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VOLUME XXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1925
NUMBER 27
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FACULTY VOTES
RESTORATION OF
Students Wot to be Flunked
Without Adequate Cause;
Return Made to Old Plan
Fee of $1 For Withdrawal
From Courses Abolished;
Addition Fee Is Retained
Hereafter, when any instructor is
not quite sure whether a man
should be flunked outright, he will
have the opportunity to give the(
benefit of the doubt without
awarding a passing grade. The
faculty at its November meeting
yesterday afternoon . restored the
grade of condition, abandoned sev
eral years ago.
The faculty, further, added "a,
■grade of “dp,” to be written in
red ink, the color of the E’s, in a
student’s record at the registrar’s
-office when he drops a course with
out the formality of withdrawing.
Mid-Terin Plan Fails
An effort to change the proce
dure in the matter of giving out
grades in mid-term failed, after
considerable didcussicta, and the
present practice of permitting each
instructor to determine his method
of giving out students’ marks will
continue. Under the proposed
plan, the instructors would have
been expected to make out the
grades of all their underclassmen
and send them in to the dean at
the end of the sixth week of each
term, the dean to see that copies
reached the authorities and others
principally interested in scholar
ship.
The advisory board, having re
signed to permit the faculty to se
lect the representation it might de
sire before the regents in matters
of importance pending before that
body, was re-elected, with the ex
ception of one member, who insist
ed on*' retiring, having served for
six years. Dr. George Kebec, dean
of the graduate school, was elect
ed to succeed Dr. E. C. Bobbins,
the retiring member.
Counsul Includes Deans
The other members of the council
are Dean William G. Hale of the
law school and Dean Eric W. Allen
of the school of journalism; Dr.
James H. Gilbert, professor of eco
nomics; Dr. E. L. Packard, profes
sor of geology, and Dr. James D.
Barnett, professor of political sci
ence.
Discussion revealed a body of op
inion in the faculty that the aboli
tion of the grade of condition, de
signed to make the grading a bit
stricter, had in fact resulted in the
substitution for condition by sym
pathetic instructors the grade of
incomplete, thus ,confu(sing the
meaning of the grade, which was
never intended to cover unsatisfac
tory work but, rather, satisfactory
work left unfinished for some rea
son regarded by the instructor as
sufficient. Conditions must be
made up within the year, with the
grade fixed at V.
! Phonograph Makes
Girls In Infirmary
Forget Dull Care
—
i A phonograph, which doles out
anything from syncbpated .jazz
to dreamy love songs is temp
orarily installed in the infirm
ary. Just how long it will re
main there depends entirely on
just how long the four girls
from Susan Campbell Hall, ,vlio
call their room, the “Susan Camp
bell Annex,” will remain. It
probably will not be long because
they are all there to recover
from bad colds and la grippe.
Another form of amusement
at the infirmary is reading, not
modern governments, biology, or
Plutarch’s Lives, but modem
fiction, and magazines of ^11
kinds which are brought by vis
itors, or drawn from the regular
infirmary library..
.VOLLEYBALL TEAMS
FOR GLASSES CHOSEN
Teams To Play In Rounc
Robin Tournament
—
All voluntary competitors in vol
leyball were placed on class teams
last night by Miss M. J. SHelley
coach. There were 99 competitors
in all, who were placed on lfi
teams, according to classes and
ability in the sport. It will take
from 50 to 60 games in round robin
tournament to determine the cham
pion team, Miss Shelley estimates.
After four weeks of practice,
which gave time to fulfil the re
quirements of a minimum of six
practices for placement on a team
the competitors were graded into
the different teams, partly from
ratings secured in tests in serving,
volleying, and rules of the game,
and partly from observations by
the coach. Captains for each team
will be chosen soon, and each class
plans to adopt a class color to aid
in differentiating the class teams
while playing on the floor.
These games will be played in la
minute halves, the coach explain
ed. The team having the highest
number of points at the end of 30
minutes playing will be declared
the winner of that contest. Last
year, the winning team was the
one who first amassed 15 points,
(Continued on page three)
M00RE-LE COMPTE IS
LATEST GRAD WEDDING
Of interest to college friends is
the announcement of the marriage
of Mildred LeCompte of Portland
and Kenneth William Moore of Eu
gene, which took place Sunday af
ternoon in Portland at the parson
age of the First Presbyterian
church. Dr. Harold Leonard Bow
man read the service. Both Mr
and Mrs. Moore are graduates oi
the University. Mrs. Moore is a
member of Alpha Chi Omega anc
Mr. Moore is a member of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
During the past summer, Mrs
Moore was a supervisor of the citj
playground of Portland and is wel
known in physical education work
Mr. apd Mrs. Moore will make theii
home in Eugene.
