VOLUME XXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1926
NUMBER 83
Webfooters
Picked As
All-Stars
Sports Writer Compares
Present Team’s Rec
ord With Past; Old
Teams Bow to 1926
Varsity Cagers
By HAROLD MANGUM
Oregon followers who attend to
morrow night’s contest in the arm
ory will have an unusual chance to
see an all-star Northwestern team
in action. At least, that is the
opinion of George Varnell, sports
editor of the Seattle Times, who
picks the whole Oregon lineup to
place on the mythical selection. He
states that Westergren, Okerberg,
and Gunther, are certainties, and
. Jost and Hobson are head and
shoulders above the competition.
Oregon fans have no doubt about
Joint’s qualifications, but Hobson
lias been overshadowed this year,
because his duties have not called
for him to play a heavy role in the
scoring, but rather to play the floor
' and feed the ball to his team mates.
At that, he has garnered 34 points
for his season’s work.
* « *
With Oregon’s brilliant victory
over O. A. C. last week end, much
comparison h^s been made between
the present Webfoot aggregation,
and paist conference champions.
Both in point of records and the
statements of sports authorities,
this year’s team appears the stron
gest ever developed in the North
west. Members of Oregon’s famous
1919 and 1920 outfits have no hesi
tancy in pronouncing the 1926 Web
footers their superiors. In 1919,
■Oregon wrested the coast champion
ship from California by beating her
twice by a one-point margin. The
next year, 1920, Oregon won 16
•straight games in the north, but
lost the playoff to California by
dropping 'two contests, both of
which were decided in the last
three minutes of play.
As to Doc Bohler’s 1916 team, it
is doubted that it could hold Rein
hart’s present outfit to less than a
•2 to 1 score, as the game has ad
vanced almost incredibly since the
bapketeers from Pullman swept all
-opposition before them.
* *
A further study of the records
finds that Oregon, in 1924 during
Reinhart’s first year as coach, won
four conference games and lost a
like number. The next season, 1925,
found them winning 7 and losing 4,
including the post-season series with
the Aggies. This year, -the varsity
has come through nine straight
frays unscathed, .making a total of
20 wins to 8 loses during a three
year period, for a winning average
of .721.
The present surge of sports pop
ularity shows no sign of waning.
Last Saturday at Corvallis, with the
conference lead at stake, more than
4500 admissions were registered at
the game, and a conservative dpti
mate places the number outside un
able to get in at 2500. Thousands
of fans in Portland, Eugene, and
other points, refrained from going
to Corvallis because of advance re
ports as to the congestion. O. A.
C. officials estimate that 15,000 to
20,000 people would have attended
if there had been adequate accom
modations.
The same condition will exist to
morrow night in the armory. Sport
fans, eager to see the Oregon cham
pions in action, have cleaned out
the ticket supply for the O. A. C.
game, and every mail brings fresh
requests for reservations to the
graduate manager’s office.
» * *
Which brings us to Oregon’s new
pavillion, to be erected in time for
next winter’s-games. It was orig
inally proposed to accommodate
9000, but now that is figured to be
too small* and the capacity will
probably be increased to *12,000,
with leeway provided to make it
even larger if necessity demands.
It is also proposed, for the bene
fit of those occupying end seats,
to install plate glass backboards.
This can only be done by confer
ence action, but if the clamor is suf
ficient, this consent may be obtain
ed. When this idea was first ad
vanced, many objected on the
grounds that it would interfere too
greatly with the shooting of the
players. Not so many yearp ago,
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1927 Meeting
of Retailers
in Corvallis
L. T. Thomas Reelected
President for Fifth
Consecutive Year
Marshall Dana Speaks
At Luncheon of Group
Business and Relations to
Legislation Discussed
Corvallis will be the next meet
ing place of the Oregon-State Be
tail Merchants association, it was
decided at the final meeting yester
day afternoon at the Chamber of
Commerce. Marshall N. Dana, as
sociate editor of the Portland Jour
nal, addressed the luncheon.
L. L. Thomas of Marshfield, was
unanimously re-elected president of
the association. This is the fifth
time that Mr. Thomas has been
chosen president. Other officers
are: J. C. Mann of Medford, vice
president; N. L. Crout of Portland,
treasurer; O. F. Tate of Portland,
secretary.
The Corvallis Chamber of Com
merce, faeulty of the school of
commerce at O. A. C., and the Lions,
and Kiwanis clubs of Corvallis
joined in securing the convention
for Corvallis.
