VOLUME XXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1925
NUMBER 119
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TRUCK STARS
OUTOF MEET
Prendergast, Howe, Leatch,
Declared Ineligible for
Relay Carnival Saturday
HAYWARD DISAPPOINTED
Frosh Meet 0. A. C. Rooks;
Results Doubtful With
Shattering of1 Lineup
Old Lady Hard Luck began her
work in earnest last evening when
three of Bill Hayward’5 outstand
ing frosh track men were declared
ineligible for competition this term.
Bill was indignant; having worked
the frosh men up to the week of the
meet only to find them ineligible
is “one of the joys of a track
coach” as he put it.
Bill Prendergast, the mentor’s
best man in the sprints failed to
make the proper conditions for
competition and is out for the rest
of the year. Prendergast was
counted on to be one of the high
point winners on the team. He is
a consistent sprinter who has been
leading thO field in the 100 and 220
all year. His absence knocks a hole
in the team which will be hard to
fill. Eugene Howe, frosh half mil
er, by being declared ineligible,
puts the frosh two-mile relay team
on the rocks for the coming meet.
The third ineligible is C. Leatch,
another half miler of promise.
The showing of the freshmen in
the meet this Saturday with O. A.
C. rooks will probably not be prom
ising unless some big upsets are in
store. Bill, after bringing the men
to a point where they can compete,
finds his whole lineup shattered.
There are better men in many of
the events who did not try out last
Saturday but Hayward is going to
select his team from the ones who
did try out. He is woefully lack
ing in half milers so the fourth
man to run the event in the relay
Saturday will be the first man who
enters the gymnasium thatr- morrf
ing.
“It was like giving me a dose of
poison,” declared Bill, “when Vir
gil Earl handed me that slip with
the three ineligible men on it yes
terday evening.”
Big Vic Wetzel will take Pren
dergast ’s place in the sprint relays.
Substitutions for the rest of the
men will be made latbr.
The Frosh-Eook relay carnival
will probably be held on Saturday
morning, at 10:30 o’clock. This
will give the men an op
portunity to see the Washington
O. A. C. meet in Corvallis in the
afternoon.
PARADES ARE SCHEDULED
FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
The weekly parade of the R. O.
T. C. Battalion will be held every
Thursday at 5:15. The ceremony
was performed for the first time
last Thursday afternoon. The bat
talion is composed of six companies.1
Overcoat Awaits
Neglectful Owner
At Local Infirmary
It is nice weather now, but the
cold days are coming, and if one
is wise, like the ant, he will gire
an eye to the long winter months
when the wintry blast bloweth
and rain cometh down. All of
which is but an introduction to
the real question at issue.
Question: Did you leave a
heavy grey overcoat at the in
firmary when you went to see
your ill friend Easter vacation f
You men are the ones to whom
this question is being put because
the coat is a very mannish one,
double breasted and everything.
It is over there waiting for you,
so, dear student, be wise like said
anPand wait not for the icy wind
which will put an end to you, yea
even as it did the grasshopper.
WOMEN COMPLETE
FIRST TENNIS ROUND
Second Tournament Series
Dated for May 2
The first round of women’s
doughnut tennis was completed yes
terday with the following teams in
the lead: Singles—Alpha Gamma
Delta represented by Madeline Ger
linger, Hendricks Hall I by Laura
Breske, Susan Campbell Hall I by
Wanda Plincz, Thacher by Regina
Devault, Chi Omega by Camile Bur
ton, Susan Campbell Hall II by
Florence Baker, Hendricks Hall II
by Ruth Melsome (Tri-Delt de
fault), Kappa Alpha Theta and Pi
Beta Phi will play their match
soon.
Doubles—Gamma Phi Beta rep
resented by Isobelle Amon and Hel
on Tvroll, Hendricks Hall I by'
Mable Fransen and Anna DeWitt, i
Susan Campbell Hall I by Jeanette
Sheets and Harriet Osborn, Thach- j
er by Velma Scholl and May Bor
qnist, Sigma Beta Phi by Emily
Houston and Hflen Ernst, Kappa!
Alpha Theta by Harriet Adams and J
Margaret Stoltz, Susan Campbell :
Hall IT by Nellie Johns and Chris
tina Holt, Hendricks Hall' IT by
Florence Huntington and Emogene
Richards (Tri-Delt default).
Consolation-elimination line-up is
as follows: singles—Mary Stewart
for Gamma Phi Beta and Ruth
Wheeler, Oregon Club; Mildred
Hansen, Alpha Xi Delta and Edith
Boyer, Delta Zeta; Laura Prescott,
Sigma Beta Phi will play either
Kappa Alpha Theta or Pi Beta Phi"
depending on the outcome of that
match. Kappa is a bye due to the
withdrawal of Tri Delt team.
