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» Go to Jinx Tonight the Junior class is in augurating a new all-campus dance, the Junior Jinx. Everybody go, make it a huge success and it’s bound to tally as the initial number of an annual event. VOLUME XXXII NUMBER 31 OREGON SPIRIT IS ON THE WAR PATH!-RALLIES ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY-ANY TIME-ANY PLACE RALLY SPIRIT SWEEPS OVER CAMPUS 3 Choppie Parke Likely to Start At Kitz’s Half Spears Concentrates on Aerial Defense for Beaver Passes Forsta Scheduled To Call Signals; Men Peppy During Workout Despite the drizzling rain and a water-soaked gridiron, Dr. Clar ence Spears Webfoot football team showed plenty of spirit in the last hard workout on Hayward field Thursday night before the crucial ‘‘Civil War” battle with the Ore gon State Beavers at Corvallis Sat urday. Doc had the boys on edge for the battle and they ran through their plays with lots of pepper. Doc spent the afternoon working his team on a suitable defense against the highly touted Beaver passing attack and the Webfoot backs were consistently knocking down passes from the Oregon State formations. Some time was also spent ironing out the rough spots in the Oregon offensive plays and drilling the Webfoots on their own aerial attack. Kitz Still Out Meanwhile Captain Johnny Kitz miller, the Webfoot backfield ace who was injured in the U. C. L. A. game here last week, discarded his crutches for a cane and was re ported to be improving steadily under the care of Bill Hayward, varsity trainer. Whether or not Kitz will be able to play against the Orangemen is still a problem and both Hayward and Spears have about given up hope of hav ing him in shape for the battle. Hayward has rigged up an artific ial tendon for his leg but Kitz is still unable to walk. Spears has been working hard with his backfield trying to find the strongest combination to put on the field again the Beavers and it is likely that he will start Chop pie Parke at the halfback post left vacant by the injury to Kitzmiller. Parke has shown great improve ment during the practice sessions this week and has moved up from third string berth to the first string. Parke is built along the lines of Howard Maple, who made football history for Oregon State, and is a shift open field runner. Jack Erdley, Sam Rotenberg, and Ed Moeller round out the probable starting backfield. Forsta Calls Signals Eric Forsta, who has played great football at center for the Webfoots, will probably call the signals for the Oregon eleven against the Beavers. Forsta is a great man when it comes to diag nosing plays and he is considered one of the brainiest players on the squad. The Staters are expected to have a big job on their hands if they elect to try and advance through (Continued on Page Three) Four Girls Stage Nocturnal Battle rpUE advent of winter to some means snow and icy pave ments and skiing in the hills, to others it means “term shirts” and slickers and leather coats, to others it means long sessions in Condon cramming for exams, but to the frosh of Susan Camp bell hall it means—mud! And mud, to these same frosh, means ammunition. Facing the prospect of waiting until after Christmas before snowballing can begin in earnest, Marguerite Blake and Catherine W'attson last night challenged Mary Dan iels and Barbara Gabriel to a battle of the ages, in the form of a mud-slinging barrage. Kin caid field, in the shadow of the new museum, was chosen as the scene of ihe conflict, and pa jamas and overalls, miscellane ously assorted, were the garb of combat. Mud flew, screams rang out in the dark, and the fighting soon came to close quarters. At the cessation of hostilities, the out come was still a matter for speculation, and possibly argu ment, among the ringside spec tators. Monday Will Not Be Holiday Even If Oregon Wins 11 o’Clock Classes Will Be Dismissed Saturday for Rally Train Monday will not be a holiday, even though Oregon should be vic torious over O. A. C., Hugh L. Biggs, dean of men, announced yesterday. As a result of a meeting of rep resentatives from the faculty and student body yesterday afternoon, it was decided that classes will be held Monday, since all 11 o’clock classes are to be dismissed Satur cay morning to enable students to catch the rally train. The committee, which was com posed of Dean Biggs and Dean Karl W. Onthank from the admin istration, George Cherry, president 01 the student body, John Creech, yell leader, and Brian Mimnaugh, rally chairman, request all stu dents to cooperate in enforcing their decision. On the Monday after the Ore gon-Washington game classes were disrupted by an unofficial rally which freshmen, unacquainted with the University procedure concerning the declaration of holi days, started. Since all requests for holidays have been officially made through this committee in past years, the 1 members desire uninformed stu- j de.its to observe this plan. If