VOLUME XXXIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1931
NUMBER 43
Sino-Japanese
Debate May Be
Held Tuesday
Acceptance of Challenge
Sought by Chinese
Wu Tang Offers To Present
ITis Country’s Staiul
On Manchuria
A public debate on the Manchur
ian situation, in which the campus
will hear a Chinese and a Japanese
student in the University present
their nations’ views, may be held
Tuesday night if a Japanese or
American student accepts the chal
lenge of a’Chinese and administra
tive officials grant permission for
the forum, it was learned last
night.
Students from the International
house on the campus and Professor
Harold S. Tuttle, faculty sponsor,
will lay their request for the de
bate before University officials to
day.
In a letter to the Emerald today,
Wu Tang, third year law student
on the campus from Hankow,
China, offered to debate the Man
churian question if a Japanese or
American student would accept
his challenge.
Clifford L. Constance, assistant
registrar of the University, will
be asked today to permit the use
of Guild theatre, Villard assembly,
105 Commerce, 105 Journalism, the
music auditorium, or a similar
large room for the proposed de
bate.
A similar open forum on the
Manchurian question, in which Wu
Tang debated against Plirosi Acino,
Japanese consul in Portland, was
held at the Students’ Conference on
International Affairs at Reed Col
lege last week-end.
Commendation of the debate
plan here was voiced last night by
students and faculty men.
Four Squads in Running
For ROTC Rifle Honors
Elimination Match Ousts Teams
In Cup Competition
The completion of the second
elimination in the intramural rifle
shoot leaves four teams in the run
ning for the silver loving cup do
nated the winners by the local R.
O. T. C. unit.
Gamma hall was high scorer in
the second round, amassing 1G52
points to blast the hopes of Friend
ly hall, the high scorers in the
first round, who had 1477 hits to
their credit. Alpha hall eliminated
their neighbors, Sigma hall, with
a score of 1497 to 1490. In the
three-way match between Delta
Tau Delta, Phi Delta Theta, and
Beta Theta Pi, the' Delt and Phi
Delt teams were the two highest
and earned the right to enter the
semi-finals. The scores in this tri
angular match were: Delt, 1469;
Phi Delt, 1429; and Beta with 343
dropped automatically from com
petition.
The pairings for the semi-finals
are Gamma hall vs. Alpha, and
Delta Tau Delta vs. Phi Delta
Theta. These matches will be shot
next week.
Mourning In Vain
As Victim Awakes
From Deep Sleep
By JACK BELLINGER
^ LONE student lay still and
I inert. His body was cold
and stiff.
“Is he dead?” one student
asked another.
“I fear he has breathed his
last,” was the reply.
There was no outward sign of
life. The two students hovered
over him for ten minutes. Still
he did not move.
Then one of them gathered
some flowers while another
made a wreath of greenery.
They placed these expressions
of their sorrow upon the pros
trate body. •
One jf the grief-stricken
youths then began to write an
obituary, for he was a journal
ism student, and wanted to do
justice to his friend.
...The other mourner, a co-ed,
overcome by emotion, began to
cry.
And then, hearing the sobs,
Parks Hitchcock awoke from a
long period of slumber.
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Oregon Debaters
Travel Through
Disorderly China
Executions and Robberies
Common Occurrences,
Says Letter
Chinese bandits, train robberies
and murders furnished plenty of
excitement for the Pacific Basin
Good-Will debaters, Roger Pfaff,
Robert Miller, and David Wilson,
on their way from Nanking to Pe
king, China.
Pfaff in a letter to Dean James
H. Gilbert of the University of
Oregon told of their experiences.
“The train travels at a snail’s
pace and one almost imagines that
a good sprinter could out-distance
it. There are also minor annoy
ances such as bandits stopping the
train by piling logs on the track
and then robbing the passengers,
perhaps killing a dozen or so. A
train was held up several weeks
ago and 30 people were killed.
China in Chaos
“China is in a chaotic condition
at present. Soldiers are every
where. Many of them are mere
boys less than 16. The students of
China are stirred with a desire to
fight for their country and the ter
rorists are making life very un
certain. Soldiers camp on farms
and eat up the farmers’ produce.