Doubles—Betty Havter and Mau
rine Johnson, Alpha Gamma Delta
and Margaret Templer and Mary
Benson. Girls’ Oregon Club; Flor
ence Huntress—Edna Spenker. Al
pha XI Delta and Mary Ann Han
sen-Dorothv Abbot. Delta Zeta; j
Marion Bonney-Beatrice Harden, !
Chi Omega and Katherine Ulrick, 1
Elenore Glass, Pi Beta Phi. Kappa !
Kappa Gamma is a bye due to Tri !
Delt withdraway.
Saturday, May 2, is the time limit
set for the second round of dough- j
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UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IS SCENE
OF DAILY FISHING EXPEDITIONS
Hans Mevig goes fishing every
day on the Oregon campus. But he
doesn't fish for vrhales or even
minnows, he fishes for little scraps
of paper.
. Early in the morning, he can be
seen with his bag and spiked pole,
cleaning up the campus. “I spear
the paper, just like spearing fish,”
he 3avs, “only it’s not so hard.”
Before starting on his fishing trip,
he sweeps the sidewalks around
the buildings; then the rest of the
morning is devoted to spearing gum
papers, candy wrappers, crumpled
papers, advertising matter, and
other fish.
“The students are more careful
about dropping paper on the cam
pus than they used to be several
years ago,” he declared. “When I
.first started fishing, I carried
a big gunny sack, but now I just
have a small bag. In spring and
fall there is better fishing than in
winter. But I don’t mind doing
it, and all the students are so nice
to me.”
In addition to gathering paper,
Mr. Mevig spends his afternoons
mowing the lawns. “This time of
year, the grass should be cut twice
a week to make it look nice; it
grows so fast. But that’s a hard
job. I walk five miles mowing the
strip between Susan Campbell hall
and the Administration building,
and i$ takes me at least two hours
and a half. I’ve tried to figure
out how far a man walks mowing
lawn all day, and it must be at
least eight or ten miles.”
Mr. Mevig believes people like
to see the campus always looking
at its best. “I just do all I can
to keep it clean and free from rub
bish so that everyone will like to j
look at it,” he says, “and T think
everyone on the campus does like
to have the fishing done.” '
TWO ORATORS
WIN IN TRYOUTS
Beroit McCroskey, ’28, and
Ralph Bailey, ’26, Chosen
To Represent University
TWO MEETS SCHEDULED
Seven of Eleven Entrants
Eliminated in First Seven
Of Contests Held Monday
Two University orators, Benoit
SjleCroskey, freshman, and Ralph
Bailey, a junior, both of Salem,
were last night chosen to represent
Oregon in two of the most ’import
ant oratorical contests of the year.
McCroskey by winning first place
among four contestants at last
night’s tryouts is the representative
in the Tri-State contest to be held
in Seattle on May 22. Bailey
winning second place, will represent
the University in the Pacific Coast
forensic league contest to be held
in Corvallis, May 8.
Tryouts are Close
Only after one of the closest ser
ies of tryouts, the two winners
were chosen. The original tryout
last Saturday morning resulted in
the elimination of seven of the
eleven original entrants. Monday
afternoon, a second tryout was held
at which the last four men com
peted, with the forensic coaches, H.
E. Rosson, Oscar A. Brown, and E.
W. Merrill again acting as judges.
They could not arrive at a choice
and a third tryout was held last
night at which four outside judges,
instructors in the University, were
the men to decide the race.
McCroskey gave the oration “The
Last Milestone” with which he won
the State peace oratorical contest
at Forest Grove recently. His de
livery and stage presence -was very
effective and combined with a
smoothly composed oration was
enough to entitle him to first place
in the opinion of the judges, Peter
Crockatt, M. K. Cameron, Paul
Patterson, and Ralph Hoeber. The
winner will be sent to Seattle May
22, to compete with Northwest col
leges for a prize of $100 and the
oratorical championship of the
Northwest.
Two Men Eliminated
Bailey’.s oration was entitled
“The Problem of Russia,” in which
he told the history of Russia’s at
tempt to attain a satisfactory sys
tem of democratic, government and
pleaded for assistance and leader
ship from the more progressive na
tions such as Prance, England, and
the United States.
The two men finally eliminated
last night, were Elam Amstutz and
Ernest Henrickson. Other men in
the contest to start with were:
James Johnson, Ephraim D. Con
way, Donald Beeler, Truman Seth
er, Jack McGuire, Hershel Brown,
and Lexro Prillaman.
