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HIED ARCHITECTS WILL BE GUESTS OF UNIVERSITY TODAY Head of National Institute and Member of Board to Visit Campus. BANQUET RECEPTION, EXHIBITION PLANNED Program Includes Display of Work of Students in Department. Faculty and student* of the school of architecture will be hosts today to the president of the American ' Institute of Architects and a director of the na tional board of the organization. The president. Henry H. Kendall of Boston, and the board member. Robert Kolm of New York City, are accompanied by their wives, who also will be -guests on the campus. The position held by Aly. Kohn was held last year by Dean E. F. Law rence of the school of architecture here. The visit to the campus is part of an inspection tour of western chapters of the institute. The visitors will ’ e accompanied here today from Portland by a party of arch itects and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Purcell, Air. and .Mrs. George Heed, Air. and Airs. W. G. Holford and F. Aides. Air. Purcell is president of the Oregon chapter of the institute. Dean to be Host. From their arrival here at 12:25 o’clock the visitors will be entertained until their departure' at midnight for San Francisco. Dean Lawrence will be host at a 1 o’clock luncheon at the Os burn for the visitors and the deans off th/ several professional schools on the campus. From the hotel the party will come to the architecture building on the campus, where a reception will be held in the exhibition room. A guest list of 2()0 has been arranged for this affair, for which Airs. P. L. Campbell and Airs. Lawrence will act as hostesses. Rep resentatives of each of the Ilyins organ izations have been asked to #tend, as well as the deans of the various schools and representatives of each of their de partments. In the receiving line will be President Campbell, Dean Lawrence, Mr. and Airs. Kendall, Air. and Airs. Kohn, Air. and Airs. Purcell, Air. and Mrs. Reed. Airs. Campbell and Airs. Lawrence will pour. Work that has been done in the art departments for the past four or five years will be on exhibition during the afternoon. The architecture department, department of normal arts, sculpture and fine arts are among those to be repre sented at the exhibition. Dinner at Osburn. At the close of the afternoon, the en I ‘rtainment will be earr'ed on at the Osburn hotel, where a dinner is to be served to a hundred guests by the Arch itectural club. Lyle Bartholomew, who will be toastmaster, said yesterday that an elaborate program had been planned for that hour. Both Air. Kohn and Air. Kendall will speak and there will be a musical program by members of the (Continued on Page •'!.) OPAL WHITELEY WINS ADDITIONAL HONORS Oregon Author Mentioned Among Pre mier Writers in Digest Sum mary of Year I92C. Opal Whitley appears with three other Americans in a list of authors of tlie “great year” 1920, says the Literary Digest of January 20th. The Book man's Journal and Print Collector (Lon don) calls 1920 a great year in the lit erary world. Opal Wliiteley is mention ed with Henry .Tames, Mrs. Wharton and Joseph Hergeslieimer. The Digest goes on to say that 'there are suspicions circumstances as t° the genuineness Ttf the Whiteley Diary which time will yet unravel; but these do not seem so important to us as the fact that while by some of the leading reviewers this book was hailed as unique and a masterpiece, others damned it as a mere specimen of Amer ican sentimentalism. Some, again, re garded it as a true revelation of child mentality while others declare that noth ing could be more false. For these rea sons alone, its intrinsic merits or det merits apart, the book must await the authoritative pronouncement of Time.” CHAS. J. SCHNABEL, ’91, MURDERED IN PORTLAND Son of Prominent Attorney Attending University; Client Held for' Murder. (harles .T. Schnabel, prominent attor nej of Portland, graduate of Oregon in the class of ’!»1 and father of Charles H. Schnabel, a sophomore in the University, ‘lied 1 riday afternoon as a result of a bullet wound inflicted by Joseph C. Poe schi. an ex-client. Mr. Schnabel was shot in the back while waiting for an elevat or on the third floor of the court house and died on the way to the hospital. I lie slayer had apparently been brood ing