•VOLUME XXVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1924 NUMBER 47 Jo FORENSIC TEAM PREPARING FOR O.I.C. CONTEST Whether Congress Should Overrule Supreme Court Decisions > is Question MEMBERS OF VARSITY TEAM EXPERIENCED Oregon Affirmative Will Go to Corvallis; Judges Will Be Chosen Later The Oregon debate team, which will meet O. A. C., Thursday even ing, January 8, is working in tensively on the debate question in order to have their cases completed before the Christmas vacation be gins, according to H. E. Bosson, forensics coach. Herechdl Brown, Sol Abramson, Curtis Erwin, and Benoit McCroskey will comprise the two teams' that will meet the Cor vallis debaters. “Besolved: That Congress by Two-thirds Majority Should Have Power to Overrule Decisions of the Supreme Court Declaring Acts of Congress Undpnstirtutional|” th,e question to be debated, is being used extensively by Pacific coast schools in debates and speaking contests this year, said Kfr. ^Bosson. Topics Used at Stanford At the Pacific coast extempore speaking contest held at Stanford last week this question >was the main topic. California, O. A. C., and Willamette will meet the de bate tea'm of the University of West Virginia on this subject when this school makes its tour < of Janni Myrra, world champion javelin thrower and John nie Sholtz, sprijjter, following the Olympic games at Paris last sum mer, in which he placed in the pole vault event. While attending Lincoln high school in Portland, Spearow was vaulting close to college records. He now holds _the Pacific coast intercollegiate record and the na tional intercollegiate records also, which he broke last spring at the Olympic try-outs here. In the University he majored in psychology and in 1923, he won the Koyl cup, which is presented each year to the best representative jun ior man. While attending college, he was also filling the pulpit of the Pres; byterian church at Cottage Grove. Before entering high school, he was a minister at St. Helens. This will be the last assembly of the fall term and part of it will be taken up by the student body meet ing, the second of the year. ALPHA XI DELTA HOUSE Between 75 and 80 dollars in money was stolen, while jewelry and other valuables amounting to a great deal more than that were left untouched when the Alpha Xi Delta house was entered and robbed at about 4:30 Sunday morning. The intruder came in through the basement and went up to the sec ond floor where he carefully went through three of the study rooms, taking nothing but the money. Apparently supposing every one to be asleep on the sleeping porch he started to enter the room of Mrs. Giffen, the housemother, and in doing so, awakened her. She started up, frightening him so that he very quickly closed her door and literally rushed down the stairs and through the basement again. The police were notified as soon as the loss was discovered. The “gentleman” was very orderly about his work as nothing in the rooms was disturbed. Even dresser drawers which had been ransacked were left in orderly condition. LAMAR TOOZE RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS ILLNESS Lamar Tooze, ’16, now connected with the University gift campaign, has been ill with typhoid-pneu monia for the past two weeks, and is now convalescing at his home in Eugene. CALL MADE FOR OREGANA PHOTOS Augusta DeWitt, Editor,! Has Set End of Term as | Deadline for Pictures OLD MAKE-UP RETAINED Subscription Drive Planned Earl^ in Winter Term; Price Same as Last Year All student pictures must be tak en before the first of next term, as none will bp accepted after that time. This is a statement made yesterday by Augusta DeWitt, edi tor of the Oregana. Students in living organizations already sched uled, who have failed to make ap pointments, should call up the pho tographer at once, and arrange a convenient time for a sitting. Those not in living organizations whose pictures will appear in, the annual si!ould make similar appointments. The schedule for the rest of the term is: Thursday, Gamma Phi Beta; Friday: Sigma Beta Phi and Tan Nu; Saturday: Sigma Pi Tau; 'Sunday, Psi Kappa; Monday, Kap pa Omicrpi} and students not in liv ing organizations; and Tuesday: any Students who have not as yet made appointments. Anyone wish ing their pictures taken during exam week should make arrange ments with Kennel-Ellis. "Several 