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Oregon Daily Emerald VOLUMEXXV • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,^EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1924 NUMBER 61 FIFTYAPPLYFOR PLACE AS COACH Jack Benefiel and Virgil Earl Leave Early Next Week to See Aspirants SELECTION IS DIFFICULT Candidates Hold Positions on Coaching Staffs of Prominent Universities With over fifty applicants for the position of varsity football coach to consider, the athletic committee of the executive council is hard at work discussing the merits of the respective men. They desire to se lect a man for the position who they consider will be able to cope with the athletic condition as it ex ists here. As soon as the athletic committee reaches a decision in re gard to the coach, it will make its recommendation to the executive council, with the object of giving that man a satisfactory contract. In order to become more familiar with the qualifications of the dif ferent applicants, Athletic Director Virgil Earl and Graduate Manager Jack Beneiel are leaving the first I of next week on a trip to personal ly interview a number of prospec tive coaches. They will probably bo gone for about three weeks, and upon their return expect to have some definite information in regard to Oregon’s football coach next year. East Has Aspirants Prominent among those who have applied for the position is R. 0. Courtwright, at present head coach at the University of Nevada. While there, Courtwright lias made an en viable record, and during the recent season his team succeeded in hold ing the California Bears to a tie score, although it is claimed that California used a large number of; second team men in the game. From the University of Illinois three applications (have been re ceived. Chester M. Pittser, who is now assistant to Bob Zupke, and a thorough student of the Zupke style of football; H. M. Morris and C. O. Applegran, who are both on the Illinois staff, have sent in ap plications for the position. Earl T. Pickering, former assist ant coach at the University of Min nesota; B. W. Bierman, assistant coach at the University of Michi gan; Earl C. Madlen, a graduate of Boston college, and at present con nected with the coaching of foot ball in the U. S. army; Dr. N. H. Hansen, of Ironwood, Michigan, and 1 Norman C. Paine, of the Yale staff, are some of the other applicants. Levene Applies George Levene, head coach at the University of Tennessee', one ,of the strongest schools in the south, has applied for the position. Levene was formerly assistant coach at Pennsylvania. Stanley Borleski, head coach at the University of North Dakota, and a brother of “Nig” Borleski, of Whitman, is another of the appli cants. Borleski is well known in (Continued on page three) Fraternal Groups Announce Pledges for Winter Term Twenty-one pledges have been j announced by the fraternal groups of the campus since the beginning of the winter term. They are: Gamma Phi Beta, Isabelle Amon, Portland. Alpha Omicron Pi, Elizabeth Ward, Portland. Alpha Xi Delta, Mary Donald son, Bandon. Kappa Omicron, Kate Buchan an, Kee Buchanan, Eugene. Kappa Alpha Theta, Virginia Keating, Anne Wentworth, Port land. Alpha Phi, Alice Aldrich, Port land. Alpha Beta Chi, Karl Harden bergh, Silverton. Delta Tau Delta, James Case, Portland. Kappa Delta Phi, Roland Sel lers, Bend; George Brown, Dallas. Phi Gamma Delta, Hugh Lynch, Eugene; Dudley Clark, Portland. Phi Kappa Psi, David Falken hagen, Malras. Psi Kappa, Harold Barthell, Pendleton. Sigma Chi, Harry Holt, Oak land, Cal. , Sigma Nu, William Dallas, Oak land, Cal.; Lawrence Armand, Portland. Sigma Pi Tau, Eugene Gibbs, Pendleton; Alan Christensen, Freewater. GUILD HULL WILL BE SCENE OF FOUR PLAYS Kate Pinneo to Star in “Dress Rehearsal” Soon A 'busy quarter for the members of the Senior University company is the indication of the dramatic schedule for the winter term in Guild hall. Possibly four plays will be produced within the next few months, one of them “The Dress Rehearsal,” by the Junior Company and Kate Pinneo, who will play the leading character role, Gerda Brown, Rose and Helga McGrew, and Dave Swanson are also cast in this play. The rest of the plays will be senior company plays. “The Little Yellow Mother,” by Fergus Reddie, will be the first play this quarter, with Betty Rob inson, Kate Pinneo, Darrel Larson xnd others, and will be elaborately jostumed. “The School for Scandal,” by Sheridan, will star Charlotte Banfield and contain members of the senior division. “The Return of Peter Grimm,” will perhaps be the last play to be produced this quarter and the cast will inelule, Darrell Larsen, Betty Ltobinson, Katherine Watson, Weit ma