Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXIV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1923
NUMBER 104
HERE TONIGHT TO
DEBATE OREGON
Varsity Will Meet Visitors in
Villard at 8:15 to Decide
Coast Championship
LAMB AND BAILEY ON TEAM
Prohibition Is Question Which
Will Be Argued; Squadron
to Arouse Interest
Tonight the championship debate
title of the Pacific coast is at stake
when Oregon ’s' affirmative debate team
consisting of Charles Lamb and Ralph
Bailey, meets the Stanford negative in
Villard hall at 8:15 in the final contest
of the Oregon-Washington-Stanford
triangular debate. At the same time
the Stanford affirmative will debate
the Washington negative at Palo Alto.
Last year Oregon won the coast title.
Charles Larnt who went on the var
sity team as a new man last year has
made wonderful progress, according to
Professor Thorpe, debate coach, and he
will give Stanford a hard fight tonight.
Because of an unusual background
study of economics and history, Lamb
has shown exceptional ability in work
ing up his arguments. Tonight’s con
test, will be the last in which he will
participate for the University, as he
graduates this year.
Ralph Bailey had the unusual dis
tinction of making the varsity team
in his freshman year, and by the way
his work has shown up last year and
this fall, he promises to be- one of the
best all-round debate men who have yet
competed for the University, said Mr.
Thorpe.
sstaniora ream uooa
Stanford is also sending out two good
men tonight, Emmett McCaffery and
Thomas Bailey. An interesting side
light on the contest is that it is a case
where “Bailey meets Bailey,” as Ore
gon and Stanford each has a Bailey
on its team.
The judges selected by the forensic
manager are H. H. Hurtman of the Na
tional Safety council, Portland, Ore
gon; Charles Lenon, attorney of Port
land, and Fred Lockley, novelist and
journalist and special writer for the
Oregon Journal, Portland. Dean Wil
liam G. Hale of the law school will
act as chairman.
“We confidently look for a large
crowd at the debate tonight,” said Mr.
Thorpe. No effort has been spared on
the part of students in the public speak
ing department and others interested
in the contest to make it a success. To
day noon members of an organized
group known as the “flying squadron”
will visit all the houses on the campus
to advertise the debate and urge stu
dents to support the Oregon veterans
by their attendance. Amstutz, assist
ant forensic manager, has worked hard
to make the contest a success, accord
ing to Professor Thorpe, and much
praise is due him for the advertising
and selecting of judges.
Prohibition Is Topic
Prohibition, and topics relating to it,
is one of the big problems before the
country today, and is a question widely
discussed in different publications.
Therefore everyone interested in the
topic will have an opportunity to hear
arguments both for and against the
constitutional amendment, when the de
baters present their views on the ques
tion, “Resolved that the Federal gov
ernment should legalize the manufac
tur and sale of light wines and beers.”
GREEN CAP MEN
GIVEN WARNING
VERDANT HEADPIECE NOT TO BE
ABBREVIATED, IS WORD
Oregon Knights Promise Dire Penalties
to Offenders; Library Steps
to See Reckoning
j What constitutes a verdant head
j piece?
j Numerous embryonic seniors who
have been abbreviating their badge of
, Ion liness are liable to become painfully
aware of what does not constitute a
green lid, and find themselves being
offered up as sacrifices on the library
steps.
The Oregon Knights, guardians of sa
cred traditions, are frowning upon this
vicious violation of venerable customs.
The worst violators will proba
bly undergo disciplinary measures at j
the seat of justice until they recant, re
pent and reform.
The balmy weather may be the cause
of it. Anyway, for some reason or oth
er, numerous babes have deliberately
flaunted cherished traditions by ap
pearing on the campus with their dis
tinguishing insignia reduced to propor
tions equal to the beloved iron man, and
adorning their sta-eombed knobs like
a beauty spot adorning a chorus girl’s
cheek.
Investigation as -to the mechanical
contrivances which cause these pervert
ed caps to adhere to the cranial append
age reveal startling disclosures in the
form of co-ed paraphernalia.
The frosh who is an habitual pigger
can effect a tremendous saving of mon
ey spent for new caps, by borrowing
combs, hairpins and sundry other equip
ment from the ladies.
Those who know darkly hint at dire
punishment for yearlings who trim the
verdant top-piece.
NEW VARSITY DIAMOND
TO BE SOUTH OF HAYWARD
Ground Near Barracks Will
Be improved for Field
The first units of a great improve
ment project, effecting the .thirty acre
plot southeast of the campus, owned
by the University, will be completed
this spring, according to J. F. Bovard,
dean of the school of physical educa
tion. The plot is at present occupied
by the B. O. T. C. barracks drill field
and by Hayward field.
