A Silver Voice
will thrill thousands of people in
McArthur tonight when ltoland
Hayes sings. He is an artist. He is'
an experience. He will sing at 8:15.
NUMBER 83
Resume
of the
Day’s News
By the Associate*! Press
FEBRUARY 27 --_
Freighter Thought Lost
LONDON — A roaring- gale tha
crippled many ships in the Atlan
tic tonight apparently had sen
the 3,259-ton British freighte
Blairgowie, with her crew of 28
to the bottom.
As other battered vessels crepl
into port or fought to ride out th<
storm’s fury, three ships whicr
i spent nearly ten hours searching
for the Blairgowie reported the\
could find no trace of her.
A terse message from Comman
der Oscar Scharf of the S. S. Eur
opa said, “We searched all night in
company with the S. S. American
Banmer and the S. S. Bloommers
dyk without success.”
F. D. Heads for Capital
HYDE PARK, N. Y. — President
Roosevelt headed back to the White
House tonight, refreshed by a four
day visit at home and almost
caught up on his mail and special
reports.
He motored over the snow-swept
loads of the family estate this af
ternoon to plan some new tree ex
perimentation work and after din
ner arranged for a departure by
special train in time to reach the
capital early tomorrow.
Youngsters Organize
WASHINGTON — Young house
members who are organizing the
“Secret 100” claimed today that
they already had won not only
promises but actual more liberal
treatment by the older leaders.
But they served "quiet notice nev
ertheless that unless the additional
promises were lived up to, their
fight would be brought into the
open.
Cuban Teachers Strike
HAVANA—Pojjce today blocked
thousands of schtHM teachers try
ing to collect their’iB^laries ahead
of time as the fifth member of
President Carlos Mendieta's cabi
net resigned in the face of Cuba’s
spreading school strike. ,
The teachers, acting on t’heNid
vice of strike leaders, marched to
the office of the boai 4 of educa
tion to demand their February pay
A cordon of police, carrying the
customary emergency rifles, met
them and firmly refused to let
them enter the building.
Rogelio Pina, Mendieta's secre
tary of labor, was the newest min
ister to desert the government.
His resignation tonight was being
considered by the patched-up cab
inet, from which four other secre
taries previously had paraded.
Annuities Retain Place
WASHINGTON — Overriding
protests of insurance companies,
the house ways and means com
mittee voted 12 to 6 today against
elimination of voluntary annuities
from the social security bill and
neared tentative completion of its
work on the bill.
The schedule was to have the
much-revised bill ready for presen
tation to President Roosevelt short
ly after he returns to the capital
tomorrow. Then it would be given
final committee consideration and
presented to the house some time
next week.
Price Rise Predicted
WASHINGTON — Without tak
ing into account the possible re
turn of drought in the west, Secre
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Campus Calendar
Student Relief executive com
mittee will meet at the Y hut this
afternoon to continue plans for the
referring of Senate bill No. 204.
All students interested in optional
student body fees are welcome.
Phi Chi Theta meeting today at
5 p. m. commerce building. It is
important that all members be
present.
Kwamas, Thespians will meet at
5 o’clock in the woman’s lounge in
Gerlinger hall.
Amphibians, members and
pledges, will have an important
meeting at 4 o’clock today at the
women’s swimming pool.
AWS council will meet at 3
o’clock in woman’s lounge of Ger
linger hall.
Christian Science organization
will meet at the YWCA tonight at
7 o'clock.
Emerald lower business staff will
have Oregana group picture taken
today at 12:45 at Johnson.
Argument on ASUO}
Fee Question Set
For Next Tuesday
I —
jParticipants in Debate
Will Be Named in
Friday’s Paper
Backers Ask Crowd
Purpose to Gain Student
Opinion on Matter
The relative merits of compul
sory anti optional student body fees
will be matched next Tuesday eve
ning at 8 p. m when four campus
debaters are scheduled to argue
the question: ‘‘Resolved: That
membership in the ASUO be con
ducted on an optional basis.” The
debate, to be conducted in a formal
manner, will be held in Gerlinger
| hall and will be open to all who
| wish to attend, including students,
faculty members, and towns
people.
General details for the assembly
were determined yesterday by a
student committee representing
both schools of thought, and com
posed of Joe Renner, student body
president, Bill Davis, Malcolm
Bauer, Dick Neuberger, Howard
Ohmart, and Verne Adams.
