NUMBER 7G
Twice-a-Month
Assembly Idea
Gets NSFA Aic
Interesting Programs Tc
Be Planned
Committee Favors Regnlai
Gatherings of Members
Of Student Body
The N. S. F. A. committee has
gone on record favoring student
body assemblies twice a month foi
the entire school year, it was an
nounced last night by Bob Hall
chairman. The proposal will be
recommended to the executive
council for consideration at its
next meeting, Wednesday.
Programs for the assemblies
would include, according to the
plan worked out by the N. S. F. A,
group, talks by interesting speak
ers on subjects of current interest
to college students, announcements
of committee appointments, pre
sentation of athletic awards and
other honors, pre-initiation stunts
of honoraries, and humorous skits
by the drama department.
Conditions Are Studied
“The N. S. F. A. committee has
studied conditions on a number
of campuses, and believes that the
best way to foster school spirit is
to hold frequent gatherings of the
entire student body,” Hall declared.
“We believe that the programs
can be worked out so as to be en
tertaining, useful and helpful.”
The committee will recommend
that the assemblies be held at 11
o’clock, probably on Tuesdays or
Thursdays, so as to interfere as
little as possible with regular
classes.
With interesting, carefully pre
pared programs, the assemblies
can be made really popular with
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Joint Meeting of Sigma Xi
Will Be Held Wednesday
There will be a joint meeting of
the Oregon State college and Uni
versity of Oregon chapters of Sig
ma Xi in Deady hall on Wednes
day at 8 p. m.
The O. S. C. members will pre
sent papers on research conducted
in Corvallis. It is expected that
there will be about 20 visiting
members. This meeting is an an
nual exchange gathering. The
meeting is open to the public.
Geologist To Talk to Clnb
On International Relations
“A Geologist’s Views on the Pre
vention of War” will be the sub
ject of a talk by Professor War
ren D. Smith, of the geology de
partment, before the International
Relations club tomorrow night at
8 o’clock at International house.
Everyone interested in hearing a
new solution for the problem of
how to attain world peace is in
vited to attend, according to Mar
garet Hammerbacher, president of
the club.
Seniors Must Fill
‘ y^EDNESDAV is flip (leadline
for senior activity cards,
an announcement from the Ore
1 gana office states.
Any senior having a cap and
gown picture in the Oregana
, is urged to call at the Co-op
office today or tomorrow and
fill out the questionnaire, if he
has not done so already.
Organist, Tenor
To Present Joint
Recital Tuesday
Varied Program for
Weekly Program
The regular Tuesday evening
student recital will present Mar
garet Atwood, organist, and Floyd
Groves, tenor, this evening in the
Music auditorium at 8 p. m.
Groves, accompanied by Frieda
Stadter, will open the program
with songs by Mendelssohn and
1 Handel. From the Elijah Groves
will sing "If With All Your Heart”
by Mendelssohn, and from Handel’s
"Renaldo,” the Recit and Aria,
"Let Me Weep, Lord.”
Groves is a student of Roy G.
Bryson, instructor of voice, and is
a sophomore pre-law student.
Miss Atwood will open the sec
ond group with the “Suite Goth
ique” Op. 25, by Boellman, consist
ing of the four movements, choral,
minuet Gothique, Piere a Notre
Dame, and toccata.
Miss Atwood is a senior in the
school of education, and is a stu
dent of John Stark Evans, profes
sor of organ.
Groves will sing four Irish bal
lads as the third group. The first
three, all compositions of Moore,
are: "Silent O’Moyle, Be the roar
of thy water,” "Harp that once
thru Tara’s Halls,” and "Believe
me if all those endearing young
charms,” and the fourth is "If I
were king of Ireland,” by Graves.
Miss Atwood will conclude the
recital with the “Concert overture
iu b-minor” by Rogers.
Stephen Kahn Appointed
Emerald Assistant Editor
New Staff Member To Do News
And Editorial Work
The appointment of Stephen
Kahn to the position of assistant
| editor was announced yesterday by
Willis Duniway, editor of the Em
erald. Kahn is a major in jour
nalism, and for the past year has
been a frequent contributor.
