TUESDAY IS DAY
. SET FOR LINDSAY
Bard Not Reader of Poetry;
Tickets Now on Sale at
Organizations
That Yachel Lindsay does “not read
much poetry, that he has written a book
in which D. W. Griffith, the famous
movie producer is the hero, that he
would like to be something of an artist
as well as a poet, and that he likes to
read an Egyptian “Book of the Dead,”
which he considers fascinating, are some
of the startling facts about ‘ ‘ America’s
tramp poet’’ which were found bv
Ralph D. Casey, now professor in the
University School of Journalism, and
formerly a writer of wide scope on vari
ous eastern and western newspapers. It
was while Mr. Casey was working in
Seattle that he interviewed Lindsay dur
ing one of his visits to that city.
Lindsay is coming to the University
of Oregon campus next Tuesday evening.
November 28. As Dean Colin Y. Dv
ment said in assembly yesterday morn
ing, “Since Vachel Lindsay has can- i
celled two previous engagements to ap- |
appear on the campus, it might be well
to state that he positively will appear in |
Yillard Hall next Tuesday evening. No- j
vember 28, at 8 o’clock.
Fred Michelson, chairman of the com
mittee in charge of the Lindsay recep
tion received a telegram a few days ago
from Lindsay’s manager, stating that'
Lindsay had reserved the twenty-eighth
as the date of his appearance at the Uni
versity of Oregon. He will appear at the i
Oregon Agricultural College on the
twenty-third.
Tickets for the Lindsay reading are
now for sale on the campus, and in the j
\ £tl iUUB JUVJLXig
tatives of the committee. All tickets sell
for twenty-five cents each.
Following are some of the exerpts
from Mr. Casey’s interview .with the
‘ ‘ tramp poet: ’ ’
“I don’t read very much peotry,”
confessed Vachel Lindsay in his room in
the Hotel New Washington, yesterday.
This seemed an astonishing statement
to come from a man who had written
four or five books of good verse.
“What are you reading now?” I
asked.
“The fat volume beside you.”
It proved to be “ The Book of the
Dead” by E. Wallis Budge. It was
nothing less than the ancient Egyptian,
guide to the underworld, a recital placed
with a mummy in the funeral mound to
enable the clead Egyptian to more easily
find his way into the realm of Orsiris.
The hieroglyphics were drawn at the top
of the page, with the translation below.
Lindsay reads “The Book of the Dead”
to while away time on the train between
cities where he is billed to lecture. And
to aid him in deciphering the hierogly
phics, the poet carries an Egyptian
grammar. *
“The drawings (meaning the heiro
glyphics) are wonderful,” said Lindsay.
“They are fascinating,” he added and
his enthusiasm was contagious. “What
did these strange characters mean? It
would be fun to take a lesson from the
Egyptian grammar! ’ ’
Of course I am interested in draw
ing,” continued the poet. “I was an art
student once, and lectured at the Met
ropolitan Museum in New York for a
number of years. I want some day to
illustrate my work. ’ ’ And there seemed
a wistful note in this: “My publisher
has never given me the opportunity.”
“I want to be understood to be the
kind of a person that would busy himself
for years to write that kind of a book,”
said Lindsay, referring to one of his re
cent prose works, “The Golden Book of
Springfield. ’ ’
Lindsay makes D. W. Griffith the
hero in a revised volume of “The Art
of the Moving Picture,” which will be
his next prose work. He attempted to
show how the sculptor, the artist and the
painter have contributed to the worth
while side of the movies.
LEADERS ARE NEEDED
(Continued from page one)
had no education in the schools, those
■who received their training in the ele
mentary schools, high school graduates,
and college graduates, enumerated the
speaker.
Statistics show that out of every 150,
000 people S00 college graduates are
prominent in world affairs, S7 from the
high schools are prominent, four from
the elementary schools and only one
self-educated man are prominent. Of
those who have their names listed in
Who's Who 78 per cent are college
trained and of these 54 per cent are
college graduates.
Visualists Are Needed
The story was told of three workmen
hewing a big rock who were asked the
question, “What are you doing!” The
first replied that he was working, the
second stated that he was dressing
down the big stone for $5 a day, and
the third answered that he was “dress
ing down a stone to build a great cath
edral.”
The speaker urged his audience to
take their lesson from the words of the
third worker. He asked, “Are you here
building a great cathedral? Are you
here with the determination to be a
builder and to hold your place in the
field of life?”
“God bless you all,” said Mr. Ir
vine fci conclusion, “I believe you are
all impressed with the opportunities
with which you are blessed.”
Before the speaker was introduced
by Colin V. Dyment, John Siefert, of
the school of music, rendered a vocal
solo. Announcement was made that
Vacliel Lindsay, America’s tramp poet,
will speak at Villard hall November
28.
TRACK MEN WANTED
(Continued from page one.)
out for the fall run,” Hayward contin
ued, “and tlie fact that he has had no
experience is no barrier to the student
who has any desire of competing.” To
illustrate this point, Bill cited the ex
ample of Glen Walkley, -who for the
fourth consecutive year of marathon
running and the last in his career at
Oregon, crossed the finish line ahead of
all his competitors. Walkley before
his arrival at the University had never
donned a track suit, according to Bill,
and when the tall youth reported'to
him four years ago and said he wished
to try out for track, Hayward was
amused. He looked at the frail figure
and laughingly asked him if he hadn’t
better reconsider his intention and turn
out for the glee club instead. But Walk
ley was nothing abashed and immedi
ately went to work, persistently follow
ing instructions.- By his constant ef
forts and hard work lie steadily devel
oped until he is recognized as probably
the best miler on the coast today. He
is one of the surprises of Bill Hay
ward’s life, as the trainer asserts that
he cannot see how a man with such
a frail form and physique can possibly
stand up under, the grilling pace which
a long distance run necessitates. Glen
Walkley is a glorious example of what
grit and hard work can produce to the
man who is inclined to track athletics.
