Imagination
Of Syring
Over-Developed
So Says Aggie Barometer
—Letter Proves Stvim
Meets Were Cancelled
By RICHARD IT. SYRING
Sports Editor
Tins writer is woefully ignorant!
Eor instance, he “relies on imagin
ation rather than facts. The ima
ginative faculties i
arc so over-devel
oped that lie im
piously allows
them to rule his
writing. Ami it
is really more po
lite to make 1 his
assumption than
to attribute the
column of so-called sport dope car
ried by the Oregon Emerald last
Friday to the ignorance or gross
misinformation of the writer.”
' This is quoting the verbage- fling
^ ir.g editor of the O. A. 0. Daily
Barometer in his editorial, “The
Retiring Violet,” of last Tuesday
morning.
Mr. Ridgwav K. Foley, editor of
the Barometer, thinks that this scrib
bler is all “wet” in regard to the
cancellation of the two swimming
meets. Foley goes on to say that
this correspondent .“also fears that
Oregon will be left in the lurch for
competition because of the suppos
ed cancellation of these two meets
— which to our recollection were
scheduled February IS and March
3, rather than February .'! and 2d,
as liis private schedule leads him
■to state.”
We would like to ask the infal
lible Mr. Foley if the following let
ter, which is printed verbatim, would
throw any light upon the “supposed
cancellation: ”
Corvallis, Oregon,
January 2.1, 192S.
Mr. Jack Bcnefiel,
„ Graduate Manager,
University of Oregon.
Dear Mr. Benefiel:
This is to officially potify you
that we will not have a swim
ming team this season as we have
just learned that we will be un
able to secure the services of our
former coach, Hap Keuhn. It is
too late in the season to secure a
new man and we are of the opin
ion that a student coach would not
be able to handle the situation.
I trust that we will be in a
position to schedule our usual
meets with you for the next sea
son.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) C. A. LODELL,
General Manager,
Associated Students.
The meets were actually cancel
led and were not re-scheduled until
last Saturday when Carl Lodell
journeyed to Eugene. At this con
ference new dates were set for the
meet which had previously called
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Masonic Students To
Give Dance Saturday
At Craftsmen Club
Tho annual formal dance of ilie
Craftsmen and Tememids, campus
Masonic organizations, will be hold
in tho ballroom of tho Craftsmen
clubhouse, 850 East Fourteenth
street, Saturday night at 9 o’clock.
T>’3 following joint committees
>oen appointed to take charge
i r various phases of the prepara
t. £ • the affair:
% m: Ethel Gasman and
Tta Voegtly.
It £ ments: Kenneth Shumaker
and ^ Cornutt.
Mu * '-’ranees Wood and .T. Al
den \ irth.
The is and patronesses for
the dai o Dr. and Mrs. Fred
erick S. , i, Captain and Mrs.
John J. k n, Mrs. Edith Pattee,
and Sam shor.
Tickets lor the Craftsmcn-Tcmenid
formal are on sale at tho Craftsmen
clubhouse and the Co-op at $1.25 a
couple. All members fo the Crafts
men and Temenids and their friends
are entitled to come.
Campus Smctfver
Tonight at Eight
In Men’s Gym
Boxing, Wrestling, and
Tumbling Make Up
Program
Tho Wobfoot club all-campus
smoker s scheduled to start prompt
ly at 8 o’clock tonight in the men’s
gymnasium. Boxing, wrestling,
tumbling, and musical features will
compose tho program. There will be
no charge whatsoever for the-affair.
“Ernie” McKinney’s Colonial
Theater Quartet will start the eve
ning off with a burst of song. These
college boys arc appearing regu-’
larly at tho Colonial. They were
organized last year by McKinney
from members of the men’s glee
club.
Next on the program will be the
boxing bouts which are to bo all
professional affairs. Bay Jacobs,
rvho recently won a hard match in
a downtown smoker, and Bed Davis
of Eugene will tangle in the first
“go,” which will be at IGo pounds.
In the second bout Young Farmer
and Bed Grange will meet. Those
fellows are 122 pounders and as
fast as they, make them ground
here.
Two particularly fast wrestling
bouts are on tap. Biolil, winner of
tho recent intramural contest, will
test strength and cleverness with
Karl Klemm, another good man.
