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---M 32 Polyphonic Trophy Contest Music Chosen Uarron Announces List For Competition Quartets of Campus Will Vie for Thirty-Inch Silver Cups Music to be used in the 3 932 j Polyphonic trophy contest was an- ! nounced last night by George Bar ron, president of the University Polyphonic choirs. The contest will be held shortly after the be- [ ginning of the spring term. The trophies, 30-inch silver cups, were won last year by the Oregon Yeoman male quartet and the Hen dricks hall women's sextet. The trophies will be contested for each spring term until won three times by the same organization. Men’s living groups enter a quartet, and the women’s houses a sextet. The contest is judged by an outside i musician. Paul Petrie, head of the | voice department at Oregon State college, was the judge last year. Registration Opens Today Registration for the contest will be opened today and will close next week. Music for the compe tition will be ordered when all en tries are in. Hadley Crawford, head of the sheet music department of the University school of music, will order the music for the con testants, and it will be here in 1 time for rehearsal after spring va- : cation. The regulations of the contest, which will be given in detail in Tuesday’s Emerald, include the stipulation that there must be three entries in each division, and that no one may represent any liv ing organization whose name has not been registered before the clos ing date, in this case March 5. Registrations will be accepted by ’.arron, president of the \ Polyphonic choirs, with offices in the music building, or by Roy Bry- ( son, assistant director of the j choirs, at his studio in the Music ( building. Alternates to Register , The rules provide for registra- j tion of singers and alternates; four j men and four alternates for men’s ^ houses; six women and six alter nates for women's houses. ^ The songs which Barron and the 1 directors of the Polyphonic organ izations have chosen for this year’s ( contest are: For the men’s quartets: “Calm * and Storm,” by R. W. Gibb; “Sea- v Song,” by R. S. Flagler; “Passing 1 By,” by E. Purcell, arranged by D. c Protheroe. Women’s Program Listed For the women’s sextets: “Far 1 Over the Hills,” by Tschaikowsky- * Bornschein; “Serenade,” by Rich ard Strauss: “Liebster Herr Jesu,” c by J. S. Bach, arranged by L. V t Saar. I Orders for the music will be i taken at the time of registration, f Crawford stated. The cost of the pieces is low, he said, and the ser- s (Continued on Page Three) To Direct Cantata John Sta^t Evans, of the school of music faculty, who will direct the presentation tomorrow evening of “The Seven East Words” by tht choir of the First Methodist Epis copal church. Evans Will Direct Choir in Cantata Tomorrow Night ‘Seven Last Words’ To Be Given With Eva, Bishop, Hopkins as Soloists With two University students as soloists and a member of the faculty as director “The Seven ueurge liiMiiup Last Words,” an Easter cant ata by Dubois, will receive its ninth a n n u al Eugene p r e sentation at the First Meth odist Episcopal church at 7:30 tomorrow night. The church choir will sing- the cantata. John Stark Evans, a. member of the University school of music faculty and director of the church choir, will direct the presentation. Don Eva and George Bishop, University students, and Mrs. Edyth Hopkins, wife of George Hopkins of the school of music faculty, will be soloists. George Bishop, who will be baritone soloist with the Methodist Episcopal church choir Sunday evening in the presentation of “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” participated in the same event when it was presented by the com bined men’s and women's glee clubs on the campus last year. He has also receivecLcommenda tion for his part in the St. Cecelia Mass, which took place last quar ter. Don Eva, tenor soloist in Sun day’s cantata, has appeared as tenor soloist both in last year’s presentation by the glee clubs, and in the presentation of the year be fore by the Vesper Choir. Mrs. Edyth Hopkins, soprano soloist with the church choir, will (Continued on l’age Two) Actions of Students Confirm Suspicions Current Recently Suspicions current on the cam pus for the past few days were confirmed yesterday. Spring is here! Even honor students forsook the indulgences of reading in the li brary to partake of the clear, warm air, the sunshine and