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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1924)
BELGIAN ARTIST EXHIBITS TODAY Paintings by Emil Jacques Show Foreign Scenery; Oregon Landscapes New FAtRBANKS STUDIO OPEN Jury Day Displays Student Art Work; Nolan B. Zane is Critic From Portland An exhibition of the work of Emil Jacques, Belgian artist, tem porarily in Portland, will be held for two weeks in the little museum in the arts building, beginning with an informal reception at eight o’clock this evening. The exhibi tion opening ends the regular jury day of the term, Mr. Jacques being also one of the critics of the stu dent work. Another is Nolan B. Zane, art instructor in Jefferson high school, Portland. The student work will be ex hibited all day today in the sev eral departments of architecture, fine arts and normal arts. Besides the sculpture work of the students, the work of Avard Fairbanks, pro fessor of sculpture, may be seen, since the studio will be open to visitors. Works of especial inter est will be the clay medallion for the Old Oregon Trail marker; “Aphrodite,” a private commission; the portrait bust of Ezra Meeker, Oregon’s aged piouper, and the “Mother Group.” Subjects Varied The work of Jacques offers a cer tain range, with varying treatments of different subjects. His early manner seems to be more that of the Dusseldorf school. He is above all, a strong painter of sunshine, and the large canvas on the middle of the south wall, with its peasant women in the fields, is freely done and spontaneous. It is faithful in representing a certain atmosphere of the toilers near the earth. A beach scene, possibly at Ghent, lias a vibrant quality that is im pressive and fairly spontaneous. The man’s work is serious, and has an honesty that is commendable. Perhaps the most remarkably honest piece of painting is that of the old man in the gray blouse, evidently done during his student days. Work Shows Skill Holland’s canal landscape is pre sented in a charming small canvas on the south end of the east wall. The small oil of the beach chairs has subtlety and careful values. A larger beach scene with two large figures in the foreground is done more in the .French manner. The beach is probably Ostend. In this painting Jacques shows a facility for interpreting types—the woman’s fine strong neck, the curve of the sleeping child’s cheek. Informality is added in the treatment by the teddy-bear on the sand and the wind-blown drapery on the figures in the background. The beach at Ghent has a strong continental feeling, a certain free dom in the reclining figures, and an open-air swing in the flying flags on the buildings. A baby asleep in its higlichair is a study in tones (Continued on page three) Women Writers Plan to Peddle Sugary Sinkers Thursday’s the Date— Daylight to Dark There was a young student named Blinker Who was known among men as a thinker. When asked to tell why, He said, in reply, ‘ ‘ From eating a Theta Sig sinker. ’ ’ ‘ ‘ And then, Marie, all of the other students, were so envious, of this fellow, Blinker, that they rushed madly up to the campus, and each bought a whole fist full of Theta Sig doughnuts, and at the end of the term, there were no flunks on the scandal sheet.” This is not a fairy tale, but a prophesy of what will happen to morrow, when the members of Theta Sigma Phi, women journal ists, stage their annual doughnut sale. Huge sugary doughnuts that will strike just the right spot, with less hole guaranteed per dough nut, than any other of its kind in the city. So don t forget the date— Thursday, January 10th, from day light till dark, as the lady pen pushers will be out after the sheck els in earnest and will furnish enough of the delicious confec tions to satisfy the hungriest, for the small sum of 5 cents each. NEXT GUILD HALL PLAY TO BE CLEVER COMEDY Junior Company to Present “Dress Rehearsal” Gerda Brown will play the lead ing role in “The Dress Rehearsal,” which will be presented by the junior company at Guild hall, Jan uary 24, 25 and 26. The leading character part will be played by Katherine Pinneo, whose character acting is well-known on the campus. Beth Fariss will also take a prom inent role. David Swanson and Terva Hubbard are * taking the leading men’s parts, and Henry Sheldon and Paul Krausse also have outstanding roles. “The Dress Rehearsal” is a'live ly comedy with clever lines and amusing situations. It is a play Avithin a play; the intrigues of the shrewd stage mother and the Jewish fctage manager, and the complica tions arising from the love affair of