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Oregon Daily Emerald volume xxm. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMER 15, 1921. NUMBER 34. FROSH PLAY ROOKS TO SCORELESS TIE ON OAC. GRIDIRON Babes Show Real Fight When They are Put Against Heavier Team FROSH HOLD NEAR GOAL Opponents Unable to Push Ball Five Yards for Touchdown The freshmen football season came to a close Saturday when the yearling aggregation played a 0-0 tie with the O. A. C. rook team in Corvallis, in what is characterized as one of the most hotly contested games ever played be tween the two teams. At the start it seemed as though he freshmen had the edge on their opponents, but after the first quarter it looked as though the rooks were going to walk away with the victory. Baz’s men displayed the true Ore gon fight throughout, and at one time near the end of the game nearly dup licated the varsity’s feat of last year against the Aggies. By connecting with a pass one ox the rooks carried the ball to the freshman five yard line. In three downs they were unable to advance the pig skin farther toward the frosh goal line and were forced to attempt a place kick which failed. March is Started The Oregon men succeeded in work ing the ball toward the O .A. C. goal line in the third quarter, but were unable to continue the march. On the whole the frosh played a game characterized by the old Oregon fight, holding a heavier aggregation to a 0-0 score despite the fact that the rooks had the edge on them in pass ing and punting. For the freshmen, Beinliart played a fine game at center as did Zachery at guard. In the back field, Tergeson and French starred, tearing into the rook lines for repeated gains. Two Victories in Season Thus the season ends with two vic tories, one tie game, and one defeat for the yearlings. Credit is due Coaches Baz Williams and Everett Brandenberg for their unrelenting ef forts in whipping a green gang of foot ball men into the smooth running ma chine which faced the rooks Saturday. The prospects at the opening of the fall term for a successful football sea son looked anything but bright. Prac tically every man out was new at the game, but the material was there, and the coaches faced the big job of get ting it into shape before the first game. They succeeded and with the hearty cooperation of the men them selves have developed individual play ers who promise well as varsity mater ial for next year. Summary: O. A. C. (0) Frosh (0) Carpenter .BEL..,. Bliss Lee .BTL. Spear Bichard .BGL. Zachery Rich .C. Eeinhart Bullen .LGB. Quinn Hjelte .LTE. Gregg Irvine . L^EE. Davidson Christenson .Q-'.. Haak Starbuek .BHL. Barton Me Cart .LHB. Sutton Lay .FB. French Substitutions: Frosh—Tergeson for Barton, Lundberg for Gregg, Hill for Lundberg, Brocker for Hill, Godecke for Zachery, Jacobberger for Sutton, Smith for Haak, Langrell for French. Books—Mitchell for Bullen, Warner for Starbuek. Rippling Rhythm By JAY DEE HOW ABOUT IT?—It has been rumored about the campus that in asmuch as this sheet has not said anything about the Alpha Phi tong the members of this well-known and i influential harem will entertain the members of Sigma Delta Chi at din ner some evening next week.—Fizz Bang. Some time ago a Fizz Bang scribe at Alpha Phi did take a jibe. He said “I hear we all will dine at their ex pense, won’t that be fine?” And mer rily he laughed in glee with all his brothers, S. D. C. Oh little thought | these Sig Delt Chis that such a joke would bet a rise. But e’er a fleeting week had passed i developments came thick and fast. Some formal notes came through the mail to all the writers not in jail, j “Come Saturday from five to eight un less by chance you have a date.” This much revealed the ladies ’ tong, the rest was kept a secret long. So on the stated festal day the men put on their best array. They ambled down there one by one and when they came the fun begun. They all were locked within a room as though about to meet their doom. At length, in spite of much uproar, (when Curly missed the proper door), they all were taken down below where darkness deep had reigned till now. ’Twas lighted dim by candlelight in contrast with the shades of night. Small tables like a cabaret were spread about in careless way. Of signs there were a dozen score and after that a doz en more. They advertised the Marcus show, Budweiser and the garden hoe. They even had the place to sign that comes down on the dotted line. A five course dinner was hauled out by T. B. and her sister, Gout. No spoons or forks came with the viands so all the