NO. 123.
MITES FLOCK
TOWARD EDITORSHIP
OF EMERALD; 4 OUT
John Dierdorff is Latest to
Throw Hat in Ring- For
Daily Head
IMOGENE LETCHER TO
SEEK COUNCIL BERTH
Many Positions Go Begging;
Ireland Unopposed For 1
President
A tendency of political aspirants to
flock towards certain positions is notice
able in recent election developments,
| there now being a total of four candi
dates out for editor of the Emerald.
Other offices, relatively quite important,
have been neglected by office-seekers,
and the list of positions for which no
candidates have announced themselves is
surprisingly large.
Yesterday two new candidates threw
their hats iu the ring. John Dierdorff
has announced that he will be a candi
date for editor of the Emerald, and Imo
gene Letcher for junior woman on the
student council.
John Dierdorff, candidate for editor
of the Emerald, is at present an assistant
news editor on the Emerald, having been
promotion early this year, and during last
a member of the news staff before his
promotion early this year, and during
last year. He was a member of the
Oregana staff last year, and is editor of
the feature section of this year’s year
book. He is also prominent in class and
student activities, being a member of the
junior prom "committee. He is, a mem
ber of Sigma Delta Chi, and of Kappa
Theta Chi.
Editor Race Interesting.
Other candidates for editor of the Em
erald previously announced are Stan Eis
inan, Eugene Kelty and Floyd Maxwell.
Unless someone withdraws his candidacy
at the last moment, the race for Emerald
editor will be the most interesting in
years. It is the first time in history that
there have been four candidates out for
the position.
Imogene Letcher, who is a candidate
for junior woman on the student council,
is accompanist on the girls’ glee club,
and has been prominent in musical activi
ties on the campus. She is a member of
the Ivwnma, Mu Phi Epsilon, and the
French club. She is a Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Ireland Still Unopposed.
Elston Ireland as yet remains the only
candidate for A. S. U. O. president, while
Ruth Austin and Marvel Skeels are the
two candidates out for student secre
tary. For junior men on the student
council, two to be selected. John Ander
son, “Tubby” Ingle and Harry Mayer,
are the candidates who have come out.
Inez King remains unopposed for editor
of the Oregana.
As yet no candidate for vice-president
has been announced. One senior woman
on the executive council, one junior man
on the executive council for a two-year
term, three senior men on the student
council, two senior women on the student
council, and one sophomore man on the
student council—all these positions have
as yet no applicants.
MOTHERS’ DAY TO BE
OBSERVED BY PASTORS
Eugene Ministers to Conduct Special
Services In Connection With
University Program.
The ministers "'of Eugene, co-operating
with the University committee for Moth
ers’ Day. are planning special services
for- next Sunday, May 8. Reverend Mr.
Jennings, of the Episcopal church, has
announced his sermon to be entitled. Our
Debt to Motherhood.” Reverend Mr.
Stivers, of the Christian church, will
speak on .“Behold Thy Mother.” The
choir is preparing special music for the
occasion.
Reverend Mr. Spangler, of the Congre
gational church, has notified the commit
tee that Dr. Graham Taylor will deliver
the sermon at the morning service. Dt.
Taylor is one of the greatest social work
ers of America and will be remembered
as the leader in the famous Chicago
commons work.
The topics of the sermons at the other
churches will be announced later. Clare
Ryan, chairman of the services commit
tee. hopes that all students and their
mothers will attend one of the ser' ices
Sunday morning and in this way show ]
their appreciation of the co-operation.
SCENARIO IS WANTED
FOR JUNIOR WEEK-END
Moving Pictures Will Be Taken of Cam
pus Activities; Romance
Not Desired.
Have you ever had that hankering to
show off your ability as a scenario wri
ter? According to Alfred Powers, who
has charge of the publicity work of the
l Diversity, anybody who has any ability
or thinks he has any in that line, will
have a chance to demonstrate it. Plans!
are being made to film the various Junior'
week-end activities, and some sort of a
scenario is needed to put the idea across.
There is to be no romance, hero, heroine
or any of that sort of thing, but what is
needed is some idea that will bring about
the unity of the different events. About
1400 feet will be filmed, which will give
ample play for the imagination of the
embryo writer. The scenarios must be
in the hands of Mr. Powers by May 7.
