VOLUME XXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1927
NUMBER US
TrackTryout
For Seattle
Relays Today
Anchor Man Sought for
Oregon Distance
Combination
Flanagan, Captain,
May Not Make Trip
University of Southern
California Enters
Coach bill hayward win
finish selecting the material for
the Webfoot relay team this after
noon that is scheduled to compete
in the carnival at Seattle April 30,
he said yesterday. At present the
only vacant positions are in the 220
yard dash for the sprint medley,
and the anchor man on the four
mile team.
With Hill, Ross, and Kelley try
ing for this position and Niede
W meyer, Jensen, and Little already
selected, Coach Hayward declares
that this team has a better chance
of winning points than any other
representing Oregon.
The chance of bringing home the
bacon is only fair, he admits. This
probably is due to the fact that
every school in the northwest has
teams entered as well as the strong
track aggregation from the Uni
versity of Southern California.
Trojans Strong
The short races should go to the
Trojan squad as there are four men
on their line-up who can turn the
century under 10 seconds. In this
and special events the southerners
will have a decided advantage, but
in the distance affairs the Oregon
Aggie team and the four mile lay
out from here will make any of
them hustle.
A very peculiar condition exists
here at the present time. Proctor
Flanagan, premiere broad jumper
and captain, may stay at home al
though he is trying for a place on
the squad. He will, however, have
an opportunity of competing at
Beattie if he manages to win the
220-vard dash in the try-outs today.
Webfoots Enthusiastic
In the past Oregon has had dif
ficulty in securing a line-up strong
enough to make a very commendable
showing at the annual relay car
nival in Seattle, but with the en
thusiasm being shown both on the
campus and by the high school ath
letes of the state there is an oppor
tunity to build up track at Oregon
and work it into the position it
maintained here several years ago.
During the past two months there
has been two relay meets here. A
couple of weeks ago the intra-mural
affair was run off, and last Satur
day the interscholastic carnival, at
which nearly 200 prep school stars
competed. This may be taken as an
indication of the growing interest
in track.
Coaches Favor Relays
A meeting of the coaches who
had teams at last Saturday’s re
lays brought out the fact that every
one concerned was in favor of mak
ing it an annual affair, and at the
first of the week Jaolt Benefiel,
graduate manager, announced that
there would be one here next April
28.
The carnival next season, how
ever, will have four additional
events on the program. The javelin,
discus, shot put, and hurdles have
been added, bringing the total to
14. This will tend to offer a pre
mium to the high schools which de
velop all-around track men.
This entire movement seems to
indicate a track renaissance which
probably will result in better teams
at Oregon in the future.
Bureau Announces
Placing of Teachers
The University appointment bur
eau reports the following place
ments for the coming year:
Eunice Zimmerman, who graduat
ed in 1922, will teach music and art
at Juneau, Alaska. Leola Craig,
1924, will teach at Raini,er, Oregon.
Mary S. Stevenson, 1916, will be as
sistant principal at Crow high
school, near Eugene, Oregon. Oron
Rickard. 1927, will teach English
at Coquille, Oregon. Beryl V. Lud
ington, 1927, will have charge of
history and civics at Marshfield,
Oregon. Mary Louise Wisecarver,
1927, and Ruth Griffith, 1927, will
be at Salem high. Mildred Hanson,
1927, will do library work in the
high school and county library at
Bend, Oregon.
Hamlet Lives Again and Modern Poetry
Moves Audience Under Spell of Howe
Invitation Extended All to Attend Reading Class
On Tuesday; Students Choose Authors
This is a tip to those bored stu
dents who find Tuesday afternoon
weighing heavily on their hands. A
little before 3 o’clock, in order to
get a grandstand seat, hie your
selves to Room 107, Villard hall.
That is the big room in the south
west corner—the one with the flam
ing posters about Normandy and
Brittany. Professor H. C. Howe, pro
fessor of English, will do the rest.
