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, Field of Law In Admiralty Topic of Talk Erskine Wood Speaker At Bauquet Portland Attorney Shows Romance In Special Application of Legal Practice The whole general field of ad miralty law, from its origin and development, to the modern kind of cases and trials, was discussed by Erskine Wood, Portland lawyer of the firm of Wood, Montague, Matthiessen, and Rankin, at the annual law-school banquet last night at the Anchorage. In a speech sprinkled with hu mor and interesting anecdotes, Wood described the main divisions of cases which come under ad miralty or maritime law. The practice of admiralty law, he stated, necessitates a knowledge of navigation as well as law it self. Typical Cases Cited The types of cases most often found are concerned with ship col lisions, on the general average, seamen’s wages, injuries, and rights, salvage cases, relations be tween cargo and ship, and limita tion of liability. The latter is a particularly important part of ad miralty law, in that it relieves ship owners of individual respon sibility for collisions, and thus has greatly encouraged shipping. Wood discussed admiralty law from a practical standpoint, with which he is well acquainted, since he is practicing at the present time. All maritime cases, accord ing to Wood, are tried in federal courts, before a judge alone. Sea men’s cases are an exception, and are sometimes tried in a state court before a jury. Origin Ancient The origin of admiralty law, Wood said, can be found in laws on the island of Rhodes, 300 years before the Justinian code. Some of the laws formulated at that time are the basis for the present day code, particularly the laws which deal with the method of contribution. Wood traced admiralty law on through the twelfth century, when certain laws concerning the con trol of commerce and ships at sea, which are still quoted today, were formulated. Trend After Revolution The main trend of our admir alty law, Wood said, was devel oped after the revolution, when the United States adopted the more liberal view of the law, rather than the narrow one which Great Britain had used. Under this liberal view, inland waters and shipping are included under the general field of admiralty and maritime law. AH federal jurisdiction is based on one sentence in the United States Constitution, stated Wood, quoting, “The judicial power of the United States extends to all admiralty and maritime law.” Romance in Cases In an interesting manner, Wood told how he happened to enter the field of maritime law. In the first place, he stated humorously, he liked the high-sounding title; and then, he liked the romance of the cases, and the way the cases are named—each being called by the name of the ship, the “Mary Ann,” and so forth. Toastmaster for the banquet was Wayne L. Morse, dean of the University law school. Gordon Wells, attorney for the Lane coun ty bar association, responded to him. The Formal Social Season Is Here! FORMAL FOOTWEAR for EVERY OCCASION ALSO SANDALS and SPORT SHOES Sizes Triple A to B Widths COLLEGE BOOT SHOPPE “WHERE COLLEGE WOMEN BUY” Next door to Sevmour'-i Cafe Nonchalant--Nothin9 Else But Practically all brick elementary schools in Los Angeles county have been abandoned in favor of tents and bungalows since the recent earthquake which demolished a large number of schools in the south ern California area. Above is the interior of one of the new schools, which house 80 children. Scanning the Cinemas _ MCDONALD — “The World Changes,” Paul Muni, Mary Astor, Aline MacMahon. Al so “Fugitive Lovers,” Madge Evans, Robert Montgomery. COLONIAL — Eisenstein’s “Thunder Over Mexico.” By J. A. NEWTON A Reader! My reader wroter me a letter yesterday in which he commented upon Professor Smith’s article on “Thunder Over Mexico” which ap peared yesterday. Here it is: “Dear Sir: “I have read Mr. S. Stephenson Smith’s rhapsodical review of “Thunder Over Mexico.” His reac tion to this 'truncated fragment from the hand of a great master’ was hardly the same as mine. “It seems that Comrade Eisen stein exposed 25 miles of film— therefore by showing more regard for the Mexican landscape than his friends’ pocketbooks. And all that resulted was an interesting travelogue with remarkable pho tography. As the photography is the picture’s main interest, why not give some of the credit to Tisse, the cinematographer? “Mr. Eisenstein is not above us ing a mustachioed villain with a competent leer to point out the corruptness of the old regime. His studiously picturesque natives posed against walls and squatting near century plants lose much of their significance with constant repetition throughout the film. The fact that Eisenstein uses non-pro fessional actors is all too apparent, particularly in the case of the heroine who made a pretty picture but not a moving one. One glaring anachronism—which was Eisenstein’s, not the cutter’s fault—was the disappearance