Oregon Daily Emerald
VOLUME XXV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1924
NUMBER 165
PHI BETA KAPPA
FIXES INITIATION
Dr. C. A. Kofoid of Berkeley,
Amoeba Authority, to Give
Address, Tuesday, June 3
PUBLIC GIVEN WELCOME
Two Alumni Elected Last
Year Will be Initiated
With 24 Undergraduates
Tuesday, June 3, lias been set
as date for the initiation of the
24 members-elect chosen from the
senior class by the Oregon chapter
of Phi Beta Kappa, national honor
ary scholastic society. Announce
ment to this effect was made last
night by Dr. R. C. Clark, president
of the chapter.
The Amoeba Topic
The speaker of the occasion, Dr.
Clark announced, will be Dr. C. A.
Kofoid of Berkeley, California,
national authority on the amoeba.
This address will be made in Vil
lard hall under the joint auspices
of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi.
His topic, it is announced, -will be
•‘The Amoeba in Man.” Dr. Ko
foid 's researches are credited with
solving the nature of several mys
terious maladies. The general pub
lic will be welcome at this joint
meeting.
The Phi Beta Kappa initiation
will be held, if the present tenta
tive plan is carried out, at 5 o ’clock
in the afternoon of June 3. The
formal ceremonies will be followed
by a dinner, the program for which
is” in the hands of a special com
mittee composed of Dr. W. E. Milne,
chairman\ John Stark Evans, and
Miss Anne Hardy.
Alumni to be Here
Endergraduates to be initiated
are Irwin S. Adams, Hally Berry,
Helen S. Burfield, Jane Campbell,
Freda Goodrich, Evelyn Hogue,
Henrietta Hansen, Francis Ha
worth, Josephine Kirtley, Ruth
Kneeland, Darrell Larsen, Gertrude
Manchester, 'Cecilp McAllister,
Howard T. McCulloch, Rae L.
Peterson, Shannon Pittinger, John
W. Piper, Claude R. Robinson, W.
Arthur Rosebraugh, Marjorie Spea
row, Beatrice Towers, Lester Turn
baugh, Harriet L. Veazie, Crystal
H. West.
Among the alum'u elected last
year and not yet initiated who
have signified their intention of
being present are Mrs. Birdie Wise
Robinson (1912) of Astoria, and
Mrs. Jennie Lilly Neal (1910) of
Roseburg. Several members-elect
of other chapters also are to be
initiated.
HIGH SCHOOLS TO HOLD
STATE MEET SATURDAY
Hayward field will be the scene
of the state championship track
meet Saturday afternoon at 1:30.
Eugene high is acting as host for
the event. Ten schools will prob
ably participate. The meet has
received the sanction of the state
inter-scholastic, committee, so the
winner of the meet will be the
official state champion.
The La Grande high school, which
is the champion of eastern Oregon,
has sent word that it will send a
team to the meet, and Myrtle
Point. Corvallis, Eugene, and
Salem are intending to enter teams.
A number of other schools are ex
pected to take part in the event,
but have not been heard from so
far.
Three trophy cups are being of
fered as prizes; one to the school
winning the meet, another to the
winner of the relay race, and the
third to the winner of the mile
race. The cups were given by
local firms—one by the E. C. Sim
mons Motor company, one by Mc
Morran and Washburne, and the
other by R. A. Babb Hardware
company.
SENIOR ACCEPTS POSITION
IN LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
Miss Shannon Pettinger, senior,
and a major in the English depart
ment, has accepted a position in
the Lincoln high school of Port
land for next year. She will teach
Latin, English and history. Miss
Pettinger attended the Oregon
Normal school at Monmouth, be
fore entering the LTniversity. She
is a member of Chi Omega sorority.
‘Pigger’ Synonym
Must be Found Say
Those Who Know
Five dollars! That’s the prize.
And the chances to win? Just
turn in a good, adequate synonym
to name the individual whom the
campus now dubs “pigger.”
“Pigger,” “pigging” — those
terms simply cannot be used.
They are barred from the col
umns of the Emerald, and they
are termed bad by all who, in
emergency, have to use them.
It is, therefore, a necessity
that some word be substituted in
the campus vocabulary to replace
the lowly terms.
And it is the opportunity of
any alumnus, student, or faculty
member to be the leader in good
campus English by turning in a
word that will take the place of
“pigger.”
