Oregon Sunday Emerat VOLUME XXIV, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22. 1922 NUMBER 17 Bugologists Revel ’Mongst Stones and Old Ccrumbly Bones; Geologists Crack Rocks, Stall on Funny Snails; Call on Fossilists By Link Little fossil, wlivinell DiJ you die aud leave your shell On that Cretaceous ocean floor— Why did you not disintegrate? That should have been your proper fate Then I’d not have to sit up late To assemble you once more. Last Sunday’s Emerald set forth the beauties of the pursuit of knowledge on the Campus during the summer session, but there were others whpse thirst for experience in unravelling the mys teries of geologic ages long past led them farther than the Condon Museum. The 1922 Summer camp of the U. of O. Geology Deparment was held on Griffen Creek, about seven miles south of Medford. Under the direction of Dr. Packard, work began the Monday following examinations and lasted three weeks, ending with a trip to the Oregon Caves. Rise with Early Birds Instead of dashing madly to an eight o’clock, these intrepid scientists arose with the lark (if there are any around Medford) and started the day with the best the chef d’ occasion could pro duce; then with a couple of sandwiches for lunch and a canteen of water, set out to crack loose another date or two from the earth’s calendar. Returning in time for supper, they would hastily bolt their home cooking and try to piece together the information and fos sils gathered througlit the day. Phil Brogan, publicity agent par excellence, kept the world informed of our scienti fic progress. While we can fully appreciate the excitement to be derived from a con test between the married and single men, or a furious set of croquet, (these fascinating events being a part of Sum mer School) let it be understood that the geologists-to-date had their pleas ures as well as those who found solace in the soothing silence of a well oiled millrace. Ditch Wading Delightful After an all day stroll over a per pendicular landscape, gathering fifty pounds or so of choice rock specimens in the balmy hundred-and-ten-in-the shade sunshine, what could be more delightful than a dip in a knee deep irrigation ditch t What matter if the crystal brooklet had taken on the hue of a sunburned Indian in its tortuous course thru wavy alfalfa fields t What if it did leave a deposit of Cretaceous alluvium upon the topography of the bather? Water is wet. Wetness is refreshing. The mud served as a plas ter to alleviate the irritation of sun burn and poison oak. Then, too, there was always mail for Ian Campbell and some times a letter on of the rest of us. The pino chole class met every evening, their studies broken only by heated argu ments such as “when is granite grani diorite,’’ or “Is Trigonia Fitelii a vari ation of Trigonia Lena?’’. Were you oyster, snail or clams f— Not that I really give a dam But science says you must be clas sified. Did you simply stay and sit On that friendly sandy spit And let your food come on the tide? Fault-finding Pastime Fault-finding was a popular diversion. Not that the members of the party were afflicted with mania for criticism, but the presence of Paleozoic Metamorphics and Chico Cretaceous on opposite sides of the camp had to be explained. The adherents to the fault hypothesis spent their leisure discovering new faulty evi dence. After Ford Wilson had wrapped the last of the ten rock specimens required of each members of the party and the finest fossils had been padded for tran sportation to the department, we set off for the Oregon Caves—led by the world’s champion pack carrying hiker, Dr. Packard. The dusty miles rolled away beneath our hob-nailed boots, and we arrived that night at the alleged town of Applegate. Walkley and Biggs had arrived on their snorting tin horses with the provisions, so we made camp in the midst of a flock of young turkeys. A restful night was spent by all, swatting mosquitoes, and we were awakened early by the gob bling of the grasshopper traps as they stalked their breakfasts. Cavemen Are Unheeded Next day we ascended the old trail to the Caves, and camped in sight of the downy mattresses which could be had by those posessing a surplus of capital. Siskyou, the pet deer of the botel-camp, consumed all of Dr. Pack ard’s jelly sandwiches about midnight, (Continued on page two.) 1 IS MENTAL ARISTOCRACY TO BE AMERICAN TRAIT? MANY CRY “NO!” SOME COLLEGE HEADS SPONSER IDEA Increased Enrollment Cited as Proof That Students Are Seeking Practical Education Is there such a thing in America as a “mental aristocracy”? Will Ameri cans, who pride themselves upon their adherence to the principle that all men are "free and equal,” agree to recog nize such a caste in American life as that proposed by President Mark Hop ikins of Dartmouth University? Quite apparently “no,” is the answer ! which the crowds have given to Presi dent Hopkins, and those college author ities who have supported him in his | stand. The enrollment in every college ' in the country has increased this fall, with the exception of those institu