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_ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30. 1924
VOLUME XXV
NUMBER 83
FRESHMEN ININ
IN SPEEDY GAME
Eugene High Five Defeated
by Score of 41 to 27 in
Hard Fought Struggle
FROSH PROSPECTS GOOD
University High School Wiil
Meet Yearlings Today
in the Men’s Gymnasium
Dave Evans crew of rollicking
freshmen hoopers defeated the Eu
gene high school team yesterday
afternoon, 41 to 27. The Eugene
five was by far the best team that
the freshman have played this year
and they put up a fast, aggressive
brand of ball.
The game was fast and both
teams showed signs of snappy
teamwork. The Eugene five, in
actual floorwork and passing, look
ed equally as well as the yearlings
at certain stages of the contest.
While the greater experience of the
freshman five enabled them to
maintain a safe lead, they were
forced to extend themselves to
keep out in front.
“Spike” Has Fast Team
“Spike” Leslie, former Oregon
star athlete, is coaching the Eu
fene squad and he has assembled a
fast, well-rounded team. They play
a speedy short-passing game and
work the ball well down the floor
and under the basket for the ma
jority of their points. Landrum
and Murray, at forwards, played a
very good floor game and seemed
to find the hoop fairly regularly.
The whole team seems well coached
and will stand watching in their
contests in the state^interscholastic
league.
The yearlings are showing signs
of being one of the best freshman
teams to be turned out by Oregon
for some years. However, they do
not seem to have hit their maximum
game yet. Their play is somewhat
ragged in spots and they have not
yet gotten over their natural tend
ency to dribble too much and play
too individually. As soon as they
break away from some of their
high school tricks and get to play
ing together Oregon will have a
freshman team that will bear watch
ing.
Regular uomtnnation usea
At present Evans is using his
forward combination of Westergren
and Westerman to good advantage,
and both of these men have been
finding the basket with fair regu- ;
larity. Chiles has proven his abil
ity to work in smoothly at either ■
forward position. Both Okerberg
and Flynn have been ranging the
floor in great style from the pivot
position and both because of their
height have been converting a
large n/imber of shots from under
neath the basket.
Kiminki, Reinhart and Hughes
form a combination of guards that !
promise considerable difficulty to
f ' opposing forwards this year. All
three have been getting down the
floor fast also and have been
making their share of the scores.
Also in Selimeer, Shulte, Carter,
Dallas, Adams, Carl Johnson and
J. Johnson, the coach has a number
of substitutes who can be depended
upon if necessary.
Murray Converts Fouls
Murray made seven points for
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DELTA ZETA WINS MEET
Tri Delt Loses by 35-33 Score in
Close-run Contest
In one of the closest meets held
this season, Delta Zeta beat Delta
Delta Delta with a score of 35 to 33.
Marguarite McCabe, for the losers,
was high point winner with 13 points.
Betty Lewis and Gertrude Houk, on
the Delta Zeta team, came second
with eight points each.
Gamma Phi Beta beat Hendricks
(2) in the other meet held last night.
The final score was 41 to 26. The
high point winner was Virginia Wil
son, for Gamma Phi, who secured 13
fl points. Yvonne Smith for Hendricks
was second with nine.
INTRAMURAL SPORTS REGARDED AS
ESSENTIAL FOR GIVING MEN
ATHLETIC TRAINING
Harry Scott, Physical Education Instructor
Cites Advantage Gained by Student After
Leaving University; Time Spent Not Wasted
By Ben Maxwell
“ Intramural sports are offered at
the University of Oregon for the -pur
pose of giving the student of non
varsity calibre an opportunity to
gain athletic experience by represent
ing his organization in one or more
events in the athletic program,” said
Harry Scott, professor of physical
education, when interviewed on the
desirability of intramural activities
on the campus.
