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Entertainment The O.S.C. basketball game anil the Order of the O’s “Lettermen’3 lamp” will provide plenty of op portunity for entertainment for campus frolickers tonight. VOLUME XXXVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1935 NUMBER 65 Resume of the Day’s News By the Associated Press --■— FEBRUARY 1 ■ ISiles Fires Patrolman PORTLAND — Harry M. Niles, Portland’s new chief of police, kept his stern word today and dis charged night Patrolman Frank Lechleidner, 51, when a board of commanding officers convicted him of drunkenness and neglect of duty. This was the first occasion for Niles to keep his promise to dis miss any officer found guilty of such charges. While Lec-hleidner's record was clean, the board of of ficers reported he was dismissed from the Philadelphia department for a similar offense before com ing to Portland. Many Bills Face House SALEM — One of the major pro posals of Governor Charles H. Mar tin was in effect, two passed one house, others were waiting in com mittees and measures on his pro posed sustaining timber yield were to be introduced Monday as the Oregon legislature adjourned to night over the third week-end. In addition to these and several other major issues, the legislature saw nearly 400 bills introduced at the close of the 19th day of the scheduled 40-day meet, with other controversial issues and appropria tion bills still in the offing. Immediately after the attach ment of his signature to the emer gency measure creating a perma nent planning commission which would have $30,000 for operation in an advisory capacity, the execu tive named his pre-term “brain trust’’ of nine members to take permanent positions. No changes were made in the personnel. May Close Exchanges WASHINGTON — To safeguard invested billions from possible dan gers in violent market fluctuation, the securities exchange commis sion tonight considered invoking one of its absolutely autocratic powers when the supreme court rules on the gold cases. Its members studied the desira bility of an order closing all ex changes during the period—possi bly next Monday—in which the court may announce its decision. Forty-seven exchanges from New York to San Francisco would be involved. The cases at issue, while direct ly affecting some $100,000,000,000 in public and private bonds, are ex pected to exert a profound influ ence upon stock quotations, for eign exchange and commodity pric Design Security Plan WASHINGTON — Significant changes in the president's social security plan designed, first, to take the onus of charity off unem ployment insurance, and, second, to save the government several hundred millions a year were re ^ ported today to have been mapped by administration officials. These changes, it was asserted in an informed capitol quarter, would be presented to congress next week. An accompanying ef fort would be made to hurry en actment so the 44 state legisla tures meeting this winter could put through correlative laws. Signs of delay in final action already have appeared in both senate and house. PORTLAND DOCTOR VISITS Dr. Olof Larsell, of the Oregon medical school in Portland, was on the campus yesterday to attend a meeting of the University re search council of which he is a member. Larsell is also a member of the graduate council on which he rep resents the medical school. Campus Calendar Dean Karl \V. Onthank, Bill Bar rett, and John Caswell will pre sent a panel discussion on the sub ject "Human Nature” at West minster forum Sunday evening at 6:30. Students and faculty mem bers invited. Order of the O Belles will meet at the Igloo at 1 p. m. to have their pictures taken. A practice is also scheduled for the same time. All house mothers will meet Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock ai the Alpha Gamma Delta house tc honor Miss Julia Riser, national in spector for the sorority. Miss Ri ser will speak at the meeting, af ter which there will be dessert anc entertainment. W.E. Miner Building Ruled Tax Exempt By Judge Skipworth Official Says Law Shifl Is Duty of State Legislature Strict Ruling Cited Appeal of Decision May Come Soon Complete tax exemption was de clared on the Miner building-, deed ed to the Security Savings and Trust company of Portland in trust for the University of Oregon near ly two years ago, by Judge G. F. Skipworth of the circuit court yes terday. The tax controversy over the Miner building sprang into being last year when the Security Sav ings and Trust company filed suit in attempt to remove the property from the county tax rolls inasmuch as it was the property of the Uni versity of Oregon and therefore the state, which would render it tax exempt. Building in Trust Skipworth based his decision on the fact that the building is held in trust for the state according to the terms of bequest by the late W. E. Miner