VOLUME XXYI
INTRAMURAL MAT
ARTISTS TO VIE
IMew Rules Have Been Added
To Present Regulations
By Doughnut Officials
SIX TEAMS WILL ENTER
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Men Losing Second Event
Are Eliminated; Others
May Challenge At Meet
The names of entrants for the
•doughnut wrestling contests have
been received at the department of
physical education and drawings
have been made.
All participants are expected to
be on hand promptly at 4 p. m.
Monday, January 26. At this time
the first round of the elimination
will be run off. It is expected that
by this time the entrants will have
had at least the schedule eight
‘T’ hours of preliminary workout.
Interest in the bone-crushing art
is lax but after the matches are un
der way it is expected that more
men will enter and elevate wrestl
ing to the position of other’ dough
nut sports. The department of
physical education has made it pos
sible for defeated entrants and
# others wishing to enter to issue I
challenges. Men m the first rounc
who are defeated may challenge anj
man in their class except the on<
who defeated them. Any man los
ing two events will be eliminated
.from further competition.
Schedules are Given
The drawings held yesterday sig
•nify that the fallowing men in theii
respective classes will clash Mon
day: 118-F.—F. Greely, Oregor
^ Club, vs. L. Scott, Friendly Hall
H. Sommers, Friendly Hall bye
128—V. Jarrett, Sigma Pi Tau vs.
T. Sether, Friendly Hall. E. Baess
Friendly Hall vs. V. Miller, Alpha
Eeta Chi. 138—B. Betzer, Oregon
Club vs. H. Wagner, Sigma Pi Tau,
L. Forrest, Oregon Club vs. C. Kel
son, Friendly Hall. E. Veazie,
Friendly Hall vs. G. Bew, Alpha
Beta Chi. 148—E. Wilkinson, Sig
ma Pi Tas vs. L. Mohlding, Friendly
Hall. A. Bead, Friendly Hall vs.
B. Moeser, Bachelodron. C. Norton
Bachelordon vs. H. Crites, Alpha
Beta Chi. 161—B. Harbison, Sig
ma Pi Tau vs. G. Simmerville,
Friendly Hall. L. Loveridge,
Friendly hall vs. G. Bobberson, Al
pha Beta Chi. L. Carlson, Oregon
Club, bye. 178—-A. Strauss, • Oregon
Club vs. Stevens, Phi Sigma Pi. B.
Epping, Phi Sigma Pi vs. C. Wil
liams, Friendly Hall. H. Brown,
Friendly Hall vs. H. Fitzsimmons,
Bachelordon. H. T)ilg, Bahhelordon
vs. H. Gray, Alpha Beta Chi. Un
limited, B. Belshaw, Oregon Club
vs. H. Dixon, Friendly Hall. J. C.
# Proffit, Friendly Hall vs. E. Grant,
Badhelordon.
New Buies Added
The following rules have been
added to the list of rules and regu
lations sent out to each organiza
tion last week. All entrants must
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Women’s League
Tea Will Honor
Freshmen Girls
The first Women’s League tea
i of this term will be held Wed
nesday afternoon from 4 to 6
o’clock, in the sun parlor of the
Woman’s building. This is giv
en in the nature of a welcome to
freshman women who are new
I to the campus this term.
Georgia ' Davidson, who has
j charge of the plans, has arranged
J for sponsors for the new girls to
escort them to the tea. A list of
these sponsors and their sponsees
has been posted on the bulletin
board of the library, and the up
per classmen should get in touch
with the new girls immediately.
In case the name of any freshman
woman has been omitted from the
list, she can call Miss Davidson
at 49, and a sponsor will be pro
vided.
Doris Brophy, who has charge
of the Women’s League teas,
states that there will be music
for dancing, as usual. All Uni
versity women are invited to
these teas, which are informal af
fairs. No admission is charged.
WRITER WILL ADDRESS
ASSEMBLY THIS WEEK
D. Thomas Curtain Saw War
On Eighteen Fronts
D. Thomas Curtain, chosen for as
[ sembly speaker on Thursday, re
ceives his title of “interpreter of
history in the making’’ from his
versatile career as newspaper cor
respondent, writer, traveler, and
lecturer.
