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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1926)
Orchesus Dance Drama to Be at McDonald April 1 Adaptation of Fantasy to Form Main Part of Program Mu Phi Epsilon Quartet Will Sing Immediately after the return from spring vacation, on April 1, the an nual dance drama will be presented by Orchesus at the McDonald theatre. The dance drama this year will be one of the beet ever pre sented, according to Miss Lillian L. Stupp, general manager. In addi tion to the choice of features, the stage and lighting arrangements are better than ever before. The program is divided into three parts. First, the “Lake of the Swans” will be presented. This feature was given at the Women’s building last year and is being re peated by request. The scene is a Grecian garden with maidens danc ing in the background. In the fore ground is a lake and three swans. One of the swans, wounded by an arrow, sings its death song. The “Song of the Bargemen” is the first division of the second part of the program. The entire Orche sus group will take part in this scene, a pantomine, which showb the Russian bargemen pulling a boat up the Volga. “Dabs from a Paint Box” is a series of short color poems black and white, green, brown, red, blue and silver. Each poem will be interpreted by one or several dan cers. The “Natoma Dagger Dance,” a dramatic dance taken from the Natoma opera, will complete the second part. The main feature of the evening is “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which is divided into three episodes. Although the atmosphere of the play is the same as the original “Mid summer Night’s Dream,” it will not be presented exactly as the play, but will be adapted to the dance form. The only mortals who will be characterized are the Athenian workmen. The stage arrangements have been worked out by N. B. Zane, as sistant professor of architecture and allied arts, and costumes designed by MUs Victoria Avakian’s dress design class. A Mu Phi Epsilon quartet will sing. The drama is given before school work really begins, so students will be able to attend, according to Mrs. Mildred LeCompte Moore, business manager. Everyone is urged to buy tickets before going home for the vacation in order to facilitate seat ing arrangements. Members of Or chesus, the Co-op, and Laraway’s are selling tickets. The seats in the lower floor sell for 75 centfe, bal cony seats 50 cents. No seats are reserved. Miriam Swartz ’24 Editor of Magazine Issued by Bankers Miriam Swartz, a graduate of ’24, is now editor of the Recap, a magazine published by the Portland Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Banking. In addition Miss Swartz has been prominent in promoting a class, given under the auspices of the women’s committee of the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Banking in “Expression and Self-Culture.” This class includes training 'in correct posture, voice culture, pan tomine, diction, public speaking, parliamentary law, social and busr ness etiquette and appreciation of literature. The course includes as well, three banquets, given for ex perience in after-dinner speaking, study of a play, some work in ge“ eral literature, and further drill on parliamentary law. The class rep resents the first serious undertak ing of the women members of the Portland chapter. , Miss Swartz, who graduated in 1924, was prominent in debate while on the campus. She was a member of the Freshman Glee com mittee, a member of Phi The Kappa, honorary commerce fra ternity, a member of Mortar Board and served as a delegate to a com vention of the Confederation of Women’s Clubs. Miss Swartz was affiliated with Chi Omega. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH CO LUMBIA, March 9.—Football has forced its way into the sports pro cram of this university. The vote on the American football question resulted in an 80 vote majority for accepting the sport, the vote being 387 for and 257 against. The mat ter aroused great interest among the students, a mass meeting for dis cussing the question lasting for three hours, regardless of lectures. Arguments and retorts were heat ed, it being necessary in one case t0 recall the speaker from the plat form. To gain final admittance, football must meet approval of the student senate. Because of the small majority accorded it football may have considerable difficulty parsing the senate. Prohibition, Was Not Responsible for “Crime Wave," Says Expert STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Maich 10.—Causes of the present “crime wave” in the United States are more fundamental than the war and its backwash of moral devasta tion and the prohibition amend ment with the subsequent Volstead law. Maudlin sentimentality, politics and a misguided sense of sympathy are responsible. Prof. A. M. Cathcart, professor of criminal law at Stanford Univer sity, who has studied crime condi tions for 30 years, believes the as surance of swift and certain punish ment, as meted out in England, would do much to free the United States of crime. “One factor making for a ‘loose’ attitude toward law enforcement,” lie declared, “is the ‘slacker’ sys tem of rearing children, the ten dency of parents to delegate the raising of their children to schools and other agencies. “Crime is not necessarily a natural sequence to the pent-up energies and nervous strain of the w-orld war, for there have been no increases in England and France. “In contravention of both the war and prohibition arguments, it can be shown that the development of ‘systematic and artistic’ crime in this country began fully 35 years ago, reaching a stage of acuteness by 1910. “If the war is to be charged with the spread of criminal tendencies and prohibition taxed with contam inating influences, why is it that France and England have not ex perienced the same r.eflexesl “The answer to this question, in my opinion, is found in the