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Fewer Forced Out of School By Low Grades Only 36 Disqualified From Re-Entering 29 Men, 7 Women Barred; Total of 87 Placed On Probation Despite the general student opinion that the new four-point grading system this year meant a raising of scholarship standards, figures released Friday by the University registrar's office indi cate that fewer students failed to pass the required number of hours than in previous years. Only 36 students were disquali fied from re-entering the Univer sity again this term, while 87 were placed on probation, which means that they must pass 12 hours or be dropped from school. Of the first group, 29 were men and'only 7 were women. The same approximate ratio holds in the group placed on probation, where 69 men and 18 women were placed on probation. These figures are larger than the average for the three terms of any previous year of which figures are available. Division of failures is as follows: freshmen, 60; sophomores, 48; jun iors, 4; seniors, 1; specials, 1; and first year law students, 1. The total number of students who have registered for the win ter term, including tne last five days, is 2,583, as compared to the total number of the winter term last year, which was 2,802, a de crease of 219 students this year. A total of 2,515 registrations were reported by the registrar’s office on Tuesday, the day after registra tion. This makes the number of students who have paid their fees for the winter term in the last five days 68 in all. Presbyterians Will Hold Special Candle Service A special candle lighting serv ice will be held at Central Presby terian church Sunday evening at 7:30. This service, which is being used quite extensively in various church es throughout the country, is a semi-dramatic representation of the spreading of the light of Chris tianity to all the world. Students of the Westminster as sociation will comprise one of the five choirs which will take part in the service. Other choirs are: the choir from Cottage Grove, the men’s chorus, the Eugene high school choir, the University choir, and the regular church choir. All are invited to attend. Social Calendar Winter Term Released Monday The social calendar for the win ter term will be released Monday Hazel P. Schwering, dean of wo men, announced yesterday. Any organization which is plan ning any social event during the term should schedule it with Alice B. Macduff, assistant dean of wo men, immediately if they wish it included in the calendar, according to Dean Schwering. | University Depot Reports Number Of Lost Articles ^ NUMBER of lost articles of value to students were turned into the lost and found department at the University depot this week. These include: Six fountain pens. Two leather notebooks. Three textbooks. Two rings. One umbrella. One pair women’s gloves. Dean’s Calendar* Lists All Events Of Coming Week Concerts, Assembly, Play Provitle Full Program For Busy Students A campus calendar for the com ing week was released from the dean of women’s office yesterday. The weekly calendar will be pub lished every Friday. Any meet ings, dances, or other entertain ments to be included in the list must be scheduled with Alice B. Macduff, assistant dean of women. The calendar for the week Jan uary 9 to 14 follows: Saturday, January 9 Kwama - Skull and Dagger dance. Alpha Chi Omega house. Sunday, January 10 Georges Enesco, violinist, 3 o’clock. Twilight organ recital, 5 o'clock. Monday, January 11 Dr. Harold J. Noble, lecture, In ternational club. Tuesday, January 13 Student assembly for debaters, 11 o’clock. Student concert, school of mu sic. Wednesday, January IS A. W. S. Campus Capers. Graduate council meeting, 4 o’clock. Thursday, January 14 Paul Engberg, vocal concert sponsored by Phi Beta. Theta Sigma Phi open meeting. “Journey’s End,” Guild hall. Library Will Drop Many Publications From List Harper's, Forum, ansi Nation Are Included Reduced appropriations was an nounced as the cause of dropping between 200 and 300 magazines from the regular subscription list at the library by M. H. Douglass, University librarian. In addition, no periodicals will be circulated outside of the library. Efforts are being made to secure subscriptions as gifts or to secure the magazines themselves from persons having finished with them. The following are the most im portant magazines effected by the no-circulation policy. The refer ence copy is, of course, to be kept on hand: Forum, Good Housekeep ing, Harper’s, House Beautiful, Literary Digest, Living