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VOLUME XXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, JN UJVUS±iK f COL. FRANK DAY 10 BE HEARD I Former Army Officer Said To be Speaker, Writer Of International Fam e Professors of University Entertain Visitor At Large Banquet; 75 Are Present "The Will to Iiearn” will be the subject of the address to be pre sented today at the assembly by Colonel Frank P. Day, noted clas-r sical scholar and well-known East ern educator. Colonel Day arrived yesterday noon on the Shasta from; San Fran cisco. He was met at the train by Dean Henry D. Sheldon; L. H. Johnson and Earl W. Onthank, members of the Administrative com mittee, who entertained him) at| luncheon and escorted him about the University campus during the afternoon. Later, Colonel Day with Dr. John F. Bovard, dean of the school of Physical Education, en joyed a swim in the University pool. In the evening, Colonel Day was guest of honor and speaker at a banquet given at the Osborn hotel by the local group of the American Association of University Prbfes sors, and faculty members with more than seventy-five present. Introduced by Dean Gilbert, Col onel Day spoke of the problems of education as they are met with by Eastern -institutions. He empha sized particularly the large wast age caused by the dropping of stu dents made necessary by improper preparation. Colonel Day installed at the Carnegie Institute of Tech nology a system whereby large classes are separated into sections, according to ability and he told the faculty of the results of this experiment and of several others. After the banquet an informal re ception was held. Former Rhodes Scholar Colonel Day is dean of freshmen and director of the Division of Academic studies of the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pitts burg. He was a Rhodes scholar from New Brunswick distinguish ing himself at Oxford as an ath lete, as well as a brilliant scholar. He held the college heavyweight boxing championship of England and was a member of the varsity football team and rowing crew. After graduation Colonel Day stud ied at the University of Berlin where he was an assistant on the faculty. An eminent record was made by Colonel Day during the war. He was organizer and commander of the 185th Canadian Infantry battal ion and served with it all during the conflict. He received his pro motion as lieutenant-colonel on the (Continued on page three) DEAIM HALE RETURNS . FROM CONFERENCE At a recent meeting of the Bar Association Board of the Oregon Lavr Review in Portland, an ef fort was made to co-ordinate the work of the hoard of editors with that of the University of Oregon faculty and student bard, .accord ing to Dean William G. Hale of the Law School, who has just re turned from the conference. “The journal of the Oregon Bar Association” is & quarterly law magazine that was first published about four years ago under the su pervision of Dean Hale. Professor Carpenter of the University is now the head of the faculty board of editors. ( “The purpose of the publica tion,” said the Dean, “is to pre sent articles from prominent mem bers of the bar and also comments on recent supreme court decisions.” While in Portland, Dean Hale also made arrangements for several popular bar members to lecture to the law students here during the year. Australian Visitor Wears .the Original ‘Brush Cut’ Shingle The original “brush cut” sometimes adopted by men who desire something different Sin hair dress, has been discovered in. the zoology department. Ech idna, a native of Australia, is one of the lowest specimens of mammal, according to Dr. B. K.' Huestis, of the department. Sharp, erect projections which resemble dog’s teeth ) form a, perfect pompadour on Echidna’s flat back. For years this animal has stood in the display window in Deady; only recently it was noticed that its bristles have. a special sig nificance. Almost equally interesting is Duck Bill, a cousin of Echi dnas, and' also from Australia. Web feet and fondness for swimming are characteristics of this animal. In appearance it resembles a muskrat. UPSET OCCURS IN FALL TENNIS TOURNAMFNT Coffin Nails Bill Adams In Speedy Net Play One of the biggest upsets of the fall tennis tournament occured yes terday afternoon when Bill Adams met defeat at the hands of Coffin, 6-2,0-1. Adams, who is a letterman from last year, was considered an easy victor over Coffin, who is somewhat new in tennis circles at Oregon. According to Coach Aber crombie, Coffin is considered one of the big “finds” of tennis tourna ment. Another good match of the afternoon was the Hartman-Powell set-t'o, which resulted in a 6-4,6-2 victory over Powell, the freshman player of last year. The net play for today should prove to be a thriller when Neer and Mertz faee each other across the court. This afternoon will also see George Mead, letterman of last year, facing the winner of the Neer Mertz fracas. The results of the third round of the fall tennis tournament were as follows: Yeazie to Coffin, 6-2, 6-0; Adams to Coffin 6-2, 6-1; Mitchell to Cohn 6-2,6-1; Keizur to Cross 6-0, 6-2; Powell to Hartman 6-4, 6-2; Cleaver to Henton 6-1, 8-6; and Hutchinson defaulted to George Mead. The play for this afternoon which will be the fourth round of the tournament is as follows: Neer and Mertz at two-thirty o’clock; Mead anl Neer or Mertz at four o'clock: Cohn and Cross and Hartman and Henton, all at four o’clock. UAJ)U1jL£ HARRIS 1JNIJ UHliU Camille Harris, of McKewen Ore gon, a freshman in the physical ed ucation department, fell down a flight of stairs at the Women’s