Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXIV.
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25, 1923
NUMBER 137
JUNIORS VOTE TO
ABOLISH CLEANUP
Program of Entertainment To
Take Place of Work on
Saturday Morning
STUNT TO ADVERTISE SHOW
Men of Class Called Out For
Fatigue Duty on Bleacher
Construction by Race
Tlio Junior class voted last night to
abolisli the clean-up feature from the
annual junior week-end campus day and
to substitute a program of entertain
ment for the hundreds of visiting
“preppers.” The decision was made
on the grounds that the arrival of
guests on the campus is not an occa
sion for an annual spring clean-up any
more than visitors at home are received
amid the flurry of spring houseclean
ing. It is probable that the clean-up
week-end, possibly to the Saturday pro
ceeding May 18, the opening day of
the festivities.
Considerable interest was arouaed
last night in the presentation of the
advertising stunt for the varsity van
ities, the annual Junior vaudeville
show. A prominent Oregon junior is
to be masked and disguised generally
to appear on the campus at various
times before the Vanities show, May 3.
A liberal prize is to be given to the
first person who guesses the identity of
the “ Oregon Jester,” as the mystery
man will be called. More details are
to be announced later by Ted Baker,
chairman of the show committee.
Will Construct Bleachers
Eddie Edlund, head of the canoe fete
committee, issued a call for every jun
ior man to report in front of the an
chorage at 9 o ’clock Saturday morn
ing to assist in the construction of a
group of temporary bleachers for the
canoe fete. The girls of the class are
meeting in Villard this uoon at 12:30
to plan a “feed”'for the worker^. A
committee will call on juniors who fail
to respond to this call, according to
those in charge.
A meeting of the entire canoe fete
committee will be held today at 4:15
in the accounting and auditing room
on the third floor of the commerce
building and representatives from every
organization on the campus are asked
to meet at the same place at 4:15
Thursday to discuss the canoe fete.
Each representative should be the head
of the canoe fete float in his or her
organizations, says Ed Hanley, the com
inittee head, who is calling the meeting.
A directorate meeting will also be held
in conjunction with the meeting of home
representatives.
The main body of discussion was
taken up over the matter of the clean
up. Doug Farrell, chairman of the en
tire junior week-end committee, will
talk for the proposed change before the
student council tonight. Jack Myers
and Eddie Edlund reported on the prog
ress of their work. v
The class officially thanked H. M.
Fisher, superintendent of grounds,
Mrs. Edna P. Datson, and Frank
Wright for the work they are doing to
•advance the junior week-end plans,
rrize awards were announc
ed for girls who succeeded in selling
boxes at the Varsity Vanities produc
ton. The request was made at the meet
ing that junior workmen bring ham
mers, rakes, hoes, shovels and other
tools Saturday morning, when they re
port to Mr. Fisher’s crew of super
visors to build the bleachers on the
mill race.
A plea for the whole hearted sup
port of very member of the class in
the staging' of Junior week-end was
made by Jimmie Meek, class president.
moved ahead of junior
Fisher Is Thanked
DONUT MEN OUT s
IN EARLY HOURS
Sunrise Practice Is Rule
Among House Teams
Will the early bird win the champoin
sliip of the doughnut baseball? In order
that the old adage might remain true
to form some of the teams will have
to start at midnight. For the past few
days three or four houses have been get
ting out as early as six a. m., and going
through the strenuous efforts of mak
ing year-round tea hounds into baseball
players.
It is indeed a strange sight to look
upon the crews in their motley cos
tumes performing on the diamond. It is
f(uite different to throw.a league base
ball around on the ball grounds than
to pass the sugar around for another
cup of tea. But despite their awk
wardness too much credit cannot be
given to these mighty sons of Oregon
Spirit, who brave the early morning
dews for the good of their organiza
tions.
If only George Bolder could get out
and see these proteges of the national
pastime—his worries regarding a win
ning varsity would be over. And. if
Bill Hayward could set his alarm clock
at the early hour when only crooks and
moles should be about and see the Pad
docks and Bays dashing at a madden
ing speed after a gracefully muffed
fly, wouldn’t he take an extra rub at
his eyes and quickly get out a pad
and pencil and sign up these hidden
wonders?
