« 4 Prohibition In Moderation A Needed Reform Maddox Names Possible Remedies For Evils Of Prohibition By WILLIAM P. MADDOX As was suggested in this column Inst week, the prohibition issue em phatically docs not take the form of present restrictions versus the saloon, and those who regard it ns such have not taken (ho trouble to inform themselves concerning the various alternatives, some visionary and some actually proving success ful elsewhere, which are possible. The condition which prompted the prohibition amendment was gross intemperance. Precisely- the same situation plus the growth of public hypocrisy inspires* those who suggest that other systems will be more likely to bring the desired results. ”i’he failure on the part of so-called “drys” to grasp the essential point that, the object of most of the so called “wets” is to substitute real temperance for the present (private ly spoken) immoderate excesses in bad alcohol has obscured the prohi bition problem in a maze of vitupera tion and counter-vituperation which has not contributed to sound public thinking. These so-called “wets” want regulation, too, but sane and j reasonable regulation, not extreme prohibition. Moderate Proposal Most moderate of all the propos als for reform is that congress should define by law “intoxicating liquors” in such a manner ns to per mit the sale of light wines and beer. This is apparently legally possible within the eighteenth amendment and would be the* easiest of all schemes to execute. There are some who believe that if people were per mitted to drink beer and wine that they would abjure the use of strong per drinks and certainly the experi ment would be worth trying. In studying the figures for the nation al consumption of alcohol between the years 1907 and 1916 one finds that tli^e vast proportion consisted in beer, and the permission for the sale of this drink in properly li censed taverns and restaurants might restore this moderation. The chief objection is that prohibition has corrupted the taste for lighter drinks, since their bulk quantity makes bootlegging more difficult and the nation has taken to the use of gin, a strong and noxious drink formerly used only by southern negroes. Nevertheless, the experi ment would be worth while from all standpoints. States Must Decide There is another school of thought, not altogether inconsistent with any of the proposals for proper control, which insists that the states, rather than the nation, should decide for themselves what system of regula tion they should adopt. There is strong argument for this suggestion, since it is obviously true that cer r tain larger industrial centers of population are notoriously more vehemently opposed to prohibition than -the country districts, and if these communities were allowed to substitute sane regulation for com plete restriction, the improved pub lic morale might strengthen the respect for existing laws in other states. But state regulation must either depend upon repeal of the present constitutional amendment or else upon its quiet unobservance through some verbal subterfuge, such as those by which the southern states : have avoided the negro voting amendment. This is obviously un satisfactory and undesirable but unless the entire nation will give (Continued on page three) | Caveivomen Prepare Groat Aquatic Orgy For Tuesday Night With practice hours far more re gular than those held by football and baseball people this spring, the Ar ’-ij n club has faithfully met at . * k in the Woman’s build ing t the past few weeks and ha? g v worked out a pro gram i demonstration next Tuesday This ran mown: The setting, recording i information that has just leaked out, will be cave-man nish in character, barring nothing. The costumes—will be in keeping. And the swimming hole will remain a la nature!, even to the fungus. The character of the rest of the decorations can better be described as they take shape. Suffice to say, all the necessary instruction in canoeing and life saving, old and new, and futuristic, will be presented^ and the foolish part of the performance is said to be particularly stifling. Because of the largo crowd ex pected, as well as the legal risk in volved in sketching the posters real istically, the