These men have appeared against
each other before and should show
the crowd a good match. Their
weight is 128 pounds. Two light
| heavyweights will wrestle in tho
I second match. They are Breese,
winner of tho 165-pound champion
ship in the intramurals, and Elliot,
runner-up.
Earl “Dutch” Widmer, wrestling
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Well-Balanced Program and Merit
Of Soloists Please at Student Recital
By N. M. 0.
The first student recital of the
term given last evening by students
of the various studios of the school
cf music was pleasing both in the
variety offered by the arrangement
of tiie program and in the individual
merit of the performers.
The opening number, the violin
concerto of Vivaldi-Nacher, was
played by Esther Wicks, accompan
ied by a string orchestra composed
cf members of the University or
chestra. The violin accompaniment
was played by Gwendolen Hayden,
Juanita Oskins, Beatrice Wilder,
Carolyn Cooper, Mabel Kullandcr,
Bertha Aim; viola parts by Charles
Nadvornik, Clarence Veal and
Frances Coberly; and cello by Katy
Potter ' and Roberta Spicer. Helen ,
Falconer accompanied on the piano. !
The first movement—the “allegro”!
—showed good ensemble and the
solo passages as accompanied by the
second violins were played with
sweet expressiveness. The “adagio” j
offered contrast by its more re-;
Eerved style.
Voice solos included Sanderson's
“My Jewels” and Curran’s “Dawn”
sung by Violet Grek, accompanied
by Bernice Woodson; Cadman’s “As
in a Rose Jar” and Keel’s “Trade
Winds,” sung by Ronald Beattie,
accompanied by Georgia Hickman;
and Carew's “The Piper of Love,”
Gretchaninow’s “Slumber Song,”
and Cadman’s “Call Me No More,”
sung by Marvel Oberteuffer, accom
panied by Barbara Edmunds. Mar
vel Oberteuffer’s numbers were par
ticularly pleasing because enun-!
ciation and tone quality. Piper of
Love” was sung in an animated
manner that contrasted well with
the sweetness of “Slumber Song”
and that in turn with the dramatic
“Call Me. Mo More.”
Piano selections given included
Durand's “Chaconne,” played by
Alice Dorman; Seeboeck’s “Minuet
a L’entieo” and “Ecossaises” (Beet
hoven-Busoni) played by Harold
Ayres. The “Chaconne” was mark
ed by delicate technic and well
modulated dynamics. Harold Ayres
won favor with the audience by the
clean cut rhythm and phrasing of
the “Minuet” and the freedom with
which he played the heavier parts I
of the Beethoven-Busoni number. j
Gwendolen Lampshire Hayden’s
rendition of Burleigh’s “Sonata
From the Life of St. Paul” merited j
the applause which followed because j
of its vibrant quality, clear attacks j
and depth of feeling in the sustain- j
ed passages. The difficult accom- j
paniment as played by Maude Eng
strom, added to the success of the
selection.
Another popular number was the
organ solo, L'apres-midi d’un
Faun” of Debussy, played by George
Barron. The expressive undercur
rent of sadness and agitation was
well maintained throughout the solo
and descriptive parts of this dra- j
matic number were played with
considerable finesse.
Xe:4t • Wednesday evening John
Siefert, tenor, will give a song re-1
cital in the music auditorium. j
Mind’s Role
In Life Topic
At Assembly
Woman Psychiatrist To
Talk on Mental
Hygiene
Site Will Speak at 5
Before Mass Meeting
Dr. Mulil Holds Abnormal
Child Bureau Jobs
Drawing upon liar wide experi
ence in practical work in lending
specialized hospitals and psychiat- !
ric clinics of the country as well as j
upon her extensive study and re- 1
search in the psychiatric field, Ani
ta Muhl, M. D., Dh. D., will talk
this morning at the regular eleven
o’clock assembly on “The Role of
Mental Hygiene in Preventing Emo
tional Maladjustment.”
At five o’clock tins afternoon
she will speak before the Women’s
League mass meeting in Alumni hall
on “The Advantages of Developing
Your Abilities and Recognizing
Capabilities.” She is being brought
to the campus by the league.
