4
Varsity Will
Play Gonzaga
r Next Friday
Bulldogs, Who Have Strong
Hoop Team This Year,
Are Undefeated
Bill Reinhart Tries
New Combinations
Passing Features Oregon
1928 Attack
By .TOE riCNEY
The Webfoot basketball team will
meet Gonzaga University on Mc
Arthur court, Friday, January 13,
in one of the two remaining games
scheduled before the opening con
ference game with the Idaho Van
dals.
Gonzaga comes to Eugene this year
^ with the reputation of having a
fast, powerful squad. They have
. not been defeated so far this season,
and have met some of the best in
dependent and non-conference teams
in the Northwest.
Won Last Year .
Last year Reinhart’s Oregonians
had little trouble in trouncing the
Bulldogs in both games played. The
first tilt was played here, and tlie
Webfoots amassed the enormous
score of 65 to 17. In the second
game, at Spokane, the Oregon var
sity took a rest, but the reserves
won decisively, 36 to 17.
Reinhart is devoting this week
to eliminating the faults brought
out in the two games with Wil
lamette last week, to putting a final
touch on the offense, and to
strengthening the defense. Several
times the fleet Bearcat forwards
broke through the Webfoot guards
for clear shots at the basket, and
the sharp-shooting eye developed in
the second game for shots coming
fvnin -in of Tinlii nrl f h n fmil 1 i n A MVP
the Oregon defenders a scare.
New Combinations
Several new combinations are be
ing tried out by Reinhart in an ef
fort to avail the most potential set
of players, both offensively and
defensively. To designate speei
are guards on the Oregon team is
almost impossible under Reinhart’s
( system. Gordon Ridings and Ber
nard Hummelt have been used at
forwards during this week’s scrim
mage. Hummelt was high point
man in the second game with the
Bearcats, and is making an ideal
running mate, for Ridings.
Scott Milligan, Dave Epps, and
Mervyn Chastain were the other
men who worked in scrimmage last
night. The three alternate centers,
Reynolds, Edwards, and Eberhart,
have been with the reserve squad all
week, and Reinhart has been experi
menting with Milligan at center.
Should this work out satisfactorily,
the Webfoots will be strengthened
considerably.
Two Sets of Guards
Two sets of guards will be worked
into the lineup at various times
without any noticeable change in
the plaj'ing form of the team. Joe
Bally and Don McCormick will
probably get the first call and
Epps and Chastain will be used in
reserve.
Oregon’s offensive style has been
changed somewhat this year. Last
year’s attack, featured by individual
dribbling, has been discarded, and
a short, fast passing game substi
tuted. This method has several ad
vantages. A man dribbling under
the basket must watch the ball, his
opponents, and the basket, and gets
a good deal of rough handling. Roy
Okerberg, the most dangerous drib
bler on last year’s team, was al
ways a target for injuries.
Unexpected Event
Startles Campus on
Tuesday Afternoon
Crowds gathered at, the corner
of Thirteenth and Alder streets gaz
ing with peculiar intentness at the
unwonted sight ”' greeted the
eye. The window ** e Ijomon-0
Pharmacy became — "t, of blurred
faces, nil raptly ' straight
ahead. Classes wert y, ttcn. . .
professors waited in ^ or stu
dents to arrive. Aten ^ ^ ‘range
instruments wandered , <r, ^ ' fro
on the other side of the . A
speed cop passing on his s\ in
imated hunk of iron slowi n
for a minute and then went u
ly on, shaking his head.
No, it wasn’t an auto accr ,
. ... no Ford had attempteu to
climb a telephone pole. It was*
worse than that. . . . the Sigma
Chi “goats” were illustriously' en
gaged in cleaning out their cellar.
Maurice Hindus,
Russian Author,
Speaks Tonight
Peasantry Study Is Made
Through Personal
Investigations
“Russia in 1927” is the subject
upon which Maurice G. Hindus, au
thor, orator and traveler, will speak
when he appears tonight as second
speaker on the A. S. U. O. lecture
series. Since the address will start
promptly at 7:15, students will be
able to attend the Moroni-OIson play
on the same evening.
