Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXIV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY. JANUARY 18, 1923
NUMBER 68
FRANK B. RILEY
IS TO SPEAK AT
Lecturer Is Noted Publicist
and Lawyer; People’s Own
Country Pictured
SLIDES ARE TO BE SHOWN
Work of Speaker. Praised by
Eastern Critics; Triumphs
; on West Coast
In his illustrated address at Univer
sity assembly this morning on the lure
of the great Northwest, Frank Branch
Biley, noted lawyer and publicist of the
Pacific Coast, will bring to Oregonians
to. picture of their own country which
lias been made famous throughout the
United States and has made the West
the goal of all easterners who have
heard him on his tours of the country,
according to the enthusiastic reports
which have followed his lectures. Many
students will remember Mr. Biley’s ap
pearance on the campus two years ago
and will recall his power of graphic
description and the sense of humor
which has made his lectures so popular.
Mr. Biley’s illustrations of the coun
try which he describes are the product
of numerous trips into the mountains
and uncultivated sections of the north
west and his slides are colored so that
those who see them may feel that they
have actually taken an excursion into
the wilderness with this experienced
guide. Since his last lecture on the
campus, Mr. Biley has obtained a com
plete new set of slides and these Trill
all be shown this morning.
Eastern critics in speaking of Mr.
Biley’s appearances praise him spon
taneously and enthusiastically and the
title of “Evangelist of the Northwest”
has followed him back to Oregon. The
Plymouth Institute of New York de
clares that he has “more magnetism,
more fire, more fun and more genuine
affection for his subject material than
any lecturer we have ever heard in New
York,” and similar praise has been
showered upon him by all the organiza
tions which he has addressed. An un
precedented demand for his illustrated
travel-story has called him on his sixth
annaul lecture tour. He is recognized
as the man who has done more than
anyone else to sell the West to outsid
ers, and to advertise the resources and
beauty spots to the world. His appear
ances are sponsored by the leading civic
educational, social and scientific organ
izations in the West and his repeated
triumphs in the East have proved his
value to the states which he represents.
By profession Mr. Biley is a noted
lawyer and publicist of the Pacific
Coast and he makes his headquarters
in Portland. His avocation of traveler
and lecturer occupies most of his time
however, and his enthusiasm for the
country which he knows so well always
arouses the sympathy of his audiences.
His lecture has been called the pure
gold of entertainment and this com
bined with the native interest of his
story make him beloved by all who hear
him.
The assembly will be held in Villard
hall at eleven o’clock wnce it is im
possible to show slides ia the women’3
gymnasium before dark
TRUE PRODIGY IS
FOUND AT LAST
W. K. NEWELL, ALTHOUGH BEGIN
| NEE, LEAENS GOLF EAPIDLY
! Many Faculty Members Among Devo
! tees of Ancient Scotch Pastime;
Competition on Links
A true prodigy has at last been found
on the campus. The University’s schol
ars, artists and writers have never had
a greater claim for praise in their par
ticular fields of endeavor than this pro
digy has in his. He is W. K. Newell
of the faculty, and his remarkable abil
ity has been exhibited in the game of
golf.
Although he had never played golf
before this fall he took it up last term
and lias played like an experienced de
votee from the start. In fact, his skill
has called forth the praise of his less
skilled, rather jealous companions.
Mr. Newell is not, by any means, the
only golfer the faculty claims. Mr.
Robert W. Prescott, who was formerly
a member of the faculty, and is now
connected with Eugene real estate busi
ness, has won several cups at various
times for golf championships.
Other faculty players are Bertha
Stuart, Professor DeCou, Dean E. W.
Allen, Dr. W. E. Savage, Mr. G. S.
Turnbull and J. F. Bovard, who main
tains his own links on the campus.
ROBINSON CHOSEN FOR
VACANT COUNCIL SEAT
Two-Year Term Position Given
to Fill Gram’s Place
Claude Robinson will act as junior
man on the Executive Council to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Harlan Gram. This was the action
of the council at the regular meeting
last night in accordance with the pro
vision of the constitution that the coun
I cil shall fill vacancies among its mem
ibership.
Robinson is a major in economics and
has been prominent in student affairs.
In addition to serving on numerous
committees he has been active in foren
sic work and is a varsity debater.
The position to which he is elected
is to complete the two-year term started
by Gram this fall. Gram’s resignation,
which went into effect at the end of the
fall term was caused by his not
being enrolled in the University. He
plans to complete his college course in
the East.
