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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1915)
PAT'S PRANKS TOLD Of ONE WHO KNOWS Dr. Straub Reveals Startling Secrets of Congressman’s Former Life. According to Dr. Straub, Congress man Pat McArthur when attending the University some twenty years ago was “just like a young colt in too small a yard. Every once in a while he had to let out his feelings and kick down the fence, but we always patched it up in time for his next out burst.” “Pat was a splendid explainer,” Dr. Straub continued, “and always got the crowd lie was mixed up with in his mischief, out of trouble by his ex planation. As he said this morning, I was continually coming over to his room to request him to attend fac ulty meetings. At that time I was secretary of the faculty and it was my solemn duty to inform all mis chief-makers that their presence was desired at these conferences. Every two or three meetings I called - on Pat for if anything disturbing was up we could guess its source. The worst of it was that after all our trouble Pat would explain things so convinc ingly that we always let him off. Un fortunately explanations didn’t work on the police marshal the time he fined him $12.50 for yelling too loud down town one night at rally. “It used to be the custom to make the freshmen jump off the spring board down at the mill race. Two prominent fraternity men were in charge of Pat’s ducking so when the day arrived they took him down to the race. Pat had on some new clothes and begged the fellows so piteously that they allowed him to remove a large portion of them. Fear ing that he would escape, each boy grabbed an arm and led the victim np the board. Pat had a good grip on their coats and when he made the leap he drew both his companions in with him. Pat was a good swimmer, but the others were encumbered by their clothes, and so taken by sur prise that Pat instead of being the victim became the hero. “There is one other thing I can say of Pat: he was a fine rhetoric student. Miss Carson was his teacher and I believe that if she had taught two classes, instead of one a day, he would have gone to both. He might have been delinquent in attending his other classes, but I am sure he never cut rhetoric.” — ★ | CAMPUS NOTES I » ----* Myrtle Smith, Louise Adams, Ma rion Coffey and Hazel Rader spent the week-end in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Boynton and Miss Turney were Saturday night dinner guests at the men’s dormitory. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Montague were entertained by Kappa Alpha Theta at dinner Saturday evening. Miss Harriet Thompson, Miss Myra Hepburn, Miss Mary Watson and Miss Mary Perkins were Sunday din ner guests at Mary Spiller hall. Mrs. A. A. Bancroft left for Salem Tuesday morning to attend the State Federation of Women’s clubs. Ten University students, register ed from Medford, were entertained at a dinner party, Saturday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. T. Burnett, 4 57 Twelfth avenue east. Miss Snedicore, formerly of Medford, now a teacher in the Eugene high school, acted as hostess. Those pres ent were: Ruth Wilson, Ruth Nye, Vera Olmstead, Gertha Clark, Jessie Purdy, George Gates. Dolph Phipps, William Rebec, Don Newberry and Harold Gray. Dr. Harris of the Baptist college at McMinnville, Lamar Tooze, Leslie Tooze, George Davis and Fred Schwartz were dinner guests at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house Thurs day night. Charles Robinson, ’12, of Portland was a guest at the University Fri day. Edith Buell, ’13, and Margaret Mann, ex-’16, were week-end visitors at the Tri Delta house. Dr. and Mrs. Clark and smal daughter. Katharine Louise, wer( dinner guests at the Gamma Phi Bets house Sunday. Dorothy Robertson, Helen Robin MICHAEL SAYS “FRISCO” NO PLACE FOR POOR MAI\ Former Financier of Campus Suc cumbs to “Big City” and Yearns for Oregon Sam Michael has decided that San Francisco is no place for a serious minded youth or a poor man’s son, according to a letter received from him this morning by Professor Allen. Michael is acting as representative of the University of Oregon at the Panama-Pacific International Expo sition at San Francisco. The letter contained news of many Oregon graduates and former stu dents whom he has met at the Fair. Bob Prosser, ’15, and Lee Hen dricks, ’15, are reported