Students Plan
Annual' Shoe'
Shine Today
Thirty-two Co-eds Listed
To Sell Tickets; Prize
To Be Given
Professors Included
As Eligible Customers
Large Force Guarantees
Quick Service
Seniors, sophomores, and young
sters, today is the day which sees
the juniors bowing their backs be
fore the shoe shine stands situated
in various conspicuous spots about
the campus. Junior Shine Day be
gins officially at 9 c ’clocjk this
morning when four booths will open
for business, one in front of the old
library, one at the Administration
4 building, one at Condon hall, and
one in front of the Commerce build
ing.
Thirty-two brilliantly dressed
gypsy girls will pace up and d,own
the campus with cards in their
hands, prepared, not to tell for
tunes, but to sell you a shoe shine
ticket for a perfect polish which is
guaranteed by the youthful boot
blacks, who have been taking les
sons under the direction of Wade
Newbegin, head of the stands com
mittee.
No Ban on Profs
Professors will not be exempt
from attack today, is the warning
issued by Dena Aim, head of the
ticket sale, who also adds that any
one appearing on the campus with
unsliined shoes is liable to sudden
decease unless they buy a ticket
and hie themselves to the nearest
junior booth.
An engraved tambourine is tho
prize which will be allotted to the
girl who sells the most shoe shine
tickets, and each man can help his
^ favorite eo-.ed by saving up his thin
dimes and bestowing them all on
her for little yellow and blue slips
of paper. Who knows but what he
might win one of the two lucky
numbers on those very tickets?
Wade Newbegin announces that
the following men will be in charge
of the shining stands: Bill Diel
schneider, chairman, stand in front
of old library; 9-10 o’clock, John
Gray jmd Balph McCulloch; 10-11,
Bill Eddy and George Akers; 11-12,
Boone Hendricks and Phil Holmes;
I- 2, Mel Goodin and Roy Herndon.
Bob Dutton, chairman, stand in
front of Commerce; 9-10, Tillman
Peterson and Joe Roberts; 10-11,
Herb Lewis and Tom Montgomery;
• 11-12, Vernon McGee and Clark
Price; 1-2, Brad Harrison and Del
Richmond.
Bill Crawford, chairman, stand in
front of Administration building;
9- 10, Bob Galloway and Bob Foster;
10- 11, Les Johnston and George
Stager; 11-12, Louis Harthrong and
Irv Flegal; 1-2, Maurice Reavis and
Marshall Hopkins.
36 Men To Shine
Gordon Stearns, chairman, stand
in front . of Condon Hall; 9-10,
George Schade and Frank Hall;
10-11, Art Anderson and Ray Jost; ]
II- 12, Austin Shepard and Vern !
Dale; 1-2, Palmer Sehlegel and
Frank Hallin.
The women who will sell tickets
are: Mae Tobin, Etha Jeanne Clarke,
Olive Banks. Edith Fenwick, Billie
Martland, Alice McGrath, Sally
Hughson, Grace Gardner, Jo Ral
ston, Shirley McGuire, Thelma
Mellien, Elaine Crawford, McKay
Ricks, Frances Perry, Janet Pearce,
Madge Normile, Charlotte Carll,
Margaret Nugent, Ruth Bradley,
Mary Lou Dutton, Florence Somer
ville, Ethel Lou Crane, Helen Smith,
Alice Gorman, Rose Roberts, Marion
Leach, Margaret Schushtfr, Edith
Dodge, Vivian Blair, Maxine Paul
son, Mary McLean, and Bernyce
Hensley.
Withdrawals Denied
Students After Friday
Friday, February 17, ia the last
day of this term in which with
drawals from the University can
be made without a petition.
Individual courses may be with
drawn from up to the last school
day, if the advisor signs the peti
tion. However, no courses can be
dropped after examinations have
started, and students are warned
that all withdrawals must be at
tended to before that time.
Withdrawals are never granted
during examinations, according to
Miss Gertrude Stephenson of the
registrar’s office, and a great deal
of confusion will be avoided if this
is attended to earl}' ia the terja,
Mortar Board Works to Aid Women
By Planning Improved Curricula
(This is the
articles on the r
tions on the cam
anti membership,
series will follow
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'1 their work
econd of the
•arly issue.)
