VOLUME XXX
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1929
NUMBER’128
Huskies Lead
League Race
With 4 and 2
Mid-Season Ends With
Oregon in Triple
Tie for Second
Webfoot Fielders
Play Bad Baseball
Team Leaves on Trip; To
Meet Washington This
Week-end
By DEB ADDISON
Northern Section Pacific Coast
Conference Standings
VV L Pet
Washingtin . 4 2 .667
Oregon . 4 4 '500
Washington State ... 4 4 .500
Oregon State . 3 3 .500
•*. 3 5 .375
The conference race is half run
and Washington'lends the league
■with Oregon hi a trinnle tie for
Bill Baker
second, which is
also next to last.
Tlie teams in tlic
north are more
o v e n 1 v matched
this season than
they have been
for some years.
Never has the
championship been
a walk away, but
there have al
ways been out
standing tea m s
• both good and
nriu. Tins year no teams stand out
as being either highly superior or
in ferior.
Washington leads the rest by vir
tue of the ga’mo won from Oregon.
Had Oregon taken both of these the
Webfoots would have been in a tie
with the Huskies. This last game
was lost because of poor playing
of the Webfoots while on the* field.
In the two games with Washing
ton every man on the Oregon pitch
k ing staff had a chance on the
mound and but two were sent back
to the bench. Bill Baker went
into the first game in the fifth
inning with one away and two men
on bases. He had the most success
of the day and finished with only
nine hits and seven runs against
him. Oregon won the game by get
ting 14 runs while Baker was in
the box, and he was scored as the
winning pitcher.
Bloom Does Well
Have Bloom, .who pitched for the
frosh last season, load his first
chance Saturday, and came out as
. the only pitcher with a clean record
in the series. He went in at the
first of the seventh with Oregon 12
runs behind. With perfect support
from Jhts team Bloom gave the
Huskies only one hit and no runs.
The fault was not entirely with
the pitchers. Curly Fuller pitched
the last out of the fifth inning and
all of the sixth. lie was touched
for only one hit and gave two
walks, yet six runs were scored on
him. The runs were made because
of bone-head plays of the rest of
the Oregon team.
The whole team played faultless
ball the last three innings of the
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Speeches, Music
On Radio Tonight
Or. Caswell to Give Tall:
On Radio Troubles
Extension Division - Emerald
Eroadcasts This Week
Tonight, 8 p. m—Talk by Dr.
A. 10. Caswell, head of the jdiy
si‘s department,, on “Causes of
Fading and Poor Reception in
Radio." 8:1!)- Piano recital by
five students of the university
school of music. To be broadcast
by remote control from the music
auditorium.
Wednesday, 8 p. m.—Dean
■Tames H. Gilbert on “Changing
Concepts of Luxury." Esther and
Ethel Wicks in violin concert.
Friday, 8 p. m.—Complete pro
gram of music sponsored by Phi
Beta, music honorary.
A talk by an eminent physicist,
and a program of piano music will
be the features on tonight's radio
program sponsored by the Extension
Division and the Emerald over sta
tion KORE.
Dr. A. E. Caswell head of the
physics department, will open the
program at 8 o’clock with a talk
on “Causes of Fading and Poor Re
ception in Radio.” The talk will
be authentic in that Dr. Caswell
has made a detailed study of the
problems of radio reception and will
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Frosh Councillors
To be Named Soon
Says Lois Nelson
Advisory Committee Urges
All Upperelass Women
To Apply for Posts
Junior and senior women inter
ested in acting ns freslnnan com
mission councillors for next year
under tlie new organization of tiie
first year group should leave their
names at the Y. W. bungalow this
week, according to Miss Dorothy
Thomas, Y. W. secretary here. Those
who will be sophomores next year
may apply, although preference will
be given the juniors and seniors
when the committee of Dorothy JI a 1 -
1 in, freshman commission adviser,
and Lois Nelson, commission presi
dent, selects the girls to guide the
group next year. The 4 o’clock hour
on Mondays must be kept open to
those applying, Miss Thomas said.
