Oregon daily emerald., April 19, 1922, Image 1

Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXIII.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1922
NUMBER 113
TORREY DESCRIBES
WORK IN RESEARCH
SEEN ON TRIP EAS1
Laboratories Provided for by
Endowments, Workshops
of Famous Scientists
CONFERENCE IS ATTENDED
I Progress of Knowledge of
Medicine and Causes of
Diseases Added to
Dr. Harry Beal Torrey, head of the
zoology department of the University,
is back on the campus after an extens
ive trip through the East on which he
attended two national medical confer
ences and visited a score of colleges
and research laboratories.
Great things are being done in the
East in the field of scientific research,
is the word Dr. Torrey brings with him.
While in one of the laboratories of the
Boekefeller Institute of Medical Re
search in New York, he examined the
methods of Alexis Carrel, the famous
French scientist who has kept growing
tissue which was taken from the heart
of an embryonic chick ten years ago.
Laboratories Are Visited
Other research laboratories visited
were at the University of Wisconsin,
Cornell University, Columbia Univer
sity, and Harvard University. Some of
the schools, with almost unlimited re
sources, have added vastly to medical
knowledge of natural secrets in their
study of the causes of disease within
the last few months, according to Dr.
Torrey.
“I feel keenly the results of Ore
gon’s comparative isolation from the
scientific world, but I am optimistic
over the future of scientific research in
the West and I am sure that there is
here every element of success,” he said
yesterday.
With so few centers of medical re
search on the Pacific coast, the only
solution to the problem of keeping step
with new discoveries and methods is
for the Western scientists to make fre
quent trips to the seat of the discover
ies. In addition to his conferences with
medical leaders of the nation, Dr. Tor
rey presented a report to the Society
of Experimental Biology and Medicine
in New York, describing the methods
used in the department here.
Public Health Topic
Dr. Torrey attended first a confer
ence of representatives of all medical
colleges in Chicago, which took up
problems of medical education, hos
pitals, hospital service, public health,
and public education. From there he
went to Washington where he attended
a conference held under the auspices of
the United States Bureau of Public
Health.
In Ms study of problems of medical
education he visited the schools at the
University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins
University, Columbia University, Cor
nell University, Harvard University,
and the University of Toronto.
At the University of Wisconsin he
saw the work of Professor liuyer ana
his experiments with inheritance. “It
appears likely from the present results
that he has succeeded in doing some
thing which had not been done before,
that is to predict a variation and pro
duce it according to prediction in spe
cies and to modify species specifically,”
said Dr. Torrey.
Meets Oregon People
While on his trip he met a number J
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FIGHT ON NEW STADIUM
RENEWED AT STANFORD
Use of Strawberry Canyon as Site
for Construction Held to Be
Violation of Contract
Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal.,
April IS— (P. I. N.' S. Special)—The
fight against the Strawberry Canyon
site chosen by the regents of the Uni
versity of California for the proposed
stadium will be carried to Attorney
General Webb if necessary, according
to ,T. S. Hutchinson, lawyer. A new
light has been cast on the controversy
as a result of the filing of a document
by Hutchinson which holds that the
construction of a stadium in Strawberry
Canyon would be a distinct violation of
the terms under which the land was
originally secured.
The only thing done at the meeting
of the state university regents last
Tuesday was to receive the plans drawn
up by the university architect, John
Galen Howard. Hutchinson’s docu
ment was not received in time for con
sideration, so will probably be discussed
at the next meeting.
HOME CONCERT APRIL 28
ORCHESTRA TO REPEAT SPRING
TOUR PROGRAM AT ARMORY
Organization Complimented upon High
Quality of Its Entertainment;
Trip Termed Big Success
After steady and effective work and
a number of successful concerts during
the year, the University orchestra is
appearing in its second annual home
concert at the Armory on Friday even
ing, April 28. The orchestra spent the
entire spring vacation on an extended
concert tour which Director Rex Under
wood termed “a success beyond all ex
pectations.” The tour extended into
eastern Oregon and also over into Wash
ington. A total of nine concerts were
given in as many towns and in every
instance the orchestra was received
with approval and praise, and press
comments were highly favorable.
