Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1923
NUMBER 38
FORENSIC LEAGUE
All Colleges of First Rank on
Coast to be Represented
at Two-Day Campus Meet
VARIED PROGRAM PLANNED
Extempore Speaking Contest
Set for 8 o’clock Tonight;
Syndicalism Laws Subject
Assembling today on the campus are
the delegates for the first annual con
ference of the Pacific Coast Forensic
league. This league, organized at
Berkeley last spring, numbers among
its membership all colleges of first rank
along the coast. Delegates began arriv
ing yesterday, those from the south
coming in on the Shasta, and the re
mainder are expected today, as the big
gest single event of the conference, the
extempore speaking contest takes place
tonight at 8 o’clock in Villard hall.
Th subject for the speeches, which
will be 10 minutes each in length, is
the criminal syndicalism laws. The
contestants have had the opportunity
to prepare on the subject as a whole,
but they will not know until an hour
before the speeches begin the particular
phase of the subject which they will
be called upon to expound. Each man
will be assigned a different aspect of
the question.
Delegates Listed
Delegates* and the colleges which
they represent are:
University of Southern California,
Alan Nichols, coach, and Ned Lewis,
speaker and student representative;
University of California, Arnold Per
stein, coach, and R. M. Petty, student
representative and speaker; Stanford
University, J. G. Emerson, coach, and
Robert Littler, speaker and student
representative; University of Idaho,
Walter S. Greathouse, speaker and stu
dent representative; Whitman college,
Prof. L. F. Sawtelle, coach, and Fred
Weller, speaker; Willamette University,
Robert Notson, student representative;
Oregon Agricultural College, Professor
C. B. Mitchell, coach, and Professor Ed
wards, Robert Goudy, speaker, C. W.
Reed, forensic manager, Mr. Kerr, who
is assistant forensic manager, and Miss
Rogers, women’s forensic manager.
Reed to be Represented
Reed College will have a student
representative only, but his name has
not been received. The University of
Washington is expected to enter a con
testant, but definite word has not been
received from them.
Besides Martin S. Moore, Oregon’s
representative in the contest, there will
be as delegates at the cnference, Prof.
C. D. Thorp, Prof. H. E. Rosson, Prof.
Gerrit Demmink and Paul Patterson, all
of the faculty of the written and
spoken English department, Elam Am
stutz, forensic manager, and Herschel
Brown, assistant manager.
Delegates will stay at the fraternity
houses and hotels during their visit.
Program Outlined
The program for the two days of
the convention is to consist of business
meetings and a banquet, besides the
contest. The first day delegates will
be entertained with a luncheon at Hen
dricks hall, and at 2 o’clock there will
be the first conference meeting, in the
men’s lounge room, first floor of the
Woman’s building. Friday night will
be the contest, and Saturday morning
another business meeting will be held
in the lounge room. Following this
meeting, Susan Campbell hall will give
a luncheon for the guests, and in the
afternoon another official meeting will
be held. Saturday night there will be
a banquet in the sun parlor of the
Woman’s building, to which wearers
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Tough Miners Have
Hard-Boiled Party
in Artificial Shaft
The rock artists and pick and
shovel experts of the geology de
partment smoked up Quartz hall
Wednesday uiglit with various
brands of violent tobacco. Heavy
fumes poured out of the confines
of the miners' den in their first
smoker of the year. The hall was
decorated to represent the third
level of a mine, and in the dim
and dense atmosphere the boister
ousness lasted way past mining
hours.
Those who had constitutions that
resisted the effects of the tobacco,
demonstrated their courage by
swigging liquor in the form of
hard cider. After imbibing the
poison, some waxed loquaciously
and expressed their sentiments in
song. The mob good-humoredly
bore this form of discipline. The
interpretative dances were warmly
received.
The faculty of the department
were prominent among the “bad
actors” of the night. A faculty
quiz was dropped upon the pro
fessors. Daen Colin Dyment of
the school of liberal arts talked
to the miners.
Good nights were lengthy and
affectionate. None had to be es
corted home, however.
SERVICE TO MANKIND
IS BOWMAN’S ADVICE
Philosophies of Life Should
Have Three Elements
To live a full and abundant l#e, to
give service to mankind, to develop
one's self without overemphasizing one
side was the theme of Dr. Harold
Leonard Bowman, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Portland, in
his address at assembly yesterday in
Villard hall.
He developed his theme through
pointing out the fallacies of lhhose
philosophies of life that emphasize
merely physical or intellectual sides
and the benefits of a philosophy that
combines spiritual, intellectual and
physical.
