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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1927)
V Girl’s Vie With Utah in First Home Debate Audience Closely Divided In Selecting Winner Of Contest McKercher and Leach Uphold Side of Oregon Place of Fraternities in College Life, Topic BALLOTS cast bv the audience were so closely divided that no decision was reached in selecting the winning side in the debate be tween Oregon and Utah women last night in the Music building. Ke solved, that social fraternities and sororities should be abolished from American college campuses, was the question for discussion, and Cecil McKercher and Marion Leach rep resented Oregon on the negative of the question. Susy Clark and Emily Lvnch composed the team from the University of Utah. Basing their argument on the points that fraternities and soror ities are of benefit to colleges soc ially, that they are of aid in solving housing problems, that they accom plish disciplinary functions, and that they keep alumni in touch with the alma mater, the affirmative came to the conclusion that the good outweighs the bad and that benefits overshadow defects in fra ternity life. Utah Arguments Given That houses contribute nothing of value that can’t be obtained outside fraternities, that their cost is ex orbitant, that they hamper indiv idualism, and that members are se lected en the basis of social func tion, wealth or athletics, was the arugment put for by the Utah de baters. “Every one is molded by ihis fra ternity, in fact it serves as a reg ular fraternity mold,” said Miss Clark in her rebuttal speech. “Fra ternities and sororities squelch in dividualism. It is not a matter of individual opinion and selection, but members must conform to group sentiment and rules.” To the argu ment of the affirmative that houses, instead of really raising their schol arships in the last few years as the negative pointed out, have merely acquired “A” students to bring up the averages of “D” students, Miss McKercher in her rebuttal speech contended that scholarship is based on all the members of houses, and that all have to keep up the aver age. Social Contact Declared Aid Miss Leach in the first construc tive speech for the negative said fraternities have proved themselves capable of giving benefits by ^he advantages obtained from mingling with a group of thirty or forty per sons, self-selected groups which de velop socialization, tolerance, cap ability to understand faults and to tolerate them, contact with other people, poise, and self-confidence. They have solved the housing prob lem, made homecoming a success be cause of encouragement to alumni to come back, acted as disciplinary bodies by means of upperclass coun cil and the practice of national or ganizations to hold chapters respon sible. Miss Lynch, first constructive speaker for the affirmative, stated that fraternities are not a natural grouping, that they have no means of knowing that the athletes they rush continually will have brotherly love. ■‘‘They say we gain brotherly love and sisterly love,” she said, “but it leads to pretentiousness, and con tributes nothing more than contact with people and social polish.” She contended that creative thinking is forgotten, that nothing is discussed but commonplaces, and that all thinking is done with the group. D. S. Talmadge Featured In ‘Oregon Exchanges’ The Oregon Exchanges, a pub lication printed for the newspaper folk of Oregon, has just been re leased from the University press. D. S. Talmadge, a veteran of' newspaper work in cities large and small, and who now has a column in the editorial page of the Oregonian, has an article on pleasing the public with the news story, showing the importance of tact and sometimes flattery in writing newspaper ar ticles. There are also several other articles dealing with topics of in terest to the newspaper world. A series of personals telling the whereabouts of newspaper men in the state fills about half of the mag azine. Critic Praises Performance of Portland Symphony Orchestra Well-Chosen Program Reflects Artistry of Leader And Musicians; Audience Responsive By H. M. C. Last night, at McArthur court, the Portland Symphony orchestra, under the direction of Willem van Hoogstraten, appeared in concert, before a large and appreciative aud ience. The program was well-chosen and executed with a brilliance tem pered by reserve that betokens a well-disciplined and talented group. As regards the mere rendition, the performance was excellent and gave substantial evidence in support of the claim made for it, that its rank ing is of a very high order. The organization, composed of some seventy musicians, presented an imposing though anomolous ap pearance in a setting that is not wholly conducive to such purposes. It is not the writer’s intention to belabor the issue, but the fact can not be utterly ignored that the pa vilion was not intended to be a con cert hall. Without dwelling on such observations as the distracting in fluence of an arena-like atmosphere with its various accoutrements, all of which is especially annoying to one sensitive to the unity of a sit uation, suffice it to say that the acoustics were distortive. In maes toso passages, under full orchestra tion, the brass and