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VOLUME XXX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928 NUMBER 43 'Kid Spirit" Hits Eleven Football Men Oregon Squad Gallops On Greensward as MeEwan Hides Out On McKenzie Leather Lungs Whoop At Informal Praetiee Dinner Danee at Men’s Dorm Given by Team A stranger wandering into t lie stands at Hayward field last night would never have believed that the green-shifted root 1 >n 11 iih'ii practiv ili<>■ on tin1 sawdust >nflteil gridiron l*ad won fourth place in the Paci fic coast confer ence this year. In stead of college men they were racing up a n d down the field like a bunch of high school boys, p 1 ayin g touch football. Christensen Every man on the squad was enjoying himself im mensely and all were shouting at the top of their voices. At the same time they were limbering up in the first practice session held since the completion of the confer ence season last Thursday. A brief signal practice and a run of five laps around the cinder track com pleted the work for the day. No danger of the team getting stale from overwork. However, the rest of the week will be spent in re hearsing the various plays and in light scrimmage'. The team will leave Eugene next Tuesday on the first lap of their long jaunt to the Hawaiian Islands. Burnell Heads Squad George Burnell, veteran halfback and acting captain of the team, was in charge of the squad yester day. Captain John .T. Me Ewan, head coach, is taking a brief respite from the long training grind and is “some where on the McKenzie.” Every man on the squad, with the excep tion of George Stadelman, center, and Ted Pope, end, is in first class condition. Both of these veterans are suffering from ankle injuries and Stadelman hurt his again last night in the signal practice and had to leave the field. It is expected that these men will bo in good condition when the whistle is blown for the first game in the islands. Woodie Archer, flashy sophomore end, is totally recovered from his recent leg injury. Johnny Kitzmiller, the famed “flying Dutchman,” had quite an afternoon of it yesterday. He was one of the loudest players in the! game of touch Mil and then, when Stadelman was hurt, he showed he was a good lineman as well as a back. lie subbed for the lanky center and did a good job of it. He was the “snapper back” as ho called it. Get Dinner Dance About thirty members of the squad and their friends of the female species were the guests of Mrs. Davis, head of the university halls of residence, at a dinner dance last night in the new men’s dormitory. A very delightful dinner was served and the evening was spent in danc ing. This treat was promised to the team at the start of the season and Mrs. Davis had every detail plan ned out. The men reported that they had a good time and were loud in their praise for Mrs. Davis. Regular practice will be held this (Continued, on Page Three) | Hodge Predicts Quake for South Says Chile nnd Const Arens Are Related Dr. E. T. Hodge, professor of geology anil student of earthquakes, has predicted another earthquake for California. The tremor which is predicted for the near future is supposed to effect Californians liv ing in and around San Francisco. The disastrous Chilean earthquake of the past week end leads Dr. Hodge to predict a tremor for Cal ■ ifornia, in view of what he terms a repeated proof that the coasts of Chile and California are seismolo gieaily related. Frequently a quake in one of those areas, he points out, proves to be a dire prophet of one to occur in the other. The rule in seismology known as the Omori rule explains the relation of various areas in this way. When a quake occurs in a region, it re lieves the tension in the earth’s crust at that point, but throws the balance of tension on the remainder of the crust. Consequently, accord ing to I)r. Hodge, any other area subject to quakes will be in greater danger, and experience has shown that after heavy shocks in one area there is likely to be one in a related region. “Thus, there occurred in San Fran cisco on April 17, 1906, a great earthquake,” said Dr. Hodge. “Om ori, a Japanese, predicted another quake in Chile, and in August, 1906, this occurred, doing great damage in Valparaiso. That is not. the only time California has shown a close seismological relation with Chile. The recent quake in Chile undoubt edly has set up a strain on the belt of weakness in the earth's crust on the California const, and we may look forward to a severe shock there..” Due to recent indications of a coming quake in the region south of San Francisco, particularly near Santa Barbara, Dr. Hodge believes the quake, if it comes, will strike in that section rather than in the bay region. Richard Wetjen, Noted Novelist, Will Meet Guild Nationally Known Author Expected Here Saturday By University Writers Albert Richard Wetjen, an Oregon novelist recently risen from the rank of a poet and a short story writer, and who as author of “Way for a Sailor!” is exciting much interest from critics, will be here Saturday evening, and will attend the meet ing of the Writers’ Guild of the Three Arts club at 8 o’clock. From a rugged beginning