Marshall Dana Speaks
Besolutions were adopted thank
ing Eugene for its hospitality, to
the secretary, Mr. Tate, for his
services. Mr. Dana was approved
for a position on the United
States Shipping Board, according
to a resolution, a copy of which is
to be submitted" to President Cool
idge,
“You are merchants in merchan
dise, while I am a merchant in
words,” said Mr. Dana. Mr. Dana
urged the merchants to learn, teach
and preach cooperation. He stress
ed specialization in business as a
modern necessity.
Eugene has Feature
‘ “Oregon is receiving greater and
greater recognition, ’ ’ said Mr. Dana.
“The Columbia river is the gold
mine of the west and when its po
tential power is realized it will be
a great industrial benefactor.
“Eugene will one day be the
metropolis of the lower Willamette
Valley,” said Mr. Dana. “We are
standing now on the site of the city
which will be ranked among the
great cities of the western part of
the United States.”
Charles -Howard, superintendent
of schools at Marshfield, declared
that “the greater interest of busi
ness men in the schools would be
their greatest investment.”
Legislation is Topic
“Business men are continually
confronted by the legislature and its
laws,” said A. V. Hemming at
the morning session of the Oregon
Betail Merchants ’ Association at
Villard hall "Wednesday morning.
He was the first speaker introduced
by L. L. Thomas, president of the
association. His topic was “Legis
lation.”
It is estimated that 90 per cent
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Dance Chorus to Have
Second Try-outs; Acts
Wanted for Vod-Vil
A second elimination for chorus
positions in the dance revue act of
the Junior Vodvil is necessary,
Bernard MePhillips announced yes
terday. So great was the response
to his request for chorus aspirants,
they now exceed the number of
chorus positions two to one. While
no definite date has been set for
further try-outs, MePhillips be
lieves that they will be early next
week.
Girls with ability as high kickers
are still needed for the chorus, he
states.
“Brief sketches, song and daj^ce
or patter acts for curtain numbers
are needed,” said Bob Love, Vodvil
director. Any students with exper
ience, or who have clever, short acts
are urged to report to him. First
-try-outs for acts will be held on
March 5 and 6.
“All those turning out have equal
chances,” states Love, “ab decisions
will be made on merits of the acts
alone.”
Psychology Tests Framed to Show
Range of Freshmen’s Capabilities
College Women Tend to Obtain Average Scores; Men
Unusually High or Low in Grade
(Editor’s Note: Following is the sec"
ond of three articles on intelligence tests
being given at the University this year
for the first time. ' The first article
appeared in yesterday’s Emerald).
By JANE DUDLEY
Freshmen in the University have
been tested by Howard B. Taylor,
of the psychology department, so
that they may be told for what
lines they are best suited, what
kind of study they should major in,
and what type of business they
would most probably succeed. The
following are examples of each of
the eight tests given to every fresh
man this year.
COMPLETION. “A (^'letter
word)—is a man who makes things
out of wood.” The student would
insert the word “carpenter” in the
space. Mr. Taylor says that a per
son who has worked on cross-word
puzzles might rate higher in this
test than a person who had never
seen one. There are 40 possible
points to score; the highest made
by any freshman was 31. The av
erage for men was 11 points; for
women it was 9.8. The average for
all those taking the test was 10.44.
ARITHMETIC. “How many straps
6 inches long can be cut from a 9
yard length of leather? The an
swer is “54.” Two students made
a score of 19 out of a possible 20
points. The average for men is
8.7, and for women it is 0.3, making
a total average of 7.6 points.
ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGE. This
is a substitution test, and is sup
posed to show aptitude for a foreign
language. Mr. Taylor also believes
that it is excellent for showing
stenographic ability. A vocabulary
at the beginning gives a few words
as “live,” “luba,” while a rule
stated shows that “ec” added to a
verb changes it into a noun. In
this way, “Luba” would be changed
to lubec,” whic](i means life.” Short
simple sentences, using a few verbs,
nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and per
sonal pronouns, comprise the ar
tificial language tefst,”
There are 74 opportunities to
score, but the highest was 71, made
by one person. The average for
men is 17.8, and for women is 24.9.
The total average is 21.2.
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Eugene Draws
Trade and Class
Journal Writers
Oregon Voter Manager
Will be Speaker at
Friday Session
The Trade and Class Journal as
sociation, which holds monthly
meetings in Portland, will meet in
Eugene at the Oregon Newspaper
conference Friday and Saturday.
The association will hold it|i sec
tional meeting at the Anchorage
Friday noon. Ralph E. Morrison,
president, manager of the Western
Farmer, will preside. Elections will
probably be held at this time.
