Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXIV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1922
NUMBER 44
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Editorship of Oregon Journal
Gained After 16 Years
Work While Blind
SPEAKER OREGON VETERAN
Most of Journalism Careeru
Spent in State; Formerly
With Corvallis Paper
4 “The Need for Leaders’’ is the sub
ject chosen by B. F. Irvine for the as
sembly address in the Woman’s building :
this morniing. John .Siefert of the School
of Music will appear in a musical pro- i
gram. i
Mr. Irvine, who is the blind editor
in-chief of the Oregon Journal of Port
land, is considered one of the most flu
ent and effective platform speakers in .
Oregon. He is in constant demand to j
speak all over the state, and it is with -
difficulty that he retains enough time
to do his work on the Journal.
Mr. Irvine, who has been in the news
paper pusiness for many years, published
his first paper in Seio, and after that
worked on the Corvallis Gazette. While h
working for the Gazette, his eyes began
to fail and he gave up his work and
went to a farm in Washington to recup
erate. However, his eyes got steadily
worse until he lost his sight entirely.
Not wishing to give up his journalism
work, Mr. Irvine returned to the Cor
vallis paper, which had become the
Gazette-Times, and soon became editor.
Virtually all Mr. Irvine’s great ad
vance in the newspaper world has been
in the last 16 years since he has been ;
blind.
C. S. Jackson, publisher of the Jour
nal noticed at one time some editorials
in the Corvallis Gazette which were of
the type he desired in his paper. He
m persuaded Mr. Irvine to write editorials
for the Journal, and, three years ago.
on the death of Coorge M. Trowbridge.
Mr. Irvine became editor-in-chief of the
Journal.
“Mr. Trvine,” said a journalism fac
ulty Tuemher. “is ono of the keenest
students of public affairs. He is inter
ested ;n the politics, economics, and gen
eral social affairs of the whole state.
He ha= two main policies, opposition to
war. and safe automobile driving.
“Tn spite of bis blindness be enjoys
life more than four out of every five
men. He dances, swims, and at the edi
torial convention last summer was the
life of the party. People marvel at his
wonderful cheerfulness and leadership.”
Mr. Trvine will also speak to the men
of the University at the “V” hnt Thurs
day afternoon on the topic. “The Prac
tical Value of Education,” and in the
evening to the Fortnightly club on the
subject of “Narcotics.”
ROBINSON COLLECTION HERE i
The first half of the Dorian Robin
son art collection lias arrived on the ;
campus but has not been unpacked,
due to lack of appropriate space to
display it. Dr. Robinson, father of
Dorian Robinson, has been informed
that the collection will be stored till
the new art building is completed, when
it will be placed in the new museum.
INITIATION ANNOUNCED
Hermian Club announces the initia
tion of W’ilma Chattin, Mildred Le
Compte, Irene Perkins, Cecile John
son, Dorothy McKee, and ’ arriet
Veazie.
FORTUNE IS MADE
FROM BIG IDEA
SANKRUPT WRITER'S SOCIETY
3EC0MES PLUTOCRATIC
vloney From Homecoming Pennants ;
Sale Furnishes Pot and Quill With
Coin for “Green Ink”
Pot and Quill, the society which
wings up poverty-stricken poets, fi
lanciallv strapped storyists, and im
>ecunious playwrights, has found a new
vav to buy scratch paper and stubs of
iid pencils for its unappreciated liter
ary lights. In fact the good old society
ins been accused of becoming pluto
irat-ic. For what could be worse than
in income! An income is what the
ady scribes find themselves in receipt
if and best of all it promses to con
inue indefinitely.
This is how it came about. Lillian
Vuld conceived the idea of the Home
oming pennants last year and although
hey were a great success it was found
o be too great an undertaking for so
mall a group. So the idea was sold to
.Vornen’s League for the consideration
if a certain percentage of the gains
aid this year the weary iukslingers
vere made richer by almost $60.
Whether the money will be used to
purchase stamps for the poor poets
hat they may send their manuscripts
iway, or whether it will be given over
o the publication of this year’s Green
jik has not been decided, but while :
die thing hangs fire the treasurer is1
mjoving her office.
College Men Held Not Lazy;
Some Fail in Use of Time
Colin V. Dyment, dean of the col
ege of literature, science and the arts,
said in regard to the statement of
rhomas Edison given in an interview
:o a Princeton paper that college men
are lazy and that they refuse to do
aard work, “I don’t think the college
man is lazy in the sense the word is
jommonly used.”
