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Lincoln Steffens Thrills Large Audience At Gerlinger
Visitor Lashes
At Educational
Usage, System
Students Told To Ignore
Professors’ Axioms
APPLAUSE IS GREAT
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Eminent Journalist Indicates Need
Of Progress and Change in
Staccato, numerous Tone
By CYNTHIA LILJEQVIST
A 67-year-old li’oeralist preach
ing the doctrine of change and
progress was received vociferous
ly by a large audience at Gerling
er hall yesterday.
In sharp, ringing phrases Lin
coln Steffens told 1500 University
of Oregon students and Eugene
townspeople of the crying need for
audacity and courage and liberal
ism in the world today. His was a
message to youth, and the youth
in his audience accepted his logic
enthusiastically, breaking in with
occasional bursts of applause—al
most unprecedented at an address
here. The demonstration of ap
proval continued several minutes
after he had concluded with:
They Need Scrapping
“We’ve learned to scrap machin
* ery if it has not proved good. Now
we have to learn to scrap ideas,
principles, certainties, but most of
all axioms.’’
Throughout his address Steffens
challenged the students to adopt
the attitude of mind of questioning
everything and setting up no ab
solutes. There is no such thing as
final truth. He said:
“Listen to everything and con
sider everything, but don’t swal
low anything. The method of
learning is the important thing to
grasp."
“Master Minds” at Work
As an example for this state
ment, he said:
“Recently a group of our so
called ‘master minds’ assembled to
find out what the fault was in our
economic system today. Each man
present analyzed the situation as
he saw it. Each one analyzed the
conviction and ideas by which he
had acted. Each made a thorough
attempt to discover the cause of
the trouble, so they could eradi
cate it. They found nothing to
1 change. The trouble was that they
could not change their minds.
“When we get out of our pres
ent situation, we will find youth
in the saddle. Older minds cannot
solve this, only fresh young minds,
and they can’t do it if they con
tinue to let us educate them.”
Don’t Accept Axioms
Steffens advocated that students
should not accept the axioms of
the past but should endeavor to
discover for themselves the great
forces that make up our social
life.
“Why learn axioms? There is
no ultimate, final, or complete
knowledge. An axiom is but work
ing hypothesis, an assumption
made from facts. It works when
applied. You MAY dare to ques
tion it. Final knowledge is a dan
gerous thing. One can get it with
another attitude. Minds that are
willing to fly can grasp it; but
that’s the trouble; most minds
want to settle.”
^ Steffens used the following story
as an example:
“Einstein was an educated man
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600 Students Owe
Second Share Off
Registration Fee
APPROXIMATELY 600 stu
dents have yet to pay the
second installment on the spring
term registration fees, due Sat
urday, April 22. E. P. Lyon,
cashier, said he wished to urge
students to pay the installment
early in the week to avoid a
last-minute rush.
There are also 110 students
who must pay non-resident fees
( by April 22. Notices were sent
out to these students yesterday.
Mr. Steffens Visits Here
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In the above picture Lincoln Steffens, famous journalist and lib
eral, is shown as he was greeted upon his arrival here by Professor
S. Stephenson Smith of the English department and Dick Neuberger,
editor of the Emerald. The celebrated writer and reformer spoke at
Gerlinger hail before an enthusiastic audience of 2,000 yesterday.—
(Photo, courtesy Eugene Register-Guard.)
Walter Pickthall
Of O.S.C. Winner
In Annual Contest
Pacific University Debater Takes
Second Place in State Old
Line Oratorical Meet
Directors of debate from the
University of Oregon, Oregon
State college, Pacific university,
Willamette university, Pacific col
lege, Linfield college, and Albany
college adjudged Walter Pickthall
of Oregon State winner in the
state old line oratorical contest..
The title of the winning speech
was “The Carte-BIanche of Big
Business,” and it netted the Cor
vallis debater $20.
