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Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME X XIII. ENE, UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1922 NUMBER 121 FRESHMEN TO VIE WITH PREP STARS ON TRACK TODAY Eugene and Franklin High to Furnish Competition on Hayward Field l/IEN NOT YET SELECTED Athletes Please Foster with Improvement; May Be Ready for Rooks This afternoon at 2:30, freshman "tracksters will vie for honors with • Eugene high and Franklin high ath letes on Hayward field. It is not known how many of the Portlanders are coming, but with the combination of the two high schools there will be enough to give the frosh some good experience for their future meets. Coach “Hank” Foster considers that his proteges have bloomed out well con •sidering their small acquaintance with j -track activities at the beginning of the i year, and says that he will have a pretty evenly balanced aggregation be fore the big meet with the O. A. C. rooks. Teams Are Equal All three schools will enter on an •equal footing today, and the competi- j tion should be keen in most of the 'contests. Foster does not know exactly j the men he will use in today’s meet in each event, because he does not know how many will be on deck. The exact list will be posted on the gym bulletin board so that the men concerned may find out for themselves what will be expected of them. The tentative list follows: 100-yard dash: JBreakey, Hunt, and Virden. One mile run: Carruthers and Ellis. High hurdles: Hunt and Braeher. 440-yard dash: Hardenberg and Curry. Half mile: Bill Peek and Shultz. Low hurdles: Virden and Hunt. Half mile relay: Carruthers, Breakey, Braeher and Hardenberg. In the-field events—Shot put: Spear, Virden and Braeher. Pole vault: Wor then. Discus: Terjeson, Spear and Shultz. Broad jump: Virden and Spear. High jump: Crandall, Virden and Gul dager. Javelin: Virden and Spear. Seattle Belays Today According to report the relay car nival at Seattle today will be the big gest track event in the history of the Pacific coast. Eleven colleges and uni versities will be represented by 175 -athletes. Coach Edmundson of Wash ington considers the Aggies his most formidable competitors. Coach Butler of O. A. C. is taking eight men who ran in the carnival last year, namely, Snook, Kellog, Bichart, Swan, Sims, Connett, “Walker and Graves. The mile relay team that will repre sent Oregon there today, composed of Sundeleaf, Wyatt, Bosebraugh and Bis ley, is probably the best that could be picked from the field, and it is expected that they will make a creditable show ing for the Lemon-Yellow. However, they are up against a pretty tough proposition, as some of the best in the country will be there. ADVOCATE PRACTICAL SUBJECTS Oregon Agricultural College, April 28 _(P. I. N. S.)—Oregon girls were urged to work hard to see that practical sub jects are not wiped out of the courses of study in the state schools. This was emphasized in a talk by Mrs. H. Calvin, specialist in home economics with the bureau of education from Washington. D. C. Mrs. Calvii^was former dean of home economics at the Oregon Agri • cultural college. Six Rattlers Killed on Top Of Old Baldy Six snakes basking in the vernal sun which flooded the summit of Old Baldy last Sunday were too lethargic after their long winter snooze to seek cover, and as a result they are now a source of much attraction and stu dent investigation in the zoology laboratory' of the University. The half dozen reptiles speedily uncoiled from their mortal coil when Hubert Prescott, assistant in the zoology laboratory, got their range with rocks and sticks last Sunday when on a hike to Baldy, and are the alarm clock variety,—the kind which shake a wicked tall when disturbed by ani mal or man. There were nine snakes in the col ony, according to Prescott, but three of them shook the winter sleep from their eyes speedily enough to find shelter in holes. One of the rattlers, perhaps the guardian of the group, had 11 bells and a button on its noise maker, while the others were quite small. Some of the specimens killed by Prescott were badly battered and it was impossible to stuff them. It is reported that when the deceased snakes were taken into the laboratory several of the girl zoologists hastily departed, leaving behind them only the echoes of feminine shrieks. Several of the snakes have been put into a preserving fluid and are being used in the laboratory for study purposes. GIDL SWIMMERS MEET AGS VARSITY TEAM TO COMPETE WITH AGGIE