VOLUME XXVfl
NUMBER 138 i
Frosh, Babes
To Pit Forces
jToday at Tw o
Husky Youngsters Rated
Fast in Mile, Relay,
And Quarter
Oregon Yearlings Are
Well-balanced Squad
Stadelman and Robinson
Counted on to Place
By BOB FOSTER
FTER wearing out our thumb
-**• looking thru the files, our
"voice trying to pump some of the
Washington men, and Coach Ober
tauffer’s patience trying to learn
something we have at least decided
that there is no dope available on
the Oregon frosh-Washington babe
track meet to be held on Hayward
field at 2:00 this afternoon.
This is the first meet for the
frosh and the last for the babes.
There is no way of figuring any
comparison of the two teams as
Washington dope is not available
and there is only general informa
tion on the frosh. From the workout
the babes took yesterday after
noon, it is certain that they are
in the very best of condition and
that they are confident that they
can take the measure of the frosh.
They are known to be strong in
the distance with Kiser running the
nnile in 4:22 and the half in under
two minutes. Ferguson, another
babe, runs the mile in under 4:30.
Babes Fast on Track
Anderson, the babes star hurdler,
has been running the hurdles in
much better than varsity time and
will, unless something happens, win
with room to spare. Conger, their
star sprinter, is good for about 10
flat in the 100 and about 23 in the
220.
It is also evident that they have
a fine relay team and good quarter
milers, for at the Seattle relays
they beat the frosh by about a yard.
This has been the strong frosh race
all year and they are anxious for
another try at the babes and are
sure that they can lick them. The
frosh have been running the relay in
about as fast time as the varsity
and they hope to clip it off in bet
ter time than the varsity does at
Seattle against the Washington var
sity.
Field Events Doubtful
The frosh have a fairly well bal
anced team with the exception of
the mile, but it is hoped that some
one will pull a surprise in this and
give the babes a run. In the half,
they are fairly well fixed with
Hays and Wiley but neither are
expected to beat Kiser. In the
quarter, there are two good men in
Hudson and McCarty and it will be
a sweet race against the babes.
The sprints should be another
close one with Browne and Flangus
doing fair time in practice. The hur
dles are a conceded first, but Kel
ley and McKinnon should be able
to take second and third in the
highs. Kelley has a chance of win
ning the lows.
Nothing is available about the
field events except the shot and the
high jump. Stadelman is good for
over 42 feet in the shot, while Rob
inson should go nearly six feet in
the high jump. At the last minute,
Pat McGinnis who has been going
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Medical Students
To Send Transcripts
Students wishing to enter the
medical school, at Portland, in the
fall should apply at the registrar’s
office immediately to secure a tran
script of their credits so as to
avoid last minute congestion.
Because of the limited number of
students admitted each year by the
medical school, it is advisable that
students’ applications should be
sent in as early as possible. For
those who send in their transcripts
at the present time, the registrar's
office will send a supplement of
final grades to the medical school
after the final examinations.
Frederic Dunn to Give
Graduation Speclies
Frederic §. Dunn, head of the
Latin department, is scheduled tc
make graduation talks at Grants
Pass, May 20, Boseburg, June 3
Springfield, June 4, and Allan Pre
paratorv school, in Portland, on Junt
17. Two of his subjects will b<
“Betelgeuse” and “Heart of Bruce.’
Silhouettes Seen by Miss Burgess
Against Egypt’s Colorful Sky-line
Doleful Music of Early Implements Accompany
Workmen of Vegetation Strip on Nile
(Editor’s note: Following is the
concluding installment of the travel
story of Miss Julia Burgess, written
from Egypt.)
The towering sculptured pink
cliffs that lie between this valley
and the Nile form a wonderful set
ting for the open terraces of the
temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the
Elizabeth of Egypt. These are great
open courts with colonnades, rising
with charming effect above one an
other on the sloping sands below the
cliffs.
