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Another Love and Marriage lec ture scheduled for tonight at Vil -d hall. Dean of Women at Reed ■“ge will precent the lecture. % — % '% -n o **, NUMBER 76 Resume of the Day’s News By the Associated Press ! FEBRUARY 18 . 1 Cocktail Amendment Dead SALEM — The famous “cock tail" amendment to the Oregon liq uor control act is dead. The house, by a vote of 41 to 19 decisively wrote finis on the con centrated movement of propon ents for this amendment which would permit sale of hard liquor by the glass. The lobby attempting to get this amendment has been busy even before the session opened and the past week has been concentrating its efforts. The movement ap peared hopeless from the start, but i was voted on only after two and a [ half hours of heated debate. Warden to Lose Post OKLAHOMA CITY, — Governor Marland said today Mrs. George A. Waters, for eight years warden of' the Oklahoma reformatory at Granite and the only woman in i charge of such a prison, would he j removed and that the state board of affairs would select a man for | the place. The governor’s announcement came when the board of affairs af ter an investigation at the reform atory several days ago into charg es of cruelty, made a report to Marland and recommended imme diate dismissal of the warden and the appointment of a man. Marland said the visit of the board to the reformatory recently had “nothing to do’’ with the pri son break yesterday in which 31 men fled after killing a guard. All but 18 have been returned. West Coast Asks Racer PORTLAND — A move was un- J der way today to bring Sir Mai-; colm Campbell, automobile speed king of the world, to the Pacific coast to try for new records on the 25-mile long sands at Long Beach, Wash. The chamber of commerce at Longview, Wash., near Long Beach, sent an invitation Saturday to the British racer to bring his mighty record-making machine to Long Beach where races previously have been held. Rolla Parrish, former Long Beach mayor, said today that the racing strip at his town was more i than twice as long as Daytona | Beach, Fla., course where Camp bell broke all auto speed records. Parliamentary Team Gives Demonstration Four members of the parliamen tary team gave a demonstration of parliamentary procedure last night before the Tabbot community school, west of Jefferson, John L. Casteel, director of speech and manager of the team said today. He accompanied the students. An explanation of the methods of conducting debating was also given by Avery Combs, Barnard Hall, Tom Binford, and Minoru Yasui, the students in the group. Campus Calendar Sigma Delta Chi will meet this afternoon at 4:15 p. m. in 102 Jour nalism. Kwama will meet for Oregana picture today at 12:40 on the steps of Condon hall. Thespians will meet for Oregana picture today at 12:45 on the steps of Condon hall. Charm school will meet at 4 to day at the Theta house. Westminster Dramatic club will meet at 4 this afternoon at West minster house. WAA will meet at 7:30 this eve ning in the social room of Gerlin ger hall. The Freshman Welfare commit tee of the YMCA will not meet to-: day. Theta Sigma Phi meets at noon at the anchorage. Fine for non attendance! Dr. Harold B. Myers, assistant dean of the Oregon medical school, is on the campus today for appoint ments with students who expect to enter the medical school in the fall 1 and to speak at an open meeting ■ at 1 o'clock in 105 McClure. Sigma Xi meeting tonight at 7:30. Paper open to the general public to be delivered by Calvin S. Hall in room 101 Condon at 8 p. m. Phi Beta meeting at Gerlinger tonight at 7. Outdoor hobby group will meet today at 4:30 in front of the Y bungalow. Bring 15 cents. Every one invited. Junior Weekend directorate will have their picture taken at noon today in front of Friendly. Every one must be present. Junior Weekend directorate will meet today at 4 in the College Side, i U.S. Scene in Oriental View Lec ture Topic Non-Yong Park, Chinese Philosopher, Expert On Far East 1 o'Clock Classes Excused For Gerlinger Speech American civilization from an Oriental view will be discussed by Non-Yong Park, Chinese lecturer and philosopher, at a student as sembly today at 1 o’clock in Ger linger hall. Classes will be Sis missed at this time for the lecture. Dr. Park is recognized as an authority on Oriental subjects and has made Far Eastern history and international relations his life study. He is a graduate of the University cf Minnesota. He re ceived his master's degree at Har vard in 1932 in history and politi cal science, specializing in inter national relations. Wins Prizes , While a university student, Park won three prizes for essays on in ternational problems and relations, competing with American students in their own language. Dr. Park was born in Manchuria. At the age of 13 he left his parents in order to escape an unwanted marriage arranged by his parents. Visiting Manchuria last year, he fell into the hands of a tribe of bandits and had a thrilling escape. On this same trip he visited in China and Japan, where studied the political and social conditions of these countries. Talks and Teaches For 10 years he has been lectur ing on Far Eastern questions at various