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‘Dulcy’ Tonight "Dulcy,” produced by the Guild Hall players, continues its run at Guild theatre tonight and Monday. Don’t fail to see it. Dad’s Day Dads will begin to arrive on the campus today for the annual cele bration of Dad's Day tomorrow. Show them whai, Oregon hospital ity means. VOLUME XXXIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931 NUMBER 17 SHOW YOUR SPIRIT-—WIRE THE TEAM TODAY AT THE RYAN HOTEL, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA Spencer Issue Believed Closed At Washington U. of W. President Firm On Stand Seattle Reporter Claims Statements Made in Paper True By BICE CLEMOW Editor, University of Washington Daily. UNIVERSITY OF WASHING TON, Seattle, Oct. 22.— (Special to the Emerald.)-—Despite press releases defending the Seattle Star reporter who purportedly quoted President M. Lyle Spencer on the Lillard case, the threatened break between Washington and Oregon was considered a closed incident here tonight. While university officials inti mated that today’s wire stories might be attempts to justify mis quotation, President Spencer re peated his stand that statements attributed to him were “so pre posterous that no one would be lieve them.” “Nobody here has given the thing a second thought,” accord ing to Earl F. Campbell, graduate manager of the A. S. U. W. “We are interested only in seeing that the excellent relationship between Oregon and Washington is pre served.” Portland and Eugene papers last night carried stories reiterating President Spencer’s stand that he was misquoted, and giving the stand of the Seattle Star reporter who interviewed Dr. Spencer that the statements printed were cor rect. The reporter, C. B. Blethen II, told the United Press yesterday that he was so surprised at Dr. Spencer’s statements concerning the Lillard case and the recent Oregon-Washington football game that he repeated them back to him to be sure Spencer realized what he had said. Son of Publisher r Blethcn is the son of Col. C. B. j Blethen, publisher of the Seattle • Times, and is said to have been of his elopement. The Eugene Register-Guard was unable to reach President Spencer by long-distance phone yesterday. The president’s secretary, it is re ported, said that Dr. Spencer was out of town and could not be reached until Friday. Dr. Kremer Publishes New German Textbook Dr. E. P. Kremer, assistant pro fessor of German, has recently published a book called “Tierges chichten,” by the famous author, Manfred Kyber. The title of this book means “Animal Stories.” The book has been introduced in to many eastern and western col leges and has been well received, according to Dr. F. G. G. Schmidt, ^ head of the department of German. 'Dulcy’ Staged Second Time; Marian Camp Stars as Lead By SANFORD PLATT "Dulcy," the light modern com edy by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly, was presented for the second time last night by the Guild Theatre Players. “Dulcy,” Marian Camp, the “helpful” wife, who almost suc ceeded in wrecking her husband's future, was good. From her first entrance until the final curtain, her performance was sparkling, light, vivid. At no time during the entire evening \yas she out of character for a moment. The plot of this play was not exceptionally strong. It started off rather badly, but perhaps this fact can be explained by the con tinual annoyance caused by the late arrival of a large part of the audience. However, with Miss Camp’s first entrance, action and interest were picked up and sus tained rather well throughout the remainder of the play. Waldon Boyle, as Gordon Smith, Dulcy’s husband, was thoroughly at ease in his role. His character ization, although shaky at times, was on the whole very good. William Porter, played by Don ald Confrey, was not convincing. Throughout the first act, he seemed extremely conscious that he was acting. Jack Stipe, as Tom Sterrett; Gene Love, as C. Rogers Forbes; and Harvey Welch, as Vincent Leach, were very good in their various roles. Other members of the cast were Carl Kleppel, as Blair Patterson; Leonard Doit, as Schuyler Van Dyck; Inez Simons, as Mrs. Forbes; Kathryn King, as Angela Forbes; and Howard Burnett, as Henry, the butler. Fall Term Social Calendar of AWS Announced Today Committees’ Progress Is Reported at Meeting Last Night Complete committee reports out lining the scope of women’s activ ities for the fall term were made in the A. W. S. council meeting last night. Activities relating to the Big Sister program, foreign scholar plans, Peter’s Lodge, W. A. A., Y. W. C. A., vocational guidance, auction sale, and Christmas col lege ball were topics of di*:ussion. Results of the work done by the newly instituted correspondence committee, the office force of freshman women, and the commit tee in charge of the chrysanthe mum sale were given in detail by committee heads. It has been the policy of the1 council to devote some time fol- j lowing the business meeting to aj general discussion of campus top-1 ics and problems vital to women | students. The last subject treated was the function of a Pan-Hellenic i organization. j Two Enlist for Infantry In Philippine Islands VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Oct. 22.—(Special.)