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POLITICAL PLATFORMS SEE PAGE 1 ON ABOLISHING LOVE VOLUME XXXT THE WEATHEB Oregon: Moderate west winds. Temperatures Tuesday: Maximum . 22 Minimum . 0 Stage of river .?..1.4 NUMBER 60 Senior Ball Scheduled for February 22 Foster Named Chairman Of Committee; Speaks At Class Meeting ‘KID’ DANCE IS SLATED Motions for Memorial and Invitations Passed by Four Year Group A quorum of the senior class, meeting yesterday at Villard hall, decided that the Senior Eall, scheduled for February 22nd, should be held in Gerlinger hall. Day Foster, chairman of the dance committee pointed out the advantages of the large lounge in the Gerlinger hall for the holding of the reception which traditional ly precedes the ball. January 29 Dance Denied Eleanor Poorman, class presi dent, read a letter signed by Vir ginia Esterly, dean of women, tell ing of the denial by the student af fairs committee of a petition to hold a senior dance on Wednesday, January 29. Tom Stoddard spoke against having a joint dance with the jun ior class, and on the motion of James Raley, it was voted to a have a senior “kid” dance on Jan uary 31, Saturday. Motions Are Passed Dick Horn’s motion that a com mittee be appointed to take care of commencement invitations, and Keith Hall’s motion that another committee be appointed to sug gest a suitable memorial for the class to give to the University be fore commencement were both ac cepted. Eldress Judd made an eloquent plea that the class give $25 to the Bulgarian students’ relief fund. The motion was-..passed without comment. HONORARY PICKS EIGHT NEW MEN Winter term election to Askle piads, medical honorary, include the eight men in the sophomore ^re-medics class who rank highest in scholarship and personal at tainments since in school. They are Robert Boals, Harry Hanson, Louis Feves, John Hart, William Ice, Arthur Alne, Robert F. Mil ler, and Robert Quinn. Membership in Asklepiads is limited to 20 men. At present there are ten active members in the junior and senior classes. Ini tiation will take place on the 28th of this month, to be followed by a banquet on January 30. Gaither Everett and Bruce Titus are in charge of this affair, at which Dr. R. R. Huestis of the animal biology department will be the principal speaker. Russell Baker is president of Asklepiads; Dan Trullinger, vice-president, and Al lan Palmer, secretary-treasurer. ERICKSON ABSENT THROUGH ILLNESS Martin E. Erickson, graduate assistant in the romance lan guage department, has been ill and confined to his home since Sunday. His classes are being taken care of by other Spanish in structors of the department. Dr. Hall Honored i President Arnold Benn has been one of three seh serve in Social Science Ri Council of America. He hai chosen to represent the Amt Political Science association. I % l © New Zone System Lowers Taxi Fares On Campus Rides Thirty-five Cent Minimum Charge to McArthur From Now on Students’ Complaints Start Several Investigations Students wishing to employ the use of a taxi to or from McAr thur court on any occasion may Day Foster nenceiorm De as ■ a sured that they || will not be “held || up” for an exor jj bitant transpor ts tation charge, p due to the change of zoning system just announced by the Eugene Taxi Cab compa K!f* nies. The Igloo is now included in the same zone with fraternity and sorority houses, meaning a reduction in rates from a 50-cent to a 35-cent, minimum. Day Poster, prominent in cam pus activities, laid a complaint before Tom Stoddard, president of the associated students, Tuesday, resulting from charges of alleged excessive rates paid by students attending the Frosh Glee, Satur day night. Kates Said Outrageous “I am not speaking for any of- ' ficial group,” said Foster, “but I do represent a number of students who believe they have honest i grievance against the cab drivers. I have signed papers, which indi cate that students have been charged taxi fares as high as $2.50 for as short a distance as four blocks. This is for a load of six people, but it is obvious that such a rate is outrageous. “It is our intention to discuss the matter with the taxi man agers anjl see if something can not be done about it. Under ex isting conditions, students are,al most afraid to ride in taxis for the simple reason that they have no way of knowing whether they (Continued on Page Three) « LITERARY BUTCHERS STORM EDITOR WITH NEW ‘COLYUM’ By J. B. The University of Oregon Daily except Sunday and Monday Em erald editor went into a shudder. “Yeah,” said the human being who had busted into his office, “we want to start a humor col umn. Put a lot of funny stuff in it. See?” “I been expecting something like this,” said the editor wearily. “Well, what've you got?” “Got!” said the human being. “Why, man, look at this - And that was the auspicious start or OHEGANIZED DEMEN TIA. The title, of course, may not be all it . could be, but it will hive to do until somebody gets inflict ed