Officials Here
Studying Other
Gym Systems
Inquiries Sent to Coast
Institutions
COMPLAINTS MANY
Charge Is Double for Equipment
By University Gymnasium
To Stop Outside Wear
By JULIAN PRESCOTT
Studies of what is being done on
other campuses in the way of put
ting penalties on loss of gymna
sium uniforms are being made by
Paul R. Washke, director of the
men’s gym, and members of the
staff. This is being done with a
view to possible reductions in the
charges made here.
, Last week, after several students
had made complaints that the
charges were excessive, the Em
erald questioned Dean John F. Bo
vard of the school of physical edu
cation, and Mr. Washke. It was
determined that the charges are
approximately double the cost of
equipment; and that they were set
at such a figure to discourage the
wearing of gym pants, shirts, and
socks for everyday use outside of
the gym.
Inquiries have been sent to sev
eral institutions on the coast
which issue equipment to all stu
dents taking gym work to deter
mine if they are faced with a sim
ilar problem of misappropriation
of equipment, and if so, what is
done to counteract it. Replies are
not expected for several days.
Other Schools Questioned
The officials queried were also
asked to tell of the experience at
their institutions with penalties.
In this way it is hoped that any
unpleasant experience might be
avoided.
Members of the gym staff con
ferred last week after Dean Bo
vard had suggested that the in
vestigation be made. Several
members believed that it would be
possible to reduce the charges
without the “misuse” habit crop
ping out again. Others expressed
the opinion that as soon as penal
ties were reduced, students would
begin wearing equipment on the
outside again. Reductions in line
wiLh the general decline in prices
could be made without danger of
a raid on gym supplies, it was felt
by some.
The system of penalties was in
stituted several years ago after
an extensive investigation showed
that a considerable number of men
were habitually wearing gym
equipment for underwear and par
ticularly for socks. These articles*
would be turned in frequently for
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Answers to Questions
To Be Given Tomorrow
Lack of space prevents the
publication of the answers to
the questions propounded yester
day by Dean Wayne L. Morse,
of the law school, in the “Ques
tionnaire” column. They will
appear tomorrow.
The answers, received last
night, occupied three closely
typewritten full pages, and
space had not been reserved on
the editorial page for so much
copy in today’s edition.
Order of O Meet
Is Scheduled for
To morrow Night
rpi-IE Order of the “O" meet
* ing scheduled for tonight
at the Phi Delt house has been
postponed until tomorrow eve
ning at 6 o’clock. The change
in time was made necessary be
cause of the “dime crawl” to
night. As announced yesterday,
the conclave will be at the Phi
Delta Theta house, and dinner
will precede the business meet
ing.
Orville “Red” Bailey, presi
dent, urges that all lettermen
be present, as matters of ex
treme importance are to be dis
cussed.
Caswell Will Oiler
First in Series of
Faculty Lectures
Talk on “New Mechanics To Be
Given in Villard Tonight;
No Admission Charge
“The New Mechanics” is the
subject of a lecture to be given by
Dr. A. E. Caswell, professor of
physics at Oregon State college,
tonight at 8 p. m. in Villard hall.
This will introduce a series of lec
tures by members of the Univer
sity faculty, one lecture to be
given each week during the rest
of this term.
Dr. Caswell was for several
years at Eugene as a physics pro
fessor, but due to the shifting of
the science schools, he was trans
ferred to Corvallis last year. His
lecture will be upon the new me
chanics of mathematical formulae,
emphasizing the quantum theory.
The lecture is free and open to
everyone. It is not, however, in
tended to be one of popular ap
peal, for it will be advanced
enough to interest the faculty and
upper-division students. On the
other hand, it will not be so tech
nical that a college student with
average intelligence and broad
general knowledge cannot get a
great deal out of it. Anyone in
terested in mathematics or science
will be especially interested.
The faculty lectures which are
to follow are: February 15, Dr.
H. H. Dixon on "Recent Develop
ments in Understanding of Per
sonality Structure”; February 23,
Dr. H. D .Sheldon on “Formative
Period of the Development of
American Universities, 1867-1893”;
March 1, Prof. Donald Erb on
"Some Proposals for Economic
Recovery”; March 8, Dr. L. S.
