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Oregon Daily Emerald ° ° VOLUME XXIV. _ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1922 NUMBER^ COAST COLLEGES SEND DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE MacGregor, Youel Go South to Attend Sessions on California Campus MANY OFFICERS WILL MEET Pacific States and Canada Will Be Represented at Week-End Conclave John MacGregor, president of the A. S. U. O., and Kenneth Youel, editor of the Oregon Daily Emerald will leave Eugene for Berkeley, California, to night on Shasta to attend the meeting of the student presidents and editors conferences in that city on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, ac cording to announcement made by the office of the associated students, yes terday. MacGregor is secretary of the pres ident 's conference, and Youel is presi dent 'f the Pacific Intercollegiate Press association, filling the place of Floyd Maxwell, editor of the Emerald, 1921 22. The official title of the president’s conference is “Pacific Coast Associa tion of University Student Body Pres idents,” according to Maegregor. Large Section Represented "As secretary or the conterenee, said MacGregor, “I have been receiving numbers of letters from the presidents, whc are expecting to attend. Practic ally the entire Pacific coast will bo represented, and an interesting fact is that the University of British Co'urn bia. is also sending a representative tr the conferense. Hence it will be se’n that we arc maintaining the conference on international lines. Oar aim is to get the student presidents where’er they are together, to discus, problems | of student life. It is likely that at this , conference we will discuss the honor system, the point system, and such sim ilar topics.” The presidents’ association is four years old, and in that time has held on- meeting on this campus. Herbert Little of the-University of Washington is president of the association. About 15 papers will be represented at the meeting of the press association, accord’ng to Youel. Problems of col lege news will be discussed, including the Pacific Intereoliegiate News Ser vice. Fred Michelson and Harold Shir ley, members of the Emerald staff are P. I. N. S. editors of the University campus. A plan will also be discussed for the exchange of editorials among the members of the association. The association will also discuss the feasi bility of joining some national press association. Beneficial Meeting Expected “I have received letters from a num ber of the members of the conference who are expecting to attend, and all of them are highly enthusiastic over the prospects for a lively and interesting and beneficial meeting. Probably about 15 editors of college weeklies, tri-week lies, and dailies will attend, and a few managers, though as a rule the mana gers do not attend as they are not mem bers.” Though the two conferences of presi dents and editors are held at the same time and in the same place for the con venience of the members, all meetings except two will be held separately. On Thursday evening, however, the mem bers of the conference will attend a joint banquet, and on Friday morning the conference will hold the last meet ing jointly. On Saturday afternoon, both editors and presidents will attend the annual Stanford-California football game. RALLY DANCE FULL OF PEP STUDENTS MAKE MERRY WHILE CELEBRATING VICTORY Men’s Gym Scene of Impromptu Affair; Eight O'clocks and Exams Are Forgotten Boots, cords, old clothes ami pep wore the keynotes of the rally dance held in the men's gym last night to celebrate the varsity’s 10-0 victory over the Ag gies pn Saturday. Everybody was out even the “conscientious objectors” wuo have eight o’clocks Tuesday mornings and ordinarily don’t indulge in Monday night festvities. Psych quizzes, wo”ld lit papers, and beds were temporarily forgotten while the student body made merry for two riotous hours. Seniors and freshmen alike “tripped the light fantastic toe” on other people’s feet and the old gym echoed with jazz. There were no “eats” but who was hungry so soon after dinner and after the feed of Beaver meat on Saturday, anyway? “Oo-h,” exclaimed one weary co-ed, who didn’t have room to dance on her own feet, “I wish we could beat the Beavers every day, and have a rally dance every night.” There were some battle-scarred ones who wouldn’t agree with her, however. L. N. P. IS NEW CLUB OF SCRUB FOOTBALL TEAM Organization May Be Rival to Order of 0 in Future A new society to be known as the L. N. P. club is being organized on the Oregon campus. Last night about twenty members of the football squad who are not lettcar men and who sat on the bench at the O. A. C. game, met in the gym to form an organization