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VOLUME XXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1926 NUMBER 37 Varsity Holds Final Practice Before Battle Saturday’s Contest Marks “Swan Song” for Seven Grid Players State Championship To Be Determined Schulmerich’s Trained Toe Is Dangerous HAYWARD field saw its final hard varsity football practice last nierht. After tonight’s limber Bert Kerns ing up, uregon's gridiron will be come silenced, and the sharp barking of signals and the snappy commands of coaches will be absent until next , spring when prac i tice will be re i snmed for a short time. Last night’s workout saw the ljemon-r enow griusters worn., up and down the sawdust-scraped field in final preparations for the Oregon state championship tilt with ,the Oregon Aggies at Corvallis, Satur day. Every man was at his post and every man went through the plays as though life itself depended upon it. Seven Men Lost Saturday’s contest will mark the singing of the “swan song” for seven of Oregon’s gridiron warriors, George MSm naugh, quarter back; Carl John son, center; Bert Kerns, guard; Captain A1 Sin clair, tackle; Ot to 'Vitus, half back; Sherman Smith, end; and "Lynn Jones, full back. The Beav Otto Vitus er game ends the three years of varsity performance allotted each man. All seven have played against the Orange and Black foot ballers in three contests, once as yearling players and twice while wearing the varsity stripes of lem on-yellow. In the fall of 1923, the Oregon freshman team was defeated 3 to 0 in a close game. The accomplished toe of Wesley Schulmerich placed the ball between the goal posts for the only score of the fracas. The septet of football players played their first game against the Beavers in Corvallis in 1924. Again, the sure-toe of big “Dutch” Schulmer ich, who was playing on the Aggie varsity for the first time, nearly spelled defeat. In the early part of the game the big plunging fullback made a kick from placement. Until the third quarter the 3 to 0 score t loomed up as vie Sherm Smith tory. A long pass from Louie Ander son, varsity quar ter, to Bob Mautz, end, near the side lines, brought the ball over the Cor vallis team ’ s chalked goal line. Defeat was turn ed into an Oregon victory. Last year’s tilt played on Hayward field gave Schissler's men a 24 to 13 victory. Mimnaugh to Be Loot The quarterback position which has proved a source of continual worry for Coach John J. M^Ewan this season will have more worries piled upon it with the absence of George Mimnaugh for next fall’s varsity. The loss of Mimnaugh will be keenly felt no? ogly as a quar terback reserve, but as a capable substitute for any backfield posi tion. Carl Johnson, the lightest center . in the conference, will terminate three years of varsity football ser vice. His lack of weight has kept him out of a number of games but he is admittedly the best passer on the team, and one of the brainiest pivot men who has ever matriculat ed to Oregon. He has never missed a practice during his four years as a gridiron aspirant. When the all-coast selections are announced, don’t be surprised if the name of Bert Kerns, guard, is on the mythical all-star eleven. Kerns’ (Continued on page four) Mr. Stork Corrects Erroneous Report A N EMBARRASSED young * bachelor, flustered at unmer ited congratulations, is John H. Mueller, associate professor of sociology. Flowers and congratulatory letters have showered upon him during the last few days. ■ Ac quaintances have telephoned their best wishes and joy in vain. Prof. Mueller does not appreciate them. Instead he has been avoid ing everyone as much as pos sible. When flowers arrive at his home, he turns them away im mediately. All messages of con gratulation, too, he forwards hurriedly. For Prof. John H. Mueller is unmarried, and is not the father of the new faculty child, Jane Mueller. The flowers, the mes sages and Jane belong |to G. Mueller, instructor in philosophy. Captive Beaver, O. A. C. Trophy, Appears Tonight Symbol Favorable Omen To Oregon’s Football Teams in Past Every college has or has had in its possession a sacred trophy be-s longing to its athletic rival, which in captivity, is just as coveted and guarded as it was on its home cam pus. The University of Oregon has the O. A. C. Beaver. Twenty years ago a group of bold students invad ed the Corvallis campus and pur loined it. In 1907, the following year, the Beaver along with the Oregon Drum were stolen by Wash ington students and carried to Seattle. In 1921 when athletic rivalry with the Huskies began to bud, two students set out on a journey of ad venture to Seattle to recover the drum. They failed, as the Huskies had locked it in a safe where it is still said to reside. However, they