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EMERALD OF STUDENT BODY 1916. NO. 83. Hiking, Walking, Fishing, Tour ing and Summer School Work Seem Most Popular. JNE MAN WILL WRITE A BOOK Several Members Plan to Join Mazamas on a Trip to the ,, Three Sisters. • Ik... The faculty members of the University of Oregon aye planning to spend their summer in various ways. Dr. Joseph Schafer -will be busy directing the University Summer school until the latter part of July, and then, he thinks he may decide to join the Mazamas in their mountain climbing. Instructor Allen Eaton will go to Wyoming, New York, to engage in work in connection with a village summer school. He will later visit in New York city and Boston. Dr. William P. Boynton will take an auto trip to Portland in June; will re turn to Eugene for the summer school and will later tour the Willamette valley in his car. Assistant Instructor Cecelia Smith Bell will spend her vacation at her home in Pioneer, Oregon. Prof. Frederic S. Dunn will go to his summer home “Breidablik,” in the na tional forest reserve near the McKenzie river. Dr. James D. Barnett will work in the supreme court library at Salem and in the Eugene libraries in connection with the task of writing a book on civil ser vice reform. Professor Edgar E. DeCou will teach in the summer school and may join the Mazamas in August. Dr. E. S. Bates will walk to Florence after the close of this semester; he will return for the summer school and in August will take a horse back trip to Crater Lake. Dr. Robert C. Clark will enjoy hunt ing and fishing in the mountains after the close of the summer school. Instructor H. A. Clark -will remain in Eugene. Librarian M. H. Douglas has made no definite plans for the summer aside from teaching in the summer school. Coach Hugo Bezdek goes to the Uni versity of Chicago to study medicine. Professor Colin Victor Dyment will de liver a course of lectures at the Univer sity of California from June 26 to August 6; after that date he will either return to Oregon or work on a news paper in California. Dr. Timothy Cloran has made no plans for his vacation but will be engaged in summer school work. Professor Robert P. Reeder will go east by the way of San Francisco and Denver, and contemplates doing research work by the aid of the libraries of Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. Instructor Allen J. De Lay will remain in Eugene. Dr. Frederick L. Shinn will be en gaged in summer school work In July; from August 6 to 20, he will be with the Mazamas when they will attempt to climb The Three Sisters. Dr. Fred C Ayer will Indulge In hunt ing and fishing in Oregon mountains *fter he has completed his work in the summer school. President Prince L. Campbell will be at the University of Oregon during a part of the summer school; later he may enjoy a two weeks outing with the Mazamas. Professor Mabel H. Parsons will tour Washington and Oregon in an automobile. Dr. John Bovard -will not leave Eugene; he will be engaged in summer school work. Instructor Roswell Dosch will go to his home in Portland. Dr. George Rebec is planning to teach Mabel L. Cummings, director of physical education for women, will spend the summer touring Oregon. She will go to the coast, climb The Three Sisters and see the Columbia highway. Instructor Frieda Goldsmith and Har riet Thompson will motor by way of the (Continued on page four) Uses Hydrocloric To Make Biscuits Rita Hough Has No Need for Baking Po wder; She Can Use Acid. If you are out can make biscuits Reta Hough did This is the takes chemistry powder is made. F. Stafford of th^ told the class sodium bicarbonat just as well as and the only reasi instead of the tai is a liquid instea would be no m amount of acid ne sodium bicarbonat ance of on expert By way of exp fully calculated the acid and mad^ her improvised she says they we of baking powder you just the same, girls— iray it happened: Rita |nd knows how baking One day Professor O. chemistry department that Hydro-cloric acid e would make biscuits cjrdinary baking powder on that it wasn’t used taric acid is because it d of a solid and theT pans of calculating the cessary to react on the e without the assist chemist, tfriment Rita very care i:he proper amount of a pan of biscuits with baking powder. And fe good! COMMENCEMENT 11 Orchestra, B and Soloists to Succes and, Glee Clubs Will Contribute sful Concerts. m Commencement any time the prai tra, or glee clubi^ campus. On acci being held before will be here and 1 to have even bett< fore. Miss Forbes, Commencement is coming along w tra is practicing week. We are g< ate this year in of Portland as again.” Frederic the greatest obeis and perhaps so visit made to when he took par orchestra at that Another treat, store for the will be the viol: Christenson, who President of Orchestra. Mr. teen years old from extensive s He is considered best violinist in tl enson is to play Commencement w is drawing near and at .dicing of band, orches can be heard on the ount of commencement exams, all the students n attempt will be made er music than ever be E the me in commenting on the uslc saidj “The music ery nicely. The orchas at least eight hours a oing to be very fortun having Frederick Starke oboe soloist with us k Starke is considered t on the Pacific coast, will