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Winter Term Roll of Honor Includes 106 Thirteen Persons Have Straight A Average Total for Quarter Larger Than Number Listed Fall Semester Persons on the honor roll for winter term number 106. Thirteen of these received a straight A av erage. The winter term total ex ceeds the fall term number by 13. Those having a straight A aver age twith grade point average of 3.00 are George F. Brimlow, junior in history; Madeleine Gilbert, soph omore in sociology; Elma D. Have mann, junior in romance lan guages; Geraldine Hickson, sopho more in English; Lucy Howe, soph omore in English; Harlow E. Hud son, sophomore in architecture and allied arts; James C. Kennedy, freshman in biology; Jean M. Rid dell, junior in English; Alfred Tay lor, junior in biology; Thomas H. Tongue, sophomore in pre-law; Da vid C. Williams, senior in mathe matics; Margaret Elaine Williams, senior in biology; Chloethiel B. Woodard, fifth year of art. Requirements High To win a position on the honor roll students must earn a grade point average of 2.5 which is equiv alent to an average halfway be tween A and B. Students who made this average are: Abel, Helen G.; Anderson, Val borg L.; Archbold, Nancy E.; At wood, Margaret K.; Bailey, George S.; Banning, Sam H.; Bauer, Mal colm C.; Bennett, Manson O.; Bis bee, Katherine; Bishop, Joe A.; Bloom, David; Brintor., Byron C.; Brockman, Frances B.; Brown Robert F. Cannon, Arthur M.; Coad, Carl H.; Coen, Robert; Coleman, Mil dred F.; Conway, John S.; Cox, M. Janet; Davidson, Margaret; Day, Mahlon M.; Dinsmore, James F.; Dunbar, Jack W.; Dunlap, Leslie W.; Erry, Donald W. Farris, Grace M.; Fendrick, Lew is; Fenton, Mary K.; Frazier, Frances E.; Frohmayer, Otto J.; Gamer, Robert L.; Gilmore, Wes ley H.; Goldsmith, Laura O.; Good rich, Martha H.; Goplerud, John C.; Grim, Meta E.; Hall, Elizabeth S.; Hamaker, Kenton D.; Hayter, Robert; Herndon, Roy L.; Hertzler, Evelyn; Hill, Irvin B.; Hobart, Hildsmay; Hogl, John M.; Holm (Continued on Page Two) EMERALD ... of the A I R Ted Pursley will be featured on the steel guitar on the regular Fri day music program of the Emerald of the Air to be presented over KORE today from 4:15 to 4:30. Pursley has appeared many times as soloist on the guitar. Saturday’s Emerald of the Air will present the first radio play of the term. The play is adapted from a short story in the current issue of Liberty. The play will be under the direc tion of Charles Shoemaker. The cast has not yet been announced. ANNOUNCEMENT The Emerald takes pleasure in announc ing its affiliation with: cHlie Associated Press It will be our aim to make available to our readers a careful selection of national and world news of interest to the campus, as well as the news of the campus itself. We feel that this is a great forward step in the history of the Emerald, and are happy to present it to our readers beginning today. THORNTON SHAW, WILLIS DUNIWAY, Managing Editor; Editor. Communist Party Considers Raises In Members’ Pay Wages in Industries Slated For Inerease Today; Stalin Backs Plan MOSCOW, March 31— (AP)— A three-fold increase in the pay of Soviet workers who are members of the Communist party is under consideration by the party's poli tical bureau as wages go up 11.5 to 18 per cent tomorrow in the light and heavy industries. There will be an average 20 per cent increase in the engineering and technical personnel in both light and heavy industries. The industrial pay raises are designed to keep pace with demands made upon the workers by the sche duled increase of 36 per cent in in dustrial production. Communists from the highest government officials to factory workers, now limited to meager salaries, owuld be allowed a maxi mum income of 900 rubles or $450 instead of the present maximum of 300 rubles—$150—under the par ty’s plan. The proposal is designed partly as an efficiency measure. The raises are planned in ac cordance with a policy outlined nine months ago by Joseph Stalin, head of the political bureau, as well as the Communist party, to abolish the system of “equal wages for all.” Play Expert Will Lead Discussions Recreational Leadership Is To Be Visitor’s Topic Robert Murray, expert recrea tional leader, will be in Eugene April 4-8 and plans to conduct af ternoon and evening discussion groups on recreational activities