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VOL XIV. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1912. No. 40 PAPER SOLVENT DECURES CAKE DISCONTINUED PUBLICATION WILL LEAVE SMALL SUR PLUS BESIDES, SAYS MANAGER NEED NO OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE Accounts and Resignation of Editor for Consideration of Council after Christmas Vacation. “Contrary to the report from the Executive Committee published in the Saturday issue of the Emerald, stat ing that the Monthly . faces a heavy deficit, I will state that the Oregon Monthly is not only solvent, but will be able to show a surplus when the accounts for the first issue are com plete.’’ Such is the declaration of Ralph H. Cake, manager of the Ore gon Monthly. “The last issue, the October num ber, paid for itself and will leave a small surplus when a mailing expense account of about $43.00 is paid by the Commercial Club. This item was for copies mailed out on request of Mr. Wilkins of the publicity commit tee. It includes money paid to the postmaster and to students hired at 25 cents an hour to do the wrapping and addressing. Last Issue Out Today. “The final issue, distributed to sub scribers today, is without advertising, and will leave a deficit, but only about half the amount mentioned in the Emerald. “The Oregon Monthly, in spite of the unprofitable final issue, is abso lutely solvent. Every bill will be met within the next two weeks, and there will be a small surplus. I will fur nish a statement showing where every cent came from and how it was spent. “The Monthly, now defunct, because of its iability to get on the Mer chants’ Association’s list of author ized advertising mediums, has only two liability items. It owes $451 to Yoran & Koke for printing, and will have, to pay back about $15 to sub scribers who paid a year’s subscrip tion in advance. “As assets, we make the following showing: Cash on hand, $42.30; due from publicity committee of Commer cial Club, $43; due from advertisers, about $400. There is also a large item due from unpaid subscriptions. From subscribers fifty cents will be collected as the value of the half year’s numbers actually received. “We were so confident of our finan cial standing that we refused a sub sidy of $100 from the University when it was offered last spring. We did not need this help then, and we do not need it now. We can pay all our bills without it. (Continued on last pac« ' CHI OMEGA OFFERS $25 PRIZE TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL SERVICE STUDY Award Is for Best Paper or Essay and Three Faculty Members Will Act as Judges. Psi Alpha Chapter of the Chi Oynega sorority announces the establishment of a prize of twenty-five dollars ($25), to be awarded to the University wo man writing the best paper or essay on any phase of social service work. The names of those wishing to con test should be in by January 12, and the papers by March 16. The award will be made on April 5. The papers will be numbered and the three judges, chosen from the Faculty, who will be announced later, will be unaware of the writers of the papers. Beta Theta Pi entertained Miss Emma Wise, Mr. H. K. Wise, John Kestly, and John Kestly, Jr., at dinner Tuesday evening. room NETS $250 HOOVE ALL EXPENSES (James With Multnomah and O. A. C. Give Big Surplus, But Northern Trips Prove Costly. Graduate Manager Arthur Geary’s football financial report submitted at the meeting of the Athletic Council Monday night, shows a balance of ap proximately $250 after all outstand ing bills have been paid. The profits of the football games were as fol lows: $1,676 cleared at the Multno mah game; $1,636, at the O. A. C. game; $600 at the Seattle game; $28 at the Freshman-Eugene High game; $50 at the Willamette game; $30 on the Idaho game. The losses were dis tributed as follows: Approximately $200 on the W, S. C. game, and $48 on the Whitman trip. Other expens es of the football season were: Equip ment and drugs, $815; coaching, $2,000; $42 rooting expenses; $250 training table; sweaters, $77; send ing men to see other teams in action, $150; the balance of the expense was spent in getting the field in shape, printing, etc. The total receipts were $3,800, which with total expenditures of $3,550, leaves $250 on the debit side of the manager’s accounts. Captain Roald Amundson is a good speaker and a cultivated scholar. Those who go to hear him when here on April 1, will be able to see how the South Pole was reached, for dur ing this perilous trip he took motion pictures of scenes and incidents, and these will be exhibited while he re lates the hardships they endured. Harvard University has adopted a new ruling to the effect that any student desiring a B. S. degree, must pass an examination over the entire four years course covering his “Field of Concentration.” OREGON GLEE MAKES ANNUAL APPEARANCE 10 LOCAL PATRONS IN EUGENE THEATRE TONIGHT The University of Oregon Glee Club for 1912-13 makes its first appearance at the Eugene Theatre this evening. The seat sale has been heavy; the club men are well prepared, and the concert will, no doubt, be unusually pleasing. The following is the pro gram: 1. (a) “O, Oregon” .Strong (b) “As I Sit and Dream at Evening”.Nelson Club. 2. “Sword of Ferrara”.Bullard Club. 3. “A Bit of Nonsense” . .Tortere Kenneth Frazer. 5. “Call John” . Bradbury Club. 6. “A Travesty or Two and a Parody or Two” . Shaver and Broadbridge. 