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VOLUME XXIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1927. NUMBER 10 Coach Horner Approves New Tryout System Debaters to Be Chosen by Squad Plan to Prevent Care-Freeness Students Give Adverse Views About Method Many Will Not Go Out, Says Manager Members for debate teams this j year will be chosen, beginning with the first tryout about the middle of ^ November, by a. method that has never before been used at the Uni- | versitv of Oregon, according to j plans formulated by Coach Horner. Tho flan which is called the “squad system,” is not new, however, but is used by very few colleges in the United States. The University of Southern California adopted it sev eral years ago and reports perfect satisfaction. However, there is some antipathy among the Oregon students about the feasibility of the system,'es pecially among those who are desir ous of trying out for debate work. Coach Horner feels confident that the plan will prove successful in the end. In discussing the system Coach Horner said, “There has been some talk, both favorable and unfavor able, among the men on the campus interested in forensics concerning the so-called “squad system” which I have decided to institue this year in debate work. In order to clear up any misunderstandings and at the same time set the caso clearly before those who arc yet uninformed concerning it, I have been asked to state my ideas and plans. system weeds cooperation “There is nothing particularly oc cult about it. When debate try outs are held, I shall select, let us say, twenty-four men. If there are two questions to be used, there would be 12 men on each question. Now let us take the 12 men on one of the questions, for example. I assign three first affirmatives, three first negatives, three second affirm atives, and three second negatives. We all analyze the case and decide on the best line of argument for both the affirmative and negative sides. In the final analysis we have the same issues, of course, for all first affirmatives, the same for all second affirmatives, etc. As a re sult, the structure of the case is the same, no matter which one of the three speakers I may choose for any position. Each man develops the issues as lie thinks best, of course, so that each speech may be different in style and method of treatment, but the case remains the same. By having the same issues I am enabled to use any one of the three first affirmatives. The same with the negative case. In this way ♦lie coach has three men working against each other for a position on the team, and need not necessarily pick a team until a few days before a debate. “This system is going into ef fect. It has worked successfully at a number of first class American in situations, most notably at Southern California where Coach Alan Nich ols has developed, possibly, the best debating on the Pacific coast. It can work here, and with cooperation it will work,” emphasized Coach; Horner. Debate Requires Work He further said, “The chief ob jection against this system is that (Continued on page two) Japanese Prints are Donated by L. Tingle Seven Japanese prints given by I Miss Lillian Tingle, head of the household arts department, to the j department are being framed. Each i of these prints shows some phase in j the process of silk making. They were collected for this reason and for their decorative value. They are by Tovo Kuni and others. Miss Tingle collected these prints while she was in Japan about seven years ago. Storm Causes Halt Of Mrs. Grayson Flight (By United Press) Old Orchard, Maine, Oct. 18.—Bad weather may force Mrs. Francis W. Grayson to postpone her flight to ; Copenhagen until next year. After today’s storm it appeared that Maine coast weather was un likely to favor a transatlantic flight again this year. I University Instructor Missing; Cureton Will Not Return Is Report The disappearance of Edward Curct.on, instructor in the school of education, who has been "missing since October 3, was partly ex plained by a letter received by Dean H. D. Sheldon, and by dispatches from his mother, Mrs. Elva S. Cure ton of San .Toso, California, stating that Cureton considered himself un fit for a teaching career, and wished to get as far away