EDITORIAL AND FEATURE PAGE OF THE OREGON DAILY EMERALD University of Oregon, Eugene Willis Duniway, Editor Larry Jackson, Manager Thornton Shaw, Managing Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Ralph Davfd, Associate Editor Jack uauer, uavc wiison, ueity Anne ^mu duff, Editorial Writers Rufus Kimball, Asst, Managing Editor .Tack Bellinsrer. News Editor iicuini k»-*» us 1-111^1 Merlin Blais, Radio Director Roy Sheedy, Literary Editor Francis Fulton, Society Editor Doug wignt, umei iNignt sailor DAY EDITORS: George Sanford, Jessie Steele, Virginia Wentz, Sterling Green, Oscar Munger. SPECIAL WRITERS: Willetta Hartley, Cecil Keesling, Elinor Henry, Thelma Nelson, Esther Hayden. COPYREADERS: Margaret Bean, Allen Holsman, Ralph Mason, Jane Opsund, Elsie Peterson, Bob Patterson. 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MARKETING DEPARTMENT—Nancy Suomela, executive secretary; Betty Mae Higby, Louise Bears. OFFICE ASSISTANTS—Helen Ferris, Laura Hart, Beverly Price, Nancy Archibald, Lou>e Bears, Cordelia Dodson, Louise Rice, and Lucille Lowry. SECRETARIES: Josephine Waffle, Betty Duzan, Marguerite Davidson. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the college year. Member of the Pacific Intercollegiate Press. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscription rates, $2.60 a year. Advertising rates upon application. Phone, Manager: Office, Locul 214; residence, 2800. Come On, Upton T TPTON SINCLAIR is the American entrant this year in the contest for the Nobel literary prize. If he gets the decision, he will receieve $40,000 in Swedish kronen, part of the annual interest on the fortune Alfred Bernhard Kronen made out of his dynamite patents. Last year the prize went to Sinclair Lewis, but he didn’t get much prestige along with it. American editors and critics thought it unfortunate that the author of such uncharitable works as ‘‘.Main Street” and “Babbitt” should be the first Ameri can writer to receive the Nobel award. A few outspoken people pointed out that under the terms of Nobel’s will, the money is to be given each year to the writer “who has produced the most distinguished work of an idealistic tendency," and claimed that by their decision the committee had taken gross liberties with the word “idealistic.” What a howl would go up if Upton Sinclair turns in a repcaL for the U. S. A.! Lewis may caricature American people, but he is always good-natured about it. Upton Sinclair is savagely sin cere; he pays little attention to people as such, and striking straight to the core of our society, he finds it rotten. For Upton Sinclair, “Babbitts” and “Elmer Gantrys” are superficial omens of deeper forces. In "The Jungle” he lashed at labor conditions; “Oil” painted big business in hideous relief; “Lockstep" cartooned the American university, and today “The Wet Parade" maintains that prohibition is completing the de generate cycle of our politics. These books have been translated into some thirty languages. The author’s candidacy for the prize is backed by 700 critics and educators in 54 countries. If Lewis could get the prize, Sinclair should win hands down. It is certainly to be regretted that damning America should pay $40,000 a year. Why not some other American who writes constructively, producing “distinguished work of an idealistic tendency"? What? You can't think of one? Neither caai wc. Sno Use Talking—No Snow |^AY, doesn’t it know how to snow in Eugene? A person'll think, from the way things have been carrying on this win ter, that the climate here is just in the experimental stage. For systematic, routine-minded people who like to see every thing carried through to logical conclusions, there is no excuse for this dilatoriness which the snow has shown this year. Students wake up of a morning to find a beautiful white world outside, and gleefully shout and concoct fearfully and wonderfully conceived snow creatures. Just about the time everyone gets enthused about living at the North Pole and we've all ordered more wood, out comes tile sun and we return, dripping, to the temperate zone and rain! We appeal to the weatherman, or whoever pulls the strings in this rain-snow-sunshine business, for a statement of policy. Are we, or are we not, to get some real snow, or are we being made out-and-out victims of somebody’s caprices? We demand an answer! Mr. Weatherman, we mean business. We want something definite done about this matter. If you’re going to give us snow, we want some concentrated action resulting in snow. We're tired of this half-way, hesitating business. If we can’t have snow, let’s have a real good flood. We couid all go canoeing to class and wear hip