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VOLUME XXIX. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1928 NUMBER 82 McEwan’s Grid Ability Vouched For by Garbiscli Former Football Star Center Visits Eugene; All-American in 1924 By RICHARD II. STRING Sports Editor If there is any doubt in your mind that Captain John J. McEwan doesn’t know very much about foot ball and that he_ will not turn out a winning team next year, just ask Edgar W. Garbisch. This young gentleman, if you remember, was all-American football center in 192-t. He was a Eugene visitor yesterday. Perhaps there is no one any more Coach McEwan quamieu to pass judgment on Ure gon’s grid mentor than Garbisch. It was while McEwan was line coach at West Point that Garbisch matricu lated from Washington and Jeffer son College. He played guard in college but McEwan, former all American center himself, shifted Ed to center four years. “When McEwan was appointed head coach at West Point it was a big bo-on to our school,” said Gar bisch. “Up to this time we had played a sort of antiquated brand 1 of football. He got right a hold of the team and started the modern game, replacing some of the brawn with speed. He drilled the team in fundamentals, and by the next season we were mighty hard to beat. It takes time to institute a new style of football and I look for the Captain to have a good team next year. He knows football and knows how to get the best out of his men, and I’m sure that just as soon as his system is well established he’ll turn out winners,” remarked Gar bisch. To visit Coach McEwan wasn’t the -only purpose of Garbisch’s visit in Eugene. He used to pas3 back the football but is now passing out nice words in favor of Post Produce Company, Incorporated, off New 1 ork, of which he1 is sales manager of the institution’s sales depart ment. The Post Produce Company, by the way is maker of Post Toast- i ies and what not, which Cjarbiseh now freely admits helped make him an all-American football player. He ! graduated from West Point in 1925 j and was stationed at Port Hum phreys, Virginia, until 1926, when he resigned to take his present po- j sition. His present tour calls for | a visit to most of all the large, (Continued on page three) ‘Ask Me Another’ Is New ‘Game’ Played By Zoology Class “Ask Mo Ann+hcr” is the latest * 1 G craze of vanced zoo is very sim “What’s i pointing to s inner ana ton simple,” one wers, “it’s th other.” “Con “Try this.” ‘ wcr given by tl By and by little more diffit reporter was th R. Huestis’ ad ass. The scheme works like this, says Dr. Huestis, cific part of the i cat. “That’s i students ans . Ask me an savs Huestis. - ” is the ans g intellectual, ■stions got 'a ey forgot the id the faces of the students grew less and less hopeful. “Name this,” said Huestis with his best smile. “Er—er, oh, ask me another,” was the response. Junior Chorus Of Twelve Men Land in Yodvil Men Chosen for Dancing Ability; Rehearsal To Start Soon The following 12 men have been selected for the men's chorus of the Junior Vodvil: Johnny Ander son, Kenton Case, Marshall Hopkins, Oeorge Jackson, John Konigshofer, Kenny Allen, Phillip Holmes, Ed ward Walker, Allen Boyden, Dan Maginnis, Kenneth Potts, and Ralph Owens. These men were selected from a group of 60 who tried out for the chorus and were chosen becahse of their dancing ability. Final selec tions were made Wednesday night by the dance committee of the Jun ior Vodvil after two tryouts. The dance committee tried to se lect men as near six feet tall as possible and for that reason litany good dancers who would otherwise have been chosen had to give way to the taller men. However the committee wishes to announce that both men and women who have tried out for the choruses will be needed in skits. The first rehearsal for the men’s chorus will be held in the near fu ture through the columns of the Emerald. The committee which selected the men’s chorus was composed of Lin Thompson, Camille Burton and Frances Mullins. Mrs. Henry Davis 111; Reported Much Better Mrs. Henry Davis, director of die Halls of residence for the Uni versity, was taken to the Mercy lospital Wednesday afternoon, fol owing the onset of what threatened ,o be pneumonia. She was reported slightly better Thursday evening. 'Lady Windermere’s Fan9 Pleases Critic; Several New Stars Shine By ALICE GORMAN Lady Windermere’s Fan — and again Florence E. Wilbur, director of dramatics, lias achieved a success in her production of Oscar Wilde’s clever play. Her material, being the beginning class in dramatics, proved themselves excellently and the pro duction discovered several stars who will shine brilliantly in Oregon’s dramatic firmament in the future. The Duchess of Berwick, played by Harriet Hawkins; and Mrs. Erl ynne, impersonated by Mary Duck ett, were unquestionably the out-, standing characters of the evening’s production. Miss Hawkins assumed the dignity of rich royalty together I with its legacy of the wagging tongue honeyed with sweet flattery and scheming maternity—quite ex cellently satisfied, too, by Veral Wright as Cecil Graham—with the ease of a professional. Guild Thea tre Players may yet find a worthy successor for