VOLUME XXIX.
NUMBER 78
Will Oregon
Place Hoopster
On All-Coast Five?
Ridings Groomed for Job
On Mythical Quintet;
Rooks Include Stars
Will any of the University of Ore
gon basketball players be selected
on the mythical all-coast five? This
is a question which
is puzzling the
minds of campus
basketball fans.
In the first half of
the season’s play
which ended last
week in McAr
thur court, there
has not been any
more consistent,
performer than
Oregon ’ s own
Gordon Hidings,
floor captain and
scoring ace.
Gordon Hidings
Up to date Tunings loads all in
dividual scorers in number of games
played. At the present Monty Sni
der, Washington forward, is in the
lead, but the Huskies have played
eight games to the Webfoots’ six.
Ridings has not only won the ap
proval of local fans but his per
formance against the Aggies in Cor
vallis last. Saturday night was of
high calibre. He has averaged
more than nine points for each con
ference tilt.
There is not a hoopster on the
Oregon team or perhaps any con
ference team in the northwest loop
of the Pacific coast conference who
is any more versatile when it comes
to handling a basketball. In addi
tion to being an excellent shot, Rid
ings plays the floor like a veteran.
Defensively he is everywhere. Sev
eral weeks ago when the center
problem was still perplexing Coach
Billy Reinhart, Ridings was shifted
to center for several nights’ prac
tice.
Ridings has plenty of competition
in the Northwest. Don’t think that
just because Bill Burr, Aggie cap
tain and forward, was held to a
measely three points last Saturday
that he isn’t a capable hoopster.
Then there are Monty Snider,
Husky ace, and Cloyso Overturf,
Montana high point scorer, to be
reckoned with. Taking all in all,
we believe that Ridings can hold
liis own with any of the above men
tioned and probably exceed them
when it comes to all-around playing.'
The present basketball tour will
probably decide whether Oregon for
the fourth consecutive year places
a player on the mythical all-coast
five.
Coach Billy Reinhart has a jinx
over the Aggies when it comes to
playing on their own floor. Since
he assumed the head basketball
coaching reins, a game has never
been lost to the Aggies on their
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Pens and Umbrellas
To Be Sold at Auction;
Lincolns if Unclaimed
Two weeks from today you may
be standing with a crow1 ? stu
dents about an auction s \ the
library steps counting you cels,
dimes, pennies, quarters, ^ hat
have vou. You may be do % is
with a hope of regaining som * t
ing pen, hat, umbrella, or e ^
favorite pipe .or cigarette-holde \
Just two weeks remain for
to redeem what ever you have
been able keep your hands on.
at the end of the allotted time yo
have not awakened from your tran
quil slumbers to the harshness of
life as is . . . well ... it
isn’t the writer’s fault. Somebody
may outbid you on your own um
brella. '. •
Chaperones tor
Dance Include
Many Notables
Governor, Mrs. Patterson,
Other State Officials,
To Attend Ball
The fine response received from
the large list of patrons and patron
esses invited to attend the “Bal de
1’Elegance” of the senior class,
Saturday night in the woman’s
building, shows that more interest
is being taken in this year’s dance
than ever before. Letters -of ac
ceptance have been received by
Myra Belle Palmer, .committee in
charge, from all those invited.
Heading the list is Governor and
M’rs. Patterson, who plan to be in
Eugene for the event. In addition
to several state officials prominent
people have been invited from Port
land, Boseburg, Medford and Eu
gene.
The patrons and patronesses for
the “Bal de 1’Elegance” include:
Governor and Mrs. Patterson, Hon
orable Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kozer,
Honorable Mr. and Mrs. C. A. How
ard, and Honorable Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Kay, all of Salem. From
Portland will come Mr. and Mrs.
Henry L. Corbett, Mr. and Mrs.
George Gerlinger, Bishop and Mrs.
W. T. Sumner, and Mr. and Mrs.
George Joseph. Judge and Mrs.
J. W. Hamilton of Boseburg and
Mr. and Mrs. John Carkin of Med
ford will attend from southern
Oregon.
