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NUMBER 115 VOLUME XXX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929 A Philippines Ready For Freedom Government Stability Attained Says Paseua In Article on Status By PATRICIO A. PASCUA International week is over. And in the final interview writ ten for 1 lie Emerald in conjunction with that week was the Philippine independence discussed. On (his oc casion, I take the opportunity to make clear to our liberty loving, American friends the attitude of the Filipino people toward that question. In the article published in the Etnerald last Saturday, it is said that Mr. Quezon, one of the spokes men of the Filipino people, is al leged to have said that he would rather have a government of Fili pinos run like hell than run like heaven by Americans. This is true but I should like to point out why ha uttered such statement. THE It! colonies revolted against England because of taxation without representation. And Hon. Quezon made that utterance because he thought that General Wood at that time was ruling against the will of the people. And this was the cause. Almost immediately after the election of President Harding, he officially declared to the Filipino people, “No backward step is con templated, no diminution of your domestic control is to be sought.” Yet when General Wood went to the Philippines, he was ruling against this said declaration. In fact the Filipino leaders believed that he was ruling like a military autocrat, attempting to govern the Filipino people tyrnnicallv and in defiance of the law of the land. In matters of political affairs, . there was a retrogression of the ex tension of self-government in the Philippines. The council of state which acted as an advisory body was desolved. Besides General Wood, in 102(5 vetoed the majority of bills passed by the Philippine legisla ture, a body which is composed of representatives elected by the gen eral suffrage of the people. WE believe in democracy, wo believe that governments de rived their just, power from the con sent of the governed, and we believe in the majority rule, but we are op posed to a government when a gov ernor general, not elected by the suffrage of the people, should rule against (he will of the governed. Let us see farther in regard to the attitude of President Goolidge in speaking before the sixth Pan American congress at Havana, Cuba. Ho said: “Our most sacred trust has been, and is the establishment and expan sion of the spirit of democracy. We have put our confidence in the ulti mate wisdom of the people. We are thoroughly committed to the prin ^ ciple. that they are better fitted to govern themselves. It is better for the people to make their own mis takes than to have some one else make their own mistakes.” AT present, I am firmly con vinced that the Philippines are ready for independence. There was only one goal set by congress in 3916 which was necessary to be ful filled bv the Filipinos before they can have complete separation from the United States, and this was known as the .Tones law. In short the law states that the United States should recognize the independ ence of the Philippines as soon as a stable government can be estab lished therein. By virtue of this law, the Fili pinos strove geniouslv to reach the goal. On December 7, 1920, Presi dent Wilson speaking before con gress, submitted that the condition as required in the Jones law has been fulfilled by the Filipinos and that it is the liberty and duty of K the- American people to grant the independence of the Philippines. So that then, according to President Wilson, there is now a stable form of government in the Philippines which is the only necessary requi site* for our freedom. I admit that we might not nc prepared vet in economic independ ence, but nevertheless we can sup port the expenses of running oui government as we are doing now Furthermore, I think that we ha\( a better economic situation that some of the 56 independent nation! of the world. Briefly speaking, w< are as economically prepared a present as those of the 13 colonic in 1776. » * * TO conclude, we are very mucl tlmukful of all the good th (Continued on I'oge Two) Friday Last Day For Race Entries Leap Week Starts Off With Big Bang Tomorrow is the fiunl tlnv for en try in the mixed ennoe race which will be held on the morning ot' May 11, the second