Webfooters
Prepare for
Beaver Game
First Rattle W illi Staters
At Corvallis Saturday;
Comeback Is Planned
Teams About Equal
According to Scores
Gordon Ridings, Milligan,
McCormick, Strong Men
Pacific Coast Basketball Standings
Northern Section
W. L.
Washington State . Pi ft 1
Washington . 2 0 1
Idaho . 2 1
Oregon State . 2 2
Montana . 1 2
Oregon . 0 4
Southern Section
W. L.
California . 5 0 1
Stanford . 2 1
Southern California .... 1 Pi
Vela . 0 4
This Week’s Schedule
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Today—St. Ignatius vs. California
at Berkeley.
Friday—Stanford vs. TTola at Los
Angeles.
Saturday—Stanford vs. TTela at
Los Angeles; Washington Stale vs.
(lonzaga at Spokane; Montana vs.
Washington at Seattle; Oregon vs.
Oregon State at. Corvallis; Southern
California vs. California at Berkeley.
By JOE PIGNEY
Oregon's basketball team, recov
ering from Hie disappointments of
the northern road trip, is earnestly
preparing for a comeback. The
first game of the Oregon State
series, a series on which many fans
believe rests the entire success of
the season, will be played at Cor
vallis next Saturday.
For the first time in several sea
sons the Beaver team ranks higher
than the Webfoots. Two weeks ago
Oregon was the favorite, but four
defeats in a row have reduced the
chances of victory. The Webfoots
will have the advantage of a full
week of preparation, and should be
in better condition to meet the
Beavers than they were before the
games in the north.
Heed More Defensive
The failure to maintain a con
sistent defense was more responsible
for Oregon’s defeats than the lack
of an offensive combination. In 12
games played this year the Web
foots scored approximately 39 points
in each contest. The opposing teams
have averaged 27 points.
In the past, 30 points usually
have been sufficient to bring vic
tory to the Webfoots. The 1928
team averaged 31 points to a game
as compared with only 2o for the
opposition. This year Oregon still
has averaged the 30 points, but the
strong offensive was maintained at
the expense of a weak defense, the
offensive has not been powerful
enough to offset the defense and
the four conference opponents have
averaged 34 points.
Beavers Some Better
Score averages place Oregon and
Oregon State nearly on equal terms,
but in basketball that counts for
very little. In all the games played
this season the Beavers came out
ahead on an average of 34 to 2b.
The comparison with Oregon’s 39 to
27 is not groat.
The Webfoots displayed consider
ably more offensive effectiveness
than did the Beavers, but the Beav
ers surpassed in the ability to hold
the other teams to lower scores.
Oregon State ended the road trip
with an average of 23 to 28 against
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Library Records
Debate Speeches
W ill Aid Forensic Study,
J. Horne r Believes
“Beginning this year, copies of
fill the best of the university’s
orations and debates will be put. in
tbo library under special cataloguing
as a permanent record of (lie
school’s debate and oratory con
tests,” said ,T. K. Horner, debate
coach, explaining an innovation he
is introducing into forensics.
Because text, bonks in argumenta
tion and debate lack examples of
argumentative speeches, Mr. Horner
Experts to use 1he material to fill
Hie lack in connection with debate.
Moreover, “debate questions from
year to year have a habit of repeat
ing themselves,” he says, and the
filed speeches could very profitably
be studied again.
Before being granted their two
hours credit for participating in
debate and oratory contests, speak
ers will be required to prepare
copies of their talks for filing in
the library.
Amateur Cinema
League Proffers
Aid for Movies
National Group to Help
Oregon Film Directors
In Technical M alters
Cooperation of the Amateur Cin
ema league, a national organization
for amateur movie makers, has been
offered to University of Oregon
students now engaged in making a
feature length moving picture pro
duction.
Eolations with the national organ
ization were established through the
aid of Bay La Fever, secretary of
the Portland Cine club, with which
the university group is already af
filiated.
