VOLUME XXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
. EUGENE. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1925
NUMBER 8T
CHINESE OPERA
TO APPEAR SOON
Fantasy of Ancient Orient
Will Be Presented By
High School Glee Club
DATE IS APRIL 17 AND 18
Mrs. Anne Landsbury Beck
Directs Play With Frank
Jue Designing Costumes
crimson Eyebrows,” a fantastic
romance of old China in three acts,
■will be presented by- the University
Tiigh school glee club April 17 and
18, under the direction of Mrs.
Anne Landsbury Beck, of the Uni
versity school of music faculty.
The opera is from the pens of Hay
Hewes Dodge and John Wilson
Dodge, and has been rearranged by
Mrs. Beck.
The costumes are being designed
bv Frank Jue, campus Chinese
tenor, and are predicted to be very
lovely and colorful. The production
will be one of the most unique ever
presented in Eugene. Following the
Chinese custom, there will be no
curtain on the stage which will
represent a gay garden throughout
the opera. “The Crimson Eye
brows” is very similar to the
“Mikado,” the time and place be
ing in Peking, China, several hun
dred years ago.
Through the opera runs the story
of an Emperor, Wang Mang, who
usurps the throne of China and of
the “Crimson Eyebrows,” defenders
of the throne “to the last drop of
blood.” Woven with the principal
theme is a pretty love affair be
tween Ah Me and Hing Lee, while
"Wang and his fellow conspirators
furnish some splendid comedy
scenes. To make it especially
pleasing, the production is fully
orchestrated.
The leading characters and those
portraying them are: Princess Ting 1
Xing, De Lillian Olson; Ah Me, '
Ttuby George; Wang Mang, Dean
'Scott; Yi Kang, known as “Star 1
Eye,” Hiram White; Ko Moo, :
named “Old Buddha,” Bradford '
Datson; Fanchong, leader of the 1
■“Crimson Eyebrows,” Frank Hall; 1
Hing Lee, Gerald Roberts; Yen :
Chen, Kermit Stevens.
Y.W.C.A. WILL HOLD
‘SHOWER TEA’ TODAY <
A “shower tea” will be given '
this afternoon at the Y. W. C. A. 1
bungalow, from three to five, and '
* cordial invitation is extended by
■the members to people in town and
on the campus. 1
“We want to make the bungalow ]
more homelike,” said Virginia 1
TCeeney, chairman of Bungalow *
committee. “Everything is needed ^
from kitchen utensils to pictures." 1
Interpretive dancing, musie and '
refreshments will make up the pro
gram, and an enjoyable afternoon '
is promised by the girls. The ad- «
visory board and active members >
«f the V. W C A, will receive 1
Women’s League
Auction Sale Set
For Next Tuesday
“Button, button, who hag the
button?” The Women’s League
has it now! Ah, this is the secret!
Tuesday morning, at 10 o’clock,
it will be auctioned off by Ran
dall Jones, Bob Mautz, and James
Leake, auctioneers par excellence,
to the highest bidder. There are
also large quantities of every
thing else, from umbrellas to
compacts; including scarfs, hand
kerchiefs, pens, caps, hats, and
coats, which will share the same
fate. Some jewelry is among
the various articles.
From whence come these
things? From the assortment
that has b"een lying unclaimed in
the University depot; articles lost
up until last November. Pro
crastinating owners, desiring at
this last minute to claim their
own, will be given a chance to
identify articles today and Mon
day, between 3 and 3:30 o’clock.
The collection is in the Theta
Sigma Phi room, on the second
floor of the journalism building.
STATUS OF RELIGION
Clash With Education Due
To Maladjustment
That students have considerable
impatience and a certain confusion
jf theology with religion but that
hey give religion a surprising
mount of thought and turn dis
;ussion upon it at every opportun
ty, is the opinion of Dr. P. A. Par
sons, director of the Portland cen
ser of social work> who gave the ad
Iress at yesterday’s assembly.
In his discussion of the status
shat religion holds in modern cul
sure, Dr. Parsons said, “Religion
s a social phenomenon as universal
is human beings and society cannot
escape it if it would.”
He accounted for the divorcement
>f religion from daily existence,
ind especially from politics and
>usiness, by the rapid change in
nodern life which has taken place
in a larger scale than at any time
n history, and by the fact that
here has not been time for adjust
nent between the advance of
cience and religion. However, he
leclared, that man’s need for an
ixplanation of the supernatural, to
gether with the useful part religion
ias played in the past, will prevent
i. disappearance of this phase of
tuman experience.
