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Sidelights On the First Basketball Game in Court Glimpsing Of the Big and Little Fellows On and Off the H a r d icood Floor And even the co-eds seemed to appreciate the shiny hardwood floor of the $175,000—or there about—McArthur what - ever - you call-it. • • • The ushers seemed to have diffi culty in segregating the sheep from the gotrts, i. e., the delegates from the campusites. Either they all did or didn ’t wear their golashes. * * * There were three grey-haired men that just couldn’t be ousted from the co-ed’s private section on the east - broadside. The white sweaters that did the ushering on that side evidently aren’t so good on the last word as they are on the athletic fields. • • • ’Tisn’t fair to “kick” because the seating arrangement wasn’t o. k. slick at the first gau*e in the big building. It takes knights and knights to get such details down to smoothness and perfection. Be sides, the preppers needed a goodly share of two sections. * * * Those numerous doors that were hedged about with saw horses and what not didn’t give one exactly a glamorous opinion of their util ity . * » » Poor “Aimee Simiple”; if he hadn’t had to read the speech no one would have known that it wasn’t a direct revelation from the Divine Being. » * * Bob Mautz made sueli a buzz into the microphone that even the band couldn’t drown him nut and what’s more, that was one reason why lots of the fairer ones, preppiers includ ed, didn’t see the whole of the game. Oh yes, the press box was con veniently located—admidst the co eds. But, as usual, it was a strictly stag party. * » • Someone thought it would be shame to get the pretty floor mar red by dancing. There is absolutely no excuse for pigging at the games in the court, with a whole floor separating tire rooters and screechers. The only thing the matter with Magnum’s speech—aside from, his voice—was that he kept directing his eyes at the co-ed’s section and talking to the reserved section. The preppers didn’t seem to care who won the game, just so Wester gren’s side did. The bathing suit wasn’t quite striking enough. One eoy little high school lassie was heard to remark that at her j high school games the players didn’t neck! (Maybe all the slidding and embraces could be blamed on the new floor.) No restaurant panatrope could have brought forth any more rhy-1 matic jaxx than the exodus. Elizabeth Crissell r Washington high school student, who presided at yesterday’s meet ings of Girls’ League officers. __:__j Oregon Frosh And Commerce To Play Today Visiting Hoopers Have Four Veterans as Team Nucleus Probable Lineups Commerce Frosh Levoff f Potts Fones f Policar Nagel c Jackson Rotenberg g Coleman Ackley g Cheney Coach Earl “Spike” Leslie’s freshman basketball team swings into action in its first game this afternoon at 3 o ’clock against the strong Commerce high quintet in McArthur court. The game between the frosh and the Portland high school will bring together two teams playing the same style of basketball. Gene Shields, former Oregon football star, is basketball coach at Commerce and is well versed in Reinhart’s style of play. The Commerce high five is rapidly rounding into shape. To date the stenogs have two wins to their credit. Camas high was defeated 24 to 14 and the Portland Ramblers 29 to 19. Pour lettermen from last year form the nucleus for this year’s quintet. Morris Levoff, playing his third year, is sure of holding down a forward berth, and John Nagel, lanky three-year center, is equally certain of the pivot posi tion. Rex Pones, two-year forward, is being crowded by Larry Cooper. Howard Kerr, Sam Rotenberg, and Cecil Ackley are strong ibets at guard, yerr is a veteran. A g to Coaeh Leslie, the Oregon yearling hoopers have yet to learn what it is all about. He is optimistic, however, and thinks they will work better later on when the regular season starts. This gear’s quintet is void of any outstanding stars. Potts and Coleman are, how ever, all-state hoopsters. Cheney, of the frosh, is an ex-Com merce high luminary on the maple court and will be playing against his old team mates. Exhibition of Eastern Artists Attracts Stream of Art Lovers Exhibit to be Taken Down January 18: Schroff’s Work Will Take Its Place Every day from 1 to 4 the ex hibiting room of the art and archi tecture building is a scene of an ever-shifting line of curious, in terested art lovers who go with the desire to see the group of water colors which are now hanging. Be ing mostly the