VOLUME XXTX.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1927.
NUMBER
Husky Team
Overconfident
i Say Reports
Washington Griders Have
Tendency to ‘Regard
Ducks a Setup
Northerners Pointing
For Trojan Eleven
Oregon Team Wil| Leave
Tuesday for Seattle
By JOE PIGNEY
The Webfoot football team will
leave for Seattle next Tuesday for
the annual contest with the Univer
sity of Washington on Thanksgiv
ing day. Little hope is held for an
Oregon victory, but the Webfooters
are determined to make their last
attempt to break into the win col
umn a desperate one.
V The Huskies are asserting a very
definite claim to the Pacific Coast
conference title, and it will have to
be a mighty Oregon team that turns
them aside. Washington’s champ
ionship hopes, however, are in a
very precarious situation. Stanford
completes its conference schedule
next Saturday when it clashes with
the Golden Bears. As the Cards
have not lost a league game, the
Huskies are pulling for a California
victory in order to st§v in the run
ning.
Huskies Confident
Stanford has already lost two non
conference tilts, but whether this is
due to the weakness of the team or
to one of Pop Warner’s characteris
tic deceptions is causing Nibs Price
some worry. The Cardinals defeated
Washington in Seattle a couple of
weeks ago, and Washington defeated
the Bears last Saturday in Cali
fornia. The only conclusion possi
ble points towards a Stanford vic
tory in the traditional fray of the
south.
y Up north in the Husky camp,
Coach Enoch Bagshaw is fighting
an epidemic of overconfidence that
has assailed liig team. The Husky
griders have a tendency to regard
the Oregon game as a mere primer
for the Trojan battle in Los An
geles December d. Although the U.
S. C. Battle is Bagshaw’s main ob
jective, past experience' shows that
the Webfooters are never a “cinch”
outfit for the Washington team to
bowl over.
Four Oregon Lettermen will play
their last football game for the
Lemon-Yellow on Thanksgiving Day.
These fighters are Captain Beryl
ITodgen, Victor Wetzel, John War
ren, and Homer Dixon. Washington
tasted the wrath of the gridman two
years ago when the Husky team was
very fortunate to hang onto the
coast title by defeating the Web
footers 15 to 14. Psychologically
speaking, this game will be used as
an offensive weapon by the Ore
gonians inasmuch as what has been
done in the past can bo done again
in the future.
r Advertising Manager
Of Department Store
Speaks Before Class
“Imagination and knowledge of
tlie merchandise arc the most valu
able assets for the advertiser in the
department store,” Karl F. Tluine
man, advertising manager of Mc
Morran and Wasliburne company,
told Professor W. F. G. Thacher’s
advertising class yesterday morning.
Each member of the class is en
grossed in the production of a full
page ad for MeMiorran and Wash
burne, and Mr. Thuneman delivered
his lecture as a helping hand.
“Think with the boss and write
to the people on the outside,” said
Mr. Thuneman. ‘.‘The boss dictates
the policy of the store and it is up
to the advertising man to put this
policy over to the readers of the
newspapers.
Mr. Thuneman explained the
workings of the advertising depart
ment of the store, and portrayed ad
I vertising as a game in which a man,
with enthusiasm for his merchandise
can make a success.
Librarian Returns
From Trip to Europe
Miss Martha Spafford, who has
been traveling in Europe for the
past year, will return the first of
the week to take up her work in
the cataloguing department of the
main library.
Ada Liddell, who has been taking
her place has left for Seattle where
she is employed in the public li
brary. She has charge of the cir
culation department there.
»
Moroni Olsen Cast Stages Amusing
English Comedy 'Lilies of the Field’
P.v F. IT.
A wealth of
through “Lilies
d spirit ri*ns
Field,” the
sprightly English ?• S
y presented
at the Ileilig la> %, ?> t by the
Moroni-Olsen Play “ " net Young,
as the old grandm VJ £ ith young
ideas, plays one ol
cult parts, ns the b
modernistic twin
whom she promises a
ent of either a month
ten yards of pink ere
Secretly, the twins, Ca
ed by Marion Clayton, i
by Dorothy Adams loa
trip is to be awarded to the grand
daughter who makes the best im
pression on Barnaby Haddon, an
expected visitor. Together they
plan which part each is to act.
