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ORATORS TO VIE
FOR 82,000 PRIZE
Oregon Speakers May En
ter Nationwide Contest on
Subject of Constitution
TOTAL OF $5,000 UP
Ten-Minute Addresses to
Be Judged on Delivery
And Contest; Rules Given
A national intercollegiate orator
ical contest on the constitution is
open to undergraduates of the Uni
versity of Oregon and of other in
stitutions of higher learning in the
United States, according to notice
received by the public,speaking de
partment. The speeches, which
' may deal with the federal consti
tution from various angles, must be
given in ten minutes. Students de
siring to enter the contest are re
quested to turn in manuscripts be
fore Saturday night, April 11, at
Toom 206 in the Sociology build
ing.
Prizes totaling $5,000 are offered
in the contest, which is sponsored
by the Better America Federation
of California, Randolph Leigh as
director, with headquarters at
Washington, D. C.
The prizes will be seven in num
ber, to be paid in cash at the grand
final meeting in Los Angeles on
June 5, 1925, in the following
amounts: first, $2,000; second,
$1,000; third, $500; fourth, $450;
fifth, $400; sixth $350; ^eventh,
$300.
Coaches to Select
On the basis of the merit of the
manuscripts turned in and the abil
ity of the student as a speaker,
the forensic coaches, . Oscar A.
Brown, and H. E. Bosson will de
cide the representative ^rom the
University. The oration will not
Tiave to ,be delivered unless the
judges at Washington pick the
manuscript as one of the seven best
turned in from the colleges and
Universities 'of the Western dis
trict. These representatives will
then compete in the Pacific finals
at San Francisco on May 22, the
winner then going to Los Angeles
to compete in the national finals on
June 5.
Orations must be original and
may be on any one of the follow
ing subjects: The Constitution;
Washington and the Constitution;
Hamilton and the Constitution;
the
the
the
the
Lincoln and the Constitution.
Interest in Constitution Urged
The National Intercollegiate Ora
torical Contest is for the purpose
of increasing interest in and re
spect for the Constitution of the
United Staes. It is financed and
conducted by the Better America
Federation of California as a con
tribution toward better and more
intelligent citizenship.
The orations will be submitted in
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Jefferson and
Marshall and
Webster
Madison
and
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Constitution;
Constitution;
Constitution;
Constitution;
Susan Campbell
Harbors Visitors
Of Doubtful Ilk
Susan Campbell hall has two
visitors from the sunny South,
Otto and Oscar by-name.
Although they aren’t much
larger than a dollar, they can
eat enormous quantities of beef
steak with apparent enjoyment.
Their home is a big yellow flower
bowl half filled with water.
Oscar is a little green turtle of
the land variety, who delights in
sitting 'up out of the water to
keep his nose dry. Otto is of a
queer, mottled brown color, and
stays under the surface of the
water most of the time. Both
love flies, bugs, and worms, as
well as beefsteak.
They were obtained by the
owner from a golf fish hatchery
about four miles from Palo Alto,
during spring vacation.
MU PHI TO PRESENT
PROGRAM FOR EASTER
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Music Fraternity to Give
Fifth Sacred Concert
Nu chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon,
women’s national musical frater
nity, will present its fifth annual
sacred concert Easter Sunday at
7:30 p. m. in the auditorium of the
Methodist Episcopal church. The
alumni as well as the active mem
bers of the chapter will participate
in the concert. Mrs. T. A. Pearson
of the alumni is in charge.
Following is the evening’s pro
gram:
Prelude
Call to Worship
Doxology, Invocation and Lord's
Prayer
Hymn No. 175, “Golden Harps are
Sounding”
Vocal Trio, “The Lord Has
Arisen” .Emerson
Buth Akers, Mildred Berkely
and Marvel Skeels Oberteuffer
Trio, “Jewels of the Madonna”
.!.Wolf - Furrari
Beulah Clarke, Gwendolyn Hay
den and Bernice Yeo
Contralto Solo, “Day of Days”
.Bearsdley Van de Water
Marvel Skeels Oberteuffer
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DANCE PROGRAM COVER
CONTEST TO END TODAY
The contest which has been held
by the Women’s League for an orig
inal dance program cover will- be
closed today. The winner will be
announced tomorrow. This contest
has been held through the art de
partment, under the direction of
Miss Maude Kerns, head of the nor
mal art school, although anyone on
the campus was eligible to compete.
