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i State Editors Gather for Tenth Conference [ _ Newspapermen Declare Appreciation for University Interest The Tenth annual Oregon Newspa per conference to be held at the University under the auspices of the School of Journalism, began to take life yesterday afternoon when editors representing newspapers from every corner of the state be gan to arrive in Eugene by train and by highway. Ralph R. Cronise, of the Albany Democrat-Herald, and president of the conference, spoke with enthus ism on the scope and thoroughness of the program which he stated will contain something lof interest in every field of publishing. “I think that by adding the half day on, Saturday afternoon, the members of the conference will have 4 more time for the special session during which they can discuss prob lems of mutual interest to them selves,” Mr. Cronise said. “The newspapermen of Oregon ap preciate the interest the University has taken in the conference for the past ten years,” Mr. Cronise contin ued. “It has given them a chance to see what the journalism depart ment at Oregon is really doing for the students and they have placed on their papers many that would have found it more difficult had they been deprived of this contact with men in actual newspaper work. I regard it as one of the most im portant conferences of the year.” Mr. Cronise grew up in the smell of printer’s ink. He got his start in the newspaper business as man aging editor of the Salem high school paper, the Clarion. While a student at the University of Ore gon he was correspondent for the Register and wrote dramatics. Twen ty years ago, when he started in the business, he said that the newspa ^ pgr was still in the stage where subscriptions were traded for ap ples and groceries. Fred C. Trautman, press repre sentative for the western lines of th6 Canadian Pacific railway per hftps. spanned the greatest distance id coming to the conference. His headquarters are in Winnipeg. Mr. Trautman has charge of all publici ty of the Canadian Pacific west of Ljake Superior, extending as far south a'S San Francisco on the Pa cific Slope. A few days ago when he passed through Banff, the win ter sports were in full Swing. He stated that the Santa Fe is the near est rival in the world to his own company in beautiful folders and expensive advertising.. Mr. Tratjt Ktan’s arrival for the conference is a personal acknowledgement of an invitation sent to his by Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of journalism. • • • Among the former editors of the Emerald who are coming to the con ference is Edward M. Miller, now . automobile editor of the Oregonian ' and contributor of the feature “That Was an Eventful Day in Portland.” Ed, who was editor of the Emer ald in 1925-26, is making a motor logue of his trip, which will likely be a feature of the Sunday Oregon ian. * * * Sheldon F. Sackett, editor of the McMinnville Telephone Register, which he publishes in conjunction with H. B. Cartlidge, has been tink ering with journalism a bit since he was 8 years old, when he started and successfully ran his first paper, in Sheridan, Yamhill country, his old home town. Since his gradua tion from Willamette, a matter of (Continued on jiage two) Big Auction Sale of Unredeemed Articles To Be l March 7 March 7 is tht , ful dav. Old V Library steps, th. \ ■>. And an auction is the thi» * nd—well— as I was saying—c -eh 7 all of the numerous and \ s things left at the lost and . depart ment will be auctioned m fjie Library steps to whomso. islies to part with the proper i of shekels. This affair is in the h..uds of Mazie Richards, and she will choose about seven men and ten freshmen women to help her. These will be chosen within the next two weeks and work on the autcion will begin. It will last from 9 till 2 and the proceeds will be added to the Wo man’s League fund. Bryn Mawr To Offer Awards Of Scholarships Social Economy, Research Included in Courses To Be Given Among the number of fellow ships and scholarships offered in various, universities for the year 1928-29, Bryn Mawr College, at Bryn Mawr, Pa., i$ offering scholarships in the Carola Woerishoffer graduate department of social economy and social research. This is an oppor tunity of particular interest to wo men graduates who wish to prepare for positions dealing with social case work, family welfare, child welfare, community organization, vocational 'guidance, human rela tions in industry, social and indus trial research, and administration of social agencies. Two Carola Woerishoffer Memorial Fellowships of the value of $810 are awarded annually to candidates of scholastic excellence who have completed at least one year of col lege graduate work, and two Grace H. Dodge Memorial Fellowships are also awarded under the same con ditions. T^o scholarships of the value of $360 are also given under both these memorials annually, and are open to College graduates of good standing. Dean Virginia Judy Esterly, dean of women, has received special no tice from the department