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Party Bosses Cannot Stop « Prohibition Issue Candidates Should Face National Problems Of Vital Importance By WILLIAM P. MADDOX As the national political cam paign progresses, it becomes increas ingly evident that all of the hush hushing of the party bosses will not avail to stifle, the consideration of the present state of prohibition. It is clearly ridiculous to insist that it is a closed issue. Honest and sin cere men everywhere doubt the wisdom of continuing without mod ification what they regard as a poli tical farce and even a dangerous system in contributing to the break down of respect for law. Borah After Views When Senator Borah starts smok ing out various prospective presiden tial candidates as to their views on the enforcement of prohibition, it is already an admission that there must be something seriously wrong somewhere. For certainly no one has thought of asking the White House prospects as to whether they intend to enforce the tariff law, the income tax law, or any other legisla tion on the statute books. It is only concerning prohibition that Bo rah desires enlightenment because he knows that in the minds of the people, that system stands in a somewhat different light than or dinary laws. The wisdom of this is seriously questioned in the light of experience; the others have stood the test. must face issue Important, however, as it may be to insist that all candidates square ly face the issue of whether they favor modification in some form or not, it is nevertheless to be regret ted that some interests insist on making it the sole issue of the cam paign. Certainly we are interested in prohibition, but let us hope that our national- point of view does not end there,, but is large and broad enough to .embrace other problems of national significance. It is the quality of a one-tracked mind Which cannot see beyond its own obsession. It does not; moreover, contribute tt> an intelligent campaign to proclaim that because a man favors the con tinued operation, of a substantial modification of the Volstead regime, that ipso facto, he is utterly imeorn petent to hold the office of'presi dent.. Action of W. V. T. U. As an example of this sort of at tempted political tvrrany, one*.may note the recent action of national W. C. T. U. authorities in arrogantly striking from .the list of available candidates to be considered by the nation the names of Governor Smith, Senator Reed, and Governor Ritchie, among others. Certainly each of these men should not be so lightly east asije because of disagreement on one issue, be it ever so important. At least they should be heard be fore conviction, and there is much to be said for each. The action of the W. C. T. IT., endorsed, it seems, by other tenjpcran.ee organizations including the Anti-Stloon League, (I believe,) discloses the minds of pieople who think that all politics and all business is to be put out of the way until their pet reform scheme succeeds. This is what we mean by a one-track mind. Thacher Appointed to Sigma Upsilon Council W. F. G. Thacher has been ap pointed a member of the general council of Sigma Upsilon, honorary writers’ fraternity. Ye Tabard Inn, the University of Oregon chapter, was granted its charter 14 years ago—the first year that Mr. Thacher Was a meffiber of the faculty, and the year also, when Edison Marshall, prominent writer of fiction and donor of the Edison Marshall prize, was a student. Hert>ert Lundy is the president of Ye Tabard Inn, and Joe Holladay', secretary. Two for mer presidents of the chapter—Rob ert Case and E. J. Haycox, both of Portland—are successfully engaged in the writing of fiction, and a num ber of former members are occa sional contributors to the magazines. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 10.—P. I. P.