Oregon should win, however, (Continued on Page Two) Co-Eds Accused of Innocence By Debater From Liverpool By RUTH DUPUIS “I was astonished by the atmos phere of childish innocence at the sorority houses. I would rather have discovered some of your girls than to have discovered America.” B. J. Crehan, English debater from 1he University of Liverpool, receiv ed some interesting impressions from the Dime Crawl, which he atteended Wednesday night. With his colleague, D. Hope Elletson of St. John's College, Oxford univer sity, he was taken to several of the sorority houses on the campus for the Crawl. "I was dancing with a young lady at the Chi Omega house. I told her that when I was in New York I heard a lecture on Keats. The young lady said, ‘Oh, yes. Mr. Crehan, but what exactly are keats?’ ” “I hope that this is not a symbol of the culture of the American wo man,” Mr. Crehan said ruefully. "The women are much shyer than we would have thought,” he said. “In England we were led to expect the American women to be . extremely broad-minded. The Eng lish women are much the same as your girls here except that the American girls are prettier.” Besides being astonished at the childish innocence of the sorority girls, the Englishman found the girls to be curiously eager to give | them the benefit of their inexper i ience.” Mr. Crehan says everything with a twinkle in his voice as well as his eyes, and it is rather hard to ! guess his meaning at times. The , listener finds himself wary and : listening very attentively for the cleverly hidden double meanings (Continued on Page Four) t OREGON MARCHING SONG A J*An IT*#** Students Object ^ MURDEROUS plot is brew ing in the chemistry de partment. The victims? Any journalism student can tell you. It seems that the chemistry students first tried to drown the promising young journalists by letting the sink run over in the laboratory. Water ran down in torrents on the poor, unsuspect ing students in a journalism class room. Now it is acid! Some young scientist, on mur der bent, has spilled acid on the laboratory floor and now it drips down on those in the class room beneath. "I can stand to be hit in the face with that awful gas they make up there,” said one jour nalism girl, tearfully voicing the sentiments of her group,” and I can stand to be drenched with water, but when it comes to be ing bathed in acid—I rise to pro test!” President Hall Is Enjoying Hawaii Drops of Acid Message Received Telling Of His Arrival There A cablegram reporting the safe arrival of Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall in Honolulu was received yester day by Mrs. Marian Ager, secre tary to President Hall. The message, sent at 10:30 in the morning, was written in code and consisted of two words: ADBEI, AHAEL. When trans lated according to the Western Un ion code they read: “Arrived all right. Pleasant passage. Advise friends. Am feeling better.” Dr. Hall plans to spend four weeks in Hawaii swimming in the surf and playing golf. He took the trip on doctor’s orders as he had had no vacation during the past year. Shortage on Bulletins Along with the 40 per cent in crease in enrollment in the grad uate school this year, the graduate office has exhausted its supply of graduate bulletins. This shortage will no doubt has ten the publication of the 1931 bul letin which usually put out in the spring, according to Dean George ^ Rebec. Emerald to Sponsor Contest For Words to March Song November 27 Set as Date For Lyrics To Be Turned in . A new Oregon song is waiting for words. When a greater Oregon band plays the “Oregon Marching Song" for the future University, the stu dent body will rise to sing the words which some Oregon student this year will write for the music already written by John Stark Evans. The Emerald is sponsoring a contest to find words for the song, which has been played at rallies and football games this year, and is giving every Oregon student a chance to learn the tune and sup ply the lyric. Students may enter as many verses as they wish, and are given until Thanksgiving day to hand them to contest manager. The "Oregon Marching Song” was written by John Stark Evans this summer while visiting in Chi cago. It was written expressly for the students and at the suggestion of George Cherry, student presi dent. Several years ago "The Pledge Song,” also written by Mr. Evans, but for the glee club, was adopted as an Oregon song. At the beginning of this year the music for the song was given to John Stehn, director of the Uni versity band, who arranged the music for the band. At the Port land and Seattle rallies previous to the Washington game the song was played and well received. Ore gon students first heard the tune during this game and found it catching and inspiring. It has been the practice of yell leaders at the football games where it has been played this fall (Continued on Page Pour) Carnegie Representative to Be in Eugene Next Tuesday Miss