VOLUME XXXIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1932
NUMBER 71
Senior Women
To Direct Big
Colonial Roui
Myrtle McDaniels Heads
Frontier Frolic
Gerlinger Hall To Be Scene
Of Holiday Celebration
On February 19
Myrtle McDaniels, senior in Eng
lish, was yesterday appointed stu
dent chairman of the Colonial
Rout, frontier frolic and revolu
tionary days dance, which takes
place Friday night, February 19,
in Gerlinger hall.
S. Stephenson Smith, associate
professor of English will act as
faculty chairman of the affair,
W'hich will be the major campus
social function in celebration of
the bi-centennial of the birth of
George Washington.
The dance is not to be the usual
Colonial costume ball, but w'ill em
body many of the features of a
frontier frolic, including negro
clogging acts, strolling singers,
burlesque battles, and a number of
other similar features, combined
with more formal minuets and
reels, which will intersperse the
modern, popular dances.
Camp, Barron Difroting
Marian Camp is training a group
of students who will do negro jigs
and clog dances for one of the
stunts, and George Barron will con
duct a group of strolling singers,
who will sing ballad music and
tavern songs of the Colonial period.
Costumes are optional. It has
been suggested that those who
wish to come in costume may dress
as frontiersmen, Indians, Jacobins,
or in the more conventional Colon
ial costumes, or in any other type
of dress fitting in with the general
theme.
Rapid Stunts Planned
Professor Smith, in speaking of
the affair, emphasized the fact
that there would be no tableaux,
but that all of the stunts would be
full of fast-giving action, with a
great deal of the time b^ing given
over to dancing.
The floors of Gerlinger hall has
just been improved by the Senior
ball committee, and will be gone
over again before the Colonial
Pout to insure smooth dancing.
All the schools and crjpartments
of the University are cooperating
to help make the dance a success,
and much talent from the school of
music, school of architecture and
allied arts, the drama department,
and other divisions of the Univer
sity is being provided for the af
fair.
EXHIBIT TO CLOSE
The exhibition of the paintings
of Alfred M. Schroff, professor of
painting, which has been shown at
the little art gallery of the school
of architecture and allied arts for
the past two weeks, will be taken
down Friday, February 12, Eyler
Brown, assistant professor of ar
chitecture, lias announced.
Those desiring to see the exhibit
are advised to do so before Friday
I
U.S. Not Meddlesome Pacifist
In Orient Crisis. Says Noble
“Contrary to the opinion of
some, the policy of the United
States regarding the Japanese
Manchurian situation is not that i
of a meddlesome self-appointed j
peacemaker,” Dr. Harold J. Noble,
assistant professor of history, told 1
members of Sigma Delta Chi- pro
fessional journalism fraternity, at
a social meeting Sunday morning.
“The United States is doing noth-1
ing that it has not been given per
mission to do by treaty with the
Japanese government,” he said.
To show the position of the
United States, as well as the other
powers, in the present situation
Professor Noble gave a brief res-!
ume of international developments !
during the last decade.
“Prior to the World war,” he
said, “international relations rested
upon a balance of power, or alle
giance between nations. Under
this policy England and Japan
formed an alliance in 1902, known
as the Anglo-Japanese alliance, to
protect their respective interests!
in the far east. The interest of the i
United States and Japan in China,
namely trade, being coincident,!
this alliance has always been
feared by the United States, for if [
they should ever conflict, England
would be obligated to aid "Japan.
“In 1921 this conflict came, and
a concert of powers rather than a
balance of powers for internation
al relationship having been agreed
upon by the powers at the Ver
sailles treaty, the United States
called the Washington arms con
ference in the fall of 1921, in hopes
of averting trouble. The result of
this conference was a treat}' be
tween the United States, France,
Japan, and Great Britain in which
each agreed to respect the insular
possessions of the other in the Pa
cific; the Five-Power Naval treaty
between the United States, France,
Japan, Italy, and Great Britain
establishing a battleship tonnage
ratio of 5:5:3 for the United States,
Great Britain, and Japan, which
has since been changed to 10:10:7
respectively. This treaty also stat
ed that there would be no insular
fortifications west of the Hawaiian
islands or east of Singapore.
