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Vandals Take
Oregon, 39-19
In Clash Here
Welifeet Unable To Gel
Started in Tilt
Barrett Outstanding Mar
In Final Contest of
Idaho Series
By BRUCE HAMBY
If two athletic teams eve:
showed more complete reversal;
of form than did Oregon and Idahc
last night at McArthur court, th(
slaughter must have been appall
ing. The Vandals couldn't miss
Oregon couldn't do anything. The
result: Idaho, 39; Oregon, 19. This
splits the four games with Idahc
and puts Oregon back to 500 pei
cent.
From the v£fy start of the game
it was evident that Idaho was out
to make up for last night's defeat
Herman, forward, and Wicks
guard, started piling up the points
immediately after the game start
ed and it was nine minutes before
^ Spook Robertson finally pushed in
a cripple to make the score 13 to
2. Exactly nine minutes later,
Windy Calkins tossed in two foul
shots to make the count 23 to 4.
Levoff added another foul conver
sion as the half ended, with Idaho
leading 23 to 5
Barrett Shines on Floor
Barrett, outstanding man on the
floor, sank two baskets in quick
succession in the second period to
increase the Vandal lead to 27
points. It was five minutes before
Cap Roberts finally pushed in a
goal for Oregon.
The Webfeet came to life in the
last few minutes of the game as
Roberts, Robertson and Levoff
garnered 10 points between them.
Two Idaho field goals ended the
game.
Loose Playing Seen
The game was marred by loose
playing, especially on the part of
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y Plans for Military Ball
Announced by O’Melveny
List of Patrons and Patronesses Is
Named by Chairman
Patrons and patronesses for the
annual military ball given by Scab
bard and Blade, honorary military
organization, to be held at the Eu
gene hotel this coming Saturday
were announced yesterday by Bob
OMelveny, general chairman in
charge of the affair.
Those in the receiving line will
be: President and Mrs. A. B. Hall,
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Schwering,
Dean and Mrs. James H. Gilbert,
Major and Mrs. F. A. Barker, Ma
jor and Mrs. R. H. Back, Lieuten
ant and Mrs. E. S. Prouty, and
Lieutenant and Mrs. Edward W.
Kelley.
Music will be furnished by
George Webber’s dance band.
Japanese Protect ’Interests’
The method in which the Japanese are protecting their Chinese
“interests” is shown in the above pictures, brought back by the Pacific
Basin debate team from their 35,000-mile tour. Above: Japanese flag
flying over Chinese territory at Tientsin. The arrow' points to a sand
bag machine gun nest on top of a shipping company building. Below:
Fortifications on Japanese wharfs at Tientsin, set up at the outbreak
of fighting between the Japanese concession and the Chinese city.
Debaters to Again Present
Lecture, Movies of Travels
Return Engagement Made
After Portland Showing
At Popular Request
Direct from their showing in
Portland Mondfcy night before hun
dreds of people, the Pacific Basin
Good-will tour trio will again pre
sent their motion pictures and give
their talks before Eugene audi-;
ences Wednesday afternoon start-'
ing at 2 o'clock at the Colonial
theater, it was announced last
night. The showings will be simi
lar to those given here last week,
and are being repeated at the
matinee by popular request.
The three debaters, David G.
Wilson, Roger Alton Pfaff and
Robert T. Miller, obtained excel
lent moving pictures of their trip
through eight countries of the Pa
cific, and their account that ac
companies them is both interesting
and entertaining. Since the pre
m i e r e showing here, several
touches that improve the presenta
tion have been worked out.
The pictures take the audience
down through tropical Samoa and
the enchanting South Seas, to New
Zealand, Australia, up to India
with its absorbing mysticism, to
I war-torn China and to picturesque
1 Japan. The cameraman in each
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Greek Play 'Trojan Women’
Will Be Next Dramatic Effort
A Greek tragedy, the first to be
presented on the campus for many
years, was announced last night
by Airs. Ottilie Seybolt, director of
drama, as the next production of
the drama department. The play,
“The Trojan Women,” is another
war production, presenting a new
angle of war—not the life of the
man in action as was seen in
“Journey’s End" the aftermath of
war.
The scene of the play is laid on
the shore outside a break in the
walls of Troy—just after the
Greeks have won the battle. The
theme of the play deals with de
struction brought to a great peo
r pie, the suffering which is the in
evitable lot of those who survive.
