u
e
Past Athletes
Have Good Jobs
As Sport Coaches
Kennedy Makes Boner
Tf’ith Criticism; Neiv
Grid Rale Overlooked
By RICHARD IT. STRING
Sports Editor
Former athletes of the University
of Oregon hove shown this fall that
all their former muscular endeavors
were not just for the pleasures of
participation. "With tlie appointment
of Clifford (Brick) Mitchell as
head freshman football coach at the
University of California, Don Park
ns head swimming coach at the Uni
versity of California, southern
branch, and Ilenry (Hank) Foster
ns head of the physical education
department at the University of
Washington, former Webfoot per
formers seem to have picked some
of the plums.
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Brick Mitchell played left and
back in the days of Hugo Bezdek.
The red-haired California yearling
mentor was a
member of the
team that de
feated the Uni
versity of Penn
sylvania a n d
was selected on
the mythical all
const teams in
1915-16. As a
member of John
ny Bcehett’s fa
mous M a 'r i n e C. L. Mitchell
team, Mitchell helped win the serv
ice championship at Pasadena in
1918. In 1920 Mitchell coached
the Olympic club team of San Fran
cisco which was considered by many
as the stiffest obstacle met by the
first of California’s “Wonder
Teams.”
Teams.”
Brick, as he is still known to old
Webfoot fans, came to the Univer
sity of California this fall from San
Mateo high school where he pro
duced in five years as many foot
ball teams of championship caliber.
In 1022, his first year at the Penin
sula team, he beat Berkeley, 3 to 0,
for the northern state championship.
For the next three years his teams
won the Peninsula titles and last
season Covina fell before San Ma
teo, 20 to 0, for the state champion
ship.
One of Mitchell’s most promising
players this fall is Clarence Garrity,
fullback from Twin Falls, Idaho.
“Moose” Garrity will be remem
bered by Oregon students as the big
six-foot, 192-poitnd'er, who played
with Columbia University against
the freshmen last fall.
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Bon Park, former varsity swim
ming manager and assistant fresh
man coach in 1924 under Rudy Fahl
and 1925 assisting Ed Abercrombie,
assumed the head aquatic mentor
ship at the University of California,
southern branch, early this fall.
Park was also Red Cross life-saving
examiner while on the campus. He
finished his academic work last
spring after being out of school sev
eral years for war service. Park’s
first year at the Los Angeles school
will see his teams in conference
competition as the southern institu
tion will be admitted to the circuit;
the first of January.
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Hank Foster, considered the great
est trackman ever to leave the Uni
versity, graduated in 1924 and re
ceived his M. A. degree from Col
umbia in 1926. While a student at
Columbia he was director of physi
cal education at Riverdale school
for boys at Ri verdale-on-the-Hudson.
At the University of Washington
Foster is complete czar of physical
education. Foster left several rec
ords of his undergraduate days
which have not been broken. A
performer in four events, lie holds
the Northwest record for garnering
the largest number of individual
points in any one meet, 2144- He
has the distinction of being the
only person ever to captain a team
for two successive years. Foster
headed the cinder artists during the
years 1918-19.
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Lou M. Kennedy in his “Sport
Comment” of the Portland Tele
gram says that one glaring error
of the Oregon team was their fail
ure to pick up the fumbled Oregon
punt and dash for a touchdown in
stead of merely dropping on the
ball. Mr. Kennedy says “Football
players should have their ‘heads up’
at all times and make the most of
their opportunities.
Mr. Kennedy is all “wet.” We
recommend that he look up one of
the changes iu the 1927 rules which
says that a fumbled punt may be
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Lita Says Coolidge
Is “Si Fellow” As
He i ^ Her Hand
(B, ed Press)
Washingto. O '., Oct. 20.—Presi
dent Coolidgi i “swell follow,”
Lita Grey Chi ® divorced wife of
the famous comedian, de
clared today, _a visit to the
White House.
“He’s nice; \ him,” she add
led. “When he 1 me if I was
enjoying my stn, Vashington, lie
talked like he w illy interested
and meant it.”
