Oregon daily emerald., January 16, 1923, Image 1

Oregon Daily Emerald
_UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1923
VOLUME XXIV.
NUMBER 66
WHITMAN SQUAD
SMOTHERED BV
Hunk Latham Leads Attack on
Visitors and Oregon Wins
by Count of 47-27
GAME IS RATHER ROUGH
Missionaries Convert Seven
Fouls Out of Ten Shots;
Second Half Slow
The Varsity basket tossers, with
Hunk Latham at the helm, opened the
Northwest Conference season last night
by cracking the Whitman defense and
walked off the floor carrying the long
end of a 47 to 27 score. The playing
of the Oregon team was not on a par !
with that of the showing against Mult
nomah, but on the other hand the Whit-1
man five played a much faster brand
of ball than the clubmen displayed.
The Lemon-Yellow jumped into the |
lead right off the bat by scoring a
field goal and annexing a foul, but this !
was short-lived, for the Whitman men
came back with an unexpected flash of
fight and forged ahead, where they re
mained for over five miiyjtes.
Hunk Latham and Zimmerman soon
began functioning though, and before
the end of the half had succeeded in
gathering in several nice baskets, the
score at half-time standing 28 to 16.
The entire first half was full of fast
basketball, with the Oregon team hav
ing the better of the passing, this be- j
ing in the main responsible for their I
victory.
Tried Line-XJp Starts
The same line-up which performed so
■well in the Multnomah game opened the
contest, with Zimmerman and Gowans
as forwards, Latham at center and
Chapman and Schafer guards. This
line-up proved to be the best bet in last
night's game also, for they worked to
gether more smoothly and passed the
ball faster than any other combination
which Coach Bolder tried. Gowans last
night did not live up to the reputa
tion he gained for himself in the games
played last week, but his main difficul
ty seems to be lack of experience and
he will soon overcome this.
Zimmerman and Latham both ringed
some of the prettiest baskets ever made
on the Armory floor and both had the
entire Whitman team guessing through
out the game. Schafer and Chapman
were in the game all the time, and cer
tainly work nice together, for both are
fast, aggressive men who always do
their share of the scoring besides check
ing their opponents up well.
Fouls Called
The game throughout was father
rough, with a great deal of bodily con
tact, this feature favoring the Whitman
men, for Sid Rich converted seven fouls
out of ten attempts, while Hunk’s aver
age dropped several notches when he
only made seven out of 13 attempts.
The second half was noticeably slow
er than the first, and both sides seem
ed to be tired from their efforts of the
first 20 minutes. The passing and
checking of both sides was rather rag
ged, and a gresC many more long shots
(Continued on page three.)
STUDENTS WRITE
FOR MAGAZINES
CLASS IN TRADE JOURNALISM
MARKETS ARTICLES
Students’ -Efforts Are Accepted by
Publications in East and on
Pacific Coast
Several students in Professor Ralph
D. Casey’s class in trade journalism
have produced marketable work, a num
ber of articles having appeared in mag
azines of national circulation.
During last term A1 Traehman sold
an article to Popular Mechanics, des
cribing a cash register owned by a con
fectioner in Eugene. Randolph Kuhn
wrote an article on a tooth-brush steril
izer invented by a Eugene dentist,
which was sold to the Popular Mechan
ics magazine. Another of his articles
was sold to a national jewelers' maga
zine in Philadelphia. The article des
cribed a jewelry store in Lebanon, Or
egon—a small-town store which uses
big-town methods. Kuhn has also writ
ten an article on the work of Univer
sity students of the allied arts, in plan
ning to decorate the interior of the
new fine arts building, which was ac
cepted by the Pacific Builder and En
gineer.
Another student having sold work is
Dorothy Kent, whose story was placed
with Women 's Wear, a New York pub
lication. The article described a fall
fashion show by one of Eugene’s de
partment stores.
John Anderson has nad articles on
University musical affairs printed in
two Pacific Coast musical journals, and
also wrote an article for the Pacific
Coast Record on a proposed new hotel
in Eugene.
Others whose articles have been ac
cepted are Clinton Howard, Chi Sung
Pil, Jack Parker and Hugh Starkwea
ther.
RILEY TO GIVE LECTURE
ON NORTHWEST SCENERY
Assembly to Be in Villard;
Large Crowd Expected
Frank Branch Riley, commonly
known as the man who made Northwest
scenery famous, will speak before tie
student body assembly Thursday morn
ing in Villard hall, illustrating his lec
ture with colored slides of scenic points.
