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One More Emerald will be published this term. Tomorrow's publication will be the last one until the start of winter term. VOLUME XXXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1935 Down With Jazz Shouts Dean of Music John J. Landsbury in an interview in to day's Emerald. The cigar-smoking dean has an utter contempt for the worth of the present day product. NUMBER 45 'll1 ric't* '1' rl? *4* *4* 'i* 'i' *4* ri" *1*^ 'if *4' '4" 'i"1 ^^|t,^i^|l,|il,l'l'll,ifl^,'t,fi"|,>i|,l^>|.|l, STAGE of the WORLD By Tex Thomason It’ Time Time says “Names Make News.” The names that are in the news most after Congress convenes be long in large part to Southerners. Most of its key men are from the South—the heart of it. Leader of this list of greats, near-grates, and ingrates is that button-nosed1, twinkly-eyed lover of life, John N. Garner of Texas, com monly referred to as "Cactus Jack.” He has served his country for over 30 years and, unlike most politi cians, has been shrwed enough to buld up a sizeable fortune at the same time. While in the House as an ordinary member his chief rep utation rested on his excellent rep artee in running debate, and his poker playing. Washington rumor has it that the gentleman from Tex as can make any Slick-Fingered Hugh look like a bush leaguer—in nothing flat. At least members who have weathered the Democrat avalanches often say, “It was a ter rible blow to Jack when Nick went on.” Nick was the late Nicholas Longworth, beloved Speaker of the House during most of the recent Republcan reign. It's Said Speaker Longworth and Rep. Garner are reported to have had a room very close to the legislative chamber itself. It is possible they could have used it for poker play ing. But rooms are used for all manner of things,, and too, more than a couple of players are needed to make things interesting. Real ly, you say. Well, in this instance, anyway. Ambition is a wonderful thing, but it is the reason for our Texan’s other sorrow. It caused him to run for Vice-President. It caused him to be Vice-President. And what a dreary, dreary place that Senate is —worse than ever with Huey gone. So Mr. Garner is seldom in atten dance. He passes the gavel to some obliging Senator, who prays a con stituent in the gallery see how im portant he looks in that seat of the mighty, and strolls out—either to throw the bull in the cloakroom, or to bounce down to the other side of the Capitol to get into a real ses sion with some of his old cronies. But it just ain’t like it was in the old days. Nope, not a’tall. It 's Joe Few other Southerners are as colorful as Garner. As Speaker of the House there is Joseph Burns of Tennessee. He is a tall, gangling individual with eyes so deep set as to lend the appearance of not hav ing any. There was a time when some talk was going the rounds that he couldn’t control the boys in his legislative reform school. But by his very mildness and concilia tory methods Joe Burns has created more harmony among Congress men than many a predecessor could do using the whip. From any angle, though, he is mediocre copy. No stories, no mannerisms, no elo quence, no flashiness, no nothin' has Mr. Burns. Such gentlemen are hard to write about. A good enough reason for leaving the re mainder of those Southern cham pions for a later round. You'd never guess from this col umn that finals were mighty close, would you ? >-" —.. ' — - .■ " . - i 11 Campus ❖ ^Calendar Gerlinger hall pool will be open to men and women for a recrea national swim at 7:30 tonight. International banquet tonight at 6:30 p. m. in basement of Metho dist Episcopal church, 12th and Willamette. For reservations phone 1550-J. Publicity committee for the Ton qued's Ball will meet at 4:30 p. m in the College Side today with Margilee Morse. Phi Delta Kappa, national men's education honorary, will hold a business meeting Monday, Decern (Please turn to page two) jPlans Formed iFor Yuletide i Revel Dance Committees Finish Outline for Party To Be Held for All In Gerlinger Hall A completion of plans for the biggest and best Christmas Revels party the University has ever known was made late yesterday by an enthusiastic group of students when they met on Gerlinger hall’s sun porch for over two hours to make final arrangements for the gay yuletide event to be held Fri day, December 