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VOLUME XXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. TUESDAY- APRIL 7, 1925
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NUMBER 103
FROLIC PUNS
NOW COMPLETE
Houses to Hand in Detailed
Reports of Expenses to
Doris Brophy on Friday
MEN BARRED FROM FUN
Music and Refreshments to
Feature Between Acts;
Nine Stunts to Be Given
April Frolic, the one time in the
year when men are barred from
a women’s entertainment, is next
Saturday evening at 7:00 o’clock.
The women’s gymnasium will be the
scene of the frolic. Houses must
hand in detailed reports of their
expenses to Doris Brophy, in charge
of the affair, not later than Friday
night. Lillian Luders, in charge
of the stage, should be notified by
Saturday morning of any prefer
ence in the color of the spotlight.
The idea of the committee, in
limiting the cost of the acts, was
to lessen the competitive spirit
among the houses, and make less
work. The Frolic will thus be more
of a playtime for all the women on
the campus than a contest between
those houses presenting stunts, and
the committee expresses the hope
that everyone will comply with the
$15.00 expense limit.
House Stunts Listed
Houses competing, with the
names of their performances, are:
Delta Delta Delta, “Behind the
Moon.”
Tau Nn, “Oh! Listen!”
Susan Campbell hall, “Carnival.”
Alpha Omicron Pi, “A Night in -
Georgia.”
Kappa Omicron, “Progress of
Petticoats.”
Delta Gamma, “Memory Land.”
Gamma Phi Beta, “Jabberwack
Jingaree. ”
Pi Beta Phi, “Boots.”
Alpha Delta Pi, “A Moonlight
Fantasy.”
Patronesses for the evening are:
Mrs. Karl Onthank, Mrs. Louis
Johnson, Mrs. Henry Sheldon, Mrs.
Colin Dyment, and Mrs. W. S. Jew
ett. Judges are: Mrs. Virginia
Judy Esterly, Mrs. George Rebec,
Mrs. Erie W. Allen, who will take
the place of Mrs. Dean Walker, be
cause of the latter’s illness, Miss
Gertrude Talbot, and Miss Victoria
Avakian.
The programs are decorated with
a silhouette effect over a blue
background. The shape has been
changed from the long narrow fold
er of the past to a larger, more
nearly square size.
Reserved Section Established
A reserved section will be estab
lished for town women, the tickets
being 50 cents. .Unreserved seats
in the balcony will be 25 cents. Ad
mission to the- floor will be 10
cents, and everyone downstairs
must be in costume. The door
keepers will keep a strict surveil
lance over the entering crowd, in
order to detect, if possible, any men
who may try to attend the Frolic.
Between acts, music will be
played, and the girls on the floor
will have an opportunity to dance.
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Embryo Anatomists
Get Barrel of Eels
To Pet and Preserve
“Do you want some eels?” It
was Leonard Mayfield, fresh
man in the physical education
department, speaking to the zool
ogy professor.
“Sure,” answered the profes
sor. ,
So Leonard Mayfield went to
Oregon City falls, famous for
its eels—long slippery things
that look like snakes with fin
like tails—and got a whole bar
rel of the specimen called lam
prey. The barrel held one hun
dred or more of them.
The anatomy class is delighted
with its new pets and has pro
ceeded to inject them with pre
serving preparation which smells
distinctly like formaldehyde of
the most penetrating kind.
The embryo anatomists like
to fondle these odoriferous be
ings, which are one of the lowest
of vertebrates. One of the qual
ifications for an anatomist is
said to be a fondness for this
sort of creature.
MUSIC AUDITORIUM
FORMALLY DEDICATED
“Open House” Held Inform
ally Sunday Afternoon
Formal dedication of the school
of music auditorium took place last
Saturday evening and Sunday af
ternoon. Mrs. George Gerlinger
delivered the dedication address
Saturday evening before one of the
largest audiences ever assembled in
Eugene. The new Eeuter pipe or
gan, which was a gift to the Uni
versity by an anonymous donor,
was heard for the first time when
John Stark Evans, assistant dean
of the school, gave the dedication
recital. His numbers were all of a
liigh appealing nature and among
those especially enjoyed were
‘Meditation,” Thais, by Massenet
ind “Symphonic Poem” Les Pre
ludes by Liszt.
The dedication program Sunday
afternoon was in the form of an
informal “open house.” The people
■ame and left as they liked, en
joyed one or more of the three pro
grams presented by the school of
music faculty. The University or
chestra and men’s and women’s
glee clubs were featured in the
first concert. “The Land of Hope
and Glory,” sung by the combined
clubs accompanied by the orchestra,
eras without a doubt the most
popular number on this program.