Information on the technical and
dramatic problems of the production
will be furnished by the Amateur
Cinema league, it is stated by Ar
thur L. Gale, who made the offer.
Mr. Gale was a former student at
the university here, and says he is
watching with interest this venture.
Scenario for the production has
now been completed under the di
rection of Leslie L. Lewis, instruct
or in English, and students are now
at work on preparation of script for
the scenes. When this is completed
the entire script will be sent out to
members of the advisory committee
and to various others interested for
final criticism and corrections.
Filming will then take place.
Oregon Graduate
Becomes Member
Of Architect Firm
Walter IT. Church, a graduate of
the University of Oregon and a son
of Mrs. I’. L. Campbell of Eugene,
is now a member of the firm of
Morris II. Whitehouse and Associ
ates, architects, of Portland.
Mr. Church attended school in
Boston and San Francisco before
entering the University of Oregon,
and after graduation continued his
study of architecture at Massachu
setts Institute of Technology. He
has supplemented his work by study
and research in Europe, and during
the war served, with the 105tli en
gineers. He is treasurer of the
Oregon chapter of American Insti
tutes of Architects and a member
of the Oregon Society of Artists.
Before affiliating with the White
house firm Mr. Church was identi
fied with O. Albert Landsburgh and
j George H. Kelham, San Francisco
architects.
Hobby Group Officers Announced;
Year of Service Activities Planned
Seven of Hie hobby groups, spon
sored by Phi Theta Epsilon, an upper
rlnss honorary service fraternity,
have summarized their work to date
and elected officers, who are plan
ning group activities for the re
mainder of the term.
The literature and poetry group,
writing and creative thought, lias
which ^aims to encourage original
heard a review of “Happy Moun
tain” by Helen Evans, studied
rhyme under the direction of ( aio
line Keeler, as well as submitted or
iginal poetry. The officers of this
gTonp are: Margaret Ormandv, pres
ident: Winona Hood, vice-president;
Caroline Keeler, secretary-treasurer;
Pauline Shuele, editor-historian.
The play group has had two pic
nic suppers, a pow-wow to learn how
to build a fire, studied dancing, and
enjoyed a talk by Miss Hodges of
the school of physicial education on
“Negro Education in the South.”
The -officers of this group arc:
Blanche Griggs, president; Margaret
Fisher, vice-president; Evaiyn Ham
ilton, secretary - treasurer; Alice
Smith, editor-historian.
The woman in her sphere group
has discussed the modern woman,
her place in the home, fashions, and
has heard Dr. Louise Huls, Woman’s
league schoh. rship student from
Germany, speak. The list of offi
cers for this group is: Wanda Les
ley, president; Frances Bichard
vice-president; Marygrace Max
well, secretary; Hazel Paetsch
treasurer; Kathryn Kjosness, edi
tor-historian.
The arts and crafts group, whiel
is interested in cultivating a great
er understanding of are and in en
abling those who belong to this
group to learn its various phases
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Twenty Years
Work Traced
By Librarian
In First Year 644' Served
By Small Offiee Force;
Now 73 Give Out Books
l -
Student Use Increase
Over 600 Per Cent
Oregon Twenty-eighlli in
Size in United States
When darkness fell on ilie campus
20 years ago the university library
closed, for there were then no elec
tric lights. The library had just
been moved from Friendly hall to
its present building, which was then
without the stack-rooms, and which
also housed departments of econom
ics, political science, history, rheto
ric, and correspondence, according
to M. H. Douglass, who has just
filed his twentieth annual library
report.
Two regular members of the staff,
Mr. Douglass and Miss Camilla
Leach, together with two student
helpers, the report shows, issued the
1,600 volumes from a single desk in
response to requests of a registra
tion totaling 644 in 1908. Seventy
three staff members and students
charged 19.1,394 books 518,620 times
from nine different, desks.to .1,128
students last year. Periodicals have
increased in the 20 year period from
159 to 2,173.
Douglass Takes Charge
The library building had been in
use less than a year when Douglass
became librarian. It was open only
47% hours a week, while now it is
open 94D> hours a week. It is in
the same building which was con
structed for a university of 500 that
Mr. Douglass continues his work.