The women of Troy, young and
old, are being allotted, as was the
custom, to various warriors of the
enemy, some to become wives,
some to become servants or slaves.
Much as they dread their individ
ual fates, their grief is not so much
for themselves as for their coun
try and the beautiful city of Troy
which is already in flames and will
soon be only a memory.
Hecuba, queen of the fallen
Priam, calls the women about her
for a final expression of their grief.
One by one her daughters, Cas
sandra, Andromache, and Poly
xena, are taken away. Even An
dromache's son, the little prince
in whom lay the one hope for the
possible rebuilding* of the fallen
city, is destroyed.
But it is permitted to Hecuba
to forsee that out of the very pow
er of suffering and destruction
will come a lasting glory, that
Troy, her city, will never be for
gotten, but that its glory will ring
down through the ages. Rising
from her knees beside the little
boy whose body is to buried on his
father’s shield, she cries:
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country has caught the unusual
and interesting features noted.
These include the “Haka" dance of
the Maori’s, the burning ghats of
India, and many “shots” in other
countries.
The show is actually a 35,000
mile trip, boiled down to an hour
and a half, and holds the attention
from beginning to end. It has the
warm commendation of Governor
Meier, who sponsored it in Port
land, and many other civic offi
cials and leaders.
The showings will be continuous
from 2 o’clock on, and members
of the audience may come in at
any time up to 5:30.
Morse To Address District
Attorney Conclave Friday
Spencer To Discuss Advertising
At Press Conference
Wayne L. Morse, dean of the
school of law, will speak before the
state convention of district attor
neys to be held in Portland Fri
day. He has accepted this invita
tion for the past two years and
at this meeting, will explain the
work of the Oregon crime commis
sion of which he is research direc
tor.
Carlton E. Spencer, also of the
law faculty, will address Oregon
publishers here for the press con
ference Saturday morning. “News
papers and the Oregon Law,” a dis
cussion of legal advertising will be
his topic.
Mr. Spencer holds a novel posi
tion, according to Dean Morse, in
that Oregon is one of the few uni
versities utilizing a law faculty
member in one of the other schools.
Spencer teaches law of the press.
Dr. Noble Working on Two
Volume Book on Korea
Dr. Harold J. Noble of the his
tory' department of the University
is writing a two-volume book en
titled “Foreign Relations of Korea
Before 1895 and From 1895 to
1905.” The first volume will cover
the period up to 1895 when the Ko
reans won their independence from
China; the second will treat the
period from 1895 to 1905 when Ko
rea was finally annexed by Japan.
To help him in his research
work, Professor Noble has been
given a special grant from the so
cial science research council of the
University to buy materials and
documents he might need.
Press Confab
Delegates Will
MeetThursday
Liftin To Preside Over
Three-Day Conclave
State Etlitors's Association
To Convene Saturday
For Conference
With the registration of dele
gates Thursday afternoon, the
three-day Oregon press conference
! will convene for its fourteenth an
nual meeting at the school of jour
nalism on the campus. Plans are
being made to accommodate the
representatives arriving Thursday
evening, although the actual busi
ness of the convention will be de
ferred until Friday morning.
Under the guidance of widely
known journalistic authorities, the
delegates will discuss the current
problems of the newspaper indus
try. The keynote of all the dis
cussions will be “economy,” in ac
cordance with the attitude of all
journalists toward cutting down
all unnecessary expenses in news
paper management.
Ben R. Liftin, publisher-editor
of The Dalles Chronicle and presi
dent of the Oregon Press associa
tion, will preside over the business
sessions. Ralph R. Cronise, co
publisher of the Albany Democrat
Herald and retiring head of the
Oregon Editors’ association, will
take the chair at the short busi
ness meeting of the editors’ asso
ciation which will convene Satur
day morning In conjunction with
the principal conference.
The conference will be officially
opened by a non-host dinner and
an informal round-table discussion
at the Eugene hotel Thursday eve
ning. Merle R. Chessman, editor
of the Astorian-Budget, will pre
side. Registration will be taken
care of by Theta Sigma Phi, wom
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Oregon Eagle Scouts Asked
To Attend County Meeting
Oregon men who are Eagle
Scouts have been invited to attend
the annual meeting of the Lane
county council of Boy Scouts to
morrow evening at the Osburn ho
tel, it is announced by H. B. Sal
lee, Eugene Scout executive. The
meeting will start at 6:30, and din
ner will be 75 cents per plate.