The entire acreage will eventually be
used for physical education, but the
work this spring will be restricted to
terracing the eastern part of the field,
and to transforming the land south of
Hayward field into a varsity baseball
diamond.
The lowest level when terraced will
be divided into two sections, one of
which will have four ball diamonds for
intramural sports. The plot is large en
ough so that all may be used at the
same time, without interference. The
other section will be used for hockey,
soccer and other games. The higher
terraces will afford additional space for
physical education needs. South of j
Hayward field a varsity diamond will
be built this spring.
The new men’s gymnasium will oe-!
cupy the space where the B. O. T. C.
barracks is now.
CHANGE MADE ON HOUSE CALLS
The University health service wishes
to announce that it will resume its pol
icy of chaarging one dollar for all house
calls. This rule was suspended during
the flu epidemic because of lack of
room in the infirmary but since the
number of cases has decidedly decreas
ed it is considered advisable to resume
the charge.
Scientific Books Draw Nickels
from Students and Profs Alike
“^es, people pay five cents a day to
read those,” said Mrs. Marion F. Mc
Clain with a smile. “Those” were four
desperately learned-looking scientific
books in the neat row, on the circula
tion desk, that holds the newest edi
tions. The reporter picked up the first
volume of “The Outline of Science,”
by J. Arthur Thompson, and looked at
the card in the back holding the past
borrowers’ names. There were 14 per
sons who had been so anxious to read
this book that they had parted with
the customary nickel per diem to ap
pease their desire.
The “rent collection” row contains
books of travels, biographies, and, of
course, the best of new fiction; all were
being read, most of them constantly.
Luigi Pirandello, the Italian play
wright who refuses to swerve one step
from his psychological conclusions, yet
has become famous in Europe, has a
book of dramas in this collection. A
man who never wrote a play until he
was over 50 years old; and now, at the
age of 55, is the author of 22 successful
plays, and cares not a whit for the
commercial stage.
Then there is “Babbitt,” the latest
work of Sinclair Lewis; “The Goose;
Man” by Wasserman; “Homely Lilia”
by Herrick; “Atols of the Sun” by O’
Brien; “Upstream” by Lewisohn, and
many others, fiction and non-fiction
which make up the complete library.
“The drain on the library funds for
needed books,” said Mrs. McClain, “ne
cessitates our starting this plan to se
cure these newer works.” She told
how, nearly a year and a half ago, the
library officials permitted her to try
the pian; and, in that time, explained
Mrs. McClain, 114 books have been ad
ded to the library’s collection by this
system.
“It is our custom to give the books
to the library after they pay for them
selves,” she explained. “The popular
fiction books seem to pay for themselves
several times over, and this enables us
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BIO PROGRAM IS
MADEFORSPRIIHG
SPOUT ACTIVITIES
Swimming, Wrestling Finals
Are March 23-24; Widmer
Coaches Matmen
TRAINING IS IMPORTANT
Organizations Urged to Select
Captains and Managers
for Contests
The week-end of March 23-24 will
see two noteworthy events in the intra
mural sport program, the finals in the
wrestling tournament and the interfra
ternity swimming meet. On Friday
evening, March 23, the men’s gym will
be the scene of the wrestling tourna
ment finals, under the direction of Earl
Widmer. The following afternoon Jerry
Barnes will stage the big inter-group
swimming contest of the year, probably i
in the Woman’s building.
Preliminaries for the wrestling tour
nament will start about March 12,
which leaves but few days for those1
who intend to compete to condition
themselves. Past meets of this nature
have not been as successful as they
might have been had the men gone into
training for the rigorous events. Speak
ing of this Jerry Barnes said yester-j
day, “Training, the most important
part of wrestling competition is nearly j
always the most neglected. Men who j
are going to compete in the meet should j
be in training now. Both Coach Wid
mer and I are willing to coach or train
aspirants every day after 4:15.”
Seven Weights Listed
The weights included in the do-nut |
list are 118, 128, 138, 148, 161, 178 and I
unlimited. Houses which compete do
not necessarily have to enter a man
in each of these seven weights, or in
more than one weight. On the other
hand, no organizatoin may enter more
than two men at each woight.
The swimming competition, which
will take but one afternoon to run off,
has been announced for the poo! in
the Woman’s building but may be held
in the men’s gym. Events in the com
petition will be the relay, 40, 100, and
200 yard swims, the 80 yard breast
stroke, the 60 yard backstroke, the
plunge, and the fancy dive. As in
wrestling, a full team is not necessary
from each house.