eaters ate with hands. A song and dance both were encored and not a man did once feel bored. The stunts were fine or even finer and they did tickle every diner. After the meal they all did dance and my the way that crew did prance. So rough became the writers’ hop the girls ’most had to call a cop. But prompt at eight the boys polite be thought themselves ’twas time for flight. But every overcoat was hid and talcum powder filled each lid. But then at length they found their wraps and filed out as the girls played taps. The party of the year is past but let us hope it’s not the last. For each and every S. D. C. is full of thanks for Alpha Phi. Dinners may come and dances go but this was one that heads the row. PADDLING HOUR CHANGED Punishment of Refractory Frosh Moved From Thursday to Tuesday Instead of the pre-assembly chas tisement of tradition breakers on the library steps Thursday morning as has been accustomary in the past, the Knights of Omega will mete out pad dling punishment hereafter on Tuesday morning following the 10:00 o’clock classes. The first Tuesday paddlefejt is booked for this morning. Demand has solved the problem of paddle shortage and Glen Walkley, chief designator of the number of wicked blows, assures all culprits a hot time. The time of the public execution of tradition breakers was changed on ac count of the conflict with the assembly period. ANNOUNCEMENT The following frosh are to be ex cused from work on bonfire and must spend all spare time on Hayward dur ing Homecoming week. Report to Frank Vonred Ahe or Floyd Bowles. John Simpson, Stewart Sawtell, Fred Baird, Art Erickson, Ross Hilldebrand, John Hulvev, Lvlburt McClellan, Pal mer Byrkit, and Rondolph Cook. Audience Is Thrilled by Voice of J. Erwyn Mutch, Baritone By ARTHUR JOHNSON Before a crowd that filled Yillard hall last Saturday evening, J. Erwin Mutch, baritone, displayed a voice of beauty and strength. The voice, which somewhat reminds one of that of Stracciari, is of great power and pos sibility. The upper tones were par ticularly fine Saturday evening, the high notes coming out with great elar itv of production. Mr. Mutch is ad mirably gifted, he has a fine voiee, an excellent personality, intelligence, an l a sense of humor. His best wort would be done, probably, in opera. The program was a well-chosen one ranging from folk songs to grand opera. The opening number was Beethoven's “Nature’s Adoration” sung to a some what stilted translation. Then came an Italian song of the classical period followed by Eachmaninoff’s “The Lord is Risen.” This expedient song was sung with a power and beauty that Mr. Muteh had not displayed in the first two numbers. It is full of unex peeted harmonies—a modern song of the better type. The second group, sung in French, had two songs by Felix Fourdrain, songs that were good examples of that composer’s brilliant descriptive powers; a rather tiresome song, “La Maison Grise,” by Andre Messager; anl the late Arthur Hyde’s, “Absence." This song, which was repeated, was a true delight. The audience recceived en thusiastically “On the Road to Mania lay” (Oley Speaks) sung as an eneore. The singer was fortunate in his (Continued on page three) I HOMECOMING RALLY IN VILLARD TONIGHT TO ROUSE INTEREST Sentiment Will be Brought to High Pitch; Meeting Called for 7 COMMITTEES TO REPORT Oregon Knights, Underclass Honor Society, Will Be Presented Homecoming spirit will be brought to a high pitch tonight when an all ! University Homecoming rally assembly will be held in Villard hall. Some thing new in the way of programs has been arranged and several added fea tures will be introduced. It will start promptly at 7 o ’clock and every stu dent in the University is expected to attend. The band will be out a few minutes before 7 and will make a short tour of the campus before joining the assemblage in Villard. Homecoming events will be explained in every detail and as several new fea tures of the annual event have been born during the past week this as sembly will give every student an op portunity of learning about the events which will make up the program. Alumni Will Talk Dave Graham, ’05, will tell about this year’s Homecoming from an alum ni standpoint. Coach Huntington will give latest information _ on the foot ball situation and the team will prob ably be present in a body. Lyle Bar tholomew, student body president, will have a particularly timely message in that an extensive program for the re ception of O. A. C. students has been mapped out. Plans for the further ance of sportsmanship between