who sold the property in 1933 to the trust company in trust lor the University for the mainte nance of a chair of instruction in real estate and insurance in the school of business administration at the University. Under the provisions of section C9-104 of the Oregon code the fol lowing is exempt: All property, real and personal, of the United States and this state, except land I belonging to the state and held under contract for purchase.” Ben PI fceeney, county assessor, who took the part of the county in the case, fought the exemption on the grounds that the building is engaged in competitive business with other privately owned similar businesses which are subject to taxation. “This feature of the law is vicious to say the least and should be annulled by an amend ment,” he commented yesterday. Judge Skipworth admitted that he is following the existing law on trust deeds under which the prop erty is exempt from taxation but that he does so “with unwilling feet.” Morally Right “If it is morally right that the Miner property should be subject to taxation,” he said, “it is for the legislature so to declare, as a legis lative question and not for the court to so declare as a judicial question.” i Parallel cases in other states re veal that such tax exemption is the rule, however Skipworth states that "Authorities are almost unan imous in holding that where prop I erty is held by the state for the (Please turn to page 4) Leading Scorer “Wee Willie” Jones, above, will attempt to maintain his conference scoring lead in the northern divi sion by running up a large count against the Beavers in tonight’s game. Teachers Group Will Hear Jewell Dr. James M. Jewell, dean of the school of education, will speak to the elementary grade teacher's association of Cottage Grove next Monday evening, February 4. The association, which meets weekly, each year invites an educator to address them. Jewell's plan is to dwell upon two points, the first is the value of the ability to look at life through the eyes of the children and the second is the already ac cumulated wealth of learning. “When a child asks a question of a teacher, it is too late to look up the meaning of its question,” Dean Jewell said. “If the teacher does not know the answer to the query she should admit that she doesn’t and immediately help the child to find the answer.” Warren Smith Supervises Map of Oregon Minerals Recently worked out under the direction of Warren D. Smith, head of geology and geography, is a mineral map of the state which indicates the approximate location of all known mineral deposits in Oregon. V. B. Stanbery, planning consul tant for Oregon, considered the map sufficiently worthwhile that he exhibited it at the Northwest regional planning conference held in Seattle last month. Although the map is by no means complete as yet, a great deal of field work and other re search being necessary to obtain more complete information about the mineral resources of Oregon the preliminary map just finisher is expected to help in getting fur ther facts about Oregon's minerals Necessary to State "This map,” said Smith, “is the sort of thing that is necessary be fore you can plan wisely for devel opment of the state.” He explainec that many other maps have beer made to help in the developmeni of other resources, but that nc * complete mineral map of Oregoi has ever been published as far as he knows. No attempt is made to tell on the map how large or how valuable the mineral deposits are; it merely indicates the approximate location and the kind of mineral, or mineral deposit, to be found there. In compiling the mineral map, a group of advanced students worked under Dr. Smith, each concentrat ing on a special group of minerals. Many Help Smith Professor J. H. Batcheller, head | of the mining department at Ore gon State college, and Robert M. Betts, superintendent of the Black Butte quick silver mine and chair ! man of the state mining board, also furnished information to aid in constructing the map. Professor Smith states that he also is in | aebted to a certain extent to his j former colleagues of the old de partment of geology recently dis membered in the educational shifts between Corvallis and Eugene. During his twenty years of resi dence in the state, he has visited i practically every mineral district in the state. Ducks Lose 2Kegulars For OSC Till Hopes Fade as Genimell, Rudd Jones Unable To Play Tonight League - Leading Beavers Hold Heavy Odds Oregon's slim chance of defeat ing the conference leading Beavers in the “big game" of the season, scheduled for 7:30 p. m. at McAr thur court, dwindled away with the news that two Webfoot “reg ulars," Budd Jones and Hon Gem mell, would be unable to play to night. Coach Reinhart stared last night that Jones had been confined to the infirmary with the flu for the last three days and “with pros pects of