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VOLUME XXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1927
NUMBER TSff M3
World Tour
Planned For
Debate Men
Oregon Team to Meet
Colleges in Several
Countries
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Forensic Committee
Favors Proposition
Orators Will be Chosen
Saturday, April 30
PLANS for the tour of the Eng
lish speaking world, by three
University of Oregon debaters, are
under way, and tryouts will be held
on Saturday, April 30. Three de
baters and one alternate will be
chosen from those who try out, and
any student who is willing to stay
out of school next year, with the
exception of freshmen, is eligible to
compete.
Each debater will speak six min
utes, on either side of the try-out
question, which is, Resolved: That
Democracy is a Failure. The trip
for the three chosen orators will
be a tour of all English speaking
countries, • to start next fall and
last for about nine months.
Men to Work on Ships
“It is to be a democratic tour;
the debaters will work on the
steamships and do whatever other
work possible, to help earn money
to defer expenses of the trip. Much
more value will be received than if
it was merely a tour de luxe,’’ said
Hempstead.
If present plans work out the
Oregon team will meet teams from
the University of Hawaii at Hono
lulu, University of New Zealand,
five universities in Australia, sev
eral in Scotland, and several other
colleges in cities en route to North
America on the last lap of the tour.
Negotiations are also in order for
meeting schools in England, and
there will be a series of speaking
engagements given by the three men
in ach of the cities where the lead
ing British universities are located,
according to Mr. Horner. American
universities would be met enroute
west across the continent.
A. S. U. O. Sanctions Trip
Authorization to carry out re- \
maining arrangements in an en- j
deavor to complete the project was
given this week by the forensic
committee of the executive council.
The motion passed read as follows: j
“The forsenie committee of the A.
S. U. O. sanctions the proposed de- j
bate tour for 1927-28, suggests that j
tryouts be held to pick the thtee
debaters who make the trip, and
advocates a petition to the execu
tive council for student body sup
port to a reasonable financial ex
tent providing the council is satis
fied that the remaining expenses
can be met by other means.” Mem
bers of the committee are: Chair
man, Jack Hempstead, Dr. James
H. Gilbert, J. K. Horner, Lowell
Baker, Anne Runes, and Jack W. |
Benfiel, (non-voting.)
J. K. Horner, debate coach, stress- j
es the importance of preparation to-:
ward the debate try-out |by all the
contestants. “In addition to debat
ing, one of, the three men will be
manager of the team. He will take
care of the correspondence and will
schedule debates,”’ he said.
First Tour of Its Kind
The world tour planned by the
University of Oregon will be the
first ever held by an institution
from the United States. Several
other universities have in the past
sent debating teams to Great Brit
ian to meet Oxford University, but
none have ever made a world tour.
“The uniqueness of the demo-;
cratie debating tour will symbolize i
the spirit of Oregon and of the
nation,” said Jack Hempstead, de-1
bater and general forensic mana
ger, who has helped in planning the '
trip. “Because of this it will there- j
fore be of value both from the j
standpoint of advertising and from I
the standpoint of public interest. ”i
Jack Hempstead Flans Trip
Plans for the tour of English- i
speaking countries have been in
progress for more than a year, since |
the idea was first originated, and
"Jack Hempstead has been active,
in making tentative plans, which
are now becoming definite, J. Stan
ley Gray, oratory coach, said.
In the May issue of the “Gavel,” j
national forsensic magazine, there
is an article written by Mr. Horn
er, in which the world tour is des- ,
cribed.
Shall Oregon
Be Stifled by
"Gag” Rule?
By EDWARD M. MILLER
Emerald Editor 1925-26.
There is no reason in the world why the Emerald should
be made a yes-yes sheet for the student administration. The
Emerald officials are not perfect, but neither are the of
ficials of the student administration noted for infallible wis
dom. As long as the Emerald and the government are cut
ting each other’s throats nothing very serious can happen.
But make the Emerald defenseless by denying sincerity of
expression, and both the Emerald and the administration will
suffer from stagnation. Practically every year a group of
persons get hot and bothered about the freedom of speech en
joyed by the Emerald, but the mass of students in the past
have felt that a sincere honest opinion, even if disagreebale, is
far superior to handpicked platitudes dished out by a stand
patter administration.