of the blood stain on the waist of the rancher’s daughter while she was being carried back to the hacienda by her lover. Even the vulgarly elegant DeMille would be more careful of detail. “The picture ended with a typi cally Russian idealization of the freedom of the worker under the present Mexican government. This the “hardly noticeable” propagan da.! “All praise to Upton Sinclair to stand 35 hours of it! “WM. CARNEY.” Opinion seems to be one, includ ing- that of my reader, to the ef fect that there is little plot and practically no acting, but that the photography is remarkable. I don’t pretend to know a great deal about photographic art, but I do know that I react to pictures so obviously beautiful as those comprising every frame of “Thun der Over Mexico.” Personally I feel no dissatisfaction because of amateur acting or an ordinary story. While it would be ideal to see a motion picture some day which combines fine music, plot, acting, direction, photography, dialogue,— just to mehtion a few of the ele ments included in the motion pic ture, into one production, never theless one which is nearly com plete in some one department, as is “Thunder Over Mexico,” photo graphically, is such a delight that one does not feel inclined to be come technical. All we can say is that pictures such as “Thunder Over Mexico” and “S. O. S. Iceberg” show what the screen is capable of. We must look forward to the time when mo tion pictures are regarded as an art rather than a business. Favorite Returns Madge Evans, whom I may have mentioned before, returns to the screen of the McDonald theater today with Robert Montgomery in “Fugitive Lovers.” Looks as though it might be interesting. Story, so I understand, about a trip across the country in a trans continental bus. All kinds, of peo ple go 'along. Understand Miss Evans is a chorus girl, which suits me to a “t.” In the other show, “The World Changes,” returns one of the fine actors of the Broadway stage, Paul Muni. Possibly you recall him in “Scarface,” and in one of last year’s finest, “I Am a Fugi tive From a Chain Gang,” a fine dramatic work. This picture uses the life cycle theme. Boy starts as a very poor lad and becomes a big railroad magnate. He gets tangled up in the 1929 crash. Muno should make it good. Society MARY LOUIEE EDINGER, Editor (Continued from Page Two) ine Goetsch was in charge of the affair, and those assisting her were Edwina Anderson, refresh ments; Dorothy Bergstrom, pub licity; Margaret Roethler, serving; Mildred Schwartz, receiving. Reva Herns, Helen Woughter, Virginia Harrison, Polly Thompson, and Virginia Gavtn assisted about the rooms. * * * P.T.A. Official Is Visitor Mrs. William Kletzer of Port land, president of the state Parent Teacher association, is visiting at the Chi Omega house this week, while attending county and city meetings of the P.-T. A. Mrs. Kletzer will visit with Mrs. H. M. Shaw, mother of Virginia Shaw, University student. Tea Given The Alpha Xi Delta house was the scene of an informal tea given Sunday afternoon by members of Tau Delta Delta, women’s under class music honorary, to honor the campus music faculty. A program was given which in cluded vocal solos by June Yates; 'cello numbers by Peggy Hay; pi ano numbers by Harriet Moore; piano duets by Alberta Roberts and Irma Egbert; vocal trio num bers by Ella Devereaux, Bernice Stromberg, and Jessie Long. Joy Carlisle, Ella Devereaux, Al ' be rid. Roberts, Ldvina Anderson, j and Jesse Long: were the commit tee in charge. Miss Bernice Strom berg had charge of invitations. * * * Formal Tea to Be Given Members of Delta Zeta will en tertain Sunday afternoon with a formal tea in honor of their prov ince director, Miss Elizabeth Sut ton. Delores Burke, Miss Sutton, Dean Hazel Prutsman Schwering, and Mrs. E. R. Knollin will be in the receiving line. Those pouring are Mrs. Alberta Powell, Mrs. George Hopkins, and Mrs. Lucy Leighton. Entertainment will be furnished by Margaret jsall and Kamilla Klekar, each of whom will give two violin solos, and Dorothy Dykeman who will play the piano. Ella McFall has charge of the af fair. Inine in Infirmary Most of the cases at the infirm ary are colds and light attacks of the flu. There are nine students in the infirmary at the present time: Pat Gallagher, Vivian Wil liams, Jerry Murphy, Fred Hille man, Fred Bradshaw, Clarence Mullins, William Hall, Percy Free man, and Phoebe Greenman. LOST—A pair of glasses some place between the Tri Delt house and Deady hall. Glasses are gold rimmed and in a leather case with “Dr. J. A. McFall, Ontario, Oregon" stamped on the case. Finder please call 2333-J. Reward. LOST — White-gold Hamilton wrist watch, without strap. Tom i Holman, 1320. Reward. Library Has Rare Copy of Dante’s Work Only 70 Copies of Book In Existence I Manuscript Given on Anniversary Of Poet’s Death: Old Volume Richly Colorful j All the color and fine workman I ship of an old manuscript book is to be found at the