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League Prexy Selects New Group Heads Co-eds Hold Installation Of New Officers at Mass Meeting Women’s Lounge Offered As Future Business Office Room The new "Women’s League officers were installed at a mass meeting yesterday, at Alumni hall, and im portant appointments made for the coming year. The following persons took the oath: Edith Dodge, presi dent; Jane Cochran, vice-president; Betty Sclimeer, secretary; Helen Peters, treasurer; Gracia Haggerty, sergeant-at-arms, and Dorothy Kirk, reporter. The first part of the meeting was presided over by Esther Hardy, retiring president, and tho chair was then turned over to Edith Dcdge. The Big Sister movement is to be in charge of Glenna Hcaeock; for eign scholarship, Teddy Swafford; ^infirmary building, Katherine Knee land; activities and "Woman’s build ing, Beatrice Milligan; teas, Flor ence McNerney. New Office Announced It was announced that the Wom en’s League is to have a new office in the Woman’s building where all committee meetings will be held, all important papers kept, and where officers and those interested, in liague work may go to carry on their business. Mrs. Gerlinger has offered the women’s lounge for this purpose. jauirn jjoage expressed an appre eiation of the honor and cooperation which has been extended to her, and said that she hoped the work would be carried on as well this next year as it had the past year under the leadership of Esther Hardy. She f stated that the league was to miss Dean Esterly very much next year, for she had been an understanding counsellor and always willing to help in any way she could. Conference Report Hade A short report was made by Esther Hardy on the conference which she and the newly:cleeted president attended in Seattle last week. Mrs. Esterly and Miss Hazel Drutsman accompanied them on the trip wherc_ they acted as delegates from II. of O. to the 'Western Inter collegiate Association of Women Students, and a conference of deans of women. No special new move ments were presented but construc tive ideas of small details were gained. The officers that served for the past year were: Esther Hardy, president; Frances Plimpton, vice president; Katherine Kneeland, sec retary; Marion Sten, treasurer; Beatrice Milligan, sergeant-at-arms, and Dorothy Baker, reporter". Spanish Instructor To Resume Classes John B. Rael, instructor in Span ish, who has been in the Eugene hos pital suffering from a case of blood poisoning, is rapidly recovering at bis home at 2.193 Emerald street and hopes to resume his teaching next week. • Big Sister Chief Ml GLENNA IIEACOCK lias appointed director of F Sister movement by Edit’ new president of the League. --- Seniors P; j(1 Len’s «$> For ert Cup Winner To Be Cnosen at Class Meeting Three seniors, Claudia Fletcher, Bill Powell, and Ronald Robnett, were chosen by the award committee for the Albert cup at a meeting held yesterday. The cup, which is awarded each year “to that member of the senior class who, during his college career, shall have made the most progress in character, service, and wholesome influence,” is donated annually by Joseph H. Albert, cashier in the First National bank of 'Salem. The first cup was donated in 1021 to Adelaide V. Lake, at present a re porter on the Oregonian. Last year the prize was won by Algot West ergren. Voting on these candidates by the senior class will take place at the class meeting, to be held in Villard hall at 7:30 Tuesday evening. At the meeting Dean Gilbert will give the class some instruction on gradu ation ceremonies, and Bob Benjamin, chairman of the class memorial com mittee, will present some important business to the class. Orders for announcements will also be taken at the meeting, since the sample announcements are at the Co-op, and all class members must have their orders for them in Tuesday night so that they can bo printed and distributed in time for graduation ceremonies. Sam Kinlev, chairman of the announcement com mittee, claims that the announce ments this year are the best and most original ever used,by an Ore gon graduating class. Don McCook, president of the class, is very anxious to have all the members of the class out for the meeting in view of the fact that it is so near graduation, and he would like to have a one hundred per cent turnout if possible. Dean Shirrell Confers With Students of Bend 'ElmPt L. Sliirrell, dean of men, returned from Beni yesterday, where he attended a vocational conference of high scdiool seniors of Deschutes county. * The Dead Past Buries Its Dead Via Sigma Delta Chi Neophytes The grave-digger had nothing on the Sigma Delta Chi neophytes when it came to digging the dirt ahont the