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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1925)
I If ;v VOLUME XXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1925 NUMBER 2S men schools -TO HOLD MEET DECEMBER H Plans Outlined For Prep Editors, Officers- And The Girl’s League Sessions Committees Are Named To Handle Various Phases Of Annual Conference A high school conference, bigger than any yet held on the campus, is the hope of the joint student faculty committee which last night outlined the tentative program for the two-day sessions which are to be held December 4 and 5. Five hundred students from 125 high schools throughout the state are expected to attend the confer ence, and arrangements have al ready been started to provide a worthwhile program, and entertain ment. Committee Heads Named Carl Dahl has been appointed by "Walter Malcolm, president of the student body, to head the confer ence directorate which has the de tails of the meeting in hand. Dahl’s committees include: Glenna Fisher, secretary; Robert Benjamin, wel coming; Ralph Staley, housing; Viv ian Harper, college night; Kathryn Ulrich, banquet; Adrienne Hazard, "booklet; Glenn Radabaugh, infor mation; Anna DeWitt, womenowoo "League; Kenneth Stephenson, fin ance; Hal Lundburg and Robert McCabe, Greater Oregon commit tee. Invitations Sent Out Letters announcing the dates of the conference and inviting the schools to send delegates are being sent out today. Each school will later be given a definite allotment of representatives which it may send. The high school organization in cludes the High School Press asso ciation, the Association of Student Body Officers and the Association of Girls’ Leagues. The program, after the first session, will be so divided that each division may discuss its 'own particular prob lems. It is being planned, as an additional feature, to have special sessions for the faculty advisors who attend. Good Speakers Secured Much outside talent, including a number of leading educators of the state, newspapermen and students themselves, will have a place on the inclusive program. Round table discussions of high school problems connected with each or ganization, addresses on special features, a banquet, a tour of the campus, college night and other di visions of the program will aid in making the conference of interest to high school guests. Directorate Meets Tonight Further plans for the conference will be discussed at a meeting of the directorate which has been called for 4:15 this afternoon in Johnson hall. A picture of the di rectorate will be taken at this time. Chairman Dahl urges every committee member to be present so that the plans may be given the right impetus to start off the cam paign. ENDEAVOR WORKER HERE Pallas Rice, ’24, major in edu cation, is spending several days in Eugene in connection with his work as state field secretary of the Young People’s Society of Christian I Endeavor. Last night Rice con ducted a rally of Lane county C. E. organizations, and he is leaving to day for Salem where he will take part in the C. E. district conven tion. Last year he was instructor of mathematics at Hillsboro. EX ’25 STUDENT MARRIES News was received last night of the wedding of Mr. James Baker, member of the class of 1924 at Oregon, to Miss Martha Kiger, member of the class of 1925 at O. A. C. The groom was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and also the Craftsman’s Club on the campus here. The bride was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta at O. A. C. I Thin Underclass Women Tempted By W. A. A. Fooc “Eat, drink and be merry, and tomororw you’ll be fat,” the in centive offered by W. A. A., to under-weight girls, by putting up food stands in the locker room of the women’s gymnasium. A tempting display of food is the first thing one sees on en tering the gym. Tiny pint bot tles of milk, boxes of raisins, and packages of graham crackers and nuts may be purchased there any time during the day, and not only do the girls gain in weight, but the treasury of W. A. A., increases. RAIL OFFICIAL TALKS TO CAMPOS CLASSES Good Will of the Public Is Desired By Railroads If railroads were government owned and controlled, twice as much would be required to run them. Every little town -and vil lage would want a building from five to fifty times larger than nor mal business would demand, said Edward F. Flynn, director of pub lic relations for the Great North ern railroad. In an address to Prof. Peter Crockatt’s class in economics yes terday, Mr. Flynn daid, /“ Publid opinion as voiced in the newspap ers is the supreme court of the world, and as a rule ^writes the final decision. To the Great Nor thern railroad, public good will is as important as good character to others. “When we realized that our sys tem of talks in the newspapers was not successful, we started a lot of average business man gets more pamphlets. But I realized that the that he can possibly read, and I decided to talk personally to the people. We apreciate, the farmer and his support, but I do want to say that in North Dakota where I lived long enough to know, about 35 per cent ■of the farmers buy their butter from stores. “About $1,996,000,000 is invest ed in railroad stock by life insur ance companies. This is about 43 per cent of the total assets of the insurance companies. If the politicians of the East suc ceed in wiping ten billion dollars from the valuation of railroad properties, the man who wanted to cash a $5,000 policy tomororw would realize about $4,000. “Life