Eugene patron and patronesses in
dude: President and Mrs. Arnold
Bennett Hall, Bean and Mrs. John
Straub, Dean and Mrs. Elmer Shir
rell, Mrs. Judy Esterly, Dean and
Mrs. J. H. Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank L. Chambers, Mr. and Mrs.
George H. McMorran, Dean and
Mrs. George Bebec, Dr. and Mrs.
C. V. Boyer, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Fish, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Harris,
and Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Church.
Henry Fitch Expresses Preference
For Snake As House Companion
Some people keep goldfish, others
keep canaries, others poodle dogs,
and, some men even keep wives as
pets. Henry Fitch, sophomore, bi
ology major, from Medford, how
ever, thinks snakes make ideal house
hold companions.
Coiling, writhing, squirming, hiss
ing snakes — representing the ser
pent who, some say, caused man’s
fall! The ideal playmate for the
wife and kiddies!
“They’re lots of fun,” Fitch said,
when interviewed. “I’ve always
liked them. When I was small I
used to catch them and keep them
about the house in boxes and under
tubs.
“When I was about six years old
I had the habit of coiling them
about my neck. This practice was
usually indulged in with water
snakes, garter snakes, and othei
harmless “garden variety” serpents.
One time, however, my parents
nearly lost their favorite son when
I carelessly wrapped a very beau
tiful copperhead about my shapely
neck. The snake, fortunately, did
not bite. They are very poisonous.”
Within the last few years Fitch
has gone into the collecting of
snakes on a large scale. He has a
large screened cage about 12 feet
square at his home to hold his sinu
ous play-fellows.
Snake collecting is a great hobby,
Fitch says. He has read all the
books he has been able to obtain on
the subject. Whenever he has an
opportunity he corresponds with men
in the East who are interested in
them.
Every summer Fitch gathers to
gether a motley collection of both
rare and common snakes. This
heterogeneous gathering of serpents
includes many rare as well as com
mon ones.
The rare snakes he keeps or sells.
But, he turns the others loose in
the fall as they will freeze to death
if left out in the cage all winter.
They come “home” to visit, though.
He has often found them outside of
the cage — chatting amiably, per
haps— looking in at the others.
Snakes are generally prone to
make the best use of their environ
ment, according to Fitch. They
usually accommodate themselves to
situations in a very versatile man
ner, in fact. For instance, they are
not a bit squeamish about bathing
in the same water that they later
drink.
Many of them climb about on the '
bushes provided in the cage. Some, i
King snakes, for example, with their
muscular, sinuous bodies are able
to climb a smooth wall. Their food
consists of smaller snakes, birds,
worms, rats, etc. This they receive
when they can get it—once a week,
perhaps! They eat, though, quan
tities of food weighing more than
themselves at one sitting.
They have varied tastes and fears.
Some are calm and unruffled under
all conditions while others cringe
and slip away from noise, etc. When
caught in a corner, though, they
will always fight.
Fitch, who is known as an au
thority on Oregon snakes in his part
of the state, has caught many rat
tlers bare-handed. They Hare the
only poisonous snakes in Oregon, he
1 says.
Conflict Seen
As Developer
OfPersonalitv
j
Dr. H. L. Bowman Makes
Annual Address to
Student Body
Battle Severe Between
‘Ought to and Want to’
eligion Must Keep Pace
With Education
•‘The element of inner conflict
seems to bn. the price that man pays
for his emergence into personality,”
said Dr. Harold Leonard Bowman in
his annual address to the student
body at yesterday’s assembly on
“The Integration of Personality.”
“Man has come into the stage in
which inner conflict, doubt, and
uncertainty are evidences of pro
gress, but in order to completely
assume his status above the beasts,
t^iere must be further advance out
of conflict into peace,” he con
tinued.
Doubt is not a permanent state,
but a pathway, a stimulus guiding
on to that which is true, according
to the speaker. Conflict is a higher
stage than lethargv, but inner peace
is still higher. There is a mental
health as well as a physical. The
path to both is analogous, for while
bodily well-being is caused by the
nroper, wholesome functioning of
the organs working unconsciously
together, mental health involves the
complete integration, or working
together, of all the elements of per
sonality, in Dr. Bowman’s opinion.
Some Dual Personalities
Each person achieves a normal
mind just to the extent that ho
achieves united, potent equilibrium
of personality, the speaker believes.
