VOLUME XXIX.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE , WEDNESDAY, MARGII 7, 1928
NUMBER 90
Election For
W.A.A.ToBe
Held Totlav
j
Two Candidates Up for
Each Office; Voters
Must Qualify
Polls Open From 9 to 5;
Election Is in Charge
Of Edna Dunbar
President—Ruth BurcMm, Doro
thea Lenseh.
Vice-president ■— Ruth Jaynes,
Leone Swengcl.
Secretary—Betli Agcr, Olive
Banks.
Treasurer—Marjorie Coff, Mar
ion Sten. -
Polls for the annual W. A. A. elec
tion of officers are open from 9
tc 6 today at the main entrance to
the old library. The election is in
charge of Edna Dunbar. All mem
bers of W. A. A., those having earn
ed at least 100 points and who paid
their dues, are eligible to vote, and
are urged by Nellie Johns, the pres*
ent head of W. A. A. to do so. Girls
who will be in charge of the ballot
box at different hours of the day
are: Lucille Hill at 9; Beryl ITar
rah at 10; Florence Hurley at 11;
Edna Dunbar at 12; Genevieve Swe
denburg at 12:30; Margaret Hurley
at 1; Winifred Kaiser at 2; Nellie
Johns al; 3 and Genevieve Thompson
from 4 to 5.
Burcliam and Lenseh Named
Ruth Burcliam, who is a nominee
for president, is a junior major in
physical education. She has been
very active in W. A. A. affairs all
three years she has been in school.
As a member of the women’s Order
of the ‘“O”, she has been treasurer
of W. A. A., is a member of the
Hermian Club, and was editor of the
Hermian Bulletin. Her activities
have not been confined entirely to
W. A. A., as she was a Big Sister
captain this year and a member of
Phi Theta Upsilon, honorary social
■fraternity.
Dorothea Lenseh, the other presi
dential condidate, has also been ac
tive in sports. She is a junior in
physical education and a member of
the women’s Order of the “O” and
Hermian Club, editor of this year's
W. A. A. Bulletin and a Big Sister.
Other Candidates Given
The vice-presidential candidates
are both sophomores and majors in
physical education. Ruth Jaynes is
head of archery and a member of
W. A. A. council. Leone Swengel
in a member of the intramural sports
committee and has gained quite a
reputation as a track star.
Beth Ager, who is a junior on the
campus, is a candidate for W. A. A.
secretary. She is president of Order
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Banquet To Be Given
By Cosmopolitan Club
A banquet for the members of the
Cosmopolitan club, given by Eugene
people, will be held tomorrow night
at 6:30 in the sun room of the Wo
man’s building. The guests of hon
o: are President and Mrs. Arnold
Bennett Hall and Viee President
and Mrs. Burt Brown Barker.
Five nations of the club will each
have a representative to give a short
talk about his country. These are
China, Nien Pu Chai; India, T). Dev
aputra; Japan, Charles Yoshii; Phil
ippines, Ricardo Leones; and Korea,
Sam Whong. Elmer L. Shirrell,
dean of men, will be the principal
speaker and Dean John Straub,
toastmaster.
Last year the Cosmopolitan club
sponsored the banquet which was
enthusiastically received by the Eu
gene people on account of the op
portunity given to meet campus
representatives of the different na
tionalities.
Oregon State Group
Hosts to Oregon Men
Members of Oregon Beta chapter
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon were guests
of Oregon Alpha, chapter, at Ore
gon State College, at a Founders ’
Day banquet, held at the Benton
Hotel in Corvallis, Sunday after
noon. About 100 members of the
fraternity were present.
It is the custom for the two
Oregon chapters to alternate in en
tertaining one another on their
Fourniers’ Day. Last year the ban
quet was held at the Eugene hotel.
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Rex Underwood
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EX UNDERWOOD will direct
■“-*■ the University orchestra on its
annual tour. Beginning March 19,
at Roseburg, the orchestra will play
throe short programs with each- of
the shows at the Antlers theater.
Similar concerts will be given each
of the succeeding days at Ashland,
Medford and Grants Pass. The last
three towns were on the itinerary
of the orchestra last spring and
large audiences attended at each
place.
Underwood is first violinist of the
string quartet which gives a con
cert Thursday in conjunction with
Ruth Lorraine Oipse, harpist with
the Portland Symphony.