as he could and find something else to do. The young man has not been seen since leaving his residence at 18.33 Alder street'Monday, October 3, but word has been sent .through postals and letters, inferring that his re turn is unlikely. “As far as we are concerned, the incident is closed,” said Dean Shel don. “lie has not returned, and someone will have to take over his work, which so far has been carried on by men in the school* in addition to their own.” lie added that Cureton seemed quite able, in spite of his own admission in the letter. Cureton was graduated from San Jose State teachers college two years ago, and finished graduate work at Stanford this summer. Ho is 25 years old. ; Dime Collectors To Gather Coins For Scholarship All Women’s Organizations Will Keep Ope^ House For First Crawl Hi, follows! Hero’s another chance to find “hoi”-—the onto lfl’ blonde that you met at some house during the mad scramble of open house night and haven’t been able to locate since. Try it again , to night. when all the women’s living organizations again keep open house for the first dime crawl of the year. All you need is a dime for an en trance fee and you may stay and dance as many dances as you like, or as many as you ean get in be tween the hours of 6:30 and 7:30. That is if you are lucky enough to find “her” immediately; if not, an other dime at another house may bring her to light. With the exception of Delta Zeta, who will do their crawling at the Campa Shoppe, and Susan #Camp bell hall, who will receive at Friend ly hall, all the women’s houses will receive in their own homes. Con trary to campus rumor, Delta Delta Delta will also receive in their own home. The following girls have been ap pointed by Mazie Richards, chair (Continued on page two) Students Interested In Life-Saving Tests Urged to Turn Out All men interested in Red Cross Life Saving tests are urged to turn out for practice every Tuesday af ternoon between the hours of 2 and 3 p. m., according to Herman Oawer, instructor in life saving. The remainder of the fall term will be devoted to giving students practice in taking the tests. The (tests for the life saving certifi cates will be held through-out the winter term of school. Mr. Gawer says that any student who secures a life saving certifi cate has a good chance of getting a job during the summer as a swim ming instructor or lifeguard. The students who wish to take | the tests are to report at the physi • cal education office at 2 -p. m. every I Tuesdav. '_ University Hi Seniors Rehearse Class Play “So This Is London,” by Arthur Goodrich, the senior class play of ; the University high school, is being rehearsed daily under the direction of Mi^. Edna Assenheimer of the University high school and vecil Matson, senior in the dramatics de partment of the University. The play is a three-act comedy 'dealing with the international an itagonism of the ^nited States and ! Great Britain. It was recently pre sented in Portland by the -Duffy I Players. It -will be produced at the ! University high school the latter part of November. Those taking part in the play are: Hobart Wilson, Mary Gray, Rose Simons, Bradford Datson, Ruth Campbell, Charles Rickabaugh, Ken neth Long, Betty Rebec', Kenneth Stevens, George Rickabaugh and Denzel Page. Ten Men And Two Women Form Oil Jury Fall-Sinclair Trial Begins; Slate Hopes to Prove “Conspiracy” Act Roberts and Littleton Are Legal Opponents Defense to Present Other Side of Teapot Case By TTEROETiT LITTLE (IT. P. Staff Correspondent) (By United Press) Washington, Oct. IS.—Two women and 10 men from varying walks of life settled down in the District of Columbia supremo court box shortly after noon today as the jury to de cide whether Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair conspired to de fraud the government. A few minutes latter, Owen J. Roberts, chief government counsel, opened a speech in which was out lined the “conspiracy” he expects to prove in connection with Fall’s leasing of the famous Teapot Dome oil reserve to Sinclair’s Mammoth Oil company. This marked the real opening of the criminal prosecution of the two men. The lease was signed in 1922. Fall, thin and old looking, coughed during the proceedings. Sinclair Appears Healthy lie had