work of easterners it naturally follows that the subjects used are largely eastern in atmos phere. If one were to remain in the ex hibiting room and listen to the bits of whispered comment he would hear something like thi£: “Which one do you like bestt” Odd as it may seem those who are not very familiar with art always want to know what the other fellow likes before they will risk an opin ion of their own. If you tell them what you like and they think you know what you are talking about they will immediately agree. Others, however, who are more fearless about expressing their likes and dislikes will say something like this: “Now I like that one of the snow shadows over there. It has such a cold feeling about it. I don’t know if it is the blueness of the shadows or if it is the whole r tmosphere of the picture, but it really strikes me as being very effective.” Another will add, “It is far lovlier at night in the artificial light. At that time the shadows seem to be moon shad (Continued on page two) Conference of Students Has Varied Talks W. A. Lacey, Walla Walla, Principal, Outlines School Essentials Girls’ League Elects Ethel Elliott Head Jessie S. Smith Speaks Before Journalists \ T the first day’s meeting of the High School Conference yesterday, Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall’s speech, “Preparing for Life”; that of W. A. Lacey, princi pal of the Wialla Walla high school, to the student body presidents; that of Miss Emma Waterman, assist ant instructor of physical educa tion, to the Association of Woman’s Leagues; and the one by Miss Jes sie Spaulding Smith, instructor of news-writing and director of publi cations and publicity at the Oak land Technical high school, Cali fornia, to the high school journal ists, were the most outstanding. Student Needs Given Eight essentials for the estab lishing of an effective system of student government in the high school were given by W. A. Lacey, principal of Walla Walla high school, and leading speaker at the meeting of the Association of Stu dent Body Officers at the high school conference yesterday. These were: a prepared student body; a converted faculty; a short, work able constitution; a sympathetic faculty adviser; a general student council or cabinet; a student court; a graded system of penalties; and carefully worked out methods of procedure. He advised against copy ing a plan in its entirety from some other school, and expecting it to fit the conditions peculiar to an other school. A gradual develop ment of student government is es sential to its success, Lacey said. The real value of student govern ment, he said, lies in its develop ment of the elements of character and ability in students. Responsibility Discussed ‘1 Start slowly, ’ ’ was the main note of warning that Mr. Lacey forwarded to his audience. “Start slowly, and get au advisory coun cil of officers and then assume some small project and carry it through to success . . . Above all, let the machinery be simple, and do not copy a plan from another school, for it isn’t the machinery but the local feeling and problems that account for the success or fail ure of a school government. Let it grow slowly, and develop for a year at least before any definite program is adopted. Try it fim in the study halls, library, lunch room, classrooms where the teacher is absent, then in the halls, on the grounds, and lastly in the assem blies where the problem is the most difficult. The government must be sensibly near the student so that he feels it in close contact with his actions. ’ ’ Mr. Lacey also stressed the edu cative value that student govern ment offers in the training for citizenship, the development of stability, self-control, reliability, and a willingness to take respon sibility. * Portland Men Speak A discussion participated in by Bob Allen, and Ford Smith of Lin coln high, Portland, and Jess Doug lass, of Washington high, Portland, followed. “Student Government in the Grant High School” was the sub ject of the short talk which fol-! lowed, given by Kenneth Curry. Al- j though that government is now tem porary with no constitution, Mr. Curry pointed out the distinctive features of their financial system. A discussion followed by Bob Allen, Ford Smith, Jess Douglass, Donald Morand of the Benson Poytechnic school, and Robert Du Priest of Corvallis. Kenneth Allen of Salem high school spoke briefly on “Methods of Handling Student Body Finan ces,” going into the detail of the highly developed system of the Sa lem school. Bill