Bervl Hodgen
Elected 1927
Grid Captain
Football Squad Banquet
Last Night Opens
New Season
Professor H. C. Howe
Acts as Toastmaster
Winter Practice Begins
Today at 4 o’Clock
BERYL / B. HODGEN, varsity
left guard, was selected cap
tain of the 1927 football team, at
Hodgen
the annual Ban
quet of grid play
ers held last night
at the Osburn ho
tel.
Hodgen played
guard under Mc
Ewan last season
for the first time.
I Under Bnz Wil
i liams in 1924 and
I Dick Smith in
i 1925 he was a
halfback. Because
of his strength and ability as an
interference runner McEwan shift
ed him to the line. His exhibition
during the recent season was excep
tional and he was picked by “Pop”
Warner on the third all-coast team,
as high an honor as any Oregon grid
der received. Hodgen is a junior and
a major in business administration,
from Athena.
Practice Starts Today
The banquet last night formally
closed the 1926 season and also
served to open the coming grid year,
as Captain McEwan announced
that, weather conditions permit
ting, winter practice will begin this
afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Professor H. C. Howe, faculty
representative to the Pacific coast
conference acted as toast-master.
Beryl Hodgen, captain-elect; Jack
Belief iel, graduate manager; Cap
tain John J. McEwan, head coaeli;
Virgil Earl, director of athletics;
John E. Bovard, dean of physical
education were introduced by him
and spoke briefly.
Gene Vidal, backfield coach, and
SO gridsters, varsity and freshmen,
managers and sportswriters were al
so guests.
Oregon is the latest school in the
const conference to pick a football
captain for 1927. George Guttorm
sen ,quarterback, will guide Wash
ington next fall; Louis Vierhus,
tackle, will captain Montana; Fred
Coltrin, tackle, will lead the Univer
sity of California Bears; Morley
Drury, star halfback, will head the
Southern California team. Stanford
O. A. C., Washington State, and
Idaho are still without leaders for
1927.
Of these five captains, three are
linemen and two are backs. Hodgen
is the fourth consecutive lineman to
gain the honor at Oregon, being pre
ceded by Albert Sinclair in 1926,
Bob Mautz in 1925, and Dick Reed
in 1924. Previous to that, Hal Chap
man, quarterback, was picked as
captain upon the conclusion .of the
1923 season. This post was purely
honorary. In 1922, Archie (“Tiny”)
Shields, since deceased, held the
honor. He was a guard.
Sixteen Aspirants
Enrolled in Ranks of
Oregon Knighthood
Sixteen potential Knights of
the campus were last night grant
ed the full right to wear the hel
met and other insignia. Potential,
because since the beginning of
last fall term they have served
their superiors long and valiantly
to deserve the coveted honor.
Long and valiantly, because it is
no joke to cajole the crowds that
pack the grandstand. There, the
cat is loose and the Knights are
only the Oregon Knights who have
been working on probation as is
the custom.
Last night the formal pledging
was announced :uid the initiation
will occur in two weeks, accord
ing to C. C. Mitchell, head of the
group.
Following are the pledges:
Fred Schultze, Clare Carlson, Wil
liam Doyle, Joseph Erkeirbrecker,
Bruce Ti^us, William Barry, John
Schaefer, Thomas Willis, Wallace
Giles, Walton Crane, Paul Hunt,
Walter Norblad, Janies Swindells,
Kenton Case, Emmett Spence, and
Otto Frohnmayer.
Lost Articles
Will be Placed
On Auction Block
League Sale Will Begin at
9 o’Clock Friday;
To Help Fund
The fourth annual auction sale
of lost articles from the University
depot will be given on the library
steps, Friday morning, beginning at
nine o’clock. The event is sponsored
by the Women’s league to raise
money for the league’s foreign
scholarship fund.
“Any student not wishing to see:
some one of his prized belongings
going up for sale Friday morning,
should go to the University depot!
immediately and claim it,” isays \
Edna Ellen Bell, chairman of the
foreign scholarship committee. “The!
gavel falls at nine o’clock and after
that every lost article belongs to
the Women’s League.”
