VOLUME XXV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1924
NUMBER 98
OREGON DEFEATS
COUGARS, 38-31
K- -
Game Featured by Rough
Playing and Long Shots
on Part of Both Teams
VARSITY HEADS LADDER
Washington State Takes
Lead in First Moments
But Soon Drops Behind
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WASHINGTON STATE ’ COL
LEGE, PULLMAN, Wash., Feb. 15.
—(Special to The Emerald)—Ore
gon’s fighting varsity came back
last night, after being defeated by
the Idaho Vandals, and took the
W. S. C. Cougars into camp by a
final score of 38 to 31. The game
was featured by roughness and sen
sational shots on the part of both
teams. Last night’s contest estab
lishes for the moment Oregon’s
hold on the top rung of the con
ference ladder and at the same
time practically eliminates Doc
Bohler’s quintet from the race.
Checking Is Close
Washington State took the lead
in the early minutes of the fray,
but was unable to hold it. Long
shots by Latham early in the first
period sent the Lemon-Yellow out
in the lead and from then on the
Oregonians were never headed. The
close checking of the Washington
guards kept the Oregon scoring
machine from underneath the bas
ket, but long shots by Hobson and
Latham rendered the five-man
defense of the home team useless.
The failure of the Cougars to
score after piercing the defense of
the visitors, coupled with the fact
that Oregon invariably got the tip
off were the strong factors in the
victory for the Lemon-Yellow.
Three times during the first half,
Washington State rallies sent their
score within one point of that of
Reinhart’s men, but each time Ore
gon pulled safely out of danger and
at the end of the first half the
score stood 24 to 18, in Oregon’s
favor.
Latham High Man
The second period was largely a
repetition of the first with Oregon
maintaining a four or five point
lead throughout the period. Hunk
Latham with four field goals and
three free throws was high - point
man with 11 points.
Hobson, Schulz and Kelso tied
for second high point honors with
10 points apiece.
Thus far, the Oregon squad has
divided the honors on the trip, win
ning one and losing one. Tonight,
Reinhart’s five will meet the Whit
man Missionaries in Walla Walla
before returning to Eugene.
Summary Is Given
The summary:
Oregon 38 Pos. W. S. C. 31
Gowans 8 .F. 10 Schulz
Hobson 10' .F. 10 Kelso
Latham 11 .C. 8 Nolan
Shafer 7 .G. 3 Scliroeder
Gillenwaters 2 .G. Beese
Referee, Pringle, Spokane.
WHITMAN COLLEGE DAILY
SELECTS NEW EDITOR
Whitman College.—(P. I. N. S.) —
Donald Dent of Seattle was recently
elected to the office of editor of the
Whitman College Pioneer, replacing
Arthur O. Walther of Spokane.
Tuesday Last Day
For Withdrawals
Without Petition
Tuesday, February 19, is the
last day on which students can
withdraw from the University
without petitioning to do so. Uni
versity regulations require that a
student withdrawing prior to one
month before the ejid of any term
shall merely fill out and file in
the registrar's office a card of
withdrawal. A student withdraw
ing later than one month before
the end of a term must petition
the committee on academic re
quirements in order 'to get the
grade of withdrawn.
Students who fail to comply
with these regulations are liable
to receive the grade of “F” in
stead of “W.” Those who with
draw later than one month be
fore the close of the term must
petition the committed on aca
demic requirements for the mark
of “W” and the petitions must
show, over the instructors’ signa
tures, the grades in each course
at time of withdrawal, and bear
the recommendation of the ad
viser.
FROSH HAVE TWO WINS
ON SOUTHERN INVASION
| Medford and Roseburg Fail
to Stop Yearlings
MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 15.—(Spec
ial to the Emerald).—The Frosh made
it two straight wins on their trip last
night when they took the Medford
high quint into camp by a score of
2S to 20. The Frosh, with Wester
( gren on the sidelines from his injury
in the Roseburg game, fought an up
hill battle coming out in the lead
only in the last five minutes of play.
The Medford five played a fast
j offensive and close checking defense
and the score at half time was 15 to
11 in favor of the high school lads.
Chiles was removed from the game
from fouls and was replaced by Ok
erberg. At the start of the last quar
ter, Medford lead, 20 to 17, but the
Frosh spurted and looped 11 points
in the last five minutes of the fray.
Flynn was the big gun in the frosh
offensive and scored a total of 18
points. Kiminki and Westerman
played good floor games. Chastain
■was Medford’s luminary.