percussion choirs were violently exercised by the re bounding echoes, so that at times tlie wood-winds and strings were eclipsed in the swelling volume of sound. Under these circumstances that necessary and delicate balance of the orchestral choirs was lost, as well as the more subtle 'artistic effects—and yet the writer knows that Mr. van Hoogstraten has a keen sense for that fundamental element of symphonic technique. It is necessary then to make drastic allowance for this irremediable fac tor, of which no further mention will be made. The program opened with the Eg mont Overture of Beethoven, which derives its name from Goethe’s dra matic hero. This number was chosen to commemorate the onc-liundredth anniversary of the composer’s death. It is one of his finest works, repre senting his turbulent yet austere spirit in massive harmonies, and was executed with a saliency and pre cision befitting his classic style.. The symphony followed -— the “Pathetique” of Tschaikowsky. It was his last and probably his great est composition, and carries within itself the tragedy not only of Rus sia but of our whole humanity. Al though he spurned the title of trag edy, Tschaikowsky nevertheless here exhibits its musieal counterpart. He speaks of the work as embodying (Continued on %>age two) April 2 Set as Date for Annual Woman’s Frolic Committee Heads Named By Chairman; Class Stunts Planned The one time of the year when all igoorl women on the campus get together and all men get left out is provided by April Frolic, spon sored annually by Women ’s League, and which will be given this year Saturday evening, April 2, in the women’s gymnasium. This announcement destroys all previous rumor that April Frolic might be postponed until a later date. Catherine Struplere, general chairman, has appointed chairmen of various committees, and they will begin work at once. They are: food, Catherine Dorris; seating, Gladys Grant; program, Hope Crouch; judges, Katherine Mehl; admission, Jane Cochran; publicity, Margaret Long; clean up, Berl Harrah; music, Dorothy Cleveland; patronesses, Dorothy Bell Endicott. Stunt heads are: seniors, Lee Luders; juniors, Katherine Mutzig; sophomores, Ma rion Look; freshmen, Virginia Coke. Until last year stunts were put on by women’s living organizations, half of them performing one year and alternating the next time. Be cause of the length of time it took for so many acts, this plan was changed and last year each class worked out a stunt and produced it. A silver cup is given yearly to the group giving the best stunt, it be ing awarded that evening after the judges’ decision. The admission charge is 25 cents and refreshments, 10 cents. Due to the fact that this is the only affair of the year exclusively for women, it should be successful, says Miss Struplere. Proceeds will go to Women’s League Foreign Scholar ship Fund. April Frolic is a costume event and a prize is given to the best eos I tume. Seats in the balcony of the gymnasium are sold to women spec ; tators. I__ Graduate of ’25 Visits Campus En Route South Miss Katherine H. Bald, Oregon ’25, is on the campus for a two days’ visit on her way from Port land to San Francisco. Miss Bald, who is a member of the advertising staff of the Schlesingers, owners of the Olds, Wortman and King depart ment store in Portland and a store in San Francisco and Oakland, has been transferred from Portland to the San Francisco and Oakland stores. She is to have charge of fashion advertising in the com pany’s offices in those cities. Miss Bald, since her graduation, has been | continuously engaged in advertising work in Portland. While on the 1 c-ampus she is the guest of Miss i Irene Whitfield and Miss Andree | Pellion, of the Oregon faculty. Webby’s Mystic Number to Don Its Spring Garb Detectives, Secret Cults Featured in Issue Of Next Week The Mystic number of Webfoot is due to appear early next week, according to Rolf Klep, editor, who, promises an exceptional edition of the magazine. One of the big things in the com ing issue is a thrilling detective story by Art Sehoeni, that will give the most passive reader a chill. For the benefit of those who wish to try their luck at writing these kind of stories, Bob Yoke has written full instructions, that have been ap proved by authors of note and notoriety. An anonymous treatise on Secret Cults brings to the.public eye the doings of the numerous under-cover organizations that have been threat ening to disrupt the balance of the nation's religious system. This is illustrated with rare photolitho graphed steel engraved half-tones, taken at great risk of bodily harm to the photographer. Jim Rodgers and Harriet Atchison have drawn numerous pictures in black and white that add a great deal to the inside content of the Mystic number. The cover is a fan tastic one drawn by Klep and will have no color except black and white. Although the magazine is appear ing late in the term it will serve as a distraction to some and a relaxa tion to others, according to how hard they are studying for finals. Women’s Basketball Title to Be Decided Tonight; Teams Tied The two last games of the sea son will be the deciding ones in girls ’ basketball—the one on Tues day between the junior and sopho more first teams, and the