The commission next year will be
divided into several sections of Id
or 20 girls, each group having an
npperclass girl in charge. ' The
groups will meet regularly every
Tuesday at 4 o’clock, the leader
conducting the instruction and dis
cussion along lines of general fresh
man orientation. Some of the sub
jects to be considered are campus
popularity, friendship, college life,
customs, and traditions, the rela
tions between men and women, hon
esty in examinations, and vocations.
The councilors will meet with the
Y. W. secretary and with the chief
councilor, Dorothy Ilallin, every.
Monday at 4 o’clock to plan the
work and to receive instruction in
group leadership.
This year the freshman commis
sion has been meeting twice a month
in a large group to hear a prepared
program of music and a lecture.
Collegiate Chaff : ; By Ron Huhbs
Editorial Comment on This and That
Editorial note: This column of
campus comment of a lighter
vein will he written periodical
ly by Eon Hubbs, newly-ap
pointed associate editor.)
OW that college suicides are no
A s| longer fashionable, and gin
drinking orgies of the garterless
and bohemian intellects scarcely re
ceive honorable mention in the day’s
news, Administration vs. Student
has its inning. Washington with
its interesting legal tangle with the
coaches has been eclipsed by a melo
dramatic egg throwing contest
staged at Des Moines university. It
all goes to prove that an egg in the
eye is worth more to intellectual i
progress than ten suicides in the i
day’s news.
SPEAKING OF CONTESTS, The
Oregon student body is staging
one of its own: Student vs. Speak
er. Assembly hour has become a
substitute for the closed library, and
often filled only because of com
pulsory attendance. It is a marvel
the remarkable resistance displayed
by the students toward visiting
speakers. Aided by rattling chairs,
noisy papers, and clattering note
books, students, all of whom are
undoubtedly burning with an in
tellectual thirst, have managed
to prepare their next lesson, ab
solutely unruffled or disturbed by
the speaker’s harangue. It would
probably amuse the audience a
great deal more, and could hardly
disturb the speakers less, if each
student would come equipped with
a reliable peashooter and a lusty
cowbell.
‘HE king makers and the fid -
•*- dlers; the great and the near
great; the mongers of political de
bris—the campus political drama
has perched them all on the glor
ious pedestal of public attention.'
But the political thunder causes no
one to quake for the game is all
over. And it causes one to wonder
—is it a game or does student gov
ernment contribute worthwhile
values.
The students, by elections and by
appointments, have selected eight
competent members of their student
body to serve as their representa
tives for the coming year. On their
Shoulders is placed a responsibility
—the conduct of honest, good, fear
less administration, fflowever, if
this sense of student responsibility
i3 not shared by the students, stu
dent government might as well be
a farcieal game of political maneu
1 vers.
Organization
For Mothers
Begins Work
Dinner Largest in State
Outside of Portland;
Many Speakers
Mrs. Walter Cook
Named New Proxy
Committees to Cooperate
In University Tasks
Are 'Chosen
‘‘Oregon Mothers,” not to bo out
done by the ‘‘Oregon Dads,” united
in a state wide organization similar
to that of the “Dads” which started
a year and a half ago. The moth
ers took the opportunity to organ
ize at the mothers’ banquet held at
the Gerlinger building.
The first annual banquet of Ore
gon Mothers was held Saturday eve
ning, climaxing q day of numerous
field, and social functions. More
than 500 mothers wern present at
the banquet and with their sons and
daughters made a total of more
than 1000 served.
President Chosen
Mrs. Walter Cook of Portland
was named president of the organi
sation. Mrs. John Runyan of Rose
burg was elected vice-president and
Mrs. Wilson Jewett of Eugene was
elected secretary. An executive
committee is composed of Mrs. J. F.
Hill, Mrs. C. D. Bodine, Mrs. Her
in,'in Nchaue, Mrs. Wallace Nhearer,
Mrs. Trove .Tones, Mrs. Frank lleit
kemper, Mrs. W. P>. Crane, Mrs.
