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Unite to Fight For Oregon Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUME XXV _ _UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1923 . Homecoming Edition Eight Pages Homecoming Edition Eight Pages NUMBER 44 BIG GAME MAIN FEATURE TODAY Y Classic Contest Between Old Rivals Will Take Place This Afternoon ' FESTIVITIES ARE MANY Campus Luncheon Served in Men’s Gym; Baked Ham and Salad on Menu The Homecoming festivities are in full swing. Today is to see the big list of events in which the grads are to participate. The campus lunch eon, game and naturalization cere mony for grads not our own, the Order of the O parade, class re unions and the annual Homecoming dance are all parts of the program. This noon the campus luncheon will be served at the men’s gym. All A campus people and guests will be served at this time, between the hours of 11:30 and 1:30. Serving will stop promptly at 1:30. The menu consists of baked ham, scalloped potatoes, fruit salad, sweet pickles, hot parkerhouse rolls, dough nuts and coffee. Th^ alumni and upperclassmen are to eat in the main gymnasium, and the under classmen in the outdoor gpm. No underclassmen may go into the gym proper. Underclassmen and alumni will not be able to go to lunch to gether. Exits Are Arranged The entrance used for the main gym is 'to be the one on 13th street and the exit on University street. The underclassmen will enter the outdoor gym by the 13th street en trance and exit by the handball - courts at the back. There will be posters indicating where to go. The transportation and serving committees are asked to report promptly at 9:30 and the clean-up committee at 1 sharp. At the game today the naturaliza tion ceremony will take place. This is a plan by whicjj alumni of other universities who are far from their Alma Maters are adopted and made to feel that the Oregon Homecoming is for them as well as for the Uni versity’s own grads. Those univer sity graduates who, because of their interest in Oregon, would like to feel that they had a closer tie are taken in as bous and daughters of the University of Oregon. Pledge to Be Given ,, The adoption ceremony will take place between halves of the game. P. L. Campbell, president of the University will stand out upon the field, accompanied by Bob Kuy kendall,. president of the alumni and Claude Bobinson, A. S. U. O. presi dent. The sound of a bugle will be the signal for the alumni of other uni versities to rise. They will stand while President Campbell delivers a short speech of adoption. Im mediately after the reading of the speech, the band will lead in “Mighty Oregon,” and everyone, students, old grads and naturalized alums will take part in singing it. The ceremony will last about five minutes. Many grads who were na turalized last year havp written say (Continued on page three) Coach to Pit Men Against Ags Today “Shy” Huntingi/en CLAMOR AND UPROAR FEATURE NOISE FEST Parade and Bonfire Declared Greatest in History “The noisiest parade in history” they predicted, and it certainly was. The bonfire was touched off on the dot at 6:30 and in five minutes was a sheet of flame. Half an hour later pandemonium broke lose as snorting, puffing monsters rumbled,' clanged and shrieked their way into the streets, followed by trucks of squealing females. The S. A. E. combination carried off the cup with a steam roller and three whistles. They netted eleven points, while Beta Theta Pi came second with nine and Delta Tau Delta third with a total of seven points. Red fire cast a lurid glow on the scene and sparklers, firecrackers and Roman candles sputtered, fizzed and added to the general clamor. The women were permitted to have fire works and on the whole remem bered to shoot them at the heavens and not at the crowd. Steam rollers, circular saws, whistles and every conceivable noise contraption was there". There may have been a little rain, judging from the umbrellas that lined the streets, but the mob in “the parade didn’t know it. Down Willamette street they thundered and rumbled, finally end ing at the armory, where the crowd of students and alums crowded in to fill all the available space. The (Continued on page three., Lip-Adorned Seniors Parade Before Judges at Men’s Gym After six long and arduous weeks of cultivation of their labial adorn ments, members of the male element of the senior class are today in line for reaping a reward, a reward for which competition will be so close as to include even a liairs-breath de gree of difference. For today is the day on which Colonel Leader and two prominent alumni will select from the senior class the lucky man —the man whose moustache has in that short six-week period assumed the largest and finest proportions, taking into consideration size, color, shape and intensity. The judging, which is expected to overshadow even the football game in importance and interest aronsed, will