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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1935)
Merry Christmas To you all . . . and it’s only 18 days more. Annual Christmas Rev els will mark the University cele bration of the event December 13 in Gerling-er. Read It Today’s editorial is an introduc tory picture of the optional ASUO fee question. VOLUME XXXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1935 NUMBER 46 i TTTTTTri’l’Ttfttttt'ftttttT <*■ f X 4 X 4 r STAGE i of the WORLD By Tex Thomason * i + t i * ^ j‘f'‘f*‘f*‘T* *1*‘I*‘T-* ^ ^ ^ *1* ^*4* Analogy A procedure used by economists in analyzing- business movements is that of specific historical anal ogy. For instance, before the crash Barron’s spectacularly stat ed that the bull market of the mad 20’s was unnatural, and based their assertion on what had trans pired in previous post war periods. Not that any attention was paid to those analysts, but still history was repeating itself. Again and • Over and over again have reoc eurred events long since passed. They will continue to do so, and on that ground I predict the crush ing defeat of Italy. Maybe like Ir ving Fisher, who forecast contin ued prosperity only a few days be fore October’s Black Monday of 1929, my prediction will be a boom erang of ridicule. Yet I do say it. For in 1914 a kingdom called Germany, and now about re named, a la Admiral Byrd, Hitler hind, went to knock on the doors of the nations of the world. Her knuckles were encased in a glove of steel, and her resounding rap of long range Krupp guns startled dozing sentinels into slashing ac tion. The rap should never have been made. The mailed fist should never have been brandished. For a sleeping world awakens in a mean humor, and ere long, Ger many, the marauder, was caught up with and annihilated. The po licemen who chased and slugged Deutschland were themselves se riously wounded. But they had done their duty—seen their duty and done it! Slowly, slowly, the world is again seeing its course. Awak ening, it is even now lazily stretch ing its long ham-like arms. Those arms will lower with the speed of lightning, and the cuff thudding upon the jaw of Mussolini will be a cuff into oblivion. Wisdom People are a little older and much wiser since the last great conflict. They want no war. Their governments want no war, and whereas those governments were slow in formulating strategy to pluck the flower of German youth, they now know that it isn’t the flower that counts so much—it is the water that makes it grow. So the water is shut off, and the flower dies. It’s roots in the homeland shrink and shrivel. Soon its head is bowed in defeat. Italy’s water supply of interna (Phase turn to page two) Co-op Decorated For Holidays The University Co-op has dressed itself up in Christmas splendor in order to be in keeping with the holiday spirit. A Christ mas tree, decorated with the neces sary ornaments, holds the atten tion of the middle of the room. The display and sale of Japanese prints, imported from Tokyo con tinues today at the room the first door west of the College Side. A number of small prints have been mounted for use as Christmas cards. Marion McClain, manager of the Co-op, said that another grab bag. such as was held last year will probably be featured under the Christmas tree again this year. ❖Calendar Second practice for Christmas carols group to be Monday at 4 p. m. in the YMCA hut. College Poetry society, Oregon chapter, meets at 1 o'clock today in the men's lounge of Gerlinger hall. Prospective members asked to be present promptly. • • * YMCA cabinet will meet Mon day at 3 o’clock to discuss the fireside forums and the program of the International Relations com mittee. Smith Unfolds Russian Life At Assembly Lecturer Attacks Attempt to Place People on Level By Making Laws “You cannot make human peo ple equal by legislation, for after all, people of superior ability stand out,” was the forceful statement made by Charles Stevenson Smith, retired Associated Press writer in concluding his address on Russia before Oregon students yesterday. “I think Russians are happiest when they are sad,” Smith said. The soul of the Slav is different from the Anglo-Saxons. Many tourists who go to Russia pity the people, who seldom laugh, simply because they do not realize the difference in their make-up. Military Power Great “Russia is a very formidable force in this world, and I should think Germany and Japan would be very slow in moving against her,” Smith said in telling of the Soviet’s vast military power of a million men, capable officers, and a competent air force. Japan, he wagered, will not press a war issue with the Soviet in the near future. At the time of the walkout from the league pub lic opinion in Japan seemed to be evenly divided upon possible ac tion to take against Russia. Some thought differences should be set tled by military means, but the other group held diplomatic means should be used. The latter group is apparently stronger, the speak er said, telling of the amicable set