NUMBER 83
Emerald Calls For
Action On Low-Cost
Living Suggestion
Facts Prove Conclusively
Need for Plan
RATES $10 TO $14
Proposal Calls for the Belief for
Hard-Press!ed Students and
Would Aid Enrollment
"And now it’s up to the authori
ties.”
With this brief statement, Dick
Neuberger, editor of the student
daily, brougnt to a close presenta
tion of the Oregon Daily Emerald
plan for reduced living costs for
hard-pressed students.
The proposal called for provision
of room and board under Univer
sity supervision, for $10 to $14
monthly.
“We have demonstrated the
need, we have proposed a plan,
and we have shown how other uni
versities are employing similar
methods to keep students with
limited resources in school,” he
said. "The Emerald has played its
part. The next move rests with
the University administration. We
are confident that they will act
to preserve the opportunity of edu
cation to students who must cut
costs or quit school.”
Need Is Demonstrated
In yesterday’s issue, the need
for some plan to slice living costs
was demonstrated in graphic form.
Declining enrollment, depleted
dormitories, and a growing trend
of students to reside off the cam
pus was proven from statistics re
leased by the registrar’s office.
From 2,870 in the fall of 1931,
enrollment has sunk to the mark
of 2,190 for the present semester.
Men’s dormitories are only 34.2%
filled, and women’s units are being
used to but 38% of capacity.
The Oregon Daily Emerald plan
for reduced living costs, printed
elsewhere on this page, contem
plates the utilization of vacant
dormitory facilities at a nominal
charge to cover maintenance costs.
Students would perform all duties
except those of actual cooking.
Many Off Campus
Information secured from the
dean of women’s office revealed
that 431 students are now living
off the campus; 325 are men and
106 are women. Many of these
students are freshmen and sopho
mores. Most of the men are re
siding outside of regular living or
ganizations because of financial
reasons, declared Mrs. Alice B.
Macduff, who is in charge of hous
ing.
According to the dean of wom
en's office, the average rate for
room and board in private homes
is $20 per month. The figures
suggested in the Emerald plan are
$10 to $14. The average rent for
room alone is $7, with figures run
ning fj-om $4 to $15 per month.
Board varies from $12 to $25.
Maintenance costs of dormitory
units, such as light, heat, and
water, would probably not run
more than $2 to $2.50 a month per
Costs High
Discussing the falling off in col
legiate enrollment, Dr. C. L. Huf
faker, professor of education, ex
pressed the opinion that the major
cause was inability of students to
meet the cost. Reduction of liv
ing costs, he believed, would bring
new students to all of the state in
stitutions of higher learning. “A
number of high school principals
have spoken to me about many
good students being unable to go
to the University on account of
economic reason s,” commented
Huffaker.
Dr. James H. Gilbert, while de
clining to comment on the Emer
ald plan, admitted that increased
enrollment “would help the finan
cial situation of the school, as stu
dent fees form a material contri
bution to funds.’’
Post Office Holds Laundry
Some student’s laundry won’t be
washed very soon. It started out
bravely enough on Monday, the
proper day, but it never went past
the Eugene post office. The rea
son is simple enough. It was
mailed in a regular laundry mailer,
but inside the student enclosed a
letter—perhaps mentioning the
number of buttons missing from
his last consignment.
Oregon Debaters
To Meet Fresno
Orators Monday
Event To Be Staged in G Friendly
At 8 P.M.; Protective Tariff
Subject of Discussion
Two members of the University
of Oregon men’s varsity debate
team will meet the Fresno State
college team of California Monday
evening at 8 in room 6 of Friendly
hall.
The topic of the debate will be
“Resolved: That the protective
tariff should be abandoned.” Theo
dore Pur3ley, sophomore in pre
law, and Thomas Harlfiel, sopho
more in social science, will uphold
the negative. The Fresno debat
ers, who are on a tour of the coun
try, and have specially prepared
on the subject of tariff for their
first debate with the University of
Oregon, will argue the affirmative
side.
Both Oregon men are first-year
members on the varsity debating
squad. Pursley was on the fresh
man team last year, and Hartfiel
represented the University in the
state after dinner speaking con
test and in the George Washing
ton bi-centennial oratorical con
test.
