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
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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
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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
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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;
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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
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