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ROBERTS GIVEN ALL-COAST HONORS Initial N.S.F.A. Meeting Slated For Tomorrow Student Body To Gather At 4:30 Sorority No-Polities Pledge Will Be Discussed From Both Sides The first student body gather ing under the new system of regu lar semi-monthly assemblies spon Brian Mimnaugh sored by the JN. S. F. A. commit i tee will be held ] tomorrow at 4:30 I p. m., Brian ii Mimnaugh, A. S. !j U. O. president, | announced last \ night. The as I sembly room will | be named tomor ; row. The subject of i d i s cussion, se lected by Mim naugh as repre Renting the most important prob lem confronting the student body at the moment, is the recent ac tion of the heads of women's houses in declaring that sororities will henceforth not pledge them selves, as groups, to support any political ticket in future student body elections. Two Speakers Chosen Two speakers have been select ed, to present both sides of the question, Mimnaugh said, but their names will not be divulged before the assembly opens. A prominent woman will pre sent the argument of the sororities in behalf of their no-politics edict, and an equally prominent man will present the opposite aspect, using as one of his arguments the supposition that the move would allow secret organizations to dic tate campus politics. Mimnaugh will make a short talk, introducing the topic and the speakers. Both Sides to be Shown “The assembly is not being held to decide the matter,” Mimnaugh said, “but is merely to present both sides, and let the campus (Continued on Page Four) Graduate Assistant Work Of Three Types Offered Five hundred graduate posters were issued last week, according to Clara L. Fitch, secretary of the graduate department. Two hun dred and fifty have been sent to graduate departments in universi ties throughout the country. Three divisions of graduate as sistant work are offered by the University of Oregon, which can be taken in practically all the reg ular departments and schools. They are teaching fellowships, graduate assistantships and re search assistantships. lOO Seniors Have One Last Chance To Turn in Cards 0NE HUNDRED seniors have failed to fill out senior ac tivity cards, the Oregana office reveals. One more opportunity will lie given students to turn in cards with the information necessary for their cap and gown pictures. Today and Wed nesday the cards will be avail able at the Co-op office. Storeroom Fire At Igloo Put Out By Two Students Gordon Fisher, Don Fields Quench Blaze Before City Trucks Come The Igloo is saved! Last night, shortly after 6 p. m., Gordon Fisher and Donald Fields discovered a fire blazing merrily away in the southwest storeroom of McArthur court. Braving the smoke and flames, they entered the fireswept room and with the aid of three chemical extinguishers succeeded in quenching the inferno which threatened the structure. Fisher entered the room first, and the thick smoke forced him to make his way to the extinguishers on hands and knees. Fields fol lowed him in and assisted in put ting out the blaze. A third ex tinguisher was used by Fisher to complete the job. He burned his fingers slightly fighting the flames. The local fire department an swered a phone can, but arrived on the scene after the blaze had been extinguished. The fire started in a pile of rubbish in the storeroom. According to George E. York, superintendent of buildings, the fire was probably caused by a “live” cigarette being left in a wastebasket, and igniting the rub bish bags in the basement room. York said the total damage will probably not exceed $10, a burnt door and scorched wall being the worst injured articles. Fisher is a sophomore in art and Fields a freshman in journalism. Application for Entrance Arrives From Far East Several applications for admis sion to the University of Oregon next fall have already been re ceived by the registrar’s office. One is from a young man in Canton, China, and another from a young woman in Canada. Two of these requests for regis tration permits were received last week. While the applications come rather infrequently during the early months, by April and May they are coming in large num bers. The applications are filed and answered by Miss Edith Hollen beck, clerk in the registrar’s office. Oregon Women Go Over Big With Stanford Connoisseurs By CECIL KEESLING Women, yo’ suttinly must o’ strutted yo’ stuff when those Stanford debaters paid their visit to our fair campus .... or else they speak from hearsay. Speaking of the Oregon co-eds, Abe Mellinkoff, one of the debat ers from Stanford who spoke last Wednesday afternoon, said in th4 “Bull Session” of the Stanford Daily for Friday, “They use more rouge than the 500 and need it My, my, oh my. (Note: The famous “500” are Stanford’s allotment of “fair” co eds.) Here is what he says in full, in a telegram from our campus to his alma mater: “Here at the University of Ore gon must be where film producers get their ideas about ’rah-rah col lege life. More women than men make the campus co-ed conscious. Women jam the place and with cordiality do abound. They use more rouge than the ’500' and need it. Week-end lockouts here are at. 12:15, but are often unofficially extended via open first-story sor ority windows. * * * >* “They say Oregon is broke, and yet soap is found in the men’s washrooms at the library, which | is more than Stanford can boast. I Professors watch students writing I examinations here, but general opinion claims that cheating of the non-flagrant variety goes on just the same.”—Abe Mellinkoff. Well, well. It happens that M. Lewis Thompson and Richard Friendlich, two well known Stan ford journalists who attended tht press conference here last Janu ! ary, remarked that, oh now they wished there were more dates like ; Oregon's down at their fair cam pus. Yep, Oregon co-eds use more rouge than the "500” but then that "500” are nearly all Phi Betes and don’t go in for our stuff. (Continued on Page Two I Frosh Election Revisions Found In Amendment Proposals To Co Before Students in April N. S.F.A. Frames Changes To Eliminate Fraud, Cost, Campaigning An amendment to the A. S. U. O. constitution designed to elim inate irregularities in freshman Bob Hall ?ciass elections Selections will be | submitted to the student body nominating as sembly on the last Thursday in April, it was an n o u n c e d last night by Bob Hall, chairman of the N. S. F, A. committee. The amendment provides tor a shorter time between the opening of school and the freshman nom inating assembly, and provides a supervised committee to recom mend candidates, thus helping to eliminate party politics. The purpose of the amendment, as outlined by the N. S. F. A. com mittee, is as follows: Fraud Is Hit To eliminate extensive cam paigning by the freshman candi dates, which may result in cor rupt practices, the loss of a great deal of time, and the expenditure of excessive campaign funds; to insure that the candidates are chosen for their character and abil ity rather than by political strength; to provide for an early organization of the class in order to prepare for the year’s activities. ! The full text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment— Purpose: To pro vide for the nomination and elec tion of the officers of the freshman I class; 1. This amendment will repeal! (Continued on Page Two) Tonqued Council Named by Head Of Eugene Group - I Appointees To Be Installed Wednesday Evening at Eugene Hotel Appointment of committee heads by Kathryn Liston, president-elect of the Tonqued club, an organiza tion of Eugene girls who attend the University of Oregon, was an nounced yesterday by Marian Chapman, retiring president of the club. Appointments were as follows: Bernice Ingalls, dance chairman; Catherine Coleman, tea chairman; Margaret Bean, calling chairman; and Genevieve Dunlop, reporter. These appointments are to be held for the next year. The appointees will be installed at a formal banquet to be held at the Eugene hotel Wednesday eve ning at 6. Jessie Steele will be in charge. Hazel Prutsman Schwering, dean of women, Alice B. Macduff, and the old and new council members are to be present. YMCA Cabinet To Hold Meetings on Leadership R. B. Porter To Open Discussion On Subject Today The discussion of group leader ship which is scheduled for the next few meetings of the Univer sity Y. M. C. A. cabinet will be started at a meeting of the cabinet this afternoon from 3 to 4 o’clock. R. B. Porter, secretary of the “Y,” will introduce the subject by pointing out what constitutes a group, the factors that encourage group loyalty, and the forces which cause division of groups. Members of the combined cabi net which will take part in this series are Rolla Reedy, Jay Wilson, Don Saunders, Willard Arent, Ce cil Espy, Don Eva, Carroll Pawson, Bill Wheeler, Howard Ohmart, Ted iPursley, and Leslie Dunton, Fifth Leap Year Birthday Arrives for 3 Oregon Men — *-—— Starr, Olsen, Proctor All Observe Unique Day In Quiet Manner Three Oregon men were five years old yesterday, legally speak ing, although by actual count they were each 20. February 29, leap year's extra day, explains the situ ation. Paul Starr, Portland, junior in business administration, and cap tain of the varsity track team, celebrated his fifth or twentieth birthday quietly — working. Only a few of his fraternity brothers at Phi Kappa Psi knew the signifi cance of the day. With Donald Olsen, Eugene, sophomore in business administra tion, it was the same. Brother Phi Delts observed the unique an niversary with no ceremony. For George Proctor, Grants Pass, sophomore in biology. Alpha Tau Omega swung no paddles in celebration of a birthday that comes only once in four years. Yesterday was an important one, too, for Peter Benson How ard, son of Charles G. Howard, professor of law. It was Master Howard's second birthday reck oned by leap years, but his eighth by numerical count. 