VOLUME XXVfl
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. WEDNESDAY. MAY 11. 1927
NUMBER 138 V S
Janet Pearce
Queen of
Campus Chorines
Creole Moon Characters
Drawn by Typewriter
Of Publicity Man
Janet Pearce, the girl with the
provocative smile, plays the leading
feminine role in “Creole Moon,” mu
sical comedy to be
1 presented by the
junior class Friday
and Saturday
nights and Satur
day afternoon.
Tickets are selling
like spiked lemon
ade at a Sunday
school picnic, and
so forth. Janet
will be seen as
Billy-Lee Travers,
of N’O’leans, and,
Janet Pearce as she won the
part from the best talent the cam
pus could afford, she must be
good. Her father, the familiar col
onel, has betrothed her to some nit
wit or other, and she throws a dain
ty rebellion which results in her
invading the Mardi Gras. What
happens, and why, furnishes the plot
—and it isn’t a bad plot either.
Introducing Mr. Ernest McKin
ney, of Lakeview, Oregon. Mr. Mc
Kinney has been playing character
parts for the_
Guild hall plays
for some time, and
lie has one of the
best roles in “Cre
ole Moon,” that
of a highly ine
briated individual
who has lost liis
wallet, not lii^
wallop, a block
down the street,
but is looking for
ll unuer me arc
light because the Ernest McKinney
illumination is so much better.
The part is perfectly proper be
cause Mr. McKinney is good enough
actor to obtain results without out
side stimulation. No, Gretchen—
there are no mother-in-law roles.
Hal Socolofsky, not to be con
fused with the Herb of identical
family designation whose chairman
ship looziecl our
when the mill
race declared for
Volstead; has
part of Balph
Clayton in the
play. Soeo plays
opposite Billy
Lee, and, to make
things come out
okeh, he eventu
ally wins the
maiden fair.
Hal Socolofsky His role is
quite important, as it calls for sing
ing and speaking ability. He lias a
sorry time, always wanting the col
onel’s daughter, but afraid to de
clare himself before urged by the
madness of the moon. Moonlight
bathes the levee, though, and -Soco’s
faint heart becomes strong.
• * •
Among the minor parts, but high ,
in the list of specialties, is Edward j
“Gyp” Cheney, soft shoe dancer and
all-around ath
lete. Clieney per
formed in four
sports for four
years at the high
school of Com
merce in Port
land, and earned
recognition i n
each of them. He
is also perfectly
at home with any
sort oi musicai^^m
instrument in his
hands—any sort. Ed Cheney
Cheney is a levee negro in “Cre
ole Moon,” and soft-shoes w)hile
Clarence Lidburg accompanies him
on the accordion.
And Henri D’Espan struts across
the stage, played by Bill Forbis,
leading songbird. He is a malefac
tor, though a good matured one,
and contrives to have the fair Bil
ly-Lee kidnapped. He sings the song
of the Pirates, the bold, bad Pir
ates, all so irate, and then it all
turns out to be a joke. Ha, ha, ha.
Dean Robbins to Talk
In Albany This Noon
“A Kiwanis Philosophy” will be
the subject of an address by Dean
E. C. Robbins of the school of bus
iness administration before the
weekly meeting luncheon of the Al
bany Kiwanis club today noon.
Girl Athletes
ToHoldDance
Next Tuesday
Everyone to Dance and Eat
At Strawberry
Festival
Affair Will be Held
' At Old Tennis Courts
Co-ed Speakers to Visit
Men’s Houses
NEXT Tuesday evening from
6:30 to 7:30 the campus eds and
co-eds will have a chance to eat de
licious strawberry sundaes, and to
dance in the open. The occasion will
be the Strawberry Festival spon
sored by the Women’s Athletic As
sociation, and under the general di
rection of Euth Burcham.
So, on Tuesday, May 17, all liv
ing organizations are asked to omit
dessert from the menu and usheT
their members to the old tennis
courts by the library for the sundae
and the dance. Sundaes will be 20
cents and each dance will be a
nickel. Euth Burcham asks coopera
tion in clearing the courts after
each dance, so that it will be pos
sible to collect the money.
