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VOLUME XXXIV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1934
NUMBER 34^
Resume
of
Today’s
News
By Associated Press
— NOVEMBER 15 —
FRANCE WANTS GOLD FRANC
PARIS, Nov. 15. —■ (AP) —
France is trying to get Germany
to agree to use gold francs circu
lating in the Saar to pay for
French mines in that territory if
it votes January 13 to rejoin Ger
many, Foreign Minister Pierre La
val told the chamber’s foreign af
fairs committee today.
Declaring direct negotiations
between France and Germany for
settlement of the troublesome
problems of the mines no longer
possible, Laval revealed French
experts at Rome are seeking,
through the machinery of the
League of Nations, to obtain the
pre-plebiscite agreement.
JAPAN STANDS FIRM
(Copyright 1934, by the Asso
ciated Press.)
LONDON, Nov. 15.—Japan de
cided tonight again to request full
equality with Great Britain and
the United States in naval arma
ments despite Britain’s decision to
recognize only the principle of
equality.
F. D. TRAVELS SOUTH
ABOARD PRE SIDENTIAL
TRAIN EN ROUTE TO HAR
RODSBURG, Ky., Nov. 15.—(AP)
-—President Roosevelt, carrying
roughly outlined plans that will in
fluence the course of the nation,
rolled toward the deep south to
night to inspect a great social ex
periment.
As he headed in the direction of
the Tennessee valley, one of the
scenes of his projects for a “more
abundant life,” the chief executive
divided his time between a brief
period of relaxation, conferences
with his aides and a last-minute
polishing of an address to be de
livered tomorrow at Harrodsburg,
Ky.
MONOPOLY INVESTIGATED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—(AP)
A broad investigation of the Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph
company, which has a virtual mo
nopoly in the telephone field, was
ordered today by the communica
tions commission as part of the
general inquiry to determine
whether additional federal commu
nications regulation is needed.
Rates were excluded from, the
study authorized today. The com
mission indicated, however, that
the data on the financial structure
of A. T. & T. and its contracts and
relationships with other compan
ies would be background for a fu
ture inquiry into the charges to
the ordinary telephone subscribere.
WHITNEY WINS GLORIA
NEW YORK, No. 15.—(AP)—
Little Gloria Vanderbilt, it was re
ported authoritatively tonight, will
remain in the custody of her pater
nal aunt, Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney, until her mother, the beauti
ful Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, dem
onstrates she is capable of caring
for the child’s welfare.
Thomas Sees
No Assurance
Of Recovery
Socialist Leader States
Capitalism at Fault
Poverty Is Decried
Noted Lecturer Speaks to
Many Groups During
Day
The United States is not recov
ering from the depression with any
great sucess or assurance of per
manency, declared Norman Thom
as, leader of the socialist party, at
the assembly held in Gerlinger hall
yesterday afternoon.
“Under the present capitalistic
order whatever recovery takes
place will be partial, impermanent,
and insecure. You will never again
see the prosperity of the glamorous
decade of the ’20’s and if you do,
it will be a prelude to catastrophe."
Cites Problems
Mr. Thomas, former candidate
for president of the United States,
placed three problems before the
students challenging this genera
tion to answer them—poverty in
the midst of potential abundance,
fear and insecurity characteristic
of the age, and the necessity of
conserving the good which has
been achieved in the past.
“No system has ever had the op
portunity that American capital
ism has had to conquer poverty
with its great development of ma
chinery. Whatever the new deal
may have added to the economic
persistence of health and recovery,
it has not greatly improved the
economic situation in this coun
try.”
Abundance Stressed
Explaining th emanner in which
capitalism has failed to meet the
problem of “poverty in the midst
of potential abundance,” Thomas
pointed out that in 1929, with the
amount of machinery in the United
States, it would have been possible
to produce enough to give an in
come of $2,000 to every home.
“Prices have risen faster than
wages,” Thomas stated. “The av
erage worker with a job in the
summer of 1933 was better off than
the average workman with one in
the fall of 1934.”
