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Weather Oregon : Tlnsettled east and rain west portion Tuesday: Wednesday rain; moderate temperature: fresh southeast wind, increasing, off the coast. freshmen Every freshman should go to the polls in the Y hut today and vote for the yearling officers for the coming year. VOLUME XXXIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1934 NUMBER 19 The Day’s Parade By PARKS HITCHCOCK No Navy for Nippon A British Gift? ^/ITH Japan’s plans for naval parity refused, it is becoming' increasingly apparent that the Washington naval arms limitations pact will soon be a thing of the past. Gloomy were all press re ports of Britain-American refusal of an equality basis for the leading Oriental power yesterday, and gloomier still must be all those de sirous of international security. Outcome Long Apparent Of course ,the outcome has been long expected in informed circle's. It was apparent several months ago that Japan would appear at London demanding parity on the sea with Great Britain and the United States, and it was likewise apparent that the other two pow ers were in no mood to grant that parity. Semi-official announce ments on the part of both nations have long intimated that the only safe and equitable division (in their minds) would be under the present 5-5-3 ratio or on some similar basis. “No” to Japan No surprise then is the an nouncement of Britain's Ramsay MacDonald and America's Norman H. Davis, that their respective gov ernments cannot grant Japan equality. If, as informed quarters predict, the London conference falls through, so will the Wash ington pact. Some assurance to the mere citizens, however, may be given by the news that the Wash ington pact cannot run out for an other two years. After that time we may expect a naval building race that cannot help but surpass the recent sub rosa races among the minor powers, exhaust the tax payer's pocketbook, lead to an ex tremely precarious international impasse. lyrEVER known to be generous by nature, Great Britain appar ently gave away in the neighbor hood of 25,000 square miles last week. Recipient: Italy. Co-Donor: Egypt. Territory: a strip of land lying between the Anglo-Egyptian Soudan on the east, and Italia Ly bia to the west. Desert Land Of no great value is the terri tory, however. Mostly shifting sandy desert, it is inhabited by a few bands of nomadic Arabs and Soudanese. It consists of plateaus and semi-mountainous country, a few scattered wells and oases sav ing the region from complete bar renness. Why the Cession? No reason has been given as yet for the cession, but it may well be another play in the great game of international poker that is en grossing European diplomats. Italy has long been desirous of addition al territory to provide for expan (Please turn to page 4) YW Doughnut Festival Opens This Morning President of University Endorses Campaign j Sale Hours Listed I Proceeds Will Assist ‘Y In Defraying Yearly Obligations “The president eats doughnuts! Why don't you?" is the slogan for the Y. W. C. A. doughnut sale that begins today. President Boyer is planning to have doughnuts for breakfast, lunch and dinner, to aid the “Y" in reaching its goal set to sell 500 dozen “dunkers.” "I don't have to eat yeast, because all my life X have eaten doughnuts,” he told June Yates, general chairman for the sale. Booths, stationed in front of the old library, the Co-op, the Colonial, Oregon and Commerce, and at 14th and University streets, will pro vide an ample supply of Korn’s Mayflower doughnuts, fresh from the ovens of their Mill street bak ery, from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. The booths in front of the Co-op and the Colonial will be open from 8 p. m. to 9:30 p. m. The list of girls who are to sell in the various booths and their hours appear at th end of this article. Proceeds for “Y” Program Proceeds from the sale are to assist the “Y” in carrying out its program for the year which in i’ Please turn to page 4) Tonqued to Hold First Mass Meet The Tonqueds, an organization of Eugene women on the campus, will hold its first mass meeting to night at 7:30 at the Alpha Chi Orngea house. Roberta Moody is president of the group. Committee chairman for the meeting is Joan Shelley. Aedline Adams will be in charge of the refreshment committee; Le nore Wood, hostess; and Lillian England, telephoning. A program has been arranged which will consist of a monologue by Marjorie Bush and a flute solo by Theda Spicer. Refreshments will be served, and all town girls are urged to attend. Those who have not yet paid their 25c mem bership fee are asked to bring it to the meeting. Maluta P^ead is in charge of a reception for all Eugene women students and their mothers to be given by the club within the next two weeks. The membership drive is also nearing its end. Nonsense Is Salient Feature Of University Theater Play By HELEN BARTRUM | 44J^EAVE it to Psmith. Psmith 1 will help you. Do you want someone to handle your affairs? Someone to handle your business ? Someone to take your dog for a run ? Someone to asassinate your aunt? Psmith will do it for you.