VOLUME XXVIII
t UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1926
NUMBER 19
Varsity Primed To Topple Cardinals
Alumni Back To Watch Oregon Win
Opinions
Of Visit or 3
Optimistic
Homecoming F ootball
Game Appropriate
Close of Festivities
By KUTH COBEY
The faculty, alumni, and students
of the University seem to thin
that Oregon's chances are not en
tirely against her, in h<* match with
Stanford. . , *
Hugh Biggs, president of the A.
S U. O., says, “I will leave the
score of the game up to the sport
.editors.”
* * *
Bari Slocum, business manager of
the Emerald, declares: Not^g
could be finer than to top Semi-Cen
tennial week with an Oregon vic
tory; and I have an awfully good
lunch that we will win.”
# * *
Anne DeWitt, ex-'26, and presi
dent of the Women’s League of
that vear says that she has the
»„d She MOW. thot we’re gomg
“There are no two ways about
it » states Erie W. Allen, dean of
the school of journalism, “ This is
the game everyone ought to see.
Aside^ from the contest itself, there
will be the great Homecoming
•crowd, the alumni celebrating the
-University’s fiftieth birthday and
the University as a whole giving 1
-first demonstration on the home g
iron of the new spirit that is to
mark the institution fieginmng its
second half century under its vig
orous and popular new president.
Jeannette Calkins, alumni secre
tary and editor of Old Oregon, says
“I have just one thing to say. X
hope we win.”
Paul Ager, class of ’26 and vice
president of the student body lmj
year, “I think if the team wdj
play as they did in «ie
half of the Washington game, Stan
ford is doomed for defeat. I have
never seen Oregon play as it did
then.”
Mrs. Clara Fitch, secretary of the
administrative offices, says 1
there’s anything in mob psychology
as the psychologists say, Oregon
should have the advantage over
Stanford. Right now especially, be
cause of the uplift of this entire
week. It seems to me that Oregon
spirit is more high powered now
than it has ever been and we hope
the clutch won’t slip.”
“The time has come for 0ie8°*
students to demand victory,” Phil
Bergh said concerning the Home
coming game. “Stanford is here
and we are ready. Let’s give Cap .
McEwan and our men such vigorous
support that nothing can stop us.
We must live, think, and yell vic
tory until the game is won!”
• * *
Georgia Benson, secretary of the
dean of women and graduate of
the class of 1924, “Oregon has been
known to surprise people. Even
when listed for a defeat she has
come out gloriously victorious. I
am not saying that I expect Oregon
and Stanford to put up a good fight,
I will just say I expect Oregon to
Robert Galloway, publicity man
ager of Homecoming, says, “Oregon
fight is to a great degree optimism,
always looking toward ‘bigger and
thincra. The Semi-Centennial
better’ things. The Semi-Centennial
is an example of this, we look for
ward toward a greater University.
This includes winning football
games. Of course Oregon will win
Saturday, she always does although
the score is sometimes against her.
“Stacking cards is a ‘north-eon
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Luncheon And
Reception For
Alums Today
Four Thousand or More
Expected to Be Fed
At Men’s Gym
Reception Will Be
Feature of Evening
Two Student Dances to Be
Given Downtown
rpvvu events marie me nuiuecum
ing calendar today that will
probably give more occasion for a
real get-together between alumni
and students of the University than
the other part of the program.
One will be the Homecoming lunch
eon to be held in the men’s gym
nasium from 11 to 1 o’clock, and
the other will be the alumni recep
tion at the Woman’s building at 8
o’clock this evening. These two af
fairs will be augmented by a num
ber of other events planned for the
entertainment of the week-end
guests, and by Homecoming dance3
for the upper and lower classmen
of the student body.
Luncheon plans have been altered
somewhat from those of previous
years due to the greater number of
guests to be present. It is expected
that at least 4,000 will attend the
luncheon during the two hours it
! will be served.