“Riley is too well known to require
an introduction,” said Karl Onthank,
secretary to the president. “He is a
brilliant speaker, and describes in won
derful language the beauties of the
Northwest.
Two years ago Riley’s assembly ad
dress was one of the most popular ones
of the year. Recently he has acquired
a new set of slides which are said to
be even superior to those he formeijly
used. Under the auspices of the North
west Tourist association and with the
support of the Portland Ad club and
Chamber of Commerce, Riley has been
speaking of the Northwest before civic
and social organizations throughout the'
eastern states for a number of years.
Although assemblies during this year
have been held for the most part in the
Woman’s building, this and next
week’s meeting, when President Camp
bell will give an illustrated address on
the eastern universities which he re
cently visited, will be held in Villard
hall, since it is impossible to show’ the
slides in the Woman’s building.
Collection of Queer Costumes
Litter Guild Hall Property Room
By Katherine Watson
Periodically the campus postman
leaves a large and cumbersome box at
Guild hall, and those members of the
Company who happen to be present at
the time immediately drag it inside the
door and proceed to unpack another
fascinating conglomeration of queer
hats, quaint shawls, decidedly out-of
date dresses, donated by some friend
of dramatics, and donned at once by
enthusiastic amateur strutters of the
boards.
“Where does Guild hall get all its
costumes?” is a question often heard,
and the above, to a large extent is
the answer. CoWd an uninterested stu
dent spend half an afternoon in the
costume and prpoerty rooms of Guild
hall, he would go away with a queer
feeling of having stood in many peo
ple’s attics, of having peeked at the
best dress of more than one little grand
mother, of having brushed lightly
against several life-stories.
There is a very old hoop-skirt. It
gives evidence of careful work, and
there are dresses with wasp-waists and
voluminous sleeves. The hats, and hats
there are any number of, are funnier
than the dresses. A preposessing hat
of exceedingly generous dimensions
rests haughtily near a small-brimmed
hat with the merest excuse for a
crown. Buckles, ribbons, and feathers,
feathers that seem to weight some of
the hats down, fill the shelves. And a
quant old shawl that must have gone
with a thin face and a tiny lady, is
folded neatly as if the spirit of its
former owner still lent its habits of
scrupulous tidiness.
The property room is a little less per
sonal, but still has the air of a myriad
of homes and houses. The kind of
bric-a-brac that used to be very popu
lar, fills it. A large old clock that prob
ably used to tick off minutes to the
tune of many children's voices stands
silent until it is needed to furnish a
! house on the stage, a house built as if
: with a pacjr of cards that lasts but an
hour.
A queer old vase, old-fashioned pot
tery and crockery gets dusty on the
shelves, and in one corner a baby car
riage awaits a play with a stage baby
in it. There are pictures, and books.
There are “samplers” and there are
1 "tidies” to hang on the backs of chairs.
There is an old red plush chair with
such a “tidy” pinned on it, lacking on
ly the never-resting hand of the little
lady-of-the-plaid-shawl to keep it dust
i ed.
Many of the costumes used in the
pi a vs produced in Guild hall are made
bv members of the company with the
i help of a dressmaker, and many of the
stage properties are improvised, but
much mqre interesting and valuable are
j the bits of lace, the pictures, the dress
l es that arrive periodically at Guild hall
in large cumbersome boxes.
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UNA'S DRIVE
FORSUBSCfllBERS
Speakers Will Visit All Houses
! Tonight and Explain
the Campaign
1500 ORDERS GOAL FIXED
Unique Stunt for a Feature
Section Worked Out
by Editors
The annual campaign for Oregana
subscriptions is tomorrow. Every or
ganization on the campus will have one
or more representatives to receive or
ders and first payments on the best
memory book of the Oregon students.
A booth will be put up in front of the
library, and will be open all day for
the benefit of those outside of living
organizations.
Speakers are going around to the
different houses tonight to tell new
students about the Oregana, and the
importance of ordering during the cam
pus campaign, which lasts only one day,
and incidentally to remind old students
who are likely to be forgetful of how
hard it is to obtain the Oregana after
the campaign closes and the book has
gone to press.
