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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1927)
Last High School Conference Is Biggest Success Work Pleases Biggs, High School Facility, And Students -- More Inlerest on Part of Local Students Urged -L. Characterizing the recent confer ence of high school delegates spon sored by faculty and students of the University as the most successful in the history of such affairs on the campus, Hugh Biggs, president of the A. S. U. O., expressed the opin ion that, the event should be per petuated and elaborated in the fu ture. Various members of the high school faculty who came here with the students commended the work of the conference and expressed ap preciation for the university’s in terest in high school problems. They consider the conference one of the most worthwhile things of the year. “Although the conference has proved advantageous I would like to urge that students on the campus take more interest in such things than has been evidenced in the past. They are prone to look on the whole event only from the light of the inconveniences of entertain ing delegates,” Mr. Biggs said. The general verdict of high school guests was that the meetings and discus sions and the taste of collage life were an inspiration and frequently an incentive to continuo their school work. As a final feature of the two day convention officers were elected for the following year. David Wilson, of Lincoln high school, Portland, will head the high school press as sociation. He is the recent winner of the American Legion national essay contest in which the prize was a free trip abroad. Paul Jones, of Nowberg, was chosen as vice-presi dent, and Mary Allen, Forest Grove, secretary. Kenneth Allen, of Salem, was elected president of the student body officers division; Stanford Brooks of Astoria, vice-president; and Edna Breeding, of MeMinnvillo, secretary. Plays (Continued from page one) built upon the stage and left there.” According to Miss • Wilbur, the play manuscript readers of New York read an average of about 1:100 plays a year. From these they mako a selection of those they think can bo produeod most successfully. Usu ally they go through the elimination process a number of times and when the remaining plays reach the big producers many of them have to be rewritten to male ethem adaptable to the stage. The people who do this vast amount of reading say there is little of new situations in plays at any time and that the only dif ference is in the individual way in which the authors handle their themes. It is this novelty of pre sentation which is lacking, in her opinion, in the 1926 plays. Basket ha II (Continued from page one) has been considerably strengthened by the return of Mel Ingram at for ward. Ingram, who has been nur sing a football injury for some tim'e, chalked up 16 points in the Sabbath day conflict. Varsity Play Ragged in last Saturday night’s contest itfte Webfoot hoop ringers brought • he score to two wins over the Wil JainHte university Hearcuts. The second contest, which was won 46 td .1 •»,, snowed little improvement '■vrtT the varsity’s first home np pearailee. The first half of the game was very ragged and the Cherry cit \ players led for the first few minutes of the game. The two games played over the v“< h end have been more or less Prize Baboon LARAWAY’S Dunce I'ului o, i'vc y WodiH"' day live., under management of Ed. Hutchinson, Music by Bob Sherman’s Rythm Makers “Hottest Band in Town” Music that is in Hythrn with latest steps. Tell your friends Gentlemen 75c; Ladies Free i disappointment to campus fans. After winning nine straight games on the Christmas barnstorming trip, the varsity five has shown little to place them in a championship class. The work of Gunther and Wester gren has not come up to that which last year placed them on the Pa cific coast conference mythical all star five. Their shooting is below par. In Saturday night’s contest, Gunther converted five field goals out of 20 attempts. Westergren had a somewhat worse average making three goals out of 16 attempts. Okerberg Has Range of Hoop Roy Okerberg, the rangy pivot man, is the only one who seems to be able to connect with the circlet with any great accuracy. In each of the Willamette contests, Oker berg looped the net for 20 points. He has also been accurate in shoot ing fouls, making two out of two attempts Saturday night. The general team work of the Oregon five seems to lack the co ordination of a winning outfit. Be sides erratic shooting, the passes of the Webfoot five have been ill timed. The team seems content with shooting and is not following up their shots to the best advantage. The most redeeming feature of last week-end’s athletic program was the performance of the new mien. Ridings, Bally, and Milligan played steady games. Dave Epps, who broke into both contests for a short, time, demonstrated liis abil ity to find the basket. Saturday night, he made two field goals out of two attempts. Ridings will be out of tonight's .line up because of illness. Auditorium to Become Rich Colonial Mansion On Night of