This cover will be used for the
formal dance during the national
Women’s League convention, which
will be held Friday night, April 17,
in the Woman’s building. The
prize offered is $5.00.
INFLUENCE OF MASTERS SHOWN
IN DECORATIVE ART EXHIBITION
The school of architecture and
allied arts is holding in its gallery
an exhibition of comparative prob
lems in Decorative Design. The
•work shown represents contempor
ary study under the guidance and
inspiration of Professor Arthur W.
Dow of Columbia, Raymond Ensign
of Pratt Institute, Ralph Helm
Johonnot of Los Angeles, Rudolph
Schaeffer and Douglas Donaldson
of San Francisco, men who stand
in the front rank of teachers in
this field of Art. Their influence
is clearly shown and very wide
spread in the present day art-edu
cation program.
The visitor to this exhibition will
recognize the fact that contempor
ary design is influenced by modern
color research. This is particularly
true of the teaching of Johonnet,
Schaeffer, and Donaldson, and ac
counts for the use of cut-paper
forms. These papers are immedi
ately available to the student in
many color tones of full intensity.
The paper forms are arranged with
regard to both contrast and vibra
tion. This vibration of color might
be said to characterize the output
in present day decorative design.
Colored papers have met the de
mand for a medium which realizes
results more readily and quickly
than is possible by the use cf
paints and brushes. Mr. Johon
net’s teaching is represented in
the work of Mrs. Gorham and Mrs.
Krebs of Portland. Their work
shows how cut-paper is but a means
to an end rather than an end in
itself. Several completed examples
of richly colored embroidery de
signs are exhibited to show the re
lation of the cut-paper beginning
to the finished work.
Professor Dow was among the
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SOUAD TO HOLD
PRACTICE TILTS
Baseball Preliminaries to
Bring Out Material for
Positions in Major Games
THIRTY OUT FOR PLACES
Two Teams Selected From
Varsity Aspirants Will
Try Strength Saturday
By Wilbur Wester
With the preliminary stages of
baseball practice partly over, the
Oregon ball squad is beginning to
take the form of a team unit. At
present there are one or two can
didates for each position on the
varsity nine that are showing con
siderable promise over the rest of
the field.
The possible strength of the Lem
on Yellow ball squad will be
brought out this Saturday by a
practice contest between two teams
selected from the varsity squad.
Besides this tilt, Coach Reinhart is
attempting to schedule a game
with the Salem Senators, which
will probably be played some time
next week should pending arrange
ments be completed.
New Diamond Used
The new diamond adjoining Hay
ward field has lately taken on the
outward appearances of a regular
baseball training camp. Over thir
ty candidates are turning out every
afternoon. A long period of real
hitting practice together with some
fast infield work occupies the ma
jor portion of the daily workouts.
With the material on hand this
year, Oregon should be unusually
strong, also the reserve strength of
the nine should greatly aid the
team in going through a stiff sched
ule. This year Billy Reinhart is
not going to cut the squad, but
leave the present turnout in its
entirety—this will give nearly every
man out a chance to break into the
lineup.
.rosiiions xiuea
Although it is still early in l?he
season for forecasts, there are seve
ral men for each position who are
making a fairly creditable early
seasonal showing. Jack Bliss and
Sam Cook, both lettermen, have
the receiving berth fairly well tak
en care of, while tJeorge Mimnaugh,
catcher for the freshman last year
may work in as utility man for
this job.
Bex Adolph, first baseman for
the frosh in 1924, together with
Buss Burton, are doing most of the
work around the first sack. How
ard Hobson, varsity letterman, has
the position of second pretty well
cared for and probably will hold
this berth throughout the season.
West and Troutman are slated to
do considerable work around short
stop from present indications, while
Sam Cook and Lynn Jones are
fighting it out for the third base
position.
In the outfield, Carl Knudson
and Doug Wright, both lettermen,
together with Frank Beinhart and
George Mimnaugh, freshman nume
ral men in baseball, are doing con
sistent fielding work and have a
slight edge on some of the other
candidates for the outfield posi
tions.
Some of the outstanding candi
dates for the twirling staff include:
Carl Knudson, Skipper Brooks, and
Ray Williams, lettermen. Dave
Adolph, Harry Dutton, Ray Mur
ray and Fred Harrison.
