VOLUME XXVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1927
NUMBER 79
Paul Sayre Is
Winner of $50
Hilton Award
Edward Kelley, Third Year
Law Student, Ends
Second With $25
Law Review to Print
Speeches of Victors
Contest Follows Dinner
For Department
PAUL SAYRE, of La Grande, a
second year law student, was
awarded first prize of $50 and Ed
ward Kelley from Portland, a third
year law student received a sec
ond prize of $25 in the Hilton speech
contest which was held Thursday
night, immediately after a dinner
served at the Anchorage, to about
50 of the law students g,nd faculty.
For five or six years Frank Hil
ton, a Portland attorney, has offer
ed a prize of $50 to the student who
gives the best legal argument on
some topic of vital interest to law
yers. Last year the law school ad
ded to this prize a second -one of
$25. “Is the doctrine of the su
preme court in regard to resale
price maintenance unwarranted?”
is the question discussed this year.
The speeches are original and are
.■judged froim the standpoint of de
livery and subject-matter.
“A considerable measure of en
thusiasm has been shown in the
contest, which has been held an
nually for a number of years. There
is a distinctly growing interest
and a feeling that it is profitable
even to those who are unsuccess
ful,” said Wm. G. Hale, dean of
the law school, who acted as chair
man of the contest and introduced
the speakers.
The judges were Professor Lon
Fuller, a member of the law school
faculty; Charles A. Hardy, Eugene
attorney; and Carlton E. Spencer,
registrar. The speeches were limited
to 20 minutes each.
Three of the speakers, including
Sayre, -affirmed that the doctrine
of the supreme court in regard to
resale price maintenance was un
warranted. The other two of the five
speakers declared that it wasn’t
unwarranted.
The other contestants, besides
the winners, were Robert Mautz,
William Harris and Hyman Sam
uels, all second or third year law
students.
The speeches of the winning con
testants will be published in the
next issue of The Law Review, a
magazine which is published by the
University Law School.
Both Sayre and Kelley are mem
bers of Phi Delta Phi, national pro
fessional law fraternity. Kelley is
president of the organization, and
also president of the law school.
While a senior in 1924, Sayre was
president of the senior class.
Military Department
Will Give Competitive
Drill With Prizes Soon
As an added incentive to first
year students in the military de
partment, a competition drill will
be held March 11 at the R. O. T. C.
barracks at which time special cash
prizes will be 'given to the three
best drilled students. The awards
are to be $25 for first, $15 for sec
ond, and $10 for third.
Prior to the final competitive
drill in March, each company will
hold three preliminary drills, select
ing the best man each time. The
three men thus chosen will then re
port at the specified time to deter
mine the winners. All the drills
will be based on the School of the
Soldier, including the manual of
arms, facings and marchings, as pre
scribed in the training regulations.
Judges for the preliminary drills
will be the instructor in charge of
each company. The final drill will
be handled by a judging board con
sisting of Capt. F. L. Culin, Capt.
F. M. Moore, and Lieut. G. F. Her- j
bert.
Mortar Board to Give
Benefit This Afternoon \
A benefit bridge tea will be given j
by Mortar Board members this i
afternoon at the Chi Omega house
on Alder street from two to five
o’clock.
Features including original vaud- j
eville acts will be on the program
for the afternoon. Esther Setters, i
president of the organization, is in |
charge of arrangements.
John Straub Tells of Seeing Body
Of Abraham Lincoln Lying in State
Historic Scene in Independence Hall, Philadelphia,
Still Vivid in Memory of Dean
John Straub, dean emeritus of
men at the University, is one of
the few living persons who saw the
body of Abraham Lincoln after the
assassination, as it lay in state.
That was in the spring of 1865 at
Independence Hall, Philadelphia,
and so vivid was the impression
Dean Straub received, that he still
remembers every detail.