Communists are quickly made
away with and you can buy post
cards showing all the gruesome de
tails.
"One realizes the immensity of
China in seeing the miles of culti
vated land on .both sides of the
track stretching away into the dis
tance. When one learns that this
land is divided up into small
acreages of one and two acres,
each belonging to different individ
uals, the complexity of the whole
situation is revealed.
Attend Institute
“We attended the latter part of
the Institute of Pacific Relations
and met there some very interest
ing people. Dr. Notobe of Japan
was a delegate in addition to fam
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Science Discovers Another
Means To Smash Poor Atom
Atom-smashing as a sport seems
due for another rise in the world.
A return of some of its old-time
glamor is seen in yesterday’s an
nouncement by the old master,
Professor Robert Andrews Milli
kan, that a "bigger and better”
way to smash atoms has been dis
covered. After being treated to a
season of highly artistic line
smashing by big Mike Mikulak of
the Oregon varsity, this campus
ought to view with added zest this
new approach to the art of smash
ing.
According to Professor A. E.
Caswell of the physics department,
one of the University’s own atom
smashers, Millikan is one of the
two great proton penetrators in
the world. The other is Sir Er
nest Rutherford of England. So
the event takes on an added inter
national flavor.
Professor Caswell also pointed
out that the fact that atoms can
be smashed is itself nothing new.
Millikan, using the now out-of
date alpha ray, succeeded in dev
astating the nucleus of a nitrogen
atom some time back, and formed
another element, hydrogen out of
the nitrogen. But he did not
change the nitrogen completely
over ipto hydrogen, a
The action of the alpha ray up
on the protons and electrons of
the nitrogen atom nucleus was like
that qf a bullet, Professor Caswell
stated, bursting the well-organized
planetary system within the atom,
and causing a change in atomic
weight of the nucleus. All ele
ments are distinguishable by their
electronic organization and atomic
weight. When these are changed
the structure of the element
changes, just as the nitrogen elec
tronic and protonic arrangement
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I
Old Carols To
Be Featured in
Yuletide Frolic
Over Sixty To Serenade
Town and Campus
Professors, Students Plan
To Put on Stunts
And Dances
Plans for the Christmas frolic
December 12 were discussed and
approved at a meeting of the com
mittees in charge of the affair,
yesterday afternoon. Plans were
fast rounding in shape and indi
cations pointed toward a highly
successful night, according to the
opinions of those attending.
The ghost of old-time English
Christmases will stalk about the
city when the Revels Carolers, an
organization of sixty or more
voices to sing old English Christ
mas ballads at the frolic, will ser
enade the townsfolk. S. Stephen
son Smith is in charge of rehears
ing the carolers in the proper
manner of rendition.
Carolers To Serenade
Following the picturesque sere
nade by the black-gowned carol
I ers, the frolic proper will com
mence sharply at 8 when the song
sters gather outside Gerlinger hall
and regale the campus with selec
tions of festival nature. At 8:30
the group will enter the building
and lead those attending to the
main floor, where festivities will
commence.
The Order of the “O” has come
to the aid of the party and will
bring a huge yule log as its con
tribution. The Oregon Yeomen
will perform the yeoman task of
rolling huge barrels of cider in for
refreshment.
Professors To Gigolo
During the intermission a group
of faculty members will demon
strate how the old-time gigolos
strutted their stuff when they do
a square dance. If time allows,
they will execute a pre-prohibition
Virginia reel.
During this time Mac Miller, a
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Exam Schedule Arranged
For Best Accommodation
More Students Have Classes in
Morning Hours
Effort to accommodate the
largest number of students was
the deciding factor in scheduling
examinations for morning classes
early in the week with the result
that afternoon classes have quizzes
late in the week, Earl M. Pallett,
registrar, explained yesterday.
Dean Eric M. Allen had written
to the registrar urging that exams
for afternoon classes be set earlier
in the week in the future to some
what compensate students for tak
ing courses at the more unpopular
hours. He cited the effort made
in recent years to popularize af
ternoon classes and expressed the
opinion that early exams would
aid in the experiment.