Age, Na tion, National Geographic, New Republic, North American Review, Atlantic Monthly, Mazama, Review of Reviews, Scribner’s, and World’s Work. Delayed U.S. Intervention In Orient Surprising to Noble The recent action of the United States government in calling the attention of Japan to its ob ligation under the nine-power treaty and the Kellogg Anti-war pact, after the Japanese had cap tured Chinchow, the last city un der Chinese control in Manchuria, is quite in keeping with the past precedents of American policy af fecting the Pacific, Dr. Harold J. Noble, assistant professor of his tory and regarded on the campus as an authority on far eastern questions, said yesterday. Professor Noble explained that from the beginning of treaty rela tions between the United States and China, the American policy has been based on an attempt to maintain both the territorial in tegrity and sovereignity of China and freedom of trade for all na tions within the Chinese boundar ies. This policy, he said, was given final sanction in the Washington conference of 1922 in which Japan was a party. American interest in China is not humanitarian, but American commerce is more likely to profit if China is maintained as a unit than if portions of it are ab sorbed by a commercial rival. For this reason the United States’ pol icy coincides with the Chinese self interest. “In view of the American policy, and since Japan in 1922 pledged herself to support the “open door” idea, it is the right and privilege of the United States to call the at tention of Japan to the fact that she has violated her pledge re- | garding Chinese sovereignity and territorial integrity,” Dr. Noble ' stated. “Under these circumstanc es,” he continued, “it is not sur- ■ (Continued on Page Three) J Violinist Will Open A.S.U.O. i Music Series Georges Enesco To Play Tomorrow Afternoon First of Winter Concerts To Be at Igloo; Free To Students Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in McArthur court Georges Enesco, famous Rumanian violinist and composer, will appear in the first of the 1932 A. S. U. O. concerts. Students will be admitted free if they show their student body cards. General admission is 25 cents. Ronald H. Robnett, assistant graduate manager, last night ex pressed the belief that Enesco will find a capacity audience waiting to hear him play. The popular price experiment has roused much favorable comment among faculty members and Eugene townspeople. Outstanding Artist Enesco is pvithout question one of the outstanding artists in his field. Not only is he a splendid violinist, but a composer greatly honored in his own country and throughout Europe. As a teacher, he has few equals. Yehudi Menu hin and Kayla Mitzel, two of the most famous child artists on the concert stage today, are products of his training. The complete program, given in Wednesday’s Emerald, will con tain the pure classic work of Han del, the rhapsodic “Poeme” of Chausson, three classic airs for violin, parts of great works mod ernized by Fritz Kreisler and given sparkling accompaniments, and will conclude with three ex tremely modern works, one a study in technical intricacies, one a work of rabid impressionism, and the last a wild gypsy dance air. Talk on Oriental Crisis To Feature Program Monday Noble to Present Topic for Third of International Club’s Series The third activity included in the educational program of the In ternational club will be in the form of a lecture on “The International Aspect of the Manchurian Crisis’’ which will be given by Dr. Harold J. Noble of the history department, and musical numbers to be given by members of the faculty of the school of music. The program will be held at the Music auditorium this coming Monday, January 11, at 8 p. m. The members of the faculty who are arranging for the program are: Dr. John R. Mez, professor of eco nomics and political science; Dr. Warren D. Smith of the geology department, Professor H. S. Tuttle of the school of education, and oth er faculty members of the Inter national club. Vice-President Burt Brown Bar ker of the University will preside and among those who will give mu sical numbers will be Miss Agnes Petzold of the school of music. Invitation is extended to every one. There will be an admission charge of 25 cents. Tuttle’s Findings Printed In Sociology Magazine Educational Monthly Publishes Research on Honesty The December Journal of Educa tional Sociology published an ar ticle summarizing a two-year re search conducted by Professor Harold S. Tuttle of the education