death of political ambitions. Students of the University gathered about the steps of the old library yesterday before assembly to watch a splendid funeral cortege in black and white come slowly across the campus from the school of jour nalism. “Who's dead?” whispered one lit tle freshman who was apparently not accustomed to seeing gentlemen in “soup-and-fish ” attire mourn fully traversing the campus with a dull black coffin. “Sh!” answered students who had witnessed the Sigma Delta Chi ini tiation in past years, “it’s only the journalists, they have to make a speech from the library steps for pre-initiation.” On came the dreary group. Slowly they mounted the steps and placed their heavy burden on one of the concrete abutments. Reverend Leon ard Hagstrom, 8. O. S., P. D. Q., etc., stepped forward and read the fu neral service for the defeated can didates in Wednesday’s elections. Appropriate gestures added to the ceremony. One by one the men in full dress stepped forward and expressed words of praise and regret for the dear departed. Sidney King at tempted to condole the waiting mul titude for the loss of “Theodore Lester Johnson” whose “sunlit blonde head no longer shall grace the slippery diamond of political ambition.” Of Walter J. Coover, Lynn Wy koff spoke touchingly. “He was such a cheerful, carefree little lad, when he used to run barefooted and bald-headed about the campus. His writing paid for his education—in fact, much of his time was spent in writing home for money. He was terribly crushed and battered in the landslide.” Wilfred Brown also feelingly mourned the loss of energetic Ernest Jachetta, and Joe Rice wept as he spoke of “our dear departed, Doro thy Baker, mowed down' in the flower of her youth before she had a chance to go to seed.” After the ceremony was completed the quartet sang “Shall we gather at the river?” with Reverend Hag strom leading the singing. Drama Award Will Be Made This Evening Guild Players Entertain High School Guests Over Week-end Enterprise and Mill City Will Present Their Plays Tonight The drama tournament winner will bo awarded the cup, presented bv Guild theatre players, after stu dents of Enterprise and Mill City present their one net plays tonight in Guild theatre at 8 o’clock. The dramas to be given are “The Purplo Dream” ’ by Donald Breed, and “Maria Ootita,” a Mexican play by some unknown author. The first two plays, with which high school students contested for the drama tournament cup, wefe taged last night when Boseburg stu dents presented “The Locked Chest” by John Masefield and, Eugene high contestants gave “Two Crooks and a Lady” by Eugene Billot. Drama Students Hosts University; drama students will bo hosts to the out of town guests at a luncheon to bo given in the Wom an’s building'today at 12:15. Musi cal numbers will be furnished by Emily Williams, harpist, and Ken neth Brown, violinist. Professor Dan Clark, of the extension division, who has been secretary of the drama tournament committee, will act as toastmaster. “Shall We Join the Ladies?” an unfinished play by Sir James Barrie, will be staged by the Guild theatre players at a 4 o ’clock matinee per formance today. It will be an invi tational affair. The cast for “The Purple Dream,” Enterprise’s play, is as follows: H^zcl Sticknev, Mrs. Carver Blythe; lone Jordan, Ysobel—her daughter; Lucille Binehart, Mary Ellen—a maid; Vernon Hays, Atkins —the butler; Clifford Collingsworth, the Dream Sir George; Ralph Brace, the Real Sir George. The play has been directed by Adelia K. Gates of En terprise. The short cast for “Maria Cotita” includes La Velle Hill, Maria Co tita; Charles Kelly, Rafael — her husband; Dan Tornino, a peddler. The scene of the one act drama is in a Mexican village in the year 1S50. Ethel Hickey of Mill City is directing the production. Roseburg First Winner The cup awarded to the winning high school was taken home last year by Roseburg students for the first tournament ever held at the University. This year there is con siderable debate as to whom the winner will bo. After holding the cup for three consecutive years, a school is entitled to retain the cup permanently. After the decision of the judges is made tonight, Miss Florence E. Wilbur, director of drama at the University, will present the cup to the winning school. Mrs. Kathleen Clarke of Grants Pass, Mrs. Eliza beth K. Day of Portland, and Rob ert D. Horn of the English depart ment of the University, will act as judges. Harris Ellsworth, ’22, Appointed Field Agent Harris Ellsworth, ’22, was recent ly appointed field agent for the State Editorial association. An of fice has been fitted up for him at the University Press, where he will make his headquarters for