OREGON
EMERALD
VOL. £V.
EUGENE, ORE., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1914.
XLVIII.
P. L. CAMPBELL
TELLS PLANS
PRESIDENT IN ASSEMBLY
SETS 1915 FOR COMPLE
TION OF BUILDINGS
TO ADD SCHOOL OF COMMERCE
Speaker States That Much Time
Will Be Needed in Letting
Contracts. Law Department
May Be Reorganized.
“The new building, for the con
struction of which the last Legisla
ture appropriated $100,000 will be
ready for occupancy by the second
semester of next year,” said Presi
dent Campbell at yesterday’s assem
bly.
“Preliminary work, such as draw
ing plans and letting contracts, re
quires as much time as the construc
tion of the building itself and this
accounts for the seeming delay in
starting actual work. The location
of the new building will probably be
definitely decided during the next
two weeks.
“The appropriation of $75,000 for
repairs on various buildings will be
expended during the coming sum
mer. It is expected that by Septem
ber 1 the fire-proof book stack for
the library and the new heating
plant will be installed and repairs
completed on the Dormitory and
Deady Hall.
New Schools Planned.
“With the appropriation campaign
over, we are now in a position to
take constructive steps toward in
creasing the efficiency and scope of
the various University departments,”
continued President Campbell. “The
University has been given the Fine
Arts, School of Music, School of
Architecture, School of Education,
Graduate School and School of Com
merce.
“Our present plans are to build up
a strong School of Architecture
fthere various kinds of structural de
signing will be taught. An architec
tural course will be a long-needed
addition to the University.
“The School of Fine Arts will in
clude courses in home decoration
and painting. The main purpose of
this school is to cultivate an interest
in art so that it may be appreciated.
Commercial Training Demanded.
“A school that should become an
important one and which we hope
to establish in the near future is a
School of Commerce. This school
'will not give book-keeping courses
or duplicate the work given by busi
ness colleges. Instead, its general
object is to prepare men for the con
sular service and commercial opera
tions in the foreign fields. There is
now considerable demand for com
petent men to act as agents for large
business concerns in foreign coun
tries. Large business concerns of
Portland have openings . for well
equipped young men to represent
them in other countries. The young
o man competent to take any of these
positions must have a knowledge of
economics, finance, foreign languages
and sciences.
“A committee of the Board of Re
gents has been appointed to consider
a reorganization of the department
of law located in Portland.”
OREGAXA PICTURES
All Oregana photographs
must betaken before Satur
day. Prints must be in hands
of Manager Dorris by Satur
day at the latest, otherwise
pictures can not be included
in book.
DR. HODGE TO CONDUCT
PORTLAND FLY CAMPAIGN
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Citizens Meet too Make Plans
for Exterminating
the Pest
O
Dr. C. F. Hodge, of the Extension
Department, has been chosen head of
the committee in charge of the cam
paign to exterminate the flies in the
city of Portland. The campaign will
cover a period of 2 0 days, from April
10 to April 30.
This appointment was made at a
large meeting of citizens which was
held in Portland last week under the
auspices of the Parent-Teacher As
sociation. At this meeting were pres
ent prominent men from all over the
city, among them the president of
the Commercial Club, the president
of the Ad Club and representatives
of civic improvement societies.
It was the plan of the meeting to
organize every possible club and or
ganization in Portland to work in
co-operation wi£h them, and under
the personal direction of Dr. Hodge.
OUTLOOK GOOD FOR CO-ED
TENNIS TEAM THIS SPRING
Racquet up for Tournament
Prize Contests With 0. A. C.
California Scheduled
A “Pim” racket, offered by the
Eugene Gun store, will be the trophy
at stake in the women’s tennis
matches this spring. Only women
belonging to the Tennis club can
take part in the tournament which
will probably be played off in May.
Anyone who desires to take part in
4Jie club tournament or to try for a
place on the College team, may do
so by joining the Woman’s Athletic
association and presenting a recom
mendation from Freda Goldsmith, to
Bess Cowdem, president of the club.
A match with O. A. C. has been
arranged to be played in May and a
match with the University of Cali
ornia, to be played at Berkeley is
awaiting the decision of the Athletic
Council.
Miss Winifred Bent, formerly a |
student at Berkeley, has registered
here and from her past record at the
sport it is expected' that she will eas
ily makei the University team.
