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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1928)
Varsity Goes On Northern Bill Reinhart and Squad Leave at 6:35 p. m For Husky Series One Win From Washingtoi. Ball Team W ill Clinch Division Honors Northwest Conference Division Webfoots .4 1 800 Huskies .3 3 500 Aggies .2 5 285 By IIARRY DUTTON This afternoon at G:35 Coach Bill Reinhart, Gordon Stearns baseball manager, and fourteen Webfoot dia won lost pet Ill l) II (I ;u I ISIS will board the Shasta, northward bound, determined to clinch the hold they have estab lished for them selves on the top, rung of the con-f ferenee 1 a d d e r.f One win over tlief Huskies will turn - the trick. wm. mm \ Bill Reinhart me game scnetuuea wire uoiumum i T'liivcrsitv for tli is afternoon at Portland was called off when it was learned that it would be impossible to make suitable train connections if the contest was played. Ira Woodie and Cecil Gabriel, catchers, will both make the trip. AVoodie has bejm outstripping his competitor, Gabriel, in recent, games and will probably be the man who buckles on the shin guards and wind pad for the opener wijli Washing ton tomorrow afternoon. Johnson and Robie Hitters Coach Reinhart is taking four pitchers, Reynold “Big Train” Mac Donald and Chick Gannon, right handers, and Curly Puller and Art Schoeni, portside flingers. MacDon ald will likely open against the Puget Sound collegians. Los Johnson will go along to cover the initial sack. Los, since he has switched over to right handed swinging, has stepped into the lead on the hitting column, averaging over 500. Dave Mason who played most of the Tuesday’s Aggie game at second will be on the keystone for the opener. “Rabbit” Robie will be out, on the short patch daring the Huskies to knock anything within his reach. Robie and Johnson are staging a merry set-to for heavv hitting hon ors on the squad. Robie is also clouting above the 500 mark. McCormick Performing Well Don McCormick has been playing a consistent brand of ball on the hot earner and will be on this sack for the Husky series. Reinhart, if he takes . a fifteenth man, will have Gordon Ridings along for reserve infield work. Pour outfielders will be taken. Dave Epps has recovered from his sprained ankle and is ready to run anything down that comes out to left field. If he hits the globule as fai as the homer he collected against* the Aggies Tuesday he will be able I to navigate the bases on crutches and still have time to spare. Rav Edwards and Cotter Gould, 1 ortside hitters, are loading their big bats for the Washington ehuck ots and promise to show no mercy. Cotter is noneommital as to just l ow far he will swat them. Edwards admitted, on close grilling, that he (Continued on page two) Mystery Surrounds Aquatic Exhibition At Woman s Building White figures, green figures, yel low figures—it sounds like a person with astigmatism—but'“that part doesn’t come till afterwards. It’s a demonstration, to be held Tuesday evening, May 22, in the swimming tank of the Woman’s building—and the Amphibian club is at the bottom of —we don't mean the tank. rever, the posters are all out, nery is all being set up, and rful suits are all in the off that remains to be spread i; O ipaganda that will i iduee th u; tors to bring the neces sar_ ° 'ts for entrance. Mean time ’age-floor Johnnies are hangi around the Woman’s buildii r to catch a glimpse of the of the program, but up to d ,.1'int, they still sigh with failure. Quiblan Wins Warner Prize Evelyn Slianer Freshman Title Holder Winners in the oriental section and the .freshman section of the Murray Warner, essay contest wero announced Tuesday by the faculty committee on awards, in charge of the contest. The prize of $100 for tlie best essay by an oriental student on the general subject of bettering relations between his particular country and the United States went to Vicente Quintos Quiblan, of Santa Maria, Ilocos, Sur, Philippine islands, a senior in history; and the $50 prize for the best essay written by a freshman student on the question of relations between the United States and the countries of the orient was captured by Evelyn Shaner, of Port land, a major in English. The runner-up in the oriental con test was Ricardo Leones, also of Santa Maria, P. I., a senior in eco nomics, with Juan Luis, sophomore in business administration from Lasag Ilocos Norte, P. I., third. Second place in the freshman con test was won by Evan E. Hughes, a business administration major, from Springfield. For the first time in several years, all six contestants in the oriental section of the contest come from the Philippine islands. These two awards, together with the $150 first and $100 second prize in the contest for American upper class students, make a total of $400 offered this year by Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner, donor of the Murray Warner museum of oriental art ob jects. It is Mrs. Warner’s object to increase interest in the arts and culture of the orient and to stimu late closer relations between the countries of the Occident and those of the orient. Judges in the oriental and fresh man branches of the contest w.cre Dr. C. V. Boyer, head of the English department; Earl L. Shirrell, dean of men, and Harvey A. Wheeler, Eu gene business man. 28th National House Installed at O. S. C. OREGON STATE COLLEGE^ May 16.