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eatdoO l’ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1934 NUMBER 60 Postponement Necessary for Students’ Meet Friday Assembly Moved To Monday WILLIAMS DELAYED Speaker Will Appear in Gerlinger l or Talk oa Labor Conditions In Russia, Germany V/hiting Williams, author and lecturer, who was scheduled to speak before a public assembly of students in Gerlinger hall tomor row morning on the subject of working conditions in Russia and Germany, will not appear until Monday morning at 10 o’clock, it was learned yesterday by Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel. The postponement of the speech was made necessary by difficulties, in the speaker's train schedule, ac cording to Onthank. By donning overalls and hob nailed boots, and working as a common laborer in factories of America and Europe, Williams has gained an insight into the psychol ogy of the worker’s mind here and abroad. As vice-president in charge of the personnel of a great steel company, he was not content to learn about his men from books, preferring to work side by side with begrimed laborers. So successful have these so journs with workers proved that Williams has visited every great industrial field of Europe and America in recent years, analyz ing and associating with the un skilled workman. His findings have been revealing and interest ing. Whiting Williams went to Rus sia in 192S and 1933. His com ments on the effects of the five year plan are illuminating and should prove of great value. Germany, Poland, France, Italy, and Great Britain have also been visited by this man, and working conditions in those countries close ly examined. Lolleges in Arkansas, Utah to Get Libraries Two schools, one much smaller than Oregon and the other about the same size, have recently let contracts for new library build ings to be built with PWA funds, according to word received at the library yesterday. They are the University of Utah, which received $500,000, and the University of Arkansas, $400,000. Figures for 1933 as to the number of students and faculty are as fol lows: Utah, 3,592 students, 186 faculty; Arkansas, 1,917 students, 200 faculty; and Oregon, 3,340 students, 249 faculty. Oregon’s proposed new library building is to cost $350,000. Graduate Returns Harry Stone, ’32, who received his master’s degree in June, 1933, has returned to Eugene from a teaching position at Smith River. He plans to enter school again next term. Pledging Discussed Selection of new members was one of the major topics at the meeting of the executive commit tee of Phi Delta Kappa, men’s edu cation honorary, in the school of education yesterday. Hoopsters on Northern Jaunt These three two-year lettermen are among the Oregon basketball players who leave this morning for an invasion of the northern section of the conference. From left to right, they are Jack Robertson, sharp-shooting forward; Gib Olinger, captain of the Webfoots and a standby at the guard position; and Jim Watts, forward, who has seen little action thus far this season. U of O Hoopsters Will Be Guests of Portland Alums Team Will Stop Off to Attend Big Luncheon to Be Given in Their Honor Coach Bill Reinhart and the Oregon hoop squad, on their way north to meet the undefeated Hus kies, will stop at Portland this noon where they will he the honor guests at a luncheon given by the University alumni of Portland. Senior players on Portland high school quintets are to be the other guests of the Portland alumni. Dean Walker, who starred on the Webfoot basketball team in 1913, will be the principal speaker for the occasion, arranged to give the hoopsters a send-off for their Seattle invasion. Reinhart, Ghormley, and 10 play ers leave this morning in autos. Violinist, Two Pianists To Be Heard Monday The second student recital of the winter term is scheduled for next Monday at 8 in the Music auditorium. Three pianists and one violinist are slated to appear. The pianists are Marjorie Sco bert, who will play two groups of numbers; Maxine Hill, pianist, to 'play one group; Helene Ferris, pi | anist, to play one group; and Viv ian Malone, violinist, to play one group. Miss Scobert is a student of George Hopkins, Maxine Hill and Helene Ferris of Mrs. Thacher, and Vivian Malone of Rex Under wood. Social Science Department Invited to London Conclave Members of the social science department have been invited to attend the first session of the in ternational congress of anthropolo gical and ethnological sciences, to be held in London, under royal pat ronage, from July 30 to August 4, 1934. This congress is designed to include all those departments of research which contribute to the scientific study of man, in their application to races, peoples and modes of life. The establishment of the new congress results from more than 20 years of preparation. In 1912, after the London session of the In ternational congress of American ists, the Royal