MERMAIDS TODAY Women Aquatic Performers Chosen to Represent University in Tank Events; Officials Named The women’s varsity swimming team has been chosen for the meet with O. A. C. today at 2:30 in the new pool in the men’s gymnasium at Corvallis. Those on the team are: 50 foot free style, Maude Schroeder, Winifred Hop son; 100 foot free style, Helen Hoefer, Muriel Meyers; 50 yard free style, Win ifred Hopson, Muriel Meyers; back, Helen Atkinson, Winifred Hopson; breast, Carolyn Cannon, Agnes Schultz; plunge for distance, Emily Houston, Dorothy Manville; diving, Agnes Chris tie, Agnes Schultz. Entries have not yet been decided for the relay race for which four out of the five competing will be chosen. Those trying out are Helen Atkinson, Maude Schroeder, Helen Hoefer, Muriel Meyers and Win ifred Hopson. The referee at the meet is to be Larry Wood of Corvallis; the starter, Gerald Barnes of Eugene; the head timekeeper, Fred Howard of Eugene, and the judges will be Mrs. De Boest of the Multnomah club, Miss Milly Schloth, head of the Portland municipal swimming pools, and Miss Alice Ludgate, formerly head of the Portland Y. W. C. A. swimming pool. SENIOR CARD ORDERS DUE Plans for Class Picnic Will Be worked Out at Meeting Wednesday A senior meeting was held yesterday afternoon to notify seniors wishing commencement announcements that the number of such desired must be turned in this week-end at the Co-op. The price for each announcement is 11 cents, but after Saturday 50 per cent more will be added. All seniors are urged to make reservations for caps and gowns at the Co-op at once. Plans for a senior class picnic will be worked out at the next meeting on Wednesday. The class play has been chosen and details will be worked out at this time. Snap and Power of Musicians Praised in Home Appearance By E. J. H. Under the liberal stimulus of a large and appreciative audience, the Univer sity Orchestra gave the best concert , heard in many seasons at the Armory : last night. The organization displayed ; a genuinely workmanlike finish in its various numbers, approaching the pro- j fessional. Perhaps “professional” is not the right word because of its eon notation. But there was a snap and a power, a picking up of the motifs by ; the various parts of the orchestra, and | a certain soreness in touch, that dis-. tinetly reminds one ef the larger sym phony orchestras. With a great deal to do and with small means to do it, Bex Underwood has managed to weld the instruments and personalities under him into a sup ple and distinctly balanced unit. It : has net been the work of one season; he has labored over many seasons. It has not been an easy task with money and support behind him; the orchestra has fought and pennv-serabbled all the way. But it can truly be said that last night’s concert marks its final achieve ment. It has arrived. To put it tritely, it has “that something” which goes to make up a real orchestra; it has punch; it has versatility; it has lost all the appendages of amateurism. The University of Oregon now pos sesses an orchestra. The overture, Rossini’s “William Tell,” was very well played. Of course we’ve heard it before; seems like the only overture most of us know anything about at all is this particular one. Perhaps that is why we can, in our slovenly, unmusieal way, follow the (Coetinned on page foor) OREGON’S HIT OF R.O.T.C. INSPECTED; PROGRESS PLEASES Col. M. N. Falls Compliments Showing Made by Student Battalion Here SEVEN OFFICERS REVIEW Mimic Attack by Sophomore ' Company Is Feature of ' Day’s Program With martial music sounding and in clear, brilliant weather, the Oregon unit of the Reserve Officers ’ Training Corps was inspected and reviewed yes terday morning at 11 o’clock on the drill grounds south of the barracks by a party made up of Colonel -M. N. Falls, head of the R. O. T. C. organization of the 9th Corps area; Colonel Moses and Lieutenant Colonel Partello of the O, A. C. military staff; Majors Budd and Danielson of the Inspecting Board, Washington, D. C.; Majors Baird and Rowland of the University military de partment, and the University military committee, composed of Prof. F. S. Dunn, Dean C. V. Dyment, Karl W. Onthank, Dean E. C. Robbins, and Dean John Straub. A mimic attack followed, the review, in which a company of sophomores approached the reviewing party from the vicinity of Hayward field in the formation they would adopt in case of actual war. Real Progress Seen Colonel Falls, who is now touring the i 9th Corps area inspecting