field work among the state newspapers, especially the smallor ones, to aid them with their business and adver tising problems. Mr. Ellsworth will teach no class es. Ilis official standing will be that of an assistant professor of journalism. He was appointed to this position by the association on the recommendation of R. W. Saw yer of the Bend Bulletin. Elbert Bede To Speak To Publishing Class Elbert Bede, editor of the Cottage Grove Sentinel, will address Dean Eric W. Allen’s publishing class Monday morning on the subject of “The Country Newspaper.” Mr. Bede has challenged the mem bers of the class to ask him any question about newspaper work that he cannot answer. His shop is noted for its complete management sys tem, according to Dean Allen. Conference Ball Season Opens Today Against Huskies A LOT aP THE ;u*0 H»YC£MT£Kt ST\ rl£jLc°V! I / Xc IcTIOfi SCENE tf)F THE. G«HE | IF OLD JUPE DOESST TIP Uf THE OVD i WATER. CAN. and uturmin??!! hires a ™au GROUP OP THOSE WHO HTTUKRCD to SCHOOL .... NOTICE Blur's imn< -yyW (JOT 7lT won't Bt LONG now/- - THE" BASEBALL SCHOOL',' uwotn THE. WOlUCTlON OF HOtXjEN, WILL L X.NOLD SLSilONS IN THE^.^7 4, \ CUw'HsirtrVLI hot aw ah sant ns A PICTURE OF THE 13100 DURING INDOOR PRACTICE Murray Warner Prizes Awarded Deal Wins Essay Contest; 13 Submit Papers Herbert L. Deal, Blueb foot, Ida ho, was judged winner of tho first •prize of $150 in the Murray Warner essay contest. • Tho object of this annual contest is to stimulate interest in the Ori ent, and problems connected with relations between the United States, Japan and China. Second prize, $l6o, was won by Ben Whitesmith, Bugene. Honorable mention was given the essay of John W. Halder man, Astoria. Deal .wrote on “The Fundamen tal Problems of Japan-American Sedations. ” Whitesmith’s paper was titled, “Present Inter-relations ot China and the West.” “Tho Outlook on Amcrican-Japanose Re lations’’ was the topic of Ilalder man’s contribution. A total of 13 papers were sub mitted. This is a record number, and indicates an increasing interest in .Oriental affairs, it is pointed out. Mrs. Murray Warner, donor of tho museum of fine arts at the Univer sity, makes the awards for the essay contest, in honor of her husband, Murray Warner. comparing me ioreign policy or wie United States with that of Japan, Deal writes: "The foreign policy of Japan has thus been fairly suc cessful and will doubtless continue to further the economic development of Asia. It is in China, this com mon market and source of raw ma terials, that tlio Japanose-American problems of the future will arise and find their solution. Any attempt on our part tq interfere with the peace ful development of these regions by Japanese capital will be met by an aggressively hostile policy on the part of tho Japanese government. Japan will not hesitate to defend by war if necessary a source of supply which she considers so essential to her self-preservation and the future of her people. “If Japan continues the Open Dcor policy in this region, the eco nomic bonds between us will become ever stronger, making peace more certain and war less probable.’’ Deal says that “A very evident solution of tho Japanese population problem is that of restriction by birth control. ” , Finishing his paper with a para graph on conditions at present, Deal states: “The only serious difficulty which now exists is the result of the aggravation of tho race issue by the exclusion clause of our 1924 immi gration act. If it were only possible to impress upon the legislature of tho United States government the recessity of some concession to tho rising race consciousness of Asiatic peoples we could look with optim ism for future peace in the Pacific.’’ Judges for the contest were: Norman F. Coleman, president of Heed college. Miss Cornelia Marvin, state lib rarian. Alfred Powers, director of the ex tension division. Eesults of tho contest among the Oriental students for a prize of $100 and of the freshman contest for a $50 prize, will bo announced within a few days. Stanford Freshmen Punished for Sins STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo Alto, May 3.— (P.I.P.)—Two first puarter freshmen found guilty of violating the University liquor reg ulations, were assigned the punish ment of forty hours of hard labor at the Convalescent Home on the campus by the men’s council on the campus this week. Fines for speed ing and other traffic violations totalled $43. Aquatic Exhibition Scheduled Tonight For Wonians Pool As a climax to the National Swim Week program on the Oregon cam pus an aquatic, exhibition will be staged in the Woman’s building pool, tonight, beginning at 7:30 sharp. Both men and women swim mers will take part. Tho demon stration will bo staged especially to acquaint townspeople with tho vari ous phases of water sports. “It’s to show what thoro is to swimming and aquatic sports,” Earl Widmcr, head of the swimming cam paign, stated yesterday. The schedule of events will be: 1. How to take care of oneself in the water. This will be a demon stration of strokes. 