which is to be a contemporary perhaps a rival to the Order of the O. Officers of the club were elected as follows: Moe Sax, president; Verden Hockett, vice-president; and Eav Harlan, secretary. The official name of the or ganization is' being withheld by the offi cers. The purpose of the society, according to members present at the meeting, is to foster a better spirit of friendship and good fellowship among the members of the scrub football team. It was felt by those starting the organization that they are missing some of the activities that the Order of the O got. Social af fairs similar to those put on by the letter men’s club are being planned. The first social functions as outlined last night will be a dance and a banquet which are to take place soon after the football training season ends. The only prerequisite to membership will be the requirement that the new mem bers sit on the bench at the annual Ore gon-O. A. C. game. The second stringers who occupied this place in Saturday’s contest will be charter members. Each year after the Aggie game the new mem bers will be initiated. Any member who wins his letter in football, however, will not be eligible. Members of the Order of O will be made honorary members but will not be allowed to attend meetings or to have any voice in the government. Honorary mem bership includes benefits which may be derived from the social functions. DONALD BARNES TO SPEAR Miss Touv. faculty advisor of Le Foyer Franeaia, will give a talk on “Exposition Coloniale de Marseille,” and Donald Barnes, professor of his tory, will speak in English on his trav els in France, following the regular business meeting of the French club at the “Y” hut tonight at 8 o’clock. The time and place have been changed owing to the women’s intramural de bates. Joanna James will sing several selections, also. Quiet Art Room of Library Offers Solace Among Books By K. W. In the art room of the library—up over the circulation desk—and the room all to one’s self. No sound but the confused murmur of activity in the room below, or the intermittent stir ring of feet as bells ring for classes. A book—on the table where the last person left it—catches the eye, and a glance shows it to be -‘The Eubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,’’.lovely in its binding intriguing in its artistic printing, and as we idly finger the heavy pages, con ning over the familiar verses we think in Lowell’s words: “These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lueent as a rounded moon; The diver, Omar, plneked them from their bed; Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread.” Unwillingly resigning the volume with a last look at one- of its colorful illustrations, a sickle moon, a Persian turret, far-away date palms cobwebbing the blue-green sky— Reminiscent of rainy afternoons spent long ago is a volume of Arabian Nights, illustrated by Maxfield Par rish. In a moment Ali-Babi and the forty thieves populate the small room —in the distance the City of Brass looms, up glaring, fascinating, a huge giant snores in a loud and terrifying manner. The colors of Maxfield Parrish have given to the Arabian Nights the su preme touch. A book of Ingoldsby’s old'legends called Mirth and Marvels, resplendent in red and gold binding, holds old mem ories and new surprises, and shares with the volume next to it, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, the delight of Arthur (Continued on page three.) POINT STSTENI TO BE CONSIDERED DT Will. FOR ACTION Meeting of League This After noon to Decide New Method of Awards for Women 1000 POINTS ARE REQUIRED Proposed Method of Counting Is Given; White Sweater Is Suggested At a mass meeting of the Woman’s Athletic association this afternoon at 5 o’clock in the Woman’s building, a point system of awards will be present ed for adoption by the members. Due to the ruling of national W. A. A. against varsity sports, the old sys tem of awarding varsity sweaters is out of vogue. The proposed method will do away with sweaters as awards for participation in varsity, and all letters for class and individual awards. Sweat ers, however, will be given to girls who i have won 1,000 points. It is estimated that at least two years of continuous work on class, do-nut, ’ and individual merits, will be neces- I sarv for a girl to receive a sweater. In-. stead of the blue varsity sweater, pre viously awarded, a white one with a yellow “O,” on a background of green, has been suggested, as this is in accord ance with the type of sweaters given by other universities. To the girl win ning 500 points a smaller “O” will be presented. Only members of W. A. A. will be eligible for awards. Points Given for Honors Besides the points given for athletics points