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VOLUME XXVIII V UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1927 NUMBER 51 Morgan, Biggs Discuss Meet At Michigan I National Congress Work Endorsed by Many Educators Student Investigation At Oregon Mentioned More Democratic Spirit Here Than in East T7RANCES MORGAN, secretary, and Hugh Biggs, president of the A. S. U. O., who returned be fore the holidays from the national conference of students at Ann Ar bor, Michigan, report their trip worth while in spite of the fact that .they failed to see the Army and Navy football game at Chicago. Students from 192 colleges and universities attended the congress. Personal contacts with many of these proved valuable and enjoy able. The federation is only a new institution but it promises to be suc cessful in creating a cooperative ex change of student opinion on prob lems of political and academic har mony. The work of the organization is highly endorsed by leading edu cators of the country. Questionnaire Discussed The student investigation which was carried on here last year was mentioned favorably with a sim ilar project at Dartmouth. This mat ter was offered as evidence of the interest students are beginning to take in student government and af fairs. The University of Oregon has fewer problems than many of those represented at the conference be cause of the size of the student body and the character of the people, Biggs said. While faculty members do not customarily attend council meetings here, other schools find it impossible to do anything without the presence and sanction pf some of the faculty, he declared. To Report Before Council Members of the congress had no feeling that any resolutions made by them were infallible and final, but only conceived possible remedies for certain difficult situations. Reports of committee conclusions will be given at student council sessions by President Biggs. There are approximately 14,000 persons at the University of Mich igan. This, together with the fact that Easterners are more reserved than Westerners, gives the place a formal atmosphere, the Oregon del egates report. The democratic spirit of friendliness for which this cam pus is noted is not seen at the East ern sehool, they said . Michigan Building Impressive The most impressive thing about the Ann Arbor campus is the Law yer ’s Club building, a structure which reaches the length of one block. The style is Old English, and all of the stones for the construction were imported from England. Law students of the university live in this large dormitory. The entire upper story is fitted for guest rooms where visiting lawyers from all over the country are entertained while doing research work there. An ex tensive library is available for those who wish to use it. James Johnson, a student at Ore gon last year, lives at the Lawyer’s Club. He, with Robert Coffey, and Benjamin Souther, also former stu dents here, and Robert Kerr, the son of President W. J. Kerr of O. A. C., gave a dinner at the club for the Oregon students. Orators to be Chosen In Tryout Saturday Oratory tryouts will be held Sat urday, January 8, at nine o’clock. From those students who try out orators will be chc -n to represent the University in all oratory con tests. Mr. J. Stanley Gray, debate coach, requests that all students who wish to try out see him in his office in the Sociology building between now and Saturday. Each student must turn in a manuscript of his oration, and the winners will be selected on the basis of the manuscripts and the orations. Oratory tryouts are held once each year, during winter term; freshmen are not eligible. Several debaters who tried out last year are going out again this fall; among them are: Avery Thompson, Benoit MeCroskey, Donald Beelar, Jack Hempstead, Joseph McKeown, and Walter Durgan. Dean of Scribes Sympathizes With Lecture-bored Students Eric W, Allen Returns From Series of Conventions; Has Book Accepted for Publication Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism, breezed into the shack yesterday afternoon to greet everyone with a radiant smile and a hearty handshake. ‘‘Just got back,” he beamed. ‘‘If anyone says the West isn’t the place to live .... ” Dean Allen was brimming full of news. The convention he attended at Ohio State university, was com posed of about 125 members of the American association of schools and departments of journalism, the American association of teachers of journalism, and the American council for education in journalism, who received his paper on ‘‘Jour nalism as Applied Social Science” with approval, and, after vigorous discussion, ordered it printed and sent to all members and others in terested in the work of the organ izations. The dean’s book, ‘‘Printing and the Journalist,” has been accepted by the Knopf Publishing company and work has started on it without additional writing or revision. Besides this, President Berry of the American Type Pounders com •pany, with whom the dean talked in Jersey City, expressed his in tention offering substantial assist ance toward providing material for the project that John Henry Nash of San Francisco has