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The Sunday Emerald VOLUME XXV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1924 NUMBER 157 Huskies Win In Dual Meet Egtvet, Washington, Oregon Are Stars Relay Proves Thrill Local Track Squad, Supposedly Weak, Makes Good Fight By Bill Akers Too much Egtvet was responsible for the Washington track and field victory of 161-3 points over <he Oregon crew in the dual meet on Hayward field yesterday after noon. Going into the carnival touted as losers and with a make shift crew, lacking the services of a 'single weight man, the Oregon V team fought through every event. The final chances of winning not lost ufttil near the end, when Egt -vet took a first in the broadjump and Dubois a second in the jave lin; McAuliffe having thrown the long spear several feet farther than Dubois, only fo be disqualified foT stepping over the line marking the take-off. The fighting finish Applegate made when he won the relay for the Washington team gave the greatest thrill of the meet to the 2,000 or more people in the stands. Over-hauling Risley, after eating up a substantial lead, the two men battled the last few yards practically even, then Applegate, with a final lunge, broke the tape and was de clared winner — by about two inches. Lucas and Clark also ran a close hard race when they com peted in the 100; which was finally won by Lucas in 101-10 seconds. Egtvet Piles Up Points Egtvet piled up 141-3 points for himself without much trouble. He got first in the discus and broad jump; tied for second with two others in the high jump; and a secpnd in the shot put. Spearow with 11 points was high man for Oregon, taking a first in the pole vault and high jump and a third in the broad jump. Lucas and Cleaver each took two firsts in the events they entered. By a good run, Cleaver, Kelsey and Carruthers had the first three places in the -high hurdle race cinched, then the judges turned in their report as to the number of overturned hurdles and both Car ruthers and the Washington man who followed him were disquali fied. This left the last man as the only other eligible runner. and of Cleaver Shdws Development Chick Rosenburg’s winning of the javelin, and Cleaver’s unex pected wins in both the hurdle Taces did much to help Oregon’s percentage column. If Cleaver, who is a sophomore, should continue to develop, he should be able to "bring home points in any compe tition. Marvin Lucas is another whose triumphs are coming after "hard work for several years. He won both the 100 and the 220 races in good time. The development of these men does much to cover up Oregon’s weakness in the distance Tuns. Summary of the meet: Mile— Carter (W), Finke (W), and Tetz (O); time, 4:33 6-10. 100—Lucas (O), Clark (W), and Augustine (W); time 10:1. 440—Applegate (W), Rislev (O), and Rosebraugh (O); time 51:5. 120-yard high hur dler—Cleaver (O), Kelsey (O), and XhiBois (W); time 15:5. 2 mile— King (W), McGinnis (W), and Keating (O); time 10:12 1-2. 880 Wyers (W), Snyder (W), and Mc Cune (O); time 2:1 3-10. 220—Lu cas (O), Tupper (W), and Clark (W); time 22:6. 220-vard low hur dles—Cleaver (O), Kelsey (O), -and Augstine (W); time 25:6. The relay was won by Washington, Tupper, Wvers, Snyder and Apple gate; against Rosebraugh, Kinney, Ager and Rislev; time 3:28 4-10. Polevault—Spearow (O), Froude <W), and Kelsey (O); height 12 feet. Shat put>—Brix (W), Egt vet (W), and McAuliffe (O); 41 feet 6 inches. High jump—Spearow (O); Eby (O), Brix (W), and Egt vet (W) tied for second. Discus— (Egtvet (W), Brix (W), and Sosenburg (O); 132 feet 3 inches. (Continued on page two) Prom Riot of Babylonian Revelry and Song He who missed the Junior Prom missed a good party. Perhaps the highest compliment that can be paid the dance is to say that everyone seemed to be having a good time. The crowd, not too big and not too small carried on mer rily in contrast to the bumping, shoving and jamming Proms of years previous. The preppers who didn't come are to be thanked for their ab sence. But the size of the crowd was not responsible for the success of the final entertainment of the Junior Week, end program. Babylon was there, and Babylon was convincing. Carried out in detail—the decorations, the pro grams, the refreshments, music, or chestra, and the feature were un mistakably Chaldean in their chara acter. One might easily have imagin ed old Belshazzar