Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXXIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1933 NUMBER 49
Tiny ‘Emerald’ Is
Authorized by
ASUO Officials
Miniature Edition Printed
To Satisfy Demands of
Constitution
Ey JULIAN PRESCOTT
Expenditure of 20 whole dollars
for publication of this issue of the
Oregon Daily Emerald was auth
orized yesterday afternoon by
Thomas Stoddard, assistant grad
uate manager. The decision came
after it had been ruled by the ju
diciary committee that the four
day paper was unconstitutional.
The ruling was in response to a
request from the editor of the Em
erald for an interpretation of the
A. S. U. O. charter and by-laws.
Tuesday the Emerald again will be
issued in its regular form.
Late in the afternoon the news
and advertising staffs swung into
action, several hours behind their
usual schedule because of the un
certainty of publication. By 6
o’clock the news staff had about
filled the paper.
Less Columns Than Ever
However, the graduate mana
ger’s office and the business man
ager of the Emerald did not pro
vide sufficient funds for the pub
lication of a standard sized paper.
Therefore, it was necessary for the
editor and managing-editor to de
velop an abbreviated edition that
could be published on the meager
allowance. This is the first time
that the Emerald has appeared
with less than the standard eight
columns since the spring of 1929.
That year, the paper was in
creased to eight columns from sev
en. In 1924 the size was increased
from six to seven columns. The
Emerald has been a daily paper
since 1920, when, by a vote of the
student body, it was put on a five
day week basis.
The opinion of the judiciary
committee as to interpretation of
article VI, section 1 of the by
laws of the A. S. U. O. reads:
“It is our opinion that the word
‘daily’ as used in the by-laws of
the Associated Students of the
University of Oregon in the fol
lowing context: . . . must be inter
preted to mean a paper which is
published on not less than five
days of each week.’’
Decision Is Authoritative
Members signing the opinion
were Orlando John Hollis, profes
sor of law and representative of
Dean Morse; Virgil D. Earl, dean
of men, and Earl M. Pallett, exec
utive secretary.
The interpretation had been re
quested by the editor of the Em
erald last week. Because of illness
of Dean Morse and extensive read
ing necessary to determine what
was the most accepted interpreta
tion of the word “daily” with re
spect to college papers and those
not on a seven-day basis, the opin
ion was not received until yester
day.
Itae in Portland
Arne G. Rae, assistant profes
sor of journalism, has gone to
Portland to attend to the affairs
of the State Editorial association,
of which he is field manager.
Perhaps the Student Body Head
Can Reply to These Questions
(EDITORIAL)
rj»HE president of the student body has said the executive council
did not order the Emerald cut to four issues a week. That is
very fine, but can he answer these questions:
Why was it necessary for the editorial heads of the Emerald
to ask the permission of the graduate manager’s office and the
business manager of the Emerald to permit an edition to be pub
lished this morning?
Why did the graduate manager's office and the business man
ager of the Emerald authorize only sufficient funds to publish the
pathetically small edition which you have before you?
If the executive council did not order the Emerald reduced, why
is this Lilliputian edition issued this morning?
Certainly the editorial staff of the Emerald did not, seek any
issue such as this. Who, then, ordered it? We hope the student
body president can answer these questions, inasmuch as he says
the Emerald was not reduced by order of the executive council.
His answers will be interesting.
The Emerald reiterates at this time:
If a motion is brought before the student body, in the due
legal channels, to cut the Emerald, we will support it, provided we
feel such action is absolutely necessary financially.
• Until the students themselves vote an amendment to the con
stitution, the Emerald will continue to ask for five issues a week,
and will request that each issue be regular size, eight-columns in
width.
Today Is Closing Date
For Oregana Photos
Today is absolutely the final day
for students to have Oregana pic
tures taken, was the announce
ment made by Virginia Wentz, edi
itor of the publication, last night.
Anyone who has failed to do so
should go to Kennell-Ellis studio
for photographs, otherwise they
will not be in the Oregana, the edi
tor said.
Five Law Students
Pledged to Honorary
Phi Delta Phi, national law hon
orary, pledged five students yes
terday, it was announced by Otto
Frohnmayer, president of the or
ganization, following a meeting.
The pledges are Kenneth Proc
tor, third year In law, Eugene;
Carl Coad, second year, Cove;
Carl Davidson, second year, Ver
nonia; James Landye, second year,
Portland, and Robert Hunter, first
year, Portland.
Initiations will be held February
12 at the Lane county court house,
Frohnmayer stated, but no further
plans will be made until Dean
Wayne L. Morse, who is ill, returns
to take charge.
Exams lo Be Given
English and philosophy examin
ations are to be given Monday and
Tuesday of next week.
The psychology examination will
be given in 101 Condon at 4 o’clock
on Monday, January 16, and the
English examinations will be given
in room 101 Villard at 4 o’clock
on Tuesday, January 16.
