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Theta Sigma Phi—Woman’s Edition ' OREGON OFFICIAL ORGAN EMERALD OF STUDENT BODY VOL. 17. EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1916. NO. 82. i' ll .V l| J ) J! i i t 4 (, 1 Wf ‘GETS HT BIG; 1THEATRE IS CROWDED ^Arizona” Never Loses Atten tion of Audience From Cur tain Rise to Last Word. '!The Smoothest Amateur Per V formance Ever Staged in Eugene Says Critic. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ <♦ ♦ m & * ♦ 5 r When the seniors decided to stage “Arizona” as their class play, they found themselves in a quandary. The play calls for an unscrupulous villain of the deepest dye. The senior class couldn’t find a satisfactory villain within its ranks. Gloom prevailed. Bob Earl, a junior, who played a heavy lead in the “Fortune Hunter," was asked to assume the role of villain. Bob acquiesced, and came to the rescue of the distract ed Seniors. This is why the Senior play had such a convincing villain. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ (By Martha Beer.) James Mott, dramatic coach, added Another feather to his war-bonnet last (Bight when the seniors played “Arizona” to an audience of students and guests jwhich taxed the Eugene theatre to its Capacity. It was a memorable perform ance, and it may safely be said that the play was without exception, the smoothest amateur performance ever Staged in Eugene. The play started with lots of “zaz” and from the initial rise of the curtain, to its fall after the last act, the interest of the audience never ■Wavered for one moment. Several scenes stood out prominently |for their remarkable intensity and feel ing.. Special mention should be made of the love scenes between Bonita and Lieu tenant Denton, the love scene of Lena end Tony, the scene between Estrella, Denton and Colonel Bonham in the eecond act, and Estrella’s confession at the last of the play. ' The University is going to lose an Ideal leading man when Merlin Batley is graduated. This is the first time he has even been given a chance to demonstrate his ability in a serious part. His soldi ery bearing and boyish love-making, were refreshing and convincing. Rita Fraley’s work as Bonita was One of the most delightful renditions »ver given in Eugene by anyone, profes sional or otherwise. She did comedy and tragedy equally well and Bonita’s person ality will never be forgotton by any one tvho saw Miss Fraley’s work last night. Esther Chalmers, as Estrella Bonham tiad perhaps the most difficult feminine frole. Her work demanded emotional act ing and she sustained her character ad mirably. Earl Bronaugh’s work as the jealous husband was convincing. His acting when he found his wife alone with Denton Was strongly done, but he deserves the greatest praise for his response to (Estrella in the last act. At first he was intensely jealous, but as the speech progressed, he softened, and when Estrella finished her confession, only long years of self-restraint prevented his breaking down entirely. Probably one of the choicest bits of characterisations was that of Robert Earl in the thankless part of Hodgman, the villain. He was virile and made the jnost of his opportunities. Tony Mostano was one of the most atriking presentations of the evening. Mondell Weiss understood his character perfectly and played the part with in tense feeling. HiB singing was much enjoyed by the audience and his love gcene with Lena Kellar was heartily ap plauded. Edith Ochs as Lena Kellar, his sweet heart played up to Weiss well. As soon M Tony appeared on the scene, her actions showed clearly that she was ‘‘in terested” in him. Clark Burgard who, with Earl BTonaugh, opened the play, showed iraces of amateurishness at first, but he looked the part and had lots of energy, -- - — -—■-* jGPs>» tinned oa page »evepj ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ THETA SIGMA PHI ELECTS ♦ ♦ EMMA WOOTTON, ♦ ♦ CLYTIE HALL, ♦ ♦ ROBERTA £ILLAM, ♦ ♦ ECHO ZAHL. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Wanted Results; Stuck Dean E. W. Four-Year-Old Miss Does What No Journalism Student Has Done. The other day Dean E. W. Allen of the school of journalism, was entertaining a lady caller in his lair. She was Miss Elizabeth Rebec, upwards of four years old. He was entertaining her because her father, Dr. George Rebec, immersed in philosophical thoughts, had fo^otten that daughters existed and had gone home to dinner without her. So Dean Allen was showing her about. She ob served the print shop gravely. “This is what we make books with,” he explained, indicating the job press. “Books,” he repeated, putting on the power and letting the jobber roar up a few revolutions. The machine slowed down. She wait ed. “Where is the book?” she demand ed. Stumped!