day of Junior Week-end, Jim Sharp, general chair man of campus day, announced yes terday., A number of the houses have already made entries, and others should be made at once with either Sharp or Hugh Miller, who will 1m1 in charge of the event. The mixed canoe race is a new event on the' campus. The entries of the men’s and women’s houses and halls will be paired by lot and race will be from the Portage to the two houses it represents. The race will be from th Portag to the Anchorage. A silver cup. will be awarded to each of the houses represented in the winning canoe. There have been many ejuries made for tl^e uppercl,ass-underclass roller skate hockey game, Sharp said, but any other men wishing to sign up for the event should notify Hal Hatton, who is in charge, at once. Marshall Shields, sophomore football player, challenges any (Continued on rage Two) * Japanese Consul To Speak Tonight To Relations Club Torao Kawasaki, Friend Of Yoshi Otsuka, oil Good Will Trip Blue's Tliree o’Clock Class To Hear Speaker “Old and New Japan” will be the subject of an illustrated lec ture to )>•> given bv Torao Kawas aki, a member of the Japanese Con sulate-General of San Francisco, be fore the International Relations club at an open meeting at 7:110 tonight in Villnrd. lie will give another lecture, “Eco nomic and Political Conditions in Japan,” at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the class of Verne G. Blue, pro fessor of history, in Villnrd. Any one who is interested is invited to attend. Mr. Kawasaki is an acquaintance of Yoshi Otsuka, Japanese student on the campus, who says,' “M:r. Kawasaki, having a c q uire d his education in the United States as well as.in Japan, is well quali fied to interpret the life of the Jap anese people to American audi ences.” He has just recently returned from a year and a half tour in the Orient, serving the home officer of the department of foreign affairs, and travelling extensively through Manchuria, China proper, and Japan. He is an accepted authority on art, literature, religion, politics, and eco nomics of Japan and the Far East, according to Mr. Otsuka. For. more than two months he has been on a good will tour, travel ling along the Pacific coast of the United States as well as in British Columbia. He spoke -10 times in Seattle, addressing more than 12, 000 people. Mr. Kawasaki was graduated from the Springfield International Young Men’s Christian association college, where he received the de gree of Bachelor of Iluinanics. In 1!)1(> he became general secretary if .the Japanese Y. M. C. A. in Hawaii. Three years later lie re turned to Continental America and acted, as secretary of the Japanese Association of America in San Fran cisco. A dinner-will be given in the Re gents’ room of the men’s new dor mitory for the International Rela tions club and others in honor of Mr. Kawasaki. Dance Recital Planned For Coming W eek-end A dance recital in which 50 of the women in advanced (lancing classes will participate, will l>e given to morrow and Saturday evenings at 8 o’clock in the Woman’s building. The recital, which will be spon sored by the department of physical education, will be much more elabo rate in costuming, lighting, and tin1 use of staging facilities than the two given last year, according to Martha Hill, instructor in physical education who will have charge oi the program. Play to Be Repeated The Guild hall players will repeal their performance of “The Flatter ing Word,” one-act comedy givei > | here some weeks ago, for the Rota n j dub program on the evening o: ’ J May 1. Varied Sport Calendar on Tap for Fans Campus Will Hum With Athletic Encounters This Week-eml State Prep Relay Carnival Attracts Conference Baseball Play Starts Against O. S. C. Tomorrow, There A week-end full <if sports will begin Friday with tin1 Oregon- Ore gon Stute foluv meet at Corvallis. A two-game base ball series, with the Beavers anil tin1 third annual O r e g o n h i g It school relay carni val will complete the program. The first pome of the Oregon O. S. C. baseball! series is scheduled | — ' hero tomorrow, Virgil Earl but, to oliiiiinuto unnecessary travelling, the series may be switched over to Corvallis. If this is done a two-game return series will bo played here Ma\ *»1 and June 1. Thirteen of the nineteen high schools already entered in the third annua.l Oregon state high