13, in the women's gym, where it is expected the whole campus will turn out. Led by Brittain Ash and Yvonne Kelker the committees consulted for two hours to draw out the best possible schemes for the event. And features galore emerged frftm the inventory of stock. Beginning promptly at 7:30 on the night of Friday, December 13, the Revelers wil dance until Glenn Griffith and his carolers arrive to open the program with Christmas hymns. A square dance caller will lead a few short warm-up dances to mix the crowd, because not only pig gers, but non-dates are expected to turn out “en mass.” Between dances, many features are planned, including a faculty skit led by Florence Alden of the physical education department, which is to be a surprise; the two clever pianists, Bee, and Jo Evans; six scanty Santas who will pull in a mystery Santa Claus, and then do a tap dance; Dan Chapman and his clever mummers intermixed with the jumping jack boys who will gamble with flip-flops; Ted Pursley and his guitar; and many others. Santa is to be a grand secret which will not be disclosed until after the distribution of gifts at the Christmas tree. Barney Clark and Bill Marsh have written the clever dialogue which will accompany each gift package personally. John Casteel will be master of ceremonies. Refreshments will be served all evening. The price of admittance is only 15 cents per person. A place has been arranged for towns people and those who do not wish to participate actively to sit and watch. Everyone must pay the price of admittance. Those in charge of the party are: co-chairmen, Brittain Ash and Yvonne Kelker; personnel, Richard McBee; financial, Don Farr; art George Blais; entertainment, Har old Strawn and Margaret Reid master of ceremonies, John Cas teel; publicity, Lillian Warn,'clean up Irma Huston and John Miller music, Fred Gieseke; refreshments Zelpha Huston and Ernest Savage floor, Everett Blais; decorations Tom Wildish and Muriel Horner. It is planned to have a five min ute act of some of the Revel? numbers put on at the downtowr theaters before the Friday night party to interest townspeople. Court Asks Morse For Cr ime Report De^n Wayne L. Morse of the law school has been asked to prepare f report for the interstate commis sion on crime on “Out of State Pa role Supervision” by the chairmai of the commission. Richard Hart shone, judge of the court of com mon pleas, Newark, New Jersey. Dean Morse was invited to pre sent a report at the meeting of thi commission to be held in New Yorl City December 9, but due to his lav school duties was unable to do sc Beta Pi Chapter Follows Tradition The members of Beta Pi chapte of Zeta Tau Alpha will wear blu< and grey ribbons under their pin Thursday, December 12, in accord ance with an old tradition M lowred when a new chapter is in stalled. Beta Omega chapter at Unioi university, Jackson Tennessee the 72nd active chapter to be in stalled by Zeta Tau Alpha since it founding on October 15, 1898 at th Virginia Teachers’ college, Farm ville, Virginia. Olga Jackson To Give Recital Tuesday Evening A woman pianist whose playing possesses strength and color as well as technical accuracy will appeal on the campus Tuesday evening when Olga Jackson, pupil of George Hopkins, plays in recital at the mu sic auditorium. Miss Jackson, graduate of the University school of music, latet studied for a year at the American Conservatoire at Fontainebleau, France. She now has her own stu dio in Albany. Her program Tuesday evening will include Moszowski’s “Spanish Caprice,” "Minstrels” and “Sunken Cathedral” by the modernist Dh bussy, and numbers by Chopin, Schubert, and Glinka. Miss Jack son’s interpretations reflect the in fluence of her own striking person ality, say those familiar with her playing. Dorothy Gore, violinist, will ap pear on the same program, playing a Nardini Sonata, accompanied by Alice Holmback. NYA Workers Will Be Re-Appointed Students Not Needing Relief Must Withdraw Undergraduate students now employed on the NYA program who find it possible to attend the University during winter term without NYA aid are expected by the NYA committee to withdraw from the relief plan. Those under graduate students who absolutely must have work for winter term may plan to be re-appointed for approximately the same number of hours that they were assigned fall term, Earl Pallett, executive