To the Editor:
Noting the story in the Oregon Journal of today concern
ing the fight in which you have become involved over the
proposed bureaucracy of the Emerald’s editorial policies, I
wish to remind you that there is a college.where such
a condtion now exists much to the disgust of every redblood
ed student on the campus.
I have read your editorials practicaly every day since Jan
uary 1, and although I couldn’t agree’with you on some stands
taken, I believe that the Emerald is now facing the biggest
crisis of its history.
As I intend to stay in Oregon and will have a sister at
the University in two years, I urge that you stick to the guns
and break up the effort to halt progressive journalism at Eu
gene. No college paper can amount to more than a scrub sheet
if pulled down from good standards .. . And the Emerald will
rest on that basis if you lose your fight.
Wishing you the utmost success,
Yours very truly,
J. D. O’Dell,
News Staff, The Salem Statesman.
Revue Contains
Beauty Contest
Winners in Cast
Renee Nelson Gains Title
“Miss Eugene”; Fete
Held Possible
Although a local newspaper an
nounced . Saturday that the mill
race would soon be as dry as the
Sahara desert, Herbert Socolof
sky, chairman of the canoe fete
scheduled to be given by the Jun
ior class May 20, stated yesterday
that prospects of staging the
water festival on scheduled time
were as rosy as the dawn. Some
concessions may have to be made
to the low water, but the fete
will be staged if it is humanly
possible.
“Creole Moon,” the revue to be
presented May 13 and 14 at the
Heilig theater by the junior class,
will have Miss Eugene playing the
part of Carita, a carnival girl who
performs a leading role in a ease of
mistaken identity on which the en
tire plot revolves.
This distinction was won by Kenee
Grayce Nelson at a recent contest
conducted at a local theater to de
cide the most beautiful young lady
in Eugene. Miss Nelson entered the
contest to give publicity to the com
ing revue, and, much to her surprise,
survived the eliminations and the
finals, and won the coveted title of
Miss Eugene.
Several members of the pony and
beauty choruses entered the first
tryouts, but dropped out before the
final evening. Etha Jeanne Clark,
one of the authors of the manu
script, received fourth place in the^
contest. To gain further publicity
for the coming production, the pony
chorus will dance at a special “Col
lege Night” being planned for May
7.
Kittye Sartain, dancing director,
is working her choruses regularly in
preparation for the revue, and the
cast is having regular tryouts under
the direction of Stephenson Smith.
Emerald Classed
As Best College
Paper on Coast
Washington and Stanford
Dailies Laud Editor
For His Stand
By HENRY ALDERMAN
That the Emerald is “the best
college paper on the coast, bar
none,” was the comment made last
Friday in Collegiana, a column tf
editorial in the University of Wash
ington Daily, the Emerald’s near
est out-of-state contemporary. The
editorial was one of two which ap
peared in coast student papers on
that date, both of them dealing
with the campaign which Sol Ab
ramson, Emerald editor, is con
ducting against the Oregon student
council over the matter of the local
daily’s editorial policy. The other
comment was made in the columns
of the Stanford daily, also support
ed the Emerald.
“Student politicians, just as avid
ly elsewhere as at Washington, have
a peculiar penchant for butting in
where they know nothing” the
Washington article declared.
“As witness the open battle pre
dicted at the University of Oregon
where the student governing board
is fostering measures to control the
editorial policy of the Emerald, col
lege paper. The move follows cer
tain thought-provoking statements
of Sol Abramson, editor. .
“Apropos of nothing, it is worth
noting that Abramson, as head of
the Emerald, is putting out what,
without doubt, is the best college
paper on the coast, bar none.
“Which may be another reason
for the political coterie’s coyly de
signed plan to play too.” The ar
ticle concludes with the adminish
ment: “ ‘Give ’em hell, Abe’ should
become the young man’s name.”