Cites Unemployment
He further refuted the claims of
the new deal that recovery was
evident by citing facts of unem
ployment, and relief work. He
spoke of the 11 million unem
ployed, the 11 per cent of the popu
lation on relief, and the 22 per cent
of the population at or below the
line of extreme poverty.
Another problem discussed by
Thomas was that of insecurity and
fear. “We are afraid to grow old,
to speak our mind for fear of los
ing a job or relief. It makes cow
ards of us all,” he said. “We live
under the fear of a new world
war. That fear is justly great.
Points to Dictators
“Now sixteen years after the
war which was to end war there
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Nobleman Suggests Dueling
To Improve Men’s Manners
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
T^EVIVAL of dueling, the young
Spanish Marquis of Amodio
said recently, would improve the
manners of men, according to the
Associated Press from New York.
The marquis, one of the world's
leading fencers, said dueling “ex
erts a far more disciplinary influ
ence on manners than does the
quaint threat of an American fist.
The possibility of a duel makes
men think twice.’’
To this statement, an American
replied:
"I wouldn't think of accepting a
challenge to a duel, do you think
I want to stand up and let an ex
pert do me to death?”
The dapper nobleman—who for
two years was captain of the Ox
ford fencing team—said, "you don't
have to fight with swords if the
challenger is an expert fencer,
choose pistols.”
“But I don’t want to be shot
at, either,” responded the Ameri
can.
The marquis, whose mother was
American - born, then explained
that dueling need not be danger
ous.
“The nature of a duel,” he said,
“all depends upon the choice of
the arranger.
“If you are afraid, or if for any
reason you want the duel to be a
harmless one, then insist that one
of your trusted friends be named
arranger. Tell him your thought
and have him harass your oppon
ent all he can.
“Also, fight the duel at day
break and have the arranger call
the match when it is still so dark
you can scarcely see. If, in addi
tion, you can arrange to have your
opponent entertained until late the
night before—then there is not
one chance in a hundred of any
one’s being hit.”
"Then," asked the American,
“why fight the duel at all?”
The Spaniard paused a few min
utes, and replied:
“Well, it will have had its effect
■ —and a very good effect, too.”
"Having Great Time " Says
Thomas After 10-hour Grind
By HENRIETTE HORAK
A man engaged in that great
game of the science of govern
ment, commonly known as "poli
tics” must have considerable stam
ina, or else how can Norman
Thomas talk to crowds for 10 hours
out of the 12 which used to make
a day before electric lights came
into their own, and at the end of
that time smile and say, “I'm hav
ing a great time!” The famed so
cialist leader admitted his fond
ness for spinach and grape-nuts—
but then,—it must take tons of
spinach to keep his routine up for
years, as he has donee.
An interview with Norman
Thomas is no easy matter, and
makes even a devoted and consci
entious reader of Time (from cov
er to cover) feel as a kindergarten
tot when it comes to the knowledge
of world affairs, and political his
tory in the making, but with the
aid of the several discussion group
questioners, yesterday afternoon,
the' evening forum sponsored by
Theta Sigma Phi, women's journal
ism honorary, last night, and a
few questions during a short auto
ride with the distinguished visitor,
from meeting to meeting, this is
submitted.
"College students have a ten
dency to live in their own little
world,” Mr. Thomas commented.
“They are practically oblivious to
the drastic changes and significant
developments and happenings in
the world. In some cases, they
make the four years of college a
prolonged infancy, when they
should be preparing to take their
places among the jostling multi
tudes of the world.”
He suggested, and advocated
I that students show their interest
j by staging demonstrations, partici
pating in actual issues and strug
; gles of their cities and states, and
| otherwise show that they are alive
and think- regardless of threaten
i ing vigilantes, and dictatorial pro
vosts.
‘ There must be complete aca
demic freedom in the American
universities,” he declared, “re
gardless of the scarcity of jobs.
The present opposition to this
privilege, comes from the capital
istic order, which fears this free
dom, and is scared that more pegs
will be knocked out from under its
tottering edifice.”
