NUMBER 53
CHER ARTISTS
MEETSTINFORD
Seven Lettermen Back Raise
Prospects for the Season;
Rosenberg Squad Captain
HARD SCHEDULE FACED
Interrfraternity Contest
Planned for End of Term;
Men Urged to Report
Intensive training for varsity
track starts at the beginning of
this term and will continue for the
rest of the season. The varsity
track squad goes up against the
hardiest schedule which has been
lined up for many years.
Immediately after the beginning
of the spring term the squad leaves
for Palo Alto where they will meet
Stanford in a dual meet on April
11. This meet will be a particu
larly hard one for the opener of
the season because it comes just a
week before Stanford’s last meet
of the season with California. The
Cardinals will, bo in the pink of
condition at the end of their sea
son while the Oregon team will bo
just beginning to get into shape.
Bill Hayward is planning on a lot
of intensive work in order to get
prepared for this first competition.
He plans on keeping the most prom
ising men over the spring vacation
for hard work and then putting the
finishing touches on the training
in Palo Alto in order to acclimate
the men before the contest.
Relay Meet Next
On May 2, the Oregon relay teams
■will enter the Washington relays
at Seattle. The four events in
clude half mile relay, mile, two
mile and pentathlon. Some one will
be entered in the pentathlon, an
evdnt in which Oregon has not par
ticipated since the time Art Tuek
starred in it. Hayward will prob
ably enter teams in all the relays.
May 9, Oregon meets Pacific uni
versity in a dual meet at Eugene.
This is the first meet with Pacific
for many years. In the early Ore
gon track history the meet with
Pacific was a regular one on the
schedule.
May 16, the varsity competes
against the University of Washing
ton in a dual meet at Seattle. May
27, on Junior week-end comes the
big dual meet of the season against
the Aggies on Hayward field. The
conference meet eomes on May 29
and 30 at. Corvallis. There is a pos
sibility of Oregon arranging a meet
with U. S. C. on June 6.
90 Men Out Now
At present Hayward has almost
90 men turning out for varsity and
frosh but he insists that there are
many men who are capable of de
veloping into track men who are
not out. Every year a call is is
sued for more men. Although he
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APPEARANCE OF JEANS
DELAYED TILL MONDAY
Sophomore men were unablo to
get their Blue Jeans at Paul Green’s
yesterday. Officials of the sopho
more class lay the failure to the
railroad company who unfortunate
ly sidetracked, in Portland, the
shipment from the factory in Se
attle.
“Word has been received at the
store that the Blue Jeans will be
in Eugene and ready for distribu
tion Saturday afternoon without
fail. The sophomore men have
therefore decided to postpone the
first appearance of this mi*ih
heralded article of wearing apparel
until the following Monday morn
ing.
Russell Lawrence, president of the
class declares that h© expects near
ly every male member of the sec
ond year group to blossom forth
with the Blue Jeans on Monday.
A system has been worked out at
Paul Green’s store, says Lawrence,
whereby the men will not be kept
waiting at the store for long per
iods of time to gert their orders in
their exact size. Those who have
not as yet ordered J?ans will be
able to purchase them at the store,
as a number of extra pairs have
been ordered.
| Students Attend
Meetings In East
During Holidays
Oregon students who went East
during the vacation season as fra
ternity delegates are still drifting
back from the conventions. Paul
Patterson and Fred Martin, have
returned from the Delta Kappa Ep
silon national convention at St.
Louis, Mo., and Jack Day from the
Phi Delta Theta convention at
Cleveland, Ohio.
Ted Gillenwaters, attending the
Alpha Tau Omega convention at
Philadelphia, Pa., is expected back
today. Victor Bisley, who went to
Richmond, Va., to represent his
chapter at. the Phi Gamma Delta
convention, and Don Park the Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon convention at At
lanta, Ga., have not yet returned.
PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN
FOR EMERALD WORK
Better Reporting Stressed
By Managing Editor
A list .of prizes to be given for
exceptional work on the Emerald
| was announced at the staff meeting
! held yesterday afternoon. The
! managing editor, Harold Kirk, out
i lined the work for the term and
listed the requirements for making
the staff.
The proposed list of prizes in
cludes the following: $15 for the
best daily news editor; $15 for the
best daily night editor; tips, three
prizes of $7.50, $5.00 and $2.50;
for the best reporting, three prizes
of $7.50, $5.00 and $2.50; for the
best feature story, three prizes of
$7.50, $5.00 and $2.50. The total
amount of prize money to bo given
will be $75.00. There may be some
changes in the prizes before the
end of the term, the managing edi
tor of the Emerald said.