—If the nineties were gay, the second" decade of the twen tieth century promises to be ab solutely hilarious at Stanford. Bi cycles aiid skates are threatening the popularity of flivvers and other means of conveyance. Thanks gofes to the five hundred for the revival I of the old Stanford vehicular fads, for the co-eds are now riding bi cycles and skates to class. Mechanical Men Run Hous^'ld of Future In G\ Theater Play Mechanic sum’s TJnivc in streets ot This is no a rapidly grc may actually 1980f for Ross, manufacture hi order to “libe degradation of live only to per C n run amuck! Ros ^ lobots create panic i rely a figment of imagination but fact in the year 'll soon begin to versal robots in man from the so that he’ll limself. ” Mechanical stei „6iaphers, mechan ical gardeners, mechanical cooks, and pven mechanical chauffeurs may not be a dream in the future but an actuality. Those who are interested in seeing what it would be like to live in a mechanically run house hold should attend “R. U. R.,” which is being presented by the Guild Theatre Players, February 16 and 17. Editors Guests • Of Eugene Men At Annual Feast Fun, Speeches, and Music Entertain Crowded Dining Room After-dinner jokes, dirty slams, witty introductions, orator’s music of words, not to mention the literal music that entertained or the good food that was supplied were fused into one impression that will make last night’s banquet, given for the Oregon Editorial Conference by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce at the Osburn hotel, one to be remem bered. With Eric Allen, dean of the school of journalism, as toastmas ter, the speakers introduced were J. E. Sheldon, president of the Eu gene Chamber of Commerce, who represented the hosts with a wel come; C. H. Brockhagen, editor and publisher of the Portland Telegram, which was placed at each cover as a favor; Walter W. R. May, repre sentative of the Portland Advertis ing Club and member of the adver tising staff of the Oregonian; Ruth Newton, representative of the stu dents of the school of journalism; Pr. P. O. Riley. Woodburn editor; President Arnold Behnett Hall,; Who introduced Burt Brown Barker, newly arrived vice president of the University; and thank Branch Jtiley, word-landscape painter of the jW^est. j The latter, who may be called fhe traveling salesman or state-to State canvasser of Oregon, pointed jo the need for telling people of the East, people who still think that the Columbia flows into Puget Sound, that the placing of a man’s hand on his hip is a threat, and that savage Indians are rampant, that “against the pioneer back ground of this country, the stage is set for the greatest of all dramas, fhe exploitation of the Pacific, the building up of the finest civilization the world lias ever known.” He asked for more direct mail adver tising from Oregonians, as he point ed to the ignorance of the East of the romanjce, the legend of this country as compared with the in terest in historic Europe. “First must come the tide of im migration, and then will follow the tide of industry,” is one of Mr. Riley’s statements. “Watch the tourist, who is a trained business man, on a holiday,” he warned, “for immemorially the tourist has been the adventurous outrider of indus try.” Burt Brown .Barker, sett-styled Oregon product, well boxed, and sent east to mellew, last night spoke publicly for the first time after his recent arrival in Eugene, and was received with a standing ovation at the conference banquet. The educational centers of the country, he is convinced, are the ipoints of greatest usefulness for endeavor. With a background of rigid scholastic discipline, Mr. Bar ker believes that man instinctively turns to the right when he comes to the important turns of the road when he must make the big decisions of life. Music during the banquet was fur nished by the Burton Co-ed Harmon izers, the Eugene Gleemen, Miss Cora Moore, accompanist, and the Rotary club quartet,' Miss Pauline Lehman, accompanist. Students To Do Work On Decorations Today • The organizations which are asked to work on the Senior Ball decora ttious today in Hendricks Hall base ment, are: Alpha Delta Pi, Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Delta, Delta Gamma. Afternoon, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Chi Omega, and Alpha Gammiji Del ta. Oregon Ready For Big Game At Corvallis Webfooters Are Keyed To Win from Beavers Tonight Victory Needed To Keep Team in Race Reinhart Undecided on Lineap By .TOE PIGNEY Oregon's championship hopes stand or fall tonight upon the out come of the game with the Aggies at uorvains. u. S. C., by virtue of its one point vic tory over the Webfooters last week, is consid ered to hold a slight advantage. Characteiistic of Coach Billy Rein hart, no definite lineup for the battle has |been decided upon, with several pos Bay Edwards sible combinations Available, (last minute changes are likely in order to break up the Beaver attack. Aggie Plays Used The Webfooters have drilled all week on defensive tactics, and ap pear to possess a checking power that was lacking in the Montana game._ The Oregonians have Bhown in