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GRADE REVISIONS SEE PAGE 4 VAGABONDING COSTS imnm’ininiiumimiinmiii'.miiiimiHimiiimimiummiiiiimiimiaiinmmiimnmi'imTTnmnninm THE WEATHER Oregon—Wind, south. Tuesday’s temperatures: Maximum .58 Minimum . 48 Stage of river .3.5 Precipitation ..35 uitaiiuHitiunniimiiiimmiiumnmunuummimiiniuimmimmimmmmmri'.iinmiimim NUMBER 80 VOLUME XXXJ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1930 Webfoots Score Victory In Second Close Game With Vandals 40 to 35 Quintets Even Until Last Four Minutes; Keenan And Horner Play Best Basketball for Oregon Ducks in Second Place in Conference Rating; O. S. C. Sends W.S.C. to Defeat BULLETIN Oregon’s win over Idaho last night, coupled with Oregon State’s victory over the Wash ington State Cougars, puts the Webfoot team in second place in the Northern division of the Pacific ('oast conference basket ball race with the Cougars and Beavers tied for third. Moscow, Idaho, Feb. 18.—(Spe cial)—Oregon defeated Idaho 40 to 35 in an exciting game. It was neck and neck until the last four minutes, when Oregon forged ahead. Idaho scored first on baskets by Howard and McMillin. The score was tied seven times during the first half, but Oregon forged ahead 30 seconds before the half when Keenan converted a free throw to make the score 17-16. After the first five minutes the teams were never separated by more than two points. The second half playing was close but Eberhart connected for four field goals and two foul shots and cinched high point honors with 12. Stowell and McMillin made 11 each. Keenan and Hor ner played the best games for Oregon and Howard played good defense for Idaho. Oregon con verted every free throw. The summary: Oregon— FG FT PF Keenan, If . 4 2 0 Horner, rf. 2 2 3 Eberhart, c . 5 2 1 Olinger, c . 0 2 1 Hughes, lg . 10 0 Dolp, rg . 4 0 1 Calkins, rg . 0 0 1 .16 8 7 FG FT PF .5 1 0 .5 3 0 .2 0 1 .0 0 1 .3 0 0 .1 1 1 Totals .15 5 3 Referee—Mulligan. Umpire—French, Corvallis. Totals . Idaho— McMillin, If .. Stowell, rf .... Hurley, c . Collins, c . Howard, lg ... Christians, rg Dr. Milne To Address Lions’ Club at Lunch The problem of the manufacture of warfare machinery and mater ials of modern warfare will be ex plained by Dr. W. E. Milne, of the department of mathematics and physical science, of the weekly Lions club luncheon this noon. "Peace Time Problems in Ord nance” is the title of the paper. The paper, which is the same that Dr. Milne read before the Eu gene Round Table last week, also takes up the problems of the se curing of factories for the neces sary articles of warfare, the ob taining of trained men for their manufacture, and means of keep ing on hand necessary designs, blueprints, and specifications for the manufacture of war materials, i---1 Ferns to Meet Today to Hear Plans for Sheet “Every page a woman’s page” will be the slogan of the femi nine editors of Friday’s Emer ald. The big woman’s edition will be entirely written and ed ited by the girls, while the mas culine portion of the staff will all be on an enforced vacation. Mary Klemm is editor of the feature edition, and Elise Schroeder is managing editor. There will be a meeting of all girls at 4 this afternoon in room 104 of the Journalism building. The Moumtj Fimtjjer -0 PREXY, POWER, POLITICS JUDICIARY REPORT IN . . -By OLIVER FOLITICUS The president of the associated students will be given the sole power to decide whether a ques tioned point should go before the proposed judicial body to be pro vided for in the constitution if the report of the judiciary sub-com mittee is adopted by the constitu tional revision committee. That may provide some improvement over the present system of not having any judiciary at all, but the Moving Finger crooks itself into a question mark when it con siders the restrictions found in giving the president SOLE power. Politics seem to be the bug bear of every change made by (Continued on Page Three) Rally for Spears Saturday Noon To Feature Noise Stoddard Urges Students To Show Newr Coach Oregon Spirit Committee Selections To Be Announced What promises to be the biggest rally in Oregon’s history will greet Dr. Clarence