7. (a) “Rocking Time” .Knox (b) “Rockin’ in De Win’”. .Neidlinger (c) “De Sandman” .Protheroe Club. (Continued on last page.) RIGHT OF WAY GIVEN OREGON GLEE GLUO ALONG ITINERARY CONFLICTING EVENTS CANCELLED IN VARIOUS TOWNS AND GEARY SEES CLEAR SAILING AHEAD — PERFORMANCE IS BEST IN MANY SEASONS A clear field of engagements for the Glee Club is reported by Manager Geary. At almost every place some other engagement had been billed, but they have all been cancelled now in favor of the Glee Club. The following events have been dodged: At Heppner, the annual New Year’s eve dance; at Pendleton, the Library ball; at Baker, several at tractions; and at Hood River, a Ly ceum lecture. “Invitations have been received for parties and dances at several towns, and the spirit with which other events were cancelled, shows the interest taken in the Glee Club,” says Manager Geary. “We have a good club this year, and 1 trust the students will boost for us when they go home for the holi days.” The itinerary of the trip is as fol lows: Astoria, Friday, December 27; Portland, Saturday, December 28; Heppner, Monday, December HO; Pen dleton. Tuesday, December 31; La Grande, Wednesday, January 1; Baker, Thursday, .January 2; llood River, Friday, January 3. In Portland, the Glee Club is billed at the Lincoln High School auditor ium, and in Astoria at the Astoria Theatre, corner of Parker and Market streets. Manager Geary will accom pany the club on its trip. LEGISLATOR WANTS COPY OF GRADE ATE’S THESIS A recent member elect of the House of Representatives from Med ford, has written to Ben Williams, ’10, who is now studying law at Har vard, for a copy of his thesis on the Employer’s Liability Act, which won fame for its writer last year. The legislator desires the work of the Oregon graduate to assist him in obtaning an idea of what he consid ers to be an important question to be settled at the next session of the leg islature. Williams has referred the request to the department of Eco nomics at the University, who will supply the desired thesis. AVERAGE FRESHMAN GIRL IS WELL PROPORTIONED Figures Show that Oregon Young Lady Is About the Right Size and Still Young. "The average Freshman girl at the University this year is a dainty little maid,” declared an enthusiastic Sen ior Co-ed, who had been studying statistics recently issued, “just about the right size and height and still young enough to be sweetly pink cheeked. In other words, less poetic, though no more truthful, the ‘average Freshman girl’ is eighteen years old, is 63 inches tall, weighs 121.8 pounds, and has a lung capacity of 168.2 cubic centimeters. This is eight centimeters greater than the average of the Fresh man class at Michigan this year. “By all the rules and regulations, she is a ‘well-set-up’ miss with a good physical development;—perhaps just a pound or two too light for ab solute perfection. Annette Kellerman, the famous ‘mermaid,’ perhaps more than any other woman of our day, considered to have a perfect figure, weighs just 126 ponds and stands six ty-four inches. Judging by this stand ard, our average Freshman girl meas ures up very creditably.” Among the Freshman girls, again, there are at least twelve who have a lung capacity exceeding 200 cubic cen timeters. These are Florence Moffat, 214 cc.; Claire Raley, 206; Vaughn McCormick, 204; Louisa Bailey, 220; Anne Taylor, 204; Nina Miller, 206; •Jeannette Wheatley, 270; Leola Ball. 222; Katherine Stanfield, 212; Lucile Watson, 210; Charlie Fenton, 244; Leola Heskett, 218. Twice every year every Freshman and Sophomore girl in college is given ; a careful physical examination in the physical training department and the '■ statistics given above are the results of the autumn examinations of this' year’s Freshmen. ELEVEN TYPEWRITERS FOR YOUNG JOURNALISTS The eleven new Remington type writers, which will be used in the Journalism department, are expected to arrive at any time from Portland. These typewriters are old machines, rebuilt by the Remington people. Pro fessor Allen is very much pleased with those already in the department and says they are the best machines built. They were purchased for $27 each. The Journalism class was greatly in need of these machines and a long felt want will be relieved when they arrive. Professor F. G. Young will be in Portland Saturday, on business. conversTaddresses FACULTY GOLLOQUIAM Discusses Alumni Organizations and the Work They Are Doing at Various Colleges. “Alumni organizations in the older colleges are only recently coming into power and prominence, but their growth during the last decade has been in some respects phenomenal, and their influence for good or ill has been rapidly widening and deepen ing.” This was the opening state ment made by Professop Charles W. Converse before the Faculty collo quiam last Tuesday evening. Professor Converse discussed at some length the prevailing system of alumni organizations. The president of the University, the secretary of the association, and the alumni clubs, are the most important agencies for the influence of the organization, ac cording to Mr. Converse. “Dr. Prit chett thinks that this increasing in fluence of alumni organization will be a large factor in determining the fu ture form and character of our col leges.” Mr. Converse went further and stated Dr. Pritchett’s points of good and bad features of the grow ing influence due to organization. He spoke at length ori the work of vari ous alumni club of eastern colleges; what they have done and what they are trying to do in the way of pro moting intelligent study of public af fairs, to increase the interest of stu dents in the duties of citizenship and raise the standard of public life in the United States. He-enumerated four other objects these organizations have