VOLUME XXV _UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11. 1924.. NUMBER 67
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SCHOOL OFFICERS
IBRIMB MEET
Conferences Will Begin at
Nine o’clock This Morning
in Auditorium of Villard
MEMBERS HEAR DUTIES
Administrative Problems of
Student Body to be
Discussed by Delegates
One by one, group by group, dele
gations at a time from sections of
the state, remote and nearby, are
arriving for what is for them one
of the outstanding events of the
year. At 9 “o ’clock this morning
opens the conference of High
School Student Body Officers and
the High School Press association.
Accredited delegates from more
than 80 schools of the state are
coming to promote the idea of the
conferences, namely to assimilate
the problems of student body ad
ministration and to bring into
mutual association^ students in the
preparatory schools in the various
parts of Oregon.
Complete Program Given
The committee in charge of the
conference is able to announce the
plans for the meetings completed.
Arrangements for the guests have
been attended to, and the Univer
sity, with its usual glad hand, and
hearty hospitality is endeavoring
to make the visit of these high
schoolers successful to the utmost
degree. Many of them have come
to the campus for the first time.
Many of the young folks have come
long distances under considerable
difficulty. And the careful atten
tion of the University welcoming
committee has been striving to
make them feel at home.
Members are Instructed
Upon arrival the delegates reg
istered at the booth in the Admin
istration building, were identified,
and received instructions as to thg
organization playing host to them,
and their duties during the confer
ence. Accredited representatives
to the conference are presidents of
student bodies in the high schools,
editors of high school publications,
managers of such publications, and
representatives of girls’ leagues in
high schools. An effort is to be
made by the University Women’s
league in these conferences to stim
ulate general interest among high
school students in the girls’ league
idea. Instruction and demonstra
tion will be given them regarding
the function of such an organiza
tion. Meetings of these girls will
be held apart from the conference
of the presidents and the press as
sociation. An association of high
school girls’ leagues will be formed
to meet again next year. Officers
will be elected and committees will
be appointed. Girls’ representa
tives will be encouraged to bring
about the organization of such
leagues in their schools if they do
not already exist.
Meeting at Nine
The opening of the conference
will take place this morning at Vil
lard hall. All delegates will meet
at this time to hear a welcome by
President Campbell and Claude Rob
inson, president of the associated
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Disobedient Ones
Come In Contact
With Chill Water
Three offenders against the
rules of Friendly hall were im
mersed in the cooling water of
the mill race at a public exhibi
tion given at the Anchorage yes
terday noon. Pete Ermler, one
of the mid-winter swimmers, is a
| frosh who neglected to appear on
I the library steps for the session
with the order of the “O” just
before assembly. The other two
I were involved in the affair be
cause of a challenge resulting in
neglected telephone duty.
Lawrence Osterman, a. frosty
was on telephone duty at the hall
when Herschell Brown, a sopho
more, tempted him to skip out
and leave his job.
“You’re not game to go to a
show and let the telephone go to
the dogs,” Brown challenged.
Osterman considered the pro
position. Brown thought he was
bluffed and declared, “If you
will go I will pay for the ticket.”
That was too much of a tempta
tion to the dissatisfied telephone
operator and he struck out for
the movies. When the affair was
brought to light both men were
sentenced to the mill race cure.
PARTIES PLANNED FOR
NIEHT OF JANUARY 18
Frosh Affair is Postponed
Until After Glee
The night of January 18 is going
to be a gala night for members of
the sophomore, junior and senior
classes, who are planning separate
parties for that time. The Frosh
have postponed their affair until
after the frosh glee, on which they
are concentrating all their energies
at present, according to Lowell
Baker, president of the class.
The sophomores are to entertain
at College Side Inn with a masked
costume dance, at which a prize
will be offered for the cleverest
costume. Bob McCabe is in charge
of refreshments, and he promises
all the punch that *the crowd can
drink. Margaret Vincent and Tom
Graham are in charge of the Skits
and vaudeville, and promise some
thing now in the way of entertain
ment, with a few surprises. Adrien
ne Hazard is in charge of the pat
rons and patronesses and is also
planning some of the vaudeville.
The Mid-Nite sons are to furnish
the music and the affair is no-date.