department in measuring the hon esty of school children from grades four to seven. The research was conducted in 13 different grade schools with over 2,000 children. The distinctive findings of the study were that honesty tends to increase with children of superior intelligence, and that the out-of school influences seem to be more influential in determining charac ter thaa the school influences themselves. Partial report of Professor Tut tle's research was published in the November number of Religious Education. Ambassadors and Advisers -, The Pacific Basin dc}>atc team is shown here, about to leave on their 35,000-mile trip, with Dr. Ralph C. Hoeber, former head of the speech division, and Walter E. Hempstead ,Fr„ of the speech division, who helped them plan th» trip. Left to right: Roger Pfuff, Mr. Hemp stead, Robert Miller, Dr. Hoeber, David Wilson. Prodigal Debaters Caught Up In Jubilant Welcoming W horl Rally, Banquet, and Dance Fete Happy, Grinning Homecomers By ELINOR HENRY Cheering crowds and bands play ing Oregon songs are not new things to Roger Pfaff, Robert T. Miller, and David Wilson, Oregon's Pacific Basin Good Will team, but when the cheers arise enthusiastic ally from friends and fellow stu dents, and it is a U. of O. band dressed in new uniforms playing those same familiar songs—that makes a homecoming worth while. Wilson, publicity potentate, kept right on with his task, though the tour was officially ended, taking pictures with his neat movie cam era as the train drew into the sta tion and as he stood on the speak ers’ platform. ‘‘See yourself as the debaters saw you,” will be the mot to on the campus next week when the movies of the trip are shown. Pfaff came in for his share of teasing from those gathered about the platform when someone no iced that he was wearing the same shirt he had on when he left. Miller took his position as manager very seriously. The speeches of welcome were brief, witty, but sincere. Dean James H. Gilbert was “master of ceremonies” and represented the University administration. Thomas O. Russell, of the Eugene chamber of commerce, expressed the appre ciation of the townspeople. Ralph C. Hoeber, head of the speech de partment when the plans for the tour were made, carefully meas ured the heads of the debaters, to discover that, as Dean Gilbert ex pressed it, “The operating expens es were high, but the overhead had not been increased.” At almost exactly noon the pa rade, led by the three decorated cars containing the debaters, left i the depot and went noisily dov/n Willamette street to Thirteenth avenue, where it turned and pro ceeded almost as far as the Uni versity, when it collapsed as stu dents and debaters hastened to lunch at their respective houses. The trophies of the debaters were displayed at the formal ban quet held in their honor at the men's dorm last night. Presenta tion of the scholarships for the three members of the Good Will team was made by Hobart Wilson, president of the senior class, and brief speeches and toasts were made by C. L. Starr, president of the state board of higher educa tion, Mayor H. E. Wilder, Brian Mimnaugh, president of the A. S. U. O., Walter E. Hempstead, fac ulty adviser for the team, the three debaters, and Ann Baum, president of the A. W. S. Vice-President Burt Brown Barker was toastmas ter. An all-campus informal dance at McArthur court was the final event of the day’s welcome pro gram. Guild Theatre Is Being Prepared For Latest Play A low dugout is slowly taking shape on the stage of the Guild theater under the direction of George Andreini, technical direc tor. Mud walls, roughly boarded up, a low ceiling supported by heavy timbers, and a few short steps leading up to the trench which can be seen just beyond the low door way are all complete. A mud walled trench topped with sand bags blot out the barbed-wire en tanglements and the battle-scarred reaches of no man’s land, which we know lie3 just beyond. (Continued on I'nj/e Three) To Open Concert Series Georges Eneseo, Rumanian violinist, who will appear afternoon as the first artist on the A. S. I'. O. (concert the year. The concert wiil lx; held in McArthur court at 3 tomorrow series for o’clock. Movie Record Of Debate Tour Will Be Shown 33.000 Mile Story Told In 2.000 Foot Film Colonial Bills Showing for Tuesday; Men Will Explain Pictures “The Story in Pictures” complete and unexpurgated, is to be pre sented by the "Three Must-Get There's" of the Pacific Basin Good Will team at the Colonial theatre next Tuesday, it is announced by Cliff