IKON DECLINES OFFER OF WIRELESS Prefers Good Book as Time Killer to News From Far Distant Sources. Captain Roald Amundsen, the dis coverer of the South Foie, and fam ous lecturer, who will speak in Eu gene April 1, under the auspices ol the University Y. M. C. A., has no use for the modern safety appliances for ships, as the wireless telegraph. While in London, before sailing for America, he had the following to say to a New York Times correspondent: "When that tour is finished,1' he said in an interview on his arrival at Dover, "1 shall turn again to the busi ness of my life. Ihe Fram will then be at San Francisco. Perhaps she will be able to add to her varied ex periences by going through the Pa nama Canal. We shall start from San Francisco in June, 1914, and hope ■ to get into the ice at Bering Straits in September. Then we shall drift perhaps for four, perhaps for five , years, and we shall emerge, when the time comes, between Spitzenbergen ■ and Greenland. There is a lot of work to be done in those latitudes—purely ' scientific work—in sounding, dredg ing, and meteorological observations. "No, 1 do not propose to take an r aeroplane with me, and. though 1 have had the offers of wireless installation 1 for the Fram, that also I declined. 1 don’t care for it. It is very much better to be without news when you cannot be where the news comes from. We are always more contented if we get no news. A good book we like, we exploiers. That is our best emusement and our best time killer.” CLUB CHOOSES SKETCH Dramatic Club Will Put “Wig and Gown” on boards at bex, January 17 and 18. On the evenings of January 17 and i8, a little skit, "the Wig' and Gown, will be produced at the Hex Theatre. The sketch is given as a benefit for the Dramatic Club, the proceeds to be used to pay off the $75 debt incurred by the club in “Dontbey and Son.' The four characters in the skit will be as follows: Polly .Janet Young Edith .Ellice Shearer Frank .Alfred Skei Phil .Walter Dimm On account of a Faculty ruling, the Dramatic Club can offer no produc tion during the last month of the se mester, therefore the play is given independently by the cast. Y. M. C. A. PICKS DELEGATES FOR FOREST GROVE MEETING The regular cabinet meeting of the Y. M. C. A. was held Wednesday evening at the Book Exchange. Be sides the regular order of business it was decided that the following mem bers should go as delegates to the Forest Grove convention, which con venes the last of this week: Charles Koyl, John Black, Will Murphy, Wal ter Hodge, and Harry Cash. ' Secretary Koyl sends out the fol lowing report showing the amount of aid the Y. M. C. A. is giving to stu dents who are working their way through college. From November to December students were helped to the extent of $4(31.55 from odd and reg ular jobs. Since the opening of school to date the Y. M. C. A. jobs have amounted to $968. The Book Exchange has helped to the extent of $225, making to date a total of $1,134. The Cabinet also changed the reg ular date for the Cabinet meetings from Friday afternoon at 4 to Wed nesday at 5 o’clock. This was done to accommodate several members of the Cabinet who were unable to at tend the meetings at the previous time. According to statistics printed in the “Student.” the weekly of the Uni versity of North Dakota, the expense of securing a University education has increased twenty-three per cent in the last twenty years. These sta tistics were compiled from figures se cured from seventy-five universities. Lawrence Dinneen, ex-’15, now at tending Reed Institute, will reenter the University next fall. HORR TAKES PLACE OF ZEDNICK AS MANAGER New Incumbent, Who Won Out Over Four Other Candidates, Has Record at Illinois. Ralph Horr, a graduate of the Uni versity of Washington Law School two years ago, has been elected Grad uate Manager of Athletics at the Evergreen institution over four other candidates that entered the race upon the announced withdrawal of Victor Zednick. Horr managed football at the Uni versity of Illinois for two years and cleared up a large debt and left the association over $3,000 to the good. He graduated from the Washington Law School two years ago and was a candidate for graduate manager against Zednick last year. The new manager is a practicing law'yer in Seattle, but has announced that he will give up his profession to man age the Washington Associated Stu dents. