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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1929)
The Emerald Is the Offieial Publication of The Associated Students THE WEATHER No rainfall; Blight winds from northwest. Temperatures Tuesday: Maximum . 49 Minimum . 34 Stage of river ..—1.8 VOLUME XXXJ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1929 NUMBER 36 Forensic Leaders Name 27 on Varsity Squads - «.-i* < Many Sophs Included in Teams Lists Five Former Members of Organization Are Selected Few From Ollier Schools Try for Posts Seventeen men and ten women were selected last night to com prise the men’s and women’s var sity debate squads for the coming year. The men chosen are: John Long. Robert T. Miller, William Cutts, Merlin Blais, Roger Pfoff, Eugene Laird, Errol Sloane, Walter Evans, Arthur Potwin, Calvin Bryan, George Cherry, Charles Jones, Harvey Wright, Wallace Camp bell, Hobart Wilson, John Nelson, and Neil Sheeley. The women are: Florence Hol loway, Margaret Edmunson, Mary Klemm, Frances Jordon, Lavina Hicks, Elaine Henderson, Eliza beth Painton; Harriett Kibbee, Bernice C o n o 1 y, and Bernice Woodward. Old Members Listed Five men and three women from last year’s varsity teams will again be members of the debate squads. These are: Roger Pfoff, Eugene Laird, Errol Sloane, Cal vin Bryan, George Cherry, Mar garet Edmunson, Mary Klemm, and Lavina Hicks. The remaining members of the squads are new to the varsity teams, although many have had training in tresh man debate and at other schools. During the course of the after noon and evening, in the assembly room of Villard hall, the question, "Resolved, That the nations of the world should adopt a plan of com plete disarmament,” was attacked and defended many times. The affirmative speakers ad vanced the arguments that armed forces give out a bad psychologi cal effect, which first leads to dis trust, then fear, and finally hate. War Reasons Given Another of the affirmative speakers gave information to the effect that to prepare for war brings war, and because Germany was prepared for war this last time, there was war. There seemed to be quite a di vergence of opinion between the affirmative and the negative sides since the latter maintained that, ( as long as there is the spirit to fight, men will fight, and that the causes of war are too deeply rooted to be abolished completely. Judges of the speakers were: Dr. Ralph C. Hoeber, debate coach, and Walter E. Hempstead Jr., in structor in English. "The caliber of speakers for the varsity debate teams was up to the usual high standard,” com mented Coach Hoeber. "The job of selecting the squads was diffi cult, and the men named may con (Continued on Page Three) All Saturday Classes Are to Meet, Says Biggs r|EAN HUGH BIGGS early ^ yesterday spiked the ru mors which have been floating about the campus that Satur day classes would be dismissed for the Oregon-Hawaii game in Portland. “An agreement was made early this term between t rally committee and the ui versity administration,” he sail “that if a holiday were grantei for the Oregon-ldaho game, no other football holidays would ; be requested. Any report to the contrary is utterly without , foundation.” j Details of Song Contest Is Stated In Announcement Final Date for Acceptance Of Manuscript Set at December 3 Students and Members of Faculty To Judge The last day for the submission of words for new Oregon songs, in the contest now being spon sored by the student body music committee, was extended from No vember 22 to Tuesday, December 3, at a meeting of that body held yesterday afternoon. Eleanor Flanagan, who has been appointed chairman for the con test by Kenton Hamaker, chair man of the music committee, an nounces that all the manuscripts should be turned in to her or to the office of the assistant gradu ate manager in Friendly hall. Two students and two faculty members hat'e been Chosen to serve as judges of the contest, according to Margaret Cummings, chairman of the judging commit tee. Doris Helen Patterson, Bobby Reid, S. Stephenson Smith and John Stark Evans will read and pass on the material which is turned in for the competition for thirty dollars in prizes, fifteen dol lars of which has been put up by the Co-op board and a like sum donated by the associated stu dents. The three best poems submitted will be published and competition for music to fit them will begin sometime before the close of the fall term. The music contest will close sometime in January. Five dollars each will be awarded to the authors of the verses and com posers of the three prize-winning songs. LOUIS ARTAU BACK FROM TRIP After a 10-day trip to Califor nia where he played and appeared in lecture before a number of club groups, Louis Artau, piano in structor at the school of music, is “back on the job.’’ Flowers, Food, Telegrams Surround Kitz at Hospital By MACK HALL IN ROOM 35 at the Eugene hos i pital, surrounded by flowers, gastric delicacies, telegrams and fraternity brothers, John Kitzmil ler, Oregon’s winged Dutchman, grinned cheerfully. “I certainly want to thank all the houses and people on the cam pus fcr the flowers and gifts they have sent,” said Johnny. “I’m get ting along fine. Except for about three hours Saturday night, I haven’t been bothered with any pain." X-ray pictures of the injured leg reveal that it has been set per fectly, and examining specialists say that it will only be a question of time till Johnny is as good as { ever. Torn ankle ligaments will slow up the healing process, but there will be no permanent in juries. It was known (by a few per sons I that Kitzmiller started the game Saturday with a weak left ankle, as a result of the Seattle fray with the Huskies three weeks previous. Johnny’s right leg was the one that suffered, however, against the Oregon State team. “They got my good one,” John ny said. “But it’s foolishness to say they did it purposely. Those fellows were playing hard, all right, but it was as much my fault as anybody else’s that I got hurt.” Enthroned in a wheel chair, Kitzmiller has an especially at tractive special nurse to furnish the motive power. “I sure get plenty to eat around here,” said Johnny. Music Profs To Frigaarcl Senior Original Composer Of Theme for Prize Song ‘Joanne’ ohhins Willing To Share. All Benefits 'redit for the composition of ^ song “Joanne,” which won g prize in the recent contest © n “Ed’s Co-ed" theme song, % 1 go to Oley Frigaard, senior ic, rather than to Dale Rob © lophomore, who was Bn 'S 1 as composer of the music l ® song, according to Dean John J. Landsbury and Prc-f. George Hopkins of the school of music faculty. Robbins Assists Scoring According to Frigaard's com plaint, which was substantiated by Landsbury and Hopkins, Rob bins wrote down the song as Frigaard composed it on the piano, transposing it to his favorite key of F. Learning that Frigaard did not plan to enter the song in the campus movie contest, Robbins, after adding a verse and setting the music to words written by Bill McNabb, entered the song in the contest under his own name. “Robbins admitted to me that Credit the song was originally * ri gaard’s," said Hopkins yesterday, “but claimed credit for the com position of the verse and the fin ished arrangement of the chorus. In a song of this type, however, the composition of the original ‘motive’ around which the chorus is built is nine-tenths of the job, and the addition of a verse and perfection of details is an almost mechanical process which is com paratively easy for anyone trained in tl'.e fundamentals of music composition Nearly all the credit should go to Frigaard.’’ Landsbury Speaks “I very much regret the whole incident,” said Dean Landsbury. “I understand that Robbins has pointed several changes made from the original score as a de fense for his action. It happens that most of these changes were made at the suggestion of the judges for the contest after they had heard the song in the try outs.” The prize given by the “Ed’s Co-ed” management for the prize song was five tickets to the pre mier showing held last Friday evening. Robbins stated last night that the day before the premiere of “Ed’s Co-ed,” he offered to share with Frigaard all publicity and material benefits accruing from the authorship of the song. This agreement, Robbins says, Frigaard accepted. He declared that the story regarding the song which appeared in the special campus movie section of the Emerald next day and which contained no men tion of Frigaard was written without his knowledge, and said that he gave Frigaard two of the five tickets given as a prize. “I would never think of depriv ing Oley of any credit due him,” said Robbins, “and I am perfectly willing to admit to anyone that the main theme I have used was originally his.” Efforts to reach Frigaard before press time last night were unsuc cessful. Joe Pigney Leaves To Direct Publicity Joe Pigney assistant director 1 of publicity in the A. S. U. O. news bureau, left Eugene Tuesday for Portland where he will handle the advance work on the Oregon vs. Hawaii football game on Mult nomah field Saturday. Sam Wil derman, director, who is in Port land at present, will leave for San Francisco today to work the Bay territory in preparation for the Oregon-St. Mary's encounter on i Thanksgiving