Barnes has requested that organiza
tions intending to compete immediate
ly elect a captain and manager for their
teams. Entry blanks for the swimmers
to fill out will be sent around to the
different houses within the next week. \
Tank Open Daily
The tank in the men’s gym is open:
every day for practice and expert in
struction is always available. The men j
who are coaching the do-nut swimmers |
at present are Barnes, who is varsity j
swimming coach, Lloyd Webster, and
Don Park. Webster is taking Jimmy
King’s place.
In both swimming and wrestling the
Oregon club last year ended the season
in first place. In wrestling they shared
the honors with the Sigma Chi team,
these two teams tying for first place, j
Phi Delta Theta won second place, Kap
pa Sigma thrid, Delta Tau Delta fourth,
and Friendly hall came fifth.
Last Year’s Winners Strong
In swimming following the lead of
the Oregon club, Kappa Theta Chi, now
Phi Kappa Psi, won second place with
the Kappa Sigma team capturing third
place. Delta Tau Delta and Sigma Chi
were next in line taking fourth and
fifth places. These same organizations
will probably be strong contenders this
year, although a definite lineup of the
different organizations has not yet been
obtained.
Students not in the physical educa
tion department who plan on entering
the wrstling tournament should make
arrangements now to take a physical
examination, as this is required before
permission is given to participate.
PRO AND CON INITIATES
Income Tax Question Argued by Neo
phytes of Discussion Group
An open forum of Pro and Con was
eld last night at which the new mem
ers discussed the proposed state in
ome tax. The initiates of Pro and
on are Helen Parks, Catherine Pinneo,
lildred Bateman, Margaret Duerner,
ranees Ward and Lois Pixley.
“The purpdse of Pro and Con is to
iscuss present day questions,” said
lay Fenno, president. “This is not a
ebating organizations but a discussion
roup. It is our desire to stimulate
iscussion of world problems. We hold
n open forum once a month and any
irl interested in the affairs of the day
rhether a member of Pro and Con or
ot, may come and enter into the dis
cussion.”
WOMEN'S LEAGUE
Henriette Gouy, Instructor
Here from France, Tells
of Life There
GIRLS LIKE U. S. COLLEGES
Schemes Under Way to Raise
Money Reported by Com
mittee on Finance
The problem of a foreign scholarship
was brought up and discussed fully at
a mass meeting of Women’s League
yesterday. Miss Henirette Gouy, who
was herself an exchange student from
France, spoke to the women of the Uni
vrsity, commending the work of the
league in raising money for a foreign
scholarship.
“I will tell you as my first word and
last word, it is an exceedingly splendid
and generous idea,” said Miss Gouy.
Because Women’s League has been
working on a scholarship fund drive
for so long, it is feared that many have
lost sight of the purpose of the fund.
But Miss Gouy’s inspirational talk,
which brought facts concerning Euro
pean students vitally before the women
of the University, should arouse new in
terest in creating fellowship between
American and French students.
French Girls Are Serious
Miss £rouy urged the women students
to banish the thought that all French
girls wrere the painted-doll type, infest
ing “gay Paree,” and told of serious
minded girl students, whose school life
is so diffreent from that of an Amer
ican student. She said that American
college life w’as like a vision to these
students, whose only outlet to activity
was study. They have no athletics, and
hardly any social life. It would mean
much, she said, to have the ideas and
ideals of American students carried
back to France.
“The ideal of American students is,
I "believe, to bring more happiness into
the wrnrld,” said the speaker, “and this
may be done by dispelling the preju
dice that exists between American and
foreign students by exchange of views
that will bring an understanding be
tween the nations.” Miss Gouy said
that letters from American exchange
students were read with the greatest
eagerness, and have a great influence
in French student life.
Dean Fox Favors Plan
Doan Fox, who spent much time in
France during the war, and is familiar
with the exchange student movement,
told of the development of this move
ment since the war. She said that
students were selected on a strictly
competitive basis, so that only a wor
thy student would be chosen. The Uni
versity of Oregon would be the first
institution on the coast, said Dean Fox,
to educate a foreign student, and an ex
change of ideas with a live French
student would mean much to the Uni
versity.
Miriam Swartz, chairman of the
scholarship fund committee, told of the
methods that have been uesd to raise
money for the fund and projects now
under way to complete the amount nec
essary to pay the registration and lab
fees, and to buy books and other neces
sities for one year.
