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Multnomah s Swimmers Win From Oregon Coast Record Shattered; Four Local Marks Go In Fast Meet Smith, Byerley Take Firsts for Webfoots Capacity Crowd Attends; Many Turned Away Multnomah club’s swimming team Saturday night took the measure of Coach Ed Abercrombie’s Abercrombie wit gun wiiaitj' i/u the tune of 48 to 22, but were forc er! to break *4 pool records, two state marks, one North west and one Coast record to turn the trick. Due to an auto mobile accident in which Thomas and Bushnell of the Multnomah team were involved, the 40 yard dash, which was to have begun the program, was post poned and the 220 yard free style began the meet. George Schroth of the clubmen started things off with a bang by winning this event in 2:31.7, a new state and Northwest record. The old record of 2:33.4 was held by George Horsfall, ex-Oregon star. Smith Comes From Behind The 150 yard backstroke followed. Smith of Oregon got off to a bad start but came from far behind to nose out Bushnell of the club in fthe fast time of 2:07.3. In the 40 yard dash, Thomas 'Bushnell of Multnomah and Gruelicli of the lemon yellow came in with less than two feet of water between i the first and the third man. The time of 20.8 was comparatively slow. Oregon picked up 8 points in the dives. Byerlcy, who has failed to win a first place in only one meet this year, came through as expected with 5 points for this event and his teammate, Davis, was a close second. Horsfall, the club’s entry, was far behind. Becker Breaks Record The 200 yard breaststroke brought out by far the best time of the meet. Becker, of the Winged M, swam the best race of his life when he negotiated the dstance in 2:48. This is declared to be a Pacific Coast record for the distance. It bettered the old Northwest mark of 2:53 by five full seconds and the state mark of 2:55. “Wig” Fletcher, who reg- f nlarly swims the backstroke for the ] Oregon squad, traded races with 1 :Smith and, although beaten by Beck er, his time of 2:54 in the breast stroke was better than the existing state record. The 100 yard free style produced no new records but the time, 59.3, made by Thomas of the club, was fast. The 440 yard free style accounted (Continued on page Ueo) Summer Scholarships To Give Ad Students Practical Experience W. F. G. Thacher, professor of ad vertising in the school of journalism, has received word from Foster and Kle'iser, largest advertising concern on the coast, that they have ac cepted his suggestion for establish ing a Summer Scholarship for a student of the unive*sity. The stu dent to receive the scholarship will be recommended by Mr. Thacher. This is the tenth company to ac cept the plan which was originated > by Professor Thacher. The Oregon ian, The Journal, The Telegram, Meier and Frank, Olds, Wortman and King, Lipman and Wolfe, Bots ford and Constantine Advertising Agency, Honig-Cooper Advertising Agency, Crossley and Failng Adver tising Agency, had previously es tablished a scholarship. Professor Thacher’s plan provides that the student he selects shall go on the staff of the business concern which subscribes to the idea and be employed during the summer at a beginner’s salary. »“Bv this method,” said Professor Thacher, “we are able to supply contact for our students with prac tical fields. Because of its Bize, Eu gene cannot afford this contact, and we find this method effective.” Selections for this year’s scholar / ships have not yet been made, Pro fessor Thacher said. Even Canines Reveal Youth’s Decay Today ME. DOOLEY, Lord High Janitor and first lord of the ash tray at Johnson hall, has the most interesting things hap pen to him. This time it was a dog fight in the basement of the Admin istrative edifice. “This here Uni versity is turning into a reg ular kennel.” he declared. “Seems like they don’t do noth ing around here but raise dogs. The other mornin’, my colleague and me was goin’ peaceably about our business when we heard the most gosh-awful yap ping down stairs. We tore down an ’ here was these two canines a goin ’ for each other like all git out. “We kinda wanted to let ’em finish it just to see who’d win, but regulations is regulations, so we grabbed their tails and shooed ’em out. Nice lookin’, well bred appearin ’ dogs they was, too. You’d think what with their goin’ to college and all, they’d have more sense than to tear into each other like that. It’s jest one more proof that tlip younger generation ain’t all it ought to be.” Webfoot