Oregon daily emerald., February 17, 1923, Image 1

Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXIV.
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1923
NUMBER 94
TRACK ATHLETES
WILL COMPETE ON
HAYWARD TODAY
Men Who Are in Training Will
Be Given Real Try-Outs
in Running Events
OLE LARSON HAS CHARGE
Varsity Speed Squad Captain
in Command While Regular
Coach Is Absent
In accordance with the early training
program, the first of the regular Satur
day competition track meets will start
at 2:30 this afternoon on Hayward field.
All men who have been turning out for
running events for three weeks are ex
pected to compete, but competition in
field events will not be held unless the
men wish it. Hurdlers will not perform.
During Coach Hayward’s sojourn
with the basketball team, Captain
“Ole” Larson will be in charge of the
training which will be until about
February 25. Captain Larson says
that the competition this afternoon is
not given with the idea of picking a
team, but to find out how the men are
coming along. The men ■who partici
pate are able to see their own weakness
es in actual competition better than
when doing only daily workouts. While
the pre-season practice is absolutely es
sential to track success as in any other
athletic event, it is in the meets that
the green man gets his valuable exper
ience. The man who has never taken
part in a meet, no matter how good he
may be, is at a great disadvantage
when going up against veterans. That
is why Bill Hayward has instigated the
regular Saturday afternoon competition.
They are not tryouts, as often supposed,
but are used simply to develop and gen
erally better the individuals. Anyway
it is too early in the year to tell any
thing about who the luminaries will be.
Hopes Staked on Virden
Hayward believes he has a comerlin
the person of Ben Virden. Virdeil i3
a potential all-round athlete, and as far
as is known is far superior in the
hurdles to anyone else in the Univer
sity. It will be up to him to defend
the Lemon-Yellow in this event as
there appears to be none other capable
of placing in the conference.
Captain Larson, whose long suit is
the 100 yard and 220 yard dashes, vows
that he is going to try the hurdles this
year. He says that he has always want
ed to, but Bill didn’t want him to. Now
that this is his last year he is going to
see if hia sprinting proclivities will be
of any materiaL- value on the other
event. Oregon is going to need all the
hurdlers that she can get this year.
Two cripples are on the list at pre
, sent. Del Oberteuffer has not com
pletely recovered from the spill he took
while leading yells at the Idaho foot
ball game in Portland, and Guy Koepp,
two-miler, has a slight infection in his
foot. Obie’s ailment is the more ser
ious, since he has water on the knee,
and to date has not been getting in
much practice. His absence from the
squad would be a severe blow and would
cripple materially Oregon’s scoring ma
chine.
Oregon Gets Many Firsts
Oregon’s principal weakness for the
past several seasons lies in her inabil
ity to take second, third and fourth
places in the conference meets. The
Lemon-Yellow Hucksters usually man
age to take a goodly number of first!
places, but a team does not often win on
first places. On the other hand teams
who are not necessarily strong on first j
places but are strong in securing sec-1
onds and thirds often come out in the
lead. This does not mean that Oregon
should not strive for first places and I
top notchers, but the need for men
who can place after them, to back them
up, is clearly shown by past experience.
ANCIENT CODE
IS UNEARTHED
UNIVERSITY RULES OF 1882 ARE
SAVED BY HISTORIAN
Curious Regulations, Old Pictures, Rel
ics Are Reminders of Early Days
on Oregon Campus
Among the rare lore of the ancients
to be found in the historian’s collection
in the library, rvas recently unearthed
a list entitled “Rules for the Govern
ment of the Students of the University
of 'Oregon, Adopted by the Faculty,
September 11, 1882.”