Only today and tomorrow to
win that five dollars! For the
contest closes tomorrow night.
All suggestions for the contest
must be in the Emerald managing
editor’s office by tomorrow night.
The word and the winner of the
prize will get his publicity in the
Sunday Emerald.
FINAL A.S.U.O. MEETING
TO BE HELD THURSDAY
Officers Will Take Oaths;
Awards to be Made
Installation of the newly elected
student body officers and the pre
sentation of athletic awards will
feature the last A. S. U. O. meeting
of the term to be held in Villard
hall tomorrow morning.
Officers for the coming year will
take their oaths of service to the
student body, and the present offi
cers will retire.
Basketball and wrestling awards,
earned last term, and swimming
medals' won at the O. A. C. state
meet, will be presented. Basketball
sweaters will be received by: Earl
Shafer, Howard Hobson, Russell
Gowans, Haddon Rockhey and Ted
Gillenwaters. Gillenwaters was
also manager of the squad. Letters
will be received by Hugh Latham
and Harold Chapman.
Wrestling letters go to Carol
Ford, Charles Wells, Walter Whit
comb and Harvey Robertson.
George Horsfall and Lyle Palmer
will receive swimming medals.
Besides the installations and pre
fers of student interest brought up,
ters of stddent interest brought up,
and a large attendance is desired.
Rov Bryson, well-known campus
tenor; will provide the musical part
of the program.
DAVE EVANS IS SHOT
WHILE ON FISHING TRIP
Dave Evans, frosli basketball
coach, was accidentally shot, while
on a fishing trip up the McKenzie
river, Sunday.
The accident occurred when Mr.
Evans started to shoot and in re
moving the revolver from his hip
pocket he accidentally discharged
it. He was rushed to the Pacific
Christian hospital, where the bullet
was removed. He is reported to be
recovering nicely.
Mr. Hendershott, of the Eugene
Gun Store, was with him at the
time the accident occurred.
TENNIS TOURNEY
LIST OF SERIES
Oregon Net Men Will Make
Strong Bid to Take Final
Contest from Beavers
FROSH TO MEET ROOKS
Racquet Wielders Prepare
for Pacific Coast Match
to be Played at Eugene
Today the tennis clash with the
Aggie racquet wield^rs will end the
varsity athletic hostilities with the
Corvallis college, the freshmen
basebal and track meet being the
ony remaining event scheduled for
the rest of the term with O. A. C.
The Oregon net men will make
a strong bid to take the remaining
contest and help to even up the
spoils with the Aggie athletes. The
Beaver court squad managed to
hold down the heavy end of a long
and desperately fought tennis tour
ney with Oregon, winning by the
bare margin of one match in the
first series. The tournament was
played at Corvallis last Saturday
and today ends the tennis series
with that school.
O. A. C. Is Confident
The O. A. C. court artists are
fairly confident that they can re
peat their victory of four days
ago, but the odds are fairly even
on both teams
Oregon has improved to a marked
degree since their initial match
with Reed college. Each tourna
ment has developed the Oregon
team to a stage whore they are
jioiv regarded as dangerous opposi
tion by their opponents. On the
home courts and having already
played against the Aggies and
learned their style of court work,
the Oregon team, will put up a stiff
battle with the Corvallis aggrega
tion.
The frosh tennis squad will also
meet the rooks today, playing after
the varsity tourney has been run
off. The frosh are doped to take
the rooks in tow without much
trouble, as the first year men de
feated O. A. C. by a score of 4-1
at Corvallis.
Prepare for Coast Tourney
With the completion of today’s
tourney, long and hard workouts
will be held to get the Oregon ten
nis squad in shape for the big Pa
cific Coast Intercollegiate tennis
tournament, which will be held at
Eugene on May 30 and 31.
For the convenience of the spec
tators, Coach Falil has placed
bleachers around the courts for to
day’s tournament. Five courts have
been reserved for the players. Al
lowing ample time for some long
and drawn out sets, the time for
the start of the tourney has been
set for 2:30.
The Oregon squad will be made
up of Meyer, Rice, McBride, Slat
tery and Crary. The doubles squad
will be composed of Meyer ,and
Rice, with Slattery and Crary play
ing together.
The freshman team will consist
of Meade, Westergren, Adams and
McIntosh.
ELECTION ANNOUNCED
Pot and Quill announces the
election of Eunice Jonsrud and
Patricia Novlan Bvrue.
