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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1922)
NEW FOOTBALL RULE NOT ADVANTAGE,SAYS COACH Huntington Foresees Slow Game Without Free Kick DANGERS ARE INCREASED Limitation of Shift Plays to Upset Western Teams In the opinion of “Shy” Huntington, head football coach, the rule passed Saturday by the intercollegiate associa tion of amateur athletics of America, abolishing the free kick for goal and substituting for it a play from the line of scrimmage, on or back of the five yard line, is not as important as many eastern critics would indicate. The abolishment of the free kick for goal will probably result, in the almost universal adoption of the place kick after a touch down, says Hunting-^ ton as he does not believe that a coach will uncork a good play to gain an extra point when the saving of that play may mean yardage for a touch down on another play. Coaches Will Be Hindered “The passing of the rule abolishing the free kick,” said Huntington, “is. not a distinct advantage. It means that it will take longer to get the ball into play again after the touchdown and that it will be harder for the coaches to develop the play. Further, if it was the purpose of the rules com mittee to eliminate the dangers of the game, then the committee has failed, for by allowing another scrimmage play it is evident that the dangers are in creased by just that much.” It will, however, in the opinion of the coach, prove more difficult to make the goal from placement than from the held ball which has been the case. With the lack of experienced kickers this will undoubtedly work a hardship on tho varsity next fill 1 as neither Hunk Latham nor Dutch Oram who will probably be called upon to do the boot ing are consistent place kickers. “Spike” Leslie who did the booting for tho Lemon Yellow last season will grad unto this spring. No Need for Change Several other changes in rules were passed by the meeting in Now York Saturday, prominent among which were the ones affecting shift, plays and clip ping from behind. Huntington does not feel that there was n need for any changes in the rules regarding shift plays and clipping and in respect to this said: “Tho plan to limit shift plays seems to emanate from a group of the coaches from the large eastern insti tutions who dominate the meeting in New York and who have succeeded np parently in legislating a number of rules. The move to limit the number of shift plays is probably a move on their part to prevent Notre Dame from using the large number of bewildering plavs which have been in such a large measure the secret of the success of the Notre Dame and certain other western teams on the gridiron.” Other Rule Discussed Another rule that was worked over was the “one man in motion” which now provides for any player leaving the scrimmage line before play begins must be at least five yards behind the line when the ball is snapped. Hunting ton does not think that the “one man in motion” rule will effect football on the Pacific Coast very much, say ing, “Stanford last season used the one man in motion by having an end run in before the ball was snapped in an ef , fort to attract the attention id' the op I posing players.” ART STUDENTS TO COMPETE Portland Extension Division Plans Jury Day for March 24 Members of the Portland division of tin' P niversit \ extension school who are taking work in sculpture and drawing under Professor Fairbanks are planning a jur\ dn\ Mart'll '! in the rooms of the \tvhiteetur:il club t*f Portland. There has recently been organized among students in these classes a sculp tun* societx similar to the organization on the campus and this is the first ef fort of the students to plan an affair simil.ii to the jur\ davs which are held on the campus in the school of arehi torture and allied arts. The students hope to compete with the work of the students on the campus and have asked R V. Lawrence, dean of the school to act as one of the members of the jur\ at this time. At the conclusion of the judging a banguet will be held in the club rooms and the announcements of awards will be made. CLASSIFIED ADS Minimum c-hara*, 1 Him-. He : S tlmuu, 4Ac ; A iiium. |1. Moat feu limited te I lin**. om thto limit, to pur line. Phan* AM, #r luavu copy with Bu*inuua offtuu af Fuuu p. in Uttlyamity Promt. P*yra*nt in mlumnca. Offluu feaura. 1 fe* 4 p. m DRESSMAKING-—Reasonable prices. All work guaranteed. 120-JC14-5. FOR RENT—l.argc modern house for fraternity or sorority use lluilt especially for a club house. Phone 414-J. ’ 122M1S3 LOST—Will the lady who took by mistake u black silk umbrella from the ; Woman’s building on March 10 please call 291-Jf 12S-M16-3.1 MEW HISTORY COURSES TO BE GIVEN IN SUMMER Professor Samuel B. Harding of Min nesota to Give Interesting Lectures on Great War The department of history will of 'er a number of especially interesting :ourse at the summer session, both at Eugene and ■ at Portland, according to l letter being sent to all the history eachers in the high schools of the state, ['he letter was prepared by Hr. R. C. [lark of the history department and is ■jeing sent out through the office of [•lari Kilpatrick, director of both the Portland and Eugene divisions of the rammer school. Professor Samuel B. Harding, of the University of Minnesota, one of the well known historians of the United State#, is scheduled to give a course in he History of Europe since 1870. Phis course will be especially interest rig and useful in throwing light upon he background, causes, and results of •he Great War. Professor Harding will re of great