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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1926)
Social Events Outlined for Fall Season Co-ed Organizations to Entertain All Men at Open House Women’s League Gives Reception to Freshmen President and Wife to be Honored by Faculty The freshman reception, church night, the faculty reception, and open house are the affairs listed on the social calendar for the com ing week-end, it was announced to day. Friday afternoon at 4 to o at Alumni'hall will be the reception under the auspices of the Women’s League, for all freshmen men and women. Friday evening is church night. Each student at the Uni versity, the freshmen in particular, are invited to their respective churches for a social evening. Open House at 7 Saturday night, beginning at seven o’clock is open house. At this time each men’s living organiza tion on the campus visits the wom en’s organization, stopping ten min utes at each place. The faculty reception, honoring Dr. and Mrs. Hall, is to be held the same evening. The Calendar The social calendar at the present time is as follows: October 1, Friday, Church night, freshman reception. October 2, Saturday, football, Pacific at Eugene, open house, fac reception. October 8, Friday, Oregon night, Portland. October 9, Saturday, football, Washington in Portland. October 15, Friday, Y. M.-Y. W. mix, Australian debate. October 16, Saturday, Get wise party, Alpha Phi jitney dance, Gamma Phi Beta dance, Alpha Beta Chi pledge dance. October 18-24, Semi-Cen/tennial and Homecoming. October 18, Monday,Inauguration of President Hall. October 20, Wednesday, Tau Nu reception. October 22, Friday, Homecoming. October 23, Saturday, football, Stanford, Homecoming dances. October 29, Friday— October 30, Saturday, football, California at Berkeley. November 5, Friday, November 6, Saturday, Alpha Phi pledge dance. November 10, Wednesday, November 11, Thursday, holiday Armistice day. November 12, Friday, Girls’ Ore gon club informal. November 13, Saturday, football, W. S. C. at Pullman. November 19, Friday, Craftsman’s club dance. November 20, Saturday, football, O. A. C. at Corvallis. November 25-28, Thanksgiving vacation. December 3-4, closed to dances. December 10-11, closed to dances. Theater Offers Prize To Emerald Readers A novel announcement is made by the management of the McDonald theater for a contest to find a un ique name for a nine-piece stage band which will be a regular nightly feature at that theater, starting Monday, October 4, the theater of fering a prize of $10 in gold, and prizes totaling $75 in merchandise are being added by Eugene mer chants." 0 The band, under the direction of a well known leader whose identity is also being concealed, will appear under the temporary title of the Mc Donald “Masked Merrymakers,” and Emerald readers are privileged in submitting their idea of a per manent name for the band. The band will offer a new departure in • stage presentations, including sing ing, dancing and novelty stage set tings with each weekly change of program. The keynote of the name should be to imply mirth, music and advertising advantages, in the opin ion of the management. Names may be handed or mailed direetly to the McDonald theater box office before Thursday, October 14. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Alpha Beta Chi announces the pledging of Roderick La Follette and John Schaefer of Portland, and Terrence King of Mitchell, Oregon. Y. W. C. A. Assembly At Bungalow Today The first big get-together as sembly of the campus Y. W. C. A. will be held this afternoon in the bungalow at 5 o’clock. “We are very eager that the new wom en of the campus come and get acquainted,” declared Miss Ma gowan, secretary, yesterday. “Of course we will be expecting the older members, too, but the meet ing is held primarily in the in terest of the campus newcom ers.” Beatrice Peters, president of the organization, will have charge of the meeting. The devotional service will be lead by Gladys Calef. Julia Wilson, chairman of finance, will submit a budget for the forthcoming year for the ap proval of the assembly, and Dor othy Delzell will make a report on the membership drive which will be launched under her guid ance next week. The program will be supple mented by several musical num bers which are being arranged by Maizie Richards. Tennis Netmen To Meet Today In Fall Tourney Twenty-nine Entries on List Include Many Racquet Stars Drawings have been completed for the annual fall tennis tournament and first-round matches will be held today, according to the schedule made out by Ed Abercrombie, var sity tennis coach, who is managing the affair. This year’s tournament includes twenty-nine players, eight of whom drew a bye. Of these Roy Oker berg and Harry Coffin need no in troduction to university tennis fans as their names have stood for stel lar tennis for the last two years. Henry Neer, winner of last year’s fall tournament, comes up from the freshman squad