So great has been the expansion,
however, during his administration
that this building and an additional
stack wing have been filled to over
flowing with books and periodicals,
and it is now necessary for students
to go from building to building on
the campus to various smaller li
braries in order to do their reading.
During the past year there has
been a slight increase in all depart
ments of the library except history
and English reserves, which suffered
a 21 per cent decrease. This is
doubtless due, declares Mr. Douglass,
to the number of reserve books now
on the open shelves.
Still One Janitor
“In one particular there has been
no expansion so far as the main li
brary is concerned,” commented
Douglass. “We then had one full
time janitor and we still have just
one.”
Discussing future objectives,
Douglass touched on the great need
ot a new library building, suggested
introduction of library courses, told
of needs for strengthening the staff,
and recommended various phases of
extension work.
Regarded as the most striking
figure in the report, it is shown that
since 191o use of the library has
increased (172 per cent, while enroll
ment has gained 282 per cent.
In an appended statistical survey
of 38 representative college and
university libraries, Oregon ranks
28 in size, 20 in number of volumes
added during the previous year, 28
in amount expended for books, 22 in
size of staff, and 22 in amount of
salary payroll.
Journalism Honorary
Pledges to Perform
Arrayed in full-dress suits, with
top-hats and canes, the neophytes
of Sigma Delta f’lii, international
journalism fraternity, will hold sway
on the steps of the old library to
morrow at 11 o’clock. The five who
will perform, Clarence Craw, Cecil
Snyder. Joe Brown, Leonard Delano,
and Scott Milligan, have promised
a stunt never before tried by a set
of pledges, and one that promises
to be most interesting and enter
taining.
Special Mass Meeting
For W. A. A. Slated
All members of the Women’s Ath
letic association are urged by Doro
thea Lensch, president, to attend a
mass meeting to be held in room 121
of the Woman’s building at 5 p. in.
This meeting is important because
nomination of officers is to be dis
cussed. The problem of intra-house
sports will also be discussed. The
president will announce when the
W. A. A. banquet will be held.
Every member’s presence is desired.
Alpha Phi Sponsor
For League Tea
Entertainment Planned
By General Committee
Tomorrow is the rlnv for another
Women's longue ton. The hours have
boon sot from ■> to o o’clock in the
situ room of the Woman’s building.
A program and music, for dancing
lias boon included among the fea
tures of the afternoon’s informal
ton.
Kaoli women's living organization
will bo nske l, sometime during the
year, to act. as hostess at which
time all members of the group will
serve refreshments and help those at
tending to meet other women. Alpha
Phi sorority will be in charge this
week. General plans are being made
by the chairman of the tea commit
tee of the Women’s league, Florence
McNerney, and she urges that upper
classmen as well as freshma'n women
attend. The teas were formerly giv
en only for the freshmen but a new
plan lias been followed this year
of allowing all university women to
attend.
Year’s Premiere
Of Oreliestra to
Be at Assembly
Varied Program Arranged
For Thursday Meeting;
Speeialty Solos Slated
The TTniversity of Oregon orches
tra will make its first appearance
of the school year before the stu
dents, Thursday morning, January
.'11, at the Woman’s building at 11
o’clock. Special solos will be play
ed by Miriam Little and Edward
Best, of th school of music, faculty,
and Boris Helen Patterson, sopho
more in music.
“Marhe Heroiqtie” by Saint Saens
will be the opening number by the
orchestra, which will be under the
direction of Rex Underwood. A
selection from “The Red Mill” by
Victor Herbert, is the next selection
on the program.
Miriam Little will play a. solo on
the yiolincello, with stringed instru
ment accompaniment. Her selection
will be .“Elegic” by Massenet.
The fourth number on the pro
gram will be “ l.a Feria - Suite Es
pagnole” by La come. Boris Helen
Patterson will follow this with a
harp solo, “Aeolian Harp” by ITas
selmann. Edward Best will play
“Londennery Air,” with the accom
paniment. of three violins, a viola,
and hrap. “Overture to ‘Ruy Bias’ ”
by Mendelssohn will be the closing
number.
