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Put Schools Under State, Savs Allen J Start Work Early if World Respect Is Goal, He Holds (Editorial note: Dean Erie W. Alloa of the school of journalism presented a paper “Wires and Wars” before, certain groups on the campus as a part of Interna tional Week. For a starting point in student thinking and the crea tion of a more intelligent Amer ican opinion toward other na tions, the following excerpt gives a constructive suggestion). Tf I understand the present ver dict of our best historians, America has a very creditable history, with some bad spots in it. We have done ; mighty well on the average, and made no more bad mistakes than most other nations. We are a very human people, like others, and we have to watch our step or we go wrong, publicly, just as we do as individuals in private life. Yet there seems to he a tendency to teach that America and America alone shines forth like a good deed in a naughty world. If I understand the best verdict of the economist, and the political scientist, our polity is a pretty hope ful one, one at which we can look with a good deal of self-respect. Put side by side with that of any other nation, it shows up pretty well; but is quite capable of im provement in many respects as op portunity offers from time to time. Yet a calm, balanced, scientifically weighed statement such as I have just made would be almost danger ous for a school teacher in some communities to enunciate. It 1 wore to choose a place to be gin the process of creating a more intelligent opinion in America to t ward other nations and looking for eword to a better world situation, I would fcegin not with the foreign correspondents, nor with the desk men, nor with the general public nor with the politicians, but with the public schools. I would abolish all local, politi cally chosen, amateur school boards. I would put the schools under state authority, providing plenty of checks and balances to prevent in terference with the teachers, requir ing of them only a high degree of professional competency, and intel ligent industry and instructing them to feel free from the necessity of introducing into their teaching any propagandas for either good causes or bad. Their purpose should be only the inculcation of truth, and if there should ever have to be an inquiry into their performance of this duty the history teacher should be examined only by the most highly qualified historians available, the civics teacher only by the most highly qualified political scientists, etc. Local public opinion should have nothing to do with it. Mu Phi Epsilon Gives Program Of Russian Airs Native Words Used in Folk Songs, Choruses, and National Antliem A program consisting solely of Russian music was presented by sev eral members of Mu l’bi Epsilon, women's national musical honorary fraternity, at the meeting of the organization which was held at the home of Mrs. Jane Thacher Thurs day at 4 o’clock. A quartet consisting of Ellen Dew, Prudence Spiglit, Agues Pet zold, and Lois Tuttle sang several Russian peasant folk songs in the native Russian tongue. They were coached by Mrs. Grisham, a Russian woman who lives in Eugene and who was a prominent musician in her native country. She is person ally acquainted with the son of Count Tolstoy, and with the Russian singers who were in Eugene last fall term. Mrs. Jane Thacher played several selections from Rachmaninoff, and Harriett Baldwin played two selec tions consisting of Russian fq|k songs. Mrs. "Thacher and Miriam Little played a piano and cello duet, following which Agnes Petzold sang several solos. In conclusion the quartet sang the Russian peasant national an them. Alumnae and patronesses were the invited guests^ Nominees for New Oregana Editor Made Staff Meeting Called in Accordance With Amendment 4 Students Named Active on Campus Choice of Committee to Be Voted on Shortly by Publications Group T.cster McDonald, Elisc Schrooder, and Margaret Clark, all prominent members of flip Oregana staff of 1929, and LaWanda Fcnlason, a well-known worker in previous years, were nominated in the meet ing of the editorial staff of the 1920 year book yesterday. The meeting was held in accord ance with the amendment to the A. S. U. O. constitution, which was passed by vote of the students Wed nesday. Under the amendment, nom inations for the editor of the Ore gana for the forthcoming year are made by the staff of the present year. These names will be present ed to the publications committee, and their choice will be voted upon by the executive council. In case of a disagreement between the pub lications committee and the execu tive council, the executive council will vote upon the second choice of the publications committee. Committee Choice Limited The choice of the committee will he limited to the men and women nominated hv the Oregana staff. However, a name may he added during the first week in May by a petition signed with 100 names. The first nomination for Oregana editor xni j1y.in was inane nv Don Johnston. In nominating Les ter McDonald, lie spoke of the effi cient work'that the nominee had done on this year’s