Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXY
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1923
NUMBER 53
U9TT DEBATE
TBTOUTS TODAT
1 Coach Urges Aspirants to
Give Speeches This Term;
Many Events Scheduled
ORATORY HAS BIG PLACE
Peace, Northwest, Old Line
and Failing-Beekman Are
Contests on the Schedule
Tryouts for the year’s varsity
debate teams will be held in Villar'd
hall between the hours of 9 and 12
this morning. All aspirants to var
sity positions on either the men’s
or women’s teams should appear for
the tryouts today or make arrange
ments with H. E. Rosson, debate
coach, for tryouts sometime next
week. .
This year there are greater in
centives than in former years, for
both the men and women debaters
will meet teams of California uni
versities on the California campuses.
This is the first year that the
schedule has included a trip to the
southland for the women. Last year
they met the University of Cali
fornia for the first time, but it
was a single debate in which only
the California team traveled.
Besides the California meets, the
women will have a triangle with
O. A. C. and Willamette. It is
probable that the severance tax will
be the question at issue, but this
will not be definitely decided on
until the meeting of the State
Oratorical association, which is to
take place in Salem today. Elam
Amstutz, forensic manager, will re
present Oregon.
As subjects for the tryouts, the
world court and severance tax ques
tions will be used. Women will
talk on the tax, and men on the
world eourt and severance tax ques
use speeches they had fos the dough
nut debates on the severance tax.
Tryout speeches will be eight
minutes in length. Mr. Rosson states
that many students have already
signified their intention of going
out for varsity debate, and he ex
pects others to do likewise.
In addition to the debate tryouts,
Mr. Rosson is very anxious that any
one considering entering any of the
oratorical contests, especially the
state meet to be held in March, see
him in the immediate future and
make arrangements.
The first of this nature will be
the state old line, March 14. This
will be followed in rapid succession
by three others, the state oratorical
contest on the subject of “Peace,”
which carries with it a first prize
of $75 and a second prize of $50;
the Northwest oratorical meet with
Washington and Idaho, and finally,
the Failing-Beekman orations, which
are open to seniors only. They are
held during commencement week.
The Failing prize is $J.50 and the
Beekman $100.
The next debate for the men'si
varsity will be the Idaho-British i
Columbia meet, to be held January j
18. The teams for this will prob-;
ably be the same as for the O. A. C.
Reed triangle, as the question will
be the same. Ralph Bailey, Joe
Frazer, Marion Dickey and Walter
Malcolm were the participants.
Many Meets in South
The women’s O. A. C.-Wiilamette
affair will be on February 15. The
dates for the women’s California de
bates has not been definitely set.
The men wdll meet Stanford and
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R.O.T.C. Uniforms
Altered by Tailor
to Fit Officers
Someone on<ee said: “Qlo^hes
May not make the man, but thank
goodness they cover him.” The
R. O. T. C. officials were reminded
of this the other day when they
received a shipment of made-to
order uniforms for the cadet
officers at the barracks. Through
some mistake, the uniforms were
nearly all made slightly large for
the men, so Lieutenant-Colonel
W. S. Sinclair, head of the local
R. O. T. C., notified the makers
of the error and they immediately
sent a tailor from Portland to
alter, the uniforms. He has been
on the job for four days now and
will likely require several more
days to finish up. Any of the
advanced students who received
misfit uniforms are urged to stop
at the R. O .T. C. within a day
or* two and have the tailor make
the necessary alterations.
The officials of the R. O. T. C.
are unanimous in the belief that
the new uniforms will make a
much more attractive military de
partment and will undoubtedly
add great interest to the ad
vanced junior and senior military
courses.
RHODES SCHOLAR WILL
BE SELECTED TODAY
Candidates are Praised by
' Colonel Leader
A great deal of interest ^nd en
thusiasm is being shown in the out
come of the decision of the judges
for the Rhodes Scholarship tryouts
in Portland today. From the Uni
versity, Claude Robinson and Art
Rosebraugh will compete.
It was the ambition of Cecil
Rhodes, who founded the legacy of
over $1,5010,000 a year to bring
American and English boys together
in college, thus furthering under
standing and friendship between
the two nations.
“Now that I know American
boys, this idea of bringing them
over to meet our English boys is
to me a more beautiful thing than
ever,” declared Colonel Leader, who
is ±o be one of the judges in the
decision. “What we want is color
ful boys; boys who are likely to
be prominent men, leaders in other
words. This has not been thor
oughly understood by the judges
before, and they have sent over
boys who have been remarkable stu
dents, neglecting other necessary
characteristics.”
