VOLUME XXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1925
NUMBER 21
Homecoming Plans Nearly
Complete, According To
Chairman James Leake
House Signs To Emphasize
Welcome Rather Than
Rivalry Formerly Used
Tomorrow ends the drive for
Homecoming slogans. The contest
closes at midnight Thursday, ac
cording to Elam Amstutz, who as
assistant 'chairman of the director
ate has been in charge of this fea
ture.
A last minute appeal to students
to turn in slogans was made by
Mr. Amstutz last night. Very few
have been turned in, he said, and
chances are still excellent to win
the prize offered—two reserved
grand stand seats to the Home
coming game.
Slogans may be sent to Jean
ette Calkins, alumni secretary; ,
Jack Benefiel, graduate manager,
or they may be placed in the box
provided for the purpose at the
entrance to the main library.
General plans for the Homeoom
ing are practically completed, ac
cording to James Leake, general
chairman of the annual celebration.
At a meeting of the main director
ate last night, committee chairmen
made favorable reports on- their re
spective events.
The signs made by the fratern
ity houses on the campus will em
body a spirit of welcome to the
returning grads instead of the old
time hostile attitude towards our
neighboring rival.* tfom Graham has
charge of this important part of
the plans. The name, sign slogan,
(Continued on page four)
UNAFFILIATED WOMEN
TO LAUNCH Y. W. DRIVE
A business meeting and tea for
University women not in living or
ganizations to be held at the Bung
alow Friday, October 30, at 4:30
will officially start the combined
finance and membership drive
which will continue for ten days.
The first half hour will be spent
in getting acquainted, afterwards
short talks will be given by Miss
Magowan, secretary of the T. W.
G* A., Betty Manning, general
chairman of membership, and Ellen
McClellan, chairman of the finance
campaign. An outline of the drive
will be given, and various activi
ties of the organization will be
described.
Five hundred dollars is the
amount that the town girls have
agreed to raise.
Villard Squirrels
Busy Harvesting
Chestnut Crop
Although it has been many
years since the Oregon campus
was the habitat of wild animals,
a few of their descendants, still
remain in the old haunts. These
arc the squirrels, but each year
their numbers have decreased
until there are now only a few
left.
Several years ago there were
quite a number of squirrels liv
ing in the trees and vines. The
gardeners and students fed them
and encouraged them t'o stay,
but many of them left as build
ings and other improvements be
gan to replace their old haunts.
Others were killed by dogs.
One lively pair lives near Vil
lard hall. At this time of the
year they are busy harvesiting
the crop of chestnuts on the
nearby trees. They_climb the
ivy on the side of the building
and store them in holes under
the eaves.
There is a small house, paint
ed green, in one of the big firs
near Deady, where the squirrels
can find shelter.
LINGUISTOESCRIBES
‘ U’ IN SOUTH AMERICA
Campus Buildings Found
Scattered Over Cities
“The University systems of
South America and North America
are completely different,” said
Miss Mary Dallera of the Romance
Language department. The build
ings there are oftentimes great
distances from one another. The
student must take a street car or
motor to his next class. The time
to get' from one class to another
is often two or three hours. This
is due to the fact that the Uni
versities are located in the largest
and most important cities of the
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SECOND ORCHESTRA
WILL BE ORGANIZED
“Try-outs for the second orches
tra are being given this week on
Wednesday frolh 2:00 to 6:00
o’clock Thursday and Friday at
5:00 and next Monday friom 2:00
to 6:00 o’clock according to Pro
fessor Artau, instructor in piano in
the school of music.
“There is a great wealth of ma
terial on the campus this year,”
say^ Professor Artau, “and we are
urging the students to turn out.
We plan to do some very interest
ing yvork which will give the stu
dent experience, who has never had
a chance to play in an orchestra,
and it will also enable him to re
ceive knowledge in ensemble and
orchestral work. All types of in
struments are wanted.”
FRESHMAN IN U. S. WEATHER
BUREAU OBSERVER OF EUGENE
“What is the weather forecast!”
is an appropriate question to ask
Gerard deBroekert, freshman at the
University; ffo, r (thermometers,:
weather vanes, and rain guages are
all things with which he is fami
liar. Mr. deBroekert is U. S. weath
er observer for Eugene. He was
appointed January 1, 1925, by Ed
ward L. Wells,- head of the U. S.
weather bureaus in Oregon.