Special refe^pnce will be given'
to improving the writing in the
paper, said Harold Kirk in outlin
ing the plans for the term, so that
the Emerald may be the best of its
kind. There will be no staff ap
pointments until the end of next
week and every one is urged to try
out for positions.
Anna Jerzvk, assistant managing
editor, was introduced to the staff.
Margaret Skavlan was added to the
editorial board as associate editor, i
STUDENTS TURN OUT
FOR TENNIS GAMES j
Yesterday was the first tennis
day since November that any great
number of hours have been suitable
for playing. Will Grimes, who has
charge of the University tennis
courts chalked up five hours for fol
lowers of the game. “Eight is thes
largest number of students who
have turned out in one ' day this
term and during the good weather,
at the first of the fall term, as
many’ as 375 a day would come
out,” said Mr. Grimes.
The courts are busiest during
February and March, when the var
sity practices are carried on. Dough
nut contests ‘are usually held in
May.
The courts are so constructed
that the water drains off rapidly
after a shower, making them avail- j
able for much more, time than the
students generally suspect, said Dr.
John Bovard, dean of the school of
physical education. The courts can j
i also be mopped up after a shower, i
; enabling the students to play im- j
mediately, he said.
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PROFESSOR TO LEAVE
ON TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
Prof. James A. Miller, of the law :
school, who has been granted leave
; of absence for a year and a half,
I will leave Eugene shortly for
I southern Califoronia where he will
■ recuperate from combined affects
; of pneumonia and overwork. Pro
j fessor Miller was ill late last spring, |
i and before he was entirely well re
! sumed part of his duties as faculty i
| member. Until a new instructor is
secured, Mt. Miller’s classes are
being handled by H. E. Rosson, a
member of the debate coaching
I staff.
Interest in Foreign Youth
Is Object of Y. W. C. A.
Fellowship Committees
OPEN TO CAMPUS WOMEN
Discussions Are Concerned
With Various Phases of
Ten Foreign Countries
Discussion groups, concerned with
foreign countries with the- view to
arousing interest in world fellow
ship and especially in the “youth
movement” in Europe, were or
ganized last term under the direc
i tion of Ellen McClellan, chairman
of the World Fellowship committee
of the local Y. W. C. A. and are to
begin this term. The groups, ten
in number are open to all campuS
women. Those who are interested
may sign up at the Bungalow any
time this week and Monday.
“The aim of the committee is to
foster world fellowship and to bring
foreign and American students on
the campus closer together,” Miss
McClellan explained. “The cam
pus organization is a part of a
widespread interest in world rela
tions and it is the hope of the
promiotors that these discussions
will do much to bring about a bet
ter understanding, among the stu
dents, of world problems,” she con
tinued. “The nations which are to
be studied and whose problems and
outstanding factors are to be dis
cussed are not the gireat world
powers, but others which are worth
considering because of their promi
nence in world affairs, Miss Mc
Clellan further explained. “We
feel that people are bound to learn
of the large# countries in the class
room, but they are not so likely
to study these so extensively,” she
added.
These nations and the leaders
chosen to direct the ^discussion
groups are as follows: Switzerland*
Genevieve Chase; Polanty Beulah
Smith; Korea, Gladys Calif; India,
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NEW MEMBER PLACED
ON BOTANY FACULTY
Louis T. Henderson who was for
sixteen years in the department of
botany at the University of Idaho,
has been added to the faculty of
the ^University of Oregon botany
department for thp next three
months.
Mr. Henderson who has retired
and lives most of the year on his
apple ranch in Hood River, is one
of the early pioneer botanists, and
often worked with Thomas Howell
who wrote the first botany of the
northwest, based on his collection
which is now the property of the
University. * Mr, Henderson is an
alumnus of Cornell university and
was on the Cornell team in the
famous Saratoga Regatta of 1875,
when Yale and Harvard competed.
Mr. Henderson lias discovered
many new species, some of whieh
bear his name. One of the best
known of these is the purple lamb’s
tongue found in southern Oregon
in the region around Grants Pass.
It is scientifically known as
“Erythronium -hendersoni.”
Mr. Henderson is working on fche
flowers of Hood county, including
those on Mt. Hood. He is also go
ing ,over the whole collection of the
University and checking up the
determinations and putting the
sheets in good shape.