The philosophy of the Persian poet
Omar Khayyam, Hr. Bowman ’ said,
showed the purely material. Life to
Omar was merely a stretch between
one abyss and another. He plunged
into pleasure for the joy that he could
get out of it and so sums up his evalu
ation of life in the quatrain:
“A book of verses, underneath the
bow,
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and
thou
Singing beside me in the wilder
ness,
Oh, wilderness were paradise,
enow.”
But such a philosophy gives one no
hope, leaves one with a sense of de
spair.
“The philosophy of Omar still exists,”
said Dr. Bowman. “You ean find it in
every college; you can find it here—
the desire for ease and pleasure.”
Matthew Arnold typifies in his
poetry the purely intellectual philoso
phy, according to Dr. Bowman. Such
philosophy does not contribute to the
good of mankind; it shows a l£§k of
full development. Dr. Bowman com
pared it to the statue of Rodin, “The
Thinker”—a passive force, lacking the
fire and inspiration of the statue of
“Victory” in Greece.
“I’m not undervaluating the intel
lect,” Dr. Bowman continued. “We
need it, we need the open mind, but
we must realize its limitations.”
The poetry of Robert Browning, on
the other hand, gives one that feeling
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Number 602 Wins Shining Kit;
Junior Blacks Coin Much Cash
The holder of ticket number 602
is entitled to the shoe-shining kit,
■which is being given away by the
junior class as a result of yesterday’s
shine day, according to the committee.
The next number in line for the prize
is 212, and the *third, 1,159. This
means that in case the first claimant
fails to appear for his reward, it will
be passed on to the holder of the
second number, and so on.
Anyone holding these numbers is
asked to appear at the booth in front
of the library tomorrow between the
hours of 10 anl 11, or to call Don
Woodward, president of the junior
class, at the Phi Sigma Pi house.
Due to the untiring effort of the
Shine Day committee, composed of
Winifred Graham, Buss Burton, Dick
Caruthers and Chuck Jost, the second
annual Junior Shine day was a suc
cess financially, and a total of $125
was turned over to the fund for
Thanksgiving baskets for the Eugene
poor. This is approximately the same
amount which was turned in by last
year’s class.
Early in the morning, before strag
glers began to appear for 8 o’clocks,
the region in front of the library took
on a brilliant hue and before long
the air was filled with the peculiar
odor of turpentine, prevalent around
a boot-black stand.
And no one had his feelings hurt
for lack of attention. It is said that
a certain well-known professor shrank
from the publicity of having his shoes
(Continned on pace three.;
BETAS TAKE LEAD
IN MEN’S DEBATE
Psi Kappa and Friendly Hall
Place as Second and Third
in Preliminary Contests
FINALS ARE NOVEMBER 27
Three Houses Withdraw at
Last Moment, Causing
Confusion in Schedule
Beta Theta Pi is leading the field
in the men’s do-nut debates with Psi
Kappa second and Friendly hall third.
At last night’s session, the Betas an
nexed a total of eight points to their
score of seven, made Tuesday night,
by winning both of their contests by'
a unanimous decision of the judges.
The Beta score is now 15, Psi Kappa,
14, and Friendly hall, 12. The six
teams representing these three organi
zations will take part in the finals,
starting with a clean slate on Tues
day night, November 27.
Three organizations withdrew their
teams prior to last night’s contests.
Those who withdrew were: Kappa
Delta Phi, Sigma Pi Tau and Chi Psi.
As a result of the withdrawals, a
re-arrangement gf the schedule was
necessary at the last moment. Sigma
Alpha Epsilon negative team had been
signed to meet the Oregon club af
firmative.
S. A. E. Match Changed
As a result of one of the withdrawals,
the Beta Theta Pi negatives were with
out an opponent. 8. A. E. and Beta
negatives were to oppose Oregon club
and Friendly hall affirmatives. The
S. A. E. ’s relinquished their scheduled
match with Oregon club team to the
Betas.
This action was taken to avert a dual
debate between the Betas and Friendly
hall, as the Beta affirmatives were
also signed to meet the Friendly hall
negatives.
_ Some of the arguments presented by
debaters in many of the contests,
which were held in the Oregon and
Commerce buildings, showed results of
diligent preparation and were logically
presented. The question, “Besolved:
that the state of Oregon should adopt
a severance tax on timber,” is one
that affords opportunity for vast lati
tude of argument from practically
every angle and upon which much in
teresting material is available. The
finals are expected to arouse consider
able interest among students inter
ested in debating.
