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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1924)
First Student Body Meeting Thursday direct Your address for the UofO Directory VOLUME XXVI UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1924 NUMBER 6 Tom Robertson Will Assist Chairman, Luella Hausler Is Recording Secretary MANY GRADS EXPECTED Harmony Between Workers Is Aim of Directorate; Plan is on Large Scale rectorate today, plans are swinging into shape for a most successful Homecoming. Tom Bobertson has been named assistant Homecoming chairman, following the plan adopted last year, to assist the chairman, Jack High; and Luella Hausler, has been appointed secretary, to care for all the records, and appointments in general. “The prevalent idea in the di rectorate appointments this year, was that of harmony. We antici pate that the 1924 Homecoming will be a decided success, and that is our ideal, ’ ’ said High, the general chairman. Alumni Interest High "We expect a larger attendance this year than ever before, and pre parations are being made to re ceive a larger crowd. This is due to increased alumni interests and a large nlmber of * University of Washington students who are com ing down. Everything is to be car ried out on a larger scale and we expect the feature and naturaliza tion events to be especially inter esting.” Committee Heads Appointed The Directorate will consist of Joe Frazer, who will have charge of the dance; Junior Seton, who heads the publicity committee; Fred Martin, who will direct the Tally; Rodney Keating, who is to have charge of the naturalization ceremonies, and Dean Dvment, who is ex-officio on the naturalization committee; Carl Dahl is head of the welcoming committee; Hal Lundberg will take charge of the rooms and accomodations; Cylbert McClellan and his committee will be responsible for the noise parade; Ed Bohlman will direct the fea tures; Lewis Carlson heads the committee on field decorations; and Marguerite McCabe will have ■charge of the campus luncheon. The idea of the Directorate is to keep the big idea of Homecoming in everyone’s mind and make sure that the work is tending in the right direction. The various com mittees, which will be announced in Wednesday’s Emerald, will take charge of all the details. RANDALL JONES TALKS BEFORE OREGON CLUB At a meeting of the men’s Ore gon club last night in the lounge room of. the Woman’s building, Randall Jones, president of the A. "S. IT. O.. pledged his sup*port to the organization and spoke of the ad visbility of keeping together men not affiliated with any other or ganization on the campus, and in this way helping to keep alive the famous ‘‘Oregon Spirit;’' After a short talk by Jones the meeting was turned into an informal | discussion group and Jones met and 1 talked personally with the members \ on various current campus topics. In j an informal discussion the members ; expressed themselves in favor of the elevation of the freshman presi •lency. It was agreed that the next meet ing of the club would be next Mon day evening at the Anchorage. About thirty members were present. SPECIAL WORK TAKEN UP IN BOTANY DEPARTMENT Special work is being taken up in the botany department, accord ing to Dr. Sweetser. Study is to be made of an organism found in can neries that causes a skin poison ing resulting in the loss of the nails. This organism has been isolated by • Dr. Thienes of the school of medi eine and the investigation is also to be taken of a bacterium that spoils canned goods, especially in the local plant. Yell King Urges Freshmen to Learn All Yells and Songs “We want every freshman in the University to learn all the songs and yells as soon as pos sible,'’ declares Fred Martin, Oiegon’s yell king. “Tlley can find both the songs and yells in the back of the “Hello’’ books which can now be obtain ed at the University Co-op, free of charge.’’ Martin also suggests that a good means of insuring know ledge of the songs and yells would be for each of the presi dents of campus living organiza tions to personally see that every one of his freshmen are instructed about them. Presi dents of the living organiza tions are urged to do this and also to see that each of their freshmen have one of the “Hello” books. LIBRARY CONDITIONS AGAIN PROVE CROWDED Four Suggestions ■ Offered By Librarian Douglass Disturbances and congestion, caused by the lack of room in the University library, can in some cases be avoided by consideration on the part of the students, says M. H. Douglass, librarian, who of fers a list of four suggestions which will he believes will aid in making the library a desirable place in which students may study. These suggestions