OREGON EDGES OUT COUGARS 34 - 32
Oregon Earns
Recognition in
GoodWillWork
University Among Seven
Cited in Ameriea
FIDAC Medal Is Awarded
Here in Cognizance
Of Peace Efforts
The University of Oregon has
been placed among the seven most
outstanding American colleges in
Dr. A. B. Hall
the promotion of
i n t e r n a t tonal
good will and un
derstanding dur
ing the past year
in the national
FIDAC competi
tion, according to
word received by
Dr. Arnold Ben
nett Hall, presi
dent of the Uni
v e r s i t y , from
James F. Barton,
national adjutant of the American
Legion.
FIDAC is the organization of
veterans’ societies of the Allied
countries in the World war, and
each year it awards the FIDAC
educational medals, one of which
goes to the college or university
with more than 1,000 enrollment,
one to the institution under 1,000
and the third to a woman’s col
lege. This year Princeton was
awarded the medal in the first
group, Clark college in the second
and Vassar in the woman’s classi
fication.
Award Jury Named
The FIDAC jury of award is
headed by Dr. Stephen P. Duggan
of New York, and consists of Dr.
David P. Barrows, California;
Gen. L. R. Gignilliat, Indiana; Dr.
Robert M. Hutchins, Illinois; and
Dr. Paul Monroe, New York.
“The University stood very high
in the estimation of the jury of
award, being selected as one of the
seven most outstanding colleges in
the first group," Mr. Barton wrote
to Dr. Hall. “We are very much
gratified at the increased interest
in the FIDAC awards among the
colleges, more than twice as many
competing last year than in 1930,
and we feel that such awards have
stimulated public interest in the
promotion of international friend
ship.
“Please accept my sincere con
gratulations on the splendid work
you are doing in the field of inter
national relations.”
Plan to Enter in 1932
Oregon plans to enter the 1932
FIDAC competition, and is expect
ed to have an even better chance
of winning this high award. Dur
ing the past year the international
value of the Murray Warner mu
seum of Oriental art, the work of
Mrs. Murray Warner, the Murray j
Warner essay contest on interna- i
tional relations, the University |
International house, the Pacific'
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Russian Singers
Tlie Kedroff quartet which wil
appear in a concert Sunday after
noon at 3 o’clock at McArthui
court. These singers are coming
here after receiving praiseworthy
comments from well-known critic:
all over the world.
Scholarships Aid
Students To Get
Advertising Johs
21 of 35 Winners Are Now
Aetive in Profession,
Thaeher Declares
The summer advertising schol
arships awarded to University stu
dents by Portland business firms
have proved a real help to the stu
dents in securing positions in the
advertising field, according to W.
F. G. Thaeher, professor of adver
tising, who has just made a study
of the five years’ period that the
scholarships have been given.
From the total of 35 students
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Season’s Returns
In Love Missives
Up to Standard
Extensive research in the local
fields tends to indicate that re
gardless of the frozen conditions
of the nation’s finances, the sea
son’s business in the valentine line
makes a favorable comparison
with that of former years.
Leap year is credited with pro
viding the stimulus necessary to
keep the number of sales up to
par. Three years out of every four,
the majority of valentines are sent
by men, but on the fourth, the
women come forward and send a
few more than their normal pro
portion.
The women, being in better fi
nancial condition generally, have
held up to their normal demand
and have bought a little more
heavily due to the quadrennial cus
tom. It is believed, however, that
the men did not curtail their bud
gets quite as much in this line a3
in some others, thus aiding jn
keeping the volume of trade up to
normal.
Tomorrow is the day of the an
nual observance in memory of St.
Valentine. In the legends of an
cient England this day, February
14, marked the season when the
thoughts of birds and men turned
to romantif: lines.