Hew Tyrrell has been selected as op
erator and Harry Smith will act. as di
rector, assuring plenty of action and in
teresting moments. The films will be
sent to the Kothacker Film Company,
of Chicago, for finishing. The pictures
will then be returned here to be sent
all over the state, preferably to the high
schools, in order that prospective stu
dents may be given some insight in col
lege life.
The various details of the scenario
must be all worked out, giving titles and
the other particulars necessary to a first
class production. If any further infor
mation is desired, it may be obtained from
Mr. Powers, in the journalism shack.
fimeTiI
BY THETAS AT FROLIC
Sigma Delta Phi Stunt Gets
Honorable Mention
(By J. S.)
The April Frolic is over, but discus
sions of it are not. Many chuckles are
still heard over the funny things espec
ially those of the Kappa Alpha Theta
stunt which won the silver cup by its
cleverness and originality. Many excla
mations persist about the notably lovely
things, especially the Sigma Delta Phi
stunt which was given first honorable
mention, notwithstanding the fact that a
gorgeous painted background, done by
Germany Klemm, refused to hang be
cause it was the chief sufferer when a
pitcher of water was upset earlier in the
evening. Much praise is spoken for the
clever costumes of the usful articles,
found on a lady’s dressing table, which
appeared in “Vanity Fair,” and won
second honorable mention for the Tri
Belts.
As to costumes, there was everything
from the gorgeous peacock (Dorothy
Fitchard), which was given the first
prize of $5, and the quaint, dainty, little
pincushion (Ethel Wheeler), who re
ceived the second prize of $2.50, to the
jolly Chinese cook (Lillian Goon), who
won honorable mention.
Color? The crowd resembled an art
ist’s palette, much bedaubed. There was
represented everything that was known to
appear in human form, besides birds and
beasts, a lip stick, powder puff, rain
bow. jellyfish, packages of Kellogg’s
toasted cornflakes, and a small army of
T. B. germs. The “Blue Devils” were
there, six strong; the Gold Dust twins,
and Aunt Jemima were present, to say
nothing of the bride, the bathing girl,
and all varieties of dancers.
Though the door was mercilessly barred
against men, (except two or three dazed
looking janitors and property men),
men’s clothing was in evidence in all its
stages from the snowy-wigged Colonial
gentleman, and the powdered, perfumed
dandy, to the modern college football
hero, proudly displaying the Varsity “O.”
The whiskered sailor and the barefoot
boy were there; there was no lack of gal
lants in khaki, and swaggering gobs. The
country pumpkin was there with his lady,
rubbing shoulders with one of the “ladies
from hell” in kilties complete.
Elegantly embroidered Japanese and
Chinese were there in flocks; Dresden
China Colonial dames, and colorful Span
ish ladies were numerous; the ever-pres
ent little girl was there, dressed in every
thing from a calico pinafore to pink
paper ruffles.
As for the stunts—they are simply
bevond description. Some of them were
whole shows in themselves. Surely, no
other time during the year is there such
a medlev of fun. beauty, grace and au
dacity. The opinion of the feminine half
of the student body seems to be that the
April Frolic was “a scream” from the
start at.7:30 to the finish at 12:30, and
that a smokeless smoker in Villard could
• not in any way compare with it. I
t
'Trip North Shows Lack of
Experience Due to
Wet Weather
CHANCE FOR TITLE
( NOT YET DESTROYED
Varsity Remains in Running
For Conference
v Honors.
Returning from their ten-day junket
trip through the north, the Varsity base
ball squad is being given no rest period
and Coach Bolder is running his pro
teges through the paces in preparation
for the two-game series with the Sun
dodgers to be played here on Friday and
Saturday of this week. The Varsity took
two out of the five conference games
played on the trip, and in the games lost,
errors, due to lack of experience counted
for scores made by their opponents. Ore
gon should have taken the second game
from the Cougars from all reports.
“I am well satisfied with the work of
the team oa the trip,” Coach Bohler said
yesterday, ’‘and it was fully as good as
I could expect.” In the opinion of the
Oregon mentor, there is a good excuse
for the losing of the three games in the
north on account of lack of experience
and the short practice period between
rains before, the conference season op
ened.
Oregon’s inexperienced infield is work
ink well, considering the disadvantages
which they have been up against, and
Bolder believes that with this year of ex
perience, another season should see the
crew playing big league ball for *he var
sity.
