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VOLUME XXXII
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NUMBER 35
Critic Praises
First Showing
Of Guild Play
Comedy of Philip Barry’s
Makes Decided Hit
With Audience
Mrs. Seybolt and Players
Deserve Much Credit
For Presentation
By MARJORIE SHANE
“Holiday” made a brisk and uni
fied first appearance last night at
Guild hall. From time to time,
during a period of several years,
cynics about school have dug
graves in which they felt that the
last shred of campus wit would
soon repose. And to the great
surprise of everyone, that wit has
taken a deep breath and will live.
Cheers, one might say, for the
drama department, for Mrs. Sey
bolt, and especially for Nancy
Thielsen.
Of course, the selection of one
of Philip Barry's many plays was
wise. It would be hard to go far
wrong with lines of such quaint
wit, such delicate satire. The plan
of the play is rather too meticu
lous, dealing simply with the situ
ation of an idealist fighting oppo
sition to ideals. This alone would
hardly make for striking charac
ter delineation. Yet it is there,
unforgettably, in Linda, and all
due to wit.
To truly accomplish the worthy
production of a comedy such as
“Holiday,” there is necessary, first,
a tempo of modified gusto to start
the play and to end it. As for
the middle, should it sink, the mis
fortune may be compared to a
tight-rope’s suddenly going very
slack. The “Holiday” crowd held
the tempo, probably because most
of the players had passed the
stage of memorization and reached
' enjoyment, which, by the way, is
Mrs. Seybolt’s noteworthy aim in
teaching.
The second requirement for wit
performed is that the players un
derstand the jokes. The few who
did not, in this otherwise smooth
performance, will no doubt have
the great light break upon them
before they put on make-up for
tonight’s performance.
Play Entertaining
“Holiday” is much more enter
taining than problerr\atical. John
ny Case is engaged to Julia Seton,
the daughter of a rich and snob
-bish man. The first turn comes
as Johnny reveals that he does
not intend to come struggling up
from the cellar to make of him
self a prosperous and tired busi
ness man—that he wants and in
tends to enjoy life. To Julia he
has failed, but to Linda he has
appeared as the man with whom
she must fall in love.
Nancy Thielsen, as Linda, ideal
istic, with every faculty for en
joying life, gave an understanding
and witty interpretation. Her
natural sparkle, with a strong and
beautiful voice, produced the lines
in a ladylike and timely way.
Klippel Liked
Carl Klippel, playing opposite
and slightly below, as Johnny,
was intelligent and gained from
the audience liking if not admira
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Hurdling Ford
Lands on Lawn
1WARROW1Y missing n tele
phone pole and three trees,
Mrs. J. C. Knight piloted her
Ford sedan up a five-foot hank
onto the lawn of Condon library
at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
The hurdling flivver was
brought to a stop three inches
from the water hydrant in the
middle of the lawn. With a
gentle hissing, four punctured
tires gave way, and the flivver
settled into the close-cropped
daisies. Mrs. Knight and friends
got out of the mechanical kan
garoo and looked over the situa
tion. Leaping Lena refused to
back down. A crowd that had
quickly gathered helped get the
car back in the street. Limp
ingly it was driven under its own
power to the repair shop.
The remarkable hurdle oc
curred when Mrs. Knight was
driving east on Eleventh street.
A ear traveling south on Kincaid
sideswiped her and she lost con
trol of her machine. No one was
injured.
Students To Get
Special Rates to
St. Mary’s Game
Parly of Twenty-five Are
Needed To Secure
Lowered Price
_
Those wishing to accompany the
football team to San Francisco
when it plays St. Mary’s on
Thanksgiving day may secure a
special rate of $24.75 instead of
the regular price of $30, accord
ing to an announcement received
at the Emerald office yesterday
from the Southern Pacific. The
train leaves at 12:20 p. m. Tues
day.
