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EDIT PAGE: Building Solidly Concert Series Eight Ball e600 VOLUME XLI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1040 NUMBER 84 U. Of OfCt. ■ Betty Buchanan Selected AWS Head i IRC Conference to Open Today Fifty Sip Register Thursday Booths to Be Open * Until 10; Banquet, Luncheons Slated By WES SULLIVAN As the registration booth closed last night in Friendly hall, 50 del egates to the International Rela tions club conference had checked in with the officials. The rest of the representatives will register this morning from 9 to 10. The booth will be open from 3 to 4 this afternoon and 11 to 12 tomorrow for the benefit of late comers. Tickets Available Tickets for the banquet and the luncheons may be purchased at the registration booth. Miss Amy Hemingway Jones, division assistant of the Carnegie Endowment, sponsors of the club, arrived last night. Miss Jones will address the delegates at the open t- ing meeting at 10 a.m. today. Noble to speak The other speakers, G. Bernard Noble, professor^ of political sci ence at Reed college, and Andre Philip, professor of finance and economics at the University of Ly ons, France, will arrive today. Professor Noble will speak at an IRC luncheon today at 12:15 in the St. Mary’s Episcopal church, 166 E. Thirteenth street. Europe Discussed “European Affairs” will be the subject of Andre Philip’s address to the delegates at a banquet to night at 6:30 in St. Mary’s Epis copal church. The general meetings of the convention will be held in the fac ulty room of Friendly hall, while the library will be the scene of the round table sessions. The round table talks on “The System of Future World Security” ^ will be held in the staff room of the library. The "American For eign Policy, Isolation, Neutrality or Cooperation?” discussion is scheduled for the browsing room. Peace Talked The talk on “Peace in the West ern Hemisphere” will be held in the map room, while room 304 will hear the discussion on “The Far East and the Present World War.” The fifth session will be held, in room 150. The subject is “Democ racy, Can It Survive?” Students of the University who are interested in international af fairs are invited to attend the meetings. An official program is on page four. Wesley House Plans Leap Year 'Shindig' “It’s leap year—and anything might happen.” So forecasts the notice an nouncing the Leap Year party at Wesley house this evening. “Probably around 8:30,” say those planning the party, “the time is indefinite.” The party will follow a 6 o'clock church dinner. Report of the club activities will be given at the dinner. BA Office to Make Payment on IRC Delegate Tickets House managers must collect housing tickets from their vis iting International Relations clubs delegates. Turn them in to the BA school office for pay ment. Internationalist Andre Philip, professor of eco nomics and finance at the Univer sity of Lyons, France, who will address members of the IRC con ference at a banquet tonight. Arragon Tells Problems of Social Sciences Speaker Blames Diverse Methods For Misconception Diverse methods of approaching social science problems can b< blamed to some extent for charges that social scientists don’t do as much to develop things as natura scientists do to create them, ac cording to Dr. Reginald Arragon professor of history at Reed col lege, in a speech on “Social Sci ence and the Humanities” to stu dents and faculty in the facultj room of Friendly hall last night “There is an emphasis on pure description on one hand and pure theory on the other,” averred Dr Arragon. Concerning pure description, the speaker declared that social sci ence could not get along without it, and on the theoretical approach he said that two points of view dealing with its difficulties exist I ed. “First there is the contentior that the social sciences weren’i primarily concerned with ends ot action, that they look the ends a; given," Dr. Arragon declared. Contrasting the historian’s anc the social scientist’s approach tc problems of society, Dr. Arragor said that the historian must noi use only words to describe the sit uation but “must feel himself ir the situation,” and work up a psy chological mood due to his having to remove the time element. Dr. Arragon obtained his firsi degree from Northwestern univer sity, his Ph D. from Harvard uni versity, and was awarded a travel ing fellowship in Europe. He wai exchange professor in England taught at Harvard, and came t< his present position at Reed col lege in 1924. Bishop Dagwell To Talk to Church Groups Today With all his free time taken uj by students with problems t( solve, Bishop Benjamin D. Dag well, bishop of the Oregon dio cese of the Episcopal church, i: proving a popular visitor on th< campus. After leading four meeting: Wednesday and seeing people yes terday, he will end his visit on th< campus today. At 9 o’clock he will speak t< the directors of the student relig ious groups on the campus. This afternoon he will be gues of honor at the Friday open housi for Episcopal students at the homi of Miss Helen Lyles, student direc i tor. Paul Robeson Signed By Activities Board For