“A professor may call a man lazy
if he does not devote two hours of
preparation to one of class work; the
football coach calls him lazy if he,
doesn’t hustle out on the field; the j
head of his fraternity house is likely,
to call him a loafer if he isn’t promi
nent in student activities. That is,
laziness is frequently a point of view,”
continued the dean.
He considers university men on the
whole an exceedingly active group and
although many of them have not or
ganized their lives according to his
standard, he calls them foolish rather
than lazy.
“What we need in American univer
sities is not necessarily more work but
more work along certain lines. Na
turally I could have no other belief
than the first of these lines should be
scholastic endeavors,”' said Mr. Dy
ment. “If Mr. Edison means by ‘lazi
ness’ that the American university
man does not give enough time to his
books, then indeed ho is right. If he
means the university man dislikes work j
as such, then his generalization is
surely wrong.”
SCHROFF LECTURES ON EGYPT
An interesting lecture on the art epoch
“f Egypt was given to Dr. Sheldon’s
class in World History Monday by Pro
fessor Albert Schroff of the department
of fine arts. To make his lecture, which
was given in the lecture room of the
art building, more vivid, Mr. Schroff
used lantern slides portraying specimens
of art of Egypt.
Commerce Neophytes to Extoll
Wisdom on Library Steps Today
Today at 10:50 neophytes of Alpha i
Kappa Psi, national professional com
merce fraternity, will explain a few j
things to the assemblage in front of the 1
library. Headed by a drum, the little
cortage, garbed in attire appropriate
for the occasion, will wend its way1
through the campus from the gvm to
the library. • 1
They will mount the steps of the
sacred ball of knowledge and will then
break forth in oratorical fashion. For
the time being George King will for
get the football field and will try to
sell a new and revolutionized system
of football rules and tactics, written
by a certain football coach.
4 As George leaves the alter of human
sacrifice, Claude Robinson will recite i
a little bit of free verse, or the other i
kind, in which he will unfold a new
name for the team and will probably
knock the others “haywire.”
Paul Patterson, battle scarred debate
hero, will then try to sell a book, “How
to Become a Debater,” written no
doubt by himself. He will explain the
merits of the book thoroughly. Fred
Lorenz, attired in a jazz uniform, will
devote his speech to the apparel of the
tea hound. _ , The “Bull fightin’
breeches” and the golf pants will no
doubt get the once over as Fred waxes
eloquently.
“I wear no man’s collar,” is the way
Jason MeCune will start his little stump
attempt in behalf of Andy Gump. Ja
son can make the old adam’s apple
rotate like Andy we’ll all vote for
Gump for congress. We will hear about
the potential power of the prune from
Wes Frater. We take it that Wes
comes from the prune regions and that
he was probably kicked out of the
drier by some prunes that had an extra
kick. Anyway we will see at 11:00.
Don’t bring fruit as the orators have
no baskets.
BY H.OTHOBITO
Effort Made to Show Physical
Tone of Body Reflects
Condition of Mind
CORRECTIONALTERS CLASS
Men Protected From Harmful
Exertion in Competitive
Athletics by Method
im nit ciiu ut tae rerin ana tne
final grades near, interest is gathering in
:ho outcome of a correlation of physi
cal and mental gradings which will be
made bv the University health service
department.
The physical gradings, which have
been conducted by Ur. ^Y. T\. Livingston
of the health department, were applied
to all entering freshmen and women. ,
I hese markings consisted first of grading
which embodied a possible scholastic1
standing from a physical viewpoint; sec
ond. the physical condition from an ath
letic standpoint; third, in regard to pos
ture: and fourth, orthopedic condition
and weight-bearing. Preceding these
gradings, first-glance characterizations
of the individual were jotted down by
the examining physician. These charac
terizations were in the following style;
“John Uoe, fresman; clear-eyed, alert
and attentive, well-built, and of athletic
type.” That is, they contained an en
tirely personal judgment.
Comparison Planned
When the scholastic standings are
turned in at the end of the term, these
records will be compared with those taken
by the health department, and co-relation
between the gradings will be attempted.
What Dr. Livingston will attempt to
show is “that the physical tone of the
body reflects the condition of the mind.”
