Oregon Daily Emerald
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1923
VOLUME XXIV.
NUMBER 73
AUTHORITIES WARN
STUDENTS AGAINST
GRIPPE EPIOEiC
Health Service Will Take
Precautionary Measures
Against Spread
‘invalids FILL INFIRMARY
Curve of Sickness Found to
Mount Higher After
Vacation Periods
Rapid increase of colds and pulmonary
ailments, with a decided tendency toward
la grippe has assumed such epidemical
aspects that it appears probable Uni
versity health authorities will be forced
to take precautionary measures other than
the dispensing of medicine and medical
advice. It is not thought that the epi
demic of colds will necessitate the plac
ing of a ban on all social activities- To
check further spread of the prevalent
malady, immediate preventative measures
are being enforced.
A meeting of all heads of houses was
called by Dr. W. K. Livingston, Univer
sity physician, yesterday morning at 9
o’clock in the Y. W. Bungalow to discuss
the health situation on the campus, and
yesterday afternoon Dr. Livingston start
ed a survey of the living organizations,
obtaining a report of the number of the
sick in each house, antT leaving medical
advice regarding methods of avoiding
contagion and advice relative to preventa
tive measures. An earnest effort is
being made to check thg near-epidemic
and it is pointed out that the co-operation
of the students is needed.
Vacations Bring Fatigue
A study of these periodical epidemics
has been made by Dean Bovard of the
department of physical education. He
finds that the curve of sickness always
mounts higher after each term vacation.
To explain this, Dean Bovard points out
that students after the term finals are
fatigued and many have lost considerable
sleep. The rush home and excitement of
the holiday season dances and parties in
crease this fatigue and lower resistance.
Students, scattered through the state,
meet numerous people and are exposed
to any contagious disease and these are
brought back to the college campus. Their
complaints are quickly spread to their
house companions and classmates.
Co-Operation Asked
Students should cooperate with the
Health Service in the checking of these
epidemics, the University health author
ities point out. They should wash their
hands frequently, keep as clean as pos
sible, use prophylactic gargles, nose
sprays and mouth washes, and should
keep away from people who are sneezing
and coughing and avoid visiting friends
in the infirmary. Unnecessary exposure
to draughts and rain and feet not kept
dry shod are dangerous at this tirng, ac
cording to the health advice.
At present the infirmary is taxed to
the limit. All 12 beds filled and 10 more
beds have been installed. The infirmary
staff was exceedingly busy yesterday and
handled in all 90 cases, the majority of
which were colds and sore throats.
FAIR SEX BREAKS
CLASS CUSTOMS
FOREIGN TRADE WORE WANTED
BY FEMININE STUDENT
Commerce Professors and Men Students
Wear Disturbed Countenances;
Disaster Reported Near
The school of business administration
is on its ear. That is, the male mem
bers of the school. Even the professors
wear a perturbed and worried look, and
a sense of impending doom hangs over
all. For the most sacred traditions of
the school have been swept away by a
mere woman. ’ AVith one swoop of a
small feminine hand all order and peace
has disappeared, and every Tuesday
night between 7 and 9 o’clock trouble
reigns in one of the rooms on the firs^;
floor of the commerce building.
All because one little girl with a
bent for business, an enthusiasm for
foreign trade, and a mind of her own
insists on taking the seminar in for
eign trade, a radical procedure owing to
the fact that no woman ever before
dared to enter the class.
Bones Skelton has undertaken to up
hold the downtrodden and imposed
upon men of the group by organizing
them into strenuous objectors. At the
lirst meeting which the new member
attended, the worthy protectors of the
weaker sex entered with a disconcerting
amount of noise, banged desks and
kicked chairs around in the most ap
proved cave man style. She was in
vited to leave, and not to bother about
a round-trip ticket. She was further
advised that woman’s place is in the
home, and that the proper way to hem
white dimity curtains and cook wheat
flakes is the type of knowledge design
ed for feminine minds.
The special reason for the treatment
seems to be that more expensive brands
of cigarettes will have to be used by
the men and fewer packages, that the
presence of the lady will not admit
of too heated arguments, and last but
not least that she is unforgivably good
at it and the I’s will be limited.
