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MGEDY OF HR STUNS UNIVERSITY Measures Are Being Considered for Prevention of Accidents in the Future. Whereas, Almighty God, in His in finite wisdom, has seen fit to remove from our midst our late friend and fellow-student, Owen D. Whallon, and Whereas, by his death the Univer sity of Oregon has lost one of its most earnest and respected students, therefore, be it Resolved, by the associated stu dents of the University of Oregon that to his sorrowing family we extend our deepest sympathy, and be it further Resolved, that a copy of these res cdutions in behalf of our beloved friend be sent to his family, and that a copy be transcribed on the records of the associated students of the Uni versity of Oregon, and that a copy be published in the student publica tions. All efforts to recover the body of Owen Whallon, of Nampa, who was drowned last Sunday night when canoe No. 7 containing James Cossman, Orval Rasor and Lawrence Underwood enp slzed, have been futile. Walter Sterling, professional diver, ■pent yesterday in grappling and exam ining the river bottom, finally giving up the hope of recovering the body before Friday, when it is expected to rise. He returned to Portland this morning. C. V. Whallon, the father of Owen Whallon, arrived last night and spent the morning out on the Tiver. Heart-broken over the tragedy, he has settled down at Friendly hall, insisting that he wanted to be around with the boys. During the persistent search conduct ed by the students, the three surviving companions were active, a heartbroken trio. An effort is now being made to safe guard students against future danger. The tragedy did not involve breaking the rule prohibiting the shooting of the rap ids, but was accidental and due to losing tho course in the darkness. At Tuesday's meeting of the student council a motion that the executive com mittee act upon u resolution to spare no expense in recovering the body as soon us possible. President Campbell addressed the stu dents at the regular student body meet ing yesterday, urging care. lie said: “Acting upon tho suggestion of Max Sommer, the student body unanimously favored u resolution recommending thnt faculty and student council formulate such regulations as they see fit to pre vent such accidents in the future.” Resolutions of condolence to tho stu dents and friends were passed by the as sociated students. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PLAY WRIGHT. “T prltr of f1000 and n guarantee of n Broadway production tins boon offered by Grace George, a prominent New York actress, for the best play written by n college student. The contest will close June 1, 1010. The author must be a bonnflde college student, the object of the play must bo American and modern, and the work must be original. It must have at lenst thToe acts and be suitable for an entire evening’s entertainment. In addition to the prlte the successful au thor will receive regular royalties for his play.—Ex. 'Hie Harvard University baseball tenm took a fall out of the world championship Bed Sox in their game last week. The college men scored one tally and held the big leaguers to a *ero score. Gregg and Marty McHale, big league hurlers of several years' experience, were on the firing line for the professionals, which makes the victory all the more plessitag to the collegians. STANFORD TIES CALIFORNIA. For the first time in history a four crew Tsce was held on the Pacific coast. Lest Saturday a regatta waa staged in the Oakland Estuary with four teams from each Stanford and University of California. Stanford carried off the first and second Varsity races. California got partial revenge by taking the two freshman races with a large margin. The OrinneU Girls’ Glee club has just completed a tour of two weeks visiting eleven towns In Iowa. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ NOTICE. ♦ ♦ A meeting of the Oregon Branch ♦ ♦ of International lVdity club will be ♦ ♦ held at the Beta Theta Pi house ♦ ♦ Thursday evening at 7:80. Elec- ♦ ♦ tion of officers for the coming year ♦ ♦ and adoption of constitution and ♦ ♦ by-laws. ♦ ♦ LAMAR TOO/E. 4 ♦ Temporary Chairman. ♦ ti JOURNALIST. ON REGISTER Miss Edgington Assumes Position of Proof Reader on Morning Publication. Grace Edgington, a Senior and special writer for the Oregon Emerald, has as sumed the position of proof reader at the Eugene Morning Register. Because of her new position, Miss Edgington has been obliged to give up the editorship of the women’s edition of the Oregon Emerald, which is to be in chaTge of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism fraternity. Miss Edgington is secretary of this fraternity. Miss Edgington, who majors in journ alism, will continue her regular Univers ity work. From 8:30 in the evening un til 2:30 in the morning she will be on duty at the Register. Miss Edgington is considered by her Journalism instructions to be a very effi cient newspaper woman. She was tele graph editor on the Eugene Daily Guard the week the journalism students pub lished that paper. Since coming to the University two years ago she has been on the Oregon Eemrald staff, and has been prominent in student affairs. She is a member of Scroll and Script, sen ior women’s honor society. Miss Edg ington attended Willamette university before coming to the University. J9ERSL0SET0E.H.S. Whirlwind Finish Is Feature of Prepper - Frosh Game; Comeback Promised. In a whirlwind finish, the Eugene high school baseball team nosed out the Uni versity “Frosh” by scoring one run in the ninth inning, the final score being 5 to 4. The game was loosely played but intensely interesting at times. Babb, the local prep phenom, opposed Wilson on the mound. Both pitched “A” class ball, and but for inopportune boots by their team mates, the score would prob ably have been 1 to 0, in the TOers’ favor. The “Frosh” scored first, making one run in tho first. The score stood until the sixth inning, when the “Babes” went up for a record ascension, and the prep ers loped across the plate for three runs. They scored again in the seventh, when Manreud, their speedy shortstop, poled one of Wilson’s groove balls for two bags, and a combination of hits and er rors brought him in. It looked decidedly bad for the Frosh at this stage of the game and some of the spectators moved away when they were retired in the first of the eighth with a blank. They reciprocated, and dealt the high schoolers three outs in four bulls over. In the last frame, Bowen up, walkod and stole second. Fox and Alexander both fanned after taking three “Ouisto” style swipes at the ball. Mor fitt clouted tho first ball over for a single, the first hit for the green cap pers, scoring Bowen. Hunt was sent, in as a pinch-hitter, and pickled the onion for two bags, scoring Morfitt nnd tying up the game. Farley grounded out to Manreud. It looked like on extra inning game un til Holcomb dropped the pellet and two of Coach Fenton's proteges were on. Maureud, clean-up hitter came through for a long boot to right center, which Alexander got his fingers on, but lost and the game was over. A second game will he plnyod some time this week and the Frosh, according to their captain and shortstop. Jay Fox, aro going to come back strong. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ CONFERENCE BATTING AVER ♦ ♦ AGES TO DATE. s> ♦ All II IVt. O ♦ Medley .......25 11 .410 ♦ ♦ Cornell ». ......... .24 0 .575 ♦ ♦ Tuerck 11 4 .303 ♦ ♦ Muisou. 20 7 .350 ♦ ♦ Sheehy .>.20 0 .340 ♦ ♦ (Irebo .10 5 .802 ♦ ♦ Huntington .10 4 .211 ♦ ♦ Nelson ...........25 5 .200 ♦ ♦ ltethbun ..7 1 .148 ♦ ♦ Rlsley.11 0 -000 ♦ ♦ McLean ... .... » 7 0 .000 ♦ ♦ - * ♦ Total batting average .288 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ CITY COLLEGE TO BUILD LIBRARY. The Alumni Memorial Library commit tee of tho College of the City of New York, is seeking to raise a building fund of $150,000 to erect a City College Memorial library. Nearly $SO,000 has already been pledged by members of the alumni association. The committee is considering ways nnd means for raising the remaining $70,000. Vuless the money is raised by July the college may lose the grant of land, which Is valued at $10,000 and which was made on condition that the alumni association erect the building. DELIVERS ULTIMATl’M. The Columbia Fulversity faculty has issued an edict that no co-ed may dance In a skirt that does not reach within ten inches from the ground; also that "some thing more than the grace of