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Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME XXIII. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. APRIL 25, 1922 NUMBER 117 WILLAMETTE MS LIFE OF STUDENT; CANOE TIPPED OVER William Poteet’s Remains Go to Portland Today for Last Sacred Rites RALSTON HAD CLOSE CALL Long Search in Icy Waters Made by Students; Scoop Brings in Body Although definite arrangements for | the funeral of William Poteet, student, ' ■who lost his life in the treacherous cur- ! rent of the Willamette river Saturday j afternoon, were not completed before ; his parents and brothers returned to j Portland yesterday, it is probable that ; the services will be held tomorrow. The body was sent to Portland this morning j and is at the Finley chapel in that city. Poteet came to his death Saturday afternoon when a canoe in which he and William Balston, a fellow student in the law school, were paddling on the river, became uncontrollable in the swift current and capsized, Ralston says, about 400 yards below the rapids. The two young men had started on a fishing trip. In Water 20 Minutes Ralston was rescued from the river by workmen of the gravel plant, which is situated on the south bank of the stream about half a mile below where the canoe capsized. He was in the water about 20 minutes before being rescued by the laborers who went to his aid in a small boat. As a result of his long exposure and the shock of see ing his companion drown, R-alston has been confined to his bed since his Teseue. Both young men were clinging to the upturned canoe which had floated down to a point in the river near the crusher when the canoe smashed into a snag and sank. Ralston managed to maintain his grip on the snag: but Poteet, who was only a fair swimmer, lost his hold and was swept under by the swift current. River Dragged All Day The body was not recovered until 7 o’clock Sunday evening, after an all day search had been conducted by some 300 students and faculty members along the banks of the river for several 1 miles below where he was last seen in the water. A scoop operated by the [ rock crusher dredge brought the body to the surface barely 100 feet from the spot where he had sunk. The two men started from the portage on the mill race about 4:30 o clock Sat urday afternoon in the canoe and pad died to the Willamette river, where they began to fish. It is said that the current was swift where they ventured ; and that they had difficulty in keeping the canoe upright. Conflicting eddies caused the craft to ship water and a movement on the part of both of them tipped it over. Neither Realized Danger Ralston said that neither of them was j alarmed at their plight and thought that no difficulty would be had in gaining the shore. He shouted to Po teet to try to wade to the bank while he made an attempt to save the canoe. ; Poteet started to wade but found the depth too great. Thev then climbed on the overturned <anoe and began paddling rvith their hands, guiding it in any way they (Continued on page four) MELVIN ELLIOTT HEAD OF MATHEMATICAL CLUB Otlier Officers Selected: Program Is Given by New President and Miss Laura Hammar Melvin Elliott was elected president of the Mathematical club at a meeting Friday evening. Yirl Benuehoff was elected vice-president, Wave Lesley secretary, and Ted McAlister treasurer. Gertrude Tolle. Don Wilkinson, and Willa Loomis were elected to member ship on the executive committee. Miss Laura Hammar gave a talk on ' ‘■Flat Land” in which all things were taken as straight lines and circles, in cluding even the people. Women, though perfect, had no brains because1 it was held that brains were measured bv the upright angle. No irregulars were allowed in this country. President Elliott spoke on the land of four dimensions, the generation oft a line by a point, the generation of a surface by a line moving perpendicular to itself, the generation of a cube by a surface moving perpendicular to itself, the passing of a cube through a plane was likened to people passing through j life. NEW FRATERNITY FORMED ALPHA BETA CHI FILES ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Not Limited to Any Professional Group; Will Move into House at Opening of Fall Term Salem last Friday, has announced the ! names of its members and made known j the purposes and plans of the organisa tion. The list given out last night in cludes 11 students, with Albin Martin son of Portland as president: M. A. Boyer, Willamina, manager; and Albert I Niemi, Portland, secretary-treasurer. These three men were the signers of the articles of incorporation. Contrary to an impression which is prevalent around the campus, member ship in the new house is not limited to any professional group. Tt has been rumored that only, commerce majors will be included in the jiew local. The men will not move into a house until the beginning of the fall term. Sev eral of the men are members of the Friendly Hall baseball team. The organizing members, in addition to the officers, are Verne Henry, Mc Minnville; George Horsfall, Marshfield; Virgil Jackson, Roseburg; Walter Coover, Portland; Elam Amstutz, Sil verton; Herman Crites, Springfield; Raymond Garrett, Eugene; and Victor Creech, Eugene. Alpha Beta Chi is the youngest member of the five local fraternities now on the campus. WASHINGTON CREW WINS RACE FROM CALIFORNIA Huskie Oarsmen Finish Ten Lengths Ahead of Bruins; Meet Is 15th Between Institutions University of Washington, Seattle, April 24 (P. T. N. S.)