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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1931)
Webfoot Basketball Five To Face Test Against Idaho Vandals Tonight at Moscow - --— --—— Duck Quintet Out To Crack Loss Record Bill Reinhart To Start New Combination in Cellar Berth Struggle Dolp, Stevens, Eberhart v , Boyle, Rotenburg Due To See Play Five hundred miles away from home, at Moscow, Idaho, the Ore gon basketball quintet will once more attempt to break into the win column tonight, this time at the expense of the Idaho Vandals. So far this season Oregon has managed to drop seven conference games in a row. Coach Bill Rein hart has good players and every game played by the Ducks has been a close contest. He has tried several new combinations in an effort to produce a winning five, but to no avail. This time, how ever, he has an entirely new quin tet and is confident that he will be able to take at least one, if A not both, of the Idaho games. Un less there is a last-minute change, the starting lineup will be com posed of Stevens and Dolp, for wards; Eberhart, center, and Boyle and Rotenberg, guards. Vandals Are Fourth At present “Rich” Fox's Van dals are in fourth place in North ern conference standings by vir tue of a surprise victory over the Washington State Cougars. They have a comparatively unexperi enced team, but one that is im proving with each game. Pete Wicks, sensational forward, is one of the leading scorers of the league with 51 points, putting him in eighth place, six points ahead of Dolp, the Webfoot’s high point man. His running mate, Barrett, is not far behind the two. At cen ter Fox has placed Parks, who held Swanson, tall Husky center, down for only six points in the last Husky-Vandal tilt. He is big and fast and fits in perfectly with the Idaho system of play. Hall and \ Drummond, guards, are experi enced men, steady on the defense and crack offensive players. Webfoot Lineup New The change in the Webfoot line up was due to the great showing made by Wally Boyle and Red Rotenberg in the last week’s prac tice sessions Boyle is fast for a guard and is a steady defensive player. Rotenberg, a sophomore, is very aggressive and plays a hard game all the time. The vet eran Eberhart, at center, flashed some of the form that he showed last year in the last Oregon State tilt. Kerm Stevens, shifted from guard to forward, has displayed uncanny ability at long shots and is one of the Ducks’ leading scorers. His running mate will be Vince Dolp, who has played sensa tional ball at times this season. When he is “on,” he is one of the best forwards in the league. Vandal Forward T This is Pete Wicks, one of the star offensive men on the Idaho quintet which will meet the Web foots at Moscow tonight for the first time this season. Tryouts for Women’s Team To Be Next Week - j Tryouts for women's basketball I team positions will be held next | week, preceding interclass games, acording to an announcement giv en by Dorothy MacLean, student manager of intramural basketball. The junior and senior teams will turn out on Monday night. Tues day night is open practice; Wed nesday night the freshmen will tryout, and Thursday is reserved for the sophomores. Teams will be chosen by Dorothy MacLean, Miss Margaret Duncan, coach, the team captains, and the team managers. Following the selection of teams, the game schedule will be announc ed, commencing with the first game on February 23. An innova tion, that of evening games, will be inaugurated this term, and two round robins will be played. NEW RUSSIAN STUDENT REVEALS TRAVEL LOVE (Continued from Fagc One) of the Russian border. Nina is most proud of it and harbors the deepest regard for the Chinese people. “If you want to please me, call me Chinese,” she pleaded. Harbin has a large Russian col ony and is a northern railroad cen ter with several universities and a radio station. It is an important trade center, also. The passenger trains are not as numerous as in America. Sometimes there is only one train during the whole day. The rich people can always man age to secure tickets, but the poor must stand in line—sometimes waiting in the station houses for several days, in the mean time ! sleeping on the floor and eating | as best they can. The children do not attend school until they are nine years old. ac cording to Nina. Then they keep on for eight years in which a high school course is included. There is no choice of subjects—there are no electives whatsoever. Of the languages, French and German is taught and a little English. "Is there any electricity in Eur ope?” was the bewildering ques tion asked of Nina by an informa tion-seeking matron of San Fran cisco about a year ago. Talk of Russia brought similar queries un til Nina discovered a point about Americans for herself: "Mention something about Rus sia to an American and he always thinks of one of two words: vodka and samovar.’’ "I'm going to Europe some day soon.” Nina's eyes lighted up with the prospect. “It’s the only place I haven’t been that I want to see. I’ll go there, too. All one has to do is to wish that he were there, and he’ll be there some day, some how. Don’t you think that’s true?" “Why,—yes.” The “Chinese”-Russian turned to look at the clock. “I wish I were upstairs studying," she said. And so the interview ended. Even a journalist won’t interfere with a charming lady's wish. Independents To Play on Monday International House Loses Chance at Title Smith’s Independents received ample revenge for a previous set back Vt the hands of Interna tional house when they smothered their erstwhile conquerors in straight sets 15-9, 15-0. The win ners will play La Casa Filipina at 4 o’clock Monday to decide who will meet the Phi Delts in the finals Tuesday. International house slowly but surely amassed a lead in the open ing set until they led 7-3. At this juncture the Independents rallied and, after some spirited volleying, knotted the score at 8-all. Frank Smith arrived on the scene then and the score quickly mounted to 15. The second set was closer than the tally sheet indicated with International house failing to get any breaks. Accurate placement shots by Leroy James of 'the Inde pendents featured this set. Pulido, Smith, Inez, Padilla, Allen, Tuttle, and Lee played for International house, while Kjoesness, James, Sprague, Rutherford, F. Smith, and Goodnough were across the net. WOMEN STUDENTS TO HOLD MEET AT 0. S. C. (Continued from rage One) to send delegates to the meeting are Oregon State college, Reed col lege, Pacific university, Pacific college, Willamette university, St. Mary’s college, Ashland Normal school, Monmouth Normal, East ern Oregon Normal, Marylhurst Normal, Liafield college, Albany college, and Mt. Angel college. 7 The most popular ready-to eat cereals served in the y dining - rooms of American colleges, eating clubs and fraternities are made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. They include Kellogg's Corn Flakes, PEP Bran Flakes, Rice Kris pies, Wheat Krumhles and Kellogg’s WHOLE WHEAT Bis cuit. Also Kaffee Hag Coffee —the coffee that lets you sleep. Loss of energy, listlessness, lack of appe tite are signs of constipation. This condi tion is a serious handicap to class and campus life. Yet it can be overcome so easily, so pleas antly. Just eat a delicious cereal: Kellogg’s ALL-BRAN. Two tablespoonfuls daily are guaranteed to give relief. Ask that it be served at your fraternity house or campus restaurant. You’ll enjoy Kellogg* s Slumber Music, broadcast over WJZ and associated stations of the N. B. C. every Sunday evening at 10.30 £. S. T. Also KFI Los Angeles, KOMO Seattle at 10.00, and KOA Denver at 10.30. All-Bran Frosh Win First Swimming Meet Of the Season First Places Taken in All Events; 40-Yard Breast Stroke Close The frosn swimming team won an easy victory over the Eugene high school and the University high, last night in their first meet of the season. The frosh took all first places. Homer Goulet, Cross, Wallace Hug, and Donald Stevenson com posed the winning team in the 160 yard relay. The opposing teams swam not more than five feet apart until the last three laps. Hug and Stevenson increased the lead considerably. Their time was 1:28:. The frosh won the 40-yard breast stroke but were pushed un til the last few feet. James Rodda won this event, although making a slow start. John Blew, frosh, came in second, with Mingus, high school, third. Rodda’s time was :27:. Corson Wins Buck Stroke Corson, frosh, won the 40-yard back stroke with ease. His time was :27 4-5. Vanlydergraf, high school, won second place, and Hitchcock, high school, third. Winners in the other events are as follows: 40-yard free style — Corson, frosh, first: Hug, frosh, second; Lichty, high school, third. Time, :20 Frosh Win Free Style 220-yard free style- Stevenson, frosh, first; Hoffman, high school, second; Lauren, frosh, third. Time, 2:52:. 