VOLUME XXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1925
NUMBER 22
OREGON PLEDGE,
THIRTEEN, WILT
BE GIN TODAY
Full Attendance Of Faculty
And Student-Body Is The
Tradition 0 f Occasion
Rabbi Wise, Admiral Mayo,
Hiram Johnson, Noted
Speakers Former Years
Governor Walter M. Pierce and
Senator Jay H. Upton will partici
pate in the thirteenth annual
Pledge Day Service which will take
place today at the regular assem
bly hour. ; Governor Pierce will ad
minister the pledge which will be
repeated by the student body after
which Senator Upton will deliver
the Pledge Day message. Attend
ance of all members !of the faculty
and student body at the annual
Pledge Day service is a University
tradition.
The Pledge Day idea was orig
inated by the late President Camp
bell and F. H. Young in 1912. The
'Service took place under the trees
in front of Villard hall and the
pledge was read by Oswald West,
then governor of the state.
Noted Men Speakers
The Pledge Day service has taken
place annually since then and the
Governor of the state has been
present on each occasion t'o admin
ister the oath. Rabbi Jonah B.
Wise who delivered the address in
1917, Admiral H. T. Mays who
spoke in 1920 and Senator Hiram
Johnson of California, are among
the prominent men who have taken
part in the services.
Response to the pledge will also
be made by the singing of “The
Pledge Song” by the studentb
which has been traditional part of
the services since 1919. John Stark
Evans, composer of the song will
direct the singing.
Words of Pledge Given
i
Following is the pledge:
“As a student at the University
which is maintained by the people
of Oregon, I heartily acknowledge'
the obligation I owe. The oppor
tunities open to me here for secur
ing training, ideals and vision for
life, I deeply appreciate, and re
gard as a sacred trust, and do here
by pledge my honor that it shall
be my most cherished purpose to
render as bountiful a return tio the
Oregon people and their posterity,
in faithful and arden devotion to
the common good, as will be in my
power. It shall be the aim of my
life to labor for the highest good
and glory of an even greater com
monwealth.”
LAW BANQUET TONIGHT
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the annual law school
banquet to be held tonight at the
Anchorage. Judge W. M. Cake of
Portland will be the principle
speaker.
So far 47 students have signified
their intention of attending. Th^
gathering will probably number 60.
Fire-Fighters Pay
An Unexpected Call
On Cub Reporters
Clang! Clang! !
“The journalism shack is on
fire!” a badly frightened young
reporter cried, as the big red fire
engine stopped at the east en- >
, trance to the journalism building
yesterday afternoon about half
past four.
Everyone dashed to the door,
eager for excitement. The copy
desk was entirely vacant in an
instant. The profeslors, Path
sudden recollections of a former
blaze, were with the crowd, ex
nish in flames any moment. Jour
pecting to see the “shack” van
nalism faculty members were
seen searching anxiously for tell
tale puffs of smoke.
“False alarm!” said the brave
fire-fighters.
They took one long look at the
Emerald gang. “Let ’em burn,
anyway,” they said. And the
fire engine clanged back to the
station.
T. W. C. A, FINANCE
CAMPAIGN TO START
Drive Teams Organzied;
Luncheon To Be Held
Everything is set for the most
successful Y. W. 0. A., finance
campaign in the history* of the
University, according to the com
mittee in charge. A luncheon at
the Anchorage Tuesday, November
third for members of the organ
ised groups appointed by Ellen Mc
Clellan, chairman of the drive, will
start the ball rolling. -
Beatrice Mason, pep manager,
will give a talk outlining methods
of salesmanship which may be used
by the teams in canvassing for
funds.
Luncheons will also be held Wed
nesday and Thursday. Members of
teams will make verbal reports to
the captains of their squads regard
ing the success of their campaign
ing and any special difficulties
they have encountered.
. Leaders of the various teams and
their co-workers are: Team one,
Alpha Phi, Betty Blythe, captain;
Alpha Delta Pi, Dorothy Straughan;
Tau Nu, Geraldine Troy; Phi Beta
Phi, Edith Bader.
Team ifto, Delta Gamma, Kath
erine Struplere, captain; Alpha Chi
Omega, Alice Southwick; Gamma
Phi Beta, Doris Kindle; Sigma Beta
Phi, Marjorie Meyers.