The Stanford editorial rapped the
action of the student council and
characterized the Emerald as “fight
ing for its rights.” It follows in
part:
“It appears that some overly zeal
ous student body president at Ore
gon has the ambition to become a
newspaper man, or at least not to
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Publications
Amendment
Is Drafted
Proposal Places Emerald
Policy With Committee
Of Officials
Hugh Bigg Justifies
Stand on Question
Issue Will be Settled
By Vote April 28
N amendment to place the di
± V rection of Emerald editorial
policy in the hands of the publica
tions committee proposed by the
Student council last week has been
framed to read:
“Amending Article IV, Section
II, Clause III, of the By-Laws of
the constitution of the A. S. IT. O.
by adding to the existing provision,
‘He shall direct the policy of the
paper ’ the following phrase— ‘ in
accordance with the provision of
Clause II, Section VI, Article III,
of the constitution.’ ”
The constitution outlines in Ar
ticle III, Section VI, Clause II, the
duties of the publications commit
tee, whose members are appointed
by the president of the student
body, as follows:
Constitution is Quoted
“This committee shall act as a
sub-committee of the executive
council. It shall keep informed on
all matters relative to the publica
tions of the Associated Students and
advise the executive council when
needed. Further, it shall safeguard
the interests of all publications,
and shall assume supervision and di
rection over those directly connect
ed with these activities, promoting
policies therein which will be for
the best interests of the Associated
Students. Further, it shall prepare
and submit budgets for each publi
cation of the A. S. U. O. to the
finance committee. It shall make
recommendations for the election of
all student managers of all publica
tions to the executive council. It
shall make recommendations to the
executive council for the election of
editors of all publications not oth
erwise provided for in this consti
tution. ’ ’
Change Not Revolutionary
“The amendment as proposed by
the Student council is not calcu
lated to effect any revolutionary
change in the status of the existing
organization,” Hugh Biggs, A. S.
U. O. president, said in explaining
liia stand on the matter. The con
stitution already delegates to the
publications committee general su
pervisory power and authority, and
it is the purpose of the amendment,
as framed, simply to harmonize the
by-laws with the existing provisions
of the constitution.
“The original framers of the stu
dent body constitution undoubtedly
had in mind such a check as the
amended by-laws will effect. For
some reason the inconsistency was
permitted, and consequently there
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Donut Baseball Game
Between S. P. E. and
Sigma Chi Postponed
Sigma Chi and S. P. E. pill-clout*
ers will not battle on the intra
mural diamond this afternoon, as
the mud is too deep and the water
too high. The baseball game has
been postponed until Saturday
morning at 10 o ’clock, by mutual
agreement of both teams.
Should April showers be turned
off, and the sun shine, A. T. O. and
Chi Psi nines will meet Wednesday
afternoon on diamond one.
The entrance of an independent
team in the tournament has matched
them with Delta Tau Delta which
previously drew a bye. They will
play April 29.
While men who have participated
in freshman baseball previously
have been allowed to play, those
who are at present either on the
varsity or freshman squads are elim
inated from playing.
Men listed on the varsity squad
are: Mimnaugh, Woodie, MacDon
ald, Baker, Dutton, Jones, Nelson,
Groshong, and Kuhn.
Men out for the freshman nine
are: Spear, Walton, McDonald, Ful
ler, Anderson, Potts, Nelson, Wirth,
Bobie, Mason, Williams ,Giles, Cole
man, Laughlin, Wood, Strommer,
Hatton, and Edy.
Jack Bliss was appointed manager
of intramural baseball at a recent
meeting of the intramural league.
Politics Shove Off
For Roaring Start
Two Lectures
Will be Given
By Hugh Black
‘Gentle Art of Reading’
Topic for Wednesday
Night Address
Dinner at Woman’s Bldg.
For Guest Tonight
Hugh Black, D. D., famous ou
both sides of the Atlantic as author,
preacher and lecturer, will give two
lectures on the University campus
this week at Villard hall. Wednes
day evening, April 20, at 8 o’clock,
Dr. Black will deliver a popular
lecture on “The Gentle Art of Read
ing,” under the auspices of the As
sociated Students. Thursday evening
at 7:30 o’clock his address will be
of a religious nature, having to do
with the bearing of religion upon
modern life.
Dr. Black is exceedingly popidar
as a college platform lecturer, and
has been in great demand through
out the United States. He is a
charming speaker, with a fascinat
ing and magnetic personality that
holds his audience completely.
Hugh Black is a native son of
Scotland. He was educated in Glas
cow, and for fifteen years spent his
time preaching and writing in that
country. During that time he wrote
“Friendship,” his most popular
book.