Summary — Westerman, 4; Chiles,
0; Okerberg, 4; Flynn, 18; Kiminki,
2; Reinhart, 0.
ROSEBURG, Ore.. Feb. 15. —
(Special to the Emerald) .—The babes
took the first game of their southern
trip from the Roseburg squad by the
count of 34 to 21. The game was ex
ceedingly fast and hard fought
throughout and at the end of the first
quarter the green-shirted youngsters
led by a single point; score 11 to 10.
Westergren started the scoring for
the Frosh but had to be taken out in
the second half due to injuries. Rose
burg proved to he a close-checking
and fast-breaking high school aggre
gation and the score at the end of
the first half favored the Frosh, 17
to 13.
Many fouls were called during the
game with the frosh as the worst of
fenders, Kiminki being removed from
the game on account of fouls. Chiles
relieved him. Flynn, Westergren and
Singleton tied for the high point hon
ors with 10 points apiece and Burr
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Willamette Glee Concert
Well Received by Audience
By Ted Baker
Before a rather small but very
enthusiastic audience, the Willam
ette Glee club gave the last concert
of its southern tour at the Metho
dist church last night. The ensem
ble numbers of the club were espe
cially well received, and were en
cored repeatedly.
The opening number of the pro
gram, “Wreck of the Julie Plant,
was exceedingly fine as an ensemble
number. The club displayed in this,
as in its other group numbers, a
good attack and a fine balance of
tone. “Heaven,” a negro spiritual
number, and the only other group
number in the first part, took well
with the audience, and was well
sustained, with good tone contrasts.
“La Paloma,” played as a cornet
solo by Albert Warren, seemed to
be the hit of the evening. Mr. War
ren played the number well, in fact,
he is on of the best cornetists we’ve
heard in a long time. He received
several encores.
Joe Nee struck a soft spot in the
hearts of the audience with his
Scotch songs, given in the costume i
of a Highlander, and Fa Fa Sze, j
did an original and interesting piece j
of work in his rendition of some j
Chinese opera numbers, given in :
costume and in the Chinese tongue. 1
He was given several encores, and i
obliged with a Chinese dance which j
was highly entertaining.
The weak spot of the Willamette |
club seems to be in their soloists. :
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MADDQCK GOES
TO IDAHO FULLS
New Varsity Coach Leaves
for Home After Viewing
Conditions at Oregon
NEWCOMER IS APPROVED
Return of Mentor in Two
Weeks to Mark Opening
of Spring Grid Season
After several busy days in our
midst, Coach .Toe Maddock left last
night for his home in Idaho Falls.
He will not be absent from the cam
pus long, however, as he intends
to return within two weeks in order
to start spring football practice.
Yesterday for the new coaqh was
filled with conferences and meet
ings with the visiting newspaper
men from the state.
The week-end has been a busy
one for Maddock. He has been in
troduced to Oregon and Oregon has
been introduced to him. Apparently
both are well pleased.
Coach Makes Friends
Maddock’s circle of friends has
gradually widened from the time
of his arrival Thursday night, when
lie met the student body officials
and athletic heads, till yesterday,
when he met the visiting repre
sentatives of the press of the state.
In the meantime, he has personally
made the acquaintance of all of the
aspirants to ■ next year’s football
team.
'During his visit. Maddock in
spected the, physical education de
partment. the athletic field and the
football equipment. The plans are
complete for the starting of spring
football and the grind will begin
as soon as the coach gets back from
Idaho.
One of the largest turnouts for
spring training in the history of
Oregon football is expected, as ap
proximately 70 men have signified
their intentions of donning the
moleskins in a couple of weeks.
Veterans Are Listed
If all the lettermen turn out for
spring practice who have made
known their intention to Coach
Maddock, there will be 11. Line
men are: Wilson and Sinclair, cen
ters: Bailey and Bliss, guards; Heed
men are: Terjeson, Kirtley, Johnson
and Anderson.
Johnson, who made his letter in
’21 and ’22, was not on the cam
pus last season, but will be eligible
next fall for his old halfback posi
tion.
CLUB MEMBERS ELECT
Advertising Men at Conference ATe
to be Breakfast Guests
E. P. Gilst.rap, advertising man
ager of the Eugene Register; J. A.
Davidson, the advertising staff
of the Portland Oregonian, and Wil
liam Strandborg, head of the adver
tising staff of the Portland Rail
way, Light and Power company,
were elected to honorary member
ship in the Advertising club of the
University, Thursday. These men
are the club’s first honorary mem
bers.