—Rob-1 ert E. Woodward and Harold Hule- | gaard of Eugene have enlisted j here for infantry, regular army, in the Philippine Islands. After a short stay at Vancouver Barracks, they will leave for Fort McDowell, California, sailing from there No vember 23 aboard the U. S. army transport Republic. Privates Hule gaard and Woodward will make the maiden voyage trip on Uncle Sam’s newest transport. Though enlisted for three years’ service, Woodward and Hulegaard will spend only two years in the tropical army post, returning to a mainland infantry post on the Pa cific coast for the third year of their enlistments. Professor Gives Opinion On Sino-Japanese Complication By MAXIMO PULIDO “As Nicaragua is to the United! States, so is Manchuria to Japan, j or even more. It is but natural j then that Japan should oppose American intervention in the pres ent Manchurian crisis.” Thus spoke Dr. Harold J. Noble, assistant professor of Oriental his tory in the University, when asked to comment on the reported oppo sition of the Japanese military | party to intervention by any third j power in the friction between Chi-1 na and Japan. “Japan has fought two wars1 . just for Manchuria—the Sino-1 Japanese war of 1895 and the, Russo-Japanese war of 1905. In j both undertakings she spent mil lions of yens and lost thousands of men. Japanese investments in South Manchuria are valued at from one and a half billion to two billion dollars. Japan looks at Manchuria both as a potential j market and an indispensable source of raw materials for her vast manufacturing industries. She thought her interests in that part of China needed protection, so she stepped in,” Dr. Noble pointed out. Professor Noble explained that Japan won't withdraw her mem bership in the League of Nations being one of the greatest powers of the world. She is aware of the fact that by being a member of I the league, she can exert tremen ! dous influence in the deliberation 1 of that body, not only concerning I affairs of the Orient but also of i Europe. Dr. Noble said that there are two major parties in Japan, namely, the civil and the military. The civil party is headed by Premier Wakatsuki and Baron Shidehara, foreign minister. This group is an advocate of peace. The military (Continued on rage Two) Pre-Law Majors To Meet Monday For Discussion Closer Relation Between Underclassmen and Faculty Wanted A meeting for all pre-law majors has been called Monday, October 2G, at 4:30 in Guild hall, for the purpose of discussing pre-legal re quirements and problems, it was announced. Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonnel administration, and Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, in calling this meeting have in mind the “devising of some plan to improve the contact between pre-law students and the law school and advisers during the first two years when no actual work is done by freshmen and sophomores in law courses.” This step has been taken, ex plained Dean Onthank yesterday, to help the student decide definite ly within the first two years wheth er or not his major interest and ability lies in the law school. Some very good students fail to become interested in their major school, believes the law faculty, be cause of the preliminary work which they must take as a basis for law courses. It is to understand problems of this nature that a series of meet ings will be held throughout the year when the students will meet in small groups or individually with their advisers. Mr. Morse will outline what the law school expects students to ac quire during the first two years of their preparatory training. The object of pre-law work is to be ex plained. Such advice will be found val uable in reducing the number of mistakes made in the third year, in reducing expenses for both stu dents and the school, and in in creasing interest, according to Mr. Onthank. Psalm-Singers Select Sunday Session Subject Next Sunday morning’s topic for the upperclass group of the West minster house will be “Can Mind Heal the Body?” This is in con nection with a study the group is making of the Gospel of Mark. A cabinet meeting of the new officers selected last week was held Wednesday for the consideration of plans for the terrft’s program. The newly chosen executives are: Jim Dinsmore, president; Dorothy Thomas, vice-president: Edith Cle ment, secretary; and Cecil Espy, treasurer. Thacher Has 80 Enrolled In Advertising Classes The present class in general ad vertising is one of the largest in the history of the school, reports W. F. G. Thacher, professor in English and advertising. A total of 80 upper-division students are registered for the three-hour course. Each year the class participates i in the annual advertising contest i sponsored by the Ham-Jackson i company of Portland. The com fetition last year involved the prep aration of a complete advertising campaign, including the use of di rect mail. Holmes Names Homecoming Dance Heads Directorate Announces Progress of Plans Selienk, Young, Hawkins Are on Committee for Week-End Program That plans for the 1931 Home coming week-end are speeding for ward with almost unprecedented rapidity was re vealed last nignt at a meeting of the directorate, at which the committee heads gave reports on the progress made during the past two days. Bob Holmes, Horn e c o