boots and bathing suits. If that won't do, we'll take sunshine, with thunks. But for heaven s sake, and ours, Mr. Weatherman, do some thing! WITH OTHER EDITORS ■ A SUGGESTION Again the women lead Until this year polities on the various coast campuses have been occupying a nmipr place in po litical lcajefo’* niludo. AndfwUeu we sav politics we mean till kinds good and otherwise with the hit-! Lei prevailing. On most campuses, as usual, wo men are^' in on" the vote-getting uiaUiiuc ' pkilgiu0 thru . upport ^ and ballot to some candidate whether he was the person for the job or not. Here is where the women of the University of Oregon have taken a big step in the eventual aboli tion of campus politics. This ac tion was so decided and adopted at the meeting of the heads of houses organization and was unan imous in its decision. It seems to us that this is an example well worth following. The evils of politics and maneuvers of political machines is well known. Comment and discussion on that topic is unnecessary. Politics has become a thing of the past on this campus from all apparent actions this year, t might be a good thing to prevent its res urrection for the spring elections. May the most efficient and quali fied person be chosen rather than a political machine representative. —Oregon State Barometer. CAMPUS ♦ ♦ ALENDAR An all-campus tea will be given at Hendricks hall today be tween 4 and 5 o'clock. Mrs. Ken neth Shumaker will pour. Beulah Campbell will act as hostess. The following girls will assist: Helen Belloui, Alison Humphy, Ethel Reid, Molly Smythe and Rose Himelstein. All girls are invited. W. A. A. initiation will be held at 4 o’clock today in Alumni hall. A social hour will follow. Members and initiates are urged to be prompt. Junior Shine directorate will meet in front of Condon hall at 12:30 for Oregana picture. Thespian meeting tonight at 6:30 in the Women’s lounge of Gerlinger hall. The League for Industrial De mocracy will meet at the “Y” hut at 9 o’clock tonight to organize. All men and women students in terested in forming the league are asked to be present. Drama group of Philomelete will meet Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock at the Art building. Phi Bote will hold an important meeting at 7:15 at Hendricks hall. Everyone must be present. Alpha Tan Delta Social Fireside hour will be held tonight at West minster house at 8 o'clock. The Valentine Motif will be presented. Westminster guild m embers should sign on the bulletin at Westminster house to make reser vations for the party to be given it the home of Ivan Ware Wednes day night. All emergency meeting of all members of the League for Inde pendent Political Action and in terested persons will be held at the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday evening at 7:30. Philomelete groups presidents | will meet at i) o'clock Wednesday! evening in the Woman's lounge. If unable to be there, please be excused by presidents of Phi j Theta Gpsilon. W. A. A. initiation at 4:00 p. m. in the Women's lounge of Ger tinger hall. All VV. A. A. members | please be there. All girls wishing active positions ei the Y. W. C. A. cabinet next ; year should make appointments with Margaret Edmuudson at the bungalow at once. Vesper service today at 3 at the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. \. W. ('. A. group will meet at 7 *80 tonight at the bungalow. Kappa Delta announces the hedging of Fern Jeffreys of Lewis Ion, Idaho. 'IKS. \\ VK.YKK ON Tim* Mrs, Gertrude Bass Warner, do- j lor of the Oriental museum of fine irts and the Murray-Warner os siy contest prizes, left for Tucson, Arizona, dust Saturday to visit ionic relatives. Mrs. Warner will be gone for ibout three weeks. MBKAK1VN SPEAKS Mrs. Marion F. McClain, cireu- ' lation librarian, spoke on recent looks before members of the Mon lay Book club at the home of Mrs. Raymond Walsh at t lie semi nontlpy. prog ram ami .luncheon of ■he “club. Women Debaters Meet Washington Duo Here Tonight (Laws of Divorce in Nevada To Furnish Question For Discussion — One of the highlights of worn i en’s activities in the forensic field ! will begin tonight, when Florence | Holloway and Betty Whitson leave j on the Northwest debate tour. | They will meet women's teams | from Whitman college at Walla | Walla, Washington State college at Pullman, and the University of I Idaho at Mosco in a series of non decision contests. The question to be debated on the trip, of which the Oregon group will maintain the negative, is: “Resolved, That the divorce laws of the state of Nevada should be condemned.’1 Both Miss Holloway and Miss Whitson have had previous expe rience in intercollegiate