French Treaty
Would Bring
Peace To Nations
Arbitration Against War
Must Be Led by U. S.
Is Maddox’s Belief
By WILLIAM P. MADDOX
Nine years have run out their
course since that memorable day in
1918, when a war-torn world sud
denly ceased fighting. The most
colossal, the most costly conflict in
the Iristorv of the ages had drawn
to a dramatic close. A strange,
tempestuous season when men went
mad, lost their mental balance, be
lieving in their pathetic stupidity
that disputes between nations can
be actually settled by the sword—
this season had apparently ended
and the world surrendered itself to
a wild, spontaneous enthusiasm, be
cause the day marked not only the
end of A war, but surely, men said,
the end of ALL wars.
It is good to commemorate the
great occasions of a nation’s past.
It is good to have our sober-minded
consciousness of life’s pragmatic
sufficiency unsettled in these days
by a sentimentality that avoids the
maudlin and a serious reflection
that does not attain unto morbidity.
Looking backward through the per
spective of years we may view our
great historic episodes in their more
actual proportions and may evaluate
their contributions to our well
being and happiness. We may grieve
over our misfortunes and times of
troublous anxiety or we may rejoice
over events that brought high ex
ultation.
Past Not To Be Worshipped
But the past is no god to be wor
shipped for its own sake. It is not
enough to weep or to shout, to pon
der and to appraise. It is as fu
tile merely to remember as it is to
be blantantly indifferent. Bather
is it worth while to discover such
enduring significance as these his
toric occasions hold, and catch their
evanescent inspiration that we may
weave it firmly into the stuff of
present experience.
Somehow it seems that a day
whereon we celebrate the ending of
the world’s greatest war, which we
were told was “the war to end
war,” should be devoted to the
study and support of concrete in
strumentalities for the prevention
of future conflict. We are a peace
loving nation and we are never af
flicted with false modesty in pro
claiming that fact to the whole
world. We point with pride to our
record of arbitration and to our
various contfibutions to interna
tional amity.
Hide Failure
We boast of these little things
in order to cast a veil of conceal
ment over our failure in the one' big
thing. We profess to be opposed to
war and yet we refuse to renounce
publicly the use of war as a politi
cal weapon. We talk glibly about
our sovereignty and independence
and national honor, as if the high
est act of any nation’s honor would
not be to guarantee that it will set
tle all of its disputes by reason
rather than by force. Our civiliza
tion accepts unthinkly and placidly
the illegalization of force to settle
civil conflicts within a state and yet
clings to the notion, in spite of all
the vast evidence of changed con
ditions in the international situa
tion through expansion of industry,
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Victory Song Played
By Washington Band
During Eugene Stop
Boot-de-toot! Bam! bam! Stu
dents who happened to be around the
depot yesterday about 5 o’clock in
the afternoon decided Sousa must
have come to town or else the Ore
gon state boys were still celebrat
ing their victory when they heard
a brass band playing and then some
men yelling.
They were all ng, though, for
it turned out tc. ip, the University
of Washington fc & 1 team and its
loyal supporters, \ had stopped
for a moment to *,h their legs.
The Washington st SNits were feel
ing happy over b *g the Uni
versity of Californ ' ^ to 0, last
week-end at Berk = so they
played “Bow Down t "ishington”
and gave some yells. 5.
Oregon Cagt «
Begin Pra< le
For Big Season
Reinhart Instructs Men
In Fundamentals;
Big Turnout
More than 40 men turned out last
night in answer to the first basket
ball call of the season issued by
Coach William J. Reinhart,, Al
though this is one of the largest
squads ever had at Oregon, there
are only two lettermen to form the
nucleus for the 1927-28 quintet.
| Gordon Ridings and Scott Milli
gan, the lettermen returning, were
two of the mainstays of the Web
footers’ Northwest championship
team last year. Keith Emmons,
Dave Epps, Mervyn Chastain, Don
ald McCormick, Joe Bally, Bernard
Hummelt, and Roy Stien are the re
serves from last winter’s team who
are on hand.
The Oregonians are scheduled for
a long hard drill in fundamentals
before the first game, which will
not come until late in December.
Last night’s practice consisted of a
session of pivoting tactics that left
the unconditioned aspirants out of
breath.