m i n g dance chairman, anno unced the Bob Holmes complete appointment of his com mittee as follows: Business manager — Harry Schenk. Tickets—Freeman Young. Music—Marvin Jane Hawkins. Reception, patrons and patron esses—Mary Lou Muncey. Decorations—George Vaughn. Properties—Jeff Howard. Floor and cleanup—Fred Ahearn. Good Band Planned “We are confident that this year’s Homecoming dance will be one of the most successful in his tory,” Holmes said. “Already the committee has arranged for the greater part of the plans.” Plans are being made, according to Holmes, to secure Archie Love land’s Multnomah hotel grill or chestra. A personal investigation was made of all the leading bands of the state by the chairman in person, and he selected the Port land band as being the “hottest and cleverest bunch” from the Co lumbia river to the California bor der. The orchestra, according to Holmes, will arrange to publicize the Oregon Homecoming by its Portland radio broadcasts for a week before the event. The decorations, under the direc tion of George Vaughn, will be taken care of by a professional decorating firm from Portland. Decorations To Be Complete “We are planning on having the first completely decorated Home coming dance in years,” Holmes said in commenting on this phase of the event. “Not a detail will be overlooked—even the ceiling or doors. Another thing, we’re going to have the best floor in several decades. Special waxing equip ment is being secured from Port land, and we’re going to have the Igloo floor boards just like glass.” Features for the most part are to be furnished by the orchestra, he revealed, and will be something entirely “new and different” in the way of intermission entertainment. The band, features and all, will come to Eugene by special per (Continued on Page Tiro) Many File Reservations For Junior-Senior Dance Tickets on Sale at Fraternities; Fletcher, Day in Charge Tickets for the first annual Jun ior-Senior dance, set for October 31, went on sale in men's living or ganizations yesterday noon, and by last night nearly half of the 250 reservations had been taken, it was reported by Ferd Fletcher and Gordon Day, general chairmen for the dance. The pasteboards, selling at $1, will remain on sale through the week, but men are advised to get them early, it was the report of the chairman. Cocoanut Grove, chosen as the scene of the upperclass social af fair, is being enlarged this week for the dance. Workmen are busy tearing out the miniature golf course which filled one-half of the Grove and the dancing space will thus be bigger. Only one row of I tables will be placed around the '.floor for the grille dance. ! Two campus bands are still un ! der consideration to play for the ! affair, and selection is expected to [be made today. Tomorrow Last Chance For IOOO To Pay For Fees ITII 1000 students still to pay their fees, the cashier’s window at the Administration building will be open only from 9-12 and 1-3 on Friday, October 23, 9-12 on Saturday, October 24, as already scheduled. Unless the rate of payment is increased materially today, the congestion on Saturday morn ning, the last chance, will be such that all cannot possibly be accommodated, E. I’. Lyon, ^cashier, announced yesterday. With this possibility In mind, ithe cashier’s office Wednesday ; called all the living organiza tions on the campus and re quested them to urge members to pay their fees immediately. In spite of this, over one‘third of the student body has not. yet paid them. Famous Chemist Addresses Sigma Xi ACS Conclave Many Scientists Hear Talk On Survey of Radicals; Friedman in Charge Tracing the development of or ganic chemistry from the time of Lavoisier, who is reputed to be the father of the science, Dr. Moses Gomberg, president of the American Chemical society and widely recognized scientist, spoke to the joint meeting of the Oregon section of the American Chemical society and the local chapter of Sigma Xi, national scientific hon orary, last night. His topic was “A Survey of Free Radicals." Radicals Explained A free radical, as Dr. Gomberg explained, is not a political parti san but rather a type of compound for which organic chemists have been seeking since the beginning of the science. A radical, he went on to ex (Continued on Page Three) P.-T. A. Delegates Are Guests at Tea In Gerlinger Hall Faculty Club, AAUW Are Hostesses; Thespians And Kwamas Serve The delegates to the State Par ent-Teacher association convention meeting in Eugene were guests of the Women's Faculty club and the American Association of Univer sity Women at a tea held in Alum ni hall in Gerlinger building yes terday afternoon. One hundred and ninety-two delegates were present. Mrs. E. E. DeCou and Mrs. Vir gil D. Earl as members of the P. T. A. committee made arrange ments for the tea, Mrs. Wayne L. Morse and Mrs. B. W. DeBusk, social chairman of the A. A. U. W. and the Faculty club respectively, headed the committee for the event. In the receiving line were Mrs. A. B. Hall, Mrs. A. E. Caswell of the Faculty club; Mrs. William T. Brice, of Portland, state president; Mrs. C. T. Roe, of Washington, D. C., national field secretary; Mrs. B. I. Elliott, of Portland, national treasurer; Mrs. Sam Bond, presi dent of the Eugene city P.