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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1932)
Swim Squads Will Compete This Season Decision Made To Have Oregon W ater Teams Varsity, Frosh Mermen To Show Wares in Meets; Prospects Poor Oregon will have both varsity and freshman swimming squads this year. The fate of the aquatic teams was in the hands of the swimmers, and they decided at a meeting yesterday that the Uni versity should put aggregations out for competition. Lack of finance has caused the abandonment of water sports at: the Northwest colleges this year, ; with the result that rivalry is rather scanty. The varsity mer men will probably have two meets with Oregon State early in Febru ary, one here and the other in Cor vallis. No other contests are on tap so far. Without Definite Schedule The frosh swimmers are without a definite schedule, but dual meets with Salem high school, Pacific university, and Willamette univer sity may be obtained. Both varsity and yearling water polo teams v/ill probably see action in a few tilts with outside squads. As far as varsity prospects go, they appear considerably poorer than they did at the end of last season. Only five lettermen are out for the team, and only 10 nu meralrnen are going through their paces. The lettermen turning out are Charley Foster, Paul Lafferty, Bob Needham, Sam Nigh, and Francis Oglesby. The numeralmen are Robert An derson, Bill Douthit, Homer Gou let, Wally Hug, Lee Laurin, How ard Nachtman, Mervin Rodda, Don Stevenson, Ladd Sherman, and Jim Brooke. Gaping holes were left in the team by the loss of several letter men and two brilliant yearlings, Jim Corson and George Risehmul ler. Jack Hewitt, swimming coach, sorely misses water fiends like Steve Fletcher, Mac Miller, Pal mer McKim, Harrison Spain, A1 Edwards, and several other mer men. Much Work Planned Hewitt has indicated that hard and plenty of work is to be the diet for the aspirants on the frosh and varsity combinations to make up for the loss of practice due to the indecision as to whether Oregon would show her mettle on water this year. He has announced the following schedule for practice: The varsity candidates will work A Coach Again Jack Hewitt will again lead the Webfoot water stars this year. Swimming was put back on the list of competitive sports yester day by vote of the swimmers themselves. out on every week-day except Sat urday, from 4:30 to 6 p. m. The Ducklings will plow through the waters of the men’s pool on Tues days, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 2 to 4:30 p. m. and on one of the other weekdays also. The divers are slated to go through their paces at the women's pool beginning at 7:30 p. m. on Mon days, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Foreign Fellowship Offers Received by Dean Ontliank An interesting opportunity for graduate study abroad was con tained in information received re cently by Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel administration. A number of foreign study fellow ships are being offered under the sponsorship of the various student exchanges of the Institute of In ternational Education. These scholarships include study in one of several countries includ ing Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, i Spain, and Switzerland. More de tailed information as to require ments of eligibility, time for filing applications, etc., may be obtained from the bulletins on the bill board at the main library. Evans To Present First Twilight Organ Recital John Stark Evans’ first twilight j organ recital for this term will be 1 held Sunday at 5 o’clock at the Music building. Tchaikowski’s “Andante” from the “Fifth Symphony,” and “Sym phonic Tone Poem — Finlandia,” and “Valse Triste” by the great Finnish composer, Sibelius, will comprise the first part of the pro SUNDAY-MONDAY - TUESDAY Laugh Time Is Coming With the 4 Greatest Come dians in the happiest hit of the year! CHESTER CONKLIN FORI) STERLING LEON ERROL W. C. FIELDS Hail! The One and Only— And the four greatest laff men on the screen. Marilyn MILLER! Dancing eyes! Sunny smiles! A heart-disturbing sensation in rmuesTY L o v-e Matinees 15c Until 6:00 with BEN LYON and W. C. FIELDS LEON ERROL FORD STERLING. C HESTER CONKLIN t Evenings 25c Any Seat IN THE PRESS BOX - With Bruce Hamby —■ Genial Clarence Spears, Oregon’s doctor of medicine and football, has some very definite ideas of nis own on toot ball rule changes. Contrary to the opinion voiced at the recent foot ball coache s' meeting in New Vork that the "ootball as played today has reach ed the peak of perfection, Spears Doc Spears believes that many changes and improvements can be made. Yesterday afternoon the writer visited Doc at his home. While he is impatiently waiting for word from the doctors in Portland that wrill let him go out, he is eagerly planning for the coming football season, spring practice in particu lar. Doc underwent a much more serious operation during the Christmas holidays than most of his friends realized. It will be at least a month before he will be able to leave the house and start actual work on the 1932 grid sea son. We were especially interested in finding out