Dyer and others. Much discussion of i;he senior play has gone on within the circle xf the company without any very iefinite conclusion being reached, rhe spring quarter plays are also merely tentatively agreed upon. Those stulents who comprise the senior company this quarter are: Betty Robinson, Katherine Pinneo, Drrell Larsen, Katherine Watson, Wenona Dyer, Rose McGrew, Helga McGrew, John Ellestad, Portia Kid well, Virgil Mulkey and Wade Kerr. Heatless, Lightless, Waterless, and Sometimes Even Foodless Visions of a warm and a comfort able house to return .to after the Christmas holidays were complete ly displaced by the reality of cold and cheerless households and shiver ing groups gathered around the fireplace of many fraternity and sorority house# when the students returned to school. Many of the returning ones found their homes in confusion and tur moil resulting from the cold spell. Burst pipes, furnaces that refused to burn, leaking water pipes and radiators that left large coverings of ice on the wall, and sleeping porches and double deckers covered with snow were only a few of the discomforts that had to be met. Leaky roofs seemed to be pre valent if not popular and one house manager reported the men wearing raincoats and carrying umbrellas to bed. Another particularly lucky group was heatless, lightless, waterless and foodless (as far as eating in the house was concerned), for 48 hours. The trouble started when the hot water furnace froze. The water pipes were next and when someone started the furnace the pipes burst. As a consequence the upstairs flooded and the ceiling leaked so in the rooms below the water ran in nice streams from the chande liers. Heat and water are now be ing offered at this house and meals will be served tomorrow. The girls in one sorority tried sleeping on the floor in front of 1 the fireplace. This worked fine until the fire went out. Then no j one seemed anxious to leave even ; (Continued on page three) PREPPERSTDBF HERE NEXT WEEK Two Hundred High School Students Will Convene on Campus Jan. 11-12 THREE GROUPS TO MEET Editors, Presidents, and Secretaries to Discuss Problems They Confront Conferences of the High School Press association and the Associa tion of High School Presidents and Secretaries, will bring about 200 young people to the campus on Fri day and Saturday, January 11 and 12. These joint meetings, now an annual event on the Oregon campus, will attract preppers from all parts of the state. Under the auspices of the ex tension division, the school of journalism, and the Associated Stu dents, arrangements have been made for lively discussion of high school problems to be presented to the delegates when they meet. Pierce Will Speak Though the program for tlio ses sions is now only in its tentative stage, Governor Pierce has definite ly consented to address a joint meeting of the t\^o conferences on Saturday afternoon. Among the outsiders who will appear before the meetings is J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of public in struction. Other participants, edu cators, will come from various high schools and school districts. The meetings are slated to start promptly at 9 o ’clock Friday morn ing. There will be the usual open ing formalities for an hour and a half followed by a separating of the delegates into three confer ences. The innovation of the conference this year will be the division of the girls into a third separate meeting and association. T'he University Women 's league is drawing up a program for the benefit of the high school girls whom they will enter tain. Heretofore the plan has been ‘io invite to the conference student body secretaries who, along with the student body presidents, served to represent their constituents and sat in joint conference. This year an attempt is to be made to in terest the girl delegates in the formation of girls’ leagues in the high schools. In addition to this, the Women’s Athletic association is planning to put on a demonstra tion for the benefit of the visiting girls. This will be held in the wo men’s gymnasium at a time yet to be decided. Problems to be Discussed The presidents’ conference this year will include extended discus sions and talks by those of our own student body problems. Three out siders will come to the campus to liven the schedule. The editors and managers will receive expert dis sertation on the problems im mediately relative to what they are doing in their own schools. In the press association are dele gates from various kinds of high school publications. There will be editors of annuals, magazines, daily and weekly papers, mimeographed papers, and managers of any of the above. The school of journalism is planning to give