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V NUMBER «<? Debate Team To Make Trip To Salt Lake Democracy to Be Topic Of Meet With Utah University Montana, Washington, Reed College Follow Freshman Debaters Meet Linfiehl College *T'OMORROW noon Benoit Mo -■- Croskey and Donald Beelar, varsity debaters, will leave for Salt Lake City to debate the University of Utah. The question for discus sion is: Resolved, That Democracy is a Failure. The Oregon men will uphold the negative of the question. Both McCrosTcey and Beelar, who are juniors, were varsity debaters last year. They will leave on the Shasta at noon. After the two debaters return to the Oregon campus, .Ronald, Me Creiglit, sophomore, and Benoit, Mc Croskey are scheduled to go to Se attle to debate the University of Washington on the same side of the question, March 31. Team Debates Montana In the first debate of the term. March 2, Jack Hempstead and Dud ley Clark meet the University of Montana before the Portland Cham ber of Contrm'crce at noon on the ne- • gafcive of the question: Resolved, That the Eighteen Amendment Should be so Modified as to Per mit the Manufacture and Sale of Light Wines and Beers. Sidney Mc Carthy and James Beck are the Montana debaters. In the afternoon the Oregon rep resentatives will debate Reed Col lege before the Reed assembly, up holding the same side of the ques tion. On the night of March 2, Ore gon again meets the University of Montana in a radio debate over rad io station KOIN, at the Portland ■News. Hempstead and Clark have the negative of the prohibition ques tion in this match also. Coach Accompanies Men J. K. Horner, debate coach, Wal ter Durgan, debate manager, and Roland Davis will accompany the team to Portland to hear these con tests. Davis and Durgan are to de bate against -the University of Ari zona later, on the same question. This afternoon at 3:00, Alonzo Jasmin, freshman in pre-law, and Eugene Laird, freshman in journal ism, will debate Linfield .college here on the question: Resolved, That we Should Have a Unified Na tional Criminal Code and Procedure Here. The freshmen women’s schedule is nearly complete. Florence Mc Nerney and Margaret Edmunson will represent Oregon against Lin field college on April 20 on the af firmative of the question: Resolved, That Democracy Has Been Extend ed Too Far in the United States. Sylvia Seymour and Eleanor Poor man will debate Pacific college on the question: Resolved, That Wom en’s Place is in the Home. Neither the date nor the side of the ques tion each team is to uphold has been decided. Craftsman Club Has Nominations Tonight New officers for the Craftsman club will be nominated tonight at the short business meeting to be held at 7:30 in the club. After the regular business there will be a short program of piano music by Janet Chalmers and a trumpet duet by Raymond Hall and William Sievers, followed by refreshments. The meeting will adjourn early to allow Master Masons to attend the Eugene lodge No. 11 where two third degrees will be put on. Prominent Fraternity Man Dies in Illinois William C. Levere, eminent su preme recorder of Sigma Alpha Ep silon and a man well known in Greek letter organizations, died Tuesday afternoon at Evanston, Il linois. “Billy,” as he was known by all the members of tlje fraternity, has been very active in building up the organization and every mem ber is in mourning. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at Evanston. George Joseph, president of the local chapter of S. A. E., said yes terday that the formal dance, which has been planned for Friday night, will not be postponed. Kitchen ‘Netted’ Tea Nabiscos Are Scarce YO HO and a bottle of rum—■ sounds good but it listens better to devotees of Women’s League Thursday afternoon teas expressed as “yo ho and a cup of tea.” And if you have a pull with one of the freshman girls serving, chalk up about three more in your favor for the time has been known for a tea goer received more than her two al lotted wafers. The process is a surreptitious one though, and must be carried out in a manner somewhat skill ful. It usually is, but even then, a whisper is oftimes heard some thing like this, “Say, see if ya’ can sneak a few more wafers out of the kitchen for us.” And there are more ways than one which the co-eds practice to appease their craving for tea— last Thursday a couple of them j managed to be served three times by getting up and moving to a different place after each course. Dancing is to start this after noon at 4:45 and tea will be served at the regular hours, from Next Saturday j 4 to 6. Practice Meet Scheduled Half-Mile .Men Laboring To Get in Condition; Colds Hit Team The several inches of rain that fell last week-end caused the post- j ponement of the Saturday track ; meet, but the intensive soaking put ; the track in the best condition that ; it has been this year, according to j Bill Hayward, Oregon coach. The competition that was sched uled t.o take place last Saturday i will be run off this week-end, and two or three events may be added. 