The majority of classes and
those with the largest number of
students come in the morning, it
was explained. If some of these
had exams on Friday it would work
hardships on instructors having to
grade a large number of papers
between that day and the next
Monday noon when grades are to
be in.
The exam schedule committee
considered the possibility of such
a plan as that suggested by Dean
Allen, but found it impossible for
this reason.
Three Juniors Appointed
To Select Tentative Show
Plans for presenting a musical
comedy to take the place of the
traditional Junior vaudeville were
discussed last night at a junior
class meeting in Villard hall. Not
enough members were present for
a quorum so a regular business
meeting was not held.
A committee comprising Ethan
j Newman, chairman, Isabelle Crow
| ell, and Gifford Nash was appoint
; ed by President Robert Hall to
make tentative plans for a musi
jcal comedy. “The Red Mill,” by
Victor Herbert is the first comedy
the committee will consider.
Phi Beta Program Combines
Modern and Classical Music
Large Attendance Marks
Fluent Interpretation
Of Great Masters
Modern and classical music com
bined last night in the Phi Beta
recital played by Laura Teshner,
Hex Underwood, Aurora Potter
Underwood, Frances Brockman,
Roberta Spicer, and Howard Hal
bert. Varied instrumental combin
ations in the Schubert quintet
created a pleasing impression on
the large audience.
Laura Teshner showed a large,
solid tone in Sammartini's Sonata,
played Faure’s "Apres un Reve”
with meditative beauty, and spark
led in the brilliant “La Lileuse” by
Dunkler.
Reckless abandon featured Au
rora Potter Underwood’s first two
violently modern numbers, “Toc
cata” by Casella was startling in
the heavy contrast of melody and
harmony. A surprise ending, com
bined with a mildly humorous read
ing, made Elanchet's “Etude de
Concert" an enjoyable piece of pro
gram music. Mrs. Underwood's ac
curate and finished technique, em
ployed with a free and fluent in
terpretation, gave Debussy's “Joy
ous Isle” the charm of a pastoral
poem.
The program closed with Bee
thoven's Trio opus 97. Rex Under
wood, Laura Teshner, and Mrs. Un
derwood brought to it the certainty
and mature musical judgement
which its formal dignity demanded.
Frosh Debaters
Show Promising
Ability at Tryouts
Eight Discourse oil Federal
Industrial Proposal
At Hearing
Eight freshmen argued the pro
and con of the question, "Resolved,
that the federal government should
provide for a system of coopera
tive control of industry to supplant
our present system,” to meet the
judges’ decision at the debate try
outs held at Villard hall last night.
Those who will form the fresh
man squad this year are Herbert
Skalet, Brittain Ash, Parks Hitch
cock, Harold Holmes, Theodore
Pursley, Bernard Asheim, Robert
Ferguson, and Orval Thompson.
The speeches, according to Rob
ert Oliver, adviser for the team,
showed unusual ability and com
pared very favorably with the var
sity tryouts.
The affirmatives contended that
government cooperative control of
industries will eliminate waste and
distribute wealth more evenly
throughout the nation, while the
negative side held that in America
every man should be given a re
ward in proportion to his ability.
Judges for the contest were John
L. Casteel, associate professor of
English, Robert Oliver, graduate
assistant in speech and freshman
debate adviser, Dr. Nelson L. Boss
ing, professor of education, and
Calvin Crumbaker, associate pro
fessor of economics.
All members of the squad will
start to work immediately on the
question and their regular sched
ule will begin about January 20.
Law Student Body To Mix
At Smoker This Evening
Speeches and Friendship Hour Are
Planned for Gathering
Freshman pre-legal students to
night will meet the law school fac
ulty, during the course of the pre
law smoker to be held at Crafts
men club at 7:30.
In addition to informative talks
by faculty members several of the
older men who are now doing up
per division work will acquaint the
freshmen with the law school from
the standpoint of the student.
Charles G. Howard, professor of
law, Sam Van Vactor, president of
the law school student body, and
one member of each of the upper
division classes will talk.
Joe McKeown will represent the
seniors, Otto Frohnmayer the jun
iors, and Charles Dolloff the law
school freshmen.
All first-year pre-legal students
have been invited.