are the same as those made to the freshmen at the begin ning of the term. The library is usually more crowded in the evening, so Mr. Douglass first requests that the students be careful to observe the silence rule. He asks that there be no studying together and no visit ing. The second suggestion is that in sofar as it is possible, the stu dents do their library work in the daytime. Not only are the accom modations better but the congestion during the evening is sopiewhat relieved. Thirdly, Mr. Douglass states that there are some students, especially those who live in town, who are able to adjust their me'al hours so that they can work while others are at meals and the library is quiet. His last suggestion is that the sudents refrain from studying their own text books in the library. Last year, declares the librarian, it was observed that apparently from 30 to 40 per cent of the students used their own books or did letter writ ing in the library. The graduate room of last year is to be thrown open to the overflow in the reserve section, according to Mr. Douglass. However, as long as the regular rooms are not crowded, this room will be closed. Graduate students are now being assigned desks in the stack rooms. Mr. Douglass requests that those who wish to have desks assigned to them make applications in the librarian’s office. If the request is approved of by the head of the department in which the graduate student is registered, the privilege will be granted. Students are asked not to apply unless they intend to make con siderable use of the desks. Once a desk is assigned to a student, Mr. Douglass states, it is not available to others and it is his request that no desks be tied down by those who do not have sufficient work to make their priviledge worth while. LAW SCHOOL TO GIVE DINNER ON THURSDAY The law school will hold an in formal dinner and get-acqUainted party Thursday fat 6 p. m. at the Anchorage. The election of the president of the law school student body, a discussion of the honor system, and plans for future meet ings and policy of the elub will make up the program. Practically the whole student body has signed up for the dinner, which will be presided over by Dean William G. Hale. SEVERAL HOUSES JOIN AGREEMENT Plan Advanced to Provide For Strict Observance Of Frosh Prexy Support PLEDGE IS ASKED Interfraternity Council is Suggested as the Logical Body to Decide Question With a single exception, all the men's fraternities have signified their willingness to make the frosh presidency a position of “respect and honor.” While a few of those houses agreeing to the general sentiment | have made ‘ ‘ reservations, ’ ’ the opinion is practically universal that the present custom should be changed. The objection advanced by the concurring house is one of practibility, the Tear being enter tained as to the ultimate success of the movement. More Houses Agree Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Pi Tau have announced their posi tion as that of agreeing with the twelve houses announced previ ously. Delta Tau Delta is anxious to make the position an honorable one, while Phi Gamma Delta is ready to help in any way to carry out the w-ishes of the majority. Phi Kappa Psi came forward with a plan to insure permanency of the movement. Contained in a com munication on the editorial page of this Emerald is an explanation of their plan in full. Briefly, be fore entering into any agreement they insist upon written pledges made authoritative through the interfraternity council wherein every University organization gives its word to faithfully observe the agreement. This is demanded to prevent “backsliding” by any of the organizations. Council Should Decide The Interfraternity council, a representative body of all campus living organizations, is the logical body to take final action on the question, according to those famil iar with the situation. Any action endorsed by the Council carries with it a guarantee of permanency unobtainable through any spontane ous agreement among the individual houses. Y.M.C.A. CONVENTION MEETS IN PORTLAND Rev. H. W. Davis, secretary of the University Y. M. C. A., and Ro nrtayne Brand, member of the stu dent cabinet, acting as d-ei,fegates from the University, attended the convention of the Idaho-Oregon dis trict of the association held in Portland last Saturday and Sun day. The convention opened Saturday noon with a luncheon which Was followed by sessions in the after noon. President W. J. Kerr, of O. A. C., president of the district, acted as chairman and made the main address at the banquet held Saturday evening. Fred Lockley, of the Oregon Journal, also ad dressed the convention. General problems of