Mr. Muhl holds the position of
chief of the division of special edu
cation of the California Stato De
partment of Education, and is in
charge of five bureaus dealing with
children who ore blind, deaf, crip
pled or defective in speech. She
also is in charge of the department
of mental hygiene.
Scientists Aid
With her aid and that of experts
in physical, biochemical, psycholo
gical, educational, social, recreation
al and housing fields, a most com
prehensive study of children with
disabilities is being conducted.
This preventive work, it is hoped,
will help change the old conception
that psychiatry is a science that
deals with abnormal mental cases
only, and will work out a system
whereby these handicapped children
may develop for their greater hap
piness and usefulness as citizens.
Dr. Muhl took up her present po
sition last year after wide activity
in the psychiatric field. She studied
at Butter College, where she won
a scholarship for the medical school
in 1916, and later obtained the de
gree of Bechclor of Science and
Doctor of Medicine from Indiana
University. In 1923 she received
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
in psycho-pathology from George
Washington University at the na
tional capital. She is also the au
thor of numerous articles in the
field of psychiatry, mental hygiene
and child adjustment problems.
Here for Week-end
Dr. Muhl will bo in Eugene for
the entire week-end, and while hero
will reside at Hendricks Hall. A
formal banquet given in her honor
by the Wiomen’s League council
will follow the mass meeting this
evening. On Friday after 3:30 she
will be at the Y. W. C. A. Bungalow
to meet with students and faculty in
informal discussion. That evening
she will meet with sorority women
for a discussion of their problems.
Rev. Henry W. Davis, director
of the United Christian work on the
campus, will give the invocation at
the asspmblv hour, and Janet Pierce 1
will give 'a. vocal solo.
A piano solo will be played by
Charlotte Carll at the mass meeting
this afternoon.
Temenids Club Elect
Helen Webster for
President of Group
Helen Webster was elected presi
dent of Temenids, Eastern Star
organization, at a meeting held last
night at the Craftsman club. The
retring president is Bernice Rasor,
national president of Temenids also.
Other new officers are Jane
Thompson, vice-president; Margaret
Achterman, recording secretary;
Lucile Larson, treasurer; Elsie Mol
ler, corresponding secretary; Violet
Grek, historian; Marie Boyson, edi
tor; Marjorie Chester, chaplain.
Installation of the newly elected
officers will take fdace February lo. i
The old and the new cabinet :
members will meet with the nation
al council of Temenids, which will
convene here February 4. Helen
Webster was appointed in charge of
the floral degree, which is to be
conferred upon the Worthy Grand
Matron of the order of the Eastern
Star, who will make her annual j
visit some time in March.
Abode of Dramatists
Found Gloomy and
Deserted Yesterday
“When the cat’s away the mice
will play”—no, that can’t be true!
Nevertheless, the Ouihl theatre,
back stage anti, in fact, all nooks
and crevices of the drama depart
ment were deserted late Wednesday
afternoon.
Miss Wilbur became tired of ev
eryday dramatic life and took a
vacation last Saturday (she had an
operation for tonsil it is—by way of
explanation). If the members of
the “ R. U. R.” cast had not been1
so faithful in rehearsing ftp until
last night, we might think that a
general vacation had been decreed.
No questions will be asked as
to what happened to yesterday’s
rehearsals, since the dramatists
really deserve the right of being on
time for dirtner once, instead of
working until long after the lan
terns have been lighted, as they
usually do.
Orators Chosen
For Competition
In Three Meets
Socolofsky, McKeown and
Dudley Selected by
Coach Horner
ITad Cicero, Demosthenes, Henry
Clay, and Daniel Webster listened
from the shadowy hallways of Vil
lard last night when eight youthful
orators clashed for the right to rep
resent the University of Oregon in
three oratorical contests to be hold
later in the season, the immortal
champions of other years migl^t
have trembled, fearing their fame
to be in jeopardy.
As the voices of the competitors
echoed and re-echoed through the
emptiness of the old assembly hall,
Washington and Lincoln and John
Marshall and other heroes of Amer
ican history appeared one by one
on the highest pinnacle of fame in
the minds of the listeners.
