Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. ABRIL 8, 1924
NUMBER 128
Campaign Will Halt All
Other University Work;
Drive to Start April 23
STATE WATCHES EFFORT
Earl Shafer to be Leader
of Seniors for Drive;
Others Are Appointed
By J. W. P.
Tli ere comes a time when all
things must cease. And it might as
well be said right here and now
that the University plant will just
about have to come to a standstill
on the four days which are being
set aside for the Student Union
campaign. These should be crowd
ing days in student history. They
will be days of activity, of serious
thought, of calculation and imagin
ing.
Neither Claude Robinson, Haddon
Roekhey, nor anyone else connected
in any capacity with the Student
Union campaign think that aca
demic. work will stand a ghost of
a show when study, activity and or
ganization for the campaign gets
under way. If the faculty want to
give competifioii to this all-student
weekend by calling classes, they
may. But woe to the popularity
of the professor who fails to wink
at careless attendance of his
classes at this time. For this is to
be the time of times. This is to
be a period of only a couple of
school days which will bring a
monument of years to student en
terprise, life and gratitude for
benefits received.
Organization Makes Progress
LiiKe tlie incoming riue, which
no particular increment of time
can be said to be at any one depth,
the organization for the Student
Union drive progresses and grows
greater. Haddon Roekhey, who was
appointed general chairman of soli
citation during the four days, has
chosen eight students who will act
as class captains and assistants to
organize the members of the stu
dent body into their various classes
for personal canvassing.
Earl Shafer and Henrietta Law
rence are captain and assistant
respectively of the senior class.
They will head the network of
teams which will be organized
under yiem for individual solicita
tion of not only seniors, but also
special students of all kinds. Ed
ward Sox and Winifred Graham
will head the junior organization;
James Leake and Mary Brandt, the
sophomores; and Fred West and
Esther Setters, the freshmen. All
these captains and assistants are
now making their selections of
subordinates ot start the actual
work when the time comes. The
complete organization is expected
to be ready by April 22 to make
the big kick-off on April 23.
Students Show Interest
“There is to be absolutely no
monkey-business about this cam
paign,’> Haddon Rockliey said yes
terday. “This drive for the Stu
dent Union is to be one affair that
the students will take seriously.
The discussions about giving money
are not to be superficial chats or
disinterested discussions taking
place around fraternity fire-places.
Every man and woman in the Uni
versity is going to feel his or her
personal responsibility to back this
movement to the fullest extent of
his power. It is not my Student
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JOURNALISM MAJOR
ACCEPTS FELLOWSHIP
Vishnu Vitthal Oak, a senior in
the University school of journalism,
has been granted a junior fellow
ship in Clark university, Wor
chester, Massachusetts, for the
academic year 1924-25. He will ac
cept the offer.
The fellowships of this nature are
reserved for those applicants who
are judged to be within two years
of their academic years of their
doctorate. It includes free tuition,
and $100 in addition.
Mr. Oak obtained his M.A. at the
University of California last year.
At California he specialized in
economics. Mr. Oak’s home is in
Bombay, India, where he taught
mathematics in a school for several
years.
Program Outlined
; for May Meeting
of Oregon Authors
The tentative program for thei
meeting of the Oregon authors, to
: be held on the campus May 3,
includes a number of addresses on
j the general subject of modernism
I in literature. The program, ac
1 cording to present plans, will be
gin with a luncheon which Ye
Tabard Inn and Pot and Quill
i will give for the authors. In
1hc afternoon, there will be a
I rather formal conference, at
I which the addresses will bei
( given.
In the evening, the University
will give a banquet for the dele
j gates. Tickets to this may be pur
chased by local people interested
in the conference. Following this,
j the delegates will attend the
Junior Vod-vil. Ye Tabard Inn
will then entertain the men with
a smoker.
lIBCIUlilllLrBE
ASSEMBLY SUBJECT
Dr. H. L. Swartz to Speak
in Villard Thursday
The speaker for assembly Thurs
day, April 10, will be Dr. Herman
F. Swartz, president of the Pacific
School of Religion in Berkeley,
California. The topic that Dr.
Swartz will speak upon will be,
“The Idealistic Vocations.”
Dr. Swartz will be on the cam
pus from Wednesday evening
through Sunday. Besides speaking
; at assembly Thursday, he will ad
dress the state convention of the
Christian Endeavor, to be held in
Eugene the latter part of this
j week. Also, Dr. Swartz will be a
speaker at a luncheon to be given
I in his honor by the Y. M. C. A. at
! Thursday noon, at which he will
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tian life It is planned to have
Dr. Swartz address vespers service
’ next Sunday afternoon.