Debaters’ Names Given
Following is a list of the debaters
who appeared for each organization:
Alpha Beta Chi, affirmative, Kenneth
Bew and Max Bobinson; negative,
Walter Coover and Eric Norman.
Friendly hall, affirmative, Harold Hoef
lich and Truman Sether; negative,
Lawrence Cook and Ernie Scholl. Beta
Theta Pi, affirmative, Edward Sox
and Harold Sox; negative, Willard
Marshall and Bay McKeown. Psi Kap
pa, affirmative, Martin 'Moore and
Clarence Potts; negative, I. F. Phipps
and Thomas Chatburne. Phi Delta
Theta, affirmative, W. Wester and
Balph Staley; negative, Clifford Pow
ers and Bussell Lawrence. Sigma Al
pha Epsilon, affirmative, Bob Love
and Ward Cook; negative, W. James
and Jerry Joseph. Oregon club, affirm
ative, Thomas Babbit and L. Pearson;
negative, Leonard Lerwill and Herman
Seminon. Bachelordon, affirmative,
Ambrose Cronin and Bex De Long;
negatives, Bobert Neighbor and Harold
Day. i
The judges were: Dr. E. T. Hodge, |
Dr. Warren D. Smith, C. L. Kelly, Col
W. S. Sinclair, Claude Robinson, Mrs.
R. L. Fitch, Dr. E. L. Packard, Dr.
Henry Sheldon, Dean Colin V. Dyment,
F. L. Stetson, W. F. G. Thacher, Karl
Onthank, H. G. Tanner, Dr. J. H. Gil
bert, M. K. Cameron, F. G. Nagley,
E. P. Tuttle, R. C. Clark, R. J. Wil
liams, C. D. Thorpe, Walter Snyder,
Dean Virginia Judy Esterly, Sam
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SOPHOMORE DANCE DECLARED
FREE AND INFORMAL FOR ALL
Decorations of the armory for the
sophomore dance Saturday night will
begin this afternoon. All sophomores
are urged by Paul Krausse, chairman
of the deeeration committee, to report
for duty today at 3:00 ’clock. The
work will continue tonight. The com
mittee in charge of the affair wishes
it to be made known that there is no
charge for the danee and all Tuxedos
are barred.
SCULPTURE CLUB ELECTS
Elaine Brockbank.
Vivian Hargrove.
Manuel Souza.
Mabs Breckon.
Joseph SaarL
LINEMEN TRAINING
FOR 0.1. C. GAME
Spellman Puts Men Through
Paces to Develop Tackling
Ability and Drive in Attack
BACKS DOING LIGHT WORK
Only Eight Days Remain Before
Homecoming Fight With the
Beavers on Hayward Field
“There isn’t a man on this line that’s
got a job cinched. We ’re going to start
all over again on fundamentals,” Bart
Spellmun told the varsity line aspirants
on the first practice after the Stanford
game. “I don’t care if a man weighs
100 or 200 pounds, lie’s go to be able
to tackle and block and fight if he
makes this team.” ;
Bart’s idea of fundamentals, if the
last two nights’ workout can be taken
as an indication, is tackling practice.
He has a half dozen different schemes
for putting the linemen through their
paces. He has them jump and tackle,
and he has them trot and tackle, and
then he has them tear and tackle, while
during the whole process he rages
around and tells the men just exactly
how poor they are—and he does it in
words that very closely approximate
one syllable.
Linemen Given Drill
Some husky gentleman is given the
ball—another pastimer is placed in a
10-yard square, and Bart dares the man
with the ball to run through the square
with its mole-skin clad guardian.
“Now get vicious—let’s see you nail
him,” and Bart gives the starting sig
nal. Both start tearing. The man
with the ball puts on a terrible scowl
and digs in his cleats in an effort to
develop speed. The would-be tackier
gets underway and in turn gets a ter
rible scowl on his mud-splattered fea
tures.
Tackling Practice on
“Dive! dive at him!” Bart yells—
the two runners near—the man with
the ball swerves slightly and puts on
an extra burst of speed. The tackier
grits his teeth, stretches out his arms,
assumes a do or die expression and
dives—slightly too late. The man with
the ball skids past and the tackier
plows up a foot or two of sandy saw
dust with his nose and gets up swear
ing—while Coach Spellman’s criticism
might be more scathing:
“You’re rotten—keep your eyes open
—oh you, you,” and, reaching down, he
grabs a handful of sand which he throws
in the air while he motions inarticulate
ly for them to go back and do it all
over again.