All are possessed of inner conflicts,
but some are aware of dual person
alities, or those in»wliich there has
been no integration.
The conflict of the law of the
jungle with the spiritual ideas of a
civilized world, “the want to with
the ought to” actions agreeable to
self with the well-being of society,
fantasy with reality, bluff with ac
tual knowledge, a child’s instinct
for independence with parental con
trol, and the herd instinct with the
urging of individuality are instances
Dr. Bowman quoted as familiar forms
of inner conflict.^
The sneaker said that the sufer
ing produced from such battles is
sometimes so inteixse that the sub
ject will do anything to evade it,
often by repression or rationaliza
tion. Under the method of repres
sion the conflict continues and
works its way out in abnormalities,
while under rationalization the sub
ject, sometimes unconsciously, de
velops a system of ideas to justify
a .certain path of action.
Half-Heartedness Hurts
Dr. Bowpian, as an instance of
the effect of rationalization, de
scribed a minister who, after a
teacher in his Sunday school had re
fused to marry him, became, uncon
sciously but genuinely, an atheist,
so that he could leave the church
and yet keep his pride intact.
Sometimes the conflict is so
severe that the rational processes
break down and the individuals find
release in suicide, by which nothing
is accomplished, according to Dr.
Bowman. Whenever people are un
happy, discontented, grouchy, gos
sipy, touchy, and hafe all the quali
ties that hold them back from being
happy, contented, aspiring, and from
tasting life at its best, there is con
flict. Dr. Bowman indicated that
the way out is toward the integra
tion of personality, along the line of
full, complete, and unremitting com
mitment to some one task or pur
pose that will possess their lives
completely. He said that one reason
people are so troubled is that they ,
are half-heartedly occupied in bo
many activities, and that that is
why society women are more neu
rotic than presidents of the United
States.
Where Religion Helps
“Within religion may be that
which leads to the integration of
personality,” declared the speaker.
“Many religious people are just as
hard to get along with as others, but
they .haven’t found the essence of
religion. They want to do right,
but they don’t want to do it at the
price of the surrender of some of
their prejudices.”
“How today can we live in har
mony with the inherent purpose of
the universe?” asked Dr. Bowman,
and answered his question with “by
doing the will of the Father,”
whose first quality is righteousness,
not in any pale, aenemic, medieval
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Bribery Charges on
Indiana Governor
Dropped After Trial
(I?y United Tress)
INDIANAPOLIS, Iml. Feb. 16.—
Governor Ed Jackson was absolved
today from the charge of attempting
to bribe the former governor War
ren T. McCray.
Judge Charles McCabe upheld a
defense motion for a directed verdict
of acquittal after the state had
closed its case today.
The motion was made on the
ground that, the changes against
Jackson were invalidated by the
statutes of limitation which provid
ed for prosecution within two years
cf the time the act is committed un
less the defendant is guilty of spe
cific actions to conceal the crime.
Laws of Deity
Misinterpreted,
Says Bowman
Friction Caused by Lack
Of Co-operation from
Human Mind
Not a sermon in character was
Dr. Harold L. Bowman’s talk, which
he gave last evening in Alumni Hall,
nor yet was it a mechanical thing
with the monotonous power of put
ting the listener to sleep. One might
safely say that it had to do with
laws—a certain species of laws that
cannot go out of effect or ,be vetoed,
the laws that govern the world we
know.
“God is not an experimenter,” was
one of the first premises with which
Dr. Bowman started. “He is not
doing in slovenly fashion that which
could bo done better, and the divine
way, if we only understood it, is
the best in the long run. If His
laws were less than perfect, lie
could not be God.”
It is misinterpretation of God’s
laws that causes a lot of the trouble
nowadays, according to the speaker,
because there is nothing that can
be right for God and wrong for man.
In drawing a distinction here, Dr.
Bowman remarked: “It would be
wrong for a person to go out and
pollute a well with typhoid germs—
but would it not be just as wrong
to charge God with the blame of
that epidemic?” *
A consistent universe involves
law, is the next point that Dr. Bow
man elucidated. The dependability
of law, he illustrated, is a valuable
discovery, and it must-be unvarying,
for it is through this great order
cf the universe that we can see the
operating of this creative spirit that
we call God. “But the working out
of this law will involve suffering
when there is ignorance of how to
cooperate with it,” the speaker ex
plained. “For instance, mix fire
and wind—there is grief.”