Mr. Hindus has made a study of
our Americanization movements and
immigration situation, as well as the
inter-racial relations and attitudes
of the Nordics and non-Nordics. His
knowledge of the Russian peasantry,
upon which ho has published a book,
has been gained through .personal
investigations. Air. Hindus is the
first English-speaking journalist to
make such a studv since the over
throw of the czar.
His last visit to Eussia was made
in 1927, when he made a four months
tour through Asia, Europe and
China, going from Moscow into
Mongolia, and from there into Man
churia and China. In each section,
Mr. Hindus mingled with the classes
with whom he was concerned, de
liberately choosing the role of spec
tator.
“I have -certain sympathies, of
course,” he said, “but I try to keep
them to myself. What I aim to do
in anythng I write, is neither to
approve nor to disapprove, but
merely to portray and interpret.
Ideas as such don’t interest me
much. It is their effect on human
beings that intrigues me.
“I’d rather hear a muzhik tell
me what he thinks of Soviet mar
riage laws or of Henry Ford or of
the hounding of the Xepinan, than
listen to an Einstein or a Bergson
or any other celebrated intellectual.
It is common folks that I like, espe
cially when they are undergoing a
severe inner conflict, as nearly
everybody in Eussia is, in the process
of readjustment to the new scheme
of things.”
Mr. Hindus’ articles have ap
flbared in such jjurnals as the Cen
tury, The Yale Eeview, Current His
tory, and the Saturday Eeview. At
the present time he is preparing a
series of articles to appear later in
World’s Work, Harper’s, and Asia.
“Asia Aflame” is another lecture
which he is giving this season.
Entertainment for Mr. Hindus,
during his stay on the campus, is
being arranged by a special commit
tee headed by Edward Best, chair
man of the lecture series and enter
! tainmamt committees. Professor
I Walter Barnes, Dr. W. D. Smith
and Professor William Maddox are
the other members of the commit
] tee.
United States,™ Feared More Than Any
Other Country Except R ussia Says Page
“I think the odds are against us
in this matter of world peace. But
the odds have always been against
us. The impossible—so far as what
appears to be impossible—has been
done in the past, however, and there
is no good reason why it can’t be
dona in the future. We have done
more in less than two decades than
we did formerly in centuries.”
This was part of the answer to
the question asked Kirby Page at
the open forum held at the Y. M.
hut yesterday afternoon. The ques
tions covered a wide scope dealing
with the tariff, war debts, immigra
tion and war in general
“The war debts question is the
most important in so far as it leads
to misunderstanding between the
people of Europe and America. There
is more fear of the United States
than of any other country except
Russia. Eventually, if the debts are
to be paid, there will be just two
alternatives. Either an exchange of
goods or of services. If we could
lower the tariff and do it gradually,
by agreement over a number of
years, it would have a good influ
ence,” said Mr. Page.
On the question of immigration
Mr. Page said that sooner or later
we were going to have to face the
question on the basis of relative
standards of living, instead of on a
basis of self interest. “The policy
we are now following will make
peace impossible,” said Mr. Page, j
“We must develop a new technique.”]
fWar Can Be
Illegalized by
jTreaty’-Page
Outlawry of Conflicts Is
Advocated by Well
Known Editor
Assails System of
‘College Militarism’
Praise Given the Locarno
Agreement
“Preparedness for war, as one of
►the causes of war, is one of the most
prolific sources of emotions of fear
and suspicion that lead to war.”
This was one of the outstanding
statements of Kirby Page, editor
of The World Tomorrow, in a lec
ture, “The Outlawry of War,” at
Villard Hall Tuesday evening. Mr.
Page, who is well known as a
writer on social and economic con
ditions and as a champion for peace,
made this declaration in assailment
of college military training and
the R. O. T. C. His attack of the
latter was not emphasized, but was
made at the end of his talk on the
machinery for outlawing and il
legalizing war as argument against
the present condition of thought on
the subject in the United States.
Outlaw Not Abolition
“The outlawry of war does not
mean the abolition of war,” he
pointed out. “It is not a panacea
nor a guarantee ajgainst interna
tional conflict, but it is a step to
ward the prevention and a relief
from present conditions.
“Is this outlawry possible? Cer
tainly it is. By treaty. And the
Locarno treaty is the best move
ever made in this direction. The
Borah proposal to prevent war, made
recently, is not as adequate as this
treaty is, which has actually been
ratified by Prance, Germany, and
Belgium.”