himself present and well pleased with the outcome of his entertainment. And after Roy Bryson had sung Alice Ann Tuthill and Billy O’Bry ant’s song, “Ishtar,” and when Kath rine Jane Seel appeared on the elab orate carriage borne by six ebony slaves—the dancers certainly one and all were " in the Ancient City. She danced to the moon goddess Ishtar, and danced well. An attempt to portray the appear ance and the atmosphere of the Prom would be futile. The impressive steps leading up to the orchestra and stage reminded one of the massive biblical pictures depicting the writing on the wall. A great variety of lights and posters blended perfectly to make a single effective picture. A nine piece orchestra robed in the manner of the times, played with suf ficient strength to be /heard with ease throughout the large hall. The rather weird effects gained by the orchestra seemed to find favor with the University students. Perhaps Babylon and the present are not so far distant as the years would tend to indicate. The dance displayed a generalship and a vision of which the junior class may be proud. The great amount of detail work gave the affair a com pleteness, and a unity seldom found in decorations on so large a scale. To Edgar Bohlman, the designer, goes the cridit for designing and over seeing the dance from the largest to the smallest detail. Under the lead ership of Mary Hathaway, general chairman of the prom, the work on the prom has been in progress for many weeks. As a result, the greater portion of the last minute rush was eliminated. Others on the committee were, Richard Carutliers, feature; Robert McKennet, music; Warren Ul rich, programs; Russel' Burton, floor; Mary Jane Dustin, refreshments; Edwina Richens, patrons. Many persons not on the committee responded splendidly in erecting the decorations. For several days many juniors and also members of other classes devoted the greater part of their time to this work. Those in charge wish to express their sincere appreciation to these persons. W. S. C. Loses To Varsity Nine With the evident intention of proving that Friday’s fine show ing was no fluke, the varsity ball tossers repeated their previous day’s performance yesterday morn ing with even greater excellence, and trounced W. S. C. for the second time, score 4-1. Reinhart’s men took the lead in the opening inning and kept it the whole way. Yesterday’s contest exceeded the first game for speed of playing. It was over in one hour and 45 minutes. Besides this, it marked another record smasher for the var sity. Oregon’s nine went through the entire nine innings without having a single error chalked against them. Two smashing home runs off the bats of Bill Sorsbv and Phil Ringle were the batting features of the game and in a large measure responsible for the victory. Sors by’s clout came in the first inning with no one on the bags. Ringle’s homer came in the fifth,' also with the bases clean. Both were hard hit balls that went beyond the reach of the outfielders. Outside of these two Babe Ruth ;ed Exceeded in Second Contest (Continued on page four) Oregon Tennis Team Loses Harry Meyer Wifis Only Match As a feature of the May Day celebration at Willamette univer sally, Salem, the Bearcat tennis team defeated the Lemon-Yellow squad in four out of the five matches played. Harry Meyer, one of last year’s veterans, is the only Oregon man who won his match against the experienced Willamette racquet wielders. This meet gave the men some needed experience for their con tests with O. A. C. next Friday at Corvallis. To win one conference match is the requirements for a letter in this sport. Meyer is the only successful one so far this season, although both he and Rice are veterans of last year’s team. This is McBride’s first varsity ex perience, but with seasoning, he should develop into a dependable man. Summary of the meet: Singles— Emmel (W) beat McBride (O), 6-3; 6-2. Meyer (0) beat Mickey (W), 6-2; 6-1. Walsh (W) boat Rice (O), 6-3; 6-4. In the doubles, Em mel and Mickey (W) beat Rice Meyer (0), 6-2; 6-4. Walsh and Emmel (W) beat Rice and Mc Bride (O), 6-3; 6-3. A Robe of Rags and Tatters ****** The Mark of An Oxford Man This is the first of a series of three articles to be published in the last issues of the Sunday Emerald on the subject of student life in foreign countries.