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Library VOLUME XXVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924 NUMBER 37 DECKS CLEARED FOR AGGIE BATTLE; HISTORY SHOWS OREGON VICTORIES VARSITY IRKS UNTIL DARK FOR LAST BIG CLASH Squad in Good Mid-Season Form; Strong Offense is Aim of Coach Maddock OREGON SCORE TOTAL LARGEST FOR SEASON Aggie Eleven Bolstered by Return of Men to Game; Teams Evenly Matched (By Wilbur Wester) Seventeen times has Oregon walloped the Aggies in the past 29 years. Only five times has the varsity lost, while seven clashes have ended in ties. With this brilliant record before them, and working well into the dark each night, the varsity is swinging into excellent shape for the big game with the Aggie eleven at Corvallis next Saturday. With the squad in regular mid season form, Maddock is spending more time this week in helping build up a formidable offense against some of the aerial and speedy end run plays of the Beaver team. The offense of the varsity is working in good shape, so in stead of heavy scrimmage the squad spends considerable time in correcting a few of their outstand ing faults of their defensive game, together with a little time in sig nal practice. Beavers Gain Strength The Beaver eleven has been con siderably strengthened by the re turn of two men on the team from the injured list. Jim Dixon, one of the best men on the Aggie line is again working out at tackle after recovering from an injured elbow. Clarence Bell, a valuable halfback, is now in the line-up after having broken a finger in an early season tilt. With these two men in the line-up, the Aggies have an intact squad, no man being seriously in jured at the present time. In comparing the scores of Ore (Continued on Pape Four} Martin, American Tenor, Will Appear Tonight In Concert At Christian Church Riccardio Martin, the great American tenor, appearing in con cert tonight at 8:30 at the First Christian church is called by crit ics “The American Caruso.” Mr. Martin, who is not only one of the great operatic tenors but a splen did concert artist as well, has been especially praised by' Portland critics after his recital there last week. Tickets for students, on sale at the Co-op, Lara way’s music shop, and the Christian church tonight, can be purchased for 55 cents if the student body tickets are pre sented, and tickets for adults are on sale for $1.10. These special rates have been made possible by Benjamin Edwards, musie instruc tor in the Eugene Bible Univer sity, through whose efforts it has been made possible to hear Mr. Martin in Eugene. The program tonight includes arias from operas in which he has won fame, as well as imodern clas sic songs. Deserving special men tion are the song, “Arioso” from I 'Plagliacci and two piano num bers, one a dance of Sarabande. The piano numbers are by Hubert Carlin who is himself an artist and who has proved himself a most sympathetic accompanist. Mr. Mar tin is a linguist and sings equally well in German, French, Italian, and English. His program tonight includes numbers in the latter three languages. Mr. Martin is a thorough music student. He has made a special study of the technique of music and in addition to his fame as a tenor he has written several songs which have been published. RUDOLF ERNST TO GIVE TALK IN ALUMNI HALL Dr. Rudolf Ernst will speak on the subject “The Ethics of Shafts bury” at the first meeting of the Philosophy club to be held this evening at 7:30 o ’clock in Alumni hall of the Woman’s building. The increasing attention being paid to Shaftsbury in this country should imake Dr. Ernst’s subject one of keen interest to students both of literature and philosophy, the club believes. His talk will be followed by discussion. Anyone interested is invited fo attend the meeting. CHARACTER INTERPRETATION GOOD IN LATEST GUILD HALL PRODUCTION (By Leon Byrne) (Editor’s note: yesterday’s review of the current Guild hall attrac tion, “Princess Bebe,” came to the editorial desk too late to appear in its entirety in Wednesday’s Emer ald. Following is a resume of character interpretation in the play as evaluated by the Emerald critic.) Charlotte Banfield, playing the title role in “Princess Bebe,” Fergus Beddie, in the opposite part of Prince Stephan, Evelyn Leader, as the “ Woman-with-the-Scar,” and Darrell Larsen, as the “Choco late Count,” all have the finish and technique* of professionals. Mi;. Larsen, at rare intervals, suggests the polished suavity of a Barry more. True—Guild hall reposes in the backwoods of Oregon; Broad way is a far cry. Yet, Mr. Larsen suggests Broadway. Perhaps