VOLUME XXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925
NUMBER 79
01C. TO BUTTLE
Chance at Conference Title
Held to Be Stakes for
Lemon Yellow Grapplers
CLOSE MATCH PROMISED
Ford to Meet Russell, O.A.C.,
Winner of Close Decision
In Similar Bout Last Year
Whether or not Oregon’s wrestl
ing team will have a chance to win
the conference title will be deter
mined this afternoon when the O.
A. C. grapplers will meet the local
team in the men’s gymnasium. The
contest will start immediately af
ter the frosh-Medford basketball
game, or about 3:30.
Robin Reed, of Olympic fame,
who has been coaching the Corvallis
grapplers, has developed an excep
tionally strong aggregation of
wrestlers. However, in meeting
the varsity this year, the Aggies
will mix with a team that has great
ly improved over last year’s squad.
The Oregon grapplers have been
training hard under the guidance
of Coach Widmer and are in per
fect trim for the fray.
Speed Promised by Ford
Ford -will attempt to defeat Rus
sell of O. A. 0. and thus reverse
the decision of last season. This
match will probably keep the fans1
on edge as both men are evenly
matched and fast. Although the
O. A. C. man won the decision last
year he will be forced to extend
himself to win today. Ford’s strong
est hold is the figure-four scissor
but Russell also uses this hold to
advantage and can apply the wrist
lock effectively.
Wingard has been selected to up
hold the Lemon-Yellow colors in
the 135-pound weight, and will meet
Nixon, the Aggie captain. Davis
will be unable to wrestle in this
meet on account of an injured toe.
Lively Battle Predicted
“Ole” Peterson, varsity 145
pounder, and Selfridge of O. A. C.,
should stage a battle royal in the
welterweight class. The Beaver
should stage a battle royal in the
welterweight class. The Beaver
holds the Pacific Northwest title
at this weight. Although inexperi
enced, the varsity wrestler has
shown considerable speed in his re
cent workouts. Harry Leavitt is
Widmer’s choice in the 158-pound
class. Leavitt has been training
hard since the Idaho meet and is
out with blood in his eye.
Cartwright, who has been in the
infirmary during the past few days,
will not be in shape to wrestle. He
has been down with a cold and is
in a weak condition. Widmer has
Jones and Wells ready if needed.
Jones, a new man, has been show
ing up well and may be chosen to
go on in the 175-pound weight.
Wells, a letterman of last year, has
been working out during the past
week and is not yet in tip top shape.
CHILDE HASSAM LITHOGRAPHS
SHOW SPONTANIETY OF IDEA
By P. S.
A collection of pictures unusual
in that it shows both the original
sketch and the finished product, is
the group of etchings and litho
graphs on exhibition in the gallery
of the fine arts building.
The etchings and lithographs are
works of Childe Hassam, well
known throughout the country as
a painter and etcher. The water
colors that accompany the collec
tion of etchings are done by Joseph
Pennell, who is better known as an
etcher, but who has made a suc
cessful attempt at the former type
of painting.
These pictures by Pennell were
done on his travels in Europe, South
America, and the United States and
are little daily notes or diaries of
scenes along the route. They are
spontaneous, hit and miss ideas, but
they have a subtle, delicate feeling
for color and form. The sketches
show master draftsmanship in the
impression of bigness that they
bring out on a small scale. Some
of them, the marine pictures es
pecially, are personal, painted mere
ly for the enjoyment of the artist,
and these may not appeal to the
average person, because they will
not be viewed as the artist first
saw them.
The etchings and lithographs sug
gest color in landscapes which are
unusually good. This is a rare!
quality in etchings and is accounted ,
for because of the fact that Hassam
is as great a painter as he is an
etcher. That same quality of spon
tanietv predominates the litho
graphs, which tell their story with
their own life movement.
The collection, which contains
over a hundred pictures, will re
main on exhibit the remainder of
the week, and will be followed by
another exhibit next week.
Gray Haired Frosh
To Attend Retail
Dealers’ Meeting
Freshmen and sophomores with
gray tinged hair, or even bald
some robust and others thin, will
be on the campus Monday—
about 150 of them.
These mature new faces seen
under green caps will not repre
sent an increase in the regular
registration of the University.
To expose the mystery, they are
delegates to the annual Retail
Merchants’ Convention.
