MERALD
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1921.
NUMBER 3
nmwrn or
PHYSICAL WUt
FORHEHHNDERWAY
H. A. Scott, New Department
■ Head, To Make Many
Revisions
ABILITY TO BE TEST
Demonstration of Prowess Is
Necessary Before Course
Can Be Elected
Revolutionization of the old system
of physical education for men is
planned by H. A. Scott, new head of the
department, who was brought here from
Columbia University for that purpose.
Classification according to ability is
to be stressed in all classes in accord
ance with the theory that is being
adopted by physical education leaders
all over the country.
All men taking gymnasium will be
put to an ability test, the result of
which will determine whether he shall
enter the elementary or advanced
classes of sports. As usual, freshmen,
sophomores and those entering with
advancced standing who have not had
the equivalent elsewhere will be re
quired to take the regular courses.
Tests to be Uiven
All those who fail in the test will be
given thorough instruction in that of
work which they most need. Tests will
be given in the running high jump,
rope climb, two-lap run (indoors), and
in daily work, carriage, effort and pro
ficiency at the end of the first term.
This will serve as a final examination
in the physical education department.
During the term’s work regular in
struction will be given the classes in
the gymnasium. All those who take
the ability tests and pass them satis
factorily will be allowed to elect a
choice out of all the organized sports.
This will be regarded as a privilege
extended to only those who show them
selves proficient in the regular class
work. On the failure of a student to
pass the ability test, he will continue to
work with the regular classes.
Another feature of the physical
ability tests will be the competition in
regard to points. Of those taking the
tests, five men of all four classes who
pass with the highest scores will be
chosen and awarded honors by the
physical education department. A first
honor man will be chosen also out of
this group of twenty. _
Swimming is Emphasized
Swimming will be another phase of
physical education which will receive
more attention than heretofore. Each
man entering the work of the depart
ment must pass a prescribed examina
tion or receive special instruction in
that line until he becomes proficient
enough to handle himself in the water.
All freshmen must be able to swim 50
yards on the breast, using any stroke,
and on the back, using any stroke, and
be able to dive with good form. Sopho
mores must swim 100 yards on the
breast, 50 yards on the back, tread
water three minutes, do a plain front
dive with good form, and demonstrate
ability to swim without the use of the
feet or without the hands.
A plan is being put under way where
by the doughnut league teams will co
operate with the physical education de
partment in regard to all forms of
athletic activity. Teams of merit will
be awarded special honors by the de
partment as will those within the de
partment alone. Intramural athletics
will be under the supervision of the
athletic department and will be directed
with the assistance of Mr. Scott.
Object is to Teach
“In introducing this new way of
conducting the department of physical
education for men” said Mr. Scott,
“we hope to put physical education
courses on a par with the other cur
ricula in the University. Our prime
object is to teach. The ability tests
will serve as examinations of the stu
dents in what they have learned during
the year. Special attention will be
paid to beginners in all llines of ath
letics, and an effort will be made to
make each student more agile by the
end of the year.”
Student assistants will be used to
handle the classes in the gymnasium
this year. Those taking the courses in
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Oregon Picked
After Quest of
10,000 Miles
Ten thousand miles to the University
of Oregon! Erroll Murphy and his
brother Milo, have eome that far and
after visiting half a dozen colleges and
universities in as many states have chosen
Oregon.
From Sioux City, Iowa, they started
out some months ago in a car along with
their mother, Mrs. Florence Murphy, in
search of THE university. Washington
they saw and California, their own Iowa,
and others in that ten-thousand-mile trip.
They are here now and looking for a
home.
They like the University, but Eugene
does not hold such an appeal. They find
it to be a “typical college town,’’ said
in a way to infer disfavor. ‘ ‘ Work is
very hard to find here. ’ ’ That is another
objection.
MIX TO BE HELD TONIGHT
ANNUAL AFFAIR AT Y HUT WILL
BE LIVELY PARTY
Freshmen Will Be Honored; Evening
Of Oay Festivity Promised;
All Men Are Invited
Gentlemen! Introducing, the Frosh—
the babes of the class of 1925. This
cry will ring out, tonight at the Y. M.
