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OREGON EMERALD VOL. 17. EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1915. NO. 24. ANSWER TO POWER PROBLEM SOUGHT School of Commerce to Prepare Standard Exploitation and Development Bulletin. 4 0. S. DEPARTMENTS AIDING Hydro-Electric Association with H. B. Miller as Head, Starts Activities. The three northwestern states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho pos sess one-third of the water-power possibilities in the United States. Can they “cash in” on this tremen dous natural resource? Must all the water continue to run into the sea as waste, while New England, Nor way, and the other water-power countries are able to coin their sim ilar resources into gold? Great forces havo mobilized in behalf of Oregon in the last two years to find the answer to this problem, if there is any, and the first report is announced as nearly ready for the press. The United States department of state has for more than a year had a score of consuls and consul generals in all parts of the world studying possible world markets for northwest hydro-electric industrial products, provided the northwest should begin production on a large scale and could ship from Portland or Seattle. These same consuls have been instructed to report all the facts concerning hydro-electric in dustries and processes in the coun tries to which they are assigned, which might be of use under the conditions that prevail in the north west. The 'department of the inter ior, also through its agents, has ■been doing for the northwest the same service within the borders of the United States that the depart ment of state has been performing in foreign lands. The deparment of commerce and the department of agriculture have performed services almost equally vaduable and extensive in analyzing possible outlets for products and various uses for surplus power. All this activity in behalf of the future development of the northwest was stirred up in the first place by the Oregon Hydro-Electric associa tion, which was formed by a large number of business men who attend ed the annual “conmmonwealth con ferences” at the University of Ore gon at Eugene two years ago. It is the first instance of a single sec tion of the country enlisting the gov ernment’s powerful help in this way. The executive of the movement has been H. B. Miller, director of the University school of commerce, who serves also as head of the Hydro Electric association. The government’s work has now been embodied in a series of reports and charts which have been sent for inspection to the big chambers of commerce in the east, and have been j taken for a few days each before the chambers of commerce of San Fran- | cisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Port- \ land. They are now in Portland for study there, preparatory to being sent to the University of Oregon. The University school of commerce has been charged with the duty of putting this information into per manent form, bringing together all facts gathered from all sources into a bulletin which will serve as the standard for development and ex ploitation work throughout the northwest. “There is nothing spasmodic about all this effort,” declares Mr. Miller. “All these engineers, commercial clubs and chambers of commerce, of (Pontinued on page four) Frosh Keep Vigil Over ‘O’on Mount Rosy Dawn Sees End of Chilled and Lonesome Watch. Yea, Verily. And lo, they watched by night lest the Oacites come with pigments and deface the symbol of their tribe, which stands on Skinner’s mount, even as the ark stood on Arat. They are many in number and their tents obscure the hill, even as a greencap obscures the head of a frosh. They heap their blaze high with wood of cedar and the neighbor's fence posts, lest the Assyrian creep upon them unawares and place a David’s coat of noxious colors upon the yellow ring that crowns the mount. Yea, these Proshmites watch dil igently and their maidens bring great bulk of precious things to eat that make the heart of the hero as steel and his mouth set up a might cry of joy. And bleak Boreas bloweth chill across the valley where the brook Willamette floweth among the olive trees. And the grim watchers pull their helmets of green far down upon their ears, and stand with feet far apart, lest their knees smite togeth er as if wih weakness. And the frost formeth upon their faces and they think of the Soph who snoreth lou'd afar off beneath his blankets warm. And the night passeth chill .and morning grey looks out upon the hill of the “O” where the shepherd^ of the yellow paint nurse the com plexion of their charge through the long hours of darkness. Know ye that while ye sleep, this ceaseless vigil goeth on and that, while darkness crowns our lives, the Froshmites watch in silent gloom on yonder spectral hill? 500 UNI SHOW PEP “Portland ‘Has-Beens’ Prepare to Be Seen and Heard; Song, Yells and Band”—Michael “We are arranging for ‘500 strong’ and intend to leave here about 8:30 a. m. Saturday, the 2 0th, and to ar rive there about noon,” says a let ter received here yesterday from Sam Michael, ’15, concerning the re turn of the Portland Alumni to the campus for home coming day. “If possible, we will work up some yells and songs, and we are also trying to work up a fife and drum band, or a band of some sort,” Mr. Michael continues. “Many of the high school students will join our excursion. As a matter of fact, the alumni are inviting all of Portland’s ‘preppers.’ “If the S. P. and O. E. meet us half way, with a $3.60 rate (and return), there may be a bigger delegation to the game. “Don Orput, of course, will be our yell-leader, and we hope to occupy the bleachers adjoining the Oregon rooters, so that we ‘has-beens’ may be seen and heard.” Friday night, November 12, a meeting of the Portland University of Oregon alumni will be held at the Central library, to complete arrange ments for the trip. University of California, Oct. 28. —That the University of California will probably have a school for coaches next season is the statement made yesterday by Graduate Man ager J. A. Stroud. Last season schools were held at Chicago, Illi nois, and a number of other eastern universities. I HOCKEY GAME ADDED TO HOMEGOMIMG PLANS ! Local Alumni Are Soliciting Aid to Make Affair Notable. i " - A hockey game between the O. A. C. and University of Oregon girls is | the latest addition to the home com {lng day program. The game will be called at 9 a. m. No admission will |be charged. “The Eugene alumni are very en thusiastic,” says Max Sommer, head of the home coming committee. j“They are levying a tax of 50 cents I each to help defray the expenses— i three or four times as much money | as we originally asked them for. |They will also attend to receiving and entertaining the visiting alumni 'to a great extent. “The Eugene Automobile club has offered its services, and promises 100 .autos if we need them. J “The executive committee of the I Commercial club has agreed to co operate in the matter of decorations, [and has offered the use of the club 'rooms. “It has been arranged to tag the alumni in order to show who they are. They also will be tagged, either here or on the train en route. “The Emerald will be printed early and will be distributed free on the alumni special trains, and sold on the O. A. C. train. “Further committees have been appointed. Wallace Eakin is a com mittee of one to cooperate with the private individuals who are getting out the programs. These will be printed Thursday. * “Fred Dunbar has been empower ed to choose a band of huskies, who. will act under his direction as stu dent police, attending to the parking of automobiles, and so forth. “In order thaf' the alumni may inspect the work of the University, the Friday classes will be opened to them. The campus 'buildings may be looked over Sunday morning—this will be early enough that all who wish may go to church. Guides will be provided for those desiring them. We also plan to have a short con cert by the two glee clubs at that time.” FRESHMAN GAME SATURDAY O. A. C. Aggregation Will Outweigh Local Squad But Coach Malar key Is Optimistic. The game between the University of Oregon “Frosli” and the O. A. C. “Rooks,” to be played on Kincaid field next Saturday, promises to be a good contest from start to finish. In a way this is to be a financial ex periment on account of the expense of bringing the visitors here, and it deserves the support of the entire freshman class, said Tick Malarkey, mentor of the freshmen squad. In the game played three weeks ago at Corvallis the Rooks turned out in full force both at the rooter practice and game. “The teams are well matched and there is going to be a hard fight, with no large score on either side,’’ says “Tick. ” “They were closely matched at the last game, and the Rooks have been practicing hard since then. While we have not had as much practice as we should have had, the fellows have the fight in them. Some of the men have been staying up nights guarding the “O,” which doesn’t help their condition in the least. The Rooks will have better punters than we have.” The team will probably be the same as before, with the exception of Williams, who has been drawn into the varsity service. “ELECTRICITY (Mil A PANACEA,” GOLDWELL Manager of P. R., L. and Power Co. Dwells on Advantages of “Juice” in Country. “Farmers can be educated to the use ot electricity only through the in fluence of such institutions as this University,’’ said O. B. Coldwell, gen eral manager of the Portland Rail way, Light and Power company in his address before assembly yesterday morning. “Its general use in the rural communities apd the conse quent elimination of drudgery will largely prevent the young people from leaving the country to seek work in cities. “The number of ways in which electricity can be made a labor-saver around the household is unlimited since there is hardly a task to per form for which some kind of an elec trical machine has not been invent ed. Dusting, sweeping, ironing and dish-washing ami even the freezing of ice cream can all be done by this invisible power. “On the farm electricity means a panacea. Drudgery and irksomeness which usually accompanies every-day tasks are removed by its use. Rates have 'decreased some 88 per cent in the last few years and now all com panies make reduced prices if the ‘juice’ is used for power purposes. As more people within a certain area use electricity, to a degree, the cheaper it will become. “As applied to the farm directly, electricity has many applications. There is the cultivator, the corn grinder, the milking machine, the wood-saw and the curry-comb all driven by electricity, so that the up to-date tiller of the soil may have a little time for planning on the next, 'day’s work. Electricity means the emancipation to the farmer’s wife. With the electric iron, electric stove and electric churn her material wor ries are considerably lessened. Elec tricity has played a large part in the development of the Willamette valley in the introduction of railways bring ing along wih it the further breaking up of the valley into small farms and then making them moro livable.” PRINTS DIGEST OF SURVEY University Press Turns Out 10,000 Copies for Distribution Ten thousand copies of the sum mary of Dr. S. I*. Cr.pen’s survey of the University are being printed by the University printing plant. Dr. i Capen is special investigator for the United States bureau of education and made the survey just after the opening of school this year. Students desiring copies sent to friends or relatives may go to the registrar’s office and address the required number of envelopes and the copies will be mailed. The lTnivo>rsity wishes to give this report as wide a circulation as pos sible, so that people within the state may know something of the work of the institution. University of Kansas, Nov. 2.