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Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME XXIII. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1922 NUMBER 89 COUNCIL OPPOSES SIX-DAY WEEK COACHING DIFFICULTY IS OVER BOHLER APPLICANT FOR OLD POSITION ON ATHLETIC STAFF Action Follows Meeting With Dean Bovard; Harmony is Obtained PROGRAM IS AGREED UPON Outside Influences Held by Mentor to Have Created Dissention The direct result of the meeting held Monday night of the “Order of the O” and members of the executive council was the removal of outside influences •which have prevented the members of the coaching staff proper and the head of the physical education from abso lute harmony, according to a statement made yesterday by Coach George M. Bohler. Whatever differences that may have obtained between him as a member of the department of physical education and as a coach of two major sports and Dean Bovard have been ad justed, Coach Bohler stated, and he now stands as an applicant for the position as basketball and baseball mentor. “This morning,” said Bohler, “the other two coaches, Huntington and Hayward and myself met with Dr. Bo vard and thoroughly threshed out our respective duties, responsibilities and positions, relative to the head of the department. At the present time we are all agreed on the value of the pro gram as outlined by the administra tion and the school of physical educa tion and at last, as coaches, we have the confidence of Dean Bovard and he has our confidence. This naturally enough is absolutely important to good work on the part of all concerned.” “With the removal of all outside in fluence from the department,” Coach Bohler continued, “my position is at last tenable, whereas heretofore it has "been impossible. But I want to state right now that I believe in Bovard’s principles and plans for the future of the department. I have been loyal to "him and any charges of disloyalty were caused by a side issue, a disturbing element of outside influence.” “I like Oregon” the coach continued, “and I am glad that any elements of discord have been eliminated for now I can put every thing I have into my work. For while these disturbing ele ments did not concern me, they affected my work because I did not feel that | there was full co-operation on the part of my department proper. According to the resolution passed by the executive council at the time of the re-election of Shy Huntington as (Continued on page three) WOMEN PLAN RULE CHANGES ********* House Committee Takes Action * * * * * * * * * TO BE FURTHER CONSIDERED Alterations in the present rules for ! women on the campus, which were sug gested oy executive council of Woman’s j League, were taken up and discussed at ; a meeting of the house representatives | committee yesterday afternoon. The j changes, which are intended to dispense with some of the present rules in regard to social conduct and activities, and to substitute broader and all-inclusive rules, were favored by the house representa tives, but the matter will be further dis cussed by the Woman’s League execu i tive council, before the student affairs committee will be petitioned for any changes in the present regulations. That calling hours shall be closed at 10:30 every evening except Friday and Saturday evenings, when the hour shall be 12:15, is the proposal which is gener ally favored as a substitute for the pres ent variable rule, depending upon the nature of the social affair. This is in terpreted to mean that women must be in their residences by 12:15 regardless of whether they have been in attendance a formal dance or whether the amuse ment was of a less formal nature. It is thought that this rule will smooth the confusion which now results from the seeming inconsistencies in the present regulations. A slight loosening in the rule affecting picnics and canoeing parties is shown in a new draft of this rule which places the time when the women must return to their homes at 10:30 instead of 9:30. The section that such parties must be adequately chaperoned still holds. A third proposed change is that dance regulations as they now stand be done away with as to the number of danc to be given by each organization. Th house representatives also agreed that men be allowed to remain in the houses as long as the women are permitted to be out. A consideration of whether there is too much restriction placed upon the women on the campus gave rise to the present proposals. It was concluded that some of the present rules are adequate, and there has been no proposal to change these. The rules stating that quiet hours be maintained during the week after 7:30 p. m.; that there may be no danc ing parties within two weeks of final examinations; and that evening dances be scheduled with the dean of women one week before the dance is to be given, remain substantially the same. FETE BLEACHERS ASSURED JUNIORS TO ERECT PERMANENT SEATS ON MILL RACE University Will Provide Workmen and Lumber; Sophomores and Freshmen Classes Raise Funds The problem of providing adequate bleachers, which has been one of the chief questions during the arguments for and against the canoe fete as a part of the Junior Week-end festivities, is now apparently well started on the way of being solved. It seems probable that permanent bleachers will be erect ed along the mill race for this year’s fete and those of succeeding years. When the decision was finally reached to stage the fete it was thought that only temporary