take place at noon in front of the men’s gym. It is expected that Colonel Leader will be a most ex cellent judge, for he has long main tained one of the objects in question on his own upper lip. Furthermore, his extensive travels in Australia, England and Canada should have familiarized him with the different styles and types of ultra-smart moustaches. Wenona Dyer, class barber, and Kate Pinneo, her assistant, state that there are several fourth year men who have excellent chances at the gold Auto-strop razor which the fortunate contestant will bear proud ly home. They refused, however, to ommit themselves on wearers of the sombrero who are their special favorites in the race. The contestants are to assemble in front of the men’s gym at 12:15 (Continued on page three) GIFT ACCEPTED BY UNIVERSITY Additions to Warner Art Museum are Formally Received By President SPECIAL ASSEMBLY HELD Dr. E. T. Williams Talks on American-Chinese Bond in Art* and Government The art treasures of the Murray Warner museum.—a bond between East and West. Such was the thought expressed by Dr. E. T. Wil liams, professor of oriental languages and literature iD the University of California, in a talk yesterday morning in the special assembly in which the recent additions to the art collection were formally received by President P. L. Campbell. Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner, whose mod esty prevented her from taking part in the assembly program, was a quiet and gracious figure in black velvet presir’; ng over her gifts in the afternoon. The museum was opened to visitors at 1:00 p.m. “Within the four seas all men are brethren,” was the old Chinese pro verb quoted by Professor William in urging a eloser union of America ^ with China, “the mother of eastern Asia” in art, government, religion and philosophy. Professor Williams said that the day had gone by when civilisation was regarded as a mat ter of surnames or ways of shaking hands, or whether a dinner begins with fruit or soup. He declared that even scientifiic knowledge did not constitute civilization, but the spirit of brotherly love. Tang Horse Given Dr. Williams commended the work done by the American mission aries in China, and cited the treaty of 1858 and the “open door” policy of 1895 as being the beginning of understanding between two es sentially different civilizations. As a friend of the late Major Murray Warner, Dr. Williams was pleased that the museum had been named for him, since Mr. Warner had always been interested in all things Chinese, especially art ob jects. The Tang period of Chinese art, between the Seventh and Tenth 'centuries, was mentioned by Pro fessor Williams as the golden -age of Chinese literature and art. There is a particularly interesting pottery horse of this period in the addition to the collection, in a case on the north wall of the old Woman’s league room in the Woman’s build ing. It is small, standing only about eight inches high, and with a bit of mold still clinging to it from the old tomb where it lay so long. Art Books Added The Oriental library, part of Mrs. Warner’s gift, contains books on Chinese, Japanese and European art. Nearly every museum piece will have a background in one or more of the many volumes. A number are not yet in the collection, as Mrs. Warner is having them bound. Still others, with silk tapestry bindings, will have cases made for them. The large painting on the west wall of the library dates from the Ming period, between the Thirteenth and Sixteenth centuries. It repre sents a delegation on the way to a scholar’s house to inform him that a degree has been conferred upon him. Other paintings in the room,; some painted with the artist’s thumb, show delicate designs of reeds, with a flying bird above, giving space and impression of distance. One painting is of the spring season, illustrating a poem in Chinese char acters at the top. Bronzes Are Bare An old bronze bell from a; Buddhist temple has a remarkable tone. One can almost see the old priest striking it with his padded stick to call the worshippers. One of the finest of the bronzes in the old Women’s league room is a curiously wrought wine jug. Four bronze dogs, each with his head in a different direction, no longer guard an old temple, but a bronze bell in the middle of the central case. In the same room are old porcelains of the rarest blue. The ones with covers still intact are the most valu ablej since many of the lids were (Con tinned on page four.) I— OREGON AND O.A.C. PRIMED FOR FRA Y on to Oregon/ BACKTO QAC CA *o«/ t r:jSTONEOFNEf E W!LL BE LI Sigma Nu Invites Public to Ceremony Saturday Hbmecoming week-end will be the occasion of a special feature this year, in the laying of the corner stone for the new Sigma Nu house tomorrow morning. The event will be open to everyone, and all houses are asked to send representatives. Although the idea was not one of the aims in the plans of the Sigma Nus, they