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VOLUME XXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1926 NUMBER 89 —■ Ul- —j; — — ' ■' __ . . Evolution Laws Discussed By Mdddox Dogmatism and Right to Seek Truth Held Real Issue of Controversy By WILLIAM P. MADDOX rpHE legislature of Mississippi has *"■ just passed a bill similar to the Tennessee act that made John Scopes famous, declaring it illegal to teach any theory that “man as cended or descended from a lower order of animal.” It would appear from the wording that the legisla tors would deny both biological pro gress and biological degeneracy. « » * Mississippi is not alone in this new field of governmental restric tion. A large part of "the South has taken up the cudgel to suppress the evolution theory, which, by the way, no reputable scientist today would dispute in the face of the evidence thus far accumulated. In Virginia, an anti-evolution bill will be offer ed as soon as the campaign for making the reading of the Bible in schools compulsory is finished. A bill will be offered in the next North Carolina legislature which apparently will even affect the state university. The governor of South Carolina is quoted as saying that “no teacher dare mention evolution in a laudatory way” in that state. Georgia once defeated a suppression bill, but its capital, Atlanta, is faced with a vigorous campaign, and in Florida, a resolution of the legis lature has declared the teaching of the theory as being “contrary to the public good.” Both Alabama and Louisiana are said to be faced with early legislative fights, and the Governors Ferguson, of Texas, have just been busy applying the blue pencil to the school books of that state. Thus, from all appearances, the late Charles Darwin is not much of a popular hero in the cottonbelt. But if it were only a personal mat ter, if even it were a fight merely between two sets of theorists, there would not be much cause for com ment. It is more than a battle be tween the scientists and the churches. In fact, such a contest does not exist at all, for if the true source of religion be spiritual in spiration, what need one bother about a literal interpretation of the symbolism of the Book of Genesis. The true issue lies instead be tween dogmatism converted into an intolerant law on -the one hand, and the right of every man to find truth unhindered on tjje other. As long as the controversy, futile and mis directed though it may be, is thrash ed out in free discussion, no com plaint need be offered, but when one group through its superior force of numbers applies a legal gag to the members of the other, than that group has made a false use of political organization and deserves to be stigmatised and branded as a traitor to the best in terests of society. * * * Men have a full and perfect right to instruct their children to believe that God created the uni verse in precisely 144 hours (assum ing it were possible to measure hours before the solar system was finished), but when they insist by a tyranical law backed up by the police power of the state, that their children shall not have access to other theories or facts, shall grow up in ignorance and bigotry, and shall have their creeds and opinions handed down to them as absolute and inviolable, then surely do these men give evidence of being im mersed in the darkest medieval superstitions and proclaim them selves unworthy of the right to free lives in a democracy. We may in deed wonder if the individualism and intellectual skepticism after the Dark Ages of such men as Descartes and Erasmus has been in vain. Are we to slip silently back into those false channels of thinking which pretend that the human mind has no more vitality, no more capacity for expansion and growth than a blackboard upon which we chalk empty isolated phrasest • « * There are those who would say that there is no more to be learned. The legislators of Mississippi Save gone a step farther. They would say that there is no other inter pretation of accumulated knowledge (Continued on page two) Dr. H. W. Chase To Give Word Next Monday North Carolina Trustees Urge That President Defer Decision University Officials Have Nothing to Say _ Wire Reaches Campus Early Yesterday HPHE decision of Dr. Harry Wood burn Chase, president of the Uni rersity of North Carolina, on whe ther he will accept the presidency of the University of Oregon will be withheld until Monday, it became known when a telegram was receiv ed yesterday by Dr. E. 8. Conklin, head of the psychology department, a former schoolmate of Dr. Chase. A special trustees’ committee at North Carolina has asked Dr. Chase to defer his decision until a confer ence can be held with him. This conference is scheduled for Monday. The