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VOLUME XXXIII____UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1931 _____NUMBER 44 Safe Crackers Get $340 From State College Crime Similar to Attempt Here Early in Fall T No Link Between Robberies On Campuses Seen By Eugene Police Eugene police last night were making no attempt to link the rob bery of $340 from safes at Oregon State college early yesterday with a similar but unsuccessful attempt made during registration week this fall at the University registrar’s office. Highways between Corvallis and Portland were being carefully watched last night in an effort to j apprehend three safe crackers who heid up Joe Marcom, O. S. C. watchman, forced him to unlock the registrar's office and then trussed him while they used ex plosives on the vaults. Marcom freed himself from his bonds an j hour after the yeggs had made their getaway. Safe, Vault Blown The robbers blew the safe in the 1 college administration building T and the registrar’s vault. They ob tained the money from the safe, the vault yielding nothing but rec ords. similar metnoas were employed by yeggs in the attempted robbery here early this fall, but no connec tion between the two crimes is seen by Eugene police officials. The attempt to rob the University was made at 1:30 on the morning of September 25 by a lone bandit who bound Oliver S. Eundy, watch man, took his keys and locked him in a closet in the administration building. Yegg Frightened Away The yegg broke the combination knob off the vault door but was apparently frightened away before he could penetrate the inner safe, which contained between $4000 and $5000 at the time. Bundy managed to free himself from his bonds about 3:30, kicked his way through the paneling of the closet and gave the alarm. Cosmopolites Will Hear Debate by Chinese Student The Cosmopolitan club will hold a meeting on Tuesday next week in conjunction with the debate of Wu Tang, Chinese student on the campus, who is presenting the Chi nese side of the Manchurian prob lem. The members of the club will meet at the International house and go to the debate in a body. Afterwards a social gathering will be held at the International house, where refreshments will be served, and a musical entertainment pro vided. Miss Dorothy Hallin, program chairman, is in charge of the ar rangements, and Miss Lois Green wood, social chairman, is in charge of refreshments. University Depot Reports Number Of Lost Articles J^ost articles turned in at the University depot this week include:. Two notebooks. Four hooks. .Two fountain pens. One slicker.. And last but not least one il lustrated ABC book. Four University Students Entered In Rhodes Tests Scholarship Eliminations Under Way in Portland This Morning When the oral examination of the applicants for the Rhodes scholarship in the Oregon elimina tion gets under way this morning at the University club in Portland, the University of Oregon will be represented by four students. The states of the Union are di vided into eight districts of six states each for the purpose of making 32 scholarship awards. There is a competition in every state every year, and the commit tee of selection nominates the can didates, the two best men to ap pear before the district committee. Each district committee will then select from the 12 candidates so nominated not more than four men who will represent their states as Rhodes scholars at Oxford. Alter the state examination this morning, results of which will be placed on leased wire services for publication immediately after the nominations have been made, the district committee will convene with the seeded applicants about two weeks later, which will be some time during the Christmas holidays. i 11 The University has been repre sented at Oxford a number of times since the inauguration of the scholarships. Sinclair Kirby-Mill er, ’20, who graduated with B. A. in philosophy, was one of the early representatives of the University receiving his scholarship from ’21 to ’24. He is at present professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, and secretary of the Rhodes scholarship for the state of Missouri. Arthur Rosenborough was the next Oregon student, graduate in law, ’24, who is a prominent law yer in New York City, attended Oxford as a scholar in '24-’27. He is at present majoring in interna tional relations in his law prac tice, the subject he took up in Ox ford. In the term, ’25-’28, Clinton How ard, ’25, a major In journalism, was Oregon’s delegate. He is now working for his Ph.D. in history at the University of California. Al fons Korn, ’27, at Oxford, ’27-’30, is now at the University of Illinois as a professor in English. He ma jored in English whlie at the Uni versity. Theodore Ruch, graduate of ’27, and Rhodes scholar, '28-31, contin ued his psychology work with his scholarship and is now a tutor in one of the colleges at Oxford. One (Continued on Page Two) { Intrepid City Editor Takes Fling at Concert Reviewing Editor’s Note: Sidney King, city editor of the Eugene Reg ister-Guard, sensing the depth of musical appreciation displayed in music reviews by Jack Bauer, demon publicity man for the school of music, decided, upon reading one of Jack’s latest cre ations, to skill himself in the gentle art of reviewing. The following piece, found in Sid’s wasts basket, shows to what great