Team three, Kappa Alpha Theta,
Connie Both, captain; Kappa Kap
pa Gamma, Eleanor Beckwith; Al
pha Omicr6n Pi, Anita Kellogg;
Kappa Omicron, Edith Huntsman.
Team four, Alpha Gamma Delta,
Alice Olsen, captain; Chi Omega,
Helen Oates'; Delta Zeta, Mae Mor
doff; Delta Delta Delta, Ellen Mc
Clellan.
Team five, Susan Campbell Hall,
Ruth Corey, chairman; Annette
Heckman and Dorothy Hobson, as
sistants.
Team six, Hendricks Hall, Sarah
Starr, chairman and members of
this team will be announced later.
Team seven, Thachep Cottage,
Josephine Yocum; Oregon Club,
Marie Gilkeson.
WARS AND KAISERS MEANT
NOTHING TO OREGON FRESHMAN
Harvey Benson, freshmen in the
University of Oregon majoring in
law, cannot remember when the
World War began. He admits it
frankly, yet psychology experts, no
doubt, would declare Harvey’s
memory to be excellent.
When the World War started,
Harvey had just become tired of
his ABC blocks; had scorned, in
his grown-up manner, his doll which
an aunt had given him and was
pestering his “mumsy” continually
for a “big piece bread, butter n*
sugar.”
Harvey was five years old. Wars,
kaisers and millions lof soldiers
killing one another, meant nothing
to him. No wonder, then, he conld
not remember those fateful days
of 1814.
Bora on May 11, 1908, Benson,
jnst 16, is the youngest male stn
in.the University, mniiiln t«
records of the registrar. It is a dis
tinction ■which Harvey, when in
formed, indignantly classed as
“doubtful.”
Harvey left his father and moth
er, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Benson, 201
North Hirst street, Portland, and
his brother, Clifford, 14, for the
first time in his life when he came
to Eugene. His father is a water
front engineer.
Six feet one inch in height and
weighing 165 or 170 pounds, the
University’s “youngster” does not
look the part. He would pass any
where for 18 or 19 and his conver
sation has a tinge of experience
which makes him seem even older.
It comes rightfully, too, as Harvey
was a bookkeeper in the business
office of the Oregonian for a year
prior to his entrance last month
into the University. He graduated
(CeMtsasi js p*#e /ssr)
FRESHMEN WILL
mFOR DEBATE
TEAM TONIGHT
Yearling Indications Good;
Previous Experience Is
to Credit of Competititors
Sixteen Man* Varsity Squad
To Be Selected Friday;
Men Asked To Sign Up
At 7:00 o’clock tonight, the for
ensic tryouts will begin when try
outs will be held for the freshmen
men. A six-man tqj^m will be
chosen to work during the season
on the question, "Resolved, That
the government should discontinue
the policy of granting federal sub
sidies to the states.” All men who
are to compete tonight will- report
at Villard hall to the public speak
ing instructors, who will act as
jiidges.
Over 20 Debaters to Try
Between 20 and 25 debaters will
try out. Speeches will be Jimited
sto five minutes in length, and three
minutes will be granted for rebut
tal. Individual debaters will com
pete against each other, one pair
trying out at a time. Each will
refute the opposing arguments, be
sides giving his own constructive
speech.
Some of the best high school de
baters of the state have signed up
for the freshmen tryouts and indi
cations point to a capable sot of
first-year debaters, according to J.
Stanley Gr'ay, head of public speak
ing department, who will eJoach
forensics this year, assisted by
Robert D. Horn.
Experience In High School
John Galev of Ashland. Roy
Herndon of Milton, and Elmer
Grimm of Woodburn have all taken
part in high school forensic work,
as have most of the other men.
Galev won second place in the sitate
high school oratorical contest one
year ago in May, Herndon was on
the Milton-Ereewater hi^h school
team which was defeated in the
final state championship debate in
Eugene last year with Ashland.
Grimm was a member of the Wood
burn team and won third place
year before last in an extempore
speaking contest atj Cffrvallip in
which Benoit McCroskey, now a
fContinued on page four)
INFLUENCE OF STARS
DENIED BY PROFESSOR
“Why do people insist upon giv
ing such credence to astrology as
to ask my opinion of itt” asked
Prof. E. II. McAlister of the as
tronomy and mechanics depart
ment.
