VOLUME XXVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1926
NUMBER G>
Oregon
Vs.
Washington
Webfoot “Jinx” Proves
Obstacle to Husky;
A Triple-Threat Imp
By JACK O’MEARA
“Once upon a time—” Thus be
gin the stories that delighted us in
childhood. They told of imps and
fairies. So does this one. Not of
Pan, who spent most of his time
lolling in bull-rushes by the river
banks, br of satyrs who danced
under the moon to the syncopation
of a sawed-off, double-barrelled sax
ophone. The hero of this tale is a
nonchalant imp who displays no
regard for the serious decisions of
sober-minded dopesters. The imp is
the Oregon “jinx.”
• • *
Two years ago the Oregon varsity
was held to a scoreless tie by Wil
lamette. Just a month later, the
powerful Husky who was baring his
fangs for California, came to Eu
gene. Conservative estimates gave
Washington the game on a platter.
Others were more specific, granting
the Seattle team 40 to 0 odds.
The game played in a sea of
swampy sawdust was an unforgt
able epic. Oregon played perfect,
furious football and defeated the
Husky eleven, 7 to 3.
The "jinx” was on the gridiron
in person that afternoon. He help
ed Mautz block the punt and shoved
Vitus on the ball for the touch
down. Curing the last few minutes
of the game the “jinx” was back
ing up the line, stopping the final
desperate charge of the purple tor
nado.
* * *
Last year the “jinx” became col
legiate, and loafed most of the fall.
But on Thanksgiving day at Seattle,
he bethought himself of a turkey
dinner, and Husky meat was a good
substitute. He was fighting every
minute of the game. When Mautz
and Vitus scooped Louie Anderson’s
forward passed out of the sky, the
“jinx” ran such perfect interfer
ence that both players scored. Then
with the kick of Wetzel’s toe, the
score stood Oregon 14, Washington
12.
That was the time the impish
“jinx” showed his true character—
totally irresponsible and disrepect
ful toward conventions and dope.
Washington had previously stopped
Hevers, defeating Stanford, 13 to
0. California’s half-decade of un
broken college victories toppled
when the Huskies scored the only
touchdown in the Berkeley stadium.
Therefore, the “jinx,” playing on
a team that had been decisively
trounced all season, had hardly the
privilege of knocking the dope
bucket about the side lines.
• * *
When the fates gave Washington
a field goal and they held a lead
the thickness of a razor blade, Ore
gon Fight carried the varsity and
the “jinx” down the field under
the Huskies’ goal. But time waits
for no one—not even a “jinx” and
the game ended.
When not scoring touchdowns,
the “jinx” took a place in the line
and helped Gene Shields throw all
American George Wilson for sev
eral startling losses. That is why
Wilson totaled only 36 yards gain
that day.
Next Saturday in the new Mult
nomah civic stadium when Oregon
meets Washington, the “jinx” will
line up with the varsity for the
kick-off. This tricky imp has two
letter stripes on his sleeve now, and
is a triple-threat player.
Look out, Huskies! The “jinx”
is out for all-American this year.
Many Students Visit
Dispensary This Week
Business at the infirmary and the
dispensary is still prospering de
spite the sunshine with which we
are being favored this week. To
be a la mode one must have a cold,
but the cause of all this suffering
has not been found. The open house
theory was exploded, and now sci
entists are working on the theory
that millracing in October may not
be the best thing for the college
student.
On Monday nearly 125 students
visited the dispensary and received
their allotment of gargle. Perhaps
competition among the gargling
choruses of the various houses might
awaken interest in that familiar
remedy. The infirmary still has sis
students suffering with different
types of the malady.
1
First Student
Assembly Set
For Thursday
Seabrook to Direct Pep
Session for Portland
Game
Work of Student Union
Campaign Outlined
Committees to Make
Regular Reports
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THE first of three official A. S.
