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HOMECOMING PLANS FACE CHANGE
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Chi Psi and
Phi Sig Give
Air Program
Humorous ‘Kiddies Hour’
Feature of Lodge
Entertainment
POTPOURRI IDEA GIVEN
Latter Performers ‘Hook
Up’ With Foreign
Countries
Phi Sigma Kappa and Chi Psi
last night brought to a close the
second week of broadcasting with
a melange of excellent music and
spontaneous comedy that were
called the Phi Sig “Potpourri” and
the “Chi Psi Kiddies Hour.”
The Chi Psi’s last night an
nounced their decision to with
draw from the contest, but at the
last moment decided to assemble
a program and compete for the
beautiful Majestic “Model 93” cab
inet radio posted by McMorran
and Washburne as first prize.
A decidedly cosmopolitan flavor
characterized the Phi Sigma Kap
pa presentation, with South Seas
and Oriental themes prevailing.
The Phi Sig trio, which has been
heard at many campus affairs in
recent weeks, was heard in two
unusual numbers, and the Phi Sig
orchestra, composed of Vinton
Hall, saxophone, George Barron,
piano, Jack Morrison, banjo, and
Lawrence Wagner, trumpet, pre
sented several dance selections.
The entertainment was arranged
and directed by Lawrence Wag
ner. A complete program follows:
Orchestra number, “Want a Lit
tle Lovin’ trumpet solo, “Torrid
Tunes,” “When Day Is Done,”
Oscar Wagner.
Orchestral selection, “Song of
India,” George Barron, Jack Mor
rison, Oscar Wagner, Vinton Hall,
Marcus Woods, Kenton Hamaker,
Ed Graham.
Piano solo, “In a Mist,” "Spring
Fever,” George Barron.
Piano solo, Motzart’s “Turkish
Rondo,” Harold Ayres.
Three Borneo Nuts, “Trio Num
ber” (two), Jack Morrison, Oscar
Wagner, Vinton Hall.
Vocal solo, “Dear Old Girl,”
Adrian Burris.
Trumpet duet, “Chinese Lulla
by,’’ Ed Graham, Oscar Wagner.
The Chi Psi “Kiddies’ Hour,” al
though prepared on extremely
short notice, was nevertheless run
off smoothly. Fletcher Udall and
Bob Guild were the outstanding
performers.
The Chi Psi program follows:
Piano solo—“Ida, I Love You,”
Howard Page.
Vocal duet—“If You Want to
See a Girl That’s Pretty," Bob
Guild and Fletcher Udall.
Piano solo — “Trees,” Howard
Page.
Monologue in dialect—“Building
a Bridge Across the Nakagachi,”
Fletcher Udall.
Vocal solo—“From Monday On,”
Fletcher Udall.
Trumpet solo—Bob Norton.
Vocal solo—“One Alone,” Bob
Guild.
Piano solo—Bob Guild.
Bedtime story—Charley McMil
lan.
Vocal duet—“I Love You Truly,”
Fletcher Udall and Bob Guild.
The
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CLASSES . . .
WOMEN’S LEAGUE . .
- By OMAR KHAYYAM -
Classes are not the only subsid
iary organizations of the student
government that will have to be
dealt with in the revision of the
constitution. To carry the princi
ple of centralized control to its
seemingly logical extreme is
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Senior Kid Party ®
And Frosli Dance!
To Attract Mami
J e
- C
Gerlinger Hall To Be Scene :
Of Yearling Splurge;
Welch, Chairman
Patrons Named; Kelly To
Head Senior Brawl
It will be a big night for those
who are fortunate enough to be
either seniors or freshmen. For
from 9 till 12 this evening, the
dignified members of the class of
1930 will romp at a “kid party”
at the Campa Shoppe, and the
freshmen, freed from all fear of
interference from Order of the O
men, Oregon Knights, or any pes
tiferous upperclassmen, will be
able to enjoy themselves in peace
at their informal dance in Ger
linger hall.
Busses To Call
Between 8:30 and 9, special
busses will call at the sorority
houses and women’s halls to take
the senior femmes to the no-date
kid party. The busses will wait
only two minutes at each house.
The men will be expected to strug
gle over to the Campa Shoppe on
foot or by private conveyance.
Johnny Robinsonls "Varsity
Vagabonds” will provide the mu
sic for the gambols of the seniors.