—The University of Washington crew decisively defeat ed the oarsmen from the University of California yesterday morning on Lake Washington, the Huskies leading the Bruins by more than ten boat lengths at tlie finish. Washington took an early lead and by the end of the first quarter had gained a length on the southerners, which lead they steadily increased. The meet was the fifteenth between the institutions. a preliminary the Washington freshmen defeated the California yearlings by nine boat lengths. WEATHEK FORECAST OREGON—Tuesday fair; moderate northerly winds. TEN OR TWELVE STUDENTS LOST IN WILLAMETTE AND MILL-RACE SINCE BOATING BECAME POPULAR Happening in cyclic manner during the pas' .".0 years, over a score of Uni versity students have been drowned in the Willamette river and in the mill - race. Dean John Straub in recalling the recurrent accidents yesterday enum erated many still vivid in his memory. Haring the first ten years, from 1990 to 1900, the mi'.lraee was used very little. There was no canoeing and very little boating. Soon after 1900 boating began and with each succeeding year it seemed to become more popular. There have been 10 or 12 persons drowned since that time, on the aver age of one every three or four years. The most recent case happened about four years ago with a senior by the name of Wayland as the victim. About four years before this a girl student in the University was drowned, and some years before this it was a student named Hunter who lived in Uairmount. “It is too bad that every three or four years some bright young student must give lii> life as a warning to others,’’ declared Ilean Straub in ac counting for the coincidence of the re current-happening tragedies. “This warning generally lasts for three or four years,” lie added, “then another student body comes in that doesn’t know of the tragedy and a new one must eome as a warning to the new student body.” The body has been found in every ease. The longest search was institut ed in the finding of Wayland's body It is a peculiar fact that most of the bodies have been found very close to where they were drowned. But two girls were victims of such a fatal end, all the rest having been men. Very few of the deaths have happened in the millraee; the Willam ette has claimed most of the victims. One or two met their death shooting the rapids, which caused the University to pass an ordinance forbidding such action on the part of the students. DOUGHNUT DIAMOND SERIES BEGIN NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON Fijis and Friendly Hall Will Tangle while Sigma Nus Meet Oregon Club SQUADS GET TWO CHANCES Appearance of Vernal Weather j Results in Opening Games Being Set Ahead The doughnut baseball schedule lias been set ahead on account of the period of good weather which seems to have come to stay, and the games will begin next Monday evening, the first, at 4 o ’dock, being between the Fijis and Friendly hall; the second, at 6 o’clock, between the Oregon club and Sigma Nu teams. The schedule calls for two con tests an evening, and this necessitates having one at 6 in order that it will be over before dark. The games are to be seven innings long, and each team will be required to furnish a ball for each contest, since the physical education department is not in a position to supply the balls this year, on account of having lost quite a few last season. Two Fields Used The game at 4 o ’clock will be ployed on the field just south of the R, O. T. C. barracks, but the one set for 6 will be staged on the regular field. This field will be used whenever possible for the earlier game, but as long as the frosli or varsity nines are at home this will be impossible since they both use this as a practice field. The schedule as worked out this year by Eddie Durno is different from any that have been used before, and the new system gives every team at least two chances and makes it practically impossible for any of the best teams to be eliminated in the first round of the competition. The league under the new plan is divided into two parts of eight teams each. The four teams which under the old system would be eliminated as a result of losing the first games, are paired off now, and the best one of the four picked to compete in a round robin series against the two teams which win out in the second round be tween the four winners. After the round robin series between the three best teams in each division of the league, the two best nines will meet in the championship game. Lists to Be Posted All men are eligible with the excep tion of letter men, and men who are at present on the regular varsity and freshman squads. Lists of the men on these squads will be posted in the gym before the games begin. This rule will only eliminate .