The following men have been ap
pointed to act as auctioneers: Ben
oit McCroskey, Frank Biggs, Marion
Anderson, Bob Warner, Bob Keeney,
Tim Wood, Boone Hendricks, Fred
West, Bed Slauson, Johnny Walker,
Warde Cook, Dud Clarke, Bay Nash,
Bob Love and Scotty Kretzer. A
number of freshman girls will be
appointed to take the articles to
purchasers, run errands and other
wise assist the auctioneers.
Plans for Annual
Officer’s Ball Complete
Shifting their maneuvers from the
field to the ballroom, the members
of the Officers Club will hold their
annual Formal Military Ball Friday
evening in the Osburn hotel. Var
ious committees appointed by Bill
James, president of the club, have
been functioning for several weeks
j and arrangements are practically
| complete for the annual social event
of the military department.
' “Every effort is being made to
make the Military Ball one of the
highlights on the yearly social cal
endar,” is the word given out by
“Verne Folts, general chairman of
the Ball. Only advanced students
in the B. O. T. C. department to
gether with officers and invited fac
ulty members may attend the dance.
Dr. L. i. Henderson’s Interests
Range From Botany to Sports
Curator Goes on Horseback Gathering Specimens
For Herbarium; Attends All Games
Down in the lower floor of Deady |
hall in a room known as the herbar-1
ium, may be found, at almost any j
hour of the day, an elderly gentle-1
man, the kind of a man whom it is j
very much of a pleasure to know.
He is the curator Dr. L. F. Hender
son. Occasionally he makes trips to
different parts of the state gather
ing specimens of its many flora,
often going on horseback many miles
back into the mountains.
His enthusiasm is striking. One
hardly expects a man who sits writ- ^
ing and studying and grouping bot
anical specimens all day to make a
statement like this:
‘•Oh, yes, I like football and bas
ketball and all kinds of sports. I
always go to all the games and to
lectures -and to the movies, espe
cially those in the evening, so that
I will not use my eyes too much.”
Mr. Henderson is sorry that so
many of the basketball games are
being played away from home this
season, but he has his season ticket
and he’ll be on hi\nd for every game
that is played here. He goes alone,
arrives early so that he may have
a front seat, and prepares for an
evening of enjoyment. He always
walks to all the games and was
among those who anxiously awaited
the completion of the new pavilion.
“Now I will not have t-o walk
clear down town,” he ^aid. The
McArthur court is very much nearer
to his homq than is the Armory
where all games heretofore have
been played.
Beethoven
Artist Comes
This Evening
Elly Ney to Give Concert
In McArthur Court
At 8:15
Student Body Tickets
Required for Entrance
Pianist Acclaimed Genius
On European Tour
'T'ONIGHT, in McArthur Court,
Elly Ney, brilliant Beethoven
centenary pianist, heralded as “Eur
ope's greatest and most beloved liv
ing genius of the pian,o” will ap
pear in the second of the series of
concerts sponsored by the A. S. U.
O. The program will begin at 8:15 I
and admittance will be made by stu-;
dent body tickets.
Madame Ney makes her home in
Portland, where she and her hus
band, Willem von Hoogstraten, have
established their permanent resi
dence. Dr. van Hoogstraten, con
ductor of the Portland Symphony
orchestra, was awarded an honorary
doctor of music degree given by the
University of Oregon school of
music 'during the semi-eentennifcl
celebration.
Tour Just Completed
Madame Ney has just completed
a triumphal tour appearing in 71
cities where she received great
honor acclaiming to her genius and
the favor in which she was received.
In Norway she was decorated by
the government and in Germany
demonstrations in the streets ;of
Cologne and other cities by the en
thusiastic mob acclaimed her instan
taneous success.
First Appeared When Six
Madame Ney, who was born in
Bonn, Germany, attained musical
recognition at an early age, making
her first appearance at six. Four
years ago she came to America for
her first season. Because of her
great reception and enthusiastic
response a second season was im
mediately arranged.
