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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1913)
V, SPECIAL FAIR EDITION FIRE $600 LOSS OCCASIONED BY DESTRUCTION OF EX TENSION HALL EXPLOSIVES BARELY SAVED Origin of Conflagration Un known. Spontaneous Com bustion Theory Receives But Little Credence. For the first time in many years a serious fire visited the University campus, when the new Extension building, Just receiving the finish ing touches from the 'builders, was burned to the ground early yester day morning. It was valued at $600 and was not insured. The blaze was first discovered by the nightwatchman at 2:15 o’clock. He quickly roused the men in the Dormitory, who attemtped to extin guish the flames with a hose used for sprinkling the campus lawn. Meanwhile the city fire department was summoned, but arrived 20 min utes after the blaze had been discov ered. By this time the building was a bonfire, and the regulars bent their efforts toward saving a sfiack about 12 feet from the burning building, and McClure hall only 25 feet dis tant, both of which contain explosive chemicals. Both buildings were saved, and their equipment protected from dam age. The Extension building, how ever, being of wood, fell an easy prey to the flames, especially with the start they had gained before the arrival of the department. The building was erected with funds appropriated by the last leg islature to provide for the rapidly growing work of the University ex tension department. It was intended to use the new structure as head quarters for the department, and also as a temporary meeting place for University classes stranded by the present overflow' of students. Just what will be dofle with these classes is now a problem, as the present available facilities are taxed at every recitation hour. However, the Uni versity ofifcials are congratualting themselves on the fact that the ex tension department had not yet been moved into the building, for other wise all material and records would have been destroyed. The origin of the fire remains a mystery. The theory that it started from spontaneous combustion of old rags saturated with oil is not given credence generally. Aside from the improbability of such combustion, the painters declare they left no such rags around the building. Y. W. C. A. BUNGALOW IS NOW READY FOR USE First Meeting in New Women’s Building Will Be Held Next Monday ■ The Y. W. C. A. building has been finished for some time and by the end of tlie week all furnishing will be completed. This building con sists: of an office where Mrs. Fletch er can be found every afternoon, a rest room which will be open to all girls at any time and a lavatory, kitchen and a large assembly room are found in the building. Many social functions will fake place in this building. The first one will be held Monday afternon at 4 o'clock, to which every woman of the 1'niversity will be invited. Rally onterences, High school reception, Sutaxian meetings, and Sunday ves per meetings are a few of the numer ous events that will take place this winter. New teachers connected with the ischol of music are Miss Hermione Hawkins. Miss Ruth Davis. Miss Jes t;e Fariss and Miss IJcse Powell. Register *5-V\> • * V.V, OWN EXPENSES Y. M. C. A. ALONE SECURES 46 POSITIONS FOR COL LEGE MEN WORK FOR EDUCATION Employment Bureau Breaks All Records This Year in Number of Jobs Secured for Univer sity Boys Working Way. With 46 jobs already secured for students, of which 27 are regular during the year, and more men yet applying for positions, the indica tions, according to Secretary Charles Koyle, of the Y. M. C. A., are that this year will break all records in the proportion of University • men working their way through college either wholly or in part. Never before have so many men been asking for jobs—fraternity, dormitory and outside men. During the whole of last year only 36 regu lar positions were filled, while so far this year 27 regular jobs have been secured through the Y. M. C. A. bu reau, not considering those jobs se cured privately. A considerable number of men, also, have come to the University solely relying on the jobs secured for them before they came. Last year the bureau’s assistance to students, by the securing of jobs, amounted to more than $2000, and the amount this year, from all indi cations, will far exceed this sum. The employment census taken last year by the association showed that one half of the fraternity men were earning their way wholly or in part and