Underclass Eat First
I In order that quick service may
j be a feature of the luncheon it has
, been arranged that all underclass-1
! men come promptly at 11 o’clock.
If rain is not threatening by noon,
University street will be closed to
traffic during these hours and the
freshmen and sophomores will be
served there. This will make more
room in the men’s gymnasium for
the upperclassmen and the alums
who may be served any time be
tween 11 and 1. If the weather is
not promising, however, all groups 1
will be served in the gymnasium, ac
cording to Kathryn Ulrich, chair
man of the luncheon committee.
“Bemember that the campus
luncheon is given primarily for
alums and their friends, and that
j students must co-operate with the
] committee to make it as orderly as
j possible,” Miss Ulrich said yester
day. Especial attention is called to
the matter of keeping the campus
and gymnasium as clear of waste as
possible.
Special seats have been reserved
for those working on the luncheon
I committee, who must, however, have
a regular admittance ticket to the
game.
Three Dances Scheduled
The informal alumni reception
has been arranged^ primarily so that
grads may visit with each other and
also have the opportunity of meet
ing Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, new
president of the University. This
will be followed at 9 o’clock by an
alumni dance in the Woman’s build
ing. Undergraduates will not be ad
mitted to this affair.
Simultaneous with the alumni
dance will be the two student dances \
down town. Upperclassmen will f
meet at Laraway’s and underclass
men in the Armory. Both are to be i
j informal and tickets may be pro- j
! cured for $1. It is hoped by George j
i Hill, chairman of the dances com- ]
! mittee, that this distribution will j
relieve the congestion that is usual
ly prevalent at the Homecoming
dance and which prevents the alums
from seeing each other as much as
will otherwise be possible.
Two features have been arranged
for the dances. These will make the
circuit of the three dances during,
the evening. It has been announced
• that Warren Clark, of Portland, will ]
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A Guard, A Tackle, And An End
^irtCla'on
O'**
7S
Cafilairt
f'rect dMBft,
Stanford Guard.
Northwest Has Great
Musical Possibilities
Says van Hoogstraten
“It is my firm belief that the
Northwest is able to become as
great a music center as some of the
arge Eastern cities,” says Willem
ran Hoogstraten, conductor of the
Portland symphony orchestra, who
received an honorary degree of doc
tor of music at the annual pledge
lay assembly Thursday morning.
“The music possibilities of the
Northwest are just as great as those
jf th«* East, if not greater. The
jnly difference now is in the degree
and that is because the Northwest
is younger. Why should it be dif
ferent, the possibilities are the same
and the people of the West are bet
ter music lovers, perhaps because
there is not the hustle and bustle of
a great city such as there is in New
York. The West has the most gor
geous scenery which should be very
inspiring. To me the only thing that
seems to have been lacking is the
opportunity, but with the people as
they are and the possibilities that
lie here, I believe that the North
west will in time become a great
music center.”
“Portland has a good symphony
orchestra now, which in time will
develop to a very fine organiza
tion,” declares Mr. van Hoogstraten.
Later in the year the people of Eu
gene will have an opportunity to
hear the orchestra, which is booked
on the A. S. H. O. music series.
Phi Sig-Beta Clash
Monday Starts Second
Round of Donut Series
Beginning Monday, the second
round of donut basketball games
will open. Many teams in their pen
nant drive last week struck a snag,
but in the consolation tournament
those losers will stand a chance to
recoup their loosened hold on the
gonfalon.
The Betas’ Thundering Herd and
that of the Phi Sigma Kappa, hav
ing wrung out their crying towels,
will have the first chance to avenge
their losses at 4:15 Monday.
Each confident of victory, Sigma
Nu and Chi Psi will have their little
duel at 5:00. Both of these quintets
won their games last week and are
rated on an even basis for the com
ing foray.
