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I Special Train Will Be Run To California Oregon Supporters Urged To Accompany Team On Southward Journey Sixteen Dollars, Price Of Round-trip Tickets Parents’ Consent Required Before Registration “On to California!” Such has boon the slogan, the watchword, and the salutation on the University of Oregon campus ever since the decisive defeat of the University of Washington Huskies at. the hands of the Webfoots last Saturday But now, with the grant ing of permission by the University authorities for a special rally train to Berkeley for the game there, November 3, the phrase has acquired a new significance. Heretofore it has just been the team that was “On to California,” but now it is the entire campus. Plans Formed Arrangements have been made by the rally committee, under direction of Joe McKeown, with the Southern Pacific company for a special train reserved primarily for University of Oregon students to run from Eu gene to Berkeley on the week-end of the game there. The train will consist of an observation car, diner, buffet luncheon counter, sleepers, and chair cars. The prices for tickets to Berkeley and return, in which most students are doubtlessly primarily interested, will vary as to the number who make the trip. If 300 or more go to the game, the round trip tickets will sell for $10. If the numbpr of passengers is between 200 and 300 the price will be $19, and if between 100 and 200, $22.50. The train will leave Eugene Friday afternoon and arrive in Berkeley Saturday morn ing. It will begin the return jour ney Saturday evening and will ar rive in Eugene Sunday. Tickets to the game will be issued to Oregon students for one dollar upon present ation of student body tickets. • Parents’ Consent Needed All students who plan to make the trip must have the written consent of their parents, McKeown said. Men should register for the train at the office of the dean of men, and women at the office of the dean of women. It is essential that all who wish to make the trip should regis ter at once, McKeown stated, so that the rally committee will be able to reserve a rooters ’ section in the California stadium. “Every Oregon student should make an effort to accompany the team to Berkeley,” McKeown said. “A football team with a crowd of rooters actively supporting it can do nearly twice as well as one which is obliged to play alone. Oregon rooters have given the W ebfoot team their whole-hearted support in both games this season, and we have seen what that team can do. We have downed Washington and we can down California if we keep up the winning spirit. And a trainload of howling Oregon enthusiasts ac companying the boys t.o_ Berkeley will be the surest way of maintain ing this spirit.” Dr. W. E. Milne Attends Phi Beta Kappa Council Representing the Oregon nml Whitman chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. W. E. Milne, professor of mathematics, on a year’s leave of absence, attended the triennial council of the organization at Dela ware, Ohio, this summer, he writes Edgar E. De Cou, head of the de partment of mathematics. While on his trip he met several former members of the Oregon fac ulty, notably Professor Justin Miller of the law faculty at Stanford, who occupied a similar position here for several years; Professor William Smith, now head of the mathematics department' at Lafayette college, who was assistant professor of math ematics at Oregon before serving as private secretary to President Campbell for two years; Professor R. M. Winger, also formerly of the mathematics department here, now on the mathematics faculty of the University of Washington;, L. L. Smail, recently of the Oregon math ematics department and now holding the same position at Lehigh univer sity, and Professor James Glover, of the University of Michigan, who taught a course in “The Mathemat ics of Finance” for a summer ses sion here. Meet The Brotherhood, Eugene Ministerial Union ---By ARDEN X. PANGBORN We were greatly astonished at the astonishment, expressed by the Eugene Ministerial Union through its president, Frank 8. Beistel, at the stand taken by the Oregon Daily Emerald on the question of student voting in the coming election. 'There j seem to be two points in the communication, which is printed in iyill in another column on this page. They are: First!, the church didn't know a thing about the student i voting prohlem until after reading the Emerald, and Second, tlie church is surprised that the students should stand up and demand a right that is morally theirs. # ’ # * # Our communicant admits that $he churches have their shortcomings. Not to be out done, we, too, admit short comings. One of them is a poor memory; and when it be came evident that we had accused the Eugene Ministerial Union of some misdemeanor we raced hastily tlo our files so that we might find our error and make amends. But we were unable to find one place where we men tioned the Eugene Ministerial Union. # # * * We are to assume from the communication that the Eugene churches