This is a very valuable piece of
work for the herbarium, which is
one of the largest in the northwest,
and hag been much disarranged due
to the fact that the department has
not been able to have a specialist
keep it in shape, according to Pro
fessor A. R. Sweetser head of the
botany department.
“The department feels especially
fortunate in having Mr. Henderson
to work over the herbarium, and
hopes that he will be able to spend
at least five months here next
year,” said Professor Sweetser.
Medical Student
Discovers Cause
Of Salmon Poison
Chemical Substance in
Fish Source
Discovery of the cause of sal
mon poisoning, which claims the
lives of numerous dogs each year,
and of the means of remedy,
has been made by T. D. Wyatt, of
Baker, a junior in the medical
school at Portland.
It was only after long investi
gation and intensive experimcnta
. tion that Wyatt was able to dis
cover the actual poison which
causes the mortality and the
means by which the disease might
be cured.
He showed that a chemical sub
stance in the flesh of the fish
is responsible for a poison which
causes a clogging up of the
respiratory organs.
Faculty members of the medi
cal school and Dr. Thomas W.
Boss of the state fish commis
sion, regard the discovery as one
of great importance and they
have commended the young sci
entist heartily.
HRSITY FIVE TO MEET
WILLAMETTE SATURDAY
Struggle Will Be Test of
Oregon’s Strength
Oregon’s 1925 basketball machine
will receive its initial baptism un
der fire on the home floor, when
the quintet lines up against the
speedy Willamette five on Saturday
at 7:30 in the Eugene armory.
The varsity held a ngnt workout
last week against the American Le
gion at Marshfield and triumphed
by a 59-15 se.ere. Tomorrow night,
however, Oregon will meet a team
that has developed a dangerous
scoring combination that might
prove to be a hard offense for the
Oregon hoopsters to stop.
Billy Beinhart, Oregon hoop men- j
tor, is counting considerably on the
ability of Howard Hobson and Buss
Gowans in piling up an impressive
number of “ringers” in tomorrow’s
contest. These two men have play
ed a season together at forward
and should work fairly smoothly in
the tilt against the Bearcats. Boy
Okorberg will not doubt handle the
tip-off job, with either of the fol
lowing four men playing at guard:
Frank Beinhart, Chuck Jost, Jerry
Gunther or “Swede” Westergren.
It is practically a toss-up between [
these four men as to who will start
under the Oregon basket.
The contest should serve some
what as a yardstick to measure the
real strength of the Oregon quintet.
The varsity has more than its share
of green material. These new men, j
however, are showing up very well, I
but whether they can stand the !
strain under real fire will be i
brought out in this game.
Oregon has a very light team, but
what it lacks in weight it is trying
to develop in speed. Short passes
are a predominating feature in the ;
varsity style of play. In the de-j
fensive wrork, Billy Ileinhart is try- \
ing to develop a zone-defense sys
tem. This style of defense when !
mastered is very effective and !
whether a green team can take up
this new style will be plainly j
brought out in the Oregon-Beareat 1
tilt tomorrow.
LAW STUDENT RECOVERING
FROM SERIOUS OPERATION
Samuel S. Carter, a student in
the University law school, is in
the Eugene hospital recovering
from an operation on a ruptured
duodenal ulcer. The operation was
performed Monday by Dr. Wm. B.
Neal and Dr. G. A. Ross, of the
University health service. Carter
is reported to be recovering nieely.
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ELECTION ANNOUNCED
Delta Theta Phi, national
honorary law fraternity, an
nounces the election of:
Waldemar Seton Jr.
John L. Day
Carl A. Dahl
Robert Clapperton
Carl Skoog
Harold Emmons
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REBEC ASSAILS
REALjSTS’ VIEW
Romanticism Held Factor
In Broadening, of Many
Phases of Civilization
ROMANTIC MOOD DEFINED
Victorianism Said to Have
Become Unsound When
Its Ideals Left Reality
“The great problems of life are
not to be settlod by smartness or
by a few picked up ideas.” Thus
did Dr. George Rebec, dean of the
graduate school, tersely sum up his
case against the modern realistic
tendency in art and life, at tho
close of a short address delivered
in the regular weekly assembly
Thursday morning.
