CRITICS PRAISE
Exhibits Include Design,
Tiles, Weaving, Wood
cuts, Architectural Models
_ •
WIDE VARIETY SHOWN
Tea and Reception At
Four Are .a Part of
Program for Jury Day
(By P. S.)
Prom the smallest Batik handker
chi(^ to the largest oil and water col
ors, and from the tea and reception at
four until the last doughnut and cup
of cider at ten, Jury day in the art
school was enjoyed and favorably
criticised by judges and visitors.
Work of the students of the vari
ous departments was on review in j
the studios, where the judges passed
■criticism on it, and where guests
and friends of the school were able
•to see the development made in the
■different branches.
In the normal arts department,
decorative designs, tiles, Batik
■work, weaving, costume designing,
and wood-cuts were displayed; in
the sculpture laboratory, all stages
«of models and bas-relief were
■shown; in the life, oil and water
color studies sketches and paint- :
ings were hung, and problems of
architecture were reviewed in the '
architectural gallery.
Conferences are Held
The judges who came down from
Portland to be guests of the school
and to judge thp work are: Mrs.
Xiucy Dodd Bamberg, Miss Eliza-1
"beth Braker, C. D, James, Folger
Johnson, Morris Whitehouse, John 1
Bennis, and Joseph Jaccoberger.
Mrs. Bamberg and Miss Barker ]
criticised the work of the normal
and fine arts department and the
five men, who are Portland archi
tects, judged the drawings of the
architecture students. At two
■o’clock Miss Barker spoke before
a gathering of normal art students
•on antique colonial furniture, and
throughout the day -student confer
ences were held to discuss the dif
ferent phases of the work.
Mrs. Bamberg, who has been a
guest of Jury day for several years
states that she has never been so
pleased with the work. “I think
it is deliglitful, the things that
"these young people are doing. The ■
dainty things in the normal arts
department, the models of the scul
pture classes, the splendid examples
of oil-and wqter-color—everything
appeals to me! ”
John Bennis, who with Mrs.
Bennis cama down with the archi
tects from Portland to see the work
of the school of architecture, is en
thusiastic in his comments of this
department. “There is a marked
development over the work of pre
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VARSITY DEBATE MEN
Cl,SEN FOR CONTEST
Forensic Meet to Be Major,
Event of Year
The debate teams to meet Wash
ington and Idaho, February 12,
have been appointed by Oscar A.
Brown, varsity debate coach. The
affirmative team, which meets Ida
ho here, is composed of Benoit Me- >
Croskey and Ralph Bailey. Sol t
Abramson and Lincoln Erwin will
uphold the negative side against ,
Washington at Seattle.
The question for this debate is 1
the same as that used against O. A. j
C., January8. It is as follows:
“Resolved: that congress by a two-;
thirds vote, should be given power!
to overrule decisions of the supreme
court declaring acts of congress un
constitutional.” j
“The cases used in the O. A. C.
debate are being revised in .the
light of the recent experince gained
from this contest,” said Coach
Brown. This will be the last meil’s
debate of the year barring the radio
contest to be held at a later date.
The Washington-Idaho-Oregon de
bate is considered the major meet
of the year by the forensic depart
ment.
MUSIC ORGANIZATION
PROGRAM POSTPONED
The Mu Phi Epsilon program,
which was to have been given Sun
day, has £een postponed until after
the opening of the new auditorium.
The program, which is opera num
bers and talks on opera, is being
given under the direction of Mad
ame Rose McGrew. As the audi
torium was needed for presentation,
instead of the Alumni hall, it has
been decided to postpone the pro
gram about two weeks until after
the formal opening early in Febru
ary.
REVIVAL IN READING NOTICED;
STUDENTS ON UPWARD TREND
How many books do you read out
side your class requirements, in a
term? What kind of books do you
read? It is generally agreed that
the reading of a goodly number of
books of divers natures is absolutely
essential to the attainment of a lib
eral education. We who would se
cretly fain emulate the example of
Oxford, are constantly exhorted to
widen our field of outside reading,
to “read more and better books.”
If the opinions of a few of the
faculty members of the University
of Oregon, men and women who are
in a position to form a fair estima
tion of campus conditions, can be
taken as indicative of the actual
amount of outside reading being
-done by the students of the Uni
versity, there is a marked revival
of interest in books *mvong stu
dents. All, however, are Hgreed
that the average student does not
read as mueh as he should, and their
comments on this problem of the
student’s outside reading should be
food for thought for any who are
interested in the betterment of the
University.
