Vodvil Leads,
Men’s Chorus
Are Selected
Elliott Cause of Dispute
Between Vodvil and
Movie Producers
Betty Barnes Is
Leading Woman
Parts Given to Siegfried,
Clark, Nottnille Also
Tlie lends of “OU Dear,” with the
exception of the character of .Tack,
a somewhat naive freshman in the
university, wore announced last
night by Paul Hunt, general chair
man of Junior Week End. The
men’s chorus was also announced.
The leading characters are as fol
lows: Mary Frances, a friend of
Jack’s, and also a freshman, Betty
Barnes, of Oakland, California.
Bob, a traveling salesman and
brother of Mary Frances, Billy
►Siegfried, of Hollywood, California.
Polly, talkatAe sorority sister of
Mary Frances, Marjorie Clark, of
Jlepner.
Mitzi, a show girl, Madge Nor
mile, of Sail Diego, California.
Two comedians, Home/ Dickson,
of Dunsmuir, California, anil Jack
Jones, of Portland.
.ueuaies on .farts
Verne Elliott, of Portland, who
was selected to take the part of
.Tack, was also chosen to take the
haul in' the campus movie, which is
now being produced. The discus
sion as to which show should have
Elliott waxed quite warm between
the two groups of directors for a
lime, and the matter was referred I
to Karl Onthank, executive secre
tary of the university and adviser
of the movie. Onthank decided in
favor of the movie on the ground
that it was to be a more lasting
production and hence should draw
the best talent of the campus. So
the Vodvil regretfully relinquished
its cl {dm on Elliott and is now
searching for a new male lead.
The men who will make up the
then’s chorus of the show are as
follows: Morris Kinney, Jack Daut,
Eud_ Williamson, Tom Dunham,
Crosby Owens, William Hammond, j
Dan Maginnis, Frank O’Bryant,
Mac, Miller, Bob Cummins, Dan
Chew, and Bill Gillette.
Nearly all of the leading charac
ters of the show have had consid
erable dramatic experience, Hunt
said. Betty Barnes had special !
training in dramatics in the East,
before coming to the university.
Billy Siegfried has taken part in
a number of Guild hall productions.
Marjorie Clark was a member of
the girl's trio of “Dream Follies,”
1928 Junior Vodvil, and Madge
Normilo took a leading part in the
.same production.
Rehearsals Start
The tryouts for the specialty acts
of the Vodvil were held in Villard
hall last night, and as soon as these
numbers aro selected, the cast of
the comedy will be complete.
Pony chorus number one of the
Vodvil held its first rehearsal in
Villard yesterday afternoon under
the direction of Virginia Moore,
dancing director of the production
staff. The gills learned the first
dance of the show at that time. The
same chorus will hold its‘second re
hearsal this afternoon in Villard at
4 o’clock. The members of the
choruses aro urged by Miss Moore
to watch the campus bulletin of the
Emerald for announcements regard
ing rehearsals.
New Club House
Ready for Faculty
Men's Group Prepare!
To Take Possession
A club house for the Fadultx
' club that is being remodeled wil
be Open for occupation early nex
week, according to S. Stephenson
Smith, chairman of the board and
president of the group. An infer
mal reception will be held April 5.
Purchased by the university foi
the organization, the building /is
located at 11190 Kmerald.
Downstairs there are two club
rooms, a dining room and a. sun
porch, decorated in modern style.
N. I!. Zone and Kyler Brown of the
art department faculty had charge
of the decoration plans. Dr. Bay
P. Bowen, head of the romance lan
guages department, is chairman of
1he house committee, in charge of
flu- selection and purchasing of fur
niture and materials for decoration.
Mr. Zane is assistant.
Dining room service will be from
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Campus Movie
Splendid Work,
Says President
Picturing Campus life
4As Is’ Approved
By Dr. Hall
Onthank Praises SIndents
For Their Initiative
Enthusiastically commending Ore
gon’s campus movie as a splendid
opportunity to acquaint the youth
of the state with the better side of
college life, Dr. Arnold Bennett
Hall, president of the university,
and Karl W. Onthank, executive
secretary, recently expressed hearty
approval of the undertaking and
urged the entire student body to
support it.
George H. Godfrey, director of
the bureau of public relations, who
discussed the movie with President
Hall just preceding his departure
for California, said yesterday that
the administrative head regards it
as a wonderful project. Its primary
function should be to acquaint youth
of the state with the better side of
college life, the president told Mr.