-T. A. council, and Mrs. Earl. The Kwama and Thespian, soph omore and freshman women ser vice honoraries assisted in serving. A list of those who poured follows: Mrs. H. G. Sheldon, Mrs. Eric W. Allen, Mrs. W. D. Smith, Mrs. Bish op Tingle, Mrs. William Tugman, and Mrs. Harvey Wheeler. Faculty Members Travel To Portland To Lecture Nine members of the faculty make the trip to Portland once a week to teach the night school classes of the University extension. They are Dan E. Clark, history; B. W. DeBusk, education; David E. Faville, business administration; John H. Mueller, sociology; George Rebec, philosophy; Warren D. Smith, geology; C. T. Huffaker, education; F. G. Schmidt, German, and W. G. Beattie, education. Dr. Beattie also motors to Salem for the Wednesday night classes. Team on Train Heading East For Big Game Spirits High for Coming Fray With Nodaks Jaek Benny, RKO Star, Entertains Squad on Long Trip (Editors Note: This is the first af a series of articles written by Jack Dant, football manager, who is on the train with the Oregon football team on their way East and transmitted by wire to the Emerald. These will appear prac- ; tically every day in Ine Emerald giving the progress of ine team.) WHITEFISH, Montana, Oct. 22. — (Special to the Emerald). The 1'niversity of Oregon team stopped j for 15 minutes here at Whitefish long enough for the contingent of 33 players and 3 coaches to get the train-ride kinks out of their mus cles by passing a football on the station platform. They are traveling east on the Great Northern Empire Builder, equipped with radio, phonographs, plush davenports, and all the other features of a traveling palace. The boys are in good spirits and doing their best to enjoy all the services that have been placed at their dis posal. Boys Studying Hard Contrary to the precedent laid down in the past on athletic trips the boys have been hitting the books for both the days since they have been out. Every afternoon, when there is a lull in the general activities of blackboard drill and skull practice, there is a universal study hour in which the squad is endeavoring to make up some of the work that they will have missed on the cross-continental jaunt. During the day the team was rather informally entertained by Jack Benny, comedian, and other RKO stars who are on their way east to travel in the circuit there. The entertainment was all im promptu and the Orpheum stars went through the football cars opening up their bag of tricks for most of the afternoon. Snow Delays Trip After a snowstorm this morning, during which the train was held up for half an hour, as the train r-.oves eastward the weather is get ting warmer with no sign of bad weather. Perhaps, after all, there will be ideal football weather when the squad gets off the train at Grand Forks. Mikulak, Wilson, and the rest of the Minnesota boys have spent most of the day counting the mile posts from Minnesota, and have had a hard time waiting until they arrive within a few hundred miles (Continued on I’aejc Two) Ontliank Denies Rumor That Houses Will Disband Economic Depression Keducys the Number of Women In order to quell the rumors in Eugene and on the campus that a number of University houses are in danger of disbanding, Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel ad ministration and chairman of the housing committee, yesterday is sued the following statement: “Because of the somewhat re duced number of girls this year, the women’s houses are having rather more difficult problems of management than they would have anyway, because of the economic1 depression. “The housing committee has been aware of the situation since before college opened, and before the opening* of the term had a group meeting of all the managers and a number of individual con ferences since then. All the or ganizations are curtailing ex penses. “There is no reason to believe, however, that any of those houses which are now operating will not be able to continue. “This statement is made because of the various rumors which have come to me that some of these houses could not continue. By careful management we believe that all will be able to carry on successfully.’’ Campus To Welcome Oregon Dads With Annual Celebration DAD'S DAY PROGRAM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 Morning—Executive' meeting of Oregon Dsuls. Noon—Luncheon and special features at houses of resi dence; broadcast of North Dakota game. 2:00 P. M. — Mass meeting of Oregon Dads (Igloo). 3:00 P. M.—Smoker at men's K.vm. 5:30 P. M.—Banquet at McAr thur court. 8:00 P. M.