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Interest High in Si no-Japanese Debate Tonight Postponement Caused By Meeting in Hall Wu Tang and Art Potwin Clash on Manchuria f Crisis in Villard Student interest is running high with the approach of the debate between Wu Tang, Chinese stu dent, and Art Potwin, senior in business administration, on the question “Resolved, that China is justified in her position on the present Manchurian crisis,” to night at 7 :00 in Villard assembly. Dr. Harold J. Noble will act as chairman. “Potwin, who has accepted Wu Tang's challenge to debate, is an able representative of the Ameri can students on the University campus,” said Walter E. Hemp stead, instructor in English, in ex plaining why Potwin was selected to oppose Wu Tang. “He is a trained debater, orator, and extem pore speaker, and has had special contests on the Manchurian and other Asiatic questions. Most of his training has been received as a member of the varsity teams.” Wu Tang will finish his law course at the University this year. He was born in Hankow, China, and later lived in Manchuria from 1923 to 1926. While there he was f in constant contact with the situa tion, as he was in the employ of the customs department of the government. Wu Tang finished his high school studies in China and then came to the United States to study law at the University of Washington, at Seattle. There he had three years in the liberal arts school and three years in the law school. The debate was postponed from Tuesday night until tonight be cause the Shakespearean readings by William Lee Greenleaf were scheduled for that time. Football Mentor Operated On in Portland Yesterday Dr. Clarence W. Spears, Univer sity’s head football coach, under went an operation at the St. Vin cent's hospital in Portland yester day at 8 a. m. The operation was under the supervision of Dr. Thom as Joyce. Oregon’s football coach was re ported to be resting well and his r condition satisfactory. Dr. Spears had been facing the prospects of such an operation for some weeks, but had it delayed until after the football season. Mrs. Spears ac companied the doctor to Portland Friday and in a telephone call to Eugene yesterday morning said the University coach would undergo the operation that morning. Don Sterinan To Speak At YWCA Cabinet Meet Don Sterman of the Philosophy department will speak tonight at the last meeting this term of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, and will give his interpretation of the purpose of the Y. W. C. A. Dr. Samuel Jameson, professor of sociology, gave his views on this topic several weeks ago, and it is the aim of this group to con tinue having more outside speak ers next term. I I Saturday Is Last Day of This Term To Drop Courses gATURDAY, Dec. 12, before 12 o'clock noon, will be the last day to withdraw from a course this term. Non-attend ance at a class does not consti tute a withdrawal, but regular procedure must be completed in such a case to avoid receiv ing the grade of F. The registrar’s office sug gests that students intending to change their major next term will be able to save time on the winter term registration day, January 4, by doing so 'his week. After-Dinner Wit To Be Displayed In Annual Contest Thomas Hartfel To Speak For Oregon Against I. F. A. O. Men Thomas Hartfel will represent the University at the second an nual after-dinner speaking con test of the I. F. A. O. to be held in the Osburn hotel Friday evening at 6 p. m. Major General George A. White, commander of the 141st division of the United States army will act as chairman of the contest. He is interested in this type of work and is also a writer of prominence. Most of his early life was spent as a journalist, while at present he does magazine and other writing under the name of Ared White. Speakers entering the contest will meet with General White in the speech division offices in Friendly hall at 3 p. m. Friday to draw for places and topics. Ar rangements have also been made to have the business meeting of the I. F. A. O. at that time. Plans have been arranged to have the speeches broadcast over station KORE, and students, townspeople, and others who are unable to attend will be given a chance to listen in. Only 100 tickets will be placed on sale at the Co-op from Wed nesday noon to Thursday evening, at 75 cents a plate. The dinner will be informal for guests and for mal for the speakers and many of the prominent people of Eugene have