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Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME XXV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1923 NUMBER 3 SHIELDS GIVEN COACHING PLACE Former Football Star Is Made Assistant To Huntington; Will Coach Second Team ATHLETIC BUDGET PASSED Permit Is Granted Women’s League to Control Conces sions for Year by Council Archie Shields, well known Oregon grid star was appointed assistant to Shy Huntington and Bart Spellman on the varsity coaching squad and Bob Earl, one of last year’s frosh coaching staff, was given his old position at a slight increase in salary at the first meeting of the executive council for the University year 1923-24, last night. Earl Will Assist Shields will have supervision over the second team in varsity practioe. His years of work under the Oregon coaching system will make him a val uable addition to the staff, in the opinion of campus fans. The appoint ment of Earl to assist with the fresh men became necessary because of the large numbers of aspirants for berths on the yearling nine. Williams and Reinhart had too much to do to take care of the 70 frosh who are out and it was thought the addition of Earl would do much to keep interest awake among the men of ’27. The annual football budget for the year was discussed and passed. The budget calls for the expenditure of $30,260 and estimates that the income will be $32,950 from ten games. Big Return Expected Discussion of the Oregon-O. A. C. game brought out the fact that the Oregon grandstand holds more specta tors than that of O. A. C. General admission for seats will probably be $1.50 this year and $2.00 and $2.50 for grandstand seats. This is compared to a set rate of $5.00 which is being charged at many California games. It is estimated that the Homecoming classic will bring $11,500 into the A. S. U. O. coffers. This is expected to be the greatest revenue getter. The Stanford game estimate of $10,000 is next. Football Self-supporting The returns from the football season did not include any money from stud ent body tickets. “Football is self supporting and funds from student body tickets will be diverted to other activities,” said Jack Benefiel, grad uate manager, in explanation. Georgia Benson, president of Wo men’s league, asked that the league be permitted to sell food at football games. It was voted to allow food to be sold from booths. Francis Altstock and Phil Ringle will manage the sale. The league was also given the food concession for the baseball season next spring. Professor H. C. Howe told the council of the recent coast conference meet ing in Portland. SMOKER DATE CONTUSED ON SOCIAL CALENDER Due to a mistake in the social cal ender the “Y’’smoker, scheduled for Friday night, the 5th, will not take place. This affair was confused with the all-men’s smoker held at the gym nasium last Friday night. PLEDGING ANNOUNCED Phi Sigma Pi announces the pledging of Harold Kirk, of Oregon City. Chi Psi announces the pledging of Ben Lombard, of Portland. Statue is Made By Art Student An 18 inch study for a proposed monument to the memory of Til Taylor, former sheriff of Pendleton, was done this summer in sculpture by Ivan Houser, a Bophomore in the fine arts department. The memorial to the man who was shot while attempting jto stop escaping prisoners was exhibited at the Pendleton roundup this year. Houser, who is a Pendleton boy, was a personal friend of Taylor’s, and familiar with the sheriff’s character on horseback. The statue is an eques trian one, with the westerner in cow boy costume. The ultimate memorial, possibly 25 feet high, will be worked out to the last detail. Houser has done a large study of the head by itself from num erous photographs and from memory. ‘ ‘ My model for the horse was as good as I could have hoped, ’ ’ Houser said. He picked a spirited one, but declared that the livery barn variety was not like the horses of eastern Oregon For the large statue Taylor’s favorite pony will be used. Houser is now acting as a personal as sistant to Avard Fairbanks, professor of sculpture. He is a member of the Scup ture club, and of Sigma Pi Tau. LEAGUE PLAGES DRAWN IN DO-NUT BASKETBALL Season Will Open October 15; Fewer Games Arranged Men’s do-nut basketball season will open October 15, and there will be four leagues in the inter-fraternity schedule, it was decided at a meeting of athletic representatives from the campus organ izations held in the gymnasium last night. Virgil Earl, athletic director and Hank Foster, who will have charge of the schedule this year, were present and aided in outlining a program that will lessen the number of games this year without depriving any team of a fair