fact that in these countries the assurance of certain and swift punishment is ever-present. “One necessary step toward assur ing enforcement of laws is higher pay and more certain tenures for prosecuting officers. Our prosecut ing attorneys, chosen for the pur pose of prosecuting crime, often keep one eye on the criminal and the other on the ballot box. i ’‘But more important than all these things, perhaps, is the neces sity of considering crime-detection and punishment a science. Only when justice is served—which, in the case of criminals and especially those known as ‘repeaters,’ means speedy punishment—can citizens feel safe again.” Student From Siberia is Impressed by Friendly Spirit of the University “The Oregon tradition of saying ‘hello' was especially noticeable to me when I came here a total stranger and every one greeted me with a smile and a ‘ hello says Seimon Mueller, a senior in the geol ogy department, who came to the United States from Vladivostok, Russia, and who exeperienced many interesting things during the recent ‘Red” war in Russia. Mr. Mueller entered the Naval academy at Vladivostok ^in 1918 during the Kolchak government. In October, 1919, when the Kolchak army was "defeated by the “Red” troops, the Naval academy which had about 500 cadets, was the only local force upon which the govern ment could rely. “A certain gen eral by the name of Gaida,” he says, “intended to establish an in dependent Siberian government and drafted a considerable sized army from workmen and regular army deserters in the Vladivostok Naval academy. Together with other mil itary schools, they were given orders to disarm this uprising. General Gaida did not give up wil ingly. The fighting extended into the strets of the town. Shortly after that, the government was overthrown and in order to guard our personal safety, an admiral mobilized three vessels, one of which was a transport, and two gun-boats, placing the whole naval academy on these ships.” They left Russia without knowing where they were going, according to Mueller. “Due to the fact that we had no sympathy from the majority of the sailors, we had to use arms in order to start the ice-breaker to provide a path for us through the thick ice. The move was undertaken with the consent of the Japanese and Amer ican headquarters of expeditionary troops and while leaving the harbor, which was at 5 o 'clock in the morn ing, January 30, the American cruiser ‘Brooklyn’ guided us through the ice, while the Japanese cruiser threw its light on the shore in order |to show us the location of the ‘Red’ artillery. When leaving the port, we had 16 machine guns on each side of the boat and 44-inch guns in full readiness to answer fire if there was any further trouble. Fortun ately enough, nothing happened.” The first port reached by the boat Mueller was on was Tsuruga, Japan, and here they experienced difficulty with Japanese police. They left without custom house clearance papers from Vladivostok so were re quested by the Japanese police in Tsuruga to leave harbor as quickly as possible since they were consid ered as out-of-law in an interna tional sense. They were finally al lowed to land after their commander went to Tokio and explained the sit uation to officials there. ’ Because Mueller had a brother in Japan, a merchant marine officer, he was | permitted to land. He went to j Shanghai and received employment, j Ait this time, he spoke very little English. In 1922, he told the manager under whom he was employed, of his desire to go to the United States and continue his education. A free passage was arranged for him across the ocean on the S. S. Golden State. “At San Francisco, I was absolutely overwhelmed by the traf fic in the streets and the general j hurry of everybody,” he said. He came to the University of Ore gon during the spring term of 1922 and registered as a sophomore in ' the department of pre-engineering. ; He will receive his bachelor of arts degree next Christmas and will prob-: ably remain to get his master’s de gree. After this, he plans to go to Stanford. “I intend, when I complete my ] education,” he says, to return either 1 to Siberia ot Monjuria.” Mueller has a brother who attends the medi cal school in Portland. His parents are in Vladivostok. Representative Ftom Cornell Investigates Library Conditions “This place certainly is an im provement to me over the foot and a half of snow I left in New York,” said G. A. Works, chairman of the university division of education at Cornell University, who i* on the campus to make a study of the Uni versity. library. “I think it is love ly here. I will be busy all week with library work, I am sorry for there is one other thing I would like to do. I would like to ge fish ing.” Mr. Works is making a study of the libraries in about 20 universi ties and colleges of the United States for the purpose of finding what can be done to make libraries more helpful for the students and faculty. After examining the con ditions at this university, he will visit Stanfoi i and the University of California. The libraries in these three schools are the ones chosen on the western coast for the survey. To find what the students and faculty think can be done toward improving this library, Mr. Works will talk to faculty members and gather statistics from the library and administration offices. De mands made for books, duplicate copies and all other requests which have been made to the librarians will be considered. Mr. Works will be on the campus for the remainder of this week, j “One thing of interest I have al ready noticed in this library sys I tem,” he said, “is the syllabus fee charged for providing extra copiets of books.” j STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Mar. !9.