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VOLUME XLI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1940
NUMBER 85
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Confucius Say, 'He Who
‘ Seek Will Find’-Oh So?
Rv P AT ERICKSON’
Confucius Editor
Confucius, he talk all time. No?
Confucius, he talk about everything. Yes?
City editor say, “Confucius, he must be velly clever man. Co
write me one fine interview. Scram!"
So we start out eating noodles by chopsticks in every Chinese
place in town. They all velly solly, never heard of Confucius. They
think maybe he live in San Francisco.
Confucius, he talk on phonograph record. Man on street corner
tells latest thing Confucius say. Confucius, he must be velly busy
thinking up new puns. We try velly hard catch him at work so we
can get one damn fine interview.
Three weeks we hunt for him. We are getting thin from not
eating and also hiding from city editor. Confucius hiding, too.
One day we see smart young fellow. Seen Confucius? we ask. No,
have you ? We tell young man no, and he give one short ugly snort.
Might as well tell you about him, he says.
Confucius name not really Confucius, hut K’ung Foo-tze, “the
master K’ung." K’ung Foo-tze born 551 years B.C., province of
Shentung, China. (Confucius pretty old, we are thinking.)
4 K’ung Foo-tze, he hold many offices, last one Minister of Crime.
King get peeved at Confucius, fired him, he obliged to wander
through China. Confucius, he die, velly unhappy man, in 478 B.C.
Confucius not yet cold in grave when everyone begin worship him
and remember what he say. Confucius he muchly respected now.
City editor, he not going to like this ... we say .
Young fellow puff out chest.
Young fellow get velly red in face.
We pat him on back. He weep.
Don’t feel bad, we say. You no can help if Confucius die.
Simple one! young man screeches. You no understand. Me, I’ve
been working out Confucius gags. Day and night, weeks and months.
Me getting plenty fed up thinking jokes for Confucius to get credit
for. Tell that to your city editor.
We do.
IRC Conference
Gets Underway
International Cooperation Held Important
For Orderly World Society; Andre Philip
Addresses Banquet; Confab Ends Today
Need for international cooperation in evolving an orderly world
society received emphasis in round table discussions and dinner
speeches, as the Northwest regional conference of the International
Relations club got underway on the University of Oregon campus today.
One hundred twenty delegates from about 20 universities all over the
Northwest and British Columbia participated.
“We have come here to see new ideas, to exchange these ideas, and
Vocalist
Mars Mercer, vocalist with Gay
Jones orchestra which will play
here tonight for the Senior ball.
Seabeck Roundup
Cancels T Meetings
The regular meetings of the
YMCA have been canceled for next
Wesdnesday evening because of the
Seabeck roundup which will be
held that same evening at 7
o'clock. The roundup will be at
tended by both YM and YW mem
bers.
The freshman discussion group
and the executive council will both
be affected by this arrangement.
The executive council will sched
ule a meeting during the week at
which revision of the constitution
will be discussed.
Dr. James R. Branton, of the
department of religion, will lead
the discussion session of the com
mission on “Building a Life Phil
osophy” Tuesday evening at 7:30
o’clock. The chairman of the com
mission is Earl Homer.
No definite plans for the com
sion of economic, social, and po
litical problems have been an
nounced yet. Don Walker, head of
the committee, has arranged for a
special speaker to lead the dis
cussion. The group will meet at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The Town Hall discussion group
will meet on Thursday evening at
6:30 o’clock in Westminster house.
The group, composed of members
of YWCA, YMCA, and Westmin
ster, house, will discuss the question
debated over the after the radio
program.
Gage Will Talk
Dr. D. D. Gage, associate profes
sor in the school of business ad
ministration, will speak on "Ob
stacles in Transferring Real Es
tate’’ at a meeting of the Eugene
Realty board Thursday noon, Feb
ruary 29, at McCrady's cafe.
to encourage independent think
ing,” declared Miss Amy Hemin
way Jones, division assistant, Car
negie endowment, in explaining
purposes and developments of In
ternational Relations clubs
throughout the nation.
European Situation
‘‘In the Europe of tomorrow Ger
many will have a place like En
gland and France,” prophesied Dr.
Andre Philip, professor of econom
ics at the University of Lyons,
France, in an address to IRC repre
sentatives on European affairs dur
ing a banquet at St. Mary’s Epis
copal church climaxing the first
day’s activities. “Germany will
have a complete footing of equal
ity,” he said.
Federation of Europe
Dr. Philip was optimisfic con
cerning: formation of a united and
federated Europe in which the Ger
mans will be their friends, a unity
to be realized following: the present
war.
“I look for some high court to
which all countries will sacrifice
some measure of their indepen
dence for establishment of order,”
said the speaker.