“Modern civilization,” tye said,
‘is faced with the task of finding
>ut what phases of religion will
rork and adapting them to exper
ence. It must be studied by cul
ure as candidly as Greek and Latin.
Religion will then become the hand
aaid of science and the servant of
earning.”
The first half of the assembly
tour was devoted to several musi
al numbers, featuring Lora Tesh
ler as soloist on the cello, and Al
>erta Potter on the violin.
GORDON WILSON AS “PA’’ BENCE
BRINGS LAUGHS IN “KEMPY”
By la. B.
“Kempy,” the three-act comedy
presented last night by Mask and
Buskin chapter of Associated Uni
versity Players at the Heilig the
atre as their yearly offering, makes
no pretense of being drama or of
being artistic; it is entertainment
pure and simple. Judged on' this
basis, last night’s performance was
successful. For a play produced
entirely by students, the Mask and
Buskin show was well put on.
Gordon Wilson, as “Pap Bence,
was the star of the evening. Wil
son is naturally fu#my, and with
almost every line a laugh line, he
held up the show several times. The
character of “Pa” Bence is classi
cal; he represents the “uncut gem”
who has risen from the ranks; the
bourgeoise who has made his place
by the sweat of his brow, and has
forgotten to mop the perspiring
brow.
Kempy, the lad with the Y. M.
C. A. complex, who wins maiden’s
hearts by his high resolve and fixed
purpose is done rather well by Wal
ter Malcolm. Malcolm fits well in
to juvenile leads of this type.
Jane BoDine, as Kate Bence,
plays a temperamental high spirited
girl of today who would turn the
old order upside down, passing up
her martial duties for a career. She
is shown, however, with the inevit
ableness with which right always
triumphs over wrong, that “the
wages of sin is death” and wo
man’s place is in the home.
Betty Kerr, as Buth, is very ap
pealing. She plays a straight part
and her personality proves intrigu
ing. Helga McGrew, playing Jane,
is perhaps a trifle dramatic for a
vaudeville skit. Helen Bark does
well as “Ma” Bence, submissive
mate of the bueolic Bence.
Clifford Zehrung, although a tri
fle stiff in his part of Duke Mer
rill, is careful in his work. And
the work shows it. Bernard Mc
Phillips does his part well as the
sometimes inebriated, rather , com
mon man of the world.
Icon to meet
AGGIE MAT MEG
Ford Out of Varsity Lineup
Due to Cauliflower Ear;
Substitute to Be Chosen
MATCH AT O.A.C. MONDAY
Cartwright to Battle at 175;
Leavitt in Middle Weight
And Davis in 135 Class
Oregon’s varsity and frosh wrest
ling teams will invade the Aggie
camp Monday in an attempt to re
verse the decision rendered two
weeks ago.
Coach Widmer has switched his
varsity lineup somewhat. Ford, who
has won all of his matches so far
this season, will be unable to parti
cipate because of a cauliflower ear
received in training. Either Whit
comb or Sumption will be sent in
against Nixon of O. A. C.
Davis Back in Lineup
Perry Davis, who has not wrestl
ed since the Idaho meet, will swing
into action Saturday against Rus
sell, the fast Aggie 135 pounder.
Davis has been training hard for
the contest and will be at his best.
Peterson will probably be entered
in the 145 pound class. Although
inexperienced he has gained consid
erable knowledge of the game since
the previous meet with the Beavers.
Harry Leavitt will be the middle
weight representative, and Cart
wright is back in the 175 pound
class. Publois and Cartwright
should stage a fast bout as both
men are fast and crafty.
Frosh to Meet Rooks
The frosh wrestlers will meet the
Rooks Saturday afternoon and from
the workouts shown by the babes
a close meet will be staged. The
lineup as chosen by Coach Widmer
is Jarrett at 125 pounds; Betzer,
135 pounds; Oxford, 145 pounds;
Potter, 158 pounds, and Shull at
175 pounds.
The frosh have been training
with the varsity matmen during the
past week.
imenHotebsoffer
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
A fellowship of $1,000 is being
offered by the National League of
Women Voters to a graduate wo
man for the year 1925-1926. The
fellowship will make possible a
study of the American Indian prob
lem, the successive policies of the
government, and the contemporary
administration of Indian affairs.
The course will be given at the
Robert Brookings Graduate School
of Economies and Government, in
Washington, D. C.