as a sailor on tramp steamers, this na tionally known author rose to a place among the best sellers in the book world. He was born in Lon don 2S years ago, and at the ago of 1-4 he embarked for the first of a long series of sea voyages, which were to take him to all parts of the world. He served throughout the war as an English doughboy, and worked in the grain fields of west ern and central Canada, then in a logging mill of the West. His great desire to write led him south to the United States, where he expected to make a living with his pen. His first experience below the border was to spend the night in a jail for vagrancy, but he traveled south until he reached Harrisburg, Oregon, where he found work in the hop yards. Soon he found work with the town’s newspaper, and was able to get his poems printed in an Al bany paper. This marked the be (Continued on Paijc Two) Lost and Found Department Profits by Absent-Minded Students On Campus Comparts, Glasses, Hats on Shelves Awaiting Owners Absent - minded professors a n d careless students evidently abound on tbe campus, if the material at the lost and found department of the university depot can be taken ns an authority. The cupboard that harbors the miscellaneous articles found in the buildings on the campus has, at the present time, 27 umbrellas, more than a dozen pairs of glasses, nearly a score of pairs of gloves, and a like number of books and notebooks. I.ate themes and term papers can no doubt be accounted for by the number of writing implements re siding at the depot, for several boxes of pens and pencils are wait ing peacefully for their owners. Any extremely pale or shiny faced girls on tne campus can proDaDlv Do attributed to the fact that dozens of cases of complexion effects are in similar circumstances that the pens found themselves lieir to. A pillow from somewhere rests ‘ beside several bright colored scarfs, i A pile of hats of various descrip tions lie in one corner, and in an other reposes a stack of combs, knives, keys and handkerchiefs. Another look uncovers a lonely lit tle frosh lid, resting in its corner and thinking of more exciting days when it accompanied its owner to an open house brawl or to work on | the butte. About half a dozen pairs of | galoshes bear silent witness to the | fact that Oregon weather has not I been so wet as usual, for their own | ers have no other use for them than ! to leave them to sleep peacefully in I the warm shelves of their present • home. McKeown To Leave Soon • For Con lal) Student Body Presidents To Convene in Missouri For Annual Conference Meetings To Promote Collegiate Friendship 210 Universities Are Listed On Membership Rosters .Toi' McKpown, A. S. 1’. 0. prpsi dont, will loavp Friday night, oil his way cnsl where lie will attend (mi i i it ;i ii n u:t i ,’ongress of the National Student federation of Am irica to bo held in L’oliimbia, Alis louri, December - to 15 inclusive. “ I appreciate :his is a great op Dortunity to hear first-ha lid w h a t ntlier colleges are ’loing,” McKeown said. “Problems of student adminis tration will be Joe McKeown tiikon lip by the lion<Is of the var ious schools of tho United States^ and discussions will be made of the methods for solving the questions that arise in the daily routine. I hope to bring home many valuable suggestions. Oh, yes, it seems they are going to have ti few banquets among other things.” Will Leave on Friday MoKoown plans to leave Friday night for Portland where he will stay until 111 o’clock Saturday. ITe will take the transcontinental train, and go through Denver and Kansas fity. to Columbia, Missouri, where the University of Missouri is situ ated. The will take the northwest route home, going bv way of St. l.ouis, Chicago, Minneapolis, to Spo kane and Seattle where lie will visit the University of Washington, and then through Portland to Eugene. The entire trip will take two weeks, and he will arrive here December 21st. lie will have visited the campuses of University of Missouri, Chicago, Minnesota, and Washing ton. , This is the one and the official national gathering each year of stud ent leaders of the universities all over (he United States. There will be representatives from the coast colleges of University of California, and of Southern California, Stan ford, O. A. C., University of Wash ington and Washington State. The federation includes 210 member col leges and universities. Preamble Gives Aims The preamble of the Federation ’a constitution embodying the funda mental purpose, gives the aims: “We would achieve a spirit of co-opera tion among the students of the United States of America to give consideration to questions affecting ctudents ’ interests; we would de velop an intelligent student opinion on questions of national and inter national importance; we would fos ter understanding among the stu dents of the world in the further ance of an enduring pence.” The four days of the congress will include plenary questions, round table discussions, meetings of the N. S. F. A. standing committees, and entertainment. Since they wish to advance student contact in this country in a social as well as a busi ness way, there will