JUNIOR VODVIL ACTORS
WILL TRY OUT TODAY
Additional tryouts for places in
Junior Vodvil acts will be held at
the College Side Inn at 4 o’clock
this afternoon.
Any persons who have not pre
viously tried out, or who have acts
which have not been listed, are
asked to report to Paul Krausse at
the College Side Inn today. A
special request is piade for curtain
aets.
Secrecy Surrounds
Feature Sections
For 1925 Oregana
New Two-Color Heads
To Be Introduced
Work on the 1925 Oregana is
progressing very satisfactorily is
the1 word given out by Augusta
DeWitt, editor of the annual,
who has been in Portland assist
ing with the book at the print
shop. Prom the progress already
made it is expected that the year
book will be out on schedule time
at Junior Week-end.
There will be 474 pages in the
book. One of the new features
introduced this year is printing
the main section heads in two
colors: the sub-section heads will
be in black and white.
The editors of the humor sec
tion, Larry Riddle and Harry
Hemmings have promised some
thing different and unique for
the edification of .the campus,
i The true nature of the contents
cannot be revealed yet, but the
editors promise the campus a
good laugh from their work.
The plan of the cover and the
cover design are other features
that the staff is keeping secret
until the time of the appearance
of the book at Junior Week-end.
The idea in planning the book
has been to make of it a per
manent memory book, recording
all the big events and the tradi
tional features of the college
year. To that end many more
pictures have been used this
year than before. All the heads
of the different sections have
worked to make their sections
the best possible _ and the truest
record of the campus year.
It is planned to give those who
were not able to pign up for
an Oregana when the subscrip
tion drive was put on earlier in
the year a chance to subscribe
later on. The exact date will be
announced later.
NOTED FLYER TO TALK
ON CAMPUS THURSDAY
Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly, first
army airman to complete a non
stop cross continental flight, now
stationed at Vancouver barracks,
Washington, will deliver an illus
trated lecture at Villard hall, at 8
o’clock, Thursday evening, accord
ing to Captain Frank L. Culin, of
the R. O. T. C. department The
subject of the lecture will be the
progress of aviation during recent
years.
Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly is
one of the army’s premier flying
authorities, as well as a very ef
fective speaker, having been en
thusiastically received by all of the
many audiences whom he has ad
dressed throughout the Northwest.
Slides, illustrating the progress of
airplane building and- navigation
from the first ill-fated attempt by
Langley, down to the more mod
ern types will be shown, and prob
ably moving pictures tajken dur
ing Lieutenants Kelly’s recent
cross-country flight with Ezra
Meeker, the famous Oregon pioneer.
Captain Culin predicts that the
lecture will be interesting to Uni
versity students, especially to those
inen taking advanced work in the
R. O. T. C. department, and all
students are invited to attend.
The Reserve Officer’s association
of Lane county is sponsoring Lieut.
Kelly’s trip to Eugene.
CONDON HALL GROUNDS
WILL BE LANDSCAPED
Work on the landscaping of the
grounds around Condon hall will
start next week, if weather per
mits, says H. M. Fisher, superin
tendent of ground*.
At present the workmen are
washing down the building, getting
lime off the brick, and generally
cleaning it up on the outside.
The lawn will be seeded very
soon, and shrubs set out. It will
be necessary to terrace the north
side, Mr. Fisher believes, as the
j steps are arranged so there is a
considerable drop. The dirt on the
! ground can be used; so the job is
! not expected to be very difficult,
J and three or four men can do the
j work. Definite plans have not been
j made as yet for the arrangement
| of the grounds.
Student Union Heads
Lay Plans for Drive
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MANY FRO OUT
FOR BASEBALL
Forty-two Yearlings Try
For Positions on Team;
Fundamentals Stressed
SQUADS WILL BE FORMED
The yearling baseball squad can
now be 'seen cavorting around on
the old cemetery ridge diamond
every afternoon. A total of 42
men have signed up and Coach
Sorsby wants all other men intend
ing to go out for frosh baseball to
sign up immediately.
Batterymen are working out
daily, limbering up and learning
the fundamental points of delivery.
The preliminary practice will con
sist of sliding, light batting and
bunting. In sliding, Sorsby is
teaching the green cappers the
hook slide on their right sides, hit
ting the bags in a laying position.
By using initial part of the slide
the coach hopes to eliminate all the
injuries generally coming from
teaching beginners the completed
slide at first. All other precau
tions are being taken to keep the
men from injuring themselves.
