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VOUTTMF XXV ~ UNIVEESITY OF OEEGON, EUGENE, Til1'ESPAY, DECEMBER 6, 1923_ _NUMBEE 51
JUNIOR WEEK END
HEAD APPOINTED
Ed Tapfer Named by Junior
President to be General
Chairman for this Affair
DATES MAY 9 AND 10
Emphasis Will be Placed
on Limiting Invitations
to High School Seniors
With the intent of getting an
early start toward the perfection of
plans for the 1924 junior week-end,
to be held probably May 9 and 10,
Ed. Tapfer has been appointed gen
eral chairman by Don Woodward,
president of the junior class.
The directorate plan, that of
having chairmen of the committees
meet at specified times will be fol
lowed this year. This body acts in
-*t an advisory capacity on all phases
of the work, and is a great help
in assisting the individual com
mittee heads in solving problems
incidental to their work.
Program Indicated
The program will be similar to
that followed in past years, except
that it is planned to simplify a
number of features, and consider
able attention will be paid to limit
ing invitations to only high school
seniors who are intending to enter
college in the fall of next year.
Oregon will play Washington
State college in baseball here on
both May 9 and 10, and there will
also be a track meet.
Tapfer is junior man on the exe
cutive council of the A. S. U. O.,
head of the Oregon Knights, and
was president of the class -last year.
Work will be started immediately
toward the appointment of com
mittee heads, announcement of their
choice to be made within a few
days. It is hoped to have the full
I membership of these bodies drafted
before the close of this term, so
that a good start may be made at
the beginning of the winter quarter,
Tapfer says.
Main Events Listed
Main features of the affair, which
is given annually by the junior
class of the University for the pur
pose of interesting high school
students in higher education by
actual observation of college life,
begin Friday with burning of the
freshman caps and the frosh-soph
tug-o-war.
At noon there is a campus lunch
eon, with athletic events following.
In the evening the mill race becomes
the center of attraction, as the
spectators gather to view the canoe
fete.
Saturday morning and afternoon
are taken up with athletics and
water sports, while the junior prom
in the evening winds up the of
ficial program. Sunday is devoted
to open house by the living organiza
tions.
Vod-Vil is Planned
The junior vod-vil, from which
much of the revenue for the week
end is derived, will probably be held
one week ahead of the regular pro
gram
^ PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT
Alpha Xi Delta announces the
pledging of Hattie Fletcher, of
Zealandia, Canada.
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|A.S.U.O. President;
Prepares for Test
—Courtesy Oregon Journal.
Claude Robinson
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
TEST TO BE SATURDAY
Seven From State to Try
for Place of Honor
Seven students from colleges in
Oregon have been selected by their
respective institutions to appear be
fore the examining board of the
Rhodes Scholarship committee on
Saturday afternoon to compete for
the place offered to one student from
this state this year at Oxford uni
versity.
These men will face one of the
most gruelling tests which it is
possible to give undergraduates in
American universities at this ses
sion, when they will go through a
competitive examination for the
honor of being chosen to represent
the students of the state at the
famous historical English univer
sity. Two candidates from he Uni
versity who will go to Portland for
the examination are Claude Robin
son, senior in the economics de
partment and student body presi
dent, and Arthur Rosebraugh of the
law school. The other five candid
ates are: William Lewis Harrison
and Joseph R. Maeready, of Pacific
university; William Cyril Osgood,
Linfield college; Howard McGaw
Smyth, Reed college; Edward R.
Sax, Albany college.
The examination will be held at
the University club in Portland, at
1:30 on Saturday afternoon, De
cember 8. Members of the exam
ining board are P. D. Campbell,
president of the University of Ore
gon, chairman; Richard F. Scholz,
president of Reed college, at Port
land; A. C. Newill, Portland; J. B.
Harrison, professor of English at
the University of Washington;
Walter C. Barnes, professor of his
tory at the University.
SCHOOL OF SERVICE WORK
INITIATES NEW STUDENTS
At the regular fall convocation of
the Portland school of social work
of the University, held Tuesday,
December 4, initiation was held for
new students at the home of Direc
tor P. A. Parsons. All state and
city welfare agencies which co
operate with the school were repre
sented by executive officers.
