University’s Alumni Are Back On Campus To Honor Oregon
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Stage of river .—1.6 feet
VOLUME XXXJ
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1925
NUMBER 34
DUCKS RARE TO KNOT REA VERS TAIL
Old Grads To Name
Heads This Morning
Patterson To
Toss Ball to
Start Conflict
Campus Takes on Festive
Air for Homecoming;
Giant Areli Made
Luncheon at Igloo Slated
To Start Today at 11
By WILFRED BROWN
Oregon’s alumni are home
again. Yesterday afternoon they
started drifting back to the cam
pus for the tre
m e n d o u s and
boisterous rally
staged last night,
for the luncheon
at McArthur
court today, for
the Homecoming
dance tonight,
and most of all
for the reopen
ing of the war
fare between
Keith Hall
Oregon ana the
Oregon State
Aggies at Hayward field this aft
ernoon at 1:30 o’clock.
The big green and yellow arch
*with its red Neon work was com
pleted yesterday afternoon and
blazed forth its welcome to the
Homecomers all .last night. The
strings of green and yellow pen
ne.nts strung across Thirteenth
street add to the festive effect,
and the clever and colorful signs
constructed by each house and
hall of the campus complete the
true Homecoming atmosphere.
Registration of the returning
alumni was begun yesterday aft
ernoon at Johnson hall, and the
process will continue all this morn
ing. At 9:30 o’clock the official
delegates to the 1929 Alumni con
vention will meet in the Guild
theater to transact the business
of the association and elect new
officers, and a meeting of all re
turning alumni will be held there
at 10:30.
The girl3 working under Ed
wina Grebel, chairman of the
Homecoming luncheon, will start
serving at McArthur court at 11
o’clock and will continue until 1.
Students will be admitted to the
luncheon on presentation of their
student tickets, and alumni upon
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Staunch Studes
Dote on Lessons
Amid Rally l e
glMPLV astounding! r
honest-to-gosli Oref i
dents were discovered t .2 g
in Condon reserve las g t
during the rally. If tl e d
the ambition, it may II
right as long as Jim g ”
Raley doesn’t hear of 1 ^ t
how in the name of the g
tered beaver could anvo l
henr to study on a nignt like
that? Perhaps you’ll want to
know how we know all this?
Well, it was the night of the
Journalism Jam, and feeling so
awfully journalistic we just felt
we had to get hot on the tip
and find out how many people
put hooks before the pep rally.
Soviet Film To
Be Viewed Here
Monday Evening
public Invited To See
Russian Movie in
Villard Hall
A Russian film will be shown
on next Monday night’s program
of the International Relations
club. The showing will be given
in Villard hall and will be open to
the public, though it will be of
special interest to geography and
man and his environment classes,
according to Dr. Warren D. Smith,
who procured the films.
The picture entitled “The Soviet
Union at Work,” deals with the
scenery of Russia, and with its in
dustries. It is released by the
Amtorg Trading corporation with
headquarters at Moscow, but act
ing in America through its New
York office.
‘ED’S CO-ED’ TO
BE SHOWN TONIGHT
All the disappointed alums who
did not get to see the first show
ing of “Ed's Co-ed” last night
will be overjoyed to learn that
there are still seats available for
tonight’s show, although, accord
ing to Hal Johnson, manager of
the ticket sale, the seats are go
ing fast.
The performance will be exactly
the same tonight as it was last
night. It will start immediately
after the Homecoming dances.
Oregon, O.S.C. and U. of W.
Sponsor Intercollege Dance
'J'HE first intercollegiate dance
in history uniting the Univer
sity of Oregon, University of
Washington, and Oregon State
college will be held in Portland on
Friday, November 29, the night
following Thanksgiving, it was
announced Friday.
The Masonic Temple, West
Park and Taylor streets, has been
selected as the place to hold the
dance, and the affair will begin
at 9 o’clock, with the music being
furnished by George Weber and
his band.
Student leaders on all three
campuses are backing the dance
and are urging the fullest cooper
ation from their respective stu
dent bodies, in order that the
i dance may be a success and be
established as a tradition.
Announcements r>f the dance,
which are now being distributed,
state that the committee in charge
is planning to make it the gala
event of the year, and urge all
students to attend as a demonstra
tion of their amity for other col
leges of the northwest.
Those who are representing
Oregon on the committee are:
Tom Stoddard, A. S. U. O. presi
dent; Helen Peters, president of
the Women's league; Bernice
Woodard, Paul Hunt, Gladys
Clausen, Dave Mason, Bernice
Hamilton, John Anderson, Keith
Hall, Alice Morrow, Walt Nor
blad, Jim Travis, Crosby Owens,
, Harold Kelly, Omar Palmer, Brian
Mimnaugh, and Jim Dezendorf.