What does he do? Not much, it
is true; but as the vaudevillist say,
“Oh, how he does it!’’ He reads.
Question number two: What does
he read? That depends on his au
dience. He gives them a choice, and
then takes a vote of hands.
“What shall it be?” was his
question last time,”-—modern poets,
or Shakespeare?” Up went the
hands; Shakespeare won. Then he
j began to read;—the first act ‘of
Hamlet, the prince of Denmark.
What a voice! Deep bass, or high
falsetto, according to the role; a
penetrating, arresting voice. Away
went the listener's mind to a far
away platform in the Norseman’s
country, where three sentinels were
keeping guard at midnight. In shiv
ery tones, the reader depicted the
approach of the ghost, and the
men’s trembling fright. Then, as
suddenly, he switched off the spell,
and the listeners found themselves
at the beginning of Act II, a court
scene at the palace, where the
queen mother sits in state.
Here Professor Howe interrupted
himself to tell of different effec
tive presentations possible to this
scene. “About the most striking
setting that I remember,” he said,
“was one in which the entire court
was a colorful, glittering spectacle,
with the exception of one noticeable
figure standing aside, who was
dressed in black. This conspicuous
person was Hamlet.” He is grieved
because his father has been dead
little more than a month, and his
unfeeling mother, during this inter
val, has married her brother-in-law
who, consequently, has become the
reigning king. After some parley,
Hamlet finds himself alone, and
here gives vent to the first of his
profound soliloquies, every sentence
of which has become an axiom.
“Frailty!”, he says in a hollow,
disconsolate voice, “Frailty^—thy
name is Woman!”
And the audience bends forward,
forgetting where it is.
Then we come to the scene in
which Hamlet, after having been
told of the ghost adventure, goes to
the platform at midnight to watch
for the ghost, whom the guards
think is Hamlet’s father. The
ghost comes; he speaks. The read
er ’s voice drops to slow, deathlike
tones. “But know, thou noble youth,
the serpent that did sting thy fath
er’s life, now wears his crown.”
And presently the scene is ended,
caving a thirst for revenge in the
oul of the young prince.
The audience came from under its
spell with a deep breath, as Mr.
Howe laid the book aside and took
up some modern poetry. The first of
this was an. impressionistic thing:
“A Fat Lady Seen from a Train,”
by an author whose name is easy
to forget. Then, in deep, buzzing
tones, the reader gave the musical
“Song of the Bee,” by Walter de
la Mare. The audience liked it,
and laughed.
The last, and Aiost beautiful
thing, perhaps, was “Death of the
Hired Man,” by Robert Frost, a
New England poet. Almost weird,
like a dream. “Watching to see if
that small cloud would hit or miss
the moon,” is one sentence from
this poem that stays with one.
This' afternoon, Professor Howe
will read drama and short stories.
Birdies Will Bathe in
Artistic Tub Soon to be
Placed by Art Building
For several years previous mem
bers of the school of art anil ar
chitecture have cherished the hope
for a bird bath to be placed some
where about the Art building. At
last the dream is to be realized, for
eight tiles have recently been fin
ished which will be used to deco
rate an octagonal bird bath of white
cement that will be placed either}
in the court or the south side of the
building.
The design was made two years
ago by Professor N. B. Zane, in
structor in architecture. The series
of eight tile units were selected
from designs submitted by Helen j
McGee. Each tile has a different de
sign but is based on the bird motif
and is characterized by brilliant
colors.
William B. Rivers, janitor of the
art and architecture building, who
has had previous experience in ce
ment work, will cast the bath.
Theta Sigma Phi
Holds Year’s Election
At the annual election of officers
of Theta Sigma Phi, national hon
orary journalism fraternity for
women, which was held yesterday,
Claudia Fletcher was chosen as
president for the coming year.
Others elected with their offices
were: Mary Benton, vice-president;
Marian Lowry, secretary; Barbara
Blythe, treasurer; and Flossie Rad
1 aba ugh, keeper of the archives.