with a better idea. It's a lit tle better, anyway, than something like “Bully Folly for Bully Folks,” or perhaps “Universitas of Ore gononsensis.” Here’s the dope: There is a group of highly specialized stu dents on the campu3 who didn’t flunk out last term because of for tuitous and generous gifts of V’s. It was a representative of this group who approached the Emer ald editor with the plan. It seems that in some unac countable manner this gang has acquired the services of a cult of ultra-intellectuals, notable among whom is Dr. Confuzus, a philoso pher who lives in a cave out on Spencer’s butte, and who is part animal, part Chinese, and part wood. Of course, they have also an imposing array of literary (Continued on Page Two) Hall Selected For Council Membership President Again Honored By Group He Helped Organize ONLY THREE CHOSEN Will Represent Political Science Association The honor of being selected for membership in the Social Science Research council of America has again come to Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the University. With Dr. Robert T. Crane, of the University of Michigan, and Dr. Charles E. Merriam, of the Uni versity of Chicago, both out standing authorities, Dr. Hall has been chosen to represent the American Political Science asso ation. The Oregon president ^ s one of the organizers of the -ncil a number of years ago. Hall Former Chairman The Social Science Research council, now regarded as the most outstanding social science group in the United States, was organ ized in 1921, and holds a yearly conference at Hanover, New Hampshire. President Hall was chairman of the committee on problems and policies until his duties here forced him to resign this place in 1927. As chairman he had charge of the Hanover meeting and was influential in much of the work of the council. Only three members from each of the seven outstanding societies in the United States are chosen for membership in the council, and selection is regarded as a rec ognition of authority in their field. Dr. Hall is now internationally known for his work in social sci ence, and in addition to other ac tivities, is author of books and ar ticles on this slibjet tr°”“ Council Sponsors Activities The council sponsors activities and projects in research and in the social sciences through estab lishing fellowships and grants-in aid. Remarkable progress in phases of this field has been made since the establishment of the ■council. The organization is heavily endowed by prominent foundations, and has the sanction of educational and research lead ers in all parts of the counti-y. Oregon Editors Offered Place In News Group Sigma Delta Chi Picks 10 Men Active in State Journalism Ten Oregon newspaper men, eight of them editors of state pa pers and the other two city edi tors, were elected to associate membership in Sigma Delta Chi, international professional journal ism fraternity, at a meeting yes terday evening. Douglass Mullarky, editor of the Burns Times-Herald, is a former Oregon student. AHon Baker is well known to people of Eugene as editor of the Guard. Vawter Crawford was elected for his work as editor of the Heppner Gazette Times. Medford and its well known pears came to the atten tion of the journalism group with the election of Lee Tuttle, editor of the Medford News. Another former Oregon student is Pete Laurs, city editor of the Oregon City Enterprise and men tioned as one of the future out standing journalists in Oregon. Pendleton, the round-up city re ceived its share of recognition by the election of Ed Aldrich, editor 'of the Pendleton East Oregonian. The brother of the secretary of agriculture, Ira B. Hyde Jr., was one of the men offered member ship. He is editor of the ■St. Hel ens Mist. The Salem Capital Journal will be asked to contrib ute its editor, George Putnam, to the cause of the chapter. Last, but of course, not least, are two men from Portland, the first, well known on the campus as a former member of the board of regents, and to the state as edi tor of the Oregon Voter, being C. C. Chapman and the second being John L. Travis, city editor of the Morning Oregonian. Slab-wood Keeps Furnaces Going; Classes Will ° Continue as Usual Rumors rampant, on the arctic waste which used to be the cam pus that the University was to be ' r Paul Ager -snui uuwu i u i several days on account of short age of fuel at the central heat ing plant were smashed yester day by Paul W. Ager, assistant comptroller. “I take pleas ure in announc ing that classes will continue as usual," Ager smiled. "It is true that the heating plant's usual sup ply of hog fuel has been cut off by cold weather complications, but our versatile furnace is get-1 ting along very nicely on a slab-, wood substitute, thank you.” The University official explained that the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. | has a contract to supply the Uni versity with hog fuel, the normal ^•inter consumption being two car loads per diem. The cold