“The only difficulty with the trip,”
said Mr. Underwood, “was the fact that
the advertising had not been sufficient
to give the people of the state an ade
quate idea of the real merits of the or
chestra’s work and the professional
quality of the program. I was told in
the eastern part of the state that they
had never before had a musical offering
of such worth. There was no attempt
at a popular appeal and only standard
orchestral numbers were used. The peo
ple appreciated this attitude and no at
tempt was made to “play down” to any
audience. Musicians at many places
expressed their appreciation at our
bringing a high class entertainment in
stead of bringing a typical college
show.” •
Commenting on the concert at Van
couver, Washington, the Vancouver
Evening Columbian speaks as follows:
“The University of Oregon symphony
orchestra surprised and delighted an
appreciative audience at the high
school last night, in staging one of the
best orchestral concerts ever given in
Vancouver.”
For the home concert the orchestra
will use only those numbers on its con
cert tour program which met with the
most enthusiastic reception. New num
bers will be added and an entirely new
and novel feature is being worked
out. A complimentary dance immedi
ately following the concert is being
planned.
SUN-DODGER NAME DROPPED
University of Washington, April 17
(P. I. N. S.)—At the meeting of the
board of control recently it was offi
cially decided to drop the name of Sun
Dodger for the University of Washing
ton teams. This action was taken be
cause the name is not liked by Seattle
business men and a great number of
students. Until a name that will be
taken up readily is suggested, no of
ficial action will be taken.
Tree Whose Family Lived Many
Million Years Ago, Grows Here
With a family history extending over
some 20,000,000 years and having leen
saved from extinction only by the in
tervention of ancient Chinese temple
keepers, two Gingko trees on the cam
pus claim all honors when it comes to
family lineage and ancestral nobility.
Among the nearest rivals of the
Gingko duo, who, by the way, may be
found at home between the library and
Deadv and in front of Villard on any
day, is a pair of Redwoods, according
to information given to the Emerald
reporter bv Dr. E. L. Packard of the ge
ology department. But even these
stately plants, which are so much re
sponsible for the fame of California,
were unknown until three million years
after the head of the Gingko family
first left his record in late Paleozoic
soil.
The Gingko family, now known as
Gingko Biloha. or, in polite society, ac
cording to Donald Shepherd, the campus
gardener, as Salisburia Adianlifelia,
were very aggressive during the early
periods of their history.
They showed the eharacteristics of
world "travelers and during the next two
geologic ages, the Mesozoic and Ceno
zoic. reached all the continents of the
world with the probable exception of
Australia. Wherever they explored
during these several million years they
left their calling cards, so to speak, in
the rock strata then forming.
As the Cenozoie period came to a
close the various members of the family
began to die, probably due to climatic
changes, until no living Gingko re
mained except a small family in China.
At that time the Chinese were a civ
ilized nation, at least to the extent that
they were cutting trees for lumber pur
poses, according to Dr. Packard.
This lumbering practice went to such
an extent that the forests of the coun
try were destroyed, leaving it today
barren of trees to a great extent. Dr.
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Varied Program to Be Offered
1 by Members of Music
Sorority
MADAME McGREW TO SING
Open Air Series Looked to
as Means of Bringing
School Together
Mu Phi Epsilon, women's national
honorary musical fraternity, will give
the first of a series of outdoor concerts
on the steps of McClure hall on Thurs
day evening, April 20. A number of
the most talented members of the or
ganization will present the program,
which will start at 7:15, will last about
three-quarters of an hour, and will be
entirely free of charge.
This concert comes about as the re
sult of a plan proposed recently by Lyle
Bartholomew, president of the A. S. U.
O., to bring the faculty and students of
the University together on the campus
more frequently during the long spring
evenings. Other concerts will be given
later in the season by the various mus
ical organizations on the campus.
Prominent Musicians to Appear
Prominent musicians who will take
part in the program Thursday evening
are Madame Rose McGrew, who will
sing several solos. Alberta Potter and
Margaret Phelps, violinists, and Beulah
Clark, flutist, will be accompanied on
the piano by Helen Caples in several
selections. -A quartet composed of
Bernice Altstock, Joanna James, Hil
dred Hall and Leona Gregory, will sing
two songs, and Helen Harper, Margaret
Phelps and Alberta Potter will play a
violin trio. In addition, a number of
the members of the fraternity will sing
Mu Phi Epsilon songs and at the end
of the program all those who attend
the concert will be asked to join in
singing Oregon songs.
Concert Begins at 7:15
Members of the Oregon Knights are
in charge of the details*of the concert.
All those who come are asked to bring
steamer rugs and assemble on the lawn
in front of McClure promptly at 7:15.
