The Next Three Days Belong to Weatherford “Every Man at Every Meeting”
OREGO
EMERALD
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PUBLISHED THREE TIMES’ A WEEK
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, MARCH 1* 1915
Volume XVII, No. 59
SOPH SAINTS GUARD
, . IRE GATES OF PEARL
K © O o '
° ST. PETER, RECORDING SERAPH,
AND HEAVENLY BUTLER
FIGURE IN CLASS HOUR
FOX-TROTTERS CHEER SOULS
Near Musical Comedy Danced Outside
Alabaster Walls to “High
Jinks” Music
Heaven holds greater inducements
than ever to the students of the Uni
versity of Oregon, since the Sopho
more class presented “an original ex
travaganza,” by Edison Marshall, en
titled, “At the Pearly Gates,” during
the first class hour of the year, on
Wednesday morning.
As the title denotes, the scene was
laid at the gates of Heaven.
Ralph Ash carried out the part of
Saint Peter, the Recording Seraph
was impersonated by Edison Marshall,
and Martin Nelson was the Celestial
Butler. All were dressed in white
robes and wore artificial halos
around their heads.
The various souls, seeking admit
tance at the pearly gates of heaven,
were required by the discontented Pe.
ter and the Recording Angel to pre
sent entertainment for the souls (the
audience) within. Wallace Martyn,
in the character on an Englishman,
was the first soul to apply for admis
sion, and produced some “English”
wit for the edification of the “souls
within.”
The next knock on the gate was
from Leo Furney, who had quite a
chat with his friend, the Celestial
Butler, Martin Nelson, who finally
secured for him a job m neaven clean
ing the “golden spittoons.”
Milton Stoddard, in the character
of a dead Scotch artist, appeased the
“angels within” by a series of char
coal sketches depicting the college co
ed, a pipe course and others. Four
lady seraphs from within then ren
dered a quartet of angelic music.
A sign, “Professors“Need Not Ap
ply,” might as well have been post
ed on the road to heaven, as the pro
fessors were uniformly excluded and
sent “below” to be put on a bed of
coals and the draught turned on. On
the* other hand ,all “rough-neck” stu
dents in the person of Carl Naylor
were admitted with the greatest
despatch. Charles Koyl’s fate was
to solicit money from his “Satanic
Majesty” to keep the college Y. M.
C. A. going. 0
Echo Zahl and Wallace Martyn
supported by a chorus of “Festive
Fox Trotters,” c were encored again
and again by the “saved souls” in a
near-musical comedy. The chorus
girls and boys tangoed and one
stepped around the stage, formed in
line and “walked” off while Miss
Zahl flitted away from the arms of
the enamoured Martyn to the tune
of “High Jinks.”
The chorus dancers were: Echo
Zahl, Margaret Spangler, Margaret
Pratt, Bernice Lucas, Madge Barry,
Frances Mann, Katie Schaefer, Mil
dred Brown, Marjorie McGuire, Wal
lace Martyn, Bert Breeding, Paul Hen
dricks, Rex Kay, George Colton, Bob
McMurray, Bob Fitzmaurice, Lloyd
Bailey, John Beckett.
ADVERTISING COURSE GAINS
RECOGNITION IN CHICAGO
R. E. Gano, managing editor of the
“Judicious Advertising,” a monthly
advertising paper published in Chi
cago, which circulates among adver
tising men, has written that the
forthcoming number will contain an
article about the establishment of ad
vertising classes at the University.
Some of the lectures to be given here
will also be published.
DR. SCHAFER MISSES TRAIN
SO CUSS SETS TIME OUT
University Professor in History Lec
tures in Extension Work
at Halsey
Dr. Joseph Schafer’s failure a
short time ago to meet his class in
Recent American History, was not
due to the ankle that he lamed last
year. Nor was it due to laziness
on the part of the buggy horse of
Frank H. Porter, who lives at Hal
sey, where Dr. Schafer lectured in
Extension work the night before. In
fact, Mr. Porter and Dr. Schafer
were dashing along within 100 yards
of the depot when the train pulled
out. There had been a mistake about
the schedule.
Having missed the train, Mr. Por
ter begged to be allowed to send Dr.
Schafer to Harrisburg the next morn
ing and to hire an automobile from
there to Eugene, but the Doctor would
not consent. He says Mr. Porter was
quite anxious that the students should
lose none of their precious class time,
seeming to recollect his own college
days.