school relay, which will be belli on Hay ward field Saturday, have sent in their complete entry lists. One hundred eighty-one athletes are in cluded in the thirteen schools which have mailed in their lists. Lincoln High Withdraws Lincoln high school of Portland has withdrawn from the carnival, according to Virgil 1). Earl, director of athletics at the University of Oregon, who is in charge of the meet. A telegram from W. L. A erry, principal of the Portland school, contained the statement of the with drawal. No reason was given. This will be the first time in the three years of file state relay car nival that all the Portland high schools have not been represented. Many of the relay records are held bv teams from Portland. Lincoln won the shot put last year when Underwood set a new record. The Cardinals, however, will have no one to defend their title. Seven relay events and five indi vidual events will be run off at (lie meets. The relay races are the ouar-, ter mile, the two mile, the half mile, one mile, sprint mdloy, dis tance medley, shuttle low hurdles. The individual events are the pole vault, 100-yaril dash, broad jump, high jump, and shot put. Team trophies and individual medals will (Continued on Tape Three) $3.95 Heart Balm Given Movie Star Jury Out Teu Minutes; Moot Trial Attracts Damages to tlio amount of $d.9J wore awarilod Phyllis .1. Van Kim moll, famous star of tlio campus movio, last night in tlio moot court of tho University of Oregon for Lane county, in tlio $2.1,000 broach of promiso suit brought by her against .Tack lid ward .rones. Tho jury was out ton minutes. Doth Miss Van Kimtnell and Mr. Jones took the stand for cross examination during tho trial, hove letters written by Jones were read as evidence by I,ester Oehler and Hill Adams, attorneys for the plain tiff, to show that the defendant was in full possession of his mental faculties when the marriage was contracted. Defense Attorneys Chris Boesen and John Bell objected to the letters but were overruled. Miss Van Kitnmoll testified that Jones had proposed to her on the night of December 1, 1928, and that he had shown her great attention until March .‘!l of this year, when he re pudiated his contract. On April in, (Continued on Page Two1 University to Give Entertainment for Trade Exposition Votlvil Stars to Perform In American Legion Affair Here Campos Talent to Present Special Numbers Friday The University of Oregon’s parti cipation in the American Legion trade exposition April 2d, 2(i, and nay in wliifli ;ill talent will 1> 0 from students on the Oregon cam pus, according to W a Iter Durgan, student manager of university day. The trade expo sition is a civic u u (tert aking in 27, in the Eugene •armory, win m- u Walter Durgan full day of enter tninment on Fri which all the merchants in Eugene will participate. All proceeds of the affair will go to the Boy Scouts. No admission will he charged for the program, or entrance to the dis plays for which each merchant will have his own space to demonstrate his merchandise. The program furnished by the campus will be made up of many of the Junior Vodvil stars as well as special numbers arranged for tin (Continued on Pope Three) Juniors Will Begin Prom Work Today Ticket Sales Start Soon; B. Belslic Appoints Ticket Sellers I Chairmen Select Work in" Groups Atchison, Creatli and Titus Decorations, Feature And Music Heads Work on the dcoorntions for tlio Junior Prom will begin immediately offer luncheon today when all .jun ior women will go to McArthur court to sew on hunting, Crosby Owens, general chairman of the prom, announced last night. Representatives have been ap pointed in all the sororities by Beatrice Milligan, who will be in charge of the sewing of the bant ing. to see that all girls do their share of work. Electric sewing ma chines have been provided to speed up the process. Junior men will start the construction work next week, with Stew Ralston in charge. Tickets for the Junior Prom will be on sale for the first time Satur day. They may be secured at the Co-op, from fraternity representa tives, or at the door of McArthur court, the night of the prom. • Bud Belshe, who is in charge of the ticket sale, has appointed the fol lowing men to assist him: Appointments Listed Terry King, Alpha l^cta Chi; Doug DeCew, Alpha hall; Lloyd Sherrill, Alpha Tan Omega; Gene Laird, Alpha Epsilon; Day