4The While Devil’ Next Faculty Club Movie at Colonial Cinema Taken From Story By Russian Author; Setting in Alps “The White Devil,’’ taken from the story "Hadschi Murat,” written by Leo Tolstoi, will be the next feature to be shown at the Colon ial Thursday afternoon at 2, 3:45, and 5:30 by the University Faculty club, it was announced by S. Ste phenson Smith. “The White Devil,” a German UFA picture, is a colorful drama of eventful days in Russia and Tur key at the time when Leo Tolstoi, author, was a young cavalryman in the Caucasus. Lil Dagover, the star, now is in the United States and has launched a career that is already spectacu lar. She has been acclaimed as the screen idol of Vienna, Berlin, Paris and other continental capitols. The cast with Miss Dagover in cludes: Ivan Moskoukine, one of the most brilliant of European players; Betty Amann and Fritz Albert; together with enormous troops of soldiers, devil-may-care Cossack riders, and others. The photoplay is declared to be superb. The story is set in the lof ty Alps where the scenery is un surpassed anywhere in the world. Sound effects and musical accom paniment by the internationally famous Don Cossack choir under direction of Dr. Serge Jeroff, have been arranged for American audi ences. The dialogue is all in Eng lish. Speech Students To Give Three-Minute Talks on Air KORE To Broadcast for Half Hour On Three Days In an effort to meet the present demand for trained radio speakers, the speech department has made arrangements with station KORE to broadcast a series of programs, in which students of the elemen tary speech classes will be heard. Beginning today, and continuing through Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week, the individual students will speak for three min utes apiece between the hours of 4 and 4:30 in the afternoon. Nine speakers will be included in each half hour session. According to John L. Casteel, as sistant professor of the depart ment, the importance of training in this line can not be overempha sized, because of the increasing consequence of the radio in every day life. Interracial Service To Be Given on Negro at YWCA An interracial vesper service will be held today at 5 o’clock at the Y. W. C. A. bungalow which will be led by Nellie Franklin. The theme of this service will be appreciation for the contribu tions of the new negro in the fields of drama, poetry, and music. The following negro spirituals will be sung: “Lord, I Want to be a Christian in My Heart,” “We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder," and “Steal Away.” “Deep River," a piano solo will be played by Nor ma Pickles. Ruth Breitmayer will render a violin solo, “Going Home,” Committee Votes To Change Legal Degree Standard Required Average of ‘B’ or Better Proposed for Law Students The academic requirements com mittee endorsed a motion last Sat urday whereby the requirements for the J. D. degree would be ma terially increased, according to a faculty bulletin issued today. The proposed additions say that the applicant for the degree of doc tor of jurisprudence must obtain a minimum average grade of “B” in the school of law, and that he now must present a "thesis or se ries of legal writings of high mer it, and comply with such other re quirements as the faculty of law may from time to time impose.” Previously a III average for law courses was necessary. This resolution submitted to the faculty today will be passed upon after three weeks. If accepted the new ruling will take effect in June, 1933. “The proposed changes,” Wayne L. Morse, dean of the school of law, said yesterday, “are in har mony with the general movement in legal education which seeks to raise law school standards. “There are 16 class “A” law schools in the United States which give J. D. degrees for superior un dergraduate work in law. The re quirements which I am proposing have been adopted in the main by six of these schools.” Junior Physical Education Majors Conquer Seniors The junior and senior women’s physical education majors played a basketball game last night at 5 o’clock. The juniors beat the sen iors, 43 to 29. Last Friday the juniors beat the sophomores 46 to 12. The junior team is far the most enthusiastic of the major teams j and will probably win the major league games. T u rn Down an Empty Glass/ i Quotes Charley Aw, dry up. Charity