Other games scheduled for the
coming week are:
Tuesday, Sphinx vs. Friendly hall
at 4:15, Sigma Pi Tau vs. Psi Kap
pa at 5. Wednesday, Phi Gamma
Delta vs. Theta Chi at 4:15 and Sig
ma Phi Epsilon vs. Bowery Boys at
5. Thursday the Phi Delta Theta
Sigma Chi clash is scheduled for
4:15 and at 5 the Alpha Tau Omega
benedicts meet those of tthe Phi
Kappa Psi house.
Ed Miller, Former
Editor, on Campus
Edward Miller, a graduate of the
class of 1926, is spending the Home
! coming week-end on the campus.
; He was the editor of the Emerald
last year arffl a member of Friars,
Sigma Delta Chi and Chi Psi Lodge.
For the past few months he has
; been working on the Oregonian as
j night police reporter.
f’retf SAtz'pfatf,
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Greetings Extended
To Visiting Alumni
From Deans by Notes
After a week of distinguished his
tory making for the . University,
treasures of art and its stimulating
association with the foremost Uni
versity men in the country, I am
more glad than ever to extend my
welcome to the Homocoming men
and women of Oregon. The past
fifty years have born fruit in the
loyalties, the enthusiasms and spir
itual qualities that have made this
week possible, and we enter upon a
new era, not unjustly proud of the
institution, not unmindful of the
richness of its past history ancLcon
fident that under the leadership of
I>r. Hall we will realize a success, j
and a co-operation through the state!
which will make for progress never j
before possible. |
Yours cordially,
VIRGINIA JUDY ESTERLY,
Dean of Women,
j Welcome, Alumni—
“I am very happy to have this
opportunity to join with those on
j the campus in a most cordial ‘wel
I come home’ to all visiting alumni.
| “We are very pleased to have you
I here to participate in this celebra
j tion and hope for the time being
| you will consider yourselves active
! members of the Oregon family, and
l that you will enter into the spirit
I of all the events.
| “Any undergraduate on the cam
1 pus will, I am sure, be happy to do
any possible favor you may re
quest.”
DEAN H. WALKER,
Dean of Men.
Irella Fly, ’26, to Wed
Richard R. Crandall
i
—
I Irella Ely, ’26, of San Diego, Cal
1 ifornia, is to be married November
! 3, to Richard R. Crandall, chief
sub-surface geologist of the Califor
| nia Petroleum Company of Los An
geles.
Miss Fly is a member of the Chi
Omega sorority and was in the gleo
club in 1925-26. Mr. Crandall grad
uated from Stanford in 1923, and
was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma
j and Phi Beta Kappa.
Skies Are Gloomy,
But Webfooters’
Prospects Bright
Coach McEwan Has His Pupils Prepared to Meet What
ever the Weather and Pop Warner’s Big, Fast Crew
May Offer Them Today
By HAROLD MANGUM,
Sports Editor
Cloudy, over-hanging skies, battleship gray, yesterday re
placed the sunny blue of the past week, and a typical Oregon
Homecoming game is in prospect for this afternoon. Sagging
skies, soggy sawdust, and a slickered student section are the
conditions under which Oregon’s grid teams have won their
Homecoming games in the past, and under which they feel at
home. A Homecoming game without rain? ’Tis treason!
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Deady Hall Like
Old Friend Says
Dr. L. C. Carson
Villard Pays Mortgage
And Saves University
For Oregon
Benjamin B. Beekman, ’84
Presides at Dedication
i _
“Fifty years ago, yonder ancient
building opened its doors to stu
dents. It has been dedicated by
those who taught within its walls,
and the dear old building, full of
memories, seems like an old friend
to one who has been long absent,”
said Dr. Luella Clay Carson, first
dean of women at the University in
her address at the dedication of
Deady hall yesterday morning.
“This edifice testifies to the devoted
faith of a few and the sacrifice of
many.”
Dr. Carson quoted from the Ore
gonian of May 2, 1873, which stated
that in “neatness and finish the
building was a credit to the arch
itect and one of the handsomest
university buildings on the coast.”
