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Oregon Sunday Emerald
VOLUME XXIV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1923
NUMBER 77
This Week
SALARY CUTS PROPOSED
* • *
RUHR INVASION CONTINUES
* * *
AMERICANS LEAVE GERMANY
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FREE PULPIT IS PLEA
ANCIENT TOMB TO BE OPENED
PEACE DOOMED SAY TURKS
One of the most drastic pieces of
economy legislation to come before this
session is one proposing cuts in the sal
aries of practically every official whose
salary is fixed by the legislature. Some
of the cuts proposed are as follows:
president of O. A. C. from $10,000 to
$5,000; president of University of Ore
gon from $8000 to $5000; highway en
gineer from $7200 to $3000. The maxi
mum salaries of professors and teach
ers in the institutions would be fixed
at $3000. The reduction would be:
Governor from $7500 to $5000; attorney
general from $4000 to ‘$3000; corpora
tion commissioner from $3600 to $3000;
state superintendent of schools from
$4000 to $3000. This bill, introduced
by Representative Carsner, is quite a
contrast to the salary increase bills of
past sessions.
The invasion of the Ruhr by France
for default of reparations continues,
with the French determined to accomp
lish all they can by peaceful demands,
backed by the threat of arms, or if
sufficiently provoked, to enforce their
■demands by actual use of arms.
Germany now is in absolute default
on all her reparations obligations and
will be afforded no assistance in the
nature of a mortorium to gain
financial feet, according to a deci
sion of the reparations commission. Al
so at the end of the present month the
German government is to be called upon
forthwith to pay the allies the sum of
a half billion gold marks on her delayed
reparations account.
Inside the occupied area of Germany,
comparative tranquility prevailed Fri
day so far as outward demonstrations
were concerned; but nevertheless the
feeling of bitterness against the French
was as apparent as on previous days.
Numerous arrests of persons concerned
in Thursday’s disorders were made and
others are likely to follow today be
cause of the recalcitrancy of various
German officials in carrying out orders
given them by occupation officials.
Duseldorf bears somewhat the aspect
of a besieged city, with French troops
patrolling the streets in place of the
German police, who have left their
posts. Cafes, hotels and places of
amusement were closed at 10 o’clock
Friday night by order of the French of
ficials.
Throughout the entire Ruhr region
the number of men on strike in the coal
mines and other industries is slowly
but surely augmenting. The railroads
are virtually idle and traffic on the
rived has all but ceased, the only boats
plying being manned by the French.
Large contingents of French troops
are being brought • into the Ruhr for
the purpose of meeting any eventuality
that may arise.
With Russia rumbling vague threats
to aid Germany, and with vague ru
mors of armed revolt in Germany, the
situation is precariously watched by all
the allies. Great Britain is hardly
certain of just what course to pursue in
the matter, and President Harding has
announced that the time is not ripe
for American intervention of any sort.
Carrying the last of the American
Army of Occupation on board, the
transport Mihiel is now speeding
toward the United States. The con
tingent, with many wives and children
of the soldiers on board, left Antwerp
Friday. Representatives of the Bel
gian and French and German govern
ments participated in the farewell exer
cises. Interesting is the fact that seve
ral wives of soldiers were left behind
because their husbands would not ad
vance funds for their passage.
Rev. Percy Stiekney Grant, rector
of the Protestant Episcopal church of
Ascention in New York City, has
raised a row in orthodox church circles
by denying the divinity of Christ. His
resignation has been demanded, and in
reply he pleaded for greater liberty
in the pulpit. Just what the end of the
affair will be no one can say.
An air of suppressed excitement pre
vades the whole upper Nile valley as
the day approaches for the opening
of the inner mortuary chamber of the
tomb of King Tutenkhamen, recently
discovered in the Valiev of the Kings.
Not since the American Egyptologist,
Theodore Davis, unearthed more thaD
a half dozen tombs in the same valley
has the Egyptian populace shown such
pronounced interest and curiosity in
the great past of their country.
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Failure of the near eastern confer
ence is certain, according to a state
ment made by Riza Nur Bey, one of the
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I
‘CHANGE OF TEMPO
HEEDED III SCHOOL
University May be on Road
Upward but has Long Fight
Ahead to Attain its Goal
STUDENTS LOSE AMBITION
High, Middle, and Low Class
of Students; Reform Will
Help the “In-Betweeners"
By Jessie Thompson
The upyard pull in scholastic stand
ards is an upward pull for progress for
the University of Oregon, in the opin
ion of Dr. James D. Barnett, professor
of political science. Dr. Barnett is one
of those quiet members of the com
munity who sees a good deal but
doesn’t do much talking about it.