With the; first doughnut baseball
game only a short time off it is ne
cessary for the organizations to get
their practice whenever possible and
from all observances it seems as if the
boys were taking advantage of the
early morning coolness to get the kinks
out of their arms and their batting eyes
back into shape. The next question
which arises is ,what to do for grounds
in case all of the houses come out in
the morning!
ALPHA PHI GIVES SI 101
10 STUDENT UNION FUND
Fraternity Fifth on Campus
To Make Contribution
Alpha Phi, women’s fraternity, stir
red up renewed interest in the recently
lagging contributions to the proposed
Students Union of the University by
moving that the chapter contribute
$1000 to the fund for the building, as
being a worthy object, and a good in
vestment on the part of the student
body of Oregon.
Alpha Phi is the fifth organization on
the campus to donate $1000 to the unioa
project which sprung up almost spom
taneously on the campus, but which has
been sponsored in large part by the
June graduating class. Besides these
five organizations, the members of the
senior class are pledged to contribute
to the fund, and a $1000 fund was given
by alumni of Kappa Sigma fraternity,
although this amount was not definite
ly specified as going toward a student
union. At the time of the Kappa Sig
ma alumni donation, the idea of a union
had not yet sprung into being among
the students on the campus.
The method of investment of the sum
which will be available for use in ten
years, has not yet been decided accord
ing to Chloe Thompson, president of the
local chapter of Alpha Phi. It is ex
pected that the means will be selected
by the chapter this week after careful
consideration.
“We felt that a donation toward the
erection of a student union was the best
use to which our money could be
put,” said Miss Thompson. “The chap
ter was unanimous in feeling that such
a project was worthy of the hearty
support of every student of the Univer
sity of Oregon.”
Following are the members of the
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Elsie Ferguson's Personality
Obliterates Mundane Thoughts
By Jeanne Gay
Moonbeams—Elsie Ferguson—forever.
A face that was alive with person
ality and animation, entirely free of
all piakeup, a warm grey ribbon hat
under which masses of soft wavy au
burn hair curled, and light blue eyes
smiled—this was Miss Ferguson as she
stood on the platform of the depot yes
terday, slim and correct in her grey
tialleur with its long wrap-around coat
and a wrap-around skirt, that hung
down in a point in the back, her beau
tiful silver fox, her black silk stock
ings and black patent leather slippers
completing the stunning costume.
And then she started talking, the
material evidences such as freight
trains and signs, people and noises all
disappeared as if by a magic wand and
only the magie voice was left—a voice
that was thrillingly low and every word
as full and melodious as an organ note.
And what was she saying? With great
animation Miss Ferguson discoursed on
the future of the legitimate stage and
the moving picture world as she sees
it.
“There is absolutely no comparison,”
she said, “there is so much more to
the spoken stage but unfortunately the
moving picture is killing it, especially
in the smaller towns where there is
practically no demand anymore.
“I shall continue to act in the pic
tures,” she went on, “but I feel that
unless the movies are educational to
a necessary degree they fail in their
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DO-NUT BASEBALL
PLAY WILL STMT
l
First Three Games of Series
Scheduled for Next Week
on Military Diamond
RULES FOR LEAGUE POSTED
Organizations to be Divided
Into Classes; Teams Will
Play at Least 3 Times
The do-nut baseball league will get
under way Monday, April 30, with the
following schedule for the week begin
ning on that date:
April 30, Alpha Beta Chi will play j
Bachelordon at 4:00 p. m., on the
field in the military parade ground.
Tuesday, May 1, Phi Sigma Pi will
meet Kappa Sigma at 4:00 o’clock on
the parade ground. Wednesday, May
-, Phi Gamma Delta meets Kappa Del
ta Phi at 4:00 p. m., at the R. O. T. I
C. field.
The do-nut schedule for the remain
der of the week is broken by the two
VarsitA games on Thursday and Friday
with Pacific University. No do-nut 1
games will be played on those two days.
Three Games Siated
The following teams will compete in
the first round of the tournament which
will be run off a game a day when the
circumstances permit. The weekly
schedule of games will be anounced
at the beginning of each week, accord
ing to George Bolder, who has charge
of the tournament. The first round
was paired off by lottery: Alpha Beta
Chi vs. Bachelordon, Phi .Sigma Pi vs.
Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta vs.
Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Tau Omega
vs. Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi vs.
winner of Alpha Beta Chi, Bachelor
don game, Delta Tau Delta vs. Beta
Theta Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs.
Sigma-Nu, Delta Theta Phi vs. Oregon
Club, Friendly Hall vs. Phi Kappa Psi.
A sheet of rules for the do-nut tour
nament will be posted on the bulletin
board in the men’s gymnasium. The
most important are those relating to
the rounds of the contest. It is strongly
uigeil that all the team captains make
themselves thoroughly acquainted with
the rules so that no mistakes will be
made.
The teams are to play games of
seven innings and if there is light
enough the games will be played after
■six o ’cloelj. The first round consti
tutes the games listed in the pairings
selected by lottery. The winners in
the games in the first round will go
into the first replay round.
Replay Round Planned
After the entire first round is played
off the first replay round will be play
ed. The losers of the fil'st replay round
are given another chance to come back
by going into the second replay round.
Aftyw the second round is played off,
the second replay round is played as in
the case of the first round. The win
ners of the second round will go into
the third round. The losers of the sec
ond round go into the second replay
round.
The winning teams in the second re
play round go automatically into the
third round while the losers in the sec
ond replay are eliminated from the
tournament.
In the third round the winning teams
go into the fourth round while the los
ing teams are eliminated from the con
test. In the fourth round the winners
go into the fifth and the losers are
eliminated. The fifth rdund winners
go into the last and final round, the
sixth, and the losers are eliminated.
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Thus by tliis system a team plays at
least three games. A team may lose
the first two games and by winning in
the second replay round get into the
third round and by not losing any more
games may win the cup. If a team loses
the first game and wins the second
it will go into the second round; and
if it loses in the second round it will
go into the second replay round to play
to enter the third round. The winning
teams of the first and second replay
rounds will be matched. This does
away with the unsatisfactory method
of selecting by lottery. If five or six
strong teams are grouped in order a
team by either losing or winning will
be paired with a stronger or weaker
team. Thus team captains should plan
their strategy of playing from the chart
in Bolder’s office.
Varsity or freshman men listed on
their respective squads will not be eli
gible for do-nut games, unless they have
been withdrawn before the first regu
lar varsity or frosh game is played.
After that a man will not be eligible
unless he is cut from the squad by the
coach. All men not cut from the squad
and not taken on the northern trip
will be eilgible after the last Varsity
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CANDIDATES FOR
PRESIDENCY ARE
YET TO COME OUT
Katherine Watson Would Be
Oregana Editor; Is Third
Aspirant For Position
POSSIBILITIES ARE MANY
Harley Covalt, Mary Skinner,
First to Enter Race For
Student Council Seats
From the way aspirants for the pres
idency of the A. 8. U. O. are avoidng
publicity it would seem that this
year’s race would be the hardest for
years. No candidates have yet announc
ed themselves, which would seem to in
dcate that the contest will be close
and interesting. There is no thought
of a dearth of candidates, however,
and it is too early to begin to think
of possible darkhorses.
Announcements made yesterday for
council jobs will doubtless start the
list, which is sure to be long. For sen
ior men on the student council, Harley
Covalt has entered the arena, and for
junior woman on that body, Mary Skin
ner. With the declaration of Kath
erine Watson for the editorship of the
Oregana, tlire are three in the field.
Katherine Watson Enters
The latest entrant into the lists for
the head of the annual, Katliernie Wat
son, is a sophomore in the University.
She has been in the University Com
pany and prominent in Y. W. C. A.
work for two years. Last year she was
chairman of the finance committee of
the campus associatou and this year
acted as treasurer. She is a member of
l’ot and Quill and Dial and is on the
staff of the Emerald. She belongs to
Pi Beta Phi.
Harley Covalt, who aspires to the po
sition of senior man on the student
council, will represent the University
in track at the Seattle Relay Carnival.
He is a junior and has been prominent
in track. He majors in law and is a
membr of Delta Theta Phi and Phi Sig
ma Pi.
