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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1924)
VARSITY DEBATE SET FOR FRIDAY Triangular Event is Epoch in Oregon Forensics TEAM IS EXPERIENCED British Columbia Negative to Come to Eugene Friday night Oregon’s men debat ers are going to meet the Universi- ! ties of Idaho and British Columbia in a triangular debate, and when that event takes place, something in the nature of an epoch in Oregon’s "de-1 bate history will be made, for it hos been many years since an Oregon de bate team has met a team from north of the Canadian-American border. Tn fact, it is quite out of the mem ory of the “oldest inhabitant”. Large Crowd Desired Nor has there been a debate with Idaho for some time. So there will be something new all around. With comparatively brand-new adversaries, an interesting, timely question, and experienced men on the squad, there is no reason why the entire student body, not to mention the faculty and townspeople, should not turn out lo ^ the contest, which \y.ill be held in , Villard hall at 7:15 Friday night,. January 18. Forensic heads, real-( izing that the class parties would perhaps prevent many persons from attending the debate, have scheduled it for an early hour, so that it will , he entirely possible to get dinner, ' the debate, and a class party all in one evening. Subject is Timely Tn the opinion of Gerrit Demmink, coach of debate, the question, Ro solvcd, that the United States should immediately recognize the present Soviet government of Russia—is a splendid one. “I think quite the finest that T have seen,” is the way ho expresses it. Mr. Demin ink explains his satisfac tion with the question on the grounds of its timeliness and intrinsic inter est. “The debate is not going to bo dull and uninteresting just because this particular question has been tlio subject of a forensic contest on this , campus once before this year,” ho i declared, “for since that time tho question has bocoine oven more a pub- I lie and burning one than before, j The recent negotiations between America and Soviet Russia havo served to bring the Russian question home to the American people.” Negative Will Travel The question seems particularly appropriate to Osegon just now, com ing as if does right upon the heels of the portrayal of conditions in Rus sia as given by K. T. Colton, inter national Y. M. C. .A secretary, at last Thursday’s assembly. Ralph Bailey, .Toe Frazer, Walter Malcolm, and Marion Dickey, all of : whom were members of tho team which won the state debate cham pionship for Oregon at last term’s Oregon O. A, C.-Roed contest, will< U''hold Oregon in this triangle also. Bailey and Frazer will take the af firmative of the issue, meeting the British Columbia negative here. Dicv y.y and Malcolm will constitute the negative to meet the Idaho team at Moscow. The triangle will be com pleted by the British Ooulmbia-Tdalio debate 'it Vancouver, B. (’., where the University of British Columbia is located. RECITALS ARE PLANNED Second Student Rehearsal of Year Will bo Given Saturday The second student rehearsal of the year, taking the form of an informal recital, will bo given Sat urdav afternoon, January titi, at 1:30 i>. in., in the lounge room of the school of music. Thoodroe Wnlstrum, of the school of music, has charge of the affair, and all faculty members presenting it student are requested to hand in their choice to him in the very near future. It is hoped by Mr. Wnlstrum and other members of the school of music faculty that this event will prove as successful as the recital held last month at which many students and townspeople attended. The school of music is planning to A NIGHT IN ROME “THE ETERNAL City” Coming THE CASTLE hold one of these recitals monthly during the remainder of the school i year preparatory to the annual stu dent's recital held in June. | At the Theatres j <*--:—>--o EEX ' * “If Winter Comes” was undoubt j edly the best novel of the past few years. By the same token, “If ! '(Vinter Comes," the William Fox ' screen version of the famous Hutch inson book, is the outstanding photoplay of the last ten years. Percy Marmont is seen in his great ! cnaracterization of the whimsical Mprk Sabre, prove emphatically that when a really fine work of fiction is given adequate film dramatization the public will show its appreciation in no unce tain manner “If Winter Comes” has been brought to the screen as the author himself would have filmed rt were he a photoplay director. The story follows the book literally, the casr ideal, and the whimsical humor and deep pathos of the story are em phasized in the screen alaptation. Tomorrow will be the last op portunity to see this photodrama, as it closes its run at the Bex on Thursday. ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA INITIATES NEW MEN “Phi Beta Kappa” of Medicine Has Twelve Charter Members on Honor Roll ! _ j The installation of Alpha Omega I Alpha, national honorary medical | fraternity which has recently grant ed a chapter to the University of j Oregon Medical School, marks the j third successive granting of charters ; for high scholarship or research to j the University of Oregon within the last year. Phi Rota Kappa, national i honorary scholarship fraternity, and Sigma Xi, honorary society for sci ence students have both recognized tho work of students on the campus and have established chapters here. The establishment of a chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha, which is fre quently termed tho Phi Beta Kap pa of medicine, indicates the status of work done in tho medical college at Portland. About twelve charter memebrs of Alpha Omega Alpha, of whom seven are seniors in tho medical school, were initiatel into the fraternity last week. ' Among Alpha Omega Alpha members participating in th§ event were two University of Oregon men elected to membership in Eastern in | stitutions. These were Harold Bean, a member of the Harvard chapter and Blair Holcomb of the chapter at Rush. Both are alumni of the Uni versity of Oregon medical school. UNIVERSITY MEN TO SPEAK AT TEACHER’S INSTITUTES E. F. Carleton, field representa tive of thq University extension division, will address the Washing ton county local teachers’ institute at Dilley, Oregon, on Saturday, j January 19. Ilia subject will be “Intelligence Tests.” 0. L. Hughes, I of til'd school of education, will talk to the zone meeting of Doug las county teachers, at Yonenlla, on j the same day. HONORARY FRATERNITY INITIATES TEN MEN T The local chapter of Phi Mu Alpha, national men’s honorary musical fraternity held an initia tion last Sunday morning in the Music building. The following men were initiated: Douglas Wright, Hob McKnight, Ed Sox, Si Muller, •lack High, llenry Knrpenstoin, Cur tis Burton, Bert llalloway, Ted Larsen, Thomas Robertson, and Mr. Theodore Walstrum. TED RICE IS RECOVERING FROM CRITICAL ILLNESS Frederick, “Ted” Race, former journalism student, varsity debater and member of Cross Roads, who was in a very critical condition at the end of last term, is reported to bo improving rapidly. He was removed to his home in Portland, where he is recovering his strength. NOVELS OF ANCIENT . WORLD ATTRACTIVE Dunn Collection Contains Rare Old Volumes Outstanding among the interesting groups of books in the library is the Frederic 8. Dunn collection of about four hundred novels from ancient times down to the Norman conquest. The collection is valuable "because many of the books are out of print j and not, now procurable; also because they are well selected and represent definite and remote historical priods. These books were collected from | Paris, Rome, England and remote se- ! cond hand book stores. Gathering them became a hobby with Professor Dunn, who was always interested in historical novels, and during his stu dent days started this collection. For 20 or 25 years the collection grew and is now completed up to the time of the Xorman Conquest. “While I began only in a meager and modest sort of way in making the collection,” says Professor Dunn, “I was fascinated. When I began to teach I discovered it was useful to re •fer to books as illustrations. Then it became a hobby and would have been a dissipation—an intoxication, so I stopped when completing the group up to the Norman period.” Oriental, Roman and Greek periods are covered well by the collection and in chronological order the classic periods. Same of the books includ ed in this interesting collection are: “Omar the Tentmaker,” by Dole; “Past Days of Pompeii,” by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton; “Henry H>sen’s Prose Dramas,”; “Nero,” by Steph en Phillips; “The Quiet King,” by Mason; “Joel, A,Boy of Galilee,” CLASSIFIED ADS Minimum charge, 1 time. 25c : 2 times, 45c : 3 times, 60c : 1 week, $1.20. Must be limited to 5 lines : over this limit 5c per line. Phene 961, or leave copy with Business office of Emerald, in University Press. Office hours, 1 to I 4 p. rn. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONLY o — -——o FOR RENT — Furnished apart ments for students; over Campa Shoppe. Inquire Campa Shoppe. J-6 tf. LOST — Lower part of gold Schaeffer pen, also pair of horn rimmed spectacles. Reward. Finder please call 108. ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT by Johnston; “Prehistoric World,”; by Bert hot; “A 8tory of Ancient ; Wales,” by H. Elrington; “Gorgo,” by Ganes; “The Romance of a Mum my,” by Gautier; “Veronica,” by' Kingsley; “Come With Me Into Ba bylon,” by J. M, Ward; “She stands Alone,” by Ashton; “The Soul of a Serf,” by J. B. Ellis; “An Egyptian Princess,” by Ebers; “The Lost Continent,” by C. Hyne; and “Tha- i lia,” by Anatole France. . COOPERATION IS ASKED OF UNDERCLASS GIRLS University Women to Take Charge of Alumni Hall Few Hours During Each Week Since the completion of the Wo man’s building, it has been the cus- i tom for the women of the University to take charge for a few hours each week and relieve Mrs. Wilson, the hostess. This is generally done by ■ freshmen women and has been con sidered a duty of the class. , Miriam Swartz has charge of pro viding girls for this and she states that the girls have been rather neg ligent this year and have not con- i sidered the responsibility very seri ously. She asks for the cooperation of the underclass girls. Winifred Graham has charge of | Friday afternoon, from 1 to 5; Mary j Jane Hathaway, Tuesday evening, from 7 to 9; and Ruth Crofton, Mon day afternoon, from 1 to 5. There ■ is very little to be done, the prinei- j pie thing being to be there, to an swer the telephone, and to show oc- 1 occasional visitors about alumni hall. - GARDEN PLANTED IN ART BULDING COURT Boxwood Hedges, Bircli Trees and Flowers Are Planted by Mauds Kerns A gorgeous spot of color, in con trast to the restful and formal sever ity of the inner cloister of the school of architectlre and arts building, is to be furnished by the landscaping of the outer court south of the arts building facing the school of journal ism. An informal garden is being laid out, which will serve the art students of the University, and of Campus high school *ith a laboratory for outdoor painting and sketching. Work began yesterday, with the laying out of a boxwood hedge, and the transplanting of two birch trees to the entrance of the gravel path. ■ A weeping willow is to be planted, in the hope that there will some day be a pool in which it can be reflect ed. Cypress trees are planned for the dark green effect against the stucco walls. Beds of azalea will furnish vivid flower effects, aqd tall hollyhocks and fox-gloves will have their season. The landscaping effects were planned by Miss Maude Kerns, head of the normal arts. It is her hope that the informal garden, begun in a small way, may develop gradually, supplying plants and shrubs for still life studies, and adding to the color effects of the building. The flowers are to be planted so that one will follow the other in season, keeping the outer court always brilliant with bloom. MU PHI INITIATES SEVEN New Members Produce Original Musical Compositions Mu Phi Epsilon, women’s na tional music fraternity, held an initiation last Sunday afternoon for seven initiates in the M,u Phi Epsilon room in the school of music building. The ceremony was fol lowed by a formal banquet at the College Side Inn. Mrs. Anne Lands burv Beck was toastmistress, and many of the patronesses and alumni were also present. Following the banquet a meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Bruce Giffen, where the original composi tions of the initiates were heard. j The initiates and their compositions | were as follows: Elizabeth Nelson, i A Boat Song; Ruth Scott Byrne, Melody; Charlotte Nash, ^School Days; Claire Collete, Woodland Scenes; Nina Warnock, Reverie; Marion ’ Play ter, Etude; Mildred Berkeley, Ail Apology. MISS EDGINGTON ILL; NOT IN CLASSES THIS WEEK Miss Grace Edgington, assistant j professor of English, and alumni ; secretary, is not meeting her classes | this week, on account of illness. Miss Edgington is staying at Ilend ricks hall while indisposed. Her work of preparing the next issue IT’S TREMENDOUS “THE ETERNAL CITY” with BARBARA LA MARR LIONEL BARRYMORE BERT LYTELL Coming' Tomorrow to THE CASTLE “Yours for Enjoyment” of Old Oregon, alumni magazine, for publication, is virtually com pleted, and anyone having questions of detail connected with this num ber is asked to see George Turnbull, editor of Oregon Exchanges. Miss Edgington expects to be back at her desk next week. WRIGLEYS WUSbet , I Every Meal Have a packet in your pocket for ever-ready refreshment. Aids digestion. Allays thirst. Soothes the throat. For Quality, Flavor and the Sealed Package, get THE FLAVOR LASTS Men’s Riding Class to Be Formed Arrangements have been made so that horseback riding may be substituted for Physical Education, providing that one has passed the Physical Ability Pentathalon. YOU RECEIVE FULL CREDIT in Physical Education by taking three hourse horseback rid ing a week. REGISTER AT SHED from 1:15 to 8 P. M. All students signing up must report rain or shine three times a week in order to fulfill Physical Education department re quirements. CALL 354 After 6 o’Clock in the Evening | BANGS RIDING ACADEMY Today Is THE DAY to Place Your Order for the A FREE OREGANA to every house going 100 per cent and to the student selling the most books. y “It’s Snappy— Pretty— Different— Witty” „ DEPOSIT $2.50 with your representative or at the OREGANA Booth and pay the balance next spring. Advertising Columns of the OREGON DAILY EMERALD