FIRST FOOTBALL
PRACTICE HELD
Twenty Centers, Kickers
Given Instructions By
Coach Smith in Workout
CENTER PASSES TRIED
Chauncey Bishop. Famous
Punter, Will Assist in
Teaching Men Methods
“Here, Chauncev, show ’em how
to do it!” A sharp “ping!” The
Brand new football spins away,
yard after yard, to light with a
■splash in the soggy mud.
Varsity football practice is on
-at Oregon. Coach Dick Smith’s
call brought forth 20 centers and
kickers last night, and qvery one
put in an hour of real practice,
with instructions interspersed with
-examples. The spiral and the end
over-end pass from center were
both tried out, and the fundamen
tals of the pivot position were en
tered into.
Bishop Holds Record
Kicking practice started off with
a rush under the direction of Chaunc
-ey Bishop, a team mate of Smith
at Columbia in 1904. Bishop, de
clares Smith, was one of the great
est kickers of all time and holds
the record for punting. The record
Boot, which traveled 94 yards, was
made in a game against Yale. Bish
op has not forgotten how to kick, and
he is also able to tell the other fel
lows how to do it. He will be here but
is possible that some talent in the
squad will be uncovered.
The kicking and passing will con
tinue for several days, and as soon
as these departments are in work
ing order, the entire team will be
organized. Back field and linemen
may come out anytime however, the
coach states. Handling the ball and
•getting the feel of the sod can well
occupy these men until general prac
tice starts.
Hard Work Predicted
Coach Smith took command at
the start, and had things organized
even before the entire squad had
reported. The grid men this year
will work and work hard, for it is
immediately evident that Smith
means nothing but business.
Ideal weather greeted the men
the first night, but the field was
muddy and rather sloppy. Prac
tice is held on the football practice
field adjoining Hayward field.
By the middle of next week Smith
-expects to have his men fully or
ganized, and in a couple o| weeks
team plays and mass formations
will be practiced. A series of
games is planned for the latter part
-of the spring period, for by that
time the squad is expected to be
well adPShced in football ability.
Coach Smith was well pleased
with the turnout the first night,
and he especially commended the
spirit of the men out. “They are
all starting out strong, with plenty
of dash and verve,” he said. “The
old spirit is going to be kept up,
too, and Oregon will have the hard
est fighting team in its history by
the opehing game next fall.”
PRESIDENT APPOINTS
TRADITION COMMITTEE
A traditions committee lias been
appointed by Randall Jones, presi
dent of the student body, in ac
cordance with the provision stated
in the constitution of the student
body. This committee will consist
of Jeanette Calkins, secretary of
the alumni, who is chairman; Del
Oberteuffer, alumnus and member
of the faculty; John McGregor,
alumnus; and Jean DuPaul, Louie
Anderson, and Imogene Lewis, stu
dent representatives.
The function of this committee
will be to inaugurate and perpetu
ate traditions of thb University,
and to make recommendations con
cerning them. There has been some
agitation on the campus in regard
to senior sombreros, the freshman
parade, songs, yells, Homecoming
and watch fobs. The committee
will look up the history of these
various traditions and decide whi rh
shall remain. ,. *
Oregon’s New Football Mentor Starts
Grid Practice for Spring Training
Richard Shore Smith
| DIME CRAWL WILL BE
AT COLLECE SIDE INN
“A dime a crawl, admits you to
the brawl,” men! Bring your own
girls and get your dates early. This
is a statement made today by Hazel
Marv Price, who is in charge of the
dime crawl, scheduled for Wednes
day afternoon from 4:00 to 5:30.
The affair will be held at the Col
lege Side Inn.
This is the first time that these
'fiances have been held in the after
noon, and the committee hopes for
a good crowd.
The proceeds of the dime crawl
are turned into the Woman’s League
j foreign scholarship fund, which is
' maintained each year by the Lea
; gue. This fund is used to bring
some foreign woman to the Oregon
campus for a year, with her ex
penses paid.
The pep committee for the
dance is composed of Rodney Keat
ing, Bill Peek, Basil Burke, A1 Wes
; tergren', Bob Gardner, Bob Mautz,
i Paul Krausse, Steel Winterer, Carl
! Dahl, Cliff Zehruug, Chick Bosen
j berg, Torn Mahoney, and Truman
| Sether.
LINCOLN AUTHORITY
TO ADDRESS ASSEMBLY
Lincoln’s birthday, falling as it
does on Thursday of this week, has
been the occasion for securing
Clark P. Bissett, Lincoln authority
'and enthusiast, for assembly
speaker.
Mr. Bissett is professor of law'
at the University of Washington,
where he has been since 1912. Prior
to that he was engaged in private
practice, at various times being at
torney for the Union Pacific and
Great Northern railways. He se
cured his legal training at the Uni
versity of Minnesota and abroad.