just what suggestions Doc would have in regard to a change in rules. Ever since the finish of the past season, fans throughout, the country have been clamoring for some change that will eliminate roughness and speed up the game. "Placing the ball back on the 50-yard line for the kickoff would be a good change,” Doc said. "In the first place, it would give the defense a chance to go down under the ball faster and prevent an ef fective wedge formation. As a re sult there would be more open play and less chance for any in juries on the kickoff. And also, about fifty per .cent of the time the kickoff would go over the goal line and the ball would be put in play on the twenty-yard line. I would like to see some experiment made in this line. "It is obvious that there are still improvements possible in the game, particularly in regard to the dead spots such as those caused! by incompleted forward passes.” Concerning the possible elirrtina tion of the more dangerous ele ments of the game, Doc chuckled as he told about Westbrook Pegler's suggestion that rabbit punches were one of the greatest causes of casualties. “In all my experience as a player,” he said, “I never saw anyone dealing out rabbit punches, nor since I have been a coach have any of my play ers ever mentioned receiving one.” When asked what he thought of! the recently advanced suggestion of a University of Washington ; professor that the number of play-1 ers on a team be cut to nine, Doc ! stated that it might result in j opening up the game. Such a I change would undoubtedly speed up the game, and place more of a premium on speed and less on weight. And also, he added, in crease the size of the scores. The Washington professor’s idea was to eliminate the two tackles, leav ing only five men on the line. William Hunter, director of ath letics at the University of South ern California and representative of the coaches’ rule committee in this region, has written to Spears asking for his suggestions in re gard to any possible changes. Just what changes he would suggest, j the doctor refused to mention. Although we had determined not to bring up the matter of chang ing the name of Oregon's athletic teams again, it might be interest ing to note Spears' ideas on the matter. "While I have been ‘quoted’ by most everyone as favoring first one side and then the other, I really haven't thought a great deal about the matter. But I do think that there could be a better name for Oregon's teams than Webfeet, and I believe that Pioneers would fit them quite well. For despite what critics of the name say, Ore gon is really the Pioneer state of the West, and the name would carry a great deal of distinction. "When we were in New York, sports writers in talking to me would invariably ask for the nick name of the Oregon team. When I stated that it was Webfeet, they just as invariably asked if that was the only name the team had, and commented on the inappropri ateness of ‘Webfeet’ as a name for a football team. When I told them no, many of them coined the in appropriate title of ‘Yellow Jack ets’ for the Oregonians.” gram, which will be concluded by “Midsummer Caprice,” composed by Edward F. Johnston, and “Bells of St. Agne de Beaupre,” a de scriptive composition by Russell. The twilight organ recitals will be about forty minutes long. They will not conflict with Sunday con certs at McArthur court, accord ing to Mr. Evans. MOVIE RECORD OF TOUR WILL BE SHOWN HERE (Continued from Page UncJ Shanghai, invasion of Chinese :oastal waters by Japanese de STARTS SUNDAY The Greatest Picture in 13 Years Tup “Champ” with Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper at SENSIBLE PRICES MATINEES All Seats 25c EVENINGS Balcony 25c Lower Floor 35c wtsr coast TMUfim REOPENS SUNDAY Sensible Prices MATINEES All Seats 10c EVENINGS All Seats 20c Charles Farrell Madge Evans in “Heartbreak” First Kan in Eugene stroyers, and Japanese fortified areas around Tientsin are pictured. Four Shows Planned Four shows are to be given in order to enable all students and townspeople to see the pictures. The first will -be at 4 Tuesday af ternoon ,and others will follow at 6:30, 8, and 9. Two short subjects will complete the two-hour program. This Eugene showing wili be the first time the complete pictures of the tour have been shown. By popular demand in Portland, the films will be shown at the public auditorium on the afternoon and evening of Monday, January 18. Bring your RADIO or ELECTRICAL Troubles to DOTSONS RADIO SERVICE Phone 1824 — 11th and Oak fliTTiTTMl Matinee at LAST 2 Today TIMES TODAY —in— Hjonfce^i ff| Business a H <2 paramount (filture lllll COMING SUNDAY with Claudette Colbert Lieutenant ■B Cl Qaramount picture Another Colonial Greater New Year Hit HOOP SCHEDULE The complete Oregon basket ! ball schedule for 1932: January 8—Idaho at Moscow. January 9—Idaho at Moscow. January 11—W. S. C. at. Pull | man. January 12—W. S. C. at Pull man. * January 13—G o n z a g a at Spokane. January 18—Idaho at Eu gene. January 19—Idaho at Eu gene. January 25—Washington at Eugene. January 26—Washington at Eugene. January 30—0. S. C. at Eu gene. February 5—Washington at Seattle. February 6—Washington at Seattle. February 12—W. S. C. at Eu gene. February 13—W. S. C. at Eu gene. February 20—0. S. C. at Cor vallis. February 26—0. S. C. at Eu gene. February 27—0. S. C. at Cor vallis. ♦Non-conference game. WOBBLING MONETARY RATIOS IRK MANAGER (Continued from Page One) 20 always equals 100. But not so in China. It takes six 20-cent pieces to make a dollar. Mone tarily speaking, China is in a di lemma—but not half the dilemma in which we found ourselves when trying to keep up with the changes in currency. “First, China has ‘little money’ and ‘big money.’ Little money isn’t worth as much as big money, but no one seems to know why. Lit tle money is silver and big money is paper. One reaches in his pocket, drags out a roll of bills that would put Carnegie to shame, hands one of the impressive sheets of paper to a rickshaw man, and feels like he had just parted with $500, although it was probably worth only two and one-half cents. “Money good in Hongkong isn’t good in Canton. What is good in either city isn’t good in Shanghai. And in Peiping—well, only a pleas ant smile will pass at par. “The Japanese yen played us a dirty trick. While we were there, its value stayed at par hence our living expenses were at par. Three days after we left it dropped about one-fourtli. Of course, it couldn’t have dropped earlier and saved us one-fourth of our expenses. “Currencies were by no means the only fly in our financial oint ment. Two other potent oriental factors continually threatened to make red marks on our balance sheet—salesmen and beggars. “The salesmen in India are the best in the world. One time in Agra I arrived on the scene just in time to prevent Dave and Roger from signing a contract to buy the Taj Mahal for the Oriental Art museum. Roger was not to be foiled in his negotiations, so he purchased the building in minia ture. “The first things we purchased in the tropics were sun helmets or ‘topees.’ The salesman, recog nizing us as newcomers, sold us hats that would permanently mark us as such. They were the kind worn by movie stars in South Sea pictures. They were marked with peculiar knobs on the tops which were unlike the knobs worn by old-timers. With this marking af fixed to our helmets, we were le gitimate game for anyone who wanted to get rich quick. “Needless to say, our trail through India was strewn with countless disappointed beggars and salesmen.’’ Faculty Members Plan Discussions ; On Values in Life — Westminster Association Sponsors Addresses For Freshmen A series of lectures on the ques tion, "What are the greatest val i lies in life," to be given by mem bers of the University faculty and sponsored by the Westminster as j sociation of Oregon for the bene fit of the freshman group, will open Sunday morning, January 10, at 9:45. Dean Landsbury of the school of music will discuss the greatest values of life as he sees 1 them or has found them from his own experience. Max Adams, University pastor, believes that the plan will give students an opportunity to get an intimate acquaintance with the professors that would impossible otherwise in a university of this size. “One of the chief values of an education is the relationship be tween students and the faculty,” he maintains. Each of the professors taking part in this series will talk of their own experience as to what they have found most satisfying in life. Freshmen interested are invited to take advantage of this opportunity. Ernest G. Moll, professor of Eng lish, will discuss the question as he sees it January 17. Professor Don ald M. Erb of the economics de partment will speak to the group January 24. Others, including President Arnold Bennett Hall, will talk on future programs at Westminster house. The freshman group plans to sponsor a social hour in conjunc tion with their regular discussion program. GUILD THEATRE MADE READY FOR WAR PLAY (Continued from Page One) Inside the shelter all is dark ex cept for the candles, which cast weird shadows over the crude walls and uneven ceiling, and an occasional reflection cast by the Very lights which are being sent up over no man's land. A rough table made of packing cases, two cots made from the same material, and four boxes which are used for chairs ma-1’ *he extent of the fur niture withm i> ' retreat. Old burlap, veiy dirty and mold eaten, hungs in tatters from the corners, where it had been placed in an effort to absorb some of the moisture seeping into the shelter. Back stage, out of sight of the audience are the implements of war. The deep booms of the can non and the constant rumble of ar tillery from up “Wipers” way rumble through the empty theatre at rehearsals. A machine gun, filled with blanks and muffled will add a touch of realism when the battle opens just outside the dugout. Cellophane covered spots will rep resent the Very lights which are continually rising over the terri tory between the enemy trenches and whose light is at times cast weirdly over the interior of the dugout. And while the stage construc tion goes on, the cast, under Mrs. Seybolt, head of the drama depart ment, is at work putting on the finishing touches, getting ready for the opening performance Thursday evening, January 14. All seats are selling for 50 