H. E. Rosson, of the English de
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FOUNDER OF SORORITY
VISITS LOCAL CHAPTER
Elizabeth H. Wyman, one of the
founders of Alpha Omicron Pi sor
ority, arrived on the campus yes
terday to inspect the local chap
ter. Miss Alfred Miner of Eugene
and a member of the national or
ganization but not of the local
group, is honoring Miss Wyman
and the girls of the local chapter
with a luncheon today at Nimrod
Inn on the McKenzie river.
Miss Wyman will be the guest
of honor this evening at a banquet
celebrating the birthday of the
house which was installed in the
national .organization May 5, 1923.
Miss Wyman is at present, visiting
the various chapters of Alpha Omi
cron Pi on an inspection tour for
the national organization.
FORMER ASSISTANT TO BE
STUDENT AT CALIFORNIA
Adele J. Kibre, who has been
teaching in California at the Re
dondo Beach high school, will be
on the University of California
campus next year. Miss Kibre, who
is working for her Ph. D. degree,
was an assistant in the Latin de
partment here, during the year
1923-24.
Music Perfomance
Nearly Cancelled
During Recent Trip
Members Find Trip
Somewhat Dull
A thundering, crashing noiae
which brought with it the pre
cipitation of a heavy chair from
the top of the Grand theatre was
the first bit of excitement to wel
come the members of the Univer
sity glee clubs and orchestra in
Salem on their recent trip. How
ever, due to the unusual alert
ness of the musicians no one was
killed or wounded. A stage hand
scaling the rafters was later
found to be responsible for the
falling debris, which if hitting
a member might have caused the
cancelling of the performance.
“Have you a program I can
see?”, was asked of Jimmy
Leake, manager of the organiza
tions, by a gentleman attending
the rehearsal at the Heilig the
atre in Portland, Friday after
noon about 4:30 o’clock. With
this calm question came to Jim
my the realization that there were
no programs for the Portland con
cert, as they had been left in
Salem. Hurridly he ran to the
nearest phone and succeeded in
getting the stage driver just as
he was to leave Salem. Thus it
happened that the ushers were
able to present the audience with
programs.
Three prominent members of
the men’s glee club were seen
walking the streets of Portland
Friday night after the concert.
When asked their destination
they replied that they were look
ing for excitement and if they ,
couldn’t find it in a half hour |
they would be ready to jump a j
train for Eugene. Evidently Eu- I
gene isn’t so dull after all!
SIGMA XI ELECTS 17; J
WILL INITIATE IN MAY;
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Active and associate members to !
Sigma Xi, national science frater
nity, were elected at the meeting of j
the society held April 24 at the \
medical school, Portland.
Those elected to active member- j
ship were: Percy A. LaSelle, chem
istry, Oscar Richards, teaching fel
low in the department of zoology,
both of the University of Oregon; i
and William P. Holbrook, Clinton |
H. Thienes, Warren C. Hunter, all!
of the Portland medical school, i
Asiociate members elected at the j
April meeting were: University of j
Oregon: George Riddle, Vladimir:
B. Rojansky, department of math- j
ematics; Walter Brattain, Leonard i
J. Neuman, Alton Gabriel, physics
department: Frank H. Vonder Ahe,
chemistry; Marion Hayes, zoology.
Portland medical school: Mrs. Jes
sie L. Brodie, department of ex
perimental zoology; • Arthiir Cj j
Jones, John LcCocq, Thomas Wyatt,!
and Kenneth Smith.
Initiation of the above members
will take place at the May meet
ing of the fraternity, for which no
definite date has been announced. j
EMERALD CORRECTS ERROR
e. d. McAlister is named
An error was made in Tuesday’s
Emerald in the report that a mem
ber of the faculty of <S4 years stand
ing had received a fellowship in the
physics department of the Univer
sity of California. The report
should have read: E. D. McAlis
ter, instead of E. H. McAlister, of
the physics department, on this
campus has received notice of his
appointment as a teaching fellow
in the physics departmennt of the
[University of California, Berkeley,
California, for the school year be
ginning next fall. Mr. McAlister1
will receive his M. A. degree from
the University of Oregon this
spring, and his work at Berkeley [
will be towards a doctorate.
DR. G. A. ROSS RETURNS
FROM SHORT BUSINESS TRIP ,
Dr. G. A. Boss, University phy-.
sician, returned the latter part of ■
last week from Washington, where
he spent several days on a business
trip.