Behold! Article I: A student must
not enter a brewery, or a saloon. Ar
ticle II: Nor drink any intoxicating
liquors, while in attendance at the Uni
versity, or on his or her way to or from
the same, except on the prescription of
"a physician. Article V: Nor join any
college secret society. Article VI: Nor
stand or sit around the doors or make
any disturbing noise in the halls of the
college buildings. Article VII: Nor as
a member of a class, or any literary so
ciety, conspire against the government
and control of the faculty. Article IX:
Nor shall any student in social gather
ings composed in whole or in part of
the students of the University, remain
from his room later than 11 o’clock p.
m. (Signed) J. W. Johnson, President;
J. Straub, Secretary.
The third and fourth concern respect
for University buildings and the tenth
wisely admonishes, “Thou shalt not vio
late or break any of the laws of the
State of Oregon.”
Among the relics of a colourful past,
is a green cap of 1910, with the large
white numerals on the visor. These
were not worn by freshmen, but by
sophomores. There is a class pin as
large as a nickel, from ’99, bearing an
ivy leaf on a gold U. Youthful pic
tures of faculty members, athletic teams
of brains and brawn,—all these bear
witness to a time when “girls were
young ladies, and men were men.”
GIRLS’ HOME CONCERT
LUST NIGHT PRAISED
Appreciative Audience Hears
Musical Programme
The Girls’ Glee club appeared last
night in the 15th annual home concert
before an attentive audience in the
Woman’s building and was praised
from many sources for the excellence
of the musical production. The audi
ence was responsive and appreciative.
Following the program President Camp
bell made the following statement:
“The concert was an unusually high
grade musical product on a distinctly
professional level. The effect that the
school of music is having on the Oregon
campus is shown in the steadily advanc
ing quality of the glee club concerts.”
Expressions of commendation and
praise for John Stark Evans, director
of the glee club, were heard on all
sides. It was to his enthusiasm, vision
and consistent effort that such a pre
tenious program was made possible.
Superior interpretative qualities, cla
rity of enunciation, musical comprehen
sion, and good stage presence marked
the work of the 24 members of the
club. The solo of Bernice Altstock, con
tralto, of Florence Garrett, Ruth Akers
and Joanna James were especially plea
sing while the duet by Gwaldys Keeney
and Vera Price was delightful.
The outstanding feature of the well
balanced program was the concluding
number “The Blessed Damosel,” the
poem of Dante Gabrnel Rossetti, set to
music by Debussy. The solo work of
this number was handled with excep
tional artistry by Joanna James while
the extremely difficult accompaniment
was played with evident ease and effect
by Virginia Owens. The careful in
tonations and smoothness of the cad
ence of this number were splendidly
done and the appreciation of the aud
ience was shown in its long continued
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“Rolley Polley” Popular Game
on Campus Twenty Years Ago
By W. B. B. W.
To one whose memory penetrates
even the “oblivion” of twenty years
ago, the reference of the Emerald’s his
torian in the issue of February 10th,
to that engaging game of “rolley pol
icy,” which he discovers afforded “con
siderable amusement” to the “dormi
tory lads” of that day, brought the
delightful aroma of youth’s naivete, al
beit mixed with those more pungent
odors which cling to things that are
old,—and leads him to speculate as to
whether the latter were, after all, de
serving of such genial contempt and
earless mirth.
“Ancient and honorable sport,” for
sooth! “Perhaps it was the old sailors
game of tossing a man in a blanket,”
indeed! The game of rolley polley did
not descend to such bullying indigni
ties as tossing a man in a blanket, nor
for that matter, as ducking him in the
mill race. There was a refinement
about it not to be matched even by the
gentle brutalities of football. It may
be that its refinements, which in a mea
sure, denied gratification to our na
tive instincts for pleasure in witnessing
another’s mortification or suffering, led
to its disuse, but however that may
be, and before it is everlastingly too
late, record should be made of its rules
and regulatiosn, against the time when
mankind shall have risen superior to
such savage delights.