begins at home. So I President Hoover breaks his speaking inhibition on prohibi- j tion and says, “clean up the ! capital!” Speedy action is urged to “make the District of Columbia I a model enforcement city for ! the nation.” According to my ! Webster, model means “a small imitation of the real thing.” j Well, well. Capitol bootleggers are so ac tive, my Washington observer wires me, that they’re demand ing space in the Congressional Record. Every knock’s a boost, ! etc. So I’m afraid drying up : the capital will be a wash-out ! rather than a clean-up. And I note Mr. Hoover makes a plea for better bankruptcy laws, which after all is quite in step with the times. Appreciatively, .WEBFOOT CHARLEY. | Symphony Due To Play Fourth A.S.U.O. Concert Portland Orchestra Will Appear Sunday Concert To Be Free for Students; Famous Pieces Chosen The Portland Symphony orches tra, under the personal direction of Willemm van Hoogstraten, inter nationally-known conductor, will appear in concert at McArthur court next Sunday afternoon on the associated students concert se ries. The concert will start at 3 a’clock and will be free to students .ipon presentation of their student oody cards. Admission prices an nounced for townspeople are 50 cents for reserved seats and 25 cents for general admission. Tick-1 sts may be purchased at the Uni- j /ersity Co-op store or at McMor ■an and Washburne’s. Concert Fourth Here Seventy trained musicians corn nose the organization of the Port and Symphony and this group has von acclaim as one of the finest nrganizations of its kind in the country. Their appearance Sun lay will mark the fourth time that he symphony has appeared before i Eugene audience and, in previous ^ears, the largest audience of the concert season has heard them. Works of four of the most fam ous composers will be featured on the program, including Beethoven, Debussy, Borodin, and Tschaikow 3ki. The symphony will open with Beethoven’s Lenore, No. 3, Op. 27. 1'he orchestra eclogue, prelude to ‘Afternoon of a Faun,” by De aussy, will be the second number. Borodin’s Dances from the Op jra ‘‘Prince Igor,” the last great vork of the famous composer who lied before the opera was complet 3d, is the third offering listed on :he program. Symphony To Be Given Tschaikowsky’s Symphony No. | (Continued on Pape Four) A.W.S. To Present Stage Screen Bill For Charity Work ;Gay Diplomat’ Scheduled With Student Vod-Vil Attractions Plans are nearing completion for the double-bill stage show and movie, "The Gay Diplomat,” to be sponsored by the Associated Wom an Students tomorrow evening at the Colonial theatre, it was an nounced last night by Jacquelin Warner, chairman. One of the studio plays by Beth Hurst, “Ashes of Roses,” will be presented. The cast is Louise Mar vin, playing the part of Kitty Clive, Bill Anderson, as Walpole. Minnie Herold, who will play the role of Phyllis, and Daisy Swan ton, as Roxane. In addition, the Phi Mu trio, composed of Lucy Wendell, Mary Margaret Lott, and Margaret Os bourne, will sing several popular numbers. Louise Marvin will en tertain with tap dancing, and Sally Addleman will do solo sing ing. “The Gay Diplomat” is a first run picture featuring the brilliant young Russian actor, Ivan Lebe deff, supported by a cast including the legitimate stage star, Gene vieve Tobin, and Betty Compson. The picture has for its background colorful St. Petersburg and Bu charest and portrays the adven tures of a Russian officer who is sent into neutral territory to break up an efficient spy system directed by a woman whose iden tity is unknown. "Spying on Spies” characterizes the plot of “The Gay Diplomat.” There will be no advance in Colonial theatre prices for the oc casion, and profits will go to the A. W_. S. Emerald’s Choice Of All-StarJ Players For Conference Out EMERALD'S ALL - STAR BASKETBALL TEAMS ALL-NORTHWEST First Team John Fuller, Washington* .F Charles Roberts, Oregon .F Huntley Gordon, W. S. C.C Claud Holsten, W. S. C. .G Ralph Cairney, Washington ...G Second Team Alton Barrett, Idaho .F Ken Fagans, O. S. C.F Ed Lewis, O. S. C.C Winsor Calkins, Oregon .G Art McLarney, W. S. C.G ALL-COAST Jerry Nemer, U. S. C.F Charles Roberts, Oregon .F Huntley Gordon, W. S. C.C Richard Linthicum, U.C.L.A. ..G John Fuller, Washington* .G ALL-SOUTIIERN Jerry Nemer, U. S. C.F Joe Kintana, California.F Dick Reed, California .C George Vendt, California .G Richard Linthicum, U.C.L.A.