Constance Roth. Miss Duckett's part was especially diffi cult as the notorious woman of gos sip, and the mother of Lady Winde mere, though that is unknown to all but her self and Lord Windermere. She carried a long and intense emo tional speech without losing her grip cn her audience. It was a delicate thing to do and was admirably done. Her poise and interpretation were almost flawless. Marshall Hopkins as Lord Augus tus was a typical Englishman with his “deucedlys” and “damns” af fected so well as to appear almost natural; and his gullibility really pleased his audience. Jack Waldron as Cecil Graham had the cleverest lines in the play but a more sophisticated and un conscious languor would have given it more of a spark. Virginia Coke as Lady Agatha, Duchess Berwick’s eligible daughter, acted whole unwritten volumes in her facial expressions and her one oft repeated line, “Yes, mama.” Veral Wright as Mr. Hopper, Lady Agatha’s suitor, was the most per fect English lord, even to the fault less handling of his monocle, and Hugh Logan as Lord Darlington was not unsuccessful in his part. He has that indefinable tiling called stage presence, and a great grace in bow ing himself off the stage which holds much promise. Sometimes his lines became “acted,” but as a whole he was commendable. The part of Lady Windermere was undoubtedly the most difficult to portray and it demanded a seasoned dramatist’s experience to carry it over. Miss Allen would have done a better in a year or two. Almost the same could be said of Merrill Swenson's part as Lord Windermere. They were hardly the parts for be ginners to attempt but such being considered, they did well. The numerous Lords and Ladies who made the formal dinner scene so picturesque were splendid ex amples of excellent costuming. In fact, all the costuming was praise worthy, and as usual Miss Wilbur’s stage settings and lighting effects were indicative of her genius, and compliments are due the entire pro ducing staff. Much may be anticipated of next year’s “Theatre Guild Players” which will be composed to a large degree cf this class for Lady Win dermere’s Fan was a success anil Miss • Wilbur has scored another point. Co-op Shows Big Increase In Business Audit Reveals $5000 Gain In Store’s Receipts During 1927 General Interest Book Stock To Be Increased Transportation Cost Held High at Oregon An increase of approximately i $5000 in the gross receipts of the Co-op is indicated in the annual auditor’s report, submitted to the board of directors of the store re cently. Tile business is reported on a stable and growing basis. A quarterly audit of the many ac counts of the business is made by the auditing company in order to afford ample protection to the As sociated Students. The Eugene au diting company of Collins, Brown Sr Co., prepared the report. The total receipts for the year ending December 31, 1927, were $80,541.43, as compared with $74, 863.58 for the year 1926. Since 1923 a gradual increase in gross re ceipts of the store is noted in the annual reports. In 1923, $61,399.00; in 1924, $62,301.00; and in 1925, $69,110.52 were the totals of gross leceipts of the store. The growth is explained by the normal growth in the enrollment in the University, and the watchful care and cautious extension of the scope of the bus iness by the management. Check Fee Contributes In the fiscal year of 1927, the Co op paid back to the students for credit coupons $1,734.85. A coupon honored for 5 per cent of its face value is issued with each cash pur chase at the store. One of the interesting sources of receipts was the 25 cents fee charg ed for returned checks. Four run dred and eighty-fivo of these slips of paper netted, the Associated Stu dents $121.25. The large number of these returned checks makes an ad ditional bookkeeping burden for the Co-op business force, hence the fee. The stoic carries a stock which averages approximately $26,000 in value throughout the school year. At the opening of the fall term it was necessary to have on hand $50, 000 worth of books and supplies to meet the rush of the students for initial supplies with which to start the year. uenerai books m Demand Tlie board of directors of the Co op at their recent meeting decided to increase the stocks of books of general interest. The demand for books other than text books has been so insistent and growing that the management oP the store has seen fit to increase the stock in or der to meet the demand. M. II. McClain, manager of the Co-cp will attend the Pacific coast conference of college bookstore man agers in Seattle on March 15 and 10 to discuss the problems of the enterprises on the coast. The board of directors of the store expressed commendation for the attitude taken by members of the faculty in placing orders for books for various courses, and prais ed the cooperation evidenced on the part of various professors in deter mining the actual needs of their classes. Margin of Profit Low “The University of Oregon Co-op store is probably placed in the most disadvantageous position,"from the viewpoint of transportation costs, of any university bookstore in (Continued on page three) Prominent Chicago | Churchman To Lead Vespers This