been sent invitations with forecasts of a large representation. Stetson To Attend Meeting Of State Teachers’s Group Report of Directive Committee Is To Be Given Professor F. L. Stetson of the education department will spend part of his Christmas holidays at tending the State Teachers’ asso ciation meeting to be held in Port land December 28, 29, and 30. As chairman of the directive ' committee of the State Teachers’ i association, Professor Stetson will j give a report on the activities of 1 his committee, which has been re ! sponsible during the past three | years for the development of the major project of the association, the building of a constructive plan for the improvement of public edu cation in Oregon. Other members of the faculty in the school of education who will attend the meeting will be Dean H. D. Sheldon, Professor H. S. Tuttle, and Dr. C. L. Huffaker. Shakespearean Monologist Likes Portland Best of All By ELINOR HENRY There were few empty seats in Villard assembly last night when William Lee Greenleaf, monologist, presented Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice.” Greenleaf gave a sur prising quality of life to the char acters, especially to Shylock, the old Jewish money lender, and to Launcelot Gobbo, the clown. His female impersonations were not so convincing but were well handled. Grace Burnett, soprano, enter tained the audience with several Shakespearean lyrics before the reading and during the intermis sion. Though he has given nearly 6000 monologues in almost every prin f cipal city of the United States, Australia, and of a part of Can ada. Greenleaf likes Portland “bet ter than any other city in the world.” He remembers the University as it was 30 years ago, a few years before he made his home on the coast. It was in 1905 that he had his choice of places to direct ly ceums—and chose Portland. Now he has a walnut orchard near Med ford in southern Oregon, though he lives in Santa Rosa, California. “That is my recreation,” Green leaf said, “clearing land, planting trees, hunting and fishing, though I don't have much time for them now. This has been the busiest year I have ever had. The lyceum has been displaced to some extent by motion pictures, but there seems just now an increasing in terest in the things that once were a part of the lyceum. "A high school auditorium,” he smiled, “is now a better theatre than we had on the road in the old days. And the high schools are realizing more and more that plays are written to be presented and that the monologue is one of the best methods.” Christmas Ball Is Get-Together Of All Students Schools of Northwest To Be Represented Multnomah Hotel Will Be Scene of Big Dance . January 2 Students of Oregon State, Uni versity of Washington, Reed col lege, and University of Oregon and their friends have been invited to participate in the annual Christ mas College ball to be held in Port land Saturday, January 2, in the ball room of the Multnomah hotel, under the auspices of the Associat ed Women Students of the Univer sity of Oregon. Tommy Luke, Portland florist, has offered the use of his shop for ticket sales, and most of the 1000 tickets offered for sale at $1.25 per couple will be available there Sat urday, January 2. Admission may also be paid at the door. Emphasizing that the dance is the one big get-together for Ore gon students in Portland during the Christmas vacation, the com mittee urged that everyone in Port land at the time attend. Repre sentatives in men’s living organiza tions were given tickets to sell last night. The committee for the dance in cludes Marguerite Tarbell and Dave Epps, co-chairmen; Lucille Kraus, finance; Ellen Sersanous, patrons and patronesses; Eddie Schweiker, bids; Marjorie Swafford, tickets; Dick Neuberger and Bruce Hamby, publicity. Education Board Considers Joint College Control Starr Avers Appointments Undecided on Group To Decide on Question The state board of higher edu cation passed a motion yesterday to name a committee of five to carry through the plan of combin ing the institutions of higher learn ing of the state under one admin istration, according to a dispatch in yesterday’s Register-Guard. C. L. Starr, chairman of the board, in a telephone interview with the Register-Guard, declared that no appointments had yet been made on the committee and that he could not say when there would be. He declined to outline how ex tensive the functions of the com mittee would be. Dr. E. E. Lindsey, secretary of the