1 The milers will probably get the j call, but Hayward had not definite- ! lv decided yesterday afternoon. ; The half mile men are working hard trying to get in condition and Hayward has them throwing the discus in order to increase their en durance. The half mile, according to the coach, will probably be one of the weakest events on the varsity line-up. Pat McGinnis, two furlong artist, is not in school this term. If he returns, he will probably be a great help to the track team, Hayward said. Several of the Oregon track men have been sick with colds and have not been able to turn out regularly. This has made it impossible to get an accurate estimate of the ma terial for the present season. The men in the weight events are working for form, but the weather conditions have prevented them from getting into good enough con dition to try for distance without running too big a chance on injur ing themselves. For the same reason all the races are being run shorter than the reg ular distances. The milers are run ning three-quarters, the half milers i gallop 600 yards and the 440 men I run 300 yards. International Relations Group Discusses Oil _ About forty faculty members and ! students attended the second meet ing of the International Relations : club in the College Side Inn last night. Professor H. C. Frame, of | the economics department, spoke on ‘ the “Effect of Oil on International Relations.” He discussed the oil : regions in Mexico, Russia, Mosul ; and Persia, and the struggle for j control of oil fields in those re | gions. No definite organization was de cided upon and the meetings are still open. The topic for discussion two weeks hence will be China. Profes sor Walter Barnes will lead the meeting. Block Prints Exhibited At Warner Art Museum Eight block prints by Bertha Lum, one of the most famous of the modern block print artists, will be on exhibition for another week at the Murray Warner Art Museum. The pictures are a realistic pictur J ization of China, depicting numer i ous familiar and strange scenes from | that part of the Orient. Plii Mu Alpha To Entertain At Assembly Men to Present Program Of Instrumental and Vocal Numbers April Tour Plans Made By Members of Group Organization to Broadcast Over Radio A PROGRAM of music, sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha, local chapter of Phi Mu Alpha, men’s national honorary music fraternity, will be the feature of this morning's as sembly program to be held at eleven o’clock in the main auditorium of the Woman’s building. This will be the second program given by Phi Mu during the school year. A similar program is given each term by members of the or ganization, said William Forbis, chairman of the assembly program. Portland Trip Planned Besides the assembly sponsored by the group, plans are being made for a trip t*» Portland, where the men will entertain at several of the Portland high schools and will also broadcast a program over the radio. This trip is scheduled for the week of April 10. The program follows: Trumpet solo by William Sievers, freshman. William Forbis, baritone, and Alan Christensen, tenor, will sing as a duo two numbers, “On Wings of Song,” by Mendelssohn, and “Ser enade,” by Schubert. They will be accompanied by Frances Wardner, sophomore. Flute Solo Scheduled The third number will be a flute ' solo, “Tourbillon,” and “Am Wal desbach,” by Krantz, played by Carrol Ilaeske and accompanied by Eliot Wright, sophomore in the school of music. Edward Best, junior, will play two violin solos, “Gypsy Serenade,” by Valdes, and “Dream of Love,” by Philip Potts. George Barron, sophomore, will play a piano solo, etude “Revolu tionary,” by Chopin. Donald Ostrander, junior, was scheduled to appear on the program, but due to illness, he will be unable to sing. Scholarships Offered To American Students By Polish Foundation A limited number of scholarships for study in Poland in 1927-28 are being offered American students by the Kosciuszko foundation. The scholarships, which are open to both men and women, carry a stipend of $600 a year and a steamship ticket. To be eligible for the scholar ships, the applicants must be Ameri can citizens; have a bachelor’s de gree from an American college or university; have the ability to do independent work, and have good moral character and adaptability. Applicants must also have some knowledge of Polish and a desire to learn the language. The successful applicants are per mitted to choose the university they wish to attend and may secure a re newal of the scholarship if their work is satisfactory. The principal universities in Poland are located in Warsaw, Cracow, Vilna, and Pozan (Posen). These cities have circles of very highly cultured peo ple, said Dr. George Kebec, dean of the graduate school, and those who