Five Conditions of Treaty
As analyzed by the speaker, the
five conditions of the treaty of Lo
carno are (1) negotiation, or face
to face diplomacy; (2) conciliation,
or the action of a third party com
posed of representatives of the two
countries concerned and of three
other countries; (3) arbitration; (4)
judicial decision through a perma
nent court of international justice;
(5) League of Nations’ judgment.
On the other hand, the proposal of
Senator William E. Borah only con
siders the three conditions of out
lawing war, or making out a code
of conflict, and of creating a board
to sit at times of disputes. Borah
is moving in the right direction, but
not fast enough.
The only objection to the Locarno
treaty is the agreement between
Italy and Great Britain to guaran
tee carrying it out, Mr. Page con
tended. This might lead to taking
sides in the dispute. But the treaty
requires peaceable settlement of the
dispute and does not allow loop
holes for “upholding of national
honor,” something that no other
agreement has yet done.
Discussing the present status of
the United States as to war, he de
clared: “Under the present sov
ereign right of a nation to legally
declare war for no rational purpose
whatever, the United States could
cut off friendly relations with Mex
ico or any other nation and demand
co-operation of its citizens in the
ensuing war, and the ‘except clause,”
allowing the upholding of national
honor—a clause peculiar to the
United States—adds to the danger.”
The result of outlawing war, the
speaker showed, would be to make
the pacifist a traitor during war
time under the -present system, a
patriot- and the present patriot a
criminal for committing the illegal
act of fighting.
The sanctioning of this illegal
izing can be done by commitment
of the people to such an agreement,
by focusing of public opinion in
the right direction, by diplomatic
pressure, such as withdrawal of am
bassadors, and by financial pressure,
declared Mr. Page.
Commenting upon the growth of
the B. O. T. C. in the educational
institutions of the United States, the
speaker said: “It is tragic beyond
words that a nation which has con
sidered itself peace loving to be
afraid of war.
“It is criminal to be afraid. It
is this fear that leads us to massacre
our neighbors. And the danger of
the B. 0. T. C. lies in. the spreading
of this thought of fear.”
The speaker was introduced by
Professor William P. Maddox. Bev.
Ilenry W. Davis explained the pur
poses of the lecture. Professor
Maddox praised the student body
leaders for sanction of this lecture,
considered radical by certain other
universities.
All Hues of Rainbow
Found in Dyes Made
From Common Moss
Everyone lias hoard about (he
wonders of nature, but how many
know that a groat variety of shades j
in dyes may l>o gotten from lichens?
Just the common, ordinary kind of
moss that grows on fence posts, j
The Indians used these colors ex- 1
tensively, A. It. Sweetser, head of
the botany department, states. The
dye formed is fairly colorfast, de
fending upon the material and the i
moss used. Thero is now a large
collection on the top floor of Beady.
The recipe for obtaining the color
is simple. All one has to do is boil
the piece of goods he wishes colored
with the lichens. The shades vary j
from bright oranges to soft grays, i
depending upon the material used I
and whether or not a mordant was
employed. The mordant is com- ,
posed of fi per cent tannic acid, I
which is added to the water, and a
cold bath for the material after
wards in tartar efnetie.
“Evernia vulpina” is the botan
ists’ term for tlio long green juoss
which one sees hanging from the old
wooden fences in the country. This
one species produces a wide variety
of color. If used with a mordant
white silk crepo (becomes a tan,
messaline a brown, and cotton a
pearly gray. When the mordant is
not used wood material may be i
dyed a bright yellow.
Committee for
Ball Announced
By Bob Warner
‘Soup anti Fish’ in Order
For Largest Campus
Formal
First work on the Senior Ball,
which promises to be the biggest
and best formal dance ever to be
Bob Warner
,011 the cam
pus was started
yesterday after
noon when Rob
ert (Bob) War
ner, chairman, an
nounced the per
sonnel of his com
mittee, Scotty
Kretzer will be as
sistant chairman;
Nancy Peterson
was appointed sec
r e t a r v. Abbott
Lawrence will be
Palmer will secure patrons and pat
ronesses; Sam Kinley js business
manager and Richard H. Syring will
handle publicity. An executive
committee will include Scotty Kret
zer, Don McCook, Nancy Peterson,
Howard Eberhart and Constance
Roth.