Madame Ney’s opening number
this evening will be Beethoven’s
Hammerklavier sonata of which it
is. said, “to play superbly well, as
does Elly Ney, is only the work of
a great artist.”
Program -Listed
The program is as follows:
Beethoven—Sonata B flat major
(Op. 106)
a—allegro
I)—scherzo (Assai Vivace)
i—adagio sostonuto
d—largo, allegro, allegro risolute
(Fugo)
Beethoven—Variations F major (Op.
34)
Shubert—Impromptu F minor
Pick-Mangiagalli—Danse d ’Olaf
Debussy—Danse
Chopin—Etude E major
Ballade A flat major
Berceuse
Waltz A flat major
Polonaise A flat major.
Miss Wilbur’s Force
Ready to Aid Players
Selection and casting of a play
constitutes the first step toward its
production, but without the aid of
the “back-stage” folk, drama would
not exist. A successful play is not
due alone to the excellent acting of
the cast, but also to the efficiency,
the smoothness, and the willingness
with which the “unseen hands”
work the stage mechanism behind
the scenes. Miss Wilbur, play or
ganizer and director, has her help
ing force appointed, ready to aid the
sophomore players.
Stage manager, Perry Douglas
Assistant stage manager, Helen
Hembree
Business manager, George R. Hog
shire
Publicity manager, Renee Grayee
Nelson
Costuming manager, F ranees
Wardner
Lighting, Leota Biggs, Kate Bu
chanan, Pearl Taylor.
Miss Tingle Will Hear
Nutrition Problems
Miss Lilian Tingle of the House
hold Arts department plans to at
tend the State Nutrition Council
| meeting in Portland February 5.
The council includes many edu
cators and health workers interest
j ed in the problems of nutrition.
They meet about four times a yea:
to discuss the various phases of the
work and to hear addresses by au
thorities.
Elly I\ey, Beethoven Artist
Pianist who will appear in concert tonight at McArthur court at
8:15, under auspices of Associated Students.
D. Van Nostrand
Accepts Work
Of Dr. Williams
-1
Book on Chemistry Is for
College Use; Ready
Next May
Dr. Roger J. Williams, associate
professor of chemistry at the Uni
versity, lias recently received word
from D. Van Nostrand Company,
publishers at New York, that his
manuscript, “An Introduction to
Organic Chemistry,” has been ac
cepted for publication. Date of
publication is in May. The book is
designed for use as a text book in
colleges and universities.
This work is the result of four
years of careful research in the
field covered. The publishers point
out that Dr. Williams’ book meets
the common objection made to other
texts in that it is not encyclopedic
and does not place too much em
phasis on memory work. The text,
the publishers declare, |s simply
and plainly written, material is
well organized, and in general the
manuscript lends itself to use as a
textbook.
The status of the Van Nostrand
Company is indicated by the fact
that it recently published what is
considered the most authoritative
and up-to-date book on physical
chemistry on the market.
Dr. Williams’ book discusses
principles and points out relation
ships in the field of organic chem
istry, and does not pay so much heed
to detail as the average text. Prac
tically every reviewer who has read
the manuscript has commented on
the fact that it is written in a
straightforward interesting way
which will be pleasing and easily
grasped by the reader.
Dr. Williams has a number of im
portant monographs and articles to
his credit. Ten of his research ar
ticles have been published in such
publications as the Journal of the
1 American Chemistry Association, the
Journal of Biological Chemistry, and
Industrial and Engineering Chem
istry'.
Riding Team Will Go
To O. A. C. on Play Day
More interest in horseback riding:
as a sport has been evidenced this
year than ever before, according to
Eleanore Glass, head of the sport.
This is partly due, she thinks, to
the added incentive of the granting
of fifty points in the JVomen’s Ath
letic Association for passing cer
tain tests. This is a new system be
ing worked out this y^ear.
A team of twelve will be selected
to go to O. A. C. in the latter part
of spring term to participate in the
annual play day there. While none
of these selections has been made,
as yet, drill work has started in the
various classes, which will aid the
girls in understanding the work,
and help them to work up technique
for next term.