Retiring officers are: Minnie
Fisher, president; Marian Lowry,
vice-president; Frances Bourhill,
secretary; Genevieve Morgan, treas
urer; and Grace Fisher, keeper of
the archives.
M. K. Cameron Speaks
To Eugene Rotary Club
“Our Changing Economic Order”
was the subject of an address by
M. K. Cameron, associate profes
sor of economics, before the weekly
luncheon of the Eugene Rotary club
Tuesday noon at the Osburn hotel.
Mr. Cameron pointed out that the
country is today confronted by a
number of economic problems of
which the mass of the people is not
aware of the nature and the solu
tion. He stated that it is essential
that these problems be clarified in
the minds of those people who do
[not have a college education. ‘
Albert B. Curry
Will Speak Before
Regular Assembly
Albert Bruce Curry, noted clergy
man, will address the students of
the University of Oregon Thursday
at the weekly assembly. Mr. Curry
is a graduate of the Columbia The
ological Seminary. lie studied at
the University of Virginia from
1877 to 1879, and in 1897, received
his D. I), at Southwestern Presby
terian University ' at Clarksville,
Tenn.
At the Milwaukee national stu
dent conference held this winter,
Mr. Curry was general chairman,
having been chosen by unanimous
vote of the college students. At
the present time he holds a profes
sorship at the Pacific School of Re
ligion at Berkeley, California.
At the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the United
States held at St. Louis, Mo., Dr.
Curry was moderator.
The speaker has had a wide range
of experience. During his under
graduate days in college, he played
on the varsity football team, and
was active in other types of ath
letics.
The Reverend II. W. Davis, di
rector of United Christian work on
the campus, will give the invoca
tion. Dr. Hall, president of the Uni
versity, will preside. John Stark
Evans, professor of music, is ar
ranging for music for the assembly.
McCroskey to Debate
Here Friday Night
The state division of the Inter
Collegiate Constitutional contest
will be held on the campus Friday
night. Benoit McCroskey, two year
orator and three year debater, will
participate for Oregon, the subject
of his oration is “The Constitution.”
All other higher institutions of
learning in the sfate are entitled
to enter the contest.
The Pacific coast finals in this
contest will be held s.t Corvallis
May 6.
President Hall Back
From Lecture Tour
President Arnold Bennett Hall is
back on the Oregon campus this
week, after fulfilling a series of
lecture engagements last week in
Portland and Monmouth. President
Hall plans to rest as much as pos
sible during the week, as his program
has been extremely full most of this
year. His office hours will be dur
ing the morning. His lecture sched
ule for next week is being planned.
New Courses
WillBe Added
To Curricula
Two Department Names
Will be Changed to
Unify Work
Social Work School
To Be Professional
Reorganization Will Affect
Many Courses
IN RESPONSE to the demand
eaused by the constant growth
of the University as well as the de
sire of schools and departments to
profit by the special abilities and
preparation of new members of the
staff, 32 new courses have been ap
proved by the board of higher cur
ricula for the academic year 1927
1928.
Changes of title and rearrange
ments of content affected 20 other
courses now included in the curric
ula. As measures of economy in pre
venting duplication of subject mat
ter and expedients to centralize re
sponsibility, two departmental re
organizations were also approved
by the board.
Change in Social Work
Departmental reorganizations will
affect the biology department and
the Portland school of social work.
The name of the department of; bot
any will be changed to plant biology
and that of the department of zo
ology to animal biology in order to
combine the two departments into
one division of biology. This will
eliminate the duplication in the ele
mentary course and allow a com
bination in the graduate division
which will increase the facilities
without extra cost.
The Portland school of social
work, authorized by the board some
years ago as a division of the
school of sociology, will be estab
lished as a professional school. The
first three years will still be given
in the school of sociology on the
campus, however. No new courses
will be given and no change of fac
ulty made.
