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< VOLUME XXXI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON , EUGENE, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1930 NUMBER 94 — Kickers for Annual Show Are Chosen Twenty-four Women Will Take Part In Chorus, States Director 14 MEN ARE PICKED Actual Rehearsing To Start First of Next Term; Ttt Practice on Campus Final selections of women s and men's choruses of the annual Junior Vodvil have been made, ac cording to an announcement by Virginia Moore, dancing director. Twenty-four of Oregon's most tal ented women were chosen for the pony and beauty choruses, and 14 men were selected to appear in the men’s chorus. Over 200 women tried out for places in the cast, according to Miss Moore, and about half that ^ many men were on hand for their tryouts. It was necessary to have j two eliminations before the judges j could select the final women's | group. The women surviving the final tryouts for the choruses include Jane Stange, Anne Stange, Joy Herbert, Violet Ackerman, jane West, Elva Baker, Dolly Horner, Carolyn Haberlach, Julia Creech, Maxine* Meyers, Virginia Deifell, Mary Jane Warner, Janice Strick land, Esther Kaser, Elizabeth Ka ser, Pat Mahoney, Dit Blew, Mar jory Haas, Dorothy Harbough, Jean Leonard, Elizabeth Gilstrap, Geraldine Goodsell, Helen Cornell, and Ruth Birch. t Those chosen for the men's chorus were: Charles Larklin, Jim Travis, Bob O'Melveny, Edward Wells, Wendell McCool, Bart Seig fried, Treve Jones, Bill Whitely, Jack Morrison, Bob Goodrich, Cliff Garnett, Chet Knowlton, Ken Potts, and Hunt Clark. Actual rehearsals for the chorus i will not start until next term, ac cording to Miss Moore. It is planned to have most of the re hearsals on the campus this year in order to take as little time as possible away from the academic work of the members of the cast. Webfoot Women Plan Swim Meet Bellingham and Montana Opponents in Contest At 7:30 this evening Oregon women members of the varsity team and Amphibian will swim in a telegraphic triangular meet against Bellingham Normal and the University of Montana at Missoula. All students are invit ed to attend the contest. Results will be taken and telegraphed to the competing schools. The various events and those who will swim them are: 30-yard free style,- Edith Greene, Louise Marvin, Laura Meservey, and r Clare Maertens; 40-yard crawl, Jane Manion, Julia Creech, and Catharine Bell; 20-yard back, Na omi Moshberger, Eleanor Cobb, and Maude Moode; 40-yard breast, lone Garbe and Eleanor Cobb; 20 yard underwater, Frances Keene, lone Garbe, Peggy Slauson and Maude Moore; 20-yard side, Naomi Moshberger, Peggy Slauson, and Francis Martin; plunge for dis tance, Jane Manion, Edith Greene, Clare Maertens, Laura Meservey, Peggy Slauson, and Catherine Bell. Campus Jolsons Get New Chance More Tryouts for Vodvil Scheduled by Hall Would-be stage stars will be given another chance to break into the cast of the annual Junior Vod vil this week, according to Vinton Hall, vodvil director. The first call for original skits, vocal num bers, features, and ot*»" issued by Hall Mo outs will be hela week. The skits will not their completed forr to Hall, but should be to give him an idea of t It is absolutely essent. acts try out before nex night, Hall stated, as r hearsals will start at th, of the spring term. Those desiring to try > secure an appointment wi by calling him at 1466. 3 was try this © * ' in ■ng on e. 1 11 II V Tlae er CLASS IDENTITY . . . CORRECTION . . . -By OLIVER POLOTCUS Class standing in next year's constitution, if approved, will be fixed by terms in years, and terms and years. Eligibility for student office will be limited more than class membership to those students who take their terms in sequence. That, broadly, is the decision approved by the constitutional re vision "committee yesterday. * * * Student candidates who miss too many terms, more than one, may not run for office. The distinction was rhade because the committee believed that for regular officers unhandicapped students should be chosen. Transfers from other schools may not hold student office. * ■* * Fifth-year office-holders will be barred by the requirement that candidates for the presidency, etc., must be in their third year in the University of Oregon. That cluse is the one which bars transfers, also. No student may be a candidate for more than one elective student body office. That has a peculiar significance in that no man may resign a student office to run for another, nor may he succeed one year’s office*by another. * * * One move which may or may not be new" is the requirement that students who have com pleted a certain number of terms and hours, may by petition to the student affairs committee withdraw from the student or ganization. * * * Correction from Saturday’s col umn. The salary of the Oregana editor was reduced in percentage only from the previous recommen dation of the publications commit tee. The