No Speakers Named
Neither faction made any an
nouncement as to the speakers who
would champion its cause. Inter
ested parties on both sides will
meet today, however, and the par
ticipants in the verbal battle will
be announced in tomorrow morn
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Goodwin Leaves
To Vie for Place
In Speech Contest
Intercollegiate Program to
Include Five Schools
Orton Goodwin, winner of the
W. F. Jewett extempore speaking
contest held last Tuesday, is leav
ing today for Forest Grove where
he will represent Oregon in the
extempore contest under sponsor
ship of the Intercollegiate Forensic
association of Oregon. First and
second places will win awards of
$20 and $10 respectively.
Willamette university, Oregon
State college, Pacific university,
Linfield college, and Albany col
lege will also be represented at
the state contest.
Topics Still Unknown
The same procedure of drawing
topics for their extemporaneous
speeches one hour before the time
for the finals will be followed in the
state contest. The general subject
from which the topics are taken is
“America’s Stake in the Pacific.”
Moll Receives Praise
For Work on Sonnets
Praiseworthy comments on Prof.
Ernest G. Moll's “Campus Sonnets”
were embodied in the review of the
book by the Oregonian book critic
last Sunday.
“Professor Moll is an accom
plished student of poetry — as
shown by his excellent study of
verse published in 1933, ‘The Ap
preciation of Poetry'—and what is
astonishing, he is an able poet,”
the review read.
The book was printed by the
Metropolitan press in Portland,
and according to the Oregonian,
the printing “is an example of ex
quisite printing, showing what ex
cellence the Binfords, accomplished
craftsmen who direct the press,
can produce.”
Dahlberg, Carrell Act
As Judges for Debates
W. A. Dahlberg and James A.
Carrell, both of the speech division,
judged high school debates Tues
day at the request of the state high
school debaters’ league. Winning
teams will participate in the state
finals.
Dahlberg judged two debates be
' tween Springfield and University
high schools and Carrell, between
I Eugene high school and Univer
sity high school.
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Herbert Skalet
Sweeps Field in
Speech Contest
Two Jewett Contestants Tie
For Second
By Signe Rasmussen
Emotional appeal combined ef
fectively with persuasion won Her
bert Skalet's oration on “The
Price of Justice’ first place in the
W. F. Jewett oratorical contest
held last night in Friendly hall.
Stanley Bromberg and Howard
Ohmart tied for second place. The
first award was $25 and the second
prize, $15, was split.
In his address Skalet illustrated
how, in America, justice has be
come a commodity with a price.
It will remain so, he said, as long
as “fixing” will work.
Way Out Shown
In “America’s Way Out” deliv
ered by Ohmart, co-operative or
ganizations with their “live and
help live” ideal were offered as the
“way out.” Bromberg, speaking on
“Back to the Kings” showed,
throughout the world, the drift of
all governments toward dictator
ships, a new name for the monarch
ial program of absolute power
vested in one individual.
Contests Planned
Either Skalet or Bromberg will
represent the University at the
state oratorical contest which will
be held March 14 at Linfield col
lege. Skalet and Ohmart, both sen
Faili*ig;-Beekman oratorical con
test held during commencement.
Any one of them, John L. Casteel,
assistant professor of English, com
mented, would have won the Fail
ing-Beekman contest last year.
The four participants were
Bromberg, Skalet, Ohmart, and Ed
ward Priaulx.
Seniors Enforce
Campus Customs
The class of 1935 last night lined
up solidly behind the enforcement
of traditions on the Oregon cam
pus, when it was announced fol
lowing a meeting of the class that
freshmen would not be permitted
to attend the Senior ball, to be held
March 9. “It has always been the
practice to exclude first-year stu
dents from the ball,” stated Me
serve, “and the present decision is
only in line with past custom.
The seniors discussed various
suggestions for a gift to be pre
sented to the University upon grad
uation, but no decision was
reached. Another meeting will be
held within the next few weeks to
finally determine the nature of the
customary gift.
Tom McCall, general chairman
of the Senior ball, announced that
plans for the affair were progres
sing rapidly.
Keith Powers, class treasurer,
made a financial report, announc
ing that more than $900 was avail
able to be applied on any appro
priate gift that might be decided
upon.