forensic activities. The former, a senior in English, has debated one year for Oregon, while the latter, also an English senior, has transferred ,to Oregon from the University of Idaho, which she represented in debate work for one year. The trip, according to Bernice Conoly, women's debate manager, along with the contest with the University of Nevada’s men, on the same question, in the near fu ture will be of outstanding impor | tance on the women’s schedule. In the Nevada instance, however, a decision will be rendered by the audience. The engagement with the Uni versity of Idaho will be in the na ture of a return contest. A team from that school, composed of Florence Peterson and Jewell Leighton, debated the Oregon neg ative on the same question last week. The trip will occupy the rest of the week. The two women will make a stop of one day at each qf the places in which they will appear. EX-PROF SPEAKS Dr. Ralph D. Casey, former pro fessor of journalism at the Uni versity of Oregon and at the pres ent head of the journalism depart ment at the University of Minne sota recently conducted a discus sion at a student forum on the influence of propaganda in making presidents. Dr. Casey is co-author of the book, “Principles of Pub licity.” WOMEN’S DEBATE SQUAD TO MAKE TOUR OF WEST (Continued Cage One) University of Idaho on the same question last week. The Washington team is ex pected to arrive in Eugene some time this morning. Walter E. Hempstead Jr., in structor in English, will be chair man. TWICE A-MONTH ASSEM BLY IDEA GETS NSFA AID (Continued from rage One) the students, the committee be lieves. Some Assemblies Dull “In the past assemblies have failed because the programs were dull, speakers uninteresting, and addresses uninformative,” Hall said. "Our analysis of the situa tion at other colleges and univer sities has convinced us that regu lar semi-monthly assemblies can be made a great factor in awaken ing pride in the school, in bringing the students into closer and more friendly relations, and in fostering an interest in the University and A. S. U. O. administrations.” The N. S. F. A. group plans to back the proposal to the utmost of its power, committee members said yesterday. They request sugges tions and criticisms of the plan from the student body at large. Members of the N. S. F. A. com mittee, which is the University of Oregon unit of the National Stu dents' Federation of America, are Harold Short, Fred Hellberg, Ned Kinney. John Mans, Gordon Day, Kenneth McKean, Ed Bolds, and Ellen Sersanous, secretary. What is believed to be an ino vation in prison reform methods was the appointment of Go. Pin ehot of Pennsylvania of a former inmate in the prison to be a trus tee iif Eastern State penitentiary. The appointee was Henry G. Brock who served three years after he pleaded guilty to killing three per sons in an automobile accident. During his term he established shops m Philadelphia where pri son-made goods were sold and the ptjjyeeds. < about > S -t 0.0 0*0 ♦ w ere turned over to the couvicU. FEET of.— i CLAY By BOBAK .ifllllllllllllllllll!lllll»!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli:iil!lilllll.!' 1 ll.ilii III, 1,'^ I Prologue Believing, along with Walter Winchel), Bernarr McFadden. and other moral forces in our country, that gossip is the spice of life, that truth will out, and that personali ties make the most pungent news, we dedicate this column to our contemporaries with a little prayer for its well being, and in the hope that it will make interesting, if nothing else, reading. We hear that that dashing blond gent who spends his time flicking the fly specks off the Phelps Ter kel counter is violating the frater nal bond and is sharpening his trusty scissors in anticipation of a scalping party. There was a Theta. There was the blond Casanova. There was a misunderstanding. And last, but not least, there was the swarthy fraternity brother who splattered the Van Camps. Aw, well, that'll teach you a les son, Cassy. Don't try any of your philandering tricks on us Suttons, suh. There's always some Bozzo to show you up. * * * We understand that the Kappas are contracting for new window sills for the den, the old ones be ing worn practicaJly off by so many of the sistern clambering over them in the dawn hours. We wonder if the fact that the Fiji’s are no longer the totem, factotum, alpha and omega of the Kappa’s has anything to do with this er condition. (We understand too that “Peters Lodge” has taken on a new significance for the wearers of the pass-key.) * # » Attention D. G.: It has been brought to our notice by practical ly everyone that there is a condi tion. We understand