VOLUME XXIX.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, 'WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1928
NUMBER 81
Webfooters
Need Word
Of Oregon Spirit
Send Telegrams to Team
Battling for Second
Place in Conference
i
BULLETIN
The University of Oregon basket
ball team scored a 53 to 42 Victory
over Gonzaga University last night
at Spokane.
By JOE PIGNEY
Telegrams! Send them to a tired
Webfoot basketball team battling
in the north, and needing the
strength or tflie
Oregon spirit to(
keep it at its
keen est playing
form. The Ore
gonians, battered
and weary from
two successive,
conference victor-J
ies and a hard j
tussle with Whit
man College, hre 1
Bghting desperate
Bill Reinhart
ly to maintain undisputed possession
of second place, and have an ex
cellent chance to down the cham
pionship Huskies next Saturday.
Billy Reinhart’s boys meet the
fierce and fast coming Grizzly squad
tomorrow night at Missoula. Tonight
they encounter Gonzaga at Spokane.
Both games will be hard fought,
and the team must be in the proper
frame of mind to defeat the Mon
tanans. Send a telegram.
When Oregon started on its
northern road trip last Thursday,
but two students were at the train
for the customary rally. The team
was disappointed and the coach dis
mayed at the probabilities of the
spuad leaving in a disheartened mood.
There is only one way to make
amends. Send the boys telegrams,
g and lots of them!
The Webfoots ran into a tartar
when they won from Montana in
Eugene, and are considered to be
'barely on even terms with the high
scoring Grizzlies on the Missoula
floor. Montana, wholly unexpectedly,
turned back the invading Oregon
Aggies last Monday, and have at
tained such confidence that they no
longer fear the Webfooters.
A young and inexperienced team,
such as Oregon,, is liable to go to
pieces under the strain of night
after night of competion in enemy
territory. To receive ‘word from
their fellow students, and to realize
that they are being cheered, is equal
to winning the game.
Last year the championship Ore
gon team was defeated by the Van
dals at Moscow. The squad was
dispirited, and two days later was
scheduled to play the title contend
ing Washington team. The Huskies
were favorites, but a host of tele
grams from home encouraged the
team team, and it won by an over
whelming score, CO to 25.
Oregon and Washington have
staged a bitter feud on the maple
court for the last ftmr years. Bill
Reinhart’s outfits have a slight edge,
winning five of the last nine games.
In 1927 the two squads met under
the 3amo conditions as they will
meet this year.
Oregon, with the championship al
ready won, lost to the Huskies on
McArthur court in the final game
of the season for both quintets. The
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Oregon-Philippine Debate Draws Ire
Of United States Secretary of War
Subject of Independence Banned, and Islanders
Find Proposed Tour Cancelled
Last November when the Univer
sity of Oregon world tour debaters
met the University of the Philip
pines on the subject of Philippine
independence, the effects of the
contest were far more widespread
than the islands and the state of
Oregon, Coach J. K. Horner said to
day. The contest provoked so
much discussion that Secretary of
War Davis frowned on the' affair
and notified Henry L. Stimson, gov
ernor-general of the Philippines,
that no more debates on that sub
ject could be tolerated by the gov
ernment.
While in Portland last week-end,
Mr. Horner met S. Saunders Schier,
the United States representative of
a half dozen Filipino newspapers and
advertising agencies, who told him
of the affair.
. “Mr. Schier said thht it was re
t grettable that the debate should
have been held on the subject of
Philippine Independence,” Mr. Hor
ner said. “The Filipinos are so
sensitive on that subject that they
let their sentimental interest inter
fere with their better judgment.
Shortly after the debate the secre
tary of war notified the governor
general to allow no further debates
on that subject in the Philippines.”
The action of the American gov
ernor is also given as cause for the
cancellation of the University of^the
Philippines debate team tour. “Not
long ago I received a telegram from
the Philippines asking for a de
ibate on the independence question,”
Mr. Horner said. “I did not accept,
because I suspicioned unofficially
that their tour would be cancelled
by the war department. This has
been the ease, Mr. Schier said. Pre
sumably it was considered a matter
of expediency in accord with our
present foreign policy.”