chance in the competition. The representatives agreed that the schedule last year was a bit heavy and lasted well up to the Christmas holi days, so the four league program was passed upon favorably as a solution to the difficulty in that it would short en the season. This year in each league the compet ing teams will play round robin for the championship of their respective leagues. Then the two highest teams in each league will be formed into the upper division league with eight teams, to compete for the do-nut championship via the round robin route. The remaining teams will remain in the lower division and compete for places which will have a marked ef fect on their general do-nut standing. This arrangment will call for about 80 games. Drawing for places in the respective leagues resulted in the following ar rangment: League A—Alpha Beta Chi, Friendly Hall, Kappa Delta Phi and Phi Delta Theta. League B — Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Pi Tau. League C— Bachelordon, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Theta Phi, Oregon Club, Sigma Nu. League D—Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Psi, Chi Psi, Phi Sigma Pi. A complete schedule will be worked out by Hank Foster and posted in the gym Friday. This will include the first round only of the four leagues. The same eligibility rules as last year are to be recognized and a copy will be sent to each organization. The rep resentatives agreed to give power of final arbitration to the management, however, in case of a disagreement. LETTERS OF DEAN ALLEN FROM EUROPE COLORFUL Letters full of the atmosphere and loeal eolor of the famed chateaux country of the Loire in France have been received recently by their Eu gene friends from Dean Eric Allen, of the University school of journalism, and Mrs. Allen who are spending sev eral months abroad. According to all communications the Allens are especial ly enjoying their visit in France. They are making their headquarters in Paris and are taking numerous trips into the country. In a letter received by Mrs. Charles Elliott, of Eugene, Mrs. Allen’s mother, a complete itinerary of the trip was given. From Paris the Allen’s plan to go to Marseilles, Genoa, Verona, Padua, Venice, Florence and the week from October 20 to 27, they will spend in Borne. During their visit in Paris, Dean and Mrs. Allen dined with Dorothy Collier, last year’s campus Y. W. secretary, Jeanette Calkins, for several years, business manager of “Old Oregon,’’ and Catherine Dobie, a graduate of the University, all of whom are living at the American Wo men’s club in Paris. From Borne the Allens will return directly to London where the Dean hopes to see friends whom he was un able to meet during his first stop there. On November 16 they will leave Liver pool for home on the Canadian Pacific steamship, the Montlaurier, the same boat on which they embarked from Montreal on August 2. The dean is combining business and pleasure on his European tour as he is intensely interested in European journalism and is making a thorough study of English and continental news papers at close range. Until his return to the campus, sometime in December, Dean Allen’s work is being handled by the other members of the journalism faculty. LARGE TURNOUT AT ASSEMBLY URGED Perfect Attendance Expected for Student Body Meeting in Woman’s Building at Eleven GLEE CLUBS TO GIVE SONGS Panoramic Picture of Faculty and Students Will be Taken Immediately Following Hour "We want to have a 100 per cent at tendance at the student body assembly tomorrow, just to see what it is like to have all the students together at one time," said Karl W. Onthank, secretary to the President of the Uni versity. "We have nearly 22CC stud ents registered and with 200 faculty members, the Woman’s building ought to be pretty full." Immediately following the assembly, a panoramic photograph of the faculty and student body will be taken. With the Woman’s building as a background; the group will stand in a semi circle between Susan Campbell and Hend riclis hall. The Oregon Knights will arrange the grouping of the picture and with the promptness of all, the work should not take more than five minutes. President Will Speak President Campbell will give an opening address on "The University— an Opportunity." He will then pre sent Claude Robinson, President of the A. S. U. O. wHo will talk on student work. Georgia Benson, President of Women’s league will then speak; fol-j lowed by Mrs. Virgenia Judy Esterly, Dean of Women. Preceding the speeches, an invoca tion will be given by the Rev. H. W. Davis, new inter-church pastor of the University. The glee clubs will sing the "Star Spangled Banner" and the "Oregon