Mrs. Mabel McClain, head of the
library circulation department,
notes that students in general are
reading more books at the present
time than at any time in the past
five or six years. “The general
trend of interest," Mrs. McClain
said, “seems to be toward books on
biography and travel. Maurio’s
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‘NEWS IN MAKING'
ASSEMBLY TOPIC
D. Thomas Curtin, Speaker,
Has War Correspondent
Career on British Papers
TOUR OF EUROPE MADE
—
Phases of World Romance
Put Into Fiction Form
By Writer of Features
“News in the Making” is the sub
ject chosen by D. Thomas Curtin
for his assembly address at the Wo
man’s building today.
Because of his connections as
special writer for the London Daily
Mail and other English papers, Mr.
Curtin has met and talked with
sitch men as Lloyd George, Winston
*Churchill, Marshall Fech, Gustav
Stresemann, Maxmilian Harden,
Benite Mussolini, and other lead
ers of the most important European
countries.
Paris Conference Covered
His familiarity with the Euro
pean tangle was gained also through
his experience as war correspondent
on 18 battle fronts, and by the fact
that he covered the Paris confer
ence for his London paper in 1918,
reported the Kapp revolution in
1920 for the Mail and Tribune; and
the same year, witnessed the street
fighting in Ireland, writing feature
articles for British and American
newspapers. At least three times
during the last five years, he has
discussed significant political ques
tions with Gustav Stresemann of
Germany.
In 1922, Mr. Curtin toured Ger
many, Austria, Hungary, the Bal- j
kans, went into Odessa, Russia, and |
thence down the Black sea to Con- j
stantinople. The next year he J
studied the situation in Germany I
and France brought about by the
occupation of the Ruhr.
Curtin iis Author
Besides his newspaper activities,
Mr. Curtin has found time to put
in fiction form various phases of
world romance he has encountered.
His “The Land of Deepening Shad
ow” depicts the conditions in Ger
many a year or more after the
World war began; and a later book,
“The Tyranny of Power,” deals
with the problem of labor and capi
tal in the United States.
At 2:15 this afternoon, the speak
er will meet the history classes in
105 Commerce. At 10 «-’elock, Mr.
Curtin will meet with Dean Erie ^
W. Allen’8 editing class.
.The men’s glee club will furnish
music, for the assembly by singing;
Bullard’s “Camarade” song.
LOCAL HIGH ACHIEVES
DISTINCTION IN GRADES
The mean average for girls, who
are graduates of the University
high school now in attendance at
the University, is 2.5, while that
for the b<ws, graduates of the same
high school and now enrolled in the
University, is 2.8. These figures,
based upon the grades made by 44
students during the past term, were
compiled by Harl R. Douglass, of
the school of education.
The mean average for all the Uni
versity high school graduates is 2.7.
A number of these students, ap
proximately one-fourth, completed
the regular four • year secondary
course in a three-year period. Many
of these University high school
graduates whose grades were used
in the survey are freshmen and
sophomores here. Only one aver
aged below TV. This student re
ceived P in all subjects, because
he left s-hool without formally
withdrawing from his classes. Edna
English and Hazel Hayden, two
of the 44 students included in the
survey made tie honor roll.'
Seniors to Arrive
At Eight O’clocks
On Roller Skates
All senior men are to wend
their various ways to their eight
o’clock classes on roller skates
Friday morning, by order of Bill
Poutson, general chairman of the
senior party to be held Jamuary
30. This move was made by the
committee in charge so that all
men of the class may get in
practice for the big bust next
week.
There will also be skating prac
tice for the women of the class,
Friday afternoon at 1:15 on Thir
teenth street, everyone to gather
in front of the Co-op. All wo
men who are interested are urged
to be there. There will be num
erous senior men present who are
well qualified as teachers of rol
ler-skating and they will instruct
in the more intricate points of the
sport.
The committee also announces
that at various times between
now and the time of the party
there will be practices held on or
near the campus. All senior men
are asked to get their skates in
shape today so as to be ready for
an early start tomorrow morning.
JANET YOUNG SENDS
LETTER TO STUDENTS
The following communication has
been received by the University
from Janet Young, '23, who played
in Eugene recently with the Mor
oni Olsen players, in “You and I.”
This performance was a benefit, the
proceeds going to the student gift
fund, as Miss Young's contribu
tion.
“Dear friends, I wish to think
you for the very beautiful flowers
and the thought sent me the night
of the play—‘You and I.’ Also for
the kind reception of our company.
I could feel the spirit of Oregon
in that audience and,it gave me
great joy to have the pleasure of
playing for you. On behalf of the
company and for myself, many,
many thanks for vour kind appre
ciation of our work. Very sincerely,
Janet Young.”
VARSITY FIVE TO MEET
MULTNOMAH TONIGHT
The varsity hoop-men will meet
the Multnomah basketeers in Port
land tonight. The squad will leave
on the afternoon train for Portland
and will play the first contest of
the trip with the clubmen there.
