CHARTER GIVEN
TO PHI SIGMA PI
Theta Chi Chapter Granted
To Local Organization;
Installation in March
MEMBER^ ARE LISTED
Group Will Be Twelfth
National Men’s House on
Campus; Officers Named
"Word was received yesterday
from the grand chapter of Theta
Chi fraternity, New York, of the
granting of a chapter of Theta Chi
to Phi Sigma Pi, next to the old
est local group on the campus. The
word was received in a telegram
from Frederick La Due, national
secretary of Theta Chi. The instal
lation dates have been set for
March 6 and 7.
When installed as Theta Chi, the
fraternity will be the twelfth men’s
national living organization on the
campus and will complete the chain
of coast chapters. The chapters
which are now on the coast are:
Mu at University of California;
Alpha Epsilon at Stanford; Sigma
at Oregon Agricultural college; and
Alpha Omieron at Washington
State college. A chapter was re
cently granted to the petitioning
body at the University of Wash
ington which will be installed in
the near future as Alpha Rho chap
ter. *•
Theta Chi has 6,000 Members
Theta Chi was organized at Nor
wich university, Vermont, in 1856,
and has chapters in many of the
leading colleges and universities of
the country. The chapter here on
the campus will be the 41st chap
ter of the organization which has a
total membership of over 6,000 men.
Phi Sigma Pi was organized as a
local fraternity on November 11,
1920, and at the present time has
a total membership, both active and
alumni, of 67 men. In addition to
these, four men are pledges and
will be initiated into the group at
a later date.
The officers of the organization
are: Rue Mowrey, president; George
Ross, vice-president; Milton Peter
son, corresponding secretary; Frank
Loggan, recording secretary; Emer
son Haggerty, treasurer; Lewis
■Beeson, manager.
No Plans are Made
According to President Mowrey,
no plans have, as yet, been made
for the installation.
The active members who will
form the charter membership in
Theta Chi are: Donald Woodward,
Rue Mowrey, Hesden Metcalf, Mil
ton Oscar Peterson, Evan Lapham,
Richard Hoyt, Carl Ashley, Alan
Button, Elmer Fansett, Joe Bates,
Hampton Allen, LeRoy Draper,
and Carvel Nelson, all of Portland;
Ken Cooper, Hollywood, Cal.; Wal
lace Strane, Ontario; Spencer
Trowbridge, Bandon; Dewey Scar
brough, Eugene;'Harley Covalt, Eu
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Women’s Honorary
Will Sell Fluffy
Doughnuts Today
Doughnuts! Doughnuts! All
day today! These huge, fluffy
sweets will fill the aching hunger
' in that long wait from breakfast
to noon; the 4 o ’clock hour will
slip by with ease if a doughnut
is safely reposing—well—where
’ doughnuts were made to repose.
Phi Chi Theta, women’s honor
! ary commerce fraternity, is sell
ing the sugary disks today for a
scholarship fund to be awarded to
the best all-around junior or
senior woman in the department.
The girls will establish them
selves at the commerce building
and this will be considered as the
base of supplies. Students pass
ing this point will revive their
spirits with one of the doughnuts,
costing the usual amount of five
pence.
Forget not your nickels. Re
member to wander past commerce
building today in quest of the
biggest, sweetest, fluffiest dough
nut in the basket.
ORCHESTRA TO REVIVE
PROGENITOR OF TROT
Musical Program Arranged
For Assembly Hour
“Grandfather of the modern fox
trot” is how Rex Underwood, di
rector of the University orchestra,
characterizes “La Veeda,” which
he says is to be “resurrected” on
the program given by the orchestra
at assembly Thursday. John Al
den, composer of the song, is a per
sonal friend of Mr. Underwood.
Other numbers of the program
will include selections from “The
Chocolate Soldier,” Lizst’s “Sec
ond Hungarian Rhapsody,” “Sere
nade” by Titl as a duet for cello
and flute with orchestral accom
paniment, and “Dancing Dolls” by
Poldini. There will also be a couple
of numbers by the string quartet.