No Second Edition
Last year 1200 Oreganas were print
ed. They were all sold and there was
a “too late” list of over 75 who wanted
copies but did not order them until the
book was off the press. This year, the
staff is going to try for 1500 copies,
said Jason MeCune, manager, and he is
quite confident that number will be or
dered. The main thing, says MeCune,
is to get the orders in tomorrow. Only
the number of books subscribed will be
printed, and there will be no second
edition to wait for.
“Deposit $2.50 with your represent
ative or at the Oregana booth on Wed
nesday and pay the balance next
spring,” he said. “The price of the
book will be $4.75, the same as last
year.”
A free Oregana will be given to ev
ery house going 100 per cent in sub
scriptions. The student securing the
most orders on the campus will also be
given a free book, according to Myron
Shannon, who is in charge of circula
tion.
“The financial success of the book de
pends upon this subscription campaign,
and the prospects are big for one of the
best years in Oregana history, not only
in quality of the book, but as a source
of income for the student body,” said
MeCune.
Cover Design New
The 1923 Oregana will contain 461
pages. An entirely new idea in cover
designing has been worked out; one
that the staff thinks has never yet been
equaled for beauty and uniqueness. The
feature section has undergone a com
plete change from previous years. “We
have worked out a stunt that has never
been tried before in college annuals,”
said Velma Farnham, editor, “and we
are confident that it will go over big.”
Most of the organization and indiv
idual pictures are in the hands of the
staff. Copy is being turned in to the
editor in good shape, and the staff is
working hard. No effort is being spared
to make this year’s book the best that
has ever been printed. The University
is larger this year than ever before, and
campus activities have increased ac
cordingly. The student who fails to or
der, or puts off ordering his Oregana
till after it is too late, will always re
gret it, said Velma Farnham.
CO-OP ASSOCIATION
WILL MEET TODAY
Board of Directors and Officers for
the Next Three Terms Will
Be Elected
All members of the Student Co-oper
ative association are urged to attend
’an annual meeting and election of of
ficers of the association in Villard hall
at 4:15 today. It is important that all
members be present, for only one meet
ing a year is held, and at that time
plans for the ensuing year must be laid
out.
Officers for the remainder of this
year and fall term of next year will
be elected, and reports of the old of
ficers will be received. Manager Mc
Clain of the Co-op will submit a re
port for the past year at the meeting,
and problems arising in connection with
the co-operative store will be discussed.
A new plan for a board of directors
' is being worked out, and, it is hoped,
will prove successful. This board will
, consist of one freshman member, to
! serve one year; two sophomore mem
; bers to serve two years, and one faculty
I member to serve one year.
FIRE DANGER NOT
GREAT BELIEVES
ADMINISTRATION
Inspection by State Officers
Welcomed; Students Are
Well Protected
GUARDS WATCH NIGHTLY
University Structures Under
Surveillance; Prevention
Program Excellent
I iie hazard on the University cam
pus is not such as to cause alarm among
the students, members of the adminis
tration said yesterday. The question
was brought into the limelight by Dep
uty btate Fire Marshal Horace Sykes '
and J. S. Gleason, representing the I
state fire office, who found fire hazards [
in the library, McClure hall, Deady hall j
and the heating plant.
Karl Onthank, executive secretary, '•
declared that the administration is!
more than willing to cooperate with the
state fire office and that inspection was
welcomed. “Fire protection will not
only save student life but will reduce
risk on the campus property,” he said,
adding that every one of the newer
structures, erected on the campus, has
been fully inspected by the Eugene
building department.
Every building is heated, not from
its own furnace, but from a central
heating plant, thereby avoiding a large
chance of possible fire. This is regard
ed by Mr. Onthank as one of the main
points in avoiding disaster.
No Serious Fires
Dean Colin Vf Dyment of the school
of literature, science and the arts, |
pointed out that the only serious fire
that has occurred on the campus with
in recent years—that which destroyed
the school of journalism, the health
service and the fine arts building last
summer, was apparently started from
sparks which blew into the cupola of
the fine arts building from burning
railroad ties along the right-of-way of
the Southern Pacific, which is off the
campus proper. Smaller fires, such as
the ones in the school of music and
Friendly hall, which have happened
within the last few years, have all
been quickly extinguished by Univer
sity equipment even before the town
fire department could arrive on the
scene.
Prevention Held Good
H. M. Fisher, custodian of University
properties, believes that Oregon’s fire
prevention program is one of the best
on the coast, considering the size of the
institution.
“There are fire extinguishing chemi
cals mud one or more hose connections
(Continued on page four.)