—(P. I. P.)—The Beta Epsilon chapter of Delta Sigma Phi, national social fraternity, has been installed at- Oregon State College. There are 28 national fraternities on the cam pus now. Donald Ostrander’s Voice Sweet And Expressive in Senior Recital By ALICE GORMAN Tt was a pleasing program that Donald Ostrander, baritone, gave last evening in the school of music auditorium for his senior recital. It was not a program of contrasts or much variety, but full of feeling and expression. The first group was composed of two well known favor ites, “All Through the Night’’ and “Drink To Me Only With Thine Eves,” arid two selections from Handel—“Where’er You Walk” and “Father in Heaven”—all of them quiet, cool, and restful, though not lacking in expression. Mr. Ostrand er’s two best numbers were in the next group. “O Fair, O Sweet, and Holy” was a love song of the most delicate tones which Mr. Ostrander sung with such lightness as to make them seem almost like echoes. His low and medium tones are splendid as was particularly shown in his singing of “The Two Grena diers.” This song is particularly well adapted to Mr. Ostrander’s voiee and displayed the excellencies of his tone qualities better than any other. The last group was full of exhilir ation, containing “The Year’s at the Spring” which proved especially popular with the enthusiastic audi ence. “Sunset” was another num ber in this group worthy of especial mention, being the most poetic selec tion on the program and Mr. Os trander did not fail to catch the beauty and feeling of it. With a bit of work on his higher tones in letting them out more, Mr. Ostrand er will prove an excellent baritone. Miss Virginia Hunt assisted by playing two numbers, one from Chopin and another from Schubert. Miss Barbara Edmunds was the accompanist and it was excellent accompaniment. __ Prima Donna To Sing Here Friday Night Program Will Be Last On Farewell Tour of Schumann-Heink Artist’s Strong Personality And Simple Maners Appeal to Public By N. M. G. Only ono more rotation of our old world will bring’ ns “Schumann Hoink Bay,” which has boon so eagerly anticipated by the Univer sity students and the people of Eu gene, for tomorrow evening the famous prima donna will sing the last concert of a farewell tour in McArthur Court, lie fore recrossing the continent to give the “farewell of farewells” at the Metropolitan of New York. Apart from tjie interest of the numbers she will sing, old favorites that have long been demanded by her audiences, is the personality of the singer herself — a physical strength that enters into the inter pretation of the cruel “Erl Konig” coupled with the maternal sympathy that portrays the despair of Rachel over the loss of her child and the father whose child is lured to an icy death. Has Simple Tastes * It is this motherly quality, for bidding any of the arrogance or the manerisms commonly attributed to artists, that has endeared Sehumann Heink to American audiences, over a period of twenty-eight years. A prima donna, who not only' be lieves in home cooked food, but en joys cooking it herself, and who counts a profession as secondary to a home and children, has something in common with the fundamental emotions and-aspirations of common people and cannot fail to appeal to them. Her respect for the commonplace has not blinded her to the finest of emotions. “Love one another” she says in an article on how to ward off old age. “The man or woman capable of much love is certain to stay young.” So she is just as capable of singing the delicate “Ich Liebe Dich (I Love Thee) of Bee thoven or Brahm’s “My Love Is Like the Lilac Bloom,” two num bers on her Eugene program, as she is the more powerful “Cry of Rach el” or “Erlkonig.” Violinist To Play With Schumann-Heink comes Flor ence Hardeman, a young violinist from the "Blue Grass region of jKen tueky. After study under the Rus sian Leopold Auer, sponsored by Charles P. Taft, brother of the former president, Richard Ernst, and other prominent Ohioans, Miss Hardeman returned to America as soloist with the Cincinnati sym phony. Since then she has been solo artist with Sousa’s band and for the past five seasons