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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1926)
Great Britain On Verge Of Revolution Economic Troubles Pre dicted; People Place Trust in Government By William P. Maddox England on the verge of a revolu tion? Is it possible that this quiet, peace-loving and traditionally phleg matic people could be thrown into the squalid turmoil of ciyil war? Surely the resort to bayonet in time of domestic dispute may be typical of Nicaragua or Bulgaria, but can it be in accord with English poli tical history and English psychol If these questions had been asked barely a month' ago, there would have been few who would have dared to reply in the affirmative. Even in England, the average man was going unconcernedly about his daily affairs, secretly confident that the government would somehow find a magic solution to the unreconciled difference of miner and mine-owner. Had not the government brought England safely through the perplex ing maze of post-war economic problems—unemployment somewhat improved, the industrial depression of 1922 safely hurdled, foreign ex change stabilized? Surely, the pres ent coal situation would be unravel led into a simple acceptable solution before the national strike were de But this blind faith in the abil ity of a government, which is after all only composed of ordinary human beings, subject to all human foibles and fraifeties, was not vin dicated. Suddenly the nation awoke to the realization that a general strike of miners, railway men, dock ers, printers, and kindred groups had been declared and that the most serious'industrial tie-up that Eng land has ever faced was at hand. No one would hazard a prediction as to the outcome of such a situa tion. * * * England has had many strikes, several severe ones since the war, but none ‘quite so bad as this. For several clays it will be a gay lark, a welcome "break from tedious mon otony. Every automobile will be m use, the great lumbering charabancs will find pre-seasonal service, and bicycles—whose number in England is legion—will turn the suburban pikes into an endless mounted pro cession. Then what will come, in case there is no settlement, no one knows. Careful guarding of exist ing food supplies would be neces sary, and a highly organized motor lorry service for transportation. Then if it should happen that some people go hungry, others restless and impatient and petulant, good ma terial is provided for riots, which might spread into a nation-wide outbreak or might be put down by the army. But of what avail is the government’s control of the army if one-third of the population, with thousands of relatives in the service, constitute a united enemy. * * * Both sides at present are taking an intractable stand. Premier Bald win declaring that the government would refuse all negotiations until the strike is off. The miners, whose case is now in the hands of the Trade Union Congress, are likewise adamant. Both sides will have to adopt a more conciliatory attitude before a settlement is possible. A long protracted strike would play havoc and the conservative major ity might find that its supporters are weakening. Then concessions and compromises, probably the definite promise of early national ization of the mines, the height of the miners’ demands. But before that comes, if it does, the easy going Englishman may discover that r, “muddling through” is an outworn shibboleth, a formula of trickery and deception. For the present, all of us wish England well, grateful that her problems are not ours, yet conscious that she is facing a prob lem of social relationship which is universal and which we may some day be called upon to solve. Is the capitalist system, the foundation of the present order, going to be able to withstand the demand of in the control of industry! Slocum and Manning Get Managerjobs Council Approves of Trip For Okerberg, Coffin To Tennis Meet Benefiel Five-Year Contract is O. K.’d Dressing Rooms to Be in Pavilion Basement J^ARL SLOCUM was appointed manager of the Emerald, and James Manning, manager of /the Oregana, at a meeting of the exe cutive council yesterday. Action was taken upon the recommenda tion of the two men by the publi cations committee. Slocum, who is at present adver tising manager of the Emerald, has been connected with the daily for three years. He is a junior, a mem ber of Chi Psi, and of Alpha Delta Sigma, advertising fraternity. Manning, also a junior, has been ■on both the Emerald and Oregana staffs during the past two years. He is at present circulation mana ger for both publications. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Delta Sigma. Official sanction having been given by the student body that the executive council be authorized to make contracts with the graduate manager, a five-year contract with Jack Benefiel was approved. The council approved the appro priation of money for sending Roy Okjprberg and Harry Coffin, mem bers of the varsity tennis team, to the National Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Tournament, to be held at Philadelphia in June. It was agreed to make basket ball awards for this year according to the size of letter provided for in the revised constitution. The executive council approved the reports of the building and athle tic committees stating that there is a distinct need for additional in tramural athletic fields. This ac tion was taken to crvstalize the attitude of the executive council so that its views may be made known to the building committee of the board of regents. The council also adopted as a policy that all athletic quarters should be established in the base ment of the proposed basketball pavilion. Frosh Tennis Squad Will Meet Rooks Saturday Morning The Oregon irishman tennis play ers will face the test of the season when they engage the O. A. C. rooks on the local courts 'Saturday morning and at Corvallis on the fol lowing Saturday. Both teams seem to be evenly matched as they have had'a very successful season, each defeating the Reed college warsity by the score of 5 to 1. The freshmen rest their hopes in Henry Neer, Clarence Hartman, ^Ted Slauson and Boone Hendricks. Neer and Hartman have held down first position in the rankings con sistently during the season, and al though Slauson entered the sport late due to spring football practice lie has shown-up exceedingly well. In Henry Neer, Coach Abercrom bie has a stellar first man for the | team. He was holder of the Port | land interscholastic championship I two years ago and has been a mem j pier of the Multnomah Athletic Club ; team for two years. Clarence Hart I man, also from Portland, was suc I cessor to Neer as holder of that | title. “Red” Slauson, a Saera i menbo product, was finalist last j year at Sacramento in the valley 1 championships. He will probably be paired with Neer in the doubles event. Boone Hendricks, holder of i his prep school title in Los Angeles, , has been playing fourth man for the | team all "season. It is doubtful, however, if he will be allowed to play because of ineligibility. In this case Chalmers Nooe will take his place. Four singles matches and two doubles events will comprise the , program with Neer and Slauson, and ! Hartman and Nooe paired together I in the doubles. i Scribes Gunning for Hide of Lawyer Nine A ND today’s the day. Is the pen mightier than the law law book? Can the righteous sports scribes, augmented to a slight degree, lay the unrighte ous lawyers on the greensward? Baseball has been selected as the medium to prove these weighty problems. ’Twill be a dav in the lives of the hard working news men if they walk off tjie field winners. The lawyers are confident, cocky, and sure of themselves as Rudy Valentino in a young ladies seminary. Bert Gooding, the mastodon backstop (catcher) insists that he is the poorest man on the nine. What of it, Bert? What does that make us? Elks? Art Schoeni, the boy wiz, has his left flipper in fine fettle and is itching to face the Big Ber thas from the law school. Honest John Warren, scribe outfielder, has a dozen big bats in readi ness for Skipper Brooks’ prize slants, and the rest of the pack are anxious to run the conceited lawyers back to Oblivion City. Three o’clock on cemetery ridge, and the scribes have a great ball club too. The best they ever had. If you don’t think so, five will get you ten. Ten what? Grey hairs. Faculty Debates Gowns, Emerald, Issue November feet tor rinal Decision on Foreign ‘Lingo’ Question Professors Must Don Re galia for Ceremony Bv ERIC W. ALLEN The faculty yesterday authorized the appointment of a committee of five professors to report next month on the advisability of admitting a representative of the Emerald to future meetings. The action was taken upon receipt of a request from the editor, which was second ed by Professor Howe, who pointed out the benefits that had accrued to the executive council of the stu dent body since the Emerald had been given' a seat at its meetings. Dr. Rebec moved the appointment of the committee. The proposed changes in the lan guage requirements were put ever to the November meeting after Pro fessor Dunn had objected to their immediate consideration. He de clared that the'’proposed measures were rather far-reaching in substi tuting a test of reading knowledge for a given quantity of instruction, and held that it was unfair to make so radical a change when the most important language department had just come under a new head, Dr. Bowen. Dean Hale brought up a propo sal that the faculty wear the acad emic cap and . gown at the coming semi-centennial and inauguration. He promised that if the faculty would consent to this he would not make a similar request for fifty years more. Professor Wood made a speech in favor of caps and gowns in gen