Oregon and Utah
Clash Thursday
Oratorical Meet Slated
For Friday Night
As the winter term draws to a
close, the University will observe
the last week-end before examina
tions with two major forensic
events, a varsity debate with the
Utah Agriculture College Thursday
night, and the State Old Line Ora
torical Contest Friday evening.
It will be a clash of veteran de
baters when Oregon and* the Utah
Aggies vie Thursday on the ques
tion, “Resolved, That tfie United
States slifiuld refuse to give mili
tary protection to property which
is owned by its citizens and located
on foreign soil.” Walter Durgan
and Joe McKeown, who will uphold
the negative for the University,
have both had considerable forensic
experience. Durgan, who is a sen
ior in economics, has been a mem
ber of the men’s varsity debate
squad for two years. Last year he
was a member of the team that de
feated t^io University of Arizona
here, and was later elected to Delta
Sigma Rlio, honorary forensic fra
ternity. He is now general forensic
manager and president of the State
Old Line Oratorical Association.
McKeown, a junior in pre-law,
has also served two years on *the
varsity debate squad, as well as
on the frosh team two years ago.
He is now men’s forensic manager,
and later in the year he will repre
sent the University in the National
Constitutional Oratorical Contest.
Alden Lillvwliite and W. L.
Skanehy, the Utah men, who are
making a tour of the Northwest,
meeting the Universities of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and Montana,
have, also had considerable experi
ence.
Lil^ywhite is the student debate
manager of the Utah Agriculture
College, and has debated for that
institution for two years, as well
as two years for Brigham Young
College. Skanehy has been a mem
ber of the varsity debate ‘squad
during all of his four years at the
college.
J. C. Kendall, circuit judge of
Multnomah county, and W. R.
Wheeler, credit manager of Allen
and Lewis Company, Portland, are
two of the judges selected for the
contest by Coach J. K. Horner. A
third judge has not yet been
chosen, but will probably be some
Eugene man. The place and hour
of the debate have not yet been
chosen.
The State Old Line Oratorical
Contest, which will be held in Vil
ard hall Friday night at 8 ohdoek,
s sponsored by the Oregon Inter
collegiate association, of which the
leading colleges of the state are
nembers. It is held in different col
ege towns from year to year.
The contestants will each deliver
m original oration about 15 min
ltes in length on ajiy si#jjeet. The
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M. Edmunson
Elected New
Y.W.C.A.Head
Higgins, Leacli, Hughes,
Manning Named for
Other Officers
Banquet To Be March 29;
Installation First of
Next Term
. Y. W. C. A. elections, hold yester
(lav at the bungalow, resulted in
the selection of a new group of
officers composed of Margaret Ed
monson, president; Betty Higgins,
vice president; Virginia Manning,
secretary; Marion Leach, treasurer;
Daphne Hughes, undergraduate
representative.
Installation of next year’s offi
cers will take place the first week
of spring term, according to Pauline
Stewart, retiring president. The
banquet given in honor of the new
officers will bo held March 29.
Ruth Fclter is in charge of ar
rangements.
Cabinet To Be Named
At this time new cabinet appoint
ments will be made by Margaret
Edniunson, who will take into con
sideration the recent interviews
which girls, interested in Y. W.
work, have had with Miss Dorothy
Thomas, campus secretary.
“I arii confident that all the new
officers will be capable of carrying
on the plans attempted by this
year’s officers, and will bring in
new and valuable ideas,” Paulino
Stewart, retiring president, said. •
Conferences Count
“Our 5 o’clock services held
every Tuesday evening have been
one of our accomplishments during
the year; but they are just well
started now, and there is still room
for improvement. Appointments for
cabinet positions will be made in a
different manner than they have
previously. For the past few week's,
girls interested in Y. W. work have
held conferences with Miss Thomas
in regard to both the qualifications
of the position and the girl. These
interviews will have a bearing on
the appointments, since, they have
enabled us in finding the interested
and capable girls.”
Retiring Officers
Retiring officers arc Pauline
Stewart, president; Gladys Calef,
vice president; Margaret Edmunson,
secretary; Juiia Wilson, treasurer;
Katherine Kneeland, undergraduate
representative. Helen Webster has
been in charge of 5 o’clock services
and Margaret Lee Slusher has con
ducted the work of the vesper
chorus.
