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VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER 84 Bill Reinhart Is Peer of Hoop Coaches on Coast Ridings Is Eligible Man For All-Coast Berth; High Point Scorer By RICHARD H. STRING Sports Editor It was several days after Thanks giving that this writer sauntered into the office of the men’s gym nasium with no other purpose than to talk over the i g Oregon basketball jf situation with Coach William W (Billy) Bfcinhart. t Bill was there be- , hind his black ' roll-top desk work ing away. With a more or less :. ^ gi'Mimy uajJCCl ULl the coming bas- Bill Reinhart lcetball season your writer timidly approached the desk and asked the Webfoot mentor what ho thought of tlie hoop prospects. We talked. Reinhart, though none too optimistic himself, took a pencil and paper and outlined several prospective lineups. He was confident that the Webfoots wouldn’t make a very aus picious beginning, but by the time the road trip rolled around that the Lemon-Yellow five would be pretty hard to beat. He knew the basketball situation at Oregon much better than the large number of sport scribes who were contented to place the Ore jgenians in the basketball league cellar. Reinhart didn’t start the season with a group of men who had never seen a basketball. In ad dition to two lettermen he had a large number of ex-high school stars. But the joker in the whole situation was the training of them into the Oregon style of basketball. Regard f less of the pessimistic reports, Bill was pretty sure that when the third week of February arrived that the Webfoots would be ready. And how they were ready! They returned home Sunday after winning every one of their six games, climaxing the trip with a win over the cham pion University of Washington Hus kies in Seattle, 41 to 39. Too much credit cannot be given to Billy Reinhart. First of all lie is an Oregon man, having played varsity basketball for the Lemon 1 ellow before the World War. Sinee assuming the head hoop coaching reins at the University of Oregon Reinhart has established an enviable record. His first season, which was in 1924, the Webfooters finished in third place. The 1925 season found them tied with the Oregon Aggies for first place, only to lose by one point in the third of a three-game series. The Northwest cliampion ship was won. in 1926 and 1927. This year’s finish gives the Webfoots second place with an .800 average. 1 The two games lost were to the Aggies and Washington Huskies. Reinhart is without a doubt the peer of hoop coaches on the Pacific coast. It is true that Nibs Price at the University of California has won a number of coast championships but his coaching circumstances are different. The Golden Bear institu tion is about five times as largo as the University of Oregon and Price lias a much larger state population to draw from. * * # Perhaps you haven’t thought of it, but the University of Oregon has lost only one regularly- scheduled conference game away from home in the past four years. That was to the University of Idaho last year. The Webfoots succumbed to the Vandals at Moscow, 36 to 35, in a (Continued on page four) Y. W. C. A. Program Today To Be ■ Led By Eleanor Flanagan Eleanor the Five by the held in The services Flanagan, and 9, r ’Y- \\ r the E^ v nan is in charge of program sponsored A. which will be >w this afternoon, led by Eleanor choir will sing under the lean 3 Lee Slusher. 04 The complete p. of Margaret follows: Meditation . rrv Harney Processional . Chorus “Thank God for a • ’’—Del Riego . Chorus I Scriptural Reading . . Eleanor Flanagan j Violin Solo . Dorothy Villiger ' Recessional .1. Chorus All Oregon women are invited to attend the services, which will be held from 5:00 to 5:30. Dean Shirrell Explains Plans . For New Dorm Friendly Hall Men Told Of Requirements .To Be Made rians for tlio new men’s dormi tory and rules which the University administration expects to apply to those living in it were explained at a meeting of the Friendly Hall association by Dean Elmer L. Shir rell Monday evening. The complete blueprints were also explained at this time. “Every effort will be made to have the dormitory ready for occu pancy when the University opens next fall,” Dean Shirrell declared. “Whoever is awarded the contract will be assessed