be banquets, i dinners, and informal gatherings. A ' dance will be given early in the ses sion to further personal acquain tanceship. Godfrey Made Head Of District Activians George II. Godfrey, director of the university’s publicity bureau, holds another position—that of dis trict governor of the second district of Active clubs. Godfrey was elect ed at a meeting of the executive board of the club held in Centralia, Washington, last week. lie will be in charge of all Active clubs in western Oregon and northern Cali fornia and his position entails trav eling around to the various clubs promoting interest among the mem bers. Professor H. C. Howe To Attend Conference Professor II. C. Howe, of the English department, left Tuesday, December 4, for Los Angeles, Cal ifornia to attend the Pacific Coast j Athletic conference as Hie faculty representative from the University J of Oregon. High School Talks Hilled for I oration Greater Oregon Group To Lay Plana Today Talks at higlj school assemblies .•uni work ot encouraging 11i” 11 school graduates to attend the university are on the Christinas vacation pro gram of the (treater Oregon com mittee, which will discuss this work at its last meeting to.lay. The meeting, according to Ron ITuldis, president of the directorate, will lie held at 4 p. m. in room 110 of the1 ad building and will lie attend ed liv all 1.10 members of the com mittee. The activities of the group will be carried over into the vacation, Hubbs said, and former students who have dropped out of school will be urged to re-enter winter term, as well as high school stud ents who are eligible to cuter next term. Law Magazine To Have Feature In Next Issue Review, Edited by Harper, New Faculty Member, Starts Study Project The first issue of the Oregon Law Review edited by Fowler V. Har per, new law school faculty mem ber, will appear December 11, carry ing the first installment of a now feature which is being offered the members of the bar for their ap proval. Members of the law school faculty have begun a study of the restate ment of the American common law, now' being made by the American haw .Institute, correlating this now statement with local decisions and statutes in Oregon. Section by section, the-restatement is studied to discover .just how ac curately it restates the Oregon law, and what local pecularitios exist in this state. Each faculty member will work on this in his particular field, the first installment covering the conflict of laws. It is Harper’s intention to con tinue this for the four quarterlv numbers of the Review this vear nn<l by that time he believer the attorneys of the state will be able to report, the practical value of the study. If attorneys approve of the plan, it will be continued indefin itely, as (he restatement by the Am erican Law Institute, begun five years, will continue indefinitely. The. new project places Oregon with nine or ten of the most pro gressive states in the union which have started similar projects, accord ing to Prof. Harper. An a Hide' by Prof. Herbert. F. Goodrich. Univer sity of Michigan law school and an officer in tiie institute, will ex plain the plan in the law review. Statue of “Pandora” Finished by Camden Oregon Professor’s Work Praised by Loeal Critics Ilarry P. Camden, assistant pro fessor of sculpture, has completed his statue of “Pandora” and is pre paring it for being east in bronze. The figure is life-size and represents tile Pandora of mythology leaning back in amazement as the cloud of troubles wing their way out from the box which the curious girl has just opened. “Pandora” has been warmly prais ed by local critics who have seen Mr. Camden’s latest piece. A foun tain figure by Mr. Camden, an erect figure of a girl bearing a vase, was recently exhibited at (lie McMorran and Washburno store in Eugene. A piece representing St. George slaying the dragon is being executed bv Oliver E. Barrett, part-time in structor, and will soon be completed. It represents St. George astride his charger and in the act of thrusting his sword through the dragon’s head. A number of Mr. Camden’s ad vanced students are reported to be doing work of merit in composition and studies from life. An exhibi tion of student work in sculpture "ill probably be held in the spring. Stafford Is Reelected At Chemistry Meeting Professor Orin F. Stafford, head of the chemistry department, was re-elected councilor of the Oregon section of tin- American Chemical Society, at the meeting held in Salem recently, it was announced vestor [ day. The councilor represents the order at the national meeting and is a member of the executive com | mittee. Ruth B. Owen To Give Talk | At Assembly Woman Senator To Relate Story of Palestine Visit To Student Gathering Il;ts Traveled Widely In Egypt and India Mrs. Owen Is Heralded as Entertaining Speaker Rnlh Bryan Owen, ono of flip 1 liroe women elected to congress in j November, is to lie the speaker nt flip assembly tliis morning which will lip lipl.il nt II o'clock in flip Woman's building. Mrs. Owen is flip Democratic representative from Florida. As Hip daughter of William Jen nings Bryan, Mio great poininoiipr of Aniprii-a, and I lie