1
Students Scoff
At Proposals
For New Coach
Campus FT liole-heartedly
Behind Webfoot Fire,
Says Joe McKeoicn
Ey JOE TIGNEY
The TTniversitv of Oregon student
body is nn olil fashioned organiza
tion, nml tins not yet. been capti
vated by new fangled conventions
concerning athletic coaches. The
athletic nphcval at the University
of Washington lias failed to take
here, although there has been some
suggestions as to the fertility of
the situation.
The sudden reversal of Oregon’s
championship aspiring basketball
team alls for a new coach. That is
clear. But the incredible students
at Oregon are whole lieartedly be
hind the present mentor. The logi
cal thing to do is to start a probe,
and show the erring Webfoots the
k immediate necessity of hiring a
coach.
* * *■
Working from the hypothesis that
the atmosphere around Eugene is
heavy with the lamentations of dis
appointed students, the probe, armed
with towels and mops, will get under
way.
It is true that William .T. "Rein
hart, Oregon coach, in all his fiK*
years here, has never won a const
championship. That alone is ter
frible—terrible like all the other
members of the northern section of
flic conference. California lias-won
four times, and Southern California
once. It. is a justifiable reason for
dismissing the Oregon coach, then
the mentors of Oregon State, Wash
ington, Idaho, Montana and Wash
ington State also will lie seeking
new jobs.
It is true that. Oregon has won
but two northwest titles in five
years. Oregon State, Idaho, and
Washington have each won one.
Where was Oregon when all this
happened? Alas, alas, the Webfoots
were groveling around near Ihc top
of the first division.
'k. With five years of top-notch com
petition in five years coaching, it
is quite probable that the Oregon
students will not start a revolt, and
it is probable that Reinhart will
continno indefinitely as the coach of
the University of Oregon basketball
team. The well meaning probe fails
because the lamentations of the stu
dent body have evaporated.
Mr. L. IT. Gregory’s story which
appeared in the Oregonian vester
'lay on tlie failure of the Oregon
basket-ball team, and the subsequent
filing of the coach, as a natural re
sult has been universially read by
Oregon students. But the influence
was nil. and Mr. 'Reinhart still
guides the destinies of the Webfoot,
hoo]i team. Mr. Reinhart has neither
been lynched nor threatened nor are
there any undue mutteriugs ns to
the horribleness of the situation.
In the face of the terrible slaugh
ter of the Webfoots as it encoun
tered the teams of the north, the
Oregon students still deliriously hold
to the belief that they have a good
basketball team. It probably will
^ take more than four losses to con
vince them that Oregon, famous for
its basketball championships, is eter
nally doomed.
But that’s not all. The Webfoot
players have been shamed into a
victory spirit. Unused to eating
humble bread, the bread has not
been digested easily. They are even
so bold as to talk of a come batlc.
“We gotta beat Oregon State next.
Saturday! We gotta win the rest
of our schedule! We gotta! We
gotta, by gosh!” they say.
Oregon is fortunate in having
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New Teaching
Course Plan
01* President
: Four Years’ Training Will
Be Offered; Eliminate
Need to Attend Normal
Oregon to Offer Its
Work Next Fall Term
Onthank Submits Proposal
To State Board at Salem
A four - year teacher - training
course for elementary schools, now
found in nearly every state in the
union, will soon lie available to stu
dents in Oregon, it is announced by
Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall. The uni
versitv presented its proposed plan
of study on elementary training,
outlined the plan for the establish
ment of the new department for
this work, and received the un
qualified endorsement ot the board
of standardization in Salem last
Friday.
At present it is necessary for
graduates of the university to at
tend a normal school also before
being allowed to teach in elementary
schools, while under the proposed
plan they would get this additional
training here during their third and
fourth years.
Hall Gives Reasons
Dr. Hall gave reasons for the addi
tion of the elementary training de
partment in the following state
ment:
“The resolution adopted by the
board for the standardization of
universities, colleges and normal
schools at its meeting held in Salem
last Friday morning, is of sufficient
importance to justify some public
discussion in order that the people
of the state may understand the mat
ter involved. Under the state laws
of Oregon the board is authorized
to approve a professional training
course for teachers offered by insti
tutions of higher learning, if it is
equivalent to the course of study
offered by normal schools.