Trained High School Material
Lacking for Winning Teams
By H. C. Howe
The first point to notice in deal
ing with the question of material
for the Oregon football team is
that Oregon has not as large a popu
lation as Washington or California.
This is important, for though Cali
fornia and more especially Stanford,
to the south, and W. S. C. and
Idaho, to the north, do draw football
material from the state of Oregon,
it is not usual for Oregon to draw
from those states, except perhaps a
few from that part of Washington
nearest Portland.
The second point to observe is
that fewer highly skilled old football
players are coaching in Oregon than
in Washington and California, or in.
other words, boys in Oregon schools
are learning less football before
L entering college than the boys in;
California and Washington. There
are two reasons for this. One is
the lower range of salaries paid
high school coaches in Oregon
schools. The other is the new rule
of the state high school association
forbidding the employment of any
coaches for high schools except
members of the high school faculties.
This may be necessary as a protec
tion to the schools, but it is some
what dangerous, for a man who has
not, played the game cannot teach
his boys how to handle themselves
as well as an expert player, and the
less skill they have in handling
themselves in the game, the more
danger of injury.
Most of the fatal injuries in foot
ball eome to high sehool boys. But
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Commemoration of Monroe
Doctrine; Its Anniversary
is Included in Program
DR. SHELDON WILL SPEAK
Student Body Business to
Follow Address; Carter
to be in Charge Today
| The assembly today, which was
j set aside for an A. S. U. O. meet
ing, will also include a program in
commemoration of the 100th an
niversary of the Monroe Doctrine.
Dr. Sheldon, dean of the school of
education, will be the speaker, and
his subject will be the “Monroe
Doctrine.’' The meeting will be
held in Villard hall instead of the
Woman’s building.
Commemoration of the Monroe
Doctrine by the University is part
I of a nation-wide, as well as a state
'wide program President Campbell,
j President Kerr, of O. A. C.; Judge
j Wallace McCamant, of Portland;
I Charles H. Carey, are members of
a 'committee to represent Oregon in
the national observance. The plans
of this committee include programs
at both the college and the Univer
sity honoring the promulgation of
! this doctrine.
Object is Protection
December 2, 1823 tlie Monroe Doc
trine, as it is now called, was an
nounced by James Monroe, fifth
president of the United States.
The occasion for its announcement
was the encroachment of European
nations on the republics of the
American continents. At this time
the Holy Alliance was laying plans
to bring the South American coun
tries again under its control. The
United States as sponsor to these
new republics on the western con
tinent issued this doctrine to coun
teract these plans. This docrine
stated that any encroachment on
American soil by foreign countries
would be considered as an unfriend
ly act towards the United States.
England backed the doctrine, and
the Holy Alliance was powerless to
carry out its plans.
Another reason for the promulga
tion of this state paper was the fact
that Russia was threatening to ex
tend its sway from Alaska down
the coast. The United States pro
tected its claims to the Pacific coast
region.
It is particularly fitting that
special commemoration be given to
the Monroe Doctrine at this time
since the administration in Wash
ington recently announced that it
would adhere to the poliey laid
down by Monroe one hundred years
ago.
Sheldon Will Speak
Judge Wallace McCamant, a mem
ber of the committee to commemor
ate the Monroe Doctrine, who will
deliver an address at O. A. C., said
of the doctrine, “The doctrine should
remain a part of our foreign policy.
It has spelled safety in the past,
and we should adhere to it in the
future.”
Dean Sheldon, who will speak to
the student body on this doertine, is
well known to the campus and his
address promises to be interesting
as well as instructive.
The remainder of the hour will be
devoted to a business meeting of
the associated students. Frank Gar
ter, vice-president, will preside,
since Claude Robinson, president, is
out of town. Routine business will
! occupy most of this part of the hour.
As an introductory feature, the
i University orchestra under the di
rection of Rex Underwood, will
; present two selections. These will
j be “Polonaise from Mignon,” by
Thomas and “Mock Morris,” by
Percy Grainger.