that one of the anchorites is that way about a certain Kappa Sigarnet. A pretty pass when this must be proven audibly, visibly, vociferous ly, and osculatorily beneath the 14th and Alder arc. A violation of the Canons of good taste, we’d say. Wonder what the Delta Tau Delta’s were advertising' with their Venus de 3Iilo statuary at their formal the other night? Anyway, they had quite a bust, we’re told. * » * The A. D. Sigma's a gettin’ around. That Slick business man ager .... selling advertising all around the Grove Friday night. . . . One of the key girls practically bought him out. . . . Not only that, but the gypsy .... waving his arms around the campus. How he stands it. . . . Some constitution, don't you Schenk so? * * * The S. A. E.’s ertswhile sporting editor, running in circles from here to there .... all around the Alpha Phi formal .... what with spilling coffee and things .... and making passes at freshmen in public. . . . Now he’s cry in’ for the Caroline. * *»* * A fortune teller told J. Ander son, (and us), that a big strong dark man is coming into his life from Portland. If you’ve noticed any particular Anderson jitters, that might be the reason .... it's probably his own fault .... but I we ll go no further than that. * * * And Who Seen Where Last Week-end .... Mary McMahon, without herj Fiji pin. . . . Jane Fales, where she had no right to be. . . . Joan Cox, getting murdered in a big game at the Phi Sig house. . . . Willy Johnston with Marj Wilhelm one night, a frat bro with her the next time, which reminds us where W illie's pin is. . . . Epps and Pat Lee hoofing it at the Grove. . . . Now that the D. I . traveling sec retary i^ gone the S. P. Taus will settle down to some good . . . . studying. . . . Aw, tha's all. . . . REBEC GETS POST An invitation from the American Association of University Profes sors to serve as a member of the committee on local chapters has been received by Dr. George Re bec. dean of the graduate depart ment. The work of this commit Professor G. H. Ryden of the Uni tee. under the chairmanship of versity of Delaware, is to assist in the j promot ion, of ^chapter activity and nomination., ui new member.,. > Law Appointment Brings Comment By Dean Morse Selection of Judge Cardozo For Supreme Court Post Praised ‘‘President Hoover has paid a compliment to Justice Holmes and has fulfilled his obligation to those of the bench, bar, and public who believe in the liberalizing of the law,” said Dr. Wayne Morse, dean of the law school at the University of Oregon, today, in commenting on the appointment of Benjamin Nathan Cardozo as associate jus tice of the supreme court. ‘‘The appointment of Judge Car dozo is the outstanding one of the Hoover administration,” Dean Morse continued, ‘‘and will do much to increase public confidence in Hoover’s ability to ignore dic tates of political expediency.” He stated that the appointment is in accord with the present trend of law. He said that the present economic condition has a tendency toward sociological jurisprudence in law. ‘‘In five years, when we look back on this period, we will see great changes in law,” he con tinued. “Judge Cardozo is in ac cord with the interpretation of law as controlled by the times and is a really great appointment." CAUTION NEEDED IN DEFINING NEW RULES (Continued from rage One) mal school last year, we allowed both our opponents to send in both new and old players at will. Such an agreement has often been practiced in the past, mostly at un important games, when one of the contesting teams was handicapped by having a small squad.” Punting More of Asset The rule permitting the offen sive to use either a dropkick or punt on the kickoff will make a talented punter even more of an asset than in the past, Spears said. He also believes this regulation will add to the general confusion, however, for the team receiving the kickoff will be constantly on pins and needles, not knowing whether to expect a punt, place kick or dropkick. Because a punt is easier to direct than a kick from placement, Spears pointed out that the offensive team will be able to keep the kickoff away from dangerous ball-carriers on the receiving side. in conclusion, Spears empha sized the necessity for rigid and clear interpretations of the new code. Until this is done, he does not believe the rules will be a suc cess. He also thinks the need for strict enforcement is necessary before the regulations will help to safeguard the player from injury. Incidentally, new rules weren't the only worry on Doc’s mind yesterday. He's already making plans for spring practice. He scheduled the first meeting of the year for 3:30 o’clock at McArthur