Since this is true, Dr. Bowman be
lieves, we should not attribute the
woes of the world to the workings
of God. It is rather that we, our
selves, get out of touch with the
Creator’s will. “The divine plans,”
Dr. Bowman asserted, “are hamper
ed, hampered, by the workings of
human minds, like the Giant of Lilli
put, by the cords of the dwarf men.”
“We have not solved the problem
of sin or evil,” the speaker said in
conclusion, “but we can take a he
roic and creative attitude toward
it—we can face the music.” This ho
defines as an “attitude of coopera
tive creation.”
For the v.arld is still in the mak
ing, Dr. Bowman believes, and even
so, we, still have a long way yet to
go. And it docs not take an extra
ordinary person to be a cooperative
creator. Doctors, by trying to find
out how diseases can be overcome,
are doing just this thing, and so is
every person who is trying to make
life a little more beautiful for other
people.
News Reel, Parodies
Feature Girls’ Party
Held at 4Y’ Bungalow
A large variety of entertainment
was featured in a party for the
freshman commission girls at the
Y. W. C. A. Bungalow Wednesday
evening. Dorothy Robnett, social
chairman of the Y. W. C. A. fresh
man cabinet, was in charge of the
affair, which was attended by 50
girls.
The first item on the program was
a dance. This was followed by a
clever vaudeville skit on college
life by the Susan Campbell delega
tion.
Contributing to the fun of the
event the Alpha Chi Omega fresh
men showed a I'athe News reel, and
the Alpha Omicron Pi girls gave a
parody on the Big Parade.
Frosh Trim
Salem Five
In Fast Tilt
Filial Score 39-30; Babes
Trail Visitors, 19-10,
In First Half
Infants To Tangle With
Kooks in Igloo Tonight
Is High Scorer
Eberliart
Willi 16 Points
Frosh (39) (30) Salem
Horner (2) .F. (9) Duffy
OUnger (4) .F. (4) Lyons
Eberhart (16) .C. (13) Beecher
Cafjcins .G. (4) Kelly
Dvorafc (2) .G.. Echer
Makinen (8) .S. Kafoury
Archer (6) .S
Referee: Swede Westergen.
By HARRY DUTTON
Coming from behind in a fast
moving second half rally Spike Les
lie’s Oregon ducklings turned back
the flashy Salem high quintet in
McArthur Court last night to the
tune of 39 to 30.
Gene Eberhart, gangly center for
the yearling hoopers, took high
point honors of the evening with 16
markers, being closely seconded by
Beecher, Salem pivot man, who was
chalked down with 13 before the
tilt ended.
Erratic Passing by Frosh
The game started out in an unin
teresting manner, the play being
marred by erratic passing, especial
ly on the part of the frosh. Salem
started the scoring when Beecher
converted a cripple and added a
point from the foul line beeouso
Eberhart rode in on his shoulders.
The capitol city youngsters made
the freshmen look ragged in the
first half. The ducklings held on
to the ball with the same tenacity
with which they would hold a very
hot potato. When, the frosh mentor
led his hoopers to tho lockers at
the end of tho first period the
score read 19 to 10 for the red jer
j scyed visitors.
New Combination Started
In the second half Coach Leslie
started a new combination, starting
Makinen and Olinger, at forward
with Dvorak and Archer guards. The
frosh seemed, to take a new lease on
life in this canto, and baskets by
Makinen, Eberhart and Dvorak
boosted the score 16 to 19 withing a
couple of minutes after the opening
whistle.
Little Alf Makinen began to make
himself obnoxious to the Salem prep
pers about this time, paying partic
ular attention to the slippery Duffy.
Besides making eight points in this
half ho shadowed Duffy so close
that the latter collected but one
field goal in the final 20 minutes.
Dvorak Breaks in Lineup
Ed Dvorak broke in the opening
lineup for tho first time this season
and was the only frosh besides Eb
orhart who played the full route.