However, when a grading is given, it
does not necessarily mean that the stu- i
dent permanently remains in that clas
sification. Thus, in the first case, that
of scholarship from a physical stand
point, if a person should be given a “B"
grading because of defective eyesight
that grading would be changed to an
“A” if the defect were corrected.
The second set of gradings which ghe
the physical conditions from an athletic
standpoint, are given standards of a,'
h. e. and d. A grading of “a” signi
fies the examined student is in perfect
physical condition; “b,” that he has
minor or easily corrective defects; “c.”
in the corrective or restricted class (gym
nasium work is restricted! ; “d,” in the
protective group (very restricted exer-1
rise); and “d,” the student is advised
to withdraw.
The posture gradings are designated I
“I. TT, TTT, TV,” '111,1 fhg orthopedic
ealissifications “1. ?. 3, 4.”
Method is Explained
After all the examinations are made,
th> physician put3 he complete cla m
ficetion of the stu-ienr. on his card, thus:
“Richard Roc. ‘A, d. TI, 3;” which
would mean that Richard Roe was nhv
sirallv fit to carrv a fu.l academic course,
but must take his gymnasium work in
the protective group, (probably because
of a bad heart) ; has fair posture, but
his feet are in a poor condition (possibly
from broken-down arches). In this way
it can be told af a glance at the card
P'st what the genera! rendition of the
student is.
If a freshman wishes to enter into
competitive athletics, the coach chocks up
on his physical examination record, and
if he finds that he is in the “b” or
“c” class, he has him re-examined to
see if those defects are still with him.
In this way the athlete* is protected, that
is, in not being allowed to partake of
sports that would be injurious to his
well-being.
Records somewhat similar to these now
being used were started last year, but
they were all lost in the fire which occur
red on the campus this summer. How
ever, the present records are much more
modern and are the latest ideas on phy
sical classifications. They represent the
work of a special study made by T>r.
Livingston this summer when he visited
cuch colleges in the east as Harvard,
Vale, Ann Arbor Wisconsin and Minne
sota. and conferred with their health
service heads.
BUST OF DOSCH TO BE GIVEN
A bust, cast in bronze, of Roswell
Dosch, the well-known American sculp
tor, who was killed in the war ,is to be
presented to the University in the near
future, according to information re
ceived from the art department yester
day. The bust was done by a noted
French sculptor when Dosch was study
ing in France and was found in Paris
| by Arno Dosche-FIeurot, a brother now
[correspondent in Germany for the New
York World.
HIGH REGARDS II
Only 195 Students Placed on
Probation During Entire
Year of 1921-22
GRADES IN" WINTER BEST
Despite Tightening Standards
Statistics Show Better
Quality of Work
Comparison of statistics collected in
the registrar’s o'Vice for the last two
years shows a decided advance in
scholarship in spite of the tightening
of the standards. The records for the
scholastic year of 1920-21 show that
172 men and 62 women failed to make
nine hours in on ■ of the three terms
of the year, while in 1921-22 only 152
men and -Id women failed to make the
required number of hours.
These figures are more significant
when compared with the total regis
tration for the three terms of the year
of 1020-21, which was 1386, and the
gist ration for the three terms of
1021-22, which totaled 5541 students.
Again in 1020-21, in the three terms,
35 men and 7 women wre dropped from
the University because of poor scholar
ship. In 1021-22 only 27 ttfSn and 7
imen failed either to make three
hours in one term or seventeen hours
in two terms and were consequently
dropped. This is particularly signi
ficant. when noting that there were
almost 1200 more students registered
in the terms of last year.
The best work is done by the stu
dents during the winter term if a coin*
parison of the number of students who
“flunk out” or are put on probation
during each term is a standard by
which to judge the quality of scholar
ship. In the fail term of last year,
1)3 men and 23-women failed to make
the required hours and so were put on
the probation list. Nine men and 3
women failed either to make three
hours that term or else failed to make
the rquired seventeen hours in that
term and the spring term of 1921. In
the spring term of last year 32 men and
14 women were put on probation, and
11 men and 3 women “flunked out.”
In the winter term, only 27 men and 0
women failed to make their hours and
1 woman and 7 men were dropped for
poor scholarship.