Pledge Song". At the conclusion of the assembly, the entire student body will sing the "Alma Mater ’ ’. The Oregon Knights will act as ush ers for the assembly. The faculty will enter in a procession from the sun room to a march by the orchestra. They will sit in the left hand section facing the platform. The seniors will occupy the front center section and the juniors the right front section. The sophomores will sit behind the juniors and seniors and the freshmen girls will fill in behind the faculty. The fresh men “men” will occupy the gallery. Seating Changed It has been suggested that in order to facilitate the seating, the juniors and seniors enter the building from the front by the northwest entrance; the sophomores and freshmen will use the northeast entrance and the faculty and freshmen women will use the south east door. This will save a great deal of unnecessary confusion. CHANGES MADE IN STAFF Several Vacancies Filled By Former Assistants A number of changes made in the University library staff since last spring are reported by M. H. Doug lass, librarian. The position of refer ence librarian, formerly filled by Mary B. Humphrey, will be taken by Mrs. Marion P. Watts who was assistant last year. Miss Evelyn Foster is transferred from the reserve desk to the reference department where she will assist Mrs. Watts. Alice Gard ner, formerly stenographer in the school of business administration, will fill the vacancy left in the reserve department. Bernice Bise and Harriet Hudson, formerly student assistants, are re maining on full time this year. Miss Bise is taking the place of Mary Moore,' who is now in charge of the high school library at Medford. Melba Williams, also a former student, is assisting for part time in the reserve desk. The order department is to be under the management of Miss Emma Stephenson, graduate of ’19 and form erly assistant reference librarian at the University of Minnesota. Vacancies on the liBt of student help are being filled by Andrew Kar penstein, Floyd McKarlson, Hazel Borders, Francis Bose, and Julian Smith. PHI THETA KAPPA HEAD VISITS CAMPUS ON TOUB Anna E. Hall of Denver, Colorado, supreme president of Phi Theta Kappa, national honorary commerce fraternity for women, was a guest on the campus Tuesday afternoon and evening. Mrs. Hall will also visit the Corvallis chap ter, from where she will continue her usual northwestern tour of inspection. ! A dinner at the Anchorage was given in honor of Mrs. Hall by the members of Phi Theta Kappa. Four Seniors Candidates for Rhodes Scholarship Qualities of Manhood, Force of Character, Leader ship, and Physical Vigor Essential to Election Within five days the University of Oregon’s candidate for the Rhodes’ Scholarship will be selected. Four seniors signified their intention of coming up as candidates for the schol arship, according to a statement made after the meeting of the University’s committee on selection which met late yesterday afternoon to discuss the as piring candidates. Claude Robinson, a senior in econom ics, Arthur Rosebraugh, a senior in law, Clinton Howard, a senior in journ alism, and Meryl Shaver, a senior in philosophy, are aspirants for the honor, although other students interested may still contend for the selection. The scholarship is to Oxford and amounts to 350 pounds a year, or ap proximately $1700. It is tenable for tiuee years. On the evening of October 8, the University committee on selection will summon by appointment those students who have declared their intention of coming up for selection. At this time the informal preliminary verbal ex amination of the candidates will be held. The central state committee will meet in Portland on Decemoer S, ail representatives chosen by the various colleges in the state, to select the Rhodes’ scholar. It is to that meeting that the University’s candidate will go to be further examined. The Universi ty is entitled to send five men, to the Portland meeting, but will in probabili ty send only one or two. I Other colleges in the state which in | former years have sent candidates to the central committee are O. A. C., Reed college, and occasionally some de nominational college in the state. The qualifications for a Rhodes’ scholar specify that he shall be a male citizen of the United States, unmarried, between the ages of 19 and 25, and have completed his spohomore year in college. The selection is baspd o(n qualities of manhood, force of char acter, leadership, special ability in a particular line, and physical vigor as shown by interest in outdoor sports. Formerly Grook was a necessary re quirement, but thero is no restriction at the present time on a candidate who has had no studies in the