This is the only event given by
the W. A. A. to raise money, and
was originated last spring. It is
planned to make it an annual af
fair.
Pep Talks Scheduled
Speakers will go to the different
men’s houses Thursday noon and
tell the advantages of the festival.
The speakers and the houses to 1
which they will go are as follows:
Frances Morgan and Olive Banks,
Beta Theta Pi and Chi Psi; Arliene
Butler and Beth Ager, Phi Kappa
Psi and Sigma Pi Tau; Helen Mu
maw and Marion Sten, Theta Chi
and Sigma Phi Epsilon; Jo Ealston
and Betty Bean, Sigma Nu and Kap
pa Sigma; Dena Aim and Virginia
Lounsbury, Delta Tau Delta and
Phi Sigma Kappa; Esther Hardy
and Myra Belle Palmer, Phi Delta
Theta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon;
Lela Horton and Nellie Johns, Al
pha Beta Chi and Friendly hall;
Bernieee Easor, Alpha Tau
Omega; Myrtle Mast and Lottie
Bennett, Psi Kappa and Sigma Chi.
Committees Named
The following committees will as
sist Euth Burcham:
Clean-up: Helen Peters, chairman,
Elizabeth Martin, Adwina Gables,
Eleanor Poorman, Betty Allen, and
Marjory Whetsel.
Food: Marjorie Landru, chair
man, and Dorothea Lenseh.
Serving: Eleanor Marvin, chair
man, assisted by 16 servers.
Gates: Euth Scott and Mae
Moore, chairman, assisted, by 15
girls.
Harold Brumfield Gets
Military Honor Post
With U.S. Army Option
Harold J. Brumfield, senior jn
economies, lias been named as honor
graduate from the military depart
ment, according to an announce
ment made last night by Lieutenant
Colonel W. S. Sinclair, professor of
military science.
Each year the staff of the military
department here has the power to
name one honor graduate. The title
of honor graduate entitles the pos
sessor to entrance into the United
States army as a second lieutenant
without further mental examination
and with only a physical examina
tion.
The award was made because of
the excellent work done by Brum
field in military, according te Col
onel Sinclair. Brumfield is one of
three Cadet Majors in the Univer
sity R. O. T. C.
Very few positions are open in
the army this year but the award
is good until the possessor reaches
the age of 30 with only the phys
ical examination, according to Col
onel Sinclair. Last year the award
was made to Albert Sinclair.
Schmidt to Go on Party
With German Official
Dr. F. G. G. Schmidt, head of
the German department, has been
invited to be one of a party given
by the Chamber of Commerce for
a trip over the Columbia River
highway with the German ambas
sador to the United States, tomor
row, Thursday, May 12. The trip j
isto end with luncheon at the Co-'
lumbia Gorge hotel.
Hey, Skinnay!
Circus in 'Hut'
At 8:00 Tonight
—
Animals, Bearded Lady, ’n
All Slated
Hev, Skinnay!
At 8 o ’clock tonight the circus is
coming to town! Princess Nagba
baori will dance the hula dance,
and strange curiosities can be seen
in many booths. A circus parade,
made up of animals and curious
things that circuses have will make
its way through the crowd.
All this at the “Y” hut tonight
for the benefit of those who are in
need of relief from the Mississippi
flood. There will be no charge for
the circus, excepting the ice cream,
but voluntary donations will be
taken up during the evening. All
those who are interested in making
a donation are urged to drop in
some time during the evening.
Besides the parade, there will be
games of chance, a particularly in
teresting one being of Korean orig
in. Other sights of the circus will
be there, too, such as the bearded
lady, Siamese twins, and Polar
bears.
This benefit is taking the place
of the annual pageant put on by the
Cosmopolitan club.
All-Star Teams
Named to Meet
O. A. C. Saturday
All Girls Unable to Play
Requested to Post
Notice Soon
The all-star teams in girls’
baseball and hockey have been
picked, although the seasons are
not yet over, in order that there
will be a team to send to O. A. C.
on Saturday for Play Day.