bleachers could be built, because the Juniors would be financially unable to put up any other kind. However, with the many con tributions which are now being re ceived, it is the intention to make these permanent fixtures for the annual water event. W. K. Newell, superin tendent of properties, has promised to provide workmen to construct the bleachers, and also some lumber to go in to them. The sophomore class has given $150.00 toward the bleachers, and the freshmen intend to raise this amount. According to Tom Wyatt, president of the class, plans are now being laid to put on a student body dance, the pro ceeds of which will go to this cause also. All students who have witnessed pre (Continued on page four) Well-Known Baritone Started On Career by Dean Landsbury It isn’t often that a person receives the distinction of having discovered a great artist; moreover, it is seldom that just an ordinary person has the oppor tunity of knowing intimately the ‘‘dis coverer.” But with the coming of Ar thur Middleton to the Oregon campus tonight, comes also the knowledge that the now-famous baritone was started on his career by Dr. John J. Landsbury, dean of the school of music. And since that time, the two have been very inti mate friends. ' “Mid,” as Dean Landsbury calls the singer, had just finished high school in a small town in the Missouri valley, when Dr. Landsbury, who, as director of the Conservatory of Music of Simp son College, in Indianola. Iowa, was on what he termed a “scouting trip,” and met the boy. Dr. Landsbury says that he felt then that Middleton’s voice was very unusual, so he urged him to come to the school. About six months later he came, and that marked the begin ning of four or five years of success ful study there. During his first two years at Simp son College the young artist roomed with Dr. Landsbury, and was in the same classes with Grant Kimball and Dean McCuteheon, now of DePauw University. He appeared in oratorios, operas, and recitals both at school and in the state, but in addition to this was a great sport enthusiast, having been varsity baseball pitcher for some time, besides being interested in other types of sports. “I remember one time when the glee club made a trip to a small town in the state—Guthrie Center,” said the Dean with an amused chuckle, “and I remember particularly the nature of the press criticism after the concert, i I think it was perhaps the most unique j criticisip Middleton ever received.” ' The Dean couldn’t recall the exact! wording, but the account was to the ef feet that Middleton’s voice could fill' a vacant lot just as could a cow’s. The writer seemed to think that thp com parison was a good one as far as volume was concerned, anyway. After finishing his study at Simpson College Middleton went to Des Moines, and from there to Chicago and New York, where he is now a soloist of the Metropolitan Opera company. “Middleton is essentially a man’s man,” said Dean Landsburv, in sum ming up his character. BASKETBALL TEAM GIRLS’ VARSITY SQUAD TO MEET O. A. C. SATURDAY AFTERNOON Three of Last Years’ Players Included in Lineup; W. A. A. to Serve Training Luncheon The girls' varsity basketball squad is rapidly working into shape for the game Saturday when it will meet the team from Oregon Agricultural College at 2:.30 in the women’s gymnasium. “We have good material and the girls have been getting in some hard sys tematic practice during the past two weeks,” said Miss Emma Waterman, basketball coach. “So we hope to show the faculty and students as well as the girls from Corvallis a good game.” The probable lineup which will start the game Saturday will contain three of last years varsity players. Oletta Pedersen and Charlotte Howells who have been doing some sensational bas ket shooting in the doughnut and class series will play forwards, and Dorothy McKee, who played guard on the team last year, will again play. Pearl Lewis will take the place of Emily Perry who played with Miss McKee last year, but who will be unable to play Saturday on account of illness. Both of the centers will play for the first time on the Oregon varsity, but Marjorie Flegal, jumping center, has played center for the Willamette team for two years. Helen King will start the game as running center. The subs who will probably have a chance to play, according to Miss Waterman, will be Grace Sullivan and Helen Glanz, forwards; Alberta McMonies, guard; and Ina Proctor and Wilma Chattan, centers. The Women’s Athletic Association will serve the members of both teams with a training luncheon Saturday noon, and has planned entertainment for the visiting team following the game. “This is the first varsity con test in the new gymnasium and the only basketball game of the season,” said Margaret Russell, president of the as sociation, “And we hope that the fac ultv and students will support it with true Oregon spirit.” There will be no i admission charge. MISS POTTER IN CONCERT University Graduate to Take Place of Instructor In New York Miss Aurora Potter, ’21, who went to New York last August to study piano with Ethel Newcomb, has, owing to the illness of her instructor, been chosen to fill Miss Newcomb’s place in a con cert to be given in April. She is now studying with Edwin Hughes, one of the foremost artists of the present day. Miss Potter is a member of Delta Gamma and Mu Phi Epsilon, a member of the University Orchestra for four vears, and was accompanist for the Girls’ Glee club for two years. SCHEDULE CHANGES 10 BE ACTED UPON 