— Crime not objected to.” It was the above advertisement which started all of the complica tions in the play, "Leave it to Psmith,” a jolly farce by P. G. Wodehouse, to be presented by the LTniversity theater November 23 and 24. It was also the above advertise ment, found in a London newspa per, that led Freddie Bosham (Milton Pillette) to engage the services of Psmith (Ted Karafo tias) in a desperate attempt to ac quire five thousand pounds by stealing his stepmother’s newly acquired diamond necklace. Un able to persuade his father, the Earl of Middlewick (Bill Dougher ty i to help him finaneially so that he might marry the charming Phyllis Jackson (Marytine New), Freddie and Psmith attempt to “lift” the necklace from Lady Middlewick (Dorothy Parksi. They, however, are not the only ones who covet these jewels. Two professional thieves get there first —Smooth Lizzie, The “Baby Bard of the Underworld'1 (Helen Camp bell i and Eddie Cootes, profession al card shark (Bill Schloth). Gwendolyn Caverhill plays the role of Eve Halliday, the girl with whom Psmith falls in love. Virgil Esteb takes the part of Ralston Mactodd, a sweet singer from Wis consin. while Harry Eide depicts Rupert Baxter, the Earl's persist ent secretary. Wayne Harbert is cast as Christopher Walderwick, a young man about town, and James Doyle as an old Irishman who runs an elevator. Cousin Ethelberta Fitzwiggin, an elderly spinster who is con vinced that the diamonds should have belonged to her in the first place, is played by Althea Peter son. Ethan Newman has the role of the deaf and doddery Lord Chipstead; and William Cottrel is cast as Bellows, the family butler. Were it not for the limited area of the Guild House theater stage, a call would now go out for “ex tras" for the great jewel robbery scene, which takes place at a for mal evening reception. As it is, most of the guests will be seated just off stage in the library and [out of the sight of the audience. Students Expelled For Communistic Activity at I CLA President of Student Body Included in Ousted I\<’d Group LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29.—(AP) — Charged with participation in communistic activities on the LTni versity of California at Los An geles campus, John Burnside, pres ident of the Associated Students, and four other students were sus pended by Dr. Ernest V. Moore, provost, for a period of one year. The others suspended were Sid ney Zsagri, chairman of the foren sic board; Thomas Lambert, chair man of the men’s board; Mendel Lieberman, chairman of the schol arship committee, and Miss Ce leste Strack, former member of the university debating team. Dr. Moore revealed the existence of a campus organization known as the National Student league, which he characterized as a “com munistic organization” and de clared the suspended students were “using their offices to destroy the university by handing it over to an organized group of commu nistic students. “To prevent this,” he continued, he said he was suspending the five "for persistent violations of the regulations of the university, in cluding the holding of communist meetings on its campus. “Such drastic action is painful to us all. We have repeatedly asked that we be not driven to it. Every one of these students can win his or her way back to the university after one year of good behavior and the abandonment of his or her present commitments.” ‘Munr Sales Will Begin Wednesday Oregon coeds will have a good opportunity to show their loyalty this weekend at the Oregon-Mon tana game during Homecoming, by wearing a “mum.” Sales for the chrysanthemums will begin Wednesday, October 31. Freshman women will sell in both fraternities and sororities during the week. The flowers are being purchased through the University florist shop and iwill be delivered. Prices for the two sizes are 50 cents and 75 cents. Dorothy Hagge is general chair man, and committee chairmen working with her are: Reva Herns, sales chairman; Louise Ruegnitz, all-campus contact ; Margery Kissling, publicity. Both Oregon women and alums have had little chance so far this year to support their football team by wearing the official Oregon “mum,” but this weekend they can flaunt the yellow and green. Western Journalism Heads Schedule Meet Owing to the inability of many professors of journalism in the in stitutions of higher education on the Pacific coast to attend the an nual association meetings in the east late in December, a move ment has been started to hold a branch meeting of the American Association of Schools and Depart ments of Journalism at Stanford university. The organization’s convention is scheduled for Chicago this year. According to Eric Allen, dean of the school of journalism, profes sors of the west, by holding a branch meeting at Stanford, may spend more time in discussing the problems of teaching journalism and less time in traveling. If the branch meeting is held, most of the Oregon members expect