Mr. Thomas scorned the “cheap”
college attitude of superiority to
wards politics, and declared it su
perficial and almost worn out. “Af
ter all,” he pointed out, “is the sell
ing of bonds so much more noble ?
Thousands of college graduates,
from Princeton, Harvard, and even
Oregon are doing that, after four
years of learning.”
“One of America’s greatest
problems today,” he declared, “and
one which causes me much worry
is our extreme poverty in leader
ship.”
Mr. Thomas assured us that
“leaders” are no “biological mira
cles” but come as a result of in
terest in life, and in affairs of the
world, in the rank and file of the
people. Here are opportunities for
the men and women of the young
er generation, he pointed out, since
in this case, “leaders are made,
not born.”
Mr. Thomas urged all thinking
men and women to regard the
press, and its reports of current af
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Rae Addresses
Sigma Delta Chi
On Wage Problem
Organization Like That of
Lawyers Suggested by
Assistant Professor
Giving1 as his personal opinion
about the low wages now paid re
porters, Arne G. Rae, assistant
professor of journalism, in an ad
dress to members of Sigma Delta
Chi Wednesday night suggested an
organization for journalists similar
to those for the law and medical
professions.
Rae stated that publishers are
making the minimum wage, ac
cepted by the code,the wage for re
porters, and that college graduates
are not attracted to newspaper
work. Publishers, who now resort
to unexperienced high school grad
uates accepting the low rates,
would again turn to college grad
uates, giving them higher wages,
if an organization for higher qual
ification were established, he
pointed out, and the poorer class
of reporters would be eliminated.
“Under the graphic arts code,”
he declared, “men doing mechani
cal work receive higher wages
than the reporter. Newsgathers
should receive at least as high
wages, because of the high require
ments in respect to personality,
political background, and writing
ability that is necessary in their
profession.”
Dean Allen, George Turnbull.
Charles M. Hulten, and members of
the fraternity entered into the dis
cussion concerning the ideas pre
sented. They indicated that the
journalism schools should raise
their requirements so as to pass
only those better qualified. As a
result, publishers would turn to the
more qualified, and in turn, pro
duce a better paper.
First Prize for W.A.A.
Poster Contest Will Be
Month's Theater Pass
A MONTH’S pass to the Mc
Donald theater!
Wouldn’t be bad to have,
would it? All you have to do
is make the first prize winning
poster advertising Health week,
sponsored by Women’s Athletic
association.
Posters must be handed in to
Ruth Howes, poster chairman,
at the Kappa Alpha Theta house
by Monday morning.
Alpha Delta Sigma
To Hold Initiation
Ralph Schomp was selected yes
terday as this year’s chairman for
the annua] Krazy Kopy Krawl in
formal sponsored every winter
term by Alpha Delta Sigma, men's
advertising honorary.
The official date for the dance
has been set at December 12, ac
cording to a decision reached at a
meeting of the honorary yesterday.
Six pledges were voted on at the
meeting and will receive their for
mal initiation next Friday.
Kerr, Boyer to Attend
Meeting in Washington
Chancellor W. J. Kerr left
Thursday afternoon for Washing
ton, D. C. where he will attend thte
annual meetings of the American
association of land grant colleges
and universities and the national
association of state universities.
The meetings will start Monday,
November 19, and will continue
until November 23.
Dr. C. V. Boyer, president of the
University, will also attend some
of these meetings.
McGKEW LECTURES
Mme. Rose McGrew will con
clude her series of lectures on the
opera Faust today at 10 o’clock at
the Osburn hotel. She will discuss
acts 3 and 4. Records will be used
to amplify her explanations. At her
next lecture, she will take up Pu
cini’s La Boheme.
URGENT NEED TO BE MET
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—(API
—More vigorous enforcement of
code regulation of American busi
ness, regarded as NRA's most ur
gent need, was presaged today in
the creation of a special justice
department office for handling re
covery cases.
Announces Game Site
—
Tom Stoddard, assistant gradu
ate manager, who, in the absence
of Graduate Manager Hugh Iios
son, yesterday made known the de
cision to bring the annual Oregon
Oregon State game back on the
campus.
