Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1926)
“Glad to Be Here,” Says Jack McEwan New Football Coach De clared Far Removed from “Hardboiled” sol dier, Praised by Writer By W. J. A man, head and shoulders above the crowd on the station platform, delivered his first short speech to the Oregop students last Saturday from the makeshift rostrum of a baggage wagon. Captain McEwan here at last! The satisfaction among the students is evidenced by the ever present question. “How do you like the captain?” Stu dents were enthusiastic about the big, powerful looking coach, who smiled and said that “he was glad to be here.” They are anticipating his first talk before the.assembly when they will get their first op portunity to see him in action. * * » Captain John J. McEwan, fam iliarly called talks mod estly for a man or bis reputation. He does not dominate the conversa tion, but in clear well chosen Eng lish, although far from pedantic, and on Saturday the games were and comments. He taught English at West Point, and he has a remarkable memory. Anyone could talk to the captain, for he makes one feel that he is talking to “Jack” and not to an outstanding coach who is at the top of his profession. In spite of his knowledge of football he does not try to impress one with it. He is congenial and pleasant. He is far from the proverbial “hard-boiled” army officer. But his discipline on the football field is reported to be exacting and perfect. McEwan gets a “kick” out of things that anyone gets a “kick” out of. He has a handshake like a bear. A big hand that fits- a powerful body grips your .hand with the meaning that he is glad to meet you. That’s the captain the Oregon student body is going to meet. McEwan has clear constructive ideas about athletics. He does not believe in permitting football dom ineer the entire athletic schedule and he believes in pushing the other sports as well. He has some very fine ideas about the game of football as he coaches it, and has reviewed it from the position of a member of the very conservative rules committee. He has ceased to become a member of this body, how ever. since leaving the academy, for the position was granted to the in stitution and there is already one Pacific coast representative, George Yarnell. • • • The handicaps at West Point nn der which the Gaptain has had tp work since his engagement as head coach there three years ago are many. The situation at Oregon makes it much easier for him to coach a team if he has the material which is supplied in quantity at the sea demy. During the entire 1925 season he had a total of six hours of ehalk talk with the team—and that was with his half dozen quarterbacks at odd times in the cadet guard "house. Practice is entirely elimi nated on Friday due to conflicting work for the cadets, and he had only three two-hour sessions a week •end on another day he had an hour. ,'Sunday he did not wish to ent into ■the recreation time of the cadets ■and on Saturday the games were -played. That gave him roughly ■ seven hours a week of practice •when eoast teams put ifl on the av erage of 12 to 15 hours a week in practice, and many more hours on .-chalk talk. • • • Exacting scholastic requirements increase the difficulty. Cadets on the squad are marked every day by the instructors and the ratings are posted every Friday. If any man falls down below the high ataridard in only one of the sub jects he is declared ineligible. In . stead of the one term eligibility (Continued on page four) VARSITY GIVES WINGED-M FIVE BEATING, 40-12 Victors’ Barrage Is Too Much for Multnomah’s Picked Hoop Warriors Gunther High-Point Man, iost Second; Tactics Of Webfooters Telling By AUDEN PANGBORN (Sports Writer Morning Oregonian) PORTLAND, Jan. 11.—(Special to the Emerald)—The University of Oregon team meted out a 40 to-12 trouncing to Multnomah club on the Winged M floor in Portland Saturday night by completely out passing and consistently out-shoot ing the losers. Prom the moment Referee Stege man first blew his whistle, but one question existed in the minds of the fans as to the outcome. Some wondered how many points Oregon would lead. The fray was 18 min utes old before the befuddled club men found the basket for the first tally. By that time Oregon held a 25 point lead. . Gunther Opens Barrage Jerry Gunther opened the bar rage with a free throw before a half-minute had passed. George Dewey’s Cardinals strove to regain the point immediately, leaving their own territory unprotected in their eagerness. The result was disastrous. Ore gon immediately took advantage of the opening to heave long passes to Gunther and Westergren who slipped unnoticed behind the whole Multnomah team and waited in open