The bulk of Dr. Rebec’s talk
centered about a clarification of
the terms “idealism and “roman
ticism,’’ which, ho pointed out,
were commonly confused today with
aestheticism and viewed as fanati
cal illusions of real merit. Tho re
lation of romanticism to history,
to the broadening of culture, to re
ligion and even to science, was
brought out in the course of tho
address, to illustrate the real value
it offers to tho individual and to
the world.
The romantic mood, Dean Rebec
declared, was a substantive entity,
to which definite characteristics
could be attributed. To illustrate
his point, the speaker mentioned
three obvious characteristics of the
romantic mood: idealism, an inher
ent sense of tho worth-whfleness of
man and of the world; a certain
amount of glamour, a colorfulnoss,
a splendor, a bit of mystery and
wonder; infiniteness, a viow that
man and the world wore inexhaus
tively deep, ever interesting.
The failure of romanticism to
survive the last two centuries, Dean
Rebec held, was due to the fact that
it went too far, and approached
fanaticism. The age following the
complete fall of romanticism, tho
Victorian age, the speaker described
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SHAKESPEAREAN ACTOR
TO APPEAR SATURDAY
A fitting companion to tho great
Shakespearean plays in the reper
toire of Fritz Leiber, noted actor,
who is to appear Saturday at the
Heilig, is Alexander Dumas’ “Tho
Three Musketeers.’’ This will bo
offered by Mr. Leiber Saturday j
afternoon.
“Hamlet will be played at
night, and for this performance
students are granted special prices.
Lower prices prevail for “The
Three Musketeers.’’ Mr. Leiber
has a cast of 35 players.
Mr. Leiber is being received en
thusiastically wherever he plays
this year, and many critics say that
he is now at the height of his great
genius.
A feature of Fritz Leiber’s pro
ductions especially impressing play
goers is the conception of the stage
pictures which are developing along
entirely original lines in the matter
of stage Bettings. Many novel and
fascinating effects are produced by
means of gorgeous rose windows,
elaborate panels and shadow silhou
ette. The scenic scheme also pro
vides for almost instantaneous
change of scene, thus reducing the
stage waits to merely the necessary
time lost for change of costumes.
It is through this advanced in
vention in the matter of scenery
that Mr. Leiber is enabled to give
more of the original script of
Shakespearean text than has ever
been played on tlio modern stage
and to give the performance in less
time than is used by other classic
players of today. Each of the plays
is enacted in approximately two
hours and 15 minutes and the thread
of the story is never lost or is the j
emotional impact of the drama
weakened.
Works of Dickens
Offered As Prize
By Fred Lockley
Fred Lockley of tho Oregon Jour
nal is offering a sot of Dickers and
five dollars as first and second
prizes for the two students doing
the best work in Dean Eric W. Al
len 's editing class.
The work in the class last term
consists of a study of biographical
works and a criticism of some well
known living journalist. Tho work
next term will be investigation in
to some great problem that is a
matter of public discussion. Tho
students of the class have asked
that the prizes be awarded on tho
basis of the work 9ono in the win
ter term.
CADET OFFICERS PLAN
BALL FOR JANUARY 29
List of Patrons Includes
Two 0. A. C. Colonels
Officers of the B. 0. T. 0. of the
University will givo their annual
ball in the Craftsmen club house
on the evening of January 29. The
committee in charge of the dance
has practically all the details ar
ranged and the advancod students
of the local military department ex
pect the event to bo one of the
biggest social affairs of tho term.
Patrons and patronesses will bo
the army officers and their wives.
They are: Colonel and Mrs. W. S.
Sinclair, Captain and Mrs. F. L.
Culin, Jr., Lieutenant and Mrs. E.
Q. Arnold, and Captain J. T. Mur
ray. Besides tho Oregon officers,
two men from O. A. 0., Col. G. W.
Moses, and Col. G. A. White, rank
ing officers of the B. O. T. C. at
CorVallis, will also act as patrons.
Two student cadot officers from
O. A. C. will bo invited. They hold
the highest ranks in the O. A. C.
department.
All tho student officers as well
as the patrons will bo in uniform.
The dance will bo formal and this
will give, the students who are ju
nior cadet officers an opportunity,
to wear their new uniforms for the
first time.
The committee, which consists of
Kenneth Stephenson, chairman,
Charles Norton, and Walter Back
strom, report that there will bo
clever decorations and programs in
keeping with the military idea that
the ball as a whole will carry out.
A five-picco orchestra will furnish
the music.