SCRIBES ORGANIZE
“YE TABARD INN”
Prospective Jack Londons Form Club
for Much Needed Mutual Aid
and Fellowship
Ye Tabard Inn, a new University
dub, had its birth recently, when a
dozen University men agreed to or
ganize. The dozen men are in
terested in and are attempting lit
erary Work, so that the club can be
oalled a club of scribes.
The charter members are: Chester
Pee, Henry Howe, Lee Hendricks,
James Cellars, C. B. Castle, Milton
Stoddard, Hugh Oliver, Ralph Ash,
Leigh Swinson and Edison Marshall.
Professor Thatcher is an associate
member of the organization*
Most of the personnel of the club
have taken either short story or vers
ification work under Professor Thatch
er, and one of the aims of the fel
lowship is to bring about mutual help
in writing among the various mem
bers.
- The name of the club is that of
the famous Sussex Inn, where Chau
cer’s story-tellers sipped their ale.
It is the intention of the charter
members to maintain an organization
that will continue to exist in the Uni
versity in future years.
SO WOMEN TO DUNCE
WITHOUT MO OE MEN
Campus Dianas to Stage Party Which
Should Pass Faculty Board
of Censorship
Mere man will be as negative a
quantity at the girls’ dance to be
given Friday afternoon, March 26, in
Hayward’s Arena, as he is at the an
nual April Frolic, or in Dr. Stuart’s
courses.
The stepping party is an innova
tion in the University. Twenty-five
girls will take men’s parts. Each
will invite a “girl.” In order to avoid
confu|ion, the “men” will be attired
in middy blouses and dark skirts.
Twenty-five cents will be charged.
The proceeds will go into the Wo
man’s Building fund.
The committee in charge of the
dance is composed of Helen Wiegand,
Kate Stanfield, Leura Jerard, Miriam
Tinker dan Ruth Holmes.
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Grinnell College is working on a
million dollar endowment campaign.
THIRTY-FOUR WILL BE
STUDENT FAIR 6UIDES
CANDIDATES PASS EXAMINA
TION AND ARE ASSIGNED
DATES OF DEPARTURE
IWd TO LEAVE THIS WEEK END
Ernest Vosper and Bryant DeBai
Will Return Before Sunday. Dr.
Smith Instructs Appointees
Thirty-four students passed the
final Student Fair Guide examination,
which was given Tuesday afternoon
under the supervision of a committee
composed of Dr. W. M. Smith, chair
man, Dr. J. H. Gilbert, Dr. John
Straub, Bert Prescott and Earl Kil
patrick. Each successful candidate
has been assigned a date of departure,
and each must leave early enough to
be ready to report in San Francisco
on the Monday following the assigned
date. This means that some of those
leaving during the summer months
from parts more distant than Eugene
must arrange to depart on the Fri
day before the assigned date.
In his instructions to the prospec
tive guides, Dr. Smith cautioned them
to secure receipts for the purchase
of their railroad tickets and berths,
as well as of the meals if possible.
This is to forestall any difficulty that
might come up in collecting the al
lowances from the officials, i “And be
sure to keep ^yourselves J- informed
about Oregon,” added Doctor Smith.
Any whose names appear in the
list below, and who find themselves
unable to undertake the trip, should
notify Doctor Smith in order that
substitutions may be made.
The following is a list of those ap
pointed, together with the date upon
which each will leave:
Mar. 20—F. S. Beach, Kenneth
Moores.
April 3—Giles Hunter, B. B. Breed
ing.
April 17—Alex Bowen, B. G.
Fleischman.
May 1—Bob Prosser, C. H. Saun
ders.
May 15—J. H. Fitzgibbon, Ejner
Hentze.
May 29—Marsh Goodwin, Fred Kid
dle.
June 12—Ernest Nail, Oscar Nq
ren.
June 26—Earl Blackaby, Bert Je
rard.
July 10—Eyler Brown, C. C. Ba
ker.
July 24—Walt Church, Glen Wheel,
er.
August 1—J. S. Whitman, Fred
Hardesty.
August 21—R. C. Andrews, A. Jau
reguy.
Sept. 4—H. W. Lombard, A. P.
Scholl.
Sept. 18—W. P. Holt, N. Jaureguy.o
Oct. 2—Sam Michael, Harold Ber
lin.
Oct. 16—A. L. Bostwick, Max
Sommer.
Oct. 30—H. P. Ford, N. K. Ford.
Frank Beach and Kenneth Moores,
the first on the list, will leave tomor
ro wor Saturday.