At length the judges, Debate
Coach J. K. Horner, and Arthur
Hicks, teaching fellow in English,
selected the three men who are to
represent the University in the
contests with the other institutions
of the state. They are Herbert
Soeolofsky, senior in business ad
ministration, who spoke on the sub
ject “the Constitution,” Joe Mc
Koown, junior in pro law, who also
spoke on the Constitution, and Ray
mond Dudley, freshman in law,
whoso oration was entitled “Intol
erance.” 'Other men who competed
were Donald Beelar, Francis McKin
non, Francisco Tuba, Melvin Colin,
nnd Calvin Bryan.
The particular contests in which
each of the men selected tonight
will participate will be announced
later, Coach Horner said. The con
tests are the State Old Lino Con
test, the State Peace Contest and
tlie National Oratorical Contest.
The State Old Line contest is
sponsored by the Oregon Inter-col
legiate Oratorical association, to
which nine colleges and universities
belong. The contest will be held
in Eugene, March 9, and a bronze
statuette of Abraham Lincoln will
be awarded the winner. The Uni
versity of Oregon did not partici
pate in this contest last year.
The State Peace contest will be
held at Albany College April 33.
This is held annually under a na
tional foundation. An award of
sixty dollars for first and forty dol
lars for second will bo awarded to
the state contest, and the manu
scripts will be sent east for the
competition with the winners from
other states. Two years ago Jack
Hempstead’s manuscript received
first place in the national competi
tion, though Hempstead only receiv
ed second prize in Oregon. Donald
Beelar won the State Peace contest
for Oregon in 1927.
The time and ydace of the Na
tional Constitutional Oratorical con
test have not yet been selected by
the national committee in charge of
the affair. The winner in the state
of Oregon will compete for the
coast championship, and the coast
winner will enter the national finals
at Los Angeles in June. Seven prizes
ranging from $350 to $1500 are of
fered to the winners in the national
contest. Last year Benoit McCros
key placed second on the coast, a
man from the University of South
ern California taking first.
Phi Delia Phi Gives
Banquet for Pledges
The local chapter of Phi Delta
Phi, national law honorary frater
nity, gave a banquet laBt Sunday
evening at the Osburn hotel in honor
of its new pledges. About eighteen
members and pledges were present.
More Men to
Live in Newly
Planned Dorm
Units Will House 117 to 51
Instead of Only 28
As Announced
Dining Annex Now
At Friendly To Move
Site Near Tennis Courts
Thought Suitable
Revised plans for the men’s dor
mitory, to be erected within a few
‘weeks at the University of Oregon,
wilt provide accommodations for
271 students, instead of 22S as first
announced, it is stated today by
F.llis F. Lawrence, University archi
tect. The new structure will also
not only have its own kitchen and
dining halls, but will be the central
kitchen for Friendly Hall, tlie pres
ent men’s dormitory, it. is stated.
The building will be located near
the university tennis courts, between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth avenues.
Tt will be east of the Woman's build
ing and north of the R. O, T. C.
barracks. Here it will be on the
very edge of the present campus,
and within convenient distance of
the tennis courts, men's gymnasium,
McArthur court, ad all other Uni
versity buildings.
Instead of units to hold 28 men
each, as originally planned, each
unit will hold fr#m .IT to 51. There
will be six of these units in all. The
design of the units is such that only
two men need occupy a suite, which
will consist of a study and dressing
room and a sleeping alcove.
Shaped Like “U”
The building will be “IT” shaped,
and practically four stories in
height. The first floor will bo
slightly below the lefel of the
ground, but will bo in no sense a
basement. Style of architecture will
j be Georgian, and the structure will
I be . constructed of reinforced con
crete and steel, with a wooden roof
over which will be laid slate fire
proof shingles. This will make it
practically fireproof throughout,
since all partitions will be of fire
proof material.
The cost of the building will bo
approximately $.'100,000, and the in
crease of 40 in capacity will raise
the final estimated cost but slight
ly.
Kitchens Large
One of the features of the new
dormitory will he the kitchen fa
cilities. This department will he
capable of feeding 500 men, and
all men quartered in University
buildings, and others who now hoard
at Friendly Hall but live elsewhere
will take their meals here. Six
dining rooms will he constructed
for use of students. Three of theso
will he used for residents of the
new hall, ono will be used for
Friendly Hall and other outside
men, one will be used for the train
ing table, and the other, known as
the “regents dining hall,” will be
for special committees and other
groups.
