VOLUME xxn. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1921. FtOMTl BOLES ARE ■TESTED IS 1F1 BY CM NELSODI. 13 Restrictions On Student Body Activities Declared Not Beneficial. GOOD WDLL OF ALUMNI SAID TO BE INJURED Much Good Derived By Uni versity From Extra Work Says Graduate. A communication lias been received by the Emerald from Carl K. Nelson of the class of 1919, football letterman, mem jber of To-Ko-Lo and Friars, major in commerce, who is now a traveling bond . salesman for Keeler brothers of Port land. The communication follows: jEditor Oregon Daily Emerald: , I'hiR open letter to the faculty is writ ten as a protest against certain faculty rules which are militating against the welfare of the University. My hope is , that a thoughtful consideration of these matters will help to bring about an early rescinding of the rules which have brought about this unfortunate situa tion. The basis of the trouble is the faculty ruling that any student, attending less than certain prescribed grades shall not he eligible to represent the University in any extra-curriculum activity. This rule seems to apply to journalism, athletics, glee clubs, and all forms of college ac tivities. The placing of a large number of glee club members and of Chapman of the basketball team on the ineligible list are the latest cases in point. Rules Stifle Activity. In my travels over the state, I have occasion to visit with many of the old University students, and to a man they arc emphatic in their declaration that these restrictions are absurd, unfair, and not conducive to the end sought. They serve merely to put a premium on Inaction and to stifle aggressiveness and ambition. Their effect is only to lessen collcgo enthusiasm and college spirit. And even if they were effective, the loss 1 which accrues to the University as a whole would more than equal the gain when the relatively small number of stu dents is taken into consideration. As a matter of practical consideration, the advertising and goodwill which ac crues to the University through these extra-curriculum activities have been o'* incalculable value. The prestige an', support which has come to the .Univer sity from its athletic teams alone has done more to put the University on the map than any amount of promotion work or advertising could do. I heard legisla tors at Salem last winter say that the Harvard-Oregon game was worth more to the state of Oregon in advertising than any event in the history of the state. I likewise heard an O. A. Cl. mem ber say that “I suppose Oregon can get anything it wants now that. it. has been so well advertised.” Should the sche duled glee chib coneert in Portland be called off because of the placing of some of its members on the ineligible list, a great deal of harm and injustice will be done by the University. These are but practical Illustrations of the wisdom of extending ourselves just as far as we consistently can, rather than curtailing our activities. Support is Endangered. There is a common feeling on the part of the faculty that the University’s fi nances are permanently assured now that ' the milluge tax has passed. I would oail their attention to the fact that less than three days ago, a bill was introduced in the legislature at Salem which aims to abolish the millage taxes for educational purposes, and force the institutions con cerned to come before the legislature for biennial appropriations as of some years pgo. One doesn’t find O. A. €. sanction ing any program, much loss initiating it. *bieh promises to lose a large measure of popular support to their institution. As for the student himself, nearly every alumnus I have talked with says , that the experience gained through par ticipation in college activities is of at least as much value to the student in after life as what he learns in college classrooms. Impartiality Asked. No one ean object to the general rais mS of the scholarship level, provided the stiffening up is done sensibly and grad ually. Likewise this is not a pica for special consideration for men and wo- . (Continued on Page 4.) Honor System, Being Practiced By Law School Students with Excellent Results, Says Dean Contrary to the impression that with the rejection of the honor syitein by the school of commerce, no part of the Uni versity is operating under that system, he school of law is governed by an lonor system of its own. In the system as adopted by the law school, the students are not. required to •eport cheaters. It is, however, more of i. true honor system than the student policing system, according to Dean Wil iam G. Hale. No student, committee has been ap vointed to handle cases of cheating, the 'acuity believing that the attitude of the >thcr students would be sufficient pnn shment. “My opinion,” says Dean Hale, “is hat if a student, to the knowledge of his ilassmates, violated his honor, the group would practically ostracize the offender, riie force of public opinion in the group will help to keep the weak student in ino, and if he does not remain in line, it will hove the effect of driving him from ;hc University.” A similar system is practiced at Stan !ord, according to Professor W. C. Dal «ell. who was formerly an instructor there. Professor Dalzell remembers only one case of cheating under the Stanford