The plan of holding open air concerts
is similar to the custom formerly fol
lowed during the summer sessions on
the campus when all the faculty and
students gathered to sing together
under the direction of W. H. Boyer,
prominent musician of Portland. It is
hoped that this custom may be revived
on the campus during the rest of the
spring term, as it proved to be most
enjoyable, according to those who re
call the custom.
SOPHOMORE DANCE IS
SHROUDED IN MYSTERY
Names of Partners Not Revealed; Re
production of Chinese Lottery
Will Be One of Features
The sophomore lottery, which is de
clared to be a true lottery in every
sense of the word, will take place Fri
day evening at 8 o ’clock in the men’s
gymnasium. The affair is shrouded in
mystery and will be one of the most
unique of its kind ever given on this
campus, according to reports.
No one, not even the sophomores
themselves, know with whom they are
destined to attend. Each membVr of
the class is urged to take a chance and
to be a sport.
A reproduction of a Chinese lottery
will take place during the evening, and
prizes will be given. This is the only
feature that has not been kept a secret,
as decorations and the other features
will not be made known until the night
of the dance. James Meek is in charge.
Patrons and patronesses for the af
fair are: Mr. and Mrs. Philip W.
Jannev, Miss Madeline McManus, Ben
jamin Horning and Dean and Mrs.
Colin V. Dvment.
HIGH DEBATES TO BE HELD
State Championship Finals Will Be
Feature of Junior Week-end
The Forest Grove, Roseburg, Grants
Pass, Pendleton, and Vale high school
debating teams will compete in the
semi-finals to be held early next month.
The inter-district debates of the state
high school debate league which have
just taken place, leave these five teams
undefeated, according to Dr. Dan Clark
of the extension division.
In the preliminaries, Forest Grove
won from Seaside, Roseburg from North
Bend, Grants Pass from Klamath Falls,
Pendleton from Prineville, and Vale
from Lostine. The finals will be an
event of Junior Week-end.
WOMEN'S ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE TO BE
NEEO ON MM 12-13
Delegates from Nine States
Will Meet on Campus to
Discuss Problems
MANY PLANS BEING MADE
Program Includes Variety of
Activities; Hike and
i Banquet Scheduled
Delegates from nine states, including
Oregon, in the westernr section of the
United States, are erpected to attend
the conference of the Women’s Ath
letic association, to be hold on the
Oregon campus Friday and Saturday,
May 12 and 13.
States to be represented at the sec
tional conference are Washington, Cali
fornia, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming,
Arizona, Montana and Oregon. From
these any college which has a Women’s
Athletic association, which is consider
ing establishing one, or which is in any
way interested, is invited to send one
or more delegates.
Each College Has Topic
Each college lias been asked to dis
cuss a certain topic, according to Flor
ence Jagger, secretary of the associa
tion and chairman of the committee
handling the correspondence, among
which are included: the point system
as a basis for sports; the expansion of
the program of doughnut athletics; fac
ulty and student cooperation; basket
ball rules; the standardization of swim
ming events for women; intercollegiate
athletics, and walking as a sport.
Dean Elizabeth Fox, Ella Rawlings,
president of Women’s league, and Mar
garet Russell, president of the Women’s
Athletic association on the campus, are
included in the list of speakers.
Open Meeting Planned
For the first (lay of the conference
an open meeting has been planned, as
well as a tour of the campus and a ban
quet. A closed meeting and a hike
up the Willamette have been scheduled
for the second day.
Plans for the entertainment of the
guests are being drawn up by Betty
Pride, chairman of the entertainment
committee. Finance is being handled
by Winifred Hopson, program by
Emily Perry, and the question of hous
ing, by Alice Evans.
Two years ago the University of
Oregon was represented at the sec
tional conference of the Women’s Ath
letic association held at the University
of Washington by Miss Catherine J
Winslow, instructor in the physical edu
cation department; Jeanette Moss,
Ollie Stoltenberg and Margaret Russell.
At the national -conference held last
year at Bloomington, Indiana, the Uni
versity was again represented, this
time by Miss Harriet Thomson of the
faculty of the physical education de
partment, and Ollie Stoltenberg, then
president cf W. A. A.
National conferences of the associa
tion are held every three years, while
sectional conferences, eastern, western,
and middle, are held every two years.
SPRING BLOSSOMS APPEAR
Gardener Optimistic Although Shrubs
Are Now Four Weeks Late
“In a few days the campus will be!
a blaze of flowers,” was the optimistic i
statement of Donald F. Shepherd, who
is not in the leust discouraged by the \
fact that the flowering shrubs are four ,
weeks late this spring. Although Mr. !
