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NUMBER 78 HINDUS HELD DANGEROUS FOE Loss to O.A.C. Would Not Indicate Weakness on Part of Gem Staters JDAHO PLAY LIKE AGGIES’ Records Give Oregon Five Slight Edge Over Team Playing Here Tonight Regardless of the Vandal’s pre vious fluctuating basketball record so far this season, Oregon will meet one of the most dangerous teams in the coast conference tonight, when Idaho invades the armory at 7:15. The defeat of the Vandals by O. A. C. Wednesday night, really does ■not indicate that Idaho has again lost its stride after winning over Washington recently. Any team that plays on the Aggie floor is •seriously handicapped. The floor is unusually large and adapted par ticularly to the style of game played by the Beavers. Therefore the op posing team of the Aggies, unless well acquainted with the O. A. C. system, generally lose, Washington being an example of this case. Locals Have Edge Oregon has a slight edge over the “Vandals as to the record made by each team. The Idaho quintet has dropped two eoast conference con tests, both to O. A. C., while each las defeated one strong conference team. However, Oregon has two •coast conference victories to her •credit. Idaho plays a game very similar to that played by the Aggies. How ever, the difference and advantage of the Vandal system over the "Beaver style is as follows: The tripple threat style of game sup posedly played by the Aggies calls for a “stalling” type of play, or to wait for the breaks. On the other hand, the Idaho team does not stall but goes at top speed all the time. The advantage of this sys tem, is the fact that their scoring •combination is always functioning and points pile up in a steady me chanical fashion. One of the out standing plays used by the north ern five, is for the forwards to break down to the corner of the floor and to drop in baskets from the corners. Coach Announces Lineup To continually check a speedy offensive, is a difficult strain on the defensive system of any team, and whether the Oregon five can check the Idaho team throughout the tilt without tiring is doubtful. The probable lineups for tonight are as follows: Oregon Idaho Hobson.F. Miles Gowans.F. Nedgros Okerberg.C. EriqkSon, Weistergren.G.:.... Green Gillenwaters.G. Lamphere NEOPHYTES OF ORDER OF THE ‘O’ WILL BE ATTRACTIONS AT GAME A real treat awaits the spectators at the Oregon-Idaho game tonight, when the Order of the “O” will hold its annual initiation ceremon ies between halves. An elaborate burlesque program has been ■ pre pared which its promoters say, will rival any high-class vaudeville per formance. Among_the neophytes are several talented singers and dancers who have been practicing hard for this entertainment. The opening num ber on the program will be a Span ish serenade entitled “Marcheta.” Lynn Jones, Oregon’s plunging full back, upon special request, will be the soloist. Jones is noted for his beautiful sweet voice and critics j predict a great future for the grid star if he would give more time to singing. Try-outs were not held for this act. The feature of the evening will be a balloon dance entitled, “Ruth St. Denis.” This dance with all the Pavlowa effects will be rendered by fifteen graceful lads all attired in beautiful costumes, specially se cured for the occasion. Jimmy King. who will lead the corps de ballet, will be accompanied by “Paderew ski” Rosenburg and a “baby grand” piano secured from Lara wav ’s Music house. Among the various forms of danc ing to be given in this act are aes thetic, interpretive, ballet, classical, < apache, ball-room (fox trot), and toe dancing. The names of the fif teen dancing lads have not been 1 revealed. Several boxing and wrestling ' bouts also have been added to the program. Officials of the Order of : the “O” have requested that all : men, who have letters but not yet 1 initiated, be on hand for the per formance. The lettermen who will go ’ through the ritualistic ceremonies 1 are: Lynn Jones, ; Bert Kerns, George Mimnaugh, Sherm Smith, 1 Carl Johnson. Bert Gooding, Chick '■ Rosenburg, Oick Carruthers, Jim Kinney, Paul Ager, Boland, Ebv, ] Walt Kelsey, Francis Cleaver, Ray : Williams, Jimmy King, Carrol Ford, t Charles Wells, Walt Whitccmb, Jer- i ry Crary, and Bill McBride. Dean of Women’s Waiting-Room and Office Enlarged A cheerful, airy room, with a southern exposure, and a secre tary chamber twice the size of the one formerly used, have been made possible through the im provements made in the office of the dean of women. The former quarters, which were cramped and inconvenient, have been enlarged