Poster, Bacliel ordon; Keith Hall, Beta Theta Pi; Phil Smith, Chi Psi; Chuck Silver man, Delta Epsilon; Harry Wolf, Delta Tau Delta; Mol Prudhonune, Friendly hall; Harper Barnard, Gamma hall; Art Stendal, Kappa Sigma; Howard Peterson, Omega hall. John Kier, Phi Delta Theta; Rosser Atkinson, Phi Gamma Delta; Joe Erkenbreeher, Phi Kappa Psi; Wally Larkin, Phi Sigma Kappa; Bruce Titus, Psi Kappa; Wayne Mulquin, Sherry Ross; Harold Blackmer, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Hal Anderson, Sigma Chi; Fred Hanger, Sigma hall; John Wharton, Sigma Nil; Bill Barry, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Cecil Snyder, Sigma Pi Tau; Ken Proctor, Theta Chi; Rex Tossing, Zetn hall. Posters Re ary Saturday Posters advertising the dance will be out Saturday. Polly Povev is in charge of these. Committees to work on the prom have been appointed by the chair men of each group. Working under Harriet Atchison on decorations (Continuer1 on rage Two) Trackmen Prepare For Relay J L High school athletes who will compete here Saturday in the third annual Oregon state high school relay carnival: 1— Roy Dunmire, j Oregon City; 2—George Dowling, Grant; 3—Robert Buchanan, Merl Nesbitt, Wesley Nesbitt, and Armin Hauswirtli, Albany; 4—Victor Cui tin, Franklin; 5—Sherwood Billings Hill Military; 6—Harold Cleveland Vancouver; 7—Forbes King, Lincolr Seniors To Have Skating Carnival Canoe Sport ISeir Event \ On Oregon Campus Senior Leap Week got off to fi flying start Inst night with tho Cnnipa Shoppe dance appropriately named “Co-eds’ Revenge.” And what n revenge it was! Tho men sat morklv on tho side linos until some swoot senior woman stopped up and said, “Como on, big hoy, lot’s dnnoo.” Hut somotimos it was hard for tho girls to got (Inures. Tho men would simper and say, "1 have this dance, hut I’m free for the’third one from now.” The next event on tho program is tho skating party tonight at tho j Winter Garden. The seniors will have the hall to themselves from 10 to 12 p. m. Campus clothes will ho in order, and according to Olive Banks, general chairman of Leap Week, the older tho hotter, since tho dust raised skating will ruin any thing now. A price of 25 cents apiece will be charged. Plans are for a no-date affair, hut girls wish ing to bring dates may do so. They will he expected to pay for them selves and partner. Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ To Be Presented At Music Building Eugene Oratorio Society To Sponsor Program With 200 Voices Hoard mail, Pease to Take Part in Event A combination of world- famous artists and Eugene and University o|f Oregon singers will present Verdi’s “Requiem,” May 7 and 8 at the university music auditorium, under the direction of John Stark Evans. This outstanding musical event presented by the Eugene Ora torio society will include more than 200 voices. Internationally-known artists will arrive 'in Eugene'for the occasion. Arthur Boardman, member of the Ea Scala Grand Opera company of Italy, who will sing the tenor part in the opera, arrived in New York last week, lie is to make a tour of tln> United States. He has had wide experience in concert and ora torio work as well as in opera, having been director of the Amer can Grand Opera company for three years. Critics have described him as having unusual histronie ability, a remarkable voice, and per fect control. Roll in Pease, baritone of the Washington, D. 0., Grand Opera company, who will have one of the leads, will be remembered in Eugene as Elijah in the oratorio by that name, given here last year. He has sung both in the United States and Europe and for the past three years has been the leading baritone of the Washington company. Soprano and contralto artists from Portland radio station KGW, have already been hero to practice with tin1 local ^singers. They are Miss Jane Burns, who has sung in two other Eugene oratorios, My den’s “Creation,” and Mendels sohn’s “Elijah.” She will sing so prano, while the contralto part will be taken by Mrs. Bernice Alstork Williamson. “The Requiem” is an extremely difficult work to produce effective ly, as it does not have the dramatic thread of such an oratorio as “Eli jah” to carry it through. However, it is one of the most beautiful in its haunting melodies, and impres sive chanting, and Mr. Evans is convinced that the local singers, in cooperation with those who are