S. A. E. Wins
Trophy for
Leading Sign
Green, Yellow Clad Farmer
Used as Feature for
Prize Winner
Five Houses Named for
Honorable Mention
A green and yellow clad farmer
boy energetically milking an alto
gether contented cow who chewed
her cud complacently won for
Sigma Alpha Epsilon the Bristow
trophy in the annual Homecoming
Sign contest. This is the second
year in succession that the S. A.
E.’s have captured the cup.
The sign is one of the most in
genious ever constructed on the
Oregon campus, both from the
point of design and mechanical ac
tion. Above the figure is the
Homecoming slogan, “Home to
Honor Oregon,’’ and below is the
caption, “Cream for Our Coffee.”
Many Clever Signs
The judges of the sign contest
stated that there were so many
clever signs this year that it was j
almost impossible to decide among!
them. However, five others were
selected for honorable mention be
cause of some significant features.
Sigma Nu was awarded first hon
orable mention, Alpha Chi Omega
second, Phi Gamma Delta third,
Alpha hall fourth, and Zeta Tau
Alpha fifth. The Sigma Nu sign,
which is especially notable for the
lighting effects, depicts an orange
O. S. C. ship on the rocks before
a green Oregon lighthouse.
Alpha Chi’s Sign Good
The Alpha Chi Omegas present
a large football player, about
twice life size, before a back
ground of a filled stadium. Com
1 pleteness and accuracy of detail
is a characteristic of this sign.
The Fijis won honorable mention
with a representation of a beaver
being roasted by a group of Ore
gon cannibals. The Alpha Hall
sign is also cleverly worked out.
It presents two buildings, one la
beled Schissler’s Stables and the
other Oregon’s Beaver Mill. The
Beavers are going into the mill
and are emerging in the form of
the well-known weiners. Zeta Tau
Alpha’s sign represents a pirate
ship with a blackguard duck forc
ing an unfortunate beaver to walk
the gang-plank.
C. G. HOWELL MAKES
POETRY RESEARCH
Research work on the poetry of
Emile Verhaeren occupied Charles 1
G. Howell, of the romance lan
guage department, last summer.
Mr. Howell studied at Syracuse, I
New York, making a particular
study of Verhaeren’s aesthetic
theories, especially those set forth
in “Les Villes Tentaculaires.”
Verhaeren, a Belgian poet wh(
was killed in a railroad acciden
during the war in 1916, has prob
ably written better verse thai
any of his contemporary writers, 1
according to Mr. Howell. At the
same time that Verhaeren is
known as a great writer of French
poetry, he is also typically Flem
ish, and all of his early poems deal
with life in that part of Flanders. '
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Confident
“The squad is filled with fight
today,” smiles Captain Johu J.
McEw&n, head coach of the Ore
gon squad. He feels confident of j
the superiority of the Webfoot
lineup over that of their oppo
nents.
Order of O Ready
To Entertain All
Stars of Gridiron
Feed To Be Held at Campa
Shoppe Tonight; Will
Be Stellar Event
Headed by Dr. Howard Keene of
Silverton as toastmaster, with all j
athletic coaches and the football.
team as guests, the Order of the
“O” is planning the biggest Home-1
coming banquet staged in many |
years.
The feed, at which all active and
alumni lettermen are to be pres
ent, will be given at the Campa
Shoppe at 6:30 o’clock tonight.
Short, snappy speeches will be
the feature of the after-dinner
program, Bradshaw Harrison,
president of the order, announces.
Features of an entertainment na- ]
ture will be given by Mac Miller,i
“Slugger” Palmer and Fletcher!
Pyle. Joe Bally is handling decor
ating for the event.
All lettermen will gather at the
south goalposts on the frosh foot-,
ball field before today’s game and!
march in the field in a body, form
ing the traditional Order of the
“O” parade led by the band.
:
Frosh Smash
Rooks, 31-19
In Fast Tilt
Oregon Yearlings Stage
Furious Onslaught in
Second Half
AGGIES LEAD AT HALF
Rushlow, Currie Shining
Lights in Fast Game
At Corvallis
By JACK BITRKE
Taking the aggressive in the
second half, after being chased
all over Bell field at Corvallis by
an inspired Rook team, Coach
Prink Callison's freshman eleven
reverted to their old time form
and ran wild throughout the last
two periods to finish their season
in a blaze of glory with a 31 to
19 victory over their traditional
rivals.
The Frosh were outplayed in
every department of the game
during the first two quarters and
showed that they needed the
tongue-lashing which they must
have received during the rest per
iod.