planned for this year, in carrying out the idea of one artistically printed book a year to be published by the Uni versity of Oregon Press. Dean Allen will begin classes to day, more lenient toward students, for, as he declares', “For the first time I realized what a student has to go through,’’ as he sat through four days of lectures and discus sion. The convention was held in the faculty clubrooms of Ohio State university, each member hav ing an over-stuffed chair, a foot rest, and an ash tray. In spite of all these comforts, the dean admits he became tired of sitting still through so many hours of talk. * The principal topic of the con vention was plans for graduate work in journalism. Dean Allen’s paper was an argument for organ izing the work of the senior year on an entirely different basis so (Continued on page two) T T 1 rresiaent nan Back from Trip To Eastern Cities University Head Elected Vice-President of National Body President Arnold Bennett Hail has returned from his extended trip to the east. While in St. Louis he was elected first vice-president of the American Political associa tion. President Hall spent two days at the meeting of this group fol lowing a stay of five days in Frank lin, Indiana, where together with Mrs. Hall and daughter he spent ChrTstmas and assisted in the set tling up of his father’s estate. Before going to Indiana Presi-, dent Hall attended a meeting of the social science research council, himself being chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the national conference on scjence of politics, after which he held a second con ference with members, of the board of directors of the Carnegie founda tion for the advancement of learn ing with reference to the financial aid he wishes to secure from them. Nothing was decided however for there had not been a meeting of the board of directors since the last time the president held conference with them. He expects, however, to receive word from them following their meeting at the first of February. President and Mrs. Hall and daughter left for the east December 3 and continued together as far as Chicago where Mrs. Hall and the little girl remained until Dr. Hall returned from New York. They returned Monday evening, January 3. High School Quintet Makes Good Record — The University high school hoop | sters returned victors from their barnstorming trip “taken” during | the holidays. The team won every game played, the scores being 26-14 in the North Bend game, i 24-H at Coquille, and 25-24 | at Marshfield^ The game with ; Marshfield continued for extra time and proved to be the best played game of the trip, the small team of the local school holding the lead throughout against the six-footers of the coast town. I Those playing on the trip were Libby, Powers, and Page, forwards; I Smith and Frey, centers; Stevens, l Moore, and Adams. Coach Frank j Reinhart is now working up the i team to meet the strong Salem quin I tet at Salem, January 7. infirmary Occupied During the Holidays Many patients, mostly of the | sterner sex, have been visiting the infirmary • this week and showing j their appreciation of the tender care ' received there during the past term. The infirmary was busy all during ' the holidays. Michael Moran, who ■ broke his right leg in gymnasium 1 work before the close of school, is still a steady boarder. As a New Year’s gift a special scaffolding has been built to extend his leg and it 1 is mending rapidly. Siuaenis urgea To Buy Emerald Subscriptions Special Solicitors Chosen To Canvass Campus For Three Days The campaign to send the Emer ald home gets under way today. The circulation drive is scheduled to last three days, and an attempt to surpass last term’s record of 400 new subscriptions will be made. Special solicitors for students out side living organizations have been appointed and the names of the representatives in the houses will be announced later. Subscriptions may be turned in at the Emerald Business office, the ^ittljo .'white shack, between the Journalism and Art buildings. Rates for the paper are $1.00 per term or $1.75 for the rest of the school year. The Emerald has a circulation of 4300 and is sent to 36 states. Sub scribers are also, found in Hawaii, China, France and England. The Emerald gives a cross sec tion of campus life and activities according to Francis JftcKenna, cir culation manager, and also supple ments the letter to the folk at home. Edward Bissel has been appointed assistant circulation manager. Basketball Season For Oregon Women Starts This Evening The intra-mural basketball season begins today at 5 o’clock when all girls who wish to play basketball will register at the Woman’s build ing. An informal practice will be held at this time, and regulations and practice hours for the term, will be posted. The qualifications to turn out for basketball are that a girl have a 3.5 average, and that she have a heart test taken before Monday of next week. ♦ A large range of praetices will be provided for players. The hours from 4 to 6 will be divided into three playing periods, from 4:05 to 4:40; 4:40 to 5:15; 5:15 to 5:50. Both the outside and inside gym nasiums will