“There is nothing in it, of course.
The stars no more govern one’s
life than the trees.”
“Astrology is as time-n*rn as
the search for the so-called philo
sopher’s stone. The latter has been
outgrown with the development of
science, but astrology remains
enough of a mystery to attract
some people and to support a sur
prising number of modern astrolo
gers.”
The groups of stars which are
supposed to influence the lives of
people born under them, are in
reality not groups at all, Professor
McAlister points out. Two stars
m&y appear to be side by side and
yet one of them might be millions
of miles behind the other, and
much nearer another that seems far
away. On other planets, says Pro
fessor MeAlister, the “groups” we
see, would be divided and greatly
separated, so that the theory of the
influence of “groups,” which is
at the base of astrology is without
foundation.
Even for newspaper horoscopes
which display the caption to the
effect that “the stars point bat do
not govern,” Professor McAlister
haf.no approval. He declares that
the whole proposition is too. ridi
I culpas., to. desprvf seriouf cansider
Skinner’s Butte
Popular In Early
U. of O. History
Classes In Astronomy
Held on Summit
Skinner’s Butte, 37 years ago,
was a meeca for University stu
dents even as it is now for Uni
versity freshmen who several
times each year ascend the tedi
ous slope at the foot of Willam
ette street to repaint Oregon’s
“O.”
Thirty-seven years ago, how
ever, the pilgrimages were diff
erent from present day forays—
indeed,they were as different as
day and night in that students
then made the climb only at
night. ,
The pilgrims were authentica
ted star-gazers.
This disclosure was brought to
light yesterday when' a bit of
past history was uncovered. It
was found that the University
once owned an astronomical lab
oratory on the butte. The tele
scopes, beneath which classes
were held, were in a little gray
stone building near the sight of
the present “O.”
This building, the story has
it, was torn down in 1888 because
of expense. The Universitjy,
however, still owns the site, a
100 by 180 foot strip originally
purchased from Dr. Thomas W.
Shelton for $1000. It furnishes
a home for the “O.”
UNDERCLASS TRACK
TEAMS ARE CHOSEN
Many Try Out For Annual
Fall Relay Carnival
Tryouts to pick the entries in
the events for both freshmen and
sophomores for the annual fall re
lay carnival were held yesterday
afternoon in spite of the rainy
weather which slowed up the track
and prevented the making of any
good times in the first competi
tion of the track men.
Four men who finished first in
each event will represent their re
spective classes. A complete list
of' entries will be announced later
by Coach Bill Hayward.
The first shower of the year held
the cinder pounders up fop an
hour later than the scheduled time
for the eliminations. The dry track
absorbed most of the wet and was
in fairly good condition. The new
straight away was not used last
evening.
The results or the races were
surprising and pleasing to the
coach on account of the early sea
son condition of most of the men.
Although training has been going
forward for two months it has not
been in any way intensive so that
Bill has still only a mass of ma
terial which needs sorting and
shifting for the best. The fresh
men have been doing good work.
The relay carnival Saturday will
be held at 12:30 just before the
Oregon-Washington freshmen game.
Between halves of the game the
two final events will be run off.
Harry Si-ott has charge k>f the
meet in the absence of Bill Hay
warrl who goes south with the foot
ball team today.
The winners/ in the meet today
from which will be picked the
teams for sophomores and fresh
men are:
Freshmen
100 yard dash—-Cheshire, Orr, Ord,
Standard, Hunter.
200 yard dash—Orr, Scott, Cruiks
hank, Deilschneider, H. Robinson.
S80—Jenson, Rasmus, Jackson, Of
tedal and Colts.
440 yard dash—Standard, Price,
Gilbert.
Mile—Aiken and Hill.
Sophomore
100 yard dash—Allan, Hill, Kuy
kendall, Padrick and Call.
200—Postponed.
440—-Whitlock and Fancett.
The tryouts yesterday completed
the preliminary work of the meet
and the teams to enter will be se
lected from the high men in. each
event
TEAM LEAVES TODAY
FOR STANFORD GAME
STUDENT RALLY
TO GIVE VARSITY
BIG SEND-OFF
Train Leaves Viliard Hall At
12:15 Today; Students
To Gather At Assembly
A rousing send-off will be given
the Oregon varsity, which is leav
ing today on the Shasta at 12:15
to play Stanford at Palo Alto, Sat
urday; the football fcpecdal dar
starting from Yillard Hall.