college R. O. T. C. units, said of the event: “I was much pleased with what I saw. We were all pleased. The unit has mad§ real progress.” I Colonel Falls said he believed that a stu/lent in the R. O. T. C. would always find the training of value because of the experience in organization it gives. The real aim of the Corps is not wholly militaristic, says the Colonel, but is for the benefit of the students and the nation. He stated that although ho had nothing to say about the local pol icy of a college in supporting an R. O. T. C. unit, unless the training was given, students of the institution, in case of war, would have to be led by officers trained in a unit of another institution. Likes Scabbard and Blade Colonel Falls is a hearty believer in the value of Scabbard and Blade, the national military fraternity, which a group of military students now on the campus intend to petition. Colonel Falls and Majors Budd and Danielson left yesterday afternoon for the University of Washington, where they will inspect the R. O. T. C. unit. After the review, a luncheon was given in the Hendricks hall dining room to the reviewing party and the follow ing persons: Dean Fox, Mrs. Edna Dat son, Miss Gertrude Talbot, President Langley of the State Normal school, and Superintendent Carleton of the Eugene city schools. MILITARY FRATERNITY PLANS NEARLY FINISHED Membership Limited to 16; Very High Grade Necessary for Admission; “Oregon Blade” Is Title Plans for the formation of an honor ary military fraternity were nearly per fected at a meeting held Wednesday evening in the “T” hut. It is planned | to admit upperclassmen only, the mem bership being limited to 15. A higher grade average than is demanded by any organization now on the campus will be required for admission to the society. The name of “Oregon Blade” has been adopted as the official title of the organization and a constitution which was read at the last meeting will i be acted upon next Wednesday. A president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer will be elected also. After the fraternity is thoroughly or ganized a petition will be presented to “Scabbard and Blade,” national mili- j tary fraternity, with the intention of establishing a chapter on the campus, according to James Meek, acting chair man. The next meeting will be held Wed nesday in the “Y” hut at 8:30 p. m. ADVERTISING MAN TO SPEAK | Mr. P. A. MacAnley, advertising manager for Meier and Frank company of Portland, will address the class in advertising next Monday and will prob ably speak on department store adver tising. Mr. MacAnley will also ad dress the Kiwanis clnb, a down town organization. Mr. MacAnley was in Eugene last year on a similar mission. MANY SEEK COUNCIL JOBS IN CAMPAIGN - ___' OREGON COLLEGES III CONFERENCE Oil IBIOWf IRK Student Volunteers’ Session Opens with 25 Present as Delegates DR. J. K. BROWNE SPEAKS Miss Mary J. Baker, National Secretary, in Charge of One Meeting The Student Volunteer union confer erence began yesterday afternoon with about 25 delegates from other colleges and universities of the state in attend ance. Dr. Marvin A. Bader, of the Board of Foreign Missions, was the speaker for .last evening. The address for this evening will be given by Rev. K. Browne, who has been a missionary at Harpoot, Turkey, for 38 years. He will speak at tho Y. M. C. A Hut at 8 o’clock. The churches of Eugene are co-opera ting with the Student Volunteer Union by holding special missionary meetings Sunday. At the Methodist church the tonic of the morning sermon will be “A Call to the Colors,” by J. M. Wal ters, the regukf JiSstot) while MlsS Mary Baker of the Student Volunteer Union will have charge of the evening service at 7:30. Music for the morning service will be under the direction of John Stark Evans, and Madame McGrew will sing a solo. Browne at Vespers Rev. Jolm K. Browne will give the ad dress at the Congregational vesper ser vices at 4:30. The musical part of the program will include solos by Arthur Johnson and Joanna James; a quartette composed of Arthur Johnson, Mrs. Whit ton, Joanna James and Herbert Pate; solo by Mrs. Whitton with violin, organ, cello and piano accompaniment by Al bert Douglass, Balph Hoeber, and Alice Tomkins; and a duet by Mrs. Douglass and Beuben Qoffrieiere. At 5 o’clock Thursday a meeting was held for the purpose of making nomina tions for state officers of the Student i Volunteer Union. This meeting was fol-1 lowed by a picnic supper at the Y. M. C. A. and later by a program at the Y. M. hut. The