance
Bob Neighbor
Eugene F. Richmond
Junior Woman
Betty Beans
Doris Brophy
Glenna Fisher
Jean Harper
Sophomore Man
Bob Overstreet ' r " '
Bob Stenzel 1
Yell King
Freddie Martin
Editor of Oregana
Elizabeth Cady
The nominees for the Co-op
board ot directors are as fol
lows:
Sophomores to serve two years
(2 to be chosen)
Kirk Bolliger
Clarence Carter
Morton Coke
Pat Hughes
Ralph Staley
Freshman to serve one year
Frank German
‘BUILDING FOB PEACE'
ASSEMBLY SUBJECT
“Building for Peace” is the topic
on which Thomas Edward Green,
lecturer, author and traveler, will
speak on Thursday at assembly in
the Woman’s building.
Dr. Green has been described as
“a journalist by instinct, a statis
tician by training,” who has util
ized his continual travel about the
world in gathering a storehouse of
unusual information.
He is vitally interested in prob
lems of peace, and has been closely
connected with various peace move
ments. Since 1917 ho has been the
national director of the speaking
service of the American Red Cross,
and was in the mid-western states
on a lecture tour at the time of the
tornado, having an opportunity to
see the Disaster Relief department
of his organization in operation.
Dr. Green is the author of a num
ber of books, including “The Hill
Called Calvary,” “In Praise of Val
or,” “The War Trust,” “The For
ces That Failed,” “The ( Truth
About Japan,” and others. One of
his latest books is “Guarding the
Outposts,” published in 1922. He
is also a frequent contributor to
magazines, writing on American and
international subjects.
Dr. Green’s picturesque career
began as a Presbyterian minister,
and at one time he was rector of
St. Andrew’s church in Chicago.
He was chaplain of the Iowa Na
tional Guard for nearly ten years.
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.TO 3 P.M.
Four Tables Will Reduce
Crowding; Albert Prize
Balloting Is Separate
Today is the day to vote. The
polls will be open in Villard hall
from 9:00 a. m. until 3:00 p. m.
Student body officers and admin
istration, an editor of the Emerald
and the Oregana and a yell king
will be chosen at this time.
Two amendments to the A. S. XT.
O. constitution are also coming up
for vote, one to add section 6, ar
ticle X, dealing with the $5.00 term
fee plan. The other an amendment
inserted in the present constitution
and by laws, providing a student
manager system to direct student
activities.
Voting to Be Speeded
There will be four separate ta
bles, according to Victor Risley,
vice-president of the student body
who is in charge of the election, so
that unnecessary waiting and
crowding can be eliminated and the
students can be handled 'quickly
and efficiently. * '
A special poll will be maintained
for senior voting on the winner of
the Albert prize. Charles Jost
heads the committee in charge of
this poll. The three nominees for
the Albert cup are Mary Jane
Hathaway, Winifred Graham and
Ted Gillenwaters.
Election Board Complete
The complete election board, as
appointed by Risley is as follows:
r 9-10—Enid Veatch, Ruby Speer,
Eloyd M. Greeley.
10- 11—Earl Smith, Gilbert Her
manee, Helen Armstrong.
11- 12—George Godfrey, Clarence
Toole, Eugenia Strickland.
12- 1—Harry Skinner, Virginia
Owens, Rex HeLong.
1- 2—Charles Snyder, Edward
Casey, Helen Chambreau.
2- 3—Ted Gillenwaters, Joe Ellis,
Luella Hausler.
(2) 9-10—Gene Kelly, Basil
Burke, Thelma Riley.
10- 11—Oscar Beatty, Wistar
Rosenburg, Thelma Riley.
11- 12—Sol Abramson, Jean Du
Paul, Imogene Lewis.
12- 1—John Ribeau, Theodore
Amstutz, Myrtle Baker.
1- 2—Bon Peek, Robert Mautz.
2- 3—Rupert Gilbert, Clarence
Toole, Mildred Bateman.
(3) 9-10—Charles Jost, Harry
Meyer, Josephine Ulrich.
10- 11—Charles Norton, V. Her
bert Brooks, Eloise Huggins.
11- 12—Wilbur C. Hayden, V. Her
bert Brooks, Imogene Lewis.
12- 1—Wilbur C. Hayden, Warren
Ulrich, Mary Hardy.
1- 2—Rupert Bullivant, Larry Des
mond, Lillian Baker.
2- 3—.Toe Bates, W. R. Leland,
Pauline Bondurant.
(4) 9-10—Parker Branin, Frank
Loggan, Irella Fly.
10- 11—Martha Shull, Eddie Ed
lunds, Joe Frazer.
11- 12—Truman Sether, Bill Poul
son, Martha Shull.
12- 1—Louis Anderson, Sam Cook,
Hilda Chase.
1- 2—Bert Gooding, Jens Terje
son.
2- 3—Lewis Beeson, Howard Hob
son, Alberta McMonies.
"*THIS WEEK’S INTEAMTJRAL
ATHLETIC SCHEDULE GIVEN
Doughnut baseball schedule,
second round.
Wednesday, Psi Kappa vs.
Beta Theta Pi, 4 o’clock.
Wednesday, Sigma Pi Tau vs.
Kappa Delta Phi, 5:30 o’clock.
Thursday, Sigma Nu vs. Phi
Gamma Delta, 4 o’clock.
Doughnut tennis schedule, sec
ond round, revised:
Wednesday, Delta Tau Delta
vs. Phi Kappa Psi, 5 o’clock.
Thursday, Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon vs. Phi Delta Theta, 5
o’clock.
Friday, Friendly hall vs. Sig
ma Pi Tau, 5 o’clock.
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