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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1923)
Oregon Daily Emerald Member of Pacific Inercolleglate Press Association Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued daily «eept Monday, during the college year. KENNETH YOTJEL ---.EDITOR Editorial Board Managing Editor ____Phil Brogan Associate Editors_:-----Ep Hoyt, Inez King Associate Managing Editor __Art Budd Copy Supervisor __-__—Jessie Thompson Daily News Editors John Piper Freds Goodrich Ted Janes Ben Maxwell Don Woodward Leon Byrne Taylor Huston Night Editors Edward Carleton Junior Seton Leonard Lerwill Sports Editor ......Edwin Fraser Sports Writers: Alfred Erickson, Kenneth Cooper. News Service Editor_Rachel Chezexn Information Chief: Rosalia Keber; As sistants : May belle Kins', Pauline Bondurant. Feature* _Monte Bren I r. I. N. S. Editor _Florin* Packard I ...Katherine Watson .Margaret Sheridan Dramatics Music News staff: Clinton Howard, Genevieve Jewell, Anna Jerzyk, Geraldine Root, Margaret Bkavlan, Norma Wilson, Henryetta Lawrence, Jeanne Gay, George Stewart, Katherine Spall, Lester Turnbaugh, Florence Walsh, Marian Lowry, Marion Lay, Mary Jane Dustin, George ianna Gerlinger, Agnes Driscoll, Webster Jones, Margaret Vincent, Margaret Morrison, George Belknap, Phyllis Coplan, Eugenia Strickland, Herbert Powell, Helen Reynolds. Business Staff LYLE JANZ __.MANAGER ASSOCIATE MANAGER Advertising Service Editor Circulation Manager ..LEO MUNLY ..Randolph Kuhn Gibson Wright Assistant Circulation Manager ______—...Kenneth Stephenson Adv. Assistants_Maurice Warnock, Lester Wade, James Leake, Herman Blaesing Entered in the poetoffice at Eugene, Oregon as second-class matter. Subscription rates, U.26 per year. By term, 75c. Advertising rates upon application. Business Manager_951 Editor _656 Dally News Editor This Issue Leonard Lerwill Night Editor This Issue Junior Seton Athletic Prospects Are Bright Athletics at Oregon are closed for another year. From the stand point of victories won the year has not been successful. Save in foot ball, where the Webfoot eleven tied for the Northwest conference championship, and basketball, in which sport the Webfoot five made a game fight for the pennant, Oregon had rather tough going. The track team lost all its engagements; in baseball Oregon was able to win but three games in 18 starts; in wrestling all matches were lost and in tennis Oregon finished at the bottom, yet in spite of the disasters of the current season and of other seasons in the near back ground, the immediate athletic future looks very rosy. In football, despite the fact that many tried and true wearers of the most prized of all Oregon athletic emblems—the football letter—j have played their last on the grid for the Lemon-Yellow, prospects for a winning team were never better. In line and backfield alike there is an abundance of excellent material to fill in,—material of proven ability. An ideal schedule has been arranged by the graduate manager and Oregon looms next fall as a contender for the champion ship in football. In basketball anil baseball prespects were never better. Men are enrolled in the University at the present time skilled in both these sports and men of such marked ability that championships are de cided possibilities. These men are in school now and if they remain eligible Oregon’s performance on court, and diamond next year will threaten the supremacy of all comers. But that part of the prop osition has ever been the “nigger” in Oregon’s woodpile. Keeping men eligible—that is the problem of Oregon’s successful competition in all sports. Men have been here and then are gone; men who might have rounded out championship teams or won points in track, but many of those men have never materialized, they have never com peted for Oregon because of poor scholarship. The situation in track this year was a typical one. In January Hayward had a team together that might have given any aggregation real competition. In May, with the coming of the meets, an ill bal anced team minus several stars took the field. Oregon lost where she might have won because a few men did not realize that after all scholarships, even though it be but a fashion, must take precedence over everything else while one is at college. Another thing that keeps men who are entitled to represent their alma mater off court or gridiron in that inane and irresponsible ruling of the Pacific Coast conference, which is said to be noticed or obeyed only by Oregon. This rule, which has kept Oregon men on the sidelines when they might well have