*!rmin;ii!;r?',in:Hi:1iiTnmnnmn?T?!irTTTnniTnaiiH!tiini!nini;Hnii!miiii!im!THiiiiiiiiiimiMiwniifm ‘CULLS WHO GUZZLE' SEE PAGE 4 INITIALING ‘EDITS' »rnnmiimn:!:mminnmnimi(nmnimiiminui!Bn«TmnTinmnimnmiiRm THE WEATHER Oregon: Wind, southeast. Friday’s temperatures: Maximum . 59 Minimum .-. 81 E Stage of river.5.0 j Precipitation .- .11 j'.imiiimiun'^^'.tumimuminmiiiiiumumuiiinuimnmummmiiiimnmmmrinuinimmumiiBiib. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1930 NUMBER 68 VOLUME XXXJ 'Doc’ Spears To Be Feted Upon Arival University, Students To Hold Big Welcome on ^ February 22 COMMITTEE SELECTED Parade and Hally at Igloo - On Parade W hen New Coach Comes in On February 22, student body officers, administration officials, Eugene civic organizations, stu dents and the public at large will participate in the official recep tion program for Dr. Clarence Wilce Spears who will that day ar rive here to assume charge of the spring football training program. A committee headed by Tom Stoddard was appointed yester * day to take charge of the event. The list includes: John F. Bovard, dean of the school of physical edu cation; John Anderson, executive council member; Prof. Herbert C. Howe, faculty member of the exec utive council; Dr. Delbert C. Stan nard, alumni representative to the executive council; Virgil D. Earl, director of athletics; James De zendorf, junior representative on the executive council; Jack Bene fiel, graduate manager and Sam Wilderman, publicity director of the A. S. U. O. Reception at Depot Present plans include a recep tion for the new coach at the de pot where he will be met when he arrives from Portland, and a street parade to McArthur court where a pep rally will be held. At this rally the doctor will be the principal speaker, with short talks by President A. B. Hall and Tom Stoddard also scheduled. City To Cooperate Eugene will cooperate in the program, with the chamber of commerce, service clubs and local alumni taking a leading part in the celebration. A committee in charge of the city’s part of the program will be appointed today. In the evening of the day of the arrival of the Minnesota man, a banquet will be held under the auspices of the downtown com mittee. As soon as the new coach has settled down he will tender an of ficial reception to the football team after which he will start on the herculean task which con fronts him, the building of an eleven on an entirely new system. O.S.C. Editor Visits Campus on Thursday Carl E. Totterf, editor of the Oregon Daily Barometer, was a visitor on the Oregon campus yes terday. Totten, an alumnus of four automobile accidents in the last month, has purchased himself a new car and denies all allega tions that he is going out for the all-time all-American car-wreck ing team. While here, he visited friends in the journalism shack, but would not put up any money on the Ore gon State basketball team which plays Oregon here tonight. There is no good reason, an ar gument runs, for having any class officers at all. In the same sense, there is no good reason for having any organization other than the student government. If the stu dent administration with central ized control cap better perform the functions of classes, leagues, and societies, it should surely be given the power to do so. Unless students study the functions which the student ad ministration might propose to take over, they may easily fall victim to error through not ap plying the rule correctly. That rule specifies that the student administration must “better per form the functions" of the or ganizations. It would be well to study the functions before abolishing the classes. * * * Student centralized government can better give dances, it is pro posed, than can the individual classes. Then a corollary follows, class offices should be abolished and control be placed in the hands of either the president or of the (Continued on Page Two) Song Contest for Campus Honors Is Set for February Consideration on Prizes To Be Given Houses Introducing Tune Leader To Be Appointed Soon, Says Hamaker A campus-wide interfraternity song contest in which additional consideration will be given to the K. Hamaker singing of origi nal Oregon songs has been an nounced by the music committee for the week of February 24, March 1, accord in g to Kenton Hamaker, chair man. The contest is sponsored nearly every year and two silver loving cups are ■ offered to the leading men’s and women’s organizations, states Hamaker. Last year’s prizes were won by Theta Chi and Pi Beta Phi. “Stimulating Interest in good fraternal singing is the purpose of such a contest and the judging will be made from the selections of numbers and the quality of group singing,” declared the chair man. “Announcement of the schedule designating the time for judging of each organization will be made as soon as possible.” Appointment of general chair man for the contest will be an nounced by the committee at the beginning of next week. Groundhog To Sleuth Shadow ******** Spring Foiled if Animal Shuns Light “The shepherd would rather see the wolf enter his stable on February 2 than the sun,” says the old legend, “and ditto,” echo k Oregon students, for if the ground hog comes out of his hole tomor row, after his long sleep and sees his shadow, tradition has it that it is just too bad for an early spring. If, however, the weather is cloudy and he can not see his own reflec tion then warm weather is not far off. At this point there is a frantic searching