eral. He said he had worn them for nine years and found they saved his clothes. He used to buy only one suit a year while now he has to buy three suits in two years. Professor Stafford wanted to know how the faculty was going to make anyone wear a cap and gown if he did not want to. He waved the flag as a free born American citizen. Dean Hale remarked that he had no idea that anyone would be ex (Continued on page three) Oregon Instructors Accept Summer W ork Two members of the women’s physical education faculty have made definite plans for their sum mer work. They are Miss Emma AVaterman, who has accepted a po ; sition with the physical education department in the summer school at the University of Colorado, lo I cated at Boulder, and Miss Ernes i tine Troemel, swimming instructor. Miss Troemel will instruct swim ming classes at the summer session ! of the University of Wisconsin, at I Madison. Clark to Give Vocal Recital 8:15 Tonight School of Music Sponsors First Appearance Here Of Contralto Critics Praise Lovely Voice of Eugene Artist Four Groups Are Included In Program Mrs. Prudence Clark will appear in her first Eugene recital this eve ning as the guest artist of the school of music in the auditorium at 8:15. The affair is open to the public through an invitation from the school, and a large attendance is expected. Mrs. Clark in her few appearances in the city, lias established an en thusiastic following. She has re ceived high praise from musical critics wherever she has performed for her lovely voice, her intelligent interpretation, and her charming per sonality, a combination found only in the artist. Mrs. Clark is the wife of Eev. Fred J. Clark, the pastor of the First Congregational Church in this city, and most of her appearances have been in that church. The pro gram will include four groups, the first from the old masters; the sec ond will consist of three art Bongs; the third will include two arias, and the last will be a modern group. Following are the numbers: Part I Che faro (Orfeo) . Gluck She never told her love . Haydn The Spirit Song . Haydn Ho shall feed his flock (from the Messiah) . Handel Part II Widmung ....w. Franz Bitte . Franz Marie . Franz Hark, Hark, the Lark Schubert Part III Dost Thou Know That Fair Land (from Mignon) . Thomas Becit et Air de Lia (from “Le’en fant Prodigue”) . Debussy Part IV Chiudetevi Begli Occhi (Serenata) i .,. Vannini I Do not go, my love . Hageman j Baby’s Laugh . Ward-Stephens i Floods of Spring . Kachmaninoff Sherwood Anderson’s “Note Book” Placed On Library Shelves Tho “Note Book,” of Shenvood Anderson, the copy for which had such a narrow escape when fire broke out in the shop where it was to be printed, is now safely bound and on the rent shelf at the Uni versity library. There are nine other new books on the rent shelf. “The Love Nest and Other Stories,” by Ring Lard ner, the author of “You Know Me Al,” “Gullible’s Travels,” and sev eral other humorous books, who has been demanding considerable atten tion in literary circles of late by producing a different type of humor. “Hangman’s House,” Donn Byrne’s latest novel, which was re cently published in the Pictorial Re-^ view magazine, and “The Romany Stain,” by Morley; “The Dance Over Fire and Water,” by Faure; “Excavations,” by Van Vechten; “A Sporting Chance,” by Cameron; “Virgin Spain,” by Frank; “The Silver Stallion,” by Cabell; and “The Book of the Rogue,” by French; are the other books which may be obtained from the rent col lection. Calls have already been made for several of these books arid the names are being signed on the waiting lists. Jones New Assistant; S. Owen Gets Degree Blanche Jones, at present teaching in the Grants Pass high school, is to replace Seward Owen as graduate assistant in the chemistry depart ment next year. Miss Jones will work for her M.A. degree here. She is interested in better elementary presentation of general chemistry for high school students. Owen will receive his M.A. degree this spring. He has been graduate assistant in the department for the past two years. Dr.A.R.Moore Chosen as New ZoologyHead Physiologist Interested in Marine Biology of Pacific Coast Professor on Faculty Of Rutgers College Scientist to Visit Oregon Campus in June (^ELECTION of Arthur Bussell Moore, professor of general physiology at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, as head of the zoology department, was an nounced yesterday by James H. Gil bert, acting dean of the college of literature, science and the arts. Dr. Moore takes the place of Dr. Harry B. Torrey, who left last year. Harry B. Yocom, assistant professor of zoology, who was acting chair man of that department this year, will remain a member of the depart ment and will teach the same classes next year that he taught this year. Scientist to Attend Summer Camp The new head is deeply interested in marine biological work, especial ly the study