—The Sunday Editor. By Margaret Shavian Whatever they are, it’s quite the thing to be. That is the tone of Oxford, England, and the college stu dents there. Even the most “utterly utter” things they do have so much tradition behind them that they be come A plus ultra. W^h so much Oxforditis, so-called, rampant on this campus, it is well to pause and di rect a friendly microscope (or per. haps a telescope) on the manners and customs of that ancient institution known as an Oxford education. Our University is fortunate in hav ing men with the rich Oxford back ground in scholarship. Walter C. Barnes spent three years there as a Rhodes scholar in the Honour School of Modern History; Donald Barnes studied at Cambridge, England, in 1922; George Rebec, head of the phil osophy department and dean of the gradnate school, spent some months at Oxford. More recently Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism, visited the school during his foreign tour, and made some interesting ob servations. Housed in fifteenth century stone : buildings, with their tremendous at | mospheric inheritance, it is not a : question of launching gift campaigns. Their housing regulations are made 1 as though the men were small young I sters, yet there is an amount of in. tellecutual freedom unknown here. There is not much bother about elec I tions and committee meetings, and the ; place of our organizations is quite largely taken by spontaneous hospi tality. ‘ Instead of organizing a Dial or i Crossroads, an Oxford student would 1 (Coatinced on page foot) Winner of Annual Gerlinger Trophy -'TKViMS* 4 ~ *y5.v*S#n>. Mary Skinner o—-o j Junior Week-end I Festivities Have j Their Sidelights ] o- o “Good morning. Did you sleep well? No, don’t get up. Just make yourself comfortable, I will bring your breakfast. Yes, I am sure you will like the University. It’s so much different from high school.” Do you still remember that form ula? It was used once back in the early days of the institution and was especially popular during Junior Week.end. Still, it may be you didn’t have grape fruit, bacon and eggs, toast and strawberries for breakfast this morning. Nevertheless, you doubtless found the cook in a better humor when you came down stairs this morn ing than when you came down on Sunday of last Junior Week-end. The house managers should all have better dispositions, better tem pers, and better manners as a result of the new plan. The matter of a wholesale enter tainment is not much of an honor to the visiting preppers, anyway. It’s no particular distinction to get an invitation to visit your friend when you know he is calling a convention. Of course, the freshmen who en joyed our hospitality last year are not supposed to read this. “Due to some strange and unknown cause the men have been hesitant about asking the fair escorts to the prom—the biggest social function of the year.”—Oregon Daily Emerald, May 10, 1924. “A junior prom barren of revelers is the outlook for the dance, accord ing to those who claim to be familiar with the situation.”—Oregon Daily Emerald, May 10, 1924. Did it look that way to you? Or were you one of those hesitant ones about asking “the fair escort?” Another thing. Who is this who claiifis to be familiar with the situa. tion. Does he mean that he knows who has a elate and who hasn’t? There is one person on the campus who would like to know his formula for finding out these things. “Dapper Dan,” who couldn't think of anything to say to the young lady last night amused himself counting the pieces of cedar strung across the room. Just as he got to 456,234, 432, 899 the music stopped and he realized it was time to go home, or to the Rainbow. He is still wondering how many pieces of cedar were in the room. Perhaps some of the juniors could tell him. There are a lot of students who are wondering how Oregon could hold a track meet without Ralph Spearow. “Honest” Joe Ellis, politician, and member of the student council, may start a new tradition. Why shouldn't the student body officials sell peanuts ias a part of their official duties? Juniors Get Cup Awards Don Woodward Wins Koyl Trophy for All Around Man Activities Listed Mary Skinner Rated Most Representative Woman of Class One of the biggest features of the Junior Prom, the concluding event of Junior Week-end, held last night, was the presentation of the Koyl and Gei'linger cups to Don Woodward, of Portland, and Mary Skinner, of Portland, ad judged by a committee of the faculty as the best all-around man and the best all-around woman of the junior class of 1925. The Koyl cup is presented by Charles W. Koyl, of the class of 1911, and for many years secretary of the University Y ,M. C. A., and was first awarded to Herbert Lom bard in 1914. The awards of the years after were made to Leslie Tooze. 