J. STITT WILSON GIVES
CONCLUDING LECTURE
Address on Constructive Democracy
Stresses Need for College Men
In Settling Big Problems
The current world problems which
confront the people of the world are
more vital than any of those arising
during the recent world war, J. Stitt
Wilson declared in his concluding
speech of a series of four lectures on
“Constructive Democracy,” given in
Villard hall Sunday afternoon. The
solution of these threatening problems
will require a more thorough and ex
hausting thought on the part of the
thinking people of the universe, he
said. Students with whom he has been
in close relationship evince more of an
interest in world problems than do oth
er people but this expression of interest
should not be confined merely to this
group but should be universal. People
should make it their business to study
and know of the affairs of the world,
he declared.
The four years that one spends in
college are the most determining years
of his life, continued Dr. Wilson. They
are the years that determine ones char
aeter either for the good or wrong and
it is up to the student alone to decide
what it will be. There is a growing
feeling that a college education has no
value unless humanity will derive some
benefit from the college graduates’ edu
cation.
AMENDMENT VOTE POSTPONED
In order to avoid the expense in mon
ey, time and trouble, necessitated by
the calling of a special election to vote
upon the proposed amendment giving
the yell leader a place on the student
council, student president John Mac
Gregor has decided to postpone decision
on the amendment until early in March
when it will be voted upon along with
several other questions. Election on
this amendment was postponed from
the fall term.
FOOTBRIDGE OVER
MILLRACE UNSAFE
REPAIRS ON HILYARD STREET
SPAN MAY BE DELAYED
Baclielordou and Others Must Either
Swim or Dodge Traffic to
Make Crossing
If Bachelordon members, or other
people living in the vicinity of this fra
ternity, desire to cross the mill race in
I the near future, they should either get
I into good swimming shape, or accus
tom themselves to giving the right-of
way to Fords, trucks, horses, and other
traffic. The foot-bridge at this point
has been condemned and barricaded, so
that the traffic bridge alone remains
open.
The city engineer's office holds out
little hope of repairs and none of a
new bridge.
At the city election held last spring,
bonds for the erection of several new
bridges were voted down. Therefore,
as there are no funds for a new bridge,
the old one should be repaired.
“We’ll have to wait until the
street commissioner gets around to it.”
is the word from the engineer’s office.
FROSH HOOPERS DOWN
COMPANY “0” QUINTET
Yearlings Have Little Trouble
Beating Guardsmen 29-15
In their first home appearance of the
year the Oregon freshmen easily trim
med the Company C quintet of the Ore
gon National Guard, 29 to 15, last night
in a preliminary to the Varsity-Whit
man basketball game. The yeaflings
had the best of the engagement from
the start and never had to exert them
selves.
The game opened with the Oregon
babes taking the lead in the first min
ute of play when Hobson shot a pretty
basket from a difficult angle. This
was followed by two more flashy bas
kets by Scriptures . The guardsmen
failed to hit the hoop successfully until
five minutes of play had elapsed, when
Murray rung one in. The stellar guard
ing of the Lemon-Yellow babes, how
ever, forced them to resort to • long
shots which seldom wore effective.
Mautz and Hobson proved a tower of
strength when it came to putting a
stop to a dribble or pass toward the
Oregon basket and the first half ended
20 to 11 in favor of the yearlings.
Both teams came back with more
fight in the second half but numerous
fouls and many spills slowed up the
play considerably. The frosh showed
flashes of pretty playing but only flash
es and their basket tossing was off par.
Gunther was inserted in the lineup and
showed up well at a forward position
while he was in. Leake, Stoddard and
Farley also got a chance to show their
wares and put up a good brand of ball.
The half was cut short in order to
start the big game on time.
Scriptures, with a total of 10 points
took the scoring honors for the evening.
Murray of the losers was second with
eight points. Scriptures several times
brought the spectators to their feet
with baskets from difficult angles. Bry
ant and Gosser at forward and center
both played a nice passing game and
the work of the entire squad was com
mendable. Mautz at guard played like
a veteran and several times started ral
(Continued on page tbrM.)
STUDENTS’ VOTE
WILL INFLUENCE
EUCULTH ACTION
President Campbell Is Pleased
That Campus Opinion Is
to Be Made Known
STRAW BALLOT TOMORROW
Members of A. S. U. 0. Asked
to Signify Stand on Change
in School Year
“The question of the equity of the
students in the proposed change from
the term basis to the semester basis
was raised in faculty meeting by Mr.