book, his gen eral knowledge of such work, and his connection with the actual work connected with putting out a year book. Elise Schroeder was next nomi nated by Wilfred Brown. “The girl I wish to nominate,” he said, “has been this year’s editor of one (Continued on Page Four) Three Act Farce Given in French At Guild Theater Howell Supported l>y Cast Of Seven; Prologue by A. H. Rowbotliam By LOIS NELSON Tliis is a review of a French play and its reviewer is a semi-Swede whose French isn’t much past page 45, chapter'll, in a lesson book. And now that, that’s been very naively got off this Scandinavian chest—and you know that every time a phrase “clicked” I perked up my ears, registered intelligence and chuckled loud enough to let the romance language major next to me know I'd finally “got one” —-I’ll tell you, it was a rattling good play. Take the crowd’s word for it. The audience that tilled Guild hall thea ter last night to see the French club’s presentation of Moliere’s “Le Mmdecin Malgre Lui,” 17th cen tury farce, laughed. They didn’t laugh at polite intervals. They laughed because they couldn’t help it, just as people have been chuck ling at “Le Medeein” for the last three centuries. And when they went out they said nice things about tho way Professor Charles G. How ell played Sganarelle, the woodcut ter who became a doctor in spite of himself, and Mrs. Pierre Thomas as Martine, his wife, and Mr. Tho mas who played Lucas. They said nice things, too, about the wiay Felix Legrand acted Geronte. Tin iest of the east was: M. Hubert, Pierre Thomas; Valero, Thornton Shaw; Tucas, Pierre Thomas; Lu einde, Cornelia Pipes; Leandre, Frank Kistner; directed by Pierre Thomas. Lucinde was one of the gals who wanted to marry the man she loved and not I he money-bags her father wanted. So she staged prolonged silence that her father mistook for an illness. He (Geronte) sent out as messengers Valere and Tucas to find a doctor. Sganarelle was a per feetly law-abiding woodcutter— probably had a union card—until Martine, his wife, messed things up Sgaranelle liked his jug, and he lik ed to quarrel with Martine and beat her up a little. So when tin messengers, seeking a doctor to cure (Continued on rage Three) W eek-end Budget Given byNorblad Profit of $800 to Accrue From All Events AVitli expenditures for tlio whole of .Tunior Week-end budgeted nt the maximum of $.‘{ftOS mid the in JNTorblad. conio estimated nt the minimum of $4720, this year's festival will net the treasury of the junior clnss no less than $817, it was announced vest e r d ay by Walter Xorblncl, assistant ehair man and business manager of the Week-end, w h o 1ms just- completed tlio budget. The biggest item in both expendi tures nml income is tlie production of “Oh Deni,” the annual Junior Vodvil. The Vodvil will be pre sented at the lleilig theater on the nights of May 1! and 4, and a mati nee as well will be presented on the afternoon of May 4. From these three performances, Norblad states, the income can be not less than $2200. The estimated expenditures for the show total about $1700, giv (Continued on Page Three) Poorly Trained Teacher Must Go, Says H. D. Sheldon Education Now Offers Wider Fields, blit Specialized Special Summer Session Courses Provided The day of the poorly trained teacher is over, according to Dr. Henry D. Sheldon, dean of the uni versity school of education. Nowa days there are too many good teach ers, and there is too much speciali zation to allow any room for poor instructors. The drifters are fast, being eliminated. Especially has the teaching field opened up for women in the past few years, the dean declares. Be sides the ordinary class room teach ing, there are many other lines which they may enter, all just as important, and as interesting. One of these is that of teaching the de fective student, in which the meth ods of teaching are combined with a psychological foundation. In line with this work, the University of Oregon will offer special courses next summer under Dr. Grace Fer nald, an outstanding educator from Dos Angeles, and will probably establish a regular clinic the fol lowing year. Another aspect of educational work for women is the secretarial position, which combines knowledge of the administrative side, such as school finances and statistical work, with regular secretarial training. This, Dean Sheldon points out, is often a stepping stone into large administrative positions, and is a field which will increase very much in importance in the near future. in 11110 wirn rue secretarial posi tion is the next step, the supervisor ship. Women are especially fitted for this work in such schools as junior high schools, grammar schools and the smaller high schools. Aside from these more adminis trative positions are those of the specialized instructors, such as the physical training teacher, and the art and music supervisor. Women are also being made heads of de partments, a position formerly open only to men. Teaching as a profession for men is also gaining in importance, the university educator states. Espe cially is this true of superintend encies, which now almost universally demand a university