VOLUME XXVII
NUMBER 68
JACK BENEFIEL
GRANTED FIVE
YEAR CONTRACT
Sam Wilderman Signed for
Three years as Publicity
Manager for A. S. U. 0.
Managers for Sports Also
Chosen At Meeting Of
The Executive Council
By WEB JONES
In keeping with the new athletic
policy inaugurated at the Univer
sity with the signing of the new
coach for five years, Jack Benefiel,
graduate manager, was given a five
year extension on his present con
tract, at a meeting of the Executive
council of the associated students
Sports Manager' Chosen
Bob Neighbors was chosen mana
ger of basketball; Paul Sletton of
baseball; and James Johnson of
minor sports. For 1926 Dave Adolph
was chosen football manager with
Frank German, assistant.
Sam Wilderman was granted a
contract for an additional three
years as publicity director of the
associated students. His contract
will take effect immediately. The
contract was given last night be
cause of Wilderman’s efficient
work during the football season as
director of athletic publicity.
Benefiel is Graduate
Jack Benefiel, a graduate of the
University in 1921, has served as
graduate manager since that time
and as assistant graduate manager
under Marion McClain, for two
years before graduation. He enter
ed the University from Portland
in 1916. He later served in the
army for two years. In 1919 he
came back to complete his college
course. He played frosh football
in 1916 until injuries prevented
further participation.
“Jack Benefiel’s record has been
very good in the past,” said Walter
Malcolm last night after the ses
sion of the student governing
body. “The Executive council feels
that the only way to carry on a
consistent policy in athletics was
to give the graduate manager a five
year contract.”
Takes Effect July 1
“The Executive council in giving
the five year contract is following
the policy for the athletic depart
ment begun with the hiring of Cap
tain McEwan. We want to put the
managerial system on as firm a
foundation as possible since we are
getting into the field of big ath
letics.”
The contract will become effec
tive on July 1, 1926, when the pres
ent contract expires.
Athletic managers for major and
minor sports were chosen from a
list of names presented for their
consideration. This is following
out the system of student managers
which was inaugurated last year
and which has proven unusually suc
cessful since it has been in opera
tion.
Sports Writers
Miss Contests
of Caretakers’
Horseshoe Club
A story the sport swriters over
looked, and a championship at stake
at that.
Little wonder that an Emerald
reporter gazed with wonder down
the alley by the University depot
the other noon. No wonder that a
great number of men were intensely
interested in “something,” for, the
championship of the Caretakers
Horseshoe Throwing club .was at
stake.
The 'contest is hot, the ringers
are numerous but what may be of
most interest is the invitation ex
tended to the Co-eds to enter the
game. The time is always the noon
hour and the place is close to the
University depot.
FROSH HOOPERS GRIND
FOR TILT WITH ROOKS
Squad Now Looks Strong;
Scallon on Hand
By DICK SYRING
With the Oregon Aggie Book
basketball game only a little more
than a week in the offing Coach
Earl “Spike” Leslie is grooming his
yearling hoop ringers hard for the
tilt of February 5. The freshmlen
have shown championship class in
the three games played, winning
all of them.
First year men’s stock went up
jconsiderable when “Red” Scallon,
all-American high school forward,
turned out again for practice. Scal
lon has been ill for a week and was
unable to play in the Albany col
lege game. The rest of the men
are in perfect condition. Gord
Ridings is still showing the class
that won him a place on the my
thical all-state team in 1924. In
the Albany game Ridings and Bally
were tied for high-point honors
with eight points each. According
to Coach Leslie, Bally has Bhown
much improvement during the last
two weeks and was easily the star
of the Albany college fracas. Chas
tain, forward; Milligan, guard, and
Epps, center, have been putting the
ball through the hoop with consist
ency.
Quakers Coming Saturday
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock
the freshman basketball team will
lock horns with the Franklin high
five of Portland in a return game
to be played in the men’s gym. The
Quakers were defeated by a deci
sive score in an early season game.
When the local freshman five
meet the Oregon Aggie Books they
will have a real fight on hand.
Coach “Cac” Hubbard has an ag
gregation of stars. At the begin
ning of the season 45 Book hoop
ringers turned out for the team.