, Ray Edwards and Howard Eber
hart, substitutes on the 1925 Oregon
team, who were not in school last
winter, were out last night to make
a bid for first string honors.
Other promising prospects are
Ick Reynolds, Dick “Oregon”
Jo,nes, Dick Horn, Harold Fuller,
and Tom Powers. Members of last
year’s frosh squad who are turning
out are Reid Clark, Ken Potts, Jack
Dowsett, Alex Kashuba, and Bill
Hanley.
Until practice gets fairly organ
ized, Reinhart is only working his
men three times a week, Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Sophs Defeat Frosh
9 to 7 in Speedball
The sophomore second team de
feated the freshmen by a 9 to 7
score in a speedball game yesterday
afternoon. The sophomores did their
scoring during the first half and the
freshmen made most of theirs dur
ing the second half. The seniors
walloped the sophomore second team
15 to 3. The sophomore team didn’t
score till the last few moments of
the game when they rallied and
made field goal.
Paintings of Alfred Schroff Catch
Spirit of Oregon’s Colorful Coast
FRIARS ELECT:
George Hill
Ray Nash
Beryl Hodgeu
Roland Davis
Harold Socolofsky
Soviet Ousts Trotsky,
Zinovieff From Posts
In Communist Party
(By United Proas)
MOSCOW, Nov. 14.—Leon Trot
sky and Gregory Zinovieff, Bolshe
vist leaders since the revolution ton
years ago, were expelled from the
communist party Saturday night, it
was learned today.
The expulsion means the full
eclipse of the two men, who with
Lenin, controlled Soviet Russia in
the first formative years of the new
government.
Trotsky former commissar of war
and Zinovieff, former secretary of
the central executive committee, foil
out of tho party favor a year ago
for opposing tho government.
Coolidge Lauds
Lindbergh; Pins
Medal On Breast
President Sees Aviation
Boom As Result of
Flyer’s Feats
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Be
cause of what Coluoel Charles A.
Lindbergh lias said and done, aero
nautic. plans for 1928 indicate an ac
tivity far beyond any dreams of six
months ago, President Coolidge de
clared tonight as he presented the
pilot of tho “Spirit of St. Louis”
with the National Geographic So
ciety’s Hubbard medal for pioneer
achievements.
“Transportation and communica
tion are essential to civilization,”
Coolidge said in his presentation ad
dress.
“Within the year tho encourage
ment has been given to their devel
opment which has few parallels in
history.”
“It remained for one of our citi
zens in May, 1927 to arouse univer
sal interest in tho practical possibili
ties in travel through tho air. His
flight, unaided and alone, from Now
York to Paris, thrilled tho world.
What ho did to strengthen the cor
dial relations between our pooplo
and Europe is well know.”
Guard Editor Speaks
To Reporting Classes
William M. Tugman, editor of tho
Eugene Daily Guard, spoke yester
day morning to tho assembled re
porting classes at 10:00 o’clock in
room 104 of tho Journalism building,
giving an informal talk on “re
porting. ’ ’
Tugman emphasized tho import
ance of an all-round, general educa
tion for the student who intends
to enter the reporting profession.
“You can’t make your knowledge
too wide or too thorough,’’ wore
his words. “You hear people say
college training is a lot of mental
gymnastics, but everything I’ve ev
er taken in college I have found use
for in reporting, for as a job it
takes more education, resourceful
ness and character than any other
position I know of.’’
Frosh Route
Rooks in Big
Final Drive
Winning Touchdown Put
Across With Only a
Minute to Go
Rooks Score Early
On Mud Soaked Field
Final Score 10 to 6; Aggie
Goals Left Standing
By HARRY DUTTON
The Homecoming defeat of the
varsity was considerably assuaged
Saturday when Billy Reinhart’s
fighting frosh eleven met the Aggie
rooks on Bell field, Corvallis, and,
after trailing the Orange babes in
the score column almost tho entire
route of the game, came back in the
last period with a great aerial at
tack that turned an apparently in
evitable defeat into a glorious frosh
victory, 10 to 6, less than one minute
before the timers gun ended the
struggle.
