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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1928)
< McEwan and Price Continue Grid Feud * Each Coach Is Credited Wit h One Victory Since First Straggle By JOE PIGNEY What are Oregon’s chances against California? Absolutely none at, all. The team “did well” in the Wash ington game. Thus, the opinion of the South j comes to Eugene. It is a solid! South — solid for the California Bears. The Californians arc a pro vincial lot, and nothing is so good as the native. The Gold state does not want Crater lake, but some beneficent individuals have moved this bit of blue water arbitrarily back and forth across the border. Perhaps they would like to annex ^ the Oregon football team once they realize its power. But Oregon is becoming provincial, too, and would not exchange its Webfoot team for any on the coast. This team is the best the University of Oregon has had for several years. The school and the state are proud of it. It is hovering close behind the conference leaders, and has an excellent chance to become a con sistent winner. A consistent winner? Oregon will welcome a winner of any sort. No victories and only one conference touchdown was hardly worth brag ging about in 1927. One victory in 192(i didn’t mean much; 1925 was a dark year, too, and the Webfoots finished at the bottom of the con ference standings. Way, way back in the year 1924, Oregon won three games and tied another. The following year, wan and winless, spoiled the enthusiasm of 1924. Nineteen hundred twenty four was indeed an unusual year. The three victories stand out promi nently between the two barren sea sons of 1923 and 1925. So 1928 with its three victories already and a host of touchdowns is almost too much joy for the pres ent student body to sanely digest.' It probably would be a shame if it did digest this new victory sanely. The 1928 season is nearly a suc cess now. If the Webfootcrs defeat California at Berkeley, November 3, the year will be more than a success “—it will be a triumph. Oregon has won only three games from Cali fornia, and lost seven. The game in 1904 ended with a scoreless tie. Captain John J. McEwan of Ore gon and “Nibs” Price of California both became head coaches in the conference in 192(1. Neither lias startled tho coast with great win ners yet, but this is “Oregon’s and California’s year” The game be tween tlie Bear and Webfoot hinges on the championship this year. The feud between McEwan and Price has become an active one. Oregon defeated California in 1926, but the Bears came back to win last year. The team that wins on No li vember 3 will go into the lead. McEwan holds the scoring advan tage for a single game, having run up 21 points against Price’s 13 in 1926. The Oregon team was blanked, 16 to 0, last year so Price went ahead in total scores. As it stands now, Price has 29 points against McEwan’s 21. The difference, one point more than a touchdown, will not be dif ficult for Oregon’s scoring team to defeat this year. Tho Bears do not realize that Oregon is a threat, and that, perhaps, is a point in Mc Ewan ’s favor. Travel Craze To Be Soothed By Assembly Dean John J. Landsbury To Talk oti Problems Of Pacific Countries Lecture Will Include Opinion on Questions Experiences With Island People Will Be Related Students with a hankering to visit Japan or a long-suppressed de sire to go to the south sea islands will find something of interest, at the assembly in the Woman’s build ing this morning at 11 o’clock when Dean John J. Landsburv, head of the music department, will speak on “Some Problems of the Pacific as Seen. Through the Eyes of a Vision ary. ” Penn Landsburv has visited the Fiji, Tonga, and Samoan islands twice and last summer spent con siderable time in Japan. The hour will not be taken up with the quot ing of statistics but will bo devoted to the telling of the problems of these people as Bean Landsbury sees them and the experiences he has had among the various peoples. Japan and Islands Contrast The south sea islands and Japan are about as different ns any two countries can be, Dean Landsbury states. The south is like a living page out of a fairy book, lie reports, while Japan is a curious mixture of the old and the new. Two and three years ago Doan Landsbury and his sister, Mrs. Anne L. Beck, went to the various islands in the south Pacific. When they were traveling to the Fiji islands on a little steamer they met with one of tlieir most interesting adven tures. The queen’s sister and Tonga football team were traveling on the same boat and they had the oppor tunity of watching the enthusiastic greeting given them by the natives. The missionaries were also celebrat ing the hundredth anniversary of their reunion. Bean Landsbury still hears from one of the boys who was on this football team, and only the other day received a letter from him which said, “When I think of you you shine out JiKe the morning star to me.” Make Chief’s Acquaintance The first time the Landsburys went to the Fijis they became vert well acquainted with an old chief whom they called Jack. Just be fore they left for their second voyage they received a letter from him saving that he would be there to meet