the , Y. M. C. A. were discussed by the dele gates at the Saturday sessions and college Christian work was dis cussed later Saturday evening and Sunday morning when the • Oregon state student council met. Dele' gates from all the colleges and uni versities in Oregon attended this meeting. JUNIOR CLASS MEETING • TO BE AT VILLARD TONIGHT There is to be a meeting of the Junior class, in Yillard hall today at 5 o’clock. Reports will be made by Walter Malcolm on the coming underclass mix. Final plans for the class dance to be held at the Campa Shoppe, Octo ber 17 will be discussed. Arrange ments have already been completed by Maurice Warnock, general chair man, for several good features for the afflair. University Spirit Finds Voice In Slogan ‘Home, Hello, Hit th/e Huskies,’ Is Choice “Home, Hello, Hit the Husk ies. ’ ’ This slogan was picked as the prize winner for Home coming this year, and was sub mitted by I)r. James Gilbert, head of the department of economics in the University, and an Oregon alumnus. He will receive two complimentary tickets to the Washing+on i Oregon game. The winning slogan, accord ing to the committee, ex presses the whole spirit of - Homecoming, the welcome to alums and former students as well as the football game, and yet it is terse, brief and to the point. About 150 slogans were turned in and it took the com mittee two days to pick the best one. “Most of those sub mitted resembled those of pre vious years too much,” said Jeanette Calkins, the alumni secretary, and a member of the slogan committee. Others were too long to be used and many of them were in a sing song rhythm, like high school yells. ’ ’ The slogan will be run across the front page of the Homecom ing number of “Old Oregon,” the alumni magazine and will appear on banners and be gene rally displayed throughout Homecoming. MEN'S GLEE TO HOLD FINAL TRYOUTS TODAY : I - Twenty-five Men Qualify In Saturday’s Test ! — t The following men have qualified , for the third and final try-out for the men’s glee club and are to re port today from 3:30 to 5:30 in the music building: T*m Powers, Tom !McKinzie, Raymond Crites, Hollis | Carey, Ernest Brokqnshiro. 'Ronald Kretzer, Merritt Rodda, Leroy Ste iphens. Blair Alderman, Alvin Chris tianson, Vincent Hill, James Ross, I Cleveland Robe, Charles Norton, Ward Rice, Robert Hunt, Raleigh [Green, Paul Peek, Winston Lake, I Arthur Gray, George Wardner, ; Prank Reid, David Foulkes, Frank Roehr and Reginald Heber. j The director also requests the fol lowing old members to report today: Dick Adam, Bert Holloway, Roy I Bryson, Jack High, Charles Rhodes, I Charles Dawson, Ted Larsen, Will j lvidwell and Hal Lundberg. Today’s try-outs will consist mainly of part singing and voice blending and for that reason old members are urged ! to report. ABRAMSON MOORE AND BASSETT TIE IN CONTEST Because the judges could not come to a decision between throe men, a second tryout for the Paci fic Coast Public Speaking League’s speaking contest will be held. The men for whom this second trial will be held are Martin Moore, Sol Abramson and Bassett. The first tryouts for this contest were held yesterday afternoon, and seven men turned out. After a rather heated meeting, the judges found it impossible to,come to any decision as to the best of three as pirants. The date for the second trial has not as yet been deter mined. The winner of this contest will be sent to Stanford, where the final meet will be held, as a representa tive of the University. <8* I* o SENIOR CLASS MEETING The senior class will hold its ’irst meeting of the term Tues lay afternoon at 4:30 in room .05 of the Oregon building. Ted Tillenwater, -senior president, lrges everyone to be there. Senior Leap Week is to be dis cussed and other important mat ers will be brought up. - DREGANA EDITOR APPOINTS STUFF Mary Clerin and James Case To be Associate Editors; Appointments Incomplete STAFF IS REORGANIZED New Oregana Office Located In Old Journalism Shack By A. S. U. 0. Quarters Appointments to the 192o Oregana staff were announced yesterday by Augusta DeWitt, editor of the Uni versity yearbook. Since several of the members, appointed last spring by Miss DeWitt, did not return to the campus, a complete reorganiza tion of the staff was necessary. Mary Cleriu, of Portland, who has been engaged both in journalism and other campus activities, was selected for the associate editorship. This vacancy was left by Marian Lowry, now society editor of the Eugene Daily Guard. Staff Not Complete Thera are still some appointments to be made before the staff is com plete but as yet suitable persons have not been found to fill the po sitions. The entire list of staff members up to the present