Oregon Daily Emepald
VOLUME XXIV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY. MARCH 15. 1923
NUMBER 115
OREGON PRELATE
HASRS THEME THE
GREAT ADVENTURE
Bishop Sumner, on Annual
Visit to University Will
Make Address
VISITOR WILL BE FETED
Episcopalians to Discuss Plans
For New Church House
on the Campus
Bishop Walter Taylor Sumner of the
Episcopal church will speak before the
assembled students this morning in Vil
lard hall, having chosen 'as his subject,
“The Great Adventure,” dealing with
the problems of life. Bishop Sumner
is on his seventh annual visit to the
Oregon campus. He has long been a fa
vorite with students of the University
and is greatly interested in everything
that concerns the welfare and progress
of Oregon.
Bishop Sumner has been for many
years active in public welfare work,
and before coming to the state of Ore
gon was prominent in social and pub
lic service in Chicago.' Since then he
has become widely known, having play
ed the leading part in welfare work in
Oregon.
Entertainment Planned
The speaker will be extensively en
tertained during his stay on the cam
pus, by the various organizations and
students who are members of his church.
One plan that Bishop Sumner is es
pecially interested in is the erection
of a “church house” which is being
planned by Episcopalian students. This
group of students has bought two lots
adjoining the men’s gym, and it is
hoped that soon this “church house”
can be realized. It is to be used as a
meeting place, and probably as a dorm
itory for girls.
Bishop Sumner is an ardent support
er of the University endowment cam
paign, and in many of his talks about
the state, “puts in a good word” for
Oregon. As well as being interested
in the practical side of University pro
jects, Bishop Sumner is an enthusiastic
football and athletic fan. It is rumor
ed that he has never missed an Oregon
O. A. C. game, and he has been present
at many others.
Conferences Are Slated
Immediately following his address at
assembly today, Bishop Sumner will
speak to the members of the Chamber
of Commerce of Eugene at luncheon.
In the afternoon he will hold confer
ences at the Y. M. C. A. from two until
four o’clock, and at five will speak at
a meeting at the Y. W. C. A. Friday
morning Bishop Sumner will speak ^0
the students of the University high
school, also. He will deliver the ser
mon at the Episcopalian church Sun
day morning.
It is requested that those who wish
conferences with the Bishop make ar
rangements at the desk in the Y. M. C.
A. beforehand. Bishop Sumner will
be glad to confer with anyone concern
ing religious matters.
Preceding the assembly address
Madame Bose McGrew will give two
solos, “Life,” by Landon Ronald, and
“Life,” by Pearl G. Curran.
MISS HAIR TO TALK
Miss Mozelle Hair, editor of the Uni
versity Extension Monitor, will address
the southern Oregon federation of wo
men’s clubs at Talent, Oregon, May 5.
She will give an illustrated lecture on
Egypt, showing the significance of the
recent excavations.
FIRE THREATENS
DELTA TAU HOUSE
Blaze Is Checked Before
Much Damage Done
Excitement was rampant in the Uni
versity community and all trails led to
ward the Delta Tau Delta house, 849
East Eleventh street, late yesterday after
noon when fire was discovered in one of
the Delt rooms and a call was put in for
the Eugene fire department.
At the time the fire started only four
men were in the house, but through the
effective work of the group the blaze,
which for a while threatened the entire
second story of the structure, was check
ed and was completely under control be
fore the fire engines arrived on the scene
a few minutes after the alarm was sent
in.
Although the actual damage to the
Delt house was negligible, being estimated
at $50, the place was hurriedly dismantled
by the impromptu fire fighters and in
flamable articles were throwm out of the
windows. The blaze presumably started
from a cigarette thrown into a waste
paper basket and had spread to rugs, i
window curtains, a study table and a
trunk before it was discovered. It is
said if the blaze had a few more min
utes start the second floor would have
been enveloped in flames. One of the
four men on the premises at the time
happened on the fire through a fortun
ate accident, going up stairs just as the
blaze was getting started.
The four men in the house at the time
of the fire were Arthur Larsen, Ernest
Haycox, William Silverthorne and Ned
Twining. The fire was in the room of
Douglas Farrell and Robert Dodson.
PEACE WEST ORATOR
TO BE CHOSEN MONDAY
Winner in Coming Tryouts to
Represent Oregon
The orator to represent Oregon at the
Peace oratorical contest to be held at
Sa)em April 27, will be selected Mon
day, March 19, at the tryouts to be
conducted in Villard hall at that time.