over fancied greviances against the lawyer for more than ten years. Poe sclii was crippled in a railroad accident in lltlO and was obsessed with the idea that much of his suffering was due to Schnabel. lie is a foreigner and has been examined for sanity. Mr. Schnabel graduated from the Uni versity ol Oregon in 1S!)1, receiving the degree of baftielor of law. Since that time he has practiced continually in Portland and served for several years as assistant United States attorney. Charles II. Schnabel, his son, has a twin sister, who is Mrs. Edward O’Neill. Mr. Schnabel’s preliminary education was received in parochial schools in Fort Wayne, Ind.. and Grand Rapids, Mich., and at the age of 21 years he arrived in Portland where he spent the remainder of his life. Addresses Schools and Clubs In Southern Oregon. Dean Robbins returned Friday from I a three day speaking tour through Southern Oregon where lie spoke at chamber of commerce meetings at Kla math Falls, Ashland. Medford and also to high school assemblies in the three cities. Dr. Robbins stated that he outlined particularly to the secretaries of 'the various chambers of commerce the. work to he covered and the problems to be handled in the short course for com mercial club secretaries to be given on the campus by the school of commerce during the Easter vacation. The doctor is of the opinion that many of these men from this section will be in attend ance for the course. The high school assemblies were very good, the dean said, with large turnouts and apparently very enthusiastic bodies. He said that they manifested great in terest in the prospect of attending the University, when he outlined the work to be obtained in the various depart ments of the institution and the increas ing facilities being installed for the .pur pose. • Dean Robbins leaves tomorrow for Marshfield where he is to speak at the convention of the state hardware deal ers. DOZEN MAY BE OUSTED If Laboratory Fees Not Paid by Feb. 10 Students Must Go. Ten or twelve students will be sus pended from the University on Febru ary It. This is the prediction of Carl ton Spencer, registrar, who has sent notices to •'!(! or more students who have failed to pay their fees and who have until February 10 at 11 p. m. to do so. Payment of fees after February 10 will avail the the tardy ones nothing, says Mr. Spencer, and they will be forced to go home to await the opening of the spring term. They will forfeit any fees already paid and any credit earned during the term. The notices which the registration of fice is sending out are sent as an accom modation to the delinquent student*.- 1^ paying their fees the late registration fee of $1.00 will be required. MUTES PLAY BASKETBALL. The fact that they are both deaf and dumb is proving no handicap to six Port land yotTTig men who stopped in Eugene Sunday night. The sextette are all members of a national fraternal so ciety, and were on their way lo the Chios Bay country to play six basketball games. According to one of the party, it is their hope to cinch the champion ship for their organization. While no definite arrangements have been made, the men may play either a city or some other team at the Y. M. C. A. on their way hack from Coos Bay. Lemon-Yellow Ranks Third in Coast Averages With .677 Percentage. GOOD SHOWING MADE l IN GAMES WITH AGGIES Eddie Durno High Point Man In Saturday’s Contest at Corvallis. Northwest Conference Standing. Wu L. Pet. Oregon .(5 () 1000 Idaho.4 i 800 Willamette .2 2 500 Whitman*.1 1 500 W. S. ('.2 4 333 O. A. ('. 0 4 000 Montana .0 3 000 Pacific Coast Conference Standings. W. L. Pet. Stanford .2 O <1000 California.:i i 750 Oregon .4 2 667 Washington.4 2 667 W. S. C.1 • 3 250 O. A. C.0 6 000 Taking the Aggies into eani]> by a score of 25 to 22. tin1 lemon-yellow quintet completed the two-game series Saturday night at Corvallis with two more victories to their credit, placing [the varsity in a pretty safe position at tlie top of the percentage column in the Northwest Conference, and climbing to third place in the Pacific Coast Confer ence percentage standings. The Aggies appear to bo well intrenched in the cel lar as a result of the two games the last week-end. Second Game Slower. Saturday night's game with the Ag g.es was a good battle, but was again somewhat, slowed up by