Oregon Daily Emerald
■VOLUME XXY _UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. SATURDAY. MAY 3. 1924 _NUMBER 150
JUNIORS STAGE
MIL TONIGHT
±. —
Catchy Songs Featured
in One-act Headliner,
. ‘Captain Jacqueline’
BOX OFFICE OPEN TODAY
Clever Comedy Acts Are
Included in Program for
Evening’s Performance
Tonight is the night! Down at
-the Heilig theater the dancers will
whirl and the saxaphones moan.
Grease paint will be thick, violins
■will raise their eerie melody, and
the dashing Captain Jacqueline
will weave a mystic maze to delight
the hearts of the audience.
In other words, tonight the
juniors will stage their annual
J^Vod-vil, with eight acts and two
big performances, one at 7:00 and
the other at 9:30. The box office
will be open again at 10 this
morning.
“There are still some good seats
left, although yesterday’s sale was
heavy and practically sold out the
house,” said Don Park, Vod-vil
manager. Seats in the entire lower
floor and the first six rows in the
balcony will be sold at $1. The
other seats .will cost 75 cents.
Solo Work Good
“Captain Jacqueline,” Imogene
Letcher’s one-act musical comedy,
is the headliner for the perform
ance. Esther Setters and Hugh
Walton play the leads in this skit,
which is reported to be replete
with clever dialogue and new and
catchy songs. The solos are said
to be particularly good.
Work on all the acts has been
going on for some time under the
direction of Dave Swanson, Yod-vil
director, and all the skits are in
good shape.
£ The University company is put
ting on a one-act play, “Bobby,”
which is full of good comedy lines.
A character dance by Laverna
Spitzenberger and Mildred Le
Compte will be followed with a
clog dance by 12 members of
Thacker cottage.
Dance Is Featured
The Mid-Nite Sons will tickle
the toes of the crowd with their
swaying melodies, and will feature
a dance by Joy Johnson and Ber
nard MePhillips.
Eugene and Tom Short will stage
a gripping melodrama, entitled
“Homeward Bound.” Ted Wal
strum will be at the piano to fur
nish the necessary music. An act
by Ruth Griffith and Abbie Green
promises interest. It includes a
double piano feature.
The violin act, which Rex Under
wood has prepared, will be a de
lightful variation. It includes five
violinists. There will be a bur
lesque act by Margaret Jamieson,
Billy O’Bryant and “Goldie.” Ray
Graham's orchestra will give the
final number.
. TENNIS TEAMS LEAVE FOR
PORTLAND TO PLAY GAMES
Rudolph Fahl, coach of the var
sity and freshman tennis teams,
v left yesterday with his men for
Portland, where the teams will
meet Reed college and Irvington
club in matches.
Salamander, Tired
of Fasting, Passes
into Other Realms
Another hunger striker was
claimed by death Wednesday
night when the biology depart
ment’s famous salamander, which
had lived four years without
food, passed into salamander
heaven.
The cause of the sudden death
has not been definitely deter
mined and no inquest will be
held. Those who knew the cir
cumstances of the case^ however,
hold the opinion that death was
due to acute gastric dilation,
complicated by emptiness of the
stomach.
Just two weeks ago today there
appeared in the Emerald an
item telling of the animal’s
unusual vitality. It was at that
time predicted that the salaman
der would live for a long time to
be and it would now seem that
the animal died purposely to dis
credit this paper. This, how
ever, is merely a possibility.
The salamander had always
refused to accept any nourish
ment. And, inasmuch as he
brought about his own destruc
tion, members of the department
disclaim any responsibility for
the tragedy.
VISITING DEANS
■ A NEW ORGI
'
Officers Are Elected for
Ensuing Period
J. E. Gould of the University of
Washington was elected president
of the Pacific Coast Deans of
Men and Advisors conference,
which closed its first convention
last night. Dean Walker, student
advisor at the University of Oregon,
was chosen as secretary of the group.
Stanford university has been select
ed as the place for the conference
next year.
Besides the election of officers,
two important resolutions were passed
at last night’s meeting, which was
held to organize a permanent group
to meet annually. George Culver,
clean of men at Stanford university,
introduced a resolution that all uni
versity students should not be allowed
to have automobiles while attending
any university. Dean Walker of
Oregon introduced a second resolu
tion that all high school students
should be required to take final ex
aminations, thus preparing them
better*for their college work.