Those elected for active member
ship were Lester Talbot, of Port
land; William Nettleship, of Walla
Walla, and Ed Koen, of Dallas.
The club will give a breakfast
at the Anchorage this morning for
advertising men attending the news
paper conference.
MEN REFUSE LETTERS
Athletes Decide to Win Game or
^ Not to Accept Awards
Willamette University—(P. I. N.
S.)—Just before the Whitman-Wil
lamette football game last season
the Willamette squad met and
agreed that not one of the men on
the squad would be considered eli
gible to receive the usual football
award unless the game with Whit
man resulted in a victory for Wil
lamette. As a matter of fact, Whit
man won, and the Willamette squad
stood firmly by its decision.
At a student body meeting on
January 21, the students voted un
animously to override the decision
of the squad and grant to the men
their hard-earned and well deserved
awards.
Oregon to Help
with Token for
Charles W. Eliot
Work of Educator Is to
Be Praised
The University of Oregon will
be among the universities and in
stitutions of higher learning that
will present messages of apprecia
tion to Charles W. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard university, on
his ninetieth birthday, March, -0.
A committee of Harvard alumni
conceived the idea of presenting to
President Eliot a bound volume of
letters and messages of apprecia
tion for his work in the educational
field on his birthday this year and
asked the universities and colleges
of the nation to join in this expres
sion. The committee which is pre
paring this volume is .Tames R.
Angell, John Grier Hibben and
Nicholas Murray Butler.
Professor Frederick S. Dunn,
head of the Datin department of
the University, was appointed to
head the committee which drafted
the message to President Eliot.
STUDENTS SUBMIT 31
STORIES FOR CONTEST
Judges to Select Winner
in Next Three Weeks
Greater interest1 than ever before
lias been manifested in the Edison
Marshall short story contest this
Year, for with the arrival of the dead
line, February 11, 81 stories had been
turned in to Prof. W. F. G. Thacher,
who has charge of receiving and turn
ing the manuscripts over to the
judges.
Of the total of 31 stories, two
could not be forwarded to the judges
because of failure to comply with the
contest rules which required that throe
copies of each manuscript be submit
ted. The other 29 have been sent in,
and the judges’ decision is expected
in about three weeks.
Edison Marshall, a former Oregon
student, has become prominent in the
field of short story writing, and to
encourage interest and excellence in
short story writing on the campus he
has offered a prize of $50 to the win
ner of the story which is adjudged
the best. This, with eight other stor
ies from the top of the judges’ list,
will be published this spring in the
form of a campus magazine devoted
entirely to this purpose.
The judges, all of whom are prom
inent writers of the state, are: Mary
land Allen, of Portland: Albert R.
Wettjen, of Salem, and Mrs. Rudolf
TT. Ernst, wife of Professor Ernst
of the English department. They
have been instructed to base their de
cisions on the standards represented
by the better class of American maga
zines. Aside from that, each judge
will place his own interpretation upon
the value of a story.
REHEARSAL TO BE GIVEN
Students of Music Will Appear in
Interesting Program
The third student rehearsal of
the year will be given today at 1:30
p. m. in the Lounge room of the
school of music. Each faculty mem
ber will present a pupil. Theodore
Walstrum is chairman of the affair
to which the general public is in
vited.
Following is the program: Piano,
“March of the Wee Polk” and
“Dance of the Elves,” by Gaynor.
Olaire Bryson; “Prelude C Minor,”
Rachmaninoff, Idabelle Tremavne;
group from “Miniature Suite,” by
Ornstein, “Mazurka,” “Melan
colie,” “Humoresque,” Vivian Kelt
ner; “Aloonlight Sonata,” Beetho
ven, Hugh Miller; “F Minor
Etude,” Liszt, Frances Pierce; “Sea
Song,” Edward McDowell, Edith
Sliffe; vocal, “Slave Song,” Del
Riego, Laura Spall; “Oh, Moon
Upon the Water,” Cadman, Leona
Gregory; violin, “Introduction and
Tarantelle,” Sarnsati, Alary Burton.