universities,rand colleges. He taught at the University of Minnesota after being graduated there. Besides being a noted lecturer. Park is also an author. His book entitled “Oriental View of Ameri can Civilization’ has been widely read, and he has just completed a new book on “Retreat of the West.” Times Praises The New York Times book re view says of his “Oriental View of American Civilization,” “Surely it is time for the balance to begin to right itself, it has been for so long dragged to the ground on one side by scores of books about the East written by Occidental ob servers and critics that to find this book by an Oriental about Amer ica is encouraging. An Easterner that begins to talk back will en liven contemporary life. And, in deed, the author of this book has the native endownment and the skill to ‘talk back’ with such knowledge, intelligence and humor as to make it worth while for Americans to read what he says.” One literary critic has termed Park the “Goldsmith of China,” (Please turn to page four) 20 Pre-Metl Students To Confer With Myers Twenty pre - medical students vho are eligible for admission to he University of Oregon medical school in Portland have arranged ’or a conference with Dr. Harold B. Myers, assistant dean, who is m the campus today. Dr. Myers will address an as sembly open to anyone interested in 105 McClure at 1 o’clock. The 10-minute appointments > for the students who intend to apply this spring for admittance to the school his fall will begin at 9 o’colck. This Tells Story / Words, words, words, nearly 1,500,000 of them, have poured forth in the trial of Bruno Hauptmann. All were recorded by court stenog raphers and transcribed into this great stack of testimony—29 volumes comprising 7,272 pages prepared at a cost of $1 a page— which must be considered by the jury. Walter E. Hammond is the custodian. AmosBurgTo Speak, Show Pictures Here Explorer’s Pictorial Talk Covers Alaska, Asia, Java, South Seas Friends of Amos Burg, noted ex plorer and Oregon graduate, who have followed the intrepid adven turer through newspaper accounts and through his own stories in the National Geographic megazine, will have the opportunity to hear him tell of his experiences, and see his strange and unusual motion pic tures, it was announced at the Uni versity today by Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel. Burg will be presented before University stu dents and townspeople Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5 and 6, at the Colonial theater sponsored by the associated students. “Our Strange World” is the title chosen by Burg for his illustrated talk, which will include not only vivid word pictures of his adven tures, but more than 7,000 feet of carefully selected motion pictures. The pictures and talk will take the audience from the far north in Alaska, through glamorous South Seas, cannibalistic Melanesia, to Bali, Java, and may parts of Asia and other sections of the world. Full Program The presentation is exactly as Burg will give it before the annual session of the National Geographic society in Washington, D. C., in March, when an audience of more than 3,000 will gather for it. He has appeared before this group and others in the East and has always been enthusiastically received. A feature of the presentation (Please turn to patje lour) Critic Calls Band Technique Fair; One Ear in Bass Horn By Fulton H. Travis As nearly as it is possible to iudge a concert when one ear is i ;ucked snugly into a bass horn j md the other is being assaulted jy staccato notes from a trumpet jell, your critic believes that the jand concert was good average vork. There was almost nothing ;cintillating and. on the other hand, j nothing particularly bad. “Irlandia” by George Drumm veil lived up to the expectations neld for it. Wayne Gilfry’s bari :one solo, “Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms” car ried all the beauty, poignancy and ;motional qualities for which that iustly great number is famous. Gilfry gets this week's orchids 'or a splendid piece of work and rhose members of the band who so jxpertly supported him in the ac :ompaniment should especially be rommended. William Gresham's ;olo, “Come Back to Erin” lacked :he perfection of tone of which he s capable, but was accurately done. The work of Charles Sandifur, clarinetist, was one of the smooth est pieces of playing your critic has ever been privilege to hear. There was not a flaw in any of his cadenzas and his tone was out standingly good. Both Sandifur and Bruce Senders did remarkably well in the Concertino by Weber and the audience’s response was gratifying. The horn Concerto, by Mozart, played by Cecil Botts was well done considering the difficulty of the number and the extreme intricacy of his instrument, the French horn. Miss Brandon Young, guest art ist, played the harp cadenzas with the perfection she always shows ir. her performances. The program swept to a perfect conclusion with the band's rendi tion of “Sempre Fidelis" march, by John Phillip Sousa, master com poser of American band music. We say it was a Three-Star con cert. 5 Speakers Vie In Jewett Prize Contest Tonight W inner ^ ill Attend State Extempore Contest The W. F. Jewett extempore speaking