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi honorary law' fraternity and of Delta fau Delta. Zednick turned the office over to him tonight. The choosing of coaches for baseball, basketball, and wrestling, has hung tire depending on the election, and Horr has announced that these coaches will be hired at once. ASSIGNMENTS POSTED FOR WORK ON Y. M. C. A. EMERALD Work on the Y. M. C. A. edition of the Oregon Emerald has been started by the staff of the annual Association paper. At noon today a group pic ture of the Cabinet was taken for the edition. Assignments for regular and special articles have been posted in the Book Exchange. Several cuts have been sent off to Poitland for engraving and will be in Eugene on time next week for an early publication of the issue. Among them is a graphical representation of the growth of the Association bud get since the beginning of the religi ous activity on the campus. The staff will be much smaller than last year, and no attempt will be made to equal the size of last year’s pa per. Manager Alfred Collier has de cided to limit the edition next month to six pages, which he hopes will al low for profit, instead of a deficit as was experienced last year. FRESHMAN PRESIDENT NAMES COMMITTEE FOR DANCE rlhe president of the Freshman class, Robert Prosser, has appointed the committee for the dance, to be given February 15. Those who are to have charge are Maurice Hyde, Frank Lewis, Henry Trowbridge, James Bat ley, Charles Bingham, Mae Neil, Charlie Fenton, Georgia Kensey, Myr tle Gram, Tula Kinsley.. The com mittee met Wednesday night at the Kappa Alpha Theta house to make the preliminary arrangements, and appoint further committees. Those appointed are: Music—Robert Pros ser, Myrtle Gram. Floor—Charles Bingham, Charlie Fenton. Decora tions—Frank Lewis, Georgia Kensey, Annie Taylor, Henry Trowbridge. Features—Maurice Hyde. Program— Merlin Batley, Tula Kinsley, May Neil. W. F. MARTIN AND HELEN WASH BURNE, ’ll, MARRY Miss Helen Washburn, ’ll, of Springfield, and Mr. W. Fred Mar tin, of Portland, were married last evening, at 8:30 o’clock, at the home of the bride, 217 Second street, Spring-field, Oregon. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Washburn, postmaster of the neigh boiing city, and is a member of the local chapter of the Chi Omega fra ternity. The groom is superintendent of the Canadian Northwest Steel Company of Vancouver, B. C. A feature of the wedding was that the color scheme of the University of Oregon colors, green and lemon yellow was carried out throughout the ’ entire house. Among the out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Burgard, of Port land, Mrs. Burgard being an aunt of Miss Helen Washburn. The Michigan School of Journalism follows the same plan which is used by Professor Allen in his work here, that of having a talk by some news paper man at least once a week. HAYWARD DESPONDENT OVER TRACK OUTLOOK Three 11)12 Point Winners Return and Only Distance Men Are Plentiful. "Though spring track training is still two months away, the prospects of a winning team as now outimeu art not very encouraging, ' said "Dill Hayward. "Only three old point win ners are back in school, St ulfer in the high jump, Neill in the discuss event, and McClure in the distances. To a great extent we will have to rely on the 1' reshman class to supply men for the sprints, the hurdles, the weights, and the jumps.” Among the Freshmen are some men with enviable scholastic records. Sam Cook of Couer d’Alene, is a sprinter, and may develop into an exceedingly good weight man. Yere Windnagie, of Washington High, Portland, has a scholastic half mile record of 1:55, made last spiing, and he has demon strated in the tall cross country that he is going to be a leader in the dis tances. Of the old men, Ed Bailey is back, but he will be out ol it for the ham mer throw has been dropped from the field events. Waldo Miller has been working on the pole vault this fall, and Tommy Boylen, an old man on the quarter mile, has been out for cross country. Johnny Parsons will be expected to handle the broad jump and Heidenreich the discus. The loss of such men as Latourette and Hawkins will necessarily result in a weakness in the hurdles. Out side of the Freshman class, Kay is the only man mentioned for the sprints. A glance over the whole list of events at present gives Oregon a strong place only in the distances. With such men as McClure and Wind nagie there should be some records broken this spring. Chet Huggins will be a further addition to the squad next semester. According to the schedule there will be three conference meets, one with Washington, May 9, Oregon Agricultural College, May 24, and the Conference meet at Walla Walla the 