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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1914)
TEN REQUESTS GRANTED Eight of Faculty Members to Give One Lecture Apiece—Dr. Hodgt Will Give Two° O • o • The Extension Department of the “University has granted the following requests for lectures in the towns of Oregon for the coming week-end: Prof. E. E. DeCou, in Sutherlin, on “The World Peace Movement;” Dr. W. D. Smith, in Creswell, on “The Ge ography of the War;” Prof. F. C. Ayer, in Mill City, on the “Knowledge that is Most Worth While;” Dr. C. H. Edmondson, in Glendale, on “Prehis toric Life in America;” Prof. 0. F. Stafford, in Hood River, on “Worlds in the Making;” Dr. C. F. Hodge, in Gold Hill on the 10th and in Jackson ville the 11th, on “Making the Most of Our Bird Life;” Dr. T. Cloran, in Forest Grove, on “Spain and the Al hambra;” Prof. F. S. Dunn, in Thurs ton, on “A Trip Through Rome;” Dr. J. Straub in Roseburg and Oakland, on “Capitalize Your Btrains.” DR. W. D. SMITH GIVES~ TALK BEFORE GEOLOGISTS “The Volcanoes of the Philippine Islands,” was the title of a stereopti con lecture given before the class of Geology Wednesday morning by Dr. W. D. Smith, head of that depart ment. The lecture dealt with some of the personal experiences of Mr. Smith when he was in the Philippine territory making geological observa tions. The structure and composition of the volcanic rock was described by the lecture. Medics at the University of Tennes see were given a demonstration of the inordinate elasticity of the human body by a human lizard, who was left behind by a visiting circus. Two pro fessors of the department of anato my lectured while the freak went through his complete repertoire. FOUR MORE WOMEN JOIN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION There will be a meeting of the Wo. men’s Athletic Association Thursday, December 10, in the Women’s Gymna sium, at 6:00 o’clock. New members of the association are: Ruth A. Westfall, Myrtle Pur vance, Helen Phillips, and Viola Pe terson. Helen Phillips and Ethel Loucks were elected to the Advisory Board of the Oregon Trail girls. It has been proposed that the up perclass basketball games be post poned until after the Christmas vaca tion. FUNCTION OF COLLEGE IS TO CREATE LEADERS (Continued from page 1.) we should give all honor to these men who redeemed the American educa tion from amateurishness and medi ocrity. “However, our problem of training social leaders is different from that of Germany and England. In politics our system does not demand u highly educated man. It demands a man of personal qualities of leadership with a little common sense. Therefore our universities, to train leaders, must train in a different way than those in the old countries. “The dominant idea of our univer sities is to give men a specific prepa ration for the great callings that largely influence public opinion. And when we hit at something specific we hit harder and stronger than any other nation. “Now the question up to us this morning is, how shall we take hold of this new system of training social leaders. Let me give you some advice. Keep in mind that for any service you perform, one of the most valu able things is a general stock of ideas, and you get that by outside reading. You must have individual force enough to do this outside reading without be ing told to do so. Talk shop—talk about your work. By talking shop you concentrate vour own ideas, and you must take your own idoas serious ly. Learn to write and write well; to talk and talk well so you can step into place when you are graduated and lead rather than sit on the fence or be led. “So we have a new and most val uable conception of the value of the American university, hut if it is to be a success, it is up to you.” The special music of the morning was a tenor solo sung by Paul Sprague. MUSEUM GETS EXHIBIT Newspaper 11 Years Old, Stereotype .Mats and Lithographic Specimens Added to Collection A 111 year old copy of a newspa per has been offered by T. C. "Queen, editor of the Dufur, Oregon, Dispatch, to Colin V. Dyment, as an addition to the “Newspaper Museum” of the Department of Journalism. The copy is the issue of the “Herald of the Unit ed States,” of December 27, 1803, pub lished in Rhode Island It contains an act of Congress when Nathaniel Macon was Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Brown Presi dent of the Senate, and Thomas Jef ferson, President of the United States. Oscar Fotampa, of Eugene, has contributed co the “Museum” some litthographic work which he did 25 years ago in Oppeln, Upper Silesia, Germany. A. C. Phelps, a stereotyper of the Portland Oregonian, has preesnted some stereeotyping mats used with the “wet process,” and some alumi num advertising plates. FIVE ELIMINATED IN PRELIMINARY GAMES (Continued from page 1.) pable of passing the ball and shoot ing for baskets with some degree of accuracy. While the Oregon Club team was able to jockey, coax and otherwise get the ball down to its basket, and then stand off their opponents long enough to take ten or fifteen consec utive shots at it, they were unable to score. Both teams did this kind of work in spite of all the deafening en couragement sent out from the root ers. As compared with all the other games, this was a gentlemanly con test. ' Iota Chi-Sigma Nu Game Close There was not a dull moment dur ing the battle between the Sigma Nus and Iota Chis. Both were fairly heavy and fast. It was anybody’s game up to the last minute. Parsons and Dudley did the work for Sigma Nu, while King was the backbone of the Iota Chis. The first half ended 2 to 1 in favor of Sigma Nu. Both teams came back in the last half full of fight, and fight they did. Parsons and Teggart fell into football form and played good interference for Dudley, who drib bled the ball around in basketball fashion and made a couple of difficult baskets. King and Apperson put up a stiff game, dodged and broke up interfer ence almost at will, nearly breaking up the game several times by "near good” shots from all angles. The board showed Sigma Nu to be winner by a score of 8-7. At the finish of every game each team gave the other nine rahs, and everybody was happy. Some of the players are more or less bruised up and feel that they have been ruffed up—but “it is all in the game,” they say. Sixty-one thousand people can be seated in the new Yale Bowl around the gridiron. It is the largest college stadium in America. LADIES’ ClllS. sills 111 MUM In the prevailing Fall Styles. The Ladies’ Specialty Shop MclnUsh It Clarke 36 Ninth Avenue E<ut Eugene. Or Leave vour orders early tor' that box of CHRISTMAS CANDY. \Ye will till it with fresh eamly before Xmas. Have you seen those Y. M. C. A. Calendars in our window? They’re dandies. PETER PAN I VARSITY SONG BIRDS MAY FLY SOUTH IN JANUARY The Women’s Glee Club is planning a trip as far south as Roseburg, to take place some time in January. Rita Fraley, President of the club, said that the schedule of the trip will be definitely made out next week and an nounced at that time. I __ _ BASKETBALL OUTLOOK IS MOST DISCOURAING (Continued from page 1.) and Morton are showing some promise as forwards, and Tom Boylen, Hamp ton and Gorman are good guards. The strongest fight is for center. Brownell, Dudley and Roberts are all about on a par and it is hard to tell which one of the trio will land in the ring for the first game. GERMANY NOT TO BLAME SAYS DR. KUEHNEMANN (Continued from page 1.) been on the battle field. It has been in America and other countries. Most of the news reports received in the United States come from England. 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