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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1923)
Pentathlon Records Will Be Engraved; Scott Praises the Work After the completion of the last Phy sical Ability test given in the first part of May the five highest point men in each class have been selected to have their names put on the new physical ability pen tathlon plaque that has been given to the physical education department by Arthur Hendershott of the Eugene Gun store. The plaque has been ordered and is ex pected to arrive soon. It will be larger than the one now hanging in the office in the men’s gymnasium and will have enough space on it to include the five high point men in each class for three years. The men and their scores are: Seniors—Willis Kays 113; Del Ober teuffer 91; Ceeil Bell 91; Arthur Larson ,83; and Floyd Bowles 75. Juniors—Lyle Palmer 115; Phil Ringle 109; Virden Hockett 101; James Ross 85; and George Bliss 85. Sophomores—Jack Lewis 101; Ben Virden 93; Don Woodward 93; Lowell Angell 89; and Dwight French 89. Freshmen—Eugene Richmond 119; Myron Goodell 105; Delmar Fairbanks 103; Lyle Nosier 97; and Fred Harri son 93. The freshmen come first with a total of 517 points, juniors seconds with 495, sophomores third with 465 points and seniors last with 453. Haddon Rockhey still retains his place as individual high point man with 131 , while Eugene Rich mond holds the record this year with 119 points. Harry Scott of the physical education department was well pleased with the in terest shown in the pentathlon. “There has been a great deal of interest shown in the physical ability test this year and over 200 men have enjoyed the privileges of the test which is considerably greater than the number last year]” One of the best things about the phy sical ability pentathlon, according to Scott, is that it shows a man what he can do in comparison with other men. With the standard test for all its shows a man how he stands physically and if he stands low he will have some incentive to try to become better in his weak points. Men who have passed the test have developed into good athletes because in passing the test they have had an opportunity to choose a sport that appeals to them, one in which they take a great deal of in terest and have an Opportunity to be Don’t trust that lace dress to the tub It can be cleaned without a rub. ESE - come proficient under personal in struction. Scott gave the example of one man who was awkward when he first came to college, but after he had passed the physical ability, chose boxing as his sport and with expert instruction de veloped into an excellent boxer. Several of the men on the varsity and freshmen swimming teams were not var sity material at all when they first came to college but they have developed their swimming ability through passing the test and electing swimming as their sport. Another advantage of the test pointed out by Scott is the development of do nut men. After passing the test the men may choose a sport in which they can become reasonably proficient and good enough to play do-nut sports. Next year the range of elective sports for physical ability men will be greatly increased by the addition of a tennis instructor to the staff of the department. An instructor in golf was added to the staff this year. THE BEE’S KNEES AIN’T; THE SNAKE’S HIPS ALSO (Continued from page one.) and when to wear ’em. This display will last thorughout the drive. Thursday is the crucial point of the campaign. Strongly fortified with the usual three meals the girls involved will have to go about their day’s labor seeming natural. A 5 o ’clock, however, the effort will have proven too great; the strain will break down each res pective and respected girl, collectively and collectedly, they will meet at 5 p. m. of that fated afternoon in Vil lard, and, in front of the Woman’s League, will talk on posture. Lucille Branstetter will do most of the talk ing. No slams intended, Lucille, so don’t take any at me next time we pass on the street. The crowning event is in the evening. Girls of the department will go to each of the women’s houses and conduct posture examinations. Some sort of cup, trophy, mug, platter, or dish will doubtless be given to the winning or ganization. n The vital point of this last event however, is that the senior girls of the inspecting party will wear sombreros. They also say that this is not to be a man’s party. But at some point along the route the writer is going to station himself behind a telephone pole to wit ness what must be an unusual sight. Senior women wearing senior sombre ros. Boy, we want to see that! FROSH COMPETE IN TENNIS Elimination Tourney to Decide Team to Play Rooks now Down to Four With only