The budget for the first’ part of the
year 1923 was approved, along with the
(report of the graduate manager. The
council granted permission for schedul
ing a game with a Hawaiian basketball
team here February 7.
STEEL MAKING TO BE SEEN
—
Chemistry and Condon Clubs Will Pre
sent Six-Reel Film Friday Night
The Chemistry and Condon clubs will
present jointly a six-reel film entitled
“The Story of Steel” in Villard -hall
Friday night at 7:30. The picture de
picts the processes through which the
crude iron ore passes until it is chang
ed into hardened steel.
O. F. Stafford, professor of chemis
try, obtained the film from the Federal
Bureau of Mines.
Art Collection One of Finest
of Kind, Says Portland Critic
By Katherine Watson
A white-haired woman, seated with a
Chinese manderin coat spread across
her knees, a carved lacquer box held
in her hands, the soft lamplight fall
ing alike on white hair and Japanese
prints that line the wall, Mrs. H. C.
Wortman of Portland, talking softly of
travels in Japan, China, Persia, India,
of pictures, vases and laces, seems qual
ified to discuss and evaluate the Mur
ray Warner ar; collection of the Uni
versity.
And listening, one forgets the rain
outside, the lateness of the hour, every
thing but the coats, the prints, or the
little Japanese maid who came noise
lessly within range of the dancing fire
light once or twice and seemed but an
other trophy, a doll carried home from
the Orient.
“The Murray Warner collection is
one of the finest of the minor art col
lections that I know of,” said Mrs.
Wortman. “By minor art I do not
mean an inferior art; so many' misun
derstand. There are always the two
arts, an expression of the emotion and
a desire to decorate, the last of which
is a little apt to be passed over by
the great artists who realize little and
understand less of its real importance.”
She v ent on to outline the vast field
covered by this branch of clothing,
household articles, rugs, architecture,
all that adds to the “livableness” of life.
She explained that “decorative art is
more limited, more circumscribed, than
a pure expression of emotion, that it
must be suitable for the thing decora
ted, must comply in size and material,
and then, of course, there is the re
petition that occurs.”
Of all the objects comprising the col
lection, textiles, lacquer, armor, paint
ings, prints, Mrs. Wortman expressed
her belief that the coats, many of which
are very rare, are the most important.
■ There are long Manchu coats and short
Manchu coats worn by the women, and
a large number of Mandarin coats, some
embroidered richly and almost all trim
med in a heavy Tibetan silk.
“The Japanese prints, which fill an
entire room of the Warner art collec
tion, are an almost complete represen
tation of all the later print-makers,”
!said Mrs. Wortman. She went on to
tell about the interesting process by
which Japanese prints are made. The
| early prints were all done in black and
white lines, and it was only after many
years that one of the print-makers con
i ceived the idea of putting the colors
bf rose and green into the picture. A
separate block is necessary for each col
br used. The print-makers following
this man reasoned that if colors im
(Continued on page two.)
PHI BETA KAPPA
CHAPTER ELECTS
12 OF FACULTY
Preliminary Arrangements for
the Installation Taken
Yesterday
SENIOR NAMES PROPOSED
Dean Henry Rand Hatfield of
U. of California Will Be
Here for Occasion
Preliminary arrangements for the in
stallation of a chapter of Phi Beta Kap
pa in the University of Oregon were
taken and twelve Oregon alumni now
members of the faculty were admitted
to foundation membership at a meeting
bf members of the national honorary
(scholastic organization held in room 8
Commerce yesterday afternoon. The
twelve faculty members chosen follow:
F. S. Dunn, ’92, professor of Latin
languages and literature.
James H. Gilbert, ’03, professor of
economics.
E. H. McAlister, ’90, professor of
mechanics and astronomy.
Miss Mary E. Watson, ’09, professor
of English literature.
Andrew Fish, ’20, assistant professor
'of English.
Miss Celia Y. Hager, ’12, instructor
in psychology.
Percy P. Adams, ’01, professor of
graphics.
Mrs. Mabel E. McClain, ’05, circu
lation librarian.
Miss Mozelle Hair, ’07, secretary of
correspondence study, extension divi
sion.
Earl Kilpatrick, ’09, director of ex
tension division.
Alfred Powers, ’12, assistant direc
tor of extension division.