Eva Davis will be the only mem
ber of the cabinet to remain in of
fice, since the president of the fresh
man commission is automatically a
member.
Grade Envelopes Must
Be In by End of Week
Grade envelopes should bo left
at the Registrar’s office as soon as
pcssible, according to Gertrude Ste
phenson, of the registrar’s office.
The stamped envelopes, provided by
the Women’s League for the benefit
of a new infirmary, have been sell
ing rapidly. Students are asked to
bring their hickels to the office and
address an envelope before the week
is over, if they wish their grades.
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Library Steps Scene
Of Women’s League
Auction Sale Today
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Going, going, going—
Many things that are really valu
able will go, and at very low prices,
in the auction sale which will bo
sponsored by the Women’s League
on the sti^i of the old library to
day.
Everything that has been lost on
the campus since last year,-and that
has been turned in at the University
depot and has not been reclaimed
up to this date will be placed on
the auction stand and sold to the
highest bidders.
That’s a hint for everyone to
rally in front of the old libe be
tween 9 and 12 a. m. and 2 to
p. m. The fact that the proceed^
of the auction go to the foreign
scholarship fund of the Woman’s
League offers another Reason for
mob support of the sale.
Dell Says Modern
Writings Chaotic
Beauty Held Emerging
From Confusion
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It is tlie war—the 'same factor
onto which so many things can bo
blamed—that is responsible for the
remarkable change in literary tastes
that has taken place eluting the last
ten years. This is the opinion of
Floyd Dell, author, critic, essayest,
who delivered “Literature and Life”
the fourth number of the A. S. U.
O. •lecture series, before a huge au
dience in the Woman’s building last
'evening.
A slim, sensitive-appearing man is
Floyd Dell, with a naive gift of
talking* down to his audience—to,
instead of at them. Swiftly, lie out
lined the cause and effect of this
change, illustrating modern litera
ture by readings from exemplary
authors. . “Formerly, books were
handmaids of morality; now we are
in the other extreme of the aesthet
ic.” And Mr. Dell is not so sure
that it is a good thing for us.
First, the speaker ni^de a point
toward our understanding of a book.
“Remember that an author can nev
er make us see what he saw when lie
wrote a certain book—lie can only
stir up old memories in us, and re
arrange them in a satisfying form.
Wo interpret them according to ouu
own experience.”
Much of the writer’s art is ac
complished for the sake of his au
dience, as Mr. Dell sees it. In the
position of ringside spectators at a
game, the critics are in a better po
sition to judge than the perform
ers.
As the purpose of literature is to
put the scraps of life into a satisfy
ing whole, so, in the reader’s opin
ion, the best book is the one that
most truly interprets our own life
for us.
All this lias direct reference to
the hectic change in people’s liter
ary tastes since 1919. This change,
Mr. Del] thinks, is perhaps a reac
tion against patterns, and the old
rut of looking for beauty in books.
Theodore Dreiser and James Branch
Cabell are illustrations of the mod
ern school, if school it be, who have
made the discovery that life is a
chaos, and who perhaps interpret it
so in their books without the pro
cess of elimination] This reaction
against the Utopian, optimism ram
pant before the war makes people
accept the painting of life in its
entirety; hence the sudden popular
ity of these two realists^ Dreiser and
Cabell. It is natural in a period of
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Committees*
Appointed by
Directorate
Norblad Has Largest
Greater Oregon
Group Named
Work of Organization
To Be Ccftnpleted
Within Week
Appointments of sub-eommitteos
by six of twelve members of the
Greater Oregon .committee director
ate yesterday marked a decided for
ward step in the organization of the
committee for this year. The other
six committees which will be under
the supervision of the directorate
will be chosen today, so that or
ganization may be effected within
the present week, according to
Ronald Hubbs, general chairman.
Owing to the proximity of exam
week, menlbers of the directorate
and all committees will plan their
spring vacation activities in behalf
of the Greater Oregon committee im
mediately.
Of the six committees announced
last night, that of Walter Norblad
of Astoria, in charge of District
No. 12, contained the greatest num
ber of names. Norbllfd’s committee
will have 10 members, representing
17 towns. District No. 12 includes
four counties — Clatsop, Columbia,
Tillamook and Washington. Aiding
Norblad in the executive work of
the committe will be Margaret
Long of Hillsboro, who was named
assistant chairman. Two towns, St.
