OREGON EMERALD
Published each Wednesday and Satur
day of the school year by the Students
of the University of Oregon.
Entered In the postofllce at Eugene as
second class matter.
Subscription rates, per year, $1.00.
Single copies, 6c. _
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief....R. Burns Powell, ’12
managing Editor.Fen Waite, ’13
Hews Editor.Harold Young, '14
City Editor .Henry Fowler, ’14
Assistants—
Hellle Hemenway, '13
Colton Keek, ’14
Eeland Hendricks, ’16
Associate Editors—
Exchange—George Shantln, ’13
Society—Elizabeth Lewis, ’13
Humorous—William Cass, '14
■sport ers—
Howard Zimmerman, ’13
Anna MoKloken, '13
Elisabeth Busoh, ’13
William McAllen, >14
Flora Dunham, ’14
Bess Cowden, ’14
Ella Sengstake, ’14
Jessup Strang, 'IB
Carlyle Oelsler, ’IB
Euton Aokerson, ’IS
Otto J. Holder, ’14
Dal Xing, ’14
Bobert Farias, ’13
Edna Messenger, ’13
Buford Payne, ’15
Earl Blackaby, ’15
Dale Chessman, ’15
Business Mgr., Wendell C. Barbour,’12
Assistant Manager .Hobert M. Wray, '14
Advertising Manager, .tyman O. Bice, ’14
Assistant .Marsh Goodwin
CMreulatlon Olay Watson, ’IS
Assistant .Bertrand Jerard
Saturday, May 25, 1912.
Merchants Appreciated.
The Emerald wishes to express its
appreciation of the support the Eu
gene business men have given it
during the past year and especially
during the last three months.
They have made it possible to put
out a six page issue twice a week,
and occasionally an eight page issue.
They have helped very materially to
liquidate a debt of $200 and put the
paper on a sound financial footing,
and what is more, they have done
this cheerfully and willingly.
These men are the University’s
true friends, for they are friends in
time of need.
From all points of view this com
monwealth conference has been the
most successful conference of its kind
that has been held in the state. The
attendance is much larger, the
speakers are well up in their subject
matter, the discussions are lively and
to the point, and the subjects touch
vital conditions in our commonwealth
today.
This annual conference has proven
itself to be worth while, and Profes
sor Young and his assistants are de
serving of praise for their constant
efforts, which have at last succeeded
in establishing so worthy an institu
tion.
Homer Billinas, '07, familiarly
known to old students and all pres
ent Glee Club men as “Josh” Bill
inas. has an article in Friday’s Ore
gonian on the equipment of our Uni
versity as compared with other in
stitutions of its kind. Josh shows
that the amount of money expended
in equipment is lower per student for
the University of Oregon than almost
any other state university. The ar
ticle is worth reading and sending
to our doubtful friends.
Efforts to interest the musicians
of Eugene in the Commencement or
chestra. show them to be the most
independent class in the city. Its
hard to force positions on some of
the best of them, so prosperous are
they.
If the voters of Oregon could have
heard Hon. F. E. Beach's address on
the value of a university and the
needs of the Oregon institution, they
surely would undergo a change of
mind.
Oh, how we wish Busher Brown,
financier of Oregon’s rooter funds,.
could find that $110.00 he was going
to pay his band director.
That $100.00 Manager Barbour has
made for the editor is going to taste '
mighty sweet. It’s just like finding
it.
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♦ SAGE OF PODUNK
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Peter Funk says you needn’t worry
about gettin’ a passin’ grade; you’re
bound to pass, either out or in.
You don’t have to hitch your wa
gon to a star to be a high flyer. Try
the chorus.
When a fellow is hard up he has
to come down soft on his pocket
book.
I wrote some junk in playful mood,
To make my sad Prof, laugh;
’Twas neither beans nor body food,
But fashions did I chaff.
0, my sad Prof, refused to smile,
And tasted every pun,
Then solemnly he thought a while,
And asked if that was fun.
B. C., ’14.
Y. M. STAG PICNIC
ENJOYED BY FORTY-SIX
Forty-six men of the varsity en
joyed the Annual Y. M. C. A. Picnic
up the Mill Race, last Saturday after
noon.