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What Is a Daily? By KEN FERGUSON j
Status of Military
Ball Still Uruiecu
No action was taken yestf ®
by Scabbard and Blade, na'
honorary military society, t>
abandoning the traditional
tary ball.
Officers had previousl
nounced that the orgain~*
might decide at yesterday's meet
ing to discontinue the formal func
tion and substitute a formal ban
quet.
Admen All Ready
For Krawl Tonight
Reservations Available at
Co-op, College Side
With final plans complete, doors
of the Campa Shoppe will open
this evening at 9 p. m. for the an
nual Krazy Kopy Krawl, spon
sored by Alpha Delta Sigma, na
tional professional advertising fra
ternity.
Anyone who has not made res
ervations is urged to do so imme
diately getting in contact with
house representatives, at the Col
lege Side, or the Co-op. Individual
or group tables may be reserved.
House representatives selling 10 or
more tickets to the Krawl will' re
ceive a free pass. The price of ad
mission is 99 cents per couple, a
reduction over last year’s price of
$1.48.
Feature entertainments on the
program will include an interpre
tation of the Hauli Hula by Eliza
beth Robertson; Louise Marvin, In
a tap dance skit; Hal Hatton, in a
new idea; and a surprice act.
Francis Mullins will act as master
of ceremonies.
Patrons and patronesses include
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. G. Thacher,
Mr. and Mrs. Arne Rae, Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Thunemann, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Jones, Dr. and Mrs. C.
L. Schwering, and Mrs. Alice B.
Macduff.
Services for Ruth
Dupuis 10:30 Today
The funeral of Miss Ruth Du
puis, who died Wednesday of pneu
monia, will be held today at 10:30
a. m. from the Veatch Marion Fu
neral Home, 1009 Pearl street. In
terment will be in Hope Abbey
mausoleum. Rev. Clay E. Palmer
will officiate.
Miss Dupuis was active on the
campus, being a member of both
the Emerald and Oregana staffs.
She was vice-president of Zeta Tau
Alpha, and a sophomore in jour
nalism.
Pi Sigma Honorary
Initiates Six Students
Six pledges became members of
Pi Sigma, national Latin honorary,
at a formal initiation held last
night in Gerlinger hall. The new
members are Laura Demsey Back,
Eugene; Elinor M. Fitch, Eugene;
Laura O. Goldsmith, Klamath
Falls; Barbara J. Payne, Portland;
Elinor Stevenson, Portland; and
Edwin A. Pitt, Eugene.
Following the initiation the new
members were guests at a winter
banquet, held at the Anchorage.
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■bfoots Take
9-24 Beating at
Bands of Cougars
.S.C. Sharpshooters Get
Off to Early Lead in
Fast Game
By BILL EBERHART
Washington State college bas
ketball team partially avenged
their three out of four defeats at
the hands of Oregon last year
when she dished out a severe 30
24 trouncing to the Webfoots in
McArthur court last night. Ore
gon went down fighting but they
couldn’t match up to the Cougars’
sharpshooting. The game was
rather slow with long shots being
the rule rather than the excep
tion.
Washington State started off
with a bang, Cross, Wills, Johnson,
and Gordon piling up nine points
before the Webfoots began to
spark. Oregon took time out and
Reinhart sent in Rotenberg for
Robertson. Red added some much
needed fire to the boys and Watts
and Roberts put Oregon in the
scoring by dropping in a couple of
cripples. The scoring then see
sawed back and forth with W. S.
C. ringing up two baskets to Ore
gon’s one, until the score at the
half was 22 to 11. Simons, Berg,
and Houghton were sent into the
tilt just before the half to give
some of the first string a longer
rest.
Regulars Leave
The nearest Oregon got to the
Cougars was in the beginning of
the second half when Roberts,
Olinger, Watts, and Simons ran
up ten points to Gordon’s and
Scott’s six, making the score 28-21'.
From there on out it was all
Washington State. When the
game ended Cap Roberts was the
only Oregon regular on the floor
and Coach Jack Friel had his en
tire second team in the game.
Wills, Washington State guard,
was very much “on” and sank four
field goals from mid-floor. Six
foot five-inch Gordon, all-confer
ence center for the Cougars, was
high point man of the game with
11 markers. The Oregon scoring
was very evenly distributed with
Roberts and Watts leading with 7
and 6, respectively.
W.S.C. Early Winner
With Cap Roberts getting the
tip-off only once during the entire
game, W. S. C. had the ball in their
possession most of the time. But
if their long shots aren't working
tonight, Oregon has a good chance
of repeating last year’s perform
ance and winning the last three
games of the series.
The two teams meet again to
night at 7:30 for Oregon’s second
conference game.
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The Weather
DAILY FORECAST: Cloudy and
unsettled, with occasional light
rain in west portion of state;
slightly warmer east portion; gen
tle to moderate variable winds
offshore, becoming southerly.
LOCAL STATISTICS: Minimum
temperature yesterday, 30 degrees.
Precipitation, .01 of an inch, Wil
lamette river, 2.4 feet. South wind.