price of admission has been reduced to twenty-five cents. The show will start at eight, but earlier arrival, according to reports about seating capacity, will be* highly commendable. Smith Favored By Oregonians Butler Leads Big Race For Sinnott’s Place fF*v TJnited Pro«5s) PORTLAND, Ore., May 18—With fair weather prevailing from the towering Siskiyous on tlio south to the rolling Columbia on the north, Oregon voters crowded into polling places today to express preference for presidential candidates and for local officers. A dull and listless presidential campaign was offset by heated local issues, presaging a heavy vote in all sections of Oregon. PORTLAND, Ore., May 18—In the face of early returns Governor Alfred E. Smith will be the choice of Oregon democrats for presidential nomination Two hundred and forty-five in complete precincts scattered through out the state “including Multnomah county” gave: Smith 1542, Reed 573, Walsh 871 and Alonzo P. Work man 121. The same number of precincts gave Hoover 9,171. He was unop posed and the republican registra tion is approximately two-thirds of the total. The same number of precincts gave for secretary of state: Corey 495, Handley 5,025, lloss 4,669. Early returns from the second con gressional” district gave Notson 38, Palmiter 24, Ritner 76, Wiley 74, Bean 27, Boyd 28, and Butler 437. From the first district early re turns gave Hawley 1,168 and Mott 937. The same 245 precincts gave for the supreme court: MacMahan 5,597, Rand 7,572, and Rossman 11,437. Elizabeth Eaton Wins $75 Telegram Prize Elizabeth Eaton, senior in busi ness administration, won the fifth prize of $75 in the picture puzzle contest^ recently held by the Port land Telegram. The contest consist ed of selecting appropriate names for 70 pictures. Miss Eaton is the only person outside of Portland to receive u prize in the contest. Villard Professors Prepare for Varied and Eventful Vacations From Maine to Mexico and ^ points west will be the setting for the summer vacations of the Eng lish professors who make their headquarters at Villard hall. Professor H. C. Howe says that as usual he will go to Seal Hocks, Oregon, a secluded hamlet, between Waldport and Newport. He owns a cow and several acres on the coast, so he says that time won’t hang heavy on his hands. This will be the twenty-fifth summer that he has spent at eSal Hocks. Hr. C. V. Boyer, accompanied by ; Squire, his English setter, will join i Mrs. Boyer in Colorado just as soon ! as scheel Is out. He will spend his time resting and studying. The first part of the summer will be crowded with work for Profes sor Mary Perkins, as she is working ^ on the New American Dictionary, which is being compiled by Profes- j sor Craigie, of the University of! Chicago. During the latter part of her" vacation she will visit in Maine, where she has gone for several summers. S. Stephenson Smith is planning a trip to Mexico aiul Yucatan. Professor Julia Burgess plans to visit relatives in New York. Pat Morrissette, instructor in the department, plans to master the German language this summer. lie will stay here awhile, studying grammar then, with a German dic tionary, and several hooks of Ger man as his only companions, Mr. Morrissette will visit Mount Hood, Lost Lake, and other points of sce nic interest in Oregon and study "far from the maddening crowd.” Kenneth Rowe, instructor and veteran traveler, who has spent many colorful summers “bumming” his way, has succumbed to civiliza tion and will remain here and teach a* both sessions.' Oregon Wins Seattle Game, Cinching Title Macdonald Pitches Good Game for 4 to 2 Victory Dave Epps Stars at Bat; Knock. Out Three 0 Circuit Blows Bv HARRY DUTTON SEATTLE, Washington, May 18 — (SPECIAL)—The. University of Oregon baseball nine cinched the western division laurels when they took the Washington Huskies into camp this afternoon by the score ui t iu 6, xu a, young gentleman, Mr. David (Goli ath) Epps, playing left field, goes the stellar honors of the day. In the 1 first inning ‘“Rabbit” Robie singled, Mason sacrificed him to second, Mr. Epps came up and knocked a homer into right Dave Epps field scoring Oregon’s first two runs. Washington scored two runs in the second on a hit and an Oregon error. Mr. Epps came up in the fourth after one was out and wham ed another homer. The score was 3 t(, 2 but the great Epps was not through. In the eighth he came up again and with Coach Tubby Graves on his knees on the Wash ington bench, mighty Goliath drew back his bat and poled out his third circuit blow into right field. “Big Train” Macdonald pitched a great game, allowing but four hits. It was a fast game, taking but an hour and fifteen minutes. Les Johnson got Oregon’s fifth hit. Summary: It. IT. E. Oregon . 