weather has caused the Booth-Kelly plant at Wendling to shut down, and a frozen mill-pond has suspended operation at Springfield plant. | With.no hog fuel available, the Booth-Kelly company is now sup plying the school furnaces .with slab-wood, consumption being around fifty cords a day. Mr. Ager explained that a car of hog fuel has the caloric equivalent of 18 cords of slab-wood. Big Sister Work Undergoing All Campus Survey Margaret Cummings Gives New Questionnaires For Freshmen Captains To Meet Next Tuesday Afternoon In an effort to make a check on the present effectiveness and weakness of Big Sister work, with a view to finding means of strengthening the present system, Margaret Cummings, junior, chairman of the Big Sister com mittee for the Associated Women Students this year, has instituted a campus-wide survey. Survey Planned Plans for the survey which is the first of its kind to be made here were outlined by Miss Cum mings at a meeting of Big Sister captains held Tuesday afternoon at Gerlinger building. Questionnaires prepared by her will be given to all captains dnd to all freshman women in living organizations in a thorough ef fort to find out just how effective the system has proved in the past, how thoroughly the Big Sisters have performed their duties, and what improvements to the work can be made. Remedies Sought Remedies for the problem of lo cating “little sisters” during the summer vacation are to be sought and methods of selecting big sis ters will be discussed on the ques tionnaires. Frosh will be asked to answer directly what faults they find in the present system. Mi3s Cummings is communicating with heads of big sister work in the larger colleges of Washing: ton, Oregon and California in an effort to find the most effective possible means of handling the work. When Miss Alice Hoyt, as sociate dean of women at the Uni versity of California, visited the campus during high school confer ence, January 10 and 11, Miss Cummings discussed the “big sister” work with her. Plans are now being made for the Big Sisters to take their little sisters to a vespers program later this term. ELEVEN ARE INDER INFIRMARY’S CARE Eight of the inmates confined in the infirmary since last week are still there. The list includes the names of John Gagan, Thelma Kern, Margaret Litscher, Mary Ann Musgrove, Jesse S. Douglas, Lawrence Mitchelmore, Allan Sca vell, and Dessel Helfrich. The names of the new inmates are those of Weston Hayden, Leon ard Donaldson, and Eldon Strom. MISS LOWRY WILL ADDRESS CLASSES Miss Marian Lowry, '27, society editor of the Eugene Guard, will give two informal lectures today in the school of journalism. She will address the 8 o’clock and 1 o’clock classes in reporting on the handling of club news and the du ties of the society editor on a daily paper. A graduate of the school of journalism, Miss Lowry is a mem ber of Phi Mu and of Theta Sigma Phi, national women’s journalistic honorary. Public Speaking Contest Planned Bv Congress Club Vice-presidential Award Is Offered to Students In Contests 1 - Blais Appoints Campbell Head of Committee The Vice-president Public Speak ing award, a sum offered by Burt Brown Barker to further public speaking on the campus, will be offered as prizes in a contest to be held early in the spring term, Merlin Blais, president of the Con gress club, announced yesterday. The award which consists of $25, has been known formerly as the Burt Brown Barker award, but at the University vice-president’s re quest the name was changed. Two Sections Named The contest will be divided into two sections, according to the club president; the first will be an ex ' tempore contest open to all fresh man men, and the subjects will be picked from those discussed by the club during the winter term. The second will be an oratorical contest open to all men on the campus excepting members of the varsity debate and oratory squads. Wallace Campbell, sophomore in sociology, was appointed gen eral chairman of the contest, with Roger Pfaff, sophomore in law, chairman of the freshman contest, and Arthur Potwin, sophomore in business ad, chairman of the ora tory event. Vice-president Barker will act as chairman at the two contests. Barker Offers Award Mr. Barker, who is offering the award, is a charter member of Delta Sigma Rho, national foren sic honorary, and was a member of the University of, Chicago de bate teams in 1897. For a time he assisted in the coaching of de bate teams at that university fol lowing his graduation. Oregon Students To Portray Scene Of Famous Opera; Class To Present ‘Faust’;! Madame McGrew Is Director The famous roles of Faust, Mar guerite and Mephistopheles In the Faust story as it has been told in both drama and music will be played by University of Oregon ' students Thursday night when ! Madame Rose McGrew will pre sent her opera class in a scene from Gounod’s opera. Cecile Coss, senior in music, will play Marguerite and Kenneth Roduner will take the title role of