God and a rose” must secure her shoulder straps. G. e, SHOWN SPEAKS ON SCH LANDS Secretary of Board Explains Present Conditions and His tory to Economic Students. The present financial condition of the school land fund), as well as its history, were explained | to Or. F. G. Young’s class in economics of state administra tion yesterday In Guild hall by G. G. Brown, secretary of the board. The body has entire control over the common school , fund which is derived chiefly from the sale of the lands. This fund now totals almost $0,000,000 and is loaned on first farm mortgages at 6 per cent interest. The board also has charge of and loans the Agricultural college fund of $193, 909.67; the University of Oregon fund of $100,958.82; and the Burbank trust fund of $24,350.' “By the act of admission of February 14, 1859, sections 16 and 36 in every township were set aside to the state for the benefit of schools. There were also 46,080 acres set apart for the use and support of the State University. "In addition to these special reserva tions, 6400 acres were to be selected by the governor folr the purpose of com pleting public bpildings, or for the erec tion of others at the seat of government. This was known as the capitol building grant. “The question arises whether, if the school lands had been withheld from sale as suggested by some critics of the man agement of the J fund, they would have been of enough greater value to sell at a later date for ,a sum equalling the to tal of the present fund of $6,390,889.0S and the interest which has been dis tributed amounting to $6,758,207.66. In the meantime, many struggling school districts have been aided by the yearly distribution of interest, which has al most invariably increased. "It must be remembered that by the time the law became effective all these best sections in th Willumtte, Umpqua, und Rogu Itiver valleys had been sold and other land had to be taken in lieu. "The present unsold land in the state totals about 625,000 acres. Up to this time, 2,949,051.14 acres of the school fund'lands have'been sold, the nverage price being $2.16 per acre.” Money Buys yotes for Miss Edel Fraasch as Rose Festival Queen. "Say, you, have you bought your tic ket to the dancej” What dance? is ask ed. Why the big benefit dance Friday night in the Armory to help buy votes for Miss Fraasch, our candidate for queen of the Portland Rose festival.” This is the line handed out by the sev eral students selling tickets for the dance next Friday night. “This promises to be a hummer af fair," said S. Dike Hooper, secretary of the chamber of commerce, and a member of the campaign committee, which met in the chamber <|>f commerce last night. "This is a big social, informal affair and questionable characters will not be al lowed on the floor.” Arrangements have been made with the Eugene Municipal band to furnish the music for the dance. Several novel stunts have been provided as part of the program. A few sketches and songs are to be put ori by several Fniversity students. A special feature has been arranged for the evening which the com mittee claim is the best yet. The grand march will begin at S:o0 led by Miss Edfl Fraasch and Amos West, president of the Atlas club. Next Monday, May S, is to be special day at the Rex theatre. The management has promised to turn over a percentage of the receipts on that day to buy votes for Eugene’s candidate. The Eugene Radiators are going to act as ushers and announcers. The city that elects the queen of the festival will be entitled to name the king. Those leading in the race for queen are beginning to look around for a suitable king. A resolution indorsing Miss Edel Fraasch and pledging support in the campaign was unanimously adopted by the student body Jit assembly Wednesday morning. _I_ COLUMBIA HAfc NEW SCHEDULE. Student interest! at Columbia Fnivers ity is centered Jn the proposed rear rangement of thA daily class schedule. Undergraduates who favor it base their plea on the extra time they would gain for athletics and' extra curriculum ac tivities. They do ’not wish to take fewer studies but to have them more compact ly arranged so that every man who 1 wishes to take part in an extra curri culum activity may do so. It may be 1 added that not all