for the weather fore cast, and we find that there is a mighty good chance of it being "cloudy with probable rains.” The old superstitution of the ground hog was brought over to America by early German immi j grants years ago. It is believed they in turn adopted it from the Romans who called it “Candlemas Day” and celebrated by feasting and whoopee-making. Historians say that it is “not improbable that it existed in pagan times in the very infancy of the race.” In Scotland there is an ancient axiom that says "If Candlemas is fair and clear, there’ll be two win | ters in the year.” When the old woodchuck came out and saw his shadow he knew that it was only a temporary meteorological change and there would be six weeks more winter severity. But we Oregonians know that we can stand only so much. We wish that Jupe would stop playing around down in California and come back up here. If it is sunny Sunday then we are going to stand by every ground hog hole with an umbrella so that the little animal l will be sure not to see his shadow. Will Debate Oregon Trio On speaker iry 7, when the Oregon debate team meets Hawaii, these students will face three Webfoot >y are, left to right: Dai Ho Chun, Shigeo Yoshlda, and Donald Layman. Hawaii Heads Debates of Season; University Has Forensic Interest Contest Scheduled for February 6; Guild Hall Will Be the Scene of Verbal E ngagement The University of Oregon’s first International debate of the season will take place with the University of Hawaii next Thursday, Febru ary 6, at Guild Hall beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The debate will be a decision contest with one critic judge, Prof. A. E. O’Konski, of Oregon State college. Burt Brown Barker, vice president of the University of Ore gon, will act as chairman. The visiting team will be hon ored Thursday noon with a lunch eon at the Anchorage which is being given by Delta Sigma Rho, national debate honorary. Plans are also being made to entertain the team in the afternoon with a sight-seeing tour of Eugene and its vicinity. Team Is Cosmopolitan The University of Hawaii debat ing team is composed of three men, Donald L. Layman, Dai Ho Chun, and Shigeo Yoshida. Each of these men is of a different race, making the characteristic of the highly cosmopolitan nature of the university’s student body. Donald L. Layman, the Anglo Saxon member, is a Canadian by birth. He is a transfer from the University of British Columbia, where he obtained the highest scholastic record in his class. He is also a member of the track team and a pianist in the university radio concerts. Debators Are Active Dai Ho Chun, an American citi zen, is of Chinese ancestry. He is a member of the senior class and holds the rank of captain in the R. O. T. C. He has partici pated in extemporaneous contests and has had three years of varsity debating experience. Shigeo Yoshida, an American citizen, is of Japanese ancestry. He is a member of the senior class and has been prominent in public speaking -and debate. During his sophomore year, he won the an n u a 1 extemporaneous speaking contest of the university. He has been a member of the varsity de bate team for three years. Three Compose Team The University of Oregon de bate team will be composed of Arthur Potwin, Roger Pfaff, and Calvin Bryan. Arthur Potwin, a sophomore, is from Albany. Last year he was on the freshman debate team and was in the Jewett Oratorical con test. Roger Pfaff, a sophomore, i3 from Eugene. He participated in the Pacific Coast, Oratorical con test last year and debated two years at the Indiana Teachers’ college. Calvin Bryan, from Grants Pass, is a junior. This is his second year on the varsity team. When a freshman Mr. Bryan was on the freshman team and also won the Jewett extemporaneous contest. Last year he participated in the Jewett Oratorical contest. Dean Suffers From ‘Flu’ Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of literature, science, and the arts, was forced to remain | at home part of yesterday be ‘ cause of an attack of the grippe. Interested Worm Eats Way Through Adventure Volume A bookworm was found yes terday at the main library. Not the kind that goes around with horn-rimmed spectacles and a dreamy air, but the type that digests books physically as well as mentally. It was found in a book from the duplicate de partment. Starting in on page one it had gone through the book in a thorough manner. At chapter one the hole was quite large, but got smaller and smaller as the worm progress ed through the book. In the final chapter where the hero and the heroine went into a last long clinch, the worm unable to stand the excitement, passed out. His skeleton was found by library assistants and given to A. R. Moore, head of the department of animal biol ogy, who will endeavor to find out its social status and classi fication. ‘’Brick’ Mitchell Gets Promotion Former Webfoot To Coaeli Line ai California Clarence (Erick) Mitchell, who was first heard from as an end on former Webfoot fallball teams, and more recently has been freshman coach at the University of Cali fornia, has been appointed head coach for the southern institution. Brick has been highly successful as the first year coach in Berke ley, and was mentioned as a can didate for the position left va cant here by the resignation of Cap McEwan. His promotion came after Dr. Albert Toles, who has been line coach for the Golden Bears since the days of Andy Smith, left to devote more of his attention to his medical