NEXT NUMBER GREATEST
SAY.S LEMMY’S EDITOR
“Doc” Braddock Insists New Artists
Have Made Regular Contributors
Perform Better Work
“ The .Anniversary number of Lemon
Punch, which is due to appear February
10, will include the combined supreme
efforts of every member of the staff,”
said “Doc” Braddock, editor and man
ager, yesterday, “and we are all sure
that it will be the greatest Punch the
campus has ever seen!”
New talent has developed this term,
says “Doc,” and this has spurred the
regular staff members and contributors
of last term on to greater efforts. In
addition to the many features that will
be contributed by Braddock himself,
Ted Qsburn, Francis Linklater, and oth
ers, some brand-new “stuff” from new
and unheard of literary and comic prod
igies are forthcoming.
Several new artists have contributed
generously, and “Stu” Biles, Claude
Snow, Paul Carey and other illustrators
well known on the campus, will present
an unusually large amount of drawings.
Since the issue will be the largest
ever attempted, Braddock urges that
anyone wishing to contribute either art
or literary work will be doubly welcome
at the Punch office, where new ideas
or needed encouragement may be made
use of.
New Soph Lottery List Brings
* Same Old Radiance Or Disgust!
‘•'Have you seen the list yet?” “Can
she dance?” “I won’t go with that
guy.” “Say I sure got hooked when
they gave me that lemon. “Lemme see
the Oregana and see what he looks
like.”
Just the aftermath of the publication
in the Emerald of the lottery list for
the class of ’25. They stand about sing
ly or in groups and peruse the list,
some in apparent disgust and others in
radiant expectation, for they have not
seen it before. They laugh when they
see a freak pair, one six feet, and the
other five feet, coupled for the shuffle.
They laugh when they see some ex
quisite dancer paired off with a clown
who can’t put one foot in front of the
other without interfering in the ankle
bones. They laugh when they see the
name of a slender Apollo, light as a
zephyr on the waxed maple, printed op
posite a corn-fed maiden who weighs
in the neighborhood of a ton and dances
like a mountain.
But when in all history was there a
square lottery? It has ever been thus.
The long get the short. The thin get
^ the wide. The graceful get the awk
ward. The brilliant get the bumb-bells.
The beautiful and handsome get on
ions. So it goes, but the lottery is al
ways square.
One glances at the name opposite
his. and some of the sophs have de
cided that they have urgent work to
do on the night of the struggle, or that
they are suddenly called out of town.
Others claim that the lottery commit
tee has double-crossed them and has
given them a different partner than
they asked for. Then there will be ex
changing of partners. The fair lady
will be the goat. She anxiously awaits
the allotted partner, but will be greatly
taken aback when her steady man
walks up and tells her that through a
trade it will be possible for him to take
her. ^
But others are not so lucky. They
find one who has taken their lady and
will not trade. Now and then there
is someone who does not care to go
and he passes the ticket on to some
unfortunate who has been left out and
the lady is the goat again.
So the lottery goes. It is like life—
a gamble, but there is always a thrill
in it, for one finds out what he draws
in the end. On with the dance and
let the lottery be crooked.
COSSMAN BACK ON CAMPUS
James Cossman who has been athletic
director in the Marshfield high school
for the past year has resigned his po
sition to re-enter the University, ac
cording to a newspaper clipping taken
from a Marshfield paper. The high
school students, in appreciation of Mr.
[ Cossman’s services, presented him with
a gold pencil and pen.
SOCIAL CALENDAR
FOR WINTER TERM
IS FULL OF EVENTS
Dances, Formal and Informal,
Are Planned by Campus
Organizations
HOOP GAMES ARE MANY
Frosh Glee, February Ninth,
Is Important Student
Festivity.' .
With student body dances, concerts,
formals, and many basketball games
scheduled in addition to the frosh glee,
the social calendar for the winter term
promises a big season of activity and
merriment.