win the awards will have a very fine opportunity to observe life in j the best circles of Poland. _ W. A. A. Elections to be Held This Afternoon A Women's Athletic mass meeting will be held this afternoon at 4:15 in room 101 of the Woman’s build ing. It is especially important that all members be present, said Myrtle Mast, president, because elections are going to be made at this time. A president, vice-president, sec retary and treasurer and head of hiking are the officers up for elec tion. It is necessary to hold elec tions at this time so that the new president may attend the W. A. A. convention at Cornell spring term. A committee composed of Margaret Pepoon, chairman, Vesta Scholl, Arliene Butler, Miss Alden and i Myrtle Mast, has made nominations, ! but others may be made from the I floor. I JVee White Kitty Slain By Venomous Reptile INK lives took their depart •A- lire from this world in quick succession when a little white kitty chose a little lizard as its playmate at the Pi Phi | house last week. A good time was being enjoyed by all when the lizard became af fectionate and bit the kitty on the cheek, in spite of the kitty whiskers. Heart-broken by the treacher ous betrayal of his new-found friend, the poor little kitty re tired to his comer, turned over on his side, and pulled an Ederle across the River Styx. “What ho!” cried a gallant knight of the shovel, striding manfully upon the scene. “Hath homicide or suicide been com mitted?’ ’ “Yea, and neither!” cried the fair damsel. “Forsooth, yon rep tile hath committed a foul deed on our worthy feline friend.” “Zounds! Gadzooks! — Odds Bodkins! It cannot was. It should not ought to has been!” shouted Sir Knight, brandishing his stout shovel and allowing same to sev er connections of the head and body of the venomous lizard. Ceremonious cremation then took place in the dungeon of the castle and the wee white kitty departed, to join Cleopatra, Cae sar. Napoleon and all the rest of ’em. Male Chorus to Be Introduced In Junior Revue Tryouts Start on March 5: Manuscripts for Plot Submitted Junior Revue tryouts will begin Saturday afternoon, March 5, when specialty talent for the various skits will appear before George Eisen, as sistant director of the revue, and his committee of judges. Character and chorus try outs take place the iirst week of spring term. Place of tryouts will be announced by Be noit McCroskey, general chairman Benoit McCroskeyiu charge of the affair, as soon as arrangements have been completed. Tentative plans for this year’s revue show an innovation in the choruses. Three dancing choruses will be used, which will include a beauty chorus and a pony chorus of women supplemented by a chorus of men. This plan is used at the Uni versity of Oklahoma, Stanford, and other large institutions. McCroskey has just received a letter from the director of the Okla homa musical production held last year in which he tells of the popu larity of the musical comedy idea there. He writes that it was neces sary for him to refuse invitations from 14 cities to play the show. The book, music and lyrics for the production were written entirely by Oklahoma students and it is the in tention of the Junior Revue com mittee to carry out this same plan here. “It is imperative that a large number turn out for parts in the Revue,” McCroskey declared last night. “At Stanford nearly one half of the entire feminine contin gent and almost an equal number of men try out every year for the annual musical comedy there. Sev eral hundred at least should be on hand for the chorus tryouts spring term. It is most important that all blues singers, banjoists, eccentric and soft shoe dancers, in fact all manner of specialty talent aspiring for a place in the Revue, be present for the tryouts March 5.” Until a definite decision has been made as to the name for this year’s production it will be known as the Junior Revue, McCroskey said. Considerable interest has been shown in the writing of the Revue, several clever manuscripts having I been submitted to the judges. Zero hour for the turning in of manu scripts is the week before spring va cation. Selection of the manuscript to be used will be made during the j vacation period and earnest prae j tice on the show will begin direct j ly after the tryouts scheduled for j the first week of next term. Fifth Annual Dance Drama Set For April Grehesis, Mu Phi Epsilon To Combine in This Year’s Program McDonald Theater Is Scene of Event Three Distinct Divisions Feature of Acts ■ RIVALING the- canoe fete in beauty as one of the artistic productions of the year, the Dance Drama will he presented Thursday, April 7, at the McDonald theater, under the auspices of Orchesis, women’s dancing honorary, and Mu Phi Epsilon, women’s music honor Thore will be three parts to the Dance Drama this year; a series of group and individual dances, a mus ical program and “Fantastique,” an adaptation of “The Birthday