However, a special' rate will be
allowed to students who wish to
leave on Wednesday instead of
Tuesday, providing that a party
of 25 can be made up. The train
upon which this party would leave
would be at 12:20. All those wish
ing to leave on that train may
phone Mr. F. G. Lewis at 2200
and leave their names and tele
phone numbers, and he will make
up the list and notify those who
have got in touch with him, pro
viding 25 applications have been
received by hifti.
This train will arrive in San
Francisco at 8:50 Thursday morn
ing.
This special fare ticket will al
low for a 10-day stop-over and
permit the student to return on
any train within that time.
Eugene Town Girls Club
Gives Tea for Freshmen
Forty Eugene girls called be
tween the hours of 3 and 5 yester
day afternoon, when the Town
Girls’ club entertained informally
for freshman students at the
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority.
The committee in charge of the
affair was headed by Louise
Smartt, president. Others on the
committee were Amy Porter, Alice
Buenning, Mary Garrison, Thelma
j Nelson, and Florence Nombalais.
Crime Wave Idea Is Myth
Says Social Science Dean
By JACK BELLINGER
“The so-called crime waves are
a myth. The situations in Chi
cago, Philadelphia, and other large
cities are not crime waves, but
gang warfare between groups who
strive to control the underworld.”
This is the opinion of Dr. Philip
A.. Parsons, dean of the school of
applied -social science, whose book,
“Crime and the Criminal,'' is used
as a textbook on many campi, in
cluding the University of Oregon.
“An increase in crime is a con
dition which occurs every fall.
Certain individuals out of work
take criminal means of earning a
living, causing an increase of bur
glaries and robberies,” Dean Par
sons said.
He pointed out that underworld
gangs fight over the control of the
illicit sale of alcohol and drugs,
gambling, and vice centers in the
large cities. This struggle be
tween the underworld groups ap
pears to be a wave due to the fact
that since the enactment of the
eighteenth amendment these gangs
have taken control of the liquor
industry, which has proved very
profitable to them, Dr. Parsons be
lieves.
Dr. Parsons said that this gang
warfare is increasing because
racketeering, that is requiring
tribute of everyone within a gang
leader's vicinity, is becoming so
lucrative.
“The police are usually bribed
or brought into the system in such
a manner that authorities are
powerless to stop the illegal war
fare that exists in the metropoli
tan centers,” Dean Parsons stated.
The gang leaders are big busi
ness men, differing from the ordi
nary capitalists in that their busi
ness is of an illegal nature, Dr.
Parsons declared. A1 Capone is
the J. Pierpont Morgan of the un
derworld, he said.
I
Health Week Put Across by This Group
The committee in charge of the Health week program at the University of Oregon, being held from
November 17 to 21. They are, left to right: Virginia Lee Hunter, Wallowa, general chairman; Alyce
Cook, La Grande; Jessie Puckett, Klamath Falls; Florence Tenant, Longview, Washington; Lucile Car
son, Ashland; Ethel Mason, Castle Rock, Washington; Lucille Murphy, Lebanon, and Mary Agnes Hunt,'
Klamath Falls.
Judges To Name
Victors in Health
Contest on Friday
Officials Chosen To Select
Women With Finest
Legs and Backs
The judges have been chosen;
decoration of the Gerlinger gym
will soon be under way ; the pro
gram is arranged; everything is
entering its final preparation for
the social afternoon, Friday from
4 to 5:30 o’clock, which will con
clude Health week. All women on
the campus are invited to attend
this event in Gerlinger hall, when
the Alden cup will be presented
for the best sorority menu and the
winners in the contest for the
best-looking back and legs will be
selected.
The sports equipment and dis
play in the Co-op window is part
of an exhibit of sports apparel,
the rest of which is in the W. A.
A. clubroom. These dresses are
to be modeled as part of Friday’s
program. Florence Tennant and
Pat McGowan are in charge of
the exhibit.