Day, There9s Importance in Being Earnest A scene from the play “The Importance of Hein# Earnest,” which will be given tonight in Guild hull. The cast is taken from both students and faculty members. "The Importance of Being Earnest” Offered Tonight at Guild Theatre Helen Allen, Cecil Matson Play Leads in Comedy; Mrs. Seybolt Has Role In Campus Production The leading- parts in “The Im portance of Being Earnest’’ to be produced tonight at the Guild Hall theater, are being played by Helen Allen and Cecil Matson. Helen Allen, a senior on the campus, has appeared in several productions since she came to col lege. Two years ago she played the leading role in “Lady Winder mere's Fan,” also by Oscar Wilde. Last year Miss Allen took the part of Mrs. Craig in “Craig’s Wife,” produced at Guild Hall. Shg also appeared in “Ed’s Co-ed,” the recent campus movie. To night Miss Allen will appear as Gwendolyn. Cecil Matson, on the campus again this year as drama assist ant, was with the Bess Whitcomb Players in Portland last year and also appeared in stock with the Henry Duffy Players. He ap peared in “The Trial of Mary Du gan,” “Thank-U” and others. While on the campus two years ago Mr. Matson played, among1 other productions, in “The Swan,” “R. U. R.,” and “The Patsy.” He will play the part of Jack, known ; at times during the play as Ear nest. Tonight is the first time that Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt, head of the drama department, has ever been in any Guild Hall play. She has the role of the dowager aunt to Gwendolyn. Mrs. Seybolt has played a great deal at other insti tutions. She had the leading role in “Enter Madame” at the Pough keepsie Community theater, New York. She has also played a sea son with the Wheller Hall Play ers at the University of California. Jimmie Lyons., well known in campus dramatics, will play the part of Algernon in the play to night. Last year he played in “If I were King” and is known for his work as the villain in the campus movie. Eleanor Rennie plays Cecily Cardew, Jack’s ward, who falls in love with Jack's fictitious brother Earnest. Miss Rennie has j)layed before in Guild Hall plays. Miss Lenore Casford, Mr. Louis Artau and S. Stephenson Smith complete the cast. Jack Waldron is taking the part of Lane (the butler) instead of Fred Harris, as was formerly an nounced. The play will be given both to night and Thursday night at 8:15. Reservations may be made at the Guild Hall box office. Tickets are selling at 50 and 75 cents. TWO MEMBERS OF STATE BOARD VISIT C. L. Starr, Portland, president ; of the state board of higher cdu j cation, and Albert Burch, Med ; ford, also a member of the board, j were visitors on the campus Tues day. Although they spent some j time in conference with Dr. Arn j old Bennett Hall, president of the i university, their visit here was not for business, according to infor } mation given out by the president’s I office. They spent most of the i day around the campus. Concert Series Season Tickets To Cost Only $4 Students To Be Admitted Free to Group of Programs Koelianski, Violinist, To Appear in First “Prices of townspeople's season tickets for the 1929-30 A. S. U. O. concert series will be the greatest bargain we have ever offered,” said Ronald “Doc” Robnett, as ssitant graduate manager yester day. “The Finance committee has de cided to put season tickets for the four scheduled concerts on sale at $4. ‘Four for Four’ is to be our motto this year. “A season ticket for the same artists appearing in Portland would cost eight to ten dollars.” The low price for the tickets is made possible by the partial stu dent subsidy of the concert ser ies, Robnett pointed out. A tax of fifty cents a term is levied on each student to bring the concerts to the campus. Admission to stu dents is free. Prices of tickets to the individ ual concerts will be as follows: Kochanslci, violinist, December 5, $1.50. Arthur Boardman, tenor, Jan uary 7, $1. Portland Symphony orchestra, January 20, $2.00. Smallman choir, February 25, $1.50. The total of individual tickets is $0, and the purchase of a sea son ticket at $4 offers a saving of a third, Robnett points out. JOURNALISM GROUP TO HEAR GERMAN Kurt Reinhart, German profes sor on the campus, will speak at an open meeting of Sigma Delta Chi, international journalism fra ternity at the College Side Inn this noon, according to Clarence Craw, secretary, who is in charge of the meeting. Reinhart, who was formerly en gaged in journalistic work in Ger many will speak on phases of the work in that country. All stu j dents interested are invited to at tend. FOOTBALL SQUAD TO SEE GRID FILMS I Football men will