The amount of the fellowship
will cover for one year the cost of
fees, room, board, and all the facil
ities of the Robert Brookings Grad*
uate school. If the candidate’s
work proves satisfactory during the
first year, the Brookings school
agrees to renew the fellowship for
a second year at the end of which
time the -candidate will be expected
to qualify for and receive the de
gree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Th fellowship is open to women
graduates of approved colleges and
universities who have had the
equivalent of a full year of grad
uate work in economics and govern
ment. A background of study in
the political and social sciences is
highly desirable.
Applications for the fellowship
should be made to the National
League of Women Voters by May 1.
VALUE OF FRIENDSHIPS
IN COLLEGE DISCUSSED
“College as seen in 1925 and
1950,” was the topic of a discussion
conducted by Helen Andrews at a
meeting of the freshman commis
sion held at the Bungalow Tuesday
afternoon. Ruth Corey gave a
short talk on what college friend
ships have to do with later life and
Janet Johnstone spoke on the atti
tudes toward life which are being
formed in college. Mazie Richards
gave a piano solo. Dorothy Dou
gall, president, conducted the meet
ing.
OREGON DEFEATS IDAHO
IN FAST GAME, 26 TO 24
Aspirants Wanted
For Junior Vodvil
Musical Comedy
More women are wanted to
take part in the try-outs for parts
in the musical comedy which will
be presented at Junior Vodvil.
“There are at least fire places
open for women who have good
voices,” Paul Krausse, chairman,
announced yesterday. “Any wo
man who can sing and who wishes
to take part in the musical com
edy, is urged to come to the try
outs which will take place in the
Campa Shoppe at 5 o’clock this
afternoon.”
So far, no selections for parts
in the musical eomedy have been
made. Before the members of
the chorus are chosen, a second
try-out will be necessary. The
second try-out will probably be
scheduled for the middle of next
week.
THETJI SWIMMERS WIN
FROM HENDRICKS TEAM
Three Meets Scheduled for
Tomorrow Afternoon
Kappa Alpha Tlieta won from
Hendricks I team in the Women’s
Swimming meet, which was com
pleted yesterday at noon, 37-30.
This makes the Theta team win
ner of the League II consolation
elimination tournament. The Tri
Delt team won from Hendricks II
last night with the score standing
37-26. The Tri Delt team is de
clared winner of the League I con
solation-elimination tournament. The
victorious team of the tournament
will be decided in the meet to take
place between these two teams to
night at 5 o’clock.
Susan Campbell I and Sigma
Beta Phi teams have postponed
their meet until tomorrow after
noon at 4:30. Alpha Chi Omega
and Susan CampbelT II teams will
swim their meet at this time also.
Individual scores in the Hen
dricks II-Tri Delt meet were as
follows: Hendricks—Anna DeWitt,
7; Grace Sullivan, 8; Florence
Hurley, 6; Florence Huntington, 1;
Lucile Perozzi, 4.
Tri Delt—Mary McKinnon, 9;
Katherine Reade, 7; Alice McKin
non, 2; Marguerite McCabe, 15;
Alberta McMonies, 4.
The meet by events:
20-yard free style—Grace Sulli
van, Mary McKinnon, tied for first
place; Katherine Reade, third.
Plunge for distance—Marguerite
MeCabe, first; Florence Hurley,
second; Lucile Perozzi, third.
40-yard free style—Marguerite
McCabe, first; Anna DeWitt, sec
ond; Alice McKinnon, third.
Strokes for form — Katherine
Reade, first; Lucile Perozzi, sec
ond; Alberta McMonies, third.
20-yard back crawl—Marguerite
McCabe, first; Florence Hurley,
second; Alice McKinnon, third.
20-yard breast stroke—Mary Mc
Kinnon, first; Alberta McMonies,
second; Florence Huntington, third.
Dives—Anna DeWitt and Grace
Sullivan, tied for first place; Kath
erine Reade, third.
At this point the Tri-Delt team
was assured a victory, so the relay
was dispensed with.
LUNCHEON POSTPONED
BY SPORTS WRITERS
As Billy 8tepp, sporting editor
of the Portland News and honor
ary member of the Sports Writers’
association, will be unable to be in
Eugene Friday noon, ithe scribes
have postponed their luncheon
scheduled for the Anchorage for
this noon. The luncheon will prob
ably be held next Wednesday noon
at the same place as originally
planned.