01 FACULTY TODAY Dr. Caswell to Offer Motion Providing for Innovation of Six-day Week SAYS MORE TIME ALLOWED Dr. Bates and Dean Dyment Ask Proposal to Eliminate Freshman English Proposals for changes which will radically effect University schedules and curricula will be the center of at tention at the regular monthly faculty meeting which is to be held at 4:15 this afternoon. That which is attract ing the greatest attention is the motion which is to be made by Dr. A. E. Cas well of the department of physics in regard to including Saturdays in the week’s schedule of classes. Following is Dr. Caswell’s motion as it will be presented to the faculty to day: “Moved, that classes be regularly scheduled on Saturday mornings, it be ing understood (1) that the initiative in determining hours when, and rooms in which, classes shall be held rests with the department or the school con cerned, subject to the obvious neces sity of reducing conflicts to a minimum or eliminating them altogether, as in the case of regularly organized courses and in the assignment of rooms, and subject also to conformity to an ap proved selection of days upon which classes may be offered, and (2) that in caso of conflicts the committee on schedule shall confer with the depart ments or schools concerned, may sug gest desirable readjustments, and shall assign rooms in accordance with the needs of the various departments or schools.” Caswell's Plan Outlined Dr. Caswell's purpose is twofold, so he says, in proposing this motion. First, in answer to the objection that the pro fessor’s research time will be lost in such a schedule, he says that on the contrary there will be more time al lowed to the teacher for other things, but that instead of necessarily coming on Saturday, it will come more often and periodically throughout the week. He said that instructors would be given more chance to set aside periods each day for any work they wish to attend to. Also his plan will give to those who are working their way through school another morning beside Saturday to give to their occupations during tho week. Dr. Caswell is of the opinion that where the option is left to tho individual department as to whether or not it will have Saturday classes, in most instances where it may possibly arrange, elective rather than compul sory courses will be scheduled then. Another motion which is to be pro posed and which is expected to arouse some controversy is one advocating that “hereafter the sessions of the Uni versity shall not be interrupted by Washington’s birthday.” Professor J. D. Barnett of the political science de partment is the author of the proposal. “Even though the day is a legal holi day,” said Professor Barnett concern ing the motion, “there is no celebration on the part of the students. As far as I can see, there is no occasion for sus pension of classes on that day which often comes in the middle of the week, and is a very useless and annoying interruption.” Would Regulate Drill A motion which Dr. Caswell will bring up is one which has been agreed to by all parties concerned and is ex pected to meet with no opposition. It advocates that “Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 1:50 be set aside for mass drill for sophomores and from 1:00 to 2:50 for freshmen, and that the re mainder of the time allotted be ar ranged by the department of military science into a number of small sec tions.” Dean Sheldon, of the school of edu ■ation, will present a motion proposing changes in the requirements for stu dents who expect to be recommended is teachers by the appointment bureau, (Continued on page fonr) Classroom Use in Afternoons Urged To Solve Problem : - Final Decision Is Result of Pleas That Self-Supporting Students Need Saturday for Employment T TRACK STARS BACK _ NEARLY ALL EVENTS DEFENDED BY LAST YEAR’S MEN Portwood, Abbott, Walkley, Strochan, Hemenway, Sundeleaf in Training for Spring Season If lettermcn aro an indication of strength, Oregon should have an ex ceptionally strong track team this year. Without doubt there are more letter men out this year than ever before. This is due to the fact that moro sopho mores made their letters last year than is usually the case. There is a letterman in almost every event. In the sprints “Ole” Larson and Roscoe Hemenway aro out to re peat their records. Both men made letters in the Coast Conference meet here last season in the 100-yard dash. Both also ran the 220-yard dash and are strong in the half mile relay. In the quarter mile Dick Sundeleaf, a two year veteran, is out for his third award. Sundeleaf is a dependable man ‘in the quarter and has always been a valuable asset in the two mile relay. !The failure of “Scan” Collins to re turn to school, makes the brunt of the running in this event fall upon Sundo leaf. Several Out for Distance ' In the half-mile, mile and two mile, Oregon will be represented by several letter men. Glenn Walkley, varsity miler and two miler, is out for the last time and his shoes will be hard to fill next year. Walkley’s speciality is the mile, but ho can do the two-mile al most as well. There is a wealth of ma terial to draw from this year in the half-mile. Leith Abbott is back to de fend the laurels he won a few years ago and should give the others a hard ■fight for the honors. Tommy Wyatt and “Speed” Peltier will have to be reckoned with in the half this year also. Both are fast men and cover the ground with ease. Wyatt can also run the 440 if called upon to do so. Don Portwood, a