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VOLUME XXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1926 NUMBER 103 League Will Elect Today At Library Women Students Urged By Anna DeWitt to Cast Votes Polls to Open at 10 and Close at 2:30 O’clock Installation of Officers to Be Next Month Every woman vote! This is the slogan of the Women’s League election which will he held in the Library today from 10:00 to 2:30. The nominees are: President—Kathryn Ulrich Vice-president—Catherine Strup lere, Edith Shell. Secretary—Nancy Peterson, Fran ces Borton. Treasurer—Harriet Osborn, Doro thy Mims ell. Sergeant-at-arms—Elaine Craw ford, Marian Leech, Ena McKeown. Reporter—Ruth Hansen, Margar et Long. The committee which will be in charge of the election is: Elizabeth Talbot chairman; Marian Barnes, Mildred Onslow and Edna Ellen Bell. “I would like to urge the women to turn out en masse for the elec tion,” declares Anna DeWitt, pres ent president of Women’s League. “It is very important that each wo man cast her vote. A record will be kept of those who do and do not appear at the polls. Installation of officers will take place sometime during the latter part of May. Convention This Month Miss DeWitt and her successor will attend a Western Sectional Conference of Intercollegiate Asso ciated Women Students at the Uni versity of California, Southern Branch, in Los Angeles, April 14 to 17. This conference was held on the University of Oregon campus last year. All western and some mid-western colleges, will be repre sented. Many Old Students To Come for Reunion During Graduation Thirteen classes will hold reun ions at commencement, June 12, 13 and 14. The Dix plan for class reunions was adopted several years ago by the Alumni association of i the University of Oregon. This plan, formed by Edwin Asa Dix, a Princeton alumnus, involves the idea of a joint reunion of four j classes which were in college at the i same time at intervals of five years. j Each time a different grrup of classes meet, so that during a cycle of four reunions any given class will have met with four groups which correspond with the four col lege years. Thus, this June the classes of 1920, 1919, 1918, 1917 and 1916 will meet, with the class of 1916 holding its tenth reunion. The class of 1901 \ will hold its twenty-five year re union, meeting with the classes of 1900, 1899 and 1898 at the same time. The class of 1886 will hold its forty-year reunion and four oth er classes meeting all originally in school at the same time are those of 1882, 1881, 1880 and 1879. There were only seven graduates in the class of 1886. Of these Wil liam Ira Vawter is deceased and three of the remaining graduates now live in Oregon: George Dunn is in Ashland, William Gore in Med ford, Ida Patterson in Eugene. Two members of the ela«s, Jennie McClure and Frank Huffer, live in Seattle; and William Jackson Rob erts resides in Tacoma. The classes of 1879 and 1881 are corresponding ly small. Meeting of Emerald Staff Today at 4:30 The first Emerald staff meeting of the term will be held at 4:30 p. m. today in the Journalism biukl ing. All members of the Emerald staff must be present, according to the editorial announcement, and as pirants for positions are also invited. Disposition of the cash prize awards will be explained, and other mat ters of importance will be consid ered. Among these are extensive changes in beats which will affect practically every member of the staff. Hunters of the Paper Fox Riders who won second place for Oregon in last Saturday’s paper chase. Left to right: Jack Hering, Kate Martin, Nonie Vial, Peggy Spencer and John Nelson. Henry Hall, sixth member of the team, was not present when the picture was taken. t Woodbury Tells Class of Life of Ralph Emerson Lecturer Compares Great Essayist With Lincoln In Appearance To rescue Ralph Waldo Emerson from the legends and show hinn as he was and as he lived was the purpose expressed by Charles Wood bury, last living friend of Emerson in his lecture “Emersion and His Friends” given before the Ameri can Literature classes yesterday morning. Emierson’s personal characiteftiis ties were discussed by Mr. Wood bury who knew the essayist and poet from his sixty-second year un til his death 44 years ago. The speaker declared that Emerson vio lated all present rules of oratory. He always read his speeches, and he never moved about the rostrum. He stood motionless and emotion less. His eyes did not meet those of his audience, and his voice was never allowed to fall at a period. “His voice was upward because his soul was upward,” Mr. Woodbury explained. Emerson’s voice was one of his outstanding characteristics, Wood bury declared. “His voice had the quality of making things live. It was always musical, harmonious, and sweet. Emerson had the qual ity of carrying the speaker’s soul as our California streams carry gold,” he said. Mr. Woodbury compared Emerson to Lincoln in ap pearance. He was tall and awk ward, but the plainness of his fea tures Was lighted up by his spark ling eyes. .’’Whatever liis eyes looked at they looked