Other problems and issues dis
cussed at the sessions yesterday were
student loan funds, the point system,
regarding student activities, honor
codes, cooperative buying for living
organizations. »
The group met at the Woman’s
building yesterday morning from 9 to
12. In the afternoon meetings were
suspended in order to allow delegates
to go to the baseball game. At 6
o’clock in the evening they were
guests at a banquet at Hendricks
hall, and later adjourned to the Hotel
Osburn for their general business
session.
This morning the delegations left
for Corvallis to visit the Oregon
Agricultural college campus.
Deans of men and student advisors
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Nations May Win Races Yet
Lose Them in Olympic Games
New York—The Olympic scores
will come gurgling off the deep
sea cables in a few weeks now,
and it will be just as well for
those who don’t know it, to learn
that a nation may win a race and
lose it.
For instance, it may be reported
that Charlie Paddock or Loren
Murchison, wearing the American
colors, gas twanged the string in
the 100 metres, but that Finland or
Great Britain has collected a
greater profit in the same event,
than the Americans who won. It is
better to have several pretty good
men in an Olympic event than just
one fellow who is supreme in his
specialty, because the points are
credited this way: First man, 10; '
seeond, 5; thrid, 4; fourth, 3; fifth, j
2; sixth, 1.
▼ Naturally, it is pleasant to win
first place, if convenient, as 10
points amounts to 10 points in any
language. But there is more profit
in taking second, third, and fourth
positions. '
In the 1920 rodeo at Antwerp,
Finland won as many first places
as the United States, but was only
runner-up for the championship,
because the Americans dropped
their athletes into a large num
ber of ensuing positions.
Finland has realized the folly of
winning first places and losing the
races and, therefore, will send to
the games at Paris about three
times as many athletes as she
freighted to Belgium, in her hope
that some of her second-best peo
ple may crowd the Americans and
all others far enough back so that
the Finnish victories will be pro
tected by seconds and thirds.
Extensive Program Starts
With Anchorage Lunch
for Guests Today Noon
SOCIETIES ARE HOSTS
Official Opening at 2 p. m.
in Alumni Hall; Chittock
of Reed to be Speaker
Students and writers of the
journalism department will be
given an excellent opportunity to
meet many of the most noted
authors and literary authorities of
the state, when the second annual
conference of Oregon Authors
meets on the campus today.
While at the University, the
writers will be the guests of the
students at large and of the liter
ary organizations in particular.
Since the conference does not
properly commence until after
noon, the morning will probably be
passed by those authors who ar
rive early in a tour of the most
interesting features of the campus.
Large Program Planned
An extensive program has been
planned by the committee in
charge of the entertainment of the
visitors, and will begin with a
luncheon at the Ancherage at soont
At 2 p. m. the conference is to be
officially opened in Alumni hall.
This meeting, to which the faculty
and students interested in journal
ism are invited, will afford an oc
casion to hear authorities on mod
ern contemporary literature. The
speakers are to be Victor L. Chit
tick of Reed college, Prof. Herbert
C. Howe and Kimball Young of
the University of Oregon.
At 6:30 p. m. there is to be a
dinner at the Woman’s building
for the visitors, Ye Tabard Inn
and Pot and Quill being the hosts.
Short after-dinner speeches will
be solicited from the guests, and
it is expected that those called
upon will include Edison Marshall
of Medford; Charles Alexander of
Albany; Victor Shawe, Toledo;
Alexander Hull, Newberg; and
Judge Charles H. Carey of Port
land, president of the Oregon
Authors ’ league.
Campbell to Give Welcome
Darrell Larsen, representing Ye
Tabard Inn and Naney Wilson,
member of Pot and Quill, the two
literary organizations, will be pres
ent at the banquet. President P.
L. Campbell will extend a welcome
to the authors, and Prof. W. F. G.
Thacher, chairman of the confer
ence, is to be toastmaster of the
affair. There is to be a limited
number of places at the banquet
for faculty members and students
and tickets may be obtained from
the Co-op store, Professor Thacher
at the school of journalism, or at
President Campbell’s office.
To add the last touch to the
conference, a smoker for the men
will be held at the College Side
Inn, with Ye Tabard Inn as host.
CLASS IN DRESS DESIGN
HEARS TALKS ON ART
Adapting the lines and color har
monies of old Chinese mandarin
gowns to modern clothes is the
new cjrperimen't of the olass in
dress design, under Miss Victoria
Avakian. To do this, the girls of
the clags visit the court of the
Empress Dowager in the Murray
Warner museum. While they work
at their sketches of designs and
motifs, Saturday mornings, they
listen to talks on Chinese art by
Mrs. Murray Warner.
