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Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME XXIII. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1921. NUMBER 10 STUDENTS URGED TO ADOPT STAND FOR DISARMAMENT Penn State College Suggests Mass Meetings on Eve of Big Conference MOVEMENT GAINS IMPETUS President and Vice-President of A. S. U. 0. Heartily in Favor of Idea Possibility of united action on the part ■of the universities and colleges through out the United States, favoring disarma ment, on the eve of the disarmament con ference to be held in Washington, D. C., December 3, is seen in a wire received here from Pennsylvania State College yesterday. The telegram urging action on the matter was sent to the president of the student body and the editor of the Emerald. The text of the message was as follows: “Pennsylvania State College suggests united student action favoring disarma ment. Each college to hold a mass meet ing deciding upon the proper poreedure to follow. United Action Urged “It is suggested that on December 2, a mass meeting be held in all the colleges throughout the nation and a resolution passed, this to be wired to a delegate sent from each college to Washington D. C., who will present the resolution to the conferees attending the disarmament con ference December 3. ’ ’ The message closed with the word that the movement was gaining momentum . throughout the east and urging that the word be carried along to the colleges in this district. It was signed by E. E. Overdorf, chairman of the student gov ernment council at Pennsylvania State College and by C. T. Douds, chairman of the committee on disarmament. Progressive Says Bartholomew Lyle Bartholomew, president of the A. S. U. O. declared last night that he be lieved the movement one which should receive serious eonsideratian by the stu dent body of the University of Oregon. “This progressive idea is in line with our policy, ’ ’ he said, ‘ ‘ and I believe that we should by all means get the student opinion on the subject. ’ ’ Norton Winnard, vice president of the A. S. U. O. declared himself as being heartily in favor of such a movement providing it be carried out to a success ful conclusion. That united action on the part of the university and college student associa tions throughout the country would have considerable import with the conferees at the meeting was the opinion of all who were interviewed on the subject. Wide Endorsement Given The disarmament conference has been ; endorsed by civic organizations through 1..—-, (Continued on page three) Ghosts of Old Kincaid Pass in Penned Review By JEAN STHACHAN “Eight there is where I got away from the Aggie’s tackle when I made that touchdown,” or “right there is where I dug my nose in the mud when ■Washington got me on the two yard line.” Such might be the comments of some of Oregon’s football stars who made their fame on old Kincaid field. But in a short while, perhaps “right there” the spot so dear to the heart of the hero—may be covered up by the University science museum building, or a building for science class rooms, the plans for which are already pretty well erystalized in the mind of W. K. Newell, superintendent of grounds. With the tearing down of the old grandstand, Kincaid field is losing its last tangible reminder of the glorious victories apd the equally glorious defeats in football and track, staged by Oregon between the years 1901 and 1918. The four acre plot was part of a large tract owned by H. R. Kincaid, a citizen of Eugene. It was definitely secured by the University for an ath letic field on March 21, 1903, although it had been used as an athletic field for sometime. At that time no funds were available for the purchase of the ground, but it was secured on a five year lease, $300 annually, with an op tion to purchase any time for the sum of $10,000. As the plan was to own the field eventually, it was graded for sports in 1903, at a cost of $1200 or $1500 which in the opinion of L. H. Johnson, comp troller of the University, was an ex penditure which would be equal to $5,000 now. The purchase of the field was made on October 24, 1908. The plot was never formally named but was called Kincaid field after the former owner. Grandstand and bleachers were erected by the alumni association, and I famous football men as the two Latour ! ettes, Jack and Earle (“Sap”), Eberle ! Kuykendall, “Dutch” Thayer, Joe i Templeton, Fred Zeigler, “Chuck” Taylor, and many others. “As I think of the early days of athletics on Kincaid,” said Professor j H. C. Howe, former faculty member of the athletic council, “I have mental pictures of Anse Cornell, the