Wesley Club Planning
Masquerade Affair
Friday, Feb. 1, Chosen for
Methodist Soeial Event
A masquerade party for all Meth
odist students on the campus will
be given by the Wesley club, the
student organizations. of the local
Methodist church, Friday night,
February 1, at 8 o’clock, at the
church on Willamette between
Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues.
Henry Norton, president of the
club, extends an invitation to all
Methodist students. He urges every
one to be in costume and come
masked. •
About 200 invitations have been
sent out for the affair, which is
under the general chairmanship of
Katherine Winchell. Assisting Miss
Winchell in planning the party are
Helen Chaney, in charge of invita
tions; Lucy Norton, decorations;
Frances Richards, refreshments;
and Pauline Lehman, who is direct
ing a play to be given as part of
the program.
“Two of a Kind,” by Louise L.
Wilson, a short play which will be
presented during the evening, num
bers among its cast Alice Clink,
Wilbur Sohm, Robert Jackson, Ma
bclle Beakley, and Pauline Lehman.
Other entertainment will be a clog
fiance by Jessie Winchell and Mil
dred Wharton. Several prizes are
offered for the best costume and
for winners of contests, Miss Win
chell says.
The motif for the affair will be
colonial, but guests may dress in
any kind of a costume.
Woolen Mills Visited
By Geography Class
Geography students at the univer
sity visited the Eugene Woolen
Mills on Monday and Tuesday of
this week.
The students saw the various
ways In which the wool is handled
from the time it is clipped from the
backs of the sheep until it is turned
out as a finished product.
Class of ’32
Talks Dances,
Special Days
Yearlings Consider New
Style Matinee Affair;
Urge Support of Team
Frosli Glee Informal
Is Mimnaugh's Dictum
Group to Sell Decorating
Materials Following Hop
Two proposals one Hint .a series
of get-aequaintcd week-end matinee:
freshman dances he held and the
other that the
10:52 class leave •
to the university
as a t r a d i t i o n
some sort of frosh
day — were the
outstanding mat
ters discussed yes
terday by the
“babes” when
they met at Vil
lard assembly hall
with Brian Mini-1
naugh presiding. A
Called primarily!
to discuss tno
Frosh (ileo thisBrian Minmaugh
coming Saturday, tlio mooting
voerod to the discussion of a variety
of problems.
Tom Handley was named by Mim
naugli to head a committee to look
into the dance idea after the class
had voted to investigate possibili
ties. Mac Miller, .Tack Rhine, Anno
Stange and Hunt Clark complete
the committee.
David Wilson was appointed
chairman of the committee to look
into the possibilities of a frosh day
and to make explicit suggestions for
its program. On his group are Des
mond Anderson and Bob Miller.
Call Calls for Aid
Don Call, chairman of the Frosh
dice, spoke to the class, urging
them to give every possible spare
minute for the next few days to
helping decorate the Igloo. “The
job must be finished Friday night
if possible because we will have to
have a day to adjust the lighting,”
he said.
“There will be work not only for
the men but for the girls as well,”
he went on, “as there are four sew
ing machines, each requiring three
persons to operate, which will need
to be in more or less steady opera
tion from now on. The class hopes
to sell some of the decoration ma
terial to the juniors and seniors,”
Call said, urging the class to be
careful in handling the goods in
construction, and pointing out to
them the necessity of keeping ex
penses on the affair as low as
possible.
Frosh Coffers Low
Minmaugh called on A1 Browne,
class treasurer, for a report. His
figures showed that the class had
in its treasury to date $1H>0 out of
$880 with which they began this
fall.
Marshall Brownell brought up the
question of whether the glee is con
sidered an informal or formal dance.
Following a brief discussion when
several freshmen pointed out that
regardless of previous announce
ments, “tuxes” prevailed for the
men, Minmaugh declared that as
long as it had always been called
an informal dance, it would stand
that way. “The women will of
course wear formals but we will en
courage men to come in informal
attire.”