'Changes Contemplated "While there will be no extensive (manges in the book as a whole, Several sectional changes will be 'effected. The literary section will "have illustrated backgrounds, a different design for each page; the sport section will be conducted much differently, as will be the wo men’s physical education pages, many more pictures than usual be ing used, with a summary of the events explaining the illustrations. Ward Cook and Wilbur Wester have been appointed assistants to George Godfrey, editor of the sports sec tion. IThe annual as a whole will be worked outin a blue color scheme, with a shaded old ivory paper. New bouse and pin cuts will be used in organizations sections. House, [ group, and special pictures will be taken the first of next term. "Oregon Drive Planned A subscription drive for the 1925 book will probably be held during the second week of the winter term, the campaign being concentrated into two days. The same system as has heretofore been used, will again govern the drive, representa tives being appointed in each living organizations to take care of the sale within their house, and cpmpus solicitors to have charge of seeing | outside students. The cost of the book is the same as usual, $4.50. Gibson Wright, manager of the Oregana and Kenneth Stephenson are trying _to work out an original idea for publicity during the camr paign, the results of which will be made known while the solicitors are at work. PORTLAND JOURNALIST SPEAKS TO STUDENTS William H. Warren, assistant city editor of the Oregonian, visited the campus yesterday, speaking to Prof. George Turnbull’s reporting class and visiting Dean Eric W. Allen’s editing class. Mr. Warren sketched briefly what the metropolitan newspaper expects of its reporters, and also outlined the development of the modern newspaper within the last 20 years. He was a guest at a luncheon given by Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national journalism fraternity. MANUFACTUEE OF PAPES TO BE SHOWN BY PICTTJBES Moving pictures or the making j of paper will be shown at Villard | hall at 9 o’clock Thursday morn-1 ing by the courtesy of the Zeller bach Paper company of Portland. These pictures are shown in con nection with Dean Eric W. Allen’s publishing class, and may be at tended by anyone else that cares to come. Campus Groups Pledge Support Up to 10 p. m. last night, the following houses had pledged 100 per cent to buy tickets for the “Tiny” Shields Christmas Day Benefit football game.” Delta Gamma. Bachelordon. Phi Gamma Delta. Psi Kappa. PHI CHI THEN CHAPTER APPEARS ON CAMPUS Commerce Groups Combine Into One Organization The two honorary and profe» sional commerce groups for women, Phi Theta Kappa and Phi Kappa Epsilon, have been combined into one organization, Phi Chi Theta. The organizations were practically the same, except for the fact that the latter was more prominent in eastern colleges; and the former, m western colleges. Besides the Oregon chapter of Phi Chi Theta, formerly Phi Theta Kappa, the two nearest chapters are at O. A. C. and the ‘University of California. There are twelve chap ters in the national fraternity. The local group petitioning Phi Theta Kappa was formed here in 1919, and obtained the national ehartor during the following year. The group entertains for the women visitors in the annual convention of commercial club delegates. Its ■members also maintain a scholar ship of fifty dollars, the money for which is chiefly raised by doughnut sales, to be awarded on the basis of grades and activities to some girl in the department, not neces sarily a member of the fraternity. The. present officers of the Uni versity of Oregon chapter of Phi Chi.Theta are as follows: president, Imniso Inabnit; vice-president, El len McClellan; secretary, Mabel Armitage; and treasurer, Ida Belle Tremayne. INITIATION IS PLANNED BY NATIONAL HONORARY Dr. George Rebec, dean of the graduate school, will give the Phi Beta Kappa address at the annual fall ceremony to be held tomorrow night. The initiation of new mem bers will be held at 5:30 in Alum ni hall of the Woman’s building, and the banquet at 6:00 at the An chorage. Dr. Rebec will speak on “American Culture.” Responses will be made by Pat Morrissette and Florence Buck. Professors Mary H. Perkins, of the English department, president of the Oregon chapter, will be toastmaster