New Course in English
Among the new English courses to
be offered next year is included a
history of English criticism in the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries,
a two hour course, which will bo
taught by Julia Burgess, professor
of English. A course in Carlyle
which will include his relation, as
source or transmitter, to the various
literary, social and intellectual
movements of the day, will be given
by Dr. C. V. Boyer, head of the
department.
The. Whig oligarchy, a study of
Great Britain from sources and sec
ondary works of the period from
1714-1760 with special emphasis
upon the career of Sir Robert Wal
pole, is one of the new history
courses offered by Dr. Donald
Barnes. It will be a three hour sub
ject.
In the philosophy department con
temporary philosophy will be of
fered those students who have had
one or more upper division courses
in philosophy, by Prof. H. G. Town
send. It will deal with recent phil
osophical movements to be selected
by consultation with the students.
Leadership to Be Study
Leadership and genius will be a
three hour course offered by H. 'G.
Wyatt, assistant professor of psy
chology. Intelligence as a factor
in leadership, intellectual and exec
utive, the creative imagination, re
lation of intelligence to genius and
studies of individual genius are in
cluded in this subject.
In the school of education, dis
cipline as moral training will deal
with the ultimate aims of discip- j
line, individual and social, training j
for self-control, relation of judg
ments and attitude to conduct, moral
significance of obedience, and the
moral values of discipline. H. S.
Tuttle, assistant professor, will of
fer this three hour course. Social
pathology, three hours, and the child
in relation to society, three hours,
offered by J. II. Mueller, assistant
professor of sociology, are two of
the new sociology courses.
Complete Additions Named
A complete list of the new addi
tions to the curricula include: de
partment of biology: elementary
human physiology, two hours each
term: physical chemistry of cell and
tissue. Department of English: his
tory of English criticism in the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries;
nineteenth century prose, two hours
each term; Carlyle.
Department of geology: advanced
geology. Department of Germanic
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Varsity Nine
Revamped For
Huskv Battle
j
Jones Put Back at Third;
McCormick at Short in
Eddy’s Place
Dutton Made Regular
In Outfield Position
Slauson’s Foot Hurt; West
Has Bad Shoulder
SEVERAL revolutionary changes
have been made in the ranks of
the Oregon varsitv baseball team
Jerry Gunther
iii preparation for
the coming two
games with the
University o f
Washington Hus
kies at Seattle,
April 29 and 30.
Coach Billy Bein
hart and , 16 lem
on-yellow batsmen
leave for the Pu
get Sound city to
morrow night.
Th e shakeup
has hit -the in
iioid, involving two positions, non
McCormick, who has been worked
steadily at third, has replaced Billy
Eddy at the shortstop position. Ed
dy 's performances in the two O. A.
C. games were not quite np to par,
and Coach Reinhart thinks that a
rest and more personal attention
will bring the sophomore short
patcher out of the slump.
Jones to Steady Infield
With McCormick at short, Lynn
Jones has been brought in from
center field to his old position. The
addition of Jones to the infield will,
without a doubt, not only strengthen
it from a playing standpoint but
will add to the morale of the new
men. .Tones played regularly at the
hot corner last year.
Jones’ position in the outer gar
den will be filled by Harry Hutton,
who has been alternating with Cot
ter Gould at right field. Dutton is
an average hitter and possesses a
good throwing arm. In the first O.
A. C. • contest he knocked out a
home run.
Injuries have placed two of Rein
hart’s men on the temporary in
jured shelf. Freddy West, who has
been bothered with a sore arm,
started the second O. A. C. tilt but
he had to be relieved in the fifth.
An infected muscle in his shoulder
has kept West out of a suit during
this week’s practice. “Red” Slau
son is the second casualty of the
squad. He injured a foot while slid
ing in last Saturday’s fracas.