The program follows:
“Better Business and the Trade
Papers” by James H. Cassell, Au
tomotive News of the Pacific
Northwest.
“Why Advertise in the Trade
Press” by Louis Sondheim, North
west Insurance News.
“The Church Paper’s Field,” by
John P. O’Hara, the Catholic Sen
tinel.
“Farm Youngsters as Circulation
Getters,” by George N. Angell, Ore
gon Farmer.
A speech by W. C. Kaley, busi
ness manager of the Oregon Voter,
entitled “How Magazine Advertis
ing Can Stimulate Newspaper Ad
vertising”will be the Trade and
Class Journal Association Is contri
bution to the general program Fri
day afternoon at 3:40.
Woman Hoop Teams
To Compete Tonight
«In Lively Contests
The freshman and junior girls
first teams will play what promises
to be one of the most exciting bas
ketball games of the season tonight
in the women’s gymnasium, for,
according to the results of the
games played during the pa|st week,
these teams will be the runners up
for the championship.
Each first team has played one
game against a second team. The
senior first team beat the freshman
second team 29 to 15. The junior
first team defeated the sophomore
second team 36 to 5. The fresh
men won from the junior second
team, 50 to 11.
The sophomore third team won
the two games played la]pt week,
one from the senior third #am, 10
to 4, and the other from the fresh
man fourth team, 21 to 17. The
freshman third team defeated the
junior third team, 28 to 8. The sec
ond color team defaulted to them
through lack of players. This gives
each of these third teams two vic
tories, and places them in the lead
in this group.
The color first team was defeat
ed by the freshman fourth team, 20
to 9. A game between the senior
third team and the sophomore
foarth team was defaulted.
Council Lays
Y. W. Petition
For $400 Aside
Committee on Football
Uniforms Reports no
Progress
At the meeting of the executive
council of the A. S. U. O. held yes
terday, DeLoris Pearson, chairman
of the finance committee, reported
on a petition introduced by Ellen
McClellan for the Y. W. -C. A., in
which the organization asked for
an appropriation of $400 • to be
added to its budget each year until
such time as the student union
building will be erected.
This appropriation is to help
cover the unkeep of the Y. W. C. A.
Bungalow, which is not on Univer
sity property or kept up by the
University. The petition stated
that the -Bungalow is used as a
place for recreation by many stu
dents especially those who are not
affiliated with any living organiza
tion. For this reason the A. S. U.
O. should help provide for its up
keep as it does for the upkeep of
the Y. M. C. A. Hut. After a leng
thy discussion of the question it
was moved and seconded by the ex
ecutive council that the matter bo
layed on the table and the action
reported to the petitioning group.
The committee for selecting uni
forms for the football team reported
that samples of jerseys had been
ordered but nothing had as yet ar
rived. The other committees rep
resented informed the council that
they had no definite reports ready
for consideration.
Secretary of War Tells
Of Army Needs
The E. O. T. C. department re
ceived a communication from the
Secretary of War calling attention
to the need for second lieutenants.
The letter explained that after
the appointment of this year’p grad
uating class at the United States
military academy, there will be
about 100 vacancies yet to be filled
in the regular army, in the rank of
second lieutenant. Professors of
military science and tactics at in
stitutions of higher learning with
in the ninth corps area (Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Ne
vada, Utah, Wyoming, California)
are to cooperate with the Major
General Commandant, U. S. Marino
Corps in selecting of the men to
fill these vacancies. The communi
cation was signed by R. K. Cra
vens, Adjutant General.
Weekly Tea Omitted
Because of Conflict
Mrs. Virginia Judy Esterly will
not give her weekly tea for Big
and Little sisters this afternoon,
because of the Freshman Commis
sion tea this afternoon from four
to six o ’clock. The teas will be re
sumed next week, however.
Story of Dash
to Pole Told
by Amundsen
Leader Relates Escapes of
Disabled Plane N-25,
From Destruction
Highest Award Won by
Only American of Party
Daily Rations Decreased
To Eight Ounces
Roald Amundsen, white-haired
and rugged, carried his audience
from the Armory last night on an
other Polar expedition over the
route he had traveled last spring in
an attempt to reach the North Pole
by airplane.
Thrilling rescues from death,
wracking work to save the strand
ed plane, exhausting privations, all
these Amundsen considered not un
usual. He only marveled when his
disabled plane missed crashing into
an ice-bank by one foot, and when
it scraped the top crust from a
glacier. He spoke of the act of
providence that cleared the fog at
the darkest moment of the trip to
show the travelers the mountain
peaks of northern Spitzenbergen,
their starting place, which they had
dispaired of reaching.