one-fourth wholly. The proportion of fraternity men earning their entire way this year will be larger than ever, as indicated by the increased number applying for jobs even in spite of the possibil ity of aid fro mtheir parents. The work being done by the students varies from janitor work and dish washing to more highly specialized work. Secretary Koyle states that all students who are still needing work should leave their names with him, so they can be accommodated at the earliest opportunity. There are odd jobs open from time to time. Pour jobs for board are still unfilled and twelve men who ask for regular work have not yet been accommodat ed. Secretary Koyle says he notes an even more democratic condition in the old Oregon spirit this year as shown by this large number of the students going through school en tirely on their own resources. U. OFO. FACULTY HAS FOURTEEN NEW TEACHERS Board of Regents Carries Out Plan Greatly to Expand ’Varsity’s Work Fourteen new faces adorn Univer sity of Oregon faculty meetings this fall. Five of them are full heads of departments—-"professors;” five of them hold assistant professorships; the remaining four are instructors. The five new professors are; W. F. Allison (Cornell,) sanitary and hy draulic engineering; Edw. Thorsten berg (Yale) Scandinavian languages; D. C. Sowers (Columbia), municipal expert; Dr. Clifton F. Hodge (Johns Hopkins)j civic biology; R. H. Lj man (Grinnell and Berlin), dean of the school of music. The new assistant professors are; C. H. Edmundson (university of Iowa), zoology; F. L. Stetson, de partment of education; Dr. R. M. Winger (Baker and Johns Hopkins) mathematics; Dr. K. M. Dellenbach (Cornell), psychology; Colin V. Dy ment (university of Toronto), jour nalism. The four new instructors: John P. O'Hara (Notre Dame and Univer sity of Paris), history; Graham Mit chell (university of Oregon and Col umbia), history; G. H. R O’Donnell, (Idaho), German. Emerald ads PAY RESULTS OF RESEARCH •. AVAILABLE FOR FARMERS University of Oregon Professors Will Give Practical Talks at State Fair Results of experiments in the phy sics and chemistry laboratories of the University of Oregon will be given Oregon farmers and other landown ers during state fair week, Septem ber 2 9-October 4, at Salem. While the University does not deal directly with practical farm topics, that func tion be ng left to the Oregon Agricul tural college, much of its recent ad vanced work in the sciences has an important bearing upon certain as pects, of agricultural life, and it is some of the findings along this line that the University professors have been asked to pass on to the agricul turists who visit the state fair. The seven who will conduct classes are: O. F. Stafford, professor of chemis try; Dr. Clifton Freemont Hodge, the widely-known biologist from Clark university, who has been secured by the University for extension work for one year among Oregon towns; Dr. George Rebec, head of the Univer sity extension department; Dr. Fried rich Georg G. Schmidt, professor of the German language and literature; Dr. Joseph Schafer, professor of his tory; Dr. J. H. Gilbert, assistant pro fessor of engineering, and Dr. E. H. McAlister, professor of civil engineer ing. Their lectures with dates and hours will be: Monday, September 29—9:45—Dr. George Rebec, Different Views of Education. 11:45—Dr. C. F. Hodge, Civic Biology. 1:45—Prof. O. F. Stafford, How Our Mineral Fertiliz ers Are Secured. 3:30—Prof. O. F. Stafford. The Purification of Wat er. 5:15—Dr. J. H. Gilbert, Better Credit for Farmers; Banking Co-op eration. Tuesday, September 30 (German Society Day)—9:00—Dr. George Rebec, The Classical Type of Educa tion. 10:30—Dr. Clifton Freemont Hodge, Practical Bird Study. 1:00 Prof. O. F. Stafford, The Manufac ture of Glucose From Potatoes. 2:30 y-Dr. F. G. G. Schmidt, Education and Evolution of Modern Germany. 4:30—Dr. J. H. Gilbert, Failure of Employers’ Liability. Wednesday, October 1—9:45—Dr. George Rebec, Aristocracy and De mocracy in Education. 11:15—Dr. C. F. Hodge, Game Conservation in Oregon. 1:45—Prof. O. F. Stafford, Alcohol from Waste Farm Products. 3:30—Dr. E. H. McAlister, Reducing the Cost of Permanent Roads. 5:15 —Dr. J. H. Gilbert, Taxation and Vexation; What Is Justice? Thursday, October 2—9:00—Dr. George Rebec, Education for Work. 10:30—Dr. C. F. Hodge, The Rat Problem. 1:00—Dr. Joseph Schafer, The Citizen’s Relation to History. 2:30—Prof. O. F. Stafford, Fertiliz er from the Ai-. 