Field a Sea of Mud
It was a grout mud be spattered
battle. Within four minutes of the
opening kick-off the rooks had
scored after recovering a fumbled
frosh punt in the Oregon territory.
Two first downs from tho yearling’s
35-yanl line and goal to mako. They
made it and tho scoro was rooks 6,
frosh 0. In this period the frosh
blocked a punt behind the Aggie
goal for a safety, making it 6 to 2.
During tho game the frosh fum
bled 8 times, punted 19, and received
9 penalties. The rooks made 7 fum
bles, 17 punts, and suffered 10 pen
alties. The frosh completed 6 of 13
passes while the rooks completed but
one in four. Two of thoir passes
were intercepted. Fumbles were the
result of the slippery water soaked
condition of the ball, not bad foot
ball.
Last Quarter Thrilling
Early in the fourth quarter the
Aggie youngsters recovered a frosh
fumble and made the greatest drive
from scrimmago of tho entire con
test. They made three successive
first downs from the Webfoot 40
yard line only to bo stopped when
“Red” Hill intercepted on the 7
yard line. Here the tide turned.
Five minutes later by a series of
penalties and punt exchanges the
rooks wore back to their four yard
line. Here rook coach, Dick New
man, introduced tho notorious Aggie
percentage system into football
spheres. Rather than risk another
blocked kick by the viciously charg
ing frosh lino he sent in a now quar
terback with ovidont instructions to
present the frosh with another
safety. The trick worked and tho
score was 6 to 4 for the rooks.
This entitled the Aggies babes to
a free kick from their own 20 yard
line. With but four minutes to play
it appeared that the game was on
ice for the rooks. Aggio fans were
seen to begin straggling from the
field.
Frosh Take the Air
Tho rook kick was a bad one and
tho frosh got possession of the ball
on the O. A. O. 45 yard lino. A line
play advanced it about 3 yards.
Time was glimmering, barely three
minutes remaining.
And then Coach Reinhart, glancodi
up, surveyed tho overcast skies, read
therefrom some potent sign and pre
pared to play trumps. Tuttich and
Kelly, fleet backs went in to re
place Moeller and Hill who were
(Continued on page four)
fleeted in the bay with the rest of
the land and sky shadows.
Near the door was a particularly
enchanting thing—“Fairy Dell” at
Neah-Kah-Nie, showing the sunlight
filtering down through the trees on
to the old logs and leafy bushes.
The background is darkened with
deceiving grays, brows and purples
until every leaf and sun splotch
stands out vividly. Many voted it
to be the best.
Professor Nowland B. Zane of the
art department chose, as his favor
ite, a deep-shadowed coast scene
where the sea lapped up onto the
weather-beaten sand cliffs, and in
the distance the water showed blue.
Thirty of the paintings were
water colors. Professor Schroff has
“seen the soul” of a dirty wharf
scene at Newport, and wdth infinite
care has transferred it to paper. He
has attained a depth of color seldom
found outside of oil paintings, and
for some reason, the shades and
tints seem clearer. The shadows of
the ugly old piles become a thing of
art. The wind-twisted trees of his
“Blowy Day” make one shiver with
their realism. Foremost in every
thing is the effect achieved by the
light and dark of his shadows. As
Professor Zane says, “He has caught
, the spirit.”
By F. H.
Aliy people in Eugene wlio have
never seen the Oregon coast have a
chance this week to make a substi
tution which ought to awaken the
call of the sea in the most con
firmed land lubber. During this
week, Alfred H. Schroff, head of
the painting department, school of
architecture and allied arts in the
University of Oregon, is displaying
54 of his most attractive paintings,
on the third floor of McMorrau &
Washburne’s store.
Predominating among them are
scenes of the Oregon coast, and lo
cal scenes around Eugene. Each
has a number which corresponds to a
description on a list with which each
critic is provided, and each visitor
is asked to name his favorite and
drop his slip in the ballot box. With
such a wide range, it seemed diffi
cult to make a selection. Here on
the north wall were “Little Dunes
of Nye Beach,” and “Newport Sand
Dunes” that threw purple shadows
opposite the sun. Nearby were rest
less scenes of the ocean with subtle
Cobalt blues, and purples, throwing
into a far distance the ocean hori
zon. Again it was an eroded sea
cliff, with its yellow paleness re
Noted Pianist
Gives Concert
This Evening
Crilics Rank Friedman
With Great Musicians
Of Poland
Program Will Include
His Own Composition
Chopin Group Promises
To Hold Interest
Iguaz Friedman, distinguished
1 Folish pianist, will be presented as
tlie first artist on the A. S. U. O.
