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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1926)
Grange Adds to U. S. Bunkum; Page Mencken Portland and Seatlte Games Declared to Have Shown Professionalism Unpopular By HAROLD MANGUM Portland and Seattle sports fol lowers have been furnished a taste of professional football by the in vasion of the Chicago Bears, and as a result are thanking their lucky stars that Northwest colleges still produce the simon-pure product. There is no more camparison be tween them than the efforts of Ko chanski on the violin, and little Willie on the mouth organ. The recent exploitation of “Red” Grange should furnish an interest ing study to psychologists and de cuples of Mencken. The only paral lel example is the Carpentier-Demp sey fight of 1921. The gullible American public, still fascinated by the glamour of the late war, “ ened to the ballyhoo, and paid its hard-earned shekels to see Caipen tier a shell of a man, husked dry by the rigors of war, go down be fore Dempsey’s onslaught. Everything about Grange-his nature, his exploits, and associa tions—lent itself easily to exploita tion. His nickname, “Red,” was coined for him, for his locks are no redder than George Wilson s. Even his means ot livlihood-driving an ice wagon brought him nearer the common herd. He was a worker iust like them-he sweated got tire«, and drew his pay check, ih the same way. Grange also affords an interest ing study to advertising men. Grange—the ideal catch name. It is extremely unlikely that he wou have ever reached his pinnacle of fame if his appellation was Lau tenschlager, Isaacstein, or even the more prosiac Smith or Johnson. The great American wealth, always on the .^out for a hero to worship, with acclaim, fought to .”? 2““• CO • 1)teMW,l ,„r, half a dozen o surpass in America today Grange tss “vTf i tsSS z !rS« l.oy Such author®.. r arts the first lineup. A little tragedy was ^mBhea oy trundle truckloads of into the holds of steamers, they are wondering just what it is all about. Lair H. Gregory, of the Oregon ian, estimated the number of words to be written about Grange m e last few months to be in excesa ° a million. This little dab of 800 cannot swell the total much. SMOKER TO BE HELD BY COUNCILOR CLUB The Councilor club smoker will be "held at 7 o’clock tomorrow night at the Craftsman club. Orig inally scheduled to take place sev eral weeks ago, it was postponed -until after the DeMolay vaudeville, -which was given January 27. The committee in charge has ar ranged a program which consists of •two wrestling matches, one boxing bout, and probably some harmony from the DeMolay quartet. Earl IVddmer, varsity wrestling ■coach, and Perry Davis, boxing in structor in the physical education department will referee the bouts. Doughnuts and cider will be served All DeMolays and Masons are in \ited to attend. There will be a small admission charged, the University of Oregon last sum mer and is now working for a Doc tor’s degree. OREGON LEADS CONFERENCE IN Aggies Furnish Menace To Championship Hopes In Northern Territory Huskies Thrill Saturday But Webfooters Retain Place At Top of List Pacific Coast Conference Stand ings: Northern Division Team W L for agst Pet. Oregon .6 0 203 123 1000 O. A. C.2 0 59 40 1000 Idaho .1 1 43 52 500 W. S. C.1 2 63 75 333 Wash...1 3 90 107 250 Mont.1 6 133 194 149 Two basketball teams from the state of Oregon again appear to be the leading contenders for the Nor thern championship. The Aggies, while not highly rated at the begin ning of the season, have been com ing rapidly to the front, and sur prised the dopesters last Friday night by beating the Washington Huskies, 28 to 21. The Aggies have a corking good first lineup, but appear somewhat short in reserve material. Pinker ton, their center, has not done much in a scoring line, but his towering height which enables him to out jump the majority of his oppents is essential to the percentage system employed by the Beavers. The re mainder of the first five is com posed of lean, rangy players, with uncanny eyes for the basket. Oregon to Play Idaho This week’s bill of fare will find five of the northern teams in ac tion. Idaho will make a foray into Oregon during the latter part of the week and play Oregon and O. A. C., while Washington and Wash ington State lock horns in Seattle Saturday night. After the Idaho series, it will be possible to secure a very definite idea of the com parative ability of the Aggies and Webfooters. The Washington Stat ers have not been