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PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUAR 12, 1915. Volume XVI, No. 40.
UNIVERSITY TO HAVE NO
> INCOME UNTILAPRIL1
° o -
MILLAGE BILL IS SOURCE OF NO
BENEFITS AT TIME IT
BECOMES LAW
$45,000 NEEDED FORSALARIES
$43,750, However, ia Amount Availa
ble. New Building is Planned
by Board
l
*
“How to make $43,750 pay a* $45, •
000 salary roll and all other expenses
for three months,” might be the title
of one of the present University prob
lems.
Until April, ^hen the millage tax
bill, which really became a law Janu
ary 1, becomes effective, the Univer
sity will be compelled to worry along
as best it may on one quarter of last
year’s appropriation of $175,000. The
new law provides for the University’s
receiving 3-10 of a mill on nine hun
dred fifty-five millions of dollars, the
state’s valuation for the current year,
halg of which will be available
on April 1, and half on November 1.
This money, as has been the custom
heretofore, will be kept in the state
treasury, all warrants from the Uni
versity being issued through the Sec
retary of State’s office.
“The Board is going to try to save
enough in two years for the construc
tion of a new building, probably a
recitation hall,” stated President P. L.
Campbell. “Within another year we
shall be badly in need of a new build
ing, although eight or ten recitation
rooms and several offices are being
planned for the new Administration
Building. The increase in enrollment
this year was 12% per cent, and it
is probable that it will be fully as
much, if not more, next year.”
Just where the new building will be
erected, if one is found to be a possi
bility, has not yet been determined,
although President Campbell states
that it will be located in accordance
with the general plans made by Pro
fessor Ellis F. Lawrence.
A plan which has been drawn up
by Professor Ellis F. Lawrence, Di
rector of the School of Architecture,
as to the location of new University
buildings as they become realities, is
on display on the back wall of the
Assembly room in Villard Hall. Pro
fessor Lawrence, who spent about six
months on these plans, constructed
the mlast year, and they were ap
proved by the Board of Regents in the
spring. The new Administration
Building on Thirteenth street is'being
erected in accordance with them.
J. A.° Albert^ Will Submit tQo the Leg
islature Measures Discussed at
Commonwealth Session
“I am forwarding todaymll the ma
terial gathered as a result of the spe
cial session of the Commonwealth
Conference last month, to J. H/ Al
bert, President of the Marion County
Taxpayers’ League, which has its
head quarters at Salem. Mr. Albert
is going to submit the matter per
sonally to the members of the Legis
lature,” said Professor F. G. Young,
in speaking of the probable outcome
of the Conference.
“Legislators in Portland are plan
ning to see that committees are ap
pointed in both the house and senate
to consider the matter submitted by
the members of the Conference. I am
confident that the Legislature will take
decisive action on all of the meas
ures discussed. In a week we will
probably see some definite action
taken,” F^rofessor Young continued.
The Legislature convened Monday
and will take up regular business
today.
“COLLEGE LIFE FOR MINE”
SAYS MISS SOPHIE TUCKER,
Vising Music Comedy Star Enthusi
astic Over Entertainment at Lo
cal Fraternity House
Miss Sophie Tucker was a dinner
guest at the Sigma Nu house last
evening.
For the benefit ot anyone who has
not heard of Sophie, it might be ex
plained that she is the musical com
edy star who is “playing” the Pan
tages circuit and was signed up by
a local theatre for a special engage
ment last night and tonight.
“The Sigma Nu boys are regular
boys,” said the comedienne when in
terviewed at the Hotel Osbum today.
“They showed me the time of my
life. We didn’t talk much—we were
too busy singing and tangoing.
“Your Oregon songs made a hit
with me. They’re all fine, but when
the boys sang that one about ‘We’ll
all have a-of a time,” Ibrought
my hand down on the table and said,
“That’s the one for me.”
“I like college boys,” continued the
Melba of ragtime, as she is styled by
the press agents. “I come from
Hartford, Connecticut, and I know ev
ery boy in Trinity College. That Par.
sons boy made a hit with me. He’s
a regular guy. And Johnnie Beckett
another. He sure can do the tango.”
OREGANA SUBSCRIBERS
NOW NUMBER OVER 200
FIRST $1.50 MUST BE PAID BE
FORE SATURDAY TO GET
BOOK FOR $2.50
Kappa Sigma has 14 Subscribers,
Gamma Phi Qeta has 17. List
Appears Below
Two hundred and nine subscriptions
have been taken as a, result of the cam
paign which has been carried on dur
ing the past week for the 1916 Ore-1
gana. These figures are almost iden
tical with those of last year at thisj
time, according to Sam Michael, who
superintended the circulation of the
1915 Oregana.
But three days remain in which ad
vantage may be taken of the $2.50
rate. After Friday, the price of the
book will be $3.00 per copy.
