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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1924)
FISH PREPARE FOR BIG GAMES Williams Works to Avoid Off-side Penalties BACKFIELD IS BALANCED Tackles Show Weakness In Columbia Fray With one victory safely stowed away under their belts the fresh men gridders are busy preparing their attack and defense for their next opponents.- Negotiations are now pending for a game with Mount Angel college at Mount Angel for next Friday. However, nothing definite has been arranged regarding the game as yet. While it was nevertheless a vic tory it was only by a one point margifl that the frosh walloped Clipper Smith’s clever little Colum bia University aggregation last Friday. The final score was 7 to 6 and it was indicative of the game, featured by considerable roughness on both sides. The yearlings lost considerable yardage laBt Friday by numerous offside penalties. Baz Williams has been working on some of the men in the line to get them to overcome a tendency, caused by over-eagerness, to get the jump on the passing of the ball. Backfield Has Strength The frosh have a fairly evenly balanced backfield combination which showed spots of real offen sive strength in the game Friday. Only a few plays were used to ad vance the ball against Columbia, and these were mostly straight line bucks and cross bucks. The coaches will start working on a number of new plays this week in order to start building their attack in prep aration for the game against the Books liore November 8. The game scheduled with the U. of W. freshmen for November 1 has been changed to November 15 because of the Homecoming game hore on the first. Players Show Promise The backfield looks good as it now stands. Turner at quarter showed some flashes of fair gen eralship and he handled the team well in running the plays. He is also tricky in broken field running. Hodgen, Mokolofsky, Motzenbergor and Edwards have been handling themselves well on both the qf fense and defense at halves. Wet zel looks to be a star at fullback and is by far the best line plunger on the team, besides being a fair kicker. Morton is another candi date for the fullback berth. The freshman line, while compos ed of some good material, can stand a great, deal of bolstering before it meets the Rooks. Several of the men, especially the tackles, were continually being boxed out of the play during the Columbia game. This will have to be remedied or the whole line is weakened. Hughes and Woodcock arc likely looking candidates for ends. Anderson, Warren and Ankeny are the best bets for tackle. Harder and War ren are showing strength as guards. Cress has been doing most of the snapping of the ball. f SOCIETY 1 -----<$» (Continued from pane Two) Friendly hall entertained with ;i very original and delightful din ner dniieo Saturday evening. Din ner was served “eountry style.” Corn stalks, pumpkins, baled hay and apples (‘hanged the hall into what, seemed to he a huge barn. An orchestra enclosed in a box stall provided music for dancing for many a ‘‘farmer lad” and “gingliam clad lassie.” Delta Tau Delta also entertained with a pledge dance Saturday night for which Mr. and Mrs. Carleton K, Spencer and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Brook lrelan were patrons and patronesses. The Alpha Chi Omega house en tertained with a tea Thursday, in honor of their new house mother, Mrs. Harriet Wright. About fifty invitations were issued to people outside of the house. Mrs. Har riet Wright, Miss Mary Hathaway, Miss Mary Jane Kustin and Miss Norma Wilson were in the receiv ing line. Mrs. Arthur Bushman poured and Mrs. Lynn Roycroft cut the ices. Autumn flowers and foilago were used in decoration, and the centerpiece was in autumn tones. The members of the sophomore class at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house gave a cabaret dinner dance, Saturday evening, from five until eight o’clock to honor their pledges Lady Nicotine Has Strayed ' From Ancient Haunts Traditions Seem Fading Away With Familiar Landmarks Lady Nicotine lias changed her ■ habitation. Such will be the first thought of the old grad who re turns to the campus at Homecom ing time and sees the driveway widened west of Johnson hall where once the dree stood which was her . dwelling 'p'aPe- For Lady Nico- j tine is a dryad, and the tree was . her especial favorite. 1 It is true that sombreros are still < to be seen in the neighborhood of the one-time stronghold of the dry- i ad, wreathed in clouds of smoke, 1 as though Camels, and other sacri ficial offerings were still being burned at her shrine. But it is also true that numerous other trees in the same parking have their ' little benches enveloped in haze. There are many Nicotine Trees ; where once there was The Nicotine Tree. And Lady Nicotine surely 1 cannot inhabit them all. Yes, the old grad will think, the ' youngsters are wandering after ' false gods. Of course, there is still the Senior Bench, beloved of the class of ’10 and all their lofty successors as seniors. But with one tradition gone, who knows? The bench may one day be hacked up to help make ' the foundation for the new Student Union building. The millrace may ' like as not be a yachting course in stead of a place for the tried and 1 rusty canoe. (Old grads substitute “boat” for “canoe.”) And thus rises the “Greater University.” (It is rumored that Douglas Far rell, who many and many a time enjoyed the shelter of those branches, was one of those who plied the ax.) Speakers to Visit Houses; Give out Buttons Today The Bepublican club of the Uni versity of Oregon will launch its membership tlrivo on the campus tomorrow. No membership fee is to be charged and in joining no po litical obligations are incurred. The club is merely to stimulate voting interest in the student body. Any student regardless of ago can be a member of the organization. Speakers will visit each living organization tomorrow noon, equip ped with blanks and election but tons for those who wish to join the club. For those students living outside of organizations blanks and buttons will be available at the C'ampa Shoppe. Plans for the drive will be fur thered at a meeting in room 105 of the Oregon building at 5 o’clock this afternoon. The executive com mittee will be present and anyone interested in the club is invited. Plans will be outlined also for the part of the club in the welcome of the Coolidge caravan in Eugene, October 30. Students registered in cities other than Eugene can vote here by obtaining certificates of regis tration from the county clerk in the county where they are reg istered. Further information about voting may bo obtained from the executive committee of the club, |the members of which are Junior ISeton, chairman, Randall Jones, Don Woodward, Willard Marshall, Marion Dickey, Morton Coke, Mary 'Skinner and Margaret Vincent. DAILY TEXAN RANKS THIRD AMONG COLLEGE PAPERS University of Texas.