refused^to return empty-hand ed’ and kidnapped the Washington Big Stick and, more important, the O. A. C. Beaver. . The Oregon men reached Port land, with the Washington colleg ians hot on their trail, and a des perate battle took place there in a hotel. The result was even— Washington got its Big Stick back, but the Oregon students stoutly de fended their prize and retained the Beaver. The-undesired publicity at tending this fracas necessitated a secret return to Eugene, as Orange and Blaek students were out to in tercept them and regain the symbol. From that time on the Beaver ha$ been carefully hidden away and was brought to light for the first time since its recovery two years ago at the pajamarino rally on the eve of the annual football game with O. A. C. On that occasion the trophy was guarde4 by an Order of the “O” escort. The Beaver, which is a skin of (Continued on page two) Rally Train Leaves at 11:30 a. m. Saturday; Will Return After Game The special rally train, Corvallis bound, will leave from Villard hall at 11:30 a. m. tomorrow. Tickets $1.35 round-trip, will be on sale to da and tomorrow morning at spe cial booths on the campus. The train will arrive at Bell field at 12:45 p. m., and students will go immediately to their section in the grandstand. This will necessitate that every student have his lunch before leaving on the “special.” Pete Ermler, chairman of transpor tation, suggests that house manag ers serve a light lunch before 11 o’clock tomorrow for those taking the train. The train will return immediately after the game, arriving in Eugene around 5:45 p. m. Southern Pacific officials have anticipated a crowd of close to 1700 students taking the train, and have arranged coaches for this number. Last night, administration offic ials issued a final warning to stu dents to take the train instead of driving over. They point out that this will avoid accidents on the highway and will relieve congestion of traffic connected with the usual Homecoming crowd. Stories Told About Living Irish Poets Ella Young, Assembly Speaker, Friend of Yeats and Russell Called Representative Of Irish Renaissance Dr. Boyer Lauds Poetess As Versatile Figure HOW George Bussell, sometimes writing over the pseudonym A E., famous Irish poet, used to make pilgrimages to a certain mountain near his home in Dublin, and there hear the music and the spirits of the mountain speak to him, inspir ing the creation of some of his mystic poems, is only one of the many interesting bits from the lives of some of the poets of the Irish renaissance told by Miss Ella Young, contemporary poetess of the land of the shamrock, who ^poke yesterday at the weekly assembly in the Woman’s building on “Irish Poets I Have Known.” Miss Young told of her first meet ing with A. E. at Dublin where she visited him in one of the sedate, eighteenth century houses which is the home of the Hermetic society of which he is high priest and chief authority. Describes Famous Foot “We were admitted to a. large room, the walls of which were dec orated with drawings and paintings done by A. E. himself. He was there, and rose to speak, standii^ tall, slender and bearded, with cur ious, luminous blue eyes. He looked as if he had come from another world, so totally unique was he. He spoke with complete forgetfulness of himself, an apostle of the ancient gods. “When I first met him he had just finished his ‘Songs by the Way,' and he read some of the poems in a curious, monotonous, chanting voice, whiojh is characteristic of him. His poems must be read that way in order to gain the full value of them,” she explained. A. E. Also a Mystic Eor a long time A. E. was more mystic than poet, but now the old A. E. has passed away and in his place we see practical George Bus sell, whose paintings are so popular that they are sold before they are put on exhibition. For, like all the poets of the Irish renaissance, A. E. is versatile. He is the mystic, the poet, the scholar and the paint er. This new Irish renaissance is characterized by the bursting forth of old Celtic traditions and ideas. Dr. C. Y. Boyer, head of the Eng lish department, when he introduced Miss Young, compared her versatil ity to that of Leonard de Vinci and Michael Angelo of the Italian ren aissance. Like them, Miss Young has manifold talents. She is at once scholar, poet, critic, and seeress and a true representative of the Irish renaissance, Dr. Boyer said. Yeats Is Many-sided William Butler Yeats, another Celtic poet and a friend of A. E.'s, fancies himself a magician as well as a poet, although he differs from A. E. in that he writes in a more symbolical vein, she said. Yeats spends his time in London, Dublin and Sligo. When he is in Dublin he likes to meet people and to talk to