Archer played a good floor game
in the last half, making a couple of
difficult baskets, one from the side
and another time jumping out of a
general melee under the frosh bas
ket to slap in a counter.
Beecher and Duffy showed up best
for tho visiting quintet. Duffy,
though a little fellow, handles the
ball like a veteran and can dribble
and shoot with enough skill to make
him a constant scoring threat.
Rooks Tonight at 7:30
The freshmen have now success
fully surmounted the first, and easi
est hurdle of their week-end bas
ketball schedule. Tonight they again
/told forth in McArthur Court where
they will attempt to give the Aggie
rooks a reception similar to the one
meted out to the Salem preppers
last evening.
The game with the rooks starts at
7:30. Lesile will probably use his
new lineup against the Orange year
lings, consisting of Olinger, Makip
cn, Eberhart, Archer and Dvorak.
Horner, Calkins, King, Lillie, Ru
benstein, Stoddard and Walgren all
saw action in the last tilt with the
O. S. Of freshmen and some of them
will undoubtedly get in part of tho
time tonight. At present the fresh
men have suffered two losses from
the rook quintet. Tomorrow they
go to Corvallis for tile final game
of their season.
Aiumni Officers Back
From Trip to Portland
Miss Jeannetto Calkins, alumni
secretary of the University, and
Miss Margaret Boyer, managing edi
tor of Old Oregon, have returned
from Portland, where they attended
a, regional alumni meeting the first
i of the week. i
Shoe Shiners Aequire
Professional Finesse,
Says Wade Newbegin
As a result of the mid-term ex-,
animations held last Wednesday,
Professor Wade Newbegin, S. O. S.,
P>. 0., 1?. IT. I?., and other degrees,
takes pleasure in announcing that
fully three-fifths of his class in
shoe-shining will receive passing
marks.
For two weeks beforo the annual j
Junior Shine Fay, Professor New- j
begin held extensive night classes,
covering every phase of the busi
ness, from administering the polish
to popping the shine rags, until a
professional degree of excellence
was acquired by most of those en
rolled.
Final examinations in the course
will be given privately, the in
structor stated.
Oregon’s Team
On Last Lap of
Debating Tour
30 American Universities
Await Contests With
Globe-T rotters
Some time next Wednesday a ship
will steam past the Statue of Lib
erty into New York harbor bearing
on its deck Benoit McCroskcy, Jack
Hempstead, and Avery Thompson,
three University of Oregon boys who
will be on the last lap of the longest
debate tour ever undertaken by an
American college.
Their hearts will be filled with
gladness at their return to their
native land, their bnggago filled
with movie films, mummy heads, and
other souvenirs of foreign lands, and
their pockets, like tlioso of John the
Baptist, will bo entirely devoid of
the scrip that is so necessary for
existence in modern times.
Proceeding to the office of Thomas
Cook and Son, the debaters will find
there a sheaf of contracts for de
bates with nearly thirty American
universities, the blessings of a
grateful alma mater, and not a dol
lar of expense money. A chilly
February breeze off the harbor will
remind them of the still more chilly
night ahead of them in the park.
Such was the story of ,T. K.
ITorner, University debate coach,
who has thus far striven'in vain to
raise the necessary funds for the
wandering Oregonians.
“The boys need about four hun
dred dollars to start their American
tour,” Mr. Ilorncr said last night.
“We have a lot of contracts, most of
them with guarantees. I have tried
to raise money on them, but so far
I haven’t raised a cent. I wrote
to the boys andHold them that they
would have to sleep in either Hyde
Park or Battery Park, but I recom
mended Hyde Park because it is a
little more sheltered from the sea
breezes.”
Y.W. Cabinet
To Be Chosen
Interviews To Be Basis of
Choice of Directorate
For Work
Interest and Activity
Aim of New System
Secretary
Large Number of Girls To
Try Out for Posts
Selection of members for Y. W.
cabinet will in the future bo made
on the basis of interviews with Miss
Dorothy Thomas, secretary. This
gives every Oregon woman who is
interested in the work an oppor
tunity to take an active part in it
without necessitating previous ex
perience or acquaintance with the
present cabinet group. The time
for the first interview will be next
Friday, February 24.