state board of higher educa tion, in a long distance call with the Emerald, said complete records of yesterday’s board meeting were at his office, and that he preferred to make np comment. It is report ed that one major task of the com mittee would be tto name one ad ministrative head for the entire group of higher educational insti tutions in the state. The finance committee of the board recommended that the ap propriation of $5400 for the alumni association of the University be accepted, and it was passed. This item was included in the Univer sity be accepted, and it' was passed. This item was included in the Uni versity budget, and is the amount set following the 45 per cent re duction in all items of the budget. Pan-American Geography Treated in New Course Warren D. Smith, professor of geology and geography, will begin a class in the geography of Latin America, at winter term. The course will consist of a study of the physical background of these countries, a study of present trends and recent events in the field of economics, social matters, and pol itics, as influenced by the physical background. The course is to be limited to foreign trade and history students and is primarily an upper division class although a few sophomores who have made a grade of B in general geology or general geog raphy will be permitted to enroll. It will be a three-hour course meeting on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Saturday class will not meet as a whole but will be devoted to special work by the stu dents. Professor Smith is basing the course on his own recent travels in the Latin American countries I and on much reading of Spanish- j American literature in the original. He has been giving this course at | the Portland extension center. ’Messiah* Soloists Nancy Thiolsen (left), soprano, and Margaret Simms, contralto, who are the women soloists for “The Messiah,” to be presented Sun day afternoon in McArthur court by the polyphonic choir. University Choir, Orchestra Will Give HandeVs Oratorio Thielsen, Simms, Barron, Crawford Featured In ‘Messiah’ Students who show A. S. U. O. membership cards will be admitted free to the performance of Han del’s oratorio, “The Messiah,” to be given Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. in McArthur court by the University Polyphonic choir and the University orchestra, under the direction of Arthur Boardman. General admission will be 25 cents. Soloists will be Nancy Thielsen of Salem, soprano, Margaret Simms, also of Salem, contralto, Hadley Crawford of Eugene, tenor, and George Barron of Ashland, basso, and president of the Poly phonic choirs. Crawford sang the tenor solo role last year in a sim ilar presentation given in the school of music auditorium. The choir this year is much larger than last year, as is also the orchestra, and a drastic reduction in general admission prices will, it is hoped, bring a correspondingly larger audience. Miss Thielsen has been heard in many student music events, and was seen frequently in leading roles on the Guild theater stage last year. She was soprano solo ist with the Glee club in 1929 and in 1930 in the Christmas presenta tions of the St Cecilia music, with the Polyphonic choir last year in performances of Rossini's “Stabat Mater” and Verdi’s “Requiem.” She appeared as soloist with the Portland Symphony orchestra and with the Neah-Kah-Nie string quartet. Miss Simms, contralto soloist with the choir of the Meth odist Episcopal church in Eugene, was winner of second place in the Oregon Atwater Kent radio audi tion contest held this fall. She has been a soloist with the Polyphonic choir on many occasions. In 1929 30 she was a member of the Uni versity Women’s Glee club, and in 1930-31 was president of that sing ing organization. Hadley Crawford is librarian of the school of music, choirmaster at the First Christian church in Eugene, director of music at the Roosevelt junior high school. He was tenor soloist last year in the first performance of “The Mes siah" given on the campus since 1928. Barron’s singing of basso pro funclo parts is familiar to many students, as he has appeared fre quently during the past four years. He sang last year in the first Bach cantata ever given on the campus by a student organization, “Du Hirte Israel,” again in the spring in Rossini’s “Stabat Mater.” He is an assistant in the public school music department of the University’s school of music. Work on Co-e<l Capers Gets Off to Early Start Program