“And the intramural activities are
the best, means that we have of of
fereing athletic training to the stu
dent—training that he can continue
and profit by after he leaves col
lege.” Scott continued. “If in the
course of intramural training, mater
ial for varsity athletes is discovered,
and developed, so much the better,
but the primary purpose of the in
tramural activities is not to develop
varsity athletes. If such a man does
come from this source he is a by
product of the training offered rath
er than an end resut.”
Scott then explained the necessity
of the intramural activities as a
means of giving the non-varsity stu
dent an opportunity to participate in
some form of athletics.
Only about eight percent of the
men on the campus have an oppor
tunity to participate in athletics on
varsity teams—the remainder, the 92
percent, unless it were for intramural
activities would have to get their
athletic training in the bleachers,
rooting for the eight percent on the
TTniversity teams. This would mani
festly be an unjust discrimination,
because many of the men on the
bleachers, while they would not make
the varsity, would, nevertheless, pro
fit and enjoy participation in some
form of athletics.
For this reason intramural activi
ties were established at the Univer
sity. Scott expressed the opinion
that the days at the University were
past when every student who wished
to be a shining light in the student
body be a varsity athlete.
Instead of having only a compara
tively few men enjoying the benefits
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DR. HIP NAS LONG
CAREER AS EDUCATOR
Political Matters Interest
Assembly Speaker
Dr. Albert Edward Winship, who
will speak at assembly Thursday,
has had a long career as an edu
cator and teacher before becoming
editor of the Journal of Education,
published in Boston. He began his
teaching career when he was
twenty.
Principal of the grammar school
at Newton, Massachusetts from
1865 to 1868 was the position that
Dr. Winship held at twenty. Until
1872 he a teacher at the Bridge
water state normal school. He has
been connected with educational
instruction in Massachusetts, hav
ing been a member of the Massa
chusetts state board of education
during the years from 1903 to 1909.
. Dr. Winship received his doctor
of letters degree in 1898 from the
University of Nashville. Before
this he had attended, as a student,
the Andover Theological Seminary.
Dr. Winship also has the degree of
doctor of laws, received in 1911
from the University of Vermont.
Besides his interest in education,
Dr. Winship has an interest in
politics. He was a delegate to the
Republican national convention in
1896. He is also interested in civic
improvement, being a charter mem
ber of the Boston Chamber of Com
merce, the Twentieth Century club,
and the Boston City club.
Karl Onthank, secretary to the
president, in speaking of Dr. Win
ship, says that he is well qualified
to interest an audience because of
his many wide and varied experi
ences. Dr. Winship has travelled
all over the United States, crossing
the continent over forty times, sev
eral times before the means of
travel were perfected.
Dr. Winship has not yet an
nounced his subject, but it is said
by those who know, that whatever
he chooses will be interesting.
The assembly will be held in Vil
lard hall and Gwladys Keeney will’
give a vocal solo.
ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR
. HAS ARTICLE PUBLISHED
An article on “Make Your Town
Beautiful,” by W. R. B. Willcox,
professor in the school of architec
ture. and allied arts, was accepted
by “Oregon' Business,” the official
publication of the Oregon State
Chamber of Commerce, and appear
ed in the January 10 issue. The
article takes up the question of
city planning, and the service that
a city planning commission can d'
in improving the appearance of a
city.
WOMEN'S HOUSES PLAN
APRIL FROLIC AFFAIR
Eleven Organizations Will
Try For Prize Cup
Plans for April Frolic are already
under way. Many of the organiza
tions who are to provide entertain
ment this year are secretly assemb
ling ideas with a view to capturing
the cup which is awarded for the
best “stunt” of. the evening, while
others are diligently searching for
hidden talent with which to hold
their own.
April Frolic is the one social
event of the year which includes
all the women of the University,
and only the women. The women’s
living organizations are formed into
two groups and each organization
has an opportunity to compete for
the CUP- This cup was awarded to
Delta Gamma last year. The group
for this year includes Alpha Phi,
Hendricks Hall, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Chi
Omega, Delta Zeta, Chi Omega,
Thatcher Cottage, Alpha Xi Delta,
Delta Omega, and Sigma Beta Phi.