gymnasium late Tuesday afternoon, sustaining a sprained hip and ankle. She was removed to inform ary where she was confined. FINAL REGISTRATION ! LIMIT IS OCTOBER 10 Saturday, October 10th, has been set as the final day when students may register for the fall term of school and it is also the last day when a student may add a course. This applies to all regu lar students and to those doing post graduate work in any of the schools or departments. Officials at the registrar’s of fice are going to be very strict this year in the matter of late regis tration and any person desiring to : enter school after this date will have to receive permission from the | faculty committee that handles such I cases. * Many students are still filing ; registration material and will be i doing so until late this week ac I corling to word from the business i office. Many students of last year are just registering, having been : delayed by work and unforeseen j difficulties. COUNCIL SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN Oregon Spirit is On Wane Officers Declare; Library Steps Session Changed Frosh President Is Made Non-Voting Member Of Student Executive Body The student conueil at a meeting last night took the first steps in their campaign to place Oregon tra ditions back to their old-time prom inence on the campus. The first aet of the council was to change the old library-steps tradition. During the past few years this all-important Oregon tradition has degenerated from the purposeful effort to discipline unruly fresh men to a recognized farce, where 1 certain members of the first-year ! class were called, once a week, on highly trumped-up charges, to be ! the laughing stock of the school while the real culprits guilty of ser ious infractions of Oregon tradi tions were allowed to continue their disloyal practices. Hello Tradition Said Weak This action of the stulent council has been brought about because of the dying out of certain Oregon tra ditions and the first step will be but a forerunner for several drastic moves to be taken by the student representatives during the coming year. Most of these moves will be unannounced but are designed to be far-reaching in their ultimate effect on Oregon traditions. The old Oregon Hello tradition is getting noticeably weaker every year—a state of affairs which the council hopes soon to remedy. Frosh President Honored All loyal students of the Univer sity are expected to back ttheir officers to. the limit in this effort to bring back the old spirit, said one of the prominent members of the council last night. In addition to other business the council passed a resolution to the effect that the Freshman president immediately upon his election auto matically becomes a non-voting member of the student council This is the first step in a campaign, which several of the larger frater nities are backing to place this office on a plane with other similar offices. INTELLIGENCE TESTS GIVEN 200 FRESHMEN Placement tests confronted near ly 200' students of Prof. O. F. Stafford’s freshman chemistry courses when they walked into the lecture room yesterday’ morning. The examination included four major divisions dealing with ele ments of chemistr arithmetic; ab ility to secure precise data from chemical paragraphs; chemistry ready comprehension; and interest in the study. Like tfce efficiency tests of the army, to which they correspond, each division must be completed within a specified time. These examinations were origin ated b C. E. Seashore, head of the pscvhology department of the State University of Iowa. Seashore also develped the intelligence test, to which every freshman was subject ed upon entering the University this fall. This entering test is arranged for any general group of students. The placement tests given by Profes sor Stafford differs, in that it is made for stuients who have no knowledge of chemistry. The chem istry test aims only to test the stu dent’s appitnde, or potential abil ity to absorb a knoledge of this science. Professor Stafford stated that, although he had not yet been able to correct the tests, he did not think the outcome of them would determine any change in his de partment. “The giving of the ex aminations was just a plunge to see what happened to us,” he as serted. Chinese Moon Piano Musical Selection On Oriental Program New Club to Entertain Saturday Night Real Chinese costumes, a cer tain music, called" moon piano; flute solos; Chinese sweets and delicacies as refreshments; lan terns, flags and chinaware brought by students recently arrived from China; these will be features of the celebration of the fourteenth anniversary of the rise of the Chinese re public. This entertainment, which is to be put on by the Chinese Students club, is to be held in the Alumni hall, Satur day evening at 8 o'clock. All who are interested are cordially invited to attend. The program for the evening includes speeches on China by Chinese students, two of whom were sent over by the Chinese government from the Boxer col leges. EUBLY START POSSIBLE ON FINE ARTS BUILDING Exposition to Swell Fund for New Structure The proposed Fine Arts build ing, funds for which will- be sup plied partly by the all-Oregon 1925 Exposition now being conducted in Portland, will be one of the prin cipal units of the University of Oregon’s comprehensive building plan, completion of which, experts agree, will give the University one of the finest campuses in the west. The building, according to Ellis j F. Lawrence, dean of the school! of architecture and allied arts, who is advisor to the building commit tee of the board