assistant artist with Schumann-Heink. Miss Hardeman’s program will include two movements of “Sym phonic Espagnole” by Lalo, Bohn’s “Mosfuito Dance,” Hubav’s “But terfly” and the familiar “Largo From the New World Symphony” of Dvorak-Kreisler. New Officers Chosen By Theta Sigma Phi At a luncheon held Tuesday noon at the Anchorage, Theta Sigma Phi, honorary organization for women in journalism, elected new officers for the coming year. Dorothy Baker was elected president; Miriam Shep ard, vice-president; Mary MeLeanj secretary; Marian Sten, treasurer; and Edith Dodge, keeper of the ar chives. At the same meeting, the organ ization elected to membership Serena Madsen, Ruth Hansen, and Betty Sehultze. Next Year’s Officers Elected by Temenids At a meeting of Temenids Tues day evening Marjorie Chester was elected president and Lucile Cor nett, chaplain, for the present year. The chapter is entertaining with a tea next Friday afternoon at the Craftsman Club from 4:00 to 6:00 o’clock in honor of all Eastern Star women on the campus. Jane Thomp son is in charge of the affair, as sisted by the following committees: Marie Bovson, receiving; Violet Grek, music; Lucile Larson, refresh ments. Upon Their Shoulders Rests Wehfoot Pitching Burden THIS quartet of Oregon flingers leave today with the rest of tlie team for a trip which will bring them into three games: Columbia, today, and Washington, Friday and Saturday. Left to right: Curly Fuller, southpaw, who hopes to get into one of the Husky games; Reynold Macdonald, right hander, who already has pitched one win over Huskies on local di»amcrd; /it' SVoenh left hanjded submarine bull, pitcher who has received credit for two wins over the Aggies; Chick Gannon, right hander who has one win to his credit over Columbia, and will probably face the Cliff dwellers in Portland today. Japan Declares Drastic Action Manchurian Invasion Is Deciding Factor for War I (Bt United Press! TOKIO, May 16—The Japanese1 government reached a decision to day to disarm the Chinese nation alists if they should attempt to pur sue Marshal Chang Tso-Lin into Manchuria after the fall of Peking, it was understood following a spe cial meeting of the cabinet. The Japanese government cannot indifferently regard the prospects of an invasion of Manchuria and Mongolia by rival forces and there fore will not permit prosecution of the war beyond a line from Shaliai kwan to Chaoyang, it was said. Chang Tso-Lin may retire with his troops to their homo provinces unmolested, but Japan’s interests in Manchuria are too extensive to be jeopardized by civil war there, the cabitict is understood to have de cided. Whether Japanese forces in Shan tung and Manchuria will be rein forced was not announced. Fugitives Caught in Wire SHANGHAI May 16 —Barbed wire has been erected around the foreign concession at Tientsin, which is jammed with fugitives fleeing for Manchuria before the advance of the southern armies, it was re ported here tonight. The latest information indicates Marshal Chang Tso-Lin will with draw his center and right wing but will withhold the left wing to retain the railroad from Tientsin to Muk den for his retreat into Manchuria. Should the northern leader adopt this plan, fighting in Tientsin is certain to occur, it is believed here. Athletics Beneficial Says U. of W. Prexy UNIVEBSITF OF WASHING TON, May 16—(P. I. P.)—“Univer sity athletics are assuming a defin ite semi-professionalism, but the stu "dents on the sidelines benefit. When intercollegiate contests are in sea son the student body is to be found deriving its entertainment in the grandstand, rather than attending the movies,” President M. Lyle Spen cer of the University of Washington stated last week. Dr. Spencer has just returned from the East, where prominent educators are deploring the trend of collegiate athletics, but l.e does not seem to be worried over the condition. Athletics are a pre paration for the coaching profession for some men in addition to their health benefits. Nine Prepare for Trip By Being Inoculated The first of a series of three typhoid inoculations was given at the dispensary yesterday to nine students who are going on the ge ology field trip this summer. The .second inoculation will be made next Wednesday and the third will be made two weeks later, just before the trip. Every year those who make the trip are inoculated in order to prevent illness from drinking impure water, Dr. Fred N. Miller, Univer sity physician, announced. Nurses at the infirmary are car ing for six patients at present. They are: Corrine Hill, Dorothy Buscnbark, William Baker, Billy O ’Bryant, Charles McCluu, and A1 Taylor. , Italian Polar Fliers Endangered by Ice Crust on Dirigible (Pv United Press) KINGS BAY, Spitsbergen, May 1C—The giant dirigible