The material this year appears to
be as good as any of recent years.
Wesley Ellis, an all-state forward
from Salem high school, is playing
a bang-up game for the Books. The
apparent find of the season is “Cot
ton” Whitlock, a tall, rangey center,
who has starred in every encounter
thus far. In the Franklin high
school game played last week he
was high-point man with 14 out of
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BRIDGE BUILDERS WOULD SCORN
“VENOMLESS” FANG OF SCRIBES
Another voice rises to challenge
the Sports Writers’ claim to the
campus hoop title. The following
"bit of affrontery was thumbtacked
on the bulletin board in the journ
alism shack some time yesterday:
A Challenge!
All you journalists; book-bind
ers, high-binders, and scribes of all
description pull in your noses and
hear
Think you that because you best
ed yon barristers in that basket so
cial last evening that you have the
campus by the tail on a down hill
pull?
Tut, Tut! Your fang is yellow,
but venomless—
The Architects who build bridges
play bridge as well—who build;
basketball pavilions likewise play!
the game and dispute your right to :
the belt—
We grant you that “the pen is
mightier than the sword,” and that
the journalistic pen is mightier
than the pen of Blackstone—but
mark well — THE PEN WHICH
RULES IS THE ARCHITECTS.’
—For the architects, Jan. 27, 1926.
Frank Roehr.
When we showed this to the man
ager of the sinew-rending journalis
tic five, he shrugged his shoulders
and vouchsafed something akin to
“applesauce.”
Well, anyway if the architects
are not bluffing, the game can be
arranged. In closing, we can’t help
but opine that the art school boys
might have been better off if they
had stuck to sculptoring, drafting,
or whatever it is they do, and let
basketball alone and if they are
really good bridge builders, they
might erect a few in readiness for
a hurried retreat.
IVE MEN AND
THEIR WAYS ARE
PASTOR’S TOPIC
Dr. H. L. Bowman of Port
land to Discuss Troglody
tes of Today, at Assembly
Speaker Known on Campus
As Vigorous Personality
With Sense of Humor
Dr. Harold Bowman, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
Portland and one of the foremost,
expositors of Christian thought in
its modern phases on the Pacific
Coast today, will be the speaker at
the assembly today in the auditor
ium of the Woman’s building. “Tro
glodytes of Today” will .be his
topic.
“Dr. Bowman has a very vigor
ous personality, and his addresses
have literary finish, but there is
always the human element and prac
tical phase in them which make
them beneficial and interesting to
students,” said Bey. Henry W.
Davis, director of United Christian
week on- the campus yesterday.
“My acquaintance with Dr. Bow
man came through student confer
ence at Asilomar in California four
years ago, when I heard him de
liver several addresses. He made one
of the finest impressions on the
program and we heard a number
of exceptional men. He is modern
but not radical.”
Baccalaureate Speaker in 1923
Three years ago Dr. Bowman de
livered the baccalaureate address
for the June graduating class here,
he has also been heard on a num
ber of other occasions on the cam
pus, and his address is anticipated
with interest by those who have
heard him on these occasions. He
is a young man and he is especially
known for his keen sense of humor
as well as pleasing personality.
Last evening Dr. and Mrs. Bow
man upon their arrival from Port
land were entertained at Susan
Campbell hall at dinner. Students
desiring to meet Dr. and Mrs. Bow
man will see them at the Westmin
ster House, where they ■Will be un
til-2 o’clock this afternoon at which
time they will return to Portland.
Women’s Glee to Appear
The Women’s glee club will fur
nish the special musical numbers
at the assembly today and Dean
Henry D. Sheldon will introduce
the speaker. Bev. Bruce J. Giffen
will deliver the invocation.
MRS. ESTERLY TO HAVE
SISTERS MEET AT TEA
Vivian Harper’s team of big sis
ter lieutenants and their small
sisters will be entertained this af
ternoon from 4 to 6 p. m. by Mrs.
Virginia Judy Esterly, dean of
women, at her home on East 12th
street. The lieutenants who will be
included in this group are Lucille
Brown, Jane Bodine, Katherine
Beade, Marion Phy, Imogene Lewis,
Enid Sonicksen, Grace Carr, Mary
Conn, Mary Louise Wisecarver,
Katherine Mutzig and Harriet Os
born.