The student rally will start from
the Women’s building immediately
at the close of today’s assembly.
The band will form with loyal Ore
gon fans following; the route of
the rally is a direct line of march
over to the “football car” back of
Villard.
Coach To Speak
Before the team leaves, several
speeches by coaches and members
of the team will be given. The
students will show their confi
dence and Support to the team in
the form of a short, lusty, yelling
demonstration.
“It is imperative that every stu
dent attend today’s assembly or
be at the Women’s building at
11:45,” said Freddie Martin, yell
leader, yesterday. According to
Martin, the rally will not bo a suc
cess unless, evryone is present to
give the team a good send-off.
Team in Fighting Trim
The Oregon varsity lias met with
several set-backs i» the conference
schedule up to the present time,
however, the team is in a fighting
condition and ready to give Stan
ford a real battle. The Stanford
game may be the turning' point in
favor of the Oregon gridsters, and
the men are determined to step in
to the conference race and become
a dangerous factor in the remain
ing games.
Be at the assembly today or
ready for th% rally at 11:45! I
BE THERE! ! ! !
“SET WISE PARTY”
FEATURED BY LEAGUE
“What activities are available for
women on the Oregon campus f
How can I get into them!”
These questions are uppermost in
the minds of new girls on the cam
pus. It is for them that the “Get
Wise Party” will be given by Wom
en’s League Friday evening be
tween 7 and 8:30 at the Woman’s
i building.
In' spite of the fact that the
i party is principally to entertain
! and enlighten freshmen women, up
per-class girls are urged to attend
also, and to get acquainted with
the newcomers. Big Sisters are ex
pected to appear with their fresh
man girls.
Prominent women in activities
will tell the girls how to get into
the “whirl” of campus affairs, and
stunts will be given by various
heads of sports in W. A. A., for the
purpose of showing the number of
athletic events in which girls may
participate.
Anna DeWitt. president of Wom
en ’s League wishes to stress the
fact that the party is being ar
ranged so that girls may have other
engagements during the rest of the
evening.
Elizabeth Latham is in charge of
the party.
STUDENTS ABE MABRIED
Ann Lee, a freshman, and Par
ley Stoddard, a senior, were mar
ried, October 15 at Dallas, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Stoddard registered
at the Eugene hotel. They have
not yet deeided whether they will
continue their work at the Univer
sity. Mrs. Stoddard is a member
ofGamma Phi Beta and Mr. Stod
dard is a Sigma CkL
Sophomores Soon
To Spring Some
Style Sartorially
.Tust what sort of a sartorial
outburst it will be is not yet
known; but the sophomores have
something in mind.
The seniors, the juniors, and
the freshmen have their distinc
tive garb; and the second-year
men are leting it be known that
they have no idea lot being out
done by either their predecessors
or those who follow. Something
new and different is desired; the
result is to depend pn sophomore
art and, perhaps, ingenuity.
Some have suggested a differ
ent style of trousers, most of the
possibilities in which appear to
have been exhausted around the
campus already. Others have sug
gested sweat shirts, only to be
reminded that here i^ another
instance of feminine encroach
ment on masculine prerogative.
Well, then, how about a sweat
er of some special type! Or
something audible in a vest, per
haps.
Nor is this all.
Whatever the decision may be,
the sophomore men are marking it
no secret . they are etoon to be
seen budding out in something
new.and different.
m. ANNOUNCES
HOMECOMING PLANS
Plans for Homecoming week-end,
November 13, 14, and 15, reached
near completion today with tlio an
nouncement by James Leake, Home
coming directorate chairman, of a
tentative schedule for the three
days. *
The schedule does not deviate
materially from those of past
years.
Friday afternoon, November 13,
will bo given over entirely to the
welcoming and registeration of
alumni and ex-students. All incom
ing trains will be mot by students
who will escfort the guests first to
registeration headquarters and then
to their lodgings.
A big student and alumni Ore
gon rally, set for 9 o’clolck at the
armory, will be the feature of the
Friday night program. The rally
will be preceded by the annual
“frosh” bonfire at 7 o’clock and
the “pajamarino” parade at 7:30.