another week" in bed. An infection of the foot, complicated in the recent Washington game, will keep Ron Gemmell on the bench. Liebowitz in for Bud “Sleight-of-hand” Sam Liebowitz, recently banished to the bench, will replace Budd Jones at guard. Liebowitz ranks second among the Oregon high score men with a total of 40 points. Either Rollie Rourke or John Lewis may be called upon to fill Gemmell’s shoes tonight. Rourke’s extra year of varsity ex perience will probably give him the choice over Lewis, a sophomore. Oregon O.S.C. Sanford .F. Hibbard Rourke .F. Palmberg W. Jones .C.Conkling Berg .G. Lyman Liebowitz .G. Bergstrom Willie Jones to Start Willie Jones, high score man of the conference with 70 points in 9 games, will be on the court for the opening tip-off as will Bill Berg, another regular of last year’s squad. Glen Sanford, No. 1 “checker,” seems near indispensa ble to the Oregon lineup since his spectacular showing in the Husky series. To Sanford goes the diffi cult assignment of guarding Wally Palmberg. Oregon State’s pre-game losses include Cliff Folen, substitute cen ter, and Fred Hill, substitute guard. The far-famed Baron Mose von Lyman has recovered suffi ciently from an attack of flu to start against the Webfoots at (Please Inni to page 3) Former Oregon Track Star Chases Bandits PENDLETON, Jan. 30.— (API Two young- footpads, out to get some easy money, selected the wrong victim and received a beat ing and a good chase for their efforts. They happened to pick on Chest er Fee, one of Oregon's greatest track and field stars of the 1915 era, and Fee wasn’t a bit enthused about having his dollar watch and 65 cents taken. One of the footpads grasped Fee by the collar and told him to “Take it easy, son.” Fee went to work. He plastered both of the would-be thugs and then, thinking it over, he decided to give them some more, but they were out of sprinting range by that time. At the University of Oregon Fee heaved the shot, javelin and discus, won points in the broad and high jumps and pole vault, took places in the high and low hurdles and then ran a lap in the relays now and then. Emerald Business Staff Will Meet at 11 To Hear Sales Plan Grant Thuemmel, business manager of the Emerald, has called a meeting of the complete business staff for 11 o'clock this morning at his office in Mc Arthur court. All members of the staff and anyone who is in any way con nected with the business staff is urged to he present at this very Important meeting, which is the first since the major staff I changes were recently made. A complete sales plan will be out lined for the remainder of the year, Thuemmel said. Second Installment Of Registration Fee Must Be Paid Today Second installments of regis tration fees and non-resident fees are due today, and may be paid at the cashier's office on the second floor of Johnson hall. A fine of 25 cents a day will hi- charged anyone who pays his fees later than this date. 10 Symphony Concert Free Tomorrow at 3 Underwood Will' Direct Orchestral Numbers Of Great Masters Vivian Malone to Play Solo By Mendelssohn The University symphony or chestra, under the direction of Hex Underwood, is appearing in con cert tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock in McArthur court. All members of the University are in vited to attend this concert regard less of ASUO affiliation. Towns people, also, will be admitted with out charge. The program is composed of out standing musical compositions of a type satisfying to the most ex acting musical epicure, yet retain ing those qualities which are pleas ing to the occassional concert-goer. Scheherazade Feature “Scheherazade,” b y Rimsky Korsakov, contains a story which now, with tire passage of time, is a well-known theme, but has very few interpretations of symphonic nature which come anywhere near the perfection of this composition. Schahrier, a Persian sultan of long ago, persuaded that all women were faithless, swore to put to death each one of his wives. The sultan’s Scheherazade saved her life by interesting him in fantastic tales which she told him during one thousand and one nights. His cur iousity aroused, the sultan put off his bloody plan from day to day, and at last, gave it up entirely. “Overture to Hansel and Gretel,” by Humperdinck, the composer of the ever popular opera of “Hansel (Please turn to payc 3) Alpha Xi Della Honors New Chaperon at Tea Honoring their new chaperon, Mrs. John Findlay, the Alpha Xi Delta will entertain with a large tea Sunday afternoon from 4:30 to 6 o’clock at the chapter house. A large group of campus and townspeople have been invited to the affair. Music will be featured during the afternoon with Lorna Baker, violin; Dorothy Howell, pi ano, and Mrs. Phil Nordling, voice. In the receiving line for the tea will be Eleanor Wharton, Mrs. John O. Findlay, Dean Hazel Schwering, Mrs. Wilcox, of Cor