OREGO
EMERALD
PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. MARCH 23, 1915.
Volume XVII, No. 61
UNIVERSITY DRAMATICS
AT POPULAR PRICES
25 CENT CHARGE WILL BE POSSI
BLE WHEN NEW HALL IS
OPENED
STUDENT TO BE IN BOX OFFICE
“Guild Hall,” or “Drama Guild Hall,”
Will be Name of New Au
ditorium
Twenty-five cents will be the price
of admission to University dramatic
productions after this year, according
to a decision which has been reached
by the Department of Public Speak
ing.
The reason for fixing the normal
price of admission at 25 cents, was in
order to make the attendance as gen
eral as possible.
A committee of the Drama Guild,
an association of townspeople and fac
ulty members formed for that purpose
of supporting the department and in
creasing appreciation of the drama,
met with Professor Reddie in the of
fice of the Journalism Department last
week and discussed the future policy
for University dramatics. The officers
of the guild are: Prof. H. C. Howe,
President; Prof. A. F. Reddie, Secre
tary; and J. Frederick Thome, Busi
ness Manager.
The name of the auditorium in the
new Administration Building, which
will be the future home of the De
partment of Public Speaking, is co
be either Drama Guild Hall or Guild
Hall, and will be so designated in all
advertising. It was decided to em
ploy only a student at a regular com
pensation as box office manager. The
post was offered to Roy Andrews, but
he stated he would not be in the Uni
versity next year. The appointment
will be made at the next meeting of
the comimttee.
The executive comimttee in charge
of the Guild Hall consists of Prof. E.
W. Allen, chairman; Mrs. Dugald
Campbell, Mrs. Allen, Miss Upleger,
Prof. Reddie, Allen H. Eaton and Prof.
H. C. Howe.
Next year’s plays will probably be
staged on week nights, rather than
week-ends. When the attendance ex
ceeds the capacity of the house, which
seats only 200 persons, plays will be
repeated. When matinee perform
ances are given, tickets will be sent
to the schools in Eugene and neigh
boring towns for distribution among
the pupils who have shown the great
est power of understanding and ap
preciation.
The opening performance in Drama
Guild Hall will be a play given by
members of the faculty and their fam
ilies. The cast has already been ar
raged and rehearsals will soon begin.
Committees are working on the se
lection of plays for next year and an
effort will be made to cover as wide
a range as possible.
Another committee is now at work
deciding upon the decoration scheme
for the hall and working with the ar
chitect in carrying it out. Thus far,
arrangements have provided that the
wood work shall be of Flemish oak,
and that the seats shall be wide and
comfortable, with plenty of room for
the knees. This committee consists
of Prof. C. V. Dyment, chairman; Pro
fessor Reddie, Miss Julia Burgess and
Mr. Eaton.
Professor Dyment was appointed
advertising manager. An original
type of advertisement is under con
sideration. The Guild announced that
fire-proof quarters have been provid
ed for all properties, and patrons of
the drama throughout Eugene and
elsewhere are urged to donate old fur
niture, decorations or fabrics which
now may be uselessly cumbering at
tics, but which might serve as stage
setting to give the proper atmosphere
to period plays.
“MADE BY I). OF 0. STUDENT”
MAY BE COMMON SL06AN
Plana for Building Factory on Cam
pus for Employment of Students
Made by Koyl
“Within the next few years we shall
have to build some kind of a factory
on the campus for the employment of
students,” said Charles Koyl, Secre
tary of the University Y. M. C. A.,
today.
“I am making plans now, and when
I work out a solution I am going to
take up the question of a market with
Professor H. B. Miller, head of the
School of Commerce. Then I am go
ing after capitalists for money. It is
possible that we could raise funds by
selling stock to students, but I hardly
think this idea feasible.
“It would be the best advertisement
the University could devise, for the
people of the state would be brought
face to face with the practical side
of college life. Imagine the impres
sion made upon the mind of the house
wife as each day she sweeps the kitch
en floor with a broom manufactured
by the students of the University of
Oregon.”
"BUY YOUR OREM
IOr SAYS HOLT
After April First Price Per Book Will
be $3.00; No Copies Will be
Left Over
April 1 has been set by the man
agement of the 1916 Oregana as the
last date on which subscriptions for
the year book will be taken at the
special $2.60 rate. Thereafter the
price will be $3.00, with the possibil
ity of there being no books on sale.
“We have decided to make another
short campaign for subscriptions be
fore the book is published,” said Man
ager Holt this morning.