Those that know him, say Dr.
j Swartz is quitei a remarkable man,
' and has done much to build up the
S Pacific School of Religion since be
: coming its head. He is especially
interested in getting recruits for
f the ministry and has done much
along that line.
Henry W. Davis, secretary of the
Y. M. C. A. here, says that Dr.
Swartz is a very magnetic speaker.
Mr. Davis is acquainted with Dr.
Swartz, having met him when he
resided in Berkeley. Dr. Swartz
was characterized by members of
■ the student body of the University
I of California as the best assembly
1 speaker that they had heard last
year, according to Mr. Davis.
Dr. Swartz has been on the cam
pus before, although he did not
address an assembly at that time.
He stopped here on his way back
! from speaking at Washington State
college and was the speaker at a
luncheon given by the Y. M. C. A.
Thei assembly will be in Villard
hall instead of the Woman’s build
ing. The music for assembly has
not yet been announced. Who will
give the invocation has not been
decided.
LAST RESPECTS PAID
TO CHARLES H. FISHER
The students of the University and
the townspeople of Eugene yesterday
morning paid .their last respects to
the memory of Charles H. Fisher,
University regent and veteran Oregon
newspaper man, whose death occurred
on Saturday. As classes were 'closed
during the morning, scores of facul
ty members and students attended
the funeral services,, held in the
Yeatch chapel.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. Charles E. Dunham, of the First
Baptist church, of which Mr. Fisher
was a member, and music was fur
nished by the University male quar
tette. Following the ceremony, the
body was taken to Roseburg for bur
ial.
DOROTHY COLLIER LEAVES
FOR AMERICA MARCH 29
Dorothy Collier, former secretary
of the University Y. W. C. A.,
sailed for the United States March
29. She will visit in the East be
; fore coming to her home here, and
! plans to attend the national Y. W.
j C. A. convention in New York from
April 29 to May 6. Miss Collier has
| been on a tour of European and
' Asiatic countries for nearly a year,
| having sailied the latter part of
last spring for England.
FORENSIC YEAR
j RATED SUCCESS
!
Debating Season Is Past;
Two More Oratorical
Meets Are Scheduled
MANY GIVEN TRAINING
'
Plans Being Made to Lay
Out 1924-25 Program:
Coaches Are Hopeful
By Frances Sanford
Oregon’s 1923-24 debate season is
a thing of.the past, and her ora
; torical activities are half over. Only
j two more contests remain in the
i season’s schedule, the tri-state ora
j torical contest between the Univer
sities of Washington, Idaho and
Oregon, and the Failing-Beekman
j orations, restricted to seniors, the
former contest scheduled for May
22, and the latter for June 13.
In surveying the season that has
j passed, it becomes evident that
Oregon made a creditable showing.
! The University participated in a
number of events not ordinarily in
cluded in her forensic schedule,
land, while the teams have not. been
entirely victorious, over half the
I contests have been won. In the
I field of oratory, Oregon has taken
j second place in both contests that
1 have been held.
New Coaches Train
Considering the fact that the de
bate teams were trained by new
coaches to whom conditions hero
were unfamiliar, and that there was
considerable deviation from the
regular schedule, the debate sea-.
son has been a success, according
to Elam Ainstutz, forensic man
ager.
i During tne year a large nurnner
' of people have been trained, and the
experience that they have gained
will prove particularly valuable to
. them next year, pointed out the de
bate coach, H. E. Rosson. Already
j plans are being laid out for a
j schedule for next year which the
coached1 hope, will be as attractive
! as the one that they have followed
this past year.
Some Contests New
Among the new contests held this
season was the men’s triangular
debate with Idaho and British
Columbia on January 18, a contest
, which was reinstated after five
! years, and which proved to be a
very satisfactory debate. Oregon
won two to one over British Colum
bia and lost two to onei to Idaho in t
this contest.
The radio debate, conducted by1
the University of California and
the University of Oregon, on Febru
ary 29, the first meet of its kind
ever staged, proved to attract the ;
attention of people throughout the
entire country. Oregon won in this
contest by a safe margin, the judg
ing being accomplished by the audi
encet mailing in their decisions. A
word from the California coach
shows that the debate was success
ful from the standpoint of both
parties. In the minds of those who
worked out this experiment, there is
the* hope of repeating this event
next year. The realization of this
dream of bringing together the
arguments of two contestants hun
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HIGH SCHOOL DEBATES
TO DECIDE CHAMPION
The annual high school debates,
to decide the champions of Oregon,
are nearing completion, according
to Dr. Dan E. Clark, of the Univer
sity extension division.