The .opening number of the pro
gram will be a feature tap dance
by Lucille Hill. Following this
Mary Agnes Hunt will read the
winning menus, and Florence Al
den will present the Alden cup
to the sorority submitting the best
one. Next the modeling of the
sports apparel will be shown, pre
ceding the selection of the
straightest legs and the best-look
ing back. After a musical num
ber Harriet Thomson will present
flowers to the winners. The rest
of the afternoon will be spent in
dancing and the serving of re
freshments.
Judges for the menus are Mrs.
Genevieve Turnipseed, director of
dormitories, and Miss Lillian Tin
gle, chairman of the household
arts department. Miss Harriett
Thomson, professor of physical
education, Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, di
rector of the drama department,
and Dr. Mildred Mumby, assistant
University physician, are judges
of the back and legs contests.
Additional entrants announced
today are Alpha Xi Delta, Orpha
Ager, Ida Montague; and Susan
Campbell, Nan Ruonala, Grace
Haskins. The first mentioned are
in the backs contest.
YWCA Chairmen
Speak at Dinner
Purposes of Organization
Discussed at Meeting
A brief talk by each committee
chairman, on purposes and activi
ties of the Y. W. C. A. consti
tuted the program for a dinner
held Wednesday night at the Y
bungalow.
Speakers were: Lois Nelson,
chairman of religious education;
Mildred McGee, world fellowship;
Mildred Wharton, worship group;
Ann Baum, industrial group; Edna
Spenker, Frosh commission, and
Helen Chaney, staff organization.
Helen Chaney was in charge of
the program, while Dorothy Hallin
conducted the dinner. President
Daphne Hughes concluded the pro
gram by a round-table discussion
of the value of staff organization
and the announcement of a meet
ing, in two weeks, of sophomores
juniors, and seniors, who are in
terested in Y. W. C. A.
Colonial Theatre
Offers Passes to
Emerald Writers
The Colonial theatre is offering
two pairs of passes each week to
the Emerald staff. One pair will
be given to the reporter turning in
the most stories and the other to
the writer of the best story of the
week. Vinton Hall, editor of the
Emerald, will judge the best story,
and Bob Allen, managing editor,
will count the stories.
Local Journalism
Honorary Scores
Win at Convention
Illinois Takes First; O.S.C.
Fourth Place in National
Efficiency Contest
The University of Oregon chap
ter of Sigma Delta Chi, profes
sional journalistic fraternity, plac
ed second in the national efficien
cy contest at the annual conven
tion held at Columbus, Ohio, No
vember 17 to 19, accbrding to a
message received at the Emerald
office last night from T. Neil Tay
lor, Oregon delegate to the con
vention.
The efficiency contest is based
upon activities engaged in by the
different chapters and their mem
bers both on the campus and out
side.
Points scoring for the local
chapter were the promotion of the
annual state contest for improve
ment of Oregon weekly papers
and award of a silver loving cup
tc the winner; positions including
editorship on the Oregana and on
the Emerald for the year; the in
troduction of gubernatorial candi
dates to the campus during the
last campaign, chapter self-sup
port; publication of the Yellow
Fang last spring; joint promotion
ot the Journalism Jamboree during
Homecoming week-end; the elec
tion of Vinton Hall to the presi
l dency of the Pacific Intercolleg
iate Press Association at the con
ference recently held in Los An
geles; and for activities of mem
bers of the chapter in fields other
than journalism.
This is the highest place in the
! annual contests that the local
: chapter has yet attained. Word
j was also received that the Univer
sity of Illinois chapter placed first
and the Oregon State College chap
: ter fourth.
Dean Faville Chooses
Books for Business Man
“If I was a young business man
starting out in business today,
there are 12 business books that
I would take with me on my great
adventure,” explained David E.
Faville, dean of the school of busi
ness.