The individual members of the or
chestra are: first violin: Alberta
Potter, Gwendolyn Hayden, Delbert
Moore, Nina Warnoek, Sammy So
ble, Wanda Eastwood, Margaret
Inwood, Buford Roach. Second
violin: Dora Roscelle, Irene Ger
linger, Harvery Wood, Flora Ed
wards, Edward Fortmiller, Glen
Potts. Viola: Edward Best, Ralph
McClafflin, Esther Layton. Cello:
Lora Teshner, Katie Potter, Fern
Elliott, Ralph Hoeber, William
Hamilton. - Bass: Jack Seabrook,
Leonard Cross. Flute: Beulah
Clark, Genevieve Phelps. Obeo:
Daniel Cheney. Clarinet: Murlin
Drury, Grace Potter. Bass Clari
net: Carl Skoog. Trumpet: Ar
thur Close, A1 Goff. Horns: Donald
Robinett, S. E. Lasselle. Trombone:
William Davidson, Dick Simonton.
Symphony: Arthur Larson. Piano:
Jean Harper.
DEAN SEASHORE’S CREDIT PLAN
DISCUSSED BY FACULTY GROUP
Whether or not the Seashore plan
for the aid of the superior student
could possibly be adapted to the
needs of the University of Oregon
was the principal topic of discussion
at the regular term session of the
local chapter of the American as
sociation of university professors
last night.
Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler, head
of the committee on investigation
of the advisability of the Seashore
plan, said in presenting the re
sults of the investigation, that the
committee had decided to take only
three of the fifteen suggestions
made by Dr. C. E. Seashore, under
consideration at the present time:
(1) the finding of the potential
brilliant student upon his entry to
college by giving all freshmen in
telligence tests, with their ordin
ary examinations; (2) sectioning of
the students in classes according to
ability; (3) motivating of the best
type of work among all the stu
dents by the institution of honors
systems.
Ralph Casey, of the school of
journalism, reported that the plan
for the sectioning of students ac
cording to ability should warrant
a trial on the basis of its obvious
merits, but that this should be re
adjusted now and then on a basis
of achievement.
The first suggestion was ap
proved, but the second was hotly
discussed. The chief objection to
the sectioning of students, was that
the necessary arrangement of sched
ules to include the various sections
was hardly practicable, it was not
advisable to separate the students
according to ability.
Dr. Rebec, dean of the graduate
school, said that the plan for sect
ioning classes had been employed
on a small scale with exceptional
success in his own department dur
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MUSIC ACTIVITY
UNDER NEW PLAN
System Will Be Applied to
Management of Athletics
And Forensics As Well
PROGRAMS ARE LISTED
Four Concerts to Be Given
By Campus and Outside
Musical Organizations
The new system of student man
agement which was proposed and
discussed as a tentative plan is now
being employed. It is working out
in the management of musical af
fairs and is to be employed also in
athletics and forensics, if approved
later, according to James Leake,
who has been placed in charge tem
porarily.
There will be a manager and an
assistant manager for each of the
three music divisions: the concert
series, the orchestra, and the glee
clubs, now being handled as one.
These managers work under the
general manager. There is a posi
tion open at present for assistant
managership of the glee clubs,
Leake states. The system provides
for the advancement of students by
promotion, enabling a freshman
who is interested to work up and
be manager by his junior year.
Committee Wants Applicants
The general manager is to be
chosen from the best direct mana
gers. The committee, composed of
Randall Jones, Victor Risley, Ted
Gillenwaters, Lester Smith and
Jack Benefiel, desires that anyone
interested in learning about the
managerships, report to James
Leake, who is handling the general
managing at present.
Announcements have been made
of the musical concerts to be given
this term under the new system. It
is probable that the concerts will all
be given in the Woman’s building
but definite final arrangements
have not yet been made. Concerts
announced include the orchestra
concert, which will have some new
features and present a very inter
esting program and the glee club
concert, which will be a combina
tion of the two clubs this year with
a number of new features.
Schedule of Programs
Following is the list of programs
for the term:
February 10—Maier and Patter
son, dual pianists.
February 24—Alberta Spaulding,
violinist.
March 10—Florence Easton, so
prano.
'April 7—Orchestra concert.
—
IT MEN SHOW SPEED
The termination of the (iough
nut wrestling matches, yesterday
afternoon, resulted in victories for
six of the aspiring athletes. The
matches were fast and some clever
manipulation of the limb-twisting
holds was seen.
