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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1926)
SWIMMERS ADD WATER SPORT •b Varsity, Freshmen to Learn Intercollegiate Game COACH INTRODUCES POLO Play Resembles Football in Elemental Appeal As a means for conditioning var sity and freshman swimmers, coach Ed Abercrombie has introduced in tercollegiate water polo at Oregon as played by eastern and mid western colleges. Water polo as introduced by the webfoot swimming coach calls for play with a white rubber ball par tially inflated. It rivals football in its elemental appeal. The game has interference, tackling, carrying the ball and passing or a thrown field goal. The prevalent way of scoring is by a touch goal which means that the ball can be ad vanced through the defense, nays Accurately Timed The plays of water polo are less complicated than that of basketball but they must be accurately timed to prove effective. When the ball is in possession of the offense he can be tackled and held under the water as long as he can hold the ball. The tackier, however, is open to the danger of being tackled him self by a team mate of the offense player. The game in general is a series of holds and breaks and any one qualifying as a water polo play er need have no fear of being car ried down by a drowning person in attempt to rescue. According to poach Ed Abercrom bie, he thinks that with the official introduction of the sport that it will prove popular. In the east it has proved to be more of a draw ing card than swimming itself. Water polo at Oregon for the pres ent will be played only among mem bers of the varsity and yearling swimming teams. Game is Named There are some chances, however, that it may be adopted as an intra mural sport.. It is the one game played today that Combines all the real fighting features of hockey, football and lacrosse. Its strenu osity is vouched for in the fact that Dr. Philip B. Hawk, formerly demonstrator in physiological chem istry at the University of Penn sylvania, made extended experi ments to ascertain the effect of various exercises on the blood and reached the conclusion that water polo was the most vigorous game in existence. Coach Has Good Record; Next Year’s Material To Be Good but Minus Stars (Continued from page one) have won their spurs by steady consistent playing. Captain McEwan first won honors as center on the Minnesota team. He entered the United States Mili tary academy in 1913 and played on the 1913. 1914, 1915 and 1916 teams. During the years he played for the Army it scored four decisive tri umphs over the Navy, its tradition al rival. McEwan was placed on his all-American team by Walter Camp in 1914. He -was captain of the 1916 Army eleven. Among his team-mates were Eugene Vidal and Elmer Oliphant, two famous cadet back field stars. Becord is Good Captain McEwan was graduated in 1917. In 1919, after the world war, he returned to the academy as first lieutenant to Major Charles D. Daly, then head football coach at West Point. In 1923, when Major Daly was transfererd to Har vard, Captain McEwan became head coach. In the three years at which he was at the helm, the Army once tied and twice defeated the Navy. Emerald Drive Workers From Living Organizations To Work Rest of Week (Continued from page one) Campbell hall; Marion Wagini, Tau Nu; Vena Gaskill, Thacher Cottage. Wilfred Long, Alpha Beta Chi; Hugh Biggs, Alpha Tau Omega; Bob Overstreet, Beta Theta Pi; Si Slocum, Chi Psi; Edward Smith, Delta Tau Delta; Alex Scott, Lowell Baker, Friendly hall; Calvin Horn, Kappa Delta Phi; Bob Warner, Kappa Sigma; Harvey Woods, Lam da Psi; Ward Beeney, Phi Delta Theta; Edward Crowley, Phi Gam ma Delta; Lowell Hoblitt, Phi Kap pa Psi; Bob Nelson, Theta Chi; Da vid Nelson, Psi J£appa; Bill Pren dergast, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Ed gar Wriglitman, Sigma Chi; How ard Oswald, Sigma Nu; Glenn Potts, Sigma Pi Tau. Many Failures of Fall Term Are Non-Resident Students And Probation Holdovers (Continued from page one) fall. Of these, 11 met the 17-hour requirement, and 7, failing to make this requirement were dropped. Two others failed to make seven hours and were unable to return, while one left school without paying fees and thus had his registration can celled. At the beginning of last term 16 students from other colleges were admitted on probation. Of these, 12 made more than nine hours and will be permitted to remain. Due to the heavy work in the registrar’s office, grades have not been segregated according to de partments and information is not « J It’s good business for j every man to have a nat | ural but dignified por ! trait to use when pijblic 1 ity demands. The same I picture will make the fam I ily happy as well as can I cel obligations of friend { ship. Call 1697 for an appointment to suit your convenience Kennell-Ellis Studio | i Heaters STUDY LAMPS, 2-WAY SOCKETS AND GLOBES Amongst Many Other Electrical Conveniences at H. W. White ELECTRIC COMPANY PHONE 254 87S WILLAMETTE ST. yet available to determine whether or not departments usually giving a large per cent of high grades have tightened up to any extent, thus contributing to the increased number of failures. ANNOUNCEMENT Kodney Glisan, Portland attor ney, will give an illustrated lec ture on South America, in Villard hall tonight at 8:00 o’clock. Lec ture is under auspices of Geology department. Admission free. MOTION PICTURE STAR IN EUGENE YESTERDAY Albert Monte Eay, motion picture star and author, and a brother of Charles Ray, vras in Eugene yes terday. He spent part of the after noon on the campus. Mr. Ray was graduated from Yale in 1923. Dur ing the war he spent 23 months overseas in the air service. Mr. Ray is the author of "The Girl I Loved,” “The Deuce of Spades,” “The Deuce You Do,” "Clod Hopper” and “The Pinch Hitter.” He wrote "The Old Swim ming Hole” from James Whitcombe Riley’s poem of that name, and ‘The Courtship of Myles Stan dish,” a screen version of the poem by Longfellow. Plays which Mr. Ray wrote and then played in are “The Sunshine of Paradise Alley,” “Me is Me” and “There’s No Bass Like Home.” Coming Events Thursday, January 7 11:00 — Assembly, Woman’s building. 