Every sort of color harmony and
design can be found in the rare
old embroideries and robes, Miss
Avakian says. The students, like
wise, hear Mrs. Warner give the
anecdoted side of the art objects.
EIGHT MEMBERS ELECTED
INTO PHI DELTA KAPPA
The following eight men have
been elected to Phi Delta Kappa,
men’s national educational fra
ternity: Oscar Richards, Floyd
Ruch, Andrew TTarpenstein, Hen
ry Karpenktein, Charles English,
Lester Tombaugh, Frederick
Roth, and Edgar Means. Initia
tion will take place today.
SIGMA XI ELECTS
Five Regular and Eight
Associates Are Named
in Scientific Society
OUTLINE OF WORK GIVEN
Students Chosen on Basis
of Ability and Promise
for Future Research
Sigma Xi, honorary scientific or
ganization for the promotion of re
search, elected five regular and
eight associate members in its re
cent meeting. The names were
made public yesterday by Prof.
Harry B. Yocom, secretary of the
Oregon chapter of the organiza
tion. Active members are elected
from those of the faculty doing
research work along scientific
lines; while those who are elected
to associate membership are main
ly graduate students who have not
gone on so far. Associate member
ship is a recognition of ability and
promise of research productivity
in a chosen scientific field.
Thirteen Are Elected
The following from the Univer
sity medical school were elected
to active membership: Dr. T. Homer
Coffen, Dr. Wilmot C. Foster, Dr.
Bay W. Hausler, Dr. Ira A. Man
ville, Edwin E. Osgood.
The following were elected to
associate membership: Charles
Coghlan, Gordon B. Leitch, Ben I.
Phillips, of the University medical
school; Miss Wave Lesley, gradu
ate assistant in mathematics; Ed
win Cox, of the geology depart
ment; Meryl C. Deining, graduate
assistant in chemistry; Chester A.
Jones, of the chemistry depart
ment; Bertha A Hays, of the zool
ogy department.
“Most people have a wrong con
ception of Sigma Xi,” said Profes
sor Yocom.
“It is nothing in the line of a
fraternity. It has no ritual nor
secrecy. There are no secrets of
any form. Anybody can read the
organization’s pledge. Membership
is not based on grades alone, but
on, ability and promise for future
research.
Man Is Judged by Ability
“We measure a man by what he
is doing in research,” he said. “Of
course, we wouldn’t be apt to elect
a man who makes grades in the
neighborhood of IV’s and V’s, be
cause he wouldn’t in all probabili
ties have energy enough to do re
search work.”
“Companions in Zealous Re
search” is the motto of Sigma Xi.
The sole purpose of the organiza
tion is to promote zealous compan
ionship among researchers.
Sigma Xi was organized at Cor
nell about 35 or 40 years ago,”
said Professor Yocom. “A group
of scientific researchers got to
gether at that time and formed
the organization for the purpose of
promoting a better unity among
the scientists. - Today it has spread
throughout the country. The na
tional organization is very conser
vative in granting new chapters.
One example to illustrate this
point: some of the older chaptera
elect seniors to active membership,
while the newly organized chap
ters can elect them only as asso
ciate members.”
GRADUATE CLUB AND
COUNCIL HOLD BANQUET
A banquet for members of the
graduate club and graduate coun
cil was held at the Anchorage
Wednesday evening. There were
about fifty graduate students
present. Dr. George Rebec, dean of
the graduate school, spoke on the
ideals for the graduate club and
expressed the hope that there
would soon be a graduate club
house of some so*t where graduate
students could carry on the special
research work that is necessary for
them.
As part of the get-together rspirit
each member of the club council
was called upon to say a few words.
The meeting Wednesday night was
the first meeting this year, but the
club expects to hold another meet
ing, probably within the next two
weeks, at the home of Doctor
Rebec.
Mothers’ Weekend
Brings Many Guests
Campus politics and other col
lege worries are being laid aside
this weekend as the students wel
come their mothers who are coining
as guests for the annual Univer
sity Mothers ’ weekend. A largo
number came yesterday, and a
great many more are expected to
day.
This morning many students are
planning to take their mothers on
an inspection tour of the campus.
Buildings as well as class rooms,
the Warner art museum, and otheT
places of interest will be visited.
A Women’s league tea and re
cital will be held in Alumni hall
of the Woman’s building from I
to 6 o’clock this afternoon. Special
music is to be given by some of
the prominent musicians on the
campus. The affair is for all
daughters and their mothers.
The Junior Vod-vil is the out
standing event for this evening’s
entertainment. The first perform
ance will start at 7 o ’clock, and
the second at 9:30 o’clock. Stu
dents will have" to secure their
own tickets for their mothers. The
Vod-vil is to be given at the
Heilig theater.