Although the final state contest was
postponed from April 20 to April 27,
no change was made in the date for
the tryout on the campus because of the
nearness of examinations.
The tryouts Monday will take place
at 4:15 in the assembly room. Faculty
members who will act as judges are
Prof. Melvin T. Solve of the English
department, Prof. Walter Barnes of the
history department, and Prof. Justin
Miller of the school of law.
All colleges and universities of the
state are eligible to enter the Peace
oratorical contest. The activity was
started in 1917, but after a year or so
ceased, and was not revived until last
year. Oregon was not represented in
the contest last year, at which the O.
A. C. orator won first place. O. A. C.
also won the national prize, as the con
test is a national activity as well as
a state work. First prize is $75 and
second prize $50., Orations are limited
to 1500 words and must be on or about
peace. The contest this year will be
held at Willamette University.
Anyone wishing to tryout may do so,
but Prof. C. D. Thorpe, who has charge
of the activity asks that those plan
ning to do so see him if convenient be
fore Monday.
POTTERY-EXHIBIT IS GIFT
A duplicate exhibit of pottery has
been prepared by the Ornandago com
pany for the school of architecture to
replace the one lost in the fire last
summer, according to a letter just re
ceived. The exhibit, which illustrates
the process of manufacturing pottery,
will be received by the University in
the near future and will be placed on
display in the department.
Scribe Asks What’s in a Name;
Fish and Bates Live Together
By Katherine Watson
What’s in a name? A trite enough
interrogation which we all have seen
paraded frequently in its wordy thread
bareness. And yet—what is of more
interest, what has a greater personal
effect, what can be more impressive
or more humorous than a name? The
prolific funny paper artists of America
have demonstrated what can be done
with names in a humorous way, and j
perhaps Lord Dunsany has shown the (
wonder of lovely sounds in names more |
than anyone else.
But in the opinion of some unfor
tunate youngsters, parents are the gods
and demons in this matter, tossing
aside all thought of the future and be
stowing upon an unoffending head the
eternal title of Reginald of Bertram—
names have come to have a personality
all their own. What coon would want i
a better name than Gawge Wawshing
ton?
The campus offers the usual assort
ment with the usual predominance of
Smiths, Joneses, Johnsons, Kings, An
dersons. And for all the Johnsons there
is one little lone Boswell. Frost and
Snow may be found at the Sigma Chi
house at any time of the year. There
is a Cannon at the Kappa Sig house
and one at the Theta house, the latter
going by the graphic title of “Boom.”
Lamb and Lyon both registered in
the same class and their ability to
get along suggests the nearness of the
millenium. But after all they manage
to survive in no more startling way
than the inmates of a certain office in
Villard whose names appear on the
door, Bates—Fish.
A colorful group is the one composed
of ten Browns, two Greens, five Whites.
There are Cooks at several houses—
and a Coffin at Hendricks hall. A
little girl whose hair “nobody else’s
is golder than” is called Golda. And
wouldn’t it be easy to remain polite
with a girl whose last name was Darl
ing?
We repeat—what’s in a name?
LARGE AUDIENCE
DEEIGDTED ITU
SIEVES PLATING
Platform Arrangement Affords
Excellent View From
All Over House
VOLUME EQUAL TO PIANO
“Humoresque” and “Barcar
olle” Are Favorite Selec
tions of Program
Playing before the largest audience
svhieh has greeted a University concert
artist this year, Alberto Salvi, famous
Italian harpist, took Eugene music lovers
by storm as ho did those of Portland in
the beginning of the week.
The Methodist church began to fill
early in the evening, and by the time
scheduled for the concert, was crowded.
The wings of the auditorium were thrown
Dpen and the musician’s platform so ar
ranged that all of the audience were able
to see as well as hear the performer.
Audience Is Surprised
The audience was agreeably surprised,
albeit they had been warned in advance,
to find that the tones of Salvi’s harp
were full and resonant, rather than thin
and wistful, as they had more than half
axpected. Indeed, the volume of the harp
was as great as that of a piano, and well
filled the auditorium.
Salvi’s technique in the handling of his
instrument proved all that the critics
have said of him, and the audience early
showed their appreciation of his execu
tion. Two compositions which he play
ed, and which were high favorites with
the audience were “Humoresque” and
“Barcarolle; Tales from Hoffman.”