have no association with the Federation of CHURCH brotherhoods; and that the Federation of CHURCH brother hoods lias slipped something over on the churches with whom they have no connection. We would advise that the churches go directly to the leaders of the Federation of CHURCH brother hoods and call them on the carpet for endeavoring to interfere with the voting of the students on the Oregon campus, which it seems has caused the Eugene Ministerial union to begin seeing bears, crickets and other small animals. It is not. the purpose of the Emerald to quarrel with the (Continued on Page Two) City Advertising To Be Studied bv W. F. G. Thacher Secures | Co-operation of Eugene Chamber of Commerce In what is thought to bo the first undertaking of its kind, students in W. F. G. Thacker’s class in adver * tising problems this week began a survey of the advertising situation in Eugene with a view to tabulating the results for public information and particularly for the Eugene chamber of commerce which has of ficially approved of the project. Information as to how much money is spent in advertising in the city, and how it is spent will be se cured in the survey, it is planned. The 24 students of the class expect to devote much time during the next few weeks to the personal canvass of the business district of the city, interviewing all advertisers. Chalmers Hooe has been chosen captain of the undertaking and Flor ence Grebe, the only woman student in the advanced class, will act as secretary for the survey team. Last week the class conducted a tentative tryout which led to the actual deci sion to go on with the survey. Mr. Thacher declared yesterday that, as far as he knew, it was the first time such a tabulation has been undertaken anywhere. The chamber of commerce, lie said, has expressed itself as. being glad of the oppor tunity to secure the information. Mr. Thacher regards the project as an extremely interesting one and believes that it will be of practical benefit both to those who desire the information for civic use and to the students. University Benefit Tea Planned By Eugene Girls’ Club A benefit bridge tea is planned by the Eugene University Girls’ club for November 15, at the Osburn hotel from 2:30 to 5:30, it is an nounced by Helen Barnett, president of the group. All University women and their mothers are urged to attend the tea, the tickets for which will be 50 cents eaeh. The committee in charge of the ticket sale is composed of Inez Monro and Kuby George. Evelyn Hollis, Alice Carter, Dorothy Hallin, and Katherine Blood are on the gen eral committee. Display of Paintings To Be Given at Co-op ! _ Some of the best works from the ; University art department are to be i displayed in the Co-op today, it is reported by Marion F. McClain, manager of the University Co-op. There will be paintings and draw ings of architectural art, natural art paintings and various other work which has been done by students in j that department. The pictures will I i be displayed on the west wall of the 1 sales room in the Co-op, which has ; i formerly been occupied by Oregon banners and pennants. Webfoot Subs Meet Teachers Here Tomorrow Normal Ready for Big Mix After Taking Beating From Frosli Last Week The Oregon varsity reserve foot ball eleven meets Monmouth Normal school team in a game tomorrow at 2:00 o’clock on Hayward field. Coach McEwan has drilled the ro serve squad all week for the test, the last hard scrimmage before the Webfoot-Bear game at Berkeley No vember 3. The Oregon regulars will sit on the bench tomorrow, to be ready for action should Monmouth seriously threaten. The Monmouth teachers introduced themselves to Eugene on the gridiron last week when they played the Oregon frosh and took a beating, 19 to 0. The starting lineup for tomorrow’s game includes a number of men who have conference time to their credit, and Frank Learned, a center, who will take the place of George Chap pell, regular substitute, who was injured in the game with Washing ton last Saturday. The first team will be Lawrence Slauson and Wal ter Brown, ends; Tom Weems and Marion Hall, tackles; Jerome Lillie Learned, center; Choppie Park, and Bob Keeney, guards; Frank, quarterback; Wallace Shearer, half back; Francis Hill, halfback, and John Donahue, fullback. Last night several of the varsity players who have been on the injury list showed improvement. George Stadelman and Bob Robinson, who suffered minor leg injuries in the Washington game, were both in suits for practice. Robinson ran through several plays in scrimmage. In the absence of Captain John J. McEwan, head coach, who left today for Berkeley to scout the California Olympic club game to- be played there Saturday, the Oregon team will be in charge of Gene Vidal and Dick Reed, assistant coaches. Co-op Trade Increases $1200 Over Last Year An increase of nearly $1200 over last year is shown in the total re ceipts of the University Co-op, ac cording to Marion F. McClain, man ager of this student institution. It has been difficult for the Co-op to judge the supply