John Siefert, Jane Thacher and
Lora Teshner, members of the fac
ulty, were heard in the second pro
gram. Many interesting numbers
were rendered by these artists. The
third program was opened by Mr.
and Mrs. Rex Underwood who gave
a beautiful rendition of Ceasar
Franck’s “Sonato,” a piano and
violin solo. Madame Rose McGrew
sang “Care Selre” from the opera
“Atlanta” by Handel and “O Boc
ca Dolorosa” by Gabriele Libella.
Jane Thacher, accompanied by the
University quartet, closed the pro
gram with “Piano Quintette” by
Schumann.
CONCERT AT SCHOOL OF MUSIC
OPEN HOUSE DECLARED PLEASING
By J. E. A. J.
There is a peculiarly chaste spir
it in the music of Ceasar Franck
that cannot be paralleled except in
that of J. S. Bach, which appar
ently is banned by the censor. The
opposite extreme of genius finds
expression in the wild eccentricity
of Schumann. Ceasar Franck and
Schumann, strange bedfellows, di
vided the honors at an admirable
concert in the new music auditor
ium on Sunday afternoon, at the
open house held by the faculty and
students of the school of music.
The extreme difficult piano ac
companiment to the Cesar Franck
violin sonata (unhappily only the
allegro movement was played)
found a perfectly sympathetic ex
pression at the hands of Mrs. Rex
Underwood, for all its subtlety of
phrasing. After two academic
numbers, rendered however with
unusual vitality, Madame Bose Me
Grew was persuaded by some true
lover of music to sing the “Erlk
onie,’' which she did with great
dramatic power and none the less
clear enunciation.
Finally Mrs. Jane Thacher, who
had treated Rubinstein’s “Barcar
olle” as it deserves, and dazzled an
eager audience with a remarkably
showy arrangement of the “Bide
of the Valkyries,” made complete
amends in the Schumann quintet,
which she succeeded in making per
fectly intelligible.
DOUGHNUT GALL
TD START SOON
Arrangement for Schedule
Of Playing Completed;
Sixteen Teams Signed
VIRGIL EARL GIVES PLANS
Games Must Be Adjusted
So As Not to Conflict
With Frosh and Varsity
The cavorting warriors of the
doughnut baseball league will again
be seen on old Cemetery Ridge dia
mond, according to a statement by
Virgil Earl. This announcement
came after the termination of the
special meeting -of the djoughnut
representatives of the various en
tering organizations held yesterday
afternoon.
After due deliberation and
knowledge of the possible obstacles
which will make their appearance
during the season, it was unani
mously decided to play by the men
present. One of the outstanding
difficulties of the tournament, will
be the lack of playing space. At
present, there are but two playing
fields on the campus, and the var
sity and freshmen are using both.
Games to Follow Practice
Due to the non-playing field
handicap, Earl will arrange the
schedule so that immediately after
the termination of the freshmen
practice one or more will be played
off each afternoon. The starting
time will be announced later, but
according to Earl, the earliest time
possible, under the circumstances,
will be 4:20.
If two games are scheduled for
the same afternoon, the first will
be allowed one and one-lialf hours
in which to elect a winner: Pro
viding a game runs over the al
loted time, the umpire will call the
game over when the sides have
played an even number of innings.
All games will be played under
the rules and regulations of the
doughnut league. Special Regula
tions have been drawn up for base
ball however. All contests, except
the two semi-finals and the cham
pionship games, will be of five in
ning duration. The final three
games will be regulated by either
the five inning or the time period
alloted.
Another vital clause in the rules
is that all entering teams must
have two baseballs in their posses
sion when they report for a sched-1
uled game. The athletic depart
ment will furnish equipment, con
sisting of a scorebook, umpire,
catcher’s mit, bats, and a catch
er’s mask and protector.
Elimination is Basis
The games will be played on the
straight elimination basis. How
ever a losing team will have a
chance to challenge any other team
in the league with the exception
of the one which humbled it. The
challenged games will not count in
the championship running and will
be classed as practice games in the
standings.
The one outstanding rule which
will be enforced is in regard to the
eligibility of men participating.
The rule reads: “Men having par
ticipated in a varsity or freshman
contest for this or any other col
lege in intercollegiate competition
are not eligible for the doughnut
league in the events in which they
have participated.”
Earl has asked that the represen
tatives of the organizations desir
ing practice hours on Cemetery
ridge sign on the placard which will
be posted in his office. This is for
the purpose of giving each team a
special time in which to put forth
some practice licks.