of the Infanta,” by Oscar Wilde. Staging and costuming will be under the direction of members of the two organizations, instead of in the hands of the art classes, as was the ease the last two years. Mrs. Me Ginty’s class in book and poster is making twenty-five posters which will be placed around the campus and town to advertise the produc tion. Ticket Sale in March lu order to avoid the confusion ; that resulted in the seating arrange ments last year, the tickets, which will be placed on sale the first week in March, will be exchanged at the j theater the day of the performance. Individual seats will not be reserved, but there will be reserved sections. ] This marks the fifth anniversary > of the Dance Drama. Many of the i active members of Orchesis have taken part in two of the former pre- j sentations, while Betty Lewis and Helen Robson have had parts in three of them, and Kitty Sartain in all four. They will also have im portant parts in this year’s pro gram. “Dream Gate” First Drama The first Dance Drama was given I by a group of girls interested in dancing; there was at that time no Orchesis. It was produced at Guild theater, and the theme was “Dream Gate,” from which “The Magic Garden,” given at Play Day last spring, was adapted. “The Magic Garden” was also given at the Art Critique banquet this year and at the recent performance of “Faust” at the Heilig theater. “The Cycle of Hours,” the second production, was sponsored by the Associated Students, and the pro gram was divided with the Univer sity orchestra. The “Hours” began with dawn and ended with the night. Third Drama by Moore The third Dance Drama was put on in the Woman’s building by Or (Continued on page two) University Faculty Members Will Give Talks in High Schools A number of lectures have been scheduled by the Extension Divi sion for this week and next. W. G. Beattie, lecturer, is in Ben ton ".nd Folk counties this week. He plans to visit the high schools in Monroe, Bellfountain, Philomath, Independence, Monmouth, Itickreall, Dallas, and Falls City. Mrs. Alice Henson Ernst, profes sor in English, will speak before the Salem Women’s club, Saturday, Feb ruary lid, on “New Trends in the American Theatre. ’’ Miss Mozelle Hair, director of correspondence study, will lecture before the parent-teachers associa tion at .function City Tuesday, March 1. “Parents and School; Partners in Child Culture,’’ will be her subject. Edwin Ross Holds Job Of Production Manager E. Edwin Ross, who was on the campus fall term, is now employed as production manager of the Bots ford-Constantine advertising firm in the Seattle office. While on the campus, Ross has had charge of the advertising lab oratory where the advertisements for the Emerald were composed. Ho also was national advertising editor of the Emei'ald, a member of Alpha Delta Sigma, national advertising fraternity, and Theta Chi. He is a junior and was from As i toria. Ford's Tires Stolen By “Nerviest Man” HE nerviest man in tlie -I-world—that’s who I’m look ing for and I don’t mean may be!” are the sentiments of Har old Houser, senior in business ad. It seems that he left his little plav-mate, a Ford touring car, standing in front of the Sigma Pi Tau house last evening and went to the Oregon-O. A. C. game with his brothers. When he returned he found that he was not the only thing that had been afoot. Some light fingered fellow had pinched his spare tire, and, to make the haul worth while, also lifted the left front one off of his car. Whoever made the attack had to work out in the street disguised as a col lege man and complete the job between the time the fellows from the house were going and returning from the game. There were probably fewer people on the streets than ordin arily because of the game last night, but, as previously decided, whoever pulled the job had lots of nerve. Feature Match Won by Leslie in Sfjuasli Tourney Abercrombie Upsets Dope By Putting Mead Out Of Running Latent talent, long undiscovered, within the person of Spike Leslie, amiable freshman basketball coach, was brought to light yesterday afternoon when it was proven to Mel Cohn that Mr. Leslie was not only well-versed in the court game but is also most agile and effective in the pastime known as squash. From a dark horse of the very darkest hue, Mr. Leslie, by squash ing Mel, a seeded player, to the tunes of 15 to 12, and 15 to 7, sud denly made himself a strong con tender for the school title. Then, to add to the elation of the physical education office. Pro fessor Ed Abercrombie surprised himself as much as anybody by put ting George Mead among the has beens. Abbie was at his best in the first game which he won in easy fashion, 15-11. Mead came back in the second canto and put up some stiff opposition, but Abercrombie’s powerful forehand and excellent con trol finally triumphed, 18-15. Bill Powell came through as ex pected with a win from Isaac Fcves, 15-5, 18-10. As