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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1925)
NUMBER 59 •:ruiy BEADS OUT-PLAY FAMOUS TEAMS Andy Smith Unconquered In Five Consecutive Seasons of Fo o t b a 11 RECORD UNSURPASSED California Scores Total Of 1561 Points Against 139 Points by Opponents The fact that the University of California football team, coached by Andrew L. Smith has gone through five consecutive seasons without a single defeat, is ’a challenge in it self which cannot be laughed off by any coach, writer or team. In spite of the fact that “Gil” Dobic, while coaching at the Uni versity of Washington, waded through eight straight seasons with out a defeat, California’s record is considered the best ever made by any team. Although Dobie and his Washington warriors deserve no lit tle credit, they did not run up against teams anywhere near as strong as California did. Smith’s Work Notable In 1920, after trouncing Wash ington State 49-0, Stanford 38-0, and Utah 63-0, it fell on Smith’s shoulders to represent the coast against the mighty Ohio State team, in the annual Tournament of Roses game at Pasadena. Smith certainly proved himself worthy of thfl| job as even a loyal Ohioan will tell ^ou. Ohio went home with a loss of 28 points. As far as coast football was con cerned, California had a much bet ter year in 1921 than in the pre vious year. She defeated O. A. C. 39-0, University of Washington 72 3, IT. S. C. 38-7, and Stanford 42-7. Again the Bears represented the West at Pasadena. One cold day on a. sloppy field, Washington and Jef ferson held California to a 0-0 tie. It was in this game that Smith’s record was almost broken. In one of the first plays of the game, a Washington and Jefferson back made a beautiful 75-yard run for a touchdown, but one of his over anxious team mates was declared offside, and the score did not count. However, it is very likely the touch down would not have been made if "the California players hadn’t known the man was offside. 1924 Season Successful Smith’s 1924 season was a tre mendous success although his team was tied twice. Writers, coaches and fans alike predicted that Wash-! Ington, Stanford, and U. S. C. would ! (Continued on page two) Eleven Campus | Organizations Win Copies of Oregana j Eleven organizations were 100 per cent in the Oregana sale by last evening, entitling those groups to the copy given to each house with 100 per cent sales. The houses in the list include Pi Beta Phi, Alpha i Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Chi Psi, Delta Zeta, Kappa Om icron, Alpha Chi Omega, Delta . Delta Delta and Tau Nu. | Reports from the Oregana repre sentatives in other organizations are requested to be in today and anyone wishing to subscribe to the year book may do so at the Oregana office today as this is. the last day. Sales are reported similar or per haps slightly larger than those of last year. EPIDEMIC NOT AT HAND SAYS DR. JOHN BOVARD Vaccination Suggested As Certain Preventative Recommendation that students ap pear at the dispensary for vaccina tion as a preventative against a possible outbreak of small pox, has been made by the state health of ficer, according to John F. Bovard, dean of the school of physical edu cation. “While there is no reason for a scare,” Dean Bovard said, “and an epidemic is not imminent, as a mat ter of precaution it would be well for everybody to come to the dis pensary and be vaccinated.” He pointed out that vaccination is almost a certain preventative, if performed within three days after exposure. The treatment is not compulsory under state law, but any one who has been exposed must be vaccinated or go into quaran tine. One case was reported on the campus and - preventative measures were taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Marion Norman of the Gamma Phi Beta house was taken ill last Monday. Later the Health Service was in formed by the health office in Port land that she wsy there with a well marked case of small pox. The state health officer at once in structed that the Gamma Phi Beta ! house members be vaccinated. This Was done and the rooms occupied by Miss Norman were fumigated. Dr. P. J. Bartle, University doc tor, and Dean Bovard, commented favorably on the wholehearted co operation of all the girls and at tendants in the Gamma Phi Beta (Continued on page four) PREMIERE OF ‘LA BALLE RUSSE’ TONIGHT AT WOMAN’S BUILDING (By J. J. O’M.) “La Balle Russe” makes its pre miere tonight at the Woman’s build ing. The grand march begins at 8:30 o’clock. From every indica tion, “La Balle Russe’’ will sur 3 pass all previous social events on the campus. This is the first Senior Ball to be given on the campus and the com mittees in charge have given exact ing attention to every detail to make it outstanding in every way. The decorations carry out the Russian motif of the ball and create an authentic atmosphere. The or chestration will further strengthen this effect with Russian music. Like the social affairs