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: VOL. 17. EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1916. OF STUDENT BODY - PUNS MERRILY MATURE r FOR JIMMIEHEH) Gov. James Withycombe Ac cepts Invitation as Patron for Prom. Saturday Night. FRIDAY IS UNIVERSITY DAY Baseball, Tennis, Campus Feed, Debate, Track and What Not Entertainment Provided. Plans are nearly complete for Junior week end now says Frank Scaiefe, presi dent. “The water fete is going to be a “diner” and the junior prom the best ever,” declared Scaiefe. “We have plen tyiof money through good class manage ment so things are going to hum.” A $10 prize is offered for the best float in the water fete. Any organiza tion on the campus can compete. The raceway will be illuminated from the first bridge to the boathouse, all the col , ored streamers have been borrowed from the city to be used in decorating, and there will be fireworks and features. The U. of O. band is to have a barge and the glee clubs will be there. The fete is scheduled for Thursday evening, May 11. Governor Withycombe has Accepted the invitation to act as a patron for the Junior Prom Saturday evening, as have President and Mrs. Kerr of O. A. C., Mr. and Mrs. George Gerlinger and all of the others asked. The prom will cost only $1 or $1.50 this year, the lowrst possible, in order to get everybody out and because it is not necessary to make it a money making scheme this year. The juniors will have to turn out Thatsday to decorate the Armory because the Lane county school fair is to be held there all day Saturday. The punch room and reception rooms will be locked up and the decorations left in the hall. The opening Thursday afternoon, May 11 will probably be a. baseball game. Owing to the arrangement of the base ball schedule the only possibility is a game with O. A. C. California has con tracted to bring south for a game the champion of the Oregon, Washiongton, O. A. C. teams. Bernard Breeding has charge of a special stunt which will be given in the event/>f no baseball game. Friday is University day when every body will help to clean up the campus, fix the tennis courts, build a new walk across the campus and fix up the portage on the mill race. Perhaps the walk will be built where the path cuts across the campus from the road behind Villard hall to Eleventh avenue east, near the duck pond. A lunch is to be served on the campus at noon. Friday afternoon is the date of the Oregon-O. A. C. track meet. In the eve ning the state championship in secondary debate will be decided at Guild hall. Prineville, the champion of eastern Ore gon meets Jefferson City the western champion at that time. A good <jedl of interest is centered in this debate accord ing to Earl Kilpatrick, secretary of the Oregon High School Debating league. A silver cup will be awarded the, winner. Oregon and O. A. C. co-eds are to play tunis Saturday morning and the pre linm^vries of the Interscholastic high school track meet will be run off. The finals are scheduled for the afternoon with perhaps a tennis match with Mult nomah club as additional to the sport program. GRAD. IS CANDIDATE * Arthur C. Spencer, U. of O. law school *95, is a candidate for delegate at large to the republican national convention, to be held in Chicago, June 7. Mr. Spencer was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of the state in 1895. At present he is general attorney for the O. W. R. & N. company in Portland. ' e Drama at the University. Students of the State University of Montana will present Charles Kenyon’s three-ac t comedy - drama, “Kindling,” Thursday night in Missoula. The Best Glee Club. Princeton won the silver cup offered in the third intercollegiate glee club con Canoe Fete Will Be Big Weekend Event Ten “Buck’’ frize Hung Up by Junior Class for Most Original float. The canoe fete in charge of Bob Mc Murray will be one of the big events of Junior week-end, according to Frank Scaiefe, president *of the Junior class. Every organisation on the campus is planning to take part which will mean that about 25 canoes will compete for the 10 “biK'k” prize hung up by the Jun ior class for the. most original creation. Along with the cash comes a be-au-ti-ful silver cup which now adorns the A. T. O. mantlepiece. Great “gobs” of .coin will' be spent in beautifying the race from the first bend above the landing down to - the boat house, says I’rexy