These alone are the only requisites
which may make a champion of the
most mediocre student. And it may be
cited that Guy Koepp and “Speed” Pel
tier, two of Walkley’s team mates in
track and of no mean ability at that,
also gained their prowess as runners
through these two requisites alone.
Do-Nut Meets Planned
With the intention of awakening tlie
latent interest in cross-country and
track in general, Hayward is formulat
ing plans for inter-fraternity cross
country meets during the winter term.
He had intended to inaugurate this idea
this fall and devote his time entirely
to coaching the runners but found that
his duties to the football squad would
take away practically all this time and
the idea was postponed. But with the
opening of the winter term, Bill will
be in a position to devote a good deal
of time to the track men and estab
lish the inter-fraternity cross-country
meet as a traditional event, thus insur
ing the development of future runners
for the Lemon-Yellow.
“BRAWN OF THE NORTH” AT REX
For the first time in a motion pic
ture production, or any place else for
that matter, timber wolves have been
jjiven a definite part to play in a dra
ma and have been accorded the free
dom among human beings necessary to
let them play their part in a convincing
manner. The-picture is the second Lau
rence Trimble-Jane Murfin production
starring Strongheart the wonder dog.
It is “Brawn of the North.”
The
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Showings 1, 3. 5, 7, 9 P. M.
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TODAY and SATURDAY
Continuous 1 to 11 P. M.
A mighty drama of North
land adventures—
with “wonder dog of
The Silent Call’’
and the Wurlitzer
Rex Comic—“Spooks’’
“Paramount” and “First
National” Pictures are shown only at the Bex |
and Castle Theatres
KAPPA SIG HOOP AAEN
DEFEAT SIGMA NU QUINT
Phi Delts Take Contest from
Delta Tau 27-10
In one of the most interesting games
played this season the Kappa Sig's
defeated the Sigma Nu tossers by the
narrow margin of 21 to IS. At the
close of the first half the winners seem
ed to have the game cinched but in
the beginning of the last half their op
ponents came back with doubled speed
and accuracy and ran them a thrilling
race to the finish. The losers made 15
of their 18 points in the last half of
the game. The deciding factor in win
ning the game was several remarkable
long shots in the last half. Each team
showed team work and speed. Bryant
starred for, the winners. Stenall, the
clever forward of the Sigma Nu’s, was
high point man for his team.
The lineup was as follows:
Kappa' Sigma 21 18 Sigma Nu
Bryant 9.F. 11 Stendall
Straliorn 6.F.2 Bosterhouse
Gosser .C.4 Starr
Bliss .G.1 Dudley
Fraser 6.G. Bryson
Bferee: Edlund.
The Delta Tau hoopsters were de
feated last night by the Phi Delta The
ta team to the tune of 27 to 10. Sart
ing out is the first half with a con
siderable lead the winners were able to
hold it for the entire game. The Delta
Taus were unable to check the team
work of thpir opponents. Hobson star
red for the winners. Scripture was the
liigh-point man for the losers.
The lineup was as follows:
Phi Delta Theta 27 6 Delta Tau Delta
Hobson ^5.F.2. Larson
Wright 6.F.4 Scripture
Dunn .C.2 Gowarns
Gavin 2.G.2 Jost
Watson 4.G. Schuerman
S.Hils
S. Smith
Games scheduled for Monday:
5:00—S. A. E. vs. Sigma Nu.
'JUNIOR GIRLS DEFEAT
■ Campus Championship Goes to
Third Year Team
The junior girls hockey team won the
class championship last night when it
defeated the sophomore team 3 to 1.
Because of the unfavorable weathr con
ditions and the do-nut basketball sea-:
son, other class hockey games have
been cancelled. The junior and soph
omore teams represented the two win
ning teams to play off for the cham
pionship, as the juniors previously won
from the ieniors and the sophomore
team was victorious over the freshmen.!
The game last night was called short,
halves being seventeen and fourteen
minutes in length, because the players
were scarcely able to see th ball on the
field. The field was in much bettr con
dition for the game than before and
the players were not retarded because
of the mud. Miss Emma Waterman, of
the department of physical education,
refereed the game. The line-up for
the teams was as follows:
Junior Sophomore
H. Veazie .C. N. Service
M. Le Compte .RI.C. Sartain
T. Robinette .LI. P. Pyritz
E. Wilson .RW.V. Reid
M. Reid .LW.F. Huntress
II. Howels .CH. M. Nieolia
E. Garrett .RH.I. Stuart
H. Lawrence .LH.F. Baker
L. Quinlan .RF. M. Shroeder
V. Quinlan .LF.C. Heckman
M. Alexander .Goal.....M. Smith
FORTY TAKE EXTRA DRILL
Men of Company B Take Additional
Hour of Work Given by R. O. T. C.
As evidence of the interest aroused
by the military courses offered by the
R. O. T. C. this year, 40 men under
the direction of Captain James Meek,
are turning out weekly for an addition
al hour of drill. The men, all of whom
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next term’s non-commissioned officers
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The 40'volunteers represent almost I
half of B company. Their work so far
has been very highly complimented by i
the officers in charge of the local R.^
O. T. C. unit. The cadets are taught
regular squad and company maneuvers,
school,of the soldier, and school of the
squad. They report in three sections,
each composed of about two squads.
“SPOOKS" NOW AT REX
No money, no job, nothing but a girl
who wanted a ring ns atoken of their
engagement. This is the plight of Lige
Conley in “Spooks!” an Educational
Mermaid Comedy, which the Rex the
ater will show today and Saturday.
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