All of the fraternity and sorority
houses and the two dormitories have
been visited by members of the cir
culation staff since last Wednesday.
Kappa Sigma heads the fraternities
with 14 subscribers, while Gamma Phi
Beta occupies the same position with
respect to the women’s organizations
with 17 subscribers.
“Weare pleased with the result of
the campaign,” said W. P. Holt, man
ager of the book, this morning. “The
totql student subscription should reach
400.
“Anyone who desires to get °the
book before the price is advanced to
$3.00 may do so by making their ini
tial payment of $1.50 at the Y. M. C.
A. Book Exchange before Saturday,”
Manager Holt concluded.
* Below is published a list of subscrib
ers up to Monday night. It is planned
to publish the names of new subscrib-!
ers in the Emerald from time to time
until the book is issued.
The following names have been en
tered on the subscription list:
Jack Elliott, Tommy Boylen, Bert
Ford, Glenn Shockley, Sam Bullock,
Karl Eecke, Bert Peacock, E. P. Cox,
Ramsey Pierce, Bob Hayes, Cloyd
Dawson, F. Boyce Fenton, Helen
Downing, Dorothy Groman, Lucile
Shepherd, A. F. W. Kresse, E. Gar
bade, Cord Sengstake, C. A. Saun
ders, Charles Fancher, Clark Burgard,
Lamar Tooze, Kenneth Bartlett, Wal. J
ter Amspoker, Jack Dolph, Leslie
Tooze, Lois Ladd, Helen Robinson,
Claire Raley, May Neill, Gladys Wil
kins, Arvilla Beckwith, Erna Petzold,
(Continued on page 4.)
HUGK FINN WILL BE
PRESENTED JAN. 21
CAST oT„0 CONSIST OF FORTY
STUDENTS IN DRAMATIC
INTERPRETATION
REDDIE HUS FAITH IN CUSS
The Play Tells a Story of Child Life
in the Old South
By Mandell Weiss.
If you should happen to saunter by
the Extension Building one of these
days or nights and hear a shrill, pierc.
ing feminine cry for “Help,” you need
not be alarmed. Do not be tempted tc
offer your services or run away, which
ever impulse inspires you, but allay
your fears and wander peacefully or
your journey, for it is only Beulah
Stebno rehearsing her role of Maty
Jane in Huckleberry Finn. Mary Jane
has just learned that her two sup
posedly noble uncles are frauds, and
that she has been cheated out of
$5,000 of stage money. The two fic
titious uncles posing as the Duke of
Bridgewater and the Dauphin, who
have swindled the poor (?) girl, are
interpreted by Mandell Weiss and
Ralph Ash, respectively. In private
life they are not villains.
Extension Hal lthese days presents
a scene of animation. Preparation
for the production of Huckleberry
Finn, which will be staged Thursday
eevening, January 21, at the Eugene
Theatre, by Professor Reddis’s class
in Dramatic Interpretation, are will
under way. The 40 members who rep
resent the cast of Mark Twain’s com
edy, are diligently at work in their re
spective roles of the rogue, the under
taker, the doctor, the patent medi
cine faker, or the town gossip, the
Southern “mammy,” and so on.
In the estimation of Professor Red
die, who is directing his own dramati
zation and will appear in the roguish
part of Huck, the production bid's fair
to rival anything in the line of dra
matics that has ever been presented
at the University. He bases this pre
diction on the unusual abundance of
talent found in the class and the zeal
ous faith which the different mem
bers are displaying in the handling of
their parts. “Each will appear in the
role most suitable and to the best ad
vantage,” added the director.
Nearly everybody is acquainted with
Mark Twain’s story of American life
in the South. The play abounds in
humorous sayings, human pathos and
human emotions. The spirit of out
of doors permeates the four acts, and
the story brings back the reminis
cences of youth with infinite charms.
Although the story is written in a
humorous vein, there is a serious mes
sage woven around the characters.
So if .you would be transplanted
back to your early childhood days for
a few hours, be sure and attend the
performance of “Huck Finn” on
Thursday, January 21, at the Eugene
Theatre. The seat sale will ‘be an
nounced in the next issue.
SENIOR CLASS PLANS SERIES
OF MONEY RAISING DANCES
Elton Loucks, who has been put in
charge of the Senior dance series, has
named as the rest of his committee
Franklin Staiger and Bert Jerard. The
Senior class, in order to raise funds,
is planning a series of informal danc
es for the Student Body. February
16 has already been secured for the
dance. Tuesday evening, at a special
meeting of the class, plans and ar
rangements will be discussed and
voted upon. Until then the committee
deems it best to keep all arrange
ments secret.
