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
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in America today Grange
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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.