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VOLUME XXXI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON , EUGENE, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1930
NUMBER 94
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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.
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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
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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
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