Students are expected to ac
quaint them with the “Oregon
Spirit,” particularly the tradition
al “Hello.”
“The ‘hello’ will make them
feel at home,” said A. B. Still
man, of the school of business ad
ministration, “and they will re
turn home with a good impression
of the University.”
MEN’S RIFLE MATCHES
TO END THIS AFTERNOON
University Meets Forty
R. 0. T. C. Squads
All of the men on the R. O. T.
C. rifle team of the University
have not finished firing from all
the four positions in the matches
which they are engaged in this
week. By this afternoon, the ten
shots from each position that every
man must fire will have been made.
The positions are, prone, bitting,
kneeling, and standing.
Scores from the prone and sitting
positions will constitute the first
of three stages of the Ninth Corps
Area competition which will be en
tirely completed, according to in
structions, by February 25. These
scores are sent with the targets to
headquarters at Presidio, Califor
nia, where they are tabulated along
with scores from 17 other colleges
and universities, and about 20 high
schools in the ninth corps area.
All four positions will count
against the Universities of Michi
gan, Nebraska, and Oklahoma A.
and M. Dual matches were held
this past week with these institu
tions.
While the scores of the fifteen
Oregon men are not very high, ac
cording to the instructors, they are
higher than scores of the corres
ponding period last year. The men
are not yet used to firing in actual
competition and the scoring is af
fected by this fact.
BOHLMAN TO REPEAT
“BAL RUSSE” DANCING
So many requests have come in
that the “Bal Russe” be given
again that everybody might enjoy
the pleasure of dancing in such a
superb atmosphere as presented at
the Senior Ball that Edgar Bohl
man in connection yith the Winter
Garden will represent this Russian
dancing at the Winter Garden, Sat
urday, February 21.
Special announcements have been
mailed to the Eugene society folk
and all sororities and fraternities
on the campus. The dance will be
informal.
DEALERS MEET
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
Irving E. Vining, President
Of Chamber of Commerce
To Address Delegates
TRADE SESSION PLANNED
Business Administration
Professors Will Speak
To Various Trade Groups
The annual convention of the Ore
gon Retail Merchants’ association
will hold their formal opening at
the Osburn hotel, Sunday evening,
February 15. Irving E. Vining, of
Ashland, president of the state
Chamber of Commerce, will address
the delegates on “The American
Business Man.”
^Advertising is Topic
The meetings of the conference
will be held on the campus, Febru
ary 15, 16, 17 and 18. The busi
ness of the convention will begin
Monday morning, following regis
tration of the delegates at Villard
hall. Dean E. C. Robbins will call
the first meeting to order, followed
by an address by the president of
the association.
“Advertising” will be the topic
of an address by Coleman Cox, a
well-known advertising man. W. J.
Hindley, of the Washington State
Retail association, will also address
the meeting. He will make another
address on Wednesday, the final
day of the session, as will H. W.
Schnell, also of Seattle.
The convention is not confined
alone to retail merchants, but will
include credit and collection men
also. Several professors of the
school of business administration
will lecture at a number of the
gatherings.
Groups to Divide
Prof. F. A. Nagley will speak on
“The Consumer and Retail Costs.”
“Turnover—the TNT of Business,”
will be the subject discussed by
Prof. A. B. Stillman. Dean Rob
bins will give the annual report
on the Bureau of Business Research.
Following the mass meetings on
Monday, the groups will be divided
into the various trade divisions
which will be represented at the
convention.
The convention will close Wed
nesday, February 18, following an
election of officers for the coming
year.
PI BETH PHI WINS
FIRST SWIMMING MEET
Pi Beta Phi scored over Thachor
cottage, 37 to 27 in the first swim
ming meet of the women’s dough
nut series. Janet Wood, Pi Beta
Phi, and Beatrice Fish, Thach
er cottage, tied for first place hon
ors.
The line-up by teams was aa fol
lows: Pi Beta Phi: Janet Wood, 13;
Vera Prudhomme, 8; Mildred Cole
man, 5; Myrtle Mast, 6; Virginia
Hull, 0; Alice Douglas, 0. Thacher
cottage: Beatrice Fish, 13; Helen
Cunningham, 9; Irene Reynolds, 3;
Dorothy Wagner, 0; Betty Via, 1;
Irene Buckley, 1.
In the 20-yard free style, Beat
rice Fish won first place; Myrtle
Mast, second.