“Apparently several students have
just discovered that they have not yet
subscribed, and in order to let them
take advantage of the special rate, it
has been decided to open the books
again. On April 1 the actual print
ing of the book will begin. All sub
scriptions must be in by that date,
for we intend to print only as many
books as we have subscriptions. Any
student intending to wait until next
year to buy a book, with the expec
tation of getting it at a reduced price,
will be disappointed. We intend to
have no books left over. Subscrip
tions should be paid at the Y. M. C.
A. Book Exchange or to any member
of the circulation stag.
“We have already taken practically
the same number of subscriptions as
were taken for the 1915 Oregana. We
expect to increase this number before
the first of the month. A steady cam
paign is being conducted in the Law
and Medical Schools with gratifying
results. Circulation Manager Leslie
Tooze last week sent out 200 letters
to alumni of the University, extend
ing to them the same rate as is of
fered to the undergraduate students.
Results have already been obtained.”
SIXTY-SEVEN UNIVERSITIES
ADOPT SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
Sixty-seven universities in the Unit
ed States are using ‘simplified spell
ing, According to the report of the
simplified spelling board. Among
those wh<3 have adopted fhe new sys
tem are Bethel, Emporia, Friends,
Kansas- City, McPherson, Southwest
j ern and Bethany Colleges.
Several state universities have
adopted this method. Missouri leads
with nine such institutions.
The Civil Engineering School of
Purdue University is giving a one
week course in road building, costs
and testing of materials used, and the
maintenance of such roads.
CONFIDENCE DEPENDS
UPON CLEAN LIVING
BASIS UPON WHICH BUSINESS
IS BUILT IS TRUST BETWEEN
MEN—WEATHERFORD
50 WORK FOR BETTER MORALS
Final Lecture of Series on “Our Source
of Power” Given by Y. id. C. A.
Sneaker SunHnv Afternoon
“The Power of a Clean Life,” was
the subject of Dr. Weatherford’s lec
ture Saturday evening. He said in
part:
“A clean life enables a man to be
lieve in himself, and enables the other
man to believe in you. A man must
live a life of confidence. Ninety-five
per cent of the business of this coun
try is done on a basis of confidence.
The dollar greenback is really worth
less, but it is the confidence you have
in the government’s ability to redeem
that greenback that you accept it
as a medium of exchange.
“There is a philosophy in a college
yell. When the men of your team
hear that cheer it makes them believe
that the whole college is behind them
—it gives the players confidence.
When a man yells encouragement
from the sidelines it gives the team
confidence, because they believe that
someone yelling believes they will
make good. College spirit is the con
fidence of the students in their col
lege.
“If you have pure blood and keep
a clean life, every man will respect
you. Every man will point you out
as a man who can be trusted, and a
man who is strong because he keeps
his life clean. As long as you live a
pure, manly, Christian life, the easier
it will be for you to make a success
ful gain and secure a foothold in the
confidence of your business associates.
“Every man who wishe's to make a
success of his life must build up, step
by step, a character which will ena
ble him in time of a crisis, to stand
firm and win by his firmness. It is
confidence in yourself that counts,
men. You can’t have that confidence
if you do not live a Christian life.”
“Our Source of Power,” was Dr.
Weatherford’s theme in the Sunday
afternoon address. This lecture was
more appealing to the religious side
of life and to the power of God, whom
Dr. Weatherford emphasizes is our
one source of power.
“I could give hundreds of examples,
taken from all walks of life, where
it has been proven that God is the ma
jor source of power, and without Him
we will fall. Men, if you are debased
and. deep in sin, you will be revived
and put on an equal basis with the
most respected Christian people, if you
will take up your case with God. I
have had personal interviews with
hundreds of students who had been
leading lives of sin, but when I urged
upon ■'them the necessity of a dean
life, these men turned over a new
leaf, and made good. I appealed to
them to take their sins before God
to be forgiven, and they did so. With
out the pardon of God, remorse for
your errors and mistakes will haunt
you td your grave. It is the sense of
conscience, which God has given us,
that plays up the wrong and keeps
down the right. It is only God, who
made that sense of conscience, who
can help you.”
At a meeting of the Greater Ore
gon Committee, after Dr. Weather
ford’s lecture Sunday afternoon, 50
men of the University of Oregon
pledged themselves to stand in a unit
for better moral standards at the Uni
versity and to work towards that end.
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Trainer Farrell, of the University
of Michigan, proposes to make the
athletes train to the accompaniment
of music furnished by the Varsity
Band.
