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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1927)
VOLUME XXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY. JANUARY 27, 1927 NUMBER 67 High Schools Bid to Drama Contest Here One-act Play to be Fostered By Guild Theater in Critique Here i - Judges to be Named From Among Faculty Contest Open to Standard State High Schools A UNIQUE innovation in the stimulation of interest in dra matics will he inaugurated on the campus by the Guild theater the first week in May when the leading state high school theatrical com panies will compete in one of the first contests of this kind ever held in the United States, according to an announcement today by Miss Florence WilbiK, instructor in Eng lish and director of drama. The contest, invitations to which were sent to a large number of schools in the state, is to foster good drama and emphasize the ad vantage of the one-act play as a medium instead of three-act pro fessional productions. The first twelve answers received are tihe only ones to be admitted to the contest so it will be schools that are the most alert that will be in the race. The University offers its stage, lights, and scenery; but each school will do its own selecting and casting, managing, costuming, ar ranging, directing, actual staging and lighting. Plays to be Judged Several nights will_ be givefi to the contest. Four plays, if possible, will be produced each night. Three to five judges, to be chosen later, will select the best play from each group, according to specific quali fications, which are not yet ready for statement. A decision will be drawn as to the winner of the con test. A Drama Tournament committee will be chosen from the faculty and their friends. Its purpose is to place the plays, accommodate the visit ing casts, and blfer general infor mation. This committee in turn will appoint students from the drama school to serve on minor commit tees during the rush of the final week. Buies Are Many The rules of entrance to the con test are as follows: 1. Contest is open to any standard high school in the state. 2. Each group planning to par ticipate is required to pay an en trance fee of $10.00 before April 1. Checks are payable to the Drama Tournament Committee. 3. Registrations, accompanied by the entrance fee, will be entered in the order in which they are re ceived. Not more ithan 12 high schools can be accommodated,1 in the contest. 4. Each high school entering the contest will select a one-act play requiring not more than 35 or 40 minutes for production. <6. The name of these plays must be submitted to the Drama Tourna ment Committee not later than April 1. 6. No two contestants may use the same play. The group first submit ting the name of a play will be given exclusive use of that play in the tournament. Inspired by the success that at tended the English method of adult community one-act play contests, Miss Wilbur feels that it should be a tremendous success in this country once the idea becomes established and circulated. Entrance Examinations For Frosh on Saturday All freshmen entering this term are required to take the University entrance examinations which will be given on Saturday, January 29. Failure to take the examinations at the appointed time will result in the automatic cancelation of the student’s registration. The psychological examination wall be given at 8 a. m. in the as sembly room, Villard hall. The English examination will be at 10 a. m. in room 101, Journalism build ing. The following new students have not been sent official notices be cause of failure to give Eugene ad dresses but will be expected to take the examinations Saturday, Arnold Toiven, Philip Smith, Tavlor Eccles Clyde Carlson. Oy-Oy How Mootch Giffs It, Heh? Oy-Oy <<^"1OING for $.08—did I hear Vjsomeone say $.10? Don’t be bashful folks—step right up.” Yes, you guessed it—the Wom en ’s League auction sale to take place on the library steps, Fri day morning, starting at the hour of nine. Is it a fountain pen or an umbrella you need? Either one will come your way—all you have to do is to make yourself known and the auctioneers will do the rest. Freshman girls appointed to assist the auctioneers are: Elea nor Poorman, Frederica Warren, Mary Wilson, Glenna Heacock, Helen Peters, Lou Ann Chase, Lottie Bennett, Marjorie Whet sel, Genevieve Swedenburg, Ag nes Ferris. Doris Wells and Helen Ready. Fine Arts Club Sponsors Affair For Building Fund Music Faculty Will Aid In Giving Program, Friday, 2 to 6 One of the number of entertain ments that are being given for the Fine Arts Building Fund, will be the Benefit tea and musical at the home of Mrs. Campbell Church on Fairmount heights, Friday after noon from two until six. The affair is sponsored by the Eugene Fine Arts club, which