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Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME XXIV. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1923 - NUMBER 140 MORTAR BOARD10 INSTALL CHAPTER Scroll and Script Will Become National Honorary With Nine Active Initiates BANQUET IS SCHEDULED Ceremonies Will Be Conducted By Miss Lillian Stupp In Women’s Building The Oregon chapter of Mortar Board, national women’s honorary fraternity, the first charter to he granted on the Pacific coast, will be installed at the Women’s building today at 4 p. m., by Miss Lillian Stupp, member of Mortar Board at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., now an instructor in the physical education department at the University of Oregon. Initiation of members of Scroll and Script to the na tional, and a banquet at the Anchorage will follow installation ceremonies. The active student group of nine members will be installed at the 4 o’clock ceremony, while the initiation scheduled for 5 p. m., in the Women’s building will include both faculty and student members. Miss Grace Edging ton, dean of women, is toastmistress for the 6:15 banquet. Mrs. Anna Lands bury Beck, Miss Lillian Stupp, and Miss Lelaine West are on the program to respond with toasts. Ordinarily Mortar Board initiations are held out of doors but with the un certainty of the weather it was thought best to have these ceremonies indoors together with the installation. Tea Is Tradition One of the Mortar Board traditions, like that of Scroll and Script, is to give a tea for all women members of the junior class just before pledging. The pledging at Oregon will take place at the campus luncheon during Junior week-end. The national organization of Mortar Board was begun in 1918 and now has 18 chapters in various sections of the United States. At the last convention held at Swarthmore College during the first week of February of this year, only three petitions were granted out of 15 submitted. These were granted to Oregon, Texas and Idaho. Since the basis for membership consists of a scholastic average of a high III and prominent leadership in campus activi ties, the number who are eligible to membership in any given group of up perclassmen is necessarily small. From eight to 12 members in the active stu dent group is the average on the var ious campuses. The Mortar Board emblem is a small pin in black enamel with a miniature mortar board outlined in gold, and containing Greek letters. Nine Actives on List Active students who will be initia ted this afternoon are: Lelaine West, president; Emily Veazie, secretary; Helen Addison, treasurer; Helen Hoefer, Alice Tomkins, Felicia Perkins, Mar garet Jackson, Bernice Altstock and Inez King. The faculty honorary members are Mrs. E. E. DeCou, Miss Ida V. Turney, Mrs. Anna Landsbury Beck, and Miss Anne Hardy. The faculty alumni members are Grace Edgington, Mildred Hawes, Lois Laughlin, Marian Taylor, Isabelle Kidd and Mrs. Norma Dobie Solve. HONORARY HAS ELECTION At a meeting of Phi Delta Kappa, ed ucational fraternity, Wednesday night, the following officers were elected: President, Harold R. Benjamin; vice president, R. S. Dickerson; recording secretary, Charles E. Franseen; treasur er, Elbert H. Hoskin; corresponding secretary, P. L. Spencer. Minor Offices of Student Body Must Be Considered at Election Article IV Class Representatives, Yell Leader and Oregana Editor When the student first views his ballot at elections, May 9, he may be somewhat disconcerted at the number ef candidates for which he must vote— and he may do the easy thing, and vote merely for those in which he has a personal interest, or which he considers really important. Students who are inclined to feel that the “big” offices are the only ones whieh count in the actual mach inery of government are usually those not acquainted with the duties and res ponsibilities of the so-called “minor” offices. The yell leader and Oregana editor come in for their share of stu dent interest, but too often the class representatives on student and execu tive councils are considered too casually by the “constituency” which they will later represent. Particularly significant is the work of the junior man on the executive council. He is elected for a period of two years, which gives him a vote in the decision of student body matters during his junior and senior college years. The second year of his term be serves as chairman of the finance committee, which largely decides the financial policy of the associated stu dents. The senior woman is the only woman representative on the executive coun cil beside the secretary of the asso ciated students. The number of men on this council is in a great majority and (Continued on page four.) An Opportunity (Editorial.) Never has an Oregon coach been more popular than George Bohler. Never has the student body been so aroused as it has in the last few days. But it seems that Bohler is destined to go. The administration has announced that it will stand behind Bovard in his decision. Bo vard has declared that the