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VOLUME XXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18. 1927 NUMBER 60 Congress not Silenced in Nicaragua Row Coolidge Almost Usurps Role of Mussolini To Avoid Opposition By WILLIAM P. MADDOX The present controversy over Nicaraguan affairs may not be very edifying but to the inveterate op timist it does present some very interesting sidelights. It was to have been expected that in some man ner or other the Bolshevik bogey would be raised. 'Past experience seems t-o warrant the opinion that one has only to shout ‘•Bolshies-’ and instantly the 'American people j run to cover, and meekly give the government a free rein for an ener getic policy, be it right or wrong. But this time, apparently, the old catch-word did not catch. It s like the old story of the boy who shout ed, “Wolf, wolf” too many times. After the first few fruitless search es for the “wolf” that never ap peared, the nation refuses to be fooled any more. * * * Ample evidence of this sensible procedure is given in the flood of caustic criticisms which have met Secretary Kellogg’s justification of American intervention on the grounds of defense against Bolshe vist influence. Not only lias Con gress, including Republicans, re fused to be trapped into silence and submission bu the vast majority of the -reputable press has not placed any great credence in the charge. It is an exceedingly hopeful sign, are gradually attaining a confidence 'It seems to indicate also that we in the ability of our own institutions to withstand the assaults of any idea, be it good or bad. Ideas are only dangerous to those who a-re unable, or too lazy, t-o make a criti cal estimate concerning them, and since we have entrusted the people with the. task of -controlling gov ernment, we must assume that their - judgements in the main are sound, and that thus they are capable of dealing with ideas. The general tone of the criticism of the government’s policy has al so been high. Parties have played a minor part. The policies have been judged upon their intrinsic merit and the criterion has largely been as to whether we are acting in a manner worthy of a great nation, which loves fair-play, which detests bullying, and which earnestly en deavors to maintain friendly rela tions with other peoples. Few of our previous venture’s in imperialist tac tics have met with such outspoken j and highrminded criticism. # * * And yet there have been efforts to stop the flow of such criticism. President Coolidge almost usurped the role of a Mussolini a couple of weeks ago when he asked the newspaper correspondents not to oppose his policies on the grounds that it gave foreign states the im pression that the country was not back of him. It recalls the old Stephen Decatur shibboleth, ‘ ‘ My country, right or wrong.” And just the other day an esteemed Portland contemporary in its editorial col umns put forward the idea that (Continued on page fowr) Change Made In Plans For Skeyhill’s Talk Lecture Given Tonight In Villard Instead of Wednesday Night Topic to Concern Italy And Mussolini’s Power Speaker Will Begin at 8:15 o’Clock T'OM SKEYHILL will appear to night at 8:15 in Yillard hall. Due to aii unexpected change in his plans it was necessary to put the date of his lecture forward one day making his appearance on Tuesday, January 18, instead of Wednesday, January 19. The basketball game between Ore gon and Gonzaga which was orig inally scheduled for 8:00 will begin at 7:00 so that those who wish to go to the game will also be able to attend the lecture. Has Toured Italy “Mussolini and the Black Shirts” is the subject on which Tom Skey liill will speak. He spent three months of the last year in Italy and his lecture is given on a subject with which he lias had personal contact and understands. During his stay in Italy he made a thorough study of Fascism and Italy’s dictator and his policies. “The Faseisti do not rule Italy— they are Italy!” This is the key note of Mr. Skeyhill’s message that he brings from the land of sun shine. He was fortunate in being in Italy at the time of one of the attempted assassinations of Musso lini, the “II Duce,” as he is affec tionately called by his followers. He witnessed the tremendous reac tion in favor of the great Italian leader, following the attempted at tack. These are the things which he will discuss in his lecture to night. Speaker is Famous Tom Skeyhill has delivered hun dreds of lectures in the United States since the World War and everywhere he has been met with decided approval. Newspapers throughout the country have given favorable reports of his lectures in flattering terms. The Literary Di gest made the comment, “Visualize a young Crusader, a Knight of the Holy Grail, and you have some idea of tjie spirituality of this young Australian’s face.