one on Wednesday between the senior and freshman first teams. As it now stands, the freshman and sophomores are tied, and they each have one more game to play. From all indication these will both be hard-fought games and the scores will probably be close. All first teams were on the floor last night. The seniors won over the juniors by an uneven score of 41 to 8, but the freshman held the sophomores down to a 36 to 33 vic tory for the latter. The score was piled up by a basket for each side, several times evening up to a tie, until the last few minutes when the sophomores jumped ahead. The sophomore second team lost to the freshman seeond by a score of 25 to 28 last Friday, and was de feated by the junior second team last night 26 to 9. Today the sophomore and fresh man third teams will play. Wednes day will be the last day of the sea son, and the senior and freshman first teams and the junior and fresh man second teams will play. Skene Ranks Sports High In Colleges Oregonian Writer Says Athletics Not Over Emphasized Praises Oregon News Bureau as One of Best Contests Aid in Keeping School Before Alumni INTERCOLLEGIATE athletics are not over-emphasized, Don Skene, i former sports editor of the Chicago I Tribune foreign service in Europe, told an Emerald reporter, when in terviewed yesterday. Mr. Skene, now a member of the Oregonian staff, was one of the speakers at the state editors’ convention held on the campus Friday and Satur day. The apparent over-emphasis in ath letics is due to the ballyhoo the inter-collegiate athletics, and foot ball in particular, is receiving from the national press, according to Mr. Skene. Football, especially college football, because it is clean and spectacular, and because the partic ipants are doing their level best, has taken the country by storm. The ballyhoo is a direct result of the demand made by the public, he said. “The University of Oregon sports news bureau takes a back seat to no other in the country,” Mr. Skene ventured to say. “Oregon got rela tively more publicity out of the Washington game in the Portland papers, than any other school that I know received in any one city for any one game, except perhaps the Army-Navy game which was played in Chicago, and which was adver tised weeks in advance in the front pages in the Chicago dailies.” Grateful to Benefiel Mr. Skene said that he and the other newspaper men were partic ularly grateful for the treatment ! aecorde'd them by Jack Benefiel, graduate manager of Oregon. Type writers were furnished all news papermen desiring them at the Ore gon-Washington game, and between halves coffee, cake and sandwiches were served. Mr. Benefiel and his whole staff were of utmost assis tance to the newspaper men in furn ishing advance copy for the big Oregon-Washington game, Mr. Skene said. He especially commented on the pictures, cuts, mats and the many feature stories that were available. “Sports publicity is invaluable to any institution of higher learning” Mr. Skene said. “ft brings the alum ni and the student body together, and it helps to sell the school to the state. I think that the University of Oregon, and all other schools for that matter, gets between two and three times as much space on the sport pages than it does in all the other departments of the paper com bined. “The sport page is becoming a household utility. Everybody, fath er, mother, son and daughter read it. The best writers in the country are j doing their columns on the sport | page. Damon Runyon, Westbrook Pegler, Alan Gould, W. O. McGee j han, Henry L. Farrell, Grantland Rice, and many others could be feat ure writers in almost any depart ment, yet they cast their lot with the sports writers—the most read page in the whole newspaper.” Colleges May Add Features Mr. Skene said that the colleges in the west could do more in in creasing their feature services. The United Press, the Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Consolidated Press, Hearst services and many other news associations would be more than glad to print unusual feature stories connected with the athletic teams, but so far the supply has been far below the demand. “Those stories don’t bring much money through the gate,” Mr. Skene commented, “but they do serve to put the school on the map. On the whole they give the school valuable prestige. They bring the university to the alumni who are scattered in all parts of the country, since often one cannot bring the alumni to the university.” Mr. Skene predicted winning football teams for Oregon, under Captain McEwan. McEwan is one of the best known coaches in the country, and was very popular in the east, Mr. Skene said. McEwan was especially popular with news papermen, according to Mr. Skene, because he never tried to suppress ! news, and instead of taking a hard j boiled attitude he would cooperate I with the sports scribe. Conflicting Ambitions Reconciled Successfully by John Stark Evans Musical Career and Attempts to Become Soldier Told; Develops Glee Chib on Campus By L. A. P. Trench Jigging and piano playing are not often considered kindred occupations, 'but that the two can be made to go band in hand has been proved by John Stark Evans, conductor of the Oregon Glee club,, whose paradoxical predilections joined the