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Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME XXIII. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1921. NUMBER 11 STUDENT ACTION ON DISARMAMENT GETS FACULTY APPROVAL President Thinks Conference Opportunity for Study of World Conditions DEAN URGES RESOLUTION Assembly Speaker on Subject Is Suggested; Idea May Be Carried Out The question of united action in regard to world disarmament on the part of the student body of each university in the •country, which was brought to the at tention of the University of Oregon in a telegram from Pennsylvania State Col lage a few days ago, is already arousing comment here by various faculty and stu dent body heads, each suggesting means -of procedure. President Campbell, in an interview yesterday, made the following statement concerning the matter of world disarma ment : “One of the most hopeful moves of the year is the president’s call for a conference on worldwide disarmament. An expression of opinion from all parts of the country will no doubt be useful to the American representatives in the •conference. The country can very well make known its strong desire for perma nent peace, but the details of working out agreements will necessarily be left to our representatives. They should be made to feel that the country is back of them for permanent peace on honorable terms. Also that the country is no less strongly back of them in requiring fair treatment from all other nations in ar jriving at an agreement. ’ ’ Hasty Action Opposed In the matter of student action on the question. President Campbell is heartily against a hasty action on ,the part of the university. He says: “I think the meeting of the confer, ence will furnish a fine opportunity for the study of international conditions on the part of every student in the Univer sity. The desirability of an organized movement may be clearer as the confer ence progresses, and the country must avoid any touch of hysteria and ap proach the whole subject in a sane and well considered manner. Our representa tives in the conference are closest to the actual situation, and their judgment is worthy of our reasonable respect and support. It would seem to me that the decision as to organized action on the part of the student body might be held until after t^ie conference opens and when course of events begin to make manifest the temper of the delegates there would be ample time for a decision by the middle of November.” Colin V. Dyment, dean of the college of 'literature, science and arts, also ex pressed himself as heartily in favor of .disarmament and suggested that the stu dent body and faculty of the university make a resolution urging all possible steps toward world-wide disarmament. He added: Dyment Gives Statement “For one thing I do not see how some of the organized governments of the world are going to pay their debts with out disarmament and it is worse for the morale of a nation to fail to pay its debts than it is to go through a war.” In regard to the aetion to be taken by the student body here Dean Dyment of fered as a suggestion that it should re quest the committees on assemblies to bring to the campus a speaker to dis cuss disarmament progress and after hearing his address to resolve upon some definite action, following the speakers advice. In all probability this suggestion will be adopted, according to Karl Onthank, secretary to President Campbell and a member on the committees on assemblies, although so far there has been no defi nite action taken in regard to the meas ure. Continuing Mr. Onthank said that the subject, of obtaining such a speaker had not been broached to the committee, but tnat he thought the idea was a good one. Some difficulty might be encoun tered he believes in obtaining a speaker, but he has several men in mind and a strong effort will no doubt be made to obtain some authority on the subject. The matter of the action of the student body on the proposition will be taken up at the meeting of the stu dent council tonight. M-RR THACHER TO PLAY Mrs. Jane Thacher, instructor of piano in the school of music, has ac cepted an invitation to appear in a recital in Portland under the auspices of the Mac Dowell club in the lattei part of neat month COLLEGES OF NORTHWEST TO GET TOGETHER IN SPORTS, Meeting of Old Conference Before Coast Ses sion May Result in Resumption of For mer Close Athletic Relations. By HARRY SMITH Several years ago a group of upper classmen at Oregon got together, adopted a constitution and declared themselves to be an Honor Society, i That organization lasted but a few months in spite of the fact it was given ! faculty recognition and support. The reason for its failure was because stu dents failed to recognize the authority of any group of students to get togeth »r and declare themselves as the leaders of