INFIRMARY HAS FIVE
Notwithstanding the present ban
on visitors the infirmary is full
with five new patients. One girl
was released Tuesday, Norma
Smith. The five additional patien’.s
1 are Sally Reed, Clara Lou Helfrich,
i Wayne Tyrell, William McCarthy,
j and James Haigler.
Today’s Emerald
is brought to you by the
following advertisers.
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Lucky Strike Cigarettes
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McDonald Theater
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University Co-op
Patronize them.
Roland Hayes Returns
Tonight the associated stucents presents this famous tenor who
will sing a program that he says is “the best” he ever attempted. Last
year Hayes was acclaimed by a huge crowd in McArthur court. The
reception this year is expected to far surpass that of his last appearance.
Shoe Shining Art
Reaches Peak in
Campus Cleanup
Have you heard the “1 o w
down” ?
Shoes, socks, stockings, ankles—
all will be treated with profession
al care at the daub and brush fes
tivities of the Junior class on Shine
day, March 7, it was decided bj
tne uirecroAALc iasL evening.
James Blais, who will preside
over the campus “clean-up” de
clared that the most polished jun
iors will wield the shine-cloths.
“Only the wearers of 16-inch
boots, and those people with their
“tongues” hanging out will be im
mune from the leather brighten
ing,” he said.
Bob Thomas, assistant chairman,
when approached by a reporter
late last night was thoughtfully
chewing a shoe string. "First
come, first served,” he bellowed.
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Freshmen Guests
Of Kwama Today
With the purpose of bringing
about better contacts between the
women of the freshman and sopho
more classes, Kwama, sophomore
woman’s service honorary is en
tertaining all freshmen women
with a tea this afternoon.
The tea will be held at Gerlinger
hall from 3:3C to 5 o’clock. Enter
tainment during the afternoon will
be musical selections. Louise John
son will give a violin solo and
Helene Robinson will present a
piano number.
Dorothy Dill, general chairman
for the affair, is assisted by Elea
nor French, Lillian England, and
Marjory Kissling.
UO MuseumBill
Creates Dispute
In Legislature
Senator D. Walker Tosses
Wrench in Gears
Suggesting a compromise on the
bill establishing an anthropological
museum at the University of Ore
senator Dean Walker Tuesday
inserted vigorous opposition to the
measure as it stands. Walker would
let the state board of higher edu
cation decide where relics should
be housed.
The long dormant bill, which
comes up for vote soon, would pro
vide for an Oregon museum, silu
ated at the University of Oregon,
for handling relics unearthde here.
In the absence of that museum the
relics are taken over by the nation
al government and placed in Wash
ington, D. C.
A sharp clash is expected when
the vote on the bill is taken. Pro
ponents of the bill claim that since
the University was designated by
the state board to be the home of
the human sciences, and since the
sciences of anthropology and arch
eology come under this classifica
tion, the museum should be located
at the University. Tons of relics
are expected to be unearthed when
excavation is begun on Memaloos
islands near the Eonneville dam.
BOOKS SHOW TRAVEL TREND
Turning from subjects of the
economic and social problems of
last year, the newer books tend to
be of travels and adventures judg
ing by the list of recent publica
tions added to the pay and seven
day shelves of the library, a sur
vey of the books showed yesterday.
What Price Sacrifice?
(EDITORIAL)
EDUCATION is enrolled as the builder of New America. It is
the vitalizer of the life blood of the nation. It should be an
efficient vitalizer; one which puts into business, industry, and
government men who have character, leadership, and personality.
These men should have an intellectual background which will
enrich their knowledge of and sharpen their Insight into the prob
lems they will face.
There are people, in some parts of the country, who maintain
that education does not give the students this training.
Why doesn’t education give the student the return it should?
The answer is that academic chairs are not made attractive
to men who are capable of giving the student suitable training in
school to prepare him for his career. Even those schools which are
fortunate enough to have efficient and capable professors have,
in many cases, through financial emergency been forced to load
so much extra work upon their faculty that these men are unable
to give the student the benefits he should receive.
Oregon is in the envious position of having a nationally recog
nized faculty. But many of her best men are slipping away from
her. With a wage level which is lower than all but five of 34 state
universities in the nation, Oregon cannot hope to continue to
attract efficient men. If this situation continues Oregon’s present
fine faculty will gradually be replaced by inefficient and second
rate men and the University will sink to the classification of a
school that does not give the student the training he should
receive.