tlement made between Japanese and Russian interests in Manchu kuo. Three Questions asked After returning from Russia last March, Smith said three questions were almost invariably asked of him: Will the Soviet government endure, what has become of the old aristocracy, and how has Rus sia managed to abolish unemploy ment? “Anybody’s guess is as good as another’s,” the journalist answered as to probable chances for the longevity of the government. “At first it was the common feeling it would blow over any day, but now (Please turn to page two) Yeomen Receive Cup at Assembly For inspiring greater interest in cross country at Oregon, having recently won the annual track event, the Oregon Yeomen, inde pendent men, were presented the Hayward trophy at the assembly yesterday by ASUO President Jim Blais. Tonqued Dance Plans To Be Made Tuesday There will be a mass meeting of the Tonqueds Tuesday night at 7:30 in the Kappa Alpha Theta house. Elizabeth Stetson will be in charge, and the final plans will be made for the Christmas dance and rummage sale. Virginia Endi cott, president, ask3 all members to be present. Tickets for the dance may be bought at the Co-op for $1. JSYA Students to Get Work W inter Term If CPA’s Exceed 2.75 Undergraduate students em ployed by the NYA program will be automatieally employed for winter term work if they have the required grade point average fall term. Old students must have an average of 2.75, and new students, who are those who entered fall term, must have an average of 2.25 to be eligible for employment. These students will be noti fied between December 25 and 30 of their employment. The committee in charge plans to meet December 30 to appoint other students applying for work and graduate students. Green Addresses Sigma Delta Chi Journal Writer Gives Tips to Journalists Sterling Green, editor of the Emerald in 1933-34, gave a spark ling talk on newspaper experiences and practical journalistic advice to members of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism honorary, Friday night at a banquet at the College Side. Mr. Green is now a reporter on the Oregon Daily Journal. Mr. Green told those at the ban quet that a journalist with a col lege education has a big “head start” over those who do not go to college. He said the four years spent at the University are usual ly more than made up in quick ad vancements on a newspaper staff. He stressed the fact that to be come a good newspaper man prac tical experience accompanying class work is invaluable. While telling those at the table of the pranks members of news paper staff play on each other and of the good times reporters can have, he was presented with a bouquet of vegetables from his fel low workers on the Journal staff in Portland, done up in ribbons and bearing the cryptic message, “To Sterling ‘By-line’ Green, come up and tell us all about it, some time.” YWCA Cabinet To Meet Monday Members of the YWCA cabinet will meet Monday evening at the home of Miss Elizabeth Hughes, executive secretary of the YWCA, for the last meeting of the term. Reports of outstanding committees will be given at that time. Plans for the program of winter term will also be discussed and a tentative program will be planned. All freshmen women who would be interested in working on fresh man committees next term are asked to meet at Miss Hughes’ home, 613 East 13th street, be tween 4 and 6 o’clock Sunday. Teaching Placement Service Ends Dec. 16 Registration for teaching posi tions next year are open until De cember 16, for those who plan to use the placement service. Blanks may be obtained at the placement bureau from the secre tary, Ida M. Pope. Clark9 Marsh Columns Take Emerald Spotiight Quirping columnists Clark and Marsh rate tops in arousing read er interest of Emerald followers, results of the recent survey con ducted by the editing class show. Innocent Bystander drew approxi mately 80 per cent of the readers, leading his contemporary by about 10 per cent. The survey, originated and made famous by Dr. George Gallup, i3 conducted scientifically. Each member of the class contacts four people, one from each class in school, and has them mark the material which they read in the paper. The survey was made of last Wednesday’s Emerald. Social events drew top places for news stories with one on a campus dance drawing 70 per cent of the readers. It was followed closely by the story about students petitioning for stop signs on Thir teenth, and another notch down the line was the article on frosh lids. The test showed that almost ev ery reader scanned all the heads in the paper and then read the stories where the head caught his attention. A decided preference for stories of students doings showed, with activities of faculty members running low in reader preference. Pictures caught the eye of ev eryone and drew a good percent age. The editorial with a local angle drew approximately half the read ers, while the outside one num bered about 30 per cent. Tex (Please turn to page 2) ! Bargain Ball Opens Term Tickets to Be Sold