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VOLUME XXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1926 NUMBER 30 No 4Red’ Invasion Seen; Land of Liberty Is Secure Kellogg, Alett, Hampers Russian From Trek Over United States By WILLIAM P. MADDOX The American people may breathe a sigh of intense relief. Once more they have been sheltered from that subtle and insidious influence which somehow is ra,diated from the person of one who is a communist, espe cially a Russian one. Once again our alert and intrepid secretary of state, the Honorable Frank B. Kel logg, has evoked a congressional statute for authority to exclude from our unsullied shores a dan gerous foe to American institutions and ideals. This time it was Madame Alex andra Kollantay, former ambassa dress to Norway, and just recently appointed Soviet representative to Mexico. She had asked permission of the American consul in Berlin to traverse United States territory on her way to her new post. But that worthy official was wily and was not thus to be trapped. Madame Kollantay was not only a Russian. She was also a member of the com munist internationale, an organiza tion which has for its ultimate pur pose a world revolution to establish in the place of a capitalist society a communist state. At all costs must the American people and their institutions and their ideals and their traditions be preserved from a contamination of ideas by her passage through this country. Visa Refused Acting upon authority of Act -of October 16, 1918 (40 Stat. L. Pt. I pl012) as amended by Act of June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. L. Pt. I pl008), the American consul refus ed to grant Madame Kollantay a -visa to her passport, thus compell ing her to seek some other solution to her transportation problem. Of ■course, the American consul did not act alone. He was soon in telegraph ic communication with Mr. Kellogg and that official did not fail in the official performance of his duty. Madame Kollantay clearly came under the provisions of the acts quoted and she must at all costs be excluded from the land of liberty. The Act of 1918 was a war-time measure, but instead of repealing it in 1920 along with a mass of other war legislation, Congress re enacted it, thereby giving the secre tary of state discretionary authority to exclude from the United States any one of the following people: (1) Aliens who are anarchists. (2) Aliens who advise, advocate, ■or teach, or who are members of, or affiliated with any organization, so ciety, or group that advises, advo cates, or teaches opposition to all organized government. (3) The same to apply to those ■who advocate, etc. (a) the over throw by force or violence of the government of the United States or all forms of law; (b) the unlawful killing of any officer of the United States or of any other organized government; (c) the unlawful dam age of property; or (d) sabotage. (4) Aliens who write or know ingly have in their possession any printed matter advocating the above. (5) Aliens who are affiliated with any organization that prints or has in its possession any printed matter of the character described above. Shish—Communists Thus since Madame Kollantay is probably affiliated with the com munist internationale which is said to have (whisper) printed matter advocating revolutions in all cap italistic nations,* she comes under the law and thus the secretary was acting entirely within his legal rights if he can substantiate such accusations. Moreover, suppose she (Continued on page four) First Rifle Practice Is at Btirracks Today “*' 5- First r ifle^'practicje i tjhis :jrear will ' ■& be^-heid in th^barracls'j-from nine ' to twelve O’clock ^to’day;: - according to Captain Frank L. Culin, execu tive officer of the military depart ment, who will be in charge of the practice. Students in the B. O. T. C. who have been on the rifle team will act as assistants. The students out for rifle practice have been assigned regular practice hours, and it will be necessary for them to be at the barracks at the time assigned them, Captain Culin said. Oregon Team Crippled By Nine Injuries Mainstays of First String May Be Out of Cougar Game Saturday Grid-graph to Flash Results From Pullman McEwan and Squad to See U. S. C.