the close call ing oi fouls,. Durno made 11 point? o;t of 14 tries for free throws, while Stin son converted 12 out of 16 tries. Eddie Durno is credited with making 21 points in the game while Mark Latham is re sponsible for the'other four points scored by the varsity. Stinson and Arthur piled up the total of 22 points which the Ag gies garnered, Stinson making 18 points and Arthur 4. The score at the end of the first per iod ended 16 to 8 in favor of Oregon, the Aggies making a spurt along toward the latter part of the game and closing up the gap considerably although they were unable to overtake the Oregon lead. Gamts This Week. The return games will be played here this week-end, the Aggies coining here for their two-game series on th Armory floor. Washington broke even with the Bears at Berkeley, losing the first game Friday night ami winning in the Saturday night’s contest. Montana lost two games to Idaho and one to Washington State this last week-end, in the Northwest Confer ence schedules. SCULPTORS SHOW WORK Students Exhibit in Fairbanks’ Studio for Visiting Architects. Last term’s work in sculptoring is on exhibition in Avard Fairbanks’ studio today for the architects who arc visiting on the campus. This work was done by the students tiiis year without models. At the end of each month the students were asked to Mini in an original creation. The final test of the term’s work was a small original form, which will be worked on and improved during the year. The second term’s work consists of detail sculpturing and the technical parts of modeling. The third term will complete the model which was done the first term. The students will east it in plaster, and finish the perfected product. Professor Avard Fairbanks has em phasized the fact that art is creative and not imitative. He declares that the stu dents are extremely interested in the work, and are doing remarkably well. EXAMS CALLED BARBAROUS. A professor at Northwestern Univer sity has come out with the startling dec laration that examinations are barftarous and ridiculous survivals of the dark ages. Oregon Topped All States In Ratio of Enlistment Credits to Draft Quota Says Carlisle "I \vr>n<lpr. just how many of the younger students of the I'niversit.v real ize that Oregon topped all the states of the I nion in its ratio of enlistment credits to its gross draft quota/’ re marked I >r. (’lioster L. Carlisle, who has spent one year at the I'niversit.v direct ing the Oregon state health survey, which the I'niversity lias been conducting at 1 thi> request of tin1 legislature. l>r. Carlisle has been promoted to surgeon in the United States public health service. The commission carries the rank and insignia corresponding to a major in the army. “Now that the pre liminary statistical report of the Oregon state survey is in the hands of the leg islature and most of the manuscript has been edited for the full report, 1 begin to realize that I am soon to back track down the trail somewhere east of—not Suez—but let us say the Rockies,” said Dr. Carlisle. “And believe me, when I say I am going to be forever a booster of Oregon, and the IT. of O.” In speaking of Oregon’s draft record. Dr. Carlisle said: “This ratio was as 90 compared to 40 for all the rest of the IT. S. In other words ‘Oregon Fight’ was almost two and a half times Hint, of the average state the country over. That certainly is a record. It ought to make every ‘frosh’ feel an almighty big thrill of pride when he is given the chance to be an enrolled student in the school of such a state; and as ifor the man who at last acquires the right to wear a varsity ‘O’ well, judging from the Harvard game there seems to be great difficulty in ‘holding ’em.’ There simply isn’t any greater honor anywhere than that ‘O.’ “Thi> army draft findings for mental defects and all neuromental disorder's for the entire U. S. show the ratio of 15 men per 1000, rejected for such causes. In Oregon the same finding made a ratio of 11 per 1000, or nearly 50 per cent better than that of the whole ooun ’ r.v. , . . 