George Peters, and Mrs. Pliil Met
sclian, all ot' Portland; Mrs. \V. J.
Senfert, The Dalles; Mrs. Emil E.
Judd, Koseburg; Mrs. Charles Hall,
Marshfield; Mrs. Colin Eberhard,
La Grande, and Mrs. Pay Logan,
Seaside.
Largest Eugene Banquet
Mrs. Eric W. Allen, wife of the
dean of journalism, presided at the
banquet. It is is said that this was
the largest dinner ever held in the
state outside of Portland. The ban
quet room was filled and the gather
ing listened to speakers representing
the mothers, the students, and the
university.
Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, presi
dent of the university gave the wel
coming address to the mothers. Tie
stressed cooperation and a sympa
thetic understanding in the import
ant task of developing the children
of the state.
Dr. Hall cited the example of the
“dads” organization^ and the clos
er bonds of understanding between
the home and the university as a re
sult. With the addition of a moth
ers’ organization more power is add
ed to those forces already in opera
tion.
Mothers Welcomed
Mrs. .T. F. Hill, Portland, in re
sponse to the welcome of the moth
ers, spoke of their interest in the
university. Her topic was “Mighty
Mothers of Mighty Oregon.”
Helen Webster, secretary of the
student body, spoke for the students,
her topic being “Mothers of Ours.”
Miss Hazel Prutsman, dean of wo
men. talked on “In Charge of Your
Charges.” Mrs. W. B. Crane, of
Portland, spoke on “Matching Mon
ey for a Matchless Purpose,” de
scribing the drive for $50,000 to
match the state appropriation for a
new infirmary.
A state wide general committee
was announced. The mothers on
this committee are Mrs. Erie W.
Allon, Mrs. Frank Carll, Mrs. F. M.
Carter, Mrs. Joseph Coke, Mrs. J.
P.. Patterson, Mrs. A. Bogers, and
Mrs. Claude Borer.
Miss Helen Williams
Pleases in Piano Work
Miss Helen Williams presented
an interesting recital at the music
building last night. The Beethoven
she did nicely and here and there
we were pleased with an unusual
bit of interpretation, and a thought
fulness over individual tones and
phrases, although we might have
asked for more firmness and round
! ness. The Chopin group was com
[ posed all of old familiars to us, two
preludes, the Polonaise, and the Fan
taisie Impromptu, which, by the
way, was very well liked. Miss
Williams’ last group consisted of
four modern selections, one of Les
chetizkv, two of Debussy, and of
Friedman-Gartner. The “Letscheti
zkv Arabesque en fore d’Etude”
was good, but the Debussy takes a
great deal of imagination and sure
Iness to make it come alive.
Miss Williams was assisted in her
program by Miss Katherine Blood,
contralto. Her four numbers were
unusual in selection.
Class Nominatic ns
To Be Held Today
Villard, Guild Halls Arc
Meeting Places
Nominations for class elections
will lie made today at tlie class
meetings which are scheduled to he
held, according to the various class
presidents.
The ‘juniors will meet in the as
sembly in Yillard at .1 o'clock, ac
cording to Murdina Medler, vice
president. Frances Hill, sophomore
president, has called a meeting at
7:.10 to he held in room 107 of Yil
lard. The freshmen are scheduled
to make their nominations at 7:00
in the meeting in‘Guild hall, said
Brian Mimnnugh, yesterday.
Political meetings have been held
during the past few days and line
ups made in preparation for the
J’ormal announcement of them. The
complete lists will he printed in
Wednesday’s Emerald.
Captain Hook and
Peter Pan Play in
4Thar She Blows’
Good Little Boys Saved
By Crocodile in
Performance
Diving, Swimming, and
Clogging are Features
Alas! Captain Hook lias captured
the hoys,
They are doomed to a watery
grace;
When lo! Peter Fan and the Croco
dile come
And save all from this terrible
knave.