wife of tins late Major Reginald Owen, of the British royal engineers, Mrs. Owen lias had many chances to visit foreign coun tries ami meet prominent people. it was Airs. Owen’s good fortune to be in Palestine when the forces of General Allenby defeated the Turks and out of this experience came her lecture, “Modern Arabian Nights,” which is the subject uf her talk this morning. This is a resume of facts ns Mrs. Owen found them, not only in Palestine but in many countries of the world during the past 1” years. Mrs. Owen had spent about- eight years in Europe and Asia just before going to Palestine. Travels Extensively Three years in the West Indies, three years in London, three years in Egypt and extended travel in Africa, India and the Ear East further qualify Mrs. Owen as a speaker. During the recent war Airs. Owen was one of the leaders in British war work and was prominently identified with American Woman's War Relief Fund, which financed and operated a great hospital in Devonshire, earing for many thou sands of wounded men during the war. She was associated with Vis countess Uarcourt, Lady Paget, and tin’ Duchess of Marlborough at this time. Mrs. Owen went to India with her husband later where she had charge of hospital organization and saw active service as a war nurse. works in Hospital 3n Egypt still later Mrs. Owen had chargo of an organization which provided concerts for the war hos pitals and rest camps. Mrs. Owen acted as co-seeretarv and treasurer with Mrs. Herbert Hoover on the economic relief com mittee, which conducted six rooms for unemployed women in different sections o,f London during the, world war. Mrs. Owen was also on the executive committee of the Amer ican Woman’s War Relief Fund at this time, and founded the commu nity center for factory workers in Woolwich, London. For the past two years Mrs. Owen has been president of the Commu nity Council of Civic Clubs of Miami as well as being president of the largest woman’s club in Florida. John Maxwell Adams, university pastor, will give the invocation. Mrs. Aurora Potter Underwood, of the school of music, faculty and former pupil of Edwin Hughes, of New York, will play two piano solos. Flu Still Unchanged; Shows Increase of 4 The state of the not-so-serious fin epidemic remains about the same. There is an increase of four influ enza patients over Monday’s num ber, there now being twenty-eight students in the infirmary and its annexes. The new patients at the infirmary are: Eunice Payne, Geneva Lien, Mae McFadgcn, Clare McGrath, •James .lower, and Ruth Smith. At Thatcher cottage: Theodore Charles, Rae Stevens, Floyd Horn, Verna Mac Linneberg, Frances Reeder, and Katherine Hendricks. At the annex are: Curb-ton Collins and Fred ('on ant. Frosh Y Commission To Meet for Election The Oregon Frosh Commission will meet tonight at 7:30 at the Y. M. G. A. lint to re-elect officers and reorganize. Owing to the fact that Gerald Murray, president of the organiza tion, and Harry Harley, secretary treasurer of the commission, are both planning on leaving school at the end of this term, and John Dodds, vice-president, has resigned from his position, all offices will be vacant at the end of the term. Oregon Grid Aces Omitted On Ballot All-const Tennis tlni'c Donrth of Web foots And still flu* ballots poured in. After a flood of all-star coast teams turned in yesterday by seekers :ift»• r tin' month s free pass to tho McDonald, n short checkup s h o w s that Ore g o n ’ s stars do not rate very high in the c v e s of Oregon students when it comes to picking the all-coast first and second string. One man among the dozens who handed in Emer ald ballots was a loyal supporter of Marsh Shields the Demon-\ellow. lie put three of MoFwnn’s stalwarts on the first string, .Stadelman, Kitz miller, anil Colbert. lie backed this tip by putting Shields and Christen sen on tlie second team. Many of the ballots handed in were identically like I’op Warner’s all-coast selections. Stadelman was almost universal choice for center, Maple was quarterback in every case, and Tom and Carroll appeared in every backfield. The all coast ballot is reprinted again in today’s paper. Ballots should be placed in the Duck Soup box in the main library and Satur day morning’s paper will contain the sportswriters ’ selections of the season’s best, players and will an nounce the student winning the free pass. Hayward, Track Coach, Expects Cinder Laurels Dr. Warren Sinilli To Give Medal to Distance Man With Most Improvement Prospects for a northwest track championship next spring are healthy, Hill Hayward, track coach, told a meeting of frosh and varsity men yesterday afternoon. The indoor intramural track meets are to be held this winter ns they were last, and a schedule for them will bo drawn up ns soon as the en tire basketball schedule is settled. A medal will be awarded by Dr. Warren I). Smith to the distance man who shows the greatest im provement this year. Another medal will be awarded by Bill llavward to the man who does the best, work for the track team. This man, Bill says, must be a good student, popu lar on the campus, an inspiration lo his team-mates, and at least a fair athlete. Mr. Hayward stressed in his tall? at the meeting that no man could expect to be good in track, where individual effort was so important, if 1m were not up in his studies. Bill urges all men who intend lo go out for track to sign up for it instead of regular gym. He has an indoor training program for the winter months, and explains that there are many forms of gymnasium work that are not the best thing for track men. Eastern Star Women To Be Honored at Tea Teminids, an honorary Masonic women’s organization on the cam pus, will be hostesses at a tea to be given at the draftsman’s club, Fri day, December 7, from -1 to 5 honoring all Kastorn Star women on the campus. 