“He is a man of great enthusiasm
and pleasing personality,” Dean W.
G. Hale of the law school said in
recalling his meeting with Profes
sor Bissett, “and seems well quali
fied to handle an audience. He has
an exceptionally fine Lincoln li
brary.”
i In 1922 Mr. Bissett was named
by the federal court as receiver for
the Frank Waterhouse interests, a
matter involving hundreds of thou
; sands of dollars. However, he ask
ed to be relieved of the position
after a short time because it took
too. much time away from his law
classes.
‘THE IDEAL HUSBAND'
TO SHOW THREE DAYS
Guild theatre will again open its
doors to campus audiences tomor
row night, for the first perform
ance of Oscar Wilde’s comedy
drama, “The Ideal Husband.” It
will be given three performances
on the evenings of Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.
The twio character leads, Lord
Goring and Mrs. Cheveley, will be
taken by Harrell Larsen and Gerda
Brown, with Claire Gibson and
Terva Hubbard in the straight
roles of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chil
tern. The remainder of the cast
includes the names of “several new
members of the senior, company,
together with those of students who
have appeared in Guild theatre
programs for several years.
“The Ideal Husband” is a play
dealing with the problem of a
' very prominent member of the
British Parliament who has gained
his immense fortune through the
possession of important official
documents. He was able to keep
this knowledge concealed even
from his wife and, he supposed,
rrom every one else in the world,
only to learn that his secret was
known to a woman who was deter
mined to use her knowledge to her
own advantage. The effector of
the return to peace and happiness
for the M. P. is Lord Goring, who
is the same sort of character, sim
ple appearing on the outside but
very clever underneath his mask
of stupidity, that Shakespeare, and
even the ancient Greeks, used for
their heroes.
The solution of the problem is
handled in an original style with
the characteristic dash of Mr.
Wilde. New and interesting an
gles are introduced up to the very
climax.
The box office at Guild theatre,
Administration building, will be
open all day today.
SIX STUDENTS PLEDGE
TO BOTANY HONORARY
Six students in the botany depart
ment were pledged to Samara, wom
en’s honorary botanical society.
The pledging took place at a tea at
the home of Professor and Mrs. Al
bert R. Sweetser. Those pledged
were Hulda Guild, Ann Mylne, Mrs.
Harry B. Yoeom, Alene Larimer,
Marguerite McCabe and Edith
Howe.
Samara was organized on the
'campus in 1920 for the purpose of
giving recognition to women inter
ested in botany
DUAL PIANISTS
APPEAHTDNI9HT
Maier and Pattison to Give
Concert Under Auspices
Of Associated Students
A.S.U.O. TICKETS ADMIT
Artists Will Present Own
Compositions and Works
Of Famous Musicians
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison, dual
pianists appearing on the campus
tonight, arc the first artists to pre
sent programs this year under the
management of the associated stu
dent body.. The concert will lie giv
en at the Woman’s building at 8
p. m. Tickets are on sale at the
Co-op and at Larawav’s Music
store.
Students will be admitted upon
presentation of their student body
tickets for winter term. General
admission tickets are $1.00, reserved
seats $1.50, and season tickets for
reserved seats for five concerts arc
$5.00.
Both Artists Talented
Mr. Maier and Mr. Pattison are
each artists on the piano and give
excellent solo programs but they ex
cel in dual piano work which they
began only as a pastime for them
selves. Upon being persuaded a
number of times to make public ap
pearances on two pianos they de
cided to make a specialty of this
form of expression. They have re
vived a number of two-piano eom
positiens by Debussy, Caesar
Franck, Saint-Saens and others.
Such pieees were almost unknown
outside the studios.
Several compositions have been
written especially for Maier and
Pattison’s two piano programs. To
night’s program will include com
positions by Debussy, Arensky,
Schumann and others and also
pieces composed by the two artists
themselves.
Complete Programs Listed
Following is the program:
I.
Gavotte and Musette .Kaff
Andante and Variations ..Schumann
Scherzo, Op. 37 .Saint-Saons
II.
Sonata (in one movement) .
.Clement!
Allegro molto; Minuetto, Presto
Prelude, “The Afternoon of a
Faun ” .Debussy
| Wedding Waltzes from “The Veil
of Pierrette” .Dohnanyi-Maier
III.
The Enchanted Spring ..
.Templeton Strong
I “Arkansaw Traveller” (old fid
dlers tune) .Pattison
Valse .Arensky
! Chinoiserie .Lord Berners
i Pin Wheels .Duvernov
[Spanish Bhapsody .Chabrier
VARSITY WRESTLERS
DEFEAT IDAHO SQUAD
Bv winning four of the five
wrestling bouts held at the men’s
gymnasium Saturday afternoon, the
Oregon grapplers defeated Univer
sity of Idaho by a score of 42 to 12,
in the first conference meet of the
season.