Peter Pan, the hoys from Never
Never Land, the pirates, and the
crocodile will live again in “Thar
Slip Blows,” the annual demonstra
tion which Amphibian, women’s
swimming honorary, will present
tonight and tomorrow night at 8
o'clock in the Gerlinger building.
Afton Marinelle takes the part
of Peter Pan; Irene Buckley is the
crocodile; and lone Garbe is the
cruel Captain Hook. lie captures
the hoys and threatens to make
them walk the plank, but the croco
dile comes to the rescue.
Stunt dives, formation swimming,
clogging, and dancing will feature
the program. This is the first time
that tin1 club has ever attempted
such a diversified demonstration.
Tickets for the exhibition, which
are twenty-five cents, will be sold
at all living organizations and at
the Gerlinger building.
Those taking part in the per
formances are: Olivo Banks, Eunice
Daniels, Tone Garbe, Eleanor Cobb,
Elizabeth Summers, Margaret Cum
mings, Alberta Hives, Alice Hosier,
Lois Murfin, Mildred Gibson, Naomi
Moshberger, Elizabeth Shipley, Thel
ma Kern, Julia Currie, Barbara
Mann, Mary Steinhauser, Fav Helm,
Genevieve Ilelliwell, Anne Stange,
Elise Sunbaum, Afton Marinelle,
and Irene Buckley.
Spanish Journal Prints
Articles hy L. O. Wright
The May issue of TTIHPAX1A,
official journal of the American As
sociation of Teachers of Spanish,
contains three articles on “The In
dicative Function of the -BA Verb
Form in Spanish” by Professor Lea
vitt O. Wright of the Romance lan
guage department.
These studies were prepared by
Dr. Wright last fall for presentation
respectively at the annual meetings
of the Philological Association of
the Pacific coast at Palo Alto in
November; the American Associa
tion of Teachers of Spanish at De
troit in December; and the Modern
Language Association at Toronto.
They present partial results of liis
findings in his doctoral dissertation,
presented at the University of Cal
ifornia last September, and serve to
prove that, contrary to previous sup
position of most scholars, the indi
cative function of the verb form
studies was practically non-existent
in the literature of the Spanish
Golden Age. This discovery will
serve to aid in the interpretation
hereafter of Spanish masterpieces
of that period, such as Cervantes’
Don Quixote de la Mancha, and the
plays of Lope de Vega.
c
Round lable to Hear
Talk by John Mueller
Pr. John II. Mueller, assistant
professor of sociology, will deliver
a lecture before the Round Table
Eugene town-and-gown club, tonight
at the Osburn hotel on “Feminism
and its Social, Economic, and Poll
tical Implications."
i
Three Oregon Tracksters
Xowrev;
S]D/?/A/7T
Capt
Stager.,
Drvcur
R.HlLL,
-DfSTANCES'
Much of the- success of the Oregon track team depends on the per
formance of these three athletes. They all placed in the Washington
meet and arc expected to do even better in the O. S. C. meet, Mhy 25.
Wednesday Last
Day to Sign for
Breakfast Guests
Junior-Senior Affair Will
Be Held May 25, Says
Graeia Haggerty
Junior women will have until
Wednesday to sign up for tlioir
guests ut tile annual junior-senior
breakfast sponsored by the V. W.
('. A. for May ‘Jo at 8:15 o’clock,
Gracia Haggerty, in charge of the
affair, announced yesterday. After
Wednesday, juniors will be arbi
trarily assigned to seniors to take
to the breakfast. Those who have
signed tip but have not yet bought
tickets are asked to do so at once,
she said. Girls who at the last
moment find that they cannot go
must secure their own substitutes.
Tickets will be placed on sale in
the living organizations Wednesday.
Ann Ruuiu was yesterday placed
in complete charge of the (lining
room for the breakfast, and mem
bers of the freshman commission
will serve. Dorothy Anne Warnick
is m charge of the ticket sale;
Daphne Hughes will arrange the
program; Florence Jones will do
the decorating; Helen Prang is in
charge of publicity; Eldress Judd
will act as toast mispress, calling
upon a junior and a senior to speak.
Music will supplement the program.
