; Maddox
Discusses
Democracy
French Cabinet Crisis
Reveals Limitations,
Instructor Declares
The fall of the ministry of M.
Aristide Briand in France has again
set political tongues a-wagging
about the inefficacy of parliamen
tary government as it exists on the
continent. Certain it is that the
experience of European govern
ments since the war in their efforts
to present a stable and unified po
litical front has been anything but
a happy one and ministries of the
day have been compelled to stand
astride two or more politically in
congruous groups knowing full well
that a single miscalculated step
would send them tumbling to im
mediate defeats. The existence of
a multitude of parties, none of
whjch can command a majority in
parliament, nor is willing to com
promise its political beliefs to the
extent of betraying its supporters,
is a condition well nigh impossible
to stable government and likely to
create a hopelessly entangled inter
nal situation where positive recon
struction is an urgent necessity. -
* * »
France has been the chief sufferer
with the fall of three fully consti
tuted cabinets, not to mention sev
eral important readjustments, to her
discredit during the past year, and
the continued decline of the franc
and consequent financial disorgan
ization amply testifies to the dan
ger she is faced with. Time and
time again during the past several
months under the ministries of M.
Painleve and Briand have tax pro
posals been placed before the Cham
ber but when every other provision
met with the hostility of a consid
erable proportion of either the Left
or the Bight, it produced nothing
but (interminable discussion while
the country pleaded for a balanced
budget. Each group has been try
ing to shift the tax burden to the
political supporters of the other
and even the urgent need of any
sort of tax to fill the depleted
tieasury has not been sufficient to
place country above party. As M.
Briand tersely put it, “It is a pity
that the voters and tHe tax-payers
are the same people.”
* * *
Any government is faced primar
ily with the problem of reconciling
individual liberty with political
stability. A democratic government
is faced not only with the task of
protecting the minority but of giv
ing full expression to the measured
judgments of the majority. The
first of these is, in the light of
more recent experience, inadequate
ly achieved in the presidential form
of government such as that of the
United States, and the second is, if
we are to except Great Britain
where the recently developed three
% party system is for the moment in
nocuous, most insufficiently carried
out in the parliamentary type of
government. The problem is no
longer, then, to make the world safe
for democracy but to make democ
racy safe for the world.
• * »
In either governmental case, the
logical conclusion is one which fills
the ordinary citizen with'sosne alarm.
What will become of the poor fellow
in the United States where there
already nearly 2,000,000 laws on the
statute books to be obeyed, a num
ber which increases by leaps and
bounds at every congressional and
legislative session, is a question that
no one can answer. The govern
ment resolves into mob tyranny.
On the other hand, the parliamen
tary government must find some so
lution to its present dilemma, or fin
ancial crises and other unpredict
able disasters will surely follow.
The onlv alternative, it would seem,
besides the elimination of all but
two major parties, a solution not
in the realm of immediate practic
ality, lies in the complete suspension
of ministerial responsibility and the
, virtual establishment of dictator
• ship. Such a step has actually fol-j
lowed in three countries: Italy un-j
der Mussolini, Spain under Prima
de Rivera and Greece under Gen
eral Pangalos. Anyone who is fam
iliar with recent events in these
countries cannot help but admit
that some very valuable reconstruc
tive work has been done by their
respective governments and there
(Continued on page four)
R. A. Millikan j
Scientist, Will
Lecture Here!
—
Visit Under Auspices of
Phi Beta Kappa And
Sigma Xi, May 5
Nobel Prize and Edison
Medal won by Physicist
Discovery of Cosmic Ray
Recently Announced
DOBERT Andrews Millikan, dis
*■ coverer of the cosmic ray, and
me of the most famous of living
scientists, also chairman of the exe-,
jutive council of the California In-,
stitute of Technology at Pasadena,1
and director of the Norman Bridge '
Laboratory of the Institute since
1921. will be on the campus Wed
nesday, May 5, under the joint aus- (
pices of Phi Beta Kappa and Sig-1
ma Xi. He will give a lecture that
evening on a topic yet to be de
termined.