By LaWANDA
The Oregon cha
Board, senior womei
now busy with reset
curriculum especially
women. Claudia Bletc.
of the work, which wa
spring at the recommendation of
Ml's. Virginia Judy Esterly, dean
of women. Letters have been sent
to institutions and educational au
thorities all over the United States
jASON
f Mortar
rorary, is
mcerning
ted for
charge
ed last
and many interesting replies have
been received. f
The movement to adapt courses
of study to fit the special use which
women will make of them is becom
ing quite widespread, according to
Gladys Calef, president of Mortar
Board. As Soon as all the data has
been collected and organized, the
group plans to mako known its find
ings through publication.
There are now seven active mem
bers of Mortar Board at the Uni
versity: Gladys Calef, president;
Claudia Fletcher, Mazie Richards,
Nellie Johns, Constance Roth, Pau
line Stewart and Esther Hardy. The
first Sunday in every month they
meet for tea, usually at the home
of Mrs. Esterlv, who is one of their
advisers. Business meetings are
held more often. Mortar Board may
at any time be called upon by the
administration for any particular
service needed.
Mortar Board was founded in 1918
at Syracuse, New York. There are
now thirty-nine chapters. The local
chapter was granted its charter in
1923. Members are chosen on the
basis of service, leadelship and
scholarship. Fifteen is the mem
bership limit, and each candidate
must have a scholastic average of
at least 2.9 in order to qualify.
Mrs. Arnold Bennett Hall, Mrsj
Virginia Judy Esterly, Mrs. Prud
ence Clark and Mrs. Prince Camp
bell are advisers to the group.
Webfoots Show
Snap in Spring
Grid 'Practice
Scrimmage and Passes Are
Featured by Backs
And Line Men
Football men turning out for
spring practice arc putting a lot of
snap into their workouts tlfhse days.
Linemen, ends, backs—all seem im
bued with the spirit 'they display
just before a game. Captain Mc
Ewan seems satisfied with the atti
tude taken by the men.
Several combinations of men were
used in a practice scrimmage held
last night to develop strength in
power plays. In this part of the
workout a defensive line tried to
stop the attack of an offensive back
field and line.
Woodie, Burnell, and Gould, var
sity lettermen, held backfield posi
tions for a time, as did Parke, Kelly,
and Shearer. Though not working
as smoothly as they will later, the
backfield men showed plenty of
speed.
A large number of promising line
men are going out for practice every
night. They had several practices
before a call was sent out for the
backs. Weems and Wood -were the
only lettermen out, but Colbert and
Christenson, regular tackles on the
frosh last fall, got some good -work
in. Jesse, one of the largest and
most' enthusiastic of the linemen,
was looking good in the last night’s
practice. He is a guard, as are
Park and West, who worked in the
scrimmage.
In preliminary work the ends
were set to catching passes. There
are but a few men out for the wing
positions. Ted Pope, letterman, is
the only man with experience.
The backs spent considerable time
running plays. The new men were
used particularly in this drill in
; order to accustom them to the type
i of line plays the varsity will prob
ably use next fall.
Captain McEwan spent consider
able time with the linemen, drilling
them in power plays. Preparatory
to the scrimmage session the line
men worked at dummy scrimmage.
All Kinds of Worms
Pickled in Formalin
Await Biology Classes
Worms! Nice, long, slimy ones—
big,'fat, squashy ones— in fact all
kinds and conditions of worms.
They ’re just like tooth paste. They
come sliding out woozily from cans
and are of just the right consist
ency to spread nicely.
.The poor little lumbricus terrestris
are pickled in formalin. Cruel hu
mans are not satisfied to treat them
in such a dastardly fashion but are
now busily planning future acts of
violence on them. Beginning bio
logy classes are busy whetting and
sharpening their knives while plan
ning an investigation of inside mat
ters.
Oregana Dinner To Be
Tonight at Six P. M.
The time of the Oregana dinner
dance, which will be held tonight
at the Alpha Chi Omega house, has
been changed from 6:30 to 6:00
o’elcok. The affair is being given
by Mary Benton, Oregana editor,
| for members of the staff.