A weekly reading hour is a new
feature at the University of Minneso
ta. Popular stories are read aloud by
good speakers. Refreshments are
served.
MEN WILL BE GIVEN
FREE TRIP TO MIR
TWENTY OR TWENTY-EIGHT
STUDENTS WILL GET POSI
TIONS AT EXPOSITION
APPLICATIONS MUST BE EARLY
Duties Will Include the Giving of Ver
satile Information. Board and
Lodging to be Provided
Free trips to San Francisco for 20
or 28 students, including a visit of
six weeks or two months in the Pan
ama Exposition grounds, with free ad
mission to all exhibits except the en
tertainments on the “Zone” and free
railroad fare, sleeper and meals going
and coming may be obtained by
application to Dr. W. M. Smith, Sec
retary to President Campbell.
These students are wanted as as>
sistants in taking care of guests at
the Oregon Bluilding. They will have
to perform the duties assigned them
by the Oregon Commission, but will
be allowed plenty of time for sight
seeing. Lodging and meals will be
furnished on the grounds. Four are
wanted to leave Eugene February 28,
and other sets of four every six weeks
or two months thereafter until the
close of the fair.
Arrangements have not been made
whereby those who take the trip while
the University is in session may make
up their University work, and there
fore summer assignments will be re
garded as the most desirable. This
matter, however, will be taken up in
a conference to be held in a few days
between the University authorities
.and those who wish to become candi
dates for the positions. Immediate
notice to Dr. Smith is required.
Before leaving Eugene, each “as
sistant” will have to undergo a course
of “coaching” under some member of
the faculty to make sure that he is
sufficiently well informed on the fol
lowing points: Cost of Oregon Build
ing, materials used in its construction,
nature and extent of its exhibits, the
state’s resources and subdivisions,
area, tillable land, amount under culti
vation, timber, mines, population, etc.,
and also certain facts about the ex
position for use in answering ques
I tions from visitors.
President Campbell has received the
following from George M. Hyland,
on behalf of the commission:
“It is important that these young
men be of good moral character, good
personal appearance, with clear enun
ciation and a good command of lan
guage. They will be requireed to as
sist in any capacity they may be called
upon to act. This means anything
from unpacking a box and cleaning up
the building to raising the flag on the
I great Oregon flag pole, and to act as
, guides, guards and assistants accor
ding to their assignments.”
—
SUBJECTS FOR ORATIONS
MUST BE FILED JAN. 22
Seniors who are expecting to par
ticipate in the contests for the Failing
and Beekman prizes must file their
names and the titles of their orations
with Registrar A. R. Tiffany before
the 22nd of January. At the present
time only one name has been turned
in.
The Failing prize consists of one
hundred and fifty dollars, which is
given “to the member of the Senior
class who shall pronounce the best
original oration at the time of his or
her graduation.” The Beekman prize
of one hundred dollars goes to the
Senior who delivers the second best
oration.
Last year the two prizes were
awarded to Janet Young and Harold
Quigley, respectively. Carleton E.
Spencer and Howard Zimmerman were
the successful contestants in 1913.
TWO SHIVERING SWIMMERS
MISUSE INDIAN- BLANKET
Endeavor oto Raise Temperatures
Comes Near Being far too Sue*
cessful. Never Again
Because Max Sommer and Dave
Blumenstein were too ardent in try
ing to get warm after a cold plunge
taken in the mill-race—the result of
a dare—Sunday evening, Ralph Milne
is minus an Indian blanket, and the
Dormitory narrowly escaped obliter
ation. Believing in the caloric prop
erties of nicotine, the two aquarians
rushed to their room in the Dormi
tory and lighted cigarettes immediate
ly before dinner. The dinner bell rang,
and both cigarettes were hastily
thrown at the transom, and supposed
ly over it.
While Max and Dave were further
endeavoring to thaw out their systems,
Dr. Conklin, passing the boys’ win
dow, noted clouds of smoke issuing
from the transom. The doctor mo
mentarily forgot his true calling and
huriedly informed Fred Hardesty and
the two matrons. The four extin
guished the promising young holo
caust without creating more excite
ment.
Max and “Blumie” say smoking is
certainly harmful—at times.
LOAN FUND GOFFERS
NOW NEARLY EMPTY
OF $6,300 AT DISPOSAL OF NEEDY
STUDENTS, BUT FEW HUN
DRED REMAIN
Ainsworth and Booth Are Largest
Contributors. Amount Grows as
Interest Accumulates
The student loan fund, which now
consists of approximately $6,300, has
been loaned out until only a few hun
dred dollars of it remain. This fund
is for the benefit of students who have
to make their own way through col
lege, although it is open to any stu
dent after his Freshman year.