of regents, will be constructed on the southwest ern portion of the present campus. In relation to other units pro jected in the comprehensive build ing p.an, it will face the proposed new library and with the proposed Memorial auditorium will form a huge court. This court will be the terminus of one of the principal axes of the campus. Architectural plans lye prepared, according to Dean Lawrence,so that construction could be started imme diately. If the supreme court finds constitutional a recent Eugene bond issue, for a civic-university audi torium, work on the two buildings can be started as soon as routine details are settled, University of ficials point out. Specifications for the Fine Arts building call for red brick as a basic material with white terra cot ta to be used for decorative pur poses. It will be two stories in height and will be a U-shaped structure. As it is to house the University’s valuable art collec tions, the building will be made completely fireproof. ALLIED ARTS STUDENT ‘BUST*' HELD SUCCESS The first “bust” of the Allied Arts league this season held in the art museum of the art building was described as very successful by stu dents of the school. Practically all enrolled in the department and many from other departments of the university attenled the affair. Members of the school made up a three-piece orchestra which play ed at the dance held from 8 o’clock until 10:30. Befreshments of pump kin pie and October ale were serv ed. HEALTH STAFF MAKES ADDITIONS TO FORCE Three new members on the health staff, is the news from that de partment this fall. They consist of a doctor and two nurses the doctor being Dr. Wilmoth Os I borne, a graduate of the medical j school of the University of Ore gon in 1924. She will work to gether with Dr. Fred Miller as heads of the decartment. MENS DOUGHNUT. LEAGUE KICK DEE SCHEDULED SOON House Representatives To Meet in Men's Gym At Four Tuesday Afternoon Discussion o f Eligibility, Rules and Awards To Be Held; Vote is Expected - , t- s • The annual call for athletic aspirants for intra-mural champion ship honors was sent out yesterday by- members of the physical educa tion department. It is hoped to map out schedules in time to start actual contests when the various sport seasons are due. The first meeting of representa tives of the various organizations will be held in the men’s gymna sium next Tuesday at four o’clock, it was announced. Members pres ent at this meeting will vote on revision of the present rules which govern all phases of doughnut acti vities. Heated Arguments Expected The question regarding awards to members of the various champ ionship teams is expected to cause heated arguments, it was stated. Several members of the league have expressed their desire to establish a suitable award for winners in various events, while others express themselves as opposed. “Men on the various teams should play for the mere spirit and self satisfaction of knowing they are better than their opponents. This alone is sufficient award,” state followers of the sport. Sijitjible awards will offer a greater incen tive to work for the championship others point out, and will cause the races to be close and harder fought. Eules to Be Discussed The meeting! Tuesday will decide this issue, as the eligibility of men transferring from other institu ting, consolation tournaments, and other matters pertaining to the present rules. The present plan of the depart ment of physical education is to start the athletic activities along the same scheme which was used to such good advantage last yeaT. However, representatives of the or ganizations who are dissatisfied with the rules now in use will have a chance to voice their disappro val before the teams are entered for any sport. A list containing a summary of all athletic contests to be played by the various doughnut tean^s has been sent to men's organizations. Each organization is expected to mark the activities it will enter and return the list to the depart ment of physical education before. Tuesday. See Men to Get Chance All men on the campus not affil iated with an organization and who wish to participate in the league, have been ashed to call at the of fice and tender their names. Tn this way it is hoped to give all students in the University the ben efit of competitive spwrts. Men 1 turning in their names \ w611 |be placed on teams and entered in the contests as regular teams. The present regulations concern ing men’s douglfnut sports which will come up for discussion during the meeting next week is as fol lows: 1. There will be no awards of (Continued on page four) STUDENTS’ LAUNDRY “ RUSHES POST OFFICE The first few days of every week are “rush week” at the University post office, according to officials i in charge. The rush is caused by ! so many students sending laundry ! home in addition to the regular \ heavy mail which accumulates over the week-end and must be -distri buted. Sixty-nine bags of laundry were mailed at the office on Monday and I Tuesday of this week. This is not ! a record but is given to show the | average amount handled by the de | partment. Mischievous Pup Seeks Knowledge From Condon Hall Condon hall had a visitor the other day—one small fox terrier. Although very young he was not at all afraid of the erudite professors who were instilling knowledge into their classes. Joyfully barking, he dashed through the library, Eke Mary’s little lamb, making ev eryone laugh and play, instead of reading reference books. The pup didn’t take the freshman mental test, but he examined carefully all the ap paratus in the