Turnbull, but in the main the argu
ments for and against the change
were on the academic side. It may be
stated, accordingly, that the student
body has not had an opportunity to
state its side of the case in full. The
point of view of the students is al
ways welcomed, and actually does in
fluence in determining faculty policy.
I am glad, therefore, that the Emer
ald has undertaken a straw vote, and
shall await the outcome with inter
est. ”
The above statement, coming from
President Campbell in reply to an in
quiry on the part of the Emerald as
to whether a student straw vote would
have any bearing on the proposed
change from a term basis to a semester
plan, will be the means, it is thought,
of inducing a large percentage of stu
dents to express their approval or dis
approval of the semester plan, recent
ly passed by the faculty, in a straw
vote tomorrw. Since the measure re
ceived a favorable voto in the faculty
by a very narrow majority, and oppon
ents of it assert that they believe en
ough members oppose it who were not
at the meeting to equal the count,, it
is quite probable that the opinion of
the students, as determined by the
straw vote, will have a great weight in
the final settlement of the matter. A
ballot booth, stationed in front of the
library, will be open from 8 in the
morning till 4 in the afternoon to re
ceive all ballots.
Few Are Uninterested
While it is somewhat difficult to as
certain the amount or depth of discus
sion among the students relative to
the proposed change, or to predict the
results of the straw vote, it is safe to
assume that, since all would be more
or less affected by the change, there
will be few who will not be interested
or who will not cast their votes tomor
row.
A printed ballot will be furnished
the voter, who will sign his name to it,
thus safeguarding against plural vot
ing, or any other possible unfairness.
Students only will be permitted to cast
their ballots, and since this must be
done at the booth with signature at
tached, only those who are at present
on the campus will voto.
Two committees will be appointed
by the Emerald, one to have charge of
the voting booth during the day, and
the other to count the votes at the
closing of the polls. Th latter commit
tee will be made up of students from
(Continued on page four.)
Bear Spends Night Near Campus,
But Nobody Is Reported Eaten
By Jessie Thompson
This is going to be a bear story.
The bear’s name is Skookum. It is
of the blaek variety, and its mother is,
or was, a toward, not deserving the
! name of Mother. However, that part
of the story is the tirst, so’ that by all
the regulations of the news story, it
ought to be put last.
This is the news part: Saturday night
; there roamed at large in the calm en
i virons of the campus, and especially
| Alder street, one black bear, enthusias
1 tic, probably hungry, and, although
j young, of rather formidable size. He
i was retrieved before he ate anyone,
however.'
The bear belongs to Campbell Church,
! junior, a student at the University high
school. He caught it last summer in
i British Columbia, while he was on a
hunting trip with his father, Mr. Camp
bell Church, of Fairinount Heights. The
bear, then quite a small cub, was, it
seems, out in the woods on a hunting
trip with its mother, and the mother
bear, showing a cowardice that would
shock any Nature lover, turned and
fled at the sight of the human hunters.
Bo Campbell annexed the cub as fair
game, and by this time it’s quite a good
sized bear.
The University high school gave an
entertainment, on Saturday night, and
Campbell's bear was cast for an import
ant part. Campbell was leading the
bear by a chain, while his fathty fol
lowed in his car with the spot-light
turned on the road before them. The
chain broke, and Skookum made his es
cape in the approved manner of Lives
Df the Hunted or Wild Animals I Have
Known.
Campbell gave chase, but although at
one time he caught up with the bear,
Skookum didn’t care about going to the
entertainment. And all night long he
roamed abroad, perhaps seeking, on the
campus, on Thirteenth, and all up and
down Alder street, some sign to suggest
to him his primeval wilderness. He
was discovered the next morning in the
back yard of a startled family on Alder
street; and fortunately the son of the
family happened to be a student at the
University high school, and promptly
reported his discovery to Campbell
Church, Jr., who hastened to bring his
bear back to a captivity where it will
not disturb peace-loving members of the
University community.
LABORATORY IS FINISHED
A new laboratory building for re
search work in zoology has been built
near the men’s gymnasium aud is now
ready for occupation. The laboratory
is to be used by faculty members and
graduate students only. The building
has a large reception room, provided
with tables for greup work and also
small rooms for individual research. It
is well equipped with cages for the ani
mals upon which work will be done.