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THURSDAY OF JUNIOR WEEK
END IS TENTATIVE DATE
UPPERCLASS OFFERING
PLAY IS FAST AND SNAPPY
Don Orput Directs Cast4 Which In
cludes Pick of Talent Among
Diploma-Chasers
A purely undergraduate production,
if not a pure production, is promised
by the Seniors in the annual play,
which will probably be presented in
the local opera house Thursday ev
ening of Junior Week-End.
“Jeanette’s Way” is the name of
the offering, and it deals exclusively
with college life. It was written by
an undergraduate at the University
of California and performed there last
year with immense success. It has
also scored a “hit” whenever present
ed by numerous other college troupes.
To carry out the purpose of putting
on a 100 per cent student production,
and to purge it of all Puritanism and
highbrowism, the Seniors have en
gaged an undergraduate, Don Orput,
to coach the cast. Orput has had
two years’ experience in directing
plays in the Middle West, and recent
ly attained local fame by the success
of the Eugene High School Senior
play, which he took under his wing.
“Jeanette’s Way” is a distinct^ de
parture from the type of classical and
near-classical dramas which have
been offered by the Senior classes of
past years. It is uv/ ful> or '-pep” as
a post-examination celebration, and
fairly reeks with campus atmosphere.
A typical rah-rah youth, a chorus la
dy, an heiress, and old “sport,” a
college professor, a Dutch road-house
keeper, a reporter, a theatrical man
ager, a Dago and a “cop,” are only
a few of the characters mixed up in
the melange.
Bert Jerard, “Spud” Hill, Tom Don
aca, Don Orput, Lee Hendricks, Clark
Burgard, Gene Good, Frank Staiger
and Marsh Goodwin are a few of the
masculine actors in the cast, while
Georgia Cross, Hazel Ralston, and Jo
sephine Moorhead have important
feminine roles.
The date of the Senior play has al
ways been Friday of Junior Week
End. However, this year they have
relinquished that evening to the Stu
dent Body for its proposed Glee Club
musical comedy. Unless the Student
Body decides not to use the date, the
Seniors probably will present “Jean
ette’s Way” the night before, launch
ing the festivities ol Junior Week
End.
President Lowell, of Harvard, in
his annual report to the trustees, says
that the university may be obliged to
raise the. tuition fees to meet the in
creased cost of running the institu
tion. In taking this step Harvard
would only be following the example
of several of the larger colleges which
have recently raised their fees.
Rather than drop a class in busi
ness administration at Washington
University, the students forego the
pleasure of returning home for lunch
and hold class during the noon hour.
Their luncheon is brought along to
class and studying is done between
bites.
The Anti-Fussing Club has been
established at Illinois. To enforce
the rules of the club, the following
system of fines has been agreed upon:
Speaking to girl .$ .10
Speaking to pretty girl .05
Talking about girl .50
Writing to girl _ 75
Thinking of girl (honor system) .05
Fussing girl .-.87%
Marrying girl .-.Total Attainder,
AUTOMATIC GRASS BARBER
TO .00 TONSORIAL DUTIES
Fisher Uses New Gasoline 10-Horse
Power Ideal Lawn "Mower ,
on Campus
Ground Keeper Fisher’s new gaso
line ten-horse power Ideal Lawn
Mower was used Thursday for the
first time. It was received about a
month ago, but the ground has been
too wet to run the 1,OOO-pound ma
chine over it.
The scythe cuts a 36-inch path,
twice as wide as ordinary mowers,
and several inches behind follows a
roller 16 inches in diameter, which
packs the earth and evens the sur
face.
One and a half gallons of gasoline
will run the machine for a day, and,
as threie acres may be cut daily, one
man can take care of al) the Univer
sity lawn mowing. Heretofore, two
men have been required.
This machine cost $400 at Portland
and was shipped there from Minne
apolis. Mr. Fisher says it is a very
small one, but he believes it to be
the only practical one for this cam
pus, on account of the cut-up nature
of the grounds. The larger ones
have seats for the runners and are
very heavy.
400 WOMEN ATTEND
BLANCHARD MEETINGS
Y. W. C. A. Speaker Is Cause of
Movement Among Girls to Elim
inate “Cribbing”
Over 200 women were present at
the Blanchard meeting held this week
end at the Women’s Gymnasium, un
der the auspices of the Y. W. C. A.
The attendance for the three meet
ings reached a total of 425.
In her talks, Miss Blanchard dealt
with the many problems that are met
in college life, creating a movement
toward the bettering of conditions,
such as cheating in quizzes, etc.
'Miss Bllanchard has been in 25
state universities recently. She strong
ly advocates the adoption of the “Hon
or System” here.