Scaiefe, and every ef fort made t5 furnish entertainmeiA for the crowd. The race will be spanned by long strings of electric lights, borrowed from the city, and Chinese lanterns will be in profusion. The band will occupy a corner of the Raceway platform and will dispense sweet music throughout the whole performance. Both glee’ clubs will also be on the job. 4 Any kind of water craft from a canoe to a flat boat will be eligible, the prize being offered for the most original, not the most artistic. S. 6. SARGENT SPEAKS ON BANKINGJN OREGON State Superintendent of Banks to Be Initiated Into Local Fraternity Tonight. S. G. Sargen>t, state superintendent of banks, addressed Dr. F. G. Young’s class in Economics of State Administration this morning on the “State Banking De partment and Bank Supervision in the State of Oregon." “There is perhaps %no more important branch of public service than that of bank supervision,” said Mr. Sargent. “Its value to the public vyelfare. has been rec ognized, and as. the people are becoming more and more familiar with the nature of the banking business, they are con stantly demanding better banking meth ods, better banks, better laws and better supervision. In this day and age all bankers who are both intelligent and hon est welcome the most rigid supervision by either state or national government and the unregulated bank is fast becom ing a relic of the past. “State supervision of banks naturally creates a moral responsibility on the part of the state and when a bank is com pelled to close its doors, we are very apt to hear the cry, “what have the ex aminers been doing,” and the banking de partment is subject to a great deal of abuse and criticism. Of course it is only natural to criticize the banking depart ment and the bank examiners in such cases, but the general public and depos itors never hear or know of the institu tions that are found drifting' on the ‘rocks of destruction’ and are saved and put in a sound and solvent condition through the effort of the department of bank examiners. • “To the public the bank is what the cashier or managing officers make of it. The cashier, therefore.^ occupies a most important position and should be a man of ideasing personality and unusual abil ity. He must possess tact, integrity and rare good judgment. “We have in the state at the present time 1777 state banks. To exalflina the smallest requires the service of one ex aminer the greater' part'of one day, and to examine the largest it takes fivfe men six days, working from eight to ten hours a day.” As a supplement to his talk Mr. Sar gent displayed a number of charts show ing samples of the different reports, statements and forms used by the de partment. ' Mr. Sargent will be initiated into Phi Gamma Delta fraternity tonight. He said that he was pledged Phi Gam ma Delta when he attended Purdue Uni versity in his^freshman year, and then he came west and spent the next two years of his college life at Washington State college, without being initiated. He wUi.Uavein.theBiorniBg.foi; Salem. DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC tOPINION TG BE FEATURE Aspirations of Eighth Common wealth Conference Found in Interview With Prof. Young One of the aspirations of this year’s commonwealth conference—the eighth of its kind—is to discover “some means of extracting the essence of wisdom in the 'Public mind” of Oregon. Democracy is valueless, explains Professor F» G. Young, head of the department of eco nomics and sociology, which conducts the conferences, unless lit can combine the wisdom of the republic. In other words, the conference hopes to find a procedure whereby Oregon public opinion may be developed. Making the most of- the various kinds of conferences held throughout the state during every year so that they will draw on the thought and deliberation of all who attend them, as well as of the speakers and the resolutions committees, is one suggestion of Professor Young’s for extracting the proposed public wis dom. Who the speakers of the conference, which will be held May 26 and 27, will be, is not yet certain. But some of them will probably be representatives of federal government departments. The securing the co-operation of na tional agencies in the development of cer tain state resources which will be of na tional importance is one problem to bo brought up at the conference. To be clearer: Oregon can produce