! concert series at the Woman’s build
ing ^ tonight at eight o’clock. Stu
j dents will be admitted on student
I body tickets, while members of the
I faculty and the general public may
purchase tickets at Laraway ’a Mu
sic store, the Co-op or the A. S. U. O.
office.
Friedman is the last protege of
the late Theordore Lechetizsky and
the last of a quartet produced by a
single country in one generation—
a quartet which includes Padere
wski, Hofmann, Paclimann, and
Friedman. Ilis reputation as a
concert artist and a composer was
well established in Europe before ho
made his first tour of America in
1921. This is Mr. Friedman’s second
tour of the Pacific coast, the first
one having been made in 1925. Since
last December he has appeared in
over a hundred concerts in Europe
and Australia.
Program Listed
The program, which will feature
Friedman’s masterly interpretation
of Chopin and one of his own compo
sitions follows:
Sonata C Minor, Op, 3 .... Beethoven
Twenty Four Variations and Fugue
on a Theme of Handel . Brahms
Berceuse . Chopin
Valse C Sharp Minor . Chopin
Polonaise . Chopin
Pour Studies . Chopin
Soiree dans Grenade . Debussy
Second Viennese Dance .... Friedman
Hark, Hark the Lark .
. Schubert-Liszt
Magic Fire . Wagner-Brassin
Voices of Spring .. Strauss-Briedman
Is Noted Chopin Player
Friedman has been ranked with
Paclimann as a Chopin player. The
C Sharp Minor Valse will furnish
ample opportunity for him to reveal
his poetic temperament, for it has
the lyric quality to a greater degree
than many of the virtuoso compos
er’s works. The veiled melancholy
of the first theme is the prevailing
mood throughout the number except
in the D Flat interlude.
James Huneker, musical biogra
pher, said of Chopin that “his
pianissimo was an enchanting whis
per, his forte seemed powerful by
contrast, his dynamics widely va
ried and his touch Mid pedaling mar
velous.” Friedman has been com
mended by the leading critics of
America for these same attributes.
He also has the imagination that
makes it possible for him to create
brilliant effects in Chopin, in the
free style of Debussy, and the
“Magic Fire” of Wagner-Brassin.
Mr. Friedman’s own composition
is of the typical Viennese waltz
style of Strauss.
Oregon Team Short
Three Men; Beaten
By O. A. C. Harriers
Although the first two men who
finished in the cross-country race
last Friday wore the Lemon-Yellow
of Oregon, the final count gave the
victory to the Aggies. In this type
of a race each man scores the num
ber of points equal to the number
which he finishes in the race, and
the team having the fewest points
wins the contest. Oregon was short
three of its quota of 20 men and
consequently was forced to forfeit
117 points before the run was start
ed. The final count stood O. A. C.
334, Oregon 476.
The first member of the cinder
aggregation to breast the tape was
Hill of Oregon, closely followed by
Standard, also of the Webfoots,
then came the first Aggie m^n,
Bilmore, and right behind him was
the third of Hayward’s proteges,
Beal. O. A. C. had six of the first
10 men to finish. Following is the
order of the first 10:
1, Hill, Oregon; 2, Standard, Ore
gon, 3, Bilmore, O. A. C.; 4, Beal,
Oregon; 5, Young, O. A. C.; 6,
Heinz, O. A. C.; 7, Brown, O. A. C.;
8, McKitriek, Oregon; 9, Campbell,
O. A. C.; 10, Blinkham, O. A. C. •
George H. Godfrey
Writes Article on
Hawaiian Chickens
George H. Godfrey, University
news-director, in an article on chick
ens which was published recently in
the Standard Poultry Journal, dem-|
onstrates that he learned something
in the Hawaiian Islands besides
hula. His article deals with a chick
en farm on the island of Hawaii
where, a congenial climate puts,
chicken raising on a par with the
sugar and pineapple industry.