*lle is the sort of man worth reading about carefully.” This man who will be heard to night won great fame as a war speaker during the World War. He enlisted in the army in 1915 and won fame as a soldier-poet, while fighting the Turks. A year later he was invalided home to Australia, stone blind from shell explosion and with bayonet wounds through both hands. He became the famous Aus tralian blind soldier-orator, fend other countries, including the Unit ed States, asked him to help in war work. Recovers Sight In 1918 he miraculously recovered his sight at Washington, D. C. A year later he attended the Peace Conference in Paris. In 1920 he ran the lines into Soviet Russia to study (Continued on page three) Russian Writers Reflect Gloomy Spirit of People Mrs. Barnes Says Lack of Egotism Accounts for Readiness of Submission to Despotic Authority Russian literature has been called a “hymn to the injured and insult ed,” and one of its outstanding characteristics is the glorification of suffering, Mrs. Mary Watson Barnes, professor of English, said in discuss ing the Russian character as reflect ed in their literature. The Russians, who are gloomy, in clude the base and the criminal in their pity, having, for instance, no fear or hatred of the chaining. In their charity they practice the doc trine of “Neither do I condemn thee.” Contact with the Orient and the hardships and dangers of Rus sian life have given these people less of egotism and more sense of the community than the Anglo Saxons. Therefore they are mor$ readily subjected to despotism and authority than the Westerners, Mrs. Barnes declared. Like agricultural people general ly, the Russians are deeply relig ious, seeing a supernatural force in the destructive elements of nature I I i than surround them. They accept them all as coming from God. They find mystery in life and therefore poetry. • Lacking in individual responsibil ity, the people have no standards of time or work, being wasteful and inefficient. But, because of their sensitiveness, their imagination, and their lack of practical sense, they are artistic. Although music is an exceedingly precise art, they excel in it because they love it enough to submit to its discipline. “The Russians, child-like as they are. glorify simplicity, and idealize the straight-forward and frank spirit. They lack reserve. The hu man soul, to them, has sanctity but no privacy. They do not restrain their feelings or their confidences,” Mrs. Barnes continued. “They do not romanticize themselves, and so can be natural and free without pose or affectation. The Anglo-Saxons oppose these qualities with effic iency, prosperity, materialism, intel ligence. and restraint.” WILL SPEAK TONIGHT ' TOM SKEYHILL Wednesday to Open Winter Grid Practice McEwan Plans Change in Offensive Play; Shift Yet Uncertain Football practice for the 1927 season will open Wednesday after noon at 4 o’clock, Captain John J. Capt. McEwan VI c E w a a, head coach, announced at the meeting of tlie varsity and freshman football squads yesterday. “I want every | one to turn out,” | emphasized Mc | Ewan, especially I those of the fresh I uian squad.” . 1 Aspirants are requested to draw full equipment to day and report at the gym tomor row. The workouts will be light and scrimmaging will not take plaee for sometime. Witli the excep tion of Saturday, practice will be held every day. Much of the tutoring will fall upon Gene Vidal, backfield coach, as McEwan eoiftemplates a change in style of attack. Due to the re cent controversy over the shift for mation, he does not intend to teach the shift plays and have the time lost by the shift being ruled illegal. “The style which will be used this winter,” Oapt. McEwan explained, “bases its deception on the hidden ball. Stanford and the Navy already use this formation.” The intended offense formation will permit forward passing, off tackle, spinners, and end runs from punt formation. While the effective ness depends on the precision of all the backs, the key position of the formation being the player in punt (Continued on yage four) Alpha Delta Sigma, Advertising Honorary, Elects New Members Alpha Delta Sigma, national hon orary advertising fraternity, has elected Larry Thielen, of Portland, and Carol Eberliart, of Eugene, into their organization. Thielen is foreign advertising manager on the Emerald, and Eber hart is also a member of the adver tising staff of the paper. Members are chosen on a basis of general scholarship, personality, and inter est in advertising as a profession. Francis McKenna and Herb Lewis i are in charge of the pre-initiation ceremony which will be an event of next week. The