them. When in Sligo he wishes to be with only his uncle and a cousin who, like him, are interest ed in the mystic. When in London, he is an authority on house furnish ing, said Miss Young. “We visited him there in a room which was furnished in dark hang ings, stiff furniture and white wax candles. He wandered into the (Continued on page three) Extension Lecturer Judges Grange Debate Professor W. G. Beattie, lecturer in the extension division, acted as a judge of the debate between Cres well Grange and Irving Grange at Creswell, November 15. The ques tion for debate was, Besolved: That the federal government should not begin the development of any new reclamation projects until there is a price that will pay the cost of production plus a reasonable profit. Professor Harold S. Tuttle, of the sehool of education, will speak to the Hood Biver Teachers’ Institute Tuesday, November 23. Eef Declines Chance To Appear in Hi Play EVERY dog has his day, and Eef has had his. Like most other celebrities, Eef has been asked to go on the stage, but whether on account of modesty, or because he preferred to be a regular he-dog, he did not accept the offer to appear as a lady’s dog in “Peg of'My Heart,” a play to be given at University high tonight au4 tomorrow night. Although Eef could not be coaxed to lend his charming per sonality to the presentation, two other bow-wows will appear. One is a Cuddly, little white thing with .the proverbial cogn men “Fluff.” Pal, the other, is a more masculine looking creat ure with shaggy, dark fur. Tickets for the play are now on sale at the high school for fifty cents. Semi-Centennial Speeches to Be Published Soon Commonwealth Rev iew. Quarterly Magazine, To Print Talks Addresses delivered during the Semi-Centennial celebration at the University will comprise the entire contents of the forthcoming issue ol the Commonwealth Review, quarter' ly magazine published at the Uni versity and edited by F. G. Young, dean of the school of sociology. The publication of the speeches in this manner was suggested to the University Board by President Ar nold Bennett Hall. That body ac cepted the plan, and a committee consisting of James H. Gilbert, act ing dean of the college of literature, science, and the arts, and chairman of the Semi-Centennial celebration, Professor Ralph D. Casey, of the school of journalism, and F. G. Young, was appointed to direct the work. The Review containing the speeches will be a double . number, including both the October and Jan uary numbers. Press work is ex pected to start the latter part of this week, and the magazine will be issued during the middle of Decem ber. The addresses to be printed have been arranged logically but not chronologically. Following are the titles: Educational-Installation ad dresses, “Opportunity and the In dividual,” C. C. Little;' Inaugural address, President Arnold Bennett Hall; “The University as a Media tor,” Frank L. McVey; “New Ten dencies in Adult Education,” Henry Suzzallo; “Extra Mural Responsibil (Continued on page three) Thirty-eight Oregop Student Managers to Take Tickets at Game Thirty-eight managers will be taken to Corvallis Saturday morn ing to take tickets in the Oregon rooting section and the Oregon and O. A. C. alumni sections of the grandstands at Saturday’s game. These men will leave from the Col lege Side Inn at nine o’clock sharp, and will be taken over in two large busses. Their transportation will be paid over and back, their meals fur nished while there and they will be given free admission into the game so th'ere is no need of them buying pickets. 'These men shall, however, bring their student body tickets un punched or, if they have already bought tickets they must bring them with them. This is the first game this year that all the managers have been taken on a trip. Paul Sletton and Bob Love will be in charge of the men making this trip. It is imperative that the men be at the College Side Inn a little early as the busses will leave promptly at nine. The men who will go are: C. Williams, R. Hubbs, A. Shep hard, J. Owens, B. McElroy, L. Hall, E. Hagan, G. Hendry, H. Brumfield, P. Holmes, R. McReight, W. Gray, D. Lawrence, D. Creath, J. Thorn ton, D. Church, P. Hunt, I. Staples, C. Harris, H. Metzlan, J. Campbell, K. Weiser, H. Greig, K. Landstrom, G. Stearns, G. Miller, J. Walton, J. Swindell, T. Leiter, A. Anderson, T. Gurney, -W. Doyle, L. Rapp, D. Con [ don, D. Belshe, T. Wells, T. Hendry. |J. H. Gilbert | DefendsName ; Of 'Skinners' _ Veteran Slogansmith Send* In Verse to Explain Pet Nickname Call ’em “Cannibals,” Says Anonymous “Wv - Committee Urged to Adopl “Eat ’em Alive” Stuff THE search for an athletic nam< for Oregon’s athletic teams ii close to an end. The choice practic ally has narrowed to