Godfrey. “President Hall thinks it
will be a very fine thing to show
over all the state and commends it
not only as a dramatic effort but
as one conceived and executed
through student initiative,” Mr.
Godfrey related. “It has the high
est support of the university and
the administration will be glad to
give assistance wherever possible,”
the president told the director of
the bureau,
“It is a rare opportunity to show
the real university life and certain
ly deserves the support of the stu
dents,” declared Mr. Onthank who
has recently gone over a good part
of the scenario.
Both tho president and Mr. On
thank stressed the fact that they
believed the movie should picture
university life as it is.
To Show Iron Movie
“Ingot Iron,” a three-reel mo
tion picture will be shown under
the auspices of the department of
geology in Villanl hall from 2 to
.'! this afternoon. Tho picture, re
leased by the U. S. Bureau of Mines,
will bo of tho same nature as the
picture, ,rThe Story of Steel,”
which was shown at Villard Wed
nesday evening.
Suitcase Defies Collegiate Hercules
Husky Lad Wins in Unique Contest
Most any one would jump atathe
elm nee to° walk off with a eouple
of suitcases containing $10,000
worth of jewelry, but .the average
college male probably would0not get
more than four or five blocks with
them, if tests conducted near the
campus yesterday afternoon may be
taken as a guide.
A salesman of a national firm
called at a house on the campus
yesterday afternoon, with two large
black leather boxes of fraternity
jewelry.
“Boys,” he said, “those cases
may not feel very heavy, but I won
$5 from an unfortunate Belt this
afternoon, who was foolish enough
to bet me that he could carry them
six blocks.” lie pulled a $5 bill
from his wallet, and waved it exult
antly iy the air.
A chap who hails from up the
McKenzie river, where men think
nothing of strangling bears with
their bare hands, lifted the
cases, appraised their weight, and
Let the salesman $5 that he could
carry them eight blocks. The bet
was eagerly accepted. Ho was
to carry the cases twice around the
block without letting them touyli
the ground. Tie put the case weigh
ing 55 pounds in his left hand and
the case weighing 05 pounds in his
right hand, followed by the sales
man, the stakeholder, and half the
members of the house, who shouted
words of encouragement.
By the time the first round of
the block was completed Thomson
had begun to shift the ease he car
ried in his left hand. His fingers
| grew stiffer and more numb as he
| went on. The spirit was willing,
but the body grew weak, and as he
passed the six and a half Block
mark the case slipped from his hand.
The stakeholder gave the salesman
the $5.
But the day was not lost yet.
Another one who comes from the
I metropolis of Falls City, where the
j native sons grow as tall and as
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Leading Actors In Campus Movie
Spring Football
Practice Slated
To Start Monday
Hagan to Assist McEwan
In Coaching His Grid
Machine Prospects
All varsity football candidates
will report for^irst spring practice
of the term Monday afternoon, ae
luiuuif;
tain John J. Me
Kwnn, head coach.
Botli regulars and
last year’s fresh
men are expected
to turn out as
training in plays
to be used next
fall will he cov
ered in (his and
subsequent (prac
tices. Spring foot
ball will last only
Austin Colbert a short time this
year with intensive drills schedul
ed for all sessions.
About 45 linemen, ends, and bach
field men are expected to report
Monday. This is approximately the
squad with which MeEwan will
start work next fall. Several of
the varsity regulars who were not
in school last term have registered
again and will be out for the spring
workouts. Austin Colbert ancf
George Christenson, regulars at
tackle last season, will be out as
will be out as.will George Chappell,
substitute to “Bun” Stadelman at
center.
MeEwan will be assisted by Mer
ril Hagan,, 'three year letterma.n
who will graduate this spring. Hag
an will have charge of the linemen
while the head coach will spend
most of his tinu' with the back
field and ends. .Tack Erdley and
Gene Tarbell, freshman ends, are
among the outstanding aspirants for
the wing position left vacant by the
graduation of LaSello Coles. Wood
ward Archer was the varsity regu
lar in the other wing position last
season.
Nelson Campus Agent
For Airplane Rides
Airplane rides in ships inspected
and supervised by the Ilobi Air
ways, Inc., have been arranged for
students of the university at re
duced rates by John Nelson, busi
ness manager of the 1029 Oregana.
Tickets for rides have been placed
on sale at the associated students
office in Friendly hall, Nelson an
nounced yesterday.
Trips will be made in Trnvelair
planes, against which no mishaps of
any kind have as yet been recorded
because of faulty construction. The
route will follow the Willamette
river for some miles and return in
a wide circle to the campus.
