Webfoots
Meet Cougars
In Track Today
Oregon Counts On Field
Performers To Win
Points For Victory
By RICHARD II. SYRINO
(Sports Editor)
Today the University of Oregon
track team competes in its second
meet of the season with the, Wash
ington State Cou
gars as opponents
at Pullman. A
dearth of letter
men and ineligib
ilities have hin
dered Coach Bill
Hayward’s team
to a great extent.
Oregon’s hope to
win the meet will
depend bn the
ability of its
" field performers.
One event in;
which Hayward
italph McCulloch
can count on a first place is tne
high jump. AVith Ralph McCulloch
•entered in this event, the Webfoots
eie almost sure of capturing first.
McCulloch won first in the Wash
ington Husky meet with a leap of
six feet two inches. He will oppose
I.cuis Edes, a two-year lettennan,
and a consistent point-getter for the
Cougars.
The Lemon-yellow tracksters can
not hope to ^ct a first in any of the
dashes with Wesley Foster, negro
sprint marvel, running for the Stat
ers. In Foster^ Coach Karl A.
Schlademan has a century sprinter
who is reputed to have stepped this
distance in 9.8 seconds. Running
with a long, beautiful stride, the
king of AVasliington’s sprint men is
expected to have an easy time of it
today with Kelley and AAretzel, Ore
gon dashers, who have not run the
hundred under ten seconds. As a
fieshman last year, Foster sot new
r A\r. S. C frosh marks ili both sprint
events and he also still holds the
three records ho made in the state(
interscholastic meet three years
ago.
Glenn McGillivrae, a veteran, and
Tolland Newman, frosh sprinter' two
years ago, will be Foster’s running
mates in the dashes.
* * #
In the 440-yard dash Standard and
McKinnon will have True Ouillette
as an opponent.
If Ouillette runs the quarter, Glenn
McGillivrae will run the 220-yard
dash. Captain Ray AArilliams will
lead the Cougars in the meSley race.
He runs the half-mile under tvro
minutes. Rex Taylor, speedy soph
omore, will trot the mile lap of the
medley. He was timed in 4 minutes
34 seconds. The baton passing re
lay team is composed of Foster,
Hoonj McGillivrae and Roland New
man.
* * *
Sophomores rule as favorites in
the field events for the Washing
ton Staters. Jay Boerliave, W. S.
C. frosh record holder in the discus
and shot put, and Lloyd Hein, yearl
ing champion two" years ago, should
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Oregon Y.M.C.A. To
Climb Mary's Peak;
Trip Open to Others
9
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VI o
sec
gon, ^
Mountain climbers ahoy! Hunt
up the old pack-sack, stow away
son’ grub and a blanket, and hit
il for Mary’s Peak tbmorrow,
joint party of O. S. C. and
M. C. A. cabinet members,
’t matter whether you are
r not. Everybody is in
tlie gang. Mr. Davis,
he Y. M. C. A. at Ore
all men interested in
at the hut and sign
issible.
leave here Ratur
12:15 sharp. At
. C. cabinet will
i tie combined parties
proceed to Mary’s Peak. It is
planned to start the return trip
early Sunday afternoon.
Those who go must provide pack
sack, blanket, tin cup, spoon, knife
and fork. Bring food for three
meals, but do not bring meat for it
will be provided by the committee.
A charge of fifty cents will be
the only transportation cost.
the t
up ns
The
day, Mi
Corvallis
be met,
Frosh To Enter
Treasure Hunt
Many Events Arranged for
Picnic Saturday
Preston Gunther, chairman of the
entertainment committee of the
freshmen picnic, cannot find enough
words nor the exact word to describe
appropriately the prize to be award
ed to the winner of the special
treasure hunt to be held Saturday
afternoon at Swimmers’ Delight,
where the members of the class of
1931 will frolic in a merry fashion
on the occasion of their first class
picnic since entering the University.
The' prize-seeking freshmen will
find themselves winding their way
around the trails and paths of the
woods and forests surrounding the
picnic grounds, and the lucky per
son will find the much-coveted
treasure at the end of the trail. The
treasure will be the prize.
Gunther stated yesterday that all
those who intend to enter the con
test should be at the picnic grounds
by 4 o’clock, when contestants will
be given instructions Hbr the hunt.