going any too strong, and will have to exert themselves at Seattle to keep from dropping still lower in the percent age column. The Montana Grizzlies earned a clean-cut decision over the Cougars in Missoula last week. According to reports from the Montana game, Doc Bohler has been borrowing from Knute Rockne, as he employed “shock troops” at Missoula, start ing with four sophomores in his lineup, but switching to his regu lars—Morgan, Nollan, Schultz, and Gehrke—when the going got rough. The results of Oregon’s games: Oregon 40, Montana 19. Oregon 34, Washington 20. Oregon 35, Montana 17. Oregon 34, Idaho 24. Oregon 34, W. S. C. 22. Oregon 26, Washington 21. Oregon maintained her perch on top of the ladder last Saturday night but the purple tornado from Washington came within a whisper of blowing her off. The contest was wildly exciting throughout, and produced both some very good and some very rotten basketball, with both sides offending. The Washingtonians crept up to within two points of Oregon in the last throes of the contest, but a sudden spurt by Hobson, who had been hibernating on the bench, net ted three markers and enabled Ore gon to finish with a five point lead, 26 to 21. “Swede” Westergren was the flash of the fray. He played a fine guarding game, and hounded the ball as though it were a case of fresh salmon. Hale and Dahl quist, ihe Husky guardians, held like a Holland dyke, and made the Webfooters resort to many long shots. The Washington shooting was decidedly off color. The lineups: Oregon (26) (21) Washington Hobson (3) .f.(7) Gross Gunther (5).f.(4) Scbuss Okerberg (6).c.(5) Bropst Westergren (8)....g.(2) Hale Jost (4) .g.(1) Dahlquist Subs: Oregon, Kiminki; Wash ington, St. John (2), Jewell (1), James. Oriental Scheme to Predominate in Decorations for Senior Ball Araby— all the glow and rom ance of the orient, will transform the scene of the Senior Ball into a land of mystery Saturday night, February 6 in the Woman’s build ing. The feature, supervised by Jane BoDine will carry out the at mosphere of the East in a drama tic dancing act. The programs, de-, signed by Warren Small are differ ent from anything seen at a dance on this campus. The Arabian tone will be carried throughout all the details of the af fair. Costumes are even being made for the orchestra which will carry out these colors and designs. The ticket sale is still on, bu! Douglas Wilson reports that few are left. Bepresentatives have been ap pointed from the senior class of each living organization and tickets can be purchased at the Co-op.. A number of tickets are being sold at Laraway’s for alumni living in Eu gene. Irva Dale at 851 is in charge of tickets for women who have in vited out-of-town men. All of the sources of ticket supply are nearly exhausted and unless men buy im mediately, they stand a chance of “getting left,” according to Wil son. HERBERT QUICK STORY Fourteen Other Authors Are Represented on Shelf “One Man’s Life,” the autobiog raphy of Herbert Quick, is one of the most talked of books among the 15 recently added to the seven day shelf and the rent collection of the University library. One publisher has said, “All that was Herbert Quick has been put into this autobiography, the most characteristic thing he ever wrote, and the most delightful. Life grant ed Herbert Quick the rare privilege of seeing a vast expanse of virgin prairie grow into a cultivated and cultured commonwealth. There may be others who were present during this magic transformation, but few are born with such powers of ob servation, gifted with such extra ordinary memory or so schooled in the art of literary expression as Herbert Quick.” The other 14 books are: “John Viscount Morley,” an appreciation and some reminiscences by John H. Morgan; “Aventures in Content ment,” by David Grayson; “Mr. Petre,” by Hilaire Belloc; “Broom sticks and Other Tales,” by Walter de La Mare; “Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles,” by Thomas Hardy; “Our American Kings,” by Frederick L. Collins; “I Believe in God and in Evolu tion,” by William W. Keen, M.D.; “Nonsenseorship,” sundry observa tions concering prohibitions, inhibi tions and legalities, written by a number of authors ramming from Hey wood Broun to Frederick O’ Brien; “The College Press,” by Charles F. Thwing; “Personalities in Art,” by Royal Cortissoz; “Sash ka Jigouleff,” by Leonid Andrey “Contemporary Russian Litera ture,” by Prince D. S. Mirsky; and “The True Stevenson,” by George S. Heilman. A list of the 40 most important books