Fitzpatrick of Myr tle Creek, Leon Redmond of Mc Minnville, Ford Smith, Bob Allen, (Continued on page three) Well Known Figures Appear at Dedicaton OREGON students discovered last night at the basket-ball g.wne ithat certain ot' the Web foot lettiermen can do something besides play football. In the ini tiation staged between halves by the Order of the “0, ” Red Slauson made a very passionate ‘ ‘ Aimete, ’ ’ Arthur Elwood Whip pet Ord made a quite acceptable “Kenneth Ormiston"; and Har old Mangum did fairly well as a clergyman and speech-maker. Hal Harden and. Honest John Warren brought a touch of Par is underworld to the court with an Apache dance. Hal was Pier rot and John was Pierrette. To the tender strains of a portable phonograph, they strutted them selves to everyone's satisfaction. The climax of the act came when John took a hard jolt on the hardwood and then groveled at Hal’s Plorsheims. He was the the kind of a girl that men don’t forget. Red-haired “Aimee,’’ clad in a bathing suit, and Har den carted John offstage in a wagon to close the program. An unofficial dedication of the stadium took the first part of the festivities. After a laudatory speech, Slauson was offered the new pavilion. He, or she, was just tickled to death at the hon or, and said so in rather un certain terms. Whippet sang “Red Riding Hood,” or at least he claims he did. As a Caruso, he is a clever open field ruftner. Last night’s burlesque was the first of a series of initiations to be staged between halves of coining games by the lettermen, provided suitable acts can be ob tained. Hoss to Speak On Conference Program Today Style Show at Guild Hall Will Be Feature For Prep Women Talks by Hal E. Hoss, C. A. How ard, W. A. Lacey, Jessie Spaulding Smith, and others, the style show, advisers’ luncheon at the Anchor age, and the election of officers in the divisions of the conference are included on today’s program {for the high school conference. Hal E. Hoss, manager of the Ore gon City Enterprise, and secretary to Governor Isaac L. Patterson, will deliver an illustrated lecture ,on “How to Publish an Annual” to the editors, managers, and advisers at 10:15. t C. A. Howard, state superinten dent of public instruction, who spoke at the conference banquet in the Woman’s building last night, will address the student body of ficers in the music auditorium at 9:15. Officers of the Girls’ Leagues will be entertained in Guild theater this morning by the annual Correct Clothes show, directed by Mary Clark. A demonstration by the Woman’s Athletic Association will take place at 11 o’clock in the Wom an ’s building. The speakers at the Faculty Ad visers’ Conference in 105 Commerce hall this morning, will be Dr. James H. Gilbert, acting dean of the col lege of literature, science and the arts; W. A. Lacey; Mabel Downs, dean of girls, Lincoln high school, and Iva M. Howey, dean of girls, Hood River high school. The adiflsers will be guests of the student body at a luncheon at tfle Anchorage at 12 o’clock. Father O'Hara to Give Lectures to Religion “The History of Religion,” will be the subject of a series of ten lectures given especially for stu dents by Father Edwin V. O’Hara in the Newman club at 1062 Char nalton street, beginning next Sun day night, at 7:30 o’clock. The first two will deal with pagan religions, covering such things as magic, animism, witchcraft; and the second with the higher idealism and moralities of their systems. The remaining lectures will deal with ^Judaism and Christianity. [These lectures are open to all the people of the University. |'Prepare Now’ Is Message Of Dr. A. Hall Foundation of Good Habits Will Mean Success In Later Life Hugh Biggs Welcomes Preppers at Assembly Glee Club Features Add College Atmosphere *<TF today you put off preparing -■•until tomorrow, you have shackled yourself in habits of pro crastination which will come back to plague you every day of your lives,’' was the warning given by Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, yesterday in his assembly speech, addressed particularly to the 550 high school delegates attending the Seventh An nual High School conference now jn session on the University of Oregon campus. Ward Cook general chair man of the conference, was chair man of the session. Prepare Spiritual and Material Dr. Hall in his address on ‘ ‘ Pre paring for Life,” urged the build ing of strong character by forming correct and clean habits of living, in material as well as spiritual fields. “For unless you build a foundation