library in a ! facsimile reproduction of the Co i dice Trivulziano, which was the original manuscript of Dante’s | “Divine Comedy.” Every page of the manuscript was exactly reproduced by a pho tographic process, even to the aged appearance of the leaves and the writing. Book Colorful This book is more colorful than most old books because it is liber ally decorated with illuminated initial letters and richly colored illustrations. The subject matter of the book is written in two columns in a graceful script somewhat more angular, but in many respects greatly similar in appearance to modern italic type. Reproduction Full Even the end-sheets of the man uscript are reproduced, the one in side the front cover bearing the bookplate of Princess Trivulzio. The manuscript is called the Co dice Trivulziano because it was in the library of the princess. The book which the library has is bound in brown leather with a tooled design on the covers. The lettering is in gold. On September 14, 1921, the 600th anniversary of the death of the poet Dante, the Italians of the United States pre sented the book to the University library. Only 70 copies are in ex istence, one being in the library of congress, one in the White House library, and the rest in the libraries of the chief American universities. Belt Trio Leader Joins Orchestra Fred McKinney, music major, pianist and organizer of the Delt Trio, has recently joined up with Sherwood Burr’s band. McKinney has played with a number of orchestras since enter ing school. His trio, also known as McKinney and his Stooges, ap peared last Saturday at the lunch eon of the Oregon Press confer ence, and faces a number of im mediate future engagements. The other members of the firm are Richard Hillis and Don Law. Hil lis is a journalism major while Law is majoring in social science. SPEAKER SAYS ACID NEEDED FOR GROWTH (Continued from Pape One) feet tall and wanted to grow up asked for information about the substance. A firm in New York j wrote to inform Dr. Williams that j his discovery was probably what they had been looking for to sta* bilize ozone and olive oil. A spir itualist writer who had written of something more fundamental than , vitamins, more widespread than vitamins, told him that his acid was probably the substance. He asked him not to hesitate to send a telegram collect if he found it advisable. Acid Has Possibilities An electrical engineer in New York who was convinced that it held the cure for tuberculosis was also one of Williams’ fans. “I don’t look for the world to be turned in side out on account of it, but it does have possibilities. This isn’t going to solve everything, and I do not want to give the impression that it is the ‘it’ we have been looking for,” Dr. Williams re marked. “Panto-thenic” acid is probably related to vitamin B, which is now differentiated into a series of ques tionable entities. In his laboratory Williams has discovered that one milligram in 250 gallons of culture medium can be detected. Handedness in Molecules One of the secrets of organic chemistry that Williams explained was left-handed and right-handed molecules. This is determined by passing a ribbon of polarized light through a molecule; it twists in the direction of the handedness. Optically these molecules are dif , ferent; chemically they are the [same; biologically they effect or ! ganisms differently. In the labora tory the problem is to create left handed molecules without the pres ence of the other type. There is i also an ambidextrous kind. The other “secre” concerns the I enzyme action of protein. An en I zyme can both tear down and ! build up, but it cannot build up in the form or pattern as originally. After the lecture the meeting was opened for questions from the ' audience. The Committee on Free Intellectual Activities and Sigma Xi, national science honorary, were sponsors. ‘ Patronize Emerald advertisers.” Dredger Starts Work i The huge electric dredger pictured above starts work on the $869,063 contract to build four miles of sand and rock fill on the Oak j land side of the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge, an enormous engi neering project, on which work is proceeding rapidly. More than 2000 I men are employed in construction work on the new span. Students Discuss Modern Religion With Warrington •Perspective’ Is Sub-Topic for the Weekly Group Meeting At Y.VV. Bungalow Swimming in the main current of life instead of wildly gyrating in an eddy represents the working perspective in “Vital Religion Ahead,” according to discussion of that subject led by Dr. E. W. War rington, head of the department of religion, last night at the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. “God v/orks through orderly rather than* chaotic processes,” Dr. Warrington remarked. “Ca lamities like our present world of depression come about when our leaders fail to recognize this order ly process.” “Working out a perspective is a