the ingenue and the leading man leave-mo room for a dull moment in the whole play. This play was written for Douglas Fairbanks and Zelda Sears; David Swanson and Katherine Pinneo are taking these parts. One scene is particularly in teresting, the dress rehearsal, in which the stage manager speaks from the back of the audience and a genuine rehearsal is staged. “School For Scandal,” by Sheri dan, will be the next Guild hall production. A large cast from both the junior and senior companies has been chosen. Elizabeth Robin son, who took the leading role in “Dover Road,” has the leading part. Betty Belle Wise, Wenona Dyer, and Katherine Pinneo play the other leads, and Darrell Larson, David Swanson, Bernard McPhillips, Gor don Wilson, John.. EUestead and Fergus Reddie take the men’s parts. Men’s Glee Home Concert tDelights Record Audience By Mary West The Men’s Glee club snug last night in the Woman’s building be fore a crowd of two thousand, said to be the largest house before which they have ever appeared. The audience was unusually en thusiastic, and applauded nearly every number on the program until an encore (and sometimes many en cores), was forthcoming. The program was opened with the traditional singing of Evans ’ '‘Oregon Pledge Song,” and was followed by the “Kashmiri Song,” Woodford-Finden, which showed ex pressive capacity and admirable tonal expression. Bonald Beid, pianist of note, again proved to be a favorite when he gave the “Staccato Etude,” Bubinstein, which was followed by several en cores. Hr. Eeid plays with a style which is both masterly and skillful, and the audience was exceedingly appreciative of his numbers. “Until/’ by Sanderson, and “Mother o’ Mine,” sung by the Glee club, were very well re ceived, and both numbers were fol- i lowed by several encores, the most j appreciable being “The Barefoot! Trail,” “The Pope of Borne,” and a local parody which was delightful and brought forth many hearty laughs. “Duna,” McGill, and (Continued on page four.) I JUNIOR WEEK-END PUNS OUTLINED Vaudeville to Have Many Excellent Acts; Imogene Letcher to Present Skit SWANSON HAS CHARGE Race to be Well Lighted For Canoe Fete; Campus Luncheon Plans Made At the meeting of the directorate for junior week-end last night, plans for the whole week-end were outlined and discussed and several new features and improvements in troduced. The details will get under way at the meeting of the whole junior week-end committee tonight at 5 o’clock in editorial hall, of the journalism building, i Attention was especially directed to the junior vaudeville to be given the week before junior week end in order to raise funds. The vaudeville will be held at the Heilig theater as has been done in j the past. Offers of numbers have | already been received and the com | mittee urges that any campus tal ; cut with numbers to offer report as ! soon as possible to Dave Swanson', j the director of the vaudeville, or | to Ed Tapfer, general chairman of 1 junior week-end. Many Numbers Listed The following numbers have been offered to the committee: The Mid |Nite Sons are prepared to furnish a number; Phi Mu Alpha are pre paring something in the musical |line; Imogene Letcher, whose num ber was a decided success last year, !is preparing another musical skit : for this year’s program. Mask and Buskin are offering a 'prize of $10 for the best short play produced by campus talent, which will be acceptable for their produc tion in the vaudeville program. The men’s varsity quartet, will probably sing, and two men from Washing ton have prepared a clever skit. The committee desires to have the program planned as soon as pos sible. Several improvements for hand ling the canoe fetes were suggested. A large part of time and money will be spent on proper lighting for tho floats this year. Since the effec tiveness of many of the canoes de pends largely on the lighting effects the committee is planning to have more spot lights and to secure bet ter ones if possible. Bleachers to be Enlarged It is possible that seme of the sections of football bleachers may be placed temporarily along side of i the present bleachers in order to j accommodate a larger crowd. Plans for the campus luncheon are under way. As usual, there will be music ! furnished by the military band. There will b.e a plan worked out for systematic seating of the crowd and disposal of rubbish. For the purpose of a systematic handling of funds, everything bought by the committees must be secured by a requisition signed by the treasurer of the junior class and countersigned by the general