Awarded Nobel Prize
Dr. Millikan is an internationally
known scientist, having been the
recipient of the Nobel Prize in Phy
sics, of the Edison Medal of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, and of the Hughes Me
dal of the Royal Society of Great
Rritain, in 1923; and of the Fara
day Medal of the Chemical Society
of Great Britain in 1924.
He received the honorary degree
Df Doctor of Science from Oberlin.
College in 1911, from the Univer-'
sity of Pennsylvania in 1915, from
Amherst College in 1917, from Co- j
luuibia university in 1917, and of
Doctor of Laws from the Univer
sity of California in 1924. He also
holds the degrees of B.A. from Ob
srlin College, from which he was
graduated in 1891; M.A. from the
same school in 1893; Ph.D. from Co-,
lumbia University in 1895, and stud-1
ied in the universities of Berlin and
Gottingen from 1895-96.
Member Royal Institute
He has been made honorary mem
ber oE such nationally known or
ganizations as the Royal Institute
of Great Britain, the Royal Irish
Academy, the American Philosophi
cal society, the National Academy
of Sciences, and the American Acad
emy of Arts and Sciences.
He has written a great number
of articles for publication, includ-1
ing “Seeing the Invisible” in which
he traces the discoveries leading to '
the reduction of the atom.
At a meeting of the National
Academy of Science last November,
he announced and explained the
cosmie ray theory of radiation,
more penetrating, which means
much shorter than even the gamma
rays, the shortest heretofore known.1
Dr. Millikan comes to the campus
as the annual public lecturer to be
brought this year by Sigma Xi and
Phi Beta Kappa, and although not
yet thoroughly decided upon, it is
probable that a joint initiation of
new members into these two organ
izations and a banquet honoring the
initiates will be held during the
physicist’s stay at the University. |
Four Plays Given
By University High
School Dramatic Club
Four one-aet plays were presented
by the dramatic club of University j
high school Friday night. The
plays, were directed by Margaret j
Booth, practice teacher in drama
;ies, and Mrs. Edna Assenheimer.
‘ ‘ Overtones, ’ ’ by Alice Gersten
oerg, the most successful of the
?roup, was exceptionally well done
rnd very amusing. It was a rather
in usual play, portraying common
characteristics of human nature,
rhe four characters took their parts
with a great deal of skill.
“The Prince of Court Painters,”
3y Constance D’Arcy Mackay, was
i play with a simple plot, but very
lifficult to present. It was some
what out of line of the usual type
}f high school play.
“The Kleptomaniac,” by Mar
garet Cameron, was a farce in which
:he cast displayed clever acting.
“The Knave of Hearts,” by
Louise Saunders, was the fourth
3lay, and much credit is to be
given to the characters involved,
rhis play was an amusing one,
:hough it seemed a bit heavy in
contrast to the others.
Credit is due Miss Booth and
Mrs. Assenheimer who were largely
responsible for the success of the
play.
Tonight Last Chance
To Order Oreganos
i LL students and faculty mem
bers who are planning on get
ting a 1926 Oregana and have
failed to subscribe must do so,
at Jack Benefiel’s office in the
north end of Friendly hall before
6 o’clock tonight, says Jim Man
ning, circulation manager. Un
less subscriptions are given in
now, there will be very little
chance of getting a yearbook
when they are published, he
states.
The time limit was extended
until March 10, because so many
wanted Oreganas who were un
able to subscribe during the
drive, or neglected to do so.
Letters and subscription cards i
were sent out to all faculty mem- |
bers, the same rates as those al
lowed students are being offered*
There the still a. number who
have failed to turn in subscrip
tions and they are urged to do
so today.
_«
Beatrice Peters
Elected Head of
Campus Y.W.CA.
About 150 Attend Annual j
Banquet; Mrs. Esterly
On Program
About 150 University women were
entertained last night when the
Y. W. C. A. members had their an
nual informal banquet at the Cam
pa Shoppe.