“We are expecting this breakfast
to be the largest one ever given
on the campus,” Miss Haggerty
said, and explained that there are
J-tl seniors who will attend the af
fair. The theme is being withheld
as a surprise.
Phi Psi Polo Quintet
Beat Kappa Sigma
The Phi Psi hardball league wa
ter polo team kept its slate clean
yesterday by taking the Kappa Nig
splashers down, 3 to 1. The Phi
Psis have taken four straight with
out a setback.
Fred Smith and .Ti>n Paley scored
for Phi Psi in the first half, with
a Kappa Sig talley by Joan Eber
hard sandwiched in between. Kappa
Sig shooting was weak and erratic
thereafter, several good chances be
ing thrown away. Ford Smith gath
ered in the third Phi Psi point.
Softball league games tonight
send the Phi Belts against S. A. IS.
at 7, and Kappa Sigma againit Del
ta Epsilon at 7:30. Delta Epsilon
shares league leadership with Alpha
Tau Omega.
Women Organize Club
For Tennis Players
The Eugene Women’s Tennis club
was organized last Wednesday when
a group of 12 women tennis enthu
siasts met at the Oerlinger building.
Miss Marv Perkins, professor of
English, was named president; Mrs.
David M. Graham, secretary; and
Miss Hazel Prutsman acting dean
S»f women, treasurer. A committee
was appointed to draw up a consti
tution to be read at the next meet
ing.
A ladder tournament will be the
first activity of the club, whose
general purpose is to play tennis
and to sponsor it as a sport.
All women who are interested in
tennis are invited to join the club,
according to the president. The next
meeting will be held Friday, May
17.
A. P. Perry Offers
Reward for Best
Letter to Emerald
Factors to he Considered
Are Timeliness, Force
And Soundness
Alfred P. Perry, sub-editor of
Renter’s News Agency of London
who is tonring the country on the
Walter Hines Page fellowship in
journalism and who was a recent
guest on the campus, has offered a
a prize of $1.1 to the person writ
ing the best communication to the
editor of the Emerald during next
year. Li a letter to the Emerald,
Erie W. Allen, dean of the school
of journalism, tells of Mr. Perry’s
kindness and of the rules under
which it is given.
To the Editor:
Through the generosity of Mr.
Alfred 1’. Perry, of Reuter’s .Nows
Agency of London, who was on the
campus recently, we are enabled to
offer a prize in connection with tin'
Em era Id.
This award, in the amount of $15,
is to be given to the person, who
between this date and Junior Week
end of 1!K!0 contributes to the
Emerald the best “letter to the edi
tor. ” The judges will be myself,
Mr. Frank Jenkins, editor of the
Eugene Register, Mr. William M.
Tugman, editor of the Eugene
Guard, tle> editor of the Emerald,
and one other poison to be chosen
bv these four.
ft is to be understood that this
prize is open to all who may wish to
contribute — students, faculty, and
outsiders. If is most distinctly not
limited to journalism students or
to members of the Emerald staff.
Its purpose is to stimulate interest
in high grade public discussion
throughout the university and among
the Emerald's outside readers.
While the letter must be well and
effectively stated ami the amenities
observed, the committee will give
more weight to journalistic, merit
than to literary merit. It should
be a letter calculated to raise an
interesting or important point or
to give a new direction to discus
sion or controversy. Timeliness,
force, and soundness will be cri
teria.
Yours verv sincerely,
ERIC W. ALLEN.
Senior Women Lead in
Intramural Baseball
With only one more week of wom
en’s intramural baseball, the senior
team leads the list with four games
won and none lost. The junior team
makes second place followed by the
sophomores and fresh first, who are
tied for third. The mixed team
and the frosli second are next in
line.
All star teams will be chosen this
week, and the all star game, which
officially closes the season, will be
played Monday, May 20.
The schedule for this week 0will
be: today, juniors vs. ‘fresh first,
-and. seniors vs. sophonfores; Wed
nesday, seniors vs. juniors and frosh
first vs. frosh second; and Thursday,
sophomores vs. frosh.