of books which would be needed this year, on ac count of the new junior college sys i tern which was just initiated, mak ing it impossible to use back records when ordering stock. Kecords have been kept for many years regarding those needed for each course. When the change was made, most of the courses were i shifted, making the gauging a very 1 difficult problem. Eight students are .employed this ! year in the sales room of the Co-op j which is about the same number as [previously used. Dean Shirrell Quits Position At University Circumstance of Mother’s Serious Illness Factor In Resignation of Post Will Euler Brother’s Business in California Temporary Appointments Fill Places Left Vacant Elmer L. Shirrell, who for the past year has been dean of men and associate professor of political science in the University of Oregon, lias resigned his position and will enter business in Palo Alto, Cali fornia, with his brother, it was an nounced by Karl Onthank, executive secretary of the University, yes terday. Dean Shirrell has many connec tions in California and in the past has received many offers to enter business there. A few days ago he was called south to confer with his brother concerning a business propo sition which had unexpectedly opened to them. As Mrs. Shirrell’s mother lias been seriously ill in Cali fornia for some time, requiring her daughter’s presence near her, the combined circumstances resulted in the resignation of the Oregon dean. Business Offers Made Dean Shirrell came to the Univer sity of Oregon a year ago from Stanford university, where he was an instructor in political science. Previously he had been a graduate student at the University of Cali fornia, and dean of men at the University of Arizona. He served with the army in France during the war, and after the war was for a time director of the educational rehabilitation of the veterans’ bureau. Dean Takes Active Part During his stay in Eugene Dean Shirrell has taken an active part in the personnel work of the Univer sity in which President Arnold Bennett Hall has been especially in terested. He took a leading part in the planning and the erection of the new men’s dormitory arid. engaged in considerable research regarding men’s housing problems on the campus. “A temporary appointment to fill Dean Shirrell's place will probably be made November 11 at the next meeting of the board of regents,” Mr. Onthank said. A permanent ap pointment will probably not be made until later in the year. Dr. James D. Barnett, head of the po litical science department, will take charge of Dean Shirrell’s classes until a successor is appointed. New Library Books Give Wide Reading Choice to Everyone Now book covers still continue to be posted in the library as adver tisements of the many books the library is adding all the time. The new books that have been added within the last week or so present a wide choice to readers. “Alice in the Delighted States” by Edward Hope, columnist on the New York Herald-Tribune, is clever and entertaining to read. “The Un intentional Charm of Men” is an other amusing book, dealing with all types and classes of the masculine sex. Books of a more serious nature are “From Magic to Science” by Charles Singer, “Hunger Fighters” by Paul de Kruif, “The Age of Reason” by Philip Gibbs, and “The Open Con spiracy” by H. G. Wells. “A Lantern in Her Hand” is a story of the life of a pioneer woman on the prairies by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Other novels are “The Devil,” translated from the German of Alfred Neumann, a story of the struggle between Louis IX and his chamberlain, Oliver Neclicr, a form er barber of Ghent; “The Respect able Lady” by Katherine Tyran, “The Day of Fortune” by Norman Matson, and “Casper Hauser” by Jacob Wassermann. The only book of poems in this new lot is “Poems in-Praise of Prac tically Nothing” by Samuel Ilof fen8lein. ‘News From Whydah’ To Be Sung by Chorus “News from Whydah” by Balfour Gardiner is the selection being prac ticed by the University chorus now, to be sung with the Portland Sym phony chorus early in March. The men and the women are prac ticing separately on the number at the present time. 'Where’s The Bear?'’ Asks Eugene Ministers’ Union To tlio Editor: We were greatly astonished to read in the Wednesday “Emerald” that the elmrehes of Eugene were “moving to eurb voting’’ by students, The elmrehes were made to appear as a selfish ogre ehasing an innocent freshman to rob him of his franchise and thus deprive him of that great privilege of his recently obtained manhood promised him in the Dec laration of Independence, bestowed by the Constitution of the United States and symbolized by the American flag- No wonder that the gates in the student citadel were ordered closed and the trumpets called to arms. # # # * Now the churches have shortcomings. We know it and practice frequent confession of sins. Affter reading the screaming headlines, we began to wonder if the grand old institution that has preached liberty so long and has bestowed so many blessings on the