will also be given for honors iu required work, including dancing, swim ming, and junior and senior electives. Points for the latter will only be given two out of the three terms. Sports for which points will be given are bas ketball. baseball, swimming, tennis, archery, hiking, track, hockey, canoe ing and volleybali. The proposed sys tem is as follows: Class, 100 points for class team, 25 additional points for the all star team, 50 points for second class team. 25 third class team, 15 fourth class team, 20 second team player sub stituting on the first team, 15 third team player substituting on second team, 5 fourth team player substitut-1 ing on third team. A substitute must play the equivalent of a game. Do-nut: 50 points for all do-nut teams. A member of the first class team gets no points for do-nut. 10 \ points for do-nut player on second class team, five points for the same playing on the third class team. Hiking: 50 points for 50 miles made in one term (each hike must be at least five miles in distance^) Only 100 points to be given an individual a year. Honors in required work: 25 points, efficiency test (score to be decided). 25 points, swimming; 25, dancing; 25 for junior and senior electives. MUSICAL PROGRAM TO BE THIS AFTERNOON Mu Phi Epsilon, Musical Sorority, Will Hold Its Monthly Program in 1 Woman's Building Mu Phi Epsilon, woman’s honorary musical sorority, will hold its monthly musical program this afternoon in the Alumni hall in the Woman’s building at 4:30. All students majoring in mu sic and all others interested are in vited, says Lorna Teshner, who is in charge of the program which follows: Vocal solos: Till I wake.Finden E’en as the Flower.Parker Joanna James Violin solos: Poem .Fihich Tango .Elman Talk by Aurora Underwood Piano solos: March Winds .McDowell From a G< rn at- Forest.McDowell Polonaise .McDowell Helen Caples Vocal solo ....Selected Marvel Skeels DEAN ROBBINS TO SPEAK Series of Addresses to Be Given in Several Southern Oregon Cities Dean E. C. Bobbins, of the School of Business Administration, left yester day for Southern Oregon, where he will make a series of addres.es. He is to make the dedication speech for the Ashland community house this evening. He will emphasize particularly at this talk the value of the community work done by these organizations. At Grants Pass and Medford he will speak to chamber of commerce forums. The dean intends to speak to assemblies at the three high schools on the work of the University. SIDELIGHTS ON OREGON-AGGIE GAME REVEAL PHASES OF CONTEST NOT SEEN BY ALL Scribe Believes Stunt Between Halves Was Portentous of Lock-step Shift Pulled in Latter Stages of Tilt — A monster sign over the covered bleachers where the Aggie rooters were assembled read “60 minutes of fight.’’ Thr«'e or four zealous Orange and Black rooters unconsciously, as they climbed up on top of the structure to get a better view, stood in front of the ‘6.” This destroyed for a time* the meaning which was to Le conveyed to those in the grand statu!. • • • Two French “75’s’’ furnished by the military department were to be fired when the O. A. C. scored on their oppo nents. They fired volleys at the kick offs but did not have the opportunity to celebrate any any scores, so contented themselves with firing whenever their team made yardage. • • • The IT. of O. special was met and es corted to the grounds by the Aggie R. O. T. 0. band. The University band lod the march followed by the Corvallis or ganization. The largest, crowd of \Tni versity folk ever in Corvnllis followed in columns of fours stretching out over 'four blocks in length. As the first Oregon student stepped through the gates a huge siren sounded as a greeting. Later in the game ties instrument of noise was a great factor in aiding the yelling. A misunderstand ing caused about liaif of the Oregon root ers to go down to the south-end bleach ers ns the pnrade came in. The Oregon men came back on a run past tlie Aggie rooters to their own section. Before the game and during the cross country run the hot dog verniers made a “killing” around the Oregon crowd. There was a reason. Tho special was late and no one bad time to get lunch before the start of the parade. One of these salesmen in his haste to get back for more “dogs” spilled a pocketful of money in the mud. * ... The visiting team’s substitutes were the first to come on ttie field. They meek -—--—_! : Iv took their places on the bench directly in front of the covered bleachers which the orange and black rooters occupied. A great ovation from the siren and root ers announced the arrival of O. A. C. *s 1 eleven which appeared in new looking black jerseys with orange stripes. A noise battle ensued a moment later (between both sections