by the re moval of the glass partition that separated the waiting room from the private office, thus making one large parlor, and the addi tion of a smaller room for the Dean’s private office. The new quarters are much m!ore cheer ful and pleasant than the old of fice, which had no exterior win dows. Pictures and a few spring blossoms add an attractive touch of color to the buff-colored walls and desk of the tiny room. SPEAKER EULOGIZES LINCOLN’S CHARACTER Great Leader Placed Above Average Man “Birthdays are rests and pauses in the symphony of time when we pay homage to great men,” said Prof. Clark P. Bissett in his assembly ad dress yesterday when he paid high tribute to the life and character of Abraham Lincoln. “In a rude cabin about a hundred years ago today the curtain rose on a drama that "was almost epic in its grandeur,” he said. Jrroressor mssett s rinely balanc ed sentences and precise rhetoric made his address rather an oration on the qualities of Lincoln. “Above all else,” said Professor Bissett in appraising Lincoln’s character, “he was a man, too great to be proud, too deeply introspec tive to fail to see his own limita tions.” It is something more than jsentiment that accounts for the great love for Lincoln, the speaker 'declared. In answering the criti cism that Lincoln was not a great executive, Professor Bissett said that any man can have that ability, but that Lincoln had a finer nature. “No president before or since chose such a cabinet,” he said. “He chose his rivals for advisors and early dominated them all.” < He threw a new light on the 'nature of Lincoln in describing him as possessing a mystical nature— ’almost superstitious. It was Lin coln’s relief from the terrific strain of office, Professor Bissett declar ed. Lincoln’s sense of humor as well set him above the average (Continued on page three) ELECTRIC IRON STARTS FIRE IN EXTENSION BUILDING What might have developed into i a serious fire in the extension build ing was avoided Wednesday night when the night watchman discover ed an electric iron which had been left on in one of the rooms. A small blaze had started when the iron was found, and the ironing board was badly scorched. BASKETBALL CUT Spectacular Game Monday; Special Group Selected From All Class Players SOPHOMORES DEFAULT Second Team Championship Won By Junior Women; Summary Scores Given The inter-class basketball cham pionship cup will go to the senior class. Their victory over the fresh men last night gives them a clear lead of two points over their near est rival. With the last games to be played tonight, the summary score for the series stands as fol lows: First teams, senior won 3, lost 0; junior won 1, lost 1; sopho more won 1, lost 1; freshmen won 0, lost 3. Second teams, senior won 0, lost 2; junior won 3, lost 0; sophomore won 1, lost 2; freshmen won 1, lost 1. Second team cham pionship goes to the juniors. This counts only toward the Alden cup at the end of the year. The most spectacular game of the season will be played Monday night, February 16, at 8:15 in the wo man’s gymnasium. Two all-star teams have been chosen from the entire four classes to play a demon stration game that evening. Special Teams Chosen At a meeting of the class mana gers, head of sport and basketball coach these teams were decided as follows, Jump center, Wanda Plincz, Margaret Pepoon (these two play ers will alternate); Side center, Golda Boone;-Forwards, Grace Sul livan, Wilma Manly; Guards, Char lotte La Tourette, Alta Knips. The other team will be composed of, Jump center, Mildred Crain; Side center, Janet Wood; Forwards, Ves ta Scholl, Mildred Onslow; Guards, Myrtle Mast, Alberta McMonics. Captains have not yet been elected. Miss Grace Snook, an Ore gon alumnus now on the physical education staff of the Salem high school, will referee. The entire cam pus and all outsiders interested in the sport, are invited to the game. There will be a small admission charged to cover expenses. Sophomores Forfeit Game In the games last night, the sen iors took the victory from the fresh men with a score of 48 to 5. The senior teamwork was practically impregnable. Grace Sullivan, sen ior forward, and Golda Boone, run ning center, were a deadly combina ;ion. Both played an aggressive game. In the second half, Margaret Vfiehels, freshman guard, trimmed lown the seniors goals to a credible jxtent. The freshmen were crippled nv a lack of team work but made np for it in sportsmanship. Al ihough beaten from the first, they lisplayed a game disposition and nut up a spirited fight to the last vhistle. The sophomore II-Junior game vent to