“The third feature of the con
ference was the Nine Power pact
signed by the five great powers
and four lesser powers with inter
ests in the Pacific, which stated
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Foraging Thieves
Ransack Houses;
Phi Delts Looted
AST Saturday night there
was a prowler at the I’i Phi
house and a robbery at the Phi
Delt house.
About 10:30 Saturday night
one of the girls at the Pi Phi
house was alone on the third
floor when she heard somebody
walking around in the hall. She
investigated and found the trap
door of the roof open. The
prowler evidently had been
frightened away before he could
steal anything as nothing was
found missing.
Between 1:30 and 2:00 Sun
day morning the Phi Delt house
was robbed. The burglar took
approximately $17 from the
various rooms. The robbery
was not discovered till morning.
Next Faculty Club
Film Outstanding,
Smith Declares
JFA Production of German
‘Immortal Vagabond’
Gains Favor
A delightful m.usical score, gen
uine drama, an absorbing plot, and
the entire production capably acted
by a cast of outstanding stars is
expected to combine to make “The
Immortal Vagabond,” the next
Faculty club offering Thursday af
ternoon at the Colonial a distinct
ive and in many ways the outstand
ing cinema of t:ie season. This is
the declaration of S. Stephenson
Smith, chairman of the Faculty
club committee, who has spent
considerable time looking up criti
cisms and reviews on this picture
from the famed UFA studios of
Berlin.
The star of the picture, Liane
Haid, is as attractive as any in
American pictures today, has not
only a pleasing face but an excel
lent voice, and it is already ru
mored that she is soon to take her
place in Hollywood beside Diet
rich and other importations. The
leading man, Gustav Flohlich, has
already had American experience.
“The Immortal Vagabond” is the
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Mimnaugh, Baum Leaders
At Thespian Discussion
Brian Mimnaugh, A. S. U. O.
president, and Ann Baum, A. W. S.
president, will lead and conduct
discussions on problems confront
1 ing the freshman at the informal
meeting of the Thespians, fresh
man women’s service honorary to
be held in the women’s lounge at
Gerlinger hall Wednesday at 7:30
1 p. m.
In order that these problems
may me given thorough attention
and a general angle secured for
the development of their solution
one freshman representative from
each men’s living organization on
the campus has been selected to
attend this meeting.
Kedroff Quartet
Will Appear In
Concert Here
lT. O. Included in Tour
Of Several Counties
Four Well-Known Singers
To Feature Russian
Folk Songs
The Kedroff quartet, famous
Russian singers, will appear in re
cital at McArthur court Sunday
afternoon under the auspices of
the A. S. U. O., it was announced
yesterday by the graduate mana
ger’s office.
The quartet is in its 35th year,
and is on its final tour. Its activi
ties will end in Paris this May.
The quartet is composed of N. N.
Kedroff, the director, who sings
baritone; his brother, C. N. Ked
roff, basso; I. K. Denisoff, tenor,
and T. F. Kasakoff, tenor. C. N.
Kedroff joined in 1910 and Denis
soff and Kasakoff in 1920.
Organized by Mr. Kedroff in
1897, there have been few changes
in the personnel in the past 35
years, and none for 12 years. This
has created a finished style that
American audiences appreciate.
And as the bulk of the 250 songs
in their repertoire are Russian in
character and include scores of
folk songs, they are able to sing
with an assurance not possible in
groups less at home with their ma
terial.
Group Now in Exile
The Kedroff organization is one
of the most famous artistic groups
exiled by the Russian revolution.
Always in favor at the court of the
czar and called in frequently for
programs, it was but natural that
the bolshevik rulers would view
them with disfavor.
A brother of N. N. Kedroff,
founder and director of the quar
tet, was executed by the revolu
tionists, and it was only after two
years of hardship that the singers
were able to obtain permission to
tour for six months. They have not
been to Russia since.
Folk Songs Famous
The folk songs in their repertoire
are especially noteworthy in that
many of them have been utilized by
orchestral composers in works
familiar to Portland and Eugene
audiences. This includes Borodin
and Tschaikowski. Russian opera
abounds in folk music, as for in
stance, the “Bells of Novgorod,”
one of the Kedroff quartet’s most
effective songs, being used by
Moussorksky in his opera, “Boris
Godounoff.” Rimski - Korsakoff
also used “In the Captivity of the
Tartars’ ’as the theme for several
scenes in the opera “Kitesh.”
