Mini) KNOW
ASSEMBLY AUDIENCE WON’l
LET READERS STOP IN
MIDDLE OF PLOT.
MISS WOODBURY MAKES HIT
Eleven O’clock Rule Downed
When Dramatis Interpreter
Oilers to Quit Before Com
pleting “Lion and Mouse.’’
Three times Miss Elizabeth E.
Woodbury of Portland tried to bring
to a close her reading from “The
Lion and the Mouse” before the Uni
versity Assembly yesterday, and
three times the audience insisted that
she continue, in spite of all class
hour gongs and University rules.
“A vote from the faculty!” cried
iDean Straub, the chairman, when
the final gong sounded announcing
the usually sacred 11 o’clock hour.
“How many vote to stay in session
and hear the end? The ayes have
it.”. Amid prolonged applause, Miss
Woodbury resumed iier interpreta
tion, which ran well Into the next
class hour, usually jealously guarded
by the professors.
The plot of the “Lion and the
’Mouse” is constructed around the
character of John Burkett Ryder,”
the richest man in the world,” and
the “Lion” of the drama. The pre
dominating feature of the man was
an almost insane love for power and
money.
The “Mouse” of the play, Shirley
Rossmore, daughter of a justice of
the United States supreme court,
against whom Ryder had been instru
mental in having impeachment pro
ceedings started because Rossmore
would not follow his directions, is in
contrast to the “Lion.” She is ad
mitted to the Ryder household, and
finally, through her tactful and ap
pealing manner, wins Ryder’s ad
miration. The play ends with Ry
der’s promise to prevent Rossmore’s
Impeachment and with the bethroth
al of Shirley to Jefferson Ryder, Ry
der’s son. ?
Miss Woodbury has been a dra
matic' reader for 23 years and for 12
years taught in the Columbia School
Of Expression in Chicago. She has
lived in Portland this winter, giving
a series of readings before the Port
land T. M. C. A.
The "Lion and the Mouse” was
‘Tiist produced in New York in 1903.
The musical part of the morning’s
exercises included two vocal solos by
Mrs. A. Middleton of Springfield, as
sistant in the University School of
Music.
LAUREANS PUN BOOSTER
MEETINGJFOR TUESDAY
Will Discuss Plans for the Re
organization of the
Society
Next Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock
in Deady Hall a booster meeting of
the Laurean Literary society will be
held. All members are urged to be
present, but more especially every
man who is interested and who
would like to become a member is
extended a cordial invitation. The
meeting is for the purpose of reor
ganizing the aoicety and creating
additional Interest along literary
lines.
A short program will be given.
Helm will give a humorous selec
tion, followed by a short period of
parliamentary drill. The meeting
will then, be turned Jnto a booster
session. Several members will make
short speeches on the subjects “What
We Can Do,” “Plans for Increasing
Interest,” “How to Get the Men In
terested," and “What Is Our Excuse
Por Existence.”
After the program a short busi
ness session will be held at which
time plans for the future will be
made.
Fine assortment of Easter cards,
booklets and folders. Cressey’s
Book Store, 630 Willamette street.
Did you see those beautiful steel
dye Easter ca-ds and so reasonable
at Cressey’s Book Store, 630 Willam
ette street?
J
Eugene
Theatre
A. Modern
American Drama
in 3 Acts
A
Womans
Way
University of
Oregon
Dramatic Club
Friday
April 3
VARSITY TEAM
NEEDS HITTING
OREGON’S OUTFIELD AND
INFIELD STRONG BUT
STICKING WEAK
JOHNNY WELCH WILL PITCH
Weather Has Allowed Only
Light Practice This Week.
Same Men to Meet Mt. Angel
as Used in Chemawa Games.
Unless the Varsity team gets to
hitting better than it has been hit
ting, Oregon’s chances for a champ
ionship team are not of the rosiest. ;
Such was the opinion Coach Bez
dek expressed yesterday as to the
emon yellow’s prospects. “We have
good outfielders and perhaps as good I
m infield as Oregon has ever had,’’
he said, “but we are in need of hit
ters, and it takes hitters to win
games.”