The affair is sponsored by the
Women’s league. Anna DeWitt
has been appointed to act as gen
eral chairman of the affair; Betty
Rauch has charge of music and
patronesses; Margaret Powers,
judges and programs, and Lucile
Douglas, arrangement of events for
the evening.
Coming Events
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30
9-4:30 p. m.—Library.
Junior Week-end vote.
4-6 p. m.—Woman’s building.
Womans League tea.
4:30 p. m.—Men’s Gymnasium.
Frosh vs. U. H. S., basketball.
8:00—Villard.
Reproduction of “The Dough
boy.”
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31
11:00 a. m.—Villard hall.
Assembly.
I 7:00 p. m.—Radio.
Fergus Reddie, “Huck Finn.”
7:30 p. m.—Woman’s building.
Frosh vs. Varsity aquatic
team.
8:00 p. m.—Heilig theater.
“Hour Hand.”
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1
7:00 p. m.—Radio.
Dr. W. D. Smith, “Earth
quakes. ”
8:00 p. m.—Armory. Frosh Glee.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2
7:00 p. m. — Congregational
church. Open forum meetings.
I
FAIRBANKS WILL
MAKE DOUGHBOY
Oregon Professor to Give
Sculpturing Exhibition at
Villard Hall This Evening
AFFAIR STARTS AT EIGHT
Artist Says He has Put on
Demonstrations Before;
Animal Heads Done First
Tonight in Villard hall Avard
Fairbanks, professor of sculpture,
models a replica of ‘‘The Dough
boy,” his masterpiece of the Am
erican soldier, which was done
here on commission for the state of
Idaho. The benefit, under the aus
pices of the Sculpture club, is being
held in the interest of bringing to
Oregon W. Frank Purdy, director of
the American school of sculpture.
The affair opens promptly at 8
p. m. A number of prominent
townspeople are a sponsoring com
mittee for the event.
First Lecture Recalled
This is not the first time that
Mr. Fairbanks has given a demon
stration lecture, although it is the
first time that one has been held
in Eugene. The artist recounts his
first humorous experience as a very
young boy, just before he left for
Europe to study. It was when he
was 16, and he was asked to give
a lecture by the New York city
board of education. Accordingly
he gave the demonstration at Wash
ington Irving high school in New
York, city before an audience of 500,
composed solely of girls. He was
so embarrassed at the time that
when they saluted the flag in the
opening exercises he did so with his
left hand.
Worked With Proctor
On the first ocqasion he modeled
the head of a lion. He had given
much time to the study of animals
in the New York zoo, where he
often worked beside A. Phimister
Proctor, since famous also as a
western sculptor, the designer of
“The Circuit Rider,” and the
Roosevelt memorial statute.
Shortly after the demonstration
at New York, Mr. Fairbanks was
invited to give another at Rich
mond high school in Richmond, New
Jersey, where he modeled another
animal’s head. Since that time
those who hailed Mr. Fairbanks as
a boy prodigy have watched his
progress with interest, so the pre
sent demonstration will be differ
ent, inasmuch as it is the work of
maturer years.
Recently Mr. Fairbanks modeled
under the auspices of the Associa
tion of American University wo
men, and other women’s clubs ir
Portland.
WATER MEET IS TONIGHT
Varsity and Frosh Swimmers Will
Hold Contest
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Tonight at 7:30, Varsity Coach
Fahl will send his aquatic proteges
against the yearling swimmers in
the tank at the Woman’s building.
Both teams have been working
hard in order to cop the fray, but
at present it looks like a toss-up.
Although neither team is in mid
season form the events will prob
ably be made in fast time. The dis
tances of the events have been re
duced in order that the men will
not over exert themselves.