U. 0. assemblies of the Uni
versity of Oregon will be held Thurs
day, October 7, in the auditorium of
the Woman’s building, Hugh Biggs,
president of *the Associated Stu
dents, presiding.
A feature of the assembly will
be a pep session led by Jack Sea
brook, yell king, in preparation for
the Oregon-Washington game to be
held at Portland, Saturday, October
9. Seabrook will talk to the stu
dents, explaining in detail the rally
program to be held at Portland Fri
day night.
Reports will be made by several
committees, including the Greater
Oregon committee, the rally com
mittee, the finance committee, and
the building committee.
The Greater Oregon committee re
port will include a summary of the
work accomplished during the sum
mer in enlisting new students for
the University and in advertising
the Semi-Centennial celebration to
be held on the campus October 18
23.
The building committee will make
a statement of plans and progress
of the building campaign operating
under the student union.
The meeting, which will be a reg
ular business meeting, will also be
open for other business or discus
sion. The last meeting of the as
sociated students was held May 13,
1926. The constitution of the A. S.
U. O. declares that there shall be
three official student assemblies
during the year. The next two will
be held the first Thursday in Decem
ber and the first Thursday in March.
Special meetings will be called from
time to time.
Special musical numbers will be
a part of the program, furnished by
the school of music.
Frosh Game Against
Medford High School
Is Dropped From List
Tlie freshman football game, or
iginally scheduled with Medford
high school for this Saturday, which
was to have been played on Med
ford’s field, has been cancelled and
the frosh will open their season
against Columbia university of Port
land here on October 16.
Kapid improvement is being
shown by the yearling squad in their
daily drills. Especially in the line
is this improvement showing. The
linemen are getting more snap in
their play and the backs are shift
ing and carrying the ball well.
Practice will be held today and
tomorrow with Friday a day of rest
to permit the men to journey to
Portland for the varsity game
against Washington. Next week no
time will be lost in preparing for
the game with Columbia as this
school has a veteran team and will
furnish the frosh plenty of opposi
tion.
Twenty-five Chosen
For Men’s Glee Club
Twenty-five men were chosen for
membership in the University Glee
club as the result of the final try
outs held Monday evening in the
Music building, according to John
Stark Evans, director. The first
meeting for the year was held at 5
o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
The men chosen were: first tenor:
Ward McClellan, Ernest McKinney,
George Signor, Thomas Powers,
Shafer, and Walter Clancy (alter
nate); second tenor: Harold Socol
ofskv, Alan Christianson, Bonald
Kretzer, Cecil Matson, Frank Boehr,
and Bay Cook (alternate); baritone:
Ted Larsen, Vincent Hill, Hon Os
trander, Wilfred Moore, John Mohr,
and Walter Hurgan (alternate);
bass: Will Kidwell, George Ward
ner, Elmer Halstead, Ed Sox, Bus
sell Cook, and Winston Lake (al
ternate).
Professor Scandal
Divulged to Students
“A/fUEDEK wiU out’” the
-l-Vl. proverb boldly proclaims,
so gather close about, verdant
babes of 1930, and list to a choice
bit of scandal that has escaped
the eagle eyes of the Seven
Sneers. Upper classmen may loit
er at a distance great enough to
maintain their dignity, but close
enough so that not a word will
be missed.
All of the faculty members
have not notified the adminis
trative office of their telephone
numbers this year, hence the list
in the student directory will be
incomplete. Aha! little cherubs,
there stands the truth, ashamed
of its own nakedness.
But there is method in this
seeming madness on the part of
some of our beloved pedagogs.
Unsuspecting, you will endeavor
to call them up after class hours
in order to shake—in order to
ask about, the next day’s assign
ment—and low! they will be as
hard to reach as a I in Modern
Governments. Alas, what is the
world coming to, little ducklings?
Prizes Offered
In Homecoming
Slogan Contest
Writings to Be Placed
In Box at Main Door
Of Old Library
Wanted—a Homecoming slogan!