Course o* Study freparecl
“The University of Oregon pre
pared a eourso of study of this char
acter which tlie board approved as
being equivalent to the standard
normal school courses. They then
took occasion to question the policy
of tlie University of Oregon, particu
larly in proposing to offer a course,
and of tlie wisdom of the statute
which made it possible for such a
course to be offered in any other
institution than the normal schools
of the state.”
Following the granting of the re
quest, the board voiced disappro
val of the proposed courses. Tn
spite of the objection, an announce
ment was made by Karl Onthank,
executive secretary of the univer
sity, that the university will prob
ably begin the four-year course in
the fall.
Criticism not Legal
“The board, which passed on tlie
equivalence of the University of
Oregon as rating with tlie other
schools in tlie state, in criticizing
the course provided by the univer
sity as not being the correct one,
entirely overstepped its authority,
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Eugene Alumnae Club
W ill Entertain Tonight
Tiie Eugene Alumnae club of Mu
Phi Epsilon,'women’s national musi
cal sorority, will give a. dinner in
honor of tlie active members of tlie
chapter at tlie home of Mrs. John
Stark Evans tonight.
Dinner will be served at 0:4!) af
ter which a program, in charge of
Mrs. O. A. Pierson, will be pre
sented..
Freshmen Call Rally This A fternoon
To Talk Over Plans for Annual Glee
A freshman assembly, this after
noon at 5 o'clock at Villard assem
bly ball, will mark the first rally
ing together of the entire class in
preparation for the Frosh Glee slat
eil for this coining Saturday at the
Igloo, Don Call, general chairman
for the Glee, and Brian Mimnaugh,
class president, announced yester
day.
‘"This is going to be the first real
exhibition of what our class as a
unit can do—it's our chance to show
our calibre, and we’re expecting
every freshman to be out tonight
taking a real interest in the impor
tant .announcements we have to
make and ready to offer their ser
vices in working at the Igloo this
week,” said Mimnaugh.
Actual decorating at the Igloo
began yesterday when freshman
groups worked during the afternoon
and evening. All of the material
is on hand and with just four days
in which to complete the decoration
of the hugh hall, every class mem
ber is needed during the week, the
class leaders declare.
“All we need now is man power—
and woman power too,” said Call.
"There is plenty of work for girls
i to do in running sewing machines”
Six particularly busy freshmen
this week will ho Virginia Paris,
; Prances Humphrey, Amos Lawrence,
Howard Null, Mary Steinhauser, Bob
Dearer, who are on Bob Van Nice’s
| decorating committee and have been
j working with Van Nice the last
week or so in designing the decora
! five scheme.
While brisk rains pattered Satur
I day morning, several freshmen brav
ed the downpour to shower the cam
pus with bright yellow posters an
nouncing the Glee.
‘’Bobby* Burns Banished Scots* Devil
By Ridiculing Him, States Campbell
Anniversary of Bard’s Birth Was Observed Here;
Poet’s Admirer Entertains Eugene Audience
By CLETA McKENNON
D n g a 1 d Campbell, inimitable
Scotchman who recited Robert
Bums’'poetry at. the Woman's build
in" Sunday afternoon in commem
oration of that poet's birthday some
one hundred and sixty-six years ago,
believes on tiling “Bobby” did was
to tube the devil out of Scotland.
Says Mr. Campbell, in bis quaint
manner and Scotish tongue, “At the
time of Burns in Scotland, the devil
was no figment of disordered fancy
and crude superstition, but _a real
honest to goodness devil, who in
Ayrshire, with its terrible contrasts
of dire poverty and ostentatious
wealth, might well have been deem
ed as Clod’s resident manager, and
ought to be spoken of with fear and
awe. Tt took the genius and cour
age of Burns to sneeringly sing him
out of court—that is, out of the
serious consideration of grown ups
in mind and body.”
When he was a bov in Scotland
Mr. Campbell said he had dire fore
bodings of an ever present, lurking,
swindling devil being about to spring
upon him at every corner. Since the
devil had lived heartily and lustily
in hell for so ninny years, he too had
thoughts of doing it. He hoped then
he might not tie separate'! from those
in real life anil history whom, tie
knew were downward hound, even
if they hadn’t already reached the
eternal fireplaee.