Rough-neck clothes are to be the
order of dress for the Junior Jazz
Jinks, to be given at the Campa
Shoppe the same night. The wo
man who wears the most original
costume and the man who brings
his partner to the dance in the
most unique vehicle will be the
winners of the two prizes offered.
Partners will be chosen by lottery,
the list to be published early next
week.
Tentative plans of the senior class
indicate that the hombres of the
sombrero will take their women and
their tuxedos to the Osborn hotel
for a formal dance.
ELECTION ANNOUNCED
G. and M. society (Condon club)
announces the election to full mem
bership of Bryan Hendon, Shawnee,
Oklahoma, and E. P. Cox of Eu
gene. Eugene Goodrich of Eugene
is elected to associate membership.
Student Pastor Gives an
Opinion on Race Question
By Bruce J. Giffen
Seasoned observers of religious
gatherings gasped at the daring with
which they ripped the lid off at the
Student Volunteer convention at
Indianapolis. Readers of the Daily
Emerald have had already a sample
of it. perhaps, in what was reported
by Dr. Paul Harrison’s speech on
race discrimination. It would be a
great pity though if the ear o? the
student public should be lost to a
more detailed report of this truly
wonderful convention by reason of
disagreement with what this speaker
had to say about drawing the color
line in fraternity life, and so on.
Dr. Harrison was by no means a
foreground figure at Indianapolis.
Perhaps there was at least a dash
of the fanatic in his utterances.
■ It is to be said, however, that
those five or six thousand American
students, a full proportion of them,
from south of Mason and Dixon’s
line, did not flinch in the least at
facing squarely the race question.
Nowhere was there a demand for in
termixture by marriage. The leaders
of every rac displayd a pride of
race that should be calculated to pre
serve race identitly and race integ
rity. But it was made clear and em
phatic that race discrimination and
injustice is not “the Jesus way.”
Our own Dr. Eebec tells his classes
that the Greeks seemed to have “no
awareness of that live-stock, called
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VARSITY SPOUT
Fifteen Men Turning Out
for Night Practice on
Tuesdays and Fridays
GOOD MATERIAL FOUND
Meet Planned Within Next
Two or Three Weeks
With Freshman Squad
With the initiation of swimming
on the Oregon campus as a letter
sport this year, comes the prospect
of the strongest aggregation for
several seasons. Fifteen men are
turning out for practice under
Coach Fahl every Tuesday and Fri
day evenings at 7:30. Park, man
ager of swimming this year, has ar
ranged a tough schedule, including
the big meet with O. A. C. at Cor
vallis early in February. This is
the first season in which swimming
has been conducted on a large
scale under the lemon-yellow
colors, and the degree of success
this year will largely decide whether
it will be continued as a major
sport.
There is an abundance of evenly
distributed material for this year’s
aquatic team, with strong entrants
out for each event. McCabe, Gard
ner, Herron, Smith, Mauthe and
Dye are entered in the 50, 100 and
the 220 sprints. Horsfall is entered
in the 220 and the dives, and
Angell also is showing to good ad
vantape in diving. Palmer is mak
ing good time in practice in the
50 and 100-yard events. Heider and
Wiswall will probably be contest
ants in the plunge. Lee is out for
the 100 widearm and Sinclair, Burt
and Yoran are the other aquatic
hopes.
Old Men Back
Palmer, Angell, Yoran, Horsfall
and Wiswall are the members of
last year’s swimming team who are
back and will make strong bids for
their “O.” Buchanati, fast breast j
stroke on last season Is team, is
back, but has not turned out yet
in suit. McCabe and Sinclair are
outstanding swimmers from last j
year’s freshman squad.
T'he freshman aggregation this j
year, under the coaching of Don
Park, is shaping into, a speedy \
group, and is especially strong in |
the sprints and short distances. |
Lombard is showing probably the |
best at present and gives indica- j
tions of becoming a star in the j
dashes. Alderman, Bonbright and
Marshall also are demonstrating in
creased ability at the short dis
tance.
Stone Does Well
Stone is the outstanding figure in
the dives at present and is showing
good form in his plunges. The
other men who round out the
speedy squad at present are: Boy
den, Dills, Jeffries and Kingmen.
The freshmen will probably have a
main meet with the Rooks and may
be one or two more contests with
other opponents ^et to be decided.
A meet will be held within the
next two or three weeks between
the varsity and frosh squads for
the purpose of rounding out the
condition of the teams under com
petition.