four men left in the fresh man elimination tennis tournament there will be keen competition for the two highest on the list to go to Corvallis, along with the Varsity tennis team, to play the rooks June 2. The four men in order are Van Waters, Stevens, Par elius and Slattery. These men, with the exception of Slattery, played in the meet with Salem High school last Thursday. The finals in the elimniation will be con ducted so that a man may Challenge any man immediately above or second above him, but not the third. All challenges must be accepted. | After Every Meal WRKLEYS Chew your food well, then use WRIGLEY'S to aid digestion. It also keeps the teeth clean, breath sweet, appetite keen. Thm Gnat American Swaatmaat FOR BETTER DIGESTION ill Sordon "'Arrows h i rt <1>^ade of a better oxford, in a fine, tailor-like way. The collar is the work of the expert Arrow Collar makers. The cuffs have buttons or are the French link model CLUETT. PEABODY if CO. Inc. _ S3. CO MAKERS ID END TRAINING Moe Sax and Hal Chapman to Lead Opposing Teams Thursday, May 31 There is to be a football game Thurs day, May 31, according to the coaches, whic* will give the spectators the thrills of a fall contest. Two teams are to be picked, as nearly equal as possible, and each trained separately with different sets of signals. These will be pitted against one another in the grand finale which will wind up a strenuous season of spring training. Moe Sax will act as quarter and cap tain for one team, while Hal Chapman or Louie Anderson (last year’s freshamn quarter) will bark signals and act as diplomatic officer for the other. Each team will have its own substitutes, ac cording to Shy Huntington. “Bart and I will work with both,” he continued, “although each outfit will act as an in dividual unit.” In speaking of the coming contest, Bart Spellman claimed that it is to be a square mix. “If we catch any one trying to sneak his opponents signals, we’ll millrace ’em,” he contended em phatically. With the completion of the frosh track season, last year’s yearling captain, Bob Mautz, has an opportunity to devote his afternoons wholly to football; and An derson also gets a chance to play. Vic Bracher lately joined the ranks of former L. N. P’s., who are spending their af ternoons and early evenings cavorting about the sawdust lot. Sylvester Stevens, 180-pound freshman guard, who sprained his ankle in last Thursday’s practice, is recovering speedi ty, but will probably not be in any fur ther scrimmages this year. “He is one of the best natural football men I have seen for a long time,” said Bart. With the end of the season only eight days away, the coaches are planing a per iod of intensive training which will en able the men to absorb all the football lore possible before next fall’s grind com mences. Scrimmage has been again abandoned for a few days while the men review the lesson taught before the tack ling dummies were wrecked. Going down under punts and nailing the man catch ing the ball seems to afford the coaches ample opportunity for criticism. When they tire of that, catching forward passes, running signals or line-bucking exercises serve to keep everyone busy. Scrimmage is promised soon again, however, by both coaches. SWISS FOLK LORE AND COLOR IN OPERETTA (Continued from page one) maker of the village, Nicholas Keller. This is the critical point in the drama for the clock must be perfect. The political aspirations of the bail iff, Landoldt von Brune, who is of noble descent, and the desire of Austria to regain her hold upon the little Swiss village, give to the drama its element of conflict. A elockmaker’s shop and an inn are settings for the action, with a mountain background of the high Alps. Cos tumes are in accord with the historical period and mode of life. Anna Landsbury Beck, author of the opera, has been connected with the University school of music at Eugene since 1917. Her specialty is choral directing and the training of teachers of public school music. Leads in “The Hour Hand” are taken by Arthur Johnson of Portland and Florence Garrett of Hillsboro. The University Orchestra will play all ac companiments for the opera, which is being produced under Mrs. Beck’s per sonal direction. There has been some talk in music circles on the campus of takiig the folk opera to Portland later in the spring, but nothing definite has been decided as yet. The cast for “The Hour-Hand” is as follows: Arnold Erlach, owner of a herd . ...,. Arthur Johnson Frieda Keller, the elockmaker’s daughter . Florence Garrett Nicholas Keller, the master clock maker . Aubrey Furry Landoldt von Brune, the bailiff, known as the jovial tyrant . . Robert McKnight Heinrich, an Austrian spy . . Alfred Myers Gertrude Gehrhardt, who