W. Spears, new foot ball coach, on his arrival in Eu gene Saturday, according to Jim Raley, chairman of the rally di rectorate, in charge of plans for the welcome celebration. Noise will be the main feature of the rally, and those in charge hope to arouse more pep and en thusiasm among the students than has been shown at any time in the past. Committee selections for the special rally will be an nounced tomorrow. “Every Oregon student should be at the rally Saturday noon, to show our new coach that the Uni versity of Oregon has the school spirit and is behind him 1Q0 per cent,” Tom Stoddard, president of the associated students, said yes terday in commenting on the wel come arranged for the ex-Minne sota grid coach. The southbound Klamath train, which will bring Dr. Spears from Portland, will stop at Villard sta tion at 12:42 Saturday noon, through special arrangement with F. G. Lewis, local ticket agent for the Southern Pacific. The rally will assemble at Villard at 12:35, according to Raley, and will be led by Hal Kelley, yell king. Speakers will visit all living or ganizations on the campus during the noon hour Saturday to an nounce final plans for the cele bration. Local Military Group To Enter Rifle Contest The local chapter of Scabbard and Blade, national honorary mili tary society, plans to enter the national Scabbard and Blade tele graphic rifle match, which is to take place in a few weeks, accord ing to Frank Ison, newly elected captain of the local group, suc ceeding Arlen McCarty, who re signed to enter the government flying school at Riverside, Califor nia. The team which the local group will sponsor, under the direction of Phil Livesly, is now getting in to shape for the coming contest Business Ad Popular With Willamette Studes The first business administra tion course to be offered at Wil lamette university in the past 15 years has met with much favor in the eyes of the students. Regis ; tration for the new course shows ; it to be one of the most popular, | although the complete enrollment has not been compiled. FriendlyHall, Zeta Tau’s on Air Program Southern Songs Featured In Presentation of Girls’ Group SKIT GIVEN BY HALL Alpha Gai Theta Idee Delta and o Give ight TONIGHT’: 8:00—Alp $ 8:80- g TESTANTS tma Delta . Chi raditions of a a Tau Alpha presented a Carrying oi southern orig sorority last program composed almost entire ly of widely known southern mel odies, plantation songs, and negro spirituals, called the “Southern Blues” idea, in program No. 19 of the Emerald-KORE radio con test series. Friendly hall took possession of the microphone at 8:30, with a humorous skit entitled “This Here Is Springfield,” directed by Clar ence Craw and Clifton Iverson. The rural atmosphere created by the rustic dialogue of Craw, Iverson, Jack Dkvis, Bob Maxwell, and Norman Cool, was interrupted at intervals for the insertion of piano and vocal numbers that fitted har moniously into the continuity of the presentation. Similar Program Tonight Two programs very similar in nature are being planned for to night’s presentations, the Alpha Gamma Delta “Backstage” idea at 8 o’clock, and Theta Chi’s “Re hearsal Night” idea, at 8:30. The Theta Chi group, according to Myron Griffin, program direc tor, is attempting a departure from the regular run of radio entertain ment by featuring a chorus of nine voices singing Oregon and fraternal songs. Ruth Newman Directs The Zeta Tau Alpha program, script for which was prepared by Eleanor Jane Ballantyne, was planned by Ruth Newman. Gwen dolyn Caverhill supplied the de scriptive monologue between negro numbers in negro dialect. The complete program follows: Program Listed Vocal trio—“Carry Me Back to Old Virginia,” Mabel Kullander, Juanita Kilbourne, Esther Saager. Vocal solo—“Dreaming Alone in the Twilight,” Esther Saager; vio lin accompaniment by Mabel Kul lander. Vocal solo—“Mighty Lak’ a Rose,” Esther Saager. Plantation songs and reading— Juanita Hannah. Duet—"Or Man River," Esther Saager and Mabel Kullander. Vocal quartet—"Swing Low Sweet Chariot,” Esther Jlaager, Mabel Kullander, Eleanor Jane Ballantyne, and Juanita Kilbourne. Piano solo—“Way Down Upon the Suwanee