Coach Reinhart is not expecting
this tilt to bo a hard game as his
men wallopped Willamette by a 63
to 31 score and the Bearcats came
out on the long end of the score in
there struggle with the Multnomah
quintet. The winged M tessera are
reported to have strengthened their
five and hope to give the Web
footers a hard battle.
Two full squads are making the
trip, including Cowans, Hobson,
Okerberg. Gillen waters, Westergren,
Jost, Chiles, Gunther, Reinhart and
Anderson. The line-up will include
the same team that started against
Pacific. Go wans
forward, Okerberg
Gillenwaters and
guards. »
and TTobson at
at center and i
Westergren at :
The varsity will be working un- j
der a disadvantage in this game j
as four of the best men have re
cently been vaccinated. Should
these men be unable to plav the
team would t)e verv greatlv handi
capped and would fact the possible
danger of losing the contest. Hob
son, Gowans, Okerberger, and Gil- j
lenwaters are the men who have
been vaccinated and if they are un
able to play the team would bo com
posed of all green men, plaving
their first year in varsity positions.
The game will be called early and
will be played on the club's floor.
UNIVERSITY HAS
2916 STUDENTS
Winter Term Attendance
Increases 176 on Campus
And At Medical School
RAPID GROWTH EVIDENT
Increment of 56.6 Per Cent
Shown; Calculation Made
On Basis of 1925 Figures
University registration shows an
increase of 176 for the winter term,
according to Carlton E. Spencer,
registrar, which brings the number
of students, including the medical
school, to 2916.
On the basis of these figures, Mr.
Spencer believes that at least 100
persons will enter for the spring
term, raising the registration for
the year at Eugene and in the medi
cal school to more than 3,000, a
record for the University. Of this
number about 2,800 will be in at
tendance on the Eugene campus, it
is estimated.
The graduation class for 1925 is
estimated ~at 400 by the registrar.
This is an increase of 64 over the
number who graduated last year.
The rapid growth in University
registration is evident in a compari
son with the numbers registered
here in previous years. On the bas
is of 1920 figures, the increase has
been as follows: 1921, 5.9 per cent;
1922, 25.5 per cent; 1923, 34.4 per
cent: 1924, 36.8 per cent; and 1925,
estimated on enrollment to date,
56.6. This means that the school
population will likely be doubled
in five years.
Total registration last year, in
cluding those in correspondence
study and in the extension division,
was 7,120.
ALSATIAN STUDENTS
MRS. HOOVER’S TOPIC
“Student Life at Strassburg” is
the topic of the talk which Mrs.
Alta Cooney Hoover, member of
the faculty and wife of Glenn Hoov
er of the economics department, will
give at the regular meeting of the
Y. W. C. A. which is to be held at
the Bungalow at 4:30 today.
This talk will be especially in
teresting, Miss Florence Magowan,
secretary of the Y. W. C. A. stated
today, since Mrs. Hoover has spent
some time in Europe and has first
hand knowledge of her subject.
Esther Church, a junior in music,
will give a piano solo. Eloise Buck
will preside at the meeting.
The meeting was to have been
last week but due to a conflict with
the Women’s League meeting, it
was postponed until today.
DR. MARTI RESIGNS
EXECUTIVE POSITION
The president of the Cosmopoli
tan club, Dr. Fritz Marti, assistant
professor of philosophy, yesterday
resigned. Miss Andree Pellion, vice
president of the club, is now acting
as president until the place can be
filled. No information has yet been
given out as to who will be selected
for the office.
Juan Domingo expressed the opin
ion that the club must have the
support of the American students if
it is to successfully continue. It
is the medium of co-operation be
tween the two groups of students.
It affords valuable opportunity for
the foreign student to more easily
understand, the American point of
view‘and for the American student
to understand the foreigner’s point
of view.
A program is to be given in the
spring by this group, which Mr.
Domingo hopes will be patronizod
by the University students.
Humorous Snaps
Wanted By Oregana
Feature Editors
“Pictures, snaps, photos,—hu
morous, ridiculous or otherwise—
we want ’em” is the message
sent out by the feature editors
of the 1925 Oregana.
“If you have a personal grudge
against some student on the cam
pus and have a picture of him—
send it in,” say the editors,
“That’s what we want.”
Often scattered among the stu
dents of the University there are
numbers of pictures which are
too valuable to suppress—too in
teresting to keep in the dark,
and there is no better medium
than the Oregana to give them
j proper advertisement. If there
are not such, it is just one step
further to take them and that,
in the opinion of the staff, is
what should be done.