practice. K - Collegiate Standing Is High on Islands; Ore gon Activities Is Given Big Impetus by Visits Because of the unique location in the middle of the Pacific ocean and because that university is the only institution of full collegiate standing in the islands, opportun ities for debate contests with oth er colleges and universities are naturally limited for the Univer sity of Hawaii. Within the last few years, however, debating and other forensic /activities at the university have been given a great impetus through the visits of a number of college teams to Ha waii. Met Oregon Debators In the fall of 1927 Hawaii met the “round-the-world” debating team from the University of Ore gon in two contests at Honolulu. The present tour of the Pacific coast is the first visit by an Uni versity of Hawaii debate team to the mainland of the United States, although the football and rifle teams have made numerous trips during this and in previous years. The team will meet some 12 or 13 of the leading colleges and univer sities in the Pacific coast states, Nevada, and British Columbia. Have Extemporaneous Contest Besides intercollegiate debating, the forensic activities of the uni versity include an annual extem poraneous speaking contest open to all undergraduates, an annual oratorical contest, and interclass debates. Open forum discussions are also frequently conducted by the Hawaii Union, an honorary forensic organization for men. This organization sponsors all the for ensic contests with the coopera tion of the university administra tion and also conducts a debating series among the high schools of the territory. Mrs. Hall Visits Portland Mrs. Arnold Bennett Hall made a short trip to Portland this week. She left Thursday afternoon and is expected to return late today. Three Aces in a Pack of Five [ JOiEtMtr. fouimiiD CALkJMS-. CUAUJ) •Dojlp. From tlie time the whistle blows tonight at the start of the Ore gon-O. S. C. game, these three members of the University of Oregon basketball team will take an active part in fighting for a Webfoot victory. Radio Contest Series Liked Says F.L.HM Program Director Declares That Programs Are Best Feature MAJESTIC SET IS LURE Norton Pleased With Fine Cooperation Given By Houses As the second week of compe tition in the Emerald-KORE radio contest came to a close Thursday Fred Norton night with pro grams by Chi Psi ind Phi Sigma Kappa, officials j af radio stat ion K O R E were Unanimous in de claring that the spirited r tv airy which has sprung up between cam pus living groups For the splendid Majestic cabinet radio donated by McMorran and Washburne has re sulted in the most interesting and popular broadcast feature that they have ever presented. Many Letters Received Frank L. Hill, program director for station KORE, last night de clared that he had received many communications in praise of the programs, which have been planned and presented by students alone. "Widespread comment, in the form of congratulatory phone calls and letters from Eugene towns people and those living in the sur rounding territory,” said Hill, "in dicates that this contest sponsored by the Oregon Daily Emerald Is unequaled in the history of the studio from a standpoint of gen eral popularity. Much Talent Revealed "I have been astounded at the talent revealed in many of the broadcasts and at the almost pro fessional ease With which the col lege students face the microphone. Of the eight programs so far pre sented, every one has been im pressive from some standpoint of entertainment value, whether of musical ability, variety, original ity, comedy, spontaneity, or clev erness of presentation.” Fred Norton, contest director, expressed complete satis faction with the way in which the com peting groups have cooperated with him so far. "With the ex ception of one or two instances,” he said last night, "in which the contesting houses were unable to assemble their performers at the studio at the appointed time, every program has gone off without a hitch. “If any house finds that for any reason it will be impossible for them to broadcast on the evening assigned, it would aid us greatly if the program chairman for tj^at house would notify us far enough in advance that a substitute pro gram could be arranged,” he added. The contest enters its third week next Tuesday, February 4, with programs by Alpha Upsilon, at 8 o’clock, and Alpha Tau Omega, at 8:30. The complete schedule for the contest will be found on page 3 of this issue. Professors To Talk On Moving Pictures Three Oregon professors will speak in a series of discussions on moving pictures, starting next Sunday at 10 o’clock, before the adult Bible class of the Congre gational church. The weekly dis cussions will deal mostly with mo tion pictures in relation to modern life. The schedule of the speakers is as follows: ^February 2—“Organization of the Moving Picture Industry," by W. B. McDonald. February 9 and 16—“The Mo tion Picture and Child Welfare,” by Dr. W. B. DeBusk. February 23—"The Motion Pic ture and International Relations,” by Dr. J. R. Mez. March 2 -“A Sociological Eval uation of Motion Pictures as a Recreational Institution," by Dr. !J. H. Mueller. Oregon, BeaverHoop Fives Clash Tonight At McArthur Court Fateful $3 Looms as Forgetful Web foots Shun Fee Payment Despite continued warnings, threats, and pleadings on the part of the business office, there are still 510 students who have failed to pay their term fees, and they have but the four hours from 8 