serves the guests at the tavern....Bernice Alstock Albrecht Furst, apprentice to the clockmaker . Wayne AkeTi i Marie, the cheese girl . Ruth Akerf I Katherine, the wine girl . . Marvel Skeel: [ . Peter and Theodore, Austrian messen gers . Dale Cooley, Russell Browr Frederick, a cow herd... Wilbur Phillip: Reginald Montague, a traveler from England . Curtis Phillip: Village maids and swains: Helga Me Grew, Marian Linn, Dorothy Poll] Neva Service, Rose MeGrew, Jr., Hil dred Hall, Margaret Phillips, Alici Baker, Aurica Johnson, Winston Cald well, James Leek, Jack High, Tei Larson, Morris Eben. • ABOVE ALL LAW” AT CASTLI Twenty sleek, tawny, man eatinj j tigers are unannounced members o I the cast of the Paramount picture “Above All Law.” Their pay consistei of three pounds of steak per day, am if any actors ever worked diligentl; ' for their wages, these black and ta: felines did. They put so much pep into tlieir work that one of the leading men, who was required to go into their den and become closely acquainted with them, will carry souvenirs of the occasion for some time to come. The I picture, which is one sucession of tlirill jing action and lavish settings, is sche j duled for presentation at the Castle I today only. The cast is excellent. CO-ED BALL TEAMS TO PLAY 0. A. C. MAY 26 Oregon Women Reported to Have a Strong Lineup for Games in Inter class Intercollegiate Meet Women’s interclass intercollegiate baseball games with O. A. C. will be played here May 26 and support of the various class teams is urged by Miss Emma Waterman, who has been coach ing the players. Seats will be placed along cemetery ridge for spectators for the junior and sophomore games which will be played on the women’s diamond behind the Woman’s building. The senior hitters have the strong est lineup this season. Seven of their players are members of last year’s var sity. The juniors have three of last year's varsity and the sophomores have a god lineup with Grace Sullivan and Mary Hathaway, who did good work against the 0. A. C. ten last season. For the last three years Oerogn’s co-ed teams have had but one defeat ch&lked against them by their rivals. The officials for the games will be Mrs. Elsie Centro, of Portland, Miss Carin Degermark, Portland, Maude Lombard of the Eugene public schools and Miss Emily Perry, Tacoma, Wash ington, an Oregon graduate and for two years a member of the women’s ball team. Following is the schedule of the games: 10 o’clock—seniors, men’s varsity diamond. 10 o’clock—juniors, women’s dia mond. 2 o’clock—sophomores, Women’s diamond. 2 o’clock—freshmen, U. H. 8. dia mond. PHI KAPPA PSI WINS 19 TO 4 Sigma Nus Get Worst of One Sided Score in Week’s First Game In the first do-nut baseball game played this week the Phi Kappa Psi team walked through the Sigma Nu nine in the four innings played by the lop-sided score of 19 to 4. The game was scheduled at 5 o’clock but before the winners had batted four times around in the four innings it was past quitting time. With six runs in the first inning, seven in the second, three in the third and three in the fourth to the credit of the Phi Psi’s against only four for themselves, the Sigma Nu’s gave it up as a bad .job. Wallace and DePaul, the Sigma Nu pitchers, were hit all over the field and this coupled with fielding errors threw their chances to the wind. Tay lor pitching for the Phi Psi’s played a good game and had excellent support in the field. He was relieved by Peterson in the last part of the game who also played good ball. La Londe and Sin clair at the backstop for the winners did good work also. Wallace, at first for the losers showed up well also. SUMMER WORK ARRANGED One Education Professor to Remain Here; Several to Teach Elsewhere Only one member of the school of education faculty will be on the sum mer school staff this year. Prof. F. L. Stetson will have charge of the school at the summer session. Members of the staff who are teaching elsewhere in clude Prof. B. W. DeBusk, who will teach at the southern branch of the Un iversity of California, H. R. Douglass, who will teach at the Lewiston, Idaho Normal school. Neither Dean H. D. Sheldon or Prof. C. A. Gregory will teach. Of the faculty of the University high sclipol, Mrs. G. O. Goodall, R. S. Dick erson and E. L. Hoskin will teach the U. II. 8. summer school, while P. Ij. Spencer is to teach at the southern Ore gon branch of the Normal school at Ashland. Mrs. Edith Pattee, Mrs. As senheimer, and Harold Benjamin will not teach, and it is probable that Miss Ethel Wakefield will go to Alaska again this summer. WRITERS FURNISHING ROOM Theta Sigma Phi Members Plan to Have Study Place Ready Next Week I Bright blue is the predominating col j or in the women’s rest room in the old