The second and only other prize
of $10 went to Donald Macklin of
Pacific university, who spoke on
"Swimming in the Shadows.”
The University of Oregon repre
sentative in this annual competi
tion was Thomas Hartfiel, whose
subject was, “An End Must
Come.” He placed fourth.
Preceding the verbal battle, the
orators were entertained at a
banquet in the men’s dormitory.
Dr. Rebec Will Appear
At Seattle Conference
Dr. George Rebec, dean of the
graduate school, left yesterday for
Portland, where he will confer with
graduate students of the Portland
extension center.
He will continue north to Seat
tle tomorrow and will speak at the
Northwest Supervisors’ conference
there Monday.
Book Club Needs
Larger Clientele
For Continuation
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Nancy Roberts, in Charge of Co-op
Enterprise, Says Present
Members Enthusiastic
If the students want the Co-op
book club for another year there
will have to be an increase in mem
bership, states Nancy Roberts,
manager of the club.
There are at present 60 mem
bers, but more money has been
spent on new books than has been
received from the club itself. Un
less more students join, it will be
impossible to carry on the work.
Miss Roberts stated that those
belonging to the club are enthu
siastic about it and are anxious to
have it continue. Ry this means
the students of the University are
able to read the latest books of
both fiction and non-fiction for
the price of 50 cents per term.
Since the economic depression
more interest has been taken in
non-fiction, and Miss Roberts,says
that the Co-op rental library is
among the most complete collec
tion of books on public questions,
biographies, and travel in Eugene.
The rules of the book club are as
follows: The cost will be 50 cents
for spring term. One book may be
taken out at a time, and it may be
kept for seven days including the
day it is taken out. If the seventh
day comes on Sunday the book
must be brought back on Saturday,
or a fine of three cents is assessed.
There is a three-cent fine for ev
ery day after the seventh. Mem
berships are not transferable.
Corvallis Bandsman Thinks
Oregon State Campus Better
• By DOUG POLIVKA
“I don't think your campus is
as good as the one at Corvallis,”
spoke the smallest soloist in yes
terday's solo contests held at the
music building. It was Benjamin
Bates, 13-year-old trumpet player
from Corvallis, who made this de
fiant statement only after he had
consulted his, partner, Chet Mink
ler, 14 years old, who stood some
inches taller than Ben, who was
approximately 40 inches in stat
ure.
Ben, who played a trumpet duet
with Chet, was almost lost in the
crowded lobby of the school of
music, which was filled with con
testants from all parts of the
state, loaded down with cornets,
piccolos, saxophones, and all the
other bandsman’s paraphernalia.
Margaret Allen, baritone soloist
from Irrigon, was very much im
pressed with campus life. She
thought the University was “keen,”
and the band contest “wonderful."
Margaret is a member of the 25
piece Irrigon high school band
which will compete for honors at
the igloo today. She thought wo
men’s bands were better than those
| composed entirely of the opposite
sex. Thirteen of Irrigon’s band
are girls.
Harold Moffett, a 13-year-old
Silverton junior high school trum
pet soloist, agreed with the rest
of the contenders interviewed who
were not from Corvallis that cam
pus life was fine, and that the
band contest was a definite means
of finding out one’s place in the
music world.
Biely Baldwin, junior at Oregon
City high school and flute mem
ber of the falls city's school band,
believed the band contest was one
place where school musicians
might determine their real worth.
“You aren’t patted on the back by
local praise here, and that’s what I
like about it,” he said.
"You can tell the University
students for me that I like the
Corvallis campus better because
the buildings are nicer,” replied
15-year-old Lois Brown, sopho
more at Corvallis high school, who
is here to help her school bank
take a championship. “I think last
year’s contest was lots nicer than
this year’s, too,” she called after
the interviewer, who tried not to
hear the dowm-heartening compli
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Corvallis High
Soloists Take
Day’s Laure's
Benton County Preppers
Win 8.Placements
100 STUDENTS PLAY
■Jefferson, LaGrande, Eugene, West
IJnn, and Lebanon Take
Contest Honors
Corvallis, winning eight place
ments in the instrumental solo
contests staged among 27 schools,
walked away with laurels in the
first section of the 10th annual
Oregon state high school band
contests yesterday. More than 100
students from high schools or
junior high schools competed in
:his meet.
