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