Ernest Vosper and Bryant DeBar,
who were the first of the guides tot
leave from Eugene, will return this
week-end.
FRED STIOKELS IS CANDIDATE
FOR EUGENE CITY TREASURER
Fred G. Stickels has filed his nom
inating petition with the City Re
corder and announced his candidacy
for the office of City Treasurer.
Mr. Stickels is a former student of
the University and is prominent in
city circles. While in college several
prominent students were quietly as
sisted by him in a financial way, en
abling them to remain in school and
complete the year's work.
Y1G0MPLETES PLANS
FOB MISS BLANCHAflO
WOMEN’S GYM TO BE USED;
SPECIAL MUSIC WILL EN
LIVEN MEETINGS
RECEPTION WILL BE 6IVEN
Every Woman in University Has
‘ Been Invited. Dr. Weather
ford May Speak
A second special dinner to discuss
plans for the Leslie Blanchard meet
ings, beginning tomorrow, was given
at the Bungalow by the Cabinet and
Women’s Greater Oregon Committee
of the Y. W. C. A. last evening. The
features of the dinner were the caf
eteria plan of serving, the Oregon
songs, and the booster speeches made
by Agnes Dunlap, Miss Julia Bur
gess, Genevieve Shaver, Eyla Walk
er, Roberta Killam, Miss Mary A.
Gillies and Katharine Bridges. After
dinner, sub-committees on personal
work, publicity and meeting arrange
ments met.
Every woman in the University has
been mailed a card with the schedule
of meetings for Friday and Saturday
evenings and Sunday afternoon. The
Women’s Gymnasium, with seating
capacity for 300, has been secured.
Martha Beer, chairman of the arrange
ment committee, has the promise of
special musical numbers for each
meeting.
Miss Blanchard, Stanford Universi
ty ’12, and a member of the Delta
Delta Delta fraternity, will make the
local chapter house her headquarters
during her stay from Friday till Wed
nesday.
A reception will be given for her
Friday afternoon in the Bungalow
from three to five. The Y. W. C. A.
invites every woman, in the Univer
sity to come.
“Charles Koyl has very nearly
promised he will let us have Dr. Wea
therford for a Saturday afternoon
meeting,” says Miss Gillies, Secre
tary of the Y. W. C. A. “If he does,
we will anounce the time later.”
PRE-HISTORIC MAN CHINLESS
SAYS W. D. SMITH IN LECTURE
Professor W. D. Smith, head of the
Department of Geology, gave a ste
reopticon lecture Tuesday morning
before his class in Advanced Geogra
phy. His topic was, “Pre-Historic
Man.”
“Crude implements are found dat
ing millions of years ago,” said Pro
fessor Smith. “The indications of
these rocks, resembling flint used by
the Indians of America in making ar
row heads, goes to show that the man
of this period had a very poorly de
veloped mind. Skulls have been found
near Heidelburg, Germany, which re
veal the fact that pre-historic man
had no chin.
“The skull of a baby chimpanzee
is very hard to distinguish from that
of man, but as the chimpanzee ma
tures a very marked change takes
place. Some authorities use this fact
to believe that the chimpanzee is de
scended from man, rather than man
from the chimpanzee or any other
form of ape man.”
EXAMINATION FOR OXFORD
TO BE HELD OCTOBER 5 AND K
A qualifying examination of can
didates for Oxford scholarships will
be held in all states of the Union
October 5 and 6, 1915.
Heretofore scholars have been elect
ed in all the states in two succes
sive years, none being chosen in the
recurring third year. This has been
changed, and the election of scholars
will spread over three years. No ap
pointment will be made from Oregon
in 1$17.
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FRIARS ELECT *
LESLIE O. TOOZE *
ANSON B. CORNELL *
on Mil EM
NEW DEBATE US
Washington Is Desperate After Un
successful Season. Home Team
Expects to Win
Oregon will use an entirely new line
of argument against the Washington
debate team here Friday night. This
was the statement made by Coach
Prescot, who further added that
Washington, having lost every, con
test this year, is becoming desperate
and will send their best men against
Hardesty and Jaureguy.
“If previous records of debates
with the northern University can be
used as a criterion, Oregon will have
the upper hand. We have won three
forensic battles from the Washingto
nians during thi last five years. We
have been even more successful with
Stanford, having beaten them four
times since 1910.”
Professor H. G. Merriam, Profes
sor M. P. Ewer, both from Reed Col
lege, and Ralph Hetzel, of 0. A. C.,
will act as judges Friday night.