The fund is made up of eight dif
ferent contributions. The largest of
these is the General Loan Fund, which
consists of about $2,000. This fund
is made up by donations from various
people and organizations who da not
desire that their names be published.
Another fund is the J. C. Ainsworth
Fund of $1,000, established by J. C.
Ainsworth, of Portland. R. A. Booth,
of Eugene, is the contributor of the
Booth Fund, consisting of $1,000. The
Thompson Fund -of $1,000 was estab
lished by D. P. Thompson. Mrs. E. C.
McCornack contributed $500, known
as the Condon Fund, in honor of her
father, Dr. Thomas Condon, for many
years Professor of Geology in the Uni
versity. The class of 1911 also es
tablished a loan fund, which will
amount to about $650 when it is all
paid in. The interest of this fund
is to be kept separate from the fund
for the purpose of publishing a class
history. The interest of the other
funds is added to the funds and loaned
out the same as the original fund.
In order to receive a loan from one
of these funds, a student must apply
to A. R. Tiffany, and then the making
of the loan is taken up by the loan
committee, which is composed of Pres
ident P. L. Campbell, L. H. Johnson,
A. R. Tiffany, Dr. John Straub, and
Miss Ruth Guppy. The committee
decides how much shall be loaned to
the applicant. The time is fixed by
the student and the interest is six
per cent. Some students have bor
rowed for as long as five years. When
the money is paid in it is loaned out
again, as it is in constant demand.
Purdue College has chosen a finan
cial adviser for the different classes
and organizations of the university,
which have been running into debt.
OREGON WRESTLERS
• WILL MEET O.A.G.
TWENTY-FIVE ASPIRANTS FOR
WRESTLING TEAM WORK
NIGHTLY
HEAVY WEIGHT MEN SCARCE
Only Two Old Men Back in Ranks
—Fuj'maki is Among
Missing
“Oregon will meet O. A. C. in wrest
ling some time in February," said
Graduate Manager Tiffany yesterday.
“The exact date has not yet been set.”
The wrestlers have been working
out every evening since the holidays.
Most of the men are Freshmen and are
having their first lessons in the “Greek
Art.” Only two of last year’s men
are back, King and Martin. Carl,
Jackson and Fujimaki, the other mem.
bers of last year’s team, are not at
tending the University. Most of the
men are in the 125-pound or the 135
pound class. So far there are no con
testants in the light weight or the
heavy weight divisions.
“I have nothing to say regarding
the men or the meets,” said Coach
Shockley yesterday. “We have men
in all but two of the divisions, but
someone may show up later in the
heavy weights.”
Some of the disciples of Milo who
are out are: Lowry and Allen in the
108-pound class; Martin, Hargreaves,
Wells and#Scaiefe in the 115-pound
weight; Shaffner, Barnett, Daily,
Blumenstein, Papas, Colliers and Clark
in the 125-pound division; Griffin,
Prestel, Fuse, Mason, Little, Packwood
and Leffel at 135 pounds; Rutherford
Orem, Howe, Nelson and Gilfilen, 145
pounds; King, Schneider and Woody,
158 pounds.
Wrestling became a Student Body
activity last spring, at which time it
was a regular conference sport. This
fall it was ruled out of the confer
ence lists and some of the colleges
and universities are scheduling dual
meets. Washington, W. S. C. and O.
A. C. have arranged for meets in
March.
Each man who wins his event in any
conference meet is entitled to a Ro
man “O,” five by five inches.
MU WILL CONVENE
Boylen Urges Pull Attendance at First
Meeting of Year. Possible Ex
citement Promised
President Tom Boylen, of the As
sociated Students, urges every mem
ber of the Student Council to attend
the meeting of that body tomorrow
evening at 7:00 o’clock, in the Library
Building. It wilj. be the first meeting
since the holidays, and probably the
last before the holidays.
“Some important matters are go
ing to be put up to the Council at
this time, although 1 cannot divulge
its nature,” said Boylen today. “Some
of the issues which are agitating the
Student Body are due to come to a
head.”
DR. OMAR GULLION IS FIRST
“KNOW THYSELF” SPEAKER
“The Anatomy and Physiology of
Man as a Creator of Men” will be the
subject of a lecture by Dr. Omar R.
Gullion, of Eugene, in the Civil En
gineering Building, from seven to
eight Wednesday evening. This is the
first of the series of “Know Thyself”
sex lectures conducted under the au
spices of the University Y„ M. C. Ah
Dr. Gullion has delivered similar lec
tures at the University for the last
four years. Men only.
The 1915-1916 catalogue will be out
in April, according to Dr. W. M.
Smith, Secretary to the President.