new pledges will bo required to make speeches on the library steps a week from next Fri day, wearing “sandwichrboards,” the advertising space on which will be sold to downtown merchants by the pledges themselves. The formal initiation banquet will be held the j following Sunday evening. Present active members of Alpha Delta Sigma are: Calvin Horn, pres ident; Paul Sletton, vice-president; James Manning, secretary; and Si ! Slocum, Milton George, Douglass Wilson, Bob Byington, Bob Warner, I Herb Lewis, Francis McKenna, Rolf | Klep, Joe Neil, and Warren Small. ; Faculty members include Professors W. F. G. Thacher, Ralph D. Casey, Robert C. Hall, and David Faville. Alpha Delta Sigma announces the election of Larry Thielen Carol Eberhart LastOreganas On Sale Now; Only 300 Left Buy Early Is Warning of Manning; 1600 Students Not Signed up Distribution of Books Is Junior Week-end Sale Conducted Through Booths and Houses 'T'ODAY is the last day for those students who have failed to sub scribe for the Oregana to pay their $2.00 deposit and thus insure their purchase of a year book. Up to date. 1600 books have been -sold and only 600 remain. “With a balance of 1600 stu dents who have not yet subscribed to the year book the indications are that those who subscribed first will be the lucky ones to get their an nuals,'' declared Jim Manning, bus iness manager. “We are confident all books contracted for will have been sold by .the time this last drive is over,’’ he added. . The drivfe will be under the di rection of Paul Sletton, circulation manager. He will be assisted by Tom Stoddard and Bill Hynd. Two Booths Open It will be conducted as previously. There will be a representative in each living organization and in ad dition there will be two booths, one located just outside Commerce building and tlie other in front of the library. These booths will be open from 8:00 to 12:00 and fromi 1:00 to 5:00. As in the first drive the deposits will be $2.00 with the balance of $3.00 due when the book is issued. The Oregana staff plans to have the hooks ready for distribution Junior Week-end. Checks may be post-dated to "February 1, if nec essary, announced Manning. Representatives in the sororities (Continued on page four) Student Travel Leader Now on Visit to Campus Griffin Barry Organizing Educational Trips To Europe Mr. Griffin Barry, former Russian correspondent of the London Herald and now a representative of the Open Road, Inc., is on the campus for a few days to organize students for summer tours in Europe. The Open Road, Inc., is the or ganizing agency for the American Associate of the International Stu dent Hospitality association. This organization seeks to further the forming of international friendships through the contact of American students with those of the European countries. Each group formed consists of 13 students and a leader. Tho leader is usually a _ professor or graduate student who is selected because of his social qualities and his interest and experience in traveling. While in a European country, the grou^ is shown about by students delegated for the purpose by the association’s branch in that particular country. The touring students are treated as guests and friends in the various nations they visit. They are enter tained in the hotels, in homes, and (Continued on page three) W. A. A. Starts Drive For Neiv Members Beginning Wednesday, a drive for membership will be launched by the Woman’s Athletic Association, which will last until Monday, said Myrtle Mast, president. Membership will be recruited among the freshman girls who have earned 100 points in volleyball and swimming up to the present time, and among the upper class women who are not members of the associa tion. At the same time, a drive will be made to secure the remainder of the payment on the dues which about two-thirds of the members of the association still owe. There are nearly 20 freshman girls who are eligible for membership and about 60 of the girls now hold ing membership who have not com pleted the payment of their dues. Webfoot Five And Bulldogs Meet Tonight I Oregon Showing Against ! Willamette Is Below Expectations Mel Ingram’s Return Strengthens Gonzaga New Men on Hoop Squad Demonstrate Ability Tonight’s Jane Ups Oregon vs. Gonzaga Bally .