for each day after the six months period is up at the rate of $100 for each of the first teh days and $200 for the following ten days. Likewise, he will be given a bonus of $100 for each day ahead of the prescribed time.” Board prices will be the same a'; the new building as they are now at Friendly Hall, but room prices will be raised above the present ten dollar mark, he explained. Much stress will be placed upon keeping the rooms in good condition, and defacing or marring of the walls will have to be accounted for. There will be four living organi zation with units holding 56 men each and two groups of about 38 men each and sleeping porches will be arranged on the inside of the ells to accommodate four men each. The block facing the new building on Onyx street is expected to be used for another dormitory structure sometime in the near future, he said. The present Friendly Hall structure will be used as usual with the ex ception of dining rooms until the, state legislature sees fit' to vote a sum necessary to remodel it for classrooms. Ten Duckling Hoopers To Receive Awards Ten % freshman basketball men will receive numerals for participa tion in the recently ended, duckling hoop seasoif. They are Ed Dvorak, Gene Eber hart, Alf Makinen, Clif Horner, Harold Olinger, Kenneth King, Windsor Calkins, Paul Walgron, Edwin Stoddard, and Max* Ruben stien. Jerry Lillie and Woodward Archer are not included in this list as they have already received awards for playing on the frosh football eleven. The ten yearlings listed to get numerals are requested to report immediately to DeNeffe’s clothing store downtown to get sweater measurements so that the order will not. be held up, but can be sent out as soon as possible. Frank Reid’s Aquatic Experience Gained at Oklahoma Hiah School Winning his first competitive race in the Southern A. A. IT. meet at Dallas, Texas, the year before en tering Oregon, Frank Reid has been a valuable asset to the Lemon-Yel low aquatic teams for the past two years. In the Dallas meet Reid, en teied as an unattached swimmer, teok first place in the 100 yard dash, with a time of 58.2 seconds. First as one of the freshmen mermen and last year with the varsity, Fiank ably earned his letter and numerals, als. Reid went to high school at Du rant, Oklahoma, where he played two years of football and one of basketball under Coach Nolan. He! held down a wing position with the j eleven anil in his senior year, the team won the district championship. That same winter, while Keid was guard with the hemp outfit, the Durant five won their way to the finals in the state” basketball tour ney before being eliminated. Frank gained much valuable experience as a life guard in the natatorium during liis last two years in high school. Frank is a member of the Sigma Phi Kpsilon fraternity, and is a sen ior in law. He is twenty-one years old, weighs 150 pounds and is 5 feet 9 inches in height. Reid is now working for his second varsity let ter in the 220 and 440 free style events. iCivil Service Scandal Hits Great Britain Foreign Office Officials Penalized Because Of Misdeeds Investigation Reveals Gambling in Currency Heavy Losses Sustqined In Speculations (By United Press) LONDON, Eengland, Feb. 27.— The greatest civil service scandal since the war ended today with ser ious penalties for three high foreign office officials. J. D. Gregory, assistant under sec retary of state in the foreign office ' and author of the note sent to Rus- , sia making relations, was dismis sed on charges that he had speculat 'd in foreign countries, it was an nounced officially. O. S. T. C. O’Malley of the for ?ign office was permitted to resign, while Lieutenant Commander H. F. B. Maxse was reprimanded severely md placed three years back in civil , service seniority. The penalties were announced by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. The investigation resulted in a :ourt case in which Mrs. Anita Bradley Dyne, formerly Gregory’s j secretary, was ordered to pay a milking firm $196,000 that she had , ost speculating in foreign currency. • It was brought out at the court \ '.caring that Gregory himself had J est more than $45,000 in such spec llation. Inter-Class Contests Schedule Announced By Miss E. Troemel The complete schedule for wo men ’s inter-class swimming contests