the junior team by default. -IFTY STORIES SOLD BY PORTLAND CLASS During the fall term, the feature vriting class in the Portland cen er of the exteasion division sold ’ifty stories to trade publications ind journals of all types, said Prof. Ufred Powers. The stories covered l wide range of subjects. Articles including everything 'rom engineering to the household irts were accepted by the following niblications: American City, House ieautiful, Western Advertiser, Golf llustrated, Improvement, North vest Engineer, Motor Transporta ion, Play Thing, and The American i'ruit Grower, The Oregonian, Jour lal, and the Telegram all printed tories from the class. “These are only a few of the >ublications that accepted stories 'rom the feature writing class,” aid Prof. Powers, “but they indi ate how broad is the scope of the vriting that the class is doing. Today is the Day Of Dire Mishaps— Friday the 13th Today is Friday the 13th. And things ate supposed to go wrong on Friday under ordinary circum stances. When you add to that fact that it is the 13th,—well, look out. The superstition concerning Friday as an unlucky day grew out of the fact that Christ was crucified on Friday. The 13th is considered unlucky because at the Last Supper there were twelve deciples and Christ, making thir teen. The Saviour was betrayed immediately afterward. Since then both Friday and 13, have been considered unlucky. Friday the 13th! Anyhow, it only comes two more times this year—in March and November. miTY ON ORIENT TO LECTURE TUESDIIY ‘From Buddha to Ghandi’ Topic of Speech Frankness, and a vitriolic criti cal ability relieved of its acidity by easy wit are characteristics which distinguish ftyud Hossain, lec turer, who will appear here Tuesday night. Mr. Hossain unhesitatingly as sails the public which retains vague and misinformed conceptions con cerning the Orient. “Most people in the United States are inclined to think of In dia as a country peopled by snake charmers and elephants, instead of a civilization richly developed be fore Columbus set about discovering this great land,” says this author ity on Indian history and Oriental politics. “The American’s concept of China is a nation of laundrymcn who do each other’s washing. He does not realize that no other na tion has attained China’s place in the world of arts. “As for Persia, a nation old when Alexander was young, the to tal information most Americans have about it is that Major Imbrie was killed there. Arabia is chiefly notable for the existence of shieks of the Valentino type, because Americans overlook the fact that Arabia was the sole carrier of the torch of civilization from the ninth (Continued on page Tour) RELIGION OF ANCIENTS DISCUSSED IN LECTURE “Our existing Christian religion is for a large part a bequest of the religion of Greece and Rome,,” Frederick S. Dunn, head of the Lat in department, told a large group of University and Eugene people last night in Alumni hall, in his discussion of the religion of Greece and Rome. “There is nothing that more greatly disturbes the principle of evolution now prevading the uni verse than religion. The progress of history compels religion to pro gress. The Grecian religion was a development, and literature, phil osophy, art, and architecture de veloped under its help and influ ence. “Greece and Rome, two groat classical nations, were fused under one regime,” said Professor Dunn, “but were distinct in their con cepts of Deity. The Achaeans from the north in prehistoric times in vaded the domestic realm of the Grecians, and, with their anthro pomophic gods, a different type of religion was introduced. These gods were personifications of na tural phenomenon, and Zeus repre sented the personification of the atmosphere.” • The Gods of the Romans were much like the Greek personifica tions of natural phenomenon, in that they represented natural life. ; We must look to Greece and Rome ; for the background of our religion, 1 according to Professor Dunn, for ; we are even today paying homage | to the gods of their time,—the only difference being that they have been adopted by Christianity and renamed. OREGON DEBATERS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP BART SPELLMAN OBITS POSITION Executive Council Asked to Determine Successor; Action Expected Soon WILLIAMS IS PROSPECT Bart Spellman resigns as assist ant varsity football coach and head lino coach! This resignation came in the same unexpected manner as the recent verdict of Joe Haddock not to return to the University. This completely disorganizes the coaching staff of 1924 leaving the Oregon coaching situation