certificates of merit to those schools, editors and individuals who have succeeded in contributing meritorious work to high school journalism in the state. Preppers to See Campus Beside the regular sessions of the delegates on Friday and Saturday, there will be a tour of the Oregon campus, a banquet for all delegates Friday evening, and an entertain ment at the Woman’s building on ’‘College Night,” Friday evening. The committee making arrange ments for the accommodation and attending to the program is com prised of John Piper, chairman; Louise Inabnit, Margaret Carter, Martha Shull, Alfred Powers, Floyd McKalson, Ray Harlan, and Ralph Casey. They report everything in readiness and state that the student body’ will be relied upon for un divided support. Three Hour Rule Is Fatal to 33 at End of Term Students Fail to Make Required Hours In accordance with the three hour rule of the University, 28 students were automatically drop ped from the University at the end of the fall term. Five more students who were unable to make 17 hours during the past two two terms also flunked out, mak ing a total of 33. Eighteen students failed to make any hours at all during the term and ten received credit only for either military training or physical education. Of the entire number who flunked out, 19 were freshmen, four juniors, three sophmores, one senior, two special students and four part time students from the Eugene Bible University. The records of several addi tional students whose cases do not come under the jurisdiction of either of the rulings of the scholarship committee are being investigated to see whether their work has been sufficient to al low them to return. Until these cases are settled the total remains at 33 and is five less than the number who flunked out of the University a year ago. Those who are dropped may petition after nine months for re admission to tho University, but rules do not impose any obliga tion. At times, however, if a ship committee to grant the peti tion. At times, however, it a student shows promise and if there is a reasonable explanation for his failure, he is readmitted. Most students who have flunked out have not applied for readmis sion. The number of students whe are on probation under the rule which requires that 17 hours be made in two terms is not yet known. DEAN STRAUB MAKES ASSEMBLY ADDRESS Hoop Schedule Outlined by Coach Reinhart Dean John Straub, father of the freshmen, appeared for the first time since his illness before, the entire student body at the first as sembly of the winter term in Vil lard hall yesterday forenoon. Re ports were given on the achieve ments of the A. S. TJ. O. activities for the past term, and plans out lined for the future. “I never dreamed it could be possible that such a thing could happen. I thought I understood the Oregon spirit, but I did not know anything about it until I was lying there on my couch and saw what you boys and girls thought of me. Flowers, until my room could not hold them; letters, tele grams from Missouri, Montana, j from the presidents of the classes, the student body president, the liv ing organizations. All of them sent \ mo letters. One phrase in their letters struck me, it' was, ‘Dean,! cheer up, we are all pulling for' you, ’ and I said to my wife, 1 If that is the case, we will have to pull together—we will have to pull with the boys and girls, and pull through He spoke of the loyalty of old students when it was thought a blood transfusion was necessary to save him. “It simply overwhelmed me and I made up my mind to do my level best to give all I have to the University of Oregon.” One card the dean received was a picture of a large whale, nearly all head, and the head nearly all ! mouth, with Jonah coming out. The inscription was, “Dean, look what kind of a hole he got into and he got out all right.” Dean Straub declared that the j other factors toward his recovery, in addition to the attitude of the students, were that he had one of the best surgeons in the United States, and that President Camp | bell stayed with him and cheered i him on. Claude Robinson, student body president, outlined briefly the pro I gress of the A. S. U. 0. activities. (Continued on page three) First Student Body Dance Tonight to Be Sponsored by the Oregon Knights — FORMALS ARE NUMEROUS Concerts, Basketball, Plays, Debates and an Opera to be Events of Interest A full schedule of social affairs is indicated for the present term by the calendar of events listed in the office of the dean of women. Formals lead in this respect, with nearly every living organization giving one. Informal house and club dances, concerts, plays, an opera, debates, and basketball games are events of University