The following are the books
chosen by Dean Faville: Taussig
Principles of Economics; Lincoln
Applied Business Finance; Badger
Investment Principles and Prac
tice; Gerstenberg, Financial Or
1 ganization and Management; Hat
field, Modern Accounting; Ettin
ger and Golieg, Credits and Col
lections; Babeuroth, Modern Busi
ness English; Maynard, Weullei
i and Beckman, Principles of Mar
keting; Kleppner, Advertising Pro
cedure ■ Tead and Metcalf, Person
nel Administration; Rigglemar
and Frisbee, Business Statistics;
Marshall, Business Administration
Sophomore Class
Recommends Plan
For Honor Group
Ask Executive Council To
Pass on Those Chosen
By Upperclassmen
“The sophomore class recom
mends that the upperclassmen
most closely connected with stu
dent affairs be asked to choose
most eligible men for the organi
zation and that their choice be
passed upon by the executive
council,” said Jim Travis, presi
dent of the sophomore class, in
speaking of his plans for the or
ganization of the new sophomore
class honorary, which will take the
place of the old Oregon Knights
organization.
“We believe that the upperclass
men’s and the executive council’s
perspective in judging the capabil
ities of the eligible sophomores for
such a position of honor and trust,
having in mind the present oppor
tunities of such an honorary, and
the probable future standing of the
men chosen, will result in the
wisest choice possible.
“The need of a workable under
class honorary is in evidence on
the campus of the University of
Oregon,” declared Travis in speak
ing of the benefits which might
be brought about by the effective
organization of a new group.
"Much work is to be done and
considerable honor is to be gained
from doing this work.
“This group must be composed
of the most diligent and promi
nent men in the sophomore class.
They must be men who will work
constantly in the interests of the
associated students and the Uni
versity and who in later life will
reflect confidence and honor in the
Oregon institution.
“Members of the organization
must be the type of men who shall
work in complete cooperation with
each other, understand the func
tions of the associated students,
and claim capabilities to forward
better ideals for the sake of the
school as a whole.”
In short, Travis declares that
the group must be composed of
the cream of the sophomore class,
men who will be respected by their
classmates, and who will be de
serving of holding the mark of
honor conferred upon them.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Wins Rifle Match
Dells Take Second Place
Intramural Contest
Sigma Phi Epsilon placed first
and Delta Tau Delta second in the
intramural rifle match conducted
between the campu^ men's organi
zations last week under the direc
tion of the military department.
The trophy, a tall silver cup, will
be engraved and awarded to the
winner.
The competition was scored by
points made by the individual
members and each team as a
whole. Four positiofis were used
i in determining the contestant’s
i skill—prone, sitting, kneeling, and
; standing.
The winning team scored 823
points—13 more than Delta Tau
Delta, their nearest rival. In the
last two years the Delts were un
rivaled champions in the meet.
Runners-up in the match were
j Theta Chi, A. B. C., and Phi Delta
| Theta.
Italy Worried
About Allies in
Possible War
Franco Is Serious Threat to
Mussolini's Plan for
Roman Superiority
England Is Not Expected to
Give Trouble as She
Has Other Interests
By MERLIN BLAIS
‘‘Mussolini is maneuvering the
nations of Europe to give Italy a
safe position in event of war.”
H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school
of education, holds this belief re
garding the most widely-talked
about figure Europe has produced
in recent years.
“The Italian dictator has visions
of a second Roman empire, and in
unguarded moments he has said
as much. He is not above causing
another European war to further
his aspirations, but he is a better
statesman than to think that Italy
can declare war alone. France is
the most serious threat to Musso
lini’s plans, because she is the
strongest military power in Eu
rope, and because she maintains
a naval supremacy on the Medi
terranean.
“If Italy were to declare war on
France at the present time, France
would use her superior army, navy,
and air forces, and her superior
resources in making short work
of her enemy. Mussolini realizes
this, and to offset Italy's weak
ness, he is attempting to establish
a European alliance that would
give him a favorable balance of
power,” Dr. Sheldon said.
Two Allies Seen
Germany and Russia, the Uni
versity instructor thinks, are the
I allies Mussolini is counting on.
Germany is uncomfortable under
I the weight of the Young repara
tions plan, and half the Germans
still have militant minds. The
Germans make good soldiers, and
a combination of Italy and Ger
many might overthrow France.