Amy Jones Will Visit International Relations Club Here Miss Amy Heminway Jones, di- ! vision assistant of the Carnegie i Endowment for International: Peace, will visit Eugene on Tues-1 aay, in the interest of the Inter-1 j rational Mind Alcoves which have j j been established by the Endow-! ment in the public library of this j city, and the International Rela tions club of the University, of which she is national executive secretary. Miss Jones has been associated with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace since 1912, and has been particularly active in recent years in establishing Inter national Relations clubs in colleges and universities throughout the United States. During the past summer, Miss Jones formed six of these student groups in colleges in Mexico, where she was a member ol the seminar at the University or Mexico. She has been active in interna tional affairs since 1911 when she became connected with the Amer Mihs Amy Heminway Jones, of ficial of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will visit the Oregon campus Tuesday, No vemiier 18. ican embassy in Berlin. She has traveled extensively in Europe and the United States doing research and library work. She is prominent in several organizations of national and international character, and in addition is interested in the pub lishing angle of the international question, serving on the committee (Continued on Page Four) Junior Jinx at Igloo Tonight New Tradition Pep, Originality to Feature All-Campus Informal Following Game First Big Affair Planned As Bully Celebration For Grid Tilt Pep and originality will feature the first annual Junior Jinx, an all-campus informal dance to be held at McArthur court tonight from 9:45 p. m. to midnight, fol lowing the Oregon Frosh-O. S. C. Hook football game to be played on Hayward field. With the dance, the class of 1932 will Introduce a new tradition to the campus, and one that it hopes following classes will carry on. The Jinx jubilee dance will be in the nature of a rally celebration be tween the two football games in which Oregon and Oregon State teams will meet. The Jinx will be an informal af fair, but campus clothes will not be in order, Art Potwin, junior class president, and Jack Edlef sen, chairman of the dance corn tee, said yesterday. Dance Feature Planned Jimmy Purcell’s eight-piece Old Mill orchestra has been secured for the affair and will play at the south end of the Igloo floor under a sound shell that will send every note from the band to the farth est corners of the hall. The feat ure of the evening will be a tap dance by Hal Hatton and Marian Camp. McArthur court will be trans formed today by crews of decora tors into a gala setting for the dance. Decorations will be in the football motif, pennants and gaily colored signs being placed around the walls. Spotlights in the bal cony will add to the effectiveness of the lighting. A smooth floor is promised for the dance by Sol Director and his helpers. Spangles will be used on the floor to improve the dance sur face. Tickets in Demand Tickets to ‘the Jinx were going fast yesterday in all men’s living organizations, according to reports received from the house and hall representatives. Admission will be 50 cents a couple. An invitation to the entire cam pus to attend the first Junior Jinx dance was issued last night by Potwin. ‘‘In order to make this a successful campus tradition, its in auguration must go over big. The whole campus is invited to join in the rally spirit at the dance to night. The committees under Jack Edlefsen have worked hard and have everything in readiness.” 4FIying Dutchman’ Receives Honor ‘Voice of the Air’ Features Oregon Grid Captain John Kitzmiller, star halfback of the University of Oregon foot ball team, was featured on the front page of the last issue of 1 “Voice of the Air,” a national photo publication. He was pictured in a typical position, that of making one of his long punts. He was shown i against a background composed of a large stadium packed with spec tators. Quoting “Voice of the Air,” "Johnny Kitzmiller, star halfback of the strong Oregon team, who is the leading scorer in the Pacific Coast conference, is representative of the type of husky individual who exerts skill, strength and stamina to give the country its football thrills." 