The University may be taking the
right road toward progress, but it has
a long climb ahead of it, too. That
was the second point Dr. Barnett
stressed, when he was asked what he
thought about the University and the
students. Dr. Barnett has been a stu
dent at one small college and two large
universities, and an instructor at one
college and three universites, and he
believes that the University of Oregon
compares very favorably with other
institutions of learning. The thing
that is the trouble with the University,
he feels, is the same thing that is
wrong with higher education every
where.
University students are lacking in
purpose, Dr. Barnett says, or if they
come to the University with a purpose,
it is only too often lost in the con
fusion of interests on the campus.
Freshmen Lose Purpose
“I have seen a freshman come here
with a real purpose,” he declared, “and
lose more of it every year, until as a
senior he doesn’t know what he wants
to do. *
“The student comes to the Univer
sity to make himself useful to the
community and to himself,” was Dr.
Barnett’s summary of the situation,
“but he gets interested in too many
other things. It is the same every
where.”
The reason for this loss of purpose
and the tendency to a scattering inter
est, in Dr. Barnett’s opinion,’ lies in
overmuch attention to campus affairs
that have nothing to do with studies.
Students go in for too much social ac
tivity. The reporter ventured to dis
agree with him at this point, and asked
if he didn’t think that everyone has
a certain amount of social energy to
work off, and that University students
do this in a pretty wholesome way. Dr.
Barnett agreed that social activities
have a place in campks life.
A “Stick” Distasteful
“I don’t like a ‘stick’ he said, “and
people need some social life,” but he
Teels that there is danger of some stu
dents taking an interest in this side of
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OREGON MATMEN LOSE
MEET TO WASHINGTON
Varsity Wrestlers Unable to Gamer
Single Fall From Northern
Grapplers
University of Washington, Jan. 26.
—The University of Washington wrestl
ing team made a clean sweep in a meet
with the University of Oregon. The
results follow:
125-pound class: Boy Berry, Wash
ington, defeated Sumption, Oregon, two
falls.
135-pouhd class: Everett Paup.
Washington, defeated Bay Garrett,
Oregon, fall and a decision.
145-pound class: Darrell Leavitt,
Washington, defeated Harvey Bobert
Oregon, two decisions.
158-poUnd class: Captain Joe Crumb,
Washington, defeated Jas. Bradway,
Oregon, two falls.
175-pound class: Paul Davis, Wash
ington, defeated Jens Terjesen, Ore
gon. The match went the full time
without a fall. Two extra rounds be
ing called Terjesen, ■who lost on the toss
of a coin, took the mat first and was
thrown. In the second round Davis
went down but kept his shoulders off
the mat.
HONOR SYSTEM DELAYED
Large Faculty Number Attends Session
at University of West Virginia
University of West Virginia, Jan. 22.
—The honor system was up for adop
tion before the faculty of West Va.
university, but the only decision
reached after an hour and a half of
deliberation was a motion to lay the
resolution on the table until the next
meeting.
Fairness and safety are said to have
characterized the preliminary discus
sion. More than 200 of the faculty met
1 to discuss the system.
Hell Pops When
John D. Gets All
Oil From Earth
University of Southern California,
Jan. 23.—The theory of hell has at last
been cleared up by Dr. Bailey of the
geology department at the University
of Southern California. According to
a tip given him by a colored preacher,
the Bockefeller interests are stealing the
oil and grease which the Lord appointed
to lubricate the axels of the earth,
and when all of it has been taken out,
the axles are going to get hot. Accord
ing to the preacher, that sure will be
hell.
AGGIE TOSSERS DEFEAT
HUSKIES IN FAST GAME
Victory Over Washington Puts Oregon,
Washington and O. A. C. Into Tie
for Conference Honors
Washington was knocked out of first
place in the Northwest basketball
standings last night when the strong
Aggie five succeeded in hanging a 35
to 28 defeat on them. This puts Ore
gon, Washington, and O. A. C. in a
three-cornered tie again, as each has
lost but one game so far.
The game was fast, and very rough,
as Beferee Fenstenmacher from Port
land did some of the poorest officiat
ing that has been seen in a collegiate
game for years.
Washington lost the game because
they concentrated on Hjelte and Gill,
and left the rest of the team compara
tively open, as a result of which Sid
ings and McMullen for the Aggies
dropped in several baskets apiece and
sewed the game up.