is a game,” according to Flynn, “and we want to see it played fairly. My department is maintained to inspire the good will of public opinion. Flyn addressed three groups of students this morning, and the Eu gene Chamber of Commerce at lun cheon. SALEM COSMOPOLITAN CLUB PLANS RECEPTION In response to an invitation from the Willamette university Cosmo politan club, the Cosmopolitan club of the University of Oregon will send six or eight delegates to share a reception given by the "Women’s club and the University Women’s club of Salem today. Represent atives from the Cosmopolitan club of O. A. C., will also be present at that time. Stanford university, which holds the vice-presidency of the sixth dis trict of the Cosmopolitan club, has sent inquiries to the local club in regard to a proposed district con ference. The sixth district in cludes universities on the western coast from California to Washing ton. The conference will probably be held at Stanford to last from two or three days, and be called the latter part of December. The local Cosmopolitan club will be represented by two or three dele gates, according to present plans. Plans for a news letter, edited by one of the chapters, which is tc contain helpful news of all chap ters in the sixth district, are alsc I under consideration. M CONCERTS 'j SCHEDULED BY j MU PHI EPSILON . — Program To Be Produced Entirely By Faculty Of The School Of Music Instrumental And Vocal Numbers To Be Given In Varied Musicales Six faculty concerts have been announced for the coining year in the school of music., to be spon sored by Mu Phi Epsilon, national honorary music fraternity for wom en. This is the annual series of programs given by this organiza tion. and is early looked forward to by campus and town music lovers, especially this year, as the con certs are to feature exclusively members of the school of music faculty. The first concert will be Novem ber 19. at which time Madame Me Grew, Rex Underwood and Aurora Potter Underwood will be present ed. All of these musicians spent the Bummer in Europe, studying music at Fontainebleau, France, under the direction of some of the world’s greatest artists. At that time Rex Underwood passed the virtuoso test, an honor accorded only one other violinist so far re corded, and an achievement, recog nized by the world of music very highly. Mr. Underwood madte a collection bf some very interest ing pieces of old French music from which he will in all probab ility choose one or two numbers for this concert. Madame McGrew, after leaving Fontainebleau, visit ed Germany, with her daughter Rose, who was a students here .Mrs. Underwood studied piano at the conservatory. Organ Concert Arranged December 10, John Stark Evans will give a program of Christmas music on the pipe organ. Mr. Evans lias been engaged to give recitals in several coast cities during the coming year, and his fame as an organist of artistic ability is far reaching. It is due greatly to his playing and direction that the ves per services given each Sunday, have become so popular. January 12, John Seifert, tenor, and George Hopkins, pianist, will be presented. Mr. Seifert is one of the most popular and well known musicians on the campus. His work is known to the student body and is always enthusiastically received. Mr. Hopkins has returned to the campus after a leave of absence covering the last two years. Dur ing that time he studied in New York under noted artists. He was a student and a graduate of the University in the class of 1921. Jane Thacher pianist, and Eu gene Carr, baritone, will give the program February 9. Mrs. Thacher spent the summer in Europe, visit ing France and Austria. While in Vienna, where she formerly stud ied, she met with some very inter esting experiences in connection with the political and economical condition of that country. Mr. Carr is a new member of the fa culty this year. He has appeared in several concerts before Eugene audiences, and his pleasing voice has met with great enthusiasm and approval. He has already estab lished himself among the music fol lowers as a singer of exceptional ability. Former crouaexrL lu March 2, Laura Teshner, cellist, will be heard. She has been en gaged with the Florentine Trio, which just completed a series of concerts including a successful ap pearance in Albany, November 2, and a concert given in Portland under the auspices of the Fine Arts Club, for Wilwem Van Hoogstrepen ner, -new conductor of the Portland symphony orchestra. During the summer she studied with Cornelius i Van Vliet of New York, reputed as America’s most famous cellist. The last concert of the series will be given April 22, by Dr. John 1 Landsburv, dean of the school of I music. He spent the summer in Eugene, visiting conservatories and * interviewing several noted artists. Dispensary Asks Students To Bring Pennies With Them Treatment Charges To Be Collected A recent suggestion of Dr. F. N. Miller, seconded by the re mainder of the medical staff at the dispensary, is that “little Mary Jones” and “Henry Smith” bring along a few pen nies if they expect to bo treated at the dispensnry this year, for charges are to be made as well for dressings as for medicine, hereafter, in order to cover the costs of both. Last year only medicines were taxed, but to avoid a slight difference of $2400 and $400 between cost and mon ey received, they are finding it necessary to ask each student cared for to pay. the expeneses on these two things. Such a precaution on the part of the students to be prepared to pay