Helens and Astoria, will have moro
than one representative on the
committee.
Sub-Committees Large
George Stadelman, in charge of
district No. 7, and Yawter Parker,
in cliargo of district No. 3, each
named 15 members of their respec
tive committees.'Stadelman, making
his headquarters in The Dalles, will
have charge of Wasco, Hood River,
and Sherman counties. Parker will
have four counties in which to han
dle Greater Oregon committee work
—Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam and
Wheeler.
In district No. 5, Keith Hall ap
pointed an assistant chairman to
keep in touch with the work of
each county under his supervision.
The assistants will be Eleanor Flan
agan of Marshfield, in charge of
Coos county, Howard Page of Ban
don, in charge of Curry county, and
Daphne Hughes of Roseburg, in
charge of Douglas county.
The committees:
District No. 1—Larry Ogle, Lake
view, chairman; Theresa Young,
Ontario; Margaret Humphrey, Vale;
Ermin Harper, Paisley; Vinton
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Women’s League Tea
Will Be on Thursday^
Although the Women’s League tea
if this week will be postponed from
Wednesday, the regular day, until
rhurSday afternoon from 4 until 0
r’clock, the league urges especially
that the women of the campus at
tend this last tea of the term. A
more complete program than has
been given previously at the teas
is being planned for Thursday, and
will be announced in that day’s
Emerald. «
Men’s Glee Club to Make Spring Tour
r¥''HE Men’s Glee club will leave Eugene a week from Friday on its annual concert tour. In addition to
i giving a program in Salem and a radio concert from Portland the Men’s Glee, will fulfill a three days’
r-ontract with the Broadway theater in that city. Last year the Glee Club sang to about 211,000 people in six
lays.
The program of the Men’s Glee, according to John Stark Evans, director, will include the regular type
■jt glee club songs, and a number of brief features. Among these will be a piano fight by George Barron and
Kay Burt. A quartet consisting of Ronald Kretzer, Don Ostrander, Jlarobl Socolofsky and Edward Fisher
„ ,gl.v? th® mam skit. Cecil Matson, Jack Dennis, Orris Page and Clement Shafer will give a feature in
idd-fasluoned crinolines.
Noted Harpist To Play
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UTH LORRAINE CLOSE, solo
ist with tlu> Portland Sym
phony, will bo featured in tho pro
gram of the Underwood string quar
tet Thursday evening. Miss Clo^e
has played under the baton of the
leading symphony conductors of the
Northwest and received recognition
as a solo artist before audiences in
Paris and Loudon last summer.
Doris Helen Patterson, Eugene
harpist and soloist with the Girls’
Glee Club in the program put on
in Portland Monday evening, is a
student under Miss Close an^l took
part in her harp recital in Portland
during the Christmas season.
Artists To Give
Sunday Concert
School of Music Sponsors
Varied Program
Six artists will give a concert
Sunday afternoon at :i o’clock in
tlio auditorium of the music build
ing under the auspices of the dean
and faculty of the school of music.
Among those who will contribute to
a varied program are Muriel An
drews, lyric mezzo; Ruth Range,,
mezzo-soprano; Nellie Wehoffer, con
tralto; J. Hutchison, pianist, and
Arlino Smith and Helen Bartlett,
advanced students of Hutchison.
li'ho program will include the fol
lowing numbers:
The Spirit’s Song..,..Haydn
Aria: O Del mio dplce ardor....Gluck
Muriel Andrews
Notturno, B minor.Sgambati
Arline Smith
Recitative and Aria, “O Love,
from Thy Power Let Mo Bor
row”.Samson and Delilah
Ruth Lange
Romanze, F Sharp .Schumann
The Maiden’s Wish.Chopiu-Liszt
Weiner Tanzo No. II...
..Gartner-Friedman
Helen Bartlett
Recitative and Aria, “Oh, My
Heart Is Weary”.Nadoshda
Nellie Wehoffcr Fox
Marquise .Massenet
Sous les Orangcrs (from Pay
sages d’ Amour).Holmes
Au Pays Bleu .Muriel Andrews
Concert Etude, “By the Sea
shore” ..(A memory)
Paraphrase from “Naila” ..