R. C. A. Inaugurates
United States-China
Radio Connections
(By United Press)
MANILA, P. I. Fob. 21.— The
opening of direct commercial radio
service between America and Shang
hai was announced here today by
C. H. Nance, far eastern representa
tive of the Badio Corporation of
America.
The entry of the American cor
poration into the transmission of
cross-ocean messages is said to be
the first inroad upon monopolistic
holdings of the British and Danish
Telegraph Company in China. The
opening of the radio circuit will af
ford American commercial interests
communication at greatly reduced
costs.
Fistic Champs
Tangle Punches
In Donut Meet
Five Bouts Are Scheduled
For Final Rouud
On Thursday
In the realm of fistic fisticuffs,
the boxing room of the men’s gym
nasium, jabs and hooks featured the
four bouts of semi-finals yesterday
afternoon. Gainer and Patton, in
the heavyweight class, exchanged
punches in three rounds of a torrid
battle. Both men were fast and
showed considerable fistic ability.
Gainer was given the decision by a
slight advantage in points.
In the opening match Chapman,
135, tangled with Whitney, 130, in
a slow bout. Chapman was given
the decision. In the second heavy
weight bout “Tiny” Wade was de
feated by Harrington. In the 126
pound class Bailey was given the
decision over Wilkinson.
The final round of the tournament
will be run off Thursday afternoon
at, 4 o’clock in the boxing room of
the men’s gymnasium. Five bouts
are scheduled: 125 pounds, Moore
and Bailey; 135 pounds, Chapman
and O’Keefe; 145 pounds, Weber
and Knox; 165 pounds, Wright and
Kelley; heavyweights, Gainer and
Herrington.
Three preliminary bouts were run
off Monday afternoon. Bailey and
Moore fought three rounds to, a
draw. Bailey won his bout in the
semi-finals yesterday and will meet
Moore again in the finals Thursday
afternoon. In the 145 pound di
vision Knox was given the decis
ion over Bruce. Wilkinson also gain
ed the decision over Faust in the
lightweight class.
Ted Gillen waters
Appointed Assistant
District Attorney
Ted Gillenwaters, who received
his degree from the law school last
spring, has been appointed deputy
district attorney for Klamath county
to fill a vacancy left by the resigna
tion of U. S. Balentine, according
to word from Kalamth Falls.
Gillenwaters since his graduation
last spring has been practicing law
in the offices of D. Y. Kuykendall,
Klamath Falls. He was appointed
to the assistant district attorney
job by William M. Duncan, county
prosecutor, after Balentine, the in
cumbent, was forced to resign be
cause of other duties. Gillenwaters
will continue his individual practice
besides doing the county work.
Orchestra to
Give Program
At Assembly
First Number To Be Taken
From Charles Francis
Gounod’s Opera
Program Will Consist
Of Only Five Parts
Underwood To Direct
Musical Hour
The University orchestra, con
ducted by Rex Underwood of the
school of music, will have charge of
the assembly hour Thursday morn
ing. Tho program, which in con
sideration of time must be neces
sarily short, will consist of only
five parts:
1. March, La Reine do Saba.
.Gounod
2. Andante from the “Surprise
Symphony” .._. Haydn
3. Violin solos:
(a) The Swan .Saint-Saens
(b) Capricieuse . Bass
i. Gopak . Moussorgsky
5. Overturo to “Freischutz”.
..C. M- von Weber
The opening number is taken from
Charles Francis Gounod’s unfortu
nato opera, La Reine de Saba, or
The Queen 'of Sheba, from which
few musical selections have sur
vived.
About the second part of the
program, a quaint little story is
written. It seems that in Vienna, a
certain Count Esterhazy used to
accuse Hayden of “composing dull
music. Therefore, Hayden created
the “Surprise Symphony” to play
before the count’s court, and just
when tho audience was being lulled
to sleep-by the dreamy Andante, ho
suddenly struck a crashing chord,
just where least expected, startled
the court, and changed Esterhazy’s
mind in radical fashion. Hence,
the name “Surprise.”
Fourth Part “Gopak”
“Gopak,” or the fourth part, may
be rated, perhaps, as the most pop
ular number Mouisorgsky has ever
written, for curiously enough, al
most any music-loving audience can
recognize the melody, though few
can tell the name of its composer.