the two institutions were arranged yesterday and will be explained in detail tonight. Yell King Oberteuffer will outline the extensive preparations made for Fri day night of this week when Eugene will be made the livliest spot in Ore gon by the annual Homecoming rally. He has something new in the way of a street dance to unveil, too. Jeanette Calkins, acting alumni secretary, will tell of the work done by her office and how alumni are responding. As Homecoming is an alumni event her remarks will be of especial interest. New Society to be Presented The new underclass honor society, Oregon Knights, will be presented in a body and will be introduced to the as (Continued on page four) DUAL DANCE IS PLANNED HOMECOMING HOP TO OCCUPY WOMAN’S GYM AND OLD ARMORY Tickets, $1 Each, on Sale at Co-op Street Dance to Follow Rally And Bonfire Friday Night Plans for the annual Homecoming dance are now completed, and every thing is in readiness for the first note of the orchestra next Saturday night. Students and alumni who dance will be able to trip to their heart’s content, for besides the Homecoming dance, there will be street dancing Friday night after the bonfire. A new feature of the traditional Homecoming dance will be initiated this year. In order to accommodate the crowd, the alumni, seniors and juniors, Vill go to the Woman’s build ing, and the sophomores, freshmen and guests will go to the Armory. The ticket sale for the dance will start today. Tickets will cost $1.00. j The committee has selected a man from each men’s organization to take charge ' of the sale in his house. Tickets will j be placed on sale at the Co-op for rnen who are not members of organizations. Tickets are marked “Woman’s build ing” and “Arjnory.” Care must be taken to buy tickets marked with the proper hall. Alumni will dance free of charge, but they also must have tickets. Alumni tickets will be dis tributed to all the houses, and those unable to procure them from houses will be supplied at the registration bureau. The place of the Homecoming lun 1 cheon has been changed from the Wo ; man’s building to the men’s gym, : making it possible to decorate for the dance. The armory also will be deco ! rated. Two of the best campus or | chestras have been selected to play, and the committee has promised an 1 excellent feature at each dance. RED CHOSS CANVASS ON CAMPUS WILt BE PUT ON THIS WEEK Prize Offered to House With Largest Percentage of Members Joining RUTH LAIME LEADS WORK Committees Named to Handle Campaign; University C. of C. Helping The 1922 Red Cross drive will be staged ou the campus on Wednesday and Thursday of this week by the Uni versity Chamber of Commerce. The minimum asked from students will be $1.00. A prize will be given to the fraternity or sorority with the largest percentage of its members subscribing. An opportunity will be given to all who are not in housing organizations to sub scribe, both by personal solicitation, and by a booth, which will bo main tained in front of the library during the two days of tho campaign. Ruth Lane, who is in charge of all campus subscriptions, is organizing a eommittoe to handle the drive. Clyde Buck will have chargo of faculty soliciting, which will be handled by a special committee. Handling Downtown Campaign The University Chamber of Commerce is handling the Red Cross drive in the downtown business district, both by personal solicitation and booths. The business men are being approached to day. Friday and Saturday booths will be placed in the banks and some of the stores, to care for anyone who has not yet been solicited by any other agency. Receipts and buttons will be given to all subscribers. Faculty members are expected to give larger amounts than students. It is the aim of the Chamber of Commerce to put a button on every person on the campus by Thursday night, according to Prof. Whitaker, who is handling the drive. Members of the salesmanship class are soliciting the downtown business men, and special prizes have been pro vided for them. Personnel of Committees Hi Nichols, who has charge of the women’s living organizations for the Red Cross membership campaign, has appointed the following committee: Elsie Skoog, Delta Zeta; Helen Nelson, Gamma Phi Beta; Alice Evans, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Kay Nicholson, Delta (Continued on page three) J§ PRIZE IS ANNOUNCED STORY OF STUDENT STRUGGLES AT OREGON DESIRED Inspiration for Self-Supporting Men and Women Wanted. Oregana to be Second Prize Owen Wister, the novelist, faced life at the end of Harvard without influen