sec retary, announced today. Old students must make a grade point average of 2.75 to keep their work, and new students must make an average of 2.25. Undergraduate students who must have work for winter term should file their ap plications immediately in the ex ecutive secretary’s office. Those who already have applications on file do not need to prepare another application. However they should see Janet Smith or Dean Earl for assignment of work. Graduate students are not auto matically reappointed to NYA work, and must get in touch with the executive secretary immediate ly if they want work winter term, if they do not have an application on file now. Those who have ap plications on file should see Miss Smith or Dean Earl to arrange for work during the term. Call Made for Winter Projects Deans and administrative offic ers supervising NYA students will receive a request early next weeh from the local NYA committee foi a list of projects proposed for win ter term. The committee requests thal these projects be outlined on th< forms attached to the letter senl by them, and that it be filed in th< executive secretary’s office ii Johnson hall not later than Decern ber 14. Early filing of the project; will make it possible for the com . mittee to approve the projects am , prepare a tentative list of student; . who might be used on the variou: . projects. Peace Bonds Will j Be Sold on Campus Peace bonds to help financi peace organizations will be sold 01 the Oregon campus by the Studen Christian council, the council meet ing Wednesday at Westminste; house decided. - These bonds, in denominations o > $1, $5, $10 and up, are being sol< ; for the National Council for the Pre . vention of War are non-interes . bearing and never mature. Profes . sor John L. Casteel of the speed division, is local chairman for th< i National council, i Financing of delegates to tin . quadrennial convention in Indian s ‘ apolis the latter part of this moutl ; was discussed by the council in it . meeting Wednesday. No definit plans were made. Little Colonel Balloting Set For Today | Six Campus Women Chosen by Students Will Be Voted for During Winter Term Preliminary voting for the “Lit | tie Colonel” of the Scabbard and i Blade military ball. January 11, ( will take place today. The balldts ! will be found elsewhere on this page and should be deposited in the College Side before 5 o’clock. The “Little Colonel” will be se ! lected from the six receiving the highest number of votes today. Scabbard and Blade, sponsors of the ball, announced last night that I the final choice would be made next term through campus vote. The military honorary had pre viously reserved for themselves tlft right of making the final selection, i After consideration they decided it would be fairer to let the campus make the entire selection. Good ‘Little Colonels’? Write one of the following names on the ballot below and deposit it in the College Side before 5 o’clock: Marjorie Gearhart, Kappa Alpha Theta; Helen Larson, Alpha Chi Omega; Elaine Sorensen, Alpha Gamma Delta; Helen Neal, Alpha Xi Delta; Dorothy Clark, Delta Delta Delta; Betty Graham, Delta Gamma; Rosemary O’Donnell, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Dorothy Robinson, Alpha Omicron Pi; Betty Pownall, Pi Beta Phi; Ruth Martin, Zeta Tau Alpha; Dorothy Elsonsohn, Phi Mu; Charlotte Olitt, Sigma Kappa; Dorothy Kel ley, Susan Campbell hall; Hannah Crossley, Alpha Phi; Marge Smith, Gamma Phi; Janet Hall, Alpha Delta Pi, and Rhoda Armstrong, Chi Omega. Morse to Attend Law Group Meet Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, said yesterday he hoped to attend the annual convention of the association of American law schools which will be held in New Orleans during the Christmas holi days, December 26, 27, and 28. The association, he said, controls the standards of all grade “A" law schools throughout the United States. Former conventions of the as sociation have been held in Chi cago. Dean Morse, who is a mem ber of the committee on criminal law, attended the meetings of previous years. Classical Club Meet Set for Next Friday The classical club is being enter tained Friday night, December 13, at the home of Mrs. Edna Landros, assistant professor of Latin and Greek. They will sing Christmas carols in Latin and put on a short medieval Latin play, “St. Nicholos.” Christmas