The traditional style of debating
will be used; each speaker will de
liver a 12-minute constructive
speech, and a 5-minute refutation.1
Robert T. Oliver, graduate assis
tant in the speech division will
preside, and an open discussion
forum will follow the debate.
Women Debaters
Argue Last Night
Not to be outdone by the men,
the women’s debate teams from
the University Of Oregon last
night initiated the symposium,
non-decision style of speaking, de
bating on the state control of
medicine.
The campus representatives
were Geraldine Hickson and Helen
Harriman. These two advocated
the socialistic standpoint of the
question, pointing out the advan
tages of state localization of all
doqtors and clinics.
The visiting debaters, Naomi
Fleishman and Janet Kay, offered
the individualistic theory, agree
ing that the present system was
inadequate for the benefit of the
majority of the people.
Wilson No Longer on
Paper Editorial Staff
David G. Wilson, senior in jour
nalism, yesterday tendered his re
signation from the editorial board
of the Emerald. Disagreement with
the policy of the paper was ad
vanced as reason.
Wilson was connected with the
Emerald for the past four years.
He? was a member of the Pacific
basin debate team last year.
Let’s Help Fill Up These Buildings
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Above is the splendid new men’s'dormitory, now nearly two-thirds vacant. Below is Susan Camp
bell of the women’s dormitory unit, which is approximately 62 per cent vacant. It is pointed out thal
the establishment of the Emerald plan would help fill these buildings, especially the men’s dormitory
into which all residents of Friendly hall who did not wish to take part in the Emerald plan could move,
The Emerald’s low cost living plan for hard-pressed students calls for the establishment of cooperative
units at Friendly hall and also at a portion of the women’s dormitory establishment.
Dance Music Will
Be Played at Tea
*
In Gerlinger Hall
Mrs. Thaeher Arranges for Novel
Program Today; Two Dancers
To Give Interpretations
As the feature of t he “guest
day’’ tea of the A. A. U. W. at Ger
linger this afternoon, Mrs. Jane
Thaeher, pianist of the University
music faculty, has arranged a
novel program. Believing that
dance music would appeal to the
young women who will gather at
the event, she has arranged an al
most complete cycle of dance mu
sic, from the primitive to the mod
ern, including music from early
Greece, Egypt, Rome, and the 16th
and 17th centuries.
Elizabeth Thaeher, Mrs. Thach
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fBasic English’ Proposed as
850 Word World Language
By HENRIETTE HORAK
Down with conventional gram
mar books! Tyranny is dead! Soon
there will no more “hic-haec-hoc,”
“der-die-das," or “je-tu-il" heard
from within the sanctums of
struggling foreign language class
es. A new common language for
all the countries, for all the high
ways and by-ways of earth comes
up for attention!
“Basic English” it is called, and
while not quite like the traditional
spoken English, it is still true Eng
lish and clear for an occasion or
purpose. What’s more, it does not
require years of study and drudg
ery to master it. Students who
have never heard English spoken
can master the new language in a
month by devoting two hours a
day to it; one hour spent in com
parison of equivalent expressions
and the other in learning word
j order and idioms.
Basic English makes no distinc
! tion between “shall” and “will”
and between “should” and “would;”
I it is not concerned with flowing
synonyms. The word "quick”
serves for "expeditious.” “acceler
ated,” rapid,” and so on. Propon
ents of Basic English rejoice when
they hear such modern phrases as
“get wise” and “put it over,” for
that is Basic English.
The proposed word language
contains only 1000 words: 400
nouns, 100 adjectives, 100 verbs
and verb-helping forms, 200 names
of picturable objects, such as “pen”
and “coach,” and 50 adjective op
posites, such as “wide” and “fast.”
This list makes a total of 850, suf
ficient for the layman, but the sci
entists use an additional 150 term3.
With these 1000 words any field
of knowledge is completely cov
ered. By way of comparison—the
present English has 700,000 words!
C. K. Ogden of Magdalene col
lege, Cambridge university, Eng
land, the chief sponsor of this new
international language, in co-op
eration with leading scholars the
world over, has chosen English as
a basis because it is at present the
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p.Big Shct9 Galaxy
Will Swab Shoes
Next Wednesday
•s
An all-coast fullback, a varsity
yell leader, several basketball
stars, and many campus activity
“big shots” will headline the shine
squad next Wednesday when the
junior class stages its annual
Junior Shine day.
