. EDITORIALS ♦ FEATURES ♦ HUMOR * LITERARY • University of Oregon, Eugene Vinton Hall, Editor Anton Peterson, Manager Willis Duniway, Managing Editor Rex Tussing—Associate Editor Dave Wilson, Harry Van Dine, Ralph David—Editorial Writers NEWS STAFF Reporters (listed in order for number of stories turned in last week) : Kenneth Fitz gerald, Virginia Weentz, Jack Bellinger, Merlin Blais, Madeleine Gilbert, Frances Johnston, Caroline Card, Helen Cherry, James Brooke, Ruth Dupuis, Oscar Munger, Frances Taylor. Isabelle Crowell, Joan Cox, George Root. Roy Sheedy, Duane Frisbie, Billie Gardiner, Willelta Hartley, Betty Anne Macduff, Ted Montgomery, Jessie Steele, Carl Thompson. Night Staff: Tuesday--Eugene D. Mullins, Dave Longshore, Mary Frances Pettibone, Rita Swain. Day Editors: Thornton Gale, Lenore Ely, Thornton Shaw, Eleanor Jane Ballantyne. Sports Staff: Ed Goodnough, Bruce Hamby, Walt Baker, Ervin Laurence, Esther Hayden. Radio Staff: Art Potwin, director; Carol Hurlburt, secretary; Dave Eyre, reporter. Editor’s Secretary: Mary Helen Corbett Assistant: Lillian Rankin Managing Ed. Sec’y: Katherine Manerud BUSINESS STAFF Harry Tonkon. Associate Manager Jack Gregg, Advertising Manager Larry Jackson, Foreign Advertising Larry Bay, Circulation Manager Ned Mars, Copy Manager Martin Allen, Ass't Copy Manager Mae Mulchay, Ass’t Foreign Adv. Mgr. Edith Peterson, Financial Adm. John Painton, Office Manager Dorothy Victor Kaufman, Promotional Adver tising Manager. Harriette Hofmann, Sez Sue Betty Carpenter, Women's Specialties Kathryn Laughridge, Asst. Se* Sue Carol Werschkul, Executive Secretary Wade Ambrose, Ass’t Circulation Mgr. Bob Goodrich, Service Manager Caroline Hahn,, Checking Department Hughes. Classified Advertising Manager Copy Department: Beth Salway, Mirtle Kerns, George Sanford. Copv Assistant: Rosalie Commons. Office Records: Louise Barclay. Office Assistants: Marjorie Bass, Evangeline Miller, Gene McCroskey, Jane Cook, Vir ginia Frost, Virginia Smith, Helen Ray, Mary Lou Patrick, Carolyn Irimblc. Production Assistants: Gwendolyn Wheeler, Marjorie Painton, Miriam McCroskey, George Turner, Katherine Frentzel. Ass’t Adv. Mgrs.: Jack Wood, George Branstator, Anton Bush. Advertising Solicitors—Tuesday: John Hagmeier, Cliff Lord, Jack Wood, Betty Zim merman, Kathryne Koehler. No Tax Exemption in Sight ri^HE attempts of Oregon Greek-letter organizations to secure tax exemption privileges failed with the ending of the long session of the state legislature last week. The bill, which the organizations had sponsored to gain relief from the tax burden, lacked sufficient support in either house of the legislature to get serious consideration. It will be remembered that Oregon fraternities lost their first Eight on the question of the constitutionality of taxation of their properties when their test case in the Oregon supreme court was decided against them. Since that time the organizations have had to pay the large amounts of increased property taxes, though not without much complaint at what they considered an unjust burden. But the fraternities in this state need not feel that they are suffering alone. Most of the states in the union now tax fra ternity property, and recent developments show that there is a definite trend in states that had not previously imposed the tax to adopt it. At the present time the states of Oklahoma and Kansas are on the point of passing laws that would make the fraternities in those states no longer tax-exempt. Greek-letter organizations at the University may as well ac cept the fact, now, that they will never gain their purpose by working alonj the lines they are now following. Social justifica tion for tax exemption lies in the two following heads: 1. That the state shall not tax itself, its property or agencies. 2. That religious, educational, and charitable institutions aro exempt on the principle that they assist the state in the fulfill ment of its functions. Since the state courts are deciding that college fraternities do not fall into either of the above categories, it would be futile to attempt further to establish a right to tax exemption. The mere fact that the organizations are non-profit-nmking docs not exempt them from a property tax—although it does quite ob viously relieve from income taxes. Practically the only means left for the Greek orders to get under the tax exemption shelter is to come to some sort of an agreement with the University administration which would bring them into a position to claim social justification