•VOLUME XXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1924
NUMBER 47
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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 <<jf the
west soon. O. A. C. is also planning
an extensive eastern trip during
which its debaters will speak
against men from several colleges
of the east, on the snpreme court
issue.
Of the two team's thaft will meet
the O. A. C. men, the affirmative
team will debate the O. A. C. nega
tive squad here and the Oregon
negative team will journey to Cor
vallis. Judges will be chosen from
lists prepared by each of the two
schools and checked by the other.
The men on the squad ■wall
probably return to the campus be
fore the end of the Christmas va
cation in order to prepare the fini
ishing touches to their speeches.
Oregon Men Experienced
All of the Oregon men have had
some kind of experience in public
speaking. Brown debated for the
University in the Oregon-Stanford
debate at Palo Alto last year. He
has also had experience in other
speaking contests on the campus.
Abramson won the Jewett prize
in an extempore speaking class
contest last year and also repre
sented Oregon at the Pacific coast
extempore speaking contest held at
Stanford last week when the same
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Gymnasium Class
Revives Pastime
Of Ancient Days
"Parry and thrust! Thrust and
parry!'” These are the words that
float often from the men’s gym
nasium these days, since the class
in fencing Was organized.
Nine men, James Leake, Wayne
Leland, Donald' McCook, Lyle
Wynd, T\ Tlubbard, Paul Krausse,
Herbert Powell, M. Spatz and Sam
Lockwood, have signed up for this
course under “Rudy” Fahl, assist
ed by John Bell, Reginald Heber
and William Davisson.
Since the physical examination
is being given this week, there will
be no more of these classes until
next term, when anyone wishing
to may sign up for the course at
the gymnasium office. The hours
for the class, while as yet unde
cided, will probably be from 4 to 6
o’clock every day of the week.
L'OMBRA TO BE GIVEN
TONIGHT AT ARMORY
Opera Comique Sponsored
By University Women
“L’Ombra,” which is making a
coast to coast tour in its initial ap
pearance in the United States, will
be presented under the auspices of
the local chapter of the American
Association of University Women
at the Eugene Armory tonight.
This opera comique in three acts
was written by Friedrich von Flo
tow, who became prominent in
operatic work following the publica
tion of his opera, “Martha.”
“L’Ombra” was first produced in
Paris, Franee, at the Imperial
Theatre of the Opera Comique, on
July 17, 1870. It is written in the
light Italian style, and win be sung
in English.
An all-star cast will take part in
tonight’s performance. Stella Nor
elli-Lamont, colorature soprano, and
Suzanne France, a lyrie soprano,
are the important women singers in
“L’Ombra.” Oarl Formes, baritone,
and Obrad Djurin, tenor, take the
two prominent masculine roles. Ar
thur Lydell is pianist and musical
director.
The story of “L’Ombra,” which
means shade, centers about Vespina,
a young widow. This part is taken
by Stella Norelli-Lamont. Fabriz
io, an artist and wood-carver, rents
an apartment from the widow.
Gina, a beautiful maiden who is
seeking a place as a servant, sud
denly appears upon the scene. She
accepts an offer made by Fabrizio,
whose resemblance to a nobleman,
Count Eollecourt, whom she be
lieved dead, disturbes her. Vespina
immediately becomes jealous; but
Doctor Mirouet intervenes, because
of the conflict. Vespina is in love
with the artist; and Gina is, also.
The young artist is in love
with Dina, and the Doctor has also
succumbed to her charms. All of
the obstacles are removed by the
dotftoT, and the opera ends happily.'
This opera is under the manage
ment of the Associated Musieal
Bureaus of America.
BLACK AND WHITE TERROR SPREADS
DESTRUCTION ON OREGON CAMPUS
By E. G.
All was quiet on the sleeping
poreh. Peaceful snores filled the
air.
Suddenly, shattering the atmos
phere, these arose from an upper
deck a prolonged moan of such an
guish, that everyone awoke with a
start, and in rigid horror listened
to a frenzied outpouring that
chilled their very souls.
Wailing and broken phrases,
such as, “European name for
onion;” “Breakfast food — 9;”
“ar and ending in z;” “export of
Timbuctoo,” smote the ears of the
trembling listeners.
Finally several of the braver
spirits conquered their horror and,
with the assistance of the entire
hourse, held the raving unfortunate
in his bed, while the ambulance
came rapidly, and carried him, still
raving and struggling violently, to
the infirmary.
And this was only a forerunner
of the terrible plague that has gone
down in history as the Black and
White Terror, or the Great Cross
word Puzzle Plague.
Thousands on every side suc
cumbed. They were stricken every
where. In class some poor doomed
soul would begin to talk wildly
and brokenly of shoestrings and
Asiatic dieties, and his comrades,
with their blood running cold and
with sickening horror in their souls,
would lead him gently to the over
crowded infirmary before the fatal
malady should reach its most vio
lent form.