He seems, from all reports, to haVe
been a 19th century musician with
a 20th century mind; for although
he died in 1881, his namo is men
tioned often as belonging to the
“ultra-modern Russian school.”
Overture Very Old
The overture to “Freischutz,”
though written a hundred and eight
years ago, seems to have improved
with age, judging from its book
ing at concerts. The word “Freis
ehutz” is German for Free Marks
man, which in this particular case
refers to a hunter who uses free or
charmed bullets which fly to the
mark themselves, without depending
on the sharpshooting ability of the
hunter’s aim.
Under the directorship of Profes
sor Underwood, the orchestra has
continued to improve steadily. Each
year new members are added to
take the place of graduating stu
dents, and although, according to
the hello book, no saxophones are
used, the hall has always been well
crowded at each annual assembly
when the orchestra played.
Geography Classes
Visit Woolen Mills Here
The three economic geography
sections, accompanied by James Sto
vall, geography laboratory assistant,
took trips Monday and Tuesday of
this week to the Eugene Woolen
Mills where they saw the entire
process of the manufacture of wool.
The classes are taking up at pres
ent the study of a raw product in
its stages of production. At the
woolen mills they had the opportun
ity of seeing the raw wool go in
the plant, tracing it through until
it came out as the finished produc
tion in the form of a woolen blanket.
“We ate thinking of taking the
classes to the quicksilver mines,
when the weather becomes better,”
said Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of
the geology department.
Harpist and Quartet
To Give Concert Soon
Ruth Lorraine Close, Portland
Symphony harpist, will give a con
cert in conjunction with the Under
wood string quartet, on Tuesday ev
ening, March 6. Mrs. Close is well
known in musical circles throughout
the Northwest.
Numbers to be presented by Mrs.
Close and the program of the quar
tet will be announced later.
Oregana Workers Are
Requested To Turn in
Receipt Books Today
All Orcgana subscription money
must be turned into the Oregana
office between the hours of 4 and
6 o’clock this afternoon, according
to word from Jack W. Benefiel,
graduate manager.
Those who have not already pur
chased their yearbook are urged to
do so this morning; and those who
worked on the drive must turn in
their books during the office hours
this afternoon.
It is necessary at this tilne to
get a complete check on the num
ber of books sold, and in order to
do this all subscription books and
money must be in the hands of the
circulation manager and the gradu
ate manager, it is stated.
Those who still have receipt
books out are: Agnes Ferris, Alpha
Xi Delta: Charlotte Kiefer, Chi
Omega^ Dorothy Bello Endieott,
Delta Gamma; Helen Peters, Kappa
Alpha Theta; Maryhelen Koupal,
Kappa Delta; Rose Abrams, Ore^n
club; Ruth Field, Pi Beta Phi;
Mary Kirkwood, Thatcher Cottage;
Margaret Watson, Three Arts club;
Jesse Douglas, Kappa Sigma; Keith
Hall, Beta Theta Pi; Keith McGuire,
Bachelordon; Crosby Owens, Chi
Psi; Joe Roberts, .Delta Tau Delta;
Alex Scott, Friendly Hall; Dean
Creath, Phi Delta Theta; William
Dielschneider, Phi Gamma Delta;
Roy Herndon, Phi Kappa Psi; and
Gordon Miller, Psi Kappa.
Family Tree of
Nation’s Father
Being Traced
Washington Ancestry Put
Back to Twelfth
Century
LONDON, Feb. 21.—(Copyright
by the United Press;—George Wash
ington ’s ancestry has been traced
back to the 12th century in England.
Interesting light on his ancestry is
being discovered by the well known
English geologist, John Graham.
Under the direction of Dr. Albert
Bushnell Hart of Harvard Univer
sity, he is trying to discover the
earliest beginning of the Washing
ton family in England.
■ “It is quite generally believed
now,” said Graham today, “that the
founder of the family was one “Wil
Iia.m De Hertburn, who lived in the
village of Washington in Durham
county in 1180. The work that I
have been doing brings the Wash
ington pedigree down to the year
1300.”
I Graham wants to get in touch
with anyone in England who has
relics of statistical information bear
ing on the early history of the Wash
ington'family.