Program Is Given
The following is the program which
was presented by the artist:
1— Allegro from C Minor Concerto
...'. Zabel
2— To Spring .Grieg-Salvi
3— Spanish Dance .Tedeschi
4— Barcarolle from Tales of Hoff
man .Offenbach-Salvi
5— Norwegian Ballade .Poncnitz
Intermission
6— Yalse Brilliant .Salvi
7— Fantasie Impromptu.Chopin
8— Italian Serenade . Salvi
9— Danse Des Sylphes .Posse
10— Humoreske .Dvorak-Salvi
11— The Fountain...Debussy
12— Tarantelle .Aptonmas-Salvi
LOST ARTICLE SERVICE
PROVES UNSUCCESSFUL
Students Fail to Apply to Janitors in
Buildings; Cabinets Henceforth
to Be Left Unlocked
The “lost and found” cabinets in
Villard, Deady and the library are not
a success as aids to students who have
lost articles, and the janitors of the
buildings will be released from the
duty of taking care of them in the
near future, according to H. M. Fisher,
superintendent of buildings and
grounds.
Very few things of value are found
in the classroom or in the halls, and
the miscellaneous trash that collects in
the boxes is never called for by the
owners, he said. This is accounted for
to some extent by the fact that the
janitor who has the key is seldom han
dy to unlock the cabinet, and the stu
dents will not take the trouble to hunt
for him to recover articles of little
value.
Mr. Fisher plans to leave the cases
unlocked and let every one help him
self, since the mixture of odd gloves,
handkerchiefs, keys, pencils, and books
are not worth the trouble of guarding
them. Anything of value is never put
in the boxes anyway, but is kept by
the janitor and advertised.
RIFLE TEAM LOSES MEET
Northwestern Ends With 3696 Points;
Varsity Scores 3676
By the scant margin of 20 points, the
University of Oregon rifle team lost
the triangular meet with Columbia and
Northwestern, according to returns just
received by the military department.
Northwestern scored 3696 out of a pos
sible 4000 while Oregon made 3676. Col
umbia’s score was 3344.
Two rifle matches are now being fir
ed at the barracks, the girls’ team
firing against Tennessee, and the men
against the Utah Aggies and the Uni
versity of Washington. Results of
these matches will be made known
about the end of the week, states Lieu
tenant M. E. Knowles, in charge of
rifle work at the B. O. T. C.
ELECTION ANNOUNCED
G. and M. Society (Condon Club) an
nounces the election to associate mem
bership of Marie Porter, Ashland.
Bill Hanley Tells Students
About University of Plains
Noted Oregonian with Poet’s Soul and Vision of
Empire Builder Pictures Laboratory of
Nature East of Mountains
By Mary Lou Burton
Prophet of wide spaces, of hot sun
baked sands, of stars twinkling over
head in the bine depth of night, of
friendly small animals; a practical
ranchman with the soul of a poet and
the vision of an empire builder—such
is Colonel “Bill” Hanley. He told
Dean Allen’s editing class yesterday
about his “university”—Eastern Ore
gon; this is his laboratory for working
out life.
Groping at times for words to ex
press the bigness of his conceptions,
careless of grammar because it has not
mattered to him, Colonel Hanley by the
expression of his eyes—screwed up
tight as if looking at the sun—the
motion of his hands, the expression
of his face, as well as his words, con
veyed to his hearers something of the
beauty and mystery, the resources and
the opportunities of the plains of East
ern Oregon. “I am part of this state,”
he said. “I came up out of it just as
any of the other earth creatures did. I
know the mystery of the prairie, the
thrill of conquering it, of waking in
the morning to find my horses stolen
and of getting them again without kill
ing the thief, perhaps bringing him
home to work on my ranch.
“I can’t get things out of books,”
Colonel Hanley said. “I feel that the
writer hasn’t got life from its source.
I have to get life first hand. I don’t
get things through my mind, I have
to touch it with my hands and absorb
it.” Here he held up his hands, ex
pressive hands with blunt but sensi
tive fingers that one could picture crum
bling soil and letting it sift through, or
patting a faithful dog. He said he
never covered them with gloves.