Dr. R.C.C!arkComments Upon
Oregon’s 73rd Anniversary
At the same time that the South
was on the brink of secession from
the Union over the slavery ques-j
tion, Oregon was voted by congress
into the Union despite opposition
from all parts of the country, Dr. j
R. C. Clark, head of the Univer- j
sity history department, said yes
terday, in commenting upon the
73rd anniversary of Oregon’s state
hood, to be observed tomorrow.
“There were several objections'
to the admission of Oregon,’’ Dr. j
Clark said, “not only because the
population was rather small, but j
because the South did not want
another free state and the repub
lican party did not like to have a:
new state come in with three dem-j
ocratic congressmen.
“The republicans also objected j
because in a constitutional conven
tion held by the leaders of the ter-!
ritory at Salem in 1857 in which
they signified their intention of
applying for statehood, they voted
against the residence of free ne
groes in the state. This was
against the principle for which the
party stood.”
With a vote of 35 to 17 in the
senate and 114 to 103 in the house
of representatives, in favor of ad
mission, Oregon became a state on
February 14, 1859, Professor Clark
stated. The democrats of the South
finally voted for the measure be
cause Oregon was coming in as a
democratic state and thus would
reinforce the southerners in con
gress. The republicans cast their
vote for it because the people of
Oregon were against slavery which
was shown in a votation held in
1857 as provided in the constitu
tion that was drafted that same
year.
The leaders of the ter ritory who
led the people to voice their inten
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| KerdoffQuartet
Rates High in
Concert Series
Russians on Final Tour
To Sing Sunday
Finished Style Created by
Twelve Years of Work
W ith Same Group
l _
One of the most notable attrac
' tions so far offered on the Asso
: ciated Students’ concert series, the
Kedroff quartet of Russian sing
i ers, will appear in concert Sunday
afternoon at McArthur court,
starting at 3 o’cock. Oregon stu
dents will be admitted to the event
free of charge upon presentation
of their student body tickets.
The appearance of the Kedroffs
will be their first, and last, in Eu
gene. The quartet, now in its 35th
year, is on its final tour and will
end its activities in Paris in May
of this year.
Have Finished Style
The group is composed of N. N.
Kedroff, the director, who sings
baritone; his brother, C. N. Ked
roff, basso; I. K. Denissoff, tenor;
and T. F. Kasakoff, basso. Or
ganized by Mr. Kedroff in 1897,
there have been few changes in the
personnel in the last 35 years and
none for the past 12 years. This
has created a finished style of sing
ing that American audiences ap
preciate.
As the bulk of their repertoire,
which includes over 300 numbers,
is Russian in character, they are
able to sing with an assurance not
possible in groups less at home
with their material. Music critics
everywhere have written of the
rich human vein of expression
shown by the singers in their of
ferings. This group has the knack
of combining charm, racy humor,
and noble virility in their songs
which is the goal of every quartet
but which is realized by very few.
Prominent in Music World
The Kedroffs are in a class by
themselves. Before their time,
quartet singing was regarded as
inconsequential because of the dif
ficulty of perfecting it, but this
group, by long years of practice
and devotional work, has been re
warded by attaining a place of
great prominence in the world of
music.
Harry Duke, of the St. Louis
Globe, best expressed the unusual
ness of the Kedroffs when he wrote
—‘‘The person who goes to hear
the Kedroffs with expectation built
upon the male quartets of his ex
perience is doomed to surprised
delight. There is nothing like them
on the concert stage.”
The reserved seat ticket sale will
continue today at the University
Co-op and at McMorran & Wash
burne’s, with the tickets selling for
50 cents. General admission seats,
to be sold at McArthur court Sun
day, will be offered at 25 cents.
Illness at Elkton Prevents
Performance of ‘Getaway’
The Westminster Players were
unable to present the play, “Get
away” Thursday night in Elkton
on account of sickness in the town
which caused the schools to be
closed down, it was reported by
Max Adams last night. A per
formance will be given there later
this month.
The play will be presented in La
comb on February 18, and the fol
lowing week in Lebanon. All pre
sentations are for community ben
efits.