Chairman Harold Kelley has an
nounced the following as patrons
for the senior dance: Dean and
Mrs. James H. Gilbert, Dr. and
Mrs. Charles Leslie Schwering,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Chapman,
and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ggae.
Harvey Welch, chairman of the
frosh dance guarantees plenty of
room at Gerlinger hall for any
number of couples. “In addition
to the women’s gym we will open
the sun room and two other ad
joining rooms for dancing,” he
said. “George Weber’s orchestra
will play.
Nancy Taylor has named the pa
trons who will attend the fresh
man dance. They are: Dean and
Mrs. John Straub, Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. G. Thacher, Mr. and Mrs.
George H. Godfrey, Celia Stoddard,
Hugh Biggs, John M. Rae, and S.
Stephenson Smith.
Co-eds in Rush Leave
Pocketbook on Train
Two girls disembarked from a
Southern Pacific train on the eve
ning of January 19, leaving as an
only trace of their actions a pock
etbook. The pocketbook contained
no means of identification, accord
ing to F. G. Lewis, ticket mana
ger at the S. P. depot, who found
the purse the following morning;
but the owner may claim it by
calling at the ticket office and
identifying it.
Contest For Men Only is
Scheduled by Soph Prexy
TTEAVY. heavy hangs over the |
heads of all sophomore men
if they fail to appear today at 5 ■
o’clock at Villard hall, says Jack
Stipe, president.
Jack has something up his
sleeve, and as his sleeves are par
ticularly well darned, nothing
leaked out from him about what
the burning matter was.
His cohorts, right-handed men,
call ’em what you will, seemed to
know more about what the meet
ing was for.
Joe Hughes rubbed his beard
thoughtfully, yes, that’s it, his
beard. Now we’re getting down
to business. Joe said that it was
not much use for the youngest
members of the class to come to
it if they couldn’t sprout whis
kers, as no fake stuff is going to
be allowed in this affair, no sir,
it’s gotta be the “genuwine”
thing.
So you see, there it is; no hog
calling contest, or contest for the
best distance spitter, neither for
the best biscuit maker in the class,
but something for appeal to the
manly pride of every two-fisted
he-man in the sophomore tribe.
Bill Pittman
Chosen Head
Of Shine Dav
y
Annual Event of* Junior
Class To Be Held
Here Soon
DATE IS NOT DECIDED
Bootblacks Getting Ready
Equipment To Shine
For a Dime
Bill Pittman, junior in biology,
as been named chairman of the
inual “shine day,” it was an
Bill YVhitely
nounced yes ter
d a y by Bill
Whitely, p r e s i
dent of the jun
ior class. At pres
ent the date for
the affair is un
decided, but it
will probably oc
cur in the next
three or four
weeks.
“Junior shine
day” has for the
past seven years
been a tradi
tional activity of the junior class.
Improvised shoe-shining stands
are set up at prominent points
about the campus, and students
may have their shoes shined by
junior men for the small sum of
one dime. The money derived
from the day has usually been
given to some charitable cause,
and Pittman is expected to name
a committee to decide upon the
disposition of this year’s profits.
Pittman Active
Pittman has been active in class
work during his three years in
the University. Two years ago he
was chairman of the freshman pic
nic, and was later a member of
the 1928 sophomore informal di
rectorate. Last fall he was chair
man of decorations for the home
coming dance, and was a member
of the correspondence committee
for the high school conference held
on the campus early this term.
“In appointing Pittman, I be
lieve that I have found one of the
most capable members in the class
for the position,” Whitely said,
“and I am sure that he will re
ceive the support of the entire
class in putting on the biggest
junior shine day yet held.”
Pen Pushers Gel
Big Break in New
Writing Courses
Extension Adds Two New
Courses to List of
Studies
Attention, all ye budding writ
ers, pen-pushers, ink-splashers
and amateur literary intelligentsia.
At last your importance is being
recognized.
No longer is all the educational
stress to be laid upon memorizing
dates and adding up long columns
of figures. At last the value of
helping along would-be literary
lights is being realized.
This is demonstrated by two
new courses being added by the
University of Oregon correspond
ence department. One is called
Manuscript, and, according to
Dean Parsons of the extension di
vision, is a highly individual
course, depending much upon writ
ten criticism of a detailed and
specialized sort. It will be con
ducted by Mrs. Grace E. Jordan,
formerly editor of Old Oregon, and
on the journalism staff of both the
University of Oregon and the Uni
versity of Washington.
