i
VOLUME xxvn
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY. APRIL 30. 1926
NUMBER 121
Fun To Rule
Seven Seers
Party Tonight
Songs, Stunts, Specialties
To Entertain Guests
Between Dances
Many Campus Notables
List Table Reservations
J
Clever Garb Promises
Additional Hilarity
Tonight’s the night! With the
last table set, and the final place- ,
card in place the starting gun for
the Seven Seers’ Costume-carbaret
at the Campa Shoppe will go off at
eight-thirty as the signal for a series
of other explosions of mirth and
hilarity that will follow the rib
ripping features and vod-vil enter
tainment filling in the erstwhile
lull between dances.
From the entrance of the guests,
which by the way will not require
the feet of aforesaid people, until
the last feature that depicts a tragic
little scene of a well-known ed and
eo-ed wrecked on a desert isle, there
will be no let up in the high pitch of
the jollity. Eefilled glasses of punch
that has been shipped across the
border and special pastries fresh
from the paste factories of Moronia
will serve to revive exhausted per
sons, and unless a fancy type is
smoked, the men need not bring
cigarettes as over four-hundred
smokes of popular brands will be
furnished free.
A- Lame Ducks Have Table
The Lame Duck table for those
who were so fortunate as to be un
successful in the late elections, is
to include the most cherished seats
of the assembly, as only these select
ones can sit there. Bob Maxwell is
so hopped up about it he says there
should be a wild duck table instead.
One of the most elaborate feature*'
of the evening will be a may pole
dance, following the crowning of the
May Queen, who will be picked from
the women in the audience. The
dance will be staged by male mem
bers of the Emerald staff, who have
spent much time in preparation for
the event. Sol Abramson, who will .
lead the Gaiety chorus, will be as-!
sisted by Harold Mangun, who will
double for Esther Setters.
Baloons Add Color
Along with the hot air that will
not come from the atmosphere, as
numerous ice-cooled fans will keep
the costumes in constant motion,
but from the jokes and witty re
marks, there will be a goodly supply
of gas for three-hundred vary-col
ored baloons which will help keep
up the bouvancy of spirit. A bar
rel of confetti will be doled out
to the audience to dispense with as
they see fit.
Those who will entertain the mem
^ bers of the court are: Paul Peek,
* Janet Pearce, Jim DePauli, Jo Ann
"Warwick, Madge Normile, A1 Clark,
Collins Elkins, Len Thompson, Ken
McIntosh, Eddie Van Nuice, Earl
Tormy, Freddie Martin and Jack
Seabrook.
Tickets on sale for the campus
public are on sale at the Co-op for
two dollars a couple.
Social Worker Will
Confer With Students
Margaret D. Creech, assistant di
rector of social work in Portland
schools will he on the campus all
day today for the purpose of hold
ing conferences with women inter
ested in carrying on social service
work after graduation. Appoint
ments with Miss Creech may he
made hy telephoning 990.
Miss Creech is in close touch with
the work of various social agencies
throughout the country and for this
reason is able to give definite in
formation as to the opportunities
for young women along these lines.
* Gardners Postpone
Starting of Fountain
A water shortage on the campus
prevents the gardeners from start
ing the senior fountain for a week
or longer. The University ^eels that
the water run in the fountain can
be used to a better advantage on
the grounds, but during Junior
Week-end it will be turned on for
a few days.
Candy Counter Shows
Honesty of Students
T TPON the honesty of the stu
dents of'’the University of
Oregon depends the successful
operation of the candy counter
that is conducted in the campus
Y. M. C. A. hut, and the yearly
profits of from $40 to $60 indic
ates that the confidence is not
misplaced.
From a small beginning this
department has grown until it
now has a yearly turn over of
over $200. A number of years
ago only a few boxes of candy
were kept on an old counter.
Later these were transfered to
a table, and finally the second
hand glass case was purchased
in which the candy is now kept.
Silverware with which to con
duct the luncheons held in the
hut, magazines for the reading
table, and other items needed
about the hut are paid for with
the returns from the candy sale.
W.A.A. to Give
Big Dance Next
Tuesday Night
Strawberry Social Will
Feature Celebration at
Tennis Courts
The latest innovation for campus
dancers is a big strawberry social
to be held on the tennis courts next
Tuesday evening, May 4. Dancing,
supplemented by big dishes of straw
berries and ice cream served from
the tennis cottage, is the order of
the evening. This all-campus dance
will begin sharply at 6 o ’clock and
last until 7:30. A jitney a dance is
the price, and a full nickle ’g worth
of dancing is promised by Esther
Hardy who -is in charge of the af
fair.