of the royalty in the days of the czar, the scene will be brilliantly lighted, bringing the exotic decorations into dazzling "prominence. Refreshments will be Russian vi ands ranging from anchovies to gay cakes, served by attendants in pic turesque costqme. The supreme surprise of the eve ning will be the feature. It will be presented by Victor Petroff and his ballet. Their program will include the Mushik dance; the Pavlowa Ga votte; divertisements and encores. Their own music will accompany them and the feature will add an | elaborate background to the ball. 1 The entrance to the ball will be , at the main east entrance of the Woman’s building. Tickets may be obtained there, if necessary. Also the balcony will be open to spec tators, who will enter at the usual assembly entrance. There will be no false ceiling or obstructing dec orations to interfere with the view. | Tickets to the balcony will be 25 i cents. “We want everyone to be there,’’ ; states Junior Seton, . “otherwise they will miss the most pretentious affair ever held on the campus.’’ CAST WORKING HARD Oil PLOYS Three Productions Being Worked on By Students Of Dramatic Department NEW SCENERY ERECTED Modern Society Drama, 'The Ideal Husband,’ By Oscar Wilde Will Be Presented, Activity in the dramatic depart ment is becoming complicated, with intense work on the production of "Yellow Candle Light," t\vo weeks off, and "The Ideal Husband" and "Hassan” just getting under way. The number of players in the company this year makes it pos sible to have two and even three plays in rehearsal at the same time, and to present the University the atre-goers with a play more often than once a month, as was the cus tom in preceding years. Society Drama Coming "The Ideal Husband" is a mod ern society drama of the popular type, written by the famous Oscar Wilde and dealing with English life of the present generation. The cast has been selected and the parts given out. Rehearsals are expected to begin next Monday. Work on the original musical fan tasy, "Yellow Candle Light,” by Fergus Reddie and Perry‘ Arant, is fast rounding into shape. The chorus work under Mr. Arant is almost ready to be combined with the work of the cast- in the final two weeks of rehearsal. Several dress rehearsals have been scheduled for the last week, and the depart ment officials predict that "Yellow Candle Light," difficult as it is to pioduce, will be in good shape for the opening performance of Janu ary 28. "Hassan” Third Production Hassan," the gorgeous Arabian play by James Elroy Flecker, will be the third production to get under way in the near future. In London, where "Hassan" was given for the first time two years ago, it created (Continued on page four) ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT STUDIES DROSOPNILm Experiments with generations of fruit flies in order to study the mutations which occur are being ’arried on by the class in Genetics under Dr. R. R. Huestis. “The Drosophelia” or fruit fly is i tiny winged insect which inhab its garbage tins in which fruit hag been thrown,” said Dr. Huestis. “They reproduce very rapidly, and a new generation can be evolved in nine days If the chances are even the fly may produce up to six or seven hundred young.” There are thirty or forty mutant varieties of these flies in the glass bottles in Dr. Huestis’ office. They j are fed on banana on which vea^t has°been sprinkled. f‘There nre 40p known varieties,” $iid Dr. Huestis. “The mutation may affect any part of the fly. The wings vary in shape or are ab sent and the eyes may vary in color.” To examine these character istics, the flies are etherizeld and placed under the microscope. Here the eyes show up luminously in the different colors, red, white yellow, or purple. All these mutants are re-combined and the laws of heredity are worked out and observed by the students who count the different kinds and tabulate the classes pro duced. New Ticket Office Picture Advertiser Old Booth Used on Big Thg new booth that made its first appearance in front of the library during the recent. lOre* gana drive is not new at all but a renovation of a photogrrapher’s idea of advertising. Some ten or twelve years ago, Mr. Fred H. Kiser, a Portland photograph er, who was the official photo grapher for the University, had colored pictures on glass of the campus fitted into this piece of furniture, inside of which were electric lights. The whole thing revolved by mdans of a motor, and the illuminated pictures showed out to all who cared to see, an example of Mr. Kiser’s photographic art. A few months ago, its useful ness as a picture gallery ended, the structure was brought to the campus. Under supervision of Mr. H. M. Fisher, superintendent of grounds, the pictures were taken out and in their place were put beaver board panels, a little window, and a shelf, making a .most noat_ looking, comfortable, little booth. The old lemon and green booth now reposes in a shed waiting for another Homecoming, or some equally