19290regana To Be Printed Says Con ne il Subscription Drive Results Show Campus Interest; 1750 Annuals Ordered Yearbook Must Be Out For Junior Week-end Money Return On Photos I’o Go For Expenses Tlio Oregana will ho published this year affording to a derision made yesterday by tin* executive eonneil. Although a previous deci sion set 1 In* mark of the subscrip tion drive as 1000 before the book might be put out, and only 17.Hi were secured, tin* $1-00 awarded the Oregana fund as the rebate on pictures, and a slight cut in inci dentals on the budget will make it possible, they believe, to get out the book without involving tin* student body in debt. ^ The circulation drive showed that the students do not wish to discon tinue their yearbook. Acting on this conclusion the publications commit tee made, and the executive council passed their decision. Slight Cut in Budget In previous years the return on the pictures made by Kennell-Kllis has been given to the gift, fund of the university. According to this plan it. will be used to defray ex penses of the Oregana. Only a slight cut was made in the budget, and the committee believes the same high standard may be maintained without the great deficit of former years. The book must be out not. later than Junior Week-end. The editor, Marian St.cn, and manager, Ronald TIubbs, along with their faculty ad visor, Professor (leorgo S. Turnbull, have agreed to do this. Students Want Book Joe McKeown, chairman of the executive council, said, “The publi cations committee delayed so long because they wished to lie sure that the Oregana could be put out on time, and without a loss of several thousand dollars to the student body. The drive proved the students want the book, and the committee believes the changes will allow them to have it. “All members of the student ad ministration are happy the book is to be published. It was only a mat ter of expense that threatened its existence. They are glad the matter has proved solvable.” Will Keep Contract The editor, Marian Sten, ex plained, “We have naturally slowed down work until we found out tin* fate of the Oregana. Now that it has been definitely continued we will work twice ns hard. Wo want to give the student body a book of excellent quality and still keep our contract to get it out by Junior Week-end. ” Marian made two additional staff appointments. Virginia Mynard, an Alpha Chi Omega sophomore, will be in charge of the junior section. The celebrity section of snapshots will be headed by Marjorie Clark, a sophomore in journalism. Slio is a Chi Omega. Students Direct Play For University High Mrs. Edna Assenheimer and Miss Grace Gardner, students in the dra matic department, are the directors of a play to be presented by tho senior class of the University high school in the Guild treater Saturday evening, December 8, at 8 p. m. Harlem Has Big Economic Problem For United States, Declares Student New York Italian District Offers Reform Needs The Bowery, street of speak easies, of signs reading, “Jim’s First Class Shave, 10c,” “Hot Meals, ■ i, 10, lo, 20c,” “One Dishwasher Wanted—Pay Any Time You Quit,” and finally “Reputations Recovered, Hearts Mended”—the sign of the inission -was described, and his ex periences there and in Harlem, the three mile-square negro district of Yew York, were told by Alsou Bris tol, president of the Y. M. C. A,, .in an interview recently. Mr. Bristol spent three months, in New York this last summer studying with a group of 27 students — seven of whom were women and four negroes I —ill a social research seminar spon sored by the Council of Christian Associations. “There is a severe economic prob lem in Harlem for the United States to solve,” Mr. Bristol saul, declar ing- that a negro girl graduate from a high school could not hope to find work outside of Harlem. The color line prevents men there from being anything more than porters; there is nothing to spur them on to higher achievement, he said. “The slum district of the Italian section of New York is the largest in the world. An unpleasant odor hangs over it. I couldn’t get a room there, although there were signs out telling of vacancies. When I would ask for a place, the man would shake his head and say, ‘no, wo are full.’ “The Bowery, in the heart of the Italian settlement, is where the down-and-outs of the world congre gate. That is for the east side of the street. On the other side an op posite view prevails.” Most of the men that wander this (Continued on Page Pour)