for exemption. The step would most certainly be a hard one for the fraterni ties to take as it would probably mean the leasing of their properties to the University, or, at least, the placing of the or ganizations under the closer supervision of the administration. But unless the fraternities are willing to do just this thing— no matter ho\ distasteful it might be to them—they may as well resign themselves to the payment of the lawful taxes. Collegians Call on Congress OTUDENTS of nine universities and colleges, including Yale, ^ Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Swarthmore, and Georgetown, called on members of the United States senate shortly before adjournment ten days ago, bearing a petition signed by 10,000 college students in 55 colleges, asking congress to put an end to the appropriation of money to educational insti tutions in which military training is compulsory. “Intelligent college men will refuse to fight in any war,'' said the spokesman of the group, “unless every member of both houses of congress who votes for war and every member of the national administration who favors war goes into active service, and until every last dollar of wealth needed is conscripted to pay for the war.” Of course this is not true. The $27,000,000 or thereabouts which the war department spends on military training in col leges and training every year is not spent in vain. If another war breaks out, the old cries of devotion to the nation, of giving everything for the sake of national honor or imperiled foreign markets will be reinforced by stringent draft laws, and the young men of the country, whether in college or out, will be shot down by machine-gun fire, bombed and gassed into unrecognizable pulps, and the agricultural acreage devoted to crops of little white crosses will grow anil grow. And ut home? Will the members of congress lock up the capitol and shoulder rifles? Of course not! Nor is it desirable that they should. They would be worse than useless at the front and furthermore are needed at home to fill dollur-a-yeur jobs. No, when the next war comes, if come it must, it will be the same sorry and horrible business Unit it has always been. Its horrors will be magnified by the wonders of destructive sci ence, but the principles of control will be ttie same. Our suc cessors in college will pay with their blood and their lives, and the big business men who deal in war supplies will buy more anil more “Liberty” bonds, or perhaps next time it will be se curity bonds. P. S.—Seven senators out of 02 voted in favor of the bill to curtad U. O. T. C. appropriation.. Ho hum! P WThe ♦ ♦ ETFOOT “All the News That’s Foot To Print” * *********** * Well, here we are with just * * one more issue to go, which * * would be a real pleasure if it * * weren’t for the period which * * is to follow. But then, being * j * somewhat a student of gram- * I * mar from time to time, we * j * find that everything is fol- * * lowed by a period and some * * things, which we are forbid- * * den to mention in this column, * * by a coma; It is also esti- * * mated that 95% of the lec- * * tures 'given produce a semi- * * coma among 'the listeners. * * Will you take our hats and * * quotes, Jenkins? * * Ht*#***####* EPITAPH He had it coming,— Art student Boone; Sez he with a yawn “I’m thru Monday noon.” * * * But then, we aren’t kicking. Everyone (especially the law stu dent) pities the members of the law school because they have exl aminations four hours long, one hour of which is usually spent out on the curb consuming cartons of cigarettes and looking like their millionaire aunt had just died, willing her fortune to charity. * * * And now we read that eight stu dents have been hauled up on the carpet for various things (which we aren’t permitted to mention in this column) and that five of them have been given the nonc-too rusty-hinged gate. •*H * * If this sort of thing keeps up for long we plainly see that our fees are going to be raised another couple of notches. This is the sort of thing that causes the chairman of the Greater Oregon Committee to throw his hands up in despair and wonder what the deuce is the use. And now we come around to the Emerald KORE contest. Despite all the precautions on the part of the Emerald, the story seems to have leaked out late the night be fore last. • * * The Phi Sigs nabbed the prize with “A musician's dream.” If it was like the majority of the mu sicians that we know, it was prob ably a day dream. If this contest gets much hotter