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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1922)
ALUMNI ITTEIfD PORTLAND LUNCH Two Hundred Meet at Multno mah Hotel for Speeches, Yells, College Songs Two hundred Oregon alumni attend ed the annual Homecoming luncheon at the Multnomah hotel in Portland, November 5. Enthusiastic speeches, supplemented by college songs and yells were given by the alumni. Mr. Robert Kuykendall, president of the Portland . alumni, gave a brief sketch of the custom of having the annual luncheon in Portland and ex plained at length the plans for this year’s Homecoming in Eugene. Professor H. C. Howe, a member of the athletic council, gave a summary of the football games up to date, and urged the cooperation of all the alumni for the Homecoming game. A committee consisting of five mem bers was appointed by Mrs. Caroline Benson Unander, newly elected presi 0 dent of the Portland alumni, which is to cooperate with the gift campaign. A presentation of the plans for the en dowment fund, and an appeal for the hearty cooperation of the Oregon alum ni in the camjaign for gifts, was given by Mr. W. K. Newell, superintendent of buildings, and Lamar Tooze, chairman of the gift campaign. Coach “Shy” Huntington, “Tiny” Shields, “Bud” Brown and “Prink” Callison, spoke a few words in view of the approaching game. These were followed by short speeches from a num ber of those present. The Glee Club quartet composed of John Stark Evans, Maurice Eben, Glen Morrow and Boy Bryson, sang several Oregon songs, featuring “In the Har bor of the Mountains,” which was writ ten by Professor Howe. The alumni joined in the singing of college songs and seemed to enjoy most of all “March, March on Down the Field,” as the majority of those present had been graduated before the days of “Mighty Oregon.” The yeTis were led by Lyle Brown, a former varsity yell leader, and were pronounced by all who C heard them as good peppy yells. The success of the luncheon was due to Harold Young, son of Professor F. G. Young of the School of Sociology, who was general chairman of the ai fair. “It was a great occasion,” said Mr. Newell, “and fine interest and enthus iasm was exhibited by all, in the plans for theG922 Homecoming.” SHOW WILL BE THURSDAY University Chamber of Commerce Back of Series of Entertainments The two films, “The Conquest of the Forest” and “Pelt to Welt,” to be shown Thursday evening under the aus pices of the University chamber of commerce are part of a series of edu cational reels which the students are to be given an opportunity to view this term. “The Conquest of the Forest” is a film distributed by the General Electric company and gives many glimpses into the logging industry of the Northwest, Electricity and its use in logging and related industries are given special em< phasis. “Pelt to Welt” pictures the shoe-making industry in the variou! stages. The series of films being shown thii term, as well as the educational lec tures, will be continued next term by the chamber of commerce if sufficient interest is ' displayed by the studenti to make the feature a success. The film Thursday evening will be showi in room 105 Commerce building at 7:30 NON-FICTION IS IN DEMAND Students Beading More Intellectual Books; Eugene O’Neil Popular *k The general reading list for students at the library reveals greater demanc for books of non-fiction type such as Thompson’s “Outlines of Science,’ Stacliey’s “Books of Character,” anc “Life of Queen Victoria.” The most popular library book of fic tion among the students is “The Fog,’ by Pelley. Two other books that are being widely read are Howard Bury ’i ‘Mount Everest." and an old fashioned book written about 1850 called “Mobie Dick." by Herman Melville. Stoddard's ‘‘Rising Tide of Color and his “Revolt Again Civilization" are being sought by many students. A. S. M. Hutchinson’s book “This Free dom” has not been as popular as “If Winter Comes" was. Other books that have noticeably gone out of popularity are "Tales of the South Sea Islands.” | Books of poetry and works by Sean- i dinaviau writers. H. G. Wells’ “Out lines of History” now that it has been , put on reserve is not being called for | bv general readers. His recent book | “Secret Places of the Heart” is not | popular with campus readers. HOMECOMING PENNANTS TO BE SOLD THURSDAY1 5000 Pennants Made by Freshman Girls; Sale Is Conducted This Year by Women’s League Thursday morning the pennant sale | for Homecoming will start under the | supervision of Inez Fairchild, general chairman of the sale, which is being • conducted by the Women’s League this j year. Corps of workers have been ap-1 pointed to take charge of selling in every district on the campus and down town, each with a number of helpers. “Old grads, visitors* students, preppers, everybody, will be expected to adorn themselves with one or more of the pennants displaying the Oregon colors with green and lemon yellow. The freshman commission for girls has been busy at work for a number of weeks, and with a group of girls working each day under the direction of Emily Veazie, 5000 neatlv-cut pen nants have been made. When the sale begins on Thursday, the following girls will be in charge of the various loca tions: Adah Hartness, Co-op; Margaret Alexander, town; Helen Weber, depot; and Phyllis Coplan, campus. This year the price of the pennants will be only five cents, half the price of last year. At the game and on the cam pus, pennants will be in'order on coat lapels and blouses. DIFFICULT SEASON (Continued from page one.) Anderson, with a little more coaching and experience, should develop into a reliable-field general. He carries the ball fairly well but has shown weakness in remembering instructions. Poulson, halfback, though somewhat lacking in weight hits the line hard and has an abundance of fight. He is weak on the | defensive but 'should improve greatly with another year’s experience. The rest of the backs, Hobson, Purvine, Stoddard, Mills, and Brosterhouse have shown that they possess the