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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1924)
Mother goose panels and pictur esque pirates are the latest extremes in social atmosphere, as two of the interesting affairs of next week end will disclose. The decorations for the vacation events displayed oriental effects and the more familiar house colors, all charm ingly carried out. » • • • The freshmen of Kappa Alpha Theta will entertain the sophomores with a pirate dance next Friday evening, February 29. The affair will be quite exciting with pirate clothes and decorations; probably even a death’s head or two. There will be about 20 girls present. Miss Kathleen Murchison, na tional Alpha Xi Delta visitor, was the inspiration for a charmingly appointed formal luncheon given by that sorority at College Side Inn last Tuesday noon. Blue and gold, the house eolors, were shown in the centerpiece. Dean Virginia Judy Esterly, the Alpha Xi Delta, Eugene mothers and the patronesses were guests, covers being placed for 22. Jr ussy-willows and early spring flowers will give a pretty note to the matinee dance, which the fresh men of Alpha Chi Omega will hold for the juniors and sophomores on the afternoon of March 1. Sigma Chi underclassmen will give an informal dance at the house next Saturday evening, while the upperclassmen will hold a picnic the afternoon and evening of the same day. College Side Inn will be the scene of the formal dinner-dance to be given by Sigma Nu Saturday evening, March 1. Dinner will proceed, grill style, until about 10 o’clock, when the customary dance will take place. Black, white and gold decorations will be used. War ren Clark is to give a musical fea ture. A great number of invita tions have been extended, 10 out of-town guests being expected and 50 couples. The Orient will be the key-note of the decorations for the formal dance, which Delta Zeta will give next Friday night, February 29, at the house. Wisteria, hangings, rugs and incense will carry out the ef fect, while an oriental feature dance will lend color to the occa sion. Patrons and patronesses of the evening are to be: Pres, and Mrs. P. L. Campbell, Mrs. Virginia Judy Esterly, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Mil ler, Madame Rose McGrew, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Baker, Mrs. Grace Rus sell and Mrs. H. C. Wortman, of Portland. • * * The To-Ko-Lo formal dance of last Thursday evening was held at College Side Inn, in a medieval at mosphere, which enlarged upon the general appearance of the dancing room. At this dance the “Four Horsemen,” a new campus orches tra, made its first appearance. • * • Beta Theta Pi house was beauti fully decorated with palms and flowers for the formal dance Satur day night. A large number of guests were present. Great numbers of black and white streamers, black wall panels, on which were pictured gold moons, and gilded small trees formed novel decorations for the Kappa Delta Phi dance, held Saturday eve ning at the Woman’s building. A large cluster of the streamers hung from the center of the ceiling, sub duing the lights cleverly. Mr. and Mrs. Sid Woodhouse gave a feature dance. About 45 couples were present. The Phi Kappa Psi breakfast dance of last Friday morning was a very enjoyable occasion. It was given at the Woman's building, Washington's birthday being re membered in the decorations. The affair took place from 8:30 to 12 o’clock, 40 couples attending. • • The Anchorage, decorated with spring flowers and pussy willows, will be the scene of the Hermian club formal dance to be held the night of March 1. Dean and Mrs. John Bovard, Miss Florence Alden and Miss Emma Waterman are to be natrons and patronesses. * * * A distinctly different setting formed the background for the Delta Tau Delta formal dance, given at the fraternity house last Friday evening. The rooms were transformed into a cleverly ar ranged cabaret, one part of which was draped with oriental rugs and hangings. The feature was a com plete entertainment presented on a stage erected at one end of the room. Blue lights played on the purple curtains and draperies, showing to wonderful advantage a group of distant byzantime towers. Frank Jue gave a solo, “Kashi mura.” Mr. and. Mrs. Carlton Spencer, Mr.