4 5 2 Washington . 2 4 0 Oregon’s win over the Huskies cinches the pennant for the Web foots, giving them five wins and one lose. Two more games remain cn the Oregon schedule. Another contest will be played with the Huskies this afternoon and the fourth O. S. C. game hero next Tuesday. The University of Idaho Vandals have apparently won the champion ship of the eastern division and will be contenders for northwest honors. According to Jack Beneficl, the championship series will probably be played on the local diamond. Either Curly Fuller or Art Sclio eni, southpaws, will face the Huskies today. Epps ’ three home runs yesterday shows that Coach Billy Reinhart’s left fielder has regained the batting eye which made him a consistent slugger last year. Time Left for Seniors To Prepare Orations Opportunity still remains for sen iors in the classical, scientific, and literary departments of the Univer sity to prepare for the Failing Beck man oratorical contest to be held as part of the commencement week exercises. Two prizes are offered to winners of the meet. The first is for $150 and the second is for $100. The only rule is that the orations must be the original work of those presenting them. Washington Graduates Number Eight Hundred UNIVERSITY OF WASHING TON, Seattle, May 18— (P.I.P.) — Five seniors were nominated for the office of Ivy orator, and other plans were formulated for the graduation of 800 students in June at a senior class meeting Thursday. The Ivy orator speaks at the annual ivy planting exercises. Japanese Fish Fail To Thrive at Washington UNIVERSITY OF WASHING TON, Seattle, May 18—(P.I.P.)— Only 10 Japanese ayu, or dwarf sal mon, were alive Thursday in the College of Fisheries laboratory out of the 10,000 Oriental fish, which left Japan two weeks ago as. the gift of the Japanese government to the fisheries college. Primary Polls Here Show Little Student Political Enthusiasm Politics off tlio campus hold little interest for students judging from the small number that turned out j for the primaries yesterday. Pro- | cinets 17 and 21 which included the majority of the living organizations reported that less than half the registered total had voted w.lien the polls closed at 8 o’clock last night. Shortly before closing time at the Patterson school building, headquart ers for precinct 17, 21d ballots had been cast out of the .11(1 names registered in this district. Twenty fraternities and sororities and all the halls were included in this dis trict. Officials stated that few of the voters represented college stu dents. At precinct 21 the 107 votes cast also showed less than half the num ber registered. Nine fraternities and sororities were represented in this district. Republicans were far in the ma* joritv in these two districts. At the Patterson school building 38 demo cratic. votes offset 175 republican ballots. When the polls closed in the other district the democratic party were favored by 43 ns com pared to 154 for the G. O. P. ticket. Webfoots Beat W.S.C. ill Track Foster Breaks Paddock’s 175-yard Record PULLMAN, Washington, May 18.—(SPECIAL)—The University of Oregon track team triumphed over the Washington State Cougar einder artists here today and won a dual meet, 72 to 52. The outstand ing event of the meet was the run ning of Wesley Foster, the pheno menal W. S. C. sprinter. With a fast track, in a 175-yard dash spe cial, Foster succeeded in breaking Paddock’s record made at Pennsyl vania recently of 17 4-10. Foster ran a beautiful race and was timed at 10 6-10. In the 440-yard dash Boss, Ore gon, pressed Ouilette to the tape and lost by inches in the fast time of 49 3-10. Kelly ran a nice race to defeat Hoon, Cougar high hurdler and favorite, in 15 7-10. McKit rick nearly surprised the local fans when he pushed Captain Williams of the Cougars, to the tape in the 8S0_ to lose by inches. Wetzel and Homer Dickson went high point for Oregon with seven point each. Mc Cullock and Breadthour each >>regon; Dick son, Oregon; Speidei, W. S. C.; dis tance 187.5. Broad jump—Bradtliour, Oregon; Heron, W. S. C.; Wetzel, Oregon. 