incident is closed. Over a minor matter Oregon is to lose a man who cannot easily be replaced. And the students are solidly behind Bohler Student opinion should count for something, because no policy and no program can be completely successful without the backing of the students. If the administration would like to enlist student support for the plan of the School of Physical Education, it should prove that it can maintain harmonious relations with the coaches. If it were not for the trouble, year after year, the school and its dean would be on a sound footing, just as any other. Until that time students and alumni are somewhat in doubt. Bohler is too valuable to use in gym classes. The plan for intra mural athletics can best be stimulated by the example of clean and successful varsity athletics. Bohler can do more for the “athletics for everyone” program by putting out well-trained varsity teams than in any other way. And the fact remains that Bohler has taken charge of doughnut basketball and baseball in a satisfactory manner, and he will continue to do so if asked. It would be a wise thing if the school of Physical Education would try to get the support of the student body, rather than its antag onism. This incident is an opportunity. by phi skim pi Local Fraternity Is Seventh On List of Donors For Student Union Phi Sigma Pi is the seventh Uni versity organization to pledge $1,000 towards the erection of a Student Un ion building according to an announce ment made yesterday at the office of Lamar Tooze, chairman of the ten mil lion dollar gift campaign. Members of the fraternity unanimously voted to turn over to the campaign officials a promisory note for $1,000 payable at the end of ten years. No definite plan for raising the mon ey has been decided upon, says Don Woodward, president of the fraternity, but it is thought that it will be obtain ed by investment in an endowment pol icy. Other plans are under considera tion. Phi Sigma Pi is the second men’s living fraternity to add to the fund. Phi Kappa Psi was first. Hammer and Coffin, men’s honorary society com posed of members of Lemon Punch, University comic magazine, was second on the list of all organizations making donations. The complete list of all organizations to date that have desig nated their intentions to give $1,000 towards the Student Union fund are: Delta Gamma, Hammer and Coffin, Phi Kappa Psi, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Sigma Pi. Members of Phi Sigma Pi are; John Anderson, Ealph Poston, Spencer Trow bridge, Kenneth Cooper, Wallace Strane, Henry Karpenstein, Andrew Karpenstein, Frank Shontz, Edward Carleton, Donald Woodward, Ben Max well, Floyd Euch, Lewis Greene, Jack Lewis, Neil Page, Stuart Biles, Dewey Scarbrough, Thomas Graham, George Hillis, George Boss, Clifford Clausen, Harold Burkitt, Eue Mowrey, Theodore Janes, Marvin Blaha, Gerald Lawlor, Calvin Yoran, Harley Covalt, Edgar Buchanan and Eichard Hoyt. PLEDGING ANNOUNCED Sigma Pi Tau announces the pledg ing of Marvin W. Gragun, of Indian apolis, Indiana. YEARLINGS DEFEAT VISITING. PLAYERS Columbia Nine Yield Victory to Frosh, 4 to 3, In Hard Fought Struggle Two successive hits, one of them a three bagger, in the ninth inning, broke up a 3-3 deadlock and gained a 4 to 3 victory for the freshmen nine in their opening game of the season with Columbia university yesterday afternoon. The ninth inning finish rally was a fitting climax to a hard fought, well-played exhibition. Carl Frame opened the final strug gle with a triple to deep left field. Terrill followed with a pretty Texas leaguer over second and Frame coun tered with the winning run. Up to this time the contest was a pitcher’s battle between Lefty Carson, the frosh portsider, and Brower, also a south paw. Both of them hurled a good brand of ball. Carson allowed seven scattered hits and struck out seven men while Brower was touched up for nine safe blows and made seven frosh whiff the air. Up to the final session everything pointed to an extra inning struggle. ' The visitors jumped into the lead in the fourth inning when hits by Brow er and Schulmerick and a couple of passed balls netted two runs. The yearlings reversed the order in the next canto when they countered three runs on hits by Frame, Slade and Hobson, a sacrifice by Bittner and Harrison’s sftgle. This lead was short-lived how ever for in the next inning, the sixth, Columbia tied it up. Hicks, the big pitcher, who will hurl today, opened with a single, stole second, took third on a fielder’s choice and came in on Geenty’s sacrifice fly. Neither nine was able to score in the succeeding innings until the ninth as both hurlers were working nicely and receiving good support. The Lemon-Yellow babes showed up well for their first official contest of the season and only three errors were chalked up against them. Scriptures functioning at first despite his injured fingers got by in fairly good shape. Ter ril featured in left field with sever al sparkling catches. Bittner took everything that came his way without the semblance of an error. The rest of the line-up also came through in good style. Harrison led in the batting with three safe cracks in four times at bat. Hobson and Slade both batted .500 for the day. For Columbia the pitching of Brow er and the fielding of Logan featured. The two team will meet again this morning at ten o’plock. Score B H E Columbia . 