the score indicates, the second game was a battle, be ing the closest of the tournament yet played. • In the only other match played, Clare Hartman, who is doped by many to win the title, took an easy win from II. Maier by scores of 15-11 and 15-10. Hartman’s form in this match Bliowed that he has not been over-rated. All other first round matches must be played tomorrow, according to Abercrombie, who is in charge of the tourney. Players are expected to get in touch with their oppon ents and arrange their own games. Second round matches should bo played as soon as possible, so that the finals may be reached next week. O.A.C. Defeat Aids Oregon’s Title Chances i Aggies Provide Strongest Opposition of Year for Webfoot Team Burr Almost Upsets Dope by Brilliant Shots Westergren Starts Rally Resulting in Victory Lineups: Oregon (34) (26) 0. A. C. Gunther (2) f (2) Hartung Ridings (8) f Patterson Okerberg (9) c (6) Savory Milligan (6) g (13) Burr Westergren (9) g (3) Grasp Subs: O. A. C., Mathews (1). Referee, Mulligan. Umpire, Paluso. ' I 'HE Oregon basketball team (lung to its precarious perch on the top rung of the northern confer once ladder Tues day night, by re pulsing the Ore gon Aggies, 34 to 25, in one of the fiercest and hard est fought games ever played here. T li e Orangemen had their dander up, and played sensational ball, especially during the second half when they staged westergren one shooting spree in which they made Hi points to Oregon’s two, and came from behind with the score 21 to S against them. The Oregon team looked' impres sive in its last period rally after the Aggies had twice spurted ahead, and may have retained enough gin ger to overcome Washington here Saturday night in a tilt which will decide the northern crown. If the Welifoots win they will meet Cali fornia for the coast championship here March 11, 4, and 5, hut if the Huskies win, a playoff will be nec essary to decide the northern de fenders. O. A. C. can give the Web foots the title on a platter, though, by beating Washington tomorrow night at Corvallis. In that case, Saturday night’s mix will be only a matter of form, as Washington has already lost two games, and Oregon only one. Ridings First to Score The game started tensely, both teams checking hard, but with the Webfoots breaking a bit faster and getting six shots at the basket be fore Ridings looped in the ball. Ridings’ score came on a short pass from Okerberg after three and a half minutes of swift action. Wes tergren counted an instant later when Patterson was detected shov ing him, making the score 11 to 0 for Oregon. Then the middle threat got to working. This play, carefully hoard ed by the Aggies all year, was flashed into action, and after a be wildering series of perfectly timed j passes. Burr scored from under the net. The maneuver was repeated instantly, and the Aggies led 4 to 3 at the five-minute mark. Oregon i Continued on page three) Period of 1914-18 Dark Doldrums In History of Oregon Basketball No Victory in Eleven Games Marked 1917 Season, . When Multnomah Upset Varsity, 33-3 The basketball /season of 1914 was one of the most disastrous that a University of Oregon quintet has ever encountered since the adoption of the game in 1898. Fifteen games were played and the lemon-yellow was victorious only four times. The 1914 season saw Hugo Bezdek again at the helm of Oregon’s bas ketball ship without a first-string forward. This dearth of material had much to do with placing the Webfoots on the lowest rung of the percentage ladder in the western division of the conference. The for ward positions wero left vacant through the graduation of Dean Walker and the decision of Boylen and Brooks to quit basketball. A supply of guards on hand gave Bez dek opportunity to make several into forwards, and Itiee and Wolcott held down these two positions. Out of the six games played with O. A. 0. that year, only two were won. The other two were won from W. IS. and University of Washing ton. Members of the squad included ! Captain Carl B. Fentoln, center; j Chester Wolcott, Donald B. Rice, Les ter Koch, Glenn C. Wheeler, for wards; and Robert C. Bradshaw and Clifford M. Sims, guards. The year 1915 saw Oregon’s in terest in basketball still waning. This season’s standing placed them one notch from the bottom, O. A. C. holding down the cellar berth. Coach j lingo Bezdek faced the necessity of building a new team as only one I letterman reported. Oregon’s team that year was light and fast. A trip north, playing Washington, Idaho, and W. S. C., with several practice games, proved too much of i a grind and the Webfoots lost four ! conference games. Members of the team included Captain Boylen, Wheeler, Sharp, Morton, L. Bigbee and C. Bigbee. As a climax to the lagging in terest in basketball, the University was not represented on the maple court during the 1916 season. In terfraternity hoop games were the (Continued on page two)