when the varsity trotted on the water-soaked gridiron. In spite of the fact that they did not have any mechanical contrivance to offset the •siren their noise was “entirely” audible to those in the grandstand. • • • The performance staged between halves might have been put on by O. A. C. to show how their team was going to work later in the game. One of the formations was similar to the famous Sing Sing lockstep used by Center College against Harvard. This play was used by Ruth erford's men with some gain In the sec ond half. • • • The stunt with the orange and black cards proved very effective. A solid mass of orange was first presented to the eyes of those in the grandstand which was later turned into a large orange O with a black center. A moment later and an A and a C were formed almost, instan taneously. A roar of admiration sounded from tho Oregon alumni seated in the north end of the grandstand when the Lemon-Yellow “Special” steamed into view and come to a stop just outside of the south bleach, ers. The engine, decorated and painted in university colors, was hauling six coaches. * • • Two college women officiated as lead ers for the O. A. C. girls’ section in the singing of their new march song. From the stands the balloons held dur ing the entire contest bv tlie O. A. C. girls attracted attention. Equally impressive were the yellow chrysanthemums adorning the coats of the Oregon co-ed delegation. I JOURNAL EDITOR TO SPEAK AT ASSEMBLY B. Frank Irvine Will Tell of “The Need for Leaders” B. F. Irvine, editor of the Oregon Journal, who made an eloquent plea for the limitations of armaments to the students in his assembly talk on November 3, last year, will speak at the assembly in the Woman’s building Thursday on the subject, “The Need for Leaders.” Mr. Irvine will also speak to the men of the University at the “Y” hut Thursday afternoon at 4:15 on the topic, “The Practical Value of an Edu cation.” He will speak to the Fort nightly club down town on the same evening. Mr. Irvine is well known in state political circles and has the reputation of being a staunch friend of the peo ple. He is a graduate of Willamette University and has been in the news paper business in Oregon for several years. At one time he published a paper at Scio and was later editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times. About sixteen years ago he lost his eyesight and has never regained it, but regard less of this handicap is I/nwn as one of the best informed men on public questions in the state. CAMPUS HI HAS NEW SONG “Boosting the Old High School” Is Composition by Ward Wilkes The campus high school has adopted a new song. Its title is “Boosting the Old High School.” The music was wri - ten by Vincent Ingledinger of the Uni i versity School of Music, and the words by Ward Wilkes. According to Prin cipal Harold Benjamin of the high school, the song has enough spirit to be ! a cheer, and enough weight to be a chant. The old song of the Campus Hi is a j parody on Mighty Oregon, called "U. lot' O. P>gh School.” This song is sf.l! ! sung by the students but it was , thought that something more distinc | tive should be produced for the school song. FOUE GAMES V/Off BY HIGH A news item appeared in the Thurs day Emu aid to the effect that the University high school had won the sev i i"i p-a -uce games played this yeer with ; Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Chi and oth , era. This was an error. The team has won only four out of the seven. RAIN DAMPENS JUNIORS’ ARDOR;M NOT SHINY Novel Stunt Now Scheduled for Thursday It takes sunshine or at least promise of fairly good weather to make Junior Shine day a success, so say those in chargf of the class of ’24’s novel stunt, which was scheduled for today and was post poned on account of inclement weather. Thursday is the day set for the men of the junior class to wield the dauber and the polisher and for the women of the class to round up faculty and students to help in raising money for Thanksgiv ing cheer for the needy of Eugene. A meeting will be held tonight in Pro fessor Howe’s room in Villurd at 7:30 for all junior men at which time Eddie Edlund, chairman of the stunt, will pub lish final plans for the shine day activ ities. According to the present plan upper class shine artists will hold forth at var ious places on the campus from eight in the morning, Thursday, until the library closes at night. The time just before as sembly is expected to be moro than usual ly profitable to the shiners, say those in charge. Chairman Edlund reports that mater ial to carry on the affair is being sought out and when the big morning arrives all will be in readiness to make campus shoes look like new. ■MAGICIAN AT “Y” TONIGHT Manuel Bemenarlo, Peruvian