Drawing Held for Teams
Drawings of the various teams
were held at the meetings yester
day and the following teams will
meet for the preliminary games:
Psi Kappa vs. Kappa Sigma;
Friendly hall vs. Beta Theta Pi;
Sigma Pi Tau vs. Phi Delta Theta;
Sigma Nu vs. Phi Kappa Psi; Theta
Chi vs. Kappa Delta Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon vs. Phi Gamma Del
ta; Delta Tau Delta vs. Alpha Tau
Omega; Bachelordon vs. Oregon
club.
Anti-Smoke and
Other Traditions,
Committees’ Topics
To smoke on the campus or—
off. This is one of the ques
tions to be discussed at a meet
ing of the traditions commit
tee, appointed by Randall Jones,
student body president, Wednes
day afternoon gt 4:15.
The status of other traditions
of the campus also will be taken
up at the meeting, which will be
attended by student body and
alumni representatives.
Recommendations made will be
presented to the student council,
which is to meet Wednesday
evening. Existing traditions will
be codified for presentation to
the council.
COL. HIM. S. GILBERT
ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
'Romance of Astoria’ to Be
Subject of Lecture
Col. William S. Gilbert, veteran
chaplain of two wars, minister, and
a present member of the board of
regents of the University, is to ap
pear as assembly speaker this week
with “The Romance of Astdria”
as his topic.
Colonel Gilbert has resided at As
toria practically ever since the
Spanish-Ameriean war, and has
been in a position to watch its
growth. Previous to the war, he
was pastor of the Central Presby
terian church of Eugene, and is
Well known here. He (graduated
from a United Brethren college in
the east, and was a pastor of that
denomination for some time in Eu
gene, as well as president of Philo
math college.
When the Spanish-Ameriean war
broke out, Dr. Gilbert received ap
pointment as chaplain in an Ore
gon regiment and went to the
Philippines.
In the trouble with Mexico, pre
ceding the world war, when the
American troops were on the bor
der, he saw service again as chap
lain. He went to Prance when the
American troops were sent over,
being promoted to rank of major. |
Dr. Gilbert was recently promoted
to rank of colonel among chaplains
because of his 25 years of service.
Colonel Gilbert is at present exec
utive secretary for the Presbyterian
mission work with headquarters in
Portland.
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A light musical comedy sparkling
with humor which carries with it
an unusual story around which is
woven a pretty love affair, char
acterizes “The Crimson Eyebrows”
to be given Friday and Saturday
evenings, April 17 and 18, by the
University high school glee club
in the new music auditorium. The
proceeds from the opera which Mrs.
Anne Landsbury Beck is directing,
will go for the benefit of the Uni
versity high school student body
fund.
The seat sale is now in progress,
and James Leake, business mana
ger of the opera, reported yester
day that the tickets are selling
very fast. Fifty cents will entitle
one to any seat in the house. Tick
ets may be procured from any mem
ber of the cast.* Starting today
tickets can be exchanged for re
served seats in Mrs. Beck’s office
in the University school of music.
Following is the cast of charac
ters: Princess Ting Ling, daughter
of the former Emperor, DeLillian
Olson; Ah Me, Ting Ling’s cousin,
Ruby George; Wang Mang, the
usurper Emperor, Dean Scott; Yi
Kang, the court astrologer, nick
named “Star Eye”, Hiram White;
Ko Moo, a distant relative of Ting
Ling’s nicknamed “Old Buddha,”
Bradford Ilatson; Fanchong, leader
of “The Crimson Eyebrows,”
Franklin Hall; Hing Lee, an offi
cer of the court; in reality a spy
of Fanchong’s, Charles Marlotte;
Yen Chen, an accomplice of Wang
Mang’s who impersonates “Nep
tune,” Kenneth Stevens. A large
chorus of ladies and nobles of the
court and, soldiers completes the
cast.
ORIENTAL ART
SALE SPONSORED
Mrs. Ruth B. Wheeler’s Art
Trophies Will Be Sold
For New Museum Fund
DANCE BEGINS CAMPAIGN
Campus Women Conducting
Drive; Tea to Be Given
At Laraway Music Store
A benefit sale of oriental art, to
raise money for building a new art
museum for the University, will be
held Thursday, Friday and Satur
day at Laraway’s Music store, by
Mrs. Buth B. Wheeler. The sale
will last from 9 a. m. until 6 p. m.