Preserved seats for the concert
will be put on sale Thursday at the
Associated Students’ office, Mc
Morran & Washburne’s, and the
University Co - operative store.
They are 50 cents. General admis
sion is 25 cents. Students, who are
sponsoring this concert, will be ad
mitted free on presentation of their
student body tickets.
Religious Group of Y. W.
Meets at 7 o’Cloek P. M.
The Y. W. C. A. group on re
ligion will meet tonight at 7:30 at
the bungalow, according to Maxine
Reed, chairman.
Margaret Edmundson, Y. W. C.
A. secretary, will lead a discussion
on the relation between science
and religion, from three approach
es of theology, psychology and the
history of religion.
This group meets as a fireside
forum for the expression of indi
vidual as well as group ideas. All
are welcome to attend these meet
ings.
Chemistry Staff Attends
Conference at Willamette
Most of the members of the
chemistry staff attended the meet
ing of the Oregon section of the
American Chemical society, held
at the science building of Willam
ette university at Salem Saturday.
In the afternoon, the members
of the organization went through
the Miles and Salem Linen mills,
and after attending dinner at the
Argo hotel, went to the meeting at
the science building. Papers were '
presented on “Problems of the Lin
en Industry,” and “Hydrogenation
of Coal.”
Hodge Depicts Part Played
By Columbia in State History
Traces Geological Growth
Through Ages; Tells
Possibilities
“The Columbia passageway has
played a dominant part in the his
tory of* Oregon,” stated Edwin T.
Hodge, professor of economic geol
ogy, in his speech before an audi
ence estimated at over a hundred
i last night at Villard hall.
This valley was the passageway
which Lewis and Clark. Grey, and
other explorers used when Oregon
was a wilderness. The river and
valley have just as big a place in
the future of Oregon as they had
in the past, Professor Hodge
stated, as they contain potential
power equal to one-half the
amount of power available in the
United States today. If the re
sources of the Columbia were
turned to irrigation and power
projects, the barren lands of Ore
gon, Washington, and Idaho, would
be turned into paradises, he de
clared.
Seven years of study, said Pro
fessor Hodge, not only by himself,
but also by student® who had
often risked bodily injury to col- j
lect material, have given rise to]
the conclusions as to the origin of
the Columbia.
With the aid of chalk, with
which he was particularly versa
tile, Prof. Hodge depicted succeed
ing ages of volcanic action which
definitely established by their de
posits of the present that the
Columbia did not exist in any
part in those ages so that it might
be connected with the present day
river. A final volcanic burst
sealed up the outlets which had
drained the eastern country
through the Cascade mountains,
and a great lake was formed east
of them.
"It must have been a beautiful
lake," said Prof. Hodge. “It was
80 miles long, and 50 wide. For
ests sprang up, and fossil remains
show that animals such as ele
phants, camels, gazelles, and the
sloth wandered about its banks.”
"Condon lake,” the professor
called it, in honor of the Oregon
geologist who studied that region
so diligently.
P.ain was heavy and constant at
that time, so the lake rose until
it reached an elevation of 1,900
feet. Then it found an outlet into
eastern Washington. Finally such
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Grange Meeting
Forces Delay in
Student Program
Regular Tuesday Recital
To Be Postponed Until
Thursday Evening
The regular Tuesday evening
student recital has been changed
to Thursday, according to an an
nouncement made by George Hop
kins, professor of piano in the
school of music.
Students to be presented are
Edith Grim, pianist, who will give
a piano concerto, with Mr. Hop
kins playing the orchestral accom
paniment on a second piano, and
Ralph Coie, baritone. Coie will be
accompanied by Lucile Cummings.
The reason for this change is the
fact that the state grange lectur
ers’ meeting is to be held this eve
ning in the music auditorium at
7:30.
A program has been arranged
for the grange meeting, which will
include a concert by the University
band under the direction of John
Stehn, an organ selection by Doris
Helen Patterson, a reading by Mrs.
Ottilie Seybolt, and folk dances by
pupils of Marjorie Forchemer of
the school of physical education.
