VOLUME XXVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, TUESDAY. MAY 18. 1928
NUMBER 133
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Gillette Springs
Surprise
in Two-Mile Run
Record of Conference
For Mile Shattered by
Montana Runner
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:‘Is Gillette in this race?”
That was the question when every
event was announced, of every one
of the half dozen sports editors and
writers in the press box at the Pa
cific Coast Conference meet at Palo
Alto last week-end. The plucky
little Montanan was almost expected
to enter the half mile and the quar
ter in his search for honors. The
writers, seasoned to wonderful run
ning and great runners were exub
erant in the praise of Gillette and
they unanimously voted him the
honors as the greatest performer of
the day.
You’d be surprised upon seeing
Arnold Gillette. He is actually
frail. He is thin and even lacks
the barrel chest common to distance
men. He is quite the opposite of j
robust. But With a shuffling jog !
which requires practically no effort i
he can make time around the track. ■
In the two mile no one conceded
him a chance. Johnny Devine, the
short little Washington State run
ner and national champion in the
event, set the pace it'ully thirty
yards out in front of the pack. It
■was a gruelling pace which left
five men in the rear to gradually
diop out of the grind one by one.
Perhaps Johnny Devine was deter
mined to run his opponents into the
ground and he certainly did a good
job of it. Gillette trailed the group
for the first seven and a half laps j
and then with a marvellous sprint— i
after running a record mi e a d i
seven and a half laps of a two I
mile—he shot out ahead of Ramsey ,
of Washington, Bell of O.A.C., beat- j
ing their powerful sprints and ;
flickered his heels to Devine to J
win the race. It was a wonderful'
finish.
Judging from the fcound after ,
round of applause that the 18,000 j
spectators in the bowl gave Gillette j
as he fell into the arms of his team
mates after the race it was the
greatest race of the day. Nothing
excelled it in interest except per- |
haps the performance of the Rich- j
ardson-Charteris- Boyden - Ne/irsbach
quartet in the half-mile. Even the
appearance of the great Russell
Sweet and Phil Barber of Californ
ia did not get the enthusiastic re
ception of the 18,000 persons who
stood up for lap after lap watch- j
ing Gillette, and wondering if he:
could win.
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Tile mile came insu anu uiuciic •
with no apparent effort won in j
4:21.7, the fastest that it has beenj
run on the coast. He walked off j
the field after the effort, took a
few jogs and then rested. Twenty
minutes later came the two mile
and he stayed with the terrible
pace to win in 9 minutes and 30.4
seconds, another phenomenal per
formance. In the wake of the four
northwest college distance men who
finished were five who had been [
literally run into the ground.
Two mile races, as a rule, are
dull affairs, but the interest dis
played in the two mile event and
even the mile proved that they were
popular races. Perhaps it was be
cause the spectators could see en- j
tirely around the track from the j
steep wall of the stadium. But it;
was more likely on account of the
remarkable exhibition of distance
running given by Gillette, Devine
and the rest.
Montana has a new hero now.
No one suspected that Gillette
could win two events in record time
for each.
Doc Stewart, coach of the Mon
tana four man team, was putting
most of his hopes, as I gathered j
from talking to him, and well found
ed they were, in Bussell Sweet. He
didn’t say much about Gillette. But
Gillette proved the equal of the
great sprinter.
High point honors at a conference
meet like that means something. He
is out now for national honors in
the two mile which he barely lost
last year at Chicago by getting
third.
Will Sweet ever be able to run
again?
Bill Hayward, who saw Sweet
after his fall in the 220 with a
pulled tendon, says that he will
probably never be as fast as before,
(Continued from page one)
Celebration
Will Be State
Wide Affair
Semi-Centennial Plans Are
Altered at Meeting
In Portland
Committee Meets With
Editors’Representatives
Dr. J. H. Gilbert Reports
Progress to Date
Plans have been made to make
the Semi-Centennial Celebration
this fall a public, state wide affair
instead of a University celebration
as was formerly planned.