Perhaps one of the more beauti
ful and appreciated events on the
Mothers ’ weekend program is the
vespers service, which will be held
this year at the Methodist Episco
pal church at 3 o’clock tomorrow
afternoon.
The Men’s glee club and the
Girls ’ glee club will take part.
Soloists listed on the program are
Mme. Roso McGrew and Roy Bry
son. H. W. Davis, secretary of the
University Y. M. C. A., is to givo
the address of the occasion
The complete program is as fol
lows:
Organ Voluntary
Responsive Service .
. Minister and choir
Chorus, “Mother o’ Mine” .... Tours
Men’s Gled club
Prayer . Response by choir
Chorus, “Songs My Mother
Taught Me” . Dvorak
Girls ’ Glee club
Scripture
Solo, “Ave Maria” . Kahn
Mme. Rose McGrow
Address . Rev. H. W. Davis
Anthem, “Sanctus” from “St.
Cecelia Mass” . Gounod
Roy Bryson and University choir
Benediction
SOLVE OFFERED PLACE
ON MICHIGAN FACULTY
Melvin T. Solve, a former in
structor in the English department,
has been offered a full time in
structorship at the University of
Michigan in the rhetoric depart
ment, according to a letter re
ceived by Prof. C. D. Thorpe.
Mr. Solve also wrote that Mrs.
Dobie Solve, who taught here, has
been offered the secretaryship of
the English department at Michi
gan.
He told of an Oregon reunion
banquet he attended in Chicago, at
which Ian Campbell and other
alumni who reside in the mid
western states were present and at
which plans for raising money for
the alumni fund were discussed.
STATE OFFICE SOUGHT
BY FORMER STUDENT
Mery] C. Shaver, former student
and University golf instructor, has
announced his candidacy for repre
sentative to the state legislature
from Douglas county, on the Re
publican ticket. He was a senior
in philosophy and left school at
the end of the winter term.
Shaver, who was golf instructor
I last year and two terms of this
year, was formerly professional
golfer at the Roseburg Country
club.
JUNIORS WIN FAST GAME
WITH SENIOR HOCKEY TEAM
In the hockey game played re
cently between the juniors and
seniors, the juniors won with a
; score of 2 to 1. It was a fast, good
game, with Golda Boone, Grace
Sullivan, and Stella Ilagglund,
starring for the juniors, and Har
riet Veazie and Barbara Page for
the seniors. The juniors and
sophomores will meet next Monday
and the seniors and freshmen, on
Thursday. The frosh have a strong
team and the game promises to be
Political Campaign
is Heartily Received
by Library Throng
Six formally clad neophytes of
Sigma Delta Chi, professional
journalism fraternity, entertained
a large audience yesterday morn
ing when they staged a political
campaign on the library steps.
Prominent political candidates such
as Ide Collars, Battlin' Bones, One
Woodynrd and Ready Startin’ 1
were given rousing send-offs. A
Dark Horse proved immensely pop
ular with the crowd anl was given
an ovation. His address, given in
Korean, was greatly applauded by
his hearers.
Those being taken into Sigma 1
Delta Chi at this time are Jack
Burleson, George Belknap, Harold
Kirk, Ed Miller, Duck Soo Chang
and Frank Short.
WESTERN PROFESSORS
TO MEET HERE MAY 5
Reports to Cover Methods
of Registration
The spring meeting of the
[American Association of Univer
sity Professors will be held on
Monday evening at 6:00 o’clock at
the Anchorage., At this time, thore
will be two reports from members
of the local group, to be followed
by general discussion. Prof. E. E.
DoCou, president of the group,
urges that all members send in
.their reservations to Dr. A. E.
Caswell at once, us full attendance
ia desired.
Changes in methods of registra
tion will be the subject of the first
report, which is to be made by a
committee composed of Dr. W. E.<
Milne, Dr. R. C. Clark, and Prof.
E. L. Packard. The purpose of this
report is to suggest simplifications
in the present system of registra
tion, and the discussion will be
preliminary to that which' is to
take place at the rogular faculty
meeting on Wednesday. It is, there
fore, hoped that all members will
take part and contribute sugges
tions.
Prof. O. F. Stafford will also
givo a report on the subject of al
lowances for travel for University
professors. In speaking of this
matter yesterday, Professor DeCou
explained that without adequate
allowance from the University, it
is often almost impossible for
professors to attend important
meetings and conferences, at which
their presence is desirable. This
discussion is supplementary to a
previous report on the matter of
sabatical leave, which came up at
a roeont meeting of the associa
tion.