The score was fairly close till just
before the end of the contest, when the
Aggies took a sudden spurt and by
grabbing off two baskets in quick suc
cession put themselves out of danger.
PORTLAND SPORT CRITIC
PUZZLED BY U. 0.TANGLE
Lair Gregory Says Our New Coaching
System is a Deep Problem for.
the Goof Club
Portland, Ore., Jan. 26.—Lair Greg
ory, of the Oregonian, has the follow
ing comment to make on the Univer
sity coach situation: “Unique football
situation exists at University of Oregon
of an assistant coach engaged to a
longer contract than the head coaeh.
Bart Spellman is the assistant coach.
He gets a three-year contract, ap
parently without a struggle. Shy
Huntington is head coach. He asked
for a three-year contract, but the board
that has the hiring and firing wouldn’t
give it to him. The board offered a
one-year contract and Huntington had
to take that or none. He took it.
“For five years they have coached
together under a year-to-year agree
ment with the University. But now
Spellman, though he continues to rank
only as assistant coach, gets a three
year contract, while the man he as
sists, whose coaching policy he is to
carry out, is hired on only a one-year
basis.
“A brand new one for the Goof club.”
OUTSIDE FLUNKS BARRED
Ban Put on Students who Suddenly be
come Interested iq Southern Climate
Los Angeles, Jan. 23.—“No flunks
need apply” is the greeting being extend
ed by the registrar of the University of
Southern California to applications for
admission to that institution made by the
several hundred students who were
“flunks” at Berkeley and Stanford.
Each year a large number of students
show a sudden interest in the climatic
conditions of Southern California at the
end of the first semester and it has be
come necessary to enforce a strict rule
that no student can be received who can
not show that he could return to the in
stitution from which he came, in good
standing.
RELIGION TAUGHT AT K. U.
Credit Given for Undenominational In
struction in Bible
U. of Kansas, Jan. 25.—This year is
the first one in whieh credit is given in
the college for work done in the School
of Religion. Three hours credit will be
given and will count toward a degree.
The purpose of the school is to give
scientific instruction in religion in its
broad application to the problems of
humanity. The movement first started in
the University of Michigan in 1893. Last
year plans were made to establish a
school here, which would be a consolida
tion of the various denominations.
O. A. C. LOANS $18,000 TO
STUDENTS DURING YEAR
O- A. C., Jan. 25.—Loans made by
the Student Loan Fund of the O. A.
C. outstanding, January 1, amounted
to $18,603.80. This amount consisted
of 284 loans to men and 45 to women.
PROSPERS RELB
FOE TO FOOTBALL
Passing From Amateur Stage
to Professional is Greatest
Fear of President Stanford
ALL SPORTS ADVOCATED
Intramural Athletics Hope of
Future—Public Spectacles
Believed Greatest Menace
“The greatest problem facing inter
collegiate athletics, and especially
American football, is whether it can
withstand the adversities of prosper
ity,” says Kay Lyman Wilbur, presi
dent of Stanford University. “We have
.seen sport after sport pass from the
amateur to the professional stage, with
the consequent gambling, sharp prac
tice and general cupidity. Can we keep
our college sports clean and wholesome t
There is no debate between the educa
tional institution and widespread sound
athletics. The disputes begin whore
the abuses come in—they must have a
balanced life, there must not be too
much of any one thing, no matter how
good it is in itself.
“We Americans have a genius for
the organization of people and things
that sometimes makes the results too
mechanical and calculated, leaving out
the flash of spontaneity and spark of
the unexpected.
Sports Wholesome
“There i3 now a general recognition
of the advantages of numerous sports
to our college population. While each
institution should make the fullest use
of its own particular climate and natu
ral surroundings, there is no good
reason why any institution should enter
a field of sport when the handicaps are
too great. Time is the only worth
while possession of the student. It
must be conserved, not dissipated. If
a crew has to spend two hours going
to and from its practice waters, rowing
should be given up.
“The aim must be to include only
those sports in the college calendar that
require an average of not more than
two afternoon hours from clothes to
clothes.
The Modem Trend
“The modern trend of American
sports has been too much toward the
public spectacle. If not carried too
far, there is great advantage in inter
esting every one in good amateur ath
letics. It helps to stimulate our youth
to wholesome physical living; but ama
teur sport must not become a series of
Orpheum stunts. The greatest danger
that football faces today is that it will
develop so that only preparatory school
stars can make teams. Any college
sport that does not make it easily pos
sible for the green freshman of proper
physique, who is given proper training,
to make the varsity team within two or
three years is on the rocks.