The results of the matches in
their respective classes were: 118—
Gieely won from Sommers by deci
sion. 138—Kelson won from Ep
ping by a decision after wrestling
one minute overtime. 178—Strauss
downed Fitzsimmons in 1:30. Un
limited—Stevens put Prof fit’s
shoulders on the mat in 3 minutes.
161—Carlson drew the decision over
Loveridge. 148—Oxford tumbled
Bead in 3:00
In correction of an error for the
bouts held Monday, C. Williams
threw A. Strauss in two minutes.
The men to meet this afternoon
are: 118—Scott vs. Greely, final
match. 128—Jarret vs. Baese, fin
al. 138—Betzer vs. Veazie. 161—
Simmerville vs. Carlson, final; Har
; bison vs. Boberson, semi-final. 178
—Strauss vs. Williams, final.
Challenge matches to be run off
tonight are: Bead vs. Maulding,
i in the 148 class; Dixon vs Grant
in the unlimited class. Forrest and
j Loveridge are to report for ehal
, lenge matches.
Sophs to Shuffle
Seniors to Skate
Friday Evening
Loud Clothes, Rollers
Will Be Popular
The Soph Shuffle will be held
Friday evening, January 30, at
the College Side Inn. It is a
date affair. Any mode of cos
tume, either for men or women,
will be correct for the dance,
which begins at 8:30 o’clock.
Italian effects of gaudy, con
trasting colors will prevail in the
decorations. A choice of refresh
ments are being supplied by the
College Side Inn at reduced
prices.
The Four Horsemen and Jock
ey attired as Neopolitans will
offer the syncopation. A feature
will be varied dance surprises.
The senior theatre and skat
ing party for the same evening
will leave Eleventh and Alder
streets at 7 o’clock. In event of
rain, a street car will be provided
for transportation. They will at
tend the first show at the Heilig
theatre, going to the Winter Gar
den for skating afterwards.
Competing for prizes and other
unique entertainment will be sur
| prises of the evening. For those
I who do not care to skate, space
and music for dancing will be
provided.
OLD OREGON FEATURES
MEDICAL SCHOOL NEWS
Magazine Contains Many
Pictures of Campus
The January number of “Old
Oregon,” off the press yesterday,
is devoted, as is usual with the first
number of the year, to the Port
land medical school. The cover ap
priate to the subject matter in the
magazine, is an architectural draw
ing of the Doernbeclier Memorial
Children's hospital, the ground for
which is being cleared at the pres
ent time on Marquam hill, Portland.
News of the medical school for the
entire year is contained/ in th£s
issue.
The first article is a report of
the medical school to the regents
l of the University of Oregon, by
Dean Richard B. Dillehunt. In run
' ning the story, Jeannette Calkins,
1 editor of the alumni magazine, pre
faced it with a note that the re
port was so good a statement of the
present situation at the medical
school, that she printed it entirely
(except for details of recommenda
tions on routine matters.
Charles N. Reynolds, secretary of
the medical school and former
teacher of Lincoln high school in
Portland, is the author of an article
on “Scholarship at the Oregon
Medical School.” Other features
and news stories are “The Value of
Kale as a Food,” by Jessie Laird
Brodie; “University’s Growth Out
runs Support; Enrollment Attests
Service,” a statement prepared for
use in connection with the legisla
ture. A story follows on the pre
sentation of the base relief of Dr.
Kenneth A. J. MacKenzie to the
school. A picture of the relief ac
companies the article. “Oregan
Man ~ Wins Rhodes Scholarship,”
“Mary Spiller Scholarship Fund In
creased,” “Research in the Medical
School,” and a story on the work
being accomplished in the 1925 Ore
gana follow. Jim Case, sophomore
jjn the school of journalism, is
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CLASS TO HEAR TALK
ON PAGEANTRY TODAY
Mrs. Doris Smith of the Ellison
White conservatory, Portland, Ore
gon, will address the Playground
j and Community Service class this
morning at 9 o'clock in room 207
in the Woman’s building. Mrs,
! Smith has chosen for her subject
“The Possibilities of Pageantry in
a Community Service Program.”
JUNIOR CLASS MEETING
j Important meeting of Junior
I class at 5 o’clock this afternoon
| at the College Side Inn.