LIBRARY DATES IMPOSSIBLE
TO OREGON CO-ED OF 1908
When M. H. Douglas came to
the University library in the fall
of 1908 to act as a member of the
staff, he found conditions quite dif
ferent from what they are now.
“The library was not open at all
on Sundays nor in the evening. In
fact,” said Mr. Douglass, “There
were no electric lights in the li
brary then. It was open from 9:00
to 12:00 a. m., and from 1:00 to
5:00 p. m. The students used text
books for studying almost exclu
sively.”
There were between 15,000 and
16,000 books catalogued in the li
brary then, compared to thq 150,
000 now cataloged. All of them
were on the main floor. The re
serve books were at the circula
tion desk. The students did their
studying on this same floor as the
reserve floor and two rooms down
stairs were used for class rooms.
The extension division of tne
University was located in the room
where Mr. Douglas now has his
office.
“It was here,” Mr. Douglas re
called. “that the late President P.
L. Campbell used to come to get
away from people and noise when
he wanted to work on papers.”
The University was receiving 106
j periodicals 20 years ago. The num
ber now is approximately 1586. Of
the 150,000 books now catalogued,
according to Mrs. Mable McClain,
j more are devoted to literature,
! than to any other subject.
: The University of Oregon began
: its career in 1876 without library
i facilities of any kind. The first
books were obtained through the
agency of two literary societies.
It purchased 500 volumes from the
Eugene Library Association with
money raised locally by means of
entertainments.
I COAST RESUME
PLACES THREE
TEAMS IN RAGE
Chances Held By Stanford.
California, Washington
| For Pacific Conference
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Bears Expected* To Defeat
Huskies With Defensive!
And Offensive Strength I
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Standing of the Teams
Won Lost Pet.
Stanford . 3
Washington .2
California .1
Idaho . 2
IT. 8. C..Z“ 1
O. A. C.1
W. S. C.1
Oregon . 0
Montana .0
The coast conference .race has
narrowed down to three undefeated
teams, Stanford, Washington, and
California.
California has the same old
smooth working offensive and tight
defensive team. They should beat
Washington State College by 21
^oint Saturday, and outsmart Wash
ington on November 14. On the
21 the Bears will try to claw
Nevers. Maybe the California
tackles can make him say “down,”
but it will take every tackle on
the California bdnch to weather
the storm. Nevers doesn’t need a
broken field; he breaks his otvn
field.
Stanford’s Pass Rated Best
Stanford has the best scoring
pass on the coast in “Nevers to
Shipkey. ” In it there is the triple
threat element, and Shipkey is a
scoring runner in a broken field.
If Washington is as strong as it
appears on paper, a pass may win
the game next Saturday.
Washington’s victory over W. S.
C., and tying of Nebraska stamp
it as better than last year. The
line is probably faster. Both Stan
ford and California will have real
battles on their hands when they
square off with the Huskies.
U. S. C. Backs Lauded
The University of Southern Cali
fornia’s sensational victory over
Idaho shows the IT. S. C. backs to
be the best on the coast. Drury,
Elliott, Le Ferve, and Kaer are
all flashes. They’ll probably fin
ish the season lindefeated.
Idaho, after a good start, col
lapsed. A mistake was made in
not bolstering up the right side of
the line. O. A. C., should win
from them.
O. A. C., gave Stanford a hard
game and should look fine against
Idaho. But the Aggies are due for
a setback, (may it be on Novem
ber 14.)
W. S. C. needs more good pass
ing in its attack. They have a fair
team, however.
Oregon seems to have shaken out
all the bad football it had in its
system. The boys did well against
Stanford, and they are expected to j
surprise O. A. C.
OREGON GRAD IN NEW YORK
Arnold Anderson, who graduated
from Oregon with the class of
1923, has charge of makinig up two
pages of the Automotive News in
New York City. Prior to this, he
had a position on the news staff
of the Yakima Washington Repub
lic. He has been in New York
about four weeks, according to a
letter received by Pat Morrissette,
instructor in English.
Mr. Anderson writes that he re
cently met John Piper, of the class
of 1924, formerly assistant editor
of the Emerald, who is now work
ing on the New York Sun, as a
member of the Associated Press.