telegram follows: “Arrived safely. Special trustees committee has asked me to defer, decision for conference with them Monday. En joyed visit with you people im mensely.” On February 9 the Board of Re gents made its offer to Dr. Chase, who at that time was in Eugene, having been brought to Oregon to look over the situation. He asked for two weeks in which to consider the offer. No understanding was reached on the time when the two weeks started, but as next Sunday is the last limit, Dr. Chase’s tele gram amounts to what might be considered a one or two day’s ex tension of time. When approached for statements, both Fred Fisk, member of the Board of Regents, and Karl On thank, executive secretary, express ed themselves as unable to add any thing to the information already given to the press. Teaching Problems Discussed at Meeting — Various aspects of teaching were brought out by speakers at a joint meeting of Phi Delta Kappa and Pi Lambda Theta, men’s and wom en ’s honorary national educational fraternities, Wednesday evening in Alumni hall. The meeting was at tended by seniors who are doing practice teaching. Dr. H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school of education, spoke on “The ! Spirit of Teaching. ” He told of j the qualities of successful teachers, j and gave warning and advice to j those who are planning to enter the i teaching field. Miss Beryl Holt, head" of the, mathematics department of Salem j high school spoke on “Professional! Relationships of Teaching.” She | told of the relations of teachers and pupils, principals, and superintend ents. Mr. W. Hug, superintendent of the Salem schools, who was an unexpected visitor at the meeting, spoke briefly about the teaching profession, and discussed the prac tical aspects of the teacher’s preb lee in the community. Y. W.C. A. to Entertain Campus Women Today Members of the Y. W. C. A. will' sponsor a “KoEd Kid Party” at the Bungalow today at 1:30. All University women are invited and the only requirement for ad mission is that the guests be at tired in youthful attire. Children’s games will be played during the afternoon, and a special feature has been planned by Agues Plamer who is in charge of the pro gram. Appropriate refreshments will be served. Virginia Hunt and Kathryn Winchell are in charge of this. Basketeer Improving, Anxious to go South Algot “Swede” Westergren, dem on Oregon guard, was released from the infirmary yesterday, and is an xious to go south for the champion ship series, if at all possible. Westergren, who has been con fined with a touch of appendicitis, is able to be about, although both ered by weakness. Schmidt Relates Fraternity Life Among Germans First Year Men Forced to Engage in Three Duel ing Matches University fraternities in Ger many are strikingly different from similar ' groups here, according to Dr. F. G. G. Schmidt of the foreign language department. German universities tolerate no hazing or foolish stunts, but many fraternities, particularly the Corps students, require that their fresh men engage in three duels during the year. These duels, while against the laws of the nation, are arranged between different houses by the up> perclassmen. Some barn out from the city is engaged, and a stag party is held in which drinking and general merriment is engaged in. The duals follow this. Gener ally there is a doctor or an ad vanced medical student and seconds in attendance to prevent any seri ous injuries. The participants are proud of scratches or minor cut», but feel that they are cursed if they lose an ear or nose. In these duels, only the eyes are protected. The t >c finicalities of fencing requires that all injuries must be to the head, the body being free from dan ger. Only the first two societies named below believe in dueling. Dr. Schmidt came to the United States 35 years ago as a young uni versity graduate from ofle of the (Continued on page two) Oregon F encing Team Will Meet Multnomah Club Status of Fencing at U. O. Depends on Outcome Of Matches The Oregon fencing team will meet Multnomah Club in Portland tonight at 8 p. m. George Wilhelm, Jack Majovski, and Clinton Davis son will wield the foil for Oregon. Davisson is the fencing coach here, having taken the sport under Prof. O. C. Mauthe of the Multnomah Club. This gives the contest an un usual twist as Davisson will be competing against pupils of his former, teaeher. As the teams are made up of three men each, there will be nine bouts, each man taking part in three. Five touches win a match. The high point man is the one gain ing the most touches. A touch is made when one contestant brings his foil in contact with his oppon ent’s body. The bout will be governed by the rules of the Amateur Fencers’ League on