^and Mrs. A. H. Schroff, and Mrs. Virginia Judy Esterly were patrons and patronesses of the evening. Eighteen couples attended an in formal dance held last Thursday evening by Alpha Delta Pi. Mis. Burton Beck will be infor mally entertained next weekend by Pi Beta Phi. Red balloons gave the impression of huge cherries, while red lights and carnations completed the color scheme, at the semi-formal dance, jjiven by Thatcher cottage last Sat urday evening. Programs were in the shape of hatchets. Irene Buck ley, dressed as a ragged boy, gave a clog dance. Patrons and patron esses of the evening were: Mrs. Inez Miller, Mr. Theodore Wal strum, Mrs. Virginia Judy Esterly, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Miller, and Dean H. Walker. Invitations were extended to 17 couples. Oregon Knights will hold an in formal dance Saturday night, March I. PRESIDENT OF WESLEY IS VISITOR ON CAMPUS Equalization in Religious Training Explained A visitor on the campus Monday was Dr. E. P. Robertson, president of Wesley college, Grand Porks, North Dakota. Dr. Robertson came to Eugene Sunday on his way East after a business trip in Cali fornia. “Wesley college,” he said, “is conducted under the auspices of the Methodist church. In 1905, it was moved to a site immediately ad jacent to the university campus, upon the invitation of the state university authorities. According to this working arrangement, courses in religion in Wesley college are listed as university electives. They are accepted by the university as equivalent to a similar number of hours taken by students in the uni versity proper for degrees. A maxi mum of 32 hours in religion can be taken for, credit for a degree. “This equalizes,” Dr. Robertson continued, “the academic oppor tunity open to future ministers or students aiming at religion for their life ’s vocation and the training for civic vocations. We all appreciate the university as the accepted in stitution for higher learning in the commonwealth.” Dr. Robertson preached in the Methodist church Sunday. He was a guest of the Kiwanis club yes terday at lhnch. He left last night for Portland and Seattle. ^__ | At the Theatres | O--— CASTLE Score still another triumph for Reginald Barker! Last night a large audience sat entranced at the Castle theater and watched the unfolding of “Pleasure Mad,” the most recent picture filmed by the man who has directed such masterpieces of screen art as “The Eternal Struggle,” [“Hearts Aflame,” “The Storm,” and “The Old Nest.” The new production brings him back to his favorite field of domestic drama and is certain to add new i lustre to his name. “Pleasure Mad” tells a deeply moving story of the : danger that lies in the sudden ac quisition of wealth by a poor, but previously contented family. Man- Alden, cast in the role of mother, as she was in “The Old iNest,” gave a truly superb perfor mance. “Pleasure Mad” plav^ again today and Wednesday. REX A deluxe prologue is to precede the Rex presentation of Zane Grey’s “The Heritage of the Desert,” now playing at that theater. The Amer . ican Indian’s part in the story has been utilized prominently for an in troductory specialty and with a stage setting depicting the Arizona can i yons and purple foothills that hem in the great desert, the presentation promises to be visually elaborate. Attired as Meseal, a “Flower of the Desert” maiden, Johanna James will be heard in a melodious rendition of “Sioux Serenade” with a flute obli gato and accompanied on the Rex organ by Rosner. The musical sett ing which Rosner will present in ac companiment to the picture will con tain many well known American melo dies and quite a number of Indian . selections. OREGON CLUB VIGTOR 1 IN HANDBALL CONTEST Phi Psi Squad Defeated; Phi Delts Win Game By reason of its victory yesterday [ afternoon over the Phi Kappa Psi handball squad, the Oregon club is: now resting on the top rung of the [ team standings. Having developed a! speedy but steady style of play, the Oregon cjpb, composed of Taylor and | Clayson, found little difficulty in j running up a substantial score against the Phi Psi team of Cook and Hunt, j The final count was 21-12, 21-11. The Phi Kappa Psi aggregation had run through rather a stiff schedule without a single defeat, and had been doped to give the Oregon club some dangerous opposition. At the present time, the pennant race in cludes three real contenders in the Oregon club, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Friendly hall squads. These teams are the only undefeated squads in the league and are so well matched, that none of the aggregations can claim an edge on the other. In the lower division, the Phi Delta Theta handball combination was vic torious over the Kappa Sigma squad after playing three fast sets. The score was 21-12, 20-22, 21-5. One of the main factors in the Phi Delt win, was the clever and steady team work of Powers and Staley. Bliss and Brown played a good game for the Kappa Sigs. The following standings of the teams is a fair indicator of the way that the teams may stack up at the close of the tournament. Upper Division W. L. Ofbgon club . 2 0 Sigma Alpha Epsilon . 1 0 Friendly hall . 1 0 Phi Psi . 1 1 Bachelordon . 1 1 Alpha Beta Chi . 0 1 Sigma Pi Tau . 0 1 Sigma Chi .0 2 Lower Division W. L. Phi Delta Theta . 1 0 Sigma Nu . 1 0 Phi Gamma Delta . 1 0 Alpha Tau Omega . 0 0 Psi Kappa . 0 0 Delta Tau Delta . 0 0 Kappa Delta Phi . 0 0 Beta Theta Pi . 