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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1915)
SCIENCE CLUB MEETS Professor Sweetser Will Read Paper on “Municipal Water Supplies” at Wednesday Session “Municipal Water Supplies,” with especial reference to the water supply of Eugene, will be the subject of a pa per to be read by A. R. Sweetser, Pro fessor of Botany and Bacteriology, be fore the newly formed Science Club of the University of Oregon, Wednes day evening. The meeting will be open to citizens of Eugene and will be in Room 25, Deady Hall, at 8:00 o’clock. Physicians and science teach ers are invited. The ideal municipal supply and how to get it will be enlarged upon by Pro fessor Sweetser, who, in addition to three years’ experience with the wa ter problem in Eugene, has also ex amined many sources of supply in the East and West. Prior to the reading, a meeting of the club will be held, at which a con stitution will be discussed. Future meetings may also be opened to towns people. The officers of the Science Club, which was formed during January and which will meet once a month, are: President, W. P. Boynton, Pro fessor of Physics; Secretary-Treasur er, 0. F. Stafford, Professor of Chem istry; Executive Committee, the above two officers, with Dr. R. M. Winger, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Warren D. Smith, Professor of Geol ogy, and C. II. Edmonson, Assistant Professor of Zoology. In a paper read at the meeting of the Association of American Univer sities at Princeton, President Lowell, of Harvard, suggested a college course of two years, and a graduate course of two years in place of four years’ general course, for the future busi ness men of the country. The women of Leland Stanford University have established a prece dent for co-educational institutions in •ganizing for purposes of participat ion in baseball fencing and crew. “THE YELLOW TICKET" Bell Mitchell, in the flipping piny, “The Yellow Ticket,” n new play by Michael Morton, produced by A. H. Woods, will come to the Eugene The atre February 11. “The Yellow Ticket” is timely, in that it deals with the condition and status of the Jew in modern Rus sia. The chief characters are tak^rt from official life, and it is said many of the incidents art' founded on fact. Michael Morton, the author, lived in St. Petersburg for some time in order to study conditions there and obtain material for his new play. Mr. Mor ton, who is a well known English play wright, is best known in this country for his dramatization of "Resurrec tion,” in which Blanche Walsh starred. “The Yellow Ticket” will be given here with a splendid cast, including: Belle Mitchell, Warnner Oland, Ed ward Foley, John Ravold, Louis Hart man, Arthur Maitland, Dorothy El lla, Reginald Carrington, Clyde Veaux, Loo Kenndy, and others. Adv • •••••••••• • REPORTERS WANTED • * _____ * • The Emerald has places on its • • staff for three or four reporters. • • All those desiring to try out, kind- • • ly notify the city editor. MILLS COLLEGE ALUMNAE EX TEND INVITATION TO WOMEN “The alumnae of Mills College, of Oakland, California, extend a cordial invitation to college women and their friends to visit our headquarters, ‘the White and Gold Room,’ in the Inside Inn, within the grounds of the Pana ma Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, February 20 to December 4, 1915.” This bulle tin appears on the board in Villard Hall. Miss Luella Clay Carson, President of Mills College for three and one-half years, was for several years connected with the English Department of the University of Oregon. Miss Carson now resides in Portland, Oregon, where she located after resigning her position in Mills College. Coach Childs is looking forward to a change in track athletics at Indi ana this year. The first call was given recently and one hundred men responded A few improvements are being made to build up this sport. A new track is being laid in the men’s gymnasium and a few out-door tracks will be started soon. Eighty four cups and medals will be award ed to winners of track events for the coming year. A general women’s field meet has been set for April 24th. It is the first time for women of Stanford Univer sity to participate in our national sport. Much enthusiasm is displayed by the women students in regard to these sports and keen competition is evident among the competitors. The Rainbow EUGENE'S BIG POPULAR PLACE CONFECTIONS Th« be«( in al] eur goods and wr. rl«M that can be eeewred. BOWLING Especially arranged tor Ladies. Hare Sight Sam1 GalUry. We extend to you a hearty invite tion to make our place your headquar ter*. --•--| Pianos and Expert Piano Tuning A. S. DRAPER Official Piano Tuner University School of Music I 986 Willamette Phone 899 Tuttle Studio Portrait work our specialty 6Op Thirteenth Are. 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