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
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WOMEN PLAN RULE CHANGES
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House Committee Takes Action
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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.