This action was taken at a meet
ing in Portland the past week-end
by Dr. James H. Gilbert, acting
dean of the college of literature,
science, and the arts, general chair
man of the celebration, and Ray
mond D. Lawrence, instructor in
the school of journalism, publicity
representative of various Portland
papers, and the Oregon State Edi
torial Association.
Dr. Gilbert outlined what has
been done to date, explaining plans
for the celebration. According to
the chairman, the committee
thought the celebration a fine idea
and approved of the plan. They also
thought that it would contribute
to the intellectual advancement of
the state and should be made state
wide and public.
The committe was composed of
Donald Sterling, managing editor
of the Oregon Journal; Walter May,
executive news editor of the Morn
ing Oregonian; Clark Leiter, man
aging editor of the Portland Tele
gram; Fred Bolt, editor of the Port
land News; Hal Hoss, managing
editor of the Oregon City Enter
prise, and secretary of the Oregon
State Editorial Association, who
represented the editors of the state;
Dr. James H. Gilbert, chairman of
the Semi-Centennial committee; and
Raymond D. Lawrence, chairman of
the publicity committee.
Additional Courses
Offered at Portland
In Summer Session
Arrangements have been practic
ally completed for the Portland
Summer session to be held at the
Lincoln high school from June 21
to July 31. The large number of
inquiries received daily in the
Portland office, 212 Medical Arts
building, indicates that the 1926 en
rollment will probably exceed any
previous enrollment by more than
a hundred, according to Alfred
Powers, dean of the extension divi
sion.
Seven courses in education have
been arranged in place of the five
previously offered in order to sat
isfy the large number who will take
educational subjects. One additional
course in English will also be offer
ed this summer.
Miss Mildred Harter, of Gary, In
diana, who has been secured to
teach platoon work in education is
one of the outstanding authorities
in this field. She is particularly
fitted in auditorium work, it is un
derstood.
Many of those who plan to take
work in the Portland summer ses
sion expect to come to Eugene for
the post-summer session, August 2
to August 27, Mr. Powers said. The
post summer work is being offered
in several specially selected sub
jects.
An enrollment of 800 is expected
at the Portland session. The lower
floor, gymnasium, art rooms and
laboratories on the third floor and
the library on the second floor of
the Lincoln high school have been
reserved to accommodate tho stu
dents.
Girls’ Track Teams
Meet This Afternoon
The final meet for the women’s
first string track teams will take
place on the field south of the
Woman’s building this afternoon,
beginning at 3:30 o’clock. Teams
were announced last Saturday and
those who were placed on the first
teams for their respective classes
will compete this afternoon.
L’nless the “dope,” as garnered
from the outcome of the prelimin
ary meets last week, is strongly
upset, the sophomores and juniors
will put up the hardest fight for
class honors.
The second class teams will have
their final meet Thursday of this
week.
Frank Jenkins Guest
Editor of Emerald
J^RANK JENKINS, editor of
the Eugene Morning Register,
is “guest editor” of the Emerald
today and in theory at least will
control the policies of the Uni
versity daily for the nest 24
hours.
Mr. Jenkins, one of the best
editorial writers in Oregon, grad
uated from Simpson College, In
dianola, Iowa, in 1906. From col
lege he went to work on a syn
dicate newspaper in Hamburg,
Iowa, and in 1912 became editor
of the Register, six years after
graduation. The Register, under
the leadership of Mr. Jenkins
has achieved an enviable place
in the Eugene community, with
a firmly established reputation
for reliability in its news and
editorial columns.
“For Us to Decide,” is the
title of Mr. Jenkins’ editorial
which will be found in the Em
erald editorial column this morn
ing.
New Professor
From Indiana
To Fill Vacancy
D. R. Davis Is Assistant in
Mathematics to Fill
Smail Vacancy
Election of D. R. Davis, as as
sitant professor of mathematics to
fill the place made vacant by the
resignation of Dr. I-. E. Smail one
vear ago wag announced yesterday
by Dr. J. H. Gilbert, acting dean
of the college of literature, science
and the arts.