in the future, they’ll probably have to start combing the coast for a couple of I piccolo players, a bassoon player, and a professional director. George Barron should have won the indi \ vidual award, so concensus of opinion goes, for the exquisite and j graceful manner in which he han dled the baton. There was enough brass represented in this program to supply buttons for the unfi forms of all the policemen in the nation. The boys are undecided what to do with the new radio but it is understood that there is some plan afoot whereby they will be able to trade the radio in on an extra ping pong table and a re cording panatrope so they can hear themselves play. * • • The Sigma Pi Taus managed to cop a $50 table lamp. If we know our fraternities it will probably decorate the house manager’s desk. The A. B. C.'s and yeomen win free trips to the theater. Oh well, you know about the yeomen. The Delta Gams placed last and man aged tq collect two prizes. Not bad. * * * AND WHAT’S THIS WE HEAR ABOUT THE PI PHIS UTILIZ ING THE CHI-O GARAGES AS A SMOKING ROOM? OH, GOODY, GOODY, A NEW PLACE TO LOOK FOR SNIPES. Officers To Be Elected For Westminster Guild Election of officers for the com ing year will be the feature of Westminster Guild’s meeting this evening at 9 o’clock at the West minster house. Alice Spurgin, who has been president of the group for the past year, will preside over the meeting. The nominated officers to come up for election are: president, Al ice Redetzke; vice president, Gwen Metzger; secretary-treasurer, El eanor Lonergan. Other nomina tions will be made from the floor. The retiring officers are: Alice Spurgin, president; Margaret Sprague, secretary-treasurer; and Eloise Beaumont, vice-president. Music and special readings will follow the election. A Decade Ago Wednesday, March 9, 1921 Baseball practice has started with 30 men out for playing. * * * Mrs. Margaret Stone, of New York, grand president of Theta Sigma Phi, is visiting the local chapter. # ❖ # The Lenten cantata, “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” will he given at the Methodist church next Sunday night under the direction of John Stark Evans. Colonel Falls, K. O. T. C. in specting officer, will he here on Wednesday morning to review the local unit. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON NITE FMDAY, MAKCli 20T1I Inverness FKANCIS KOSE AM) HIS OKt HKSlKA Make arrangements for the ! spring vacation parties now. Dancing Wednesday, F r i d a y. Saturday and Sunday nites. We are also featuring the dances every Sunday afternoon. For reservations, call Burr Canfield, Garfield 1047— Trinity 14-1. * 4* * . Congress Club To Debate On Ethics of War Tonight The ethics of war will be the subject which the Congress club will debate and discuss tonight at 7:30 in College Side Inn. This topic, according to Wallace Camp bell, Congress club president, promises to provide interesting argument on both sides. That war has no ethical justi fication whatever will be the opin ion upheld by Merlin Blais, junior in journalism, who will attack all militaristic principles which tend to cause discord in the world. War will be defended by George Ben nett, freshman in social science, ! and Claude Conder, sophomore in political science, on what they contend to be its ethical qualities. When the debate is over, everyone will be given an opportunity to express his views. PIANIST AND VIOLINIST SHOW SKILL, ARTISTRY (Continued from roue One) ly colored shadings which give it its rich suggestive power. The mood changed in the closing al legro. The restless surge of a spirit that would be free flowed from strings and keys in a vivid rich ness that closed in a haunting weird passage almost metaphysi cal in its import. Miss Foster played three short Special Prices To All Fraternities and Sororities On All Purchases of Moor Wax and Rentals on Electric Polishers Furniture Co. llth and Willamette Sts. pieces in her opening group for | piano which displayed convincing- i ly the consistency of her talents in | every department of piano tech-1 nique. MacDowel's “To the Sea” I showed what convincing tonal \ power her skillful manipulation of wri3t and forearm could produce. In Rachmaninoff3 “Prelude in E flat” the interest of the audience was centered on the fluency and the sheer grace of her interpreta tion, and Juon's ' “Humoresque” f brought out pleasingly nimble j lightness of her stacatto. Miss Erockman played only three solo numbers, but they were sufficient to convince a discerning listener that