suffered high fever during yesterday’s initial day of the pro ceedings and the necessity of post poning today’s session was feared for a time. Sinclair, more sturdily built, showed no trace of worry as Rob erts, a former school dean, leaned on a desk and talked in a friend to friend manner to the jury. . The lat ter, averaging 40 years, showed a sprinkling of bald heads to match Sinclair’s. The oldest member was 63, the youngest 26. The women did not give their ng0s, but each looked about 30. The government, outlining its case, told the Fall-Sinclair oil con spiracy jury today it Would attempt to prove that former Secretary of the Interior Fall and Harry F. Sin clair conspired to defraud the gov ernment when Fall leased the Tea pot Dome reserve to Sinclair’s Mammoth Oil company in 1922. Defense Tells Plans Martin W. Littleton, of the de fense lawyers, said he and his col leagues would furnish the “other side of the (Teapot lease) picture to make, it complete.” He described the growing need of the navy for fuel oil, to be drilled from its reserves, and cited as a precedent for the Teapot lease the leasing by President Wilson’s sec retary of the interior, on March 1921, of 6400 acres of Salt Creek oil land immediately nor,th of the Tea pot reserve. The leases on this land required drilling, he pointed out, adding a short exposition of how oil could be drained from underneath land by nearby wel\p. Students of Biology To Dine in Approved Manner of Scientists Samara, honorary botany and bacteriology society for women, will give a dinner Thursday, October 26, for all students majoring in botany and biology. The dinner will be given upstairs in one of the laboratories in Deady hall and will be served in strictly “scientific” style. Paper towels will be used instead of napkin?; salad will be served in specimen dishes (carefully sterilized, of course); and there will be algae‘‘place cards which were made by the students of the Marine Biology Station on Coos Bay last summer. Officers for Samara this year are: Marian Paddock, president, and Frances Schroeder, secretary-treas urer. Miss Loureno Taylor, in structor in botany, is their adviser. Gym Majors to Give Feature Party Tonight The Hermian club is giving a hardtime party for all the physical education majors tonight at 8 o’clock in the dancing room of the Woman’s building. “There will be dancing, games and refreshments,” says Lela Hor ton, chairman of the affair. Tlie| members initiated last spring will put on a stunt. The Hermian club is an honorary society for upper class physical edu- 1 eation majors. Futuristic Vehicle Gets Coat of Paint; Frosh Congratulated A remit eloalc of mourning has been sighted on the Campus; a dig nified black garb ins been adopted by a certain university model crate that lately wore a cheerful sport coat-of blue and pink. Many claim that the sombre outfit has been put ■on ns a sign of penitence on the part of the owner—an acknowledg ment of damage done, of wrongs made right. Furthermore, the honor of dabbing the first paint splotches of this shiny black coat is claimed by the Freshmen of I’lii Kappa l'si. It all started at Chapter meeting the other night, according to un quotable authority, when Jim Raley, Sophomore from Pendleton, came out of the fraternity sanctum, and discovered that something had hap pened to his “riding rainbow.” Very decidedly. Its boautly had been marred by great dark spotches that looked ghastly in the moon light. And as usual,, in spite of in nocent looks, the pledges were vic tims of circumstantial evidence. But the car—its blue and pink freshness had been ruined for life, so Jim de cided nothing better could be done than*paint the whole thing a shiny black. What happened to the one who threw the first, brushful of paint, however, is still withheld from the press. Meantime, the humbled vehicle (Continual on page three) Powell Selected As Chairman For 1928 Conference Four High School Groups Will Meet oil Campus For Two Days William Powell, senior, lias been selected by Don Beelar, student body president, asigeneral chair v> _inan in charge of •ini' eigntn annual high school confer ence which will be > hold on the campus |Friday and •Satur day, January 20 land 21, 1928. I The conference this year will fol t