two varied expressions of art without injuring his capa bilities in either. The contrasting aspirations which j Evans felt when he emerged from { a long siege at. the doors of a col legiate education several years ago j were an ambition to achieve fame in the musical world and a desire to enlist in the army. The former, quite to the contrary of the usual run of things, was easier than the latter. On six different occasions, from the beginning of the World War in Europe until the Armistice in lblS, did he endeavor to join the United States forces. He dashed madly front one recruiting office to another, all the way from California to Omaha, Neb., in his effort to become a soldier. Three or four times he succeeded in filling out application blanks, on ly to find that he was too late— that the required number of enlist ments had already been received and that he wasn’t needed just yet. He even at one time was issued a uniform, but the camp to which he was assigned disbanded before he got there and he had nothing to show for his pains but a pair of government B. V. IX’s, a none-too well tailored khaki outfit and a ruffled disposition. When the United States declared war his draft number was so far down on the list that he had prac tically no chance of being called. He was not through yet, however. He had been invited to Portland by John J. Landsbury, dean of the Oregon school of music, after he had failed to get a commission in Omaha in 1918, and there he made his final attempt to enlist. At last lie was successful. He was accept ed and shipped to Camp Lewis. But tough luck followed him again and the Armistice was signed before he had a chance to get overseas. “But I built enough barbed wire fences and dug enough trenches around American Lake to equip a good sized battle field and ruin a musician for life,” lie declared reminiscently the other day. The ditch excavation seemed to have little effect on Evans’ musi cal ability, however, although it hardened his hands and calloused his fingers. He enjoyed the experi (Continued on page four) Debaters Back From Contest Minus Decision Utah Debate Declared Best Heard on Campus for Several Years Benoit McCroskey and Donald Beelar, varsity debaters, returned to the campus yesterday noon from Salt Lake City, where they debated against the University of Utah last Thursday night, March 3. There was no decision given in the contest.. The Oregon boys upheld the neg ative of the question for debate, which was resolved, that democracy is a failure. J. K. Horner, debate coach, said: “There was supposed to be a deci sion, and there is a clause written in the contract that there should be one. The Oregon policy now is for decision debates. Inasmuch as It was in the contract that there should be a decision, Utah violated the contract. I aim sorry there was no result given as this was one of i the best teams we have scheduled for debate this year.”' Emily Lynch and' Susy Clark, the girls who represented Utah in the women’s debate last night, said that Utah students felt that the contest with Oregon was the best debate which has been held on their cam pus for several years. Beelar and McCroskey report that they had a good time on their trip to. Salt Lake City, and were treated royally by Utah students. University Student Injured in Collision; Wet Pavement Blamed A Packard sedan driven by Char lotte (’aril on Saturday evening was struck by a Ford coupe on the cor ner'of 19th and Hilyard. Miss Carl] was taking Jean Patrick, Emily Williams, Ted Woodruff and Edward Bissell to the dance at the Eugene hotel. Emily Williams who broke her collar bone was the only one in either car who was hurt. The wom an occupying the other car was thought to have been seriously in jured but she is recovering rapidly. Seven Women Make Points on Rifle Team Upon completion of the record fir ing season comprising a period of five weeks during the winter term, : seven girls of the varsity rifle team having satisfactorily completed the : course and met the required stan dards of qualification, have been recommended to the Women’s Ath ] letic Association for the 50 points awarded to team members each year. The names of the girls with their seores are: Dorothy Straughan 95.25. Anona L. Hildenbrand 94.80. Marjorie O. Horton 94.20. Dorothea M. Lensch 93. Mildred A. Pike 92.40. Lei a C. Horton 92.25. | Jessie C. Lincecum 91. W. A. A. Elections Of Officers Today At Library Polls Results to be Announced At Banquet Given in College Side Every member of the Woman’s Aathletic Association is expected to cast her vote today for the election of the officers for the year 1927-28, sometime between 10 and 12' in the morning or between 1:30 and 3 in the afternoon. The polls will be at the library and Nellie Best will be in charge. Those on the ballot are Nellie Johns, Virginia Lounsbury, presi dent; Mao Moore, Marjorie Landru, vice-president; Helen Mumaw, Vida Biiehler, Evelyn Anderson, secre tary; Berncice Ttasor, Ruth Burcham, Lela Ilorton, treasurer. The banquet to be held tonight at the College Side Inn, at which the results of the election will be an nounced, marks the end of the bas ketball season. All girls who have made any team in basketball, volley ball, or swimming, or who are mem bers of the