little, run ning quarterback who took the breath I of the spectators; and “Weary” | Chandler, who used to sit in class with an expression of great weariness and who played football like a demon, j “Weary” was one of the most wonder ful players Oregon has ever had. Then there was Fred (“Khaki”) Moullen :—“Iron-toe Moullen” as he was called. Nobody ever saw such kicking else | where, as he did. He could stand at ; the goal and kick the ball past the | middle of the field. Time after time, 1 he was made to sit down and take off ; his shoe to show that he did not have 1 a piece of iron in it—no one could j understand such kicking. (Continued on page threo) TYPHUS WOE IS TOLD * * * * * * V * * I Russian Relates Suffering ********* A O IF OREGON STUDENT Vivid details of death and suffering more realistically hideous than Dante’3 picture inferno; an 18-month trip with the American Bed Cross anti-typhus train through plague-stricken Siberia; stories of university life in Vladivostok, where students, <300 crowded into a room hardly large enough for 40, took notes by the light of two candles,— these are only a few experiences which Wasily Muller, recently arrived from Bussia and now registered in the pre medic department of Oregon, has to relate. Muller, who was business manager of the sanitary train of 36 cars with a personnel of 42 men—a long white train which slowly moved over the snowy wastes of Siberia to Chelrabemsk, near the Urals, in February, 1919—is only 23 years old. ‘ ‘ They called me the young fellow, ’ ’ said Muller when referring to his com rade, that little group of men, several of them Americans, who, for human ity ’s sake,'' as Muller termed it, ‘ ‘ visi ted the typhus afflicted districts of Bussia, treating 200,000 men.” Five of his comrades died, two were stricken with paralysis, and only one man out of the 42 did not get. the typhus. That man was Muller. Very minutely and technically, the Russian student explained that spotted typhus, a peculiar disease, is caused by the bite of a parasitic louse. After the period Of incubation, the fever of the victim goes up to 104. Then after the crises is reached, the temperature rapidly drops and unless checked death will result in the great majority of the cases. The Japanese army of occupation is using the ‘‘hard hand” in Russia, as Muller termed the mailed fist of the Nippon, after fruitlessly searching for the appropriate word. Starving Chin ese come over the border unchecked and pillage the homes of the disarmed peasants. Conditions in Russia are in conceivable, said Muller. ‘‘I cannot understand how a human with brains can be a bolshevik. I have been through 14 revolutions and am tired of them. ” Frequently as Muller related his ex periences amid death and bolshevik desolation, he would reach for his Eng lish or Russian dictionary. “My father is a Dane by birth and is now an in structor in the Far Eastern university at Vladivostok,” said Muller when ex plaining his non-Russian name. His mother was a Russian. “Kulomsino,” said Muller “was called the station of death. With the Kolchak army retreating and the bol sheviks advancing, the scene was ter rible. It was in the summer time, one year ago. The dead were placed in cars with ice until wagons came and hauled the bodies away. Holes were dug, and perhaps 90 men would be buried in one hole. A wooden cross would be erected above them with no names—only ‘90 men’.” In a low voice and with a slight mois tening of eyes which unwaveringly looked into those of his interviewer, Muller told about the death of his com rade, Captain F. Conner, 20-year-old commander of the train of mercy, after the previous director, Captain Buke ley, now director of the First National Bank of Honolulu, had been taken sick. Near Novonilolaevsk, Captain Conner and Muller walked six miles through the cold and snow to their train. Con ner contracted typus and died. The white train, the only Red Cross train west of Omsk, was known to millions of Russians. The marching armies and peasants were, always glad when the train neared, since food could be procured and disinfection for the dreaded typhus would be given. After spending 18 months in the ty phus districts of Siberia, the train, with only a few of the original personnel, was forced back to Vladivostok by the advancing bolsheviks. “And now what are you going to study?” asked Muller’s father, a gradu ate of Cambridge, when the lad arrived home. “Medicine,” was the reply. And although his father had thdught the Siberian expedition would have made the study of medicine repugnant to his son, Muller intends to complete his medical education at Oregon and then go back