WRITING COURSE ADDED
Correspondence Work Will be Given
By Miss Mary Perkins
A new correspondence course in
advanced writing has just been
prepared by the extension division
of the University, and is being of
fered this week for the first time.
The course will be given by Miss
Mary Perkins, of the English de
partment of tho University, and
will cover about the same ground
as the written English courts
which are required of all campus
students.
The extension division offered a
course in theme writing, formerly,
which was much in demand, saya
Dan E. Clark, of the extension
division. This haB been replaced by
Miss Perkin’s new course which is
longer.
Sugary Circles
Are Approved by
Entire Campus
Students and Others
Doughnuts were the watchword
of the campus yesterday. All day
long, from the first peep of the
winter sun above the eastern hori
zon until the last lingering beam
of light slipped away behind the
western hills, the Theta Sigma Pi
girls served the circular pastry to
a hungry student body.
Everyone ate them. Students,
faculty, visitors and all others who
happened to stray in the vicinity
of the University. In classes, be
fore classes, and after classes
wherever one might look he would
see the sugary things rapidly dis
appearing. One hundred and sev
enty-five dozen of them slipped
down the throats of persons on the
campus.
And money. The girls scooped
it up at every corner. Faculty
members tossed coins from win
dows into the hollow tin cash reg
isters attached to each basket.
When they counted the profits at
the end of the day they found
themselves better off by over $60.
A few more days and the Theta
Sigma Pi room in the old journal
ism shack will be decorated with
all manner of new and attractive
things.
EMERALD OFFERS CASH
PRIZES TO WORKERS
Awards Totaling $175 Will
be Given This Year
Beginning this term all staff mem
bers of the Oregon Daily Emerald
and those trying out for positions
will compete for cash prizes to be
awarded for meritorious work on
the publication. A budget of $175
has been set aside to be used as
the editorial board sees fit in mak
ing the paper more efficient. The
money will be divided into cash
awards for the next two terms, and
the winners will be announced at
the close of each quarter.
Seven contests, arranged with the
idea of promoting competition
among the workers on the paper,
have been scheduled. The highest
award will be $15, which will go
to the person judged to be the
most efficient all-round worker on
the staff. The best daily news
editor will be given a $10 prize,
while the night editor who puts out
the best average of papers clean
from typographical errors will re
ceive a like amount.
Two awards of $7.50 each will
be given as first prizes for the most
usable tips for news stories and
for the most unassigned stories
printed. In the tip contest second
and third prizes of $5 and $2.50
are announced. Second prize of $5
is to be granted to the contestant
taking second place in the un
assigned story contest.
First prize of $5 and second prize
of $2.50 will constitute the last two
prizes. The first will be for the
beat news story of the term, while
the other award will go to the
writer who has the best feature
story printed. A careful check will
be made by the editorial board over
all stories turned in for these con
tests.
It is the desire of those in charge
of the contests that it be made
known that all workers on the Em
erald, whether officially members
of the staff or not, are eligible for
the prizes. Later in the year an
other one and possibly two other
prizes may be announced. The
spring term awards will be an
nounced at the Emerald banquet
held annually at the Osborn hotel.
PULLMAN INSTALLS RADIO
BROADCASTING MACHINE
Washington State College—W. 8
C.’s radio station, K F A E, plans
an extensive program in the near
future on various instructing topics
The station reports that fans in
Toronto, Philadelphia and Wycliff
B. C., have been able to listen clear
lv to the topics, and with the inova
tion of a new announcer the re
cent programs have been of specia
interest.
HOPE HELD FOR
RUSSIAN PEOPLE
E. G. Colton of Y. M. C. A.
Relates Many Hardships
Felt Under Communism
NECESSITY FOR AID TOLD
Student Life is Described;
Relief for Educational
Heads Declared Urgent
“There is infinite hope in a land
and for a people who have a hun
dred thousand men and women who
will stand by and take severe
punishment in order to educate
themselves to build up the future
of their state,” E. T. Colton, one
of the international secretaries of
the Y. M. C. A., declared, in speak
ing on “The Present Trend in
Russia,” at the assembly in Villard
yesterday.
Mr. Colton is assisting the Stu
dent Friendship Fund association
to obtain help for the starving
Russian students.