1915; Nicholas Joureguy, 1916; Randall Scott, 1917; Dwight Wilson, 1918; Harold White, 1919; Thomas I. Chapman, 1920; Remie Cox, 1921; Ralph Couch, 1922; and Ralph Spearow in 1928. First Award in 1918 The Gerlinger cup was first pre sented by Mrs. George T. Ger linger of Portland, regent of- the University, to Roberta Sehuebel in 1918; to Dorothy Duniway in 1919; to Nancy Fields in 1920; Marvel Skeels in 1921, to Bernice Alstock in 1922; and to Miriam Swartz in 1923. Woodward has been unusually active during his three years in the University. Following is quoted the report of the faculty committee in announcing the award: “It is the unanimous opinion of the awards committee that Donald L. Woodward is the outstanding junior man of the year, and the Koyl cup, presented each year to the best all-around junior man, is therefore awarded to him. It is the judgment of this committee that Mr. Woodward is a 'worthy suc cessor to* the previous winners of this award. High in scholarship, substantial in character, he has given generously of his time and talents to worthy activities of his class and of the associated stu dents. Campus Work Praised “During the whole year he has been managing editor of the Ore gon Daily Emerald, official paper of the Associated Students, and his splendid work in that capacity won him an uucontested election as editor-in-chief for next year. He is president of the class of 1925 and as such has had a large share in the class activities. These two pieces of service, together with a full schedule of University work, have precluded an extensive parti (Continued on page three) f Junior Man Who f Receives Koyl Cup | tracts - Don Woodward Alumni Start Gift Campaign Residents of Portland Pledge Their Aid With nil the vim and enthusiasm of college students before a cham pionship football game and with the added seriousness of purposes that years away from the campus brings, Portland alumni of the University of Oregon Friday night began their movement to help raise an alumni building fund of $1,000,000 as their part of the University’s $5,000,000 gift cam paign. At the largest alumni reunion ever held in Portland, more than 400 University of Oregon men and women, assembled for dinner at the Multnomah hotel, pledged them selves to make the alumni parti cipation in the gift campaign a success. They listened to reports of over-subscriptions in the re cent campus campaign, when the students pledged $219,000 and the faculty $60,000, and they declared that they too would soon “go over the top for old Oregon.** John Straub, dean of men, be loved of generations of college students', brought the messago from the campus and expressed his con viction that the alumni would carry their part of the program to speedy conclusion. “The students on the campus today have shown that they are worthy heirs of worthy sires,” ho said. “They have really sacrificed; one-third of them are entirely self supporting, one-third half self supporting, and yet they have pledged $100 and more a piece. I know you will answer iheir challenge with even greater sacrifice for every one of you and I am certain of your de voted loyalty to Oregon.” Telegrams were received from various other groups of alumni meeting at reunion dinners in other cities, among them Cam bridge, Massachusetts; New York, (Continued on page four) Wake Up! It’s Two A. M.~ ****** Time To Start for Work By B. L. F. Suspended between the bars of his iron bed hangs a huge alarm clock. The hands are luminous, the alarm hand is set for 10 min utes to 2, and when that sepulchral hour of early morning arrives, the diabolical mechanism goes off with such a clangor as threatens to [ waken the entire house. “Why on earth,” you ask, “does any man want to get up at 10 min utes to 2 in the morning!” It is because he has a funny job, one of the strangest on the campus. It is stranger than the night watchman’s, more interesting than the firemen on night shift at the power house, yet he is almost unthought of. Still, if he didn’t answer that alarm when it shouts, “10 