Another course is being offered
for rhyme-slingers who already
have attained some degree of tech
nique and facility. It is a special
ized course in versification, the
instructor of which will be an
nounced later.
Also, in the correspondence de
partment, the course in principles
of economics has proved so popu
lar that it will be revised and pre
sented fegain by Dr. Victor P.
. Morris.
Set For Beavers
Above, are two VVebfoot guards who will undoubtedly see service
in tomorrow’s opening game with the strong Oregon State team.
On the left is Harold Olinger, who has taken advantage of what
opportunities he has nad so far, and should hit his stride against the
Beavers.
Cliff Horner, on the right, is one of the two lettermen upon whom
Billy Reinhart has built his team. He is fast and should require a
lot of close checking should he see action tomorrow night.
Yearlings, Rooks
Play Third Hoop
Tilt at Corvallis
Frosli Set for Deciding
Game of Series
Tonight
Callison Has Undefeated
Aggregation
—
Tonight Prink Callison will take
a yearling team to Corvallis to
meet the Rooks for the third time.
Prink Callison
Last fall Prink
took his football
eleven to the
home of the Ore
gon State first
year men and
trimmed them.
Last week he
brought over a
basketball team
and t r i mmed
them. Tonight he
will try it again,
hoping to make it three straight,
with one game left to finish a
highly successful season.
Prink has had great success
against the Rooks and with a
team such as he has there seems
to be no reason why he can’t con
tinue to win. One fact against
him is that the Black and Orange
yearlings have everything to gain
and nothing to lose.
Rook Stars
They have a couple of men over
there who, up till the time they
met the frosh, were very outstand
ing and mentioned as varsity can
didates. Against the close check
ing players taught by Callison,
however, it was a different story.
It nevertheless requires constant
vigilance to keep these men guard
ed and any slip may cause a loss.
Callison is anxious to win four in
a row and the Oregon State men
tor is equally anxious to win at
least one and split the series if
possible. A good, fast game is
1 therefore assured the fan3.
Frosh Strong
| The starting lineup for the frosh
i will no doubt include the sharp
shooting Clarence James, paired
with Cliff Garnett, a great defen
sive player, at forwards; Cap Rob
erts, whose height and shooting
eye make him valuable, at center;
and Bill Morgan, steady as any
I one, and the other scoring threat,
Don Siegmund, at guqrds.
To relieve these men, Callison
may call on Bill Bowerman, George
Beechlcr, Homer Stahl, and Roy
Shaneman, any one of whom is
1 capable.
Heads of Houses
Have Slight Edge
On Mortar Board
Prexies Have Imposing
String of Substitutes
For Game
Honoraries Claim More
Veteran Line-up
A few experts, several past
stars, and a number of novices
will comprise the lineups for the
basketball game to be played be
tween heads of houses and Mortar
Board Saturday afternoon in the
women’s gym at 2 o’clock.
The Thespians have been en
listed to root for the Mortar Board
women, and the Kwamas to do or
ganized rooting for the opposing
team, which is composed of the
presidents of women’s houses. The
tickets for the game will be han
dled by the Thespians in the va
rious organizations, and may be
obtained at the gym for 10 cents.
Probable Lineup
Although Heads of Houses has
the advantage of a second string
Mortar Board seems to have more
veteran players. Mortar Board:
Helen Peters—Forward.
Beatrice Milligan—Guard.
Florence McNerney — Jumping
center.
Betty Schmeer—Running cen
ter.
Marjorie Chester—Guard.
Eldress Judd—Forward.
Margaret Edmunson, who was
the only substitute, has gone to
Seattle for the week-end.
Heads of Houses:
Florence Woughton—Forward.
Betty Fairchild—Guard.
Dorothy Davidson—J u m p i n g
center.
Harriet Duer—Running center.
Loleta Jaeger—Forward.
Nan Crary—Guard.
Substitutes are: Naomi Hohman,
Katherine Rutherford, Mary Fran
ces Dilday, and Pauline Schule.
Second Stringers
Second string:
Helen Jean Holt—Jumping cen
ter.
Margaret Agnew—Forward.
Margaret Clark—Forward.
Avis Hartsen—Running center.
Eloise Shade—Guard.
Jane Thompson—Guard.