Oh, those ghastly days and nights
of dread and fear! Long did the
plague ravage the land of Oregon.
Many were the brilliant minds that
succumbed to the pestilence, and
although the horror was seldom
fatal it left an indelible mark upon
its victims.
All the greatest minds of the vi
cinity gathered to devise a means
of combating this evil. Finally
after many weary hours of re
search it was decided that the only
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HOOP MEN GET
BASIC TUNING
‘Barnstorming’ Trip Called
Off as Whole Squad is
Unable to Go on Tour
PRACTICE IS IMPROVING
Coach Reinhart Stressing
Team on Fundamentals
And Mastery of Plays
“A basketball team is no better
than its knowledge of the funda
mentals,” declared “Billy” Rein
hart, basketball coach. And he has
been emphasizing this fact (o his
basketball squad in the practices
given thus far.
Tip to this time nothing but fun
damentals, pure and simple, have
been given the men, and nothing
but fundamentals will be given
them until after they return from
the Christmas holidays. The great
er part O'f the practice is devoted
to handling the ball, passing, pivot
ing, dribbling, shooting, and co
ordination of movements.
Plays Given Attention ....
Accuracy in passing, elimination
.of stops, and the meeting of passes
must still receive much attention.
The proper execution of the pivot,
balance, speed, and movements on
completion, their proper use on the
floor ^.nd their relation to other
plays, makes necessary an endless
amount of drill.
The proper use of the dribble, the
■position Of the ball and body, the
development of stride and speed are
obstacles -which even the most tal
ented players have much difficulty
in perfecting.
In shooting baskets, the balance,
relaxation, development of touch
in the fingers and the feel of the
shot, are fundamentals which re
quire much time to be mastered.
"Improvement Is Shown
'The men show a marked im
provement since the first of the
year,” 'Reinhart said. “Their
knowledge of the fundamentals has
increased with each practice. After
the holidays I will start scrimmage
and the real value of the time spent
on fundamentals will then ' be
shown.”
“The ‘barnstorming’ trip which
was planned, has been called off,”
Reinhart declared. “The reason for
this is because only a few, not
more than "ten, O'f the present squad
could be taken, consequently only
these ten men would receive the
| practice I want the whole squad to
receive. I have more than ten men
who are excellent prospects for the
team.”
Gowans to "Return
The plans now are for the whole
squad to return for practice Decem
ber 29. Then the process of weed
ing out will start, and the- squad
cut to a number which will enable
Reinhart to give more attention to
individuals.
Russ Gowans, a two year letter
man, will return to school next
Monday. He has been having regu
lar workouts in Portland and is in
good condition. He will probably
start practice immediately on his
return.
SENIOR BALL TICKETS
ON SALE THIS WEEK
The ticket sale for the Senior
ball is open at the Co-op the rest
of this week to senior men. Be
ginning next week, juniors, sopho
mores and faculty members not
acting as patrons can take advan
tage of the sale. This is one af
fair of the year to which freshmen
men are excluded because it is ne
cessary for those attending the ball
to appear in formal attire. Every
one else is urged to come, and the
committee hopes to have all tickets
sold before the Christmas vacation.
Patrons and patronesses as chosen !
by the committee are Dean Virginia
Judy Esterly, Dean and Mrs. John
Straub, Dean and Mrs. F. G.
Young, Dean and Mrs. George
Rebec, Dean and Mrs. Eric W.
Allen, Dean Mrs. E. C. Robbins,
Dean and Mrs. Ellis F. Lawrence,
Dean and Mrs. H. D. Sheldon, Dean
and Mrs. William G. Hale and
Dean John J. Landsbury.
Japanese Prints
Placed on Exhibit
By School of Art
Japanese prints, some of which
are owned by the school of ar
chitecture and ^allied arts and
others which have been lent for
a short time, are now to be seen
in the gallery in the arts build
ing. The exhibition of the paint
ings of Tokioj Ueyanua, which
has been here for some time, is
boxed ready for shipment back
to the artist. The prints are to
be used as illustration for the art
appreciation course at 9 a. m.
Wednesday, and 10 a. m. Friday.
The design qualities of the
prints will be the theme of the
art appreciation lectures on these
two days, according to N. B.
Zane, fine 'arts instructor. Ex
amples of ocnidental applications
will also be shown, ns well as
a practical demonstration of the
use of prints in the home, Pro
fessor Zane states.
ASSEMBLY THURSDAY
Internationa! Significance of
Athletics Topic
Ralph Spearow, University of
Oregon entrant to the Olympic
games, will address the assembly,
Thursday on “International Signifi
cance of Athletics.” Spearow has
recently returned from a tour of
Japan, where, last month in an un
official meet, he broke the world’s
record in the pole vault at the
height of 13 feet, 10 1-4 inches.
Spearow made this trip in the
company > 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
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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
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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.
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