Cressman on “Some Anthropolo
gical Problems of the Pre-History
of the Pacific Northwest.” All
men will speak on subjects in
their own special fields of knowl
edge.
H. E. Sanford To Talk
For Marketing Class
Mr. H. E. Sanford of Portland,
assistant manager of the Farm
ers’ National Grain corporation,
will speak before the 1 o’clock
foreign trade and marketing class
this afternoon. This class has been
studying the staple commodities of
the world, one of which is wheat.
Sanford is an expert in foreign
trade and especially in the hand
ling of northwest wheat. He is
also a member of the Foreign
Trade Advisory board, which was
organized to work in conjunction
with the foreign trade division of
the business administration school.
Anyone interested in foreign
trade or commerce is cordially in
vited to attend.
Noble Advances Opinion On
Present Manchurian Crisis
By MAXIMO PULIDO
That there is a serious danger
of the present Sino-Japanese con
' flict developing into a first class
war is the opinion advanced by Dr.
Harold J. Noble of the history de
partment, when asked yesterday
to comment on the current fear of
a war in the Pacific resulting from
the developments of the Manchu
rian crisis which started on Sep
tember 18, 1931.
The United States and Russia,
he said, are too much interested
in keeping Japan from establish
ing herself as the dominant power
on the Asiatic mainland finally to
refrain from some kind of inter
vention.
Professor Noble is regarded an
authority on Far Eastern ques
tions. He himself was born in the
Orient and was there last summer
to gather first-hand information
regarding the troubles in Man
churia.
The only likelihood of securing
peace in Asia, according to Dr. No
ble, lies in Japan's retirement from
her present uncompromising posi
tion. That this is possible is shown
both by recent debates in the Jap
anese parliament, and particular
ly by the unbearable financial bur
dens on the Japanese today, he
said.
The history professor pointed
out that Japan's finance minister
has stated that the national bond
ed indebtedness during the next
fiscal year may reach 10,000,000,
; 000 yen. The interest and service
j charges on this sum would amount
to between 70 and 80 per cent of
1 the total income from taxation.
Even now interest on national
bonds is being paid by the issuance
of more bonds.
Dr. Noble explained that the
military group dominating Japan’s
government claims to be indiffer
ent to the country's fiscal woes
He added that in such a case it
might force armed conflict to es
; cape from internal unpopularity
Naturally, Russia or the United
States would be the chosen enemy
Professor Noble went on to saj
that a realistic American foreigr
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A Chancellor and His Legions
Adolf Hitler, summoned to the chancellorship by Germany’s Presi
dent Von Hindenburg, gives the Nazi salute to thousands of his fol
lowers as the swastika banners of his victorious army fly high in the
fatherland.
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I
Oregana Pleads
For Poems from
Campus Writers
JT SEEMS it’s this way. . . .
-*■ The Oregana is, despite the
depression, having a literary
section and is sadly in need of
poetical masteipieces from the a
pens of the students.
If there be among the would- ^
be-literati of the campus, any
one who have verse they deem ^
qf sufficient merit to publish in c
the yearbook, they are request- g
ed, begged, and entreated to g
bring it to the Oregana office t
on or before Friday of this j t
week. ; v
Join the “I-had-a-poem-pub
lished-in-the-Oregana” club and n
contribute. No dues will be col- a
lected.
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« £
Music Honorary t
Hears Instructor s
_ s
Members of Phi Beta, women’s *
7.
national professional fraternity of c
music and drama, were enter- i]
tained by a talk on ‘‘The life and
teachings of Seschetizsky,” given 1
by Jane Thacher, of the Univer- P
sity school of music faculty, at 7 a
o’clock Tuesday evening in Ger
linger hall. 1
As a young girl in Vienna, Mrs.
Thacher was one of the chosen
few of the American students who
ever got beyond Seschetizsky’s
assistants and up to the great e
master himself for instruction.