Elizabeth, playing the part of a
modest, crinoline creature, wins, and
goes to London, where she later ac
tually does fall in love with Haddon,
who has always suspected her real
personality.
i Meantime, the family have come
ost diffi
ir of her
aughters
av jires
\don, or
chine.
■ Play
.abetli
uiiat the
to I.ondon to visit the old-fashioned
daughter, and Catherine finds an
earnest admirer in Bryan Ropes, a
young man with eccentric side-whis
kers, which lie shaves for her bene
fit.
The play was consistently clever,
though (fragging somewhat in the i
last part where the family haggled j
over the father's consent. The parti
of the minister, Byron K. Foulger, j
was one of seriously-spoken humor i
which continually kept the audience
in an uproar. The role of the grand-}
moHrr.r was well taken, with the ex
ception that the old-age tone ns-;
sumed by Miss Young, hindered the
full expression of the part. The
twins were entirely natural, and
their emotion convincing! One of
the best parts, however, ns the
writer sees it, was that played by
Gordon Nelson, portraying the bo
whiskered admirer of the younger
twin Catherine. His charming af
fectations, as the “ass” whom so
ciety had spoiled, went far toward
rounding out what might have been
a lagging part of the play.
Southern Seas
To Be Topic of
Assembly Talk
Mrs. Anne L. Beck To Tell
Of Her Experiences
Among Tongans
Tall, tufted palm trees outlined
against a blue sky—a roaring surf
beating over beaches of white sand
—child-like natives who welcome
visitors with open hearts—deep,
dark, still lagoons.
In such an atmosphere Mrs. Anne
■Landsbury Beck, professor in the
j school of music, has passed the last
two summers, and she will speak of
her experiences at the assembly to
day at eleven o’clock in the Wo
man’s building.
In 1920 and again in 1927 Mrs.
Beck and her brother, John J.
Landsbury, dean of the school of
music, spent the entire summers in
the South Seas, visiting the Ha
waiian Islands, New Zealand, Tahiti,
the Fijis, the Tongans, and the Sa
moans, rendered romantic by Mel
ville and Stephenson and Stoddard
and. London.
Mrs. Beck’s talk today will prin
cipally concern the Tongan Islands
where her party visited for some
time. The Tongans are unique in
being the last of the famous island
kingdoms, all of the rest have been
absorbed by various European na
tions.
Mrs. Beck tells of an interesting,
though somewhat distressing inci
dent during her visit to the Fiji Is
lands last summer.
“We went in small boats to a
little island about a mile from the
shore, the stronghold of the last old
cannibal king of the Fijis, where
his grandson lives today,” Mrs.
Beck said,
“We stayed there quite a while^
much longer than we should have.
When we came to return, we found
that the tide had gone down to such
an extent that there was not enough
water to float the boats. We had
to wade about a half mile to the
mainland.
“The water .was about knee deep,
just deep enough to hide deep holes
and sharp projections of the coral,
and to hinder our progress. We
stumbled along, the coral eutting
our legs in spite of our shoes and
stockings, but at’ last we reached
the mainland again.”
Beta Alpha Psi Plans
Lecture for Tonight
Mr. J. P. Dawson, manager for
Price, Waterhouse, and Company in
Portland, will address the members
of Beta Alpha Psi, honorary ac
counting fraternity, at its meeting
tonight at 7:30 in the Eugene hotel.
Mr. Dawson’s subject will be “Some
of the Qualifications3 Necessary to
Professional Success in Account*
ing.”
Mr. Dawson has just returned
from a business, trip in the east on
behalf of his firm. His lecture will
be the first of a series to be spon
sored by Beta Alpha Psi.
Business Ad Student
Works in Trade Field
George Berezovsky, who graduat
ed from the school of business ad
ministration in 1927, where he spec
ialized in foreign trade, is working
in the importing department of the
John G. Barnett company in Port
land. Mr. Berezovsky, who was on
I the campus this week-end, is a mem
■ ber of Pan Xenia.
