Dr. R. H. Thornton Occupied
Post for 21 Years
EULOGY GIVEN BY HALE
Degree of Doctor of Laws
Conferred Year Ago
Dr. Richard IT. Thorntpn, who
established the University of Ore
gon law school in 1884 and became
its first dean, died from a linger
ing illness in Portland, Wednesday
night. The first school of legal edu
cation was established in Portland
at the request of Matthew P.
Deady, then a member of the Uni
versity board of regents, and Dr.
Thornton presided as its head for
twenty-one years, rotiring in 1905.
In that year the school was trans
ferred to the campus at Eugene.
A year ago last November, the
University honored the former dean
by conferring upon him the degree
of doctor of law at a meeting in
Portland attended by leading mem
bers of the bench and bar of Ore
gon, including many former stu
dents of Dr. Thornton.
First Attendance Small
When Dr. Thornton accepted
Judge Deady’s invitation, tye re
tired from tli o practice of law in
Williamsport, Pa., to undertake the
work. Tho first year thoro were
only seven students enrolled. Two
took their degrees in the spring of
that year. The school at that time
was self-supporting, asking nothing
from the University but its name
and good-will.
Dr. Thornton was born in Lan
cashire county, England. At the
age of twenty-six, he came to Amer
ica. His legal education was ac
quired in the law schools of Colum
bia university and Georgetown
university in Washington, D. C. He
obtained his law degree from the
latter. TTo was admitted to the bar
in Pennsylvania and practiced there
until ho came to Oregon to devote
himself to legal education serving
its cause in the spirit, of exalted
scholarship and a fine idealism.
Dean Hale Praises Record
“I learned with deep regret of
the passing of Doan Richard H.
Thornton,” said Dean W. G. Hale
of tho school of law. “As the
founder and first dean of tho Uni
versity school of law and as di
rector of its destinies or twenty-one
years, he made a distinct and last
ing contribution to the cause of
legal education in Oregon. English
by birth and early education, he
was throughout his long life a clas
sicist of the purest dye and an
idealist through and through. The
University is proud to have had the
privilege of conferring upon Dean
Thornton the degree of doctor of
laws in recognition of his distin
guished scholarship and splendid
service in the field of legal educa
tion.”
Manlcal Mulkey to Rive
Act on Circuit: Ability
Of Student Is Praised
(■Continued from page one)
in liis praise for the department of.
drama, and frankly states that buf
fer what he learned there he would
still be far from the professional
footlights.
Mulkev has studied almost every
phase of magic and dramatics, and
hns even studied psychology and
philosophy with the aim of perfect
ing his art. Such things as history
and literature of the ages he found
nn aid. “Every period has con
tributed to magic,” he says, “from
the time when the nrt wins a re
ligion. It is one of the most fas
cinating subjects known to man,
and it hns never, down through all
the ages, lost- its appeal to the hu
man mind.”
After registering in school last
term, Mulkev started to polish off
bis acit for a vaudeville tryout. Tie
concentrated on a few tricks and
illusions, which would be offered
smoothly and rapidly. and all
crowded into the short space of IP
minutes.
The first real tryout of his act
was on Christinas dnv. when he was
called upon by the TTeilig to enter
tain with a feature act at the
Christmas party the management
gave for the members of the West
ern Vaudeville circuit who were in
Eugene that day. Mulkey's act
made an instant hit with the pro
fessionals. and their warm com
mendaition gave the young man con
fidence. W. 1! McDonald, manager
of the TTeilig, then put him on as
a regular act with the Western
Vaudeville bill New Years’ day,
and the act proved a great hit with
tthe audience. So Mr. McDonald
j then wrote to Mr. Fisher, of the
i Ackerman and Harris circuit,
I recommending the magician. The
! result was the offer, which Mr.
Mulkey gladly accepted,
j Mr. Reddie speaks of him, as one
| of the best magicians in the coun
try, and especially praises him. for
j his stage poise and appearance.
! The young man, he continued,
who really regards his work as an
art, has a pleasing stage appear
ance, an excellent “line” to go
with his expert manipulation, and
what is most importance, he has a
tremendously winning personality.
Mulkey intends to stay in vaude
ville for some time, and later on
will assemble his own show. A
rapid rise is predicted for him by
all experienced, in the theatrical
fiold, and lie has the warm wishes
1 of success of hundreds of friends in
land about Eugene.
He has not yet received word
when to report, but is now devot
ing his time to showings in the
larger theatres in the state, and in
a week or two will go to Seattle,
where ho is to play at the State
j theatre, one of the largest in that
j city.