Banting is Stressed
The importance of bunting is be
ing stressed because very few of
the men turning out know anything
about well placed bunts. Sorsby
thinks that by teaching the men to
bunt it will improve their hitting,
as to bunt they must learn to
watch the ball. All batting prac
tice is of a very light nature.
To date the infield men have had
little chance to practice because of1
the condition of the ground, but the
diamond will be put into shape in
several days. Another thing that
has hindered the squad is a short
age in equipment but this will also
be overcome in a short time.
“As soon as the squad knows
what they are expected to do, they
will be divided into squads under
the head of physical education ma
jors so that every man will get
personal attention and there will be
no loafing,” said Sorsby in talking
of the organization of the squad.
My aim is to develope a bunch of
hustling, enthusiastic going ball
players.”
Staying Qualities Needed
Sorsby also wishes to stress the
point that men out to learn the
points of the game will be given a
fair chance. What he really wants
is men with staying qualities out
for positions on the team.
The men who have signed up so
far are: Pitchers and catchers, Ray
Edwards, pitcher and fielder; Wil
liam Bamber, pitcher; Merwyn
Benke, catcher: William Baker,
pitcher; Bruce Fenton, catcher; Al
fred Fries, pitcher; Edwin Ross,
pitcher; John Caughell, catcher;
Jess Dewey, catcher; George Ma
jovski, pitcher; Keith Fennell,
pitcher and Ed McLaren, pitcher.
The infielders are: Donald McClin
tock, short stop; William Mathison,
second; James Hanley, short stop;
Allan Swengel, second and short
stop; Huge Wallace, first; Hum
bolt Gregg, second; Fred Zeebuyth,
first; Paul Raess, second; Lewis
Reavis, third; Clark Woodcock, sec
ond; Jack Puusti, third and field;
Burton Nelson, first and field; A1
Adams, third and field; Howard
Eberhart, first; Harold Palmer,
first; Robert Keeney, first; Lind
sey Doty, short stop; Reginald
Stewart, first; Richard Godfrey,
first; Harold Richstun, first; Mark
McAllister, second and short stop.
The outfielders are: Elwood Read,
Jack Hempstead, Edward Brown,
Klass Powell, Clinton Peets, David
Garman, Ray Newby and Calder
McCall.
PRINTING PRESS PICTURES
HUNG IN HALLS OF 8HACK
Framed pictures with suitable
words of description giving briefly
the history of the printing press
have been hung in the halls of the
lower floor of the Journalism build
ing. These will be used for study
by students in the department.
April 23 to 25, Dates
To Pledge Freshmen
And Newcomers
April 23 to 25 inclusive has been
set as the date for the 1925 student
drive by the Student Union com
mittee, which met for the organi
zation of plans yesterday. The
drive this year is to be held on
much the same order as that of last
year except that it will be con
fined to pledges from freshmen,
transfers and students who did not
pledge in 1921.
Bob Mautz has been named
chairman of the committee by Ban
dall Jones, president of the student
body, with Bob Hunt as the as
sistant chairman. Myrtle Baker is
the secretary, and Jane Sanborn
assistant secretary. The other
members are: senior man, Joe Ellis;
senior woman, Georgia Shipley;
junior man, Fred Martin; junior
woman, Betty Bauch; sophomore
man, Balph Staley; sophomore wo
man, Frances Morgan; freshman
man, Emerson Wright; freshman
woman, Virginia Eichardson.
Under the organization of this
committee will be team captains
and their teams in the respective
classes, who plan to bring every
student in the University who has
not already pledged into the stu
dent union movement. Two thirds
of the pledges signed last year
which were to fall due this year
have already been collected, and an
effort uill be made to collect the
rest of these. Those who pledged
last year will be given ribbons to
wear to show that they have done
their part.
This drive is part of the peat
campaign which the University is
waging to raise $5,000,000, in five
years and the student union is the
first step. The students them
selves will raise funds to make pos
sible the dream of a student cen
ter. The actual sum to be raised
in the drive this year has not yet
been determined, but the commit
tee which held its first meeting
yesterday expects to have more
definite plans within the next
week, and to organize so efficient
ly that they may again attain the
success of last year’s drive, when
$219,000 was raised in a whirlwind
campaign of four days. A pledge
of $10 a year, to be paid in two $5
installments or a lump sum of $10
was asked from each student who
set the time of the payments at his
own convenience.