These candidates are more typical
of the ideal American boy than any
others for the last ten or twelve
years, according to the colonel, and
it will be difficult for the judges
to decide among them. The colonel
says if a boy from this University
is chosen he will see that he
will always have a home in which
to spend his week-ends and vaca
tions and plenty of opportunities to
spend his summers on the continent.
“They are both great friends of
mine and I only wish they both
could be the winner,” he said.
TED RICE CONVALESCING;
WILL RETURN NEXT TERM
Ted Rice, who has been seriously
ill at the Eugene hospital, is greatly
improved, and yesterday went to
his home in Portland for the rest
of this term. Ted is a prominent
journalnism student, a former var
sity debater and a member of Phi
Kappa Psi fraternity. He expects
to re-enter school nffxt term.
Anna Case, Soprano, Charms
Crowd With Colorful Voice
By Mary West
Anna Case, renowed American
soprano, sang before an enthusiastic
audience last night that filled the
Methodist Episcopal church until
only standing room was available.
She is an Exceedingly charming and
beautiful woman, with a personality
that added greatly to her charm,
and her smile more than captivated
the audience which she held from
the minute she appeared. She was
assisted at the piano by Charles
Gilbert Spross.
She presented a program of un
usual variety and interest ranging
from the old Italian to the French,
I German and English of the present
day and generation. She possessed
the power of giving a corresponding
! variety of expression to her voice
of noble power, richness, and color.
Lyric charm and thrilling dramatic
power were equalv at her cdbimand.
Her enunciation was excellent in
tie French and German airs, and
in the English it was unusually good.
The entire program was given with
much charm of manner, fluency of
tone and exceptionally pleasing ex
pression in her interpretations.
She sang Schubert’s “Ave Maria”
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BETAS AND FIJIS
HAVETIERECORD
Final Games Will be Played
Next Week; Squads Have
Won Five and Lost One
EXTRA CONTEST LIKELY
Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta
Are Third and Fourth
in Percentage Column
o
STANDING IN LEAGUE “A”
W. L. Pet.
Betas . 5 1 .840
Fiji . 5 1 .840
Sigma Chi . 4 2 .666
Phi Delta . 3 2 .600
Phi Pais . 2 3 .400
Friendly Hall .... 2 3 .400
Oregon Club . 1 4 .200
Delta . 0 5 .000
The closing days of doughnut
basketball find two quintets tied
for first place for the champion
ship. These two squads,, Beta
Theta Pi and Phi Gamma Delta
have each won five games and lost
one, and have one more contest to
play. The Fijis have a slight ad
vantage as their ggme is with the
Pregon club, a team which at
present is resting just one position
above the cellar.
The Betas must play the fast
Friendly Hall team which wrecked
the championship hopes of the Phi
Kappa Psi aggregation. The up
sets which have taken place in the
games played in this league when
the cellar"ehampions came up and
took games from the league leaders
have made it impossible to dope the
game consistently. The Fijis may
find a tartar in the Oregon club and
Friendly Hall may take the measure
of the Betas.
Headers Nearly Sven
However, the Betas and Fijis are
about even in the title chances.
Both possess strong and clever
squads which have fought their way
to the top of the heap. If both
win their contests they will have
to play an extra game to decide
the championship. This contest
should prove to be a real battle
There are some other fast teams
in the league and although they are
out of the running- for the title there
is much interest and rivalry being
shown for the respective positions.
At present Sigma Chi is at third
place or right behind the two
leaders. Phi Delta Theta is on the j
next step of tjie ladder. These two
teams will meet December 11 and!
the result of the contest will likely
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WOMEN FAVOR STUDENT
AND HOUSEHOLDER PACT
Attention Called to Advantages
Gained by Signing Agreement;
Much Comment is Aroused
At a meeting o t the women’s
forum held last evening, the ques
tion of the householders’ and stu
dents’ agreement was again brought
up for discussion. The ruling has
received much comment on the
campus, both favorable and adverse,
owing to the fact that it carries
I a clause which states that students
who engage a room in a private
home must not vacate for a period
of one term unless a satisfactory
substitute can be provided.
Living organizations have es
pecially attacked it on the grounds
that students pledged to fraterni
ties during the .year are prevented
from joining their organizations in
; their living quarters.