The affair is being sponsored by
W. A. A. to raise funds to help put
across the big Play Day to occur
here with O. A. C. on May 22, and
every student on the campus is ask
ed to support the affair. If you
dance you’ll enjoy the strawberries
and ice cream just that much more,
if you don’t dance, come and eat,
is the invitation.
The last athletic competition be
tween the women of the two schools
occurred four years ago, and since
that time there has grown up a feel
ing that no athletic meet between
these institutions should be actuat
ed by rivalry. Hence, this year
Play Day will see teams composed
of women from both Oregon and O.
A. C. in action against a like team,
purely for sport’s sake.
Music will be furnished for the
dance by the Oregon Aggravators.
Three tennis courts have been re
served for the hour and a half and
this will provide double the dancing
area of the large floor in the Wo
man ’s building.
Co-Operative Buying
Planned by Managers
Everything ifrom flood to fire
gongs was discussed last night when
17 house managers and Dean Walker
met at the Phi Kappa Psi house to
exchange ideas concerning economic
problems of (living organizations.
Fred Joy was chosen chairman of
the group for the remainder of the
term.
The object of the meeting was
not to formally organize, but to
get acquainted, and by the exchange
of ideas, to get some helpful hints
from each other.
Dean Walker advised co-operative
buying combinations only in |the
purchasing of such staple goods as
fuel, and canned goods.
Two representatives from the
telephonte company jadd^esised the
meeting concerning busy signals.
A remedy for delinquent house
bills was suggested, which would
require a deposit at the beginning
of each school year to make a re
serve fund so that all bills could
be paid promptly.
Fire gongs were discussed at
great length, as a state law re
quires them in all living organiza
tions. Clinton Peets, was appoint
ed a committee of one to investi
gate the cost of the appliances.
The same group will meet again
at the Beta Theta Pi house some
Wednesday night the last of May.
Centennial
HeadsSponsor
Ode Contest
No Rules Given to Restrict
Originality of Campus
Rylime Creators
Committee Also Calls
For New Oregon Song
Poems Must Be Submitted
Before September
A list of suggestions to persons
competing in the semi-centennial
ode contest, laid down by the com
mittee in charge, was announced
yesterday.
The semi-centennial ode to be used
as a part of the University’s semi
centennial celebration, it was decid
ed by the committee, shall not be
limited to any particular conven
tions. No restrictions will be made
as to the number of stanzas, the
scheme of rhyme, or the form of
poetry used. The chief requirement
is that the ode be suitable to the
occasion, elevated in tone and spirit
and not more than 100 lines in
length.
Any Poetic Form Acceptable
In addition to the list of sug
gestions, the committee decided that
an opportunity should be given to
song writers to participate in the
contest. Provision was made for the
submission of any poetic form, ex
pressive of the spirit of the Univer
sity, which can be set to music. If
any contestant wishes to, the com
mittee announced, he may submit
both words and music.
Any alumnus, former student, fac
ulty member, or undergraduate stu
dent, may compete. September 1
has been set as the final day on
■which the poems may be turned in
to the committee, and July 1 as the
last date for songs.
Early Copy Asked
The contestants are asked to turn
the songs in early so that in event
the winner has only submitted the
words for a song, it ‘will be possible
for a composer to have plenty of
time to set them to music. The best
song will be sung as one of the
features of the semi-centennial cel
ebration.
The members of the committee
are Alice II. Ernst, assistant profes
sor of English, chairman; W. P. G.
Thacher, professor of English and
journalism, and Ralph D. Casey, as
sociate professor of journalism.
Freshman-Rook Game
Will be Played Today
The frosh nine will play the first
conference baseball game of the
season with the rooks at 3:30 today
on the varsity field.
The frosh have been practicing
diligently and have shown up well
in the practice games which have
been played with the University
high school and the varsity nines.
However, Coaches Harry Ellinger
and Don Park are not making any
predictions as to the outcome .of
today’s game.
The frosh team has not been
chosen yet but Schoeni will prob
ably start the game on the mound.
Green, Epps and Gould have been
showing up as the premier batters
on the squad.
The rooks haven been put through
stiff workouts with much batting
practice during the last week by
Coach Roy Keene. Quayle, Clonin
ger and Cloyes have been playing
good ball and are expected to be
on the rook lineup.
A second game between the
frosh and the rooks will be played
Saturday afternoon on the varsity
field here.
A practice game yesterday after
noon between the frosh and Eu
gene high school ended with the
yearlings at the shorter end of the
score.