Mrs. Wheeler has traveled a great
deal in the Orient and has, on her
trips, collected Oriental art. She
is a graduate of this University,
having received a B. A. degree with
the class of 1910. She became in
terested in the Murray Warner art
collection, and, desiring to do some
thing also, decided on holding a
sale of many of her art trophies.
The sale will include household lin
en, small tapestries, porcelain, and
other pieces of oriental art suitable
for prize gifts.
Tea to Be Held
Connected with the sale will be a
tea in charge of Irene Kendall. The
halls will be expected to provide
the sugar and cream for the tea
while the sororities are being asked
to bring sandwiches.
Those Eugene ladies who have
consented to assist at the tea are:
Mesdames George McMorran, W. F.
Jewett, David Auld, F. L. Cham
bers, Bruce Bogart, Lenny Mowry.
Ella Stearns and Dugald Camp
bell.
Ten per cent of the proceeds of
the sale will be given for the Mu
seum fund. The tea will be twen
ty-five cents.
Dance Starts Drive
The women of the campus started
work toward raising a fund for the
building of the new museum last
Friday night when a benefit dance
was given at the Woman’s build
ing together with a short musical
program and two dances given by
members of Orchesus, under the
direction of Miss Lillian Stupp.
The musicals was composed of
group and solo numbers. The Mac
Dowell trio composed of Alberta
Potter, Lora Teshner, and Mrs.
Rex Underwood, played. Mrs. Del
bert Obertauffer, Leola Carson,
Mrs. T. A. Pearson, Alberta Potter,
Augusta Hamilton, Mr. John Sie
fert, and Roy Bryson were those
who gave solos.
Old King Cole and Rendez-vpus
were the dances given. Those who
danced were, Irene Buckley, Aug
usta Hamilton, Mary Ann Hansen,
Bernice Lamb, Alene Larimer, Bet
ty Lewis, Doris Parker, Edith
Pierce, Violet Reade, Maude Shrod
er, Neva Service, Margaret Stahl,
Grace Sullivan, and Belle Taggart.
Y. W. C. A. TO INSTALL
OFFICERS THURSDAY
Institution of officers of the
local Y. W. C. A. for the coming
year will take place Thursday after
noon at 4:30 at the Bungalow. Those
who will take the oath of office
are: Margaret Boyer, president;
Beatrice Peters, vice-president;
Nancy Peterson, secretary; Dorothy
Delzell, treasurer; Virginia Keeney,
undergraduate representative.
The retiring officers are: Flor
ence Buck, president; Mary Donald
son, vice-president; Beatrice Peters,
secretary; Mary Beth Smith, treas
urer; and Helen Andrews, under
graduate representative.
The meeting will be very short.
Miss Florence Magowan, secretary
of the Y. W. C. A., urges that all
members of the organization be
present.
Mu Phi Epsilon elects:
Daisy Parker
Alma Lawrence
Myrtle Jansson
Margaret Hyatt
Mrs. A. E. Roberts
Ancient Pedometer
Settles Argument
Of Library Force
It has long been a matter of
speculation, among the assistants
at the main circulation desk in
the University, as to how far a
person on duty walked, during
the course of an average day.
Wagered distances ranged all the
way from one to several miles
but no one knew exactly.
Yesterday the dispute was set
tled. One of the young ladies
discovered an aneient pedometer
at home and carried the anti
quated instrument with her dur
ing the afternoon. From time
to time during the four hours on
duty she looked at the watch
like register, noting the feet,
yards, hundreds of yards and—
yes—miles pile up. Finally, when
the six o’clock whistle blew she
drew the pedometer forth and
showed it to the rest of the
force. It registered six miles for
the five hours ’ work.
“And even then I sat around
quite a bit of the time,1” she
said.
HOLY WEEK OBSERVED
SPECIALLY ON COMPOS
Rev. C. E. Dunham Speaks
At Opening Meeting
The first of a series of Holy
Week services being conducted on
the campus was held last night in
the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. Rev.
C. E. Dunham of the Eugene Bap
tist church delivered a sermon on
j “Authority and Religion.”
The meetings, arranged especially
for University people, are given
under the auspices of the United
Christian Work. Four meetings, in
cluding the one last night, are to
be hold each evening from 7:15 to
8 until Thursday in the Y. W. C. A.
bungalow. This evening Rev. A.
H. Saunders of the Central Presby
terian church will talk on “The
Day of Controversy.” Tomorrow
Rev. J. Franklin Haas of the First
Methodist Episcopal church will 1
speak on “Christ’s Bequest of1
Peace,” and Thursday Rov. Henry
W. Davis, student pastor, will speak
on “The Garden of Gethsemane.”