practice that they profited by the Aggie defeat, and are, thoroughly acquainted with the enemy’s style of play. During the last two nights of practice, Beinhart has used the re serve squad to run through the O. S. C. plays. The varsity has worked against Bob Hager’s percentage sys tem from all angles, and is expected to show up to advantage on the de fense when the Beaver hoopers at tempt to rush the badleet. Milligan vs. Burr Scotty Milligan, Oregdn star dc* feisrye man, will undoubtedly be placed against Bill Buirr, speedy Aggies forward, with the hope of holding down the O. S. 0. store. If Milligan is able to.eheck Burr suc cessfully, the« Webfboters will bp aided materially, bccli^se Burr ?is the key of the Aggies offensive strength. • Either Don McCormick or. Joe Sally will start at the Other guard position. McCormick has developed rapidly of late* and .his offensive power will greatly assist the team: His accuracy in converting foul shots against the Grizzlies was in strumental in keeping the Webfoot score up during the first half. Joe Bally, although woefully weak in shooting, has proven himself to be a capable guard, and is a good man to have in the “hole” when a play goes wrong. Chastain or Epps Gordon Ridings is practically cer tain to start at one forward, while the battle for the other forward job is between Dave Epps and Mervyn Chastain. Chastain has seen a good deal of action from this posiiton, but recently he has been falling off in form, and did not dis play his usual ability in practice. Epps, handicapped at the first of the season by injuries, is coming to the front swiftly, and if he doesn’t start the game, he is sure to get in later on. If Scott Milligan is used at guard the center will be selected from Ick Reynolds or Ray Edwards. Edwardd’ fine work in practice has almost warranted him a chance, and it is not at all improbable that he will be in the starting lineup. Vandals Play Huskies An Oregon victory tonight will send the Webfootcrs on their north ern trip still in the race for the title. One of the most outstanding games of the conference will be played tonight at Moscow, between the Idaho Vandals and tho Wash ington Huskies. The. Huskies are leading the league undefeated, but Idaho is always potential -on its own floor, and has a good chance to win. Three Girls Initiated Into Mu Phi Epsilon Mu Phi Epsilon, women’s national honorary music fraternity, initiated Bernice Woodson, senior; Virginia Hpnt, junior, and Violet Mills, sen ior, yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock. The initiation breakfast will be held Sunday morning at 9 o’clock at the Eugene Hotel. Twelve Republics Refuse Proposals For Political Power (By United Press) HAVANA, Cuba, Fob. 10. — The 12 American republics flatly re flected proposals which would have given the Pan-American Union poli tical powers and made it an ap proach to an American League of Nations. Under articles adopted, the Pan American Union will continue to work for intellectual, cultural, and economic co-operation, belt today’s action definitely steers the Union away from political functions. The nations which rejected the proposals were .the United States, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Argentina, Salvador, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Chili, Brazil, Haiti, and the Domini can republics. Records Fall in All-Star Meet At Igloo Last Night PoIq Vault, Mile, Half-Mile And Quarter Are the Events Effected By far the best intramural track meet of this year was held last night at McArthur Court. Four existing records were broken and two were tied. Fast time, close competition in all events and excellent handling, of the meet were features which con tributed to its success. The larg est and most enthusiastic ciiowd of any indoor meet so far, witness ed the performances and applauded the winners. Mc.Kitriek, Phi Sigma Kappa, ran a nice race in the first event, the half mile, and succeeded in lowering the former record four fifths of a second. His time was 2:05 1-5. Barnes, Sigma Chi, led up to the last lap, but faltered and allowed McKitrick, R. Overstreet, Beta, and Boss, Theta Chi, to pass him and finish In the .order given. Jn the first Meat of the 45 yard da|n, Lowry, S. A. *E., was first and” Sibgniund, Beta," ''second. Only the 'firti-tWro of each .heat qualified far the," S^ihi-finals. Time 5 seconds. ^Cdrfjt, ,A. T. Q., and Tuttich, Botji,7 qualified in the' second heat. 'Tijtye,!>5 Socctbjs. ^eif^ia-d.