VOLUME XXVII UXM L V mvojl 1 i Uf UrvEAjrUiN, Hi U ur J&1N !3, 1 xlUxvoiJiV.I, A1 iULi jy, 1 yjb NUMBER 129
BIGGS CHOSEN PRESIDENT
BAKER IS VICE-PRESIDENT
ABRAMSON' NAMED EDITOR
Varsity Ball
Tossers Leave
for Husky Tilt
Oregon and Washington
Will Open Season
Friday
Coach Billy Reinhart, manager
Paul Sletton and 13 baseball players
embarked this morning for Seattle
where the Oregon varsity nine meets
with the University of Washington
Huskies in a two-day series, Fri
day and Saturday, April 30 and May
1.
The Huskies are strong. They
have come through their pre-season
^practice games with a clean slate.
Behind the windpad Coach Graves
has Gene Walby, considered one of
the best backstops in the conference.
Lefty Leavers at first has cinched
his position again. On second base
will be found another old-timer, Art
Langlie. The fight for the short
patch position has been keen. Hugh
Beckett was used there until the
Huskie coach shifted him to third
base, where he cavorted for a time
last year. Welt Beckett is now at
short and will probably be seen m
action at that position against the
Lemon-yellow sluggers.
Malone in Outfield
The shifting of Hugh Beckett to
the hot corner made it necessary to
place Coe Malone in the outfield for
the present. Windy La Branche,
star player from last year’s fresh
man nine, has been placed in the
outer gardens and ,is garnering the
flies with ability. Although Coach
Tubby Graves has ten veterans on
deck he is having a hard time find
ing a hitting combination.
For mound duty Graves has the
following to pick from: Elmer Tes
reau, Hal Gardner, Harold Shidler,
Lefty Jones, Bill McComas, Stowell,
Calhoun, Art Butler and Schlageter,
Gardner’is to be remembered as the
flinger who set the varsity on its
enr last year.
Hitting Practice Heavy
For the past week Coach Billy
Reinhart has been pounding his men
v hard in order to have them in first
'S rate condition for the opening series
of the Northwest conference. Par
ticular attention has been paid to
the hitting practice of the team.
Reinhart said yesterday that the
team was hitting much better. This
was apparent in the game last Fri
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Confectionery to be
Installed at Courts
rrUIE cottage near the tennis
courts will soon bo used for
a new purpose. Not a country
store but a “Fountain.” Next
Monday W. A. A. will start sell
ing ice cream cones and pop to
tennis players and all other per
sons strolling about that region.
“Cotton” mouths and parched
tongues need no longer be a part
of the tennis match. The mem
bers of W. A. A. will start serv
ing refreshments early in the
morning and continue until even
ing. They announce that all may
buy who have the price of a cone
or a bottle of pop. There will
be no discriminations made
against blonds or brunettes and
no limit placed on the amount
of confections consumed by any
one person.
New Professor
Tells of Customs
Of Island School
Verne Blue, Ex-’22, Arrives
To Instruct Classes
In History
The University of Hawaii is a
cosmopolitan school and, although
three-fourths of the five or six hun
dred undergraduates are of Oriental
ancestry, all the students are Am
erican citizens, according to Verne
Blue, Oregon graduate of ’22, who |
spent two years as professor of Am-j
jrican history in that institution.!
Mr. Blue is at present assisting
Walter Barnes and is instructing
bis class in history of the Refor- j
mation.
The University is provided for by
territorial appropriations and fed
eral land grant aid. The faculty is
drawn from all over the United
States, and many of the professors ,
have European degrees. They are
all Americans with the exception
of a Japanese instructor who
teaches that language, a Chinese in
structor, and one Hawaiian teach
er, Mr. Blue said.
“The school spirit of the insti-.
tution is good, and the relation be
tween races is quite satisfactory, j
The situation is especially good in ■
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Few Candidates, no Excitement9
Characteristic of Elections in 1900
By M. M. Hensley
A calm indifference toward the
results of student body elections
was the attitude of most of the
students on the Oregon campus in
d f>00. bTo wonder only 50 of the
entire student group voted for there
were only five officeg to fill and
few candidates out for the posi
tions. “Everything passed off quiet
ly with no ill feelings among the
various aspirants. The lucky ones
have the best wishes of all.” Such
was the conspicuous place in the
Oregon Weekly paper of October 8,
1900.
The following year there was no
excitement at the polls as two per
sons who were in the race withdrew
at the last hour leaving no oppo
sition for any offices. About 50
ballots were cast this time.
In 1903 student body affairs were
revolutionized and 16 offices were
added. The date for "Elections was
changed from fall to spring term.