them. On their arrival they discovered that he had died a few days previous and had been buried only a few hours before their coming. Japan is a very modern, up-and coming country, Dean Landsbury states. The hotels there are run on tlie continental plan and have every convenience. Instead of having to travel with packtrains as they did in some of tlie islands (for there was only one railroad there) they went on the latest style trains. One of the most disturbing experiences the Landsburys had occurred when they were obliged to travel in a second class compartment on the train. The car resembled our pull mans and in the morning the Jap anese proceeded to dress in the aisles and to do their daily dozen. Japan Is Modern While Dean Landsbury was in (Continued on Tage Two) Women Brighter Than Men? Not If Freshmen Psych Test Is Example Three Highest Grades Won By Members of Male Sex Are Oregon women students more intelligent than the men? They habitually earn a much better grade average, but if the psychological tests given the freshmen during reg istration week can be considered an index to intelligence, the odds are about even. For the past month Dr. H. B. Taylor, associate professor of psy chology, and his assistants, have been grading and tabulating the papers of the 8o0 frosh who took the test. The complete results bring out some interesting facts, among which are the following: The women’s ranges of mental ability is less than that of the men; that is that the men occupy' positions at the top and the bottom of the list, while moat of tlie women are grouped about the middle. The highest three scores were made by men, the highest woman ranking fourth. Highest possible number of points were 370. The highest scorer made 339, the second 311, and the third 286. The high est woman earned 269. The general average was shown to be about 140 points. The women’s average was considerably higher than the men’s. Clear superiority of men over women in the realm of mathemat ical reasoning was demonstrated in the arithmetic section of the test Whereas twenty-five boys solved from 12 to 19 of the twenty prob lems correctly, the highest girl’s score was 12. The average high school graduate taking the test sue i eeeded in solving only five of the twenty arithmetic problems. On the other hand, the women ' demonstrated superiority over the I (Continued on Page Three\ HomecomingPlcuis To Be Known Soon Ken Ilamaher Asks Start On Si fin Work at Once Announcements of general plans for the celebration of Homecoming, November 2.'! and 24, and committee appointments will be forthcoming in the next few days. The direc torate in charge of the week-end held! its first meeting yesterday, going over the duties assigned to the different committee heads for supervision and getting an idea of what is to be dono in the inter vening month. “Houses should commence work on plans for tire homecoming sign contest,” said Kenton Hamaker, in charge of features. “Tire general rules which have governed the con test in former years will be ob served this year unless changes are announced. If work is started now, there will be a better display, bet ter ideas expressed, and a much bet ter impression made on alumni than if all is left until the last moment.” Committee workers will probably be named before the end of this week. Tentative plans will be sub mitted at an early meeting of the directorate so that a budget of ex penses may be prepared and actual work for the week-end commenced. George Ilill, general chairman of the 1927 Homecoming, outlined methods followed by his committee and suggested aids in planning the work. Murray Warner Library Gets 10 New Volumes Books on Orient Include Novels, Histories, and International Relations The Murray Warner library oti the third floor of the Woman \s building has received many new books about the Orient. Three books from the Spell series: Spell of Japan, China, and the Hawaiian islands respectively, are beautifully illustrated and readable. “The Inconstancy of Madame Chining, and Stories from the Chi nese” is a book of short stories translated from a series of tales written toward the end of the Ming dynasty, about the time of Queen Elizabeth. San Kuo or “The Romance of Three Kingdoms” is a historical novel written during the Yuan dy nasty in the thirteenth century. “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio” is also a translation having been written originally by P’U Sing king in the seventeenth century. These stories were to the Chinese as the Arabian Nights were to the countries of western Europe. Among the books on current rela tions is a “History of the Far East in Modern Times” and a volume entitled “Chang Tso-lin's Struggle Against the Communist Movement.” Two books by H. B. Morse, “Inter national Relation of the Chinese Empire” and “Trade and Adminis tration of China,” also deserve men tion. The Murray Warner library, given by Mrs. Murray Warner, is open every week day from 2 to 5 and con tains a wealth of material on the Orient. U. of O. Instructors Attending Institutes In Oregon Counties Representatives of the University have attended or are scheduled to attend teachers’ institutes in 30 counties of Oregon, according to