the school, such as this Upperclassmen’s Honor Society sought to do. Somewhat similar has been the career of the Pacific Coast’s “Big Three,” which last year created some little sen sation. The “Big Three” is as dead an organization as any prehistoric thing. It died because three coast institutions set themselves up as leaders in a group while there were others strong enough to defy them to take any such place. So the “Big Three” is no more. One never hears of it. Washington, Stan ford, and California, the institutions which composed the organization have apparently again dropped back into an ordinary membership in the Pacific Coast Conference. Individual attempts on the part of every team on the coast to beat Cali fornia has resulted in another move, which is now in its infancy but which may have big results. California, with a. second “wonder team,” may repeat its last year’s successes by winning the coast conference championship, but it will do so against the united strength of all the other coast institutions. For when Oregon, W. S. C. and Stanford go against California this year, they will each have the best wishes and prayers of every other student body on the coast behind them. A result of this feeling will not be any antagonism towards California on PAT NIC ARTHUR TO SPEAK CONGRESSMAN ALUMNUS WILL ADDRESS ASSEMBLY “Father of Basball” at Oregon Was First Editor of College Paper; Politician Even Then Clifton N. (Pat) McArthur (1901), now representing the third congress ional district of the state of Oregon in congress will be the speaker tomorrow i morning at the regular assembly. “Pat,” as he is generally known, was a good politician, even when in college, according to his friends. He has been reelected congressman several times and has been a prominent member of the lower house when representing Oregon at the national capital. Although his subject has not been ; definitely announced it .is probable I that it will be upon some phase of I congressional legislation. He was a | frequent speaker at Oregon assemblies j before the war, but in recent years I congress has been in almost continuous j session, and it has been some time since ! he has .appeared before an assembly. “Pat” was the first editor of the Oregon Weekly, which was later the Oregon Emerald, and now the Oregon Daily Emerald. He succeeded in hold i ing the position for two years, 1900 and 1901. He is sometimes called the “Father of Baseball at the University” since j he had a great deal to do with the . organization of the first baseball team i here. AIT through his college career he was connected with athletics in one way j or another. Congressman McArthur will arrive in Eugene this evening and will be enter ' tained at several luncheons while on ! the campus. He will be entertained by ' the administration at Friendly hall, i Madame Rose McGrew, operatic ! soprano, of the school of music will i make her first appearance this year i Thursday morning. She sang at a j number of assemblies last year. GIRL ARTISTS RIDE HORSES Students Recall Merry-go-Round Days, But They’re Working A glimpse into one of Professor Schroff’s Life of Water-Color draw 1 ing classes will bring you back to your Merry-Go-Round days. There sitting : jauntily astride of their “horses” may be seen nine or ten well-known girls. ! Instead of holding reins and whips in j their hands, however, these fair eques triennes are grasping brush and pencil. The new seats are a gift to the depart ment from a summer school student, , who won the money for them in an art I contest. They are intended exclusively . for the girls. the part of the other colleges. But it will unite them in the battling of a common foe on the gridiron. Graduate Manager Jack Benefiel, in his skirmishes in the camps of other institutions has lined up something that may result in the uniting of the north ern colleges much more firmly than at present, not against California, but for themselves. The old Pacific Northwest Conference, lately merely dubbed the Northwest Conference, may again take its place as the peer or equal of the newer Pacific Coast Conference. This something is merely the schedul ing of a meeting of the Pacific North west Conference before that of the Pacific Coast Conference. This is ex pected to result in the scheduling of all games between northern institu tions before the coast conference meet ing. As a result the plaint that California, because of its “wonder team” has a right to dominate in the scheduling of games will not be made. The North ern institutions can make no complaint when they arrange their own schdules first. California and Stanford also will have games with northern teams, and it is probable that they will be held open for them by the northern schools. The new plan promises well for Ore gon. A game every year with W. S. C. would be welcomed by Oregon. In ad dition