been in the game, re quires that a man to be eligible for conference competition must have five earned hours for every failure. A few errors in judgment in picking courses in the freshman year for a good athlete who is perhaps but an average student might keep him on the sidelines for two long years even though he secured nothing, we’ll say below a III, after his freshman year. If, for example, he lost 25 hours during his first year, which many people not athletes have done, he would have to make 125 hours before participation. The four-fifths rule is an old bit of legislation and a poor one. Why it was brought back to life passeth all understanding. College Clippings Cheaters Names Will be Printed— Names of all students who are found guilty of cheating in college work at O. A. will have their names printed. The penalty will be part of the punish- j meat imposed in all eases where rec ommendation is made by the committee to promote honesty in academic work. Students Charged with Kidnapping Negro—Three students at the I'uiver- ■ sitv of Indiana are charged with kid 1 napping a negro member of the uni- j versitv band to prevent him from play- j ing with the organization at a Purdue- ' Indiana football game. Prosh "Romeo" Wooes 397 Co-eds—' A frosh “Romeo” at the-University of Southern California admits that he has proposed to 397 co-eds. His system, lie states, is to note carefully every girl ; who smiles at him. get her name and address at the registrar's office and then call at her home and put the ques 1 tiun. lie lias proposed to at least one girl in every house ami declares that sorority houses are mere matrimonial bureaus in that institution. Women enter the university for the main pur pose of getting a husband, he declared. DOROTHY DALTON AT REX TODAY "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” is an adage that is es pecially applicable to a motion picture production unit on location. And the Irvin Willat company, making the Par amount picture, “Fog Bound,” which is playing at the Rex today, was no ex ception to the rule. Between scenes, the fishing fever caught hold of Miss Dalton, and her spare moments found her with David Powell, her leading man and the other players seated on the banks of some nearby stream trving her luck at angling. But everyone knows how nice and slippery are the shores of these jungle lakes, and one day, before anyone coud act, the star found herself paddling about merrily in four feet of water. Get the Classified Ad habit. CAMPUS BULLETIN = ■ ■■■■■--- ' - - = I Notice* will be printed in this column for two issues only. Copy must be in this office by 4:84 on the day before it is to be published and must be limited to XI wads. Pan Xenia—Important meeting today noon at the Anchorage. Oregon Knights—Final meeting of term will be held Thursday night at 7:30. Crossroads—Meets Thursday 7:30 p. m., at the Alpha Tau Omega house. R. O. T. C Uniforms—All students are asked to turn in their uniforms to the barracks this week Phi Mu Alpha—Important meeting Thursday noon at the Anchorage. Election of officers. Both Glee Clubs—Rehearse both Wed nesday and Thursday for Baccalaur eate; M. E. Church, 5 p. m. California Club—Meeting Wednesday night in room 105 Commerce building at 7:30. Election of officers. Baseball—This year’s baseball letter men meet in Bohler’s office Thurs day at 4 o’clock. Important. Eutaxians—Meet Wednesday noon at Anchorage. Last meeting of year. Important. All members be there. Dance Drama—All girls who took part in the dance drama meet in the Wo man ’s building tonight (Wednesday) 7:45. Important meeting. Spanish Club Banquet—Wednesday evening, 6:15. Anchorage. Call Edythe Wilson. 1307, for reservations. Installation of new officers. Seniors—Important meeting at Villard hall today at 5 p. m. The Albert Prize will be awarded and other important matters discussed. • Emerald Staff—All members of Emer ald staff and invited former members are asked to initial names on jour nalism bulletin board at once. Hawthorne Club—Meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Woman’s building. Dr. Wheeler will give a paper on Modern Experimental Studies on Emotion. Temineds—There will be a meeting at the Woman’s building today at 5 p. m. The last meeting of the year and all members are asked to come. Junior Women—Members of the Y W. C. A. draw names at Y. W. C. A. Bungalow to get names of senior wo men for senior breakfast Lottery closes Thursday night. Summer Camp—Orders for the men go ing to summer camp have been re ceived and those planning to make the trip are asked to call for them at the