—An iron cross has been given to Profes sor Fritz Kellerman for his bravery in the attack at Brest-Lltowsk, Rus sia. Mr. Kellerman was exchange teacher in the German department of the University of Kansas during the year 1912-1913. | - l University of Chicago, Oct. 15.— Freshmen of the University of Chi cago are arranging to publish a bi ' weekly paper, named the Green Cap. The object of the publication will be to inrcearse university spirit (among the members of the freshman class. Fumes of Acid Too Much for Ivy Climber on McClure Shows Con trast to Sister on the Men Dormitory Building. Acid fumes from the chemistry laboratories in McClure hall appear to have been the cause of the slight growth and early departure of the leaves from the Boston ivy, clinging to the walls of the same building. Just a few feet distant, on the men’s dormitory grows a similar vine, its leaves still green and flourishing, while that on the west side of Vil lard hall is one mass of gorgeous red and green. The squad working on the grounds declare that they have never known it to be so beautiful in previous years. On the first of October, when the leaves began to drop off the trees, the annual raking up commenced. Since the city passed an ordinance against the using of other fertilizer on grounds, several years ago, it has been customary to haul them to the cow pasture across the cemetery, mix them with dirt, and let them set un til they are put around the rose hedges, where they form a very satis factory substitute for a fertilizer. This gathering of the leaves covers about six weeks. They are thrown into large hop sacks and a wagon load is hauled away each week. President Campbell Lends Alninnl President Prince L. Campbell headed the alumni from the Univer sity of Oregon in their line of march from the Portland Chamber of Com merce to the armory, last night. The occasion was ‘‘college night” at the land show. Members of the other universities and colleges of the state were present and were led by the presidents of their respective schools. President Campbell remained over today in (Portland on University busi ness. wddmesiTs read Barrie’s Problem Play Is En thusiastically Received By Large Audience. (Ily Martha Beer) Professor Reddle read the “Wed ding Guest” to a large and appre ciative audience in Guild hall, on Tuesday evening. The play is a drama by J. M. Bar rie, which deals with the question of whether a woman shall take back a husband who lias sinned. When the husband has proved his worthiness. he and his wife are reconciled. The Wedding Guest Is the other woman in the case who, when she discovers the true womanliness of the wife, is willing to sacrifice her own happi ness to that of the wife and hus band. The play has a great deal of hu man interest. The struggle between the innate sympathies of the charac ters and' the conventionalities of their Jife is marked. Throughout, Harrie Beems to be seeking for a so lution of the problem of the other woman, but in the end he is un successful, as all others before and after him have been. *«***«« ##*♦**### « * ♦ Announcement # - *> Tryouts for the sophomore ♦ ♦ idepate team will be held De- ♦ ♦ cember 11, at 10 a. m., in Guild ♦ ♦ hall. Question: Resolved, # ♦ “That No Part of the Oregon ♦ ♦Railroad Land Grant Should Re ♦ ♦ Added to the National Forest ♦ ♦ Reserve.” # |# * VICTORIOUS ELEVEN ARRIVES FROM SOUTH °ooters Are Conspicuous By Absence: Early Hours is Cause. PLAYERS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE Scoring Is Made By Aerial Route Only. Team Shows Fight in Second Half. (By Cheser A. Pee) The victorious football team of Oregon drove into town early this morning, and for the first time this season failed to find a bunch of rooters at the depot to meet them; but they used poor judgment in the selection of the time of arrival, for the clock was tolling the short hours about that time of 'day. Everybody seems to be happy and well, and injuries are scarce and far between. The game was all right after the fellows started to play in the second half, but must have been miserable throughout the first portion. U. S. C.’s brilliant lateral passes and dazzling rugby football mixture only got away on two plays—once for 35 yards and once for 10 yards. These occurred during the first half, before the fellows got settled 'down to work. In the scoring half, Oregon opened up a keg of nails and tacked down 34 of the red boys, while U. S. C. turn ed' out to be a goose in the duck pond and hatched out a score which con sisted only of the outside rim. Ore gon’s defense was impenetrable. U. S. C. could not grab a yj the Oregon offense ripi combines rather than ffl ers, and astonished the south with their German Zepplening abilities. All the scores were due to the forward pass in some manner; either through an opponent's being inter cepted or an offensive pass com pleted. The newspapers throughout the northwest did not give the men much credit for their victory—letting it rest entirely upon their weight. Library Records Husy Ray Wednesday, November 3, was the busiest day on record at the Univer sity library, from the standpoint of the number of books issued. A to tal of 52 2 circulating and reserve books were handed out at the loan desk. Mark Payne, a player on the Da kota Wesleyan team, broke all ex isting records when he drop-kicked a goal from the 63-yard line in a game played October 16. The former rec ord was a kick of sixty-one yards, made by Pat O’Dea in a Wisconsin Northwestern game in 1898. Attention Koplis! To the Members of the Class of ’16, Greetings: The members of the class of’17, at regular meeting assembled, do and hereby challenge said class of ’16 to a game of football, sub ject to the following conditions: 1. Said game to be played on Kincaid field, at a date to be agreed upon by representatives of the two classes. 2. Excluding from the game all men who have been out for football this year. There will be an important meeting of the junior men in Pro fessor Stafford’s room, Wednes day, 4 p. m. PRANK SOAIEFE.