Bishop Sunnier To Lead
Vesper Services Today
Moral Aspeet of Behavior Chosen
As Discussion Topic
Rev. Walter Taylor Sumner,
Episcopal bishop of Oregon, will
lead the vesper service today at 5
o’clock at the Y. W. C .A. bunga
low.
Although during the 17 years
that Bishop Sumner has visited
this campus, he has almost always
taken part in some Y. W. C. A.
program, this is the first time that
he has ever led one of the vesper
Services.
Bishop Sumner will speak today
on the moral aspects of behavior,
according to Elizabeth Scruggs,
chairman of vespers.
Norma Pickles has charge of the
music. She will play the "Largo”
by Handel, the "Prelude in C min
or,” by Chopin, and “Nocturne" by
Schumann.
Louise Landen Clover will play
the violin accompanied by Theresa
Kelly.
Ganoe and Morse To Speak
Sunday at Church Forum
John T. Ganoe, professor of his- i
tory in the University, was one of |
the members of the faculty who
spoke at the First Congregational
church at the weekly forum Sun
day night. Dr. Ganoe spoke on the
political career of Aristide Briand,
the apostle of peace in France.
Dean Wayne L. Morse also
speoke on "The LaFollettes of Wis
consin,” tracing the rise of the
present governor of the state and
one U. S. senator, both of whom
belong to the family of the late
Robert LaFollette.
Bishop Sumner
Announces Hours
Open to Students
CONFERENCES with stu
* dents are being held by
Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner
ol' the Oregon Diocese of the
Episcopal church, in Dean Karl
Onthank's office in Johnson
hall. The hours are 11 to 12
o’clock in the morning and 4 to
5 o’clock in the afternoon. He
j will remain on the campus un
I tit Thursday night.
Appointments are not neces
sary, Bishop Sumner stated'yes
terday. The program arranged
for the bishop is so heavy that
he is not in the office at any
other hours than those sche
duled.
His program includes lunch
eons, teas, dinners and other
meetings with living groups. .
Wesley Deputation Team
Conducts Church Service
A deputation team from the
Wesley Foundation took charge of
the services at the Riverview
Methodist church Sunday evening.
Francisco Tubban talked on
“Christianity and Race Relations.”
Dorothy Nyland, director of the
Wesley group, spoke on “What
Wesley Foundation Means to the
Students.” Marguerite Davidson
played a musical selection on the
piano. Edna Peper is chairman of
the deputations.
*1 ChooseTo Run’
Is Just in Fun
Advises Charley
i
I see by the papers
A1 Smith is cutting capers.
The more you take away
from it, the larger it grows;
what is it? That's right—a
hole.
And this new dope about
Smith is just like the old
! conundrum about the hole.
Nothing in it.
Koary-headed editorial writ
ers from Tampa to Seattle
worked themselves into a fren
zy in a rush to tell the world
what Al’s statement meant —
and what it would do.
The 03cawa Gazette predict
ed a collapse in the cough drop
1 market, while the Waila Waila
; World prophesied a disaster for
a certain Northampton College
i that would make our own little
; trouble here at Oregon wither
; away into insignificance.
But a friend of Johnny Voor
his, grand old Tammany
sachem, telegraphs me Al’s
declaration is only a stall to
cleanse Roosevelt of the Tiger
taint. Just throwing dust to
confuse the opposition.
Mud in your eye, old chap!
Cryptically,
WEB FOOT CHARLEY.
ILaidlerToTalk
About Industry
At YW Banquet
Reservations Must Be in
By Tuesday Night
Various Groups Sponsor
Dinner Which Is Open
To Public
Harry W. Laidler, national rep
resentative of the League for In
dustrial Democracy and- noted
economist, will speak tomorrow
night on "The Industrial Crisis,"
at a dinner given for him at the
Y. W. C. A. bungalow.
The dinner is to be sponsored by
the Y. M. C. A., Congress club, Al
pha Kappa Delta, sociology honor
ary; and the industrial group and
upperclass commission of the Y.
W. C. A. The banquet is open to
the public, and those desiring res
ervations may get them before to
night at the Y. W. C. A., Y. M. C.
A., or the Co-op. Tickets are 25
cents.