France, however, might call on the
Poles and Bohemians, and in turn
Italy will turn to Russia to re
establish her balance of power.
Mussolini is not expecting trou
ble from England, because that
country is interested solely in
building up its industrial strength.
She has had enough of war for
some time to come, Dean Sheldon
said.
"Mussolini has two reasons for
his present vigorous policy of re
form,’’ Dr. Sheldon believes. "He
wishes to remove the Italian in
feriority complex created by the
war, and to raise Italy in the esti
mation of Europe. War, however,
would be disastrous for Italy,
since her only resource, beyond
her agriculture, is her abundant
water power.
Seeks Supremacy
"The Italian dictator is ruthless,
unscrupulous. His one ambition is
European supremacy, and his
every act concerning foreign dip
lomatic relations has that as its
underlying motive. But occasion
ally he slips, as he did when he
asserted a few weeks ago in a
public address that Italy is to be
come the nucleus of a second Ro
man empire.
"Mussolini has stated that all
Italians should come under Italian
rule. Corsica, which belongs to
France, and Malta, controlled by
England, are both Mediterranean
isles inhabited by Italian-speaking
people, and it is the dictator's aim
to bring them once more under
the rule of Italy.
"But contrary to that policy, he
is unmercifully maltreating the
people of the Tyrol, who emphati
cally do not wish to become Italian
in language and customs.
"Mussolini’s ambitious activity
in organizing Italy and asserting
Italy’s political ability has earned
him the place he holds in the anx
ious minds of both Europe and
America,” Dr. Sheldon concluded.
Language Meeting To Be
Indefinitely Postponed
The Language association meet
ing which was to have been held
today will be Indefinitely post
poned. Dr. Boyer, chairman of the
English department, will give hit
address on the “Industrial Revolu
tion and English Literature” at a
later meeting.
Rally Instigators
To Come Before
Advisory Council
The student advisory committee
will meet today at 4 o’clock to con
sider the case of the four students
who were accused of instigating a
rally on Friday morning before the
O. S. C. game.
They adjourned their meeting
yesterday on the advice of the stu
dent relations committee, who ask
ed that they be given another day
to consider the case.
Emerald To Start
New Want-Ad Plan
In Friday’s Issue
Free Theatre Tieket Daily
To Go to Lucky Student;
Classified Rates Drop
A free Colonial theatre ticket
daily given through a novel meth
od stands out as the plan of a new
ly developed Emerald classified ad
vertising section in line with a pro
motion scheme devised by Dorothy
Hughes, classified advertising
manager, in conjunction with Har
ry Tonkon, recently named asso
ciate manager.
For the past week, Miss Hughes
and her assistants have been in
tensifying their work with the
idea of building up a larger and
more varied classified advertising
department for the student paper
to tie up with a new plan to be
inaugurated with the issue of Fri
day’s Emerald.
Under the new arrangement,
each day in the midst of the clas
sified advertisements in the paper,
there will appear the name of some
University student. Upon calling
at the Emerald business office,
this student will* be given a free
ticket to the Colonial theater.
In conjunction with the inaugur
ation of the new plan of promotion,
the Emerald will have reduced
rates for advertising in the classi
fied section, effective with Fri
day’s issue. The new rates are: for
the first three lines, 20c; for every
additional line, 5c. Contract rates
can be had by arrangement with
the officials in the business de
partment of the paper or with Miss
Hughes.
Many new types of advertise
ments will soon begin to appear in
the classified column, according to
Miss Hughes, who stated last night
that several outside people had al
ready consented to place classified
advertising beginning tomorrow,
when the new plan commences.
Classified ads can be placed in
Friday’s paper at the new reduced
rates beginning today, Miss
Hughes stated last night. They can
be left at the Emerald business of
fice in the Journalism building.
•
Kerns To Be Chairman
For Art Section Meetting
Maude Kerns, assistant professor
cl normal arts, has been appointed
temporary chairman of the art sec
tion of the state teachers’ meeting
to be held in Portland during the
Christmas holidays. Miss Kerne
will take the place of J. Leo Fair
banks, regular chairman and head
of the art department at Oregor
State college, who is unable to at
tend.