Gunther May Bolster Staff
In the person of Jerome (Jerry)
Gunther, Reinhart thinks he has
one possible solution to the pitch
ing problem. Gunther has never had
any varsity experience but .has
hurled for several »seasons in the
intramural league. Last night’s
workout found him alternating with
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Handball Tournament
For Amateurs to Start
On First Lap Today
Backetless ball swatters in the
“amateur” class begin a long
dra^n out battle today, in the “No
vice Doubles Handball Tuornament,”
for which men who have not played
in the University tournaments are
eligible. The schedule for the eight
couples signed up was posted yes
terday, and the patters of the ball
hit their best from now on as the
line up progresses.
Norman Parker and “Doc” Ilues
tis are still at the top of the Uni
versity doubles ladder tournament,
it was discovered after an orgy of
fist slinging last week. Sorsby and
Gabriel come a close second, with
Mautz and Dahl running third. Sev
en other couples are fighting it out
among themselves.
Matches are arranged by the cou
ples. The line-up for the novice
brawl preliminary follows:
Riehl and Westfall vs Deuel and
Beelar.
Clark and Chiles vs Patterson and
Wardner.
Hughes and Thurston vs Ricen
and Hogshire.
Bogue and Stovall advanced by
default.
McGowan and Saunders vs Marsh
and Gower.
Houser and Harbison vs Ristau
and Culbertson.
Rafferty and Walker vs Schup
pel and Broderson.
Taylor and Meindl advanced by
default.
CANDIDATES NAMED FOR
STUDENT BODY OFFICERS
PRESIDENT—
Don Beelar
Benoit McCroskev
VICE-PRESIDENT—
William Powell
Herbert Socolofskv
SECRETARY—
Vena M. Gaskill
Nancy Peterson
EDITOR OF THE EMERALD—
Paul Luy
Harold Mangum
Ray Nash
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL—
Senior Woman (One Year)—
Edith Bain
Marian Barnes
Gladys Calef
Junior Man (Two Years) —
Arthur Anderson
Ronald McCreight
STUDENT COUNCIL—
Senior Men (Three) —
Hoyt Barnett
Edward Best
Roland Davis
Homer Dixon
Calder McCall
Ronald (Doc) Robnett
Mark Taylor
Senior Women (Two) —
Prances Cherry
Constance Roth
Ruth Street
Junior Men (Two)—
Wendell Gray
Joe McKeown
Prod Meeds
Junior Woman—
Doris Efteland
Katherine Kneeland
Virginia Manning
Josephine Ralston
Sophomore Man—
Don J. Campbell
Ed. Merges
Kenneth Potts
Tim Wood, Jr.
YELL KING
Bob Foster
Bob Warner
EDITOR OF THE OREGANA—
Mary Benton
Claudia Fletcher
CO-OP CANDIDATES—
Freshman (1)—
LeRoy Hall
Tom Stoddard
Sophomores (2) —
Allen Boyden
Albert Hansen
Ronald Hubbs
Robert Lemon
Robert Sargent
R. O. T. C. Supply Head
‘Angel’ to College Men
With Buttonless Coats
"Once in awhile some young col
lege fellow comes in with a pathe
tic look on his face and asks me to
sew a button on his suit,’’ said
Thomas Powers, head of the supply
department at the R. O. T. C. head
quarters, yesterday. "But after I
get through with him, he’s generally
ready to sew on his own button.”
"Well, first I ask him jf he has
a wife,” replied Mr. Powers when
asked what method he used in
squelching the youth. "Then if he
says “no”; and most of ’em do, I
ask him if he hasn’t a sweetheart.
Well, by that time, as I said be
fore, lie’s ready to sew on his own
button. ’ ’
“One time though,” he contin
ued, "some nice looking boy asked
me to help him and I just couldn’t
turn him down. I tried the usual
method but when I finished, he'
gave me a kinda’ sweet smile, and
said, "Aw heck, Mr. Powers, you
know I don’t know anything about
sewin’ ”.
"Well, I sewed the button on his
coat, all right.”
Mr. Powers has complete charge
of the uniforms at the R. 0. T. C.,
and during the recent inspection by
officers from Washington, D. C.,
he issued changes in uniform to
nearly 300 students. The uniforms
are obtained from national supply
depots at San Francisco and Seat
tle.