children of men is now adrift in this strange age or has charted a new course to take away that which formerly flowed so generously from her life. We proceeded “to examine ourselves as St. Paul exhog,eth” but could not, in this manner, find sins to confess. We are “innocent of the great transgression.” * * * * Surely this time it must he the “other fellow.” George did it. The only way we can figure it out is that someone from the “Emerald’s” editorial department afflicted with jumpy nerves or a bad conscience was walking beneath the shedding trees. The leaves rustled and he knew for sure that it was a BEAR about to devour him. He ran in great excitement shouting to his fellow students “Take in your fran chises, the BEAR will get them.” And behold, there was a (Continued on Ta</c Two) Tryout for Play Cast Will Be Held Early Next Week Mrs. Seybolt Urges All Men Interested in Dramatics To Compete for Plaees Tryouts for the'cast of Ilunsany’s “Gods of the Mountain,” a tliroo-act play with an entire male cast, will be held Tuesday morning at 11, and Tuesday afternoon at 4 in Guild hall. The play will be presented on the campus early in December. One of the important features of this production is that the tryouts are open to any man on the campus who is interested, and are not re stricted to students in the drama department. “The play has ah unusually large cast,” says Mrs. Ottilio Seybolt, head of.the drama department, “and will give opportunity to countless men on the campus who have been interested in this work but have not been students in the department. Twelve Main Characters “There are 12 main characters and as many others as the stage can j allow for effective setting,” she | continued, “and I hope to have a large number at the tryouts.” This particular play of Dunsanv’s is especially exciting and mysteri ous. The element of suspense is great and it is famous for its pe culiarly good mob scenes. It is the story of .seven beggars who believe that they can deceive the people into thinking that they are the seven gods. Throughout the entire play there is the atmosphere of olden days and deserts and people who live in fantastic, fascinating surroundings. Futility Theory Stressed Like a great many of Dunsany’s plays it preaches more or less the theory of the futility of man’s at tempting to outwit .fate or the gods. “Any men intending to try out for the cast may get a copy of this play at the library if they feel it will help them, though it isn’t at all necessary,” Mrs. Seybolt suggested. “Gods of the Mountain” will be found in a book of five plays by Dunsany. Mrs. Seybolt hopes that all types of men will try out. Fat men, slim men, tall men, short men, all are desired for the characters in “Gods of the Mountain,” and anyone and everyone is invited to try. Over 1000 Students Have Not Paid Fees Between l,O0rj and 1,100 students have from now until Saturday noon to pay their fees, according to E. 1’. Lyon, cashier. When the office closed last night, only about two thirds of the students had paid their fees. “The rest will have to step,” he said, “to avoid paying a fine of $.1.” “Students are always surprised when they find out how much they owe,” he said,, and urged that every one find the laboratory and syllabus fees for each course listed in his registration book. Many Ministers Think Students Entitled To Vote Brotherhood Overstepped Authority Say Pastors Of Five Local Churches Ministerial opinion in regard to tlio student voting, church federa tion affair seems to differ radically —there are some ministers who be long to the Eugene Federated Church Brotherhoods and some who I don’t. Those without the fold seem to be as definite, as determined, as open in their opinions as those within. “The action of the federation,” says Rev. F. 0. Jennings, of the Episcopal church, “is the greatest mistake. I have no sympathy with the action of the brotherhood. “Anyone who has lived in the state six months and in the precinct ilO days has tlie right to vote with out question. I fail to find any thing by which the federation can keep students of the University from voting, and I sincerely hope theirs action will be defeated.” Student Judgment Valued In Rev. Mr. .runnings’ opinion, it is only fair to the students, since they have always voted in the past, that they be allowed to vote in the coming election. He is a member of tiie election board, and says that in times past student judgment has been much valued, that student after student has been sworn in, and has voted on a city measure which mem bers were anxious to get across. “I see no reason,” said Rev. Mr. Jennings, “why the select group, if it can bo called a select group, has taken the attitude jt has taken, and exceeded its authority.” Rev. J. Frank Haas, of the Metho dist church, brings the letter of the law into his statement, and ignores flit' moral issue: “From the pulpit and in private conversations,*’ he states, “I have insistently and persistently encour aged and admonished people to ex ercise their right of franchise, as a sacred duty and