At the White House it was said
the president did not realize he was
: receiving the most widely adver
tised divorcee of the year when a
tall, graceful brunette headed the
long line of handshakers.
Even if he did not realize it, Mrs.
Chaplin and her mother carried
away the impression that the presi
dent knew who they were.
Committees For
Bonfire Chosen
By Joe Standard
Applegren Chosen General
Chairman; Landenberg
Heads Women
Twenty men and three women of
the freshman class have just been
selected by Joe Standard, assistant
Homecoming chairman, to make this
year’s frosh bonfire a big success.
Standard will supervise the work
himself, and Charles Laird, as fresh
man president, wil act as overseer.
Edward Applegren was chosen
genera] 'chairmen. The five commit
tees under his direction will provide
for everything from kindling wood
to hot coffee in the building of the
“O.”
The task of finding, buying, and
otherwise obtaining material for the
blaze falls to the lot of Mark Gill.
He will be assisted by Howard
Shaw, Chown Phillips and William
Pittman.
James Wilbur, as head of trans
portation, will see to it that the
bundles, boxes and beams reach
Skinners Butte. Hendrick Seigrish,
Clarence Barton and William Don
aldson are the members of his com
mittee.
The actual work of building will
be under the direction of Jess^
Douglas, aided by Donald Johnson,
Maurice Wagonblast and William
Gillette. The strenuousness of their
job will be relieved with food sup
plied by the refreshment committee,
consisting of Katherine Langden
berg, chairman; Margaret Reid and
Louise Smart.
To guard and cherish the famed
blaze will be the duty of the vigi
lance committee. Its members are
Edward Sigmund, chairman; Dick
Manning, Albert Schroeder, Monte
Jacobs, Nolan Hallowell and John
Reed.
Enrollment Increased
In Germanic Language
i
The enrollment in the department
of Germanic languages and litera
ture shows a 25 pef cent increase
oyer the classes of last year, accord
ing to Dr. F. G. Schmidt, head of
the department. There are about a
dozen classes being taught in the
department this year, and all of
them are very large. The advance
classes are almost double in size'
this year than were the classes in
former years.
The extension division classes in
Portland also show a big advance
ment in size. More students are
showing an interest in the Germanic
languages than they have since be
fore the war, said Dr. Schmidt.
High schools are beginning to
teach German again. The high
schools at St. Helens and Tillamook
have added this language to their
curricula, and I expect, said Dr.
Schmidt, that other schools will
soon follow their examples.
Mask and Buskin Held
Initiation Monday
A meeting of Mask and Buskin
chapter of National Collegiate Plav
ers was held at the home of Mrs.
Kenneth Shumaker Monday after
noon at 5 o ’clock. Plans for the
coming year were discussed.
Installation of this chapter on the
campus took place after the last ap
pearance of the merald spring term
and no official notice of the initia
tion has been given out before. The
O. A. C. chapter conducted the ini
tiation ceremonies, assisted by Miss
Elizabeth Barnes, national vice
president.
Officers at the present time’are:
Laurence Shaw, president; Con
stance Roth, vice president; Etha
Jeanne Clark, secretary, and Cecil
Matson, treasurer,
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Local Pastor
Fights Talk
By Lindsey
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Large Advertisement in
Engene Paper Used
By Rev. Clark
Judge Declared Unfit
To Instruct Students
Minister Advises Mothers
To Remain Home
Using a four-column paid adver
tisement in a local newspaper as liis
protest tag medfinin, Rev. Fred, J.
Clark, pastor of the First Congrega
tional church, declared today that
Judge Ben B. Lindsey is morally
unfit to instruct the youth of our
state.”
The lengthy statement was both
a challenge and protest and was
aimed chiefly at Judge Lindsey’s
scheduled lecture on “companionate
marriage” before students of the
University of Oregon and Eugene
citizens here tonight.
The advertisement was addressed
to: “Deposed-Judge Ben B. Lind
sey, too sophisticated to be shocked;
to the preachers; to mothers, too
modern to be moral; to the crowd,
morbidly prurient, which like a
flock of vultures smelling rotting
carrion, will overflow the hall to
seize the foul droppings of a di
seased mind; to the committee of
the Associated Students bringing
you (Lindsey) here; to the lecture
bureau that stoops to pick its food
from the garbage barrel.”