Sunday Dr. C. R. Wheeland of Chicago will read the service at vespers, Sunday, February 26, at 4:30, in the music auditorium. „ , Dr. Wheeland is a prominent lead er of the Presbyterian church, and recently has been engaged in insti tute work in Washington^ D. C. He will conduct services at the local Presbyterian church the coming week, and will then go to Berkeley to engage in similar work. The mixed quartet of Central Presbyterian church will sing two numbers, “Fear Xot Ye O Israel,” by Spicher, and “I Hear Thy Voice,” by Edith Lang. The per sonnel of the quartet includes: Mrs. T. A. Pearson, soprano; Mrs. E. E. Wyatt, contralto; John B. Siefert, tenor; and Herschel D. Scott, bass. Gladys Grant will be the organist for the serviee. Geology Students Display Marvelous World Knowledge “Why Geology Students Flunk— and How.” A book the size of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary might be written With this title by the geology grader consisting main ! lv of quotations from exam papers, j They keep him amused. Locations of famous European ' cities in Mexico, mountains invented jand given the names of eitie^ and ' plateaus in the East situated in Ore gon, are a few of the examples of the strange quirks the minds of students take during exams. In defining an “intermediate vol cano,” one students wrote: “One [that hasn’t erupted for some time, j but still has a chance.” According to the geography of some students, Berlin is somewhere in Texas or along the Mexican bor der, and the Deccan plateau, sup posed to be in India, has recently moved, it seems, to the plains of eastern Oregon. One man defined a desert ns a “dry, sandy climate,” and another iiisistod that the Aurora Borealis is in the southern hemisphere. The aphelion, which is the major axis of the orbit of the earth, was defined as everything from a type of religion to a prehistoric.race of men. One exam papers reads: “Geosyn cline—the settling of sediment on a weak spot thus making the weight press the earth more compact, thus making less distance between the gas and the surface, causing the eruption to rise and break out.” Webfoot Squad Defeats Grizzly In Fast Contest Montana Leads at' Half But Oregon Rallies To Win, 32-30 MISSOULA, Mrr'nt., WR 3a. — (Special to the Emerald.)— After trailing the University of Montana baskcteers £1-17 at half time, the Webfoot hoopsters came back strong in the final period and emerged with a 32-30 victory. This is the fifth straight win for the Oregon team on the present road trip. Kain, who played n great game at center for the Grizzlies, opened the scoring with a short shot. Rid ings retaliated, but Montana again took the lead and held if until late in the last half. Long shots featur ed the play of both teams through out the game. Ridings led the Ore gon attack with 16 counters while Kain with 13 points scored high fot the Grizzlies. Summary: Oregon (32) .. . FG FT Chastain, F . 1 0 Milligan, F . 2 2 Reynolds, C . 1 0 Edwards, C . 2 'l . 0 1 . 0 0 . 0 0 . 7 2 McCormick, Epps, G .. Bally, G .... Ridings, G G Totals . Montana (30) Overturf, F Chinske, F .. Brown, F .... Lewis, F . Kain, C . Rule, C . Windt, G . Rankin, G .. .13 6 FG FT ..3 1 .. 1 0 .. 1 0 .. 0 0 .. 6 0 .. 0 0 . 0 1 .. 1 3 Totals .'..12 5 With the Montana victory, Oregon is assured of second place in the northern section of the Pacific coast conference. Tho| Webfootefs are conceded an excellent chance to de feat the championship winning Washington team at Seattle tomor row night. The Husky tilt is the last one of the 1928 season for Oregon. Rein hart ’s team has shown surprising stiength on its northern road jaunt, winning five successive games, Three of these were conference tilts. Gordon Ridings, with a total of 16 points against the Grizzlies, is back in the running for high point honors of the league, and for place on the all-coast five. Miss Burgess Leaves For Brother’s Bedside Miss Julia Burgess of the English department left on the noon train Thursday for Portland, en route to the bedsde of her brother, Edward Burgess, who is seriously ill in a New York City hospital. He is her only brother, a retired college pro fessor. Classes taught by Miss Burgess will be in charge of Walter Kidd until her return, which will prob ably not be until next term. Student Body Enjoys Music At Assembly Rex Underwood Directs Orchestra in Annual Presentation M. Engstrom’s Solos Bring Long Applause Horn Duet in ‘Freiscliutz’ Attracts Comment The University orchestra played before a full house during assembly hour yesterday morning; no yawns whatever were apparent, and even after the crescendo climax of the last number, the students still lin gered and clamored for moro. Violins rather predominated the first part of Gounod’s La Heine do Saba-—or “The Queen of Sheba,” contrary to what one usually expects of a march; but Hex Underwood’s directing saved any possible dull ness, and set the feet of the audi ence tapping. In tho next Andante from the “Surprise” Symphony, however, string music gave just the proper lulling effect before tho unexpected part where tho chord comes crash ing down. Not knowing that this rather violent part was instituted by Hayden a long time ago