classics. The successful University candidate will be announced after the preliminary examination, October 8, and if elected the successful Rhodes’ scholar on De cember 8 in Portland, he will enter Ox ford in October, 1924. Selections are held two consecutive years after the intervention of ond year, and as last year was an inter vening year, no choice was made at that time. Kirby Miller of the University was the selection in 1920. In 1921 Reed college produced the successful scholar. Dr. George Reboc heads the Universi ty committee on selection. Other members are Dean Colvin V. Dyment, and Prof. Donald Barnes. Mrs. George Fitch is secretary of the com mittee. RECREATIONAL SPORTS ARRANGED FOR FACULTY Physical Education Instructors To Supervise Work The physical education department has arranged to make this year the biggest so far in the way of providing more recreational activity for the fac ulty of the University. By the pay ment of a fee of two dollars for a locker, at the business office, the fac ulty will be entitled to use of the de partment and its instructors, and will have the same instruction and privi leges of regular enrolled students. With the completion of the new tennis courts this form of exercise will be most popular it is thought. If there is enough demand a part of the courts will be reserved for faculty use. It is planned to have an inter-faculty tennis tournament before the rainy season starts. Last year the classes were so pop ular that the members came every day instead of the scheduled three times a week. This year the schedule will be every day in the week except Saturday and Sunday. Approximately 35 per cent of the faculty were in some sort of activity under the physical educa tion department. The most popular sports being soccer and volley ball. This year instruction will be given in volley ball, handball, swimming, box ing, wrestling, basketball and tennis. Groups will meet every day after fpur o’clock, or if prevented from meeting at that time, at any hour in the day at regular class hours. “Systematic exercise is absolutely necessary to good health” said Prof. H. A. Scott, in speaking of the value of faculty physical education. “It gives the faculty an opportunity to meet in friendly competition and gets the members on a plane of play and fun; and is what the department strives for.” W. A. A. TO HAVE HANDBOOK Volume Intended to Make New Stu dents Familiar with Activities The W. A. A. handbook, a mew pub lication of the Women’s Athletic as sociation, will make its first appear ance on the campus the latter part of this week. It is being published prim arily for the purpose of familiarizing new students with the activities of the organization, and for stimulating interest in athletics on the part of University women. The cover of the handbook is blue, with gold lettering. The contents in clude pictures and accounts of women’s sports, a code of sportsmanship, and explanation of the point system, and the constitution and by-laws of the association. Mary Jane Hathaway is in charge of editing the publication, having com pleted the work "begun last year by Margaret Alexander, who has not re turned to the campus. H DEPARTMENT IMPROVED THIS YEAR Colds Not Dangerous Yet, Says Dr. Livingston in Report There is no serious epidemic of colds threatening the campus at this time, according to Dr. W. K. Livingston, head of the University health service. The fact that many students have colds is a condition which is consistent with the weather and the excitement and strain of registration week, said Dr. Livingston. Ho also stated that stud ents could assist the health service in its operations by coming for early treatment and advice., By doing this they would not only relieve the con gestion of work for the staff of the department, but they would save much of their own valuable school time as well. A fee of one dollar is now asked for night calls. During the past summer there was much improvement made in the clincial equipment of the health service, and every effort is being made by the staff of the department to serve the students to the limit of its capacity, said Dr. Livingston. Dr. W. E. Savage, who was on the staff of the health service last year, has gone to Portland to practice, and Dr. John Huston, graduate of the Uni versity of Oregon medical school, has taken his place. Miss Ruth Harvey, who acted as record clerk at the dis pensary last year, has resigned to take up academic work at the University, and her place with the health service has been taken by Miss Mary Hudley from the Massachusetts General hos pital at Boston. CLASS ADVISERS CHOSEN New Method Is Adopted by Council To Maintain Faculty Sponsors A new method