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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1915)
VH HUS WIRELESS Students in Electricity Establish Out* fit that Will Send Messages 100 Miles A wireless telegraph plant has been installed in Deady Hall by students in Dr. W. P. Boynton’s class in Ad vanced Theoretical Electricity. It is intended primarily for experiment Wrk, according to Dr. Boynton, but messages may possibly be sent as far as 100 miles. “If the nearness of the aerial to the roof of the building does not in terfere, messages may be received tfrom a much greater distance, de pending on the size of the transform ers of other machines. The local in strument will have a one-half kilo wat transformer. The first wires were put up February 22, but the work is not completed yet. “The cost of the equipment so far, is probably not over $75. The trans former cost about °$15. The tele phones which will be used were bought before for a different class. “I have Ibeen interested in work of this kind for a good many years, and may use the experiment later as the basis of a paper. J. Andre Wells, who has been an assistant in the Physics laboratory for two years, is considering writing his Senior the sis along the line of wireless work.” ' Most of the members of the class that is putting up the wireless are Juniors and Seniors. The course will not be given next year. WILL H FOR CHARTER Eugene Members of Phi Beta Kappa to Petition Honor'Fraternity for Charter Formal petition to establish a chap ter of Phi Beta Kapa in the Univer sity of Oregon will be made next year by Eugene alumni of the society. This decision was reached at a meeting held recently at the home of Dr. R. C. Clark, of the Department of History. For several years the lo cal Phi Beta Kappas have contem plated applying for a charter. The Eugene members now consider the chances good. Charters are granted by the Senate of Phi Beta Kappa, the next meeting of which will be held in the fall of 1916. Phi Bleta Kappa chapters are lo cated in 77 universities and colleges in the United States. In 1911 the publication of a periodical, known as the Phi Beta Kappa Key, was begun in New York. STUDENT BODY BANQUET TO BE HELD THURSDAY (Continued from page 1.) demand as a speaker to college men, and was forced to cancel engagements with five Southern universities in or |der to come to the Northwest col leges. Friday evening at 7:00 Dr. Weath erford will lecture in Villard Hall on “The College Man’s Battle.” Dean Straub will preside and C. B. Cor bett will lead the music. A selection •will be given by the University Quar tette, and Albert Gillette will sing a solo. The band will play. The meeting will be out before the de bate, which begins at 8:30 P. M. The curtain will not rise upon “Brown of Harvard until 8:45 P. M., giving time to get from Villard to the opera house. Saturday evening at 8:15 Dr. Weatherford will lecture on “The Power of a Clean Life,” and Sunday afternoon at 3:00 on “The Freedom of Manhood.” “The Follies of 1915” is to be a special feature of the program of the Ohio State Woman’s Glee Club on a ten-day trip which it will take in Northern Ohio. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY HAS MANY OLD BOOKS Most Volumes Are in Good Shape, But Some Are Worm Eaten The University of Oregon Library has 25 odd Mediaeval Latin and Greek volumes, bound in parchment and calf skin. They include early Latin his tories of Egypt, Greece, India and Africa, volumes of Greek plays, ser mons, a book of Plutarch's Lives, Ec clesiastical and political works and a large Latin dictionary in two vol umes. Six of the books were presented to the University in 1889 by Rjchard Thornton, founder of the Oregon Law School. Other volum^ were sent to Professor Stafford from the Phil ippines. They were taken from the library of0 some monastery* These books are, fpr the Inost part, in good condition, though a Roman dissertation “De Sacra Doctrina” is so badly worm eaten that the cover is falling off. Another has a rough hole two inches thick eaten in its 1 heart. Librarian M. H. Douglass says that so far America has no book worms, though one has been found in an imported book. In Europe they frequently bore from cover to cover of some valuable work. The most valuable work is a vol ume of Aristophanes’ plays, pub lished in 1547. In this a part of the page is taken up with the play itself and the notes are printed on the re maining sides and bottom. A volume of Euripide’s dramas gives both the Latin and the Greek, with the Latin and Greek notes at the sides and bottom of the pages. MISSOURI DEAN IS GIVEN JOB AT FAIR Walter Williams, Dean of the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, has accepted an appoint ment as Director of the International Press Congress, to be held in San Francisco in connection with the ex position, from July 5 to 10. Cleveland Simpkins, Elmer Furu set and Walter Brenton were lunch eon guests at the Dormitory Wed nesday. ASKS FOR MAGAZINES Library Needs Duplicate Copies of Recent Numbers—Will Call for Them if Notified Duplicate copies of standard pe riodicals, especially recent numbers, are wanted by the University Libra ry. M. H. Douglass, Librarian, asks those who wish to contribute numbers to notify some of the Library staff if the magazines are to be called for. Among the magazines mostly desired are: American Magazine. Atlantic Monthly. , Collier’s. ° Cosmopolitan. Country Life. Craftsman. Delineator. Education. o Educational Review. Everybody's. Forum. o „ • „ » Good Housekeeping. Harper’s Monthly. Independent. Ladies’ Home Journal. Literary Digest. McClure’s. Nation. National Geographic Magazine. North American Review. Overland Monthly. Political Science Quarterly. Review of Reviews. School Review. Science. Scientific American and Supple ment. Scribner’s. Sunset. Survey. Woman’s Home Companion. World’s Work. BRODERS BROTHERS EUGENE, OREGON Coupohs and tags Redeemed in out Premium Dept ft COPYRIGHT 1918 THE HOUSE OP KUPPENHEIMCR Pick Your Suit For Easter Now We have brought to Eugene, now ready for your inspection, the latest Spring and Summer 1915 clothes, from the well known HOUSE OF KUPPENHEIMER $18 to $30 Kuppenheimer suits made to your measure in any style desired . $25 and up | ROBERTS BROS. | Arrow shirts are fast in color and steadfast in service. $1.50 up. Ctaett, Peabody & Co., Inc. Makers Theses Paper Theme Paper I.P.NoteBookFillers 1 |fh and Alder Phtne 229 A. M. Robinson, 0. B. Pennington . DRUGS. SUNDRIES, PER FUMES, KODAK SUPPLIES Telephone SIT Spring Suits For Young Men -j Made °td Order \ > You arc invited to look at our new exhibit of 300 samples, which are of the latest weaves in spring and summer fabrics. English novelties. J. A. Hildebrand, Tailor 720 Willamette St.—Phone 1202 Yoran’s Printing House Printers and Bookbinders Printers TO THE STUDENTS ALWAYS 75 Eighth Avenue West Phone 103 O O Hear Dr. Weatherford Friday Evening |ln His First Lecture of the “Greater Oregon" Series 7:00 p. in. sharp Villard Hall