and of the health depart ment to receive payment, will doubtless save much embarrass ment, both socially and financial ly to the two groups. GIRL DEBATERS Freshman Women’s Squad Selected Yesterday FORENSIC BUDGET MADE Five Men Chosen for 0. A. C. Dual Meet, Dec. 10 Freshman girls chosen last night at tryouts in Villard hall to com pose the debate team for the year as follows: Irene Hartsell, Essie Hendrick son, Mariofi Leach, Maxaine Pearce, Nettie Mae Smith, Pauline Win chell. Varsity girls compete tonight for the women’s squad which will be used through the year. The fol lowing are sigped up: Margaret W. Blackaby, Frances Cherry, Wilma Lester, Helen Louise Crosby, Cecil McKercher, Dorothy Abbott, Vera Mather, Kate Lambert, Mildred Whitcomb, M^iy Helen Helliwell, and Mildred Bateman. “Academic Freedom” Topic The subject on which tryouts will be held tonight is of interest to all college students. It is: “Ee solved, that students should be al lowed academic freedom in United States colleges and universities.” Five minutes of constructive argu ment and three of rebuttal will constitute the tryouts. Etch girl, just as the freshmen were last night, will be matched against an opponent advocating the opposite (Continued on page four) WRITTEN APPEALS SHOULD GO TO GRADS Although every living organiza tion on the campus- has sent out hundreds of letters inviting their alumni members back to partici pate in this year’s Homecoming, there are still many hundreds of former Oregon students and grad uates who have not received this written . appeal from the campus, according to Jimmy Leake, general chairman of Homecoming. The Homecoming directorate wishes the cooperation of all Ore gon students in this effort to place personal invitations in the hands of former students who were not eonnected with some living group while on the campus. BLEACHER STUNT All students who have signed up for the bleacher stunt prac tice today at 5 p. m. and Sat urday at 10 a. m., be sure and report to the new grandstand on time to avoid delay in practice. Paul Sletton and Fred Hendrix will be in charge of the bleacher practice. PLANS FOR REUNION NEAR COMPLETION ALII SMOKED IS MADE EVENT OF HOMECOMING Get-together of Former Men Students Planned at Close Of Rally At Men’s Gym All innovation, an alumni smoker with senior men of the University as hosts, will be the final event of next Friday's Ilomdooming pro gram, the directorate decided yes terday. This smoker will follow immedi ately the rally, which this year will be held in the 'Woman’s building, also an innovation as Homecoming rallies go. Alumni Suggest Plan The smoker, placed on the pro gram at the suggestion of the alumni, will be held in the men's gymnasium and though it will in clude several bouts, talks and stunts, it will be more of a get together for ex-men students, ac cording to plans. The seniors alone will be hosts. The smoker, it is expected, will become an annual event of Home coming. House organizations, the director ate plans, will sponsor entertain ments and programs at the same time as the smoker for the benefit of alunjni women and guests. The Women’s League in (connection with the Oregon club will entertain with a dance. Bally Is Planned The rally committee with James Forestel as its chairman promises an unusually interesting program, it was said yesterday. The pro gram will combine pep and spirit of past rallies with a stunt and mu sical entertainment. Seats will be provided for every body attending, according to an nouncement, and girls are asked especially to be present. COLLEGE JOURNALISTS TO HOLD CONFERENCE The annual conference of the Pacific Inter-Collegiate Press As sociation will meet at the Univer sity of Oregon November 13 and 14, to consider the problems of Ed itors and managers of collage dailies. Ed Miller, editor of the Emerald, representing the school of journalism, will be host and presi dent at this meeting of the asso ciation, vchich includes editors and managers of the papers of Uni versities of Washington, Southern California, Nevada, Stanford. Ore gon,, British Columbia, California, Willamette, and Oregon Agriculture, Washington State, and Whitman colleges. Distribution of college news on the coast will be up for consid oration at the round table discus sion which will be held T i iday morning and afternoon and Sat urday morning. The two groups wall * meet separately in order to be able to include their individual phases of tho questions. Anticipating that Homecoming festivities, including the rally, smoker, luncheon, game and dance will provide sufficient entertain ment for the men while on the cam pus, a banquet Saturday night and a luncheon Friday noon ^ to close the meeting are the only features planned. The following Freshmen re port in front of the library at 10:50 today: Bill Hines, Dal Richmond, Ray Rankin, Bus 8ullivan, Gerald Acklen, Stewart Martin, Rex Buzan, Bill Abernathy, Fred | wade and Donald Dundaa. Homecoming Fete Annual Celebration Since October, 1914 Oregon's “Old-Grad” celebra tion this year will be the elev entli annual Homecoming fete in the :history of the University, the first one having been on Oc tober 10, 1914. In 1918, bocause of the war, none was scheduled. This information, no (doubty will surprise those who believe the celebration a tradition al most as old as the University itself. From the first as now, the Homecoming football game has been the high point of the week end. Records show that in these | games, Oregon has been defeated won while two were tied. L RECITAL