VOLUME XXXIV _ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1933 NUMBER 57
Vandals Again
EmbarrassOur
- Lads, 40 To 30
Oregon Loses 6th Game
In Succession
CENTERS IN SCRAP
Cap Roberts Gives Idaho Giant
Bloody Nose; Webfoots Mad;
Home Crowd Booes
Stop! Stop!
W. L. Pet.
Washington . 5 1 .833
Oregon State . 5 3 .725
Washington State .. 4 3 .571
Idaho . 3 5 .429
Oregon . 0 0 .000
By HUGH ELDRIDGE
. MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 25 —
(Special) — Idaho’s bloodthirsty
Vandals outroughed the Univer
sity of Oregon tonight to win the
second game of the serier, 40 to
31. A total of 27 fouls were
called by Referee Gale Mix and
plenty more were overlooked.
Little Pete Wicks again starred
for the Vandals, scoring 15 points.
Cap Roberts was checked very
closely by Lacy, Vandal guard,
and was held to two field goals.
Both Roberts and Kermit Ste
vens, Webfoot forward, were put
out on fouls early in the second
half.
Bill Reinhart used every man on
the squad in every possible com
bination in an effort to give the
Oregonians their first conference
win.
A Right to the Nose!
Idaho scored eight points before
Oregon found the basket. Gib
Olinger, Stevens and Roberts fin
ally got going and a basket by
Watts put Oregon in the lead, 11
\ to 10. The score was tied at 12
and 16 points, but the Vandals
pulled out in front 22 to 20 at the
half as Jack Robertson sank a
short goal at the gun.
Wicks scored five goal shots and
one field goal at the start of the
second period to put Idaho ahead.
Then Roberts floored Grenier,
towering Idaho center, and put
him out of the game with a bloody
nose. Barrett, Idaho’s eagle eye
forward, was put out along with
Roberts at this time with four per
sonal fouls.
W'icks Delivers the Mail
Wicks again came to the front
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Contest Entrants
To Meet Chairman
All persons interested in enter
ing the Warner Essay contest are
to meet Harold J. Noble, chair
man of the contest, at 4 o’clock
_ this afternoon in room 1, Johnson
hall, at which time the rules and
all necessary information will be
given out.
Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner is
offering prizes for essays dealing
with the life and problems of the
Pacific area with view to promot
ing a better understanding be
tween Americans and Orientals.
To be eligible, contestants must
have taken one classroom course
dealing with the history, economic
and social problems, or interna
tional relations of countries of the
Far East. The essays are to be
five thousand words in length.
The last date for submission of
the essays will be April. 7, 1933.
The prizes offered to American
students are: first, $250; and sec
ond, $50; and to foreign students,
first, $50;'and second, $25. The
essay committee is composed of
Harold J. Noble, chairman; S. H.
Jameson, and Victor P. Morris.
Nelson Calls for
Se nior Activity
Oregana Cards
rpHELMA NELSON, in charge
of the senior section of the
Oregana, requests that the
seniors who have not already
filled out their senior activity
cards do so at once.
This will aid in the composi
tion of the Oregana materially,
as any delay in filling out the
senior section automatically
slows up the issuance of the
annual.
These cards are to be filled
out and handed in at the win
dow in the Co-op not later than
Friday. They may be obtained
at all living organizations, or at
the Co-op.
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An insufficiency of money in Yellow Springs, Ohio, home of Antioch college, underlies the commun
ity’s partial return to first principles in carrying on its business. Through the Yellow Springs ex
change, farmers market their products and receive payment in scrip. The leader of the exchange is
Arthur E. Morgan, president of Antioch college. ,
London Players
To Present Plays
In Portland Soon
Company To Appear Three Times;
• Sherwood and Shaw Are
Represented
Maurice Colburne, Barry Jones
and their company of London
players will be in Portland this
evening from Seattle, and will
maka three appearances in the
Portland auditorium. Tonight they
will present “The Queen's Hus
band,’’ and ''Too True To Be Good”
Friday afternoon and evening.
The company has had four
crowded weeks in San Francisco
and has been playing in Seattle
for the last two days. The Port
land engagement will consist of a
two-play repertoire of Robert E.
Sherwood and Bernard Shaw.
As an aid to acoustics, W. B.
