VOLUME XXVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1927
NUMBER 96
Iryouts ror
Vod-Vil Acts
OnMarch31
Many Skits Being Judged
And Selections Made
From 25 Entries
Two Men’s Choruses
To Be Part of Show
Junior Week-end Plans
Nearly Completed
DATES for tryouts for the chor
uses ami character parts that
will accompany the musical comedy
McCroskey
being planned for
the annual Junior
Vod-Vil were an
nounced yesterday
by Benoit McCros
k e y, chairman.
A 11 competitors
will get together
on March 31, the
Thursday follow
ing the return
from spring holi
days. The gentler
sex will take
preference, holding the boards from
2 to 5 o ’clock. Tryouts will continue
until 9 o’clock, and then the male
chorines will hold sway until the
janitor bolts the doors of Guild
Theatre at 10:30.
McCroskey, together with Don
Beelar, general chairman of the
week-end festivities, recently re
turned from Utah where the Web
f-oots went four fast speeches to a
draw with the Mormons. McCros
key shook the train stiffness out of
his joints, and announced himself as
well satisfied with the progress
that has been made in his absence.
Over 25 Different Entries
Tryouts were held for specialty
acts last Saturday, but no news is
available as to which skits will be
developed, and which will be filed
in the wastebasket, because all
contestants have not yet performed.
Approximately 25 different acts
were represented last week, McCros
key says, so the work of sorting
and sifting is liable to be rather
laborious. A separate record is be
ing kept of each individual, stating
experience, skill, appitude for chor
us work, character, and novelty
parts.
Those in charge plan a lengthy
elimination program to select the
personnel of the various choruses,
because of the large number of
candidates that have expressed their
interest. The qualifications are
broad as the pony chorus will con
tain girls of the small, wiry, viva
cious type, and the beauty chorus,
so-called to differentiate from the
ponies, will cater to stately lasses
who are right at home in evening
garb.
.Beau Brummeis renorm
^Beau Brummeis are not required
for the male chorus, says the blonde
debater, as grease paint and make
up can make Chaneys look like Col
mans. Dancing ability, and stage
personality are requisites. If the
turnout justifies, two men’s chor
uses will be developed.
Plans are being made to avoid
the customary all-night rehearsals
that usually accompany productions
of this nature. Those in charge ex
pect to have all characters picked
'by the first of April, which will al
low six weeks for work before the
presentation on May 13 and 14. Dis
tribution of practice sessions will
give the principals a chance to
crack a few books, and keep from
getting circles under their eyes
from lack of sleep.
Ticket Sale Plans Made
Don McCook, business manager,
stayed in Eugene and didn ?t go gad
ding about the countryside looking
f for arguments, and has a quite eom
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All-University Hike
To Baldy Mt. Planned
An all University hike to Baldy
mountain for those who stay in Eu
gene during the vacation, is being
arranged, under the supervision of
H. W. Davis, director of campus
United Christian work.
At nine a. m. Saturday, March 19,
all men and women wishing to go
will assemble at the T. M. C. A.
and Y. W. C. A. huts, carrying sand
wiches and a quarter with which
meat and coffee will be procured. A
committee is arranging transporta
tion to the foot of the hill. Further
details can be obtained from Mr.
f Davis or Mr. Giffen, it was an
mouneed.
Deady Bugs Crawl Through Collins9
Memory as in Balmy Days of 1909
Battles in Cemetery Over Favorite Tombstone
Recalled by Portland Newspaperman
A flood of “Deady” bugs still
bothers the sleep of Dean Collins,
of the Portland Telegram, who was
on the campus last week end for
the editors’ conference.
These pernicious little bugs, which
make life miserable for classes at
Deady, were in evidence even in
his day, Mr. Collins related in an
address on “Propaganda and Its
Antitoxins.”
Mr. Collins started out slowly
and wound up his speech amid
spasms of laughter 'rom the assem
bled editors.