refreshments will be served. * Ducks Head South for Gael Battle Experts Pick Oregon To Topple St. Mary’s; Codding, Amato Fight For Guard Position By PAT FRIZZELL The footbal squad of mighty Oregon, favored for the first time in history to defeat St. Mary's in the annual “governors’ cup” game, will leave for San Francisco at noon today. Thirty-one players, accompanied by coaches, trainers, and mana gers, comprise the traveling crew. The Webfoots are to face the Gfiels in Kezar stadium Sunday in the first Sabbath engagement in Ore gon gridiron history. Experts Favor Oregon The gentlemen who guess on Saturday and gloat or groan on Monday are cannily making the Webfoots favorites on the basis of comparative scores against Cali fornia. The Bears had an easy time with St. Mary's, winning 10 to 0, while they were extremely fortunate to nose out the Ducks, 6 to 0. Another angle the “pickers” are considering is the fact that Oregon defeated Washington, 7 to 6; Washington trounced Washington State, 21 to 0, and Washington State tied St. Mary’s, 7 to 7. By that method of reckoning the Web foots should shade the Gaels by a mere matter of 22 points. Gaels All Set The California tilt is the only one dropped by the Gaels this sea son. In addition to their tie with the Cougars, they fought Fordham to a tie in an intersectional fray. Wagner Jorgensen, St. Mary's center, is an all-American, and the Moraga eleven has several other stars almost as outstanding. Cap tain Mai Fiese and Herb Schreiber are kingpins of a hard-driving Gael backfield, while in the line, in addition to Jorgensen, are such all coast prospects as Eddie Erdelatz at end, Hermm Meister at tackle, and Marty Kordick at guard. The Webfoots went through their 1935 practice finale yesterday afternoon on the turf adjacent to Hayward field, and were pro nounced fit to fight. Most interest ing feature of the week’s drills has been the battle between Tony Amato and Clarence Codding for the starting job at right guard. Either of the pair may receive Cal lison’s nomination. Discussion Held On Foreign Courts Kenneth J. O’Connell, professor of law, led a discussion on the Jap anese and Korean court system last Wednesday evening at a meeting of Phi Alpha Delta, resurrected law honorary recently reinstalled on the campus. In his talk he told of an arson case he witnessed in Korea last summer while in the orient. The Korean courts have been taken over by the Japanese. Japan prop er, Professor O’Connell said, did not have jury trials until 1928. Jazz Receives Slap by Dean Of Oregon’s Music School By GEORGE KNIGHT “Modern jazz ::as made absolute ly no contribution to music,’’ stat ed John J. Landsbury, dean of mu sic at the University, when asked about the subject. "Jazz puts sugar ! in eggs and salt in coffee and imag i ines something worth-while has : been created,’’ he said. Dean Landsbury describes his at • titude toward jazz as utter and hu morous contempt. People who like jazz, he said, are really cat's-paws I for the greasy, unscrupulous tune ■ kings, pulling fat profits out of the :j carefully kindled fire of popular de • | mand. II “The frog who has never seen ; the sea thinks the old well a fine I bit of water. Likewise," explained : the dean, “people who do not know ■ anything about scientific and hls i j toric aspects of music, are abso i lutely certain that modern jazz has ^developed new resources and is a distinct step forward in music.” Everything jazz composers call "new” has been known for the last 150 years, said Dean Landsbury. “Most ‘headlines’ are stolen bodily from works of great composers,” he said, "and then immersed in a slop gravy which makes everything taste alike.” Some attempt is being made to bring jazz and classic music to gether, the dean said, adding that when this happens "we will be no further along.” A study of modern jazz, accord ing to the dean, isn’t worth while, because one or two lectures would cover the whole field. "People who like jazz and people who like the better music do not speak the same language. Jazz lovers would probably not accept argument if they understood it. II jazz lovers could follow a real dis cussion of good music, there would be no need for any discussion,” said I Dean Landsbury. Tales of Yuletide Dunn’s Topic On December 13 The class studying the Augustan age of Latin literature taught by Professor Frederic S. Dunn, will have an open meeting at its last session, December 13. 