River,” Nellie Mae Hadfield. Vocal solo—“Sweetheart of Zeta Tau Alpha,” Esther Saager; violin accompaniment by Mabel Kullan der. Two houses, Sigma Alpha Mu and Pi Beta Phi, have announced their intention of- withdrawing from the contest. Unless some contestant is able to take the place left by Sigma Alpha Mu on Thursday’s program, Alpha Phi will go on alone at 8 o’clock. Frosh Commission To Hold Groups Today The first of the frosh commis sion discussion groups will be held today at 3 and 4 o’clock with the general subject on “Personality.” Diana Deininger will conduct the 4 o’clock group at Westminster house, and Marguerite Mauzey will lead the 3 o’clock meeting at the Y. W. bungalow. Other groups .will be held on Thursday at the same hours with Avis Seines and Lorena Wilson holding meetings at 3 o’clock in the Y. W. bungalow, and the wo man's lounge of the Gerlinger building respectively. Dorothy Turney and Marguerite Looney will conduct groups at 4 o’clock, Miss Turney’s group meeting in the Gerlinger building, and Miss Looney’s in the bungalow. International Week Banquet Will Be Held on Tuesday9 February 25; Charles G. Hurrey To Be Speaker Campus Asked To Invite Foreign Student Guests, Says Brian Mininaugh, Chairman for Event; Dinner Will Be at Hendricks Hall With International week only a few days away, plans are rap idly nearing completion for this week sponsored annually by the student Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., the Emerald, and a number of other campus organizations, are rapidly approaching completion. The banquet has been definitely set for Tuesday, February 25, it was announced yesterday by Brian Mimnaugh, chairman for the din ner. It will be held in the Hen dricks hall dining room at 7:15. Each American student attending is to bring as his guest one of the foreign students on the campus. Charles G. Hurrey will be the main speaker of the evening. Mr. Hurrey is chairman of the Friend ly Relations committee of the Y. M. C. A., and is heralded as one of the outstanding speakers for the week. Dean Straub will act as toast master for the evening, and will in troduce as speakers, in addition to Mr. Hurrey, Tom Stoddard, rep resenting the student body; Leon ard Jee, representing the Chinese students; Frank Shimizu, repre senting the Japanese, and Patricio Pascua, representing the Filipinos. “This is a splendid opportunity for the American students on the campus to really get acquainted with the foreign students,” Mim naugh said yesterday. “Every stu dent who can should make it a point to attend and bring a for eign student with him.” Chet Knowlton, assistant chair man of the banquet committee, (Continued on Page Three) Oregon Debating Team Wins From Idaho Last Night Decision Awarded U. or O. By Alvin O’Konski, Critic Judge | Evans and Cutts Uphold Affirmative The varsity men’s debate squad won from the University of Idaho negative team last night, by the decision of a critic judge, Alvin O'Konski, professor of public speaking at Oregon State college. The Oregon team, composed of Walter Evans and William Cutts, upheld the affirmative of the question, Resolved: That world peace demands the demobilization of all forces except those neces sary for police protection. Orville Baird and Charles Herndon made up the opposing team. The final decision was based upon the principle of persuasion, which fell to the affirmative. The Idaho team will debate with Oregon State college at Corvallis, this evening, on the same ques tion. Sigma Xi Groups Plan Joint Meeting Friday A joint meeting of the Univer sity of Oregon chapter of Sigma Xi, national honorary scientific fraternity, and the O. S. C. Sigma Xi club will be held this Friday, according to an announcement re leased yesterday. A dinner will be given at the Faculty club for all members, be ginning at 6:30 p. m. Local mem bers are requested to make res ervations with the secretary of the geology department by Thursday. The O. S. C. members will pre sent the program at 8 with Dr. W. T. Johnson giving an illustrated report in the field of biology, and Prof. F. C. McMillan giving a pa per on forest protection. Oregon Students To Journey