VOLUME XXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1925
NUMBER 60
OREGON SIMPS
PACIFIC CAGERS
BY HEAVY SCORE
Badger Team Fails to Win
Field Goal; All Points Are
Made by Foul Throws
Okerberg High Point Man
With 21 Tallies; Jost,
Star, Next With Nine
The Lineups:
Oregon (66) vs. Pacific (7)
Hobson (6).f.. ..Bouthillier (3)
Gunther (7).f. Emerson
Okerberg (21).c. Pollock (3)
Jost (9).g. Coon
• Westergren (5) g.—. Taylor
Substitutions: Oregon: Murray
(3), Edwards (5), Kiminki (2),
Flynn (8), Chiles, Joy.
Pacific: McIntyre (1), Wil
liams.
Officials: Ray Brooks (Port
land), Ralph Coleman, (O. A. C.)
Time of halves, 20 minutes.
Time of game, 7 o’clock.
Oregon swamped Pacific Univer
sity last night under an avalanche
of field goals. The Badgers failed
to score from the field, making
all their points via the foul route.
Beinhart’s squad displayed ten
men capable of playing varsity
ball, and many of the subs did prac
tically as good as the first-string
ers. Immediately after the game
opened, Okerberg caged three goals
in succession, giving the Webfoot a
lead that was never threatened.
Early in the first half, the Bad
gers found themselves u|nable to
solve the tight Oregon defense and
shot thereafter from all points on
the floor, many of their shots going
completely over the backboard. Late
in the second half, a Badger was
clear, but Jost made a great effort
and intercepted the Pacific pass,
saving a possible tally.
Okerberg High Point Man
Okerberg was high point man
with nine field goals and three
points from the foul line, for a
total of 21 markers. Jost was sec
ond high man with nine points.
Bouthillier and Pollock of Pacific
each made three points.
Play by Play Account
6:50 Oregon team on the floor.
6:56 Pacific came on the floor.
7:02 game starts with Oregon
first team lineup.
Okerberg scores from under bas
ket.
Okerberg scores from foul line.
7:03 four on Westergren, Pacific;
misses. . *
7:04 Okerberg scores from under
basket.
.7:05 Jost scores from under bas
• ket, (time out, Pacific.)
.7:06 Okerberg scores from under
basket.
7:06 foul on Westergren, Pollock
converts.
7:07 foul on Pollock, Okerberg
misses.
7:08 Pacific fouls Jost; Jost con
verts.
7:09 GuT,ther fouls Pollock who
converts.
Oregon 11; Pacific 2.
(Continued on page three)
SELF - SUPPORTING STUDENTS
GET GOOD GRADES IS REPORT
The fact that one is partially or
entirely working one’s way through
the University of Oregon is nv,
longer a legitimate excuse for
flunking, or being put on probation.
The argument that the reason why
so many students fail is that their
work interferes with their studies
is passe, and Mrs. C. R. Donnelly,
who direets the Y. M. C. A. employ
ment bureau on the campus, has the
facts to refute such a contention.
Aroused by the fact that general
campus opinion placed part of the
blame for the 96 failures and 126
•probations for last term on the out
side work of the students, Mrs.
Donnelly has been investigating the
grades of those who have obtained
work through the Y. M. employ
ment bureau. “I think the people
should know just what*the students
who are working their way are do
Football Coach
Receives Nam$
Following Hours
of Consultation
Captain McEwan, Oregon’s new
football mentor has a name at last.
Tradition demanded that he be«
given a name, one that could be
used in rally songs and yells, so six
worthy students.put their heads to
gether in secret conference, refus
ing food and drink until the magic
word should be discovered.
Captain McEwan had given his
permission to go ahead. Anything
but “Coach.” He did object to
that. “Jack” was duly discussed,
and the only objection that could
be found was that it was too com
mon.
“Cap” soundejj plausible, at first.
Then someone remembered that
“Cap” suggested the roar of can
nons and the clash of arms, making
it hardly appropriate for the serene
atmosphere of Oregon.
Someone had a brighter idea still.
What was the matter with “Mac?”
Discussion was in order. And ev
eryone agreed that it was the elu
sive word for which they had sought
these many hours.
The worthies broke their fast, i
“Three rahs for Mac! Break it.”
SUNDAY VESPERS
People Warned to Arrive
Promptly at 4:30
The half ' hour vesper services
will be resumed next Sunday after
noon at 4:30 in the school of music
auditorium. Mrs. Marvel Skeels
Oberteuffer a graduate of the Uni
versity and a former member of the
Glee club, will sing a contralto
solo. The Reverend O’Hara will
read the prayer and John Stark
Evans will preside at the organ
desk.