was organized recently for the purpose of furthering an interest in art in Oregon. At the last meeting of the club, the members, townswomen and women of the faculty, voted to raise $2,000 for the Fine Arts build ing to be built on the Oregon cam pus. oince mat mt'euug me uicmucia have divided into groups of ten, teach of which is to raise $100. The tea tomorrow is but one of the many unique ways the different com mittees haVe planned for raising money. ' Mrs. C. D. Borer is chairman of the committee for this tea. She wishes to Mate that although the first announcement of the date was ^given as February 28, the correct date is Friday, January 28. Every one interested in the University and the Fine Arts building is in vited to attend. A large representa tion is expected, according to Mrs. Borer. The musical part of the program is under the direction of Mrs. John Stark Evans, and members of the school of music faculty will par ticipate. Another very interesting method of raising money has been planned by the committee under the direc tion of Mrs. Filer Brown', wife of the instructor in architecture. Her committee has planned to have a “Night Club” entertainment at “Lucile’s” sometime in the near future. This will be similar to a New York night club, with many novel entertainment features, in cluding two one-act plays. Another committee will take over the Heilig theater, through the courtesy of Mr. Wesley B. McDon ald, manager, and the proceeds for one night will go to the Fine Arts fund. The play toll be announced later. The date will probably be February 23. A garden party has been planned by one committee. Another will sponsor a picture show on Saturday morning for children. Still other committees have planned to give ten dollars each as their part of the fund. Mrs. David Graham, ’12, of the University of Oregon, is president of the Fine Arts Club. Mrs. Carl Washburn, ex-’22, vice-president, and Miss Dorothy Coilier, ’18, is secretary-treasurer. Saturday Noon Final Chance to Pay FeeS With only two and a half more days left for payment of fees, stu dents are using their check books in greater numbers than during the first week of payment, according to E. P. Lyon, university cashier. More than half of the students have already paid, but a rush is an ticipated before Saturday noon, which is the last hour that pay ments may be made without a late filing fee of $3, and an accumulative , fee of 25 cents per day. t Football Call Brings Out 35 PromisingMeh McEwan, Vidal, Mautz Put Aspirants Through Easy Drill Competition for Berths Expected to be Keen Prospects From Frosh Team Loom Up rT''HE first call for spring football -*■ practice was answered by ap proximately 35 men yesterday after I Vic Wetzel noon. The first meeting of the year included most of the letter men and several of the most prom ising men from the 1926 freshman team. Coach J. J. Mc Ewan and his two assistants, Coach Gene Vidal and Bob Mautz, divid ed th§ men into three squads anu put mcm wuvugu light formation practice for about an hour. A large part of the time was spent explaining the formations that are to be used if the legislation against the back field shift goes through. According to the new sys tem, the guards will bear the brunt of the interference running, coming out on practically every play. Victor Wetzel, halfback and full back, is out for track now, and, as he is Hayward’s outstanding weight man, may not turn out for winter football at all. Captain Beryl Hod gen and Nick Carter, the other two year lettermen were on hand. Ends Appear Strong The ends in 1927 will be picked from Frank Biggs, Red Slauson, and Ted Pope, varsity holdovers; Pat Hughes, Tony Greer, and Chet Jam ison, of the super-varsity; Lloyd Sherrill, Wilbur Harden, and Ronald Murray, freshmen wingmen; and Howard Handley, a transfer from Washburn college who has the ear marks of a number one flankman. This array should yield up several high class combinations without a great deal of difficulty. Homer Dixon and John Warren have the inside track on the tackle berths at present. They are big men and have eaeh had two years exper ince on the varsity squad. Scott (Continued on page two) Extension Classes At Salem Success; Continue This Term The extension classes in Salem which were begun last fall term are being continued for the winter term. This(new work there has made a good start, according to Dan E. Clark, assistant director of the ex tension division. These classes are held at night in the Salem high school, and are at tended by adults, many of them teachers who are taking the work to gain credit toward graduation. Eighty-eight were enrolled in the seven classes last term, and about 65 are continuing this term. The greatest demand for the work, said Mr. Clark, comes in the fall and a considerable