“Do you still have Deady bugs?”
questioned Mr. Collins, smiling rem
iniscently of his days on the campus
back in 1909.
“What? never heard of the little
triangular bugs that used to crawl.
all over the students while they re
cited in classes in that hall?
“We called them Deady bugs be
cause they originated there, or at
least, were first noticed there. Biol
ogists had never seen anything like
them before, and it was not long
before Professor Sweetser finally
invented a spray to kill them.”
And then there was the cemetery.
Even the famous bugs could not
surpass memories of a famous cem
etery far out on the outskirts of
the campus . . . now in the midst of
the campus . . . and of a popular
tombstone, engraved with the simple
word, “Mary,” and some ancient
date.
Only the most attractive girls
were taken to see “Mary,” Mr. Col
lins divulged, for the latter was the
most popular of the tombstones and
entailed a more-than-heated discus
sion in order to secure the privacy
of its cold slab.
Music Fiesta for
Next Term Wins
Council’s Favor
University Glee Clubs and
Orchestra Will Pre
sent Program
Desirability of a music fiesta to
be given during song week, which
will start April 20, was expressed by
members of the student council in
meeting yesterday.
This event will be in the nature
of an evening of high class musical
entertainment to which townspeople
and high school students of Eugene
will also be admitted. University
glee clubs and the orchestra will
furnish the program to be present
ed in McArthur court.
Because of the small attendance
at weekly assemblies a committee
of students will be appointed to
serve with the administration in
choosing speakers and arranging
future programs. As all of the lec
tures for spring term are scheduled
this group will not serve until next
year. It is believed that student
representatives may be able to de
termine what the student body in
general likes in the way of assembly
programs.
An upperclass councilman suggest
ed that the University adopt green
hats as the official head-gear for
freshmen to take the place of the
“lids” which in most cases are
carved down to the size of large
buttons. No action was taken on
this matter but it will be considered
again next term.
Variety of Subjects
Treated in New Books
Received in Library
“War destroyed Europe’s moral
supremacy and broke its material
superiority. War aroused and stim
ulated the Orient, where seeds of
self-determination and bolshevism
have fallen on fertile soil. The
future must be thought of in terms
of continents, not countries, and
failure to do so means a death knell
to the white race.” It is with this
subject that “The Twilight of the
White Race,” by Maurice Mauret,
deals. The book has just been re
ceived at the library.
In direct contrast to this rather
serious book is “Mr. Charles, King
of England,” by John Drinkwater,
author of “Abraham Lincoln,” and
“The Pilgrim of Eternity.” The
absurdities, vices and beauties of
a fascinating and dissolute period
form the background for this un
usual study of England's merry
monarch. -
Concluding the epic of medieval
Norway, which began in “The
Bridal Wreath,” and continued in
“The Mistress of Husaby,” is “The
Cross,” by Sigrid Unset.
Other new books which have been
received are: “Contemporary Brit
ish Philosophy,” a book of personal
statements edited by J. H. Muir
head; “Man and the State,” by
William Ernest Hocking; “The
President’s Hat,” by Robert Her
ring; “Dreads and Drolls,” twenty
nine tales and essays bv Arthur
Machen; “The Comic and the Re
alistic Drama,” by John B. Moore;
“The Voyagers,” being legends and
histories of Atlantic discoveries, by
Padraie Colum; “The History of
Witchcraft and Demonology,” by
Montague Summers; “Denatured
Africa,” by Daniel W. Streeter;
“Transition,” by Edwin Muir, and
“The Story of the Sciences,” by A.
W. Benn.
Annual Election
Of Y. M. C. A. to
Be Held Today
Ballot Boxes to Open at
| Nine, Schulze Out for
President
The election of William Schulze
as president, and Joe Holaday as
secretary of the campus Y. M. C. A.
is expected today, since no other
candidates for that office have en
tered the field. All men interested
are urged to vote, since any one
registered in the University is con
sidered a member of the organiza
tion. The ballot boxes will be open
at the Y hut from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Returns will be announced tomor
! row.
