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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1930)
1000 Attend Spears’ *1»' ..— ---.-.— at Portland Last Ni^ Portlanclites Greet Mentor In Fine Style Webfoot Coacli Makes Ilil With Hosts; I’rep Slurs Guests Pres. Hall Gives Official Speech of Welcome By HARRY VAN DINE Portland, Ore. — (Special) — At the largest affair of its kind ever held in the state of Oregon, Dr. Clarence VV. Spears was welcomed to Oregon last night at a huge banquet served in the Benson ho tel. The event was sponsored by the Dr. Spears Oregon Reception committee, composed of many prominent business and civic lead ers of Portland. Tommy Luke, the jovial florist, acted as master of ceremonies and did noble work. He led the entire group in singing favorite Oregon songs, while Dutch Young, old time University yell king, led the organized yelling. The Oregon band and men’s quartet had an important place in the musical ac tivities. Spears Admired More than a thousand Oregon sports lovers attended the affair and every civic organization was represented. Every one present left the banquet room with the greatest possible admiration for the new Oregon coach, who proved himself to be a real speaker. After a series of two-minute speeches immediately after the dinner, Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall made the official welcoming ad dress. Dr. Spears replied, and his talk was broadcast over KGW, Portland broadcasting station. The new Oregon football - coach was introduced to the audience by Dr. Hall, and immediately after the ceremonies a short reception was held to enable everyone present to personally meet Dr. Spears. Mayor Sends Substitute Commissioner C. A. Bigelow, who was introduced as the “night mayor,” proved to be a substitute sent by Mayor George Baker, who has been kept away from night functions. One of the innovations of the „ banquet was the attendance of 100 well-known Portland high school grid stars. The event was planned to interest these young men in Oregon as the place to pursue their collegiate education. Promi nent Portland business men each served as a host to one of the prep stars. Kitzmiller Speaks Five Oregon football players, representing the entire squad, were guests of Aaron Frank at the -banquet. Mr. Frank desired to act as host for the entire squad but the men could not leave their classes to attend. Those in at tendance were Johnny Kitzmiller, Jerry Lillie, Marshall Shields, Aus tin Colbert, and A1 Browne. Kitzmiller made a brief talk in which he expressed the pleasure of the football lettermen in the securing of Dr. Spears’ services. Hon. H. C. Starr, president of the board of higher education, acted as toastmaster during the evening. Following is the address made at the banquet by Dr. Hall: Dr. Hall’s Speech “When^confronted with the task of securing a new football coach, I started out to get the best man that was available,” said Dr. Hall. “That meant a man who was out standing as a masterful character, one who was possessed of a great personality, a man of high sports manship and lofty ideals, a great student of the game and a great teacher and trainer of men. I wanted an .inspiring leader, who believed in the fundamental im portance of training manhood and .building character. I wanted one who believed in scholarship and was ready to fight for his educa tional ideals, a man who could catch vision and share dreams of the University's leadership in the material, educational and spiritual development of the state. Utopian Coach Described “I wanted a man who could train our students in fighting courage, in unfailing loyalty, in clean, aggressive manhood and in noble sportsmanship. I wanted a master of men, capable of training and inspiring his men for clean, aggressive and heroic exploits upon the gridiron and who had the faculty of inspiring our whole stu dent body with a deeper apprecia tion of those splendid traditions of manhood and womanhood which the University is ever striving to develop and maintain. "Eut I was told that Oregon could not get such a man. If there were such a person he could com mand the best position in the land. What chance had Oregon with its limited finances, its small student body, its remote location, its rainy weather? Such were the coun sels of despair, which outside of i my official family, confronted on nearly every hand. The old infe riority complex was at work. Was Discouraged “But, my friends forgot that such a coach would be interested in quality as well as quantity. He would be as much interested in educational ideals as in salary. He would be more concerned with the ultimate future than the immediate present. He would be more inter ested in the leadership of a con structive pioneering program than in merely following the traditional routine of a much greater and bet j ter established enterprise. Even small schools like Oregon can have large policies, challenging ideals, splendid futures and abundant op portunities for creative leadership if they only will. “Other positions, with larger re munerations and less labor, opened up to our distinguished guest, but lie chose Oregon, the offer that carried with it the lowest salary of any that he received. But we | hope it carried the largest oppor ! tunity of them all.” Hall Introduces Coach Before introducing Dr. Spears, President Hall said: “I want to tell you why I am so deeply inter ested in the coming of Dr. Spears. It is not merely because he will give us better trained, more ag gressive and more heroic football teams as the years go by, but because I believe he can make the courage, the leadership, the in domitable fighting spirit and the splendid loyalty for which our ath letics and coach will become fa mous, symbolical of the same qualities applied throughout the University and the state. “I want this to