into,” the speaker re marked. “He seemed to see, not the persons he was speaking to, but the subjects he was speaking about.” Serenity was the word used to characterize Emerson’s deportment. He believed that society demanded nothing more than composure and self-reliance. He is said to have had Yankee originality. Emerson had no boyhood, but always seemed to be aged, according to Woodbury. He had something much beter, how ever, the perpetual immortal spirit of youth. . The lecturer also gave brier sketches of the character and per soanl appearances of David Henry Thoreau and Bronson Alcott, friends of Emerson’s and his companions in the Brook Farm colony. Pre-Medics Students Must Fill Blanks Soon Fifty application blanks, issued by the' Portland Medical School ad mission board, have been received by the pre-medics department here. ' Students applying for fafitranee to the school must immediately fill out these blanks which ask for in formation about the various insti tutions of learning that the student has attended. This is the first year that an early systematic procedure has been carried" out. The first step was the visit of the two Portland instruc tors who interviewed prospective applicants for admission. All students interested should se cure blanks from Dr. Harry B. Yo cum, of the department. Committee Revises Constitution of A.S.U.O. For Student Approval The committee on revision of the constitution of the Associated Stu dents of the University of Oregon has completed a revision and copies are now being made which will be presented to the executive and stu dent councils Wednesday evening. If this draft of the constitution is approved by the two councils, copies will be made and sent to all living organizations. Other copies will be left at the Graduate Mana ger’s office and at the Co-op, so that all students njay have the ®p portunity of looking*over the pro posed revisions. This allows two weeks time for complete discussion of the changes before the constitu tion is submitted to the student body on April 22. If any question arises among the students, and it is found necessary, a special meeting of the student council will be held, at which an explanation of all changes will be made. It is hoped by the committee, that this procedure will facilitate the revision and acceptance of the constitution. . The committee is com posed of Dean W. G. Hale, Karl Onthank, Paul Ager, Kenneth Steph enson, Carl Dahl, Lowell Baker and Walter Malcolm. Real Work Will Begin On Canoe Fete Tonight Beal work will be .the topic of conversation at the 'meeting of the canoe fete committee tonight in Boom 1 of the Administration build ing. The meeting has been called for 7 o ’clock by Earl Chiles, chair man of the committee, and all mem bers are expected to be there. Problems of decoration, settings, lighting, seating and advertising will be the topics taken up. This is the first meeting of the entire committee and matters brought up tonight will mot only be of primary importance as far as the administra tion is concerned, but will be of great concern in carrying out the work of each member of the direc torate, declares Chiles. Mu Phi Concert At 8 Tonight in Music Building Fifth Affair of Series to Feature Soprano And Cellist on Program Lora Teschner, cellist, and Mrs. T. A. Pearson, soprano, are to be featured in the concert given by Mu Phi Epsilon this evening in the school of music auditorium. Mrs. Aurora Potter Underwood is. to be the accompanist. The concert,, which is the fifth of the series, is to begin at 8 o’clock. General ad mission is fifty cents, but student admission will be thirty-five cents. The program follows: Sonata in D Minor .... Corelli (1653 1713) Prelude Allemande, Sarabande,. . Gigne Lora Teschner Yon Ewiger Liebe (Love Trium phant) .Brahms Prom the Tomb of an Unknown Woman .Granville Bantock Where the Bee Sucks There Lurk I . Sullivan Mrs. Pearson Air .Jean Hure Elegie .Maurice Dambois Vito .Popper Lora Teschner Recitative and Air from “La Reine de Saba” .Gounod Mrs. Pearson Variations Symphnoique ..Boellman Lora Teschner Hindoo Song . Bemberg Hindoo Song (Cello Obligato) Bem berg Love in Spring .Gounod Mrs. Pearson Rainey Will Address Portland School Board Professor Homer P. Rainey of the school of education will speak be fore the school board in Portland Saturday. His topic will be “Pub lic School Finance.” Oregon Song Week Learn a Song a Day Mighty Oregon Oregon, our Alma Mater, We will guard thee on and on; Fellows, gather ’round and and cheer her, Chant her glory ! Oregon ; Roar the praises of her warriors. • Sing the story, Oregon; On to victory urge the heroes Of our Mighty Oregon. Chorus—And then we’ll march, march on down the field Fighting for Oregon; Plow through the Foeman’s line, Their strength we defy. We’ll give a long cheer for our men, We’re out to win again; Oregon wilfrfight to the end And we will win. Song Judges For Contest ChosenToday Schedule for Competition Will he Launched on Thursday Chairman West Says Interest Runs Strong All Campus to Join in Assembly Singing By BARBARA BLYTHE TTJDGES for