Pamphlet No. 58, “The Economic Outlook for Higher Educa
tion for 1934-35,” published by the United States Office of Educa
i tion, lists the average salary paid to teachers in the various ranks
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Haluk Speech
TellsofSoviet
Propagandas
People Told Capitalists
Enslave American
Workingmen
Russia Forbids Criticism of
Government
"No matter how badly you think
of Russia, Russians think 50 times
worse of you,” William Haluk,
Russian born and a naturalized
American citizen frankly stated at
an open meeting of the Internation
al Relations club held in Villard
hall last night.
“If you want to be fair with
yourselves, ask your national gov
ernment to treat radicals as kid
napers,” Haluk emphasized in an
attempt to show the fairness of
controlling Russian propaganda for
Russia will brook no attempt to
discredit or criticize her own gov
ernment.
Russians Overthrow Type
From his own experience he told
that Russians have been taught to
believe that Americans are slaves
of the capitalist through propa
ganda of the type which Trotsky
used in overthrowing the short
lived Karenski republic and which
created in him an unfavorable pre
judice. Of this campaign he used
posters of American crowds with
captions to the effect that the
people were killing each other in
an attempt to gain jobs. A picture
of a negro displayed to the peas
ants, eighty percent of whom he
declared are illiterate, was ex
plained to them as that of a man
who had been frozen for lack of
clothing until he turned black.
Haluk summarized his speech as
an attempt to present an illustra
tion of a foreign country as com
gared to the United States. Declar
ig that he asked no one to agree
with him he gave his own opinion
of Russia under the czarist regime
and of the present government,
formed from his experiences as a
citizen of the country and thus
familiar with its problems and
possibilities.
Speaker Admits Aim
"The average foreigner, myself
included, comes to America to
make money and go back and be a
big man in his own country,” Hu
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Yeomen Council
Plans Activities
The executive council of the Ore
gon Yeomen met in the Yeomen
office yesterday at 4 p. m. with
Virgil Esteb presiding.
A report was made on the smok
er held last Friday night. Esteb
said: “The crowd out for the
smoker far exceeded our expecta
tions and, due to the popular de
mand for another card in the near
future, plans are already under way
for a bigger and better smoker
early next term.”
Tentative plans were discussed
for both the coming smoker and a
dance to be given by the Yeomen
next term. "We plan to make all
Yeomen entertainments all-campus
affairs, and if the support is any
thing like that in the past, they
should be highly successful.”
The next meeting of the entire
group will be held at the Y hut
Wednesday, March 1, at 7:30 p. m.
At this time, complete plans for
the spring term program will be
decided upon, as well as other mat
ters.
Howard Talks at Meet
Of College Professors
Charles A. Howard, state super
intendent of schools, will speak be
fore a joint meeting of the mem
bers of the University and State
College chapters of the American
Association of University Profes
sors at Corvallis, March 2.
The State College chapter will
be host at a joint dinner for the
University chapter at the Memorial
Union building preceding the lec
ture.
CASTEEL ASKED TO SPEAK
John L. Casteel, director of
speech, upon request, will speak
Friday morning at the Springfield
high school. Students selected for
the national high school honorary
will be initated.
Roland Hayes Sings
In Concert Tonight
At 8:15 in Me Arthur
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Missing
The handsome young man pic
tured above and identified only as
“Jimmy” Ls being sought by local
police in connection with the trial
of Mary Dugan March 7 and 8.
This photograph was discovered
hidden in Miss Dugan’s apartment
after the body of Edgar Rice was
found there hy police and is ex
pected to be an important clue in
the case.
Class in Criticism
Edits First Copy
Of Penny Review
The Penny Review is on sale.
Have you purchased your copy?
What is it? A critical review of
art, letters, plays, and technique
published by the class in criticism.
Editors of volume 1, number 1,
were George Root, Margaret Da
vidson and Miriam Eichner.
The class under S. Stephenson
Smith plans to put out another is
sue of the Review in the near fu
ture. Editors for the criticism
pamphlet will be the same as for
the first issue.
In the February Review, dicus
sions range from motion pictures
down to a condensed view of a pop
ular book by James Jeens entitled
"Through Space and Time.” An
interesting feature of the Review
was a question put to the readers, I
“what books of 1900-35 will bs
famous in 2035?”
