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NUMBER 37 UCLA Appears As Big Menace To Duck Hopes Last Year’s ‘Babes’ Are Infants No Longer Bruins To Attempt To Claw Oregon From Seeontl Place Berth LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20. — (Special to the Emerald.)—With clear, cool weather in prospect, the U. C. L. A. Bruins and the Uni versity of Oregon Webfoots are set mentally for a terrific strug gle when they face tomorrow at Olympic stadium here. Len Bergdahl, U. C. L. A. star quarter, was reported late tonight as definitely out of the game with a broken bone in his ankle, and Johnny Fletcher, substitute, will start in his place. Leighton Gee, Oregon halfback, is suffering from strained muscles in his right leg, and is not ex pected to start tomorrow. Bill Spaulding, U. C. L. A. coach, reports his team as in bet ter physical condition than ex pected. Doc Spears states that tomor row’s game will require his team’s best efforts. Between 30,000-and 40,000 per sons are expected to witness to day’s game. By WALT BAKER This afternoon in Los Angeles the Bruins of U. C. L. A. will en deavor to topple the Webfeet from their so far secure hold on second place in the Pacific Coast confer ence. The University of Southern California has won the first place position hands down and today will tangle with the Ramblers of Notre Dame in a titanic struggle of two sectional champions in South Bend, Ind. The Uclans have been gaining speed after a slow start in the conference and last week reached the climax by taking the measure of St. Mary’s. Doc Spears is figur ing on a tough afternoon of foot ball today. Latest word from the South gives out the information that all the Webfeet are in the best of condition and the entire first string will^e on hand to get into the starting lineup. Red Bai ley’s broken nose which was fig ured earlier in the week to keep him out of things, is healing nice ly and will be protected this after noon with a specially constructed helmet covering his face. Spears Is Confident Leighton Gee, halfback, Irwin Nilsson, tackle, and Bernie Hughes, guard, all of whom have been crip pled up since the Oregon State game will be in Dr. Spears’ start ing lineup. Yesterday the team (Continued on Page Two) Station KORE To Broadcast U of O, UCLA Grid Game pl>AY by play reports of the Webfoot-Bruin football con test in Los Angeles today will be received over Western Un ion leased wire and broadcast by KORE through the courtesy of Paul D. Green. The broadcast begins at 1:30 with Russ Hughes, Eugene’s colorful sports announcer, be fore the microphone. Mid-Term Grade * Warnings Fewer, States Registrar 675 Receive Slips, Though Only 258 Must See Their Advisers Figures released from the Uni versity personnel department and the registrar’s office yesterday show that a total of 675 mid- term grade warnings were sent out to students this quarter. Of these, only 258, having received two or more D grades or flunks, were re quired to interview their advisers. The other 417 received one D or failure. Statistics show that of the 258, 50 were women and 208 were men. According to the personnel de partment, these figures compare closely with those of fall quarter last year. Then 388 students were reported by their instructors as being in danger of failing at .the end of the term, having received two or more D’s or F’s. Of these, 93 were women and 295 were men. The system of sending out mid term warnings and adviser’s inter view blanks along with mid-term grades is now in its second year of operation, and seems to be ful filling its purpose, according to Karl W. Onthank, dean of the per sonnel department. Freshmen and sophomores are the main persons aided by this plan of placing ad vice by instructors within reach. "It assures,” Mr. Onthank said, "that the adviser as well as the student will not be able to find excuses for avoiding interviews. Indications show that students on the whole are taking advantage of opportunities to interview their in structors where they are expe riencing trouble, and are not be ing forced to do it against their will.” JOINT DANCE PLANNED Plans for a dance on December 4 with the drama group of Philo melete were discussed last Tues day by members of the charm school of Philomelete at a meeting held at the Phi Mu house. Helen Evans introduced the “Courtesy Book,” of which all groups of Philomelete are in charge. Noble Believes World Peace Menaced in Present Crisis I That at the present moment the danger to world peace is greater than any other time since 1919, when the Treaty of Versailles was signed, is the opinion expressed by Dr. Harold J. Noble, professor of Oriental history, when asked to comment on the latest develop ment of the Manchurian crisis. “If one glances at a map of Asia,” he said, “it can