The chief duties of a weather
observer, asj Mr. deBroekert out
lines them are: reading the mini
mum and maximum thermometers
to determine the temperature;
reading the rain guage if any rain
has fallen; and observing the
weather vane for the direction of
the wind. He also goes each day
to the Ferry street bridge to read
the gauge which indicates the
changes in depth of the Willam
ette river.
He savs the river is now at the
lowest level it has been since rec
ords have been, kept in Eugene.
The oldest ones in the Eugene of
fice are dated 1915. The tempera
ture averaging .69 for this month
is normal, but the rainfall is be
low average, being approximately
.04 of an inch. In past years an
average of two inches is recorded
for October. The highest degree
of temperature for the year was
registered June 24 and 25. when
the mercury reached the 100 mark.
Weekly and monthly reports of
weather conditions in Eugene are
sent to Mr. Wells in Portland. Be
ginning the first of November, a
report is sent by telegram each day
during the winter months. If at
any time the depth of the Willam
ette river reaches or exceeds the 10
foot mark or if more than one inch
of rain falls in one day. two tele
grams are sent to the Pfortland
headquarters. If the water id the
river continues to rise, as was the
case last January, telegrams are
sent at more frequent intervals.
-Mr. deBroekert’s home has been
in Eugene for several years. He
is enrolled as a freshman in the
school of education at the Univer
sity and intends to take as many
science courses as possible. He
wishes to take science or follow
some other type of scientific work
l after he graduates.
TO BE USED FOB
PLEDGE SERVICE
Governor Walter M. Pierce
To Give Oath of Service
To University Students
Principal Speaker Will Be
Senator Upton of Bend;
First Ceremony in 1912
Thirteenth annual Pledge Day
service will take place at the as
sembly hour Thursday in the audi
torium of the Woman’s building.
Governor Walter M. Pierce will
read the oath of service which will
be repeated by the students ac
knowledging their obligation for
educational opportunities given by
the state and promising to pay their
indebtedness in work for the good
of the commonwealth. T he
Pledge Song lead by John Stark
Evans, and sung by the student
body will also be a traditional fea
ture of the service.
Senator Upton to Speaik
Senator Jay H. Upton of Bend
will deliver the principal address.
Senator Upton who is prominent in
Oregon politics, is considered one
of the most capable public speak
ers in the state. He was president
of the Senate two years ago and
has been a member on several oc
casions. Senator Upton is grand
chancellor of the Knights of Py
thias and attended the convention
held here several weeks ago.
At the first Pledge Day cere
mony in 1912, Oswald West, then
Governor of the state, administer
ed the pledge to the student body
which had been marshalled by
classes und^r the trees in front of
Villard hall. When he had finish
ed the classes arose, one at a time,
and took an oath in support of the
statement made by the governor.
Pledge Day has been considered
so important that the Governor of
the state has been present to read
the pledge and speak since the ori
gin of the idea.
The attendance of every student
and faculty meitiber of the Univer
sity at the Pledge Day service is
a University tradition.
BOOK BY DOUGLASS
WILL BE PUBLISHED
Professor Carl It. Douglass of the
University of Oregon school of ed
ucation, is the author ‘of a book,
“Modern Methods of Teaching in
the Junior and Senior H’|gh
Schools,” which has recently been
accepted for publication by Hough
ton Mifflin company. This is the
second book accepted for publica
tion which has been announced by
members of the University faculty,
the other being “Principles of
Publicity” by Prof. Ralph D. Casey
and Glenn C. Quiett. Mr. Doug
lass’ book will be one of a series
of books on education edited by
Dr. Ellwood P. Cubberley, dean of
the school of education of Leland
Stanford university.
Mr. Douglass made the state
ment that “Modern Methods of
Teaching” emphasizes the new
methods of teaching of the last ten
years. The material has been
gathered during the last eight or
nine years from the work of teach
ers in the University high school,
from periodicals, mjonograph liter
ature, and theses of graduate stu
dents on modern teaching methods.
