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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1923)
FROSH ATTEMPT TO BREAK CUSTOM Office of Class Executive May Become Desirable as Result of Action Taken at Meeting LOWELL BAKER IS HEAD Frances Morgan, Lavern Miller * and Clifford Zehrung Named for Office; Walker Presides This year’s freshmen class started their avowed program of “doing things by breaking what had become a tradition at their class meeting held in Villard hall yesterday afternoon. They took a rising vote and made a solemn promise to dignify and make desirable the office of freshmen class president instead of allowing it to be the target of all practical jokes and the object of much hazing as it has been in the past few years. Lowell Baker, of Stanfield, is the man chosen by secret ballot at yester day’s meeting to pilot the class through its first year of college life. Clifford Zehrung, of Portland, was elected vice president; Prances Morgan, of Port land, secretary; Lavern Miller, of Portland, treasurer. Nominees Try to Resign The meeting started much the same as have the first freshmen meetings of several preceding years—by the can didates for the office of president re-, fusing to accept the office if elected. “I’ll resign if I get it so don’t elect me,” said Kirk Bolliger, of Portland, whose name was first on the ballot. Lowell Baker responded with “Mr. Bolliger has taken those words out of my mouth,” when his name was read. Bean Walker, director of student loans, who presided in Dean Straub’s place' at the meeting, said that the first resolution that he took .about a month ago when he learned that he was to become a member of the Uni versity faculty was that he would strive to dignify and make desirable the office of freshmen class president as it was a few years ago. He stated that the president of the student body, the editor of the Emer ald, officers of upper class honor so cieties all agreed that the position should be considered an honorable one. He then asked the meeting to take a solemn oath to seriously give the man chosen to fill the office their earnest support and resjoeet and every man and woman present responded by rising. Under-Class Mix Discussed Plans for the under-class mix to be held Saturday, October 13, were dis cussed at the meeting. Jack High, senior representative, demanded that good sportsmanship be shown during the mix. He stated that the senior cops would be on hand to see that nothing but good, elean sportsmanship would take place. The necessity of organization in all matters from the under-class mix to the Homecoming bonfire was stressed by several of the freshmen who made impromptu speeches from the floor. JOHN MACGREGOR AGAIN ENROLLED IN UNIVERSITY John MacGregor, former president of the A. S. U. O. and member of the class of 1923, is again enrolled in the University in the school of law and is working towards his degree in that department. Along with his pursuit of legal material, MacGregor is work ing as part time clerk in the office of the registrar and is still on hand for student body gatherings. Dean Straub Rests in Portland Hospital, Condition Is Better Reports coming over the wires last night from Portland, stated, that Dean John Straub was resting comfortably at the Portland Surgical hospital, and that it would be three or four days before an examination would be given to determine whether an operation would be necessary. The report was very encouraging in its tone, and phy sicians promised no immediate serious danger. Mrs. Straub is staying at the Chesterbury hotel which is near the hospital where Dean Straub is. So comforting a message will be gladly welcomed by the hundreds of Dean Straub’s “boys and girls” who yesterday were greatly concerned over the danger of their friend. For though it was known that the dean had been ill and confined to his home for two weeks, the news that he had been taken to Portland Thursday to have an ex amination which might possibly result into an operation, was reoeived with surprise. When warned not to go out, even after his condition was somewhat im proved, Dean Straub could not bear to have his place empty at the meeting of his “freshmen” last week, so he was there to tell them that they were the ‘ ‘ biggest and best class. ’ ’ He again won the love of the students when he wrote a letter assuring them he had not forgotten them, and gave them his best wishes. THE GHEEN GODDESS TO OPEN GUILD SEASON Cast Chosen for Play of India; Atmosphere is Oriental “The Green Goddess”, the first play to be given by the University players this season, will be presented in Guild hall, October 31 and November 1 and 2. The scene is laid in India, and though the time is modern, the weird