Oregon Daily Emerald
VOTJTME YYY ‘ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1923 NUMBER 47
PRAISE GIVEN FOR'
WEEK-END PLANS
Haddon Rockhey Receives
Much Commendation for
Success of Homecoming
MANY ALUMNI RETURN
Committee Organization is
Effective and Work Done
Thoroughly by Students
%
The entire campus and adminis
tration have united in voicing their
appreciation of the work done by
Haddon Rockhey and the Home
coming committee this year. Both
the administrative and detail work
are receiving their share of praise.
President P. L. Campbell and
Grace Edgington, alumni secretary,
are highly satisfied with the way
the week-end’s program was car
* ried out.
“The expressions of satisfaction
that reached us from alumni and
guests were very gratifying,” they
declared. “It is our belief that the
success of the occasion and the fine
spirit of hospitaity shown were the
result of an excellent idea: the idea
that Homecoming was not to excell
all other celebrations but to be
'worthy of Oregon.’ This attitude
toward the problem of entertain
ment put the emphasis, we feel, on
friendship rather than display.
Good Mood Claimed
“With the growing tendency of
alumni to return for Homecoming
even more than for commencement,
it has become exceedingly import
ant that they see the University
in commendable Homecoming mood.
We feel that they have had, this
year, such an opportunity.”
“The associated students are
one,” says Claude Robinson, student
body president, in praising Mr.
Haddon Rockhey and his committee
for the fine Homecoming that they
planned and executed. “Every mem
ber of the committee was loyal and
true, and worked whole-heartedly to
make the week-end a pleasant one
for the grads. Efficiency was evi
dently their watchword, for the
work was done without loss of mo
tion and with a thoroughness that
was a pleasure to witness.” The fine
cooperation that existed between
the Homecoming committees and
the willing campus workers is also
meritous of the highest praise by
the associated students. .
Work a Pleasure
Haddon Rockhey managed the
entire program and did a great deal
of the routine as well as the ad
ministrative work. Of his com
mittee he says: “It w-as indeed a
pleasure to be associated with a
group such as those who handled
the Homecoming events this year,
From the-welcoming committee who
greeted our grads as they arrived
to the last event of the busy week
end, there was nothing but coopera
tion and harmony among those ir
charge.
“If Homecoming was a success,
just as much credit is due to those
who spent hours of hard work in
detail as to those who planned and
engineered the program. The spirit
, (Continued on page three)
Edward Robbins,
Blind Student,
to Learn Golf
University golf enthusiasts will
have to be on their metdl from
now on in order to make a respect
able showing, since Edward Rob
bins, blind journalism student, is
starting to learn the game.
Merryl Shaver, golf instructor,
is teaching him the rudiments,
such as handling the clubs, learn
ing to drive and so forth, and he
expects to- start out on the course
soon.
It is necessary for him to take
a caddy, of course, to locate the
ball and give him general direc
tions, and for the rest—“I make
my drives by sound entirely,” he
says. “When on the green the
caddy locates the hole for me by
tapping it with his club, and I
put in the direction of the sound.”
Golf is not the only sport which
the sightless man enjoys. He has
played handball for some time,
getting the direction of the ball
from sound and aiming it toward
the sound which the other player
makes by slapping on his glovd
He is an ardent football fan
as may be observed by the regu
larity with which he attends all
the games.
NATIONAL HUMORISTS
NAME EODFREY HEAD
Hammer and Coffin Holds
Convention in East
Hammer and Coffin, national pub
lishing society, held its second bien
nial convention at Minneapolis, Min
nesota, November 20. Delegates from
every chapter, except the newly in
stalled group at the University of
Chicago, were present. Representa
tives were Carl J. Shoup, of the
Stanford Chaparral; George Pierrot,
of the Washington ( Sun Dodger;
Lindsey Spight, O. A. C. Orange
Owl, and George H. Godfrey, of
the Oregon Lemon Punch.
National officers elected at this
time were George H. Godfrey, pre
sident, Carl J. Shoup, secretary, and
Lindsey Spight, treasurer. Shoup
reported at this time on the instal
lation of the Chicago Phoenix chap
ter, and stated that eight members
of the Phoenix soeieety were taken
into the order November 17. Sev
eral other eastern college comic pub
lications are petitioning for admit
tance to the organization, and it is
probable that at least six charters
will be granted at the next national
meeting, which will be held on the
coast.
