Oregon Daily Emerald
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VOLUME XXIV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1922
NUMBER 7
YJ.C1CAIKS
FOE MEMBERSHIP
IS C1PHDE
Girls Committee in Each House
Assisting in Fall Campaign;
Enthusiasm High
ORGANIZATION IS AT WORK
Association Functioning On
Departmental Plan;
Cabinet at Head
A campus-wide membership canvass
for the Y. W. C. A. is now in progress.
Girls who wish to join are urged to do
so as quickly as possible, as the cam
paign closes Thursday noon with a
meeting of the committee at the An
chorage. All girls living in organized
houses may sign at home, since there
is a member of the committee chosen
from each house.
Becoming a member of the Y. W. C.
A. entails no financial obligation what
ever, according to Dorothy Collier, the
general secretary. Voluntary pledges
can be made later, The only require
ment is that of Christianity. Last year
there was a membership of 590, and
there is expected to be even more this
year.
As a result of the recommendations
of an investigating committee last
spring the Y. W. was organized on the
departmental plan. There will be a
council of thirteen members including
officers and heads of departments.
These departments include department
.chairmen* religious activities, church
cooperation, service, social, finance,
publicity and convention. Girls sign
ing membership cards may specify the
department they are most interested in.
There is also a cabinet of seven com
mittee chairmen, and an additional
freshman council.
“This new arrangement is meant to
increase the association’s efficiency,”
said Miss Collier. “It should make
possible a more comprehensive program
on the campus, and equalize the work
done over a greater membership.”
A large number of vacancies in the
council and cabinet remain to be filled
because of the failure of some of the
jpembers to return to school this term.
There is also one elective office, that of
treasurer, left vacant.
“Thoughtful consideration of the Y.
W. ’s purpose should be urged, rather
than joining simply to be connected
with an activity,” said Miss Collier.
At the meeting of the membership
^committee called Monday by Emily
Veazie, committee chairman, Virginia
Pearson, Neva Service and Helen Mc
Cormick entertained with a membership
skit.
OREGON MEN FAR AFIELD
Richard Dixon at Tech; Clayton Ingle
Alining in South Africa
Richard Dixon, a junior in the depart
ment of pre-engineering last year, is at
tending the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in Boston.
Clayton Ingle, who was in the pre
. engineering department last year, is
with a mining expedition in South Af
jica. He has contracted to stay there
diree years. Mr. Ingle, commonly
■known as “Tubby,” was on the student
council last year.
PLEDGING IS ANNOUNCED
Kappa Delta Pi announces the pled
ging of Isaac Pouttu, Brownsville, and
Reese Wingard, Eugene.
Phi Sigma Pi announces the pledging
of Lewis Green and George Hillis, of
Portland.
PRIZE OFFERED FOR
HOMECOMING SLOGAN
Benefiel Puts up $5 in Cash or In
Tickets for Best Battle Cry;
Deadline Oct. 20
Slogansmiths, attention!
Here’s a chance to earn $5 and win
a niche in the Oregon hall of fame as
; the author of a Homecoming slogan.
The prize is offered by Jack Benefiel.
graduate manager, and the contest will
i be conducted along the same lines as
those of previous years. The slogans
must be in the hands of Miss Grace
J Edgington, alumni secretary, Johnson
hall, by October 20, to make the au
thors eligible for the prize.
The purpose of the contest, as ex
! plained yesterday by Miss Edgington,
is to assist in the promotion of pep for
the big student-alumni event of the
year, Homecoming, November 11.
The prize will be paid in cash to
the winner should it be captured by a
; member of the student body; if won by
| an alumnus or former student the award
will be in tickets for the Homecoming
j game. The battle this year will be with
Gus Welch's Cougars from Washington
State College. In previous contests
between Oregon and W. S. C. the fur
has always “flew.”
A line on the sort of thing -wanted
this year may be gained from a glimpse
of previous prize-winners. Last year
Hr. J. II. Gilbert, known as “Jimmie”
previous to 1903—and since, more or
less,—took home the tickets with
“Home to Meet ’Em, Back to Beat
’Em.” Harry A. (“Has”) Smith, the
longest editor the Emerald ever had,
captured the cash one year with “You
Can’t Beat Oregon Fight,” while the
old-timers remember the “Fight ’Em
Oregon” of the Bezdek era.