of this term lias been announced by Miss Ernestine Troemel, swimming coach. The first swimming meet will bo held tonight, when the fresh man and sophomore second teams win compete with the freshman first team, and the sophomore and jun ior second teams with the sophomore first. The games continue in rapid succession after tomorrow night. Wednesday, February 29, fresh man and senior second teams vs. junior first, and sophomore and jun ior second vs. senior first. Friday, March 2, freshman first vs. sopho more first, and junior first vs. sen ior first. Monday, Marcli 5, fresh man first vs. junior first, and sopho more first vs. senior first. Tuesday, March 6, freshman and senior sec ond teams vs. junior and sophomore second teams. Wednesday, March 7, freshman and sophomore second vs. junior and senior second. Thurs day, March 8, freshman first vs. senior first, sophomore first vs. junior first. J. K. Horner To Judge Aggie-Whitman Debate At Corvallis Tonight J. K. Horner, University of Ore gon debate coach, has been selected as the critic judge of the women’s debate between Oregon State Col lege and Whitman College at Cor vallis tonight. As the debate will be on the sub ject of mass education, the same to be used in the Northwest Women’s Triangular debate between the Uni versities of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho in April, the members of the varisty women’s debate squad will accompany Mr. Horner to Corvallis. Those who will make the trip are, Mary Klemm, Alice Clink, Margaret Edmundson, Marion Leach, Florence McNerney, and A. H. Baldridge, University oratory coach. Anton Peterson Made Advertising Assistant Anton Peterson, freshman, known as “Tony,” has been named assis tant manager of advertising of Old Oregon, and has his own office in the administration annex. “Tony” is the first freshman to hold the position. “Tony” has spent most of his life around a newspaper office, and be fore entering school here worked on the Astoria Evening Budget, now edited by Merrill Chessman, ’09, graduate student of the University, j The advertising managership of Old Oregon has always been held previously by a senior. Oregon Band Leader Aids Team at Seattle With ‘Mighty Oregon’ “The old Ford inn do almost as much noise going and coming as my horn did at the game,” said Walter Ferris, University band-leader, tell ing of his trip to see tho Orcgon Washington hoop game at Seattle. “Yes, they played ‘Mighty Oro gon,’ ” ho continued. “They were glad to accommodate me and tho Dregon team. They even called a special practice to learn the piece. Df course, I helped. I blew the ojd lorn til I was sure they could hear me clear across the pavilion. I mounded tho 'bass drum whenever Dregon scored a point. Maybe I missed one or two. Then out of courtesy I had to pound when they scored, too.” Mr. Ferris was loud in his praise >f the new pawilion at Washington. “They have theater seats in tho mlconv, and a fine indoor track just below them. They also havo i dirt track in the court. It is very itupendous and wonderful,” he con cluded. Varied Topics To Be Covered This Evening J. Horner, Dean Carpenter, Del Oberteufer, on Speaker List The Y. M. C. A. discussion group program which has been a feature of the after dinner hour in men’s or ganizations on the campus for the past month will again be the im portant G:30 o’clock date for college men at the various houses and clubs tonight. The speakers in this series of talks and discussion forums have been chosen by the executive committee of the “Y” for their ability to han dle a live subject and are all prom inent faculty men or well known townspeople. The program for tonight has been arranged as follows. Alpha Beta Chi, Hail R. Douglass, “The Outlaw ry of War;” Alpha Tau Omega, J. K. Horner, “Money and Tolerance”; Baclielordon, Kenneth Rowe, “Ori gins of Christianity”; Beta Theta Pi, E. E. DeCou, “Prospects of World Peace”; Chi Psi, Dr^ A. E. Caswell, “Has America any Religion Worth Exporting”; Delta Tau Del ta, Leavitt Olds Wright; Kappa Sig ma, Howard Taylor; “Finding One’s Vocation.” Phi Delta Theta, Dean C. E. Car penter, “Tho Eighteenth Amend ment”; Phi Gamma Delta, C. L. Iluf faker, “What Vocational Guidance Can Do for the Individual”; Phi Sigma Kappa, Delbert Oberteuffer, “Eugenics”; Psi Kappa, Harold Saxe Tuttle, “Science