4:30—Dr. J. H. Gilbert, Insurance Against Accident; New Compensation. Friday, October 3—9:45—Dr. George Rebec, Education for Citi zenship. 1:45—Dr. Joseph Schafer, Strength and Weakness of Our Con stitution. 5:15—Dr. J. H. Gilbert, National Reform of a State’s Reve nue System. Saturday, October 4—9:00—Dr. George Rebec, Education for Life. 10:30—Dr. Joseph Schafer, Citizen’s Part in State Government. 1:00— Dr.Dr. Joseph Schafer, Citizens’ Part in Local Affairs. 2:30—Dr. C. F. Hodge, Children’s Garden Studies. 4:30—Dr. J. H. Gilbert, Immigration and Eugenics; Race Survival. DAVIES HEADS LAUREANS Literary Society Organizes For Year and Elects Officers. A1 Davies, ’14, was elected presi dent of the Laurean Literary society at a meeting of that organization, held Tuesday night primarily for election purposes and secondarily to formulate plans for the year. Luton Ackerson was chosen as vice-presi dent, Allen O’Connell received the office of secretary, Sam Wise was made assistant secretary, Otto Helder censor, and Carlyle Geissler, editor. Speeches were given by the incom ing and outgoing officers, and in th» informal session which followed it was decided to enlarge and strength en the society as much as possible. Show public spirit; Tote. SYSTEM IS -V • EFFICIENT TWO STATE SCHOOLS ARE ORGANIZED TO WORK WELL APART COURSES NOT DUPLICATED Campbell Gives Benefits That Will Accrue to Higher Educa tion if University Is Placed on Good Basis. -— President Campbell's idea of the i efficiency of the present educational system in use in Oregon if this sys tem is carried out to its logical con clusion, was shown in a statement isued by the head of the State Uni versity this morning on the subject. President Campbell believes in the segregation of the two different lines of mental development represented by the two state institutions for high er learning and argues against the further tinkering with a system which has already made good. He says as follows: “The present organization of the State University and the State Agri | cultural College is fundamentally i good. The two institutions, through segregation of work, are enabled to give emphasis each to the demands of its own special field, and yet are so closely allied that by interchange of lecturers and students they may easily secure all the benefits sup posed to exist in one combined insti tution. The schools are only forty miles apart and are connected by two lines of electric railway. The mill age tax takes care of their future support, without any need of ap pealing to the legislature or inter mingling the educational and politi cal affairs of the state. “The Board of Higher Curricula has full . power to prevent unneces sary duplication of courses, and to hold each institution to its legitimate field of endeavor. “All that the institutions now need is to be let alone and given a fair chance to get their stride in the educational race that is making for prosperity and a higher civilization. “A decisive vote in November in favor of the appropriation for the University buildings will practically settle the status of higher education in Oregon and save the state from years of contention, with attendant paralysis of educational efffcienev. An overwhelming majority- against the referendum will put to rest the threats of future initiatives and counter-initiatives, no one of which will ultimately carry, and all of which will breed discord and animos ity beyond measure. “The state has already suffered enough from this educational un rest. It has been entirely unproduc tive of good, and every one is heart ily tired of it. It would be distress ing to face a year, or even years, of still more unpleasant controversy, coming just at a time when the state needs the united energy of all its people to win its share of the new prosperity coming to the west. “We cannot afford to have inter nal contention over educational or ganization repelling the very best type of possible citizens from our borders." J ooooooooooooo O 0 o A CHANCE FOR FRESHMEN o o o o A good chance for business o o training and incidentally of o o advancement on the managing o o staff of the Emerald is offered o o to the freshmen in the Univer- o o sity who would wish to work o o for the good of Oregon in this o o line of student activity. Posi- o o tions are open for two men to o o serve as as assistants on the o o business staff of the paper, o o Applicants will report at the o o Emerald office in the Jour- o o nalism department In Me- o o Clure Ha’l. o o MARSH GOODWIN, o o Manager, o o a ooooooooooooo