heights the local news paperman rose in his first, and, we might say, intelligent at tempt at this type of work as done by Bauer. i By SID KING Displaying a fiery technique combined with cool mastery of her subject, Miss Whatsit startled a Eugene audience into resounding Bronx cheers at her first flute recital here last night. Opening her program with the sweetly pungent “Three Blind Mice,” Miss Whatsit first held the audience gripped with the vehe mence of her arpeggios and the brilliance of her lower lip work during the difficult trills of the piece. She then cut the notes crisp and brittle during the appro priate part, and electrified the au dience with the platonic power of her finale. I • The hilarious tragedy which she read into the symphonic drivvel of “Jingle Bells” held the audience spellbound, the charming shading of tone accomplished by holding the flute away from the light: rendering this classic a new bel laneolia of its own. Bursting into her closing num ber with thunderous puffs, she blew steadily for three solid hours and even then failed to finish all ( the verses of “London Bridge.” Japan Inclined Toward War At Beginning, Says Wu Tang Small Offense on Railroad Called Spark That Started Trouble (This is the second of a series of articles which will present the Japanese, Chinese, and Rus sian points of view regarding the Manchurian situation as inter preted by students from these countries. In fairness to each side, all of the interviews were obtained before any one was published.) Wu Tang, third year law stu dent from Hankow, China, believes that an examination of the histor ical facts in the relations between Japan and China tends to show that the Japanese government is not justified in its present position in Manchuria. “The Manchurian crisis had its origin in the incident that hap pened on September 18 of this year, when it was alleged by the Japan ese government that a few meters of railroad track were destroyed by Chinese forces,” Wu Tang pointed out. “Then the Japanese railroad guards immediately proceeded to Mukden, the capital of Manchuria. It was only six hours after the ac cident on the railroad that the city of Mukden was occupied. Within 24 hours, 20 cities in Manchuria were taken by Japanese soldiers. Evidence tends to show that it was a premeditated and prepared plan on the part of the Japanese mili tary forces.” Mr. Tang said that this state ment was confirmed by Upton Close, noted author and traveler, and Sherwood Eddy, Y. M. C. A. secretary for Asia, who were both eye-witnesses. “According to my viewpoint, the Japanese government has no legal right to station railroad guards along the South Manchurian rail way, which is a branch of the Chin ese Eastern railway. Japan ob tained the railroad right from Ftus sia in 1905. The old contract agree ment between the Chinese and Rus sian government was signed in 1896. In that agreement the rail road guards were not mentioned. In fact, the Chinese government reserved the right to provide for the protection of the railroad from external attack,” Mr. Tang said. He believes that the most that might be derived from the agree ment of 1896 made with Russia, is to claim a right to establish a civil ian police force, limited to civilian duties. “It is ordinarily believed, how ever,” the Chinese student explain ed, “that the treaty of Portsmouth gave the Japanese government the right to station guards along the South Manchurian railroad. This agreement suffered and still suf fers from a serious drawback be cause China never consented to this. It was pointed out to Mr. Hanihara, the Japanese delegate at the Washington conference, when he tried to establish the right to station soldiers in the area that no such right exists.” As for the fifth point in the Jap anese demands announced to the League council, which asks “rec ognition of existing treaty rights including the question of Japanese land leases in Manchuria,” Mr. Tang said that China has always respected and fulfilled her treaty obligations. China refused, how ever, to perform any international (Continued on Page Two) Journalists Will Sponsor Contest For Best Weekly Sigina Delia Chi Will Make Award of Cups During Press Conference For the third successive year the local chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national journalistic professional fraternity, will con duct the Oregon Best Weekly con test, which will take place during the meeting of the Oregon Press conference, January 21, 22, and 23 on the campus. The fraternity each year pre sents for the best judged paper a silver loving cup, which in 1929, the first year of the contest, was won by the Hillsboro Argus. Last year the Heppner Gazette-Times led the field in the competition. The rules of the contest prevent the Gazette-Times from entering this year, but all other newspapers (Continued on Page Two) Arthur Schoeni Accepts Post With Medford News Ex-Emerald Head Takes Lundy’s Job as Managing Editor Arthur Schoeni, graduate in journalism, ’29, and editor of the Emerald 28-29, has just accepted a position as managing editor of the ’Medford News at the resig nation of Herbert Lundy, grad of Oregon in ’28 and former employee of the old Morning Register. Lundy has accepted a position with the United Press association. Schoeni, upon graduation, re turned to his home in Medford and received a position in the Medford high