in charge of a complete new regime, with Dick Smith as chief grid mentor. The telegram from Bart Spellman at Seattle reads as follows: “It will be impossible for me to be with you at Oregon. Pue to the fact that my father died last week and conditions are such that I will have to stay here, so please accept my resignation and give my regards to all the men and tell them I feel Pick Smith will make a great coach.” Vacancy to Be Filled To fill the vacancy, Virgil Earl, director of athletics, makes a rec ommendation to the athletic com mittee which recommends the selec tion to the executive council. The council officially indorses the new mental-. Action is expected in the immediate future on the part of the executive council. Bart Spellman was forced to re sign as coach for the reason that his father has just died, leaving considerable property, that will take some time for Spellman to straighten out. Spellman played for Oregon back in 1916, during the period when Hugo Bezdek was grid mentor of the Lemon Yellow eleven. Bart Spellman has coached at Oregon for seven years and has made a rather enviable record while coaching here. Has Ability as Coach One of his outstanding achieve ments while acting as Oregon line coach, was his ability to build up a line that aided greatly in win ning the Oregon games. Last year in the Wasliington-Oregon game, the work of the varsity line in holding the Huskies to four downs when un der the shadows of the goal posts, was largely responsible for the Oregon victory, and one of the men behind this victory, was Bart Spellman. It is rumored about the campus at the present time, that Baz Wil liams, Oregon freshman coach, will probably fill the vacancy. Williams had considerable experience as a grid coach and should be able to handle the position in a creditable manner. CLASS TO HEAR STATE HEALTH WORKER TODAY Mrs. Helen Jockardy, of Portland, director of the Oregon Tuberculo sis association, will talk to the class in Principles of Physical Education, this morning at 11 o’clock.in room 121, Woman’s building. She will discuss health crusade work in the grammar schools. The Oregon Tuberculosis associ ation has been demonstrating the practical value of health education in several of the Portland grade schools. It is hoped that health education may be placed on an equal basis with the regular sub ject now included in the grammar school curriculum. Majors of the physical education department will observe some of this work next week during their annual trip to Portland. EMERALD STAFF MEMBERS ENTERTAINED AT HENDRICKS Hendrick’s hall entertained me-n- ' bers of the upper staff of the ! Emerald last evening at dinner, j Miss Gertrude Talbot and Miss Eu genia Strickland presided. Fifteen | guests were invited from the daily. | Phymere, Mascot, Shows His Power In Sports Realm Oregon won a basketball game two of them in', fact; a wrestl ing meet was won and the fresh men came out victorious. And some think that is probabty due to the work of the new mascot. Phymere, thoroughbred German police dog, doesn’t let that keep him from trying to gnaw the boards on Hayward’s shack or running away every five minutes and camouflaging himself in the grass. A rolly-polly pup, with the standup ears of a coyote and the color of one, too, has recovered from his long trip down from eastern Oregon from the home of Dr. William Phy. He yawns and yips around as any pup does, in spite of his formidable pedi gree. Keeping up the vaccination spirit, he was taken down the other day and given a couple of hypodermics for distemper. Phymere is the exact shade of dead grass so it keeps Bill Hay ward pretty busy locating the pup when he runs out of sight and lies down in the grass. YEARLING HOOPSTERS TO VIE WITH MEDFORD Good Team Work Predicted In Saturday Game The fresh basketeers will play tho hoopsters of the Medford high school a return game, Saturday in the men’s gymnasium. The con test is scheduled to begin at 2:30. The yearling squad is well into mid season form by this time and is ex pected to play in good form in this tilt tomorrow. Beeney, Joy and Walker, the frosli forwards, work well together. Kberliart at center and Powers and Reichstein, guards, also help to create good team work on the floor. The passing of the team has greatly improved over that of the early season tilts in which little was displayed. Paster breaking has also been developed by Coach Evans and though tho coming game is expected to be a hard one, he predicts a win for tho babes. Dope on previous games gives the yearlings a decided advantage and if the dope was never upset, the