Along much of the Nile, cliffs of
this pinkish stone with deep purple
shadows playing on their palisades
or pyramids remind one of the
Grand Canyon of Arizona. Some
times they stand like gigantic flat
topped temples, possibly a sugges
tion of early architects. The pro
cession of men, camels and donkeys
constantly passing in silhouette
along the river path against the
brilliant sky may have impressed
the profile form on the early Egypt-'
ian mind; as it seems that the dec
orator may have gained a feeling
for horizontal lines of color from
the broad orange band of the sunset
under the blue sky above the yellow
of the desert and the vivid green of
the strip of vegetation along the
edg° of the Nile.
The creaking of the shadouf and
the Sakyeh makes a doleful music
along the lower Nile. The shadouf j
has a long pole handle with a huge j
ball of mud as weight at one end, a
deep basin at the other. Three shad
oufs, one above another on the bank,
are operated by lithe brown-skinned
bodies of fellaheen, bare to the
waist. This is a pumping device
from earliest times. The sakyeh is
a series of buckets on a wheel turned
by oxen treading their weary round.
The buckets in both cases are emp
tied into irrigating ditches. By
such slow and laborious means do
the fellaheen irrigate . their fields.
But they have time to do it, their
individual plots of land being so
small. When one learns, as we were
informed by the president of Assiut
College, That the population of
Scribes, Ad Chasers,
Plan Annual Banquet
To Close Year’s Work
Members of the Emerald staff
will celebrate the termination of
their labors for the year with their
annual banquet and ‘ ‘ splurge, ’ ’
Saturday evening, May 28. The af
fair will ibe held at one of the ho
tels, according to Si Slocum, mana
ger of the sheet, although definite
arrangements have not yet been
completed.
Prizes will be awarded to the
most efficient night editors and day
editors who have been on duty dur
ing the past year, and.to the best
writer of feature stories and the
best all-around reporter. Speeches
by the incoming and outgoing edi
tors and members of the journalism
faculty will be given. Sol Abram
son, retiring editor, will preside.
Four to be Presented
In Monday Rehearsal
For Music Students
The program for next week’s
Monday rehearsal has been fan
nouneed by Louis P. Artau, in
structor in the school of music, and
manager of these student programs.
urogram is as follows:
i I. Sail, White Dreams—
Anna Priscilla Fisher
A Memory, Edna Rosalind Park
Pauline Guthrie
j II. Etude Op. 25, No. 6 . Chopiu
Bernice Neher
; III. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
, Roger Quilter
Helen Williams
Barbara Edmunds, accompanist
IV. Etincelles . Mozhowski
Virginia Hunt
Cup to be Given for
Best Music Program
A cup to be left permanently in
! the possession of the living organ
| ization which presents the best one
hour musical program over radio
station KGEH has been offered by
that station. Competition is open
to all.
The contest will start Wednesday
evening from 7 to 8 o’clock and will
continue at this time every evening
as long as the competitors last. En
tries should be registered as soon
I as possible. Judgment will be as in
i debates of the kind, by listeners.
Egypt is one thousand for every
square mile of arable land, and
agriculture almost the only means of
support, one realizes that despite
the fruitful waters of the Nile the
masses are condemned to poverty.
New methods and new industries
will be necessary before Egypt can
provide comfort, sanitation, or edu
cation for its people. The men on
our boat seem happy, but on the
banks we see much to arouse pity
or disgust. The solemn faced women
are a gloomy sight in their long
robes of perpetual black. The short
skirt has not reached Egypt, and
men and women alike trail their
garments in the dust. Children and
•elders incessantly lift the shrill
and annoying cry of “baksheesh.”
There is filth everywhere; and worst
of all there is the terrible eye dis
ease which is carried by the plague
of flies with which Egypt is cursed;
efforts are being made to combat it,
but the task is enormous.
One of the strongest agencies for
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Frosh Ball Team
Beats Rook Nine
At Corvallis, 7-3
Yearlings Play O. A. C.