Jefferson of Portland, LaGrande,
Eugene, West Linn, and Lebanon
ail came in lor their share of
honors, each v/inning three or
more mentions.
Honors were given on the basis
of tone intonation, phrasing inter
pretation, technic, and choice of
selection. In case of less than
three contestants, no decision was
offered.
Awards for the various divisions
were:
Flute—Mildred Canfield, Jeffer
son, first; Barbara Abbett, Grant,
second; Everett Reynolds, La
Grande, third.
Melaphone — Aldis Kerr, West
Linn, first; Elmer Johnson, Ore
gon City, second; Ken Blacker,
Corvallis, third.
Clarinet—Lane Smith, Hill Mili
tary academy, first; Roscoe Wil
son, Jefferson, second; Wiley
Benefiel, Irrigon, third.
Piccolo—Mark Stout, Gresham.
Baritone — senior division —
Wayne Gilfrey, Eiugene, first; Roy
Nyholm, Jefferson, second; Mar
garet Allen, Irrigon, third.
Baritone—junior division—Rich
ard Smith, Milwaukee, first; Al
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Sunrise Service
Set for 6:30 A. M.
Nearly everybody goes to church
on Easter Sunday, and many who
hate to get up for 8 o'clocks even
make an exception for one day and
get up in time to go to sunrise
services. This year the runrise
prayer meeting on the Skinner's
butte reservoir will be a union af
fair, all churches of Eugene taking
part. It will be held at 6:30 p. m.
The chairman of the committee
planning the sunrise service is
Ruth Orrick, freshman in social
science. Margaret L. Wiley, grad
uate assistant in English, will play
a violin solo. Frances Mays also a
freshman in social science, will
read the Easter scripture. Also
on the program will be a bugle trio
by three Eugene Boy Scouts, a
short talk, "The Meaning of the
Resurrection Today," by Dr. Wal
ter L. Myers, state pastor-com
mander of the Christian Endeavor,
and group singing.
j Campus Calendar
Amphibian meeting tonight
from 4 to 5:30 in the women's
pool. All members be there.
Social swim tonight from 7:30
to 9 in the women's swimming
pool at Gerlinger hall for visiting
high school musicians. Suits and
towels will be furnished.
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Housemothers will meet in the
men’s lounge of Gerlinger hall
Monday at 2 p. m.
Westminster guild will meet
Monday evening from 8 to 9 at
Westminster house.
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Anyone interested in taking bio
logical subjects, chemistry, mathe
matics, or physics at the summer
session of the University of Ore
gon this year, should see the pro
fessor in charge early next week.
; Jhese Snappy Outfits Perform Today
Here are two of the organizations that will co mpete today in McArthur court in the ,10th annual
Oregon state high school band contest. At the «to p is Salem high’s band; at the bottom, West Linn.
The competitions go on all afternoon and, starting a gain at 7 p. m., will last well into the evening.
Moving Pictures
Of Forests, Talk
Given on Friday
Problem of Woodlands Discussed
Before Students; Two Reels
Of Films Are Shown
George E. Griffith, of the U. S.
forest service, and W. V. Fuller,
of the Oregon state board of for
estry, superintended a lecture with
moving pictures, given before eco
nomics and business administration
classes at 2 o’clock yesterday in
Deady hall. Two reels of films
were shown, “Road of Romance,”
which is the Oregon coast highway,
and “Forest Fires or Game.”