George Godfrey, president of the
organization may go to Seattle to
witness the important Oregon
Washington basketball gamei Sat
urday night. If Godfrey makes the
trip to Seattle he plans to get an
early report of the result of the
game to Eugene for the students.
TRACK TRY-OUTS
TO BE SATURDAY
Ten Events Will Be Run Off
By Freshman and Varsity
Aspirants at 2:30 O’clock
GOOD RACES TO BE RUN
The third competition mbet of
the spring training schedule for
freshman and varsity track aspir
ants is listed for 2:30 o’clock to
morrow afternoon. Ten events will
be run off with regular track meet
promptness. Two new events have
been added in this meet—the broad
jump and the pole vault. The cold
weather has prevented any work
in these before this.
Men not able to show up for
the meet for reason of sickness or
work are required to report to Bill.
The meet will start promptly on
time and will be run off in time
for the swimming meet.
Good Work Expected
This is the first competition for
two weeks and the men turning out
will be expected to show up a great
deal better than ever before. The
meets from now on will begin to
show Bill Hayward a *iot. about his
teams. He can almost pick ! the
men from them. How they show
up in these meets will determine
whether or not they win a place
on the teams.
“Track is an all year around prop
osition,” said Bill yesterday.
“There is no such thing aa spring
track at Oregon. The men who
make the grade now will make it in
the spring.”
Some good races will be on deck
next Saturday. This is the first
competition where the regular dis
tances have been run off. The en
tire varsity crew of quarter milers
will step the 220 and the varsity
half milers will run the 440.
Any men who desire to enter the
meet who are not listed can do so.
The list of events and the men
(Continued on page four)
INSTRUCTOR RETURNS
FROM GEOLOGY MEET
Dr. Warren D. Smith has re
turned to the campus after attend
ing a meeting of geologists in Cali
fornia last week. Dr. Smith is
president of the western section of
the geologic society of America,
known as the Cordilleran section.
The annual meeting of geologists
of western America was held at
Berkeley this yea*r.
A number of scientific papers
were read at this meeting. Dr.
Smith discussed the structure of
the Philippines. His paper was
based upon his own observations
and upon the structure of the
islands as revealed by the Coast
and Geodetic Coast Survey relief
map which ' was recently added
to the equipment of the department.
The twenty-five papers which
were presented covered a range of
scientific and geologic subjects.
Earthquakes, the physiography of
the Hawaiian islands, classification
of oceanic islands and the origins of
the lesser Antilie, islands in the
Caribbean sea were some of the
topics which were listed.
The principal speaker at the ban
quet was professor-emeritus of Har
vard, • W. R. R. Davis, probably the
best known physiographist and geo
grapher of America. Dr. Davis
spoke on the “Value of Outrageous
Theories” and defended the neqji
of some of those foolish theories
which have turned out to be logical
and accurate.
The most novel thing Dr. Smith
saw on his trip was a large relief
map of California. This map is the
largest map known and is “almost
as long as the Ferry building.
Tourists are thick about it,” stated
Dr. Smith. The map is hung in the
Ferry building of San Francisco.
Air Tight Defense of
Varsity Quintet Holds
Vandals to Low Score
Team Wins Chance to Battle Huskies at
Seattle Saturday Night for
Chance at Coast Title
By Sports Editor, Emerald
Score—Oregon 26, Idaho 24.
A tremendous wave of Oregon spirit went crashing through
to Moscow yesterday, was taken up by the Oregon varsity, and
is no doubt that the flood of telegram sent up from the campus*
as a direct result Reinhart’s men battled through a harrowing
26 to 24 victory over the Idaho quintet.
It was a close, hard game from start to finish, with every
ounce of playing ability drawn on during the forty minutes of
hectic fight. The contest was won by just two points, and there
yesterday and the day before was responsible for the the ad
ded impetus that was needed.
Oregon Fight
Wired Varsity
Bill Reinhart, Coach Oregon
Basketball Team,
Care Graduate Manager, U. of
W. Seattle, Wash.
Campus went crazy with good
news came in laist night. Twen
ty-five hundred students shout
ing “Do it Again—Beat the
Huskies!” We’re all for you. Go
to it!
Associated Students,
Randall Jones, president.
Billy Reinhart, Coach Oregon
Basketball Team,
University of Washington, Se
^ attle, Wash.
The Emerald gang is backing
you and your men to the limit
in the game with the Huskies
tomorrow night... Beat them!