The book was written for the
use of students preparing for teach
ing, and for teachers already in
the field. It discusses in detail
supervised study, problem projects
methods, individual differences, the
use of tests and measurements, and
other branches of modern high
school teaching.
Professor Douglass wrote the
book during the past year and ex
pects it to be published late next
spring.
UNDERCLASSMEN WIN
The results of the games so far
played in the interclass basketball
competitions at the University high
school are as follows: sophomores
defeated the seniors, 16 to'l; fresh
man defeated the junior high
school, 16 to 10.
Childhood Beliefs
Broken Down By
Stem Materialism
-.
Illusions Are Cut Off
One by One
One by one our childhood be
liefs are being broken down by
'the stern materialism of Univer
sity professors.' The first Was
that the heavenly twins, Castor
and Pollux, are not twins but
triplets—due to the fact that
Castor is a double star.
Now comes Professor McAlis
ter of the mechanics and astron
omy department with the infor
mation that daylight gradually
emerges from night, and that the
ancient saying: “It is always
darkest just before dawn,” * is
not true.
“This popular conception is
founded on a saying that has
come down to us from the an
cients,” said Professor McAlis
ter, “and has no more basis of
truth than the belief that weath
er conditions can be foretold by
the shape and position of the
moon. There is no particular
reason why it should be darker
before dawn, unless the atmos
phere is unusually • cloudy.”
University life cuts off one’s
illusions, one by one.
DISABLED VETERANS
ARE GUESTS AT GAIIAE
Letter of Thanks Received
By Associated Students
In appreciation of the kindness
shown by them by the Associated
Students of the University of Ore
gon, in inviting and transporting
them to the Oregon-California
game, the disabled World War Vet
erans of Post No. 1 of Portland,
through Edward D. Gavin, comman
der of the chapter, sent the follow
ing letter to Jack Benefiel,' grad
uate manager of the associated stu
dents:
“For the Disabled Veterans of
U. S. Government Hospital No. 77,
I wish to express to the University
and to yourself, our sincere thanks
for the kind invitation given us
at the Oregon-California game last
Saturday.
“To tell you that we all enjoyed
the game is not necessary, but we
want you to know that we felt the
loss of the score, for defeat is cred
ited only to those who quit, as
keenly as any .other good loyal
Oregon booster.
“I wish to compliment your as
sistants on the way they handled
the transportation and all the other
details incident to letting us see
the game. And in conclusion, let
me say that we believe that the
motive which prompted your kind
invitation was to let some of us,
for whom the war will never be
over, know that the University of
Oregon has not forgoten and for
that our feelings can be best ex
pressed in just ‘thanks.’ ”
There were about sixty men at
Multnomah field, transported by
buses arranged for by the Oregon
Journal. Although the best seats
in the grandstand were offered
them, the veterans insisted upon
being included in the rlooter’s sec
tion. Flags furnished by Lipman
Wolfe and Company were draped
behind them in the very center of
the Oregon rooter’s section. Some
15 of them attended vocational and
educational schools at O. A. C., but
that made them no less enthusias
tic Oregon rooters.
The Oregon Journal stated that
they would make arrangements
with the bus line to bring the boys
to Bugene for the Oregon-O. A. C.
game at Homecoming time, if an
inv’tation was extended them, as
it is one of the few forms of recre
ation that the boys have.
TRAINING REGULATIONS
A supply of training regulations
for sophomores, juniors, and sen
iors arrived at the quartermaster
department of the R. O. T. C.,
Monday. These regulations have
been issued to all of the above
classes and contain information on
open and closed order drill, et cet
era. They will take the place, to
some extent, of thie R. O. T. C.,
manual.
DOUGHNUT IX
SCHEDULED FOR
TUESDAY NOV. 3
Final Preparations M a de
Last Three Weeks; 20
Teams Are Lined Up
Non - Organization Men To
Be Well Represented;
Revised Schedule Is Used
The maple court in the men’s
•gymnasium will see action again
next week when the intra-mural
basketball teams swing into action
November 3, for the opening round
of-the schedule.
Final preparations have been
made. The various campus organ
izations have spent many weary
hours the past three weeks endeav
oring to build formidable com
binations to place in the champion
ship running.
