Students Vote
Favorably On
League Entry
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Scant Majority Carried
By Heavy Eastern
School Polls
Second returns in the 335,000
ballot Peace Poll of undergraduate*
in 119 colleges and universitie
give a scant majority of 50.07 per
cent for United States entry in
the league of nations, according t<
the tabulations published in to
day’s issue of The Literary Digest
The favorable vote for U. S.
League entry was concentrated in
eastern institutions, fourteen vot
ing "yes” and eight “no” while
the other sections of the country
voted 26 against and 12 for.
A total of 65,000 ballots at*
shown as received to date from 60
colleges.
Opinions on Seven Issues
The students were asked to ex
press their opinion in this college
peace poll on seven issues relating
to war and peace. On the first
question as to whether the United
States could stay out of another
great war, the vote was 68.31 per
cent “yes” and 31.69 per cent “no.”
Asked if the individual student
would bear arms in defense of the
United States in case the country
were invaded, 83.50 per cent indi
cated they would fight, while 16.50
per cent voted that they would
not fight.
Against Aggressive War
On the question of whether or
not they would bear arms for the
United States in its invasion of
the borders of another country,
£1.63 per cent marked their ballot
negatively, while 18.37 per cent
.showed they would fight even in
the case of an aggressive war.
On the fourth question of "Do
you believe that a national policy
ot an American Navy and Air
Force second to none is a sound
method of insuring us against be
ing drawn into another great war"
the vote was 62.98 per cent against
such a policy and 37.02 per cent
for it.
Advocate Munitions Control
An overwhelming majority of
90.25 per cent showed advocacy of
governmental control of armament
and munitions industries, while
9.75 per cent of the student voters
registered opposition on this issue.
Voting on the question “In aline
ment with our historic procedure
in drafting man-power in time of
war, would you advocate the prin
ciple of universal conscription of
all resources of capital and labor
in order to control all profits in
time of war?" the balloting showed
£1.5 per cent marked in favor of
such universal conscription to
18.50 per cent voting against it.
Favor Entry Into League
“De Pauw, Chicago, Colorado,
Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Michi
gan, Oberlin, Washington univer
sity (St. Louis), Washington and
Lee, Western Reserve, and Wiscon
sin” The Literary Digest states in
its columns, "were the colleges out
side the East which favored entry
into the league.
Hofmann’s Hands
Possess Muscular
Strength, Not Size
The hands of a great musician
are always of interest to the lay
man. And naturally enougti a kind
of superstitious awe clings to these
uncanny instruments which by a
true legerdemain are able to trans
form the mathematics of musical
notation into the fugitive and fleet
ing beauty of music. The hands of
Josef Hofmann, the world famous
pianist, who comes here for a con
cert on Sunday, February 10 at
McArthur court under the sponsor
ship of the ASUO, are a study in
themselves.
To begin with, they are very
small as is strangely the case
with most pianists. From the
knuckles to the wrist, the dimen
sion is almost that of a child. Com
pared with this area, the finger*
seem long, though they are not
actually so. They are, howevei
thick and sturdy with spatulatc
tips. The jutting thumb, though
short, has a tremendous air ol
authority, and when the fist it
clenched, the muscles protrude to
such an extent that the hand ap
pears almost twice its size.
This then is the hand of the
virtuoso, who, since the age of five
has been a focal point in the music
world, and who, after his latest
concert in Carnegie hall, was hailed
by Samuel Chotzinoff of the New
York Post, as "the greatest pianist
of our times." the other New York
critics concurring. It is the hand
of a master, an Olympian perhup.
—but across all this might, it has a
sprinkling of very human freckles
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Landsbury Urges
Students to Attend
Syrnphony Concert
Tomorrow afternoon at 3
o’clock in McArthur court, stu- ;
dents in special problems in ap- |
preciation will have one of the
finest opportunities of the term
to practice active, intelligent
listening, stated John J. Lands- 1
bury dean of the music school.
With the exception of the over
ture to Hansel and Gretel, all ’
of the numbers are included in j
the Carnegie library, and they j
may hear them in preparation
for the event. Points toward
grades may be increased by j
handing in a short account of
impressions and (or) evalua
tions. Silling in front seats is
j suggested.
! Critics Acclaim
Schmidt’s ‘Faust’
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In Prose as Best
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j Translation Into English
Wins Praise
—
An English prose translation of
Goethe’s “Faust,” the second such
ever made, is winning wide ac
claim for F. G. G. Schmidt, profes
sor of Germanic languages and
head of this department at the
University of Oregon, according
to word received here.