Officers who were chosen in the:
election yesterday were announced
as follows: President, Beatrice
Peters; vice-president, Pauline Ste
wart; secretary, Kathryn Freitag;
treasurer, Dorothy Dougall and un
dergraduate representative, Nancy
Peterson.
Margaret Boyer, retiring presi
dent of the organization, was toast
mistress. She used the four-leaf clo
ver as the symbol for a group of
talks which dealt with the signifi
cance of each leaf.
The first was called “Hope.”
Genevieve Chase . explained * that
hope was the main factor in keep
ing the organization active. She
expressed hope in the future
through the efforts of the new offi
cers.
Mrs. Virginia Judy Esterly, dean
of women, spoke about “Faith,” the
second leaf of the clover. “Faith
is the dearest thing in the world to
me. It is the strongest weapon in
the hands of man,” she said.
“Good Will” was the topic of a
talk by Miss Mary Brownlee, Y. W.
C. A. secretary at the University
of Washington. The friendliness
and good will of the people in var
ious countries of Europe were de
scribed by Miss Brownlee, who was
a member of the student pilgrimage
party last summer. She was delight
ed that the University of Oregon
student European tour, and said
that it was a most worthwhile way |
to spend the summer. Beatrice Ma
son talked about the value of
“love” the last leaf of the clover.
Mrs. Bruce Giffen, president of
the advisory board of the Y. W. C.!
A., greeted the new officers in be- J
half of the board. She announced i
that Mrs. Henry W. Davis has been j
chosen president of the board for
the coming year.
A musical program was feature |
of the evening, Alice McClellan j
played a violin solo, and Leona
Hostetlet and Marguerite Hill sang,
accompanied at the piano by Agnes
Von Lehe.
Girls’ Conference
Will Meet in Eugene
Three hundred girl delegates from
all the colleges and high schools
will attend the annual Older Girl’s
Conference to be conducted in Eu
gene next Friday, Saturday and
Sunday by the Oregon council of
religious education, according to
advance reports. The purpose of the
conference is to interest the dele
gates in religious education in its
relation to the school and church.
While the conference is not be
ing conducted by the University nor
will it meet on the campus, the
University will give the delegates a
formal tea Friday afternoon at the
Woman’s building. Kwama, sopho
more girl’8 honor society will be in
charge of the service, and the cam
pus Y. W. C. A. will take charge
jf the receiving line.
BanquetEnds
Two Terms of
Girls’ Sports
All-Star Volleyball, Hoop,
And Water Teams
Announced
Faculty, Council, and
Team Members Attend
Sparkling Toasts Offered
By Speakers
^8 THE concluding sports event
of the last two terms, the an
nual banquet of the Womens Ath
letic association was given last
night at the Anchorage. Members
of the physical education faculty,
the athletic council, and members of
first basketball, volley ball, and
swimming teams were present. All
star teams for the three sports were
announced on the programs.
Those making the all star volley
ball team are Nellie Best, Nellie
Johns, Harriett Osborn, Mar
garet Pepoon, Velma Sehool
and Regina Davault. Genera Zim
mer, Ruth Scott and Eloise Smith
received honorable mention.
The all star swimming team con
sists of Virginia Lounsbury, Eliza
beth LounsbuTy, Lois McCook, Do
rothy Brown, Beatrice Fish, Janet
Wood, and Margaret Pepoon. Hon
orable mention was given to Flor
ence Hurley and Olive Banks.
The all star basketball players
are, Margaret Pepoon, center; El
lean Fargher, side center; Melva
Hattan and Editha Barthel, for
wards; Alta Knips and Nellie Best,
guards. Janet Wood received hon
orable mention.
Gym Instructor Speaks
Miss Emma Waterman, instructor
in physical education, presented the
problems of the referee and ex
pressed the opinion that a refereq
is born and not made. Although
most players regard the referee as
a necessary evil, who is always
looking for their mistakes, said
Miss Waterman, the referee is only
hoping to see some of the things
that the team puts over on her.