Frosh Glee The decorations for the Frosh Glee will transform the auditorium of the Woman’s building into a colonial mansion, according to the announcements of Tom Stoddard, chairman of publicity. A false ceiling, representing the sky, will be lighted 'by large search lights playing on it from each end of the hall. Collonadcs and arch ways at the entrances will be of the Gothic, type of architecture. As a feature a group of eight Portland girls will dance in colonial costumes. “It will bo just like stepping'into the drawing room of a colonial res idence,” said the publicity chair man. “There will be quaint paint ings and old style portraits on the walls, and everything will be in rich colors.” The idea was originated by Wal ton Crane, chairman of the decora tion committee and an art major. Every effort is being put forth to make this year’s Glee the best, ac cording to Arthur Rogers, who is head chairman of the dance. The Hour will bo in the very best condi tion after being prepared this week. Harlow Hudson is in charge of the construction committee. The dance will not start until after the Idaho-Oregon game. Football (Continued from page one) formation receiving the ball in a direct pass from center. This play er must be a triple-threat man, both to aid in the deception in the at tack to be launched, anil to aid in the proper evcUtion of every play. Thus, says McKwan, the disad vantages of the shift, the time spent on development and the off-side pen alty dangers, will be overcome. Be cause every offensive play starts from the identical formation, and the triple threater in kicking posi tion, there is considerable deception in tills style. The annual banquet of the foot ball squad will be held on next Tues day evening. Frank German, foot ball manager, being in charge, foot liers of the freshman grid squad will also be guests. Letters From Grads Feature Of Old Oregon . ! President Hall’s View on University Told in Latest Issue The January issue of Old Oregon will be off the press the latter part of this week according to Miss Jeannette Calkins, editor. This is sue, besides the regular number of articles and stories contributed by and written for university graduates and ex-students will contain an es pecially large section of “Family Mail,” which is a collection of in teresting letters from former stu dents of the University. A group picture of the board of regents of the University will be a feature of the magazine. This pic ture was taken especially for Old Oregon at the recent meeting of the board in Eugene. “President Hall’s Message to the Alumni,” is the title of one of the j articles to appear this month. In I this article President Arnold Ben ; nett Hall tells of the forward look i ing estimates of the students and of his plans for the future of the University. “The State Meets the President” is a continuation of the article writ i ten by F. II. Young, president of the Alumni association, for the Decem ber Old Oregon. Mr. Young tells of the later part of President Hall’s trip through the' state which he made in November and December. i Because of its wide interest to ; alumni, the speech which Judge ! Lawrence T. Harris delivered last ! fall during the Semi-Centennial of the University on, “John W. John son, the Founder,” will be printed | in the January Old Oregon together i with a picture of the first president. Another story reprinted from the ' Oregon Voter will appear in this issue. “The University’s Respon sibilities Outgrow Its Income” is the title of the story which was signed by the president and secretary of | the Alumni association. Other regular features will appear and a number of campus pictures. i 1 Oregana (Continued from page one) I who will take subscriptions are: I Alpha Phi, Dorothy Dougal; Delta j Zeta, Helen Smith; Alpha Delta Pi, I Alice Peterson ; Kappa Omicron, ! Lucille Jackson; Alpha Xi Delta, Adelaide Johnson; Sigma Beta Phi, j Laura Prescott; Susan Campbell I Hall, Tempi Goetchius; Alpha Gam | ma Delta, Maurine Johnston; Alpha i Omicron Pi, Frances Dodds; Chi I Omega, Beatrice Harden; Delta I Delta Delta, Helen Shank; Delta | Gamma, Kathryn Short; Gamma i Phi Beta, Lilian Luders; Kappa Al 1 [ilia Theta, Virginia Keating; Kap pa Kappa Gamma, Una Hldridge; Pi Beta Phi, Frances Hare; Kappa ! DeltS, Katherine Peterson; Three 'Arts club, Helen Pollock; Hendricks ; hall, Janet Pierce, Liunie Belshe, I Frances Vermiere; Girls Oregon j club, Mary Benson. Men To Take Orders Representatives in fraternities I „ho will take subscriptions are: I Alpha Beta Chi, Wilford Long; Al ' pha Tau-Omega, Sam Kinley; Beta j Theta Pi, George Seliade; Chi Psi, i Henry Bristol; Delta Tau Delta, Joe Price; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Arthur Hedger; Kappa Sigma, Milton Brown; Lambda Psi, Clifford Kuhn; Phi Delta Theta, Ralph Staley; Phi Gamma Delta, Benoit MeCroskey; Phi Kappa Psi, Lowell Iloblitt; Psi Kappa, Gordon Miller; Sigma Al pha Epsilon, Bill llynd; Sigma Chi, Joe MeKeown; Siguia Nil, Berwyn Maple; Sigma Pi Tail, Alan Chris tensen The;ta Chi, Joe Holaday; Photography Studio Home Portrait Commercial Kennell-Ellis