time is: associate editors, James A. Case of Portland and Mary Clerin of Port land; picture mounting, Dorothy Akin and Sigrid Martinson; ad ministration, Sol Abramson; drama, Clifford Zekruug; events, Dorothy Meyers; features, Larry Riddle and Jimmy Leake; forensics, Eugenia Strickland; honorary organizations, Lillian Baker; juniors, Mary Jane Hathaway; literary, Margaret Skav lan; medical, Ililton Rose; men’s organizations, Jack Burleson; music, Josephine Ulrich; publications, Jeanne Gay; seniors, Margaret Vin cent; sports, George H. Godfrey; women’s athletics^ 'Norma Wilson; women’s organizations, Elizabeth Cady. Oregana Has New Quarters The new office of the Oregana is in the old journalism shack, where are the offices of the A. 8. U. O. president, the graduate manager, the Emerald editor and manager. This portion of the building was formerly occupied by the Theta Sigma Phi, but during the summer it was con verted into two offices, that of the Oregana and the Emerald manager. CAMPUS SCRIBBLERS WILL FROLIC FRIDAY An invitation to “Join the Jam at the Jamboree’’ is being con spicuously flaunted in the journal ism shack this week. Members of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national journalism fraternity, who will stage the annual event in the men’s gymnasium next Friday night, are extending invitations to every stu dent taking a course in the school of journalism, regardless of wheth er he or she be a major in journal ism or not, to attend the jamboree. The committee in charge of the event declares the jambojeo will be the biggest and best one yet. It is understood that it will be a no-date affair, as it has always been. Ci der and doughnuts, the traditional refreshments, will bo provided, to gether with music by a good or chestra. A snappy news sheet will mirror the happenings of the even ing. The jamboree is not a fancy dress ball. If any one doubts this, ask the fellow who wore a white shirt and a stiff collar last year. The thing to do, brother and sister scribe, is to put on your most out rageous duds, slip down the alley and enter the men’s gym through a side door. The older clothes you wear, the better your chances of winning the jamboree prize. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENTS Chi Omega announces the pledg ing of Mary Clark of Heppner, Oregon. Psi Kappa announces the pledg ing of Arthur Wade of Toledo and Carl Poetsch of Eainier. Sightless Student Guides Blind Friend About th Campus Tho phrase “blind leaders of the blind” took on a new interpretation yesterday when Ed Robbins, blind student in the school of journalism, acted ns guide to his friend, Wm. J. B. Latimer, who stopped here on his way from Youngstown, Ohio, to Los Angeles. Robbins knows his campus, and he led his sightless friend about the various points of in terest just as might one of normal vision. Mr. Latimer was a school mate of Robbins in the school for the blind at Salem. He lat er attended the Dankintli piano tuning school in New York, and has been tuning pi anos in the cast for the past two years. With his nephew, who is driving him through, he is on his way to California, where he may possibly go into the piano tuning business in Los Angeles. REPUBLICAN CLUB LAYS PLANS FOR BUSY YEAR Membership Drive Will be Held in Near Future Plans for the activity of the Re publican club of the University of Oregon were made yesterday at a meeting of the executive committee. The committee, of which the chair man is Waldemar Seton Jr., is com posed of Mr. Seton, Mary Skinner, Margaret Vincent, Randall Jones, Don Woodward, Willard Marshall, Marion Dickey and Jehn Morton Coke. Seton was appointed by John Hamlin of New York City, who is head of the Oollego Republican clubs of the United States. The club was organized on the Oregon campus last spring, in view of the coming elec tion. Arthur Rosebraugh was then chairman of the executive commit tee. Plans have not assumed a definite form, but it was decided to hold a membership drive inside of the next two weeks. Mambjarshjip, with no fee charged, (will be open to all students with disregard to their po litical status. Blanks for member ship will be circulated through all the living organizations and can be obtained-on the campus for those who are not members of an organi zation. During the drive four-min ute speakers will visit the houses to explain the various voting methods for students. The club will endeavor to have Senator McNary visit the campus as an assembly speaker, fol lowed by a banquet in his honor. Seton says of the Organization, “The club will make no attempt to influence partisan politics, but will merely endeavor to make the stu dents realize that as citizens it is