territory under the basket. One of these long throws traveled the entire length of the court, starting under the Winged-M net and end ing when Gunther dropped it for a score. The Lemon-Yellow forwards elud ed the Win'ged-M guards in close play with a snap characteristic of the crack of a gun or the strike of a viper. They shivered the hemp time after time by whirling away from the defence or dribbling through it by main force. varsity i'lays jsiiective Most of the Webfooters ’ combin ations started in their own terri tory. Smooth passing, especially in the short relays beneath the bas ket, featured the attack. After ten minutes Coach Dewey sent in. an entire new team which added new life to the uneven con test, but failed to help the belated scored very much. The clubmen seemed dazed and many fans ex pected a complete shut-out until Gowans broke the ice with a long difficult score from . the sidelines just as the timekeeper whispered, “two minutes” to the man with the gun. The half ended, 27 to 2. Multnomah took heart in the last period and started out with a Verve which boded ill, at least temporar ily, for the leaders. Coach Rein hart was willing that his men take it easy, owing to their exertion in the first half, and held them in a five-man defence which, to Multno mah, seemed impenetrable. The club spurt was short-lived and net ted about a half dozen points. Gunther led the scoring with 13 points, Jost sailing in second with 9. Buss Gowans, Winged M center, who played under Beinhart at Ore gon capitalized his advantage in knowing what to expect from his opponents by caging two baskets in (Continued on page four) MILITARY STUDENTS PAID Fifty advance students in mili tary received their salaries for the past, term today. The entire salary was $1,500, or about $30 apiece. Military is the only course in the University that a student is paid to take. Y. W. BOARD ENTERTAINS Members of the Y. W. C. A. ad visory board were entertained yes terday at a luncheon at the home of Mrs. H. W. Davis on College Crest. A short business meeting was held after lunch. The advisory board is comprised of 12 faculty and interested townswomen. Ex-Grid Captain Signs Contract To Play With Professionals Professional football has made its first inroad on University of Oregon athletics, accordpmg to United Press ditpatches from San Francisco, which state that Dick Reed, 1924 Oregon captain, has signed to play with the Califor nia Pros against Red Orange's Chicago Bears, January 16. Reed who played three years at Oregon, was regarded as one of the premier linemen on the coast. He served as freshman line coach under Earl Leslie last fall. His team-mates on the All Stars will include such celebrities as George Wilson, Harry Shipkey, Babe Horrell, Norman Anderson, and Buck Bailey. • BASKETEER5 BUTTLE ‘ PACIFIC U. SATURDAY To Be Last Practice Game For Varsity Quintet University of Oregon will play Paeific university at basketball here Saturday night in the arm ory. It will be Oregon’s last prac tice game before it opens its Pa cific coast conference season against Montana here January 19. Season tickets will be on sale at Obaks, starting Wednesday, Graduate Manager Benefiel an nounced. A season ticket for all games will be $4.50 or $1.00 for each game. Seat sale for the members of the faculty who wish to see the games will start Tuesday afternoon at the graduate manager’s office. If they do not wish to buy the paste boards, they can see all games by getting a student body ticket from L. H. Johnson, comptroller of the univer sity. The student body ticket in cludes the privilege of getting the Emerald and taking in all the con certs. DEAN WALKER ANALYZES REASON FOR FLUNKING There are as many reasons for people flunking out of school, as there are people, according to Dean H. Walker. However, there are cer tain general classifications that will include the majority. One of the most frequent causes, the dean said, is that people come to school short of money, and their outside work occupies so much of their attention that they are un abie to do full justice to school work. Then there is the unwell stu dent who easily falls behind. Some students are not prepared for col lege and their failure is caused by their sheer inability to do the work. The wrong mental attitude is also one of the commonest causes. Stu dents who wish to specialize in some Bourse are asked to take his tory, literature, or some fundamen tal eourse that they do not see the use of and are not interested in. Lack of interest is fatal to the student’s grade. There is also the student who has no specialty and is not viatally interested. Dean Walker thinks that inabil ity to express themselves causes the failure of