As a result of the discussion last
evening, the women’s forum, repre
senting all women on the campus,
go on record as supporting the
agreement in all its parts.
In discussing the measure, atten
tion was calied to the fact that
the agreement was voluntarily made
and therefore should not be criticiz
ed. Advantages are many to the
students, in that the householder is
compelled by the agreement to fur
nish suitable and comfortable quar
ters for students and any devia
tion from this agreement may bring
a complaint from students.
Feminine Ankle
Protectors in
Campus Vogue
But yes, we have no snowshoes.
We have our galoshes today. When
winter comes, us girls clamber up
the rickety attic ladder and drag
grandma’s old abbreviated gum
boots out of the family trunk and
parade in the wet weather. If he
loves us and asks us to trip
through life with him, we buckle
’emi on. If he hasn’t asked the
sweet words, we let ’em slop and
trip gaily on our way to the
merry clink of the buckles.
Galoshes. When the inventor
invented, he thought of Oregon
and the copious buckets of rain.
Galoshes. There’s all kinds of
’em here, some buckled, more un
buckled, but most everyone has a
hunch that the theory of the
buckled stuff doesn’t go.
There’s the good old-fashioned
kind of galosh with the regula
tion two-buckle effect, in blacks
and tans, and we hear that some
cute little pedal protectors are
soon to appear in bright rJds and
some other mean colors. Then |
there’s the little Russian bootie
effect, which looks natty, if we
may use the vernacular. The lit
tle fur top reminds us of the cold
winter of the Steppes, but they
bat a million in the Oregon mist.
Long live the galosh, but may
be there ought to be a rule re
quiring the buckles be muffled,
for when a gang of co-eds march
through the halls with the buckles
unclasped it sounds like a chain
gang doing the one-two. Galoshes.
Now we can go wading.
on Coeds Slosh
About in Rain
WOMEN’S HOUSES PLAN
CHRISTMAS PARTIES
Poor Children Will Enjoy
Holiday Festivities
As Christmas draws near many
of the houses on the campus are
making, plans to entertain the poor
children of Eugene who would
otherwise miss much of holiday sea
son joy. A list of such children is
obtained through Mrs. M. S. Ady,
police matron of Eugene.
The Thetas have planned their
party for Decmeber 14, the Friday
before term examinations begin.
Ten children from poor families will
be invited to dinner that night.
The girls have planned a Christmas
tree and presents to be given out
by Santa Claus, who has made ar
rangements to visit Eugene early
this year to help the organizations
with their plans. Each child will
receive two gifts, one useful and
one a toy or a gift of that nature.
After the Christmas tree there will
be games and other jollification.
The Tri Delts have planned a
similar party for December 16, the
last Sunday before exams. The
freshmen of the house are in charge,
and plan to have from ten to fifteen
children present. for dinner, a tree
and games. On the tree will b)
two gifts for each of tlje children
and a big bag of candy. One gift
will be for the child to use, such
as a pair of hose, and one will be
a toy or an amusing gift. There
will be games and popcorn, and
other things that help to make
Christmas cheer.
The Gamma Phi Betas have
planned a Christmas party in ac
cordance with their annual custom.
The Alpha Chi Omega girls have ;i
planned a party and a tree for
about 10 children on December 16.
Other houses will cooperate with
Mrs. Ady in bringing joy to some
poor children during the holidays,
but their plans are not complete.
The Y. W. C. A. also airs in spread
ing Christmas pleasure among the
poor of Eugene.
DECEMBER MONITOR WILL
BE STUDENT NUMBER
The University of Oregon Exten
sion Monitor for December will be
a special student number, accord
ing to Miss Mozelle Hair, secretary1
of extension teaching. Over 200 i
letters from correspondence students
have already been sent in to the
division, and Miss Hair said she
expects this number to be the best
that has been published. The De
cember Monitor will also contain
student pictures.
MUSEUM LIBRARY
INCLUDED IN GIFT
Many Valuable Volumes
on Oriental Art a Part
of the Warner Collection
BOOKS ARE CATALOGUED
Donor Desires to See Trace
of Chinese and Japanese
Influence on Local Art
The museum library of about a
thousand volumes, which is a part
of the gift of Mrs. Murray Warner
to the University, and which covers
a wide range of subjects relating
to the pieces in the collection itself,
is being installed as a part of the
museum in the Woman’s building,
and will be accessible to general
use at once.