North To Portland Meet Pan-Pacific Conclave To Have Several Local Men Attending Campus ‘Y’ Groups Help In Staging Confab Full details for the Northwest Student Pan-Pacific conference, to be held in Portland Friday, Sat urday, and Sunday, were released on the campus yesterday. A meet ing will be held at 8:30 tonight in 107 Commerce to discuss transpor tation problems and other things pertaining to the conference. All who wish to go to the conference should be present. A full list of speakers has been announced for the three days of the conference, including a num ber of professors on the campus, and others who are know here. Dr. John R. Mez, of the politi cal science department of the Uni versity of Oregon, and Victor P. Morris, of the economics depart ment; Professor Angus, professor of economics at the University of British Columbia; and Professor Noble, of the political science de partment of Reed college. Dr. Raymond B. Culver, north west field secretary of the student division of the Y. M. C. A.; Hen rietta Thomson, international sec retary of the Y. W. C. A.; Marcia Sieber, Seabeck division field sec retary of the Y. W. C. A. The conference is under the aus pices of the student Y. M. C. A. and student Y. W. C. A. of the northwest, assisted by university and college administrations and students’ International Relations and Cosmopolitan clubs in the northwest. Accommodations for delegates have been made at the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. in Portland and will be available at nominal rates. There will be a registration fee for each delegate attending tha conference to help defray the ex penses. Relation of Science to Daily Life Explained by Dr, Harrison E. Howe, Authority, in Lecture Last Night “Science, in one form or an other, is with you from the time your chemically made alarm clock wakes you in the morning till you crawl between your chemically made sheets at night,” said Dr. Harrison E. Howe, nationally known scientist of Washington, D. C., in his talk, “Science, the Creator of Industry,” last night at Commerce hall. Dr. Howe pointed out that chemical industries rank about third in size in the United States at the present time. “Industry,” he said, "is becoming more and more impressed with the impor tance of science and research in its promotion. Many a business has failed because it failed to have sufficient background of scientific Investigation.” He declared that many important industries, while not chemical in themselves, have been founded on some discovery of chemistry. Howe explained how science has discovered substitutes, and even improvements on natural products. Sugars of smaller food content than common sucrose he suggest ed for those threatened with “curvature of the vest.” He de scribed the process involved in makiDg rayon, the widely used ar tificial silk, from cellulose, which he termed as something which might be made into anything from "literature to lingerie.” He showed materials to demonstrate the high quality of the work being done with paper and cloth. In many industries, he said, val uable uses have been found for i waste products. Sometimes these (Continued on Page Two) Emerald Plans Survey to Find Readers' Ideas Questionnaires To Be Sent To 1,000 Students and Faculty on Campus PCBOLS TO MANAGE Cooperation and Support From All Is Asked by Daily Publication A vent for student opinion and an opportunity for persons to ex press themselves about the Oregon Daily Emerald will be offered to one out of every three persons on the campus in a survey which will be started today by the Univer sity publication to determine its advertising and news efficiency. After several weeks of prepara tion, Edwin Pubols, of the statis tical department of the paper, has completed the questionnaire and will start its distribution this aft ernoon. The list of questions, 1,000 of which will be submitted to students and faculty of the Uni versity, includes material designed to inform officials of the attitude of its readers toward their paper. It is also to determine the bear ing the advertising has upon stu dent buying from Eugene mer chants. To Use Data Gained This data will be used in all fu ture activities of the Emerald and whole-hearted support for success of the survey is solicited. As a paper of the associated students, it is thought that the results will be of vital benefit to all. Edwin Pubols, who will manage the survey, played a large part in handling a survey of the same sort for the Morning Oregonian only a short time ago. Pubols is a student in the school of business administration and has very care fully prepared the questionnaire for submission to those chosen. Questions Given The questions to appear in the survey are: 1. Class - Major -Home Town -. 