low the precedent . of the last two years and meet in "four groups; the Bill Powell Association or btu dcnt Body Officers, the High School Press Association, the Asso ciation of Girls’ Leagues, and the Faculty Advisers. Approximately six hundred preppers and faculty members attended the conference last year. Faculty members here who are already working toward a better conference this year are Dan E. Clark, who was faculty committee chairman in charge of student body officers last year, George Godfrey, and Elmer E. Shirrell, dean of men. Powell, who assisted Ward Cook, chairman of the conference last year, will name a directorate within a few days. At the conference, which has been a yearly event for the last seven years, high school problems will be threshed out in informal meetings and round table discussions. A num ber of prominent educators will speak, and these talks will be in terspersed with those given by ca pable high school leaders. Stinson Plane Overdue; Boston Fears Crash Boston, Mass., Oct. 18.—Serious fears were held tonight that Eddie Stinson and five passengers in a Stinson monoplane, hours overdue at the east Boston airport, had crashed somewhere between here and Hartford, Connecticut, where they took off at 4 p. m. In the plane with Stinson, vet eran Detroit aviator and airplane manufacturer, were his wife and four men, Baron Haven E. Barnkow, a German aviator and friend of Stinson, Philip Ashby, Fred Koeh ler, New York, and J. P. Whittaker, a mechanic. The plane was last seen in the vicinity of Natick, Mass., about 17 miles from here, soon after d p. m. Thespians to Aid in Lecture Ticket Sale The Thespians at their meeting Tuesday evening, held in the Woman’s building, offered their assistance in the ticket sale for the lecture series sponsored by the Woman’s league. Each member re ceived literature to distribute and Id tickets for the lecture series to sell. Ticket Drive For Lecture Is Organized _ Representatives Selected Will Conduct Sales At Each House Campus Women Speak At Fraternities Today H. G. Wells Wishes Sueeess To Beil Lindsey Representatives in the various living organizations worn appointed yesterday to handle the ticket sales for the lecture to bo given by Judge Ben Lindsey Thursday evening at 8:15 in the Woman’s Building, ac cording to Mary Clark, chairman of the committee to oversee the drive. Campus women who are to speak at the fraternities this noon were also named. Judge Lindsey, jwlio will talk on “companionate marriage,” is to open the A. S. IJ. O, lecture series. The sorority representatives are: Alpha Chi Omega, Alice Southwiek; Alpha Delta Pi, Evelyn Shanner; Alpha Gamma Delta, Virginia Man ning; Alpha. Omioron Pi, La Wanda Fenlason; Alpha Phi, Shirley Mc Guire; Alpha Xi Delta, Frances Borton; Chi Omega, Alice McGrath; Delta Zeta, Helen Smith; Delta Delta Dflta, Frederica Warren; Delta Gamma, Teddy Swafford; Gamma Phi Beta, Harriet Atchison; Hendricks Hall, Agnes Petzold; Kappa Alpha Theta, Helen Peters; Kappa Delta, Hermine Frank; Kap pa Kappa Gamma, Marian Leatcli; Phi Mu, Lueile Jackson; Oregon Club, Austa Graves; Pi Beta Phi, Lou Anno Chase; Sigma Beta Phi, Grace Flemming; Susan Campbell Hall, Bertha Aim; Throe Arts Club, Diana Deininger; Gamma Nn, Zelle Buble. Sale at Fraternities Organized Representatives for the men’s houses are: Alpha Beta Chi, Bill Cruickshank; Alpha Tan Omega, Ronald Hubbs; Beta Theta Pi, Her bert Lewis; Chi Psi, Phil Smith; Delta Tau Delta, Gifford Seitz; Friendly Hall, Earl Racks;. Kappa Sigma, Paul Hunt; Phi Delta Theta, Willis Fletcher; Phi Gamma Delta, John Gray; Phi Kappa Psi, Roy Herndon; Phi*Sigma Kappa, Ronald Robnett; Psi Kappa, Stuart Mc Donald; Sigmla Alpha Epsilon, Bob Hyrd; Sigma Chi, Joe McKeown; Sigma Nu, Dave Bauman; Sigma Phi Epsilon, P-hil Livesley; Sigma Pi Tau, John Butler; Theta Chi, Bill Haggerty; and Bacholordon, Larry Thcilon. Those appointed to speak at, the (Continued on page four) Oregon High School Teachers Disfavor Addition of Courses Oregon high school teachers do not favor the addition of more ele mentary courses to the high school curriculum, according to F. L. Stet son, professor of education, writing in the current issue of the School Review, an education monthly pub lished by the University of