In 1906 he was called to New
York, and for twenty years he has
been with the Union Seminary
there, the largest theological sem
inary in the world.
Professor Charles E. Carpenter of
the Oregon law school said that
when Dr. Black first came to New
York he was invited to Harvard to
speak, and since that time he has
been invited every year. No Har
vard speaker has been more popu
lar, according to Prof. Carpenter.
Dr. Black is not physically large,
but has a rather slight, and not very
tall figure. His physical slightness,
however, is compensated in his
rich, full voice, mellow with the
Scotch brr and the rolled r’s. His
speech is said to be deliberate and
intense rather than passionate,
weighted with the seriousness of his
message. He has never been guilty
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Proposed Amendment to By-Laws
ol A. S. U. O. Constitution
The following amendment to
the by-laws of the A. S. U. O.
constitution will be voted on at
the student body election, April
28:
Amending Article IV, Section
II, Clause III, of the by-laws to
the A. S. II. O. constitution by
adding to the existing provision
-—stating tlie duties of the editor
of the Emerald editor—“He
shall direct the policy of the pa
per” the following phrase: “in
accordance with the provision of
Clause II, Article III, Section VI
of the constitution so that the
by-laws, as amended, will read:
“He shall direct the policy of
the paper in accordance with
provision of Clause II, Section
VI, Article HI of the constitu
tion.” This reads:
“This committee publications
shall act as a sub committee of
the executive council. It shall
keep informed on all matters rel
ative to the publications of the
Associated Students and advise
the executive council when need
ed. Further, it shall safeguard
the interests of all publications,
and shall assume supervision and
direction over those directly con
nected with these activities, pro
moting policies therein which
will be for the (best interests of
the Associated Students, Further,
it shall prepare and submit bud
gets for each publication of the
A. S. U. O. to the finance com
mittee. It shall make recommen
dations for the election of all
student managers of all publica
tions to the executive council. It
shall make recommendation to
the executive council for the
election of editors of all publi
cations not otherwise provided
for in this constitution.”
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Candidates Named for
Student Body Officers
PRESIDENT—
VICE-PRE SIDENT—
Herbert Socolofskv
SECRETARY—
Vena M. Gaskill
EDITOR OF THE EMERALD—
Harold Mangurn
Ray Nash
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL—
Senior Woman (One Year)—
Junior Man (Two Years)
STUDENT COUNCIL—
Senior Man (Three)—
Roland Davis
Mark Taylor
Senior Women (Two)—
Junior Men (Two)—
Junior Woman—
Katherine Kneeland
Josephine Ralston
Sophomore Man—
YELL KINO
EDITOR OF THE OREGANA—
Mary Benton
Claudia Fletcher
Novelty Dance
Of Seven Seers
Saturday Night
“All-star” Cast on Hand
To Entertain With
Surprises
Dances may come and dances
may go, but the Seven Seors annual
dance is the one that is always re
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membered. And the dance is sched
uled as the big event of the coming
week-end, Saturday night, at Ye
Campa Shoppe grill, to be exact.
Novelties and surprises of all
kinds are being planned by those in
charge and they promise that there
will be something doing every min
ute from the time tho party begins
at 9 o’clock until the last strain
of music has died out at tho time
all University social affairs must
say “Quits.”
In looking over an advance copy
of tho program for the evening one
wonders how so many of tho best
entertainers on the campus can be
brought together on the same night.
It might well be called an “all
star” cast. Here are a few of the
prominent names on the list: Gret
chen Kier, Collins Elkins, Billy
O’Bryant, Louiso Storla, Jack Cool
idge, La Veda Jones, Ted O’Hara,
Scotty Kretzer, A1 Clark, and more
to come.
And tho music is to be furnished
by Georgo McMurphcy’s Kollege
Knights who are promising some
special features in new numbers for
the evening.
Favors, souvenirs, and fun-mak
ing devices no end, is the promise of
those in charge of tho affair. Fun
will bo tho pass word for the party
and everything is planned toward
that end.
Tickets for the affair are prac
tically all taken, only a few re
maining at the Co-op. Reservations
are now being made for tables at
the grill.
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! Cottage Grove Editor
To Speak on Campus
Elbert Bede, editor of the Cot
: tage Grove Sentinel, will speak be
> fore the combined reporting classes
i of Professors George Turnbull and
Ralph I). Casey, Friday morning at
8 o’clock.