Concert Series Prize of $15 Awaits Lucky UO Contestant Junior Weekend to Be 'Best We Can Prepare/ Is Report Rumors being circulated on the campus to the effect that the theme for Junior Weekend has been already selected are untrue, according to the Junior Weekend committee. “We don’t care who gets the dis tinction or the $15. All we want is a theme that will enable us to pre sent the University with the best weekend we can possibly prepare,” Lloyd Sullivan, general chairman for the event, said last night. Sulli van’s statement followed several students’ inquiries as to whether the whole thing was “cut and dried.” Committee Ready The entire Junior Weekend com mittee, ready to go to work, is waiting for the start that will launch preparations for the week end of pageantry. The starting signal will be given when the win ner of the theme contest is an nounced. Although the event is scheduled for far-away May 10, 11, and 12, the committees are ready to begin working. See Picture? All the contestants need to do is visualize the picture they would like to see portrayed by Junior Weekend, put in writing on an entry blank and drop it in a ballot box either at the College Side or the Co-op store on or before Tues day, February 27. Fred Ehlers is in charge of the canoe fete, and George MacKin is in charge of finances. Attend Conference Horace W. Robinson, assistant professor of drama, and Mrs. Otti lie T. Seybolt, drama director, at tended a western division national drama conference in Seattle, Feb ruary 14 to 18, the president's of fice announced yesterday. i Thirty Attractions Considered for Next Year's Greater Artist Series; Well-Known Performers to Appear in Igloo WHAT THE BOARD DID: 1. Ratified the signing of Paul Robeson as lead-off artist in next year’s Greater Artist series. 2. Looked over a list of 80 possible items for next year’s program. 3. Decided to line up the rest of Jhe series with an especial view toward popular type attractions. 4. Denied an interfraternity reque.st for an adjustment on canoe fete expenses. Next year's concert series will be no radical departure from those of recent years, the education activities board decided Wednesday night, but the tendency will be definitely toward better known, popular-appeal artists. In a meeting lasting until a few minutes after midnight the board threshed out the problem of what kind of program to offer next year swing concerts ot the wniteman type in the Igloo, speakers like Alexander Woollcott, and in gen eral attractions which would draw more students into Igloo audienc es on concert nights. Standard Series Win The standard five - number Greater Artist series won out, al though the kind of attractions of fered will be selected with a view toward getting more popularly ac cepted artists, meaning people who are both excellent in their fields and popular among the many. The door was not closed to other attractions such as the Igloo swing concerts, however, for the board was agreed that if such arrange ments could be made such feat ures could be put on as “extras.” Since the board is not going to spend every cent of income next year a sizeable reserve will be available if the need and oppor tunity arise. Big Names Fail Igloo appearances of big-name, high-type orchestras failed to win a place on the regular series be cause (1) there is little possibility that they could be booked more than two months ahead, if at all, and (2) they would not harmonize with an educational activities Greater Artist series for which fee money was spent. By leaving them on the extra list the board signified its willingness to try out this type of feature next year, if arrangements can be made. Paul Robeson, world-known ne gro baritone, was definitely in the fold for next year, the board learned. It passed on him some time ago, but the actual signing of the contract was not accom plished until the first of the week. 30 considered A list of 30 members underwent tPlease turn to pane four) UO Rifle Team To Meet Husky This Weekend Marksmen to Try In Matched-Firing, Four-Position Event Oregon’s nationally famed men’s rifle team left Eugene this morn ing for Seattle to meet the crack University of Washington team Saturday morning in the annual interschool rifle match. Traveling in private cars, the group expected to arrive in Seattle late this afternoon where it will be the guest of the Husky team over the weekend. Scabbard and Blade, national military honorary, is sponsoring the trip. Ten Marksmen The members of the Oregon team were selected in an elimina tion match last Wednesday night, with the top ten marksmen win ning a spot on the team. Sergeant Harvey Blythe, coach of the Duck team, and Sergeant F. I. Agule of the military department, will ac company the team. The competition will be a matched-fil ing, four position event, with each man firing four scores. Last year the Oregon team downed Washington and went on to win the national championship. New Men With a great number of new men this year, the Ducks will be ' under a severe handicap. (Plrnsc hint to putjc two) Five Student-Acted and Directed Plays to Be Given Tonight By DOROTHY KREIS Five student-acted, student-directed, one-act