atmos phere of India carries the audience away from present day life to Oriental splendor and magic. The story is of an English party, travelling through India by airplane. They are obliged to land because of engine trouble, and find themselves in front of a temple in an isolated king dom—the temple of the Green Goddess. They are soon taken as prisoners by the Eajah of Eukh, the strange coun try. However, the prisoners are allowed to live in luxury and are shown every courtesy for several years, but at the end* of thalf time they are told that they will be offered as samrifice to the Green Goddess. The story of their escape and the many unexpected and interesting turns of the plot, must be seen to be appreciated. The cast, as chosen by Prof. Fergus Eeddie, is as follows: The Eajah of Eukh.,Darrell Larson Major Crispin.Virgil Mulkey Basil Treherne.David Swanson Lieutenant Denis Cardew.Joe Clark Watkins, theBajah’s English butler. . Bernard McPhillips The High Priest.Paul Krause Lucilla (Mrs. Crispin). . Charlotte Banfield An Ayah .Eose McGrew The electrical devices, and other magical effects are in charge of Virgil Mulkey. GEORGE KING, FOOTBALL VETERAN, VISITS CAMPUS George King, three-year backfield veteran, is a campus visitor for a few days prior to going south. King will be remerbered for his stellar plunging and steady defensive play. Signals of Quarter Drown Faint Cheeps from Rooters By W. S. Cheers and Oskies!—With "Oregon’s thundering thousand creating such a wild din that the quarterbacks could barely make their signals heard our v fighting team tore through the scrubs and the mud for touchdown after touchdown .Oh, pardon us. With Oregon’s mighty quarterbacks roaring out their signals the cheers of the thundering hundred could not be heard —yet the teams fought on—some were crippled, all were muddy and bruised, never-the-less they fought and fought and kept fightAg .until dark. After dark they dragged themselves to the showers and then the majority to the steam room to get “charley horses, ’ ’ bruises, strains, and sundry other ailments fixed up. About a quarter to seven or seven o’clock they managed to get into the house to eat, after every one else had finished. Oh, playing football is a rough life and takes big rough ment Why some of the boys actually chew tobacco. Yes terrible. But all of them are fighters— or they wouldn’t be out on that field in the mud putting up the exhibition scrap in that scrimmage last night for the thundering thousand — who never came. There ■frere about twelve women out to cheer and practice yells for ‘Bear old Oregon’ about which they sing so sweetly. Perhaps football is too rough for their sensitive souls in these days of culture—i-so we will excuse the rest of them. But the men—yes the men of this institution, the big point was, try to find the men during last night’s practice. By aetual count there were 99 civilians on the field, which included the usual fans who are always out, the twelve women and about sixty freshmen. There were forty-one men out in foot ball suits and four who were not Of these, one is in the hospital with his knee in a east, one was down at the (Continued on page three) CLASSES ARRANGE DANCES FOR FALL Senior, Junior, and Sophomore Parties Will Be October 20; Meeting Listed for Tuesday EXECUTVES TO COOPERATE Kincaid to Be Scene of Annual Underclass Mix October 13; Senior Barber to Officiate With the rush of the first days of work over and classes partially settled into the season’s routine, interest has been taken by the various class ex ecutives in outlining and starting a program of activity for the fall term. At a meeting held Tuesday between the presidents of the seniors, juniors, and sophomores, and the University ad ministration, a system of cooperation between the officers was developed to a practical basis. Frequent meeting between the officers and with the per manent advisers was agreed to. In line with this development of co operation, it was decided to hold all class parties on the same evening, Sat urday, October 20, being chosen for the first. Jack High Heads Mix Plans were discussed for the annual underclass mix, which will be held Saturday morning, October 13, on Kin caid field under the direction of the junior class. A committee under Jack High, chairman, has drawn up a pro gram of events and contests. The pro posed program was given to the fresh men at their meeting yesterday to en able them to adequately prepare for the contest. A committee of girls, headed by Henryetta Lawrence, vice-president of the senior class, is at work on details of senior leap week, to end with the class dance, October 20. According to Paul Sayre, president, the exact number of days to be included in leap week has not