Lists of Activities
Asked for Senior
Oregana Section
out their activity cards are
requested by the senior section
editor of the Oregana to do so
at the Co-op office today.
The information on Univer
sity activities wiii be used in
connection with the cap and
gown pictures.
who have not filled
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Helps Oregon Win
Cap Roberts, red-headed center, who was one of the main factors
in the Webfoots’ stirring 24-to-32 victory over Washington State at
McArthur court last night.
Co-op To Conduct
Window Mistake
Student Contest
Five Prizes To Be Awarded
To Individuals Turning
In Correct Scores
The University Co-operative
store is holding an observation con
test consisting of the detection of i
mistakes in the makeup of one of
their show-windows. The window 1
will be plainly marked.
Rules of the contest are quite
simple as announced by Addison
Smith and Betty Eaton, two em- j
ployees of the Co-op, who origin- j
ated the idea. Persons entering
the contest are first to examine the
window and find 10 mistakes, such
as some word mispelled, or some
object laid upside down. He then
lists the ten mistakes he has found,
writes his name on the list, and
hands the list and name in at the 1
window of the office at the rear of
the store.
The contest window, mistakes!
and all, will be open to inspection ;
Saturday afternoon and will re- j
main open until Wednesday after- j
noon at five. Names and lists are ,
not to be handed in until Friday j
morning, however.
Prizes will be awarded to the ;
first five persons who hand in the -
correct li3t of mistakes. Total
worth of the prizes is $0.35. Prizes
are as follows: first prize, a string
of beads; second prize, a pack of j
circular playing cards; third prize, j
cigarette case; fourth prize, box j
of Cashmere Bouquet soap; and j
fifth prize, an Oregon pennant.
“The contest will not be as easy j
as one might think,” Mr. Smith j
stated after making the announce
ment, “and it will test the contest
ants’ powers of observation to the
utmost.”
All but employees of the Co-op
store are eligible to enter the con
test.
Two Instructors Chosen
For Initiation Into WAA
Miss Mary Jo Allington, swim- j
ming instructor, and Miss Janet 1
Woodruff, major instructor, are to j
be made honorary members of W. |
A. A. at the initiation next Tues-1
day, February 16. '
Oregon Debaters
Argue for Central
Industry Control
Cecil Espy, Thomas Tongue
Uphold Affirmative
Against Spokane
“The object of centralization is
not to stabilize industry on any
one level but to regulate its
growth in proportion to the rate
of world progress,’’ declared Cecil
J. Espy who, with Thomas H.
Tongue, presented the affirmative
case for the University of Oregon
against the Spokane university
negative in a decisionless debate
last night.
The question debated was, “Re
solved, That congress should enact
legislation providing for the cen
tralizad control of industry.”
The Spokane delegates were Al
(Conlinnnl on J'atjc TiroJ
Webfoot Charley
Whoops It Up for
IOO% Americans
“Of the people . . .
You know the quotation.
You read it in grammar
school, memorized it in high
school — do you dare think
about it in college?
It’s a challenge a daring
challenge —to everyone of us.
Let not war in China or riot in
India or poker at Jack’s cloud
the issue. All over the world
students are leaders, molding
the ideas and policies of their
nations.
We’re leaders, too. On the
gridiron and over the bridge
table. Is it brains or guts we
lack ?
Hot shots in campus politics
and washouts in every other
kind. The tariff is a train fare,
the electoral college a prep
school, and Lincoln a town in
Nebraska.
Government of the people?—
a lemon coke, Jim. —by the
people ? — make it two. — for
the people ? I pass.
How about a new deal ?
WEBFOOT CHARLEY.
Milne Chosen
ToAidHoover
Dam Project
Oregon Man Appointed
For Important Post
Professor of Mathematics
Will Design Ingenious
Tables for Work
Dr. W. E. Milne, professor of
mathematics, lias been selected to
work out tables to enable engin
eers to predict the height and
depth of the surges of water in
surge tanks for the Hoover Dam
project, it was announced yester
day by E. E. DeCou, head of the
mathematics department.