C. A. hut, when the big annual Uni
versity men's smoker will be held to
start the new year out right. Every
man, especially every freshman, is ex
peeted to attend, according to Yell King
Oberteuffer, as the night has been set
aside by the student authorities for the
function.
The mix is the first get-together of
the year and there will be enough jazz
to satisfy the most lively. The opening
gun will sound at 7:30 sharp and from
that time until about 10:30 there will
be something doing all the time.
The frosh are expected to attend the
smoker as it will be their first formal
introduction to the campus. Men’s
living organizations are urged to see
that their men turn out in a body for
the mix. Stray Frosh, out after 7:30
tonight will be rounded up by a vigi
lance committee. There will be abso
lutely no “razzing” of the frosh at this
affair, however, their presence being
desired because of the part they play
in the main feature of the evening.
Faculty members are invited to at
tend the mix, where they will have an
opportunity of meeting the students.
They will each get just as big a drink
of cider as any hard-boiled frosh, the
committee promises.
OREGON MEN INVITED
TO FOUR INAUGURATIONS
Penn State, Cornell, Lake Forest and
Philippine University Have
Hew Presidents
Invitations have been extended to
the University of Oregon to send rep
resentatives to attend the Presidential
inauguration ceremonies at four col
leges within the next few months. The
institutions that will install new presi
dents are Pennsylvania State College,
Lake Forest University, Cornell Uni
versity, and the University of the Phil
ippines. Dr. Warren D. Smith, head
of the geology department of the Uni
versity of Oregon will represent the col
1 lege at the ceremony at the University
of the Philippines at Manilla. Dr.
Smith has been connected with govern
ment geological work in the islands for
the past year and has recently been
granted an additional year’s leave by
University officials to continue his
work at the request of the new Gov
ernor-General, Leonard Wood.
No action has been taken in regard
tjo accepting the invitations of the
oher institutions, according to Univer
sity officials.
PLEDGES ARE ANNOUNCED
Total Now Well Above Two Hundred
Mark For Men and Women
Seven more names have been added
to the li3t of those pledged by campus
fraternities and sororities since the
opening of college this fall. This brings
the total well above 200.
Following are those announced to
day: Chi Omega, Olive Gates of Hills
boro. and Sadye Eccles of Ogden, Utah.
Beta Theta Pi, Donald Woodward of
Portland. Milton Steiner of Salem, and
Lawrence Smith of The Dalles.
Kappa Theta Chi. Richard Harding
of Eugene.
Sigma Chi. Dwight French of Port
i land.
PRESIDENT URGES
STUDENTS TO BEST
ALL-ROUND EFFORT
Failure to Do Share Makes
Men Paupers, Campbell
Tells 1500
MEW CAMPUS TENOR HEARD
Dean Straub Introduces His
Frosh, and Bartholomew
Makes Address
Students of the University are “pau
pers” if they do not give back the
equivalent of what is given them, ac
cording to President P. L. Campbell
in .his address before the first student
assembly, attended by more than 1500,
yesterday. “A pauper,” the President
explained, “is one who receives and
receives and gives nothing back.”
In return for what the university gives
them, he went on, students should feel
the call to make the world a better
place to live in.
“There is no chance for happiness in
life except in activity,” the President
said. He pointed out the rich inheri
tance and the unlimited opportunity for
useful activity in the state, and said
that only through education can each
do his part to make Oregon stand out
as the best and greatest state in the
union.
For Bounded Education
Education, according to the Presi
dent, is the development of all facul
, ties to the utmost with knowledge and
i skill that will make them most ef
I fective in the long run. It is a process
! to give tone and power. Education
must not only give knowledge and
skill, but must look out for the physi
cal health as well. The speaker told
of the plan of the department of physi
cal education to build up a habit among
the students and faculty of taking at
least two hours out of doors each day.
Time spent out of doors, he declared,
gives that level good nature that makes
life enjoyable, while one who persis
tently remains inside becomes grouchy
and hard to live with.
Democracy at Oregon
One of the outstanding characteris
tics of Oregon, the President said, is
j the healthfulness of body, mind, and
j soul of the students. Other things that
! make Oregon a university with a per
; sonality, said the speaker, are democ
| racy, friendliness, and scholarship. At
democratic Oregon, he said, every one
; is taken for what he is worth regard
I less of wealth or position of his family.