at Gerlinger hall, according to Flor ence Alden, professor of physical education and director for women. Murray will cover the following subjects: “The Psychology of Get ting People Acquainted;” “The Me chanics of Parties;” “Recreation1 and Play for Pre-School Children;” “Schoolroom and Playground Ac tivities,” and “Adult Recreation.” A short lecture will precede a demonstration at each meeting. Murray is on the National Board of Playground and Recreation as sociation of New York City. He is touring the West and conducting these meetings in various recrea tion centers. The Eugene meetings are sponsored by the playground committee of Eugene and the phys ical education department of the University. 'Pipe” Course Has No Place In Honor Student’s Program By ELINOR HENRY Have you ever exclaimed, when the honor roll appeared in the Em erald, “Well, I'd make it, too, if I were Carrying 12 hours of pipe courses!’’ Maybe you haven’t, but others have. So the Emerald reporter de cided to do a little sleuthing to find just how many hours these people who have “straight A’s" are carrying and what kind of courses they signed up for. Of the 13 men and women who had no grades below "A’’ for win ter term, only two carried just 12 hours. One had 14 hours, three 16, two 17, two 18, two 19, and one 20. Alfred Taylor, a senior in biol ogy, is the student who signed up for 20 hours and pulled down an “A" in every one of them. Do you think you would be so sure ,of yourself if confronted with a schedule like his? It includes four hours of advanced zoology, four of invertebrate zoology, three of the geologic history of vertebrates, j four of second-year German, three of honors reading with thesis, and two of music appreciation. Thomas Tongue, a sophomore in pre-law, made 19 hours of “A” on a schedule differing from almost any other sophomore’s only in the amount of debating he did during the term. Literature survey, psy chology. psychology lab, principles of economics, report writing, gym, and military were topped off by two hours of argumentation and debate and two more of intercol legiate debate. The other student who made 19 hours of “A” was next year’s Rhodes scholar to Oxford, David Carnahan Williams, a senior in mathematics. He took two hours of authorship, four hours of sec ond-year German, three hours of theory of probability, four hours of international organization and world politics, three of advanced physics, and three of projective geometry. It looks as if hard work might have something to do with it, doesn’t it? Ohio Pastorship May Cause Adams To Leave Campus Student Leader Considers Offer of Presbyterian Church in Columbus John Maxwell Adams, Univer sity pastor, is said to be seriously considering a pastorship offered by the Northminster Presbyterian church at Columbus, Ohio, should he be elected by the congregation. Max Adams came to the campus four years ago from Springfield, Ohio. During his stay in Eugene he served for a time as pastor of the Central Presbyterian church. Mr. Adams has been active in student organization and student development. He has been instru mental in organizing such student groups as: the Westminster Men, Guild, Forum, and various other study and discussion groups. Mrs. Adams has worked with students in forming music, study, and drama groups, one of which has been the Westminster players. Mr. Adams was recently nomi nated as a participant in the Paci fic Regional conference, which is composed chiefly of experts in the field of religion and higher educa tion. Should he be elected to the pas torship in Columbus his position at Westminster will be filled through the work of the Westmin ster foundation under the Presby terian board of education. Man Almost Frozen To Death in Honolulu HONOLULU, March 31—(AP) —Gordon Morgan, negro who was born amid sun-warmed cotton and watermelon fields of Louisiana, nearly froze to death in Honolulu. Other persons in Honolulu didn’t notice the cold. For two hours yesterday Mor gan was trapped in the ice box on the freighter Maliko, of which he is cook. The temperature was 16 degrees below freezing. Beer and Bonds Urged by Smith Hits Government Program As ‘Indifferent’ NEW YORK, March 31.