Copies of the Penny Review may
be purchased from members of the
criticism class, at the University
Co-op and McMorran and Wash
burne.
Dance Honorary
Picks Members
Members of Master Dance elect
ed Josephine Overturf, Jill Madsen,
Ethel Johnson, and Helen Nicha
chiou to the honorary Tuesday
night in Gerlinger hall.
The new members were selected
on dance improvisation, techniques,
and an original composition.
A letter from Orchesis, dance
honorary at Oregon State, inviting
members of Master Dance to a
joint recital April 12, before the
West Coast Dance Symposium, was
read and discussed during a short
business meeting.
Mills Gives Library
Books on Washington
Five volumes comprising the his
tory of the George Washington bi
centennial celebration, which pre
sents in complete details all phases
of Washington’s life, were present
ed yesterday to the University of
Oregon library by E. C. Mills, gen
tral manager of the American So
ciety of Composers, Authors, and
Publishers.
These books are results of the
findings and reports of coflnmittee
members appointed to honor the
200th birthday of Washington in
1932. Mr. Mills is an uncle of Miss
Ruth Storla, a junior on the cam
pus.
Vocalist Appears Again
In Second Program
Before Students
Winter Series Ends
Tenor Features Spirituals
As Closing Numbers
By Wayne Itnrbert
Roland Hayes, hailed by critics
as an outstanding- tenor will be
presented tonight in McArthur
court in a representative program
of outstanding musical numbers,
climaxing in a group of negro spir
itual arrangements. The program
will begin at 8:15 o’clock.
This concert is the final one in
an extensive presentation by the
Associated Students of the world's
outstanding musicians before cam
pus audiences. Appearing earlier
on the series have been the Don
Cossack Russian male chorus, Jas •
cha Heifetz, violinist, and Josef
Hofmann, pianist.
Handel Numbers Given
In honor of the one hundred and
fiftieth birthday of Handel, out
standing composer, Hayes will pre
sent two of his numbers in the con
cert.
Ticket sales for this event are
reaching new heights, it is report
ed, many people from the upper
Willamette valley territory being
expected to attend, as well as many
from the southern part of the state
and the coast regions. Hayes ap
pearance will be the second in one
year, having sung here last winter
term, also under the auspices of
the ASUO. His concert a year ago
was attended by record crowds that
were unanimous in their praise for
his “immaculate good taste behind
his intemretations.”
• Vanity Fair characterizes Hayes'
singing as "a quality of revelation.”
Spirituals Sung
To hear Hayes sing the spiritu
als of his people has been de
scribed as a musical experience
bordering on perfection. He inva
riably sings a group of them to
conclude his concerts. Officials
state that his program will not be
entirely composed of songs of the
negro, however.
The late Enrico Caruso, king of
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Students Present
Recital of Music
A student recital, primarily for
practice purposes, was held in the
auditorium of the music building,
under sponsorship of the University
school of music yesterday after
noon at 5 p. m.
The complete program, a s
played, follows: Rubinstein, “Bar
carolle” in F-Minor by Jean Moir,
pianist: Mendelssohn, “On Wings
of Song” by Floy Young, violinist
with Edwina Anderson, accompan
ist: Debussy, “Gardens in the Rain”
by Elaine Moore, pianist; and Val
dez, “Gypsy Serenade” by Ruth
Ann Breitmayer, violinist with
Phyllis Schatz, accompanist.
Device Allows Visitors
To See Weather Effect
A slanting-topped table with the
lower part enclosed in glass proved
popular at the Condon open house
exhibit Tuesday. The erosion ta
ble permits the observer to see the
effects of changing weather con
ditions on geologic structures.
At the higher end of the table
a fine spray, with the appearance
of rain, is played over a bed which
ir this case consists of sandy clay
with sand on top. The action of
the water flowing down the slope
forms hills and valleys, main
streams and tributaries, was all
in miniature.
In the display of gems are sev
eral forms of precious and semi
precious stones. Several diamonds
in their natural crystalline form
and a black diamond are shown.
Opals in their natural state are
one of the most colorful of the un
cut stones shown.
The exhibition will be open until
noon today, with another showing
of the motion pictures at 10
o'clock.