Janet Wood, president of W* A. A.,
was toast mistress at the banquet.
Katherine Reade represented the
jumping centers. The spirit and at
titude at the beginning of a game
really depends on the jumping
center, she declared, and little glory
(Continued on page four)
First Rehearsal
Of Dance Drama
Set for Tonight
Costumes to be Made in
Vacation; Four Girls
Try Out for Lead
Final details of the dance drama
which will be presented by Orche
sus at the McDonald theater, April
1, are being worked out. Tonight
will be the first rehearsal for all
members. Several s’tudents will
remain at school during spring va
cation to work on costumes, and
dress rehearsals will be held as soon
as spring term opens.
Four girls are trying out for the
part of interpreting “The Natoma
Dagger Dance,” one of the short
sketches of the dance drama. Kitty
Sartain, Etha Clark, Gertrude Hill,
and Louise Buchanan, are working
up their own respective interpreta
tions, and the best one will be
chosen.
The dance is taken from Jhe Nat
oma opera. Natoma, the dancer,
is a halfbreed who loves Paul, but
learns that he loves Barbara. Al
varado plans to kidnap Barbara.
Natoma learns of the plot but can
not decide whether to save her. Fin
ally, Castra, Alvarado’s ally, hop
ing to attract attention, throws his
dagger to the earth, challenging
anyone to dance the dagger dance
when she sees Alvarado in the crowd
with him. Natoma accepts, but
waiting to kidnap Barbara, she
seizes the dagger and kills him.
The entire group of 30 girls will
take part in the “Volga Boatman’s
Song.” It is a silhouette and rep
resents a group of Bussian peas
ants towing a boat up the Volga
river.
Between the first and second
parts of the drama, Janice Larson
will whistle, accompanied by Frank
Alexander, the organist at the Mc
Donald.
Varsity Holds
DailyPractice
Out of Doors
Portland Beavers to be Met
On Local Diamond
April 1
Batting Practice Will
Continue all Season
Stegeman to be Assistant;
Prospects Good
6‘JJATTER up, nico one, atta boy,
talc’er men, I gott’er, heads
up, shoot’er here, get him in there,”
and a host o£ other expressions in
the baseball vernacular can now bo
heard coming daily from the var
sity baseball diamond, as 30 pep
pery varsity aspirants limber up
and take their turn at the plate.
Yarsity baseball practice has
started in dead earnest. Only three
weeks remain before Coach Rein
hart’s swatters swing into action
against Tom Turner’s Pacific coast
league Beavers on the local sand
lot, Thursday, April 1. Practice
for the rest of this week will con
sist mainly of batting practice and
conditioning of the batterymen.
Daily workouts will be held through
out spring vacation.
Batting Cage in Action
The large 60-foot batting cage,
a mass of net-work, will be kept
in action continually throughout
the baseball season. According to
Reinhart he intends to keep men
who are not practicing on the dia
mond in the cage learning to hit.
The old baseball theory that it
takes hits to win a ball game is
not being over looked by the coach.
He intends to have a hitting as
well as a fielding team.
“Doc” Stegeman will be first as
sistant to Reinhart. Stegeman is an
experienced diamond star, having
played with the University of Chi
cago as an infielder. Ray O’Don
nell, former White Sox catcher, will
probably assist in getting the bat
terymen into form.
Prospects Good
Coach Billy Reinhart says the
prospects for a successful team are
very good. Reinhart always has
one thing to take into considera
tion, however, at this time of the
term, and that is eligibility. It is
hoped that the faculty’s long prun
ing knife will not cut his squad. A
number of men are signing up each
day. Some of the lettermen as yet
have not been issued suits, but will
start practicing when the examina
tions are over. Members of the
basketball squad who intend to be
candidates for varsity berth are
taking a well-earned vacation from
athletics.