education as a foundation. One of the new fields opening up for men is that of athletic coaching, in which they not only work in the school, but are given an opportunity of doing a great deal of community work. Men are also in demand for commercial, science and history teachers. As instructors of education men are finding a large place for their activities. In normal schools, in university schools of education, men are needed to give future teachers a thorough foundation in psychology and methods. Not only do the modern teachers need a thorough training in meth ods, Dean Sheldon says, but they must develop their personalities to the best of their ability, in order to do their best work. Nations’ Festival Ends International Program Relations of America Ami Japan Subject For Lecture Roy Aka«ji Gives Last Talk Listed Nations Are United by Numerous Ties TODAY’S PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL WEEK 2:00— Pageant, “Festival of Na tions.” For faculty, stu dents, and townspeople. Admission 2d rents S;00—Pageant, “Festival of Na tions.” For faculty, stu dents, and townspeople. Admission dO cents. “In tie' garden of the Pacific there is a rose bush of American Japanese cooperation, hut with the roses there are thorns. Yes, roses which have thorns. Let ns nourish that bush so that it may grow up and bloom forth with all the glory of the coming ora.” This was the parting message of Dr. Hoy II. Akagi, Japanese lec turer, in ‘he last of a series of four talks given last night in Villnrd on the problem of the Pacific as part of the International Week activities. IIis topic was “Japan and America Facing the Pacific Fra.” “The domestic problems of most of the Pacific nations keep them busy, but the United States and Japan are ready to assume the task (Continued on Page Two) Or ego ii-Idaho Women’s Debate Results in Draw College Entranee Subject Of Clash; Klcnun, Leach On Talking Tour University of Idaho women de baters came down from Moscow last night to argue that the state uni versities should not make use of college board entrance examinations in selecting students for admission. They met the Oregon affirmative team composed of Eleanor Welcome and Mary Caniparoli in a cross question “Oregon” style contest. I After the fury of feminine tongues had been released for about an hour, Chairman Joe McKeown, president of the student body, de clared the contest a draw. It was a no-decision event. The girls from the University of Idaho, Julia Hunter and Thelma Melgard, made clear at the outset of the discussion that, as they had been led to interpret the question, it did not involve the consideration of an entering student’s high school credits. The Oregon girls insisted that the question involved this, in addition to the entrance examina tion by the college board. So the eases of the negative and affirma tive did not clash directly; the ar gument was complicated by the dif ference of opinion over interpreta tion of the Question. Last night was the first varsity appearance of the Oregon women. Miss Caniparoli is a sophomore in music from St. Helens while Miss Welcome is a sophomore in educa tion from Burns. Oregon’s women’s negative team composed of Marian Leach and Mary Klemm met the Washington State college affirmative at Bull man last night. They will conclude the season at Seattle where they take on the University of Washing ton next Monday night. Defendant Seeks End $25,000 Heart Balm Further excitement in the moot court case for a $25,000 heart balm sought by Phyllis Van Kirnmel, popular star of the University of Oregon campus movie, from Jack Jones, came about yesterday. Jones, after being informed of the suit against him, went to William Adams and Lester Odder, attorneys for the plaintiff, and offered to marry the movie star. Miss Van Kimmell, through her lawyers, refused to accept the offer, and to make matters worse, an nounced that she had found another love letter from Jones as further evidence in the case. Chris Boesen and John Bell Jr., attorneys for the defendant, refused (Continued on 1‘age Two\ F i /1 p i n o s Discussal +-H H"J> Dr. Smith States Vines (This is tlic final interview of a series of five written for tiie Kmernld in con.jnnetion with 1 ntornarioual Week.) “T am emphatically opposed to tiie belief that any people have a right to live to themselves regard less of the interests of others,” stated Dr. W. I). Smith, head of the department of geology, yester day, in speaking of the Philippines. “The Americans can’t do it and the Philippines can’t do it,” he af firmed. "There are three points of view in reference to the Philippines,” he affirmed. “There is the Filip ino's which I respect; there is the Amercan point of view which can not be ignored, and there is the world's point of view which is a great deal more important than the others,” The Filipino point of view: “Mr. Quezon, one of the spokes men of the Filipino people is al leged to have said he would rather have a government of Filipinos run like Hell than run like Heaven by Americans,” Dr. Smith said. “1 personally have no sympathy with that point of view.” Then I)r. Smith pointed out the other side of the