Mr. Godfrey was so impressed by
the scientific basis attained by this
farm where all equipment from incu
bators to trap-nests was as up-to
date as the new Ford, that his feel-1
ings on the subject finally found ex
pression on paper. According to the
article the chickens are so weeded
out in their infancy that by the
time they reach maturity they are
as aristocratic as a southern colonel, j
with a decided drawl in their J
cackles.
The pedigree of each bird means |
that the records of its ancestors are j
carefully kept. In some particular
cases the lineage of theso birds have
been traced back several hundred
years to where they were raising
themselves from buzzards, ravens,
and other dishonorable sources, on
the long, slow lift to the exalted po
sition that they occupy in the poul
try society of the Hawaiian Islands
today. *
4Semi - Formal’
Is Dress Edict
For Sopli Dance!
Special Care To Be Given
Armory Floor, Says
Jack Dowsset
“Semi-fornfel» is the decision
just reached by the Sophomore In
formal directorate concerning the
big dance next Saturday night.
“So many fellows want to wear
their tuxedos that we decided the
best thing to do is to lot them,”
stated Tom Stoddard, general chair
man. “This is going to be a great
dance, in decorations, music, and
everything. The whole campus is
invited, and we want everyone to
have the best time of the year.”
Hence, tux-owners havo won the
day. Formals for women, tux or no
tux—ns may be wished—for men.
“Get going on dates,” is the ad
vice of Paul Hunt, assistant chair-,
man. “There’s less than a week
left; and this dance will be too
good to miss.”
Work is already well under way
on decorations. The committees are
working to have everything ready
Friday evening. “No all night work
if we can help it,” is the decision
of Arlen McCarty, who has charge
of the men decorating.
Eleanor Flanagan, head of the Wo- |
men’s Vigilance committee, asks |
all sophomores to spend their spare
hours today and all the rest of the
days between now and Saturday in
the basement of Hendricks hall
sewing. Latest report says that the
Armory ceiling already isn’t what
,it used to be!
Jack Dowsset promises that the
floor will be in the best condition '
in history. No time or effort will
be spared. George McMurphey and
his Kollege Knights, who are fur
nishing the music, need no introduc
tion.
“We’re working to outdo the
successful dance of the sophomore j
class last year,” declared Keith
Hall, soph president. “The doc- .
orations are going to be gorgeous,
lavish.”
The programs are all planned and
ordered, according to a report from
Jim Rogers. They will help carry
out the motif, and promise to be
something the campus will wish to
keep.
! “Different and good” is the com
ment Kathryn Mehl, chairman of
the refreshment committee, makes
concerning the punch. Florence
McNerney, Marjorie Chester, Tim
Wood, and Maxine McLean are as
sisting with the work.
1 “Keep your eyes and ears open,”
is the tip being passed about just
now by knowing sophs. “There’s a
(class of ’30 round here, and if you j
don’t know it you soon will.”
.Strange rumors point to Wednes
day as the dangerous day. Just
how or why, it is not now possible
to ascertain.
Thetas Awarded Cup
For Homecoming Sign
Kappa Alpha Theta was awarded
the Bristow trophy presented each
year to the living organization show
ing the best Homecoming sign. Beta
Theta I’i was given honorable men
tion, according to George Hill, gen
■erul chairman for Homecoming.
Hall Outlines
Experiments
In University
System for Promotion of
Teachers To Be Found
By Research
Belter Instruction
For Students Sought
Businesslike Procedure Is
To Be Used
Chicago, 111., Nov. 14.—(Special)
—The scientific program that is now
under way at the University of Oro
gon, by which a more accurate meth
od is hoped to be found for rating
tlie teaching staff, and through
which new and more efficient teach
ing methods are expected to be dis
covered, was given nation-wide
prominence here today by Ur. Ar
nold Bonnet Hall, president of the
University, who spoke before the
American Association of State Uni
versities session on this subject.
Two main objectives are sought
by tlie experiments and research
work now being carried on, declared
Ur. Hall. The first of these is an
accurate method of determining the
actual worth to the university of its
professors and instructors, so that
promotions and advancements can
be made strictly according to merit.