“All college games must be kept
so that men can learn the game while
in college. Widespread participation
in all forms of sports on the part of
every student is now the order of the
day. Competition of an intramural or
local sort is good for every one.
Sports Nationalized
“The. great improvement in trans
portation, the decreasing provincialism
of our country is leading to a nation
alization of our college athletics. It,
like most good things of life, must be
taken in moderation, because of the
time consumed.
“In short, must bring our athletic
program right into our general educa
tional scheme, and not require more
tran an average of two hours per day
of the participants in our contests if
we wish to see harmonious development
side by side of physical and mental
training.”
INJURED STUDENT BETTER
Truck Accident Victim Suffering Only
Minor Bruises, Diagnosis Shows
Bandall S. Jones, the junior who was
injured by a truck last Friday night when
on his way to the junior dance, report
ed to be recovering rapidly. He was not
as seriously hurt as Was at first suspected.
Further diagnosis revealed that he had i
received various other bruises, but they |
are of a minor nature. No concussion1
of the brain or broken bones were sus
tained. He was perfectly conscious, talk
ing rationally, and in as good condition
as possible, is the latest report.
SPANGLER, V. OF O. MAN,
WINS HONORS IN EAST
Paul E. Spangler, former graduate of
the University of Oregon was recently
awarded a special scholarship at Har
vard University. This is one of many
honors he has won since being at the
Eastern institution. Spangler is the son
of Rev. and Mrs. A. M. Spangler who
were residents of this city for a num
ber of years.
Know Oregon for
Wednesday; Sell
It to the Solons!
Instances of the remarkable develop
ment of the University of Oregon along
many lines since the last session of the
legislature in 1921 is shown in the re
port of committees engaged in plans
to entertain the legislators on the cam
pus Wednesday. Students who are not
already familiar with various phases
of University growth were urged yes
terday by John MacGregor, president
of the A. S. U. O., to study the facts
of this dvelopment. He cited, among ,
others, the following:
The total campus enrollment, includ
ing the last summer school, is 2592.
Without summer school, the enrollment
is 2241. This shqws a healthy increase
over last year, despite the rigid en
forcement of entrance requirements.
With the school of medicine at Port
land, the University enrollment totalB
2747. The school of medicine showed
a 22 per cent increase in enrollment
this year. The total extension enroll
ment is 4329. With the campus and
school of medicine registration, the to
tal is 7076.
Honor Societies Granted
Since the last meeting of the legis
lature, the University has received sig
nal recognition for scholarly attain
ment. Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi,
the two outstanding scholastic honor
societies, have granted chapters to
Oregon.
The University has launched its en
dowment campaign. Three notable
gifts have come to the University un
solicited during the biennium. The
first of these was that of the Kenneth
Lucas Memorial Law library consisting
of about 10,000 volumes worth at a
conservative estimate $50,000. The
second was that of the Murray Warner
Memorial Museum of Oriental Art pre
sented to the University by Mrs. War
ner. It is valued at not less than $100,
000. The third important gift was
that of Mrs. Alice Wrisley of Asbury,
N. J., who gave $10,000 as a student
loan fund.
Many members of the faculty have
made important research contributions.
The process of the distillation of waste
wood devised by Professor O. F. Staf
ford, head of the department of chem
istry, is an example. Professor Staf
ford ’s work promises to convert to a
commercial possibility a Considerable
part of the waste from saw-mills.,
Research Important
The research work of the school of
medicine has been noteworthy. In the
field of the social sciences, organized
research has resulted in the passage of
a number of important laws, of which
that creating the Child Welfare com
mission is typical.
During the biennium 1921-22, the fol
lowing buildings were completed: Wo
man’s, Commerce, Education, and Susan
Campbell hall. There is now under
course of construction on the campus a
building for journalism, chemistry and
other departments, and a building for
Architecture and Allied Arts depart
ments. Both of these buildings, how
ever, are to replace those that burned
?n the fire last summer.
CAN TIED TO BLIND DATE
Men Rebel; Women Retaliate; Refuse
to be Stuck With “Goofy Partners”
U. of Oklahoma, Jan. 20.—Men at the
University of Oklahoma have sworn off
the blind date. No longer may the wily
hostess entertain her vacant-lot visitor
by trotting out the talent of the univer
sity to be bored by her. And, as is poet
ically just, tho Oklahoma women have
retaliated by refusing to take a chance on
being “stuck” with a goofy partner who
has been represented as a “twin brother”
or “best chum.” “It’s funny how differ
ent twin brothers can be,” remarked one
of the duped, sadly.