the cry is not so far. Twenty-six names appear in the cast of characters. The stage at times, being small, appears clut tered. Nevertheless, director Bed die makes the most of his stage and his personnel. The settings are simple and effective—^unobtru sive. Of the large cast, several do work that is arresting. Clifford Zehrung, as the astute emperor of Suavia, is impressing. While the critic is so kindly handing out fu tures to the local aspirants to fame, Zehrung must not be overlooked. He should arrive. Gerda Brown, as the archaic Baroness, is amusing as well as in teresting. Beth Fariss is excellent in the—is it the nineteenth or twentieth—old lady’s part she takes. One wonders if this young lady, whose work always bears the stamp of earnestness and a fine in-, tuition, must always be relegated to old-ladydom. Claire Gibson does a piece of work that has color. Tom Crosth waite, playing a bit, gives to it an imaginativeness and a graceful ness. Joe Frazer so effectively in terprets the spirit of inebriation in the final act that he threatens to steal the scene. Florence Couchr must we confess ourselves Epi cureans, leaves in our aesthetic palate a taste of freshness, even sweetness; yes, we almost fell in love with her. “Princess Bebe” appears for the last time tonight, at Guild hall. Yes, it is decidedly worth the price of admission. Only, be sure, when you leave the hall, that Benavente isn’t laughing derisively, up his sleeve, at you. WHERE IS THAT OREGON FIGHT? What has become of that famous Oregon fight— that fight which raged at the Washington game? Where is the fight that broke loose the Monday following the Washington game? Is it dead? Is it merely dormant? The situation is becoming serious. Are you talking, thinking and living the game with 0. A. C.? Few realize that Saturday will mark the annual battle with our bitterest rival. All of our attention has been given to a coming social function: namely, the Sophomore In formal. The Sophomores are going to postpone their dance. They are among the first to feel we must prepare for a BATTLE. Remember that 0. A. C. always plays her best against Oregon. Unless we revive old Oregon fight, she has a chance to defeat us. 0. A. G. is wild for victory. Her team is keyed up to the highest pitch. Are we going to stop ’em? We sure are. We’re not only going to stop ’em, but we’re going to smash ’em. Get up your fighting spirit. Eat, sleep, drink, think and talk the game. Nothing can stop Oregon. Make the Oregon fight even beat the spirit shown at Homecoming. Back Joe—fight with the team—and bust the Beavers. (Signed) FRED MARTIN, Yell King. TO BE HELD SATURDAY Class Members Are Urged To Help in Work The Sophomore Informal is Sat urday night. “This means,” says Dudley Clarke, chairman of the danee, “that every member of the sophoimore class has to put in all spare time in assisting with the deco rating today, tomorrow, and Satur day if necessary. If every man and woman of the class shows his spirit and puts in a few hours’ work, there will be no necessity of anyone working Saturday. “The committee,” .he continued, “wants to go to the game the same as everyone else, and unless the other members of the class co operate with them it will be impos sible for them to go. Don’t be afraid of arriving at the armory at a time when there is nothing to do. There is plenty of work from 8 o ’clock in the morning until 12 o’clock at night.” It is reported that the sopho mores are spending several hun dred dollars to make the dance a success. The decorations are ex tremely elaborate and as far as is known it is going to be the most striking affair ever given by a class. “To make it a success every sophomore must do his share and every member of the student body must attend,” was Clarke’s warn ing. SOPHOMORE MEETING IS CALLED FOR TODAY A sophomore class meeting has been called for 4:00 p. m. in Villard hall today by Bussell Lawrence, president of the class. “It is imperative that every sophomore be there,” says Law rence, “because several perplexing questions have arisen due to the postponement of the sophomore in formal.” A. S. COOGE8HALL TO GIVE ADfJBESS ON DINOSAUBS Arthur S. Coggeshall, director of education at the -Carnegie Museum in Pittsburg, who is to be the as sembly speaker Thursday, will de liver an illustrated address on di nosaurs in Villard hall at 9:15 Thursday morning. This address, arranged at the request of the de partment of geology, is open to all who are interested. 0. A. C. TEAM READY FOR SATURDAY BATTLE Return of Hixon and Bell Strengthens Lineup ! (By Clifton Booth) (Former Sports Editor Barometer) Corvallis, Ore., . November 19.