I He pointed out that many of the stu
j dent officers in the past have been
students who have worked their way
j through college.
Perhaps ten percent, is the way the
| President expressed the gain in effic
! iency in the University last year. He
! voiced the hope that further gain might
be made this year, and complimented
faculty and students on the good ami
1 businesslike start already made on the
i term’s work.
The President asked that any who
might be bearing personal messages for
him from parents who were former
students, or others, see him at his of
fice in the administration building,
Saturday afternoon of this week, from
ten to twelve.
Dean Presents Class
Dr. John Straub, dean of men and
“father of the freshmen,” presented the
new class to the student body, and en
treated in his genial way, all to please
believe him “this once” when he said
I the class was the largest ever entering
i the University.
“I bespeak for them,” he said, “the
kind consideration that you have al
ways given my freshman class.” He
urged the freshmen to get in touch with
those who are in a position to help them
in the new life of the University.
Lyle Bartholomew, A. 8. U. O. presi
dent, urged the students, both new and
; old, to keep up the loyalty, friendli
ness and ambition that make the Uni
versity a school with a character.
“Friendliness,” he said, “is what makes
you speak to each other on the campus.
Loyalty is what makes you keep up
the traditions of Oregon. Ambition is
what makes you turn out for activities,
and is the biggest thing you can have.”
John B. Siefert Sings
At the beginning of the assembly
program, John B. Siefert, tenor, a new
member of the faculty of the school of
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“Biggest and Best” Put on
Biggest Show Yet, under
Direction of Sophomores
The “biggest and best” fresh class
was the main attraction at the biggest
and best freshman parade ever, staged
on the Oregon campus and in Eugene
streets yesterday afternoon. Over 250
of the infants gathered at the library
promptly on time and were formed into
a line which extended from the “nico
tine tree” to a point opposite the Ore
gon building. Here they were given
a chance to expose one of their lower
extremities, and woe to the Frosh who
failed to use his chance. Some thought
ful member of the sophomore class also
took up a collection to buy cigarettes
for his classmates, but so far no un
usual quantity of smoke has become
visible.
The paraders were then given an op
portunity to show their affection for
the senior bench, at the same time re
ceiving at’fctiouate caresses from pad
dles wielded by husky sophomores.
They were again given a chance to
demonstrate their love for Oregon by
a process of osculation upon the Oregon
seal in front of Villard. Here some of
the music-loving sophomores undertook
the job of teaching the newcomers one
of the favorite campus songs, which
fits the tune of “Glory, Glory, Hal
lelujah.”
The wearers of the green were then
escorted to the Rainbow, where their
sins were washed away by the good
old method so well known to upper
classmen of Oregon. During this
“water cure” some of the recipients of
the favors “went bolshevik,” but were
herded back into position by watchful
sophomores.
After a grand rush to the O on Skin
ner 's Butte, delayed only by a short
pause at the depot fountain, the in
fants were given some fatherly advice
by Ralph Spearow, who explained to
them the Oregon traditions and the con
sequences of their violation.
The green “sky-pieces” were then
put to good use, together with a large
quantity of lemon colored paint, the
result of which is a beautiful, clean,
\ shining “O” beaming forth from Skin
ner 's Butte this morning.
DISPENSARY IN NEW HOME
ROOMS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
BUILDING HOUSE STAFF
Specialists to Give Needed Care to
Students; Provision Made
For Athletes
Complete new quarters for the Uni
versity dispensary have been provided
in the physical education building and
the scope of the whole health program
has been widened in order that student
! health may be safeguarded even bettor
1 than before. The infirmary has also
.been renovated and. in the future only
! bed cases will be eared for there.
I Dr. William Kuykendall and mem
■ bers of the Eugene hospital staff will
i have charge of the medical tvork for
the Fall term and they will be assisted
i by Drs. Gullion, Nelson and Zimmer
! man, who will conduct a special eye,
' ear, nose and throat clinic. Provision
! is mads in the new quarters for an of
fice for Dr. Kuykendall, one for Dr.
Bertha Stuart and one for the eye,
ear, nose and throat clinic.
For Minor Injuries
1 In addition to these a surgical dress
ing room has been provided and here
minor injuries, certain small operations
and general first aid work will be cared
for. A well furnished waiting room
is included in the group.