frosh should win easily. But in this situation the dope is not /to be counted upon. Two weeks ago the freshmen went down to Medford and defeated the Medford high quintet twice. They won the first contest, 36 to 21, and in the second were held to a 22 to 19 score. How ever, in both of these tilts Med ford's two best men were out with (Continued on page three) VARSITY TAKES TWO CONTESTS Abramson, Erwin, Defeat Washington Team; Bailey And McCroskey Victorious BOTH DECISIONS 3 TO 0 The University of Oregon debate teams scored two unanimous vic tories over the opponents in the W ashington-Idaho-Oregon triangle debate last night, thus winning the tri-state debate championship. The affirmative team, Benoit McCros key and Ralph Bailey, won 3 to 9 over the Idaho negative team in Vil lard hall and the. negative, consist ing of Sol Abramson and Lincoln Erwin, defeated the Washington af firmative by the same score at Se attle. The question discussed was, Re solved: “That Congress have power by a two-thirds vote, to overrule Supreme Court decisions declaring acts of Congress unconstitutional." Change is Advocated Dr. James H. Gilbert, head of economics department, presided as chairman of the meet in Villard hall. The judges for that event were: L. S. Shumaker and M. E. Bollen of Linfield college, McMin ville, and Fred Lockley, of the Ore gon Journal, Portland. “We advocate a change in pres ent methods,” declared McCroskey. “While the Supreme Court is an emi nent body of men, they cannot be considered as infallible. “It has been an old tradition that people should not tamper with the Supremo Court and they dread to distract that halo of infalibil ity,” he stated. “The system in vogue at present is out of keeping with the tendency of government; even public opinion is inclined against it,” he said. “As a further proof the Federation of Labor has gone on record against Supreme Court actions. An oligar chy has been built by the court which is inconsistent with tho con stitution formed by the people. Court Has Influence “The Supreme Court has been placed on a pedestal without mer it,” McCroskey said, “and nothing in democracy demands that dose of autocracy. ” “If the Supreme Court is curbed," said John L. Roberts, of the Idaho negative team, “tho constitution will be endangered.” “The court has a stablizing influ ence against political upheavals," outlined Roberts. “It protects the constitution against the winds of public opinion and furthermore pro tects the individual against ( the political machine.” The Supreme Court has kept well defined, the fields of government; (Continued on page four) TRIP THROUGH CRYSTAL CAVE TOLD BY TWO UNIVERSITY GIRLS With Floyd Collins, the unfortun ate Kentuckian entrapped in Sand ?ave, as their guide, two Univer sity of Oregon girls, Flossie Peree )f Clackamas fend Helen Whitcomb if Portland, four years ago visited Crystal cave, ^vhich young Collins iad discovered o.; his father’s farm, rhe girls were in Kentucky in June, and made a trip to Mammoth Cave. This is their story of -their con tact with the Collinses: While in Kentucky their trip ook them to the Mammoth Caves. [Jpon coming out they perceived leveral pieces of crystal lying about on the ground at the mouth >f the cave. When they expressed lie desire to see a crystal cave, hev were asked by a man standing tear, why they did not go to the Crystal caves. He told them that ie would be glad to tako them to he caves and that he would bo 'lad to take them to a small onyx •ave. He would take them through he latter for nothing since he had it the time no license to charge. In the course of their conversa ;ion, they found that his name was Homer Collins, brother of Floyd Collins. His business was to take people to the caves as these were from three to five miles apart. In this another brother helped them. A small lean-to served as the head' quarters, and here Mr. Collins, father of the boys, received the money from the travelers. A word as to the personality of these men. They were regular Ken tucky' mountaineers, uneducated, and possessing nothing to distin guish them except perhaps their characteristic nasal drawl which seemed to go well with their dry humor. A humorous situation developed when the girls were about to pay. Having no change with them they offered a travelers’ check. Appar ently- such forms of currency were unknown to the elder Collins, for after scrutinizing it carefully he declared that he supposed it vu all right but he would rather have money because he could never tell whether that kind of money waa good or not. After being reassured (Continued on page four)