3 7 2 Oregon Frosh . 4 9 3 Batteries, Frosh, Carson and Bliss; Columbia, Brower and Geenty. OWEN GETS SECOND PLACE George Owen representing the Uni versity at the Peace oratorical contest held in Salem last night received sec ond place in the contest. The speaker from the Oregon Agricultural College received first place and the representa tive of Willamette University received third honors. Owen was commended by the judges for his delivery. He will receive a prise of $25. ATHLETIC ISSUE CAUSES LULL III CAMPUS POLITICS Claude Robinson Will Not Be In Race For Presidency; Makes Denial ONE FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY Frank Carter Tosses Chapeau In Ring; Place on Council Sought by Chapman Although it appeared yesterday af ternoon that the Bovard-Bohler issue had temporarily eclipsed campus poli tics, late last night another man an nounced his chapeau was in the ring for a place on the A. S. U. O. executive machine as vice-president. This was Frank Carter. Also Hal Chapman beat the nine-o’clock deadline by a few minutes and announced his candidacy for senior man on the student council. Lester W. Smith seeks a position as jun ior man on the student council, and Gladyse Wright has announced she will be out for a place as senior woman on the student council. Miss Wright is the first to seek this office to date. One of the developments is the positive denial by Claude Robinson that he will run for the presidency. Robin son has been consistently mentioned for the position and it was not until yesterday that he made a public state ment. Zimmerman is still the only can didate in the field, although there is little possibility that the job will go uncontested. Frank Carter has been identified with two Homecoming commitees, acting as chairman, and last fall handled the registration of high school editors and student body presidents at the annual convention. He is a member of Alpha Kappa Pei and of the S. A. E. frater nity. He is chairman of the feature committee of the Junior prom. Harpld Chapman is a letterman in both football and basketball. He is a member of the Order of the O and of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Lester W. Smith is a charter mem ber of the Cosmopolitan club, and ac tive member of the Oregon club, and is now on the student friendship com mittee of the campus Y. M. C. A. He seeks the position as junior man on the student council. Gladyse Wright, the first to an nounce herself as candidate as senior woman on the student council. She is a member of Alpha Phi. Following the flood of announce ments yesterday there is likely to be a lull Until the first of the week. It will not be possible to make state ments of candidacy through the Sun day Emerald. Since nominations are Thursday it will be necessary for as pirants for student body jobs to come into the field either Tuesday or Wed nesday of next week. From all indica tions there will probably be dark horses in almost every race. jnuuiy i/aaiuuau» miiwwu It is almost certain that there will be more candidates for every position with the possible exception of the edi torship of the Oregana and the seat of junior man on the executive council. There are already two out for the former and two for the latter. The women of the University seem unusually reluctant to show their hands in the political game. The position of senior woman on the executive coun cil, which is considered highly desir able, as yet goes begging. And no junior women have yet declared them selves anxious to represent their class on the student council. The only other position without an aspirant is that of yell leader. At a re cent election the yell leader was made a member of the student council, which would lead to the conclusion that there would be several candidates. WRONG NAME PUBLISHED Margaret Alexander, not Mary Alex ander as given out Thursday by a news source to an Emerald reporter, is one of the candidates for vice-president of the Women’s League. Luella Hauslei is the other candidate for the position of vice-president. CORRECTION IS MADE The Mayday picnic of the school ol business administration will be helc on Wednesday afternoon, May 2, in stead of Tuesday, May 1, as stated ii a story in the Emerald of Thursdaj morning. Varsity Ccjach Whose Case Aroused Campus ueorge uomer SMALL AUDIENCE HEARS Entire Program Devoted To Classical Selections The eleventh annual home concert of the University Symphony Orchestra was given last night under the direc tion of Bex Underwood. The soloists were George Hopkins, pianist ,and Al erta Potter, violinist, faculty members of the University school of music. The outstanding number of the pro gram was Saint Saens’ “Concerto in G minor,” played by Georgo Hopkins accompanied by the orchestra. In