Margaret Clark, president of
Heads of Houses, has asked all of
her women to turn out early so
that Mahadah Kurtz, who is going
to referee the game, may give
them some necessary instructions.
Vandals Tear
Pages Out of
'Libe’ Books
Irreparable Losses Done
To Great Number of
Bound Works
MAY CHANGE SYSTEM
Deletions From Several
Old Magazines Found
In Library File
Damage by vandals, in excess
of several hundred dollars was dis
covered yesterday by M. H. Doug
lass and library assistants after
a careful checkup of bound per
iodicals and reference works had
been made.
Forty-two volumes of the “Thea
tre Magazine” were found with
pages missing and illustrations
cut out. In every volume, from
one to twenty pages were missing
or mutilated. “It’s a red letter
day,” said Mr. Douglass, “when
none are brought to the reference
desk.”
Works Valuable
Some magazines run back to
1840 and are almost impossible to
replace. Historically they are be
coming more and more important
every day. Reference books have
also been found with pages miss
ig and articles clipped out. It is
thought that students who have
been unable, to finish assignments
at one time have torn them out
for future reference. ‘‘Students
should cooperate to prevent such
things,” said Mr. Douglass. “Wa
shall have to put all such material
on closed shelves if It continues or
our reference works won’t be much
good.”
May Change System
Under the present system in use
in the library, the student can go
to the reference shelves and take
the books down himself. They
are not allowed out of the library,
but there is plenty of chance of
destruction back in the files. If
the system had to be changed and
all books kept on closed shelves,
it would entail a greater hardship
on the student and more time to
complete his work.
The mutilation of public prop
erty is punishable by penitentiary
imprisonment, according to the
Oregon code. One person observ
ed last year mutilating books was
expelled from the University.
Miss Boyer Now
Attending Alumni
Meet in Spokane
‘Old Oregon’ Circulation
Manager Is Asked to
Read Paper
Miss Peggy Boyer, circulation
manager of “Old Oregon,” left Eu
gene yesterday to attend the an
nual conference of District VIII
of the American Alumni Council,
being held today and tomorrow at
Spokane.
She has been asked to deliver a
paper on “Problems of a Circula
tion Department.” This, accord
ing to Jeannette Calkins, editor of
“Old Oregon,” i3 quite an honor,
as not many are so appointed.
The alumni secretary of Gon
zaga university will be host at
the conference, to delegates from
the leading colleges of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, and British
Columbia. Fred Ellsworth, mem
ber of the national board of direc
tors of the American Alumni
Council, will be guest of honor.
The conference is being held to
discuss alumni activities and prob
lems.
Oregana Copy Must
Re Complete Monday
Honorary groups must have
their copy for the 1930 Oregana
in to the editor by Monday, Feb
ruary 3, according to Lester Mc
Donald, editor.
Copy must be delivered to the
Oregana office in the Journalism
: building before 5 o’clock.
Heilig Changes Rooking
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Recalls Opera Tickets
Campus folk who have invested
money in opera tickets may have
it refunded by returning the tick
ets to the Heilig theater. The
opera “Faust,” which was to have
been presented February 11, has
been called off and the manage
ment wishes to announce the
change in booking to Warner
Brothers’ “The Show of Shows.”
Faculty Club
Slate Dance
For Tuesday
Club House Will Be Scene
Of Social Event Open
To All Pedagogues
Informal Affair Classified
As ‘Early Bird’ Party
An informal dance to which all
faculty members, attached or un
attached, are invited, will be given
Tuesday evening, February 4, by
the University Faculty club.
The affair is classified by Dean
David E. Faville, who is in charge,
as an “early bird” dance, starting
at 7:30 and continuing until 10:30
p. m.
Will Play Bridge j
Tables for those who would |
rather play bridge will be pro
vided, and several interesting fea
tures are being planned, including
a short skit by two members from
Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt’s class in dra
matics. Music will be furnished
by George Weber.
"The dance," says Dean Faville,
"will be carried on as before with
plenty of Paul Jones’ so that
everybody will have a chance to
get thoroughly circulated around.”
The affair will be held at the
club house at 14 th and Emerald
streets. On the committee for ar
rangements, besides Dean Faville,
are: Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, Dean
Virginia Judy Esterly, Stephenson
Smith, Ray P. Bowen, Daniel D.
Gage, Jr., and Fred Harris.