—(AP) —Former Governor Alfred E. Smith called for four per cent beer and prosperity bonds to relieve the country’s economic ills tonight. He said he spoke as a “citizen once honored with the nomination for the presidency of the United States.” Smith advanced a six-point tax program calculated to balance the federal budget and chided the gov ernment for what he termed an in difference toward unemployment. “They seem to regard it,” he said, “as something that is just too bad and cannot be helped." Smith, speaking over the radio, ; said his program would serve the dual purpose of relieving unem ployment and balancing the bud get/ He suggested an issue of pros perity bonds “just as we issued liberty bonds during the World war,” to foster an expanded public works construction program. Northwest Gamma Phi Betas To Gather Here The annual conference of pro vince six division of Gamma Phi Beta will be held today and tomor row at the Oregon chapter house, with delegates from Oregon State, Idaho, British Columbia, Washing ton, and various alumnae chapters attending. Mrs. Millicent Lees Hoffman of Minneapolis, grand president of the sorority, will be present for the conference. Lucille Kraus is chairman in charge of the occa sion. Ten Nominees InRunningFor AWS Positions Louise Weber Is Sole Prexy Prospect Initial Meeting of Term Is Devoted to Naming Of Candidates NOMINEES FOR A. \V. S. OFFICES President— Louise Webber Vice President— Louise Ansley Betty Anne Macduff Secretary— Caroline Card Owen Elsetnore Treasurer— Laura Drury Mae Masterton Sergeant-at-arms— Roberta Bequeaith Elizabeth Bendstrop Reporter— Ruth McClain Ten women were nominated for Associated Women Students of fices at the first spring term mass meeting yesterday afternoon. Louise Webber, who has headed the Peter’s Lodge committee and has taken an active part in the A. W. S. council work this year, was nominated as the only candi date for the office of president. For vice president, Louise Ans ley, chairman of foreign scholar activities, and Betty Anne Mac duff, chairman of the big sister program, are the candidates. Running for secretary of the as sociation are Caroline Card and Gwendolyn Elsemore, both sopho mores on the campus. The com peting candidates for the office of sergeant-at-arms are Roberta Be queaith and Elizabeth Bendstrop. Ruth McClain is the single nomi nee for reporter. Elections will be held Wednes day, April 6, in front of the old library between the hours of 9 a. m. and 6 p. m. Stylish Soph Must Encourage Beard Whiskered Countenances Requisite for Dance Whiskers will be the proper adornment for all masculine soph omore faces for the next two weeks. In fact, a vigilaftce com mittee headed by Mike Mikulak has been appointed to see that sophomore beards are not removed before the evening of April 15 when they will be judged. The whisker contest officially started on registrfation day and will continue until “The Whisker ino Shuffle” 'April 15. That night a closed dance will be held by the sophomore class, probably in Co coanut Grove. Prizes will be awarded at the dance for the best beards of va rious types. John Adams has been appointed by A1 McKelligon, soph omore president, to head the com mittee in charge of the dance and contest. His assistant will be Mau rice Stauffer. Members of the vigilance com mittee are Mike Mikulak, chair man; Erwin Nilsson, Fred Hof fine, Butch Morse, A1 Hakanson. Romey DePittard, Jim Ferguson, Duane Frisbee, Jerry Gray, Bob Sleeter, Chuck Thomas, Bill Price, John Kendall, Graham West, Les Dunton, Tom Tongue, Jack Rob ertson and Lyman Wilshire. Calvin Coolidge Sued; Settles Out of Court ST. LOUIS, March 31—(AP) — An apology and a check for $2,500 received from Calvin Coolidge to day stopped a $100,000 damage suit against the former president by Lewis B. Tebbetts, St. Louis in surance man, who contended his business reputation was injured by one of Coolidge’s radio utter ances. In a radio speech last October, Former President Coolidge said: "Beware of the so-called ‘twister’ I and ‘abstractor’ or any agent who offers to save money for you by ! replacing your policy in another I company.” Tebbetts said his reputation as ; “the leading advocate in the i United States of the so-called term j life insurance policies” was in jured by the address. Library, Condon Will Be Closed at 6 p.m. Saturdays TMIE m:\in library and Condon hall reserve library will be dosed after 0 p. in. Saturday nights hereafter, according to Matthew H. Douglass, Univer