STUDENTS AT MINNESOTA
ERECT LARGE SKI SLIDE
University of Alinnesota—A large
ski slide has been erected at the
University of Minnesota to afford
a thrill for those who care to take
part in this interesting winter ;
sport. 1
TRACE WRITERS
DISCUSS PAPERS
Round Table Talk Follows
Reading of Articles on
Commercial Publications
MEETING IS SEPARATE
“Subscription Getting” Is
Held Most Vital of All
Elements Making Success
The Oregon Association of Trade
Journalists met at 2:15 yesterday
afternoon in the journalism library
to discuss problems peculiar to their
own particular phase of journalistic
work. This, their second annual
conference, was characterized by
the fact that a great deal of round
table discussion was engendered, in
dicating that the papers which
were read were of decided interest.
“Humanizing the Trade Paper,”
by Jerrold Owen, in which Mr.
Owen declared that it “required
visualization of what you were try
ing to put across to ‘humanize’ a
trade paper,” brought out the fact
that a trades or class publication
could be made interesting through
its typography, halftones, jokes,
clever cartoons, and unusual heads.
Features Called Good
He felt that a trades paper could
be made more readable by using
things distinctive, by injecting per
sonality into the editorials, and
by visualizing matters and playing
them up in a dramatic way. Mr.
Owen cited the Pacific Legion as
an example of a class or organiza
tion paper which, through the em
ployment of the features mentioned
above and with the addition of sev
eral other points of a minor char
acter, had ceased to be a publica
tion read only by those who were
the most vitallly interested in
Legion affairs and was now being
read by others because of its “read
ability” and attractiveness of
makeup.
Stephen Hart, president of the as
sociation, gave a paper on “Sub
scription Getting,” that most vital
of all elements to any publication’s
success. He told how the “Commer
cial Review,” a weekly grain and
flour milling trade paper, had
doubled its circulation in this coun
try and made an apporximate in
crease in foreign circulation of 50
per cent during the past year.
System Is Explained
He explained the Review’s sys
tem of sending an advance card
to each prospective customer tell
ing him that a sample copy of the
paper will be forwarded within a
few days and then following this
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FACULTY MAKES RULE
Candidates for Degree to Follow
New Grade Point System
University of Montana.—All candi
dates for degree or any certificates
granted by the university after Sep
tember 1, 1924, must have grade
points equal to the number of credits
earned, according to a ruling made
at the faculty meeting recently.
This is equivalent to an average
grade of “C” in the subjects for
which the student has received credit.
Tn a subject in which an incomplete
grade has been received, grade points
will be counted on the grade received
when the incomplete is removed. The
new rule is a slight change from the
rule as stated in the student hand
book and the catalogue.
HERBERT PATE HONORED
Former Student Given Second Place
in Voice Competition
Word has been received on the
campus that Herbert Pate, former
University student, has received
second place in professional stu
dents’ competitions for men’s
voices in Portland. While here on
the campus, he was a member of the
men’s glee club, Phi Mu Alpha, and
also played in the band. He was a
voice student under John B. Siefert
for two years.
Just recently he was admitted
to the Apollo (dub. an organization j
of men singers, directed by William
H. Boyer, Portland. Pate is a mem
ber of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Origin of Special
Section in Dailies
of Portland Told
Twenty years ago the automo
bile sections of the Portland
papers had their first beginnings.
This was when O. C. Loiter, then
city editor of the Oregonian,
printed the picture and a story
about the first automobile pur
chased in Portland. E. Henry
Wemme, now deceased, was the
purchaser.
Leiter told the conference, “If
I'hadn’t had the news instinct
and had not gotten the story and
printed the picture, there wouldn’t
have been an automobile section.”
The automobile was an Oldsmo
bile and furnished the start of
automobile news. Interest in
automobiles became so intense
that Leiter put a reporter on it
; and got the name of every one
J who bought an automobile. That
t was the origin of automobile sec
1 tions in Portland, according to
I Loiter.
He defended the automobile
sections of today, which were the
subject of criticism in the con
ference session devoted to “Pub
licity vs. Journalism.” These sec
tions have real news value, he
I said, and readers want them and
are interested in them.
ORCHESTRA TO TOUR
IN CENTRAL OREGON
Six Cities Included; People
Promise Support
Lester Wade, manager of the Uni
versity orchestra, returned to Eugene
yesterday morning, after a week’s
absence during which time lie trav
j eled extensively in central Oregon,
making plans for a tour to be taken
next month.
The twenty-eight members of the
organization will leave Eugeno March
20 in a special car and will return
March 27. The itinerary of the trip
will include Hood River, Bend, Red
mond, Prineville, The Dalles and
Wasco. This will bo the first time
the orchestra has toured central Ore
gon.