" People cannot got big until they
go into space ami live in silence,” says
Colonel Hanley. “Mature thoughts can
not leak out, they must have room to
develop. When you get an idea that
seems big but not practical, don’t con
demn the obstacles; examine yourself
first to see if the fault lies with you.”
This was where the Colonel referred
to the wonderful resources of Eastern
Oregon, its iron deposits, its lake beds
with salt and soda on top and unexplor
ed depths, its mountains that have
spent centuries of time to create gold
for men to gather from creek beds, and
the opportunity of the sun-baked plains.
“Many people don’t like the plains,
but it’s because they don’t see it
right,” he continued. “To visualize the
beauty of music, of the operay of
painting and decoration, all this is
there. When people get big they will
see it. It is the real thing.
“I’ve been holding it for you,” he
said, again holding out those express
ive hands to the students, and he urg
ed on them their duty of taking the
possibilities of the state and building
out of the material at hand a wonder
ful reality. The raw material is here,
he says, what is needed now is the
trained executive university men and i
women. “Your life isn’t your own
life, it’s a purpose life,” says Colonel j
Hanley. “It is yours only for a little
while, but it goes on.”
Colonel Hanley owns a large ranch
in Harney county, and as he says, is
a part of Oregon. He knew President
Campbell, who introduced him to the
class, back in the early days, “then
he came to this University and I went
to mine, which is the whole of Eastern
Oregon,” said Colonel Hanley.
COMMITTEES OF Y.M.G.A.
WILL REPORT ON WORK
Meeting This Afternoon Is
Last for Term
The last and most important meeting
of the Y. W. C. A. for the term will
be held this afternoon in Villard hall
at 4:30 p. m. LeLaine West, president
of the organization, will have charge
of the meeting, which will include com
mittee reports from the following de
partments: membership, Emily Veazie;
finance, Katherine Watson; service,
Helen Andrews; undergraduate repre
sentative, Edna Largent; freshman
commission, Helen McCormack; relig
ious education, Helen Addison, and so
cial, Marian Lay.
The meeting will be opened by a de
votional service which Bishop Sumner
will be asked to lead, followed by a
piano solo by Frances Pierce.
Miss West will open the business ses
sion by a short review of the year’s
work up to the time of her departure
from office, on March 22. There will
be a discussion of several plans which
the council has been considering for the
coming year’s work and about which
they wish the membership’s opinion.
Report of the nomination committee
which was apointed by the president
at the Monday council meeting will
follow. This committee is composed of
Helen Addison, chairman, Marjorie
Flegel and Glyde Schuebol.
Election of officers for the coming
year will be made from those whom
the nominating committee selects, and
nominations may also be made from
the floor. The election is to take place
next week from 10 to 12 a. m. on Thurs
day followed by a banquet at which
all the members are invited, to be
held at the Osburn hotel, plans of which
will be announced later.
The president urges that all of the
members be present at the meeting.
FRESHMEN TO REPORT
Once more the mighty paddle will be
called forth to function at the usual
Thursday morning 11 o’clock library
sessions. The austere body known as
the “Order of the O” will have charge
of the services. The victims who must
report for the regular Thursday morn
ing ordeal and without fail are: Roland
Littlejohn, Sherman Smith, Rufus Sum
ner, Paul Garland, Emery Marks, How
ard Hobson, Bud Hodgett, Ed Shurn
way, Gordon Bennett, and Holmes Bug
bee.
GRADUATE OF ’14 VISITS
Francis Provost, ’14, a member oi
Delta Tau Delta fraternity has beer
visiting on the campus for the pasl
few days. This is Provost's first visit
to the campus since his graduation. He
is a salesman for a Portland brokerage
company.
REGISTRATION TO BEGIN
BEFORE CLOSE OE TERM
Fees Need Not Be Paid Until
Start of New Quarter
Students who wish to register for
the spring term may do so any time
now until the end of this term, provid
ing the advisor of the student in his
major department is willing, according
to Carlton E. Spencer, registrar.
There should be a great deal of
registering, because registration fees
do not have to be paid before regis
tration, Mr. Spencer said. The study
cards must be signed by the various
professors in the usual way and filed
at the registrar’s office together with
the white information card and a pink
card with the course of study, which
does not have to be signed by the pro
fessors. The yellow card and informa
tion cards are kept in the registrar’s
office, and the pink one is sent from
the registrar’s office to the comptroll
er ’s office, where the laboratory fees
are figured up and the card is put in
file.