Prof. H. Douglas Talks
Before Education Club
The Education club met last night
in the Education building. Prof.
Harl B. Douglass gave a report on
a controlled experiment in super
vised study which is one of the
most elaborate experiments at
tempted in thig country. N. L. Gil
braith, graduate student, made a
report on his study of the mlarking
problem, which is based upon a
study made of grades when he was
a high school principal.
Canoe Float Details
Must be in by May 2
J7 VERY living organization on
the campus must turn in the
name, the lighting effect that
it desires, the entire plans and
the height of the float that it
is putting out for the canoe fete
by May 2, according to Earl
Chiles, general chairman of the
canoe fete. With this informa
tion must be the name of the
chairman in charge of the work
in each organization.
“May 2 is absolutely the lat
est date. The information was
due April 22, and some of the
houses have reported already but
there are a few that have neg
lected to turn in the material
desired. The entire amount of
data is necessary before plans
can go on toward the completion
of the plans for the event.
The ticket sale has been pro
gressing rapidly. Many of the
best seats have already been
sold but there are still some to
be. purchased at the Co-Op and
at Kuykendall’s drug store.
Co - Operation
Necessary I n
Education, Cerf
Curriculum Mere Outline
While Spirit Needed,
Says Speaker
“I consider curriculum merely the
skeleton of education,” said Barry
Cerf, professor of comparative liter
ature at Reed college, in “The Spir
it in Education,*’ his address at the
assembly Thursday. “More than
that is necessary. It is the spirit
in which both the student and his
professor go into the work that de
termines the type of education they
are indulging in.”
It is essential, in the opinion of
Dr. Cerf, that students and professor
work together on the sanie level,
that there be a friendly co-operative
spirit existing-—that of learning to
gether. The student must come to
college to learn, and not for the
purpose of being taught.
“Aliveness,” Dr. Cerf believes,
“is most important in education.
Both the student and instructor
should feel this, as well as ‘free
dom,’ the second essential.”
That freedom is often mistaken
for the end of education, was stress
ed by the speaker. “Freedom is not
the end,” he said, but a means or
a condition toward an end.” In this
new spirit a critical attitude is nec
essary, or an ability to see things
as they really exist without fearing
the result, for the purpose of pres
ent day education is to solve the
new and extraordinary problems
arising. “If we do not solve them
they will solve us,” Dr. Cerf said
of the significance of these prob
lems.
Skepticism is the attitude to as
sume to find things as they are. It
is a means toward truth sought by
all and necessary in education, the
speaker declared. Principles must be
flexible for individuals, and are to
be given up, no matter how hard
the trial, when a contrary principle
seems better, he said.
Proofs of the individual’s “alive
ness” are ability to disagree and
discuss things in the right way and
to feel a tolerance and respect for
the principles of others, believes
Dr. Cerf.
The quality of “aliveness” must
continue throughout life, gradually
working into a certain philosophy,
he said.
Assembly Speaker
Guest at Luncheon
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Cerf were
guests at a luncheon given by the
faculty at the Anchorage Thursday
noon. Dr. Rudolf Ernst and Ste
phenson Smith, who were on the re
ceiving committee showed Professor
Cerf about the campus. Prof. Wal
ter Barnes, Dr. Bay Bowen, Dr. and
Mrs. Ernst, Mrs. Clara L. Pitch and
Mr. Karl W. Onthank also attended
the luncheon.
Prof. Cerf, who addressed the
student body in assembly Thurs
day morning, is professor of litera
ture at Reed college. He was in
structor formerly at the University
of Wisconsin, and acquainted with
Dr. Hall, president-elect of the Uni
versity of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs.
Cerf left for Portland yesterday
afternoon.
Oregon Track
TeamLeaving
For Carnival
Eleven Will Take Part in
Meet at Seattle
Saturday
Tuck, Cleaver Slated
To Win High Hurdles
Holder Hurt; Distance
Men Stay Home
Oregon’s showing in the seventh
annual Washington relay carnival
at Seattle this Saturday will rest
in the sprinting and the baton
changing speed of the eleven men
who leave this afternon for the
biggest relay classic of the north
west.
The team will be entered in the
100 yard dash, the 120 yard high
hurdles, and in three relay events;
tlie 880 yard relay with each man
running 220 yards; the two mile re
lay with each man running a half
mile and the medley with a 220 yard,
440 yard, 880 yard and a mile run
ner passing the baton.