interest to teachers of his tory, because lie lias written so many listory texts that are now being used. Dr. Dan E. Clark will give the courses n American history on the campus. Dr. Ulark has long been a student of Arneri •an history and politics, and his courses ire certain to be most interesting. He will give two general courses, one deal ing with “The West iri American His tory from 1850 to 1887.” He will also iffer three special advanced courses devoted to the Indian policy and the political influence of the west. The American history courses at Port arid will be given by Dr. R. C. Clark, rofesesor Clyde Eagleton, of the South western Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, will give the courses in Europ ean history at Portland. ADDITIONAL FEE FAVORED (Continued from page one) nusical activities,” stated Dean Uands mry. “The professional schools have been developing to such an extent that the University is becoming vocational rather than cultural.” He believes that the proposal will, by bringing more and better artists, increase the attendance of students and will consequently add to the appreciation and the cultural side of col lege life. The concerts this year have been run in a very slim financial basis, according lo Dean Landsbury, and it will bo im possible to continue them at all unless some measure of relief is afforded. He declared that members of the faculty of I ho school of music had personally made themselves responsible for the guaran tees. lie said that Oregon was far in the rear of other colleges of equal and lesser standing in regard to music activities, anil cited examples of the methods by which such things are financed at other schools. The gleo clubs and the orches tra are among the University’s host pub licity mediums, but they are often not self-supporting, he said, pointing out that no deficits from local concerts could be tolerated. It is expected that tlie matter will be carried over until next term and may be presented to the students for their ap proval at the same time as the regular student body election in the early part of May. NEW COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION PROPOSED President Smith of Washington and Lee lias Four Questions Only, All Answered by "Yes" or "No” A college entrance examination con sisting of only four questions, requir iug as answers only “yes" or "no,” ami assuring them to be a better test of fitness for success at college than "a ream of entrance certificates or a hatful of Carnegie units," is the pro posal received at the registrar's office in the form of a bulletin from the Washington and Lee University at I ex ington, V irginia. Henry Louis Smith, president of the University, says in his bulletin, on titled " Turned Loose on Main Street,” that every year a hundred thousand boys are suddenly "turned loose" on the swarming Main Street of American college life without any preparation for the freedom that is abruptly of feted them. Ilis proposal for a remedy for the numbers of wrecked college careers, statistics showing that less than half of the freshmen survive their sopho more year, is the truthful answering of these four questions by all aspirants. Question 1: “ Arc you man enough to get up promptly every morning, get tit your meals and to school on time every day, and go to bed at a fixed hour every night, all of your own init iative without a word of reminder from anybodyf" Question 2: “Are you man enough to go off yourself every day and study all \ our lessons till you know them, without having any one tell you to get to work*” Question 3: "Are you man enough, when another fellow‘s answer is in easy reach to fait on an examination rather than obtain unlawful aidf" 18 OUT FOB BASEBALL AT W S. C. Washington State College, Mareh IS. -(P. 1 N. 8.1 Coaeh Barber reports IS men turning out regularly for var si tv baseball. More are expected to turn out as soon as weather will permit outdoor practice. (ret the Classified Ad habit Mil MENTOR FOR Financial Condition Said to be Only Obstacle to Plan The plan of having an all-year freshman coach is gaining support every 'lay, an<l at present has prac tically every member of the athletic staff backing it. This is decidedly a new plan as in practically all colleges tlie freshmen athletics are handled by letter men in the different sports. This has always been the custom at Oregon, and so far has always worked out with excellent results in the way of having good teams. An argument in favor of the all-year coach is that such a man would have a great deal more influence over the men under him than three different men could witt). each handling a different sport. The sole obstacle remaining in the way of having this plan put through is the financing condition of the school, according to Dean John Bovard, of the school of physical education, who is including an appropriation for such an office in the next budget to be pre sented this month, but it is uncertain whether the money will be granted or not. Dean Bovard is solidly back of the idea, saying that a man such as would be secured for the position would be something in the nature of an advisor to the men under him besides coaching the teams. “Such a man would have a great deal of influence on the fresh men both in sports and activities out side of sports” he said, and added that the first year men are prone to forget their studies in their desire to make the teams, and one duty of the all year coach would be to see that the men took the proper attitude toward the rest of their college life besides the sport side. Bill Hayward was heartily in favor of