The chairman of the entertainment
committee urges both boys and girls
to enter the treasure hunt, as the
prize will be suitable for either
group.
Two more prizes will be available
at the picnic in the evening when
the frosh dancers compete to deter
mine the best fox-trottefs and
waltzers. In this affair, Gunther
especially emphasizes the import
ance of both boys and girls entering.
Plan Features for Dance
A snappy four-piece orchestra
will be on hand to speed the steps
of the happy yearlings. Freshmen
have been assured by the entertain
ment committee that the freshmen
dance will.be far superior to the
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Dionaea, Most Wonderful Plant,
Now Growing on Botany Shelf
Professor A. B. Sweetser, head of
the department of botany, is now
growing a very tender plant, tho
Dionaea or Venus Fly-trap, on tho
top floor of Deady hall. Charles
Darwin wrote many years ago that
he considered this American insecti
vorous plant one of the most- won
derful in the world.
In an old chest of 'William C.
Canby, American botanist, which
had escaped notice up until about
five, years ago, was found corre
spondence from Charles Darwin con
cerning the American insectivorous
plant. Dionaea, or Venus Fly-trap.
Darwin wrote to Canby in 1873, “I
did suppose you resided near the
habitation of the Dionaea which I
look at as the most wonderful plant
in the world.”
Up on the top floor of JDendy hall
a plant of this species, first exhibit
ed in England 150 years ago, is
growing modestly under a cover
glass. At first glance it shows no
outward characteristics warranting
such praise from the well-known
author of the “Origin of Species.”
The leaf of Dionaea is borne on
a flattened or winged petiole; the
broadly rounded halves of the leaf
are set at an upward angle to the
midrib, and the outer edge of each
half bears more than a dozen evenly
spaced finger-like spikes; the slight
ly concave disk of each leaf-half
bears three (sometimes more) fine,
short, tapering bristles, which are
the triggers to set off the trap; for
the whole structure is a trap for the
capture of insects. Indeed, this
plant resembles nothing so much as I
a bear trap.
Touch one of the trigger hairs
twice, or any two of them in close
succession, even with a hair, and the !
halves of the leaf immediately close.
However, for an instant the halves
only partially close and there is a
small opening left between the hairs
large enough for only the smallest
insects to escape. This puzzled
Darwin until he finally evolved the
theory that the plant did not want
to waste so much time and energy
consuming a very small insect and
was thus providing a means of
escape for the undesirables.
With the exception of a few hot
house plants, the Dionaea is only '
found growing in a narrow strip of
about fifty miles along the const of
North and South Carolina and even
here it is localized. In general it
seems to be very particular in the
selection of its growing place. Dar
win, himself, had trouble growing it
in his hothouse. Among the letters
in ‘‘More Letters of Charles Dar
win,” edited by Francis Darwin, is
j one in which Darwin wrote, “I ean
1 not make the little creature grow.”
He was forced to send time and time
j again to North Carolina for speci
mens.
The plant which Professor A. It.
! Sweetser, head of the plant biology
department, is growing, came direct
from North Carolina and is rapidly
' developing in Sphagnum moss. The
I same shelf which recently held the
: "pocket gardens” of the botany
class now holds the blossoming
* Dionaea.
Rooks-Frosh
Play Third
Game Today
Game This Afternoon at
3:30 To Be Batters’
Free-for-all
Third Base Is Frosh Team
Jinx; Guthrie May Not
Start Tilt
When tlie Oregon frosh and the
Oregon State rooks ' meet on the
varsity baseball diamond this after
noon the game will be a batters’
contest till the last, unless a hero,
in the person of a capable pitcher,
makes himself known in the frosh
or rook ranks. Two frosh-rook
games to-date have been slugging
bees with large scores attached,
neither team possessing pitchers of
ability. This afternoon’s tilt at
3:.‘50 should-be highly entertaining
to the fans but somewhat disconcert
ing to the pitchers.
The first game of the series, held
in Eugene, went to the rooks 19-8
in as hectic a contest as baseball
fans ever witnessed. The second
tilt at Corvallis was hardly less
hectic, the frosh winning by one
run, 17-16.
