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)