We want another crack at O.
A. C.
The Emerald Gang.
Billy Reinhart, Coach Oregon
Basketball Team,
University of Washington
Seattle, Wash.
The Oregon Sportswrlter’s As
sociation has a million words of
copy ready to shoot on Oregon’s
championship basketball team.
Win so we can release it!
Oregon Sportswriter’s Associa
tion.
STUDENT SERIOUSLY ILL
WITH SCARLET FEVER
Harold Dixon, a freshman in the
University, is in the isolation hos
pital, seriously ill with scarlet
fever. He was taken ill two or
three days ago at which time the
doctors were unable to make sure
what his sickness was. Wednesday,
Dr. G. A. Ross diagnosed the case
as scarlet fever.
Dixon's home is in Hood River.
He has been in the University only
since the beginning of the winter
term.
Tomorrow night the Varsity
meets the final test. The game
with Washington absolutely deter
mines whether or not Oregon meets
O. A. C. for the northern honors.
Washington will fight to win, for
a loss means that she is in third
place, a win means next to the top.
Bend the story of the game below.
Then repeat your message of yes
terday or the day before. Wire
“Bill Reinhart, Coach, Oregon Bas
ketball team, care Graduate Man
ager, University of Washington, Se
attle, Washington!”
By Floyd W. Landsolon
(Sports Editor, Idaho Argonaut)
University of Idaho, Moscow,
Idaho.—(Special to the Emerald)—
Oregon’s airtight defense kept them
in the race for first place in the
Pacific. Coast conference and al
lowed ker to defeat the Idaho Van
dals, 26 to 24 in the Idaho gymnas
ium tonight. The score was tied
five times, three in the first half
and two in the last.
With the opening whistle Oregon
drew a defense around her baskets
that kept the Vandals behind the
foul line for the major portion of
the game. Combined with her de
fense. Oregon had Okerberg and
Westergren, guard and center, wh®
seemed always able to break away
from the far end of the floor, drib
ble within scoring distance and
drop the ball through the loop.
Okerbarg High Man
Okerberg, high scorer for the
Webfeet this year, led Oregon in
scoring with three field goals and
four free throws. Nedros, Idaho
forward, followed with three field
goals and two free throws.
Idaho drew first blood when Ned
ros caged a free throw on Gowan 'a
personal. Gowans fouled again
Erickson converted the throw. Hob
son tied the score at two, with long1
field goal. The score was tied
again at 5, when Nedros dropped
another free throw on Jost’s per
sona!. Miles tied the score at sev
en and Westergren broke the |i®
with a difficult throw from tfco
sidelines. The next tie came in that
(Continued on page three)
SHUMAKER’S CABIN HOUSES
ODD COLLECTION OF ANTIQUES
By Mary K. Baker
Prevaded by an atmosphere of
irresistible romanticism, a roman
ticism that encourages work rather
than indolence, the little cabin now
occupied by Kenneth Shumaker,
English instructor, stands as a ver
itable institution of the college, al
most as deeply associated with its
history and tradition as one of the
building on the campus.
“The place is just like this pipe;
all smoked up and yet, the more
you use it, the better you like it,”
said Mr. Shumaker in telling about
his home, and to illustrate his point,
he held up the curious black pipe
he was smoking.
The cabin is situated on Fair
mount boulevard on the edge of the
woods and has stood there for many
years, housing a strange and het
erogeneous collection of books, old
china, weapons, and sundry knick
knacks and antiques that have come
i from all parts of the world. There
are rows and rows of books, rang
I ing from the Sky-Pilot to Kant;s
Critique of Pure Reason, arranged
with no thought of order but stand
ing all together like old frienday
although their texts may flatly
contradict each other. Some of the
books are rare editions, probably
unduplicated anywhere in the West.
Particularly interesting is tb«
collection of weapons. There i*
a sharpshooter's rifle from, the
Civil war, a “dag,” which is ft.
short pistol that shoots a ball about
an inch in diameter; there is a
shield two feet across which was
used as a stage prop by Edwha
Booth. A two-handed Japanese
sword, which used to be in the eol
lection, has disappeared, Mr. 8hn
maker said, but he tells of one
sword, three and one-half feet long;
that is a type of crusader’s sword
and may have actually come front
the time of the Crusades. A Civil
War bugle hangs there, not far
from a curious Indian weapon, coot
posed of a stick with a skin cow
ered ball on one end and a horse
(Continued on page three)