Opera Classes
Ready To Give
Concert Tonight
Scenes From Operas and
Songs in Costume
Included
The second act from “Martha”,
the' last scene of the first act of
La Bohemc” and individaul inter
pretations in costume of operatic
and dramatic solos will bo given by
members of Madame Bose McGrew’s
opera classes this evening at 8:15
in the auditorium of the music
building.
The solo numbers which will be
sung follow:
“Knowest Thou the Lord” (from
Mignon) .Ambroise Thomas
Sung by Edna-Ellen Bell
“The Blind Ploughman”.
. B. Coningsby Clarke
Sung by Jack Dennis
“Tavern Song”—
Sung by Harry Scougall
“Swiss Echo Song”—
Sung by Faye Finley
“Melisande 'in the Woods”—
Bung by Pauline Guthrie.
A quartet consisting of Gretchen
Kier, soprano, Louise Storla, con
tralto, Kenneth Allen, tenor, and
Donald Ostrander, baritone, will pre
sent the second act of “Martha.”
This act depicts a spinning scene
and includes the beautiful soprano
number “The Last Bose of Sum
mer.” •
Janet Pierce, as Mimi, the em
broidery girl and Adrian Burris, as
Budolph, the poet, will give the
scene from “La Boheme,” which in
cludes the beautiful soprano solo
“Mi Chiamano Mimi” (They call
Mo Mimi.)
The staging for the operas will
be simple and of a type to suggest
a suitable atmosphere. The main
efforts of Madame McGrow have
been directed toward developing the
slage presence of the personnel of
the classes.
This evening’s concert is the
fourth of a series given by the
school of music this term. On Wed
nesday, February 29r John B. Sie
! fert, tenor, will give a song recital.
Old Sol’s Rays Reduce
Number of Infirmed
The overcrowded condition of the
University infirmary melted away
when 01’ Sol decided to put on a
hie grin recently. There are seven
patients at present on the list of
infirmed. Winston Strong, physics
major; Balph Semkc, freshman busi
ness administration major; / Made
line Goodall, junior in English; Mil
liam Gillette, freshman in econom
ics; Mary Helen Loomis, freshman
English major; William Correll,
freshman architecture major; and
^Edward Stubbs, .sophomore in pre
law, are all in the infirmary at
present.
String Quartet Plays
Today in Bellingham
The Underwood String Quartet,
consisting of Bex Underwood, first
violinist; Delbert Moore, second
violinist; Buford Eoach, violinist,
and Miriam Little, ’cellist, left yes
: terday to present a program at the
I Bellingham Normal school this morn
| ing. While in Bellingham they will
j also give a concert under the aus
pices of the Women’s Music club of
I that city.
Vodvil Heads
Pick 58 Girls
For Choruses
First Tryouts for Junior
Revue Held; Many
Turned Away
Sunday To See More
Trials' at McDonald
Specialty Act Tests Will
Be Made Thursday
A long and careful process of dis
crimination and elimination was
needed to pick tho group of poten
i tial chorines wh<) are to compete in
j the second and last elimination con
tests for tho two choruses of Junior
j Revue.
| Several hundred co-eds passed be
fore the discriminating eyes of the
committee in the first tryouts with a
display of talent so widely diffused
and showing such evident possibili
ties that selection and elimination
became difficult.
Possibilities for two choruses
were' considered by tho committee
under the direction of Billy
O’Bryant, head of Junior Vodvil this
year. Distinction between the two
choruses is based on height, one to
be quite diminutive and the other
taller.
Fifty-eight Successful
Those who have been named as'
passing tho first tryouts for the
taller chorus successfully are: Vir
ginia Moore, Audrey Lyons, ITelen
Loomis, Myra Belle Pal met, Vir
ginia Peyton, Hope Howland, Lenore
Myers, Nancy Luckel, Doris Wells,
Alice Latture, Dewey Baker, Vir
ginia Richmond, Janette Gunther,
Dorie Pulkn, Louise Muller, Amy
Porter, Molly Kurtz, Marylou Dut
ton, Ruth Do Neffe, Edith Bader,
Thelma Brock, Frances Simkins,
Zepha Rogers, Edith Pearson, and
Dorothea McClnrnn.