Scholars in both Germany and;
in this country have declared Dr.
Schmidt's translation to be the !
! closest ever made of this famous
I literary masterpiece. The absence
of ambiguous interpretations
' makes it rare book, according to
j many who have reviewed it.
“Dr. Schmidt’s translation is in
j finitely more useful than poetry
j translations, which so often prefer
to make use of rhyme at the sac
rifice of real meaning,” writer
Professor Julius Petersen, who
who holds the chair of Germanic
philology and literature at the Uni
versity of Berlin. “It is an excel
\ lent prose translation, and comes
I as closely as possible to the orig
inal.”
Dr. Karl Killing, editor of the
"Grimms-Worterbush” and one of
the greatest literary critics in Ger
many, says of the book: "I admire
the maturity of judgment in the
numerous critical passages, which
from now on can receive only one
interpretation as a result of the
excellent translation. My compli
ments on your novel way of using
two languages.”
Others in Germany who have
praised the book include Dr. Ger
hart Hauptmann, Dr. Ricardo
Much and Dr. Richard Strauss, all
members of the Schillar Academy
of Munich. In America Bert John
Vos, of Indiana university terms
the volume a "godsend” and it has
won high praise from many others.
Dr. Schmidt has chosen a novel
manner of presentation for his
work. On one page appears the
original German, and on the page
opposite he has put the transla
tion. Thus students can follow both
the original and English version
and make comparison.
Dr. Schmidt, who has taught at
the University of Oregon since
1897, is the only American mem
ber of the famous "Schiller Acad
emy” of Munich, which numbers
among its members many of the
most distinguished scholars of the
world. He is the author of several
I books on Germany and Germanic
I literature, and has been a steady
Contributor to scientific and pro
| fessional journals in Europe and
; in this country.
I Copies of the book, which is
published by Rohmkopt in Leipzig,
Germany, are now on sale at the
University Co-op here, and shortly
will be placed on sale at other
places throughout this country and
I Europe.
(liiwities
Visits a1 Hoiuo lOlizabeth Thom
son is spending the weekend with
iter piirents at her liome in Port
land.
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leaves Campus for Weekend —
Laurabello Quick went to Portland
Friday afternoon where she will
visit at her home Saturday and
Sunday.
Motors to Portland Helene
Ferris motored to Portland Friday
morning to spend the weekend
with her parents, and will return
to the campus Sunday evening.
Home for Weekend Nora Hitch
man went to Portland yesterday1
where she will visit with her par
ents and return to the campus |
Sunday.
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Spends Weekend at Home Ma
rie Davis went to Portland yester
day afternoon where she will re-1
main over the weekend, visiting
with her parents. She intends to
Zimmerman
Bill Arouses
No Stir Here
Murphy Says Measure
Would Not Impair
ROTC Budget
Senator Peter Zimmerman’s bill
providing for optional military
training is not being taken very
seriously in local circles. Colonel
E. V. D. Murphy, head of the mil
itary department, refuses to be
worried by it, saying that even if j
it passes it will not impair the R.
O. T. C. budget and will probably j
not cause many students to drop j
drill.
Other campus figures who have j
appeared in the military picture |
before are noncommittal. The pro- j
visions of Zimmerman’s bill seem ;
to be unfamiliar to rpost of the j
campus. Waldo Schumacher, who j
returned the minority report in fa-[
vor of optional training after an j
Investigation last year would make
nc statement concerning the bill.
All Military Optional
It provides that “all courses of|
instruction in military science, tac
tics or drill in all state institu
tions of higher learning shall be on
an optional basis, and no student I
.shall be compelled or required to i
take any course in military instruc
tion against his will.
“No course in military instruc
tion shall be required in any state
institution of higher learning as a
prerequisite for any educational i
degree. ”
When the bill was introduced
last week it caused little stir. Zim- j
merman is known as a radical at1
Salem, and most of the senate
crepehangers seem to think that
his latest creation will go the way
ot a lot of other progressive legis
lation.
Would Hit Corvallis More
Should the bill pass it would
strike the state college at Corval
lis much harder than it would the
University. The annual military
budget at O.S.C. is about $120,000,
while it is only a little over $40,000
at Oregon. Furthermore, there is
very little anti-military sentiment
in Cor vallis, while irr Eugene it is
comparatively strong.
The faculty, voting on the same
question last year, defeated op-1
tional drill by the narrow margin of'
five votes. Should Zimmerman’s
till pass it would undoubtedly be
received here much more favorably'
than at Oregon State.