’ •
Jinx Still Pulques
With one exception, the frosh
team which is to start the game to
day is the same as in both contests
with the rooks. Third base, an all
season jinx, has gone on another
spree and ns a result one man is
crippled and another may not bo
able to play. Blackburn, who has
started in nearly all games so far
in the hot corner, broke his arch in
practice Tuesday night and is out
for the season.
Howard Guthrie, who has been
ineligible all season, was supposed
to have been able to play this week,
but due to complications in the
eligibility rules of Pacific coast col
leges, he may not start today’s
game. In such a case Hollowell is
the man for third base. Ho has
been out all season but has had little
chance to play in games. If Guthrie
is able to play the frosh infield
should looR nearly as good as be
fore Bl^-kburn was injured.
Bloom’s Edge Slight
Just who will start in the pitch
er’s box for the frosh is n question.
Dave Bloom, speed artist, may get
the call but he has little more pre
cedence than Vernon Arnett or
Cordis Barbar. If Bloom pitches,
Maurice Sussman will catch, other
wise Ted Parke, who has a batting
average of over .500, will receive.
One of the most promising men on
the frosh team will be in left field
tomorrow. Harold Olinger leads the
frosh in batting, having an excep
tional average of .622. Robert
Barnes over next to Olinger in cen
ter field is almost on a par with
Olinger in average and his hits have
been very appropriate as to the
times when they came. In other
words Barnes hits when there is a
big need for a hit.
W.A.A. Will Sponsor
High School Play-day
A play-day in which the students
of Eugene high, University high,
and Springfield high, will take part
will he held Saturday, May 19, by
the Women’s Athletic association.
Starting at 10:00 a. m. on the
women’s athletic field, and lasting
until late afternoon, the day will be
crowded with events of interest to
athletes, toe dancers, and spectators.
This is not a competition between
the schools, but a big get-together
play-day. Teams will be picked
from the combined representatives
of the schools for volley ball, base
ball, tennis, and track.
W. A. A. members will stage a
short program of clogging and danc
ing. A demonstration soccer game
is a feature of the program.
Those who do not care for the
field sports may participate in
games of ping pong in the sun parlor
of the Woman’s building. To finish
the day, a social swim is included
on the program.
Junior and senior physical educa
tion majors will referee all contests,
and manage the picking of teams.
Hall To Give Address
To Graduating Nurses
President Arnold Bennett Hall
left for Portland yesterday to de
liver the commencement address to
the graduating nurses’ class of the
Good Samaritan hospital, given last
night. Dr. Hall will return to the
campU3 today.
Nobile Plans Return
From Frozen North
After Long Cruise
(Rv United Press)
KTXGS BAY, Spitzborgen, Mar
17—General Umberto Nobile who
took the giant dirigible Italia out
over the unexplored Arctic waste
Tuesday, at 2 p. m. sent a wireless
message today saying he was return
ing to Kings Bay, where he expect
ed to arrive tonight.
At the time the message was sent
the Italia was Southeast of Franz
Josef land, after cruising north and
south over Benin land, where a
snow storm had been one wintered.
Nobile had found no new lai d.
Nobile attempted to lard three
soldiers on Nicholas II land and
leave them there for six hours.
When ho passed over Triplix Bay,
north coast of Franz .Tosef land, lie
threw out a Venetian flag in re
membrance of Franco Quirimi, who
died there during the Cagines polar
expedition in 1909.
Voters Urged To
Turn Out Today
Five Precincts To Be Open
For Student Poll
All students of voting age arc
urged to exer.ciso their privilege in
the Oregon direct primaries today.
Polls throughout the city will be
open from 8 a. in. until 8 p. in. and
during this time all students that
have previously registered will be
given a clianco to vote.
Five precincts have been estab
lished in the vicinity of the Univer
sity where the majority of the stu
dents live. Of this number the
Patterson school building on Alder
street will be headquarters for
more than 20 living organizations
besides a large portion ot men and
women living in private homes.
“If students are going to criti
cize the administration of city af
fairs, they sjhould exercise their
right of ’ franchise today,” said
Bill Adams, campus Republican
committee chairman. “While the
University Republican committpe
has not indorsed any of the can
didates, it is quite generally known
that several have announced them
selves in favor of University legis
lation and students should vote with
this idea in mind.”