Competitor is Fast
With the fastest competition in
the country Russell Sweet, the
blond flash from the University of
Montana, entered in the 100 yard
dash, it is doubtful how .Terry Ex
tra. Oregon’s long entry in the
event, will place. Both Washington
crack sprinters, Dean Anderson and
George Clarke, have been running
the 100 in 10 flat, which is better
than Extra has done this season so
far. He may have a good day and
finish close on the heels of Sweet,
the sure winner.
The 120 yard high rudles which
was only this year added to
the list of events on the relay car
nival program in place of the pen
tathelon, looks to be the place when
Oregon will make the first showing
with Francis Cleaver and Ralph
Tuck as possible tape breakers.
Both can do the high sticks around
15.1 which is better by a half second
than they will meet up north. Walt
Kelsey, the other high hurdler, is
making the trip on the 880 yard
relay team and will not be entered
in the hurdles.
Distance Team Stays
The four mile relay team from O.
A. C. is doped pretty accurately to
win the event with a chance of mak
ing a new record. Washington and
Washington State have strong en
tries in the long run relay. The ab
sence of Tom Holder, with a fractur
ed ankle bone, has put the crimp
on the distance squad.
The dearth of fast quarter milors
compelled Bill to withhold entries in
the mile relay this year. The Wash
ington crew with four men doing
near the 50 second mark will prob
ably win the event. Jimmy Chart
eris, national half mile champion,
(Continued on page four)
Phi Beta Kappa to
Elect Today; Will
Initiate Thursday
The date for initiation of candi
dates to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma
Xi is Thursday instead of Wednes
day of next week as was previously
announced. The change was made
because Dr. Robert Andrews Milli
kan, who will make the public ad
dress after the ceremonies, was un
able to be here on Wednesday, Dr.
Clark, secretary of Phi Beta Kappa,
said.
Election of new .members to Phi
Beta Kappa will take place this
afternoon at the meeting in room
101, Johnson hall, called for 3:30
o’clock. Bom 15 to 20 candidates
will be elected, it is understood. Sig
ma Xi elections took place last term.
Phi Beta Kappa will initiate its
candidates at 4:15, in Alumni hall
on Thursday, while Sigma Xi-cere
monies will take place there at 5
o’clock. After the two ceremonies
the organizations will hold a joint
banquet at the Osborn hotel, after
which Dr. Millikan will deliver the
public address in Villard hall.
Dr. Millikan is a nationally known
physicist. He is director of the
Norman Bridge Laboratory of Phys
ics, and chairman of the adminis
trative council at the California
School of Technology in Pasadena.
Dr. Millikan is the author of a large
number of books on physics which
are used in universities and second
ary schools. He is a member of both
Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa.
Cyclopedic Factotum
Has Chance to Teach
^~^REGON towns aro a bit too
enterprising for the pace of
die University. The superinten
dent of one of the valley towns
wrote the appointment bureau
asking for a woman' qualified
to teach Spanish, English, gen
eral science, typing, geography,
book-keeping, music and drama
tics. Tho University will not
admit itself deficient in intel
leet, but even the Ph.i Beta Kap
pas hesitate to stand against this
list of subjects.
Do you know of any student
qualified for the job? If so, the
bureau at tho Education build
ing asks you to urge him to ap
ply for the position immediately.
Kidd Wins Prize
For Sonnets In
National Contest
Senior Chooses Life Feel
ing of Ranch Woman
As Theme
Walter Evans Kidd, senior in tho
Written-English department of tho
University, has been awarded sec
ond place and a prize of $50 in
a national poetry contest conducted
by Southern Methodist University
of Dallas, Texas, and “Makers,”
the poetry club of that institution.
“An Oregon Ranch Woman’s Ho
rizons” is the name of the sonnet
sequence which Mr. Kidd submitted.
It deals with the life and inner
feelings and emotions of the Oregon
ranch woman, her relation to her
husband and son, and her thoughts
as affected by her environment. It
is Mr. Kidd’s idea to give a true
picture of Oregon life and realism
instead of presenting the usual cow
boy or romantic theme.
He has had the further honor to
place one of the sonnets with “Poet
ry Magazine,” Chicago, edited by
Harriett Monroe, which is recogniz
ed as one of the leading fSoetry mag
azines of the United States.
He is using the material ho put
in the sonnets in a novel in which
he will further bring out his ideas.
First place in the contest, which
was entered by 100 persons from all
parts of the United States, was giv
en to Dawson Powell, a student in
Southern Methodist University, who
submitted a poem entitled “Song of
the Airway.”
The .-judges for the contest wero
Witter Bynner, Santa Fe, who has
written several books of poetry;
Lizette Woodworth Reese, Balti
more, a pioneer in modern American
lyric poetry; and Ilervey Allen, New
York, who* is the author of several
books of poetry.