Mary Skinner, aspirant for junior
woman on the student council, is a soph
omore and has been active on the cam
pus for two years. She is a member of
Ivwama and was one of the founders
of Thespians. She has been chosen
advisor on the freshman commission of
the Y. W. C. A. for next year. She is
a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
WOMEN’S.LEAGUE WILL
NOMINATE AT MEETING
Florence Jagger Committee Chairman;
Body Will Choose Candidates;
Dean Edgingtcn To Talk
Although there has been no announce
ment as yet of any names for candidacy
in Woman’s League, the air is tense
with excitement, and many whispers
have been buzzed about.
Whether rumors are true or not will
be determined at Women’s league mass
meting in Villard hall, Thursday at
five o’clock. The nominating commit
tees, composed of Florence Jagger,
chairman, Margaret Scott, Ellen Mc
Veigh, Mary Alexander, Marjorie Fle
gei, and Velma Farnham will then an
nounce candidates, and others may be
nominated from the floor.
Elections will take place the follow
ing week in the library entrance, with
Margaret Scott in charge of polls, sev
eral assistants being chosen by her.
Dean Grace Edgington will for the
first time appear before the women of
the University in her capacity as Dean
of Women, and will speak for a few
moments at the meeting. There will
also be musical numbers.
Other topics of interest to be dis
cussed at the meetings are, the sale of
concessions at the spring baseball
games, the Tuesday teas, which will be
continued throughout the Spring term,
and plans for the Sunday breakfast
at which Women’s league council will
be hostesses for members of Student
and Executive Councils.
W. A. A. DELEGATES LEAVE
Florence Jagger and Georgia Benson
Attend Conference at Stanford
Florence Jagger, president, and Geor
gia Benson, secretary, of the local Wo
man ’s Athletic association, left Mon
day night for Stanford University
where they will attend the western sec
tional conference of the National Wo
man’s Athletic association conference.
Miss Benson will act as secretary to
the conference, Oregon being elected
to fill this office last year when the
conference was held in Eugene.
The session will last three days and
the delegates will return next Monday.
Prominent Actor
Appears Tonight
I*
Claire Keeney
HUMOR WILL FEATURE
BARRIE PLAT TONIGHT
Keeney Has Good Comic Role;
Love Tangles Unraveled
Claire Keeney, whose work in com
edy roles is well known to campus aud
iences, will play an extremely funny
part in “The Professor’s Love Story,”
dames Barrie's three-act comedy which
will again be produced by the Univer
sity Company tonight for the first time
since 11)14 whn it toured Southern Ore
gon after a successful appearance at
home.
Pete, Keeney’s role, is the part of
a canny Scotch servant, who is in love
with Effie, also a servant, iI is love
affar is very muddled because of the
presence of Headers, who, also in love,
with Effie, and just as canny «s his
rival, hesitates to propose to her unless
he is sure Pete is going to pop the
question.
aiiu uiaugie is auuuruinaieu iu mu
Professor’s love affair, which involves
several other persons. Fergus Reddie
played the role of the professor in the
last apparance of the play and it is
known as one of his best comedy rolo3.
Charlotte Banfiekl plays Agnes the
sister, who also has a love story, not
as amusing as Effie’s, or gay like the
professor’s, but with the sadness of dis
illusion.
Mabel Gilliam does some very good
! acting in the role of Lady Gilding, car
rying out the character of that design
ing person in an artistic way.
Arthur Johnson plays Dr. Cousins,
and Wade Kerr plays Dr. Yellow
leaves, both engaged in the curious
case of the professor, whose health
seems to be failing for no apparent rea
son. Lorna Coolidge is playing in the
role of Lucy White, the secretary.
MRS. HEARD IN EUROPE
Former Librarian Sends Message To
Miss Hair of Extensiojr Division
Mrs. Roy -Heard, formerly Miss Mar
garet Upleger, who will be remembered
by the faculty members and older stu
dents, as having worked in the Univer
sity library for many years, is now on
a trip to Europe with her husband,
Capt. Heard.
Capt. Heard lias been stationed in
the Philippines, but is now traveling
because of ill-health. A card received
by Miss Mozelle Hair, of the exten
sion division, from Mrs. Heard, writ
ten from Rangoon, March 13, gays they
will stop at Colombo, Ceylon, Port
Said, Cairo, Alexandria and Vienna,
after which they hope to return to the
United States.