military department. Masons—The Craftsmen Club will meet at the Anchorage on Thursday, June 7, at 6:00 p. .m This will be the final meeting of this year. All mem bers are urged to be there. Women’s Tennis—Final tennis schedule posted in gym of Woman’s building. Team players please note all games must be played off by this Satur day to determine class champions. THREE SENIORS SIGNIFY INTENT TO GIVE ORATION Kelsey Quilfoil, Leith Abbott and Paul Patterson Will Appear in Contest for Beekman Prize > The Failing-Beekman orations are scheduled to be given on the night of June 22. In past years these have formed one of the biggest events of Commence ment week at the University, but so far this year but three seniors have defin itely signified that they intend to com pete in the contest, but it is expected that more will compete. These three are Kelsey Guilfoil, Leith Abbott and Paul Patterson. There are two prizes offered. The firs1 prize is known as the Failing prize and amounts to $150. It is derived from the annaul income from a $25,000 investment made for the University about 1890 by the Hon. Henry Failing of Portland. The second prize is $100 and is known as the Beekmau prize. It is derived in a similar manner from an investment of i' about $10,000 made for the University by the Hon. C. C. Beekmau of Jackson-: ville, Oregon. Last year Elaine Cooper, at present! assisting in the public speaking depart ment, won the Failing prize, and Wilbur Hoyt the Beekman prize. The contest is open to members only of the graduating class. A. S. U. 0. OFFICERS FETED Margaret Jackson, Outgoing Secretary, Hostess at Annual Dinner Last night the incoming and the re tiring officers of the student body were feted at a dinner at the Alpha Chi Omega house. Margaret Jackson, the1 outgoing seretary, acted as hostess. This ■ is an annual affair honoring the incum bents of the student body posts and their successors. The president, president-elect, vice- j president, and his successor, and the: rest of the throng on down the list, including the yell king ond his succes sor, were present. About 35 students to gether with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bene- i fiel enjoyed the hospitality of the Al pha Chi Omegas. MISS HAIR TO DELIVER ADDRESS Miss Mozelle Hair, secretary of the extension division, will give the high school commencement address at Wend- L ling tonight. Her subject will b<? ••The': Road to Olympus.” IENCE WALSH WINS BENNETT ESSAY PRIZE Clarence Eagy and Leonard Lerwill Get Mention The Bennett prize of $20 for the best essay on the subject of the principles of free government was awarded to Florence Walsh, of Helena, Montana. Miss Walsh is a sophomore in journal ism in the "University. The title of Miss Walsh’s essay was “The Importance of Uniform Marriage and Divorce Laws.” Leonard Lerwill, a junior in journal ism in the University and Clarence Eagy, a junior in education were the other two contestants. Lerwill chose as the subject for his essay “Limiting the Supreme Court’s Power,” and Eagy used as the title of his theme “Dangers to the First Institution—the Home.” The subject matter of Eagy’s and Miss Walsh’s essays was the same. Miss Walsh’s essay won the unani mous vote of the judges who were: Justice Lawrence T. Harris of the State Supreme Court, Bichard W. Montague, a Portland attorney and Alfred Powers of the University ex tension division. Lerwill and Eagy tied for honorable mention. George King won the prize last year. The money for the Bennett prizes is derived from the interest of a gift of $400 by Phiol Sherman Bennett of New Haven, Connecticut. Several colleges and universities throughout the country have the Bennett prizes. COST DATA IS GATHERED Questionnaires Are Mailed to 8,042 Betail Merchants of State Questionnaires are being mailed to 8,042 retailers in Oregon by the bureau of business research of the graduate department school of business admin istration, for the purpose of obtaining data on the cost of doing retail busi ness. The blanks are being sent to retailers in every possible line of mer chandise from agricultural implements and garage supplies to women’s wear. Every retailer is being sent a question naire, regardless of whether he is a member of the Retail Merhants asso ciation or not. An office has been fitted up in room 10 of the Commerce building from where the work of the bureau of busi ness reserach is being carried on. The mailing of the requests for confi dential data is the result of a request made at the convention of the Oregon Retail Merchant’s association on the campus last winter. It is the first