Miss Grace Edgington, ’16, assistant
professor of rhetoric, and alumni sec
retary.
Seniors Proposed
Names of seniors to be proposed for
membership later in the year will be
selected by a special committee nam
ed yesterday by R. C. Clark, president
of the organization. This committee
consists of W. E. Milne, professor of
mathematics, chairman; E. S. Bates,
professor of esthetics; Miss Watson, O.
F. Stafford, professor of chemistry, and
[Mr. Gilbert.
To arrange details for installation
of the chapter a committee was named
with F. L. Stetson, professor of educa
tion, chairman, and the following other
members: F. S. Dunn, Mrs. Eric. W.
Allen, Miss Florence Whyte, instructor
in Komance languages; and Dan E.
Clark, assistant director of the exten
sion division.
At the next meeting of the prelimin
ary organization, to be held next Wed
nesday afternoon, election of other
foundation members .from among the
non-faculty members of the Oregon
alumni will be held and arrangements
for installation will be carried further.
Secretary Sends Word
Word has been received from Dr.
O. M. Voorhees, secretary of the Uni
ted Chapters of Plii Beta Kappa, in
New York, to the effect that Henry
Band Hatfield, dean of the college of
commerce of the University of Califor
nia, will be the installing officer. The
University of Washington chapter has
already sent word that it will be rep
resented at the installation by A. R.
Benham, professor of English litera
ture, and B. M. Winger, professor of
mathematics. Dr. Winger was formerly
a member of the Oregon faculty.
The University of Oregon charter
was granted by unanimous vote at the
last meeting of Phi Beta Kappa senate,
held at Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, last September. Oregon was
represented at the meeting by Dr. En
och Karrer, Washington alumnus, now
engaged in research in physical science
fct Cleveland for a large electrical cor
poration.
YELL LEADER IS WANTED
Many Urged to Tryout; Probability of
Place on Student Council
An opportunity will be given at the
basketball game Friday evening to any
student desiring to tryout for the posi
tion of yell leader, according to Art
Rosebraugh. The chances are very good
he says, that those trying out for this
position will be chosen since the pre
sent yell leaders will not be on the
staff very long.
“I hope there will be quite a number
on hand for the tryout Friday night,”
<aid Rosebraugh, “for it is only through
many tryouts that the best leaders will
be found. With the probability of the
yell leader being a member of the stu
! dent council, an added incentive is giv
| en.”
Vote For Term Plan
Shows Sentiment of
U. of O. Student Body
Present System Wins 918 to 151 in Straw ballot
Conducted Yesterday by Emerald; Board Finds
Lively Interest; Both Sides Strong for Views;
1,082 Ballots Cast, Election Board. 13 Out
of Number Polled Thrown Out As Illegal.
Out of 1.082 ballots east by the stu
dent body in the term vs. semester
straw vote yesterday, 918 were in favor
of the term plan, 151 supported the se
mester basis passed recently by the
faculty, and 13 were unsigned. With
such a large per cent of the total vote
.cast in favor of the term system, there
no longer remains any doubt as to the
opinion of the students in regard to the
proposed change.
While slightly less than half of the
student body expressed their opinion
on the proposed change, from the pre
sent term basis to the pre-war semester
plan, those who did vote, according to
the counting committee, represented the
various departments on the campus so
well that the results of yesterday’s
straw vote can be safely taken as the
decision of the whole student body,
which is overwhelmingly in favor of
retaining the present system.
Interest Is Keen
Of the 13 unsigned ballots, nine were
for the term plan and 4 for the semes
ter. Considering that in an aggregate
vote of over a thousand ballots only
13 were unsigned or marred in any
• way that they could not be counted,
hliows that the straw vote was taken
Seriously by the students, in the opinion
of the committee counting the votes.
Bits of conversation picked up in the
vicinity of the ballot box by an Emer
I aid reporter, yesterday, indicate that
some students thought rather deeply
and with considerable warmth on the
subject, while a very few other appar
ently had not given either plan much
consideration.
“How did you vote?” asked one
member of the typical election group
that lingered near the ballot box. “For
the term plan, of course,” was hi* com
panion’s answer. “The term plan has
proved very satisfactory,” sai(#» a co
ed to two girls about to sign their
ballots. “You can’t tell us that,” one
replied. “Have you voted yet?” was
asked another co-ed. “No, I don’t
want to vote either way; it doesn’t
'matter to me,” was the reply.