Preliminary arrangements were
made, under the direction of Ham
mer and Coffin, for a national col
lege comie association, which will
have for its purpose the exchange
of cuts and various ideas. All
comics, whether members of Ham
mer and Coffin or not, would be ad
mitted to the association. Uniform
rates of advertising were also dis
cussed at a meeting of all men
working on college comics, who were
present at the convention of Sigma
Delta Chi, which was in session at
the University of Minnesota.
Definite plans for a convention
(Continued on page two.)
t
Anna Case to Sing in Concert
on the Campus in December
Anna Case, Metropolitan opera
singer, will appear in concert here
on the evening of Friday, Decem
ber 7. She received her musical
training only in America, and, con
trary to the stern tradition that
foreign training was necessary,
truimphed over all obstacles.
It has been said by critics that
she embodies the spirit of America
because the essential factors in the
development of her career were in
i' tellect, determination, perseverance,
| and ambition, which everyone likes
to think typifies the average Ameri
can. It was the art of Anna Case
that swept away a great deal of
the prejudice and opposition once so
strong against native artists who
have no European reputation.
Anna Case has become a much
sought-for artist throughout the
country. During the past season
she sang in all but 10 spates, and
from this her country-wide appeal
and host of admirers in cities from
the Atlantic to the Pacific may be
judged.
She possesses a natural and clear
soprano voice, and the luscious tones
of it are much enhanced by her
grace, charm and personality. She
also has an excellent technical skill
and finished style in her singing.
She has been very successful in
! opera, but her song recitals are un
surpassed, say many critics, for it
j is then that all the artistry of her
I voice and charm of her personality
is displayed to the full. It is also
said that among recitalists she is
one of the most skillful of tonal
j painters in her particuar genre.
The exquisite sentiment and
i charm of feeling which she dis
plays in her singing rarely go un
mentioned by critics, for it is that
'which constitutes the “sbmething”
j about her which is irresistible.
/
VARSITY DEBATE
SCHEDULE HEAVY
Oregon to Meet Southern
California, Idaho and
British Columbia Teams
%
ALL OPPONENTS STRONG
Tryouts December 8 for
Aspirants to Squad by
Eight Minute Speeches
With an unusually heavy sehedulg
planned for the year, and the first
varsity debate a little more than a
week off, forensic work for this sea
son has begun in earnest, and will
continue until the final contests, the
Failing-Beekman orations, commence
ment week.
This year Orergon has several new
opponents slated for debates, in ad
dition to those she has met for sev
eral years. Among these new adver
saries 'are the University of British
Columbia, University of Idaho, and
the University of Southern Califor
nia, a considerable deviation from
the regular schedule. This should, in
the opinion of H. E. Rosson, debate
coach, make for a greater interest
in forensics than ever before, espec
ially since very attractive trips are
offered in connection with them.
Year’s Schedule Given
The schedule for this year’s foren
sic contests, both jnen’s and women’s
follows: December 6, men’s triangu
lar debate with Reed and O. A. C.
January 18, men’s triangular debate
with Idaho and British Columbia.
February 15, women’s triangular de
bate with O. A. C. and Willamette.
March 6, men’s triangular debate
with’ Stanford and Washington.
March 4, men’s single debate with
the University of Southern California.
March 13, men’s dual debate with
California. March 14, state old line
oratorical contest. April 11, state
oratorical contest on subject of
“Peace”. Second week in M[ay,
Northwest oratorical contest with
Washington and Idaho. June 13,
Failing-Beekman orations.
Tryouts Are Soon
Tryouts for all debates for the
year will be held at one time the
morning of December 8, which is a
week from Saturday. At this time
it is desired that anyone planning to
do work on any of the varsiity squads
this year will come out for the try
outs. The tryout speeches are to bg
eight minutes in length for both men
and women. The subject for the
men will be: resolved: that the Uni
ted States should enter into the world
court; and for the women the sever
ance tax question, interpretated, as
in do-nut debate, will be used.
At the first tryout of the year,
which was held last month, teams
were chosen for the O. A. C.-Reed
debate December 6. The men select
ed at that time are now hard at work
on the question, which is the issue
of recognition of Soviet Russia. Joe
Frazer, Ralph Bailey, Walter Mal
colm, and Marion Dickey will repre
sent Oregon.
More Material Needed
“We are hoping,” said Mr. Rosson,
‘ ‘ that by holding the tryouts open
until next week a number of students
who are unable to make arrangements
to take debate work at the beginning
of thd term will be induced to come
out at this time.
“The men’s Washington, Stanford,
and U. S. C. debates will involve us
in competition with institutions which
are exceptionally strong in forensic
work, and to be Successful in these
contests the university must be repre
sented by her best talent. Further
more, the negative teams chosen to
debate will make a trip to California,
going direct to Los Angeles.