—(By P. I. N. S.) According to statistics ro contlv received the circulation of the Texan ranks third among all' the daily papers issued by the col leges of the world. With a circu- . 1st ion of Lkl.UOO copies per day, the paper of the University of Califor nia heads the list, while the paper put out by the University of min e's ranks second. The Texan, which has a circulation of 6,000 copies | per issue, runs a close third. STUDENTS ARE URGED TO VOTE AT ELECTION Registration Certificates Must be Secured With the coming election as near is it is, students who are of vot ng age are urged to vote in Eu jene by obtaining certificates of heir registration in their home pre incts, from their county clerks, rhis may be done by naming the lumber of the precinct in which he student has registered. Then, >v presenting the certificate to the ■lection board of the precinct in Eugene in which he resides, any itudent of voting age may vote lere. A section of the absent voter’s aw says: “Any registered elector vho may be absent from the county m the dav cf election may procure :rom the county clerk of his county i certificate of his registration. On i request stating in which precinct mch elector registered, such county ■lerk shall make such certificate mder the seal of the county court ind the same may be accepted by he election officials of any pre linct of any 'county of the state is evidence of the right of the per 1011 named therein to vote for state md district officers and measures is the case may be. ■ ■ oucn ceruncaie snau oe suujeci ;o challenge as is the voter’s list provided for by this act and shall )e invalid for all purposes after he next general election for state ifficers following the date of issu mce and shall be returned to the sounty clerk in the manner pro vided by this act for returning Bank ‘A’ affidavits, and by him •eturned to the county clerk who ssued the same.” The Oregon state election law portaining to voting provides for ;he same actions with few modifi cations. It states that the certifi iate shall be subject to challenge is is the voter’s list provided for 5y this act, and shall be invalid for all purposes after the general, primary or special election follow ,ng the date <of issue, and shall be sealed and returned to the county :lerk in the manner provided by chic act for returning blank ”A” affidavits. NO FEES COLLECTED FOR CO-OP TICKETS “There is not a word of truth in the statement that the regist rar ’s office is collecting a fee for the Co-op tickets that were given out during registration,” says Mr. L. H. Johnson, University comptrol ler. “The only registration fee is a of the regular registration fee is a fifty cent tax for the Homecoming luncheon.” There seems to be an impression on .the campus that the registrar’s office made an extra charge for the Co-op tickets, when the fees were collected, which is erroneous. Every student automatically be came a member of the Co-op or ganization on signing a card, dur ing registration. CLASS OF UNIVERSITY HIGH TO PRESENT PLAY “Napoleon,” a three-act' play written by Bradford Datson, a stu dent in the University high school, will be presented by the modern history class, of which lie is a mem ber, within the next few weeks. The play shows Napoleon at the age of 10, later during the Egypt ian campaign, and then at the time of his coronatibn as emperor of France. Datson, who is the son of Mrs. Edna Datson Davis, matron of Friendly hall, will direct the pro duction. The role of Napoleoij will lie taken by Robert Allen, wilt) is the son of Eric . Allen, dean ot the school of journalism. GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY PLAY VOLLEYBALL The first volleyball game of the year for the school of business ad ministration was played the first of this week. The game was be tween the graduate students in the COMING SOON! department and the members of the faculty. “The faculty won as usual and has been winning since,” Dean Eobbins said, “although they suffered some injuries.” C. L. Kelly threw out a vertebra in the first game and Dean Eobbins strained his teft arm so that he is still slightly crippled. The teams play three times a week. TENNIS FINALS TO END LATTER PART OF WEEK The first round of the varsity tennis tournament has been played, and the rest of the matches wlil be run off the latter part of the week. The winner of this tournament will be given one dozen tennis balls by the University Co»op store. The results of the matches so far are: HebSr from Meyer, by de fault; McBride from Britts, 6-2, 6-0; Crary frcrm Adams, 6-3, 5-7, 8-6; Mead from Van Waters, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Veazie from Eeed, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Okerberg from Beyfuss, 6-1, 6-2; Hubbard from Mclntosn, o-i, 6- 3; Gamboa from Miller, 6-4, 3-6, 7- 5; Hayden and Westergren have a match to play. FORMER OREGON PEOPLE ATTEND OTHER COLLEGES . Miss Evelyn Foster, former as sistant in the reference department of the library, is using her leave of absence for the year by attend ing the University of Illinois li brary school. Miss Gladys Joslyn, former office' secretary, is study ing at Oregon Agricultural college. Miss Melba Williams, of the reserve department, is studying music in Grinnell college, Grinnell, Iowa, un der Arthur 'Faguy-Cote, formerly of the University of Oregon school of music. CALIFORNIA ROOTERS EARN FARE TO GAME University of California.—(By P. I. N. S.)—Competitive drftwing con tests are being held on the Univer sity of California campus to raise money to send rooters to the Wasli ington-California game in Seattle, You owe one to Yourself Have you ever considered the many advantages of a portable typewriter in college and in all your after life? Ask any upper classman who uses one, and he will give you some valuable pointers. 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