to be mak ing good, the former in San Francis co, having his headquarters at the Oregon building, and the latter in his father’s newspaper office in Salem. Michael recently visited the Uni versity of California, but was not fa vorably impressed. Ernest Vosper, ex '16, and Rose Price, ex-’17 are at tending that University and Waldo Miller, ex-’16, is majoring in law at Stanford. Other former students who have been recent visitors at the fair are: Evelyn Harding, ex-’16, Lucille Shep herd, ’15, Cecil Miller, ’13, Florence Cleveland, ’13, Agnes Stephenson, ’08 and Emma Waterman, ’12. Michael has been in San Fran cisco several weeks and plans to re main a short time longer, after which he will return to Oregon. DEAN TALKS TO Y. W. Miss Guppy Tells Members How College Women Help at Panama Pair. v Exposition day at the Y. M. C. A. Bungalow had as its feature a short talk by Dean Ruth Guppy on the work of the organization at the Cali fornia expositions in caring for wo men employed on the grounds and in supplying information of all kinds. Miss Guppy said she stood at the in formation desk a few minutes one day and heard in quick succession the following questions: “Where can I get some one to take care of my children?” “Will you get some one to take me around to all the best dressmakers of San Francisco?” “Could you tell me who was the last man buried in the old Odd Fel lows cemetery?” Miss Florence Cleveland, ’13, an Oregon alumnae, is one of those in charge of this bureau. “All the girls employed in the Y. W. C. A. building are college gradu ates, even those who slice beef and dish out vegetables in the cafeteria,” said Miss Guppy. “They come from all over the United States and are there by special invitation of the board of commissioners of the expo sitions. Each has a number of build ings under her surveillance, or has some other duty to perform so that on the whole it makes the power of the Y. W. C. A. felt all over. Every where you go you see evidences of this influence, either among those in a line several blocks long waiting for their meals in the cafeteria, or in the playgrounds in back of the building, or in the rest cottage they have had erected for the girls who work on the Zone.” son, Hazel Wymore, Helen Bracht, Grace Bingham and Marjorie Wil liams were dinner guests at the Phi Delta Theta house Sunday. Dorothy Downard spent last week end at her home in Portland. Mary Alice Hill spent the week end in Salem. Dorothy Dunn entertained the freshmen of the Delta Gamma house at supper Sunday night. Mr. Grant Dunlap was a week-end guest at the Phi Delta Theta house. Mr. Grant is associated with the Cur tis Publishing company in Philadel phia. Bess Cushman, Leila Cushman and j Eileen Townsend spent the week-end j in Brownsville. . | Lucy Powers and Myrtle Cowan ■ spent the week-end in Portland. . ! Kappa Sigma entertained Profes sor and Mrs. Sowers and Dr. and Mrs. ■Wing at dinner Sunday. STUDENT AFFAIRS’ COMMITTEE ADVISORY Dr. Straub Says It Is Sort of Intermediary Between Fac ulty and Students. Since the prerogative of granting dates has been taken from the stu dent affairs committee by the new so cial legislation, the committee is acting as a sort of intermediary be tween faculty and students. Regular meetings of this commit tee are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, at which such questions as those of the advis ability of granting closed dates, the feasibility of the honor system of ex aminations, and the provision of fire escapes in the fraternity and soror ity houses, are discussed. “We have not discussed any of these questions very deeply as yet,” stated Dean John Straub. “In fact, we are still deliberating as to how far the committee may go. We ex pect the student council to refer pro posed petitions—that regarding the cut rule, for instance—to this com mittee before 'bringing them up be fore the entire faculty. If the com mittee favors the measure or is di vided concerning it, it is worth car rying further. We will simply serve as a means of sounding opinion.” The fire escape question is to be the first acted upon. The commit tee is to meet with the owners of the various fraternity and sorority houses tomorrow afternoon, and see whether some adequate means of escape from the third stories and attics of the houses cannot be provided. The student affairs committee con sists of four members each from the