Backs Work Easily
Things are going snioother for the
backfield, punting and forward passing
being their most strenuous exercise
since Saturday’s battle. Coach Hunt
ingtn is giving his battered warriors a
chance to recover from the pounding
they received. He has no intention
however of letting them grow stale
through lack of use as only eight days
remain before the Homecoming battle.
WOMEN TO GIVE CONCERT
Mu Phi Epsilon Will Present Program
in Alumni Hall Tomorrow
Mu Phi Epsilon, women’s national
musical fraternity, will present its
second program of the year tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 p. m. in'Alumni hall
of the Woman’s building.
Mrs. Rex Underwood is chairman
of the program, which will be devoted
to ultra-modern music. There will also ;
be a paper read on ultra-modern music
and its development.
The porgram for the afternoon is as
follows: Piano selections from Orn
stein, La Paria and Bortok, by Kathe
rine Flood; Beulah Clarke, flutist, will
play “Nocturne” by Barrere and “Ro
mance” by Riker; vocal solo, “Wait
ing” by Schonberg, Eloise McPherson,
Jane O’Reilly, violinist, will play
“May Night” by Palmgren, and Au
rora Potter Underwood will render two
selections from Goossens.
All music students arfc especially
urged to attend and the public is also
extended an invitation.
CHARLES JOST UNDERGOES
OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS
Charles Jost, who was operated on
Wednesday evening for appendicitis, is
reported to be improving as well as
possible, by his physician at the Eugene
hospital. Jost, a junior in the Univer
sity, is registered in the school of busi
ness administration, and is active in
class and campus affairs. His illness
was sudden, and an immediate opera
tion was considered necessary, but all
reports yesterday indicate that he :s
doing as well as could be expected. He
is a member of Delta Tau Delta fra
ternity.
Do-nut Debating
Material Makes
Queer Departure
Making a mysterious disappear
ance has boon the behavior of
much of the do-nut debate material
that was originally stationed in the
library for general use of all taking
part in do-nut contests.
From six to eight reports of tax
I investigation material was placed
at the reference desk, but soon
only the one copy remained to
tell the story. Some “Oregon
Voters,” weekly magazines of af
fairs of the state, were also “bor
rowed” by forgetful ones. On
Thursday, the morning after the
night before—after the do-nut de
bate was over—two of the tax re
ports and some of the “Oregon
Voters” meandered back quite as
mysteriously as they had disap
peared.
As debato material on the sever
ance tax question was especially
hard to obtain, the decrease in
the already limited supply at the
reference desk greatly inconveni
enced both debaters and librarians.
Although material is sometimes
charged out over night, careful
checkings are made, so it appears
that the missing literature was de
liberately “toted” off.
DO-NMML
DIVISIONS COMPLETED
Phi Kappa Psi Quintet Leads
League A Undefeated
With tho defeat of the Kappa Sigma
team Tuesday evening by the Phi
Gamma Delta quintet, the final organi
zation of the two divisions in the
second round, of do-nut league basket
ball play was completed.
League A is' composod of the eight
teams which finished the first round
of elimination play with the highest
prcentage. These teams, representing
the fastest basketball aggregation in
the school) will play a round of elimi
nation, and the squads remaining
highest in the percentage column will
tangle to decide the championship.
The Phi Kappa Psi five are leading
the way at present in ithfs newly
formed league A with two wins and
no defeats. The Fijis have annexed
one victory with no losses, while the
Sigma Chis and Friendly hall are fol
lowing with a percentage of 500, hav
ing both won and lost a contest.
Using as a basis the play of the
past week, the Phi Psi’s seem to stand
out as the most probable winner of
the title. They have won their way
through the first round without a de
feat and have two games in the pres
ent league tucked away on the right
side of tho percentage column. They
have a fast passing team, which work
together well, and have no outstanding
individual players.
However, one may never tell how
the dope may be turned inside out and
one of the less-touted teams win the
cup. As in the case of the Sigma
Chis, a likdly winner, has taken a pro
longed slump and now seems to be
merely an outside possibility.
The Betas and Delts have strong
aggregations which stand an excellent
chance of being in the running up to
the final contest. The Fijis are comers
and will have to be reckoned with
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CONCESSION IS GRANTED
FOR GRANDSTAND SALES
Agreement Signed by Executive Council
Permitting Women to Sell Pood
at Football Carnes
At a meeting of (ho executive coun
cil Wednesday night, an agreement
was signed whereby the Women’s
league was granted a concession to
sell refreshments in the grandstands
at football games.
This contract has been sublet by
the Women’s league council to Phil
Ringle and Francis Alstock on a per
centage basis, and the proceeds from
the sale will be divided between the
Associated Students, Women’s league
and the men in charge of the sale.