Some Made Mistakes
There were a few, according to the
election board, who knew very little
hbout either plan. A typical example
*>f these was the case of a freshman
who bewalied to a member of the board
■that lie “thought the term plan was like
we had in high school and the semester
like we have here at the University.”
As a result of his misunderstanding he
had placed his X in the wrong square.
However, these exceptions were very
rare, according to the board, several
of whose members stated that students
appeared to have reasons for voting a
certain way, and desired to express
(Continued on page four.)
MANY SUBSCRIPTIONS
TAKEN FOR OREGANA
Several Organizations Reach
100 Per Cent Goal
Five houses reported 100 per cent in
the Oregana drive late last night and
(several more lacked only a few sub
scriptions to put them up to their full'
quota. Sales were everywhere mount
ing rapidly and more were expected to
sell today.
Alpha Sigma was the first house to
report 100 peii cent and they were fol
lowed closely by Phi Sigma Pi, Alpha
Delta Pi and Chi Omega had reached
dheh- goal by seven o’clock last night
and Alpha Beta Chi reported a full
subscription soon after.
Susan Campbell hall lacked only two
of having one hundred per cent sub
scription, while Newman hall also re
ported that they were two short. Hen
dricks hall sold in the vicinity of one
hundred books and was rapidly ap
proaching a 100 per cent subscription.
Several other houses were not sure of
their standing late last night. All mon
*ey and receipt stubs will be turned in
to the Oregana office before tonight
when a complete count will be made
according to Myron Shannon, circula
tion manager.
Jason McCune, manager of the Ore
gana, said last night that a goal of fif
teen hundred Oreganas was set at the
beginning of the drive, counting the
total sale outside the campus as well
as on the campus. From all indications
in the large reports sent in by all of
Ahe houses the drive will go over this
estimate several hundred copies.
Alpha Phi last night reported a sale
of 21 copies, Gamma Phi Beta 20, Delta
Gamma 20, Delta Zeta 15, Pi Beta Phi
15,„Kappa Kappa Gamma 21 and the
booth in the library sold one hundred
and twenty-five yesterday. Men’s
houses as a whole seemed to be selling
less books than the women’s houses.
The Oregana office has definitely an
nounced that only the number of books
sold now will be ordered and that there
will be no extras in the spring. The
price of the book this year is $4.75,
$2.50 of which is now paid and the
other $2.25 will be due Junior Week
end when the book will be out. Only
one day, yesterday, was alloted for the
drive for subscriptions. A few late sub
scriptions will come in this morning
and no more will be taken, according
to the announcement by Shannon.
MESSAGE TO BE GIVEN
Miss Elaine Cooper, a graduate of the
University of Oregon, will broadcast a
radio message from Portland, on Jan
uary 29, “radio day,” for the Christian
Endeavorers of America. The message
by Miss Cooper, who is state president
of the association, will be heard be
tween 5:30 and 6 p. m. The message
is to be heard all over the United States
and will be broadcasted from the Port
land radio station.
LANE ALUMNI BANQUET
LAST NIGHT AT DSBUHN
Graduates Organize and Will
Aid in Gift Campaign
The largest alumni organization of
any of the county organizations
thus far perfected to carry out the gift
campaign among the University of Ore
gon alumni was organized last night
at a banquet of the Lane county
alumni at the Osburn hotel. Approx
imately one ^hundred and fifty ex-Ore
gon students were present at the ban
quet.
President P. L. Campbell spoke of the.
progress of the gift campaign and told
of his recent visit to the larger eastern
colleges. These eastern institutions, he
said, are, now undertaking identically
the same plan as Oregon to secure
funds. Yale college, he said, has per
fected a wonderful organization among
her alumni and receives $4150,000 an
nually from them. The gift movement
is general all over the United States.
In securing more money for all col
leges the officials of the campaigns ex
pect to derive the greatest part of the
funds from the friends of the institu
tions in gifts plus the appropriations
and taxes from the state, with the es
pecial effort of their alumni.
(Continued on page two.)
MRSITK QUINTET
FACES ACID TEST
Idaho and Willamette to Put
Veteran Teams on Floor
This Week-End
VANDAL FORWARD WONDER
Lemon-Yellow Squad Displays
Promise; Hunk Latham Big
Aid in Offensive
VARSITY GAMES
At Eugene Armory
Jan. 19—Willamette, 8.