He has been associated with
three newspapers, and spent the
summer in the advertising depart
ment of the Morning Oregonian.
| His duties on the Emerald, said
Duniway, will include both news
and editorial functions.
Activity Card For
Oregana at Once
German Students Compare
Examinations at Universities
By ELINOR HENRY
Siegfried Schleuning, from Ber
lin, Germany, has never been a
freshman or sophomore in a Uni
versity, yet a few weeks ago he
enrolled in the University of Ore
gon as a junior. He is only 18 and
did not begin school until he was
7, which leaves just 12 years.
But what years! There are no
long summer vacations for school
children in Germany. Vacations
consist of four weeks in July, two
weeks at Christmas, and one week
at Easter. And Schleuning skipped
one of those years! He spent nine
years with the same nine boys in
his class in a boarding school in
Berlin.
“High school here is freer,”
Schleuning remarked, “while the
University there is freer.” Exams
are given in high school, but in the
university which he plans to enter
on his return to Germany there are
no lessons to prepare between lec
tures, attendance at lectures is not
checked, and the only exam is giv
en at the end of three years.
“You must have attended at least
three years before you can take
the examination,” Schleunig said, I
“but if you don’t think you can
pass, you may stay until you think
you can.”
Instead of taking brief notes, to
be hastily gone over before term
finals, the German student, Schleu
ning explained, writes out the
whole lecture in “short writing.”
Later he outlines the lecture in
another note book. If he can’t be
at the lecture, he may be able to
borrow it from a friend!
The German student enjoys Eu
gene's campus. “We have nothing
like it in Germany,” he said. “The
unjversity is a big building in the
heart of the city, and takes up a
whole block.” The Preuuische
Staatsbibliothek takes up the
block next to it. At this library,
the second largest in the world, it
is necessary to order a book two
days before you need it. The uni
versity has a small library of its
own, of course, where books may
be obtained on call.
Schleuning came to Oregon to
visit his uncle, Dr. Alexander J.
Schleuning. of Portland. He plans
to spend a term or two here, then
make a trip south through Califor
nia to Mexico before he returns to
, Germany to study medicine.
. !
Winter Quarter
Exam Schedule
Given by Pallett
Changes Noted in Listing
From Fall Term
Troubles From Conflicting
Hours To Be Settled
With Instructors
The examination schedule for
winter term, 1932, was announced
yesterday by Earl M. Pallett,
registrar.
Examinations will be held in the
regular classrooms unless other
wise arranged by the instructor.
Conflicts should be settled with
the instructors.
The schedule follows:
Saturday, March 12
8-12—Elements of Sociology, all
sections.
1-5—Background of Social Sci
ence, all sections.
Monday, March 14
8-10—Report Writing and Eng
lish A, all sections.
10-12—1 TuTh classes.
1-3—Personal Hygiene for wom
en.
3-5 — Constructive Accounting,
all sections.
Tuesday, March 15
' 8-10—8 MWF classes; any two
of these days; four and five hour
classes.
10-12—1 MWF classes; any two
of these days; four and five hour
classes.
1-3—8 TuThS classes; any two
of these days.
3-5—Beginners' Psychology Lab
oratory, all sections.
Wednesday, March 16
8-10—9 MWF classes; any two
of these days; four and five hour
classes.
10-12—2 TuTh classes.
1-3—9 TuThS classes; any two
of these days.
3-5—Survey of Physical Science,
all sections; and French Composi-,
tion and Conversation, all sections.
rnursaay, Marcn 11
8-10—10 MVVF classes; any two
of these days; four and five hour
classes.
10-12—2 MWF classes; any two
of these days; four and five hour
classes.
1-3—10 TuThS classes; any two
of these days.
3-5—Spanish: First Year, Sec
ond Year, Third Year Literature.
Friday, March 18
8-10—11 MWF classes; any two
of these days; four and five hour
classes.
10-12 3 and 4 o'clock classes.
1-3—11 TuThS classes; any two
of these days.
3-5—French: First Year, Second
Year, Third Year Literature.