Although there were only 21 offices
to fill, 11 people entered the field.
The contest was keenest over the
positions of treasurer and editor of i
the University paper. Nominations j
were freely made and there were j
few writhdrawals. All Ashland stu- j
dents running for 'offices were J
elected. This caused some persons
to accuse a faction 'of operating an |
“Ashland machine.”
In 1012 Carleton Spencer, “faml
ous orator and debater,” who is now
i University registrar, was elected
president in a strenuous campaign.!
A total of 533 out of a possible 600
votes were cast.
A pre-election story of 1913 Te
jlates that, “With the day of judg-,
ment a few hours away, hopeful
; candidates, professional and other-.
; wise, are shining their shoes and
pressing their apparel in prepara
tion for the final conquest.”
Students became public spirited
in 1915 when 599 voted for offi
i cers. This was the record number in
I the history of the University up
to that time. Six hours and 15
minutes were spent in counting the
ballots.
Rose Awarded
Scholarship to
FrenchSchool
Appointment Has Duration
Of One Year, Subject to
Single Renewal
Hilton Rose, a junior in the pre
medies department, has been award
ed a scholarship to any of the
French universities, by the French
•government, as a reward for his
high standing and ability in the
French language. Such an award is
a distinct honor to the University
as well as to Rose because there
are very few awards made through
out the United States each year.
Candidates must meet requirements
in French and be recommended by
the French department of the school
before they can be even considered.
The receiver has had two years of
French at the University.
The award was given under the
auspices of the International Insti
tute of Education and requires the
teaching of a one hour course in
English at one of the lycees, equi
valent to our colleges here, in Paris,
Bordeaux, Lyon or Strassbourg.
This is known as a poste d’assistant.
30 Per Cent of Fare Included
The scholarship includes' thirty
per cent of the student’s fare from
New York to the place where he will
teach, and all of his board, room, and
tuition at the University, equivalent
to our graduate school, to be paid
by the French government. The
award is for one year, but can be
renewed.
He will sail the last part of June
nr the first part of July on a French
liner, and will spend the summer un
til the regular school takes up Octo
ber 1, at some university outside of]
Paris. The university which he will ]
attend during the school year will j
not be determined until he has been
informed as to the Iveee at which
he must teach English.
Appointee is Traveler
Pose is the son of Dr. M. W.
Pose of Portland. He is a member
of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and
was, the first part of the year, as
sociate editor of the Oregana. He
has spent some years in China, Jap
an and the Philippines.
The American Medical Associa
tion, which maintains a record of
all medical students, is recording
Bose’s achievements, scholarships
and activities.
After he has finished his study
abroad he will return to the Port
land Medical school where he will
finish his course.
Prize Essay Papers
Read at Pan Xenia
A dinner in honor of the three
members of Pan Xenia, internation
al professional fraternity, who won
prizes in the Murray Warner essay
contest, was given recently and at
the last meeting of the society the
paper written by George Berezov
sky, for which he was awarded first
prize of $150, jyas read. The papers
of the other two members, Phil :
Bergh and Wallace Pack, who tied
for third place and received $50
each, will be read at the succeed
ing meeting5 on May 5 and 19.
At the next meeting George Yin
ton of Vinton and Company, Import
ers, will give a practical talk on im
porting from the business man’s
viewpoint, and at the following
meeting Edgar Blood of Suzuki and
Company will speak on foreign trade
from the recent graduate’s view
point. Edgar Blood is a graduate
<if Oregon and a former member of
Pan Xenia.
Peculiar Creature
Invades Library
TIKE a gin-sodden derelict
wandering far from home, he
strayed out of the unknown into
the library. He slipped in through
the swinging doors at the top
of the steps yesterday morning,
bleary-eyed and his dark gray
eoat bedraggled. After a grave,
but unsteady investigation of the
cloak room he decided to tarry
a while, and sat down on the
marble tiling in the hallway.
He was a disconsolate figure
as he hunched up against the
wall there and gazed stolidly at.
his feet. Occasionally he would
look up with an expression of
mournful appeal in his mysteri
ous, jade green eyes. Some did
not notice him at all, others
smiled as they noticed his condi
tion; several kind-hearted girls
bent over him a moment and
scratched him behind the ears.
He was only a venturesome but
world-weary cat, lost and lonely,
his coat awry and his white front
dirty. After leisurely washing
his paws he rose, took a step or
two, hesitated, and then strolled
with a sway-backed, rolling gait,
into the unknown w’hence he
eame, and perhaps into the obli
vion of chloroform or ether under
the hands of some aspiring med
ical student.