Dr. Philip said he didn’t believe
the Europe of tomorrow will be a
paradise, that it will be a Christian
Europe, but one in which the
Christian church will be able to
pray. Joined international economy
and politics will aid in realizing
this.
XT. S. Position
Describing the United States’
position in present international af
fairs, Dr. G. Bernard Noble, Reed
college political science professor,
contended, “It is my firm convic
tion that if we (the United States)
do not act effectively in settling
post war difficulties, we will have
a larger responsibility for a third
world war,” as he addressed IRC
representatives during a luncheon
at St. Mary’s Episcopal church.
C’an Democracy Survive?
On the subject “Democracy, Can
It Survive?” a paper written by
Elizabeth Arnreiter, St. Helen’s
Hall junior college, and read in a
discussion group pointed out, “The
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Cornish Writes on
Payment Plan
An article on “The Use of Sup
plementary Payment Plans in Ore
gon Stores’’ by Dr. N. H. Cornish,
professor of business administra
tion, appears in the February issue
of the Oregon Merchant’s maga
zine.
Vacations with pay and dis
counts to employees on store mer
chandise are the two most popular
forms of additional payment to
employees, Dr. Cornish points out.
The article is based on information
gathered and compiled by research
students from 200 Oregon stores.
Duck Bounces Beaver, 41-38
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One o Clock
Permit Given
For Tonight
Annual Senior Ball
Will Be in Igloo;
Gay Jones to Play
With women allowed 1 o’clock
permission, the dance finally de
cided for McArthur court, and Se
attle's Gay Jones and his orches
tra arriving in Eugene tomorrow
morning, the June graduating class
is prepared to present the annual
Senior ball tonight starting at 51
o’clock, stated “Chuck" Skinner,
general chairman.
Dean Changes Mind
“The dean of women’s office
has reconsidered its 12:30 leave
for the girls which was reported
Friday,” Skinner said, “and has
consented to grant 1 o’clock per
mission instead for this last all
campus event of winter term.”
The director has chosen a so
phisticated theme for this tradi
tional formal affair. Severe black
and white alternate panels on the
walls will hide the gymnastic
features of the Igloo. White crepe
paper in a lattice form will serve
as a false ceiling for the ball room.
The “top hat” idea will also be
used to decorate the band stand
and the programs.
Bargain Prices Offered
“We have received word that
Gay Jones and his 11-piece orches
tra have worked up several special
novelty numbers for our ball,” de
clared Chairman Skinner, “which
will include comedy features from
their 300-pound bass fiddle player
as well as vocal number from their
male and female soloists, Norm
Bobrow and Mars Mercer.”
Advance ticket sales are moving
fast with the bargain price offered
to those who buy theirs before
Saturday night, said Clarence
Zurcher, ticket chairman. Admis
sion at the door is $1.25, but a 25
cent reduction given if the tickets
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Students Give
One-Act Plags
University Theater
Audience Views
Five Productions
By JEAN DUNN
A thrilled and amused capacity
audience last night applauded the
presentation of five one-act stu
dent acted and directed plays in
the University theater. The five
playlets were in a sphere of their
own as the individual student di
rection piloted each upon a differ
ent current.
“Two Against the Gods’’ easily
ranks as the “thriller’’ as under the
direction of Rose Ann Gibson, the
story of entering an Egyptian
tomb was unfolded. A wierd green
half-lighting cast the impression of
mystery over the darkened theater.
Mary Staton, Mary Jane Richards,
and Adrienne Flurry gave a real
istic, if at moments too casual, per
formance.
Melodrama
Eringing laughs from the audi
ence were tw t plays of melodra
matic comedy, “The Flying
Prince,” carrying out a Sleeping
Beauty idea with a touch of Marco
Polo, gave the cast of June Bower
ly, Bill Rogers, Helen Michael, and
Byron Adams a chance to catch
forty winks while Phyllis Sanders
and Gene Speer carried the torches
of the centuries-apart love birds.
Shakespeare Recalled
“The Forks of the Dilemma”
supposedly portraying an early es
capade of William Shakespeare,
won tne audience’s chuckles of ap
preciation when demonstrating the
use of the fork, a new invention.
Dorothy Durkee, as Queen Eliza
beth, hit a responsive chord when
she decided they would serve as
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Their Last Chance Brought Victory
These senior members of the YVebfoot basketball team wound up their basketball eareers against Ore
gon State last night by helping beat the Beavers, 41 to 38. The players shown receiving instructions from
Coach Howard Hobson are: Ted Sarpola, Captain John Dick, and Matt Pavalunas. All three saw action
in the contest.
Sullivan Selects
'Prime Minister'
New Appointee to
Act as Social
Secretary to Queen
The Junior Weekend committee
has created a new appointment
this year, Lloyd Sullivan, general
chairman, announced yesterday.