laboratories, and even made friends with several psychology instructors. When the bell rang, he con cluded he had received enough education for one day, and trot ted slowly down the stairs out of the science building. FEES FOR SOPHOMORES MORS INCREASE Business Office to Collect for Both Classes Class fees for the Sophomores and Juniors will be slightly higher this year than formerly due to the extra assessments voted by the two classes last year. Tho fees for the Sophomores and Juniors will bo $1.75 per student and for tho Fresh man and Seniors $1.00. These fees are collected every year along with the regular Uni versity admission fees and are used by the class officers to carry on the work of the classes. Each class treasurer is under direct sup ervision of the University comp troller’s office and all funds for class expenses are dispensed through that office upon a written order of the class officers. Both the Sophomores and Juniors are faced with a shortage from last year’s activities and are mak ing it up by increased fees for the first -term. Last year the Sopho more class was forced to borrow a sum of money from the Univer sity to care for current bills. Mainly because of the difficul ties experienced last year the bus iness office has been given entire charge of collecting and disbursing this money in the future Y. W. C. A. TO HOLD TEA AT BUNGALOW TODAY The Y. W. C. A. will hold a tea at the Bungalow this afternoon from four to six o’clock, at which the members of the cabinet will bo hostesses. All freshman girls are especially invited to attend this get-together meeting, and becomo acquainted with the other girls be fore the meeting next Thursday. Regular work will start soon, and it is expected that the membership drive' for the year will begin the end of this week. A musical pro igTam has been arranged for the tea, and all those who attend are assured a pleasant time. ADVISORY BOARD HOLDS YEAR’S FIRST MEETING The first meeting of the advisory board of the United Chsistian Work of the University of Oregon was held last evening in tho Anchor age. Mrs. C.„ R. Donnelly reported on the employment and rooming situation, and H. W. Davis, direc tor of the work, gave his report j on the activities of the work ex tending from the Seabeck confer I ence last June up to the present time. MUD WORKOUT FOR IMHO MME Squad Undergoes Complete Change in Preparation for Game on Saturday Fight for Backfield Berth Is Keen Among Players; Red Langworthy Big Find - * *• <4 if The hardest workouts of the sea son were held last night and the night before for the Jviarsity in its grind for the Idaho game. With a multitude of lessons learned in the Multnomah game, the squad has shown surprising improvement over last Saturday’s showing. Now it’s a ripping plunging machine that is beginning to absorb some polish under the exhortations and the correcting of Dick, Baz and Bill. The squad had to undergo a com plete renovation last night. A new offense to be used against Idaho had to be built up after the loss of Fred Harrisjon who went out with an injured ankle in the fierce scrimmage the evening before. For the first part of the week the coaches built up the whole system around Harrison, as the quarter back and passer. Things were go ing good when a pile up found the quarterback underneath with his ankle twisted. He will probably be out for the season. This leaves the kicking staff depleted. Mimnaugh Pilots Team Last night George Mimjnaugh piloted the team and did the pass ing, and it is around him that the present offensive will be built. It has taken a lot of time to develop the attack. He will probably call signals. Louie Anderson will play half and alternate with him. The scrimmage last night iyas fierce wjith two varsity iteamji working hard in straight line plays with the first squad in possession of the ball all of the time. Jones, Hodgens, Mimnaugh and Vitus were bearing the brunt of the backfield work. After the preliminary work in t^his the scrubs, drilled in the intri cacies of the Idaho attack, were given possession of the ball under the husky signal barking of Red Langworthy. -It was a “Hike” a jumping back of all backs, another “hikp” and the ball was snapped. The varsity was busting into the plays in good shape. Backfield Competition Keen The fight for position* is the keenest on the team! that it ever has been at Oregon. The backfield that will play against Idaho has to be chosen from a half dozen men and its a battlo who will get 1 the calif Rod Langworlthy, was the biggest find the other night when he came out in scrimmage and showed some real stuff. He is promising to make some of the regulars work for their positions. Langworthy played on the frosh (Continued on page four) TWENTY-FIVE PASS GLEE CLUB TRYOUT Twenty-five men passed the sec ond test in the Men’s Glee club try outs yesterday afternoon. The third and final tryout will take place this evening at 7:15, in the Bchool of music. The final tryout consists of giving the new voices an opportunity to sing quartette music with the old members. Also a read ing test will be given to ascertain the ability of the new men to sing at sight. All the old members are asked to attend the tryouts this evening, and algo to meet at the assembly this morning, as they will sing for the regular weekly meeting. Following is a list of the men who are to ap pear for their third tryout this evening: Bawson, Franklin, Hale, Howe, Lake, Lowell Evans, Wood worth, Holstead, Ostrander, Forrest Evans, Forbis ,Hill, McKinney, Bur ris, Soeolofsky, A d i x, Averill, McKnight, McClellan, Jones, Mohr and Montgomery.