of good habits, the air castles you are building and the day dreams you are dreaming, must come to nought,” lie said. •Preparedness, Dr. Hall divided in to two kinds, spiritual and material. Preparing for life materially means forming habits of industry and mas tery, he Said. Education does no good until the student can be made to think for himself, is Dr. Hall’s opinion. A student who merely memorizes his lessons is not using his brain to the best advantage, ho went on to say. Thinking Necessary Process Dr. Hall cited as an example of the tendency of students to a mere memory form of learning, his ex perience in teaching an elementary law class at the University of Wis consin last spring. He gave exami nations every two weeks which con sisted of questions testing the stu dents’ ability to think. A large percentage of the class failed in the first two examinations and his office hours were spent in inter viewing students who were unable to account for the poor records they received in the quizzes. There are many more women than mien for consultation because women are not so toughened as men to flunking, ho remarked. However by the end of the term only two out of the class consist ing ,of several hundred students failed, he said. Spiritual preparedness, Dr. Hall continued, gives one noble vision of life and lofty aims which are essen tial to the building of a democracy. He urged the students to make them selves aware of the beauties of na ture, of literature, music, and the fine arts. Learn Life by Appreciation It is only by contact with the beautiful in life and by an appre ciation of the grandeur of nature that we can have a spiritual under standing of the universe, he said. It is this way we gain an under standing ,of religion, not the re (Continued on page two) Jessie Spaulding Smith \ Journalism instructor, who came from the Oakland Technical high school to address press delegates. Soldier-Poet To Talk About Italian Politics Australian Lecturer Says Mussolini Is Loved By Italians “The Fascisti do not rule Italy— they are Italy! ” This is the key note of Tom Skeyhill’s message that he brings back from Italy, the land of sunshine. Tom Skeyhill comes to the Uni versity of Oregon as the second lec turer on the student lecture series, one having been Captain John B. Noel, of tho last Everest expedi tion, who told of the attempt to climb Mt. Everest. Skeyhill has been a speaker in demand by American audiences for years. He is an Australian soldier and poet, who since the war has spent his time studying world af fairs and delivering lectures in this country and in Canada. During tho last year he spent three months in Italy. Ho was there at the time of one of the many at tempts to assassinate Mussolini, the “Dude,” as he is affectionately called by his followers. He wit nessed the tremendous reaction in favor of the great Italian, leader, following the attempted assassina tion. These are the things he will discuss in his talk in Villard hall next Wednesday evening in his lec ture, “Mussolini and the Black Shirts.” Among his many other activities, Tom Skeyhill has written and pro duced a play. The fall of 1926 foijnd Skeyhill’s name prominent in Broadway dramatics. His play, “The Unknown," is a study in shell shock psychology. Those who have road it, including such authorities as Fannie Hurst cf New York, are glowing in their praise of Mr. Skey hill's lirst efforts in the drama. Theta Sigma Phi to Give Tea Sunday Afternoon Theta Sigma Phi, woman’s na tional journalism honorary, will hold an open meeting in the form of a tea for all upperelasswomen in the school of journalism) Sujnday afternoon, from 4:00 to 5:110 o’clock at the Woman’s building. Mrs. Mary Watson Barnes will talk on some literary topic during the hour. All journalism juniors and seniors are invited. Pauline Stewart, Representative For Y, W. C. ABack From Conference Croup of 3000 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Represents Students From Many Nations “To begin, at the beginning,” said Pauline Stewart, Y. W. C. A. repre sentative to the student conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, “we start ed from Portland Christmas morn ing. There was a group of about 50 students from the Northwest, and we all went together under the supervision of Dr. Kay Culver, of Portland. There were representa tives from the University of Wash ington, Washington State, Whitman, G. A. C., Oregon Normal, Linfield, Willamette, and 'Oregon. jWe oc cupied our time until our arrival in