thfe odor of an awakening earth. Of course, there were a few students in class rooms and the libraries, but they were the ones who had such bad cases of spring fever that they couldn't get out. Evidences of spring were abounding as early as 7:45 a. m., when an unusually large number of students were on their way to “8 o’clocks early.” Then at 9 o'clock the lawyers turned out en masse to get a "breather” on the gravel patch by the sidewalk. And all afternoon, up and down the mill race there was the dip of paddles, not many, but those of the appreciative who are the first out each year. It was still a little too early for swimming suits, but sweaters and coats were lacking. Though the boys have been warming up the “old pitching arms” for several days, probably i the first game of the season was i called early in the afternoon on the Patterson school lot by some of the inhabitants of 13th and Al I der. Many a tangle was blown into i bobbed and unbobbed hair as cou ples drove around town and out into the country. Of course, tops were down, or off, to give the warm breeze full play. Over by the Coburg hills there were at least two butterflies flut tering by. And night before last, the frogs were singing the “Spring song." This lazy feeling isn’t flu, it’s spring. | City Officials 11 Open Two-Day Session Here j 100 Delegates Discuss Utilities Taxes Oregon League Continues Conference Today in Gcrlinger Hall I Civic officers from more than 25 J i of Oregon’s largest cities yester day opened the two-day confer ; ence of the League of Oregon Cit I ies, now being held in Gerlinger hall. More than 100 delegates took ! part in the sessions, in which in i terest centered upon taxation of municipal utilities. The confer ence will continue today, with em ; phasis upon the problem of unem i ployment. “The taxation of public power developments will increase the price of power and retard the de velopment of our wild rivers,” de clared John H. Lewis, consulting engineer and attorney of Portland, who staunchly opposed putting power projects on tax rolls. “The taxation of municipal power plants : is the first step toward killing the j entire public power development I program in Oregon.” Should it be i found a good policy to tax public powerplants, then domestic water : supplies, golf courses, sewer sys i terns, streets, roads and all other public utilities should be taxed, he | contended. Public Utilities Tax Urged Advocating complete taxation of all public utilities, whether public or privately owned, Dr. Calvin Crumbaker, professor of economics at the University declared that tax exemption of any municipal utility 3uch as a light, power or water system was an injustice to the pub lic at large. Cities taking advantage of the taxexemption and operating their own systems would have a distinct advantage over other cities whose privately owned systems were sub ject to taxation, he pointed out. Also the non-user of the utility, or the persons who use but little of the product, would, because of higher tax levies, be contributing more than their share in taxes, he maintained. Present System Declared Unjust Holding that the present system of exemption to be unjust, but pointing out that present situations must be considered, James T. Chin nock, city attorney of Grants Pas3, suggested that a plan might be worked out whereby some method of taxing incomes of public utili ties would effect to a certain ex tent the alleged inequalities of ex emption. This tax would be based on the income after due allowance was made for depreciation, operating expense, interest on bonds and sinking fund requirements. University Offers Help Ways in which the League 0/ Cities and the University could cooperate were told fey Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the Uni versity. Services of experts on gov (aaxxix 360 j uo panmjuog) Many Students Enrolled In 1931 Extension School Total of 3,295 Signed for Credit Courses During Year A total of 5545 students were enrolled in the extension courses and correspondence courses for the last year from July 1, 1930, to June 3Q, 1931. The total enrolled in credit courses for the extension classes is 3295, and the total en rolled in non-credit courses was 52. For the correspondence courses, the active enrollment, that is the students who were on correspond ence rolls during the year, was 2198. The number of courses for which students were enrolled in the correspondence courses