contest, second of the Jewett series of this year, is slated for tonight in room 13, Friendly hall. The participants will draw the topic of their speech from a list of 13 sub-topics all dealing with the general subject "America’s Stake in the Pacific.” Drawings will be made at 7 o’clock, John L. Casteel, director of speech, said. The competitors for the two prizes of $25 and $15 are; Orton Goodwin, William Lubersky, Dan E. Clark, Jr., Irvin Bucliwach, and Brittain Ash. The winner of the contest will be Oregon’s representative at the extempore state contest which will be held this year. Avery Combs and Dan E. Clark, Jr., won the first of this year’s W. F. Jewett speech contest, the after dinner speaking contest. Combs represented the University in the state contest held at Salem last December and took fourth place. Sweetser Plans Talk For Audubon Society Albert R. Sweetser. emeritus professor of plant biology, is pre paring slides for a speech which he will make in Portland to the Audubon society Marach 8. Professor Sweetser has chosen for his subject, “Through a Look ing Glass,” and will cover the sub ject of microscopic plants. Al though the Autobon society before whom he is to speak is mainly in terested in the subject of birds, it also makes studies of other fields in nature. Kelirli Goes to Advise Beaverton City Council Herman Kehrli, director of the University municipal research bur eau and executive secretary of the League of Oregon cities, accom panied by R. S. Bryson, is leaving for Beaverton today. They have been asked by council members of that city to give the>r advice on the present charter and other municipal problems. The city is considering the advisability of adopting a new charter. Today’s Emerald is brought to you by the following advertisers. Medico Higgins Ink Co. Old Gold Cigarettes Lucky Strike Cigarettes Merrick Dance Studio Dr. Ella C. Meade Office Machinery and Supply Co. Valley Printing Co. McMorran and Washburne Patronize them. ifenise Passes Wheeler Bill I For Activities Senate Measure Would Permit State Board To Collect $ 15 i Lav-Makers Not Informed, Says Neuberger Compulsory ASUO fees moved another step closer today with the passage by the house of Senator Wheeler’s bill empowering the state board of higher education to col lect a sum up to $5 a term from all students for the support of stu dent activities including athletics. The bill was advanced on the cal endar for first cnsideration. The measure, which has already passed the senate, passed the house yesterday by a vote of 46 to 11, with four absent. Representative Norton of Mult nomah county suggested the bill be amended to avoid any of the fees going to athletics and further urged students be polled on the compulsory fees. No action was taken on his suggestion and no motion was made. All that re mains now is for the governor to OK the measure and the education board to put the compulsory fees in effect. Dick Neuberger, student leader in the fight for optional fees, made the following statement last night: “I still don’t believe the legislators realize the full implications of this bill they have passed, nor are they aware of the hardship the §15 fee will place on hundreds of desper ately-needy students. The Eugene Register-Guard is absolutely right in its statement that not once was a fair hearing held on the measure. It is quite apparent that the pro ponents of the bill do not want the facts brought into the open. Hiller Decapitates Two Noblewomen BERLIN, Feb. 18— (AP)— Pre cisely because they were born of old, distinguished families famous in Prussian history, Reichfuehrer Hitler sent two noblewomen to the chopping- block today and their heads were cut off for spying. Beautiful Benita von Falken hayn, also known as Benita von Berg, and Renate von Natzmer, were denied clemency by the man who holds supreme power over life and death, and were executed at an unnamed hour this morning. The man who induced them to sell the Reich’s secrets, Baron George von Sosnowski of Poland, was spared from death through the interevntion of the Polish ambass ador. He was sentenced to life im prisonment. To the somewhat less implicated typist in the Reichswehr minister, Irene von Jena, was meted out a similar punishment. Science Classes Get Oil Refining Displays The chemistry department has received a display with samples and a chart explaining the various pro-1 cesses through which oil is put in the various stages of refining it for use as a lubricant and other uses. The display was sent out by the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil as sociation. Sample included with the chart show the oil through its various stages from the crude to the finest motor lubricant, with gasoline, naptha, kerosene, fuel oil, j and wax samples among others. i Senior Eligible for Divinity Scholarships Announcements of several fel lowships which are offered by va rious theological schools have been received by Dean Onthank, head of the personnel department. These fellowships offer tuition and other expenses usually for only the first year and are limited to students of superior ability. Mem bers of this year's graduating class and of two or three preceding classes who are interested in study