the students at the i university are in favor of the proposal. ' EMERALD STAFF WILL DINE Osburn Hotel to Be Scene of Banquet at End of Year. Plans are being made for the Emerald banquet which is to take place at the Osburn hotel on the evening of the final appearance of the paper this year. Floyd Westerfield, manager, says that the Emerald will come out 12 or 14 times more. The banquet will be given for the staff and a few invited guests. Several sur prises will be sprung and there will be a few new wrinkles put in, according to Floyd Westerfield. More definite plans will be announced later. DOUGHNUT SCHEDULE REVISED. Events of the week seem to have con spired to keep the teams of the Dough nut league apart. The A. T. O. and Fiji game has yet to be played off, today the Betas and Faculty were sched uled to play and tomorrow the winners of the tied game of the Fijis and A. T. Os. are to play the Iota Chis. Saturday morning the Sigma Chis and Sigma Nus will come together, if the altered sched ule is followed out, and Monday, Tues day and Wednesday of next week the finals will be played off. The S. D. State College Y. M. C. A. has gotten out a sixteen-page edition which shows lots of work and thought and is a credit to the journalistic abilities of any organization. Nominations Sizzle (Continued from page 1) the student council. The nominees are: Floyd Westerfield, Karl Becke and Fred Kiddle. Two Senior women will be chosen from these three nominations: Martha Beer, Louise Allen and Francis Shoemaker. To the same body there are two Junior men and one woman to be elected. The masculines are: Harold Tregilgas, Clark Thompson and Ray Couch. Laura Jerard is the woman nom inee. Other matters that weTe brought be fore the meeting were: A proposed amendment introduced by Wilmot Foster providing for Sophomore representation of the student council. It was voted to put the issue on the ballot for Wednes day. Cloyd Dawson brought forward a res olution which will be placed on the ballot for ratification. It provides that if a man earns an emblem for three succes sive yeaTs, he shall be given a green and yellow blanket five by seven feet, containing a block Oregon “O” in the center. Another issue which will be on the ticket Wednesday is a proposed amend ment that will authorize the giving of a pin resembling the Forensic insignia to the editors of the Eemrald and the Ore gana hereafter. Merlin Batley presented a resolution urging that all students support Edel Fraasch, the University aspirant for the Portland Rose festival queen. Clara Kimball Young IN Y ellow Passport Today is the last day Friday and Saturday MARIE DORO IN Diplomacy The famous Plavers-Paramount production of Sartows wonder ful drama of love and enterprise. Rex ^heatre Send Your CLEANING AND PRESSING to the IMPERIAL CLEANERS. 47 Seventh Ave., East. Phone 392, or give your order to N JAUREGUY Chambers’ Hardware Store........ 742 WILLAMETTE ST. THE NEWEST THINGS Footery arriving constantly PRICE’S Prices are always moderate I It is far better to COOK WITH GAS i Than to gas with the cook. I Phone28 OREGON POWER CO. j A NEW ONE Ruby Mist flictorto Chocolates REAL SPORT DEMANDS SPALDING QUALITY No fellow with the spirit of real sport in him will put up with inferior implements. True sport calls for the mo.st trusted outfit for the game. Spalding quality has proven itsfelf in the stress of the game out of-doors and indoors, field or “gym.” The goods that make Pall and Win ter, delightful are now ready. Foot Balls, Basket Balls, Hockey Sticks, Hockey and Rink Skates, Skating Shoes, Boxing Gloves, Strik ing Bags, Sweaters and Jerseys, and everything for Fall and Winter pas times. Catalogue free on request. A, G. SPALDING & BROS. 345 Washington St. Portland, Ore. t The VarsityBarber Shop Antiseptic Don’t be afraid to get your work done here. You can’t get any infectious disease, as we keep all our tools in a steril izer when not in use. 1 Students we solicit your patronage JOHN McGUIRE Proprietor For the past six years at Marx Barber Shop. Hull Building ' 11th and Alder We carry the 'special Tennis Balls for cement courts, 8 for $1.00 Agents for Wright1 and Ditson EUGENE GUN CO. QUICK DELIVERY GROCERY E. LEITER, Proprietor Phone 141 STAPLE LINE OF GROCERIES