plays will be presented tonight in Johnson hall by students not enrolled in the regular drama ' classes but are interested in drama as an extra-curricular activity. No 1 admission will be charged for this program which is open to students and the general public. Curtain time is set for 7:30. ■ I “The Starter,” a comedy of Harlem life by Eulalie Spence, to be ’ directed by uene hJdwaros, lec tures Florence Cantrell and Robert . Deiz, colored students of the Uni . versity. Miss Cantrell, a sociology , major, who took part in “Emperor Jones,” will take the part of i Georgia. Robert Deiz, outstanding . track man, who took part in ama teur shows in Portland, will play ; T. J. Kelly. i | Helen Michaels and Doris Ed > wards will make their first appear ■ ance on the guild stage taking J small parts in this play which was prize winner in a contest held by “Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life.” The cast for the fairy tale, "The Flying Prince," by Peggy and Eu gene Wood, includes: Princess Au rore, Phyllis Sanders; Henry Wad leigh, Prince IX, Gene Speer; Clo tilde, queen of Yvetot, June Bower ly; Henry IX, king of Yvetot, Bill Rogers; Annette, a maid, Helen Mitchell; M. de Boulingrin, Byron Adams. This play is to be directed by Trudy Harlaod, An ancient Egyptian tomb pro vides the setting for the play “Two Against the Gods,” directed by Rose Ann Gibson. The cast includes Mary Staton as Mary; Mary Jane Richards as Dr. Prince; and Ad rienne Flurry as Huther-Amen. Shipwrecked sailors finding hid den treasure provides the plot for Eugene O’Neill’s “Where the Cross Is Made,” which is to be presented by Jack Elle, Tony Nichachos, Bet ty Jane Steeres, and Charles Boice. The final play, under the direc tion of Jeanette Hoss, will be of a lighter vein- a comedy, “The Forks of the Dilemma." Students partici pating in the play are Frank Cal houn, Bob Hone, Maxine Klinge, Marguerite Sappington, Dorothy Durkee, and Byron Adams. Formals Are In Order for Senior Ball Top Hat' Theme Will Be Carried Out In Igloo One of the foremost formals of the year is scheduled for Saturday night when the Senior ball will be held in McArthur court. Formals BULLETIN Late permission, 12:30 o’clock, was granted for the Senior ball, it was announced last night l>y Chuck Skinner, general chair man. and corsages are in order for gills; tuxedos or dark suits for men. Gay Jones, University of Wash ington band, will furnish the music. Jones’ orchestra will play from a band stand of three levels. “Top lint” Theme Decorations and programs will carry out the “top hat” theme ot the occasion. The walls of the Igloo will be decorated with black and white panels, black serving as the predominating color. Four silhouet ted figures will also be placed on the the walls, each measuring 13 by 10 feet. Programs will carry out the sil houette idea, with outlines of fig ures appearing on the cover. James Jarvis is the chairman of the deco rations committee and is being assisted by Bob Swan. Tickets on Sale Tickets will sell for $1 at the University Co-op store and men’s houses, but the price at the dance will be $1.25. Seniors will get a 25 cent reduc tion in price by showing their class cards at the Igloo for exchange tickets. WAA to Announce Election Results The new officers elected at yes terday’s WAA election will be an nounced at a banquet of the Wo men’s Athletic association in the Anchorage Tuesday night, Febru ary 27. The banquet will begin at 6 o’clock and will last until 8:00. Margo Van Matre, retiring presi dent, who will serve as toastmis tress at the banquet, announced committees for the affair yester day. They are: co-chairmen, Mar tha McClung and ’ Barbara Barn ford; decorations, Mary Louise Vin cent, Mary Jane Ford, and Mary Ellen Smith; entertainment, Jeanne Haehlen and Eleanor Von Wedle staadt; corsages, Helen Moore and Susan Huffaker; and programs, Jo Bullis. Girls winning WAA awards will be announced at the banquet. Mem bers of WAA will make necessary contacts in the different girls’ houses for invitations to the ban quet, Miss Van Matre said. Plates at the banquet will sell for 50 cents. Householders to Meet Mrs. Morris All householders who want their names on the housing list for spring term will meet with Mrs. E. M. Morris, housing secretary, Tuesday, February 28, at 2 p.m. in Villard hall. The list when completed will serve as a guide in helping students find board and room for spring | term. Jean Crites Elected 'YW' President; WAA To Announce Officers Barbara Stallcup Named Vice-President Of Women's Group; Marge Montgomery Given Second Spot by YWCA Members By BETTY JANE BIGGS Betty Buchanan was named to head the Oregon women stu dents next year, while Jean Crites was named president of the YWCA in the election held yesterday in the YW bungalow. The new WAA leaders will not be announced until the annual ban quent Tuesday evening. Anne Fredriksen, retiring president, reported 600 women students had voted for AWS offices. The new cabinet will be: Barbara Stallcnp, vice president; Maxine Hansen, secretary: Eliza beth Steed, treasurer: Betty Jane Biggs, reporter; and Mary Ellen Smith, sergeant-at-arms, YWCA