VOTE Oil CHANCE
WILLBE TAKEN
| Complete Revision Brought
Out Through Managerial
System Lately Proposed
GOOD WORK IS KEYNOTE
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Nominating Assembly. Set
For May 7, and Student
Election to Be May 13
The proposed managerial system
will be placed before the student
body for approval or disapproval in
the form of an amendment which
will be read at the nominating as
sembly May 7, and voted upon at
the spring elections May 13.
The work of drafting the legis
lation has been turned over to vic
tor Rislev, vice president of the
student body who also, now heads
the committee which worked out
the plan. Randall .Tones, president
of the student body was formerly
chairman and the rest of the com
mittee stands as appointed, con
sisting of Jack Benefiel, Lester
Smith and Ted Gillenwaters.
Promotion to Be Made
The new system is to insure sta
bility in the management of sports
and forensics. Promotion is based
on merit and service, somewhat
similar to civil service.
The plan provides work for those
freshmen who do not want to get
into politics but still want to be
in activities. The first year men
are to perform the actual labor un
der the second year men who will
be termed assistant managers. Third
year men will be the actual man
agers of each respective sport, glee
clubs and forensics. They will re
ceive either a manager’s letter for
sports or an “O”, for forensics or
glee club. These men will be ap
pointed by the senior manager, the
president of the student body and
the graduate manager, the choice
being subject to the approval of
the executive council.
General Manager to Head List
One general manager to be known
as the senior manager, will be
chosen from among the third year
managers, to head all the above
named activities. He will do the
actual executive w'ork and will
work in collaboration with the
graduate manager.
The proposed amendment will go
to the executive and student coun
cils, rvhefi it is drawn up in proper
form and if they approve it, will
then be placed before the student
body.
STUDY IF FOREST FIRE
PROBLEM REOUESTFD
Serious eonsideration of the for
est-fire problem was urged by N. F.
Macduff, superintendent of the
Cascade National Forest Reserve,
at both sections of the elementary
newswriting class.
Mr. Macduff pointed out the
service which journalists could be
to the public in developing a pub
lic sentiment which would elimin
ate as far as possible the individual
carelessness which was costing the
people of Oregon and the people of
the United States millions of dol
lars every year, and .much needless
loss of life from forest fires. The
occasion was the opening of Ameri
can forest week.
The forestry expert informed the
class that reform is not a matter
of simply replanting trees, but of
keeping out fires and giving na
ture a chance to do the work. He
told of an experimental effort
made years ago to actually replant
trees. Squirrels and other rodents
went behind the planting gang and
dug up the seeds as fast as they
could be put in.
As an indication of the serious
ness of the fire risk, Mr. Macduff
cited the following case: Last year
in California a camper threw a cig
arette stub on a private camping
ground inside a national forest re
serve and $50,000 acres of timber
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Excitement Reigns
Among Geologists
Over Bottled Goods
While rummaging in a collec
tion of his the other day Dr. Ed
win T. Hodge, professor of econo
mic geology, discovered an old
bottle. Holland’s? Or the best
XXX whiskey? No, be calm,
please. Those days are gone for
ever. The bottle contained noth
ing but shiny black sand.
And yet this sand, when tested
by the ore deposits class caused
great excitement, more perhaps
than real pre-Volstead stock could
have done, for the shiny black
particles were found unusually
rich in gold.
“Stranger, that's gold in them
there hills! ” The cry rang
through Quartz hall. The origin
of the sand is shrouded in mys
tery, but if it is ever discovered
from whence it came, all the ma
jors of the geology department
plan to leave for there immedi
ately!”
OREGON MASONIC BODY
WILL CONFER DEGREE
Craftsmen Club Team Plans
County Tours
The Craftsmen club degree team
of the University of Oregon will
exemplify the Master Mason degree
on two candidates at the Eugene
Lodge No. 11 hall this evening, at
7:30.
This degree team has recently
donferred the degree on a candi
date of Cottage Grove lodge and is
expecting to do some extended tours
throughout the county for the same
purpose. The team is composed
of regular members of the Crafts
men club, which is an organization
consisting of faculty members, ad
ministrative officers and students
on the campus who belong to the
Masonic fraternity. The two candi
dates who are to receive their de
grees Wednesday evening are Uni
versity students.
Following are the members of the
degree team who will take part in
the work: Carlton E. Spencer, Hugh
E. Rosson, E. S. Tuttle, L. V. Gil
lette, Truman Sether, Edwin Cox,
Donald Wilkinson, Raymond Voegt
ly, Harley W. Covalt, Rue J.