to at tend. Sophomore Class ll ill Discuss Fall Folicies Class Fees, Informal COPMOMORE representatives ^ will meet upstairs in the College Side at 4:30 this after noon to decide upon the pay ment of class fees, the charge for the Sophomore Informal, and policies for fall term. A1 Davis, sophomore presi dent, asks that all organizations send a delegate to this meeting. Don Thomas, chairman of the Informal, urges that each dele gate come with some proposal for the dance. Here's How Today is Doughnut Day for everybody, and President C. V. Boyer is shown here demonstrating- thr proper procedure needed to make the annual V.W.C.A. event a success. The sales lady is June •■'Ves, general chairman of the doughnut sale. Gilbert Attacks Proposed 20-Mill Tax Limitation Dean of Social Sciences Tells Khvanis Club Evils of Bill Dean James H. Gilbert, head of the economics department of the University of Oregon, addressed the Eugene Kiwanis club Monday noon at a meeting held at the Os burn hotel. Dean Gilbert spoke on the 20-mill tax limitation. In his speech, Dean Gilbert pointed out that the experience of other states having tax limitation speaks loudly against it. “As a result of tax limitation, one qf two things has happened: either states have been plunged into debt, or shortage of revenues has caused a breakdown of govern mental functions, undermining the schools and destroying the credit of governmental units.” The effect of limiting taxes, Dean Gilbert showed, would be disastrous on counties and on the police and fire departments of cit ties. It would mean a complete destruction of the high school sys tem of the state. Higher educa tional institutions would be starved down to the point of losing respec tability, and some units in the system would close up entirely. Possibilities of substitute rev enues were stressed by the dean, showing that an income tax large enough to cover the deficit would have to take in small incomes and could never pass on poular referen dum. A deficit of $16,000,000 re sulting from tax limitation would require that gasoline taxes be as high as 15 cents a gallon and that a sales tax four times as high as the one last rejected be adopted. In concluding his speech, Dean Gilbert stated that the choice re mains between tax measures too unpopularly passed and a general breakdown of government func tions. His final statement was, "If tax reduction must be achieved at the price of chaos and discord, then I am not for tax reduction." A straw vote taken before Dean Gilbert gave his speech showed that an overwhelming majority of those present at the meeting were not in fp.vor of tax limitation. Of the 70 members present, only four voted in favor of the 20-mill tax. Rally Chairman Asks Immediate Action on Firt Frosh Vi ill Sponsor Bij; Fireworks Display On Butte Because the frosh bonfire is an integral part of the Homecoming program, Don Thomas, chairman of the rally parade, asks that the successful candidate in today's frosh election begin his organiza tion immediately and appoint a bonfire chairman. The annual frosh event will take the form of a fireworks display on Skinner’s butte during the rally parade. Fireworks, which must he paid for by the Freshman class, have been ordered and will arrive about the middle of the week. The frosh chairman for the event, should meet with Thomas as soon as possible to perfect details of the display. The order of the rally parade, announced last night by Jack Granger, chairman of the line of march committee, will be as fol lows: police escort leading, the hand, guest cars, floats in alpha betical order determined by the women’s member of the team, and the pajama parade. The parade will begin promptly at 6 o’clock, making it necessary for the houses to plan 5:30 din ners. The line of march will begin closer to town than in former years, acording to Granger. Thomas requests that houses choose the themes of their floats along the line of Homecoming and the Montana football game To avoid confusion the rules are re printed : (1) Floats will be judged this y'ear on appropriateness and orig inality, combined with noise. (2) No team will be allowed to com pete for prizes unless it files a budget before November 1 with Don Thomas, chairman of the rally parade. Cost is limited to $10 for each competing organization $20 for each team. (3) Strictly noise producing floats will not be con sidered. Pairings for construction of floats were drawn by house repre sentatives last week. Any changes in pairings must be given to Jack Granger, phone 1920, immediately. Campus Calendar Women's debate squad will have its first meeting' today at 4 o’clock in room 13 of Friendly hall. Any one unable to attend please see Mr. Carrell, speech division, room 10, Friendly. Skull and Dagger meeting to night, 7:15, in room 104 journalism building. W.A.A. council meeting tonight at 7 p. m. in men’s lounge, All members be present. Martin for Governor club will meet Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the Y hut. Hugh Earle, chairman of the local Democratic