The new post carries with it the
title of “prime minister.” The first
prime minister in the history of
University of Oregon Junior week
ends will be Bill Ehrman.
“The prime minister will serve
as a kind of social secretary to
the queen and her royal court,”
Sullivan said. Former weekend
committees have done nothing to
ward arranging appointments,
tours, etc., for the queen’s court.
Ehrman will take care of the
queen's appointments when she
takes her retinue to Portland for
promotional appearances.
Grace Irvin Named
Grace Irvin was appointed chair
man for the campus luncheon, Sul
livan said. George MacKin will
handle tickets. MacKin will col
lect 25 cents for each ticket from
living organizations, since none of
the houses have lunch that day.
Last year was the first year that
the ticket system for the luncheon
was used. It became necessary
when the luncheon ceased being a
University event and became a
“civic project,” Sullivan stated.
Tuesday is the last day of the
contest for finding a theme for
Junior weekend. All ballots will be
collected Tuesday evening, accord
ing to John Cavanagh, promotion
chairman.
Extra Blanks Ready
Those who have elaborated upon
their suggestions for a theme by
drawing sketches, plans, etc., may
leave their entries at the office of
Virgil D. Earl, dean of men. This
is necessary only if students are
afraid of damaging their copies.
Otherwise all entries will be placed
in ballot boxes at either the Uni
versity co-op store or the College
Side.
Extra blanks for theme writers
are available at the educational
activities office in McArthur court,
I Cavanagh said.
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Old Water Pipe
Well, How Could
WPA Men Tell?
It looked like a water pipe to
the WPA workers, so they cut
it down.
It wasn’t a water pipe, it was
the telephone cable on the north
side of the art school where la
borers are making preliminary
excavations for the addition to
the building.
Mrs. Houck, art school secre
tary, noticed that her phone was
out of commission and inquired
about the matter at the Univer
sity depot. There she found A.
H. Foote, building supervisor,
rather concerned because 26
pairs of telephone connections
had been severed. The compli
cated repair job called for a
technician, so Friday afternoon
a telephone company man got
the campus phones in working
order again. Meanwhile the art
school was phoneless, and a
number of other campus build
ings were similarly affected.
Symposium I earn
Prepares Topic
Members of the men’s sympos
ium team will speak at a grange
meeting in the 4-H club house at
the fairgrounds and at a meeting
of the Eugene Unitarians this
'weekend, according to W. A. Dahl
berg, coach of the team.
George Luoma, Roy Vernstrom,
and Kenny Maher will speak on
"Propaganda and Public Opinion in
the United States” before the
grange group Saturday at 1:30
p.m.
"Distribution” will be the topic
of Charles Devereaux and Fred
Slade Sunday evening at 7:30 at
the Unitarian meeting.
UO Graduate Will
Study at Kelly Field
Joseph E. Thomas, graduate of
the University of Oregon, is a
member of a group of student pi
lots at Randolph field which is to
be transferred to Kelly field for
advanced flight training prelim
inary to receiving their wings and
being commissioned as second lieu
tenants in the air corps reserve.
Mr. Thomas, whose home is at
Madisou, Oregon, entered air train
ing school last August. He gradu-!
ated from the University in 1939. i
Smith Announces
Speech Contest
Oregon Professor
Tells of Competition
In Chicago Talks
In an address before a theater
association at the Hotel Stevens
in Chicago, S. Stephenson Smith,
Oregon English professor on leave
of absence, announced a nation
wide competition for college musi
cal plays, sponsored by the Amer
ican society of composers, authors,
and publishers.
Professor Smith has for the past
year been serving as educational
counselor for the A SCOP, survey
ing campus and regional work in
creative arts in 50 institutions of
higher learning. As the result of
his work, eight prizes will go to
the authors and composers of the
best college musical script pro
duced during the present or pre
ceding academic year, awarded by
the ASCAP fellowship competi
tion.
$720 Fellowship
Winning authors and composers
in each division will receive a $720
fellowship to be used in further
ance of their education at any col
lege or university. Should the win
ning play be written by a single
person, the entire award will go
to him or her.