The Friday and Saturday games played
in Portland, proved disastrous to the Var
sity, North Pacific Dental College taking
the first one by a 7 to 6 score and Mult
nomah Club getting away with the second
contest by a 5 to 2 score. Rollo Gray
was in the box for the Varsity on Fri
day, while Art Berg handled the mound
position on Saturday. Both twirlers
worked in first class form and errors
were the downfall of the nine. Multno
mah scored their five runs in the second
game in one inning, three of them due
to one error.
According to Coach Bohler, Oregon
should win at least one of the games
from the Sundodgers this week end, and
no effort will be spared to take both con
tests if possible. Rain yesterday inter
fered with practice, but the team will
use every available bit of time to get ir
shape for the coining contests with the
Sundodgers. For the next three wTeek
ends, Oregon will play two-game series
with conference teams ou the home lot, i
and Oregon is not out of the running for i
conference honors by quite a margin, as I
yet. , !
jNew Classes Opened By De
partment Change.
The change of public speaking from
the dramatic to the rhetoric department
has been made with a view to obtaining
more efficient work by centralizing the
work of the dramatic department, and
divorcing from it the public speaking
classes. The transfer to the^rhetoric de
partment will make it possible to cor
relate study in oral and written English. r
As to the administration for next year,
several courses have been planned. There
will be a combined course in oral and
spoken English for sophomores. The
school of business administration has def
initely decided to make this subject com
pulsory for all commerce majors. A
course will be offered in extempore
speaking for sophomorA and juniors,
similar to those given in the past. Courses
in argumentation, in which more emphasis
will be placed on the logical foundation
of debate than has been previously pos
sible, are included in the plans of the
new department.
All students debating for the Univer
sity must register in this argumentation
course, and they may then present work
on University debates as partial fulfill
ment of the course. No credit will be al
lowed for doughnut debate.
Arrangements Unanimously Is
i Favored By Other North
ern Members.
SUBSTITUTION RUMORS
TERMED GROUNDLESS
University of Southern Calif.
Will Be Invited to. Take
Part In Contest
Telegraphic communications received
last night at the graduate manager’s of
fice, from the three other northern mem
bers of the Pacific Coast. Conference are
unanimous in their opinion that the Uni
versity of Oregon should go ahead with
the arrangements for the Facific Coast
Conference meet to be held at Eugene
on May 21. The telegrams were sent
in response to queries sent out by Acting
Graduate Manager Jack Benefiel, as
to the plans of the other schools to send
teams to the meet here.
Rumors that have been circulating to
the effect that the Northwest Conference
meet might be substituted at Eugene in
place of the Pacific Coast Conference
meet are groundless, according to this
information, and the Northwest meet
will be held at Pullman as it was orig
inally scheduled. The communications
received yesterday were from Professor
Dubach, of Oregon Agricultural College,
chairman of the athletic committee at
that place; Darwin Meisnest, graduate
manager of the University of Washing
ton, and J. P. (“Doc”) Bolder, director
of athletics at Washington State College.
It is also certain that the University
of Southern California will be tendered
an invitation to the meet, according to
the information in athletic circles yes
terday. An invitation was extended to
Charlie Paddock, sensational sprinter of
the southern school, to attend, and a
formal invitation was sent to their team
to participate in the meet, last night. This
action was also taken as a result of the
favorable stand which the other northern
members of the conference took in re
gard to the question of inviting Southern
California to compete.
Communications Support Oregoh.
The tone of some of the telegraphic
communications took the same stand that
the popular sentiment on the Oregon
campus has been taking for the past week
in regard to the attitude of the Univer
sity of California in the Pacific Coast
Conference meet, declaring that they be
lieved it a breach of faith on the part
of the University of California to pass
up the Pacific coast meet. This was
proved, they believed, in view of the fact
that all the northern schools were pres
ent with their teams at the Pacific Coast
Conference meet which was held at Stan
ford last spring. The communications
also supported Oregon in the stand taken
in regard to refusing to invite a second
team from California to compete in the
events.
The work on the track is progressing
rapidly and, according to Benefiel, the
oval will be in first class shape for the
conference meet. The recent rains have
drained off immediately, which assures
the meet, rain or shine, and the cinder
path will be in the best of shape for the
sprints.
Word is yet to come from Stanford
University in regard to sending a team
to the meet. An answer was not re
ceived to the telegrams sent to the Palo
Alto institution, up to yesterday, and it
is not known just what the Cardinals
will do. It is rumored that they also
will pass up the. conference meet and
send their team to the east to compete
in the I. C. A. A. A. A. track and field
meet.
r GIRLS’ DEBATES TO END
Four Organizations Will Take Part In
Final Series This Week.