increase is expected then. Spring classes may not be given at all. It is possible that the enrollment may rdhch 250 when the work becomes better known, Mr. Clark declared. There are three classes in edu cation, two taught by Harl R. Doug lass of the University faculty and one by George Hug, superintendent of schools at Salem. The two art courses are under Victoria Avakian of the architecture and allied arts department. Professor Kohler of Willamette University has the class in litera ture and Professor Sherman, also of Willamette, directs the class in psy chology. Y. W. C. A. Worker to Visit Oregon Campus Elsie Heller, student secretary for the Y. W. associations on the cam puses tof the northwest, will visit the University of Oregon next Tues day and Wednesday. Miss Heller will meet the chair men of the various committees of the Y. W. during her stay on the campus. She recently paid a brief visit to the campus on her way ti> California. Jazz to be Heard At Tea for Women THE raptures unforeseen of listening to a well known campus blues singer accompanied by a well known campus jazz pianist—what more could a girl ask for? Not much, and she can, have all this by merely attending the Women’s League tea this after noon at the Woman’s building from 4 to 6, on the sun porch— for Madge Normile and Dorothy Cleveland! are performing and included in their program will be such heart-rendering melodies as “Lucky Day” and “I Ain’t Got Nobody.” In addition, there are tea and wafers, which aren’t to be i scoffed at, these cold days. Frosh Hoopers Depart Today On Northern Trip Four Games on Schedule To be Played; Expect Stiff Oposition The Frosh basketball team, con sisting of nine men, the yearling manager, Ted Hendry, and Coach “Spike” Leslie leave on tfte elev en o’clock train this morning- for their trip north where they will play a series of games. The teams that will be play ed are the Frank lin preppers on the Quaker floor, the Columbia Uni versity five at the Coliseum, in Spike Leslie Portland, on Thursday and hrxaay nights, respectively, and the Wash ington Babes at Seattle, Saturday evening, in a preliminary to the game between the closely matched Washington and Oregon varsity quintets. The men who will make the trip are: forwards, Potts, Hatton, Bobie, Dowsett; centers ,Clark, Nice; guards, Cheney, Coleman and Chas tain. Chastain has been showing up well during the past few days and received the call over several other likely prospects. There are no individual stars in Leslie’s combination, and the boys are out to work together and to put up a hard and fast brand of ball on the trip. The Yearlings should have an even break with the Quaker cagers, having just pre viously defeated them in a closely fought contest. However, with the fast Columbia five, a team that Gon zaga barely nosed out in a closely fought game, as their next oppon ents, the Frosh will need a lucky night to hold the University drib blers to a close score, while th« Washington Babes are as clever a five as the northern university has had in years. The players will be handicapped, no doubt, because of the brief prac tice session that they have had this year. No floor was available, since the new pavilion had not been com pleted. However, the Frosh prom ise to fight every minute of each game and attempt to make the best showing possible. Much valuable basketball should be acquired on this trip, however, and will be advantageous in the remaining games of the season, which will include a return game with Columbia University and a series of four contests with the Oregon Agricultural College Books. Student Council Gives Assent to E. B. U. Plea A resolution that students of the University cooperate with the E. B. | U. in upholding the tradition of j forbidding smoking on their campus was made by the student council at a meeting yesterday, after Or val Peterson, of the Bible school, had asked for some action on the matter. Beversible lemon yellow and green rooters’ caps were adopted as the official type to be introduced in fhe fall. Their effectiveness in working out card stunts at games was given as a reason for the change. • Bob Warner, yell leader, and Bill James were appointed to head a committee to work out more appro priate varsity yells. Dr.A.R.Moore Gives Speech At Assembly Stazione Zoological to Be Subject of Lecture Today at 11:00 Study Made at Station By Dr. Moore in 1925 Italian Scientific Center Devoted to Research rT''HE Stazione Zoologies, situated -*- at Naples, Italy, and considered the world’s greatest biological sta tion, was founded in 1872 by Anton Dohrn of the University of Jena, and which has received subsequent benefactions by the German and Italian governments, will be the top ic for this morning’s assembly lec ture in the Woman’s- building at eleven