During the war, Mr. Curtain was
the war correspondent for the' Lon
don Daily Mail and saw service on
eighteen battle fronts. He has met
and talked with the leaders of nine
of the most important European
countries as special writer and edi
torial investigator. At present his
job is to interpret foreign affairs
for the chain o’f newspapers for
which he writes. It was for this
purpose in 1923 that he made an ex
[ tensive study of France and Ger
I many during the first five months
of the Ruhr occupation, his Daily
j Mail credentials and record as.war
j correspondent winning him special
) privileges with the French at Essen.
Mr. Curtain is an American, born
jin Boston, and a graduate of Har
j vard university. He is a relative
I of Jeremiah Curtain, the famous
I translater of “Quo Vadis,” and is
j himself the author 6f three books,
j“The Land of the Deepening Shad
ow,” “The Edge of the Quick
sands,” and “The Tyranny of
Power. ”
His “The Land of Deepening
Shadow” was written shortly after
the outbreak of the World war and
gave a vivid account of conditions
and convictions in Germany.
While on the campus, Mr. Curtain
will meet the history classes and
Dean Allen’s editing class in spe
cial sessions.
‘LE BALLE RUSSE’ CONTRIBUTES
UNIQUE BEAUTY IN DECORATIONS
(By D. L.)
Le Bal Russe is a thing of history,
but without exaggeration one can
say that it contributed more to the
making of dance tradition on the
campus than any previous affair of
its kind. The badly used adjective, j
smart, can be applied to it quite
safely. The entire atmosphere of
the ball was metropolitan and chic.
The prevading note was one of re
fined elaborateness, both in the
decorations and in the incidental
dances given by the group of im
ported entertainers. Le Bal Eusse
was a glorification of the dances.
The decorative scheme was, of
course, Russian, and through this
medium was employed a most startl
ing and unusual use of color. In
tense and vivid shades and hues,
against a dark background, flirted
most audaciously and extremely
•well with each other. Mr. Edgar
Bohlman dares with color what the
ordinary mortal would quail at at
tempting. He has the ability of
making a harmonious effect out of
a mass of seemingly unrelated
shades.
Overhead hung eight chandeliers,
decorated with cardboard squares
painted with all imaginable colors.
The use of the chandeliers was high
ly effective, obviating the necessity
of a false ceiling. The dancers were j
not aware of the vast undecorated ■
space overhead, and those in the 1
balcony had an unobstructed view j
of the dance floor.
Along each side of the ball room j
were four panels, made in the form
of gates. Hpon these were painted j
somewhat historical figures. Per- \
haps the most striking and pleasing 1
effect was found in the arrange- I
ment of the orchestra, eostumcd in j
bright red, against a black and gold
futuristic background. This end of
the room was decidedly reminiscent
of the “Chauve Souris.”
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STUDENT GROUP
SYSTEM BEGUN
Plan Proposed By Dr. C. E.
Seashore Adopted By
Business School Heads
SECTION GRADES BETTER
Method is Outgrowth of
Mentor Scheme Used By
Department Last Year
A system of grouping student* ac
cording to their abilities and re
cords similar to the plan proposed
by Dr. C. E. Seashore, a visitor to
the campus last term, has been in
augurated in the accounting classes
of the school of business adminis
tration.
“The system is' entirely in the
experimental stage as yet,” said
Professor A. B. Stillman, of the
school, “and it has only been ap
plied to the accounting sections so
far. It is a direct outgrowth of the
mentor system which we established
last year and is meant to correct the
faults of this method.”
System Seems Successful
Although it has only been in prac
tice two weeks, the system has
shown a promise of being success
ful, According to Professor Still
man. In the quizzes given so far
this term the students have shown
a tendency toward better work in
all of the groups. Many of the
middle group have earned grades of
a higher standard, those in the low
er group have been given a chance
to learn slower and better and those
in the higher group have been able
to do more work without being re
tarded by the poorer Btudents.
The school started its rather mod
ern method of instruction with the
establishment of the mentor system
under which under-classmen who
were getting poor grades in the de
partment were given an npperclass
mentor of high ability in that line
of work. The mentors would try
to make the delinquent students ac
customed to their work and help
them solve the problems of their
courses.
Mentor Plan is used
The mentor system is in use this
year also but in order to help the
higher students and the mentors
who were coaching students in dif
ferent classes, ^he new grouping
system was adopted.
The new method was started in
the accounting sections because of
the large number of students taking
that subject. There are 300 regis
tered in the course this term and all
sections of the class are held. Fifty
students are being instructed un
der mentors this term.