Leaving the Dormitory about 4:30
o’clock, the crowd availed themselves
of the canoes and boats furnished by
the Association, and paddled up the
race to the portage, after crossing
the river to the lagoon, where swim
ming, and other aquatic sports were
indulged in, the men gathered around
a fire, while the usual baked beans
and hot dog were dispensed to the
men.
Speeches, given by men in the As
sociation, concerning its aims and
work, and songs occupied the rest of
the evening.
The boats and canoes floated down
the Race in a body, with yells and
Oregon songs closing the fourth an
nual picnic.
PHANTOM BAND MAKES
APPEARANCE IN SERENADE
A phantom band invaded the sor
ority district last night with any
thing but phantom music, and seren
aded lustily. Their rendition of vari
ous well known selections was
marked by the entire absence of any
thing usually known as tune, but it
was full of powerful feeling and
made the welkin ring, at least.
It is rumored, that Abe Blackman
connected with a strictly fresh ranch
egg thrown by Ray Early, and that
some people wished that others had
connected. However, the player of
the first harmonica said, when inter
viewed, that in general their recep
tion was warm.
Miss Lila Sengstake is spending
several days in Portland.
Harry Lytle and Jessup Strang
have gone to Portland for the week
end.
Miss Mae Sheehy, of Portland, is
visiting at the Gamma Phi Beta
house.
The underclassmen at the Tri Delt
house entertained for the upperclass
men Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Green, of Ohio
Wesleyan, Ohio, spent Sunday at the
Alpha Tail Omega nouse.
A few couples remained after the
reception Saturday evening at the
Gamma Phi house to dance.
Mr. W. A. Reynolds and Dr. C. W.
Keene, a former student at this Uni
versity, are at the Beta Theta Pi
house.
Miss Fanny Gregory, ex-’14, who
has been visiting at the Chi Omega
house, returned Thursday to her home
in Astoria.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin, of Klamath
Falls, will stay at the Alpha Tau
Omega house for the rest of the se
mester. They intend making Eugene
their home.
The Gamma Phi Beta formal was
held at the chapter house Saturday,
the townspeople being guests in the
afternoon, and the college peoeple
in the evening.
Miss Myra I.overidge, a former U.
of O. student, and Mr. Jack Cannon,
were married Tuesday evening. The
reception was held at the Chi Omega
house after the ceremony at the
church.
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DRAMATIC CLUB PICNIC
The Dramatic Club will pive
an all day picnic at O’Brien’s,
Sunday, June 2. The rips will be
at the Dormitory at 6:f?0, and
will leave sharply at 7 o'clock.
All members who intend to po,
notify Flora Dunham, or Jessy
Martin, before Wednesday. May
29th.
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* CALENDAR •
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* Tuesday, May 28—German Club *
* Social Meeting, Men’s Dormi- *
* tory. *
* Tuesday, May 28—Seminar on *
* Revolutionary China. Prof. *
* Rebec, Deady Hall, 7 P. M. *
* Eutaxians, Program on Mod- *
* ern China, Dr. Shafer’s room. *
* Thursday, May 30—Decoration *
* Day, holiday. •
* Saturday, June 1—Northwest *
* Conference Track and Field *
* Meet, Portland. *
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Do You Taste City Water?
Roy Fitch, a senior in the depart
ment of chemistry, has been carry
ing on a series of interesting exper
iments to determine whether or not
we can taste any hypochlorite in the
Eugene water. It is quite common
to hear citizens of this city remark
that the water is alright, except for
the disagreeable taste of the chlor
ine, which is placed in the filter to
kill the germs, and which gets
through the filter and into the water
we drink.
In samples containing water from
the mill race, which contained no
hypochlorite, out of 98 who sam
pled, 32 or 33 per cent declared they
tasted hypochlorite. In samples con
taining as much hypochlorite as is
used in filtering, 33 per cent declared
they tasted it.
The table of results shows the fol
lowing:
1 y2 more than filter, 47 per cent
tasted.
2 more than filter, 47 per cent
tasted.
2y2 more than filter, 52 per cent
tasted.