McCurdy, who has been making
local arrangements for the produc
tion, has arranged to "have the bal
cony of the auditorium screened
off. Only the main floor and dress
circle will be used, making about
1900 seats available.
The advance ticket sale is re
ported as unusually heavy.
French Honorary
Initiates Thirteen
Pi Delta Phi, national French
honorary, initiated 13 students and
one instructor to membership last
night at Alumni hall.
The new members are: Cather
ine Adams, Lucile Coate, Lowell
B. Ellis, Clyde Dodge, Elinor
Fitch, Betty Harcombe, Robert
Hardy, Louise Marvin, Andrew
Mathews, Daphne Matthews, Fred
Radtke, Ruth Smith, Margaret
Wagner, and Juan B. Rael, instruc
tor in Romance languages.
Following the initiations, Dr.
Ray P. Bowen, head of Romance
languages, reviewed a book on con
temporary affairs and conditions
of European countries compared
with those in the United States.
He said, “Of major countries,
France is in the best condition.”
Juniors Will Vote
At Vi I lard Tonight
On Shine Question
rpHE JUNIOR class will hold
a meeting this evening at
7:30 o’clock in Villard hall to
decide whether the Junior Shine
day will be continued this year,
it was announced by Neal
Bush, president. Should the
class vote to follow the prece
dent a chairman will be select
ed and announced in a few
days, Bush stated.
A proposal to establish a
junior council, to consider class
problems and appointments to
class activities, will also be
made. Full details will be ex
plained at the meeting.
Noted Scientist
Cancels Speech
At UCLA Campus
Einstein Withdraws Slated Talk;
Alleged “Red” Meeting Is
Ordered Investigated
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25—(Spe
cial)—An alleged “Red” meeting
on the U. C. L. A. campus was
ordered investigated immediately
by Captain William Hynes of the
Los Angeles “Red Squad.” Dr.
Albert Einstein, noted scientist,
had been scheduled to speak, but
withdrew at the last moment.
Captain Hynes said he will ask
university regents to determine
why several persons he termed
“known radicals” were permitted
on the campus. Some of the
speakers Captain Hynes termed
as “radicals” included Upton Sin
, clair, famous socialist author, and
Loren Miller, negro who has just
returned from Russia.
Dr. Einstein, now in Pasadena
conducting scientific experiments,
was scheduled to address the meet
ing Sunday night on world peace,
but withdrew declaring he pre
ferred to deliver the speech over
a radio net-work.
Spanish Officials Draw High
Praise From U.O. Professor
By ED STANLEY
Manuel Azana, premier, and
other officials now in power in the
Spanish republic, are regarded
highly by Professor Anna M.
Thompson of the Romance langu
age department, because, she said,
i they are men of tested honor,
capable, educated, and stand high
in literary and educational fields.
Azana has had a great deal of
I experience in public office, and
was ih the department of war
from early youth. After King Al
fonso's fall in 1931, Azana became
minister of war, winning fame
owing to his rapid action in reduc
ing Spanish armament expendi
j ture. The premier holds a doctor
of laws degree, having once been
a lecturer at the University of
Madrid. Besides being a success
' ful writer, he is a convincing
speaker. His style of oratory is
plain, clear, forceful, and carries
his audience.
“Do you think King Alfonso will
ever return to Spain as a mon
arch?” was the question asked of
Miss Thompson.
hours later the king and his fam
ily had left the country. On the
following day a statement was
issued in his name that he re
nounced none of his rights, but
left the country to avoid blood
shed.
The people in power at the pres
ent time are Republicans and
Socialists. There are many differ
ences between the various political
parties, but they have a definite
objective, while their program is
carried on point by point. Schools,
now under the state, have been
strengthened, and more money is
being spent for education than
during the monarchy. With their
new agrarian policy land that had
never been tilled, and used only
as hunting grounds for the nobil
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H. G. Townsend
To Attend Meet
January 28, 29
Professor Will Present Question of
.Publishing Modern Biography
Of Philosophy Before Group
Dr. H. G. Townsend of the phil
osophy department of the Univer
sity of Oregon will represent the
United States Philosophical asso
ciation at a meeting of the Council
of Learned Societies scheduled to
be held in Philadelphia on Janu
ary 28 and 29.
He will present the question ol
the publishing of bibliography ol
modern philosophy at the conven
tion.