and Reli gion”; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Don ald Erb, “Christianity and Pro gress”; Sigma Xi, Victor Morris, “Christianity and Progress”; Sig ma Nii, Dr. Franklin Haas, “Reality in Religion.” Sigma Phi Epsilon, R^gor Wil liams, “Christianity and War”; Sig ma Pi Tau, Dean Shirrell, “Self Respect”; Theta Chi, F. S. Dunn, “Origins of Christianity”:; Delta Epsilon, Rev. E. M. Whitesmith, “Can the Spirit of Christ be Taken into Modern Industry?”; Friendly Hall, Captain John J. McEwan, “El ements of True Sportsmanship”; Y. M. C. A., A. II. Baldridge, “Has America Any Religion Worth Ex porting?” Last Physical Ability Test Will Be Saturday Stand by for the last physical ability test of the winter term, is the admonition of Herman Gawer, director of the exercises. From 9 until 12 Saturday morning the am bitious will go through the five events of the program. Sign up on the piaper posted in the men’s gym nasium down by the basket win dow. This will be your last chance this term to be a member of the elite who have demonstrated their ability to survive these tests. Cabinet Try-outs Held By Y.W.C.A. Secretary Selection of Y. W. C. A. cabinet members on the campus through [>ersonal interview is proving suc cessful, according to Miss Dorothy j rhomas, secretary. Conferences with Miss Thomas nay be had the greater part of the ] .veek. It is suggested that all Ore- ■ jon women interested make early ippointments for interviews. More sophomore women are espe cially needed. Commission Finds Crime View Wrong Conviction ami Prevention Deserve Attention, Not Punishment i _1 President Hall Aids National Crime Work Grand Jury, Rural Police Called Out of Date Too much attention is focused on the punishment of criminals at the present time, and not enough on apprehending them and convicting them; the police orgnizations should be taken out of politics and business methods of procedure applied; “loop holes” in criminal court procedure should be largely eliminated; the grand jury system is obsolete and should be abolished; the rural police oiganizations a re out of date and woefully inefficient; and a research laboratory for study of crime and its prevention should bo set up. Theso are somo of the findings made public today in the report of the National Crime Commission, en titled “The Relation of the Police and the Courts to the Crime Prob lem.” The report was compiled by a sub-committee of the national or ganization and was headed by Frank O. Lowden, of Illiois. Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of tho Uni versity of Oregon, was a member of tho committee, which aided in the work. “Recent investigations have re vealed for the first time how small the proportion really is of convic tions to crimes committed or to in dividuals arrested. The effective ness, of course, of any form of pun ishment or any kind of treatment depends in largo part on the num ber of criminals on whom tho pun ishment or treatment can be brought to bear. Improvements in the organ ization and in the work of both the police and the courts are vitally ne cessary if wTe are to make headway against crime,” the report says. City Reports Used The report cites particularly tho records of several cities, showing that tho percentage of criminals caught and convicted in very low in comparison to crimes committed. ‘ The percentage in somo cities is so low,” says tho report, “that one no longer wonders why so many in dividuals turn to crime. It would appear to be about the safest bus iness in which ono could engage. Robbery in Buffalo, for example, must bo a particularly lucrative calling. As arrests are made in only 3 per cent of the cases, the number who are finally caught is necessar ily so small that the luckless indi vidual who is occasionally caught and convieted must attribute his misfortune to an act of God, as he would in the case of a disastrous storm, shipwreck or earthquake.” Citing as an example the orimo of burglary, figures aro given to show that in Kansas City, Missouri, arrests are only 5 percent of crimes committed. In St. Louis, Missouri, the percentage is 8; in Syracuse, N. Y., it is 7; in Rochester, N. Y., it is 12; in New York City, 14-. Eng land and Wales show a percentage of 25. This is surpassed by Cleve land, Ohio, with 35 percent of ar rests, and