Min HOLDS MEETIN6
Pass and Honor System Discussed,
and President Campbell Gives
Account of Regents’ Meeting
The Pass and Honor System, as in
use in English and Canadian schools,
was extensively discussed at an m
formaly meeting of the faculty Mon
day night.
Two months ago Professor H. C.
Howe proposed this system, but be
cause of a recently made ruling no
formal action can be voted upon un
til the matter has been discussed at
a given number of meetings. Senti
ment as expressed by different mem
bers of the faculty was favorable to
a change of some kind.
Another plan mentioned was the
weight system. This plan embodies
the idea that a student making H or
S in a five-hour course be rewarded
by six hours H cr S; the student
making M in that same course be
given the customary five hours M;
but the person who gets P would re
ceive only four hours credit. This
plan was not so well received.
After the discussion President
Campbell gave a detailed account of
the Regents’ meeting held last week.
KWAMA ELECTS
Sarah Barker
Grace Bingham
Dorothy Collier
Elizabeth Carson
Mary Johns
Ruth Holmes
Sylvia Lloyd
Leura Jerard
Irma Keithley
Jeanette McClaren
Vera Olmstead
Lucy Powers
Grace Reed
Winifred Starbuck
Martha Tinker
Alva Wilson
Dorothy Wilkinson
Juanita Wilkins
Mildred Woodruff
Fear of typhoid fever, which has
visited the campus at Amees College,
has resulted in the Vaccination of
86 students.
STUDENT BODY BANQUET
TO BE HELD THUBSDAY
WILL TAKE PLACE IN BASE
MENT OF M. E. CHURCH
AT ,6 O’CLOCK
FRATERNITIES OUT EN MASSE
Program Will Include Musical Num
bers, Addresses and Installation
of Y. M. C. A. Officers
Every fraternity has decided to at
tend, en masse, the Student Body ban
quet which is to be the last blow to
stimulate enthusiasm in the Weather
ford meetings. The banquet will be
held in the basement of the Methodist
Church, instead of the Y. M. C. A.,
as formerly announced. Six o’clock
Thursday evening is the time and
date. Several events of importance
will constitute the program.
The band will play.
Selections will be gven by the Glee
Club.
Paul Sprague will sing a solo.
Dr. Weatherford will speak.
The four major officers of the Y. M.
C. A. Cabinet will be inaugurated by
Gale Seaman, Secretary of the Pa
cific Coast Intercollegiate Y. M. C.
A.
Cloyd Dawson, Y. M. C. A. Presi
dent-Elect, will announce his Cabinet,
to shoulder its duties April 1. *
A good feed will be prepared.
President Campbell will preside.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the
four men who make up Dr. Weather
ford’s party will be at the University
prepared to hold private conferences
with any men on any subject. Re
quests for conferences should be left
with Tom Boylen,"Bert Lombard, La
mar Tooze or Charles Koyl, as soon
as possible.
The Weatherford party is composed
of:
I. R. Rhodes, State Secretary of the
Y. M. C. A., with headquarters at
Portland. Mr. Rhodes was formerly
a University of California track man.
K. L. Latourette, at present con
nected with the Department of Eng
lish at- Reed College, but formerly
Professor of English and History at
the Yale College, China.
Gale Seaman, Coast Student Sec
retary and member of the Interna
tional Committee of the Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Seaman is well known to Oregon
students.
Dr. W. D. Weatherford, of Nash
vile, Tennessee. A brief outline of
his accomplishments is as follows:
Graduated from VarwWbilt Uni
versity in 1889 with high honors. In
addition to his academic degree, he
has won both an M. A. and a Ph. D.
from his Alma Mater.
A heavy hitter and a fast base run
ner. He was a varsity basketball
player and director of gymnasium
work at Vanderbilt for three years,
and has been in demand as a coach
and referee.
Dr. Weatherford is the author of
several volumes. Two of them relate
to negro uplift, namely: “Negro Life
in the South,” and “Negro Progress.”
He has done more than any other
man to enlist the friendly co-opera
tion of college men in negro better
ment. He is Secretary of one of the
commissions of the Southern Socic
logical Congress and is invited to con
tribute to the annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Sci
ence.
Recently he made a trip around the
world, visiting many of the leading
colleges and universities of Europe
and Asia.
For thirteen years Dr. Weatherford
has been the Y. M. C. A. Student
Secretary of the International Com
mittee for all the colleges in the
Southern States. He is constancy, in
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