she has a violin tech nique which is years ahead of her age. She opened with Kreisler’s “Viennese Melody,” which is very little other than melody, but how she did make the most of all the possibilities of that melody! Her real achievement was her last two numbers. Nearly every violinist can play Spanish dances, but it takes an exceptional one to play Sarasate’s No. 8 with the spirit, the well-founded confidence that this young lady showed. She played it with the rhythmic tempo, the skillful shading and mastery of tone range without which a Spanish dance all too often descends to the level of street mu | sic. Her finale was Paganini s “Witches’ Dance,” famous, or rath er notorious as one of the most dif ficult compositions for violin ever composed. But Miss Brockman was fully equal to every technical requirement, and she played its most difficult passages with a bril liant assurance that never once gave the audience the uneasy mo ment which makes too many stu dent recitals strangely embarrass ing. None of the four compositions in Miss Foster’s last group was even moderately long, but each was a work of art in its own way. Debussy's "Cloches a travers les feuilles” (Bells through the leaves) was a program piece done with a soft pastel effect in shaded tone which the pianist did full justice to. Scriabin’s “Desir” is a short tone-poem of emotion which Miss Foster made as charming as a jeweled miniature. Chasins “Etude in C-sharp minor” was short and brilliant, and the closing “Etude in D-sharp minor” was climactic in its power and depth. CAMPUS ♦ ALENDAR Congress club will meet tonight at 7:30 in College Side Inn for de bate and discussion on “The Eth ics of War.” Pan Xenia, national foreign trade honorary, will hold a meet ing at the College Side Inn tonight at 7:30. Dr. V. P. Morris, associ ate professor of economics, will be the principal speaker. The woman’s all-star basketball team will play tonight at 0 o’clock at the Woman's building. Every one is invited. Westminster Guild meets at 9 o'clock tonight at Westminster house. Election of officers. Crossroads will not meet this Thursday on account of conflicting Sigma Xi lecture by Dr. Haas. Campus Camp Fire club meets tonight at 8:45 at the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. Miss Nunn will speak and refreshments will be served. The Safety Valve An Outlet for Campus Steam .I All communications are to be ad dressed to The Editor, Oregon Daily Emerald. They Bhall not exceed 200 words. Each letter most be signed, however, should the author desire, only initials will be published. The editor [ maintains the right to withhold pub lication should he see fit. To the Eidtor: I wonder how many students feel, as I do, that they have a new friend on the campus ? I know that I have, and in none other than Dr. Arnold Eennett Hall. Don’t mistake me though. I haven’t been over to his house for dinner, nor have I gone on any long walks with him on these balmy after noons. I have merely been reading his daily contribution in the Emer ald. When the first of these appear ed, some tv/o or three weeks ago, I wondered how on earth a man who is as busy wTith boards of higher education, Carnegie foundations, and research councils, could af ford the time to write the daily communication. But then I began thinking. After all, he’s president of the University. And the stu dents ARE the University. There fore, why shouldn’t his time be directed in channels of contact with students as well as adminis trative duties. After stating, unreservedly, that I think Dr. Hall’s column is a dis tinct success, and that I heartily favor this medium as establishing a closer understanding between students and administration, I would like to make a suggestion. But in making this suggestion, I hope only, that a means might be provided whereby the purposes of the column might become more effective. Wouldn't it be better to tie the splendid ideals and hopes that Dr. Hall expresses, together with cir cumstances and happenings that we are familiar with ? Let me illus trate. The three of these daily writings that I remember best were about the Portland Symphony orchestra, the basketball team, and fraternity initiations. They stuck with me, I believe, because the moral (I don’t know what else to call it) was definitely associated with something that I was inter ested in at the time. Although I have criticized the president of the University, it has —I hope—at least been construct ive, and it in no way alters my as sertion at the first, which