chairman of junior week-end. . Directorate Named The directorate is composed of the class officers, Donald Wood ward, president;'Marie Myers, vice president; Bruce Curry, treasurer, and Margaret Powers, secretary; Ed Tapfer, general chairman of junior week-end; Mary Hathaway, junior prom; Jack High, manager of junior vaudeville; Dave Swan son, director of the vaudeville; Hesdon Metealf, canoe fete, Maude Scliroeder, campus luncheon, Stew- j art Sawtell, campus day; Don Park, entertainment of guests; Kathrine Kressman, publicity; Bruce Curry, programs, and Gordon Wilson, athletics. | FORMER UNIVERSITY HIGH TEACHER VISITS EUGENE Victor P. Morris, a former history : teacher at the University " high ; school, is now connected with the history department of Grennell col lege, Iowa. He has just recently paid the high school a visit while in Eugene over the Christmas holi- 1 days. Delegates From All Parts of State Will Gather on University Campus PROGRAM IS COMPLETE Plans for Accommodation of Guests; Ray Harlan in Charge of Housing The distinction between the conference of high school editors, managers, student-body officers and women’s representatives this year, and the one a year ago will be that next Friday and Saturday there will gather about 200 delegates repre senting more than 60 high schools; whereas last year thej-e were ap proximately 350 delegates repre-1 seating 40 schools. Hie attention of the committees in charge for the coining conference has been centered on the restric tion of attendance to make ac-* commodation possible. With the even division of girls and boys serv ing as delegates, the handling of the visitors will be mv h facilitated. Houses to Entertain Ray Harlan is in charge of hous ing the guests for the week-end. Through the interfraternity and pan-hellenic councils lie has ar ranged for the apportionment of the high schoolers among the vari ous organizations. The assignments of the organizations to guests will take place prior t.o their arrival on the campus. The names of all those delegates coming have been received. In many cases they have expressed a preference of the place where they would stay. Special re quests of organizations in the dis tribution of guests will be complied with wherever possible. “It is necessary that each or ganization have some one repre sentative at the registration booth all during the time when the guests are arriving,” is the instruction given by Harlan. “If a representa tive from the organization is at hand, when one of his charges puts in an appearance, he can be im mediately ushered to his place of residence for the week-end.” Divisions to be Made The conferences are scheduled to open promptly Friday morning. There wi.f be three divisions of the delegates. Presidents of student bodies will gather at Villard hall. Editors and managers of publica tions will have their sessions al ternately at the lecture room of the school of journalism, and at the auditorium of i the University high school. The officers of girls’ leagues will meet first at Guild hall and later at Condon hall in the Ad ministration building. The style show Saturday morning will be held in Guild hall and the demon stration by the Women’s Athletic association will take place at the gymnasium of the Women’s build ing. All delegates will gather at Vil lard hall for the opening of the conferences. They will be ad dressed by President Campbell and Claude Robinson preliminary to the consideration of high school prob lems. Outside speakers who will address the high school representa tives are: Fred Boalt, editor of the Portland News; C. A. Howard, sup erintendent of sehpols, Marshfield, and A. C. Strange, superintendent of schools, Astoria. Many Sections Represented Delegates will . commence to ar rive in Eugene tomorrow after noon. They are coining from all parts of Oregon. Such sections as Prineville, Wasco, Redmond, Mad ras and remote districts' are re sponding to the call to the confer ence this year. They have nev<pr before been represented. La Grande high school is sending two dele gates. And they are coming from Astoria, Marshfield, Roseburg, Med ford, and many other hitherto un represented sections of the state. “The University will, as never before, have the chance to show itself off to a truly representative group of high school students,” said John Piper, chairman of the com mittee making arrangements. “The (Continued on page three) RACE PREJUDICE IS MUCH DISCUSSED SUBJECT AT RECENT STUDENT & VOLUNTEER CONVENTION Dr. Paul Harrison, Missionary, Urges That Students Be Consistent in Their Opinion on