Mrs. Thacher’s talk included j *
many personal touches about this |
man who was so famous as a | *
pianist, composer, and teacher, j 1
Seschetizsky was the teacher of i 5
many of the most successful con- J r‘
cert pianists, Mark Hambourg, | *
and Paderewski being notable j
the list. I e
!-i1
Parsons Organizing
OSC Religious Group
Dr. Philip A. Parsons of the J
sociology department is on the j
Oregon State college campus to- j
day aiding in the organization of j
a committee for the study of re- £
ligiouf problems in higher educa- (
tion. Dr. Parsons, who is presi- „
dent of the Pacific coast division '
of the North American Board of
Religious Study in Higher Educa
tion, organized a similar program
at the University of Oregon a
short time ago.
He has recently made a survey
of all the state colleges and uni
versities west of the Rocky
mountains in relation to the reli- (
gious field. The results of his j
work will be used in formulating j j
programs on other campuses. t
Sergeant Conyers Now
Resides at Vancouver i
- !
Sergeant Edward Conyers, re
tired, U. S. A., a former instruc
tor in military science on the Ore- <
gon campus for many years, is i
now living in Vancouver, Washing- <
ton, according to Sergeant Agule i
| of the military staff.
Conyers is dividing his time be
tween his home in Vancouver and
his nut orchard, located in the vi
cinity of New Era, Oregon.
Jniversity To Act
As Host to Pacific
Forensic League
'natures of Conference Will Be
Coast. Championship
Speech Contests
The University of Oregon will
ct as host to the Pacific Feren
cs league for the first time in
ears when that body will gather
ere on March 3, 4, and 5.
Features of the conference will
e the Pacific coast championship
ontests in oratory, after-dinner
peeches, and extemporaneous
peeches. In addition, the debate
aurnarnent in which the cancella
on of war debts will be discussed,
'ill be held.
Round table discussions and a
leeting of forensic managers are
Iso scheduled.
Institutions in this league are
Washington State college, Stan
ard university, W'hitman college,
’niversity of Southern California,
University of Oregon, Oregon
tate college, Willamette -univer
ity, University of California at
os Angeles, University of Ari
ana, University of Idaho, Pomona
allege, and University of Wash
igton.
John L. Casteel, head of the
fniversity of Oregon forensic de
artment, is vice-president of the
ssociation.
{ids for ‘Sheepskins’
Given to Portland Co.
The board of control has award
d bids for diplomas to the Gen
ral Lithograph company of Port
ind, it was announced yesterday.
The "sheepskins” are made of
he best grade of parchment avail
ble, this being included in the
pecifications given by the board,
'his parchment must be imported
rom England.
All other work, including the
mbossing of the student’s names,
i done in Portland by the com
any getting the bid, however.
Honorary Has Meeting
A combined business and social
neeting of Alpha Kappa Delta,
onorary in sociology, was held
1st night at the home of Dr.
‘hilip A. Parsons. Alpha Kappa
)elt.a is organized for the purpose
f promoting interest in problems
f the sociological field. Zulieme
'ibbetts is president.
Evils of Court
i
System Painted
By Dean Morse
Law School Head Points
To Penal Ills
MACHINERY RAPPED
Police Cleanups Result in Harsher
Sentences, Says Speaker at
Friendly Hall Fireside
By ED STANLEY
Wayne L. Morse, dean of the
law school, pointed out that vary
ing sentences meted out for the
same crime is one of the evils of
the court system, when he dis
cussed the subject of “What Do
We Know About American Crime"
last night at the Friendly hall
fireside.
“Resentment on the part of pri
soners in penitentiaries is often
due to the fact that they have
been sentenced for longer terms
than other criminals who have
committed the same crime,” said
Dean Morse.
Under a wave of national crime
cleanup there is a tendency to give
criminals longer prison sentences,
the dean stated. In the method of
I handling criminals the system is
i primitive and rough. The psycho
logical outlook of many judges
who have puritanical views seems
to be the reason for harsher sen
tences for sex crimes than for
felony cases, Dean Morse added.