Speaker Has Traveled
Mr. Laidler has spoken to nu
merous college and university
groups, and industrial organiza
tions in the United States. He has
made three trips to Europe to
study labor conditions, and social
ist and cooperative movements. He
has been editor of the Intercol
legiate Socialist, the Socialist Re
view, and on the board of editors
of the Labor Age, as well as hav
ing written several books and nu
merous magazine articles on social
ism, communism, capitalism, un
employment, public ownership, and
other social and industrial prob
lems.
Mr. Laidler graduated from Wes
leyan university in Connecticut,
received his L.L.B. degree from
the Brooklyn Law school, and his
Ph.D. from Columbia. He is a
hiember of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi
Delta Phi, law honorary; Sigma
Chi, and the New York bar.
Talks in Salem
Roily Reedy, president of the
University Y. M. C. A., will drive
to Salem Wednesday to bring Mr.
Laidler to Eugene. He speaks
Wednesday morning to an assem
bly of Willamette university stu
dent bodyv From Eugene he will
go to San Francisco, where he is
scheduled to make a radio address
Friday noon.
Reservations for the dinner must
be made by tonight, Lucille Kraus,
chairman in charge of arrange
ments, announced.
At 7:45 Wednesday evening, Mr.
Laidler will speak at the Y hut on
"Politics in the New Civilization.”
This is the fourth of the Y. M. C.
A. "New Civilization” series, of
which Don Saunders is chairman.
‘Ahraliam Lincoln’ Read
To Wesley Club Sunday
Ex-Missionary Conducts Evening
Fireside Service at Home
Rev. Cecil F. Ristow, pastor of
the First Methodist church, read I
John Drinkwater’s play, “Abra
ham Lincoln,” at the 6:30 meeting
of the Wesley club Sunday evening.
The meeting was preceded by a
social hour at 5:30.
The fireside hour was held at
8:30 at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
A. H. Norton, 2176 Charnelton
street. Mr. and Mrs. Norton spent <
several years as missionaries in
the Orient, and talked informally
of their work there, showing a
number of Japanese, Chinese, and
Korean historical pieces.
At the 9:30 meeting of the Wes
ley group Sunday morning, R. B.
Porter, executive secretary of the
campus Y. M. C. A., gave one of
a series of talks on life in India.
Lniversity Heads Schools
With 77 Foreign Scholars
In the twelfth and latest annual
report of the director of the In
stitute of International Education
which has just been received by
Dr. R. C. Clark of the history de
partment, there is listed the num
ber of foreign students attending
institutions of learning in the Unit
ed States which admit them.
Of the seven schools in Oregon,
the University is credited with 77, j
the highest in the state. North
Pacific college of Portland, comes '
second with 53, and Oregon State
college is third with 33.
Sororities T o Cease
Support of Campus
Political Combines
Fireside Forums
Sponsored by Y
To Begin Tonight
Fireside discussions in men's fra
ternity houses and halls starts this
evening with 11 organizations par
ticipating in the Y. M. C. A. win
ter term forum program for liv
ing groups.
The discussions will be held on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays during
the remainder of February. To
morrow night has been left open
because of the Y. M. C. A. dis
cussion with Harry W. Lf.idler,
representatitve of the League of
Industrial Democracy, to be held
at 7:45 at the “Y” hut.
Houses were asked to select five
men from a list provided them of
those faculty men and others who
have consented to lead the groups.
From these, three meetings were
arranged for each house.
Circuit Judge Skipivortli
Gives Address at Banquet
Speaker Upholds Present-Day
Holes of Legal Procedure
Circuit Judge George F. Skip
worth of Eugene came to the de
fense of the present legal system
in an address before a banquet of
the local chapter of Phi Delta Phi,
national law honorary, Sunday
evening.
Rules of criminal and civil pro
cedure now in use are to be de
fended, he said. Their effective
ness is dependent upon their
proper use. Where there is blame
to be laid, under the present status
the fault lies with incompetency
and not with the system.
Judge Skipworth was the prin
cipal speaker at the dinner which
followed the initiation of five new
members into the honorary Sun
day afternoon.