Lutheran Students Plan
Skating Party With OSC
Beistel Requests That Members
List Names With Him
Arrangements for a skating par
ty to be held in conjunction with
the Oregon State college group in
Corvallis Friday night were com
pleted at a meeting of the Luther
an Students’ association held Sun
day evening at the “Y” bungalow.
Rolf Bodding, president, conducted
the meeting.
Rev. Charles E. Epple, pastor of
Grace Lutheran church, Portland,
was the guest speaker, and led the
large group in an open forum dis
cussion. Several recitations by
members of the junior group, songs
by the Zilch brothers’ quartet, and
refreshments completed the pro
gram.
Members of the association who
were not at the meeting and wish
to attend the skating party should
list their names with Dean Beistel,
or call 2690 for details. Convenient
and comfortable transportation
has been arranged, Bodding stated.
Physical Education Club
| Plans Party With Hermian
| The Women’s Physical Educa
i tion club and Hermian, the wom
! en’s physical education honorary
! are planning a joint party to be
held on Wednesday, March 2.
There will be dancing, refresh- !
1 ments, games, and the pledging of
l new members for Hermian. All
j P. E. club and Hermian members
[are invited to come.
''Ducdame” Receives Praise
In Sunday Journal Review
J First Issue of U. O. Organ
By Oregon Students
H ell Received
An unusually laudatory review
of the University of Oregon's new
est publication, "Ducdame," was
given by Eleanor T. MacMillan,
literary editor of the Oregon Jour
nal, in the book review section of
that newspaper Sunday.
“Ducdame" made its bow to the
campus and to Northwest literary
circles last month, in a limited
edition of 400 copies which found
instant favor. It presents the
work of campus poets, prose writ
ers and woodblock artists.
Miss MacMillan’s review follows:
“The initial appearance of a
magazine published by a group of
students at the University of Ore
gon is significant (5f the progress
of those whose talents are being
developed under the splendid liter
ary direction of W. F. G. Thacher
and his departmental associates.
‘Ducdame’ is distinctive both from
the standpoint of general publica
tion craftsmanship and literary
artistry. The student editorial
staff headed by John Gross has
shown excellent discrimination in
selecting manuscripts of notice
ably high merit for this introduc
tory number. John Gross' poetic
contribution, by the way, is par
ticularly lovely in its imagery. The
‘Sonnet’ too, by Margaret Or
rrjindy, has the witching charm of
subtle transition. Other poems in
cluded—and all are lovely - are:
‘Portrait of a Favorite Town,’ by
Janet Fitch: ‘Barter,’ by George
Root; ’Fog,’ by Isabel Crowell, and
‘Eternity,’ by Stewart Riddell.
"The prose selections are auspi
ciously introduced by the winning
story in the 1931 Edison Marshall
contest, 'Lovely Child,' by Cleta
McKennon. It poignantly depicts
the tragedy of life where birth be
gins the pathway to the grave. All
the stories are of distinctive liter
acy quality which bespeaks judi
cious editing. There are two gra
phic woodcuts and the entire mag
azine is of such literary worth
that it is hoped the editorial plan
for regular publication of a stu
dent magazine may be realized.
We hope the staff will take the
moral of Myron Griffin’s splendid
story, ‘Afternoon of a Faun,’ to
heart, and continue what they
have so creditably begun. Myron
Griffin and his fellow writers have
talent.”
Russians Charm
Large Audience
By Style, Humor
By GUY WERNHAM
The performance given by the
Kedroff quartet at McArthur court
on Sunday, February 14, was at
once a popular and an artistic suc
cess. The quartet sang to a satis
factorily large and responsive au
dience. Each item on the long,
fascinating program of exclusive
ly Russian music was indefatigably
applauded.
The most impressive character
istics of the four Russians’s sing
ing were their almost effortless
ease of execution, their amazing
control, their delightful humor,
and their superb confidence.
A restrained humor, at once
subtle and comprehensible, char
acterized many1 of the numbers,
sifch as one of the encores, was a
delicious satire.
“Vespers in a Russian Village”
was rendered with a mystic fervor
characteristic of pre - Bolshevik
Russia; one could almost smell the
incense.
The program ended officially
with the rollicking “Bacchanalian
Song,” words by Rushkin, but the
enthusiastic audience clamored for
an encore, which was granted.