The last two sets of debates in the
inter-sorority debate contest will be held
tonight and Thursday night. A com
plete schedule wit'll the exact places
where the debates will be held and the
names of the judges has not been given
out.
The affairmative Hendricks hall team
' will meet the Alpha Delta Pi. The af
firmative Zeta Rho will meet the Alpha
Phi; the affirmative Alpha Delta Pi will
debate Zeta Rho, and the affirmative
Alpha Phi will debate Hendricks hall.
The question is: “Resolved, That the
Exemption of the Panama Cana! Tolls
Originally Extended to American Coast
wise Vessels Should Be Restored.”
BLIND SOCCER COACH
IS OREGON GRADUATE
Tom Cutsworth, Teacher of History at I
Riddle, Likes Outdoor Life
and Athletics.
Tom Cutsworth, blind, teaching au
oient. medieval and United States his
tory ns well ns biology and general
science in the high school at Kiddle, Ore
gon, is u revelation to other Oregon
graduates, according to Earl Kilpatrick,
director of the extension division, who
saw' Cutsworth Saturday at a consolida
tion meeting at Days Creek.
Since his graduation from the Univer
sity several years ago, Cutsworth has
been actively engaged in educational
work. Besides his devotion to the train
ing of the minds of young Americans, lie
is coaching high school students in soc
cer and wrestling. Mr. Kilpatrick says
that Torn is quite positive that the sport
of soccer will replace basketball as a high
school sport before many years.
The woods provide Custworth with his
main recreation and he is reported to be
an expert on anything connected with
fishing aud hunting or with woodcraft.
His favorite outdoor sport, according to
Mr. Kilpatrick, is piloting University of
Oregon professors around in the moun
tains. To Dr. Raymond Wheeler he pays
a flattering compliment. After several
trips into the mountains with Dr. AVheel
er he told other members of the faculty
that he believed Wheeler to be a relative
of Joe Knowles. “A more thorough
woodsman,” he said, “or one who learned
so quickly, would be hard to find.” Of
all the men for whom he has acted guide,
Cutsworth says that Dr. Wheeler is the
only one who never takes a frying pan
along on these outing trips.
HUS MATCHES WON
BY MULTNOMAH CLUB
Portland Players Take Ten
Out of Twelve Sets
Pitted against, expert players, two of
whom were ex-state champions, the Ore
gon tennis team, composed of Smith,
Westerman, Culbertson, Jue, Garrett and
Williams, went down to defeat before the
whirlwind ploying of the Multnomah Club
team at Portland, Saturday.
Harry Gray and Walter Goss, M. A.
A. C. men, are both former state cham
pions and the Lemon-Yellow, although
making a good showing, were unable to j
withstand their onslaughts.
Twelve games were played in all, in- i
chiding those in which faculty members i
participated. The “Winged M” took ten j
of the twelve, Steve Williams being the j
only Oregon player to win his single
match. In the doubles, Garrett and
Willaims won a 6-3, 2-6, 8-6 victory over
Max Wood and Harry Gray, of Mult*
i nomah.
Recent rains have handicapped the
Oregon team to a large extent. With ;
the Pacific Const Conference meet in ;
sight, renewed efforts will be made by |
Coaches Lnrrimore and Warner to whip
their men in shape to meet the other
conference teams.
The results of Saturday’s contests are
ns follows:
Singles—Harry Gray won from Jue
(Oregon), 6-3. 7-5; Deo Mallett. won from
Culbertson (Oregon), 6-2, 6-2; Walter
A. Goss won from Kenneth Smith, 3-6,
6-3, 7-5; Catlin Wolfard defeated Harry
Westerman (Oregon), 7-5, 6-4; Williams
(Oregon), won from A. S. Prohman.
3-6. 6-3, 6-2; Roger MacVeagh won from
Garrett (Oregon), 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles—MacVeagh and Wolfard won
from Smith and Westerman, 6-0, 6-0;
Norris and Mallett won from Culbertson
and .Tun, 6-2, 6-4; Garrett and Williams
won from Wood and Gray, 6-3, 2-6, 8-6.
Faculty matches—A. D. Norris won
from Professor Warner, 6-1, 6-2; Dr.