“My father took me to see him,”
Dean Straub explained. “The body
was at the Sftate House, where the
Continental Congress used to meet,
and where the Liberty Bell had
been rung. There were two long
lines waiting to see him that after
noon. One of the lines came from
Delaware Avenue, where the river
j is, and) reached through Second,
Third, Fourth Streets, on up to
Sixth, where Independence Hall is.
j Six blocks long, and as each block
is a furlong in length, that makes
I three-fourths of a mile. And the
other line coming from the east,
was just as long.
“The doors were to close at three
o’clock,” Dean Straub said, “and
thousands were waiting, hoping to
I get there in time. A woman offered
I my father twenty-five dollars—
which was a great deal of money
in those days—if he would give our
places in the line to her and her
son. As I was just a little fellow
then, my father wanted me to see
the president, and he refused.”
Dean Straub described the posi
tion of the body as it lay in state
in the middle of a big rotunda. The
occasion was one of the most solemn,
as Dean Straub explains. President
Lincoln’s casket, as the speaker
remembered it, was of the very best
mahogany, with gold handles.
Guards were placed about the room,
and always the two lines continued
to move through, one line on each
side of the casket.
Dean Straub relates how his
father impressed upon him the feat
ures of the president. “ ‘Look at
Lincoln’s face,’ my father told me,
‘and then look at the face of all
these guards about the room. Now,
look at' his face again. ’
“And I looked!” Dean Straub
said emphatically t “And I shall
always remember it. I wish I were
an artist or sculptor, I could re
produce that face exactly from mem
ory—such a firm, kindly mouth, and
a chin which receded, ever so
slightly—but not a weak chin. Such
a strong, fatherly face.
“What a pity that such a man had
to die!” Professor Straub went on
reminiscently. “He would have done
so much for the South—welcomed
them back like renegade children.
And how he would have run those
carpet-baggers out of there! It was
a pity he had to die.
“Since that time,” the Dean re
ferred again to Lincoln’s face, “I
have never seen a picture of him
which satisfies me. They all repro
duce the stern, set lines, which were
all smoothed out, after his death.
No, the pictures are unsatisfactory.
Take for instance, this oifo which
has been displayed in a local store
the last few days—a horrible thing;
no character to it,—a regular flap
jack face. Lincoln was not like
that.”
Plan to Reduce
Length of Canoe
Fete Is Heard
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Drawing to Be by Lottery
Again, With One-third
Less Entrants
—
At a meeting of the inter-frater
nity council Thursday night, a
scheme for the selection of part
ners among the fraternities and
sororities for the production of
floats for the annual Junior Week
End Canoe fete was presented by
Donald Beelar. general chairman of
all plans, and Herbert Socolofskv,
canoe fete chairman.
This year, the committee has de
cided that the fete is still too long,
and a new plan has been worked |
out. The drawings will still be by
the lottery system, with the dif
ference that each house will draw
a permanent number, which gives
it the privilege of combining with
another organization in building a
float two out of every three years.
This means that different organiza
tions will draw byes each year, and
the number of floats will be re
duced by one-third.
In former years each house pre
sented a float. As new organiza
tions sprang up on the campus, the
water parade became too crowded,
and the plan of having a fraternity
and a sorority combine in build
ing one float was introduced. The
selection was made by the lottery
system.
An important report given at the
meeting was that of the committee
which has been making an exten
sive investigation into the rushing
rules in use at other universities
with the object of suggesting chang
es in the Oregon system. The plan
embodied in the report, which will
be acted upon by the council at its
next meeting, would abolish all
rushing during registration week.
By the terms of the plan, no fresh-j
man would be allowed in any fra-:
ternitv or sorority during the week j
of registration.
Dr. Moore Appointed
Lecturer at Stanford
Dr. A. K. Moore, head of the de- !
partment of zoology, has just re- '
eeived the honorary appointment as
lecturer in general physiology at
the Ilopkin’s Marine station at
Stanford University at Pacific
Grove, California. This appointment
gives Dr. Moore the privilege of
carrying on work there at any time.