2? feet 8 inches. Pole vault—Heron, W. S. C.; Crowley, Oregon; Edes, W. S. C.; 12 feet. 220—Low hurdles— Hoon, W. S. C.; McGee, Oregon; Kelly, Oregon; 25 1-10. 880—Williams, W. S. C.; McKit triek Oregon; Boy, W. S. C.; time 157 8-10. Two miles—Elkcnshire, W. S. C.; Dadgener, W. S. C.; Jensen, Ore gon; 9.57. 440—Ouilette, W. S. C.; Boss, Ore gon; Standard, Oregon; 49 3-10. Shot put—Boerhave, W. S. C.; Dickson, Oregon; Wetzel, Oregon; 43 feet 1 inch. Discus—Boerhave, W. S. C.; Ilcin, W. S. C.; Dickson, Oregon; 130 feet 6 1-4. 220—Foster, W. S. C.; McGilli vray. W. S. C.; McKinnon. Oregon; 21 4-10. Belay won bv Oregon by forfeit. W. S. C. defeated in a dual. Dr. Rainey Featured In Sunset Magazine “Homer P. Bainey, the Youngest College President,” is the subject of an article in the jJune number of Sunset Magazine. The author is Lyle T. Kelling, city editor of the Eugene Guard. Dr. Bainey is a former associate professor of education at the Uni versity of Oregon, who is now presi dent of Hamilton College, Indiana. He left Oregon last year to take up 1 his new post. Schumann-Heink Bids Oregon Farewell at Close of Concert By 8. M. and O. IT. Madame Srhumann-IToink loft on the train last night, but her voice, her smile and her friendliness are autographed on the memories of those who heard and saw her on the farewell night of her Golden Jubilee tour. “Goodbye—give my love and all my best, wishes to Oregon,” were the parting words of the interna tionally beloved prima donna, as die stood after her farewell concert an the hot little back stage at Mc Arthur Court. Iler white hair was covered with a scarf, green silk splashed with a design of roses, and from beneath this a bead of perspiration slowly wound its way down her smiling face. She had put on a gray coat aver her sparkling white gown. She could not see, for around her were pressed numbers of those whose eager hands held forth their albums, cards and programs for her to sign, and when she turned again her way was blocked by baskets and bouquets of gorgeous pink and yel low flowers. The crowd of college students and children surged nearer till there was scarcely room for her to stand. “Oh, it is so hot,” she smilingly remonstrated. “I like to be petted —but get away a little.” The crowd moved back a fraction Df an inch, but their interest and 'curiosity were so great that she was soon surrounded again. A brown-eyed youngster of about ten was the first to present, his book for her signature. “No, no, I will not sign, I can not,” she protested with good natured dismay as she looked at the, increasing number. But whe^ the boy looked up at her in disappoint ment she suddenly took the small blue book and scrawled a huge, dashing “Schnmann-TTolnk” across the page. Scores of books were waved before her by hopeful hands, and she signed a great number. “Be careful, don’t, break the flowers,” she warned suddenly ns some of the crowd stepped too near the tall, colorful baskets. “They are for the hospitals here in town. Will somebody be so kind as to see that they get to the hospitals?” she asked, with the trace of Austrian accent that lingers in her voice. A way was finally cleared for her and she walked out into the big hall. Her arm was around a small boy’s neck (she seemed unable to resist small boys) and she talked and laughed with him while groups of students followed her. Any one of them would have changed his sophistication and his knowledge for a brief moment, in order that he might liavo talked and laughed with Madame. On the curb outside of tho court were crowds of students, waiting for a last glimpse of her and wav ing good-bye as she got into her car. Freshmen! Bring bathing suits to picnic today. Busses leave from 3 o’clock till the last person is taken care of. Stages leave from Administra tion building. Transportation free! Special bus leaves campus at 7:30 p. m. for picnic