foil competition. There are two other types of fencing as differentiated from this—namely, “epee” and sabre competition. “If this contest proves a suc cess,” said Coach Davisson, “from the standpoint ofi a test of skill, serious effort, and keen competi tion, fencing will be virtually estab lished at Oregon as a minor sport.” Davisson said there might be a possibility of a match with the Reed College team at the same time and place, but nothing definite has been decided upon by the Reed man ager. The student body will be given an opportunity to witness a contest of this kind when Multnomah comes to Eugene in April for a return match. Women’ Rifle Team Defeats University of Montana Quintet The women’s rifle team success fully weathered their second storm of bullets by defeating the girls’ team representing the University of Montana. The score was: Oregon 466; Montant 440. The five girl team which suc ceeded in vanquishing the Mon tanans and their respective scores follows: Gladys Bristol, 95; Nellie Carroll, 95; Flossie Radabaugh, 93; Edith Huntsman, 92; Dorothy Straughan, 91. A 10 girl team shooting against the University of Vermont made a total score of 914 points. As the results of the other school have not been received, the winner is not yet known. Earlier Date of Graduation Not Favored Gilbert, Sheldon, Walker, Fitch Oppose Early Commencement Small Accommodations for Visitor^ is Obstacle Double Finals Program Would Impede Plan By MARY CONN Various faculty members, when interviewed on the possibility of having commencement exercises be fore the close of school, were for the most part opposed to the plan under existing conditions at the Univer sity. At the student councfT meeting last Wednesday evening, DeLoris Pearson, Carl Dahl and Dick Lyman were appointed as a committee to make investigations to find out if it would be possible ~lo have com mencement exercises before the close of school. They will report their findings on the subject later. Following are the opinions of Dr. James H. Gilbert, acting dean of the college; Dr. H. D. Sheldon, deaq of the school of education; Mrs. Clara L. Fitch, secretary of the ad ministrative offices; Dean H. Walk er, dean of men; and Dr. George H. Rebec, dean of the graduate school. Plan Pound Unsatisfactory “This plan was tried here one year,” said James H. Gilbert, “and was found extremely unsatisfactory for three reasons. “First, there was undue duplica tion of work, without sufficient compensation, caused by the neces sity of giving and grading two sets of examinations, one for the sen iors and another for the rest of the students. “Second, although the students iwere around, they took no interest in the commencement exercises. “Third, giving examinations to the rest after commencement was stale and unprofitable for both in structors and students. It is an anti-climax after the inspiration of graduation to go back to the hum drum task of making an inventory (Continued on page four) Glee Clubs Give Second Annual Home Concert “Highwayman” by M. An drews Proves Popular; Solo Work Good More than one thousand persons attended the home concert of the combined glee clubs under the di rection of John Stark Evans, Thurs day evening in the Woman’s build ing. This was the second annual concert of the men’s and women’s glee clubs. “The Highwayman,” by Mark Andrews and Alfred Noyes was the first number on the program sung by the glee clubs, with solo work by Leota Biggs and Roy Bryson. This piece was particularly notable for the stunning massive effects, and music which changed with the thought of the poem. “It is the best University of Ore gon glee club concert I have ever heard,” said Mrs. Anna Landsbury Beck, “particularly stimulating was the first number.” A dark stage was used during the singing of “Uncle Rome,” and “Sweet and Low,” included in Part II, by the men’s glee club. “Eugene Carr sang, “Hear Yo Winds and Waves.” “The strength and smoothness of his voice was brought out along with his poise and stage presence,” said Mrs. Beck. “The encore ‘Danny Boy,’ which he sang, showed a decided vocal, con trast. ’ ’ Roy Bryson brought out the high tones of his voice when, he sang “Ah, Love But a Day.” Miss Leota Biggs, soprano, had dramatic qual ity in her voice. The concluding number on~the program was a group of Oregon songs, the first, “Old Oregon^ Thy Sons Will Ne’er Forget,” sung by the quartet, “As I Sit and Dream at Evening,” and “I’m th^ Harbor of the Mountains,” sung by the men’s glee club. BRUINS WIN FIRST CONTEST, 32 TO 17 Entire Plans For Summer Sessions Out Head of Eugene Branch Announces Courses, Instructors Plans for tho 1928 University of Oregon summer school sessions, which are held simultaneously in Portland and on the campus at