New Questions
To Be Discussed
By Debate Team
Student Influx to Colleges
Creates Problems for
Consideration
“This year we are going to try to
select some new types of questions,”
saiil Professor ,T. K. Horner, debate
coach, in reference to the year’s
problems for discussion in varsity
debate. “The idea is to get some
questions that are interesting to the
people because they directly concern
them, such as, Resolved, That in the
United States we are trying to give
too many people a college educa
tion,” ho explained.
Today the first tryout for t*lio
varsity teams will be held from 3:30
until late in the evening and it is
hoped that with the promise of new
er and possibly more interesting
problems to fill the vear’^ work that
there -will be a good twn out.
Harrison B. Summers, associate
professor of public speech at Kansas
State Agricultural College, and an
intimate friend of Professor Horner,
in reference to the same matter,
said, “A few decades ago, the mat
ter of getting an audience for a
forensic contest was no problem.
There was little else for the student
to do. There were few sofial af
fairs; no moving pictures, hardly
any of the present forms of inter
collegiate athletic, contests to oc
cupy the time and attention of the
student.” However, times have
changed. Now many interests claim
the student’s time and attention.
, There’s the theater, the movie, the
automobile, half a dozen new types
of athletics, and other social events
have provided channels through
(Continued on page three)
Laborites Hiss When
Premier Baldwin Tries
Parliamentary Speech
(By United Pressl
LONDON, Nov. 16.—The most
riotous session of the year in the
House of Commons with distur
bances extraordinary in Parliament
ary history, was adjourned tonight
after repeated attempts to restore
order had failed.
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
was repeatedly hissed by laborites,
causing suspension of the session
several times. Sir Philip Gunliffe
Lister, president of the board of
trade, who attempted to defend the
government against a motion of cen
sure, the labor party had introduced
regarding the handling of the coal
situation, was unable to raise his
voice above the laborites’ din.
Virgil Hafen Writes
Of Art School in Utah
Virgil Hafen, formerly of the
painting department of the school of
architecture and allied arts of the
University, stated in a recent letter
to Ellis F. Lawrence, dean of the
school, that l*e is starting an art
school for children in Springville, a
small town in Utah.
He spent the past summer paint- |
ing in southern Utah, and thinks it
much like that portrayed in Mayn- i
ard Dixon's Arizona paintings.
It is surprising how the farmers
around this little town of ypring
ville buy pictures,” wrote Hafen.
“Springville has a museum of art
made up of the work of modern
painters. They have one yearly ex
hibition and buy one picture which
^tbey think the best, every year.”
President of
Mexico Foots
Revolt Bills
Calles Paid Nicaragua
Revolution Expense,
Is Charge
Capitol Paper Avers
Files Full of Scandal
U. S. Department of State
Ignores Conditions
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—1The
Washington Herald eontinuod today
its alleged documentary expose of
Mexican government anti-United
States activities in Central Ameri
ca a year ago.
In answer to official Mexican
charges that the Herald documdhts
are forgeries, and a state department,
declaration that it has no knowledge
of the alleged documents or of their
authenticity, the Herald replied to
day:
“For exclusively diplomatic rea
sons, the department of state is pub
licly registering indifference to the
disclosures. As a matter of fact,
however, the files of the department
have been bulging for months with
such reports.”
Three alleged documents repro
duced today purport to prove that
President Calles over his own sig
nature, ordered the payment of $1,
075,000 in three installments to
Mexican Ambassador Cavioto last
winter for support of the liberal
Nicaraguan revolution.
MEXICO BANS HEARST PAPERS
Anti-Calles Article Is Cause of
Move by Southern Government
(By United Press)
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Nov. 16.
—Unconfirmed reports received here
this afternoon said the Mexican gov
ernment has issued an order at Mex
ico City prohibiting the entrance of
all W. R. Hearst newspapers.
The report said a number of copies
of the San Antonio Light, Hearst
publication, had been confiscated at
Laredo.
The order was provoked, it was
saidj because of articles regarding
Mexico printed in several of the
Hearst newspapers earlier in the
week. The articles were classified
as anti-Calles.