Each girl on the following teams
should indicate on the bulletin
board by the scales in the women’s
gymnasium whether or not it will
be possible for her to go. In case
she cannot go, a substitution will be
made.
The baseball all-star team: Nellie
Best, senior; Margaret Pepoon, sen
ior: Jeanette Sheets, junior; Ruth
Scott, junior; Nellie Johns, junior;
Olive Adams, sophomore; Mae
Moore, sophomore; Marjorie Lan
dru, senior; Dorothea Lensch, soph
omore; and Editha Barthel, sopho
more.
The hockey all-star team: Cath
erine Osborne, junior, c. i.; Jo Ral
ston, junior, 1. w.; Margery Horton,
1. i.; Evelyn Anderson, junior, r. w.;
Emily Gropp, sophomore, r. i.; Elea
nor Marvin, junior, c. h.; Marjorie
Landru, senior, 1. h.; Ruth Scott,
junior, r. h.; Berniece Rasor, jun
ior, 1. f.; Editha Barthel, sopho
more, r. f.; Arliene Butler, senior,
goal.
Esther Davis, ’26,
Tells of Engagement
To Lewis E. Scriven
The engagement of Esther Davis,
’2d, to Lewis E. Scriven, was an
nounced at the Gamma Phi Beta
house last night. Special editions
of the Emerald bore the news.
Miss Davis, while on the campus,
was active in journalism wrork, hav
ing been a member of the upper
news staff for two years, and a day
editor her senior year. She was also
secretary to George Turnbull and
Ralph D. Casey, professors in the
school of journalism. At present
she is secretary to E. F. Carleton,
of the Oregon State Teachers’ As
sociation in Portland.
She is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, scholastic fraternity; Theta
Sigma Phi, women’s honorary jour
nalism fraternity; Order of the Em
erald “O”; and of Gamma Phi Beta
sorority.
Mr. Scriven is a student at Wash
ington State College, and formerly
attended the University of Wash
ington. He will finish at the Uni
versity of California next year.
Exact date of the wedding has
not been announced, but the mar
riage will be some time in the sum
mer.
Miss Davis has been on the cam
pus for the past two days, but will
return to Portland today.
Spaeth Delves
Into History of
Recent Music
Author of ‘Read ’em and
Weep’ Describes How
Tunes Are Built
Jazz Works Can Claim
Distinguished Ancestry
Two-tone Pattern Relied on
For Many Melodies
Hallelujah, bananas,
Oh, bring back my bonnie to me,
I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls
Seeing Nellie home through an
old-fashioned garden
Hallelujah, bananas,
Oh bring back my bonnie today.
THIS combination of the words
of the old, well-known song—
each line corresponding to the music
appropriated to build up tho “ban
ana” song—was only one of the
“screams” which cast Sigmund
Spaeth’s audience last night into
an hilarious fit of laughter. He sang
this medley of words to illustrate
his point, “But, yes, we have no
new music, we have no new music
today.” “This song has distinguish
ed ancestors,” he said, “for its com
posers had high ambitions and went
back even to Handel’s Oratorio for
its first four tones.”
Deals witn Appreciation
Besides this amusing side of Dr.
Spaeth’s lecture, however, there
was a serious explanation and at
tempt to awaken a sense of appre
ciation in the potential music lover.
Recognition is the first step toward
the appreciation of music, ho point
ed out, and explained that concert
listeners, when they hear the first
notes of familiar encore, applaud,
not the performer or the music, but
themselves for recognizing the tube.
The tune is the thing, he said, and
advanced this slogan, “By their
tunes ye shall know them.” Follow
ing this line of thought he said that
he had been asked how many notes
it takes to make a tune, and demon
strated that only two notes will
make a tune. One of the oldest and
most popular tunes is made of only
two notes. This is the cuckoo’s call
or the “come-hither whistle.” Dr.
Spaeth demonstrated how these two
notes formed the basis for the com
position of “The Japanese Sam
pan,” Beethoven’s “Turkish
March,” the beginning of his Fifth
Symphony, and a number of pop
ular songs, and lullabies.
