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VOLUME XXX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1928 NUMBER 31 Oregon Team Eager To Get Reaver Skins Wehfoots Anxiously Await Ghance Fo Get Even for Past Losses to Staters McEwan Drills Men in Stopping O.A.C. Drives New York University Scout Sees Oregonians Work Sport writers up arid down the const have used ns one of their favorite themes this yen)1 stories about tlie wonderful fighting spirit of the Oregon football team. If these scribes who have commented on this subject so far this year, would take a few hours away from their typewriters and visit one of Hie Oregon practices this week they would doubtless lie surprised. With tlie thought of the coming struggle against the Beavers in mind the Oregon men show a dif ferent brand of t'iglit from anything else they have displayed so far. It is bard to describe the determina tion and fight which features almost every movement the W'ebfoots make. McEwan lias had his men thor oughly “hot” for every big game Oregon lias bad scheduled. The AVebfoots were imbued with a spirit that would have been hard to boat wlien they played Stanford. llad that contest been later in the season it might have been a different story on the final end of flic count for comparative scores for the year show them to be about equal in power. Spirit Good in Previous Games For the Washington game the lust to break into the win column was evident from the first on the part of the big green-clad team, and it swept them to an overwhelming victory. It was the same story in the fray with the Golden Bears, with the Oregon men for the most part of the game playing on equal terms with the southerners. The game was finally lost blit it was not because the spirit. ,of the men died down. It. would take all the fighting spirit from those .other three games put together to equal the extent of the mental condition of McEwan’s men for this one Oregon State game. The players to a man remember the stinging defeats that their ancient rivals have banded out for the last three years and they realize, too, that this is the first time that they have been given an even break be-, fore they went into the game. Of course, the Oregon-Oregon State game always is the scene of more rivalry than any other game of the year for either school, but it is more bitter fchis year because Mc Ewan’s men have the confidence that they can beat the Beavers. Scrimmaging Lively A little instance which shows the. extent of the feeling for this game was shown yesterday when MVEvvan called for some dummy scrimmage. The first play was called and it was not dummy scrimmage, but the hard est kind of tackling tlmt stopped the nian. McEwan almost had to send a special delivery letter to every one of the players before he could get them to forget the Beaver game long enough to ipii.t tackling. It is just such an attitude as that which will make it tough for Schis (Continued on Page Four) Homecoming Feast To Be Held at Igloo Chairman Exports 3500 To Attend Hii! Affair The Homecoming luncheon will be served to nil who hold tickets for the affair, wns the decision made by the directorate at yesterday's meeting. Care will be taken that all who are entitled to partake of the meal may obtain tickets on the presentation of student body tickets or registration at the alumni office. Distribution of the tickets will be in charge of Bob ITynd, assistant general chairman. The new move toward regulating the affair because of the large numbers who attend the luncheon and have no connection with the university. The growth of the in stitution in the past few years has made it of such a size ns to make the task of feeding the crowds that attend the celebration very compli cated without the addition of many outsiders. Another departure from customs of the past is the presentation of the luncheon by a Eugene caterer instead of in the university's kit chens under the supervision of Mrs. Edna Prescott Davis. The luncheons provided by Mrs. Davis have always been of the high lights of campus celebrations, but with the great in crease in size and the number of large banquets which Mrs. Davis I and her staff of helpers have been | called upon to prepare, she has j found it necessary to refuse to super vise an affair ns large as the Home coming luncheon because of the ex cessive physical burden it entails. Plans to