is approached by Balti more, Maryland, with 21 percent. In both Baltimore and Cleveland, however, <^rimo commissions have . been functioning for several years, and tho higher standards in these cities is brought about by the com mission’s efforts, it is believed. Few Convictions the report points out emphatically that however small the percentage of asserts is, the percentage of con victions is smaller still. “Many of those brought to the courts by tlio police pass out of the picture for one reason or another as the case proceeds, and are not, therefore, in cluded in the guilty residum that remains for punishment and correc tion. There is grave suspicion, bas- , ed indeed on good evidence, that tho , ratio of those whom the courts fin ally decree for punishment and cor- , rection to the number arrested and . brought to their doors is far small er than it should be.” i Citing the crime of burglary again the committee shows that in St. Louis, Missouri, only four percent of those committing crimes are con victed. Tn England it is 22 percent ( and Canada 25 per cent. The com- ( mitteo makes no attempt to shovJ t why the situation is much better c in England and Canada, although | it suggests that there is a wide dif- } ference in efficiency of police. c Figures given show that the ratio c (Continued on page four) t Twelve Initiated Into Phi Delta Phi, Legal Honorary Fraternity Twelve law students were initia ted into the loeal chapter of Phi Delta Phi, international legal fra ternity, at the circuit court room in the court house yesterday after noon. The initiation was followed by a banquet at the Osburn hotel. Those initiated were: John B. Bell, .Tr., Lester G. Oehler, Richard R. Morris, Frederick 11. Sandeburg, Bliss Ansnes, Theodore Denson, David Bauman, Glen R. Hughes. Clifford W. Powers, William Y. Powell, Hugh L. Biggs, Roland Davis. Law school professors present at the initiation were Lon Fuller, Carlton Spencer, Hugh Rosfcon, and Edward Decker. Phi Delta Phi was founded in 18(19; the Oregon chapter dates from 1891. Three Concerts Scheduled For Next Two Weeks English Singers To Appear At McArthur Court Thursday Night The next two weeks will provide a. wealth of entertainment for music lovers. On Wednesday evening of this week John B. Siefert, tenor, will give a song Irecitnl fyi the auditorium of the music building. This is the fifth free public recital sponsored by the school of music this term. On Thursday night the third concert of tho A. 8. U. O. series will be presented by tho English Singers of London in tho McArthur court. Students will bo admitted to the latter event on their student body tickets, while members of the faculty and towns people may purchaso tickets at tho Co-op, Larawav’s Music store, or tVn A. S. IT. 6. office. Tho English Singers will be fol lowed within a week by tho con cert of Brith Lorraine Close, harp ist with tho Portland Symphony, in conjunction with tho Underwood String quartet. The numbers of tho harpist and quartet will be an nounced later. Mr. Siefert’s recital will bo pre sented in four groups. The first group consists of songs and arias by Munro, Ilaydn and Handel. Tho succeeding number, “Che Oelida Manilla” (Your Tiny Hands Are Frozen), is a popular concert num ber for tenors from “La Boliemc.” Tho program will also include a group of German lieders and mod ern compositions of British and American composers. Mr. Siefert will be accompanied by Louis P. Artau of tho music faculty. Tho sextette known as the En glish Singers, which gives the con cert Thursday evening, has a pro gram which promises to bo both quaint and informal. Seated about a table after tho custom of part S’r.gors at house parties of “Merrio Olde England,” they will t ig a rare collection of Elizabethan mad rigals, ballets, and canzonets, and English versions of old Italian street cries. In antique volumes one may find “My Phyllis Bids Me Pack Away,” “Sing Wo and Chaunt It,” “My Bonnie Lass She Smileth,” “The Silver Swan,” and other madrigals that the English Singers liavo in cluded on their Eugcno program. Tho words of all of them have a whimsical charm and simplicity. Since the music is written in con trapuntal style the words aro fre quently repeated, and the melodic interest is equally divided among the voices. Where words fail, fa a, las are