tions where students were absolutely forbidden admittance, either upon the excuse of an entrance examination, or overcrowded conditions and lack of equipment. Columbia University, New York City, admitted 31,000 students to its halls of i learning this fall. At the University of California, 15,000 students tread, at its various stages, the path of learn ing. And that is only for the students resident on the campus during the col lege year. Counting her extension courses, summer schools, inter-term courses, and subsidiary institutions, California probably numbers between 26,000 and 30,000 people among her stu dents; 10,000 students are on the Uni versity of California’s campus daily. Look at the following list and read the desires of thousands of men and women to attain an education—just a good workable education, not desiring to belong to any “mental aristocracy.” And remember that many colleges, like Oregon, have been forced, through in adequacy of equipment, to limit their numbers, at least temporarily. Columbia University .31,000 University of Pennsylvania .19,000 University of California .15,000 Northwestern University . 9,000 University of Illinois . 8,000 University of Iowa . 7,000 Chicago University . 6,000 Oregon Agricultural College . 3,000 University of Oregon . 2,200 Washington State College . 1,887 University of Idaho . 1,400 ! HONOR SOCIETIES ON CAMPUS NOW TOTAL 34 19 Organizations Are National; 15 Originated Here With the installation of Phi Beta Kappa, there will be 34 honor societies on the campus this year, 19 of which are national and 15 local organizations. The societies are departmental and only those students who stand highest in scholarship and ability in the different schools are elected to membership. A student is never taken into any of these organizations by the “handshaking” method. Hard work and perseverence are the two qualifications that deter mine a candidate’s chances of becom ing an honor fraternity member. Majority Have President The majority of the organizations have a president, but a few appoint committees to. take the place of a pres ident. The national honor'fraternities with their presidents are: Phi Beta Kappa, a scholarship society for men and women, has been granted the Uni versity but has not been installed yet; Sigma Delta Chi, journalism, for men, Kenneth Youel; Theta Sigma Phi, jour nalism for women, Mary Lou Burton; Hammer and Coffin, humorous publica tions for men, John Braddock; Mu Phi Epsilon, music, for women, Florence Garrett); Phi Mu Alpha, music, for men, Glen Morrow; Tau Kappa Alpha, forensics for men, Paul Patterson; Zeta Kappa Psi, forensics for women, Lur line Coulter; Delta Theta Phi, law for men, Walter Whitcomb; Phi Delta Phi, law for men, Harry Skyrman; Sigma Upsilon, literary for men, Gene Whit ten; Pi Lambda Theta, education for women, Felicia Perkins; Phi Delta Kappa, education for men, Ralph Moore; Alpha Kappa Psi, commerce for men, Ralph Couch; Bet^ Gamma Sigma, commerce for men, Harold Simpson; Phi Theta Kappa, commerce for women, Audrey Perkins; Beta Al pha Psi, accounting for men, Harold Simpson; Associated University Play ers, dramatics, for men and women, has no active president; Geological and; Mining Society of American Univer sities, geology for men and women, Raymond Porter; Phi Mu Alpha, music for men, Glen Morrow. Societies Listed The local societies with their re spective presidents are: University Science club, science students, for men and women, Dr. E. L. Packard; Cross roads, honor and research, for faculty and men, Remey Cox; Pot and Quill, writers, for women, Marion Crary; El Circulo Castellano, Spanish students, Herbert Schenck; Le Foyer Francais,f (Continued on page two.) SPIRIT OF FREEDOM URGED BY BURGESS Fir Trees Are Compared to Short-Skirted Flappers, and Deodar Is Dignified Lady CAMPUS NEED EXPRESSED Round-up Boy Gets By Heavy With Highbrow Line; Many Students Read Good Books By J. M. T. The deodar outside Villard Hall is a stately and dignified lady of a past generation, with her skirts trailing about her on the campus lawn; and the fir trees nearby are naughty, young, daring creatures, quite emancipated, with their skirts comfortably and pleasingly short. This is a remark Miss Burgess made once, and one that some modernist producer of free verse ought to put into poetry and sell, because they al ways say that everything that’s any good ought to be sold. Miss Burgess’ fir-tree-girls are a lit tle behind the times, this year, con sidering that instead of lengthening their gowns by means of drapes and other articles, they ’Te making them shorter than ever. Miss Burgess is one of those persons who quietly ob serves a great deal, but don’t say any thing until they’re asked—about cam pus affairs as about other things. Be cause the little remark concerning the fir trees showed a touch of whimsical humor that students don’t always ex pect to find in their instructors, Miss Burgess was asked what she thought about this shortening of skirts on the part of the fir trees—flapperism being out of date. She smiled, and answered