be offered an opportunity to see just how they cavorted around the Aggies to night when they will be guests of the Fox-McDonald theater to see the latest Register-McDonald newsreel. This reel contains “ac tion” shots taken last Saturday during the Oregon-O. S. C. game. The reel also contains shots of the Oregon and O. S. C. bands, and stunts between halves. Sev eral hundred rooters were photo graphed at close range. Members of the football team may get their tickets today from Mike Gray, football manager, Belt Quintet Captures Donut Basketball Race Questions of Oregana Pay May be Fixed Dissatisfaction Within tlie Organization Causes Naming of Group New Advertising Section Will Reduce Size A definite program of remuner ation for members of the Oregana staff will be worked out shortly by a committee composed of Dick Horn, Professor George Turnbull, and “Doc” Robnett, and recom mendations made to the publica tions committee, it was decided yesterday at a meeting of that body. Dissatisfaction within the or ganization of the Oregana has led to the appointment of this com mittee. by Tom Stoddard, A. S. U. O, president. John Nelson, manager of the yearbook, ap peared before the publications body to ask for some investiga tion and action regarding the pay ment to be made to the editor and manager and possibly staff mem bers. The publication committee also accepted the recommendation of Nelson that the Oregana be al lowed to discontinue its advertis ing section. In the place of it will be substituted a single page of patrons' names. Complimentary, engraved books will be given to those merchants subscribing to the page. Such a move would reduce the size of the Oregana by 40 pages, which have heretofore been uti lized for advertising regarded by merchants as mainly good-will ad vertising, Nelson pointed out. Final action on the recommenda tion will be taken at a meeting of the executive council to be held today. Band Music Will Be Feature in Sunday Concerts University Organization Is To Start Programs December 15 A series of Sunday afternoon band-concerts is to start Dec. 15, it was recently announced by Pro fessor John Stehn, director of the university organization. The programs are to be com posed in the main of selections from comic operas, popular march es, and overtures, according to Professor Stehn. Sixty pieces will be in the group presenting the first concert. The programs are to be given in the school of music auditorium, it was announced. GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL TEAMS IN TOURNEY The junior women's first team defeated the sophomore first team, by one point, the score being 26 25, in volleyball last evening. The freshman second team defeated the junior second team, 33-16. Both games were played in the outdoor gym behind the Gerlinger hall. Church To Contribute To Westminster Fund Funds for the maintenance of the Westminster houses on the Oregon and O. S. C. campus will be raised by a state-wide drive which will start November 21 and will continue until the 27th, ac cording to an announcement made by Dr. H. L. Bowman, of Portland, chairman of the Foundation. The Westminster house here was built in 1925 at a cost of about $15,000. It is the center of the Presbyterian preference stu dents as well as many not affiliat ed with that church. Rev. J. M. Adams is the student pastor here and is promoting unusual develop ment in religious work. 1 Lost! By One Sore Delegate Gerlinger Hall /"kNE of the delegates to the ^ seminar for Scout Execu tives of Oregon being held here yesterday and today almost got discouraged and went back home to Medford l»efore he lo cated Gerlinger hall. He asked a numl>er of students In various sections of the campus, and none of them could throw any light on the subject. No one seems to know that for two months now the former Wom an’s Memorial building has been officially termed Gerlinger hall. Hawaii-Oregon Tickets on Sale At Co-op at Noon Student Exchange Tickets Will Be Sold at $1, Says Rolmett Hawaiian Team To Stop For Workout at Ashland Tickets to the Havvaii-Oregon game, to be played in Portland next Saturday, will go on sale at the Co-op at noon today, accord ing to word from the office of Ronald “Dec” Robnett, assistant graduate manager. Student ex change tickets will be sold there at $1. Reserved grandstand tickets will be sold to students and towns people at the Co-op and the Friendly hall office of the gradu ate manager and at Obak’s cigar store at $2. The Hawaiian team arrived in San Francisco yesterday. They are scheduled to stop off at Ashland on their way north today for a light workout to break the tedium of the train trip. There