GUILD FOTSf
SHUTS TONIGHT
‘Yellow Candle Light’ Has
Four Day Schedule; Over
Forty Included in Cast
FAIRY LAND IS DEPICTED
Special Matinee to Be Held
Saturday; Play Attracts
Large Ticket Office Sale
The first performance of “Yel
low Candle Light” will be given
this evening at Guild theatre. With
a cast of over forty University stu
dents who are prominent in either
dramatic, musical or dancing cir
cles on the campus, this original
musical fantasy from the pen of
Fergus Beddie has attracted an un
usually large ticket sale, so much
so in fact, that it has been found
necessary to give it five perform
ances, including a special children’s
matinee Saturday afternoon.
Fairy Land Depicted
“Yellow Candle Light” is replete
with all the elements which go to
make an interesting and enjoyable
play. The realities of childhood,
as depicted in the prologue, quickly
change to a fairy land, as beauti
ful and as authentic as ever a child
has imagined. The fairy princess
and her court of beautiful singing
and dancing-girl attendants, the
magical court wizard, the flaming
red-haired wardrobe mistress, the
kewpie and the court jester, all are
found in this flower bedecked fairy
land. There is a mephistophelean
villian who, with his son Montague
Fortesque Pepper and aided by his
fiery black steed, succeed in car
rying away the beautiful princess
who is only rescued when the vil
lian is killed in an heroic struggle,
by the hero, Percival Jones.
Life’s Bealities Appear
The last act is again laid in fairy
land under the stars, where court is
being^held to determine the fate of
the court wizard and wardrobe mis
tress who have betrayed the fairy’s
secrets. The princess sits beside
the king on the marble throne with
the attendants in graceful groups
around them. The shiny stars, like
polished rain drops, are reflected
against the dark sky and the pro
tecting circle of fire encloses the
royal personages from the criminals
before them. Each detail is just
as a fairy land should be.
“Yellow Candle Light” is an un
usual production. Nothing like it
has ever before been attempted here
at the University.
UNIVERSITY HIGH LOSES
In a fast and fairly clean game
played Saturday night in the men's
gymnasium, the University high
school quintet lost to Ashland by
a score of 27-21. The outcome of
the game was in doubt until the
last few minutes of play, when Ash
land scored the deciding baskets.
The biggest game of the season
for the campus youngsters will be
played tonight when they meet the
Eugene high school team on the
men’s gymnasium floor. The same
j line-up will probably be used in
I the Eugene game that was used for
Ashland, with Ridings at center,
Hempy and Stearns as forwards,
and Hayes and Hall holding guard
I positions.
I The sophomore and junior girls’
| basketball teams of the University
1 high school were defeated Mondav
i
j by the sophomore and senior teams
j of the Springfield high school. The
games were played on the Univer
sity high gymnasium floor. The
Springfield seniors won from the U.
H. S. juniors 40-29, while their
sophomores won by an 18-3 score.
Great Activity
Shown By Men's
Life Saving Corps
With the addition of a second
corps, greater activity is taking
place in men’s Red Cross life sav
ing than ever before. The nucleus
of the new corps has been formed
from part of the original organi
zation and will compete with the
old corps in a membership drive.
Already a number of new men
have signed up for instruction in
the upol and it is expected that
many more will register for the
classes. After the instruction
course has been given, the appli
cants will be given a test for mem
bership in the corps. This test will
be given in about a month from the
start of instruction. After passing
the membership test a man is elig
ible to take an instructor’s exam
ination.
Classes for life saving instruc
tion are now being held six times
a week in the men’s pool. Follow
ing are the instructors: Monday, Tj.
E. Palmer; Tuesday and Saturday,
Bon Park; Wednesday, Robert
Bartlett; Thursday, L. Stone, and
Friday, Lowell Hoblitt.
OR. SMITH TO TALK ON
PRIMITIVE RELIGIONS
Lecture Will Be Second of
Weekly Series
Br. Warren B. Smith, of the geol
ogy department, speaking on primi
tive religions, will deliver the sec
ond of the weekly religious lec
tures given as a series under the
auspices of the United' Christian
Work of the University of Oregon,
this evening at 7:15, in Alumni
hall.
Br. Smith is uncommonly quali
fied as an authority on his sub
ject in that much of his knowledge
thereof has been obtained through
personal contact with primitive peo
ples and a first-hand study of their
customs. He has spent twelve
years in the hinterlands of the Phili
pines in intimate relation with the
primitive native. He was then
Chief of the Bivision of Mines of
the United States Government.