“Direct descent is shown to the
Washington family by Milburne
Westmoreland,” Graham Baid. “The
Washington family was largely yeo
men, and among its members wore
many distinguished persons with a
coat of arms that is well known.”
President A. B. Hall
Goes to Seattle for
Today’s Inaugural
President Arnold Bennett Hall
left Monday evening for Seattle,
Washington, to attend the.inaugura
tion of Matthew Lyle Spencer, pres
ident of the University of Wash
ington, today. Dr. Hall returned
Sunday from Medford. Yesterday
he addressed the Knights of the
Round Table, an organization of
business men, in Portland. His sub
ject was the University of Oregon,
and ho described work being done
here.
Friday, February 24, Dr. nail will
speak before alumni of the Uni
versity of Oregon and of Reed Col
lego at the Woman’s club in Port
and. Tho role of the church in
civic training will be the topic of
his address. This will be one of a
lecture series sponsored by alumni
groups of Oregon and Eeed.
Walter Barnes Tells
Of Russian Situation
Walter C. Barnes, professor of
history, compared the political situ
ation in Russia today with that of
the last years of the Czarist regime,
in an informal talk before the Ore
gon chapter of Sigma Delta Chi at
the Anchorage Tuesday noon. Pro
fessor Barnes expressed the opin
ion that the recession from Marxian
doctrines involved in the “new
economic policy” is meant to be
j but temporary by the communist
leaders.
Judges Pick
Choruses For
Junior Revue
Pony and Beauty Groups
Selected; About 200
Girls Try Out
Opening Rehearsal
Set for 7:30 Tonight
Men’s Tryouts Scheduled
For This Evening
Selections of the 24 girls who will
make up the Pony ami Beauty
choruses for the Junior Revue were
announced by the judges yesterday
after the last of the preliminary try
outs had been held Monday.
The Beauty Chorus will include:
Helen Loomis, Nancy Luckel, Dewey
Baker, Mahalah Kurtz, Ruth De
Neffo, Edith Bader, Virginia Moore,
Zepha Rogers, Prances Simkins, Au
drey Lyons, Myra Belle Palmer, and
Alice Latture.
On the Pony Chorus are: Mary
Ann Hart, Dorris Pugslev, Prances
White, Avis Hartson, Bernice But
ler, Eleanor Look, Dorothy Burke,
Janice Clark, Hariet Huglison, Mary
Caniparoli, rhyllis Van Kinnuoll,
and Bonita Tichcnor.
Two Sizes Picked
Both the tall and short types of
beauty will bo represented on the
two choruses. The Beauty Chorus
will be composed of the taller girls,
while those in the Pony Chorus rep
resent the other typo which was
used in the Vodvil last year.
More interest and enthusiasm were
shown this year in the three pre
liminary tryouts than ever before.
Approximately 200 aspirants tried
out before- the judges before the
lucky 24 were chosen. Competition
was exceptionally close and required
the careful deliberation of the
judges.
The judges who had charge of the
tryouts were: Billy O’Brvant, chair
man of the Junior Revue, and the
dance committee of the Revue, which
consists of Camille Burton, Leonard
Thomson, and Francis Mullens.
Rehearsals Begin Tonight
Rehearsals for tho two choruses
will b'egin immediately, tho iirst
one boing scheduled for tonight at
7:30 in tho Woman’s building. Mem
bers of both choruses are requested
to be there promptly on time.
Further tryouts for parts in the
men’s chorus will also be held to
night from 7 to 7:30 in the Woman’s
building. The men will be given
individual trials.
Spring Term To Open
March 26; Penalty Is
Fixed for Late Filing
Notices concerning the filing of
information cards at the beginning
of the new term will not bo sent
to each individual student as has
been the case prior to this coming
term. Information cards musf. be
filed by each student in person on
Monday, March 26, the opening day
of the spring term. Notices of this
ruling will be sent to each living
organization and will be posted in
the various libraries, but students
will have no individual reminders.
The penalties for late filing aro
sevo-re. $1.00 will be charged for the
first day late, $2.00 for the second
day, $7.00 for one week late filing
and further penalty on the same
scale.