Mr. Davis was graduated from the
University of Indiana in 1917, and
in 1923 he received his master of
arts degree from the same institu
tion . Next month he will receive
his doctor of philosophy degree from
the University of Chicago. His
doctoral dissertation is on the “In
verse Problem of the Calculus of
Variations in Higher Space.” He
has had several years experience
as a high school teacher and prin
cipal.
The character, personality and
ability of Davis are recommended
in highest terms by authorities at
Indiana and Chicago.
Mrs. Davis will receive her mas
ters degree in mathematics from
the school of education of the Uni
versity of Chicago at the same time
that Davis gets his doctor’s degree.
They are both members of the Meth
odist church and Mr. Davis is a
Mason.
Adult Education Report
In Extension Monitor
The next issue of the Extension
Division Monitor which will be
published at the end of this month
will give a complete resume of th<*
papers given at the Adult Educa
tion Conference held in Portland,
April 10. The conference was held
to survey briefly the various types
of adult education that are found
in Oregon and particularly in Port
land.
Organizations that are function
ing in the matter of providing adult
education and of which resumes
will be given in the Monitor in
clude Reed College, Library Assieia
tion of Portland, Night Schools, La
bor College, Y.M.C.A., Northwest
ern School of Law, Portland Art
Association, American Institute of
Banking, Portland Chapter, Port
land Center, University of Oregon,
State Americanization schools, and
others.
Journalism Students
Have Stories Printed
Genevieve Morgan, junior in the
school of journalism, has had an ar
ticle, “Veteran of Oregon Journal
ism Retires,” written for Professor
Ralph D. Casey’s class in speciali
zed press, printed in the May issue
of the Oregon Exchanges, a publi
cation edited monthly by George
i Turnbull, professor of journalism,
for the editors of the state.
R. R. Cronise, a former Oregon
■ student, at present on the Albany
Democrat-Herald, and chairman of
the advertising committee of the
Oregon State Editorial Association,
has an article on “The Advertising
Committee’s Corner” in this issue
also.
Spencer Crawford, another ex
University student, has contributed
an article, “Country 8hop’s Miecha
l nical Equipment.”
New Pavilion
PlansFormed
By Committee
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| Two-tiered and Portable
Bleachers Included in
Contract
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Room for Dr. J. H. Nash
To Be Built Near Press
General Improvements of
Campus Outlined
pLANS for constructing two tiers
of permanent bleachers in the
new basketball pavilion instead of
the one tier and portable bleachers
specified in the contract, were dis
cussed at the meeting of the Re
gent-Student building committee last
Saturday afternoon.
The committee, consisting of Mrs.
G. T. Gerlinger, William S. Gilbert
of Portland, and Fred Fisk, of Eu
gene, met with representatives of
the student body to consider vari
ous improvements of the University.
The contract as it now stands
provides for a row of portable
bleachers, extending out on the low
er floor. This row would be re
moved after the basketball games,
necessitating a large amount of la
bor and expense. To install an
other tier of bleachers permanently,
above the first row, would cost ap
proximately from $15,000 to $20,000
more.
Portables Could be Added
If the permanent bleachers were
built during the process of con
struction, correct allowance would
be made for stairways and aisles.
Otherwise the building would have
to be partially reconstructed to
make the changes. If necessary, in
the next few years, the row of port
able bleachers can be installed in
addition to the two permanent ones.
The architects have been in
structed to study the matter, and
bids will probably be called for
later.
The committee also authorized
construction of a 50 by 50 foot ad
dition on the north side of the Uni
versity press to provide a workroom
for John Henry Nash, noted San
Francisco printer, who was recent
ly elected a special lecturer in the
school of journalism and who will
spend several weeks each year at
the University.
Addition to Serve Students
This addition will also contain
a printing laboratory for student use
and a store room to be used by the
University library. The building
will be of concrete of the same pdan
as the present one.
Proposed improvement of the
northwest corner of the campus at
Eleventh and Kincaid as a memo
rial park, in honor of President P.