l»v Honorary Members Tickets for the “Bargain Ball’’ will go on sale January 2, only two days before the night of the advertising frolic, was the an nouncement made yesterday by Bill Schloth, dance chairman for Alpha Delta Sigma, national ad vertising fraternity. Alpha Delta Sigma has the dis tinction of being one of the first honorary organizations to present a dance on the Oregon campus. The first affair was called the “Krazy Kopy Krawl” and for some years after that it carried the same name. Name Changed Again Last year the group decided to digress from the usual motif and instigated the “Esquire Dance.” The dance was deemed a success by members and the fraternity de cided to drop the traditional name again this year. Huge advertising displays will be brought into the decorations but according to the chairman of the committee a surprise decora tion scheme will be used. fPigging9 Banned As Students Get Ready for Exams The two weekends before exam inations are closed, according to rulings made by several student advisory groups on the campus. The hours for this weekend are Saturday night, 12:15, Sunday night, 10:30. Girls may have two dates this weekend including Fri day. Next weekend girls may haye one social engagement on Satur day evening until 12:15. Friday and Saturday nights are closed to dates. There can be no entertaining during next week, including ban quets, dinners, exchange desserts, teas, benefits, or initiations. These rules are enforced by the heads of houses and the student advisory committee. Master Dance To Give Program A demonstration of the modern dance will be presented by the Women’s physical education de partment next Wednesday, De cember 11, at 8:00 p. m. in the gymnasium of Gerlinger hall. It is sponsored by Master Dance, as sisted by the dancing classes. The objective of the demonstra tion is to show how the modern dance technique grows from a need manifested by the possibili ties of the dance under considera tion. This method of developing technique is one of the outstand ing points that distinguishes the modern dance from ballet. Ballet technique is built first, and the dances are constructed with that as a base, using a set of definite bodily movements. Toastmasters Hear Me Bee Approximately 15 students were present at the Toastmaster club meeting Thursday night to hear Dick McBee present a paper, “In timate Relations of College Men and Women.’’ The meeting, the third for the newly-organized group, was held in the Y hut at 7:30. Crawford Lyle and George Jam ison will discuss “Agitation Against Entrance in the Olympic Games at Berlin” at the next meeting of the organization. 3 New Patients Enter Infirmary Keeping up to Thursday’s record, the infirmary had nine patients, three of whom were new. Those admitted yesterday are Frank Prime, Bill Cooper, Frank Hitch cock. .< Ruth Byerly, Raymond McNair, Paul Brainard, James Smith, Jerry Kestly, and Alys Phillips are the previous inmates. Japanese Art and Sociology Exams Are Rescheduled Two changes In the examin ation schedule were announced yesterday by the schedule com mittee. Japanese art and culture will meet Saturday, December 14, 2-4. Sociology, both sections, will meet Wednesday, December 18, 10-12. Section 1 (Jameson) will be held in 105 Commerce, and Section 2 (Martin) in 101 Journalism. Section 1 was pre viously scheduled for 8 o’clock Monday, and Section 2 for 8 o’clock Friday. Moving of ROTC To Start Dec. 16 Barracks to Be Located On Uorth Drill Field Work on moving the ROTC bar racks to make room for the new ohysical education building should begin December 16, according to tentative arrangements. A definite decision will be made as soon as the bids are let for the gymnasium. The main ROTC building is to be located on the north end of the drill field facing Fifteenth street. The drill shed will be moved direct ly back without changing its rela tive position. Preliminary tests, to see how good a foundation the ground will make, have already been made. The moving should be completed by the beginning of winter term, accord ing to Colonel E. V. D. Murphy, head of the Oregon ROTC unit. The present group of ROTC buildings were built during the World War, when a military or ganization was first established on the campus. Decision tq move was made necessary by the selection of the corner of Fifteenth and Uni versity as a site for the new fed eral aided physical education plant. Church Groups Meet at Corvallis Members of Westminster asso ciation on the Oregon campus will be guests of the Oregon State col lege group Sunday evening at Cor vallis. Donald Telford, president of the Corvallis group, has extend ed an invitation and about 25 are expected to go. At 6:30 there will be a forum discussion on “The Purpose of Westminster.” Cars will leave Westminster house at 3, the trans portation charges being 25 cents. The Eugene association will close its term's program Sunday, December 15. The Westminster players will present a play at 6:30 entitled “The Other Side of the Door,” with Leonard Love direct