in view: “To accomplish visible re sults in good government. To in fluence college men to take active part in politics- if only as a watcher at the polls, to induce colleges to give courses in politics and government, to obtain suffrage for college under graduates.” FACULTY ADVISOR CRITICISES MOONLIGHT EFFECT AT DANCES College Formats Look Better With Much Light. Sophomores Are Told. Members of the University of Ore gon Faculty are seekers of light;,' declare committeemen of the Sopho more class, smarting under recent ad monitions for permitting moonlight dances at the class formals Saturday I night. The lights were far too low, declared the Faculty advisor of the Sophomores, as he cornered one or; two of the 1915 committee men in l Villard Hall yesterday morning after the class hour. The admonished Sophomores declare they cannot re member the technical words used, but they say they know now why there should be light at a dance. They also admit that they have been instructed as to the proper ingred ients for class dance punch. EMERALD TO CONDUCT LEGISLATIVE COLUMN Copies to be Distributed at Session to Inform Solons Concerning Measures. The Oregon Emerald will conduct a Legislative column for the benefit of the State Legislators during the next session of the solons in January. This department will be under the supervision of the department of eco nomies. To further the plan, Manager An drew Collier has consented to place upon the desk of every member of both houses a copy of the Emerald three times a week, especially marked for their benefit. Although this will cost the management several dollars each issue, the benefit to be derived was thought sufficient to justify the move. The plan is to present in the Em erald maps, charts, analyses, dia grams and bibliography as the Uni versity’s contribution to the people of the state and their representatives. Requests for material and guidance in the studying of questions are be ing received daily by the department, and by presenting this material pre pared by the department in the Em erald three times a week, it is hoped to satisfy these demands, ■ most of which come from the Legislators themselves. oooo o o o o o o o o o o o The University sessions will o o reopen Monday morning, Jan- o o nary fi>. Cuts will register from o o that morning. The . Emerald o o will appear Saturday. Decern- o o cember 28. o o ,o o oooo o o oooo o The Kappa Alpha Theta held its annual Christmas tree party at the Chapter house Wednesday evening. CO-ED CONCEDE WOMENS GLEE CLUB TO AP PEAR EARLY IN JAM ARY WITH FULL PROGRAM IN EUGENE THEATRE BOWMAN PRAISES SINGERS Stunts and Skits Will be Given— Proceeds k*> to Student Exchequer. The first strictly all Co-ed Glee ('luh concert in the history of the University was announced yesterday evening by the Women’s Choral Club. It will occur at the Eugene Theatre, on the first open date in January. The Executive Committee has re cently granted the organization tem porary student activity status, in order to lend them money. .The club will donate all the surplus proceeds of the concert to the Student Rody treasury. However, the women will manage the production entirely, even to the drawing up of the contract. After practicing steadily for the last two months, the women warblers are ready for their first down town appearance, and Director M. L. Bow man has incidentally given the club credit for being one of the best choral organizations that he has ever coached. The program, although not settled as to details, will include a full reper toire of ensemble numbers and solos. It is stated that a skit is being writ ten especially for the club by a prom inent writer. Other minor stunts will complete the list of numbers. A new director will be selected in a few days to take the place of M. L. Bowman, who was forced to give up his work in the University in or der to accept a position with a trav eling company. Continual interruptions have beset the Choral Club in their practice. The Dramatic Club drove them out of Villard Hall, and conflicting meetings and difficulties have made their work arduous. MRS. PRESCOTT UNDERGOES OPERATION IN PORTLAND Mrs. Robert Prescott is seriously ill at the Saint Vincent’s hospital in Portland, as the result of an opera tion for intestinal trouble. She has been in the Portland institution since Thanksgiving. About a year ago an operation for appendicitis was performed, but the treatment resulted in complications, which necessitated further attention. Recovery has not been rapid, although her many friends hope for an ultim ate recovery. FRESHMAN WINDNAGLE FINISHES FIRST IN CROSS COUNTRY TRY-OUT RUN Vere Windnatrle, the ex-Washin^-1 ton Hijfh School sttir, sprung a sur prise yesterday when he defeated Track Captain Walter McClure by about 16 feet, in a free for all cross country race over the two and a half mile course. Windnafrle covered the distance in 14 minutes and 10 sec onds. This is considered (rood time, since the course was muddy and the footing uncertain. Franklin Allen finished in third ; place about 100 yards back of the j winner, and was followed by Gra-| I ham McConnel. Donald Onthank, Frank Holt, Har len Pefley, and Earl Blackaby, fin isht'd in the order named. Onthank and Holt crossed the line about 100 yards ahead of the others. The run was not held for points, but merely to enable Bill Hayward and Captain McClure to get a line on prospective material for the pro posed cross-country race with O. A. C. Nothing definite will be known concerning the race until after the Northwest Conference at Seattle, December 20 and 21. o