Track Entries
For Northern
Meet Selected
Eleven Man Team to Leave
Friday for Seattle Re
lay Carnival
Tlie eleven track men who will be
entered in the seventh annual Se
attle relay carnival this week-end
at Seattle were definitely chosen
yesterday by Bill Hayward. The re
lay entries will leave Friday morn
ing for the northern contest. A groat
improvement is expected by the
coach over the showing in the try
outs last Saturday.
Hayward will leave this evening
for Seattle, stopping enroute to ref
eree a country track meet at Buck
ley, Washington, Friday afternoon,
and on Saturday morning he will
meet the track coaches from the
seven schools entering teams in the
Washington relay carnival to draw
lanes and revise rules for the meet.
The men who will make the trip
will be entered in only three of the
five relay events and the two special
events, the 100-vard dash and the
120-vard high hurdles. Oregon’s
chances for honors appear to be the
best in the hurdles for none of the
hurdlers from the schools entered
have approached the times made by
Ralph Tuck and Francis Cleaver,
who are to run in the event.
(Coniinued on page three)
Underclass Women
Win Baseball Games
The sophomore girls stepped up
another notch in their pursuit of
the baseball honors when they eked
out a Id to 12 victory from the
seniors last night. Both teams were
handicapped by the absence of some
of their first string players. Eliza
beth Lounsburv and Alta Knips did
the battery work for the seniors.
Tn the second game the freshmen
Reeond team won 13 to 1. The soph
omores rarely passed the first bag
and found difficulty in making
headway against the pitching of
Lucille Hover. Lela Forrest and
Bernice Rasor passed the balls for
the sophs.
Present Spirit
of Education
| to Be Discussed
| Barry Cerf, Professor at
Reed College to Speak
At Assembly
“The New Spirit in Education”
is the subject upon which Barry
Cerf, professor of comparative lit
erature at Reed college, will address
the associated students at assembly
today. Prof. Cerf is a collaborate
author of the first year French text
which is being used in the Univer
sity at the present time, as well as
the author of a number of other
texts and translations. He is also
well known as a literary critic.
Prof. Cerf has been at Reed col
lege since 1921, having received his
A. B. and A. M. degrees in 1902
and 1903 from the University of
California. He was a student in
both France and Italy and in 1908
was granted a Ph. D. degree from
Harvard university. Ho spent sev
eral years at the University of Wis
consin in the capacity of instructor,
assistant professor and associate
professor. During 1918 and 1919
of the World war, Prof. Cerf served
with the American Expeditionary
Forces in France.
Walter Barnes Comments
Tn speaking of Prof. Cerf, Walter
Barnes of the history department,
said, “Reed college people consider
him their most brilliant speaker and
the Reed faculty members consider
him a very able scholar.”
“He is more intensely inter
ested in the broad movements
of world literature than in the de
tails of philological criticisms, and
this would fit him to take part in
the late Dr. Richard F. Scholz’s
plan to get awa[v from narrow spe
cialisms and to give a broad treat
ment to the different parts of large |
subjects,” is Mr. Barnes’ impres- j
si on.
Cerf Admired by Students
The student opinion of Prof. Corf j
is expressed by Austin TTutehcnson, j
who is a graduate of Reed college, j
and is at the present time doing I
graduate work on the University J
campus, and is also an assistant in
the history department. “Prof. Cerf
was associated with the late Ur. |
Scholz at the University of Wiscon
sin, and was active in working out j
the new integrated curriculum, ,
which is based upon a world survey j
of history and literature. Prof.
Cerf was chiefly instrumental in 1
working out the literary side of the
problem. According to this plan, as
in operation at Reed, Prof, f erf,
himself, worked out the two years
Survey of World Literature course
which is given for all freshman and
sophomores at Reed. He has assist
ance in the last year of the work
but handles the large freshman lec
tures himself.”
“Prof. Perf is a classicist in point
of view.” Mr. TTutchenson, who had
the survev course under his instruc
tion for a year and a half, stated.
“He is as enthusiastic for the litera
ture of the ancient world as for t
Hint of the modern romantic lan- '
guages which is his own special
field. He is considered a highly in
spiring teacher of literature by all J
who come in contact with him.”
Governor Pierce to
Review Cadet Corps |
—
Walter M. Pierce, governor of Ore
gon, will review the R. O. T. C. ca
det corps on Wednesday. May 2fi,
on the invitation of Lieutenant
Polonel W. S. Sinclair. At this time,
also, the student officers will be
presented with their cadet commis
sions.
66Fran" Morgan
Elected Student
Body Secretary
Frances Bourliill to Edit 1927 Oregana; Graham?