faculty and student body, with Pres ident Campbell as a member ex-offi cio. The personnel of the committee is as follows: Dean Straub, Dean Guppy, Professor Bovard and Dr. Conklin, from the faculty, and Vir ginia Peterson, Georgia Kinsey, Donald Onthank and James Cellars from the student body. Y. M. PLANS EXTENSION PROGRAM FOR YEAR J. D. Foster announces that the extension department of the Y. M. C. A. has outlined a definite program for the year. ‘ The purpose of this department is to promote interest in the Y. M. C. A. throughout the state—to send a few of the best men in the University to the neighboring towns to convince the people that the students here have a serious purpose in coming to college. Our aim is also to increase interest in a Christian life among the young people in the towns visited. “Last year these deputations had splendid success. All the places to which trips were made are anxious that wo come again this year. A Christian Endeavor Society was or ganized in Harrisburg as a result of this department’s efforts. This So ciety is now contributing permanent results to the town. Cottage Grove has repeatedly invited us to make another visit this fall. “The general plan is for six or eight college men and women to spend the week-end in a town. 1 hey are entertained extensively and mix with the people in a social way. The fellows take the boys out on a hike Saturdays and play the high school basketball team Saturday night. Speeches are made in the churches on Sunday and in the afternoon and evening special meetings are held for men, boys and girls. “Creswell. Cottage Grove, Browns ville, Junction City are the nearby tow1 ns which will be visited during the next few months. At Christmas vacation, Roseburg, Medford and Ashland will he worked on. The com mittee in charge of these trips is Walter Dimm ’16, Jenny Huggins ’17, Douglas Corpron ’18, Curtis Beach ’18, Arlo Bristow ’18, It. B. Wright ’17, and. Fred Harriman ’17. Dobie is not so optimistic over the coast championship now. for he thought that honor would lie be tween the University of California and the University of Washington. The University of Southern Califor nia defeated the Berkeley “Champ ions” 2 8 to 10, and Dobie has no game saheduled with the light Los | Angeles team. JOURNALISM PROFESSORS TO CONFER OCTOBER 29 Second Annual Gathering to Discuss Mooted Questions of News paper Significance Thq journalistic heads of the Northwestern Universities will hold their second annual conference in Eugene Friday and Saturday, Oct. 29 and 30. The men are due to arrive on the “Owl train” 'Friday morning; the first session that day will consist of critical art, dramatic and musical re views. In the afternoon the general ques tions of news-writing, future policy of journalistic '.eachers, student newspapers, ways of teaching editor ial writing, copy reading and editing will come before the assembly for discussion. After this session the members of the conference will tour the city in autos, then attend the Sigma Delta Chi dinner at the Osburn that even ing. Following their dinner at the Os burn, Guild hall is the next stop. “What the Public Wiants,” a uewspa paper play produced locally by Pro fessor Reddie’s class in dramatic in terpretation will furnish recreation for the remainder of the evening. Various departments of the faculty will contribute Saturday morning to the Saturday morning programme. Dr. Conklin, who teaches a class in psychology of advertising, as slated to read an analysis on the literature of advertising. Printing, the latest field introduc ed into the Northwestern Universi ties, the problem of printing labo ratories, business end, and account ing costs will be discussed by Pro fessor Fred Kennedy, head of the de partment of printing, and Frank Kane, head of the department of journalism, both of the University of Washington. These conventions are a new thing, the first being held in Seattle Janu ary of last year. According to Pro fessor Allen “they are a great thing” and will be held annually hereafter. The men are to be entertained at different homes and will leave on the “owl” Saturday night. “IT WOULD NEVER DO” “1’nJt” MrArtliur Says to Abolish Intercollegiate Athletics Would Cripple University. “Abolish intercollegiate athletics? Never—it would never do,” said “Pat” 'McArthur, the father of athlet ics in the University, as he hurriedly shook