150 Now Exempted
Oregon’s military exemptions
committee has functioned regular
ly since the spectacular faculty in
vestigation last year. It exempted
more than 150 students at the be
ginning of the school year, of
which at least 14 were conscien
tious objectors. It has met pe
riodically since. Early last month
three boys were exempted, two as
conscientious objectors, and one
becaue of outside work.
The committee will meet again
next Thursday to cover routine
business and hear any applications
for exemptions. To date no appli-1
cations have been received.
Meanwhile Senator Zimmerman's i
bill comes up for second reading
soon, and the final vote is not far
off.
return to the campus Sunday.
Guest on Campus Mrs. L. L.
Giles, Portland, has been a guest
of Sigma Kappa for the past two
days. While here, Mrs. Giles visit
ed her daughters, Doris and Elma,
and her son, Irwin.
In Portland Over Weekend Ted
Bohlman is among those who went
to Portland Friday afternoon to
spend the weekend with his fam
ily.
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Motored to Portland Henry
Roberts, accompanied by Bettie
Curtis, motored to Portland Thurs
day afternoon where they will
spend the weekend visiting friends
and relatives, returning to the cam
pus Sunday evening.
To Leave School Andy New- <
house, who has been seriously ill
for the past month with pneumo
nia, has been released from the in
firmary and is convalescing at a
private home in Eugene before
laeving for his home in Myrtle
Point, Sunday, where he will re
main for the rest of this term.
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Visit on Campus Mr. and Mrs
Harry Z. Smith, Burns, were cam
pus visitors Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week. While here they
visited their daughter, Norma, at
the Alpha Gamma Delta house.
Guests of Chi Omega Marion
Taylor, Louise Stein, Betty Hygby. |
and Phyllis Strom are visiting at
the Chi Omega house this week
end. All are former students of
the University and affiliates of
Chi Omega. I
Third Ward Line Loss
The S. S. Mohawk, $‘3,000,000 coastwise liner under charter to the
Ward line, that collided with the S. S. Talisman. The accident cost
the lives of 45 people and started an intensive probe into the strange
past happenings on the Ward line.
Sheldon Returns to Campus;
Comments on Library Plans
A leave of absence because of ill
health has not kept Henry D.
Sheldon, professor of education and
history, from keeping in close
touch with affairs on the Univer
sity campus.
Professor Sheldon is visiting his
home here and is to return to
Salem to undergo further medical
treatment the latter part of next
week.
“The new’ library project is one
of the most important steps made
in the recent history of the Univer
sity,” the professor stated. “We
have the largest collection of books
in the state and the new building
will help to make our library the
best in this section of the North
west.”
Professor Sheldon came to the
loc$l campus in 1900 and he has
had an opportunity to wdtness the
steady growth of the University
library. When he arrived here, the
library was located on the ground
floor of Hendrick's hall and was
composed of only a few thousand
volumes. When the old library was
built at a total cost of about $60,
000, Sheldon said that the Univer
sity officials thought they had a
library large enough to last for a
century as only about 350 students
were enrolled in school then.
Much of Professor Sheldon’s
leisure time is spent working on a
book he is writing, entitled “The
History of Liberalism.’’ Asked
what the basic idea of his book
was, the professor answered that
it “involves a survey and analysis
of modern history, particularly
since the middle of the 18th cen
tury. In this book he has included
the ideas of many of the liberal
thinkers and he pointed out that
writing a book is more difficult
than lecturing. This is because that
in writing a book, every detail
must be covered thoroughly, while
in lecturing, one can choose the
topic upon which he is most in
terested.
“Student Life and Customs” was
published by Sheldon about 30
years ago. It is in the University
library and deals with the social
Landsbury Offers
Carnegie Records
Of Concert Works
This afternoon from 2 to 3 the
Carnegie room has bf’en reserved
for the use of Mortar board, ac
eording to John J. Landsbury,
dean of the music school. Stu
dents not belonging to this or
ganization are requested to ob
serve this hour and use the room
at other times. The room will be
open from 9:30 a. m. until 12 m.,
and from 1 p. m. to 2 p. m. and
3 p. m. until 5 p. m. for general
use.
All of the numbers excepting
the overture to Hansel and
Gretel to be played by the
University orchestra tomorrow
afternoon at McArthur court arc
in the library and those wishing
to have a preliminary hearing
are urged to make use of the
facilities of the Carnegie room.
life of students in foreign coun
tries.