Filipino point of vie w: A Filipino rice planter in the cen tral plain of Luzon once pointed out to him that the picture of a painting on his porch in which Unde Sam was pictured as stand ing at the top of the steps of a temple of Liberty. At the bottom of the temple was seen a Filipino woman climbing step by step. Uncle Sam was holding out a hand to her. Underneath the picture were the words in Spanish: “A step at a time.” The Filipino said that he heartily believed in it. The American point of view: Dr. Smith described America’s policy as one of drifting. “The democrats want to do one thing,” he said, “and the Republi cans want another. We have no consistent foieign policy. “A lot of theorizing and senti mentality is wasted, and there is a great deal of ulrise on the part of exploiters,” Smith asserted. “The United States has pamper ed them if anything. No people in the world, to my knowledge, have had as much done for them as the Filipinos. A Spaniard told me that. “Some of them, not all, but the rank and file, do appreciate what the United States has done for them.” Arp the Philippines ready for in dependence? “A groat deal of this howl for independence is on the part of poli ticians an 1 office seekers. ‘•There is on the part of many people in the islands, however, a desire for independence and I can sympathize with them in this long ing. I wouldn’t respect them if they didn’t have it. But,” said Dr. Smith, “the Filipinos are not ready for independence. They must be more economically well-ground ed than they now are. “I don’t mean that they must have absolute economic indepen dence from the rest of the world. No country can have, but they must be on a more solid foundation than they now are.” Then Dr. Smith told of a Filip ino’s statement as to the unreadi ness of the islands for this inde pendence. A full-blooded Filipino had said that he would as soon throw away his knife to his child to play with. “It would be parallel,” he said, “to giving my people independence when they aren’t ready for it.” * * * Hare the Philippines anything to give the United States? “The Filipinos have some very fine qualities,” Dr. Smith remark ed, “and I have never seen any where in the world a more hospitable people. “They certainly will be able to contribute to our culture indirect ly if not directly bv supplying for our material life upon which any higher civilization must Vie based. “In conclusion, I would empha size in all our dealings with the entire Orient, including the Philip pines, a sympathetic cooperation rather than competition. This should be the dominant note. An example of this is in the matter of the tariff which some of our politicians would like to place upon Philippine sugar. This would be ruinous to this business in the Philip pines and would be breaking faith with them.” Women of Campus To Frolic Tonight $5 Cold Piero Offered For Best Costume Tonight tlio choice talent of the women on the cnni|ins will be pre sented in the annual April Frolic entertninment which is given for women only, nml is :i costume affair, ('lists for tiie stunts hnve origin nteil idens to lie used and have been kept ns :i secret for this evening’s performance. A cup will lie pre sented to the class judged as hav ing the best stunt, and the numerals engraved on the trophy. Kncli class will give an act and there will be curtain acts between these. Sally Tlughson has charge of the senior act, boil Ann Chase of the Junior, Alberta Rives of the sopho more and Kli/.abeth Strain chair man of the freshman.' Jane Coch ran is general charnian of the en tire program. A five dollar gold piece will be given to the wotuan who comes dressed in the cleverest costume. A grand niorcli will be conducted at the end of the stage program, and refreshments will be served, bskimo pies will be sold at a price of ten cents, according to Augusta (ierlinger, chairman of refreshments. The frolic is usually attended by several hundred women of the cam pus and their guests who come to Kugene for the week-end. An ad mission charge of 15 cents will be dm rged. Water Carnival New Feature for Junior Week-end Canoe Race, Swimming Contests and Stunts On Program Painting ‘O’ and Burning Of Green Lids Planned Because of the great popularity of the impromptu and violent hockey game on poller skates staged lie tween halves during the Idaho bas ketball game by the Order of the “O” neophytes last term, Jim Sharp, who is directing the campus day activities of Junior Week-end, has arranged another such contest for Friday afternoon, May 10. The competing teams in the con test will represent the underclass men and the upperclassmen of the university. The game will be played about 1:50 o’clock, immediately fol lowing the campus luncheon on the tennis court by the library. Hal Hatton, varsity swimmer, has been appointed by Sharp to take charge of tiie event. Any student on the campus who lias had any experience in roller skating nnd who does not fear to risk life and limb should get i» iffciii.li itri + li UuHnii of tmao rPlw> costumes to be worn by the players in the mutch have not yet been de cided, but will probably be some what more substantial than