The Frosh scored first, taking
advantage of a blocked kick which
gave them possession of the ball
in their opponents’ territory. Af
ter Garnett and Currie had alter
nated packing the ball, Watts
took it over the six yard line on
a lateral.
Rooks Get Going
Then the Rooks got started,
Little, Davis, and Ramponi car
ried the ball through or around
the Frosh line at will. The year
lings seemed to have forgotten
how to tackle and things looked
bad. They did hold once, how
ever and forced Davis to boot
over a beautiful place kick from
the 25 yard line.
Both teams scored touchdowns
in the second quarter, Rushlow
accounting for Oregon’s and
Ramponi being responsible for
the Staters’ when he snagged a
pass right under the noses or Gar
nett and Jack Hughes.
What Callison said during the
half may never be known but it
must have been plenty, for the
Oregon team that started the sec
ond half, though composed of the
same men who had finished the
first was different in some ways.
They tore around like mad and in
a short time had tied the score
at 19 all. This score was made
when Johnny Hare came from the
midst of about four Rooks to
snag Rushlow’s pass over the goal
line.
Rushlow Shows Way
From this point on, it was all
Oregon. Like the Yearlings in the
Medford game the Rooks seemed
to have lost all their fight and the
Frosh backs had things pretty
much their own way. The last
two scores were made by Jack
Rushlow on line plunges. That
sounds easy enough but it re
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Probable Starting Lineups
Oregon Reserves-Wood 29, Carter 1, Park 38, West 39,
French 25, Heyden 51, Anater 54, Browne, 53, Hall 44, Schulz 33,
Lucas 41, Bates 10, Fletcher 32, Sherrell 52, Robinson 15, Wil
liams 18, Donahue 27, Spear 28, Shearer 12, Londahl »19, Moeller
45, Johnson 17.
O. S. C. Reserves—Lyons 56, Nagel 15, Larson 34, Englestad
2, Hammer 14, Stout 45, Thompson 31, Scott 16, Miller 63, Brost
21, Cochran 41, Root 65, Gustafson 28, McGillvray 32, Drager 54,
Montgomery 33, Nosier 1, Drynan 23, Hughes 51, Metten 50, Sher
wood 57, Essman 59, Nicholson 16, Cross 12, Woods 11.
OREGON
O. S. C.
23 ARCHER
22 CHRISTENSEN
34 LILLIE
43 FORSTA .
30 SHIELDS .
37 COLBERT
16 ERDLEY .
40 KITZMILLER
24 BROWNE .
14 MASON .
25 HATTON
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YOUNG 43
COX 7
... GEDDES 35
CARLSON 53
BYINGTON 38
. STRIFF 40
BUERKE 24
OWENS 49
KERR 42
. GILMORE 44
Dave Himself
“All the men are in fine shape
today both mentally and physi
cally,” says Captain Mason of the
Webfoot lineup. “We are all look
ing forward to the game full of
revenge of two years ago.”
Ex-O.S.C. Student
Meets Death on
Road to Game
Byron Petit, Oregon City,
Killed in Wreck; Sister
Severely Injured
Byron Petit, 22, of Oregon City,
and former Oregon State college
student, was killed almost instant
ly last night about midnight while
on his way to the Homecoming
game when the car in which he
was riding skidded on the moist
ened pavement near Junction City
and was hit broadside by an on
coming machine.
Ruby Petit, his sister, was se
verely injured by a cut on the
head and was taken to the Eu
gene hospital. A third occupant
of the car, Albert Petit, a cousin,
escaped uninjured.
Byron attended Oregon State
college last year and was a mem
ber of the Oregon State wrestling
team. His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Petit of Oregon City.
His brother, Howard, is a student
on the Oregon campus and is em
ployed as pressman on the Oregon
Daily Emerald.
PRESIDENT RACK
FROM CHICAGO TRIP
Marian Phy, private secretary
to President Arnold Bennett Hall,
and Paul W. Ager, assistant
comptroller of the university,
drove to Portland Thursday to
meet the president, who returned
from a trip to Chicago !ast night.
Mr. Ager transacted university
business also while in Portland.
They arrived in Eugene late yes
terday afternoon.
Varsity Tennis Men
Play This Morning
Members of the varsity tennis
team will play three exhibition
matches this morning at 10
o’clock on the courts by the old
library. Two singles and one dou
bles match will be played. Brad
Harrison, Sherman Lockwood,
Stan Almquist, and Bob Hoogs
are those who will play.
