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SIGMA DELTA CHI INITIATES’ EDITION PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, MAY 20. 1915 Volume XVII, No. 81 STUDENTS MAY HOLD EXTRA CONFERENCE MEETING WOULD BE IN CON NECTION WITH COM MONWEALTH. PLANS ARE FILLED OUT Program Announces Many Prom inent Speakers at the May Session. The program for the Seventh An nual Commonwealth Conference, which will convene on the University cam pus May 27, 28 and 29, has been drawn up and will include speakers from nearly every representative civic field in Oregon. This schedule was decided upon at a meeting of the lo cal conference committee held in Vil lard Hall last Wednesday afternoon. The members of the committee are Professors F. G. Young, chairman; Joseph Schafer, George Rebec, Henry D. Sheldon and Ellis F. Lawrence. A sub-committee of information and publicity has been appointed, which consists of Professors Colin V. Dy ment, Mabel Holmes Parsons, Eric W. Allen, Frederick S. Dunn, Dean Straub, and Earl Kilpatrick. Ano ther committee, of which Professor Frederick L. Stetson is chairman, was appointed to arrange for a stu dents’ conference to be held in con nection with the state conference. “I have received commendations on the last Student Conference from Portland people who attended last jTekr and it is possible that another similar one will be projected this year,” said Professor F. G. Young, chairman of the general conference committee. “Some members of Reed College and Lincoln High School, Portland, have stated their desires to participate in this phase of the Con (Continued on page 3.)_ "KOI II UK BUI I WILL WIN” BILL HAYWARDS PREDICTS A VICTORY FOR OREGON IN SATURDAY’S MEET. ENTRANTS ARE ANNOUNCED Thr^e Men are Entered In Event—440-Yard Dash Will Be Close. Each “We are going to win the meet,” said Bill this morning, “but it won’t be a walk-away. We have been han dicapped by the rain and the fact that we have no place to train. The weather has been good at Corvallis and their track ought to be in good condition. I don’t know what the men individually will do.” According to the schedule, Oregon will have three men in every event except the pole vault and high hur dles. Some of the men are entered in only one event. Loucks is to be entered in the 220, 440, relay and possibly the 880. Fee is scheduled to participate in the high hurdles, pole vault, high jump, shot, discus and javelin. Muirhead will entertain in the high hurdles, low hurdles, broad jump and high jump. The quarter promises to be one ot the best races of the season. Loucks, of Oregon, and Kadderly, of 0. A. C., are expected to furnish the excite ment in this race. Payne and Hob good will meet each other in the two mile, and popular comment is thut “that record nas to go.” The team will leave on the Oregon Electric Saturday morning at 7:35, and will return at 7:05 or 8:50. “Bill’ Hayward and the track team of 20 men will leave Eugene Satur day morning for Corvallis to compete with O. A. C. for the state cham (Continued on third page.) •ffl $2400 FROM 230 JOBS IS RECORD REPORT OF GENERAL SECRETARY OF Y. M. C. A. SHOWS MATERIAL INCREASE IN DEPT. WORK That a large number have been kept in school only through the abil ity of the University Y. M. C. A. em ployment bureau to find employment for them, is shown in the annual re port of the General Secretary, just completed. To date the returns for the year have been $2,400' from 230 jobs. Of these jobs, 58 were perma nent. This as against a total of 155 jobs secured for all last year, shows an increase of nearly 50 per cent. Due to the seeming necessity of se curing more employment for Univer sity students, a special place on the Cabinet was created and the help of this committee has aided largely in bringing omre employment to stu dents. The report of the Secretary shows a general awakening in the various departments the past year and sug gests that the departments are becom ing more and more a vital part of Student Body life and of Student Body affairs. Book Exchange Returns $280 The Book Exchange has returned to the students $280 through the sale of books. Eight hundred and sixty seven are now on the shelves await ing buyers. This exchange is ma;i tained free to University students, its sole purpose being to provide a medium where the old books can be disposed of. Usually the student gets back 60 per cent of what he pays for the book. The demand of the sweet tooth returned $600 to the Y. M. erf fers this year through the candy counter. 