Diamond in Shape
The varsity diamond completed
only last year, is rapidly rounding
into shape. The infield grass has
been cut, and workmen are now
busy skinning off part of the short
outfield. The catcher and pitcher
boxes are being renovated. The
outfield which caused considerable
trouble last year has settled and
fly-chasers will be able to get a
firm footing this year. Reinhart
says the seating capacity this year
will be considerably larger than last
as a number of bleacher scats are
being arranged for.
Freshman Debaters
Will Meet Linfield
Thursday, April 1
The dual debate of the Oregon
freshman men with Linfield College
has finally been definitely set for
Thursday afternoon, April 1, at 3:30.
The Oregon affirmative team will
go to McMinnville, and the nega
tive is to remain here to clash with
the college affirmative.
The new Oregon style of debate,
to be used for the fisst time in the
varsity men’s contest with Utah
tomorrow night here, will also be
used in the freshmen’s dual, says
Robert D. Horn, coach, as a result
of the plans made by the forensic
managers.
“Resolved; That the policy of
federal subsidies to states, accom
panied by federal supervision,
should be discontinued,” is the
question upon which the Oregon
men have been working most of the
present term. Four of the present
team of six will bo used in the con
test: John Galey, George Belloni, j
Avery Thompson, Roy Herndon,'
Melvin Johnson, and Joe McKeown.
Debaters From Utah
To Come Tomorrow
TTNIVERSITY of Utah, oppon
ent of Oregon men in the
first contest of the new style of |
debate which has been evolved
by J. Stanley Gray, head of the
department of public speaking
this year, will arrive in Eugene
tomorrow for the debate with
Oregon following an appearance
against Reed college of Portland
and Willamette University of
Salem.
From present indications, moro
than an ordinary amount of in
terest is being taken in the com
ing contest. The cross-qUestion
ing feature of the debate is be
ing tried in classes in extempore
speaking and is being received
with enthusiasm by the students.
If the new method is a success,
it is quite likely that it will be
adopted by other schools in the
west. Publicity is to bo given
it in the national journal of
speech education, according to
Mr. Gray, if the plan works
Those who have hoard the
training debates between the
Oregon team: Hugh Biggs, and
Roland Davis, negative, against
the affirmative, James Johnson,
and Donald Beelar, who will
meet U. S. C., on the same ques
tion on April 3 over the radio,
say that the new system is an
improvement.
Bennett Contest
For Prize of $27
Open Till May 15
Principles of American
Government Subject
of Manuscript
A prize of $27 will bo awarded
the student writing the best five
thousand word essay in the annual
Bennett contest on the subject of
“Principles of Free Government.”
Papers must be in the hands of Pro
fessor George Turnbull, chairman of
the committee on awards, by May
15.
Members of the committee be
lieve that students in political sci
ence, economics, and history should
be especially interested in this con
test. Some phase of the subject
may be taken instead of taking tho
whole subject suggested. In tho
past the prize has been won on a
variety of topics dealing with the
American government, ranging
from the divorce legislation to the
powers of the suprome court.
The Bennett contest was started
by the late Philo Sherman Bennett
of New Haven, Connecticut. Sev
eral thousand dollars were set aside
in his will, the interest of which
was to be rewarded as prizes at 20
different universities in tho coun
try. William Jennings Bryan was
chosen by Mr. Bennett to'select the
20 universities where the prizes
wore to be given annually. Oregon
was named among the number.
Those interested should see Mr.
Turnbull at the school of journalism,
as soon as possible, and leave their
names. Three type-written copies of
the finished essay should be hand
ed in so that tho judges may each
have a copy.
Report Shows Gain
In Correspondence
During the past month 120 stu
dents enrolled ‘in 135 correspond
ence courses, according to reports
compiled at tho Extension Division
for that month, showing an in
crease over February 1925.
Forty-seven courses were com
pleted in February, while the num
ber a year ago was 23. The num
ber of term hours earned totalled
118, which is equivalent to a term’s
work of about eight students.
The number of papers corrected
and returned to students during the
month was 1416 this year while in
February, 1925, these totalled 1152.