—..F.. Ingram Gunther F ... Rotchlord Okerberg __C McKenzie Westergren .C Kennedy Milligan .G Walterskirchen Referee—Ralph Coleman, O. A. C. By I)1CK SYRING 'T'lIE touring Gonzaga Bulldogs "-ill form opposition for Coach Reinhart’s Oregon varsity five to nrgnt at (:uu o’clock In McAr thur Court. This will be the lemon-, yellow' quintet’s 12th game of the season. Tonight's frac as will mark the Catholic h o o p sters’ fourth game on the present trip. Their first against the Uni Roy Okerberg versny or wasnington was lost Dy a small margin. Sunday afternoon they defeated the speedy Columbia university team of Portland, 38 to 11). Last night they met. the Oregon Aggies in Corvallis. In the Columbia game, Gonzaga was penalised for 11) fouls which predicts a good rough game for the Oregon varsity. Gonzaga's line up (Continued on page four) Swimming Meet Taken by Varsity From Freshmen Frosh Took Five ‘Firsts But Lost Meet by 29 to 39 Score The varsity swimming team won an exciting meet from the frosli Saturday afternoon in the tank at the Woman’s building, by a 39 to 29 score, despite Johnny Anderson’s three firsts for the frosh. Anderson won the 40 yard dash in record time, took the 220 under wraps, and then equaled the north west. record of :57.4 in the 100, made by Orville Peterson of O. A. C. Peterson and Anderson will not meet in college competition this year, but may come together in a state meet before the season is over. The frosh led the varsity by a small margin until next to the last event, which was the 200 yard stroke won by Julian Smith, of the varsity in 2:59.6. Smith broke the tank record in this race, previously held by Bill McGregor, of last year’s varsity, at 3:03. As the relay started the varsity was on the long end of a 29 to 34 score, but the babes could have won by taking this race. Although the i score would have been tied the ' frosh would have won the meet by 1 virtue of winning the relay. ' The varsity won by a stroke, but the race was protested, the frosh 'claiming that one of the varsity men jumped the gun. Coach Abercrom bie, judge of the event, did not see the alleged transgression and the objection was over ruled.. Charles Silverman, swimming for (Continued on page three) Two-bit I. W. W. Card Buys Java and Waffles 1 Only a quarter is needed, to buy j an I. W. W. ticket. Such a ticket entitles the bearer to a waffle and i a cup of steaming- coffee. The initials mean, “I want a ' waffle,” These magic cards will be sold on the campus, in the girl’s living organizations and from booths in front of the library and between the Commerce and Oregon buildings. To the purchasers of these cards, waffles will be served at the Y. W. bungalow from 2 until 5 o’clock. I Bossy Cow Refused Service at Depot may lie pigs’’ and cows are cows, so an hon est young freshman, who found a nice Jersey cow roaming the streets of Eugene near the cam pus, turned her in at the lost and found department of the University yesterday morning, the depot master was just as disturbed as the express agent in the well known story. “There are no accomodations for cows at the University de pot,” he said in an anxious voice. And there aren’t. There is plenty of room for umbrellas, fountain pens. l»0ioks, slickers, or what-. have you, but no arrangements have been made, for tagging and storing cows. And so, because of the inade quacy of the lost and found de partment for this occasion, there was much rejoicing when the owner of the lost cow was dis covered and she was returned to her peaceful meadow beside the Mill Race and the old white horse. Seniors Named To Head Work On Class Ball Wrigh^nan Starts Ball Rolling; Date Set Is February 19 With the appointment of the di rectorate for the Senior Ball, which is scheduled for February 19 pre parations for the event have been officially launched. The ball, which has a mere three years history on this campus, is the main event which the senior class sponsors, and for I this reason an effort is made each year to make it a spectacular affair. ] This year, as usual, it will be strict ly formal. With the introduction of the idea two years ago the intention and precedent was formed to make of it a brilliant affair. The lirst ball] had for its motif the portrayal of I a royal Russian ball. Under the di rection of Junior Seton as general chairman and Edgar Bohlman as chairman of decorations and an able directorate the ball was declared a great success and warranted a repi tition the following year. Last year under the guidance of “Png" Toole as chairman an Arab ian motif was worked out that was declared very effective. So far the motif for this year’s ball has not been decidod but Edgar Wrightman, general chairman, prom ises a fete that will outshine both that have gone before. Those who have been appointed on the directorate to work under the guidance of Wrightman are: as sistant chairman, Mary McKinnon; decorations, Rolf Klep; finance, Phil Bergh; feature, Howard Osvald; music, Lloyd Byerly; refreshments, (Continued on page two) Student Group Aims Attack at Academic Ills i _ Needs of Minority Empha sized by Informal Committee Preliminary Statement To Appear Tomorrour Movement of Last Year To be Continued By BERTRAM