“We want it original, short, and
snappy,” said Miss Edgington.
JUNIOR OFFICERS NEEDED
IN ARMY, SAYS COLONEL
Call Issued for Cadets to Fill
Numerous Vacancies
Second lieutenants in the regular ar
my are in great demand at present,
says an announcement received yester
day from the headquarters of the ninth
corps area at The Presidio, San Fran
cisco, by Lieutenant-Colonel Sinclair,
commandant of the R. O. T. C. here.
In the official communication, the
commandant of the ninth corps area
states:
“It is of utmost importance that as
many candidates as possible be secured
in order that the vacancies in the
grade of second lieutenant may be fill
ed as soon as practicable after Jan
uary 1, 1923.
“The total number of possible can
didates so far estimated for all corps
areas is only 75 per cent of the vacan
cies that will probably exist on Jan
uary 1, 1923.”
To fill these vacancies, fifteen per
cent of the graduates of the University
who have had military training are
already qualified, without further ex
aminations, according to an announce
ment from headquarters. Other grad
uates can qualify by taking the exam
inations, which will be offered for a
week beginning October 23, at the mil
itary barracks.
“The fact that fifteen per cent of the
previous graduates will be accepted for
these vacancies without examination
speaks very well for the University R.
O. T. C., says Colonel Sinclair. Since
these appointments are for the regular
army, with all the opportunities that
are offered in this branch of service,
the response to this call should be im
mediate and far reaching.”
One graduate of last year, Emerald
Sloan, has already signified his inten
tion of accepting the offer, and other
applicants are expected to come in be
fore January.
This offer is also to be brought to
the attention of seniors of the Univer
(Continued on page three.)
Law Professor Impressed
With Attractions of West
Oregon has a charm all her own, both
for new students and instructors. Pro
fessor W. E. Carpenter, veteran of
many campuses, who holds degrees from
the University of Kansas and the Har
vard Law school, and has been recently
added to the faculty of the Oregon law
school, is already enthusiastic about
Oregon and its future.
Professor Carpenter, who before this
year had never been west of the Rock1
ies, says that to a newcomer, perhaps
the most impressing thing about the
west is the scenic beauty. After spend
ing many years in the middle western
states, where prairies and plains are:
the general rule, Mr. Carpenter finds
the contemplation of Oregon’s scenic
beauties constant sources of delight.
In connection with this natural splen
dor, the most recent acquisition of the
law school deems remarkable the huge
supply of natural resources, mainly un
developed, to be found here.
Regarding the University, Professor
Carpenter says, “One of my most mark
ed and pleasing first impressions was
of the vigorous, healthy, democratic
attitude of both faculty and students.
The abundance of cordial greetings I
receive on all sides make me feel en
tirely at home, while the practice com
mon among instructors here of saluting
each other by their first names is both
delightful and unusual.”
Professor Carpenter, who has had
years of experience as an instructor in
law, remarked on the earnestness of Or
egon law students. Speaking of the ad
ministration, he said, “One praisewor
(Continued on page three.)
FROSR-SOPD PLANS
Fill DEI. 14 STILL
ISM IF DOIT
Dance Will Probably Be Held
In Woman's Building on
Saturday Night
BURTON CHAIRMAN OF MIX
Class of ’25 Has Girl Leader;
Hughes Leaves and Takes
Data With Him
Will there be a soph dance Saturday ■
night? That is the question bothering i
the executive committee of the class of
’25. Jack Benefiel, graduate manager
of t lie associated students, requests:
that there be one, as all other classes j
of the University are having parties of
some kind on that date. The idea is to I
make it a party night.
The conditions are peculiar. Tom!
Hughes, president of the sophomore j
class, has left school for the term and !
taken all plans for the activities for j
the ’25-ers with him.
Mary Hathaway, former vice>-pres- j
ident is now acting as president, and on:
hearing of the request, called an exe
cutive meeting. Plans for the Soph
Frosli Mix Saturday morning were also
to be “doped out” in short order so
that work may be started immediately
on arrangements for the “squarest of
square mixes.”
Hurried inquiries revealed the fact
that no halls are to be had where the
sophomores can meet, the only available
place being the sun room and all not
included in the gymnasium proper of
the Woman’s building.
The freshman class has already re
served the main floor of the women’s
gym, so that all that will separate the
blood-thirsty sophomores from the new
comers will be the thin wooden parti
tions of the structure.