To Supersede Cancelled April Frolic Work on skits for the Co-ed Ca pers, to be held on January 13 in Gerlinger hall, is well under way, several rehearsals being planned for this week, Virginia Grone, A. I W. S. vice-president and chairman i for the affair, said last night. Co-ed Capers will take the place of April Frolic, which in past years has been held during the first part of spring term for the entertain ment of high school guests, j The Co-ed Capers will be an all | women affair, as the April Frolic i has been in the past. Each class will give a stunt in competition for the cup which has always been awarded, and women members of the faculty are also preparing for a skit. Those in charge of class stunts are: Elizabeth Strain, sen ior, Elizabeth Scruggs, junior, Helen Shingle, sophomore, and Roberta Bequeaith, freshman. HOBBY GROUP MEETS The Woman in Her Sphere group ! of Philomelete met for luncheon ! Tuesday noon for the final meet ing of the terrm. Plans for the chapter of the courtesy book assigned to the group were discussed. Tentative plans for the first meeting of win ter term were also made. CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY Noon—Gamma Alpha Chi meet ting, Anchorage. 3 to 5—Tea in honor of five year nursing students, Faculty club. 4:00—Practice of tumblers for Christmas Revels, men’s gym. 4:15—Fall festival of physical education majors’ club, dance room of Gerlinger hall. 7:25—Cosmopolitan club meet ing to attend debate in body. 7:30—Y. W. C. A. cabinet meet ing, Y bungalow. “Messiah" re hearsal, chorus and orchestra, at the Igloo. 8:00—Master Dance, Gerlinger hall. 9:00—Westminster Guild, West- ' minster house. TOMORROW Graduate faculty meeting, 110 : Johnson, to determine grade re quirements under new system. 7:30—Carolers’ rehearsal, Vil- ; lard assembly. FRIDAY 10:00—Address, “Origin of Christmas,” by Frederic S. Dunn, i 107 Oregon. 2:00- Medical aptitude test, 108 Villard. SATURDAY Last day to drop courses. 4:00—Carolers’ rehearsal, Ger linger hall. 7:30—Carolers meet at Co-op to receive gowns and march down town. NEXT WEEK Examinations, Monday-Friday. Y bungalow open all week. Sunday 6:30—Westminster Forum, at Westminster house. Tea at 6. GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Faculty members and others de siring student help next term, or making changes, please notify Margaret Edmundson at Y. W. C. A. at once. Group 6 of frosh commission will not meet again this term. Crossroads will not meet this week. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENTS Pan Xenia Bob Larson, Art Potwin, Kenneth Carlson, Howard Ragan, Jack Edlefsen, Charles Foster, Harold Arnold, Lyle Mc Callum. Gamma Phi Beta—Harriette and Mary Linn Saeltzer, of Redding, California. Alpha Upsilon Clair Christoph erson, Klamath Falls. Alpha Delta Pi Lois Howe, Eu gene. Sigma Alpha MU—Zanley C. Ed elson, Portland. Beckett Names Committee For Debaters’ Rally Royal Welcome Planned For Oregon Orators Program To Honor U. O. Forensic Representatives Outlined by Chairman Arrangements are nearly com plete for the University's program to welcome home the Pacific Basin debaters, Roger Pfaff, Robert Mil ler, and David Wilson, according to Clifford Beckett, general chair man of the committee in charge. Appointments of sub-commit tees are as follows: dance, Dick Givens with Ned Kinney in charge of finances: Marian Camp, orches tra; John Painton, floor and clean up: publicity, Thornton Shaw and Fred Fricke, assistant; banquet, Wayne Emmott; speaking to civic organizations, Roger Bailey; as sembly, Brian Mimnaugh; and ral ly, Ferd Fletcher. Rally Planned The debaters will be met at the depot the morning of January 8 and brought to the Villard assem bly where a student rally will be held. The assembly following will be in Gerlinger hall where the speak ers will speak about their tour. Arrangements have been made by 1 McMorran-Washburn to have the speeches broadcast over KORE by remote control. Banquet Slated A banquet will be held in either the new dorm or one of the hotels down town with an international idea to be used in the decorations. Roger Bailey, in charge of speak ing at the civic organizations re ported that the three debaters will talk before the Eugene chamber of commerce and other organiza tions, during the week of January 11 to 18. Mez Announces Annual Murray Warner Contest Courses in History, Art, and Race Relations Recommended Complying to the wishes of Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner, who