was adopted yester day for the maintenance of faculty advisers for the student body classes at a meeting held in President Camp bell ’s office between the University administration and the presidents of the senior, junior, and sophomore classes. It was decided to have a perman ent adviser for each class, instead of the present system in which the ad visers are carried along from year to year. In this way the senior, or junior, or other class faculty members would be conversant with the duties of the class to which he had been assigned and would be of greater value to the officers who could hear first hand the experiences of the preceding class, and so be able to avoid many costly mistakes. The permanent advisers chosen were Dean Colin V. Dyment, seniors; Prof. George Turnbull, juniors; Virgil Earl, sophomores; Dean John Straub, Dean Virginia Judy Esterly, and Dean Walker, freshmen. FIVE FULL TEAMS PLAY FRQSH BULL Good Material Drills Daily On Kincaid Under Direction of Williams, Rinehart and Earl ALL COACHES KNOW GAME Beef and Willingness Assets to Successful Eleven This Year Season Prediction not Ready With more than, five full teams from which to select a group to represent the green cappers on the gridiron, Coaches Baz Williams, Billy Rinehart, and Bob Earl are drilling away each afternoon on old Kincaid field. The material for this year’s freshman team looks as good, as that of last year and that is saying quite a good deal considering the strength of the yearlings then. Williams Back Baz Williams, a three-year letterman who turned out such a successful freshman squad last year, is back on the job again this year and is teach ing the same tricks that he learned in the days of Hugo Bezdeck. Assisting him this year are two other Oregon stars of other days, Billy Rinehart and Bob Earl. Rinehart, or "Rino”, as he was called in "them days that has gone forever”, played quarter for the Lemon Yellow for several years and after graduation played under the colors of the Multnomah Club. Inci dentally, it was during this time that Billy had a big hand in giving his alma mater the only trouncing that it has ever received on Hayward field. He is now centering his attention on the freshman backfield aspirants. Bob Earl, the third of the trio, played his collegiate football in the days of the 8. A. T. C. Last year he returned to the campus to don the baseball cap that is symbolic of the Oregon coaching staff. This year he is doing his stuff for the freshman linesmen. Season Still Early While it is a little too early in the season to make any bold predictions as to the outcome of the freshman tilts or as to the probable personol of the team, it is safe enough to make the old shopworn statement that they will make it tough, for their opponents. If beef and willingness have anything to do with it, however, it looks tts if the freshman team of this year will duplicate the performance of the youngsters of ’26. A. S. U. 0. OFFICE MOVED Old Shack Also House Headquarters For Physical Education Headquarters of the school of physi cal education, formerly located in the “Ten Million Dollar Shack,” behind Johnson hall, has been movpd to the one-story frame building occupied last year by the school of journalism. The old journalism “shack" was remodeled inside this summer to supply needed office space. Jack Benefiel, graduate manager, and Claude Robinson, president of the Associated Students, have also moved their offices from the building erected to hold the headquarters of the en dowment drive. They too can be found in the old “shack.” Since the school of physical educa tion, the graduate manager and the president of the Associated Students have moved out, the gift campaign headquarters have expanded. It oc cupies all the space in its building, except the one room still used by the alumni secretary. The editor of the Emerald is still domiciled in the old shack, however, and an extra room which has been left vacant, is to be the future home of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journal istic fraternity. GRADUATE OF 1897 DIES Prominent Attorney On One Of First U. Of O. Football Teams Lee M. Travis, graduate from the University in 1897, and an attorney in Eugene for 22 years, died at his home in Eugene Monday afternoon. Mr. Travis while on the campus played on one of the first football teams organized at the University. He also held the long distance champion ship for walking which was a very popular sport at the University at that time. Duriug his lifetime Mr. Travis was prominent in Oregon law and politics. Fredericka Travis, junior at the Uni versity is a daughter of Mr. Travis. Funeral services will be held at the Veatch chapel this morning.