Mystic, to Entertain Cosmopolitan Club Many wonders of magic will be dem onstrat'd tonight by Manuel Hemenario, a Peruvian magician, at the second meeting of the Cosmopolitan club to be held in the “Y" hut at 7:30 tonight. At this meeting a constitution is to be ! adopted. All members are urged to come [ by C. S. Pil, president, i Mine. Rose McGrew, of the music de partm-nt, will sing two solos, and the English representatives of the clab will sing their national anthem. This is to be the first of the national song se ries to be given as a purt of the en ! tertaiuinent of each meeting. “More members are expected to join the club at this meeting,” says Pil, “and ali who are interested in meeting foreign students will be welcome.” Carnes will be played, followed by refreshments. HUD BROWN OUT REST OF SEASON WITH BAD KNEE Oregon End Is Clipped in Aggie Game Saturday; Ligaments Are Badly Torn SPEAR’S ANKLE SPRAINED Game With U. of W. May De cide Which Team Will Play East Vs. West Game Kud Brown, the speedy Oregon right end, is out for the rest of the season ns a result of being clipped from be hind iu the Aggio game at Corvallis Saturday, when his knee was thrown out of joint and several ligaments in his leg were badly torn. Rud has been playing a fast game all year, and his presence will be greatly missed from the lineup in the University of Wash ington game on Thanksgiving. Other injuries received in the Aggie game were that Chappy was badly burned by the lime used for markiug oft' the yard lines, and Bill Spear played all of the last quarter with a badly sprained ankle. Terry Johnson, who filled in the place left vacant by Rud, played a good game. Terry made several neat tackles and no runs wore made around his end, so it seems evident that he will be capable of filling the place for the remainder of the season. The game Saturday proved beyond question that Oregon has the strongest line of any toam in the conference with the possible exception of California. The backflold also is improving a lot, and showed more dash and speed on the offensive than in any other contest of the season. George King was the boy that was knocking off the yardage against the Aggies, and made more yardage than the entire Beaver back field combined. King is the strongest defensive back on the squad, and his backing up of the line Saturday was a revelation. He was in every play and certainly played the game of his life. U. of W. Game Soon The most important game of the sea son for the team looms ten days off with the University of Washington at Kcat tle Thanksgiving day, and Coach Hunt ington intends to make the most of this time in devising ways and means of taking the Huskios into camp for the game which will have a lot iu deciding which team will play at Pasadena ou New Yoars day, as California has de cided not to accept again this year. Washington seems to have the strong est eleven in the Northwest, with the exception of Oregon, as they have beat en every Coast conference team oxcept California. They took Stanford down the lino by a 12 to 8 score Saturday, while Oregon was beating O. A. C., and their backficld tore through the Indians for good guins. Washington has won several of her games this year by a liberal use of the forward pass, and Oregon has a good defense against this, as in the Ag gie game they broke up and intercept ed about six passes to every one that was completed. The men ure all slightly bruisod from Saturday’s game, but with the excep tion of Brown will all be back in shape in several days, and according to Train er Bill Hayward should be in the best shape of the season by Thanksgiving. CAR TIPS ON WAY TO GAME Paul Van Allen and Bob Hawkins In jured In Accident on Corvallis Road I’aul Van Allen, an O. A. C. grad uate, was injured badly in an auto mobile accident Saturday morning. He wuh driving to Corvallis to see the foot ball game and hud with him four Ore gon students: Hob Hawkins, Francis Altstoek, Karl Hhaefer, and Bill I’oul son. All the Oregon students escaped injuries except Bob Hawkins, who had his nose broken and his face severely bruised. The accident occurred 8 miles out side of Eugene when the car, going about 30 miles an hour, skidded in the mud and turned over several times. The occupants were thrown free of the car, which was smashed up very badly. Van Allen was injured in the back ami chest and was taken to the Eugene hos pital. He is said to be getting along well and will be out in a short time. EUGENIA PAGE ENGAGED The engagement of Eugenia Page and Neil Morfitt was announced at dinner at the Alpha Phi house last Friday night. Miss Page is a member of the class of 1925. Neil Morfitt, who is a member of tiiguia Nu, finished his uni versity work last year.