minimum by the new plan will be $150, and will be with the other salaries included in a permanent motion of the executive council. * * * However, the constitution will still state that the executive council shall fix the salaries of publication heads, “subject to regulation in the by-laws.” That means that the students will have a check on the action of the executive council if such occasion should arise as to de mand it. Professor Avers Hoover Failure as Party Leader That, up to date, Herbert Hoo ver has proved himself a partial failure as a party leader, was the statement of Waldo Schumacher, professor of political science, when interviewed on the subject. Schu macher said that a strong party leader would get more favorable action from congress than Hoover has done. Mr. Schumacher expressed the belief that the president has not been decisive enough in indicating his stand on state matters. He said that the tariff bill which is about to be passed is an example of just one issue in which Hoover has done no work except in sug gesting it. The proposals he has made have not been, as a rule, favorably received by congress. Must Convince Congress “A strong party leader," de clared Schumacher, “is one who is able to formulate a social, eco nomic, and political program, and convince congress that this policy is the one best fitted to meet the needs of the country. When judg ed by this criterion, Hoover has not measured up to the possibili ties of his situation. “Of course,” he went on, “it de pends on what kind of senate he has. Hoover has had an obstrep erous senate to contend with, men of the type of Moses, Watson, Grundy, and Fess. Fess, by the way, is bald-headed, both inside and out—devoid of ideas—ossi fied.” Such men as these, Schu macher explained, at the begin ning showed themselves favorable to Hoover; but when the issue came up, they balked his plans. Defends Hoover In defense of the president, Schumacher declared that this first year has been simply one of fact-finding, made difficult by a heritage of long unsolved issues (Continued on Page Two) Errol Sloan, Art Potwin to Leave on Trip Arizona Contest To Follow Debate Tour in California SEVERAL MEETS LISTED Gene Laird Unable To Go Beeause of IllnWs; Will Follow Team Errol Sloan and Arthur Potwin will leave Saturday night on a debate tour through southern Cal 11 o r n i u, Aium which they will go to the Pacific Coast Intercolle g i a t e Forensic conference to be held March 26, 27, and 28 at Tuscon, Arizona. | Sloan will rep resent the Uni versity in the ex temporary speak Art Potwin mg contest, which will cover all topics of cur rent interest and events, and Pot win will enter the oratorical con test, speaking on the subject, “That Unfinished Task.” The team will debate the Cali fornia Institute of Technology at Pasadena on March 17, and U. C. L. A. and U. S. C. on the two fol lowing days. They will uphold the negative side of the question, “Re solved: That the nations should adopt a plan of complete disarma ment excepting such forces as are necessary for police protection.” Continuing their trip to Tuscon, they will be joined by Dr. Ralph C. Hoeber, debate coach, and Eu gene Laird, who will thereafter take Potwin’s place in the further tour. A radio debate with the University of Arizona will be held at this time, while Dr. Hoeber will speak on “Humor in Debate” at the conference, and will act as judge of the various contests. Although Potwin will return after this meet, Sloan and Laird will hold debates with the Univer sity of Denver, Wyoming, Mon tana, Idaho, and Washington State. The Oregon style of cross questioning system will be used in the Wyoming and Montana de bates, and audience decision will rule in the latter case. Sloan has substituted for Eu gene Laird in the last week since Laird’s sudden operation for ap pendicitis, and his position has been made more difficult since he upholds the negative in many de bates, although he has worked all year on the affirmative side of the question, according to Dr. Hoeber. Freshman Team Debates Tonight To Oppose Albany College On Disarmament In a freshman dual debate with Albany college which will be held tonight, Marl Liles and John King will uphold the affirmative side of the question, “Resolved: That the nations should adopt a plan of complete disarmament except ing forces such as are necessary for police protection.” Cecil Espy and Gordon Day will travel to Al bany and argue the negative side there. The meet in Eugene will be held in 105 Commerce at 7:30. This is the first of a series of freshman men’s debates, the next being on April 4, with Oregon Normal school. Frank Hill Gives Talk To Advertising Class “Many years will elapse before television will come into common use,” declared Frank Hill of the local radio station KORE in a talk to a group of advertising students under the supervision of Profes sor W. F. G. Thacher, of advertis ing and English, yesterday morn ing. “The present range of