“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
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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
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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
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