of the marine biological life characteristic of the Pacific coast. His interest in the work is one of the factors which lead him to accept the Oregon position. He will stop here in June on his way to California and will discuss plans for the coming year with Dr. Gilbert and Professor Yocom. He will also attend the summer camp of marine biological work at Sunset Bay, near Marshfield. Dr. Moore received his A.B. de gree from the University of Nebras ka in 1904 and his Ph.D. from Cali fornia in 1911. He was assistant professor of physiology at Califor nia from 1911 until 1913, when he went to Bryn Mawr, where, ho re mained as associate professor until 1916. He has been professor of gen eral physiology at Rutgers since 1916. Tn 1923 he was a member of the International Physiological Con gress. In the same year he was a guest of the Naples zoological sta tion and in 1925 was occupant of the table of the American Associa tion for Advancement of Science there. Since 1916 he has been a member of the physiology staff of the marine biological laboratory at Wood’s Hole, Massachusetts. Member of Scientific Societies The professor is a member of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science, American Physiology Society, and the Society of Experimental Biology. He collaborated in editing the second edition of “Oppenheimer’s Handbuch der Biochennie,” rewrote Locb’s article on “Kirnstliche Par thenoigenese,” was one of the edi tors of “Monographs in Experimen tal Biology,” a series founded by Jacques Loeb. His work has been on Tropistie response, invertebrate central ner vous system, respiration of nervous tissue, inhibition of animal lumines cence by light, the ionic basis of stimulation, inhibiton phenomena in the nerve net. — R.O.T.C. Review Held On Cemetery Ridge In a drizzling rain, the six com panies making up the Reserve Offi cers’ Training Corps at the Univer sity, inarched onto the Cemetery ridge field, west of the Woman’s building, and drew up at attention before the reviewing staff, consist ing of the R. O. T. C. faculty and student officers, yesterday after noon. 1 After the playing of the national anthem, the officers in charge of the respective companies reported to the commanding officer. Following this ceremony, the companies passed in review, and marched back to the barracks. This was the second parade of the term, having to bo held on the Cem etery ridge field because the former drill field at the south of the bar racks is now being excavated in preparation for the laying of the foundations of the new basketball pavilion. » The next parade will take place next Wednesday, May 12, the weather permitting. Seabeck Meeting Will Feature ‘Cold’ Treat ^ “frosty” reception is prom ised those who attend the Seabeck day meeting in the Y. W. C. A. bungalow at 7:15 to night to hear about the student Christian conference that is held at Seabeck, Washington, every spring. The refreshment committee has selected “Frosties,” a choco late-coated ice cream confection, to be served to the guests at the meeting. Aside from the gastro nomieal attraction, Gale Sea man, Pacific coast inter-collegi ate Y. M. C. A. secretary, who is in direct charge of the con ference, will speak at the meet ing. Byron Serfling, chairman of the Seabeck committee, will also speak on some phase of the con ference. There are a number of students on the campus who have already attended some con ference at the northern summer resort, and some of these may tell of their experiences there. The Seabeck conference opens June 12, and lasts till June 21, eight glorious .days in the beau tiful out-of-doors in the Puget Sound country, half devoted to attending discussions of religi ous, social, or educational prob lems led by prominent men from all over the United States, and half devoted to sports such as tennis, swimming, hiking, boat ing, ball playing, and horseshoes. The University of Oregon has a quota of 20 delegates to raise for the conference this spring, and already eight have signed up. Information may be obtain ed from H. W. Davis at the cam pus Y. M. C. A. hut. Junior Festival To Begin Friday With Holiday Painting of ‘O’ Scheduled First Event; IVJillrace Bout Planned * There’s no school tomorrow, for Friday lias been set aside as Cam pus Day by the’junior class and other necessary officials. Ticket sales for both the junior prom and the canoe fete have been progressing with admirable speed and every thing points toward a week-end of unsurpassed enjoyment. Campus day has so many events scheduled that it will keep tho stu dents busier than a full class day to see everything that Will Kidwell, chairman of campus day, has man aged to crowd in. Besides tho usual procedure, TCidwell has introduced some new ideas which are intended to add to the amusement of the spectators. The “O” will be painted by all frosh football numeral men, who will meet at tho Sigma Chi