Tone Patterns Important
He also showed how the three
tone, four-tone, and five-tone pat
terns form the backgrounds for
most of the world’s music. The five
tone scale is important because it
forms the basis for all the folk
tunes of the world, and ho played
the tune of Irving Berlin’s “Al
ways,” which combines the five
tone scale with the two-tone pat
tern, and ended singing, “Not for
just a year, but ‘cuckoo,’ ”
Interesting also were his explan
ations of the meaning of the first
three tones of Rachmaninoff’s “Pre
lude.” The story is often told, he
said, that as Napoleon approached
Moscow the bolls of the Kremlin
rang out these three notes in warn
ing to the Russians, and later the
Kremlin was burned. “This is all
very well,” ho added, “and it is
nice for listeners to have this sen
timent interjected, but Rachmanin
off told me personally that he wrote
the “Prelude” only as a study of
the three tones.” Other interpreta
tions, which were given by children,
he said, were, “Hear us, Lord” and
“Give us bread.”
“Jack and Jill” Take House
The high point of the evening’s
hilarity was evidently reached in
the four different versions of the
Jack and Jill story, which Dr.
Spaeth gave. The first version was
the very dignified oratorio inter
pretation, with many flourishes in
the accompaniment, and then came
the presentation based on the old
Italian opera, with the sextette and
the warbles of the coloratura so
prano, and “he broke his corona.”
The very noisy but brief Wagner
ian version followed presenting
Jack as the superhuman man striv
ing ever higher and upward. He
ended with the modern jazz version,
an end to which all tunes come soon
er or later, he interjected, which in
cluded the “Palling Jack and Jill
Blues.”
A pattern is an essential thing in
music, he believes, and if one dis
covers the pattern, one can find as
much fun in a Beethoven symphony
as in a Berlin hit. The rythmic
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Rainy Weather Continues to Haunt
Travel Tour of Miss Julia Burgess
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j Constantinople Obscured in Mists and Cold Winds;
Sultan’s Jewels, Worth Millions, Viewed
i ©
Constantinople also produced a
flutter of excitement. Ever since
one learned, with some ceremony, to
spell the name everyone has, I pre
sume, wished to visit the city. The
thrill increased as we passed the
old Seraglio in Stamboul, the six
slender minarets of the Mosque of
Ahmed I, and the four of Sancta
Sophia, and drew up alongside the
Palace of Dolma Bagtche (until re
cently the home of the Sultan) with
minarets, mosques and palaces ris
ing in every direction.
The weather was horrible—bitter
cold with rain; but. the harbor was
a merry sight. Lively steamers
floating the star and crescent were
plying up the Bosphorus or over to
Scutari, close across the strait.
The following day we visited the
Old Seraglio, home of the Sultans
until sixty-five years ago. This win
ter for the first time the treasury
of state jewels has been thrown
open to visitors. The golden throne
of the Sultan, and the jewelled
throne won in conquest from the
Shah of Persia, valued at two hun
dred million pounds sterling were
among the exhibits. Harmless esti
mate, as there was no buyer, The
vanity of royalty took curious form
in a diamond encrusted dressing
table, and most of all in dishes
set with protruding gems, from
which the ruler is said to have eat
en his meals. Gems were missing
here and there; one wondered whe
ther they had given the Sultan indi
gestion. The architecture of the
mosques delighted us. Might it not
have been more admired if the
Turks and Arabs had played a more
noble or more dominating part in
modern history?
Wo were here initiated into the
amusing ceremony of putting on
sandals in which we shuffled clum
sily across bare floor or rugs as
the case might be. Our guide, reput
ed a Turkish admiral of the Young
Turk party, explained it thus:
“We ask you to put on sandals
because in our religion we prostrate
our heads to the floor—out of re
spect for God. You understand?”
There was no apparent irony in his
voice, but one could ponder on his
last words.