Here are the five precincts where
most of the campus poll will be
centered:
X rt;ClIlC L J.VI-uuuiiucu
by East Eleventh, south by East
Fifteenth, east by Hilyard and west
by Ferry'streets. Vote at 561 East
Thirteenth street.
Precinct 17—bounded on the
north by East Eleventh, south by
East Fifteenth, cast by University
and west by Hilyard streets. Vote
al Patterson school. The following
houses will vote here: Psi Kappa,
Alpha Beta Chi, Phi Delta Theta,
Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Chi Omega,
Girl’s Oregon Club, Kappa Alpha
Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi
Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Bachelordon, Delta Gamma, Alpha
Gamma Delta, Alpha Xi Delta, Sig
ma Pi Tau, Phi Mu, Kappa Delta,
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Theta Chi, Sig
ma Kappa and the resident halls.
Precinct 18—bounded on the
north by East Fifteenth, south by
city limits, east by University and
west by Ferry streets. Vote at 632
East Fifteenth street. The bouses
voting here are: Phi Gamma Delta,
Delta Tau Delta, Delta Epsilon and
Alpha Upsilon.
Precinct 19—bounded on the
north by East Eleventh, south by
East Eighteenth, east by Moss and
west by University streets. Vote
at Condon school. Thacher Cottage
north by East Ninth, south by East
is included in this precinct.
Precinct 21—bounded on the
north by East Ninth, south by East
Eleventh, east by Ferry and west
by University streets. Vote at
Evans Garage on Alder street by
the millrace. This precinct includes
Alpha Phi, Chi Psi, Beta Theta Pi,
Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Kappa Psi,
Sigma Nu, Kappa Sigma, Alpha
Delta Pi and Gamma Nu.
Hospital Survey Made
By Sociology Worker
A survey of Oregon hospitals as
to standards, service rendered and
cost of nursing courses to the in
stitutions, has been completed by
Miss Bess Brown, associate director
cf the nursing course of the school
of sociology. She will make her re
port to members of the State League
of Nursing Education in Portland at
the Multnomah hospital Saturday.
At the request of the State Nurs
ing board, questionnaires were sent
the different hospitals and from in
formation obtained, a tabulated re
cord has been made which will be
i the source of Miss Brown’s talk.
Scholarship
Is Important
Says Scientist
Dr. J. Hildebrand Tells
Students To Develop
Sportsmanship
Frosli in Balconies Hear
Address With Ease
Via Amplifiers
For flip first time since assem
blies were changed from Villard lmll
to the Woman’s building, the fresh
men sat demurely in the gallery for
an hour yesterday, and heard every
word of the lecture. This phenom
enon, they discovered, was due to
three amplifiers, newly installed,
and projecting in picturesque
fashion from the wall above the
stage, while .Tool II. Hildebrand,
noted chemist, talked into the micro
phone on the speaker’s desk below,
bringing chuckles from the audience
with his lecture on “Students and
Professors.”
Dr. Hildebrand has spent the last
ten years in California, first as
dean of men at the state university,
and later ns instructor in chemistry.
Often his dark eyes sparkled under
standingly at the reactions of his
audience, and his white teeth bared
themselves easily in a sort of chronic
smile—so much for a first impres
sion.
Speaks In Serious Vein
After laughing with his audience
over certain ridiculous happenings
and blunders among tho boys and
girls he has taught, Dr. Hildebrand
began speaking in serious vein about
the attitude of student toward pro
fessor. “Occasionally I meet stu
dents who artfn’t very good sports,”
lie told liig teeners, “—students
who wonder why they can’t squeeze
a few more points out of the in
structor.” His. illustrations demon
strated his belief that it is often
times a good tiling for tho student
to change his major course. “But
quite often,” tho chemist smiled
faintly, “the applicant comes in and
sits down with this attitude: Now
here I am, damn you! —Learn me!”
Finally, from the rich field of liis
experience—as a soldier in the chem
ical welfare department in Franco,
as an instructor, and as a dean of
men, Dr. Hildebrand lias reached
the conclusion that college is good
for other things besides making
friends—the excuse given so often
by the student whoso grades mean
little. Friends, the clfemist lias
learned, ought to bo made any
where.