something about the campus automo biles being able to sweep grander curves if the trees weren’t allowed to take up more than their share of room. Miss Burgess’ eyes can twinkle delight fully. Young Are Self-Assertive Since the well-worn subject of flap perism had come up, the reporter asked Miss Burgess what she thought of our campus freedom. She had in her hand at the time a theme somebody had writ ten on the flapper, but she didn’t hack any more at a subject already hack neyed. She thinks that although, ow ing perhaps to Freud and his ideas on self-repression, young people have been rather blatantly assertive of their per sonalities and desires, self-expression can be a virtue when it manifests it self in independence and self-reliance. “We may get a greater degree of intel lectual independence, of fearlessness of intellectual opinion, from this spirit of freedom,”' Miss Burgess said, “and there’s nothing this campus needs more.” Students, Miss Burgess said, often read an astonishing amount of what they might call highbrow literature, al together outside their class assign ments. “When I take out books from the library,” she said, “I have the curiosity to look at the names on the cards, and I have noticed that students read a good deal in philosophy and aesthetics and other sorts of books not required in their classes.” oome QLUU.CII.bH Uigumuwn Publicity personified in the form of a well-known student in the school of journalism entered Miss Burgess’ room as she was speaking of what University students read, and served to illustrate a point. “This student,” Miss Bur gess said, “read ‘Jean Cristophe’ while he was in Colorado this summer, and was so pleased with having done so that he wrote to tell me. He sent it,” she added, with a twinkle, “in a large Pendleton Roundup envelope, with a bucking bronco on the cover.” The clever remark about “publicity per sonified” was made, since newspaper re ports must be accurate, by Miss Bur gess herself, and was not just now whacked off the typewriter—and brain —of the Emerald reporter; but it’s quite a piece of self-sacrifice to have to admit it. All of which goes to show that a sense of humor isn’t confined to the Lemon Punch, nor a spirit of observa tion of the campus to the official pub lications. Both these useful qualities often sit behind class-room desks and lecture to us on important subjects, but neither lecturer nor student can get all his wisdom from text-books. Outsiders Among Archies Of the 120 majors in the school of architecture, one out of every six is a f transfer from other schools or colleges, according to Professor E. F. Lawrence, | dean. The larger part of these trans- j ferred students are from schools with-1 in the state of Oregon, although Wash-1 ington, Montana, California, and even North Dakota are represented. One of the attractions of the local architectur al school to outside students is the group of teachers’ training courses. Many of the transferred students have come from normal institutions. Football in Old Oregon Days ********* Battles of Strange Tactics Told Tales of Ancient Contests with Portland University, Albany College and 0. A. C. Related by Sport Scribe; Contests in Sea of Sticky Mud and Rain Described (By Ep Hoyt) In ‘' ve goode olde days” when Ore gon was called the O. S. U., when the center was called the centerrush, de serving the title, the first gridiron con test was held with Albany college and ‘‘the O. 8. U. ” took the Presbyterian delegation into camp 4(5-0. That game was played on February 22, 1804. The gridiron was located between the walk, that leads from 1:2th street to Doady, and 13th just above the present location of the “Y” hut. A team was organized in the fall of ’93 and Cal Young of Eugene elected coach but tho organization was not sufficiently perfected until late winter to permit the scheduling of a game. The main scoring play in that initial combat was the ‘‘flying wedge” where in a man was given the ball and shoved by sheer force through the opponents team. That Albany game was the first and last use of the wedge made by an Oregon team. In the fall of '94 largely through the untiring efforts of Frank Matthews ’95 and ‘‘Hank” Templeton ’95, Church, a famous Princeton star was secured as coach and the ‘‘boy of tho O. 8. U.” settled down in earnest to put out a football team. Those boys were ambitious and they tackled Port land university, then one of the state strongholds of the grid game and were beaten 12-0 for their pains. First Aggie Tilt in ’94 It was in the fall of ’94that football relations were first opened with ‘‘tho O. A. C.