The prospective members have
been on hand almost everyday get
ting into perfect physical condition
for the coming series which, ac
cording to campus followers of the
sport, promises to be one of the
closest and hardest fought of any
doughnut series ever held at Ore
gon.
Twenty Teams to Play
So far 20 teams have been enter
ed in the basketball series. , Some
of these teams boast of former
high school stars of state wide re
pute while others claim the honor
of having several “dark horses” on
the roll which will be sprung when
the proper time comes.
unorganized Men to Enter
An interesting factor in the
league this year is the desire of
non-organization teams in entering
the league. Several teams com
posed of these students, have or
ganized and practiced diligently.
They will have the same chance of
any other team. So far four places
in the first round of the schedule
are open for teams desiring to enter
this week. Persons desiring to en
ter teams should bring the names
of prospective- players to the de
partment of physical education in
order to be placed on the schedule
and assigned a team to fight for
supremacy.
The schedule this year is to be
on a new basis, it is announced.
The first three rounds will be on a
straight elimination basis as hereto
fore, but the three teams which fin
ish in the lead will battle for the
championship in a round-robin ser
ies. In his way all entering teams
will have a chance to show whether
it is superior to the team which it
matched to play or vice versa.
Referees ^or each game will be
furnished from the ranks of the
varsity basketball men.
The first game will be held No
vember 3 at four o’clock ''in the
men’s gymnasium.
The basketball schedule, com
plete today, is as follows:
November 3
Beta Theta Pi vs. Sigma Al
pha Epsilon, 4 p. m.
Sigma Pi Tau vs. Bowery 5
p. m.
November 4
Sigma Chi vs. Alpha Beta Chi
4 p. m.
Theta Chi vs. Bye.
Delta Tau Delta vs. Chi Psi
5 p. m.
November 5
Oregon club vs. Phi Kappa Psi
4 p. m.
Sigmh Nu vs. Kappa Delta Phi
5 p. m.
Rummies vs. Bye.
November 9
Kappa Sigma vs. Alpha Tau
Omega 4 p. m.
Phi Delta Theta vs. Bye.
Psi Kappa vs. Friendly Hall
, 5 p. m.
Lambda Psi vs. Bye.
Keeping Grounds
Clear of Leaves Is
Found Hard Task
There are things worse than
housework w i t h its endless
sweeping and dish-washing, and
one of them is keeping the cam
pus lawns free from leaves in
the fall.
The gardeners use a rake made
of bapjboo, shaped exactly like
a fan. The ends curve under, and
are very sharp, in order to catch
every refractory leaf. The rak
ing is performed exactly like the
sweeping of a floor, and is about
as tiresome.
Hans Mevig, one of the campus
workmen, who is at present
sweeping leaves with one of these
broom-like rakes, says "that it is
an endloss task.
“The leaves fall all the time
in this breeze,” he declares, “and
no sooner do I iget one spot clear
ed than it is covered with leaves
again. It’s worse than keeping
house.”
BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
COLLECTS MANY FLIES
Two New Specimens Are
Produced Here
Plies and more flies! Some have
brilliant rod eyes and jaunty, curl
ed-up wings, others sport fashion
able purple eyes and yellow bodies.
Forty types of the wild fruit fly
are in captivity in the biology de
partment here. Contributions to
tho collection have been made by
universities in various parts of the
world; two of the specimens, one
apricot-liued as to eyes and the
other characterized as “Humpty”
were produced here.
The native wild fly has a gray
body, red eyes and straight wings.
In size there is never much vari
ance. One single pair of flies may
have as many as one thousand off
spring; the eggs hatching into new
insects within ten days after they
are laid. If a person wants a novel
pet all he has to do is select the
proper types of flies as mates and
presto! ho will have one. Some
thing different, perhaps a fly with
one orange and one black eye and
no wings at all.
Bananas and yeast is the food
which the flies thrive on, being in
this respect modern and ready to
try tho yeast cure for all ills. If,
when the insects are in the develop
ing stages, they receive a large
amount of food, they are larger
when mature than the ones which
do not get much to eat. The fruit
fly is usually as big when it is
hatched as it ever becomes.
