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OREGON
EMERALD
PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1915
Volume XVII. No. 90
NEW BUILDING TO BE
COMPLETED BY JULY 1
A
DEDICATION WILL NOT TAKE
PLACE COMMENCEMENT
WEEK AS PLANNED
WORK LASTED SEVEN MONTHS
“Knowledge the Soul of a Republic”
—John Jay, is the Inscription
of the hall
July first is the date now set for
the completion of the new $100,000
Administration Building for the Uni
versity of Oregon. It was at first
expected that it would be dedicated
during commencement week and that
> a reception might be held in it at
that time, but delay occasioned by
the cold weather during the winter
has made it netessary for these plans
to be abandoned, stated Dr. W. M.
Smith, Secretary to the Preseident,
yesterday.
The structure, 76x105 feet, consists
of two stories and a basement. The
building is constructed of red brick
and terra cotta, with a granite base.
The framework is reinforced concrete.
At the center top of the front of
the building is the University seal,
an intertwined “U” and “O,” above
which a flag-pole 'is reared. Just
below, over the front entrance, stands
the inscription: “Knowledge the Soul
of a Republic—John Jay.”
Six large white pillars of ornamen
tal plaster, which resit on granite
bases, support the structure in front.
The columns are on the Ionic order
and are topped by Ionic caps.
The first floor contains eight class
rooms and offices for four members
of the faculty. At the left, as one
enters from the front, is the lecture
hall, which will accommodate 190 peo
ple. It is provided with a full size
stage, 22x23 feet, and an orchestra
pit. It will be used for debates, class
meetings, lectures and for the stag
ing of various plays, produced from
time to time under the direction of
Professor Reddie.
The second floor is taken up with
the administration offices, which will
be moved from Villard Hall early
enough in the summer to admit hav
ing neecssary improvements made on
the classrooms of Villard, before the
fall term opens.
I A lobby, fifty feet square, compris
* es the center of the second story, with
the administrative office facing it. In
the east end are the business offices,
having in connection with them a
large steel vault,, in which all Uni
versity records will be kept. The south
end will be partitioned off into a
multigraphing room, telephone booths
and a University post office.
The entire second story is laid with
a cork floor. The railing about the
double stairway is constructed of or
namental iron.
Alaskan marble is used for the
wainscoting, the stairs leading to the
second floor and to the basement, and
the flooring of the first story.
Seven months have been required
for the erection of the structure. From
fifteen to twenty men have been em
ployed regularly about the building
since it was begun early last fall. |
Not a single accident has occurred
during its construction. Eighty-nine
thousand dollars is the contract cost
of the building, which sum does not
include the architect's expenses or
the cost of furnishing. Boyajohn, Ar
nold and Company are in charge of |
the work.
Sufficient light is provided all parts
of the building by 65 windows and a
large skyjight in ithe second floor
roof.
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* Special meeting of Oregon Club *
* Monday at 4:00 P. M., Professor *
* Schafer’s room. Election of of- *
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"THE YEAR IS NEARLY OVER
AND WE MAY NOT MEET AGAIN”
Birds and Other Melo-Poetics Appeal
to College-Crazed Poet as He
* Thinks of Leaving
By Milton Arthur Stoddard
Birds are trilling on the campus;
Through the open window, float
Songs of sadness, high, ecstatic—
Ah, I mark each rising note,
Making throb the very tree-trunks,
Quiver each responsive leaf,
And the air is thrilled in bearing
Music making strange my grief.
Grief and singing now commingled,
Vague depression in my heart
At the thought this year is over
And—a hand-shake—and we part.
Every student says, “Hello, there!”
Greets another on the lane;
But the year is nearly over,
And we may not meet again.
HOUSE MOTHERLAND
PROFS. HEADING SOUTH
EVERYBODY PLANS A TRIP TO
THE FAIR; SOME HAVE AL
READY LEFT
A Few Will Attend Conventions and
Colleges for Study; Others to
Enjoy Eugene s Calm
Even house mothers have summer
plans. Among those who will not be;
here during the summer season, Cal
ifornia seems to be the favorite re
sort
Miss Pauline Beadell, of the Delta
Gamma house, will probably remain
in Eugene. Miss Lyda Cranston,
Kappa Kappa Gamma house mother,
will divide the summer between Berke
ley, California, and Portland. Mrs.