L. Campbell was discussed.
George H. Otten, landscape gar
dener of Portland, who made plans
for the new Washburne park, has
plotted the entire campus and out
lined the landscaping for the fu
ture. He is an alumnus of the Uni
versity and has made a gift of
these plans to the University.
The approximate cost of improv
ing this corner of the campus is
$2,500. Definite plans will be con
sidered in the future.
Frosh Lose Relay Meet
To Aggie Rooks 4 tol
The frosh relay teams ran into
some tough competition last Satur
day in the relay carnival against
the Aggie Books. After losing four
straight races the Babes came
through and won the medley which
was the best race of the day. Che
shire running a 220 got a lead on
Oglesby and gave a good load to
.Toe Standard who increased it to 15
yards. McKitrick running the half
mile and Little in the mile prac
tically ran away from their men.
The other races were close, but not
close enough to cause the rooks any
worry. The results of the meet
were: 0 mile relay: Books first;
Bradshaw, McKinney, Black, and
Darlington. Time 13:47.2. 880-vard
relay: Books first; Twitehell, Law
rence, Bitter and Oglesby; time
1.33:5. Mile relay: Books first;
| Pain, Douglas, Davies and Hahn;
time 3:36.4. 440-yard relay: Books
i first; Twitehell, Lawrence, Bitter
j and Oglesby; time 46 flat. Medley
relay: Prosh first; Cheshire, Stan
i dard, McKitrick and Little; time
8:04.
The frosh will have a dual meet
this Saturday with the 'University
of Washington freshmen in Seattle.
Customs of 12
Nations to Be
Shown May 21
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Foreign Dances, Songs,
Plays, to Be Given
By Students
Program to Be Held
In Guild Hall at 8 p.m.
Christine Holt, Director of
Presentation
T^WELVE nations of the world,
each represented by players in
costume representing the different
countries, will take part in the Fes
tival of Nations, a presentation
sponsored by the Cosmopolitan Club
of the University, to be given May
21 and 22 at 8 p. m. in Guild The
ater. Christine Holt is director of
the pageant with the assistance of
Romula Avila, and Idella Tong.
“The object of the club is to give
the public an idea of how things
are done in the different nations,”
said Mr. Avila, who is the acting
president of the Cosmopolitan club.
“We are just charging enough to
cover expenses. Because the seat
ing capacity of Guild Theater is
only 200, those interested should
get their tickets early.”
Lydie Coqblin to Sing
The French representation, hand
kerchief song, sung by Lydie Coq
blin will be the first number on the
program. Italy will present a sond
called “O Paradiso”, sung by Sil
vester Brigham. A one act play
entitled, “The Goddess of Hun”, is
the Japanese contribution to the
program. It is a portion of a fa
mous Japanese mythological pre
sentation, “Amono-Iwato”, meaning
“Rock Boor of Heaven”. Sumio
Yamamoto, Japanese student from
Linfioid college, who is well known
on the campus, will have the load
ing part.
Spanish Dance to Be Given
Etlia Clark and William Forbis
will present a Spanish dance, “La
Palomn”; Siemon Mueller will sing
a Russian Song, and selections on
the steel guitar will played by Si
mon Carbonell, for Hawaii. The
Filipinos will present a one act play,
“The Ghost”, written by Carlos
Romulo, a Philipino graduate of Co
lumbia university.
McGrew Girls to Dance
Besides a Swedish dance, Ilelga
and Bessie McGrew will give the
dance ensemble, “Memories of Ger
many”. For China, Ben Chan will
demonstrate the Chinese art of self
defense. There will also be an Eng
lish sword dance. “The Choice of
Hercules”, a one-act play will bo
given for Greece. The last num
ber, “The Spirit of Oregon”, will
be in an ensemble of the entire
cast. The Philipino string orchestra
will play selections during the eve
ning.
The admission to the pageant will
be thirty-five cents, and tickets may
be obtained at the Co-Op and the
Eugene Music Shop.
Railroad Man to Talk
On Columbia History
E. F. Flynn, assistant to the vice
president and general counsel of the
Great Northern railway, will give
the assembly address this week. His
subject has been announced as “The
Columbia Biver Historical Expedi
tion,” and will take up something
of the early history of the Columbia
region, including the expeditions
and discoveries.