Faust. Herbert Pate is to be Me phistopheles. The second scene in act three is ; to be presented. Rose Simons, as Siebel, and 1 Pauline Guthrie, as Martha, com plete the cast which has been re hearsing for a long period. Madame McGrew is particular ly equipped to train her students ; in operatic work because of the years of experience which she has had singing opera roles in Ger many. Much interest has attend ed the work of her opera classes in previous years and a large audi ! ence is anticipated for Thursday night. Idea Sought To Replace Junior Vodvil Hope for Faculty Consent; Ken Curry Appointed As Chairman DESfRF GOOD FEATURE Letters Sent Other Schools Seeking for Adequate Substitute Ken Curry has been appointed by Bill Whitely, president of the junior class, to be chairman of the vodvil revision committee, accord ing to an announcement made yes terday. Members of the junior class who will assist Curry in at tempting to find a suitable substi tute for the show of former years are Lavina Hicks, secretary, Hal Johnson, Virginia Moore, Mike Griffin, Maxine Glover, Ray Mar tin, and Francis Mullins. Good Feature Wanted “I consider the committee very efficient and capable to handle this i m p o r t a n’t assignment, Whitely said yesterday. “It is my sincere hope that a substitute that will meet with the favor of the faculty, the class, and the rest of the student body will be devised. We want to overcome the objec tions raised to previous shows and yet have a feature of a high class nature.” The committee has been work ing for the past few days and let ters have been written to other schools on the coast for sugges tions concerning their shows. It is planned to find an entirely ade quate substitute for the vodvil according to Whitely, and unless that can be done nothing in the nature of the vodvil will be pro duced. The class desires to have a feature which will be more than an extra-curricular activity and which will still meet with the ap proval of all concerned. To Decide Today The committee will meet at 4 p. m. today in 110 Johnson hall, and at that time plans and sugges tions will be thoroughly discussed. Several ideas have been already submitted and are being worked over. It is hoped by Chairman Curry that a definite plan can be decided upon at today’s meeting which may be sent to the faculty for its approval* and following this, for the sanction of the class in the near future. Curry urges that each member of the commit tee be at the meeting. FROSH RECEPTION TONIGHT AT MANSE With Presbyterian freshman students and their friends as guests, an informal reception is scheduled for this evening at the Westminster house, according to Max Adams, Presbyterian student pastor. The house will be open for stu dents wishing to attend, from 9 until 10:30, it is announced. Vir ginia Judy Esterly, dean of women, has approved the affair, and it is asked that house presidents co operate by reusing freshmen de siring to attend the reception. A musical program for the eve ning has been arranged for the evening by Evelyn Hollis, musical chairman of the Westminster cab inet, which is in charge of the affair. The program includes vocal numbers by the S. A. E. quartet, Agnes Petzold, and Pauline Guth rie, and piano numbers by Edith Grim. As an added attraction hot re freshments will bd served to those attending, according to Max Ad ams. Westminster house is located at the corner of 14th and Kincaid streets. GRADUATE SPEAKS MONDAY EVENING Miss Minnie Fisher, '27, a grad uate in the school of journalism, spoke before Dr. Ralph D. Casey's extension class in journalistic writing in Portland Monday eve ning. Miss Fisher explained her work as a writer of technical material for various trade journals. She is a correspondent for Women's Wear, Men's Wear, and other mag azines in the textile field. Humble Frosh Subject of Shot Winning Contest A touching little picture of “Frosh Fainting the O,” taken by Glenn Gardiner, freshman In art, is the winner of the Oregana Photo Contest, it was announced yesterday by Les McDonald, Oregana editor. Many Interesting photographs were turned in to the contest, according to McDonald, and a number of them will be used in the Oregana. Those that are not used will be returned later. Fees Are Payable Today Till First February, Report Laboratory or Syllabus Are Dues To Be Paid at Cashier’s Window Late Payment To Cause Fine of $3 Now is the time for all good college students to rally to the cashier’s office and pay their lab and class fees, for after the first of February fines will be levied. Fees are payable between today and that date. The little green slip handed out at registration time says: “Spe cial Notice—The registration fee paid at time of term registration does not include laboratory or syl labus fees, class fees or special assessments. These fees must be paid at the cashier’s office in Johnson hall between the dales of January 22 and February 1. After February 1 a late payment fee of $3 for the