Mrs. Esterly began these weekly
affairs last week. Every Thursday
afternoon this term she will be at
home to a certain group of big and
little listers. Last week Genevieve
Chase, captain, and her li'eutenaaits
and little sisters were entertained.
Kathryn Ulrich, chairman of big
sisters, reported that the girls were
almost 100 percent in attendance
and that they had a lovely time.
She urges that the girls take ad
vantage of this opportunity. The
lieutenants, or big sisters are ex
pected to get in touch with their
freshman girls and bring them.
PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT
Sigma Delta Chi, men’s na
tional journalism fraternity an
nounces the pledging of: Louis
Beeson, Allen Canfield, Malcolm
Epley, Jack Hempstead, Bay
Nash, Harold Mangum, Bonald
Sellers, Glen Badabaugh, Ed
ward Smith, James DePauli,
Herbert Lundy.
Smocks Voted
by Arts League
Go Begging for
Lack of Money
“You can’t have smocks without
paying for them and you voted for
smocks,” is the statement of Frank
Roehr, president of the campus Al
lied Arts League.
When the question was put be
fore the League members they vot
ed to get new smocks. Mr. Roehr
is now anxious that each student
turn in his or her two dollars with
a designation of the size and color
they desire. Each department will
have its individual color: normal
arts, blue; architecture, tan; sculp
ture, green; and fine arts, orange.
Though the first date sot for
Jury Day was indefinitely post
poned the school intends to hold
the exhibition later on in the term
and it is especially desirable that
the students turn their money in to
the Co-op in the art building im
mediately so that they will receive
their smocks in time to wear them
for Jury Day.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
Alumni Banquet is Cause for
Postponement
Many prospective grid- artists
were disappointed yesterday when
they found that spring practice had
been delayed until next Monday,
February 1.
This postponement was caused by
the Alumni banquet in Portland
tomorrow evening. Coaeh McEwan
did not desire to break up the rou
tine with this trip, so as a result
if any athletes are tugging at their
bits, they will have to hold them
selves in check until next Monday.
Beginning then, and possibly con
tinuing until April, football candi
dates -will have all the work and
play they desire.
McEwan returned yesterday from
Portland, where he met his wife
and two children, John J. Jr., age
seven, and daughter, age three, who
have been in Alexandria, Minneso
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Fabled Angler’s Earthworm
Interests Biologists
Habits, Physical Aspects Stud
ied; Freak Experiments
Made
Short, pink, writhing earthworms,
and long, dark, dead ones are be;
ing studied by ttye class in animal
biology as a new laboratory sub
ject. Because the blood system can
be seen clearly through the trans
parent bodies of the live worms,
this phase of the worm is being ob
served first.
Local earthworms are short and
slender while those imported from
the east are from eight to 10 inches
long and have sturdy bodies. In
tropical countries they sometimes
appear from three to six feet in
length.
Earthworms burrow through the
ground devouring the earth as they
crawl along. Most of their bur
rowing is done at night. About the
only vegetation eaten by them is
that which they get in the form of
soil. The first person to study the
work of these worms in forming
subsoil was Charles Darwin.
Members of the class, in attempt
ing to prove the statement, that if
you cut an earthworm in two pieces
you will have two worms, have done
some experimenting. Anterior ends
were placed in damp earth in a
glass jar; posterior ends were placed
in another jar. The anterior ends
have continued to live and, accord
ing to Mrs. H. B. Yocom, of the
department, they will produce pos
terior halves. The posterior ends
stayed on the surface of the ground
and have ceased to breathe.
Light of any sort is distasteful
to earthworms. For example, if at
night one flashes a light on a damp
plot of ground in which the worms
have their burrows he may see a
number of worms hastily retreat
ing into the ground. They come to
the surface on rainy days because
they do not like too much moisture
in their homes.