of social economy of Bryn Mawr to recom mend any worthy candidates from the University of Oregon. It was through this department that Ruth Miller, who graduated from Oregon in 1927, and who is now studying at Bryn Mawr, re ceived a scholarship that enabled her to continue her work in the east. Miss Miller is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Beta Kappa. Applications for fellowships or scholarships should be made as soon as possible to the president of the University. Choir Will Present Two Anthems Sunday At Vespers Service Right Reverend Walter Taylor Sumner, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Oregon, will read the vesper service Sunday, February 12, at 4:30 ouclock in the Music build ing. Two anthems, “Hark, Hark, My Soul, ”by Shelley, and “O Lord Most Holy,” by Cesar Franck, will be ‘given by the University choir. Madame Rose McGrew, instructor in voice, will sing the soprano solos, rnd Marvei Skeels Oberteuffer will sing the contralto solos of the fir5t number. New York Times Cartoons Remark Of Harry Scott, U. of O. Professor Tacked upon a door in the office of the men’s gymnasium is a car ^ toon clipped from the New York Times. Naturally, this paper has lots of cartoons, but it is not every day that it has one inspired by a professor of the University of Ore gon. -»• Professor Harry A. Scott, head of the physical education depart ment, now on a year’s leave to complete his Ph.D. at Colum'bia Uni versity in New York City, spoke recently at the national American Physical Education Association con ference. At that time he made a rather incidental statement con cerning the probability of teaching sports that would be of more use in later life. He mentioned fishing. These speeches were covered care fully, and Professor Scott’s “fish story” was plucked out, cartooned, and sent all over the country. This one cartoop shows a Har vard-Princeton fishing match, in which they break relations because one is using worms instead of the regulation fly. The next flash is that of goal posts with the score in fish hanging to them. Another little scene shows the coach de moting a fisherman because he let a sucker get away. The final ehot is that of victory in which the sup porters of the winning dry-fly cast ers paek off the “bacon.” Professor Scott caused much com ment by his article in the “Nation’s Health” for June, 1927, where he first advocated his ideas for teach ing more sports which could be used in life after graduation. Students Must Discriminate Says Sumner Distinction Between Good And Near-Good Held Imperative Choice of Informed Leaders Called Need Bishop Points Out Deficits Of Flunkers “I hope that (luring your univer sity days you may apply your power of discrimination to decide between the good and the base and between the best and the second best, to so choose your leaders that you may safely follow in their path, and finally, in all decisions to choose the bloom and not tho bud.” This hope was expressed by Dr. Walter Taylor Sumner, Episco pal bishpp of Oregon, in his ad dress at yesterday’s student assem bly. Dr. Sumner laid his choice of the subject of “Student Discrimination” to a talk he hadi recently with three men who had “flunked out” of school and had come to him to enlist his aid in finding positions. Knowing that they had come from small town homes that rvere above the average, were rather sorious, and had good characters, or at least good reputations, he concluded that the fault lay in their lack of dis criminating power. Discrimination Lacking Discrimination was defined by the speaker as the power of discern ment, a differential treatment, a selectivity, which might be summed up in judgment. He said that the concept of this power comes from intelligent training and experience, and deplored the fact that univer sities and colleges are not turning out men and women that have this characteristic. These three young men didn’t kno\V why they were on the cam pus, in Bishop Sumner’s opinion. They had come because it was the common thing to do, and they felt that a degree would give them a social distinction and a greater earning power, although they had no definite vocation in mind or any particular love of culture. Other deficits from which they suffered were failure to work out a definite program, and a tendency to over-emphasizc the social side of campus life. A fourth way ii^ which the men were deficient in the power of dis crimination was their mistaken idea of the emotional side of life, ac cording to the speaker. He af firmed that while the primary ob ject of a university is to develop the intellect, there is an emotional or spiritual side also. Finally, they did not use discrimination in their choice of leaders. Take Advice of Past “If we could take the advice of the past and build upon it, in three generations we could have supermen and superwomen. While times have changed, the fundamentals are the same throughout the ages. Young people do not take the advice of their parents, although their knowl edge has been built up through ex perience, much