be seen that the Japanese have advanced to the zone of Russian interest in North ern Manchuria where Soviet Rus sia and China jointly own the Chi nese Eastern railway. The Japa nese are now in a position to cut off maritime Russia from the rest of the Russian territory should they choose to do so. The Rus sians can’t face that prospect with out some action any more than the United States would permit a foreign power to threaten the Panama canal.” Professor Noble explained that, although Russia is actually con cerned in the present Sino-Japa nese question, she is waiting for the League of Nations and the United States to act in such a way; that Japan would withdraw from : the zone of Russian interest in! North Manchuria. If the Japanese ' will move to the south, the diplo matic relations between Russia and Japan may not be strained. Even though Soviet Russia is oc-' I cupied with her Five-Year plan, this is not enough to avert a war if it were imperative for the Rus sians to fight one. “With the fall of Tsitsihar,” Dr. Noble pointed out, “the three capi tals of the Manchurian provinces have been captured and now Japan has practically complete mastery over Manchuria. This was achieved despite opposition of the league. “The league is helpless unless the United States vigorously acts with that body and decides what is to be done with the present Sino-Japanese complication. Amer ica is in a very delicate position and every step she makes will be done with the utmost caution. So it remains to be seen what the powers will do to solve the Man churian question.’’ Dr. Noble said that Japan knows that the threat of the league to boycott her is a “mere bluff.” He thinks that if the powers were agreed that they would enforce a boycott in case Japan won’t withdraw from Man churia, and if Japan were con vinced that the threat is not a bluff, and if at the same time the threat were conveyed to her pri vately in order to maintain her prestige, she undoubtedly would accept the dictates of the powers without actually making use of the boycott. Interfraternity Council To Set Requirements Quality or Quantity To Be Ba«is for Grades House Presidents To Vote On Standards For Initiation Interfraternity council grade re quirements for initiation are ex pected to be set at a meeting of the council to be held shortly after the Thanksgiving vacation, it was said yesterday by Virgil D. Earl, dean of men and president of the council. Two proposals have been pre sented to the council. One would put the requirements on a quan tity basis and the other on a qual ity basis. It is not known which the majority of house presidents favor, but there seems to be a slight trend towards the quality basis. “Quantity” Requires 12 Points The quantity plan would require that a student earn 12 points. A grade point average of 0.75 would be required under the quality plan. Those favoring the quality basis point out that a student would have to do the same grade of work regardless of the number of term hours he is taking. This would be more just to the man who is work ing outside or taking part in extra curricular activities than would be a system requiring him to make as many points as one who is car rying a larger number of term hours and not doing any extra work. Hours Carried Important In support of this contention it was pointed out that a student carrying 16 hours could make a 0.75 average and meet the 12 points requirement while a student carrying 15 hours would have to make a 0.8 average and one carry ing 12 hours would have to make a 1.0 average. The argument in favor of the quantity plan is that it would en courage students to carry the full schedule of 16 hours. This is countered by showing in the Uni versity yearbook that 13 lower di vision courses require only 15 hours. A few students favor requiring a 1. average, which is the grade point specification for graduation. This would be equivalent to a C average. Co-op Book Store Holds Informal Open House S. Stephenson Smith Reviews and Discusses Books _ 4 Informality was the keynote of the open house held at the Univer sity Co-op book balcony Friday af ternoon from 4 to 5:30 o’clock. S. Stephenson Smith reviewed several books and the visitors were invited to inspect the displays. Two of the books reviewed by Mr. Smith were children's books. “The Five Children,” by E. Nesbit, and “Puck of Pook’s Hill,” by Rud yard Kipling. Others which he took up in his informal discussion were: “The Story of San Michele,” by Dr. Axel Munthe; “Jurgen,” by James Branch Cabell; “Figures of Earth,” by the same author; and “Revolt in the Desert,” by T. E. Lawrence. (Continued on Page Two) St. Mary’s Game Pasteboards Off, Sale Noon Today STUDENTS desiring tickets for the St. Mary’s-Oregon game must purchase them be fore noon today, according to