published in 1924 as prepared by the American Library Associa tion for the Committee on Intellec tual Cooperation of the League of Nations, is posted at the circula tion desk. The list is divided into eight classes of books, and the works of authors of various coun tries are represented. “A Story Teller’s Story,” by Sherwood An derson, heads the list entitled Belles Lettres and Art. EX-OREGON STUDENT HONORED AT CHICAGO Loren G. Butler, ’17, who receiv ed a graduate scholarship from the University of Chicago and has been attending school there since last fall, is very well spoken of by his professors according to word re ceived by Professor Edgar De Cou from E. H. Moore, head of the de partment of mathematics at the University of Chicago. Butler ob tained his Master’s degree from POLAR EXPLORER TO APPEAR HERE Oil FEBRUARY 1/ Captain Roald Amundsen to Lecture About His Recent North Pole Airplane Dash Motion Pictures of Flight Is Scheduled on Program; Tickets to he Fifty Cents Roald Amundsen, world-famous polar explorer, will address Univer sity of Oregon students and towns folk of Eugene Wednesday, Febru ary 17, at the armory, according to announcement made yesterday. The title of the lecture will be, “Our Airplane Dash for the Northpole.” The appearance of the intreprid explorer in Eugene comes as the result of work of the student-fac ulty lecture committee. Amund sen’s address will be the second of this year’s series, the first having been that of Sherwood Anderson. Picture Also Scheduled In conjunction with Captain Amundsen’s speech, it was also an nounced, the Heilig theater has made arrangements to show the of ficial moving picture" of the recent polar flight of Captain Amundsen and his co-partners. The picture is entitled “Amundsen’s Polar Flight.” Its showing in Eugene, ac cording to members of the commit te, will be the first in the state of Oregon. The lecture, according to present plans, will start at 7:45 o’clock, to be followed immediately by the mo tion picture. It is expected the armory will be large enough to handle comfortably the crowds that will attend. University students will be given the choice of any seats in the arm ory, James Leake, in charge of pub licity and arrangements, said yes terday. Student tickets will be 50 cents. Meeting Today to Stimulate Social Contacts Plans for an organization to fos ter social contacts among Univer sity girls who do not live in groups will be discussed at a meeting for all unaffiliated women to be held today at 4:30 in the Y. W. C. A. Bungalow. A committee which has been studying the situation for |pme time will give a report at the meet ing, and offer suggestions, for the proposed club. Several girls have been interviewed, and Miss Flor ence Magowan, secretary of the Y. W. C. A. who is helping start the project, stated that a great deal of interest and enthusiasm is being shown. Dean Virginia Judy Esterly in discussing the need for an organi zation for girls living in town, said that some sort of a clilb with perm anent headquarters would be a splendid thing inasmuch as it would give girls who do not meet other girls in an intimate and informal way a chance to form friendships. Such an organization would also give the girls a chance to be more active in athletics and other activi ties. This problem has become more acute this year than ever before as there are 420 women not living in sororities or halls. The committee is desirous that a large number attend this first meet ing in order that definite plans may ! be made. Kennel-Ellis announces that about 50 students have not yet called to pick out the pieture they want developed for the j Oregana. This must be done im mediately, as the pictures are to | be printed Thursday. i M'EUIAN BEGINS GRIDIRON IRK, 51 ANSWER CALL Short Formation Drills And Signal Practice Feature Initial Day of Training Eleven Lettermen On Hand At Hayward Field; Coach And Mautz Stage Race i Fifty-one gridiron aspirants greet ed Coach McEwan on Hayward field yesterday afternoon, and the spring training routine swung into -action. According to present plans, it will endure until McEwan has a definite line on his men, and knows just what they can do under fire. The ends, backs, and centers will report today at 3:00 o’clock for in struction. The remaining linemen may ascertain when their practice will be called by watching these columns. The workout last night was sim ple, consisting of short formation drills, some signal practice, and a brisk run around the track. Just after the players went