Historical Society Meeting
Will Be Held at Berkeley
The annual meeting of the Pa
cific coast branch of the U. S. His
torical society will be held soon
at the International house on the
University of California campus at
Berkeley, Professor John T. Ganoe,
of the history department and
member of the program commit
tee of the association, said yes
terday.
Among the professors of the de
partment of history who expect to
be present at the meeting are: Dr.
Harold J. Noble, Dr. Andrew Fish,
who will read a paper on a phase
of European history, Dr. Ganoe,
and Dr. Dan E. Clark, president of
the coast branch of the associa
| tion.
Comedy by Barry
To Be Presented
By High Students
Zora Beaman Is Coaching
Play To Be Given by
Senior Class
A three-act comedy, "The
Youngest,” by Philip Barry, will
be staged by the senior class of
the University high school on De
cember 12, at 8 o’clock at Roose
velt junior high.
The play is coached by Zora Bea
man, student in drama here, under
thje supervision of Mrs. Ross,
drama supervisor at the Univer
sity high school.
The play is well cast and shows
how the youngest son, George
Nash as Richard Winslow and
Stew Milligan as Alan Martin, who
both represent the downtrodden
minority in the family, turn the
tables on the rest of the group,
and take charge of affairs.
A charming house guest is one
of the chief schemers of the plot
at^d this part of Nancy Blake is
portrayed by Betsy Sallee. Helen
Tillman has the role of the sophis
ticated bored, older sister, Augusta
Martin. Comedy is introduced by
Guy Taylor in the part of Mark
i Winslow when he continually
teases the younger brother Rich
ard.
Muff Winslow, portrayed by Le
nore Wood, is a live wire and has
a bright remark for every situa
tion. Oliver Winslow, the recog
nized head of the household, a self
satisfied, irritable character, is
played by Jerry Denslow.
The mother role is carried by
Mary Jane Jenkins and Katie, the
maid, is played by Connie Elliot.
Advertising Group Honors
Widely Known Merchant
Alpha Delta Sigma Will Initiate
Merriman Holtz
Merriman Holtz, president of the
Portland Advertising club, will be
formally initiated as associated
member of the W. F. G. Thacher
chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, na
tional professional advertising fra
ternity, at a luncheon at noon to
day at the College Side Inn.
“Holtz is well known in adver
tising and merchandising circles,"
isaid Harry Schenk, president of
I the society, “and for a number of
j years has been general manager of
i Proctor’s women’s wear in Port
land.” He is also a member of tlje
executive board of the Pacific
Coast Advertising Clubs associa
! tion.
At 11 o’clock this morning Holtz
! will speak before the general ad
’ vertising class in room 105 Jour
nalism on the topic, "Advertising
in Our Times.” W. F. G. Thacher,
professor of advertising, has ex
tended an invitation to interested
students and faculty to attend.
Employment Bureau Aids
Students to Earn $16,297
A total of $16,297 has been
earned by men students this term
from regular and odd jobs secured
through the Y. M. C. A. employ
ment office, Mrs. Charlotte Don
nelly, employment secretary, re
ported yesterday.
This is $865 less than was earned
last year, when the fall term total
was $17,162. Men in regular part
time employment have earned $14,
947, and odd jobs have brought in
$1350 this year. The figures for
last fall term show that $2870 of
the total was for odd jobs, and
$14,292 from regular work.
Tax Decrease
Grows Less in
Closer Analysis
Sherrill Doubtful Aboul
Hoped-for Relief
House Manager Union Says
Little Chance for
Proposed Cut
“The hopes of the house man
agers that the fraternity tax bur
den would be greatly lightened fell
to a low ebb on closer analysis,’
Lloyd Sherrill, manager of the
Oregon Union and past president
of the house managers’ associa
tion, said last night in comment
ing on the story which appeared
in yesterday's Emerald.
“Fraternities will still pay ex
cessive premiums for the privilege
of providing unit dormitories foi
the state,” he declared, “until some
kind, understanding, and powerful
person sees fit to give them relief.
May Be Beneficial
“If it is true that a reduction of
10 per cent is allowed all residents
of Eugene, representing to the fra
ternities a decrease of that amount
on the $21.00 paid per affiliated
person annually, then we are bene
fited a little at least.”