Jan. 20—Idaho, 7:45.
Jan. 25—Washington.
Feb. 5—Washington State.
Feb. 9—0. A. C.
Feb. 10—0. A. O.
Hawaiian team coming—Date to be
scheduled.
• • •
Frosh-Rook Games Feb. 9 and 10.
Reserved seats on sale at Hauser
Bros, and Co-op.
By Ed Fraser
The crucial test of the Oregon bas
ketball team comes this week end when
they meet Willamette and Idaho here
on Friday and Saturday at 8 and 7:45
respectively. Willamette comes first
on Fridaj and from all reports has a
better team than last year’s which won
two games from the Lemon-Yellow.
The game with Idaho on Saturday is
the big game, however, as Idaho was
the Pacific coast conference champion
last year, and has all but one veteran
back this season. The Vandals gave
Oregon two sound drubbings last sea
son, and are rated as the strongest ag
gregation again, so nothing would give
Oregon quite so much pleasure as to
send them home on tho short end of
the score. They have with them A1
Fox, who was the high point man of
the conference last year, and Chapman
and Schafer certainly have their work
cut out for them in this contest.
Willamette, although not as strong as
Idaho, has a fast bunch, for they held
tit* Aggies to a low score in the game
played at Corvallis last week, and are
coming to Eugene with the intention of
repeating last year’s performance.
Oregon Squad Stronger
Both these teams are stronger than
last season, but they will no doubt be
'greatly surprised at the strength of Or
egon, for the addition of Latliam, Chap
man, Schafer and Cowans has made
it several times more dangerous in a
scoring way than it was last season.
Hunk is the strongest addition to the
team, and if he keeps up the work he
has shown so far this season, he is
headed for an all-coast berth. Zim
merman also has improved remarkably
and is shooting better than ever.
The team has been working out reg
ularly this week, but has had no scrim
mages, Coach Bolder’s idea being that
after tho conference season begins tho
games give the players nearly all the
scrimmage play they need.
A peculiar circumstance connected
with the team is that although there
were five letermcn back at the first of
the year from last year’s team, only
one, Zimmerman, is playing as a reg
ular.
(Continued on page four.)
Youthful Biologist Discovers
New Creature In Investigation
By Don Woodward
An aspiring young investigator en
rolled in the course of freshman biol
ogy, while in taking a census of the
teeming life contained in a drop of
ditch water, suddenly relaxed the mus
cles of his lower jaw and squinted
even more painfully through the micro
scope.
In the center of that little world,
crowded with darting Paramecia and
colonies of delicate-stalked Vorticellae,
the youthful microscopist perceived a
violent agitat:on.
Like the spinning vortex of a whirl
pool the surrounding fluid appeared as
though lashed by the beat of the Fla
gella, or tail, of some microscopic mon
ster.
The student watched breathlessly as
a blundering Paramecium approached,
its myriads of Cilia, small whip-like
hairs, propelling it rapidly toward the
dangerous spot. Straight ahead lay its
doom. Nothing could save it.
The observer all but cried aloud to
stop the heedless Cell.
Slowly a branch of the Vorticellae
' colony uncoiled, the cup-like termina
i tion unfolding as an etheral blossom.
Around the rim of the cup, a circle of
j Cilia commenced to wave, forcing a
; stream of liquid into the mouth.
Squarely between the onrushing Par
' amecium and its gyrating whirl ot
doom extended the innocent bell-sliaped
Vorticella.
Crash! The two Protozoan bodies col
lided.
In a flash the Vorticella withdrew
from the line of vision, shrinking back,
its slender stem coiling in a minute
spiral.
The startled Paramecium halted,
paused a moment before the fascinated
spectator, and then, with wildly thrash
ing Cilia, the long cigar-like form sped
away and out of danger.
The tense body of the student re
llaxed. The agitation still persisted,
[the movements being so rapid that he
could ascertain nothing as to the true
form of the creature.
This had gone far enough. The sym
pathetic and kindly investigator press
ed the two glass slides together between
Kvhich the drop of water rested.
“He would obliterate that terrible
monster.”
With the eyedropper he carefully
i placed a new speck of ditch-water be
lt ween the slides.
Applying his eye to the microscope
j once more he uttered a gasp.
Another of the horrible things was
in this slide, too. He called a labora
tory assistant. Bui the assistant could
not name it. It must not be known to
(Continued on page three.)