University Head
Gives Faults of
Military Drill
Professor Tuttle Agrees
Compulsory Training
Not American
Military drill at Boston Univer
sity has been changed by President
Marsh from a compulsory to a. vol
untary basis. Mr. Marsh points out
his objections to the practice of
making it compulsory in the last
issue of “Religious Education”
which has just reached the office
of H. 8. Tuttle, professor of educa
tion.
“Military drill is not the best ex
ercise either for character or body
if we value the individual above a
system, if we are more concerned in
making men than in making ma
chine , if we esteem efficiency, spon
taneity, and originality more than
solidarity and obedience,” he be
lieves.
lie lists four distinct reasons for
his adverseness to the system. In
the first place he believes that com
pulsory military drill is foreign to
American genius, and he is opposed
to Russianizing, Prussianizing, or
Europeanizing America. Secondly,
he points out that an accurate read
ing of history shows that military
preparedness creates a will to war
instead of a will to peace. Thirdly,
he believes in Boston University
and that it was not founded to train
men to fight, but that it can serve
the nation best by sticking to its
business of education. As a Chris
tian he believes that the spirit of
war is in the wrong, and that the
inspiration to war does not come
from Russia but from the Palestine
of long ago.
He shows that eighty per cent of
the entering freshmen this year
have elected the course in military
science and tactics, and that an of
ficer in charge has 'noted a vast im
provement in the morale of the unit.
“Any impartial judge will find
that the whole situation is vastly i
improved by the abolition of the
compulsory feature,” he concludes.
Professor Tuttle is of much the
same opinion as this eastern presi
dent, and feels that the findings of
President Marsh have a direct bear
ing on the problem as it exists at
Oregon.
“This military life as it is kept
constantly before the people,is pre
naring the minds of the masses for
war faster than it can prevent war
by the training that it offers,” he |
believes. “Many men of promin
ence who are not pacifists are rec
ognizing this fact, and the majority
of the people are being convinced
jy such preparedness that there will,
of course, be another war.”
Head United Christian
Work Is III With Grippe
Henry \V. Davis, director of Unit
ed Christian Work in the Univer
sity, is confined to his bed witli la
grippe and will not resume his work
for several days. The illness is not
at all serious, according to Mrs.
Davis.
Idaho Vandals
Stop Webfoots
Oregon Defeated, 36 to 35, Finishing Two-year
Run of Victories
Reinhart’s Team Grimly Settles
Down to Win Remainder of Games
Washington, Only Five Left Undefeated in
Northern Division of Pacific Coast
Conference, to Meet Oregon
--—-O —
Gullibility to Salt
Not for Bird Alone
WHO ever heard of putting
salt, on a worm’s tail, just
a plaid ordinary worm ? You can
cut one in two, pinch him, tease
him, .poke all manner of fun at
him and he’ll only squirm as on
ly a worm knows how. But just
put salt on his tail and see what
happens. He can be the deadest
worm you ever saw.
He doesn’t mind pepper so much
and lie’s quite happy, if when cut
in two, you are generous enough
to take a needle and thread and
sew him together again.
These are some of the experi
ences of the poor little worms
over in the zoology labs, some
of the experiments that students
do.
Dr. A. R. Moore Will
Tell Assembly About
His Work in Naples
Dr. A. R. Moore, new head of the
University of Oregon zoology de
partment, will be the main speaker
Thursday morning at the regular
weekly assembly in the Woman’s
building at eleven o’clock, when he
will deliver an address on “Biolo
gical Work at Naples,’’ in which
he will describe the biological sta
tion at the wonderful aequarium in
Naples, where lie has recently been
studying.
It is expected that the lectui/' |
will be unusually good. Dr. Moore j
came to the University last fall
from Rutgers college where he held
a position on the college faculty
for ten years. He received his Pli.D.
from the University of California in
1911 and previous to that received his
B.A. at the University of Nebraska.
He has taught also at the University
of California and at Bryn Mjawr
college. He has studied under Jac
ques Loeb, world famed biologist.
Don Ostrander, junior in the Uni
versity, will sing at the assembly.