Long, and James are Senior Men on Student
Council; Fred West on Executive Council
By HAR0L1
JLJUGI1 L. BIGGS, junior in p
elected president of the A
versity of Oregon in yesterda;
defeating James Johnson. Tin
Johnson, 606. Biggs took an eai
a 117 to 95 edge at 4 o’clock. E
at 7 :30 he had an untouchable
Lowell Baker took the vice
margin over Ralph Staley and ,
strong bid in the first return,
Totals in Student
Body Election
PRESIDENT
Hugh Biggs . 950
James Johnson .«.. 606
VICE-PRESIDENT
Ralph Staley . 538
Lowell Baker . 732
Janies Forestel . 275
SECRETARY
Leo Luders . 436
Frances Morgan . 1102
EDITOR OF EMERALD
Sol Abramson . 980
Arthur Priaulx . 562
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Senior Woman (one year)
Anne Runes ..1434
Junior Man (two years)
Frank German .297
Fred West . 779
Bob Overstreet .466
STUDENT COUNCIL
Senior Men (three)
Wilford Long . 838
Edgar Wrightman . 659
Tom Graham .1067
Howard Os void .591
Bill James .1016
Senior Women (two)
Dot Ward . 582
Glenna Fisher . 879
Margaret Pepoon . 569
Maurine Johnson . 712
Junior Men ftwo)
James DePauli . 657
Clifford Kuhn . 684
Richard Gordon . 608
Dudley Clark . 852
Junior Woman
Frances Plimpton . 406
Mary Clark . 612
Mary Cogswell . 444
Sophomore Man
Lester Johnson .516
Joe Haliday . 524
Robert Maxwell . 318
Ehvood Fake . 180
YELL KING
Jack Seabrook . 1248
EDITOR OF OREGANA
Frances Bourhill .1008
Richard Syring —. 507
AMENDMENT
Yles .1049
No .:. 409
CO-OP DIRECTORS
Sophomore Men
Arthur Hamilton . 712
Robert Henningsen . 661
Roland Davis . 752
Freshman Man
Clinton Peets . 597
Arthur Anderson . 904
Ronald Hubbs . 518
The largest chemistry lecture
room in McClure hall is being re
arranged to accommodate about 160
instead of 120 . The partition divid
ing the room has been removed. By
the new arrangement students will
face north instead of west.
Lighting in the room will be much
more satisfactory, says O. F. Staf
ford, chemistry head.
) MANGUM
•e-law and varsity debater, was
ssociated Students of the Uni
r’s student election, decisively
final result was: Biggs, 950;
•ly lead in the counting, holding
e gradually increased this until
idvantage.
-presidency by a comfortable
lames Forestel. Staley made a
but gradually dropped by the
wayside a s Baker gathered
strength. The results were
Baker 732, Staley 536, Fore-'
stel 275. Frances Morgan will
replace DeLoris Pearson as
secretary of the student body
next year, vanning from Lee
haulers, 1102 to 436.
Sol Abramson finished far
Of Art Priaulx in tho race for the
editors!]ip of the Emerald, winning
982 t0 5(52' Liko Biggs, Abramson
Rained an early advantage and in
ereasod it by leaps and bounds
throughout tho counting. Frances
Bourhill was picked to edit tho 1927
Oregana by a wide majority over
Biek Syring. Anne Runes, senior
woman on the executive council
and Jack Seabrook, yell king, ran
lone races.
The tightest races 'of the day
were the struggles for junior man
on the student council which found
< 'lifford Kuhn and Dudley Clark
leading James DePauli and Dick
Gordon, winning by narrow mar
Rins, and for sophomore man on the
same body which ended with Joe
Holiday beating Hester Johnson by
the slim lead of eight votes.
Torn Graham, Bill James and Wil
ford Hong were elected senior men
on the student council; Fred West
was picked as junior man with sev
eral hundred votes to spare, and
will help Bob Hove with the money
bags next year; Glenna Fisher and
Maurine Johnson were chosen afl
senior women; and Mary Clark won
the position of junior woman on
the student council handily.
Davis and Hamilton Win
Roland Davis and Arthur Ham
ilton will sit on the Board of Di
rectors of the Co-op next year, with
Arthur Anderson as sophomore man.
The proposed amendment to the
A. 8. TJ. O. constitution pulled
through the election safely by 1049
to 409, but for a time it was fear
(Continued on page four)
Council Postpones
Meeting to Next Week
The meeting of the student coun
cil which was to have been held
last night, was postponed, and will
bo held some evening next week.
Several of tho members of the coun
cil were tellers for the election and
since no business of immediate im
portance was on hand, according to
Walter Malcolm, president of the
student body, the meeting will be
Held when more members can be
present.