40-yard free style: Beatrice Fish,
first; Janet Wood, second.
20-yard breast stroke: Helen Cun
ningham, first; Vera Prudhomme,
second.
20-yard back crawl: Janet Wood,
first; Myrtle Mast, second; and
Helen Cunningham, third.
Plunge for distance: Mildred
Coleman, first; Helen Cunningham,
second.
Strokes for form: Vera Prud
homme, first; Irene Reynolds, sec
ond; and Irene Buckley, third.
In diving: Janet Wood, first;
Beatrice Fish, second; and Betty
Via, third.
In the relay: Pi Phi, represented
by Janet Wood, Vera Prudhomme,
Mildred Coleman, and Myrtle Mast
came in first. Beatrice Fish, Hel
en Cunningham, Dorothy Wagner,
and Betty Via swam in the relay
for Thacher.
Track Competition
Meet to be Staged
On Hayward Field
The second competition meet
in Bill Hayward’s track training
schedule is to take place at 2
o’clock this afternoon. The time
was set ahead because of the
wrestling match at 3 o’clock.
Bill promises to run off the meet
as snappily as possible and it
will be over in an hour.
Nine events are scheduled with
practically the entire varsity and
freshman aspirants competing in
the meet. Some good raees are on
tap today with most of the late
men competing. The meets as
they are run off every Saturday
will become harder and more real
competition will be noticed.
Officials for the meet today
are:
Starter — Del Oberteuffer.
Judges, Harry Scott, Virgil Earl,
Vic Eisley, Sam Cook, Bob Gard
ner, Basil Burke and Haddon
Eockhey.
STARS SELECTED FOR
SPECIAL CAIIAE MONDAY
Spectacular Match to End
Basketball Season
The best material in the Univer
sity, including a number of the old
varsity players, will play the final
game of the season in Women’s
basketball, Monday night. This
promises to be one of the fastest,
hardest-fought games in basketball
history. It will hark back to the
old days of Women’s varsity when
Oleta (‘Pete’) Peterson, star cen
ter for Oregon, leaped beyond
guards, snatched the leather from
under opponents noses and sent it
crashing down the Oregon line—
when the ball whistled through the
hoop from unheard-of angles in the
field and the side lines breathed
only between halves.
Again the University will display
her best. Wanda Plincz, who made
a name on the junior team this sea
son and Margaret Pepoon, sopho
more star, will play center against
Mildred Crain of the senior first
team. Golda Boone, whose spec
tacular work on the old varsity is
still remembered, is playing side
center against Janet Wood of the
junior first team.
Grace Sullivan, another varsity
player who piled up most of the
senior goals this season, will play
with Wilma Manley, senior first
team forward, against Vesta Scholl,
sophomore, and Mildred (‘Buster’)
Onslow. All have done brilliant
work during the past season. Grace
Sullivan and Vesta Scholl have been
particularly outstanding forwards.
Charlotte LaTourrette and Alberta
McMonies, an important part of the
back bone of the seniors’ recent
splendid teamwork, will guard on
opposite sides in this game. Myrtle
Mast, sophomore star guard and Al
ta Knips of the junior first team
are also opposing guards.
The game will be played Monday
night at 8:15 in the Woman’s gym
nasium and a small admission will
be charged to cover expenses. The
general public is invited.
FIRST ANNUAL BANQUET
OF LINCOLN CLUB HELD
The first annual banquet of the
Lincoln club of Eugene was held
last night at the Osburn hotel. The
club was organized this year by
Will G. Steel, of Eugene, for the
purpose of commemorating the mem
ory of Abraham Lincoln.
The membership of the organiza
tion is composed of students and
townspeople. Mr. Steel has organ
ized several clubs over the state.
Judge Lawrence T. Harris, of j
Eugene, former justice of the su- i
preme court, was the principal !
speaker at the gathering. The Pi-1
id Pipers rendered several selec- !
tions. Mrs. A. L. Ingalls read the
Gettysburg Address and Mrs. Frank
Jenkins read Lincoln’s favorite ;
poem, “Oh Why Should the Spirit !
of Mortal Be Proud.” Delbert |
Moore, a University student, ren-1
dered a violin solo, “The Song of j
Love.” John M. Williams acted as
toastmaster.