Planes Cut Off from Aid
After leaving Spitzenbergeiv on
May 18, 1925, the party of six, in
two Dallier-Wal planes, did not
find a landing place for 320,000
square miles. It was the first
time, Captain Amundsen said, that
a plane had been completely cut
off from civilization and aid. For
466 miles they flew northward, un
til both pianos were forced to land
in different places, and unknown
to each other. The plane, N-24, un
der Lincoln Ellsworth, the only Am
erican in the party, who was second
in command, was wrecked in the
soft slush of ice and snow. Ells
worth and the two men with him
crept across half a mile of ice two
inches thick to join Amundsen.
It was here that the bravery of
Ellsworth, the American, saved the
lives of his two comrades who had
broken through the poft ice with
the weight of their 80-pound packs.
He was decorated in Norway after
wards by the king, receiving the
highest award for bravery that
country gives.
Plane Lodged in Crevice
After shoveling 500 tons of ice
and snow, so that the 6-ton plane,
N=25, commanded by Amundsen,
could be pushed out of the crevice
into which it had slipped, the six
men discarded all extra material
and food that they could, for now
all of them had to travel in one
plane. The hardy explorer’s humor
became grim for a moment when he
remarked that they had all lost so
much weight that they could fit
into almost anything. Their ra
tions, he explained, had been cut
immediately they found themselves
stranded. The usual portion of
two pounds a day, had been de
creased to eight ounces a day, or
as Amundsen put it, “Three crack
ers in the morning, soup at noon,
and three crackers for dinner.”
Once while the plane was still
in the crevice between two banks
of ice and snow, the ice pack push
ed against the sides of the body,
threating to crush it. Mild weath
er, 32 degreep set in, melting the
glaciers. Amundsen and his five
men shoveled and stamped 10 hours
to break the ice creeping steadily
toward them before it reached the
sides of the plane. “Hard work,”
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Upper class Women
Will be Entertained
The Y. W. C. A. BungaTow will
be decorated with spring flowers
and pussywillows this afternoon
when the Freshman Girls Commis
sion entertains with an informal
tea for all upperclass and sopho
more women on the campus.
A musical program consisting of
vocal solos by Leota Biggs and a
piano solo by Charlotte Carll, and
a violin selection has been arranged.
This is the first big social func
tion which the commission has
sponsored this year and the girls
of guests between the hours of 3
and 5:30.
Emerald Head Picks
Scribe - Jibes Staff
rjpHE STAFF for ScribeJibes,
a humorous publication, put
out annually for the Oregon
Newspaper conference members,
has been appointed. The paper
will bo distributed at the Satur
day luncheon. New members of
Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national
journalistic fraternity, will put
out the paper, with tho assist
ance of the editor, Edward
Miller.
Tho staff follows: Edward Mil
ler, chief slave driver; Malcolm
Epley, associate slave driver;
Ray Nash, make-up man and
typo spreader; Harold Mangum,
chief sports writer; Allan Can
field, advertising men’s adver
tiser; Ed Smith, editorial writ
ers’ defender; James DePauli,
printers’ publicity man; Glenn
Radabaugh, trade journalists ’
agent; Herbert Lundy, locals and
personalities; Jack Hempstead,
general scandal monger; Ronald
Sellers, office boy and night ed
itor; and Louis Beeson, circula
tion manager and paster.
Status of Minor
Sport Sought by
Golf Adherents
Athletic Committee to be
Asked for Manager
and Recognition
Golf adherents met yesterday
afternoon in Virgil Earl ’sr office for
the purpose of reviving interest in
the ancient Scottish pastime. The
meeting favored asking the athletic
committee for a manager, and stat
us as a minor sport, with authorized
intercollegiate matches and possibly
Bmall letters in the future.
Tom Mahoney, Lloyd Byerly, and
Ed Crowley were selected as a com
mittee to work out the details of
the proposition. An amendment to
the Associated Student constitution
would be necessary to establish golf
as a minor sport.
At tho present time, golf at tho
University of Oregon is in a rut,
with little interest accruing to it
except from a few participants, ac
cording to thqse present at yester
day’s meeting.
It is believed that enough exper
ienced players are now in attend
ance at tho University to form a
competent team. Seven student
participants are working out at pres
ent on the greens of the Eugene
Country club. The golf instruction
classes have an enrollment of ap
proximately thirty. Many students
also use the campus and municipal
courses.