the Song Week con ** test have boon appointed. The schedule has been mado out and all living (Organizations should be ready for the “test” during the coming week, beginning Thursday, April 8, at noon. Song Week prop er begins with the assembly Thurs day morning and judging will con tinue until Thursday, April 15th. The assembly, according to pres ent plans, will be turned over en tirely to music and the singing of Oregon songs. The glee clubs will be there to aid in the entertain ment and a professional song leader will conduct the singing. Other special entertainment features are also being arranged. Judges will be Esther Setters, Beryl Hodgen, Katherine Graef, Jack Seabrook, DeLoris Pearson, Frances Hare, Mary Clark, Bob Hunt, Barney McPhillips, Beatrice Peters, Paul Peek, and Jimmie Leake. With such a list of musi cal critics, said the publicity chair man, yesterday, all living organiza tions should surely put forth the utmost efforts of their musical ab ility. These judges will be decid edly critical and each house should practice the songs diligently this week if they expect to remain long in the contest he continued. Quantity and quality will be the basis of judging the s>ongs, accord ing to the committee. That means that the number of Oregon songs the house knows and sings will count as avcII as the merit of the singing itself. The judges have been divided in to four committees of three mem bers each. The houses have been listed and three judges will. visit each house. Four winners will be picked, one by each committee of three, the ultimate winner Keing picked by a final judging commit tee. Thursday noon the judges will start, a committee of three visiting each house at lunch, and at dinner during the week until each house has been visited. The judges will be the guests of the house and singing will bo conducted during the meal. Following is a list of the judging contaiittoes and their itinerary. Each house should be prepared to meet them at the designated time. Committee No. 1.: Beryl Hogden, Father Setters, Kay Graef. Thurs day noon, Alpha Beta Chi; Thurs day dinner, Alpha Tau Omega; Friday noon, Beta Theta Pi; k riday dinner, Sigma Chi; Monday noon, Delta Tau Delta; Monday dinner Men’s Oregon Club; Tuesday noon, Kappa Delta Phi; Tuesday dinner, Kappa Sigma; Wednesday noon, Lambda Psi; Wednesday dinner, Friendly Hall. Committee No. 2: Jack Seabrook, DeLoris Pearson, Frances Hare. Thursday noon, Phi Delta Theta; Thursday dinner, Phi Gamma Del ta: Friday noon, Phi Kappa Psi; Friday dinner, Psi Kappa; Monday noon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Tues day noon, Chi Psi; Tuesday din ner, Sigma Nu; Wednesday noon, Sigma Pi Tau; Wednesday dinner, Theta Chi. Committee No. 8: Mary Clark, Bob Hunt, Barney Mirphiljlips. Thursday noon, Alpha Chi Omega; Thursday dinner, Alpha Delta Pi; Fridav noon, Alpha Gamma Delta; Friday dinner, Alpha Omicron Pi; Monday noon, Alpha Phi; Monday dinner, Alpha Xi Delta; Tuesday noon, Delta Delta Delta; Tuesday dinner, Delta Gamma; Wednesday noon, Delta Zeta; Wednesday din ner, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Committee No. 4: Beatrice Pet ers, Paul Peek, Jimmie Leake. Thursday noon, Chi Omega; Thurs day dinner, Hendricks Hall; Fri day noon, Kappa Alpha Theta; Fri day dinner, Gamma Phi Beta; Mon day noon, Kappa Oinicnon; Mon day dinner, Girl’s Oregon Club; Tuesday noon, Pi Beta Phi; Tues day dinner, Sigma Beta Phi; Wed nesday noon, Susan Campbell Hall; Wednesday dinner, Tau Nu. (Continued on page four) Sensational Murder Trial Tonight, 7:15 lyjURDER! Professor Sam Bass 'L Warner killed in a dispute over grades by David D. Evans, law student! Time, unknown; manner, with a paper weight; circuit court room of the Lane and result—a moot trial in the county courthouse at 7:ld this evening before Clyde Johnston, former district attorney, who will act as judge. The trial will be open to the public. John Bryson and Herbert Brooks, third year law students will appear as prosecuting attor neys. Rupert Bullivant and Rob ert Chrisman, also of the law school, are attorneys for the de fense. In addition students of the University will servo as jur ors, court reporters, bailiff and other necessary' requirements of a real murder trial. “Manslaughter” is the charge filed against Evans. Ho is al leged to have attacked Warner when the latter, in an attempt to restrain Evans in an argu ment about grades, started at him with a door weight. Evans, according to the charge, then hit the professor on the head with a paper weight. Psychologists Will Discuss Ape Teaching Meeting to Contrast Human And Animal Intelli gence Is there any difference between a university student and a tree-climb ing ape? “Can the methods em ployed with apes be transferred to University teaching?” The latter is the question whi#h the Psychol ogy Discussion Group will attempt to answer at its monthly meeting at 7:30 tonight in Room 302, Condon Hall. Methods used by the German psychologists in their attempts to teach apes in connection with their investigation of animal learning will be presented t<5 the