Griffith and Fuller are complet- |
ing a seven-weeks trip in south- j
western Oregon, where they lec- j
tured before civic clubs, sports- ]
men’s associations, granges, and
other similar groups. This trip is
made every spring as part of the
cooperative educational campaign
managed by the U. S. forest ser
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Two Students To Talk
Over KORE on Sunday
Wallace Campbell and Rolla
Reedy, members of the Student
Socialist club, will speak on the
“Road Ahead” program over sta
tion KORE from 2:30 to 3 o’clock
tomorrow.
The programs will continue dur
ing the term, and the talks will
deal with discussions of age-old
institutions.
The first institution under fire
by the speakers will be education,
under the title, “Does Education
Educate?”
Tenth of Law Speech
Series Slated Sunday
The tenth of the series of talks
on the general subject of “The
Lawyer and the Public” will be
given tomorrow at 3 p. m. over
stations of the Columbia Broad
casting system in a nation-wide
; hook-up.
The subject this week will be
“Hurdles in the Path of a Candi
date for Admission to the Bar,”
and it will be in the nature of a
round table discussion. Philip J.
Wickser, secretary of the New
York board of law examiners;
Theodore Francis Greene, gover
nor of Rhode Island; and Robert
; T. McCracken, chairman of the
Philadelphia county board of law
examiners will participate in the
program.
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Unshaven Sophs
To Dance Tonite
At Campa Shoppe
It’s here! The great day for all
the sophomores has arrived! To
night at the Campa Shoppe the
cream of the beard growing sec
ond-year men will dance and
whoop it up at their annual Whis
kerino Shuffle. The highlight of '
the evening will be the judging of
the various types of hirsute adorn
ment on display, with prizes being
offered for the longest, funniest,
oddest, shortest, and blackest
beards. Competition is keen to see
who will be the all-campus beard
growing champ for 1933.
The big affair will begin at 9
o’clock, and the tax is 50 cents,
payable either at the gate or to
representatives in the various liv
ing organizations. “Campus
clothes are compulsory, and any
one wearing a tie will be sumarily
dealt with,” said Bill Roberts,
chairman. “We want everyone to
have a swell time, and how can
they if they are repressed with a
lot of fol-de-rol? We hope for 100
per cent attendance.”
Legal Publication
To Be Distributed
At Close of Month
Oregon Law Review Articles by
Brand, Wigmore, Howard,
Morse, and Hollis
The articles to be published in
the April issue of the Oregon Law
Review have been selected, and the
magazine has gone to press. It
will be ready for distribution about
April 30, reports Otto Frohn
mayer, student editor.
The new issue will have several
articles of interest to law students
and lawyers all over the state.
James T. Brand, circuit judge of
district 2, has written an article
on the “Montesque Separation of
Powers;” John H. Wigmore, on
“Statute in Oregon Making a
Stenographer Privileged as to Tes
timony Against Her Employer."
Charles G. Howard, professor of
law at Oregon, has continued his
research on “Restatement of the
Law of Contracts with Oregon
Notes.” Dean Wayne Morse and
Professor Orlando John Hollis have
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Young Actors Make Debut;
Second Showing Is Tonight
Next year’s Guild hall players
made their successful debut last
night in a convincing presentation
of the sparkling American com
edy, “Mrs, Partridge Presents,” by
Mary Kennedy and Ruth Haw- j
thorne. The cast, all appearing in|
their first principal roles on the
Guild hall stage, displayed a tech
nique which does credit to the
work of Mrs. Ottilie Turnbull Sey
bolt, who directed the young
actors.
Marie Saccomanno, playing the
part of Katherine Everett, giggling
friend of Delight Partridge, the
heroine, accounted for most of the
laughs which were crowded into
the three acts of the play. It was
in this same role that Ruth Gor
don, renowned comedienne of the
legitimate stage, achieved her first
big success.