Beckett, chairman of the re ception committee. Two thousand feet of motion pic tures, showing highlights of the 35.000 mile tour around the Pacific, will be shown, with the members of the team, Roger Pfaff, Robert Miller, and Dave Wilson, on the stage to give a running explana tory account as the pictures are flashed on the screen. Thrills Are Promised “Have you ever seen a walla by?” said Dave Wilson, in speaking of the pictures. “It’s an Austral ian animal with a tail like a bea ver, a bill like a duck, and webbed feet. It lays eggs and suckles its young. If you don't believe it, we’ve got an intimate closeup of the brute in my third of the pic tures.” Roger Pfaff promises a thrill or two in his third of the reels. He will show closeups of the burning ghats at Benares, India, where Hindu corpses are .cremated by the Ganges. Another feature of his film will be shots of the “Pera hera,” great Buddhist festival at Kandy, Celon. Bob Miller has some unusual shots of anti-Japanese trouble in China. A great demonstration pa rable in Canton, troops on guard in (Continued on Cage Three) Skull and Dagger, Kwama Will Hold Informal Tonight Affair Limited to Members Of Organizations and Their Dates Tonight, Kwama and Skull and Dagger, the two underclass service honoraries, will discard their cus tomary roles and hold an informal dance at 9 o’clock at the Alpha Chi Omega house. This affair will be limited exclusively to members of the two honoraries and their dates. Virginia Hartje, president of Kwama, and Neil Bush, president of Skull and Dagger, have charge (Continuea on Cage Three) From California --and It’s Not Fruit or Climate I love you, California— You’re the greatest state of all. Some more slime for our southern neighbor. Here’s something to talk of besides their famous climate. Two gray-haired, prematurely aged men have been rotting in San Quentin jail for nearly 17 years for a crime of which the world believes them innocent. Their trial has been termed a mockery and a frame-up. Eleven of the jurors have signed an appeal for a pardon. And now the Wickersham commission makes a scathing indictment of the Mooney-Bil lings trial in its report to the senate. It says of the methods of the trial, “a flagrant viola tion of law,” "deliberate at tempt to arouse public preju dice,” “no attempt made to find the real criminals,” “witnesses coached,” etc., etc., ad nauseum. Ail over the world protests are being made against injus tice. The English officials in India get a "warning.” The Emperor of Japan gets a bomb. Watch out, California! Even white men grow impatient. Grimly, WEBFOOT CHAULEY Vacant Places on Staff of Business Offices Still Open lyTANY positions on the Kmer ald business staff are still open, according to Larry Jack son, Emerald business manager. “No ex|>erienoe in soliciting advertising is needed, and all students interested in this work are urged to apply to the busi ness office in McArthur court on Monday, between the hours of 2 and 5,” Jackson states. Museum Library Has Nine Volumes Added to Shelves Three Deal With Political Aspect of Situation In Manchuria The addition of nine new books to their shelves is announced by the Murray Warner Fine Arts mu seum library. All are 1931 publi cations. Three are studies in internation al law and the political aspects of the Manchurian situation, by C. Walter Young. Their titles are, "Japan’s Special Position in Man churia," "The International Legal Status and the Kwantung Leased Territory,” and "Japanese Juris diction in the South Manchuria Railway Areas.” These books to gether form a unity for the pur pose of analyzing the international legal position of Japan with re spect to Manchuria. Two of the other books upon Ja pan are, "Japan, Some Phases of Her Problems and Development,” by Inazo Nitobe, and "History of Japan," edited by M. Paske-Smith, published in Kobe. This work is compiled from the records of the English East Company, by Peter Pratt, 1822. The other books are in the field of art and architecture. "Introduc tion to Persian Art Since the Sev enth Century, A. D.” by Arthur Upham Pope, “History of Chinese Art” and “La Charpente Chinoise” by George Soulie de Mourant. The last book was published in Pekin. A new “Who’s Who in China” has also been received. The museum library which is on the third floor of Gerlinger build ing is open from 2 to 5 in the af ternoons daily except Saturday and Sunday. Myers Gives Speech to Oregon Teachers’ Meet L. M. Myers, instructor of Ro mance languages, talked on "Min imum Essentials in First Year