Law Falls
Many criminals within the pro
tection of the law are, in many
instances, more dangerous and
more pernicious than those persons
who are criminally inclined or who
are outside the bounds of the law',
he stated. "We must develop a
higher moral standard for our own
national preservation, and we
must improve the moral code of
„our civilization by attacking the
situation from the end of preven
tion and not punishment.”
Dean Morse mentioned that
from a total of 1,771 criminal
cases, less than 20 per cent have
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Women Debaters
To Discuss State
Medical Service
Hickson, Leonard, George, Mays,
Harriman, L. Smith, It. Smith
Will Be Speakers
Women’s debate season is now
underway, and in full force, with
one debate having been given and
a full program ahead.
The team this year consists of
Geraldine Hickson, Helen Harri
man, Pauline Georye, Louise
Smith, Jean Leonard, Frances
Mays, and Ruth Smith. The topic
for debate this year is "Resolved:
That the several states should pro
vide a plan of state medical serv
ice."
Dr. John Mueller held an inform
al discussion with the members of
the team yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of strengthening ar
guments and offering statistics.
Helen Harriman and Geraldine
Hickson opened the season by
talking before the Ladies' Aid of
the Uinted Lutheran church last
Thursday.
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 Ger
aldine Hickson and Pauline George
will speak over KORE, and Sun
day evening Jean Leonard and
Louise Smith will appear at the
; Central Lutheran church.
The teams will speak at Yoncal
| la, Oregon, on February 19, and
at the Home Science club in Eu
gene on February 20.
Campus Calendar
Studio plays will be given Thurs
lay at 3 o'clock instead of at 2:30.
Jo admission will be charged. The
days will be presented in Guild
heatre.
Wesley elub committee to plan
Mad Hatter’s” banquet will meet
onight at 9 o’clock at 613 E. 11th
ivenue.
Members of Miss Wood's food
lasses who wish to attend the
neat - cutting demonstration at
lorvallis meet at the home eco
lomics office at 5:45 p. m. today,
transportation will be provided.
Graduate council will hold it3
February meeting at 4 p. m. today
n the graduate office.
Frosh discussion group led by
Eileen Hickson and Eula Loomis
will meet at the Y. W. at 3 p. m.
today.
National Collegiate Flayers
meeting at 4 o’clock, 110 Johnson.
All members and pledges must be
there.
Grads meet at Y. W. bungalow
tonight, 9 o’clock, to discuss
schools of psychology with How
ard R. Taylor, professor in the
psychology department. Open t':
men and women.
Alpha Delta Sigma luncheon to
day noon at College Side. At
members and pledges please be
there. Important.
Crawl Will Start
At 6:30 Tonight;
Prizes Are Listed
The winter term dime crawl
is set for 6:30 to 7:30 tonight.
With two big theatre parties prom
ised to the best supporters, a large
attendance is expected, according
to Nancy Suomela, chairman. Din
ner will be set half an hour early
at living organizations on the
campus.
The women's house or dormitory
taking in ‘the most dimes will re
ceive 44 Colonial theatre passes,
and the men's organization paying
out the most dimes during the
evening will receive an equal num
ber of Fox-McDonald tickets, good
for Thursday or Friday night.
Contest winners will be announced
in Wednesday morning’s Emerald.
Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, assistant
dean of women, urged that all liv
ing organizations support the dime
crawl, as receipts are used to add
to the A.W.S. loan fund, which is
much in demand.
Bob Hall, student body presi
dent, also favored wholehearted
support of the dime crawl, saying:
"It's one place where you can have
a good time and feel that your
money is going to a worthwhile
cause."
World Problems
Talk To Be Given
On Next Tuesday
Lecture, Third of Series, Will Be
Delivered in Condon Hull
By Mujor H. It. Back
The third of a series of lectures
on current world problems spon
sored by the International house
will be given in Condon hall at 8
p. m., Tuesday, February 14, by
Major H. R. Back, of the Univer
sity R. O. T. C., who will speak
on the problems of disarmament.
In the light of current interna
tional difficulties, as well as the
expected reconvening of the dis
armament conference at Geneva, a
discussion of this topic is most
timely, according to Dr. Harold J.
Noble, president of the Interna
tional club of the University.