Webster states that spring begins with I
the vernal equinox, about March 21st,
and ends with the summer solstice, j
about June 21st, the colorless ivy on
the campus would tend to contradict
this book. “A couple of days like this
will bring it around,” said Mr. Shep
herd, whose gardening activities seem
to indicate a total absence of the
treacherous spring fever.
“We will have more flowers than
last year,” he said, with a glance at
the flourishing golden bell near the Ad
building. “We aren’t planting any
more but last year’s slips will be bet
ter.” The magnolia between the li
brary and Deadv, the red and yellow
tulips which have sprung up in front,
of Hendricks hall, and the Japanese
quince which adds a pink note to the
campus, are all doing their part to
fulfill Mr. Shepherd’s prophecy.
miss McKinney recovering
Wanna McKinney, who was operated
on last week for appendicitis, has been
moved from the Eugene hospital to the
infirmary. After the operation she
contracted a slight touch of pneumonia,
but physicians say that she is now re
covering nicely.
CANDIDATES NOMINATED
FOR STUDENT OFFICES
University of Washington Will Today
Know Definitely Who Are to Be
Political Aspirants
University of Washington, Seattle,
April 18—(P. t. N. S. Special)—Nomi
nations of candidates for A. S. U. W.
offices will be made at the student as
sembly Wednesday, April 1!'. Until
then nothing definite concerning the
candidacy of any student can be deter
mined. While there are some Easter
bonnets in the ring, others are over it,
and most of them nre up in the air.
Newman Clark, Roseoe Torranee,
Herbert Little, Kline Hillman and
James Bailey have been mentioned per
sistently in the talk during the last
week as possible candidates for the A.
S. U. W. presidency.
Orrin Vining might run for senior
representative, according to a rumor
current.
Two possibilities, Tom Austin and
Lou Woodcock, are mentioned for junior
representative.
At the present time, Vera Davis
seems to be the only entry for sopho
more representative, though her candi
dacy is not announced definitely.
PROF. COON COING ABROAD
PIANO INSTRUCTOR AND WIFE TO
STUDY IN FRANCE
Boston Conservatory Recommendation
Gives Entry to Summer School
Without Examination
Professor Leland A. Coon, instructor
in piano at the University of Oregon
school of music, has been granted a
year’s leave of absence in order that
he may study abroad. Mr. and Mrs.
Coon (Jean Fayard-Coon) will sail from
New York on the steamer Paris .Tune 17
and will spend the summer at Fontaine
bleau.
Last year the French government
established a summer school in music
at Fontainebleau which is especially for
American students. The instructors are
some of the best musicians in France
and the school is indorsed by the fore
most musicians in both Europe and
America.
Mr. Coon received such an excellent
recommendation from Dean Goodrich of
the Boston Conservatory that the ex
amination usually required has been
waived. During the three months of
the summer, from June 25 to September
25, Mr. Coon will study piano with Isa
dor Philipp, head of the piano depart
ment of the National Conservatory in
Paris and also head of the piano de
partment of 1 ’Ecole Normale. Although
known chiefly as a teacher, Isador Phil
lip is also well known in both Europe
and America as a concert artist and
composer.
The school at Fontainebleau occu
pies two wings of the old palnce which
is situated in a forest of 86,000 acres.
It is a summer resort and an artist col
ony and although the session of the
summer school is devoted to music en
tirely, it is planned to later include in
struction in all of the fine arts. The
work in music includes both lectures
and recitals by many of the foremost
French musicians. Since the national
government is sponsor for the school,
every effort is made to make the sum
mer as pleasant as possible for the
students.
Mr. and Mrs. Coon will go to Paris
about October 1 and Mr. Coon will do
private study with Philipp and will
also study counterpoint and composition
at 1 ’Ecole Normale. Foreign students
are given particular attention at I ’Ecole
Normale and recitals are given by some
of the greatest musical artists in
Europe. Such well-known composers as
Oubert, Ducasse and Laparra are in
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OREGON OFF TODAY
FOR HARD DIAMOND
BAFFLES IN NORTH
Bohler Picks 15 Men for Tilts
I with Washington, W. S. C.,
Whitman and Idaho
ALL FOUR TEAMS STRONG
Cougars’ Champion Lineup Is
Virtually Intact; Others
in Good Form
Oregon 'a baseball squad, 15 strong,
accompanied by Coach George M. Bohl
er, will take the Shasta this afternoon
at 4:25 for Seattle, where they will
open their northerrn invasion and the
conference season against the strong
University of Washington nine Thurs
day afternoon. The series with Wash
ington was originally scheduled to come
off on Friday and Saturday, April 21
and 22, but the opening game was set
back a day to make way for the Cali
fornia-Washington regatta Friday after
noon.