BABES TO BE PUNISHED
BY ORDER OF THE “0”
Breaking of Traditions is Charged
Against Frosh to be Judged
by Impartial Jury
• _
Frosh tradition breakers are re
quested to appear before the Order of
tlie “O” in front of the Library today
at 11 o’clock. A fair trial by an im
partial jury of “O” men is assured
to all, so any freshman who feels that
he has been unjustly accused will un
doubtedly be discharged if found “not
guilty.” The following are to appear
for the session today: Joe Frazer,
Joe Bond, Harry Proctor, Jim Me
Kinley, Holland Lupin r, Howard Hob
son, Corbin Peters, Rodney Keating
Hilton Rose, William Biggs, Ed Keou
Gerald Lawlor, George Hillis, Herman
Blaesing, Eugene Richmond, Gcorgr
Mansfield, Percival Hunt, Gordon Per
ry, John Mclntirc and Carl Riesland
A good time is assured for all.
QUESTION OF DIVIDING
ONE HAT MYSTIFYING
Players Who Assisted in Making Score
on Touchdown Saturday Finally
Offer Solution
Can a $10 hat be divided thref
ways? This was the question tha1
arose at Wades Clothing store in Eu
gene yesterday when three of the foot
ball players went in to claim the
award offered to the man making the
first touchdown in the games at Cor
vail is Saturday.
The difficulty involved was the fad
ttiat one man was not responsible foi
the touchdown. Floyd Shields, a
guard, had made the hole in the Ag
gie line; this allowed Callison, Oregoi
venter, to break through and block O
A. C.'s punt and Spear fell on the bal
for the score.
Who owned the hat? Should tin
three take turns at. wearing it? Thesi
were the questions that confronted thi
judges until the football men offere
their own solution. It was decided tha
each of th£~meu should take a $1 ca
ami that the remaining dollar’s wortl
of the prize be invested in a tie fo
Bill Hayward.
“SHINE A DAY”
ORDER OF TODAY
STUDENTS’ SOILED FOOTGEAR
TO HAVE ATTENTION
Italian. Non-Garlic Scented Costumes
Will Adorn Shiners; Women
Mysterious About Garb
"Shine, Mister!”
This query will echo over the earn
pus from eight o’clock this morning
, until ten tonight.
Today is shine day. The First An
nual Junior Class Shiue Day, to be
more exact, on which the “shine a
dime” motto will roll from the Ups of
Junior men, who will wield daubers
and brushes, while the fairer members
of the class of ’24 tiring in the cus
tomers.
Costumes, breathing the* spirit of
Little Italy, minus the garlic, will
adorn the Junior shiners, and the wo
men oh, wait until you see the wo
men! It's a secret—so says Henry
etta Lawrence just what the girls are
going to do.
Committees spent yesterday gather
ing material and shine stands to make
the day a success, according to Eddie
Edlund, chairman of the day. How
ever, steps of buildings, chairs and even
th<> edge of the sidewalks will be uti
lized by the shine men.
Money obtained from the stunt will
be used to buy thanksgiving cheer for
Eugene’s poor and needy.
Junior men are asked to report at
■ the library steps early this morning
for assignments.
Campus Publications Praised
By Sigma Delta Chi
_
Oregon publications were favorably
■ commented on by the delegates of .16
[ chapters of Sigma Delta Chi repre
sented at the annual conventions of the
: honorary professional journalistic fra
ternity held last week-end at Manhat
tan, Kansas, according to George How
ard Godfrey, University of Oregon dele
‘ gate, who returned to Eugene Tues
day.
Godfrey took with him to the con
ference numbers of the Emerald, Ore
gon Exchanges, Lemon Punch, the Ore
; garni, and the Daily Brows. Lee A.
White, managing editor of the Detroit
| Xfw3, and Kenneth Hogate, former
national president of Sigma Delta Chi,
wore especially pleased with Oregon
Exchanges. Many of the delegates re
quested Godfrey to forward them copies
of the Daily Brews to enable them to
get out similar sheets on their home
campus. The Lemon Punch was de
clared by the delegates to be one of
the best college comic publications in
the United States.
The conference, held on the campus
of Kansas State Agricultural college,
lasted three days and the delegates
I were from every section of the United
i States. Tile ritual of the fraternity
j was completely rewritten by'Cyril A.
Flayer, at present on the editorial staff
of the Detroit News, and known as one
of the best reporters and stylists in
the country. FTe was assisted in the
rewriting of the ritual by Loe A.
White.