wave length is not sufficient to allow the wide margin necessary to pro duce the television effect,” he stated. Mr. Hill also explained the rates paid for national adver tising, showing how $10,400 is paid for an hour’s network broad cast during the evening. Half this price is paid for every hour during the day until 6 o’clock in the evening. To Uphold Debating Honors Leaving Saturday night on a fornla, Errol Sloan, left, will go t Forensic conference to be held at T panied by Arthur Potvvln. After Laird, right, will take Pot win’s pit Large Group of Co-eds Initialed Into Philomlete 108 Girls Taken in; Tea, Music, Entertainment For Neophytes Gerlinger Hall Is Scene of Sunday Affair One hundred and eight co-eds, mostly underclassmen, were initi ated into the various groups of Philomelete at a meeting of that organization held in Gerlinger hall Sunday afternoon. Following initiation tea was served and musical entertainment provided for the new initiates in alumni hall. Marguerite MauZcy and Diana Deininger were in charge of preparations for the ini tiation, Margaret Cummings han dled the music program, and Edna Dunbar was in charge of the tea. Initiates Listed Arts and crafts group—Mildred Addison, Florence Holloway, Eve lyn Hay, Margaret Sprague, Paul ine Blais, Gladys Calkins, Monica Brandt, Gwendolyn Shepard, Ann Bricknell, Alida Thirlwell. Charm school group — Evelyn Houser, Helen Bergh, Ruth Hoo v e r, Audrey Forstrom, Helen Hutchinson, Gretchen Wintermeier, Freda Fellows, Kathleen McNutt, Helen Raitanen, Lucy Spittle, Mar vel Read, Polly Basler, Gwen Metzger, Marian Chapman. Drama group—Dorothy Linde man, Margaret Whiting, Gretchen Moore, Saverina Graziano, Saver ina Teresi, Thelma Bradley, Emma Lee Baldwin, Helen Skipworth, Lois Elliott, Ellen Mills, Jean Lennard, Jean Williams, Marga rette Van Doren, Grace Farris, Ruth Smith, Dorothy Smith. Internationals Initiated International group—Thelma Nelson, Hazel Seavey, Sarah Char let, Maude Moore, Eleanor Hough ton, Vena Baker, Marianne Long, Betty Anne Macduff. Music group—Irene Kelly, Thel ma Lund, Celestine Balsiger, Alice Collier, Jean Whitney, Geraldine Thompson, Helen Elliott, Catheryn Snapp, Willametta Logsdon, Eliz abeth Higgins, Maxine Sautter. Mythology group—Edith Luke, Harriet Holbrook, Alice Chapman, Lydia Gibbs, Georgie Boydstun, Jesse Lee Stovall. Nature study group—Virginia Stanton, Helen Stanton, Adele Hitchman, Marjorie Buck, Thelma Brown, Margaret Bean, Grace Fennell, Anna Marie Frederick, Eloise Dorner, Helena Graham, Getlow Kalberg, Hazel Bruner, Edith Faunce, Evelyn Roberts, Cora Foix. Co-eds Initiated Play group—Jessie Judd, Geor gena Gildez, Jane Winter, Cather ine Duer, Doralis May, Maud Brat ton, Norma Huston, Rose Smith, Ada Kenn. Prose and poetry group—Gladys Bentley, Eleanor Jane Ballantyne, Louella Fluaitte, Juanita Hannah, Emmaline Moore, Eleanor Henry, Harriet Roberts, Corrine Combs, Regina Brooks, Alice Olmstead, Marguerite Shelley, Iris Davis. Woman in her sphere group— Della Swank, Virginia Shuey, Gen evieve Dunlop, Lucille Terrill, Eloise Beaumont, Alice Redetzke, Mary Edith Winter. The houses at Washington have adopted the cooperative plan which has been so successfully used by the Greeks at other col leges and universities. A couple of mirrors formerly used to decorate a saloon were bought as antiques recently by the Texas State college for women. lebate tour through southern Call d the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate nscon, Ari/.ona. He will lie aeeom the debate at Pasadena, Eugene ice on the tour. Place Picked for Spring Vacation Hop in Portland Laurelliurst Club Host of A.W.S. Dance, Say Two Chairmen Pick Students To Talk up ‘Dig’ in High Schools The Oregon dance in Portland, one of several to be sponsored by the Associated Women Students, throughout the state during spring vacation, will be held at Laurel hurst club, it vtfas announced last night by Bess Templeton, who with Phyllis Van Kimmell is in charge of the affair. Committees for the dance, which is to be held on Saturday, March 29, include Paul Hartmus and Bob Holmes on publicity, Slug Palmer and Jack Stipe in charge of high school publicity, Harriet Kibbee making out the list of patrons, and Karl Greve handling the finances. A number of stu dents will visit the high schools of Portland during the week pre ceding the dance to work directly with the leading members of each school. Those who will do this are: Benson Polytechnic, A1 Browne: Washington, Ted Jensen, Paul Hartmus;’ Lincoln, Joe Freck; Grant, Bess Templeton, Elsie Jean Olsen, Harvey Welch; Roosevelt, Dorothy Llewellyn; Franklin, Bill Keenan, Harold Kelley; Jefferson, Irma Logan, Jack Stipe, Harriet Kibbee; St. Helen's hall, Jane Cullers, Helen Peters. Ten Rifle Stars To Get Sweaters Oregon Marksmen Picked By Bragg for Honors Sweaters will be given out at the beginning of spring term to the ten high-point men of the R. O. T. C. rifle tean% Capt. C. H. Bragg, team