to surprise a certain Count Esterhazy, who ac cused his music' of being dull, a cer tain freshman of the upper dock saw the fun of the crash, and gig gled. But when the same chord was repeated after that, in dimuendo fashion, and tho violins came sing ing in to accompany it, their laugh ter changed to applause. Violin Solos Praised Three violin solos, played by Gwendolyn Hayden, also brought a full hand of praise from the stu I dents, . even though one unskilled ! freshman,. forgot himself again as the player announced the name and composer of her last encore—“Hills,” by Cecil Burleigh. It began with [soft undulations, reminiscent per haps of monotonous, rolling hills, with occasionally a few legato notes from the piano creeping timidly in. Of Mussorgsky’s “Gopak,” the name alone ought to be sufficient, as few indeed are the people who can keep their feet still at the stac cato lilt of the tune. And presently the singing chirp of the violins went out of its staccato style, and the melody was taken over by the wind section of the orchestra. Judged by the amount of applause, however, perhaps the greatest credit should go to the “Overture to lfreis chutz,” Von Weber’s concert piece, which elided Mr. Underwood’s pro gram. Final Number Surprises An unusual thing it was, and those who know German may have recognised Freischutz as meaning a hunter who uses charmed bullets that fly unaided to the mark, re gardless of the skill of an aim. The violins, contrary to the usual order, played a very low, soft accompani ment to a very fascinating horn duet that came cutting through their low monotone, like a call, perhaps, at the start of a hunt. Another proof of the program’s merit was the fact that students re mained long in their places after the last number, clapping heartily, instead of darting through the doors, according to instinct, for the usual lunch run home. Idaho Geologist Talks To Sigma Xi’s Tonight “The Geology of Idaho” will be the topic of the address Professor L>. C. Livingston, of the University of Idaho, to members of Sigma Xi and the Sigma Xi club of O. S. C. at their joint meeting tonight at 8 o’clock in Ida Heady. Anyone in terested in the subject is invited to attend, according to W. I’. Boyn ton, secretary of the Oregon chap ter of Sigma Xi. Preceding the meeting there will be a banquet at the Osburn hotel for the two groups. Dean Lawrence Is Speaker in Portland Ellis F- Lawrence, dean of the University school of architecture and allied arts, spoke before the annual Building Congress, which met in Portland last Tuesday evening, on “The Congress Movement in the United States.” Dean Lawrence is regional di rector of the Oregon Building Con gress, a branch of the American Construction Council, of which Franklin Iloosevelt i3 president. University Debaters ‘Shiver,’ ‘Starve’ ‘Sleep on Benches’ Wliile sundry efforts are being made on the campus to provide the necessary funds for the University World Tour Debaters to begin their American tour, those three Oregon lads are desperately pacing the streets of old New York, shivering in the chill February sea breeze off Long Island Sound, the pangs of hunger gnawing at them, and their pockets empty of cash, though filled | with debate contracts with nearly thirty American Universities. The Oregon students arrived in New York Tuesday, according to Coach J. K. Horner, who received a telegram “collect” from McCros key yesterday. “Arrived yesterday p. m.,” the telegram read. “Slept in Central park last night. Hempstead caught •cold because the sluts on his bench were so far apart that a draft was created. Had fifteon cents for breakfast, and bought hot cakes, each of us taking one. Waitress objected to bringing three plates, but we had all the sirup we wanted. Send some cash as soon as possible. Wo can’t keep this up much longer.” The debaters need about four hundred dollars to start their tour, Mr. Horner said. They have con tracts with guarantees amounting to over $1)00, but as yot havo not been able to raise any cash on them. The Junior class voted to loan the boys the Shine Day money, about $70, but that is not yet available. Hilton Contest Prize Won by Edwin D. Hicks Six Oregon Law School Students Participate In Annual Event Edwin I). Hicks and Forrest E. Cooper, both third yoar law students in tho University Law school took j first and second places respectively I in the fifth annual Ililton prize con test held last night at the Anchor age. The question discussed was “Re solved: That the legislature of Ore gon should pass legislation provid ing that the State should have the right of appeal in criminal cases for the purpose of determining ques tions of law but not for the pur pose of obtaining a new trial.” The contestants chose their own side of tho question. No attempt was made to divide up the question as in a debate. Both Hicks and Cooper took the negative side. The other speakers were Frank B, Reid, Reese C. Wingard, Edwin L Crawford and William D. Harris. Judges of the contest were: Fred Smith and W. If. Brooke, Eugene attorneys; and Circuit Judge G. F. Skipworth. The contest was originated in 1922 by Frank II. Hilton, a former grad uate of Stanford and now practising