— (Special to the Emerald)—Once more the time for the annual game between O. A. C. and their arch rivals, the University of Oregon, draws near. The Aggies are pre paring for this game as they have never prepared ^for a fonmjer con test. Under the leadership of Paul J. SchisSler, the team has developed into a fighting, hustling outfit that is primed for the supreme effort. The team is going into the com ing game with the realization that it will have to fight its hardest to have an edge on the score when the last whistle blows. But every" (Confirmed on Page Four) RED GROSS CAMPAIGN COMES TO END TONIGHT The subscriptions for the Red Cross membership drive are not coming in very fast, according to Ivan Houston, chairman of the committee. Although reports are not available yet, the booths in the library and the Co-op-have not been doing a very rushing business, and it is hoped that the organizations will get more encouraging results. Today’s schedule for the booth in the library will be: 8 until 9 o’clock, Bill Peek; 9 until 10, Ivan Houston, and 10 until 11, Mary Fitch. There will be tables in the Woman’s building during the as sembly hour, which will be handled by Mary Skinner, Edwina Richen land Catherine Hencjerson. From 1 until 2 Eaton Humphrey will be in charge; 2 to 3, Bill Poulson; 3 to 4, Paul Schultz, and 4 until 5, James Watts. The table in the Co op, will be maintained just in the morning and around the noon hour, by Edna Murphy and Don Peek. The drive ends tonight and stu dents are urged ft) respond to this worthy cause. Those outside oi i organizations are especially asked j to remember to subscribe, as each house hag a representative taking j care of the subscriptions. Blank checks on local banks have been (Continued on Page Pour) PREHISTORIC AGE ASSEMBLY TOPIC Dr. Coggeshall Will Relate Story of Experiences In Excavating Monsters WORK DONE IN EUROPE Dinosaur Family Authority Noted for Construction Of Ancient Animal Life Prehistoric life will be discussed and {he story of how remains of animals of millions of years ago are excavated and reconstructed will be told at the Woman’s build ing at 11 o ’clock this morning by Dr. Arthur S. Coggeshall of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburg. Dr. Coggeshall’s subject will be “Turning Back the Clock Six Mil lion Years.” He will relate the work he has done in the study of prehistoric life and of the long-ago inhabitants of land and sea. Ancient Animals Filmed The speaker has made a life study of the ancient monsters and is a foremost authority on the dinosaur faimily. His work has , taken him all over North and South Ame ica and throughout Europe. Dr. Coggeshall’s work has brought him recognition from many Euro pean as well as American univer sities. One of the most interesting parts of the work has been the filming of the animals as they lived thousands of years before moving pictures had been thought of. This was done by construct ing the animals out of a rubber substance and taking hundreds of pictures of theim in different posi tions so as to produce the effect of moving pictures. Musical Program Arranged Dr. Coggeshall was with the American Museum of Natural His tory in New York prior to his con nection with the Pittsburg mu seum. He became preparator-in chief of the department of paleon tology at the latter institution in 1899. The musical part of the program will consist of a vocal solo by Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson. DEBATE TEAM ACTIVE IN ENCLISH POLITICS Schooled in politics, two of the Oxford University debaters, who will compete with the University of Oregon trio here on December 3, have had an active part in par tisan strife in England. Malcolm MacDonald, aged 23, son of the erstwhile prime minister, Ramsey MacDonald, contested the Bassetlaw Division of Nottingham shire in the general election of 1923 as a Labor candidate. He was de feated. J. D. Woodruff, an associate on the Oxford team of young MacDon ald, has been an active supporter of H. H. Asquith, until the recent parliaimentary election, the leader of the Liberal members in the House of Commons. M\ C. Hollis, aged 22, the third Oxford debater, is making his mark as a journalist. He has written for one or two English papers and has contributed to the Outlook. Hollis was president of the Oxford Union in 1923. Before entering Balliol College, Oxford, he was a student at Eton. MacDonald, after his public school education, obtained a schol arship in history at Oxford, where at Queen’s college he studied his tory and economics. Woodruff has (Continue* on Page Four) Friday Informal Postponed Until Saturday Night University Faces Athletic Crisis—Student Of ficials Commend Sophomore Action— Dance Will Take Place Saturday Nighjt— Rally Looms Spectacular—Special Train Leaves Villard Hall 10:30 A. M. Saturday ALL FRESHMEN MUST SHOW COLORS BY WEARING ROOTERS HATS TODAY O. A. C. Beaver Will Make Campus Appear ance Today Guarded by Order of “O” Merf—First Time Displayed for Years— Brought From Washington in 1921— Taken From O. A. C. Guardians in 1906 The University of Oregon, mobilizing for a supreme strug gle, was the spectacle yesterday. Until a late hour last, night reports of ceaseless activity poured into official channels, indicating that twenty-five hun dred students will fight the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis next Saturday. Alarmed at the crisis facing the University in the realm of sport, every person in touch with the problem is assisting in the marshalling of the forces. An 0. A. C. victory at this time, considering the ability, previous showing and splendid tradition back of the Oregon team, would be an utter disgrace for the entire University," declared Virgil Earl, director of Oregon athletics, yesterday. "The students can prevent it if they wish." The sophomore class, realizing the necessity for undivided concen tration upon the impending struggle, have postponed their sophomore in formal until Saturday night. A super-rally, challenging the fame of previous student demonstrationa will take place Friday. All men and women of the University will hurl themselves into the breach and generate the electric atmosphere ea sential to victory. "As soon as I stepped into the armory the night of the Washington rally," said Dean Walker, old Oregon football star, yesterday, "I knew the game was won. Wo must repeat the performance." a special Southern Pacific train has been chartered to carry the hosts to the battle field. The train will leave historic Vpiard hall,, 10:30 Saturday morning. Eugene business men have banded themselves to assist the University. A committee of George Hitchcock, G. O. Immiel and “Obak” Wallace are inciting the Eugene populace to attend the fray. Reservations for tickets from alumni all over the state are pour ing into the graduate manager’s of fice by mail, wire and telephone. Student tickets, at the Co-op may bo had for fifty conts and a stu dent body ticket. Beaver on Parade The O. A. C. Beaver, captive of the University since 1921, will be on campus parade today, guarded by a ■contingent of Order of the “O” men. All freshmen must wear root ers’ caps today instead of green lids. Sophomores and iipperclass nien will wear them starting to morrow. “We must display our col ors,” is the decree of Marion Dick ey ’s rally committee. Randall Jones, student body presi dent, will carry a vital message upon Oregon’s threatened honor, to the student body in assembly today. Dance Attendance Urged The sophomore class was ac corded the greatest praise yester day by student body officials for their act in postponing the dance. “ It was an act of genuine un selfishness on the part of the sopho mores,” said Jones. “After the weeks of careful planning it was a real disappointment to have the works gummed at the last mxrment. The student body appreciates thdir splondid co-operation." Every University student is urged by Jones to return to the University Saturday evening and to attend the sophomore informal. “Some of the sophomores,” he said, “are almost sick for fear a great portion of the student body will stay in Corvallis Saturday night. We owe it to the sophomores and to the University to attend this Oregon dance. Let’s let the Ag gies celebrate their own Homecom ing.” The decorations and preparations for the dance are said to be very elaborate. The appearance of the O. A. C. Beaver will recall a series of kid nappings dating back many years. Old Rivalry Recalled The Beaver was stolen, so the historians relate, from O. A. C. in 1906. One year later the Beaver and the Oregon Drum, a symbol sacred to the University, were both stolen by University of Washing ton gentlemen of adventure. In 1921 Bill Ralston and Dan Welsh, Oregon men, went to Seattle after the drum. They failed in their original purpose, as they found the drum safely locked in a safety vault where it is said to reside to day. They did succeed, however, in getting Washington’s Big Stick and the Beaver. They got the Big Stick as far as Portland, where the Washington people recovered it. The Beaver, however, traveled on to Oregon, and today for the first time in years will again see day light.