The Mt. Angel College team comes
Friday for two games which will be
played Friday and Saturday. This
team is known all over the state for
its fast team work and heavy hitters
and is considered one of the hardest
college teams in the northern part of
the state, outside the conference
teams, to beat. The line-up is not
known at present, but it is rumored.
;hat several Northwest players will
number among the players.
The team will arrive Friday morn
ing, rain or shine, and the first
game will be played that afternoon.
Oregon has been developing some
heavy hitters and her infield, while
not in shape yet by any means, is one
that is going to develop into one of
the fastest in the conference, if not
the fastest. Coach Bezdek thus far
has spent most of his time on pre
liminary work consisting of batting
practice, sliding and base running.
Little time has yet been devoted to
team work and only a few practices
on this have been held.
The wealth of material that the
coach has this year is the best that
Oregon has seen for many years. The
practice games so far have been sim
ply preliminaries and w-ere used by
the coach to get a line on his play
ers as to their natural abilities more
than anything else. Beyond this lit
tle could be accomplished. The next
two games will furnish better crite
rion as to the ability of the team, for,
since the first two the coach has been
correcting the minor mistakes as
well as the larger ones and is gradu
ally working his men into a rounded
and finished product.
Johnnie Welch will probably open
up the first game here Friday and if
he is in shape little trouble is antici
pated by local fans. However, the
recent weather has had its effect on
most of the men and has resulted In
numerous complaints of sore should*
ers, stiff joints and sore arms. The
line-up will probably be: Motschen
bacher, catcher; Nelson, 1st; Cornell,
2nd; “Skeet” Bigbee, ss; Anubsen,
3rd; M. Bigbee, If; Fenton, cf; Bill
ings and L. Bigbee, rf. Welch or
Tuerck will in all probabilities start
the game.
The condition of the weather has
been such that only light practice
has been indulged in for the last few
days and the team may not get an
other good workout before the games
with Mt. Angel.
SOPHOMORES CONDUCT
MAJOR CLUB MEETING
Papers and Talks by Women
Will Constitute
Program
The Sophomores will have charge
of the Major club meeting which will
be held tonight at the Woman’s
gymnasium.
The program will consist of a pa
per by Winifred Bent, on "Physical
Training for the Blind;” a talk by
Emma Haround on social settlement
work, Dennison House, Boston, and
papers by Louise bailey and Mar
garet Belat on "Physical Training
for the Deaf and Dumb.”
The next meeting will also be
turned over to the Sophomores.
ANNAPOLIS EXAM DATE SET
Four Will Take Competitive Exam
ination April 21.
A competitive examination for en
trance to the United States Naval
Academy, at Annapolis, will be held
in Eugene, April 21. Four men,
three of whom are from Eugene, will
take the examination. The man who
receives the highest standing will be
sent to Annapolis, where he will re
ceive $100 a year for four years
and $1400 a year immediately after
ward.
The Eutaxian Literary Society
met Tuesday evening in the Bunga
low. The regular business meeting
was followed by a program consist
ing of:
Talks on current events by Gene
vieve Shaver and Orace Lilly.
Life and Works of John W. Alex
ander by Rose Price and Aline No
reen.
The fourth annual student confer
ence of the Y. M. C. A. will be held
at Columbia Beach this year from
June 12 to 21 Inclusive. Student
representatives from all colleges and
universities of the Pacific northwest
will be present. Formerly the Uni
| versify has sent ten delegates, but
the prospects are that fifteen will
make the trip this year.
The program of sports and lec
tures will be announced later.
The conference for the southern
states is now being held at Pacific
Grove, California.
MAMMOTH TUSKS
NOW IN MUSEUM
DISCOVERY OF PROF. W. A.
BEER BROUGHT TO THE
UNIVERSITY
o .....
TUSK THREE FEET LONG
Extinct Mammal Was Contem
poraneous With Man. Other
Specimens Have Been Found
Near Albany and Lebanon.