A distressing effect is produced
in Sanota Sophia by the fact that,
having been built as a Christian
church with its altar pointing to
ward Jerusalem, when it became a
mosque its direction was wrong for
Mecca by thirteen degrees; one is
made dizzy by the hundreds of
prayer rugs all slanting thirteen de
grees from the axis of the building.
Much color has disappeared from
life in Constantinople. The women
with few exceptions go unveiled in
tho streets, and in general there
is a determination to adopt Euro
pean customs.
A stop at Haifa in Palestine gave
opportunity for a drive to Nazar
eth. This was the real Orient, with
color and customs quite untouched
by western infuence. Women still
draw water from Mary’s well and
carry their heavy but graceful jars
at perilous angles on their coiled
headdresses. Long camel trains
stretch lankly along the highways
and the coast. A very comfortable
auto conveyed us up Mt. Carmel,
through the plain of Esdraelon, and
along rocky hillsides whore the
brilliant red and white anemones
make gay tho roadside. But though
we were in one of the most fertile
areas in Palestine, we heard some
regret expressed at the Baclc-to-Pal
estine colonizing movement. Wo saw
several colonies, much capital hav
ing been put into good houses on
soil that will not yield a return on
the prices charged. The colonists
are dissatisfied, but the natural
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Seniors to Hold
Class Meeting
This Evening
Permanent Secretary Will
Be Elected by Class
Of 1927
The election of a permanent sec
retary for the class of 1927 will oc
cur at the senior meeting to bo held
Thursday evening at 7:30 in Villard
hall. A few business details will
be attended to and the official an
nouncement of the Albert prize can
didates will be made.
The selection of the Albert prize
winner will be made by ballot at
elections to be held Friday from
11:00 in the morning to 3:00 in the
afternoon.
The three candidates from whom
the seniors will select the winner
are Algot Westergren, Hugh Biggs,
and Sol Abramson. The three men
were nominated by the committee
on awards after a consideration of
a large number of names obtained
from class advisers and others in
a position to observe the progress
of members of the senior class.
All three have been prominent in
activities and of relatively higli
standing in scholarship. For the
benefit of off-campus readers who
may not have been receiving their
| Emerald regularly: Biggs is presi
i dent of the A. S. U. O.; Abramson,
editor of the Emerald, and Wester
j gren three times a member of the
j Pacific Coast all-star basketball
team.
The winner last year was Paul
j Ager, graduate Rtudent this year,
' who recently was awarded a schol
J arsliip at Yale for advanced re
I search.
Martha Teach Leads
In Grades; 22 Hours
—
Martha Teach, a sophomore in
English from Long Beach, Oalifor- i
nia, lead the University in individ
j ual grades for the winter term with
I til hours of one and one hour of
i two, according to records at the
I registrar’s office.
University regulations do not al
! low for the granting of more than
19 hours credit for work done in
one term so Miss Tench will receive
credit for hut 19 hours at the grade
of one. In such cases, the hours de
ducted are those carrying the low
est grade.
Officers-elect
To be Installed
At La^t Assembly
Proposal to Reduce Track
Requirements Up
For Vote
A. S. U. O. officers for next year
will bo installed at a spocial stu
dent assembly Thursday morning,
May 12, in the Woman’s building
at 11:00 o’clock. This will be the
last meeting of tho term.
Members of the junior vod-vil
cast have agreod to entertain with
an original skit under the direction
of Don McCook. Another feature of
the program will be songs by the
men’s glee club.
Song week held two weeks ago re
sulted in the creation of two new
compositions which are to bo turned
over to the new music committee for
their approval. One of these, “I
Want to Go Back to Oregon,” will
be sung by the men. It was written
by Bob Hunt, chairman of the stu
dent music group, and is an ar
rangement that tells of the mill
race, McKenzie river, and college
life in general. Josephine Balston,
junior, has also written an alma
mater song.
The oath of office will be admin
istered to new officials by Hugh
Biggs, retiring president, after
which Don Beelar will bo presented
with the gavel so that he may pre
side over the rest of tho meeting.