The winners of the district de
bates have been decided and •inter
district debates will follow until
the winners of eastern Oregon and
western Oregon are decided. These
will compete for the championship
of the state about the middle of
May. Due to the fact that Junior
Week-end is earlier this year than
usual, the championship will not be
decided at that time, as has been
done formerly.
The district champions are: War
renton, of the Columbia River dis
trict; Tillamook, northern Willam
ette; Salem, middle Willamette;
Eugene, southern Willamette;
Myrtle Point, Coos Bay; Ashland,
southern Oregon; Bozana, central!
Oregon; Hood River, north central !
Oregon; Pendleton, Umatilla; ;
Union, northeastern Oregon; and
Burns, southeastern Oregon.
Richard M. Nance
Receives Award
for High Grades
Foreign Trade Student
Has 1.13 Average
The Beta Gamma Sigma fresh
man avrard for- this year goes to
Richard M. Nance, a student
specializing in foreign trade.
Every year the freshman man in
the school of business administra
tion who has the highest averagei
for the fAll and winter terms, is
given recognition by having his
name engraved- on a brass plate,
which is in the Commerce build
ing.
Nance had a. straight “I” card
for the winter term and his aver
age for both terms was 1.13. He
lives in Portland, and is a gradu
ate of Washington high school.
He’ is one of the students on the
campus who is absolutely self
supporting, ns he works six hours
a day, besides preparing for his
classes. '
1. W. C. IS, TO INSTALL
NEW OFFICERS TODAY
Josephine Seamen Will be
Speaker at Meeting
One of the larger and more import
ant meetings of the year for the stu
dent Young Women’s Christian asso
ciation will be held this afternoon at
5 o’clock in the Y. W. C. A. bunga
low. The occasion is to bo the instal
lation of the 1924-25 officers who
were elected last term.
It is especially important that all
members of the new cabinet be pres
ent. One of the most impressive num
bers in the ceremony will be the talk
by Vary Clerin, retiring president.
Miss Josephine Seaman of La Jolla,
California, will be the principal speak
er at the meeting. Miss Seaman is
fill i‘*i nn4!nnnl 4 ! ...
of the Y, W. C. A. She is at present
visiting Dean Esterly.
Special music is being arranged for
by Florence Ruck and Muriel Paul.
All University women are invited to
attend the meeting, and all members
of the association are particularly
urged to come.
Officers do be installed are Flor
ence Buck, president; Marv Donald
son, vice-president; Marian Lowry,
secretary; Lois Fstcrbrooks, treasur
er; and Helen Andrews, undergrad
uate representative.
SECOND DIME CRAWL
IS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The second dime crawl of the
year will take place on Wednesday
evening, when all the men of the
campus will change their dollars to
dimes and make the rounds of tho
various women’s houses between
the hours of 6:30 and 7:30.
Men are asked to have their
dimes ready at the door in order
that no delay will be caused in mak
ing change. The members of Alpha
Delta Pi have engaged the Campa
Shoppe for the evening in order to
be nearer the center of activities,
and the Delta Tau Delta house will
be turned over to tho members of
Alpha Phi. Delta Zeta will have
the College Side Inn for the affair,
and Chi Omega will have the
Sigma Chi house.
Jeanne Gay, chairman of the af
fair, asks that all money taken in
bei turned over to her as soon as
possible in order that an early esti
mate may be made of the amount
taken in.
FROLIC CLEARS $250
FOR LEAGUE’S FUNDS
The April Frolic was decidedly a
success financially, the women
clearing about $250. There were a
large number of girls present, and
practically all the seats upstairs in
the Woman’s building were sold to
women who were not students.
In addition to the admission
charged to spectators, there was an
entrance fee of 10 cents to the
girls, and ice cream sandwiches
were sold during the evening. The
greater part of the money will be
used for the Women’s league
scholarship fund, declared Anna De
Witt, who was general chairman of
the affair.
PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT
Beta Theta Pi announces the
pledging of Glenn F. Schneider, of
Twin Falls, Idaho.
ATHLETES FAVOR
DOUGHNUT SPORT
Two Different Opinions Are
Held by Other Classes
of University Students
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MODERATION ADVOCATED
Development of Varsity
Material Is Pointed Out
as Benefit from System
By George H. Godfrey
A thorough sounding out of stu
dent sentiment on the action of the
i inter-fraternity council in abolish
; ing inter-fraternity sports amounts
to this: The active athletes, that
is, the men who are either on var
sity teams or competing for places
on teams, are heartily in favor of
a system of intramural sports
similar to that discarded. Some
favor limitations, hut all favor
doughnut competition.