3H “The Oregon state survey found 3094 insane persons in communities and in the two stat(> hospitals; 17."” mental de fectives in communities and special in stitutions; <1014 mental defectives are classes as delinquents, (criminals) and 9-id mental defectives were cared for as dependents. The combined total of all known insane and mental defectives in the state is 7G86. This is a ratio of nearly 10 persons per 1000 of the gen eral population. The Oregon state sur vey is therefore a trifle more conserv ative in its figures than the army draft findings. But when one considers that the Oregon state survey was wholly a co-operative citizen project, and as such could novel' have the opportunity afford ed the examining officers of the army it is nothing short of remarkable how closely the figures produced by this great citizen effort in in mental hy giene approach the official army find ings.” “One may say that for all practical purposes the ratio of 10 per 1000 is the same as 11 per .1000. That means there is one person in every 100 who is con stitutionally unfitted by reason off men tal defect, disease or disorder to take his place in the world as a constructive citizen. There is and will he always this minimum residue of one per cent of the population who will require seg regation or lifelong constant official supervision. Advance methods of care, treatment, and training hold till there is in the way of rehabilitation which should he carried out as thoroughly as possible to protect both the subnormal individual from the folly of his own acts and the ultimate interests of the tax payers.” Dr. Carlisle intends to leave the TTni versfty for which he has acquired great admiration and respect, in the near fu ture. Dr. Carlisle’s alma mater is Ohio State University where he was a mem ber of lbe»UvJta Tan De.lui -feat or ni ly, ROOKS IGl DEFEAT FROSH FI 21 ID 9 Saturday Score Is Identical With That of Friday. By a 121 to 0 score, identical with that of the first game, the O. A. C. rooks triumphed over the frosh in the second game of the series last Saturday. The frosh put up a much better game than on the clay previous but the super ior team work and play of the rooks was too much for them. It was again the frosh guard combination that looked the best on the floor. Chapman and Douglas time and again broke up the rook forwards when they were within scoring distance of the basket. The game was very rough and many fouls Were called. Altstoek and Ilockhey ’ were not able to get within shooting distance of the basket often, and couldn’t score, lioek liey made two field baskets, and Altstoek made one. Wilsey who was substituted for Altstoek in the second half scored one field basket and converted one foul. During the entire game only two fouls were called on the rooks. During the first half none were called. Eight fouls were called on Oregon. Two free throws were awarded to the rooks because the crowd was noisy when ! the rooks tried to convert other fouls. | In the second half the crowd refused to I quiet down when the O. A. C. man tried I to convert and Referee Fabre awarded \ them four more. The rooks refused to tnke these free throws, Hjelte their cap tain. saying that they wished to win on merit only. There was a very poor crowd in at tendance. The team line-ups were as follows: Oregon Frosh—9. O.A.C. Rooks—21. Altstoek.RF.Fernley Roekhey.LF.Oarrity McMillan.C .Hjelte Douglas.RC,.Richards Chapman.LO.(Jill Substitutions: (*. A. C. Rooks, Crane for Oarrity. Ryan for Crane, Alford for Ryan; Frosh, Blackman for McMillan, I Wilsey for Altstoek. Referee: Leon t Fabre, Portland. Zeta Rho Defeats Oregon Club In Doughnut Series. Hendricks hall won her second victory and /eta lllio Epsilon her first in the two doughnut league basketball games last Friday afternoon in the outdoor gymnasium. Hendricks hall defeated Thacker cottage 21 to 15, and Oregon club lost to /eta Rho by a 14 to 7 score. Eight organizations have entered teams and Pi Ileta Phi expects to enter this week. Two games each evening will be played in order to get the doughnut series out of the way oli the class games, which will soon be scheduled. Miss Em ma Waterman is basketball coach and refereed both games Friday night. Thacher. Hendricks A. Harkness.F.1.. Qilinlan I. Kendall.F.V. Quinlan V. Hughes.(’.11. King M. Byron. .7.C.A. Christie F. Cartwright.G.M. Meyers F. Anderson.G.E. Perry Oregon Club. Zcta Rho Epsilon. E. Brattain.F.M. Largent. T. Robinett.F.L. Biddle S. Martin.C.E. Largent L. Vander Sterre....