nitrogen, potash and phosphates for the manufacture of explosives and fertilizers, and has the necessary water power for electricity. But the sources of water are oftentimes contained in government reserves. Ex plosives do not mean warfare necessarily - roads need making and land must be cleared. The air—as good in Oregon as any place else—will furnish nitrogen, the upper Columbia region phosphates, and the kelp on the coast potash. Sur-j plus electricity developed could be used1 for light, power and heat on farms, mak ing life that much more attractive. “Un cle Sam has the means to help us and needs what we can produce,” Professor Young said, “so we might as well work with him, if he’ll let us.” In view of the fact that “Uncle Sam” controls 60 per cent of the Oregon out doors, Professor Young thinks that working with him would be very advantageous. How to develop community co-opera tion wilPbe another problem of the con ference. Many Oregon communities are “poor in spirit” when it comes to pride n local achievements, Professor Young said. One way to encourage such pride might be the setting aside of a commu nity day, the same throughout the state if possible,, when past achievements of the town might be reviewed and future conquests laid out and planned. The first Saturday in May following the an niversary of the earliest attempt at gov ernment in Oregon, namely at Champoe gin, 1842, would be appropriate. But Oregon mist is too treacherous, Profes sor Young fears. Memorial Day, how ever, would be fairly safe, and he feels that using a portion of that day for com memorating the achievements of the community would be no disrespect to its honored dead. It is expected that the state superintendent of instruction will be asked to recommend such community observances to the schools. The problem of securing capital for the development of state resources, rural credit and means to further development movements already begun will probably occupy some of the time of the common wealth conference. Its definite program and its speakers will be announced as soon as determined. SHAKESPEARE FOR ASSEMBLY A Shakespearean program will be giv en at the Assembly Wednesday morning in Villard. Numbers on the program will be furnished by members of the fac ulty from the departments of Public Speaking, English and English Litera ture. Miss Mary Watson will talk on “The Personality of ■Shakespeare,” Professor H. C. Howe on “Shakespeare’s Art” and Dean Ralph Lyman will sing some Shakes pear an songs as follows: “She Never Told Her Love” ... .Hayden “Who Is Sylvia”.Schubert “Hark, Hark, the lark”.Schubert A few readings will be given. GLEE CLUB EN TOUR AMONG VALLEY TOWNS Will Present Ensembles, Solos, Quartets and Sparkling Play let Durng the Week. The girls’ glee club started on a week's tour this afternoon at 2:30. The first concert of the series will be given at Albany this „ evening. Wednesday night the club is scheduled to appear at New berg, Thursday at McMinnville, Friday at Dallas, and Saturday at Independence. The program which the club will ren der is as follows: ^art I. 1. a. The Dusk Witch.Ambrose b. Will o’ the Wisp.SprosB Glee Club 2. Soprano solo, A may Morning.... . ^enza Virginia Petersen 3. To the Spfing.. t... .Grieg Glee Club 4. Soprano solo—Lullaby, from Joce lyn . Goddard Martha Tinker (Violin obligato, Melba Williams) 5 .The Fountain.Bartlett Glee Club Part II. 1. Serenade.Richard Strauss Glee Club . 2. Piano solo—Paraphrase on the Quartet from Rigoletto. . Verdi-Liszt Mona Dougherty 3. Quartet—The Sweetest Flower That Blows. Hawley Misses Gillette, Tinker, Wood and Perkins 4. A Little Nothing for Twenty Min utes.Jock Dolph Cast of Characters— Jane Lake, of the Sharpe Stock com pany . Julia Platt Happy Brown.Margaret Spangler Mignon Larue, from Old Broadway.. .... 1. Rita Fraley Naomi Judkins, of Gray’s Crossing.. . Charlie Fenton Twins—The Name is Jones. .Emma Wootton, Kathleen Fraley Irene, the Village Queen .......... . Margaret Welch Australia Pike, the Station Agent’s Daughter.Cleome Carroll Place—Gray’s Crossing. Time—The Twins’ birthday. 