Ronald H. Robkiett, assistant graduate manager. Student tickets are * selling for $1 at the Associated Stu dent body office, and reserved seats may be obtained either at the Co-op or the Associated Student Body office for $2. Seats in the Oregon rooting section may also be had by get ting in touch with Hugh Rosson, graduate manager, who will be staying at the Cliff hotel in San Francisco. I U.C.L.A. Captain Kicks High Above is Norman Duncan, who will lead the Bruins against Ore gon this afternoon in Los Angeles. Duncan, from reports from the South, will not start the game but undoubtedly will see service before the final gun. ., Health Week Tea Draws 200 Co-eds To Gerlingr Hall Alpha Phi Wins Ahlen Cup; Ollier Prizes Given; Events Listed In observance of National Health week, over two hundred co-eds at tended the tea sponsored by W. A. A. Friday afternoon at Gerlinger hall. Alpha Phi was awarded the Al den cup for the best menu during the week. Helen Leisz was awarded first prize in the posture contest, with Lucile Cummings placing second and Gertrude Nit schke, honorable mention. Lolita Biller won the two weeks’ pass to the Fox McDonald theatre for the best poster. Two clever skits were presented, one a pantomime on general health fundamentals, and a series of posture silhouettes, entitled “Watch That Line.” Frances Haberlach, president of W. A. A., welcomed the guests. She was introduced by Virginia Grone. Virginia Hunter is gen eral chairman for Health week. Dorothy McLean had charge of the tea, at which the Thespians served. Girls wishing to reserve bicycles for today should call Katherine Bisbee at 688, or come to Gerlin ger hall, where 12 “bikes” are sta tioned. They may be rented for 10 cents an hour. A hike will start from the Ger linger hall at 1 o’clock this after (Continued on Page Tivo) Recital of Music Students Is Slated For Next Tuesday Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Will Be Presented on Sunday, December 13 Tuesday evening’s student recit al next week will be the last for this term. Lois Johnson, Miriam Stafford and Grace Burnett will be the soloists, accompanied by Theresa Kelly and Janet Fitch. Miss Johnson, a pianist, will play two groups. She is a student of Jane Thacher. Miss Burnett is a soprano, and a student of Arthur Boardman. Miss Stafford, cellist, is a student of Lora Teshner. The next music event of major importance this term will be the presentation of Handel’s “Mes siah” on Sunday afternoon, De cember 13. The "Messiah” will be sung by the 200-voice University Polyphonic choir, with a quartet of student soloists, and accompan ied by the University orchestra. Arthur Boardman, head of the voice department of the school of music, will direct the concert. So loists will not be announced until after Thanksgiving. Sunday’s Organ Program Will Be Last One of Term Approaching Vacation anti Examinations Cause Discontinuance The last Twilight organ recital for the fall term will be played Sunday afternoon at 5 p. m. in the Music auditorium by John Stark Evans, University organist. The Thanksgiving holiday, final examinations, and the long Christ mas vacation necessitates discon tinuance of this weekly feature. These programs will be resumed shortly after the first of the year, according to word from the spon sors of the Twilight hour, who are prominent students, faculty mem bers, and Eugene townspeople. Sunday’s program will open with the celebrated "Largo” from An ton Dvorak’s New World Sym phony, based on negro folk tunes. The main theme has become popu lar through the song, “Goin’ Home.” Improvisations on Christmas themes, including “Silent Night,” Adams’ "Cantinque de Noel,” and the hymn, "Adeste Fideles,” will follow. Seven short numbers by Joseph Clokey, organist at Pomona college in California, grouped under the general head of "Fireside Fancies,” will close the recital program. Last week many people had to be turned away from the recital because of lack of standing room. Half an hour before the program commenced, there were more than 100 already seated, and a total at tendance of more than 700 was (Continued on J’af/e Two) Southern Pacific Offers Thanksgiving Day Rates Cent-a-Mile Transportation Goes Into Effect Tuesday Timed to facilitate travel through Oregon and other western states in connection with observ ance of Thanksgiving day, Novem ber 20, Southern Pacific company is planning a new sale of “cent-a mile” transportation over its en tire system, according to announce ments today. The new offering of round-trip train fares will be made Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Novem ber 24, 25, and 26, according to F. G. Lewis, ticket agent for the com pany here. On these dates round ! trips will be sold to all places on the company’s Pacific lines on the I basis of round-trip for three-fifths | of the regular one-way fare. Re 1 turn limit will be midnight, Thurs | day, December 3, giving the travel er as much as 10 days in which to j make his trip. A fare of $13.50 will be pro ! vided for those who plan to go to San Francisco to witness the Uni versity of Oregon-St. Mary’s foot ball game, Thanksgiving day. Englestad Ruled Out by Athletic Board at O.S.C. Participation Fund To Have Started in 1928 Portland Paper Publishes Photos of Football Eligibility Sheets OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, Nov. 20.