RADIO LECTURE GIVEN
“Excavations down underneath
the water for the purpose of rescu
ing lost works of art or submerged
treasure,—that is what we now call,
with a sort of gasp of fascination,
iquatic archeology,” said Professor
BVederie 8. Dunn of the Latin de
partment, when he broadcasted a
lecture on “Aquatic Archeology,”
from radio station KGW of the
Dregonian tower on Friday.
Professor Dunn traced the prog
ress of aquatic archeology from
olden times to the present, and de
scribed the discoveries which had
oeen made in Lake Nemi, southeast
)f Rome, in Tunis and in the Tiber
river. After telling of the treas
ures which have been found buried
under the waters of the Tiber in the
past, Professor Dunn proceeded to
explain that the dredging of the
riber is now to be continued with
:he use of modern scientific machin
?ry, although skeptics were at one
time inclined to decry the possi
oilities of such research.
“Like the glories of the New Je
rusalem that smote upon the won
iering eyes of John at Patmoe will
oe the apocalypse to arise out of
riber’s bed,” concluded Professor
Dunn. r
The Coaching Situation—Exactly
Joe Maddock is not to coach varsity footlsdl next year, and
this news, coming to the campus unexpectedly, has reused a
j host questions, rumors and guesses in which everybody lyis
indulged rather liberally. Speculations have been plentiful
i but few of them founded on fact.
To clarify the whole situation this editorial is written. Every
vot'd in it is authentic and true. First, the policy bf everyone
concerned with the athletic future of Oregon is in accord, and
it is just this: Football, as well as other major athletics, must
be put on a firm basis, a basis upon which the future as well
as the present can be built. This requires a competent, full
time coach, and Oregon is setting out, right now, to find the
right man for this place.
This has been the policy of Oregon for sometime, in spite of
seeming circumstances that might point otherwise. Last year,
when Joe Maddock was hired, it was thought that the future
was being amply and ably eared for, but unforeseen changes
] ruled otherwise, and the task of again finding a new full-time
coach is here.
At this time of the year, with the spring training period
rapidly drawing near, and with successful coaches already
signed up, it will be very hard to find the man that is wanted.
It may take several months to locate him and hire him? Mean
time, something must be done.
Luckily, there is a way out of the difficulty. Richard
Shore Smith, now well known to all football followers, stands
ready to coach Oregon. Smith is a competent coach, according
to those who know, and he has the confidence of the students
and alumni. He will take the coaching job, and will help Ore
gon athletically in every way that he can. Then when the right
man for the year-around job is found, he will step back and
let the new man have the place.
This arrangement has not been made, nor has any other.
But it is a possibility, and unless, by a miracle, a good coach
can be found before spring training, it is undoubtedly the best
way. Oregon can then go ahead, without embarrassment of
any kind, without hurrying into any entanglements, and obtain
the man who will fit into the proper place in the athletic
program.
I he machinery for this consists of the athletic committee,
and the executive council, to which bodies Virgil Earl, director
of athletics, will act as adviser. Earl, with the aid of the com
mittee, will start at once to seek a full-time, competent coach,
and in the meantime, which may mean a year, football will un
doubtedly be \vell taken care of. Earl has a hard job, one that
requires a great deal of conscientious work, for he must bring
the man before those that are to engage him. Last year this
job was well done, as those who know of the obstacles encount
ered can certify. Full confidence is due Mr. Earl and the exec
utive council, and there is no couse for alarm or wild rumors.
Oregon is not faced with a crisis, the athletic relations are
in perfect harmony, every one is working hard for what is best
for the University. Oregon is gaining steadily in athletic power
and prestige, and with everything going as smoothly as it is
nowr, it will continue to forge ahead.—George H. Godfrey,
Sports Editor, Emerald.
ORATORIO GROUP HAS
REHEARSAL OE SINGERS
A large number of students and
Eugene musicians were in attend
ance, last night at the music audi
torium, for the first rehearsal of
the Eugene Oratorical Society
which has been formed recently.
The number of voices in the society
is limited at present to 100 but
there is still room for a few more
voices now and more will be admit
ted later if the vocal material war
rants it.
Rehearsals' will be held every
Monday night at eight o’clock in
the music auditorium. A commit
tee, appointed last night, is to de
cide on the productions to be pre
sented. A famous oratorio will be
presented for the public later in the
spring.
The organization was formed for
special training in choral work and
will be benefit to a great number
of students who, because of the
limited membership, are not in the
glee clubs, as well as a great many
Eugene musicians. Anyone with
reasonable vocal ability is eligible
and those with some experience in
choir work are especially welcome,
is the report of John Stark Evans,
who has been named musical di
rector. Other officers elected at a
meeting held last week were George
H. McMorran, president; and Glen
Morrow, vice-president.