"Since the founding of ASCAP
by Victor Herbert and a group of
his contemporaries more than a
quarter of a century since, the or
ganization has always taken a
deep interest in the development
and furtherance of American cul
ture in the field of fine arts,” Pro
fessor Smith declared, “and this
fellowship competition is a step to
ward affording practical encour
agement from members of the or
ganization to the students in the
colleges and universities who may
have a leaning or inclination to
ward expressing themselves
through this medium of creative
arts,”
Producers Pick Winners
A group of leading Broadway
play producers and Hollywood
photoplay producers will judge the
eight winning scripts. Professor
Smith stated that the purpose of
the ASCAP fellowship competition
is to bridge the gap between the
experimental college theater and,
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Scrappy Oregons Keep
Title Hopes Alive With
Corvallis Hoop Win
John Dick Leads Way in Torrid Battle
With 12 Counters; John Mandic High
For Oregon State Five
By ELBERT HAWKINS
Co-Sports Editor, Oregon Daily Emerald
OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 23—(Special)
—You can’t yet count Oregon out of the northern division cham
pionship race. Tne Webfoots clung to their tiny mathematical
thread of hopes for a third consecutive title by licking Oregon
State’s Beaver basketeers here tonight, 41 to 38.
Oregon’s tossers simply shoved all thoughts of three previous
jittery losses to their rivals into the background and from the
time they walked on the court looked like a steady and confident
outfit.
To get even a tie for the cham
pionship at tlie season's end, Ore
gon must sweep four road games
from Washington State and Idaho
while the Beavers split a pair with
Washington in Seattle, but the
Ducks are still in it officially.
Only Three Points
At that, Oregon State's defeat
was only by three points before a
packed gymnasium of 4,000 fans,
but the Ducks had it won several
minutes from the finish.
It was in the middle of the sec
ond half when Oregon State's club
had previously done its damage to
the Oregons that Hobby’s outfit
came through last night. Captain
John Dick and his mates were un
der pressure as before—but this
time they shook off all thoughts
of defeat and out-tossed Slats
Gill's Beavers.
At halftime Oregon was out In
front by only one point at 17 to
16. But at the ten-minute mark,
the Webfoots held a 27 to 20 lead
and they gamely protected that to
the very end.
Beavers Fight
Oregon State fought bitterly in
the final minutes to close the gap
and did get up to 38 to 34—only
four tallies away—just two and a
half minutes before the final gun.
A free throw by John Dick on
Tony Romano’s foul, and a push
shot from out near the left side
of the keyhole by Captain John
crushed Slats Gill’s Beaver outfit.
Substitute Don Stitt tossed in
two field goals in the last 45 sec
onds but it was a futile gesture as
Oregon held a safe 41 to 34 lead
before he checked in with those
two bull's-eyes.
The losers out-fired Oregon in
actual percentage by collecting 16
field goals on 43 shots to 17 out of
62, but couldn't match Hobby’s
confident basket slingers when the
chips were down.
Seven Free Throws
Oregon had an edge on the free
throw line, collecting seven out of
11 while the Beavers were missing
seven out of 13.
Captain John Dick had a sweet
evening against his Stater rivals
who have been a headache all sea
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Art School to Have
Silver Anniversay
Twenty-fifth anniversary cele
bration plans for the University art
school were discussed at a Friday
night Portland meeting of the
alumni art league.
Robert Tyler Davis, director of
the Portland art museum, was
guest at the meeting, as also were
faculty membera of the school.
Victoria Avakian. Brownell Fra
sier, and W. R. B. Willeox were
the University of Oregon faculty
member in attendance.
Macbeth Tryouts
Reading tryouts for men's roles
in “Macbeth” will be held Wednes
day at 2 o’clock and at 4 o'clock
in room 106 Johnson, Mrs. Ottilie
T. Seybolt, head of drama, an
nounced.
The Shakespearean tragedy will
be presented some time during
spring term.
Heads AWS
Betty Buchanan, chosen Wed
nesday as president of the Associ
ated Women Students.
McCliment, Biggs
Will Head Drive
City Council to Get
Petition From UO
Student Group
In an attempt to coordinate their
efforts, student leaders backing the
proposed "share the rides" pro
gram yesterday selected Jack Mc
Climent, sophomore in law, and
Dan Biggs, freshman in journal
ism, to head the movement. Other
members of the group picked to
formulate the plan include Jack
McGuire, Ed Hoyt, Lester Thomp
son, Hay Schrick, and Wes Sul
livan.
The first move, according to Mc
Climent and Biggs, will be to peti
tion of the city council, at their
meeting Monday night to ask the
cooperation of the city in paint
ing the boxes on both the campus
and downtown.
Although no definite spots will
be designated for the boxes the
probable location will be on the
corner of Kincaid and Thirteenth,
on the corner of Eleventh and Kin
caid, and one downtown, probably
in front of Seymour’s.
When a student stands in one of
these boxes he is signifying his de
sire for a ride and passing motor
ists will be urged to pick them up,
McCliment said.
Castator Visits
The employment office was vis
ited recently by Fred B. Castator,
manager of the Pacific coast di
vision of the bulk products sales
department with the Proctor and
Gamble distributing company. Mr.
Castator plans to return within 30
days to interview eligible senior
men who desire a position as sales
men with his company.