15. Contralto solo—Sappric Ode. .Brahms Leah Perkins 3. Songs of My Oregon. .Howe-McCosh Glee Club The girls who are making the trip are: First soprano—Virginia t Petersen, Margaret Spangler, Marjorie Williams, Melba Williams, Esther Fenton, Mary Alice Gillette. Second soprano—Martha Tinker, Ma rie Churchill, Cleome Carroll, Dorothy Montgomery, Kathleen Fraley, Laura Miller. First alto—Emma Wootoon, Helen Johns, CoTa Hosford, Rita Fraley, Mir iam Tinker, Iva Wood. Second alto—Leah Perkins, Charlie Fenton, Leta Mast, Irene Rugh, Mar garet Welch, Erma Kcithley, Julia Platt. Accompanist—Mona Dougherty. The club will return to Eugene Sun day evening. PETITIONS TO FACULTY Requests for Reinstatement of Basket* ball Signed by Students. The petitions requesting the re-instate ment of Varsity basketball will be pre sented to the faculty at tl}eir meeting of May 4. By that date it is hoped to have the signatures of at least 90 per cent of the students on the petitions. The petitions which were placed at the fraternity houses will be collected be-! fore the end of this week. Petitions will be circulated at the next meeting of the Oregon club. Up to the present time only two peti tions have been handed in to Harry Kuck, chairman of the student council com mittee on the reinstatement of basket ball, but both of these were well filled with names. The other members of this committee which has charge of the cir culation of these petitions are Chet Mil ler, Bothwell Avison, Cloyd Dawson, Max Sommer and Karl Becke. The alumni will be given a chance to aid in the re-instatement of the spprt and petitions will be sent all the alumni as sociations. Thinks Discovery Is Precious Ore Californian Distrusts Own State U.; Appeals to Oregon for Finanoial Aid. Declaqng that he has discovered some crude radium sulphate in Lincoln, Cal., which when put in metal can be used as gas generator for gas engines, Phillip Dipped of Lincoln, has written to the University chemistry department for financial support in furthering his in vestigation. The reason given by Mr. Deppel for seeking aid so far from home is that the government and the University of Cal fornia have repeatedly falsely reported samples sent to them 'by him and he be lieves that his ideas were immediately appropriated at the patent office in a substitute for gasoline. ’ Although the right method of extract ing radium has been discovered by him, Mr. Deppel says he has received no mention. Samples which Mr. Dippel enclosed in his letter were tested by Dr. A. B. Cas well of the University department of physics, proved to contain no radium, bu merely a radium sulphate of no par ticular value. Radium in the mineral would be worth about a cent on ouce. Dr. Dippel says he is at dagger points with the “University push,” in Califor nia and that the Colorado Crucible Steel and Radium trust tried to “squelch” him, but he adds that he going on in spite of all opposition. MEET ON JUNIOR WEEK State High School Athletes Will Com pete; Over 80 Entries Expeoted; Admission Will Be Charged. The plans for the Interact) olas tic meet are nearly complete, according to A. R. Tiffany, graduate manager. The preliminary events are scheduled to start at 9:30 and the finals at 2:80. The regu lar 13 standard events will be the order of the day. A gold, silver, and bronze metal will be given in each contest to the first, second and third scorer, respective ly. A silver cup will be awarded the man making the greatest number of points and to the winning relay team. “Last year there were 80 high school men here,” said Mr. Tiffany last night. “This Junior wj>ek end, we expect that there will be that many or more. The entry blanks were mailed to all the four year high schools in the state. The re plies must be in by May 5. “For the entertainment of the men who do care to attend the Junior Prom, we are trying to get one of the town the atres and have Bill Hayward give an il lustrated lecture, through the use of mov ing pictures, on the making of an athlete. We have not asked “Bill” as yet, but wo think that he will agree to do the stunt. All the visiting athletes will be given free 'tickets.” - Student -body tickets will not admit one to the intcrscholastic meet. Since the passing of the conference rule for bidding the -paying of expenses of high school men to the University campus, a means must be provided for their money outlay. The gate receipts will be divided proportionately among the high schools represented. Admission to the events will be 75 cents. Bill will have charge of the meet. RENDER “SEVEN LAST WORDS." The combined men and women’s choir of the University of Oregon rendered the cantata, "The Seven Last Words of Christ,” by Dubois, at the First