Italia, in command of General Umberto No bile, was cruising in strong head winds but fair weather over the north polar waste tonight, and keep ing in almost constant touch with the wireless station here. Progress through the day had been satisfactory and conditions ex cellent. Nobile said he would fly over Gillcsland after he completed his cruise over Loninsland. “We are continuing the same course as we pursued on the last flight,’’ No bile wirelessed. “We flew through a thick fog bank Tuesday with various visibility. We have encoun tered heavy headwinds and the ship has listed considerably but the weather appears to be clearing. “The weight of the ice crust form ing on the hulk and metal parts of the Italia might become serious, but the Italia is safer in the air than in its hangar at Spitsbergen.” Nobile expects to continue his cruise while the weather is favor able, otherwise returning Thursday night or Friday morning. Oregon Y. M. Cabinet To Join O.S.C. Group On Marys Peak Hike The cabinet of the University of Oregon Y. M. C. A., will leave here for Corvallis Saturday, May 19, at noon. Seventeen to twenty will make up the Oregon group which will meet the cabinet of the Oregon State College association in Shepard hall, and the joint party will start from there on a hike up Mary’s Peak. After camping overnight on the mountain, the hikers plans to return after dinner Sunday, so that the Oregon members may reach home Sunday evening. Speakers for a sunrise service as part of the Sunday program include T)r. Bay Culver, head of the Pacific Northwest division of Y. M. C. A., and Dean Dubach of O. S. C. A letter from Jens F. Svinth, pres ident of the 0. S. C. cabinet, reads: “The committee on preparations has decided that it would be best for each person to provide himself with his own food, cup and utensils^ The Association here will provide coffee. I would think that probably one double blanket each would be suf ficient.” Honor System Proves Effective at Corvallis OBEGON STATS COLLEGE, Cor vallis, May 16.—fP. I. P.)—Grow ing interest in and increased respect for the spirit of the honor system is reported by the honor committee of Oregon State. The committee has given the following report: “In the five years that the en forcement has been in the hands of the students, 45 cases have been tried by the council, involving 74 defendants. Of these .TP.4 per cent were found guilty, 13.5 per cent not guilty, 14.8 per cent dismissed, and 12.3 per cent dismissed during good behavior. ‘■‘Student interest in the honor spirit has increased in the past year, as is shown by the fact that more violations have been reported and tried than in the other four years combined. Seven of the last twelve case were reported by students^ many having appeared in court to prosecute their own cases and to voluntarily testify in cases on which they had not reported. ’ ’ Matson Stages Play Downtown High School Students Give One Act Comedy Under the direction of Cecil Mat son, student of drama, “ The Val iant,” a one-act play by Hall and Middlemans, was given at the Hcilij? theater last night by the university high school students in conjunction with the picture. ‘‘Tlie Valiant” was awarded the decision of the judges last Thursday when it was given in collaboration with three one act plays at. the high school. Mr. McDonald of the Mc Donald theater was so impressed with the amateur production that lie requested Air. Matson to reproduce tin. play down town. It will be given again tonight. Janet Timelier, 14 year old daugh ter of Professor W. F. 0. Timelier, portrayed the little sister role with the same ease and skill that was evinced last week. Hermit Stevens, in hie role of James Dyke, a condemned man, suc cessfully interpreted the pathetic and yet valiant part of a man who is a criminal in the eyes of the lavv. James Dyke, the “Valiant ” was sentenced to hang for killing a mam and in order to spare his family from tiie disgrace and grief, lie re fused to admit his identity. Both the leads showed exceptional ability in “feeling” their parts. The pathos, nind close affection of the brother and sister, were so realistic ly portrayed that few in the audience felt anything but thcHwcot sadness of the tragedy. Members of the faculty who saw the play when it was first produced commented upon the exceptions' ability and feeling shown by the students. It has been called, by man) who were there, one of the mos' tender and gripping short plays oi the stage. Those supporting the loads were: Brad Dotson, Warden Ilolt; ICeiinetl Long, Father Daly; Charles Riclui baugh, attendant; Gene Burt,, jailor This is the second play Mr. Matson lias directed, the first being the sen ior play, “.So This is London,” giver Inst December. J. Hildebrand Speaks Today