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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1934
NUMBER 71
Oregon, Idaho
TeamstoStart
Series Tonight
Contest W ill Commence
At 7:30 in Igloo
WEBFOOTS HOPEFUL
Reinhart to Place Regular Lineup
On Floor Against Invaders;
Kunkle Injured
By BILL EBERHART
Coach Richard A. Fox and his
squad of Idaho hoopsters will ar
rive in Eugene today for a two
game series with Oregon, to be
played in McArthur court tonight
and tomorrow night. Both tilts
are scheduled to start promptly
at 7:30.
Out of the race as far as first
place honors are concerned, the
Vandals are invading the Willam
ette valley with their eyes peeled
for a chance to cop Oregon State's
second position in conference
rankings. Idaho stands in third
place, with three wins and five
losses, only a game behind the
Beavers. They’ll be fighting to
keep their record as clean as pos
sible for their series in Corvallis.
Ducks Optimistic
Optimism is rife in the Duck
camp, however, and the chances
of Rich Fox hauling his boys out
of Eugene with a couple of vic
tories under their belts is consid
ered mighty slim.
The first Oregon casualty re
ported in several weeks was re
vealed yesterday when it was
learned that Ed Kunkle, tall re
serve forward, sustained a pain
fully sprained ankle in Wednes
day’s practice session, and will be
unavailable for duty for at least
a week. Ed turned in a few val
uable minutes in the second Wash
ington game last Tuesday night.
Lineup Intact
Although Bill Reinhart split his
first team and reserves up into
many different combinations last
night in practice, he reports no
intended shift in the starting line
up for tonight. The substitutes
took advantage of their oppor
tunity to shine Tuesday night and
several turned in fine perform
ances, causing many observers to
suspect that a new face or two
would be seen in the opener
against the Moscow team tonight.
Reinhart, however, hasn’t yet lost
faith in his first five. '
Four out of the five places on
the Vandals’ first team have been
taken over by new men, and all
of last year’s lettermen, with the
exception of the huge Howard
Grenier, are watching from the
bench. The sophomores who have
forged into the front ranks are
Harold Klumb and Glen Naslund,
forwards, and Merle Fisher and
Wally Geraghty, guards.
Grenier Outstanding
The team is built around Gre
nier, playing his last year of bas
ketball, who is the only veteran
pivot man in the northern division
and an almost certain candidate
for the all-northern team. The
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Meier Appoints
P. J. Stadelman to
Succeed Hal Hoss
Appointee’s Statement Expected
Today; Son Was Prominent
Athlete on Campus
P. I. Stadelman of The Dalles
has been appointed by Governor
Meier to succeed the late Hal Hoss
as secretary of state.
The appointee is a former mayor
of The Dalles.
He had released no statement
on the appointment late last night,
but will have one prepared some
time today.
His son George (Bun) Stadel
man attended the University of
Oregon during the years 1927
1930. He gained some prominence
as a center on the Webfoot foot
ball team and was a three-year
letternjan.
He was a member of Sigma Nu
fraternity while on the campus.
Higli-Heeled Coed
Will Know Wrath
Of Bush’s Justice
Campus Blue-Law Enforcement
In New Court’s Hands;
Earrings Banned
Women are to be restricted
from wearing high heels or ear
rings on the campus and from
smoking on the streets adjacent
to the campus, according to an
announcement made last night by
Neal Bush, vice-president of the
student body, and chairman of the
newly formed court of traditions.
This action taken by the student
relations committee revives a cus
tom fallen into desuetude in the
past few years.
Bob Hunter, president of the
Order of the O, and a member of
the court, said, in commenting on
the movement of the court to
strengthen Oregon traditions, that
the lettermen’s organization would
back anything advocated by the
new body.
“The days of intimidation by
physical punishment have passed,”
he further stated. “Realizing this,
we can only ask the whole-hearted
support of the student body in
carrying out all decisions meted
out by the court to offenders.
“The Order of the O has tried
many times this year to establish
some system of tradition enforce
ment on the campus, but has al
ways met with opposition. The
creation of the court of traditions
is a definite step in the mainte
nance of Oregon’s worthwhile tra
ditions.”
Phi Beta to Have
Petri in Recital
Phi Beta, women’s music and
drama honorary, will present Paul
Petri, professor of voice here and
at Oregon State, in a recital Feb
ruary 20, at. 8 p. m. in the music
building.