As the reader will observe, the game
of rolley polley called for a display
of mental alertness and physical dex
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CANDIDATES FOR
OFFICERS NAMED
B» T COMMITTEE
Karpenstein Sole Nominee for
President to Succeed
Webster Ruble
—
ONLY MEMBERS WILL VOTE
New Leaders Will Attend Inter
State Conference Next
Month in Portland
Harry Karpenstein, ’24, will succeed
Webster Ruble as president of the cam
pus Y. M. C. A. as the result of the
activities of the nominating committee
which met this week and after a long
session worked out a list of candidates
to be voted upon at the annual election
Wednesday, March 7.
Paul Sayre was also nominated for
president but due to a heavy scholastic
program and general activities he de
clined to accept, leaving Karpenstein
alone in the field.
Vice presidential timber was narrow
ed down to two candidates also, Ivan
Norris and Ted Gillenwaters, who will
both be juniors next year.
Orlando Hollis and Oscar McKinney,
who will have sophomore standing next
year, have been placed on the ballot
for financial secretary. This job is' one
of the biggest that the campus “Y”
has to offer as it involves directing the
financial campaign of the organization.
The recording secretaryship will be
filled by either Arthur Everett, Jimmie
Harding or Howard Winnard, all of
whom have been nominated and will
be chosen by the student vote. Hard
ing and Everett are sophomores this
year and Winnard is a junior.
Only Members to Cast Ballot
Voting will be limited to those who
are actually members of the campus
“Y,” although the usual interest in the
results is expected from non-members.
The 225 or more who have full mem
bership standing will be notified by the
executive council as to the time and
place that the election will be held. The
installation banquet will be held at the
anchorage, Thursday evening, following
the announcement of the results.
The nominating committee which
chose the candidates was made up of
Bruce McConnell, chairman, Doug
Wright, Don Zimmerman, Webster Ru
ble, Lot Beatie, and Art Rudd. Candi
dates were picked according to their
service in the “Y,” their general inter
est in the work and their ability to or
ganize work, according to the commit
tee.
Officers of the campus Y. M. C. A.
are members of the advisory board and
of the evec-utive committee of the cab
inet. This year’s officers are Web
Ruble, president, Doug Wright, vice
president and Lot Beatie, secretary.
Bruce McConnell. Henry Karpenstein
and Art Rudd, serve with them on the
executive committee, which is the gov
erning body of the group. The advis
ory board is made up of the officers of
the cabinet, one other outside student,
faculty members and interested busi
ness men.
Officers to Attend Meeting
The newly elected officers will rep
resent the University at the inter-state
convention of the Oregon and Idaho
Y. M. C. A. which will be held in Port
land, March 1-1 and 15. They will b*e
accompanied by L. P. Putnam, campus
secretary. Dr. John R. Mott, interna
1 tionally known “Y” worker, will be the
principal speaker at this meeting.
The officers will also attend an off
cers training conference which will be
held in McMinnville at Linfield Col
lege, Saturday and Sunday, March 31
and April 1, at which time they will
meet executives from other institutions
in conference regarding their new du
ties. About half a hundred students are
expected to attend the training school.
PING PONG TEAMS TRAIN
Parlor Athletes Get Chance to Gain
Fame in Y. M. Tournament
The latest entree into college sports
has arrived. The University’s parlor
athletes will soon participate in a ping
pong tournament.
Times are changing. Who knows but
some day the crowds will throng to
Hayward field, saturated with Oregon
spirit, to watch the varsity ping pong
team trample O. A. C. Or maybe it will
be the pinochle “pair,” for this sport
has recently been introduced by the
Condon club.
But putting aside idle day dreams,
ping pong, for several years tolerated
at the Y. M. C. A. hut as amusement
for lounging students, now seems to
have assumed the dignity of a minor
sport. A notice posted at the hut calls
for twenty men to turn out for table
tennis, and eight have already signed
up.