Dr. Townsend is secretary of the
Philosophical Association of the
Pacific Coast as well as secretary
of the national association. It is
in his official capacity as secre
tary that he becomes the repre
sentative of the association of the
Council of Learned Societies
whose various publications are
supported by the Carnegie foun
dation.
In the summer of 1930, Dr
Townsend represented the Philo
sopnical foundation of this coun
try at a meeting of the interna
tional association in London. At
that meeting he delivered a papet
on Jonathan Edwards.
Miss E. Mehlman
Will Give Speech
Miss Elsa Mehlmann, who has
had extensive educational experi
ences both in Russia and the
United States, will speak at 8:0C
tonight at the meeting of Omega
Delta Pi, undergraduate educa
tional club on the "Education ir
Russia.”
Miss Mehlmann was superinten
dent of English in Oakland techni
cal high school for 10 years, aftei
which she went to Russia where
she spent two years organizing ar
educational system in the Kuybas
colony in Siberia. Later she was
four years superintendent of sec
ondary education in the Univer
sity of Moscow, where she was a
teacher of English literature.
Miss Mehlmann spoke recently
at the Congregational church
where her talk roused the ire ol
the D. A. R.
The club will meet in the leagu<
room on the third floor of Geriin
ger hall. Following the speech
some musical numbers will be pre
sented.
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Extra Charges j
Forbidden For
Games In State
University of Florida
Has Unique Ruling
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COSTS CUT DOWN
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Similar Provision in A. S. U. O. j
Laws Would Lc! Students in
Free to Portland Tilts
(Editor's vote: Recently the Emerald
proposed a general plun for the re.organi
Ziff ion of Oregon's student government,
tin main features of which would be a
•scultii legislative b*>dy and an advisory \
student parliament. In the following story
Mr. I’rescott tells how a system simiar to
that whith Hie Eon raid suggests has beer
’Hangunited, successfully at one of the na
tion's leading colleges.)
Ey JULIAN PRESCOTT
From the University of Florida
comes a new wrinkle in student
government. It is a constitutional
provision that students are not to
be charged extra for university
athletic events away from the
campus, but within the state of
Florida.
This provision was made to pro
tect the students from having to
buy additional tickets for football
games in Jacksonville, 70 miles
from Gainesville, where the uni
versity is located. Such a provi
sion in the A. S. U. O. constitu
tion would stop the charges to
students for games in Portland
and Corvallis in which Oregon
teams participated.
Tickets Are Issued
The student body constitution
says: “Provided that on the pay
ment of this fund (raised by stu
dent fees), the athletic department
shall issue to each and every stu
dent of the university a book of
tickets which shall entitle the
holder thereof to admission, with
out any additional charge, to any
athletic event in the state of Flor
ida participated in by representa
tives of the University of Florida,
including varsity, freshman, or
other representative.”
To put teeth in this provision,
it is further provided that should
an additional charge be made and
a refund refused, the appropria
tion to the athletic association
from student body fees shall be
cancelled. The association is per
mitted to charge additional
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Normal Schools
Face Severe Cut
In Management
Woodward, Member of State Ways
And Means Sub-Committee
To Back Action
SALEM, Jan. 5.—(Special)—A
serious cut in the number and ad
ministration of the state normal
schools was threatened here last
night, when William F. Woodward,
member of the state ways and
means sub-committee on higher
education, told a hearing of the
committee that he would back ac
tion to cut down the number of
normal schools in the state.
Senator Woodward, who is from
Multnomah county, also stated
that in his belief this was the at
titude of the state board of higher
education. E. C. Sammons, Port
land, represented the board at the
hearing.
The sub-committee has, as yet,
made no report to the main com
mittee and it is doubted whether
such a report can be in by tonight.
Woodward’s statement came as
the termination of an address, de
ploring the exertion of pressure
from normal school interests on
members of the legislature. He
said that the situation was in such
a condition that he, personally,
would be in favor of giving author
ity to the state board of higher
education to reduce the number of
them.
Cosmopolitan club and Interna
tional Relations club will attend
forum on Philippine independence
at 110 Johnson tonight at 8
o’clock.
Studio players this afternoon at
2:30 in Guild theatre. Everyone
invited. No admission.
The International Relations club
and the Cosmopolitan club will
hold a joint meeting in 110 John
son tonight at 8 o’clock.