Festivities for this term begin Fri
day, January 26, when all University
classes give their parties. The fresh
men have reserved the Woman’s build
ing, the sophomores will have Ye Cam
pa Shoppe, the annual Junior Jazz Jinx
will be staged in the men’s gym, and
the senior masquerade at Dreamland.
On the night preceding that of the
parties, the University of Washington
and Oregon play the only basketball
game for this week.
Frosh Glee February Ninth
The frosh glee, the largest social
event of the term, has been scheduled
for February 9 in the Woman’s build
ing.
On Sunday, January 28, the Univer
sity orchestra under the auspices of
the Elks lodge will give a charity
concert in the Methodist church.
Alpha Xi Delta and Women’s Ore
gon club have chosen January 27 for
their formals, while on February 2, Del
ta Gamma and Gamma Phi Beta will
have theirs. There will be a game at
Corvallis the same night between O. A.
C. and Oregon.
Week-End la Busy
On February 3 Beta Theta Pi and
Sigma Chi sponsor their formals, and
Hammer and Coffin will give a dance.
Again O. A. C. and Oregon clash at
Corvallis. Washington State College
will play here February 5 and on Feb
ruary 9 O. A. C. plays here.
The first student body dance for the
term will be staged February 10, and
on the same date Delta Tau Delta and
Sigma Alpha Epsilon have their for
mals. Sigma Nu also gives a dance
that night.
Play Is Scheduled
Mask and Buskin will give a play
February 15; and on the 16th Kappa
Delta Phi gives a formal.
Delta Delta Delta holds its formal
February 17, and Kappa Alpha Theta
upperclassmen have a dance. Alpha Phi
upperclassmen will also give a dance.
There will be a game with Whitman at
Walla Walla the same night.
On February 19, Idaho plays Oregon
at Moscow, and there will be a game
with Washington State at Pullman
February 21.
Alpha Phi, Alpha Chi Omega and
Delta Zeta will have their formals Feb
ruary 23, while on February 24 five
houses have scheduled formals. They
are Friendly hall, Phi Sigma Pi, Kappa
Sigma, Chi Psi, and Alpha Tau Omega.
There will be a game at Seattle be
tween Washington and Oregon.
March Activities Many
Men’s Oregon club opens the March
activities with a dance on the second,
as well as the Craftsman club, Sigma
Delta Chi and the Order of the O. Ore
gon will play Willamette at Salem. "Chi
Omega has a formal March 3, and on
March 9 Alpha Delta Pi, and Kappa
Kappa Gamma have theirs. Pi Beta
Phi holds its formal on; March 10 and
on March 16 Susan Campbell hall and
Condon club will give dances.
Thacher Cottage and Kappa Alpha
Theta will finish the term’s activities
when they give their formals on March
17. Spring vacation begins March 23.
HARPERS HAVE BABY BOY
Ex-Air Service Officer Who Married
Oregon Girl Is Proud Father
Lieutenant and Mrs. Harry Harper
of Saeremento, California, are receiv
ing the congratulations of their friends
upon the birth of a son Sunday, Jan
uary 21, according to word received on
the campus from Mrs. Elizabeth Wil
son, hostess at the Woman’s building,
who is spending the winter in Calif
ornia. The young man is to be named
William Wilson Harper.
Mrs. Harper will be remembered as
Xaomi Wilson, a prominent member of
the Girls’ Glee club and a resident of
Hendricks hall. Her marriage to Lieu
tenant Harper, formerly of the Forest
Service Air Patrol stationed in Eu
gene, took place in the alumni room of
the Woman’s building shortly after its
opening.
Members of University Company Appearing
In Cast of Play Written by Fergus Reddie
Four members of “The Raggedy Man,” making its first appearance j"
in Guild Hall this evening. From left to right the players are: Hilde
garde Repinen, as Old Aunt Mary; Lorna Ooolidge, as ’Lizabeth Ann; j
Katherine Watson playing Orphan Annie, and Katherine Pinneo as Addel
iny Bowersox. The play was produced by Fergus Reddle and the charac
ters are from the Riley poems.