The event offers the unique op
portunity for freshmen to have
their shoes swabbed by upper
classmen.
Some of the stars expected to be
in the starting lineups next Wed
nesday include Mike Mikulak, Biff
Nilsson, Mickey Vail, Gib Olinger,
A1 McKelligen, Julius Rehal, La
Grande Houghton, Howard Bob
bitt, Ed Schweiker, Ed Kunkle,
Chic Burrows, and Neal Bush.
Complete schedules for the shifts
on the several stands will be re
leased Tuesday, it was stated last
night by Hubert Totton, general
| chairman of the “Black Wednes
day.”
During the lunch hours on Mon
day and Tuesday, junior women
will make the rounds of the frater
i nities selling tickets. Prizes are
to be given for the woman and
i man selling the most tickets. The
winners are to be announced Tues
day.
I
Wesley Club Election
Slated for Tomorrow
The election of officers for the
following year will be held by the
Wesley club of the Methodist
church tomorrow evening at 6:30.
The candidates for president are
Eula Loomis, Eleanor Wharton,
and Howard Ohmart. Other candi
dates for offices are: vice-presi
dent, Howard Ohmart, V e r n
Adams; secretary, Marguerite Da
vidson, Aleta Kienzle, Hermine
Zwanck; and treasurer, Clark Ir
win, Kenneth Reeves, and Glenn
Ridley.
After the election, Rev. C. F.
Ristow, pastor of the First Meth
odist Episcopal church, will speak
on the subject, “The Social Phil
osophy of Methodism.”
Essay Con Jest on
State Lawmaking
System Will Open
925 Award Posted for Best 5000
Word Entry on Some Phase
Of Legislative Set-up
A prize of $25 will be award
ed to the student who writes the
best essay, in 5,000 words, on the
subject of whether the Oregon sys
tem of direct legislation is in need
of revision. This announcement
was made yesterday by the Uni
versity sub-committee on awards,
in charge of the contest.
The time limit tentatively set is
May 1. On or before that day the
essays are to be in the hands of
George Turnbull, chairman of the
subcommittee, room 4 Journalism,
Judges are to be appointed within
the next few days, but no an
nouncement of their names is to be
made before the close of the con
test. The essays are to be typed
in triplicate, one copy to go tc
each judge, and names of authors
are not to appear on the essays
Questions regarding the contest
will be answered by Mr. Turnbull,
who is asking faculty members tc
announce the contest to theii
classes, by way of stimulating in
terest. ‘'However,” he said yes
terday, ‘‘it should not be difficult
to attract competition, since it has
been a long time since it has beer
as generally and thoroughly recog
nized that $25 is $25.”
The prize is taken from the pro
ceeds of a donation of $400 to the
University of Oregon by the lat<
Philo Sherman Bennett, of New
Haven, Connecticut. The gift wa:
made about 25 years ago by Mr
Bennett to 25 American universi
I ties for essays to be written or
some phase of the principles o:
free government. This University
among others^ was selected b}
William J. Bryan, to whom th<
choice w'as referred by Mr. Ben
nett.
The contest was won last yeai
by Stephen B. Kahn, with an essa;
on “State vs. Boloff,” a discussioi
I of Oregon’s criminal-syndicalisn
' statute.
Schools Take !
$508,000 Chop
From Budget
Eight ‘Nays’ Voiced As
Bill Is Presented ]
WALKER IS LEADER
i
Friends of Higher Education Are
Indignant Over Measure;
Protests Voiced
f
SALEM, March 3— (Special) — *
I Despite the indignant protests of (
| friends of higher education who ‘
time and again jumped to their 5
feet to protest the gross butchery '
of higher education for political !
ends, the bill to transfer $508,000 '
from the educational millage to
the state's general fund was
passed in the house today.
There were only eight “nays,” ,
and they were led, as usual, by
Representative Dean H. Walker,
consistent champion of higher edu- \
cation throughout the legislative
session. The other “no” voters
were Deich, Dickson, Herron, Hun
tington, Kelly, Weatherford, and
Wyers. Hill of Lane county was
absent.
Property Exempt
The state sales tax passed by
the house Thursday night relieves
personal property from the valua
tions upon which millage is based.