Last term the services were so
popular that people were turned
away several times due to lack of
seating capacity, which necessi
tated repeating the services the fol
lowing Sunday, as in the case of
the St. Cecilia Mass. In order to
keep the unity of the services in
tact, it will be necessary to begin
promptly at 4:30 and to admit no
one after that time and for this rea
son all people who expect to attend
are expected to be on there on time.
The purpose of the Vespers is to
provide the short period of absolute
relaxation to the Students land
townspeople in an atmosphere of
beauty and reverence, and the in
creasing erowds each time was in
dicative of the great-success of the
services.
KATE LAMBERT LEAVES
-FOR SAN FRANCISCO
Kate Lambert, sophomore in
English, left this morning for San
Francisco. She expects to take
work at the University of Califor
nia, and to return to Oregon to
graduate.
Miss Lambert, who came to this
country several years ago from
England, is a member of Orchesus
and a pledge of Sigma Beta Phi.
vig,” she said when discussing the
matter.
Out of the 129 men who are put
ting themselves entirely through
college on work obtained through
her office, Mrs. Donnelly’s investi
gation showed only one man who
had a regular job and only one do-1
ing odd jobs who had flunked. Two ;
other men, one who has a regular j
job, and the other, odd jobs, were;
on the probation, list, making a j
total of only four men whose work
was below the standard.
“There are sounj men working
their way through school, and work
ing eight hours a day and jet do
not fail,” Mrs. Donnelly declared.
“We have 11" men working from
three to eight hours a day and only
one failed and one of them flunked
or was placed on probation. I have
found that every man working out
of this office is an average or above ;
average student.
CADET OFFICERS
GIVEN COMMAND
OVERREGIMENT
Winterer Given First Rank;
Malcolm Takes Second
Place, Wadieigh Third
Company Officers To Take
Instruction and Control
Positions Immediately
As a result of promotions of ca
det officers of the second-year ad
vanced course of R. O. T. C., Steele
L. Winterer has beqn appointed,
cadet colonel, commanding relgin
ment. Walter D. Malcolm has been
appointed lieutenant colonel, second
in command, and K. R. Wadleigh,
captain and adjutant.
Announcement of these officers
was made yesterday by order of
Lieutenant-Colonel Sinclair. The
new officers will take charge at
once.
A. H. Sinclair is to be major of
the first and K. R. Stephenson of
the second battalion.
Other officers include: first bat
talion; Captain and Battalion' Ad
jutant, L. T. Walker; Captain, Com
manding Co. “A,” II. B. Powell;
Captain, Commanding Co. “B,” G.
G. Mauney; Captain, Commanding
Co. “C,” R. W. McKnight; First
Lt., Co. “A,” A. H. Powers; First
Lt. Co. “B,” C. E. Crumb; First
Lt. Co. “C,” G. L. Wilhelm. Sec*'
ond battalion: Captain and Battal
ion Adjutant, C. Vreeland; Captain,
Commanding Co. “D,” T. Van Guild
er; Captain, Commanding Co. “E,”
R. T. Gilbert; Captain Commanding
Co. “F,” W. C. Hayden; First Lt.,
Co. “D,” W. A. Jones; First Lt.
Co. “D,” F. J. Martin; First Lt.
Co. “F,” D. J. Ickes; First Lt. Co.
“F,” R. D. Eby.
Company commanders, appointed
for instruction, control, order, and
administration of companies during
the training periods are as follows:
Company “A,’’^Wadleigh; Co. “B,”
Winterer; Co. “C,” Mauney; Co.
“D,” Sinclair; Co. “E,” Stephen
son; Co. “F,” Powell.
BOTANIST CLASSIFIES
NEW GROUP OF PLANTS
Dr. L. F. Henderson, instructor
at the University of Idaho from
1904 to 1911, who spends a great
deal of his time doing research
work in the field of botany, is now
engaged in classifying (plants at
the University of Oregon. Some of
the specimens were collected by
him last summer in Josephine coun
ty in the John Day region. Other
plants which he will endeavor to
classify were found by four Port
land men. Many of the specimens
are several years old and are diffi
cult to handle. Dr. Henderson says
that it is necessary that the plants
be sorted immediately as insects
have begun destroying them.
He visited the Oregon campus
when the only building here was
Deady hall, and there were only 50
or 60 students enrolled.