Christian Science organisation
will hold its regular Thursday
meeting tonight at 7:30 at Y. W.
C. A. bungalow.
Polly’s frosh discussion group
will meet at the “Y” bungalow at
2 o’clock today.
There will be no Thespian meet
ing tonight.
Junior class meeting this eve
ning at 7:30 o'clock in Villard
hall. Important meeting, every
one be there.
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Depleted Finances Cause
Imminent Crisi Tn State’s
Higher Eduea .: nal System
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Fate Of Oregon
Schools Rests j
In Uncertainty!
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Higher Education Board i
Fears More Economy
SALARIES REDUCED
Further Cuts Would Mean Disaster
For University of Oregon,
Says E. C. Sammons
The fate of higher education in
Oregon at present hangs in the
balance.
The situation as it now stands
is as follows: the board of higher
education has made all cuts that
it deems possible without destroy
ing the efficiency and without
bringing disastrous results to the
institutions of higher learning.
This sentiment was expressed by
the board at a meeting Monday in
Portland.
It now fears that the public will
demand further economy measures
which can not be made without se
riously crippling the schools, and
in some cases where cuts have
been made to bed rock, without
entirely ruing them.
Salaries Are Reduced
“The- University of Oregon felt
the direct effects of the cuts when
faculty salaries were slashed and
the personnel cut.
E. C. Sammons, chairman of the
board’s finance committee, stated:
“It will be unfair for the legis
lature to ask us to cut on the same
proportion with state institutions
that have not yet made any cuts
at all. In fact, further cuts would
tear down the educational institu
tions—maybe wreck them. Addi
tional cuts would put them down
where it would take 15 years to
bring them back.
"We’ve already done our part.
It’ll be the responsibility of the
people themselves if further slash
es tear down the educational in
stitutions.’’
Kerr Cites Economies
Chancellor W. J. Kerr recalled
to the board that the main sources
of expenditures had already been
cut, namely: equipment, buildings,
building improvements and the
like. Every possible reduction had
been made. A 5 to 15 per cent
cut on faculty salaries and the re
lease of 80 members of the per
sonnel have been ordered. In ad
dition, the board of higher educa
tion cut another $830,000 from ex
penses to balance the 1933-34 bud
get. This means that 120 more
faculty members will be released
by July 1, 1934, together with
greater salary cuts for those still
employed.
Rigorous economy measures
have been introduced in all the
schools of the state. Contracts for
supplies and equipment have been
made to surprisingly low bidders.
The chancellor pointed out to the
committee that there was no possi
bility of cutting expenses on such
items as water, lighting, telephone
service and the like.
“As long as the institutions are
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Represents 1 ard
■min—imi-imrinm. .—*
E. C. Sammons of Portland,
chairman of the finance commit
tee of the state hoard of higher
education, who represented the
hoard before the ways and means
committee of the state legislature.
Mr. Summons urged that the
committee consider seriously be
fore recommending further reduc-,
tions in higher education.
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Finances Demand
Shifting of School
Office to Corvallis
Efficiency and Economy Arc Basis
For Change of Location;
To Take Effect at Once
Moving of the central business
office of the state board of higher
education from Salem to Corvallis
in the near future is not expected
to alter the present local organi
zations at either Eugene or Cor
vallis, it was announced here by
officials of the system. Estab
lishment of the central office at
Corvallis, where 55 per cent of the
business of the institutions orig
inates, will make for greater econ
omy in the operation of this divi
sion, but in no way will local cam
pus work be duplicated, it was
pointed out.
Establishment of the business
office at Corvallis completes the
organization of the present sys
tem. At Eugene will be the office
of the chancellor, director of dor
mitories, the division of informa
tion headquarters, and the Univer
sity statistician's offices. The su
pervisor of the business office, Dr.
H. V. Hoyt, dean of the school of
business administration, will re
main in Eugene, and will serve as
coordinating officer between the
business office and the chancel
lor’s office. The director of li
braries will remain in Corvallis.
J. O. Lindstrom will remain in
Eugene as acting manager for the
business office here. Richard Col
lins, statistician, who has been
stationed in Salem, will be located
in this city, where his records will
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Survey Of Singers Reveals
Wide Range Of Occupations
The butcher, the baker, the can
dlestick-maker . . . doctor, lawyer,
merchant, chief . . . Those are the
traditional types of business men.