ing for the ministry, are invited to confer with Dean Onthank con cerning these fellowships. Business Ad Library Releases Many Books There are from 30 to 40 books in the business ad library to be cir culated for seven days instead of being held on reserve as formerly. These books are on economic problems, and are to be lent out to stimulate outside reading with the students. Students Delinquent In Making Payment On Fees to Be Fined I - A few students have not paid the third installment of their registration fee which was due i last Saturday, February Mi. A j 25c fee is incurring for each day and if the fee is not paid by February 25 the student is sub ject to suspension. Dean of Reed Will Give Last Talk on Love Mrs. Richard F. Scliolz Women’s Education Authority Mrs. Richard F. Scholz of Port land will deliver the concluding speech in the love and marriage series of lectures this evening at 7:15 in Villard hall. Her remarks, outlining the factors essential for a successful marriage, will sum marize the other lectures, not through repetition of the other sub jects but rather through a syn thetic development of all the as pects of love and marriage. Mrs. Scholz is at present dean of women at Reed college and is much in demand as a public speaker. She is outstanding as an authority on education for wo men and will speak on this topic at the Rotary luncheon this noon. Mrs. Scholz has been connected with education and young people ever since her graduation from the University of California, where she was a student of history. Her husband was a professor of his tory at the University of Washing ton prior to his acceptance of the presidency of Reed college. Dr. Scholz held this position until his death in 1924. On several occasions Mrs. Scholz has traveled throughout European countries and has lived in Vienna for more than two years. A bibliography of books to sup plement the remarks of the five speakers of this series of lectures has been arranged by Dean Karl Onthank. Books on this list may be secured at the old libe circula tion desk where a special shelf on love and marriage has been ar ranged. Casteel to Judge School Debates John L. Casteel, director of speech at the University, is judg ing a number of high school de bates for the State High School Debaters’ league at their request. "I believe,” Casteel said, “that our University symposium plan of discussion could, with modifica tions, be successfully used in high schools.” In some schools in Iowa discus sion contests resembling the sym posium discussion plan are being used very effectively, he said. Ten tative plans have been made to in troduce this new method into Uni versity high school, but consider able experimenting, he believes, may have to be done before it will be worked out to the best advan tage. Horace Robinson of the drama division will also judge several of the debates. Prise Winner Constance Kletzer, above, winner of the $15 prize for the theme idea for this year’s canoe fete. Neuberger Group XChallenges ASUO ' Heads to Debate Optional Committee Signs 190 on Petition More than 190 signatures were obtained in several hours on the campus yesterday by members of the optional membership commit tee, supporting their challenge to the officers of the ASUO for a public debate on the respective merits of voluntary and enforced student corporation payments. The challenge insists that certain facts be brought into the open and says that ASUO officers should accept the offer. Members of the optional mem bership committee, elected last night are Dick Neuberger, Howard Ohmart, Norris Porter, Verne Adams, Bert Adams, Graydon Anderson, and Eugene Allen. There are many other members, but the above group constitutes a steering committee. A letter was sent to Senator Peter Zimmerman, thanking him for his support in the state senate, and also to W. M. Tugman, man aging-editor of the Eugene RegiS ter-Guard, in appreciation of his courageous stand. The committee will meet tonight at 7:50 in the “Y” hut, according to Howard Ohmart, secretary of the Y student group. Medford Admirer Sends Huey Bomb WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—(AP) A crudely fashined bomb sent by mail to the senate office of Huey P. Long failed to explode when opened today, but sent government agencies and the senator himself in search if the sender. Apparently a chemical affair, the bomb threw Long’s office into con fusion when opened by a secretary. But the bottle within had smashed in the mails and was almost empty. Investigators had for their clues these bits of evidence: the package was postmarked Medford, Oregon: a portion of a copy of the Medford Daily Tribune, dated February 3, was wrapped around the bomb; wrapped around match sticks ap parently a portion of the fuse device—were bits of paper on which were heiroglyphic markings. Cast in "Dangerous Corners”$ Reveals Its Thespian Ability By Wayne Harbert Something entirely different from the ordinary type of play was Priestley's “Dangerous Corners," presented last Friday, Saturday, and Monday nights, in the Univer n'v theater by a most capable cast of Guild hall players. Intensely modern, in an appro oriate modernistic set, the produc tion held the attention of the ap