At Assembly Scientist Is Professor Of Chemistry at California U. Delivered Commencement Address on Campus Two Years Ago Winner .of llie Distinguished Ser vice Medal for his notable medical work in the war, and member of I’M Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi, Dr. Jcel H. Hildebrand, scientist, makes! bis appearance again at the Univer sity of Oregon this morning aa as sembly speaker. Dr. Hildebrand is not new to this campus. Two years ago lie delivered the commencement, address to the graduating class, and left behind him a train of praise from the lips oT all who listened. On the same visit he delivered a lecture to a huge crowd in Villard hall, under the auspices of Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa who arc bringing him here again this year. Has Enviable Record The speaker has an enviable rec ord. Before the last war, he was professor at the University of Penn sylvania, after having studied sci ence at the University of Berlin. Tn 1017, he enlisted in the army ns captain in the Officers’ Rescrvo Corps, and in 1918 was promoted to major in the chemical wclfaro ser vice. Overseas, he was director of a chemical war service laboratory near Paris, and later commandant of Hanlon field, where lie spent ninny long weeks in experimenting with poisonous gas, its development, and the cure of “gassed” men who had breathed the white clouds in tlio trenches. In bestowing upon Dr. Hildebrand the Distinguished Service Medal, the U. 8. government gave him an honor that is won by very few men. Besides being a chemist, the lec turer is also an author. “Principles or Chemistry,” written in 1917, was formerly used by tlio University of Oregon ns a textbook, and his latest book “Solubility” is well known to men of science everywhere. Name in Who’s Who The ■ ie, her of distinguished so cieties rol wing Dr. Hildebrand’s name, fill i, a good-sized space in Who’s Who, nd scientific journals herald his achiev i monts periodically, because lie has writiv; numerous ar ticles on original scientific research. At present, the speaker is a pro fessor of chemistry at the Faiver n'ity of California, where, formerly^ he was dean of men. French Club Meets at Chi Omega Toniglif The French club will hold itft monthly meeting tonight at 8 o’clock at the Chi Omega house. The program promises to bo good and as a special featuro a real French play will ho presented, “L’Entente Cordiale.” Tlio cast in cludes Julia Charpentier, Frances Bacon, Miriam Swafford, Mildred Swafford, and Evelyn Slimier. Paper Route, Gas Station Fill Spare Time of Busy English A Professor Out of bod in time for the sunrise and away over lonesome country roads where only the rabbits and pheasants are up to meet him—such is part of the contemporary history of Kenneth Shumaker, instructor in the University of Oregon, and now supervisor of English A. Distribut ing Oregon Journals to the farmers every morning—this is only one of several jobs Mr. Shumaker performs on the side, as a very efficient way of adding shekels to his income. Each morning his paper route loads him away into the country through Searcy's hop yards, and motor route 15, on through Gaston, Pleasant Hill, Trent, and Dexter, to Gustina’s mill. All this before the student starts out for his eight o ’elock. On the homeward stretch, he comes through Jasper, Natron, .Springfield, hy the Chase Gardens, Coburg, around on the east hank of the Willamette hy the poor farm and the Country club, and then across Ferry street bridge, and home to Eugene—a total of nearly eighty nine miles. And all this before the average person’s breakfast. Besides being a paper carrier, Mr. Shumaker puts on his trusty brown coveralls for a certain number of hours every day and measures out gaH or cleans spark plugs at tiro Gas-Oil-Inn out in east Eugene on the Pacific highway. “During school, T work at the station whenjj ever I have time, and whenever they need me,” the instructor said with a hit of pardonable pride, “but dur ing the summer I work from nine to seventeen hours a day.” In fact, there are few things that Kenneth Shumaker does not know how to do. In the summer of ’24, he was “chief cook and bottlo washer” at a zoology camp at Sun set Bay on the Oregon coast; and between times he has written a text book on the subject of English A, now ready for the publisher. When off duty, Mr. Shumaker is usually found at his home on Emer ald street, next to the tennis courts, perhaps talking over plays with his wife, Florence Couch Shumaker, who, for several years, has been popular in campus dramatics. With her, he laughs over the little tricks fate lias played him since ho first came from Iowa six years ago in a Ford, and suddenly found himself—i a chemistry major—teaching in thq English department. _