of it bitter,” de clared Bishop Sumner. “These are complex times,” he continued. “Our leaders must be better informed and more given to constructive imaging than those of the past. We are not sufficiently acute in our power of discrimination to see that we must put in power leaders who have the requirements of this age. In the university how important it is to have discrimina tion in the choice of leaders. “It is one thing to recognize wise decisions and another to have the will power to carry them out. If we’re to be useful we must have the discerning power.” The three students who had failed were fraternity men but they had not taken the advice of the other members. Nor had they followed the suggestions of their faculty ad visors. Beauty Gives Distinction “Anything beautiful is bound to give a distinction in choosing the ifiner things in life,” said the speak I er, in describing an experience he had with a classmate who had been successful in a small way with stocks and bonds while he was in college and yet had ambitions to be an astronomer. Dr. Sumner said he did not then have the discern ment to see the relative importance of the two occupations; since then (Continued on page four) Two Infant Cabinets In Europe Destroyed After Short Careers (By United Proas) LONDON, Fob. 9.—Born loss than two weeks ago, Norway's first labor cabinet resigned today, according to an Oslo dispatch to the Laborito Daily Herald. Ludwig Mowinekel, loader of the lofts, is attempting to form a now government, the dis patch stated. The Labor government was doom ed almost from its inception because of the radical changes it proposed. Composed of farmers, white collar workers, a professor, and a few politicians, somewhat resembling an American trial jury, the cabinet tried to make sweeping tax reduc tions and attempted to pare the military and naval appropriations. (By United Press) BELGRADE, Feb. 9.—After two political leaders failed in their ef forts to organize a ;Yugo-Slav cabi net, the king todajt empowered M. Davidovitch, leader of the National Democrats, to form, a new govern ment. It was because of contro versy with Davidovitch that the old cabinet was resigned. All-Star Events Will Be Held in Igloo Tonight Student Body Officers Will Officiate During Unusual Meet As a novel innovation in the series of track meets held at Mc Arthur Court, the events tonight will be between strictly all-star performers who have proven their ability in previous contests, and the list of officials is drawn largely from the student body officers. A special section will be reserved for eo-eds on the west side of the bal cony. This aggregation of cinder lumi naries will start to scintillate at 7:30 sharp, the initial event being the first heat of the 45 yard dash. The present record at this distance is 5 seconds, and it is jointly held by Lowery, S. A. E., and former Portland flash, and Prendergast, S. A. E. sprinter. With Siegmund, Beta, who beat Lowery in the state high school meet last year, Moeller, deeathalon expert, and Tutticli from California, who runs the hundred in 10 flat, all entered tonight, this record of 5 seconds is in extremo teonardv. The pole vault will hring out two well known experts. Bobby Robin soli, who holds the present indoor jeieord at 11 feet, will have keen competition from Maulby, frosh aee from Long Beach, with a previous record of 12 feet 6 inches in a southern meet. Bracher, fraternity brother of Maulby, who is a Beta, will also be seen in this jump. But in the shot put, above all else, will the cream of the frats be entered, and competiton run high. The weight of the shot will be changed from 12 to 16 pounds, so existing records are of no value in this case. Moeller, Phi Delt, who held the title with the 12-pound shot at 47:514 feet, Hall, Sigma Nu husky who was second at 46:1114, Wetzel, Phi Delt and varsity weight man, Stadelman, Sigma 'Nu and 1927 football center, and Johnston, Sigma Chi, are the five outstanding entrants in the brawn contest. As present record holder at 4:42 for the mile run, Hill, varsity miler, looms as the most dangerous en trant. He will receive some real competition, however, from Beal, Delta Tau Delta, Jensen, Indepen dent, Kuykendall, Phi Sigma Kap pa, Winter, Sigma Chi, and Graef, Kappa Sig. The high jump will be veTy close between McCulloch, present record holder at 6 feet, Crawford, A. T. O., and Reed, S. A. E. Boyden, Kappa Sigma, Anderson, Sigma Chi, and Maginnis, also Sigma Chi, are three other men who will bear watching at this competition. To be run in two heats, the 45 yard high hurdles will bring out a formidable array of talent, headed by Hendricks, Sigma Chi and pres ent record holder with a time of 6:1. McGee, Kappa Sig, Crawford, A. T. O., and Kelly, Beta, are hur dlers who will undoubtedly force the winner to break the record. Others listed in this run whose threat is by no means feeble, are Moeller, Phi Delt, Prendergast, S. A. E., Wetzel, Phi Delt, and Me Kennon, Theta Chi. All the entries are above the average in speed, and the outcome is about a