-O. A. C. Fray According to dieticians, it takes from three to four hours in which to digest meat, and this Deing ine case, ine Oregon varsity football team has ably assimilated the Bear meat which it caught a week before last, and is now ready for Cougar meat. The varsity football team that relished the prize Beryl Hodgen chops ot Caliror nia will not chew Cougar meat as it did that of the Bear. Nine of Coach John J. McEwan’s best bets are on the injured list and may not get into the Washington State fra cas. Woodie, Mimnaugh and Clark, quarterbacks, are all on the injured list. Woodie and Mimnaugh have been ailing since the Bear tilt and McEwan was relying on Clark, who starred against the freshmen last week, to hold down the signal bark ing position. Dame Misfortune again hit the varsity squad and Dudley Clark is in the infirmary suffering from an attack of appendicitis. In last night’s practice, Merrill Hagan, who held down the quarterback berth at Roosevelt high school of Portland for three successive years, was calling signals. Hodgen Is Out Beryl Hodgen, guard, is on the hospital list and has not scrimmaged since the return from California. In case Hodgen does not start the Cougar game, Harden or Mangum will take his place. Carter, passer back, is also suffering from injuries. The backfield seems to be the hard est hit with the three quarterbacks out, and Wetzel, Burnell, Ord and Vitus on the convalescent list. In last night’s practice, the var sity plowed through the freshmen in the last scrimmage to be held be fore the Washington State game. The rest of the week will be devot ed to signal practice and general tapering off. The varsity will en train Thursday morning for Port land where they will witness the Beaver-Trojan clash and then con tinue on to Pullman. Gridgraph to Show Local gridiron followers will have an opportunity of watching the Oregon Aggies and the U. S. C. clash from the grid-graph which will be operated in the Woman’s build ing Thursday afternoon at two o’clock. Over 1000 people paid to see the lights flash the Oregon vic tory over California week before last. The admission. price is the same and dancing will be in order between halves and after the game. Next Saturday afternoon the ath letic schedule is quite full for Ore gon football fans. At one o’clock the Oregon freshmen and the O. A. C. Rooks meet in the traditional clash to be held on Hayward field. Immediately following this, at three o’clock the grid-graph will flash into operation for the second time during the week and give the Ore gon-Washington State game, play by play. O. A. C. Still Leads By the virtue of its three wins, the big Orange and Black machine of O. A. C. still reposes at the top of the Pacific coast conference per centage column. Only two games of any importance were played over the week-end. The Golden Bears of j California were forced to taste de feat at the hands of the University of Washington Huskies, 13 to 7. i “Butch” Meeker led the pack of Washington State Cougars to a 6 to 0 victory over Charlie Erb’s red shirted Vandals at Moscow. ■‘Bo|Pj Warner’s Cardinals had an easy time of it with Santa Clara, 33 to 14. Price Faces Tough Job Things look pretty black for | “Nibs” Price when the California Bears meet the Stanford Cardinals at Berkeley, November 20. In theii (Continued on page four) Gridgraph to Flash Two Games to Fans STUDENTS will have the op portunity of seeing the flash ing lights of the gridgraph tell the play-by-play story of two football games this week, is the announcement made by Ed. Crow ley, who is in charge of the af fair. Plans have been completed to give the account of the Southern California game with 0. A. C. at Portland on Armistice day, No vember 11. Returns from the civ ic stadium will begin to arrive at 2 o ’clock and will be recorded on the animated lights of the gridgraph in the Woman’s build ing auditorium. On Saturday directly following the Frosh-Rook game on Hay ward field, the Oregon-W. S. C. battle at Pullman will be re counted. This will begin at 3 o’clock and will also be at the Woman’s building. George McMurphey’s Night Hawk orchestra will furnish syncopation for dancing between halves. BetasiWin From Sigma Nu Will Meet Phi Gamma Delta Today At 4 p. m. Score The Betas won yesterday from the Kappa Sigma donut five but that isn’t half the story. The score was 27-15. That’s the other half. Beta Theta Pi rolled up 10 points before Dale finally broke the ice for the Kappa Sigmas with a foul shot. Morrie Spatz, Beta forward, glid ed around the floor to lead the scor ing with nine points. Kelly of the Betas and Dale, Kap pa Sig, exhibited some flashy guard ing in the fray. Kelly, in partic ular, showed little regard for life or limb, and collected his share of the points in spite of the Kappa Sigmas. Sigma Nu and Phi Gamma Delta will fight it out today at 4:00, and Wednesday at 4:00 Phi Kappa Psi will meet the Betas to decide the winner of the consolation tourna ment. Lineups: Betas (27) Kappa Sigma (15) Adams (3) .f. Dale (3) Spatz (9) ._f. McKay (4) Hall (3) .c. Adolph (4) Flegel (4) .g. . Shields Kelly (5) ..g.... Burdge (2) Substitutes: Betas: Bennett (3), Conley, Lewis. Kappa Sigs: Hors feldt (2), Warner. Swimming Teams and Captains Announced; Groups Will Report Swimming teams and captains were chosen last week-end, and com petition between teams will begin next rveek. Six freshman teams, three sophomore teams, two junior teams and one senior team were chosen. Teams are made up of six girls, except in cases where