Asks Mothers to Stay Home
Rev. Clark in the statement asks
the preachers of Eugene “is any
Christian value ever worth fighting
for?” He advises mothers and club
women to spend the lecture hour at
home in prayer—“if you know how.”
The minister, according to ithe
statement, also wants to know what
parents will do regarding continu
ance of attendance of students at
the University if sexual alliances
are formed following presentation of
the theory of “companionate mar
riage.”
Neither the University nor the
student body took any action to
ward cancelling the lecture.
Alfred H. Schroff
To Open Gallery by
Display of Sketches
Alfred H. Schroff, professor of
painting in the University school of
architecture and allied arts, made a
number of sketches during the
past summer, of scenery along the
north coast of Oregon, which he
will exhibit at the opening of Mc
Morran" and Washburne’s new pic
ture gallery, November 15.
The date for the showing of this
work on the campus, at the gallery
in the art building, has not been
decided, said Mr. Schroff, but will
follow three exhibitions for which
Dean Ellis F. Lawrence has ar
ranged. The first will be a collec
tion of photographs, then the
American Federation of Arts will
show a series of pieces, and the
third is to be a group of etchings.
Mr. Schroff is a member of the
American Federation of Arts, but
does not* wish to exhibit with that
group.
The McMorran and Washburne
firm invited Mr. Schroff to be the
first to exhibit in their gallery. A
private sale will accompany the
showing.
This collection of pictures made
along the Roosevelt highway and
the wharves of Newport is the first
work, exclusively of Oregon, that
Mr. Schroff has shown, and he be
lieves that this fact will make it
of interest to both University and
Eugene people.
Students Give Formula
For Painting Canvas
Some ■of the painting students
are stealing a march on the Co-op.
Instead of paying the seemingly
exhorbitant amount asked for paint
ing canvas, they are making their
own canvas. The secret formula is
this:
Coat cheap tent duck with run
ning fish glue and let it dry. Then
coat it with whiting and boiled oil
and scrape it. After it is stretched
on wooden stretchers, it may be
cut into the sizes needed. Art stu
dents certify that this substitute is
as satisfactory as the more expen
sive grade.
Thus, the traditionally poor ar
tist saves enough that he may
breakfast for a week.
More Dimes Crawl
Than Ever Before
At Term's Debut
Thanks fellas! It was the biggest
dime crawl in dime crawling his
tory, and the girls finished in bet
ter shape this year than usual. Don’t
take that the other way. It means
that enough fabloil “shes” of open
house lured again sufficient num
bers of that long mysterious and
otherwise line to raise $183 for the
| imported scholar of the Women’s
| league.
Yes, that was the largest sum
ever taken in by the league as a re
sult of its termly dime crawls, ini
tiated on the campus to increase the j
foreign scholarship fund, which is
this year bringing Thoresc C'hnmbel
land to the campus. The $183 ex- \
eeeded by more than $00 the bene
fits of other* term's—and there are j
two more crawls coining this year.
Maizie Richards, chairman of the i
foreign scholarship committee, also
reports that the three largest sums j
taken in by single houses arc list
ed as: Pi Beta Thi, $17; Chi Omega,
$15; Alpha Phi, $12.77.
Editors Discuss
News Problems
At Press Club
University of California
To Hold Next Year’s
Conference
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Ray Nash, editor, and Milton j
George, manager of the Oregon Em
erald, returned Wednesday from a
trip to Vancouver, B. C., where they }
went as delegates
from the Univer
sity to the annual
Pacific Inter-Col
legiate Press As
sociation which is
held for the bene
fit of college
newspapers.