tial frienrls, without money—“with nothing but his education and his sand.” There are hundreds of students at the University of Oregon who have the sand and who are getting their education on it. Therein lies a story. There will be given to those who ade quately write this story a first prize of $5.00 and a second prize of a 1922 Oregana. The ideal length is 1000 words. “Getting an education in the face of difficulties at the University of Oregon,” may bn taken as a general title. The story may take the form of a personal account, an interview, a record told in the third person, a sta tistical article, or the development of a fhcme with a group of specific in stances. Names must be given and per mission secured to use them. In any case, the article should be concrete and compelling in interest. It should be a story of economic heroism, of educational adventure. It should bring the gladness of reminiscencce to those who liaye worked their way in the past, the joy of companionship to those who are getting through on their own resources at present, and fresh courage and strengthened determina tion to those looking towards the Uni versity with empty pockets. These stories should be ready before the beginning of the spring term and mailed or given to Alfred Powers, school of journalism. The judges will be Dean Eric 5V. Allen, Mr. Earl Kil patrick and Mr. Karl W. Onthank. President Extends Alumni Invitation To Greater Oregon “It is always a pleasure to wel come the former students back to the campus,” states President P. L. Campbell, in regard to Homecoming, “but this Homecoming we have the additional pleasure of showing the alumni new buildings, and express ing our appreciation of the splendid support the alumni throughout the state has given the University, which has had much to do with mak ing these buildings possible. “During the Homecoming visit, we hope to point out to the alumni,” continued President Campbell, “some of the real evidences of a new life which the University has entered, as a result of their loyalty." “We are sure that the alumni will see the changes which better equip ment, apparatus, books, and fresh faculty blood, have made in the University. ” Karl W. Onthank, secretary to the j president, believes that the matter ! of welcoming the old students back belongs to the present students. Due to the fact that many of the faculty members and executive officers are old “grads,” they have the feel ing that Homecoming is as much of a return to the old University spirit to them, as it is to the alumni who have been off the campus, according to Mr. Onthank. PRESIDENT CAMPBELL ONCE HEAD OF BANK Visit of Ira C. Powell of Monmouth Recalls Days as Head of Banking House President Campbell of the Univer sity of Oregon is a former bank presi dent. This fact hitherto unsuspected among the students, came to light last week when Ira C. Powell, president of the First National bank ' of Mon mouth, came to the campus to visit his son, Herbert Powell, a freshman in the school of journalism, and drop ped in to see his friend and former business associate, the head of the Uni versity. President Campbell, who was then principal of the state normal school, and Mr. Powell took over in 1891 a small private bank which was begin ning to feel the pinch of the approach ing panic. The two young men took over $2600 in paper, about which they had been warnod by the shrewd, and Mr. Campbell became president of the bank and Mr. Powell cashier. Presi dent Campbell displayed at that time, some of the same confidence in human nature which has come to be recog nized as an outstanding characteristic, and made it win. “How much did you collect of that $2600?” President Campbell was asked. “Almost all of it,” he replied. The President and Mr. Powell chuckled over those old days when, as green youngsters in the banking busi ness they used to call a directors’ meeting every time they were called on for a loan, recalling also with glee an occasion when a man came in with $6500 to deposit. That was “too much,” and it took a directors’ meet ing to decide to accept all that in one lot. Mr. Powell is the father of Clares Powell, a graduate of the University, in the class of 1921, who is now as sociated with him in the bank. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED The engagement of Mildred Lau derdale, of Portland, to Floyd Max well, editor of the Emerald, was an 1 nouneed at the Chi Omega and Sigrna Chi houses last evening. Miss Lauder dale is a junior in the Economics de partment and a member of Chi Omega. Maxwell is a member of Sigma Chi. U. OF W. PROFESSOR TO SPEAK F. M. Padelford, head of the depart ment of English, at the University of Washington, will deliver the assembly address, Thursday on, “Dante’s Place in the Renaissance." FORMED ON MS OF UNDEDCUSSMER New Society Will Replace Fro Tra-Co; Will Function At Homecoming TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 52 Purpose to Perfect Student Activities, Aid Discipline; Entertain Teams By LEITH ABBOTT “Oregon Knights” is the namo>of an underclassman society now formed on the campus. Its organization bids fair to be one of the most important moves over taken within the Univer sity of Oregon student body. The society at present is composed of sophomores and freshmen members of Fro-tra-co which society will be re placed by the new body. Its total membersship is (52, each organization being equally represented. The society comes in answer to a long felt want on the campus and its dutios will be many and varied. Pri marily it is formed to promote the University of Oregon in every way pos sible through perfection of student activity. It aims to centralize much of the work hitherto done by a number of unorganized committees and class bodies. The organization will work in conjunction with tho yell leader in arranging details for all rallies and athletic contests, ushering at games, arranging features for botweon halves, caring for tho score board, parking of cars and iustilling better discipline in the bleachers. Oregon Knights will care for all visiting teams and repre sentatives from other bodies, meeting them at tho train with machines and caring for them during their stay on the campus. Oregon Knights will take charge of freshmen work whonever such is needed and will promote re spondenco on tho part of the ontire student body at rallies, assemblies and other all-University functions. Elects Own Officers The organization has boen formed during tho past week and is already at work on Homocoming details. It will elect its own officers. The entire so ciety will be divided into committees to care for special duties. A sopho more will servo us chairman of these committees with freshmen in the role of committeemen. The Knights will be outfitted with a sweater and cap of distinctive pattern and will have an official badge. These have been or dered and Oregon Knights will make their first appearance in official garb at the Oregon-O. A. C. game Saturday. The organization will be explained thoroughly at the Homecoming as sembly in Villard hall tonight at which time the Knights' will be introduced bo the assemblage. May Organize Nationally The new organization in patterned in many ways after the Knights of the Ilook of tho University of Wash ington which is now started on its fourth year of existence. At Washing ton the organization lias been such a success that it has attracted nation wide intercollegiate attention. Many universities have asked to be given de tails in order that they might form a like society. As a result it lias been decided to nationalize the organization under the name of “Intercollegiate Knights,” with chapters in every uni versity in the United States. Dart mouth is now organizing such a body in the east. In tie west the movement is taking root in all Universities and colleges from Montana, through Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California. Thundering Thousand Booked for Practice Rally Tomorrow One thousand men must be out on Hayward field by 4:15 Wednesday afternoon for the last practice rally before the gridiron classic Saturday. Unless the students heed this final summons, Oregon rooting is going to fall flat when the 3500 Aggie sup porters go into action, intimated Ober teuffer yesterday when outlining the plans for the pre-TIomecoining noise fest. “History has shown that a small number of Oregon men can outroot a greater number of Aggies. If the gang gets behind the yell staff I *11 guar antee to get more noise out of one half thousand rooters than O. A. C. can get out of their number. You won’t see any acrobatic stunts, Satur day. We aro out to win that old game, not to j»ut on a side show for the spec tators. The yell staff is going to keep up the fight in the Oregon root ing section until the end—win or lose.” The turnout for the bleacher rally last week was a tragic demonstration of Oregon spirit, asserted “Obie” while pointing out the importance of Wednesday’s rally. TTnless the Thun dering Thousand shows up en masse tomorrow evening the stunt planned and supervised by the yell staff ia (Continued on page four)