Metho dist church of Eugene, Friday, April 21 at 8 o’clock before an uudience of more than eight hundred people. The cantata which was given at the University vesper service of April 2 was repeated by request and no other services commemorating Good Friday were held in the Protestant churches of the city. The solo parts were carried by Mrs. Daise Middleton, soprano, Ralph H. Ly man, tenor and Albert Gillette, baritone. R. H. Wheeler, accompanied the choir on the pipe organ which represented the wind instruments of an orchestra, while the piano played by Ruth Davis repres ented the string instruments. The Biblical references which connect the theme of the cantata were read by Reverend A. M. Spangler. The cantata portrays the seven last words of Christ spoken to his disciples •at, the, than, o<_ the crucifixion.,_ IE.TRIMS PUTTERS TO MEET WASHINGTON Varsity Must Win Both Games Thi$ Week-End to Keep in Running; Coach Hopeful. WASHINGTON WORKS HARD Must Play Three Consecutive Oames at Willamette and 0. A. 0. Before Coming Here. JIMMY SHEBHY ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Northwest conference baseball ♦ ♦ standings: , + ♦ W. L. Pet. ♦ ♦ Washington .3 1 .750 ♦ ♦ O. A. C. 1 1 .600 ♦ ♦ Oregon .0 2 .000 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Now that all the conference teams have been in action, the fans are, as usual, trying to pick the winner of the college gonfalon. The only dope to base predictions on is by comparing the scores of previous games, which would prove about as feasible and successful as walk* ing a weak pitcher in a pinch to get at the lead off man, who hits .300 or over. The titter inability to figure college baseball has been demonstrated time and again. The various campus augurers and sages picked O. A. C. to wallop Washington two games of their series last week. Yet it was only due to the fact that the Seattle aggregation made * 8 errors in the opening game that sent the Aggies hume with a win. Contrary expectations, the supposedly weak Wash ington hitters outbatted the heralded Corvallis sluggers in both games. Col lege player’s nerves are so tense during the progress of a game that even the strongest teams are apt to blow up in on inning and the underdog come from behind and win out. If Washington can weather her com ing invasion into Oregon this week she . stands nnexcellent chance of winning the conference championship. Dode Drink er's athletes play Willamette Tuesday in a practice game. Wednesday and Thurs day they hook up with the Aggies, and on Friday and Saturday they meet the varsity in Eugene. The grind of five straight games op consecutive days may prove too much for them. Rogers is the only available pitcher they have, and it is doubtful if his arm can stand the stsaln, after pitching both O. A. C. games the last week-end. The varsity must win both games Friday and Saturday in order to keep in the running. With an even share in the breaks the lemon-yellow should be able to accomplish the feat. “Barring a few fielding weaknesses, you boys are as good a team as there is in the confer ence,” said Coach Bezdek during last night’s practice game with the fresh men. “You are hitting like fiends and I look for you to come through in great style. We will work on our defense the rest of the week, in order to be in toptop shape by Friday." Under a broiling sun yesterday after noon, Bezdek sent the team through an hour of batting practice combined with a like potion of baserunning at the same time. Each man hit in turn and ran from home td second on his drive. Bez laid especial stress on mastering the knack of turning the bases without slo • ing up. Following this, the varsity played the frosh a snappy three-inning practice game. Strenuous* workouts are in order for Tuesday and Wednesday, while on Thursday only a light practice will be indulged in, so as to be in the best possible shape to meet Washing ton. Student* Want Drill. Students at the State University of Montana have petitioned the faculty that instruction in military science and tac tics b« offered beginning with the col lege year of 1910-17. The instruction will probably be made compulsory for all first and second-year men who are not physically disabled. A clubhouse to cost (10,000 will be built by the University for the Stanford golf club, an organization less than a year old. A large tra-t of land was re cently set aaid* tQC.&Sjfely'w.