Men who are not accustomed to
“turning out” for varsity teams,
i are often opposed to intramural,
and especially inter-fraternity,
programs.
A third class, however, is com
posed of mem not regular athletes
who really like to participate) in
the sports. These men usually favor
a system that would simply allow
any team to enter or not to enter,
at will.
Exercise Claimed Beneficial
The athletes point to the dough
nut sports as the varsity’s great
est ■ source of material, and they
1 see in the passing of the system
a restriction of the field in evory
J event. Also, these men claim that
participation, even though at times
I compulsory, heightens a man’s in
t t crest in game®, and thereby builds
up a stauncher body of supporters
tor Oregon teams. It is also
claimed that the physical exercise
is beneficial, and that doughnut
sports provide it many times when
for lack of such sports, the student
would never have an incentive to
go out.
The general impression gained
after discussing the question from
all angles is that somei pro
gram of doughnut sports should
! certainly be adopted, that the
j absolute abolishment of inter
fraternity athletics was more or
less a mistake, and that the final
[ solution is to be found in the adop
tion of a new system. The new
system must be more modcirato than
the old one, yet contribute equally
to varsity teams, and have the
same beneficial effect on the* men,
l and on athletics in general.
Latham Makes Statement
Captains of the varsity teams all
| favor a program of doughnut sports,
all condemn the action of the inteir
fraternity council, but at the same
time, all favor moderation. Hugh
Latham, captain of the basketball
team, severely criticizes the abolish
ment, terming it “hasty and un
justifiable.” “Doughnut sports
were becoming too extensive, I be
lieve,” lie says. “But, instead of
trying a remedy, the council kicked
| them out altogether. It’s liko kill
ing a dog in order to rid him of
his fleas.”
Latham offers a definite pro
gram, in which throe sports,
basketball, track and baseball,
would be compulsory for every liv
! ing organization, halls of residence,
and the mein’s Oregon club. Then
! an option of two more sports out
of a choice of several could be
allowed. Optional sports would bo
tennis, swimming, wrestling, box
j ing and other minor activities. In
| tLis way, the system could bei sim
plified, ye«t still contribute material
I for the varsity teams. All awards
would be scrapped.
Eeed and Chapman Favor
Dick Reed, captain of football
| for next year, and Ilal Chapman,
captain last fall, both are emphatic
ally in favor of the inter-fraternity
sports, but believe the program
formerly in effect should be some
what cut down. Reed favors stress
ing major sports, while Chapman
is in favor of eliminating some of
the less important events. Both be»
lievo that the average student lias
some time for athletics, and that
the doughnut system is best for the
individual. They, and all others
' queried, are in favor of abolishment
' of all awards.
That tlie action, although it may
have been justified, was rather
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Cashier’s Windows
Open for Payment
of Term Fees Now
j Tt behooves the wise student to
; pay his foes at the business offioe
i early this week, in order to avoid
the last minute rush, according ,
i to Id. ]\ Lyon, cashier.
The cashier’s windows will re- y
main open from S:30 to 12:00 and ;
from 1:30 to 3:00 each day except '
Saturday, wheat the windows will
close at noon. Fees paid after
that time will have an extra $3 |
added to them for’ late filing.
All fees, including registra
i tion, laboratory and non-resident
fees, are payable at this timei
It is easier on the workers in
the business office if the students
come early to pay their fees, in
stead of waiting until the last
day or two, and it is especially
requested that they observe this
advice.
DEAN HALE RETURNS
University’s Weeds Are Told
to Clubs of State
“I m getting to be a seasoned
campaigner,” said William G. Hale,
dean of the school of law, who just
returned yesterday from a week’s
j trip of lectures for tho alumni gift
i campaign. Dean Hale, as. part of
the organization work, has been
presenting the reason why the Uni
versity needs $5,000,000 for build
ings and general developments.
During tho past week lie spoke at
St. Helens, Hood River, Astoria,
Portland and Seattle.
Two persons are chosen to cover
each county for the campaign work
—one to present the needs of edu
cational conditions which have
given rise to the campaign, and tho
other to outline plans as to how
the campaign can bo carried on
; most effectively.
Dean Hale is to be engaged for
| some time in the campaign work
i and is leaving again Wednesday on
| another trip. This time he will
talk at Pendleton, Spokane, Butte,
I Boise, and Burns.