Team Defeats Montana In Second Game Reinhart Uses Reserves In Contest; Okerberg High Scorer Line-up: Oregon (54) (32) Montana Gunther (2) f (12) Overturf Ridings (5) f (8) Coyle Okerberg (22) c (10) Kain Westergren (13) g (1) Larson Milligan (6) g Wendt Substitutions: Oregon, Em mons, 2; Bally, 2; Epps, 2; Mc Cormick. Montana, Kilory, 1; Miller, Graham. Referee, Coleman; umpire, Morris. The University of Oregon hoop sters turned back the invading Mon tana Grizzly horde with a 54 to 32 score in the conference struggle staged in McArthur court Saturday night. The Webfoot boys had every thing pretty much their own way during the first half which ended 34 to 9. By turning in this win Billy Rein hart’s men have taken a firm hold on the top of the conference lad der with five victories and one de feat. The closest team fallowing in the Webfoot’s wake is the Uni versity of Washington which has won three and lost one. Before the end of the first half of Saturday’s game was over Coach Reinhart started working liis re serves. Keith Emmons took over Jerry Gunther’s position at forward and played a good floor game- As the second half started Gunther was back in the line-up, but before many minutes had passed benchmen again rushed into the fray. Tactics of this kind give the less experienced men a chance to assimilate team play. The Montana boys noticed the difference and gained a few points during the last half. Overturf, Mon tana’s veteran forward, played a good game for the visitors, not only covering the floor well, but seemed to be the best long range shot on his squad. Roy Okerberg, Oregon’s lanky pivot man, was the only man on the Webfoot squad to play the whole game. He not only succeeded in getting the tip-off from Kain, Mon tana center, most of the time, but he was high point man of the game with 22 markers. Instructor Leaves For Research Worh David E. Faville, instructor ii the school of business administra tion, is leaving tomorrow for Har vard to do research work. Mr. Faville 'graduated from Hat vard in 1925 with a master’s degree His work at Harvard will be unde the Bureau of Research which i conducting a survey of the economi conditions concerning the eonsuu ers ’ buying motives and buyin habits for the Boston America newspaper. Mr. Faville’s classes will b handled by Mr. Himbert and M Johnston. Faville is a member c Acacia at Harvard. He intends t return to Oregon when his leav of absence terminates, which wi not be within a year. LaGrippe Hits Campus; Old Infirmary Full — 1800 Treated; Many Sent Home Because of Lack of Room Facilities Inadequate For Disease Control Appropriation for* New Hospital Needed WITH the epidemic of la grippe which recently struck' the cam pus still in the ascendancy, Uni versity doctors and nurses are mak ing a stubborn fight against inade quate facilities to control the sick ness and prevent it from spreading further. All available space in the infirm ary has been filled, and the capacity of an improvised annex has also been reached. The crowded condi tion of each place has created a disadvantage since only the most serious cases can be taken care of there. Ift spite of this handicap the health service announced today that a concerted effort is being made to 1 master the epidemic. Room for 26 Beds Extra beds jammed into the in firmary have swelled its capacity to thirteen. Thirteen other students are confined to the annex on the corner of 14th and Onyx, for which additional nurses have been ob tained. These 26 do not, however, represent the total number of pa-' tients. Many are sick in their rooms in lieu of a better place for con finement, and “walking cases” are numerous, according to Dr. Fred N. Miller, University physician. “This situation,” he said, “is not so bad where the students have in dividual rooms, but most of them are in living organizations equipped only with sleeping porches. It is, of course, dangerous for an ill per ! son to be forced to stay on a sleep ! ing porch.” Students Exposed Nearly 800 students were treated at the dispensary last week, and the group waiting to receive treat ment throughout today is propor tionately large. The sickness has swelled to an epidemic, Dr. Miller said, because la grippe is contag ious, and lack of facilities prevent isolation of individual patients. From five to eight students are1 in bed in some organizations, and as a result, others are exposed. Many are going to classes when they should be in the infirmary. About six students were sent to their