Anthropological In stitute invited a small committee, on which eight countries were rep resented, to organize a more gen eral assembly, which should dis cuss questions of anthropology and ethnology in the years when the Americanist congress met in Europe. The proposal was com municated to the international congress of anthropology and pre historic archaeology, which met in 1912 at Geneva, and was favor ably received. In 1916 that con gress was to have met at Madrid and the Americanist congress in Europe, and a “congress of an thropological sciences” was there fore planned for that year; but these meetings were prevented by the war. In 1931, however, a new international congress of prehis toric and protohistoric sciences was founded by a conference at Berne; it held its first session in London in 1932, and has been in vited to meet at Oslo in 1936. To provide similar facilities for I the whole range of anthropological and ethnological sciences, the Roy al Anthropological Institute, with ! a conference made up of members of former committees, representa (Continued on Page Four) House Managers Must Make Oregana Picture Arrangements Today House managers or house presidents of campus living or ganizations are requested to visit the Oregana office at Mc Arthur court between 1 and 5 o’clock this afternoon to ar range individual pictures for fraternity and sorority sections of the 1934 Oregana. Should no house representa tives appear to supervise the arrangement of pictures, picture groups will be made up with no regard to class seniority, since layouts for this year’s annual will be sent to the engravers tomorrow. Faculty Members To Meet Students On ROTC Topic Five Named on Committee Which Will Thresh Out Controversy Over Military Training Selection of a faculty commit tee to meet with the student com mittee on compulsory military ed ucation was made by acting Presi dent of the University Boyer last Saturday, and his selected com mittee was announced yesterday. They are Professor L. S. Cress man, chairman, Major R. H. Back, Prof. O. F. Stafford, Prof. Carlton Spencer, and Prof. Waldo Schu macker. The petition from the students asking that military training be made optional rather than com pulsory was tendered the Univer sity faculty last week, at which time it was decided that acting President Boyer should appoint a faculty committee to meet with the student committee. The petition was submitted by a committee of 25 students headed by Wallace Campbell. Representatives of this commit tee will be allowed to meet with the faculty committee and submit a complete statement of their views on the problem, it was de cided at a meeting in Friendly hall yesterday afternoon. The time of this meeting has not been announced. Campus Calendar House managers or presidents | must visit Oregana office some time between 1 and 5 o'clock this afternoon to arrange individual house pictures. The Oregon Independent Coeds invite all members of women’s liv ing organizations, housemothers and faculty women to attend the (Continued on Page Four) Dean Allen Says Imports Needed For Export Profit Orient Holds Boundless Market For American Goods, Says Speaker Emphasizing that we must im port if we expect to make any money from exports, Dean Eric Allen of the University school of journalism spoke before the Pan Xenia, foreign trades honorary, last night on the subject of the “Future of International Trade Relations as Based on Present Economic Tendencies.” Allen declared that too many short-sjghted business men and politicians have the belief that we can flood other countries with our products without accepting any of theirs in exchange. The Orient, he believes, as a market for American trade has unlimited possibilities, but we must expect to accept as many of their products as they do of ours. How else can we expect them to pay us for the shipments we send them. When asked about the war and disorganization in China at the present time, Allen said that the United States is really paying more for its past wars and in pre paring for future ones than all of China’s wars are costing her. A short discussion period was held after the address. Speaker Says Acid Need for Human Growth Dr. Williams Describes Functional Uses FAN MAIL RECEIVED Talk by Oregon State Professor Deals With Discovery of New Chemical Substance By RUT HWEBER "Panto-thenic’’ acid, found in tissues, is probably necessary for human growth," stated Dr. Roger J. Williams, professor of organic chemistry at Oregon State, in his lecture in 103 Deady hall last night on "hemical Secrets of Liv ing Matter.’ A few years ago protein, fats, carbohydrates, and inorganic mat ter were thought to be the chemi cal ingredients of living matter. In recent years, other constituent matter, not so abundant, but in dispensable, has been discovered. Dr. Williams’s new discovery, "panto-thenic” acid, is probably one of these. He found this acid in searching for the substance nec essary to the growth of yeast. Growths Vary Varying quantities of this acid produce different growths in yeast. The effect on the growth of other organisms is not certain, as the experiment is still under way. The difficulty in determining the effect of the substance on mammals is due to the fact that in nutritive experiments it is nearly impossible to prepare a food which does not contain "panto-thenic” acid. As a result of the publicity re ceived from this experiment, Dr. Williams’ fan mail has assumed humorous characteristics. A di minutive Jewish boy in Brooklyn who wanted to grow requested some of the acid. A young lady in New York who is less than five (Continued on Payc Three) Optional Student Membership to Be Investigated Jim Landye, Eugene Laird, Dick Neuberger Will Represent Student Group The committee of the state board of higher education which is investigating the proposed pol icy of optional membership in the student body will meet Monday at 10 a. m. in Portland for the purpose of receiving reports from the interested parties. Jim Landye, Eugene Laird, and Dick Neuberger will represent the students who are proposing op tional membership, and Tom Tongue, president of the A. S. U. O., Fred Saling, president of the Oregon State student body, Carl Lodell, graduate manager of Ore gon State, Hugh E. Rosson, grad uate manager of the University, will represent the associated stu dents of the two major state schools. There is a possibility that the presidents of the two schools will attend the meeting. The regular meeting of the state board of higher education will take place on Monday afternoon. No Men Allowed! This Party Will Be Gayer Without Them Ghosts, gravestones, evil spirits, i ships, midnight, the old mill stream, music, costume, songs, water and women—all put into one evening, namely, Wednesday, February 7, and one sees the Co ed Capers in a nutshell! Plans for this annual co-ed party, from which anything that i looks like a man is excluded, have been under way for weeks, but ! the utmost secrecy those in charge of entertainment have maintained i has foiled many an excellent nose for news. This year the party is in charge of Elizabeth Bendstrup, and is open not only to the University coeds but to Eugene townswomen, and the only requisite for admis sion is a ticket, and the assurance, or the ability to identify oneself as a member of the fair sex. The party is to be a costume one, and prizes are being offered for the best costume. Each class will present a stunt and an award will be made to the skit which in the eyes of the judges is most original, clever, and best pre sented. Persistent probing and prowling in deep caverns, and secret cor ners where practices are being held by the various classes have disclosed to the nervy reporter some of the deep dark secrets, but because of the integrity of the journalistic profession, in keeping secrets, she can only hint as to the nature of the skits. There shall be spirits of the dead, rising for this special occasion, who shall lament the disappearance of the good old days under the ‘'courteous" rule of Tom Tongue as the president of the student body; there shall be ships and fa mous shipmates; shapes and shad ows of the past and future; there shall be -enough this time, the Emerald shall need copy again Elizabeth Bendstrup says, "It’s a wise coed who begins to think oi her costume!" Appears in Igloo Tonight Roland Hayes, one of the outstanding tenors in the world, will appear tonight in McArthur court in another of the series of Associ ated Students’ musical presentations. Students will l>e admitted free of charge to the recital, while popular prices prevail for townspeople. Orangemen Whip Idaho, 32 to 23, In Moscow Game Oregon State Quintet Climbs Back Into Second-Place Deadlock With Webfoot Team MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 24. (Special) A rejuvenated Oregon State quintet struggled success fully to maintain its bid for north ern division championship honors here tonight by downing Idaho's Vandals, 32 to 23. The victory, which evened the Beaver-Vandal series, restored the visitors to their second-place dead lock with Oregon. The Orangemen flashed into an early lead of 8 to 2, but a long range Idaho attack erased this advantage and put the Vandals into a lead of 11 to 10. They maintained a similar margin at. the close of the first half with a score of 13-12 favoring them. The Oregon Staters galloped on to the court in the second half and bombarded the basket to pro duce a lead of 27 to 19. They kept in front of the Vandals for the remainder of the contest. A scoring flurry in the second half gave George Hibbard, speedy Beaver forward, scoring honors for the evening with 13 points. Iversen, Idaho forward, led the way for his teammates with six tallies. Tradition Sidetracked; Freshman Are Allowed Tuxedos at Senior Hall Two long-standing University traditions received their death blow last night, when Edwin Martindale, senior class