is no more nor less than the fact, that the inclusion of the department in the Emerald can become one of the strongest and finest traditions on the campus. —ARCADIA. HODGE RELATES STUDY OF COLUMBIA RIVER (Continued from Page One) tains. The lake rose so high that it spilled across a low pass in the Cascade mountains forming a new outlet to the sea. The steep gra dient, enormous supply of water, and ample supply of cutting tools enabled the river to cut down so rapidly that it left a gorge in the Cascade mountains, the tributary valleys of which were all stranded and suspended on the high level where the river first formed its course. “These conclusions, amply justi fied by facts, make the river east of the Cascade mountains a con sequent one in a fault trough and a superimposed one across the Cas cade mountains. These conclusions have created a great deal of in terest among geologists who have long’held and taught that the Co lumbia river was the world’s mo3t perfect case of a consequent stream. This shattering of the hoary theory does not decrease the interests of geologists in the river, but on the contrary, will make it more of a subject of study than ever before. Obviously these con clusions have a vital bearing upon the development of the Columbia river for navigation and water power purposes,” Commerce School Tries Out Pre-Registration Plan Approximatelv 200 students in business administration have taken advantage of pre-registration be ing tried out by the school, David E. Faville, dean of the school, said yesterday. The system gives the student the advantage of a more deliberate counselling period with his advis er, and avoids the rush an incon venience of standing in line to see an adviser on registration day, Dean Faville believes. The system is still an experiment and whether it will be continued will depend up on the students’ attitude toward it. Although the pre-registration was offered for a period of three weeks only one-third of the students availed themselves of the oppor tunity for counselling with their advisers, he pointed out. 'EAR AND ’AIR Is the Supposition that Colle gians Wild True or Untrue? “They aren’t wild. They are simply bored—all except those who are in love.”—Mack Miller, sopho more in law. * * * "Although they get wild-eyed at times from wine, women and ex ams, sooner or later they will be brought back to earth through the pursuit of knowledge.”—Bill Bar endrick, junior in pre-medics. * * * "College students on a whole are not wild. There are some, however, who like to be thought so or who think a slight shade of that repu tation desirable.”—Gladys Foster, junior in music. * * "Oh, they are not an wild as some magazines and movies make them out to be but they are in clined to be so a little.”—Maurice Kinney, senior in chemistry. Duke University School of Medicine Durham, N. C. On October 1, 1931, carefully selected first and third year students will be admitted. Ap plications may be sent at any time and will be considered in the order of receipt. Cata logues and application forms may be obtained from the Dean. Get Off The Ground Under Expert Instruction Special rates offered to University students. Come and investigate the ground school classes now being organized. Call Springfield 193-W or Write SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL OF FLYING, INC. SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 4 Spring Term...March 30 Beginning Monday morning, March 30, new classes will be organized in our regular stenographic and book keeping departments. University students may make arrangements for special work. Ask for further information. Eugene Business College “IT’S A GOOD SCHOOL” Phone 666 Miner Bldg. The most popular cereals served in the dining-rooms of American colleges, eating clubs and fraternities are made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. They include All-Bran, PEP Bran Flakes, Rice Krispies, Wheat Krumbles, and Kellogg’s WHOLE WHEAT Biscuit. Also Kaffee Hag Coffee — the coffee that lets you sleep. DROP in at the campus restaurant and order a bowl of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and milk or cream. Add some fruit, if you like. It s a treat. Just the dish to satisfy that touch of bedtime hunger. And so easy to digest, you’ll sleep like a log. Kellogg s Corn Flakes are delicious for breakfast, lunch, any time and anywhere. Ask for them at your fraternity eating house or the college dining-hall. CORN FLAKES rou ll enjoy Kellogg’s Slumber Music, broadcast over W