Classes Will Intermingle
Dean Straub was consulted as an au
thority to speak for the wearers of the
green lids and permission was asked
to use the portion mentioned. A com
promise was finally made by which it
is planned to have each class conduct
its series of stunts independently of
each other for the first hour and then
combine the two groups for dancing
during the rest of the evening.
This would make a real get-acquain
ted party of the affair and being a|
no-date night should get the students!
“well-mixed,” according to the acting;
president of the 1925 class. Good feel
ing would be promoted, the sophomores
acting partly as the hosts of the fresh
men.
If this arrangement, which will be
voted on this afternoon at the soph
meeting in Villard hall is not approved,
the class will have to give up the idea
of a party.
Hezden Metcalf, president of the ’25
class, has been apponited general chair
man of the dance, subject to affirma
tive action at the meeting.
Plans for the Soph-Frosh mix have
been delegated to Russell Burton as
general chairman. Sub-chairmanships
and committees will be named later.
Two faculty -advisers are to be elected
also at the meeting tomorrow for the
coming year.
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CHANGES ARE MADE
IN LIBRARY PERSONNEL
Illness Claims Obe Member; Others
Leave for New Fields of Endeavor
In Other Universities
There have been several changes in
the library staff this year. Mrs. Mar
ion P. Watts on a leave of absence
on account of illness. Her position is
being filled by Miss Maude F. Barnes.
Mrs. Marion Boettcher Tyrroll is taking!
the place of Mrs. Blanche Hughes Boss1
in the accession department. Rudolph
Gjelsness, who has been head of the
order department the last two years,
accepted a position in the Hilary at the
University of California. Corwin V.
Seitz has been appointed to the posi
tion of order clerk. Miss Dorothy Low
ry has charge of the reserve book de
partment in the school of business ad
ministration. Miss Gladys Joselyn is
stenographer in the office of the librar
ian.
Miss Emma Stephenson, a graduate
of ’19, who worked in the library dur
ing the summer, accepted a position as
assistant reference librarian at the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
According to M. n. Douglass, librar
ian, 1406 books were handed out in the
reserve book department of the main li
brary yesterday, and several hundred
were used in the business administra
tion department.
PETER CHOCKITT
HOLDS UNMERGER
TO HE DESIRABLE
Professor Says Central and
Southern Pacific Are
Best Separated
COURT DECISION UPHELD
Best Economic Arrangement Is
Central Pacific Linked
With Union Pacific
Dr. Peter Crockatt of the economics j
department at the University, has after
a, thorough and impartial investigation,
prepared a review of the Union Pacific-!
Southern Pacific unmerger case, in
which he shows from a purely economic
viewpoint that an unmerger of the Cen
tral Pacific from the Southern Pacific
system is not only desirable, but that a
Aierger of the Central Pacific with the
Union Pacific would be advantageous
to the state of Oregon.
The Central Pacific, which reaches
from Ogden to San Francisco, consists
of the last link between the western
terminal of the Union Pacific and the
Pacific ocean. For a number of years
this system has been merged with the
Southern Pacific system which instead
of utilizing the road bed and facilities
of the Central Pacific for the sending
of goods east over the shortest possible
route East, has diverted traffic from
the Central Pacific to the southern route
route operated and owned by them
selves.
Referring to the situation Dr. Croc
katt in the review of the case declares
that: “While recognizing that rates in
America as nowhere else are based
largely on the value of service, violat
ing the distance principle, yet it has
long been recognized by economists
that cost of service, taking into account
distance, has a large part to play in the
acting as a check on both high and
unduly low rate. Rates at least must
meet the out of pocket expenses in
transportation. The Southern Padfie,
by its policy of the diversion of traf
fic to the long roundabout route to the
middle west and east, more completely
utilizing the existing plant it has in
the Sunset route, takes away from the
shorter and at the same time existing
plant of the Central Pacific by the way
of Ogden. This is not economic. It is
true that the direct Ogdon route sets
the rate, but on the other hand if given
a greater traffic density it could lower
the rate, thus pulling down all rates
of long roundabout competition so that j
those who live on the coast would ben- j
efit.
