NUMBER .*> - ■ —--■--- --^ ASUO Meeting Held Illegal; ' To Try Again Constitutional Provision Not Observed NOTICE NEGLECTED •Judiciary Committee Informs Hall That All Business Is Null And Void All business transacted at last Friday’s student-body meeting was declared null and void yesterday by the judiciary committee, which stated that the meeting was not called in accordance with A. S. U. O. constitutional requirements. Thus was Bob Hall, student body president, informed of the current A. S. U. O. administration’s third l constitutional misinterpretation of the year. Previous blunders were the appointing of an illegal fresh man election board last autumn and the attempt to reduce the Emerald from five to four issues a week this term. Not in Regular Form The judiciary committee ruled that the special meeting was not in-regular form and that all busi ness transacted thereat either would have to be abandoned or taken up at another time. This will necessitate the holding of another meeting to read the pro posed constitutional amendments. Hall announced last night that this meeting will be held Thursday af ternoon at the Music building at 1 o’clock. He said a quorum of 500 would be necessary to make the session official. The fact that Hall was ill for several days preceding the meet ing was set forth by the committee as a probable reason for his failure l. to call the session officially. The judiciary committee—consisting of Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, who acted as chairman; j Earl M. Pallett, executive secre tary, and Virgil D. Earl, dean of men—also said that the provisions in the constitution demanding due notice of meetings are so clear and well-defined that a decision other than that rendered by the committee would be an abrogation of the constitution. Students Demand Facts The opinion was requested by the editor of the Oregon Emerald, after he and his editorial board had been approached by students demanding facts on the legality of the meeting. The opinion of the judiciary committee, in part, follows: “It is our opinion that the spe cial meeting of the Associated Stu dents of the University of Oregon held on February 23, 1933, was not regular in form because it was not called in accordance with the re quirements of article II, section 2, i of the A. S. U. O. constitution. Therefore, all A. S. U. O. business transacted at the said special meeting is null and void and with out binding effect. “Article II, section 2, of the A. S. U. O. constitution reads as fol lows: ‘Special meetings shall be held (Continued on Page Three J Meet Beavers This Week Jack Robertson and Capt. C'has. Roberts of the University of Ore- ( gon basketball quintet, who face Oregon State college this week-end. | It will be the curtain call for Cap, who concludes his competition. Rumor Has It That Hoover D eclares War With Japan TV'O, President Hoover did not declare war on Japan yes terday. He didn’t even recom mend war. Telephone calls that kept staffs of the Emerald, the Reg ister Guard and the Eugene Morning News busy last night indicated that a wild rumor was current to the effect that Her bert Hoover had recommended war. Careful check of all news dispatches and telegraphic re ports revealed no such informa tion. A query to the Oregon Journal proved that the rumor was purely local, for the Jour nal said it had received no calls for information. The rumor, according to many, was started by a radio “flash” about 0:30 yesterday afternoon. In several fraternities the im pending “war" was the sole topic of conversation. At one fraternity dinner table last night, it is reported, “The Star Spangled Banner” instead of the customary “Mighty Ore gon,” was sung. Howard Taylor Talks Before Sorority Group Howard R. Taylor, professor of psychology at the University, gave an informal talk last night at the Zeta Tau Alpha house on the sub ject, “Notes and Notations on the Subject of Psychology." Two Divisions of Band Will Combine for Concert Sunday This season’s concerts by the first and second divisions of the University concert band have both been unusually successful, so when they combine into a 70-piece band Petitions To Live Off Campus Must Be Sent in Today STUDENTS who plan to live ^ off of the campus next term must file residence peti tions with Mrs. Alice B. Mac duff, secretary of the housing committee today. The procedure relative to ob taining permission to live off of the campus has been changed with the reductions in charges in dormitories. Women students and freshman and sophomore men students are affected by the regulation. The new petitions contain blanks for the same material used last term and in addition requires a budget of income and expenses and a comparison of dormitory expenses and outside expenses. to present a joint program at Mc Arthur court