there are not enough turning out for posi tions. Captains are responsible for call ing up girls on their teams, and get ting substitutes if team-members are unable to turn out for each meet in which their team participates. The schedule for games will be made out this week. Every girl on any of the freshman or sophomore teams must report to the pool in the Woman’s building at 5 o’clock today and juniors and seniors must report Wednesday at 5. Senior teams: first team: Ellean Eargher, Katherine Grraef, Margar et Pepoon, Katherine Sartain. Junior teams: first team: Louise Buchanan, Esther Hardy (captain), Florence Hurley (class manager), Virginia Lounsbury, Helen Mumaw, Myrabelle Palmer. Second team: Evelyn Anderson, Marjorie Clark, Juanita Dietze, Hazel Kirk, Hazel Xpbes (captain). _ *__ . Sophomore teams: first team: Ol ive Banks (class manager), Lena o, Beth Ager, Ethel Gasman, Roma ! Whisnant. Second team: Doris ; Gramm, Louise Mason, Janice Me ' Kinnon, Thelma Stephens, Doris Wells, Winifred Weter (captain). ! Third team: Edith Dodge, Betty (Continued on page two) Debate Coach Picks Squads FromTryouts Eight'Women, 15.Men Will Represent Varsity During Year New Men Win Places In Trials Held Friday I - | Oregon Style to Be Used In Future Contests MEN’S and women’s debate squads for both varsity and freshmen have been chosen from those who tried out Friday after noon by J. K. Horner, varsity de bate coach. From 25 men who tried out for varsity debate 15 were picked for the squad from which teams will be picked for the separate debates. The tryouts brought to light sev eral finds, according to the coach. Men chosen for the varsity squad are: Benoit McCroskey, Ronald MeCreight, Avery Thompson, Don ald Beelar, Joe McKeown, Mark Taylor, Roland Davis, Walter Dur gan, Ellsworth Plank, Roy Hern don, Ronald Robnett, Dudley Clark, Beryl Ludington, Jack Hempstead, and Melvin Cohn. Eight girls were selected from 12 that tried out. Cecil May Me Kertcher, Mildred Whitcomb, Mar garet Blackabv, Marion Leach, Frances Cherry, Irene Hartsell, Louise Mason, and Pauline Winchell, were the successful women aspir ants. Freshmen pen selected were: John Halderman, Alonzo Jasmin, Ernest Sexton, Lawrence Morgan, George W. Jackson, Jr., Walter Norblad, John Sprouse, Eugene Laird, Kenton Hamaker. Nine freshmen women were named on the squad: Frances Murray, Mar garet Edmunson, Eleanor Poorman, Sylvia Seymour, Mary Klemm, Flor ence McNerney, Alice Clink, Eldress Judd, and Edna Dunbar. The Oregon style cross-question type of debate will be used in all contests this year. This system was inaugurated last year and was found preferable to the more formal style formerly used. Women’s Halls Full; . Vacancies Expected By Winter Term Although the women’s dormitories are now filled for the term and there is a short waiting list, those who wish to enter the halls next term are advised to file the regula tion application blank and deposit ten dollars at the dean of women’3 office. A number of the girls now in the halls are expected to move into sororities or leave school at the end of the term. A number of those who applied late this term are located in rooms off the campus until after Christ mas. At present, the dormitories are full, with 180 in Hendricks and Mary Spillar halls, 112 in Susan Campbell, and 10 in Thacher cot tage. The ten dollar deposit will be refunded next summer, except for a small amount which is deducted for depreciation. There will be no refund to girls who move out before next June, except in the case of those who remain for less than one week. Anyone who has paid the deposit, and for any reason does not care to move in, can get the full amount back, explained the dean of women. Thacher cottage is open to sen iors, juniors, and a few sophomores, but freshman girls are barred. James H. Gilbert Goes To Medford Banquet James H. Gilbert, acting dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and head of the de partment of economics, leaves this morning for Medford, where he will speak before the state association of tax assessors. ‘"Assessment and the Taxation of Intangibles,” will be his subject. The occasion is a banquet to be given to the tax assessors at b:30 this evening at the Medford hotel by the Fruit Growers league of Medford. Dr. Gilbert is attending at the invitation of the president of the association of tax assessors, J. B. Coleman, Jackson county as sessor. Guild Theatre Will Present One-Act Plays Wednesday and Thursday Nights to Be Time Of Exhibitions ■ 1 - Tickets to Go on Sale at Office This Afternoon Program Includes Variety Of Dramas THREE one-act plays will be given as the opening produc tion of the year in Guild theater tomorrow and Thursday evenings, under the direction of Miss Florence E. Wilbur, head of the drama and play production department. “Op era Matinee” by Alice Gerstenberg, “Sabotage” by Hellam W. Valcros and Pol