an nually donates prizes for the best essays on certain phases of Amer ica’s relation with the Orient, Dr. John R. Mez, chairman of the con test, gave the announcement that competition is open to all under graduate students of the Univer sity who have taken or who are enrolled in at least one course in anthropology, art, economics, his tory, international relations poli cies, or race relations of the Pa cific area. Professor Mez said that students planning to participate in the con test should enroll in the following courses next term, if they have not taken them before, in order to qualify: Economics- 416, 447, 448. In ternational trade policies of the Pacific area. Geology—422 (and 428) Geology (or geography of the Pacific). History 391, 392, 393. China and Japan. Sociology 410. Race relations of the Pacific slope. The contest, Dr. Mez empha sized, will positively close on April 1, 1932, and decision will be given two weeks thereafter. Exam Schedule of Report Writing Croups Given A combined section final exam ination will be given in report writing on Monday, December 14, 10 to 12 a. m. Students will report to the room listed opposite the name of their instructors, as given below: Lesch, Moll, Horn, Kittoe, Mor risette Assembly, Villard. Stoddard, Delzell -107 Villard. Jackson, Orchard—105 Deady. Stowell, Merrick — 105 Com merce. Shumaker—110 Johnson; Ter rell, 105 Oregon; Ernst, 103 Vil lard. Tests for Future M. D.’s Will Be Given on Friday All students planning to enter the University medical school are reminded of the aptitude test to be given under Professor H. B. Yocom of the biology department Friday at 2 p. m. in room 108, Villard. The test is sponsored by the American Association of Medical Schools and will be given to uni versity students all over the coun try at the same time on the same day, Professor Yocom stated. It is the only one to be given this year. ‘Woogy’ Displaces ‘King’, Deceased As Beta Mascot A Mnd lady reading about the tragic death of King, the Beta mascot, took pity on the bereaved masters and replaced tile police dog with a miniature replica. The new dog has been chis tened “Woogy,” a name signifi cant to Betas only. At least his owners will see that this canine doesn’t follow in the footsteps of his illustri ous predecessor, since the path of King led but to destruction. So long live Woogy! Krawl Heads List Of Winter Term Campus Dances Unique Affair Is Promised By Adverlising Men On January 16 Heading the list of all-campus events for next term is the Krazy Kopy Krawl, now scheduled def initely for January 16 at the Co coanut Grove. The Senior ball and the Military ball, according to an announcement yesterday from the dean of women’s office, are the only other large social events now set for the first month of winter term. Because of the Christmas lag in University, class, or honorary func tions, Alpha Delta Sigma, adver tising fraternity, has laid plans to open the winter social season with the Krazy Kopy Krawl. This year the advertising men declare they are primed to break all records in providing entertainment, fun, and good music. At the beginning of next term news of new and distinct features will appear. Francis Mullins, man ager of the Merrick dance studio, is in charge of this entertainment and has already a list of features he rates as equal to a vaudeville show. Plans to present a short one-act comedy are being consid ered by members of the organiza tion. Little information on the unique decoration scheme has been re leased, and, according to Harry Schenk, president of Alpha Delta Sigma, little will be released until the evening of the dance. New ideas, or rather, an amalgamation of all ideas on decoration will be displayed in the January 16 crea tion. Student Writer To Trace Life of Oregon Grid Coach “Because he wanted to be a doc tor, Clarence Wiley Spears became a great football coach.” So begins the life story of Dr. Clarence W. Spears, Oregon's nationally famous football coach, which is appearing serially in the Morning Oregonian under the title of “The Story of 'Doc' Spears.” The serial began Monday and is appearing daily in the sport section of The Oregon ian. The author of the story is Dick Neuberger, campus correspondent for the Oregonian. Revels, Carols To Bring Forth Yuletide Cheer Jollie St. Nick To Reign At Gerlinger Feast e Mcrrie Gamboliers To Hail Christmas Rejoicings in Good Olde Manner All faculty members and stu dents are Invited to