yet been decided. Barber Will Be Chosen A class meeting will be held Tuesday, at 7:15, in Yillard hall, when this ques tion will be settled. A class barber will be elected, also, to take the place of Lois Pixley, who is absent this term. All mustaches will be taken off at the mix, to give everyone a ‘ ‘ clean ’ ’ start, | according to Sayre?" Prizes will be1 awarded at the close of the race to the senior raising the largest facial adornment. The juniors will have a “Cord Christening Caper” on the evening of October 20, according to Don Wood ward, president. Stewart Sawtell ha3 been appointed chairman of the dance. Other members of the committee are Marie Meyers, Mary Hathaway, and Frank Wright. The affair will be held in the men’s gymnasium. Music will be furnished by Jack Myers. A special feature in which food and drink will play a leading part is being developed by the committee. Sophomore Dance No-date All junior men are expected to turn out in their cords, according to Saw tell. The dance will be strictly no date. Junior class meeting will be held Tuesday, at 4 o’clock, in Yillard hall. Selection of a temporary secretary will be necessary because of the absence of Margaret Powers this term. The sophomore class will hold a meeting in Villard hall on Tuesday, also, Kenneth Stephenson, president, has set the time at 5 o’clock. Arrange ments for the sophomore dance are not yet complete, but it will be held on the same date as the junior and senior affairs. Announcement of the com mittee will be made at the meeting Tuesday. BLUE LAWS MAY BE CUT Sunday Movie May be Available If All Petitions go Through Petitions for the repeal of the Sun day blue laws have been circulated by a number of students and those who; have established residence in Eugene will be permitted to vote at the special election on October 26. A general in terest is taken in the question as the vote will determine whether^or not the j Sunday movie be available. Although the parent teachers ’ as- j sociation and local ministers’ union have met and state opposition to changes, action has continued and over 1000 names are on the petition. Only 800 were necessary to permit an amendment ordinance to be issued. Many prominent church people and merchants are among those desiring more liberal Sunday closing laws which will allow tennis, golf, and other sports | as well as movies. Eugene is one of; the few towns on the coast still retain-1 ing the present code of laws. HEAVY OPPOSTION FACES BABE TEAM Portland High Teams Thought Stronger Now Than Before; 0. A. C. Has Good Prospects ROOK BACKFIELD HEAVY Conditions Similar to Those of Two Years Ago When Tie Game Thrilled Fans on Field The freshman football team this year has its work cut out for it. with lots of promising material on hand and a coaching staff of three Oregon vet erans, the situation would seem un usually bright. Such would be the case in other years. This year, how ever, the reports persist not only that the Corvallis babes have a fast heavy team but that the Portland high schools are in shape to put out a better brand of football than in the past. The biggest cloud on the frosh hori zon looms in the form of the O. A. C. rooks. The reason for this cloud is that such 200 pounders as ‘Tubby’ Dean nad “Wes” Schulmerich are wearing the colors of the Beaver babes. Schulmerich is acknowledged to be one of the best bets of last year’s scholastic crop. He weighs around 200 pounds and does the hun dred in slightly over 10 seconds. A valuable man in anybody’s backfield. Heavyweights Numerous Of course, one man can’t make a whole team but the reports from Cor vallis seem to indicate that there are at least a dozen of these heavyweights trying to maul their way into a berth on the rook team. Here on our own sand lot, we have a gang of youngsters that are evidently worrying the coaches as to which mem bers of the gang shall be weeded out. Thus far the horde remains undimin ished and all 60, of them seem to be determined to remain within the charmed circle which will eventually give them a crack at youths from Ag town. The coaches remain silent upon the situation and seem to appreciate the fact that they have a mighty task on their hands. One thing can be relied upon, however, that is when Baz and his lieutenants get through with that crew of first year men they will fight from whistle to gun, every minute of the game. Game Hard Fought That fight was p.11 that saved them from defeat year before last when the frosh went to Corvallis to play a much heavier rook team on their home field. Tho few Oregon students who saw that game came back with the story of how the freshmen fought. Time after time they were pushed down neath the shadow of thir own goal only to stiffen and