Roy Herndon will oppose Homer
Dixon in the race for vice-president,
and Harold Socolofsky and Ernest
' McKinney have been nominated for
I treasurer.
j Mr. Schulze was a delegate to the
: Milwaukee conference this spring,
: is chairman of the Seabeck
J committee, and president of the
Wesley club, organized at the Meth
odist Episcopal church. He is also
chairman of the campus Y. M. C. A.
publicity committee.
The retiring officers are Harold
Davis, president; Erancis Rieder,
secretary; and William Kidwell,
treasurer. The annual election of
officers is held at the end of winter
j term so that the newly elected of
! fleers may prepare plans for the
j coming year and become accus
5 tomed to their duties during the
i spring term.
Yonic Principle Subject
j Of Professor Dunn
; At Round Table Dinner
Professor F. S. Dunn, head of the
Latin department, read a paper at
the round table dinner at the Os
burn hotel last night on “The Yon
lie Principle in Religion and Art.”
The organization of the Round
: Table is composed of members of
I the University faculty and towns
[ people who have university de
j grees. At its meetings, held once
each month, a paper is read and a
discussion follows.
In his discussion, Professor Dunn
described the development of sym
j holism out of prehistoric religions,
j which has been carried on down into
i the art of today. He discussed the
I characteristics of the principle god
| desses of ancient times, including
j Aphrodite and Venus, and their re
| lation to the trend of modern art,
showing how the religious intent of
! ancient times has been lost and
i given a different connotation to
day. The influence of these religions
; has been carried over into the field
of art.
Tuttle on Speaking
Trip Over Week-end
Harold S. Tuttle, assistant pro
j fessor in the school of education,
; left yesterday for a trip north which
will extend over the week-end. He
■ will address the Progressive Bus
! iness Men’s club of Portland today'
: noon, and this afternoon will visit
| the Parkrose high sehool.
Friday he will speak before the
i chapel of Pacific University on
“Half an Education,” and will also
visit the Beaverton high school.
The subject for the Portland club
I talk is the same as that which will
I be given at Pacific.
Student Body
ToHear About
Its Finances
Only A. S. U. O. Meeting of
Term Will be Devoted
To Business
Policy on Buildings
Up for Consideration
Work for Greater Oregon
Will be Discussed
AT THE only A. S. U. 0. business
meeting of the winter term,
to be held this morning at 11 o’clock
in the auditorium of the Woman’s
building, among other committee
reports the financial activities of
the A. S. U. O. will be explained by
Bob Love, finance committee chair
man. He will include in his report
a complete account of the money
taken in and paid out during the
past two terms.
The meeting will be conducted by
Hugh Biggs, student body president,
who stresses the importance of the
meeting and urges a large atten
dance.
The building committee report
will be given by Ted Larsen, chair
man. The construction of McArthur
court and the future policy of the
committee will be discussed at that
time.
Tom Graham, who is in charge
of the A. S. U. O. lecture series,
is to report on the financial suc
cess of the programs which have
been sponsored this year.
Vacation Plans to be Heard
Plans for the work to be done
during spring vacation in various
sections of the state under the
auspices of the Greater Oregon com
mittee, will be outlined by Dudley
Clark, chairman of the committee.
An announcement in this connection
will be made concerning “Oregon
Night,” an affair planned for the
purpose of entertaining prospective
Oregon students at the Broadway
theater in Portland, March 24.
Ward Cook, general chairman of
the high school conference held on
the University campus the first of
the term, will give a report of that
event. An opportunity for discus
sion of new business or comment on
that which transpires at the meet
ing will be afforded the students.
Quartette Will Sing
A feature of the morning’s pro
gram will be the selections to be
sung by the men’s varsity quar
I tette, which will sing several of its
most popular numbers. Thp group
I is composed of John Stark Evans,
professor of music; George Wardner,
Frank Borer, and Ted Larsen.