Each two units will have a sep
arate dining hall. Each unit will
have its own living room with fire
place and other furnishings. Trunk
rooms, storage rooms and other
needed space will he provided for
each unit also.
Excavation for the new building
is expected to start within a month,
and it is planned to have the struc
ture ready for occupancy by the
time the University opens next fall.
Washington Man Likes
‘Pop’s’ Two-Team Idea
WASHINGTON STATE COL
LEGE, Feb. 1.—(P.I.P.)—That tho
two-team idea for college football,
proposed by Coach Pop Warner of
Stanford, is feasible and should bo
given a test in the Pacific coast
conference, is the contention of .T.
Fred (Doc) Bolder, director of ath
letics at tiie State college.
“I believe the idea would work
out well at Washington State,” ho
says. “We could easily care for
two teams and it would give more
men the advantage of football train
ing. Wo carried 30 men on our
trips and 30 more might just as
well be playing a homo game with
another team from tho college wo
are playing on the road.”
The plan would not only give tho
homo fans more games but would
help to develop more first-class foot
ball players, in the opinion of Boh
ler. Many men who would develop
ultimately into good athletes, if they
stayed on the squad, drop out early
because they are not given a chance
to play on the team, he thinks.
Dace Warns Fascist
Against Foes at Fifth
Anniversary of Militia
(By United Tress)
POMP, Fob. 1—Tho entire Ital
ian citizenry will receive , military
training and tho Fascist militia will
become part, of the regular Italian
army in time of war, Premier Benito
Mussolini said today upon the fifth
anniversary of the founding of the
militia.
Addressing 400 militiamen, high
officers representing the army,
navy, aviation, and Italian officials,
11 Puce told the Fascist militia to
be prepared for war because “many
peoples in tho world hate us, both
as Italy and as the Fascist regime.”
Junior Review
Chorus Tryouts
Set for Sunday
Candidates Will Rehearse
At McDonald Theater
From 3 to 5:30
Aitrillion co-eds! If you haven’t
started to reduce that surplus avoir
dupois, now is tlio proper time to
begin. TliaK is, providing you liavo
aspirations for securing a part in
the female chorus for tlio Junior
Revue. Tryouts are going to start
with a bang Sunday afternoon from
3 to 5:30 at the McDonald theater,
according to Billy O’Bryant, chair
man of tlio Junior Revue.
Only 10 of the women’s living or
ganizations will he given a chance
to display their talents next Sun
day. Representatives have been
appointed in these houses to get
the names of any desiring to try
out. The names will bo collected
Saturday noon by Billy O’Bryant.
Those who will be in charge of
securing the lists of candidates
from the first 10 houses arc: Alice
MeOrath, Chi Omega; Mary Mo
bean, Gamma Nu; Margaret Nu
gent, Delta Delta Delta; Ruth
Street, Phi Mu; Gretchen Kier, Al
pha Chi Omega; Bertha Aim, Susan
Campbell Hall; Ethel Lou Crane,
Kappa Alpha Theta; Agues Palmer,
Alpha Omieron Pi; Jo Ralston,
Alpha Phi; and Gladys Calef, Alpha
Ni Delta.
The time Sunday afternoon has
been divided into half hour periods
and two houses will be given try
outs in each period. The rehearsals
will bo given in tlio following
order: .3 to 3:30, Chi Omega and
Gamma Nu; 3:30 to 4, Delta Delta
Delta and Phi Mu; 4 to 4:30, Alpha
Chi Omega and Susan Campbell
Hall; 4:30 to 5, Kappa Alpha Theta
and Alpha Omieron Pi; and 5 to
5:30, Alpha Phi and Alpha Xi
Delta.
It is urged that each group bo
at the McDonald theater promptly
on time so that no delay will be
required. Visitors other than those
trying out will not be admitted.
A further list of women’s houses
which will try out for dancing parts
in the female chorus will be an
nounced next week. Rehearsals on
skits and musical parts for both
men and women will not begin until
after the chorus is selected, accord
ing to O’Bryant.