This will add $190,000 to the $508,- ,
000 already taken from higher
education. Representative Walker
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Military Ball On
Tonight at Hotel
| A number of distinguished north
j west political and military figures
j will be guests at the annual mill
j tary ball in the Eugene hotel this
| evening. In addition to the regu
j lar list of patrons, the reserve of
ficers, sponsors of the ^all, have
extended invitations to the special
guests of the Young Democratic
banquet tonight.
Patrons listed for the ball in
clude Governor and Mrs. Julius L.
Meier, General T. E. Rilea, Colonel
W. H. Luhn, Colonel W. H. Patter
son, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs.
F. A. Barker, Major and Mrs. J.
H. Tierney, Mayor Elisha Large,
State Senator Fred Kiddle, State
Representative Earl Snell, and Col
onel Abrams.
A grand march will start the ball
between 9 and 9:30 p. m., and all
in attendance at the dance are ex
pected to participate.
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Westminster Groups
Will Meet Tomorrow
The frosh group of Westminster
will meet with Eugene Stromberg
at 9:45 tomorrow morning and the
upperclass group will continue its
i discussion with the topic, “My
Share in Shaping Society."
The evening forum will consider
“Life's Courtesies.” It will follow
! the social half-hour at 6 p. m. Of
| ficers of Westminster Guild are to
; be installed at 5 o’clock.
Snarling Webfoots
Frighten Corvallis
Quint In Tight Tilt
-^
business Bureau
Making Study of
Fraternity Costs
nvestlgution To Point Out Ways
Of lining Present Income
More Efficiently
A detailed study of fraternity
,nd sorority costs on the campus
3 being undertaken by the bureau
if business research of the school
if business administration. The
impose of the study is to secure
lata to be used by house mana
gers in making the most effective
ise of the income available.
As the work progresses, the
louse managers will be furnished
vith information which will en
ible them to compare their costs
n detail with the average and best
nanaged of other fraternities.
Such a comparison should point
>nut ways of using present in
comes to better advantnge. The
igures will be furnished in such
i manner that no confidential in
'ormation will be revealed.
The study is intended to be the
nost complete of its kind that has
seen attempted: It is hoped that
.he information furnished to the
louse managers will be valuable
n controlling costs. If no econo
nies result, house managers will
it least know how their costs com
lare with those of other fraterni
;ies on the campus.
The house managers are giving
fine cooperation in furnishing the
information necessary for the stu
dy, according to R. W. Breahears,
nstructor in business administra
tion. Each house is being visited
personally, and every effort is
nade to put the house managers
:o as little trouble as nossihle
Former U. O. Student
Returns To Lead Band
Ted Charles, former University
)f Oregon student well-known to
lancing collegians, is again in
Eugene as master of the original
Lee Duke band.
Charles, as director of his own
musical studio here in Eugene and
Feature pianist at radio station
KORE, has been active in this
ivork and as leader of several
lance bands since leaving the Uni
versity three years *?go.
He and his Lee Duke band will
usher in the spring grille dances
at Lee Duke’s cafe tonight with a
galaxy of popular numbers and
special features, it was learned
today at KORE.
Students Will Speak to
Albany Socialist Party
Wallace Campbell, graduate as
sistant in social science, and Rolla
Reedy, senior in education, both
active members of the campus
Young Socialist club, will make
another speaking pilgrimage.
They will speak Tuesday eve
ling in Albany at the city hall, un
der the auspices of the Albany
members of the socialist party.
Lincoln Steffen s May Appear
On Campus To Give Lecture
By NED SIMPSON
A possibility that the student
body will have a chance to hear
Lincoln Steffens, eminent author,
lecturer, and journalist, was voiced
yesterday by Dean Karl W. On
thank, of the personnel division.
■ Final arrangements have not been
completed.
Mr. Steffens, one of the most
| sought-after lecturers in this coun
try, is to speak before the Inland
Empire Educational association in
Spokane, Wash., on April 5, 6, 7,
and has been asked to stop off in
Eugene on his way to his home in
Carmel, California. A topic has
; not yet been decided upon, but it
is understood that Mr. Steffens
1 is interested in talking to students j
on "Education in the Changing
! | World."