Although Oregon ran up a large
score the men were all evenly
matched and Wingard of Oregon se
cured the only fall by pinning Pow
ers of Idaho in 6:52 minutes. The
bouts were all fast and the fans
were kept on edge during the entire
l meet.
Perry Davis of Oregon and Boss
! of Idaho, in the 145 pound class,
staged the best exhibition during
I the matinee. The men wrestled for
the three bouts and each was de
clared a draw by Referree Rath
| burn. According to the rules two
, three-minute bouts must be held to
| decide the winner. Rather than
| wrestle the Oregon grappler the
| Idaho man forfeited. These men
I weighed 140 pounds.
Revenge was sweet for Ford, Ore
gon 135 pounder, when he won two
straight decisions from Bittner of
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NOTED WRITERS
TO SPEAK HERE
Syud -Hossain, .Journalist,
And Edgar Lee Masters
Obtained By Committee
SPEAKER IS MOSLEM
Indian Editor and Orator
Scheduled for February;
Poet to Appear in March
Two eminent lecturers have been
chosen to speak to the student body
during this term. Syud Houssain,
journalist, and Edgar Lee Masters,
poet, have been secured by the stu
dent lecture committee and the fac
ulty committee on free intellectual
activities.
Svud Hossain, young Moslem, is
a descendant of Mohammed and is
a native of India. He has had a
distinguished career as a journalist,
having been a powerful influence
on the press bf India. He has also
had wide editorial experience in
England as a writer on political,
economic, and cultural relations of
the Orient and the Occident.
Mr. Hossain is at present making
his home in America and continu
ing his journalistic career. His
work as editor of The New Orient
is being constantly interrupted by
the demands of the public upon him
as a lecturer.
The journalist is a brilliant ora
tor. His command of the English
language is skillful and compelling.
He has spoken before audiences in
two western continents. In Amer
ica many of his talks have been
given to college groups. Mr. Hos
sain will speak on the campus, Feb
ruary 17 at Villard hall.
Edgar Lee Masters is synonymous
with “Spoon River Anthology.”
This poet of America is on his first
lecture tour and will appear at the
University on the night of March
ninth.
APPLICATIONS MADE
FOR STUDY IN NORWAY
Application has boon made by
several students at Oregon for the
traveling fellowships for study in
the Scandinavian countries, during
the academic year 192o-1926, offer
ed by the American-Scandinavian'
foundation. The fellowships will
bear stipends of at least $1000 each.
The last student to receive the
foundation fellowship was Melvin
Solve, ’18. Mr. Solve was an in
structor at Oregon from 1919 to
1920. He attended the University
of Christiana, in Cliinstiana, Nor
way, in 1920-21.
The fellowship offer has been
made by the foundation since 1911,
for students of American birth.
Twenty fellowships are offered for
study in Sweden, five for study in
Denmark, and fivie for study in
Norway. Graduate students and the
younger intructors and professors in
American colleges are especially in
vited to become candidates. Grad
uates of the current year are also
eligible. Those carrying on under
graduate studies will have to attend
lectures in the Scandinavian lan
guage.
All applications and supporting
papers are to be in the hands of
the scholarship committee before
March 1. The committee will pass
upon the candidates, rate them in
order of merit, and forward their
nomination with their supporting
papers of each candidate. The
number of nominations made by
each college is left entirely to the
discretion of the college.
The jury which makes the selec
tion for the foundation is composed
of college professors and technical
experts. The chairman of this jury
is Professor William Hoyguard, of
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. The jury will meet in
April.
Applications may also be sent di
rect to the foundation by men who
are not college graduates, and by
college graduates who do not ask
for the official recommendation of
their college.
Campus Arc Lamps
Used in Old Days
Now Hang in Depot
Carbon lamps were the vogue
as campus are lights not so very
many years ago. Twelve years
seems a short time when one is
speaking in terms of history, but
start talking in terms of scien
tific advancement and twelve
years are—well, twelve years,
each year marking some phase of
scientific discovery and' perfec
tion in the inventions.
“Do you see those carbon lamps
hanging up there,” H. M. Fisher,
superintendent of grounds, point
ed to three ugly black objects
resembling oil lamps, suspended
from a ceiling rafter in the store
room of the University depot.
“Up to about twelve years ago,
those were the only arc lights
the campus boasted.”
The sophisticated reporter
gazed at them in a kind of daze,
and it seemed to her she was
looking upon relics of the middle
ages. “No wonder Edison be
came popular overnight,” she
thought.
Movement Started to Make
Tennis Majors Activity
Addressing a resolution to the
Executive Council that tennis be
made a major sport and golf a min
or sport at Oregon, the Sports
Writers’ association yesterday
started a movement for the recog
nition of these two popular sports
here, at their weekly meeting held
in the Journalism building.