Chicago Press. The article deals with the results of a questionaire sent to Oregon high school teachers last spring ask ing their opinions of the changes in the high school course of study sug gested at the last session of the leg islature by Senator R. L. Eddy, who proposed removing from the cur riculum sociology, problems of de mocracy, and other social sciences, and the addition of such elementary subjects as penmanship, arithmetic, and spelling. i The opinion of the teachers, Mr. Stetson said, was that, the work of the high schools arid elementary schools should be thoroughly de fined, and that the proposed changes would result in much overlapping. The high school teachers agreed, Mr. Stetson wrote, that many pu pils from the elementary schools are poorly prepared for high schools, but they believed that the remedy laid with the elementary schools themselves. Chinese Educator to Speak This Evening I)r. T. T. Lew, well known Chi nese psychologist and educator, who is on the campus for a week to give a series of lectures, will give his first talk tomorrow evening at 7:.'t0 in 101 Commerce hall, under the auspices of the International Rela tions club. This is the first meeting of the year for the club, Professor William P. Maddox announces. All students and faculty members are eligible to attend the gathering. McArthur Court Nude; Will Soon Be Clothed W ith Boston Ivy Duds Ton hr MV Arthur court, now undo, ao to spook, will soon he clothed in appropriate duds. L. II. Johnson, comptroller, has instructed Sam Mikkelson, gardener, to plant Bos ton ivy around the base of the building and by next. eg the | process of actual outfit vill be under way. I Thus far, a number o ' i have I been planted at the fi Reside I planting the ivy, which, I i way, |is the same as that grow sides ■of older buildings, Garde ikkol | son is planting assort ^ hrubs around the new 'Walks s .j; tiling the building. ^ And the new walks? they are just new gravel \ g but they’ll come in mighty 1 3 this winter. And when it's at bed, won’t it look nice! Tom Stoddard Chosen To Head Soph Informal Chairmen on Directorate; Hunt Vice Chairman; Motif Secret Committees for the Soplymiore In formal, to be hold Saturday, No vember 19, at a place as yet un determined, have just been an nounced by Keith Hall, sophomore president. Tom Stoddard as gen eral chairman will take the respon sibility for the big dance this year. Paul Hunt, vice chairman, is as sisting him. “We’re going to give the campus one of the most enjoyable evenings it has ever experienced,” declared Stoddard. “No one will want to miss it.” The motif for decorations is among the secrets which will not be revealed until the night of the dance. Walton Crane is in cliarge_ of the plans. All plans and work for the In formal this year will be handled by a directorate consisting of the chairmen of the committees. The first of their weekly meetings will bo held Thursday at 7:.'t0 at the Y. M. Hut. This arrangement will keep all the committees working to gether and ready to function the week of the dance, believes Keith Hall. Two vigilance committees, a melt’s and women’s, will supple ment the work of the decorations committee this year. The latter will take care of the designing and su pervision of the decorations; the vigilance committees will see that the actual work is done. Committees are as follows: Decoration—Walton Crane, chair man; Harriet Atchison, Webb Hayes and James Campbell. Patrons and (Continued on page three) Mrs. Campbell Leaves For Visit in the East Mrs. Prince L. Campbell, widow of the late president, has just left on an extended visit in the East, it was learned late Tuesday. She will visit her step-daughter, Lucian Campbell Henderson, at Baxter Springs, Kansas. From there siie will go to the home of Mrs. Alfred Krohn (.Jane Campbell), her niece, at Cambridge, Mass. Committees Seleeted by •/ Directorate — Preparation for Annual Homecoming Is Now Under Way Many to Assist With Big Campus Luncheon! Mrs. Davis Is Supervisor Of Last Namad < Committees to assist members of the homecoming directorate in its supervision of the annual trek of the alumni hack to the “old stamp* ing grounds” were announced yes terday at a meeting of the diree* torate, of which George Hill is gen