The concluding meeting will be
held Friday at 8 p. m. in the M.
E. church. The sacred cantata,
“The Seven Last Words” will be
given by the University choir under
the direction of John Stark Evans. I
Special Easter services will be
held in all the Eugene churches;
Sunday. All students will be on-1
couraged to attend some chuneh,
and the day will bo known on the I
campus as “go-to-church Sunday.” j
The subjects of the campus talks
are based on events of the last week
of the life of Christ. Each day’s
talk will deal with the facts of the 1
corresponding day in the original
Passion Week.
Special musical numbers, includ
ing vocal solos, will be given at
each meeting. All services are for
both men and women.
BILL WILL TAKE
IB MEN SOUTH
Coach Pleased At Showing
Made At Tryout; Time
Fast for Heavy Track
MAUTZ AND HOLT LOST
Bob Has Appendicitus;
Extra, Star Sprinter- to
Tackle Cardinal Flashes
The varsity track tryouts held
last Saturday for the Stanford
meet were successful in every way
and as a result sixteen men will
definitely make the trip south.
Coach Bill Hayward is making
every effort to take a nineteen man
team for the meet. He is con
fronted with the problem of taking
second men and has found it hard
to reduce the number to sixteen.
There is always the possibility
that some of the men will not be
able to run, so the three extra men
are regarded as about the right
number. Bill is taking men in
every event, and he plans to enter
men in each. At the last moment
he was handicapped by the loss of
Harry Holt, winner of the 100 in
the tryouts last Saturday, who was
found to be ineligible. Jerry Ex
tra, star sprinter from the frosh
squad of last year, who was the
inly man in the 220, has recovered
partially from an attack of tonsil
itis. He will make the trip and
tvill probably go strong when he
gets down there. Bob Mautz,
weight man, will have to be left
behind on account of appendicitis.
Louie Anderson, javelin thrower,
and Harry Hemmiugs were both
found ineligible at the beginning
if the term. That cuts the squad
io some extent'.
Those Who Will Go
The probable nineteen men whom
Bill 1ms picked to take south with
lim for the Cardinal meet and
heir events follow.
100-yard dash—Westerman and
■Stonebreaker.
220-yard dash—Extra and Stoue
jreaker.
440 yards—Kinney and Wilbur.
880 yards—Mauney and Gerke.
Mile—Holder and Swank.
2 mile—Keating and Tetz.
Hurdles (both)—Kelsey and Car
•uthers.
High jump—Eby, Flanagan, and
rCelsey.
Pole vault—Rosenburg and Kel
ley.
Shot and Discus—Johnston.
Javelin—Rosenburg.
Relay team—Kinney, Hermance,
Price, Wilbur.
Stanford Meet Hardest
The Stanford meet promises to
be the hardest one on the year’s
schedule. It was put on the list
to prepare the men for the coming
meets and to give them a taste of
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DEFENDER OF ACCUSED MAN
DISAPPEARS FROM CAMPUS
Harley Covalt, if he appears on
the campus today, will defend
Thomas Short, accused of murder
ing Bill Hills on the library steps,
this evening at 7 o’clock at the
county court house. But, how ex
plain Covalt’s absence from classes
yesterday!
His friends and his enemies have
| theories enough. Covalt has fled
j the campus filled with the coward
ly fear of ruining by defeat his
unblemished reputation. Then, of
course, there is the possibility of
his prejudicing the jury by his ap
pearance on the campus during the
days preceding the trial.
The most plausible hypothesis is
that he has been abducted by the
prosecuting attorney; for t’will be
almost impossible to secure convic
tion with such an able lawyer de
fending the case.
Bill Dills died, at least legally,
on the library steps by a shot fired
by himself or by Short. There is
undisputed evidence that Short
threatened Dills’ life the day be
fore the crime. Moreover, rumor
has it that Dills stole Short’s girl.
But it doesn’t do to be hasty in
condemnations. Dills was a practi
cal joker and was continually mak
ing Short’s life unbearable. There
is a rumor afloat that a prominent
co-ed will appear at the trial as
part of the defendant’s program to
prove the case a suicide. This plan
was adopted on the certain infor
mation that Dills had just been
turned down by the girl who is
supposed to appear in the trial.
The case can be likened to the
Shepherd case of New Hampshire,
which has just been finished. Even
the men of the cases are compar
able: cool, collected, and of iron
nerve. During the interview, Short
discussed the case with only a
slight shiver of the chin.
Judge Kendall of Marshfield will
preside. All those taking part in
the case are students of the school
of law.
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