in terest that have' been arranged for the leisure moments devoted to re creation. Evenings on which student body dances occur will have no other events. The first student body dance is sponsored by the Oregon Knights, and will be the only Uni versity affair given tonight. For the first time students will be admitted on presentation of student body tickets to the men’s glee club concerts on Tuesday evening. “The Hour Hand,” an opera writ ten by Anna Laudsbury Beck, and presented so successfully last year, will be rendered again January 31 in Eugene and February G in Port land. The frosh glee on February 1 will be the largest and most elab orate all-University function of the ;erm. The social schedule for the term follows: January 4—Student body dance. January 5—Phi Gamma Delta mderclass dance. Officers ball. January 8—Men’s Glco club con jert. January 10—R/bc&ta'jl of Fried sricke Schilke, Alumni hall. Jonuary 11-12—High school con ference. January 11—“College Night” for high school conference dele gates. January Eormals. Seta Phi •eception. lance. January ;ert sponsored jamma. January 18—Class parties. De bate, Idaho-Britiskh Columbia-Ore ;on. 12—Open for women’s Alpha Xi Delta. Pi formal house-warming Phi Delta Theta pledge 14—Dent Mowroy con by Kappa Kappa January 19—Open to women’s formals. Chi Omega formal. Alpha 3micron Pi Pledge dance. Kappa D micron. January 23—Guild hall play. January 24—Guild hall play. January 25—Open for women’s formals. Guild hall play. January 25—Washington club lance. Pi Beta Phi formal. Alpha Xi Delta formal. January 26—Open for men’s formals. Baehelordon formal. Sig ma Chi informal. Sigma Alpha Epsilon formal. Kappa Delta Phi pledge dance. (Continued cn page four.) TURNBULL GOES EAST Journalism Professor is Delegate to Conference in Chicago Professor George Turnbull of the school of journalism was in New York the early part of this week visiting old newspaper friends who are now engaged in editing and magazine writing in that city. He went to Chicago during the Christmas holidays as a delegate from the University of Oregon to at tend the joint convention of the American associations of Schools and Departments of Journalism, and the American Association of Teachers of Journalism. From Chicago he went to New York. While there he visited as many of the Metropolitan newspaper offices as his limited time would permit, ac quainting himself, first hand, with the work of the great dailies. He is expected back on the Oregon campus the first of next week. Hendricks Hall Captures Annual Snowball Battle Bing! Bang! Boof! “Ouch—oh ray—not so hard.” A rapid exchange of deadly snow balls! A rush for the enemy’s flag and an ensuing brief struggle. A shrilling shriek! And the girls of Hendricks hall had proved to the Susan Campbell girls that they knew what they were doing when they challenged their rival-hall sisters to a snowball light. The erection of piles of snow balls extending in two opposing lines by some twenty knicker clad girls from each hall warned passersby to avoid the walk loading from the administration building to the woman’s build ing. The ammunition prepared and the resitOctive flags planted, the fight began. A rapid exchange of snowballs had last only a few moments when the Susan Campbell leader ordered a rush for the enemy flag. They secured it; Hendricks made for and took the opponent’s flag. Immediately there was a frantic grabbing, hauling and clinch ing for the two flags, the tem porary possessors endeavoring to reach their hall doors with the enemy flag—the act which was to determine the victory. The Hendricks fighters proved too much for their rivals and, in addition to securing their own flag, carried the Susan Campbell flag to their own door. Each hall now has a snowball fight to their credit, Susan Camp bell having beaten Hendricks last year. j MEN’S CLEE TO APPEAR IN CONCERT TUESDAY Students to be Admitted by A. S. U. 0. Tickets The Men’s Glee elu)b, directed by John Stark Evans, will appear in concert next Tuesday evening, January 8, in the Woman’s build ing. This will mark their initial and only appearance on the campus this year. This concert is included in the concert series, and heretofore has proved to be one of the most popu lar events of the school year. Stu dents will bo admitted by the presentation of their student body tickets, and all new students will be admitted on recognition. Towns people holding tickets to the con cert series will also be admitted to the concert. In previous years seventy-live cents has been charged for admit tance to the Men’s and Women’s Glee club and orchestra concert, and this year for fifty cents, which is included in the registration foe, a student is entitled to hear both glee club concerts, the orchestra, and Jean Gerardy, the Belgian artist, who is considered the master of the violincello. | Heretofore, the Men’s Glee club I concert has been held in the Mctho i Gist church, but becauso some of [the numbers this year are of such a light nature, it seems more ap propriate to present it in the Wo : man's building. The program includes some un 1 usuallv good features, and among 1 them "are “The Soft Shoo Shuffle,” ;by Lyle Palmer, and “The Bol shevik Duo,” by Muller and Cooley. 