-heat saw Prcmlergast, S. A. . first,, with Livesly, S, aj litep behind him. Time, a lsq5; seconds. Two semi-finals were then held, afld'tliaf our'qualifying for the fin als' were; f’iendtrgast, SiegmunA, |mwry and juttich. The next heat Jvttj run in 5 seconds, equaling the former record, and was won by Pren dergast. Lowry was a close second. Tuttich third and Siegmund, fourth. Bobby Robinson drew cheers from the spectators when he cleared the pole vault at 12 feet, bettering the former record held by himself, of 11 feet. Maulhy, Beta, who had been pressing Robinson all along, missed his first try at this height, and then passed twice without .tumping again, placing second. Boone, • Independent, dropped out earlier, and took third place. Upsetting the dope in the 16 pound shot put, Stadelman, Sigma Nu, capped the honors with a heave of 43 feet 114 inches. As a 12 pound shot had been used previously, this sets the record for the event. Wet zel, Phi Delt, was next at 42 feet 8 inches, while Moeller placed third with' 41 feet 5 inches. Independent Breaks Record Two brothers took the first two places in the mile run. C. Hill, Independent, led the field all the way, and lowered the previous rec ord by one second. His time was (Continued on page four) New Machine Shown At University Press The American Type Founders Company are displaying a new Model A Kelley printing press at the University Press during the news conference. E. F. Carr, man ager of the American Type Founders Company in Portland, invites any one interested over to the press to watch the machine in operation, and the expert who is with it explains it to all those interested. The machine, according to Carr, is guaranteed to make speed of 4,500 revolutions in an hour and does the finest grade of printing. The machine reduces the printing cost and increases the volume. There are 6000 in use in the United States, says Carr, and 2000 in New York City alone, while there are 150 on the Pacific coast. The press, states Carr, is entirely automatic, and if any sheets are not properly «fed to the machine it stops at once. Junior College Plan Approved By Committee Drastic Curricular Change And Reorganization Thought Needed _ Vole To Be Taken on Plans February 15 Student’s First Two Years To Be Foundational An exhaustive investigation by the junior eollege advisory commit tee has resulted in a recommenda tion for drastic curricular reorgan ization in order to care for tho so called “junior eollego plan” pro posed last March. The new proposals will be dis cussed at a faculty colloquim meet ing to be held Monday night and will be yoted on by the faculty at its regular 'meeting to bo held Wednesday, February 15. Prof. 0. F. Stafford is chairman of the jun ior eollege council which prepared the new plans. The new ' proposals are intended to make easier the student’s step from secondary educational methods to those of university level, leav ing the first two years of college work to studies of a broad, founda tional nature before entering spe cialized work in the upper division, and, also, to create a more satis factory advisory system for the first two years of college work. .Departments to merge Boundary lines between depart ments will be broken down under the new plan so as to provide more courses for the lower division stu dent. Departments will be joined in four groups, designated as lan guage and literature, social science, mathematics, physical science and biological science, thus giving the widest possible range of introduc tory work. Each group will be headed by a chairman appointed by the presi dent of the University. A commit tee representing all departments in the group will be given the task of arrangng a lower division curri culum to serve as a foundation for an intelligent choice of major and specialization on entering upper division work, . With the exception of studosits who enter one of the professional schools^ no one will be permitted to choose a major during the first two years, but will enroll in courses in which he is chiefly interested from among those offered by the four groups. Students To Be Helped A committee, according to the new plan, will correspond with pros pective students so as to give them advice and aid before they reach the University. This is thought to be necessary since they will not be allowed to choose a major and need some guidance in the selection of courses. » • A dennite statement oi tne uni versity’s foreign language require ments is