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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
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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
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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
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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<
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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.