3 more than filter, 81 per cent
tasted.
Now when we consider that 90 per
cent of the hypochlorite which is used
in filtering fails to get through the
filter, and that three times as much
of this chemical as goes into the fil
ter must be added to water before a
majority of the drinkers are able to
discern its presence, we get a good
idea of how great a part auto sug
gestion plays in the determination of
our evidence.
DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA
WILL CONCERN EUTAXIANS
The next regular meeting of the
Eutaxian Literary Society will be
held in Dr. Schafer’s room next Tues
day, May 29. The program, which
will deal with the subject of Modern
China, will be as follows:
1. Review of the Course, Devel
opment and Effects of the late Chi
nese Revolution—Marguerite Rankin.
2. The Chinese Famine—Mildred
Whittlesey.
3. Recitation, Norma Dobie.
4. Chinatowns in Coast Cities,
Elsie Rain.
5. Chinese Traditions, Helen Wer
lein.
Election of officers will also take
place at this meeting immediately af
ter the program.
The Owl Club was entertained at
the Delta Sigma house Thursday ev
ening.
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The finest tract in the city, imme
diately adjoins the University
I solicit building propositions from
Fraternities and Sororities.
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81 E. Ninth St., Eugene Ore.
Typewriter Exchange
All maked of machines rented, sold, i
and repaired.
Ribbons and Supplies.
M. K. TABOR
Phone 881. 474 Willamette St.
THE PLACE TO BIY A
Luckey’s
Jewelry Store
563 Willamette St
Finest, Freshest
and Best. I
Teas end Coffees
IN EUGENE i
Adams’ Tea Company
Ninth and Oak Streets
Wing’s Market
THE HOME OF GOOD MEATS
AND GROCERIES. , FRESH
CURED, CORNED AND SMOK
ED MEATS, SAUSAGES AND
POULTRY
Phone 38 487 Willamette
SECOND HAND STORE
I pay the highest price for Second
Hand Clothing and Shoes.
SAM GEMS, Prop.
Phone 794. B8 West Eighth St.
JOHN J. RUDE
Groceries and Meats
Fifth and Blair Phone 620
Portland,
Eugene &
Eastern
SCHEDULE
Springfield cars leave Depot and
Springfield on hour and half hour.
Fairmount cars leave 6th St. on tha
quarter hours.
College Crest cars leave 8th St. on
the hour and half hours.
First car leaves Depot at 6 A. M.
Last car leaves Depot at 11:30 P. M.
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it to yourself
and “her”
to eat at
Butterscotch Pie and
The Best Coffee in Eugene
or anywhere else
F. E. SC HAM P, Proprietor
Expert Watch Repairing
All Work Guaranteed
Coppernoll Jewelry Co*
College Ice Cream
AND PUNCHES
For Particular People.
Phone 343
Eugene Ice & Storage Company
Geo. Sovern
Proprietor Combination Barber Shop.
51* Willamette St. Phone C41-J.
CLASSES IN APPLIED
DESIGN
Life Class (Costumed Model)
MRS G. C. STOCKTON
Phone 681-R.
DR. M. M. BULL
The Painless Dentist.
Phone 820. Eugene, Oregon.
Kindness—The Keynote in thla
office.
DR. A. M. SMITH—Osteopath, Gradu
ate of Kirksville, Mo. Offiee, Cherry
Bldg., room 5. Phone 741; res.,780-R.
DR. C. B. WILLOUGHBY
DR. F. L. NORTON
Dentists.
Phone 736.
Room 6, McClung Bldg., Eugene, Ore.
DR. H. L. STUDLEY
Osteopathic Physician
Office, 816 White Temple, Eugene, Or.
Residence, 146 W. 10th.
Phone: Office 689; Res. 438-L.
DR. M. C. HARRIS
Dentist
U. 0. ’98. Rooms 2 and 4, lie
Clung Bldg., 8th and Willamstta Sts.
DR. EDWARD H. WHITE
Dentist
Phone 6. Folly Theatre Bldg, Eu
gene, Oregon.
DR. WALDO J. ADAMJ
Dentist
Cor. 9th and Oak Sts. Room 104
White Temple. Phone 117.