A ruling made last year by the exe
cutive council prohibited the sale of
food on the grounds, except at a booth.
■ According to the new agreement, ven
j ders may operate stands, walk in front
of the bleachers and grandstands at
| all times, and sell in the aisles of
I the grandstand between halves. No
I confusion will result from this, since
the men will not call their wares,
j selling only at the demand of patrons.
1 A limited number of experienced sales
j men are to be employed.
The proceeds of these sales are ap
plied by the Women’s league on the
foreign scholarship fund, of which
Jeanne Gay has charge.
PURPLE AND GOLD
FROSH LACK DRIVE
Few Individual Stars Mark
Activity of Washington
Yearling Gridiron Players
COACH BAGSHAW WORRIED
Only Mediocre Success in
Schedule Attained; Shidler,
Halfback, Is Best Bet Now
By Jack Hohenberg
Sports Editor, U. of W. Dally
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 15.—(Special to
the Emerald)—Coach Wayne Sutton’s
University of Washington freshmen are
far inferior to the freshman teams
which have been produced at the pur
ple and gold institution during the past
few years, for they lack concerted
action.
Few individual stars mark the acti
vity of the yearlings, and Coach Bag
shaw is frankly worried over his lack
of green talent to fill up the gaps
which are sure to be left in his varsity
by graduation. The lack of action may
bo ascribed to the fact that no men
are cut from a Husky frosh squad,
all men remaining out until the end
of the season. In every game played,
at least two full teams, and often more,
are sent into action.
Shidler Good Kicker
Harold Shidler, halfback, looks like
the best frosh bet at the present time.
He is a demon for running interference
and carries himself in much the same
fashion as the now renowned George
Wilson on the offense. Shidler is the
kicker of the outfit, also.
’ Bob Shaw, fullback, is another comer.
On the line, McCrimmon at guard, and
Doug Bonamy, center, are the shining
lights.
Tho freshmen have had only mediocre
success in their schedule thus far, de
feating the U. S. S. Philadelphia grid
ders by a score of 26-0. St. Martin’s
college also bit tho dust by a 21-6
count. Then comes Bellingham Nor
mal, and they trounced the freshmen
thoroughly, the final total being 10-6.
Last Saturday the Cougar babes ad
ministered a 17 to 0 licking to the local
frosh. The probable lineup that will
face the Oregon yearlings tomorrow
afternoon follows: Botany, center;
Hopgood and McCrimmon, guards; Mit
chell and Thompson, tackles; Cutting
and Douglas, ends; Delaney, quarter;
Patten and Shidler, halves; Prevost,
fullback.
Visiting Men Listed
Men who are slated to make the trip
to Eugene are as follows:
Keardon . 168 . End
Hopgood . 175 . Guard
Mitchell . 180 . Tackle
Prevost . 160 ...-. Fullbaek
Shidler . 171 . Halfback
Hutha . 175 . Halfback
Merrit . 173 .-. Fullback
Hebb .. 164 . Fullback
Gamble . 175 . Halfback
Shaw . 175 .—. Fullback
Sofia . 200 . Tackle
Horne ... 193 . Guard
Kalenius . 185 . Center
Kelley . 175 . Center
Thompson h. 181 . tackle
Long . 180 Guard
McCrimmon . 190 Guard
Lowry . 162 Quarter
Cutting . 170 End
Delaney . 170 Quarter
McGuire . 163 End
SOCCER PLAYERS TRAIN
FOR BATTLE WITH O.A.C.
Homecoming Game With Aggies to be
Hard Fight, Say Coaches of
Both Elevens
Oregon soccer players are working
out under the supervision of Coach
Fahl, in preparation for the game with
O. A. C. here Homecoming. The Ag
gies won the first game of the series,
4 to 1, but Fahl believes that his pro
teges will show up better in the next
meeting.
O. A. C. has been practicing daily
under the direction of Preston Wisdom
and “Scotty” Wiltshire. Bill Cifre,
O. A. C. captain, is out of the game
temporarily with a strained foot, which
he received in the last mix with the
North Pacific Dental college. It is be
lieved, however, that he will be in
condition for the Oregon game. Coaches
of both schools declare that the game
will be a real battle.
Although soccer is not a major sport
at the University, a great deal of in
terest is being aroused for the O. A. C.
game. Coach Fahl has been working
with two full teams, but of this num
ber, only Gowans and Lau are of var
sity experience. Giovando, a freshman,
' has been showing up well in practice.