Information cards are obtained- at
j the Administration building on re
gistration day. Programs may be
-bang*! on the first'day without
extra charge, after the first day,
one dollar must be paid for each
course added. Saturday, April 7,
will bo the last day of the term on
which courses can be added.
Students are again remindod by
Karl M. "Pallett, registrar, to be sure
that their program corresponds with
the classes they are attending, as
no credit is ever given for a sub
ject that is not on the program.
April Frolic Changed
From April 7 to 14
April Frolic date this year has
beta postponed from April 7 to
April 14, according to announcement
made yestwday by Frances Plimp
ton, vice president of the Women's
League and chairman of its social
committee. The affair, sponsored
annually by the league and given
exclusively for the women of the
campus, was postponed to the later
date because of the confliction of
the first with Easter week-end.
Announcement of the various com
mittees for the event and complete
plans for this year’s party will be
made soon, said Miss Plimpton.
Class Experiments
In Proper Individual
Style of Appearance
The class in Dress Design I is do
ing some original experimental work
on problems of dress and appearance,
under the direction of Victoria Ava
kian, head of the department of in
dustrial arts of tho school of ar
chitecture and allied arts. Miss
Avakian believes that this work
will be of great personal benefit to
the students, for they aro using each
other as subjects for experimenta
tion.
Different styles of hairdress are
being tried in an effort to obtain a
hair line which will correspond be
comingly to the shape of face and
head of each individual, Miss Ava
kian explained. Color and^ line of
dresses and other wearing apparel
are being given a rather extensive
study, in an effort to enable the
girls to select tho clothes which will
correctly express their individual
personalities. The girls are actually
trying on clothes, so that they can
find out just what kind of dresses
they can wear, as well as what kind
they cannot.
The kind of clothes which aro
suitable for each occasion will also
bo given attention.
Friendly Suit
Filed in Court
To Settle Law
Validity of New Act Under
Which Dormitory Planned
Will Be Tested
A suit to determine the validity
of the Oregon law, passed in 1927,
by which the University of Oregon
and Oregon Agricultural College
were authorized to construct build
ings to be paid for out of receipts,
was filed in circuit court of Eugene
Tuesday by Marion F. MicClain,
manager of the University Co-op
store. The action in what is termed
a “friendly, suit,” and was filed'
agairfSt the University Board of Re
gents in Mr. McClain’s name be
cause he is a tax payer. Potter and
King are representing Mr. McClain,
while Teal, Winfrec, McCulloek and
Shuler of Portland are representing
the University.
Regardless of the outcomo of the
case, which will be heard Thursday,
the suit will be carried to the su
preme court as soon as possible, so
that the validity of the law can bo
determined and the bonds to raise
funds for the dormitory issued. Ap
proximately $300,000 will be needed,
although in the action the sum is set
at $400,000.
In the eomjplnint Mr. McClain
seeks to enjoin the regents of tho
University from issuing bonds under
chapter 289 of the Oregon laws of
1927. The claim is made that the
law is unconstitutional since it
creates a debt, in excess of $00,000.
So far no one has seen any flaw
in the enabling act, but before bonds
are issued the university and tho ag
ricultural college wished to be sure
that no legal entanglements may
arise later.
Burt Brown Barker
Was Premier Debater
At Chicago University
The University of Oregon has
obtained a true friend of forensic
actvities in the person of Burt
Brown Barker, according to J. K.
Horner, debato coach, who met the
new- vice-president in Portland last
week-end.
“Mr. Barker was a member of the
convention that founded Delta
I Sigma Rho, national honorary de
[bate fraternity, at Chicago in April,
1906 Mr. Ilorner said. “In the
history of the society it is recorded
that Barker spoke at length before
the convention, arguing that the
new organization should bo chris
tened the ‘Platform Club’ instead
of Delta Sigma Rho.”
As a student in the law school of
the University of Chicago the new
vice-president was a member of the
debato team for several years, Mr.
Horner said. His most memorable
contest was one in which Chicago
defeated her old rival, tho Univer
sity of Michigan. Mr. Barker’s
colleague in that debate was Wil
liam Lyon Maekenzie-King, the
present premier of Canada, who
was also a law student at Chicago
at that time.