vallis, Dr. Ethel Sanborn and Le nore Casford. Pouring will be Mrs. L. H. John son, Mrs. A. H. Norton, Mrs George Turnbull, Mrs. Sam Bond, and Mrs. T. S. Wells. Bossing Writes Book On Teaching Methods Described as a “fundamental, comprehensive and up-to-date text on high school methods, a volume entitled "Progressive Methods of Teaching In Secondary Schools,” written by Dr. Nelson L. Bossing, professor of education at the Uni versity of Oregon, has been placed : on sale throughout the United States. Copies of the book, which is published by the Houghton Mif flin company, have just reached Eugene. The book is built on the idea that there is no one best method of teaching, and as a consequence it achieves a sanity and a discrim inating eclecticism that make it especially suitable for the reader who is often beset with fads and fancies, the announcement of the volume declares. Dr. Bossing, who was awarded the degree of philosophy from Chicago in 1925, has been a mem ber of the faculty here since 1927. He has done extensive research in education and has written for a number of publications. Japanese Art |Expert*Picks " U.O. School a Harada Plans Attending University in Fall, Winter Terms Boyer Says Selection Is Very High Honor Jit'o Harada, commissioner of the Imperial Household museum in Tokyo since 1925, and world famous authority on Japanese art, will come to the University of Ore gon next fall and winter terms, un der the sponsorship of the Society for International Cultural Rela tions of Japan, it was announced here today by Dr. C. V. Boyer, president of the University, Selection of Mr. Harada for this position, and designating the Uni versity of Oregon as the institu tion to which he is assigned are both regarded as among the great est honors ever confered upon this institution, Dr. Boyer states. The society had under consideration 30 colleges and universities in all parts of the world, six of which were in the United States, and of these, but three were assigned ex perts. Oregon was the only one selected in the United States. Many Compete Competing with the University were Yale, Harvard, Southern Cal ifornia, California, and others in this country. The University here was finally chosen because of the nationally famous Murray Warner museum of Oriental art, and be cause of the keen interest shown for several years in oriental af fairs, it is stated. Preliminary arrangements for the project here were made in Tok yo recently by Burt Brown Barker, vice-president of the University, who made the trip to Japan in the interests of the Red Cross. Harada Well Known Mr. Harada is not only well known in Japan, but in the United States and other countries as well. He studied at the University of California from 1901 to 1904, and was the imperial government com missioner to the Panama-Pacific International exposition in San Francisco in 1915. In 1908 to 1916 he was a member of the faculty of the National college of Nagoya. Since 1925 he has had charge of the Imperial Household museum, where the rarest art treasures of the Japanese empire, some of them dating back to the sixth century, are kept. The fourteenth edition of the En cyclopedia Britannica contains six articles on Japanese art by Mr. Ha rada, and he is the author of books on Japanese gardens and has pub lished a catalog in English of the treasures in the Imperial Reposi tory Shosoin. He is now compiling and publishing an English catalog of painting in the Imperial House hold museum in Tokyo. Will Teach Class In addition to his varied lec tures here Mr. Harada will teach a two hour class each term. His lec tures will cover Japanese art from a period prior to the introduction (Pit-use turn to patje 3) Lettermen’s Frolic Furnishes Campus Gaiety For Tonight Stamps Out Theft Henrietta Lieht, 23, secretary to a New York rare stamp dealer, nipped in the bud a holdup when she became suspicious of three loiterers, one of whom was a cus tomer whose ignorance of stamps marked him. She called police radio squads that caught two men rob bing the dealer of $40,000 in stamps. Portland Concert Contains Popular Symphony Works Von Hoogstratcn to Lead Orchestral Numbers The Portland Symphony orches tra, under the baton of Willem Van Hoogstraten, will present two pro grams of popular musical master pieces in the near future. Dates set for the concerts to be presented in the municipal auditorium, Port land, are February 4 and February 10. The first offering has two out standing musical compositions: “Siegfried Idyl” by Richard Wag ner, the remarkable work for small orchestras composed by Wagner in 1870 as a Christmas gift to his wife, Coslma; and Beethoven's first symphony which is a pleas antly contrasting musical work with the last of his symphonies, the (Please tarn to page 4) Ex-News Major Shuns Job; Becomes Symphony Soloist Vivian Malone, violin soloist with the University