Laboratory, registration, and non
resident fees are to be collected in one
amount at the same time. Two weeks
and one day will bo given for the pay
ment of these fees, from April 23 to
May 7. All fees must be paid in one
amount during the stated time, Mr.
Spencer said.
Early registration has been allowed
before but because fees had to be paid
before the cards could be filed at the
registrar’s office, students often were
not able to complete cards because they
did not have funds at the end of the
term to pay their registration fees.
JUNIORS IMPOSE ,
TAX TO PAY FOR
Members of Class of ’24 Hope
to Eliminate Difficulties
by Collecting Fee
COMMITTEE CHANGES MADE
Velma Farnham and McCune
Are Relieved; Haney Placed
in Charge of Floats
Following the example of the seniors,
the junior class voted a tax of 25 cents
a member to finance the campus lunch
eon of Junior week-end yesterday. In
years past the campus luncheon has
been supported financially only by a
small percentage of the students due
to the inability of the committee to ob
tain support of many students not con
nected with any living organization.
The seniors realizing the injustice of
the old system led off with a vote to
tax the members of the class of 1923.
In inaugurating this plan the juniors
are probably establishing a precedent
that will do away with one of the most
objectionable features of staging the
annual Maytime event. Several plans
have been tried to obtain the support
of everyone but with little success.
The collection of the money, which
will take place when class receipts are
issued at the beginning of next term,
will do away with houses and halls
furnishing food and with the usual
work of making sandwiches on the part
of the girls.
The action of the ^juniors was taken
at a class meeting held last night in
Villard. Doug Farrell, chairman of the
Junior Week-end committee and direc
torate, reported the progress of the
work.
The resignations of Velma Farnham,
chairman of the campus luncheon, and
of Jason McCune, chairman of the float
committee of the canoe fete, were ac
cepted. Both Miss Farnham and
McCune were forced to resign because
of stress of oe .side activities.
Henryetta Lawrence was named by
President Meek to head the campus
luncheon and Virginia Pearson was
placed on this committee. Miss Law
rence was already a member of the
luncheon group and Miss Pearson for
merly held a placo on the floor com
mittee of the Junior prom.
Ed Haney, formerly a committeeman
of the floats committee of the fete was
named chairman of the committee.
Last night’s meeting of the class of
’24 was the last that will be held this
torm.
BINDERY IS COMMENDED
Workmanship and Quantity Produced
Wins Favorable Criticism
The excellent workmanship and quan
tity of work handled by the University
book bindery is arousing some little
comment among the mombers of the li
brary staff. The bindings on the new
volumes, the rebinding of old volumes
and the newspapers put into bindings
are most attractive, neat and desirable.
The library buckram used by H. Paas
ehe is pleasingly colored and attrac
tive. The titles are plainly and simply
printed in large-face, legible type.
Much valuable reading matter that
has been tied up and waiting for years
is at last being bound and placed iu
cireuation. Mr. Paascho has only one
assistant and the quantity of first class
professional work they turn out is well
deserving of favorable and compliment
ary criticism.
Campus Radio Fan Is in Touch
with One-Third of Continent
By Edward Bobbins
(The author of the following article,
a major in the department of history,
has lost his eyesight, and is therefore
out of touch with the world of vision,
but tho radiophone has opened for him
a new and vast field of sound. In this
story, written at the request of the
Emerald, he relates a few of the im
pressions he experiences as ho “listens
in” to his new world.—Editor.)
Modern science has developed a de
vice which will keep wifey’s hubby and
mother’s son home nights—the radio
phone.
Can it be the novelty of the inven
tion, and will this soon wear off? Cer
! tainly the young men are not going to
I miss a date with some miss to listen
j in to “ Rigoletto” or the first act of
“Carmen,” or some other highly class
ical selection.
If it is not the novelty it must be,
as a certain history professor terms it,
the eagerness of the modern scientific
mind to acquire more knowledge,
through experiment and experience.
Science has pushed aside a night at the
club, the ball room, the theater and
other modern amusements which have
so recently taken the place of the old
carriage drives and long walks, and has
placed the growing mind in an acquir
ing and scientific state.
There are many complexities and edu
cational features to the radio. What is
the radio wave? Why does it travel
through the air? Thousands of other
such questions are among those which
the radio fan is searching to solve. Ein
stein says it is a disturbance of the
magnetic fields around the earth. The
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