a game with California and Stan ford on alternate years, alternating at Eugene or in the south, would likely be arranged. The meeting of the Pacific Northwest conference will be awaited with interest., especially since the northern colleges have become more closely knit together and have begun to realize the importance of the north western conference. LEMON PM COAL1500 TWO DAY CAMPAIGN WILL CLOSE AT SIX THURSDAY House Returns Allowed at Eleven Last Night to Avoid Vigil Until Morning At 9:00 o’clock last night repre sentatives from seven houses were waiting on the library steps for the Lemon Punch to check in the 100 per cent subscriptions at 11:00 p. m. the hour which marked the opening of the drive. Following are the names of the houses in order on the waiting list and the number of stu dents in each: Delta Gamma, 29; Bachelordon, 24; Tri Delts, 22; Delta Tau Delta, 27; Phi Sigma Pi, 26; Alpha Phi, 33; S. A. E., 40 With the assistance of a booth, a piece of bunting and subscription tags Lenimy will commence his two day subscription campaign for members this morning. Wilbur Hoyt circulation manager has all of his committees ap pointed and is out for a goal of 1500 subscriptions by six o ’clock Thursday evening. A meeting of the house representa tives was held in the journalism build ing yesterday evening and plans out lined for the campaign. Instead of making 100 per cent houses maintain shifts throughout the night waiting for the booth to open at eight o ’clock it was decided that all representatives who had 100 per cent by eleven o ’clock of the preceeding evening would be al lowed to turn in their subscriptions at that time. This was taken to avoid the all-night vigil. Following is the committee who will have charge of the subscription booth during the campaign: Irving Hunting ton, Margaret Scott, James Pearson, Glenn Morrow, Miriam Swartz, Mil dred Newland, Betty Kessi, Georgians Gerlinger, Esther Fell, Helen Clarke Ivan Roberts and Lyle Janz. Individual canvassers race for. the ! leather bound volumes will close Thurs : day evening and they arc asked to turn their results in to Wilbur Hoyt. A ' speech will probably be made in the 1 assembly Thursday morning and every effort will be bended by the committee to secure all possible subscribers. HARVARD PUBLISHES GRADES i Harvard has recently adopted the sys tem of publishing grade lists which has been used at the University of Oregon since a year ago last spring. The Scholarship committee of the stu dent council of that institution believes that the publicity plan is an incentive to a higher standard of scholarship. EFFICIENT STAFF NAMED TO ARRANGE FOR HOMECOMING Ability and Past Experience Big Factors In Choice Of Committemen NEW IDEAS INVESTIGATED Ogden Johnson and Committee To Engineer “Home Again” Dance The most carefully picked Homeeom 'ing committee in the history of the University is the result of two weeks work on the part of tho President Lyle Bartholomew and Vice-president Nor ton Winnard of the A. S. U. O. In order that their selections might bo of the best possible benefit to this year’s “get-together week-end” daily confer ences have been held and every possible factor taken into consideration in the selection of the workers. Ability and past experience were the big factors in the choosing of committeemen, ac cording to the President. Norton Winnard, who is in charge of all Homecoming activities has been gathering data for months for the com ing festivities. Scores of other schools have been written to and their ideas lications for years past have been considered. Filos of student body pub delved into with the intention of reviv ing some of -the older customs. Alumni To Assist With this advanced information to work upon the great Homecoming com mittee will meet every week to further the plans. Alumni in towns of tho Northwest will be asked to “round up” fellow alumni with the idea of getting them to be here when the great day comes, November 19. One of the features of the year will be the large number of alumni visitors who did not belong to a housing organi zation while in school. The formation of a new body', known as the “room committee” will take care of this class of guests. One of the main committees to make Homecoming a livewire affair is the rally committee, headed by Yell King Oberteuffer. With him will work Caro lyn Cannon and “Ole” Larson. New stunts, including lots of noise making, and pep fests galore will feature this committee’s work. Dance Main Social Event The main social event of Homecom ing week-end is the “Homeagain” dance, the time when everyone gets together. Ogden Johnson, who has a good record for putting things across, is chairman, Bernice Atlstock, Lillian Auld, Lois Barnett and Lawrence Woodworth will all have their special kind of work on this committee. All of them have been picked for aptitudes along