Emerald of Air
To Revise Type
Of Broadcasts
Bolter Radio Season’ Plan
Outlined by Potwin To
Find New Talent
Five Remaining Programs
Of Terms Slated To Set
Entertainment Mark
In keeping step with the ideas
of the day, Art Potwin, director of
the "Oregon Daily Emerald of the
Art Potwln
Air radio pro
grams, announc
ed last night that
the remai n i n g
five broadcasts to
be presented dur
ing this term will
be grouped to
gether under the
heading of “Bet
ter Radio Sea
son,” and that
these Emerald -
KORE hours will
far outdo any previous attempts in
campus radio work. Emerald of
fices already are finding typewrit
ers clicking off letters to be mailed
to the living organizations on the
campus urging said organizations
to report any available talent that
may be used in the next five super
programs to Manager Potwin.
In making known this new era
of radio programs, Potwin said:
“We realize that some of our re
cent programs have fallen into a
iut of staleness and sameness that
must be changed. There are only
five programs left this term, and
we intend to make them the best
of all. As far as the “Emerald of
the Air” is concerned we are de
claring a “Better Radio Season”
to last for the next five programs.
Everyone is invited to the radio
parlors of the Colleg Side Inn to
listen in and watch.”
New Orchestra on Air
Leo’s Midway Varsitarians, who
have been appearing on recent
programs, are taking a brief leave
ol absence from the studios, and
an orchestra consisting of Dale
Brown, Wilbur Thibault, Bruce
Higby, and Sheldon Dunning will
take their place. The boys will be
known as “The Emerald Enter
tainers.”
Popular demand for more of the
microphone interviews that have
been conducted on several past
programs has brought about a new
! policy that will call for an inter
view on each Emerald hour.
George Cherry, president of the A.
S U. O., is scheduled to appear to
night to answer questions put to
him by the radio announcers.
“Barney and Willie,” the parlor
propagandists, will get in their bit
of chatter as usual. The pair has
been working overtime in prepar
ing script for "Better Radio Sea
son.”
Soloist Returns
lone Anderson, who appeared as
soloist early In the year, will re
turn for tonight’s broadcast with
new popular numbers to sing.
Bob Holmes will make his init
ial appearance before the "mike”
with some special songs.
Programs that will be included
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Book Published in 1726 Has
Modern Ideas and Opinions
That trite and time-worn state
ment, "nothing is new under the
sun" is again substantiated, ac
cording to Dean Faville of the
school of business administration,
in his review of Daniel Defoe’s
“The Complete English Trades
man’’ which was published first in
1726.
"For up-to-date ideas on mer
chandising," Dean Faville says,
"that book written over 200 years
ago is hard to beat. For instance,
the modern idea of “the customer
is always right” finds expression
in this book thus:
" 'The sum of the matter is this,
it is necessary for a tradesman to
subject himself by all the ways
possible, to his business; his cus
tomers are to be his idols; so far
as he may worship idols by allow
ance, he is to bow down to them,
and worship them; at least, he is
not in any way to displease them,
or show any disgust or distaste at
anything they say or do; the bot
tom of it all is, that he is intend
ing to get money by them, and it
is not for him that gets money by
them to offer the least inconven
ience to them by whom he gets it;
but he is to consider that as Solo
man says, “the borrower is the ser
vant of the lender, so the seller is
servant to the buyer.’ ”
“Nor are the exasperating gum
chewing clerks of today who keep
customers waiting until they have
j finished telling a neighboring clerk
about last night's party, a twenti
' eth century novelty,” says Dean
: Faville, quoting again from Defoe:
‘ "Such a shop,” says the cus
tomer, “stands well, and there is
! a good stock of goods in it, but
there’s nobody to serve, but a
prentice boy or two, and an idle
journeyman; one finds them al
ways at play together rather than
looking out for customers; and
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