activity of the newly organized bureau of business research, although it is the plan of the school to extend the service of the bureau later on to wholesale busi ness and manufacturing plants. For the present, however, the retail costs will occupy the attention of the re search bureau. DINNER DANCE AT OSBURN BY U. H. S. SENIORS Class of 25 Graduate; Miss Wakefield Acting as Advisor The palm rom of the Osborn hotel was the scene of the dinner dance given by the senior class of the University high school Saturday night. Covers were laid for 24, which included the 22 seniors and two guests, Miss Ethel Wakefield, the class adviser, and Ben Maxwell. The table was decorated in the class colors, pink and lavender with favors of :orsages and boutonniers. Places were narked with clever cards, with pictures jf boys and girls in quaint costumes. To show their appreciation of her vork for them, the class presented Miss Wakefield with a pair of lusterware can dlesticks in rich orange shades, with Hatching candles of black and orange. Those who will graduate with the class jf ’23 are: Robin Jones, Alice Arman rout, Maybrey Strong, Bertha -Ashby, Bertha Hanks, Charlotte Platt, Florence Potampa, Virginia Gray, Edna English, Tertrude Gum, Louie Maxwell, Ora Ol son, Helen Shinn, May Tolle, Florence Armsworthy, Hugh Lynch, Emmett Tones, Robert Giffen, Alfons Korn, Hu bert Yearian, Donald McCormick, Ted Rueh, Clarance Bradley, Sylvester Win gard and J. A. Neb res. COUNCIL TO PICK MANAGER Business Head for Oregana to be Se lected by Executive Body The last meeting of the Executive Council for this year will be held to night. The newly elected council mem bers will be the guests and it is likely that Virgil Earl, newly elected athletic director, will be present. The business to be taken up is the selection of a manager for the Oregana for next year. Several names have been sent in and announcement of the selec tion will be made after the meeting tonight. The council will also decide upon the awards in baseball, track and tennis, and the glee club and orchestra pins and debate shields to be awarded. SORORITY NAMED IN SUIT 53000 Indemnity Asked by Woman for Injuries Received from Accident Alpha Delta Pi sorority was yester iay made defendent in a damage suit, died by Mrs. Anna Bohlman. The imount which Mrs. Bohlman asks is >3000 for injuries received when she ‘fell into an unguarded roadway, sue taining broken bones and other injur ies.” According to one of the girls, the accident occured when Mrs. Bohlman was acting as a substitute cook for the sorority. At that time the girls did all they could in the way of helping her and thought the incident closed until their attention was called to the impending suit. Mrs. Bohlman alleges “carelessness and negligence on the part of members for failure to place guards or other protective devices where the accident occurred,” were the causes for the mis hap. A FABLE IN FIGURES The Income sheet of a genius who earned his way through Oregon. He died soon afterward. Editorship of the Emerald (de ducting $20.00 for cigarettes) ... $550.00 Failing prize (take cut 30 cents for cough drops) . 149.70 Murray Warner prize . 50.00 The Bennett prize . 20.00 Albert prize . 25.00 The Alumni prize (they all had a good Homecoming . 25.00 Edison Marshall prize (less 60 cents expended for 3 copies of “Snappy Stories”) . 14.00 Koyl Cup (hocked it for silver) ... 1.22 Total for the Year .$835.32 BARTHELMESS STARS AT CASTLE Richard Barthelmess has given to the screen another classic of the silent drama. Greater even than his former mastework, “Tol’able David,” is his new contribution, “The Bright Shawl,” at the Castle Theatre today last day. Barthelmess has the role of a young American, Charles Abbott, who, on a visit to Havana, becomes so tremen dously interested in the cause of the downtrodden Cubans that he decides to espouse it. Dorothy Gish contributes perhaps the finest screen performance of her career as La Clavel. “BRASS” AT HEILIG TODAY That the place of the mother-in-law may be in the home, but not in the home of the daughter and son-in-law is a truth proved time and time again in divorce courts all over the country. It leads to bushels of trouble in “Brass” the screen adaption of Charles G. Norris’ novel of marriage and di vorce coming to the Heilig three days beginning Wednesday. Philip and Mar jorie Baldwin, the principal characters in the story, get along beautifully. Get the Classified Ad habit. and give yonr stomach a lilt. Provides ” the bit of sweet** In beneficial form. 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