"The preparation for inspection
in the army is quite an event,” said
Mr. Powers, referring to the late
inspection of the Oregon unit. "The
students must be prepared in mili
tary work and must also take care
of their uniforms, the latter exact
ing care and attention.”
"Yes, our uniforms are all up to
date,” he said emphatically. "They
are issued in good serviceable condi
tion and should last throughout the
college year providing no excep
tional service is called for.”
Students pay a $5 deposit upon
taking out a uniform, according to
Mr. Powers, and have this money re
funded to them at the end of the
year if the entire uniform is re
turned.
Elections Will
Reach Climax
In Vote Today
Returns to be Posted Each
Hour After 3 o’Cloek
In Afternoon
Students With Fees
Paid Eligible at Polls
Balloting to Be From 9 to 3
In Villard Hall
By BOB GALLOWAY
'ITH good candidates in th*
▼" field for every office, there is
every indication that no candidate
has his office “hands down.”
Polls are open in Villard hall
from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m. Four
tables will bo open for distribution
of ballots. A to E; F to L; M to R;
S to Z, is the way they are divided.
Fees Must be Paid to Vote
Students who have paid their
fees are the only eligible voters. In
voting students aro instructed to
vote for as many candidates, where
more than one is to be elected, as
are needed for the office. Where
the required number of candidates
is not voted for, the vote on that
office will be cast Out and not count
ed.
Returns of the election will be
posted on the bulletin board in Vil
lard hall every hour after counting
begins, which is at three o’clock.
Lowell Baker in Charge
Lowell Baker, vice-president of
the Associated Students, who is- in
charge of the elections, wishes the
election boards to report for duty
a few minutes before the hour to
enable the retiring board to reach
classes on time.
Electioneering at the polls will
not bo tolerated.
Besides the election of officers,
three amendments are up to be vot
ed upon. One is to change the control
of the editorial policy of the Em
erald from the editor of the pub
lication to the publications commit
tee.
A second provides awards for
music activity, and a third changes
the forensic awards.
A much heavier vote than usual
is expected this year because of the
Emerald amendment. Tho counting
board, however, expects to finish
and give out the final official re
port by 10 o’clock, the same hour
that counting was completed last
year. A new tally sheet has 'been k
devised that is expected to facilitate
the work greatly.
Co-op Officers on Ballot
Besides voting for regular student
officers, three men are to be select
ed to fill vacancies that will occur
on the Co-op directorate. One fresh
man and two sophomores are to be
selected from a field of seven en
trants.
For student body officers, 39 per
sons want 17 offices. There appears
to be a good race on for every of
fice with no candidate having a
clear field.
4th R. O. T. C. Parade
Scheduled for Today
The fourth of a aeries of eight
ii. O. T. C. parades scheduled for
ttie spring term will bo held this
i afternoon at the regular time. First
call will be at 4:50, with assembly
at 5:00.
Although regular drills for the
companies will not be resumed until
May 4, the parade will be held as
usual in order that the work may be
finished two weeks before the spring
term is over. There will be no drills
the last two weeks of the term.
Harold Brumfield will act as bat
tallion commander and Orville Blair
as battallion adjutant for the parade
today. The review will take place
on Kincaid field.
Beelar to Talk Over
Radio KGW Tonight
Tonight at 7:15 Donald Beelar,
varsity orator and debater, will de
liver over KGW, radio station of
the Morning Oregonian, his oration
which won for him the recent Inter
Collegiate Peace Oratorical Contest
held at Newberg.
The title of the winning oration
is “Democracy, the Hope of Peace.”
Beelar, in the state peace oration at
Newberg, competed against seven
other contestants from educational
institutions in all parts of the state.
Beelar’s speech wilt be sent to
Springfield, Massachusetts, where it
will compete with the winning ora
tions from the other states for the
national prize.