qualities . which makes for varsity material and lack only experience to insure them of being stiff contenders for berths on future Oregon teams. When taking into consideration the short season and the large squad which he had to develop a team from, Baz Williams and his assistants deserve credit for starting a goodly number of men off for varsity careers. “PIONEERS” NOT APPROVED Please let me raise my voice in pro test against the adoption of “Pioneers” as our team sobriquet. It has nothing to commend it, except possibly the statue of the Pioneer on our campus, and that is purely local in significance. We have neveT been “pioneers” and we ate not now “pioneers.” We were an ticipated in that honor by Willamette, Tualatin, Umpqua and Pacific. And, to arrogate the name to ourselves now carries with it the imputation Which we are making every effort to correct. To eastern colleges and even to oui neighbors, the word “pioneer" connotes semi-barbarity and pachydermity. I don’t like it a-tall. If you insist upon an adoptive name, look up “Ber serk” and you will find it possesses i wealth of meaning. FREDERIC 8. DUNN. SPANISH CLUB TO ENTERTAIN The Spanish club will entertain al Spanish students and their friends a1 an informal party to be given at New mail hall this evening at 7:30. The pro gram includes several feature dancei by members of the club, musical selec tions and games. Refreshments will b served. Committees to carry on th< j work during the year were recent!; | appointed by the president, Huber iSchenck. 11 The Castle LAST TIMES TODAY RICHARD BARTHELMESS in "THE BOND BOY” • Britz Castle Orchestra Starting Thursday Mary Johnston’s TO HAVE and TO HOLD with Betty Compton Bert Lytell a Paramount Special The REX FIRST TIMES TODAY • MACK BENNETT’S Melodramatic Comedy ‘‘The CROSSROADS of NEW YORK” All star in cast, a new idea in motion pictures composed by the maker of “Mickey” and “Molly-O” • CHARLES W. HAWLEY Playing “Heard op the Streets of New York” on the SUPER-WURLITZER RECENT GRAD WITH OIL COMPANY IN FAR EAST Elmo Madden ex-'21 Gets Appointment as Advertising Manager and New Agency Locator Elmo Madden, a graduate of the class of ’21, in a recent letter to E. C. Rob bins, dean of School of Business Ad ministration, states that he is now as sociated with the Japanese branch of the Texas company, dealers in petro leum and its products, with main of fices in Tokyo. Mr. Madden was for merly connected with the Alexander and Baldwin Sugar company, and when this firm closed its Japan office, he join ed the Texas company to become its advertising manager for the whole country, as well as locating men for new agencies throughout the northern districts. The work has been unusually inter esting this year, according to Mr. Mad den, because of the most intense compe tition ever known in the oil industry in Japan. The Texas company, he states, is the only indpendent oil con cern in Japan, its chief competitor being the Standard Oil company with whicfc it has competed since its organ ization in the states, 20 years ago. Lack of technical Japanese terms • makes the advertising very difficult, i he says, and necessitates the use of several interpreters to make sure of the exact meaning of some of their usagest STUDENTS TO DANCE CHRISTMAS VACATION Annual Affair in Multnomah Hotel This Year; Georgia Benson Is General Chairman Plans for the annual Christmas Col lege ball to be given under the auspices of the University of Oregon Women's League are now being formulated. The dance will be held in the ballroom of the Multnomah hotel during Christmas vacation and excellent music has been secured for the occasion. Georgia Benson is general chairman of the ball and will preside at a meet ing of all committees for the dance at 7:30 tonight in the basement of the Commerce building. Following are the committees: Publicity, Catherine Spall, chairman, Margaret Scott, Norma Wil son, and Penelope Gelir; tickets, Ed wina Richen, chairman, Georgia Ship ley, Virginia Pearson, and Ruth Sen senich; patrons and patronesses, Jeanne Gay, chairman, Betty Kerr, Nan Mont gomery, and Lucile Elrod. The Christmas College ball is an all college affair, held each year during Christmas vacation. All college stu dents residing or visiting in Portland are invited, as well as high school stu dents who .are planning on attending college. Tickets for the dance will be on sale soon. DE. CAPEN RECEIVES HONOR Pr. Samuel Capon, who three years ago made a survey of the University of Oregon, has recently been inaugur ated as president of the University of Buffalo. Pr. Capen was a specialist in higher education at the Bureau of Education. Washington, P. C., three years ago, when President P. L. Camp bell wanted a survey made of the Uni versity, Pr. Capen was sent to survey the institution. He made an extensive investigation of all the departments at that time, and reported that the Uni versity was in excellent condition. Read the Classified Ad column. MR. I. M. RIGHT SAYS: The ELECTRIC CLEANERS are sure on the job when it ■omes to getting you students ready for the game. Baker-Button THE KODAK SHOP Comer of 10th and Willamette For Your Christmas Enlargements Albums—Dunn Pens J One Goofl Turn Deserves Another We are always open to the students* trade and we will bend every effort to make your activity a success. Hotel Osbum Moore Sign Works Signs of All Kinds Banners Posters Bulletins Signs You Can Read on the Run C. B. Moore, Prop. Phone 700 (Over Hauser Bros.) mania Attention to the details of tailoring careful selection of materials and years of experi ence in designing young men’s models have made Adlers Col legian Clothes popular with col lege men. Always moderatlv priced $37.50 to $45.00 •lust received an express shipment of Whip-cord Overcoats. Eugene Woolen Mill Store C. J. FULTON, Manager ' 837 Willamette Phone 1500 Where Will the ‘Grads’ Sleep? If yon are going to need some new mattresses you had better get them before Homecoming. O’Brien Mattress Co. 391 East 8th Avenue Phone 399 Liggbtt & Myers Tobacco Cq»