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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
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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
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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
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■ ' 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.