At 10 o’Clock Today;
Homers Made
The Oreg-on frosh travelled to
Corvallis yesterday and took the
measure of the O. A. C. rooks ball
nine for the second time this year,
7 to 3. The frosh won the first
game 11 to 7.
The yearlings collected fifteen hits
off Bastock and Wagner for the
Rooks. Dave Mason, frosh third
sacker, clouted out a home run with
two men on in the third inning.
Giles connected for another four
base s\vat in the sixth, scoring one
run ahead.
“Curly” Fuller let the Rooks
down with five scattered blows, but
some erratic support was largely
responsible for Aggie scores.
The first year men will play in
Eugene today at 10 a. m. on the
varsity diamond. Dope favors the
Frosh to make it three straight.
MacDonald or Anderson are slated
to hold down the hurling job for
Oregon.
Yesterday’s score:
Frosh .7 15 5
Rooks .3 5 ' 1
Batteries: Fuller and Williams;
Bastock, Wagner, and Marshall.
Exhibition by Riding
Class to be Added
Feature of Week-end
A new event is scheduled this
year for Junior Week-end. That is
a horseback riding demonstration to
be put on by girls from the riding
class under the direction of Mr.
Roy Boyd and Miss Eleanor Glass.
This demonstration was to have
been a feature of Play Day, given
this year at O. A. C., but due to the
fact that the O. A. C. girls did not
work at horseback riding this year,
no such event was scheduled. This
left the Oregon girls with a per
fectly good demonstration and no
one to demonstrate to. Since Jun
ior Week-end is shortened 1^ one
event—the canoe fete—it seemed a
good time to give the horse show.
It will be the first event of the
week-end, taking place on Friday at
nine o’clock oif Kincaid field.
Sixteen girls will take part in the
presentation, which will consist of
drill formations, such as wheels,
etc., and will last from ten to fif
teen minutes. A great deal of prac
tice has gone into the demonstration
and the girls have shown much in
terest and enthusiasm in the work,
according to Miss Glass.
F. G. Young Returns
Home After Illness
Dean F. G. Young of the school
i of sociology returned to his home
j yesterday from the Pacific Christian
hospital, where he has been since
his operation on April 27. He is said
to be doing nicely.
Dean Young probably will not be
able to meet his classes the rest of
the term, except for the examina
tions, according to John H. Mueller,
assistant professor of the depart
ment, who said that new assign
ments will be posted whenever nec
essary.
Creole Moon
Makes Big Hit
With Eugene
Plot of Revue Serves as
Thread for Star
Specialty Acts
Swede, Okey, Jerry
Stage Classic Feature
Galaxy of Chorus Co-eds
Provide Beauty
By HAROLD MANGUM
AMID almost continuous .ap
plause, “Creole Moon,” junior
musical comedy, played to a capac
ity house at the Heilig theater last
night. If ever a play took the fancy
of an audience, “Creole Moon” did
last night, setting as it did an ab
solutely new departure in campus
entertainment.
Without the slightest exaggera
tion, it can safely be said that the
University of Oregon has never wit
nessed its equal, either in sustained
interest, wealth of merriment and
talent, or excellence of cast. Every
thing was new, from the costumes
to the musical accompaniments.
Music and songs put the show
over. Billy O ’Bryant, musical di
rector, wrote most of them himself,
and achieved a remarkable success.
One of them—“Dance, Dance,
Dance,”—is timing the strokes of
this typewriter—-dance, dance,
dance. “Dancing with You,” “Span
ish Nights,” and “Creole Moon,”
were other instant hits. He won’t
be here long.
Specialties Hold Sway
The plot served mainly as an ex
cuse to introduce specialty num
bers of all sorts. For one stretch of
l half an hour, no principal charac
ter was seen, yet the production
gathered momentum all the way.
Faults there were, as will be found
in any amateur undertaking, but
they were not numerous and they
were not glaring.