the plan, saying that a letter man in three sports could be secured that would bo a great help in freshman sports. Such a man could follow his athletes throughout the year and would know the men that would stand the best chance for varsity the next year, thus helping out the varsity coaches a great deal. Football Coach Shy Huntington was also in favor of the plan. A letter man in several sports from Oregon who is thoroughly acquainted with the ath letic policies of the school, and who could build his teams up so that the men would be familiar with the var sity methods would be very valuable to the athletic department as a whole he thought. The present plan of having a gradu ate in each sport coach the freshman team in that sport has worked out very well as far as the teams are concerned, for the frosh teams have always made a good record, but the coaches under this system are interested in the men only for the time, and cannot keep track of their outside interests as an all-year man could. The men would no doubt work harder, and respect more, a man who they knew was going to coach them throughout the year than a man who they knew was going to have them for a term only. The Kxecutive council is considering taking up the matter if the school of physical education acts favor ably on it. DR. WILLIAMS STUDIED UNDER NOTED CHEMIST Oregon Professor H:is High Regard for Dr. Gerald Wendt, Who Proved Scientific Theory Dr. Gerald Wendt, professor of ehem istrv at the University of Ghicago, who is credited in press dispatches with having succeeded in transforming one element (tungsten) into another (heli um), was for three years professor of Mr. Williams while he was study ing for his doctor's degree. Dr. Williams took five courses at Ghicago under Dr. Wendt, for whose abilities he has the highest regard. "Dr. Wendt’s discovery is a dis tinctive thing," said Dr. Williams. "It has been known, of course, for a num ber of years, that elements do change from oue to another: for instance, helium conies out of radium, but it has not been possible to hasten the process. Dr. Wendt, however, has taken some thing that does not change naturally and has produced a reaction that or dinarily is not obtainable. The iinmodi ate practical value of the discovery, Dr. Williams points out, is reduced by the tremendous cost of the process, al though it is of scientific interest. The success of Dr. Wendt's experiments, he says, gives no assurance of the trans mutability of baser metals into gold, although it is perhaps a step in that di rection. SCHEDULE OF FINALS OUT (Continued from page one) men students. The remaining 574 hours were flunked by the women. To the freshman class goes the priie for re Ceiving the greatest number of flunks. The sophomore class comes after the freshmen. The class of second year stu dents averaged a total of 366 flunked hours. The juniors contributed a total of 22S flunks to the total, and the seniors turned in their quota with 56 hours of ' failure. "The University is not proud of the i drastic dropping of students.’’ said President Campbell in a speech made the latter part of last term. BISHOP SHEPARD SPEAKS AT METHODIST VESPERS Peace In Relation to Religion Subject of Address; Musical Program is Especially Good “Peace,” with its relation to relig ion in particular, was the subject of i the address of William Orville Shep- I ard, bishop of the Portland area of the Methodist church, who spoke on Sun- : j day afternoon to a large audience at the : vesper service at the Methodist church. Bishop Shepard brought out the point that the reason for the violation of gentlemen’s agreements,” made at the numerous peace conferences, is that the offenders cease to be gentlemen. “It is the business of the church to make gentlemen,” he said. The organ selections of John Stark Evans were unusually fine. The solo work of Joanna James' and Bernice Altstock in the anthem “Hark, Hark, My Soul” by Shelley was especially i appreciated by the audience. In “The Prodigal Son” by Sullivan, Arthur I Johnson displayed a great deal of feel ing and was given an opportunity to show the wide range of his tenor voice. Bet the Classified Ad Habit. ENUS PENCILS T^OR the student or prof., the superb VENUS out rivals all for perfect pencil work. 17 black degrees and 3 copying. American Lead Pencil Co. “Follow the Trail” We don’t expect you to eat much candy during Lent but we haven’t noticed anyone starting a hunger strike so far. Still have a few good steaks left. ■ “The Brightest Spot in Town” Wtik ocbmowUdgmnU to &. C, B, It never rains but it pours! IT WAS "company night.* BUT WHEN I got home. I FOUND the Browns. HAD A sick baby. AND COULDN’T coma SO I chortled “Oh, joy. WON’T SUE and I have. SWELL EATS for two!" BUT NO, Sue said. “YOU DON’T suppose. I'D WASTE all thl3 food. JUST ON you!” AND SO I said. “LET’S PHONE the Smiths." BUT THEY had headaches. THEN WE tried the Joneses. AND THEY fell for it. AND WHEN grub for four. WAS JUST about ready. THE PHONE bell tinkled. AND THE Brown baby was better. AND A minute later. THE SMITHS changed their mini AND THE Missus fainted. “OH, WELL,” I said. “THE MORE the merrier. WHAT’S THE difference? IF THERE isn’t enough food. I’LL FEED the males. ON THE cigarettes that satisfy. AND YOU women can talk. AND BETWEEN the two. WE’LL ALL be Satisfied." WONDERFUL company, Chesterfields — any time, anywhere. Just seem to “hit the spot.’’ Good tobaccos, good blending, (by a private formula that can’t be copied), good-look ing package with an air-tight wrapper. On every count, an all-around downright good smoke. “Satisfy"? All ovea the place.