mark a new era in which we turn our faces reso lutely to tlie task of filling the commonwealth with a new spirit of leadership, a new eia of fight ing courage and a new confidence in the ultimate destiny as we set ourselves anew to the tremendous but magnificent task of the full and complete development of tlie state.” University To Be Represented in Am a t eii i* T o u r n ey Three University Men To Attend Meet at Portland Knox, Fusion, Reymers Entered in Event, When the Pacific coast amateur boxing tournament opens on Feb ruary 23 at Portland it will find three Oregon mitt slingers very much in evidence. The trio who will represent the University are Bob Knox, student instructor and northwest welterweight' champion, Ben Pasion, and Mahr Reymers. For a time it seemed that Knox and Reymers might be pitted against each other, but Reymers will probably shed enough pound age to tackle the lightweights. Knox has already proved his worth in previous bouts while Reymers with his unorthodox style of mill ing will be a stumbling block for many of the battlers. The third number, Ben Pasion, has also been striving to lower his weight, and has succeeded so well that he will be entered as a full Come Dance on SUNDAY at 8 o’CIock and all Other Sundays MIDWAY A SHOT HEARD AR OUND THE WORLD That the closing- shot of the long hunt for a football coach to succeed Capt. John J. Mc Ewan, was heralded throughout the nation is evidenced by the layout below. It must be borne in mind also that only a small portion of the available material was used in making the cut. Dr. Spears’ nation-wide reputation as a successful coach is apparent at first glanco. toots iurn 2b Mi4«We$t For FmthaH € fluil 3 tr “ibUilC 1 f' *,T\vV i. WAPi A!ii Ofc$'o& v <• J $ f-fu -yi/v. .'«•;< ‘s •• %NS h , .v/fy * 'tC-' '• €> ' < ^ .- V;\ ^ % <•>' '>**•. ic n» • »*% ** ■< <** :/?. *v H./ <$ - ^ .. Y\ C\%. > 1 'tr?=."' -xii . o y •* - l®; ‘vs? Y«a.f nir\\ I (Mi* 'kviik'*4 to ;5 •...*.*; :>| ^’••|*1Ws(j!a Seei^ COME west m r % "■ ~ >°:" '*■'«■* " '■. Aw*** D*?<Z. K> m m «gj m mms i ■ tmn glMr ■. 8fer f WMMm 1 'rw' " "Wxw?>; The De tr . t News TO i.osi W«x-%»■«»•», f, i>m<h'raim r'3pfesp $> -v VfimitKKa» m vui m w ! fledged flyweight. Ben's best as | set is his uncanny shiftiness but he also packs a hefty wallop in his looping rights. Although the University’s en trants last year fell somewhat short of expectations, there is lit tle likelihood that such will be the case this year. Coach Knox has J picked only two boxers out of his ! promising squad because of their ; excellent condition and experience, ; for he wishes to avoid a repetition of last year’s disaster when several of the team were inexperienced and others in ill conditions. Since NOW: FRIDAY SATURDAY Date Her ip For a Hotsy T.tsy Time I | See the “IT” GIRL In Her Latent C LA IV A IN "The Saturday Night Kid" treat ’em rough. Tin1 iginal Saturday Night Kid take ’em as they eome re ’em and leave ’em.” ie pluekv, spunky, .slangy, vable little shop-girl. The t” gill in her greatest hit. J COMEDY “CRAZY DOINGS” PATHE NEWS Eob has decided to unlimber his own heavy artillery there is no doubt but what the presence of the University team will be felt. Students Invited To Join Oratorio John Stark Evans Wants More Singers Although more than 200 towns people and students are already enrolled in the Eugene Oratorio so ciety for its presentation of Haydn's "Creation” this spring, there is still room for more sing ers, according to John Stark Ev ans, director. "I will be very glad to have more students, particu larly men,” he said. “Those who are singing are enjoying it very much. This is a fine opportunity for students who want to sing and are not members of the glee clubs or polyphonic choir.” Mr. Evans also urges faculty members who arc interested to try out. Any member of the voice de partment faculty can be seen for a try-out. The presentation of the famous Haydn music, will be made in May at McArthur court on elaborate scale with an orchestra from the University and especially selected THEATRE STARTING TOMORROW For Three Days with n Jach „ Dudianan^j Jason Robards Zasu Pitts A Clarence Badger Production Based on play by Martin Brown. With color scenes by Tec h nicolor process. A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE VITA PHONE ACTS NEWS LAST TIMES TODAY “Sailors Holiday” Adults 25c Children 10c H E 8 L I G LAST TIMES SATURDAY Continuous Shows 1:00 Till 11:00 |WARNER mOS.present MONTE and Sunday and Monday soloists, to be announced later. Rehearsals are held each Mon day night at 8 o'clock at the school of music auditorium. All students singing in the poly phonic choir and the glee clubs are members of the oratorio so ciety. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A HIT WITH HER, TAKE HER TO THE SENIOR RAI.U. r "■ ■ 11 —■ The National Panhellenic cong ress held the first meeting of its existence on the Ohio State camp us last week. CLASSIFIED ADS PIANO JAZZ—Popular songs im mediately; beginners or ad vanced; twelve-lesson course. Waterman System. Leonard J. Edgerton, manager. Call Stu dio 1672-W over Laraway’s Mu sic Store, 972 Willamette St. tf 1 fox McDonald “The Finest Sound in Town” Welcome Dr. Spears N. B.—Coach Spears and the team will be guests of honor at the Fox McDonald on Monday night. . . . Big Do ings. . . . Plan to be there. And Now— Starting SUNDAY Comes BETTY COMPSON and GRANT WITHERS A gay comedy drama of col legiate life, shocks, stocks and flirtations, misunderstood wives. Girls! — College Pep! — College Songs! Sco and hear its gorgeous humor! LAST TIMES TODAY MAURICE CHEVALIER The Love Parade AN ERNST LUBITSCH PRODUCTION JEANETTE Macdonald LUPINO LANE LILLIAN ROTH CONTINUOUS 1 to 11 P. M. j REX FOX SUNDAY Brings— presents -r*V 0ie . jDunccm' METRO. 1 coLpfoyn MATER C ALL.... TALKING ZANE GREY “THE I.ONE STAR RANGER”