ing. Students will go caroling af terwards. Alpha Della Sigma Pledges Parade New pledges of Alpha Delta Sig ma, national advertising honorary, paraded the city yesterday loaded down with their traditional bill boards filled with ads which each initiate was required to sell. At noon the men spouted forth the values of their products from the libe steps in unison with a re sult that rivaled the Tower of Ba bel mixup of olden days. The seven sign-bearing, value spouting men who underwent the pre-initiation frivolities and who will be formally initiated into the honorary Sunday were: Ed Han son, Frank Bondurant, John Brun ton, Pete Garrett, Bob Wilhelm, Bill Jones, and Fred Anderson. Phi Delta Kappa to Send Boushey East Earl E. Boushey, president of Phi Delta Kappa, men’s national edu cation honorary, has been selected to represent the Oregon chapter at the sixteenth biennial meeting to be held in St. Louis December 27, 28, and 30. Boushey plans to leave, Monday, December 23. In addition Mr. Boushey is a del egate to the AEP, press associa tion on the campus, conference to be held December 30 and 31 at the Statler hotel in St. Louis. Variety, Talent Are Promised In Concert Christmas Carols From Foreign Lands To Be Presented by Polyphonic Chorus The annual Christmas concert of the University polyphonic chorus will be given at the music auditor ium at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Incidental solos will be sung by Roberta Bennett Humphreys and Mary Kem, sopranos; Cathleen Conger, contralto; Bill Sutherland, bass; and Charles Fahey, tenor, director Paul Petri announced. Ruthalbert Wolfenden will play a violin obbligato and the chorus will be accompanied by Phyllis Schatz. “He Shall Feed His Flock,” aria and recitative from Handel's "Mes siah,” will be sung by Matilda Holst. Christmas carols from foreign countries will constitute the bulk of the program for the concert, which is a traditional one with the chorus. There will be no admission charge. “Music in the air” is emphatical ly the case on the campus just at present. Besides the polyphonic chorus concert and two piano re citals within the next three days, the fall appearance of the Univer sity symphony orchestra Thursday evening will be an important finale to the term’s musical events. Madalena Giustina, talented stu dent violinist, will be soloist of the evening, playing Vieuxtemps’ mas terpiece, “Concerto in D minor.” Mayo Sorenson and William Curry will combine in Tittel’s "Serenade for Flute and Horn.” Beethoven's “Leonore Overture No. 3” and the "Symphony in D minor by Cesar Franck are the other two numbers to be presented by the orchestra. Holders of student body cards will be admitted free to the con cert. Proceeds will form the nuc leus of a scholarship loan fund for orchestra members. Yeomen to Meet Tuesday Evening Yeomen plans for next term, to gether with plans for the Christ mas Revels scheduled for next Friday night, will be the subject of discussion at a Yeomen meeting next Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the Y hut. Because of exams, the meeting will be for business only and will be very short. Yeomen dancing classes are to continue next week, according to announcement from Fred Geiseko, Yeomen president. Mrs. Ramsby Called Home Mrs. Elizabeth Ramsby, house mother at the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, was called early Thursday to go to Klamath Falls because of the illness of her mother. Mrs. Mary Wiggins, house mother of the Zeta Tau Alpha house is filling in for the rest of the term. Plays Monday Harold Ayres, eoneort pianist who recently made a highly suc cessful tour of Oregon and Cali fornia, will appear Monday, De cember 9, in recital. Harold Ayres Will Give Piano Recital Students Will Hear Pianist December 9 Harold Ayres, pianist and well known graduate of the University music school, will appear in recital Monday evening, December 9, at the auditorium, it is announced by Louis Artau, Ayres’ teacher for the past several years. A Beethoven sonata (Op. 27, No. 2), Casella’s Seven Satires (Pieces Enfantines), and a sonata by Soler, early 17th century Spanish compos er, will be highlights of Mr. Ayres’ program. Music by Bach, Schubert, Chopin Prokofiew, Vogrich, and Liszt will also be included. On a recital tour through the coast states last year, Mr. Ayres was widely acclaimed. Musical West, San Francisco, says: "Mr. Ayres, brilliant young American pianist, proved himself to be an artist with an elegance of touch and style and a musical sobriety that was lightened by his own ex uberant vitality.” (Please turn to Pape four) $25 Stolen From Alpha Gam House It was reported late last night to the Emerald office that the Al pha Gamma Delta house was robbed of $25 during the dinner hour. Elsie Peterson, graduate student in psychology, had just cashed a check and left the money in her room. The robbery apparently oc curred during the dinner hour and the prowler is thought to have en tered by the basement, it being possible to enter the house and gain the second