TWO BLIND STUDENTS ENROLL IN U. OF W. Take Notes in Class by Punch ing Holes in Paper. Walk Alone on Campus When college opened Monday prob ably the most remarkable students on the campus were Joseph Wood and George Bailey, who are totally blind. So accurate are their senses, how ever, that they can walk to and from the campus and between the build ings without the least hesitation. A week ago Bailey was led over the route from his Brooklyn avenue home to the university, then around to each of the buildings where he will have classes. This process will be repeated several times until the young man has the campus thorough ly learned. “In my mind,” says Wood, “the campus is a series of geometrical de signs. One building is located at such a distance and at such and such an angle from another. 1 will soon have these angles and distances firm ly fixed in my mind, so that it will be no task at all to find my way around the grounds.” Wood takes his lecture notes by the American Braille system. This consists of n metal frame to hold his paper, and through this frame he punches little dots in the paper about as fast as the average student writes in long hand. He does his studying by means of a hired reader. Both Wood and Bailey carefully count their paces. They also have a remarkable sense of hearing and of •distance. They can tell from the number of paces they have taken just where there is a corner to be turned, where to begin to descend stairs, or where a crowd of students is likely to be met. They can tell their proximity to a building or an obstacle by the echo of their foot steps. Bailey is a graduate of the stato school, and will major in journalism, is an unconditioned freshman, about 20 years old, and will take wrork in music. He is an accomplished pian ist. Wood is a graduate of Lincoln high schol, and will major in journalism. He is registered as a special student, and will take English, psychology and advertising.—Washington Daily. AGORA CLUB WILL AID IN CIVIC ADVANCE'.ENT Members Appointed to Extend Services if Possible in Home Towns A meeting of the Agora Club will be held tonight at 7:30 in Miss Per kins’ room in the Library. The Agora Club was organized last year for the purpose of improv ing civic conditions. Reports of the summer campaign will be read at this meeting. The club aims to work in conjunction with the Business Women’s Rest Room committee as well as the Civic l eague of Eugene. Mrs. E. S. Parsons, president of the club, has appointed the follow ing members for the purpose of ex tending wherever possible, aid in civ ic advancement in the counties in which the members make their homes: Baker county, Ruth Peter; Ben ton, Pearl Homer; Clackamas, Ethel Risley; Clatsop, Kay Ball; Columbia, Elieu Van Volkenberg; Crook, Agnes Elliott; Coos, Gretchen Sherwood; Douglas, Mildren Waite; Gilliam, Tula?Kinsley; Harney, Mabel A/thur; Hood River, Florence Avery; Jack son, Clara Weiiis; Josephine, Alice McFarland; Lane. Agnes Matherson; Linn, Ceclle Sawyer; Malheur, Flor ence Mofatt; Morrow. Marie Hager; Marion, Clarence Ogle; Multnomah, Olive Zimmerman; Polk, Agnes Campbell; Tillamook, Edith Watt; Umatilla, Edith Still; Union, Bea trice Littlefield; Wallowa. Mona Dougherty; Wasco, Janet Young; Washington. Agnes McLaughlin; Yamhill, Ludella Whittlesey. Don’t trait; register. WHY DOES THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON NEED $175,000 T Heads of Instruction Departments Show How Crowded Conditions of Class Rooms Inter fere With Successful Work ENTER OFFICES THROUGH WINDOWS From Every Side Comes Same Complaint of Cramped Quarters. English Lit Department Has Three Teachers and Three Hundred and Fifty Students With One Room Available. Why ia $175,000 needed by the University for additional space? Why Is the passage of the two refer ended bills necessary to satisfactory growth? These questions were asked of the heads of each of the depart ments of instruction yesterday, and from each came an answer colored by the necessities of his own work. Administration Offices. PRESIDENT CAMPBELL has an office that is not un satisfactory in size, but it is the only convenient place on the campus for the numerous committee meetings that are necessary some times to the number of four or five a day. The ante rooms of the pres ident’s office, Dr. Smith’s and Mr. Tiffany's, are steadily spreading over more and more of the hall and pass age space in Villard Hall. Mr. John son, also was compelled this year to cut holes in the walls and force per sons having business with the stew ard to stand in the corridor, some times almost cutting off access to the other three administration offices. .150 Use One Room. ENGLISH LITERATURE DE PARTMENT.