Two meetings of the A. S. U. O.
will be held next term. Student body
officers for 1928 are to be nominated
April 21 and installation of the of
ficials will occur May 12.
Senior Women Win
Basketball Tourney
By losing the final game of the
season to the senior first team, the
freshman first prevented a triple
tie for first place in girls’ basket
ball.
This peculiar situation was noted
two days ago by Miss Shelly, head
of the sport, when she was cheek
ing up the various ratings. If the
freshmen had won last night, a post
season would have been necessary
for the seniors, juniors and fresh
men to decide which of them could
claim the championship.
Since the score, however, stood
32 to 19 in favor of the seniors, the
sophomores come second on the
list, the freshmen third and the
juniors fourth.
The junior second team played its
final game last night against the
freshman second with a victory of
18 to 12, thus giving the juniors
first place among the second teams.
The basketball season has been a
successful one, Miss Shelly feels. At
the beginning, few girls turned out,
but interest was worked up in it
until as many as usual made the
teams. In the case of the sophomore
class an extra team had to be or
ganized to take care of those wish
ing to play.
Photography Course
Offered by Boynton
Seven persons have signified their
intentions of registering for the
course in photography to be offered
next term by Dr. W. P. Boynton,
head of the department of physics.
i This insures the giving of the
course, but any others desirous of
j registering for the course are asked
to notify Dr. Boynton before the
end of this term.
Y.W. Elections
jBring Tie For
V ice-Presid e n t
Re-election Will be Held
At Bungalow Today
From 9 to 5
Results Announced
At Annual Banquet
| Beatrice Peters Thanks
Members for Help
THE good ship Y. W. C. A. will
set out upon this year’s journey
| under the newly-elected captain,
| Pauline Stewart, according to the
| unanimous decision of the crew of
j the ship at the annual election yes
j terday.
Unforeseen developments resulted
| in the election of two mates or vice
! presidents, which will necessitate a
j new choice being made today in the
| same way as yesterday, from 9:00
| a. in. to 5:00 p. m. at the bungalow.
|The tied candidates are Gladys Calef
j and Helen Webster, junior and sopli
| omore respectively,
i The other offices are to be filled by
Margaret Edmunson, a freshman, as
I secretary, Julia Wilson, a junior, as
| treasurer, and Katherine Kneeland,
' a sophomore, as undergraduate rep
| resentative.
Results Announced at Banquet
These results were announced at
the annual membership banquet held
at the Anchorage last night. The
toastmistress, Beatrice Peters, retir
ing president, likened the Y. W. C.
A. to a ship starting on a new voyage
j under a new captain. The indispen
j sable officer of a ship’s crew, ac
| cording to Miss Peters, is the pilot,
i who was represented by Mrs. Henry
| W. Davis, president of the Y. W.
: advisory board.
i Mrs. Davis named the six spokes
I of a pilot’s wheel as vision, love,
J service, truth, fidelity, and courage,
and advised the guidance of the ship
: to be made by three lights, the
: teachings of God, inner impulses,
and relationships and environments
j to help us.
The conquest upon which the
ship sets out was the topic of the
speech by Mrs. Virginia Judy Es
terly, dean of women. The three
aims of life, according to Mrs. Es
terly, should be truth, beauty, and
j good, and it is not the failure to
j reach those aims but the failure to
| aim high that is the only cause for
■ shame. A fair wind for the good
i ship Y. W. C. A. was Mrs. Esterly’s
' wish for the coming year.
Helen Shank Speaks
A few words from the crew by
| Helen Shank, its representative,
j promised that the needed willing
and faithful crew would be furnished
to the new captain with mutiny ab
i her work at the conference.
The new captain was then called
| upon for a rough chart of the voy
' age to be made. The ship’s destin
ation was typified by the sun, the
i perfect thing sought for, and the
ship is to head for the sunrise with
the sails jammed by the winds of
ambition and interest.