was i 2848. In the teachers’ reading circle 4919 were enrolled. These figures were revealed Fri- ■ day by the extension division, in connection with their report to the National University Extension As sociation Report. I Soloists for 'HymrTof Praise’ Mendelssohn’s “Hymn of symphony orchestra tomorrow will be soloists for the concert. Simons, contralto. Praise” will be pres -nted by the polyphonic choir and the University afternoon at the mu do auditorium. Above are shown the students who Left to right: Grace .Burnett, soprano; Kenneth Itoduner, tenor; Hose Choir9 Orchestra Will Offer rHymn of Praise’ Tomorrow Burnett, Simons, Roduner Soloists Under Direction Of Boar dm an More than 100 students will take part tomorrow afternoon in Mendelssohn’s “Hymn of Praise,” offered by the University school of music in its auditorium at 3 o’clock. Students will be admit ted on their student body cards. The University orchestra will iccompany the first division Poly phonic choir. General admission to the con cert will be 25 cents. Grace Burnett, soprano; Rose Simons, contralto; and Kenneth Roduner, tenor, will be the stu dent soloists. Arthur Boardman will direct the performance. “The soloists who will sing the ‘Hymn of Praise’ Sunday are students whose work has earned the selection. They are good mu sicians, and possess fine voices," Director Boardman stated. Miss Burnett has appeared sev eral times with the Polyphonic choir in incidental solos. Miss Simons was contralto so loist last spring- in the presenta tion of Gaul's “Holy City” by the second division choir. Roduner sang the tenor solos in the same performance. All three soloists have been heard previously in stu dent recitals. The work of the 65-piece or chestra in accompanying the 40 voice chorus under Boardman’s di rection promises to merit close at tention. The singing of the chorus is well remembered from several concerts given last year, in which they earneef the highest praise of critics. The voices are selected from more than 200 members of the Polyphonic organization. Under the intensive training of their di rector, they have advanced to a fine point in the presentation of polyphonic literature, and the full artistic value of their work is ap preciated by the University’s mu sic patrons. Smith Announces New Spring Term Geology Course i - Subject Will Be of General Interest ‘to University Men and Women A new upper envision course for spring term, Geological History of the Pacific, was announced yes terday by Warren D. Smith, pro fessor of geology. The new course will replace Geology 428. The subject will be confined to upper class students only, and will carry three hours credit. Classes will be on Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a. m. The extra hour is to be earned working on special prob lems, to be selected by the stu dent. “In view of the present situa tion in the Far East the subject will be of general interest to Uni versity students,” said Professu'" Smith yesterday. “We will take up an intensive study of the Pa cific region. Special emphasis will be placed on physical geography and natural resources with some attention given to the outstanding social, economic, and political questions as influenced by the physical background of the more important countries bordering this ocean. Special attention will be devoted to China, Japan, Man churia and the Philippines.” Professor Smith has spent 12 years on the Asiatic side and has made seven visits to Japan. Twenty-two pairs started out last week in the first contract bridge tournament ever held at Vale university. Eleven Students Confined In Infirmary February 26 Eleven students were confined in the infirmary Friday. Two stu dents, Esther Hayden and Kather ine Bisbce were released, and Ger aldine Hickson was admitted. Others confined are Alice Mad sen, Jack Wade, Hay Foss, Louis Pista, H. T. Reburn, Zelpha Hus ton, Esther Lofstedt, Mary Wil burn, Donald Law, and Charles King. What’s in a Name Anyway? Queries Webfoot Charley Viva Sandino! They don t speak our lan guage. When the Japs started in cleaning up the “bandit” situa tion in Manchuria we crossed our fingers and kept our tongue in our cheek. Some organizers, those Chinese bandits. They’ve got our Chicago mobsters green with envy. “Bandits?