American Students Honor
Foreign Students Sunday
Numerous Countries Represented
At International Banquet
For the first time since the In
ternational house was founded
three and a half years ago, the
American members of that living
organization honored their foreign
fellow members with a banquet
held in the house Sunday evening
at seven.
Hubert Allen, varsity track star,
who is president of the organiza
tiop this year, is the originator of
the idea of holding such a reunion.
All the foreign students who are
members of the house but are not
boarding there were present.
In view of the success of the af
fair and the friendly spirit of in
terracial and international feeling
shown, Allen expressed hope, in
his short speech that the gathering I
will be held as an annual event in |
years to come.
Among the countries represent
ed by the foreign students at the
banquet were China, Japan, Rus- !
sia, Canada, Hawaii, the Philip
pines, and the United States. Prof.
H. S. Tuttle, faculty adviser of the
organization, gave the welcome
speech in behalf of the American
students. Addison M. Smith was
chairman of the evening.
DUN TO SPEAK
Frederick S. Dunn, of the Latin
department, Will speak at the Hel
met lodge of the Knights of Pyth
ias Thursday night in commemor
ation of Washington’s 200th birth
day. His topic will be “Personal ■
Contact with Washington’s Me
morials."
Women’s Debate
Squad To Leave
On Tour of West
Laws of Nevada on Divorce
To Re Defended by
Oregon Team
Helen Harriman and Geraldine
Hickson, representing the Univer
sity of Oregon on the affirmative
of the question: “Resolved, That
the divorce laws of the state of
Nevada should be condemned,” will
meet the University of Washing
ton's negative in a decisionless de
bate in 1X0 Johnson hall tonight at
7:30.
The Washington women are Dor
othy Baylles, junior in foreign
trade in the school of business ad
ministration, and Gertrude Pin
ney, junior in advertising in the
same school.
They are both experienced in de
bate, Miss Baylta in her first sea
son of intercollegiate contest, has
had several years’ training in
other forensic fields, Miss Pinney i
has been in varsity competition be
fore. She is secretary-treasurer of
Tau Kappa Alpha, forensic hon
orary and manager of women’s de
bate.
On the Oregon side, Miss Harri
man, freshman in biology, is new
in the intercollegiate fields. Miss
Hickson is a sophomore in econ
omics, a member of Kwama,
sophomore women’s honorary, and
she was on the team that met the
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President Hoover
Atones For Sins,
Avers Charley
\ thousand pardons!
Some of the boys think I’ve
been riding old Herbert too
hard. Perhaps I have. I really
have a sneaking admiration for
Mr. President, but he’s given
me so little opportunity to ex
press it.
But he came through in regal
fashion yesterday and appoint
ed Benjamin N. Cardozo to the
supreme court chair vacated by
Justice Holmes. The highest
tribunal is preserved to liberal
ism, and human rights will
again hold the whip hand over
property rights.
Forgive the alliteration, but
Cardozo is quite a card. He’s
about the only judge in New
York who hasn't been “inves
tigated” or who didn’t retire
all of a sudden.
Good work, Hoover. Your
courage and foresight in ap
pointing Cardozo almost atones
for the tariff and relief boners
of recent vintage.
If you keep it up, and the
Democrats continue cutting
each other's throats, they may
not have such an easy year as
they expect.
Gratefully,
WEBFOOT CHARLEY. i ;
I Barnett To Give
I Commonwealth
Ideas Tonight
Political Science Head
Will Present Lecture
Economic, Social Welfare
From Reorganization
To Be Subject
Treating with a type of govern
ment which is declared to have
the power of bringing the world
out of its present disordered state,
! James. D. Barnett, chairman of the
department of political science, will
speak tonight in room 103 Deady
on “The Cooperative Cornmon
! wealth.”
The lecture, which starts
, promptly at 7:30, is the fifth in a
series sponsored by the Committee
on Free Intellectual Activities, un
der the direction of Prof. H. G.
Townsend, chairman.