When the class president asked
for suggestions for some sort of get
acquainted program, Bernice Wood
ward advanced the semi-monthly no
date afternoon dance plan.
Minmaugh urged the class to sup
port its basketball team and to turn
out in larger numbers than have
been seen so far this season.
Two Portland Women
Picked for Soloists
Alumna of Oregon Listed
As Singer for Requiem
Dean John J. Landspury, head of
the music department, lias an
nounced ttiat Jane Burns and Ber
nice Alstock, both of Portland, have
been selected as soloists in the
Requiem program which is to be
given May 7 and 8.
Miss Alstock is an alumna of the
university, having graduated several
years ago. She was a prominent
student while in school, being active
both in society and music. She was
instrumental in bringing a chapter
of the Mortar Board to the univer
sity. She was a member of the Pi
Beta Phi sorority.
Hill-Billies Glare
But Fail to Daunt
Y oco m Collects Florn
In Mountain Regions
After taking trips all last slimmer
into tlio Bohemia mountains, whom
suspicious miners who packcil guns
watched him furtively, I)r. Harry
B. Yooom, professor of zoology, has
conducted an extensive research of
the flora of Lane county and is now
writing a thesis on the subject.
There are some 7f>0 species. Three
hundred of these were collected and
classified by Dr. Yocom. The thesis
is on the distribution of these
plants.
While not all of the collecting has
been done in the Bohemia moun
tains, most of it has been carried
on there. These mountains are a
part of the Calapooia range.
The only inhabitants of these
mountains are miners hunting for a
sudden fortune. The only dwelling
places are deserted mines. Deer
abound there.
Access to the mountains is now
impossible as the snow has reached
a fall of 10 feet.
Swimming Match
Between Frosli
And Varsity Set
Blankenhnrg and Walton,
Record Holders, Enter
Competition Saturday
The first swimming meet of the
season comes next Saturday at 4
o’clock in the Woman’s building
pool between the
varsity and fresh
man teams. Slated
to appear for the
first 1 imo at Ore
gon are several
I members of what
is said to l)o an
except iona lly
promising fresh
man squad.
This also will
be the initial pub
lie appearance of
the Oregon var
Blankenburg sjf,y s w j m ln 0 r s
this year and one of three meets for
them on the campus. February 9,
they meet Oregon State and Feb
ruary 12 swim against Northwestern
university.
Two freshmen, who with Johnny
Anderson, varsity star, unofficially
broke the national intercollegiate
300 yard medley relay record some
time ago, are to swim for the first
year squad. They are Tommy Hlank
enbnrg and Frank Walton, winter
term entrants to the university from
California. Blankenburg is the
holder of several national and const
records in the breast stroke. Walton
has held coast records and since
coming to Oregon has broken the
P. A. swim record formerly held by
Johnny Anderson.
Varsity swimmers are to have as
difficult competition as they will
encounter in many of their confer
ence meets when they enter the
water against the freshman Satur
day, according to Coach Edward
Abercrombie.
Stafford Well Again
After Long Illness
Howard Stafford, sophomore in
chemistry, returned yesterday from
Portland where he has been serious
ly ill with sinus trouble and com
plications which set in after the op
eration.
He was confined in the hospital
for a month and will probably be
unable to return to school this term
as he is still very weak.
Mr. Stafford is a (ton of Professor
O. F. Stafford, head of the depart
ment of chemistry.
Dobbin Names
Directorate of
Junior Affair
Waller Norblad Assistant
To C.bairman; Hamaker
Will Head Canoe Fete
Junior Vodvil Will Be
In Charge of Paul Hunt
Members Named on Basis
Of Ability, Efficiency
Tlio ilireptorntp wbieli will lip in
charge of Iho 1920 Junior Week-end
was nnnoiinppil yesterday by Sid
Dobbin, general plmirnian of flip
affair. Tlio inombors of llio direct
orate arp as follows:
Assistant, pliairman: Walter Nor
ldad, of Astoria.