next Sunday after noon, they should be doubly suc cessful. It will be for the first time in Director John H. Stehn's regime, that the separate concert units have been combined for a formal program. Accordingly, he has ar ranged a program which he terms “particularly suitable for perform ance by a large band.” The band will go into this con cert very well prepared, since the same program is to be given as a good-will concert at Cottage Grove Thursday evening. Next Sunday’s program will mark the half-way point in the se ries of 12 concerts free to the pub lic sponsored by the Associated Students. The band concert will be the sixth. Following it there will be a term-end recess for all student musicians, and the series will not be resumed until the first week in April. Two concerts in April and four in May will com plete the series, which has attract ed unprecedented interest among students and the Eugene public. Sunday’s program will include two marches, one military and one operatic; two famous overtures, and two groups of national dances. League Delegate Will Visit Campus On Way to Japan Yosuke Matsuoka Charges That American Attitude Has Been Unfair to Japan Yosuke Matsuoka, graduate of the University of Oregon law school and chief of the Japanese delegation to the League of Na tions, was quoted yesterday in telegraphic dispatches from Paris as saying that he planned to re turn to Japan by way of the Unit ed States and would visit New York, Washington, and the Uni versity of Oregon. Matsuoka announced that he would leave on the Europa March 16. In completing his plans for leav ing Geneva, Matsuoka declared that American influence in the ! League of Nations operated against Japan and prevented a sat- j isfactory conclusion of the Sino-! Japanese dispute. He charged that the American attitude had been "unfair” to Japan. Matsuoka, upon whom the eyes of the world have been directed during the league's debates, re ceived his LL.B. degree from the ; University law school in 1900. He , has long been active in diplomatic : and governmental work in Japan, ' and left Tokyo on October 21 with ! full power of declaring Japan's po sition in international affairs. He was given authority either to withdraw the Japanese delegation from the league or collaborate with it. Less than a week ago he announced Japan’s intention of withdrawing. Stuurman Is Admitted To College at Oxford: - * Don Stuurman, Rhodes scholar ship winner, has received notice that he has been admitted to Bal liol college, Oxford. Balliol college is limited to honor students and few Rhodes scholars are admitted. Stuurman was one of the four winners in the Northwest exami nations held recently. He is work ing on his master’s degree in phil osophy here this year. His home is in Lynden, Wash. Language Department Professors Honored Leading universities of America have their eyes on certain mem bers of the University of Oregon Romance language department. Three professors have been in vited to teach at other universi 1 ties during the summer session of '33. Dr. Ray P. Bowen, head of the department has accepted an offer and is to be acting professor of French at Stanford university. Dr. Chandler B. Beall, associate [ professor of Romance languages, ; will teach courses in French and Italian at Johns Hopkins univer i sity. j Dr. Leavitt O. Wright, head of the Spanish department has been invited to give courses in Spanish at the University of Colorado, but has found it impossible to accept. 0. Lindstrom Remarks On Bristol Case Chancellor Kerr Fails Tb 'ar Ilotli Sides LAWYER CONSULTED Nothing Personal About Discharge Of University Employee; Complaints Trivial I _ When asked to make a state I ment concerning Alson Bristol’s and Isaiah Domas’ action in plac-‘ ing a complaint in the hands of Attorney Gordon S. Wells yester day because they lost their jobs at the multigraph department, Or ville Lindstrom, acting University business manager, said last night, that “Mr. Bristol was hired by the University on a clerical staff ten ure and was subject to release just like any other clerk in the interest of economy and effici ency.” Attorney Wells was called at his home by the Emerald iast night, and when asked for a statement, he said, “I have not investigated the matter as yet, but will be will ing to make a statement tomor row.” Bristol Hired on Contract Domas, who was substituting for Bristol during a leave St ab sence, claims that Bristol was hired on contract which was good at least till the end of this year. He also disputes statements of Lindstrom to the effect that in efficiency and not political differ ences caused the break. Bristol was employed by the department since 1929. In a statement yesterday Domas claimed Lindstrom told him at the time of discharge that “We have decided in the interests of economy to