Students Urged to Work
“In addition to the debate work,
we are very anxious that students ex
pecting or desiring to enter any of
the oratorical contests shall call at
206 Sociology building to make ar
rangements to begin definite work on
writing.”
Besides the incentive of the for
ensic experience and the long trips
planned, the reward for this year
will doubtless be more tangible than
formerly, for it is planned to have,
instead of the plain gold “O” of
fered in former years, a pin which
shall be distinctive in that it will
bear the word “debate” and prob
ably the year of participation in the
varsity contest.
Classes Will Be
Dismissed Early;
Specials to Run
Holiday Rates Offered
by Both Railroads
All classes will be dismissed at
3:35 p.m. on Wednesday, according
to the latest word from the presi
dent’s office, although ^hree o'clocks
will meet and continue in session
up to that time. This will enable
the students to take the special train
| at 4:10 that afternoon. Thanksgiv
ing vacation will include all the
time from 3:35 on Wednesday until
classes on the Monday following.
Both railroad companies have an
nounced special trains and rates for
this vacation. The Southern Pacific
is running a special train on No
vember 28 to leave at 4:10 on Wed
: nesday, and to arrive in Portland
kt 7:30 p.m. Round-trip tickets on
the Southern Pacific will be $5.75
for the week-end. Rates of a fare
and a half over the entire Southern
Pacific division have also been of
fered. Tickets will be on sale at
this rate on November 28, 29, 30.
The Oregon Electric is running a
[Special at substantially the same time
1 as the Southern Pacific. Its rates
are the same as offered by the
Southern Pacific.
DEBflTINGTROPHIES AT
STAKE IN SEMI-FINALS
Cup Still to be Won After
Contests Tonight
Possession of the Zeta Kappa Psi
cup and Tau Kappa Alpha shield is
at stake tonight, when the semi-finals
of this year’s do-nut debate series
will be held at 7:45 in the Com
merce building. Contestants for the
Zeta Kappa Psi trophy are Susan
Campbell and Hendricks halls, and
Delta Zeta sorority. Beta Theta Pi,
Psi Kappa and Eriendly hall are in
the running for the shield.
me winner or eaen prize tonignt
will have a chance at still another
reward—the cup offered to the best
do-nut team, men’s or women’s, on
the campus. The possessor of this
will not be determined until the fin
als, which are to come off some time
after Thanksgiving.
The question for debate will be
1 the same as for the other do-nut de
bates: Resolved: that the state of
Oregon should adopt the severance
■ tax on timber. The constitutionality
of the question has been waived for
! the debates. Definition of the na
ture of the tax to be proposed will
[ be optional with each team. This
was decided at a meeting held last
Thursday, when representatives of
each team met to consider a stricter
definition of the question at isSue.
The debate tonight will be in
' charge of Paul Patterson of the pub
I lie speaking department. Mr. Pat
j terson will select the judges and ap
j point chairmen for the contests.
The schedule as made out at the
meeting Thursday is: Affirmative,
Hendricks hall, Delta Zeta, Susan
Campbell, Beta Theta Pi, Friendly
hall and Psi Kappa; Negative, Del
ta! Zeta, Susan Campbell hall, Hen
dricks, Friendly hall, Psi Kappa, and
Beta Theta Pi. Members of t -iese
teams who are debating tonight are:
I Susan Campbell, affirmative, Doro
i thy Dickinson and Eva Nealon, neg
ative, Edna Spencer and Mildred
Whitcomb; Hendricks, affirmative,
Marian Lowry and Margaret Clarke,
negative, Ellen MeClellan and Ger
trude Tucker; Delta Zeta, affirma
tive, Dorothy Newman and May
Helliwell, negative, Dorothy Abbott
and Mary MeCullagh; Beta Theta
Pi, affirmative, Edward and Harold
: Sox, negative, Ray McKeown and
Willard Marshall; Friendly hall, af
firmative, Harold Hoflich and Tru
man Sether, negative, Larry Cook
and Herschell Brown; Psi Kappa,
affirmative, Martin Moore and Clar
ence, Parks, negative, Ivan Phipps
and Tom Chatburn.
DOROTHY DIXON IS BACK ON
CAMPUS AFTER OPERATION
Dorothy E. Dixon, geology senior,
is back on the campus resuming
work in the reference department
of the library after an appendicitis
operation of six weeks ago. Miss
Dixon will also bo doing speciaj
bibliography work in the geology
department, but will not continue
1 regular school work until next term.