Charlotte Steffa, of the Kappa Alpha
Theta house, will go East, probably
stopping in North Dakota.
The Mu Phi Epsilon house mother,
Mrs. Agnes Dunstan, will not be in
Eugene during the summer. Mrs. Lil
lian Gray, of the Chi Omega house,
is at present acting as a hostess at
the Oregon Building at the Exposi
tion. She will probably not be in Eu
gene during the summer. Miss Mar
garet Upleger is acting as house
mother in her absence. Mrs. Mattie
E. Brown, of the Alpha Phi house,
will be in Eugene for a time, but has
not announced her plans.
Mrs. A- A. Bancroft, house mother
of Mary Spiller Hall, will be at home
on College Crest after July 1. In Au
gust she will visit in California and
at the Exposition. Mrs. Elizabeth
Prescott, matron of the Men’s Dormi
tory, will remain here during the sum- j
mer school session.
I
Plans of University Professors for,
summer:
Professor Allen—Summer School,
Panama Exposition; trip Grand Can
yon of Colorado; and he will meet
his family later in Estes Park.
Dr. James Gilbert—Panama-Pacific
Exposition; will attend American
Economics Association, which will
meet the third week in August in
San Francisco.
Professor Young—Summer School;
Panama-Pacific Exposition; outing on
fruit ranch.
Professor Ayers—Will attend Chi
cago University.
Dr. Schafer—Summer School; San
Francisco Exposition.
Professor W. F. G. Thacher—Ex
position; outing in mountains around i
Portland.
Professor Rebec—Summer School, j
Dr. Warren Smith—Conduct Sum-;
mer School trips to Crater Lake and
other points of interest in Oregon ;j
intends prospecting in Oregon.
Harvard’s new library, the Widener
library, will have a capacity of 1,800,
000 volumes.
BOVERUT AIDS IN
STATE DEVELOPMENT
— .
AGREEMENT BETWEEN FEDER
AL OFFICIALS AND OREGON
BODIES REACHED
NINE DISTRICTS ARE CREATED
President Campbell Reports Success
of Portland Banquet— Big
Men Attend
The University School of Commerce,
the United States Department of Com
merce, and the Portland Commercial
Club, have entered into a co-opera
tive agreement, under which they are
to work together for the development
of the Pacific Northwest. The agree
ment is of a type that is unique, but
the Department of Commerce is so
pleased with the idea as it has been
worked out in Oregon, that the Fed
eral officials have divided the coun
try into nine districts, and in each
of these some big Commercial Club
and some university' will be encour
aged to take up the work that has
been started in Oregon.
President Campbel returned to Eu
gene last night from Portland and
announced the success of the negotia
tions which have been carried on all!
winter. The triple agreement was
celebrated at a big banquet in Port
land, at which were present an un
usual number of guests of national
reputation, including Dr. E. E. Pratt,
head of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, Washington, D.
C.; Senator A. R. Cummings, of Iowa,
who has been frequently mentioned
as a possible future President of the
United States; Ex-Senator and Ex
Governor George Chamberlain, of Or
egon; Senator Harry Lane, of OreT
gon; Senator Thomas W. Hardwick,
of Georgia; and Mayor John Purroy
Mitchell, of New York City. Presi
dent Campbell and Director H. B. Mil
ler of the School of Commerce, rep
resented the University.
The principal speaker was Dr.
Pratt. Now was the time, he said,
for the United States to go after for
eign trade, and to go after it strong.
Two things were needed to build up
a great export organization for this
country, he declared: finance, and men.
So far as finances are concerned, Dr.
Pratt held that that part can be ar
ranged; the serious present difficul
ty comes in getting the right sort
of young men with the right training.
He said he knew at Fast 20 big firms
ready to .establish important branch
es abroad if they could only get big
men who could handle the business.
Right here is where the University
of Oregon comes in. It must create |
an entirely new type of education,
maintained Mr. Pratt. The future
foreign representative of American
trade must have three things which
at present are not often found in the
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NEW SHIFT INSTALLED
AS OLD GUARD PASSES!
RETIRING PRESIDENT BOYJLEN
PRESENTS GAVEL TO
LAMAR TOOZE
NEW CHIEF OUTLINES POLICY
/ — .