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Oregon Cagers Win
From W. S. C., 34-22
NORTHERN TOUR
LEAVES VARSITY
IN FIRST PLACE
Aggies to Play Washington;
Friday Night; Game Will
Be Big Test of Season
California Leads Southern j
Section With Two Wins;
Stanford Only Opponent
Conference Basketball standings:
Northern Section
W L
Oregon .5 0
Oregon Aggies .1 0
Idaho .4.1 1
W. S. C.1 1
Washington .1 1
Montana .:.0 6
Southern Section
W L
California .2 0
Stanford .1 0
U. S. C. 0 3
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Oregon’s northern tour finds the
varsity firmly entrenched in first
place with five games won and
none lost, but O. A. C. shares the
same percentage by virtue of a win
over Montana and no loses. The
Agriculturists will have their hands
full tomorrow night, however, when
they tangle with Washington on
the Corvallis floor. The Huskies
are still smafting from their troun
cing by Oregon and are in no mood
to have the dose repeated.
Washington Game Saturday
Oregon meets Washington in the
armory Saturday night, and if
Coach Reinhart’s men can get over
this hump, they will have compari
tively clear sailing.
From present' indications, O. A. C.
may again prove the squad to make
it tough for Oregon. While Coach
Hager, has but one regular to build
around, he has good substitute ma
terial from last year, and at least
one crack sophomore—Bill Burr,
whose shooting and guarding has
been a feature of the Aggie play.
The Orange and Black boys,
however, have failed to set the
world on fire in their pre-season
games, although they have won
them all. The doughty little Whit
man Missionaries made the Aggies
extend thejnselves to win by two
points. Montana, Gonzaga, and
Multnomah are also numbered
among the O. A. C. victims.
Idaho Leading Contender
Idaho, doped to be a leading con
tender, has lived up to advance no
tices so far, and gave the Ore
gonians a scare Tuesday night when
they lead 4 to 0 at the end of the
first quarter. The Gem Staters
should finish high.
While the W. S. C. Cougars may j
divulge unexpected strength, they
are hardly to be rated high. Coach
Bohler has four sophomores on his
first team, which presages well for
future years. Joe Koenig, the ver
satile Eskimo, is again clad in
short trunks and sleeveless jersey.
Grizzlies Out of Running
Montana is hopelessly out of the
running, having dropped six straight
conference tilts. The Grizzlies are
the enigma of the league', as they
have fine material—seven letter
men—and were figured to bowl
over several contenders. Now they
will be lueky to win a single game.
Washington has a good team, al
though erratic, and may spring the
unexpected next Saturday night,
but this is hardly probable.
In the South, nothing has hap
pened to cause California much'
worry. Stanford defeated Southern {
California Saturday, 25 to 11, but, |
according to reports, the Cardinals!
showed little. “Nibs” Price has his ;
Golden Bears going at top speed.!
Stanford and California will mix
Saturday night with the latter ag-j
gregation a heavy favorite.
Boys with Big
Jaws Organize
Club; Members
Unable to Talk
A new club has been formed on
the campus. It is composed mostly
of boys with big jaws, although
some who woyi’t talk at all are I
members. The club lias temporary
quarters in the infirmary on Uni
versity street.
The tong probably has stricter
rules and has better attended meet
ings than any other on the campus.
Visiting hours are from 2 to 4 p. m.
The faculty favors the club, even
letting the boys out of classes to
attend meetings.
The charter members and their
qualifications follow: Walt Kelsey,
mum|ps; Ted Larsen, mumps; Bob
Yoke, flu; Sylvester Stevedas, cold
Warren Brandon, diphtheria, has
been pledged, but, is living across
the street. Bill Prendergast, Doug
Wilson and Clare Hartman would
have been eligible but were sent
home before the club was formed.
WOMENS' QUINTETS
TO BE PICKED SOON
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Four Classes a Week Open
For Optional Practice
• Girls ’ basketball teams will be
picked at the end of next week
from the classes for individual op
tional practice, which have recently
been opened in the physical edu
cation department for women. These
teams will then have one practice
together before the games start,
February 15.
The basketball classes are open
for individual optional practice,
Thursday at two o’clock, Friday at
11 o’clock and Friday at 3 o’clock.
The practices are not counted as
class work. On Wednesday at 4
o’clock there is also an optional
class and attendance merely in
creases the possibility of making
one of the first teams.
Any team may apply to Miss M.