eliminate at least one person" • from the regular payroll of the University multigraph office. Since you have been here the shortest time, it is only fair, it seems to me, that preference be given the other regular employe in your department. Work Satisfactory “We have nothing against you personally. By and large, work has been quite satisfactory. There was the expressed endorsement of (Continued on Page Three) U. of O. Debaters To Meet U. of W. Forensic Group Espy, Atkinson and Hartfiel on Oregon Team; Will Debate In New Style "Tariff and Its Relation to the Northwest" will be the vital ques tion of the evening when the Uni versity of Oregon and the Univer sity of Washington men’s debate teams meet in a symposium debate tonight at 7:30 in 6, Friendly. Winfield Atkinson, Cecil Espy, and Thomas Hartfiel will be the campus representatives. These three and the three speakers from the Washington forensic group will debate in this new, non-competi tive style, wherein no definite de cision is made concerning the two sides of the question, but in which all facts for both sides will be giv en. Following the formal speeches, open forum discussions will be held. In this symposium type of con j test, an impartial outline of the entire question is given, followed | by two speeches on the affirma-; tive side of the question, two for the negative, and an impartial summary. This style has been praised by debate leaders at many of the larger universities and col leges throughout the country be cause in it there is no chance for hiding any issues, and bringing in any irrelevant matter. The final decision lies in the judgment of each individual in the audience. Cornell Suffers Minor Injuries in Collision Darrell Cornell, senior at the I University, and Miss Velma Pow 1 ell of Morrow, Oregon, suffered minor injuries when the automo bile in which they were riding col 1 lided with a car driven by Henry Jones of Portland. The accident occurred Sunday, at East Eighty-sixth street and Sandy boulevard outside the city limits of Portland: the collision was investigated by police author ities, but no arrests were made. Cornell has returned to the cam pus and is attending classes. ____ 1 Ready To Try a Comeback Here’s something of interest to German students. German roy alists look to these Hohenzollerns, of dubious World war fame, for a restored monarchy in the March elections. The ex-Kaiser Wilhelm is shown in the center as the ’“woodchopper of Doom," flanked (right) by the former crown prince and (left) by the latter’s eldest son, Prince Wilhelm Frederick. Skull and Dagger Announces Date Of Pledge Event 100 Freshmen Being Considered For Honor; Fifteen To Be Elected Skull and Daggers, sophomore men’s honorary, announced last night that official pledging of out standing freshmen to the organi zation would take place early in the spring term. Tentative plans are being laid to confer the honor upon those chosen at the annual freshman all-campus dance, the “Frosh Glee," which is scheduled to be held at McArthur court on Saturday, April 24th. Walt Gray, president, announced that all future meetings will be closed for the purpose of selecting the 15 most outstanding freshman men to carry on the work of the service honorary next year. Election to membership in Skull and Daggers is the greatest single honor that can be conferred upon a freshman in the field of campus activities, according to interested parties. Candidates are conquered upon a basis including the quali ties of scholarship, leadership, per sonality, character, and interest in activities on the campus and in A.S.U.O. and class functions. All first-year men are eligible for selection, and more than 100 men who have shown interest and have met the necessary qualifica tions are being considered. Ffom this group the 15 pledges will be selected. Campus Calendar Condon club will meet tonight at 7:30 in the women’s lounge of Gerlinger. Each member is re quested to bring a friend. Alpha Delta Sigma luncheon to day noon at College Side. Every one please attend. Important. Y. W. C. A. members vote at yearly elections today, 10 to 4, at the bungalow. Anyone may vote who has signed a membership card during the year. Fraternity social chairmen will meet in Johnson hall at 4 p. m. today. Mrs. Alice B. Macduff an nounced yesterday that household ers would meet March 10 at 2 p. m. in Villard assembly. The hous ing situation for the coming term will be discussed. * o Cosmopolitan club will have a social at the International house Thursday night at 10 o’clock. A. W. S. speaker’s committee meets today at 5 upstairs in the College Side. Meeting of A. S. U. O. speakers’ committee today at 5 o’clock up stairs in the College Side. Ulysses on the Rocks, a water pageant, given by the senior phy sical education majors assisted by Amphibian club, will