honor system, and in that ease the students simply refused to have any thing to do with the offender, until he found it so uncomfortable that he finally left the school. The opposite extreme is found at Har I vard, according to the dean. Seats are far apart in examination rooms; the stu dent is assigned his seat by the faculty; several instructors are in the room dur ing the examinations; and if a student loaves the room during an examination he is followed by a monitor from the time of bis exit to his return. “I believe in one extreme or the other’’ says Dean Ilale, “either the true honor system as we have here, or the most systematic method of watching. The system that is in between is really the most vicious.” There are two reasons why the honor system is successful in the University of Oregon law.school; first, the class of students, and second, the nature of the work. The students are a homogeneous group, all of one professional mind, and most^of them are members of one or the other of two law fraternities. Then, too, the nature of the questions asked in examinations is such that it is almost im possible to cheat. The student can cith er answer them or he cannot, and a word or hint would be of little aid to him. University Aiding la Work of Historical Society. The school of education is at present loing considerable work in tile gather ng of local history, especially the edu cational history of Oregon, says Dean II. D. Sheldon. The Oregon Historical • Quarterly, which is edited by Professor [*'. G. Young, published in its last issue wo articles prepared here last year; >tie on early Methodist education in Iregoii, by Read Bain, a graduate of iVillamette University, who is now an issistant in the economics department it the University and is working for the legree of M. A.; the other an article on lie normal school question in Oregon, jy John C. Almaek, acting director of he extension division. The last issue of )ld Oregon contains an article by II. D. Sheldon, dean of the school of educa ;iou, on the history of graduate work at ;he University. Several other articles in the history of the Uhiversity are soon :o appear in the Oregon Historical Quarterly and Old Oregon, says Dean Sheldon. Dr. R. C. Clark of the history depart nent, and students under his direction ire at present preparing a source book if Oregon history. The research coun cil recently granted I)r. Clark an appro priation to complete liis studies on the lonstitutionnl history of Oregon. Students under Dean Sheldon are al io preparing a catalog of all sources of University of Oregon history, such as [>arly letters concerning the University, journals of the old literary societies, old •atalogs. and the minutes of meetings of the regents and faculty of the University in early days, according to Dr. Sheldon. new course is planned Mrs. Beck to Teach Instrumental Music for Public School?. Instruction in instrumental music in J the public schools is a plan in which Mrs. Anna L. Beck is working in her public school music classes. Although no defi nite classes have been started as yet, they will be shortly, and applications for j music teachers and supervisors who are able to teach instrumental as well as vocal music have been coming from all over Oregon, as well as some other states. The first classes in this work will be in piano and violin, and will begin some time this term. extension teacher visits. F. Miron Warrington, instructor in foreign trade at the Portland extension center, was in Eugene, Friday and Sat urday of last week visiting the commerce classes, and also spoke before tbe Fort nightly Club on Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Warrington were dinner guests of John C. Almaek, acting director of ex tension division, Friday evening. j Men Will Be Allowed $1.00 A Day at R. 0. T. C. School. Information regarding the E. O. T. C. summer camps has been received from the Headquarters of the Ninth Corps Area. The quota of men to be sent to Infantry Camps from the Ninth Corps Area is set at 427. As to the other branches of the service there is no ex act quoti named. Major E. C. Baird says that he will do all he can to aid the men to, fill the requirements and hopes to send at least fifty from Oregon. The location of the Infantry camp for the Ninth Corps Area is not yet defi nitely known; but will most probably be held at Camp Lewis, Washington. The field artillery camps will be held at Camp Knox. Kentucky; cavalry camps at Presidio of Monterey, California; coast artillery corps at Fort Winfield Scott, California; engineer corps at Camp Humphreys, Virginia; signal corps at Camp Alfred Vail, New Jersey; motor transportation camps at Presidio of San Francisco, California; and for the or dinance camps at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. Information in re gard to the location of the air service and medical corps camps will be furnished later. Students wishing to attend these camps will receive free transportation to and from the camps, free maintenance while at the camps, pay at $1.00 per day and (at Oregon) the faculty will grant six credits for each camp attended. These camps will extend over a per iod of six weeks beginning about the mid dle of .Tune; the exact dates will be re ceived later. Men attending these camps not only received a thorough military training but if eligible receive commis sions or non-commissioned officers war rants. SNOW PLEASES ROMIGIO Freshman From Philippines Sees First “White Rain.’’ Emnigio P>. Itonquillo. law freshman, who hails from Tubao, La Union. Phil ippines. saw snow for the first time in his life Saturday and as a result he is spending all his spare time in the library reading up on the strange sub stance he calls “White Ram.” “Snow is a peculiar thing,” said Eo migio as he told how, af'er catching some of the white flake-s in his hand be jiad tried to examine them but the white flakes had disappeared and only rain was left. “I call it the White Rain.” he said, “and I hope there will be more snow while I am here. When I tried to catch ,it. I had to move my hand cautiously, and I had great fun with the white rain.” Ronquillo has been in the United ■states only six months. » Former W. S. C. Star Coaching Aggregation From Prep School. GAME TO BE PLAYED HERE ON JANUARY 28 Husky Players Loom Big For Interscholastic Honors of State. (By Leith F. Abbott, ’ex-21.) Pendleton, Or.. Jnn. 14. — (Special to the Emerald.) — Pendleton high school basketbull team which will meet the Oregon freshmen five on the men’s gym nasium floor January 2S, according to | present plans, has a team which bids fair to be a strong contender for state interseholastic honors this year nnd one which will give the first year men plenty of competition. The team is coached by Dick Hanley, famed W. >S. C. football star who last season piloted the Pendleton football team to the eastern Oregon interseliolas tic championship with an undefeated sea son of seven games and the quintet he has formed this season is composed of five hoop ball artists who have had years of experience with the round ball. Of particular strength is his forward combination, with his brother Myron Hanley and Kenneth Stendal playing the roles of point annexers. Both men are football stars and played for two years on the Nortl) Central high school and Lewis and Clark basketball teams of Spokane respectively before enrolling in Pendleton high school last September in order to pass their final year of high school athletics under the tutelage of Coach Ilanlcy. The two are husky chaps and on the floor work with a celerity and evenness that is pleasant to watch. Dick Lawrence, as tall as Bill Mc Millan and huskier, is holding down the position at eenter and his stature nnd one year of experience on former Pen dleton teams make him a formidable player. Coach Hanley has two men at guards who will give a good account of them selves. They are, Captain Charley Ca hall, small but aggressive whose basket throwing ability makes him an admier ablc running guard and Bill Kramer, football captain-elect, a chunky lad with bull dog tenacity. Jess Tergeson, captain of last season’s football team and a player on former Pendleton basketball teams, will probably be tlie successful candidate for the sixth berth on tjio squad to tour the Willamette valley. In the only gnjne of any importance that the team has mixed in so far this season the quintet performed in n man ner far beyond even the wildest hopes of local fans. The team met the crack Walla Walla high school quintet at "Walla Walla last week and ployed the fast Gar den City team a hangup game, ending with the score 21 to 20 in favor of Wal la Walla. A foul called as the final whis tle blew was the means by which the local quint lost. Considering the fact that Jthc Walla Walla quintet this year is composed of the same five players who last year won the state interseholastic title of Washington enhanced by the fact that the Washingtonites have been prac ticing together for the past, three months, the strength of Coach Hanley’s team becomes evident. POT AND QUILL ELECTS Three New Members Taken Into Wo men’s Literary Organization. Miss Grace Kdgington. of the English department of the University of Oregon. Geraldine C' a r t w e 11 a nil Jessie Thompson were elected to Pot and Quill at the meeting of that organization at the home of the president. Lillian Auld, on Thursday evening, January lit. At that time Miss Aul'l read a short story from the December number of the ’ Portland “Spectator,” entitled ‘ The Ta ble of My Lady’s Knight.” which was written by Gwladys 1 So wen, a member of the club. The aim of Pot and Quill is to encourage writing among the women of the University. Plans were made for a ter. which will be held at Miss Auld’s home next Fjridav evening as a joint meeting of Pot and Quill with Ye ’Tabard Inn. An unusual program is promised for this affair, to, which a number of the faculty will be in vited. A story by Miss Cartwell, which was read to the girls at their last meet ing, will be one featuie of it. LEGISLATORS INCLUDE THIRTEEN U. 0. ALUMNI Five Farmer Students in Senate, Eight In House This Session, One Serving 6th Term. Kivu members of the Oregon state sen ate for 10111 and eight members of the house are University of Oregon aluiuni, according to the Oregon Voter of Jan uary 1. This totdl of 111 leads all other universities and colleges represented in the legislature; the next nearest being Willamette with 7 members in the house. Senators who received their early training in the University are: Robert S. Farrell re-elected for