Mowrey, John A. Rhoades, Tuley P.
Otto, Raymond Wheeler. H. D.
Scott will render soveral vocal
numbers, in addition to the degree
music. Frank I. Agule is toam
coach.
306,000 GALLONS DAILY
KEEPS CAMPUS GREEN
“If there is no rain within the
next week, it will be necessary to
start watering the campus lawns,”
says H. M. Fisher, superintendent
of grounds.
The lawns are much harder to
keep green in May than during any
other month, because of fhe fre
quency of dry winds. All the wat
er used on the campus for irriga
tion is pumped from the mill race;
otherwise, the cost would be pro
hibitive.
“We can obtain a flow of about
300 gallons per minute,” said Mr.
Fisher, “and the water is allowed
to run from 16 to 18 hours out of
every 24.” This means that 18,000
gallons of water are used per hour,
or a total of at least 306,000 gallons
every day to keep the campus
green.
Although the students are not
kept off the lawn, Mr. Fisher-be
lieves they are .very good about not
walking on it needlessly. “When
ever they begin walking over the
lawn in a certain place, wearing
the grass down, that is a sure sign
of the proper place for a new
path,” declared Mr. Fisher.
MEIER AND FRANK OFFER
POSITIONS TO aTUDENTS
Meier and Frank company has of
fered positions to three students
from the classes in advertising of
the school of .journalism for the
summer. Preference will be given
to students living in Portland. The
purpose of this is to provide some
actual experience in the merchan
dising field as carried on by a big
retail store.
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VdFSITY TODAY
Borleske’s Nine Rated As
Real Contender for 1925
Conference Ball Honors
OREGON SQUAD BETTER
‘Skipper’ Brooks Slated
To Serve His Port Side
Assortment of Curves
Today at 4 o’clock. Coach “Nig”
Botleske’s dangerous nine from
Whitman college will invade the
new Hayward baseball diamond
and attempt to defeat Oregon in
what should prove to be a fast and
closely contested tilt. This will be
the second conference game played
by the varsity so far thin season.
With excellent weather much in
evidence the past week, Coach
Reinhart has greatly strengthened
his team since the game with Paci
fic. last week. A double-header
with the freshman furnighing the
opposition last Saturday together
with several practice tilts between
team members, has aided sonsider
ablv in whipping the team into reg
ular season form.
Missionaries are Strong
The Whitman team is rated as
one of the strong ball nines in the
conference, and from present indi
cations, today’s encounter is either
team’s game. With the opening of
the season, the Missionaries were
defeated by the strong Washington
aggregation, !) to 4. In the second
game they were defeated by Gon
zaga.
The Oregon battery for today’s
games has not been officially an
nounced; but it is expected that
Skipper Brooks will be on the
mound with Jack Bliss receiving.
However, either Carl Knudson or
Ray Williams may take over the
hurling duties, with George Mim
naugh catching.
Battery Order Revised
With several games having
brought out several weaknesses of
the Oregon stick-men, Coach Rein
hart has somewhat revised his bat
ting order. During the workouts
this week, Prank Reinhart has been
lead-off margin the batting order,
while Jack Bliss has been holding
down the clean-up position. The
probable lineup and batting order
of the Oregon nine today is as fol
lows: Reinhart, cf; Mimnaugh, rf;
Hobson, 2; Bliss, c; Jones, If; Cook,
3; Adolph, 1; West, as; and either
Brooks, Williams or Knudson, p.
If Carl Jlnudson does not twirl
in the Whitman tilt, he is slated to
told down right field at least part
of the. contest.
Willamette university nine plays
the varsity hero Saturday.
HEILIG THEATRE HOST
TO WORKERS ON DRIVE
Tonight at 9:15 the Heilig the
atre will be host to the entire Stu
dent Union committee, from Bob
Mautz, chairman, down to every
worker on every team. An entire
block of seats has been set aside
for the students by A. H. Mc
Donald, manager of the Heilig. Five
high class acts of Junior Orpheum
vaudeville will be presented, in ad
dition to other features.
Students must present their
“committee” ribbons to gain ent
rance, and are asked not to arrive
before 9:15. The first show crowd
will be out by that time, and, as
seats for the workers are reserved,
there is no necessity for them to
enter the lobby until time for the
show at 9:15.
The performance is to be in the
nature of a victory celebration and
the actors will be tipped off ac
cordingly. The Heilig counts itself
in on the celebration, since the
management pledged $100 to the
Student Union fund. Bob Mautz
requested that the heads of the
various living organizations allow
all freshmen on the committee to
attend the party.