homes last week, according to Dr. Miller. The policy of sending sick students home, where they will be sure of proper care is being carried out where distances are not prohibitive, or the patient too ill. Problem Gets Worse “We are glad when a student is able to go home, because it leaves space available for someone else,”' Dr. Miller said. “At present, we' are fortunate to have no cases of a very contagious disease. There' would then be a very serious prob lem, and I don’t know how we1 would solve it, handicapped as we are without facilities.” The present situation is not a' new one on the campus. • Each win ter the same problem must be faced', and it is growing worse each time it reappears. It is for this reason that the board of regents has asked the legislature for an appropriation to eontruct a new infirmary, point ing out that one of the imperative needs of the university is for the adequate care of the health of' its: students. Capt. Culin Is Ordered To Georgian Army Post Captain F. L. Culin, assistant pro ' fessor of military science at the University, has received orders to report at Fort Benning, an infantry . post near Columbus, Georgia, by • I September 6, where he will take the advanced officer’s course offered - there. Captain Culin has been con . nected with the R. O. T. C. depart r ment at Oregon since December 2, 3 1923, coming here from the 31st : Infantry in the Philippine Islands Captain J. T. Murray, a membei r of the R. O. T. C. staff last year ! is also stationed at Fort Benning No appointment has been made as e yet to fill the vacancy which wil ■. be left by Captain Culin’s departur* f at the end of this year. o - e O. l. C. basketball team defeate< U W. . C. 30-19 at Corvallis Iasi night. Hoiv the Cougars Do It J “Dutch” Henry, right, has just finished a dribble deep into defensive following a pivot, to McDowell, his trailer. This dribble-and pivot play ball brought from Kansas University by Earl Schlademan, present W. S. this year by the Cougars. territory, and is passing the ball, is part of the system of basket C. hoop mentor, and being used Oregon Boxers Invited to Enter Coast Matches Stanford Sponsors Bouts In Effort to Build Up Sport in Colleges The University of Oregon boxers are working under Perry Davis, in structor, to get in condition for the Pacific Coast Conference meet that is scheduled to be held in Palo Alto March 4. This is not an official conference match for Oregon but it is an attempt to popularize box ing, and get it reinstated as a reg ular competitive sport in college circles. “A few years ago,” Perry Davis explained, ‘‘boxing was taken out of intercollegiate athletics as a competitive sport. The last meets Oregon held were with O. A. C., and some of the bouts were considered a bit too rough.” Alfred Masters, general manager of athletics at Stanford, in his let ter inviting Oregon to enter a team, said: “It is our desire to make this a strictly intercollegiate boxing tournament and an annual affair on the coast which is to be held in a place mutually agreed upon each year by competing universities. “Total receipts,” the letter con tinued, “will go toward defraying expenses of the traveling teams.” Mr. Davis has several men work ing out regularly. They are: Harold Little, Maurice Pollings, Frank Biggs, Bob Barnes, Stewart Martin, and Stevens. Any new man interested in trying out for the Stanford meet should re port at the men's gymnasium where instruction will be given between 4 and 6 p. m. Y. W. C. A. Secretary Here Thursday, Friday Miss Olive Walser, personnel sec retary of the Y. W. C. A., who is visiting the University to meet I those students interested in making I a career of Y. W. work, will be on the campus Thursday and part of Friday instead of Friday and Sat urday as was originally planned. Miss Florence Magowan, secretary of the Y. W. C. A. on this campus, is very anxious that all those stu dents’ who are interested should come to her at the Y. W.