The alumni meeting has been set
for 10 a. m. Saturday, to be fol
lowed at noon with the campus
luncheon and class reunions. Three
thousand people will be at the
luncheon, it is expected.
Hayward field will then become
the center of activities. The
Homocoming football game, this
year with the Oregon Agricultural
College team, is scheduled for 1:30
p. m. Several stunts are being
planned for the intermission.
The Alumni and upperclass dance
at the Woman’s building, and the
underclass dance on a down-hown
floor, both starting at 9 p. m. Sat
urday, complete the program.
VARSITY PLANS
SUPRISES FOR
CARDINALSOUAD
Heavier Line for Southern
Battle Causes Shakeup;
Thirty-two Men Take Trip
Today the Oregon football team
embarks on its annual California
trip. The team, coaching staff,
graduate manager, student mana
ger and yell leader will entrain at
12:07 for Palo Alto where the team
will battle Stanford Saturday.
Handicapped by the lack of time,
the coaches have worked the men
but threa days since the California
struggle last week-end.
A new front wall, rejuvenated
and with more beef, will take the
field Saturday, it is announced.
Big Homer Dixon, a 210 pound
tackle,- will fill the place of Bert
Kerns, who was injured in the
Bear struggle. Nick Carter, 180
pound center, will fill the passer
position. These two men will bring
the lino average up to 185 pounds,
the heaviest line sent into a game
this season.
This sudden change is due partly
because of injury to the other men
and partly to add weight and
strength to the front wall.
Vitus Back in Iiineup
Everything is dono to produce
a team that will hold and fight the
Cardinal to a standstill.
Otto Vitus, veteran halfback,
will be seen in action again. He
is slated to take the place of Byrl
Hodgen, who has been out of prac
tice this week due to a sprained
anklo. Vitus has proved his ability
ns a pass receiver as well as a
clever line plunger and .end run
(Cnntinued on page three)
ELMER E. FITCH DEAD;
WAS RETIRED EDITOR
Elmer E. Eitch, father-in-law of
Mrs. Clara Lynn Eitch, who is sec
retary to the dean of literature
science and arts, died Wednesday.
He had been a resident of Eugene
for five years. Mr. Fihch was s
newspaper man and for several
years was the owner and editor of
the “Galva Illinois News.” He
was also the county clerk of Henry
connty, Illinois.
Mr. Eitch was the father of three
children: the late George Eitch,
noted hsmorist and author of the
stories about “Good Old Siwash,”
Robert Fitch who is working on
the Peoria Journal-Transcript, and
Miss Louise Pitch, formerly nation
al president of Delta Delta Delta,
and now dean of women at Whit
man college.
Services will be held in Eugene,
Friday an^l the body will be sent
to Galva, Illinois for burial.
YOUNGEST GIRL ON CAMPUS
IS APPALLED AT DISTINCTION
When 16-year old Charlotte June
Oarll, of Eugene, a freshman major
ing in French, learned that she
is the youngest girl in the Uni
versity this year she said she was
“appalled.”
Hiss Carll has not yet reached
that stage where she grows a year
younger at each birthday. On the
•contrary she is willing to make
Vaown her years.
Miss Carll was born May 5, 1909,
in Billings, Mont. Her family later
ntoved to Caspar, W,yo., where
Charlotte June received her high
school education. Oregon was^ so
great an attraction that it was
decided that Charlotte should at
tend college at the University of
Oregon, and the family made its
home in Eugene. Miss Carll’a
father, Dr. W. Carll, a dentist, will
practice here. ■ ,• ,
Miss Cavil entered grtuur
school when six years of age.
“I skipped a couple of grades
and completed my high school work
in three and a-half years,” she
said, “I suppose that is how I got
to college at 16. But I’ll be twen
ty when I graduate, and that’s not
too young.”
“Do you intend to teacht” Miss
Carll was asked.
“Oh, I hate to think of teach
ing,” was her response. “I want
ed to be a translator of books,
but now I don’t think I’ll ever be
able to do that. I don’t think I’ll
know enotigh.”
The youngest* girl in the Univer
sity laughed with amusement when
asked to tell of her hobby.
“I don’t think I really have
any, bat I suppose the nearest
thing to one is reading. I tike
literature, and I do read a lot. Bat
I don’t think that's what y<m *a&
a hebhjr.” WV,.V‘ ‘ "
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