‘Orange Owl’ Muddle
Cools With Election
Of New Frat President
(By United Press)
CORVALLIS, Ore., Nov. 16.—At
least a temporary ending of the con
troversy over the publishing of al
leged risque jokes by the Orange
Owl, Oregon State College, was seen
hero today in the election of offi
cers of the Hammer and Coffin, na
tional humor fraternity. Dallas
Moore, former editor, resigned fol
lowing complaints regarding ma
terial printed in the magazine.
Kenneth Lowell, Corvallis senior,
was elected president of the local
Hammer and Coffin fraternity.
Changes Announced
In Staff of Emerald
Robert Galloway, managing edi
tor of the Emerald, yesterday an
nounced changes in the Emerald
staff affeeting nine persons.
Because of outside work, William
Haggerty resigned his position as
Pacific Intercollegiate Press editor,
and Carl Gregory has been appoint
ed to the position. Leonard Delano,
Fred Junker, and Thelma Kem have
been added to the upper news staff;
and Charlotte Kiefer and Walter
Butler have been added to the fea
ture staff. Joe Freek and Everett
Kielin have been added to the staff
as assistant night editors.
Erring Frosh Called
To Account by Knights
The following freshmen report at
the Woman’s building promptly at
10:45 today: Woodie Archer, no lid;
A1 Schneider, no lid; Nick Blvden
stein, no lid; Ford Smith, cocky;
Con Hamend, no lid; Ed Applegren,
epeky; Winchester Hereher, no lid;
Dick McCormack, no lid; Ken Col
ton, no lid; Jack Dant, cocky;
Jessie Douglas, no lid; W. G. Hill,
cocky, failure to show up; Wilton
Meyer, no lid; Miles Sweeney, no
lid; John Moffat, no lid; Paul
Hartmus, no lid; Paul Branin, no
lid; John Yerkoviteh, no lid; Harold
Olinger, no lid.
Molnar’s Play
To Be Shown
This Evening
‘The Swan’ To Be Staged
With Modern Lighting
Arrangements
Costuming Elaborate;
Ab Lawrence to Assist
Joy Ingalls, Art Aiulerspn
Play Leads
"The Swan” glides into the pool
of campus affairs tonight at 8
o’clock in the Guild theater. This
comedy, by Franz Molnar, is one of
the most pretentious productions
ever given on the campus. Costum
ing, staging, and lighting are almost
as difficult as the acting which is
required of the east and go far to
wards making this an outstanding
creation.
Miss Florence F. Wilbur, head of
the drama department, considers it
one of the hardest of all plays to
give on a small stage.
“The limitations of a small
stage,” she said, “are a handicap
in the production of a play of this
kind, but with the co-operation of
Abbott Lawrence and the staging
staff this difficulty has been
overcome remarkably well.”
Friueess Alexandra, played by Joy
Ingalls, is the person about whom
the plot is woven. She seems a
Dresden figurine in modern evening
dress, or the dainty heroine of a
fairy tale. She is called “The
Swan” by her family because of her
cold aloofness to emofciolnal con
tacts with the outside world, gliding
through the life of the court with
unruffled dignity of that graceful
white bird.
Only for a row minutes is the on
looker permitted to see Alexandra
drop her cold armour. Love, born of
pity for one lower in station than
herself, softens and destroys lior
unemotional nature for a short time,
until she is called back to reality
by the demands Of her position.
Dr. llans Agi, portrayed by Ar
thur Anderson, is the person who
causes “The Swan” to forget for a
little while that she is only a pawn
of the court. In the position of
tutor to the younger brothers of the
princess, he is subordinated to the
orders of almost any member of
the household. Patient, stolid, a
brilliant scholar but a poor conver
sationalist, knowing more of stars
than of royalty and more, of roses
than of women, he is a character
strong in human interest.
Princess Beatrice, played by
Grace Gardner; Prince Albert, play
ed by Glenn Potts, and Princess
Maria Dominia, portrayed by Eunice
Payne, are all characters brought
out by deft touches on the part of
the players who carry the parts.
The subtleties injected into these
parts by Franz Molnar are not to
be despised, however. The Princess
Maria Dominia, in particular, is one
, difficult to present. She is a wo
man accustomed to having her own
way, and expecting it. She is sure
of her own mental agility, confident
of the rightness of what, she does, and
yet she shows one spot of weakness
in her easy capitulation to flattery.