“But, praises he,” smiled Mr.
Campbell, “there are no longer such
nightmares in Scotland!
“From old country magazines,
through letters from relatives and
from recent travellers, I can assure
you that the devil is a rare bird in
Scotland, and if you want to hunt
him, you’ll have to go to the moun
tains of Tennessee, or to the prai
ries and farm lands of Oklahoma or
Arkansas.” And then he added, “Of
course Billy Sunday and Aimee Ale
Pherson can introduce you to a sort
of rubber devil that they use in
their exhibitions at so much per
day.”
He seems to note with amuse
ment, this interesting Scotchman,
that Burns treats the devil with
contempt as the spawn of ignorance
and superstition, but that in the last
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‘High Hat’ Book
Stage, Film Star
Warner Announces Many
New Novels for Rental
Section of Book Balcony
“Give him some pastor oil and
throw down a dollar,” was tho ad
rim a doctor in New York’s Ghetto
gave one Mrs. Lefkowitz, when she
leaned out the window of her
second-story abode to complain
shrilly to the neighborhood physi
cian that “Mine child it hurts his
belly.”
So reminisces Eddie Cantor, in
ternationally known stage, and
more recently film, comedian, in his
newly published autobiography, “Mv
Life Is in Your Hands,” that has
recently made its appearance on the
High Hat rent shelf in I he book
■balcony of the Co-op.
Cantor has a lot to say about bis
boyhood days in the New York tene
ments, and he waxes both in senti
mental and humorous moods in the
telling, relates Bob Warner, of the
Co-op staff, in discussing the musi
cal comedy star’s book.
The “Sullivan’s School Hays” era
of Cantor’s career gets a rangy
section of the story and it is
chucked with lively bits of the ex
periences Cantor, along with Lila
Lee, George Jessel and others who
■ later won adult fame in the foot
lights, had in the juvenile days, ac
cording to Warner.
“It’s breezily told and the color
and variety of Cantor’s experiences
make it rapid-moving and interest
ing,” he added.
Will Rogers starts the comedian’s
book off with a foreword that lie
terms a “warning,” assuring the
world in general that he has written
the introduction only with the as
surance that he will never have to
read it.
Life in the second generation of
O. E. Rolvaag’s “Giants of the
Earth,” a novel of a Scandinavian
family in the Middle West, is told
in Rolvaag’s “Peter Victorious,” a l
second new book Warner announced |
yesterday. Rolvaag is a professor
at >St. Olaf’s college in Wisconsin.
John Erskine’s “Penelope’s Man,”
Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando” and
“Elizabeth and Essex” by Lytton
Strachev are other additions to the
High Hat shelf.
Today Last Chance to
Sign for 4 Y’ Groups
Women wlio are interested in the
discussion groups sponsored by the
Y. W. C. A. may still sign up for
these groups any time before. 5
o’clock this afternoon, announces
Miss Dorothy Thomas, secretary of
the Y.
“Relations of Men and Women”
is the subject of the group under
the direction of Miss Thomas, which
is to be held every Monday from
4 to 5 o’clock.
Another group which is to discuss
the same topic will be led by Dr.
Wilmoth Osborne at her home on
Tuesday evenings from 7:15 to 8:15.
This group, which is limited to
12 members, is barred to freshmen.
A third group to be held under
the direction of Rev. Clay E. Pal
mer of the Congregational church,
will meet on Wednesdays at the
Y bungalow. Discussion will cover
the questions: “What can we still
believe about God, prayer, immor
ality, the Bible, Jesus, and relig
ion?"
Two Programs
To Be Presented
By Opera Class
Scenes From Carmen and
La Boheme on Schedule;
Fnll Cast Is Announced
Tlir> opera class, under flip direc
tion of Madame Hose McGrow, is
preparing to give two programs, one
of which will he presented Febru
ary 21, and the other on March 12.
Both will be given in the auditorium
of the music building.
The program to be given February
21 will consist of the first act of
Carmen, a scene from La Boheme,
and several other selections.