Victim of Liquor Frame-up
Freed in Moot Court Trial
In proof of his slogan “prosecu
tion. not persecution,” Tetsuichi
Kurashegi, counsel for the defense,
put up such a convincing ease for
his client that Harley Covalt, ac
cused of having intoxicating liquor
in his possession, was freed by
jury at the moot court trial in the
i county court house last night. Al
' lariek Hagglund was the prosecut
j ing attorney and H. C. Heffron, a
i Eugene attorney-at-law, was acting
! judge.
Kurashige further proved that
| Covalt was the victim of a frame
up. The defendant testified from
the stand that he was unaware of
the presence of the liquor on his
person until the time of the arrest
made by Paul Patterson, sheriff,
! on April 2, in the main law library
of the Oregon building. He fur
ther testified that the only person
who entered the room during the
time he was studying was Mr.
Christman who leaned heavily
over him. By a process of elimina
tion, he stated that he believed i
that it was Christman who put the 1
liquor in his pocket. Soon after
Christman’s departure Patterson
entered and made the arrest.
A demonstration was made by
Kurashige that Christman leaned
over the defendant in such a man
ner that it was easy for him to
slip the flask into Covalt’s pocket
without his act being discovered.
Mr. Covalt further testified that he
didn’t discover the contents of his
pocket when Patterson ordered him
to the main table, due to the ex
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Simplified Plan
of Registration
Before Faculty
Failures Not to Show
on Grade Sheet
The committee appointed by
the A. A. U. P. to work out a
more simplified process of regis
tration has submitted the follow
ing to the faculty:
At the beginning of each term
the student shall file at the
registrar’s office a card giving
his name, address, and name of
liis adviser. The student then
goes to his adviser, who fills out
his study card for the year, on
which he secures signatures of
instructors, and returns to his
adviser, who keeps this card on
file. Subsequent changes of
course may be made by securing
approval of adviser and instruc
tor.
Instructors of courses carrying
laboratory fees must send to the
comptroller’s office a list of stu
dents in such courses, in order
that the proper fees may be col
lected. Students withdrawing
from such courses must present to
the comptroller a withdrawal
card bearing the signatures of
his adviser and instructor in
order to have the fee returned.
At the end of the term failures
and withdrawals are not to be re
ported. The instructors will re
port on the grade sheet only the
names of students making a pass
ing grade or incompletes. This
record of courses actually passed
will be the only record of the
student’s courses kept at the
registrar’s office.
OSBURN TO BE SCENE
OF EMERALD BANQUET
Celebration to be Climax
of This Year’s Work
With the final Emerald of the
term scheduled to appear May 29,
the staff is beginning to prepare
for the banquet which is to be
given that evening as 'a climax to
the year’s work.
The annual banquet is an event
looked forward to as a time of cele
bration for work completed. The
worries of publishing the paper are
forgotten and all unite to enjoy a
good meal, the companionship of
friends and have a last jubilee be
fore settling down to prepare for
examinations after a period of neg
lected studying.
The program for the evening will
include talks from faculty members
and students. A number of those
who have been working hard
through the year will be given
Emerald “O’s,” while cash prizes
will be given to the most efficient
| workers of the term.
Over 100 are expected to attend
the banquet, which will be held at
the Osburn hotel. Former editors,
managers, and staff members will
be there to talk over old times and
to vie with the present staff with
tales of prowess. The committee in
charge of the affair is busy with
preparations aimed to make the
hanquet better than any held be
fore.
JUST THREE WEEKS
LEFT BEFORE EXAMS
Just three more weeks are left
for the writing of term papers,
the completion of work that should
have been done long ago, and the
final review of the term ’a work
before examinations are upon us.
Three weeks from today the first
examinations will be held and two
days later the last of the ordeals
will be over and students will
! scatter to their homes throughout
j the state.
1 All work is coming slowly to a
close in the 14 school days remain
ing and in the meantime a good
many students are valiantly fight
ing spring fever and trying to come
out of the lethargy that has held
them since the nice weather came
upon them. The library is being
filled every evening, a sure sign
that exams are coming, and social
functions are becoming scarce.
Soon the Emerald will suspend pub
lication and the whole campus will
settle down and wait for that which
never fails to come.