Miss Pauline Knowland, from the
music department, will furnish the
musical number of the assembly pro
gram this week.
Second Year Women
To Hold Meet Today
All sophomore women are urged
to attend the meeting of the sopho
more commission which will be held
this afternoon at 5 o’clock, in the
Y. W. C. A. bungalow. This is the
first meeting of the term, and the
chief purpose of the meeting is to
consider sending representatives to
Seabeck. Miss Florence McGowan,
campus secretary for the Y. W. will
give a report of her recent trip to
the National Conference of the Y.
W.C.A. in the East. Reports will
be given by the various committees.
The meeting will be comparatively
short, is the report of Constance
Roth, chairman, but it is very im
portant that all sophomore women
attend.
Gillemvater to Sue
Libeler in Moot Trial
JX order to get himself rein
stated as a student in the
University of Oregon and to ob
tain damages which will at least
partially cover the cost of the
damage done his character thru
a libelous letter, Ted Gillen
waters, second year law student
is sueing Robert Chrisman, alias
Yi Pry.
Chrisman, defendant, it is al
leged, wrote a letter to Gillen
waters, in which he charged the
latter with bootlegging. The
letter got into the hands of the
private secretary of Gillenwaters,
who sent it to the faculty com
mittee, with the result that Gill
enwaters was dropped from the
institution.
The amount of damages is to
be decided tonight at the moot
trial which will take place at
7:15 o’clock in the Lane county
court house.
Attorneys for the case are
Frank Keenan, Grant Williams,
Edwin Keech, and .Tames Powers.
Loyd Crow will act as clerk and
Don Husband as bailiff.
First W.A.A. Ice
Cream Social
To Be Tonight
Entertainment to Be Held
In Women’s Gymnasium
In Case of Rain
Tonight’s the night when the ten
is courts become a dancing pavilion
and the little house at the edge of
the grounds becomes the dispenser
of loads of fresh strawberry ice
cream sundaes. It is the time of the
big Strawberry Social that W.A.A.
is sponsoring. The time is from
6:00 sharp until 7:30.
If, by any chance, Old Jupiter
should forsake his solemn promises
to hold the sprinkler right side up
for the evening, the dance will be
held in the gymnasium in the Wom
an’s building. So tonight’s the
night, rain or shine.
Every student on the campus is
invited to come out to this informal,
no-date dance and help make it a
success. The profits are to bo used
to help defray the expenses of Play
Day, to be held here with O. A. C.
next Saturday.
There will be plenty of dancing
room and lots of strawberries and
ice cream. The fact that you don’t
dance won’t bar you from buying
as many of the sundaes as you de
sire.
A jitney will be charged for each
dance. The Oregon Aggravators
have been engaged to furnish the
syncopation.
W. A. A. has asked that the
living organizations on the campus
lend their support by having their
evening meal before 6:00 o’clock
tonight, and incidentally, that all
meals be desertless in order to give
the sundaes free reign.
Education Honorary
Initiates Four New
Members Saturday
Plii Delta Kappa, men’s national
honorary education fraternity, held
its annual spring initiation Satur
day afternoon at the school of edu
cation. Initiates were Austin
Hutcheson, graduate assistant in the
history department of the Univer
sity; William Bunch, teaching fel
low in the mathematics department;
Otis J. White, senior in education;
and Roland Belshaw, junior in the
physical education department. The
initiation was followed by a ban
quet at the College Side Inn, where
addresses were given by Prof. Peter
L. Spencer, Prof. Oscar Richards,
and Prof. Kimball Young. The
topics were on opportunities for re
search in the field of education, na
tional science, and social science.
Committee Appointed
For Freshman Picnic
Definite plans for the Frosh pic
nic, to be held at Midway Friday,
May 21, will be completed today at
a eommitte meeting to be held in
Dean Straub’s office at 4:15.