their duty to vote.” Randall Jones, president of the A. S. U. O., says, “The club can be made a means of bridging the gap between life on the campus and the political system of the outside world. It should develop a live interest in the problems that we should now be preparing ourselves to solve. I should like to see the membership of such an organization grow.” Woodward, editor of the Emerald, says in reference to the club, “I think it is a good idea because it will get the students out to vote as American citizens should.” “The students owe it to them selves,” says Willard Marshall, president of the Y. M. C. A., “and to their country to vote.” ZOOLOGY INSTRUCTOR TELLS OF ENGAGEMENT The engagement of Bertha Hays to Edward D. McAlister was an nounced at the Alpha Xi Delta house during the dinner hour Mon day evening. Miss Hays is an instructor in the department of zoology this year, and is a member of Pi Lambda Theta, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi honorary societies. Mr. McAlister, who is the son of Professor E. H. McAlister, is an in structor in the physics department. He is also a member of Sigma Xi, and will receive his M.A. this spring. The date of the wedding has not been definitely decided, PACIFIC TO TEST “Dark Horse” Position Held As Advantage for Squad In Conference Standing TEAM WORK SMOOTHER First Home Game to Show Power of Line in Action; Backfield is Improving A nothing to nothing tie with. Willamette in Oregon's first game of the season, would not seem to be an auspicious beginning for this year’s varsity, especially as the other conference schools have been snowing their opponents under by lop-sided scores in their early sea son contests. From appearances ell of the other conference members have even stronger aggregations than they had last year. However, Joe Maddock is a pret ty foxy coach, and he is one of the kind who has a card up his sleeve even when he seems down and out. To be true, he is working against odds in this his first year as head coach at Oregon. Yet the end of the season will not find Oregon tail ing all the rest of the conference. Oregon is not doped by the other conference members as being dan gerous, and this is a big factor in her favor. The Webfooters are now more or less in the position of a dark horse. Team improves The team hail not had time to get organized for the Willamotte fracas nor were they in the best of shape at that time. They were really not expected tx> make an exceptional shewing with a green team so early in the year. Tile varsity will hlave had two weeks of good hard plug ging on the fundamentals by the time it meets Pacific in the first home game of the season next Sat urday. Already a big difference is noticeable in the way the linemen are getting down in their charging, and working together. Saturday’s game will be a test of the line, to show whether it has any chance of holding back the forward rush of the Stanford eleven. The backfield is also displaying a great deal of improvement. Right now Maddock has two baekfieids which he may utilize if he needs them. If Jones is in shape h» stands a good chance to start thd contest at fullback. Although this is his first year of varsity ball, Jones is showing prospects of round ing into a real first class line plunger. Terjison is back in his old position at half, and although he al so has been hampered by injuries, ho looks to be in for a great year. Ward Johnson is the best bet for the other halfback berth. Louie (Continued on Page Three) SUSAN CAMPBELL HAS NEW HEAD RESIDENT Miss Fanny McCamant is the new heart resident of Susan Campbell hall. Miss Me.Oamant takes the place of Miss Helen Broeksmit who left school last spring term after an illness. Miss Broeksmit returned to her old home in Massachusetts and is now taking up an agricul tural course at a school noar her home. She is fully recovered in health and will remain for the next year. Miss McCamant made her first trip from her home in Harrisburg, Pa., last year and spent a day on the Oregon campus after a visit in Portland. She was so impressed with the Oregon campus and the spirit which prevailed that, after spending the summer in California, she returned to Eugene and ac cepted the position as head resi dent of the hall. She will remain here for the coming year. FORMER EMERALD EDITOR IS ATTENDING COLUMBIA Arthur S. Rudd, last year editor of the Emerald, is attending Col umbia university taking graduate work. During the summer Rudd handled publicity for the Pendle ton Round-Up. He sen^ls a plea for letters, saying that it is pretty lonely “way back here where I don’t know anybody.” His address is 607 Livingston Hall, Columbia university, New York City.