be used. Players must begin to play at the beginning of periods or wait until the n£kt one begins. Three periods of playing a week are required. All beginners and players of limit j ited experience will be grouped sep i arately at the beginning of the [ season' and those with outstanding j ability will be graduated. Nellie Best is head of basketball j and Miss M. J. Shelly is coach. | Students in Small Pox Area to be Vaccinated The University health service is holding open house this week for all students who spent the vacation, period in either Klamath or Jose phine counties. In the receiving line 1 will be any number of the doctors ! and assistants, each armed with a supply of vaccine. Said students are ! to receive this, but not in teacups, The call is issued because the state health board reports many cases of small pox from those coun ties. Anyone who has been recently vaccinated need not report. Local Group Gets Charter From Phi Mu Kappa Omicron Founded In 1923; Seven Girls First Members National One of Oldest Secret Societies Chapter at Oregon to Be Fifth Branch in West WORD was received on the cam pus just prior to the Christmas holidays that the petition of Kappa Omicron, local sorority, had been accepted by Phi Mu, national frat ernity organization, and that a char ter had been granted. Kappa Omicron was founded on May 23, 1923, with seven charter members. It did not become a liv ing organization until in the fall of the same year when a house at Nine teenth and Potter Streets was leased for a three year period. The present house, into which the organization moved in September, 1926, is located at the corner of Thirteenth and Hil yard Streets. The membership in cludes at this time 20 active girls, eight alumnae, and several inactive members. National Organized in 1852 Phi Mu, second oldest secret or ganization for women, was founded on January 4, 1852, at Wesleyan Col lege, Macon, Georgia. This college, which was incorporated in 1836, has the distinction of being the oldest educational institution for women in America. Phi Mu has at the present time 47 chapters for women in the United States, scattered from Maine to California. The fraternity was admitted to the national Pan-hel lenic congress on December 23, 1911. The national president is (llrs. Charles G. Eidson. Four Chapters Already on Coast With the establishing of a chap ter at the University of Oregon there will be-five branches of Phi Mu on the western coast. Tau chap ter, installed in 1913, is located at Whitman College at Walla Walla, Washington. In 1915 Iota Sigma chapter was granted at the Univer sity of Southern California, Los An geles, and in 1916 Eta Alpha was in stalled at the University of Cali fornia, at Berkeley. Eta Beta was granted at the University of Wash ington, in 1917. As a giving memorial to the state of Georgia where Phi Mu was found ed, a philanthropic project, carried on under the supervision of the phil anthropic committee for the frat ernity, was undertaken in- 1922 and is being continued throughout each year. This is the Phi Mu Health mobile, a traveling health service, going into the remote districts of the state giving medical aid as well as teaching health methods to those who would otherwise be unable to get assistance. The Healthmobile is a four-ton truck, fully equipped as a doctor’s office with modern con veniences. It carries a woman phys ician, a nurse and a chauffeur. Ne groes, as well as the white people: are given this service. Two Phi Mu’s on the campus art (Continued on page three) Hoopers Won ! Oregon’s Only Title in 1926 Reinhart’s Men Champs; Outlook in All Sports Better This Year New Coaches Improve Prospects on Gridiron Tennis Only Minor Activity Showing Class WITH a single sweep of his trusty eraser, Father Time cleared the Oregon athletic slate for 1926 and gave the Webfoot coaching staff a clean one for the new year. Oregon athletic teams won but one championship during the year just ended, but made cred itable showings in two other sports which had previously been In a slump and showed much promise for the future in all the others, with the exception of wrestling. The Webfoots, during 1926, won the basketball championship of the northern division of the Pacific coast conference, and finished sec ond in the race for tennis honors. The baseball team finished in sec ond place in its division. The foot ball team, under Captain John J. McEwan, won only two games while losing five, but gave promise of a high rating in 1927. O. A. C. Beaten on Track The Lemon-Yellow tracksters were not so successful as they might have been, but they won the big important meet of the year when they forced “Dad” Butler’s Ore gon Aggies to defeat by a single point. Two dual meets were lost, to Washington and Stanford. No victories were gained in either wrestling or swimming, but in both, hard-fought battles were staged. The cross-country team had but one meet, which it lost. A successful in tramural program was conducted by the physical education department with more participants than ever. A barnstorming trip started the Oregon hoopsters’ successful season with six victories and two defeats and a