o ’clock, to be delivered bv Dr. A. R. Moore, new head of the department of zoology at the Uni versity of Oregon. During the spring of the years 192,’! and 1925, Dr. Moore did re search work at the famous biologi cal station, which includes divisions of botony, biochemistry and physiol ogy. “The aim of the founder and his successors has always been to se cure to the worker the utmost free dom for this research,” said Dr. Moore. ‘ ‘ To this end there is nb teaching nor fixed appointments to be met. On the other hand there is always abundant service and ma terial. ’ ’ While studying at the station in 1925, Dr. Moore set himself to the task of carrying further the experi ments on the dynamics of animal light which he had made at Naples in 19211, and at his Rutgers labora tory in 192.8 an dl924. Naples was chosen as the site for the station for the reason that the fauna is varied and abundant there and can be secured at all sea sons of the year; and because a large city near the station makes possible ideal living conditions apart from the station, he stated. “The results have justified the foresight of the founder. Biologists have for 50 years flocked to Naples to w*ork for a few weeks or months, and have returned to their univer sities enriched with their scientific experience and with association with workers from other lands.” Don Ostrander junior in the Uni versity, will sing at the assembly. University Hi Debates Delayed by Illness Of Junior Members A slight halt in the interclass rivalry debate program, which has been absorbing the interest of Uni versity high school for this week, was caused by the illness of two members of the junior class team, who were unable to meet that of the eighth grade yesterday as scheduled. Tt is believed that the program will be continued today, in which case the winner will meet the senior class team Friday nigi,t in a public debate to be held in the High School auditorium. The eighth grade team has de feated both its former opponents, the seventh and ninth grade teams, and according to Mrs. Margaret, tloodall, head of debate in the school, this team of the smaller stu* dents has shown a remarkable vo cabulary, knowledge of facts and method. She said that they talked as though they had assimilated the subject and not as parrots. The team is composed of many children of faculty folk, the negative being: Katherine Parsons, Harl Douglass, Jr., and Madeline Gilbert. The af firmative is composed of Robert Prescott, Selwin Meyers, and Jack McDuff. The subject for the debates of the school is: Resolved that the Fed eral Government should subsidize the merchant marine, and with the Soeratic method in use the debates closely resemble those of the Uni versity. The method consists of the presentation of the statements of each side and a series of rapid fire cross questioning and rebutal. Cecil McCercher and Margaret Blackaby of the women’s varsity debate team have been aiding with the coaching cf the seventh grade and junior teams respectively, and Walter Dur gan, also a varsity debater, is help ing the seniors. I_. _ ‘ '" Whose Mother Sent Him Socks, Gum? <<‘%T7'HERE is my wandering ’ * boy tonight—and I won der if he got the gum I sent • him?” is the frantic cry of some unknown mother. The gentlemen at the Univer sity depot have been called mauy nanies, to be sure, but when, one gets a letter addressed to “Moth er”— It was seet, envelope unad dressed, to the depot. It began with “Dear Mother,” and ended with “Thanks for the check, let ter, gum, and socks. Love, Jack.” It looks like the work of an absent-minded professor, but professors at the U. of O. (get fair pay and don’t send to mother for money, and not many of them chew gum. Ad Men’s Stunts During Initiation To Last All Week Advertising Fraternity to Stage Campa Shoppe Dance Feb. 4 When the ad men have made their tour of the campus on Friday in their sandwich boards—that won’t be all! It just keeps on getting big ger and better every day until the final big smash, in which the wk(ole campus has a part and will get laughs enough to cable home about! And next week, when all is gloomy because it’s just another week full of work, and you’re walking along to your eight o’clock looking like thunder clouds and feeling like worse, suddenly you’ll remember— a stjunt a day! Tha/’s what the ad- i vertisers are doing this week! And you’ll hurry up and join the crowd that’s having the big laughs. After the preliminaries' aiul prac tice of a stunt a day by the Alpha Delta Sigma’s it’s quite beyond im- | agination what will happen when they reajly get going at the dance Friday night, February 4, at the Campa Shoppe. Invitations have been issued to the campus in gen eral, and if there’s anycfne who wants to miss the biggest, cleverest dance of the year, with the