feed 3500 people have been made by Luola Benge, chair man. Creamed chicken, apple salad, olives, potato chips, rolls, coffee, ice cream and all the trimmings make up the menu to be offered at McArthur court, or on Ihe open cam pus in case is doesn’t rain. The re-organized Cnmpa Shoppe orchestra, using George McM im plies-’s orchestrations under the di rection of Billy Sievers, has been engaged to furnish the music for the big dance on Saturday night of the Homecoming week-end. Decora tions, features, .and refreshments, said Tom Stoddnrl, dance chairman, will be characteristic of Homecom ing. Plans for the rally on Friday night are expected to bo announced soon by William Eddy, chairman of the permanent rally committee. Duplicate Casts Will Be Used in Guild Hall Plays Four Productions To Be Staged by Dramatists Two Days Next Week The Guild Hull players will give their first studio productions Wed nesday ami, Thursday of next week, with double easts, one playing each night. The following plays will be given, with the two sets of charac ters taking part: . “The Flattering Word,” by George Kelly: Reverend Loring Rigley, Milton George and Gordon Stearns; Mary, his wife, Helen Allen and Alice Gorman; Mrs. Zooker, a church worker, Diana Deininger' and Hdna Assenlieimer; Lena, her daugh ter, Mary Graham and Mary Lou Dutton; Eugene Lesh, a dramatic {Continued on I'age Four) Oregon Line Play Aided by Marshall Shields and Merrill Hagan, Guards Important factors in tiro impro'vo ment of the Oregon line this year are (lie two guards, Marshall Merrill Hagan Shields and Mer rill Hagan. Both on the offense I and defense,| these two play- ; ors have been j prominent cogs : in the Webfoot lino play this season. Playing h i s [ first year of | varsity football, Marshall Shields is making good use or rue experience »viufii m nas gained in tliroe years of high school play. Marshall is the fourth and youngest member of the Shields family, which has been prominent in Oregon football for many years. Probably the most famous of the four brothers was "Tiny” Shields, a varsity captain who lost his life as a result of an injury received while playing for Oregon. Marshall played for two years as taekle with the Lincoln high eleven at Portland, under Coach Moo Sax. During his second year at Lincoln tin* team won th(> Portland city championship. Ilis senior year in high school, lie was a member of the Eugene high team, under Coach Robert Brown. Twenty-two years old, he is five feet eleven inches in height, and weighs 182 pounds. Although he is a junior in the school of physical education, he still is eligible for two more years of varsity football. Shields is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Merrill Hagan, playing his last year for Oregon, is a two year let - terman at guard. He is a graduate of Roosevelt high school in Port land, where he earned four felt ini tials as quarterback with the eleven. While at Roosevelt high, he was coached first by Floff Hyatt and during the last two years by C. J. Telette. In height, weight and age, the two guards are almost a perfect pair, Hagan being five feet eleven inches in height, 22 years of age, and weighing 18d pounds. He is a senior in the school of economics and a member of the Delta Tan Delta fraternity. I Investigation Of Infirmary Is Under Way j First in Series of Probes Takes Up Case of Glenn, Freshman Football Star Miller and Benjamin Give Views al Meeting Group’s Reeomineinlations W ill Be Given Council tions nf tho A. S. V. O. into the conditions of tlio infirm!ivy was held vest onlay. The policy of the investigation was decided upon and the ease of George Glenn, fVeshmnn football player treated at the in firmary recently, was taken up. The committee, consisting of Joe McKeown, Helen Webster, secretary, Art Anderson, lid i t h Dodge, and Dena Alin are opening these meet ings to tlrn general student body so that anyone who wishes to make a. complaint or substantiate some of the rumors going about the cam pus may be allowed to present their case. < Joe McKeown explained the meth od of procedure, “We wish to invite criticism and suggestions through these open discussions, compare in dividual cases with others of the same type, look up records, and find whether or not it is the fault of the infirmary, of inadequate equip ment, of disregard of instructions, or whether causes may be laid to the ‘natural turn of events.’ Pre cautions must be taken that the investigation lie based on facts, and every case will be sifted for the truth.” Glenn Testifies The ease of George Glenn was con sidered as one which has caused the most' comment on the campus. Glenn testified for himself, in part, as follows: “For about three days I had a pain in my back. J. com plained to coach, went to Fletcher, had a treatment, and went to bed. 'Woke up ami it had settled mi my hip, so hr id ay went lo the infirmary. Did not get satisfaction. The doc tor did not know I was sick. My impression was that lie did not know quite what was tho matter. The pain was so bad that I decided to go to Portland, and have been in bed there ever since,” Continuing Glenn said that he had gone to the infirmary and l)r. Fred N. Miller had taken an x-ray but no complications showed in the plate. Glenn then asked, since ho had little sleep the night before, that he be allowed to go to bed. This was Friday morning, he stayed in bed ’til shortly after noon, and then attended the -football game for half am hour or so, for which lie lias been criticized, llis pain did not lessen, and upon the advice of his frater nity brothers lie decided to go to Portland. They started about five o’clock. He went to a doctor at the Portland clinic. Another x-ray was taken, still nothing showed up. He was operated on, and Sunday his temperature was 105. He said he did not believe be had a tempera ture when he was at the dispensary. Monday word was received here that lie was not expected to live. Tho suggestion was brought up that Hie position of the dispensary and the infirmary be clearly estab lished. Glenn explained that it was to .the dispensary he went, since his fraternity brothers had previously called Dr. Miller and the doctor had said all the equipment necessary for taking care of Glenn was at the dis pensary rather than at the in firmary. Glenn Places No Blame Glenn said that he did not wish to blame the health service, and that his concern was establishing wheth er or not he was entitled to compen sation as the doctor in Portland said lie could not be sure of the cause but it was probably from a blow on the hip bone received during football practice. An interruption was made, “The question, then, is how much the stu dent body is responsible for injuries received by players during a game?” Dr. Miller was called upon. “As far as his (Glenn’s) story is con cerned, he has about told the facts. As far as his being told to stay in bed, as lie volunteered the informa tion that he wanted to do it, it seems to me that it might be con sidered an unnecessary repetition. “Further, as to his being so very sick, my impression at the time was that I saw in him something a bit more than a temporary injury.” He asked Glenn to affirm that he had also inspected his teeth an I tonsils. Miller States Position “As to his being told to come again, it is true that we don’t tell {Continued on Page Pour) Well, What're We Going To Do About It? - By ARDEN X. PANGBORN - News of more or loss ;ui1 lionticity persists in reaching* 1 lii> campus from tlio lair of our esteemed neighbors. tJu1 Oregon Aggies, to the effect that the Aggies this year have adopted for their homecoming slogan this year the following bit of ]>rosnniptious rhetoric: “Beat Oregon; it's a habit!"’ We bold a hearty dislike and disdain for alleged “pep’’ editorials, because of any 100 such effusions chosen at random at least 95) are Certain to lack any veslige of that) quality. How ever, we have dome to one occasion when we shall depart from our policy and say that if any true Oregon student can read those words and still feel unmoved then his blood must be of milk and his spine of tissue paper. Here is the record upon which the Aggie‘‘habit " is formed Web fools and Aggies have played S1 times since 1S94. Oregon has won IS games, O. A. C. has won seven games and six have ended in ties. If the Aggies can form a “habit'’ of beating Oregon with seven victories out of SI games nearly half of those victories I ha ving come within Ihe last three years then Oregon ought tit be able to go a little further. We suggest that the Oregon motto should be; “Beat tin' JAggics; it's an instinct.’’ A. B. C.’s Topple Holders of Title In Donut League Kappa Sigs Rout S.P.E.’s; Championship of Cellar Annexed by Zeta Hall Alpha Beta Chi proved a dark horse yesterday afternoon, and romped through the league D title holders in the form of the A. T. O. by the score of l(’-to-l 1 in one of the closest games of the season. The first half closed with A. B. C. lead ing their opponents by one point. With both teams hounding each other to a standstill the third quar ter came and went leaving a score of 10-to-9 in favor of tho winners. Yerkoviteh drew first blood when he dribbled in at the beginning of the initial quarter and squeezed in a basket. The finest shoaling exhibition witnessed so far jwis seen in this match when David, A. B. C. for ward, continually dribbling down the sides of the floor, poled in three left-handed shots in a row. Paid, A. T. O. forward, was the outstand ing player for his team. Lineup: A. B.' 0. (16) (11) A. T. O. David (<>) *.V. Kafoury Quinn .P. (ti) Paid King (3) .0. (ti) Mahan Fields (2) .0. (2) Waffle Yerkoviteh (2) 0. Knowlton Boferee, II. Ebcrhart. Thompson Stars Kappa Sigma pushed themselves up a notch when they scampered through the Spes by a score of 20 to-10 in a fast match. Beard and Konnekes, Kappa Sig guards, manip ulated the onsnba for 14 points. The Spes had no defense, their checking, aside from Thomson, was weak and gave the victors many opportunities for field goals. Thom son for the losers was clearly the outstanding player of the fray; he not only played a good checking game but was high point man for his team with 0 digits. Lineup: K. S. (20) (10) S. P. E. Pittman (6) F. (2) Page Powers .F. Eeklund Belts .0. (2) Horn Beard (S) .G. Tetz Konnekes (ti) . (0) Thomson Referee, A1 Kashuba. Palmbcrg High Point Man Sigma Xu and Zeta hall fought it out for tho cellar championship of league D and for 50 minutes the scrap took place until the dorm quintet decided not to relinquish their hold and gave away the match by a 24-to-l 4 score. Brown, Sigma Xu forward, took away individual scoring honors with 10 figures for his team, while Palmbcrg, Zeta hall center, scored 12 digits. The first half closed 3 2-to-0, Sigma Xu. This game was held at the Igloo. Lineup: S. X. (24) (14) Z. II. Kelley (7) .F..t. Cotehick Brown (10) . F. (!) Killoran Hammond (4) (12) Palmbcrg Petersen .G. (1) Steam Ilarthrong (ti) G. Green Referee, «T. Ebcrhart. Today Phi Gamma Delta plays Theta Chi on tho men’s gym floor (Continued on Pa ye Four) IInaffiliated Students To Have Dunce Friday A dance for all unaffiliated stu dents, sponsored by tins fiirls’ Ore gon cluli, Phi Theta Up*ilon, girls’ service organization, and the A. S. I'. O.. will be held Friday night, November Id, at the Woman’s buildbig. It is to be an informal no-date affair, and ail unaffiliated students are invited, according to the com ! mittee in charge. Oregon Pledge To Ue Presented By C. A. Howard Students Will Take Oaili At Today’s Assembly; Sixleenlli Annual Event Sixteen years ago University of Oregon students had their first pledge diiy. This morning, at tlie 11 o 'clock assembly :it McArthur court, the students will take tho same pledge to the statu that their fel lows took in 1012. C. A. Howard, state superinten dent of schools, will administer the pledge today and 11. A. Booth, for mer Oregon state senator, will give tin1 assembly address which will be “Life’s Equation.” # The students will take the oath, with their right hands held over their hearts, and then sing the “Ore gon Pledge Song.” Dr. .1. frank lin Hass, pastor of the First Meth odist church will give the invoca tion and Dean John .Straub will preside. Idea Sixteen Years Old Oswald West, governor of the state of Oregon in 1!)12, adminis tered the first pledge that an Ore gun student body took and spoke on “The State and Its Expecta tions.” He expressed the hope that the university students would help Oregon as it had helped them. What would seem to modern co-eds ns a touch Of humor was his plea for equal suffrage. “I attach just as much impor tance to the promises of the women as I dc .to those of the men,” Oov ernor West said, “and I firmly be lieve that when women are en franchised we will enjoy a better and cleaner government,” Judge W. T. Slater was tin. sec ond speaker of the day. 11 is sub ject was “The Alumni of Oregon and Their Attitude Toward the State.” Tho purposes and needs of higher education in modern times was the idea of his talk, the Octo ber 17 Emerald said. The assembly was held in Villard hall that year with