The co-ed dance was announced by
Cliloe Thompson for next Saturday.
Part of the proceeds from the dance
will go toward swelling the scholarship
fund. Concessions at spring baseball
games will also bo «a means of increas
ing the fund, which Women’s League
expects to complete by the end of the
school year.
ARTICLE IS PUBLISHED
Reader Must Be Attracted, Says Prof.
Thacher in Magazine Article
“The First Business of an Advertise
ment,” is explained definitely by Pro
fessor W. F. G. Thacher in an article
appearing in Western Advertising for
February. This magazine will publish
a number of articles by Professor
Thacher. The next will appear in the
March issue.
To get itself read, explains the auth
or, is the first business of advertising.
If it is not read, it is wasted. There
is no one to make the casual reader read
advertisements. He is not prejudiced
against them, but unless his errant at
tention is literally' snared, explained
Mr. Thacher, the ordinary reader does
not read them.
Intriguing the readers ’ interest is the
i whole secret of gaining his attention.
; What interest consists of will be dis
| cussed in later contributions.
“When advertisements are made as
! readable as are the rest of the contents
I of the media in which the advertise
ments appear,” says the writer, “then
the advertisements will be read.”
WESLEY FRATER
AWARDED PRIZE
NED STRAHORN WINS SECOND
IN SELEINC- CONTEST
Insurance Companies Give $25 and $15
to Students Making Best Sales
Talks Before Audience
| Wesley Frater talked harder last
night- to prospective life insurance pur
i (',l;ls‘‘rs than did any of his four rivals
| au.d consequently was awarded first
! j"’7e °t $-0 in the life insurance sell
| mg contest held in the Eugene chamber
of commerce rooms. The next best sell
I er of life insurance was Ned Strahorn
; who carried away the $15 award for
j second prize and Darle Seymour was
awarded third place for his efforts and
will have his name engraved on a silver
loving cup.
Each contestant had to talk his way
through the outside secrotary in order
to get to the prospective buyer of fhe
insurance policy. Every means was us
ed to ward away these annoying agents
who were classified with book agents
and novelty buyers. It was said that
if the agent carried a bottle of “high
life” on his hip he would be immediate
ly ushered into the presence of the
prospective purchaser. What the ef
fects of this scheme were upon the buy
ers was never revealed to the audience.
Without adoubt the scheme worked for
Strahorn was able to win second place
by this ruse.
Other contestants were Betty Pride
and Harold Bonebrakc who made good
talks but were not quite convincing en
ough to their victims and judges so
they lost their share of the spoils.
Judges were A. A. Rogers of the First
National bank, Rev. Frederick Jennings
of the Episcopal church and A. R. Gray
of Gray’s Cash and Carry grocery. The
contest was sponsored by the Oregon
Life Insurance company and that com
pany with four othors donated equal
amounts to make up the prizes. The
cup is kept bj' the winner for one year
until won by the next contestant.
COMEDY APPEALS TO
MANY STUDENT TYPES
Cast Well Chosen; Actors to
Stage “Passion Flower”
The first art of “Three Sins” may
appeal to the students primarily inter
ested in playwriting and dramatization;
the third to thsoe who are devoting
their attention to law, but on» has
to be neither a playwright nor a law
yer to appreciate the keen satire Bert
Davies has once moro put into a play
—one needs only a sense of humor. Not
clumsy, floppy-pawed humor, either, for
the lines are subtly clever, some parts
a little lost on the audience perhaps for
that very reason. The laugh is on our
selves, we look into a mirror and laugh
at the person we think is looking over
our shoulder. For it is human nature
more than rising playwrights, romantic
countesses or English law courts that
Davies scores.
The scenery used was exceptional in
its brilliance and attractiveness, and
the costumes throughout the produc
tion demonstrated care and taste in
selection. The effect was unrtsual.
The cast seemed to be well selected,
Hildegarde Repinen doing very good
work in her role, and Darrel Larsen
doing better in his part as the play
wright than in almost anything he has
done this year.
The minor characters are to be com
mended upon their contributions to the
unity of good acting quite as much as
the leads.
“The Passion Flower” which will be
the Company’s next production under
the direction of Fergus Reddie will be
a huge undertaking in acting and at
mosphere. Dorothy Hall will play the
title role, and once more Darrel Larsen
will play opposite the lead. The play
is a Spanish tragedy.