A catchy, expressive, short state
ment that will be used in advertis
ing Homecoming throughout Oregon.
A prize of two reserve seats to the
Homecoming game is offered to the
successful person by the directorate.
October 18-23 is a week full of
events, according to the present
schedule, as the Semi-Centennial and
Homecoming are combined. The slo
gan should be expressive of both
ideas and should also back or boost
Oregon.
The slogan will be used by the
living organizations on the campus
in decorating for the week. Noth
ing derisive of Stanford should be
used. The houses will be limited, as
last year, to a minimum of $15 on
their displays.
No individual is limited in sub
mitting slogans. Write the slogan
on a piece of paper and place it in
the box near the door in the main
library. The winner of the slogan
contest will be decided by a vote
of the Homecoming directorate.
Polls close next Wednesday night.
Semi-Centennial Guests
Will See Art Exhibit
i Rare specimens of oriental art
will adorn the exhibition room of
the Art building during the Semi
Centennial celebration, October 18
to 23. The work which will be on
display will represent a part of the
collection which Mrs. Murray War
ner has presented to the University
of Oregon.
This showing, which will be the
first to be held in the exhibition
room this year, will probably in
clude various types of Chinese art
such as bronzes, china ware, silks,
embroideries, and paintings. Those
who have seen that part of the War
ner collection which is on display
in the museum in the Woman’s
building will be given another op
portunity to see more of the col
lection at this time. Others who
have not yet had the chance to see
this unusual accumulation of ori
ental art are urged to visit the ex
hibition.
Frosh Commission
Hold First Meeting
All freshmen women are invited
to attend the first meeting of the
Freshman Commission ,which will
be held at 5 o’clock tomorrow after
noon in the Y. W. C. A. bungalow,
said Pauline Stewart, who will di
rect the first activities of the or
ganization. The reason for the early
gathering of this group is the im
perative need for the frosh girls
to get organized and start work on
the small felt pennants for Home
coming which are made and sold
each year by Freshman Commission.
This organization offers a definite
opportunity to freshman girls to
enter campus activities and become
acquainted with other women on
the campus, as well as to be material
aid to their newly-acquired Alma
Mater. It is hoped that a large
number will be present.
Posts Named
On Committee
For Weekend
Success of Affair Rests on
Co-operation, Says
Phil Bergh
Appointments Made at
Meeting Held Tuesday
Program for Workers to
Be Outlined
THE Homecoming directorate an
nounced yesterday noon at
committees in charge of week-end.
their meeting at the Anchorage, the
Since Homecoming and the Semi
Centennial are to be held at the
same time, the week of October 18
23, it will be necessary for the com
mittees to co-operate in order to
make the whole wee>k a success.
There is little time to waste so the
committees will have to co-operate
and put in overtime, stated Phil
Bergh, general chairman.
The rally and finance committees
are permanent. The committee
chairmen will announce meetings
through these columns.
65 Students Named
The committees named yesterday
are:
Rally: Bill James, chairman, Al
lan Christensen, Bob Poster, Pete
Ermler, Howard Osvold, Constance
Roth, Ed Crowley, Lee Luders, Wil
bur Wester, George Akers, Jack
Seabrook.
Luncheon: Kathryn Ulrich, chair
man, Pauline Stewart, Richard Syr
ing, Allen Boyden, Wade Newbe
gin, Frances Berton, Alice South
wick.
Finance: Bob Love, chairman, and
Fred West.
Dances: George Hill, chairman,
Carl Robberson, Bill Powell, Kath
erine Mutzig, Abbot Lawrence,
Edith Bain, Marion Barnes, Dorothy
Statter.
Field: Tom McGinnis, chairman,
Carrol Williams, Joe McKeown,
Ward McClellan, Burr Abner, Alice
Douglas.
Features: William Kidwell, chair
man, Monte Barrett, Orville Blair,
Don Jeffries, Joe Roberts, Fred Joy,
Vern Dale, Vena Gaskill.