preciative audiences from the time the curtain opened on the first act to the close of the final act, with only a few minutes elapsing between the first and second acts. The second and third acts were played as one continuous scene. In fact, the play could be given in one act, as the action in each scene begins immediately where the pre ceding one ended. “Dangerous Corners" has little, or practically no reaction, such as most plays have. It belongs more in the class of a psychology study. The players, greatly handicapped by this lack of physical action, had to rely to a much greater extent upon their ability to hold the in terest of the audience by their real Thespian abilities. The dynamic plot revolves around the death of a certain in dividual that occurred before the play started. The unravelling of the plot gradually results in the implication of all characters. When the play opens, everyone is seemingly an innocent individual, but when the conclusion ap proaches, all have bcffoine em broiled in the tense drama—the result of everyone telling the truth, regardless of relationship to one another. One by one the mys teries are solved, each character in turn being given his “big scene. ’ To us, probably the outstanding performance was given by Bill Dougherty, in his interpretation of Robert Chatfield, the man who was determined to know all the truth resulting in the disclosing of surprising relationships between the characters. But to praise any one individual member of the cast would be doing an injustice to the rest, for really, there were no “stars.” Althea Peterson was out standing as Olwen Peel, as were Virginia Mikulak and Marytine New in their respective roles of (/’lease turn to page four) Kletzer Wins Junior Canoe Motifs Award Judges Choose ‘Melody In Spring" Proposal For Float Theme Floats to Depict Popular Songs in Parade The winner! Miss Constance Kletzer, has been awarded the $15 prize offered by the Junior class for the best theme submitted for the 1935 canoe fete. Miss Kletzer’s theme is called ‘ Melody in Spring-," and features modern popular songs as motifs for floats. Her suggestion, togeth er with color sketches was chosen by an overwhelming majority vote from the judges. Slay 11 Is Date The canoe fete is one of the ma jor events of the Junior Weekend, and with Miss Kletzer's novel theme, the Weekend directorate be lieves that this year's fete will be one of the best ever staged on the mill race. The Junion Weekend is scheduled for May 10, 11, and 12 this year. The canoe fete will take place on Saturday, May 11. The junior class of ’36 is the first class lo stage a contest of this kind, and its initial effort was met with much enthusiasm. The class reserves the right to ownership of the suggestions submitted for the contest, and wishes to extend thanks to Dean Virgil Earl, who is responsible for the originating of the contest, to the judges who de voted much time to the selection of the theme, and to all the con testants. Labbe Is Pleased Ed Labbe, president of the jun ior class, expressed himself as be ing pleased with the results of the contest, and feels that the invest ment of $15 will go far in making for a successful and perhaps one of the best canoe fetes in the history of Oregon, as well as being a help to future junior classes, to whom the unused suggestions may be be queathed. Miss Kletzer is a freshman at the University, and majoring in architecture and arts. She is a graduate of Grant high school of Portland. Fireside Forum Topics Out Today Lists of subjects and leaders for the annual YMCA fireside forums have been prepared and will be sent out to the fraternities this afternoon, it was announced at a meeting of the YMCA council cab inet last night. Leaders who have been selected will be prepared to speak on 34 dif ferent subjects involving popular current problems. The forums are being held for a two-fold purpose: to stimulate discussion on import ant world topics and tao facilitate ebtter relations between students and faculty. Speakers who will lead the dis cussions are: J. H. Bond, John L. Casteel, N. H. Cornish, W. A. Dahl berg, Virgil D. Earl, H. V. Hoyt, S. H. Jamieson, J. R. Jewell. J. J. Landsbury, A. L. Lomax, K. W. Onthank, C. F. Ristow, Hazel P. Schwering, W. R. B. Willocx, and N. B. Zane. Seabeck committee members ap pointed by President Bob Poley at the meeting were Reinhart Knud sen, chairman, Ed Hanson and Howard Ohmart. They will work with members of the YWCA. Guess What? (1) How many students gradu ated at Oregon’s first com ment? (?) What is the national flower of the United States? (3) What, does the word “gob” as applied to the U. S. sail ors mean ? (4) What Oregon football play er was barred from confer eronoe competition because of assumed professionalism and playing under an as sumed name? (5) What is another name for the Hawaiian Islands? (0) Who was called the “Wizard of Horticulaure”? (7) Who was the Oregon foot ball player to fly to Los An geles by airplane, when (an swer to four above) was ousted, and also started in Kitzmlller’s place, when he was out with Injuries dur ing the 1930 O.S.C. game? (8) What is the meaning of the word ‘M’oscow” ? (9) What is a fez? (10) What president was a Sig ma Chi?