program was composed of several musical numbers by the Eugene Bible University Girls’ Chorus. The speakers at this meeting weBea Rev. Mr. Browne and Miss Marie Corner, pres ident of the Oregon Student Volunteers Union. Mission Service Stressed The meeting on Friday afternoon was in charge of Miss Mary J. Baker, Na tional Student Volunteer secretary. Miss Baker is -s graduate in medieine of the University of Nebraska and will leave next year to take up missionary work in China. The subjects discussed at the meeting were the best method of in forming students of the real need for mission service and world fellowship or gan! ration. The registration of the delegates shows the following to have registered from different parts of the state: Ilaxel Buslach and Phillips Jillson, Pacific university; Mary J. Baker, trav eling secrettary; Marie Corner, Harry Rarey, George Moorehead, Erma Hardin, Esther McCracken, Willamette univer sity; Ruby Allen, Salem; Margaret Phil lips, Albany; Albany; Percy Bell, II.: W. Haybrooke, Florence King, Harold Wilson, Watenpaugh Lillian, O. A. C.; Jane Gumm, and Ruth Jenkins, Mon mouth; Margaret Stillings, McMinnville; Hulda Nacbgal, Ruth Younkin, Vina Fin ley, Pedro Cachapero, and Warren Sav age Linfield college; Clinton Thienes, Portland Medical school; Dr. Bryant, East 8ide Baptist church, Portland. COURTS BEING REPAIRED Within the next few days most of the dirt tennis courts, which are now being fixed up by the campus gardeners, will be in first class shape for playing. The court north of the Oregon building has already been hoed and leveled and can be used at any time. By the aid of a drag which has been added to the equipment of the University, the girls’ tennis court near the Woman’s building will also be leveled up and made ready for playing in the near future. Margaret Jackson Enters Race For A.S.U.O. Secretary FROSH WIN FROM SALEM GAME FULL OF ERRORS WITH FINAL SCORE 11 TO 6 Three Yearling Home Runs Feature; Today’s Contest Scheduled for 1 O’clock The frosh trampled oil the Salem high baseball nine yesterday afternoon in a game filled with errors by both sides and featured by three home runs for the freshmen. Burton figured in the first homer when he stepped up in the sec ond and drove a high fly out for a four baso tour. Vester in the fourth frame cracked one over the second baseman’s hoad which the center fielder failed to intercept and by fast work succeeded in circling the bases. Sullivan in the sixth inning met a fast ball and whiffed a wicked bounder toward left field, and when the dust cleared up was crossing the home bag. Burton’s clout was nearly featured by a calamity, for King was on first and in rounding second forgot to touch the bag and nearly reached the third plate before he thought of it. He ran from third back to second in order to touch the bag, thus slowing Burton up, then both romped home not more than £ yard apart. Bnrton is without a doubt the hardest, hitter oil the team, and hardly ever goes to bat without cracking out a hit of some kind. His batting is on the order of Carl Knudson’s, who featured for the varsity last year, but with a couple of seasons ’ practice should even excel in that department. This Burton is also a slick man at first, nnd is one of the best fielders on the team. The game was full of errors from the very first, the least number count ed being eight for the frosh and 10 for the Salem squad. The frosh outfield as a whole worked like veterans though, with King especially making several difficult catches. Hranaman pitched the entire game for the yearlings and played like a vet eran. Orr was behind the bat through out. Branaman and Skinner are the only two frosh pitchers so far that have shown any sort of pep at all. Skinner will no doubt start the game today and should give a good account of himself, as in the game with Columbia, in which he pitched for several innings, batters went out in one, two, three order. Purrino, the Salem catcher, stepped out without chest protector or shin guards and stopped them nil. He had hard luck several timeH in the game, for he was caught on bases a couple of times. Once after making what, looked like a home run, ho ran so slowly that he was caught by inches in an attempt to slide into third. Ellis, the pitcher who started the game for the prep outfit, was seemingly hit at will by the fresh, and it was only on account of his good support I that lie escaped ns easily ns he did. , Moon, who relieved him in the sixth, | whiffed over a much better