Frosh Commission
Choose Nominees
Elizabeth Scruggs, Lucille
Drauw Suggested
Elizabeth Scruggs and Lucille
Drauw, both freshmen in English,
were nominated for president of
the Frosh Commission at the
freshman women’s mass meeting
held yesterday at 5 o’clock in the
bungalow.
Other nominations were: Jean
Lennard and Lorene Christenson,
vice-president; Eileen McIntyre
and Clare Maertens, secretary;
Nora Jean Stewart and Frances
Keene, treasurer; and Aimee Sten
and Miriam McCroskey, sergeant
at-arms.
The nominees were chosen by a
committee of girls elected from
each of the Frosh Commission dis
cussion groups held since the first
i of the year. Each nominee gave a
I short talk after her introduction.
| Elections will be held from 9
i until 4 o’clock in the bungalow to
j day, Lois Nelson, president last
year of the Frosh Commission an
, nounced. All freshman women are
j urged to vote since it is their or
ganization, and will start work
' immediately.
Colds Increase
Infirmary List
| Ten Students Confined for
t Treatment
Three new patients, Katheryn
Feldman, Daniel Boone, and Vir
ginia Smith, were admitted to the
infirmary yesterday, making a to
tal of ten patients now on the in
| firmary list.
George Branstator, Lillian Ter
rell, Marian Musgrove, Richard
Schroeder, James Raley, Margaret
Ramsey, and Marguerite Looney
are the other patients.
Everyone on the list is suffering
from a cold in some form.
Day of Game
At Corvallis
May be Used
Stoddard, Benefiel Talk
Of New System of
Holding Event
IN VOGUE IN SOUTH
Week-end of Contest May
Be Homecoming for
Both Schools
Hblding the 1930 Oregon Home
coming on the week-end of the
Oregon-Oregon State game in
spite of the fact that it is to be
played in Corvallis next fall is a
project now receiving serious con
sideration, according to state
ments made yesterday by Jack
Benefiel, graduate manager, and
Tom Stoddard, president of the
associated students.
In brief, the proposed plan Is
that all the traditional Oregon
Homecoming activities would be
held as usual in Eugene, with the
exception of the game itself. The
noise-parade, the bonfire, the
campus luhcheon, the Homecom
ing dance, would all occur in the
usual sequence. Everybody would
leave for Corvallis by special train
or private car around noon on
Saturday and would be back in
Eugene after the game in time for
dinner and the big dance.
Used in South
“For years Stanford and Cali
fornia have held their respective
homecomings on the same day,”
Stoddard said, “the alumni and
students of each school taking
turns covering the 50 miles be
tween the two schools. This sys
tem has been very successful
down there, and with only 40 miles
between Eugene and Corvallis,
there is no reason why the two
Oregon schools should not adopt
a similar system.”
Benefiel pointed out that under
the present system of having a
homecoming featured by the Ore
gon State game only every other
year, half of the Oregon Home
comings are not at all successful.
He remarked upon the indiffer
ence which marked the 1928 Home
coming, when Oregon played Mon
tana, and pointed out that the
game with Idaho which is planned
to feature the 1930 Homecoming
will in all probability be no better
as a drawing card for alumni.
Would Aid Reunionss
“But if Oregon should play Ore
gon State at every Homecoming,
our annual reunions will be uni
formly successful, regardless of
whether the game is played in Eu
gene or Corvallis, and every Home
coming game will have a capacity
crowd.”
Before such a plan could be
adopted it would have to be passed
upon by the athletic committee
and the executive council. It is
expected that some formal action
will be taken upon the proposition
in the near future.
Co-eds Mix Many
Waffles at Dance
Attendance of 300 at New
Campus Event
I
I Introduction of a new Associat
! ed Women Students event was suc
cessfully made yesterday when
the first A. W. S. waffle-dance,
‘ held at the Craftsmen’s club, drew
a crowd of around 300.
With Alice Wingate as general
chairman, a large staff of co eds,
1 mixed, baked and served waffles
throughout the afternoon while
students danced.
Members of the general com
mittee under Miss Wingate were
Lois Nelson, assistant chairman;
Anne Baum, food; Barbara Mann,
clean-up; properties, Margaret
Luse and Betty Jones; publicity,
Harriette Hofmann.
Members of Miss Hofmann’s
committee, which had not pre
viously been announced were;
Carol Werschkul, Ellen Sersanous
and Marjorie Douglas.