Virgil Earl Explains
Rules of Eligibility
Athletic Director Says Scholastic Situation at
Oregon No Different from That Found at
Other Institutions in the Coast Conference
By Virgil Earl
Because there is a considerable
amount of discussion on the cam
pus concerning the eligibility of
Oregon athletes and because much
of this discussion is based upon
mis information, it seems advisable
first, to quote the Pacific coast
conference rules on eligibility in
regard to the scholastic require
ments, and second, to describe the
method of applying these rules.
The following are the rules as
they pertain to “scholarship re
quirements” and the penalty for
violation thereof:
No person shall participate in
any intercollegiate sport:
(a) Unless he shall have pre
sented 15 Carnegie units for en
trance requirements. It is pro
vided further that nc student
who has been pledged to any
fraternity or student club before
the date of his first registration
in college or university shall be
eligible for competition on any
athletic team of the school with
which such fraternity or club is
affiliated or connected.
(b) Unless he is a bona fide
student enrolled in at least 12
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hours’ work in a regular or spe
cial course as defined in the cur
riculum of his school or college.
(c) Unless he shall have satis
factorily completed 24 semester
hours, or ,16 quarter hours, of col
legiate work.
(d) Unless he shall have passed
two-thirds of the normal work of
the curriculum in which he is en
rolled for the semester or quarter
of residence previous to partici
pation. Fractional hours are to
he disregarded in favor of the
participant.
(e) Unless one week before
the first conference game he shall
be carrying satisfactorily, two
thirds of the normal hours in ac
cordance with section (d) above.
All members of the squad found
eligible at that time shall be de
clared scholastically eligible for
the season in question.
(f) If he holds a bachelor’s
degree.
(g) Who has total failures on
his previous record in that or
any other institution, exceeding
one-fifth of his total hours passed
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ARTHUR R0SEBRAU6H
WINS BENNETT PRIZE
Essay to be Used in Oregon
Law Review Number
The Bennett prize of $20, award
ed annually to the writer of the
best 5,000 word essay on some prin
ciple of free government, has this
year been awarded to William
Arthur Rosebraugh, third-year law
student. M.r. Rosebraugh’s essay,
entitled “A Case for tho Exclusion
of Evidence Obtained by Illegal
Search,” is to be used in an early
number of the Oregon Law Re
view. It is to be published under
the direction of the law school of
the University.
Ted Kurasiiige’s essay on the
subject, “Shall We Exclude the
Oriental 1” received seaond place.
Mr. Kurashige was winner of first
prize two years ago. Last year the
prize was captured by Florence
Walch, of Helena, Montana, who
also wrote on a legal subject.
Tho Bennett prize ; is awarded
annually and is derived from tho
interest on a $400 gift, given to
the University by Philo Sherman
Bennett.
Judges of the essays were Frank
II. Hilton, lawyer, of Portland;
Prof. W. H. Ellison, of the Oregon
Agricultural college; and Frank
Jenkins, editor of the Morning
Register.
DUAL MEET WITH ROOKS
TO BE RUN OFF FRIDAY
The dual track and field meet
between the freshmen of the Uni
versity and the rooks of Corvallis
will be run off Friday, May 23, in
j stead of Saturday, as was originally
scheduled. This will leave Satur
day open for the Willamette valley
interscholastic meet, which is to be
held on Hayward field.
The freshmen tryouts will be to
night at 4:00 p. m. in the 440, 880
and the mile. Competition has been
especially keen: in the 440 and 880
this year, so there should be some
good races. Conley and Barnes
have been having things pretty
much their own way in the mile
i run; but there will probably be a
third man selected. Martin, Schni
dcr, Herrick and Rank have been
competing for this place. Tonight’s
race will eliminate three of them.
EARL WILL GIVE ADDRESS
AT ASTORIA HIGH SCHOOL
Virgil Karl, athletic director,
will leave tonight for Astoria,
where he will speak to the students
I of Astoria high school on the sub
ject of “Athletics.” Such a talk
from a University man will
straighten out a number of mis
conceptions concerning campus
athletics that high school people
often hava. , l
MAGAZINE FEATURES
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
News and Pictures Portray
Portland Division
“Annual Medical Number,” is
the title of the recently released
May “Old Oregon,” in which are
included pictures, news and articles
of the University of Oregon Medi
cal school in Portland, the whole
embracing a goodly portion of the
pages of the alumni magazine and
conveying a comprehensive written
and visual picture of the Portland
medical division.
The Portland school, of recent 1
years recognized as the leading
medical school on the Pacific
slope, is an institution of which
(lie University may well be proud
and is wel|, deserving of the space |
given in the May “Old Oregon.”