80-yard breast stroke — Rodda, frosh, first; Cameron, high school, second; Knott, high school, third. Time: 1:1 4-5. 80-yard back stroke — Corson, frosh, first; Lichty, high school, second; Brook, high school, third. Time, 1:6: 100-yard free style Hug, frosh, first; Stevenson, frosh, second; Scroggins, high school, third. Time, 1:1:. Medley relay Won by the frosh. Swum by Corson, Blew, and Sher man. Diving—Sherman, frosh, first; Marlatt, hign school, second; Tur ner, high school, third. PHILOGRAMS ♦ • SPOT DOPE ON PORT NEWS By Phil Cogswell Fight May Return— Despite the fact that reports say the frosh basketeers have sunk a little below sea level in spirits dur ing the week, they can be expect ed to be back in a fighting mood tonight. The four game series with the rooks stands one apiece, and this evening is Oregon’s turn to win. So far the victories have gone to the team which was play ing on its home floor. Quit Too Soon— Mark Temple and LeGrand Houghton, guards, both are good at handling the ball and fit in nice ly with team play. Chuck Wishard also has been doing well as a guard. He and temple are the husky boys from the frosh football team. Coach Callison has had trouble getting the frosh to play a con sistent game. Several times it has worked out that after piling up a good lead themselves, the year lings have been helpless to stop a drive on the part of the oppon ents. In the last rook game the Orangemen came up from way be hind to win by a basket. Another Eberhart— Jim Watts, at forward, seems to be the chief, point getter for the team. He has an advantage of being tall, and has a good high looping style of shooting. Another forward, who has been flashing at times, is a lanky fellow, Joe Wil son. Then from the family of Eb erharts, who have had a member prominent in Oregon basketball for a long time, comes Bill Eber hart. Bill's unlike Jean, is not tall, but he has developed rapidly since the start of the season. Elastic Lillard — There are a lot of good players on the Webfoot yearling squad. Some of them should be varsity stars before long. Joe Lillard, the high jumping center, has a world of possibilities. Joe is under six feet tall yet he can actually jump up and stick his hand six inches above the hoop of the basket. That’s a height of 10 feet 6 inches. Lillard, a great football forward passer, heaves a basketball terrifically hard with either hand. The other night he passed to Temple, who is a solid boy himself. The ball hit Temple on the chin and knocked him flat. Gossip Scarce in German Papers Dr. Spann Believes Press Is More Literary “The German newspaper is both a magazine and a newspaper, and is good reading even several days later,” Dr. Meno Spann, assistant professor of German, said in speak ing of the German press at a luncheon gathering of Sigma Del ta Chi, international professional journalism fraternity, yesterday noon. “It is more literary and not so gossipy in nature as the Ameri can press. There is no society news unless it is of great import ance, such as the marriage of some leading political figure; and there is little local news. Political dis cussions and cultural discussions form a large part of the newspa per material, the Uerman paper usually taking definite stands on the questions of the day,” Dr. Spann continued. History Traced The history of Gorman journal ism was traced by the University instructor, who mentioned travel ing scholars a the first conveyers of news. “The Z'j years' war end ed her literary program at the time, setting Germany back 150 years, so that during England's Elizabethan period, and France's great period, personified in Mo liere, Germany from a literary standpoint was about dead. .Steady development, however, began in the latter part of the eighteenth century resulting in the German ‘newspaper of today,” Dr. Spann concluded. Tliacher To Speak W. F. G. Thacher, professor of English and advertising, will speak in McMinnville today before the Rotary club on the subject of ad vertising. While he is away Dean : Eric W. Allen, professor of jour jnalism. will take his class in ad 1 vertismg. I Main Library Receives Recent Religious Book “Pathways to Certainty” by Williams Adams Brown is one of the latest religious books that the University library has received. The selection was taken from the religious book club list of noted books. The book has been written