—This is one of the worst sufferers. Prof. Howe says: "There are three teachers in the English literature department, and always more than two hundred, sometimes as many as three hundred and fifty students, divided into classes which sometimes enroll as many as 128 students in one section. These three teachers and 350 stu dents have only one room, a base ment room in Deady, several feet be low the level of the ground. The room is used every hour in the morn ing, and as there is no means of ventilation other than opening the windows and door, conditions are bad. Monday, Wednesday and Fri day afternoons the same trouble oc curs. Thursday and Tuesday after noons the schedule is lighter. Prob ably this ic the worst crowded de partment in the University. The room is small, with a low ceiling. It should never be made to hold more than forty at a time, but every year classes of seventy or more have to be held in it.” /oology Lab Is Cramped. THE DEPARTMENT OF ZOOL OGY is housed in three rooms in Degdy Hall. In order that the stu dents enrolled in Zoology courses may be properly cared for these rooms will have to be completely re modeled. Large sections are being held in rooms intended for small classes. The equipment of the de partment is of the best but not suf ficient for present needs. Many beautiful and interesting specimens, illustrating the animal life of Ore gon are kept in storage for lack of museum rooms and museum equip ment. The professors in this de partment spend each summer at the University Marine Station at Friday Harbor in Puget Sound, but of late years have had to refrain from bring ing to Eugene the great quantities of interesting specimens obtainable there, for lack of a nlaee where they may be preserved and displayed. The department could easily expand into twice the space it has and then be no more than comfortable. Notwith standing the crowded conditions and lack of equipment its growth has been surprising. If it grows another year as it has this, the rooms and equipment will be entirely inade quate. JOHN F. BOVARD, Department of Zoology. No Room For Expansion. THE DEPARTMENT OF JOUR (Continued on page three) BUDGETARY SYSTEM IS SELECTED AS QUESTION Debaters Decided upon Topic Which Will Be Submit ted to Stanford At the meeting of the Varsity de baters In Prof. Gilbert's room In the Library building Tuesday after noon, the general question, "Resolv ed, That the federal government should adopt a budgetary system," was decided upon and will be sub mitted to Stanford for the annual interstate debate this year. The only other question suggested was the minimum wage. According to Debate Coach Pres cott. only four men will be chosen to represent Oregon this year in the debates with Washington, Stanford and O. A. C. The date of the pre liminary tryout has not been defin itely announced but will probably occur during Christmas vacation. About ten men attended the de bate meeting. TAKES JOB _AFTER FIRE Dr. Todd to Head Hound University When Latter Is Almost Wiped Out. After having been- notified of his election to the presidency of the Uni versity of Puget Sound at Tacoma, which action was taken yesterday by the board of overseers of that lnati SENIOR MEN TO DON OFFICIAL SOMBEROS First Meeting of Glass Given over to Plans for Com ing Year * At the first Senior Class meeting of the year held last evening, the members oi the class decided that all settlor men should don the senior sombreros not later than October the first, and wear them regularly on the campus throughout the year. To en force this decree. President Allle Grout appointed a committee whose duty it shall be to see that it is car ried out. Willard Shaver was made chairman of the committee, with Charles Reynolds and Maurice Ter penlng as the other two members. President Grout says this will be strictly enforced. With the purpose of enlivening fu ture meetings, the class passed a motion to have a sport program each time. The committee appointed to prepare and arrange the programs was as follows: Edith Still, chair man; Eleanor McClaine and Ira , Staggs. j tution. Dr. Edward H. Todd, of Sa ! lem. who is attending the Methodist conference here, was surprised and I chagrined this morning to be noti | fled of the disastrous fire which oc curred at the Tacoma institution last night. Register now.