Semi-Centennial Included
Accommodations: Edgar Wright
man, chairman, Herbert Socolofsky,
Phil Sheridan, Ronald Hubbs, Wil
liam Prudhomme, Rodger DeBusk,
William McGregor, Mary McKinnon,
Mary Clark, Esther Hardy, Sally
Hughson, Don McCook.
Publicity: Bob Galloway, chair
man, Edith Dodge, Dan Cheney,
Claudia Fletcher.
Semi-Centennial decorations:
George Wardner, chairman, Edward
Kier, Jo Ann Patterson, Pat Tru
love, Helen Holt, Fred Stevens, Ken
Patterson.
Editing Class to Hear
Interesting Journalist
Speak This Morning
“The pleasure and value of hav
ing a hobby,” is the subject on
which Fred Lockley of the Oregon
Journal will speak to the members
of the editing class and other in
terested students at 10 o’clock this
morning in room 105 of the journal
ism building.
Mr. Loekley, the famous “Journ
al man” who writes every day some
interview with the pioneers con
cerning early days in Oregon has
a hobby which ho considers of par
ticular value to a newspaper man.
“Picking up books” is his hobby.
“I seldom go any place without
picking up some second-hand books,”
Mr. Lockley said yesterday when
asked about his library, “in fact, I
picked up five or six this morning.
I have now about six or seven thou
sand books. I have culled them
down to three principal subjects,
books which deal with Indians, pio
neers and the west.”
“He has a profound knowledge
of the west and a reputation for
never making mistakes,” Dean Eric
W. Allen of the school of journalism
said when speaking of Mr. Lockley.
“He has collected a wonderful lib
rary of northwestern material and
is known among book collectors all
over the country. Mrs. Lockley has
to keep heavy curtains on her win
dows to keep people from thinking
her home is the public library.”
When asked the subject of Mr.
Lockley’* address for today, Dean
Allen replied, “That isn’t necessary
at all, just say he is here and the
students will all come.”
Oregon Team
Tightens Belt
For Husky Tilt
L. H. Gregory, Portland
Sports Editor, Sees
Varsity Workout
George Guttormson
Impresses Scribbler
Webfooters’ Jerseys Win
Color Championship
A SERIOUS Oregon varsity in
tent upon winning held another
practice on Hayward field last night
in preparation for the contest with
the University of Washington Husk
ies in the new Multnomah civic
stadium next Saturday.
It was not an excited, roughly
playing squad that practiced on the
Oregon gridiron last night, but a
team with determination written
across its face that seriously real
ized the problem that it faces next
Saturday. Scrimmage has been cur
tailed for the rest of the week. Mc
Ewan is taking no chance of elev
enth-hour injuries. Yesterday’s
workout consisted mainly of back
field practice, with the line going
through dummy-scrimmage. The
enas were sent aown unaer pass
after pass and the entire squad
practiced kick-oif formations.
Aggies Catch Greg’s Eye
Not only did the varsity grid
squad work out under the observa
tion of Coach McEwan and his as
sistants, but also before the critical
eyes of L. H. Gregory, sports editor
for the Morning Oregonian, who is
visiting the Oregon campus on his
annual tour of inspection of all col
lege football camps of the North
west loop of the Pacific Coast Con
ference.
Gregory would not attempt to
compare any coast college football
elevens, declaring that all the
Northwestern schools of the coast
conference were on a par, with no
team out-topping the other—except
possibly Coach Schissler’s Oregon
Agricultural college gridsters. Greg
ory thinks that possibly the Beav
ers’ golden opportunity has come.
Guttormson Looks Good
“The University of Washington
champions, although themselves
holding little hope for a winning
team, have an experienced eleven,”
said Gregory. “True, they lost 14
lettermen, five of whom can ■'be
classed as regulars, yet Coach Bag
shaw will be able to trot out an
experienced eleven next Saturday.