law in Portland. In a letter dated February 11, 1922, to William G. Iiule, at that time dean of the Ore gon law school, Ililton said in part: “Noting the great strides the Uni versity of Oregon law school has been making recently it came to my mind that it would bo excellent for (Continued on page two) Round-World Debate Funds Cause Clash A.S.U.O. Takes No Action To Send More Money To Oregon Men Horner Protests View Of West on Finances Charges Made That Team Wasted Money The proposal that tho student body should send funds to relievo the University of Oregon round the world debaters, at present reported to be stranded in New York City, has nssumed the proportions of a controversy, with the issuance of heated statements by campus offi cials for nud against the action. No action has been taken on the sending of money to the world tour debate team by the Associated Stu dents of the University, according to Fred West, chairman of the finance committee. There has been no di rect appeal to the student body and the committee can take no action until there is, he stated. “When the $600 was given them last year by the student body, wo went over their plans to seo that they would have enough money to complete the trip,” West said. “The understanding was that they would not call on tho student body for more money.” Expenditures High, West Avers Since there were allowances made for all expenses, with liberal inci dental expenses included, tho reason that they have run out of money is because they havo been too liberal on tho personal .expense account, West believes. If this is the case they should endeavor to raise the money from personal sources and not from the student body. If the associate students are ask ed to help tho debate team, Fred West does not know what action would be taken. “But we aro running very, close margin to the budgets, and wo do not like to cut budgets,” he s*id. When apprised of Mr. West’s at titude last night, J. K. Horner, var sity debate coach became very in dignant. Ho requested that the fol lowing statement be used to express his position in the affair: Korner Gives Statement “It is true that the boys got $600 from the student association to help defer their expenses. It is true that they agreed not to ask the student association for lifl^e money. It is not true that the boys wore suppos ed to' make tho money that they left here with last September last until they got all tho way back to Eu gene. I knew, and tho boys know, all of us knew when they left hero that they only had money enough to lust them until they got back to New York. Tho understanding when they loft here was that when they got back to New York, I would have borrowed sufficient money on their present American contracts to start them back this way on the American lap of their tour. I was to Bond this money to them in New York as a strict loan on the basis of their (Continued on page two) White Sweaters With Green "<O’s” Hold Envious Eyes of Stalwart Men Males, attention! Yon with the broad shoulders and sturdy eye brows who have been curious con cerning the attainment of the white sweaters with the yellow-trimmed green letters worn by the women’s order of the “O.” Your lapse into inquisitiveness will be gratified if you will peruse the following. The manner in which these women gain the right to wear ono of these sweaters is a long and hard process and it’s no secret. One thousand points brings ono of those sweaters to the aspiring athlete. Think of it; 1000 points. Of course there are lots of points about a girl, good ones, no doubt, but these points have nothing to do with their features. When these bc-bloomered athletes make a first team they thereby re ceive 100 markers toward the cov eted sweater; second team 75, third team 50, below that 35, and any substitute gets five points for her assistance. Two years is the short est time in which a girl may earn i her letter and sweater for 500 points iis the maximum number of points | that an athlete may garner in one I year. That isn’t all. The aspirant must have maintained a grade average of 13.5 for the term preceding partici • pation, and have held at all times a high standard of good sportsman* ship. Fall sports include volleyball, speedball, and the enthusiast nmy take in both. Swimming and bas ketball ure designated as winter sports and only one of theso may be chosen. Then in the spring when a young man’s fancy turns but women’s never does, the ambitious may indulge in three of the follow ing: baseball, hockey, tennis, arch ery, and hiking. The last sport mentioned, that of walking, con tinues throughout the year, the points being given for the number of miles. No one trip can be less than five miles to be counted in on the score. The present membors of this or ganization include: Beth Ager, president; Marjorie Landru, Nellie Johns, Marjorie Horton, Dorothy Lensch, Eleanor Marvin, Virginia Lounsbury, and Genera Zimmer. Three more will receive their sweat ers at the annual W. A. A. banquet that is to be held soon. They are Bernice Rasor, Lola Horton, and Esther Hardy. These women have charge of the social affairs of the Women’s Ath letic association and usher at bas ketball games.