in, Coach McEwan and Bob Mautz engagod in a 50 yard sprint, with honors even. Few Plays Worked The former West Point mentor lined up a trial e]even at random and worked out a few of the plays and signals to be usod next fall. The plays, as outlined, are decep tive and give promise of strength. The line play is much different than that used last fall, in that it is more versatile. The backfield em ployed a quick shift and start. Eleven lettermen were on hand for the initial practice—Captain A1 Sinclair, Hynn Jones, Otto Vitus, Beryl Hodgens, Bert Kerns, Laurin Reynolds, Carl Johnson, George Mimnaugh, Clarence Carter, Victor Wetzel, and Homer Dixon. One of the 1925 freshman quar terbacks, Ira Woodie, looked good in the signal-calling berth, as he barked his numbers well, and dis played a forward pass reminiscent of Louise Anderson at Seattle last Thanksgiving day. Roland Wilson and Neil Eddy, also from the frosli squad, took their turns at calling signals. AGGIE MAT ARTISTS DEFEAT OREGON, 73-3 Squad to Leave on Northern Trip Next Friday In (he first inter-collegiate wrest ling meet of the season the Univer sity of Oregon team decisively was defeated by the Oregon Agriciul ture College matmen, last year’s northwest champions, 73 to 3. Bet zer, Oregon 135-pounder, scored one draw in his match with Beckham and accounted for the varsity’s only points of the meets. According to Coach “Dutch” Wid mer the score does not indicate the fight put up by the Oregon team. He explained that according to wrestling rules each match is for three seven-minute periods. Dur ing this time, a wrestler may secure a fall, 8 points; a decision, 6 points, and a draw, 3 points. This, he pointed out, was the main reason for such a large score. Oregon’s team does not have one letterman in its ranks and only two, Betzer and Oxford, are from last year’s yearling squad. The Aggie mfttmen on the other hand are all seasoned wrestlers, having won the championship last year. On the roster of this year's; orange and black team is Chester Newton, runner up to Bobbin Beed in the 135-pound class at the last Olympic try-outs. Next Friday morning the wrest- j ling team, accompanied by Coach! Widmer, leaves for Moscow, Idaho, to meet the Vandal headlock artists Saturday. Hast year Oregon de feated Mathew’s men. Monday will see the lemon-yellow outfit at Pull man, Wash., where they will at tempt to pin the Cougar’s paw to the mat. Debating Scribes Interrupt Sleep of Hotel Guests Who Call Police An example of the far-reaching influence of music was shown re cently when two prominent mem bers of the journalism ranks nar rowly escaped incarceration in the hooso-gow for becoming too boister ous in their discussion of the Ko chanski violin concert. The scene was a down-town corn er, and the characters must be anonymous. Tlio time was in the wee small hours. Occupants of a hotel nearby put in a riot call for the police, protesting that two sons of Bacchus wero disturbing the peace. When tho patrolman appeared, some minutes later, the impromptu debaters explained the nature of tho controversy to the satisfaction of all partios concerned except the minion of the law and the people trying to sleep in the hotel. STAR SWIMMERS LOST FROM VARSITY SQUAD Ineligibilities Hit Squad In Advance of Aggie Tilt The faculty’s long scholastic pruning knife has been in action again, and as a result two of Coach Ed Abercrombie’s best bets for this year’s swimming team, Phil Sheridan and Roland Buchanan, have been declared ineligible for intercollegiate competition. In last Saturday night’s meet with the strong Winged “M” mer men in the clubmen’s tank, the lemon-yellow water splashers were defeated 43 to 14. Only one first was captured by Abercrombie’s mm; and that was when A1 Sin clair, apparently destined to place third in the 200-yard breast stroke, suddenly spurted forward and won by two feet over the club’s swim mer, Bob McMath. The time for this most exciting race of the dual tourney was 3.12 minutes Three former Oregon varsity mermen had much to do in taking their alma mater down to defeat. George Horsfall, Ben Lombard and Art Erickson wore stellar perform er for the Winged “M.” Horsfall beat Bob Bhggs out in the 220-yard dash in 2:38 4-5. Erickson placed second in the 150-yard backstroke. Lombard swam in the 50:yord dash and in the relay for the clubmen. Varsity mermen will start an ex tensive practice program this week in preparation for the coming dual meet the Oregon Aggie aquatic stars on February 13 in the Wom an’s building