('. ... E. Hildebrand L. Keizur.G.I1’. Furuset j .T. Todd.G.B. Baugh ! Substitutions: Sue Stewart for Jessie Todd, guard. MAPLE MOORE SELLS POEM. Maple Dell Moore, a junior in rhe toric, has sold a poem called “Season Sketches” lo the Munsey people. Miss Moore is from Wilbur, Ore., and is new this year at the University. She at (ended O. A. C. last year. The poem was done originally as class work. It consists of four five-line stanzas, each descriptive of a season. The poem sold on its first trip out. BOXING IS MINOR SPORT. Hockey, golf, swimming, shooting and hoxing were made minor sports in an all ! university election at the University of I Washington. Wrestling and tenuis were * retained as major sports. UHI IN PORTLAND INDORSE MICE IN OREGON STANDARDS Parents Like High Scholar ship States Reynolds, Quoting Graduates. RISE STILL HIGHER IS DECLARED ESSENTIAL Lack of ‘‘Wildcat Advertis ing” Praised; Many Good Points Are Evident. Following is aq article which is intended to give the attitude of the alumni of the University to wards the present program of stand ard raising. The writer won some distinction as an athlete while here. He is now head of the biology de partment of Lincoln High School, of Portland.—Editor. (By| Charles N. Reynolds, ’13.) Portland, Ore., Feb. -t. — (Special to the Emerald.) - After considerable dis cussion. a group of University alumni, here in Portland, reached the decision that; some good might come to the Uni versity through constructive criticism oc casionally given through the Emerald, by means of open letters to faculty and student body. If such a plan should meet with the approval of the editors of the Emerald, a letter might occasionally be sent; in expressing ideas, in a sense com ing from some informal group afr Uni versity people, or at least crystulized aft er a friendly discussion. Tin1 group referred to above, decided that the students and faculty alike, might like to hear echoes from the outside in dicating ways in which the recent cam paigns for “standard raising” are caus ing the reactions about the state, and, in particular, about Portland. That a great change has been taking place in the University, we have known for some time. While standards have been con stantly fining. a speeding up process has developed last year and this year, which calls for more attention to the facts. Adverse Conditions Changing. In Portland there are seven large high schools turning out each year about four-tenths of the boys and girls who will enter colleges and universities from the entire state. Considering only those who take up courses which are given at Oregon University, of this number, in the past, nearly one-half have gone to other institutions, notably to Washington, Berkeley, Stanford, or to schools in the East. This year, there are unmistakable signs that this ad verse condition is beginning to eliange. 1 was curious to find out the reason for this condition as well as for the present, favorable signs, and a number of parents of students planning to go (Continued on Page 3.) NENA SORENSEN FIRST TO SIGN FOR TRAVELS Oregon Graduate, Teaching In Ne braska, Wants to See Europe. The first girl to decide to spend her summer's vacation seeing the cities, hikes, castles and battlefields of Europe uud to have paid her reservation fee for tUe tour, is Nona M. Sorensen who graduated here last year and is teaching this year in Plainview, Nebraska. .Miss Elizabeth Fox, who with Miss Julia Burgess is conducting the trip, re ceived a letter from Miss Horensen in which she declared that the itinerary made her anxious to see all the places mentioned and says “The trip will be wonderful, 1 know.” It is anticipated that Charlotte Banfield and Marie Hidings will vie for second place on the reservation list. Original plans for the trip were made for a party of about sixteen, but if more than this number of girls are desirous of going no one will be disappointed. The itinerary is planned for 4 two months tour and includes sightseeing in I'aris, trips to the battlefields, a visit to Rome. Venice and Switzerland, and a tour of England and Scotland. The trip is to be made at the minimum of ex pense but is so planned that every day will be spent in seeing something new. Miss Fox and .Miss Burgess have both spent much time in the countries to be visited so the trip will be educational as well as recreative.