with a reputation as j a first class netman. Clare Hartman was also a member of last year’s strong freshman squad and should go far in the tourney. Other players, Jake Kaplan, Char les Burton, and Balph Edge are new students, and are all dark horses. Today’s schedule is published be if play does not begin within ten minutes after the hour. Players are requested to arrive early and play their matches ahead of time if pos sible. All matches except the finals will be for best two out of three sets. Today’s schedule follows: Pour o’clock: Johnson vs. Nooe, court 1. Neer vs. Haeske, court 2. Cash vs. Cohn, court 3. Webb vs. Mead, court 4. Denel vs. Coffin, court 5. Hall vs. Hartman, court 6. Kaplan vs. Mitchell, court 7. Bur ton vs. Overhulse, court 8. Pive o’clock: Cross vs. Peterson, court 1. Terry vs. Cleaver, court 2. Gamboa vs. Powell, court 3. Hutch inson vs. Stanley, court 4. Edge vs. Lee, court 5. * Adams vs. White, court 6. Music School Faculty Hears Sunday Concert A complimentary concert was giv en Sunday afternoon for the faculty of the school of music, in the Music auditorium. Cello numbers were pre sented by Miss Miriam Little, a new member of the faculty, selections were played by the Underwood string quartet, a soprano solo was given by Mme. Rose MeGrew, piano selections by George Hopkins, and numbers on the pipe organ by John Stark Evans. Mr. Evans will also play at the first regular vespers service of the year next Sunday afternoon in the auditorium of the school of music, from 4:30 to 5 o’clock. Bishop Walter T. Sumner will deliver the address. Make-up Classes in Geometry Scheduled A meeting of the students defici ent in geometry was held yesterday afternoon at 4:15 in Johnson hall. Only five students were present but the class is expected to contain about 15. The only decision reached was that the class will meet three times a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 4 in the afternoon, but this time is not definite. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Lambda Psi announces the pledg ing of Wallace Larkin, Newburg. iDr. Hall Will Meet Students at Assembly Faculty and Student Body To Gather at First Regular Event “Leadership” Topic For President’s Talk Prominent Speakers o n Program for Year «T EADERSHIP” is the subject ■Lrf of Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall’s address to students to be given this I morning at 11 o’clock in the Wom an ’s building when members of the faculty and student body of the i University of Oregon will for the first time gather to hear the presi dent-elect at the first assembly of the year. Following an address of welcome to the students by Hugh Biggs, president of ‘the Associated Stu dents of the University, Dr. Hall will .be introduced by Dean H. D. Sheldon, of the school of education. A special number on the program for the morning will be two vocal solos by Mrs. Prudence Clark of the University school of music fac ulty, who will sing Chiudetevi begli occ-hi (Serenata), composed by Vi cenzo Vannini, and “The Old Road” written by John Grin die Scott. The invocation will be given by the Reverend Henry W. Davis, Y. M. C. A. secretary. As a concluding number on the program the Oregon pledge song will be sung by the Uni versity Glee club and the audience, under the direction of John Stark Evans, director. Dean John Straub will preside at the assembly which marks the be ginning of a series of such events to take place weekly during the next nine months, during which time many nationally known speakers will appear. Donut League Basketball Will Start Practice Today Marks Beginning Of Workouts for Fall Tourney Basketball players, some endowed with great potentialities, others a little, and others perhaps nothing, will soon have a chance to work out in the men’s gymnasium in pre paration for the big intra-mural basketball tournament. Beginning Thursday, September 30, two-hour practice periods will be available between the hours of four and six p. m. on week days and probably all afternoon on Saturdays, it was made known by the physical education department today. Fraternity houses who are back ing their hopefuls in the coming foray and unorganized groups who who wish to compete will be assign ed practice hours at the office in the gym. It is possible for two groups to practice together on the floor at the same time and engage in practice games so as to get in condition. When the clock strikes four on October 18 the first tw’o teams will step onto the floor and battle it out for the honors in an attempt to humble the rival tong. Unaffiliated men are urged to or ganize a team and enter in the elim ination tourney. The avowed purpose of the intra mural program is to provide oppor tunity for all men of the Univer sity to engage in competitive sports and this affords a splendid chance fpr men who live outside to “get in the swim” and benefit from the big athletic program planned for this year. Freshman Class Will Meet Dr. and Mrs. Hall Men and women