H. C. HOWE LEAVES FOR MEET
OF CONFERENCE OFFICIALS
Professor H. C. Howe of the Eng
lish department, left yesterday for
Berkeley, California, where he will
attend the meeting of the Pacific
; coast intercollegiate conference. The
' association, wrhich meets annually to
discuss and draw up the schedule
I of inter-collegiate athletics of the
i Pacific coast states, is being held
at the University of California this
year. Professor Howe, who is the
representative of the University of
Oregon, will return Monday.
Dramatic Club
Will Initiate
Amateii r A ctors
Skit on Library Steps
Last Ordeal
An amusing ten minutes is in
store for the pre-assembly crowd
in front of the library this morn
ing, when the three masculine ini
tiates of Pi Epsilon Delta (Mask
and Buskin) National Honorary
Dramatic Fraternity, go through
their paces. These embryo actors
will appear on the campus early
this morning in costumo and make
up. They are required to change
these between classes, and as a
finish to the ordeal, must present
an original skit, using the library
steps as a stage.
James Leake, Bernard McPhil
lips, and Paul Krausse are the
three exponents of the dramatic
art who will show their skill. The
fourth member of tho quartet
pledge to Mask and Buskin at its
production of “The Dover Koad”
last month, Betty Belle Wise, will
be excused from the public cere
mony, but should there be a pop
ular request for her apearance,
the young lady will doubtless con
sent to come forth.
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SPECIAL SHELF
Notable Books Will be in
This Seven-Day Collection
for Informative Reading
To make it possible for both stu
dents and faculty members to have
a chance to read the really note
worthy books and to help choose
those of special interest that they
would like to see in the library,
H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school
of education, has devised a plan
with Mrs. Mabel E. McClain,, circula
tion librarian and some other mem
bers of the faculty to have a special
shelf at the library containing a
collection of new notable books, se
lected from the most important pub
lications of the year. A box to
receive suggestions from any one
interested as to what books they
may wish to be in this special col
lection, will be placed at the circula
tion desk.
Sheldon’s Plan
Dean Sheldon’s plan grew out of
the increased interest on the part of
students and faculty to carry on
individual reading and discussion on
subjects of lively interest and. gen
eral culture, aside from regular
class work. Always there have been
a number of books that are of spe
cific interest, but which do not come
under any department use and so
have not been ordered by the lib
rary. It is hoped that the new plan
will stimulate and make possible
further development of this new
movement among campus groups be
cause all notable books will be
available soon after they come out
and while they are still being talked
about.
Part of the plan is to make the
group seven-day books, in order that
; every one may have a chance to read
ithem. They will be kept on the
special shelf for about six months
before they go to the stacks for gen
j eral circulation and no charge will
be required. These will in a way
supplement the rent collection of
popular books. If one book is in
special demand it will be dupli
i cated on the rent shelf to offer
further chance for reading.
Subjects Well Covered
Practically all subjects^ will be
I covered by the collection of note
worthy books, including art, music,
biography, anthropology, criticisms,
literature, economics, sociology, edu
cation, essays, politics, current af
fairs, history and travel, philosophj
and religion, and sciences. About
50 or 60 books will make up the
first group of the collection, which
it is planned will be ready by the
first of next term. Brief reviews of
these books will be made from time
to time in the Sunday Emerald in
order to bring the books more to the
attention of the students.
FIRST MBSITY
DEBATE TONIGHT
Recognition of the Russian
Soviet Government by
United States is Issue
0. A. C. NEGATIVE HERE
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Triangular Meet Includes
Reed College; Open Forum
Method to be Tried Out
With the football season at a
close, and basketball not yet I o^"n,
Oregon students are free i,n s-'.pport
another major Oregon interest—for
ensics. The first varsity debate of
the yeai will be held tonight at
8:00 o’clock in Villard hall, when
Joe Frazer and Ralph Bailey, '‘om
prising Oregon’s affirmative team,
will meet a negative team from O.
A. 0. on the question, resoheu- hat
the United States shoul 1 immediately
recognize the present Soviet govern
mnt of Russia.
Other Debates Held
Simultaneously with the debate cn
this campus, two others will be held,
thus forming a triangle. Our nega
tive team consisting of Walter Mal
colm and Marion Dickey, will meet
the Reed affirmative in Portland
and the Reed negatives and O. A C.
affirmatives will contend i’l Corval
lis. The state championship will go
to the college whose representatives
amass the greatest numbr of points.