'Let’s Beat The Staters’ Is Student War Cry as Mob Parades Streets Bigger and Better Rally Is Planned for Tonight In Front of Westminster House; Baz William To Talk BULLETIN! A huge pep rally will be held at 7:40 this morning in front of Condon hall and every student on the campus is requested to be on hand. Rooters’ lids will be in order and members of the Order of the 0 and the varsity yell staff will be on hand to lead the affair. /"\RKGON SPIRIT is on the warpath ! Signs of a groat revival of that old fight that lias hauled Oregon grid teams out of the cellar into championship form, that fight that has shown to thousands that games are not entirely won by a star half back, broke forth last night with burning torches, hoarse cries, and the wail of the well-known Aggie chant, as a howling, victory-demanding mob serpentined the campus, in anticipation of what will truly be the “battle of the century.” Starting up near the Phi Dolt corner, a spark of enthusi asm broke spontaneously, it caught fire, and before long the Opening Events Of Internationa] Week Scheduled Festivities Slated To Start With Forum Hour in Each House A forum hour of side lights on international affairs to be held in each living organization on the campus is me opening event planned for In ternational week, December 1 to 7, lit was announced ;!ate yesterday by Calvin Bryan, president of the directorate for ! the affair, and , a Mildred Mcuee, Cal Bryan program chair man. The discussion hour, which i‘i to follow immedaitely after din ner on Tuesday evening, will be conducted by a representative to each house—fifty speakers in all. Further plans in the preliminary schedule include a general assem bly on Wednesday night in which pictures will be shown depicting the work of the League of Nations and the International Labor group. Thursday is to be taken up with speeches and addresses by various speakers of importance. Friday night schedules the banquet and the talk by the principal speaker of the week, who will be announced l8ter. Arthur Markewitz, the repre sentative of the Cosmopolitan club, is general chairman in charge of the pageant to be presented on Sat urday night. The theme will cen ter around a night in a Bohemian inn with the various nationalities (Continued on Page Three) hwhole campus was surging with yells, and crys, the gist of which seemed to consider that Beaver meat was the order for Saturday night dinners. Flaming torches led the procession, the steady boom-boom of a bass drum beat time as several hundred men filed through houses and halls. Students Declare War It was truly a declaration of war. If all that coaches and play ers say about half of a game be ing won in the stands is true, the Staters are as good as beaten, ’cause Oregon fight is at fever pitch, and Oregon fight can’t be beaten. Signs about the campus seemed to indicate that the flare was not by any means a temporary one. Houses were planning impromptu pep rallies, the yell staff and rally committee were making prepara tions for the biggest and wildest rally of the year, to begin just before the Rook game tonight, at 6:30 in front of the Fiji house. Biian Mimnaugh, chairman of the rally committee, last night issued an appeal to every house and every individual to bring out every type of noise-making device, "everything from baby rattles to steam engines.” After making the rounds of the different halls of residence, the rooters will finally congregate in front of Westmin ster house, where speeches are ex pected to sway the crowd, and yells to sway the brick walls of the Fine Arts building. Baz Williams To Talk Baz Williams will be one of those who will speak and he has promised to do his utmost to bet ter even the most fiery talk he has made in past years. Williams played on the Oregon football team back around 1918 under the regime of Hugo Bezdek and played against Harvard in the greatest of Oregon intersectional games. With the campus in a state of rally frenzie, it is expected that (Continued on Page Two) Vagaries of the Human Walk Health Discussion Subject Few people associate the laws of gravity with the way they walk, except that sometimes they might consider their feet heavy. Like wise not many folks know that the Greek philosophers were also dancers. These unusual facts about human movements were re vealed by Miss Marjorie B. For chemer yesterday, while discussing "Health Week,” to be observed on the campus November 17-21 under the sponsorship of the W. A. A. How do you walk ? Miss For chemer proposes the following test questions: Do you shamble along with loosely hinged joints, sagging shoulders and top-heavy cranium, or do you walk with real vitality as man was made to walk ? Are you down in the heels, flat of chest and heavy in the head or do you look the world in the face and see two blocks ahead ? In rhyth mic classes, she says, one discerns walks and walks, but rarely, some times never, does one find the walk of beauty, the walk which is free, energized, a composite of grace and agility. Only the few use the laws of gravity carrying the weight forward, chest up, head high and propelling the whole from behind with an active intelli gent push off from the ball of the foot. “Just watch the human drama which passes before you in a walk. It’s much more interesting than palm reading! "Did you know that the Greek philosophers danced, the Greek athletes danced, that all Greece danced? In Sparta dancing with music took the leading place in the curriculum of the state schools, the dance because it formed not (Continued on Page Three)