Maisie Partridge, the business
like mother whose meddling in
the lives of her two children, De
light and Philip, formed the basis
of the plot, gave a convincing por
trayal of a difficult role. Delight
was played by Alice Lively, while
' the son was Harold GeBauer.
| Malcolm Bauer as Sydney Arm
stead, Delight’s patient suitor,
shared romantic interest with
Michael Hogan, who took the part
of Stephen Applegate, Maisy*s
middle-aged .admirer.
Other members of the well
chosen cast were Katherine Briggs
as Ellen, the slow moving house
keeper; Herbert King as Charley
Ludlow, young engineer; Kather
ine Quitmeyer as Clementine, the
bashful little shop girl; Charleen
Purcell as the efficient manager
of Mrs. Partridge’s dress shop;
Jean Whitesmith as the excitable
French milliner; and Tom McCall
and Edward Patton as two stolid
workmen.
A second presentation will be
given tonight, but with several
changes in the cast of principals.
Jean Whitesmith will play the part
of Maisie Partridge, while her
two children will be played by
Ronald Rew as Philip, and Ger
trude Winslow as Delight. Alice
Lively plays the French milliner
tonight. Other members of to
night’s cast will be the same as
those who played in the first per
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Twenty Bands
After Honors
In Competition
Tests Are Divided Into
Three Groupings
DINNER SCHEDULED
Seven Hundred Musicians To Vie;
Jefferson, Sllverton, and
Hill Are Defenders
Today’s Program
Registration and housing ar
rivals.
10-11 a. m.—Men’s gym swim
ming tank open ta contes
tants.
Ensemble contests.
Meeting of bandmasters an.l
judges.
1:00 p. m.—Class C contest
begins.
3:00 p. m.—Class B content
begins.
5:30 p. ni.—Annual band ban
quet.
7:00 p. m.—Class A contest
begins.
By ED STANLEY
Big bands, little bands, colorful
uniforms, and excellent music will
: dominate this afternoon and eve
ning at McArthur court, where 20
of the finest high school bands will
compete for championships and
honors during the tenth annual
Oregon state high school band con
test, which is being held on the
University of Oregon campus for
the first time. In previous years,
this contest was held on the Ore
gon State college campus, but
hereafter it will be alternated be
tween the two schools.
The aggregation of boys and
girls representing their respective
high schools will total 700 and is
the largest group of youths ever
to assemble on the campus here
at one time. Both University and
Eugene townspeople are cooperat
ing to make this event a success.
The incoming students are being
housed in the various living organ
1 izations.
First Contest at I
Contests will get under way at
1 o’clock this afternoon, when Hill
Military academy of Portland de
fends its class C championship
against Irrigon, which placed sec
ond last year and is the smallest
band represented, and Seaside,
which placed third and is the only
band composed entirely of girls.
Other groups in this class will be
Beaverton, Estacada, and Wood
row Wilson junior high of Eugene,
which replaces Hood River.
In class B rivalry, which will get
under way at 3 o’clock, Silverton
high, last year’s winner, will at
tempt to win its second champion
ship in two years. Other bands to
vie in this division are Oregon City,
second place winner last year;
West Linn, Marshfield, and St.
Helens, which is entered in the
contest for the first time. Gresh
am and Bend high schools are not
contestants this year.
Class A at 7 p. m.
At 7 o’clock this evening, all the
larger schools will meet in class
A competition. Jefferson high of
Portland, winner at Corvallis last
year and a consistently high-rank
ing organization for the past sev
eral years, will defend her laurels
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Education Board
To Have Meet In
Portland Monday
RTLAND, Ore., April 14.—
(Special)—The state board
of higher education is scheduled
to meet here Monday. Reports
from Salem indicate that only
affirmative votes by the legisla
ture interim committee have
greeted Gov. Meier’s appoint
ment of Charles Brand and
George McCleod to places on the
board created by vacancies.
Brand was named to take the
place of Albert Burch, and Mc
Cleod was appointed to succeed
Edward C. Pease. They are ex
pected to be present in Port
land if the board meets then.