to his own country. ORECHESTRA TRYOUT HELD Results of Tests for Women’s Glee Club To Be Announced Tryouts for positions in the Univer sity orchestra are still being held and the list of successful aspirants will not be known before the end of this week according to Rex Underwood, director. The second of the final tryouts for places in the Women’s glee club will be held this evening. Leland Coon, director, expects to have the club’s personnel complete by Wednesday of this week. NEW SLOGAN SELECTED “JIM GILBERT, 1903“ SUBMITS WINNING SHIBBOLETH Phrase to be Used in Advertising Home Coming; Dierdorff’s Second Choice “Home to Meet ’Em, Back to Beat ’Em. ’ ’ This is the Homecoming slogan. It was submitted by Dr. James Gilbert, present member of the University fac ulty, affectionately known by count less alumns and students as “Jimmy,” who submitted the phrase, along with four others, over the name of “Jim Gilbert, 1903.” The slogan selected was the unani mous choice of Jack Benefiel, Jeannette Calkins, Karl Onthank, and Norton Winnard, the committee named to pro cure a slogan for the 1921 Homecoming to be used on all advertising for that event. Several other phrases were considered very good among the 16 selected for final consideration. “Reunite for Ore gon fight!” submitted by John Dier dorff, was second choice of the com mittee. Other slogans worthy of men tion were those of Wallace Walsh, “Oregon pep makes Oregon rep!” and Frank Mayer, “Oregon fight wins!” D. E. Patterson, ’22, who is teaching school at Alma, sent in a slogan from there. The chosen slogan will be featured in the first issue for the year of Old Oregon, which will be out about the end of October. It will also be used on let ters sent out to the various alumni. Th slogan last year was, “You can’t beat Oregon fight!” GREEN CAPS BACK AT WISCONSIN The University of Wisconsin stu dents by a heavy majority vote in popu lar elections decided to reinstate class rushes and green caps. EMERALD BUSINESS STAFF Members of the Emerald business staff whose names appear in the masthead in this issue are requested to meet in Professor Thacher’s room in the journalism annex tonight. The meeting will be held promptly at 7 o’clock and several important matters will be discussed. PLANS FOR RAISING $500 DEFICIT MADE BtlMAN’SLEAGDE Series of 3 Concerts Expected to Clear Debt Left From Symphony Concert SEASON TICKETS ARE $1.50 Irwin Mutch, Dean Landsbury Cyrena Van Gordon Will Appear in Recitals In order to raise the $500 deficit left by the Portland Symphony orches tra concert which was given on the campus on May 7, the day of the dedi cation of the Woman's building, the Woman’s League is giving a series of three concerts this term, the first of them on October 26. A special rate of $.1.50 for a season ticket for the three is being made in the hope that all the concerts will be uniformly attended. Tickets for the single concerts will be $1.00. Cyrena Van Gordon, prima donna mezzo-contralto of the Chicago Opera dezzo-contralto of the Chicago Opera Company, will appear on October 26, while J. Irwin Mutch, baritone, will be the attraction on November 12, ami John J. Landsbury, dean of the Univer sity school of music, will give a piano recital on December 9. Unless other plans are made, the concerts will be held in Villard hall. un .Northwest Tour Miss Van Gordon is at present on a Northwestern tour under the direction of the Elwyn concert bureau of Port land, and special arrangements have been made for her appearance in Eu gene. It is said that her career has been phenomentl, for shortly after her “discovery” by Cleofonto Campanini, she appeared with the Chicago Opera company in “Aida,” and has since sung most of the leading contralto roles with that company. She appeared sub sequently as Azucena in “II Trova tore, ” Laura in “Gioconda” and in a number of Wagnerian parts. She is an Ohioan by birth, and received musical training in Cincinnati. The Chicago Herald-Examiner, in commenting on her part as Brunhilde, in the “Valkyrie”, says, “By what she accomplished last evening, Miss Van Gordon takes her place among the foremost singers of the •lay. She is fulfilling the late Maestre Campanini's prediction, ‘You will one day be one of the greatest dramatic so pranos of the age.’ ” The Chicago Evening American says of the same opera, “She was indeed a star of the first magnitude. ’ ’ Mutch a Pupil of Seagle Mr. Mutch is a baritone of unusual range, and has been one of the fore most artists with the Ellison-White Chautauqua company, with which he is now connected. lie is a pupil of Oscar Seagle. The recital on December 9 will be the first appearance of Dean Landsbury on the campus for several years. Since his coming to the University in 1914 he has practically given up concert work due to the pressure of his duties here, During the winter of that first year hero Dean Landsbury went on an eastern tour, the contract having been made before he accepted the position on the faculty. Last fall he accom panied his former pupil and roommate, Arthur Middleton, the famous bass baritone, on a Northwest tour, and played at the Mu Phi convention here j a year ago. With the exception of these ] engagements, lie has confined his at | tention to University work. Other Concerts In Series This series of concerts will be follow ed in the winter term by concerts by Mr. Middleton, Olga Steeb, pianist, and ! Sascha Jacobinof, violinist. The pur ! pose of the first three, however, is to i clear the Woman’s League of the debt assumed after the Symphony concert in the spring; the1 others are under the] direction of the school of music. BAND BEING ORGANIZED MAJOE BAIRD SELECTING 35 MEN; LIST BEING PREPARED Members to Come Mostly From Ranks of R. O. T. C.; War Department Asked to Furnish Leader “Mighty Oregon” will again ring I out to the martial strains of a band, S fifty pieces strong. “The band will j be one which the University will be | I proud to call her own,” according to; j Major R. C. Baird, commandant of the i R. O. T. C., who is now forming it. The formation of the largest bandI the University has ever had is progres- j sing rapidly, and in a few days the band will be fact. Clerks in the R. O. (Continued on page four) Roundup Fame Wins Publicity Job for Rudd Funny, isn't it, but a good man can't bo kept submerged. Now for instance just a few weeks ago up in the Happy Canyon city of Pendleton, that famed wild west burg which copies its ponderous frontier headgear from our own seniors, there lived a young man referred to by a certain Portland paper as the youthful publicity agent of the greatest of all roundups. After the dust of the bucking broncs had permanently settled on the vacant grandstands, the publicity agent for the Pendleton roundup migrated in the gen eral direction of Eugene to resume sopho more studies in journalism. At the uni versity where he enrolled there is an em bryonic army, locally termed the R. O. T. 0., whose military maneuvers and stra tegical victories often pass unheralded. Battles are fought and victories are won, but only the combatants know the re sults. But, lo! the youth who informed the world concerning the assemblage of long geared sunfishing steeds was detailed to one of tho companies which silently guards the eastern gates of the univer sity. This youth was called out of ranks and formally notified of his appoint ment as correspondent for the K. O. T. C. exhibitionary force. And so. thrown into a new pond, Art Rudd, publicity agent for the Pendleton roundup, emerges struggling but tri umphant. LEM OUT FOR SHEKELS HUMOROUS MAGAZINE TO MAKE DRIVE FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS Committee Appointed for House Or ganizations; Slogan Is “Line Up With Lemmy” Armed with the campaign slogan ‘Line Up With Lemmy,” Oregon's liumorous magazine, Lemon Punch, will make its first appearance on the cam pus Wednesday morning in a two day lrivo for subscriptions. Organization »nd booth committees have been ap pointed for the campaign and head quarters will be made in front of the library. Subscription rates are $1.25 which will include six issues, two each ierm. As was the custom last year, the first Five organizations to report 100 per sent will receive leather bound volumes if “Lemmy” for the coming year. In iddition bound volumes will be given ;o the man and woman who obtain the ugliest nhmber of individual subscrip tions. Wilbur Iloyt manager, will be in charge of the campaign and Phebe [>age will have charge of the booth jommittee. Following is the booth committee for Wednesday and Thursday appointed by Miss Gage: Florence Muirhead, Eleanor Kilham, Agnes Schultz, Dick Sundoleaf, Roscoe Hemenwav, and Wilhemina Beck stead. The following house organization committee has been appointed by Wil bur Hoyt: Alpha Tau Omega—Lawrence Hull, Len Jordan. Beta Theta Pi—Lot Beattie, Wolcott Buren. Sigma Alpha Epsilon—Ben Reed, Francis Wade. Phi Delta Theta—Lyle Janz, Ivan Rob erts. Kappa Sigma—A1 Krolin, Tom Wjntt. j Sigma Chi—John Palmer, Austin Hazard. Sigma Nu—Ivan McKinney, Carl Newbury. (Continued on page four) OREGON SMASHES WAY TO VICTORY IN PACIFIC GAME Varsity Starts Slowly and Wakes Up Only After Opponents Score EARLY FUMBLING COSTLY Lemon Yellow Combination’s Hard, Straight Football Wears Down Visitors After a first