cents and it is possible to get reservations early by calling the drama office, 3300, local 217, or by seeing Charles Jones, business manager DELAYED INTERVENTION SURPRISE TO DR. NOBLE (Continued from Page One) prising that our government has publicly pointed out to Japan its obligations. It is only surprising Campus Has New Literary Organ; Published Next Week If, within the next few days, you happen to hear or see the word “Ducdame,” don’t be shocked or j mystified: it is neither a brand new disease nor is it a social error. It is a magazine. It will be a magazine of stories, poems, and woodblocks— the work of Ore gon students, for Oregon students. From the sanctum of the edito rial board comes this statement: “We are competing neither with Ballyhoo nor Athlete’s Foot; we are only endeavoring to give the campus a literary organ.” From this it may be gathered that the student body will henceforth be-' , come articulate. Publication of the magazine is scheduled for the latter part of next week, and it will be placed on sale on several campus and downtown news stands, and the Co-op. It will aloo be put ou i stands in Portland, at the Univer sity of Washington, at O. S. C., and at Reed college. The price of the magazine will be 25 cents. The edition is limited; each copy will be numbered. In the past, several such maga zines have been started, but they have not been as successful as they might have been. According to the editors, every attempt has been made not to repeat the mis takes made by these previous pub lications, and they are confident that, even in this year of grace, a magazine may be started that will continue for some time; may be come a permanent institution. The magazine will have a general ap peal and will be wide in scope, since at the present time there are many campus writers of consider able ability and versatility. Lit erary contributions will be invited. Snapshot Editor Of Oregana Asks Still More Photos UWHEN you were home Christ mas, (lid you remember to dig out that snapshot you took of your roomie climbing in the window last year or the one you got of your girl when she was n’t looking? If not, be sure to get them sent to you or hunt them up sometime soon, for Jack Bel linger, school year editor of the Oregana, wants them for his section. Leave them with him, if he’s a round, or just put them in the box provided for them in the Emerald news room at the Shack. that the United States has been so dilatory in deciding to take this action,” “If the machinery created for peace created since the World war, which includes the nine-power treaty and the Kellogg Anti-war pact, is to be of the slightest util ity, and if these agreements are not to become mere ‘scraps of pa per,' it is of the utmost importance that a nation which violates its pledges by warlike or aggressive actions should be recalled to a re membrance of its duty to the rest of the world. All the peace move ments, otherwise, in the world would be useless and wasteful of the time and money spent upon them,” Dr. Noble concluded. FACULTY TO VISIT COURT The faculty of the University of Oregon school of law will leave Tuesday noon for Salem where they will pay a visit to the judges of the supreme court and listen to a case before that body. They will return the same day. February 1 Made Edison Marshall Contest Deadline $50 Prize To Go to Winner Of Story Competition At University The closing date for the annual Edison Marshall short story con test has been set at February 1. This contest is sponsored by Edi son Marshall, of the class of ’17, and a well-known present day au thor. The first prize for the con test is $50, and was won last year by Cleta McKennon with her story, "Lovely Child.” Every regularly enrolled student on the campus is eligible for par ticipation in the contest. It is not just for those students who are taking short story writing. Those students who have won the contest before are therefore the only ones barred from handing in a story, according to W. F. G. Thacher, journalism professor, who is in charge. There is no limitations as to the length and the subject matter, and the standards are the same as those of the American European standards. All manuscripts are to be ac companied with a duplicate copy. No name should appear on the story but should be sealed in an envelope with the name of the au thor’s story on the outside, and handed in with the manuscript. Stories must be typed, double spaced, and on one side of the pa per. All manuscripts are to be handed in to Mr. Thacher at the Journalism building. Last year 37 stories were hand ed in. Mr. Haycox, one of the judg es of the contest, said, concerning the judged stories, “These 37 rep resentatives show an encouraging and almost impressive perform ance. “Never mind the bath towel, Mary. This sandwich is made with Williams Bread.” Von don't have to rush the good old Turkish “rubber” onto the scene when Williams Milk Maid Bread slices are heaped with moist and luscious sandwich spreads. Williams Bread has an even, uniform texture. It holds the filling intact. And it keeps your sandwiches chock full of delicious bread flavor. 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