H. E. Rosson, debate coach for
Oregon, is anxious that there be a
large turnout at the contest as there
seems to be a direct ratio between
the size and encouragement of the
audience and the quality of the ar
gument put up by the debaters. In
further urging this turnout. Mr. Ros
son says: “The preparation of this
question has nessitated an exhaustive
study, for it is a problem which pre
sents many phases. The men who
will represent Oregon in these con
tests have spent much time and en
ergy in preparing to creditably re
present the university. We are hop
ing that the student body will ap
preciate the efforts of these men and
give them the most tangible form of
support, which is attendance at the
debate. ’ ’
Debaters Are Praised
Mr. Rosson gave high praise to the
work of the individual debaters.
“Bailey is an experienced man,” ho
said “having worked on the Oregon
teams for threo years, and partici
pating in three intercollegiate de
bates. We are using him as a pivot
around which to build our team.
“Dickey formerly attended Reed
college, and took part in debates at
that institution, but he has enrolled
in the law school here and become a
member of the Oregon negative team,
which means that he will go to Reed
tonight to appear against his former
classmates. Previous experience has
been of great benefit to him in de
veloping himslf on this particular
subject within the short time elaps
ing since the opening of school.
“Fraser and Malcolm are inex
perienced in intercollegiate debate,
but they have displayed promise of
rapid development in the preparatory
squad work, and (since they werfe
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HOMER WISE COMPUTES
TABLES FOR ARCHES
Device Is Time-Saver for Engineers
in Designing Highway and
Railroad Bridges
As a time-saver for engineers in
the designing of bridge arches, Homer
Wise, graduate assistant in Profes
sor E. H. McAlister’s class in
strength of materials, has just fin
ished computing a table on which
he has worked for several years, for
the design of arch bridges. Profes
sor McAlister is now constructing
diagrams in connection with the ta
bles to lessen the work still further.
“Expectations are that the engi
neer’s time will be reduced to one
fourth or one-fifth in the designing
of bridge arches by using these tab
les,” said McAlister. “They will be
of particular help in the construc
tion of highway and railroad bridges.
At present the engineer has to work
out all his problems on pencil and
paper. In a way these tables will
represent logarithmic tables.
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I Former Yell King |
Rhodes Candidate
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—Courtesy Oregon Journal.
Arthur Rosebraugh
“PETER IBHETSON” IS
NEXT CAMPUS PUT
Fergus Reddie Has Leading
Role; Cast is Large
“Peter Ibbetson,” the well-known
play by Du Marnier, with Mrs. John
j header and Fergus Reddle in tho
leads, will be produced Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, December 14,
15 and 16, in Guild hall, by the
University company.
The play has an atmosphere of
subtle tragedy pervading it—the
character of Peter being a drama
tic achievement.
The dream scenes which play a
large part in the working out of
the plot are being elaborately
worked out by the department and
the lighting and stage mechanics will
be handled by members of the com
panies not in the play.
C\ st Is Given
Prologue: Captain Audenis, Walter
Malcolm; Mrs. Plunkett, Portia Kid
well; Mine. Seraskin, Helen Mayer;
Mine. Pasquier, Rose McGrew, Jr.;
M. PaBquier, Joe Clark; Mere Fran
cois, Helga McGrew; Major Du
quesnois, Paul Krausse; Charlie,
Florence Couch; Mimsey, Katherine
Watson; Gogo, Kate Lambert;
Madge, Florence Crandall. (
The play: Lady Cray, Beth Fariss;
Lord Cray, Lexro Prillaman; Mrs.
Lintot, Wenona Dyer; Mr. Lintot,
John Ellestad; Benson, Bernard Mjc
Phillips; Col. Ibbetson, Terva Hub
bard; Peter Ibbetson, Fergus Red
dle; Sir Edwin Landseer, Henry
Sheldon; Mrs. Glyn, Katherine Pin
neo; Mrs| Deane, Elizabeth Robin
son ;Mary, Duchess of Towers,
Eveline Leader; Blake, Walter Mal
colm; A Goaler, Darrell Larson;
Gatienne Aubery, Helga McGrew;
Jean Aubery, David Swanson; Fan
tine Aubery, Juanita Jackson; A
Prison Warder, Paul Krausbe;
Madge Plunkett, Gerda Brown.