Mr. Kidd was graduated from
Washington high school, Portland,
with honors, and since entering the
University has been self-supporting,
has received straight honors in his
studios for the past two years, and
has written and had published many
short stories and poems. He won
first prize in the national Wartner
poetry contest in 1924, when he was
a sophomore in the University. He
has received a number of prizes for
short storeis. Last year he was the
editor of “The Lyric Rainbow,” a
column of poetry in the Oregon Em
erald. For his honor thesis in Eng
lish he is compiling and editing his
poems.
Mr. Kidd is a member of Sigma Pi
Tau, local fraternity, and Sigma Up
silon, writer’s organization.
Lack of Books Found
Reason for Failure to
Fill Student Demand
After making a study of the calls
made for books at the circulation
desk, M. H. Douglass, University
librarian, has found that for this
month 18 of the requests made by
students were unfilled because the
books were not at hand.
A few of the books called for are
not owned by the library, some are
in circulation and a large number j
are on reserve, are the main reasons
Mr. Douglass gave for the books
not being supplied.
No particular class of books seems
to be calle'd for more than another.
He has found by this study that a
large number of them are books as
signed for class work and many
types of literature are included.
Shaw’sDrama
T oBeGi venBy
Guild Actors
Commencement Week Play
‘You Never Can Tell’
To be at Heilig
Four Act Comedy First
Staged in London, 1900
Production Said Suitable
To Amateur Group
By B. H.
“You Never Can Tell,” by George
Bernard Shaw, will be presented
Juno 11, both matinee and night at
the Ileilig theater, as the annual
senior play for the commencement
week program, under the direction
of Miss Florence E. Wilbur.
George Bernard Shaw, English
playwright, novelist, and essayist,
had his play, “You Never Can Tell,”
which is one of his best known, pre
sented for the first time in London
at the Court theater on May 2, 1900.
The main cities on tho Pacific coast
in which the play was produced are
Santa Barbara, California, under the
auspices of the Community Arts as
sociation, and Tacoma, Washington,
by the Drama league.
Play in Pure Comedy
Shaw’s plays, it is said, are best
fitted to be produced by an amateur
group, as Shaw writes for the audi
ence rather than tho players. His
plays are vehicles of ideas, with
vivid and entertaining introductions.
“You Never Can Tell” is pure
comedy in four acts, brilliant, dazzl
ing, and with tho usual Shaw clever
ness of dramatic diction. All four
acts take place in one day beginning
on an August morning in the year
1896. The scenes are laid at a fash
ionable summer resort on the Eng
lish coast. Tho following characters
add romance and action to the swift
ly moving plot: Dolly and Philip,
the twins; Mr. Valentine, the young
dentist; Mrs. Clandon, the mother;
Mr. Crampton, the wealthy yacht
builder; Gloria, the older daughter;
Finch McComas, solicitor from Lon
don, an old friend of Mrs. Clandon;
Bohun, tho lawyer; and the waiter,
the diplomat of the play.
Young Dentist, Lead
The first act is in the office of
a five shilling dentist, which had
been open six weeks. The second
act is on tho terrace of the Marine
Hotel, the scenes of the third and
(Continued on page fovtr)
Two Days Remain
For Late Payment
Of Registration Fees
Fifty-two students who filed reg
istrntion cards at the beginning of
this term have not yet paid their
fees. Only today tind tomorrow re
main for payments and then regis
tration is automatically dropped and
the student is given a grade of V
in all courses.
An average of about eight a day
have been paying fees for the past
week.
The first of next week question
airres will be issued by the comp
troller’s office to beads of each de
partment to determine the number
of students who have dropped from
school without proper withdrawal.
Unless the person desiring to leave
school formally withdraws he is giv
en a grade of flunk in all his studies.
After Monday it will be necessary
for the students to petition the
faculty committee in order to have
withdrawals accepted. If suffici
ent excuses are made the student V
petition is granted without trouble.
History Class to Attend
Champoeg Celebration
The Oregon history class, accom
panied by Prof, and Mrs. Dan E.
Clark and Mr. R. C. Hall, of the
journalism department, will attend
the annual celebration of the Ore
gon Pioneers at Champoeg, Oregon,
Saturday, May 2. They will go
by the west side, visiting the bloek
house, which General Grant oc
cupied, on the way. After a picnic
lunch at Champoeg, they will return
by the east side, stopping at St.
Paul to visit the old Catholic church
and at Mission Bottohl, about ten
miles out of Salem, where the first
Methodist mission, established in
1834, is situated.