Election of officers for 1932 and
reports of committees for the past
year will be the chief items of bus
iness to come before the scouts.
Dr. H. W. Titus, of Eugene, has
been nominated for president. Un
ion of the Corvallis and Eugene
councils is one of the major pro
jects before the scouts for the
coming year.
Mo Tickee
No Shirtee
--Charlee
Parlez-vous francais?
Chevrolet coupe.
And so, kiddies, we conclude
tonight’s bedtime story.
Unless Uncle Sam will bow
low and cancel her war debts,
la belle France will not forego
her right to reparations from
Germany. No reparations, no
debt payments.
Privately and confidentially,
children, I wouldn’t give a Po
lish zloty (post-war value) for
title to the French war loan.
From the frying pan into the
fire jumps Hell'n’ Maria Dawes.
He’s slated to be president of
the (take a deep breath) Re
construction Finance Corpora
tion. Clear the decks; NOW
prosperity IS around the corner.
To Secretary Stimson goes
the dubious privilege of head
i ing our disarmament contingent
to Geneva. Pardon me while 1
snicker, but the only sure way
to disarmament is bankruptcy.
Or so it seems.
Dubiously,
WEBFOOT CHARLEY
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’Journey’s End’
Brings Tragedy
For Drama Prof
<< TOURNEY'S END” was a
” tragic one yesterday after
noon for George L. Andreine,
drama instructor, who recently
directed the work of the pro
duction staff for the play of
that name.
Hurrying to a 2 o’clock in
Johnson hall, Mr. Andreine un
wittingly entertained hundreds
of between-class students along
Thirteenth, as he trekked down
that thoroughfare in his cur.
Apparently a little late, he
moved along at a good clip. At
the Johnson entrance, he turned
in and parked—and then dis
covered, to his grief, that a wily
speed cop had followed him all
the way.
“Journey’s end” — and Mr.
Andreine got pinched.
Ambergris Found
Only Near Ocean,
Chemists Advise
Ambergris, that peculiar sub
stance that comes about as the
result of a whale's stomach ache,
is never found anywhere but in
the ocean or on the beach, and if
a substance is found that resem
bles the valuable material it is well
not to plan any trips to Europe
or any new automobiles on the
proceeds. This is the advice of the
chemistry department of the Uni
versity, which the other day re
ceived a sample of a substance
taken from a well near Talent,
which, it was hoped, would be am
bergris.
Talent is quite a distance from
the sea, and there are no cases on
record where ambergris spouted
out by prehistoric whales has been
preserved for the thousands of
years, as it would have to be, had
it been deposited at Talent when
that region was covered over with
water.
When the chemistry department
here, or at any other college or
university for that matter, re
ceives samples of tha*t which is
hoped to be ambergris, it is usually
sent on to some perfume manu
facturer. These manufacturers
then determine whether or not the
substance is what they want as a
base for their products.
YWCA Group Conducts
‘White List Candy’ Drive
Sanitarily Manufactured Products
To Be Pushed
“Buy White List Candy” is the
slogan of the Y. W. C. A. Indus
trial group which is conducting a
drive under the direction of Gwen
Elsemore in an effort to encour
age the buying of candy which is
manufactured under sanitary con
ditions.
An organization known as the
Consumers’ League is investigat
ing the manufacturing conditions
under which sweets are produced.
Those meeting requirements are
placed on the “White List,” signi
fying that the product is produced
sanitarily.
As far as possible, all candy sold
in the Y. W. C. A. hut is to be
found on the white lists, according
to Harriett Smith who is in charge
of the candy counter. The Consum
ers’ league has not as yet, how
ever, surveyed the far western cit
ies and there is no definite record
concerning the candy made ex
clusively in this section of the
country.
Membership Into Society
Accepted by Dr. Wright
Dr. Leavitt O. Wright, profes
sor of Romance languages, has just
accepted membership into the Me
diaeval Academy of America, con
stituent of the American Council
of Learned Societies.
This academy is devoted to the
promotion of, and has endeavored
to advance, mediaeval studies in
the United States by organizing
coherent unit mediaevalists
throughout the country.
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Students Crave Beer, Cries j
Yale Prof in Senate Probe
‘A Bottle a Day Keeps the
Doctor Aicay,’’ Echoes
Breip Exponent
WASHINGTON. — (IP) — If a
vote were to be taken today, it is
quite possible that the laurels as
the most popular United States
college professor would go to Pro
fessor Yandell Henderson of Yale
university.