first day late with an additional 25 cents for each sub sequent day will be added to the amount of the unpaid fees.” Remember the words of the wise and pay your fees early. Raley Appointed Senior Manager For Swimming Junior anti Sophomore Assistants Are Named Appointment of swimming man agers for this year has been offic ially made, with .Jim Raley as senior manager heading the list. Raley has had three years’ exper ience in swimming and minor sports and is well qualified to handle the job. Junior managers are Bill Hed lund, Harold Fraundorf, and Ken Moore, while the sophomore as sistant selections consist of John Edlefsen, John Long, Bob O’Mel vefly, Earl Wymore, Roy Brown, and Malvin McCarthy. Besides his swimming activities, Raley has taken part in various campus activities. He is chair man of the rally, the Greater Ore gon, and the Homecoming com mittees; a member of Friars, and Scabbard and Blade; and was co director of the campus movie, "Ed’s Co-ed.” Wide Acclaim Greets First Air Program Oregon Bachelors’ Dance Orchestra Is Feature Of Entertainment NORTON TELLS RULES Competent Judges Chosen; Programs To Start at 8 P. M. Sharp By STERLING GREEN TODAY’S BROADCAST Hendricks Hall, Starting at 8 P. M. A flood of telephone calls and congratulatory messages received at station KORE last night after the first of the Emerald-KORE interfratemity radio contest pro grams attested to the excellence of the entertainment provided by the musicians of the Bachelordon group, and to the interest which the contest has aroused on the campus and in the city of Eu gene. The programs will be pre sented every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8 o’clock. The Oregon Bachelors’ dance orchestra, featuring Wallace Pal mer, a trumpeter, who almost “stole” the program, and two splendid pianists, Chuck James and Del Richmond, set a standard of quality for talent and enter tainment value that will be hard to equal. Ability Top-notch What the Bachelors lacked in variety and originality they more than made up in musical ability. In the opinion of Fred Norton, contest director, the showing made by Bachelordon was well calcu lated to cause other groups on the cSftipus to get down to serious work if they hqpe to carry off the beautiful seven-tube Majestic cabinet radio which has been posted by McMorran and Wash burne as the grand prize. The number of calls was taken by Frank Hill, KORE program di rector, as a confirmation of his previous statement that the Em erald contest would prove to be one of the most popular radio fea tures ever attempted by the st.i tion. Norton Opens Program! Norton opened the program with a short talk, in which he explained the nature of the con test, named the prizes, and intro duced the Bachelordon chairman, Day Foster. Chuck James, in a vocal solo, “Blue Lover,” gave the program a good start, and was followed by the orchestra playing two jazz numbers, “When My Dreams Come True,” and “San.” Wallace Palmer played two ex ceptionally well-rendered trumpet solos, “Deep Henderson,” and "When Day Is Done.” These called forth a third number later in the program, “Dream of Love.” The half hour was rounded out by a piano number, “Sally of My Dreams,” played by Del Richmond, and a vocal trio singing the Bach elordon sweetheart song. The contest is being decided by (Continued on Page Two) DR. SHINN SA tS FELLOWSHIPS ARE AID TO STRUGGLING GRADS ^N INTERESTING phase of American education, accord ing to Dr. F. L. Shinn, head of the chemistry department, W the large number of graduate fellow ships offered by American col leges. “They enable so many stu dents who have struggled through their college work and exhausted their resources, to go on with their careers,” said Dr. Shinn. Especially is this aid given in the field of science; many an nouncements of graduate assist antships are sent to the depart ments of chemistry, biology and physics. At least two chemistry majors are planning to go farther afield and accept one of these op portunities, while other seniors plan to do graduate work here. Many students from other schools and even from outside the state come to Oregon to do further work in science, Dr. Shinn stated. “But there is not much demand for chemists in Oregon,” he re marked. “Oregon is largely an agricultural state; the opportuni ties for chemists lie in the Bast, where the industries and popula tion sare.” It is perhaps for thi3 reason that Oregon does not of fer a doctorate in chemistry. There are, however, numerous ap plicants for Master’s degrees he're, many coming from other institu tions. "Most departments encourage and, in fact, urge students to ma jor,” said Dr. Shinn, “but the chemistry department does not so licit majors. Of course, if stu dents wish to major in chemistry, we do not discourage them. But we feel that otherwise it would not be fair to them, since Oregon offers few opportunities for jobs as chemists, and most graduating students plan to work in this state after graduation.”