Any girl who wishos to become a
cabinet member must arrange to
have a conference with Miss Thomas
some time next week. She will ,be
expected to tell why she would like
to bo active in Y work, and what
branch of the activity she would be
most interested in. Any ideas she
may have as to liow that work
should bo carried on should bo given
at that time. Former cabinet mem
bers will try out for places in the
same manner.
Many Aspirants Wanted
“Wo are anxious that a number
of girls try out for theso places be
cause the more competition there is,
the fairer tho final choice is apt to
bo. Above ^11 things, tho girls
should not ,bo afraid to try out tho
first time, anyway. Even though
they know very little about it all
and simply feel interested, they
should see Miss Thomas next week,”
stated Paulino Stewart, president
of Y. W.
The now system was adopted bo
caus'e in the past girls have become
members either because someone
has recommended them highly or
thought them very much interested
in tho work. Sometimes the choice
has boon made on tho basis of past
Y. W. activity, but not always.
This manner of choice eliminated
entirely the girl who was interested
but just didn’t know how to get a
s ■ rt in the work. The new plan
aims to reach such girls and give
them an opportunity.
The information gathered by Miss
Thomas during the interviews will
bo turned over to a committee which
will select tho best material for tho
appointive positions on the cabinet.
Tho names will also be used in
nominating for tho elective offices.
“Like Civil Service”
“The thing is based on tho idea
of civil service, but wo won’t call
it that becauso it sounds rather for
midable,” Miss Stewart stated.
“Even though a girl does not get
the position she seeks, she is almost
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Capable Cast Presents Grim R. U. R.
Production Before Large Audience
By S. C. M.
Fantastic, grim, brilliantly satiri
cal was It. U. it., the melodrama by
Karel* Capek, acted last night by
tho Guild Theater Players, under
the direction of Florence B. Wilbur,
head of tho drama department. That
the cast should attempt such a play,
made famous by Tho Theater Guild
in New York six years ago, and
achieve the distinction and success
that it did last night is a tributo to
the department and to Miss Wilbur.
Outstanding roles were those
pl?yed by Lawrence Shaw as Domin,
general manager of Rossum’s Uni
versal Robots; Constance Roth, as
Helena Glory, tho wife of Domin;
and Cecil Matson in the portrnyal
of Ahjuist, tho architect of tho firm
of R. U. It. Busman, the business
manager, played by Gordon Stearns,
drew much spontaneous laughter
from the audience.
Into the character of young
Harry. Domin, manager of Rossum’s
Universal Robots, automatons which
have all the characteristics of hu
man beings except a soul, and which
are turned out from factories by
the thousands, in the bigger and
better machine age of the futuro
which the drama portrays, Lawrence
Shaw put an assurance and breezy
self-confidence entirely fitting tho
first act. In the second act, ten
years later, when Domin begins to
fear and be haunted by the Robots,
who threaten to dominate tho few
people left on earth, he is distract
ed and uncertain and finally goes
mail. Ho supported tho whole rolo
capably anil with surety.
Constance Roth, versatile actress,
played Helena Glory, representative
of a Humanity League for tho im
provement and enlightenment of Ro
bots, who falls suddenly in love
with the manager of the factory
with sympathy anil skill. Notable
was the bit where she burned tho
formula for the manufacture of
artificial men.
Cecil Matson, as the old archi
tect, who believes in prayer, was
well played, especially in the epi
logue to the play where he trios
desperately to devise again some
formula for making machine men.
Busman, tho business manager,
who, when tho end of humanity was
near, says merely, “Well, I may as
well close my accounts,” and be
gins adding the figures, was por
trayed with humorous skill by Gor
don Stearns.
Sulla, tho Robotess stenographer;
Nana, a maid, and Radius, the lead
er of the Robots in revolt, were
others whose performances stood out
from the whole. Grace Gardner as
the second Helena, and Arthur An
derson as Primus gave a pleasing
touch to the epilogue.
Staging effects and lighting were
unusually well carried out and de
serve especial montion as adding
atmosphere to tho play. The sharp
satire on industrial society which
make the play novel and thought
provoking was evidently appreciated
by tho largo audience, to judge
from applause.