Professor Yandell appeared last
week before the senate committee
holding hearings on Senator Bing
ham’s bill to permit the manufac
ture of 4 per cent beer. Said Pro
fessor Yandell:
"Student beer drinking is harm
less physically and advantageous
socially. One would have to drink
two or three quarts of beer to get
the equivalent of three cocktails.
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... To my way of thinking, a man
needs a cup of coffee in the morn
ing to wake him up and when he
has finished his day's work, a pint
of beer to quiet him down.” |
And here’s more. Dean Clarence
W. Mendell of Yale took the same
position in a letter which was read
at the hearing.
Then came Dr. Charles Norris,
medical examiner of New York
City, with this:
"When I was a student at Yale
in 1888 there was no hard liquor
and I never carried a flask. Now,
once a year, I go to Yale Bowl
and one has to step high over the
bottles, and one sees not only boys,
but nice-looking girls intoxicated.
... If good beer was available we
should undoubtedly return gradual
ly to the simpler and easier social
j relaxations that were associated
'with college life in the past."
Phi Beta Kappa
Initiation Is Slated
To Go Off Tonight
Senior Six To Make Formal
Entrance Into Honorary
Amid Banquet, Talks
Phi Beta Kappa, national scho
lastic honorary, will hold formal
initiation of the Senior Six today
at Alumni hall, to be followed by
a banquet at the men's dormitory
in honor of the initiates. The ad
dress of the evening will be given
by W. Elwood Smith, dean of the
school of basic arts and sciences
at Oregon State college.
Dean Smith has chosen a quota
tion from Walt Whitman, “Ah
Genoese, thy dream,” as the sub
jeer or ms speecn. uean smith
represented Oregon State college
at the installation of the Oregon
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1923.
A short business meeting will be
held just preceding the initiation,
it was announced today by John H.
Mueller, president of Phi Beta Kap
pa. About 60 reservations have
been made for the banquet. The
program will be directed by F. S.
Dunn, chairman of the Latin de
partment, as toastmaster. A wel
coming speech will be given by Mr.
Mueller, and a response by Arthur
Ireland, one of the senior six. Miss
Agnes Petzold will give a vocal
solo.
The senior six who are to be
come members of Phi Beta Kappa
are Mary Katherine Fenton, Elaine
Williams, Elizabeth Hall, Arthur
Ireland, Thelma Lund, and David
Williams.
Art Neophytes To Dance
At No Date Affair Tonight
Plans for a dance in honor of
the the freshman art students to
night from 7:30 to 10 approached
completition with the appointment
of all sub-committees by Schuyler
Southwell, general chairman.
The dance, an informal, no-date
affair will be held in the little art
gallery in the art patio and is spon
sored by the Allied Arts league, of
which Southwell is president.
Assisting him will be Lou Ross,
refreshments, and Lowell Ander
son and Wilbur Sohm, signs. Billy
Sievers and his dance orchestra
will provide the music for the af- j
fair.
All freshman students in the art
school are cordially invited.
Sigina Xi Hears Moore
On Embryological Issue
“Chemical Systems in the De
veloping of Sea Urchins Eggs’’ was
the topic presented by Dr. A. H.
Moore, professor of general phys
iology, at the meeting of Sigma Xi,
science honorary, last evening at
Deady hall.
Dr. Moore’s information is a re
cult of long research here, and at
the Hopkins marine station in Pa
cific Grove, California, with refer
ence to work done at marine sta
tions in Roscoff, France and Na
ples, Italy.
Members of Dr. Moore’s class in
experimental embryology are now
conducting experiments with both
the European and the American
forms of the eggs.
Education Board
Takes Action on
Merger Reports
‘Chancellor’ System Urged
As Solution of Joint
Control Issue
SALEM, Jan. 19.— (Special.)—
As a result of the meeting held
here today by the state board of
higher education, definite action
has been taken on elevating the
teaching qualifications, and the re
port of the committee appointed
to investigate the possibility of
merging the five schools of higher
education under one centralized
administration has been set for the
summer session of the board.
United Press sources indicated
that credence is being given to the
rumors regarding possible consoli
dation of the educational institu
tions, and that while no precise
step has been made, the plan will
probably advance along the lines
of the “chancellor” system as ad
vocated by experts.