“Mulkey’s rise is due to his hard
! work, coupled with a genuine love
i for his work, and a belief in him
self,” said M“r. Reddie. “He is al
j most the ideal type for magic, and
An addition, ho is an excellent ae
! tor.”
The young man is the second
j student to go out professionally
. from the department of drama
! within a year. Dave Swanson, well
; known for his dramatic ability, is
now touring with the Forest.Taylor
| players.
—
Rebec Assails Realists’
View; Romanticism Is
Held to Be Important
(Continued from page one)
as lining an era of “washed out ro
manticism.” Despite its many
faults, the age possessed, according
to Dean Rebec, a certain claim to
glory in that it produced such men
as Darwin, Browning, Livingston,
Tennyson and others, whose works
live even today.
“Victorian ism,” the speaker
said, “represents a compromise.
This age attempted to reconcile the
modern and the scientific with the
old fashioned and the conventional.
Tho result is naturally cliaracteriz
I ed by no little hypocrisy. The prin
| cipal reasons that Victorian art and
thinking became unsound was that
ideals were separated from reality,
I and an ideal which is not wedded
with an intimate knowledge of the
world tends to become over
strained.” (
In their reaction against roman
ticism people have turned to Dar
I winism, and to establish as philoso
phies various forms of scientific
materialism. Tho ultimate outcome
of this conception of science as a
philosophy was tho great war.
In closing his address, Dean
Rebec made a final plea for stu
dents to be clear and sure in their
thinking. “If you accept tho gos
pel of realism, accept it in toto,
but. do not read romanticism into
it.” lie insisted, however, that
after all, man was by naturo a ro
manticist and an idealist, harbor
ing eternally the conception of the
what-ought-to-be, that the best
course was to accept the eternal
mystery as such, and realizo as
nearly as possible its infinite pos
sibilities.
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W.A.A. RULES OUT ALL
BUT OFFICIAL HIKES
Basketball Substitutes Get
Only Five Points
Beginning this term, points in
hiking will be allowed only for
official hikes. Four hikes with the
Mazamas and two W. A. A. hikes
constitute the schedule for this
term. All mileage made last term
however will be counted.
This was decided at the W. A. A.
mass meeting yesterday afternoon.
It is hoped in this way to put hik
ing on an eqkal basis with other
sports. A motion was carried al
lowing substitutes on house basket
ball teams five points. An addi
tional ten points will be given for
participation in two games.
This motion was adopted after
various other plans had been dis
cussed and discarded. From now
on, each house team will bo al
lowed 345 points which, subject to
the above regulation may be
awarded to the members of each
team at the discretion of its cap
tain.
It was announced that a score of
94 is required to win the rifle med
'al offered by Captain Murray,
tain. It was announced that a
score of 94 is required to win the
rifle medal offered by Captain
Murray.
Cinder Artists to Meet
Stanford Team; Several
Lettermen Turning Out
(Continued from page one)
lias a neucleus of seven, strong let
termen to build his team around tlie
spirit of competition is the things
that makes a track team. “The
more competition in the events the
better the men will be in those
events,” says Bill Hayward.
Plans for the term include com
petition among the men turning out
every Saturday'. These compjeti
tions will culminate at the end of
tho term in a big interclass or in
ter-fraternity meet. The most prom
ising men will be picked and these
will be asked to stay over the
spring vacation to train for the
Stanford contest. Bill is working
out a plan for an inter-fraternity
track meet which each house may
enter or not as they wish. Or they
may enter as many or as few events
ns they' wish. Bill firmly believes
that many good track men are
picked up in inter-fraternity meets,
lie expects this one to uncover some
good material.
The track schedule is a hard one
and all men intending to turn out
should be out now for it takes a
long time to get toeliniquo and form
in a track event. At present the
men are turning out only on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday from
11 to 4. As they get into shape
they will turn out every day in the i
week. The. prospects of the sea
son are very good. The calibre of
the lettermen turning out is high.
Chick Rosenberg, captain of the
squad, is counted on to be the main I
point winitjer of the team. He
broad jumps, pole vaults and runs
the hurdles. lie is a veteran of
last year and should excell his pre
vious performances. Another star
performer is Walt Kelsey, hurdler!
and pole vaulter. He can run both
hurdles but will probably be entered
in only one. Francis Cleavor, let
ter man in the hurdles, has recover
ed from his injury of last spring and
is expected to show up in his old
form.
The other lettermen are Kinney,
Ager, and Carruthers in the 440.