toss-up. Favored to place in the 880 and probably shatter the present time I of 2:9, held by Rutherford, Delta i (Continued on page four) Beaver Five Favored Over Webfooters Aggies Doped To Repeat Victory in Came On Saturday Oregon Team Leaves Thursday for North O.S.C. Squad Shows Power Against Grizzly By JOE PIGNEY The Oregon basketball team faces the most difficult half of its sea son with odds 'decidedly unfavor Bill Reinhart able, but, how ever, with a slight possibility still remaining to top the northern di vision of the con ference at the end of the road trip. The Webfoots play their first away from home game next Satur day against the Aggies at Corval lis. On the following Thursday tho team will leave for the North to play the rest of its conference sched ule and Gonzaga. Aggies Favored When the Beavers and the Web footers met in Eugene last week, the two quints were considered to be on about equal footing. Tho Ag gies, however, have displayed su perior ability and are conceded fa vorites to defeat the Oregonians again on Saturday. The Montana contest was fur ther evidenco of the strength of the Aggies. O. S. C. turned back the Grizzlies with case, winning 31 to ! 12, while the Wobfoots on the fol lowing night ran into difficulties, and barely nosed out tho northern ers, 36 to 33. Defense Weak The Montana game brought out the glaring weaknesses of tnc Ore gon defense. The Grizzlies’ bar rage of shots from just past the center of the floor completely be wildered the Webfoots. Montana showed one of the fastest breaking offensive combinations seen here this season, and will have a good chance to topple the Webfooters when they play in Missoula. William J. Reinhart, Oregon coach, has at no time this year thought the Webfooters to be po tential championship contenders. Reinhart, with unexperienced ma terial, has developed a team that shows exceptional pronjiso 'for a title winner next year. Huskies Strong To lose three all-coast stars in one year and then build another league leading team is an impos sibility for any coach. Reinhart has produced the most consistent winners in the history of Oregon basketball teams, and may even surprise the rest of the league the way his 1928 quintet will finish. Washington, with an undefeated five, remains, the likeliest school to represent the north in the cham pionship series of the Pacific coast, to be played in the south with the winner of the southern division. O. S. C. is thought to have the best chance of any to turn back the Huskies, and Oregon is running third. Oregon will play six games in nine days when it starts on its road trip. The Washington game is the final one on the schedule, and even if the Webfooters are able to come through without a defeat until that time, the team will be feeling the effects of the strenuous string of tilts, which will be a big advantage for the Huskies. The varsity roster for the Ag gie game will probably include the following players: Gordon Ridings, Scot Milligan, Joe Bally, Dave Epps, Mervyn Chastain, Don McCormick, Ick Rey nolds, Ray Edwards, and Jack Dowsett. Reading Lists Ready For Honor Students After a great deal of discussion as to poets and the relative merits of their various works, the faculty of the English department announces that a complete list of reading for honor students has been compiled and will be ready for distribution in a few days. Oregon Newsmen Reach Campus For Annual Conference University Magnet for Writers from Over State; Burt Barker To Make First Appeaance # Before Editors at Banquet The University of Oregon is the magnet for Oregon News papermen today. The tenth annual Oregon newspaper confer ence begins this morning with its big social feature ,the an imal banquet given by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce at the Osburn hotel, coming at 6:00 this evening. Burt Brown Barker, new vice-president of the University, who arrived in Eugene Wednesday, will make his first appear ance before the newspapermen of the state when he speaks at the banquet tonight. The Northwest’s noted orator, Frank Branch Riley of Portland will also address the editors, and his talk is eagerly awaited by a throng of Riley fans in Eugene. C. II. Brockhagen, publisher of the Portland Telegram; Dr. Junior Shine Day To Be Held Next Wednesday Four Stands To Supply Dazzling Polish to Campus Shoes Committees Appointed To Speak at Houses Junior Shine Day will bo next Wednesday, February 15, accord ing to au announcement by Burr Abner, head of tho committee. Three prizes will be given away on that day; a tambourine to tho junior girl who sells tho most tick ets, and n complete shoo shining outfit to the man who draws a lucky number. Tho other prize, which goes to the girl who draws a lucky number, is a mystery. Those in charge will not announce what this prize will bo until next week. All tho members of the commit tees have been appointed. Wade Newbcgin lias charge of tho stands. Ho has appointed Bill Crawford in charge of one stand, and Los John son, Louis Harthrong, Maurice Reavis, Marshall Hopknis, Bob