Nobel Committee
Honors Columbia
University Man
University of California
Professor Receives
Consideration
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 15—(AP) —
Dr. Howard Clayton Urey, chem
istry professor at Columbia Uni
versity was awarded the Nobel
prize in chemistry for 1934.
The announcement came after a
long session of the Nobel prize
committee, which decided to with
hold the 1933 chemistry- prize till
another year. The physics award
likewise was reserved until 1935.
It was reported here the commit
tee considered awarding the 1933
chemistry prize to Prof. Gilbert
Newton Lewis of the University of
California.
There was no formal explanation
of the award to Professor Urey,
but it was assumed here it was be. •
cause of his research in thermody
namics, with special emphasis on
his work with “heavy water.”
Urey will receive a cash prize of
approximately $40,000. The formal
ceremony of presentation will be
held December 12
Dr. Urey is a brother of Clarence
M. Urey of Eugene.
Dr. Morris to Speak
At Portland City Club
Dr. Victor P. Morris, University
professor of economics, will ad
dress the Portland City club, at
the Benson hotel in Portland Fri
day, November 16.
The topic of Dr. Morris’ speech
will be, “The Future of Employ
ment in America.”
He has been speaker at meetings
of the club before, and the Port
land City Club Bulletin says of
him, “Dr. Morris is a friend of long
standing of the City club. His
talks on previous subjects have
been interesting and unfailingly in
structive.”
GROUP TO ORGANIZE
Plans are being made to organ
ize a Mental Hygiene society in
Lane county to affiliate with the
Portland Mental Hygiene group.
Mrs. Phetteplace, who has conduct
ed schools for handicapped children
in Eugene, is in charge of organiz
ing the society. The University
psychology department hopes to
cooperate with the Eugene group
if it is organized.
Campus Calendar
Alpha Kappa Psl initiation Sun
day at 9:30 a. m. in alumni hall,
Gerlinger. Following there will he
a breakfast at Anchorage.
YWCA industrial group will
meet today at 4 o’colck at the
YWCA hut.
Phi Sigma Kappa announces the
pledging of Bob Moody of Seaside,
Oregon.
Sophomore representatives in
the class membership drive will
meet at the College Side today at
4 p. m. There must be a represen
tative from each living organiza
tion present.
Grant E. Conway, call at Mrs.
Wilson’s office in Gerlinger hall
for registered letter.
Alpha Delta Sigma will meet at
11:50 today in Professor W. F. G.
Thatcher’s office in the journalism
building.
Westminster house will have
open house tonight from 8 to
11:30. All students are invited.
Psmith Explains Impatience
With Fish; Pronounces Name
<<|NTERVIEW me? Certainly.
There is just one condition
though— that vve do not discuss
fish,” stated Ronald Eustace
Psmith (Ted Karafotias in private
life), the serious-faced professional
manager of affairs, who figures
prominently in the coming dramat
ic production “Leave It to Psmith.”
“I see that you are looking rath
er strangely at this large, pink
rhododendron in my buttonhole,”
he exclaimed unconcernedly. “That
is merely a mark of identification.
You see, I am waiting for a busi
nes sappointment with a man
whom I have never seen before.
He has engaged me to help him
commit a crime, so we have to dis
cuss the details.”
When asked what type of profes
sion he was following, Psmith
carefully brushed a'fleck of dirk
off his snow-white spats before an
swering. Then, with an expression
of extreme disdain spreading over
Five Houses Lead
In Rally Contest
Five men’s houses have already
signified their intentions of turn
ing out 100 per cent for tomor
row’s listen-in dance which takes
place at the Igloo under the spons
orship of the Oregon rally com
mittee. The promising groups, ac
cording t o co-chairman Ralph
Schomp, are Phi Delta Theta, Beta
Theta Pi, Sigma Nu, Kappa Sig
ma, and Delta Upsilon.
At the dance, which begins at
1:45, will be presented the Zell
Bros.-Oregon Rally cup to the
men’s house or hall which has the
highest percentage of attendance.