Equality for Colored Peoples (Editor’s Note—This is the first of a series of articles by one of Ore gon’s representatives at the recent Student Volunteer Convention at In dianapolis. The purpose of this ser ies is to disseminate the important , ideas brought out at the convention in the hope that they may bring forth valuable discussion.) By Lester Tumbaugh “If a man is willing to be a mem ber of a fraternity that won’t admit Chinese students to its membership because of their color, there is no point in his criticism of British ad ministration in India, or French ad minstration of Syria,” declared Dr. Paul Harrison in his lecture to the student delegates at tho Indianapo lis convention last week. Dr. Harri son is a medical missionary to Ara bia and is known as the Apostle of 1 the Desert. “Unless a man is willing to grant? equality to the negro,” he continued, “there is no use discussing interna tional relations. Race relationships ere simple. They should be the way of Christ. Nothing is more common than to have students anxious to study out the right way for govern ments to conduct their policies, the right way for institutions to be car ried on. As a matter of fact, the question is perfectly simple and per sonal. It is the treatment of races on the basis of equality.” Race prejudice is obviously one of the most important problems fac (Continued on page three) DENT MOWREY TO PLAY IN CAMPUS RECITAL Young Pianist Will Present Original Compositions Dent Mowrey, the gifted young pianist and composer, will appear in a recital at the Woman’s building Monday evening, January 14, at d •'!0 Mr. Mowrey will give a num ber of his ova compositions as well ai interpretations of composers of tbs cld classical school and the more modern school. His last group in the recital will be his original compositions, all of which are now in their second and third editions and which have won for this young artist an internation al reputation. The “Spanish Gyp sy,’’ which he is to play, was pre sented at the University of Paris in 1915 when Mr. Mowrey was a stu dent in that city, and its presenta tion won for him the distinction of being the only American so honored by that institution. During the time of his residence in Paris he had the reputation of being the most brilliant and talked-of pianist there. Previous to studying in Paris he at tended the Leipsiz Conservatory of Music in Germany ,from which he was graduated with honors. Since his return to America Mr. Mowrey has made his residence in Portland, whore westerners who have heard of him only by reputation, now have the opportunity of closer acquain tance with him as a composer, teach er and pianist. Mr. Mowrey will also play on Monday night one of Debussey’s most interesting compositions, the much-commented on “Soiree dans Granada”. Mr. Mowrey’s interpre tations won for him enthusiastic praise from the great master, De bussey, himself. One of Mr. Mow rey’s numbers is Tschaikowsky’s sel dom heard ‘ ‘ Doumka ’', an exacting and stirring composition, telling the story of the composer’s tragic life. Mr. Mowrey’s appearance on the campus is of special interest to those interested in music both classical and modern. Following his recital an in formal reception will be given in Alumni hall. Of interest to campus people is the fact that Mr. Mowrey’s mother is Mrs. Lettie Mowrey, Kap pa Kappa Gamma house chaperone. Tickets for the concert are on sale at the Co-op. The admission is $1.00. FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE REORGANIZES FOR WORK The World Fellowship committee,' consisting of 12 University women, will again resume its work when it holds its first meeting of the term at the Anchorage Friday evening. This group has as its purpose the discussion of current event topics, including the subjects of religion, student movements, social and economic problems, and local topics of interest. It is a branch of the Y. W. C. A., with Miss Florence Magowan, secretary of that or ganization acting as advisor. SCOn TO ORGANIZE BASKETBALL LEAGUE Physical Education Faculty Issues Challenge “Skipper” Harry Scott’s physical education crew has the inside track for tho championship of tho pro fessional schools of the University, according to present indications. Scott has what he claims is one of the strongest quintets that was 'ever put forth in that section of the campus. ' A plan has been proposed where by every professional school and department enter a team in a pro fessional league. As yet no school or department has responded. There are many students who can hoop the basket