be presented at 8 tonight in the women’s pool. European Music Used in Program Given Last Night A quiet, friendly stage personal ity and a rich mellow tenor voice characterized John Spittle’s per formance last night. Accompanied by Kenneth Roduner, Mr. Spittle presented a long and difficult pro gram in the school of music audi torium. For his first group Mr. Spittle sang three old Italian num bers. In the second group of four German selections Schubert's “Was ist Sylvia," more popularly known by its English translation “Who Is Sylvia," seemed more appealing in its original tongue. The interpretation by this senior' tenor added beauty to the lovely melody of “Still Wie die Nacht" by Bohm. From the first act of Wag ner’s “Die Walkuere,” Mr. Spittle sang “Siegmund’s Liebeslied” (Sig mund’s Love song). This is un doubtedly one of the most out standing anil interesting of the so los in the opera- interesting be cause of its passion and sheer beauty. In the last group, consisting of English songs, the popularity of “Blue Are Her Eyes” by Watts, caused Mr. Spittle to include it again as a final encore. The echo ing softness effected by the singer in this number was particularly lovely. Fireside Forums Held Yesterday at Houses Another one of the series of Fireside Forums was held last night by the men’s living organi zations on the campus. The list of houses participating in the series, and the schedule of speakers were as follows: Sigma Chi, Dean Schwering; Sigma hall, Rev. Milton Weber; Alpha hall, Prof. O. F. Stafford; Phi Kappa Psi, Karl W. Onthank; Friendly hall, Dean John Lands bury; International house, Rev. C. F. Ristow; S. A. E., Dean Virgil Earl; Phi Sigma Kappa, Dean J. R. Jewell. WAA Activity Awards To tie Given Friday Awards will be given for the Women’s Athletic association activities at a banquet, spon sored by the organization, to be given Friday, March 3, at the Anchorage. At this time cups will be giv en for the interhouse basketball and swimming champions, let ters and sweaters will talso be awarded. Tickets are’ 50 cents each and are being sold at all women’s living organizations. Eleanor Coombe is general chairman, her committee consists of Mil dred Widmer, Louise Beers, Ruth Irvin, Lucile Carsons. In Iowa They’re Fighting for Education Read “Kellogg House” on the EDITORIAL PAGE Today J unior Shine Day Will Be Postponed Until Next Week 15AD weather caused the post ^ ponement of the annual Junior Shine day, originally scheduled for today, until next Wednesday, March 8. The contest in ticket sales will continue for another week, and announcement of the stand ings of the sellers will be pub lished in the Emerald through out the week. A pass to the Gamma Alpha Chi dance at the opening of spring term will be given to the woman selling the most tickets, and the man sell ing the most will receive a week's pass to the Colonial. The complete list of shiners will be released in next Tues day's Emerald. Campus shin erys have agreed to cooperate for the event by closing on March 8, and will donate the use of their shops, shining cloths, and brushes if the weather again interferes. Lewis Sails for London To Finish Work on Thesis Former Assistant Professor of English Leaves To Complete Research for Ph.D. Leslie L. Lewis, former assist ant professor of English in the University, sailed for London Thursday, February 23, where he will do extensive research work on a thesis for his Ph.D. degree. His wife, the former Miss Dorothy Delzell,* a secretary in the English department here, accompanied him. Lewis left the campus two years ago to attend Cornell, where he had been awarded a scholarship. At Cornell he began assimilating material on George Gissing, on whom there had been no authorK tative subject matter up to that time. Lewis, however, was able, to compile so much information that the Cornell faculty promised him a traveling scholarship, were he able to pass an oral examination in two weeks. This passed, he left for London where he hopes to ob tain permission from descendants qf Gissing to read four original letters they have. The reading of these would furnish adequate de tails to finish the paper. Lewis expects to return to the United States next June. Oregon Publisher For Feb. Printed The February issue of the Ore gon Publisher, official publication of the Oregon State Editorial as sociation, was released yesterday. It contains full reports of the re cent press conference held on the University campus. Announcement qf the Paul Kelty cup award to be given in June was made. The cup is awarded by the local chapter of Sigma Delta Chi to the editor who produces the best editorial page among all Ore gon weekly newspapers. The 1933 convention of Oregon editors will be held in Cor ’allis, and the invitation was extended by the Corvallis Gazette-Tin ns, during the