PREPPERS WILL
HAVE GATHERING
Dates for Meeting of High
School Representatives
are January 11 and 12
i
—
ROBINSON NAMES GROUP
Aim is to Bring All Leaders
Together to Talk Over
Problems of All Kinds
Announcement was recently made
by Claude Robinson, of the appoint
ment of a- committee for the an
nual high school conference on the
campus. John Piper is the chair
man who will have charge of the
conference. The other members of
the committee are Margaret Carter,
Martha Shull, Louise Inabnit, Floyd
McKalson and Ray Harlan.
The conference is a joint one, of
the Oregon High School Presidents’
aid Secretaries’ association, and
the Oregon High Sehool Press as
sociation. The dates have been
definitely set as January 11 and,
12.
Leaders Will Assemble
The plan for this year will be to
get a representation of as large a
number of high schools as possible!
and to permit no largo number of
representatives from any single
school. The editors, student body
presidents and secretaries are the
cream of the high schools, and it
is to the advantage of the Univer
sity and the state to bring them
here in this conference.
The first aim of the conference,
the committee says, is to bring these
high sehool leaders together to dis
cuss their problems in a constructive,
manner. The program will include
speeches by men who have a wide
acquaintance with high school dif
ficulties and various discussions of
problems by the young people them
selves in round table Sessions.
The second and perhaps the most
important aim is to inspire these
representatives, who are probably
embryo leaders of the state, to take
advantage of higher education. !
Pictures to Be Released
\
The conference will start with
the registration Thursday evening
and Friday morning and will include
a full program of lectures and dis
cussions Friday morning and after
noon. Friday evening there will be
a large banquet for all the dele
gates and Friday night is to be a
college night. The moving pictures
which were taken last junior week
end will bo released here for the
first time. There are 2,000 feet of
film available for this.
There will probably also be a
presentation of sweaters to the
football men, and various stunts.
Saturday morning is to be devoted
to meetings, but the aftornoon is
open for possible athletic events.
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Churchill is supporting
the conference and is writing to the
principals of the various high schools
telling the worth of the movement.
The committee is also sending let
ters to student leaders to secure rep
resentatives from a large number
of schools. The capacity for dele
gates this year is 200.
j Living organizations will be asked
| to accommodate the delegates over j
jthe week-end.
The effort will be made this year
to have the high schools send in
suggestions for additional features
at the conference.
LETTERS TO BE GIVEN
OUT AT W.A.A. MEETING
Awards Will be Hade for First Time
Since Adoption of Point
System Last Year
j Awarding letters to girls who have
i earned 500 points in athletics will be
| a feature of the meeting of the
Women’s Athletic association which
will be held this afternoon at 5
o’clock in Yillard hall.
These are the first awards to be
given since the adoption of the new
point system last year. About thirty
letters are to be given out today.
All members are urged to attend
these monthly meetings, the failure
to do so being expulsion from the as
sociation and withdrawal of the pri
vilege of voting in elections.
Schedule Is Given
for Term Exams
Dec. 19, 20, 21
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19
8:00—Three, four and five-hour
eight o ’clock classes.
10:00—Three, four and five
hour two-fifteen classes.
1:15-—Three, four and five-hour
nine o ’clock classes.
3:15—English outlines—all sec
tions.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20
8:00 — Three and four-hour
oleven o ’clock classes.
10:00—First and second year
Spanish, all sections.
1:15—Three and four-hour one
fifteen classes.
3:15—First and second year
French, all sections.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21
8:00—Three, four and five-hour
ten o ’dock classes.
10:00—Freshman accounting, all
sections.
Tuesday evening, December 18,
from 7:15 to 9:15 is reserved for
the personal hygiene class. All
other one and two-hour classes
will be arranged for by the in
structors at hours which do not
conflict with the regular schedule.
FIJIS ARE DEFEATED
BY SIGMA CHI QUINTET
Betas Win From Club and
Go to Top of League
STANDING IN LEAGUE A
W. L. Pet.
Betas . 4 1 .800
Fijis . 3 1 .750
Friendly Hall .... 2 1 .666
Phi Kappa Psi.... 2 2 .500
Sigma Chi . 2 2 .500
Phi Delts . 1 2 .333
Oregon Club . . 1 3 .250
Delts . 0 3 .000
<£>---^
The Sigma Chis came back and
kicked the dope bucket upside down
yesterday by winning from the
hitherto invincible Phi Gamma
Delta quintet, 15 to 11. The win
ners played bang-up basketball the
entire route and especially in the
second half when they came back
strong and surmounted the two-point
lead held by the Fijis at the end
of the first period. The game was
close and was so hard fought, with
each team scrapping for every point,
that the final issue was in doubt
up to the last minuto of play. Both
teams chocked closely and worked
the ball down fast. The stars for
the winners were Stoddard, Rein
hart and Palmer, while Chiles and
Flynn starred for the Fijis.