Mary Perkins -Talks
Mary 1‘erkins, professor of Eng
lish, talked to the “Woman in Her
Sphere ” group of I’hilomelete at
its meeting Sunday at ii o’clock in
the (lerlinger building on the sub
ject of “Medieval Woman.” She
also oxhibited some medieval
priuts.
Water Stunts
Big Attraction
Junior Week
First Aquatic Carnival
Draws Many Entries
For Competition
Hookey on Roller
Skates Hard Game
Alpha Chi Omega Receives
Pastel for Having Most
Visiting Mothers
Tli.'it swimming is nn increasingly
popular sport on Hie University of
Oregon rumpus was definitely prov
Jim Sliarj
oil Saturday at tno
water carnival
lii'ld hero under
tlio direction of
•lim Sharp, as one
of the features of
Junior Week-end.
j The lileatchers
11 >v the Anchorage
5 were o r o wd e d
[with spectators
i who heartily 1)1
1'joyed the carni
val, tlie first event
of its kind ever
held here. Thirty
four swimmers ami twenty-f ivo
eanoes came splashing down the
race from tlio portage to the An
chorage. Many of the contests wore
close enough to draw the spectators
to their feet.
Lois Murpliin Wins
When it all was over it was dis
covered that the canoe race was won
by Stew Ralston, Beta Theta I’i,
and Betty Beam, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, who made the course down
the mill race in .just a trifle over
nine minutes. Each of the two
houses w is awarded a silver cup
for entering the winning canoe.
Lois Murpliin Alpha Chi Omega,
won the women’s swimming race
and fnciderttly at Jantzen swim
ming suit by coming down the race
in slightly more than 11) minutes.
The men’s swimming contest was
won by Palmer Ale Kim, A. T. O.
A number of special events were
presented in addition to the three
main races of the day. The comedy
team of Mac Miller and Bill Gillette
presented an aquatic vaudeville
skit. Bess Abercrombie, lone Garlic,
Don Neer, and Tom Thompson
demonstrated fancy diving, and
there was a comedy swimming race
presented by some members of the
varsity and fresh swimming squads.
Hockey Brings Ambulance
At 1:.'!() Saturday was held the
roller skate hockey game originally
scheduled for Friday. Two teams
of six men each, captained,by dolin
Kitzmiller and .lean Kberhar com
peted on the library tennis courts.
The game was fast and rough, and
falls were hard mid numerous. At
the end of the game the score stood
I to ;i in favor of Kit/.miller’s ag
gregation. Shortly before the game
began an ambulance came shrieking
up the street, and the undergradu
ates flocked to the tennis courts
from all parts of the campus. Hovv
ver, it was discovered that the am
bulance was merely an advertising
stunt of Sharp's, but those who
came did not regret staying for the
meet.
Nearly 500 mothers came to the
campus for the second annual Moth
er’s Day held here co-incident with
Junior Week-end. A pastel of the
(booked river canyon in eastern Ore
gon by Nowlnnd B. Zane, professor
of art, which was offered to the
house on the campus having the
largest number of mothers to its
credit, was awarded to Alpha Chi
Omega house, where "7 mothers
spent the week-end.
YW and YM Cabinets
To Hold Joint Meeting
A joint dinner and meeting of
the Y. M. (!. A. and Y. W. 0. A.
cabinets will be held tonight at the
home of Mr. H. W. Davis, secretary
of United Christian work on the
campus. Betty Hughes and Eldress
Judd are in charge of food, while
members of the V. M. cabinet will
arrange for the transportation to
Mr. Davis’s home on College Crest,
The Horizons.
Class Visits Hospital
Members of Dr. Edmond S. Conk
lin's class in abnormal psychology
spent yesterday afternoon in Salem,
where they attended a special clinic
at the state hospital. This an
nual visit, which is made possible
through the courtesy of Dr. Grif
fith of the hospital, includes an
inspection of the institution and a
clinic of cases studied by the class
earlier in the term.