hold the rooks at the critical points. Neither team was able to score in that game. The conditions are somewhat the same this year as the frosh-rook game is in Corvallis and the indications are that the rooks will out weigh tho frosh very materially. This is not intended as an attempt to predict a tie game but the pre-season indications seem to point to a tough tussle when the “big” freshman game rolls around. UNCALLED FOR LETTERS AT UNIVERSITY DEPOT Students May be Unable to Find De pot Because of Change From Old Location Uncalled for mail addressed to the students in care of the University is being held at the University depot in charge of D. F. Landrum. There are many letters which as yet have been unclaimed, according to Mr. Landrum. He urges students who have not been receiving their mail to stop in and give orders to have their mail delivered at their university addresses. Until a complete list of students has been ob tained from the business office, mail will be held at the depot. Mr. Landrum suggests that as an aid in handling the mail, the houses of the campus turn in a list of their occupants. In this way, the distribu tion of the mail may be facilitated. The difficulty of locatinng the depot may be one of the causes for the ac cumulation of mail, he states. The depot has been moved temporarily from University street; but may be reached by a board walk leading from the street. The walk is opposite the journ alism building and is indicated by the sign “university depot.” Within a month or possibily three weeks, the depot will be located in its new quarters, the power house, on Uni versity street. Eastern Alumna to Represent Oregon at Inauguration Mrs. Jessie E. C. Eastham, ex-’09, has been asked by President P. L. Campbell to represent her alma mater at the inauguration of the new presi dent of Radcliffe college, Miss Ada Louise Comstock, on October 20. Owing to his many duties on the campus President Campbell will be unable to accept the invitation extended to him to be present at the ceremony but has appointed Mrs. Eastham to take his place as official representative of the University. Dr. Comstock will become the exe cutive of Radcliffe after a broad career as an educator in the middle west and east. During the last few years she has been dean at Smith col lege and recently made a ttip to Oregon as president of the National Associa tion of University Women which held its convention in Portland in July. Dr. Comstock is the first woman to be come president of Radcliffe. Mrs. Eastham, who lives at Cam bridge, Massaehussetts, has lived in New England for a number of years and returned to the campus for a brief visit last Juno at the time of com mencement. She is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta women’s fraternity. TWELVE NEW MEN WIN GLEE CLUB POSITIONS First Tryout for Women to Be - Held Next Tuesday Twelve men were announced success ful in the final glee club tryout yes terday by John Stark Evans, director of the club. The new members were chosen from 61 candidates who tried out. The successful ones are Dick Adam, Siemon Muller, Hugh Walton, Jack High, Rhodes, Fred West, Henry Kar penstein, Ted LarBen, Bruce Kidwell, Edward Sox, Hal Lundberg, and Hallo way. Old members of the club who will take part again this year are Roy Bryson, Russel Brown, Wallace Can non, Charles Dawson, Robert Mc Knight, Aubrey Furry, and Cy Vallen tyne. Tryouts for women’s glee club will start Tuesday from 3:00 to 5:00 in Professor Evans’ office. “Tryouts for both men and women consist of a series,” explains John Stark Evans, “At the first trial voices are tested for range, quality, and musical ear. Those successfully passing the first tryout are asked to bring a solo of their own selection to the second trial. The final test consists of sing ing of part singing with the old mem bers of the club, determining quickness and accuracy in reading parts. ‘ ‘ Whilo many good voices have re turned to the campus this year, there are several vacancies and there will be a fair opportunity for new girls to make the club.” 2 INDIANS IN UNIVERSITY Men Enrolled In California College Last Year; Now In Journalism Vislmu Vitthal Oak and Surat Singh Gill, two students from India have en rolled in the school of journalism. Mr. Oak, of Bombay, graduated from Bom bay university and took graduate work at the University of California last year. Mr. Gill is a junior. His home is in Punjab, India, and he, too, at tended California last year. Both men are partially self support ing. When questioned as to whether he would continue work in journalism, Mr. Oak said: “Oh, I don’t know. Perhaps, if I like it. Of course I am going back to India.” OPEN HOUSE TO BE BIG EVENT TONIGHT Hand Gripping procession