The 1928 Senior ball will be held
at the Woman’s building on Satur
day night, February 18, and George
McMurphey’s Kollege Knights will
furnish the music. “The Senior
ball is without doubt the largest
and most formal dance held in the
state each year,” said Warner, “and
we intend to make this year’s dance
more formal than ever. Footmen
will greet the guests and everything
that goes along with ‘soup and fish’
will be present,” he added.
A motif for the dance has not
been definitely decided upon. The
plan now under consideration calls
for something very modern and up
to date, yet with a tinge of artistic
beauty. A feature corresponding to
the motif will be arranged for.
A meeting of the executive com
mittee is scheduled for 5 o ’clock
today in the Webfoot office in the
Journalism building.
U. of W. Co-Ed To Wed
Maharajah of India
(By United Press) »
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 10.—Mrs
Jennie Miller, mother of Nancy Ann
Miller, former University of Wash
ington co-ed, said today she expect
ed at any time to hear of the mar
riage of her daughter to the former
Maharajah of Indore, in Bombay.
Miss Miller, 20 years old, is be
| lieved by her mother to be in Bom
bay at the present time.
Mine Layer Sails for
Nicaragua With Marines
(By United Press)
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 10. — The
United States ,mine layer OglaJa
sailed from her pior at Hampton
Roads today with four companies
I of United States marines bound for
i Nicaragua.
I The vessel had been held in har
bor by fog over night.
'"Dads’ Will Be
Here As Guests
On January 28
Invitation Issued to All
Students" Fathers To
Visit Campus
Committee To Start
Parent Organization
Annual Meetings To Be
In Fall Term
“Dad’s Day” will bo January 28.
Fathers of University of Oregon
students will be invited to spend
Saturday, January 2.8, on the cam
pus, as guests of the students, and
faculty of the University, it was
announced yesterday, following a
meeting of the committee of stu
dents, faculty, and townspeople.
A student directorate composed
of Marian Rarnes, senior woman on
the executive council, in charge of
welcoming; Herbert Soeolofsky, vice
president of the Associated Stu
dents, in charge of invitations; Rob
ert Oallowav, managing editor of
The Emerald, who will direct pub
licity; and Donald Beelar, presi
dent of the Associated Students, who
will cooperate with faculty and
Dad’s committee on the celebration.
The purpose of the event is, first
of all, to acquaint fathers of stu
dents with the University and to
give they an intimate glimpse into
the student life of their boys and
girls. The equipment of tlio Uni
versity, and the city surroundings
will also be available for inspection
during this time.
“We want the fathers of our stu
dents to come, to the university, en
joy the hospitality and our splendid
“Ann/rnn Rnlrif” HPO ilist wllPl’G
classes are hold, where the boys
and "Iris live and play, and also to
become acquainted with each other,”
stated Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, in
outlining the purpose of the event.
The men and women of Oregon
want their boys and girls to have
the best possible education, and if
they comg down here they can see
first hand just how the students
spend their time and how and where
they study. They can meet faculty
members and those of the adminis
tration and ideas can be exchanged.
We gladly extend a welcome to
every father in the state to attend
this'‘Dad’s Day’ gathering.”.
A committee composed of fathers
of students has already been ap
pointed, and representatives have
been chosen from every part of the
state. A Eugene committee, to co
operate with the faculty and stu
dents, has also been named.
The program for the day includes
tours of the campus, during which
University schools and departments
will hold “open house;” a banquet in
the evening attended by fathers
and their sons and daughters, and
the basketball game between Ore
gon and the University of Washing
ton that evening. Dr. Hall will make
the pricipul talk at the banquet, and
several features are planned by the
students.
The executive committee of the
state is composed of C. C. Chapman,
Fred Boalt, R. W. Price, J. C. Stev
ens, W. W. Banks, Frank E. An
drew's, all of Portland; Bruce Den
nis, Klamath Falls'; Judge Dalton
Biggs, Ontario; J. R. McCook, Pen
dleton, A. W. Norblad, Astoria, and
II R. Coolidgo, La Grande.