would like to see a tradi. tioa grow up in the laying of cor nerstones of new houses as a part of Homecoming. It is the most ad vantageous time, for it enables a large number of alumni to return for both events at the same time. The event of tomorrow morning will take place at 9:30 at the site of the new house, on Eleventh street, between Alder and Hilyard. The Sigma Nu lot is next to the Kappa Sigma house. The program is as follows: Invocation—Bishop W. T. Sumner. Reading of the Sigma Nu creed— Ray Harlan, commander of Gamma Zeta chapter. Ideals and Traditions of Sigma Nu—C. N. McArthur. Message from the University— President P. L. Campbell. Laying of the cornerstone by charter members of Gamma Zeta chapter. Benediction — Bishop W. T. Sumner. Charter members of Sigma Nu are: Luke L. Goodrich, Clifton N. McArthur, Clarence M. Bishop, Clyde A. Payne, Condon McCornack, Frederick J. Ziegler, Edward N. Blythe, Richard S. Smith, Charles A. Redmond (deceased). The Sigma Nu house was the first national men’s fraternity to be in stalled on the University campus. Its chapter was granted in 1900. The Sigma Nus have lived in their present house since 1906. At present there are 30 men living in the house. The new house is to be of brick vefieer in the colonial style. In the spring, when it is to be completed, it will accommodate forty. The first floor will be constructed so that it can be thrown open for so cial affairs. MEETING DAY CHANGED All Second Orchestra Members Urged to Attend Wednesday The second orchestra will here after meet in Villard hall on Wed nesday, instead of 'fuesday, at 4:45 p.m. All members are requested to communicate with Mr. Walstrom, the director. On account of work which the di rector wants to carry out, it is urged that all who contemplate playing in this orchestra be at the next re hearsal on Wednesday, November 28. By doing this the orchestra can be come thoroughly organized before the term is completed. Today’s Program I o--<. 8 a. m. to 1 p.m.—Registration of alumni at the Add building. 9 a. m.—Delt-Beta frosh tug-o’-war, mill race. 9:30 a. m.—Laying Sigma Nu corner stone at their new location on 11th. between Alder and Hilyard. 10 a.m.—Annual alumni meeting, Guild Hall. 10 a.m.—Oregon vs. O. A. C. soccer game on Kincaid Field. 11:00 a m.—Reunion class ’93 at home of Mrs. L. H. Johnson, 1284 E. 13th street. 11:30 to 1:30 p.m.—Campus Lunch eon. Alumni and upperclassmen at men’s gymnasium. Underclass men and visitors at the outside gym. Music will be furnished by the University Band and the Var sity quartet. 2 p. m.—Oregon, O. A. C., Idaho cross-country run. Start and fin ish on Hayward field. 2:20 p. m.—-Order of O Parade on Hayward field. 2:30 p. m.—Annual football classic, Oregon vs. O. A. C. on Hayward field. 6 p. m.—Order of O banquet at the Campa Shop. 8:30 to 12 p. m.—Annual Homecom ing dance. . Alumni and Upper classmen at the Woman’s Build ing. Special musical entertain ment will be provided in the Alumni Hall for those not desir ing to dance. Underclassmen and visitors’ dance at the Armory. The Warner Museum will be open for inspection at the following times: Friday, 1:30 to 10:30. Sat urday, 9 a. m. to 10 p.- m. Sunday, 3 to 5. FANS TO SEE TUMBLING Twenty-One Trained Men to Perform Between Halves of Game Tumbling is to be the main feature of the stunt to be given between halves at the game today, according to Lot Beattie who has charge of it. Twenty one tumblers, trained by Earl Widmer, wrestling coach, will take part in it. “Because of the other ceremonies taking place between halves, the stunt will be short and snappy. The actual nature of this skit will not be divulged, but we promise something good when the time comerf, ’ ’ says Beattie. The O. A. C. rooters will probably stage some kind of stunt in their sec tion. Jack Myers may also manage a very short act, but this is not cer tain as yet. UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES STOP AIRPLANE MENACE University of Ohio.—Flying by any sort of aircraft over an assem blage of people on the Ohio campus •was fortidden by the trustees of the university at their last meeting. Repeated stunts over the stadium when it was thronged with specta tors at recent football games caused the decision. During the game with Colgate, a stunt flyer doing smoke writing frightened the crowds. An other aviator hovered over the field during the Iowa game. THOUSAND EXPECTED AT DANCE TONICHT Crowd to Be divided in Last Event of Week-End Tonight the Woman’s building and the Armory will be the scene of campus merrymaking at the an nual Homecoming dance. Under classmen will dance downtown while alumni and upperclassmen are to use the Woman’s building. The decorations of the upperclass gathering are to be distinctly char acteristic of Oregon in vivid lemon and green with hanging baskets of ferns. It is not all in the nature of a dance, but will be more or less of a social gathering for grads who do