R. O. T. C. Inspection
Will Be Held April 17
Annual inspection of the Univer
sity of Oregon’s R. O. T. C. unit by
Major E. 0. Waddill, headquarters
of tlfe ninth corps area, will take
place on April 17. The corps head
stationed at the Presidio, San Fran
cisco, will inspect the routine train
ing-carried on by the local unit, and
no special formations will take
place.
Major Waddill will inspect the
Medical R. O. T. C. of the univer
sity’s medical school at Portland
April 18, after inspecting the unit
at O. 8. C. at Corvallis.
Sonia Wilderman Has
San Francisco Position
Sonia Wilderman has resigned her
position in the order department of
the library and has gone to San
Francisco, where she will take over
the duties of librarian for the Com
monwealth club of that city.
A successor to Miss Wilderman
has not yet been chosen, according
to M. II. Douglas^ Oregon librarian.
♦ '<* ^
The three leading actors who have
been assigned definite parts in
campus movie. Reading from the
left they are: Norman Eastman,
who plays the part of the rotund,
jovial friend of the hero; Jewel
Ellis, who plays the part of a sophis
ticated college student and is the
room mate of the lead; Verne Elliot,
the leading man who wins the col
lege belle.
Princess Has Measles
•H"! M+t
Snow White Postponed
Princess Snow Wliito lias the
measles! And that’s not the lines
ill the play, but an actual tragedy. !
With the cast of “Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs” ready to per
form tomorrow morning at the Rex
theater, the disturbing news began
to circulate that Loleta Jaeger, the
young leading lady, was stricken.
Director Constance Roth grabbed a
telephone, Leading Alan Bob Guild
made a lunge for the telephone
book* the dwarfs, 'the maids of
honor, the dukes and duchesses, all
held up their hands in horror and
waited for the news. Yes, it was
right. The little princess was de
veloping funny red spots on her
snow-white countenance—in other
words, the measles.
Then they all sat down, the di
rector, the cast, the stage manager,
and the costumers. They all sat
down and looked solemnly at each
other. Not even the wicked Queen
Brangomar nr Witch Hex laughed.
At length Constance Roth decided
there was only one thing to be done.
The play must be postponed, for
without Snow White there wasn’t
much plot. So “Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs” will not be pre
sented to the public for another two
weeks.
Miss Jaeger is not seriously ill
and will soon bo well, according to
all reports, and the court physician
says neither the lovely complexion
nor the sweet disposition of the
little princess will be harmed.
First Hockey Practice
For Women Monday
Hockey practice will start next
Monday at 5 o’clock when freshmen
will turn out at the Woman’s build
ing, it was announced yesterday by
Miss Louise Hodges, coach, and
Ruth Burcham, senior, head of
hockey.
Freshmen will practice from 5 to
G Monday, sophomores at the same
hour Tuesday, juniors at the same
time Wednesday, and seniors at the
same hour Thursday.
The regular practice schedule will
be announced the following week.
“We want to urge both beginners
and experienced players to turn
out,” said Ruth Burcham yesterday.
“This coming week a great deal of
time will be devoted to the new
players.”
Committee Heads Meet
Jane Cochrane, chairman of April
Frolic, has called a meeting of com
mittee heads at the Chi Omega
house today at 5 o’clock. The
Frolic, scheduled for April 20, will
be an entertainment by university
women with each class presenting a
stunt, and with musical numbers
given. A smoker will be held the
same evening for all university men.
SERIAL INSIDE
The Emerald’s serial satire on
Collegiarfa, “Ktude’s Progress,”
will be found on the editorial
page of today’s issue. The story
started in Wednesday morning’s
paper and will continue in regu
lar installments for the next
month.
Oregon Program
To Be Broadeast
Over KOBE at 8
Weekly Sport Talk Tonight
Promises Great Interest,
Says Joe Pigney
Tonight’s radio program spon
sored by the Oregon Professional
Sport Writers’ .association over
KORE every Fri
day night at 8,
promises to be the
best of the series,
according to Joe
Pigney, secretary
of the organiza
tion, who is in
charge of the
event.
Don Moe, cap
tain of the Ore
g0n poll team,
Joe Pigney wi" be tho Prin
cipal speaker.
Moe, Oregon state champion anil
prominent throughout the country
for his sensational playing in na
tional tournaments, will describe
some of the big meets he has com
peted in during the last few sea
sons. Moo is acquainted with many
of the outstanding golfers in Amer
ica and will give his first hand im
pression of them.