JUNIOR GIRLS WIN GAME
Sophomore Basketball Team Loses
Uneven Contest
In the second of the series of
class basketball games, the Juniors,
team 1, defeated the Sophomores,
team 2, with a score of 38 to 2. It
was an unevenly matched game
from the start, anl the juniors
walked away with the contest with
little difficulty.
For the winners, Grace Sullivan
and Melba Byrom, forwards, were
the stars. Edna Murphy and Lil
lian Vulgamore, sophomore centers,
showed up well.
JUNIOR WEEK-END
BALLOT UP TODAY
STUDENT VOTES
Committees Delay Plans
Until University Opinion
is Expressed on Subject
CHOICE TO DECIDE WORK
By Don Woodward
The vote to bo held today onj
Junior week-end, should be an ex
pression of the will of the student J
body of the University. The junior j
class, and particularly the com
mittee, is entrusted with respon- j
sibility for the affair and for form
ing and carrying out the plans to a
successful end.
It does no.t feel, however, that
these plans would be formed for a
successful Junior Week-end, if they
did not meet with the approval of
the majority of the students of all
classes.
Three Plans Submitted
Doubt that the event as staged
in the past lias not been entirely
satisfactory is felt from the ex
pression by many that a change, or
modification should be made, a
number advocating complete abol
ishment. Following are the plans
submitted for ballot: (1) To keep
Junior Week-end in the present
form: (2) complete elimination of
the event from the calendar; (3)
to eliminate the high school
guests and make the affair a
strictly University playtime. The
modification plan would probably
also mean confining the program to
the three main events: (1) the
track meet; (2) the canoe fete, and
(3), th0 junior prom. The vod-vil,
which is given at some other time,
would probably be held in any case.
This sentiment of disapproval of
the existing form became so strong
that official action was taken at
the last meeting of the student
council when a committee was ap
pointed to investigate the situation
and report at the next gathering,
scheduled for tonight. A number
of conferences have been held, with
the plan for holding a ballot among
the students being finally evolved.
Vote to Show Sentiment
.While this voting is not official,
it will serve as a true mirror of tho
wishes of the Associated Students,
and will undoubtedly cause the
committee to turn in a similar re
port to the council.
Junior Week-end is the job of
the junior class. The class stands
ready to “put the affair over” to
the best of its ability with earnest
effort and good will. The com
mittee, appointed last term to gain
an early start, Jins been forced to
mark time, awaiting the will of the
students. It is urged that every
student of the University consider
the matter carefully, and vote at
the polls in the library today, so
that the result of the ballot may
enable the investigating body to
make a truly representative report
to the student council, and the
class may be instructed as to fur
ther action.
Junior Week-end
Case Summarized
1. Junior Week-end adver
tises the University.
2. Advertises University in
wrong way. Only social side,
greatly exaggerated, is seen.
Picture thus gained is not true
to real atmosphere of Univer
sity. Bad impression is there
fore taken back to parents. High
school officials strongly op
posed to affair.
1. Draws students to Uni
sity.
2. Only small percentage of
week-enders really return in
fall. Many are professional
“spongers,” some having been
known to have attended three
week-ends without entering the
University.
1. Is festive time for student
body and proves pleasant break
in spring term.
2. Time which might bo
used in enjoying event taken in
entertaining guests. Result is
great financial and physical
strain.
1. Junior Week-end is tradi
tional.
2. No reason to keep a
tradition, when it has become
top-heavy. By adoption of modi
fication plan, tradition would be
kept but in different form, and
with elimination of undesirablo
features.
1. Many traditional features
are desirablo, as canoe fete,
prom, and athletics.
2. Under modification plan,
these features would be kept,
and as only major numbers on
program would remain, time
would bo left for students to eh
joy these events themselves.