J. Shelly, coach, for permission to
use the outdoor gymnasium for
team work on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday at 5 o’clock.
PUBLISHING STUDENTS
VISIT PRINTING PLANTS
Members of Dean Eric W. Allen's
publishing class in the school of
journalism have visited the offices
of the Guard, Register, and the
Shelton-Turnbull - Fuller Printing
company to observe the newspaper
and job printing presses the first
of this week. This is an annual
custom of the classes in publishing
during the winter term. In this
manner, students are able to have
operators explain the actual work
ing of the presses which they are
studying in class.
WEBFEET LEAD
By 21-6 SCORE
IT HALF TIME
“Swede” Westergren High
Man With 13 Counters;
Okerberg Held Closely
Reinhart’s Men Make Clean
Sweep on Road Journey;
Four Contests Netted
Oregon (34) vs. (22) W. S. C.
Hobson (4).f..(2) Henry
Gunther (10).f.(4) Clay
Okerberg (2).c.(4) Brumblay
Jost (5).g.(3) AveriU
Westergren (13) ....g.(6) Koenig
Subs: W. S. C., Morgan (1),
Schulze (1).
PULLMAN, Wn, Jan. 27.—(Spe
cial to the Emerald).—The Wash
ington State Cougars threw a scare
into tho Oregon lioopsters tonight
when they made a sensational sec
ond half rally in which they scored
16 points to 10 for Oregon. Thia
belated spurt could not make up
the long lead taken by the Webfeet
in the first half, however, when the
visitors tallied 24 counters to six
for Washington State.
The Webfeet started the game
with a rush and swept the inexperi
enced Cougars off their feet, seor
ing almost at will for a few min
utes.
Staters Employ Strategy
The strategy of putting two" men
on Okerberg, held the invaders’
usual high point man so close that
he was unable to get a single shot
at the hoop. Gunther furnished the
offensive punch by making five
baskets. Westergren was high with
13 points, made by five baskets and
three foul conversions.
The Oregonians weakened per
ceptibly in tho last canto, and
showed plainly the effects of their
hard road trip. They will be home
Friday.
Tonight’s victory gave Coaeh
Billy Reinhart’s men a clean sweep
on their northern journey, as they
beat Washington 34 to 20, Montanw
35 to 14, and Idaho 34 to 24 in pre
vious contests.
Westergren’s long range sniping
was a feature, as he sank five out
of six tries from hard angles. The
play was fast and rough through
out the game.
STANFORD OPENS NEW
ENGINEERING SCHOOL
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan.
27 (P. I. P.).—Eleven students are
registered in the curriculum in gen
eral engineering which is offered
for the first time by the newly
formed school of engineering. How
ever, registration of engineering
students is (not compulsory. Two
years of graduate work in any of
the five departments of the school
are required for the degree of en
gineer.
KOCHANSKI WITH STRADIVARIUS
WINS PLAUDITS OF STUDENTS
By F. M. CHAPMAN
The concert of Paul Kochanski
at the Methodist church last night
won an ovation from the Oregon
student body.
The program itself was rather
disappointing. “Rondo Capriccito
so” of Camille Saint-Saens was the
heaviest number played and that is
recognized as by no means a most
representative piece of violin liter
ature.
However, Kochanski proved him
self a master of the classics in his
readings of the Vivaldi Concerto in
A-minor and the Bach Praeludium
in E-major. His vibrant tone and
vigorous style brought forth the
charm of these old, masters.
Kochanski displayed a prodigious
technical facility and a bold, com
manding, yet singing tone. Due to
the lack of a truly representative
program we cannot conclude as to
the bounds of his genius. It can be
said, however, that his style is pri
marily a brilliant one. The abandon
with which he plays together with
his mature musicianship place him.
high in violinistic art. But to say
that he is a Yasye or a Paganini
would be to say that Kochanski is
of the greatest of the immortals.
The violin he plays cannot be
praised too highly. It is one of
those rare jewels of the old Italian
school that represents perfection in
violin making. Its tone is large,
well focused, balanced and, withal,
warm, brilliant and always singing
—singing.
Gregory Ashman’s accompani
ments were splendid; always en
rapport with the solo.