Leadership lJortrayea
As to leadership, so niueli talked
of as a product of universities, I)r.
Hildebrand portrays two kinds:
first, that represented by the poli-.
tician who puts himself at the head
of a crowd to ballyhoo “Follow me!”
and secondly, the kind demonstrated
by Columbus, and the men who pio
neered into the West. The student
is to take his choice, knowing the
consequences.
Finally, Dr. Hildebrand said, the
scientist makes the appeal that the
students try to understand their
professors. “You have men in your
faculty who can give you ideas that
you cannot get from the man in the
country store,” he concluded; “and
remember that although you may
get bored with your professors,
don’t you often wonder if they do
not get just as bored with you?”
California Professor
Is Guest of Dr. Clark
Louis .T. Paetow, professor of his
tory at. the University of California,
stopped in Eugene, Wednesday,
while on his way home after deliv
ering a convocation address at
Washington State College, to see
Dr. 15. C. Clark, head of the history
department. Dr. Clark and Pro
fessor Paetow used to be associates
at the University of Wisconsin. The
members of the history department
faculty entertained Professor and
Mrs. Paetow with a luncheon at the
Anchorage.
Nurses Honor Advisor
Who Leaves for East
The Nurses’ club gave a lunch
eon at the Anchorage Wednesday
noon, honoring their advisor, Miss
Bess Brown, who is leaving for
New York to study nursing. The
Nurses’ club was organized on the
campus the beginning of fall term,
for those interested in that line of
work. Election of officers will be
held at the meeting next week.
Famed Concert Singer
Madame Ernestine schu
MANN-HEINK, world-renowned
concert soprano, will appear at Mc
Arthur Court at 8:15 tonight at her
last Oregon appearance. Slio is
now on a farewell concert tour of
the country.
Big Oregon Vote
Expected Today
Seven Candidates After
Sinnott’s Job
(By United Press)
PORTLAND, Ore., May 17-—'Vot
ers of Oregon will express their
preference for presidential, district
and local candidates for the republi
can and democratic nominations at
the Oregon primary election tomor
row.
Herbert Hoover is unopposed on
the republican ballot, and having
been reared in Oregon, is such a
general favorite here that it was re
garded as a certainty not only that
lie would receive a high preferential
vote but that only candidates for
seats at the republican convention
who had expressed favor for him
would be elected.
Governor Alfred E. Smith of New
York will win the democratic pre
ference by a big vote, it was freely
predicted and ten delegates pledged
to him will undoubtedly be elected.
The names of Senator James A.
Reed of Missouri, Senator Thomas
J. Walsh, of Montana, dud tho Rev
erend Alonzo P. Workman of Mis
souri also appear on tho democratic
ballot, but sentiment throughout tho
state has swung so symmetrically
toward Smith, that victory for the
New York governor was regarded
certain.
Oregon has 13 delegate^ to tho
republican convention at Kansas
City.
There are 217,491 registered vot
ers in 1,78.'! precincts in tlio state
and although the presidential cam
paign has been listless and issueless
a heavy vote is anticipated because
of district and local elections.
A hot contest for the republican
nomination for congressman from
the second district to succeed Con
gressman N. J. Sinnott is in pros
pect with seven candidates in the
field. This is to bo a “writing in”
election as the names of none of the
seven candidates appear on the
ballot. In the. first district James
W. Mott of Astoria has made a
short but strenuous campaign
against Congressman Hawley, and
some observers believe the vote will
be close. In the third district Rep
resentative F. Korell is unopposed
for the republican nomination and
W. C. Culbertson for the democratic.
Sigma Nu Chapters
Plan Baseball Game
Rivaling even those epic contests
between the battling barristers and
the juggling journalists will be the
mighty conflict of Delta Tan and
Gamma Zeta, Sigma Nu chapters
at O. B. C. and Oregon, respective
ly. These two baseball teams will
meet for their third annual contest
next Sunday at the Fairgrounds ball
park. The game will start promptly
at 10 o'clock if not later.