—(Special)—Ed Englestad, substitute guard on the weaver tootbali team, was de clared ineligible for further com petition here to day, it was an nounced by Prof. Charles Johnson, acting chairman of the state col lege board ofj athletic control. ! Englestad will i g^SESSSESSrasI lot play in the Oregon State-University of Utah charity grid game in Portland De cember 5, it was announced. Three years of competition— 1928, 1929, and 1930—besides this past season brought Englestad’s removal as a player for the Ore gon State Beavers today. PORTLAND, Nov. 20—(Special) —The Morning Oregonian tomor row will publish actual photo graphs of Oregon State college football eligibility sheets sent to Professor H. C. Howe, faculty athletic representative at the Uni versity of Oregon. This will be done in order to clear up a controversy between Professor Howe and Dean A. B. Cordley, formerly Oregon State’s representative in the Pacific coast conference, as to alleged omissions on the O. S. C. athletic eligibility lists sent to Eugene. Latin Honorary to Initiate Thirteen at Banquet Today Pi Sigma To Honor Large Group Of Language Scholars Pi Sigma, Latin honorary, will hold informal initiation for all new members this evening at 5 o’clock at Alumni hall. Thirteen students will be initiated. They are Eliza beth Ann McCracken, Rosalie Commons, Margaret Boone, Joan Cox, Lucile Coate, Mary Elizabeth Kehoe, Barbara Leisz, Frances Frazier, Allie Kemp, Dorothy Jean Withers, Virginia Hancock, Lucy Howe, and Edmund Chaney. This is the largest group ever to be initiated. Following the initiation, the honorary will hold its semi-annual banquet at the Anchorage. Thelma Nelson, president, will preside. Frederic S. Dunn, head of the de partment of Latin, will give an ad dress entitled “Divius Iulius Re divivus” or “The Deified Julius Re turns.” Frances Frazier will speak on behalf of the class of initiates. Eva Nelson is in charge of the arrangements for the banquet. Ro man customs and ceremonies will be imitated as closely as possible. HOME FROM HOSPITAL Max Adams, University pastor, who underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Pacific Chris tian hospital November 12, has re covered rapidly and returned to his home last night. Reports Number Of Lost Articles J^OST or misplaced articles that were turned in to the University depot this week in clude : 4 Pairs of ladies’ gloves. 3 Books. 2 Scarfs. 1 Ladies’ coat belt. 1 Fountain pen. 1 Chain necklace. 1 Slicker. Besides these there are many similar articles that have ac cumulated in the past which will l»e returned to their owners if they will call at the depot and Identify their property. University Oregon Given $9250 Additional in Grants By Carnegie Group Noble To Discuss Japanese Crisis At Faculty Meet DECENT developments In the *■ Manchurian crisis will be in terpreted l>y I)r. Harold Noble, professor of history, in a talk at the Faculty club tomorrow night at 7 o’clock. Faculty club members and their friends have been invited to hear Dr. Noble. Faculty women are also invited. Dr. Noble is a recognized au thority on the problems of Ja pan, China, and Manchuria, hav ing spent several years in the areas now experiencing heavy fighting, and studied the prob lems thoroughly. Former Student Of Oregon Dies at Seattle Suddenly Stephen J. Cliadwiek, ’78, Was Ex-Just ice of Supreme Court Stephen J. Chadwick, former Washington supreme court justice and a student of the University of Oregon in 1878, died in Seattle yesterday after a brief illness. He was one of the foremost members of the Democratic party in the state of Washington. Chadwick attended the Univer sity two years, coming from the Willamette university. He was a student under John Straub, emeri tus dean of men, during his stu dent career here on the campus. At that time the University had only one course and the subjects Chadwick took under Dean Straub were Greek, Latin, and algebra. "Chadwick was a hard-working and studious fellow, and well liked not only through his campus ca reer but also in his political career in his later years,’’ said Dean Straub. “At this early period the Uni versity had not as yet introduced athletics into its curricula, and the students therefore had nothing else to do but