State Senators Will
Visit Oregon Campus
On Wednesday, Jan. 31
Word wits received in Eugene yester
day that the State Senate, now in session
{it Salem, voted to visit the University
’campus in a body, Wednesday, January
61. When questioned last night as to
further details of the intended visit, Karl
Onthank, admtnisfcratlive fcecrefaTy, in
formed the Emerald that an invitation
to visit the campus had been extended the
(Senators, but so far no definite reply had
been received by the administration. How
,ever,it is expected that further details will
be learned today and steps taken for a
reception of the guests.
The result of the vote is taken as a
certain indication that the senators will
make the trip to the University. Out of
the total of 24 members of the senate,
only three dissenting votes were cast.
The last visit of the senators to the
University campus was in January, 1921,
'when a delegation from Salem made an
excursion to Eugene for the purpose of
inspecting the state institution. Both
representatives and senators were visitors
from the legislature at that time. The
group visited the campus on Saturday
and a special assembly was held in Vil
lard Hall. The visit this time will be on
Wednesday and it is probable that the
regular weekly assembly will be advanced
one day. Since the state law makers will
visit the campus this year during the
school week, it is likely that classrooms
'will be inspected when classes are in
•session.
PHI BETA KAPPA WILL
ELECT OREGON ALUMNI
Preliminary Organization to
Elect Members Today
Consideration of various high-stand
ing alumni of the University, since the
first class was graduated here in 1878,
such as are recommended by the local
chapter committee as having fulfilled
all the requirements for Phi Beta Kap
pa election will be taken up at the
meeting of the local chapter g this af
ternoon, George Turnbull? secretary of
the chapter, said yesterday.
The local chapter which was granted
a charter some time ago and whifili
will be installed some time in March
has already elected 12 Oregon alumni
who are members of the University fac
ulty. The election of other alumni, who
are not members of the faculty will
be taken up at the next meeting and
possibly one or more meetings will
complete for the present the election
of alumni on the part of the local chap
ter.
Dean Henry Band Hatfield, of the
college of commerce of the University
of California, who has accepted his
appointment from the national head
quarters as installing officer at Oregon,
will be notified soon of the date of in
stallation. It is expected that the time
of installation will be either in March,
or a time thereabouts which will be
convenient to Dean Hatfield’s sched
ule.
Action will also be taken at the
meeting regarding the ratification of
the constitution and by-laws of the
chapter, which will then be forwarded
to the national headquarters thus leav
ing the way clear for the installation
ceremonies. Professor Stetson is chair
man of the committee on installation
and Dr. Boynton heads the committee
which will recommend to the chapter,
the alumni outside of the faculty who
are eligible for Phi Beta Kappa and
who will be voted on today. The
meeting will be held in room 8, Com
merce building at 4:15 p. m.
CORRECTION MADE
The Emerald wishes to correct an er
ror made in yesterday’s issue. Pay
checks to the amount of $660, not $66,
are to be received by the advanced
class of cadets of the military- depart
ment.
THE
RAGGEDY MAN AT
GUILD HALL TONIGHT
Several Mask and Buskin
Stars in Cast
“He must be a stranger if you don’t
know him, Addeliny,” says Mart Whip
ple when Addeliny, the postmistress, an
nounces that a letter has come for Noey
IBixIer whom she does not know. The
effect o produced, by Noey himself is
even more startling when he arrives in
Griggsby station, „ ragged and tattered,
to the delight of the children and the
consternation of the village" folk, who
do not realize what a large part the
Raggedy Man is destined to play in
(Continued on page four.)
£•
LOOMS US BATTLE
FOR VARSITY FIVE
Washington, Victor Over Idaho
Presents Most Formidable
Oposition of Season
HUSKIES NOT CONFIDENT
Oregon’s Offensive Play Is
Strongest Seen in
Conference
The basketball game with the Uni
versity of Washington Thursday night
will be the hardest of the season, ac
cording to Coach Bohler. The Huskies
are bringing a veteran outfit down, and
will be prepared for a hard tussle, while
Idaho came here expecting a light
ivorkout, and as a result was defeated.