Studio 9G1 Willamette, NeSt to Rex Theater Friendly hall, Ralph Spitzer, Joe Sweyd and Crockett Sproals. The girls in charge of the booths are: library booth, Anne Wentworth, Grace McKeown, Edith Bader, Doro thy Bell Endicott, Kathleen Thar aldsen, Mildred Peterson, Emery Miller, Beatrice Milligan, Eleanore Glass, Una Eldridget commerce booth, Louise Clark, Frances Ward ner, Virginia Keating, Berdina Medler, Jeanette Garland, Hazel Mary Price, May Agile Barr, Vir ginia Lee Richardson, Constance Lewis. Wife of Fred Fisk, Regent, Dies Suddenly Mrs. Minette Allen Fisk, wife of Fred Fisk, a member of the board of regents of the University, died suddenly at her home here last Sun day. Besides her husband, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Har riet Allen, of this city. Congress (Continued from page one) since the president has the appoint ed task of conducting our foreign relations, that the senate should never criticise his policies until he gives them a treaty to ratify. What sort of a country would this be which did riot permit its lawful representatives to • express their opinions concerning the conduct of its government? America is not ready for a Mussolini. * » » As to the merits of the controver sy space does not permit us to enter here. It's always a risky business to support one side during a revo lution. We resented British sympa thies with the secession states dur ing the early part of the Civil war. In 1911, when we were supporting the Estrada government in Nica ragua, the American minister cab led Secretary Knox that “the na tural sentiments of an overwhelm ing majority of Nicaraguans is an tagonistic to the United States.” II. Diaz, the present incumbent of the presidency, was slated to suc ceed Estrada. On May 11, 1911, the American minister wired the State Department, “I am assuxW the As sembly will confirm Diaz in the presidency according to any one of the .... plans which the Depart ment may indicate.” And then, “A war vessel is necessary for the moral effect.” We assert that we are merely act ing in the defense of our “national interests.” So is Mexico, who re sents an American hegemony over so close to her territories. So do all states. And the logical result of all states who act merely in ac cord with their “national interests” without regard to international jus tice is war. We fervently hope and in fact do not believe that the logi cal conclusion will be reached in this case. But it is not a very pret ty situation. Cross-Channel Swim Is Led by Leslie Kirkham Men’s Gym Pool Is Scene Of Daily Contests to Close Friday Gertrude Ederle swain the English channel, George Young conquered the Catalina Island channel, andj Leslie Kirkham is leading in the , cross-channel swim in the men’s i gymnasium pool. Kirkham's total is 368 lengths of the 20 yard tank, while second place at present rests with Chalmers Nooe, J backstroke artist, with 281. Walter! Dungan, who has entered the -water: one less time than the rest, is third; with 248. Kirkham, however, hasj swum seven times to six for the rest, so his total must be discounted accordingly.. > Kirkham will have three more op portunities to extend his mark to : the utmost and all the others four' more. The swim will terminate Fri day afternoon. The most significant thing about the c^oss-channel jaunt so far is the remarkable improvement of Leslie Kirkham in the short space of a Lines* o’ They’re Worth Your While 9 * Did you ever write a letter in which you wanted to convey a good impression? Sure you have—and you wished for per sonal stationery when you wrote it. Anyone can write on plain paper. Your distinctive ness and dignity is portrayed, in correspondence, only by the stationery that, you use. To morrow you’ll need it—order today. Valley Printing Co. Phone 470 For Health and Pleasure Roller Skating and Dancing Daily at the W Ji Sri Winter Garden West Eighth at Chamelton Finest pavilion in the State—courteous management and excellent' equipment — wonderful orchestra where the best people go. 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Honoring America’s foremost apostle of thrift by starting your thrift campaign onJ that day, will be starting toward financial independence week. Kirkham started hi3 first day’s swim with a crawl stroke but tired so rapidly that he was com pelled to abandon it for a slower sidestroke. Kirkham's record of 64 lengths for yesterday’s total is the best mark made so far in the swim and was done entirely by the use of a crawl stroke. A tabulation of the seven daily records made by Kirk ham is sufficient evidence of the unusual improvement made. -First day, 44, second, .45, third, 48, 52,^ 55, 60, 64. Frosh Girls to State Ideas in Conference ■» - A discussion of the subjects taken up at the Milwaukee conference will be the theme which Pauline Stew art, delegate to that conference, will base the informal talk which she will make to the Freshman commis sion girls today at 5 o’clock. The meeting will be conducted in such a way that the opinions of the girls present may be obtained. 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