Milwaukee Tuesday morning, December 28, with student confer ences among ourselves, in which we discussed our views on subjects which we thought would be a part of the program.” The conference was atended by | some 3000 students from all over the United States, Mexico, and islands in the Pacific. Many who came did so at their own expense, interested in seeing what such a conference could accomplish. All nationalities, Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Mex icans, French, English, Swiss, Rus sian and negroeS, were represented. “A truly cosmopolitan atmosphere reiglned/’ said Miss Stewalrt, in speaking of this experience. “They staged a series of teas at which they dressed in the costumes of their | country. Pageants depicting the life of each country added a color ful note to the gatherings.” l About the discussion groups Miss Stewart said, “Tfyey were certainly intriguing. It was my experience one day to sit next to a girl from Vassar college, and the next morn ing a man sat beside me who told (Continued on page four) Webfoots 38, Bearcats 10 in Hoop Game Lemon-Yellow Quintet Good but Erratic; Defense Loose Hartley Scores 2 For Capitol Team Ridings and Okerberg Show up Well Oregon (38) Gunther (8) f Ridings (2) f Okerberg (20) c Westergren g Milligan (2) g Willamette (10) Litchfield Hank (2) Hartley (5) Leadbettar Ashby (3) Substitious: Oregon, TCimlnlri for Ridings; Hummelt for Kim inki; Epps (4) for Hummelt; Bally for Westergren; Joy (2) for Gunther; Kiminki for Oker berg McCormick for MilBgan; and Hummelt for Joy. Willam ette, Riedel for Litchfield; Flash er for Hauk; Minto for Hartley; Litchfield for Flesher; Hartley for Minto; Hauk for Riedal. Referee: Ralph Coleman, O. A. Ci By DICK SYRING TJLAYING a close checking game the Oregon varsity defeated the Willamette University Bearcats 38 to 10 in the first game to be played in the new $185,000 McArthur pavil ion. Willamette was held scoreless for the first ten minutes but gained a point when Hauk converted a fool after being fouled by Hidings. It took the Bearcats 16 minutes to score a field goal. The lemon-yellow five played a good brand of basketball for their first homo game but were erratie in shooting and somewhat loose on defense tinder their own basket. Roy Okerberg, Webfoot lanky pivot man led the field by swishing tha net for nine field goals and two fouls. Okerberg was at his bost in dribbling through the loser’s de fense and was a dead shot under his basket. Ridings played a good floor game. Scotty Milligan upheld the reputation that he gained om tile recent barnstorming trip into Cal ifornia by breaking up a number of plays. Hartley Good Captain Henry Hartley, center for tho Bearcats, gets credit for scoring two of Willamette’j field goals and one foul. Hartley, playing his fourth year for the Salem quin tet, played a good defensive gam* but was erratic in his shooting. Perhaps no Willamette player oat shown Bob Ashby, guard, who in playing his first year for the Capitol city basketecrs. Ashby scored one field goal and converted one fonl down to the Bearcat’s basket many times. Willamette played a fast style of game but their plays were poorly timed. Many times a bad. pass sent the ball into the stands, 3500 Fans Attend The half ended with Oregon ahead' 21 to 4. Statistics kept at the floor side show that Oregon attempted 62 shots at the basket, and made only 16. The Webfoots made 6 out of a possible 14 on fouls. The Bear cats made only 3 out of 40 attempts during the entire game, a curious fact being that none of the Willam ette subs ' had a single opening at the circlet. Approximately 3906 spectators viewed the contest, by fur the largest crowd that has ever witnessed a preliminary basketball game at Oregon. Tonight the Oregon varsity meet the Willamette Bearcats in the sec ond contest of a two game series. A preliminary between Roseburg high and University high is featured for 7 o’clock. Willamette attempted 40 field shots and made three. They netted four out of ten free throw attempts. J. S. Evans* Lecture Will Be on Goldmark Rubin Goldmark, the composer, will be the topic on which John Stark Evans, assistant dean of mu sic will speak January 23 in Mu Phi Epsilon meeting. The club has been studying Goldmark’s works and life, and Mr. Evans can speak with some authority, having stud ied with the musician for several years. Sometime, the later part of Jan uary, Mr. Evans will give an organ recital at the Seven Day Adven tist church in Portland in dedica tion of the new orgau.