for those who, confused by the per plexities of modern life, seek some sort of certainty upon which to build a faith in themselves, in their world, and in their God. Professor Brown not only tells how his re ligious convictions arise, but how they can be justified in the face of many adverse claimants. Certain ty must be won by each one for himself, but this book will help point out the way. Those who are troubled by the current teachings of the humanist movement in religion will find much in this book to reassure them. Persons who have read “A Pre face to Morals” and “The Quest for' Certainty" will sucessfulty find an swers to many of their questions. In fact though the book, as Pro fessor Brown explains, was not written for that purpose it may be considered a reply to Mr. Lipp I mann and to Professor Dewey. COLONIAL-Now COMING SI SOM QNLV Ann Harding —in— HOLIDAY Humor Magazine At U. W. Censored; Editor Quits Post Risque Articles Are Target For Faculty Members At Seattle • Handing in his resignation while ihe associated students board of j control was considering a motion I to oust him, Clarence “Tank” Tay- ^ ior, associate editor of the Univer- j sity humor magazine, Columns, quit yesterday because all "copy” must be censored before it is pub lished. This was an outgrowth of recent trouble which had arisen after parents and faculty pro tested that the magazine articles were a bit too daring and risque. Would Not Resign Taylor previously expressed his determination not to resign, ac cording to a statement which the University of Washington Daily allowed him to make in the col umns of the paper, because “that would not change a hard-boiled faculty attitude,” and would not buy him any particular “bananas.” It was decided that all material would be censored by Professor Leslie Ayer, of the law school, be fore it appeared in the magazine. Previous to this decision. Profes sor Ayer reviewed the February issue of Columns, commenting on it, according to the Daily, thus: “Compared with some former is sues, its contrast is notable for the lack of vulgarity.” ' Editor States Stand In speaking of the censorship before it came into effect, Ralph Shaffer, editor, said, “My resigna tion, as I see it, would only serve to further the committee’s in tended purpose of abolishing the magazine. There would be a new and more capable editor, perhaps, but one who would be subjected to the same regulations. I intend to try to cooperate with the fac ulty committee in putting out a magazine of good taste. But 1 do not intend to remove every word or line I am directed to delete.” Statement Is Quoted Taylor’s statement in the Daily reads: “If Dean Ayer wants to usurp Ralph Shaffer’s place as edi tor of Columns, it’s O. K. by me. M aybe the faculty realizes that the students are having all the fun in putting out the publication and resent it. They have a right to their attitude, for any dummy who stops to think is able to see that student affairs aren't student affairs at all but merely a con descending concession. “What burns me up ife the thought necessary to pay serious a HEILIG CONTINUOUS -PERFORMANCES Today and Saturday WAKE UP WORLD . ■ ■ i great STARK JUT MIGHTY NEW peak: LOWELL SHERMAN MARY ASTOR attention to a few unintelligent Christers who have nothing bet ter to do than to write complain ing, meddlesome letters about things they don’t understand and have no sympathy with. If the students don't like it, let them say so; but if ‘the old lady from Dubuque' doesn’t care for it, let her console herself with a few copies of some Sunday school pa pers or an abridged copy of the Bible.” Stetson Reappointed Professor F. L. Stetson, of the school of education, has been re appointed chairman of the Oregon State Teachers association re search committee, acording to an nouncement received yesterday from L. W. Turnbull, president of the organization. This is the third year which Professor Stetson has served on the O. S. T. A. research committee. The committee is in charge of out lining research activities of the organization. PATIENCE AND FAITH REQUISITES IN WORK (Continued from Tage One) having a number of families under her care, is an executive and ad vises the visitors when they have problems which they find difficult to solve. The average salary for this position is $2400 a year. General secretary or executive secretary is the advance. 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