All the numerous phases of the
medical school, from the social j
medical fraternities to the new ,
buildings are adequately treated.
The Oregon Knights are described j
in an article by Webster Jones, j
The “University’s Second Birth-j
day,” by Rosalia Keber, dealing!
with the Student Union, tells of
the success of the recent drive. !
“Oxforditis” gives an extremely
interesting account of the latest
campus malady. “Lemon Ex
tracts,” the humorous department
recently installed under the super
vision of Eugene Short, adds a
spice to the magazine.
A number of cuts showing the
scenic attractions of the Columbia
[highway and other points of inter
est are included as a means of at
tracting prospective summer session
students at Portland.
DR. MiLNE RECEIVES
RECOGNITION OF WORK
In recognition of his services in
the science of mathematics, Dr. W.
K Milne has just received notice
of the granting of $200 for the con
tinuance of liis work on mathe
matical tables in connection with
his article entitled, “Damped
Vibrations,” which appeared in the
( University of Oregon publication,
; August, 192.'!.
1 This article itself attracted a
j great deal of attention at the time
I of its publication and the tables
| accompanying it were found to need
j considerable extension.
Upon application to the chairman
j of the committee on administration
| of the Joseph Henry fund of the
i American Academy of Sciences, Dr.
i Milne was granted this stipend to
| wards the completion of his work
on tables of values for special
| functions. The importance of his
, work is attested bv this prompt
j recognition from the American
Academy.
CHANGE IN TERM
PLAN DISCUSSED
Old Question of Semester
Method Again Confronts
Members of the Faculty
BOTH SIDES ARE UPHELD
Arguments Are Advanced
by Enthusiasts of Rival
Camps in Controversy
The problem of the term plan
and the semester plan which caused
so much dissention on the campus
last year and which was supposed
by many to be settled for at least
two or three years is again fore
most in the minds of the faculty.
At the meeting this afternoon, it
is expected that the question will
arise once more, although no one
can safely venture to predict what
the result will be. The question
was held over from the last meet
ing.
Between the advocates of the
two-division system and the term
enthusiasts there is still a great
gulf fixed. Some take the position
that it is well to let well enough
alone. That the change cannot pos
siby be of enough importance to
warrant the trouble of rewriting
the catalogue and replanning the
courses. The department of pre
engineering would find it especially
hard to plan its courses over again,
according to Dr. Caswell.
Difficulty Not Great
There would be no great diffi
culty encountered where the course
runs for a full year it seems. But
some of the courses are so planned
that they go for two terms and
then carry over into something else
during the spring term. If the
semester plan were adopted, it
would be necessary to reconstruct
these courses entirely because there
would be no third term to carry the
work into. What would actually
result from this situation would
probably be a four or five-hour
course during the first term, which
would cover the work of the first
two terms, and a one or two-hour
course during the second term,
which would cover the spring term
work as it is now given.
The school of education seems to
be pretty definitely back of the
semester system because it would
coincide with the work in the high
I schools and would simplify the
practice teaching plans. As it is
now, it is difficult to lay out pans
I for practice teachers because the
| high school semester ends about
! the middle of the winter term in
| the University. If the change were
| made, it would enable them to as
j sign teachers to work for a full
semester in the high schools.
; This also applies to other schools
and departments in the University
which are sending students to do
! practice teaching. The school of
physical education for men in its
| coaching work has the same trouble.
Term Is Easier
The student who must work his
way through the University is al
ways brought up for consideration
when the change is mentioned.
Some say that there would be a
large number who would find that
they had miscalculated on the
length of time their money would
last and would have to drop out
before the end of the semester. The
contention is that the term makes
it easier to survive a period of fin
ancial difficulty and drop out at
the end of the 12 weeks period.
Those opposed to this contention
give the student credit for being
able to plan far enough ahead to
know whether his money will carry
him through a semester or not.
They do not recognize as a fact the
belief that the number of with
drawals has been reduced under
the present arrangement.
Contention Raised
One faculty member contends
that a period of 12 weeks is too
short for a unit of instruction.
“There is a tendency on tho part
of students to pigeonhole every
thing anyway and the term plan
only encourages it,” he declared.
“Students should keep their work
in mind for a longer period. It
would be better if the examina
tions covered a whole year’s work
instead of only half a year, if such
a thing were possible. It would
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