Mr. Bede has been editor of the
Sentinel for a number of years, and
for several sessions reading clerk of
the house of representatives at
Salem. During the last session of
| the house he did special correspon
dence work for the Eugene Guard,
writing a column of sidelights on
the legislators and their work and
doing those stories which especially
concerned Eugene and Lane county.
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English Professor to
Give Readings Today
Shakespeare’s work, or that of
other English poets, will be the
I subject-matter of the readings given
j by H. C. Howe, professor of Eng
| lish, in 107 Villard this afternoon
at three o’clock. .Last week at the
j same hour Professor Howe read
short poems.
Ten Candidates
Already at Wire
In A. S. U. O. Race
Presidential Dark Horses
Really Dark; Two
Out for Editor
By BOB GALLOWAY
The political parade has started.
Some reached the line in time to
start even with the gun, others can
be seen running for the track to
get in line.
The band will start playing
Thursday morning at the regular
student assembly. Announcers will
call the roll of the entrants. The
following Thursday the parade will
fade from the view of those in the
grandstand. The next day's Emer
ald will carry a list of the winners.
Socolofsky for Vice-president
Herbert Socolofsky announces
that he is a candidate for the posi
tion of vice-president or the asso
ciated students, and leads the par
ade today, in the absence of a pres
ident. Right behind him in the line
is Vena M. Gaskill, candidate for
secretary.
Then come two journalists: Har
old Mangum and Ray*Nash, who are
both candidates for editor of the
Emerald. Roland Davs, who will
try for one of the three positions of
senior man on the student council,
is next in line. Mark Taylor fol
lows in the parado. He is also de
sirous of obtaining one of the jobs
as senior man.
Two women add color to the par
ade here: Katherine Kneeland and
Josephine Ralston. Each aspires to
the position of junior woman on the
student council.
Two Want Orogana Editor
Those who wish to try for editor
of the Oregana come next. This
year they are Mary Benton and
Claudia Fletcher.
The record of Herbert Socolofsky,
candidate for vice-president, shows
him to be on the Greater Oregon
Committee Directorate, as chairman
of Marion, Polk, and Yamhill coun
ties; and a member of the Junior
Week-end directorate as director of
the canoe fete. He served on the
Homocoming committee in 1926, and
was a member of the High School
council in 1927. He has taken part
in Oregana and Webfoot drives as
a speaker. He won the Jewett prize
for speaking in 1926 and in 1927 he
again won the prize for excellency
in debate and oratory. He is a mem
ber of the Webfoot staff and is on
the Y. M. C. A. cabinet. His schol
arship is good, according to records
furnished.
Mr. Socolofsky is registered as a
junior in business administration.
He is a member of Beta Theta Pi.
Vena M. Gaskill for Secret; xy
Vena M. Gaskill, candidate for
secretary, is a junior in business ad
ministration, and lives at Hendricks
hall. Sho has served in various sec
retarial capacities. The past term
she worked in the president’s of
fice • part time. Last summer she
acted as secretary to the president
of the Advertising club of Portland.
She was active in Y. W. C. A.
work in her freshman year and has
served on various student commit
tees, including Frosh Glee and
Homecoming. She has a high rating
in student activities and she is eu
tirelf self supporting, according to
records. She has approximately a
2.5 average since entering Univer
sity.
Manguni Out for Editor
Harold Mahgum, one of the can
didates for Emerald editor, is a
junior in journalism. He is presi
dent for 1927-28 of Ye Tabard Inn,
Oregon chapter of Sigma Upsilon,
national writer’s fraternity, and a
member of Sigma Delta Chi, men's
honorary journalism fraternity.
He has been a member of the
Greater Oregon committee since
1925. He lias been on the sports
staff of the Emerald for three years.
This year he is sports editor of the
Emerald and of the Oregana. He is
also a member of the Webfoot staff.
Mr. Mangum is publicity chair
man for Junior Week-end. He made
a numeral in football his freshman
year and this year made his var
sity “O”. Last spring he received
the prize for the best feature writ
ing on the Emerald.
Before coming to University he
worked on the Oregon Journal and
the Morning Oregonian. Last year
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