Students are Suffering
In Odessa, Russia, he pointed
out, 30 per cent of the students live
all winter, a winter in which the
snows begin in October and remain
until April, in rooms without heat,
half of them sleeping on the floor,
and many without blankets. Sev
eral groups of students have but
one outfit of clothes suitable to be
worn to lectures, so they arrango
their hours to permit each one to
take li'is turn in going to classes.
Two-thirds of the students in the
j last five years have been victims
i of epidemics, and tuberculosis is
! rampant.
“Since 1914, Russia has been go
! ing through a process of exhaustion,
j It began when Russia cast all her
j resources into the great war on the
i side of the allies, until three and
i one-half millions of Russian sol
diers were in prison camps in Ger
| many and Austria, and until sol
1 diers were going to battle with
only their fists with which to fight.
Russia fought until her cities were
filled with breadlines. Let us thank
God and Russia that she stayed
J until Paris and channel ports were
safe,” Mr. Colton said.
This exhaustion, beginning with
the war, was increased by the re
I volution and famine, and was fur
I ther aggravated by the Communis
| tic movement which attempted to
I put into practice a pure economic
I communism. This type of cornmun-.
ism is the very antithesis of free
dom. It put the Russian popula
tion beyond the possibility of feed
ing, clothing or housing itself.
Teachers’ Salaries Small
The professors received about 40
million rubles for ten months teach
ing, which in American exchange
would be $13, and which, if taken
to a second-hand store in Russia,
would not buy a suit of clothes.
Mr. Colton emphasized the neces
! sity of preserving these professors
from starvation, as it is on these
men of learning that the future of
Russia depends.
A quarter of a million dollars is
the sum Mr. Colton expresses the
hope of raising through American
students. Kitchens are being set
up at the various Russian colleges,
and he estimates that it takes $1.50
to feed one student for a month.
“Is the civilization of Russia
worth saving ” he asked, and then
said the answer is to be found in
the great wealth of literature,
music and science that has come
from Russian civilization. “Here in
Russia we have a chance to save a
| great Christian civilization, em
bodying a religion that has reached
a spiritual exaltation,” he declar
ed. “They have never had their
chance, but there is no soul in all
the world that has such a vision of
freedom as has Russian,” he con
5 eluded.
Rev. H. W. Davis, Y. M. C. A.
secretary, gave the invocation. The
Men’s Glee club sang “An Oregon
Hymn,” the new Oregon song com
posed by Ronald Reid, of the school
j of music
Fire-Escapes Are
Being Constructed
for Busy Scribes
They are putting fire escapes on
the journalism building; real
steel balconies with ladders and
a twelve-foot jump to the greens
ward. We don’t know who first
thought of such a thing—per
hrps George Turnbull brought the
idea back from the east. We
understand that all the newspaper
plants back there are equipped
with them. Although wooden
ones with turned spindles and a
winding stairway would have
harmonised much better with the
Romeo and Juliet balcony in the
rear, these will give the' place a
very business-liko appearance.
We want it understood that this
is in no way a reflection on our
character. We admit that we
turn out some hot stuff, but it is
never fiery. Some of our discus
sions may bo spirited, but they
don’t get heated.
It has been rumored that the
last time the insurance inspector
was around ho insisted he smelled
smoke. Now this is because of
the chemistry lab above us and
is entirely beyond our control,
but where there is so much smoko,
there must be a little fire. It is
best to be on the safe side. Really,
though, they would have inter
fered must less with the archi
tectural beauty of the place had
they put them on the inside.
STUDENT FRIENDSHIP
FUND RECEIVES SI 65
Money Will Go For Relief
of Russians
When the booth outside of the
library closed yesterday evening,
$165 had been pledged and paid to
the student friendship fund for the
relief of students in Russia.
President Campbell, when inter
viewed soon after the address by
E. T. Colton, speaker at yester
day ’s assembly, who pleaded for
college students to contribute to
this fund, said, “I wish most
heartily to commend to the stu
dents and th0 faculty the worthi
ness of the cause presented in as
sembly today by Mr. Colton. In
no better way could we show our
friendship for the ‘intelligencia’ of
Russia than by subscribing to the
student friendship fund. Never in
the past, have Oregon students
failed to voluntarily contribute to
worthwhile causes, and I am suro
that the same will bo true of this.”
One dollar and fifty cents will
feed a Russian student for a full
month and small contributions will
be of tremendous help to those in
a starving condition. Y. W. offi
cials expect that many more pledges
will bo received within the next
few days.