2. Place of residence. 3. How many persons other than Oregon students living there? 4. If your parents do not live in Eugene, do you send them the Emerald ? 5. Do you read the Emerald every day? 6. Do you read it thoroughly? 7. On what day do you read the Emerald least? 8. Do you read the advertise ments in the Emerald? 9. Which do you read most? Display or classified ads? 10. Do you read the Institu tional ads such as Bell Telephone, etc. ? 11. Do you read any other local newspaper publication ? 12. Which of the Portland pa pers do you read most? 13. Numbfer in order of Interest the parts of the Emerald you like best. On Editorial Policy 14. What do you think of the Emerald’s editorial policy? 15. Do you think the Emerald has shown improvement or deteri oration ? 16. How do you like the front page typography of the Emerald? 17. Do you see chances for news on the campus which the Emerald misses ? 18. Do you think the Emerald is partial to certain departments of the school in its news sources? 19. Do you make purchases be cause of ads in the Emerald ? 20. Do you think prices are as reasonable and selections as good in Eugene as in your home town ? 21. Do you buy from Emerald advertisers because of their inter est in the school or because of your personal choice? 22. Do bargain sales induce you to buy? Dr. Glazebrook Visits Alpha Tau Omegas Dr. Larkin M. Glazebrook, of Washington, D. C., son of one of the founders of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, was a visitor at the local chapter house Monday evening. Dr. Glazebrook, after several years as a successful sur geon, Is now doing special work for the Episcopal church. Kappa Kappa Gamma Heads Grades; Sigma Alpha Mu Leads Men Tickets Few For Corvallis Game Saturday T^OR the Oregon-O. S. C. game 1 at Corvallis next Saturday night, a few tickets have been received by the University, ac cording to an announcement made yesterday by “Doc” Rob nett, assistant graduate man ager. Those who want tickets are asked to get in touch with the office as soon as possible. The supply is quite limited, Robnett explains, us accommodations at the Corvallis game for other than local attendance are few. Committees for Judging Songs Is Named by Fislier Each Group To Attend Ten Houses To Determine Contest Winner Five Best Organizations To Enter Finals Judging committees for the In terfraternity song contest to be held on February 24 were an nounced last night by Ed Fisher, general chairman of the affair. Each of the judging committees, according to Fisher, will visit ten houses, and will select the five best groups to enter the finals the following week. Originality will be the basis of the judging. The schedule, which is being worked out by Don Eva and Nancy Thielsen, will be announced very soon. Members of the five judging committees who will select the five I best houses for the final contest are: 1. Ed Fisher, Don Eva, and Nancy Thielsen. 2. Geofge Barron, Marabel Bra den, Doris Helen Patterson. 3. Agnes Petzold, Hugh Miller, John Finley. 4. Thelma Kem, Maxine Glover, Fletcher Udall. 