The committee was notified by
Zell Brothers, Portland jewelers,
who are the donors of the trophy,
that the 15-incli cup will arrive in
Eugene this morning.
Orators to Draw
Jewett Sub-Topics
No preliminary was held this af
ternoon to the W. P. Jewett after
dinner oratorical contest as had
been formerly planned. Some of 1
the contestants dropped out and
the remaining number is not too
large for direct entrance into the
final contest.
Drawings of sub-topics for the
speeches will be held in room 10,
Friendly, today at 3 o’clock. “The
American Diet" is the general sub
ject for the after dinner speeches.
The final contest will be held
this evening in the regents room of
the men’s dormitory. Three priz
es will be offered: $25, $15, and $5.
RUSSELL IN DIVOKt’E SUIT
LONDON, Nov. 15 — (AP) —
Bertrand Russell, one of the
world’s leading advocates of com
panionate marriage, failed to ap
pear in court today to contest the
divorce suit brought by his wife,
Countess Russell.
The Countess—some of whose
views on marrige are just as strik
ing as her husband’s—charged
Russell was guilty of immoral con
duct in 1033 shortly after both
signed a document absolving each
other from all past indiscretions.
RABINOFF TO FLAY
The Portland Symphony orches
tra’s next formal concert, scheduled
for the public auditorium Monday
at 8:30 p. m., will feature the Port- j
land debut of Benno Rabinof, young
American violinist, and the first
performance of Jean Sibelius’ vio
lin concerto, which is said to be
one of the really significant works
of the contemporary school of mu
digger's Guides to Be
Available Tomorrow,
Stoddard Announces
^SUO student directories will
be out Saturday, according
to a statement made by Tom
Stoddard, assistant graduate
manager, last night.
Laxity on the part of the di
vision of information in making
up the faculty portions of the
directory has been attributed
as the cause for its lateness of
publication. Student sections
have been made up for several
weeks, and as soon as the fac
ulty portions are prepared the
directory will be issued.
his countenance he exclaimed bit
terly: “I have just given it up .It
was fish!"
"Fish?"
"Yes. My only relative is an unc
le who dotes on fish. Four years
ago an opening occurred in his fish
business, and he thrust me into it,
heard first. Three days ago I real
ized that Fish and I had reached
the limits of mutual forbearance. I
resigned. For three days I have
been a free man and for three
days the wolf has been moaning at
my door. Consequently I inserted
an advertisement in the paper th»
other morning offering to manage
anyone's affairs. Already I have
had an answer."
As he prepared to end the con
versation Psmith gave one last re
mark: “Just one more thing. You
have been mispronouncing my
name. It is not Persmith or Pu
smith. It is Psmith. You know
like in pshrimp."
Marlin Requests
Special Planning
Council Meeting
Parsons Calls Conference
To Slutly Oregon
10-Year Plan
At the request of Governor-elect
Charles H. Martin, Professor Phil
ip A. Parsons yesterday called a
special meeting of the Oregon
state planning' council, which was
recently appointed technical ad
visor to Martin’s newly appointed
“committee of nine.” The meeting
will be held at 10 a. m. Wednes
day at the Portland hotel.
Dr. Parsons, chairman of the
planning council, is one of the
“committee of nine” who will con
duct an extensive study and re
search preparatory to the launch
ing of Martin’s promised ten year
program for the development of
Oregon.
Dr. Parsons stated that the pur
pose of this special meeting is to
organize data and draft a tentative
outline for the preliminary plans
and recommendations which will
be submitted to Martin’s commit
tee at its first meeting, to be held
in Portland on December 5.
The council has been doing re
search work and study all summer.
It has all the necessary informa
tion at hand to make proper rec
ommendations for the procedure
needed to conserve, develop, and
expand the use of Oregon’s re
sources, he said
ATTORNEY BAKES NEW
ANGEE
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 15
—(AP)—District Attorney Gener
al J. Carlton Loser disclosed to
night he was investigating the pos
sibility that little Dorothy Ann
Distelhurst, kidnaped and slain,
may have been buried alive and
that her face was possibly disfig
ured with acid to prevent identifi
cation.