some students who really have a good knowledge of the sub jects they are taking. A system of sending letters to all the men who flunked out of school has been started by the dean. The student is requested to reply telling his idea of the reason he failed. It is hoped that some of the reasons for flunking mfy be done *ray with. o FORMER NURSE RETURN! Jane Gavin, last year health nurse and assistant to Dr. Bertha Stewart, has returned to the cam pus to complete here senior work in the sociology department. She was not in school fall term, but worked as a trained nurse at the St. Vin cent hospital in Portland. Order of the “O” meeting at 12:45 today on the library steps. Wear “O'” sweaters. Oregana picture will be taken. CAMPUS ORATORS WILL COMPETE IN HILLARD HALL Five Men to be Selected To Represent Oregon In Speaking Contests Orations Will Be Judged On Basis o f Composition, Thought and Delivery Six University orators ■willl be seleetpd at tryouts tonight at 7:30 in Villard hall, when 14 of the best public speaking students in school compete for the honor of represent ing Oregon in the inter-collegiate contests this year. Copies of orations have been sub mitted to the public speaking de partment and judged on thought and composition. Final results will be determined, after five minutes of actual delivery tonight, by the following judges: J. Stanley Gray, head of the public speaking de partment; Eobert D. Horn, debate ccach; Bryan Gilkinson, new in structor in the public, speaking de partment; and H. E. Eosson, pro fessor in the law school. Keen competition will be the re sult of the tryouts judging from the calibre of the orations turned in and the experience of most of the contestants. This year, Oregon entrants will compete in five intercollegiate con tests in which different men will speak. These events are: State Old Line contest, March 9, at O. A. C., Corvallis; Pacific cbast forensic league contest, April 10, 11, and 12, Pullman, Yras^ingi;on) National Constitution contest, Los Angeles or San Francisco, sometime in Ap ril or May; State Peace contest, April 12, Eugene Bible University, Eugene; Tri-State content, Idaho. Oregon, Washington, University of Oregon, Eugene, April 15. Assignment of the five men who win tonight to certain contests will be made later by the forensic coaches. One of the six chosen will be an alternate to be used in case of the disability of a regular en trant. Tho following men will speak tonight on these subjects: Beniot McCrosky, “The Precious Heri tage;’’ Hershel BroWn, “My Country, Right or Wrong';’’ Ralph Bailey, The Sin of Prog gress;’’ Donald Beelar, “The Question of the Sphinx;’’ Mark Taylor, “Time;” Jack Hemp stead, “On the Scales of Time;” Walter W. Butler, “Society, a Sec ond Frankenstein;” John Galey, “The Mania for Amendment;” Ward Cook, “What Chance Has Peace after 1925t”; R. W. Gledhill, “The Modern Art of Getting away with Murder;” William C. Mee han, “Americans gnd Politics;” Joe McKeown, “Washington and the Constitution;” Avery Thompson, “The Receding Frontier;” Melvin Johnson, “Peace Time Patriotism.” Mr. Gilkinson, who was just re cently added to the public speaking teaching staff, was winner of the national intercollegiate oratory eon test in 1917, representing Carlton College, Minnesota. He also teaches a elass of Eugene business men at the Y. M. C. A. Before coming here, he was debate coach at Minnesota and Kansas universities. ANNUAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SELECTED George K. Aiken, editor of the Ontario Argus and president of the Oregon Newspaper Conference, has just selected his committee for the tenth annual Oregon Newspaper Conference which will be held here February 19 and 20. Dean Eric W. Allen, of the school of journalism, is chairman of the committee. The other five are: Earle Richardson, publisher of the Polk County Observer, at Dallas; Lee D. Drake, manager of the As toria Budget; Arne Rae, editor of the Tillamook Herald; Earl C. Brownlee, publisher of the Washing ton County News-Times, at Forest Grove; and George P. Cheney, pub lisher of the Enterprise Record Chieftain. Both Riehardson and Rae are ex Oregon students. Last Chance to Get Oregana Offered in Drive Starting Today Booths Opened on Campus to Take Money for the Yearbook; Speakers to Address Organizations The big Oregana drive starts to day and lasts until Thursday. Stu dents must subscribe now in order to get a yearbook in the spring, as no extra copies will be available then. Two booths, one between tho Commerce building a)nd Oregon hall, and the other in front of the old library, are to be conducted by a specially appointed commitee, from 8:00 a. m., to 6:00 p, m., to day and tomorrow. Students not