7:30—Woman’s League Coun cil meeting. Woman’s building. El Circulo Castellano—Meeting to be held 'Wednesday night at 7:30 at Bungalow. Oratory Contestants for tryouts on Tuesday, January 12, must sub mit copies of their orations to Mr. J. Stanley Gray on or before Friday night of this week, Jan uary 8. Debate meetings — Varsity men; Idaho, "Wash., triangle, meet with Mr. Gray, 206 Sociology, Wednes day night, 7:30. Dudley Clark, Max Robinson, Jack Hempstead, Mark Taylor. Freshmen men: Thursday, 3:30 p. m., Mr. Horn. Freshmen women: Friday, 4:15, Mr. Gray. Theta Sigma Phi meeting at 5:00 tonight (Wednesday) in the Ore gana office. Very important. Members must be there. Y. W. C. A. cabinet meeting today in the Bungalow at 4:15. Orchesus meeting tonight—Decision for dance drama to be made, so be there. 7:30. Ye Tabard Inn —Regular meeting tonight!. Meet in journalism building at 7:30 thence to Schu maker’s domicile. Pi Lambda Theta meeting Thursday January 7, at College Side Inn. All members urged to attend. Copy-reading Class_— Please meet Mr. Turnbull, room 105, journal ism, 4 p. m. today, for assignment to sections. Crossroads—Meets Thursday even ing. Winther oa war. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet will meet at a luncheon this noon, at the “Y” Hut. Councilor dub, campus organization of DeMolays will meet at 4:15 this afternoon at the Craftsman club. - —I Theatres HEILIG—Thursday: Association The First \ of the Will With M r?ean McCIuskey’, °reson Aggravate*. Phone 229-R for Reservations for the and Saturday dances SHOPPE We have le«t Supplies TeiT ^ »■* of necessities J. P. N®ooks PR-LER paper INK pountain pens wdex boxes Typiisic paper Remington portable TYPEWRITERS dissecting sets DRAWING INK DAW NOTE BOOKS University Pharmacy ™ ST0M^- »W store Cy Vaudeville. Friday and Saturday, “ “The Ancient Mariner,” from Ool-,‘ eridge poem. One of the best of ! the year. 11 - !] McDONALD—third day: “The 1 Phantom of the Opera,” with Lon ! Chaney, in his greatest role as “The(l Phantom,” Norman Kerry, Mary t Philbin and a cast of several thou sand, in tho most weird and won derful pliotodramatic creation tho . motion picture art has yet pro- J! duced; presented with tho super-1 stage act, “Fantoms from Faust,” | a musical prolog featuring Helga j McGrow, Orion Dawson, Eva Char- j let, Frank Alexander, Leland Robe and J. Clifton Emmel, three times daily, at 3:45-7:15 and 9:15 p. m.; cartoon comie, “Alice Cans tho Can-, nibals;” Frank D. C. Alexander in a' marvelous musical score in ac-1 companiment to the picture. COMING — Corrine Griffith in Classified Ads i-— i LOST—In geoloy lab. last Thursday of fall term, a red schaefer pen, also a green schaefer lifetime. I Finder please return and be re-1 warded. Henry Sommer, Phono1 841, Friendly hall. 6 ROOM and board. Furnace heat. Lots of hot water. 935 Patterson st. Phone 2228R . 6789 FOR RENT—Single or double sleep ing rooms, with or without sleep ing porch, furnace heat. 720 E 13th st. Phone 147-R. 6-7 FOR RENT—Large, pleasant room For one or two men in a mod ern homo near the campus. Furn ace heat, private entrance, hot and cold water. Phone 922-Y or call 1158 Hilyard street. Your Printing We Print Anything EUGENE PRINTING COMPANY Guard Building 1047 Willamette First National presents “IF I MARRY AGAIN” with DORIS KENYON LLOYD HUGHES ANNA Q. NILSSON FRANK MAYO HOBART BOSWORTH Classified;” Adolphe Menjou in ‘The King On Main Street;” “Th lark Angel;” with Ronald Cole nan and Velma Blankv; Ernes jubitsch’s “Kiss Me Again;” Mar; ’ickford in “Little Annie Rooney;1 lid Chaplin in “The Man on th Jox;” Normal Talmadge in “Grau tark” with Eugene O’Brien. REX—first day: “If I Marr igain,” with Doris Kenyon, Llovi lughes, Anna Q. Nilsson, Franl Mayo and Hobart Bosworth; a dra ) ma of women who want, but never ■ know their own minds; Century t comedy; International News Events; r J. Clifton Emmel, in melodious mu ’ sical accompaniment on the organ. 3 COMING—Ricardo Cortez in “The - Spaniard,” with Jetta Goudal; Irene Rich in “The Wife Who Wasn’t Wanted;” Lefty Flynn in r “High and Handsome;” “Charley’s 1 Aunt,” with Sid Chaplin; Zan£ ; Grey’s “Wild Horse Mesa.”° . , iMiimiiiimtHmiimiiiimiimtiimiiii raramraraisraraBnraiararararararararararamraraiTilfnllHlIKlfSrBraiiiirararriiliiinillniJ JANUARY CLEARANCE Shoe Sale Starts Wednesday January 6 With the biggest reductions ever offered on Good Shoes in Eugene. PRICES Presents a most satisfactory selec tion of smart shoes at worth while: Prices. Every pair of Hose in the house has been reduced. Which means a saving you can not afford tP pass up. 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