—rats!” we shout ed. “Militarism, nationalism, patriotism, aggression and, er, —synonymous condemnations.” Now General Augustino San dino is gathering his Nicara guan forces for the purpose, he says, “of ending the farcical elections and driving out the hangmen in control of the coun try.” Oh you banditti! Call out the marines! Imperialism? No. Dollar diplomacy? Of course not; just protecting women and children. Chivalrously, WEBFOOT CHARLEY. P. S.—Don’t hang out the dirty wash. Women Warned To Get Dates Soon For Fashion Jig Tieket Sellers Announced For Women’s Living Organizations Hurry! Hurry! Co-eds Hurry! Only one week left to ask that curly-haired brunette who shined your shoes so industriously or that good-looking- blond across the aisle, to the Gamma Alpha Chi fashion dance. Competition will be keen from all reports on the campus that a score of prominent men already have marked March 5 "closed to dates.” There’S no time to lose. Purchase your tickets immediately from your house representative. Velma Hamilton, general chair man for the Leap Year dance, has announced the list of sellers from whom tickets may be obtained for the price of $1 a couple. Alpha Chi Omega, Virginia Hartje; Alpha Delta Pi, Helen Valentine; Alpha Gamma Delta, Adrienne Sabin; Alpha Omicron Pi, Norma Chinnock; Alpha Phi, Alice Wedemeyer; Alpha Xi Delta, Mary Vreeland; Beta Phi Alpha, Dorothy Lou MacMillan. Chi Omega, Evangeline Miller; Delta Delta Delta, Dorothy Esch; Delta Gamma, Marguerite Tarbell; Delta Zeta, Alyce Cook; Gamma Phi Beta, Caroline Hahn; Kappa Alpha Theta, Laura Drury; Kappa Jelta, Virginia Wentz; Kappa Kap pa Gamma, Mary Lou Patrick. Phi Mu, Eileen Hickson; Pi Beta Phi, Mary Louise Dodds; Sigma Kappa, Helen Raitenan; Zeta Tau Alpha, Inga Goplerud; Hendricks, Gwen Eisemore; Su san Campbell, Mary Schaefer. Freshman Debaters Meet Yearlings of Willamette : Both Affirmative, Negative Teams Have Contests Once more the question: “Re solved, That congress should en ! act legislation providing for the I centralized control of industry,” i was argued pro and con, this time ] by both the affirmative and nega tive freshman teams in a dual meet with the yearlings of Willamette ! university. j The Oregon negative team that j debated here was made up of Or val Thompson and Herbert Skalet. Their opponents in the contest, that took place in 110 Johnson hall , at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, : were Reo Young and Bill Masher. Howard Ohmart and Theodore Pursley met the Willamette neg ative in Salem on the same ques , tion. No decision was rendered in either contest. A vote taken at the University of Akron showed that a large major ity favored continued military drill at the university, although a small I er majority favored optional in stead of compulsory drill. Huskies Take WSC To Remain in Race* Oregon Loses, 37-31 Calkins Point Man in Hard Game Victory Deadlocks Beavers Willi Webfoots for Third Place By BRUCE HAMBY Oregon State finally came through last night to trounce Ore gon 37 to 31 in a thrilling, rough and tumble contest at McArthur court before 0500 raving specta tors. As a result of their victory, the Aggies climbed back into a deadlock with the Webfoots for third place in the division stand ings. Both teams played ragged ball. Oregon, minus the services of Spook Robertson, and with Cap Roberts hardly able to navigate the length of the court, played desperately, but the Orange de fense was too tight. Jerry Thomas, Ken Fagans and Ed Lewis led the Beaver scoring. Windy Calkins took high point honors with four field goals and six free throws. O. S. C. Tukes Lead Oregon State jumped into a three-point lead when Merrill sank i free throw and followed with a long field goal. A conversion by Calkins, a cripple by Watts and another gift toss by Calkins put the Webfoots in the lead for a minute before Lewis tossed in a push shot to put the Beavers ahead. Calkins contributed six of Lhe Webfoots’ 11 points during the first half. The score at the end of the period was 18 to 11 in favor of the Aggies. Hank Levoff, Lewis, Calkins and Thomas took turns in hitting the basket as the second half opened. With the score 18 to 23, the Web foots started a rally that sent them into the lead 24 to 23. Red McDonald, who replaced Howard Merrill, sank a free throw and the score was tied. Oregon Forges Ahead Calkins tossed in his fourth field goal of the game to put Oregon ahead as the huge crowd literally went wild. This was the last ges ture for the Webfoots, however, j is McDonald tossed in a cripple to tie the score. Thomas, Fagans and Lewis then ran through the exhausted Oregon team and rang up 10 points, while the only Web foot score was a free throw by (Continued on l’age Two) ' Ri" Crowd Sees Home Team Win, 32-25 Boars, Trojans To Moot For Southern Title At Oakland SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 2G.