the sixth time from .Multnomah county, F. II. Porter of Portland, is serving his fifth term; W. W. Banks. Portland, is in the sen ate for his second session: O. B. Rob ertson, who hails from Condon, and Jay Upton of Prineville are in for their first term. The representatives are given in the Voter as follows: Bouts K. Rean, speak er. A. II. Flint, Philip Hammond, Frank lin F. Korell, K. K. Ivubli, IT. ,T. Over-, turf. Albert S. Roberts and C. E. Wood sou. Mr. Beau besides holding the position of speaker Is given the distinction of having served through more sessions of the Oregon legislature than any other representative; and in every session lias been one of the principal leaders. Mr. Beau has always taken nn active inter est in the affairs of- the University throughout the many years that lie lias made his home in Eugene. sm will n EDMS' CONFERENCE Officers Are Elected at Final Meeting Saturday. Robert W. Sawyer, editor of the Bend Bulletin, will head the Northwest News papermen’s conference next year. The officers for the coming year were elect ed at the final meeting of the session last week-eud. Mr. Sawyer succeeds €arlc Abrams, managing editor of the Salem Statesman. Herbert J. Campbell, assistant, irmn aging editor of the Portland Telegram was elected vice president. Professor George Turnbull, of the University school of Journalism, suc ceeds himself as secretary. Dean Eric W. Allen, of the school of journalism, will continue next year in the position of chairman of the program committee. E. A. Koen, publisher of the Polk County Observer, of Dallas and Elbert Bede, editor of the Cottage Grove Sentinel, are the other members of the program com mittee. WASHINGTONIANS WILL MEET ON WEDNESDAY Plans for Permanent Organization; Elec, tion of Officers ef Cam. pus Club. Students from the state of Washing tou will meet at the Y. M. C. A. hut at 7:.‘10 o’clock Wednesday night to take the final steps in the organization of the Washington club on the campus.- This was the announcement made last even ing by Jack Braddoek, whyrfs one of the organizers of the new club. “There is every reason why the Wash ingtonians should get together,” said “Doc” Braddoek. “At the University of Washington there is n good sized club made up of mefi nnd women whose homes are in the state of Oregon. This Oregon club is one of the prominent or ganizations in studopt activities.” At the meeting Wednesday evening, officers of the club will be elected and final plans for the permanent organiza tion as well as activities will be made. Preliminary plans have been laid for several social functions to be held during the year. FROSH ENTERTAINED Wild Time Indulged In At Kappa Sig Smoker. t The “likker” was cider, the wild “wimmyn” only painted men and the ( gambling stakes but stage money, yet the 'two hundred or more who attended the frosh smoker at the Kappa Kig house last Saturday night report a rip roarin’ [ time. Delta Tau won the prize for the 1 best stunt by staging a rather naughty take off on King Soloman’s glory. A cleverly wicked vaudeville skit won sec ond place for Friendly halt youngsters. •Trrr OREGON TOSSERS WIN SECOND CM FROM nouns 30-ie mr Visitor’ Speed But Goal Shooting Not Up To Standard. BETTER PASSING POMfe PLEASES HOOP GOlW ‘‘Hunk” Latham Counts S Points and Durno JO; Downie, Chemawa, $. r -—* ' AVith a score of 30 to 16, the CjiltW,* sity of Oregon quintet Saturday nlght annexed the second of a two game; bas ketball scries with Chemawa. Tie #Mi<* which was played in the new Arnio^ was the third battle staged by Cbatiti'O." M. Fabler’s men this season. Although fighting hard, the Indhu><* failed to successfully take the offensive. Their inability to get within short ta#i* of the hoops forced them to tala loAf shots at the baskets, "which netted them but little. Oregon was blocked a utany times when almost within *g|Wjk scoring radius, but the Indians wcri.iti^* able to take advantage of their own Op portunities. Betties, the diminutive Chejitai^ guard, played the stellar game. for.'tjto visitors with his brilliant' w#■. Durno 10.....LF.Bottles 4 M. Latham 6.RF . . .,R. Downif jDi II. Latham 8. C .. .. ....Shepard Boiler 2.,...LO...LlljetttM Reinhart 4.RO.. .. ....Nl*6 Substitutions: Chemawa none. : 0ra* gon, Base for Afnrk Latham. 'Score*: Chemawa field goals 7; free throws e&h verted 2. Oregon field goals 13; fir& throws converted 4. Referee: CoVetnan of O. A. C. , •' : . - B. J. GIFFEN TO LEOTintJl Near East Will Be Stadia# by Stldaal ( Volunteers at Y'. W. C- A.' - • • t The student volunteer .band ha a; de cided to take up the Near East £j‘o|h-'' lem under the guidance of Rev. Btocji. Giffen, student pastor, who bas.fsptjijt some tunc in these countries and under stands the work. ». The first meeting of the org*alM#ptt; '.since the election of officers Win,be w» ,day at the Y. AV. C. A. bungalow. Lonifle (Davis is the newly elected ptesidc^. aWP (P. E. Christenson, secretary. Plads (will be discussed for the visit of . a.».rtu* /lent volunteer representative bere abpnt January 30. ' r ____ ' ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED. Tile engagement of K. Stanley Kvanu, 'of Monmouth, to Miss Thelma Leffel, of 'La Grande, was announced yesterday. Mr. Evans is a senior in the University and is a member of Kappa Tbeta Chi.