sity librarian. “Use of the library on Sat urday nights was not sufficient last quarter to justify the ex pense of keeping it open, in the judgment of the library staff,” Douglass said. The revised schedule Is as follows: Monday - Thursday, 7:45 a. ni. to 10 p. m.; Friday, 7:45 a. in. to 9 p. m.; Saturday, 7:45 a. in. to 6 p. m.; and Sun day, 2 p. m. to 9 p. ill. 50 New Students Enroll for Term; Registration High Total Expected To Reach 3350 for Year, Says Office Approximately 2,250 students were registered for the spring term by last night, it was estimated by the registrar’s office. The total enrollment for the term is expect ed to reach 2,500 when all gradu ate students have registered. This does not include the medical school in Portland. Fifty students who had not been on the campus winter term have registered for this term. This number is expected to increase to a point proportionate to the num ber of new students for spring terms of former years. The belief prevalent among stu dents that there would be an un usually large number of students dropping out this term has been belied by the registration figures. The mortality rate has been about the same as in the past. It is expected that the year en rollment for the Eugene campus and the medical school of the Uni versity of Oregon will reach 3,350. This includes all students who have registered at any time dur ing the year. Parsons Reads Paper On Church and Slate “Common Needs and Common Objectives of the Church and State” was the title of a paper read yesterday by Dr. Philip A. Parsons, dean of the school of ap plied social science, at a Pacific coast regional conference on re ligious education held at the Uni versity of California at Los An geles. The purpose of the meeting cen tered on a plan for the introduction of religious education into state universities. Max Adams, University pastor and Father F. P. Leipzig, of St. Mary’s church in Eugene, also at tended from here. TARIFF FLANS DENIED j DUBLIN, March 31—(AP) — ! Sean LeMass, minister of industry and commerce, denied tonight re ! ports that the Irish Free State was about to place a 331-3 per | cent tariff on all imports of ar : tides which can be manufactured in the free state. Bust Loose Again, Reports Charley Too Bad Teddy. Trust busting is losing favor in Washington. Insurgent Senator Nye says nix on cut-throat competition. It’s always the little fellow that gets his larynx slit. Eight mil lion unemployed is too high a price for the “sanctity of indi vidual enterprise.” So up pops a bill to let the big boys go into a huddle, but make the Federal Trade com mission call the signals. With no more lOc-a-barrel oil to fight, poor old Bill Murray will have to retire to Tishamingo. Congress votes a whopping tax on stock sales. And why not—doesn’t the house always get its cut in roulette and keno? Strikes me the Wall Street tax is about three years late in arriving. Locking the barn after the horse, etc. Reflectively, W'EBFOOT CHARLEY. Trusts i House Will Act Today on New Revenue Levy $999,000,000 Sum May .Bring Battle Tax oil Stock Transactions Wins Approval as Sales Substitute WASHINGTON, March 31 — (AP)—A weary but determined House pushed the total of the new revenue bill up to $999,000,000 to day and girded itself for a final battle over taxes before final pas sage is reached tomorrow. With a united effort it approved sales tax substitutes offered by the ways and means committee amounting to $225,500,000, includ ing a levy on stock transactions, to yield $75,000,000, and making administrative changes on credits for losses in market trading to yield $100,000,000. Bill Kept Open Although leaders felt that with expected savings in government expenditures the bill would furnisl^ revenue adequate to meet an anti cipated $1,241,500,000 treasury de ficit in 1933, they kept the bill open for further amendment to meet any unexpected shortage. They awaited a revised estimate of the yield of the entire bill re quested by the ways and means committee from Secretary Mills. Savings in appropriations and post office administration changes are expected to total $272,500,000, bringing the whole to $1,271,500, 000. With this in prospect a sur plus of $30,500,000 appears in the offing. Sales Tax In Picture An effort will be made to rein state the defeated $600,000,000 manufacturers’ sales tax provision that caused the spectacular revolt in the House. Representative Johnson, Rep. South Dakota, in formed Acting Chairman Crisp of the committee he would demand a record vote on the 2.25 per cent provision. It was defeated last week 223 to 153, on a teller vote. Crisp will make an effort to have stricken from the measure the swing amendment restoring war time surtax rates on incomes in excess of $100,000. This pro vision is estimated to bring in $17,000,000 more than the commit tee’s proposal for a 40 per cent maximum on incomes over $100, 000. Excise Dates Set Through an amendment by Crisp adopted shortly before the House adjourned, all special ex cise taxes inserted as substitutes for the sales tax would become effeetive 15 days after President Hoover signs the bill and termi nate July 1, 1934. As the House adjourned Crisp said: “I see no reason now why in the world this bill cannot be dis posed of by tomorrow.” Kalin Is Winner In Essay Contest Philo Sherman Bennett Awards Made First prize of $30 in the Philo Sherman Bennett contest was awarded to Stephen Kahn yesterday for an essay on the principles of free government. Kahn is major ing in journalism and is a member of the Emerald staff. Con Hammond, senior in law, and Calvin Bryan, first year law student, were announced as rank ing second and third respectively. The contest is conducted in a number of colleges and universi ties throughout the United States, and the fund for awards was do nated by Philo Sherman Bennett, a New England businessman, in the memory of William Jennings Bryan, former secretary of state. “The State vs. Boloff” was the subject for the 1932 contest, and centered around the criminal syn dicalism law on the Oregon statute books. Judges of the essays were Dr. R. C. Clark, professor of his tory, Dean Alfred Powers of the extension division, and S. T. Allen, Eugene attorney. Professor James D. Barnett was chairman of the contest. NEW JUDGE NAMED WASHINGTON, March 31 — (AP)—President Hoover today ac cepted the resignation of Israel F. Fischer as presiding judge of the United States customs court, and named George M. Young, already a member of the court, to succeed him, effective April 1. Judge Fischer was 7 4years old upon his retirement. Oregon Still Without Head Football Coach; Practice Under Way College Students Ask Federal Quiz In Kentucky Area Eastern Delegation Protests Ejection From Coal Fields To Senate Group WASHINGTON, March 31 — (AP)—Affirming charges of a “reigft of terror and starvation" in the Kentucky coal fields, spokes men for a number of eastern col lege students ejected from that state today pressed before a group of senators a plea for a federal in vestigation. As an answer to their declara tion they had been prevented by force from making the inquiry they set out for, Senator Logan (D., Ky.), told them he had been advised that any college which de sired could send students into Kentucky to investigate. Rob Hall of Columbia university, leader of the students, headed the delegation that appeared before the senators, including Costigan (D., Colo.), co-author with Cutting (R., N. M.), of a resolution for a senatorial inquiry, and Copeland (D., N. Y.). Shanghai Peace Plans Threatened By Civil Outbreak Chinese Thugs Attack Jap In French Settlement; Protest Registered SHANGHAI, March 31— (AP)— Ill-feeling between Chinese and Japanese civilians, stirred by an attack of Chinese ruffians on a Japanese man in the heart of the international settlement, threat ened further trouble for the peace negotiations here today just as they made definite progress. The Japanese was seriously in jured by the Chinese' crowd that set upon him. Apparently <mly a quick rescue by the French police saved him from death. Japanese planned to protest the attack to the French authorities, under whose jurisdiction it oc curred, urging precautions against a recurrence. A breakdown of the peace par leys, expected in some quarters, over the major issue of withdrawal of Japanese troops from the Shanghai area had been averted. But the delegates still had many questions to decide before com plete harmony could be reached. Mutual concessions were made today before the conference ad journed until Saturday, giving the delegates time to refer the diffi culties to their home governments. It was agreed on both sides the