various lines, all of which are needed to make the dance a big enough success to be worthy of Oregon’s greatest homecoming. Without visitors Oregon Homecoming would be like the proverbial “country without a man,” so Leith Abbott, as head of the publicity workers, will see that the state as a whole knows that Oregon wants ‘he “old grads” back, when the 19th of November rolls around. Lenore Crom and Harry Smith will assist in this work. Committee on Reception For meeting the trains, providing guides and making the guests welcome i generally a reception committee has been provided with James Say at the t helm. Helen Nelson, Frances Haber | sham, Ralph Poston and Charles Lamb will work witti Chairman Say in mak ■ ing a “go” of this division of the | program. The increase number ex : pected will make the duties of the j reception group larger than ever before, ' according to those in touch with alumni ! interests. The room committee to provide ac ! commodations for those not entertained : by houses has Frank Carter as ehair ] man, working with Elsie Hildebrand i and Jessie Todd. In order that the alumni themselves may have some say in the way the program is arranged an alumni com j rriittee has been formed. Karl Ont hank. Dean Walker. Ceorge Morgirti, , .Teanetta Calkins and Jack Benefiel are working on this body. Decorations and Eats The decoration committee will have charge of the work of putting the cam pus in the best possible shape, in se • ing that the buildings are made ready I for inspection and that the grandstand I at Hayward field De well decorated 1 for the annual classic between Oregon and O. A. C. Frank Von der Ahe is (Continued on page four) Mail Pursued by Thetas on Bicycles Now “Hello, is this the Theta house?” “Yes,” melodious voice at other eud. “Is it true that you have a bicycle at the house for the pursuit of the mail?” Same voice stifling mirthful giggles. “Yes M A-I-L not M-A-L-E.” The pedal-driven machine is the latest addition to the mechanical contrivances at the Theta house. Jeanne Gay of Portland is the owner, and sponsor of the idea to speed long waited-for mail supposedly from males who wait at long distances. By straws or lots a freshman is chosen to make the morning “Rim" to the post office, in the name of the Queen for the Queen’s mail. The wheel is rolled from the garage, the freshman mounts, and with speed of Paul Revere pedals down Willamette street. On her return it is rumored that there is much cheering and the bringer of the mail is proclaimed a heroine. The name of the instructor in bi cycle riding could not be learned but freshman not proficient in the art must be instructed. Whether a fresh man returning without mail is de prived of her dates for the week end, remains a mystery, however there certainly must be some penalty. Now it remains for some wide awake, green capped freshman on the campus to offer his assistance in. the matter of tire changing and general upkeep of the vehicle, there by creating a “stand in” that might well be envied by the most “pigish” senior. HOUSE ATHLETICS TO START TWO GROUPS TO BE FORMED SO ALE MAY PARTICIPATE Practice Tomorrow at 4; Development Teams Will Be Under Direction Of Varsity Letter Men There arc to be two leagues in i basketball this year, according to an I announcement made by Head Basket i ball Coach George Bohler yesterday. \ One is the Doughnut league, the other the Development league. The Develop- i ment league is for the men who can not. make the Doughnut teams, and wish to play basketball. “Every team in the Development league,” said Mr. Bohler, “is to have as coach a letterman in basketball, and this man is to select his own team from the material left over after the Dough nut league teams have been selected. Men in the Development league may graduate into the Doughnut league, but Doughnut men cannot enter the Devel opment league,” Percentage Basis Adopted All bona fide students of the Univer sity will be eligible with the exception of the letter men, and each letter man will have a team in the Development league directly under his supervision, and will act as its Coach and Captain. The championship of each league is to be decided on the percentage basis. The plan under consideration according to Mr. Bohler, is to have every team entered in each league, play every other I team entered in the league. This is the same plan that was adopted last year, but the time was so limited that the schedule had to be brought to a 1 close then. The season is to start on the 24th of October this year so that there will be plenty of time for all the games. Aim to Develop varsity Men The principal object of Doughnut ! basketball is to develop men for the Varsity, and all men who can play, are i urged by Mr. Bolder to try out for the team of the organization to which thfcv belong. All men not belonging to some Campus organization are eligible for i the Oregon Club team. All men who expect to play Doughnut basketball will be called out tomorrow evening at four o’clock for preliminary I practice in dribbling, shooting etc, and any organization that wishes to practice i before the opening of the season can make arrangements with Mr. Bolder . to get the gym floor during hours when i it is not in use by Gym classes. The schedule for the Doughnut games will be posted next week so as to give the teams plenty of time to prepare. Regular Varsity practice will starf 1 sometime during the Christmas holi days. when a barnstorming trip which is being planned for the' team will be taken. U. OF W. GETS NATIONAL University of Washington, Oct. 7.