For individual performance, us
ing applause as a criterion, a sur
prise act, not on the program at all,
aroused the greatest commotion. Roy
Okerberg, Swede Westergren, and
Jerry Gunther, famous as a bas
ketball trio, gamboled on the stage
clad as dancing Greeks. As they
came on, a wail went up from all
parts of the house, with never an
effect on the actors, who remained
imperturable as the Rock of Ages.
This act was conceived by Kittye
Sartain, who also directed the cho
ruses.
Ponies Dazzle
The high spot in the presentation
—the life and vitality—came from
the pony chorus—ten of the liveli
est and niftiest steppers that ever
trod the Heilig boards. They fur
nished a study in animation—a cho
rine for every temperament. There
was a girl who was jerky and jazzy,
and went away above the rank and
file in enthusiasm. There was an
other who was pretty as a baby, and
another with the grace of a running
fawn. Whirlwind girls, cyclonic
girls, skyrocket girls, firefly gills—
girls, girls, girls.
First Act Slow
The first act, if the bitter truth
must be told, lagged and was the
weakest in the play. A soliloquy
slowed the movement, and a wretch
ed bit of makeup—-leaving a black
face’s hands white—hurt the il
lusion of the southern garden. The
orchestra was a bit too strong, too,
and detracted from the carrying
I power of Billy-Lee’s soft voice.
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Yesterday Was That
Special Kind of Day
IT was Friday the thirteenth.
Even the breakfast grape
fruit knew it and aimed accord
ingly. A black eat crossed the
path of the coed who had stayed
up till five g. m. rehearsing, when
she was on her way to an eight
o'clock exam—the cat lost nine
lives.
A student tripped on the li
brary steps and the contents of
the notebook were scattered to
the four winds. It was the thir
teenth step.
Then there was the lad who
had missed all classes last week,
and had to sit through an hour
quiz on the lectures given during
the lapse of time.
Rumor has it thab the scenery
of a certain musical comedy fell
down on some of the stars early
in the morning.
It was Friday the thirteenth!
Charles J. Woodbury, Last Echo
of Emerson, Dies in Oakland at 83
Former Secretary of Concord Sage Lectured on
Life and Work of Essayist and His Group
Charles J. Woodbury, 83 years old,
one of the few surviving links of
the present with Waldo Emerson
and the Concord group of writers,
died Wednesday at his home in Oak
land, Cal. Mr. Woodbury is well
remembered on the campus by fac
ulty members and upperclassmen as
the hearty, genial old gentleman
who two years ago made the last of
a series of visits to the Oregon cam
pus, lecturing on Emerson, his friend
and employer. For several years,
while he was vet a young man, Mr.
Woodbury was private secretary to
the New England poet and sage.
It is easy to recall his short but
rugged figure, swaying on his toes
on the stage at Villard hall while,
smiling all over his ruddy face, he
chuckled out his memories of Emer
son. “Drop by drop was how he
changed his water into wine,” he
used to say, describing the Concord
man’s method of slow, careful writ
ing and rewriting.
His frank description of his mas
ter’s platform weaknesses—“he nev
er let liis voice fall at a period”
and “he never looked at his audi
ence”—used to relieve his eulogium
of his chief, whose greatness as a
thinker he so ably portrayed.
Mr. Woodbury, while here on his
last visit, disclaimed Emerson’s
authorship of the saying that “if a
man can make a better mousetrap
than anyone else, the world will beat
a path to his door.” “It sounds like
Emerson,” lie said, “but I think it
was written by Elbert Hubbard.”
One little incident characteristic
ally Emersonian is recalled from
those told by Mr. Woodbury. Some
one had said a good word for the
soothing qualities of tobacco. “To
bacco! tobacco!” Emerson cried,
in scornful crescendo. “What rude
crowbar is this to smooth out the
delicate tissues of the brain!”