This is regarded as a highly im
portant assignment, he said and
the appointment of the University
expert is held to be an outstand
ing recognition of his ability in
this field.
Through the efforts of W. F.
Durand of Stanford university,
funds are being provided for the
calculation of these tables, which,
it is stated, are urgently needed
by the government engineers at
this time.
Work Is Indispensihle
The researches will be applied to
the designing of hydraulic surge
chambers with a throttling ring,
and will furnish knowledge which
is necessary in the design of tanks
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Cosmopolitans
Invite Students
To Membership
Anyone interested in furthering
friendly relations among foreign
and American students on the
campus is given a bid to member
ship by Cosmopolitan club.
To become a member a student
must first express his interest in
the club and submit his name to
the executive council for approval.
All names must be turned in by
Tuesday night, February 16, to
Hubert Allen, chairman of the
membership committee, at the
International house. Initiation will
be held the next Tuesday, Febru
ary 23.
This year's membership totals
50. Meetings are scheduled for
twice a month, when guest speak
ers are invited in or foreign stu
dents entertain with programs of
their native lands.
‘Thursday Times’ Desk
Staff Gets Theatre Party
Members of the copyreading
staff of "The Thursday Times,” a
dummy newspaper edited by jour
nalism students, were treated to a
Colonial theatre party yesterday by
their instructor, George Godfrey,
for excellency of work and speed.
The edition was “put to bed” be
fore 4:30 p. m.
Students on the copy staff of
“The Thursday Times” are: copy
readers: Genevieve Dunlop, Olga
Swenson, Patsy Lee, Bob Hillis,
Shirley Sylvester, Willard Arant,
Harry 'Schenk, Louise McMunn,
Paul Ewing, and Clifford Gregor:
assistant managing editor, Howard
Petit; copy desk head, Thelma Nel
son.
New Math Prof Has Paper
Published at Princeton U.
A paper on "Nevanliana Sum
mability of Fourier Series,” writ
ten by Mr. Andrew M. Moursund,
Jr., new instructor in mathematics,
has been published in "Annals of
Mathematics,” a Princeton Univer
sity publication.
Mr. Moursund has taught here
since last fall. He received his
B.A. and M.A. degrees at the
University of Texas, and taught
several years in high schools and
the Texas Technological college.
For the past three years, Mr.
Moursund has been E. L. Marston
fellow in mathematics at Brown
university, where he will receive
his Ph.D. degree next summer.
Lemon-Ye! 1 ow Takes
Thriller Here from
Leaders of League
Yearlings Defeat
Medford in First
HoopGame26-l9
HfEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 12.—
(Special).—Frink Oalllson’s
Oregon freshman hoopsters
scored an easy 26-19 victory
over the Medford high five here
tonight. The frosh were in com
mand of the situation during
most of the game and only at
times did the Tiger sharpshoot
ers threaten.
First All-Campus
Food Show Does
Rushing Business
Food in all its aspects from
cauliflower to cake! White wrap
pers, green boxes, red cans, and
shiny cellophane! Plain “eats,” in
other words, all dressed up and no
place to go. Except as samples,
down the throats of three or four
hundred visitors who came to the
University's first food show at the
Y. M. C. A. hut yesterday.
Made possible by the house man
agers association in cooperation
with the Oregon union centra! pur
chasing service, this display was
put on in order to show what mod
ern methods can do for man's first
great necessity of life.
Food Experts Try Samples
Experts were on hand every
where answering questions. Stu
dents, seeking more than food for
thought, asking them, between
samples. Even Charlie Howard,
highlight of the campus legal
luminaries, went down with a
bunch of his neophytes, to sit in
judgment on the cheese and listen
to the expounding of its why's and
wherefor’s.