com ing from elsewhere, will be able to bring out the tonal qualities to the fullest extent. Library Receives Book By Oregon Professors Several eopies of the newly pub lished text book “Interpretive Ac counting” by A. B. Stillman and K. K. Kelts were delivered at tla main library yesterday. Professor Kelts was a faculty member of the school of business ad ministration last year, but is now at Harvard. Professor Stillman is connected with Oregon’s school of business administration. The books will be placed in the business ad ministration library. ! PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT The University of Oregon chapi ter of Sigma Delta Chi, interna tional professional journalism fraternity, announces the elec tion to associate membership of Alfred P. Perry, London, JOng land. Assembly Set Fox* Annual Nominations Stoddard, Anderson Are Opponents in Raee for Student Head Vice-presidency Sought by Three Bea Milligan Announees Intentions to Run For Secretary Candidates for Student Body Offices Presidency JOHN ANDERSON TOM STODDARD Vice-presidency DICK HORN HAROLD KELLEY WALT NOR BEAD Secretary La WAND A EENLASON BEATRICE MILLIGAN Senior Woman on Executive Council FLORENCE McNERNEY NAOMI MOSIIBERBER Junior Man on Executive Council JAMES DEZENDOHF REX TUBBING Yell Lender JAMES SWINDELLS Two now candidates for student body offices were announced on tho campus yesterday. Tom Stoddard, .junior in business administration, of Klamath 1* alls, stated that he would be a candidate for student body president. Harold Kelley, also a junior in business ad, of Portland, announced that he would bo .in the political race for vice-president. Stoddard is the lone man to announce his can didacy, while Kelley already has two opponents, Walter Norblad and Pick Horn. Stoddard has been on the Home coming directorate this year, is as sistant chairman of the Junior Re vue, and was a member of the con stitutional revisions committee. He is affiliated with Phi Delta Theta. Kelley is a letterman in. track, a member of the Order of tho “O,” and was assistant yell leader a year ago. He is a- member of Beta Theta Pi. Latest Lineups Will Show The latest in polities for the year 1029 on the University of Oregon campus will be revealed at today’s regular student body meeting at 11 o’clock in tho Woman’s building. The decision of tho gods, fate, and political bosses will be announced by best friends or good orators. The first of the meeting will l>e devoted to new suggestions and pro |\nsals, and to consideration of two amendments to the by-laws made to bring the constitution up to date. The floor will then bo open to anyone wishing to nominate a can didate for office. Speakers nomi nating candidates for president will he allowed five minutes, at the end of which time they will bo “rapped” down. Nomination speeches for vice presidency, secretary, senior woman and junior man on the executive council, and yell leader, may be three minutes in length. Any per son not nominated at this meeting mav add his name to tho list, of can didates by the presentation not later than Saturday at the office of the A. S. U. O. secretary of a peti tion signed by 50 regularly enrolled students. These names will then be voted on May 2. Three Out for Vice-presidency At the present time Dick Horn, Harold Kelley and Walt Norblad have announced their candidacy for vieo-prcsideaoy; Beatrice Milligan for secretary; Florence MeNerney for senior woman and James Dozen dorf for junior man on the execu tive council; and James Swindells for veil leader. The duties of the president in- . elude presiding at all meetings of the associated students, and of the executive council, besides the usual routine duties of that office. Tho vice-president, in case of absence of the president, takes over his duties and responsibilities, and is a mem ber of the executive council. The secretary keeps records of all pro ceedings of the associated student government, and of the executive council. Junior man on the execu tive council is elected to serve for two years, while the seaior woman goes out of office at the end of a year. French Group to Meet Pi Delta jPlii, national FVench honorary, will hold a business meet ing in the Anchorage at noon to day. Naomi Hohman, recently elected president for the coming year, announced yesterday that there will be election of new members to* the club.