0 0 (A loss in the lower division elim inates that team from the race.) THOMAS ARKLE CLARK VISITS CAMPUS FRIDAY (Continued from page one) not only by sight and by name each of the ten thousand students attend ing the institution, but also the names of their parents and even their pedigrees In Illinois, where a close tab is kept on the student body, Dean Clark has “made the office” of den of men, Dean Hale continued. It is a very considerable office now, em ploying three fulltime graduate issistants—really assistant deans. •“T. Aikle” knows his students and the dudent point of view. The eitire record of each man is record."! in I is office, each cut from classes, and the records of attendance and scholar ship are kept. Most widely read of the many books which Thomas Clark lias >vrit ten, is probably “The Fraternity and the College.” The author is said to be an authority on the subject of vocational education, as well as on! college fraternities. Bean Clark while here was the guest of Alpha Tan Omega fraternity of which he is a member and of whom, he was formerly the national president. He is completing a speak ing tour, and last week was the principal speaker at the educational meetings at O. A. C. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION WORKER TO VISIT HERE Foster to Confer With Y. M. C. A. Officials; Will be Honor Guest at Luncheon Dr. O. D. Foster, executive secre tary of the Committee of the National Church Boards Federation, in charge of the religious education maintained on the various campuses by this federation, will be on the Oregon campus today. He will con fer with Rev. Henry Davis, direc tor of the United Christian work organization of the University of Oregon, and the board of directors. Mr. Foster will bo the guest, of honor at a luncheou this noon, at which the board of directors and four members of the Y. M. C. A. student cabinet will be present. It was Mr. Foster who, nearly ( a year ago, came here to urge the University to unite all the Christ ian work under one head, to be known as the United Christian work of the University of Oregon, in order to secure closer cooperation between the churches in Eugene and the campus Y. M. C. A. Mr. Foster spent last weekend at the University of Washington and will probably remain here until Wednesday, according to Mr. Davis. UNIVERSITY HIGH TEAM VICTOR IN BASKETBALL Ridings Is High Point Winner in Two Contests; Squad to Meet Corvallis Saturday Last -weekend was a good one for the University high school basket ball squad. The team won from Roseburg high by a score of 32 to 19 and from Cottage Grove high, 38 to 11. Ridings of the Univer sity high squad was high-point man in both games, making 18 points in one game and 14 in the other. The team’s standing is much im proved by these victories and Coach Webster is encouraged by his team’s showing. As the games now Rose La Vogue Beauty Shop Manicuring, Scalp and Face Treatments. Marcelling 13th and Kincaid PHOTOS OF QUALITY We guarantee our Work and our Service TOLLMAN STUDIO 734 Willamette Phone 770 You’ll Find George makes the kind of cakes your mother used to. Our service will give you a wide variety of layer cakes. A large piece of cake and a cup of hot coffee or choco late will banish that “tired feeling.” Just try it. The OREGANA stand, the University high squad has won four and lost two. Next Saturday the campus high quintet invades Corvallis, where it will play Corvallis high school. A game was scheduled here with the Corvallis team a few weeks ago, which the local team won by for feit. PRIZE GIVEN FOR MOVIE Stanford Studentis Offered $100 for Best Scenario Written Stanford University—(By P. I. N. S.)—The Raymond Nichols com pany of California is offering a $100 prize for the best Stanford motion picture written by a stu-1 dent of the university. The scenario must give a com plete view of Stanford life as it j exists today, in order that the: beauty of the Quad and the typical; scenes may be introduced. Pictures ! will be taken on the campus with [ the students as actors. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Mu Phi Epsilon announces the pledging of Gwladys Keeney, Jean Harper, of Portland; Esther Church, Ashland; Genevieve Phelps, Pen dleton; Mary Burton, Grace Potter, Eugene; and La Verne Rich, Scotts Mills. /-Mah-Jong-v Is Taking the Country by Storm A complete set in bright A colors. 144 tiles, 116 counters, J4| 8 racks, 2 dice, book of rules Ip and instructions ; any one can learn the game in ten min utes. It’s very fascinating. All in attractive box, sent prepaid on receipt of $1.00. (Canada 25c extra). TABLE COVERS $2.00 Very Attractive Black Sateen A Mah-Jong Table Cover, with S* colored dragon designs, ad justable to any size card table; 16 counter pockets, striking colored stitched edges. Extraordinary value. Special price .~. Combination offer: We will send pre paid one complete Mah-Jong set and table cover as described above on re ceipt of $2.50. China-American Importing Co. Ill West 68th St. New York A WHIRL OF WILD ^ GAYBSTY AND ITS COST LOUIS B. 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