study,” he concluded. Judge Chadwick served on the supreme court for 1G years, and during that time and since had frequently been sought to head the Democratic state ticket by a large faction in the party. His father was secretary of state of Oregon from 1870 to 1877. Outstanding Work Here Given Praise School Again To Be Center Of Art Training Next Summer An additional sum of $9,250 has been granted the University of Oregon by the Carnegie corpora tion and the American Institute of Architects, for the purpose of pursuing its work on artistic ap preciation and the summer session teacher training in art, according to an announcement made yester day by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the University. The sum of $6,750 was added to last year's grant of $10,000 for re search in the field of artistic ap preciation, a work already under way, the partial completion of which promises to bring out re markable findings in this phase of modern education. Oregon, Harvard Chosen Oregon in the West, and Har vard university in the East were again chosen as summer session teacher training centers in art by the Carnegie corporation and the American Institute of Architects, and Oregon’s original grant of $5000 was increased to $7500. “These additional grants indi cate added recognition of the out standing work being done by the University of Oregon in the field of creative art and artistic appre ciation,” said Dr. Hall. "This sub vention is all the more significant in view of the fact that founda tions are withholding any large grants until it has been deter mined whether or not the Univer sity is to enjoy the confidence and adequate support of the state. Act Is Vote of Confidence “The action of the Carnegie cor poration and American Institute of Architects is a vote of confi dence in the University in spite of financial difficulties here, and though the action is unusual, it is reassuring especially at this time.” The summer session art grant is to be used both for scholarships and for providing instruction and material. Scholarships are to be given by the Carnegie corporation to a large number of college in structors in art and to others in this field. Changes in Policy Possible The additional amount of the grant will make possible changes in policy and procedure that will assure the University the best summer session in this work that it has ever had, it is pointed out. National recognition for accom j (Continued on Page Three) Blind Student Follows Family Tradition by Making Honors By ELINOR HENRY Elizabeth Hall’s great - grand father wore his Phi Beta Kappa key very thin in the daily winding of his watch. Her grandfather hung his key from a gold chain and carried it out to Oregon in 1867. She will pin hers on firmly, though she may never be able to see what is written on it. Though Miss Hall, whose elec tion to the Senior Six of Phi Beta Kappa was announced Thursday, is almost totally blind, she is a member of Pi Lambda Theta, edu cation honorary; of Samara, bot any honorary; of Pi Sigma, Latin honorary; of the Women’s Ath letic association (she hiked 140 miles last year); and of Prose and Poetry group of Philomelete. She can see to distinguish only light, dark, and the size and gen eral shape of objects. At the end of her junior year in high school she became ill. It was four years before she was able to attend school. Then she graduated from the Washington school for the blind in East Vancouver. Her eye sight has been very slowly improv ing during her three years in the University. “My oculist says my vision will entirely return sometime,’’ Miss Hall said yesterday. “I do not think so. But I am very grateful for the least sign of improvement." All her studying is done with a reader. She takes no notes during lectures, depending on her reader. If the reader is not enrolled in the course, Miss Hall uses no notes at all, even when reviewing for ex aminations. When term papers must be writ ten—and in work for general hon ors in education, psychology, and English there are many—Miss Hall sits down before her typewriter and writes. Someone reads the paper aloud to her so she can make corrections. Then she goes back to the typewriter and writes from dictation the final copy of the paper. Lesson plans for her practice teaching of Latin are all written on the ancient Braille writing ma chine used by Tom Cutsworth, who graduated from Oregon in 1918 and received his M.A. here in 1923. Though he, too, was blind, he was a member of Sigma Xi, science honorary, and is now a re search Fellow for the Science Re search Council in Boston. The only other blind student known to have made Phi Beta Kappa in the history of the Uni versity is M. Donald Smith, a Ro mance language major, who waa elected to Phi Beta Kappa spring (Continued on Page Two)