‘Economy Should Not be Practiced at
Expense of Student Activities,”
Says President-Elect
“Economy should not be practiced
at the expense of student activities,”
stated Lamar Tooze, the new Presi
dent of the Student Body, in outlining
his policies for the coming year, at
the last Student Body meeting of the
term, held in Villard Hall at 10:00
a’clock yesterday omrning. He added
that the new administration intended
following a middle course as nearly
as possible.
“Probably the most important of
ther outstanding problems which must
be taken up and solved next year is
that of putting the Oregana on a
sound financial basis,” President Tooze
continued, after he had expressed ap
preciation at the splendid services
rendered by the Student Body officers,
in the work they have performed this
year. “Some solution must be found
which will put the Oregana on a sound
basis and at the same time make it a
credit to the University.”
Another phase of President Tooze’s
initial speech concerned the present
position of the Vice President of the
Student Body; that is, his exclusion
from the Student Council. The Vice
President is the presiding officer in
the absence of the President, the lat
ter of whom conducts the Student
Council. Therefore, Mr. Tooze point
ed out, it is illogical that the Vice
President shall not be a member of
the Council.
More Student Body meetings should
be held, and the meetings should be
more regular, the President stated,
for the purpose of arousing more in
terest in Student Body affairs.
A debt of $2,650 has been entirely
done away with since the retiring
officers took charge a year ago yes
terday. This was one of the state
ments made by Ex-President Boylen
in his farewell speech from the chair.
“A great deal of credit is due to
Mr. Tiffany, the members of the Ex
ecutive Council, Ruth Dorris, Bert
Lombard, Bert Jerard and Sam Mi
chael, Boylen stated.
“I want to thank all of you for
your hearty co-operation,” he contin
ued. “Without your support, we could
not have done as well as we have.”
The new officers were required to
stand, raise the right hand and repeat
the oath of office.
In a parting speech on behalf of the
Seniors, Ben Dorris, President of the
class, said that they had had four
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Marshal N. Dana Will ■Deliver Final
Address to Class in Mdvertisiuo
MARSHALL N. DANA
Special Journal Writer and Ad Club
Representative to Discuss Poli
cies and Ethics Tomorrow
Marshall N. Dana, special writer
for the Oregon Journal, will speak
before the class in Advertising Prac
tice tomorrow, on “Advertising Eth
ics.” This talk will deal with adver
tising conditions a* tney exist today,
and will describe the policies that ad
vertising men are actually following
and trying to follow.
Mr. Dana was a delegate last year
from the Portland Ad Club to the
International Ad Men’s Convention
at Toronto. I
SPORT PUTS SEDULOUS APE
TO ‘‘ONCE-OVER” LAMPMAN
Peekaboo Embroidery Prose in Dash
ity Dash Style Looks Familiar
to Journal Readers
By Harry Kuck.
“Once-Over” Lampman—a peculiar
little duck—100 per cent personality
—(invaded—the campus fortress—of
would-be newspaper people—this af
ternoon—told ’em how—•
He and two—or three—other re
porters—with a little help—rrom a
few—inconsequential staffers—like
the managing editor—city editor—
and newsie—have been getting out—
the Journal—before its readers—each
lay. —got by, too—students liked
his line.
—girls liked it too.
—“once-over,” alias “crawfish”—
harped a good spell—on something
about hobby—basiei hobby—Uterarie 1
hobbie—side hobbe—don’t know what
it was all about—but it sounded good. '<
—Lampie sed—a reporter’s hobby j
should be the life of the facts there-(
of—he sed it once—he sed it twice—
and if i reklec crecklie—he finally
struck out on this same sed. Lampie
labeled this—BASIC. Proceedoing
backwards—our friend he told—how
[iteraryism—and specificution—along
certain lines—haVe mislead—many
another—good earnest worker—astray
—into the realms—of Hearstl—and
the big check squad.
and Lampie’s coiyumist dialeet>—
listened pretty good—to we’uns—and
the girls—and Prof. Allen—and Mrs.
Parsons—and when it was all over—
and done—we all shook him—by the
hand—and asked him—foolish ques
tions about—wages and—jobs urfd—
his wife and—we all wondered—what
he thought of we’uns—anyway.
DRAMATIC YEAR ENDS
WITH MOLIERE’S PLAY
“SHOPKEEPER TURNED GENTLE
MAN” WILL CLOSE SUCCESS
FUL SEASON OF GUILD
Five Plays Are Produced, but With
Added Facilities of a Private The
ater Greater Activity Will Result
By Mandell Weiss.