This is the point by which the dip
lomatic Father Hyacinth, played by
Cecil Matson, obtains his own way.
He ie clever enough to make Maria
Dominia believe that she is twice
as clever as lie.
The part of Symphorosa, played
by Ruth Street, gives promise of be
ing one of the most amusing in the
production.
The other members of the cast,
Thelma Parks, Luella Andre, Mil
ton George, Lynn Black, Elmer
Grimm, John Gray, Mary Campbell,
and Vera Ratcliffo have worked
hard, according to Miss Wilbur, and
are doing well in the lesser parts
of the play.
Vespers to Observe
National Prayer Week
Pauline Stewart, president of the
Y. W. C. A., will read the service
at Vespers, Sunday, November 110,
at 4:30 in the music auditorium, in
recognition of national prayer week.
Mrs. Leah Perkins Wyatt, an Ore
gon alumnus, will sing a eontraltc^
solo, “Prom the Depths,” by Com
pana, and Daisy Belle Parker will
be at the organ.
Margaret D. Creech
To Speak on Campus
Mis* Margaret D. Creech, assis
tant director of the Portland school
of social work of the Portland cen
ter of the University, will be on the
campus tomorrow. Miss Creech will
be glad to confer with students wild
are entering social service work.
T TO Not V Says Billy,
flitf Changes His Mind;
He'll Attend Informal
Little Billy (otherwise known ns
Marion) Miller thought he wasn't
going to the Sohpomore Informal;
but now he has changed his mind.
All those who heard the wild, wild
’ItOs pursuing him down Thirteenth
street yesterday noon don’t wonder
why.
It all started in front of the Ad
ministration building. The small
but daring villian calmly started
down the street carrying a large
sign reading thus: “I AM NOT
GOING TO THE SOPHOMORE IN
FORMAL.” But once he got going,
he went fast. For behind came the
enraged wearers of the ’30 num
erals.
“Pop! Pop!” sounded their guns.
Passing co-eds murmured “AVhat the
heck?” The fleeter of the onlookers
scurried down the sidewalk to see
the grand finis.
The end came in front of the
Co-op, a sorry end for little Billy.
“Bang” went the guns, down came
the sign. “I’ll go; I'll go” the
truant screamed.
Next Saturday will find Billy
with .everyone else at the Armory
waiting for tho music.
Water Polo Men
Will Battle at 4
This Afternoon
Tourney Nearing Close
As Mermen Struggle
For Honors
W. L. Tct.
Plii Kappa Psi . 2 0 1000
Phi Sigma Kappa . 2 0 1000
Sigma Nu . 2 1 .607
Kappa Sigma . 1 1 .500
Delta Tau Delta .......... 0 2 .000
S. A. E. 0 3 .000
The round robin water polo tour
ney is irearing the finish. Two of
| tlie decisive games of the series will
I be played this afternoon at four
[o’clock in the Men’s gym. The Sig
ma Nu’s must win their game to
stay in the running and the Phi
Sig’s will have to trounce the Kappa
Sigs ’ to remain in the race.
The tournament is in the fifth
week of the series and the games
this afternoon will thin down the
candidates for the polo champion
ship. So far the Sigma Nu’s have
not displayed the power which the
championship for them last year,
however they should place well up
in the percentage column.
The varsity swimming squad is
having a seige of preparatory train
ing in both styles of water polo. The
swimmers will play polo until they
gain the necessary stamina for dis
tance racing.
The divers do their air work on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs
days at 6 o’clock. At the close of
football lfiggs and Slauson are slat
ed to appear on the plank.
Schedule for today: (At 4 o’clock)
Phi Sigma Kappa vs. Sigma Nu.
Kappa Sigma vs. Phi Kappa Psi.
450 Oreganas
Win Banquet
ForMcKeown
—
Dena Aim Wins First Prize,
Thirza Anderson Next;
Dot Baker Third
- i 1
Hubbs Declares Drive
Best One in History
Priee of Book Next Spring
Will Be $6
.Too MeKeown’s team was last,
night announced winner in the Ore
gana subscription congest, which en
titles it to a ban
quet at Oregana
expense. The six
teen members sold
a total of 430
boohs.