court today. He says it is abso lutely urgent for every freshman candidate to be in the locker room at that time. The new rules appear in detail on the sports page. QUARTET LIKES SUNNY MUSIC, WESTERN PEOPLE (Continual from rage One) had ever taught in American uni versities. “Yes, yes, we have sung in many universities and we have many friends there. Education is Classified Advertisements Hates Payable in Advance 10c a line for first insertion; 5c a line for each additional ] insertion. j Telephone 3300; local 214 WANTED DRESSMAKING? hemstitch i n g , sewing. Over Underwood & El liott Grocery. Harriett Under wood. Phone 1393. MESt ELEANEOl S CAMPUS SHOE KEPA1R— Quali ty work, best of service; work that is lasting in service. 13th between Alder and Kincaid. NEW BEGINNERS’ BALLROOM CLASS • Starts Tuesday—8:30 P. M. MERRICK STUDIOS 801 Willamette Phone 3081 KRAMER BEAUTY SALON Also Hair-cutting PHONE; 1880 Next to Walora Candies BOOKS OF THE DAY EDITED BY ROY SHEEDY Phantom Fingers. By J. Jefferson Farjeon, Lincoln MacVeagh. The Dial Press. The tale of one woozy Cockney tramp and his valiant struggle with bewilderment and horror and fierce malevolent danger, all somehow connected with the pres ence near him of three unprin cipled criminals and their victim; this is a tale told partly as if through the mind of Cockney Ben himself, and partly from the outside; not exactly a mystery story, unless you count the con stant state of mystification in which Ben finds himself. The in terest is focussed not so much on the doings of the criminal gang, and the solving of the mystery of any of their crimes, but rather on the curious distorted images and ideas that struggle into being in the mind of Ben; how these ideas lead to action, and what the action leads to; how a worthless beaten tramp, by some half-comical gal lantry of spirit, with his scare crow arms and legs and moldy brain finally rescues the girl kid naped by the gang. It is a story fully of the vague uneasiness that attacks Ben, the ho happy,” Mr. Kasakoff replied, and answered the next inquiry be fore it had been worded. A little reasoning solved the answer to the first. Curiosity was expressed as to the difference between Oregon audiences and those of the eastern states. "Here it is like sunshine, the people are like the sunshine,” and the happiness of the westerner was revealed in his smile, "but there they are not like that, not like sunshine,” and the more serious countenance portrayed more re strained concern. “Much of Russian music is writ ten for instruments instead of for the voice,” he stated. About half of the program was arranged by N. Kedroff or dedicated to the quartet. “The change of government in Russia, has not changed Russian music,” Kasakoff asserted. "They may change other things, but they cannot change the Russian souL The Russian soul is the same,” which is very credible, considering that these four musical beings, could fill four dull gray walls, with old-world charm because of the ef fervescence of their spirits. After singing together for 12 years, it might be imagined that each would lose his individuality in making the group stronger. If the individuality of these men was gone the artist would be gone. impressions that flit across his laboring mind, the vast indefinable terrors that hover about him dur ing a wild and inexplicable jour ney on a steamer and then through Spanish mountains. Now he es capes from the villains, and fran tically tries to gather his wits to gether and beat the fatigue that clouds him. He clings tight to ma terial things, naming them to him self as a sort of comfort in the great and horrible darkness of the hills. “ ‘Shadders,’ he said. Yes, he knew ‘shadders’ .... ‘Trees,’ he said. . . . ‘Shadders’ and trees. But the nightmares hovered a little closer, seeking to envelop him again. ‘Me!’ he cried desperately. ‘Me!’ ‘Shadders,’ trees, and Ben. The concrete combination was growing.” And he finally struggles up into a sort of half-life. What he has to fight is not so much the dark, not so much the confusing weakness that makes everything too big, as the desire to lie down and rest, in stead of battering himself against obstacles that hurt, and ideas that terrify. But he has to fight. “ ‘Why,’ said Ben. ‘Blow me, I'm the ’ero!’ ” Upon leaving, each one of them shook hands with the interviewer and that ushered her out with a bow. DRTfiO'GON LEN S E! HE NEEDS GLASSES ! PvEFECTIVE eye I / sight gives unmis takable warnings that all is not well. Holding a newspaper too far or too near when reading . . . scowling . . . squint ing . . . frequent head Dr. ELLA C. 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