Those taking part, in this are:
Agnes Pet/.old, Carmen; Mrs. Beau
ford Roach, Mieaela; Hollis Carey,
Bon Jose; Jack Dennis, Morales;
and probably several members of
the opera class in the chorus. In
La Boheme those taking leads are:
Cecil Coss, Mimi, and Ernest Mc
Kinney, Rudolph.
The presentation which will take
place March 12, will include the
first act. of Mignon, two scenes
from II Trovatore, and several other
scenes of minor importance.
In the first, act. of Mignon the
cast will consist of; Pauline Guth
rie as Mignon, Cecil Coss as Filina,
Emmett Paris in the part, of Wil
helm Meister, Adrian Burris as
Laertes, Arthur Johnson as Giarno,
Judson Belnap in the role of Young
Frederick, and Jack Dennis in the
prominent part of the old wanderer,
Lothario.
Those taking part in T1 Trov.q
tore are: Bernice Zeller, Leonora;
Constance Weinman, Azucena; John
Beardsley^ Monrico; Forrest Finley,
Ruiz.
Concerning these coming perfor
mances Madame McGrew says: “We
know perfectly well that our selec
tions this year are a step in advance
of those which caused such favorable
comment in last year’s programs.
“The musical difficulties are
greater, and the staging is going to
call for all the ingenuity of which
I feel myself possessed, but. I am
working this year with the most
ambitious people that I have yet.
encountered on the campus, and T
think that we are justified in as
suming that we shall be able to sat
isfy the demands of even very dis
criminating audiences.”
Contest Scheduled
For Spring Term by
Military Department
A drill contest in -which sopho
mores and freshmen may compete
for proficiency honors in military
maneuvers, according to Capt. F. M.
Moore of the military department,
is being planned for the spring'
term. The two classes are to be
.judged separately, the winners will
be chosen, two from each company,
one sophomore and one freshman.
Ten dollar prizes are being offered
to those selected at the meet, which
is to be held on the campus drill
field. The companies to compete
are A, B, C, D-l, D-2, and E.
The sophomores are to be judged
on individual proficiency, and on
their ability to command their
squads, and eligibility is based only
on perfect attendance records, and
no cuts in the deportment since
January 7.
Eligibility for the freshmen is the
same, but they will be judged only
on individual training proficiency.
Church Work
Leader Here
Resigns Post
Rev. H. W. Davis lo End
Six Years of Service;
To End Labors in June
Shakeup in Christian
Forces Seen as Need
Definite Action on Move
Vt ill Come at Next Meet
Rov. Henry \V. Davis, fur six
years director of Hie United Chris
tian work oti the campus, has an
nounced his resignation from that
post, to take effect at. tho end of
the present school year because lie
feels that the time has come for a
reorganization of the Christian
forces on tho campus and because
he wishes to relieve these forces of
tony embarrassment in connection
with the reorganization.
Mr. Davis presented his resigna
tion at the December meeting of
tlie board of United Christian work,
but, no action was taken at that
time. At the January meeting a
committee composed of Walter
Myers, of the Eugene Bible univer
sity, Dean C. E. Carpenter of the
law school, and Karl Onthank, ex
ecutive secretary of the university,
was appointed to confer with Mr.
Davis. Definite action will be taken
at the February meeting of the
board.
Work Was Experiment
The United Christian work, which
was organized six years ago at Ore
gon, was in the nature of an experi
ment. Mr. Davis, who was at that
time student pastor at. the Univer
sity of California, was called here
to take charge of it. The board at
that time was composed of tin- Y.
M. C. A., boards of education of the
Baptist, Congregational and Metho
dist churches.
The main purpose of the work
was to unite all the Christian forces
which were working on the Oregon
campus. However, Mr. Davis feels
that, there is a growing tendency on
the part of the churches to with
draw and foster their own work. In
addition, the campus community
chest failed this year with the re
sult. that it. was unable to grant the
money which was formerly available
for the work.
Believer in Christian Work
“I am a strong believer in the
United Christian work as the only
sane and efficient approach to the
modern campus,” declared Mr.