association, are urged to attend. Besides the election results, the personnel of the all-star teams in volleyball, basketball and swimming will be made public at this time. Several clever features have been worked up, according to Myrtle Mast, in charge of the entertain ment; these include stunts by va rious members of t.he physical edu cation department, and musical numbers. Sweaters and small O’s will also be awarded to those girls who have earned them. Previously, no awards have been made until spring term, so this marks a distinct innovation. W. L. Drive Committee Plans Meeting Today Girls appointed to act on the Women’s League spring drive com mittee should report this afternoon at 5 o’clock, room 3, Johnson hall, and bring the students with them that they have asked to help in their town. Plans for the drive will be out lined by Edith Dodge, general chair man. Stories have been sent out to the various newspapers in the state telling of the drive and the students appointed from each place to give a benefit there during spring vaca tion. Manager to Address Class in Advertising Don E. Gillman, western manager of the Christian Science Monitor, will be on ■'the campus Wednesday to talk to the 11 o’clock advertis ing class of W. F. G. Thacher. Mr. Gillmore was formerly president of i the Pacific Coast Advertising Club Association, preceding Marshall Dana, of the Oregon Journal, who j is now president of that associa j tion. Mr. Thacher has extended an i invitation to all those who are in ! terested. Dr. Hall Lays Plans Before Regent Board Committee Will Consider Uniform Non-Resident Fees With O. A. C. Zoology Faculty Gets Two New Members Five Granted Absences For Advance Work HpiIE report of President Arnold Bennett Hall, outlining a cam paign to alleviate intolerable build ing conditions on the campus, dis cussing new appointments and re appointment of faculty members, and the acceptance of a number of gifts to the University, was given chief consideration at a meeting of the board of regents yesterday. President Hall pointed out the need of a series of dormitories as one of the first items on a building program. The enabling act passed by the legislature has now given the University the necessary authority to maintain commercial dormitories, money being secured by u#ing pro fits from the halls now in operation and by a slight rise in eharges and reduction of dormitory expenses. The report also stated that stu dents of the University are paying fees 50 per cent higher than fees of any other institution on the Pacific coast, and have voluntarily taxed themselves $15 a year for building purposes, out of which fund the basketball pavilion has been built. Committee Appointed On the question of non-resident students, President Hall declared that it is not feasible to accept non residents unless their superior prep arations make them useful additions to the school. The board approved of the plan submitted by the pres ident, whereby residence require ments will be altered and more dras tic regulations will govern the non resident fee of $150 a year, in ad dition to regular fees paid by the resident students. A committee of the regents will meet with the re gents of O. A. C. on the question. The committee is composed of Judge Cl. F. Skipworth, Mrs. George T. Ger linger, ami Sam A. Kozer. Two new' appointments were made by the board, fifty-nine reappoint ments and five leaves of absence granted. Mary Mitchell Moore, a scientist of international repute, was appointed research associate in zoology without salary, and Harold Blum, of the University of Califor nia, was appointed as assistant pro fessor in this department. Absences Granted Ethel Sanborn, botany, II. G. Tan ner, chemistry, Alice Henson Ernst, English, Walter Snyder, English, and Dr. Wilmot ('. Foster, medical school, were granted leaves of ab sence in order to do advanced work. J. W. Hamilton, president, Fred Fisk, vice-president, and L. II. John son, secretary, of the board were re-elected. Ex-officio members, Gov ernor I. L. Patterson, and Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, attended the meeting. Additions to the Murray Warner art collection, an anonymous gift of $1000 to the Doernbecher hospital, dental equipment given by the Ore gon Dental association, and two cash donations for the proposed fine arts building, were notable among the number of gifts received bv the board. Pamphlet Describes Summer School Work Not only the summer session courses themselves but the posters announcing them, which have just come from the University press and are being mailed to all parts of the country, bespeak big things of this year’s summer school. A glimpse of Mt. Hood from the Loop highway, done in blues, tana, and greens, holds the center of the sheet. Week-end trips to lava beds and the Three Sisters, to Bandon Beaches, up the Columbia River highway, around Mt. Hood Loop, and to Crater Lake are among the attractions offered. “A Far Western Summer School Between the Mountains and the Sea,” is the designation applied to Oregon. Almost everything is in cluded in the list of courses from art to zoology. Low round trip rail road rates will also be available for the visitors. The summer session this year will last from June 20 t® July 29.