Council Votes
Suspension of
Wire Service
Press News al .$13.13 a
^ eek Held Too Cosily
For Its Value
New Emerald Weekly
Magazine Authorized
Literary Section Will Re
Four-Page Tahloid
Tho executive council of the as
sociated students of the University
of Oregon last, night, voted unani
mously to accept the report of tho
publications committee of the coun
cil and suspend the United Press
service of tho Oregon Emerald un
til such time as the council shall
see fit to recontinue it, after caro
ful consideration of its validity.
That the cost of the United Press
service is too great for the benefits
derived from it-, that, the Emerald
can not give the spaco to tho wire
stories to consider them properly,
that the Emerald at, its present
sice should be exclusively a paper
of University nows, and that few,
if any, students ever read the Unit
ed Press stories, were some of the
opinions expressed by the members
of the council.
Tn presenting the report of tint
publications committee, Jack Tien,
find, graduate manager, pointed c.
that the cost of the United Press
servico to tho University is $111.13
a week, and that in liis opinion tho
results have not warranted tho ex
penditure.
Majority Unfavorable
“The majority of tho students do
not seem to lie interested in tho
United Tress nows,” said Vena
Qaskill, secretary of tho associated
students. “They read the Oregonian
and tho 'Register, and do not caro
for outside news in tho Emerald.”
“Tho United Press news seems to
be used merely ns filler by the Em
j ernld editors,” said Fred West,
senior man on the executive coun
cil. “From my observation very
few students seem to read it.”
“The United Press news crowds
much campus news out of the paper,”
was the comment of II. C. IIowo,
professor of English. “I see no
reason why tho wire stories should
ho run in tho Emerald. Tho daily
papers of the state nro available to
all who caro to read them.”
Jeannette Calkins, editor of»“01d
Oregon,” expressed tho opinion
that the United Press material
should all bo run in one column of
the Emerald, if tiro servico is to
bo recontinued.
Tho only member of tho execu
tive council to favor tho retention
of tlio wire service for tho Emerald
was Marian Barnes, senior woman,
“I bediovo that many students read
tho U. P. stories in tho Emerald
that do not read tho daily papers
of the state,” she said. “I think
that it is of a real benefit to tho
campus.”
Bcolar Says “Discontinue”
Donald Beelar, president of tho
student body, explained that tho
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Edwards Has Earned Fifteen Letters
In Varied, High School Sports
Corning to Oregon as undoubtedly!
the best all-around high school ath
lete ever produced in the eastern
part of the state. —
Ray Edwards lias
ably uphold his
reputation, (doing
to Milton-Free
watnr high school
for four years,
Ray was a four
year lettorinan in
basketball, foot
ball and baseball,
and earned three
stripes in track.
In basketball he
played guard for Kay xjtiwards
his first season, then was changed
to center where he remained for the
other three years, being captain in
his senior session. Playing one
year as center, three as fullback
and being captain during the last
two, is Edwards’ record 011 the Mil
ton-Freewater eleven.
On the diamond as well as the
gridiron Edwards was a star. First
as pitcher then in the outfield from
which ho captained the nino while in
bis junior season. As a swift satel
lite -of the cinder path, Bay Bhone
as sprinter and weight man, in this
sport also receiving the honor of
being captain during his final
spring. Edwards was high-point man
ir. the Eastern Oregon track meet
in 1923 with a total of 21 markers
to his credit.
In college Bay played Frosh base
ball, and has made one varsity let
ter in this sport. Though lie is a
senior in school “Bull” still has
another year of varsity competition
in all sports, duo to his absence
during the greater portion of 1920
27 school session. Although ho
played in both California games two
years ago, first when Okerberg was
taken out on fouls, and again when
Wester.gren ate tho almost fatal crab
louie, and was unable to participate
in the second contest, Bay has not
yet made a letter in varsity basket
ball. However, he will undoubted
ly do so this year, as ho has played
center in a number of games so far.
Edwards had three coaches during
his four years at Milton-Freewater,
the best known of which is our own
“Spike” Leslie, who was mentor in
Bay’s junior year. Bay is twenty
two years old, a member of Phi
Delta Theta fraternity and a major
in Businesd Administration. He is
about six feot tall, and weighs 188
pounds. The one athletic contest
which ho enjoyed most in high
school, bo says, was a football game
in which his team beat that of
Athena high school, captained by
Beryl Hodgen, for a sectional cham
pionship, by a score of 6 to 0.