CADET UNIFORMS ARE DUE
Sergeant Powers, head of the
quartermaster department of the
R. O. T. C., states that the uni
forms for the new cadet officers
will probably arrive the latter part
«? this week or the early part of
next week. When the uniforms
arrive notice will be given through
the Emerald.
These uniforms are coming from
the Associated Army Stores at Se
attle, Washington, accompanied by
a tailor who will make any altera
tions that may be necessary.
-lome-Coming Stunt
Will Be Practiced
Twice This Weel
Participants to Receive
Best Seats
The first series of practices for
the Homecoming bleacher stunt,
will bo held Friday afternoon at
5:00 o’clock and Saturday morn
ing at 10:00 o’clock, according
to Paul Sletton and Fred Hen
drix who are in charge of the
feature. One hundred and twen
ty-five men will have to report
on these two days in order to
carry out the stunt.
Next week, two more practice
periods will be held and every
one participating in the stunt
will have to be on hand. Three
hundred and seventy-five men
will turnout on these two days,
including the original one hun
dred and twenty-five men that
practice this week.
It is known that O. A. C. is
preparing an attractive bleach
ers stunt and thi only way that
Oregon’s feature can be success
ful is for every man participat
ing to attend the practices, said
Fred Hendrix.
The men in the stunt will be
given the best seats in the new
'grandstand for the game, as
each man participating will be
assigned his seat next week.
'LWflY ASSISTANT
TO SPEAK ON CAMPUS
Publicity, Transportation To
Be Discussed
Edward F. Flynn, director of
public relations, and assistant to
the president and general counsel
of the Great Northern railway
company, arrived in Eugene last
night and today will speak twice
on the campus. At noon, he will
address the Eugene Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr. Flynn, who enjoys the repu
tation of being a dynamic speak
er, will be the guest of Dr. Peter
C. Crockatt while in ‘ Eugene.
“Publicity and How to Get It,”
is the announced subject of Mr.
Flynn’s first campus address, to
be given at Mr. Turnbull’s 8:00
o’clock class in reporting. At 10
o ’clock, he will speak on the sub
ject of “Transportation and the
Public,” before Dr. Crockatt’s
railway economics class. This will
be held in room 105, Oregon build
ing and all interested are invited
to attend.
Commenting on Mr. Flynn’s
visit, Dr. Crockatt declared that
the Great Northern railway and
the Hill lines in general counted
themselves leaders in public rela
tions.
“The lineB have a highly organ
ized department of public rela
tions under the direction of Mr
Flynn,” Dr. Crockatt said, “tht
purpose of which is to educate th(
public in matters of transportatior
problems.
“An educated public, the rail
ways realize,” Dr. Crockatt con
eluded, “will go far to determinf
sound policy and the giving ol
service at lowest cost.”
ASSISTANT MANAGERS
TO MEET EVERY DA>
All managerial.assistants mast hi
out at four o’clock every flay fron
now until Homecoming, P.av ?»toe
ser, senior manager announced lap
night. With the extensive prepara
tions being made for the big annua
affair, it is necessary that ever;
man out for managerial work tor
out each gvening, in order to hav
the field and stands ready for th
big game with the Oregon Aggies
he Rtates.
Paul Sletton is in charge of th
field and will direct the worl
Student managerial assistants hav
been instructed to report to him.
With the large number of frost
man assistants out for regular mat
ager berths, the competition is ver
keen this year, says Moeser. Set
eral freshman have done outstani
ing work thus far and from thei
number will probably be give
more responsibility in the woik.
IMMITRY
TEAM OFF TODAY
TO MEET IMHO
Lack Of Men Handicaps
Team; Ten Men Show
Up For The Trial Meets
Oregon Trackmen Inexperi
enced; But Are Hard
Workers, Says Hayward
The varsity cijoss-country team
will leave this afternoon for Mos
cow where it will race the Idaho
hill and dale men in the annual
dual cross country meet. Bill Hay
ward’s proteges will get their first
dose of competition of tho year
against a strong and experienced
Vandal crew.
The men making the trip are>
Tom Holder, John Niedermeier,
Charles Jamison, Edward Kelly and
Floyd Bunk.
The varsity crew was put through
a fast mile on Hayward field by
Bill Hayward as a test of their
strength but the result of the trial
was disappointing. The team has
been handicapped by lack of men
out for the sport for at no time
this fall has the number exceeded
10. However the training of the
cindar pounders has been forward
ed with some amount of ease on
acdount of the ideal track weather.