As it was pointed out at the
meeting, nearly all the large col
leges in the country rank tennis as
a major sport, and golf as a min
or sport. Golf is also recognized as
a major sport in many institutions.
Washington, Stanford, California,
U. S. C., and W. S. C. have all
placed these two sports on an or
ganized basis and Oregon should
not be behind these institutions, the
association believes.
The Pacific Coast conference ex
pects to have championship tour
ney for golfers this season end a
recognition of golf here would stim
ulate student interest.
Coach Billy Reinhart, Randall
Jones, president of the student
body, and Jack Benefiel, graduate
manager, will be the guests of the
sports writers Wednesday noon for
luncheon at the Anchorage.
The resolutions adopted by the
association in regard to tennis and
golf follow:
Resolved: That the Sports Writ
ers’ association of the University
of Oregon go on record as favoring
establishment of tennis as a major
sport.
Resolved: That the Sports Writ
ers’ association of the University
of Oregon go on record as favoring
establishment of golf as a minor
sport at the University of Oregon.
Washington State Loses to
Varsity by 30 to 26 on
Armory Basketball Court
IDAHO BEATS HUSKIES
Cougars Give Local Team
Stiff Battle; Hobson
Leads in Field Goals
Oregon went into the lead in the
northern section of the Pacific
Coast conference tonight, defeating
Washington State by a score of 30
to 26, while Idaho was beating the
University of Washington in Se
attle, the Lemon-Yellow ' is the
only team in the conference with
but one defeat to its credit.
Despite the loss of their star
forward, Nolan, who is out with in
juries, the Cougars gave the var
sity a stiff battle and twice held
the lead. The score at the end
of the first half stood 18 to 16
in favor of Oregon.
Soon after the start of the sec
ond half W. S. C. took the lead
by a three-point margin, but the
Lemon-Yellow staged a rally that
gave them the upper hand during
most of the final session.
Howard Hobson, Oregon forward,
was high point man of the contest,
scoring six field goals for twelve
points. L. Morgan followed Hob
son closely in scoring, dropping in
five field baskets and one foul shot
for eleven points.
On Friday Oregon meets Idaho
here, in what should be a closely
contested game, with perhaps the
varsity holding a slight edge over
the Vandals due to their impres
sive showing made recently against
the Aggies.
Lineup and summary
Oregon (30) Position (26) W.S.C.
Hobson.. Morgan
Gowans.P. Kelso
Okerberg.C. Gehrke
Gillen waters.G. Chandler
Westergren.G. Reese
Oregon scoring — Field goals.
Hobson (6); Gowans (3); Okerberg
(3); Westergren (1).
Free throws. Okerberg (2); Gow
ans (1); Westergren (1).
Washington State scoring—Field
goals. Kelso (3); Morgan (5);
Gehrke (3).
Free throws. Morgan (1); Reese
(1) ^ Chandler (2).
Game by Play
Game starts slowly with Oregon
taking aggressive and keeping ball
most of time. •
Morgan, W. S. C!., scores from
field. Score Oregon 0, W. S. C. 2.
Gerke Wold's, Okerberg misses
one, misses second.
Hobson scores from field. Score
Oregon 2, W. S. C. 2.
Gehrke fouls Westergren, Wester
gren scores one, misses one. Score
Oregon 3, W. S. G. 2.
Morgan scores from floor for W.
8. ('. Scare, Oregon 3, W. S. C.
4.
Morgan again scores from field.
Score, Oregon 3, W. S. C. 6.
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DR. TORREY READS SCIENTIFIC
WORK AT CONVENTION IN EAST
(Editor’s note: This article will
be followed by another interview
on Ilr. Torrey’s visit to the large
eastern universities.)
T)r. Harry Beal Torrey, head of
the zoology department, has re
turned to the campus after a trip
East, in which he attended the an
nual meeting of the American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Science.
Before starting for Washington,
I). C., Hr. Torrey met with a group
of clinicians, five of whom came
from California, and discussed the
problems of medical education at
this meeting.
The convention of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science is the most important gen
eral organization of scientific men
in the country. It has been the cus
tom for many years for the special
organization in different science*
to meet with the American Asso
ciation as affiliated societies. The
various sections which were present
were astronomy, physics, chemistry,
biology, medical sciences, as well
as others.
At the meeting of the society of
American Zoologists, Dr. Torrey
read a paper in which he discussed
the results of the effect of secre
tion of thyroid glands on the rate
of cell division. Experiments on
this subject were carried on in the
zoology department of the Univer
sity. Microscopic, one-celled ani
mals, paramecia, were the subjects
of the experiments. In the March
issue of the Journal of General Phy
siology a reprint of the paper given
by Dr. Torrey will appear.
Each day of the meeting from
December 27 to January 1, was de
voted to section meetings and the
presentation of papers of sciontifin
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