Major Back, who holds the posi
tion of associate professor of mili
tary science and tactics on the
University faculty, has had a dis
tinguished military career, his past
record shows. At the same time
he has retained a definite sympa
thy with an understanding of the
civilian point of view.
Major Back, a former student
at Washington State college, was
commissioned in the United States
army in 1917 and saw active ser
vice in France and Germany dur
ing 1918 and 1919. From 1927 to
1929, he was stationed with
troops in the Philippines, and from
1929 to 1931 was attached to the
command and general staff school
at Fort Leavenworth. He came to
Eugene in 1931.
Those interested are urged to
hear the lecture. A small charge
will be required for admission, the
j proceeds to go towards the upkeep
of the International house.
Technical Honorary
To Hold Joint Meeting
The Oregon State chapter of
Phi Kappa Phi, national all-col
lege honorary in technical schools,
has invited all members of Sigma
Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kap
pa Phi from Eugene to attend a
joint meeting on February 17, 8
p. m., at the Memorial Union build
ing.
Dr. Goldenweiser, University of
Oregon extension service, will
speak on “Spinoza.” After the lec
ture an informal reception will be
held.
—
| Literary Organization
Holds Bi-Monthly Meet
Stories and papers written by
| members of Pot and Quill, literary
organization, were read at the bi
monthly meeting, held at the home
of Cleta McKennon, 1722 Hilyard,
last night.
Mrs. Eric W. Allen, a member of
the club, was not present as she
has gone on a short vacation.
--
Infirmary Increases
Popularity This Week
Business at the infirmary is
picking up.
There are five inmates so far
this week against two for last
week. The score would have
been six to two, only Hazel M.
Lewis has finally been let out.
The seriousness of the cases can
not be found out, but none is ex
pected to die for at least thirty
| years.
The present sick list includes
Elizabeth Ruggles, Eleanor Hig
gins, Marianna McNamara,
1 Mary Kehoe, and Paul Ewing.
■" 1
Discusses Crime
- - ■ ... l
Wayne L. Morse, dean of the
Oregon school of law, who spoke
informally at Friendly hall last
light on crime and criminals In
;he United States.
Hopkins to Ojjer
Concert of Dance
Music on Monday
Since the dance, developing side
ay side with its sister art, music,
ms had much influence on the lat
er, George Hopkins, University
professor of piano, offers “A recit
il of Dance Music’’ as his first
concert this year.
Monday, February 13, is the
late set for the concert. Tracing
:he development of dance music,
Prof. Hopkins will play classical,
nodern, and English and American
types. Although the modern “fox
rot" is often typified as dance mu
sic. Prof. Hopkins says that it is
merely the most popular at the
present age. He continued, remark
ing that many of the loveliest
classics have been written for the
dance.
On the program are included
Bach’s “French Suite in G-Minor,”
Ctluck-Brahms’ “Gavotte,” and
Chopin's "Mazurka in A-Minor.”
Passing on to modern composers
ind modern compositions, Mr.
Hopkins plays, “Polanaise Ameri-1
caine” by Carpenter, a Cuban •
dance “La Comparsa” by Lecuona,
'Tango” by Albeniz-Hopkins, and
Debussy’s "Golliwog’s Cake Walk.”
tn the group by English and Amer
ican composers are found, Grain
ger’s “Shepherd’s Hey,” Hanson’s
“Clog Dance,” and “The Peanut
Vendor" by Simons-Gallico.
Annual Science
Meeting in June
An announcement of the Fifth
Annual Pacific Science congress,
to be held in Vancouver, B. C.,
June 1 to 14, was received by the
office of the president yesterday.
The announcement was made by
the National Research Council of
Canada through the National Re
search Council of the United
States. The meeting was post
poned last year.
O. F. Stafford, professor of
chemistry, said conflict between
the date of this meeting and that
of the June meeting of the Pacific
division of the American Society
for the Advancement of Science
at Salt Lake would probably pre
vent Oregon men from attending
the Vancouver meeting.