letter man of former years, is out getting in shape for the half mile. In the two mile Arnold Blackburn is doing pre-season work and can be counted on for points this spring. Blackburn made his letter in the Coast Conference by taking a second place. Art Kuhnhausen should go good in the hurdles this year. Hard luck seems to follow Kuhnhausen. Last year in the Coast Conference meet he had a place cinched in the 220 hurdles, when he stumbled and fell, thus eliminating himself. He came back strong, how (Continued on page three) NEW GRADUATE COURSE OFFERED IN EDUCATION Corvallis Parent-Teacher Association to Hear of Tests; Graduates Teach in High Schools J)r. H. W. DeBusk, of tli<« school of education, will address the Parent Teacher Association at Corvallis today and tomorrow on intelligence tests in public schools. F. L. Stetson, of the school of educa tion, who will visit the schools in As , toria and Newberg this week, has been 1 naked by Superintendent A. O. Strange to address the high school teachers at the former place. Professor Stetson is interested in securing information in regard to present practices relative to school administration and activities and other high school problems. He reports that the school situation in Grants Pass and Medford is very favorable and that both schools are well organized ami doing good work. Several students are teaching at each place. Those at Med ford include Hollis Huntington, coach of physical education; Lueile Marshall, ’13, English; Donna Henry, ’18, steno graphy, typewriting; Ollie Stoltenburg, '21, girls’ physical education; Louise Manning, ’18, Latin; Thora Smith, ’20. teachers’ training. At Grants Pass Alice Lighter is teaching English and Latin, and Erma Laird is teaching English. Tho student council went on record yesterday as opposed to the six day plan for recitations on the ground that there is not yet great enough reason for the change. It reached this conclusion be cause it felt that the matter of Satur day classes is now handled by each department ns it. soes best and because there is much room in the University that is not being used to capacity in the afternoon. The resolution adoptod reads: “In-as .niuch as the matter of Saturday classes is now being handled by each depart ment, according to its own needs, and that the proposed plan guarantees no greater freedom in the selection of classes than the present one, as the option is in the instructor in schedul ing classes and that many of the class rooms are necessarily vacant in tho afternoon, and for further reasons con tained in reports from campus organi zations, the student council goes on record ns being opposed to the pre sented plan until a greater need is shown for it.” Caswell Explains Plan The proposed plan mentioned in the resolution is a revised schedule of classes that has been prepared by the faculty colloquium for consideration by the faculty. It was presented to the student council and explained to them yesterday by l)r. A. E. Caswell, pro fessor of physics and chairman of the colloquium committee. Tho plan was so drawn up as to make a compromise between tho alternate day principle of class arrangement and the consecutive day principle. In it all classes arc arranged in three groups. The student would have tho choice be tween taking courses which lay with in either of the groups. By ono com bination he would be able, according to exponents of the plan, to omit any work on Saturday. By accepting the other arrangement he could cloar Monday of classes. T)r. Caswell pointed out that this would make possible work on Saturday for those who need it in or der to stay in school. The student council took exception to the proposed method because it gave the final initiative in arranging classes and class hours to tho individual depart ments concerned. They seemed to feel that this power is now held by the faculty under present conditions. The section of the plan referred to reads: “The initiative in determining hours when and rooms, in which classes shall be held rests with the department or school concerned, subject to the obvious necessity for reducing con flicts to a minimum or eliminating them altogether as in case of regularly or ganized courses and in tho assignment of rooms, and subject also to conform ity to an approved selection of days upon which classes may bo offered.” Choice Still Limited Tho council believes that the adop tion of tho proposed change would not give the student any more freedom in his choice of class hours or days. The big plea for the adoption of the six (lay plan is based on tho crying need that will be felt for room as the Univer sity grows. The council felt that enough room is now going unoccupied in the afternoons to take care of tho shortage. (Continued on page two) LUMBERMEN VISIT CAMPUS Party of 90 Eastern Dealers Here on Tour of Northwest A party of 90 members of the Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association of Min neapolis, visited the campus aud Eugene yesterday afternoon and attended a dinner in the Osburn last night given by the Kiwanis Glut), the Progressive Business Men’s Glub and the Eugene Chamber of Commerce. The party ar rived in Eugene in a special train at 1:30 o’clock and left late last night. The members are on a tour of the northern coast states in the interests of their business. While here they visited the Booth Kelly lumber mills. Their entertainment was under the charge of A. G. Dixon, manager of the , mills and regent of the University.