school as a teacher in Eng lish, history, and journalism, and also director of athletic publicity for the Medford school board. His opening year at the southern Ore gon high school the school paper under his direction won first place in the Oregon State High School Press contest sponsored by the University of Oregon. During the summer he attended the University of Oregon summer session and at the first of this year returned to Medford high school. He tendered his resigna tion to the high school yesterday, to become the managing editor of the Medford News. While at the University he was elected to the Friars, senior hon orary society, and was also a member of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national journalism professional He is a member of Sigma Pi Tau, social fraternity. Alumni Need Not Have Graduated To Be Members Two Terms at University Is Sufficient, Says Miss Calkins Are students who drop out of school before their graduation eli gible to membership in the Alumni association? This question has been brought up through a letter addressed to Willis Duniway, edi tor of the Emferald. The letter was written by James R. Sharp, known on the campus as Jim Sharp, pre law major on the campus, entered with the class of 1930. He is now a student in the Chicago Law school. “I feel that there are many stu dents, who like have never been graduated from the University, but who would be glad to keep in closer touch with Oregon than they are now doing. “I will graduate with a bache lor’s degree from the University of Chicago this spring, but no one can ever make me forget that I am a former member of the Oregon group.” Sharp points out that while Ore gon graduates are well cared for through the alumni association and kept in contact with the Univer sity through Old Oregon, the alum ni magazine, the former students who did not get degrees are given little attention. Jeannette Calkins, alumni secre tary, answering the question, says that any person who has completed two terms work in the University is eligible to membership in the alumni association. ‘‘Probably half of our members are not graduates but former stu dents,” said Miss Calkins. ‘‘Some of the most active alumni in our organization are ones who have not completed the work for their degrees. We are particularly eager to have the students realize this,” Miss Calkins continued, ‘‘for any one who has completed the two terms’ work and has $2 is more than welcomed into the Alumni as sociation.” Mr. Sharp compliments the Em erald on its news and makeup. “It is one of the finest college papers I have ever come in contact with,” he says. He is enjoying his work on the Chicago campus very much, "Among the interesting men liv ing in the new dormitories this year is Thornton Wilder, whose new work in the playwriting field has made quite an impression in this locality.” Mr. Sharp is a member of Alpha Tau Omega. Non Fee Music Courses Open Next Semester Carnegie Grant To Offer Appreciation Class Work To Be Available to All Except Majors in Music School Two experimental courses, open to the entire campus, will be in augurated in the school of music next term in connection with the Carnegie fine arts research proj ect. There will be no fee, no final examination, no term paper, John J. Landsbury, dean of the music school, stated yesterday in making the announcement, and no musi cally trained persons will be ad mitted to the class. Present and former music ma jors will not be permitted to take the courses, and no student may take both courses, the dean ex plained, since they are to be given in connection with music apprecia tion researches now being con ducted under the recently aug mented Carnegie Foundation grant. Hall Approves Plans for the courses have re ceived the approval of Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, and it is the presi dent’s hope that the classes will have a large enrollment. One course, to meet Monday and Thursday at 8 a. m., under the simple title: “Music, 109. The Lure of Music,” will be a series of musical demonstrations and ex planations, with decided preference being shown students who either do not like what is commonly ac cepted as good music, or who are not conscious of any liking for it. Every musical medium will be em ployed in the course, Dean Lands bury said, and the student’s at tendance and his response to mu sic, not his knowledge of its tech nicalities, will determine the grade. Course in Music Appreciation Course 110, “The Appreciation of Music Through Understanding," will be an experiment in creating an enjoyment of good music through explanation and relation of music bo the facts and expe riences of life. The work will be elementary in character, and will describe simply the structure and content of music. Like the other course, music students will not be admitted to the classes. The ap preciation class will meet Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m. Dean Landsbury last night pointed out the advantages to edu (Continued on Page Two) Law School Dean Leaves for Trip Across Country Lecture Series at Columbia University Planned By W. I. Morse Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, will entrain this after noon for a trip that will take him across the continent in the interest of law school functions. With his first stop at New York City, Morse will deliver a series of law