The last speaker on the program
I "’as Christine Holt, who has been
chosen to go to the Student Confer
ence at Peking, China, this sum
: mer. Miss Holt voiced her hopes of
being able to carry some of the
; feeling of the meeting with her into
her work at the conference this
summer.
Retiring Captain Speaks
With a few words of thanks for
the cooperation of this last year’s
crew and good wishes from the re
tiring captain, Beatrice Peters
t closed the program.
A quartet of four former Uni
1 versity high school girls, Kathleen
Powell, Virginia Reid, Evelyn Hoi !
i lis, and Anna Kathervne Garrett,
1 gave some selections, and Anna
Kathervne Garrett, a solo.
Ashland Normal School
To Debate Frosh Today
j A debate between the University
i frosh and Ashland Normal school
! has been scheduled for f>:00 this
! morning in Villard hall.
Ashland Normal school will up
hold the affirmative side of the
question, which is: “Resolved, that
all foreign nations should imme
diately relinquish all governmental
' control in China, except that usually
j exercised over consulates and lega
tions.” Those debating for Ashland
| will be Warren Doremus and John
j Galev.
j Marion Sexton and Rawrenee j
| Morgan will support the negative
i side of the question.
J. Larsen, Caretaker,
Suffers Injured Foot
TOHN LARSEN, one of the
** caretakers of the University
grounds, is enjoying his first va
cation in his seventeen years
here. And yet it could hardly
be said that he is enjoying it.
For Mr. Larsen’s vacation is an
'nforced one. It was necessitated
by a broken and badly swollen
foot, which ho got from a slide
down the treacherous bank north
5t' Villard, the cause of more than
one downfall both figuratively
and literally speaking.
So Mr. Larsen is having a
short rest from sweeping leaves,
and spearing stray pieces of
paper that careless University
students have let fly to the
winds.
He bemoans one disadvantage
of his compulsory idleness, not
being able to get the Emerald.
Accustomed to reading it every
day, he has not been able to
make the trip to the campus to
get his daily copy since the ac
cident.
His campus friends, including
the Emerald staff, heartily wish
him a speedy recovery.
Smith to Offer
Geology Course
Of Broad Scope
Riddle of Lost Continent
Will Occupy Students
Of Pacific Region
A great continent that rose
from the Pacific long enough to
allow Oriental tribes and culture to
pass to the Pacific coast, is one hy
pothesis of anthropologists. This
riddle and many other problems will
engage the students of Dr. Warren
D. Smith’s new geology course, “The
Geography of the Pacific Basin.”
It will be a one-term course of
fered only every other year. Pre
requisites are two - terms of ele
mentary geography or general ge
ology. He hopes that it will meet
the needs of students in history,
economics, political science, and
foreign trade. Three or four hours
credit may be gained, depending
upon the amount of collateral read
ing done by the student. Spring
term classes will be held at 8:00
or 10:00 o’clock, Monday, Wednes
day, and Friday. The time will be
definitely given before registration.
Dr. Smith explains that since
there is no existing text for such
a course, these lectures and discus
sions will follow the general out
line which he plans to make the
basis of a future book on the same
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Oregon Night’
Reception in
Portland Soon
| Greater Oregon Committee
Plans Entertainment
For March 22
Prospective Students
Are Invited to Affair
Glee Club Is on Program;
Dancing to Follow
«TTNIVERSITY of Oregon
Jfiglit”—this is the title of
the reception, given this year for
the first time, at the Broadway
theater in Portland on the night of
March 22. It is a feature of the
spring program of the Greater Ore
gon committee.
“We are going to make the re
ception an annual affair,” said Dud
ley Clark, head of the Greater Ore
gon committee, who is in charge of
the entertainment. “It will always
be sometime during spring vaca
tion, and is free for everyone to
attend, students, their friends, and
prospective students.”
The committee to be in charge
of final plans will be appointed to
day, and its members will meet to
morrow to plan further arrange
ments.
Entertainment at Broadway
The Broadway theater reception
room will be open for the reception,
which is from ten until twelve.