Those • successful in the first try
outs for the smaller chorus and eli
gible for the second are:' Pearl Al
lison, Phyllis Van Kimmell, Vivian
Pesola, Mary Caniparoli, Lucille
McDonnell, Blanche Johnson, Hcr
mine Franz, Margie Edwards, Mar
garet Poorman, Edith Lake, Chloo
thiel AVoodard, Wilma Enke, Mar
garet Tucker, Hazel Miller, Dorothy
Burke, Bonita Ticlienor, Eleanor
Look, Frances McKee, Mary Ann
Hart, Frances White, Doris M. Pugs
ley, Agnes Farris, Janice Clark,
Janet Plimpton, Marghcrita Hay,
Leleta Jaeger, Harriet Huglison,
Charlotte Carll, Emery Miller,
Louise Clark, Josephine Price, Rose
Roberts, and Louise Storla.
The committee which selected the
chorus girls for the revue were:
Billy O’Bryant, Leonard Thompson,
Camille Burton and Francis Mullins.
' Other Tryouts Scheduled
Tho second and final elimination
tryouts for tho first group will be
held in the Woman’s building
Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock. An
nouncement regarding the second
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Fellowship Offered *
Women for Economic
And Sociology Work
University womeji with training
in economics and sociology who wish
to continue their education are of
fered a fellowship in social-economic
research by the Women’s Educa
tional and Industrial Union, Boston,
Massachusetts.
The fellowship carries a stipend
of $500, and clerical assistance,
equipment, and traveling expenses
: for the investigation are furnished
by the department of research.
A degree from a college of good
standing, training in economies or
sociology, and satisfactory refer
ences in regard to health, character,
and special fitness for social-eco
nomic research are required for all
candidates for the fellowship. The
! research fellows are expected to
devote their entire time for 10
months to the training given by
the department of research.
Applications must be filed before
May 1 and these may be obtained
from the Department of Research,
Women’s Educational and Industrial
I Union, 264 Boylston street, Boston
17, Massachusetts.
A list of “graduate fellowships
| and scholarships open to women,”
I which are of value to women who
I desire to engage in graduate study
or research, has just been published
■by Bmith College. Copies of this
j list may be obtained from the of
;fice of the Dean, Smith College,
[Northhampton, Massachusetts.
Second League Tea
Under Neiv System
Will Be Given Today
The second Women's Longue ton
under the new plan will entertain
nil campus women who come to the
sun parlor of the Woman’s building
this afternoon between four and six
o’clock. The new plan of giving
the teas only on the first and third
Wednesdays of the month, and hav
ing Thespian and Kwama girls serv
ing ns hostesses is working out ef
fectively, reported Olenna Ileacock,
who has charge of the regulnr
League tens. An increasing attend
ance in the future is expected with
the new plan, she said, which also
includes an increased attention to
the programs given.
Kwama will be hostess today and
features of the program will be
a vocal solo by Violet Orek, a vio
lin solo by Mary Burton, one of the
Burton Co-ed Harmonizers, and a
clog dance by Muzetta Blair. Fran
ces Dietderich and Marvin Jane
Ilnwkins will furnish piano music for
dancing throughout the tea hours.
Remember, all women are urged
to attend, and to assist in helping
I make these teas a success as a place
j whero new acquaintances are made
and help is given those who need to
get acquainted with campus activi
ties and life.
Mystery Clears
Over Play Title;
R.U.R. Is Solved
Rossum’s Universal Robots
Meant, Not Romans
Or Romance
“It. U. It.” (loos not moan “Ro
mans Under Rebellion,” “Romance
Under Restrictions,” or anything
llko that, but it does stand for
Rossum’s Universal Robots, who
aro mechanical men with intelli
gence, movement, speech—in fact,
everything but souls and emotions.
And that in a nutshell is tab nuc
leus upon which the play, to bo put
on by the Guild Theater Players on
Thursday and Friday nights, is
based.
Sounds good, doesn’t it? And
then to make it better the leads
are being played by Constance Roth
and Larry Shaw. And supporting
them wo will find Cecil Matson,
Gordon Pefley, Glenn Potts, Arthur
Anderson, Joy Ingalls, Gordon
Stearns, Graco Gardiner, Ruth
Street, John Koingsliofer, Perry
Douglas, Milton George, Marshal
Hopkins, Frank Jackson, and Jack
Waldron.