Petri will give “Enoch Arden,”
a dramatic reading, with Mrs.
Petri, head of the Oregon State
music department, playing the
musical background, by Richard
Strauss.
Tickets for the recital are 25
cents. Proceeds are to go to the
Phi Beta scholarship.
Tough It Is, Horak Agrees,
To Learn Anew One’s ABC’s
I
By HENRIETTE HORAK
Government by Alphabet!
One moment, please, this is not
a sally upon the sacred premises
of American democracy, nor is it
the introduction of one of the
“isms” of Europe into the United
States, but merely an extension
and a subdivision of the tradition
al departments of our govern
ment. The NRA, CWA. PWA, and
the rest of F.D.’s pets have made
their appearance because the exec
utive found it imperative that the
councry needed an S.O.S., and
needed it P.D.Q.!
The American public has been
bewildered as to the meaning of
the procession of new govern
jL mental agencies, and utterly help
less in attempting to keep the init
ials of these new “upstarts'
straight. In order to prevent fur
ther misconceptions such as a
t
campus coed had, who thought
that AAA meant three excellent
grades, FERA a type of boa:
which transports cars across a riv
er, and CCC was a synonym for
look, the following are a few of
the most important initials in the
government of the alphabet, for
the alphabet, and by the alphabet;
(what would Lincoln sayi howev
er, there shall be no attempt made
to tell what each one does:
AAA—Agricultural Adjustment
administration.
FCA—Farm Credit administra
tion. I
PWA—Public Works adminis- 1
tration.
FERA—Federal Emergency Re
j lief administration,
i RFC — Reconstruction Finance
1 corporation.
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President Signs Gold Bill
Pictured above is an event of world-wide importance—signing by
Roosevelt of the dollar devaluation bill, which puts into effect a new
monetary system in the United States. From left to right are Secre
tary of the Treasury Morgenthau, Eugene Black, Prof. George Warren,
George L. Harrison of the Federal Reserve system, and Prof. James
Rogers.
Ticket Requests
For ‘Cradle Song’
Reported Large
One Performance of Play Slated
By Guild Theater Players
On February 24
According to Robert Dodge, bus
iness manager, ticket sales for
“The Cradle Song,” to be presented
by the University players Febru
ary 24, will be conducted in a dif
ferent manner than has been the
custom in the past. It has been
customary to give at least two
performances of each play, while
the forthcoming production, under
the direction of Mrs. Ottilie T.
Seybolt, head of the drama divi
sion, will have but one perform
ance.
Approximately 170 tickets are
available, and if the actual sale ap
proaches the advance request for
seats, they will all be placed with
in a few days. For this reason it
is urged that all who are expect
ing to attend this production re
serve seats now.
The box office in the adminis
tration building will be open to
day from 3 to 5. Those people de
siring tickets can call telephone
3300, local 216, or see Robert
Dodge. Reserved seats are 50
cents.
Speaking Contest
Draws Aspirants
Four students “threw their hats
in the ring” to become competi
tors in the W. F. Jewett extem
pore speaking contest scheduled
for February 22. Orval Thomp
son, Howard Ohmart, Thomas
Hartfiel, and Jay Wilson are the
hopefuls.
The four aspirants will begin
study today of the general subject
“Whither American Education ?”
in preparation for the competition.
They will not know what phase of
the subject is to be their particu
lar topic until an hour before the
contest, when they will draw the
topics from a hat.
Prizes of $15 and $10 will be
awarded first and second place
winners.
Unbecoming Conduct
Gets Drastic Penalty
For conduct unbecoming to Uni
versity students and bringing dis
credit to the University, four stu
dents have been required by the
student advisory committee to
earn 15 additional hours to the
usual amount necessary for gradu
ation, and have been placed on so
cial probation, according to word
released from the personnel office
by Dean Karl W. Onthank.
The advisory board is a discip
linary group composed of faculty
members chosen by the president
and students appointed by the ex
ecutive council.
Council Meeting Postponed
The executive council meeting
which was to have been held yes
terday at 5 o'clock was postponed
once more until Wednesday.
Yeomen Present
Dance Tonight at
Craftsman’s Club
Valentino Informal Will Include
Varied Entertainment in
Candle-Lit Tavern
Amid the heart-bedecked halls
of the Craftsman's club will be
staged tonight the Yeomen Val
entine informal dance. A candle
lit tavern effect is being striven
for by Lloyd Greene and Ernest
Savage, co-chairmen of the affair.
