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
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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
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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
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$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,
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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
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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
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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.