And—to jirocecd with the story.
These Robots nre manufactured by a
Dr. Gall, Gordon Pefley, and they
increase in such great numbers that
finally they overrun the world and
only one human man is left.' Now
what? Well just what do you think
would happen if you wero the only
man in a world of soulless, emotion
less Robots? And the manner in
which R. U. R. works out this
proves it as one of the best novelty
dramas that has ever been attempted
by the Guild "Ulayers. It is being
directed by Miss Florence E. Wil
bur of the drama department.
The box office will Vie open from
2 till 5 on Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday. All seats are reserved
and reservations may be made by
phoning 142. Prices are 50 and 75
cents.
“Lady Windermere’s Fan” is the
next production to be put on by the
class in dramatic interpretation on
February 23 and 24.
New Grade Checking
System Gets Sanction
A new method, whereby each liv
ing organization wlil be directly
j responsible for the number of mfin
! bers figured in, the grades for each
house, was adopted as a tentative
arrangement at a recent meeting of
the Inter-Fraternity council. Each
house will be asked to hand in a
list’ of all members one week be
fore the close of the term, in com
parison with the old method in
i which <i list, sent out by the regis
trar's office one month before ex
aminations, was checked over by
the house.
Monday, March 5, will be the last
day of this term on which each
i house must have presented their list
of members, men's fraternities re
sponsible to Elmer L-Shirrell, dean
'of men, and women to Virginia Judy
Esterly, dean of women.
This method will continue as long
as the privilege is not abused, ac
cording to Earl M. Pallett, regis
trar. However, if houses take ad
vantage of this and have late with
drawals of those with low grades,
the old system will be used again.
Oregon Cage
Team Starts
Trip North
Decorations of
Senior Ball Will
Portray France
Decorative ;Arcli Serves
As Background for
French Feature
Predominant Colors To Be
Black and White
Tf. you've never been in Franco
don’t let tlmt worry you. Franco
with nil its free moderness will be
presented nest Saturday night in
the Woman’s building, when the
senior class pregents its “Bal do
1 ’elegance.”
The ball of elognnco will offer all
the dignity and freedom that goos
with the French idea, according to
Ab Lawrence, head of decorations.
Tho art idea will tend towards that
free modern French. “What wo want
to do,” said Lawrenco, “is to fur
nish a decorative placo to dance.”
Everything will be French, from
French maids down to tho minute
decorations. Bfcick and white will
bo tho two predominating colors.
In addition to this there will be tho
contrast between cool and wnrin
colored lights. “Thoro will bo
plenty of white lights so tho women
need not fear about the color effect
on their drosses,” Lawrence added.
The ceiling will not bo lowered,
but lighting effects so arranged that
the upper portion of tho Woman’s
buihjiug will fado Into a nothing
ness. Suggested architectural forms
will bo presented through tho uso
of drapes. Around tho edges of
tho floor will be pylons, connected
by swags of black. These will bo
brilliantly illuminated by small
colored lights.
At ono end of tho donee floor a ,
large decorative arch will bo ar
ranged. Under this arch tho fea
ture will bo presented. Tho dancors
will bo kept back a considerable dis
tance from tho arch so that tho
lighting effects for tho feature will
not bo spoiled. Imagine a beauti
fully decorated stage with art
flourishing on both sides and series
of steps in tho front and you have
a fair picturo’of this setting.
Probably equaling in elegance will
bo a decorative platform for tho
orchestra. Ocorgo McMurphey’s
Kollege Knights will bo arranged ■
on one side of tho largo floqr in a
highly decorative sotting. It will
all bo in keeping with the French j
motif.
Seniors are again urged to set !
aside Friday night as a time for
work. According to Ab Lawrenco, I
it will tako a crowd of faithful
workers to.have everything in readi
ness by Saturday evening.