closing session of t ie 1932 convention held in Portlan I. Jack Bellinger, senior in journ 1 ism, edited the eight-page publi a tion. $1.52 A Week Is Iowa Reply To Living Cost University Officials Are Sponsors of Plan 23 MEN TAKE PART Cooperative Unit Utilizes School Equipment for Low Cost Boarding Project The University *of Iowa is rec onciling depression and education. With administrative assistance, 23 students of that institution are weathering the economic storm on $2.52 a week. Kellogg house, a cooperative dormitory, is the keystone of the Iowa plan. Three square meals a day are furnished for $1.52 a week, and residence facilities are pro vided for a like period for $1.00. This unit was organized through the efforts of Robert E. Rienow, dean of men, for the purpose of enabling needy students to con tinue their education. Only those who cannot pay the regular Uni versity board and room rates are admitted. The Iowa figure for food closely compares with the charge of $1.54 per week suggested in the recent Emerald plan for reduced living costs. Cynics on the Oregon cam pus doubted the possibility of boarding on $1.54, but the boys at Iowa City seem to have gone the Emerald two cents better. Equipped by School The. University of Iowa furn ishes the building, equipment, heat, light and water. By careful pur chasing in wholesale quantities a balanced diet of nutritious foods is provided. Servings are generous, and there is always an interesting variety in the menus. Student res idents frequently have guests at dinner; occasionally faculty mem bers are invited. Every member of Kellogg house does his share in caring for quar ters. Sweeping, tending furnace, making beds, washing windows— all are part of the regular routine. The project is under the supervi sion of a graduate student, who acts as proctor and business man ager. Board for Vegetables Even barter has its place at the Iowa city institution. Students from rural areas are allowed to pay their way in produce, and meats and vegetables are “taken in trade.” That the food is good and plentiful is indicated by the fact that every member of the cooperative group has gained weight. Kellogg house is more than a cheap dormitory, Dean Rienow contends. "We want it to be thought of more as a club in spirit, as a group of men drawn together by their congenial interests, those of going to school and of supplying their living needs as cheaply as possible. Because the men who live there are aware of this and because of the success of the pro ject, I feel sure that Kellogg house will be retained from year to year.” Summary on Next Page A complete description of this University of Iowa solution to the problem of living costs is printed on the editorial page today. fBaby-face’ Watts Preferred By Brunette Oregon Alumna By HAZLF, CORRIGAN Last week-end was a great one for James Kaighin Watts, bashful Oregon forward. A certain bru nette, an alumna of the University of Oregon, preferred “Baby-face” Watts above all other members of the squad. And the whole team is complaining. , “Honestly, I just love women, but they won’t have much to do with me,” he said in an interview yesterday. “I like teas but I never get invitations.” His team mates believe that his luck must be changing. But when I prom ised to write up a good story about him in hopes that he might get a few telephone calls. And remem ber, girls, training season is just about over. “Punch-drunk” and “Skeezix” are other nicknames which have been given to Watts. He has a habit during basketball practice of becoming abstractedly interested in the ceiling. While Reinhart ex plains an important point of tech nique, he will gaze expressionlessly up, oblivious of basketball. And so he is “Punch-drunk.” “Skeezix” is the result of his refusal to comb his hair. "It'i too much trouble," he said, as he ran his fingers through his hair, giving what he calls a finger wave. There are only two things that he dislikes — combing his hair and Oregon rain. “I’m an all-round card man. Yes, I play Old Maid, Steal the Pack, Fantan, I Doubt It, and Pig Cacena. I hold the championship for Fantan, I think. Really, I am always lucky at cards." “Well,” I asked him, “don’t you play bridge ? How about jig-saw puz zles?” “They take too much con contraction. I haven't the patience. “The Oregon State players have reached their present position by working hard, always pulling to gether for the team, not just for themselves. They’re a swell bunch of fellows. Lewis is about the best player in the conference. “The season has been disap pointing to me. We played some good ball down south, but we just didn’t get going for conference games. “The most joyful moment in my life was when I learned that I was going to come to Oregon.” Watts is looking forward to California sunshine for the holidays, though.