connected with any living organisa tion on the campus will subscribe at these places. Every subscriber will be given a tag, which he is expected to wear throughout the drive. Phil Bergh designed the tags, and the Thes pians under the leadership of Gladys Steiger, president, strung them. Houses’ Aid Asked Everyone is urged to subscribe for an Oregana, and all houses and halls subscribing 100 per cent, will receive complimentary copies. A list of the houses receiving copies will bo published Wednesday and Thursday in the, order in which they reach one hundred percent. Oregana headquarters will be in the Woman’s League room in the Woman’s building. Drive workers' wishing to get in touch with head- ; quarters may call 407. Despite the fact that tho Oregana , is to be bigger this year than ever before, the price will bo $4.50, the ; same as in provious yearB. i Two dollars is paid at tho time ( the subscription is made, and the f remaining $2.50 is paid in the 1 spring. Checks dated up to Eeb- j ruary 1 will be accepted, in order ( to accommodate those who do not t have the sufficient amount, now,] it is announced. The business man ager reserves the right, however, to raise the price of tho Oregana, pro-t] vided the amount is not enough too cover the cost of publication. Better Book Sought t The Oregana staff has made an effort to make the Oregana bettor this year. It is to eirfbody an “Oregon State’' theme, the cover itself showing “The Old Oregon Trail ’ seal, the work of Avard Fairbanks. Work in all the sections is pro gressing nicely, and the staff ex pects to have the year book out on schedule time, the editor announces. Jim Manning, circulation mnn ager, aided by Clint Peets, assist ant manager, is in charge of tlio drive. Phil Bergh and Bill Pren dergast, in charge of advertising, made the posters which appeared today. Representatives from each organ ization have been appointed to ;arty on the drivo. It will be the duty of these representatives to ugn up members of their organizn aon. Speakers Listed Those appointed to speak at the louses tomorrow are: Benoit McCroskey, Jack Hemp itead, Hugh Biggs, James Johnson, lames Leake, William Beatty, Elam \mstutz, ' KobeTt Love, Bruce Cur •y, HerscheT Brown, Bartlett Ken da.ll, Robert Gardner, Paul Ager, Kenneth Stephenson, Joe Frazer, Donald Beeler, Robert Benjamin font Graham, Clarence Toole, Dud ey Clark, Maurice Warnock. The committee in charge of the tampns booths are: lla'zel Mary Price, Edith Bain, mogone Lewis, Doris Williams, Do othy MeyerB, Madge Normile, Julia Iroo, Doris Meldrum, Margaret (tahl, Marie Schuederman, Frances Vardner, Grace Gardner, Harriet plains, Lucile Pearson, Ruth Bad r, Lylah McMurphy, Esther Set ers, Katherine Mutsig, Helen la nary and Marjory Williams. House Workers Picked Representatives appointed to head 10 drivo in the different living rganizations are: Women: Jean Harper, Alpha Del a Pi; Myrl Allman, Alpha Gamma (Continued on page four) Slight Hope Held for Life of Don McCormick Donald J. McCormick, a member of the freshman basketball team, who is ill with spinal meningitis in Portland, has a slight chance to live, according to the latest infor mation received by his family. Un til late yesterday, no hope was held for his recovery. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James J. McCormick, 752 Jefferson street, are with him in Portland. McCormick played against Frank lin high school Friday afternoon, in spite of a cold. In the evening he went out without an overcoat, and suffered a chill. The next morning he was unable to rise from his bed, according to his family, who were immediately notified of his illness and rushed to his bedside at the Good Samaritan hospital. Since Saturday morning he haa been con scious only at intervals. Everyone who is known to have eome into actual contact with Mc Cormick has been placed in isola tion, Dr. Fred N. Miller, University physician, stated last night. They will be under the observation of the infirmary until it has been de termined whether or not they are carrying the germs. Dr. Miller de clared that there is no cause for alarm, for, although the disease is very serious, it is not highly con tagious. The junior class meeting for winter term will be held tonight at the College Side Inn, at 7:15. The Junior Week-End Director :te will be announced, the class Darty and other general matters dicussed. Jimmy Johnson U. S. C. DEAN OF SPEECH •TO ADDRESS ASSEMBLY Campus Groups Will Hear Readings From Shaw Ray K. Immet, dean of the school of speech of the University of Southern California arrived yester day on the campus en route to Los Angeles from New York City where he has been attending the annual convention of the