Monday noon a luncheon was given
at the Bungalow by the Advisory
Board of the Y. W. C. A. for Miss
Blanchard. Other guests were Miss
Fox, Mrs. Campbell and the members
of the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet—Catha
rine Bridges, Marian f^eed, Mina Fer.
guson, Jewel Tozierj Grace Edging
ton, Dari Zimmerman, Roberta Kil
lam, Louise Aljen, Dorothy Wheeler,
Genevieve Chapin, and Lurline Brown.
Yellow daffodils were tastefully ar
ranged for decorations.
MARY ANTIN TO LECTURE
IN VILLARD HALL APRIL 1
Every student, of whatever class
or persuasion, should make an effort
to hear Mary Antin, who will lec
ture here id Villard Hall April 1, on
the subject, “America in the Light of
the European War,” said Miss Ruth
Guppy, Dean'of Women, today.
“Mary Antin is a Jewess, and her
book, ‘The Promised Land,’ telling of
the experiences of her people, is con
sidered one of the books of the age.
“She has been most enthusiastically
received and has spoken to crowded
houses in Eastern colleges, univer
sities and large cities. She speaks in
Portland March 31, under the auspices
of the Council of Jewish Women. In
Eugene she is to speak under the au
spices of the Collegiate Alumni. It
is a most unusual opportunity and
everyone should come.”
The price of tickets is 35 cents for
students; 50 cents for others.
Kappa Alpha Theta announces the
pledging of Helene DeLano, of Eu
gene.
BEZIEI HIS 101 It!
PICKED 1HE BEGOLMS
o —
MEN WHO WILL FILL VACAN
CIES STILL IN DOUBT; OLD .
TIMERS’ CERTAIN
TRYOUTS SHOW 6000 MATERUU.
Candidates for Pitching Staff “Com
ers,” Says Coach; Outfielders
Wanted
By Rex Key.
There is no official notice from the
Bezdek camp that the regulars have
been picked and there are, of course,
no releases to be commented on since
the collegiate system of training
does not include this tactic in its re
gime. Just the same, there is little
question as to most of the posi
tions that are now assigned as per
manent fixtures.
At the beginning of the training
season it was taken for granted that
Nelson on first, “Skeeter” at short,
and Cornell at third, were there to
stay. The dope was that Lyle Big
bee would hold down second. Because
of their former work and all-around
experience, this looked good until the
last day or two, and then Grebe* came
along, took a chance at second and
has upset the. dope completely.
Grebe is considered the best find
of the season. There is little doubt
but that he will be at second from
now on. He is a Freshman and is
breaking into higher class company
than he has been used to, since the
best he can boast of in the way of
college ball is a season with Willam
ette away back in 1910—and he is '
now one and twenty years of age.
But he did play on championship
teams with Washington High School.
Sam Lieuellen is easily first man
in the backstop department. He has
the advantage of experience over all
other candidates, is hitting in good
style, and gets away with his pegs
down the base line a little better than
the others. Bob Earl will bear some
watching, however, and it is no idle
dream that he will figure in the con
ference games this year. »
The infield is ^hitting it up right
along. Bezdek does not hesitate to
say that he Would be well satisfied
with theirQ work if all the men were
in shape. Nelson is hobbling around
on a sore ankle and has ’trouble in cov
ering ground, both in“the field, and
at the bat, since he cannot step into
the ball with his usual speed. Cor
nell wrenched his pit knee and is
sure to be slowed up for a few days.
Tuerck has a sore arm, which keeps
him from cutting loose in the box,
and which takes considerable nurs
ing in every way.
That hitting is better on the whole
than it was at this time last year, is
the opinion expresed by both the
coach and the old timers. Grebe is
still a little nervous in the new com
pany and has something to learn
about handling the bat. This, Coach
Bezdek says, he will teach him before
the big games. Nelson and Lyle Big
bee are leading the list of hitters.
Lyle is doing well enough to warrant
the coach branding him as one of the
best men with the bat he has ever
had the pleasure to coach in college
baseball. Oregon will have a hitting
team; there is no question of it, as
the men are finding the best that
Tuerck and Captain Welch can dish
out in one-two-three order.
Since Grebe has put in the win
ning bid for second, Lyle Bigbee has
gene to the field; to which one it will
be is not yet known. M. Bigbee will
play left as it stands now, and will
probably stand for the rest of the
year. The fact that Lyle can go to
the outfield without leaving a weak
spot in the inner diamond has relieved
the coach and Captain Welch of much
(Continued on page 4.)