from any angle, and who could form strong department teams. Tf the tournament is formed, a light schedule will be arranged so that a game or two can be played each week. Scott believes that a general faculty team can be formed and, as the physical department gang have thrown their hat in the ring, some fast snappy games of basketball could bo played. There is n world of material in the journalism, geology, law, busi ness administration, musie, and architecture departments. Last year the journalism, geology and physical education teams had some interesting contests, and there is no reason why a schedule cannot be arranged this year between the dif ferent schools and departments. “Skipper” Scott has his basket shooters in such good condition that lie believes they are over trained. The team that is com posed of Scott, Huntington, Wid rner, Crossman, Reinhart and Foster is fast, and it is seldom that any opponent can slip through their strong five-man defense. Tf some team does not come forth Scott Will purchase a big silver cup and claim ■ the championship of the Univer sity. Judging from the way these instructors have been talking, they are confident that no quintet could possibly slip them the small end of the score. Any department wishing to enter a team in the tournament should see Harry Scott at the gymnasium as soon as possible. HANDBALL SERIES SET FOR MONDAY Four Leagues Organized for the Tournament; All Groups are Represented OTHER SPORTS LISTED Swimming, Wrestling qpd Pentathlon Tests Events Scheduled for the Term Do-nut handball will be started next week, Monday afternoon, and the intramural physical ability pen tathlon will be held in about threg weeks, according to the findings of a meeting of the athletic represen tatives of the various organizations held yesterday afternoon in the men's gym. At this meeting the organiza tion drew for places in the leagues into which tho do-nut contestants are to be divided. Two of the sports of the do-nut calendar havo already been com pleted and four more will be run off during the winter term. Handball, pentathlon tests, swimming and wrestling are to be sports which will take place during this quarter. Schedule Posted The schedules for the handball meets as well as a set of rulos will be posted in the usual place in the Men’s gym. According to the pre sent plans, there wil be a round rob in played in each of the four leagues, and at the end of this, tho two high est teams from each league will be plactd in an upper division laagne. The remaining teams will compose a lower division league and an elimina tion tournament will bo held in each division to determine the final stand ings. Flank Foster, who is in charge of the intramural program, announced that the pentathlon tests will be held a moat three weeks hence and that they will consist of the same ore its as in other years. These events are the 100 yard swim, 2 lap run (in door track), roi> climb, bar vault, and high rump. Leagues Arranged The drawings for the various leagues in the handball tournament are as follows: League A 1. Phi Sigma Pi 2. Kappa Sigma 3. Sigma Pi Tau 4. Phi Kappa Psi League B 1. Beta Theta Pi 2. Phi Gamma Delta 3. Delta Tau Delta 4. Baehelordon 0. Oregon Club League C 1. Phi Delta Theta 2. Alpha Beta Chi 3. Chi Psi 4. Sigma Chi 5. Kappa Delta Phi League D 1. Alpha Tan Omega 2. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 3. Psi Kappa 4. Sigma Nu 5. Friendly Hall DEAN ESTERLY TO GIVE WEEKLY TEAS ON THUBSDAY Mrs. Esterly, dean of women, has changed the regular Wednesday afternoon teas at her home to Thursday. All University women are cordially invited to visit Mrs. Esterly for tea from 4 to 6 on Thursdays at 667 East 12th street. Wealth of History Revealed in Names of Local Country By Margaret Morrison What’s in a name? How true it is that we live our lives within the confines of a coun tryside, Tich in associations of which we never learn, until some chance discovery brings ns into the realization that we have within our gates, a wealth of local history and tradition of which we have never been aware. Down in the business district of Eugene, three floors above the nois an elderly gentleman, with kind grey eyes, and a friendly attitude toward the world at large; George Gladstone Steel, who has spent the past fifty years of his life in the sole occupa tion of compiling a list of place names and their origination, from ev ery part of the United States. Fif ty years—and to show for it, a card Catalogue containing over 50,000 place names, with an explanation of (Continued on page fonr.)