minutes to 2,” how many would sympathize instead of com plain, and say: “Oh, never mind about the Emerald, this morning, I know the pressman, and he was mighty tired last night. He needed to sleep!” No fear, though, no one has ever said that. Instead,, the telephone rings and voices of comt plaint ooldly state disappointment or mild angor when the Emerald does not come to hand by half past seven or eight o’clock each morning. One morning, I stayed in t|»e shoo hoping to get an extra early copy of the Emerald. Suddenly I heard the door slam, the big light over the press was switched on, and a man walked over to the folding machine peeling off hi* coat as he walked. It was the Emerald press man getting down to business on the run. “No, the Emerald job isn’t easy,” he said, answering my question. “ My tksk is to j>ro (Continued on page two) Week-end Gay Event Canoe Fete Attracts Many Spectators to View Carnival Luncheon a Success Freshman Features Add Much Interest to Big Celebration The junior prom, with its exotic setting and gay mood, came as a fit ting climax to one of the most thor oughly enjoyed Junior Week-ends the campus has ever known. The absence of guests permitted the students to enjoy themselves thoroughly and to join in the carnival spirit with no sense of overhanging responsibilities, nor any desire except to join the play and the pageantry. Prom Is Enjoyable The decorative scheme of the prom was rich in color and of interesting design. The dancers were spun baek through the ages to the sound of weird music, to ancient Babylon, with its lavish design and garish love of color. In the midst of the warm glow ! of the hall, a cold blue light fell, and | Ishtar, tlie goddess of love and night, 1 danced amid a group of her slaves. Katherine Jane Seal interpreted Ish tar. The dance was thoroughly in key with the voluptuous spirit of the setting. 1 After the feature several white clad figures entered and pledged a groupi of men. The group is said to be a comic organization known as M. M. ! Campus enthusiasm reached a high pitch during this weekend which was set off for the students playtime. The canoe fete, with its rich color, its imaginative creations and clever j workmanship, was perhaps the most popular feature. Settings for the floats were elaborate and carefully conceived. The prize-winning barge, with its hugo barred sail of blue, was thoroughly in key with the mill race setting as it bore tranquilly down over the water. All the floats were of such excellence that the decision was very hard. The judges deliber. ated for nearly an hour, before reach ing a decision. The clear weather brought so many visitors that, even with the extra bleachers, the crowd overflowed the banks as far up the race as the field where the floats lay. Luncheon Is Success Another feature of the weekend that met great approval was the cam pus luncheon. The senior cops were on hand with their new sombreros and carried out an extensive program of ducking, with the senior fountain its a pool and every poor mortal who wandered near as victim. A spirit of jolity prevailed and many were heard to declare that the luncheon surpassed all other events because it was the most truly democratic and friendly period of the day. The frosh took their medicine like men after the tug of war, when the call came to take the water. They paraded gaily to the field and the last vestiges of the green headgear were either devoured by the flames or rescued to grace some co-ed 'a mem ory book. The baseball games drew crowds and their gratifying results made another step in campus good cheer. The weekend was entirely de signed as a student festival, and the enthusiastic response and enjoyment proved its success. I Students Plan j Tour of England i I Cornell University—Landscape architecture will be included this summer for the first time in the fine arts tour of purope which is organized and sponsored by the in stitute of international education, according to Edward Lawsoiij as sistant professor in landscape archi tecture at Cornell These travel courses give an opportunity for European study to students or pro fessional men interested in any branch of fine arts. The itinerary of the landscape students will include manor houses and gardens in England, gardens in Paris, and villas in Italy. Daily lectures will be given on shipboard as a background for the places to be visited.