AMERICAN MERCURY PLACED
ON LIBRARY CIRCULATION
The American Mercury, which
was formerly obtained at the refer
ence desk and could not be removed
from the library, has been placed
in circulation every month from
now on. The magazine is edited by
G. J. Nathan and Menchen.
o-;-iS>
Sigma Delta Chi elects:
Sol Abramson
James Case
Jalmer Jones
Wilbur Wester
Lyle Kelling (Associate)
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FENCING EQUIPMENT
ORDERED FDR WOMEN
The women’s fencing classes, un
der the faculty direction of Miss
Florence.Alden, of the physical edu
cation department, has just sent in
orders for one hundred dollars’
worth of equipment.
According to Clinton Davisson,
instructor at the men’s gymnasium,
who will have charge of the wo
men ’s classes, the members of the
classes will be divided into three
groups, each of which will meet
twice a week. Hours for the first
division are on Mondays and Thurs
days, between 4:15 and 5:00; for
the second division. Tuesdays and
Fridays, between the same hours;
and for the third division, 'Wednes
days between 4:15 and 5:00, and
Saturdays between 10:00 and 11.00.
It is necessary that everyone de
siring fencing decide upon what di
vision they will be able to attend,
as a meeting of each division will
be called in the next few days.
Mr. Davisson will be assisted in
the work by Coach Bell, Coach Me
Greggor, and Coach Smith.
A movement has been started on
the campus to open a class in fenc
ing for faculty women. Several
members of the faculty have al
ready signified their interest in
such a class, though it will probably
not be started until eight or ten
members have enrolled.
Classes would be held at night,
probably once a week. They would
be open to faculty wn-es, and wo
men on the administrative staff, as
well ns faculty members. All thoso
interested should report to Miss Al
den.
ERNEST J. HAYCOX. EX-’23
SELLS TWO NOVELETTES
F. .T. Haycox. Oregon short story
writer, now in New York, has sold
a novelette, “Red Knives,” to the
Pioneer, and another. “Valley of
the Rogue,” to Western Stories, ac
cording to a letter received by W.
F. G. Thacher, nrofessor of short
story writing. M?. Havcox is spec
ializing in fiction of pioneer Amer
ica.
i Senior Write-Ups
For 1325 Oregana
Are Due on Friday
Seniors! Write-ups for the sen
ior section of the Oregana are
due Friday. For those living out
of organizations and for those
whose write-ups have not been
called for, a box has been placed
in the entrance of the library.
The write-ups will be taken from
there Friday and the box re
moved. Those collecting them in
organizations are requested to
leave them on the bulletin board
of the journalism building for
Margaret Vincent.
Tlio write-ups include: name,
home town, major subject, liv
ing organization, honorary fra
ternities and clubs, campus ac
tivities and offices.
HAROLD SAY CONTRIBUTES
TO SEA STORIES MAGAZINE
Harold Say, of the Portland Tele
gram, formerly a student in the
school of journalism, has sold three
stories to tho magazine, Sea Stories.
STATE HEALTH BOARD
Doctors Urge Co-operation
Of Exposed Students
Orders were received yesterday
from the state board of health that
all persons who ^vere in classes with
Miss Marian Norman, who is in
Portland with the small pox, must
either be vaccinated or be quaran
tined. I)r. P. J. Bartle made this
announcement to the various classes
yesterday and urged that the stu
dents co-operate in every way with
the health service.
As a result the dispensary was
literally swamped yesterday after
noon and doctors and nurses were
kept busy vaccinating students all
day. Over two hundred peop’e were
vaccinated Friday and Saturday
and although no figures are avail
able for yesterday the number prob
ably exceeded that, according to
estimates from the health service
offieo.
There were very few students
yesterday who objected to the rul
ing of the state board and nearly
everyone seemed glad to co-operate
with the health service in the mat
ter of preventative measures, said
T)r. O. A. Ross. He commended the
students on their co-operative at
titude in the matter. There is lit
tle danger of an epidemic on the
campus if everyone is vaccinated at
once, according to those in charge.
LIST OF NEWSPAPER MEN
TO APPEAR IN EXCHANGES
The January issue of Oregon Ex
changes, magazine published by the
school of journalism for state news
paper men, will contain a list of all
Oregon newspapers with their
Staffs.