Tho following men will make the
trip: Pitchers, Phil Ringle, Doug
Wright, Lefty Baldwin and Roll Gray;
catchers, Spike Leslie and Ward John
son; infield, Terry Johnson, Jimmy
Ross, Franz Boiler, Bill Collins and
Hunk Latham; outfield, Don Zimmer
man, Bill Sorsby, Lynn Roycroft and
Herb Geary. Spike Leslie, playing his
third year with the Varsity nine, has
been appointed captain for the trip.
Hard Battles Expected
Tho itinerary of the invasion includes
the following games: This week—
Thursday and Saturday, Washington at
Seattle; next week—Monday and Tues
day, Washington State at Pullman;
Wednesday and Thursday, Idaho at
Moscow; Friday and Saturday, Whit
man at Walla Walla.
The trip will bo a hard one, for every
institution the Varsity is to meet re
ports exceptionally strong teams. Wash
ington State, Inst year’s conference
champs, have virtually all their men
back, with some good new ones from
the yearlings; tho Sun Dodgers have
their strong nine of last season prac
tically intact and should be in great
shape, as they played ball all last sum
mer and fall in the Orient. Whitman
boasts the strongest team in several
seasons, with a pitching ace in Ralph
Knudsen, a brother of Carl Knudsen,
Oregon’s great hitting star of last
season.
Svarverud Out of Game
Svarvorud, who held down tho third
sack for tho Varsity last season and
who was counted on a regular by Couch
Bohler for this season, is ineligible for
the trip, so tho third sack will be held
down by Bill Collins and Hunk Latham,
both of whom have looked fine in prac
tice.
Last night the Varsity practiced with
the freshmen, both the Varsity nnd
frosh hurlers going three einnings. The
Lemon Yellow tossers looked good, and
the team clouted tho ball consistently,
while the Varsity hurlers had little
difficulty in subduing the first yeur
hurlers.
Mon who have been on the squad and
who did not make the trip will work
out on Cemetery Ridge nightly with
the freshman squad until the Varsity
returns. The combined coaching work
will be carried on by Shy Huntington
and Edilie Durno.
Pomona Songsters Display Rare
Harmony Before Tiny Audience
Perhaps it in the much-bruited sun
shine, perhaps it is the wine in the Cal
ifornia air or the scent of the eucalyp
tus which makes singers of Southern col
legians. Surely there is something, for
out of the south in the past, year there
have come to the Oregon campus two
notable glee clubs. IT. C. sent an organi
zation last spring from whose top notch
concert in Kugene theatre echoes are
still heard. Last night’s appearance of
the Pomona College glee club in the
Woman’s building cinched the Califor
nia tradition.
Glee clubs may be awfully good or—
the opposite. There is no mean; the dis
tinction between the good and the bad
is too slight. Pomona club last night
had all the requirements. They know
how to sing, which is one thing, and
they did it, which is another. And they
sang with a glorious ease and a verve
that won over every one of the little band
of Oregonians who braved the horrors
'of the Woman’s ouilding auditorium to
’hear them. In ensemble they left nothing
to be asked; in solo work they were quite
as good. And the program was excellent
too ami it fitted the club. The perfectly
Hynchrouized voices of those twenty-two
men man through the sonorous, clanging
Viking’s Hong of Ce’eridge-Taylor,
mourned in the dreary Cliant of Volga
Boatmen (Haul), boomed through the
'Pilgrim chorus from Verdi’s “I Lom
bardi”, and then in Sylvia (Speaks)
blended in appealing fashion in the nu
ances of that very difficult song which
Oregon’s audiences have learned to know
very intimately through its treatment by
Professor John B. Siefert. Notable too
on the program was Densmore’s Sea
Fever, of which the words are those of
John Masefield. Close harmony of the
“swipe” variety, a negro “morality”
song, the sad tale of Old King Cole and
his Fiddlers Three, several old glee club
standbys, and Pomona's own chants and
hymns of which one, ‘‘The Ghost Dance”
was striking indeed, finished out the
club’s ensemble work.
Three soloists of very great merit ap
peared with the club. Arthur Hitch
cock is an especially brilliant pianist
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