The Supreme court, established by
the constitution of the United States
onee decided and has recently reaffirm
ed that the Central Pacific system
should be severed from the Southern
Pacific system primarily on the grounds
that the control of the Central Pacific
by the Southern Pacific constituted a
monopoly in restraint of trade. The
Interstate Commerce commission estab
lished by an act of congress and in 1920
given power by that body to group the
railroads of the United States into a
limited number of through systems, has
drafted a tentative plan whereby the
decision of the supreme court would
be annulled. However, Professor W.
Z. Ripley of Harvard, an expert em
ployed by the Interstate Commerce
commission, favors the unmerger and
places the Central Pacific with the
Union Pacific system. Final disposal
of the Central Pacific now rests on
hearings which will be conducted by
the Interstate Commerce commission
beginning next month.
Dr. Crockatt declares that he would
not favor merger of the Central Pacific
with the Union Pacific system if the
former were able to support itself. In
asmuch, however, as the Central Pacific
extends through a more or less barren
and undeveloped country he sees no
means whereby the system could be
made a paying proposition except by
merger with the more powerful Union
Pacific with which it forms a link to
the Pacific ocean.
Speaking of the benefit which would
befall the state if a practicable un
merger should be effected, Dr. Crockatt
says: “The Natron cut off which was,
planned to run from Eugene to Klamath
Falls would be completed regardless to
which of the two great systems the |
Central Pacific fell. However, Fugenei
stands to gain the position of a great
transcontinental junction if the Central,
Pacific were awarded to the Union Pa
cific for then the latter would begin
building from the terminal Crane loca
ted in the Eastern part of the state to
Eugene.
ALLEN IS WITH OREGONIAN
Word has been received on the cam
pus that Jay Allen, ’23, prominent in
journalism at the University, is doing
■ day police on the Oregonian.
WOMEN'S POINT SYSTEM
IS NOW STANDING TRIAL
Names of Girls in Activities Filed
In Women's League Offices;
Thespians in Charge
The establishment of the point system
instituted by the W onion’s League, for
women of the campus, is now on trial.
1 inter this system a l niversity woman
is allowed to carry only ton points in
activities, except those automatically
received in connection with an office.
Certain activities count a certain num
ber of points.
Offices have been arranged in the
Women's League rooms of the Woman’s
building, and equipped with telephone
and office supplies, where card indexes
containing the names and activity pre
ference of every girl in the University
will bo kept.
the Thespians, student body secre
taries, will have charge of giving out
information, during fixed office hours.
Anyone desiring committee workers
may call the Women’s League offices
and receive help immediately. In this
way both student and activities com
mittees will be benefited. The student
will receive the kind of work she en
joys, and the committees efficient work
ers.
Kffort is being made by a committee
of the \N omen s League to secure the
names of girls who have not registered.
1 hose in charge of completing and per
fecting the point system are Georgia
Benson, chairman, Helen MacCormick,
Virginia Pearson and Wilhelmina Boek
sted.
SIGMA DELTA GDI TAKES
IN SEVEN NEW MEMBERS
Prominent Students Elected
By Honorary Fraternity
Seven majors in the school of jour
nalism, all upperclassmen, yesterday
were elected to Sigma Delta Chi, na
tional honorary journalism fraternity.
The men voted into tho Oregon chapter
of the fraternity at the special meeting
of the active members yesterday are
Ernest J. Hnycox, Clinton Howard,
George Howard Godfrey, Arthur Rudd,
Harold Shirley, John Piper, and Earl
Voorhies. Only seven students were
sleeted to membership during tho en
;ire scholastic year of 1921-22.
All the students taken into tho fra
lernity at this time have been active
m journalistic work, not only on tho
campus, but in various cities-in the
coast states.
To be eligible to membership in Sig
ma Delta Chi, which is acknowledged
sue of the strongest honorary frater
nities in the United States, students
must show a special aptitude for jour
nalistic work and maintain a standard
sf scholarship above the ordinary.
Sigma Delta Chi was founded at De
Pauw University in 1909 and lias won
recognition from newspaper workers in
ill parts of tho country. There are
now 36 chapters in the United States,
and the Quill, tho official publication
if Sigma Delta Chi, in a classification
if the different chapters has placed
Gregon in tho leading group.
The election of John Piper, son of
Edgar Piper, editor of the Oregonian,
to Sigma Delta Chi makes father and
son fraternity brothers. Mr. Piper is
an honorary member. Many prominent
newspaper men in the Northwest are
honorary members of the local chapter.