score of 325 points to their opponents’ 134. Multnomah club and Pacific university also were de feated. The first conference game found Beinhart’s proteges wallop ing Montana Grizzlies, 40 to 19. An extended road trip and a series at home netted the varsity 10 wins without a defeat. Hoopers Lose to Bears Having captured the champion ship of the Northwest section of the Pacific Coast conference, the Oregonians played a two-game ser ies with the University of Califor nia for the coast flag. On the eve of the team’s departure for Califor nia to play a post season series With the Bears, Algot Westergren, stellar guard, was suddenly taken ill and forced to remain at home. The loss of tie speedy guardsman proved disastrous to Coach Billy j Beinhart’s quintet. Coach Beinhart started the 1926 j baseball season with an ambitious | (gang of sophomores and juniors ! and whipped together a team which t finished second to Washington, (Continued on page two) Penpushers Will Throw Frolic Friday ********** Dr. Crash Slated to Set Jamboree Pace Plana are nearing completion for what promises to be the “biggest ever” brawl of the youthful scrib blers, known as the Journalism Jamboree, which will be held at the men’s gym n a s i um Friday night, January 7, starting at 8:30. Many notables will be present, it is said. The accompan y 1 n g 4 photo is a char acteristic pose of Dr. J. Hank Crash, noted ink spreader, who will return to his alma mater for the big splash of the school of scribes, according to word received from him. The doctor was caught unawares during one of the thrilling moments of last year’s “Jam” and this is the result. This part of the program needs no explanation. In all justice to Dr, Crash, how ever, and for the enlightenment of those of the unitiated, it must be explained that the worthy guest was wearing a mask. The doctor explained afterward that everybody else had come to seem so real during the course of the evening that he came to feel so himself and had entirely forgotten that he was mas querading. And so it was the opinion of the remainder of the guests at the last affair. Although hidden by mask and costume, everybody seemed to everybody else to be the real sort of person that does not come to light in everyday life, something different from the person with the lifeless “hello.” New students find this to be the case, also. This year’s affair is going to be that and more, according to the committee in charge. The program of festivities for the evening is to be kept a secret, but it is rumored that steps have been taken to make the “Jam” even more of a carnival event than heretofore. Musie will be furnished by the popular Co-Ed Harmonizers, featur ing Gussie Gottlieb and the four Burton sisters. The Co-Eds have just recently finished an engagement on the stage and will probably add (Continued on page two) ■f Co-eds May Know All, But Not Mere Hygiene AWEARY frosh woman chew ed the end of her pen and looked sadly at the question in the hygiene final. Gathering her mental forces for a mighty ef fort she wrote; “Apples contain water and epidermis. Mayonnaise is not as nasty as cod liver oil and almost as effective.” Rare examples of spelling were “diat” (imagine a modern girl not being able to spell that); “greese;” “emunity,” and “amun.” Someone else wrote “inimic,” another one “bacillu bus” for syllabus, and “inviron ment.” Did you ever eat “nud dlest” Yes—you guessed it— noodles. There is nothing like simplified spelling. Anthony Euwer Will Appear at First Assembly Versatile Penman Rated With Joaquin Miller And Riley One of the best known of an in teresting group of poets of the Northwest, and the first of an un usually excellent group of speakers scheduled to appear at the weekly assemblies of the University during the winter term, Anthony Euwer, will address the students and fac ulty Thursday morning at eleven o’clock, in the Woman’s buildinig. Mr. Euwer serves in the threefold capacity of writer, illustrator, and platform humorist and it is in the capacity of writer, poet, and plat form humorist, that ho will appear Thursday when he will “lift his audience out of the humdrum, the serious, and the sordid things of everyday life, and take them for a time, into clean, spontaneous, hum orous, and poet "cal things.” He made a successful lecture toui last winter and the February as sembly at which he read some of his poems, was regarded as one of the best on the University program that year. As a writer he received his early training at Princeton University, which yfas followed by an active and varied experience on New York City and other eastern newspapers, The Ellison-White Celebrity Bureau says of him: “As an artist and il lustrator he stands in the front rank, having ‘drawn things’ ever since he can remember. He has illustrated his books, and his drawings have appeared in most of the leading periodicals. His pastels and watei colors of the great Northwest and of the battle-scarred regions oi France have added greatly to his record as a painter. “Critics have said that Anthonj Euwer has done for the Great North west what Joaquin Miller did foi the Californians, what James Whit comb