two entries and it will take a good dark horsi to nose them out as they gallo] down the home stretch. Dragons an< Vikings—there they are, bared t< public inspection. Both are bright and colorful anc full of meaning. Dragons—power strength, color, and distinction, t splendid combination. The wore lends itself to simile with greal readiness, and pairs with Oregor euphoniously. The last three let ters of each word are identical, af is the “R” sound in the first syl lable. No other college in the coun try has a name like it. Vikings conjures up an image oi rough, rugged adventurers, bold and determined, faring forth to new lands, conquering and ravaging. Power is there, and hardihood, color, and fight. Gilbert Backs “ Skinners ” James H. Gilbert, acting dean of the college of literature, science, and the arts, came to bat for his sub mission—Skinners—yesterday, and furnished a poem to substantiate his choice. “The following lines are submit ted in proof of the aptness and met rical possibilities of the name I once submitted for the Varsity teams" he writes. The poem follows: The Skill of the Sktnners The Skinners went down from the town of Eugene, With scalpels all burnished and whetted and keen; The proud Mister Bruin was hum bled and rolled, And our Jasons returned with a peltry of gold While bare, beaten Bruin turned blue in the cold. For whether we battle in mist or in sun, These Skinners are winners. They naturally won. The last of the fauna to" encounter our steel Is the beaverskin bunch now whet ting their zeal, (Or shall I say quietly chewing the cud). The hopes of Corvallis will collapse with a thud And the well skinned beavers will burrow in mud. Whatever the brute with a hide thick or thin, i The Skinners bring home an ap propriate skin. To the editor: What is there more vicious, more apt to -inspire one to a bending of his knees in a rapid and frantic supplication to his God or gods (if any), than a nice hungry cannibal with blood and stray bits of flesh dripping down the sides of his jaws? Why not then, Cannibals for our unnamed and untamed savages of the gridiron? “Eat ’em alive!” Now that wouldn’t be a bad battle cry, would it? And of course there is the relig , ious argument in its favor. Many i and many a lost soul has become a i good Christian at the mere mention of the name. With considerable sincerity, W. Eugene Poor Assured Thanksgiving Dinners One hundred and twenty-two dol lars was turned over to Mrs. M. S. Ady, police matron, from the profits of the junior shine day to buy Thanksgiving dinners for the poor of Eugene. Earl Harbin held the lucky num ber, 268, winning the shine prize. Marion Barnes sold 130 tickets and | was given the prize for selling the | most number of shines. Latvyers Say Smoke Stimulates Studies i <<OMOKING in the law school ^ while studying” is the title of a new bill which is to be put ( up before the Law School Stu dent association. Smoking clears the mind and aids deep thinking in the opinion of the lawyers. There is some doubt as to whether the bill will pass since other schools on the campus have petitioned for the same thing and were voted down. Perhaps lawyers could study better if they were permitted to smoke; perhaps the A. S. U. O. should build an annex to the law i school which could be used for i a smoking den for its promising young lions. The community must not suffer ’ from injustices which might be 1 cast upon it just because its i lawyers are not permitted to do [ their deepest thinking. Such are the lawyers’ arguments. Annual Scribe Jam to Be Held On January 7 ‘Old Gang’ Will Gather in Costume and Mask For Big Reunion Who? What? When? Where? and Why? It is the Journalistic Jamboree, the one big annual event so looked forward to by all those students connected with the school of journalism. The traditional “Jam” will be held at the men’s gymnasium on the night of January 7. As usual, it will be a costume and mask af fair. There 'will be eats galore, features, special scandal sheets, prizes, good music, and—but there is no need to mention the kind of a time that has never failed to be had at such a gathering. Old and new members of “the gang,” who inhabit that den of in iquity commonly known as “the shack,” will then have an oppor tunity to get together and really be come acquainted with each other. It is for this purpose that the Jam has come to be an institution in the life of aspiring young journal ists. It has been the custom to hold the party near the beginning of the fall term, but it was found impos sible to get a suitable date during the first term this year because of the Semi-Centennial celebration. The selected date, coming after the period of rest, has its advantages, too, the committee thinks. There will be now students, new