lectures at Columbia uni versity during the latter part of next week. In addition to dissimulating his own data in the field of criminal law at the Eastern universities’ in vitation, Morse will also confer with research investigators of that section. He intends to study in particu lar the work of the newly organ ized New York crime commission, and will have the opportunity of viewing the findings of a legisla tive committee now probing the administration of criminal justice in New York City. Dean Morse will represent the University at the annual conven tion of the Association of Ameri ! can Law Schools to be held in Chi ; cago December 28, 29, and 30. He | is on a month’s leave of absence ; and will return to Oregon irame 1 diately after the New Year, i Before going to Chicago he wil ' spend several days with relative: in Wisconsin. Morse Has Battle Of Witticism With Local Magistrate The scene was laid in Judge Skipworth’s courtroom yesterday. Wayne L. Morse, dean of the Uni versity law school, who is beinjf sued for damages caused when he ran into a truck while driving Professor Carlton E. Spencer’s au tomobile, was on the witness stand. According to the information of eyewitnesses, the attorney for the plaintiff was cross - examining. Said he: “What is your occupa tion ?” “I am a teacher in the Univer sity,” responded Dean Morse. "What do you teach?” "I am a professor of law.” “Exactly what is your position in the law school?” “I am dean of the school.” “Are you a member of the Ore gon bar?” “No.” The attorney for the plaintiff smiled and looked up at the judge. The judge smijed and looked down at the attorney for the plaintiff. The judge, still smiling, spoke: “Oh, you haven’t been admitted to the bar?” Again the dean said no. “Well, don't you believe in the bar examination?” queried the judge. “Yes, I do. In fact, I think it should be taken periodically.” The crowd in the courtroom roared with laughter. The judge merely smiled. St. Cecilia Music To Be Presented Tomorrow Night Evans To Direct Methodist Chorus in Annual Eugene Event University students will have their only opportunity to hear the beautiful St. Cecilia music, for so many years presented on the cam pus under the direction of John Stark Evans, Sunday evening at 7:30 at the First Methodist church. On that evening the vested choir of 50 voices of the church will sing this sacred music under Mr. Evans’ direction. Several University stu dents are members of the choir and will take part in the concert. The soloists for the twelfth an nual Eugene presentation of the St. Cecilia mass are Edyth Hop kins, soprano, Don Eva, tenor, and Herschel Scott, baritone. As this is the only performance of the “St. Cecilia Mass” in Eugene this year, all students who wish to hear it are urged to attend t£e service Sunday evening. Merriman Holtz Speaks To Advertising Students Guest Initiated in Local Chapter Of Alpha Delta Sigma Speaking on “Advertising in Our Times,” Merriman H. Holtz, gen eral manager of Proctor’s Ready To-Wear shop and president of the Portland Advertising club, ad dressed W. F. G. Thacher’s adver tising class yesterday. Also while visiting Eugene and the campus, Mr. Holtz was initiated into the local chapter of Alpha Delta Sig ma, men’s national advertising professional, at a luncheon meet ing of the fraternity held at the College Sid'fe Thursday afternoon. Mr. Holtz's visit to Eugene was also in the interest of the special preview, showing at the McDonald theatre Thursday evening, of the Frank Branch Riley production of "Singing Waters.” This is the first of a series of sound picture illustrations of Oregon which the On-to-Oregon campaigners recent ly completed. These productions have been released for showing throughout the United States. The purpose of the showing of these pictur/s in which Mr. Riley, noted travel lecturer, gives illus trations and explanations of the scenic beauties on the Columbia river highway, is to stimulate in terest in this advertising work and to help promote a proposed ski trip from Government camp, near Mount Hood, along the Sky-line trail to Crater lake. The trip is being planned by a group of Eu gene Obsidians and will form the material for the second of these 'series of pictures, “The Playground | of the Gods.” I Schwering Asks Speedy Return of Seal Sale Money AMA' a few houses had brought the money from the sale of Christmas seals to the dean of women’s office late yes terday afternoon. A request was issued hy Ha zel 1*. Schwering, dean of wo men, that all the returns be in her office by Saturday noon. Failure of any house to do this, will necessitate Eula Duke, secretary to the dean of wo men, telephoning the delinquent houses. It is requested that all sale returns he brought in im mediately. Dr. Mez To Talk Before National Economic Group Political Science Professor To Spend Holidays At Capital Dr. John R. Mez, professor of economics and political science, a nationally known authority on in ternational relations and world peace, has been invited to take part in the program of the Ameri can Economic Association confer ence, to be held in Washington, D. C., December 28 to 30. Dr. Mez willv lead the discussion of the topic, "America’s Foreign Investment and the United States’ Policy With Particular Emphasis on the Caribbean.” This problem will be taken up in a joint meeting of the Economic association and