about <170 stu dents there to swear allegiance to their state. The pledge Hint will bn taken in 11m morning is as follows: “As a student at the university wliicli is maintained by the state of Oregon, i heartily acknowledge the obliga tion I owe. The opportunities open to me here for securing training, ideals and vision for life, I deeply appreciate, and regard as a sacred trust, and I do hereby pledge my honor that it shall be my most, cher ished purpose to render us bounti ful return to Oregon people and their posterity, in faithful and ar dent devotion to the common good, as will lie in my power. It shall be the aim of my life to labor for the' highest good and glory of an even greater commonwealth.” The assembly will close with the students singing “Mighty Oregon.” Cotulon Club Smoker To Be Staged Friday The annual Condon club smoker will be staged Finlay evening be ginning at 8:.'!() at the College Side. All geology majors and freshmen in other departments are invited. Admission charge is dO cents. Farrell Karnes, president of Con don club, issues the statement: “Bring your own pipe, cigarettes and dice -we will furnish the cards —and prepare for a lapid time.” Cider, doughnuts, sandwiches, and coffee will help pass the evening along. Flu Epidemic Slill I Spreads; 2d Sick Miller Tells I'ietims Co To Tiutchev Cottage Tlio influenza epidemic on (lie campus is showing no signs of ces sation, and since yesterday has added 1- more victims to the list, thus making (lie total number of patients under university care "S, five having been released. According to a statement issued last night, by Fred X. Miller, uni versity physician, there are still enough beds vacant in Timelier cot tage, which has been recently opened for care of the sick ones. “The situation on the campus in regards to influenza is well in hand,” says the statement. “There is no reason why anyone who is -dek should remain in his living quarters and so expose other people.” The new victims at the infirmary are: Louise Storla. senior in music; I Job Mc.Math, junior in pre-law; Murdina Modler, sophomore in Kng 1 is 11. Tom Weems, senior in pre law, is the only addition to the infirmary annex. Timelier cottage has eight: Ralph Seevnll, Don Sanders, juniors in pre-medics; Ralph Morfitt, fresh man in biology; Verne Dale, sopho more in economics; Orville Lind strom, sophomore in business ad; (diaries Hussey, graduate student in physical education; Edwin Jensen, junior in architecture; and Harriet Atrhinson, sophomore in liiology. Those in the infirmary at present who were also there yesterday are: Ethel Lou Crane,, Arthur Hansen, Elizabeth Fletcher, .lack Card, John Kiel', Dorothy Russell, William Realty, Marjorie Wesgott, Everett McCutchan, ami Gladys Ihaylis. At the annex are: Stuart McDonald, Fred Mem-ham, Rill Patterson, Sam Raders, John Donohue, Carl Leniko, and Silas West. Count Luckner To Lecture On Varied Career Famous Sea Devil’s Talk To Be Given Tonight At Woman's Building Count Felix von Luckner, 111 <■ “Sea Devil,” will arrive at 11:20 o’clock an the Sliasta, and tonight at 7:15 lie will speak at the Wom an's building on “Sea Hauls of a, Friendly Knemy.” Dr. Warren I). Sniilh, Dr. F. (I. 0. Schmidt, head of the German de partment; William K. Sullivan, head of the lecture series, and Dr. Hd mund I’. Kremer, assistant professor to Dr. Schmidt, will compose the reccption committee. Dr. Kremer knew Count Luckner about three years ago, ami served | for awhile after the war in the same soldiers’ organization. lie tells a story which contribiited'imich to the popularity of the “Sea Devil.” One night when the count was returning from a political meeting he was held up by two quite ferocious robbers, who would have liked nothing hot ter than to have killed him. But the count disliked the idea, took one man by the hack of the neck, shook him, and then threw both of them over a fence. Dr. Kremer says 1 lie count is of pleasing personal appearance. “He is humorous and always lias a pipe in liis mouth. Ho is powerful while his wife is small and dainty.” Began Adventures at 11 Luckaer’s life lias always been one of adventure and action. When {Continual on Page Throe) ’Big Yell Fest Four o'Flork Today,’ Parks Council Decides on Dally Beside Hayward Field To Boost Campus Pep Hail! Hail! Gang’s All Here! To Be Refrain Student Body Business Is Transacted at Meeting “Absolutely everyone is to come! l'lverybody! ” “Squeak” Parks, yell loader, says. “Vos, everybody is to route to the big yell practice to be held this afternoon on Hayward field at I o’tdork, by order of the student council. “Hayward field was deeided upon rather than Kincaid so that students might watch the players, and let. the, players hear them,” “Squeak” continued. “Anyway, Captain Mo I'lwan is going to put his men through their paces and let the plav liear the ‘liquid tones’ of yell prac tice. (). A. t . lias n larger student body, but. 1 lieiv yelling powers won't bo like those ,of our three thousand when they go out to bring in the Beaver Saturday.” Individual yells and songs will bo practiced. It' everyone doesn’t al ready know the words to “our best melodies” they are to bring copies. McKeown Urges Attendance doe McKeown, president, said, “We need this yell practice. It has been four weeks since we have had a chance to display real organized spirit. The heads of each organiza tion are asked to see that all their freshmen, and sophomores, and up perclassmen are out to yell.” Captain McHwan says his team is in good condition and all they need is more and more proof of the back ing of the student body, lie doesn’t like (). A. C.’s slogan, “Beat Ore gon— it’s a habit” any more than the students, and all he wishes is cooperation in burying it forever. Student Presence Requested McKeown asks that no one miss this yell practice, the rally Friday night, or miss meeting the train Saturday at 11 o’clock. The Co-op investigation was brought up at the council meeting, but was still incomplete. The Thursday session on the library steps was changed to Wednesdays, the change to take effect next week. A cm.ittee was appointed to find out why the Emeralds haven’t been delivered more regularly, and form al permission was granted the Y. W. •A., the M. C. A., and the com munity chest to unite in their drive on the campus. Mvl Cohn Wins Prise' Offered by Emerald The Emerald award of two Mc Donald theater tickets for the best contribution to the literary section this week has been awarded to Mel Colin, a junior in law, announces the literary editor. The poem which won the prize was called “Black Wings,” and is printed in today’s literary column. Ralph Millsap, a junior in journalism, won honorable mention with his poem, “The Droll.” -Many contributions were received, all of merit, and selection was dif ficult, according to Serena Madsen, editor of the column. 'Handshaking On Decline at Oregon Wasted Effortf Professors Declare Handshaking, apple-polishing, leg pulling, soft .soaping, or what have you, seems to bo passing into ob scurity “unwept, uuhonorod and un sung” on this campus, according to the general opinion of professors. Of course, they sav, there still are and probably will always continue to be, a few who try it now and then. In most American colleges, this enjoyable and diverting method of obtaining grades has long flourish mi and been an accepted part of college life, but here it: appuirs to be on the decline. One professor in Villard remarked that pupils in the fourth grade love their teachers dear, and give them apples and flowers. When they come to college, they pretend they love teachers, but they really “hate ’em like hell,” so it gives one a strange sensation to be given verbal flowers and candies when he knows they don’t mean a word of it. "The work of professional hand shakers,” he continued, “passes off of us like water from a duck’s l*;ic'k. The method I always adopt on them, is to pretend that I be lieve everything they say, then wham them a five or a flunk, ns T always intended. So you see, it’s a waste of energy that they should be putting on studying, and it would profit them a lot more.” Apple-polishing, ns it is called at Stanford, is much more ini preva lence there than here, thinks another professor. ‘‘A student who stoops so low ns to try to get grades by flattery, doesn't give a professor credit for any intelligence whatsoever. ‘‘About the rawest ease of ‘pol i-hing the teachers apple’ was brought to my attention ttie other duv. A professor was asked to dinner by one of bis best stud ents. Four or five of his poorer students were members of the same fraternity, and at the dinner. At the next meeting of the class, a quiz was given and these poorer students had the crust to sign the (Continued on Page Three)