Christian Scientists
To Meet on Tuesdays
Meetings of Christian Science So
ciety in Murray Warner library,
third floor of Woman’s building, aye
held the first and third Tuesday of
every mouth, and not Wednesday,
as was previously announced.
Guild Theatre
Class Ready
To Stage Play
‘Lady Windermere’s Fan,’
By Wilde, Due Thursday
And Friday
Large Black Lace Fan
Forms Central Theme
Helen Allen, Mary Duckett
Carry Leads
The fourth Guild theater play of
the year is to ho given this week
end when members of the dramatic
interpretation class will present,
under the direction of Miss Florence
E. Wilbur, Oscar Wilde’s play,
‘Lady Windermere’s Fan.”
The theme of the play is centered
around a largo black lace fan carried
by Helen Allen, who is taking tho
role of Lady Windermere.
In the four acts of stinging social
satire there is a splendid opportun
ity for effective staging and cos
tuming. Mrs. Erlynne, played by
Mary Duckett, will wear an elab
orate gown of chanel mode in tho
second act, and in the fourth act a
brilliant Chinese negligee will bo
used in the costuming.
In the second act, a scene in tho
reception hall off the ballroom, many
of England’s elite, beautifully
gowned, will lend a stately and aris
tocratic atmosphere. Strnins of
violin and harp music, drifting in
from the adjoining room, will offer
an alluring background for the
scene.
Morning Room Scene
The first act and tho fourth aro
in Lady Windermere’s morning room,
and tho third act, where a great
deal of action takes place, is in
Lord Darlington’s apnrtment. Hugh
Logan, as Lord Darlington, is in
love with Lady Windermere.
Lord Windermere, tho tall, non
chalant Englishman, is played by
Merrill Swenson. Harriett Hawkins,
in tho role of the Duchess of Ber
wick, will portray the overbearing
and scheming mother of a quiet
daughter who responds to her
mother’s many questions with a
trite but humorous “yes, Mama.”
Oast of Characters
Tho cast includes:
Lord Windermere—Merrill Swen
son.
Lord Darlington—Hugh Logan.
Lord Augustus—Marshal Hopkins.
Cecil Graham—Jack Waldron.
Mr. Dumby—Merle Benedict.
Mr. Hopper—Vcral Wright.
Parkei—John Konigshoefer.
Lady Windermere—Helen Allen.
Duchess of Berwick — Harriett
Hawkins.
Lady Agatha—Virginia Coke.
Lady Plymdale—Frederica War
ren.
i -idy Jedburgh—Esther Seager.
Lady stutficld—Sylvana Edmonds.
Lady Cowper - Cowper — Anne
Dolph.
Mrs. Erlynne—Mary Duckett.
Rosalie—Maybellc Beekly.
Miss Graham — Evelyn Erickson.
Lady Merton—Margaret Frank.
Lady Eglantine—Pauline Lehman.
Lady Paisley—Zelle Ruble.
Lord Paisley—Frank Jackson.
Lady Silvertown — Florence Tol
man.
Lady Thurston—Ruby Hayes.
Lady Bowdou—Margaret Munsey.
Lord Bowden-*—Arthur Anderson.
Mr. Rufford—Glenn Potts.
James Roy ton—Paul Jacot.
Guy Berkeley—Larry Shaw.
The atmospheric music will be
furnished by Emily Williams at the
harp and Mary Burton, violinist.
Tickets for the play may be ob
tained between 2 and 5 o ’clock at
the box office of Guild theater to
day, Thursday and Friday. TJie
curtain will riso promptly at 8
o’clock Thursday and Friday eve
nings, according to J. Alden Wood
worth, business manager.
Philosophy Club Plans
Meeting Next Monday
....The Philosophy club, which is an
open discussion group for those in
j terested in philosophy, will hold a
meeting in the Woman's building
next Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock.
Two papers of interest will be
read and discussed. Dr. H. G. Ttfwn
send, professor of philosophy, will
read “Pragmatism of Peirce and
Hegel,” and William Stephen Hop
kins, graduate assistant in econom
ics, will present a paper on ^Utili
tarianism in Econortncs.” Dr. George
Kebpc of the department of philo
sophy has charge of these meetings,
and interested students are asked
to attend.
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