„ Tho first tilt with the Ag gies resulted disastrously for Oregon, O. A. C. winning 18-0 Then as tho sea son wore on and the Oregon team grad ually became more proficient in tho theory and of the gentle art of foot ball a practice game was scheduled with the strong Pacific university team. The contest was played. The two teams battled it out through a driv ing rain on a ‘‘sticky, muddy field south of Eugene” (the old Stewart race track) and as the chronicle has it, ‘‘it was a very muddy game even for Ore gon. ’ ’ The Pacific team was light and fast and thoroughly scienced in the sport and ‘‘at first the visitors simply walked over O. S. U. But across the field be tween them and the coveted goal line ran a large ditch full of water of consi derable depth and width and not being good swimmers the P. U. boys simply could not get over.” Tired of their efforts to force the ball accross the visitors resorted to strategy and re solved to Kick. “ The quarter hurled a large chunk of clay at the full back who caught it and let drive with his foot. It rained mud for a few min utes.” Players Mire in Mud Finally they found the ball and the game went on. According to the report ‘‘it was quite amusing to see tho play ers searching among the lumps of clay for the ball.” Where lightness made it impossible for Pacific to gain her ground on the heavy field the weight of the Oregon team rendered them equ ally importent and in tho next half | the O. U. found it impossible to force | the pigskin across the canal. But one j Oregon player could gain yardage, | Travis, and he but three yeards at a clip, the story of the game discloses I that “Travis would take the ball and bring stuck in the mud would merely ; fall forward thus gaining his three 1 yards.” Yes, the first season of football at the O. !8. U. was unsuccessful but the practice gained in the reverses of ’94 gave rise to one of the greatest seasons Oregon has ever experienced on the gridiron that of 1895 when every game was won. Harry S. Templeton was elected captain and Percy 'Benson who had attained gridiron fame as a quart er back at the University of California was retained as coach. The team won the intercollegiate championship of Oregon defeating Portland university 6-4, Willamette twice 8-4 and 6-0 while the stain of the previous year at the hands of the Aggies was wiped out by a 46-0 victory. Famed tSars Named Some of the players who won fame on that great eleven were E. P. “Ted” SWattuck, ‘ ‘ Oregon’s great guard ’ ’ who later won high athletic distinction at Columbia university, Now York, Big John Edmunson also a guard, Coleman who was known as the “rod domon end rush,” C. M. Bishop and E. It. Bryson. The fall of ’96 saw .1. P. Frick of the Itelianee Athletic club of San Fran cisco elected coach and “Big John” Edmonson '96 captain. The first game vas a practice session with ‘ ‘ the O. A. C. ” in Eugene and in the words of the old Oregon Monthly “The day was rainy, the ground muddy and the ball slippery. After a long succession of fumbles the O. A. C. was compelled to touch the ball down bohind their own goal thus scoring two for the U. O. ” Once during that hardfought game an Aggie back broke through and put a touchdown over “But as Whittier might have remarkod it was not so bad for tho aforesaid farmer failed to hang onto the ball so whon they wont to hang onto the ball so when they wont to kick goal they found the ball tight in tho arms of a Eugene man . . . .and some people wore disappointed and some were not.” Aggies Pleased with Showing Tire Aggies well pleased with their showing and in that game and secured a return contest to be played in Cor vallis. “This game was played in Cor vallis in a fierco wind and rainstorm. There was so much rain that the lime lines wero washed out as fast as they could be laid, as a substitute small ditches wore dug .... Tho crowd ac companied the ball up and down the field helping with the interference. Tho crowd made things interesting fori the U. O. players and an O. A. C. man j hit the referee. As tho “Monthly” naively put it, “the Eugene team got [ out of town as quickly as possible and I vowed never to go back, and they never J have and they probably never will such j is the memory of tho treatment that they received.” However Oregon won i that game 8-4. STUDENTS OF SOUTHERN INSTITUTIONS IN FIGHT Clubs, Brickbats and Bombs Used in Desperate Battle Between Bival Colleges; One Man May Die Two thousand students, armed with clubs, brickbats and gas bombs, fought a desperate battle on the campus of the southern branch of the University of California Friday night. One com batant suffered possible serious injur ies and scores received severe wounds. Those injured were burned by gasoline bombs and maimed by blows on the head and body. The fight was waged between students of the University of Southern California and the southern branch of the institution. Roger Vargas, the most seriously in jured of the combatants, may die of his wounds. He is at the Los Angeles County hospital. According to police who answered the riot call and subdued the battlers after a fierce struggle, the fight result ed when 600 armed students from the University of California attacked the southern branch students, who had been gathered for a football rally for the game with Occidental college to day. The fire department also respond ed when University of California stu dents set fire to a large woodpile. University authorities and police are conducting a thorough investigation of the affair. The two neighboring institutions