Total city, county, and state
taxes paid by fraternities during
1930 amounted to $23,565.70. This
figure includes only the 32 houses
which partially own the buildings
which they occupy, reducing the
number of students actually bear
ing this tax burden to 1118.
Not Applicable Yet
Even though the tax cut actu
ally was accomplished, it would
not be applicable until 1932 taxes
were due in 1933.
“Students would not object tc
paying for value received,” Sher
rill concluded, “but what is their
return when a group pays $250
annually for the upkeep of a junior
high school?”
Business Ad Reserve Has
Large Periodieal Library
Magazines Offer Information for
Many Departments
Magazines and periodicals of a
highly specialized nature that
should prove of interest to stu
dents in many departments of the
University are to be found in the
school of business administration
reserve library.
For the student of foreign trade
there are: The Nautical Gazette,
Marine Review, American Export
er, and the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce reports. For
the student of merchandising there
are: Women’s Wear Daily, The
Chain Store Age, Advertising Arts,
Printed Salesmanship, and Sales
Management.
The school has complete equip
ment for investment analysis in
cluding Standard Statistics, Poor’s
and Moody's manuals, the Wall
Street Journal, Barron’s, The Com
mercial and Financial Chronicle,
and the Survey of Current Busi
ness. There are also periodicals of
a more general character such as
Fortune, Business Week, and The
Journal of Business.
Eric Allen, Jr., Receives
Book Set as Contest Prize
Eric W. Allen Jr., 11-year-old
son of Dean Eric W. Allen of the
school of journalism in the Uni
versity, received a set of books
from the Doubleday Doran com
pany of Garden City, New York.
These sets are prizes he won re
cently in a reading contest spon
sored by Olds, Wortman & King
of Portland and McMorran &
Washburne of Eugene.
Ilearst Man Stops Here
For Thanksgiving Dinnet
Franklin S. Allen, ’13, who ha:
charge of the Pacific Coast offic<
of Heart's American Weekly witt
headquarters in Los Angeles
stopped off in Eugene on Thanks
giving for dinner with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Allen of Eu
gene.
Allen was on a hurried busines:
trip to New York, but plans t<
stop again on his way back to Lo:
Angeles about December 15.
Big Sisters Urged
To Assist Frosh
In Examinations
) ^LL BIr S,stprs will moot for
half an hour today at 5
o’clock In 105 Journalism to
discuss work which the Big Sis
ters may do for freshman
women l>efore the end of the
term, Betty Anne Macduff,
chairman, announced yesterday
evening.
“Big Sisters should he able to
help their freshman proteges
considerably in the next week
by showing them effective and
efficient methods of studying
for exams,” the chairman said
last night.
Eugene Students
Making Plans for
Christmas Dance
Affair Friday December 25
Promises Success as
Social Function
With promises of staging one of
the best off-campus dances of the
year, the Eugene students have
bonded themselves together in a
temporary organization to sponsor,
for the first time, the Eugene
Christmas ball, Friday, December
25, at the Osburn hotel.
The general chairmen, consisting
of Marion Chapman, Kathryn Lis
ton, Bob Hall, and Sherwood Burr,
have set the nominal price of $1
per couple for the ball and have
announced that the dance will be
formal for women and informal
for the men. The general theme
of the decorations will carry out
the Christmas motive, and the
Yuletide spirit and atmosphere will
be further promoted by the tune
ful strains of Sherwood Burr’s
five-piece orchestra.
Committee Named
Don Caswell has been placed in
charge of the ticket sale and has
as his assistants on the committee
Mary Gould Parson, Madeline Gil
bert, Frances Johnson, Althea Pe
terson, Clay Baxter, Peggy Reyn
olds, Ethan Newman, Paul Town
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Alumni Secretary Busy
Willi Burdensome Extras
Oppressive Questionnaire Is Last
(Jrlef Received In Office
Along with the regular duties
that come up every day in the
alumni office, are a few “extras”
which, says Jeannette Calkins,
alumni secretary, take up much
time.