If there are any pictures of
Junior shine day, or other cam
pus events, these too are wanted,
is the word given out. All con
tributions may be turned in to the
Oregana office in the A. S. U. O.
building.
DISCUSSION GROUPS
HOLD FIRST MEETING
Women Study Geography of
India and Turkey
Two of the discussion groups, fos
tered by the World Fellowship com
mittee of the local Y. W. C. A., met
yestorday for the first time. The
India group met in the aftornoon
at 5:00 and the Turkey group held
a supper meeting at the Bungalaw
at 6:00.
Sylvia Hurd, a student on the
campus, who has spent four years
in India, briefly outlined the geo
graphy of India and its natural re
sources. Miss Hurd’s talk was fol
lowed by a discussion and questions
directed to the speaker. DeLoris
I Peafson is leader of this group and
.Miss Hurd is acting'as assistant. !
The group discussing Turkey held |
an interesting supper meeting. Mrs. I
Bruce Giffen, wife of the student
pastor, is assisting Edna Spenker.
The topic under discussion was the
geographical location and the na
tural resources ofTurkey.
Tonight the group studying Nor
I way, led by Frances Dodds will
j meet at the Bungalow at 6:00 for
! a supper meeting. This is the first
meeting of the group. Dorothy
j Carter is assistant leader.
GIRL FENCERS MEET TODAY |
AT GYM FOR PHOTOGRAPHS
Members of the girl’s fencing
class are asked to meet today at
3:00 in the office of the women’s,
gym, for the taking of pictures, j
All those who have signed for the
sport are asked to appear in the
regulation gymnasium costume. j
EUGENE LAWYER.
ONE TIME STAR,
TO GUIDET[1
Executive Council Makes
Choice With Approval
Of Alumni Association
NEW MENTOR TWICE ON
ALL-AMERICAN ELEVEN
“Dick” Captained Gridsters
Of Oregon and Columbia
And Made Track Letter
By unanimous consent of the
executive council, Richard Shore
Smith, of Eugene, was officially se
lected as Oregon’s new grid men
tor. “Dick” Smith, as he is com
monly known, will serve in an ad
visory capacity as coach for both
the varsity and freshman football
teams for an indefinite tenure, no
definite time limit being included
in his contract.
The quiet session at which
“Dick” Smith was selected to suc
ceed Joseph II. Maddock as coach
of the University of Oregon eleven
came as an anti-climax to a spirited
alumni meeting in Portland on
Tuesday evening. The Portland
alumni last evening at a conference,
held to pass on the merits of a suc
cessor for Maddock, enthusiastically
fell into line, supporting Smith’s se
lection.
Advisor Has Backing
The new advisory coach has not
only the backing of the Portland
alumni and Eugene alumni associa
tions, but also the respect and back
ing of the Oregon grid warriors
who highly respect his ability as a
leader and instructor on the grid
iron.
Richard Shore Smith was named
All-American fullback by Walter
Camp for two years while at Col
umbia university, New York. He
was an all-around athlete and dur
ing his playing days, captain of two
collegiate elevens, Oregon and Col
umbia.
Played for Columbia
Smith was one of the greatest
players of the period from 1896 to
1903 and many critics class him as
among the best fullbacks who ever
wore college colors. He won the
distinction of making the All
American team while a law stu
dent at Columbia, following his
graduation from the University of
Oregon in 1901. He played on
Columbia elevens from 1901 to, 1903.
With the appointment of Smith,
thorp are now two former All
American players holding coaching
positions on the Pacific, Coast.
Andy Smith of California, while
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OREGON KNIGHTS SPONSORING
“NEW AND DIFFERENT” AFFAIR
“Costume Knight,” the latest
“new and different” affair is to
he sponsored on the night of Feb
ruary 6, at the Woman’s building,
bv the Intercollegiate Knights. Tt
is to be the beginning of costume
dances to be given annually.
The movement toward introduc
ing something different on the cam
pus was inaugurated by the Seniors
when they gave their Senior Ball
and the Knights express the hope
that the students will get behind
this new idea as they did behind
the ball. They are ashing that the
students co-operate by eoming to
the dance in costumes. As an ad
ded incentive they are planning to
give a novelty surprise a few days
beforo the dance.
It is the first affair of its kind
on the campus and they intend to
keep it different by offering fea
tures, which though they may not
be unique, will at the same time
hot be similar to those usually giv
en at campus dances.
Already preparations have begun
for the dance. Committees have
been chosen and are at work. John
Boswell, general chairman, will
have charge of music and the circu
lation of tickets. Parker Bran in will
have charge of the decorations and
refreshments and Lawrence Riddle
will head the publicity and features.
Tickets will be on sale at the Co
op and also may be had from -any
Oregon Knight.