—an effect which the first journalism student has yet to produce with “Erie/’ New Named Wished on Emer ald Sanctum in tue School of Journalism. Cubby Hole! Sounds like a comfy, newlyweddy nook by the edge of the roaring surf. But it’s not as it sounds. After weeks of deliberation, wakeful nights and hypochondriachal days, the name was chosen. But now for the grand sclt'-tionl Everyone is familiar with the under ground room where cubs and scoops, geniuses and would-be’s assemble to write and re-write the stuff that is ped dled out to the Emerald readers. It is the rendezvous of journalistic spirits— the inspiratory of the successful news paper man and woman. The bare brick walls, the paper-littered table, the scrap covered floor all add their mite. There was but one dissenting voice in the choice of the name. “Sounds too comfy,” growled Ed Harwood, one of the blood-sweating copy readers. “It won’t be long before aesthetic professors and moony lovers will call it their own.” PniNEVlUf ISDEBJITE CHAMPION OF STATE Team Wins Finals From Jeffer son Last Night by 2 to 1 Decision. The Prineville high school debating team defeated that of Jefferson high school by a two to one decision last night in Guild hall, thus securing the state championship. Both Prineville and Jefferson had defeated seven other schools before entering this contest. The question was “Resolved: that the United States should adopt the essential features of the Swiss military training and service.” The whole debate hinged on the interpretation of the word “essen tial.” The Prineville debaters were Orville Ramsey and W. Taney. Jefferson was represented by Marshall, Armstrong and Milton Mason. Father O'Hara, William A. Marshall, and George Naylor were judges. After the debate, a reception for the high school representatives and their friends .was given in the men’s dormitory. CUES, MUSIC. LI6HT JUDGES. JUU A CROIM): ANIHUL WATER FETE \ __ Raceway Is Reviewing Stand for Pageant of 16 Floats En tered by Organizations. THE “MERUIT MS PRIZE “White Swan” Second, Then “Political Bug;” Honorable Mention Given to 3 Others. “Broad wacer-Iilies lay tremulously, And a tarry river-buds glimmered by, And around them the soft stream did glide and dance With a motion of sweet sound and radi ance.” The mill-race was a veritable fairy land as it mirrored festoons of bright lights that shone on the “Baby Queen" of the Junior class Thursday evening, when littie Miss Dorothy Shockley, at tended by Miss Mildred Brown and Miss Bernice Perldns, formally ushered in the second annual water fete. Among the sixteen canoes that took part, that of the Ku.ya Alphn Theta fraternity re ceived the first prize. This was a large water lily whose yellow petals and green leaves spread and cowered tile canoe. In Its center was the queen of the water lilies, framed with bright lights. "The WStte Swan," tae Delta Delta Delta canoe, won second place. It was wholly In whits. From the swan at the bow ribbons trretched to a maiden, dressed in white who sprinkled snowball blossoms on the water. Sigma Chi fraternity received the third prize with their ’’Political Bug,” which was an immense gold and black spider with quivering feelers and legs. The “Frogs,” a float that represented a woodland scene with its toadstool under which sat six frogs, (that, plunged into the water, received one of the three honorable mentions given. The “Beach at Wai-kDkl" disclosed four Hawoiians under their huts and around a blazing bon-fire, with the music of their eukeleles. This float by Phi Delta Theta, together with the “Jan anese Garden,” was also given honorable mention. Under a pergola with its yel low lanterns and wisteria blossoms was a pool on the mossy bank of which sat an oriental maid. The garden was en tered by Chi Omega. One feature of the evening was the spectacular high dive of John McMurray from the roof of the race-way, which had place as reviewing stand. In a mass of flames Mr. McMurray dove into the race leaving behind him a trail of fire. Mr. (Continued on page seven) Was Real Editor; Only 22, at That Edison Marshall, Ex-’17, Gave Up City Editorship at Klam ath Falls to Wield Pen. i What does it feel like to be a real live city editor of a real live paper at the tender age of twenty-two? If you want to know, ask Edison Marshall, ex-’17, who is here for a two weeks visit with his Delta brothers. Marshall was the oity editory of the Klamath Falls Herald until hist January, I when he gave up this work t© devote his { time to wieldig the literary pen at Med i ford, Oregon. It seams to have been j worth his while, too, for he h as just sold a story, "The Missing Seventeen,” to I the “Saturday Evening Posit,” and the price he got for it was so bid that he’s afraid to have it appear in print. Mar shall was first a cub reporter and later feature editor of thft Bmerjld while in. coOv*. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ SCROLL AND SCRIPT ELECTS ♦ ♦ MARTHA BEER ♦ ♦ FRANCES SHOEMAKER ♦ ♦ ANN HALES ♦ ♦ ADAH HALL ♦ ♦ DOROTHY WHEELER ♦ ♦ EYL-V WALKER ♦ ♦ ROSALIND BATES. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Frosh Headgear Goes Up in Smoke Unsentimental Babes Don’t Mind; Appear With Straw Covered Domes. We shall meet but we shall miss ’em. Those green marks of—not servitude— says Cleve Simpkins, speeler for the oc casion, but of distinction—were sacrificed, to a barrel of flame at 2:15 this after noon. The sacrifieal pee-rade was head ed by Burns, frosh president. Death knells were sounded on drums in the capable hands of A1 Holman and Ken Farley. Cleve Simpkins gave a few last words: “It is a distinction to wear a green cap. It not only marks you as a freshman, but a freshman in the University of Oregon.” And before the last tongues of fire had blotted out all memory of green caps— the unsentimental Aladdins nppeared with straw-covered domes. FROSHJaM, AVOIDS GIRLS FOR 24 WEEKS Woman’s Edition Publishes to World Story of Fortitude of Lakeview Lad. Wonder of all venders! James Bur gess, a freshmen from Lake View, has only four weeks between him and the winning of a firo-dollar bet. His friends are almost ready to bet on whether he will come out of it the same man, for this bet happens to be a par ticularly difficult one to keep. Listen, the foolish youth agreed never to be seen going with a girl for twenty eight weeks Including Christmas vacation and other holidays. The bet was made at a dinner and has been kept faithfully up to this time. Bathtub! Bathtub! Who Has the Bed Hosts Have Merry Chase; Even Seniors Can Find No Bunks. A mammoth pile of mntresses support ed on two legs ascended the steps of the Sigma Nu house late yesterday after noon. It wavered on its support; it al most tumbled. Painfully it see-sawed up the last of the flight of stairs and a muffled voice came from out of its depths. “Hey, you, bring that wad of blankets up to the third floor. We need them worst up there.” Then George Colton moved on up the next flight. Delta Taus are having such a lively time with four men in a bed that they declare thnt the strain is so great on the coverings that they have all turned to crazy quilts. Eddie Marshall, the noted author, slept in the bath tub until he was forcibly re moved at the early hour of 10 this morn iug. Moose Muirhead, Fred Packwood Vic Chambers and ltus Ralston were as signed to the same bed but as there was only room enough for three in it, they took turns rooling off and walking around to the other side to shove someone else over. What little sleep the boys got was during their progress across the mattress. Cloyd Dawson and Grant Schaffncr found there was not room enough even for seniors at the Iota Chi bouse so they spent most of the night walking from one side of the town to another hunting either a vacant or only prartially illed bed. Shortly Phillips and Clayton Bald win took two chairs and an automobile robe and snuggled up on the improvised cot. Alvin Wievesick chose the floor and tw$rotb«r frosh went up the roof. ! LEMON YELLOW WINS TO TONE OF 71-BO Aggie Track Team Outdistanced From First; Oregon Once 20 Points Ahead. FEE SMASHES TWO RECORDS Muirhead and Fee Tie for In dividual Poin'i Winners; Each Get 17. Seventy -one to sixty wns the time of the drubbing Oregon gave O. A. C. track team Friday. Tho lemon yellow drew a comfortable lead at the outset, and held it all through the meet, at one time be ing nearly 20 points ahead. Chet Fee was the stellar attraction in the meet. He established a new North west polevnult record, clearing the bar at 12 feet 4% inches, the previous record being 12 feet, 3% inches, and broke the Oregon record for the javelin throw, making a new one of 173 feet, 0 inches. Fee and Muirhead tied for individual point winners, both annexing 17. Coleman, the Aggie miler nosed out Bolding of Oregon by a scant four feet in the first race of the afternoon. Lang ley led the field for the first half, but Holding took the pole at the three-qunr ter mark. Coleman and Holding fought i|ieek and neck down the straightaway but the orange and black, by a burst of tipeed, bent the Oregon athlete to tho tape. The time was 4:27 2-5. Tillery fin ished third. Chet Foe annexed his first five points ill the shotput, throwing the iron ball 40 feet 7% inches. Furncy tied with Foster, O. A. O., for third place and in the throwoff, Foster won by a heave of 40 feet, 5 Inches; Johnson of O. A. C., took second place. Oscar Goreczky won the 100-yard dnsh from a field of six starters in the fast time of 10 seconds flat; Peacock came in second and ICadderly of O. A. C., third. In the 440-yard dash, Wilson and Stuub of Oregon fought neck and neck to the far turn witli Kndderly and An derson of O. A. 0., running Htrong. Knd derly pnssed Wilson at the far turn and ran ensily the last ten yards, winning without effort. Anderson nlso pulled ahead of Stub