of Men to Start at Seven So Early Calls May Be Over UNE OF MARCH OUTLINED Women’s Organizations Will Be Geographically Mapped Out to Eliminate Confusion Seven bells by the town clock, and the rush will be on. The occasion is open house, that eagerly awaited an nual event which will be staged to night. The grand hand gripping, feet shuffling procession of masculine forms with their otherwise handsome features congealed by set grins will promtly form in line at their respective houses, and under the able leadership of one house president or bombastic senior will follow the mapped out course, guaran teed, if followed implicitly, to lead them to the homes of the various wo men’s organizations at the proper min ute. Time of Calls Limited After a long baffling session, the committee on open house formulated a line of march for each of the twenty men’s living organizations. The com mittee at this time decided that the hour of starting, would of necessity have to be seven o’clock, if all the houses were to be visited by midnight. Fifteen minutes is the alloted time for remaining (at eafch. hjouse, and this time limit must not be exceeded. Each of the organizations of men have reoeived a line of march giving them the list of women’s houses in the order in which they must reach them. It was thought unnecessary that the women bo furnished with similar lists. Inasmuch as the order of wo men’s houses to be called upon are geographically arranged this year, it was thought by the committe in charge of arrangements, that matters for the men would bo simplified. Music at Each House The program at each house will in clude hasty introductions in which ficititious names will undoubtedly play no small role, if the experiencing of the event in former years is to be taken as an indicator of this fact. Then there will be orchestras or harmony diffusers of some sort at each house and the seething mass of humanity will pair off in some manner for a danco, or even two if time permits. Upon a signal from the leader of the band, adieux will be given, perhaps a number! of dates made, and( the squadron of men will move on, leaving behind their victims, suffering from aching hands and ruined slippers. The clamoring voices of the next mob on the porch will warn the women to once more assume the posed grin and outstretched hand. This constitutes the so-called gala event of open house. The committee who are in charge of the event include, Kate Pinneo, Mar cella Berry, and Georgia Benson. Girls Oregon club will hold open house at the Anchorage at 7:30. EDUCATION HEADS BAN CLASSES IN STUDY BOOM In order to make the department reading room in the education building a more desirable place to study, pro vision has been made to hold no more classes there. The room will be open every afternoon, and contains a fine collection of all education magazines. Comforts of Home Feature Unusual Retreat of Co-eds Greenwich Village has nothing on Eu gene in the way of real estate, Bince four University girls have turned a professor’s garage into an “annex”. The dainty blue hangings at the win dows are the only marks which sug gest that it is not an ordinary, com monplace buildnig accomodating one automobile. Across the neat door mat, however and through the little side door also hung with blue drapes, there is a de cidedly un-garage-like atmosphere. By pulling a red cord in a ring-for-the butler fashion a peal of bells comes from symbols overheard. A wide window lights the staircase which leads to the apartment above, where the real “atmosphere” abounds. The room has really too much light and air and room to be compared with the Bohemian village. In fact it con tains two double-deckers, two dressers, a table and several chairs and some room left over. And there are six windows, most of which open, the in habitants claim. Two long arched ones have a rather Sunday morning as pect, but the white curtains and blue drapes look more like Saturday night perhaps, around the fire. There is no fire, but there is an impressive looking, shiny new stove with a stove pipe shooting through the ceiling. The owner of the garage thinks it may blow up, but it looks encouraging. But these coeds are even more re sourceful. One junior, one sophomore, and two freshmen live there, and they will not divulge which one invented' the bell system. There is no need of telephone, as a bell from their frater nity house, in their own back yard, calls them to the telephone there. It is but a step on a board walk from the door of their garage home to the house. It has not been fully worked out yet as to how many rings shall signify who is wanted on the phone or that dfeiner is served. These garage dwellers intend to grace their new home at least one term.