grounds. Returns at 8 o’clock to bring to Eugene all those who have eve ning appointments. Every frosli should come out! Everything free! Sorority Expenses Are No Higher Than Halls Recent Survey Shows Contrary to general opinion the living expense for women in soror ities is not higher than that of those in dormitories and campus board ing houses, according to a recent survey made through the dean . of wcmen’s office. Comment is very often made in regard to the extravagance of sor orities, but the study reveals the fol lowing regarding the expenses of the eighteen sororities, in compari son with dormitory residence and private housing. The average cost of room and board in the campus boarding houses is $37.50 and in the dormitory aver ages about $35 a month. Of the eighteen houses, there are four with a charge of $40, two charge $39, two-$38, three $37 and seven $35 a month. This makes the average for board and room alone $37.22. In other words 10 houses are below the campus average and eight range from $1 to $3 above. It also shows that seven of the sororities are as low as the dormitory charges. The additional expense per month ir the sororities, including chapter dues, social taxes, insurance, and building fund plus room and board, is ns follows: Two houses average $48, one averages $40. three aver age $45, three $44, five $43, two $42 and two $40. This makes the total expense average (of sorori ties $43.77 per month. Spanish Club To Hold Last Meeting Tuesday La Corrida de Todos, Spanish club, will hold its last meeting of the year Tuesday, May 21, at the ! Alpha Omicron Pi house, it is an- | nounced. A short business meeting will begin promptly at 7:30, at which time the club will elect of ficers for the coming year. Anna M. Thompson, instructor of Spanish, will give a short talk of her travels in Spain. Following this will be “La Prinera Pisputa,” a comedy presented by Eleanore Wel come, taking the part of the bride; Wayne Veatch, the groom, and Mar garet Blackmer. The club quartet will sing some Spanish songs and lead group singing. This quartet entertained the Eugene Rotary club last Tuesday with Mexican Rotary club songs. The members of the quartet are Agnes Petzold, Mrs. Paulson, Elmer Erickson, Walter Erickson, and Alice Saunders, ac companist. Frosli Compete In Contesit Today Oregon Expected To Take Several Firsts Tlio frosli track team loaves for Portland this morning. This after noon they mill compete in the Mult nomah civic stadium against teams from Multnomah club, Pacific and Willamette Universities, and the O. S. 0. rooks. Eighteen freshmen are making the trip and they will enter 14 events. There are little prospects of Oregon winning tlio meet, but a few firsts are not beyond hope. Hill, frosli miler, has stepped his distance under 4:,10 and has a good chance of mak ing five points in this event. Lowry, the fastest frosli man, can do the century in 10 flat and is a broad jumper that is hard to boat. He is sure to bring in somo points. Seigmund is the star hurdler of the outfit and took two firsts from tho Washington babes.* lie is expected to repeat. In tho weight events Oregon has another good man in Hall. He also took two first places when the Uni versity of Washington babes met Oregon frosli last week-end. A return meet is scheduled with the O. S. O. rooks to be held here on Hayward field May 25. Oregon’s entries: 100-—Lowry, Tuttich, Hill. 220—Lowry, Tuttich, Hill. 440—Anderson, Neal. 880—Steel, Overstreet, Makinen. Milo—Hill, Neal, Cruikshank. High hurdles—Seigmund, Wood. Low hurdles—Seigmund, Maltby. High jump—Everts, Wood. Broad jump—Lowry, Seigmund. Polo vault—Maltby, Boone. Shot put—Hall, Christensen. Discus—Hall. Javelin—Hall. Mile relay—Anderson, Neal, Run yan, Wilson. Campus Cop Also Busy With Tags at U.C.L.A. TT. O. L. A., Los Angeles, May 18. — (P.I.P.)—Students who for tho past semester and a half have ap parently forgotten the existence of such things as police regulations and have parked their cars promis cuously in red zones, beside firo hy drants, and in front of driveways, were painfully reminded of their sins the other day when a squad of officers from the Hollywood station hung tags on all offending vehicles. Over 100 arrests were made. Two-tliir