In the period betwe’en the years
i 1600 and 1910, Mr. Steffens was
' the leader of a group of journal
’ | ists who were instrumental in ex
i posing graft and corruption in i
l commercial and political circles, j
This group was known as the |
“Muckrakers” and numbered
amongst its members some of the
most famous of American journal
ists. The work they accomplished
aided materially in the breaking
up of powerful trusts and crooked
corporations. They aimed particu
larly at political bosses. Mr. Stef
fens has very radical views on
grafting, racketeering, and cor
ruption in general, holding that
these evils are the fruits of our
present economic system.
Several years ago—just before
the war—Mr. Steffens gave a lec
ture for University students here.
The talk was presented in Villard
hall, and, according to Dean Eric
W. Allen of the journalism school,
he was kept until all hours of the
night by students who wished to
ask him questions concerning his
speech.
Recently he completed an auto
biography, in which he tells many
interesting incidents of his life as
a journalist and lecturer.
Dean Onthank said that the Uni
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Final Score of Thrilling
Fray Is 32 to 27
BIG CROWD PRESENT
Cap Roberts and Spook Rolwrtson
Each Hit Hoop for 11 Points;
Ed Lewis Garners 10
By BILL EBERHART
It may have been the top-notch
ers and the tail-enders of the
northern division playing ball at
Corvallis last night, but it was
difficult to distinguish which was
which. In a fast, hard fought,
overtime game, the Webfoots took
a heartbreaking defeat at the
hands of Oregon State, 32 to 27.
This was the victory that the Bea
vers needed to clinch the cham
pionship of the northwest confer
ence, and they will meet the Uni
versity of Southern California five
in the coast play-off at Corvallis
in the near future.
The contest last night was the
most exciting to be played in the
Oregon State gym this year. Stu
dents and Corvallis fans, 3600
strong, were packed to the rafters.
They kept up such a continual din
that Referee Jimmy Mitchell’s
whistle could barely be heard.
Ducks Function
Oregon’s offense functioned per
fectly, and most of the Beavers’
baskets were the direct result of
intercepted passes and fast breaks
down the floor. Oregon State
jumped into a lead in the first 10
seconds of play, when Cap Rob
erts fouled Lewis on the first tip
off and Ed made good the conver
sion. On the next play, Cap made
a nice one-handed shot, and it
was followed with free throws by
Simons and Stevens.
McDonald sank a long shot for
the Beavers and Robertson made
good the first of a series of soar
ing baskets from mid-court to keep
the Webfoots in the lead i>-3.
The Staters jumped right back
into the game, however, when
Lewis poked in one of his one
handed specialties, followed by
McDonald's long one and a brace
of gift shots by Lewis and O’Con
nell.
Spook Gets Another
Robertson scored his second
long one to bring the tenacious
Oregon five to within one point of
O.S.C., but Lewis put the cham
pions out in front a little farther
with a cripple, shot back over his
head.
Cap Roberts, playing his next
to last game for Oregon, made up
the three-point difference with a
clever tap-in shot and a converted
free throw on Lewis’ goal. This
tied the score 11 to 11 with 11
minutes to nlav in the first half.
McDonald Sinks One
Robertson fouled Red McDon
ald, and the conversion was made.
The Beavers garnered two more
points when Simons attempted a
long shot that was batted down by
Lewis, and Hibbard dribbled the
ball the length of the floor for a
cinch bucket.
With the score 15 to 11, Cap
came through again for two points,
and Oregon State took time out.
Immediately after the rest, Hib
bard dropped one, but Cap matched
it with one of his own and added a
free throw for good measure just
as the half ended. Score: Oregon
State 17, Oregon 16.
Lewis Tallies
After a burlesque band concert,
during the intermission the teams
came back on the floor for the
final canto, which Lewis started
off with a one-handed shot. Ste
vens boosted the Oregon total
with a successful try after Mc
Donald fouled him.
At this juncture, Coach Slats
Gill replaced Skeet O'Connell with
Jiggs James. Noting this, Rein
hart took advantage of the oppor
tunity to give Olinger, who had
been checking Skeet, a rest, and
sent in Red Rotenberg for him.
Simons Overanxious
With the remaining minutes slip
ping and the score close, Hank Si
mons became overanxious and
committed his fourth foul on Mc
Donald, who made good one out
of his two tries. Hank was evicted
from the game by Referee Mitchell
and replaced by Bill Berg.
The ball was soon flipped to
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