Russell, Irish Poet,
Tours United States;
May Be Heard Here
George William Russell, more
widely known ^is A. E., is the tall,
bearded, blue-eyed poet and pnintnr
of Ireland, of whom Miss Ella
Young, contemporary Irish poetess,
spoke in assembly last year
A. E, will soon leave Ireland to
tour the United States and if the
present plans of the faculty work
out, the student body of Oregon will
have an opportunity of hearing him.
Resides being poet, painter, and
author, A. E. is the editor of the
Irish Statesman. The journalist is
the practical George Russoll, but the
poet and the painter is the man of
mysticism and tremendous power,
according to Miss Young.
The poetess described her first
meeting with A. E. “Ho looked as
if he had come from another world,
so totally unique was ho. He spoke
with a complete forgetfulness of
himself, an apostle of the ancient
gods. Jle had just finished his
‘Songs by the Way’ and he road
some of the poems in a curious, mon
otonous, chanting voice, which is
characteristic of him. His poems
must bo read that way in order to
gain the full value of them.”
Definite announcement as to
| whether the Irish poet will corno to
Oregon or n-ot will bo made later.
Webfooters
Leave Today
OnLoopTour
Six Games To Be Played
By Eugene Team
In 9 Days
Reinhart's Quint in
Shape for Invasion
Washington Tilt May Be
For Championship
By JOE P. PIGNEY
Tho Webfoot basketball team will
bold its final workout on McArthur
court tonight before leaving for the
northern road trip tomorrow after
noon. * Oregon is scheduled to play
six games on the tour, concluding
tho 1928 season against Washington
nt Seattlo on February 25.
William J. Reinhart’s quint is still
a potential candidate for the cham
pionship of tho northern division
of tho conference, but will have to
win all the remaining games to con
tinue to stay in tho running.
Huskies in Lead.
Washington is way out in front,
and is undefeated. If Oregon suc
ceeds in turning back tho Huskies,
and if 0. 8. C., which is in a tie
with tho Webfooters, is able to beat
them' also, the conference will be
placed in a three-cornered tio.
Oregon displayed its best basket
ball form when it defeated tho Ag
gies at Corvallis last Saturday. Rein
hart believes that he has found the
combination which will make tho
Oregonians a strong threat to win
the remainder of their games.
Team Strengthened
Ray Edwards and Don McCormick
hhvo given surprising strength to
tho team, and will probably bo used
regularly tho rest of tho soason.
McCormick, always strong on the
offensivo,^j;)layed a brilliant defen
sive game, checking his opponent
closely throughout tho entire battle.
Scott Milligan’s tonacious guard* •
ing of Bill Burr, speedy Beaver for
ward and a leading scorer in tho con
ference, was one of tho outstanding
features of tho tilt. Milligan’s big
test will come against tho Huskies
when ho is sent in to chock Monty
Snider, Washington forward.
To Play Whitman
Oregon will moot Whitman Col
| lego Friday night at Walla WUIla
I in a non-conferenco game. Whit
j man trounced the Webfoot* in Eu
! geno last month, and are said to have
I shown even greater power since then.
Reinhart may use his reserve squad
I in order to save the regulars for the
game on tho following night.
Idaho will bo one of the toughest
opponents the Webfooters will meet
on tho trip. The Vandals, poworful
at any time, are rarely beaten on
their own floor. After the Idaho
game, Oregon will have a three-day
rest before tackling the Washington
State Cougars on February 21. With
the Staters nt the bottom of the per
centage column without any victor
ies, it is not oxpocted that the Web
( Con tinned on page four)
Kansas University
Graduate Organizes
Course for Aviators
A course in ground instruction in
flying and lessons in tho theory of
flight with full student credit may
bo added to tho list of University
curriculum, if a proposal to come
before the faculty is met with favor,
it is announced.
O. 8. Stanbcry, Wichita, Kansa9,
and graduate of tho University of
Kansas, who is now organizing a
class in tho subject, has made the
proposal. At present, his plans are
to givo the ground instruction in
conjunction with I>avid Langmack’s
course in flying at the Eugene air
port.
Homo who have cnrollod in the
class are: Betty Cook, Bichard
Graef, Bichard Manning, “Bud” Ed
dins, Frank Nettleshlp of Eugene
high school, Florence Collins, T. 0.
i’aino and 6. J. McFarland.