GIFFEN DESCRIBES
EXCAVATIONS SEEN
IN EGVPTIAN STAY
- I
University Student Pastor Tells
Editing Class of Visits
to Ancient Tombs
ALEXANDRIA IS BIRTHPLACE
Account of Time Spent in
Luxor Lends Interest to
New Discoveries
Information about the country where
excavators are discovering new chap
ters of the history of Egypt, buried in
the sun-burned sand of the desert, came
first-hand to Bean Eric W. Allen’s edit
ing class when the Reverend Mr. Bruce
J. Giffen, University student pastor,
talked during the class hour yesterday
of experiences during his stay in Egypt.
Mr. Giffen was in Luxor, Egypt, in
1905 and 1906, and had the opportunity
of seeing many excavations, among
them that of the tomb of the great
queen Hatshepsu, which was discover
ed under the direction of Theodore
Davis, an American banker.
• Mr. Gillen’s father was for 47 years
a missionary in Egypt. Mr. Giffen was
born in Alexandria.
Class Studies Egypt
The editing class, consisting of sen
iors in the school of journalism, is
making a study of the present situa
tion in Egypt, studying in particular
the newspaper accounts of tho excava
tions at the tomb of Tutankhamen.
“The period of Tutankhamen is one
of great significance,” Mr. Giffen de
clared, “for just before and just after
his reign came the.reigns of very great
pliaroahs.” It has been asserted that
Tutankhamen was the pharoah who re
fused to let the Israelites return from
Egypt, but Mr. Giffen says that there
is no real proof for this.
Tombs of the pharoahs were buried
deep underground for fear of molesta
tion at the hands of enemies, Mr. Gif
fen said. He described a visit to one
of these ton.os.
“We went down into a slanting shaft
in the solid rock,” he said, “going by
the light of candles, and came out into
a fairly large room. The walls were
frescoed, and the coloring on the walls
was so bright and vivid that it was
hard to realize that it was more than
a year or two old, although it was built
13(71) years before Christ.”
The great period of pyramid building
came between 1500 and 1200 B. C., and
Tutankhamen is believed to have ilved
about 1300 B. C.
Work Is Supervised
The Egyptian government has a de
partment to regulate excavations, but
is willing to let private excavators car
ry on the work, under its direction. In j
former times, however, the work was
done without any sort of control or
oversight, and Egyptian historical
tresaures were taken away and scatter
ed all over the world. Mr. Giffen’s fa
ther obtained several mummies, which
he gave to various colleges in the Uni
ted States. Now, however, the Egyp
tian government has established a mu
seum at Boulak, near Cairo, and half
of all the things discovered in excava
tion must be placed there, the museum
to have first choice.
“It is an education in itself just
to visit this museum at Boulak,” Mr.
Giffen said. The mummy of R tmeses I
was one of the interesting sig.its Mr.
Giffen remembers. “It shows what he
looked like in life,” he said,“—you
can see what kind of a Roman nose he
had! ”
Luxor Wants Museum
The city of Luxor, where so many im
portant excavations have been made;
during late years, feels that a museum
should be stablished there, because the
climate of Luxor is much more favor
able to the preservation of these an
cient relics that that of Cairo. The cli
mate of Cairo is damper than that of
Luxor, Mr. Giffen says, with foggy
mornings, but at Luxor, especially in
the district away from the river, where
the tombs were discovered, it is very
dry, so that these heirlooms of Egypt’s
ancient past would actually be safer
there than at Cairo.
CONDON CLUB HIKE SUNDAY
The G. M. 8. A. U., Condon club, will
! conduct an excursion Sunday, Febru
ary 18, into the region southeast of
; Springfield. Read Bain of the school of
sociology will lead the hike. Everyone,
including students and town people are
i welcome to accompany the geologists.
| The purpose of the trip is to stimulate
interest in natural science, and also for
I pleasure. Members of the Condon club
will b$ present to make explanations.
Those wishing to go will meet in front
of Villard hall at ten o*clock Sunday
morning. Bring carfare, five cents for
| a commissary tax, and a tin cup, as
I coffee will be served enroute.