10 o'clock, in room 107 Oregon building, he said yesterday. The hour will be devot ed to a discussion of the origin of Christmas and to Christmas leg ends and customs. Professor Dunn explained that Christmas is not the known birth day of Christ and is not wholly a Chrstmas holiday. The date, he said, was fixed by general agree ment to coincide with the universal festival of the winter soltice. Sol tice means “standing still” and it is on the 25th day of December that the sun begins to travel north again after reaching its farthest southern point. Green to Address Sigma Delta Chi Past Emerald Editor Will Speak at Luncheon Sterling Greeen, ’34, former edi tor of the Emerald and former president of Sigma Delta Chi, men's honorary journalism fraternity, will be the guest of honor and main speaker at a banquet to be held by members of the Sigma Delta Chi thisevening at the College Side Inn. He is now a reporter on the Oregon Journal. Green will discuss the value of the various courses in journalism in their relation to practical news paper work as he has found it. Another feature of the evening will be the report made by Bob Moore, president of the organiza tion, of his recent trip to the na tional convention of Sigma Delta Chi, held at Urbana, Illinois. Local DAR Group Selects Pro jects The Lucinda Cox Brown chapter of DAR met Thursday evening in the women’s lounge of Gerlinger hall. Mrs. John Y. Richardson of Portland addressed the group con cerning the history, purpose, and functions of the national society of the Daughter’s of the American Revolution. The University of Oregon chap ter is one of the three junior DAR groups organized in the United States on college or university campuses. The local campus pro jects include placing the American flag on the platform at student meetings, a scholarship, text book loan shelf, and an official campus room in the women students' head quarters in Gerlinger hall. Mem bers were urged to complete their lineage papers and bring books and clothes for the student exchange which will be open during winter term. Loan Fund to Be Available Soon The Crawford student loan fund, set aside by the will of Edward Crawford to assist young men needing financial aid in securing an education, will be available to men after a meeting of applicants De cember 26 and 27 in Portland with the fund committee, according to Virgil Earl, dean of men. The total amount loanable to one applicant is $1000, and will be given in sums not exceeding $250 in any one school year. Five per cent in terest will be charged to cover costs of administering the fund. The committee has asked that applications be on file in the Port land office not later than Decem ber 14 so that references may be checked. Further details on the loan fund may be obtained at the dean of men’s office. Thornber Undergoes Appendix Operation Fordyce Thornber, sophomore ir science, who was operated on last for appendicitis at Pacific hospital is reported to be progressing rapid ly Mias Thornber lives at Susan Campbell hall and her home is ir Eugene. Smith to*Address Student Body Today On Life in Russia Guest Lecturer Dr. C. S. Smith speaks on Rus sian conditions as he has observed them ill today's assembly in Ger linger at 11. Year’s Last RallyJ Sends Team Into Southland Today Rally, rally, will echo on the cam pus today for the last time this term. Eddie Vail, Oregon’s diminutive personality yell king dashed intc the “shack'' after dinner last nighl with an urgent plea for all football minded students to hurry to the de pot downtown at 12:20 today t( prove to the University’s grid tearr that they stand solidly behind th< team in their invasion of San Fran cisco. “It’ll just take a few minutes,’ Vail said, “to give the team an ides of the kind of support they wil have in Eugene while they are at tempting to dump the St. Mary’s Gaels out of Kezar stadium. “Let's see if there is as muc! spirit as there is said to be on thf Oregon campus,” he concluded, as he left to plan further for the send off of the Pacific Northwest’s cham pionship team into the southland All rally committeemen, botl women and men, were asked par ticularly by Vail to be at the sta tion, dressed in their sweaters. Houses were tv..