2. How to take care of oneself in tho water. A demonstration of Red Cross methods, a specially planned canoeing accident, and a life saving skit are included in this stunt. 3. Fancy diving and canoeing exhibitions. 4. Water fun. In this event will be strokes for speed, windmill and tandem races, stunt dives, other stunts, and the game “keep away” played in tho water. 5. Movies on canoeing. These pictures were taken by Amos Burg, well known canoeist, while navigat ing tho Snake, Columbia, and Yukon rivers, and tho inside channel from Alaska to tho Frazier river. Mon who will take part in the pool activities arc: Herman Gawer, Jim Sharp, John Allen, Chet Floyd, Charley Silverman, Don Neer, La ment Stone, Lowell Mobley, and Blair Alderman. High Schools Give Plays for Contest The second annual high school tournament, held under the auspices of the University drama department,, is now in full swing. Last night at the Guild theatre, the Eugene high school and the Boseburg high school presented their one-act plays as en tries for the Guild theatre cup, of fered by the Guild theatre players of the University. There were some very excellent spots in both productions. Howard Strawn of the Eugene high group made an excellent crook, and sus tained his character throughout. He enunciated well and acted force fully. He had very good support, too, in the maid, Lucille, played by Eoma Gross, and in Holly Ilorner, ■who portrayed Mrs. Sims-Vane, a paralytic. “Two Crooks and a Lady” by Eu gene Pillot, was Eugene high's play, while the Eoseburg play was of an entirely different nature and time, taking one back to the middle ages. It was a difficult play to portray, but some of the interpretations wero quite unusual and therefore inter esting. Carmel Newland was perhaps out standing in this medieval impersona tion, with a little precision combined with force that made her interest ing. Stanley Kidder and .T. V. Long as file two Iceland farmers, pre sented their passions quite well. Tonight two more state high schools will present their plays and then the cup will be awarded to the winner. Wilbur Hayden To Go To California Saturday Wilbur Hayden, graduate assist ant in botany, leaves Saturday for Berkeley, where ho will meet his sister, Hazel Hayden, who has been working for her Ph. D. degroo at the University of California. They will make a ten-day tour of south ern California before returning to Eugene. Miss Hayden received her master’s degree here last year. She 4s a member of Alpha Xi Delta and Sigma Xi. Edgar B. Piper Taken by Death Oregonian Head Leading West Coast Editor (By United FresfO PORTLAND, Ore., May 3—E<lgar B. Piper, editor of tlio Portland Oregonian, and ono of the most, piominent journalists on tlio Pacific coast, died here at 3:10 p. m. today. Piper was (53 years old and a na tive of Warsaw, Indiana. He had been one of the west coast leading newspaper men since 1888, serving on various northwestern small papers in his youth, and later with tlio Associated Press, the Se attle Post Intelligencer, of which ho i was co-manager with his brother, the late George IT. Piper, and the Portland Oregonian which he had served continuously since 1004. He was managing editor of the paper until 1910 when he was mado editor to succeed tlio Into Harvey W. Scott. * The. esteem in \yhich Piper was held by his superiors was exhibited when the will of the late Henry L. Pittock, publisher of tlio Oregonian, who died in 1919, provided that Piper was to continuo as its editor for at least 20 years, during which period Pittock's heirs were forbid den to sell the paper. Piper had served as head of nu merous civic, organizations in Port land and the Northwest, and wai for several years vice-president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Ho had been ill of a heart disease for many months but kept up his active directorship of tlio Oregonian until March 25. Little Emerald Scoops World on Elections * -, The Little Emerald claims the honor of being ono of tho few monthly newspapers that ever “scooped” a daily. Three quarters of an hour after the last ballot was counted, tho Little Emerald was being distribut ed, cnvrying a first-release story on tho result of tho voting on tho four major offices—president and vice president of the A. S. U. ()., editor of the Oregana, and editor of the Emerald. Huskies Plan Trouble For Varsity