Men Are Inexperienced
“The men do not look so good,”
said Bill, “for it’s the same old
story of no men out and until more
men get out for the event we will
never have a good cross-dou,ntry
team. The men going up to Idaho
are inexperienced but • hard work
ers.”
The team is composed of new
men with the exception of Tom
Holder, who ran some fine races in
the mile and two mile for tho var
sity track team last spring. Ho
is a consistent, steady, strlong run
ner with good endurance and just
enough speed. Neidermeier and
Runk have been out for the team
for two years and both havo had
some experience in competition.
Kelly and Jamison are frosh dis
tance men of last spring. How the
new men will turn out in the meet
is doubtful.
Idaho Men Veterans
The Idaho team is composed of
veterans. There the sport is con
sidered just about on a par with
the major sports so that there is a
continual source of good men com
ing up for the coach. The champ
ionship of the northwest gained
last year will probably be taken by
the Vandals this year, also. Al
ready they have taken the honors
in a triangular meet with Wash
ington State College and the Uni
versity of Washington held at Mos
cow last Saturday.
The meet Saturday will bo the
first on the schedule for the dis
tance men. The following week end
the team will race O. A. C. on Hay
ward field and the week-end of the
Washington-Oregon game the con
ference cross country meet will be
held at Seattle.
GIRLS’ COMMISSION
ELECTS PRESIDENT
Dorothy Taylor was chosen pres
ident of the Freshman Girls’ Com
, mission, an organization for all
| first-year women, in the election
. held Tuesday at the Y. M. G. A.,
Bungalow. The other officers are:
. vice-president, Peggy Wood; sec
1 retary, Beth Sutherland.
, " The object of the commission is
, to acquaint the freshman women
, with the activities on the campus
, and enable them to take some
part in the affairs of which they
will later have charge. Every
e freshman girl automatically be
comes a member of the organiza
e tion upon registering in the Uni
versity.
The first task being undertaken
- is making small lemon-yellow and
y green pennants which are to be
- worn by Oregon studdnts during
- Homecoming. Work on these pen
r nants was begun yesterday and
n will be continued until sometime
next week.
Venus To Be Seen
At Mid-Day Nov. 19
Moon Guides Gazers
Prof. E. H. McAlister of the
mechanics ami astronomy depart
ment prophesies that on Novem
ber 19—if the air is clear—the
brilliant and coldly lovely Venus
can be seen during the day!
At 12:50 noon on tho auspici
ous day, Venus and the moon
will be closest together, so 'the
position of the planet can easily
be determined. Venus, Record
ing to Professor McAlister, can
be seen at other times, but un
less she is near the moon it is
hard to find her. Without the
moon as a guide, Venus ’ cold
light is lost against the back
ground of neutral sky. Tho two
will remain close together all af
ternoon, until they set in the
even ing.
BERKELEY ARCHITECT
APPOINTED TO FACULTY
Walter E. Church, ’16, to Be
Instructor Here
Walter Enos Church, graduate
of Oregon in 1916, has boon ap
pointed ns instructor in the Archi
tecture department. Mr. Church
received his B.A. degree at Oregon
in 1916 and his Bachelor of
Architecture degree in 1917.
During itho war Mr. Church
served in the artillery in the capa
city of master-gunner. He saw ac
tive service overseas, and fought in
the battles of St. Mihiel and the
Argonne-Meuse.
After his return from overseas,
Church took his Master of Archi
tecture degree at the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology. Hav
ing completed his graduate work
there, Mr. Church came west to
California, whero ho became an
architect in Berkeley, California,
and has been actively engaged in
that work until the present Dme.
Mr. Church is the son of Mrs.
P. L. Campbell, and spent several
of the early years of his life in
Eugene.
Besides belonging to several
prominent honorary societies, he is
a member of Phi Delta Theta fra
ternity.
OREGON WILL SEND
INSTITUTE SPEAKERS
Mjozelle Hair, secretary of exten
sion teaching and Prof. Peter L.
Spencer, of the education depart
ment, will address teachers’ insti
tutes Thursday and Friday of this
week. Miss Hair will speak before
the Jefferson and Washington coun
ty teachers at Madras and Hills
boro, while Professor Spencer will
appear at the Deschutes and Jeff
erson county institutes at Madras
and Bend. >
Miss Hair will make two speeches
at Hillsboro, one on Oregon writers
and one on local history. At Ma
dras she will tell the teachers of
methods used in conducting local
history contests.