.Delibes-Dohnanyi
Arline Smith
Traum Durch Die Dammerung.
. Strauss
New Love .Wolf
Spring .Hildach
Ruth Lange
Accompaniments for the vocal
numbers will be played by J. Hutch
ison,
No Residence Change
After Registration Day
Students who wish to change
their residence for the spring term
must do so before March 20, regis
tration day for the new term, ac
cording to Elmer L. Shirrell, dean
jf men.
Mrs. Charlotte Donnelly, secre
tary of housing, has a list of ap
proved boarding and rooming
iiouses. A few vacancies exist in
Friendly hall.
Tlio apartment house rule con
inues to be effective and special
lermission must bo obtained from
Jean Shirred by men who wish to
live in apartments.
Bill Reinhart
Working With
Webfoot Nine
Ten Lettermen To Form
Nucleus of 1928
Ball Squad
Prospects Are Bright for
Successful Season;
• Pitchers Good
By IIARBY BUTT OX
With Hip coming of spring wea
ther, baseball has edged into tho
limelight of sportdom on the cam*
BUI Reinhart
Reinhart, having
recently climaxed
a highly success
ful basketball sea
son by toppling
the confer ence*
leading Husky
quintet in Seattle,
has now turned
his attention to
the approaching
spring season and
has taken over tho
baseball helm.
ouscuuii practice swung lino ac*
Hon this week with the initiating
of hour workouts starting at 4
o’clock each afternoon. Sliding,
bunting, throwing, and ’’general lim*
bering up is on the menu for this
pro-exam period.
Prospects Look Good
During the spring vacation Rein
hart’s horsehido artists will remain
on the campus for a more strenu
ous practice session. If weather
permits, they will go out on tho
field. The diamond will need somo
good weather to dry it sufficiently
for playing conditions.
Prospects for a. successful nino
loom better this year than they
have for many moons of Webfoot
diamond history. Mentor Reinhart
will have a nucleus of ton letter
men around which to build his 1028
.crew of fence-busters. He has a
veteran for every position on tho
squad. From last year’s freshman
crew there are some exceptionally
good prospects, especially for tho
pitching staff.
Pitching Strength Added •
Bill Baker, dark-haired subma
rine ball expert, is regarded as the
mainstay of the hurlcrs. He is a
two-stripo veteran and should bo
due for a great season. Two capablo
understudies for Bill are Harold
“Curly” Fuller and Reynold Mac
Donald. These imen, graduates from
last year’s frosh nine, are expected
to do great things toward bolstering
up the hurling department of tho
Webfoots. Fuller is a portsido
dinger with speed and disconcerting
curves. MacDonald is a husky
right-hander, who, although he can
put out various brands of twisters,
specializes in sizzling speed.
Five Catchers Out
Johnny Anderson, swimming ace,
and Kenneth Potts are two other
likely-looking pitchers from tho
1927 yearling team. From tho
super-varsity pitchers, Art Sc.hoeni,
Jack Majovski, Stuart MacDonald,
Scotty Kretzer, and Carol Crus hong
are in school and will probably ba
out soon. Chick Gannon, a trans
fer, will be eligible for varsity com
petition this year.
Ira Woodic is tho only letterman
on deck for duty behind the wind
pad. Some capable seconds to him
are Frenehy Packer, Don Spoor,
and Cecil Gabriel, from last year’s
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Anderson To Compete
In National Swim Meet
As the result of action taken by
the A. 8. U. O. finance committee,
Johnny Anderson, Oregon’s premier
aquatic performer, will attend the
fifth annual National Intercollegiate
svvimniing meet in Philadelphia,
March JO and 31. The decision to
send Anderson was made yesterday.
Anderson now holds the Pacific
coast conference records in the 40
and 100-vard dashes and the 150
yanl back-stroke events.
Oregon’s speed aco will leave next
Wednesday, March 14, and go to
his home at Bridgeport, Connecti
cut. While there he will travel to
New Haven each day and hold
workouts in (lie Carnegie pool, Yale
University. This practice will bo
under the tutelage of Robert Kip
huth, Yale swimming coach. At the
Natiomal Intercollegiate swimming
meet, University of Pennsylvania
pool, Philadelphia, Anderson will
enter in the 150-yard back-stroke
and either the 50-yard or the 220
yard events.