The state committee includes
Chriss A. Bell, C'olonel C. A. Dolph,
Ross N. Plummer, S. B. Thompson,
Charles H. Mimmaugh, all of Port
land; W. J. Seufert, The Dalles;
Carl Gerliuger, Dallas; Everett
Hicks, Canyon City; Earl Fisher,
Salem; Del V. Kuykendall, Klamath
Trills: G. W. Auer. Bend: Louis
Dodge, Ashland; Dr. B. F. Giesy, Au
rora; Charles Hall, Marshfield; D.
B. Herndon, Freewater; J. R. Daley,
Pendleton; Walter Russell,-McMinn
ville; Thomas H. Tongle, Jr., Hills
boro; F. D. Wagner, Ashland; Dr.
H. II. Olinger, Salem; Dr. W. T. Phy,
Hot Lake; Charles Haldeman, As
toria, Pete Stadelman, The Dalles;
Floyd Cook, Medford; Bob Ham
mond, Medford; Archie McGowan,
Burns; W. M. Dobbin, Union; Roger
Lissell, Baker.
The Eugene coanmittce is as fol
lows; executive committee; James
E. Bell, Campbell Church, J. W.
Koke, F. N. McAllister, Claude Ro
rer and A. A. Rogers, chairman. The
other members of the committee are
Dr. G. P. WdnchcU, L. E. Deen, A.
8. Buck, S. M. Calkins, C. A. Hardy,
Dr. George Hurley, Carl McClain,
P. A. Peterson, L. B. Pierce and A.
M. Whitesmith.
The faculty committee is compos
ed of Elmer L. Shirrell, dean of
men; Dr. James Gilbert, Virgil Earl;
(Continutd on page four)
Boy Fiend Cringes
As Alienists Try to
Blast Insanity Plea
(Rv United Press)
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., .Ton. 10 —
Battling liix wav about, a darkened
room in which throe*alienists nought
to apply mental tests, William Ed
ward Hickman, boy slayer, refused
to permit, the use of scientific ma
chines on him in the county jail
here today.
Despite the insistence of the men
tal specialists, “Tho Fox,” killer of
little Marion Parker, fought for
moro than a half hour, screaming
in terror, and demanding that ho bo
taken back to his cell.
As tho lights were turned on in
tho room, after a few tests had
been made, Hickman rose unstead
ily aud hurried to tho door, llo
[almost ran across tho corridor into
his own cell block.
It was apparent that Hickman
knew the psychiatrists’ verdict had
been against his insanity plea.
Leslie’s Crew
To See Action
This Saturday
Hoop Tilt Is Billed for
Igloo at 2:30 Willi
Commeree High
Buckets of blood!
Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock, before tho floor boards at
McArthur Igloo have cooled from
Lho Varsity-Gonzaga clash of Fri
day night, Coach Spiko Leslie will
send a set of clawing freshman
hoopstors against Commerce high of
Portland in tho first game of tho
yearling season.
Tho Portland proppors nro rated
as a fast high school team and
should give tho WebfoOt ducklings
a good game—in fact, tho freshman
team is an almost unknown quan
tity, and anything might happen.
Who will draw the opening assign
ments on the 1928 quintet is at pres
ent tho big mystery. Coach Leslie,
himself, is undecided who tho first
selections will bo as yet. In order
to get a better chance to work with
his proteges ho has changed thoir
practise period from 4 o’clock in
the afternoon to 7:15 at night. With
this change, Spiko can distribute
his men out all over tho court and
the congestion of practising at tho
same time with Billy Rdinhairt^a
Lemon-yellow stars is eliminated. •
The frosh are still concentrating
on foot work and short passes. Spiko
docs not.believe that they can get
I too much work in 'fundamentals.
Friday morning’s Emerald will con
tain tho starting lineup for tho
frosh, so about 35 yearlings will
probably bo waiting outside tho
pressroom for that issue to learn
tho “Who’s who of the hoopers.”
Poetry of M. T. Solve
At University Library
“Shelley—his Theory of Poetry,”
| written by an Oregon graduate, Mel
vin T. Solve, member of tho class
of 1918, is now in tho University
library. Dr. Solve holds tho posi
tion of assistant professor of En
glish at tho University of Michi
gan..
“Tho Poet ns Teacher,” “Evil and
the Poet,” “Nature and Ideal World
of tho Poet,” and “Tho Poet as
Critic” are some of tho chapter
headings, indicating how the Au
thor has treated his subject. Tho
volume was printed by tho Univer
sity of Chicago press.