But the categoryies have to be
considerably extended before they
will take In all 75 members of the
Eugene Gleemen, civic male cho
rus, which is to present its annual
winter concert at McArthur court
next Sunday afternoon.
A survey made yesterday of the
occupations of the Gleemen dis
closed the cross-section of the com
I munity which they represent. The
jobs range from those of typewrit
i er mechanics to bankers, and from
! railway engineers to newspaper ed
itors.
Other positions filled by civic
i singers in their search for the
daily bread and butter et al, are:
restaurant management, insurance,
| hotel clerking, accountants, polic
j ing, cleaning and dyeing, building
contracting, surgery and medicine,
real estate, musical supplies, sign
painting, decorating, haberdashery
and women’s ready-to-wear, edu
cation, postal service . . . and
studying.
For among the few students who
are numbered among the Gleemen
there are three who will be feat
ured soloists in Sunday’s concert.
George Bishop will sing a group of
three baritone solos; Donald Eva
will carry the tenor role in Mr.
Evans’ arrangement of Schubert’s
“Ave Maria’’; and Howard Hal
bert willa ppear as violin soloist in
the Mendelssohn concerto.
The advance ticket sale for the
Gleemen concert indicates a large
attendance, but University stu
dents will not have to worry
about getting their tickets early,
for they will be admitted without
charge upon presentation of their
student body cards at the door.
The A. S. U. O. is managing the
concert for the Gleemen.
Board Desires
A Definite Plan
Of Budget Slash
Finances Arc Not Unfair,
Says Group Chairman
DRASTIC CUTS MADE
Kerr Reduces Salaries, Eliminates
Instructors During Year
Just Concluded
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 25—(Spe
cial > E. C. Sammons of Portland,
chairman of the finance commit
tee of the state board of higher
education, yesterday told members
of the ways and means committee
of the legislature today that if it
is necessary to further reduce ap
propriations for higher education,
that it should be pointed out defi
nitely what departments are to be
eliminated.
"We have brought you what we
considered a fair and reasonable
budget for the ensuing biennium,”
Sammons declared, "and if there
are to be any drastic reductions
the legislature should assume the
responsibility. You should inform
the board whether it should close
the University medical school in
Portland, consolidate the state
normal schools, or what other acti
vities you desire eliminated from
the higher educational system.”
Board Works Hard
I 'Sammons said the bodrd, of
higher education had exercised
every effort to conserve its funds,
and that this retrenchment pro
gram would continue.
W. J. Kerr, chancellor of Ore
gon’s higher educational system,
presented figures to show that
the board already had been com
pelled to reduce its costs in excess
of 32 per cent and that 80 in
structors had been released under
the economy program. He said
that 120 other instructors would
be eliminated when the contracts
for the current year expire. „
Dr. Kerr estimated that the
board was now faced with mak
ing reductions of $830,000 in order
to balance the budget for the bi
ennium. He declared this was
necessary because of reduced stu
dent fees and a falling off in other
receipts. Kerr said that approxi
mately $323,000 of this amount
would be provided through a re
duction of salaries ranging from
9 to 27 per cent.
Some Activities Would Go
The chancellor presented these
figures after members of the
committee had indicated that it
might be necessary to divert 25
per cent of the higher educational
millage tax (within the 6 per cent
limitation) to the general fund.
This would aggregate approxi
mately $600,000. Kerr declared
that in case this action was taken
by the committee, the board would
be confronted with the impossible
task of reducing its costs in ex
cess of $1,000,000 during the bi
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Oregana Wants
Senior Apollos
And Venuses
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WfHO IS the best looking
** senior man, and who is
the most beautiful senior co-ed
on the campus?
This question, which has long
been up for discussion among
the would-be Apollos and Ven
uses at the University, will be
made known to all when the
1933 Oregana comes off the
press in May.
The contest, sponsored by the
Oregana, is scheduled to start
before the end of the term.
Each fraternity and sorority
will select its candidate for the
handsomest man or the most
beautiful girl, respectively, and
the pictures of those chosen
will then be sent to Quincy
Scott, cartoonist of the Morn
ing Oregonian, who will be the
, final judge as to the winners.
The pictures of the handsome
pair will appear in the Oregana
with the details of the contest.