county commit tee will be the speaker. Music Group of the Philomelete is meeting at 4 o’clock in the wom en’s lounge of the music building today. Music appreciation will be studied. Bill Cottrell will speak on “Mod em Art" at a meeting of the West minster study group at 5:00 p. m. Tuesday (today). Charm School meeting this af ternoon at 4 p. m. at P' Beta Phi house. Tonqueds will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Alpha Chi Omega house. Theta Sigma I’hi members will please bring their dues at the noon (Please turn to page 4) Gilbert to Give Tax Limitation Bill Discussion Exadical Club Sponsors Public Merlin" Doan Morse to Talk Circulars Out!ininj; Effects Of Healing Arts l?i!l To I5«- Prepared Students interested in the prob able effect of the proposed 20-mill tax limitation amendment will be given an opportunity to hear an explanation of the measure at 3 p. m. tonight at. the Craftsman's clnb. James H. Gilbert, dean of social sciences, will speak for the opponents of the proposal. His talk will be sponsored by the Oregon Radical clnb, and the public is in vited to attend the meeting, which will take the form of a discussion group. Virgil Esteb, president of the Yeomen, will be chairman. A brief explanation of the heal ing arts amendment, which will likewise be presented to the voters of the state on November 6, will be given by Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school. He has chosen as his topic' “Probable Effects of the Proposed Healing Arts Amend ment on the University Health Service.” Dr. Ered N. Miller, dir ector of the University health ser vice, will further explain the pro visions of the amendment which will endanger the health service. Circulars Distributed Plans are being made to distri bute circulars outlining the prob able effects of the healing arts amendment and the 20-mill tax limitation amendment. These cir culars may be enclosed in letters to parents and others interested in the provisions in the measures which concern the University. They will be distributed to all liv ing organizations on the campus, and at the meeting this evening. The pamphlets on the tax limita tion bill have been prepared by the Oregon Civic and Education Lea (Plcasc turn tn I’cit/e -l) ■All Homecoming Events Scheduled A complete schedule of events for Homecoming was announced last night by Arne Lindgren, chairman of the event. On Friday, November 2, registration of alum ni will begin at 1:30 in the south lobby of Friendly hall. The homecoming rally para.de, beginning at 6 o’clock and climax ing in a big rally at Broadway and Willa,mette streets at 7:30 consti tutes the first event in the pro gram. The rally will be continued at a rally dance beginning at 9 o’clock. Registration will continue be ginning at 9:00 Saturday morning. The annual alumni meeting will take place in the faculty room of Friendly hall at 10:30 a. m. Luncheons in the various living organizations honoring Dads and alumni will be held at 12 noon. At 2 p. m. will come the kickoff in the Oregon - Montana football game. The Dad's day banquet, with a special section for alumni will be held at ti o’clock. The Homecom ing dance will be the event of Sat urday evening. The only official event on Sun day, November 4, will be the con cert of the University band, to take place at 3 o’clock. Distribution of Dance Tickets to Be Made til Meeting in Villard Hall T TQUSE representatives for Homecoming will meet at 12:45 today in the assembly of Villard hall for distribution of Homecoming dance tickets. In structions will also be given for placing banners in front of each house for Homecoming. House presidents will please | fee that their representative is | present. S.E.K. 4. Pay Checks Available al Johnson Hall Easiness Office 'T'HOSE students who had S.E.R.A. jobs last Septem ber must get their money from the business office of the ad ministration building immedi ately. Promptness is very im portant. Checks must be out before October payrolls are issued in order to avoid confusion. Campus Orators Sign for Annual Jewett Contest “The American Did' !i* Its" Topic; Entries Must lie in Thursday Nine students have thus far en tered the “After Dinner Contest," first of a series of W. F. Jewett speech contests which will be giv en throughout the year All entries must be in by Thursday, Novem ber 1. The contest is open to all under graduates except to those who have won first place in the same contest some previous year. These prizes will be given: first, $25; second, $15; and third, $5. Winners in the after dinner as well as in the other Jewett con tests will represent the University later in state league contests of the same type. “The American Diet” is the gen eral speech topic .Under this there will be from 12 to 15 sub-topics on which the speeches, which should be from six to eight minutes long, will be prepared. All who are interested in enter ing this contest should leave their names at once at. the speech di vision, room 10, Friendly. En trants will meet at 4 :30 Thursday, November 1, to discuss