Last summer Dr. Henderson found
an unusual plant at an altitude of
8000 feet on Strawberry mountain.
He has named this plant Potentilla
Sweetser in honor of Dr. Albert B.
Sweetser, head of the Botany de
partment. Another plant which be
longs to the paint brush family and
is probably a new species was re
cently discovered by Dr. Sweetser.
This plant is yet unidentified.
MUSIC STUDENTS PLAN
SERIES OF CONCERTS
The weekly Monday musical, an
established custom in the school ot'
music, will be given in the lounge
of the school of music next Monday
afternoon at o:00 o’clock. The af
fair is presented by students of the
school, and consists of a half hour’s
musical program of a varied nature.
Its purpose is to give the students
an opportunity to show their work
and to allow others to see what
work is being done by the music
department.
All music majors are expected to
attend these weekly affairs, and
any others on the campus or other
wise are welcome to come.
Arctic Features
for Decorations
Prevailing Note
of Frosh Dance
The freshman class informs the
campus that warm clothes are ad
visable apparel for the “Prize
Frosh Glee,” which will take place
tonight, “for the decorations are
frigid,” adds Ted Lundy, general
chairman of the dance. Further in
formation in regard to what the
freshmen have been doing to the
dancing room and gymnasium of the_
Woman’s building cannot be pro
cured. Mrs. Virginia Esterly is in
on the secret but only adds to the
grooving curiosity of all the other
classes by announcing that the dec
orations are the most; elaborate
ever had at a “Frosh Glee” at the
University of Oregon.
The “Oregon Aggravators,” will
play the first strains of the first
dance at 8:30. All the students
who do not wish to miss any of the
sidelights of the party must be
there then. The committee in charge
has promised several surprises out
side of the decorations, for all who
attend. Alumni hall will be open
as on most formal occasions.
YEARLING HOOPSTEHS
RESUME DAILY WORK
Coach Leslie to Drill For
More Cooperation
After a four-day lay off, fresh
man basketball practice was resum
ed yesterday afternoon. Because
of the illness of Don McCormick,
member of the hoop squad, and
Coach Earl “Spike” Leslie and
four of his players, Milligin, Pope,
Ridings and Bally being under med
ical attention, yearling basketball
has been made to enjoy this forced
vacation.
Practice yesterday afternoon con
sisted mainly of basket shooting
and some practice in dropping them
in from the foul line. Fraternity
pre-initiations this week, according
to the coach, have hindered some of
his players in making a good show
ing in practice. He stressed this
point, however, that practice would
start in earnest next week. Hard
work will be in order and Coach
Leslie will start moulding his team.
In speakihg of the two games
played in Portland last week-end
Leslie had quite a bit to say.
“The freshman looked rotten, too
much individual playing and no
team work,” he said. “They look
good enough individually, but the
team work was terrible. It was
easy for the team to run up a score
on the high school . fives because
neither opponent team had polished
team work.”
It was thought for awhile that
Leslie and his four players, who
were in close contact with McCor
mick when he became ill, might
have contracted the disease, but a
Portland specialist found all five
throat cultures to be negative.
The next scheduled game for tlie
green* cappers is on January 30,
when they meet the Franklin high
school Quakers in a return game in
the university gym. A practice
game is ■ being scheduled for next
week-end.
AUCTION TO BE HELD
FOR WOMEN’S LEAGUE
Appointments are to be made at
an early date of six prominent men
on the campus as auctioneers and
10 or 15 freshmen girls as assist
ants for Women’s League Rummage
sale which will be held in front of
the library Tuesday, January 20,
according to Mary West, who is in
charge of the affair.
This sale is to be held for the
purpose of adding to the scholar
ship fund of Women’s League.
Similar auctions have been given in
past years, and considerable sums
have been gained. Last year over
eighty dollars was taken in.
Various and sundry articles will
be sold, as they are taken from the
“found” articles in the university
depot which have been unclaimed.
Numerous umbrellas of varying
worth, fountain pens, furs, rain
coats, notebooks, silver pencils and
many other things which have been
lost by students were disposed of
last year in this way.
MAI MEN TO VIE
FOR UNIVERSITY
Fans of Intramural Sport
To See Initial Round of
Tournament January 18
Victory in First Contest Is
Declared Essential For
Wrestler to Gain Title
All eyes of the intramural ath
letic world will center on the
wrestling mats in the men’s gymna
sium next Monday afternoon at 4
o 'clock.