A tooth and tusk of a mammoth,
an elephant-Uke animal that inhabit
ed North America and Siberia from
500,000 to 1,000,000 years ago, have
been added to the University Mu
seum as a result of a discovery made
on the old Farrington place, two
miles from Eugene on the Spencer
Butte road, Sunday afternoon by
Sammy Beer, son of Principal W. A.
Beer, of the Condon School, of Eu
gene.
Professor Beer and son were ram
bling past the Farrington place,
when Sammy found an Indian ar
row-head In a gully. He called to his
father to see what he had found.
While examining the place where the
arrow-head had been burled, Profes
sor Beer saw a few feet away what
proved to be a mammoth’s tusk, par
tially burled In the ground. Investi
gating more closely he found a tooth
and another tusk, the latter in a bad
ly decomposed condition. He brought
\ the tooth to Eugene and gave it to
Prof. A. J. Collier, head of the geo
logical department of the University.
Monday, Professor Collier went to
the place where the remains of the
mammoth bad been found and
brought the better preserved tusk to
Eugene. The tusk Is three or four
feet long while tooth measured six
Inches.
The mammoth lived In the Pleisto
cene age and was contemporaneous
with man. Of the entire elephant
family, the Asiatic elephant resem
bles the mammoth most closely,
there being practically no difference
between the two types. The mam
moth is farthest removed from the
mastodon with respect to the shape
of its tusks and the character of its
teeth. The tusks of the mammoth
are of spiral structure while those of
the mastodon are straight except for
a slight upward curving of the tips.
The teeth of the two animals differ
in that those of the mammoth are
wider and have a thinner coating of
enamel than those of the mastodon.
Fifteen years ago a mammoth, in
a well-preserved condition, was
found frozen In the ice of Siberia. It
weighed five tons and had a coat of
fur almost a foot thick. The stom
ach of the animal was removed and
it was discovered that Its food con
sisted mainly of leaves and branches,
from-willow trees.
No exUnct animal has loft more
evidence of lta existence than the
mammoth, and several tuaks and
teeth have been found In Oregon.
Within the last few years remains
have been found In Albany and Leb
anon and these are now on exhibi
tion in the University Museum.
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Special Attention Given to
Party, Wedding and Funeral
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We carry a Fine Line of Brass
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Cut Flowers and Potted Plants
of All Kinds.
Phone 002-J Delivery Free
Train on Red Tame ther 17 at
Obak’s.
Pina {alt pennants for fire Pats
%t Obak’s.
Phi Delta Theta announces the
pledging of Morris Bigbee, Lyle Big
bee, Carson Bigbee, Floyd Soutji and
La Vern Van Marter.
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Phone 217 Free Delivery
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Highly Flavored Tea
The Freshest in Town
ADAMS TEA COMPANY
MILLINERY
PARLORS
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Fisk Hats a Leader
Order Work a Specialty
Room 22
Over First National Bank
“Blue Bell"
The Butter with the
Pleasing Flavor
AT ALL GROCERS
Eugene Creamery
Tel. 638 856 Olive
MRS. M. E. BREEDING
Millinery of Quality. Hair Goda Matched
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67 Ninth Avenue Eaat
Ventilated Porch Shades j
For Sleeping Porches, Porch Rugs, Porch Beds, Porch Chairs, Rockers end
Settees, Porch Swings and Couch Pam mocks, Pillows and Cushions for
Porch or Canoe. In fact everything in House Furnishings, whether for the
interior or porch. Can be had for reasonable prices at
2 The Up-To-Date Furniture Store
Delayed Again
Our new atore, 868 Willamette St., will not be
ready until the last of this week, and we are forc
ed to remain In our old atore, No. «57 Willamette,
until Saturday night.
Our Great Removal Sale
Continues all this Week
Come today—Come every day this week and share
In this genuine bargain event. Watch for our
Opening Announcement In the Sunday Register.
The Store That Sells (Vooltex.
LARGE’S c,Houiuit
The Store That Sells Wooltex
657 Willamette Street Telephone 525