Davis. “There should be at the
center of the work, a religious coun
cil composed of the representatives
of all the great faiths on the cam
pus, Catholic, Jewish, and Protes
tant. The Y. M. C. A., as great an
organization as it is, is not, able to
handle a full Christian program.”
M. H. Douglass of the university
library, who is president of the
board of United Christian work,
expressed the regret of (lie board at
Mr. Davis’ resignation.
Davis Admirably Qualified
“Mr. Davis is a man who is ad
mirably qualified for the work by
his experience as a student pastor
and a worker in the Y. M. C. A.,”
he said. “He has won the affection
and the confidence of the people
with whom he has worked, and the
members^of the board are very sorry
that he finds it necessary to close
his work.”
The Y. M. C. A. cabinet has ap
pointed a committee of its own to
confer with Mr. Davis regarding its
future organization. Mr. Davis has
been the adviser of the cabinet.
University Officials
Ride Grathwell’s Talk
Karl Onthank Challenges
Unfair Altaek on China
University officials have milled
their voices to the indignation
which has been expressed at the talk
given at student assembly last
Thursday by Samuel Gratliwell, lec
turer and traveler, who spoke on
conditions in China.
Karl W. Onthank, executive sec
retary, declared that Grathwell’s
talk developed into a superficial
story of sordid conditions observed
chiefly in trade ports, and made un
fair attacks on the Chinese. Onthank
declared that it was untrue to say
that the Chinese as a race are not
clean, and that the race is best
Characterized by avarice.
“He could have pointed to the
great strides made in government
in China during the past few years,”
he continued. “Hi? could have
pointed to the great effect the new
Chinese tariff will have on interna
tional trade. He could have told
something of Chinese art.”
Students to Edit
Alumni Magazine
Staff to Be Announced
By Editorial Board Later
Miss Jeanette Calkins, editor of
Old Oregon, lias very kindly con
sentcd to allow a group of students
to publish the February number of
Old Oregon. They will take entire
charge of the issue, as Miss Calkins
will act only in an advisory capa
city.
The editorial board who will be in
charge of the work met with Miss
Calkins Monday afternoon to discuss
the general plan of the magazine.
They will announce the members of
their staff of reporters and office
assistants tomorrow. Members of the
editorial board are Cecil Snyder,
Marion Sten and Serena Madsen.
Members of the staff who put out
the magazine will be journalism stu
dents who are given an opportunity
to help with magazine publication
in addition to their newspaper ex
peril'll ee.
Oregon Tennis
Stars to Play in
Indoor Matehes
Harrison, Neer, Alniquist,
Lead Tournament; Play
Fast on Court in Igloo
To the few spectators who gather
every afternoon in the Igloo from t
t() n Vlm*k. *1 crlimnart 5 u
Brad Harrison
the Oregon tennis
prospects for 1920.
Tlie ladder tourn
ninent now going
on lists nearly
every tennis play
er of ability on
tlie pampas. These
inelmle Bradshaw
Harrison, Stanley
A I in q n i s t, and
Henry Neer, throe
of a four man
team exported by
many to carry
Oregon to a coast
championship i n
the not sport, tins season. The fourth
player is Sherman Lockwood, not
entered in the ladder tournament,
because of an injured shoulder.
It, is probable that play in the
ladder competition will be very
brisk for the next, two weeks, ac
cording to Henry Neer, who is in
charge of the tournament. Within
that time, drawings will be made
for the annual indoor tennis tourna
ment, to determine singles and dou
bles champions of the university.
Only a. selected number of players
will be entered in the annual meet
and to lie among that number will
be the aim of those now playing in
the ladder tournament.
Playing on the wooden floor of
the Tgloo is exceptionally fast, ac
cording to observers, which makes
play interesting from the spectat
or’s point of view. Two of the
leading players, “Brad” Harrison
and “Stan” Almquist exhibit their
prowess nearly every afternoon.
The indoor playing facilities af
ford the Oregon varsity tennis men
a chance to get. into condition weeks
before this has been possible in
former years. California schools,
who have had practice weather for
a month now, are thus not given so
much advantage over Oregon.