arc affiliated in no way except that their maintenance is conducted through one form of taxation. HIST—NEW SECRET CLUB FORMED BY DATELESS MEN Prominent Studes Band Together to Defy Women’s Buies During Senior Leap Week A dark secret! For men only! The leap is to be taken out of leap week, leaving it like any other week. A clan more clannish than the Triple Kays is the Obak club, all members of which are solemnly pledged, until bil-1 Hard balls are made square, not to en-| courage, promise nor accept one single: (late upon the week of the leapcrs. The membership includes some of the biggest men on the campus. One of the organizers, however, a most prominent journalist, has betrayed the cause. He was one of the framers of the consti tution at yesterday afternoon’s meet ing, but on reaching home he accepted two dates, which automatically obli gates his resignation. So bethink you, senior co-eds, before [you make your dates, for the club is morciless. All names of women at i tempting to date up a club member will receive pitiless publicity through the Obak Squealer. That is not all; ■ after leap week, woman shall be scorned (quote from by-laws) “even : as the mud beneath our feet.” A mass meeting will be held soon in i the club rooms immediately after a certain dance, at which his Highness, i the High Hermit, will outline the course ■ to be taken. Several prominent campus back sliders are to be reprimanded for alleged acceptance of dates. The Obak I Scandal monger will report the meeting. HOLD FROSH TO TIE Battle Is Hard Fought From Start to Finish; Numerous Penalties Doles Out to Babes FINAL COUNT IS SEVEN ALL Wilcox, Gosser and Hunt forced Out with Injuries; Curran, Columbia, carried off Field By Alfred Erickson Fighting stubbornly before the su perior weight and experience of their opponents, Coaeli Buz Williams’ frosh gridsters signalled their initial appear ance on Hayward field yesterday by holding the Columbia university eleven to a 7 to 7 tie in a rough, hard-fought game marred by many penalties. The Oregon yearlings from the open ing whistle showed n dash and fight that was remarkable and but for their misfortune in drawing numerous pen alties, coupled with their inability to break up the uncanny forward passing of the visitors, would have gained the victory. In the first ten minutes of play the babes went over for a touchdown, after taking the ball from Columbia in their own territory and marching straight down the field by a series of fast end runs. Led by the speedy work of Fur vine, Brosterhouso and Anders, on the freshmen swept the heavy Portlanders off their feet, putting the pigskin on Columbia’s five-yard lino, from where Anderson carried it over in a line plunge. Anderson also converted the goal. Oregon then kickod off, Collins carrying the ball back to the Columbia 40-yard line. Here the freshmen held for throe downs, when their first pen alty allowed the Portlanders their first down in midflold, just as the quarter ended. Frosh Defense Stubborn The stubborn defense of the frosh kept the visitors from gaining much by carrying the ball, and they were forced to resort to forward pussing, a style of play which netted them most of the yardage during the rest of the contest. The first half ended with the ball in Columbia’s possession in mid field. i no visitors openea up me bocouu half with much more snap and soon had the yearlings on the defensive. By a mixture of end runs and a BorioB of snappy forward passes they carried the pigskin to the babes’ 20-yard line, where the frosh held them. Schulme rieh then attempted a place kick but the ball went wild and was carried by Poulsen to the 20-yard line. Oregon then punted and the visitors again opened up their aerial game. After several incompleted passes, a long spiral from Schulmerich to Cudahy brought Columbia to the yearlings’ ten-yard line, where the fighting first year men again hold and punted out of danger. Early in the fourth quarter, however, Cudahy went over for a touchdown after another long pass had brought the bail to the three-yard lino. Collius kicked goal, tying the scoro. Last Quarter Fast The remainder of the game was spir itedly contested with all the breaks going against the Oregon lads. In the last 10 minutes of play, the yearlings carried the ball to their opponents’ five-yard lino only to bo penalized half the distance to the opposite goal line for roughness. Frequent injuries on both sides marked the play and the last half was long and drawn out. Wilcox, Gosser, Bhreeve and Hunt for the frosh wero forced to retire because of injuries, and Curran, Columbia end, was carried off the field with a fractured rib. The game ended with the ball in Co lumbia’s possession in midfield. The lineup: Freshmen—7 Columbia—7 Bass. LER .Doughertj A. Sinclair. LTR .Ransavag. Hunt. LOR .-.Hicks Gosser. C Cadiga* Wilcox . RGB MeElhane> Mautz.BTL .Van Orden Carlberg. RKL Haner Anderson Q Cudahy Poulsen. LHR Schulmerich Purvine. BHh .-.Johnson Brosterhouse. F .Collins Referee: Dean Walker; Umpire: Ter ry Johnson; Head linesman: Gordon Wilson.