eral chairman and lluth Webster, secretary. The biggest affnir on the program in several respects is the campus and alumni luncheon. Nellie Johns and her able assistant, Rittli Bur cham, are handling this. The or ganizations listed to help are as fol lows: Kwama, committee for serv ing, Helen Peters, chairman; Phi Theta Upsilon, committee for serv ing. t'lida Walden, chairman; To Ko Lo, transportation, Harold Kelly, chairman; Women’s Order of “O,” traffic cops and general assistants; Thespians, general assistants; Ore gon Knights, clean-up, Jack Jones, chairman. Mrs. Davis Advising The hoirieeoming luncheon is a prodigious undertaking from tho standpoint of furnishing tho food. Mrs. Davis, director of tihc univer sity halls of residence, has offered her services again this year and will have charge of this. She has been very generous with her time in advising the student committee in charge and much thanks is due her. -Mt. McKenzie, in charge- of the University buildings and grounds will cooperate in “putting over” tho luncheon. Appreciation is also due the Burton Co-Ed Orchestra, for it has offered its services free of charge for tho occasion. Faculty are especially urged td* attend tlie luncheon. Tn case of bad weather, tho food will be served in the Men's gymnasium and if •Jupe doesn’t interfere, (which is hoped for by everyone on tho direc torate) "it will be be served at Friendly hall. Crowley Charge of Dances The dances will be divided into the alumni and upperclass dance at the Woman’s building and the underclass dance at McArthur Ig loo. Edward J. Crowley, chairman* has appointed Tim Wood to tako charge of the underclass affair and James Campbell, Charlotte Carll, Harold Davis, and Marjorie Jeff ries will assist in the otJker dance. Most of the field committee has been picked by Lester Johnson, chairman, and is as follows: Fea tures—Joe Holiday, chairman; Bob McMnth, Mel Goodin, A1 Boytten. Decorations—Art Anderson, chair man, Adalia Everts, Harriet Atchi son, Joe Roberts, Dean Creatli. Welcoming and. accommodations committeemen have been picked by Mark Taylor, chairman, as follows: Waltler Durgan, assistant chairman* Robert Ilynd, Marion Sextette, Roy (Continued on pegs four) Holly Trees Donated to University Will Be Memorial to Late President John Stump, Friend of President Campbell, Gives Trees for Memorial Hedge Ono hundred holly trees, three years old, have been presented to the University to form a memorial hedge to the late President Prince L. Campbell. The donor of the gift is John Stump, a prominent citizen of Monmouth and a boyhood friend of the late president. Many gifts have been made in memory of the beloved late presi dent, but none carries more mem ories than does this gift of Mr. Stump. John Stump was'Mr. Camp bell’s half uncle, but they were of practically the same age. Prom the age of seven, Prince Campbell, the boy, chummed with John around their Monmouth homes, and Prince In Campbell, the man, continued to chum with him. Both were fond of the outdoors land often went together to the “ol' j swimming hole.” They liked hiking, | and just before Mr. Campbell’s : fatal illness they were planning a [long hike out into the green beauty of Oregon. When Mr. Campbell became piresi I dent of the state normal school at i Monmouth, “Undo John^” as Mr., Stump was called by members of the family, was his neighbor anil associate in many business and recreational ventures. Few persons felt more deeply the passing of Oregon’s late president than did “Uncle John.” His gift in remembrance is regarded ns appro priate to the memory of one who loved trees and growing outdoor things. Entirely aside from the real worth of the gift, the money value is $500. Mr. Stamp is active in Mon mouth’s uivic affairs. As a sort of mixed vocation and avocation he runs a livestock farm and a largo nursery. At the nursery ho has shrubbery and trees of many kinds, and it was from this place that the holly bushes were taken. . The bushes arc now being planted to form a hedge between Mary Spiller hall and the presidtot’s rt^i dence. When larger, some of them will be transplanted to the perma nent Prince L. Campbell memorial park, just west of Villard hall, and the hedge will be known as the Campbell memorial hedge, ,