of the freshman class will be the first to meet Presi dent and Mrs. Hall at a reception Friday afternoon, October 1, from 4 to 6 in the Alumni hall. This is the first time men have been included in the reception for freshmen students held at the first of every year. Befreshments will be served un der the direction of Pauline Stewart, chairman of the committee. Olga Jackson has charge of the musical program. Active and old members of Kwama, women’s honorary soph omore organization, will serve. Paddles to Teach Frosh Traditions Smack! Smack! two of them— one on the Oregon Seal by the lips of an humble Frosh, the other the result of a collision be tween a paddle and the south end of the plebe. This will start things Saturday, when the Frosh parade followed by the under class mix will instill into the members of the class of 1930. Tile things that the members of the other three classes have learned to uphold as traditions will be handed down through ceremonies on Hayward field and will end with the crowning of the Frosh with a green lid. Noted French Authority to Visit Campus “Anatole France” Wll be Subject of Lecture Of M. Champion Edouard Champion, head of the Librairie Champion in Paris and distinguished French literary au thority, will visit the campus Oc tober 6 or 7, according to Ray P. Bowen, head of the department of romance languages, who is a person al friend of M. Champion. The Librairie Champion, of which M. Champion is the proprietor and guiding genius, is the. best known bookstore in Paris, but it is some thing quite different from its Amer ica,ti counterpart, Dr. Bowen ex plained. It is at the Librairie that the famous literati of Paris, poets, authors and artists, meet every Thursday for discussion. Conse quently, M. Champion has become recognized as the greatest Parisian patron of the arts. Last year, con tinued Dr. Bowen, Mr. Champion gave a dinner at which Reymont, author of “The Peasants,” was the guest of honor and the rest of the gathering consisted of as distin-i guished a group as could be found n all France or perhaps in Europe. “Anatole Franee” is the subject m which M. Champion will speak here. Some of has talks will be in French. As a young man Anatole France worked in the Champion book store. I Athletic Manager’s Club New Honorary j >\ ith Ten Members ' -- Organization of an honorary elub for athletic managers on the campus was announced last evening by Paul Sletton, president. Ten of the man agers of last year are charter mem- j bers of the club. To act as an advisory council for | the manager’s association and to promote efficiency in the whole as- j sociation are the aims of the society. \ All policies of the manager’s asso ciation are to be determined by the ten men. Assistant managers will be under j observation by this council and i checked up on each week during the ! year. At the end of the heason a definite report will be made on each man, according to points received for dependability, effciency, and ability. The rating of each manager will then be determined according to the number of points received. In addition the council will check on the working order of managers in other schools and reports will be brought back by the visiting man agers from this school. These re ports will be presented to the council and filed for future use. Emblem of the organization is a block M of gold, with stars engrav ed on it, the position of which will designate the sport being managed. Election of members will be annual. Underclassmen who are managers will be chosen by their ability and earnestness. Officers elected are: Paul Sletton, president; Dave Adolph, vice-presi dent; Bob Warner, secretary-treas urer. Other members are: Frank German, Harold Socolofsky, Carroll Williams, Caulter McCall, Stuart Ball, Bob Warner, Ted Hendry, Har old Brumfield. Hugh Biggs and Jack Benefiel are honorary members. PLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT Sigma Pi Tau announces the pledging of George Signor, Eugene; Carleton Hande, Hilleboro; and Maurice Packer of Woodland, Cal ifornia. Delta Zeta announces the pledg ing of Maude Loomis of Eugene. Sigma Phi Epsilon announces the pledging of George Hogshire of Portland, Oregon. Send Emerald Home Slogan for Big Drive — Managers Set 4500 Goal For Subscription List of Term House Representatives Named for Canvassing Rates $1 for One Term; Three Terms $2.50 The biggest circulation drive in the history of the Emerald will start today when representatives of every student organization will set out to canvass University campus in an endeavor to increase the sub scription list from 4000 to over 4500. Booths will be located in front of the main library and between Oregon and Commerce buildings, giving students not affiliated with living organizations an opportuni ty to subscribe. “Si” Slocum, busines manager, and Francis McKenna, circulation manager, have made all necessary preliminary arrangements and ev erything is set for the drive. The representatives will