Registrar Will Rush
Publication of Grades
The registrar’s office will re
main open Saturday afternoon mid
-vening, Mareh 19, Sunday, March
20, and every evening of spring va
cation in order to get the grade
sheet out as soon as possible. In
structors have been asked to send
in each set of grades immediately
after finishing them, due to the
short iime of the spring vacation.
Grade sheets have already been
sent to the instructors.
Scholar Here
For Lectures
AboutEurope
Dr. Charles Upson Clark
To Discuss Immigration,
Politics, Literature
Speaker Just Back
From 8 Months’ Tour
Sympathies of Visitor Lie
With Mussolini
J^R. Charles Upson Clark, former
ly' of Yale and the American
Academy of Rome, arrived on the
campus last night, to be here three
days delivering lectures and the as
sembly address. His subjects in
clude the immigration question, Eu
ropean politics, and literature.
His program is as follows:
Wednesday, 9:00 a. m., “The
Story of the Book,” an illustrated
lecture to be given in Villard hall.
2:15 p. m., “Current European
Situation,” (by countries), Guild
Hall.
7:30 p. m., “Spaniard and Moor
in Morocco and Andalusia,” (illus
trated), in Villard hall.
Thursday, 9:00, “Rise of our lit
erature from Medieval Latin,” to>
be given in 107 Villard.
11:00 assembly, “Immigration
Problems,” Woman’s building.
7:30, “Italy and Mussolini,” in
Guild Hall.
Friday, 10:00, ‘‘Some Figures of
Lato Latin Literature,” 107 Oregon.
A faculty luncheon will be given
Thursday at the Anchorage' for
him.
Speaker Once at Yale
Dr. Clark was at one time pro
fessor of classics at Yale, and has
spent seven years abroad, so that
his lectures will all be drawn from
direct contact, study”' and under
standing of his subjects. At pres
ent he is head of the Massawapph
summer school at North Hatley,
Quebec.
He has just returned from an
eight months’ tour of Portugal,
Spain, Italy, Jugo-Slavia, Rouman
ia, Czecho-Siovakia, Germany, Swit
zerland, France and England, and
his lecture on the “Current Euro
pean Situation” considers conditions
in each of these countries. His
sympathies on the Italian question
are on the side of Mussolini, ths
present leader.
Books Published
His first address, “The Story of
the Book,” is being given for th»
benefit of Bean E. W. Allen’s class
in publishing, and Prof. N. B.
Zane’s art class, but everyone in
terested is urged to come.
Br. Clark has had a number of
books published, one of the latest
being “Greater Roumania.” He is
now preparing a dictionary on medi
eval Latin, there being no each
work at present.
Besides the subjects he is cover
ing here, this scholar is interested
in architecture, and has studied'
that of both Italy, especially Rome,
and the Balkans. He is a close
friend of the present pope, Pius XL.
Noted Men Visit
“Bringing Br. Clark to the eam
pus is part of a scheme of the Uni
versity to have professors and not
ed men visit hero for extended per
iods of three or four days, or even
a week, mixing with the student*
and lecturing to them. Such a plan
stimulates interest in popular sub
jects, and sometimes even results in
the formation of discussion group*
after tho lectures to question and
talk over the points,” said Dean
Allen.
Preceding Br. Clark’s talk on
“Immigration Problems” at the
assembly Thursday in the Woman’s
building, Esther Wright, a member
of the Girl’s Glee Club, will give a
solo.
Walter Hempy Passes
C. P. A. Examination
Walter J. Hempy, instructor in
the school of business administra
tion, has successfully passed the
C. P. A. examination is the an
nouncement made by the state
board of accountancy. The C. P. A.
examination in accountancy corres
ponds to the state bar examination
given lawyers. Mr. Hempy took the
examination in Portland, November
12 and 13.
Hempy graduated from the Uni
versity in 1923, taking his master’s
degree in 1925. He is an instructor
in accounting.