Fos ter, Irv Flcgel, George Stager, and Ray McGee will work under him. Bob Dutton will have charge of another stand. For his assistants, he will have: Brad Harrison, Del Richmond, Louis Ogle, Verno Mc Gee, Tom Montgomery, Herb Lewis, Tillman Peterson, and Joe Roberts. Gordon Stearns will oversee the third stand. Tho men who will work with .him are: Austin Shepherd, Verne Dale, Palmer Schlegel, Frank Hollin, Art Anderson, Ray Jost, Frank Hall, and Goo. Schade. Bill Dielschneidor will have charge of tho fourth stand with the following men under him: Boone Hendricks, Ernest Jachatta, Phil Holmes, Geo. Akers, Mel Goodin, John Gray, Bill Eddy, and Ralph McCulloch. The following girls have been ap pointed by Mae Tobin to speak at the men’s houses: Olive Banks and Edith Fenwick, Phi Delta Theta; Billie Martland and Alice McGrath, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sally Hugh son and Grace Gardner, Chi Psi; Jo (Continued on page six) P. O. Riley, editor of the Hnbbnrd Enterprise, and Miss Ruth Newton, senior in. the University school of journalism, also are on the program. The committee in charge has ar ranged a special musical program for the banquet. Tho denn of’ tho school of journalism, Erie W. Allen, will net as toastmaster. This morning at 9:00 the confer ence officially opens with registra tion. President Ralph R. Cronise Albany Democrat-Herald, will call tho session to order at 9:30 and tho various committees will be announc ed. After that tho conference pro per will get under way with dis cussions of the problems of the news paper, the roal reason for this gath ering. Throughout the morning tho news papermen will bo listening to and discussing such topics as, “How M'uch Is a Newspaper Worth?”, “Different Ways of Closely Esti mating Newspaper Values,” “Ways of Gaining and Keeping a Hold on the Rural Circulation,” and “Tho Two Percent Discount.” Numerous luncheons will be at tho disposal of the visiting newspaper men when noon calls them from their discussions. A Sigma Delta Chi luncheon for weekly editors, an Ad Club luncheon for advertising men, press service luncheons, and a Theta Sigma Phi luncheon for the wives of the men, are on the pro gram. The afternoon will find the men bac,k at their sessions. Tho free publicity situation will be discussed. Local advertising and national ad vertising will come in for their share of the spotlight. Field agent plans and the Harvey W. Stott edi torial prize will bo outlined and ex plained. • More entertainments for tho wives of the party will bo found at the Woman's building where Theta Sig ma Phi will serve tea from 3:30 until 5:30. Today’s program will end with the big banqquet at the Osburn ho tel, but the conference is only half finished. Tomorrow will be spent in a continuance of the discussions. New problems and new ideas will bo advanced. The afternoon ses sions will be divided into three sec tions: Dailios, trade and class jour nal section, and* one for weeklios and printers. The conference will close with the annual banquet of the Ben Franklin club. All news papermen and printers are invited. Lousiana Flood Days Described By C.P.Dunbar, Graduate in Geology Way down 5n Louisiana, in the pleasant days before the flood, Clarence P. Dunbar, 'graduate stu dent in geology here, went to school at Louisiana State College and was happy. When he became homesick, all he needed to do was got on the train, and take the two-hour trip which brought him homo to the ranch, and his people. Clarence is 20, tall, has straight black hair, dark eyes full of humor, a southern accent, can sing negro spirituals, likes baked sweet pota toes and has an unusual habit of calling everyone by a nickname. There came a day when he heard that the levees near his home had broken, and that the bridges and tracks were .out. Ho then had to take a bus as far as he could and transfer to a boat before he could reach his home. “It was the awfullest mess you’ve ever seen,” said Mr. Dun bar, in his characteristic southern way, “everything we had, the things we had worked for years to build up, were swept away in a few hours. Where we once grew our crops, after the flood there re mained only the bare hard rock. All tho soil was washed off Our house and buildings were in ruins, and some of my moat treasured relics were gone. “Our home is on a ridge 30 miles from the Bayou Deglaiso levee and 75 miles from the Atchafalaya levee,’' said Clarence. “Mother told mo of sitting on tho front porch and seeing tho waters from the two breaks meet. The waters of the Bayou Deglaiso were rod while the waters of the Atchafalaya river wero clear. They met, mingled and began to rise. Tho water rose seven feet in seven hours, so you can ima gine how swift it was. “How my mother ever managed to catch 400 chickens herself, has always been a mystery to me and always shall, I guess,’’ he con tinued, “but nevertheless she did. All tho stock was saved, but very little else. “There wasn’t much loss of life in our part of the country as the people had enough warning so they (Continued on page six)