remember his ugene two years ago t in the commencement time. along musical lines, in ommencement visitors, in playing of Victor is the son of the Portland Symphony Christenson is but six and has just returned tudy in New York City, by some critics as the e country. Mr. Christ Monday evening of eek. Sunday afternoon of Commencement week the combined Glee Clubs, known as the Vesper Choir, will give Scene and alleria Rusticana. This but one of the best Prayer from Cav will be the last At this musical will play a pianc services given by the choir this year. service Mrs. Thatcher solo; Miss Forbes a violin solo, and several selections will be given by the orchestra. It is the hope of those in charge of the music for the week to have many concerts on the campus. One evening the Women’s Glee Club will give a twilight concert, as they did last year—the Men’s Glee Club will give a serenade concert, at a latter hour, on some other evening, and the band will play some afternoon. The exact days for these different con certs have not been definitely decided upon. Sometime during the week also Mrs. Middleton will sing a song composed by David Campbell especially for the pageant that has been postponed. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ STUDENT COUNCIL. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Student Council will hold session ♦ ♦ tomorrow at 4:30. Regular meet- ♦ ♦ ing place. Important. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ SENIORS! ♦ ♦ All those having memorial blanks ♦ ♦ will please turn them in to Lamar ♦ ♦ Tooze. ♦ Ell SCHOOL Enlarged and Broadened Cour ses Attractive to Teachers and Students. The plans for the twelfth anriual sum mer session of the University are now ( complete. Prof. Joseph Schafer*, Direct- * or of the Summer school and of the Ex tension Department, stated today that nothing remained to be done1 but to wait until Monday, June 19, the opening day. I The summer school this yef^r offers enlarged opportunities to teachers, as well as students, both in more varied courses, and in a wide Tange olt courses in other subjects Courses in physical education by Robert Krohn, Portland’s director of physical education; in art by Esther W. West, director of art in the Portland public schools; in music by Maude Joy Beals, director of music in the public schools of Auburn, Wash.; in educational sociology by L. R. Alderman, superinten dent of Portland schools and |formerly State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, are some of the features. Dean D. W. Morton of the University School of Commerce will give a special course in commerce. In addition to the regular faculty and the above mentioned western specialists, four notable easterners will giv^e special lectures during the term. | Robert W. Wenley, Professor of Philosophy, University of Michignn will be present only during the opening week. Dr. Wenley is a distinguished scholar of Scottish University training, and a great lecture, according ti> Prof. Schafer. He will lecture on tb|e follow ing subjects: “The Romantic Story of University Education in England; The Democratic Universities of Scotland; The American State University as It Appears to a Foreigner; The Scholar and The Community; and The Whole Man.” J. Duncan Spaeth, Professor of Eng lish, Princeton University, will lecture each day of the session on Shakespeare. Dr. Spaeth was here last year. Edwin Ashbuty Kirkpatrick, Professor of Education in the Fitchburg Normal School and author of several ^>ooks on educational themes, will give four lec tures on education during the fifth week. Adolph A. Berle, Professor of Social Ethics, Tufts College, Cambridge, who lectured during the sessions of 1912 and 1914, will be at the University after June 9. The University in offering' this six weeks’ summer session according to Registrar A. R. Tiffany, aims to extend the opportunity of its equipment, library, and instruction to those persons who have this period open for study,! and who in most cases are fully employed during the regular college year. Seniors and some times Juniors find it convenient, according to a reliable source, to utilize the six weeks in an effort to graduate with their class. Information in regard to the terms of admission, entrance fees, courses of study, registration and accompiodations may be obtained from Mr. Tiffany. NEW CUSTOM IS INITIATED Freshman Will Hold Meeting to Elect Officers for Next Year.1 The freshman class this year has started a new custom in the way of elec tions. Instead of the elections being held in the fall, after entering college, as has always been the custom heretofore, they will be held this semester. Any office will be filled to be taken charge of at the beginning of the next year. The arguments put up by the support ers of the ruling is that it will make the organization of the class more com plete for the beginning of the next year. The freshman-sophomore mix comes off during the first two or three Weeks of 'he school year, and with a littlje organ ization, the class will be more able to compete with the greater numbler of the new men. Nominations for the coming year will be held at the next meeting of the fresh man class, which will probably be some time during the present week. The election, with the possibilities as