Miss Bent made a mark for her
self in the Portland matches last
summer and since she did not play
on the Berkeley team while attend
ing college, there will be no difficul
ty about her representing Oregon in
the spring matches.
JU.MIORS MASK MARCH 6
Committee of Affairs Has Arranged
For Catchy Music.
“March 6 is the new date ar
ranged! for the Junior mask ball, and
it is going to be the best ever,” says
Morris Bigbee, chairman of the com
mittee of affairs. t'Catchy music,
good floor to dance upon, with sur
roundings beautifull decorated, will
provided, and every one will have a
royal good time.” Bigbee stated1 that
prizes will be awarded to the most
comically dressed couple, and to the
wearer of the best original costume.
“This mask dance, given by the
Class of ’15, is going to be the gala
event of the year,” says Bert Jerard,
president of the Junior Class, “and
no one can afford to miss it. We
cordially invite everyone to come and
have a grand old time.”
DATE SET FOR CONCERT
Women's (ilee Club Will Give En
tertainnient on March 21.
March 21st is the date fixed for
the Women's Glee club concert,
which will be given as usual, at the
Eugene theatre. Catharine Carson,
manager of the club, said this morn
ing that the stunts have been plan
ned and the rehearsals are promising
well. The main stunt is to be in the
nature of a “surprise.”
PROFS. SHOW
NO QUARTER
„ I
COMMITTEE REFUSES
REINSTATE 32 OF
THE FLUNKERS
TO
EIGHT DOUBTFUL ONES REMAIN
Present Method of Receiving
Petitions From Students Who
Fail to Make Necessary
Hours Will Be Abandoned.
The decisions of the faculty, at
the meeting held on Tuesday at 4
p. m., left 32 flunkers without hope
of being reinstated; eight others,
whose cases had been doubtful, were
allowed to go on with their courses.
Dean Straub submitted to the fac
ulty a proposal which will be passed
at the next meeting. It is intended
to do away with the present method
of h'earing the petitions from stu
dents who may be “wishing there
were more hours on their cards,”
which necessitated six faculty meet
ings idluring the last few days. Re
moval from the university, upon fail
ure to make the required number of
hours, will then be automatic.
A definite value will be set upon
“incompletes” and “conditions”
when they are needed to hold the
student above the failing point. For
instance, a certain number of “in
completes” will be rated as two
thirds that number of semester
hours; “conditions” as one-half.
“It is not with the idea of being
unfair,” Dean Straub said, “that this
action is being taken; but, since
scholarship is of first importance in
bringing students to the university,
the standards must be maintained.
Other functions, while valuable in
their way, cannot be allowed to in
terfere with scholarship.”
At the faculty meeting, held yes
terday morning, at which the various
houses were represented by the presi
dents, President Campbell gave his
opinion that it would not be possi
ble for the faculty to reconsider the
position taken in regard to the fail
ing students. Either there would be
a tendency to over-leniency fti grant
ing the petitions, or a tendency to,
perhaps too harshly, refuse all alike.
At the Tuesday meeting a ruling
was passed concerning absences from
classes—“cuts.” Henceforward, at
the end of each semester, a board,
composed of the deans of the uni
versity, will receive and pass upon
all excuses of absentees, granting all
they may deem valid. All unexcused
“cuts” will detract one-sixteenth of
a semester-hour from the student’s
record.
EXTENSION CLASS LARGE
Mrs. Parsons Short Story Class Dou
bles in Few Months.
The Short Story class under Mrs.
Malle H. Parsons, held In Portland
as one of the extension classes’ of the
University, has more than doubled
since it began a few months ago and
has had to change to a larger room
in the Public Library to accommo
date new members. From about 25
members at first it has grown to
over 50.
“I am quite enthusiastic over the
quality of the work done,” said Mrs.
Parsons, yesterday, “and I am out
lining a new plan to aid me in my
work in the future.”
Michigan doesn’t stop breaking
records when she is at home. It gets
to be a pastme . There are now 1,000
men in the Freshman gym class, ex
ceeding all previous enrollments by
125.
Dr. Timothy Cloran was a dinner
guest at the Beta house Wednesday
evening.
GLEE CONCERT
WELL TODTED
MANAGER WALKER
SALE INDICATES
FULL HOUSE
SAYS
A
BILL IS LIKE ROAD PROGRAM
Few New Numbers to Be Intro
duced, But New Features
Will Be Added to Vaudeville
Stunts of Former Program.