— : CP. r. N. 8.i—Gamma 8igma, a local fraternity established in 1920, has been notified that its petition for a chapter ; in Sigma Phi Epsilon has been granted. This chapter will be known as Wash ington Beta. OREGON’S CRIPPLED GRIDSTERS AGAIN IN THE MOLESKINS Stronger and Faster Line Will Face University of Idaho Team on Saturday 0. A. C. HOPE IS HERE Direct Pass System in Working Order; Idaho Team Said To Be Strong . Oregon will place a much stronger and faster line in the field against the strong University of Idaho team Satur day afternoon in Portland than that which faced Pacific University last week. With “Prink” Collison back at center, Straclian in at tackle, and Bud Brown at guard the line is strengthened a great deal. Hugh Clerin is again in shape after being out for two weeks with an injured shoulder and will proba bly go in against the Gemstaters. All of Oregon’s crippled gridsters are back in the harness again this week and though most of them are not being used in scrimmage they nre running signals and taking light workouts. Billy Reinhart is again in the mole skins but his appearance against Idaho is very doubtful as his shoulder is still in vory bad shape. Tommy De Armand who had his knee twisted in the Willamette game is gotting along nicely nnd unless he is injured further will probably be worked in the remain ing games. O. A. 0. Prospect la Here Oregon football stock picked up a little when “Cog” Campbell of O. A. C. Registered at the University, but dropped again when it was found that lie was ineligible for this years var sity. Campbell is a tackle, is of good football build, weighs around 200 pounds and was very highly rated by Coach Rutherford, but did not play with the Aggies last year bocauso he did not attend throe full quarters the year proceeding. It was at first thought that the big follow would be allowed to play with Oregon this year, as he attended the University as a freshman in 18-19, but the conference ruling Btatos that a man to be eligible for a varsity team must attend that college for/ three quarters of the year proceeding play and must make a minimum of twelve hours in the quarter proceeding his par ticipation. Campbell intends practicing with Huntington's squad this fall and ex pects to be eligible for the eleven next year. He was depended upon by Coach Rutherford to fill the hole at right tackle but was unable to return to Cor vallis on account of business ties in this city. Direct Pass Used Oregon’s baekfield showed to better advantage last night in scrimmage than at any time, this season. The direct pass system which is of substantial aid to a slow baekfield in getting started is now working smoothly and fumbles are becoming rare occurences instead of the regular thing. Conch Huntington in stituted the direct pass system shortly after practice started this fall and it has been a factor in speeding up the backs’ takeoff. The Idaho team is especially strong this vear, losing only two of last years varsity which were made up by ample replacements from their freshman team. Last Saturday the Moscow aggregation defeated the soldier team from Camp I.ewis, which eleven was very heavy and was given a good rating by North western critics. Coach Kelley of the University of Idaho figures that after 14 years of defeats at the hands of the University of Oregon it is time for the Gem State eleven to clean up. At all events the game Saturday will be the test for Lemon-Yellow, if Coach Huntington can lower the Moscow colors Oregon "s football team will be recognized as a real contender for con ference honors. RHODES ASPIRANTS NAMED Norman Byrne, Arthur Hicks,- Reraey Cox to Take Tests Dec. 3 The Rhodes Scholarship committee met Monday night and selected three out of seven applicants to compete in the final examination before the state committee on December 3. The three i candidates are Norman Byrne, gradu ate* assistant in Philosophy; Arthur Hicks, a senior major in Sociology, ami Homey Cox, senior major in sociology. After this year Oregon will have no candidates for this scholarship, which 1 admits to Oxford, until 1923. Kerby Miller was last year’s successful candi 1 date.