Washington hasn’t the team which
won the championship last year, but
she still has a number of good play
ers on hand.
“George Guttormson is back,
stronger and heavier than he has
been during the past two seasons.
This fellow has everything a player
needs and is booting the ball for a
45 to 50 yard average. Hal Patton,
halfback, who is considered one of
the best interference runners of the
conference, is on hand. The Wash
ington team will average about 185
pounds, while Oregon’s weight
comes to 176.”
Gregory declared that if Oregon,
Idaho and Washington State with
their respective new coaches, win
half their games, they will do well.
“Three new systems of football are
being planted in the Northwest this
season,” he stated.
Oregon Jerseys Glare
“Idaho and Washington State
seem to be well pleased with their
new coaches. I could sense a new
spirit upon entering their campuses.
Coach ‘Babe’ Hollingbcry at Wash
ington State has started something
new in inter-collegiate circles this
year. The Cougar’s individual foot
ball equipment has been cut down
about eight pounds to the man. The
stockings worn by the Staters are
little heavier than those worn by
the pedestrian. The pants are light
weight with considerable changes
in the body pads.
“The various freshmen teams I
have seen on this trip are uniformly
good. Each college seems to have
its share of formidable freshman
material. At Idaho they have a
freshman who stands six feet two
and plays like Ernie Nevcrs.”
The only thing Gregory said he
was sure about conference football
was that Oregon had, without a
doubt, the brightest colored jerseys.
Rally Special
Chartered For
Portland Trip
Train Carrying Students
To Big Game Leaves
Friday at 3:15
A train with 20 coaches has been
chartered by the University of Ore
gon rally committee to carry over
2000 students to Portland for the
annual grid clash between Oregon
and Washington. The official South
ern Pacific train will leave in front
of Villard hall at 3:15 p. m. on
Friday. It will arrive in Portland at
7 p. m. The return trip will be made
on Sunday, the special leaving the
Union station at 0:30 p. m., arriving
in Eugene at 10:00 p. m. on Sunday
night.
The committee in charge of the
train has promised many novelties
in the way of entertainment. The
Women’s league will have charge of
serving lunches on the Portland
bound train, so that students will
be able to participate in the rally
at Portland immediately upon ar
rival. Musical features and other
entertainment are being arranged
for the students taking the official
rally special.
Complete arrangements have been
made for caring for student bag
gage. Luggago will be checked free
of charge at Villard hall before the
departure of the train. The bag
gage then will bo taken to a check
room in Portland on the corner of
Broadway and Taylor streets. The
rally on Friday night will terminate
at this point, so the students will
be able to participate conveniently
in the rally without carrying their
baggage.
For the convenience of students,
Southern Pacific officials have ar
ranged for both the arrival and
departure of the train on the cam
pus, in front of Villard hall.
Tickets for the special train will
be ,$3.80, and will be sold on the
campus all day Thursday and Fri
day at a booth in front of the lib
rary.
French Scholar
To Lecture at
Guild Theater
E. Champion t o Talk
About Anatole France
In Native Tongue
Monsieur Edouard Champion, pub
lisher, and present head of the well
known “House of Champion” at
No. 9 Quai, Malaquais, Paris, will
be on the campus tomorrow even
ing, and will deliver a lecture on
Anatole France, in Guild theater at
8 o’clock.
The lecture will bo delivered in
French and is open to the public.
No admission will be charged. Stu
dents who are studying the French
language are especially urged to at
tend.
M. Champion, who is a writer and
publisher, is accompanied by his
wife. He is now lecturing on French
men of letters whom he has known
intimately, under the auspices of
the Institute of International Edu
cation.