hands with many students and professors who had remained after yesterday’s assembly. “Possibly the loss of basketball may not be great but the loss of others would certainly cripple the University. You see I don’t think much of basketball be cause I could never play it.” In regard to the action to be taken by the various states in anti-athletic legislation, Mr. McArthur believes that there will be no immediate dan ger to athletics. “Your Oregon Emerald is great,” said McArthur, “certainly a credit to the institution, but I hope that you don’t have such a time filling the pa per as I used to. At one time when I was eidtor (it was called the Ore gon Weekly then) I was out with some girl when I should have been scraping up material to fill the pages and when it came time to go to press my city editor filled in the fourth column front with a small notice to the effect that I had neglected my duty for the love of the fair sex." Mr. McArthur also organized the Oregon Weekly. Muwtachusetta Boy Koglsters. Elbritlge G. Watkins, who regis tered at the University of Oregon Wednesday afternoon, turned out Tuesday evening as a candidate for a position on the backline of the freshman football team. Watkins weighs 190 pounds and has played ball before. His home is in Massa chusetts. He prepared at Peddle In stitute in New Jersey. Robert H. Prosser, ex-’16, Is In business in San Francisco. WILL GET SIGMA UPSILON Ye Tabard Inn Will Receive National Charter Soon Says Chester Fee. Members of Ye Tarbard Inn will be initiated into Sigma Upsilon, the na tional writers' fraternity, some time in tho near future, according to Chester Fee. This organization has at present only nine active chapters, all of which are in the southern states. The charter, which was granted last summer to a group of local scribes, was the first departure from their policy of limiting membership to col leges south of the Mason-Dixon line. Ye Tarbard Inn was originated in the University of Oregon, March 11, 1915, by Milton Stoddard, Chester Fee, Leland Hendricks, Edison Mar shall, Leigh Swinson, Chamlos Cas tle, Hugh Oliver, Henry Howe, James Cellars, Ralph Ash, DeWitt Gilbert, and Frank Seaiefe. Its object is to render mutual assistance in the art of writing and selling stories. Edison Marshall’s stories have been published in several of the magazines. Henry Howe has sold one of his manuscripts, and other mem bers of Ye Tarbar Inn have good pros pects of financial remuneration for their literary efforts. Max H. Sommer is the newest in itiate. “THE WEDDING GUEST” IS PROF. REDDIE’S NEXT The stage for Professor Red die’s reading of Bernard Shaw’s “Pyg malion” Tuesday night was especial ly arranged by Roswell Dosch, in structed in drawing and modeling. Shades of green were predominant, curtains, lights and Chinese pottery all being of that color. “Pygmalion” is the story of a girl whom Bernard Shaw changes from a guttersnipe to a duchess. You may be able to decive people some of the time, but “blood will tell,” as surely as “murder will out.” The play ends in a quarrel between the hero and heroine. The next reading, “The Wedding Guest,” by Sir James Mathew Barrie, will be given November 9. Sam Robinson, ex-’lO, is working for the Buick company, in Portland. STUDENTS! Don’t Forget We now have a full line of hot drinks. Chille con Carne, Tom ales, Soups, Sandwiches, Chinese Noodles and Chop Suey. Come and try them. Uktoria Chocolates Leading Confectionary and Lunch. GIRLS We give excellent board with rooms. Exclusively for girls. MRS. L. J. SCHOTT 1433 University Street. Phone 1110-J Elliott's Grocery Succesors to Pierce Bros. Staple and Fancy Groceries. We always carry a full line of fresh fruits and vegetables in season. PREFERRED STOCK CAN NED GOODS. Cor. 9th and Oak Phone 246 Eventually The Tollman Studio WHY NOT NOW J. B. Anderson, Prop. 734 Will. St. Phone 770 You’ll buy them again. Fresh popcorn and peanuts, Crispets and Candies. Our own make. The Big Wagon Oposite Rex Theatre Classy Shoes for Young Men and Women of dis criminating taste at popular prices. New styles and effect arriving constantly. Satin pumps dyed to match gown .$3.00 TEACH YOUR DOLLARS TO HAVE MORE CENTS —DO YOUR TRADING AT THE Quick Delivery Grocery Corner 11th and Alder Phone 141. J. W. QUACKENBUSH & SON HARDWARE PHONE 1057 160 9th AVE^EAST. TRY f HE VARSITY Barber Shop llth AND ALDER STREET NEAR THE CAMPUS