GOOD mu
WINS VENGEANCE
FOR OREGON NINE
Varsity Takes Measure of
Vandal Hurler Before
Invaders Can Score
RESULT IS 13 TALLIES TO 7
Errors Help To Spell Defeat for
Gem Staters; Shields Works
Well on Mound
An otherwise perfectly keen after
] noon was ruined for a young man named
Golden, when Oregon ran in a squad of
i runs in the second, third and fourth
! innings of yesterday’s game and had
it practically sewed up before the visi
tors from Idaho had succeeded in hook
ing a single counter.
The final count was 13 to 7, and until
the first of .the seventh the Vandals
were unsuccessful in getting a single
counter due to the good work of “Tiny”
Shields, who appeared on the mound
for the Lemon Yellow, coupled with an
airtight defense, which weakened
j slightly in the last two frames.
Idaho Off Color
| The Idaho nine was completely off
I color and several times more than one
error was pulled in an attempt to make
a play. “The Comedy of Errors” was
what one of the Vandal men dubbed the
melee. He named it appropriately, as
his side accounted for a total of 10 dur
ing the afternoon.
The three-inning slaughter which put
the contest on ice for Oregon was start
ed by Doug Wright, who was first up
in the last of the second and got to first
after being hit by pitcher Golden. Um
pire “Spike” Burke from Portland de
manded proof from Wright that he had
been hit, but when Doug was able to
present a badly bruised finger, the
Umps finally decided that ho deserved
the walk.
Latham Gets Two-Bagger
Sorsby, up next, hooked one for a
hike to first, and Earl Shafer followed
with a beautiful sacrifice, which put
Wright on third and Sorsby on second.
Hunk Latham then cracked a two-bag
ger which scored Wright, and Cook not
to be outdone hooked one of Golden’s
offerings for another two sack clout
which scored Sorsby and Hunk. “Tiny”
then came up and by cracking out a
nasty little fly, brought Cook in and
ended the scoring for that inning.
The Oregon nine pepped up and by
this four run lead, hooked three more
in both the next cantos, which perfor
mance caused the Idaho coach, McMil
lan, to send in A1 Fox to replace Golden
with the opening of the fifth frame.
A1 performs nearly as well on the
mound as he does on the basketball
floor and kept the hits fairly scattered
for the rest of the game, leaving the
Webfootcrs off with only three coun
ters for the five innings that he did
the heaving.
This game broke the series even and
leaves Oregon with an even record of
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ASTRONOMY COURSE POSTPONED
Those interested in the stars, the
moon, and other celestial fixtures may
devote as much time as they desire
at star gazing this term, but not under
the supervision of Professor E. II. Mc
Allister, since there will be no course
in astronomy this year, according to an
announcement made by McAllister yes
terday. Astronomy was scheduled for
the winter and spring terms, but be
cause of an excessive amount of work
during the winter term, Professor Mc
Allister was unable to start the course
which will now be postponed until next
year.
Student-body Officers9 Duties
Demand Time,Skill, Interest
Article III
STUDENT BODY OFFICERS
Everybody knows that the race for
the positions of student body presi
dent, vice-president; secretary and edi
tor of the Emerald is lively, and all
wait with poorly concealed excitement
to learn the final returns on election
day. Few of the students, however,
know what really is in line for these
candidates not privileged to join the
Lame Ducks after the fun and sus
pense of election day is over.
The president of the student body not
only presides at the regular and spe
cial meetings of the Associated Stud
ents, but also at all of the meetings
of executive council and student coun
cil, one of which meets each week, and
meetings of the finance committee of
executive council, which also meets
once each week. Aside from this there
are innumerable more or less informal
and students.
Then, the student body president is
Oregon's representative abroad, and at
home. He attends the conferences of
student body presidents. He is called
meetings of committees both of faculty
upon for speeches of welcome to visi
ting bodies,. such as the Legislature,
High School conferences and the like.
He plays a big part in Homecoming.
In order to “get away with” the of
fice of student body presidents, a man
must be capable of organizing work—he
must know the student body, and
know who can be depended upon in
order that the various undertakings
of the student body may be run
smoothly. •
The president of the student body
has a seat and a vote in Executive and
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