THETA SIGMA PHI PLEDGES
TO BE INITIATED SUNDAY
Theta Sigma Phi, women’s na
tional honorary journalism frater
nity, will hold initiation ceremon
ies Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock
for three new pledges, Esther Davis,
Emily Huston, and Gertrude Houk.
The initiation will bo followed by a
banquet at tho Anchorage.
jDEBITE RESULTS
III EVEN BREAK
Oregon Affirmative Loses
And Negative Wins By
Same Scores of 2 to 1
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
Large Crowd Fills Villard
Hall; Speakers Present
Arguments Forcefully
Oregon tied O. A. C. in the an
nual debato between the two in
stitutions held hero and at Corval
lis, last night. The Oregon affirma
tive team, composed of Sol Abram
son and Benoit McCroskoy, lost by
a score of 2 te 1, to Bbbert Kerr
and Kenneth Goodale here and the
negative team, composed of Here
chel Brown and Lincoln Erwin, de
feated Carlton Laughlin and Blair
Stewart, the O. A. C. affirmative
team by a similar score at Corval
lis.
“The debate In Corvallis was one
of the best heard here for a long
time,” said Coach Oscar A. Brown
in n telephone message from O. A.
0. last night. “There was ia good
attendance at the contest and a
keen interest in the subject was
shown. ”
Abramson and McCroskoy, speak
ing at the local contest, told of the
acts of Congress, that in their opin
ion were .really progressive, which
had been declared unconstitutional
by the supremo court. The court is
not responsible to the people in
that they are not chosen by the
electorate, the spoakers for the af
firmative pointed out, and for this
roason they have gradually risen
to the position of ia judicial oligar
chy, responsible to no one and doing
ns they wish in acting on the legis
lation of Congress. The speakers
proposed to. remedy this situation
by giving Congress or the repre
sentatives of the electorate the
power to cheek the court’s deci
sions.
Ooodalo and Korr, speaking for
the negative, claimed that a meas
ure such as the one proposed by the
affirmative would give the supreme
power to Congress, which is ef
fected by every small tendency or
fad that strikes the country. The
people would havo only tho elec
tions in which to check on the legis
lators and many measures contrary
to the constitution would bo passed.
The supreme court, they said, would
not then bo a respected department
of the government as it is now but
would bu open to machinations by
political parties as Congress is now.
The people can havo any law they
wish under tho present system, the
negative speakers pointed out even
if it is declared unconstitutional
by the supreme court in that an
amendment to the constitution may
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MAGICAL MULKEY TO GIVE ACT
ON ACKERMAN AND HARRIS CIRCUIT
Virgil H. Mulkoy, a student in
the department of drama, known
ns “Magical Mulkny,” is soon to be
exploiting his mysterious art to the
thousands. Mulkey’s magical act
is familiar to all students, and to
everyone in this part of the coun
try. Its fame spread to Beattie,
whore tho Ackerman and Harris
circuit of vaudeville maintains a
booking office.
Early this week a letter came
for “Mulkey, Master of Magic,”
which stated in certain and sure
terms that the young man was en
gaged by the circuit at a starting
salary of $125 per weok. Tho let
ter also stated that the act was so
highly recommended that no tryout
would bo necessary, and that tho
magician would be given tho next
vacancy that occured.
How it all came about would
make a story crammed full of in
teresting episodes and struggles.
From the time lie was eight years
old, Mulkey has bees interested in
magic. At school he kept his play
mates in constant awe, and often
in fear of him. In fact, many
thought him a kind of witch, or at
least suspected him, of partnership
with gablins or ghosts.
By tho time he graduated from
the eighth grade he was giving
shows around Eugene, and devoting
all his time and his spending mon
ey to his art. He entered Eug'one
high school,' and hero found many
warm friends who helped him in
his choson career. Mr. Fred Chess,
manual training instructor, turned
over his tools and his shop to him,
and here the boy spent many hap
py hours, designing and manufac
turing tricks and illusion to enter
tain the public.
While in high school, Mulkey
achieved an enviable reputation as
a real professional magician, and
at this time he was accepted into
several magician’s societies, and
was made a member of the Portland
chapter of Magicians. By the time
ho graduated, he had apparatus
valued at several thousand dollars,
and had perfected a full two hour
performance.
He entered the University in the
fall of 1921, and registered in the
department of drama. Here, under
Mr. Reddie, he began to gain a
knowledge of the technique of the
stage which he now says is inval
uable to him. The magician is warm
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