those worn by the participants in the game in McArthur court. Another new feature, of this year’s campus day will be the water carnival, which will be held Satur day morning at 11 o’clock on the mill race, where the Canoe Fete is to take place the night before. One of the most interesting features of the water carnival will be the inter house, mixed canoe race from the Portage to the Anchorage. Every house on the campus will select one of its members, its best canoeist, to be entered in the contest. The men and women will be paired by a lot tery, and each canoe will represent two houses. Prizes, probably cups, will be given to the winning en trants. Hugh Miller will be in charge of the race. There will also be three swim ming races, one free-for-all for the men not members of the varsity or frosli swimming squads, a free-for all for women swimmers, and a race between the members of the varsity and frosh swimming teams. The races will be from the Portage to the Anchorage if the water is quite warm, but will be shortened if it is cold. John Anderson, varsity swim ming star, will be in charge of the canoe races, and all entrants should sign up with him. Prizes, probably swimming suits, will be given the winners of the races. Between races the audience will be entertained bv fancy diving and other aquatic stunts by the mem bers of the varsity and frosh teams. Sharp is promising one stunt, a skit, by three of the frosli which lie says will be one of the greatest hits ever produced on the campus. In addition to these new features tiii-re will be the traditional events of campus day, such as the painting of the “O” (and the painting of a number of freshmen and sophomores as an after effect), the tug of war, (Continued on Cage Three) Large Sums By Students University Contributes $3,000,000 Yearly Compared Prices I Give Eugene Edge Report Shows Relation Between Women and Men Buyers Students of tho University of Ore* Ron spend annually tlic sum of (>.'!:!, 1 lJ.il.'i in Knjrene, and $557,<i8:!.7l) Spent In City To Business Robnett revealed in a sur vey of student ex > penditures in n <1 e liy Ronald II. Robnett, assistant graduate mana ger, and member of the bureau of | business research | of the University | of Oregon. ,• | Of the total amount spent in Eugene, if l,00f), 4W!.ii> is tor living expenses, .tl'o4, 407 for*Vlotliinjr and $709,214.40 for miscellaneous items. 'J'lu1 figures compiled do not include any expen ditures of the university, nor of faculty members. The university in come is more than $1,000,000 n year, the greater part of which ss for salaries to faculty members, which in turn is expended almost wholly in Eugene. University Contributions Big Summed up, this means that the university is contributing directly approximately $11,000,000 annually’ to the channels of trade of this city. The figure of $557,638 representing expenditures outside of the city- is held to he one of the most signifi cant in the survey, since it shows that students are often not aware that purchases of items such as clothing may be made in Eugene as economically and with as wide a variety’ to choose from as in the larger cities. The survey was made on the basis of actual university enrollment, set at .'1010, and ten percent, or 301 students were actually interviewed. Similar surveys have been made at the University of Washington and California. Expenditures Listed Total expenditures by university students are $2,704,884, of which travelling expenses are set at $214, 133. Of this amount clothing is $812,045, and miscellaneous ijtems $709,214. Living expenses, all of which is spent here are as given above, $1,009,491. Analysis of the clothing purchases are undoubtedly of most interest to Eugene, especially to merchants. Men students spend annually $209, 161 for clothing, of which $133,361.10 is spent in Eugene and Tfcl.'iO, 100.20 spent elsewhere. More money is (Continued on Page Three) Girls’ Intramural Baseball Team Selections Made [ntercluss Games to Start April 29; Schedules to Be Given Later Class teams for women’s intra mural baseball were announcei! yes terday by May Moore, head of that sport. interclass games will start April 21), and the schedule will be announced later. Practice will lie held every after noon next week with the seniors working out on Monday, juniors on Tuesday, freshman first and sec ond teams on Wednesday, sopho mores on Thursday, and the mixed team on Friday. A mixed team, composed of mem bers of all the classes, has been chosen, and the members of this team will receive the same rating as a second team, if players are willing to turn out for practice and to act as substitutes when call od upon. The captain and manager of this team will lie Vesta Orrick, and all members of the team should get in communication with her at once if they intend to play under tliis arrangement. The captains for the other teams will be elected on the regular prac tice days next week. M inbers of the teams: Seniors: Harriot Osborne, catcher; Jeanette lit rmance, pitcher; Hilda Top, first base; May Moore, second base: Dorothea Lenseh, third base; Marjorie Landru, left shortstop; (Continued on Page Pour)