W. G. Beattie of the extension division. Mr. Beattie is*-leaving today for Corvallis to attend the Benton coun ty institute, and will bo joined to morrow by Dean II. D. Sheldon of the School of Education. They will give assembly and departmental lec tures on various phases of education al work. Last week Dean Alfred Powers of the extension division and Dean Sheldon visited institutes in Coos, Currv, and Jackson counties. Dean Elmer L. Shirrell, Dr. R. R. Huestis, and Mr. Beattie were in Josephine county, and Professor I. IT. Gentle attended the institutes in Marion and Columbia counties. Monday of this week Dean Shel don and Dan E. Clark of the exten sion division were in Roseburg for the Douglas county institute. Institute work has been very heavy this year, Mr. Beattie ex plained, and in spite of the fact that Mr. Gentle has been added to the extension division, several professors l ave been enlisted from the regular faculty. Move To Add Oregana To Student Fees Student Council Censures Church Groups* Actions Against Campus Voting Campus Chest Drive Abolished as Futile Year-book Question To Be Talked of at Assembly The Federated Church Brother hoods’ opposition To student vote in the coming election, adding the Oregnna to the student fees, and the abolishment of the campus chest, were three questions taken up at the student council meeting held yesterday. “The straw vote showing the ma jority of the student body favors Sunday movies undoubtedly first caused the Federated Church Broth erhoods to question franchise privi leges of tlie students, however, since the ballot may not be divided, it has developed into the much more important problem of whether or not students leaving their previous domiciles for purposes of study have a right to vote for the president of the United States,” .Toe McKeown, chairman of the student council, said. Student Expect Backing “If,” McKeown continued, in ex plaining the views of the council, “according to the. law ns it now stands, the students of the Univer sity are entitled to vote, then we will expect the University faculty and the people of Eugene to uphold us. If, on the other hand, it is de cided that we are not legally quali fied, in all fairness we should have been notified of it in time to regis ter elsewhere.” Resolutions to this effect were drawn up by a committee appointed for the purpose, and are as follows: Resolved: That the student coun cil, representing the students of the University of Oregon, in answer to the statements of certain parties that the students’ vote shall be challenged at the coming election, hereby appoint a legal adviser who shall determine the legality of the students’ right to vote. Register in Good Faith And be it resolved: :Tf the legal authority finds the students^ right fully able to vote in Eugene that they shall do so; and bo it further resolved: That, if the logpl advisor decides the student is not a quali fied voter, the student shall exercise his privilege of franchise regardless of the decision of the legal advisor because each student was encour aged to register in Eugene and did so in good faith, acting under the precedent of former years in which his vote has never been challenged. The student did not register in his own community because ho was led to believe he could vote in Eugene. To prevent students from voting at such a late date is not fair because it is too late for them to register at their respective homes, and ns a re sult Oregon students cannot east a ballot for presidential candidates. Urge Student Vote Whereas, if the people who are challenging the students’ vote are right in their contention they should have presented the matter before this, they have “slept in their rights,” and consequently have for feited their privilege to challenge the students’ vote. And be it finally resolved: That this group encourage each member of the student body who is a regis tered voter to go to the polls on election day and east his vote as all loyal citizens should and will do. (Signed): JOE McKEOWN, Chairman. Opinion of the law faculty had been sought by a council member. He reported that certain professors believe- there is no legal basis for student vote in Eugene; that money paid to fraternities and sororities is hot taxation but is rent paid to alumni associations who pay the taxes; and that each student com ing from outside of Eugene regis tered their home town as permanent address and signified Eugene as a temporary abode for the purposes of education. It was suggested that in the future the students should sign their permanent address as Eu gene. Boycott Is Scored Other possible measures of fight ing the brotherhoods were taken up. A general boycott was discard ed because it would be impractical in a city the size of Eugene and would injure only the business men, who, not only did not instigate the opposition but in many cases have expressed their frank disapproval 1 {Continued on 1'uge Ihree\ Portland Attorney's Bctck Student Vote Ey RAYMOND D. LAWRENCE PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 24.