The,Oregon golf captain is par
ticularly interested in tho rapid
growth of intercollegiate meets.
Until recently college tournaments
attracted little attention, but now
they are becoming as important as
most sectional meets. Moo is coach
ing the candidates for the varsity,
and will tell of Oregon’s chances in
the Pacific coast conference cham
pionships at Seattle, May 15 and Hi.
Sam Wildermnn, director of pub
licity for the A. S. IT. O., will re
view the past week in sports.
Esther Hangar, winner of the
Schroeder music, scholarship, will
sing over KORE in conjunction with
the weekly sport program. She will
be accompanied by Harry Lamb at
the piano.
District Winners Vie
In High School Debates
District winners of the Oregon
high school debate league, compet
ing for the state championship, have
been decided and inter-district de
bates are now in progress. The
district winners were Scappoose,
Sheridan, Dallas, Roseburg, North
Bend, Ashland, The Dalles, Herrais
ton, and Lostine.
Inter-distriet debates have been
arranged in two series, one for east
ern and one for western Oregon.
Winners in cash section will debate
for the title on the Oregon campus
in May. Ashland high, by winning
the DeCou cup for three years, now
has permanent possession of it, so
Professor E. E. DeCou, head of the
university mathehiatics department,
has decided to donate a new cup for
competition this season. Burt Brown
Barker, vice-president of the uni
versity, will award silver cups to
sectional winners.
Presbyterian Students
Will Hold Breakfast
Presbyterian students will hold
their annual Easter morning break
fast at Westminster, 1414 Kincaid,
Sunday morning, March 31, at 7:30
a. m. All students on the campus
are invited to attend, said Max
Adams, student pastor, last night.
Those interested are asked to notify
Mrs. Carter at the house.
New officers for Westminster
forum, the student discussion group
will also be installed at that time.
Those nominated are: Carl Moore,
president; John Oaley, vice-presi
dent; and Helen Holt, secretary and
treasurer. Previous to the break
fast a short communion service will
be conducted by Mr. Adams.
Oregon to Debate
Stan ford April 4
Question to Bo Argued
Over Station KEX
A radio debate to bo brondrasf
over Kll.V, Portland, will be held
next Thursday. The University of
Oregon will meet
Stanford univer
sity on some phase
of the French |
question, probab
ly the cancellation |
of the French war
debt to the United
states. The de
baters will not be
informed of theB
stating of thcl
Question nor Of I
the side which
they will bo ox- A- Thompson
[looted to defend until two hours
before the contest.
Avery Thompson and TTnrvey
Wright, juniors, will comprise the
dr ego n sqund. The men have but
i week to prepare the general sub
ject.
Dr. V. G. Blue Gets
Summer Trip to
Japanese Cities
Present Conditions in
Educational Circles
To Be Studied
Mrs. Murray Warner to
Finance Expenses
Verne 0. TJlu<\ professor of serial
icicnec and oriental history, will he
lent to Japan by the university this
uimmer to make n study of present
lay conditions in Japanese educa
tional and political circles. His ex
penses will he paid with money p«i
cidrd by Mrs. Murray Warner, di
rector of the Murray Warner orien
tal art museum.
I)r. Blue expects to sail from
Seattle between the first and the
(enth of June. He will spend most
of his two and a half months’ stay
in the larger cities, including Toltio,
Yokohama, and Kobo.
“I shall spend as much time as
possible around the large Japanese
universities, especially the Imperial
university at. Tokio,” he said yes
terday. “I want to let the faculties
ind the students know what we are
loing at the University of Oregon
to promote friendly relations with
the orient, and to find out what
ittitudes they have toward our eom
non problems of the Pacific.
“I also wish to inquire into the
’xtent of radicalism jn Japan and
into the growth of their Labor
aarty, and to find out how the Jap!
uicse are meeting political prole
ems similar to those of tho^pcc'i
lent. ”
eOld Oregon1 Features
College Merger Bill
The feature of the March issue
if “Old Oregon” was an article on
:he passing of the merger bill at the
Oregon legislature. “The new law
iromises a thorough study of higher
sducation” it declared, and “there
s a real opportunity here for the
board to render service to the
date.” Tt also contained pictures
if the new directors of higher edu
cation and the length of their
terms.
The magazine editors have decid
ed to offer a prize of $1 for the best,
joke submitted each month printed
in the “Lemon Extract” section.
