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
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| 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
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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
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