Oregon State,
Oregon Meet
Here in 1935
Removal to Portland Is
Unsatisf actor
Date Not Decided
Poor Attendance at Game
Last Saturday Is
Factor
Eugene was assured of at least
one big game during the 1935 foot
ball season when it was announced
yesterday that next year's Oregon
Oregon State game will be played
at Hayward field. Tom Stoddard,
assistant graduate manager, an
nounced the new arrangement fol
lowing conferences with Carl Lo
dell, graduate manager of the
state college. No definite date was
decided upon.
Stoddard represented the Univer
sity in the discussions leading up
to the decision, due to the absence
of Hugh Rosson, graduate mana
ger, who is in Los Angeles making
arrangements for the Oregon
Southern California game this
weekend.
Attendance Poor
In slating the game for the Eu
gene campus, the officials of both
schools are departing from the
practice of the past two years in
which the game has been held in
Portland. Stoddard intimated that
the change was due in part to the
small attendance at the annual
“Civil war” last weekend, making
it doubtful if the transfer of the
site of the game to the Rose City
would always result in the finan
cial success hoped for.
Since the fall of 1933, when the
game was played in Portland and
the students of both schools were
given free transportation to and
from the metropolis, the graduate
manager’s office has been the ob
ject of criticism of all kinds.
Alumni Criticize
Alumni from outside of Portland
have attacked the practice in
hopes of securing the Oregon State
game as a Homecoming attraction.
Many have criticized the adminis
tration because of the difficulty of
regulating the actions of students
while in Portland. Editors on both
campi have decried the transfer
to Portland as a major factor in
the growing lack of interest in
the contest evident in both student
bodies.
The last time that the two teams
met in Eugene was in 1931, when
more than 13,000 attended. Last
week’s attendance in Portland wa3
estimated at 20,000.
TAYLOIt SPEAKS
H. R. Taylor, head of the psy
rhnlocrv denartment, attended a
meeting of the Western Registrar’s
association at Portland, November
13. He spoke at the meeting on
"Some Common Misunderstandings
in Reference to Intelligence Tests
in Their Use in Vocational Educa
tional Guidance.”
Phi Beta Concert Reveals
Progress of Violin Student
By J. A. NEWTON
j^/JUSICIANSHIP among' the stu
dents in the University school
of music is of a much higher or
der this year than it has been in
the past. This fact was particu
larly in evidence last night during
the program sponsored by Phi
Beta, women’s music and drama
honorary.
A most convincing demonstra
tion of this was given by Vivian
Malone who played the violin part
of the Mendelssohn trio which
opened the program. Not only are
her tones more certain and her
bowing more definite, but she has
added an intensity and unity to
her music which has raised the
artistic level of her playing con
siderably. Her example should be
an inspiration to other music stu
dents.
Of the trio as a whole it must
be said that they work well to
gether. Their entries were togeth
er and their expression in com
mon agreement. Madge Conoway’s
cello part was a bit weak, a fault
which will probably clear up with
continued appearance.
Helene Robinson appeared sec
ond with two piano numbers. Once
more it is necessary to record an
error on the program. The Pre
lude No. 15 by Bach is in G ma
jor instead of F major. The second
selection was “Spanish Fantasy’’
by Moszkowski. Miss Robinson’s
technique is well adapted to both
the numbers which she played.
Jessie Long, soprano, was the
third soloist. She changed the or
der of her numbers, making it:
“Alleluja” by Mozart, “Iris” by
Ware, and “Come Unto These
Yellow Sands” by LaFarge. In
these, particularly the last one,
she displayed excellent technical
control and fine clarity on unusual
ly high notes. There is a pecu
liar quality about Miss Long’s
voice which somewhat diminishes
the effectiveness of her compara
tive technical mastery. However,
it does not make her musical abil
ity any the less. In fact, peculiar
ities of the type have been turned
into assets in the past. We don’t
doubt that Miss Long will be able
to do this.
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