ambitions, new costumes, and—well, there will be a lot of new things. The arrangements for the affair are going forward under the joint direction of Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, men’s and wom en’s journalism fraternities. The j general committee in charge is Har-j old Hunnicutt, chairman, Sol Abram- i son, Bertram Jessup, Jack Hemp stead, Minnie Fisher, Geneva Drum, Alice Kraft and Flossie Badabaugh. Super-Rally Planned for This Evening Noise Makers Will Adi Unusually Gay Note To Occasion Students to Parade, Then Meet at Gym Coaches McEwan, Vidal To Give Low Down ALTHOUGH the rally program tonight will probably not ex tend over an hour’s period, more potential Oregon-light will be rous ed in this short period than in all previous Webfoot demonstrations, judging from the inspiring caliber of the program. Starting yesterday afternoon, a wave of enthusiastic “spirit to win" began sweeping over the campus and this sentiment will crystallize tonight at 6:45, when eager Oregon fans meet at the Sigma Chi corner to start the evening’s rally parade. Every member of th£ Oregon stu-* dent body will participate, and un der the attempted control of four yell leaders, the “victory bent” wilf" march through campus streets. Will Use Noise-makers Two thousand noise-making de vices have been ordered by the rally committee and distant, sleep ing farmers will probably be awak- - ened by the din of the loyal Oregon backers. At 7:30 p. m., the parade wiH end. at the men’s gym, where a program that should have important influence -on the outcome of tomorrow’s game, has been arranged. Heading the program, Captain John J. McEwan, grid mentor of the Oregon eleven, will tell the as sembly of the chances for an Ore goh victory. Eugene Vidal, back field coach, who' makes his llret speech to Oregon students tonight, will give a slant on the scoring pos sibilities of the Oregon backs. Squad to Be on Stage On a specially erected stage, Z9 men, members of the varsity squad, will be seated. These members of the Oregon team will be vitally in terested to see how much they are! backed by the student body, and » hundred per cent attendance is im perative. Baz Williams, and sev eral old alumni will also make short speeches. In addition to the grid talks, a short snappy program of entertain ment has been arranged. Lee Lud ers and Ed Crowley are in charge of this part of the program and they are keeping the identity of the cam pus talent dark, however, it ia known that music in various forms with several dance skits will feat ure the presentation. Beaver to Lead Parade The order of march for the rally parade, calls for tho captive Aggta Beaver, under the guardianship of the Order of the “O”, to lead. This section will be followed by the tiand, and then comes the Oregon "mas cot, ” an enormous bass drum. The students will fall in behind. Color^Tests Vitally Necessary as 5 Entrance Requirements, Hafen Recent Examinations Show Low Percentage of Color Blindness; Total Blindness Rare “Every student should take a col or test upon entering the univer sity,” believes Virgil O. Hafen, in structor of architecture and allied arts. Though this may not be of profound importance throughout the life of the individual, nevertheless there are times when selection of colors is going to be necessary, and knowldge of any color-blindness would help in avoiding errors of choice, he said. Mr. Hafen recently gave a color test to approximately 200 students and discovered only three who were red and green blind; they were ar chitecture students, two of whom were completely blind to those col ors and one incompletely green blind. The percentage of color blind persons is very low in these depart ments, for students are not likely to take these subjects if they are de ficient in this line, stated Professor Hafen. Four per cent of the people in general are color blind, but cases of complete colorblindness are very rare. “I think that color-blindness might be more noticeable in other locations, such as Arizona, /New Mexico and Old Mexico, where the climate is dry, and light is white and glaring,” Hafen declared. The soft green and blue lights of this section of the country are much eas ier on the eyes, and unless the taa dency to color-blindness is heredi tary, Hafen’s idea is that the lights , here will not produce the defect of ■ vision, that is produced by snow, | blast furnaces, and harsher light in I general. Mr. Hafen cited only two cases ■ of total color-blindness on this cam : pus in the last five or six years. ! Where the individual has inherited J the tendency there is no help for !bim; but Professor Hafen said that I Such persons of course, never know I color, everything appears in th* drab shades of black and white.