important event, when it will be used for an information booth. Is Cast Off Campus Occasions VESPERS WILL BE HELD Campus Choir and Soloists To Give Selections The only Vespers servicej until next March will be held tomorrow at four o’clock at the Methodist church. Richard Adams, tenor, will present the solo, “Comfort Ye One Another.” Special music is to be furnished by the University Vesper choir. The speaker at the service is to be Claiborne Milton Hill, president of the Baptist Divinity school at Berkeley, California. Mr. Hill grad uated from the University of Ore gon in 1881, and took his master’s degree here in 1884. He has been living in California recently. Leads in the choir are to be tak en by'Aubrey Furrey, baritone; Roy Bryson, tenor; and Ruth Akers, so prano. The anthem to be pre sented is Shelley’s, “Angel Voices Ever Singing.” EXTENSION DIVISION RECEIVES NEW FILMS The visual education department of the extension division has re ceived twenty-five now reels of mo tion picture film on scenic, indus trial and educational topics, accord ing to Alfred Powers, assistant dean of the extension division. These will be added to the motion picture film library which contains a col’ection of nearly a half mil lion feet which is in circulation at the present time. The visual education department has in addition to the film about 10,000 slides. The department has a prepared catalogue on this ser vice of the extension division which can be secured by application to Alfred Powers. The service is broadcasted to all parts of the state, and the only charges are for postage and express. OREGON WINS BY SCORE OF 40-15 Pacific Defense Weak When Varsity Forwards Show Unusual Shooting Ability MIDSEASON FORM SHOWN Okerberg, Varsity Center, Proves Star of Contest By Running Up 22 Points Scoring points with apparent ease, the Oregon basketball quintet ran up a 48-15 victory over the Pacific five in a rather one-sided tilt played last night. The Badgers on the night before had played O. a. C. and the Ag gies were held to a 32-16 victory, therefore the Pacific team was fa fored to give the varsity consider able trouble in last night’s contest. Oregon Uses Teamwork The Oregon five performed with machine-like regularity. Tliei of fense had little difficulty in work ing down under their opponents’ basket, and the shooting eye of the forwards was dangerously accurate. When the Badgers tried to take the ball down the court, the varsity de fense tightened and played in regu lar mid-season form. Okerberg Scores High Okerberg wfas the istdllar per former in the tilt, as he ran up a total of 22 points against the Bad gers. This was the same number of points scored by Okerberg against theh Wlillamette team last Satur day. The line-up was as follows: Oregon Pacific Gowans...F . Tucker Hobson.'..F . Jesse Okerberg.C Emerson Westergren.G . Blackman Gillenwaters.G . Adams Ohilels Strickland Reinhart Coon Referee: Coleman. FRESHMEN MAKE PLANS TO GIVE ANNUAL DANCE Committee chairmen for the “Freshman glee,” an annual dance: to be given February 21, for the student body, will bo appointed by the executive committee, according to a decision reached at a meeting of the class held yesterday in Vil lard hall. Several suggestions were made as to how the general chairman should be chosen. As the clasa has' no president, the committee head could not be chosen in the usual way. After several motions had been laid aside it was decided that theh executive committee should select the chairman, who will name the student's to carry out the ar rangements for the dance. Maxine Edmonds was appointed president of the executive commit tee. She will announce the appoint ments the first, of next .week. Less than a third of the class was present at yesterday’s meeting. PROFESSOR ALFRED LOMAX TALKS BEFORE LIONS CLUB At the weekly luncheon of the : Springfield Lions club, held yester day noon, Professor Alfred L. Lo max, instructor in the school of (business administration in the Uni | versity, discussed the industrial sit ! uation of the Pacific Northwest. ■ The talk included a resume of the farming situation as it is at the present, also the citation of figures | compiled by numerous commercial j clubs. Alaska Nuggets Sent University In Gift Campaign A. unique gift was made to the University by Mrs. Vanda Coffey Allen who recently sent three or four small nuggets from Alaska as her contribution to the gift cam paign this year. Mrs. Allen is a sis ter of Ur. R. C. Coffey of Portland. Mrs. Allen has taught at Milton, Ore., Portland, Corvallis and Fair banks, Alaska, and is at present teaching at Wiseman, Alaska, which is probably the northernmost school on the American continent, if not in the world. Mrs. Allen received her B. A. de gree from the University in 1905, and her M. A. in 1907. She also attended Wellesley in 1907. IMPROVEMENTS MADE ON HAYWARD FIELD Track Training Goes On! Three Days a Week Hayward field is awakening for the new season. The historic field and neighboring