31st of the same month. Besides of this there will be an indoor track meet with Columbia University in Portland, April 12, and possibly with Multnomah here, the 26th of April. FIRST NUMBER OF “MONITOR” APPEARS "Oregon System Among Greeks," Dean Straub's Contribution—Other Profs Also Write. Number 1 of volume 1 of the Uni versity of Oregon Extension Monitor, the official publication of the Univer sity Correspondence School, appeareu last week, it is under tne unection of Professor Joseph Shafer. lne pamphlet, 16 pages in size, is fur nished free of charge to the students of the Correspondence School for their tuition. The leading article in the first issue is by Professor E. E. DeCou, on the “Teaching of Mathematics.” In this he traces its rise in importance in the realm of science, and the mote recent] movements in school organization for its study. He has compiled a biblio graphy for the use of teachers and has set forth a general plan of normal work for students. Professor Straub has contributed an article in which he attempts to show that the Oregon System also worried the ancient Greek philosoph ers and statesmen. The editorial page is taken up with an introductory foreword by President Campbell, ir which he sets forth the need that has brought forth this pamphlet. The University’s new field for work now that Women Suffrage has been adopt ed, is appreciated in an editorial. The section “From the Field” is taken up with contributed articles by Carleton Spencer, on the studying of Debate and Oratory. Discussions by University students, and an article on the use of the Library by Librar ian Douglass are included. Extension Notes, a short recount of the work of Professor Itebec in the field, is the concluding section. Hot drinks at Obak’s. Hot drinks at Obak’s. DR. LEONARD AND MISS HAIR SPEAK TO FACULTY No Leniency Shown to Students in Correspondence Study Work, Says Dr. 11. B. Leonard. “Correspondence work is of as much benefit as any other form of study, and yet takes less from the Univer sity. said Dr. H. B. Leonard Tuesday night in his talk at the Faculty Col loquium meeting. He spoke in favor of the Correspondence Department as an important part of the University courses. " 1 here is no leniency shown, he continued, “toward the stu uents taking these courses, and their wot K must come up to the standard. Of course, in grading the papers, the people must have in mind, that there are two kinds of instruction, that of ex tent ion of courses, and that of spe cial preparation.” He followed these by examples, showing that different ! systems of grading ought to be used. " 1 here is not the need for entrance j examinations for those correspond ! cnee courses that there is in the reg | ular college work. The student is not j braced up and carried along by the class, as he is in the class room, and what he does is by his own effort and work.” In conclusion, Dr. Leonard said: “The standard of work is just as high, if not higher, than in the large class es and although the correspondence i work is a less economical process than that of large bodies, it is so benefi 1 rial that it should be extended.” Miss Mozelle Hair spoke at length concerning the work of the correspon ence department, describing compre hensively the work done here and in i other colleges. I TAH UNIVERSITY HOLDS DEBATE TRY-OUT The fact that the audience consist ed almost entirely of the judges and themselves did not in the least damp en the spirit of the eleven contestants who argued saliently on different phases of the immigration question last night in an endeavor to make the team that meets Oregon. The judges, Professor Roylance, Professor Reynolds, and Coach Holman, finally selected Noall, Ashman, a “U” man, Nelson, a “U” man, and Sevy. These men will mork together on the ques tion until about two weeks before the debate, when the two who have shown greatest ability and interest, will be selected to actually represent Utah. DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION CLASS TO PLAY “PEER GYNT” The class in Dramatic Interpreta tion has begun the study of Henrik Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt,” which will be produced at Villard Hall on March 7. “he parts will be assigned later. Will Cass, ’14, will resume studies t the University next week. We are glad to see you back again. You are thrice welcome at our store. Call in and chat with us. J. A. Cressey. Five hundred volumes of fiction, I copywrights and reprints. J. A. Cressey. I Do you know Obak? H.M. 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