Minneapolis, Minn., was chosen as the
place where the convention will bo
held in 192.'i. Godfrey put a bid in for
the local chapter with the intention of
having the national conference held
here in two or three years from now.
Professor F. L. Snow, of O. A. C., rep
resented the Oregon State chapter at
I the conference.
MEN THIS lEAR
Predictions Made in Earlier
Part of Season Come to
Pass in Games
VARSITY PLAYERS STRONG
Whirl-wind Finish Similar to
That of Last Fall Likely
Again This Season
By Ed Eraser
The individual members of tlio Ore
gon eleven this year have been rather
lost in the general accomplishments of
1 he team, and none of them has been
given personal credit for the victories
ie team has won.
With the opening of tho season, it
was predicted that Huntington would
have one of the strongest elovens ever
developed at Oregon, but the low scores
ot’ the first few games rather dampened
the ardor of the supporters of the
Lemon A ellow. The last two games
have demonstrated that the team is
living up to early predictions though,
and with a chanco to play at Pasadena
before them, the members may be
counted on to play better ball in the
remaining game than they have shown
so far, making a whirl-wind finish as
was done last year.
The man on the team that has stood
out above the others is Champan, who
won two of the early season tilts with
his accurate too, and who has con
tributed a great deal to the winning of
all the others by his excellent general
ship and handling of the team.
A man on the line that has come in
for little praise, but has played a most
Consistent and heady game, is Ploy'd
fields at guard. This is Floyd’s soc
1 end and last year on the Varsity, and
it will be a hard job to fill his place
next season. The blocking of the punt
tho O. A. C. game which turned into
an Oregon touchdown, was engineered
by Shields with the assistance of Prink
allison, for Floyd jerked the man out
of Hie O. A. C. line in order to let
I'rink through.
Play Was Plannod
This play which has been character
ized bv many people as a “break” of
the game was carefully planned out by
tho Oregon linemen taking part in it.
Prink (’allison at center is the beat
man for his weight that has ever
handled the pivot position for the Ore
gon Varsity and very few gains are
made through his part of the line,
brink has a reputation all over the
si, and two years ago when he was
playing for the Olympic club in San
Francisco was considered the best Sen
ior in that part of the country.
Tiny Shields, the captain and other
guard, is one of the most experienc d
and steadiest guards ia Coast football
this year, and has played his usual
aggressive game in every contest this
season.
Karl Vonder Ahe is aa example of
what work and practice will do for a
man, for in his freshman year he was
loo slow to make the fresh team, and
| the first year he tried for Varsity was
lmrdly given a chance, but Karl stuck
to his guns, and this year has out
played every man he has been up
against.
Campbell Grid Fighter
Cogs Campbell is a natural tackle
I as he is big and aggressive. Cogs first
i-:
(Continued on page three.)
University Asked to Assist
In Quest of Buried Treasure
“Fifteen men on the 'load man’s
I chest.
Yo-ho and a bottle of rum.”
All hands to the capstan and we’ll
I stand out for the Cocos Isles and the
! glittering sheen under the burning
I sands.
How does that sound! How many
would like to get down there under
1 the tropic sun and search for hidden
gold f Picture a Spanish galleon ply
dig the seas -a storm, a wreck, and
the gold is scatterd upon the shore.
How would you like to slide year
j hands thru a deep chest of doubloons,
! or golden play of jewels, and then fling
them high into the air and shout “ Eu
i ka I have found it. The world is mine.
1 Home I shall sail and pay off the
t mortgage on the old homestead, send
) Willy to the school for the absent
i minded, and buy the old man a new set
r of false teeth.”
1 Wouldn’t it be a grand and glorious
feeling to saunter up the main drag
of the old home town, your pockets full
of musty gold and the tang of the sea
on your clothes? Oh Boy! It’s a mean
old world.
Well, any one in the University who
feels the call of the deep blue sea,
or scanty smell of the tarred rig
! gin or the pisoldike crack of
the spanker boom, has a chance to go
in search of fabulous wealth down iu
! the Cocos Isles. Down in ‘Frisco
town a group of engineers are organiz
ing a little expedition to go down and
get the Spanish sheekels.
it dawned on the organizers that
higher learning should be included iu
the search for the hidden horde, so
j forthwith they invite the University
: to take part in the undertaking. Dr.
W. D. Smith, of the geology depart
ment, has the written invitation from
(Continued on page three.)