tank. The Aggies last year captured both contests but lack some of the stellar performers this year. The Oregon varsity has been greatly handicapped by loss of lettermen and by ineligibilities. Next Saturday morning Coach Don Park and his team of yearling swimmers will go to Portland, where they will meet the Portland Y. M. C. A. team. MORTAR BOARD BRIDGE BENEFIT TO BE FEB. 13 Tickets are being sold by the cam pus chapter of Mortar Board, sen ior women's national honorary or ganization, for a Bridge Benefit which will be given by that organ ization, the afternoon of February 13 at the Kappa Alpha Theta house. Besides the active members; Eloiso Buck, Margaret Boyer, Janet Wood, Louise Inabnit. and Dorothy Myers; several alumnae members on the campus and in Eugene are sponsor ing the affair. Miss Lillian Stupp, instructor in physical education, Miss Helen Addison, Helen Wells, Margaret Daigh, Mrs. Anne Lands bury Beck, and Mrs. Graham are among this number. Reservations for tables should be made with Louise Inabnit, telephone 108. WALLACE S. LARKIN RETURNS TO CAMPUS Wallace S. Larkin, ’29, returned Monday from his home in Newberg where he has spent the last two weeks on account of eye trouble. Ail CONCERT, OF ORCHESTRA TO BE TONIGHT Four Soloists and Feature ‘Danse Macabre’ Includ ed With Other Numbers Rex Underwood Directs Pro gram ; Nine Selections Have Careful Background The annual home concert of the University orchestra will take place this evening at eight o’clock in the Woman’s building, under the direc tion of Rex Underwood. A program of nine varied numbers, featuring four soloists during the evening will be presented by one of the largest and most talented groups the Uni versity has ever had, according t» Mr. Underwood. The feature number of the even ing will be the "Danse Macabre,” which is the third symphonic poem written by Saint-Saens for orches tral work. The French composer was inspired to write this by the following verses of Henri Cazalis, in which he tells of the dance of the skeletons at midnight. Zifr, ziz, zig, death in grim cadence Strikes with bony heel upon the tomb Zi(?, Ziz, Zig upon his violin. The winter winds blow, the night is dark. Moans are heard through the linden trees. Through the gloom the white skeletons nrn. Leaping and dancing in their shrouds. Zig,. Ziz, zig, each one is gay. Their bones are cracking in rythmic time. Then suddenly they cease the dawmfes* The cock has crowed! The dawn has —— The clanging bell of midnight proceeds the strange tones of Death tuning his fiddle. Then the queer dance begins, the rattling of tfc« bones of tho skeleton providing ty accompanyment. The dance be comes more animated until the crow of the cock announces the day, and the ghostly revelers hurry back te their tombs. Varied Selections Offered The soloists for the concert will be Lora Teshner, cellist; Nina War nock, violinist; Doris Helen Pst teison, harpist; and Elliot Wright^ trombone. Following is the pro gram : 1. —March Gladiators.,_ Fueik 2. —Overture-Fingals Cave .. . Mendelssohn 3. —Violin solo Danso Arabe__ —. Kreisler-Kimsky-Korsakoff Nina Warnock. 4. —a-Adoration . Tlorowsjci b-Air for G String.Back c-Liebesfreud .Kreisler 5. —Trombone solo-My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice .Saint-Saenq Elliot Wright. 6. —Harp Solo-Wait de Concert—_ . ITasselman Doris Helen Patterson. 7. —Danse Macabre .Saint Saena 8. —Cello solo-Meditation from Thais . Massenet Lora Teshner. 9. —March of the Boyards ... . Halvorsen Presentation of student body tic kets will be necessary for admit tance. LATE FEE PAYMENTS TO BRING FINES TO 96 Despite the long line-up of stu dents Saturday at the cashier’® window in the University business office there are yet 96 students wh® have not paid their fees and wh® are liable to the late payment fine. These students will be given until Saturday noon of this week to mak® the necessary financial transac tions and after that day they will be automatically dropped from the rolls. The total number of student® who have paid their fees to date is 2465. This number is 220 less than last term’s total of 2685. The de crease is a regular occurence and is caused by the large number of freshmen who drop by the wayside every fall term. Figures on the total amount of money paid into the University and student body coffers will bo available about the last of this week according to K. P. Lynn, University cashier. All class funds in addition to student body money are handled by the business office of the University.