*..G * Indicates honorary captains. Conyers Enters Race for Eugene Police Chief Post Member of Military Staff After Position Vacated Through Resignation Sergeant Edward Conyers, in structor of military science at the University of Oregon for the past 12 years, has entered his name as candidate for the position of chief of police in Eugene left vacant by the resignation of R. W. Hall. Although Sergeant Conyers has had no actual experience in muni cipal police work, he has done a great deal of patrol Work on the Mexican border, guard work in the army, and a long term of civil police duty in the Philippine Islands. His only statement concerning his policies if chosen for the of fice were to the effect that if the people of Eugene wanted some body to enforce the laws he would do the best he could. While Sergeant Conyers is not free to retire from the army un til the end of the present school year, he stated that in case the council was in a hurry to appoint a man to fill the vacancy, he could finish his enlistment by applying for a furlough and take up his new duties almost immediately in case of his selection. Calkins Put on Second Northwest Team Fuller, U. of W. Captains Two Teams; Linthicum Gets Southern Honor By GLEN GODFREY The “All-Star picking” disease has hit the Emerald in advance of the usual season for this ailment, Cap Roberts watching the boys perform in McAr thur court during the past maple court sessions and hearing about the athletes in their other games, the selections have been made, i In selecting the all-Northwest ag but anyway', after gregation one s sense of the fitness of things is immediately drawn to the startling achievement of John Fuller, Washington forward and center, who was the inspiration of the Husky drive for the pennant. At the conclusion of the first five games for the Purple and Gold the quintet from the north was faced with a four-game deficit and only one game on the winning side of the ledger. Coach Hec Edmund son, Husky mentor, called for a new deal and the result Fuller was moved to the pivot position, a tough assignment for a tall man and still tougher one for a man of ordinary (basketball) stature. Ful ler, by the way, is six feet, one and a half in height. Fuller Faced Task Fuller faced the Hereulean task and showed plenty of guts. As a direct result of his fight the rest of the team snapped into action and the Huskies, winning 11 straight, beat the percentage dope sters and gained their fifth North west title in a row. The conclusion naturally follows that Fuller is the man selected for captain on the Northwest team. He is moved back to forward, however, which is his natural berth. The other forward on the all star team is our own Cap Rob erts, who by his scintillating play shoved the Webfoots much higher in the percentage column than was thought possible at the first of the season. Roberts is not a natural born scintillator and this was made possible only by huge quantities of hard work on his part. At the beginning of his career two years ago, the red headed warrior was extremely awkward, painfully so at times, but continual practice overcame this defect until this season he (Continued on Page Four) 'Seven Last Words of Christ9 Shows Finished Solo Work Religious and sacred songs have always been among the most stir ring and moving music through the ages. The life of Christ has been the motivation for some of the most powerful of these. Such a one is “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” by Theodore Dubois, which was given by the First Methodist Episcopal church choir, with John Stark Evans as organist and con ductor, Sunday evening. Yet, how much is added to the effectiveness of such an opus by the deft handling of true artists. One would go far before finding artists who could so as finely as Mrs. Edyth Hopkins, George Bish op, and Don Eva, with the sopano, baritone, and tenor solo parts in the presentation of the cantata at the Methodist Episcopal church. George Bishop has a marvelous voice. His diction is as clear and plain as a country church bell on a quiet Sunday morning. The tone, range, and power of his voice calls to mind that of Lawrence Tibbett. The final thing,—the rev erence which a sacred cantata de mands, was provided by Bishop, and put across to the congrega tion so as to inspire the awe which the proper interpretation should Inspire. In the fourth word, which was a baritone solo, Bishop made one hear the voice of a man, whose good works have been forgotten and against who all the world has turned, cry out in anguish, “God, my Father, why hast thou forsaken me?” The field of music is open to George Bishop. Mrs. Hopkins and Don Eva gave that same impression of reverence and deep feeling which was so evi dent in Bishop’s singing. Control of tones, both high and low, both loud and soft, marked their solos. Especially did Mrs. Hopkins’ indi vidual part stand out in the intro duction, which was written entirely for soprano voice. Don Eva’s part in carrying the tenor passages of the sixth word, “Father, into Thy hands I commit (Continued on Page Two£ i '— -*•**