An amendment to the by-laws of
the student body constitution pro
posing to reduce the requirements
for varsity track awards will be
voted on during the hour. It reads:
“To amend clause II, section I, ar
ticle VIII of the by-laws by sub
stituting the word ‘six’ for the ex
isting word ‘nine’ so that the
amended clause will read: ‘The of
ficial emblem for major sports will
be awarded to any representative
of the varsity track team winning
six points during one season in dual
Pacific Obast conference contests,
or one first place in a dual Pacific
contest, or one point or a fraction
of a point, with the exception of the
relay, which must be won during a
Pacific Coast conference meet.”
Varsity Wins
Second Fray
FromHuskies
Joe Johnson, Washington
Shortstop, Suffers
Broken Leg
Gordon Ridings Stars
On Second Cushion
Home Runs Feature Big
Hit Spree
THE gods of revenge have been
appeased! After losing five
straight games, three by a one-run
margin, the Oregon
varsity baseball
nine batted four
University of
Washington hurl
ers all over the
field for its first
conference victory,
13 to 8. Driving
out 13 hits, which
included two home
runs, a triple and
a double, the Lem
on-yellow batsmen
Gordon Ridings had Coach “Tub
by” Graves’ moundmen leaving the
game with regularity.
It was a shifted line-up that
faced the Washington Huskies yes
terday. Gordon Ridings, relief
catcher, made his debut as a second
sacker and proved to be the star of
the game. The new addition to the
fold crashed out a home run and a
single in four trips to the platter,
scored four runs, and played sensa
tional ball in the field. Ridings was
everywhere. A running stop behind
first in the seventh inning was one
of the fielding features. He and Mc
Cormick at short had a great day
each garnering five putouts.
George Mimnaugh, the erstwhile
catcher, was stationed in center
field. Ira Woodie performed from
behind the plate.
Husky Shortstop Breaks Leg
.Toe Johnson, Washington's star
shortstop and field captain, broke a
bone in his leg in the second inning
while sliding to third base after
running from first on an infield hit
by McKenzie, Husky catcher. John
son slid under Jones but rolled off
the bag when he felt his injury. He
will be out for tho season. His loss
was keenly felt during the remain
der of tho game, as Jackson, who
substituted, mussed up two ground
balls.
■Oregon made the first run of the
game in tho second when Jones
walked, went to second on Les
Johnson’s infield hit, and scored on
Woodie’s infield out. Washington
tied it up in the third without a
hit when Hyllengren was hit by a
I>itelied ball, stole second, and came
homo when McCormick and Ridings
got mixed up in an attempt by
Woodio to catch him off base.
MacComas Out in Third
MacComas, Husky flinger, col
lapsed in tho third. After Mim
naugh flied out, Ridings homed into
right field. McCormick walked, and
scored when Dnvo Epps crashed out
his third home run of the season.
This was too much for MacComas
and he was waved to the showers
in favor of flinger Strout.
Mr. Strout retired the side and
lasted part of the next inning but
not before damage had been done.
The Webfoots scored six runs in
this canto and took a nine run lead.
Johnson singled past short, was sac
rificed to second by Woodie, and
scored on a hit by West. Mimnaugh
walked and Ridings filled the sacks
on an error by Jackson. McCor
mick’s hit scored West and Mim
naugh. Ridings and McCormick
scored on a three bagger by Gould.
Gould scored w li e n McKenzie
dropped Beckett’s perfect throw on
Epps’ infield hopper. Jones forced
Epps at second and Johnson got his
second bingle of the inning, but
Woodie grounded out to Bolstad.
west retires in sixth
Freddy West, who started the
game for the Webfoots, breezed
along until the sixth when his sore
arm caused his retirement in favor
of Bill Baker. West allowed the
Huskies six hits but his injured arm
hindered his assortment of pitches
and he was forced to walk nine men.
Arnold and Beckett walked and
came home on Jackson’s double.
Kvan walked, but hits by Hyllen
gron and Bolstad scored two more
runs. It was at this juncture Baker
went in for West.
Baker had good luck in the three
innings pitched save for the eighth
in which a home run by Hyllengren
scored two runners on base. A
double by Epps scored Hidings and
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