‘ bungalow so that she can arrange appoint ments for them with Miiss Walser. Many ‘Macks’ Found Among O. A. C. Students OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 7—‘(PIP) — McClanahans, McCormacks, M c Laughlins, and McMillans are among the 107 “Macks” on the campus, con stituting 3 per cent of the college registration. That O. A. C. students are 3 per cent of Scotch descent is the condition indicated, 64 being men and 43 women. The school of commerce boasts 36 “Macks,” the school of engineering 21, vocational [ education 14, and home economics ; 13. The faculty women eligible num ber nine and the men four. 1 Women’s Glee Club Gives Third Concert Of Series Tomorrow The third concert on the A. S. IT. O. music series will be the Wom an’s Glee club concert tomorrow night. The concert will be given in the Woman rs building, and all stu dents holding student body itckets will be charged no admission. The concert jviTl begin promptly at eight thirty. Of particular interest is the “Valse Triste," a composition writ ten by Sibelius, who is Finland’s most famous composer, Tire piece was originally written for the or chestra, but has been arranged for chorus. It was to be used in the death scene of a famous Finnish drama, “Kuolema.”' The story is of a dying woman, who leaves her couch to waltz with imaginary danc ers of a delirious dream. Finally she falls exhausted ns death appears at the door. A solo part has been introduced into the selection, which will be sung by Leota Biggs. Another special feature of the program will be a Spanish dance that will be introduced in the feat ure number. The dance will be done by Margaret, Holbrook, a member of the glee club. Mass Meeting Planned By Women’s League This Afternoon at 5:00 “Because of the really worth while program prepar’d' for the first Women's League mass meeting of the term, we are expecting a good 1 turn out from the girl's on the carn ' pus,”' said Kathryn Ulrich, presi dent of Women’s League. The meet ing is to be held this afternoon in Alumni hall at five’ o’‘clock. Marianne Danko, a social worker from Vienna, Austria, who is work ing under the auspices of the Com monwealth Foundation, and is mak ing a study of the various health movements in the United States, will speak, and also Elnora E. Thompson, director of Public Health Xurse training in Portland. Miss Thompson will give the new five year nurses training course on the campus. Two years of the course may be taken here, two years in a hospital training, and the fifth | year may be spent in specialized ' training, on the campus or in Port ! land. Miss Danko, who is a public health nurse of international reputa tion, has charge of 125 nurses in Vienna. Various committee reports will j also be given at the meeting and I Katherine Elkins is to play a piano | solo, “Japanese Sunset.” . Discussion Groups Postpone Meetings The discussion groups, which are , being held in the various living organizations on the campus under \ the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. and 1 Y. W. C. A. every Tuesday evening, have been postponed because of the basketball game scheduled for to night. The groups will meet next Tuesday evening, February 15, at i 7:00 o’clock. Henry J. Biddle Donates Case To Herbarium Late Curator of Portland Forestry Building Is Honored by Gift Henry J. Biddle, retired business man of Portland who now spends much of his time studying the bot anical forms of the state, wrote a check yesterday which calls for the purchase of one more double-com partment steel case for the botany herbarium to be given in honor of Martin W. Gorman, former curator of the forestry building in Port land. Mr. Biddle was the one who donated the first of tho ten insect proof cases which now hold the various collections which have been given to the department, includ- | ing the one recently willed by Mr. Gorman. Mr. Biddle made the re mark that it was too bad Mr. Gor man’s memory was not honored in this way and followed up his state ment by writing a check for three hundred dollars, tho price of one case which will be ordered im mediately. Because of tho fact that Mr. Gorman’s collection has already been distributed among the other cases the new case will bo filled with another collection called tho Howell collection given by Thomas Howell, one of the early collectors of the flora of this country, and author of a book entitled “The Flora of Northwest America.” This col lection has hitherto resided in wooden cases just outside the herb arium which will now be filled with' a new collection just received from the government forestry service, with the request that it be placed’ where forestry men from all over the country may come to see it. The plants were collected by tho different forestry men of this state. Mr. Biddle spent the past two days with F. L. Henderson, who is curator of tho botany herbarium and is now on his way to California to pursue his pastime of studying plants. Mr. Henderson, in telling of Mr. Biddle’s visit recalled having remarked to him about the