Article by Casey Is
In Current Magazine
“Emotional response is important
to all good journalistic writing,” de
clares Professor Ralph D. Casey, of
the school of journalism, in an ar
ticle printed in the United States
Publisher for January. The mag
azine is printed at Springfield, Il
linois.
The article is reprinted in full
from the Quill, a publication put
out by Sigma Delta Chi, national
journalism fraternity.
Professor Casey has had a great
deal of personal experience in the
practical field of journalism. Last
summer he filled a position on the
staff of American Boy. Earlier in
his career he worked on the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer and the New York
Herald. He is also co-author of
“Principles of Publicity,” a book de
voted to journalism.
Hyde Prints on Exhibit
At Warner Collection
A dozen Helen Hyde prints were
placed on exhibition at the Murray
Warner Art Museum yesterday, and
will be open at the regular hours,
to “lose interested in the selection,
for the next ten days. The prints
which are well known among the
art students, have been placed in
glass cases used in the Semi-Cen
tennial celebration as a precaution
against any injury that might come
to them.
Lineups
Oregon (35)
Milligan (12) f
G-mrther ^(4,) f
Okerberg (10) c
Westergren (5) g
Ridings (4) g
(36) Idaho
(5) Jacoby
(9) Miles
(6) Erickson
(8) Canine
(8) Green
MOSCOW, Idaho, January 25.——
(Special to the Emerald.)—-j>
file University of Idaho basketball
team defeated Oregon here tonight,
'16 to 35, in a hectic basketball game
which took an extra five minute
overtime period to decide. The Ida
ho campus was wild tonight. Dur
ing the extra session, Idaho made
one field goal and Oregon one point
on a foul conversion.
The Oregon team was not demor
alized by the defeat, unexpected as
it was, but left here for Spokane
ueierimnea ro wm
the rest of its
contests, (especial
ly the /Washing
ton tilt Saturday ,
night in Seattle.
Scott MJlligan
was high point
man w it'll 12
points, closely fol-(
lowed by Oker-|
berg w i t h 10.|
Miles led the1
home crew. Sen
Billy Reinhart
snuunai iuug snots oy runes, uamne,
and Green featured the game.
This loss ended a run of victories
by the Webfoots this year which
had reached 13 without a setback,
and marks the first defeat suffered
by an Oregon basketball team in the
Northwest' since 1925 when O. A.
G. took a hectic game from the
Webfoots at Salem by a one point
margin, the northwest championship
going with it.
Every game played in the north
last year was won by substantial
scores, the only defeats being suf
fered at the hands of California
quintets.
Vandal Five Strong
Several extenuating circumstances
can be found to explain the defeat
last night, none of which are in
tended as alibis in any sense of the
word.
First, Idaho has a very strong"
team, composed as it is of veterans
of two years’ experience. The Van
dals were not up to their best form
last Saturday when defeated here
by Oregon, 39 to 24, missing many
shots which they might ordinarily
score, and playing without the ser
vices of Swede Erickson, star cen
ter, after the first ten minutes. Red
Jacoby, flashy forward, was also
ejected from the fray before the
contest ended because of personal
fouls.
Another reason advanced by a.
member of the faculty last night
was the strain under which Rein
hart’s boys were playing. They
were undefeated, and out to con
tinue the season without a tarnish,
which put them under a nervous
tension in every start. Many foot
ball teams, baseball teams, and oth
er athletic combinations have suf
fered from this same intense ten
sion. A notable example of this is
Notre Dame, which lost to Carnegie
Tech last fall iu a football game
which 99 critics out of a hundred
predicted us a setup for the Irish
men.
Idaho Floor Also Factor
The Idaho floor, which, has been
notorious for many years, may have
played some part in the defeat last
night. This is narrower than the
official floor, poorly lighted, and on
one side the out-of-bounds line and
the wall are identical, which enables
the players to “bank” the hall off
this surface, similar to the tactics
employed by hockey players, which
is a material help to them on the of
fensive. The Idaho players are said
to be very adept at this.
Oregon is not out of the confer
ence race by any means, but much
greater importance has been at
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