very doubtful, at present, will come the week, following tfee nominationi. Senior Men's Age Less Than Co-eds' Juniors Are Grandfathers in University According to Statistics. The junior men are the oldest people at Oregon according, to statistics from the office. There average ago is 22.S8 The Senior women come next averaging 22.S6. While the senior and freshman men are younger than their co-ed class mates, the reverse is true in the sopho more and junior classes. ...The figures show that the sophomore men are .45 years older than the sophomore women and that the junior men arc .64 years older than junior women. Traditions were smashed when three senior men refused to put down their ages, while every woman in school gave that information. The average age of students entering Oregon is 19.26 and of those leaving at graduation is 22.77. The average man at Oregon is 21.61 and the average woman is 21.21 making the average student 21.41. 18 Are Present at Banquet at Osburn After “Arizona;” $400 Is Cleared. The cast of the senior class play, “Ari zona” ended its successful performance with a banquet in the Japanese tea room of the Osburn hotel. The play, which was given in the Eugene theatre last Friday evening cleared nearly $400 for' the class. Eighteen persons: the members of the cast, James W. Mott, the coach, and Leslie Tooze, the business manager, were seated about the table. The place cards were miniature replicas of each member's part. On the cover was the actor’s name and the name of the part which he or she had in the play. The first inside page was covered with clippings from the “Emerald” which told of the way the actor had handled the part. The other pages contained favorite lines from that person’s speeches. The banquet was rather informal and no long speeches were indulged in. It was the occasion of a general good time. Several of the more famous scenes of the play were repeated. Merlin Batley made a short speech of appreciation of the work done by Mr. Mott in coaching the play. The actors later turned themselves in to a glee club and gave a rendition of the songs of Oregon. About eight-thirty, after a yell for Mr. Mott and the famous senior class yell, “Some class, . • Pretty keen, iJjliS&T''? U. of O. sixteen.” '^ the cast disbanded. Those who were present at the banquet were, Clark Burgard, Earl Bronaugh, Robert EaTl, Merlin Batley, Chester Mil ler, Glen Wheeler, Cleveland Simpkins, Walter Church, Wilmot Foster, Mandell Weiss, Hermes Wrightson, Charlie Fen ton, Rita Fraley, Esther Chalmers Edith Ochs, George Kinsey, James Mott and Leslie Tooze. WOMEN’S FIELD DAY NEXT Seven Events Including Track Meet; Trophies Will Be given. The men are not the only people who can hold field days, the women have one scheduled for May 27, for co-eds only. The events include: a half mile canoe race between the winners of the. fresh man-Bophomore and junior-senior teams, archery, golf, tennis, swimming, track meet, and baseball. With the exception of baseball the contest will all be to establish inter-class championships. The baseball game will be between the win ners in the “doughnut” games and the major team. Complications are evident in case the Oregon club team continues to win and qualify for the finals because several of this team are majors. Trophies will be offered by the Wom an’s athletic association. The events for the track meet are: a 40 yard dash, relay race, running broad jump, running high jump, shot put, and \ two funny events, E mi Rain Dampens Spirit of Seattle Trackmen Following Lemon* Yellow 71-to-60 Victory Over 0. A. C.—Hayward Will Mobilize Thursday, With 12 Husky Tracksters Primed for a Hard Battle. t, News from the University of Washing ton following the Oregon victory over the “Aggies” reveals that the northern i trackmen are shivering in their spikes | at tiie prospect of the coming invasion. The lemon-yellow traeksters leave Thursday *or Seattle in the “qlnkest” of condition and expect to bring home the covetted bacon. Twelve men will com prise ‘Bill’ Hayward’s army. Last Friday dual meet with O. A. C. resulting in a 71-to-tiO victory revealed strength that the Oregon layman had not suspected. The surprise of the day came in the sprints; first, when Oscar Gorezky, ran off from Kadderly in the century dash with Peacock at his elbow. Gorezky’s comp-vnck is note-worthy. Three years ago he entered Hayward’s fold with a scintillating record of track prowers at Colombia “prep.” Before ho entered Oregon, however, he was laid on the shelf with typhoid fever. From that time, three years ago, until the Friday meet, he never approached his scholastic status. His debut came a« a result of a consistent three-year grind under Haywood. Pea cockf too, surpassed expectations. Both can be relied upon to give the Washing ton sprinters, Stenstrum and Newton, a rperry chnse in the shorter distances. Chester Fee, with his usual versatil ity was the stellar star in the “Aggie” adventure, and will garner point from Washington. Washington brags of a pole-vaulter, who hns made somewhere near1 a baker’s dozen of vertical feet, and Fee has done the same stunt. What is more Chet likes competition. Muirhead tied Fee for points in the “Aggie” meet and probably would have gone better had he not fell down in high jump. It looks as if “Moose” is