Lloyd Sherrill, buying agent of
the house managers association,
was found smilingly ensconced be
hind the shining coffee urn. His
happy countenance was explained
as due to the success of the day.
His hasty calculation revealed that
300 cups of coffee had been issued
during the afternoon.
"Even the mayor v/as here,” he
proudly announced as he listed the
names of prominent food samplers,
including faculty members and
well known merchants.
House Mothers Entertained
From 3 to 3:30 p. m. a special
demitasse for house mothers was
given, and at 3:30 a short talk on
food values in modern canned foods
was offered by Mrs. Andrew Fish
of the home economics depart
ment.
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Game Clinched in Last
Minute of Play
Levoff Gets 13 Points To
Take Scoring Honors;
Leads Attack
By BRUCE HAMBY
From three points behind in the
opening minute of play, Oregon's
fighting basketeers stormed their
Bill Reinhart
UnnlrnfKnll <
way to a stirring
34 - to - 32 victory
over Washington
State’s northern
division leaders
at McArthur
court last night.
Led by Henry
(Hank) Levoff,
veteran guard.
Bill Reinhart’s
men claimed su
premacy in a bit
a gathering 'of 3,500 into wild
spasms of enthusiasm throughout,
the second half.
Levoff scored five field and three
free throws for a total of 13
points. Cap Roberts and Huntley
Gordon, centers, faded out of the
picture as far as scoring went, for
both played defensive ball.
Washington State scored first as
Holsten sank a foul conversion
and McLarney followed with a
long field goal. From that time
until three minutes before the
half ended, Oregon staged a great
rally, scoring 15 points while the
Cougars were held scoreless. Cal
kins opened the Webfoots scoring
with a free throw. Levoff came
through with two field goals and
Spook Robertson, Cliff Potter and
Windy Calkins followed his ex
ample. Claude Holsten sank two
for W. S. C. before the quarter
ended. The score at halftime was
19 to 11 for Oregon.
The Cougars came back in the
second half and scored eight points
to tie the score at 19-all. From
then on neither team was more
than a few points in the lead. Cal
kins, Roberts and Levoff added
five points to the Webfoot total
and ran up a 24 to 19 lead.
In the closing minutes of the
game Oregon tried to stall, but
the Cougars gradually closed up
the gap until the score was 33 to
32 for Oregon with only one min
ute to play. Levoff ended the
scoring with a foul conversion just
before the final whistle.
Levoff led the Oregon team with
13 points, followed by Robertson
and Calkins with 6 each. Cap
Roberts was held to two field goal3
and a free throw. Gordon, W. S. C.
pivot man, tossed in one field goal
and four foul conversions for six.
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Debaters Argue Weakness,
Strength of Centralization
Basing their arguments upon the
impracticability of any attempt
for government control of indus
try the Eastern Oregon normal
school debaters, upholding the neg
ative of the question, “Resolved,
that congress should enact legisla
tion providing for the centralized
control of industry (constitutional
ity waived),” launched their attack
on the University of Oregon fresh
man affirmative in a non-decision
debate yesterday afternoon.
The LaGrande school’s repre
sentatives were Dwight Mahoney
and Elwood Hiatt. The Oregon
forensic yearlings were Theodore
Pursley, pre-law major, and How
ard Ohmart, a sociology freshman.
The negative, to emphasize the
weakness of centralization plans,
brought forth the failures of such
control by the government in for
mer years.
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The affirmative pictured the
present state of economic chaos.
The absurdity of continuing a sys
tem of control that allows periodi
cally re-occuring depressions, fail
ures in private enterprise, and gar
nering of the nation’s wealth by a
comparatively few individuals was
pointed out.
They then advanced their plan
for centralization of economic
control. In this formulation, regu
lation of industry would be in the
hands of a national council of
about 10 members. The various di
visions of the country would be
headed by subsidiary councils, one
for each type of industry.
The meet was held at 115 Com
merce hall, Orval Thompson, fresh
man in pre-law, assisted as chair
man.