This defeat sent the Fijis to sec
ond place in the do-nut race in
league “A,” as a result of the vic
tory of the Betas over the Oregon
club in the evening contest. Every
indication points to a neck and
neck struggle between these two
teams until the curtain falls in the
league “A” race. The Fijis have
the easier schedule from now on,
while the Betas have the fast play
ing Phi Psis to overcome. However,
there has been so many startling up
(Continued on page three)
Man TO MEET
HUSKIES IN NORTH
Last Game of Season With
Fast Washington Eleven
Scheduled for Saturday
TERJESEN OUT OF GAME
Possibility of Final Spurt
With Which to End Year
in Football is Unlikely
The varsity entry took another
tumble in the coast conference
steeplechase last Saturday and as
a result the chances to finish in the
money are pretty slim at present.
The last jump in the conference
race looms in the form of the
strong University of Washington
team, which will act as hoet to
the lemon-yellow warriors next Sat
urday on their own grounds. From
the looks of .things, the dope is de
cidedly against the local team when
the two outfits meet in the Wash
ington stadium.
Huskies are Second
At present writing, the Huskies
are reposing snugly in second plaee
with but one defeat against their
record, and if their performance
against the Cougars last week is
any indication of their present
strength, they will be in that same
position when the curtain drops on
tho conference football stage. Using
the Washington State game as a
criterion, the Huskies are about 30
points stronger, on paper, than the
local team, but the fans have long
since learned to disregard the in
formation to be gained from com
parative scores.
Lack of Subs Felt
About the only thing that could
really be said to actually favor the
Northerners is that they have an
exceptionally fine team as coast
teams go. Not only do they have
a fine team, but they have a wealth
of equally fine substitutes to throw
into the breach caused by injury.
On the other hand, Oregon misses
painfully the absence of a single
first string man. Furthermore, al
though it is probable that Karl
Vonder Ahe will be back into tho
linoup for the Washington tilt, Bill
Hayward comes out with the state
ment that Terjesen will be out for
the rest of the season, with a broken
bone in his ankle.
Last Year a Tie
Before this time, however, Ore
gon teams have fought bigger odds
than this and have returned victori
ous. Lust year at this time the
Washingtonians were booked to beat
Oregon but the game resulted in a
tie score. As a rule, Oregon has
been a strong finisher in football,
and this might be another such sea
son as last.
LIBRARY TO KEEP REGULAR
HOURS DURING HOLIDAY
To accommodate the largo num
ber of students who will remain
on tho campus for over the Thanks
giving holidays, the library will be
open Wednesday tiig(ht till 10
o’clock, Friday and Saturday from
8 a.m. till 10 p.in. and Sunday, an
usual, from 2 o’clock until 6.
Rooters Bound for Seattle
Headed by Colonel Leader
With Oregon ’a most ardent foot
ball fan, Colonel Leader, to lead
them, a delegation of loyal varsity
supporters is organizing to witness
the Orogon-Washington game at
Seattle next Saturday. Various of
the living organizations are making
up parties to drive up via the paved
Pacific highway, and some are go
ing by rail. Though the game at
Seattle is not deemed so important
as last year’s battle there, interest
is high and many eagerly anticipate
the best game of the season against
the Huskies.
Though some are prone to minim
ize Oregon’s chances in this, her
last game of the 1923 conference
play, those signifying their inten
tions to go to Seattle are not going
with downcast countenances and
gloomy hearts, but with a foeling
that the string of hard luck has run
its course and that Seattleites are
destined to see a scrap. Oregon lost
to Washington State College, and
tho Staters have in turn bowed to
a superior foe in the Huskies. But
this does not make the Webfootera
the easiest team in the world to
beat. Washington confidence may
be her weakness and a band of
rooters backing up the varsity may
serve to put over a surprise on tho
Washingtonians. This is the feel
ing that prevails in the Oregon
camp and especially among the loyal
group intending to go to Seattle.
Jack Myers, yell king, wants to
know definitely how many are go
ing to the northern city for Satur
day’s game. In the event that tho
crowd will be larger or even as
large as that attending last year,
the Oregon students will be banded
together and a yell leader present
to keep the ’ gang making noise
enough to win the game.
The Thanksgiving holidays on
Thursday and Friday will make tho
(Continued on page three)