Art Schoeni’s “Ode to a Flapper”
received the reward for March.
Piano Recital
Presented by
G.P. Hopkins
Faculty Member Opens
First Meeting With
Classic Music
Old and Modern
Selections Played
New Kwama Initiates
Attend Concert
Ey MARYHELEN KOUPAL
Students and townspeople were
treated to a pleasing piano recital
by George P. Ilopkins, member of
Hie school of music faculty, at the
first assembly of the term Thurs
day, in the Woman’s building. He
gave a program consisting of old
and modern selections.
In introducing himself before his
recital, Jlr. Hopkins recalled his
first appearance before the Univer
sity of Oregon assembly, when he
was a freshman in the university.
‘It. made a lasting impression,”
mid Mr. Ilopkins. The assemblies
were then held in Villard hall, and
is there was no stage entrance he
seated himself on an end seat, in the
front row. The front row was com
posed of seniors, each one had his
right arm on the back of the chair.
At. some unknown signal all of the
laid arms contracted, and George
ilopkins found himself on the floor.
Classical Rhythm Played
“Ballet music from Rosamunds”
>y Schubert was particularly rhyth
mical. It of course appears in
‘Blossom Time,” the musical com
ply. Another selection of which
the classical rhythm stands out, only
if a much slower tempo, was that
>f the “Rondo Capriceioso” by Men
lelssohn.
Mr. Hopkins played two pieces by
Rachmaninoff, “Melodic,” and “Pre
mie in G Minor,” both very beau
tiful tunes. He also played -two
pieces by Grainger, “The Cradle
dong” and “Shepherds Hey.”
‘Shepherds Hey” is an English
dance tune, which has a bit of jazz
rhythm.
The two most modern of his selec
tions wero “May Night” by Palm
gren and “Rush Hour in Hong
Kong” by Olmsins. They were two
modern impressionistic pieces.
Mr. Hopkins’ own composition
was exceedingly well received. The
title is “Scottish Gavotte.” It has
i hint, of jazz rhythm, which gives
it a particularly delightful tilt. Ilis
•oneluding number, “Turkey in (lie
Straw,” he left for the audience to
guess the name.
Kwama Initiates Present
During tin* assembly members of
Kwama, women’s sophomore honor
ary society, escorted in their newly
idiosen members: Garni Hurlburt,
Florence .Tones, Lucille Chitlin,
Donna Gill, Carolyn Ifaberlaeh,
Bernice Woodard, Muriel McLean,
Bernice Hamilton, Kathryn Pcrigo,
Erma Logan, Barbara Mann, Alice
Wingate, Dorothy Jean Murphy,
Holoiv»Chaney, Lois.,Nelson, Virginia
II. Smith, Betty Shipley, and Ann
Btange.
Dean Faville Going East
Bonn David H. Faville, of tl»o
school of business administration,
will leave for New York the latter
part of April, ho announced yes
terday.
While in New York he will attend
the national convention of collegiate
schools of business.
The convention is scheduled for
May 2 and 4.
Candidates for Track Team Wanted
Events Need All Sizes and Shapes
By WILLIAM L. HAYWARD
“What event shall I try for?”
This question comes to every can
didate for a track team. It is not
always right to suppose that a man
must be of a certain build or type
before he- can be successful in liis
chosen event just because so-and
so, who is a champion, is of model
proportions.
It is true that certain types of
men do have an advantage in cer
tain events. But do not let that
keep you from trying, That your
physique and general makeup does
not tally up to that of some one
you know who has been successful,
means very little.
A good big man is considered bet
ter than a good little man, every
thing else being equal; for instance,
a 190-pound shot-putter is better
qualified than one weighing 150
pounds, and a six-foot high-jumper
has a better chance of developing
than one measuring five feet five
inches. Yet—I have known small
men who could jump higher than
tall men.
Athletes are like diamonds; they
come in°all slopes and sizes.
- There are a few general qualifi
cations that are more or less neces
sary for each particular event. The
following will help the novice make
his„ selectionj
If you have natural speed, try
the sprints whether you are tall,
short, fat, or skinny. And if you
fail at the sprints, but have strength
and endurance, try the 440. Or if
you have started with the 440 and
have failed because of lack of en
durance, then try the sprints.
If you fail at both 440 and
sprints, but are supple at the waist
and hips, and stand above five feet
nine inches, try the hurdles.
If you have a lot of natural
spring, and are fairly tall, try the
high-jump.
If you hnvo a strong pair of
shoulders and arms, are fairly
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