PRE-MEDIC MAJORS MEET
Dr. Charles J. Sears Leads Discussion
on Subject of Medical Education
Dr. Charles J. Sears, ominent Port
land diagnostician and surgeon spoke
before the majors in the department of
zoology lasjt night at the Woman’s
building, ou the subject of a medical
education.
Under the direction of Dr. Harry
Heal Torrey students of this depart
ment meet frequently for a social hour
and to discuss questions of interest.
Dr. Sears is a guest at Dr. Torrey’s
1 home during his visit to the campus.
MANY JOBS AVAILABLE
j Many calls are coming in to the Y.
! \r. C. A. for men to do odd jobs such
as mowing lawns, putting in wood, and
1 other work that can be done at odd
! hours, according to Mrs. 0. R. Donnelly,
! hut mother. The spring weather of the
past few days has brought a great in
crease in the demand for work on the
part of town people. Each year the
Y. M. C. A. obtains jobs for students
the income from which amounts to
thousands of dollars.
AMENDMENTS TO
CONSTITUTION ARE
Change in Method of Awarding
Track Letters Denounced
in A. S. U. 0. Meeting
KELLEMS GIVES ADDRESS
Oregon Spirit Is Subject for
Talk by Evangelist and
University Grad
Four important amendments to the
constitution, and as many to the by
laws, were read by Owen Callaway,
chairman of the committee on revision
of the constitution, at the A. 8. U. O.
meeting at assembly hour yesterday.
Though all of them were open for dis
cussion immediately after being read,
but two of them were attacked from
the floor, the rest being received with
out any comment from the student
body. Dr. Jesse Kellems, '14, well
known evangelist, gave a stirring ad
dress on Oregon spirit at the close of
the business session.
The revision of the by-laws to read
to the effect that th relay team must
\vin first place in the meet in order
that its members may receive letters,
was denounced from the floor by Art
Eosebraugh and Del Oberteuffer.
Eosebraugh Opposes Change
Eosebraugh pointed out that the re
lay was the only event in track ath
letics where there is any teamwork, the
rest of the events being individual
work only. He continued that it was
not fair to the men who trained faith
fully for months not to receive their
letters just because the team did not
win the event, since in other athletic
contests, such as football and baseball,
a team might not win a single game
or a player might not make a point, yet
both he and the team would receive let
ters. That a man might float along and
let the team win his letter for him was
acknowledged by Eosebraugh as a bad
thing, but he also declared that this
could bo done in any of the other games
wnere tnere was teamworK.
Oberteuifer emphasized the facj; that
the quarter-miler usually has but one
opportunity to win his letter—at the
coast meet in the relay race—and if
he fails, or if his team fails, he gets
no letter, no matter how hard or how
faithfully he may have trained.
Alumni May Be Added
The amendment to ^.ilarge the per
sonnel of the executive council by the
addition of two alumni members, one to
be a member of the board of regents
whenever possible, received no com
ment from the floor when read. This,
together with the opinions of individual
students and alumni members gathered
during the past few weeks, indicates
that this amendment will receive a fav
orable vote by the student body. The
purpose of this amendment is to give
the executive council greater stability
and to interest the alumni more fully
in the activities of their alma mater.
It is the belief of the revision com
mittee that their presence on the coun
cil will add a certain degree of dignity
and efficiency to their work.
Possibly the most drastic change of
all, if passed, would be the complete
reorganization of activities’ commit
tees. Here again there was no discus
sion from the floor following the read
ing of the proposed change. This sec
tion in the amendment would do away
entirely with the nine existing com
mittees and the organization of five
in their place; namely, athletics, pub
licity, music, forensic and women’s ac
tivities.
Purpose to Centralize
The purpose of this sweeping change,
according to the committee ou amend
ments, is to centralize authority and re
sponsibility, and to do away with over
lapping committees and loose organi
zation. Greater efficiency is expected
if this change is adopted, with less en
ergy expended.
Acording to provisions of this arti
cle, four member* of the athletic com
mittee would be members of the execu
tive council, thus tying up this import
ant committee very close to the coun
cil and giving the latter more direct
control. The graduate manager would
be secretary of all committees except
women’s athletics, which would have
for its secretary the secretary of the
A. S. U. (). The new music committee
would have charge of all musical ar
rangements, including the handling of
the 50-cent fee voted by the student
body last year.
Other proposed changes in the by
laws would standardize the yell leader’s
O’s, would place the letter M inside
the O for awards to managers, would
incorporate an elaborate point system
I as a basis for the awarding of women ’s
| sweaters, and would change the design
of and method of obtaining letters for
members of the varsity cross-country
(Continued on page three.)