Keen observers were quoted last
night as believing that the board
would look to out-of-state mate
rial for the proposed head or
“chancellor” of the system.
Reports were confirmed today as
to the raising of standards for all
school teachers to the normal
school levels, under which all other
teachers at present employed by
the state, except for older and
more experienced professors, would
be brought before the board for
action.
Members of the committee dis
cussing the proposed merger are
Albert Burch, Medford, chairman;
B. Frank Irvine, Portland; and E.
C. Sammons, Portland.
AGULE RETURNS
Sergeant F. I. Agule of the local
R. O. T. C. department returned
Monday afternoon from a short
business trip to Vancouver bar
racks for the local unit.
Order of'O’To
Discuss Ban on
PublicPaddling
‘Pigging’’ at Gaines Also
To Be Considered
Yell Leaders Expected To
Oppose Plan for Dates
At Contests
Abolition of the "library steps”
hacking sessions, during which
freshman tradition violators are
punished publicly by Order of the
“O” men, looms as a possibility to
night when the lettermen’s organi
zation meets at the Sigma Chi
house at 6 o'clock, Kermit Stevens,
president, said last night.
While many of the athletes are
known to be in favor of the ban,
others have been reported as sup
porting a plan of holding the hack
ing sessions indoors at Gerlinger
hall. Debate on the two points is
expected to be long and heated.
Under a seemingly sweeping
change of policy, the Order of the
"O" will also consider repeal of
the traditional rule prohibiting
“pigging" at games, especially bas
ketball. This change is being con
sidered, it is said, in an attempt to
cut down booing in the stands, and
attract more students to the
games.
Objections to the latter plan are
expected to be raised by Kelsey
Slocum, Oregon yell king, who last
night declared such a move wovdd
ruin organized cheering sections at
the Igloo.
The "library steps” sessions have
long been regarded by the Emerald,
and student and University offic
ials as a sore spot in campus af
fairs. Through the efforts of Ste
vens, no paddle-swinging meetings
have been held since last Decem
ber 3. Although a small group has
been reported agitating for a re
vival of the freshman hackings
such action has been avoided by
Stevens.
YWCA Receives Grant
From Hazen Foundation
A grant of $1500 was given to
the campus Y. M. C. A. at Oregon
State recently by Edward W. Ha
zen, Inc., foundation to be used in
building up the rural work of the
association in the three adjoining
counties of Lincoln, Benton and
Linn.
Assistance from this foundation
was applied for last summer on
the basis of the centralized loca
tion affording unusual opportunity
to extend the services of the or
ganization through a district not
touched, as yet, with city associa
tions or other religious extension
work. The grant, however, was
made with the stipulation that the
remainder of the budget would be
raised from Oregon sources, as has
been done in the past.
Student Musicale Features
Hammerbacker, Thomp
son
By J. ALMON NEWTON
The regular weekly student re
cital given in the auditorium of
the Music building last night pre
sented Neva Lois Thompson, pian
ist, and Margaret Hammerbacker,
contralto. Miss Hammerbacker
was accompanied by Gladys Foster. |
Miss Hammerbacker opened the
program with three selections by
Brahms, “Der Tod is die kuhle
Nacht,” “Sapphisehi Ode,” and “O
Wuss ich dach den Weg zuruck.”
She held her audience interested
by means of a voice which was
mellow, true of tone, and unassum
ing.
Miss Thompson, better known to
her friends as “Nevix,” opened the
second section of the program with
two compositions by Grieg, “Noc
turne,” and “Birdling,” concluding
with “The Hunting Song,” by Men
delssohn. Variety of expression
and the ability to deliver good solid
tones when the music called for it
featured Miss Thompson’s playing.
“The Hunting Song,’’ which con
tained all the life and vigor that
its title implies, served to demon
strate these qualities nicely.
Miss Hammerbacker's second
group began with "The Piper” by
Head, which by her entertaining
interpretation produced the pic
ture, as well as the sound, in posi
tive fashion. The same may be
said of “The Shepherdess” by
Horsman. “The Fisher's Widow”
by Edwards was fairly salty in its
oceanic atmosphere, and Miss
Hammerbacker made the most of
her final number with a lively and
fast-moving rendition of the num
ber.
Miss Thompson’s last group con
sisted of “Scotch Poem,” by Mac
Dowell, “Lento” by Cyril Scott,
and “Polonaise in E-flat” by Mosj
kowski. This concluding number
was rapid in tempo and chordy in
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