Two other such appointments
have been made in the past, those
of Professor C. A. Kofoid of the I
University of California, and Pro
fessor G. S. Kingsley of the Univer
sity of Illinois. Both were appoint
ed as lecturers in zoology.
Guild Players
To Give One-act
Skits This Month
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Student Speakers Named
To Arouse Interest
In Productions
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Permission has been 'granted by
the Inter-fraternity Council for the
promotion of the four one-act plays
to be produced February 16 and
17, and the three-act comedy,
“Torchbearers,” to be presented
March 3 and 4, by the Guild Hall
players.
Student speakers will give five
minute speeches Monday and Tues
day noons at the campus living or
ganizations for the purpose of arous
ing interest in the coming produc
tion.
Following is the list of the speak
ers and the houses at which they
will appear:
Janice McKennon, 'Phi Gamma
Delta and Alpha Tau Omega; Mar
garet Clark, Delta Tau Delta and
Phi Sigma Kappa; Charlotte Kiefer,
Kappa Sigma and Sigma Pi Tau;
Lou Ann Chase, Sigma Chi and Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon; Doris Wells,
Beta Theta Pi and Friendly hall;
Eleanor Flanagan, Alpha Beta Chi
| and Sigma Phi Epsilon; Eleanor
j Poorman, Theta Chi and Psi Kappa;
Harriet Casey, Phi Psi and Chi Psi;
Renee Nelson, Sigma Nu and Phi
Delta Theta.
Jack Hempstead, Kappa Alpha
Theta and Kappa Delta; Lawrence
Shaw, Alpha Phi and Delta Zeta;
George Hogshire, Alpha Omicron Pi
and Sigma Beta Phi; Bob Warner,
Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta and
Hendricks hall; Ralph Staley, Pi
Beta Phi and Three Arts Club; Clif
ford Powers, Delta Gamma and
Kappa Kappa Gamma; Dudley
Clark, Delta Delta Delta and Alpha
Delta Pi; Howard Van Nice, Alpha
Chi Omega and Alpha Gamma Delta;
Gordon Stearns, Alpha Xi Delta
and Tom Stoddard, Oregon Club and
Thatcher Cottage.
Miss Gavin to Be Guest
At Phi Chi Theta Tea
Phi Chi Theta, honorary com
merce fraternity for women, is giv
ing a tea in the Woman’s building
from 4 to 5:30 Saturday afternoon,
in honor of Miss Celia Gavin, city
attorney at The Dalles. An invita
tion is extended to anyone wishing
to meet her.
Business and professional women
of Eugene are asking her here and
she will address them at an enter
tainment being held for her at the
Hotel Osburn Saturday evening.
BULLETIN
The University of Oregon varsity
swimming team defeated California
last night 31 to 28. Byerly placed
first in the dives.
Infirmary Is
Cut Off* List
Of U’s Bills
Request Withdrawn After |
Favorable Action
In Committee
Measure Postponed
Although Vital Need
Money for New Library
To be Voted Upon
SENSING the growing acuteness
of the desire at Salem not to
overestimate the state’s probable
revenues, and seeking to contribute
to relief of the situation by making
a significant sacrifice from its cap
ital improvement needs that are be
coming so great, friends of the Uni
versity in the state legislature yes
terday withdrew the bill providing
for an appropriation of $130,000 for
an infirmary.
Step Follows Rejection
The bill was withdrawn after
measures asking for appropriations
amounting to approximately $519,
000 for new buildings at the Oregon
Agricultural College had been re
jected by the joint ways and means
committee of the legislature.
Representative Bronaugh in a
speech concerning the action on O. A.
C.’s requests, announced that he had
held a conference with the Univer
sity of Oregon faculty, and asked
that the infirmary bill, which had
previously been approved by the
ways and means committee, be post
poned for a period.
Voluntarily Postponed
The need of an infirmary at the
University is universally recognized.
Some kind of building must be pro
vided for in the immediate future,
so that the request for appropria
tions granting such a building have
been merely postponed, according
to a statement made bv the faculty
committee today.