inserted and add a light touch to the harmony. According to leading critics, tho English Singers have outstanding nerit as ensemblo singers. The jalanco of their voices has been •ompared to that of the finest string juartet. It is this quality that nakes them especially adapted to five the type of music on their pro ;ram. Tho more modern numbers on the nscmble’s program are folk songs arranged by R. Vaughan Williams. UcClain in Portland; Purchases New Books M. F. McClain, manager of the !o-ap store, went to Portland Sun ny evening for a short business rip. Pursuant with the new policy f the Co-op to extend the stock of j itles of a wido general interest, | i Ir. McClain is conferring with book ( eaters of Portland, and conducting i ; ther business matters. He will re- j urn to Eugene this ■evening. j Webfooters Return Home With Victories Oregon Scores Triumph Over Championship Husky Team Ridings Is Leading Conference Scorer Beavers Run Inlo Slump On Roail Trip Pacific Coast Conference Basketball Standings Northern Section W. L. Pet. Washington . 9 1 .900 Oregon . 8 2 .800 Idaho . 4 5 .444 Oregon Aggits . 4 G .400 Montana . 3 G .333 W. S. C. 1 9 .100 Southern Section W. L. Pet. California . 6 3 .667 Southern Cal. 5 3 .625 U. C. L. A.5 4 .556 Stanford . 1 7 .125 By JOE PIGNEY By winning five straight confer ence games in enemy territory, Billy Reinhart and his victorious basket ball team returned to Eugene un disputed possessors of second place houors in the northern section of the Pacific. Coast conference. The Wobfooters’ greatest triumph came last Saturday night when they turned aside the championship Hus kies by a two- point margin, 41-39. Reports on the Seattle game actually declare Oregon to be superior to tho leaders, but a slow oarly season start spoiled the chances of a third successive title for tho Oregonians. Credit for Reinhart Oregon’s remarkable finish of tho 1928 season is duo almost entirely to the skilful handling of tho team by Reinhart. Rcniliart spent tho first of tho year in experimentation, 'developing and bringing tho squad forward as quickly as its abilty warranted, until now the team com pares favorably with any on the coast. This year’s team is no way infer ior to tho 1927 champions, that is if the percentage column can be taken as a basis for the opinion. The Webfoot team last year finished with the same record, eight victories oiid two defeats. Aggies Tumble Tho team suffering the most sur prising reverse in form is the Ore gon Aggies. Getting off to a fast start, tho Beavers were considered by many to bo potential champion ship contenders. Tho Aggies defeat ed Oregon in Eugene by a single lean point, 25 to 24, and, although having been trounced by the Huskies the week previous, were still confident of finishing well up in the U igue standings. The powerful Wobfooters, just hit ting a mid-season stride, started the Aggies on their terrific downfall. Reinhart’s team won with 8 points tc spare in Corvallis, completely de moralizing the Beaver squad. Tho Aggies have recently returned from their northern road tour on which they lost all games, and fattened the standings of the lowly Washington State Cougars. Vandals vs. Grizzlies One more game remains to be played in the northern section. Next Wednesday night Idaho and Mon-** tana will clash to determine honors for third place. If the Grizzlies win tho first three teams below the Webfoots will go into a tie. Gordon Ridings finished the year the top of the high scorer’s column. Ridings made a total of 111 points, one point ahead of his nearest ri val, Bill Burr of the Aggies, and is being considered for the all-coast five. He has already been selected or. several northwest teams. The following is tho scoring record of the four highest Oregon players for the 192S season: Ridings, 111. Milligan, G4. McCormick, 28. Edwards, 24. Oregon total score is 314 points. Freshman Debaters To Meet Wednesday J. K. Horner, University debate •oacli, will meet with all the mem jers of tiie Freshman men’s debate ;eam Wednesday afternoon at four 5’clock in room 102 Sociology. At hat'time the members of the teams o represent Oregon in the debates f the season will bo chosen. The )regon frosli team will debate Lin ield College, Eugene Bible Univer lity, Pacific University and prob ibly Willamette University.