No Library at First
“There was no library when the
University was opened,” she con
tinued. “So the students in the
Laurean and Eutaxian literary so
cieties gave entertainments to raise
money for books. At the end of the
second year there were from 600 to
800 volumes in the library.
“In 1881 after the University had
graduated a class of twenty stu
dents, the mortgage on Deady hall
came due. Henry Villard, in New
York, read the notice in the Ore
gonian that the state university was
to be sold for debt, He wired to the
legents to hold of£ the legal pfOCCed'
ings until he came. They did and
Mr. Villard paid off the debt, gave
the university $1,000 worth of
books, and four scholarships. In all,
he left about $12,000 with tho Uni
versity to give it encouragement,
Later he gave the money for found
ing a chair of English.”
Interest Betainod
Dr. Carson said that Mrs. Villard
still maintained an interest in the
University though she is now over
eighty years old. She read a mes
sage from Mrs. Villard in which the
hope was expressed that the Uni
versity in the years to come will be
distinguished for its championship
of great causes which help all man
kind, and she wished for its con
tinued prosperity.
Dr. Carson was associated witb
the University for twenty-one years
but in 1902 left to become president
of Mills College.
In his address on the “Spirit ol
Old Oregon,” Dr. Claiborne M. Hill
’81, president of the Berkeley Bap
belief that the traditions of the
tist Divinity school, expressed hi!
early decade of the University are
still carried out.
Simple Life Led
“In the old days we lived a sim
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Storm Smith
since
when annual
Home coming
contests be
came an insti
tution, Oregon
has triumphed
in four frays,
tied one, and
lost two for an.
average of .667.
In that period;
the lemon-yel
low has amas
sect 59 counters against 3d for
sundry opponents. All the vic
tories were achieved on damp
aud slippery gridirons, threat
ening heavens witnessed the
tie, and both defeats were suf
fered under tolerable weather
conditions. Rain and victory
go hand in hand at Oregon.
Who Will Win?
Which over way the weather
goes, Coach John J. McEwan of
Oregon is prepared. Rain will find
the Webfooters clad in rubber pants
and equipped with mud cleats, with
reserve equipment on hand for a
change between halves. Sunshine
will find the regulation togs, and
a possible shift in the starting line
up.
Who will win this afternoonf
How do we know? The mathemati
cians like Stanford so much that
they are offering 3 to 7 points.
The small army of red-capped Cardi
nal students that have checked in
during the past few days likes
I Stanford up to 21 points, but they
I are keeping the rubber band around
their bank rools unmolested, for it*
a long hike back to Palo Alto.
McEwtan Optimistic
The host of Oregon alumni that
has found its way home to honor
I Oregon believes that McEwan ha*
I instilled an elixir into his proteges
I that will spell doom to Stanford’s,
j championship hopjsj Oaiptjafn Mc
i Eivan opines that the battle will be
J close all the way, with breaks set
tling the issue. Captain A1 Sinclair
! has every belie? that he will lead
a winning team to a smashing vic
tory this afternoon. Gene Vidal be
lieves that Oregon has a great
chance to win by besting the Cards
at their own game—speed. Harry
Ellinger thinks that his line will
stop everything Warner has to of
j fer, and will open enough holes for
I an Oregon victory. Baz Williams
| says that Stanford will win handily,
, but Baz is a freshman line coach.
| Billy Reinhart says that he taught
j his freshmen the (Stanford plays
I and the varsity made so many aafe
| ties against his children that he
| got a headache counting by twos.
I He predicts that Oregon will win.
Bob Mautz says that the sob stuff
he lias been parcelling out regard
, ing his end situation is a mere box
i of apples, and that the Oregon
wingmen will live up to the stand
ard set last fall. Spike Leslie says
: that he can see nothing particular
ly wrong with the Oregon eleven,
and forecasts a nice little win to
. to boost the Webfoot percentage to
],500. Dave Adolph says the squad is
1 well managed. Bob Gardner, now a
! humble alumnus, but last year
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