The people in every town, said the
manager, were very enthusiastic con
cerrdug the concerts. The advertising
is being done under the auspices of
the various high schools and in some
high schools the classes are sharing
the responsibility.
The big purpose of the tour is to
advertise the University and to inter
est high school students in coming to
Oregon as well ns# to acquaint them
with music of the institution.
Oregon “grads” are showing that
they still have the old spirit by boost
ing the concerts and by taking special
interest in the entertainment of the
organization. While in Bend, the
manager had a splendid visit with
Phil Brogan, last year’s managing
editor of the Emerald, who is now
on the Bend Bulletin staff. Among
the other Oregon “grads” he met
were: Lav Carlisle, Helen Carson,
Bill Allen. Dorothy Bvler and Clar
ence Ellis.
VARSITY QUARTET TO SING
THIS NOON FOR EDITORS
The varsity quartet will sing this
noon for the editors’ convention
luncheon at Hendricks hall instead
of the Hotel Osburn, as previously
announced.
EDITOHS REVIEW
PRESS PROBLEMS
Sessions Hold Interest for
Variety of Branches in
Journalistic Profession
MANY ATTEND BANQUET
Resolution Passed to Aid
University in Publicity
Week for Gift Campaign
Practical problems of pvesent day
interest, problems that every edi
tor and publisher are facing, formed
the basis for the program and the
discussion in the session of the
Newspaper Conference held yester
day. The course in newswriting
conducted by Dean Colin V. Dy
ment, the problem of securing the
best possible rate on newsprint, and
the free space problem were some
of the outstanding features that held
the interest of the visiting journal
ists.
The conventional type of news
story, the one that gives the im
portant facts in the first sentence
or two, is the kind that should be
followed in almost every instance,
said Dean Dyment in his address on
newswriting. However, he did not
favor conventionalizing all stories;
variation being necessary to attract
the readers’ attention.
Chronological Type Good
The chronological type is one of
the attractive types of variation,
according to the dean, and often
gives more interest to the story
than a conventional one. The good
news writer will be able to sense
when to use each style of story.
“I want to conclude with a warn
ing,” asserted Dean Dyment. “No
city editor should pass on any un
conventional story in which there is
even one slight detail faked. Faking
in the news can not upon any
grounds find justification.”
Elbert Bode, editor of the Cottage
Grove Sentinel, presented the re
port of the committee on newsprint.
This dealt with the plan for getting
news stock as cheaply as possible.
The discussion on this pointed out
that the paper mills of Oregon have
not given the state papers as good
a rate on this paper as can be ob
tained on a foreign product.
Prices Are Unfair
E. A. Koon said that the cost of
production of this paper did not
warrant the price asked. In many
cases, a cent and a half has been
arbitrarily added to the price be
cause the traffic will bear it.
Mr. Bede pointed out that the
publisher had to protect his owS
interests, that, although they all
favored homo industries, they would *
buy where they could get the best
rate.
As a means whereby the lowest
rate could be obtained, cooperative
buying was suggested. The com
bined tonnage of the various state
papers would form enough bulk so
that it would be worth the mills’
while to bargain for the business,
Mr. Bede pointed out.
Lee 1). Drake of the Astoria Eve
ning Budget, showed that through
standardization of the papers, pub
lishers could buy large quantities
of newsprint of a standard size and
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Absence of Ingalls Bewailed
by Participants in Conference
(Editor’s Note—This article is
printed as n continuation of the
Bede-Ingalls feud, which could not
be staged verbally this year due
to the absence of one of the prin
cipals. Space will be reserved in
the Emerald for a reply at the time
of the next conference).
By Elbert Bede
The fact that the conference has
seemed to be more academia in
character this year than heretofore
may not be so much because of the
fact that University men have been
on the program as to the absence
of Postmaster-Edito: C. E. Ingalls,
whose virgin beauty lias graced
everv previous session of the con
ference.
Ingalls might not disrupt the
academic nature of the gathering
merely by bis presence, but there
has been something missing and I
have felt lonesome because of the
lack of those verbal arrows, shafts,
javelins and other sharp-pointed
verbal weapons which he hurls so
accurately, usually aiming a large
number of them at me, to the edifi
cation of others present. The mem
bers of the conference trust that
hereafter he will arrange to have
the postal cards that go through his
office read the day before, to the
end that hereafter he may be able
to be present.
Despite the absence of sylph-like
Claude, he has been heard. Bather
to make a poor pun, Hurd has been
Ingalls, and read what Ingalls
would have said had he been here,
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