baseball diamond are busily being prepared for this year’s games and other feats of prowess. Hayward track is in excellent | condition, appearing best in twenty | years. The straight-a-way is beiag j drained and smoothed and by next i week it should be in good condition.! Training on the track is carried on j throe days a week, with 50 or 60 candidates out regularly. The baseiball field is smooth and green, and with two or three yearB j of continued similar improvements should be one of the best collegiate baseball fields on the/ coast. April should find the field ready for play. ' The football field, plowed! up ! soon after the close of last season and before the cold spell, is now .thoroughly loosened up, no longer shedding tho water onto the track. The tilo anti five thousand yards of rock under the dirt layer are re ported in fine shape. As soon as the field dries off, sand and saw- i dust will bo spread on top in pre paration for next fall. EUCENIJI STRICKLAND NEW COMMITTEE HEAD i Margaret Skavelan, associate edi tor of the Emerald, has resigned her j position as chairman of the student lecture committee, and Randall Jones, president of the student body, has appointed Eugenia Strick land to replace her. Miiss Skavlan1 and Miss Strickland with Don Woodward, editor of tho Emerald, have composed this committee whose object is to bring to authors, lec turers and eminent men to the campus. Negotiations are under way to bring David Starr Jordan, Chancellor Emeritus of Stanford university, and Edgar Leo Masters, famous poet, to the campus at a near date. In the future, this committee, with a few more members who will be appointed by Randall Jones, will work in conjunction with the fac ulty committee on free intellectual activities, whose members are ap pointed by tho president of the University. This combined commit tee will then elect its own chair man. Last year this committee was re ! sponsible for bringing John Nei ;hardt, epic poet, here to lecture, and Vachel Lindsay and Carl Sandburg the previous year. FOOTBALL COACH All-year Position Declined In Telegram Received By Athletic Director Earl BRILLIANT RECORD MADE Victory Over Washington And 0. A. C. Outstanding Achievements of Season (By Wilbur Wester) “Joe Haddock resigns as Ore gon’s football coach” was a bomb shell thrown into University ath letic circles late last night. The resignation came in the form of a telegram addressed to the director of Orefgon athletic*. It reads as follows: “Cannot consider all year around position at Oregon. Would be too great a sacrifice to change my plans at this time. Do not consider me for re-election on the year-round plan.” Business Forces Resignation The original agreement expressed in a contract between Oregon and Joe Maddock, stated that Maddock for the first year was to take over spring training and poaching of football during the fall term. This was to allow Maddock time in which to straighten up his business af fairs at Idaho Falls. However the contract for the following year was to call for Maddock to come to Ore gon on the all-year basis. This year Joe Maddock found it impossible to dispose of his property and as a result of this he was forced to re sign as the varsity gridiron mentor. Telegram Ends Correspondence This “telegram” received by the athletic department was not the first intimation received by Virgil Earl that Maddock would find it impos sible to return. Previous corres pondence between Earl and Mad doek has led up to the final word thnt Oregon would have to look for a new coach. Virgil Earl stated last night that Maddock’s action was final and that Oregon's former coach would not reconsider any later offer. Earl said that the athletic committee would start functioning immediate ly in search of a new mentor. It was impossible for Maddock to coach in a part-time fashion as con sidered ns considerable pressure has been frought to bear by the alumni against this manner of in struction. The alumni and athletic leaders desire a coach to sign a year-around contract so that he can keep track of the football men and be in full charge of spring training (Continued on page four) SCANDINAVIAN CLASSES STUDY NORSE CULTURE Although tho Scandinavian courses which tho University offers, usually draw a small number of students, progress in the work is very rapid, according to PI. Thorstenberg, in structor in German and Scandin avian. On the whole, Scandinavian courses are studied because of a general cultural interest, or of a par ticular interest in the language re quirements, it can be used to satis fy group requirements. Tho courses are all three hours, which "may ac count for the fact that the lang uage is not as popular as French, Spanish and German courses. The third ‘year course, which is called “Scandinavian Life and Cul ture, ”is especially planned to give the students a broad knowledge of the Scandinavian people. In fact, said Professor Thorstenberg, the cultural side of tho subject is stressed as much as the) linguistic side.