coach, announced yesterday. The men who will receive sweat ers, with their aggregate scores, made during the four-week series, are as follow: Harvey Wright, 1,509; Phil Livesley, 1,471; Warren Powell, 1,451; Phil Smith, 1,438; Howard Minturn, 1,415; Earl W. Nelson, 1,406; Robert M. Reiling, 1,402; John Conder, 1,383; Vernal Shoe maker, and Spencer W. Raynor, 1,362. Wright, Livesley, Powell, and Nelson won sweaters last year, also, and will receive two stripes this year. Final Music Hour Is Tonight at 7:15 Six Students To Appear in Last Program Violin, piano and voice music will be heard tonight when wind ing up the Tuesday Music hour series for this year, six students will appear in program at 7:15 o’clock at the music building. They are John McMullen, vocal soloist; Ruth Wynd, pianist; Margaret Sweeney, violinist; Bonnie Short, pianist; Amos Lawrence, baritone; Frances Breyman, organist. Trophy Cups Awarded Song Week Victors — Sigma Alpha Epsilon and! Alpha Omieron Pi Jndgi'd Best OREGON SONGS POOR Accuracy in Singing Alma Mater Songs Given Most Points After hearing- the ten houses re maining in the final competition in the song week contest the tro phies were finally awarded to Sig ma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Omieron Pi by unanimous decision, it was announced yesterday by John Stark Evans, of the music faculty, chairman of the judging committee. One of the chief factors taken into consideration in the judging was the accuracy of singing Ore gon pongs, Mr. Evans said, and the committee felt that the two win ning houses were far superior to the others in this respect. “Most of the Oregon songs are badly sung," he said, “and one reason that it is said that Ore gon’s songs are not equal to those of other colleges on the coast is that the students sing them poorly and really make them more diffi cult than they are written.” Other factors taken into consid eration were the general style of the singing and the buoyance and enthusiasm shown, as well as the variety of songs sung and the con trol of the singing. Members of the judging com mittee were: Mr. Evans, Ed Fisher, and Don Eva. The latter, however, did not participate in the judging of men’s houses. Oregon Riflemen Fourth in Inter-. Collegiate Shoot Team Eligible To Compete In National Match Held in April A report just received from the Ninth Corps area headquarters by Capt. C. H. Bragg-, coach of the University of Oregon rifle team, places the local team In fourth place in this area, which includes Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming. The Oregon State college first team took first place, while their second team won third place in the series. Second place was won by the University of Washington. The Oregon team is now eligible to compete in the national inter collegiate match conducted by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, Washington, D. C. The schools competing in this match are those that have placed in the upper third in each of the corps areas in the United States. This match will take place April 7 to 16. The Oregon riflers will also shoot in the Hearst match April 1 to 10, for which any college supporting a rifle team is eligible. The winning team and coach will receive a trip to Washington, D. C., as a reward. Out of the 32 matches shot in the series just concluded, the local team won 12. This shows a de cided increase over the number of matches won in the last three years, Captain Bragg stated. Freshman Picnic Fate in Balance Meeting Today To Decide On Spring Outing The fate of the freshman picnic, traditionally held during ' the spring term, depends on whether or not a quorum of the freshman class turns out for the meeting called for 7 tonight at Villard as sembly hall. President Larry Bay emphasized that tonight will be the last oppor tunity to hold a meeting this term, and says that if no more freshmen come than turned out for the scheduled meeting last Thursday evening, there v/ill be no chance of having the picnic next term. He asks the cooperation of the heads of houses in getting the frosh out to the meeting and prom ises that they will be able to re turn in time for study tables. New Graduate School Plan Passes Faculty; Calls for 4 Divisions Pacifist Herr Wolf von Dewall, noted German newspaper man, who speaks on the campus tomorrow night under the auspices of thq University and the League of Na tions association. Final Guild Hall Hays of Season On Wednesday Ticket Sale Opens Today For Trio of One-act Shows on Bill ‘Saved’ and ‘Women Folk’ To Be Featured Tickets for the three one-act plays to be given by the Guild Theater Players on Wednesday, March 12, will be put on sale to day in Johnson hall, it has been announced. All seats sell for 50 cents and are reserved. The plays to be produced are: "The Women Folk,” a farcical comedy by John Kirkpatrick, in which Kermit Stevens and Celene Lauterstein have the leading parts; “Saved,” a fantasy by J. W. Rogers, Eleanor Poorman play ing