The average life of tho bottled
insect is two months; cold air leng
thens its life, and it lives fast when
in a warm temperature. Three
species are common in Oregon, be
ing pests around fruit stands and
grocery stores.
New Varsity Men Give Very
Snappy Competition To
The First String Players
Men Injured Saturday Will
Be Unable To Make The
Southern Trip as Planned
Hard scrimmage marked the
workout of the varsity last night
in the concentrated drive on of
fense for the coming Stanford
game. For three quarters of an
hour Dick Smith sent the two var
sity teams through the hardest
workout scheduled for this week.
After today’s scrimmage the team
will taper off the game.
Offense! That’s the keynote of
the whole situation out on Hay
ward field now. The defense is
taking care of itself but there is
a determined drive on the thing
that Oregon has lacked, and that
is the punch, and drive of a power
ful offensive team. Now Iwork!
out here is going on with fine re
sults for the proper preliminaries
have been finished and the team is
merely .polishing the old style of
play, obliviating faults, and learn
ing new plays. The team begins at
the bottom now to work up.
There were some glaring weak
nesses in the game last Saturday
which are being worked on by the
coaching staff and a repetition of
them will be eliminated. The line
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FRESHMEN TRYOUTS
ARE SET FOR TODAY
Out of the 60 freshmen who aro
turning out for track this fall the
16 best men in four events will
be picked this afternoon to repre
sent the class in the annual fall
relay carnival scheduled for this
Saturday morning.
The sophomores, the next largest
group working out, will stage the
tryouts for that class a half hour
ahead of the freshman with the com
plete team being selected to com
bat the frosh and the combined
junior and senior classes.
Five events are slated for the
annual relays which are 440 relay,
880 relay, mile, two mile and med
ley.
Four highest men in each event
will bo pieked this afternoon to
compose the teams.
Frosh tryouts will be held at 4:00
this afternoon in the 100, 440, 880,
mile.
Sophomore tryouts will be held
for the 100, 220, 440, 880 and mile
at 3":30 o’clock.
STUDENT COMES FROM TOWN
WHERE EVERYONE IS RELATED
An Oregon mah from China came
from a town where everybody is
a relative. Such was the novel ex
perience of Chien Fei Teng, one of
four Chinese students attending the
University of Oregon on scholar
ships from Tsing Hua college of
Peking, China. The old custom in
China, Mr. Teng explained, was for
the sons and grandsons to live with
their families in houses around the
home of their parents. Thus large
settlements composed entirely of
one family and separated from the
neighboring homos by a wall, grew
up in China. The other btudents
are Chi Ta Taun, Shu Wsfng, and
Nein Pu Chai.
“Tsing Hua,” said Mr. Teng,
“was founded on the Boxer indemn
ity funds returned to China by
Theodore Roosevelt, then President
of the United states, for the pur
pose of advancing education in that
country so that a greater under
standing might exist between the
the two nations. All subjects ex
cept Chinese itself are taught in
English,” he shid. There are build
ings and a campus similar to those
of American universities, and even
a stream nearby like our own mill
race.
“We came to Oregon,” Mr. Teng
explained, “because it is a western
university, and we want to know
about all the sections of the United
States. After wo graduate from
Oregon we will attend one of the
large eastern universities, and fol
lowing that we will spend a year or
two in Europe, not, however, as stu
dents. In Europe we will investi
gate the social conditions and com
pare American and Europe, and
then we will go back to China.”
Americans efficiency, the stu
dents say, is the thing that has im
pressed them most. “Efficiency,
you know,” said Mr. Teng, “every
i body is busy. Still, wo find Ameri
j ca is comparatively a new nation;
| everything is growing.”
They pointed out the position of
China and the United States on the
opposite sides of the Pacific- as the
two largest republics in the world,
and stressed the possibilities of co
I operation to their mutual advan
i tage and the accomplishment of
j actual world peace. The purpose of
' these students is to absorb ideas
i here for the improvement of China,
and then to carry these ideas back
with them and put them in effect.
Mr. Teng is majoring in Business
Administration and Public Finance,*
Mr. Tuan in Banking, Mr. Wang in
Bailway Administration, and, Mr.
Chai in Botany.