French” at the Oregon State Teachers’ association meeting held in Portland during the Christmas holidays. Mr. Myers stressed the point that high school teachers should eliminate all unnecessary and fan cy parts of French, and teach the essentials so that the students will be well prepared when they enter the University to start sec ond year French. He suggested that the teachers give special at tention to verbs, pronouns, and connectives. He has prepared a minimum requirement sheet for the benefit of ail high school teach ers. Idaho Defeats Oregon, 31-26, In Opening Tilt ! Vandals Lead Webfeet Throughout Contest I Roberts, Wicks Tie for i Scoring Honors in Game; Second Tonight MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 8.—(Spe cial to the Emerald.)—The Uni versity of Idaho defeated Oregon here tonight, 31 to 26, in a loosely played basketball game. Idaho gained the lead at the start of the game and held it throughout. Some clever stalling in the last few minutes stopped a desperate Oregon rally. Oregon scored only two field goals in the first half, but numer ous personal fouls called on Idaho players made the count at half time 11 to 10 for the Vandals. Cap Roberts, center, led the Webfoot attack with 11 points, ty ing with Pete Wicks, Vandal for ward, for high point honors. Spook Robertson and Captain Windy Calkins, Oregon scoring aces, were badly off form, according to Coach Bill Reinhart. Players on both teams missed many setup shots. Hank Lcvoff, Oregon guard, was the bright spot in the Oregon of fense and led the last-minute rally of the Ducks. The teams meet again tonight in the second game of the series. The lineups: Oregon (20) (81) Idaho Rubenstein .F. (3) Herman Levoff (10) .F. (4) Barrett Roberts (11) C. (6) Grenier Robertson (2) ... G. (11) Wick3 Calkins (3) .G. (7) Lacy Olinger .F. Nelson Wishard .F. Auckett Household Arts Division Has Several Classes Open Vacancies Are in Sewing and Foods Courses For students interested in add ing courses in the household arts department there are several va cancies in the foods and sewing classes. Anyone wishing to add any of these courses should register with Miss Tingle in the household arts building at once. Either upper division or lower division credit is offered in the foods courses. One section meets from 10 to 12 on Tuesday and Thursday and either 2 or 3 o'clock on Tuesday, and the other section meets at 11 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and either 2 or 3 on Tuesday. There are two freshman courses in sewing which still have some vacancies. A two-hour clothing construction class which deals with dress making meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 to 10, and a three-hour clothing construction class for beginners on either Tues days and Thursdays from 1 to 4 or on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10-12. There are also a few vacancies in the clothing se lection classes which meet on either Tuesday at 11, or on Wed nesday at 3. World’s Wobbling Monetary Ratios Irk Debate Manager Poundst shillings, rupees, annas, pesos, taels, lacs, yen!! great big ones, little ones, all shapes and sizes—were the cause of many sleepless nights for Bob Miller, business manager of the Pacific Basin good-will tour. “Try to follow a travel budget. sometime,” said Bob, “when world currencies are flopping up and down like a fraternity grade standing. It can't be done. “When we collected our first twenty-pound guarantee in NeW] Zealand, we found that twenty pounds was worth only about three-fourths of what it was when our budget was made out. We tried to convert all of our New Zealand! money into a more stable currency and in the process visited every bank in Wellington. “When we got on board ship for Sydney, the customs officials noti fied us that we were under sus picion for smuggling silver out of the country, which action is pro hibited by law. Our bags were thoroughly searched, revealing only a couple of buffalo nickels. Our repeated visits to New Zea land banks had aroused suspicion. “The Australian pound took a bad beating and we were holding the gunny sack for about $60. We couldn’t get American dollars in Australia, so we took English pounds. I carried a whole pocket ful of those big 6x6 notes all of the way through India. We were in Calcutta on September 19 and I cashed them all in on steamship tickets. Four days later the bot tom dropped out of the English pound, and we were saved a $200 loss by a bit of good luck. “I learned in school that 5 times (Continued on rage Three)