National Asso ciation of Teachers of Speech, of which he was president last year. Dean Immel will give the assembly address Thursday, He will also ap pear in Villard hall this afternoon at 4:00 o'clock before instructors and students of publie speech, and again, tomorrow evening by special request he will read “The Devil’s Disciple’’ by Bernard Shaw. Dean Immel is an author, scholar and lecturer of exceptional note. During the past two years he has lectured before more than 40 uni versities, colleges and normal schools and has appeared at a large number of touchers’ institutes and high schools. For two years he was professor of speech at Muskingum college and for 12 years was on the faculty at the University of Michi gan. J. Stanley Gray, assistant pro fessor of English, and Robert Horn, instructor in English, were students under Mr. Immel at the University of Michigan. Dean Immel is a member of Phi Bota Kappa and other honorary fraternities. A large number of townspeople as well as students and members *f the faculty are expected to hear Mr. Immel both at the program on Wednesday evening and assembly on Thursday. All students of spok en English arc required to attend I the lecture this afternoon. J. J. M'EWAN ENTERTAINED H ARRIVAL HERE New Football Coach Greeted By Committee of Students And Alumni in Portland Spring Grid Practice Will Start About February First Announces Mentor By WEB JONES Captain John J. McEwan received his initiation into Oregon and Its famous mist when ho stepped off the train in Portland last Friday evening after 20 days of travel that has carried him many thousands of miles. He is now settled in his offiee in the outdoor gymnasium, and is get ting arietated to the sehool. Me Ewan will probably begin spring practice about the first of Febru ary, and continue from one month to six weeks. His assistants will bo seleetod later. No Statement Made "Merely looking over the list of players and their weights I can get no idea of the material. I will know after spring practice. It takes time to make football player® and football teams. Hopes am higher than expectancy.” A reception committee including Virgil Earl, Jack Benefiel, Walter Malcolm, Sam W:lderman, Ken Ste phenson, Lyle Brown, Earl "Spike” Leslie, -Bill Spears, Stan Anderson, Harold Young, and Dr. W. K. Liv ingston, officials and alumni of the University and George Bertz, Jim mie McCool, Billy Stepp, and Spike Hennesey, greeted the new eoaeh when he arrived. Coach Good “Copy” “Captain McEwan should e’er tainly be an easy subject for the sports writers. He has the person-' ality, the physique, the knowledge of the game and the easy way of putting things over. He has had a world' of experience and seems t» be glad to tell about it. In the 1® years I have worked on the Port land newspapers, no coach ever im pressed the sports as did Captain McEwan. He also made a great hit with the alumni,” said 8am Wild erman, publicity man for the asso ciated students. “Even O. 8. Piper, of the Oregonian Screen Review and Roy Norr Journal staff photo grapher had a good word for the captain. When he posed for a pie lure, ho didn’t act like a blushing bride nor did he threaten to break the eamera.” Mentor Views Mt. Hood Walter Malcolm, president of the associated students, said that Cap tain McEwan would remember Portland for more reasons than one. What he admitted as the fastest, automobile ride be has ever had and one which almost took tke breathe out of him occurerd early Saturday morning when L. H. Greg ory, sports editor of the Oregonian took him to Council Crest to view Mt. Hood from a distance. It ap peared that Gregory promised te get him back in fifteen minutes. After viewing the city from the Crest, the fifteen minutes were al most up before the sports editor re membered his promise. Coming back, Gregory’s Oldsmobile circled the winding crest roadway at tke rate of 45 miles an hour. Not only Captain McEwan, but Virgil Hart and I will remember this rids an long as we live. Captain McEwan and Virgil Earl wondered if their wives wero going to be widows be fore tho night was over. Various Affairs Planned Several entertainments have been arranged for Captain MeEwan for the coming week. One will be te night at the Eugene hotel at which he will be a guest of the exeentive council at dinner. Another will be Thursday noon at the College Side lun at which the Sports Writers association will play host. Jfrank Jenkins, editor of the Register, Paul Kelty, editor of the Guard, also will be among the guests. The annual football banquet will be held Thursday night. Oregon's new csach will occupy the seat of henei^. “All that I can say is that I tickled to death that we have Me (Continued on page three}