Chipman won from Professor Larrimore
2-6, 6-2, 8-6; Ted Steffens and Milt
Frohman won from Professors Warner
and Larrimore, 6-2, 6-2.
STATUE MAY BE SEEN
“Idaho Doughboy” Is Unveilod Two Days
Each Week.
The Tdaho Doughboy, a piece of sculp
ture which Avard Fairbanks \is making,
will be uncovered on Tuesdays and
, Thursdays. Many people have tried to
see this work ns it has progressed, but
very few have been able to see beneath
the canvas covering.
This statue is for the Stuto of Idaho
and is eight feet high. Mr. Fairbanks
has been working on it for several weeks
and it is now taking the form of a sol
dier.
Victors Make Score of 25;
Betas, Sigma Nu and
Delts Tie Second
14 ORGANIZATIONS
ENTER IN CONTEST
R. Spearrow High Man With
154; Art Tuck is Next
With Score of 12
By the narrow margin of half a point
the Kappa Sigma team won the dough
nut track and field meet held here last
Saturday. The teams of Sigma Nu, Beta
Theta Pi. and Delta Tan Delta were tied
for second honors. The final score of
the Kappa Sigma team was 25 points.
1 he fact that the meet wns going to
be a close one was evidenced from the
first of the contest, and at no time could
any one team feel confident of ultimate
victory until the end of the relay which
was the last event. This was the decid
ing event, and any of the four leading
teams which entered had the chance to
win the meet if the points split in certain
fashions.
“Dope” Often Upset.
Time after time the “dope" was upset
in the meet. The first surprise came in
the first race, the 100 yard dash. From
the way Al. Grilley, of the frosh team,
has been stepping out during the season
and the way lie ran in the preliminaries
; it was believed that he would be able to
I take first place. Grilley was slow in
; getting out of his holes and finished a
fourth. “Ole” Larsen, of the Delta Tau
team, taking first. In the quarter, “Scan"
Collins was figured to win easily, but
Tommy Wyatt of the Kappa Sig team
ran him a dead heat for first place. Web
ber, the Frosh hurdler, was only able to
take a third in the low hurdles, but this
i was due to the fact that he had previous
ly entered too many events and was tired.
Ralph Spearrow took the first place in
the broad jump that had been thought
to belong to Floyd Bowles.
Spearrow High Man.
Ralph Spearrow, of the Delta Tail
teem, was high point mnn, tnking 15%
counters. Spearrow took first in the pole
vault, first in the broad jump, first in
i (he high jump, and ran in the Delta re
! 1^ team. Art Tuck, of the Sigma Nu
! team, was second for high point honors,
| with a score of 12. Art Kuenhausen and
I Webber were tied for third place with
110 points each.
. Art Tuck showed that he was back in
his true form by heaving the javelin for
a distance of feet, 5% inches. This
throw in an official meet would give the
coast championship record to Tuck. He
was also able to take a first in the discus
1 throw and placed third in the shot put.
' He did not run in the sprints, due to the
fact that in the morning preliminaries he
straiued his leg.
An exhibition two-mile race was run.
although no points were counted in this
event. Gleiin Wnlkley placed first, with
Blackburn rudning second.
Fourteen organizations entered the
meet, and about 135 inon participated.
Many new men were brought out, and
Coach Bill Hayward was able to get a
line on the men he wishes to use in the
Washington meet to be held at Seattle
next Saturday.
SAMARA TO GIVE TEA
Botany Club to See Paintings By Mrs.
Sweetser.
The paintings of Mrs. A. R. Sweetser,
whose husband, Professor Sweetser, is
head of the botany department, are soon
to be exhibited at a tea in the art build
ing which will be given by the Samara
club, honorary botany fraternity. This
collection of paintings by Mrs. Sweetser
are water color reproductions of the
wild flowers of Oregon, and are noted
throughout the state.
A recent meeting of the Samara clifb
wns held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Keeney, on Mill street, where Miss Mil
dred Johnson, an assistant in the botany
department, gave a talk on “Flant Im
| inunity.” Guests on this occasion in
cluded Professor nnd Mrs. Sweetser, Miss
' Ethel Sanborn, of the botany department.
I aud Miss Johnson.
The club members present were Fran
! ees Habersham, Wanda Brown, Edith
pirie. Elsie Lawrence. Alice Thomas.
Mildred Huntley, Elsie Marsh, Ruth San
born, Alice Evans, Mildred Apperson and
Marjorie Holaday.