The last curtain of the dramatic
year will descend on the afternoon of
June 14, when Moliere’s sparkling
coniedy, “The Shopkeeper Turned Gen
tleman,” will be presented on the Butte
natural amphitheatre. Coincidentally,
this production will close the most
successful season that the Univer
sity has witnessed.
Although hampered throughout the
year through lack of adequate facil
ities, the class in Dramatic Interpre
tation has blazed a dramatic trail
which has won general commendation
everywhere. With the completion of
the Guild Theatre in the new Admin
istration Building, the class next year
bids to become an important exponent
of the dramatic art on the campus.
“Huckleberry Finn,” a dramatiza
tion of Mark Twain’s immortal story,
was the initial production of the year,
rhe large cast accredited itself ad
mirably. Those who witnessed the per
formances still have a pleasant lin
gering remembrance of the adventur
ous Finn and his gang, “Nigger” Jim,
with his droll humor, capricious Becky
rhatcher and her admiring suitor, Tom
Sawyer, and His Royal Highness The
Dauphin, and the Duke of Bridgewa
re. The play proved both a dramatic
ind financial success.
This was followed by the two-act
:omedy, “The Newly Married Cou
ole,” by Bjornsen, and Rosalind, a
one-act playlet, by Barrie, which were
riven in one evening at the Portland i
Lincoln High School auditorium, for
:he benefit of the scholarship fund,
rhe six members comprising the cast
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GLASS TAX AMENDMENT
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY
CLASS DUES WILL BE COLLECT
ED AT TIME OF REGISTRA
TION NEXT YEAR
NEW REGIME TAKES OATH
By-Laws Are Suspended and Measure
Submitted; Opposition Wanes as
Discussion Progresses
“It shall be the further duty of the
Graduate Treasurer to collect, at reg
istration, the regular class taxes as
specified in Article XII of this Consti
tution.”
So reads Section , an amendment
to Article IX of the Constitution of
the Associated Students, which was
passed by a unanimous vote at the
farewell Student Body meeting, which
was held yesterday at 10:00 o’clock, *
in Villard Hall.
The introduction of the resolution
to suspend the By-Laws, in order that
this amendment might be considered,
was made by Anthony Jaureguy, and
was the first business brought up un
der the new regime, with Lamar
Tooze in the President’s chair.
The necessary vote for suspension
of the By-Laws, which provides that
no new business may be introduced
at a special meeting, was readily giv
en, after which several pleas for and
against the amendment itself were
aired. The chief bone of contention
stated by those opposed to it, was that
enough time had not been given the
students to consider the matter. An
other statement made as against its
passage was that the cost of an ed
ucation at the University would be
increased, and that this cost should
be within the reach of the poorest boy
or girl in the state.
Tom Boylen, the retiring President,
answered the first argument with the
statement that the amendment had
been brought up before in the Student
Council and there discussed, and that
adequate time has been given the stu
dents to think about the matter. He
further stated that while no one had
been railroading the matter through
or wished to do so- it was necessary
that it be passed at this time; other
wise it should have to wait a full
year.
“I have talked the matter over
thoroughly with President Campbell,
Dr. Straub, the members of the Ad
ministration Department and of the
Board of Regents, and they all aa?
that it is a good thing and should be
done,” Boylen stated.
It was further shown by those back
ing the amendment that the cost of an
education would not be increased, for
the tax, by this method, will be re
duced to $1.00, while in many cases,
in the past, it has been $2.00. Wil
liam Holt brought up evidence to show
that it was usually the man who was
well able to pay his dues, who evaded
them, while the self-supporting stu
dent nearly always came through with
the money promptly.
Another provision in favor of the
bill was that the payment of taxes
would not be compulsory, but that
the delinquent should be barred from
activities maintained by class financ
es.
The specifications of Article XII,
which is correlative to the new amend
ment, follows:
Article XII—Class Taxes
Sestion 1. A regular class tax of
$1.00 shall be collected at registra
tion from each undergraduate student
of the University, by the Graduate
Treasurer.
Section 2. The Graduate Treasurer
shall apportion the funds so collect
ed among the various classes accor
ding to their respective numbers.
Section 3. The Treasurers of the
respective classes shall indorse all bills
owing by their respective classes and
shall issue warrants on the Graduate
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