Chinese forces would remain in their present positions. The Jap anese agreed to withdraw into four separated districts. CHINESE NEAR OBJECTIVE ON MANCHURIAN FRONT HARBIN, Manchuria, March 31. (AP) — Chinese irregulars are within 30 miles of their objective, Changchun, the new Manchurian capitol, it was learned today, while farther north in Kirin province, the irregulars were fighting Japan ese around Hailin. The Rengo (Japanese) news (Continued on l'age Two) New Mentor May Be Named Today O'Brien Directs Training; Kitzmiller Returns To Assist in Work O’BRIEN CALLS FOR CANDIDATES Jack O’Brien, acting head football coach, yesterday Issued a call for all candidates for spring football practice! He nants all freshmen and varsity prospects to report to him at McArthur court this afternoon. Practice is from 3 to 5. By THORNTON SHAW Another day has passed and the University is still without a foot ball coach to succeed Dr. Clarence W. Spears, who John Kitzmiller leu mis ween 10 accept a similar position at the Univer sity of Wisconsin. Despite the lack of a coach, however, spring football practice got off to a good start yesterday ifternoon with Jack O'Brien, as sistant coach, in charge. Assisting him were lrv Schulz, 1931 captain; Bill Morgan, captain-elect; Johnny Kitzmiller, the “Flying Dutchman” of the 1930 squad; and Gene Shields, line coach. While the loss of Doc Spears is regarded as a hard blow to the University, the slogan on the cam pus is "carry on,” and the lumin aries of last year’s freshman and varsity elevens are giving their full cooperation to the coaching staff to accomplish this end. Rumors regarding Spears’ suc cessor were numerous on the cam pus yesterday, but as yet the sit uation is indefinite. It is possible that a new coach may be named at a meeting of the executive council scheduled for tonight. Several Men Mentioned As yet there has been no indi cation on the part of the adminis tration whether an outside man or a member of the present coaching staff will be chosen. Names of several national football figures have been mentioned as possibili ties, while a good many believe that the new coach will be from the present staff. The names of Bill Reinhart, bas ketball and baseball coach, and Prince Callison, freshman mentor, have played a prominent part in the discussion. Meetings of the athletic com mittee and the executive council Wednesday resulted chiefly in con demnation of Spears’ action • in leaving without obtaining a release from his contract, which had three years more to run, and of the ac tion of the Wisconsin authorities in negotiating with and hiring a coach who was under contract. I Following the council meeting, which lasted for some time, Brian Mimnaugh, president of the Asso ciated Students, issueit the follow ing statement setting forth the stand of the student body: “The Associated Students of the University of Oregon regret that Dr. Spears has seen fit to break his contract with them without first asking to be released from it. “It also considers the action of (Continued on Page Two) Brockman, Halbert To Give Opening Musical Program The series of spring term re citals, usually considered the best Of the year, will be opened in auspicious fashion at 8 o’clock next Tuesday evening at the music auditorium. Rex Underwood will present Frances Brockman and Howard Halbert in joint violin recital. The program is attracting wide inter est because of the success these two students enjoyed w'hen they appeared as soloists with the Uni ! versity Symphony orchestra in its winter term concert. Both Miss Brockman and Hal bert are ranked among the best young violinists of the Northwest. Miss Brockman won first prize in her division of the state contest last year, and Hilbert competed in the finals of the national young artists’ contest at San Francisco last summer, after he had won first honors in the Northwest dis trict competition. Tuesday’s program will be a prelude to a joint recital the same students will present in Portland on the evening of April 9. They are to appear under the auspices of the Oregon Federation of Music Clubs. Miss Brockman will play two concertos, a Mozart and a Vieux temps, and three shorter numbers. Halbert will present Lalo’s “Sym phonie Espagnole,” Wieniawski’3 "Airs Russe” and a Tartini sonata. Mrs. Rex Underwood will be at the piano.