d’Estoc, and “Joint Owners in Spain” by Alice Brown are,the three plays selected for the sea son ’s opening. The cast has been chosen largely from sophomores in the drama de partment and it will be their first appearance at the University. First is Satire The “Opera Matinee” is a social satire taking place one afternoon while several people are engaged in watching the matinee perform ance of the opera “Madame Butter fly.” The conversation centers around the occupants of the boxes. In one box a group of young social debutantes are busily occupied in commenting on the merits of the play; in another a lady wishing to dominate the social life of the town is entertaining a countess and a few of her friends that she feels it her duty to invite. A party of cultured people occupy a third box. - “Sabotage” is a tragedy drama written by two French authors and made famous by the Grand Guignol players. The scenes in this play are laid in the French home of a class of working people. The father is continually striving to better the conditions under which he works by means of the trade unions of which he is a member. • Sale Begins Today “Joint Owners in Spain” is a comedy drama with the scenes laid in an old ladies’ home. Two old ladies who fail to get along with any of their roommates are finally placed in a room together. The con ditions and situations resulting from this combination forms an amusing comedy. The sale of tickets will begin Tuesday at 1 o ’dock from the box office of Guild theater in Johnson hall, according to Harold Whitlock, business manager of Guild theater this year. All Five Gobblers Go "To “Terrible Turks,” First in Donut Race Clarence Hill, a slim, greyhound runner of last year’s frosh track team, won the donut cross-country two-mile run Saturday. Hill finish ed 50 yards ahead of John Niede meyer, the favorite, and was timed at the finish as 14:52. With Niedemeyer second, L. E. Jensen third and Fern Kelly fourth, the team calling themselves the Terrible Turks took all five of- the fourteen-pound turkeys offered as prizes. Bill Winter, Sigma Chi, finishing fifth, missed winning a gobbler by one place. The course was over all kinds of ! country and the rains made the go ing in the thick mud hard. Fifteen men -started in the har rier-like competition and practical ly all finished, although greatly strung out. The closest race of the day came about four minutes after Hill had broken the tape, when Matt son and Kimball ran neck and neck for 50 yards in a fight to avoid last place. Next Saturday a handicap cross country race will be staged with more turkeys to compete for. The j men finishing last in the past race will be given a head start over the | Turks ’ stars. The Terrible Turks were undecid ed as to what to do with the five birds they won, but the Seven Seers,*' campus bunksters, suggest that they issue invitations to a banquet at ' which the main dish will be turkey. Name, Name, Who's Got a Team Name? THE athletic name contest conducted by the Emerald sport staff is attracting city wide attention. Yesterday, a let ter written in a scrawled child’s hand, eame to the desk of Sol Abramson, editor, in which it was suggested that Tigers, Pan thers, Bearcats or Braves be used as the official cognomen. To date, Trappers still seems to be leading the list among the favored few. Two other names suggested are those of Siwash and Spartans. Students are urged to phone their suggestions to the Emerald office, 655, before Fri day night. Ballot boxes will also be placed in the libraries today. Noel Will Tell Thrilling Tale Here Tomorrow Ml. Everest Expedition Camera Man to Start Lecture Series Captain John B. Noel, official photographer for the 1924 Mt. Ev erest Expedition, will arrive in Eu gene tomorrow noon, and at eight o’clock in the evening in Villard hall, he will deliver the first lecture of the series of four being sponsor ed by the student lecture commit tee. With him he will bring his motion pictures taken during the last attempt to climb to the top of the world’s highest mountain, which will be used to illustrate his ad dress. Captain Noel’s story, which he will tell as the pictures are run, is a tale of absorbing adventure and courageous achievement that is. be lieved to be unrivalled in the realm of exploration. Nature Defeats Man Many times man has attempted to overcome nature,and climb to the very top of the world. But each time man has been defeated. Mt. Everest—the majestic—where skies caress the ice and snow; where zero gales sweep by a hundred miles an hour; has so far been unconquer able. Yet man has decreed that some day he will walk on the very top of the world! The climax came in 1924 when two of the party of British explor ers, Mallory and Irvine, with oxy gen tanks strapped to their backs, reached a point 800 feet below the top—to disappear forever. Un daunted? The Spirit of Adventur ous Achievement bows not. Already