brand of ball than Ellis and suffered very little I at the hands of the frosh batters. The game was extremely long drawn out and lasted from 4 o’clock until nearly 6:30. The crowd was quite) large at first, but a cutting wind soon drove most of them away, and the last six innings of the game were played with practically no spectators at all. The game today is scheduled for 1 o’clock, and with the brand of ball put up by the preppers yesterday the tables may be turned this afternoon unless the frosh as a whole put more spirit into their fielding. The lineup for the teams will probably be about the same with the exception of Hkinner (Continued on page four) U. OF W. CANDIDATES HAVE CLUB University of Washington, April 28— CP. I. N. 8.)—“One, Two, Three, Four, if we hadn’t got licked we’d have run some more,” chanted the Defeated Can didates as they wended their way from each of the open houses the evening of the election. Although Washington cannot boast of having the only De feated Candidates club, the idea was originated here and the first Defeated club was at Washington. Pledging takes place the evening of every stu dent body election. HADDEN ROCKHEY GETS INTO FIGHT TOO SENIOR MHI Ellen McVeigh, Hallie Smith and Mary Parkinson to Run for Council Seats; Deluge of Candidates Is Expected With such a largo number of candi dates in tlio race nearly a week before the nominations, predictions that this year’s election will bo one of the moat hotly contoBted in years are being freely made by the staid seniors who hare witnessed three such affairs in the past. Competition in the office of sonior woman representative on the Student Council is now certain as a result of simultaneous candidacy announcements of three well-known co-eds of the junior' Class last night. Two women are to bo oleeted to servo on the Council during their senior yonr. With the announcement last night of an aspirant, for the office of secretary of tho A. S. U. O., thero are few wom en ’s positions which are not being sought by one or more candidates, which is considered exceptional this early in the race. The position of junior woman representative on the Council is the only one for which no canidates have boon announced, and rumors are rife as to tho possible canidates from among this year’s sophomore class who will enter the race for this position. More Men Out One additional candidate for the po sition of senior man on the Student Council and two for sophomore repre sentative were also announced last night, which proves thnt the co-eds are not entirely alone in their desire to get into the race early. There are three to be elected to the position of senior men representatives on the Student Council, and one for sophomore, accord ing to constitutional provision. Mnrgnrot, Jackson late last night de cided to enter the race for the secre taryship of the A. S. IT. O. Miss Jack son is a member of the junior class and has been prominent in student activities throughout her college career. She is at present the secretary of the Woman’s league and a member of the Junior Week-end committee, and has been in charge of the junior class department of this year’s Oregana. She is a mem ber of Kwama, Tre Nu and of Alpha Chi Omega. Girls in Race Three aspirants for the Student Coun cil among the co-eds are Ellen McVeigh, Mary Parkinson, and Hallie Smith. All three are well-known on the campus. Ellen McVeigh has been active in student and clnss activities, having been a member of several class com mittees during her three years on the enmpus, and is at present secretary of the junior clnss. She is a member of Kwama. Marv Parkinson is at present on the executive council of the Y. W. C. A. and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, commerce fraternity, recently winning the scholarship prise offered by that organisation. She is also a member of Pi Lambda Theta, educational honor Society, and of Tre Nu and Alpha Delta Pi. Hallie Smith has likewise taken an active part in student body and class activities and has served on several committees this year. She is at present vice-president of the junior class and secretary of the pan-hellenlc council. She is a member of Kwama and Chi Omega. Rockhey Announces Candidacy Hadden Rockhey, who aspires to the position of senior representative on the Student Council, is well known for his ability along athletic lines. He is a member of the Order of the O and played on the varsity basketball team during the past year, and is at present (Continued on page four)