BETTI KESSI HIKES
OVER HARD TRAIL
BIG ELK COUNTRY LONELY HOME
OF UNIVERSITY GIRL
Many Hours Required to Make 18 Mile
Trip to Civilization Through
Snow a Foot Deep
After making IS miles over a froz
en trail to the railroad, Betti Ivessi, of
the class of '22, is back on the campus
for a short visit. Since her graduation
last June Miss Kessi has been living
with her father on a large cattle ranch
at Harlan, in the Big Elk district, work
ing on photo and stage plays and short
stories.
“It is terrible lonely out there,” said
Miss Kossi, “as there are few ranchers
near by and the railroad is 18 miles
distant. Tlio mail service is irregular
now during the winter snows, and it
has to be packed in for 25 miles. The
fish are so thick in the water, said
Miss Kessi, that she could spear salmon
ot almost immeasurable length. Miss
Kessi walked the 18 miles to the sta
tion at Blodgett alone, averaging three
and a half to four miles an hour through
snow that was a foot deep.
While on the campus, Miss Kessi was
a member of Alpha Sigma sorority and
majored in rhetoric. She is visiting at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Harold
Benjamin and will be in Eugene until
Sunday.
TRIANGULAR DEBATE IS
POSTPONED ONE DAY
Men’s and Women’s Teams
Work in Preparation
Because of the inability of the TTni
verstiy of Washington to keep the date
set for the Washington-Oregon-Stan
ford debate contest, the Oregon nega
tive team will be obliged to go to Seat
tlo one day earlier than was planned,
and will debate there Thursday night,
March 1, instead of Friday night,
March 2, the time previously arranged.
This change in the dates will not af
fect the schedule of the other teams
participating, which will debate March
2.
“Our coach, Professor Thorpe, has
been ill all week,” said Paul Patterson,
forensic manager. “We are behind in
our work, and from the way things
look now wo have slim chances of win
ning; but our debates are thorough
ly prepared.”
Washington is preparing for at loast
two thousand persons to attend the
contest, and advertising it through all
the churches and other public places,
according to Patterson. One member
of the Washington affirmative team
which will meet Oregon at Seattle is a
veteran debater and one of the best
taking part in the triangular contest,
said Patterson.
The question, “Resolved, That the
Federal government should regulate the
manufacture and sale of light wines
and beers,” is one that is attracting na
tion-wide interest. The interpretation
of the question finally decided upon, is
that beers should contain four per cent
alcohol, and light wines from eight to
10 per cent.
“We are optimistic over the women’s
debates,” said Elaine Cooper, assistant
coach of the women’s varsity teams,
“and though Professor Thorpe has been
ill this past week, all the girls have
been working hard towards the O. A.
C. and Washington contests.”
Because of an error appearing in an
article on women’s debate in an issue
of the Emerald last week, it was an
nounced that the Universities of Ore
gon and Washington would debate
March 7. That is the date on which
the dual contest between O. A. C. and
Oregon will be held, and the date for
the Washington contest will be some
time in April, though it is still tenta
tive.
The question to be debated by the
women’s teams concerns the uniform
divorce law, though the exact wording
has not been decided.
OREGON CHAPTER
of phi kappa PSI
INSTALLED HERE
Fifty-four Members of Kappa
Theta Chi Are Initiated
Into Fraternity
ALUMNI ARE IN CHARGE
National Officers Present for
Rites; Delegates Attend
from Coast Units
Installation of Kappa Theta Chi as
the Oregon Alpha chapter of Phi Kap
pa Psi took place in the I. O. O. F.
temple last night at eight o’clock.
Thirty-five members of the active chap
ter and nineteen alumni members were
initiated. The ten other members of
Kappa Theta Chi alumni were unable
to bo present for installation but will
bo initiated at some other time.
The installation was in charge of the
Portland alumni association of Phi
Kappa Psi with the assistance of del
egates from other chapters on the coast
and of the national officers.
Tho national officers present were
John L. Porter of Pittsburg, Pa., rep
resenting President George E., Mcll
vaiue who is now in South Amorica;
Shirley E. Meserve of Los Angeles,
vice-president; and former president
Dan G. Swannell of Champaign, 111.,
who visitod tho local chapter last
spring.