plans for the contest. As yet no women students have entered the after dinner contest. The entrants to date are: Henry Robert, Howard Ohmart, Stanley Bromberg, Frank Nash, George Root, Andy Newhouse, Lee A. Ell maker, Walter Eschebeck, and Avery Comks. Further information regarding this first Jewett contest may be secured at, the speech division, room 10, Friendly. Final K^islrulion Fee Installment Due Nov. 10 Approximately six students have not yet completed the payment of the second installment for the reg istration fee, which was due Sat day. These people are urged to do so immediately as this is a cause for suspension. The third and final installment will be due Saturday. Freshman To Elect Officials At Polls Today Renner Urges Interest in Voting Y Hut Used as Polls ASUO Members Will Show Cards to Establish Right to Ballot The week of freshman cam paigning has closed and party nominees are awaiting the out come of the election. Don John son and his ticket made up of Kay Buck, Gladys Battleson and Dale LaSalle, have made an extensive campaign and are confident of the outcome. Equally sure that suc cess will come their way are Ralph Cathey and his ticket of Rhoda Armstrong, Jean Foskitt, and Warded Willis. This party has also been active in campaigning. Looming as a dark horse is Frank Drew, independent running with out a ticket. Joe Renner expressed his hope for the election in a statement to the Emerald last night: “I want to see every voting freshman out at the polls, showing us that they are behind one man or the other, that they are not indifferent to the outcome.” Polls Open at 9 a. in. The polls, which will be set up in the Y hut, will be open from 9:00 a. m. until 3:00 p. m. today, including the noon hour. And, lest any over-enthusiastic constituent seek to “crash” the polls and vote without the proper credentials, three students will be in atten dance each hour at the ballot box es, to examine A. S. U. O. cards of prospective voters. The A.. S. U. O. card must be presented, or the voter will not be allowed to exer cise his suffrage, is the decree of the authorities. Committees Appointed These "committees on creden tials,” appointed by Bill Berg, vice-president of A. S. U. O., are listed below: From 9:00 to 10:00, Eunice El liott, Jerry Murphy, and Dick Shear; from 10:00 to 11:00, Betty Ruggles, John Allen, and Bill Temple; from 11:00 to 12:00, Gael McCredie, Dorothy Dibble, Howie Patterson, and Baker Wallace; from 12:00 to 1:00, Marytine New, Janice Worley, Fred Hammond, and Pete Brooks; from 1:00 to 2:00, Marigold Hardison, Jo Waf fle, Herb Large, and Frank Nash; from 2:00 to 3:00, Don Law and Bill Russell. Dr. Charles Chapman, Former President of University Dies T'vR. Charles Hiram Chapman, who was president of the Uni versity of Oregon from 1893 to 1899, died October 20 in Cornwall, Connecticut. The well known edu cator and writer became the Uni versity's second president when he was 33 years old, coming here from the State Normal school at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Beginning his career in teaching at 16, he had taught school for ten years before he entered Osh kosh Normal in 1886, from which he was graduated a year later. He received his B.A. degree from John Hopkins university. In 1890 he re ceived his Ph.D. degree from the same instution, and the following year he was made an instructor in mathematics there. Dr. Joseph Schafer, formerly professor of history at the Univer tisy, says of Dr. Chapman: “It is simple justice to assgin to Dr. Chapman the credit of consciously and vigorously promoting the transition of the Institution to the university type. History, science, philosophy, literature, economics and current events began under his regime to play a much more im portant role in the lives of the stu dents and faculty. The methods appropriate to science and history also were emphasized as never be fore. The University’s isolation in the state’s educational complex was beginning to give place to a recognition of its rightful headship of the school system.” Faculty members say that Dr. Chapman introduced the lecture system here. Dr. Chapman was greatly interested in research work and encouraged other professors in the work while he was president of the University. He made numerous academic changes while here, all in harmony with the methods and institutions of his alma mater, John Hopkins university, regarded as one of America’s foremost, schools. Dr. Chapman was born October 24, 1860, at Portage, Wisconsin. His death climaxed a brilliant lit erary career. At one time an edi torial writer on the Oregonian and the Oregon Journal, he finally went east and gained new literary distinction there. He was a staff writer for The Nation for several years. Two former presidents of the University of Oregon, the second and third, have died within the short space of about ten weeks. On August 6, 1934, Dr. Frank Strong, professor of constitutional law at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, succumbed to a (Please turn to page 4)