Secretary: Eleanor Flanagan, of
Marslifipld.
Junior Prom: Crosby '• Ralph”
Owpns, of Berkeley, California.
Canon Pptp; Konton Ifamakor, of
Klamath Falls.
Junior Vodvil: Paul Hunt, of
Port ia ml.
Campus Pay: .Tamos Sharp, of
Hammond, Indiana.
Campus Luncheon: Eldress Judd,
of Roseburg.
Mothers’ Pay: Eleanor Poorman,
of Portland.
Publicity: Wilfred Brown, of
Camas Valley.
Students All Active
“The directorate appointments
have been made purely on t lie basis
of ability and efficiency,” Dobbin
said last, night. “I have no doubt
but what these members are capable
of making the earning Junior Week
end a surpass. The many appoint
ments yet to be made will be an
nounced as soon as the directorate
organization is complete.”
The students appointed as mem
bers of the Junior Week-end direct
orate have all been active in various
phases of activities during their
three years on the campus.
Walter Norblad, the assistant
chairman, is one of the junior men
on the student council, the national
president of tho Intercollegiato
Knights, national men’s service hon
orary, and a member of the (treater
Oregon directorate, hast year he
was one of tho winners in the Jew
ett public, speaking contest, a mem
iter of the executive council of the
campus Republican club, and a
member of the high school confer
ence and Homecoming directorates.
He is a member of the Sigma Nil
house.
Kleanor Flanagan, the secretary,
is a member of the Junior Shine
Day directorate, served on -the di
rectorate of the recent high school
conference, and tho committee in
charge of the Christmas College
Ball. Last year she was a member
of the April Frolic committee, the
Sophomore Informal committee, and
the Homecoming directorate. She
is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.
Judd Heads Luncheon
Eldress Judd, head of the campus
luncheon, is a member of the Delta
Zeta sorority, Phi Theta Upsilon,
npperclass service honorary, and.
Thespian, frosh girls’ honorary. She
is a Big Sister captain, a member of
the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, and of the
Women’s Athletic association.
Kenton Ilamaker, who was chosen
as the head of the Canoe Fet, was
a member of the committee in
charge of that affair last year. Last,
fall he was a member of the Home
coming directorate, and he was
treasurer of the sophomore class
last year. He was a member of the
university orchestra during his
sophomore year, and of tho band
during his freshman year. 11c is a
member of Phi Sigma Kappa.
Crosby “Ralph” Owens, tho chair
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Oregon Students Have Various Ideas
On Actions If Sex Should Be Changed
By CLARENCE F. CRAW
How would you act if you were
suddenly and unreservedly changed
into a member of the opposite sex?
Oregon students, it seems, have dif
ferent ideas as to what they would
do if granted the privilege. From
the staid young man to the “sheik”
was the gamut which the wishes for
the female sex ran, while the males
mostly agreed on the semi-old fash
ioned type of girl.
Considering the question, “How
would you behave if you were a
boy?” the first girl declared: “If I
were a boy, and a junior, the first
thing I would do would be to go
down and buy myself a pair of
cords. When I got to be a senior I
would grow a cute little mustache.
I’d give the girls the rush of their
lives, send one girl flowers and an
other candy—for money, I M work
of course. I would not kiss them
and leave them, hut would kiss them
and stay. I would not plant my
fraternity pin carelessly, hut. would
have several in reserve to plant ad
vantageously. All my life I’ve
wanted to he a boy so 1 could stand
in Commerce and smoke like the
rest of the men do. The advantage
that I would enjoy most would he
the right to stay out after 12:15.”
A freshman stated: “I’d try to
ho without fear and without re
proach, although it is impossible to
he that way ia this kind of a world.
Being a woman I never tell the
truth, it doesn’t pay, hut if I were
a man I would try. I believe men
have lost their chivalry, true wom
en aren’t the same as in the old
days, hut they are more candid.”
From still another woman, a
sophomore this time, came the reply:
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