and finished an easy third. Time was 51:1. In the pole vault, Fee, the versatile and all-round athleto, easily won his event and set the new Northwest record. Metzger of O. A. O. was second, with 11 feet, and Watkins of Oregon, third. Sutherland, O. A. C.’s. best vaulter was out of the meet due to injuries received In the Far Western meet. Since then he ljas been unable to clear 10 feet. Moose Muirhead skipped over the high Sticks in easy fashion and romped in winner, with yards to spare. Chet Fee finished second, but was disqualified for knocking down three huTdles. Straughn and Milton of O. A. C. finished in the or der named. The time was 15 8-5 seconds. Bostwick of Oregon won bis O in the lpng grind of the two-mile, beating Coleman of O. A. C. by over .‘>00 yards. Van Buskirk of the Aggies finished third. Time was 9 minutes, 46 seconds. Peacock and Goreczky reversed their order in the 220-yard dnsh, the former showing a greater burst of speed, and winning over Goreczky in 22 4-10 sec onds. Kndderly, the Aggie captain, ran a strong third. “Cotton” Nelson, holder of the pres ent northwest record of 1 m:nute 57 1-5 seconds in the 880-yard run finished in 2 minutes 2-5 seconds. Nelson’s return to form was gratifying to the Oregon faces, as he had been on the shelf all season with an acute attack of throat trouble. Coletnnn, the Aggie “iron” man, grabbed second from Montague, who finished third. Cole, O. A. C., won first in the discus, Bartlett, TJ. of O., took second place, and Punk, O. A. C., third. Distance 137.1. Bryant of the orange and black won the high jump, at 5 feet 10 inches. Muir head and Flugall, O. A. G'., took second and third places. Flugall, O. A. C., jumped 20 feet 1014 inches in the broad jump, taking first .(Continued oq page nine' Jefferson High Leads With 27 Points; Columbia Next With 19. FRANKLIN THIRD WITH 18 Murphy, Columbia, Breaks Broad Jump Record ;Spearow of Lincoln, Pole Vault. Two records wore smashed and one tied in the sixth annual interscholastic track meet this afternoon. Johnny Murphy, the blonde athlete from Columbia University set a new rec ord in tho broad jump for interscholastic meets when he cleared the bar at 0. Murphy bent “Moose” Muirhead’s former state record of B feet 101./% Inches. Det mering of Dayton and Spearow of Lin coln grabbed second and third places. The second record was broken by Ralph Spearow, of Lincoln. lie netted a new northwest interscholastic record in the polevault when he easily cleared tha bar at 11 feet 0V& inches, faooks of Jefferson tied the 100 yard dash northwest record, making it in 10 1-6. Bessel, of Jefferson got second. In the mile run Keopp, of Eugene romped home a winner ahead of Fieke of Lin ed, in 4 min. 40 sec. Both athletes struggled neck and neck. Keopp winning by a scant yard. Big Perry of St. Helens sprang a sur prise in the shotput by beuting Devon shire of Columbia 45 feet 11 3-4 inches. Parsons of Washington, brother of John ny Parsons, took third place. Freckles Springer of Jefferson won the century in the 440-yard dash when he led a field of 23 starters to the tape in the fast time of 53 seconds. Collins of Franklin ran a good second with Fruit of Salem, grabbing third money. First place in the 120-yard hurdles was won by Carl Knudson of Lincoln high. He scampered over the obstacles ahead of Malone of Columbia and Berkie of Jefferson. In the discus Davis, coach Admiral Dewey’s Franklin protege, tossed the (irecian platter 115 feet and took first place over Devonshire of Columbia. Per ry of 8t. Helens wus third with a heave of 105 1-5 feet. Mulkey, of Monmouth, stretched out long enough to win the broad with a leap of 21 Vb feet % inch. Foster of John Day and Merchant of Marshfield, land ed second und third. Abbott of Columbia in 2:01 2-5 nosed in ahead of Springer of Jefferson and Kocpp of Eugene in the 880-yard dash. Springer couldn’t stand the gaff and fainted at the tape, securing his three points, however. Malme of Columbia, won first place in the 220 high hurdles in 127 3-5. Wil liamasox of Medford and Wilcox of Jef ferson. The totals at 4:80 were. First place, Mickey, Monmouth | sec ond, Johnston of Washington high; third Merchant of Marshfield. Mickey made 147 feet. Snook of Jefferson was first in ths 220 dash, making it in 23 4-5. Hessler and Thayer both of Jeffer son high second and third place res-! pectively. 14; Franklin, 8; St. Helens, 0. Columbia, 10; Jefferson, 27; Lincoln, 14; Franklin, 18; St. Helens, 6. VESPER SERVICES TOMORROW. Vesper services with music by the combined glee clubs will be held at 4:30 in Villard hull. Father O’Hara of the Catholic church of Portland, is the speaker. The latest structure to be added to the University is the new Educational building on the corner of Kincaid and T hirteenth streets. The building, which is to cost $40,000, is expected to be compl •ted by, September,!,