a public trust. It would therefore be a repudiation of that position for me now to seek or countenance any effort to deprive anybody of a voting privilege right fully his. Any student who has the legal right to cast a ballot on na tional, state, and local issues, cer tainly ought to do so. Opinion Beside Mark “Whether his vote conforms with my wishes or opinions concerning local, state, or national issues, is en tirely beside the mark. On the other hand if his right to vote includes only national and state issues, then just ordinary respect for law would define his voting privilege. If in the past students only temporarily resident in Eugene have been en couraged to vote on purely local is sues, and have done so, more’s the pity. No matter what the occasion, it was a clear violation of the spirit of the law governing such cases. “I am assuming, of course, that the law school faculty’s opinion as given in the Register this morning is collect, namely, ‘that the church brotherhoods’ protest has the law on its side.’ Really now, this whole ’ matter boiled down amounts to this - -shall the law bo observed or notl (Continued on i’aye Three) Race Problem Can Be Solved Says Speaker Doan Lnndsbury Thinks Paeific Troubles Are Result of Undue Fear Nippon Found To Have Gone Baseball Crazy Special Election Planned On Oregana Amendment The ravial problem of the Pacific can be• solved if people will only realize that “folks are folks’’ the world over and treat them as such, Dr. John J. Landsbury, dean of the school of music, told the students at the assembly in the Woman’s build ing Thursday morning. “The problem between the Japan ese and the whites is merely one of fear,” Dean Landsbury stated. “When we sit down and calmly rea son things out, we realize that they are different from us and should have no reason to fear that they will try to mix with us. “When we meet people who are different and draw a robo of self righteousness about us, we are dramatizing the whole problem of the Pacific,” Dean Landsbury said. Japan Curious Mixture Japan is a curious mixture of the old and the new, the speaker told the students. There one can sen strange old customs, but nearly all parts of the country are now thor oughly modern. Japan is thoroughly baseball crazy, he said, the peoplo doing almost anything to see a good baseball game. Friendly relations between tho United States and Japan could bo helped, Dean Lands bury believed, by sending athletic teams there. One of the things of greatest won der to Dean Landsbury in his trip through Japan last summer was the courtesy shown to tho Americans after the insult the United States showed to tho Japaneso when it passed the exclusion law. “From their point of view the gentlemen’s treaty was never violated, and they cannot understand whtr they should be so treated,” he said. English Language Spoken When Dean Landsbury was in Japan ho attended several meetings of the Rotary club. English is Hie second language there, ho stated, and nearly all of the upper class can speak it. Many Americans believe that the Japanese are all characters whose one idea is to do anything their emperor asks. To satisfy his curiosity Dean Landsbury asked a Japanese student if everyone wor shiped the emperor. To his surprise ho received the following answer: “Hell, no, somobody will take a pot shot at him some day.” A number of their business men objected to all the “red tape” that the emperor went through for his coronation. Population Too Large One of Japan’s greatest problems is how to support sixty million peo ple, which is half the population of the United States, on one-twentieth of the area of the United States. To increase the difficulty, the popu lation is increasing at the rate of 700,000 a year, the provisions are much too low, and the majority of the other countries are closed against them. Tahiti Is Overcrowded “The island of Tahiti in the south seas is a living tragedy,” Dean Landsbury said. “What the white man has not done to the natives the yellow man has. The Chinamen are actually crowding the Tahitians into the ocean. “There are (58,000 Indians in Fiji,” he said. “Almost as many as there are Fijians. This mixture of races is a great problem.” Hawaii Tourists’ Mecca Hawaii is no longer the land of song and flowers but is the paradise of the real estate agents and the mecca of tourists, he said. The talk was preceded by a spe cial student body meeting at which a motion was made by Arthur An derson that article seven in section one of the A. S. U. O. constitution be* amended to read that the stu dents should pay $1.25 a term more on their registration fees to pay for their copies of the Oregano, the University year book. A special student election will be held in Vil lard hall next Thursday to decide the question. The women’s scholarship cup was presented to Alpha Chi Omega as having the highest grade average for the three terms last year. Madam Rose McGrew, of the Uni versity School of Music, sang two songs, “Life” and “Tho Saphie Ode.” Dean John Straub presided over the assembly.