corner at (Continued on page three) --- Millikan WiU Talk Today At Assembly Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi Sponsor Visit of Scientist Address at 8:15 p. m. On Birth of Two Ideas Physicist Reaches Portland This Morning JJR. ROBERT Andrews Millikan, discoverer of the penetrating cosmic or Millikan rays, which are known to pass through six feet of lead, and the winner of the Nobel Prize in 1923 for pioneer work done in the measuring of the electron, will arrive on the campus today and will deliver the assembly address, the subject to be the “Evolution of Religion.” He will be the guest of Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa, who are sponsoring his visit, while on the campus, and will deliver an address on “The Birth of Two Ideas” tonight in Villard hall at 8:15 o’clock, which is open to all students, faculty and townspeople. Dr. Millikan will be the guest of honor at the initiation ceremony of Phi Beta Kappa at 4:15 o’clock this afternoon in the Woman’s building, and of Sigma Xi, which will follow at 5 o ’clock. At the joint banquet of the two honoraries, given for the initiates, Dr. Millikan, as well as the Oberlin college and the University of Chicago alumnae in Eugene will attend. Millikan to Motor to Eugene Dr. Millikan arrived in Portland at 6:15 this morning, from the Uni versity of Washington at Seattle, where he has been delivering a series of lectures, and was met by Dr. Olof Larsell, who is bringing Dr. Millikan on to Eugene by motor, in order that ho may bo present for as sembly. The physicist will probably go on to San Francisco from here. The visitor is a graduato of Ober lin college, and in 1895 took his Ph..D degree at Columbia university. Dr. Millikan studied in both Berlin and Gottingen, and has distin guished himself for his many contri butions to science and has won num erous honorary degrees and medals, including the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Hughes Medal of the Royal Society of Great Britain in 1923, and the Faraday Medal of the London Chemical society in 1924. Visitor is Laboratory Director Dr. Millikan has been director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology since 1920, coming from the University of Chicago, where he was a faculty member for years. His work at the Institute of Technology has been greeted with enthusiasm and co-operation and (Continued on page four) Jeannette Calkins Was Successful Emerald Manager During War Times The only woman business man ager of the Emerald, Miss Jeannette Calkins, was one of the most effi cient the University has seen, ac cording to journalism faculty mem bers who were here at that time. She took her position at one of the hardest times, during the war when advertising was slack, and made the 1918 edition of the Emerald a | financial success. “The circulation problem was the | hardest to contend with,” said Miss j Calkins. “We held drives for sub j scriptions to the Emerald, while I now, through the courtesy of the ; comptroller, Mr. Johnson, the stu ! dent registration fee includes the price of a subscription. “Our mailing list was enormous,” she declared. “We sent the Em erald to every man in the service, I as well as to regular subscribers. We would have a man’s name ar ranged in our mailing list as ‘Pri vate John James, Fort Something or-other, ’ when we would receive word that he had received his lieut enant’s bars and been transferred some place else. Or else, half the time the men would forget to send us their new addresses and titles, and then in a little while we would get a letter complaining that the Emerald was not eoming to them. “Often we would send stacks of the papers to divisions where we knew a lot of Oregon boys were, and then receive letters from stran gers who had read them all through with evident joy. “The distribution problem in Eu gene was hard, too,” Miss Calkins declared. “We had no Co-op to re sort to, only three school boys, who delivered for us. One night one of them called me up to tell me that he wanted a raise. His father, he said, was a janitor here, and had heard that all the professors were going to get raises, so ho thought tho newsies should, too! “The feeling of uncertainty among advertisers .made the work of the business manager doubly dif ficult,” she asserted. “Men would not want to advertise because they were not sure when they would be called to war and have to close up their businesses. It was a typical war time,” Miss Calkins said. “Girls were in many offices, such as president of the student body and editor of tho Oregana, where only men had been before. Courses in military organizations, Red Cross, bandaging, and others, were filled ■ with girls. The men had mock i battles and strenuous R. O. T. C. drill over on the field. “It was very exciting,” declared | Miss Calkins. “We never knew I what was going to happen, and ware kept too busy to wonder.”