Eu gene, have been completed by F. L. Stetson, of the education depart ment, who is in charge of the Eu gene division. Summer school classes begin Juno 21 and continue until July 30. The fees will be $15.00 for the six weeks session, and nine hours of credit may be earned. Exceptionally competent instruc tors have been engaged for the summer, according to Mr. Stetson. One of the most outstanding men will be Dr. Madison Bentley, presi dent of the American Psychological Association and head of the depart-, ment of psychology in the Univer sity of Illinois, who will teach courses in psychology in Eugene. Dr. F. II. Hankins, of Smith Col lege, Massachusetts, one of the out standing sociologists of the coun try, will offer courses in sociology at the Eugene session. Course in Coaching Schedule^ One of the special features will be a two weeks course in high school basketball coaching which will be given by Walter E. Mean well, head basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin. William Hayward, track coach and athletic director at the University of Ore gon, will give parallel courses for coaches of track from July 1 to 15 Dr. Walter L. Whittlesey, assist ant professor of political science at Princeton, who is well-known in the East for his studies in American government and politics, will offer three courses in this field on the campus. Dr. Edward Hulne, of Stanford University, who was on the summer school faculty hpre last summer, will give a course in history at Eu gene. Dr. C. V. Boyer, professor of English at the University of Il linois, and a noted teacher, writer and lecturer, will teach English here. Course Offered Advisers Dean Marion Brown of Oakland, California, whose courses were an outstanding feature of last summer in the campus session, will again give work for deans and advisers of high school girls and others inter ested in jiroblems of moral and social guidance in secondary schools. Courses in library training will be given by Miss Evelyn Foster, a graduate of the University, and a former member of the campus li brary staff, who is now at the school of library science, Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to these instructors the faculty here will include a num ber of the regular University facul ty. Some of the best-known are: Dean Henry Sheldon, head of the school of education; Dr. James Gil (Continued on page three) Alumni to Choose Nation-Wide Chain Of Special Hotels The Associated alumni of 70 lead ing colleges and universities in Am erica have been appointed a com mittee to choose one hotel in ap proximately every city of the Uni ted States and Canada to form a nation wide chain of inter-collegi ate alumni hotels. Three hotels will be chosen in Now York and Chi cago. The purpose of the plan is to en able college men pnd women who are traveling around the country, to meet and associate with people having some interests in common with their own. Also, the alumni magazines of the institutions repre sented in the association will bo kept on file in the reading room of each inter-collegiate alumni hotel with lists of the local alumni. Leased Wire Service Flash Game Tonight for Students at Villard Oregon must win tonight to earn a fighting chance for the title, while the Bears have but to break oven to earn the crown. The Oregon Knights will again hold out at Villard hall, with their leased wire service from Oakland. The slight difficulty encountered in maintaining a clear wire last night has been remedied, and much snap pier reports are promised. The messages wore excellent during the last half, while the service covering every held ball and out of bounds play. Tonight’s account will start at 8:00, and everyone wanting first hand results on a red hot basketball game is oxpccted to be there, ac cording to Bill Brown, president of the Knights. “I expect the boys to come back tonight with a bang,” said Bill, “An Oregon team is never beaten until the final whistle blows and then they are thinking about an other crack at the foe. You can bet your books that tonight’s jgamo will be a lot different.” Date for Senior Leap - Week Set for April 7 to 10 Fourth Year Women Plan Three Day Seige on Class Men Senior Leap- Week, during which the senior women have their last chance to entertain the gentlemen of the class, has been set for the second week in spring term, start ing Wednesday night, April 7 and lasting until Saturday night, April 10. This is the week when the old order is reversed and the senior women arrango the dates and pay the expenses. In former years it has not been uncommon to see the girls of the senior class arriving at the men’s houses about 8:30 in the evening supplied with various vehicles, anything from wheelbar rows to horses