‘Id or -15 men out of the entire school and should work a hard ship on no one. The schedule tor the rest of the reek is as follows: Tuesday at 4, Kappa Sigma vs. Sigma Alpha Epsilon; at 0, Phi Psi vs. Sigma Phi. Wednesday at 4, Bachelordon vs. Phi Delta Theta; at fi. Delta Tau vs. Kappa Theta Phi. Thursday at 4, Phi Sigma Pi vs. Betas; at 6. Kappa Delta Phi vs. A. T. O. The games for Friday will then be scheduled from the results of the Alon dav and Tuesday contests. These teams are all that have on tered so far, but if others come in, the schedule will be changed in order to accommodate them. The fields this week will be open for practice, and in order to get them the teams will have to sign up at the physical education office for them in advance. Tie- R. O. T. P. field is open all afternoon and evening, while the regular field may be used from 0 o’clock till dark. The umpires for the games will be Eddie Durno and Shy Huntington, as sisted by other baseball men who are not playing this year. Friendly hall won the championship last year, but will greatly miss their last season’s pitcher, Dick Shim. They will put up a good game though, as practically all the rest of the team will be intact. Most of the other teams are rather un certain yet, but many of them will come through with strong teams as usual and the games will lie just as close and hotly contested as ever. SHOW CASES FOE ART ARRIVE The show cases ordered for the Mrs. Murray Warner collection of Japanese art have arrived on the campus and will be assembled in one of the upper rooms of the Woman’s building in the near future, according to W. K. Newell, superintendent of properties. All the cases are constructed of birch and are finished with a dark ebony stain. Enough of the cases were ordered to go around the entire room. CAMPUS ARTISTS Will APPEAR AT Symphony Orchestra to Give Program in Armory the Latter Part of May ALBERTA POTTER SOLOIST Chinese Feature and Novelty Group Will Be Mixed in Heavier Numbers Tickets for the annual home concert to be given by the University Sym phony Orchestra in the Armory Friday evening. May 28, are to be sold by one member of each campus living organ ization, members of the Orchestra, the University Co-op, and Kuykendall’s Drug Store. The advance seat sale will begin today. The program given on the organiza tion 's spring tour will be strengthened with new features, among them a Chi nese act. Costumes and scenery for this act are being worked out with t!io aid of Edgar Bohlman and Lilian Auld. Those taking part in the act are Gwen dolyn Lampshire and Helen Harper, vi olins, and Benlah Clark, flute. Director Rex Underwood is working out the music for this stunt. Violinist Praised on Trip Alberta Potter, now in her third year as violin soloist for the orchestra, will appear on the program. During the recent tour hers was one of the most popular numbers on the program, ac cording to John Anderson, president of the organization. Newspapers in al most every town visited commented very highly on her playing. The Troubadours, the orchestra’s novelty group, have one section of the program. This organization, originally containing six members, has been nug mented by the addition of a second saxophone and a bass viol. The mem bers are Ransom McArthur, violin; Merle Doming, cornet; Frank Dorman and Ted Osborne, saxophones; Herbert TTacker, trombone; John Anderson, double bass; Darrell Larson, piano, and Ray Graham, drums. Osborne entered school this term from California. He formerly headed the Country Club or ehestrn in Santa Barbara which is rat ed as one of that city’s good organiza tions. Dance Follows Concert The Troubadours will play for the dance which is to immediately follow the concert. The program will have for its back bone heavy orchestral numbers, such as “William Tell” and “Merry Wives of Windsor” Overtures and “March of the Boyards,” by Halverson. C. D. THORPE AUTHOR OF NEW TEXT BOOK “Public Speaking Today,” Edited by Two Instructors, Adopted in Portland Schools A textbook on public spooking oil it cl jointly by O. T>. Thorpe, associate pro fessor of English in the University, and E. ('. Lockwood, dean of the school of art and science at the University of Arizona, was recommended last week for