the lead; and “Aria Da Capo” by John Kirkpatrick, with Bob Guild and Elva Baker taking the parts of the leading characters. The first two plays are directed by Cecil Matson, assistant >n the drama department, and the last is under the direction of Renee Nelson. Settings for the plays are being made by Fred Harris, of the art department, who has fulfilled the same position for all of the larger productions given during the year. Infirmary Again Full With Thirteen Patients Once more, the infirmary is full to overflowing with thirteen pa tients all afflicted with colds. Those now on the sick list are; Dorothy MacMill an, George Thompson, John Samuelson, Helen Jones, Norma Lyons, Walter Nor blad, Ruth Birch, Phil Livesly, Ru fus Kimball, Sherman Lockwood, Lawrence Fischer, Robert Loomis, and Marjorie Kelly. President Hall To Designate Council Heads One Member From Each Department Will Be Representatives Reorganization Expected To Better Control | With the passing of the reorgan ization plan of the graduate school last night by the faculty In its regular meeting, one of the next steps toward the realization of this plan will be the appointment of divisional chairmen by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the i University, which will take place during the spring term. The plan, on which work has ; been done all year, involves a di vision in the graduate school for the purpose of "better develop ment and control of graduate study.” The school will consist of four divisions, each of which will have a divisional council, con sisting of one member from each department or school within the group, and presided over by a chairman to be appointed by the president of the University. Four Divisions The four divisions are: Natural Science, which includes chemistry, geology, mathematics, mechanics, and astronomy, physics, animal biology, plant biology, physical education, and psychology: medi cine; language and literature and fine arts, including English, Ger manic languages, Greek, Latin, Romance languages, art, music; and Social Science, which coverd business administration, econom ics, education, history, journalism, law, philosophy, political science, and sociology. Formerly the graduate school has been under one council, the graduate council, with the dean as the head. Under the new plan the graduate council will be re tained, but the' divisional councils will take care of the business with in the division. The chairmen of the divisional councils will have charge of the work done in their divisions, and will be responsible to the dean of the school. Important Change The new change, according to Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of literature, science, and the arts, is one of great impor tance to the graduate school and the graduate students enrolled in it. The motion by Dr. James D. Barnett, of the political science department, to the effect that the granting of honorary degrees be abolished entirely was referred to the graduate council and will be reported upon at the next meeting of the faculty. Ethel Mackey Chosen As Head of Pi Sigma Pi Sigma, Latin honorary, elect ed Ethel Mackey, senior in edu cation, to the office of president at a meeting held Friday. Miss Mackey has been vice-president of the fraternity for the past year, and has been serving as president in the absence of Catherine Wes | tra, president, who did not return | to school this year. Law School Dean Praises Late Ex-President Talt “With the death of William Howard Taft, the United States has lost one of her ablest and most distinguished statesmen,” said Charles E. Carpenter, dean of the law school, in an interview yes terday. “He is the only man in American history who has filled the two highest positions under the government of the United States, those of president and chief justice.” Held Many Offices It is doubtful if any man has held more political offices in the state and federal governments, re quiring the services of a lawyer, than did Taft. An enumeration of Taft’s legal positions in - the government is in itself imposing. Taft’s earliest political office was that of prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county, Ohio, when he was 23 years of age. After that he was in rapid succession judge of the superior court of Ohio, so licitor general of the United States, judge of the federal circuit court, professor of law at Yale university, and chief justice of the United States supreme court. “Though Taft held many politi cal offices, he was not political - minded. His judicial turn of mind caused him to undervalue the ele ment of publicity in public life The defeat at the end of his four years as president of the United States demonstrated his lack of political aptitude,” said Dean Car penter. Had Judicial Talent As judge of the federal bench, and as chief justice of the su preme court, Taft displayed judi cial talent of the highest order, in the opinion of the dean, who (Continued Page three