4721 People Attend Vespers During the past year 4,721 people attended the Vesper services held i" Villard Hall one Sunday of every month. This is the most far reaching and best attended work of the Uni versity Y. M. C. A. The combined men’s and women’s Glee Clubs always formed the choir at these servi’.ts and usually two or three special an thems were prepared, as well as so los, duets and quartettes. Effort were made to secure the most prom inent speakers for these services pos sible. Plans of the meetings commit tee include arrangements for a con tinuation of these services next year with emphasis to be laid on the speak ers as well as the music. 197 Enroll in Bible Classes The Bible classes this year num bered 11, with a total enrollment of 197 men. Of these, 100 attended regularly. The aim of this depart ment was to make it possible for ev ery man on the campus to have an opportunity to study the Bible through efficient leaders. There were classes in the various churches, and three were maintained upon the campus. Three high school classes were form'd the past year by Charles Collier, Cloyd Dawson and Martin Nelson. These classes met every Thursday noon in the city Y. M. C. A. building. Three mission study classes were con Continued on page 3. RELAY IS CONDUCTED; POSTPONEMENT 6AINED Northwestern Journalists’ Conference i Billed for May 21-22, Has Time Extended; Use 10 Telegrams. Allen to Stone, Allen to Craig head, Stone to Allen, Allen to White, Getz to Allen, Allen to Getz, Getz to Stone, Stone to Getz, Getz to Allen, Allen to Getz. Allen is Prof. E. W. Allen, Univer sity of Oregon; Stone is A. E. Stone, Dean of the University of Montana, department of Journalism; Craighead is President Edwin B. Craighead of the University of Montana; Getz is Carl H. Getz, assistant professor to Dean Stone; White is Lee A. White of the Journalism department of the University of Washington. And the whole matter is the his tory of a telegram, of the postpone ment of the Conference of Teachers of Journalism of the Northwest, which had been billed to occur at wie University of Oregon, May 21 and 22. Besides telegrams, letters took a part in the affair. They were flying around generally, and as Professor Allen says, “Everybody was writing to everybody else.” The first intimation that the Con ference would be postponed came when Professor Getz wrote Professor Allen that urgent newspaper busi ness which was taking him to Salt Lake City would interfere with his being present to deliver the address for which he was slated. Professor Allen’s attempt to per suade Professor Getz that he could come, and subsequent inquires and replies involving Professor Stone, who was to attend to Professor Getz* work in his absence, Professor White who was kept informed about the planned postponement, and President Craighead whose help had to be se cured in locating Stone, made the ten telegrams necessary. The Conference will probably be held in October, says Professor Allen. He feels that the fall will be a more satisfactory time, and that the post ponement is really for the better in erests of the Conference. ONCE MATH STUDENT TO BE MATH PROF Oregon Professor and Executive Secretary Gets Chair of Former Instructor. When Dr. W. M. Smith, Executive Secretary of President Campbell and Professor of Mathematics in the Uni versity, who recently announced his resignation, goes back to Lafayette College, at Easton, Pennsylvania, to take the chair of Mathematics, he will become head of the department in which he was a student but a few years ago. Dr. Smith took his Bachelor of Arts degree at Lafayette College, and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Co lumbia University. He then became Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Lafayette under his former instruc tor. He was there for five years. Three years ago he came to Oregon. At the end of his first year here he was made the Executive Secretary to the President, retaining a few class es in Mathematics. The position of Secretary brought him in close touch with the students through the stu dent affairs committee, of which he was head, and through personal con tact with them in the office. Three weeks ago Dr. Smith’s old professor at Lafayette, who held the chair of Mathematics, died. This oc casioned the vacancy to which Dr. Smith has been elected. He will take up his new duties next fall. “UNIVERSITY NEEDS ITS OWN PRINTING PUNT” VARIOOS COMMENTS MADE BY NEWSPAPER MEN ELECTED TO HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN SIGMA DELTA CHI. INITIATION CEREMONIES BE6IN AT FIVE THIS AFTERNOON WITH NINE CANDIDATES IN LINE—BANQUET TONI6HT ACTIVE MEMBERS OF SIGMA DELTA CHI Earl Blackaby Tom Boylen Leslie Tooze Sam Michael Lee Hendricks Fred Dunbar Jessup Strang Lamar Tooze Wallace Eakin The changed attitude of the people of this common wealth toward the University of Oregon appeals to me as one worthy of comment. Six to eight years ago there