presi dent announced that freshman men will be permitted to attend Saturday night’s Senior ball and in tuxedos. When first year men flower forth, in formal attire at the ball Saturday night, it will mark the first time in campus history that frosh have attend ed the senior affair and the first time that freshmen have appeared at an official function in tuxedos. University Stands To Save $7083.10 On Miner Building Saving Hoped for Through Tax Exemption; Assessor Says He Will Collect The University of Oregon will save $7083.10 if the Lane county circuit court upholds the Security Savings and Trust company in its effort to have the Miner building placed on the non-taxable list. B. F. Keeney, county assessor, has announced, however, that he has no intentions of allowing the property to be exempted from tax ation inasmuch as it is not usee for educational purposes. The as sessor said Wednesday that at thf time he thought he was justifiec in taking such action and is stil of the same opinion. Rentals from the property amount to $39,120 a year whik operating expenses approximatf $13,000. Three thousand dollars interest on a $60,000 mortgag< (Continued on Page Pour) Hayes’ Concert Will Be Offered InlglooTonight Program Slated to Start At 8:30 P. M. % TENOR EXCEPTIONAL Students Will Be Admitted Free With ASIA) Ducats; Popular Prices Are Offered Program Tonight I Arne . Guluppi Beethoven The Faithful Dover Kviva Rosa Bella . Adelaide II Schubert . Ganymede Schubert . Wohin IJupare ...L'lnvitation au Voyage Debussy .... Colloque Sentimental Koechlin . Ee The III Trunk . Rest Roderick White . ..... The Eagle Eichheim .. . Come Not When I Am Dead Tanieff . The Fountains IV Negro Spiritual Arrangements H. T. Burleigh .... Go Down, Moses Anonymous . I Stan', Fol’ My Anns an’ I Cry Le’ Me Shine Poor Pilgrim I Want Two Wings Roland Hayes, internationally famous tenor, will sing tonight at 8:30 in McArthur court, with ad mission free on presentation of student body tickets. Tickets for persons not having student cards are selling for $1.10 and 55 cents. Hayes, who has become one of the outstanding singers in the world, has been brought to Eu gene by the Associated Students. On this, his first tour of the north west in three years, Hayes has been drawing record crowds; in Portland his audience was the largest since Paderewski came in 1927. He sings the songs of the great masters of all countries and is an absolute master of five languages, in addition to devoting about one fourth of his program to the fa miliar negro spirituals. The spiritual section in his pro gram was exceedingly popular in Portland, and he was called upon to sing several encores. Hayes is known to be generous with en cores. Tickets for the concert are still available at the graduate man ager’s office in McArthur court, the Co-op, and McMorran & [ Washburne’s. Dahlberg lo Bp Judge In Debate Competition W. A. Dahlberg, instructor of speech and men's varsity debate coach, received notification yester day that he has been chosen to judge debate competition among high schools of Oregon and south ern Washington. Dahlberg will leave the campus February 9 on his first judging tour, returning to liis campus du ties February 17. On his tour the University debate coach will judge forensic meets at Seaside, Knappa, Clatskanie, Medford, Ashland, and Grants Pass. Sergeant’s Barefoot Boys’ Novel Development ofROTC Don’t be surprised if you should, find bullets whizzing about your head some of these days because the University of Oregon is fast j becoming a scientific marksman-1 ship center of the world, what with j Dr. Robert >1. Seashore’s recent muscular coordination tests and all. A later and more novel develop ment is now being tried by Ser geant Harvey Blythe's “barefoot boys’’ at the ROTC barracks. Sergeant Blythe, coach of the University rifle team has contin ually emphasized the need of ab solute comfort and relaxation while shotting, therefore it wasn't surprising to have Earl Thomson, a member of the squad take off his shoes, during a match, because they didn't feel right on his feet. In shooting from the kneeling position, the marksman, in order to secure maximum steadiness, curls up his right leg and sits on it throughout the match. This is a very cramped position and some times the hard shoe becomes un comfortable as a chair, hence the bare foot. It wouldn’t have been so bad if all the other riflemen hadn't adopt ed the custom. Sergeant Blythe says that down South people go without shoes as much as possible because of the added comfort. Maybe that’s where Earl (southern Oregon) Thomson got his inspira tion. During the recent wet weather, considerable rain was blown into ihe rifle range at the barrapka, consequently many of those inter ested in the team ate viewing with alarm the present bare-foot ten dency. It would be tragic to have a star marksman get cold feet or pneumonia on the eve of the first big match, which is only a few weeks away.