The seven initiates for one week will
wear a linotype slug in their lapels
while meandering about tho campus
and the formal initiation will be held
about October 20.
MISS TINGLE HONORED
Miss Lilian Tingle, head of the home
economics department, was recently
elected a member of the Pen and Press
committee of the National Homo Eco
nomics association, at its convention in
Corvallis, Oregon, last summer.
11-NUT HOOPERS
START SEASON'S
PUT ON MONDAY
Seventeen Teams Are in Line
to Play for Intramural
Basketball Title
FOOTBALL MEN INELIGIBLE
Organizations Are Divided Into
Two Leagues; Close
Season Early
Monday at 4 p. m. the Kappa Sigs
and the Oregon elub will open the do
nut basketball season. The first game
will be immediately followed by one
at 5 o’clock between the Sigma Chi
and the Chi Psi teams.
At the meeting held last night in the
men’s'gym it was voted to split the
league into two divisions. There are
17 teams and this means that one loague
will be composed of nine teams. In the
lot drawing the Fiji's drew a bye, but
were added to one league. It will be
necessary to .play more games iu this
league than in the other.
Toward the eloso of the regular
schedule some sort of an arrangement
will bo made whereby the three loading
teams of each leaguo will combine into
a new league and fight it out for the
championship.
The dividing of the teams into two
leagues makes it possible to cut down
the number of games that would have
to bn played otherwise as it would ne
cessitate the playing of about 120
games were there only cmo league. An
elimination series would also roquire a
great number of games and much work
to figure out the games and standings of
the various teams.
The time schedule of the games will
bo about the same as last year and it
may be that games will bo played at
it p, m. also. The hours will be 4, 5, 7,
8 and possibly 9 p. m. The schedule
will bo arranged so that one team will
not be compelled to play all of its
games in the ovening, and no team will
get a monopoly on the aftornoon hours.
Certain men who would otherwise
be depended upon for the do-nut teams
are now playing football. A list of
these men wil be suplied basketball
coach Bolder the latter part of the week
and they will not bo eligible for do-nut
basketball until the moleskins have
been packed away at the end of the
football campaign.
This year only seven men will be al
lowed to play on any organization team
after the first three games have been
played. These first games will enable
th organizations to get a lino on the
best material arid to keep them on the
teams throughout the season. The men
selected will be kept on record by the
department of physical education and
by reporting their playing hours to
their gym instructor they will get gym
credit for do-nut work.
It is also the desire of the depart
ment that all houses appoint captain
managers for the various intra-mural
sports. In this way each branch of
sport will be looked after and more in
terest will be instilled in the organiza
tion.
After the first week of regular do-nut
play the scrub league will be organized.
This is to be composed of the players
who are not good enough for the house
teams. These teams will not represent
any organization, but will be given
names and have a schedule arranged
for them.
Following is the arrangement of the
two leugues as they were drawn at the
meeting yesterday:
Loague 1: Kappa Sigma, Oregon Club,
Phi Sigma Pi, Friondly Hall, Kappa
(Continued on page two.)
Nick Carter and Dinty Moore
Labor for a Greater Oregon
Whether from a patriotic ami gener
ous impulse for the making of a “Great
er Oregon,” or from the oft times more
pressing impulse of knowing nought of
a hank but the outside appearance of
the walls, the fact becomes known that
construction work on the new journal
ism building will progress with even
greater rapidity with the assistance
of two one-time students on the cayi
pus.
These apostles of trn; manly art of
physical labor state that they expect
to again take up more intellectual lines
of endeavor iu the University next se
mester. For this term however, their
energies will be confined to the removal'
of surplus earth and the undertaking [
of any other jobs incidental to the
erection of a modern brick structure,
replacing the journalism shack.
“Nick” Carter and “Dinty” Moore
are the “handles” that these entor
prising young men answer to, being
well known on the Oregon campus for
their ability along dance-orchestral
lines.
l.ast summer they spent their time at
Crater Lake Lodge as operators of the
launches which carry the spell-bound
visitors on that great bluo body of im
prisoned water to “The Phantom Ship”
or other points of interest.
In the evening their services, with
the addition of several other students
of coast colleges, played jazzy strains
while the visitors attired in “roughin’
it” clothes danced contentedly before
the mammoth fireplace in the big sit
ting room of the Lodge until time for
an early tied after the days strenuous
labor in that high altitude.