was a manifest antagonism to ward higher education, and especially toward the State University. Critics were on very hand. Hazing incidents at Oregon were roundly rep rimanded in the press of ihe state, while similar incidents at other institutions wore pased over lightly. Understanding the hostile attitude of the University's critics,, students here took particular pains to safeguard the honor of the University. Many times I have heard an upperclassman caution a freshman by, “Cut it out; remember the referendum.” And the freshman did. This constant watchful ness for the welfare of the University; this willingness to forego innocent fun that no chance might be given to criticise the University, ap peals to me as a fine exhi bition of the “Oregon Spir it.” This love for the Uni versity aqd constant work for the institution on the part of the Alumni, has been one of the factors in bring ing the people of the state to a fuller appreciation of the institution. Another has been the broadening of of the University’s own viewpoint — the extension service, the Commonwealth Conference, and the bringing into the class rooms for lec “NAE TWA CLOTHES AUK’ THTR A’ DIFF’R’NT” Robert, Scotch Sailor With the Gait of the Sea, Stops at Frat Houses “I hope that ye gillies ’ll nae tak’ offense,” said Robert Holliday, a re servist in the British merchant ma rine and a sailor on a ship now in Portland that sailed from Australia “wi’ a load o’ lumber.” Robert, the sailor, is Scotch and tall and young, with the gait of the sea and the brogue of Auld Scotland. His e’es are black and his face is long, slim and snappy. His e’ebrows lift and his words fairly flip from nis tongue as he tells the boys that ‘‘there’s nae twa clothes alike; they're a’ differen’.” Dressed in the coat of bos’n’s mace —the job he claimed to hold on his ship—in a blue sweater, pants cinched tightly around the waist, and a pur ser’s cap, Holliday yesterday dropped into several fraternity houses with a duffel bag in which he had yards and yards of tweeds and tartans, each of which he offered for six dollars per suit, unmade-up. Today, if Robert’s plans go right, he is on board the ship and ready to sail with “a wee bit o’ brass” in his pocket, for he sold a number of suits in Eugene. UPROAR OVER "BEZ” SCARES AGGIE GEESE Return Game Will Be Played On the Local Diamond Tomor row Morning. The presence of several Caseys on the Oregon faculty baseball team gave the Oregon Aggie faculty tie good number of 9 to 7 score on the 0. A. C. grounds, Tuesday afternoon. Oregon had no trouble getting Profs, to bases, and little trouble filling sec ond and third. But always after that there seemed to be two out and none of the Caseys up. Saturday morning the College fac ulty will arrive for the return game. It is to be put on at 10:00 o’clock. It will be for the benefit of the stu dent loan fund Twelve hundred sp°i' tators turned out for the faculty game at Corvallis. The cheers ac corded the variegated uniforms of the Oregon team could be heard for miles. True, Bezdek and Ayer had baseball suits, but Dallenbach wore his Pittsburg football outfit, Warren I Smith a riding suit, Tiffany a golf salt, Winger a hiking suit, Gutberleti a eorn-husking suit, Dyment a soc cer suit, and the rest mixtures. Five of the players arrived three outs enroute. Bezdek was among them. As the five hurried onto the i Continued on page 8. tures of men of affairs in the state at large. All of these factors have given the University a large place in the life of the state. We who have been out of the direct care of the University for a few years, are glad that we had a part in forming that democrat ic “Oregon Spirit’’ that would make sacrifice in order that good might come to the University. W. A. DILL. I wonder whether the students and University generally appreciate what an excellent publication they possess in The Emerald. I am sure most of us alumni do; I know of several desks that it reaches with more or less regularity, where it is read religious ly before business letters are touched. It has made notable improvement in the past two or three years and is today a leader in its field. It is in the mechanical side, how ever, that The Emerald has made its most spectacular advance. Fortu nately, the days of the one-man pa per, written, set up, and sometimes distributed by an overworked editor, because competent and reliable help was unobtainable, are past. Today there is a large corps of students to be drawn upon who possess the prop er training, and the general air of the paper shows a corresponding im provement. The students are in terested in journalism in a serious way, and may be called upon for ca pable and consistent work. It is to (Continued on Last page)