Previous to the reception the Broad
way is presenting a motion picture-,
“Nobody’s Widow,” starring Le
atrice Joy. After the show the Uni
versity glee club will present a con
cert featuring favorite ballads of
old-timers. John Stark Evans,
George Wardner, Frank Roche, and
Ted Larsen, glee club quartet, are
planning several numbers to sing
at the reception after the concert.
“Mr. Wu and the Feast of Lan
terns,” one of the best of Fanchon
and Marco’s presentation^, win
complete the program.
Show to Begin at 8:00
It is urged that everyone come
to the eight, o’clock show, whieh
will be out at 10:15, in time for
the reception.
George MacMurphy’s orchestra
will furnish music for dancing im
mediately after the reception, and
refreshments will be served.
Many prominent people connected
with the University will be at the
University of Oregon Night recep
tion, including Dr. Arnold Bennett
Hall, Captain John J. McEwan,
Coach William Reinhart, and Hugh
Biggs, president of the student
body. Many alumni are expected to
attend.
PTorch Bearers9 Demands Range
Of Talent by Campus Drama Cast
Widow, Weeping Willow, Bohemian, Actress, Maid,
Hard Stage Manager, Only a Part of It
“You can’t tell me anything
about widows; I’ve been all kinds
three or four times a week,” says
Constance Roth. She isn’t “kid
ding” either, because that’s just
exactly the part she plays. Not on
the campus to be sure, but as Mrs.
Nelly Fell, a perennially young,
coquettish flirt who gets away with
everything sne does for her own
reason that “age is nothing.” She
will appear with the “Torch Bear
ers,” the three act play the Senior
Company will stage March 31 and
April 1.
A “weeping willow” does not
necessarily mean a tree. In this case
it is Mrs. Paula Ritter, a clinging
vine type of woman. Played by
Etha Jeanne Clark, Paula’s irre
sponsibility and need of continual
care would be a source of delight to
any audience.
In writing a play or story, at
least one character must have an
“idea-flxee.” Yes, and to make it
really interesting there must be a
Bohemian. So in the play we And
Kittve Sartain, playing the part of
Florence McCrickett, who symbol
izes all things of the artistic world.
For the one with a definite idea
of what he wants—none ever had a
stronger ambition to be a real act
ress than Kate Buchanan, in the
part of Clara Sheppard.
When Mrs. J. Duro Pampinelli
says, “There will be actresses when
husbands are a thing of the past,”
we get an idea of the part Althea
Dwyer is to play. Self-appointed on
every big affair attempted by her
social group, Mrs. Pampinelli selects
herself to direct a play. Domineer
ing and commanding she manuevers
things in such a way, unintentional
ly, that the play’s a laugh all the.'
way through.
A .naid is a maid, ’tis trne, bat
not always an English maid. Mary
Campbell is the type of maid that
so many want but seldom get, she
hears and knows everything but
has the unusual faculty of Baying
little.
William Forbis as Fred Ritter,
the young honest-to-goodness busi
ness man, plays the only part of a
professional man. If young men
wish to know how to be the real
“boss,” there is no better than Fred
Ritter to inform them.
Ernest McKinney as Teddy Spear
ing, and Arthur Anderson as Ralph
Twiller represent two young men
about society. Very interested are
they in the theater, tea—er—ahl—
“Ladies.” All soits of art, don’t
you know.
Very artistic with a most beauti
ful voice is Huxley Hossefrosse. Art
is a very useful way to interest
one’s self and still have a chance
to display one’s own talente. The
role is portrayed by Cecil Matson.
Every play produced has a stage
manager, so here’s where Perry
Douglas plays the part, both on and
off the stage. Hard boiled, acene
tomed to real professionals, this
character plainly shows his disdain
and annoyance at the unsueceasful
attempts of amateurs.
The “yes” man is Mr. Spindler.
Alfons Korn is in this languid port,
and his obvious acquiescing to every
thing Mrs. Pauipinelli says and doea
causes something of a stir.