'The soloists who are all well-known and prominent men on the campus are Ronald Reid, piano; Aubrey Furry, bass, and Roy Bryson, tenor. Rrfiy Bryson recently carried the leading solo part in the St. Cecilia Mass. The club had a very successful tour in November when they ap peared in concert at Whitman col lege, and in joint concert with the Washington State College Men’s Glee club at its Homecoming. The annual spring tour will take the club to southern Oregon, i This marks the fifteenth year John Stark Evans, director of the , club has been in glee club work. He has been director of the Uni versity of Oregon gleen clubs since 1917, his work as a director is be coming nationally recognized. HOOP TITLE HELD DUE FOR CHANGE " Seven Lettermen Return; Injuries to Handicap Latham and Chapman 0. A- C. LOSES HJELTE m--:. Washington and Idaho Hurt by Shifting of Line-up at Beginning of Season For a few months now, the fol lowers of collegiate sports will focus their attention on the maple floor and follow the fortunes of the Coast Conference basketball teams. It might be well at the start of the season to look over the teams of the northwest and try to gauge tho caliber of the competition iu this section. Last season there were about four or five teams that were of approximately equal strength, with the result that many | games were won in the last few | minutes and then by scant mar gins. ' On paper, Oregon looks to be one of the strongest teams of the Northwest conference, with seven lettermen back in the harness, but a closer scrutiny roveals the fact that tlie Lemon-Yellow may not be the class of this section. It must be remembered that both Latham and Chapman have just 'finished a hard football schedule and that Chappie received rather rough treatment at the last of the season. Ho is back in a suit now after a couple of weeks on crutehos, but is necessarily rather stiff as a result of his injury. Hunk has been causing the fans no little worry and there are those who are won dering if the big fellow can get back into the shape that won him the honor of all-coast center last year. O. A. C. Material Good Io move over to the sister in stitutiori at Corvallis, we find that the Aggies will be playing without tho services of “Mush” Hjelte, their tpwering center, who was such an important factor in their team play of last year. Otherwise, however, they seem pretty well fixed for material as both Gill and Hidings are playing again this year. Reports from Washington camp would seem to indicate that the Purple and Gold hoopsters will not be up to tho standard of last year, but Washington teams always bear watching and those who saw the Washington game here last year will give testimony to the effect that a team with Bob Hesketh and Jimmy Bryan on its roster is rather a dangerous opponent. It will be recalled that it was this lanky Hesketh lad that heaved the leather through the hoop in the final sec onds of play for Washington’s win ning score. Idaho Not Strong The Idaho men, last year’s champs, do not look so formidable this season, since they lose the last of the Fox brothers, but when play ing on their own floor, the Idaho quintet has a big advantage over a visiting team, for the Moscow floor has a low ceiling and long shots are difficult to convert. Washing ton State was not one of the power ful teams of the conference laBt year, but at the same time the Cougars were a close-checking out fit and they managed to slip over quite a few wins. They also lose one of their stellar performers in Art Friel. Whitman has practically the same team as last year, with the loss of Knudsen, at center, and the addition of Leo Faust, the ex Franklin flash, at guard. Taken all in all, it looks as though the competition in the northwest is go ing to be pretty keen and the conference championship crown which has rested on the brows of the Gem Staters for the past two seasons is due for a move. MRS. SHELDON RECOVERS FROM RECENT OPERATION Mrs. II. I). Sheldon, who has been i ill for the past six weeks and who , was operated on at the Mercy hos | pital, is reported recovering. She j is again able to be up, though she is not allowed to be out or to at tend classes.