5. Sally Addleman, Bill Mc Nabb, Marjorie Clark. Spears’ Banquet Tickets Released For Campus -Sale University Allottment 25; Football Lettermen To Be Guests With the University allotment of tickets for the big stag banquet in honor of Dr. C. W. Spears next Saturday night set at 25, the of fice of the graduate manager an nounces release for immediate sale. Reports show that very few have been purchased. The affair is being sponsored by the Eugene chamber of commerce and will accommodate 250 guests. Various Eugene organizations have already purchased their al lotment, signifying that represen tation will be near the 100 per cent mark. Many state officials are making plans to attend, ac cording to word from banquet di rectors. Each letterman on the Univer sity of Oregon football team has been invited as the guest of sev eral down-town business men. Officials state that all students of the University are welcome to attend. The banquet will not conflict in any way with the Senior ball as those who will attend are also making plans for the dance. Law Instructor Will Address Gathering A doctor’s duty to society and to the patient will be discussed b> Charles G. Howard, instructor ir the law school, at a meeting ol the Lane County Medical associa tion Thursday evening. He will also include the subjects of privi leged communication and proper ties of malpractice in his address Sigma Kappa Captures Honors for Second; Three Halls in New Dorm Follow Leaders Fall Term Points Released By Registrar; Co-eds Are Showing Highest Average Kappa Kappa Gamma, with an average of 55.714 points, leads the grade list for the fall term. Sigma Alpha Mu was first among the men, with an average of 44.800 points. The long-awaited list giving the comparative ratings of living or ganizations and independent groups for the fall term was fi nally released yesterday at 1 o’clock by the statistician’s office, which has been working on the averages ever since th*e opening of the present quarter. In figuring the ratings, the regular system of counting five points for every hour of I, four for each hour of II, etc., has been used. Graduate stu dents, law students, and fifth-year architecture students have not been Included in making the com putations. Sigma Kappa Second Sigma Kappa, whose rating was 53.250, and Alpha Chi Omega, with 52.360, are second and third re spectively. Second and third places in the men’s group are held by Omega hall, 44.714, and Alpha hall, 44.386. The all-University rating is 42.419 points. That made by sor ority women only is 49.0118; non sorority women’s average is 44.803. The all-women scoring is 47.246, while the all-men’s is 38.404. Fra ternity men averaged 37.209, and non-fraternity men rated 39.732. Spring term of last year Chi Delta, local sorority, led the list with an average of 55.294. Alpha hall was first in the men’s divi sion, averaging 48.093. uiven The complete list is as follows: 1 Kappa Kappa Gamma.... 55.714 2 Sigma Kappa .53.250 3 Alpha Chi Omega.52.360 4 Alpha Phi .51.142 5 Kappa Alpha Theta.50.672 6 Hendricks hall .50.459 7 Alpha Xi Delta .50.440 8 Pi Beta Phi .49.877 9 Gamma Phi Beta .49.787 10 Alpha Omicron Pi.49.600 11 Alpha Delta Pi .49.407 ALL SORORITY .49.0118 12 Delta Gamma .49.0111 13 Chi Omega .48.508 14 Delta Delta Delta .47.651 15 Girls Oregon club .47.515 16 Phi Mu .47.431 ALL WOMEN .47.248 17 Alpha Gamma Delta.47.102 18 Susan Campbell hall.46.560 19 Zeta Tau Alpha .46.472 20 Chi Delta .46.175 NON-SORORITY .44.803 21 Sigma Alpha Mu .44.800 22 Omega hall .44.714 23 Alpha hall .44.386 ALL UNIVERSITY.42.419 24 Zeta hall .42.308 25 Phi Sigma Kappa .42.121 26 Sigma Pi Tau .42.000 27 Phi Kappa Psi .41.724 28 Alpha Beta Chi .41.689 29 Chi Psi .41.608 30 Delta Zeta .41.437 31 Sigma hall .41.242 32 Kappa Delta .40.423 33 Friendly hall .40.385 NON-FRATERNITY .... 39.732 34 Phi Delta Theta .39.727 35 Sherry Ross hall .39.225 ALL MEN .38.404 36 Psi Kappa .37.897 37 Phi Gamma Delta.37.500 ALL FRATERNITY.37.209 38 Theta Chi .37.200 39 Sigma Alpha Epsilon. .. 36.881 40 Delta Tau Delta .36.106 41 Alpha Tau Omega .35.877 42 Beta Theta Pi .35.541 43 Alpha Upsilon .35.533 44 Bachelordon .35.528 45 Gamma hall .35.105 46 Sigma Phi Epsilon .34.603 47 Sigma Nu .33.647 48 Sigma Chi .32.408 49 Kappa Sigma .31.614 Women's Debate Team Will Meet California Frances Jordan and Bernice Woodward, sophomores on the var sity debate squad, will uphold the The question to be debated will University of California negative team, here on Friday, March 7. The question to be debate will be: Resolved: "That the modern diversion of women from the home to business and industrial occupa tions is detrimental to society.’’