The two repre
sentatives left
last Saturday for
the University of
British Columbia
arriving there :K
Sunday afternoon Ray Nash
where they were welcomed by some
of the members already there. Three
business sessions were held, the first
one starting Monday morning in the
Hotel Vancouver. A'resume of the
past year and general suggestions
began the morning’s work. The vis
iting editors were then asked to
write a contribution for the
“Ubyssey,” the University of B. C.
publication. In the afternoon talks
were given by various speakers and
a business session followed. At
7:15 p. m. a dinner party was given
to the delegates at the University
club, and at 9 p. m. the University
gave a dance in honor of the visi
tors. Such steps as “Asbestos Re
treat,” “Beelzebub’s Pirouette,”
“Satan’s Tatto,” and “Stoker’s
Special,” supplied incentive to
dance.
Tuesday morning the business
session continued. In the after
noon a trip around the harbour in
.a private yacht was made after
which a tea was given at Indian
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Many Attend Debate
Of Lindsey-Newman
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 20.—The de
bate Wednesday night between
Judge Ben B. Lindsey and Rabbi
Louis Newman on “Companionate
Marriage” resolved itself (into fa
plea by both men for the repeal of
all laws preventing the. dissemina
tion of birth control.
More than 4000 persons packed
the Eagle auditorium to hear the
debate and that many more were
turned away.
At least 75 per cent of the audi
ence were women—this in spite of
the fact that the W. C. T. U. had
made insistent demands on Mayor
Bertha Landes to stop the debate.
She refused to interfere.
“Free Love” Opposed
Lindsey particularly stressed the
point that he was in no wav advo
cating “free love.” He defined his
subject as “simply the present state
of lawful wedlock with the use of
birth control recognized by law and
clergy until there are children by
mutual consent.”
Rabbi Newman startled the vast
audience at the beginning of his
speech by agreeing with Judge ,
Lindsey on the birth control prob
lem. But he warned against the
“companionate marriage” plan as
a makeshift for marriage.
Lindsey, it was apparent, was the
popular speaker of the evening, the
audience continually interrupting
him with applause.
Lew Desires
U.S. as China's
Great Friend
Oriental Plii Beta Kappa
Deseribes tbe Typieal
Native Students
Frosli With Literary
Bent Is Portrayed
Dropping Caste System Is
Civilization Boon
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A Chinese-Amerlcan combination
in ideals and standards would bo a
better influence in the history of
tlio future than a Chinese-Russian
combination, in the opinion of Dr.
T. T. Lew, noted Chinese authority
on education and psychology, who
spoke at the Thursday assembly on
“Introducing College Ways in
China.”
Dive typical college folk wore
“introduced” to the student; body
by Dr. Lew, a slender, dignified and
kindly man in a blue Chinese coat
with a golden key of Phi Beta
Kappa dangling from the pocket,
tv ho said that “meet my friend” is
t#e most important phrase in Amer
ican life.
A freshman from a well-known
family of Central China was the
first of the college folk that. Dr.
Lew described. The young man
was very studious and deeply inter
ested in philosophy and literature.
His grandfather had spent most of
his fortune having blocks carved
for the printing of books, many of
which he gave away to others in
their search for knowledge. “You
know, our ancestors were so unfor
tunate as to have to read . books
long before yours,” smiled Dr. Lew.
Was of Humble Stock
A short and slender, fiery and en
ergetic sophomore from the eastern
part of the country came from a
rather humble family, his father a
small business man, according to the
speaker.
There never has been any real
enste system in China. Any man
from any class of people could en
ter the competitive examinations
and by further examinations ad
vance even to the highest position
in the state. The children of ac
tors, of those who carry sedan
chairs, of chiropodists and of bar
bers alone were for centuries not
allowed to take the examinations,
the speaker declared. However,
since the introduction in 1911 of
the republican form of government
these restrictions have disappeared.
Now any boy who has the ambition
to study hard can rise. Dr. Lew’s
sophomore friend studies, writes,
and is actively interested in poli
tics, and he is accused of being a
Red, although ho denies it.
To become a modern scientific
farmer is the ambition of a quiet
junior whom Dr. Lew introduced
with the remark that the farmer
is the hardest-working man in his
community, but that for centuries,
scholars havo found a haven in ag
riculture. The four Chinese classes,
in the order of their importance,
have been the scholars, the farmers,
the laborers, and the merchants.