adoption in the Portland schools bv the superintendents and educational committee. -The book, entitled “Public Speaking Today,” is adapted for use in high schools and has been adopted in 7" schools, including those at Saginaw, Mich., and Dubuque, Town. Tt was pub lished last October and three months later the first edition was exhausted. Mew adoptions of the book are being made weekly, according to the editor for P.eni. TT. Sanborn & Co., who states: “Tt is the first high school text to eom pletelv cover the field, that it einpha sizes present day needs, gives a new point of view and a definite motive to English eourses, supplies practical and effective exercises, and is written in an engaging stvle.” The book contains about "00 pages and is divided into three section*, in eluding one on the first steps in the art of public speaking, which empha sizes the procuring of material, speech building, and pintforn decorum. The second division cover* the speech activ ities: oration, speech, free discussion, set debate, classroom recitation, busi ness talk, spoken drama, both staged and as play reading. The last part deals with the conduct of public meet ings, introducing the subject of par liamentary organization and procedure. PLEDGING ANNOUNCED Alpha Delta Pi announces the pledg ing of Myrtle Copenhaver of Eugene. VARSITY BALL TOSSERS DROP SECOND GAME 14-2 Washington Sluggers Hit Gray for Six Runs in First Frame; Oregon Rallies Ineffective University of Washington, Seattle, April -I! 1,1’. 1. N. 8.1- The Oregon baseball team went down to defeat on Denny field yesterday afternoon at the hands of the TTuskie tossers, the final count being Oregon *J. Washington 1 1. The Sun Dodgers got an early lead in the first inning when by bunching their hits off Gray, the Lemon Yellow heaver, they got six runs across. The Oregonians rallied in the second and seventh cantos, but the attempts were short lived and netted but one counter each. The Oregon team left here last night for Pullman, where they will engage in a two-game series with Washington State, Monday and Tuesday. Tlie score: R. H. E. Oregon ... ‘J 5 Washington .14 15 1 Batteries—Gray and Leslie, W. John son, Roycroft: Harper, Leonard and Maloney, Miles. 0RE9ANA FULLY PRINTED PARTY BY STAFF CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF WORK Covers Arrive from Chicago in New and Attractive Design; Book to Be Earlier than Usual Completion of student work on the Oregana was celebrated by the members of the staff at a get-together party at Hendricks hall Saturday night. The printing of the 448-page year-book is finished, and the last work of folding and binding is being done now by tho printers. The covers arrived last week from Chicago. They are of the same material as the covers used last year, but the design is new. The Oregana this year will be out somewhat earlier than in other years, for it will appear on the campus before Junior Week-end. Twelve hundred copies have been printed. The party Saturday night was the first meeting of the entire staff, for | the work has been carried on by means j of conferences between the individual staff members and Tuez King, editor. | This is also the first celebration of an Oregana staff, and the members hope il will establish a precedent for later years, and give the Oregana workers a i chance to get together and have a good time, ns the Emerald staff does at its annual banquet. Eleven couples danced land generally enjoyed themselves in the I big dining-room at Hendricks hall. Patrons and patronesses were: Miss Gertrude Talbot, Dean and Mrs. Eric Allen, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Benefiel. The staff members have eaten their cake but expect to have it too, contrary to the usual rule in such cases. A large, thick volume with “ 19112 Ore ganu” on the cover was presented for their inspection during the course of the party and proved extremely satis factory to everyone. The staff went through it from cover to cover and saiil they were well pleased with the volume. It was a cake in the shape of a huge book, covered with mocha frosting to imitate a handsome leather I binding, with white lettering on the ! cover. But although this cake is now ■ eaten and gone, along with the aceom panying ice cream, the staff members will have their cake in the shape of the real Oregana when the book comes out ion the campus next month. SCHOOL DISCIPLINE IS SUBJECT OF RESEARCH Graduate Club Hears Thesis on New Methods; History Class Writes Manuscript Tjiterest was aroused at the meeting | of the Graduate club in Portland last Thursday by the reading of n section i of a thesis by Miss Lilli Sebmidli in ; which she disc, us sod school discipline by |lh<* case method, according to Tf. I). ! Sheldon, dean of the school of eduea | t-ioi). Miss Schmid! i conducts teachers' | training classes at the