The rankings of the ladder tourn
ament at present are as follows:
No. 1, Bradshaw Harrison; 2, Henry
Neer; Stanley Almquist,; -I, How
ard Shaw; fi, Clarence Hartman; 0,
Cordon Jason; 7, Bob Ifoogs; H,
Jack Rhine; !), Tilman Peterson; 10,
Don Ragen; 11, Marshall Hopkins;
12, Winston Strong; Hi, Jack
Kaplan.
Sid Dobbin to
Head Junior
Week-End
Moorad Makes Selection
On Basis of Previous
Committee Experience
Further Appointments
\\ ill dome Wednesday
Date for Event Undecided;
Program to Be Similar
Sid Dobbin will be ebnirninn of
t!u> Junior Week-end committee this
year, according to an'announccinent
immm. <■
Sid Dobbin
I <>or go Moorad,
(resident of the
inior class. The
ppointment o f
lie chairman of
icially starts
reparation on the
i g celebration
icon by the -jun
ar class in the
pring term.
I) o b b i n h a s
roved his ability
i handle a posi
ion of this type
i * > ill™ r.MTin i » i limn luiiuim
committees • in the past. He lias
served on the Homecoming commit
tee for the past two years and was
in charge of the sign contest last
fall, lie has also served on the
Fresh Glee and Soph Informal com
mittees. At present he is assistant
business manager of the Oregana.
Success Is Assured
“With Sid Dobbin as chairman of
the Junior Week-end committee, t
feel that success is assured,” said
Moorad. “lie is a fine executive
and a hard worker. 1 have made
this selection after realizing that
the event this year must be a suc
cess from every angle and will re
quire the generalship of a strong,
capable head.”
Appointments of .the rest of tho
directorate have not been completed
as yet but will be announced Wed
nesday, according to the chairman.
The staff of assistants will be
chosen from members of the junior
class who are considered outstand
ing in the events to which they are
assigned.
Support Necessary
“1 realize that I am assuming a
duty of the utmost importance,”
said Dobbin in commenting on his
appointment. “Success will necessi
tate the whole-hearted support and
assistance of members of the junior
class as well as the student body.
“Heennso we are somewhat, be
hind the usual starting time, it will
mean that active work must begin
at once. We also liavo the enor
mous task of attempting to equal
the enviable record of last year’s
directorate which was headed by
Joe McKeown. I am selecting the
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University in Grip of
Annual Cold Epidemic
The university is caught in its
annual epidemic of colds, according
to Miss Oolohan, head nurse at tho
infirmary. Of the 60 cases treated
this term, well over 50 per cent
were sufferers from head colds and
tonsilitis.
Of the seven cases on the sick list
three, Claire Warren, Anita Jansen,
and Tom Handley, are confined with
colds. There are two flu cases at
present also. These are, Karl Cran
ston and Aarne Compel. The other
two occupants are Charles l’eterson,
who has the mumps, and Gordon
Hidings.
Weird Bits of Cooks9 Art Concocted
By Faville to Earn First Retd Money
By T. NEIL TAYLOR
There are the pies that mother
used to make. There are those
famous French pastries. And then,
Ws Looking k ha!
t'oetion w ]i i c li
started out as
corn 1> r cad,
changed to log
anberry cobbler
and ended up in
an ignoble grave
It e h i n d the
kitchen.
And all be
cause a young
in u n it u. in <1
Faville started to earn a living by
trying to become a cook.
“My first real job,” said Dean
David K. Faville, of the school of
business administration, “was cook
ing for a boys’ summer camp at the
age of 17.
“You see it was this way. The
cook quit us on a day’s notice, and I
looking around for someone lo takp
liis place, he chanced on me.
“lie spent most of his ‘day’s no
tice ’ trying to teach me how to boil
water without burning it, and some
of the other technicalities of the
culinary art.
“T learned that rice could be
boiled in 12 minutes, and that oxtail
soup made fair gravy when mixed
with flour.
“Take it all in all though, the
boys suffered most from my efforts
at the noble art of cookery.
“Once, but just once, I tried to
bake cornbread. The top became a
beautiful golden brown, and I be
gan to whistle for, at last, I was a
real cook.
“Short lived was my joy, for when
T attempted to lift the bread from
the pan, I discovered that under
neath the crust was nothing but
dough. *
“Disturbed, but undaunted,” said
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