Elects YWCA members chose as their other new officials: Marjorie Mont gomery, vice president; Bobsie Roehm, secretary; and Trudi An derson, treasurer. Miss Buchanan has been promi nent in activities during her three years at the University. She is vice president of the junior class, a member of Phi Theta Upsilon, jun ior women’s service honorary, and on the rally committee this year. She is also campus social chairman. Last year she belonged to Kwi mas, sophomore women's honorary. YW Head Elected Holding the office of religious chairman of the YW during the past term, acting as day manager of the Emerald advertising staff, and as a member of Phi Theta Up silon is the activity record of Miss Crites. She belongs to the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. The AWS officers will take ovei the duties of the retiring cabinet immediately, Anno Fredriksen, president, declared, but the formal installation will not take place un til April. Old YWCA officers will also resign their posts to their suc cessors soon. Dates Fewer As Exams Near Library Schedule For Coming Weeks Changed for Finals This weekend is the last one this term that will be open to all-cam pus activities and entertaining, ac cording to a report from the dean of women’s office. Next weekend girls may have two dates but will have only 10:30 permission Friday night. The last weekend of the term they may have only one date, again the doors of all women’s living organizations being closed at 10:30 Friday. An announcement of library hours for the two weekends by Mr. M. H. Douglass, librarian, dis closed that the library will, as for i merly, extend the hours to accom j modate the prex-exarnination rush. I The lengthened study period ap | plies to the reserve, circulation, I and reference departments of the library. A combined schedule of the gen eral University hours and the li brary hours follows: Friday, March 1—closed. 10:30 permission. Library open until 10. Saturday, March 2—Open. 12:15 permission. Library open until 10. Friday, March 8—closed. 10:30 permission; no dates. Library open until 10. Saturday, March 9—open. 12:15 permission. Library open until 6. Students Will Have Early Opportunity To Check Housing University students living in private homes or boarding houses will be given a chance to clear their housing requirements before spring term registration, thus sav ing considerable time on that day, Mrs. E. M. Morris, housing secre tary, announced yesterday. If these students contact Mrs. Morris some time between now and the end of the term a perma nent permit for spring term will be issued to them. Next Term NYA Appointments to Be Considered _ Winter Jobs End March 20; Renewal Depends on GPA With winter term NYA appoint ments scheduled to expire within less than a month, the University work committee has begun to con sider students for spring semester employment, the personnel office announced yesterday. Final date for this term’s as signments is March 20, and new appointments will include the last of March, all of April and May, and the first of June. Cuts Slated The committee Thursday re leased the following information for students who are holding NYA work at the present time. If circumstances have made it possible to attend school without NYA help, or with a smaller as signment, notify the personnel of fice as soon as possible. Students Helped Students who need the work and have held positions before will be automatically be reappointed as long as they fullfill the require ments. Next term’s work will probably be in the same depart ment as this semester, but anyone desiring change should call at the personnel office to see about the different work. Requirements for automatic re appointment are a grade average of 2.75 for old students, and 2.25 for freshmen. This must include at least 12 term hours, with no in completes accepted. GPA’s Considered Those who do not have the re quired grade point will not neces sarily fail to receive spring ap pointments. This only means they will have to be considered along with other students having simi lar records. Those possessing the required average will be notified of their appointment from the personnel office. These notices will be mailed some time between March 20 and March 26, and will be sent to the Eugene address of students. No notice will be mailed to those fail j ing to make the necessary require I ments. Professor N. B. Zane's advanced arts class spent Wednesday after noon in the museum sketching the Japanese textiles. Professor Zane’s i survey of creative arts class was also held in the museum Wednes | day. I Today Is Deadline For Contest Entries Today is the last day to enter the W. F. Jewett after-dinner speaking contest, according to J. L. Casteel, director of the speech division. The subjects, which must be ap proved by a member of the speech department staff, should be on an entertaining subject and should be aimed to please the audience. The contest is open to all under graduate students. Prizes of $15, $10, and $5 are being offered. Those who have already signi fied their intention of entering are Florence Kinney, Bob Whitch, I Jack McCliment, and Jane Hooker*