Den a Aim. of
Susan Campbell, a
junior in physical
education, captur
ed the $10 cash
prize offered the
man or woman ob
taining' the Isrreat
est number of
Joe McKeown subscriptions. She
turned in receipts for 72 books.
Thirzn Anderson of Hendricks
Hall took the second prize of .$5
with a total of 55 subscriptions.
Miss Anderson is a freshman in
journalism. Roth girls are mem
bers of Joe McKeown’s team.
A close third was Dorothy Raker,
a member of John Cusiek’s division,
who sold 53.
Banquet Next Week
Prizes will be awarded at the
banquet, which will be held some
day next week, probably Tuesday.
All members of the team, including
Warren D. Smith, the factulty cap
tain, will bo present.
John Cusick’s team, captained by
William Maddox, nosed out Phil
Livesley’s squad, working under
James H. Gilbert, for second place.
Students who expected to get
their Oreganos at the booths the
last day of the drive and found that
the booths had been moved down
town by the Homecoming commit
tee to be used for the convenience
of returning alumni will have a
chance to order Oreganas at the
original price of $5, $2 now and $3
in the spring, according to an
nouncement made by Ronald Hubbs,
circulation manager. Subscriptions
will be taken at the Co-op or at the
graduate manager’s office for the
next two weeks. The price of the
Oregana in the spring will be $6.
McKeown Thanks Staff
“This has been the most success
ful drive in the history of Ore
ganas,” declared Ronald Hubbs.
“The work of the lieutenants has
been splendid. I wish to thank
every member of the staff.”
Joe McKeown promised to tako
his “gang” to the show if they
should win the grand prize. Ho
didn't expect victory then, ho do
flared; but he intends to mako
good the promise on the night of
(Continued on page three)
Wilshire Finds His Lost Lambs
Freezing in Bleak Lakeview Hills
Journalism Major Goes to Rescue of 4000 Sheep
Lost in Wilds of Buzzard Canyon
With his car frozen white by the
drifting snows on McKenzie Pass,
Kenneth Wilshire, senior in jour
nalism, has returned to school after
a four days’ trip to Lakoview, where
he helped to locate his 4000 head of
sheep that had become lost during
a blizzard in tho intricate defiles of
Buzzard canyon. He also sought
fresh pasturage and collected data
on the wool market for the spring
shearing.
Born during a concert of coyote
bowlings on the vast desert plains of
Southeastern Oregon, a saddle on
the rocking back of a wild mustang
served as Kenneth Wilshire’s cradle
until he grew strong enough to ride
without being lashed to the horn.
He left home at the age of 14. After
roaming about cactus and sage brush
for 10 years, sleeping out under the
open stars with scorpions and rat
tlesnakes for bed-fellows, he found
himself possessed of two great bands
of sheep that whitened the desert
land to the far horizans like the
wintry snows. Today at the Uni
versity we find in him a man of
quiet, determined demeanor pursu
ing his work with the same avidity
that he used in picking the cactus
stickers out of his' pants the time
he did a Prince of Wales into a
cactus bed.
In the open desert regions ranged
by Mr. Wilshire’s sheep, there nre
no fences, and no water except in
the winter months. During a year
his sheep feed over an SOO-inile
range, spending the summer in the
foothills of the Cascades, where the
young lambs frisk upon the moun
tainside while their more sedate par
ents contemplate the scenery. Ac
cording to Mr. Wilshire, his sheep
all know him by his first name and
possess agreeable and amiable dis
positions that make them pleasant
associates.
While in Lakeview, Mr. Wilshire
attended the trial of Loren a Trickey,
which, he said, was typical of most
trials in that region. A wave of
public sentiment that swept the
desert portrayed Lorena as an un
sophisticated, frail, little rodeo rider
who loved horses more than she did
tractors, (neglecting how many
steers’ necks she had broken), whose
lungs were daily expanded by the
clyan prairie winds as she was pitch
ed head-first through barn windows
by the ugly-tempered Harris.
A common bond seems to draw
these people together so that they
form their own opinions of guilt
long before a case is threshed out in
court. Being a denizen of the wide
open spaces, Lorena was “one of the
boys”—which, in the opinion of Mr.
Wilshire, was worth more to her
than a whole regiment of lawyers.