Three groups of primitives, rang
ing from the very lowest to one
quite high in the scale of civiliza
tion, especially their religions, will
be reviewed by Br. Smith. They
include, the Negritos, or dwarf and
the Indonesiens of the Pliilipines,
and the Polynesians of Hawaii.
Human sacrifice and other early re
ligious practices will be discussed.
There is no thought of propa
ganda in the idea back of any of
these lectures, the committee ex
plains; the only purpose is to give
a comprehensive, scientific and un
prejudiced survey of religion as an
important field of human activity.
VARSITY TIKES
EASY VICTORY
Oregon Quintet Wins Over
Whitman Missionaries
By Score of 44 to 22
SECOND STRING IS USED
More Opposition Expected
In Tomorrow’s Contest
With Montana Grizzlies
Oregon took another easy step
upward in the Northwest race last
night by overwhelming the Whit
man five by a score of 44 to 22.
This is exactly the same margin by
which O. A. C. quintet defeated the
Missionaries last night, when’the
game ended 40 to 18.
It was a good basketball game,
a great deal of the time the first
half, but a variety of varsity re
placements in the second period
slowed things down a bit. The sec
ond string men were able to hold
the lead established by the regu
lars, however.
Oregon Takes Lead
The game started in a casual
manner, with Oregon early taking
the lead. The margin was never
great in this period, and it ended
17 to 12. Reinhart’s zoning sys
tem of checking was used altogeth
er, and this forced the visitors to
resort to long shots, few of which
registered. Though not fast, the
playing was fairly clean this half,
with few fouls being called.
The varsity started the second
period with a rush, and scored with
ease. Before the half was third
over Reinhart began to slip in his
utility men, who fitted in nicely.
The game ended with a rush, with
the Oregon second string breaking
through for several points.
Hobson and Gowans divided hon
ors for Oregon, Hobson making 13
points of the total score, and Gow
ans, 12. Okcrborg placed seven
points, and Westergren, who also
played an excellent game at guard,
made 6. Both Hobson and Gowans,
in spite of a recent vaccination,
were accurate in shooting. Gillen
water checked closely, and scored
two points.
Game is Easy "*
For Whitman, Holmgren was high
point man with six, with J. Faust,
Yennv and L. Faust each scoring
4. J. Faust played a good game,
but failed to connect on long shots.
The game showed that the var
sity has not yet been called on to
exert itself, for the contest last
night could hardly be called a fair
test of any angle of the game. The
battle with Montana tomorrow
night will see a much stiffer style
of play, for the Grizzlies have so
far shown themselvg* of real con
ference calibre. This will be fol
lowed by the Washington game Sat
urday, which Oregon must win to
stand a fair chance for the confer
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UNIVERSITY STANDARDS REMAIN
CONSTANT, SAYS DEAN DYMENT
“In the last year, we have just
held our own, in the matter of
standards,” said Dean Colin V. Dy
ment, in discussing the question of
the standards of University stu
dents. “There has been no parti
cular progress that I can discern.
“After the war, there was a great
det down in personal or conventional
standards in the East,” he said.
“This travelled west, and engulfed
the Middle West and Rocky moun
tain institutions. Finally, a year
or two ago, it found its way into
! Eugene. That sort of thing affects
standards more or less in spite if
the University. Either we will get
; used to what we now call a let
down, or some of the habits which
have come from over the Rocky
mountains will take flight.
“As to the standards of the Uni
versity,” Dean Dyment continued.
“We’re at the beginning of what
should be our ultimate rise. I be
lieve that there is a tendency in
that direction, and whether this
faculty stays or goes, the trend will
continue. It is not a personal mat
ter.
“There are more serious students
on the campus now, than I have
seen since 1913, when I first came
to the University of Oregon,” was
Dean Dyment’s conclusion. “When
; there is a let down, you usually see
j it in little groups, and not in the
student body itself. Consequently,
the student boily is better on the
whole, even though it may not know
it.”
During the last fall, there were 78
withdrawals from the University,
110 probationers, and 45 students,
who “flunked out,” making a to
tal of 233, or nearly ten per cent
of the student body. However,
Dean Dyment called attention to
the fact that many of these with
drawals were for other than schol
astic reasons.