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CHAIRMAN GIVES
COMMITTEE LISE
McCabe, Directorate Head,
Makes Appointments
For Junior Week-end
LEAKE NAMED MANAGER
First Preliminary Meeting
Scheduled for Thursday,
January 22, at 5 O’clock
Announcement of the chairmeu
of the various committees and com
mittee members for Junior week
end was made by Bobert McCabe,
chairman of the directorate, yester
day.
A meeting of the chairman of the
committees, at which preliminary
plans will bo made, has been called
by McCabe for Thursday afternoon,
January 23, at 5 o'clock in the of
fice of the alumni secretary. Those
in- charge of committees are urged
to be present at that time. This
will be the first directorate meet
ing.
Appointments are Listed
Following is the list of appoint
ments:
Adrienne Hazard, assistant chair
man; James Scripture, Junior prom
chairman; George Mansfield, deco
rations; Kenneth Stephenson, cam
pus day; Paul Ager, athletics; Png
Toole, canoe fete; Paul Krausse,
vodvil; and James Leake, manager.
Campus luncheon—Margaret Vin
cent, chairman. Tables: Ellen Mc
Clellan, chairman; Katharine Beade,
Janet Wood, Helen Webber. Servers:
Cecil Bennett, Lucinda Dell, Helen
Cantine, Gertrude Harris, Philippa
Sherman, Irva Dale, Marion Wag
ini, Betty Lewis, Mildred Kennedy,
Edna Murphy, Edith Pierce, Ellen
Coplon, Lillian Vulgamore, Vivian*"
Harper, Avis Langmack, Katheryn
DeNeffe, DeLoris Pearson, Mar
garet Woodson, Margaret Stahl,
Margaret Kressman, Margaret Wat
son, Helen Beynolds, Sigrid Marti
son, Peggy Boyer, Mildred Nichols,
Louise Inabnit, Buth Gregg, Lyla
MacMurphev, Dorothy Abbott,
Mildred Onslow, Hulda Guild, Lu
cile Perozzi.
Ice Cream: Parker Branin, Paul
Peek, Clifford Powers, Nick Carter,
Balph Stoaloy, Harold Brumfield,
Donald Cash, Alan Button, Bobert
Officer, Lowell Baker.
Clean-up: Bobert Gardner, Ted
Van Guilder, assistant chairman,
(halance of committee will be
named later). —.
Transportation Head Named
Transportation: Bichard Lyman,
chairman; Laverne Pearson, Stewart
Ball, Bobert Keeney, Gerald Pine,
Howard Dilg, William Prudhomme,
Frank German, Philip Sheridan,
Frank Ball, Abbot Lawrence, Fred
Joy, Frank Biggs, Ted Becker,
Ellsworth Morton, Heine Gregg,
Ernest Brokenshire.
Campus Day: Kenneth Stephen
son, chairman; Bert Gooding, Bol
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EASY PLAN WILL BE ADOPTED
TO BRIGHTEN STUDENTS’ HEADS
(By E. C.)
During the next few days, the
faculty member may expect to be
amazed by the dazzling brilliance of
their students’ heads. Unusual ?
Of course! But how, why and where?
lias someone invented a Wonder
ful memory course? Have cross
word puzzles been abolished so that
students may have more time to
devote to their text books? Has the
graveyard been torn up? Has the
day come when a student’s knowl
edge shall rival that of his profes
sors?
No, answer the learned ones, it
is not that at all; The aforemen
tioned brilliance deals not with
the interior but with the ex
terior of the head. To be per
fectly frank and disclose the se
cret without further parleying, Jim
mie T.eake, manager of the Emer
ald, has just received a shipment of
1,400 sample bottles of a well-known
brand of liquid, which, if the state
ment on the bottle is to be believed,
.“Positively keeps the hair in
place,” and “Tour hair will re
main lustrous.” Think of it! Shieksf
Co-eds! A bottle of this wonderful
aid to mankind just for the asking.
Men may go around the campus
now, with no fear when they meet
their best girl that their hair does
not look its best. Girls need not be
bothered carrying a cumbersome
mirror—then can powder their noses
by the reflection on their partner’s
hair.
Jimmie has placed several stu
dents under fhe direction of Claude
Reavis who will have charge of the
distribution of the samples. It is
rumored that they will not stop
until every member of the Univer
sity has received his full share of
this surprising offer, so there will
be no need for anyone to rush madly
hither and yon in search for thw
beautifying produet.