Professor Spencer will address
both his meetings on diagnostic
tests in educational practice.
iSOCIETIES WILL
GIVE BIG (III
CONCERT TDDRY
--
I Mu Phi Epsilon And Phi
Mu Alpha Display Joint
Expedition Of Talents
Lora Teshner Appears On
Program; Many Campus
Musicians Are Featured
Members of Mu Phi Epsilon and
Phi Mu Alpha, honorary musical
fraternities will appear this morn
ing in the annual concert given
jointly by the societies.
An important number on the pro
gram will be the cello solo to be
played by Lora Teshner. Miss
Teshner has appeared a number of
times on campus musical programs
and in Portland, and has traveled
with the Ellison-White Chautau
qua circuit.
Musicians Well Known
Other numbers by musicians who
have appeared at a number of im
portant campus musical events,
also feature in the program which
is as follows:
1. —Vocal solo, “Cara Salze” by
Handel, sung by Orion Daw
son.
2. Violin selections, Valse Blu
ette by Drigo-Auer and “Hum
oresque” b'y Koetting played by
Nina Warnock.
3. Piano solo, by Clifford Emmel.
4. Trombone solo, Elliot Wright.
5. Vocal solo, “Danny Deever” by
Walter Dnmrosch, sung by Eu
gene Carr.
6. Cello solo, “Meditation” from
“Thais” by Massenet played by
Lora Teshner.
7. Orchestra.
Orchestra On Program
The orchestra, which will play a
number of special seleetVns, is
made up of Jean Harper, Nina War
nock, Wanda Eastwood, Mary Bur
ton, Lora Teshner, Delbert Moore,
Grace Potter, Elliott Wright, and
Ed Fortmiller.
I
GRADS TO HAVE DINNER
The advisability of forming a
graduate club will be considered at
a “get together” dinner which
will be held at the College Side
Inn Wednesday, November 4. It is
urged that all the grads come, meet
their fellow students, and submit
their opinion on the proposed or
ganization. Arrangements may bo
made at Dr. Rebec’s office, phono
number 2263-R, Monday or Tuesday
afternoon for attendance at the
dinner.
MURRAY IN SALT LAKE CITY
Charles Murray, a graduate of
’25, is now in public accounting
work in Salt Lake City, according
to a letter recently received by
Dean E. C. Robbins of the school
of business administration.
JOE OLSON IN ’FRISCO
Joe Olson, ’23, is now resident
j auditor of Montgomery Ward and
i Co., in San Francisco according to
i word received by the school of
J business administration.
I
NEWS OF OLD uKAUS BKUUUH I
BY JOURNALIST FROM HAWAII
Ttiley H. Alien, editor of the Hon- j
olulu Star-Bulletin, who, with Mrs. i
Allen, was a visitor at the school j
of journalism this week, brought |
good reports of several forpier Ore- j
gonians.
Dr. C. II. Edmonson, formerly I
professor of zoology in the Univer- j
sity of Oregon, is, Mr. Allen re
ports, doing much valuable re- ;
search in connection with fishes of ;
the Hawaiian region. Chi Sung i
Pil, Korean, who made the varsity'
baseball team in his senior year,
here, is married and in Y. M. C. A. j
work in Honolulu. Ted Kurashige,
law graduate and twice winner of
the Murray Warner prize, is Pearl
City correspondent for the Star
Bulletin, in addition to getting a
start in the practice of law in the
city of his birth.
Au Oregon ex-student who has
made good as a reporter on Mr.
Allen’s paper is Don Watson, who
made his reputation by his ability
t)o obtain news from apparently
closed source's.
Mr.’ Allen ridicules the idea that
Hawaii is not a white man's coun
try, pointing out that the third
feneration of descendants of early
Hawaiian white residents have
grown into magnificent physical
specimens. The University of
Hawaii football team, he says, has
no lack of good, strong, battering
players as well as those of the
speedy type.
The editor has spent the greater
part of fifteen years in the islands
and is a strong promotor of their
advantages as a place of residence.
The races, ho points out, live there
in terms of amity; sports of all
sorts thrive, from swimming to
baseball, football, and golf; Hono
lulu is a modern city, pleasant to
live in, and after a few years cor
/Conlinied cm page four)