The only other bill, which had
been previously approved by the
committee, provides for an appro
priation for a new library. This
bill will be permitted to go to the
legislature for final consideration.
O. A. C. Orchestra
To Give Concert at
Sunday Vesper Hour
An event of unusual significance
in the musical circles of O. A. C.
and the University will occur Sun
day afternoon, when the orchestra
from the Agriculture college will ap
pear in a concert in the music audi
torium. The entire program, which
begins at 4 o’clock and takes the
place of the usual vespers service,
will consist of selections from Bach,
renowned composer.
It is largely through the good will
of Marguerite MacManus, director
of the O. A. C. orchestra, that the
group has planned to make the trip
here Sunday. The courtesy of the
sister institution in sending its or
chestra for this appearance is par
ticularly pleasing to Dean John J.
Landsburv of the University school
of music.
The orchestra recently presented
the entire program in Corvallis and
as a result those who know music
were unstinted in their praise.
The double concerto in D major
and the Suite in D major are the
two features of the program. The
double concerto in D major will be
rendered by two young violin solo
ists, Lucelia Bates, 13, and Howard
Halbert, 14. The other feature in
cludes all the strings of the orches
tra, three trumpets, two oboes, and
the tympani.
The orchestra has requested that
Miss Miriam Little, instructor in
the University music school, play
the first solo cello in the concerto
in G major. This number will em
ploy three violins, three violin
cellos, the double bass, and three
violas.
Bertha Lum’s Prints
To Be on Exhibition
A 'group of Bertha Lum’s prints
have been placed on exhibition at
the Murray Warner art museum for
the next ten days. The pictures
characterize the spirit of the Chinese
race and the oddity of many of j
their customs. This is shown in one ''
painting finished in bright reds and
yellows which portrays a funeral j
procession in all the glory of its
banners'and gay Tobes. A moon
light scene, silhouetting the pic
turesque dwellings with few per
sons still on the streets, depicts still
another view of the Orient.
Cellar Honors Bring
Sigma Chis Reward
says we don’t rate
' *eups?” say the Sigma
Chis today.
For Thursday evening they
were awarded another trophy to
add to their already impressive
and awe-inspiring collection.
The cup itself was beautiful—
a handsome tomato can—set on
a pedestal and draped with vel
vet, presented to them by the
Chi Psi Lodge as holders of
cellar honors in scholarship fall
term, an honor the Chi Psis them
selves claimed spring term last
year.
It took the whole Chi Psi
Lodge, with the aid of kitchen
utensils from Beta Theta Pi and
Chi Psi, Inc., to make the pre
sentation.
Shortly after dinner, armed
with their various and sundry
“musical” instruments, they
started a procession from their
abode to the Sigma Chi corner,
stopping to serenade in front of
each sorority and frat house.
Their welcome was warm.
They made their presentation,
sang some songs and cheered
some cheers amid adverse condi
tions, namely—water bags.
The Sigma Chis declare they
will keep the cup safely and re
turn it to its former owners next
term.
Hopkins, Carr,
To Give Recital
Monday at 8:15
Concert to Have 4 Sections,
One of Which Pianist’s
Own Compositions
The recital to he given Monday,
February 14, by Gene Carr, bari
tone, and George Hopkins, pianist,
will be held in the Music Auditor
ium at 8:15 p. in. ,T. H. Mueller, as
sistant professor of sociology, will
accompany Mr. Carr on the piano.
The concert has been grouped in
four .sections, each one' of which
is characteristic of some particular
country or artist. The first group
which consists of two delightful
Spanish selections, and the third,
a set*of Russian songs which were
chosen primarily because of the in
terest evidenced lately in them by
the musical public, will be present
ed bv Mr. Carr.