and buggies. The Senior Leap-Week commit tee includes Imogone Lewis, chair man, Betty Rauch, Louise Inabnit, Lillian Vulgamore, Deloris Pearson, and Adriene Hazard. Bob Gardner, president of the class, announced that Ray Williams has been ^pointed to take care of graduation announcements for the class. These will be ordered soon and the members of the class are asked to indicate the number they will wish so that tho proper number can be ordered. At the meeting it was decided to transfer the Junior ^eek-End trust fund of the class of ’26 to the class fund. This will increase the fund $779.04. Physical Ability I est Scheduled for Today The second physical ability test of the term will be given this morn ing at 10. The events to bo passed are the high jump, rope climb, four lap run, high jump and swim. Ten men were signed up yesterday, but more were expected to turn up this morning. Eugene Richmond last year made a total of 119 points, the highest number made since the record was established; Edgar Slauson has suc ceeded in annexing 118 points. Slau son may take the test today to see if he can raise his own record. Mrs. Alice H. Ernst In Charge of Contest Students wishing to compote for the national prize of $100 offered by the Makers Club at Dallas, Texas, for the best original poem to be sub mitted toy any undergraduate stu dent of any American university or college will please see Mrs. Alice Henson Ernst of the English de ment. The contest closes March 15, 1926. Details were printed in Wednes day’s Emerald and are now posted on the bulletin board at Villard hall. Oregon Team Outplayed In Rough Game Nervousness Evident In Playing of Webfoot Squad The lineups: Oregon (17) vs. (32) California Kiminki (3).F.(4) Holmes Gunther (5).F.(5) iWatson Okerberg (2).C.(1) Higgins Hobson (2).G.(8) pavis Jost .G.. Dixon Subs: Oregon, Hughes (1), Ed wards (2) Chiles, Eberhart; Cali fornia, Butts (4), Carver (14), Pet erson (4), Mills, Dustin. UNIVERSITY OP CALIFORNIA, Oakland, Calif. Feb. 26.—(Special to Emerald).—University of Cali fornia outsliot and out charged the University of Oregon basketball team here tonight and won the first of a three game series for the cham pionship of the Pacific Coast Con ference, 32 to 17. The Bruins ran up an early lead. They opened with a barrage of baskets that completely swept the visitors off their feet. But-it was not so much their perfect teamplay that was the cause of Oregon's complete downfall in the first fpw minutes, it was their style of play. The Northerners cowed at the start because the officials permitted the Californians to get in and mix. To the Oregonian rooters the basketball game seemed more like a football contest where both sides got in and battled. Okerberg Fouls Out Oregon lost Roy Okerberg, its pre mier scorer, right off the bat for having four personal fouls. The Californians also suffered on that account, but with Westergren un able to play and Okerberg out, Ore gon looked anything but a cham pionship team. The first half end ed, 18 to 6, for California. The Webfooters braced in the sec ond period and hold the Brains more nearly even. The losers scored 14 points that period to 11 for the Californians. Oregon play ed as woll as California in the sec ond half, but she was unable t® connect with the basket, while the Bears dropped shot after shot. Hobson Star of Oregonians Howard Hobson, captain of the Oregonians, was the oustanding star for his team. He not only watched his own man, but seemed to be every place on the floor at tho same time. He played his greatest game in his career. Ore and California four out of six. Tho gon missed 10 out of 19 foul throws, second game will be played at the auditorium Saturday night. Should Oregon manage to win it a third game will be played Monday night at Berkeley. In justice to California, it may be said that they were positively unbeatable tonight. They shot from all angles. Carver, plucky guard for the Bears’ who until tonight’s game was satisfied with a pair of field goals in any game, went wild and connected for seven. Men’s Rifle Squad Loses To Virginia Military Institute The men’s rifle team lost a shoot to the Virginia Military Institute last week. When the communica tion was received from the Virginia school, it was found that they had totalled 3611 points to Oregon’* 3473. The members of the 10 man team and the points made, follow: Hayden 371; Johnson 370; Getty 360; Gilbert 350; McKnight 339; Kidwell 338; Majovski 338; Schulze j 33S; Ingalls 336; Kerns 333. A five man team made up of the last five men in the above list shot against Washington State College, but no word has been received from the other school as yet. The men shoot in four position^ prone, sitting, kneeling, and stand' ing.