journalism shack which is being fur nished by the members of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s national journalism fra ternity for the use of the journalism I women in college. The members of Theta Sigma Phi ! plan to have the rest room as a place where women taking journalism can i come to read anil study. They expect to have it ready for use by next week. “RED PEPPER" SHOWS TONIGHT ■ After enjoying a tremendously suc • ! cessfiri run at the Shubert Theatre, [ ! New York, McIntyre and Heath will play at the Heilig Theatre in “Red Pepper” tonight only. The engagement II of McIntyre and Heath here means ; 1 the laBt word in hilarity, as the comedy ' I efforts of these noted players is just , | one good laugh after another, while I a new quip from McIntyre or Heath 1 travels like wildfire throughout the ' town. “Red Pepper” perhaps is the i most elaborate musical comedy in which McIntyre and Heath have ever starred. OREGON GRADUATE WILL STUDY LAW AT HARVARD Ralph Hoeber, Assistant in Economics to Leave Oregon at End of This Year Ralph Hoeber, ’21, who has been do ing graduate work and part time teach ing in the University for the past two years, will enter Harvard this fall for a three-year course in the law school. Last year Mr. Hoeber taught two classes in‘economic history in the University and also taught in the labor college in Portland, instructing in two courses, money and banking, and foun dation of economic sciences, the latter course having been organized by Mr. Hoeber especially for the labor group. He has also offered a course in the prin ciples of economics for the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Banking. This year in the University he lias instructed in law English and has given cello lessons in the school of music. Mr. Hoeber will take his M. A. de gree this spring having majored in eco nomics. It is possible that he will re ceive a scholarship at Harvard for which he has made application. As an undergraduate Mr. Hoeber won the state oratorical contest (jnd was pre sented with the University forensic shield, having been active two years in debate and two years in oratory. He was also president of the orchestra for two years. QUARTET TO BE PRESENTED Three University Musicians Will Flay in Louis Victor Saar’s Composition '' Rex Underwood, instructor in violin, in the school of music, recently received a letter from David Campbell, director of the Ellison-WJiite conservatory of music, in Portland, asking him to pre sent a piano quartet, written by Louis Victor Saar, of the Chicago Music col lege. Mr. Saar is to give a course at the summer session of the conservatory and has asked that the quartet be play ed, since he considers it one of his best compostions. The quartet is written for piano, violin, viola and cello and will be presented shortly after Mir. Saar’s arrival, June 19. The different parts of it will be played by Aurora Potter Underwood, pianist, Alberta Potter, viola, Rex Underwood, violin, and a Portland cellist. “WONDERS OF THE SEA” AT REX In ’’Wonders of the Sea,” today and Thursday at the Rex, the secrets of the famous exploration apparatus are thril lingly shown, taking the audience under the sea through the marvelous sea gar dens, with their sea plumes, fans, corals, beautifully colored tropical fish. There are slow motion pictures, the first ever taken below the surface of the sea, and some remarkably beautiful pictures of a swimming girl. A vicious barracuda, which is quicker to attack than a shark adds a thrill to the film, while a touch of tragedy is given by the scenes of the great schools of fish about the sunken ships. MONDAY, MAY 28th LEE SHUBERT Presents MR. LEO DITRICHSTEIN in the Romantic Melodrama “The Purple Mask” and Cast of 30 Prices 75e to $2.50. Mail or ders now. Seat sale Saturday, 10 A. M. We are open for busi ness at ALL Hours We serve GOOD meals and the prices are right Nuf sed! Depot Lunch IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Betsy Ross Bread University Bakery 14th and Mill Phone 71 Wednesday, May 23 PRICES—Floor $2.50, $2.00. Balcony $2.00, $1.50, $1.00, 75c. SEAT SALE NOW Curtain 8:25 THE WORLD'4 GREATEST FUN J'HOW 4 WITH x juBilEC CA«5T Ot' ' PR'kCiRMjJ in RED PEPPER ATTENTION! CALIFORNIA STUDENTS Go Home by Stage Pickwick Stage, Inc., daily service to Los Angeles and all points north in California. A three days trip to San Francisco, 14 hours from San Francisco to Los Angeles, passengers rest at night. Fare to San Francisco.$1 8.50 Fare to Los Angeles .$30.35 44 Hours by “Steamship Cuba” The fastest boat to San Francisco; electrically driven; leaves Portland every Saturday. Fare $24.00. For further inform ation write Bollam Steamship Agency 122 Third Street Portland, Oregon