Dozens of shelves filled with
volumes of all colors and sizes, and
bearing titles which indicato a vast
wealth of 'material on history, geo
graphy, art, literature, customs, re
ligion, trade and agriculture in the
Orient, and a large assortment of
folios and notes which await the
attention of the bindery, comprise
the museum library. The volumes
which are bound and ready for use
have been catalogued by a librarian
from the University staff and are
at the disposal of all who caro to
use them under certain restrictions.
Relation Pointed Out
Mrs. Warner explained that those
volumes will be avaiablo under tho
same conditions which are found
practical^ in all of the large mus
eums of the country. This custom
is that books may be used during
the hours that the museum is open
and persons wishing to use them
must sign for them and use them
only at the library table provided
for this purpose near tho shelves.
In this way every precaution is
taken against loss or damage to
books which are the property of the
entire University.
In speaking of the relation be
tween the museum library and the
collection, Mrs. Warner said yes
terday that it is her hope that stu
dents will be able to gather a back
ground of knowledge which will en
able them to interpret the art in
the museum and it is for this rea
son that care is being taken to pro
vide all possible reading material
as a basis for study. '
Specific objects in the museum
w'ill be listed in a special catalogue
in connection with the library and
notes on the publication of reading
matter concerning these special
pieces will be compiled for the fur
ther benefit of art students.
Mrs. Warner is desirous of see
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JUNIOR WEEK-END TO
SEE COLONEL LEADER
Oregon People Extended Cordial
Invitation to Visit at
Chaunessy Heights
Colonel John Leader will leave
today at two o ’clock for Vancouver,
B.C., but is to return in the spring
for Oregon’s junior week-end. “This
is my home,” said Colonel Loader,
“Vancouver is where I live.” Per
haps Colonel Leader will return
ea.lier in the spring if plans that
he is making work out.
It was suggested to Colonel
Leader by Captain Finley of O. A. C
that the two schools join together
to arrange a series of polo games.
The plans are to have two boys’
and two girls teams in each school,
and play off the finals before ex
amination times. The Colonel,
having been an international polo
champion at one time, will be excel
lently fitted to train people inter
ested in the sport.
While in Vancouver, Colonel
Coader resides at his large apart
ment house on Chaunessy Heights.
He extends an invitation to all peo
ple from Oregon who might happen
through Vancouver to come and stay
with him, for lie has left orders that .
one floor of the building is not to
be rented. This floor* Colonel Lead
er has draped and decorated with
Oregon colors and pennants. He
would be deeply grieved, he said,j
if anyone from Oregon came through !
and did not look him np, for his
telephone number is in the book.
Planet Mercury
May Be Studied
on December 27
To those who are interested in
astronomy, December 27 is going to
be a very important date,” says
Professor E. H. McAlister, of the
department of astronomy. “It is
the date that the planet Mercury
will be at its greatest distance from
the sun. Because of its nearness to
the center of the solar system, this
planet is not often seen,” says Mc
Alister. Venus also will appear on
that date.
Mercury rises and sets in the
daytime usually and that is why it
is not often seen by the human eye.
December 27 it will set in tho south
west an hour and a half after sun
set. Professor McAlister .says this
will give the observer an oppor
tunity to have a good look at the
planet, providing that- the heavens
are clear.
The planet Venus, which is second
after Mercury in nearness to the
sun, will be seen at the same time,
December 27, in about the same lo
cation, according to the head of tho
astronomy department.
EIGHTEEN ENROLL IN
ADVISORY COURSES
Helen Price, National Head,
Teaches Y. W. C. A. Work
Eighteen University women have
enrolled for the special Girls’ Re
serve corps advisory course, which
Miss Helen Price, national Y. W.
C. A. officer, is giving on the
campus this week-end. It is ex
pected that several others will on
roll today. ,
Miss Price arrived on the campus
yesterday, and conducted the first
meeting of the class in the
Y. W. C. A. bungalow at five
o ’clock last evening, at which time
she outlined the course as it will be
given. The courso is to be eight
hours in length, and will deal with
problems which Girls’ Resorve ad
visors will take up in foreign,
home, community and city work.
During the last hour of the course
an examination vAU be given. Those
successfully passing the examination
will be recommended to receive a
certificate from the national
Y. W. C. A., which will complete
standing as Girls’ Reserve adsivors.
Today, the class will be conducted
from 10 to 12 a.m., from 1 to 3
p.m.; tomorrow afternoon there will
be another class from 4.30 to 6, and
on Monday afternoon from 5 to 6,
the final examination will be given.