symphony next Sunday afternoon, was not always a music major. During her first year in the University she was en rolled in the journalism school, al though she was taking lessons from Rex Underwood at the time. “Before that X didn’t study a great deal of music," she said yes terday morning, “only what train ing I received from a music in structor in high school in Albany. “His main idea was to have one p’ay very fast. When I came here I had a great deal to unlearn.” Expresses Dislikes Concerning her one year of jour nalism, her prfnciple memory is that she didn’t like to cover base ball games as a “newswriting’’ as signment. This, combined with the suggestions of Mr. Underwood led her to change her major hei second year to music. In order to procure her bacheloi of Arts degree, she said, it had been necessary for her to select a "minor” course. She chose French. "Among other things I had to take some piano lessons to fulfill various requirements. I studied with Mr. Artau here." "What year are you here?" "X graduated last year, so I’m not enrolled in the school. But I still study with Mr. Underwood.” Movement Omitted Miss Malone was asked why only the last two movements of the Mendelssohn violin concerto which she is to perform Sunday are to be presented, since the first move ment is well known and quite pop ular. She said that the program was quite long as it stands, and that it had been decided that the inclu sion of the long first movement might make the program drag. The program will include the Hanzel and Gretel overture, Valse Triste, the famous “Schaherazade" suite, the Mendelssohn concerto, and the last movement of Brahms' Symphony No. 1. Dance Routine l>y Order Of 0 ‘Belles’ Tops Fun Program Teams Are Guests ‘Athletic Extravaganza’ Is Theme of Informal Featuring the “athletic extrava ganza" idea, the “Lettermen’3 Limp,” sponsored by the Order of the “O,” will be held tonight in Gerlinger hall immediately after the Oregon State basketball game. Many unusual features are being offered by the lettermen in an attempt to make their "Limp” the outstanding dance of the season. It is to be strictly informal in. nature and the admission price is to be 75 cents a couple. Belles to Limp Foremost on the feature pro gram will be the dance routine to be performed by the Order of the “O” “belles” which is composed mainly of first year lettermen in football. The “line” is said to average 200 pounds to the man. Each men's living organization is to select its best dancer who is to represent his group in a prize dance for a valuable prize. Jimmie Whippo’s music from Corvallis is to play for the affair. Appropriate programs are to be distributed. At a committee meeting last night, another feature was added when it was announced that free cigarettes would be distributed through the courtesy of the Philip Morris company. Lintlgren Is Chairman Arne Lindgren is general chair man, his assistants being as fol lows: Eddie Vail, who is to be master of ceremonies, Bob Miller, Sherwood Burr, Howard Patter son, Winton Hunt, Cosgrove La Barre, Ned Simpson, and Fred Nowland. A group of high school athletes from several cities in the North west have been asked to attend the dance as guests of honor, along with the members of the Oregon State and Universitv of Oregon basketball squads. These high school students are: Wally Hein burg, Dave Gammon, Ben Ell, Merle Peters. Stanley Anderson. Jay Mercer, Wallace DeWitt, Erl ing Jacobson, John Adams, Creed Gilchrist, Tom Blackman, James Layman, Jimmv Nicholson, Doug Drager, Don Coons, Jack Bates, Bill Kindred, Jack Hinman, Wayne Warner, Dick Wright, Jay Smith, Doc Taylor, Gordon Mehl, Henry Nilsen, and Cliff Morris. McCall to “Show-off” Harry McCall, baseball hero, is scheduled to provide added feature attractions. All Order of the “O” men have been asked to wear their letter men’s sweaters to lend more of an athletic atmosphere to the “Limp.” Geology Students Make Field Trip General geology students, led by Lloyd L. Ruff, graduate assistant in geology and geography, went on a field trip Wednesday to the Smith quarry, Judkins point, Springfield junction, and Spring field butte, all located just east of Eugene. Observations of igneous and sed imentary rock formations and the collection of fossil and mineral specimens were the purposes of the trip. The highlight of the excur sion, however, was the finding of concretions containing fossil snails and crabs. Concretions, Ruff explained, are ball-shaped formations in sedimen tary rock which are much harder than the surrounding rock, so that they can be extracted without be ing broken. When cracked open, concretions are found to contain fossilized animals. The hardness of the stone is due to the presence of lime in the bodies of the animals around which they are formed, he said, since the lime acts as a ce ment to solidify the sedimentary material.