For many years M. Champion has
been practically the sole purveyor
of French books for the libraries of
Congress and Harvard. IIe is in
(Continued on pane four)
Second Day
Of "Webfoot”
Drive Begins
“Campaign Shows Success
Thus Far,” States
Doug Wilson
Year’s Subscription
Includes Six Issues
Last Editor of “Lemmy”
Sends Letter to Klcp
r | 'IIE Webfoot campaign is con
-*• tinued today ho that all persons
who have not already subscribed
will be able to do so. The booths
will be open during the same honrs
as they were yesterday to enable
students who are not living in cam
pus organizations to secure subscrip
tions.
“The campaign, thus far, has been
very successful,” states Douglas
Wilson, the manager of the “Web
foot.” One man’s enthusiasm has
already touched his pocketbook
when he purchased, yesterday, ten
dollars worth of subscriptions.
A year’s subscription includes sir
issues during the year, two editions
appearing each term. The first one
will be printed at Homecoming and
the second one of the fall term just
before the Christmas holidays. Car
toons, books and play reviews,
grudgos and complaints, athletics,
Seven Seers wit cracks and campus
news will bo featured in the first
issue.
•non ruep, editor or the magazine,
received yesterday )a letter from
Herbert L. Larson, who was the last
editor of the Lemon Punch, which
discontinued publication in 1923.
Dear Rolf: “Lemmy” is dead. He
was a happy little fellow and we of
the staff in the “good old days” had
lots of fun sitting up nights before
edition time primping him up for
his appearance on the campus.
But long live his successor “Web
foot.” It has been proven beyond
a doubt that a campus publication
fills a place in college life as* im
portant as any activity. It not only
gives students a chance to express
their ideas, develop their talent in
art and business (bless the ad so
licitors for theirs is a cruel task)
but also brings about the welding of
a stronger college spirit, which
Oregon is and has long been re
nowned for.
I sincerely hope that the student
body will give its support to the
venture such as has never been re
ceived by a new campus publica
tion. May they send “Webfoot” on
his initial appearance onto the cam
pus, healthy and robust between
the covers, filled with pep that has
characterized Old Oregon in her
undertakings.
And as time goes on it is my hope
that this support, does not suffer a
relapse because Oregon is now an
institution that ranks at the top
among the other great schools of
the country—she almost certainly
i should be able to give her students
a publication equal in quality to
that on any college campus.
Aou of the staff have my wishes
for success and I realize what it
means to deliver the goods—it’s not
all fun but the work is well worth
the effort.
Signed,
HERBERT L. LARSON",
Asst. City Editor, The Tacoma
Daily Ledger, Tacoma, Wash., Oct.
2, 1926.
Sol, Rolf, And Doug Use Same Office,
But Conduct Different Enterprises
I
Heads of Emerald and Webfoot Believe in Saying,
“Separate Doors Do Private Offices Make”
Upstairs in the Journaligm build
ing there are two doorg. Of courge,
there are more than that, really,
but the two doorg of which I speak
are extra doorg, not ordinary doors
at all.
They are labeled in large, very
black letters with the names of
important campus leaders, any one
of which would make a lowly fresh
man stand in awe. The first of
these important doors you face as
you arrive in the hallway greets
you with: “Emerald—Sol Abramson,
editor.” The other, but a few feet
down the hall, announces: “Web
foot—Rolf Klep, editor; Doug Wil
son—manager.”
Sol may be small physically but
he is a big man In the journalistic
world. He has one door all to him
self; Klep and Wilson must be con
tent to have one together.
But the great and unexpectec
feature of the two doors is just this
—they both lead to the same iden
tical room. Don’t laugh. With their
names on one door the prestige of
Rolf and Doug is saved. Sol has
a door with his name on it and can
feel equally important.
So far the single room has been
used with great success. The two
editors strictly observe the pro
prieties. They knock in pantomime
when crossing the imaginary line
between the two offices. A meeting
of the Webfoot staff is very care
ful to remain in the Webfoot side
of the room, and Sol carries on his
editorial work on the Emerald side.
It is rumored, however, that the
room is to be partitioned, for how
can two editors be as important in
one office, even if it has two doors,
as the same two men in two sep
arate offices?