All are dependable men. They are
just rounding into their form in the j
hard run. Kby will bo back for
the high jump. He has been going
close to the coast record in fall
training.
Bill Hayward has prepared a list
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| of men turning out for the events
who are the most promising. How
ever there are many men who are not
on the list but as soon as they have
had an opportunity they will be
placed on it.
Tn the 100 and the 220 will be
Extra, Holt, Westerman, Stone
breaker, and Moore.
The 440 will have Kinney, Car
ruthers, Ager, Wilbur, Cash, Her
manco and Price.
The 880 will have Mauney, Jef
fries, Swank, Houston, Kimball.
Tn the distances will be Tetz>
Barnes, Carlson, Martin, Keating,
Swank, Gurnea. awd Jagger.
Hurdles — Kelsey, Cleaver, Hall,
Staley, and Carruthers.
Jumps—Eby, Rosenberg, Thomp
son, Price, Kelsey, and MacAuliffe.
Weights—“Tiny” Johnson, Hem
mings, Mautz, Beatty, Moore, and
Tuck.
There will be a meeting of every
one turning out or interested in
turning out for track on Hayward
field at 1 o’clock next Saturday to
discuss important matters in re
gards to the events of the coming
season. Civilian clothes or track
suits may be worn.
BAKE OVEN ARRIVES
FOR POTTERY CLASS
The new baking oven to be used
by the pottery elass has arrived
on the campus and will be installed
immediately in the space formerly
occupied by the old heating plant,
according to H. M. Fisher, super
intendent of the University build
ings and grounds.
The oven which weighs 3,800
pounds, was first received on the
campus about three months ago, but
owing to the fact that it was dam
aged very badly, it was shipped
back to the factory in Michigan.
A few small castings were broken
in transit this time, but can be
mended with little trouble.
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SPENCER TO DISCONTINUE
UNIVERSITY HIGH POSITION
Peter L. Spencer, of the depart
ment of education, who taught in
tho University high school last
semester in addition to his regular
work, will devote his time ex
clusively to University work. He
will teach educational psychology,
a division of educational literature,
and one division of the course in
high school problems.
TWO UNIVERSITY WOMEN
DO SUBSTITUTE TEACHING
The classes of Mrs. Ethel Wake
field Scott, teacher in the Univer
sity high school, are being taught
by Mrs, Pelbert Oberteuffer, for
mer University student and wife of
Mr. Oberteuffer of the physical
education department, and Miss
Euella Hausler, senior in the school
of education. Mrs. Scott, has been
ill at her home in Springfield since
the holidays.
| Debate Results Even In
Contest Held Here With
Corvallis Institution
(Continued from vage one)
be made to that effect.
“The judiciary cannot be com
pared with the executive and legis- ;
iative departments,” said Kerr, one !
of the speakers for the negative, j
“The executive and legislative de- j
partments are the affirmative side j
of the government and the judiciary
the negative or the check of the j
other.”
Judges at the local debate were: j
Prof. E. E. Schwartztrauber, of;
Lincoln high, school; Charles Brand, |
of Boseburg; and Dr. S. B. Laugh- j
lin, of Willamette university. Prof, j
E. E. DeCou, of the University fac
ulty presided at the debate.
A large audience heard the con
test, the lower floor of the Yillard
auditorium being filled to capacity.
Professor DeCou expressed the
pleasure of the promoters of the
meet at the large attendance and
expressed the opinion that interest
in debate had increased at Oregon
this year.
GRADUATE DIES IN EAST
AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT
Roza Wilier, ’23, graduate of tliP
Portland^ School of Social W.ork,
died in New York during the
Christmas holidays as a result of
an accident in which she was
struck by a taxicab. Her death,
which was due to concussion of the
brain, occurred at a New York hos
pital where she lingered several
days after the accident.
Miss Wilier came to Annjerica
from Yilna, Russia, in 1915, and
entered Reed College in 1919 and
transferred to the Portland School
of Social Work as a junior in 1921.
She was graduated from the Uni
versity with a B. A. degree with
the ciass of 1923. She then went
for graduate work to the New York
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of 1923j and was still engaged in
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ALPHA DELTA PI TO GIVE
JITNEY DANCE TOMORROW
Alpha Delta Pi will give a jitney
matinee dance Saturday afternoon
from 2:00 to 5:00 in the Campa
Shoppe. The Pi-id Pipers will fur
nish the music. It is to be either
a date or no-date affair, and the
proceeds will go toward the Alpha
Delta Pi house and lot fund.
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