Today Coach Graves’ Ball Nine Has Large Number • Of Stars Oregon's Lineup Will Be Unchanged for Series With Washington By RTOTTABD TT. STRING Sports Editor The University of Washington baseball team, with one game lost mil one won, open the Oregon Wei)* roots* conference season tliis after- < noon at 3:30 oji Reinhart field in the first of a two s;anie series. Still smarting under the 13 to 3 defeat handed them last iveek-end by the Oregon Aggies, but some vv hat salved by their own 5 to 4 victory in the second game, the Huskies Carl Nelson are out to wintoday. Coach “Tubbv'” Graves lias built up a powerful club at the Univer sity of Washington. In the two sgphomorps, Wilson Gaw anil Rudy Tollofson, lie lias a pair of sluggers that will compare favorably with any collego ball players. As for base runners, Captain .Toe Johnson, shortstop, Shorty Morrison and Percy Bolstad, outfielders, will amply fill the bill. Pitching Situation “Ticklish” The pitching situation with the Huskies is a “ticklish” one. Like most of the other teams in the cir cuit, Graves seeni3 to have a dearth of capable clinchers, Jerry 0*llhoun, lettermati, showed considerable promise in the first Whitman game when he held the Missionaries to four scattered hits, but he was the fiist chased to tho showers last week-end by the Aggio barrage. Elackie Nevins is another of Graves’ slabmcn. TTo won his game from the Walla Walla collegians by allowing but six safe raps. McKenzie and Johnson in Lineup Two familiar faces to local fans are Kcnnie McKenzie and Joe John son. McKenzio and his witty lino of cluittor will bo heard again bo hind the mask. Capt'ain Joe John son is the diminutive shortstop who is all over the patch for hard drives like a greyhound after a rabbit. In the second game of last year’s local series Johnson had the misfortune of breaking a leg while sliding into third. Last year’s injury, however, lias not subtracted from any of his speed. Coach Billy Reinhart will probably start the same lineup which turned away the Willamette Bearcats last week-end. Cecil Gabriel seems to have a firm hold on tho backstop position with Ira Wooden, last year’s letterman, in reserve. After a hard pre-conference battle, Carl Nelson, 1927 frosh first sacker, will probably get tho call over Johnson, letterman. Nelson does not field the initial bag as well as Johnson but seems to have more dynamite in his bat. Ho showed (Continued on parjc two) India, Egypt, Japan, Pictured In Debaters9 Colorful Program Students traveled around the world hy motion picture last night in Yillard hall with Benoit MeOroskey and Walter Hempstead. “Oregon’s World Debate Tour” titled the pictures which began with Hawaii, the “Paradise of tho Paci fic,” and ended with America, “God’s own country.” Pieturps of Hawaii visualized scenic mountains and tropical sens. On to tlie Orient-—where Bast meets West, and as scenes were titled, “the land of the rising sons.” China was picturm'd as a myriad of statue gods, quaint Chinese shops and nar row, dark streets of ancient build. Japan was shown as a typical East ern country with dark-faced natives and odd picturesque buildings. Tea parties and wrestling were, with fencing, the favorite pastimes. The Philippine Islands scenes took the audience amid antique shrines of revolutionary heroes, queer dusty streets which were traveled by water buffaloes, old Spanish missions with bamboo pipe organs, and students with white duck suits. India was the next stopping plaeo along the journey. The fascinating temples, artistic pagodas and strange sacrificial altars seemed very real, l olJing: the imagination of the audi ence. The visit to Palestine was in tensely interesting, showing scenes < f ancient, historical beauty. Tlio I travelers went to Mt. Zion anil its nearby oriental places, through nar row streets dating from the first century. The short visit to Egypt was a revival of all the pictures seen in histories, and old Egyptian scenes of mystic value. The Pyramids and the Sphinx made a vivid background fer the Nile and ancient ruins of the oldest cities in the world. Statues in ruined splendor and tho Valley of the Kiii'g.% made this stop even more than fascinating. A short survey of Itomo with St. Peter’s dome, tho coliseum and tombs, was not impressive merely as scenery but as a reality. Then there was Florence as well as Geseva to characterize Italy. The British Isles brought forth all the English life and customs, showing many import ant scenic wonders and entailing a brief summary of the tour through the country. America concluded tho scries of scenic beauties in which many col leges of the United States were pic tured and brought to the campus by the round the world debaters.