floor without de tection at this hour. Eugene police were called, and up to press time last night had thrown no light on the mystery. This is the second robbery at the Alpha Gamma Delta this term. Wesley Club Banquet Draws 200 Students Nearly 200 students, including over 30 foreign students who were the guests of the Wesley club, at tended the ninth international ban quet at the Methodist Episcopal church last night to sponsor better international feeling and under standing. "North and South, West and East, Youth of All Lands Unite for Peace,” was the theme for the banquet and the following pro gram was given to carry it out: "Mother Earth and Her Chil dren,” a play offering a solution to the international problems of today, was presented by the Stu dent Christian council as the mam feature of the program. The cast was as follows: Mother Earth, Frances Mays; Pacifia, her daugh ter, Lillian Warn; Militaria, an other daughter, Hazel Lewis; Brit tAnicus, Howard Ohmart; Ameri cus, Leonard Love; Orientus, Mi noru Yasui; and Utopius, Fred Gieseke. Toastmaster Francisco Tubban conducted a world tour. As the voyagers made their way across the uncharted seas of peace and international understanding, stops were made in several foreign lands. At each stop a representative of that country proposed a toast to peace. Margaret Cormack spoke for England, Phoebus Klonoff for Russia, and .Joshmi Tanaka for Ja pan. “Kagawa, Christian Internation alist,” was the subject for a speech by Dorothy Nyland, director of Methodist student activities at Oregon. Other numbers on the program were: a song, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," by Ardell English; a pi ano selection by Mary Field; a mu sical saw number by Vincent Mon teralla; and numerous group songs. Also at the banquet were 75 high school students who had | gathered from surrounding towns to attend the Epworth League in stitute. 7 Little Colonel Candidates Are Chosen Alpha Gamma, Theta, Hendricks, Pi Phi, Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, Kappa Head List Seven prospective “Little Colo nels’’ were chosen yesterday when 1449 ballots deposited at the Col lege Side designated the following as candidates: Elaine Sorensen, Alpha Gamma Delta, 240; Marjorie Gearhart, Kappa Alpha Theta, 167; Kay Skalet, Hendricks hall, 143; Betty Pownall, Pi Beta Phi, 130; Rhoda Armstrong, Chi Omega, 119; Han nah Crossley, Alpha Phi, and Rose mary O'Donnel, Kappa Kappa Gamma, 116. These seven girls will be voted on next term as candidates for the final honor of "Little Colonel” of the Scabbard and Blade military ball, January 11. Bill Paddock, Alan Wall, Bill Summers, and Tom Aughinbaugh were in charge of the election. Interest was high in the elec tion, which became a skirmish among the sororities. Sound cars and fair campaigners gave the campus the appearance of a class or ASUO election. Worried fem inine “politicians” harrassed the Emerald news office with tele phone calls last night in an effort to find out the latest news. The executive council voted last Thursday to raise the ban against freshman tuxedoes for the formal Military ball. This unprecedented suspension of the traditional ruling will officially give the freshmen the right to appear in formal dre3s. Although Paddock and Wall have not selected an orchestra for the affair, they are considering Art Holman, Gary McLean, and Jimmy Dierickx. The orchestra will be decided upon in the near future. Buck McGowan To Play at Revels The Revels committee received a last-minute announcement yes terday that Art Holman and his orchestra would be unable to per form at the Christmas program, owing to the fact that they have an opportunity to play over a na tional radio hook-up at Portland Saturday. Quick action on the part of Fred Gieseke secured the Buck McGow an orchestra to replace Art Hol man’s band, and the program will go on as originally planned. Hanson Loses Famed Chisel Ed Hanson, staff cartoonist on the Emerald, has lost his gouge. The little steel and wood tool that looks like an awl with the point flattened out which he uses to carve out his daily cartoons for the Emerald is gone. Hanson says that without his gouge he is afraid the next time he cuts out "Joe Duck" it’ll turn out to be a cooked goose. The gouge has Hanson’s initials “E. H.” cut on the handle. The cartoonist would appreciate it if anyone finding the gouge would turn it in at the S.A E. house and promises an auto graphed drawing of the finder’3 own choosing for its return. /V YA Relief Checks For Month’s Work Due After Vacation NYA student relief checks for the period ending Decem l>er 19 will l*e received at the business office sometime during Christmas vacation, Earl Pal iett, executive secretary, an nounced yesterday. The payroll is made up De cember 19 and is sent to Port land where the checks are made out. Students may have their checks as soon as they return to the campus. Those who wish to have them forwarded may make arrangements with the business office and must leave an addressed stamped envelope.