Careful Analysis
Offering a departure from the
preceding lectures, which have
ranged in subject matter from dis
sertations on “pure” science to lit
erature and art, the lecture this
evening will bring to students and
townspeople a careful analysis of
a scheme for promoting economic
and social, well-being.
“The topic ,” Professor Town
send explained, “deals with a con
trast between an intelligent organ
ization of society for the securing
of human good, and the haphazard
uncontrolled anarchy which has
reduced our society to the present
confusion of industry and distribu
tion.”
Open to Public
The addresses are open to all
townspeople as well as students.
No admission will be charged.
The sixth and last lecture re
maining on the year’s schedule will
be given February 24 by A. R.
Moore, professor of animal biology.
The subject will be “Form From
Chaos in Biological systems.”
Special Delivery
Stamps Scarcer
On Valentines Day
St. Valentine’s day brought a
rushing business in the special de
livery stamp business at the Uni
versity post office, A. H. Tyson,
the postmaster, reported yester
day.
He purchases the stamps, he
said, in lots of 50. This is about
a month’s supply of stamps. But
in the two days before St. Valen
tine’s day he sold all the stamps
he had on hand—about three
weeks’ supply and Saturday af
ternoon students sending valen
tines had to be content with writ
ing “special delivery” across the
envelope and putting on a ten cent
stamp.
“St. Valentine’s day fell on Sun
day,” he explained, “so there was
no regular delivery. One girl
bought six stamps for valentines
to Eugene addresses.”
Infirmary Nearly Filled
With Twelve on Sick List
Room for just one more patient
in the infirmary. There have been
several changes in the sick list
over the week-end. Six students,
Ann Kelly, Harry Damitio, Lowell
Mobley, Jack McDuff, Courtney
Lasselle, and Ronald Rew were re
leased, and seven others were ad
mitted.
Those now confined are Mar
garet Roberts, Margaret Chase,
William Johnson, Leon E. Semke,
Kathrun Pista, Bert Wheeler, Dor
othy Tongue, John Peterson, Vin
cent Ferguson, Wallace Hug, Le
Roy Jones, and Grenville Jones.
Sigma Xi Society To Hear
Talk on Radios and Cats
Sigma Xi, national scientific
fraternity, will hold a meeting
Wednesday evening at 8:30 in
room 103, Deady hall. Visiting
members from Corvallis wilt be
present. The meeting will be pre
ceded by a dinner at 6:30. At the
meeting E. C. Starr of Corvallis
will discuss "Radio Interference,”
and S. M. Zeller, also a visiting
member, will discuss “Virus
Diseases of Cats.”
Caution In Defining
New Football Rules
Needed, Says fDoc’
Rule Changes in
National Football
Circles Tabulated
Avoidance of Rough Plays
Noticeable in Revised
Order of Game
Below are the results of the na
tional football rules committee
meeting which made certain re
visions on the current gridiron
rules. The views of Dr. Clarence
W. Spears, head football coach at
Oregon, upon the changes will be
found elsewhere on this page.
In an effort fo check the "ten
dency toward increasing injuries”
the committee decided:
1— To restrict the formation of
the team receiving the kickoff by
requiring that five players of the
receiving team remain on their
15-yard line until the ball is
kicked; and to allow the kickoff to
be made by either place-kick, punt
or drop-kick.
2— To forbid players on the de
fense to strike an opponent on the
head, neck or face with hand,
wrist, forearm or elbow.
3— To liberalize the substitu
tions rule to allow a player with
drawn from the game to re-enter
once in any subsequent period.
4— To forbid use of flying block
or tackle.
5— To make the ball "dead”
when any part of the ball carrier’s
body except his hands or feet
touches the ground.
C—To amplify the rule regard
ing equipment so as to require
padding of hard and unyielding
substances with foam-rubber or
other soft padding at least three
eighths of an inch thick.
Former History Assistant
Now Studying at Geneva
Winchester H. Heicher, a grad
uate assistant in the history de
partment of the University last
year, is now in Geneva, Switzer
land, doing graduate work in the
Institute of International Educa
tion, an institution partly support
ed by prominent Swiss and by the
League of Nations association, ac
cording to a recent letter from the
former Oregon student to Dr. R.