this he displayed extraordinary technique and expression, showing most careful preparation, which was fully appreciat ed by the audience. Alberta Potter, in playing the “Fan tasie Appassionatto” of Vieuxtemps, again proved her ability to master the technical requirements of this difficult and well known solo. Miss Potter is a great favorite of the University aud iences. Mr. Underwood deserves much credit for his artistic and intelligent inter pretation of the well known classics pre sented. The “Gypsy Eondp,” trio, by Haydn added a touch of lightness and was especially interesting because of its decided rhythmic nature. Although the program was entirely classical, the small audience showed its thorough appreciation of the efforts of the orchestra and soloists. Miss Beulah Clark, a flutist of Port land, member of University orchestra for three years, returnod to play in the home concert. LEAGUE OFFICERS ELECTED Mabel Breckon was elected president of the Allied Arts League at a meet ing yesterday in the architecture build ing. The new vi*e-president is Clar ence Irwin, treasurer, Freda Bunes, and secretary, Helen Ball. Plans for an evening entertainment at the next jury day were discussed and it was agreed to appoint a committee of four to co operate with the presidents and vice presidents of the Sculpture Club, the Architecture Club and the Normal Arts Club in making arrangements. Dean Ellis F. Lawrence, of the school of architecture and allied arts, gave a short talk, emphasizing the unity of the arts as expressed in the new court poining the departments and asked that its spirit be observed in the jury day activities. Circulation of Petition Likely; Meeting Is Held UNIVERSITY HERD IS CONSUETED BY President Campbell Explains Situation; Dean Bovard Says Case Closed Developments in the case of George M. Bohler, varsity basketball and baseball coach, who has been practically dismissed by Dean Bovard of the school of physical education, were not of such a nature yesterday that it is as yet possible to predict the final outcome. A mass meeting of prominent campus men was held at noon yesterday with representatives from every house and from the Oregon club present. At this meeting the necessity of retaining George Bohler in his present capacity was expressed and the action of the physical education department in re fusing to O. K. his application was deplored. From this meeting a com mittee was appointed to draw up a petition to be signed by members of the student body requesting that Boh ler be retained at all hazards. The committee representing the men of the campus then waited on Presi dent Campbell to ascertain the view of the administration on the affair. The administration is pledged to support the action of the head of the school of physical education, and evidently the hope of the students, if they are to keep George Bohler here as coach, lies in Dean Bovard, who does the hiring and firing of men receiving all their wages from his department. Dean Bo vard refused yesterday to make any statement on the case. Campus Is Aroused The controversy continued to be the big topic of the day overshadowing the student elections which usually are the main topic of conversation about this time of the year. On one point all the students appear to be agreed and that point is that Bohler is too good a man to lose. It is believed by campus leaders that all the students are emi nently concerned with keeping Bohler at Oregon in his present capacity. In regard to the practical dismissal of Coach Bohler, President Campbell said he appreciated the student inter est but stated that the affair was a departmental affair that amounted practically to one of discipline and that the action of the administration could only bo one of backing up Dean Bovard in his stand. President Camp bell will give the committee a further audience this morning to go thorough ly into the case. As a last resort a petition will be circulated among the students to keep Bohler at Oregon, ac cording to present plans of the commit tee. It is believed that practically very student will sign such a petition if given the opportunity to go on rec ord as favoring the retention of Boh ler. ADVERTISING MEN TO TALK Joumalism Class to Hear Special Topics Discussed By Experts Three well known Portland adver tising men will talk to the advertising class of the school of journalism on special subjects within ths next few weeks. Professor W. F. G. Thacher each year arranges for advertising ex perts to address the class on practical problems in the advertising fields. Mr. John Dolph, former Oregon stu dent and now associated with W. S. Kirkpatrick agency will speak Wednes day, May 2, on advertising psychology. Mr. Dolph has done special research work along this line. Joseph Gerber, manager of the Arcady Press, will talk to the class the,'following Monday. Another Oregon graduate, Maurice Hyde, will tell the student advertisers about the work of a retail advertising manager. Mr. Hyde, who is advertis ing manager of Lipman Wolf Co., will speak to the <d«ss Monday, May 22.