O. S.'C. Bans':
Page Speech
As Soeialislie
President Kerr Scores
‘Y’ Talker, Calls
Him ‘Radical’
Peace Talk Outlawed
On Corvallis Campus
Same Fate Hits Lectures
At West Virginia
Kirby Pago, who addressed Uni
versity students hero Inst night on
‘■The Outlawry of War” discovered
the day before that the discussion of
peace had been outlawed at Oregon
State College.
“The question of peace cannot, bo
discussed on the campus there,” said
this prominent author on interna
tional problems after the interven
tion of President Kerr of O .S. O.
had resulted in the cancellation of
his engagement. The entire affair
was carried off very quietly, said
Mr. Page. Students were simply
told that the noon campus meeting,
sponsored by the Y. W. 0. A. and
Y. M. 0. A. campus groups, had been
cancelled. No explanation was
made to the disappointed woubl-bo
audience.
O. S. C. Wanted Three Talks
“When I camo west,” Mr. Pago
explained In relating the suppression
incident at Corvallis last, Monday,
“I allowed ten days for the coast
engagements to be scheduled at, the
discretion of the Y. M. 0. A. lead
ers in Portland. Oregon State re
quested three of these convocations
and they wore all nrranged. The
first, ono on Monday was off the
campus. The noon meeting, to bo
held in thy campus tea room, was
never held.”
Aware of the attitude of the con
vocation committee, of which Col.
George William Moses, head of the
Oregon State military department,
is an influential member, further
attempts to have the eminent paci
fist loader reach the students were
discontinued by the sponsoring or
ganizations. All that is actually
known of the restrictive proceedings
c n the part of the college officials
was gleaned by Mr. Page from his
West Virginia Lecture Barred
"Throe days ago President Kerr
called up tlio chairman of tho ad
visory committee in chargo q| tho
program and referred to my West
Virginia University lecture which
was barred by military officials last
month. He further told the chairman
that I was a radical socialist, and
although he did not flatly refuse
mo the right to speak, ho seemed
very nervous about the consequences
if it were allowed. Tho president’s
suggestions to the advisory chair
man were, as nearly as I could dis
cover,®‘you handle the matter.’”
The - chairman of tho advisory
group accepted the buck so passed
him, Pago went on to tell, and then
discreetly buried it.
Peace Undebatable at O. S. 0.
The editor of “Tho World Tomor
row” laughed when tho West Vir
ginia University episode of last
month was recalled. Tho circum
stances, ho said, were very similar
to those of his official recopton at
O. S. C. except that the authorities
there were much more outspoken
there than those of the neighboring
agricultural institution. These two
(Continued on page four)
Scott Milligan Thinks That Gonzaga
Game Will Be Good Test For Varsity
“The game with Conzaga must be
made another successful step to
ward the conference title,” is tho
opinion oi Heott
Milligan, dcail
shot forward on
the Lemon-yellow
basketball m a
chinc. “Any im
provement in our
playing must como
out in that game,
because thero is
only one more tilt
before the confer
ence series starts.”
Scott thinks that
Scott Milligan
so far this year the quintet lias
shown a pretty good offense but
has been rather weak in the de
fensive phase of their playing. Un
doubtedly, this will bo developed
before the beginning of tho con
ference battles, and it is improve
ment along this line that Milligan
and the rest of the team hope to
show against tlio Gonzaga five on
Friday.
Playing his second season as a
member of he Oregon varsity, Milli
gan has been moved from the guard
position which lie .held last year,
to that of forward, and his success
so fur more than warrants the
change. Scott’s early experience in
looping the oval was gained at Eu
gene High where ho made two let
ters in basketball. In his senior
year at Eugene he was on the foot
ball team that lost a historic 7 to
C fracas with Salem High.
Milligan is a junior in Journalism,
with Physical Ed as a secondary ma
jor. He intends to coach for a per
iod after graduation before deciding
what occupation to enter. Scott is
21 years of age, and is a member
of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
He tips the beam at 170 pounds and
stands a little over six feet in height.
With yet another year before him
in varsity basketball, Milligan bids
fair to become almost an equal to
his sensational team mates of the
1927 team.