Professor Sheldon attended Stan
ford university with Herbert Hoov
er, former president, and Ray Wil
bur, who is now president of the
university.
Miner Building
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benefit of private persons or for
any special class of persons such
property is not exempt.
“This is not the situation in this
case. While it is true the state
accepts the property burdened
with certain financial obligations,
which must be paid out of the in
come of the property, yet the state
has not assumed or agreed to pay
these obligations. It cannot be
said that because the state accepts
the Miner building charged with
these obligations, that the trust is
not for the benefit of the state.
Legal Title U.O.’s
“The legal title to the Miner
building is therefore, according tc
Skipvvorth, vested in the trustee
for the use and benefit of the Uni
versity of Oregon, and under great
weight of authority is exempt from
taxation.’’
C. L. Kelly, professor of business
administration at the University
of Oregon, and manager of the
building for the University, made
the following statement:
“We appreciate very much re
ceiving the favorable decision ol
Judge Skipworth in the matter oi
our taxation case. We trust that
in the future management of our
property and in the handling oi
the income from this property we
can more than justify our steward
ship.”
Military, Economic Question
Is Palmer Discussion Topic
By Charles Paddock
Clay Palmer's morning service
at the Congregational church has
a title which should be especially
interesting to campus residents,
most of whom are known as rather
keen observers of economic and
social currents. He will speak on
"What We Mean by a Cooperative
Commonwealth.” There will also be
a five minute pulpit editorial on
“Should Military Training Be Op
tional?” The latter subject deals
directly with the campus and asks
a question which is still unsettled
at Oregon.
The Baptist young people are
the only Christian group, so far as
we know, which sends out a weekly
program on the ether waves. Each
Sunday at 6 p. m. the Eugene
B.Y.P.U. is heard over KORE. The
same group meets at 6:30 for dis
cussion in the Baptist club room.
Paul Gilbert will preside this week.
Captain L. H. Nixon teaches the
young people's Sunday school class
at 9:45 a. m. Communion services
will be held this Sunday also at 11
a. m.
Westminster house has been
sending out numerous deputations
teams recently. The team which
went to Corvallis a short time back
will shine at home tomorrow night.
Dean Karl W. Onthank, John Cas
well and Bill Barrett will get to
gether for a panel discussion on
"Human Nature.” Panel discus
sions are a new wrinkle in present
ing controversial problems to a
group that is so large as to be un
wieldly for discussion. The "Human
Nature” powwow scored heavily at
Corvallis last week.
At 9:45 a. m. Mrs. George P.
Winchell will continue her series
on personal relations, this week
dealing specifically with “Campus
Marriages.” Of course the evening
discussion wdll be preceded by a
social tea at 6 o'clock.
Clay Palmer's Sharman grouo
meets at 8 p. m. as usual. The
senior study group, which has been
meeting on Thursdays, will get to
gether at Westminster on Monday
afternoon at 4 o’clock this week.
Beverley Caverhill will read Sch
nitzler’s play “Literature.”
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Cooperatives continue to lead
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unusually large groups of young
people to Wesley club. The fourth
session of the organization’s co-op
series will be led by Dorothy Ny
land at 6:30 p. m. A half hour
social precedes the meeting.
W. F. Walters leads the young
people’s forum at 9:45 Sunday
morning in the pastor’s study.
Services for campus members of
the Christian church will be regu
lar, with Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Morris
in 'charge.
Catholic low mass is at S a. m.
and high mass at 10:30. Confes
sions are held on Saturday from 4
to 5 p. m. and from 7 to 8 p. m.
Portland Concert
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ninth, presented by the orchestra
January 7.
The first concert will also in
clude the overture to “Iphigenia in
Aulis" by Gluck, the dance poem,
“La Peri” by Dukas, and the pre
lude and love-death from “Tristan
and Isolde” a beautiful creation of
Richard Wagner’s.
Mary Bamberry, a skillful but
hitherto unheralded young pianist
is to be soloist for the concert on
February 10. An indication of this
youthful player’s extraordinary
qualities as a performer is shown
by the fact that Dr. Van Hoog
straten has arranged for here to
play the great “Emperor” concerto
with the orchestra.
In addition to this stirring num
ber, the program will also include
the “Fingal’s Cave” overture by
Mendelssohn, “Siegfried’s Rhine
Journey,” by Wagner, a repetition
of “Siegfried Idyl” and Lixt’s
“Second Hungarian Rhapsody.”
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