half replete with fum bles and penalties, the Oregon football eleven smashed its way to a 21-7 vic tory over Pacific University in the game played Saturday afternoon on Hayward field. The Lemon-Yellow showed to excellent advantage during the last minutes of play, and with the varsity line opening great holes in Paci fic 's first defense, the varsity backs tore off gain after gain. Huntington’s aggregation was slow in getting under way and though the varsity backfield made substantial gains, was unable to shove the pig skin over for a touchdown, until Paci fic had scored and kicked goal. In the middle of the third period with the ball in Oregon's possession on Pacific’s ten-yard line and a touchdown seem ingly imminent a fumble in the back field gave the ball to Blackman, the visitors’ spoedy right end, who raced tho length of the field for a touchdown. Blackman was a student at Oregon last year and played on the freshman basketball team. Varsity Gets Going With the score, Pacific. 7, Oregon 0, tho varsity opened up. Captain Howard received tho kickoff and returned It 5 yards, another fumble in tho back fiold lost the ball, but Howard re covered it with a 15-yard gain. Then with the Oregon backs Oram, Shields, Jordan and Chapman smashing through tho Red and Black line for substantial gains the ball was taken steadily up the field in a series of line bucks and off tackle plays. “Tipy” Shields carried it over from tho 4-yard lino and “Spike” Leslie kicked goal. Timo was called for the third quarter with the ball in Oregon’s possession on Pacific’s ten-yard line, but with the resumption of play in the fourth period tho varsity scored in two plays, Hal Chapman, quarterback, carrying it over from the five-yard line for Ore gon’s second touchdown. “Spike” Leslie kicked goal a moment later making the score Oregon 14, Pacific 7. Visitors Fight Well Oregon’s final touchdown came a few minutes later when after a series of line bucks and short end runs that carried the ball to Pacific’s four-yard line, “Tiny” smashed through, Leslie kicking goal. The visiting team put up a good defensive fight against the Oregon machine but made only four attempts during tho game to make gains on line plays, relying upon Adams, fullback, to punt them out of danger. The game was delayed throughout by tho taking nut of time, and during the latter part of the contest one of the lighter visi tors was injured on practically every down. (Continued on page four) Powers Finds Gold Beach Youths Most Precocious Peru ami Africa have nothing on Ore gon when it comes to interesting <Iis eoverieg, according to Alfred Powers of the extension division, since his re turn from attending State Teachers’ Institute at Cold Beach. lie made the trip in a motorcycle with a side car, and his partner in the undertaking was also an Oregon man, George W. Sehan tin of the class of 1912, who is now vice-prsident of the East side Motor cycle Company of Portland. They traveled by way of Derange, Scotts burg, Alleghany, and over the Seven Devils’ Road to Bamlon. From here they took the Coast hjghway to Gold Beach, and went south to Crescent City, California, and back by way of the old Grants Pass road. Mr. Powers related several astonish ing incidents about the youth of Gold Beach. Evidently, the possibilities of Oregon’s youngsters have not all been discovered. One boy in the seventh grade, twelve years old, attended the institute, never missing one lecture, fie told them that this was his sixth in stitute. It would have been his seventh, only one year there was no institute at Gold Reach. A ten-year-old youth had killed two deer already thin season. His father accused him of steadying his rifle on a forked stick. Ho protested, saving that his knee was the only sup port he needed. But these early achievements are as naught to Mr. Powers’ most astonishing revelation eomerning the youth cf that part of the state. A three yeur old, upon being accused of smoking cigarettes, scowled, and produced r very good sized pipe of the eorn cob variety. A strange combination was discovered at the P —akers hotel at Gold Reach. The hotel is owned and operated by an O. A. C. man and an Oregon man. To j all appearances, these partners dwell j in unity of spirit, but they wager I warmly on the Homecoming game. Mr. Powers discovered the only pub lic school golf course in the state, when his party stopped for a day at Wind Chuck river. The links are the idea of schoolmaster Davies of that section, an athlete of sixty-two years. The course is circular, and the game is played around his school house. The balls are of tightly woven yarn, and the clubs are cut in the woods.