The committees as named are:
Transportation, Carl Klippel; Re
freshments, Shirley Wolman, chair
man, Agnes Palmer and A1 Cousins;
Entertainments, Tom Montgomery,
chairman, Kay Reid, Arden Ferris,
Elsie Goddard, and John Wharton;
Publicity, Bob Galloway.
Huskies’ Hits
Hard, Timely,
Win Tilt, 8-2
Home Run in First, Drives
In Enough Runs to Put
Battle on Ice
Tesreau Keeps Oregon
Biffs Well Scattered
Game Fast; Fielding Good;
Asljby‘s Work Steady
JN the fastest played game on the
local diamond this season, it toolc
the University of Washington
Huskies exactly one hour and fifty
minutes to hand the Oregon Varstiy
baseball nine an 8 to 2 drubbing.
A home run in the first inning
started the ball a rolling for the
Huskies and didn’t stop until the
sixth. By this time Coach “Tubby’'
Graves men had scored their eight
runs. Washington’s three scores
came in the first inning" after Shag
er, first man up, singled, Malone
singled. With two men on bases,
two outs and two strikes and one
ball on Wallingford, left fielder
and fifth man in the batting order,
Bill Ashby’s fourth pitch was lift
ed high into center field by the
shifty outfielder for a homo run,
and two runners cantered in ahead
of him. Tho visitors scored another
in tho second, two in the fourth, and
one each in the fifth and sixth in
nings.
Oregon Tallies Scattered
Oregon’s two lonely tallies came
in tho second and seventh. Jones
lifted one of Tesreau’s slants for a
three-ply swat in the second and
scored when Mimnaugh singled.
Adolph tripled in the seventh and a
nicely placed sacrifice hit by Mim
naugh scored him for the Webfoot
er’s second and final tally.
Bill Ashby on the mound for the
Webfooters pitched fairly good ball,
allowing the winners ten safe blows.
After the fatal first inning he kept
his hits well scattered.
Big Elmer Tesreau had an easy
time of it for the Huskies. He al
lowed the Webfooters nine safe
bingles and was never in hot water.
Tesreau took things as they came
and only on two occasions bore
down.
Sliager and Walby Hit Hard
For the visitors, hitting honors
seemed to be fairly well divided.
Sliager and Walby both drove out
two safe swats. Wallingford’s blow,
however, in the first inning proved
to be more timely than any of the
rest. Johnson, playing shortstop for
the Huskies first time this season,
played a good game. He fills the
position like a veteran.
“Plunks” Reinhart, varsity cen
ter gardner, carried off the batting
honors for the Webfooters with
three safe blows in four trips to
the plate. He also has three put
outs to liis credit. Edwards eame
through in his usual style and made
two hits out of four times at bat.
Kuhn, batting for Ashby in the
ninth, drove out a nice Texas
leaguer into right field.
Box Score
Washington
Ab RH PO AE
5 00
10 0
0 0
2 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
Sliager cf .5 1 2
Langlie 2d .5 1 1
Malone rf.5 1 1
Leavers 1st .4 0 1
Wallingford If .3 2 1
Beckett 3d .3 0 0
Walby c.4 2 2
Tesreau p.4 11 5 0 0
Johnson ss.4 0 1 1 *2 0
Oregon Ab RH PO AE
Hobson 2d .4 0 0 2 4 0
Reinhart cf.4 0 3 3 0 0
Edwards rf .4 0 2 0 0 0
Bliss c .4 0 0 1 1 0
Jones 3d .4 11 2 2 0
Adolph 1st .4 1 1 14 10
Mimnaugh If .4 0 1 3 0 0
Ashby p.3 0 0 2 3 0
West ss .1 0 0 0 2 0
Kiminki .1 0 0 0 0 0
Kuhn .1 0 10 0 0
Umpire: Spec Keene of Willamette
Condon Clubs Plans
Picnic for May 22
Condon club will hold a picnie.
Saturday afternoon, May 22, near
Goshen, it was decided at a meet
ing held Monday. Club members,
geology students and friends are
expected to attend. The group will
assemble at the Condon building
at 2:30 that afternoon, and leave
in a body for the picnic grounds.