collect as they go and the rates will be for one term $1, two terms $1.75, and for three terms $2.50 thus making an an inducement bo subscribe for the three terms. Quota Set at 500 The drive will last for three days and the quota has been set at 500 although it is expected that the drive will go far over the quota. Last year the list topped the 4000 mark the first two weeks of the term and enjoyed a slight increase all through the year. The purpose of the drive is to give the students an opportunity to send the Emerald to their parents and friends who may be interested in the campus activities covered in each issue. Subscription Save® Money In connection with this drive it is pointed out by the circulation man ager, that it is far cheaper to send the Emerald through the circula tion department than it is for the individual to mail it home. Postage alone for 150 copies, approximately the number issued each school year, would amount to over three dollars, besides the expense of wrapping and the actual posting of the paper. Activities Expressed “The Emerald is the most vital organ of student activities,” says Francis McKenna, “It expresses student thought on all phases of university life, as well as campus news. Our parents and friends are all interested in our University and our activities here. Few of us find time to write as much as we should or as much as we would like; but we can all send the Emerald, which does just as well, with no bother at all. The circulation department sees that the Emerald is delivered promptly. Organization Representatives Alpha Beta Chi, Wm. Cruikshank; Alpha Tau Omega, Ronald Hubbs; Beta Theta Pi, Tom Montgomery; Chi Psi, Murray Burns; Delta Tau Delta, Joe Roberts; Friendly hall, Earl Raess; Kappa Sigma, Stewart Ball; Phi Delta Theta, Clifford Powers; Phi Gamma Delta, Ed Crowley; Phi Kappa Psi, Wade Newbegin; Lamda Psi, Lawrence Ogle; Psi Kai>pa, Elwood Enke; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Bob Hynd; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Richard Syring; Sigma Chi, Dick Jones; Sigma Nu, John Warren; Sigma Pi Tau, Bud Christensen; Theta Chi, Tillman Petersen; Alpha Chi Omega, Edith Shell; Alpha Delta Pi, Irene Vul gamore;Alpha Gamma Delta, Elaine Crawford; Alpha Omicron Pi, Agnes Palmer; Alpha Phi, Barbara Blythe Alpha Xi Delta, Frances Borton Delta Delta Delta, Helen Shank Delta Gamma, Dorothy Black; Del ta Zeta, Shirley Glad; Gamma Ph Beta, Mary Lu Dutton; Hendricks hall, Dorothy Chapman and Doro thy Baker; Kappa Alpha Theta, My ra Belle Palmer; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Bee Peters; Kappa Omi cron, Marie Palo; Oregon club, Gen eva Drum; Pi Beta Phi, Roberta Wells; Sigma Beta Phi, Lueile Lar son; Susan Camjfbell Hall, Ruth Corey, Tau Nu, Sonia Wilier. Company May Present First Yankee Comedy Giggles and simpers, ivigs and laces, typical of the 18th century, are the features of “Contrast,” the first American comedy ever written, and which is now under consideration for production on the campus by the second year dramatic company. This five-act drama made its premiere on April 16, 1787, at the St. John’s the ater, New York. The play is particularly inter esting because in it the first Yan kee stage character was intro duced. The fun of this social comedy centers around nine per sons who make merry throughout the entire production. The fem inine characters, even though de picted from another age, are sim ilar to the present day girls who talk care-freely and are deeply engrossed in clothes and beaus. Frosh Will Elect Class Officers Today in Villard Committee Names Four As Candidates for Presidency The class of 1930 will come into being today at four o’clock when the freshman class meets in Villard hall to elect officers for the school year. The two nominating committees presided over by Larry Shaw and Kobert Porter, respectively, made their selections yesterday and will submit the following names to the vote of the class. For president, Francis Neff, ac tive in both football and student body activities at Medford high school, a major in busines admistra tion; Sidney Dobbin, president of high school student body, and let terman at Union high school, a journalism major, Bichard Hawlin son, yell-leader at Washington high school in Portland, majoring in pre medics; and Kenton Hamaker, president of student body and edi tor of class annual at Klamath Falls high school, an architecture major. The girls have their fling at the offices of vice president and secre tary. Emery Miller, Grant high school, Portland, and Eleanor Flan agan, of Marshfield high will vie for the office of vice president. Miss Miller is majoring in journal ism, while Miss Flanagan is an edu cation major. The two candidates for office of secretary are Eloise Schade, Franklin high school, Port land, a major in fine arts, and Ag nes Farris, an English major, of Eugene high. Two men, Ralph Riohs, pro-medics major from Portland, and Carl For strom, North Powder, a business ad