Legend has it that in olden times
the coveted prize was a large keg
of beer from Luckey’s saloon, but
the embattled hosts of today strive
merely for the possession of a large
sheepskin, upon which are engraved
symbols, various and sundry- and of
deeply hidden meanings. Tn the
two previous meetings the O. S. C.
flayers have emerged victorious, by
scores of 19 to 18 and 1(> to 12. If
Delta Tail nine is successful again
next Sunday, they will earn per
manent possession of the mysterious
sheepskin, and this< says Gamma
i Zcta, must never happen.
Prima Donna
To Sing Here
This Evening
Famous ‘Erl Konig’ anct
‘Cry of Rachel’
On Program
Assistant Artist To Play
Violin Solos Between
Vocal Groups
By N. M. 0.
“Schumnnu-Hoiiik Bay” is hero
at last. What is oven hotter, the
night of that day will soon bo here.
Then the students of the University
and the residents of Eugene will
gather at the MeArthur Court to
hear the long-ant ieipated eoneert
that marks the ending of Madame
j Schumnnn-IToink’s farewell tour.
Madame Schumann-Heink insists
tiiat there is nothing phenomenal in
the faet, that a woman of her age,
closing a eoneert and stage career
of fifty-one years, can still sing
powerful numbers such ns the “Erl
Konig” or look into the future and
flan the stupendous task of train
ing singers in the fine points of her
art and of promoting community
opera throughout the United States.
In the faee of such an unusual re
cord one might bo tempted to bold
denial of tilts assertion. But in
view of Schumann-Heink’s attitude
toward her future work it is not
phenomenal—but the result of a
youthful enthusiasm.
To Sing Old Favorites
So the audience tonight, accord
ing to the critics who heard her
farewell concert in New York and
the nation’s capitol, will hear the
famous contralto sing with a dra
matic intensity from which artists,
younger in years, may learn. She
will sing here, as there, all the old
favorites—-numbers that have been
requested countless times by her
listeners because of the force with
which she reveals the poet’s mes
sage.
Among these are the two tragio
numbers “The Erl Konig” and the
“Cry of Rachel.’’ In the first, with
its accompaniment descriptive of
the wind, the trampling of horses’
feet, the story Is told of the father
riding through the cold of the night
with his child. Enticed by daugh
ters of the Erl Konig the child is
lured to icy death. The despair of
I lie bereaved father is equalled only
by that of “Rachel,” in the second
song, who calls to Death to let her
enter to her child.
Love Songs Included
Of equal appeal will bo the love'
songs, Beethoven’s “Ieli Liebc Dicli”
(“I Love You”) and Brahm’s
“Mcino Liebo 1st Grim” (“Oh My
Heart Is in Bloom Like the Lilac
Tree”) and the “Koiuist Hu Das
Land”, from the “Mignon Opera.*<
f . numbers Madame Schu
mann-Heink will sing are, tho
“Mitrano Aria” of Rossi, “Before
the Crucifix,” by Frank LaForge,
“Pirate Dreams,” by Charles Hue
tor “Dawn in the Desert,” by Or.
ltoss, “Trees,” by Oscar Rasbach,
the merry “Kerry Dance” of J. L.
Malloy, “Down in the Forest,” by
Landon Ronald, and “Taps,” ar
ranged by Pasternack.
Miss Florence Ilardema, violinist,
who has been the assistant artist to
the prirna donna for tho past five
years, will play tho following num
bers:
“Symphonic Espagnole,” by Ed
ouard Lain, “Tho Butterfly ” by
Hubay, “Mosquito Dance,” by
Bohn, and the familiar “Largo From
the New World Symphony,” by
Dvorak.
All A. 8. U. O. tickets must be
exchanged for admission tickets at
the Co-op store.
Resolution
Whereas Almighty God in his
infinite wisdom has seen fit to
remove from our midst, our late
friend and fellow student, Robert
J. Moore, and
Whereas, by his death the Uni
versity of Oregon has lost one
of the most earnest and respected
students; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Associated
Students of tho University of
Oregon that to his sorrowing
family we extend our deepest
sympathy, and be it further
Resolved that a copy of theso
resolutions in behalf of our be
loved friend bo sent to his
family, and that a copy be tran
scribed on the records of the
Associated Students of the Uni
versity of Oregon, and that a
copy be published in the student
publication.
Adopted May 17, 1928