Father Was Banker
The senior at the College of Pekin
that the speaker described came
from the merchant group, his fa
ther being a banker at the treaty
port. Recently the merchants have
bee regarded with more respect, par
ticularly those that are also schol
ars, but those that think of money,
money, money, and nothing else,
are despised. In the future, the
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Dr. Lew’s Program Full
During Stay in Eugene
I)r. T. T. Lew, Chinese educa
tional and psychological authority,
who has been lecturing before dif
ferent organizations on the campuif
for the past two days, has a full
program for the remainder of his
stay. He will address Professor
Barnes’ class in China and Japan
at 8 o’clock this morning in room
4, Commerce building. At 1 p. m.
he will talk before Professor Wil
liam Maddox’s class in political
science, and at 8 p. m. he will speak
to the Cosmopolitan club.
Saturday at 8 p. m. President
Hall will give a reception in the
Woman’s building for Dr. Lew, and
Sunday he will be a guest at a din
ner at the Anchorage, to be given
by the faculty members. Monday,
Dr. Lew will speak in Portland be
fore the Women’s Research club,
and Tuesday he will return to Eu
gene to address Dean Sheldon’s
class in education at 8 a. m., the
editing class at 10 a. in., and Dr.
Rebec’s .class in philosophy at
.‘1 p. m.
Woman in Knickers
Makes Natives Gape
As Aviatrix Tours
(fly United Press)
Aboard Steamer Limn at Ren,
Oct. 20.—(By radio to United Press’)
—Natives of Angra on the Island
of Tereeira were more astounded at
seeing Ruth Elder garbed in plus
fours than at the story of her at
tempted transatlantic flight.
When the natives saw a woman
garbed in knickers, probably for the
first time in the history of the
island, they stared wide-eyed at her
during her visit yesterday.
After lunch she and her co-pilot,
Captain George Haldeman, toured
the island, visiting the monument to
Don Pedro IV. They saw ancient
water wheels grinding corn and
went to the postoffice and cathe
dral.
At p. m. Miss Elder and ITalde
mau returned to the Lima.
Angra is on the Island of Ter
eeirn, one of the Azores approxi
mately 920 miles west of Capo Da
Rocn, on the Portuguese, coast.
Oregana Plans
To Use Campus!
Motif This Year
Year-Book Is to Follow
No Former Precedent,
Says Editor
“A repetition of any subject is
weakening, therefore it is inadvisa
ble to again invade the Orient to
furnish a motif for this year’s Ore
gana, or to turn back to the Middle
Ages as used by a former Oregana
editor. There is no need to go to
another period for inspiration. There
is a tremendous amount of material
on the campus itself which has
never been used. The year-book
this time will attempt to embody
the spirit of the University of Ore
gon between its covers,” Mary
Benton, editor, announces.
The size of! the book and the num
ber of pages will not differ greatly
from the Oregana of last year. It
is in tho general layout of the
pages that the greatest difference
will be noted.
“Active work on my section is
well under way,” Charles Reed, edi
tor the Men’s Fraternity section,
states, “and the fraternities are re
sponding rapidly to the request
made that they reserve their space
in the Oregana immediately. I am
Expecting a hundred per cent turn
out in a very short time.”
Diana Deininger, editor of the
Women’s Fraternity section, says
that the women’s houses are turn
ing their reservations in more slow
ly but that the number is steadily
increasing. “I am well satisfied
with the way things are going,”
she declared, “and I believe that
even if the men are getting in their
requests for space early, the women
will get their full guota in first.
. . . just wait and see.”
The drive for the sale of Ore
ganos will begin November 1, ac
cording to Sam Kinley, business
manager. The entire details of the
drive will be announced soon.
Seven Undefeated
Eastern Grid Teams
Will Play Saturday
New York, Oct. 20.—Just where
the football strength lies in the
East this season will be considerably
clarified by this Saturday’s con
tests.
Seven of the eight undefeated
teams —Army, Cornell, Dartmouth,
Lafayette, New York University,
Pittsburg, Princeton and Washing
ton and Jefferson—face important
struggles for the first time this year.
Yale’s determination to revenge
last year’s 33-0'defeat at the hands
of the.Army mule largely rests with
Bruce Caldwell. Against Brown last
week, Caldwell ripped off 141 yards,
but went out of the game with an
injured shoulder.