—F o o t b n 11 game (Frosh vs. Rooks). SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 Special- services at all churches. Villard Hall To Be Scene of Speech Fray in November ‘American Rackets’ Topic For Campus Orators; Details Given All students who expect to com pete in the after-dinner and extem pore speaking contests to be held November 3 at 7 o’clock in Villard hall are requested to see Profes sor John L. Casteel or Walter Hempstead in the speech offices in Friendly hall as soon as possible. The rules for tryouts are: Eligibility: All undergraduate students, both men and women are eligible. Preparation: The general topic for the contests will be “American Rackets.” Speakers are to inform themselves thoroughly on this sub 1ect and should acquire material for illustration and interest, in the discussion of their topics. Speaking topics: One hour be fore the beginning of the tryouts, contestants will draw for speaking places. One hour before each con testant speaks, he will draw three sub-topics related to the general subject. He will take his choice of one of these three sub-topics as the topic for his speech. He will then be allowed one hour for prep aration, using whatever notes or materials he has at hand. > Speaking rules: Each sppech shall be not less than eight or over eight minutes in length. Time warnings will be given at the end of six and eight minutes. Speeches over or under these limits will be penalized in proportion to the vio lation. No notes shall be used in speak ing, except for direct quotations. Such quotations shall not exceed 200 words in length, and must be handed to the chairman at the end of the speech. Date of contest: The contest will be held Tuesday evening, Novem ber 3, in Villard hall. Drawings will be made at 7 o’clock sharp, and speeches will begin at 8 o’clock Contestants drawing late must ac (Continued on Page Three) Jette Shapes Reception Plans for Affair Frosli-Rook Game Attracts Large Contingent of Fathers, Mothers This afternoon the vanguard of Oregon Dads will arrive in Eugene to attend the fifth annual celebra tion of Dad’s day at the Univer sity of Oregon. With more than 350 Dads having already made res ervations, it is expected that by 5:30 Saturday afternoon, the final date for official registration, a larger contingent of parents of Oregon students will be on the campus than ever before. All plans for the reception and entertainment of the Dads have been completed, according to Ken Jette, chairman of the week-end directorate. Oregon students are asked to cooperate with the student committees by having the Dads register as their first official act on arriving in Eugene. Dads Must Register The Dads are to register on the main floor of the administration building. There they will receive their badges, their tickets for the football game, reservations for the banquet, rooms and also any infor mation they desire concerning the week-end events. Dads may regis ter from 1 p. m. Friday to 5:30 p. m., Saturday. Saturday morning will be devot ed exclusively to business meet ings of the Dad’s organization. At noon the round of entertainment for the fathers will begin. All liv ing organizations are giving spe cial feature luncheons with Oregon songs and yells furnishing atmos phere. During the luncheon most of the houses will broadcast the Oregon - North Dakota football game. Smoker at Igloo At 2 p. m. Saturday thefre will bo a final mass meeting of the Dads at the igloo. From there they will journey to the men’s gym where the afternoon smoker featuring numerous athletic events will be gin promptly at' 3. At this smoker both sons and daughters are ex pected to accompany their parents and sit in the section reserved for them in the upstairs balcony. The banquet for the Dads begins at 5:30 p.m. at McArthur court. The Kwama and Skull and Daggers or ganizations will act as hosts and see that everything proceeds on schedule. The Oregon band will furnish music during the meal, and a number of prominent men of the state have been secured as speak ers. The Frosh-Rook football game begins at 8:30 p. m. instead of 8 p. m. as previously announced. En tertainment between halves of the game will consist of sparkler stunts from the Oregon rooters' section and a feature “mock” foot ball battle between teams for Sig (Continued on Page Two) Pendleton Champion Bows To Collegiate Bronco Buster George Nelson still thinks there is neither rhyme nor reason in this man’s work}. It so happens that Nelson is a buckaroo of some fame, having for his latest glory—that is, up until last Sunday the title of world champion in just about everything that has to do with bucking broncs. Nelson came to Eugene for the rodeo last week, basking in the publicity he had received for win ning the big cup at the last Pen dleton round-up, and along with him came a troop of crack riders including the Northwest champion. Their show would have gone along very nicely but for one "punk college kid,” Forrest Pax ton, who came to the University from out in the wilds of Lakeview. Paxton, upon hearing of the ro 1 deo's coming to town, decided his participation in the event would furnish a pleasant diversion from J hard, tiresome studies, and, being somewhat of a rider himself, made an entry in the week’s activities. The show opened with 15 riders, and by Saturday the list was weeded down to seven, with Pax ton still in the running. It was a narrow escape even then, for a little frame-up provided him with a nag that wouldn’t buck and a saddle that was tacked on in a loose manner somewhere up around the plug’s neck. Anyway, Paxton managed to “give the works” to his fiery steed for quite a show on Sunday. In fact, Pax ton worked his horse into a white heat and outrode the above-men tioned Nelson, the Northwest champ, and the other four men | who were rated up In the money. His work was described as the I "prettiest piece of riding ever seen | in this village” by the boys “up I in the know.” Once Paxton’s j horse did a tailspin into the dirt I (Continued on Page Three)