Also it has been arranged tenta
tively for a trip beginning April
28 to May 1. The trip will be made
'Through eastern Oregon. Lectures
will bo given to commercial clubs,
Kiwanis clubs, and other civic or
ganizations on general extension
service for the University. In addi
tion, a lecture will be given April
24 at the Hillsboro Rotary club.
RONQUILLO TO SPEAK
TO COSMOPOLITANS
Romeo Ronquillo, who attended
the State Student Volunteer con- ^
vontion held at Corvallis a few
weeks ago as a representative of
tho University Cosmopolitan club,
will speak tonight at the meeting
of the foreign students in the Y. W.
C. A. bungalow at , 7:30.
This is the first meeting of the
Cosmopolitan club for this term,
and an opportunity to become a
member will be given to any one.
wishing it. There uro several can
didates for admittance into the
society. Mrs. F. C. Pursly, mem- ,
her of tho Congregational church I
choir, will sing a few selections.
Mrs. R. E. Griswold will be her
accompanist. '
FROSH SCHEDULE
Sunshine Will Enable Men
to Get Down to Practice
During Next Two Weeks
ROUGH DIAMOND MADE
Infielders to Get Chance
for Grounder Exercise
and Faster Work-outs
Spring baseball practice for the*
freshman squad has been slow get
ting under way this year, 'because
of the inclement weather and the
lack of adequate training grounds.
However, with Old Sol peeping out
and with the weather warming up
in true baseball fashion, the green
cappers will get down to hard work
for tho next couple of wooks in
order to get; in shape for the start
of the season.
A very rough diamond has been
constructed upon the It. O. T. C.
drill ground, where tho frosh squad
can get in a little infield practice.
This will give the infielders an op
portunity to get accustomed to
the old hard-liit ground balls. The
rough field has prevented any in
field practice and with the conjunc
tion of the weather bureau has
slowed up tho work-outs.
Running Practice Held
With the temporary diamond in
readiness, Coach Earl put his mon
through a. little snappy practice in
running bases last night. He also
had them work on the play of get
ting a baserunner in the liotbox
and then run him down. The frosh
then tried to adapt themselves to
the mysteries of the hook slide,
and sent the sawdust flying in all
directions in their efforts to hook
the imaginary bag. This with a
little bunting, hitting and fielding
practice wound up thei day’s work
out.
Tt is a littlei too early yet to pre
dict the probable strength of tho
freshman team. However, there
wero. some twenty-five candidates
out for the practice session last
night. This is possibly not near as
many as should be out at this stage
of the season, but there are enough
to whip into a fast little team, if
they show any class at all.
Squad to be Reduced
Earl will probably keep the men
hard at work mastering the funda
mentals of tho sport for the next
few days and by that timo will
have enough of a lino on the pros
pective material to begin cutting
down liia squad.
No regular schedule has been out
lined lor the freshman team as yet,
but some hard games are being
lined up for a little later in tho
season. The frosh will undoubtedly
have their regular exchange series
with the Rooks, and may take a
trip to Portland to play somo of
the faster interscholastie nines
there.
Y. W. GROUP WILL MEET
FOR WEDNESDAY LUNCH
The first business meeting of tho
term for the Y. W. C. A. new cabi
net will be held Wednesday noon at
the College Side Inn. It is very
important that all members of tho
group bei there. Florence Buck,
president of the Y. W. C. A., is to
outline the plans for the year and
to lint' up the various departments
of the association.
Portland Japanese Student
Achieves Authorship Fame
Once upon ;i time (as all good
stories should begin) there was a
little boy in Japan who refused to
study his lessons. He was a merry ,
little boy, and handsome—taller |
than most of his race, he grew to !
be. Instead of studying, he used j
to write and write. Btories he
wrote, and poems. At last his
mother and father conferred to- j
gather and decided that Ken—for
that was his name, should leave,
school, go to America, and earn I
money for another brother to at
tend art school.
Ken Nakazawa did come to i
America. He left school and earned ,
enough money to put the artistical- ,
ly inclined brother through thei
Tokio school of fine arts. But he
did not give up his beloved writing.
He wrote in his own tongue, and j
in that strange western tongue
called English. Working as a
laborer in Portland, he took exten
sion work with the. University of
Oregon, and under the interested
guidance of Miss Ida V. Turney,
English instructor, he produced a
collection of charming and poetic
stories. Even a play.
“The Purple Butterfly,” and
other stories were collected, and
the lad had hopes of making them
into a small volume. His artist
brother, who had by that time gone
to Paris to study art, became
enamoured of the idea of illustrat
ing it, and for years the little book
was laid away.
“Moonbird,” one of the collec
tion, was last month placed with
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