Webtoots Drop
Opening Fray
To Orangemen
Reavers Bolster Lead by
Winning, 31 to 21
LEWIS HELD DOWN
Jregon Produces More Goals From
Floor, But Free Throws Give
Game to Oregon State
The Aggies Win
VV. I,. Pet.
Oregon State .8 3 .727
Washington State .6 3 .607
Washington .5 3 .625
Idaho .3 4 .429
Oregon .0 9 .000
By BRUCE HAMBY
(Emerald Sports Editor)
CORVALLIS, Feb. 7—(Special)
—Oregon fouled its way to its
ninth successive conference defeat
lonight at the hands of the
eague-leading Oregon State Ag
jies, 31 to 21. The Beavers con
certed 15 free throws to more
than give them a winning margin.
The game was slow and featured
mainly by the constant blowing of
Emil Piluso's whistle. Thirteen
fouls were called on Oregon play
ers and seven on Orangemen. The
first half of the game was close
until the final four minutes, when
the Beavers pulled away to lead,
16 to 8, at the rest period.
Roberts Holds Lewis
Cap Roberts, Oregon center,
kept his long-standing jinx on
lanky Ed Lewis and gave the
Beaver center only one field goal,
that with only three minutes left
to play. Roberts was all over
Lewis on both defense and offense
and gave him few opportunities
to shoot. He also managed to get
the tip-off from Lewis during the
first half.
Lewis opened the scoring with
two free throws when Hank Si
mons fouled him in the first min
ute of play. Roberts sank a one
handed push shot to even it up,
but Lewis was fouled twice more
and added two points. Stevens put
in a long one and Roberts added
a foul throw to give Oregon its
one and only lead, 5 to 4.
O'Connell, McDonald Score
Skeet O’Connell and awkward
appearing Red McDonald took
turns hitting the net the remain
der of the first half, while the
best Oregon could do was three
points by Roberts and Bill Berg.
Oregon State ran its lead up to
24 to 8 at the start of the second
period before Spook Robertson
found the basket. Kermit Stevens
began hitting the net, along with
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Rolla Reedy Will Leave
For Oratorical Contest
Rolla Reedy will leave Friday
For McMinnville where he will take
part in the state Peace Oratorical
contest, to be held at Llnfield col
lege. As the University of Oregon
representative, he will speak on
"The Road Ahead.”
John L. Casteel, head of the
speech department, and Orval
Thomson, debate manager, will ac
company him to McMinnville
where they will attend a business
meeting of the State Forensics
league.
Deady Hall No Fish Market
But Smell Is Very Apparent
Anyone who, purposely or acci
dentally, stuck the Up of his nose
inside of Deady hall during the
past few days, has probably won
dered whether by accident he has
arrived in a packing plant, or has
by some miracle been landed on the
fishing wharf of San Francisco.
For, the fact is, Deady hall smells
remarkably like fish.
However, one need not worry,
or fear that, as in the fairy tales
of his childhood, a "magic carpet"
has transported him to some dis
tant fish market for the acrid
smell from which one retreats is
not in any foreign land, but is
actually in Deady hall, University,
of Oregon, Eugene. And there is
nothing to do but march along
through the halls, trying to hold
one’s breath, and hoping to, even
tually, become used to it.
It seems that the zoology de
partment had ordered some dog
fish sharks to be used for experi
ment next term. So, recently 100
of these fish, each about a foot
long — all preserved, and packed
in excelsior for shipping—arrived
at Deady hall—and ever since ev
eryone who has entered the build
ing has kept his nose up in the
air, trying in vain to get beyond
the odor of fish. That, however,
seems to be an impossible feat—
for the smell has penetrated even
to the top cupola of Deady hall—
and the fish are in the basement,
six flights below.
The zoology department states
that they intend to unpack the fish
in a few days, and put them in a
pickling solution, so that they will
keep until next term. One hopes
passionately that after unpacking
the smell will disappear—other
wise it is to be feared that a strike
will arise among the inhabitants
of Deady. And a strike—with this
depression!
The dogfish sharks, the cause of
all the excitement, are obtained
from Pacific Grove, California, and
are found in the ocean near there.
We wonder if the officials of Pa
cific Grove were cleaning up their
city, and paid the University to
take away the fish ? ? ? ? ?