meeting by two able students of the question. A brief outline of the methods used by Thorndike in this field will also be given. Last month’s discussion attempt ed to discover if there were changes in the viewpoints of women which could bo attributed to differences in age. Some of the questions asked were: Should a wife interest herself in current affairs and civic, matters even at the neglect of her house hold? Should the husband or the wife direct the household management? Should the wife keep on with her career after marriage? • Should thero be a single or a double standard of morals? The group reports that some very interesting ideas were revealed by the study. Team Chosen For Stanford Track Meet Oregon Exhibits Strength In Field, Dash and Hurdle Events Wetzel Improving Past Javelin Throw Record Hayward Asked to Referee Bear-Card Meet rpilE twenty-man track team which will represent the University in the annual dual meet with Stanford at Palo Alto on April 10 was se lected last Saturday by Bill Hay ward in the try-outs held in a driz zling lain. Pew good times were made and the slow track held down the times for practically all events. No true estimate of the strength of the team could be gathered from the tryout meet. In spite of the weather all events were run off. Tracksters to Go The men who will make the trip and their events will be: 100 yard dash—Harry Holt and Jerry Extra. 220 yard dash—Extra and Holt. 440 yards and relay—Paul Ager, Walt Pearson .Robert Allen and1 Don Jeffries. 880 yards—Bob Overstreet and Ed Thorstenberg. Mile—Reuben Boss and Pern Kel ly Two-mile—Tom Holder and John Niedermeyer. Broad jump—Proc Flanagan and Walt Kelsey. Higli jump—Kelsey, Francis Cleaver and Roland Eby. Polo vault—Ed Crowley and Kel sey. High hurdles--—Cleaver and Ralph Tuek. Low hurdles—Kelsey, Cleaver and Tuck. Shot put and Discus—Vic Wet*»I and Charles Stockwell. Jevelin—Wetzel. Oregon shows strength in the dashes, the hurdles, the broad jump, the two mile, the pole vault and the javelin, but the rest of the events are unknown quantities on the team. Proc Flanagan, holder of the Pacific. Const conference record in the broad- jump which he es tablished last year at the confer ence meet in Seattle with a leap of 23 feet 5 and one-half inches will probably bo the outstanding per former on the team. Javelin Throw Improving With Cleaver, Kelsey and Tuck in the hurdles that event seems to be far stronger than last year. Tom Holder has been turning in good times on the eight lap run and should bo able to repeat in the south. Vic Wetzel has yet to extend himself to tlio limit in the javelin. His best heave last year was 180 feet '7 and one-half inches and he has improved that by several feet this soason.. Jerry Extra in the 220 and Harry Holt in the hundred look like possible winners for both races. (Continued on page four) Golf Helps Friend of Emerson to Remain Young, Alert, Enthusiastic BY GENEVIEVE MORGAN A portly, white-haired gentleman talked glibly to a youth yesterday noon while less hurried and loss aged people stewed impatiently to carry him off to lunch. He was Charles J. Woodbury, last surviving member of the Brook farm colony and a friend and admirer of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Dr. Woodbury, four times a great grandfather and yet as full of en thusiasm as a ten-year old, has spent the last twelve years lecturing about Emerson and his work. “I have talked in every Universi ty north of Mason and Dixon’s line,” he said in giving an estimate of the work he has done in that time. Last year he traveled 46, 760 miles in his lecture work. In 1924 he saw 52,430 miles mount to his credit; this year he will have covered an equally large mileage before returning to his home in Oak land, California. Each year this veteran lecturer begins his tour the first week in April and concludes it before the end of July. This year’s expedi tion will take him from Oregon through Montana, thence to North Dakota, into Illinois, Indiana, Ver mont and Massachusetts; from there he will go to Washington D. C., then to Philadelphia and other Pennsyl vania points, and Colorado. His tour will end on July 25. David Starr Jordan, chancellor emeritus of Stanford, was primarily responsible for Dr. Woodbury’s pres ent undertaking. In this connection the visitor said, “I wa* chatting with some friends in Luther Bur bank ’s house and Jordan happened to hear me. He made me go and address the boys at Stanford. After that he insisted that I go upon the platform in the interest of Emerson and his work; he even arranged my first series of lectures.” Of all the warm receptions and kindnesses Dr. Woodbury receive* from those he addresses, none gives him quite so much pleasure as the attitude of the people living about the region of James Bay, far north of Toronto—or even some 150 miles farther north than tho bay. These people are wild to hear about Emer son, he enthusiastically pift it. Woodbury said that he was at first surprised to learn that the Englishman could care so mueh for this writer-friend of his, at the (Continued on page three)