NEGRO HEADS BALL SQUAD
For First Time in History a Black Man
Heads Team in South
Whittier College, Jan. 23—Ed Thomp
son, negro halfback, will pilot the 1923
eleven for the coast college.
So far as known, there has never been
a negro football captain below the Mason
and Dixon line. It will be interesting
to see how successful Thompson runs his
team. It may have been said that the
Californians are steeped in bigotry, or
race hatred, but this statement will have
to be retracted in referring to Whittier
College.
SEMESTER PLAN TO BE TOPIC
AT SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY
A special meeting of the University
faculty will take place Monday after
noon at Guild hall to hear the report of
the faculty committee on the change to
the semester plan. Nothing for publi
cation on the findings of the committee
could be obtained, some of the members
refusing to talk, while the remainder were
out ef town.
Lemon-Yellow Quintet Work
ing With Dash and Surety
not Formerly Possessed
PIVOTING GREAT FACTOR
Failure to Follow Strategy
Responsible for Squad's
Defeat by Washington Men
By Ep Hoyt
Oregon has a real basketball team in
the field this year; that fact is evi
denced by the record the Webfoot five
has established thus far this season.
They are very much in the conference
race at present. The credit for the
showing of the varsity quintet must be
given to George Bohler, the Oregon
basketball mentor. Coaching is begin
ning to tell and the Lemon-Yellow five
is working with a dash and verve that
bides well for a speedy finish.
• • •
George M. Bohler, as is generally
known, is a member of the famous fam
ily of athletes and three of the Bohler
brothers who are at present coaching
in the northwest. He has some ideas
of his own on the development of a
basketball team and the successful
manner in which these ideas work out
with good material available is shown
by the way the Oregon five is
now liiting its pace. In the first place
Bohler believes thoroughly in the de
velopment of the individual. “Get the
individual going, get him to passing
ducking and dodging properly and the
team work will take care of itself. It
is impossible to have good team work,”
the Oregon mentor stated, “unless the
members of the team are good, aB in
dividuals, at the various phases that
go to make up good team work.”
The Oregon men are coached to pass,
pass, pass—and yet they do not pass
into the sidelines or to a player that is
covered by an opponent—rather than
waste the possession of the ball on an
unprofitable pass a shot is taken and
though it may be a long way from the
goal several of the Oregon regulars are
good at dropping them in from a dist
ance.
Bohler believes thoroughly in effic
iency of the whirl or pivot in keeping
the ball and preventing a “held ball.”
Gradually the coaching the Oregon
mentor has been doing in this regard
is beginning to show and the green
clad warriors are whirling elusively
away from an onrushing opponent. Al
though this is a comparatively simple
play it is a mighty fa'ctor in successful
basketball and Oregon coaches have
never developed it or used it as a part
of a system of play before. The whirl
or pivot developed so that every mem
ber of a team uses it naturally is a
mighty factor in speeding up the game
and in garnering counters.
Last summer Coach Bohler taught
basketball coaching in the University
of California summer school and spec
ialized in mass basketball. He has
worked out a large number of success
ful plays for miss basketball and is
considered quite an authority on the
court game for large groups. Coach
Bohler is the author of a recent article
in “Intercollgiate Athletics” on the
theory and practice of mass basketball.
Pure strategy won the Idaho game
for Oregon. A close student of basket
ball, Coach Bohler, after Beeing the
Idahoans play decided on the method
that Oregon must employ to beat them,
consequently the guards were in
structed to keep the Idaho forwards
shooting a few steps back of where
they were accustomed to drop them
in. The result was that Oregon tipped
the dope bucket over and defeated last
year’s champs.
Against Washington, Oregon also
used a lot of strategy and kept the
skilled Sundodgers shooting over their
hands thus shutting them out from a
clear view of the basket. The fact
that the Webfoot five did not follow
instructions lost them the game, for in
the event of a close score in the final
minute of play—provided Oregon was
ahead—the strategy was to play it safe
and hold their lead. Instead of that,
the inexperienced varsity hoopers
opened up with hopeless passes and
Washington won. But, in the words of
Coach Bohler, “they’ll never make that
mistake again.”
From now on every game will be a
crucial game for the Lemon-Yellow.
Bohler is giving his men a long rest
but they will resume practice again
Tuesday evening settling down to a
hard grind in preparation for the Ag
gie tossers in their two game series on
Friday and Saturday nights.
The next week will be an important
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