In spite of an undefeated record,
Army has had trouble with every
opponent this year. An up and
coming Harvard team may throw a
surprise into the ranks of the un
defeated but untested Dartmouth
Indians.
The Washington and Jefferson
Lafayette battle may develop into
the toughest game the East has seen
this season. Both teams have shown
plenty of power in winning four
straight games each.
Pittsburg, with a record of 153
points scored to the opponent’s
uone, ought not to have trouble dis
posing of Carnegie Tech.
Penn State’s unexpected power
exhibited against Penn last week
may make itself felt again this week
against the young and as yet un
beaten Syracuse team.
Lindsey Wants
Permanency in
Family Homes
“Companionate Marriage”
Not Trial Attempts
Nor Free Love )
Clergy Held Ignorant *
Of Social Conditions
Judge Advoeates Repeal
of Coni9tock Law »
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“Mv only purpose is to got per
manency into tho homo,” declared
Judge Ron R. Lindsey of the Den
ver juvenile court in his address
last evening in the Woman's
building before tho student body
and townspeople in tho first lec
ture of tiio A. S. IT. O. series.
Marriage grew from tho tribal
customs when men couldn't get mar
ried unless they could prove they
were able to support a family, ac
cording to Judge Lindsey. In one
tribe a man had to kill two croco
diles. In time crocodiles got scarce
and then they had ,to change it to
one. Through tho centuries tho
marriage laws have been changing,
until now, through changes in so
cial conditions, customs have had to
bo changed.
Says Ministers Mistaken
“Those that I’ve discussed com
panionate marriage with agree with
me, while those that have taken
the newspaper headlines alone dis
agree,” stormed the speaker. “Most
of the trouble with the ministers
was that they didn’t know anything
about it. They all thought it was
free love or trial marriage.”
Judge Lindsey stated that he was
for 28 years in the domestic rela
tions court of Denver, and not moro
than half a dozen clergymen came
down to see what it was all about.
He also said that most. of the
broken homes are in the court of
domestic relations because of ig
norance, bigotry, and|superstitions,
all under tho guise of religion, and
morality. The first demand of com
panionate marriage is tho repeal of
the Comstock law, which illegalizes
the spread of information, on birth
control, and compels the mothers of
the race to have families when tho
fathers cannot support them, in
Judge Lindsey’s opinion.
Marriage Classified
Judge Lindsey divided marriage
into two classifications, one com
panionate, with no children, and tho
second tho family, with children.
The first lie believes should be dis
solved by mutual consent if at
tempts at reconciliation fail, but tho
other should not since tho children
must be supported. Tho remedy
lies not so much in now laws as in
the repeal of freak legislation, bo
stated.
Stanford Head Raps 1
Tradition and Liquor
In Talk to Students
(By United Press)
Palo Alto, Cal., Oct. 20.—Tradi
tions, or about 90 per cent of them,
are useless, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur,
president of Stanford University,
told the Stanford students at tho
first assembly of the college year.
“We want to get away from tho
ball and chain of the past,” he said.
“The only traditions worth keeping
alive aro those which are useful.
“There is no reason for you to
apo every tradition that has been
handed down on this campus simply
becauso it is a tradition.”
He took a rap at men students
wearing old and dirty corduroy
trousers, remarking that the wear
ing of the working clothes did not
seem to indicate that the men were
intending to work.
The president also told the stu
dents that liquor would not be tol
erated on the campus.
Class Managers for
Speedball are Chosen
Selection of teams for speedball
is under way, and games are expect
ed to begin in two weeks, it was
announced at tho ’woman’s gym
nasium yesterday by Miss Mary Jo
Shelly, coach. Class managers have
been chosen with Juanita Kilbourn
for the freshmen; Marjorie Goff,
sophomores; Anona Hildenbrand,
juniors, ami Hazel Kirk, seniors.
Special class practices have been
assigned and the girls are to report
to those classes for one practice a
week. Monday has been given the
freshmen; Tuesday, the sophomores;
Wednesday, juniors; Thursday, sen
iors.