the Christ mas Revels: Dancing, carolers, mummers, pontomimists, ..fortune - telling by three Wise Men and a Wise Woman or two, cakes and ale. Tickets were placed on sale at the Co-op this morning by Kolia Reedy, business manager. Qerlinger hall Saturday night, 8:30 p. m. Comes now the Wassail—Be it known that all those who claim the University of Oregon for their own are invited to quaff a draft of nut brown ale and eat the Christmas cake while they listen and applaud the merrie jousters of the First Annual Christmas rev els. Ye mystic order of Skull and Dagger has usurped the privilege of decking the hall in living yule tide greenery, turning the staid walls of Gerlinger into a forest bower. Come ye in the spirit of happi ness, prepared to enjoy watching the spirited square dance of gen erations past, enacted by brave professors and their' winsome dames. Hark ye to the antics of the mummers, famed in the works of Thomas Hardy. A good old Eng lish custom. Mummers are under the lead of Goodman Jack Hewitt, assisted by brave lads Mickey Vale and Or ville Bailey. Many a flip and may be a flop they’ll make. Lads Mau rice Pease, Bob Norton, Clarke Thompson, Bob Parke, Ed Roll, Tommy Kneeland, Bob Van Nice, j Eddie Wells, and Bob Stevens will I add their antics to the act. “Cottontop,” Billy Sievers, the famous trumpter, will sing and blow his horn for your pleasure. Carl Collins and his merry mu sicians will play for the dancing. Carolers will sing many ancient English Christmas songs. These are the olden carols: “God Rest You Merry, Gentle men,” “Adeste Ffdeles,” “The First Noel,” "Good King Wenceslas,” “Here We Come A-Wassailing,” “Silent Night,” “Wassail, Wassail All Over the Town.” Chief Caroler is Professor S. Stephenson Smith, known as “Steve” to his fellow carolers. Then cast your books and im pediments away, join hands with your best girl or with somebody and hie away to Gerlinger, Wassail hall of the evening, Saturday, De cember 12 at 8:30 p. m. DUNN TO SPEAK Frederic S. Dunn, chairman of the department of Latin, will give an illustrated address, “Portraits of the Roman Emperors,” at 8 o’clock to the class of Silver Age of Latin literature, in room 107, Oregon hall. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Guild Stage Becomes Dugout For Drama, 'Journey’s End’ Day by day the stage of Guild theatre grows more and more to resemble the interior of a British dug-out on the front line trenches before St. Quentin, early in 1918; and day by day a dozen Oregon men assume more and more the qualities of the young fellows whose lives there make up the story of the celebrated war play, ‘‘Journey’s End.” The author, R. C. Sherriff, has peopled his play with a wide var iety of personalities. There is the careless and joking Captain Hardy who does no more work than is ab solutely forced upon him, played by Ethan Newman. The charac ter of Captain Dennis Stanhope is a very young man and a splendid leader of men, seasoned by three long years of service, who is be ginning to break under the grind. Stanhope will be played by Leonard Dart, who recently won favor as the mad millionaire-musician in “Dulcy.” With him we find his ' best friend, Lieutenant Osborne, i the oldest of the officers, former I ly a college professor, played by j Gene Love. The men all call him I ‘’Uncle.” Jack Stipe plays Hib ' bert, the man whose dread of go ing into action gets beyond his control. Wallie Boyle will be the fat, happy-go-lucky Trotter, who takes war as it comes and man ages to keep the people around him cheered up. Eldon Woodin, the Malvolio of last year’s “Twelfth Night,” will be Captain Stanhope’s orderly. As the Colonel, cold, crisp, and businesslike, to whom war is chief ly a matter of routine, Martin Geary will make his first appear ance in a major production. Mar tin is known as a drummer, a singer, and a stage technician. This is his first appearance in Eu gene as a full fledged actor, but he has played a number of times with a professional company in south ern California. Three other men are being intro ! duced for the first time in major j roles. Charles Schumaker, who has j appeared in several one-acts, will I play the company sergeant-major. Warren Gram, a new arrival, will play the young Second Lieutenant Raleigh, just out from England. I Bob Ferguson, also new on the | campus, will play the German sol j dier, a mere boy, taken prisoner I by Raleigh, and Wilbur Walker will play Private Mason, whose (Continued on Page Four)