unusual' fact of a retired business man tak ing up science. Mr. Biddle ex plained that there is a reason. He is the nephew of Spencer Ful lerton Baird, first assistant secretary in the department of natural his tory of the Smithsonian Institu tion at Washington, D. C., whose duty it was to take care of the museum. This was very soon after the founding of the institution where Baird carried on his inves tigations of mammal, reptile and bird life now invaluable in the field of science. Mr. Biddle believes that scien tific antecedents are partly re sponsible for his interest in that line. Mr. Henderson expects to make a number of his trips this summer in company with Mr. Bid die, who though he is interested in studying plant life, does very little collecting. Theta Sigma Phi announces the election of: Barbara Blythe Claudia Fletcher Wilma Lester. I W.S.C.-Oregon Contest to be Hot Argument Washington Staters Have Veterans; W. S. C. Mentor Former Debater Battle of Words as Well As of Baskets Foreseen Aggies Next in Line for Web foot Steam Roller Tentative Lineups: Oregon W. S. C. Gunther .F.. Henry Ridings .F. Clay Okerberg .C. Brumblay Westergren .G. Rohwer Miliigan .G. Aver hill By TT A HOL'D MANGUM, Sports Editor. OREGON’S prize hoop squad will debate with five . picked stal warts from Pullman, site of Wash ington State college, tonight in McArthur court, starting at 7:15. The Webfoots will uphold the af firmative of the question: “Re solved, that a ball in the net is worth several gross in a sporting goods house, so far as practical pur poses are concerned.’’ The Cougars have an edge in one respect. They have four letter-men to oppose to three for Oregon, bnt the new Webfoots are clever speech makers, having performed in the state High school basketball legis lature held in Salem several yeara ago, and having parried verbs and adverbs quite suecessfuly as mem bers of the frosh squad last winter. The gentlemen we refer to are Mr. Milligan and Mr. Ridings. Mr. Rohvver, junior member of the Cougar firm, has appeared in some of the most select center circles, •and his disputes wPh opposing for wards have been quite profitable. His rebuttals are also strong, and have netted him a good many mark ers in various courts this January and February. Sinclair Talked Down The Cougars are known to be very argumentative. Last fall, they ar gued the Webfoots out of a good football game by talking the ref eree, or perhaps the field judge, to make our story ring true, into counting touchdowns as six points and conversions as one point. Ore gon’s debate captain, Albert Sin clair, thought that slips in the mud should be counted as half points, and touchdowns and conversions should be ignored. By this means of reckoning, Oregon would have won, 1953^4 to 541. Sinclair’s ob jection was over ruled. Ball-players arc not only built long, slim, and useful in Cougar land, but they are equipped with lawful names, and started on life’s high road with a full set of Black stone in their little stockings. The Cat forwards are known as Henry and Clay. Gunther and Ridings can’t hope to compare against such an array. It is also possible that ! Henry’s first name is Patrick, and that Clay’s nickname of “Blaekie” I is derived from Blackstone. Or I maybe its from Blaekbottom. Any way its possible. Cougar’s Well-Equipped. The remainder of the Pullmanite I crew are known variously and in i timately as John C. Calhoun Brunn ! May, Daniel Webster Averill, and John Quincy Adams Rohwer. Coaeh Reinhart of Oregon is up against : it. He can’t for the life of him re i call any orators named Jerry, Algot, Roy, Gord, and Scotty. ’Tis a tough ! row these basketlrall coaches hoe. Billy has just heard that Karl I Schlademan, the new W. S. C. men tor, coached debate as well as bas ! ketball at Kansas last year. Per haps it was with tonight’s contest in mind that Reinhart retained Ted - Gillenwaters, eminent campus bar rister, in an advisory capacity last | fall. On word combinations, the Co» i gars should win tonight; on floor combinations and general all-round basket-making excellence, the Web foots should tally more points than the gentlemen of the negative. Ore gon has the high point scorer of the year, the second high point scorer, and maybe the third point scorer if the basket isn’t too small for Gunther’s shots tonight. Oregon hae the highest team average of points I made, and the lowest teann average of points made against. Multnomah Coming Each team has game on the lost (Continued on page four)