not care to dance. A committee of town alumni will be in Alumni hall to welcome all the grads. For 'those who do not dance there will be musical numbers during the even ing which will consist of violin and piano solos, and singing. Music at the upperclass dance will be furnished by the Midnite Sons, and the feature of the evening will be selections by the glee club quartet. About ono thousand peo ple are expected to attend the dance at the Woman’s building and about 750 at the downtown hall. All underclassmen* must go to the Armory, the alumni and upperclass men having a choice of the two halls. At the Armory, the decorations Which were used at the sophomore informal, last week-end, will be used again. The music for this dance will be Ray Graham’s orchestra, and the foature will be a dance by Camille Burton. Punch will be servod at both dances. Tickets may bo purchased at the men’s houses and at the Co-op, as well as at the entrances to the dance halls. Alumni are to be admitted free upon presentation of their reg (Continued on page four.) DOPE FLIES FUST BEFOREJI6 FIGHT All Tickets are Sold for Game Scheduled at 2:30 on Hayward Field Today SAX MISSING IN LINE-UP By Ken Cooper Today is the day! Today is the day that some 3,000 grads have been waiting for. To day is the day that a couple of thousand undergrads have been waiting for. Today is the day that the Aggie rooters have been waiting for. To “Shy” Huntington, to Coach “Smilin Dick” Rutherford, to Bill Hayward, and to both varsity teams—this is the day. Whilst the dope is flying thiek and fast, the supporters of the Lemon-Yellow will have to take a look at the facts of the case find judgo for themselves. After thp so-called dope has been simmered down we find that the only two games upon which we can pass judg ment are the Idaho and W. 8. C. game. First, wo find Oregon out 'playing the gem staters and ■ draw ing a scoreless tie, but on the fol lowing week to see Shy’s warriorn taking the short end of a 13-7 count at the hands of the Cougars. Now for our neighbors. They journey to the gem state and took a 7-0 walloping from the Vandals, but came back ami held the heavy hit ting crew from Pullman to a three point tie. There you have it. Ore gon is seven points stronger than the Ags and the Ags are six points stronger than the varsity, leaving a grand sum and total of one point ‘in favor of the webfoot clan. Dope is Unimportant Now, as any one knows who has followed the football fortunes of the two schools, one point of dope is a mere bagatelle and as a usual thing dope of any magnitude means very little when the grid representatives of two Oregon institutions get on the field of battle. That eliminates dope as having any bearing on the possible outcome of the battle. Football experts tell us that science never plays a very great paft in the struggle betwpen these two schools, but that it is invariably a case of fight—fight from whistle to gun—with the team that fights the hardest and the longest usually com ing out on top of the heap. Over in Corvallis they have it figured out that the Beaver Fight has made a great change—a step forward—that Beaver Fight has just come into its own. Maybe it has. There is one thing certain, however, that Oregon Fight has not changed one whit since that first little band of grid warriors started making Oregon’s football history way back in 1894. The spirit may have increased with swelling of the student enrollment, it may have be come modernized, but back of it all (Continued on page four) Old Timer Harkens Back to the Civil War Period The oldest of Oregon’s adopted sons is greeting the campus with his “hollo.” lie js a slight, venerable figure with white beard and twinkly blue eyes that defy anyone to bo lieve that he is 77 years old. But he says he is, though his actions— spirited as those of any frosh) dis prove it. Both he and his wife are graduates of ’69 Grinnell college, Iowa. II. H. Robbins is a personal friend of M. H. Douglass, the University librarian. Back in the days when Mr. Robbins was treasurer of Grin nell, he collected tuition from the University librarian. His residence in Eugene has per mitted him to watch the growth of Oregon for 13 years and to compare it with the college he once attended. In the days just after the civil war, Mr. Robbins was a member of the first baseball team in Grinnell. “The batter (or striker as he was called in those days) would holler out to the pitcher to send him a knee-high ball. The pitcher would oblige with an underhand delivery. I played shortstop unless a pitcher was I needed. There were only two, one who could pitch slow balls, and ono who could pitch fast ones.” Mr. Robbins, ‘like all the rest of tlie gang, knew the tricks to play upon the professors. At that time rogular hours had to be kept by the students and each student had to report what he did during each sijrty minutes. “I spent an hour over my book% (Continued on page three)