—Shouts of “Taxi! Taxi!’’ were heard on every hand when Stan ford’< vehicle-owning women rallied to ‘the support of the Y. W. C. A., in its drive and provided transpor tation for weary students from their morning classes to their awaiting luncheon. The regular fare, nunus any tips, ranged from one to twenty five cents. Frolic some Fords driven by feminine cab drivers eonveyed students and sci entists to their domiciles with ratt ling speed. Track Lists of Men6s Houses Due This Term All Eligible But Letterinen To Enter Intra-Mural Competition Hayward Stresses Chance for Development The pains for the intra-mural track meet, which will probably be staged on April 17, have been practically finished, and the only thing now lacking is the complete list of entries for the houses, which should be turned into the office of Bill Hayward before the end of the term. The intra mural meet this year promises to be the best yet staged, for only varsity lettermen will be excluded from the competition, which will permit the numeral men and varsity aspirants to compete. There is a wealth of material from the sophomore class and the fresh man team last year, which will be entered, and the freshman track men will get their first severe competi tion. All May Enter The intra-mural league, which met some time ago, decided to mod ify the do-nut rules for the track meet and permit everyone to enter, with the exception of lettermen in track. The other provision which was suggested by Bill Hayward was that each man to be eligible to com pete must have had at least three workouts a week from the beginning of the spring term to the time of the event. This insures the men getting into proper condition for the grind. Front the list of entries now re corded by Bill Hayward, only 10 men have signed up who are not out for track now so that it looks like the campus has been cleaned with a fine-tooth comb for tracksters. How ever, it is thought that there are still plenty of men in the houses who are not out in suits and have not signed up for their teams. These are the men Bill Hayward wants to see. Chance Offered to Men Many times the veteran coach has picked up sterling performers and men who later became lettermen, from the intra-mural track meet, which used to overshadow the var sity meets in the days when Oregon’s track supremacy was constant. “Those men used to train for months for the intra-mural meet. We did not have very many houses, but they had training tables for their do-nut teams and the whole student body turned out for the biggest event of the spring term. The do nut meet was often of more impor tance than the varsity meets. And Time to Think About It? It’s spring—and it’s time to think about bread. It’s the staff of life—and you can afford to use only the best. Williams Bakery g/' J 1 J1W'XV'. jX*/J !a5>7hI Had You Ever Thought . of This? There’s a lot of difference in eating places, and did you evet- ask yourself, “where shall I take her to eat tonight?’’ If you haven’t you should —for “what a whale of a difference some good food makes.” The OREGANA I got many men from the event.” Intra - fraternity c o m p e t ition reached its height in 1922 and 1923 and since then has been on the de , cline but the interest already shown jin the coming meet is encouraging. It will be easily the biggest and most representative do-nut event of the year. Most of the houses have entered teams. Small Teams in Running The wide scattering of points will ^probably make it easier for the jsmaller teams to cop honors. Thus a house may enter one man and he |will be able to win an event and .place the house high up on the list. The purpose of the do-nut meet is | to further the interests of track and to bring to light new men who are not out for the teams. Tri Delts to Give Two Dances Vacation Time Delta Delta Delta has completed plans for two benefit dances to be held during the week of spring vacation in Portland and in Eugene. The Portland dance will be held in the Crystal Room of the Hotel Ben son on Wednesday evening, March 24, and the Eugene dance will be given at the Campa Shoppe, Friday, March 26. College music will be furnished at both dances and the tickets which may be purchased here, will be good for either dance. Son of Former Prime Minister Admires American Athletics UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, March 9.—Anthony Asquith, son of the former prime minister of Great Britairt, and a graduate of Oxford, acted as chair man for the intersectional debate won by University of Southern Cal ifornia from University of British ! Columbia. j He expressed great admiration for ! athletics in this country, especially for the j-esultant physical develop ment. American girls, he thought, were a bit “freer” in their manner than English girls, and “certainly better dressed.” Probably the most unique differ ence found by Mr. Asquith was in j the scholastic methods of the two ! countries. He seemed surprised at the intensity and variety of courses on the local curriculum, and felt that the work was much harder than on his own campus. STATE COLLEGE OF WASH INGTON, March 10— (P.I.P.) — Plans for a freshman week at the beginning of the fall term are being worked out by a faculty committee Incoming freshmen will have the college to themselves for three days when they will be introduced into the complexities of student life before the rush of general registra tion. The schedule includes a general reception in the auditorium at which time the president of the college will welcome the incoming students and make important announcements concerning the activities for the week, besides making explanations concerning college rules of scholar ship, credits, absences, and other general receptions will be given for them. gJ3I3®SlSJ3EJS®SEElD!l3)313ISISI3ISI3]5S TERMINAL HOTEL One of Oregon’s Best Hotels RICHABD SHEPARD Manager 3nqfigfFai?gnai7arrargingiHingtning[nHnitniB3iigiBin3B3iH>iSff HEN style is combined r r with quality and long life, as it is in a Stetson, there can be no question as to the hat you should wear. 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