The University has an option on
the entire half block bounded by
Fourteenth avenue, Alder and Kin
caid, the purchase of which is pro
vided in the budget, but no action
will be taken until the next meet
ing of the board of regents some
time in May.
HUGH E. ROSSON TO JUDGE
DEBATE AT SALEM TONIGHT
Hugh E. Rosson of the public
speaking department will leave for
Salem this afternoon to act as a
judge in a debate between Wil
lamette university and Lawrence
college of Appleton, Wisconsin, to
night. The subject will be on the
power of the Congress to overrule
supreme court decisions declaring
acts of Congress unconstitutional.
VARSITY SOUAD
LEAVING TODAY
Finance Committee Grants
Permission to Take Three
Additional Men; Total 19
TEAMS MEET SATURDAY
Oregon Has Edge in Sprints;
Rosenburg Hurls Javelin
182 Feet in Trial Throw
Nineteen varsity t.rtiek men are
leaving at 12:30 today for Palo Al
to to meet the strong Cardinal team
on April 11, Last evening the Fin
ance committee of the University
granted the taking of three addi
tional men south, increasing the
number from 16 to 19. The squad
will arrive at the southern institu
tion some time Thursday, and
Thursday afternoon they will work
out on the Stanford track. Friday
afternoon a light workout will be
held to take advantage of the
woather. Saturday afternoon the
big meet comes off.
The southern meet is going to
help a great deal in putting the
Oregon team in shape for the other
meets of the season. Bill Hayward
does not expect to win the meet for
that would be practically impossi
ble against a team which has all
of its meets behind and has reached
the peak of its track season form.
The C%rdinals have one moTe meet
on their list.
contest wm am Team
The Stanford competition wm
scheduled for the express purpose
of putting the team into shape. The
team, handicapped by bad weather
the entire training season, will
profit immeasurably by the taste
of good weather down south. The
squad will have an opportunity to
see some of the best athletes on tht
coast perform.
Bill Hayward is putting a lot of
confidence in the sprinters who
promise to do some good work
down south. Stonebreaker, Wes
terman, and Extra have all been
running close in competition meets.
The Stanford team is lacking in
good sprinters so Oregon has a
good chance to garner points in the
100 and 220 yard dashes.
Chick Bosenburg has exceeded
the best mark made by the south
ern javelin throwers by some five
feet. His practice throw of 182
feet a couple of weeks ago is an
indication of what he can do.
Bosenburg is also competing in the
pole vault and in the broad jump.
Kinney Shows Speed
Big Jim Kinney in the quarter
mile is Oregon’s best bet against
Richardson and Miller of Stan
ford—two of the fastest 440 men
rm the coast. On a slow track last
Saturday Kinney made fine time
and with a fast track and a few
days of warm weather Bill Hay
ward expects him to cut his timo
two seconds at least. Wilbur the
other man in this event will be a
strong second placer.
The relay team composed of Kin
ney, Wilbur, Price and Hermance is
a combination which has never run
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MOOT JURY ACQUITS TOM SHORT
OF MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE
Last night between the hours of
seven and ten-forty-five one Thom
as Short was on trial for his life
on the charge of committing mur
der in the first degree on the per
son of William Dills. Judge John
C. Kendall, circuit judge from
Marshfield^ who has temporarily
exchanged circuits with Judge
Skipworth of Eugene, acted as the
judge of this case. James King
was the states attorney and the
counsel for the defense was Harley
Covalt.
The circumstances under which
the alleged crime oceured as the re
porter was able to deduct from the
testimony of witnesses was as fol
lows:
At about 7:30 on the evening of
March 31, the deceased, William
Dills entered the library of the Uni
versity of Oregon through the main
door ou the first floor and had no
sooner taken a few steps in search
of a seat than the lights flashed
out, flickered on a moment < and
then remained off for several min
utes. During the interval of dark
ness two shots were fired. When
the lights again came on Dills was
lying dead upon the floor in the
spot he had been last seen. Several
witnesses testified that they heard
steps as if some one had run
towards the rear of the room, gone
through the gate to the stacks, and
down the steps leading to the lower
floors.
The state’s witnesses were unani
mous in declaring that after the
lights came on Thomas Short was
nowhere to be seen. One of the
witnesses for the defense, however,
claimed to have seen Short sitting
studying after the excitement.
The prosecution in order to show;
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