devoting too much attention to his “Tin Lizzie” and its decorations. Muirhead, however, will be in tip-top, condition and will go after the northerners with a vengance. “Cotton" Nelson, who holds the north west record in the half, hns come back strong after considerable sickness for the past; two seasons. In the recent meet he beat Coleman—one of O. A. C’s safe-bets in the half, and will probably be in still better trim in Seattle. One of Oregon’s staTs is Leo Bost wick, who has sailed to the front in runs upwards of two miles. Bostwick has not been headed this season and looks good for anything up to the historical marathon. .Sitaub had a little hard luck in a hard quarter in which he worked nn effective box but he could not rip the lead off soon enough to do his best. Wilson is showing up fine in the shorter events and can be relied on for hard competition. Bartlett is fust coming to the front in the discuss in which he took second against Cole, O. A. C. Thing's look blue for Washington track team when they meet Oregon on Denny field next Saturday, the chief reason be ing that the old alibib, the weather. This factor, coupled with the fact that Washington has ore of the worst tracks in the west, not excepting high school and grade school tracks, is to be blamed for the poor condition of the team. Newton and Stenstrom are both good century men when in condition and aught to win in both sprints. Stenstrom is in the middle of m bnd slump just now and needs at least; a week to get back into shape. Newton is Tunning in good form. Drummond and Newton are the quar ter men, but they have not rounded into shape in this everit yet and they mush over Denny field’s tortuous trail in about :52. With more time they should both cut this down to ,:50 flat. Captain Clyde ; is the old, reliable Waterbary of the' outfit, and with the new Swiss movement, which he has adopted this year,I ho ought to have no trouble in the mi lb and half-mile. Mac Donald will bo hist running mate in thd mile and Woodbridge in the half. Knight and Gillson will probably ha the entries in the 1220 hurdles and Gib son will travel ovAr the high sticks. Al though Knight has made fair time in tha 220 event, the time generally has been slow in these events. The two-mile will be taken care of by Dill and Corbett, and they will be up against one of .tha best two-milers on the const. In the broad jump, Stuehell, Harris and Fix have all b|i>en trying this method of aerial navigation with more or less success, principally the latter. Stuehell and Ilurlburt in the pole vault have been doing around eleven feet. This should be compared with Stuchell’s mark of twelve feet eight inches, [which he made about this time Inst year. Young, It. Smith, Sehively and Grant will light it out fot] the right to represent Washington in thp high jump. In the weights Washington is weak. Anderson is probably the bqst man in the javelin and Bonnell, Coehynn, Murphy and Wirt make up the rest of the weight squad. Oregon will not have as many good men as they had last year, but Chester Fee and Muirhead tire about all they need to beat an ordinary college track team. Fee is one of the] best all around track men in the country, having been rnted as third best all round man at the San Francisco games jnst summer. Ho is equally good in the] track and field events and is hard to bjsat with the weights. Muirhead holds <fonst records in the hurdles and can high jump over six feet. Needless toisay, Oergon will have other very good men on her team and res gardless of the “b|?nr stories” which she has sent out, it w|ould not be surprising if she repeated hey last year’s stunt and won the conference] title again—Washings ton Daily. i PROFS. TO PHY 0. A. C. Faculty Baseball Team Goes to Corvallis to Clash With 0. A. C. Faculty. Yes, the overworked faculty—or at leant ten of them—have felt the call of Spring, too, for today at 11:15 their baseball team which has been and still is a reekonable contender in the Doughnut series, went by auto to Corvallis in res ponse to a challenge from the O. A. C. teaching staff recently received by Cap tain Ayer. The line-up is: Ayer, p; Wil liams, lb.; Shockley, c.; Granger, ss Morton, .'lb.; Stetson, 3b.; Foster, rf.; Winger, cf.; Smith, If. and Bezdek, 2b. After the game they will stay in Corvallis for supper as guests of O. A. C. returning later in the evening. The faculty nines of Oregon and O. A. C. were pitted against each other twice last year. The contests resulted in vic tories for O. A. C. both times but with (Continued on page.four},. Local Fraternity ( Adjourns Sine After Threp Years’ Exist ence on Campus. Ola On Monday eveping Iota Cht, a local fraternity at the University of Oregon4 adjourned sine did after three years ex istence. There is no longer a local fraternity at Oregon. The Iota Chi paternity was formed at the University <>f Oregon in the Men’s Dormitory by twenty students and short ly after it migr^te^! to a house and home of its own. For the first pvo years the memberd resided at ninth i^nd Hillyard and this year they moved to a house near thirs teenth and Hillyard. A number of circumstances have cont tributed to the conditions causing thflj dissolution of the fraternity. At pres-* ent the members pave made no plan o£ concerted, apUonj wh,a,t%<*^ci\