Oregon and O.S.C. Teams
To Start Game in Best
Fighting Trim of Season
Aggies Anxious To Even Count Against
McEwan Men for Last Year’s Defeat
Oregon Reserves Promised Plenty of Aetion When
Coaehes See Chances To Bolster up Lineup
During Crucial Moments in Conflict
By .JOE BIvOVVN
0. B. C. is about to meet one of the toughest Oregon elevens
in history this afternoon at 1 .lit) on Hayward field.
Oregon’s reputation, however, is but a meager factor in de
termining the odds for the game. The Beavers know exactly
what they are up against, and as under dogs they are danger
ous to fool with.
“Beat Oregon; Tt's a Habit” is not smeared over the little
town of Corvallis this year for Webfoots to laugh at. There
are no habits to break today; there are left only several thou
sand Orange and Black hearts.
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Kappa Sig, Fiji
Win Prizes in
Racket Contest
Manure Spreader Named
Noisiest of the Many
Clanking Floats
A common but useful agricul
tural implement commonly known
as a manure spreader, bearing the
somewhat vulgar caption "O. A.
C. Band Wagon," scored close on
to 49 per cent in cleverness at
the big Noise Parade ■ on Willam
ette street last night and won for
its sponsors, Kappa 'Sigma and
Phi Gamma Delta, the two cups
offered to the houses entering the
noisiest and most colorful float.
Although the manure spreader
was one of the salient points in
the Kappa Sig-Fiji float, it was by
no means all. In the implement,
which was in motion and well
loaded with—straw—rode a foot
ball player labeled ‘‘Before.’’ Be
hind, borne on a stretcher, was
the remains of a player entitled
"After.”
Many Noise-Makers
And the float was also quite
well supplied with noise-making
qualities. On the truck which
pulled it was an assortment of
circular saws, triangles, and a bass
drum which were hammered vig
orously by husky young students.
A tremendous excavating ma
chine entered by Friendly hall and
Psi Kappa was awarded honorable
mention in the contest. The ex
cavator, an efficient noise-maker
in itself, bore on the shovel a
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• wehtoots to take the neld this
Afternoon for the starting kick
off are: Archer and Erdley, ends;
Christensen and
Colbert, tackles;
'Shields and Lil
lie, guards; For
sta, center; Ma
son and Browne,
halfbacks; Kitz
i;miller, quarter
back ; and Moel
^ler, fullback.
As the game
gets under way,'
Kooinson, Hat
' ffp&ZJZSOTZ- ton, and prob
Qr/^T^°.7^ ably Londahl or
Donahue will be
sent in to vary the Oregon at
tack combinations. Chuck Wil
liams, too, will see a lot of action
this afternoon.
The varsity has neon working
like a crew of entombed miners in
preparation for the Aggies during
the past two weeks, and have
hammered themselves into the
best condition of the season.
If plays are run off by the Web
foots today as they have in prac
tice lately, the Beavers may
imagine themselves up against a
clock with a catapult for a main
spring.
O. S. C. games are notably hard
on linesmen. The shouldef to
shoulder pounding and crunching
along the forward wall is so fierce
that even the most rugged of line
gangs need occasional assistance
from the bench.
Ralph Bates, Erv Schulz, Mar
ion Hall, and Pat Lucas will be
chewing hunks out of their hel
mets in a frenzy to get into the
tackle positions.
Three reserve ends, Fletcher,
Wood, and Walt Browne, are go
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Captive Beaver and Drum
Lead Oregon in Big Rally
BLACK wooden beaver on an
orange board, and a gigantic
bas3 drum were on prominent dis
play last night when the men and
women of Oregon assembled to
march over town and launch one
of the greatest outburstings of
noise and Oregon Spirit ever ex
perienced in Eugene. Common
place as these trophies seemed,
they nevertheless have a story
that binds them close to Oregon
traditions and the history of war
fare between the Webfoots and the
Aggies.
These were not always in the
possession of the University of
Oregon, as they were last night.
Long ago, almost too long to be
remembered, they were the prop
erty of the Oregon Agricultural
college. The beaver was captured
from the Aggies by a group of
ambitious students of the Univer
sity of Washington one time when
those two institutions met on the
gridiron, and later, by a similar
coup, passed from Washington to
Oregon. The drum was captured
directly from the Aggies by the
Webfooters and has been since re
tained.
These two trophies in the front
lines of the parade last night aided
in fanning the Oregon spirit to a
white heat. The band, second in
line, helped things, as did the
Campus Crates, some proceeding
under their own power and some
pushed along by husky Oregon
ians.
But the real Oregon spirit was
in the serpentine that wound back
and forth across Eleventh street
to Willamette and down Willam
ette to Seventh. Those students
who made up the serpentine were
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GREETINGS, GRADS! YOU’RE KINGS OF THE CAMPUS NOW