privilege, an opportunity, and a necessity,” he said, adding that, while Jesus taught general princi ples on which a workable perspect ive may be based, He did not force on his followers a set code supply ing a ready-made perspective. Elements of perspective suggest ed by members of the group of 25 or more men and women seated about the Bungalow fireplace were six: coolness, knowledge, purpose, intuition, action, and mysticism. Discussion centered about the rel ative importance of these. Qualities of a workable perspec tive were also discussed. That it Wesley Club Will Feature 'Cooties9 AndMockDebate _ A “cootie” party, arranged by the juniors of the University of Oregon Wesley club begins promptly at 9 o'clock tomorrow evening in the league room of the Methodist church. This is the sec ond of a series of Friday night church parties. Howard Ohmart is in charge of the program, and Theda Spicer and Upton Bickford are on his committee. Violet Adams is in charge of refreshments. A mock debate between Orval Thompson and Howard Ohmart, “Resolved that the father is no longer the head of the house," will be a fea ture of the evening. Cootie will be the theme game and Oregon songs will probably conclude the party. must be larger than the person was agreed, and it was also sug gested that it must include a be lief in an integrating force which makes the Universe a support. The question for next week’s meeting will be announced later, as last night’s discussion some what overflowed its time limits— from 9 to 10. The topic, however, will be some other aspect of the general subject of the series, “Vi tal Religion Ahead.” “Patronize Emerald advertisers.” Lord Dunsany’s Outstanding Play To Be Presented ‘The Gods of the Mountain’ First Offering of University Theater This Year "The Gods of the Mountain,” which is to be the first offering of the University theater this year, is generally conceded to be Lord Dunsany’s finest piece of dramatic writing. Edward John Morton Drax .Plemkelt, Lord Dunsany, first re ceived recognition among the writers of the Irish literary ren aissance when his play for two characters, “The Glittering Gate," was produced at the Abbey thea ter in Dublin, home of the famous Irish Players who were highly ac claimed in New York as recently as last winter. The two dead bur glars who appear in the "Glitter ing Gate” are probably the first of a long line. This was followed in close succession by other plays climaxed by the initial production of "The Gods of the Mountain” at the Haymarket theater, Lon don. Since that time Dunsany has had an enormous vogue in this country, finding his best and most understanding producer in Stuart Walker, whose "Portmanteau Players" touring for several sea sons from coast to coast made the new dramatist familiar to Ameri can audiences. For many seasons Walker kept Dunsany’s plays in the repertoire of his midwestern stock compa nies, playing two or three every summer. But now Walker has joined the theatrical army in Hol lywood, and Lord Dunsany’s mel odic prose is se'dom heard except on the boards of some university theater. Probably the most fre quently repeated of his plays is that most melodramatic of all melodramas, "A Night at an Inn,” which has been played by nearly every school, college, and little theater in the United States. Two performances will«be given next week of "The Gods of the Mountain,” at 8 o’clock on Wed nesday and Saturday evenings. Business Ad Honorary Hears K. F. Tliunemann Declaring that the best time to advertise and promote merchan dise is when it is new, K. F. Thunemann, merchandising man ager of the McMorran and Wash burne department store, spoke be fore a meeting of the Alpha Kappa Psi, business ad honorary, Tues day night on "Retail Selling.” Thunemann declared that too many stores have made it a policy to let new goods rest on the coun ters without either advertising or promotion and as a result .had to sell them later at cut rates. Four Enter Peace Oratory Contest To Represent UO Geraldine Hickson, Pauline George, Max Carter, Winfield Atkinson Join Competition Four University students have “thrown their hats in the ring-’ to become entrants in the competi tion for the right to represent the University in the Oregon peace oratorical contest. Geraldine Hick son, Pauline George, Max Carter, and Winfield Atkinson are the hopefuls who have registered for the competition February 1. The state contest offers attract ive prizes of $50, $30, and $20 to first, second, and third place win ners, through funds made avail able by Mesdames Louisa and Hel en Seabury of Massachusetts. Sim ilar contests are to be held in all states of the country under the sponsorship of the Inter-Collegiate Peace association. “Any other students desiring to enter next Thursday’s tryouts should contact the speech division in Friendly hall at once,” John, L. Casteel, director of speech, said yesterday. 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