— (Special) All because the Univer sity of Washington did what no body thought it could accomplish, tomorrow is the night of nights in the Pacific Coast conference. The Huskies rocked their pavilion on the shores of Lake Washington to night, when they overcame Wash ington State college, 32 to 25, and tomorrow the two teams fight it out for the championship of the northern division. While the Cougars and Huskies tangle before a capacity audience here, the Trojans of Southern Cal ifornia and the Bears of Califor nia will battle at Oakland for the pennant in the southern sector. The champion in the California division will meet the northwest flag-bear er in the sunny south next week for basketball supremacy in the Pacific Coast conference, so to morrow night’s games will deter mine the opponents in the far west’s biggest court jamboree. 10,000 People Present Ten thousand people were in the gallery tonight to watch the Husk ies move into a tie for the north ern division lead. Huntley Gordon, Cougar center, scored a free-throw in the first minute of play to give his team the lead, but it was nulli fied a minute later when Ned Nel son of Washington made a similar contribution. Then Art McLarney sunk an other gratis shot and the Cougars were ahead once more. But their advantage was taken away for good when big John Fuller, Wash ington scoring ace, produced the first field goal of the game. From then on the Huskies were never headed. The Washington State lads at one time brought the count to 7 to 7, but again the dependable Fuller kept the Huskies in the van with another field goal. Half Ends in Huskies’ Favor The half ended 17 to 11 in favor of Hec Edmundsen’s quintet. Web er, Washington forward, opened the second half with a field goal, and from that time on he was the sparkplug of the Huskies’ attack. Halfway through the second pe riod, Washington held a 10 point lead. With the game apparently (Continued on Page Two) California College Students To Conduct Peace Program LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 26. —(Special)—Climaxing previous student world peace discussions and marking the most compre hensive attempt toward an under standing of world events ever in augurated by students, Southern California college students wi'l conduct a “Program in the Inter est of Public Opinion” in the new Pasadena Civic auditorium on Sat urday night, February 27. Dr. Charles A. Beard, a world’s student of history and political science, will deliver the main ad dress of the evening on “National Policy and Armaments.” Dr. Milliken, who is winner of the Nobel prize in physics and di rector of physics at California Tech will strike the keynote of the pro gram with an address on “The Conditions of Peace.” Dr. Millikan has just returned from a tour of Europe. Prof. Albert Einstein, world famous scientist and mathematic ian and author of the theory of relativity, will speak on “Public Opinion.” His address, which will be given in German, will be trans lated into English by Dr. Munro. Dean McHenry, student body president of the University of Cal ifornia, is prominently identified ] with international student move ments and will represent the stu dents’ viewpoint with an address on “The American Student and World Peace.” A 15-minute portion of the pro gram will be broadcast over the Pacific coast area through KHJ in Los Angeles. Attempts are being made through the National Stu dents Federation offices in New York to arrange a nation-wide hook-up over one of the two na tional broadcasting networks. Part of the endorsement of the program by Frank B. Kellogg, for mer secretary of state and co author of the Kellogg-Briand peace pact, reads, “We are ultimately striving for world peace. A true world peace may be brought about, in my opinion, only by nations agreeing to mutual conciliation, ne gotiation and arbitration in the settlement of their international difficulties. “The opening of this program to the public offers an increased opportunity for education on press ing world problems. Any such pro gram which serves to educate to wards the end of world peace is one which should be endorsed by all peoples.”