Riley did for the Hoosiers and what Robert W. Service has done for Alaska and the Yukon ‘His Rhymes of Our Valley,’ stories of the great valley at the foot ol Mt. Hood, immediately marked him as a producer of that big, gripping human stuff that stirs men’s souls “He does not pull the wool ovei the eyes of his audience, but when there is any there, he pulls it off sc that they can see as he would have them see. Somehow or other he man ages to get you going and you lei him talk into the cozy corner of youi soul without any question.” Life saving Practices Will Be Tri-weekly Practices for life saving exam inations will be held three times a week during the next term, Tuesdaj and Thursday at four o’clock, anc Wednesday at five. Girls who wist to take this course, and also girls who wish to try out for examiner ships must sign up ai once with Miss E. A. Troemel. Six girls passed the senior rec cross examination last term. Thej were Dena Aim, Marjorie Landru Olive Banks, Bertha Bodine, Wini fred Weter and Myrabelle^ Palmer. Lela Horton was the only gir who passed the examinership tes for the first time last term. Oregana Pictures Due Before January 15 All negatives for Oregana pic tures must be turned in by January 15. This means that those whi haven’t been photographed shouli make appointments with the Ken nell-Ellis studio immediately. High School Program Full Of Interest Basket ball, Assemblies, Speeches Will Fill Students’ Time New Superintendent Scheduled to Talk Delegates Will Spend Two Days Here r|'HE program for the fifth an nual conference of stats high school student and faculty represen tatives here January 14 and 15 is practically completed, and a number of leading coast high school edn cators are scheduled to speak and lead discussions on high school prob lems. The two-day meet, which will feature round-table discussions as well as speeches, will be composed of the section meetings of four groups, the student body officers, headed by the presidents, managers and editors of school publications, Women's League representatives, and accompanying faculty members. Assembly Hour May be Changed The University faculty and stu dent committees working on the con ference have proposed that the preppers be officially welcomed to the university at a general student body assembly in the Woman’s building at 9 o’clock, Friday morn ing of the conference. This sugges tion will be made at a faculty meet ing Wednesday, and if it is ap proved, the meeting will take the place of the regular Thursday morn ing assembly, and classes which or dinarily come at 9 o’clock Friday will meet at 11 o’clock Thursday. In addition to welcoming speeches by President Arnold Bennett Hall and Hugh Biggs, a good program will be offered. A section for the use of the visit ing high school delegates will be reserved in the new pavilion when Oregon meets Willamette University in a hoop game at 8 o’clock Friday evening. They will go to the pa vilion after enjoying a banquet in the Woman’s building. Teachers Will Speak W. A. Lacey, principal of the Walla Walla high' school, will be a leading speaker in the student of ficers division. He will also address the advisers, who will meet separ ately on Saturday morning. The Walla Walla high school is notable for its good student government, and Mr. Lacey has taken an active in terest in student problems. C. A. Howard, recently elected state superintendent of schools, will talk Saturday morning. A plan through which delegates will take a more active part in dis cussions and speeches has been worked out. Six representative stu dent body presidents have been se lected to talk on student affairs at the meetings, aird they will lead discussions. Kenneth Curry, Grant; Stanford Brooks, Astoria; Jean Eb erhart, Eugene; Harvey Wood, The Dalles; Kenneth Allen, Salem; and a representative from Medford high school are the leaders chosen. Press Group Divided The press conference will be div ided into two sections, the editors and associate editors in one group, and the business managers, advertis ing managers, and circulation man agers in the other. The manager’* division, which will be conducted under the direction of Professor F. G. Thacher, will have as a lead ing speaker, Sheldon F. Sackett, ed itor of the McMinnville Telephone Register. Sackett will talk on “The Business Management of the High School Publications” Friday after noon. Sackett, who was at one time a reporter for the Eugene Morning Register, was graduated from, Wil lamette university, and was a can ■ didate for the Rhodes scholarship. Oakland Teacher on Program ■ Miss Jessie Spaulding Smith, who teaches newswriting in the Oakland Technical High School, Oakland, ' California, will talk to the editor’s ; division on “Sources of School News,” and “Making the Paper In teresting,” and to the advisers on “The High School Magazine.” Miss , Smith, who graduated from the Uni 1 versity of California in 1916, has engaged in varied work in clinical psychology in the Oakland city • schools, in Red Cross work in San i Francisco and in France, and for the l past six years has been teaching • newswriting in the Oakland Teck (Continued on page four)