The second is for definite improve
ment in actual teaching methods, so
that students may bo bettor trained
and better instructed.
Scientific Method is Aim
“Our whole program is just get
ting under way of course,” Ur. Hall
told the session, “But I have a groat
hope that out of these experiments
in which wo are engaged, or others
that these experiments will uncover,
there will come some objective data,
some scientific methodology, by
which we can take the ‘hunch’ out
of administrative prerogative of ap
pointment and promotion, aud sub
stitute something of precision and
definiteness that is capable of be
ing scientifically applied.
The first step in this program is
the application of sound business
methods in matters of appointment
and promotion, Ur. Hall said. He
pointed to the personnel work that
is being done by business firms and
fh public service, and asked the
question, “Why could it not bo done
in university administration?”
Methods now in use at the Uni
versity of Oregon for personnel
work were described to the members
present. The first consists of the
preparation of a “W'ho’s Who” of
faculty members. This includes the
complete educational history of the
faculty member and lists his aca
demic performances, ail available in
formation about his family, activi
ties in the university, salary in
creases and promotions and personal
impressions gathered by the presi
dent from occasional personal inter
views.
The second method, which is a
direct check on the efficiency of the
faculty member, is a requirement
that each instructor and professor
send in his examination questions
when ho sends in tho results, or
grades of students. The third is that
each faculty member must send in a
statement of his objective in giving
the course, at the same time that he
submits the examination questions.
Faculty Work Described
The work of the University of
Oregon faculty committee on im
provement of teaching methods was
described by Dr. Hall. This com
mittee is composed of tho strongest
men in the University, he stated,
and five sub-committees are now
working on specific problems. These
sub-committees are on tests and ex
aminations, lecture systems, possible
objectives in teaching, case and pro
ject methods of study, and con
trolled experiments in university
teaching.
Close cooperation among depart
ments and among the faculty men is
already noted for this committee
work, it was stated, and the predic
tion that some startling results will
be announced was made. The work
of the sub committees on tests and
examinations, and on controlled ex
periments is already attracting wide
attention, is was said.
Dr. Hall En Route From
New York to Chicago
Arnold Bennett Hall, president of
the University, will leave New York
today, and return to Chicago. He
will remain in Chicago, where Uni
versity business has taken him, un
til November 15. He expects to ar
rive in Seattle in time to join Ore
gon fans at the Washington-Oregon
game there on Thanksgiving day.
Sequel to Deady Hall Expose Found
At Villard by Inquisitive Reporter
One thing leads to another, and
the sensational exposure of tho long
guarded secrets of tho Deady hall
belfry has led reporters to delve
into murky, cobwebby places with
great gusto in the hopes of finding
more mysterious manuscripts of by
gone days—and perhaps even a
skeleton in the closet somewhere
about.
The skeleton has been foundl
Villard hall, erected back in the
palmy days of 1885,* hereby leaps
into the spotlight of publicity, for
it was under the platform of the
Villard assembly room that the
blanched, ghostly occupant was
found. II. T. Iloare, electrician on
the campus, made the gruesome dis
covery as he was running wires
from downstairs to offices upstairs
in the buzzer system that is being
installed in the building, which
necessitated his getting under the
platform to work.
The reporter, scenting a mystery,
came along and witnessed tho hair
raising spectacle. There in the dark
cluttered cubbyhole that was re
vealed when a door in the side of
the platfcrm had been opened, lay
the bust of Abraham Lincoln, woe
fully chipped and battered, and re
clining with a sady philosophical
J mien beside two red and black
1 paper hats, a broken tambourine,
odds and ends of lumber and a
wicker suitcase with the w<ord8,
“Music, U. of O.” penciled on it.
The suitcase, when opened, was
found to contain a great pile of
sheet music, labeled “G. Schirmer’s
Octavo Church Music,” evidently a
relic of the days when chapel was
hold in Villard hall.
The stage will soon be torn down
altogether to make place for a new
classroom between the office of
Miss Burgess on the left hand side
and that of Stephenson Smith on
the right hand side. A wall will be
built in front of the stage and a
window put in where the back of
the stage now is, making a new
room. A small rostrum will be
placed in the assembly room for
lectures. It has not boen decided
where to put Abraham Lincoln.