C. Clark.
In his letter, Heicher says that
he is writing his thesis on the sub
ject of disarmament and has to
attend the present disarmament
conference now held in Geneva in
irder to get firs* hand materials.
He also states that he has been
attending the sessions of the
League of Nations in its discussion
regarding the troubles in China.
YWCA Religious Group
Will Meet Tonight at 7:30
The Y. W. C. A. group on relig
ion will meet tonight at 7:30 at the
bungalow, according to Maxine
Reed, chairman.
Margaret Edmunson, Y. W. C. A.
secretary, will lead to a discussion
on “What Is Religion?” and will
endeavor to show how religion dif
fers from philosophy, science, mo
rality, and common sense.
» -
Mentor Hears of Change
Without Enthusiam
Initial Turnout for Spring
Grid Grind Is Called
For 3:30 Today
GRID TURNOUT TODAY!
Dr. Clarence VV. Spears, head
football coach, yesterday issued
a call for all freshmen planning
to turn out for spring football,
lie said the first meeting would
be held in the locker room at
McArthur court at 3:30 p. m.
It is urgent that all hoys in
terested be there, Dr. Spears
said.
The additions made to the foot
ball rules at Hanover, N. H., were
greeted with no great pleasure
yesieraay Dy ur.
Clarence W.
Spears, Oregon’s
head gridiron
coach. While he
admitted that
the recently
adopted rules
night add a little
to the safety of
the game, Dr.
Speai’s deplored
the confusion
that their en
forcement is cer
Dr. C. YV. Spears
tam to bring about. He empha
sized the fact that several of the
new regulations, especially those
that pertain to flying blocks and
the use of the hands on the head
of an opponent, are left entirely to
the officials’ discretion. Such a
condition is liable to cause numer
ous discrepancies and differences
in interpretations, he said. Careful
interpretation of the new code is
the most necessary thing at pres
ent, Spears thinks.
"The duty of judging whether a
man used his hands legally or il
legally on the head of an opponent
will be left entirely to the discre
tion of the field officials,” Dr.
Spears remarked. “In my opinion
this will create many discrepan
cies. For instance, can a defensive
player be penalyzed for using his
hands on an opponent's head, when
that opponent charges into him
with his head lowered within the
vicinity of the defensive man's
hands? Such a rule will be diffi
cult to interpret and will not add
materially to the safety of either
the offensive or defensive side.
Flying Block or Not?
“The flying block regulation is
another that will be defined only
with extreme difficulty and many
disagreements,” Dr. Spears said.
“The officials will have to judge
whether a man was deliberately
making a flying block or only off
balance at the time of a question
able play. This will only tend to
increase the confusion and make
the lot of both officials and play
ers harder. The flying block has
long been ruled against, but in 15
years on the gridiron I have seen
a man penalized for it only once.
“The substitution ruling is some
what of an improvement, but it is
not entirely new. In our two games
with Willamette and Oregon Nor
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Kedroff Quartet Likes Sunny
Music and Western People
By ALYCE COOK
A little boy was the first to get
the signatures of the famous Ked
roff quartet, and as he slipped out
of the room with his prize, stu
dents, professors, and members of
Sunday’s audience pushed the door
open wide to find the singers pre
pared for the rush with fountain
pens in hand. The room, just an
office in McArthur court, was
transformed with a delightful, con
tinental atmosphere, that made the
signature-hounds want to stay and
stay.
Snatches of conversation in stac
cato words, bits of tunes that were
hummed, puffs of smoke, flashes
of pens across programs, all added
to the delight and sparkle of the
room and spellbound adventurers.
“If I could not sing? Oh then, I
would want the sunshine, a glass
of fine wine, a good cigar, and be
with my family,” said T. F. Kasa
koff, the spokesman for the group,
in his Russian-flavored English.
“Yes, the others all agree with
me.”
Sometimes it was like talking
over a telephone that had poor
connections. The questions and the
answers didn’t always match. The
questioner had the advantage of
taking the initiative but lost out
on the reply. However, when
words fail, the personality and the
eyes speak. It is said that music
is the universal language, and
those so gifted use many means of
expression other than vowels and
consonants.
Theques tioner wondered if they
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