until 12 this morning In which to do so. A fine of $3 for the first day of late payment, and 25 cents per day thereafter will be Im posed until the end of next week on those who do not show up this morning. After that date a student who has not made the necessary settlement with the business office will be automatically suspended, with the result that he will have to petition for reinstatement. Therefore, pay your fees to morrow, tomorrow morning, to morrow morning early. Frosli Come From Behind To Defeat Rooks Again 25-15 Oregon Yearlings Sew up Game in Final Five Minutes Bill Morgan and Clarence James Show Well By HARRY VAN DINE In a loosely played basketball game, Prink Callison's scrappy Webfoot Frosh defeated the Ore gon State Rooks, 25 to 15, at Cor vallis Friday night. This victory makes the annual Frosh-Rook se ries stand three up for the Frosh. The final game will be played as a preliminary to the Oregon State Oregon battle at McArthur court tonight. Big Bill Morgan started the night off with a bang for the Frosh with a nice shot but the Rooks soon tied it up and were never headed again until late in the final period when the Oregon yearlings came to life and put the game on ice. The score at half time was 10 to 6 in favor of the Rooks. Calll son’s men were off form in the opening canto, making a total of no free throws out of 11 attempts. It was not until the last five min utes of play that the Frosh hit their stride. Both teams were wild at the start of the second half, but the Rooks managed to run their lead up to 13 to 6 before the Frosh got started. Then Clarence James got busy and rang up three points. Bill Bowerman followed with two more to make It 13 to 11 in the Rooks’ favor. Ward fouled James and the speedy Oregon forward converted both attempts to tie it up. Rob (Continued on Page Two) Injuries Hit Both Teams Before Game Chastain Out for Rest of The Season With Old Ailment Corvallis Squad Is Rated As Favorites An annual event, the Oregon, Oregon State basketball series will be opened tonight at McAr thur court, at 8 o’clock. Any sporting event in which these two line up on opposite sides is a natural and tonight’s conflict should not be the exception. Ore gon State is a recent winner in a tough two-game series with the Washington Huskies and Oregon is a little less recent loser of a not less tough two-game series with the same team. This by all rights gives the Beavers the edge. However reports from Corvallis indicate the the series was not won without a score of injuries, to some of the important cogs of the winning team. Fagans Hurt Ken Fagans, a sophomore guard who has been the mainstay of the Beaver five in their recent phe nomenal rise to fame and second place in the conference, is not in his best shape for tonight's game but will in all probability get in for a while. Another Injured player is Kelly Callahan, whose loss if he Is lost is a real blow to the Corvallis hopes of winning. He suffered a pulled muscle in the second Husky tilt. The injured list for Oregon is headed by Mervyn Chastain, a vet eran of two years ago. This time he is really out. He has been both ered by sinus trouble, and a trou blesome shoulder injury all sea son which has now caused him to definitely cease playing. He was a strong player and a valuable man and his loss will be keenly felt. Eberhart 111 Oregon’s chances are further weakened by the probable loss of Jean Eberhart, center. Jean has been confined to bed with a slight attack of influenza and even if he does play is bound to feel the effects of his layoff. Homer Dickson, also a center is slightly incapacitated by a severe "char ley-horse.” Henry Levoff, who was handi capped throughout the Husky ser ies by a severe cold, has been turning out for practice lately but has lost 15 pounds due to his ill ness. Due to his weakened condi tion it is unlikely that he will be used very much tonight. Other than these injuries the team is in as good shape as ever. (Continued on Page Two) Graceful Goatees Given Gate ******** Baleful Beards Bombarded by Sophs "No goatees,” "Ban on beards,” and “Forbid the foliage,” were the edicts of the sophomore men last night, after mature deliberatibn, when a motion relieving the razor of its duties was unanimously voted down. The select group of 33 which responded to the call of Jack Stipe, president, for a “meeting of all sophomore men” decided that facial growths would be quite out of place during the various spring formals which are now being held, and that co-eds who had sopho more dates for their formals would thereby conceive hatred for the class. In short, the sopho mores got big-hearted and aban doned the objective for which many of them had already set out —that of the “perfect whiskers." The class president did say, however, that the beard contest would be taken up again later on, and that the projects would be fully completed in time for the class carnival. A project which, although not a beard, is now almost fully devel oped, is the plan of the class for a banquet, which will take place in the men’s dormitory February 14. The directorate, as announced by President "Razors” Stipe, con sists of Bob Van Nice, chairman, Jack Edlefsen, and Marian Camp. Other plans for the banquet in clude a price of 60 cents, a time of from 5:45 to 7:30 for all courses to be run, music by George Web er’s orchestra, and features, for which “Slug” Palmer will be re sponsible. Sub-committees to work under the directorate will be an nounced later.