Today it was a 20-page question
naire from the American Alumni
council for the purpose of study
ing fund-raising in the colleges
and universities of the United
States and Canada. At the time of
the last meeting of the American
Alumni council a committee was
created and empowered to study
the whole question of money-rais
ing in connection with alumni
funds and gift campaigns. The
committee, of which Harold Flack
of Cornell university is chairman,
hopes to summarize the experience
of all fund-raising organizations in
a printed report to be presented to
the members of the American Al
umni council by June, 1932.
Tired Webfoot
Team To Have
Scholastic Aid
Order of ‘O’ To Support
Move for Less Travel
Far Flung Battles of Ducks
Place Men’s Grades
In Danger
At a meeting of the Order of the
"O" last night, the varsity letter
men of the school decided to throw
their entire support to the aid of
the members of the order who ac
companied the team on their 14,000
miles of travel this past football
season in quest of football glory
for the University of Oregon.
At the conclusion of the present
season, the grades of the men who
entrained for the various sections
of the country are in a precarious
position, and in order to avoid fu
ture difficulties of this nature, the
order feels that some consideration
should be given to the scholastic
efforts of the personnel of athletic
teams.
Studies in Arrears
In order to accomplish this, a
resolution was passed to the effect
that the order go on record as fa
voring the placement of games
played, in such a manner as would
not seriously interfere with their
attendance at classes as has been
the case during the current season.
Returning football men at the
present time find themselves on
the verge of ineligibility from the
loss of time at the classroom be
cause of the extended playing sea
son of the Webfeet. Such a con
dition if carried on in future sea
sons would mean that studies,
which are the prime objectives of
I a man’s attendance at college,
I would be relegated to the back
ground by an inordinate playing
season, and be the main reason for
the ineligibility of the athlete for
the succeeding season.
Dr. Spears Favors
Dr. Spears, head football coach,
expressed himself as favorably im
pressed by this action of his foot
ball players in showing more con
sideration for their school work
than they are generally given cred
it for. He also stated that he real
ized that this year’s schedule was
excessively strenuous and carried
the men away from the campus
for too long a time to do their
school work justice; and that in
the future it would no doubt be
necessary for a closer correlation
between studies and athletics.
Final Talk on Law Books
To Be Presented Today
The last of a senes or five lec
tures on the use of law books will
be given today at 2 o’clock before
the class in legal bibliography in
room 209 Oregon, it was announc
ed by Carlton K. Spencer, who con
ducts the class.
These talks, the first of which
was given last Monday, are by Paul
H. Perreten of the We3t Publish
ing company. Legal bibliography
students are being required to at
tend, and others interested are wel
come.
Dave Williams First Phi Bete
In Generation of Turf-Cutters
By ELINOR HENRY
‘‘There’s a rumor that some of
my ancestors came over on the
Mayflower, but I imagine it’s
false,” grinned 19-year-old David
Carnahan Williams, mathematics
major, would-be writer, and now
one of th|s year’s Senior Six of
Phi Beta Kappa. ”1 happen to
know that the brothers Carnahan
came over steerage from Dublin
just in time to uphold the Union
in the Civil war.
“We're different about another
thing, too. We're one of the few
Irish families that aren't descend
ed from kings. There were Fitz
geralds and O’Brians and Fitzpat
ricks, but no Carnahans. We must
have been turf-cutters for genera
tions, certainly not Phi Betes.”
i But “the dead past should bury
< its dead” is Williams’ motto. He is
i even considering his own epitaph.
His favorite just at present is from
Shakespeare, his best-liked author,
"Fear no more the heat of the
sun,” from the Dirge in Cymbaline.
Next to Shakespeare, Williams
enjoys Somerset Maughum and H.
G. Wells, both English authors,
and P. G. Wodehouse is his favor
ite humorist. Sherwood Anderson
and Conrad Aiken are the Ameri
can writers he follows with the
i most interest.
Time and the Outlook are his
! favorite magazines, and Colliers
j is his choice among the popular
; periodicals.
"Golden Book was my favorite
in the literary field until it became
poverty stricken and trimmed its
sails,” Williams said.
He graduated in 1928 from Lin
coln high school in Portland, where
he was features editor on the Car
dinal, the school paper. His am
bitions include the desires to be a
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