JESSUP 'T'lIE most wistful estimates of the number of resident under graduate “registrants” in the Uni versity of Oregon place tlio figure at about 11000. Also, there are some students—a not quite negligible number, according to evidences ga thered in an unofficial survey just completed by a self-constituted un dergraduate committee now engaged in a detailed study of the intellec tual state of the undergraduate body on this campus. Advances Former Work The committee is working under the chairmanship of Sol Abrhrason, editor of the Emerald, and is con tinuing a work begun last year by a similar body headed by Edward Miller, then editor of the Emerald. The other members of the present group are Kenneth Bonbright, Glenn Burch, Dave Turtletaub, Bertram Jessup, Ray Nash and Thomas Gra ham. Several of these members also served on tho former committee. The body last year made a com prehensive survey and general study of the same problem. It published its findings together with recom mendations for broad changes in University administrative policies in the Emerald during the spring quar ter. This report, which, republished in pamphlet form, gained wide au dience and commendation in nation al educational circles, is the basis of the further investigation being done by the present group. Minority Needs Studied The report of lqst year made a. devasting criticism of the common lack of really serious undergraduate intellectual interest on this cam pus. It pointed out certain glaring ly unhappy conditions in the aca demic and administrative systems and made some general recommenda tions for bettering the common in tellectual health by the raising of entrance requirements, by revision of grading methods, and by organic, changes in administration. The committee this year is per suaded that the low general level of active intelligence is fixed by organic conditions of the University scheme beyond the direct reach of student or faculty reform, and is giving its attention to what it con siders the more immediately hope ful task of studying means where by the University with its present (Continued on page two) Last Year Barren of Clever Plays Is Opinion of Drama Instructors Revival of Favorites Indicates Lack of Quality in Recent Ones; “Dybbuks” Successful “Plenty of background, a prob-1 lem, and no solution—that is es-1 sentially the modern drama,” de-, dared Miss Florence E. Wilbur, in structor in English and dramatics. Miss Wilbur says the past year; has not produced any outstanding j new play. Those which are popular are mostly revivals of old favorites such as “Rain” and “Blossom Time.” “However, there is a possibility,” said Miss Wilbur, “that something big will loom up before the close j of the theatrical season, which runs I from October to spring. Most of the I plays which have appeared so far i are entertaining, but lack any dis ' tiiuruishinv oualities. “ "rho Dybbuk ’ is one of the I plays of the seasou which has creat ed a furore n New York,” continued | Miss Wilbur. It is based upon the I return of the soul of a person who i-has passed away to the body of a I living person. It has a gripping ap ' peal which makes it one of the few I outstanding current plays. “Plays become popular over night j and their popularity can best be measured by box office receipts. The fact that the Schuberts took over the production of ‘The Dybbuk’ speaks well for it. Their business acumen permits few errors of selec ton.” So far, in the opinion of Mrs. Alice II. Krnst, assistant professor of English, dramatic critics have found little material for successful plays of 19:1*). Many which seemed hopeful have been designated by them as “diadems of paste.” Philip Barry, who won the Harvard prize with his “You and I,” and George Kelly, who won the 1925 Pulitzer with “Craig’s Wife," have fallen far below their usual standards. “Kelly has an entertaining way of making merry over the foibles of the times,” said Mrs. Ernst, “but his 1920 play, ‘Daisy Mayme,J while an interesting character study, Jacks dramatic action.” me most popular plays, accord ing to the critics, are revivals of old favorites, such as Eugene O’Neill’s “Beyond the Horizon,” Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” anil the “little Clay Cart,” which was presented at the Neighborhood Play House in 1914. “McEvoy’s ‘God Loves Lrs,■con tinues Mrs. Ernst, “is one of a few promising new plays. It is an amus ing touching satire of American commercial bondage, such as depict ed by Snclair Lewis and which has also the essence of the “Adding Machine,” which was a popular success. One of the most interesting features of this play is the modern constructivistie setting in which th« background is furnished by objects (Continued on page fo'ur)