ministration major, will be the can didates for treasurer. Each candidate will be introduced at the meeting in order that the members of the class will know for whom they are voting. Women’s Gym Classes Divided in Three to Suit Student Need A new system by which entrance to courses is determined by the re sults of the physical and medical examinations and tho classification test has been begun in tho physical education department this year. This will insure students of the same ability to be in the same class and will make all courses more in teresting, according to Miss F. D. Alden, professor of physical educa tion. All sophomores and freshmen are given testa in posture and agility and as the result of this are placed in individual gymnastic groups. Students not adapted for the reg ular courses are placed in the indiv idual group and are given work for their special needs. The novice group is for those students failing to pass the minimum standards in the classification and the posture tests. For students passing the in termediate standards in the classi fication and posture tests the follow ing subjects may be elected: folk dancing and clogging, games and I sports, light apparatus and march I "*£ tactics, swimming, interpreta tive dancing, horse back riding and fencing. Students receiving honors may elect any course. No new teachers have been em ployed in the physical education de partment this year. Mary Jo Shelly who held a teaching fellow position last year, will be a full timo:instruct or, and Miss Mildred Stephens, part time instructor in the department last year has not returned. Eleven Named by Bergh on Directorate Members Will Meet Today At 5 p. m. to Lay Plans For Big Event Homecoming Chairmen To Work with Faculty Combined Celebration Will Be Greatest Given A DIRECTORATE of eleven -I*- members to have charge of the student end of the combined. Homecoming and Semi-Centennial colebration, October 18 to 23, was announced late last night by Phil Bergh, general chairman. The directorate is composed of the following members: Phil Bergh, general chairman; Don Beelar, as sistant general chairman; Anne Wentworth, secretary; (William James, rally; Kathryn TJlrich, lunch eon; Robert Love, finance; George Hill, dances; Tom McGinnis, field decorations; William Kidwell, fea tures; Edgar Wrightman, accommo dations and welcome; Robert Gal loway, publicity; George Wardner, decorations. Meeting at 105 Journalism Bergh announces a meeting of the directorate to be held in room 105 Journalism at 5 p. m. today. At that time plans will be discussed and Bergh wishes all members of the directorate to be present. The committee on accommoda tions and welcome was this year combined. The decorations commit tee will have charge of the students* part of the semi-centennial decora tions for the inaugural banquet, and other semi-centennial features. Wil liam James is head of the perman ent rally committee of the Associat ed Students, and Robert Love is chairman of the finance committee of the student organization. uame to be Climax Some new features for the differ ent student events are under con sideration and will be announced later, according to Bergh. The homecoming committee is working hand in hand with the fac ulty semi-centennial committee. Stu dents will help with events through out the celebration week, October 18 to 23. The climax to events will be the Stanford-Oregon football game Saturday afternoon followed by the homecoming dances. Webfoot Staff Named By Klep; Circulation Drive is Planned The editing staff of the Webfoot, a University magazine which will be published twice each quarter, was announced late Wednesday by Bolf Klep, editor, and Philippa Sherman, humor editor. The follow ing have been appointed as depart mental editors: Harold Mangum and Bill Parker, supervisors of sports and features; Prank Boehr, artist; Buth Corey, fashions (from clothes to cars); and Paul Luy, su pervisor of humor. A circulation drive will be start ed soon as 1000 subscriptions are necessary before the publishing of the magazine, according to Douglass Wilson, business manager. He sends out an urgent call for reporters who are looking for a job. Jack Hempsteud will have charge of the subscription drive in the liv ing organizations on the campus. Booths will be placed on the cam pus for those not reached otherwise. Student Tickets IVow Available to Faculty Any member of the faculty may now purchase the regular Associa ted Student’s membership tickets for themselves or families. The reg ular fee of $5.25 with the Emerald or $4.00 without will be charged. The privileges of these tickets are the same as those of the students, including admission to football games, lectures, and concerts for the fall term. A season football ticket, including all the campus games and the O. A. C. game at Corvallis with reserve scats for the larger games, may be purchased for $5.50. These tickets will be on sale at the cashier’s of fice or the Associated Student’s of fice.