The dance will start at 9 o'clock
to the strains of Harry, McCall’s
four-piece orchestra.
Features will include Sam Seal
and his accordion, Mary Ann Al
nutt and Wilma Stien, a pair of
lively tap dancers, and Betty Wil
son, who will render a piano se
lection.
The Craftsman's club has been
decorated in elaborate fashion to
carry out the spirit of the occa
sion. George Teltoft has headed
the decoration committee. Esther
Cyrus, art major, assisted with
details.
Tickets may be obtained at the
door for the price of 35 cents a
couple.
Students May Get
Government Help
The following item was taken
from the Oregonian: "Oregonian
News Bureau, Washington, D. C.,
Feb. 6.—Needy students will re
ceive from $10 to $20 a month
from federal funds for perform
ing work, and waiver of fees will
not be insisted on. There are cer
tain fees in Oregon institutions of
higher education which are statu
tory, Senator Steiwer has informed
Harry L. Hopkins, administrator
of student funds, and unless Hop
kins’ requirement for fee waiver
be eliminated students will be
handicapped. Hopkins advised,
Steiwer today that the waiver of
fees will not be insisted on.”
Miss Janet Smith, secretary of
the employment bureau, suggests
that if there is any student in
need of funds who has not put in
an application for work at the em
ployment office, it would be a good
idea to do so in order to get in
line if these funds from the gov
ernment do become available at
the University.
Military Training; Two Opinions
In the columns below are presented the minority and majority
reports of the faculty committee on military training', as presented
respectively by Dr. Waldo Schumacher and Dr. C’. L. Cressman yester
day. It is to be noted that the regular committee report (majority)
contains no argument; all debate favorable to this recommendation
was presented from the floor. The minority report contains a state
ment of the case against compulsory drill.
Committee Report
President Boyer appointed the
following committee: Mr. Waldo
Schumacher, Mr. Carlton Spencer,
Mr. O. F. Stafford, Mr. R. H.
Back, and Mr. L. S. Cressman,
chairman.
The function of the committee
was to decide upon the petition
signed by the students to change
the status of the first two years
of Military Science and Tactics
from a required to an optional
basis. It was not a question of
complete elimination of military
training which was before us, but
a change in status of the work.
The desirability of it in the college
curriculum was not challenged by
this petition. This should be borne
in mind in considering the report
of the committee.
The committee held a prelimi
nary meeting January 24 at 4
o'clock to decide on procedure. It
was decided to ask the petition
ers, (1) to subqiit a brief in sup
port of their petition, and (2) to
invite a committee of three, one
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Minority Report
The .undersigned, a minority of
the committee to which was re
ferred the question of compulsory
military training, begs leave to
submit the following report, to
which are attached the letter from
the chairman of your committee
to the chairman of the student
committee, the brief presented by
the student committee, and trans
script of oral argument presented
before your committee.
1. There are no legal, contract
ual, or other obligations which
would be impaired or broken if
the University of Oregon made
military drill optional. The faculty
is absolutely a free agent in reach
ing a decision on this matter as
the following quotation from a
statement made in 1924 by Secre-*
tary of War Weeks indicates: “I
am pleased to inform you that the
National Defense Act does not
make military training compulsory
at any of the instit'utioris which
receive the benefits authorized by
the act. So far as the War De
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Morris Talks.on
Neo - Economics
| To Pan-Xenians
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Laissez-Faire to End, Government
To Retain Industrial Reins,
Says Local Brain-Truster
International economic agree
ments on production and con
sumption are absolutely necessary
if foreign trade is to flourish, is
the theory by Victor P. Morris,
professor of economics, set forth
in an address before the Pan
Xenia, foreign trade honorary,
last night at Gerlinger hall.
“I think that we are coming
nearer to the point where inter
national conferences will become
more and more prevalent and im
portant,” declared Morris.
Even if we can stabilize the dol
lar, the pound and maybe the
franc, our currency system will
still be unable to survive the pres
ent great international indebted
ness, Morris opined, but was un
able to say how this problem
would probably be solved.
The present industrial trends in
the United States were discussed.
Morris believes that the present
policy of government control in
industry will be permanent.
“I believe we are working to
ward an abolition of the laissez
faire system," he stated.
50 Delegates Will
Attend U. Meeting
Oregon State Wesley foundation
will send 50 delegates to the spe
cial meeting of the University of
Oregon chapter Sunday evening at
6 o'clock. “How Radical Should
We Be in Race Relations,” is the
theme of the discussion meeting.