The opportunity to have eyes exam
ined free and prescriptions for glasses
made out is expected to eliminate much
I of the physical trouble caused by de
i fective eyes, according to Dr. Bovard,
who is chairman of the Btudent health
| committee. The only expense to the
i student will be for the glasses them
selves. Ear trouble will also be given
special attention, as will ailments of
the nose and throat, whieh are largely
i contributory to auditory defects.
Open Ten Hours Daily
The dispensary will be open .from
' 8:00 in the morning until 6:00 in the
evening and after hours emergency at
tention may be secured at the infirm
ary, which will be open all night with
a nurse on duty. Two graduate nurses
will be on duty at the dispensary dur
ing hours and two doctors will be pres
ent during clinic hours. Clinic hours
are from 9:00 to 11:30 and from 2:30
to 4:30 daily except Sunday. Dr.
Stuart, medical advisor to women, will
have office hours from 11:00 to 12:00
ami from 1:00 to 2:00 daily except Sun
day. The eye, ear, nose and throat
clinic is from 9:30 to 11:30 on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Bemoval of the dispensary to separ
ate quarters insures quiet in the infirm
ary and gives more room for its work.
Last year students running in and out
of the infirmary building occasioned
considerable noise and disturbance and
robbed it of any sense of quiet and
! privacy.
Soon after the Christmas holidays the
new University physician will arrive to
take up his work. He is Dr. William K.
j Livingston, a graduate of the Univer
sity of Oregon and of the Harvard
i Medical school. At present he is resi
dent physician at the Massachusetts
general hospital in Boston. Dr. Living
stone is a very good man for the place,
according to I)r. Bovard.
One doctor will be detailed to care
for athletic teams. Ho will cooperate
with Bill Hayward, veteran trainer, in
any cases of sickness or injury.
X-ray photographs can be taken at
the infirmary and it is expected this
year that nearly all such work will be
done on the campus. Arrangements
have been made with local hospitals for
any major operations which may have
to be performed.
ADDED
LEMON PUNCH
SUNDODGER WRITER
TO STAFF
Plans For Subscription Campaign
Made; Eisman Soon to
Name Helpers
Although the financial status of the
Lemon Punch chapter of Hammer and
Coffin, publishers of Oregon ’» comic
magazine, is far from encouraging,
members of the society, at a meeting
last night, made plans for the first issue
which will come out at Homecoming.
Six issues is the goal set by the society
for the second year of the magazine.
Practically all members of last year 'a
staff have returned, and the members
of Hammer and Coffin are jubilant
over the prospects Tor a magazine
superior to that of last yeur. In addi
tion to the members of last year’s staff,
Herb Larson, who is a membor of the
Sundodger chapter of Hammer and Cof
fin, has entered Oregon and will work
on Lemon Punch. He is a writer and
his jokes and articles were featured
in several numbers of Sundodger. the
University of Washington comic. “Ep”
Hoyt and Owen Callaway, both of whom
worked hard on Lemon Punch last year,
were last night elected members of
Hammer and Coffin.
Contributions Pouring In
Stan Eisman, editor of the magazine,
will announce his staff for the first
number, and the society last night
looked over copy which has already been
prepared for the magazine. Both the
"Punch Bowl” in the library and the
Lemon Punch box in the journalism
shack were filled with contributions.
Frank Short, art editor of the maga
zine last year, has not returned this year,
but lias written the society that he will
be back for the second term. His place
will not be filled, according to action
taken at the society last night, until his
return. Allan t'arncross will remain as
literary editor.
Drive May be Put On
Plans for a subscription campaign
were discussed at tin* meeting last night,
but no definite action was taken. A
campaign, similar to that of last year,
will be held within a few weeks, and an
attempt will be made to secure every stu
dent as a subscriber. Prizes will again
be offered for solicitors who secure the
highest number of subscriptions, but full
details will be announced later.
Members of H'imM, -* and Puffin who |
have returned to college and who direct j
the publication of Lemon Punch arc Stan
Kisman, editor, Harris Kllsworth, man
ager, Herb Larson, Doc Braddock, Krn
est llaycox, Allan Parncross, Wilbur
Hulin, Roscoe Hemenway and llarry
Smith.