Tho proposed golf team will con
sist of six members if favorable
action is taken by tho executive
council—two major players, two al
ternates, and two reserves.
“If we are to have the sport, wo
want to get going on it right away,”
paid Virgil D. Earl, director of ath
letics, yesterday, “I personally
favor it.. It is the part of the stu
dents to propose things like that
and I did not know the sport was
wanted until informed by tho ath
letic committee. It is the students’
part to take tho initiative in mat
ters of this kind. Wo want to pro
mote every activity which the stu
dents show active interest in.”
Women's League Gives
Gift to Hospital Fund
Women’s League of the Univer
sity of Oregon recently contributed
$50 to the fund for the Doernbecher
Memorial hospital for children
which is being constructed in
Portland, under the direction of the
medical school. In addition to this
gift, Women's League recently gave
$25 to the Oregon Federation df
Women’s Clubs for a loan fund for
women students who are having dif
ficulty in working their way
through school.
Special Library Shelf
Given Euiver’s Books
The books of Anthony Euwer,
poet humorist, who will speak at
the regular assembly today, have
been placed on a special shelf at
the circulation desk of the Univer
sity library. The books will be
kept here during Euwer’s visit on
the campus, to give students an
opportunity to read his works.
Poet-Humorist
Will Address
Student Body
Anthony Euwer’s Poems
Will be Assembly
Topic Today
Appearance Result
Of Continued Quest
Author’s Works and Life
Declared Varied
“Anthony Euwer, is a poet of
sorts, an artist, a bohemian and am
entertainer. Different critics put
different values on these, but to
me his forte lies in the talent of
reading his own poems. I have
never heard him give anything else,
but he certainly roads these rhymes
of his with the upmost verve and
gusto. He has the face and voice
of an actor, magnetijim and vi
brant energy.” W. P. G. Thacher,
short story writer and professor in.
tlio school of journalism, said this
with enthusiasm as he spoke of the
poet-humorist who will address the
assembly today in the auditorium of
tho Woman’s building.
Thacher Discusses Poems
“I think ho really enjoys public
appearance,” Mr. Thacher contin
ued, “most of his poemp are hum
orous, Whimsical, descriptive and
narrative pieces, but he is by no
means incapable of pathos and em
motion. Wo have been trying for
years to get Mr. Euwer on the cam
pus for a public appearance. Ho
is a man the University ought to
know, and a man who ough| to
know tho University.”
“My Poems and How they Hap
pen” will be the subject of Mr.
Euwer’s lecture. He will read from
his own books and illustrate with
original cartoonjs.
Poet Illustrates Works
Eor more than a score of years,
Euwer has been successful as a
poet, lecturer, illustrator and au
thor. He contributes to a large
number of American and English
magazines and newspapers. He is
also an author of many books, in
cluding “Pageants of the Trees,” in
which each tree is cnllod upon to
toll its life istory; “By Scarlet Torch
and Blade,” and others. His bits
of poetry and song have boon
gleaned from London and the battle
fields of France to the Hood Biver
country of Oregon. Euwer’g home
is in Portland but his travels have
been extensive. Ho was an enter
tainer with tho A. E. F. in France
during tho war and Germany.
Special music arranged by John
Stark Evans will be a feature of
the assembly.
Dean Colin Dyment III
With Lagrippe at Paris
Dean Colin V. Dyment, dean of
the college of literature, science and
the arts, who is in Europe on a
University, has been ill with the
3a grippe, according to a letter re
ceived at the school of journalism
from Jay Allen, ex-’22, who is a
member of the Paris staff of the
Chicago Tribune. The lotter, which
Va-s dated January 19, stated that
Dean Dyment became sick two
weeks before Christmas in Paris.
Mr. Allen and his wife, Ruth
Austin AJlen, ’22, have been travel
ing about France and other Euro
pean countries in connection with
Mr. Allen’s work for the Tribune.
While on the campus, he was a mem
ber of the Emerald staff and Sigma
Delta Chi. Mrs. Allen was a mem
ber of the Emerald staff, Kappa
Kappa Gamma and Theta Sigma
Phi.
District Hoop Title
Won by Eugene High
The Eugene high school basketball
team holds the district champion
ship title, having defeated the Uni
versity high school by a seore of
25-9, Tuesday night.
The University high school team
played a plucky game notwithstand
ing the fact that their team waa
in poor shape, due to the ineligi
bility of one of their best players.
The University high school has
two more games to play, one with
Eugene high school and one with
Albany high.