most original stunts, don’t see this, say Joe Neil and Sam Kinley, who are managing the affair, because it’s just that! Best, clever and original. Tickets are on sale at the Co-op, the Campa Shoppe and the various living organizations during the week. Woman’s Athletic Club Enlists 14 Neophytes Fourteen new members have been added to the Woman’s Athletic as sociation by the drive which ended Monday of this week. This brings the membership up to 98, with twen ty-two still owing fifty cents, on dues to be paid spring term. There will be a second drive then, after girls have had opportunity to make points in other sports. Hendricks hall letd the list with three new members. Out of seven teen eligible members twelve joined the organization. They were Edna Dunbar, Gene vieve Swedemburg, lone Trombly, Dorothy Dietz, Thelma Stevens, Dor othy Lynch, Leone Swengel, Myrtle Johnson, Eleanor Poorman, Betty Summers, Eleanor Cobb, and lone Garbe, Oregon Takes Easy Victory FromGonzaga Reinhart Uses Nine Men During Game; Defense Is Effective Okerberg High Scorer With Ten Markers Montana to Be Opposition In Tonight’s Game Line-ups Oregon (36 (17) Goonga Gunther (2) f (4) McCarvel Ridings (2) f (7) Rotchford Okerberg (10) c (4) Meader Westergren (3) g Kennedy Milligan (7) g (2) Albers Substitutes: Oregon, Emmons (7), Kiminki, Joy (4), Bally (1). SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 26.— (Special to the Emerald)—The University of Oregon basketball team defeated the Gonzaga quin tet, 36 to 17, here this evening. The Webfoot defense was particularly efficient, prevent ing the Bulldog sljurp shoo ters from getting many Clean tries from the field. Coach Billy Beinhart, of Ore gon, used practic ally two teams in tonight's encount Rojfc Okerberg er. tiis nrst string started the game but after they had piled up a com fortable lead, he began to send in new men. Okerberg Tops Scorers Roy Okerberg, vetern Oregon piv ot man, took scoring honors with 10 points. He was closely folloided by Rotchford, Gonzaga forward; Mil ligan, Oregon guard; and Emmons. Oregon benchman, who scored seven points apiece. The Oregon hoopsters meet the Montana aggregation at Missoula Thursday evening, and from there go to Seattlo where they play the Huskie’a quintet for the champion ship of the northern section of the Coast conference Saturday night. Household Arts Girls Cook Tempting Food If there’s anyone on the eampits who hasn’t an appetite and doesn’t care to eat—not that it’s probable-— just .let him stroll through the Household Arts building about noon one of these days. Enticing aroma of stuffed veal breast and candied sweet potatoes, like mammy used to make, would have greeted him yesterday. If, yielding to temptation, he had made so bold as to peep inside the kitchen door, he might have beheld mouth watering cream puffs waiting to be served. Had he followed the tempting' odor to its source, he would have discovered the objects of his search being consumed with great relish by Miss Harriet Thomson, Miss Myrrha Hepburn, Mrs. Lillian Sher man, Miss Mary Perkins, Miss Mo zelle Hair, and Miss Lilian Tingle. Then he would have gone away a wiser and a hungrier man. For Miss Tingle has begun to give luncheons, prepared bv members of her cooking classes, to friends and members of the faculty. The hungry one would probably be seeking her acquaintance. Elly Ney Program of Beethoven And Chopin Receives Praise of Critics VfcArthur Court Proves Inadequate to Provide Needs Of Auditorium; Acoustics Hinder By H. H. A. Perhaps it was the sustained del icacy of her work in the adagio movement of the B flat sonata, or perhaps it was the sudden impish ness with which she finished the De bussy danse that made Madame Elly Key's concert last night so unusual ly interesting; interesting, that is, to the comparatively few people who were fortunate to get seats in the very front rows. McArthur court may be good for basketball, but it isn’t any auditorium. Too many acoustics. Madame Key’s program was suf ficiently well rounded to allow in dulgence in her Beethoven and Chopin specialties and still avoid j monotony. Beethoven’s B flat major ' sonata formed the first group; a. Beethoven and a Shubort number with two modern compositions by Debussey and Pick-Mangiagalli, the second group, and five Chopin num bers, the third—the entire selection showing the composers in their eaim er moods. The performer seemed at her beat in the Chopin group, capturing both the waywardness and delicacy of the A flat major ballade and peculiar stormy quality of the A flat Pol onaise. Her almost casual rendition of the A flat major waltz seemed as appropriate as it was unusual. The entire concert exhibited a. vitality, control and wealth of pow er that made attendance well worth while—to those who could hear.