Students who were not at as
sembly, or were unable to got
pledge blanks, can get them at the
Y. W. C. A. They may sign pledges
for future payment or contribute at
once. All checks should be made
payable to Florence Buck, who is
local treasurer for the fund.
OREGON DEFEATS
PACIFIC 44 T014
Passing and Floor Work
Big Factors in Victor’s
Successful Offense
RED SHIRTS TAKE LEAD
Varsity Men Ahead at End
of First Half; Game
is Hard Fought Contest
Oregon took a flying start on her
conference climb last night by
taking th0 long end of a 44 to 14
score from the Pacific Badgers.
The game was harder fought than
the score would indicate and the
Badgers contested every point. Ira
Tucker was the big gun in the
Pacific offensive, althongh the
whole team passed well. It would
be impossible to pick a star from
the Oregon machine and in spite of
the fact that Hobson was high
pointer, with 10 counters, the pass
ing and the floor work of the whole
team were the big factors in the
Oregon win.
The Webfoot five-man defense
was well night impregnable, and
only on three occasions were the
Badgers able to break through for
field goals. Time after time the
Rod Shirts would work the ball
down the floor, only to have a pass
intercepted or to be forced to shoot
long range shots. On the other
hand, it was not so hard to turn
said defense into an offense which,
although, at times, appeared list
less, showed great promise.
Hunk Latham Stars
Hunk Latham accounted for but
five of Oregon’s points in actuality,
but the big fellow was a mighty im
portant cog in the Lemon-Yellow
scoring machine. His passing,
dribbling and pivoting wasi one of
the features of an otherwise rather
colorless game.
The Forest Grove lads threw a
scare into the local fans when, after
the teams had fought the first five
minutes without a score, Jesse,
Pacific forward, slipped through the
Oregon defonse and rolled one
through the hoop for the first score
of the game. The Badgers’ lead
was short lived, however, as a brace
of points from the foul line by Lath
am soon tied the count and from
then on, the locals were never
headed. Hobson, Latham, Shafer,
and Chappy followed with baskets
in quick succession and, at halftime,
Oregon led by a 20 to 7 score.
Rockhey Kept Out
Early in the second half, Alstock
replaced Shafer, who was taken out
on four personal fouls and later
Reinhart sent in a host of second
string men. The offense of the sec
ond stringers did not work quite so
smooth, but the checking was on a
part with that of the first, combina
ation. Haddon Rockhey, who was
slatod to handle one of the forward
jobs, was forced to watch the game
from the bench, due to the fact
that he tore a ligament in hia
ankle in Wednesday’s practice. Hia
injury will probably keep him out *
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Imps of Jazz to Hold Sway
During College Night Fray
“Zat so? No rest for tlio wicked,
and a prize in every package?”
“Yea, bo! A prod with every
pun, and ‘honi soit ijui mal y
pense. ’ ”
“I getcha, brother. You’re try
ing to make out a good time for
mo tonight. Yes, I'm going to get
mine. College Night’s tonight.
They’re all going to be there, the
belles, the gals, the skoits, and the
janes. Better come along, she’s
going to be a pretty party.”
Thus the whole world talks—or
some portions thereof. The boys
are going to get their stripes to
night. The girls will get theirs too.
The music-making men and women
are slated to slip us some mean
Korrect Kollege Harmony. Yea and
Bunky Short, will have his animat
i ed sketches jumping all over the
place. Songsters will wax songful;
actors will try to show symptoms
of intertainment. The Night has a
monopoly on the college social cal
endar and the indulgence of all
students is asked.
Those men who will receive their
football sweaters are: Dick Bead,
A1 Sinclair, Gordon Wilson, Hugh
Latham, Moe Sax, Gene Shields,
James Bailey, Jack Bliss, Ed Kirt
ley, Carl Yonder Ahe, Bobert Mautz,
Vic Risley, Ron Williamson, Louis
Anderson, Hal Chapman, Cogs
Campbell, Jens Terjesen, and Len
Jordan.
Girls who will be awarded their
letters are Winifred Hobson, Char
jlotte Howells, Dorothy McKee,
I Wilma Chatten, Theresa Robinette,
1 Ftorence Baker, and Lois Barnett.
Intra mural debate awards will
also be presented.