plans are under way for a new at tempt that may accomplish what so far the many expeditions have failed to do. Three Lectures Follow This is the first of the series of lectures offered to the student body and people of Eugene by the stu dent lecture committee. Season tickets for the lectures aro on sale at the Co-op and in the liv ing organizations. The committees wish to emphasize the fact that sen: son tickets will save a large per cent to the students and that if the allotted amount is sold, an addition al lecture, free of charge, will be given. ! Subscription Drive Begins For Oreganas Contest to Capture Silver Trophy to Continue For Two Days Free Yearbook Given As Additional Prize Chinese Art Work Will Feature Makeup A T 7:30 a. in. the Oregana sub Ascription drive begins. Circula tion workers in all houses and halls compete to capture the silver cup. Forty-five original posters pro claim the concentrated two-day drive beginning today and continuing up to Thursday morning. At two booths prominent Oregon women will sign up blanks for town students. One of the stations is located between Commerce and Ore gon buildings, and the other is in front of the main library. These will remain open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. The first house or hall that subscribes 100 per cent after 7:30 will be awarded the large cup which has been donated by Seth Laraway, local jeweler. The winner will not be announced until the night of the Sophomore Informal dance, Satur day, November 13. Besides this prize each house reaching the 100 per cent mark any time during the two days will be given a free year book. Checks May Be Post-dated In order to get an Oregana in the spring it is necessary that stu dents pay a two dollar deposit now and the remaining three dollars when the book comes out during Junior week-end. Checks may be post-dated up to December 1, it is announced. One of the biggest surprise feat ures to appear on the Oregon cam pus during a drive of any nature i* the array of posters designed by Janies Rogers, Stanley King and Bob Warner. Rogers, who had charge of the work, made 24 of the cartoons. Chinese art work in colors, and the general atmosphere of that ar tistic world employed in the entire makeup of the Oregana are distinc tive characteristics of the book. The cover will be black stippled leather decorated with a sketch of the Fine Arts building which is to be dedicat ed to the memory of the late Prinee L. Campbell. Sletton Directs Drive Paul Sletton, circulation manager, is in charge of the drive. He is assisted by Jim Manning, manager of the book; Tom Stoddard, assist ant circulation manager; James Rogers and Kenneth Weiser. Representatives in fraternities j who will take subscriptions are: At j pha Beta Chi, Wilford Long; Alpha Tau Omega, Sam Kingley; Beta Theta I Pi, George Shade; Chi Psi, Robert I Boggs; Delta Tau Delta, Joe Price; j Sigma Phi Epsilon, Arthur Hedger; Kappa Sigma, Milton Brown; Lamb da Psi, Clifford Kuhn; Phi Delta. (Continued on page four) Famous American Sculptor's Works Will Be Shown In Exhibit Today Harold Van Iiuren Magonigle Exhibits Drawings Oils and Water Colors at Art Building Aii exhibition of some of the works of Harold Van Buren Mag onigle, famous American sculptor and architect, will be opened in the exhibiting room of the art building today. .Some years ago Mr. Magonigle was known as the greatest drafts man in the country and is one of the leading modern architects. His most recent triumph was the winning of the contest for the Kan sas City Peace memorial. The mem orial will \tbst approximately a mil lion and a half dollars and will be dedicated on Armistice day. Mr. Magonigle’s wife, who is a sculptor of note, has worked for the past four years on the memorial and with Mr. Magonigle has produced a great number of pieces for the edifice. Among the pieces made by him are two large sphinxes each measuring approximately 32 feet in length. In addition to his ability as a sculptor, he is also a writer, being the author of a book on “Nature, History and Practice of Art,” which is widely known and read. However, Mr. Magonigle is prob ably best known in the field of ar chitecture. He is a fellow and a past director of the American In stitute of Architecture, and is now president of the New York chapter, the largest in the United States. He is also a past president of the Architectural League. His collection includes drawings from the Kansas City memorial competition, drawings from the Roosevelt memorial contest in New York to which he contributed plans, and a number of oil, water color and pencil sketches. There are also three good-sized oil paintings which he did for pleasure since he has never had any training in oil paint ing. The entire display numbers 33 pieces. The exhibiting room will be open this morning and after noon, and future notice will be giv en concerning evening hours.