For nearly fifteen years this last
survivor of the Concord circle had
traveled about among the colleges
of the country arousing and reviv
ing in this generation an interest in
Emerson as man and essayist and
poet. His original impetus in this
direction he obtained from David
Y. W. C. A. to Sponsor
Annual Junior-Senior
Breakfast on June 4
The annual Junior-Senior break
fast, which is sponsored by the
V. W. 0. A., will be given June 4
in the Woman’s building. On this
occasion, the juniors act as host
esses and the seniors are their
guests.
Shirley Maguire is general chair
man of the affair and committees
are being appointed to handle the
breakfast. A program consisting
of music and short talks has been
arranged.
Lists, showing the line-up of host
esses and guests will be posted in
the library and bungalow in a few
days.
Raymond Lawrence
Will Take Paris Job
On Chicago Tribune
Raymond 1). Lawrence, instructor
I in the school of journalism, will go
to Paris this summer where he has
| accepted a position on the Paris
■ edition of the Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Lawrence was graduated from
I the University in 1922, and then
worked for the Atjtorian, of As
toria; the Eugene Guard, the Ore
; gonian, Telegram, and for the Unit
! ed Press in Los Angeles.
He returned to the University
i in the fall of 1924 to take a posi
j tion as graduate assistant for one
year, and instructor for the past
j two years. lie has also had charge
of University publicity.
No announcement, has been made
as yet as to filling his place.
He is a member of Sigma Delta
Chi, journalism fraternity for men,
j and of Delta Tau "Delta.
Two Students Will Star
For Mississippi Relief
Jean Tompkins and Ben White
j smith, two university students, will
star in a one-act play to be given
in the Unitarian church Sunday eve
ning at 8:00. The play, “The Val
iant,” will be part of a dramatic.
| and musical program at the close of
I which a collection will be taken
for the Mississippi Flood , Relief
Fund.
Starr’ Jordan, of Stanford Univer- |
sity. Mr. Woodbury had delivered I
a lecture on Emerson with Dr. Jor
dan in the audience, and the Stan
ford president impressed on him
that it was a duty he owed the stu
dents of today to bring before them
his vivid picture of Emerson as he
was in the days when he was the
center of that group which included
the Aleotts and Henry D. Thoreau.
Now that the old man is gone, it
is perhaps fitting that the last word
in a brief statement of appreciation
should be of Emerson and not of
Woodbury. It is easy to recall the
venerable lecturer—who while on
tour would never admit his near ap
proach to octogenarian status—
criticising such an article as this,
not because it contained so little
of Woodbury but because there
wasn’t more of his old friend and
teacher. With him there passed the
last actual echo of the voice of Em
erson.
Aztec Motif of
Junior Prom in
McArthur Court
Igloo to Accommodate 500
Dancers; Formal*
Not Essential
Preparations for the annual Jun
ior Prom to take place Saturday,
May 21, in McArthur eourt, are con
w tinuinir, and mem
bers of all commit
toes ore working to
capacity, according
to Bill Powell, gen
eral chairman of
the big all-college
dance.
House represen
tatives report that
many tickets are
being sold, and it
is expected that
irn'ri' wm De a rec
Bill Powell ord crowd at the
dance this year. Preparations are
being made to accommodate 500
couples.
McArthur court will lie for the
first, time the scene of a dance. It
is the largest building available for
such a purpose in the city. “There
will be plenty of room and dancers
will not be crowded as has been the
case heretofore,” said Bill Powell.
“The dance is formal, but it is
riot compulsory that men wear tux
edos,” he announced.
Greatest effort at the present time
is being concentrated on the dec
orations, under the direction of
Katherine Mutzig, art director. The
motif for the decoration scheme
which is to convert McArthur court
into an Indian lodge is Aztec. De
signs in imitation of the gay and
picturesque ones found on Aztec,
totem poles are to be used. Bril
liant shades of calcimine are being
painted on be,overboard in various
fantastic shapes, to be placed on all
the wails of the court.
White drapes will extend from
the ceiling to the floor all around
the court, and colored lights will
be reflected on them.
The programs in keeping with the
Aztec motif, are to take the form
of small booklets with a design
painted on the front cover, accord
ing to Lueilo Brown, chairman of
the programs committee.