Frank Tibbon will lead the dis
cussion. Social hour precedes the
discussion meeting and a fireside
meeting follows it. Aleta Kienzle
is chairman of the fireside pro
gram.
All students interested in a live
ly discussion of radicalism in race
relations are invited to attend the
three meetings. Refreshments are
served at social hour and informal
amusements feature the firesides.
. Campus Calendar
Orides will meet in dance room
of Gerlinger hall, Monday, 7:30.
Juniors in charge of meeting.
Wesley club Friday night party
is postponed.
Yeomen Valentine dance to
night at Craftsman's club, 9 to
12 o’clock.
Nature group of Philomelete
meets at the A. W. S. room, 4:30
today, for a hike. Bring a lunch
and if it rains a meeting will be
held in Mary Spiller hall.
Free social swim tonight in the
women’s gym at 7:30.
Tickets for “Cradle Song” may
be purchased at the Guild theater
in Johnson hall today from 3 to
5 and tomorrow from 10 to 12.
Prose, Poetry and Drama group
of Philomelete meets today at 4
in A. W. S. room.
Old Oregon Gives
Praise to Higher
Education Board
Chancellor Kerr, Marks, Peavy,
And Boyer Are Commended
In Allen’s Editorial
Willard L. Marks, Chancellor W.
J. Kerr, Dr. C. V. Boyer, and Dr.
George W. Peavy, prominent fig
ures in state higher education, all
received praise in Robert K. Al
len’s page of editorial comment
in the latest addition of Old Ore
gon which came off the press yes
terday.
Said the Old Oregon editor:
“Members of the state board of
higher education, in two smooth
and decorous sessions, seem to
have gone a long way in proving
their fitness to deal justly and de
cisively with higher educational
problems. The board, under the
leadership of its new president,
Willard L. Marks, seems to have
grasped the education viewpoint
of administration as compared to
the political autocracy that was
threatening. True enough, the
schools are public tax-supported
institutions, yet the administration
of a university or college or educa
tional system must not and cannot
be run like a state department
without serious sacrifice of educa
tion and social values. The board
is the connecting link between the
public on one hand and the educa
tors on the other. To Marks goes
much credit for recognizing this
situation, and in him the state
schools have found a man thor
oughly grounded in practical poli
tics and yet a man who sees the
need of harmonizing the demands
of the public with the subtler de
mands of sound educational prac
tices.
"All of the credit for this whole
some turn toward peace and under
standing cannot be showered on
the board alone, however. No little
credit is due Chancellor Kerr, Dr.
Peavy, Dr. Boyer, the faculties,
and the visiting committee of pro
fessors who outlined a suggested
plan of action which has now be
come to a large extent actual
fact."
Featuring the news section of
the issue is an article describing
activities of two former University
students which are receiving na
tion wide attention.
One of the stories describes the
unique sculpture project being
carried on in the Black Hills of
South Dakota, where Gutzon Borg
lum, nationally famous sculptor,
assisted by Ivan Houser, a student
in fine art at the University dur
ing 1922-23-24, is carving out of a
granite mountain the heads of
four former presidents of th% Unit
ed States—Washington, Jefferson,
Lincoln, and Roosevelt.
Houser's job in connection with
the project is known technically
as “pointing up,’’ which, described
in the language of the layman
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Committee Created
To Grant Exemption
In Military Courses
Report of Minority for Optional Work
Beaten in Close Contest; State
Board to Study Matter
Five votes was the margin by which the University faculty yes
terday decided to retain compulsory military training' on this campus.
A motion to substitute a minority report prepared by Professor
Waldo Schumacher, recommending voluntary drill, in place of the ma
jority report failed to carry by a vote of 31 to 36. Only about half
the faculty was present at the meeting in Johnson hail.
By the terms of the committee recommendation finally adopted by
the faculty, a modification of the present system of exemption was
established, with machinery worked out to liberalize its administra
tion. The committee recommended that there be designated a standing
faculty committee called the Committee on Military Education, con
‘For Women Only’ and
‘For Men’; Doctors to
Talk on Married Love
The third group of lectures
in the series of love and mar
riage speeches will be given
Monday evening, February 12,
when the .biological aspects of
the situation will be discussed
in separate lectures for men
and women. Dr. Goodrich C.
Schauffler will address the men
in Villard hall at 8.15, and Dr.