-to asked by ycl leaders to have late lunches todaj before Oregon’s team speeds soutt to "ring the bells of St. Mary’s." Portland Chapter Host to Honorary The Portland chapter of Phi Del ta Kappa, men’s national educatioi honorary, will entertain the Ch chapter of the University of Oregoi with a banquet in the main dininj room of the Portland hotel Friday December 27. Proposed speakers are Deal Grayson Kefauver, of the school o education at Stanford, and Char, cellor Frederick Hunter, who vil be attending the OSTA conventios there. Preceding the banquet initiatioi of seven new members of Phi Delti Kappa will be held. The men are Adolph Phillips, graduate studen in education; E. H. Porter, gradu ate assistant in education; Orel Frecksen, graduate student in edu cation; Rohen J. Maaske, assista.i state superintendent of public in struction; Luther King, of the Ore gon City school system; Carrol Howe, junior in education, anc George Batterson, senior in educa tion. University Sick List Hits Week’s High An addition of five new patient in the infirmary yesterday raie< the total to nine, a new high fo this week. Those five are Jacqueline Me Cord, Ruth Byerly, Paul Brainarc Jerry Kestly, and Bill Bradfon Crane. With these five there are alsi Alys Phillips, Raymond McNaii James Smith, and Frank Goodin Ex-correspomlent Says Improvement General in U.S.S.R.; Here to Visit Nephew By VIRGINIA ENDICOTT Vital revolutionary changes in Russia’s political and economic system have made of Russia an in dustrial country, but have at the same time taken away much of the excitement and glamour which was hers when Charles Stephenson Smith acted as a foreign corres pondent there. A vivid description of these changes will be made by the dis tinguished journalist and veteran foreign correspondent of the As sociated Press at a student assem bly this morning at II o’clock in Gerlinger hall under the general topic “Life in Russia.” Classes will be dismissed for the event. Progress General Russia is building and expanding under the present communistic regime. Under Lenin reconstruc tion was begun on the country torn by civil war and revolution, Mr. Smith said when questioned yes terday. Mr. Smith remarked that Stal in's main difficulty in creating an industrial country is that the Russians are people of agriculture. “They are making many mistakes and much bad merchandise, but as Stalin said, ‘they can’t learn unless they try’,” he said. Moscow Goes Modern Moscow is becoming a modern city with modern buildings in the business district, Mr. Smith said. Leningrad, formerly the brilliant capital of the Romanoffs, has be come an industrial city, with the population in factory suburbs which have been built around the city. “The former brilliance and love of beauty and the arts which char acterized Leningrad has disap peared, and the once busy streets (Please turn to page four) Cloran Seriously 111 in Hospital Dr. Timothy Cloran, only profes sor of Italian on the campus, is still seriously ill at the Pacific hospital, it was reported last night. For the last few days he has been given oxygen. Although his condition yesterday showed a slight improve ment over that of the day before, he is not yet out of danger. Professor Cloran who came to the University 30 years ago missed his first classes here last week when he was taken ill. Theta Sigma Phi Lunch 1 .Changed to Monday 1 The Theta Sigma Phi luncheon ' formerly scheduled for Tuesday • noon at the Anchorage has been changed to Monday noon, Henri 1 ette Horak, president of the jour r nalism honorary for women, an ■ n o u n c e d . Charles Stephenson 1 Smith, former Associated Press 1 foreign correspondent, will be the guest of honor. 1 Members of Sigma Delta Chi, 1 men's journalism fraternity, alum : na of Theta Sigma Phi, and mem bers of the journalism faculty have ■ also been invited to attend. Christmas Toys Object of Campaign I Members of Alpha Kappa Psi, [ | national business fraternity, are - cooperating with the Eugene Lions club in a drive to collect clothes and toys which will be distributed to the poor and needy during the Christmas holidays. The organization is divided into two groups under the captainship 3 of Alvin Overgard and Tom Wild 1; ish. The team gathering most con " tributions will be treated by the other side. SPECIAL BALLOT 1 I hereby east my vote to nom inate ....‘. ’ as “Little Colonel” for the Scab bard and Blade dance. . I _._