George Layman spoke in re
sponse for the newly initiated men
who were: John Long, Arthur Ire
land, Karl Huston, Francis Hill,
and Layman. »
Big Brother Whips Vince
In Ping-Pong Tournament
Vincent Dolp, former Pacific
coast intercollegiate golf king and
University basketball forward, at
present not attending school, was
recently reported to have been de
feated by his elder brother Frank
Dolp, holder of Oregon state and
Northwest golf championships, in
the Alderwood Country club handi
cap ping-pong tournament. Again
big brother Frank gives a beating
to Vince, with the paddle in pref
erence to the club, this time.
: Heads of Houses Take
Initial Step
Move First for Abolishing
Factional Controversy
At Oregon
'
A step toward the eventual abo
lition of campus politics was
taken here Sunday night when the
heads of houses organization,
representing all women’s living
organizations on the campus, vot
ed unanimously not to back poli
tical parties in campus elections
this year.
This action was taken by the
group on recommendation of the
councils of the Associated Women
Students, campus Y. W. C. A., and
Women’s Athletic association.
Referred to Houses
The recommendation was sub
mitted to the group at a meeting
three weeks ago, and was referred
to the individual houses for accep
tance or rejection. The results
were made known at Sunday
night’s meeting.
It was felt by members of the
group that the party system had
caused antagonism and rivalry be
tween the houses and that nothing
but discord came out of it.
Hedges Approves
Janice Hedges, president of
heads of houses, issued the follow
ing statement to the Emerald yes
terday: “I was very gratified to
find unanimous favor of the idea.
Many have expressed the idea
political machinery on the cam
pus has been very unfavorable to
a fair selection of student body
officials.”
Ann Baum, president of the A.
W. S., last night commended the
action of the women's houses as
‘‘a step forward, which will do
much to raise the standards of fu
ture campaigns and elections for
student offices.”
“The A. W. S. will stand back
of the heads of houses completely
in this new plan,” she said.
“This step,” she added, “is not &
criticism of past office-holders in
the A. S. U. O., but of an evil
political system. Its purpose is to
do away with the custom of mob
voting. It will make for a person
in office who will be not the
representative of some political
combination, but the most effici
ent and experienced student avail
able because he has been put in
office by the choice of individuals
rather than by the choice of the
mob.”
MASTER’S TEST GIVEN
Miss Florence Thompson, grad
uate student, took a preliminary
oral exam for her M. A. degree
Monday afternoon in Dr. C. V.
Boyer’s office.
Curricula Cut Would Cause
Big Setback, Declares Bishop
Curtailment of the faculty and
curricula of the University will
vork a setback that will take many
years to overcome, believes the Rt.
Rev. Walter Taylor Sumner, bish
op of the Oregon diocese of the
Episcopal church, who is visiting
>n the Oregon campus this week.
Bishop Sumner, while he real
ized that retrenchment is neces
sary, urges that all persons con
nected with the educational sys
tem in Oregon do everything pos
sible to raise funds so that the
size of the faculties will not have
to be reduced. He feels that the
University and college have done
wonderful work in paring down
their budgets already.
Duplication of major courses
could very well be eliminated,
Bishop Sumner believes. But, he
contends, the service courses that
tend to broaden the individual's
culture are practically as neces
sary to an education as the major
courses. Elimination of these serv
ice courses is strongly opposed by
the bishop.
“While a student is majoring in
1 liberal arts course he or she
should be given an opportunity to
take elective courses in domestic
or industrial arts and the reverse
is equally true,” Bishop Sumner
pointed out in an interview yes
terday. ‘‘While a girl is preparing
to be an English teacher, she
should be able to take courses such
as home management. Likewise
we do not want to turn out an en
gineer without giving him a chance
to take courses that tend to give
him an appreciation of literature
or a knowledge of history.
"I subscribe very strongly to
the policy of General Electric com
pany that they do not want en
gineers who have had all their
training in scientific fields and
none in language, literature and
public speaking. The same policy
applies to the liberal arts,
s “There is a standard throughout
the country for colleges and uni
versities, calling for major courses
and elective courses. Our institu
tions now come up to that stand
ard. We do not want to do any
thing that will cause them to fall
below it. They can cut down on
th^ir building program for a few
| years without losing ground, but
reductions in the faculty or cur
ricula would, in the end, be detri
1 mental.”