VARSITY DREE A TS
VANDALS 48 to 35
I
Syud Hossain, Journalist,
Foreign Educated, Shows
Little Accent in Speech
LECTURE TO BE TUESDAY
Impressive praise of the elo
quence of Syud Hossain, leeturer
and journalist, has followed him in
his transcontinental tours. Mr.
Hossain, who speaks here Tuesday
night, is an authority on the
economic and political relations of
the Orient and the Ocridental.
The speaker was educated in In
dia, but his use of the English lan
guage shows discriminating selec
tion of his words, and there is lit
tle trace of foreign accent.
Visitor Master of English
As long as Joseph Conrad's nov
els are read, there will remain the
marvel of his complete mastery of
an alien tongue, a mastery which
made him sensitive to the finest
shhades of meaning in words. Mr.
Hossain deserves the same credit
for marked excellence in the use of
a foreign language, although he did
not take up the practice of writing
in English as late as Conrad.
Mr. Hossain, a member of one of
the aristocratic, families of India,
went to England as a young man to
engage in journalism and soon be
came known for his contributions
to such periodicals as The New
Statesman, The Contemporary Re
view, Pall Mall Gazette and the
New Age.
Speaker Indian Reporter
After holding the editorship of
two of the most important daily
newspapers in India, Mr. Hossain
came to this country to report for
the Indian press, the Conference for
Limitation of Armaments in 1921.
Since then, he has remained in
the United States and has become
editor of the publication, The New
Orient, a magazine which inter
prets to America the art and
thought of the east. He has devoted
much time to lecturing also, having
made three transcontinental tours.
Mr. Hossain will speak at Villard
hall Tuesday night. The subject
of his talk is “Prom Buddha to
Gandhi.” Tickets are being sold at
the houses to the students for
twenty-five cents.
HEATING PLANT HAS
CONDENSING SYSTEM
The University heating plant
evaporates an average of about 29,
195 cubic feet of water in one week,
according to tests made by R. E.
McDaniel, engineer.
This steam, which heats the seve
ral buildings of the campus, is con
densed and pumped back by means
of a vacuum, is in turn evapor
ated into * steam, and again
sent out. This process takes place
over and over, the same steam be
ing used many times with little j
waste.
Hog fuel is used exclusively in
the plant. A carload of this fuel, i
a total of 14 units, is equivalent to
one cord of wood, with a total of
15,445 horse power. From one car
load of fuel an average of 199,444
pounds of water is evaporated at
140 degrees temperature, making
460 horsepower in each unit of fuel.
Mr. McDaniel has not made tests
of slabwood in its original form,
and for that reason no relative fig
ures can be given. However, the
hog fuel is undoubtedly cheaper,
he thinks, and also requires less
men to handle it, only two work
men composing a single shift.
Hog fuel is really ordinary slab
wood which has been placed into a
machine called a “hog,” and ground
into fine bits, similar to sawdust.
‘Stag Bust’ Staged
By Chemistry Club
In Hall Basement
A “stag bust” was held by the
University Chemistry club, Thurs
day night, in the basement of
McClure hall. Upperclass chem
istry majors, the chemistry pro
fessors, and graduate students
were guests of the club.
Boxing, and cards were includ
ed on the program. Cider, si
phoned from a keg, was served
with doughnuts. Bert Bayner
demonstrated some of his magi
cal tricks before the club. A
liars’ contest was held for the
professors, the result being a tie.
The program was concluded with
a moving picture, dealing with
explosives, and the Muscle-Shoals
project.
FRESHMEN TO MEET
MEDFORD FIVE TODAY
Game to Be Called at 1:30
In Men’s Gymnasium
The frosli basketeors will meat
tho Medford quintet today in the
men’s gym at 1:30. Although the
pearl ings have twice beaten tho
Medford hoopsters, they are expect
ing a hard battle. When Medford
was played two weeks ago, two of
the best of its players were on the
sick list. In the tilt this after
noon, both of these men will be
back in the game and are expected
to give the frosli a great deal of
trouble, as Chastain, one of the in
jured men, was given the choice for
all-state forward last year.
Coach Dave Evans held a short
work-out last night and completed
the finishing touches on tho new
plays which are to be used in this
game. He is confident that tho
frosh will win the game but predicts
a close score and a hard battle.