All arrangements of three pieces,
which were composed by Mr. Hop
kins and of which “The Melting
Pot from Manhattan Suite” will
make its debut, will be played by
tlie instructor during the second
part of the program. The last group
has been selected from the most
familiar compositions of Chopin,
Brahms, and Rubenstein, and will
be played by Mr. Hopkins.
The following is the program:
Lungi Dal Caro Bede . Secchi
Vittoria, Mio Core . Carissimi
Mr. Carr
Mazurka
Andante in B Minor . Hopkins
The Melting Pot from Manhattan
Suite . Hopkins
To the Children .Rachmaninoff
Over the Steppe . Gretchaninoff
The Nightingale and the Rose -■
. Korsakoff
O Thou Billowy Harvest Field .
. Rachmaninoff
Mr. Carr
Berceuse . Chopin
Valse, Op 42 . Chopin
Etude, Op 10 No. 7 . Chopin
Gavotte .*. Brahms
Staccato Etude . Rubenstein
Mr. Hopkins
The concert will be open to the
public.
Maddox Absent Due
To Father’s Death
William P. Maddox, instructor in
political science, has been absent
from his classes for several days
this past week on account of the
death of his father in Maryland. It
is not definitely known when he will
return.
Grenfell Book on Sale
At Y. W. C. A. Bungalow
Anyone interested in obtaining a
copy of the booklet which Dr. Wil
fred T. Grenfell offered for sale at
the assembly Thursday, concerning
Labrador, can obtain one at the Y.
W. C. A. bungalow.
The money derived from the sale
will be used to help the hospital in
Labrador in which Dr. Grenfell is
interested.
i Oregon Cagers
Defeat Aggies
Orangemen Trounced at Corvallis by 28-12
Count; Webfoots Take Early
Lead in Scoring
Okerberg And Westergren Lead
Webfoots With Eight Points Apiece
Washington Defeat by Idaho Vandals Sends
Leinon-Yellow Stock Soaring
Errors in Fall Term
Grade List Corrected
By Registrar’s Office
The Gamma Phi Beta sorority,
which was placed 16th on the grade
list for fall term at the. University,
should be in seventh place, with
45.4146 points instead of 40.911, it
was announced at the registrar’s
office yesterday.
A mistake in figures also caused
the Delta Gamma sorority to be
placed 13th on tho list with a rat
ing of 41.446, instead of 42.446,
which would make them change
places with tho Girl’s Oregon Club,
listed as 12th.
In addition to counting the num
ber of hours, average hours passed
by each member, and average grade
of hours passed, it is necessary,
when making the house rating, to
average the grades of every student
registered in the University.
Frosh Basketeers
Lose to Aggie Rooks
At Corvallis, 23 to 11
Line-up:
Freshmen (11) (23) Rooks
Robie (4)
Chastain (1)
Coleman (2)
Potts
Clarke (1)
Substitution:
(3) Hart
(4) Mills
(2) Torson
Drager
(6) O’Bryan
Frosh, Hydom, 1;
Dowsett, 1; McDonald, 1. Rooks,
Tippery, 2; Price, 6.
Referee, Paluso. Umpire, Mul
ligan.
The Oregon frosh failed to set
a good example for the varsity in
their hoop tilt with the Aggie rooks
yesterday which served as a pre
liminary for the big game, and the
latter won by a 23 to 11 score.
The frosh were troubled much
by the lack of a center who could
compete with Torson, Aggie rook
who towers among the stars, and
were forced to let the Aggies hold
tlie ball until openings appeared.
Coleman played center, but Torson
was almost a foot taller than the
freshman.
Ken Robie, freshman forward,
put up a good brand of ball for the
losers, making two nice shots
while hurried. O’Bryan and Price
of the rooks shared in leading their
team with six points apiece.
Camp Cooking Course
To be Given in Spring
The camp coojcing course for men,
Miss Tingle announces, will be giv
en again next term.
The course is designed for the
convenience of those who plan to
be at the recreation camps, or to
do forestry work, as well as for
those who expect to be bachelors
and survive. It was first installed
at the request of the geology majors
who found it especially useful in
their field work. From them it has
spread to all departments, with the
physical education majors and the
law students rivaling in interest.