SPEAKERS IN DEMAND
University Professors to Address
Various Organizations
Several persons connected with
the University have been schedul
ed recently as speakers for various
organizations within the state. Dean
W. G. Halo, of the University law
school, will address the Kiwana’s
club at Oregon City, Thursday noon,
January 31. Tuesday, January 29,
Mozelle Hair, of the extension divi
sion, spoke before the Women’s
Civic club, at Creswell, Oregon, on
“Higher Standards of Education.”
R. W. Tavenner, of the exten
sion division, addressed the Parent
Teachers’ association at Falls City,
on “The Advantages of the Uni
versity and normal school.
Y. W. NATIONAL SECRETARY
o;o visit campus Thursday
Miss Elsie Heller, national stu
dent secretary of the Y. W. C. A.
for the northwest district, will be
a visitor on the campus February
1. Miss Heller was on the campus
last spring and attended the annual
Y. W. C. A. banquet given at that
time. Her work includes regular
visits to all colleges having Y. W.
C. A. student associations.
JUNIOR WEEK-END REFERENDUM
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1924
MARK (X)
□ 1. Shall Junior Week-End be continued?
□ 2. Shall Junior Week-End be abolished?
□ 3. Shall Junior Week-End be solely a campus affair
without guests?
REMARKS : ...
Signature .
Class ...
This is not an official ballot.
SPRING EVENT
( FATE UNCERTAIN
i Entire Student Body to Vote
On One of Three Plans
Offered by Committee
BOOTH OPEN IN LIBRARY
Proposals Are to Abolish
Affair, Retain in Present
Status, or Make Revision
From 9:00 o’clock this morning
until 4:30 tonight, a booth will be
open in the lobby of the library
for balloting on the Junior Week
end question.
There are three alternatives on
the ballot: 1. To continue Junior
Week-end as it is at prosont with
out any changes. 2. To abolish
Junior Week-end altogether. 3. To
make Junior Week-end solely a
campus affair without guests. There
is a space left on the ballot for re
marks and it is hoped by student
body officials that enough sugges
tions will be made to build up a
constructive program in regard to
the event.
Many Views Held
The agitation over the event has
brought the Btudent council to start
an investigation. So many different
views wore expressed that the real
opinion of the student body could
not be obtained easily. This refer
endum plan was hit upon in order
to find out what the students really
do want.
“There has been a good deal of
agitation for a moderation in re
gard to Junior Week-end,” says
Claude Eobinson, A. S. U. O. pre
sident, “but opinions have varied so
widely that it has been impossible
for the student administration to
know exactly what the students
want. The referendum on the ques
tion was decided upon as a means
to ascertain student sentiment in
the matter and provide the student
council with definite material to
work upon, should revision of the
week-end seem desirable.”
It has been found that a great
deal of tho antagonism was on ac
count of tho practice of inviting
guests from the high schools at
that time. This is the reason that
the ballot bears the alternative plan
of keeping Junior Week-end as a
campus playtime and eliminating
the guests.
Evils to be Rectified
The genera lfeeling seems to be
that there are evils to be rectified
but whether the student body wishes
to do away with Junior Week-end
entirely, keep it as it is, or adopt
a compromise, will be shown only
through this referendum. The stu
dent council which is to hear the
committee’s report tonight, is the
final authority in the matter.
They desire to feel and act by
the student sentiment in the mat
ter. It would be impossible to
| suggest any other compromise plan
on the ballot for a wide diversity of
| results would defeat the purpose of
j the balloting. . Doing away with
: the entertaining of guests seemed
! to bo the most feasible and most
I popular compromise.
Each ballot bears a space for
the voter’s name and class in the
| University. Student officials urge
■■ as large a vote as possible in order
i to obtain a really fair representa
I tion of campus opinion.
REHEARSALS OF SECOND
ORCHESTRA PLANNED
No rehearsals of the second or
chestra, directed by Theodore Wal
strum, will be held until Wednes
day, February 13, because of “The
Hour Hand” rehearsals and pre
sentation.
. ELECTION ANNOUNCED
G and M society announces the
election of; John Garner, Astoria, to
associate membership.