the American Political Science as sociation, which is holding its con ference at the national capital at the same time. The program will contain the names of internationally famous economists, both theorists and those actually engaged in the na tion's finance. The invitation to Dr. Mez is considered a signal honor and testimony to his out standing ability. Ex-Student Holds Position In Korean Business Firm Mrs. R. U. Moore, wife of the principal of the University high school, has just received a letter from Samuel Whong, Korea, who graduated from the University in 1929, stating that he has returned to Korea from New York City where he attended the University of New York. Whong, the letter states, is now assistant manager of Pairr. & Co., a business firm engaged in selling European and American goods at Pyeng Yang, Korea. He was the first president of the International house on the campus and was one of the founders of that living or ganization. He was also a grad uate assistant In the biology de partment in 1929-1930. In the fol lowing year he went to New York City to attend the N. Y. U. and work for his Ph.D. degree in biol ogy, but his mother became so se riously ill that he had to return to Korea. Noble Will Act As Chairman of Public Debate Wn Tang’s Opponent Is Yet To Be Found Cliinese-Japanese Dispute Will Be Presented Here Tuesday Dr. Harold J. Noble, assistant professor of history, will act as chairman for the public debate Tuesday night on the Manchurian question between Wu Tang, Chit nese student, and a Japanese or American opponent yet to be se lected, it was announced last night from the campus International house, which has been given charge of the debate by Univer sity officials. Dr. Noble, besides introducing the two student speakers, will pre sent a third-party view of the Sino-Japanese dispute. The pro fessor, new to the Oregon campus this fall, is a keen student of the Manchurian situation. He was born in Korea, and spent several years there as a professor after his study in this country. A student to accept Wu Tang’s challenge for a debate is expected to be found today. If no oppo nent offers to participate in the debate, the services of the speech department will be enlisted to find a debater to take the Japanese side of the topic. Choice of a place for the debate will be made Monday. Guild hall, the music auditorium, and Villard assembly are under consideration. Sponsors of Philomelete Asked To List Members The members of Phi Theta Up silon, junior-senior service honor ary, who are acting as sponsors of the Philomelete hobby groups, are asked by Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, assistant dean of women, to bring a list of the members of their re spective groups to the meeting at the home of Emmajane Rorer Sun day afternoon. The dean of women’s office has been trying all during fall term to secure lists of the members of each hobby group. “So far we have not met with much success,” Mrs. Macduff said, "for there are only three groups which have their membership on file in the office.” State Board of Education To Hold Meeting Monday Nothing but routine business is expected to come before the meet ing of the state board of higher education which will be held in Portland, Monday, December 7. Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, presi dent of the University, is to be the Oregon representative at the session, although it is possible that other members of the administra tion may make the trip and attend the meeting. Being Phi Bete Responsible Job, Says Woman Member By ELINOR HENRY She didn’t really want to be in terviewed, but being one of the Senior Six of Phi Beta Kappa has its responsibilities, as Mary Kath erine Fenton, English major, has discovered. “It seems to be a sort of a game,” she declared, smiling. “The profs gang up on you and say, ‘What do you think, Miss Fenton?’ and all that. I think it’s much harder to live up to Phi Beta Kap pa than to get it.” Her duties as vice-president and head of the scholarship committee of her sorority, Kappa Alpha The ta, keep her busily engaged when she is not studying. “The more you have to do, the more you work,” she said. “Last year I was ill and got back late. I caiVied a heavier schedule and got better grades. It sounds illogical, of course, but it’s true in my case.” “M. K.,” as she is known to her friends, likes the personal contact possible between teacher and pupil under Oregon’s honor system. “Mother laughs when I call Ore gon a small campus,” Miss Fenton added. “When she was here, there were only about 300 students in the whole school. My uncle was one of the charter members of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter here, too.” Lela Goddard Fenton, her moth er, graduated from Oregon in 1907, and Dr. Ralph Fenton, her uncle, got his bachelor’s degree in 1903. Her father was also a mem ber of Phi Beta Kappa. “I don’t know what I’ll do next year,” Miss Fenton said. “Maybe I’ll come back for graduate work. I’ve done what I enjoyed doing so far, and what I liked has landed me in Phi Beta Kappa, so I sup pose it will land me somewhere in the future.” She didn’t want to be inter viewed, of course. “Some people go booming around trying to get their names in Lemon Palooka every day. They ought to get this publicity instead of us. I’d rather be in Lemon Palooka than on the front page, anyway.”