The meeting on Monday will be
the last one this year, thore hav
ing been one held each term. With
nearly fifty members, the Univer
sity of Oregon chapter is one of
the largest of the national associa
tions on the coast, and the length
of its membership list indicates its
superior position among faculty
groups of the West.
LIFE SAVING TESTS ARE
POSTPONED, MAY 24, 25
The American lied Cross Life
Saving tests for men, which were
to be given last week, have been
postponed until May 24 and 25, ac
cording to a report of Rudolph
Fall], who is in charge of the tests.
The reason given for the postpone
ment is that only a few men have
signified their intentions of taking
the tests.
CALIFORNIA TO HAVE NEW
TRAINING QUARTERS
University of California—(by P.
I. N. 8.) —-California will have a
varsity training quarters and club
house next semester, it has defin
' itely been decided by the board
. of regents. Plans for the structure
! near the Stadium are being fin
i ished by the University architect,
| and the building will be ready for
j the fall football men. The club
house will provide an abode for
all varsity teams exedpt track.
VARSITY LOSES
0. i C. CONTEST
Aggies Score 9-3 on Errors
and Heavy Hitting; Poor
Outfield Work Is Shown
VISITORS MAKE 14 HITS
Two Home Runs Obtained
by Sigrist and Bittner;
Young Pitches Good Bali
By Alfred Erickson
Oregon’s ball-tossers took their
worst drubbing of the season yes
t«yday when the Aggies handed
them a 9-3 defeat in the first game
of the series. Ragged work in the
outfield and inability to come
through in the pinches was mainly
responsible for the varsity loss.
Coach Coleman’s nine from Cor
vallis way got credit for a total
of 14 bingles during the matinee,
but a number of these should have
been easy outs if the gardeners
had been up to snuff. Both Sorsby
and Wright, usually reliable out
fielders, badly misjudged a couple
of flies that went for long hits
and would have kept the score
down considerably. An error by
Sorsby in the third went for •
home run, letting in two runs. AH
in all, it was a terrible day for
the Lemon-Yellow outfield.
Aggie work Excellent
On the other hand, the Aggiee
performed brilliantly and robbed
varsity hitters of several good
ones. Escalier made a pretty catch
of Wright’s drive in the second
that brought down the bleachers.
The game was a duel of south
paws, “Skipper" Brooks hurling
for the varsity, and Young, also a
portsider, occupying the mound for
O. A. C. Young, because of hi*
better support, /had much the best
of the engagement, although each
struck out six men and each gave
| free transportation four times.
Young managed to keep his hit*
well scattered in all except the
fifth frame, when the varsity got
to him for five hits and all of their
runs. Oregon had the bases loaded
with no one out in the fourth, but
Young struck out Bliss, and Coek
and Brooks were easy victims. I*
the first throe innings the Aggi*
twirler held Reinhart's men hit
less.
Bittner Knocks Home Bun
The Aggies scored the first rum
in the second on Perry’s hit,
Paurie’s sacrifice, and Hobson'*
error. Three hits and two error*
gave them three more in the third.
After the third they were never
headed. Bittner’s home run crash
in the fifth gave the varsity their
threo runH.
Sigrist, of the Aggies, would
have been credited with two home
runs for the day, but his failure
to touch second base in the sixth
robbod him of the first circuit
clout. In the ninth canto he drov*
one to the Woman’s building that
was an easy homer. Jack Bliss wa*
also robbed of a three-bagger by
failure to touch second, so that
honors were even in this respect.
Lineup Much Changed
Coach Reinhart, in a desperate
effort to get a better working com
bination, switched his opening
lineup until it was almost unrecog
nizable in tho fourth inning. Sorsby
was shifted from center to right.
Hobson was moved from third base
to center. Wright was switched
(Continued ou page four)
TERVA HUBBARD HAS
LEAD IN GUILD PLAY
Terva Hubbard will play one of
the leads in the comedy, “His
House In Order,’’ which is to be
put on by the University company,
May 15, 16 and 17, at Guild hall
Ilubbard takes the part instead of
Darrell Larsen, who was formerly
announced in the role. Patricia
N. Byrne has the other lead.
The play is by Sir Arthur Pon
ero, and, like his other works, it
centers largely around women. It
concerns a second wife whose life
is dominated by the dead wife.
The workmanship of the play, from
a theatrical and dramatic point of
view, is skillful. A number of
talented actors are listed in the
personnel of the cast.