COMMERCE BODY GROWS
Student Organization Has Three Times
Original Membership
The enrollment of the Chamber of
; Commerce which was organized on the
I campus last year has almost been
j tripled. This is the second organiza
i tion of its kind in the United
j States and the first to become at
■ filiated with the National Chamber of
j Commerce. The organization not only
I keeps its members here in the Univer
i sity in touch with actual business prob
lems and relations but also has an em
ployment bureau which aims to place
its graduates in positions where they
are best fitted. It is also aiding mater
! ially in the research w'ork of the de
1 parturient.
Oil SCRIMMAGE
GIVEN VARSITY FOR
WILLAMETTE GOME
Lineup Indefinite For Tilt
On Salem Field; 25 Men
Will Be Taken
HARD FIGHT EXPECTED
Experienced Players to Face
Varsity: Collegians May
Spring Surprise
Daily scrimmage is the dominant
feature of the strenuous preparation
through which Head Coach Huntington
and his staff of assistants ure putting
the Oregon football squad in anticipa
tion of Saturday’s contest with Wil
lamette at Salem. At least 25 men
will make the trip and it is possible
that three full squads will be taken.
While it is still doubtful as to who
will constitute the opening lineup
against the Bearcats, Bill Reinhart,
speedy varsity pilot and half and Hal
Chapman of last year’s freshman eleven
will probably alternate at quarter.
“Tiny” Shields, who is showing rare
promise in his kicking and passing, is
almost certain to start at full. George
King and Ward Johnson also show up
brilliantly. Jordan and Parsons may
start at the halves with able relief men
in Kirtley, DeArmand and Gram.
Makeup of Line
Bark Loughlin will probably open at
center, with Reed and Bill Johnson
almost sure to get a chance. The
guards will be picked from Floyd
Shields, a varsity substitute of last
year, Rudd Brown varsity end, who has
been shifted to guard position, Horace
Byler, McCraw and McAlister.
"Spike” Leslie, a two-year varsity
letter man will likolv start at one of
the tackles, with “Scotty” Strachan,
who won his letter last yoar at guard,
as his running mnte. Hugh Clerin and
McKeown are two other candidates for
lino berths who are likely to got action
Saturday.
Salem football fans will got a chance
to see Captain Mart Howard and Neil
Morfitt, last year’s ends, in action.
Vic Risley, Hunk Latham and Karl Von
der Ahe are sure to make the trip and
Hunk Latham, who has been showing
up well in practice, is likely to Htart
with Mart Howard in the initial line
up. Howard, is rounding into shape
nicely and is living up to the promise
of former years.
Willamette Team Experienced
“Shy” is not especially optimistic
over the situation and will rely on
straight football to down the collegians.
While little is known of Willamette’s
strength it will be an experienced
eleven that faces the Oregon gridsters
Saturday. Practically every old man,
with the exception of Tubby Irvine, is
back in a suit, though the most likely
of the freshman prospects are said to
have accompanied Coach Matthews to
Washington, where ho is acting as as
sistant to Enoch Bagshaw.
Willamette sprang something of a
surprise last fall in fighting Whitman
I to a finish after the Missionaries all
but defeated the University of Wash
ington earlier in the season.
| Willamette’s new coach, Roy Bohler,
is expected to put out a real team, as
he visited many of the big eastern uni
versities last fall in order to secure the
latest ideas in football strategy and also
took a summer course under the great
Zuppke at Illinois.
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE
COURSE WILL BE GIVEN
Father O’Hara Arranging for Two
Lecture Hours Each Week
In Newman Hall
. Plans for conducting a course in
! Christian Literature are being com
j jdeted by Rev. Father Edwin O’Hara,
Eugene. The course, which will con
! -list of two hours of lecture each week,
| will be given at Newman hull. The
fall term will be devoted to the Pat
i risfic period covering the first six cen
j turies of the Christian era. The writ
\ ings of the principal Christian teach
ers of this important period will be
studied.
The library at Nfewman hall is being
| equipped with a special view to provid- f
ing reference literature for these
courses. The course in Patristic litera
ture will begin the first week in Oc
tober and will be opened to all stu
dents of the University.