contained in a third seci tion of tlio recommendations. The report reads that “while not attempting to change the existing legislation affecting the entrance re quirement in foreign language, the desirability of foreign language preparation for scientific or literary study in nearly all departments must be recognized. It should leave no doubt in the mind of anyone that while there are no all-university lan guage requirements for a bachelor of science degree, the students with out foreign language will, in the majority of cases, encounter depart mental prescriptions which assume the necessity for foreign language equipment in the pursuit of scien tific investigations.” Members of the junior college committee are O. F. Stafford, chair man, Percy P. Adams, Eric W. Allen, John F. Bovard, Kay P. Bowen, C. V. Boyer, Edmund S. Conklin, Edward H. Defcker, Edgar E. DeCou, P. E. Folts, John J. Landsbury, A. R. Moore, Earl M. Pallett, P. A. Parsons, H. D. Shel don, and Warren D. Smith. Pi Phis Entertained By Sorority Sisters Well, there is some advantage in having sorority sisters after all, if they, happen tfe be taking cooking. And if you don’t believe it, just ask a Pi Phi right about now. Esther Chase, . Alice Carter, and Helen Louise Smith were hostesses at a luncheon given in honor of sixteen of their sorority sisters. The affair was a real success, too. More glory to our household arts depart ment. Advertisingest Dance Holiday Eve Affair; Big Orange Tickets! Th(> advertisingest advertising dance ever gracing this University of Oregon will spread itself the night before Washington’s birthday at the Campa Shoppe. The Krazy Kopy Krawl it is! Tickets, tickets! They are on sale at each and every man’s house on the campus, nt the Co-op nnd at McMorran and Washburne’s down town. Big orange tickets which as sure you that two places will be saved for you that night. The Kollege Knights are playing nnd the cleverest cutups on the campus nre featuring. This is not going to be a costume brawl, neith er is it a tux affair, but what a dance it will bel House Ratings Out; Alpha O’s Head the List Alpha Beta Chi Fraternity Again Leads Men’s Organizations Alpha Omioron Pi sorority led the fraternity scholastic rating with 50.281, as compared with tho highest rating of last fall term, 51.244, which was held by Kappa Kappa Ofhnina. 49.880 points received by Pi Beta Phi held second place among the sororities. Alpha Phi and Delta Delta Delta tied for third place, and necessitated carrying tho average out a fourth place with the Alpha Phi’s winning by one point. Alpha Beta Chi, men’s fraternity, again headed the list for men’s houses with 42.947 points, with a lower average, however, than tho 44.956 made last fall term. Second rating among men’s houses was at tained by Sigma Pi Tau with 42.136 points and 41.054 held by Phi Sigma Kappa, took third place. Alpha Omicron Pi is now in tho running for the scholarship cup, which was held last year by the Kappas. First rank must be held by a fraternity three times in suc cession before thd cup is won. House ratings have been .compiled differently this term. The avenge, hours passed in-e/ich house, and the average per morph?!- is not indicated | and instead the. total number -of points earned by, each living or ganization is lilted. ; i Women’s organizations , ayeraged 44.827 this term against 41.8899 of, last term. Men’s organizations av eraged 36.872, and the average rat ing of all the.'organizations was 40.792. The average of both the men’s organizations and the; Whole group eame up & .few points as compared with last fall. The men did not enter the race until 17th place this term, as compared with their position of seventh in ranking before. Following is the house rating list: House Hating 1. Alpha Omicron Pi .50.231 2. Pi Beta Phi .49.830 3. Alpha Phi .48.8423 4. Delta Delta Delta .48.8421 5. Alpha Chi Omega .48.690 6. Alpha Xi Delta .48.884 7. Gamma Nu .47.876 (Continued on page two) EditorsBegin Annual Meet At University Outstanding Newspaper Problems Discussed By Members Evaluation, Publicity, Advertising Presented Gabrielson Gives Results i Prom Survey The opening (lay of tho Tenth Annual Newspaper eonferenee was market! by a series of interesting sessions as the speakers of the day swung into aetion with their speech es at 9 a. m. yesterday morning. The talks that lasted through the day wero full of ideas on how to un tangle the knotty problems that year yearly confront the leaders in r.ewspaperdora. A