T'he Idaho bunch switched the dope
igainst the Aggies though, and took
the long0 end of a 23 to 22 game on
Monday night at jCofvallis. This drops
;he„Aggies from the conference leaders,
is only Oregon, Washington and Wash
ngton State now "have a perfect series
if wins. Since Washington State has
rather a weak team, the game here
rhursday really decides the leadership
if the league and the team that wins
will probably also finish the season in
irst position.
Vandals Lose
The Idaho trip was rather disastrous
for, by losing to both Oregon and Wash
ington, they practically put themselves
lut of the running for the champion
diip. Both of these teams play Idaho
at Moscow later on in the season, how
ever, and will both probably be defeat
ed, as the floor is notoriously small,
find greatly favors the home team.
The Aggies in their game with Idaho
were without the services of their
eaptain and star guard, “Pug” Boss,
who will also be out of the Oregon
contests as he has been declared ineli
gible because of the fact that he play
ed one year of basketball at Willamette
before entering O. A. C.
Varsity Scores Large
The Varsity this year has run up
very large scores in every game, and
has gained the reputation of having
the strongest offensive team in the
Northwest. This seems to be a fact.
But it is also true that their defense
is rather weak, for in the first -half
of the Idaho game while playing on the
offensive they ran up 28 points to the
Vandals 11,'but^in the second period
they played a defensive game and
were nearly walloped as a result, when
Idaho hooked 24 points to^ their 14.
This indicates that the strongest Or
egon defense is their offense, this only
drawback being that the men probably
will not be able to stand 40 minutes
of fast aggressive work, for in pre
vious games they all have seemed to
be fairly well “all in” by the time the
first half was over.
The touted Washington offense with
four men who can score, in the per
sons of Lewis, Frankland, Crawford
and Frayne, will meet the same sort
of a toam when they come here Thurs
day.
Juniors Scoop Lottery Field;
Hang Numerals Around Necks
The Junior class scores again 1
Repeating the sensation created by
their first annual shine day, the mem
bers of the class of 1924 have evolved
a lottery scheme that rivals in newness
anything staged since Dean Straub
drew the first name for the class ’01
B. C.
An Emerald reporter obtained this
very exclusive statement from Doug
Wright, chairman of the great annual
Junior Jazz Jinx, which will “explode”
at eight Friday night, in and around
the premises of the men's gvm and will
keep on exploding great bombs of class
spirit until the midnight hour.
From this noon until Friday night
members of the junior class will be
“numbered among those present”—lit
erally numbered. The lottery commit
tee, composed of Doug Wright, Velma
Faroham, Moe Sax, Helen Ball, Harold
Potter and Elsie Skoog, drew the names
Tuesday afternoon.
The only statement that the Emerald
reporter could get from them was that
it was “absolutely square.” A hasty
glance at the names, for that was all
they would allow, convinced the repor
ter that they werd right.
Immediately after the drawing, a
class meeting was held. Several hun
dred anxious juniors hastened to Vil
lard hall to find their fate—but not
so. The committee was very, very firm
and simply would not give out any
information.
The class waited wonderingly. Then
Doug Wright exploded the “dope.”
First he hung a large white numbered
card around his neck. This is what
you’re going to wear until Friday
night, he said, explaining that each
name drawn was numbered. Every
junior is to receive his number from
a booth in front of the library, begin
ning this noon, and the game is to find
your partners by the numbers. There
was a laugh, which deepened into a
miniature rally. The success of the
Junior Jazz Jinx was assured then
and there.
i Immediately following the adjourn
j meat the committee was besieged by
curious students. But they held their
ground and are firm in the stand that
the idea, as planned, will be carried
through.
.Junior groups in houses are planning
weird schemes for conveying their “fa
ted ones” to the party. Jimmie Meek
and Doug Farrell, champion costume
wearers of the class of ’24, have chal
lenged the other men to equal them in
the outlandish garb which they have
planned fo wear.
Juniors say that they have waited
three years for the chance to hold a
; Jazz Jinx and they intend to make it
a winner. Moe Sax is in charge of the
I food. “There’ll be plenty of it,” he
1 promises.