—(Spe cial to tlie Emerald)- After delving j into all the authorities eitoil by Don ald Husband, attorney for the Eed ; erated Church Brotherhoods of Eu i gene, who issued an opinion Monday ! that students attending Hie ITniver i sity of Oregon could be denied their ! vote in the Eugene city election on . the ground that they are not resi dents of that city, Ham Wildermnn, attorney for the associated students, today reiterated his statment of yes i terday that the authorities quoted by Mr. Husband have no bearing on the Oregon law and that, students | can vote it' over the legal age, rosi I dents of the state for six months (Continued on Pape Three) Disfranchisement Will Be Cross Injustice Tot Students Registered Here, Say Many Letters From Al! Parts of State Protest Action Of ('Inircli Brotherhood- Campus Thinks Move Unfair Since Re-registration Now Impossible By RALPH MILLSAP Injustice, although it may he entirely legal injustice, will he done if Cniversity of Oregon students are deprived of their right to vote at the coining election, according to the opinions of many on the campus and over the state. Letters pouring into the oltiees ot the Ltnerald editor and tin1 student body president from all parts of the state protest the recent action of the Eugene Federated Church Brotherhoods ! as unjust and illegal. Campus opinion is united in declaring that whether or not students can be prohibited from voting in Eugene, it is not fair The Bumper Crop of 'Legal Opinion’ -Ey ARDEN X. PANGBORN There lias sprouted up, as a result of the student voting question raised by the Federation of Church Brotherhoods, a mass of legal opinion, alleged legal opinion and various other opinion which has tended to obscure the primary issue at hand. The Emerald does not give a rap whether by some abstruse technicality of legal procedure the student can be deprived of his right of franchise. What the Emerald does believe is that the student is morally entitled to a vote in the coming election and should make every effort to get that vote. The Emerald believes that, the Federation of Church Brotherhoods is going to have a hard time preventing the students from voting, and that, though some campus voters may be eliminated by the tedious process of challenging, the great majority can not or will not be robbed of their right. This is not. radicalism. The Federation of Church Brother hoods may, if it wishes, contest the election and bring the case to trial, which probably will be the most satisfactory solution (Continued on Page Two) ■ ' 7 Victor Morris Made Director Of Chest Drive Committee To Allot Quotas Ami Divisions; Early Contributions Coming Victor Morris, associate professor of economics at the University of Oregon, was yesterday appointed chairman of the committee to con duct the Eugene Community Chest drive on the Oregon campus. Mr. Morris, who received his appoint ment from President Arnold Pen nett, Hall, will within the next few days annojuneo his committee of faculty members and those of the University administrative force who will help him in the general campus solicitation. Eight beneficiaries of the fund, who are to appoint chairmen for the teams who will solicit pledges, will announce their appointments later. The organizations who will name chairmen are: Y. M. C. A., Roy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, St. Vincent do Paul society, Hospitalization, Red Cross, and the University Y. M. C. A. and United Christian Work. The four service organizations: Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, and Active clubs, will appoint chairmen of sub committees. These twelve will head the work of general solicitation of pledges. Quotas and divisions will be as signed after the next meeting of the drive committee. The first unsolicitated contribu tion to the community chest fund was received through the mail yes terday at the headquarters of the drive. It was a letter and check from Mary E. Kent, of tho Uni versity of Oregon extension divi sion. Miss'Kent increased her con tribution 33% per cent over the amount of her donation last year. Crawl Scheduled for October 31 at 6:30; Get Your Dimes Early The first Dime Crawl of the year is scheduled for next Wednesday, October 31, from 6:30 to 7:30. Each woman’s house or living organiza tion provides music for dancing dur ing tho hour, and the men pay ten cents on entering and may stay a3 long as they like. These affairs arc sponsored by the Woman’s League and tho money re ceived therefrom is placed in the fund for the foreign scholar. Louise Huls, of Germany, was the student chosen to receive the scholarship on the University of Oregon campus this year. This fund pays her ex penses over to this country from Germany and helps maintain her while she is here. Teddy Swafford' is head of this committee and is making plays for several Dime Crawls to be held dur ing the year. Fvrsliman Honorary Names Twenty Girls As Active Members Helen Windsor, Alpha Chi Omega, was elected president of the newly elected members of Thespians, fresh man women’s honorary service club, at a meeting held recently, Other officers are: Vice-president, Muriel McClean, Alpha Omioron Pi, and secretary-treasurer, Virginia Crone, Hendricks hall. Other girls appointed are: Bar bara Gilbert, Kappa Delta; Mario Nelson, Alpha Gamma Delta; Elma Van Wey, Phi Mu; Bernice