Franklin high | school and gave specific instances of j cases illustrating methods of discipline. The advance class in the history of I Oregon education, which is writing a . cooperative history of education in Portland, having completed research | work in tie* Portland school r ports I and records and newspaper files, has | started tie composition of the histofy. ! Each member of the class has worked ' on certain sections or phases of the matter. Tt is expected that the rnami i script will be completed by the middle j of .Time. Those in the class include E. TT. Whitney, assistant superintendent j of schools; Robert Downs, head of the I history department at Franklin high school; Charles Reynolds, instructor in ’ Lincoln high school; Charles Lewis of the Y. M. C. A. school; Mrs. Florence ! Dewhurst, L. A. Reed, Ernest Beckman, and L. A. Dillon, mathematics instruc tor at Franklin high school. SOPHOMORES ME INTERCLASS MEET Bl CLOSE MARGIN 51 Points Made by 1924 Team Seniors Close Behind with 47 Markers SPEAROW HIGH POINT MAN Hayward Decides Not to Send Representatives East to Penn Relays Tlip sophomores walked away with the long end of the score in the inter class track meet staged on Hayward field Saturday afternoon, by totaling 51 points in track and field events as against 47 for the seniors, 56 for the juniors, and 51 for the freshmen. Save for a slight breez that blew continually during the competition, the day' was ideal for the meet. All classes were well represented in most contests. However, there were one or two occa sions when there were no men to take part. “Ole” Larson, Oregon’s fastest 100 yard sprinter, was unable to take part in the affair because of a sprained ten don receiver^ in practice last week, but his injury is not serious enough to koep him out of the running for long. Rock hey, a junior entrant for the 100, was also unable to take his place due to a turned ankle. Oberteuffer Wins 100 Oberteuffer won the first honors of the day for the class of 1925 by cross ing the tape in the 100-yard dash in 10.1. The race was a good one from the gun, Lucas, who came in second, crowding Ohio all the way. Ohio also set the pace all the way in the 220-yard dash, annexing fivo more points for his class. Tn this race he showed his superiority by gaining a long lead be fore the finish. In the majority of cases the winners in last week’s meet against the Ags were the favorites Saturday in both varsity and frosli engagements. Struck an again won the shot put with a dis tance of 11 feet 0 inches, adding five more points to senior list. The 1922 relay team, composed of Sundeleaf, Walkley and Bowles, won over other classes, increasing their points by five. Walkley, Oregon star miler for the seniors, easily converted the race for his side bv increasing steadily his lead around the oval. The seniors again took over a first place in the 440-yard dash, Sundeleaf leading across the line in good form. Spearow Is Mainstay Ralph Spearow, top notch pole vault or, added materially to the 1924 forces by taking over the initial places in both the pole vault and broad jump, and tying for first in the high jump with Weber at the height of 5 feet 2 inches. Spearow also placed third in the javelin. Weber and Rosenberg were tin- other two mainstays of the sophomore class, Weber placed third in the discus, second in the 220-yard low hurdles, first in the 120-yard high hurdles, and tied for first place in the high jump, totaling him I I points, two below Spearow. Rosenberg tied with l’hilli|M and Ingle for second in the pole vault, third place in the broad jump, and second in tiie javelin. Aeeording to a telegram sent Hast by Coach Bill Hayward yosterdav af ternoon. Oregon vs- i 11 not be represented in the Renn relays this year. Bill thought for a while that he would have a team to send there, but the team did not materialize, and hope centered around.Ralph Spearow. However, now Bill has decided Spearow will get more recognition and more credit will bo reflected on the Cniversity of Oregon if lie goes to the nation wide meet in Chicago instead. Summary The results of last Saturday’s meet follow: 100 yard dash -Oberteuffer (.Tr.), first; Lucas (So.), second; Jensen (Sr.), third; Virden (Fr.), fourth. One mile race Walkley (Sr.), first; Beatje (So.), second; Ellis (Fr.), third; I Crarv (Fr.), fourth. 220 yard dash -Oberteuffer (Jr.), first; Lucas (So.), second; Broake.v (Fr.), third; Jensen (Sr.), fourth. 120-yard high-hurdles -Weber (So.), I first; Kuhnhauson (Sr.), second: 1 Breaker (Fr.), third: Hunt (Fr.), ' fourth. Time. 17.1. 440-yard dash Sundeleaf (Sr.), first; Wyatt (Jr.), second; Risley (So.), third; Rosebrangh (So.), fourth. Two mile- Koepp (Jr.), first: Schaf fer (Sr.), second; Campbell (Jr.), J third; Bidwell (So.), fourth. 220 vard low hurdles—Virden (Fr.), I (Continued on page four)