Simplified cooking, so handy at
the picnic or the summer camp, is
what the course teaches. Although
it is designed principally for men,
there are usually a few women,
often majors in education or in
physical education, who enroll. Last
school year, there were five courses
given in the three terms. Spring is
the most popula'r season for the
course, and last year’s attendance
of about 80 is expected to be re
peated.
The class spring term is scheduled
for Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10
o’clock, but Miss Tingle announces
that she will arrange another class
if there is sufficient demand. Any
one who desires to take the course
is urged to see her at once.
Lineups:
Oregon (28) (12) O. A. C.
Gunther (1)
Ridings (5)
Okerberg (8)
Milligan (6)
f (2) Patterson
f (1) Shreeve
c Savory
g (4) Burr
Westergren (8) g (3) Graap
Subs: O. A. C.: Aase (2), Har
tung, Matthews. Referee: Mul
ligan. Umpire: Paluso.
By HAROLD MANGUM
rT'IIE Oregon basketball team
marched s step nearer the cham
pionship play-off in McArthur court
'v i t h California
last night by
trouncing the Ag
gies in Beaver
land by* a 28 to
12 score. After
1 the first five min
j utes, the result of
the game was
never in doubt,
the Oregon de
fense being- en
tirely too tight
for the Orange
men. Westergren
Coach Reinhart of the Webfoots
had the game doped to perfection.
He figured that if the Aggie scoring
could be stopped, the Oregonians
would find enough points lying
around to win the tussle. His as
signments were as follows: Gordon
Hidings, sophomore forward, took
over Bill Burr, Aggie long-shot art
ist; Jerrv Gunther took charge of
Ray Graap, Aggie captain and bas
ket maker; Roy Okerberg joined
hands with Jack Savory, Beaver
captain; Swede Westergren drew
Frank Patterson, Aggie pivot man;
and Scotty Milligan (got Orrjte
Shreeve, diminutive Aggie forward.
Ridings Handles Burr
Gordon Ridings got along right
well with Mr. Burr, making five
points to four for the Roseburgher.
Ridings was all hopped up, and
gave Burr a merry evening that was
reminiscent of the Burr-Jost feud
of last year, only more so, as Gor
don’s tactics are not so gentle as
those used by Jost. Westergren had
lots of fun with Patterson and
Mathews, who replaced him, show
ing his heels on numerous occasions,
and twinkling all over the floor to
lead both the offense and defense.
Patterson made but one basket, and
that was a long heave from mid
floor. Mathews made nothing.
Okerberg had quite a bit of fun
with Savory and Aase, in' his dig
nified manner, and outscored both
of them by a four to one edge. Mil
ligan made Shreeve look bad, and
held Hartung scoreless when that
hombro went in. Gunther and Graap
waged a private war of their own,
galloping all over the floor, and
making faces and remarks that are
not thought exactly nide around
the best young ladies’ seminaries.
Graap made 3 points and Gunther
one, so Jerry is not quite satisfied.
Oregon Starts Scoring
The teams were on edge as the
game started. O. A. C. gained the
ball on the first tipoff, although
Okerberg jumped higher than did
Savory. The Aggies opened with a
rush and worked the ^all rapidly
down the floor to Burr, their shoot
ing specialist, who missed. The Ag
gies tried frantically to slip in the
first marker, but were wild and
twico passed out of bounds. After
a minute of play Okerberg fouled
Burr, and the Orange luminary
missed both tries for the hoop. A
moment later, the procedure was
reversed, but Okerberg made his
attempts good, and Oregon had a
two point lead.
The Aggies attempted to use their
middle threat which evolves from
the tipoff, but Oregon smeared it.
Patterson got the ball in midfloor,
and shot perfectly, knotting the
score at two all. Ridings took a
long shot but hit the rim. On a
follow-in, he scored from under the
twine. The play was fast and rough
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