Hamil ton, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Donna Gill, Kappa Alpha Theta; Bernice Woodard, Alpha Phi; Margaret Scott, Chi Omega; Virginia Tomp kins, Gamma Phi Beta; Dorothy Jean Murphy, Alpha Delta Pi; Marie Meyers, Delta Delta Delta; Kather ine Doer, Chi Delta; Elizabeth Hib bert, Susan Campbell hall; Maxine Moore,, Delta Zeta; Eleanor Jane Ballantyne, Gamma Nu; Dorothy Anne Werniek, Pi Beta Phi; Jean Knapp, Delta Gamma, and Eleanor Orth, Alpha Xi Delta. The next meeting will bo held October ISO. Nine Girls Try Out For Dancing Honors Nino girls are trying out for Orcliesis, dancing honorary, and pre sented jjtheir original dances last night at eight o’clock according to Eunice Daniels, president. The final results of tho tryouts will bo made known as soon as possible. ni ornig i nr issue m tin* iron! iu this time, when it. is too Into for sto il o 111 s to register in their home town precincts. A resolution passed try the student couneil Inst night, wns to (lie effect ttint if students are not. legally entitled to vote in Eugene, they have been grossly treated and misled, since every effort has been made in the past to get students to vote here. Residence Questioned Students who are acquainted with the law hesitate torsny whether stu dents coming to the University from outside of Eugene have a legal resi dence here. Although it is admitted bv them that the church brother hoods undoubtedly have a. very strong case, they believe that the burden of proof rests with the broth erhoods and also that many cases can be cited that favor the students’ side. William Adams, a student in the law schol, says, “I have not gone into the legal aspects of the question very thoroughly and I would not want to state at this time what I think the law is. “However, it would be too bad if the students were denied the privi lege of voting, particularly of voting on national and state issues, after they had been led to believe that they were legally registered in Eu gene, such a belief having caused them to neglect to register else where. Have Voted Before “The students have been permit ted to vote as Eugene residents for several years and it does n’ot appear commendable that their right to vote in Eugene should bo challenged be cause of so minor an issue as Sun day movies.” Hugh Higgs, ex-president, of the student body, declares that every student who really believes in his own mind that lie lias legal resi dence in Eugene should go to tho polls oil election day and insist upon his right to vote. It is the opinion of Higgs that all students who are of voting age and who are self-sup porting should bo entitled to vote here, in addition, there are many other students who have their per manent homes here and about whoso right to vote there is no question. Such a minor issue as Sunday movies, no matter how interested the students may lie over it, should not be the cause for depriving tho students of their power to vote on national issues, thinks Biggs. Such action would amount to disfranchis i ing students during tho coming elec tion after they had been led to be lieve that they had the right to vote here. Colin Favors Vote Ale! Colin, another student In the law school, states, “It seems to me, purely from a rational basis and not from a legal one, that students who have registered in this county, ought and should be permitted to vote both on municipal as well as 1 national issues. Students reside in I (Continued on l’ai/c Three) What a Pickle! Poor Little Frosh Decides to Date Up for Soph Dance It was the night of the big Soph dance. The freshman gazed at him self critically in the junior’s glass and decided he’d do. f?o thought with pride how collegiate he looked in his neat blue suit, i The junior came in wearing his tuxedo. The freshman gasped and - wished ho too might strut his stuff i in like manner. i “Well, well little one, got your datel” > Things suddenly went a triflo - black for the freshman. Date? My ■ gosh, he’d forgotten that a woman 3 was a necessary accessory for the t sophomore informal, or at best that i the upper classmen would tako care i of the blind dates. With relief he - thought of the little brunette ho i had danced with at open house. He'd r ask her. No she wasn’t in. She had already started for the sopho s more dance. r What a pickle. Well if worse - came to worse he might ask the tall blonde with the big teeth who grin nod at him so profusely in survey. Ho shouted arouml tlio house and at last found tier name. ITo called her again and again and at last with a gasp of relief heard her cheery “Hello.” He almost shouted, “May I have a date to the sophomore informal?” IIo heard her answer, “Sorry but I’ve had that date for four weeks.” Well he wouldn’t get stung again. Frantically he asked, “Well may I have one for the Frosh Glee?” He got it. Jubilantly ho hung up the receiver. Then he sudden ly recalled that ho meant to ask the little brunette. Somehow the world lost all its glitter. He strolled over to the dance. “What beautiful decorations,” someone was saying. The freshman didn’t hear. All he saw was the little brunette sweeping past him in the arms of his friend, t.ho junior. Moral. Get your date early for November 3.