The seat sale for the Glee Club
concert tomorrow night at the Eu
gene Theatre opened at 10 o’clock
this morning. According to Man
ager Dean Walker, the prospects for
a full house are satisfactory.
“This concert will give the stu
dents an opportunity to see what ad
vancement the club has made since
Its last appearance at Eugene,’’ said
Walker, “and I am glad so many of
the students are taking advantage of
it. But this is not the only reason
why all of the students should hear
this concert. A different program
will be given than that given at the
last honie concert.”
Except in a few instances, the
program is the same as the club gave
on their tours. Each number has
been tried before many audiences
and each of them is a feature.
Many of the old favorites are on
the program, such as “Hail to Ore-,
gon” and “Comrade Song,’’ but sev
eral new songs will also be sung.
Selections from Faust will take the
place of the Toreador song from Car
men and “The Pretty Creature,” by
Albert Gillette.
“From the first number, ‘As I Sit
and Dream at Evening,’ until the last
encore of ‘The Varsity,’ every mo
ment will be enjoyable,” predicted
Walker this morning. “Professor
Lyman’s solo is alone worth' com
ing to hear. Both stunts, ‘Good Old
Vaudeville’ and ‘Caught With the
Goods,’ have new features that will
make these screams decidedly worth
hearing again. The boys aren’t say
ing much, but it’s plain they have
something up their sleeve.”
Y. W. C. A. BUNGALOW GETS
SILVER, LINEN AND DISHES
Rooms Are Now Utilized by
Several Different Or
ganisations
Donations of quantities of silver,
linen and dishes have been acquired
V- the Y. W. C. A. Bungalow in the
'ast few days. This makes possible
the me of the association rooms for
many informal gatherings. The Fac
ulty Colloquium is a recent addition
to the list of organizations which is
:-ilding meet'iigs in the Y. W. C. A.
ungait ,v. . esides the regular Y\
.7. C. A. a.\. irs of all kinds which
’ if course rrt held there, the rooms
are being made use of by Dean
Guppy, |he Roman’s League, the
Eutaxians, the Faculty Club and sev
eral smaller organizations. A few
private social affairs have also been
held there.
GYM WITHOUT HOT WATER
llreak in I’ipe Leading From Power
Plant Causes Inconvenience.
All Gym classes at the Men’s gym
nasium will be forced to shiver in
cold shower baths for the next three
days. A break in the steam pipe
leading from the power plant has oc
curred and until this is repaired,
there will be no hot water In the
Gym. Such was the announcement
made yesterday by H. M. Fisher,
superintendent of buildings. He
stated, that men are at work repair
ing the break and will have it in
shape at the earliest possible date.
MACDERMID RECITAL IS .
LISTED FOR MONDAY
Prof. Lyman Has Arranged for
Appearance of World
Famous Artists
The first recital by Sybil Sammis
MacDermid and her talented com
poser-husband, James G. MacDermid,
will be held in Villard Hall on Mon
day, February 16. High praise has
been tendered these artists in the
largest cities, and their appearance
here should awaken interest. A
program of interest has been ar
ranged for the occasion.
Should this recital prove satisfac
tory, Prof. Lyman intends to have it
followed by others. In regard to
this innovation Prof. Lyman said to
day:
“The effort to make a musical cen
tre of the University must have
the support of the students in order
to succeed. I am confident that the
support will be forthcoming as soon
as the people realize that the best
in music is being offered at a low
price.”
ELABORATE DECORATIONS
PLANNED TOR BIG DANCE
Freshmen Glee Committee Out
to Set Record for Such
Affairs
The seven committees for the
Freshman Glee—‘floor, music, pat
roness, features, decorations and pro
grams—under the direction of gen
eral chairman, Harold Fitzgibbon,
have with systematic work made al
most the last preparations for the
dance Saturday night, February 14.
The dance will start promptly at
8:15 p. m. in order to be through by
11:45. Tile eighth dance will be a
feature dance.
Much care has been taken in ar
ranging the decorations and the feat
ures and Chairman Fitzgibbon ex
pect that 1'iis dt.nce will outstrip
any previous Freshman Glee in its
uniqueness and originality. Greens
will be used profusely in the decora
tive scheme.