The cause of this will be the cam
pus bonecrushing artists who will
vie for the University champion
ship. This occasion will be but the
initial round of the tournament but
if an aspirant looses here he will
be out of the running. The win
ning of the first match is as im
portant as the winning of the
championship, it is stated, as a man
must win all matches in order to
gain the campus title.
Starting at this hour, fans will
be treated to two hours of the
fastest and cleverest wrestling to
be seen in local circles, it is de
clared by officials. The youthful
mat artists, ranging in weight from
118 pounds to the unlimited class,
will show the proper methods in
applying painful holds such as
sleep producing hcadloeks, toe
holds, and other tools of the game.
Also the proper method of breaking
such holds will be demonstrated.
The entrants have been spending
hours on the mats in the gym for
the past two weeks to develop their
speed. In all it should be the big
gest thing in wrestling circles in
the doughnut league, Earl Widmer,
coach, announces.
All entrants will weigh in on the
department scales prior to the
matches, it is stated, and are to
be present in time to don the wrest
ling garb before they are scheduled
to appear.
Following is the schedule for the
first round •
118—Meeds vs. Sullivan; H.
Somner, vs. bye.
128—L. Kirkham vs . G. Lienkaem
per; H. Wagner vs. D. Christian
sen ; P. J. Ermler vs. bye.
1118—Burns vs. T. Chapman; J.
Tindall vs. H. Davis; P. Overmeyer
vs. bye.
148—C. Nelson vs. A. Christian
sen; W. Peterkin vs. It. Averill.
161—F. Stevens vs. Renshaw; H.
Cramer vs. G. Simmerville; G. Hall
vs. C. Williams; E. Breese vs. L.
Arnold.
178—S. Smith vs. R. Busick; F.
Van Atta vs. T. Rose.
Unlimited—J. Evanoff vs. A.
Knowles; .T. Majovski vs. bye.
FEES ARE INCREASED
BY EXTENSION DIVISION
The fees on correspondence courses
have been raised 50 per cent, mak
ing the rate $1.50 an hour per term,
according to Pan E. Clark, who is
in charge of correspondence study
at the Extension department.
The increasing cost pf materials
have necessitated the increase in
fees. Even yet, this is a lower
rate than is charged in many east
ern institutions, Mr. Clark says.
Those who enroll for correspond
ence work come from all stations in
life. Some are high school students
who desire to make up deficiencies,
while others are gaining practical
knowledge in the work they are en
gaged in. Some of the students live
in isolated districts, and still oth
ers in cities. Lessons are even
sent in from men on shipboard, who
travel over the world.
The letters that come in express
appreciation of the opportunity of
fered by the University of Oregon,
through its correspondence school.
EDUCATION STUDENT
RETURNS FROM TRIP
Eutli Rengenich, a senior in the
school of education, lias returned to
school this term. She recently
spent two months in the east where
she accompanied her father, E. II.
Roiisoni-.li of Portland to the Bank
er’s convention held in Atlantic
City.
Red Robins Find
Oregon’s Clime
Better Basking
Than Southland
They found a frozen grasshopper
at Bend, which, when thawed out,
was very much alive. At another
town, which should be thirty below
tbiSj^ime of year, tho buttercups are
blooming. Pussy willows make their
appearance near Salem. So now the
University feels compelled in the
cause of higher education to add its
proof of the early appearance of
spring.
A couple of days ago, at least 150
robins joyfully chirping, fed on
the small purple berries growing on
the Virginia creeper of Fricndlv
hall. »
Sage professors gazed at the mir
acle in wonder. The birds had un
doubtedly heard of Oregon’s balmy
winter, and left tho South for sun
nier climes.
One erudite individual nodded
slowly, then turned to his compan
ion in learning, and staffed his op
inion: “No doubt about it. The
equator has surely slipped a notch
north.”
FUND NEEDED TO BRING
LECTURERS TO CAMPUS
Faculty-Student Meeting to
Discuss Finances
The advisability of drawing an
advance fund from the student ad- j
ministration for the purpose of
financing the bringing of lecturers
of note to the campus was discussed
at a combined meeting of represen
tatives of the faculty free intellec
tual committee for students and the
student committee on lecturers,"
which was held yesterday after
noon. The faculty was represented I
by Dr. Warren D. Smith of the [
geology department and Mrs. Clara
b. Fitcli, secretary of tho admin
istrative offices. Tho student com
mittee consists of Jim DoPauli,
chairman, Margaret Powers, and
Carrol Williams.
Tho tickets for the address of '
Sherwood. Anderson, author and lec
turer, which will be given tho even
ing of Monday, January 25 at Vil
lard, will cost 35 cents for general
admission and 50 cents for reserved
seats, it was decided at the meeting.