questionnaire sent to a repre sentative number of the newspapers of Oregon was used as a basis for the address on “How Much is a Newspaper Worth?” and “Different Ways of Closely Estimating News paper Values,” as given by Earle .Richardson, editor of the Dallas Itemiacr-Observer. Results of Report In order to make his report, the speaker said that ho had received answers from 29 publications of the state. These he divided into three groups—papers with an annual in come of $6000; those from $6000 to $12,000, and those above $12,000. Of the answers obtained he found eight in the first class; seven in the sec ond and 13 in tho third. Mr. Rich ardson attempted to ask questions in this questionnaire that would assist him in making such a report. These included the running value of the plant; circulation; gross business of the year; foreign and local adver tising rates; whether the plant was properly of under or over equipped; fdfr^valuation of the plant; whether tjbj!plant. i's for sale or not; whether the jovijner would sell and for what prjo'e he Would sell If it $,ero ne cejqary n&w. t ■ £, ; Tile results (Of tho survey, Said Mt. ^icharjsoh,-. tended to show tfkt there ,is Hi manned relationship Iween the /Aivpttiit of Annual •buiftlHs iipd the : yljjde ;,kSked. “Thfe .vifije pt'- tho paper in^what it prodjtls ji^ht now,,notiWhut it is . MpOie Of ptoduciftg otjif^iat It used1 to pto Mr i Rlchafdson sald:> ; ill. much as 26 per Sent more in- a good location. . - ; Value by location Pollowing this report, F. IS. Folts, professor and Acting dean Of lips inoas administration at the lTnlv#r sitW, led a discussion on the shbject. Free publiaity, the bane of neriS papers large and small, was given a raking over the coals by Donald J. Sterling, managing editor of the Oregon Journal, in a paper read to the afternoon assemblage of editots. General Propaganda and Private Publicity, he said, are the two Bol shevistic enemies of the editors of (Continued on page four) iual grids bus ies width even Mrs. Burt Brown Barker Scheduled For Return East; Plans Paris Trip Mrs. Burt Brown Barker, wife of the new vice president of tho University, plans to return to the East in time for Jier daughter's graduation in Jbne. Barbara, their 18-year-old daughter, will finish her college preparatory work thiH spring, and then she and her mother will spend the summer in Paris. Collecting French antique furni ture has been a hobby with Mrs. Barker for many years, sho ex plained. Barbara shares her mother’s interest in the hobby, and during the summer they hope to add several pieces to the collection. The Barker summer home, which is an old revolutionary time house on Nantuckett island, is furnished completely with antique furniture. There isn’t a stick of modern wood in it, Mrs. Barker remarked. Thougli her husband is a ijative Oregonian, Mrs. Barker was born and reared in Hartford, Conn. She was educated abroad so sho is not a graduate of any American college. Music, art, and languages have always been of great interest to her, and up until a few years ago, Mrs. Barker did a great deal of singing. .Although she speaks both Italian and German, Mrs. Barker is quick in expressing French as her favorite. “This summer I plan to let Bar bara take care of all tho business and traveling details. It will be a new and valuable experience for her, and will offer a splendid opportun ity for practice in French,” said Mrs. Barker. “During the summer months Barbara will continue her studies in French, with particular emphasis on diction.” A look of pride came into Mrs. Barker’s eyes as she held a minia ture of her daughter in her hand and said, “Yes, Barbara is a capable child, and she has executive ability. Her interests are quite equally di vided between French, economics, and decorative art, and though not a brilliant student, she is a good one.” When questioned about the way Barbara felt concerning the move to Orogon, Mrs. Barker said, “Well, Barbara isn't quite in sympathy with the eastern conventions, and as a result of her traveling and with the inheritance of western democratic tendencies from her father, she is quite in harmony with the western spirit.” Until they ha^e established a home in Portland, it is probable that Bar bara will attend Beed. , A cousin, who has for. years been ai a brother and son in the family, will enter the University as a junior this fall. He is now attending the Wharton school of business administration at the University of Pennsylvania.