Jessie Laird Brodie will speak
to the women in Gerlinger hall
at the same time.
Both speakers are practicing
physicians in Portland.
Blood and Wurst
Featured in Two
Play Productions
Dodge, Patullo, Galley and Bond
Direct Student Players
In Guild Theater
"Drip, Drip, Drip," the one-act
play, written by Ethan Newman
who is a prominent member of
Guild hall players, was the first
presentation of the studio players
yesterday afternoon. The cast,
which included two persons, was
made up of Lawrence Fortner as
Jim, and Leonard Marshall as
Tony. It was directed by Robert
Dodge, with Ellen Galey as -assist
ant.
"Wienies for Wednesday,” di
rected by Marion Pattullo, assisted
by Joann Bond, was a comedy with
the following cast: Barbara Reed
as Marian Foster; Alice Hult as
Madame Castinelli; Helene Camp
bell as Mrs. Foster; David Mon
tag as Mr. Foster; William Rice
as Jack Foster; and Nan Smith as
A Voice.
Both plays were well enacted,
and give a distinct contrast, one
being a tragedy and the other a
domestic comedy. There are three
more plays to be presented under
the direction of students in the
class in play production. These
will be given next Tuesday at 4
o’clock in Guild theater, with Dor
othy Dykeman, Carl Gross, and
Ida Markusen directing.
sistmg of seven members. Five
members are to be appointed from
the faculty at large by President
C. V. Boyer, one from the student
body appointed by the president
of the A. S. U. O., and the profes
sor of military science and tactics.
All members of the investigat
ing committee were agreed, it was
said, that requests for exemption
should be handled by a committee
apart from the military depart
ment.
Four Sign Report
The majority, or regular com
mittee report, was signed by Carl
ton E. Spencer, professor of law;
L. S. Cressman, professor of soci
ology; Major R. H. Back, associ
ate professor of military science
and tactics; and O. F. Stafford,
professor of chemistry. The lone
advocate of optional training on
the committee was Dr. Schu
macher, of the department of po
litical science, who prepared the
minority report.
Dr. Cressman read the majority
report, and was followed by
Charles H. Howard, who read the
minority report in the absence of
its author, Dr. Schumacher. De
bate on the merits of the two rec
ommendations was brief, although
the entire meeting lasted more
than an hour and a half.
Voting Close
Voting on the motion to substi
tute the minority report for the
majority report was by roll call,
and as the balloting progressed
the positive “Yes” replies kept
pace with the equally positive
“No" answers. It was not until
the very end of the counting that
the outcome was known.
The faculty's ratification of the
majority committee report still
has merely the force of a recom
mendation, since the matter must
be brought to the state board of
higher education before the pro
posed changes go into effect.
Campbell Comments
Wallace J. Campbell, leader of
the committee of 25 students
which opened the discussion by
presenting a petition for optional
military to the faculty, gave the
following statement to the Emer
ald, speaking for the entire com
mittee :
“We feel that many members
of the faculty voted in the inter
ests of expediency rather than
conviction in this matter. It is
our opinion that a matter is never
settled until it is settled right.”
Woman Is Only a Woman
But Even a Snipe Is a Smoke9
By SIMON LEGREE
Ralph Mason couldn’t under
stand it.
Mason is a day editor of the
Emerald. He hurt his foot recent
ly, ejecting Mary Louiee Edingtr,
society editor, from the city room,
where that provocative writer had
been disrupting the morale of the
headwriters, and even of that Old
Master himself.
Mason hopped on his left foot
to the nearby dispensary where
the other member was treated.
“You’ll find some crutches over
in the corner, my man,” said Dr.
Marian Hayes sympathetically,
“there were two pairs, until a Phi
Delt with corns borrowed one pair
last week."
The day editor hobbled off on
the two remaining crutches, only
tc discover that one was several
inches longer than the other.
• Why a man would choose
crutches of. unequal lengths puz
zles the journalist no longer. Yes
terday a friend of Mason observed
a youth making his way up Wil
lamette street, on crutches, a short
crutch on the curb, a longer one in
the gutter.
_ “But why?” the lamo one was
asked.
"Oh, I was just looking for
butts," replied the queried, “I
grind 'em in the hash chopper at
the house—on Sundays, when the.
cook isn’t using it. Then I roil
cigarettes' for the fellows.”
Mason, philosophically, has pur
chased himself a supply of cigar
ette papers.