Arrangements for the feature of
the evening have not yet been com
pleted, but will be announced rim
ing the early part of next week.
Mark Taylor,* assistant chairman
of the directorate, will announce
later the schedule of workers who
are to assist in the decorating next
week.
High Schools to Vie
As Debate Champions
Thursday, May 19, has boon defin
itely set as the date of the debate
between Ashland high school and
McLaughlin union high of Milton
I for the state championship.
tiuild hall will be the scene of
the competition which will deter
mine the winner of the DeCou cup,
; presented to the league of Oregon
high school debaters by E. K. I)c
; <'ou. head of the mathematics de
j part men t.
Dan E. Clark, of the extension
division, secretary of the league, is
I arranging accommodations for the
[ speakers.
Seniors Vote
Albert Prize
toWestergren
Basketball Star Recognized
By Classmates for His
Outstanding Record
Biggs and Abramson
Run Close to Winner
Self-supporting Student
Gets Permanent Cup
A LOOT WESTERGREN, student
and athlete, wins the Albert
prize, a silver loving cup, as a re
suit of senior elass
l balloting which
took place yester
day. The race was
; close between him
and Hugh Biggs,
student body pres
: ident, who ran sec
■ ond. Sol Abram
son was four votes
! behind Biggs.
The award is
! given by Joseph H.
Albert, cashier of
A1 Weatergren the First National
bank of Salem and is in recognition
of progress made during the college
career in character, service and
wholesome influence in general.
Westergren was named all-coast,
basketball guard three successive
years. Only two other men have
'made this record. Besides being
outstanding in athletics “Swede,”
who is a self-supporting student, has
maintained a scholastic averaga
above a grade of III, and is a mem
ber of To-Ko-Lo, honorary sopho
more organization for men. He is
a member of Beta Theta Pi, social
fraternity.
Each yoar Mr. Albert donates a
silver trophy to the man or woman
who is voted as most deserving of
the honor. Last year Paul Agcr re
ceived the cup. Willamette Uni
versity and the Oregon Agricultural
College are each allowed a similar
award.
The three men whose names were
on the ballot were selected by the
committee on awards from a group
of prospective winners named by
student advisers.
Article on Year Book
By Present Editor
Credits Much to Staff
Did you ever wonder liow your
college annual is made? Frances
Bourhill, l!>l!ti-27 Oregana. editor,
tells ill an article, “Editing the An
nual,” in the April number of “The
Scholastic Editor.”
Care in selection of staff, and es
pecially of that part handling the
art work, is necessary to a good
book, she states, for an efficient
body of assistants will remove many
of the details from the editor’s
shoulders, leaving his time free to
devote to general plans of the book.
“A motif will unify and give or
iginality to the book. It must, how
ever, be rich enough in material to
be adequate for the section head
ings, borders, and introductory
pages,” she further states. “Art
motifs are often taken from local
traditions, national characteristics
of a race, Indian, Turkish, Egyp
tian or Spanish architecture and
the like.” The Oregon art motif
! for this year will be Chinese.
The editor is a senior in the
school of journalism and a member
of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary jour
nalism fraternity, Mortar Board and
I Kappa Alpha Theta.
Camp Cooks Learn
Of Beef and Biscuits
Part of this camp cooking classes
were shown how beef is cut up, and
some learned how to bake biscuits
Thursday.
Demonstrations in cutting up a
side of beef were made to the ten
o’clock class at Lowell market, and
to the one o’clock at Gray’s meat
shop. The eight o’clock section is.
hoping to arrange for a similar dem
onstration soon.
Seven men and two women of the
one o’clock section had a special
lab at noon to furnish themselves
with food for their lunch time ap
petite and for experience in cook
ing.
Biscuits, dogs in the blanket, and
all sorts of good things were made.
The men, minus their coats and
with the addition of hiind-towel
aprons, looked and acted the part of
real camp chefs.