The patrons and patronesses will
be: President and Mrs. Campbell,
Dr. and Mrs. Straub, Professor and
Mrs. l ovard, Dr. and' Mrs. Leonard,
Dr. and Mrs. Kdmondson, Mr. and
Mrs. Bezdek, Dr. Bertha Stuart, and
Miss Ituth Guppy.
Tiu work of decorating the gym
nasium v/ill begin Friday noon and
all Freshmen called upon to help will
be expected to be present according
to President Nelson.
rl he various committees were ap
pointed just three weeks ago and
have had all their work to do in this
short time, but Chairman Fitzgib
bon thinks that no necessary ar
rangements will have been neglected.
GYM CLASSES RE-ARRANGED
New Clauses fop Co-eds Started—
tirades For 1’ast Semester tiiven.
Beginning this semester the Wo
men’s gymnasium classes will be re
arranged. The Sophomore class will
be divided into “two ■divisions.
The new Freshmen wilt' take their
work on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at eleven. This is the first
time a beginners’ class in gymnastics
j has been put iiP the second semester,
i The whole of Friday afternoon will
be devoted to the three sections of
Freshmen fancy dancing.
The following figures from the
| Women’s gymnasium show the stand
ling of the different classes:
Freshmen—P. 22 per cent, M 28,
| per cent, S, 11 per cent; not passed,
j 37 per cent.
Sophomore—P, 27.1 per cent; M,
38.5 per cent; S, 2.8 per cent; not
passed, 35 per cent.
Junior—P, 26.6 per cent; M, 13.30
per cent; S, 6.6 per cent; H, 6.6 per
cent; not passed, 33 1-3 per cent.
Senior—P, 13 per cent; M, 37 per
cent; S, 6.2 per cent; not passed,
37.5 per cent.
VARSITY FIVE
PLAYS M.A.A.C.
FINAL GAME OF NORTHERN
TOUR COMES IN PORT
LAND TONIGHT
OREGON QUINTETTE IMPROVES
Although All Three Contests
With U. of W. Were Lost,
Third One Was by Score of
16-12.
(By Fred Dunbar)
The University of 0~egon basket
ball quintet plays the Multnomah
dub tonight on the club’s floor In
Portland.
The chances for capturing this
game are considerably better than
when the Varsity played the team
on the home floor before examina
tions. The team's playing has im
proved considerably since they made
the trip north as was shown in the
last game with Washington when
the score was kept dpwn to 16 to 12.
Jteports from Seattle show that
Oregon’s basket-shooting was off in
the first game with Washington.
Many shots were attempted
but the men could not locate the
basket. However, in the last two
games, though the shooting did not
Improve so much it was better and
the team work of Oregon had Wash
ington on the run. The games were
said to have been the hardest fought
and gamest played on the Seattle
floor this year. At times the players
became so enthusiastic that a pair
could be discovered wrapped in each
other’s arms, rolling on the floor.
Uy actual count there were three
pairs af players tangled up so that
it took the referee’s assistance to
separate them at one time.
Good Fueling Shown.
However, the feeling between the
two teams was exceptionally good,
taking Into consideration the rela
tive positions of the men. Fenton
and Savage staged the most Inter
esting fight but it was marked by
no 111 feeling as that which was
present last year, and the men did
not lose their tempers.
The passing of the Oregon five is.
said to be almost perfect and that
the dribbling has also reached such
a stage of perfection as to be re
markable. This emphasizes strongly
the need of more strenuous practice
games early in the season to prevent
the other conference teams getting
a start.
Walker Optimistic.
Coach Bezdek has made many
changes In the past three games de
claring that he will keep on so doing
until he finds a combination that
will bring results. Graduate-Man
ager Dean Walker is very optimistic
concerning the team and says that
we are going to win two out of the
three games that will be played here
with Washington. "Coach Bezdek
has had to make several changes,”
-said he, “and as soon as he finds the
right combination you want to look
out for Oregon. That team can play
bail and I know it. All they need to
find is their stride and they will do
things.” „
The lineup for tonight’s game with
Multnomah is as follows:
Oregon. Multnomah.
Koch .f. . Sharp, McRae
Wolcott .f. Masters
Fenton .c. Darling
Bigbee .g. Allen
Bradshaw .g.Rossman, Toomey
Hereafter fraternity Freshmen at
the University of Missouri iwho have
low grades will be summoned before
the scholarship committee of the Pan
Hellenic Council. Each man must ex
plain why he is de Vfcclent and steps
are then taken to Improve his schol
astic standing.