at the banquet. The initiates elected last month are: Rupert Bullivant, Harry IIu lac, John Rogers, Mrs. Bessie Christensen, Martha Shull, Pat (Continued on Page Four) SHIELDS BENEFIT FUND INCREASES EAST ON CAMPUS Letters are Received From All Over State Pledging Support to Aid Gridster MANY OREGON ALUMNI STARS TO PLAY IN GAME Christmas Day Gridiron Contest Will be Real Battle Between Rivals Hand in hand with the fast grow ing student response supporting the “Tiny” Shields’ benefit game, is the support and eagerness shown by former Oregon grid luminaries to play in the benefit football contest on Christmas day. Daily from all piarts of the state, come letters from former Lemon Yellow gridsters who are looking forward with much anticipation to again enter the arena and fight for Old Oregon and also help benefit their former gridiron-brother, Tiny Shields in his battle for a “new back.” These former football war riors expect no reward for their services and expect to do every thing free in order that every cent may go into a fund direct to Tiny Shields, which will aid in the pay ing of the fast mounting doctors' fees. Former Stars to Enter The Oregon all-star alumni foot ball eleven will be chosen from a rather impressive array of former stellar gridsters. The list so far in cludes the following former grid heroes: Fullbacks, Hollis Hunting ton, Hugh Latham and Everett Brandenberg. Quarterbacks: Shy Huntington, Bill Steers, Anson Cor nell, Skeet Manerud, Hal Chapman, Bill Reinhart, and Jack Latourette. Halfbacks: George King, Dutch Gram, Moe Sax, Dean Walker, John Parsons, Thomas Chapman, Leonard Jordan. Ends: Martin Howard, Russ Colmau, Lloyd Teg art, Stan Anderson, Rutherford Brown, Gordon Moores, and Wil liam Chandler. Tackles: Dick Reed, Spike Leslie, Wallace Canfield, John Beckett, Ken Bartlett, and Bill Holden. Guards: Carl Mautz, Baz Williams, Bob Earl, Bart Spell man, Glen Scott, Pete Barto and Elmer Storie. Centers: Prink Cal lison. Brick Leslie, Jake Risley, Bart Loughlin, and George Hug. Huntington will Play One of the interesting features of the Christmas day grid contest will be the fact that Shy Hunting ton, former Oregon football coach, who coached Tiny Shields, will play in the game to aid the man who used to help him win football contests while he was coach here. All the Oregon football stars who are participating in the benefit game are possessed with much the (Continued on Page Four) OREGON’S REPRESENTATIVES TELL OF ORATORICAL CONVENTION TRIP “Football is the big thing down south now. Both California and Stanford are united to defeat the two eastern teams which are com ing out for the post-season games. They are supporting each other to the limit. Enthusiasm is noticeable all over the campuses and among outsiders as well.” this was a statement made by Sol Abramson, Oregon’s representative at the Pa cific Coast Oratory convention held at Palo Alto, California, who re turned recently from the south. Abramson remarked on the evi dent lack of support of oratory and debate shown by the southern col leges, expressing the belief that the interest shown in forensics by Ore gon students is much greater than that of the Californians. At the extemporaneous speaking contest, one of the main parts of the con vention in which Abramson was Oregon’s speaker, he noticed the disheartening effect of talking in the large auditorium before about 250 people, The attitude of the student bodies toward U. S. C. in regard to the athletic situation is not as intense as is supposed, Abramson said. A great number of the stu dents sympathize with U; 8. C. ’a predicament and are pleased that she is getting intersectional games. “One novel experience I had was that of eating strawberry shortcake in December,” Abramson said. He also was greatly impressed' ,with the beauty of the campus. “Informality won the Pacific Const extempore speaking contest held at Stanford last week," said Coach Oscar A. Brown who made the trip to the southern university with Sol Abramson. “The informal style of speaking was clearly shown by the California men who won the contest. The other speak ers used the formal, mechanical method of presentation while the winner’s speeches approached, in informality, those of the Oxford debaters who appeared here.” Mr. Brown said that the sojourn of the Oregon representatives in. (Continued on Page Four)