they will be met by an official welcoming committee sent out by the Port land Chamber of Commerce, which will be headed by William P. Merry. Virgil D. Earl, university athletic director, will join the group as they pass through Eu gene. The Hawaiians will pass through Eugene at 3:30 tomorrow morn ing. An extensive entertainment program has been planned for them at Portland for Thursday and Friday. Both the Oregon and Hawaiian players will be the guests of Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall at a banquet in Portland Saturday evening. On Sunday the islanders will be the guests of the Portland Cham ber of Commerce on a trip up the Columbia highway, the highlight of which will be a salmon dinner at Bonneville. They will entrain for San Fran cisco Sunday evening and sail for home Tuesday. The University of Hawaii team is scheduled to meet the Santa Clara and the Washing ton State teams in Honolulu yet this season. Delta Epsilon Is Conquered In Final Game Ray Bell, Hong, Jost Helfl Mates Annex Speedy 19 to 17 Victory Teams Rely on Long Sliotst When Defense Tightens By JIM YEBGEN With a sparkling mid-floor shot by Ray Bell and free throws by Hoag and Jost supplying the final punch, the Delta Tau Delta bas ketball team polished off Delta Epsilon last evening, 19 to 17, to win the intramural championship of the Webfoot campus. The two quintets, lone survivors of a starting field of 29 teams, played at top speed throughout the fray, but the Delt defense proved too tight for the Delta Ep silon chargers to penetrate, most of the losers’ scoring being made on long shots. The Delts also capitalized numerous chances to boost their total on free throws. Delta Epsilon was the favorite before the game despite their nip and-tuck battle with Sphinx last week and the fact that the Delts had romped rough-shod over all. opposition. Play Defensive As Referee Jean Eberhart s whistle opened hostilities, both teams began a system of fast but mostly defensive play. Neither team was in a hurry to open up with a full-force attack. First Policar and then Ruben stein fell back with the ball and swished it through the net when Delta Epsilon found it useless to try to work the ball closer. The Delts quickly came up on even footing, however, when Stahl and Jost sank short ones after elud ing Delta Epsilon’s defense by clever passing. Rubenstein repeated his per formance amid the cheers of his fraternity brothers and as Direc tor also struck the range from near the center of the court the Delta Ep rooters went wild. Score 9-8 at Half Hoag slipped one in for thei Delts and Jost converted two free throws, but Delta Epsilon annexed another point to retain a 9 to 8 lead at the half. The Delts came out determined after the rest period and quickly commanded the lead with baskets by Maynard Bell, Ray Bell and Hoag while Rotenburg was adding the lone tally to Delta Epsilon’s score. The rally was cut short when Harry Policar, who kept bobbing up all over the court, came through with a sensational side line shot. This seemingly spurred Rubenstein to greater efforts, and the Delta Epsilon captain plunked in two overhand shots in succes j sion. Both were from the extreme I corner of the court, j With both squads tearing in 1 (Continued on Paye Two) Walter Barnes Looks For U.S. to Recognize Russia 44T TNITED STATES hasn't found 1 out what is going on in the rest of the world or has it re covered from its prolonged attack of Republican respectability,” said Walter C. Barnes, of the history department and an authority on Russia, in discussing the recogni tion of Russia. "It is normal for England and it will be normal for the United States to do business with Rus sia,” he continued. He feels even tually the United States will rec ognize that country. As compared with other war torn countries, Russia has been successful in r e b u i lding, Mr. Barnes said. Although the gov ernment is cumbersome, it is fairly efficient, and it is as stable as that of any other country. Production in present day Rus sia has passed the pre-war level. The country has developed eco nomically so that it is capable of doing business with other coun tries and the obvious thing to do is for all countries to recognize this. “The film on Soviet Russia, shown last night at Villard, gave a good impression of modern Rus sia and made evident the fact that thi3 country is not as backward as many people are inclined to be lieve,” stated Mr. Barnes. This picture, “Soviet Russia at Work,” showed the industries of the country and gave scenes from the larger cities. There were two main things that the picture failed to portray, (Continued on Paso Threel