This afternoon immediately after
the meeting of the class, Miss Price,
Miss Florence Magowan, secretary
of the Y. W. C. A., and Mrs. Ruth
S. Addison, of the Y. W. C. A. ad
visory board, will meet with the
Geary school triangles of the re
serve corps to discuss with them
some of their problems. Yesterday
afternoon these officials met with
the Eugene high school’s reserve
divisions.
For the last year the University
Y. W. C. A. has taken over the
direction of the Eugene division of
the Girls ’ Reserve corps. There are
it present two triangles of the corps 1
organized in Geary school, and one
in the junior high school.
University women who, are already
ictive advisors in the work, are:
Lois Easterbrooks and Evelyn Un
lerwood, for the junior high school,
ind Elizabeth Phelps. Winifred An
Irews, Thelma Kimberling and
Emily Houston for the Geary school.
All other women on the campus i
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HEAD COACH MAY
CETLONEEHTERM
Investigation of Situation
Brings to Light Three
Ways to Solve Problem
DEAN OUTLINES PLANS
Grid Mentor Can be Hired by
Indefinite Tenure, For One
Year or for Limited Period
The latest investigations tend to
show that tho head coach of the
University of Oregon may be hired
for a period longer than one year,
contrary to the general impression
that has become prevalent on the
campus,' as well as throughout the
state. No little concern has been
expressed by various persons as to
the chance of securing the services
of a competent coach under the one
year tenure plan. This “one year"
rumor owes its origin to the fact
that the head coach of the Univer
sity appears on the state payroll
and it is illegal for a state institu
tion to contract debts beyond tho
current year.
jjyment interviewed
In an interview with Dean. Dy
ment, yesterday, the dean outlined
the three plans by which faculty
members in the University may
legally be engaged by the regents.
They may be engaged on the
“indefinite tenure” plan. In this
case the man is not appointed from
year to year, but his appointment
holds until it is revoked for a rea
son, or until he should resign or
die.
There may be engaged on the
one year tenure plan in which case
the individual is re-engaged from,
year to year upon the recommenda
tion of the president. It was pointed
out that under this plan many of
the faculty, in due time, go on the
“indefinite tenure plan,” so that
re-engagement becomes unnecessary.
Longer Periods Possible
They may be engaged for limited
periods, such as two, three, or five
years, but according to Dean Dy
ment, this plan has rarely been em
ployed. The dean went on to ex
plain that football coaches are paid,
for the most part, by the Associated
Students, but in part by the school of
physical education. Hence, under
the present plan, the coach has to
have the recommendation of the
president and the representatives of
the student body.
The coach may be appointed under
any of the three outlined plans,
although it happens that coaches
are rarely elected under the “in
definite tenure plan,” in spite of
the fact that it is entirely legal.
This information greatly alleviates
the coaching situation, as it makes
it possible to secure a coach for a
longer period than a year, whieh
is too short a time for him to perfect
his system, let alone turn out &
winning team.
MILITARY MAN ARRIVES
Captain Culin Comes Prom Mmriit
After Service Since War
Captain F. L. Culin has arrived
on the campus and will take up his
duties as instructor to the fresh
men, juniord and seniors l|n the
military department.
Captain Culin has been transfer
red from Manila where he was on.
staff duty since 1921. Captain Culin
served with the Thirtieth Infantry
during the war. He received his
first regimental appointment in 1916.
He is from Tucson, Arizona.
Colonel Leader Regrets
Leaving Fair Oregon Co-eds
fey Col. John Leader
The moving finger writes, and
iaving writ moves on, and today I
draw the curtain oyter .(another
chapter of iny Oregon; next week I
will invoke the Magi’s carpet and
strain iny eyes southward, through
northern fogs, and revisit in spirit
the kaleidoscopic mirage the past
month has left for me on the
pampus
Again I will sec Oregon on the
Seattle football ground — Oregon
bloody, battered, but unbowed, like
a lone cow defending her calf from
a circle of wolves (we were the
calf). Again I can hear the gay
courage of the bleachers, cheering
our champions, minimizing our los
ses, eulogizing our gains, and the
even higher courage of seven honra
in a Southern Pacific train in the
middle of the night, and our boys
thinking only of helping our girls,
and never a whine or a kick from
a single student.
Again I will lunge in tierce at
George Kebec in an argument over
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