AUSTRALIA IS TOPIC
OF DISCUSSION TODAY
Miss Lourene Taylor of the bot
any department of the University,
talked vestorday to the World fel
lowship discussion group studying
Australia, on the social and indus
trial aspects of the country. Mar
garet Clarke and Hazel Robinson,
members of the group, read papers
which they had prepared, the for
mer on education in Australia and
the latter on the wool industries.
The meeting was held at noon at
the Anchorage. Katherine Reade
was leader.
Croups which met Thursday were
those studying Argentina and Nor
way. The former met at toatinio
at the Anchorage and heard a de
lightfully informal talk on the so
cial customs and traditions of South
America, by Miss Rosalia Cuevas,
of the romance language depart
ment. Miss Cuevas was born in
Bogota, Colombia, and her knowl
edge of the South American peoples
is first-hand. Josephine Evans is
leader of the group studying Ar
gentina.
JOHANNA JAMES AND
JOE ELLIS MARRIED
News was received Thursday at
the Alpha Xi Delta house of the
marriage of Johanna James, past
graduate in schbol of music, and i
Joe Ellis, senior in the,, school of'
business administration. They were i
married February 7, in Salem, Ore
gon. The attendants were Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Rice. Mrs. Rice is a sis- j
ter of the bride.
Mrs. FJlis is a member of Mu i
Phi Epsilon, and Alpha Xi Delta.
She completed the music, course in
1923. Mr. Ellis is senior man on
the student council. At the end of j
fhe school year, they will reside in t
Portland, where Mr. Ellis will have i
a position with the S. Atiyeh Rug:
company. 1
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Whirlwind Offense By Both
Teams Feature of Game;
Lead Kept From 1 Start
OKERBERG SCORES HIGH
Winning 48 to 35 over the Vandal
basketeers, the Oregon quintet swept
into the lead of both Coast and
Northwest conference basetball
standings.
From the very start of the con
tost, both teams played a whirl
wind offensive game, not letting up
on their speed until the end of the
tilt. Oregon opened the game bjr
scoring two points on free throws,
and from that time on, the varsity
was not once headed from the lead.
A fow minutes after the start of
the initial period, Oregon lead the
Vandals, 15 to 3. The score at the
end of the half read 27 to 21 in
favor of the Lemon Yellow.
Okerberg is Star
Okerberg, stellar varsity center,
was high point man of the contest
with 16 points to his credit. Oker
berg played a highly successful of
fensive game. “Swede” Wester
gron ran “Okie” a close race for
scoring honors, with 15 counters in
his favor. Westergren played his
usual spectacular and effective
floor game, “hounding” the bail
throughout the entire contest. Hob
son aided the varsity somewhat
in the first half to swing into an
impressive lead, by his regularity
in finding the basket. Oowans and
Jost played in a creditable manner
and kept tho offensive going at a
fast clip.
Varsity Shows Teamwork
The game opened with both teams
playing a whirlwind offense, Ore
gon scoring two points, however,
when Westergren and Okerberg
dropped in one free throw apiece.
Shortly afterwards, Idaho tied the
score when Nedgros dropped in a
long one from the center of the
floor. Some very neat team work
was then executed by the varsity
when in rapid succession, Wester
gren and Okerberg broke absolutely
free and raced down the floor scor
ing one perfect “cripple” apiece.
The score then stood 6 to 2. Ore
gon than ran the score up to 15 to
.1 before the Idaho defense started
to functioning. The score at the
end of the half stood 27 to 21 ia
favor of the Lemon Yellow.
The Oregon five did not let up
at the start of the second period,
but increased the lead until Ore
gon was leading by a 46 tc 27 mar
gin, toward the close of the fray.
The final score was 48-35 in favor
of the varsity.
The varsity now has a rest until
February 20, when the Aggies are
scheduled to come over and invade
the armory.
The lineup and summary is a»
follows:
(Continued on page four)
CALIFORNIANS TO USE
MEMBERSHIP CARDS
The question of new member#
was discussed at the meeting of the
California elub, held Thursday
night,.at the College Side Inn. At
the next meeting, which i« to be
held next Thursday, at the same
place, membership cards will be dis
tributed. Students wishing to join
the club, are invited to attend the
meeting. All students who have
lived in California are eligible.
The club is planning a hay-rack
party for next spring. The skat
ing party, which was postponed, a
short time ago, was discussed. Fur
ther plans were made for the dance,
although the date has not been def
initely set. An impromptu dance
was held after the meeting.