CAMPUS ADVISORY BOARD
IN CHRISTIAN WORK MEETS
The advisory board of the United
Christian Workers of tho campus
held its regular monthly meeting
; at the Anchorage Tuesday night,
j Professor C. D. Thorpe, tho newly
i elected president of tho board, and
i Professor W. D. Smith, the new sec
retary, directed the meeting. II. W.
Davis, director of Christian work in
the University, gave a general sur
vey of the work being done in his
field at Oregon.
SHY'S SUCCESSOR
BIG QUESTION
Dopesters Name Andy Kerr
or Dick Smith as Most
Promising for Position
PORTLAND ALUMNI MEET
Rumors Favor “Nibs” Price,
Bezdek and Dobie; Action
Awaits Executive Council
Now that Shy Huntington has
cleared up the annual coaching
squabble by tendering his resigna
tion, the question on the tongues
of the undergrads and the alumni
is who will succeed Shy as the boss
of Oregon’s gridiron warriors. At
present, very little reliable informa
tion can be obtained as to who will
bo Oregon’s next mentor, and until
after the executive council has met,
nothing but unreliable rumors can
furnish the dopesters with informa
tion.
Candidates Discussed
According to word that has
drifted down from Portland, the
alumni of that district held a meet
ing and discussed the possible can
didates for the position. This vague
rumor would seem to indicate that
Andy Kerr and Dick Smith were
the two who were most discussed,
with the balance of favor pointing
toward the latter. “Nibs” Price,
assisant coach of the California
team, has also been mentioned as a
possible aspirant to the Oregon job.
Other names such as Dobie and
Bozdek have been heard to eman
ate from the small groups who func
ion in the capacity of the “Corner
Grocery Store Club.” Little weight
can be given to rumors such as the
last, as both of the last mentioned
coaches are well situated and are
receiving more money than Oregon
could hope to pay.
Smith’s Record Told
Concerning the others, however, it
must be said that it is entirely
within tho grounds of possibility
that their services might be se
cured. Dick Smith, as any follow
er of Oregon football will tell, played
for four years on the Oregon vart.
sity in tho period around 1900. He
then went back to Columbia where
he played four more years as full
back and during his time he was
selected as the captain and fullback
of Walter Camp’s All-American
eleven. Some doubt 'has been raised
among followers of the grid sport
as to whether Smith could come
back to the gridiron after a twenty
year lapse and cope with the coaches
who are teaching a style of football
that is entirely different from that
of Dick’s day. That is merely a
matter of conjecture and probably
eould not be definitely proven un
less Smith actually took over the
reins of Oregon football.
Kerr Heads Red Shirts
Of Andy Kerr’s record we are
more or less familiar, for he is the
gentleman who is at the helf of
tho Stanford football machine. For
tho past several years Kerr has
been coaching the red shirts until
Glenn Warner, the Pittsburg
mentor, should come west to guile
the destinies of the Palo Alta
eleven. Be it known that Warner
is due to arrive on the coast this
fall, and, under the terms of the
contract, Kerr may stay on with
the southern institution in the capa
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Dean Allen Returns Today
After Extended Trip Abroad
Returning from five months travel
abroad, Dean Eric Allen, of the
school of journalism, will arrive in
Eugene today. Dean Allen has
spent the past live months traveling
on the European continent and has
visited many of the old world beauty
spots in his wanderings. In tho
accompanying letter he tells of his
visit to Oxford and impressions he
received while there.
“Oxford was a great experience.
We spent hours and hours with stu
dents and then chocked up on their
ideas while dining with the done. I
1 do not feel like generalizing about
j Oxford. It is a spiritual phenom
enon too vast. It would take a life
time to know it, and before you
knew it a curious inversion would
have taken place and you wouldn’t
feel like trying to explain it. It
is hard already to expound the sense
I have gathered—I asked everybody
—as to what type of student we
ought to send as Rhodes scholars.
But it is something like this—not
the “prominent student” type, the
feaster on too easily acquired
“leadership”; not the grind, the
chap without perspective; not the
radical who fails to define his terms
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