Cello, Viofin and Vocal Solos On Program By F. M. C. Mu Pin Epsilon and Phi Mu Alpha presented, in joint concert at Thursday’s assembly, seventeen of their members. The program was one of selections from Han del, Chopin, Massenet; Luigini, Damrosch, Drigo, and Koepping. Outstanding was the cello solo, “Meditation from Thais,” plyed by Laura Teshner. Her technical fa cility was displayed in her rich, vibrant tonality—at once the most indispensible accomplishment for masterly playing of a stringed in strument and at the same time the most seldom achieved. Eugene Carr, who sang Dam rosch's “Danny Deever,” was also outstanding. His stage presence was excellent and his enunciation clear. His voice has. a lyric qual ity which is very pleasing. The other solos consisted of two violin pieces, “Yalse Bluette” by Drigo and “Humoresque” by Koep ping played by Nina Warnock; the “Polonaise Militaire" by Chopin played by Clifton Emmel; and Han del’s “Cora Salve” sung by Orrin Dawson. These solos were credit ably presented and well received. The program was closed with Lugini’s descriptive “Selections from Egyptian Ballet.” This ar rangement for string and wind in struments was novel and interest ing. Those participating werq Grace Potter, Ninia Warnock, Wan da Eastwood, Mary Burton, Delbert Moore, Laura Teshner, Ed Fortmill er, Eliot Wright, and Jean narper. Y. M. SECRETARY OF COAST VISITS CAMPUS Gail Seaman, inter-collegiate sec retary of the Y. M. C. A., on the Pacific const, will spend part of today on the University of Oregon campus, coining here in a super visory capacity to the campus “Y.” While here, ho will investi gate the work of the campus or ganisation and will make sugges tions ns to the carrying on of its work. His contact with all the colleges on the coast and the work tjiev are doing enables him to give valuable aid to local directors. Mr. Seaman is to be the honor guest at a luncheon which will be held at 12 o’clock this noon at the College Side Tnn. There, ho will meet his student friends and those connected with his work. Although his headrpinrters are at Los Angeles, the nature of Mr. Sea man ’s work necessitates his trav cling over four states, Oregon Washington, Idaho, and California He has been attending the North west Field Council of the Y. M. C A., at Tacoma, and is coming here from O. A. C., tomorrow morning. OLD CUD FETE TO BEGIN WITH PAJAMA PARADE Start Of Procession To Be Made at “0” on Skinner’s Butte; Band Will March ■» Homecoming is but one week in the offing. Next Friday the an nual “Old Grad” celebration gets under way. The Homecoming directorate, ac cordingly, has outlined complete tentative plans, James Leake, gen eral chairman has announced, and will spend the remaining time per fecting small details. Friday’s program will have for its lead-off event the annual pep parade, different, more colorful and more picturesque, according to the directorate, than those of past years. Besides the band, a drum corps and a host of marchers, be tween 500 and 1000 students, clad in pajamas tinted Oregon’s colors and carrying torches belching Ore gon’s colors in flame, will partici pate. Parade Starts At “O” 1 The “Pajamarino” will start at [ thte “O” on Skinner’s Butte about seven o’clock, according to Ed Therieau, parade chairman. A flare of sky rockets and fire works, to gether with the lighting of the toches, will be the signal for the pajama clad hosts to start serpen- • tining down the hill. Still in serpentine formation, the procession will “do” 'Willamette street, it is planned. Theaters, res taurants and hotets will be invad ed. Eugene will realize there will be a game on the morrow. Bonfire To Be Climax The climax of the “pajamarino” will be the lighting of the “frosh” bonfire, which is to be on Kincaid field, midway between Johnson and Oondon halls. A new set of torches will be lighted; a solemn and seri ous ceremony will be conducted, and some prominent alumnus will touch the match to the wooden structure. A chemical formula, which will provide lemon-yellow and green flames for the bonfire, has been devised, ft has been announced and a large amount of the chemi cal is being produced for the oeea sion. GILBERT EXPLAINS CHANGE IN GRADING Pr. James H. Gilbert, acting Jean of the University, emphasized that students should not mistake the significance of recent changes made by the faculty in restoring the grade of "condition” and in substituting the grade of “drop ped” for the technical “F,” at the monthly faculty meeting Wednes day afternoon. ' “The restoration of the ‘condition,’ ” said Mr. Gil bert, “is intended to cover border line cases where there is a doubt in the instructor’s mind and where the circumstances seem to support the view that the student’s work, not satisfactory at the end of the term, may be made so in the near future. The grade of “con dition” not only gives the student benefit of the doubt, but also the instructor, who can sntisfv himself inter in record to the character of the work done. In summation of hours, conditions, until ropioved, are reckoned ns failures. Whatever no tion the students may have of the matter, a bunch of “W’s” written in black will look much better bo the University officials and to the Scholarship committee, than an ag gregation of “Dp’s” written in red.” The following clause in the new regulations is also significant: “It is provided, however, that an in structor may report a “failure” when the work up to the time of dropping has been of such a nature that the student is clearly entitled to that grade.