They will be placed on sale later, j
Upon the interest shown in Mr. I
Anderson *s lecture and those ofj
other speakers of note who are to!
be brought to the University this
year, depends the attitude the ad
ministration will take when consid
ering the engagement of further
lectures. If these are well support
ed by students and faculty, and
they prove financially successful,
other speakers will appear here.
HIGH SCHOOL
PREP TRAINING
LACKING. BOWEN
Department Head Thinks
Faculty Should Insist On
‘‘Reading” Knowledge
Professor Disapproves Of
Proposed Change For
Graduate Requirement
By WILMA LESTER
General agreement as to the
practical worth of a foreign* lang
uage anti the advisability of teach
ing it on a “reading knowledge"
basis apparently exists among fac
ulty members if generalizations
may be drawn from the opinions of
several professors interviewed yes
terday. The method of procedure
to be followed at the present time
appears to vary with the individ
ual professors.
Considerable discussion has fol
lowed the motion introduced in
faculty meeting Wednesday by Dr..
Rudolf IT. Ernst, associate profes
sor of English, calling for the abo
lition of a language requirement
for the A. B. degree or else rend
ing knowledge of that language.
Dr. Bowen Gives Opinion
“Languages require such meticu
lous work on the part of students
that unless their preparatory work
has been especially thorough, the
majority of them can’t learn to rend
a foreign language with a fair de
greo of ease nnd accuracy at the
end of two years, and for a great,
many of them it takes from four
to five years nnd some six to
eight,” declared Dr. Ray P. Bowen,
head of the Romance language de
partment. “This being the case I
should think it would bo inadvis
able to insist too fully upon the
ability to read a foreign language
with fair ease for every graduate
of' the' University until our high
schools are more thoroughly equip
ped with competent teachers. It is
bettor that the present requirments
hold until the situation is reme
died.”
Languages Important
I)r. Bowen believes that langu
ages form such a very largo part
of the mass of human knowledge
that a neglect of them would In
dicate a failure on the part of the
student to receive an all around
training. lie thinks that only a.
subject of minor importance would
be written in but one language. One
cure for the situation would bo for
the faculty to adopt a matter of
course attitude when making assign
ments in a foreign language and
fail to pass the students who didn’t
get it, subject of course to the lim
itation above—thorough training.
Department Duty Given
“If one of the reasons why the
students cannot read the language
with fair fluency is because they
(Continued on page four)
SENIORS, JUNIORS, SOPHOMORES
FROLIC WHILE FROSH DECORATE
Last night wag one of general
celebration for all cIubhch on the
campug, except perhaps for the
freshmen who spent the evening
decorating the Woman’s building
for the Froah Glee which will take
place tonight.
Laraway's hall wag the scene of
the junior-senior dance at which
cords and sombreros held swuy as
campus clothes were in order for all
the dancers. The nine members of
Jim Purcell’s orchestra clad in for
mal attire made the jazz king of
all Paul Joneses, fox trots, waltzes
and variated “Charlestons” the up
per classmen attempted. Hilarity
and pep which have come to be
traditions with the junior and sen
ior class parties invaded the hall
and remained until the supply of
wafers and punch was exhausted
and the last dauce ended.
Mr. and Mrs. Hid Woodhousc fur
nished the special feature for the
dance.
To carry on their loud speaker
program of dances the sophomores
donned their most blase attire and
opened the cut outs on their vocal
; flivvers to make the “loud party,”
1
louder when they gathered at the
Cam pa Shoppe.
Urged on by the syncopation of
the “Oregon Aggravators” the
crowd turned the hall into a sway
ing bedlam. Through the strength
and agilitv of Bill Prudhomme and
his ten assistant floor managers all
upper-class aspirants were barred
from the doorway.
Bob Warner increased the fame
he has won at previous campns
functions when he gave variations
of “soft shoe” and “Charleston”
dancing as the feature of the party.
When thirsts were aroused to a
sufficient degree to provoke an ap
preciation of the best grade of
punch the revellers were allowed to
click glasses.
Mary La Marr, as an Kvptian
[queen, won first prize for girl’s
costumes, while Edgar Erdner as a
farmer headed the list of boys. The
| originality of a number of costumes
resulted in the nomination of four
others to “second” plaee. Those
placing second were Mary Burns in
n costume described as a “mixture,”
| Ruth Corey as a Bcotoh lassie, Mur
jiol Hurley in Turkish garb, and
I John Robinette.