Fraternity Founded in 1852
Phi Kappa Psi was founded lit Jeffer
son College, February 19, 1852. The
installation of the Oregon Alpha chap
ter gives the fraternity a total of for
ty-eight chapters. Chapters on the
coast are* located at the University of
California, Stanford University and the
University of Washington. Among
prominent members are ex-President
Woodrow Wilson, Senator George E.
Chamberlain of Oregon, Senator James
E. Watson of Indiana, Senator William
S. Kenyon of Iowa, General Tasker H.
Bliss, Admiral David W. Taylor, Colonel
Dudley Evans, president of the Wells
Fargo Express company, and Frank
Moore Colby, editor of The Bookman.
Kappa Theta Chi was founded Janu
ary 5, 1919, as tho Owl club, by a small
group of men living in Friendly hall.
On the second anniversary of the or
ganization the name was changed to
Kappa Theta Chi.
Fifty-four Initiated
The following men of the local were
initiated into Phi Kappa Psi last night:
alumni—Lindsy McArthur, Boy L. Dav
idson, Alexander G. Browp, Don D. Da
vis, George Walker, Thomas L. Meador,
Merritt Whitten, James 0. Say, Will
iam W. Porter, Lee M. Summerville,
Clares C. Powell, G. Stanley Evans,
Stanley Lowden, John Dierdorff, Glenn
S. Campbell, Charles Walker, Charles
Hayter, Arnold Blackburn and Gordon
McDonald; active members—Harry C.
Ellis, W. F. G. Thacher, Watler J. Tay
lor, James H. Ttoss, Cecil D. Bell, El
wyn Craven, Bansom J. McArthur, B.
Gene Whitten, Webster Buble, Don Zim
merman, Lloyd JF. LaLonde, George W.
McIntyre, Eddie E. Evans, Verden E.
Hockett, J. Kenneth Youel, Troy L.
McCraw, Frederick L. Bice, Frank C.
Bice, Herbert B. Powell, John H. High,
Edward J. Irwin, Eugene B. McKinney,
James G. Harding, Donald B.. Cook, My
ron E. Shannon, Elmer S. Peterson,
Mahlon Hoblitt, Bartlett Kendall, Web
ster Jones, Garland Meador, Leland
Walker, Bobert Gardner, Alfred Mey
ers, Albert Sinclair, Kenneth Stephen
son and George Stewart.
I)r. Frank B. Butter was made a
member of Kappa Theta Chi last spring
and will be initiated into the national
| fraternity by the New Hampshire Al
| pha chapter at Dartmouth College,
where he is now a member of the fac
1 ulty.
Annual Tennis Court Problems
Confront Enthusiastic Players
Spring is in {lie offing and the call of
tennis will soon be heard. In fact the
call has been heeded already as several
devotees of the court game have been
out warming up for the beginning of
the season.
With the increase in student enroll
ment, the question of tennis facilities
presents itself. As vras the case last
year, tennis enthusiasts are confronted
by the lack of courts. At present there
are only three courts suitable for the
game. With additional students and
«(ith tennis enthusiasm on the upgrade
signifies congestion to the greatest de
gree. Added to this the varsity teams
will start working out and this means
that one more of the available courts
will have to be vacated by other play
ers.
As it stands, the question of facilities
is the one that is confronting the intra
mural sports committee. Professor De
Cou, who is chairman, thinks that if
the situation were presented in the
right light to the student council, ways
and means of securing facilities might
be secured.
In the past other intramural activi
ties have had the support of student
funds. Tennis, which is indulged in by
more students than any of the sports
has not had the financial backing of
the Btudent body for a period of ten
years. The three courts back of the
library were the outgrowth of faculty
sentiment and endeavor.
There are two things that Professor
DeCou considers of extreme importance
at the present time. The first is the
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