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CLASS IN DRAMATICS TO PM PUT Will Present Double Bill for First Evening’s Enter tainment by Class. “PIPPA PASSES” AND “CRADLE SONG” CHOSEN Plays Chosen Have Been Pro duced But Pew Times by Professionals. By Martha Beer. “Pippa Passes,” 'by Robert Browning, and “The Cradle Song,” by Martinez Sierra, are the plays which will consti tute the double bill for the first even ing’s entertainment offered by the class in dramatic interpretation for the year 1916-1917. The two plays will be pre sented in Guild hall on the evening of October 27 and 28. “Pippa Passes” is a play whose many incidents are held together solely by a little factory girl, Pippa. Although Browning is said to have had more, na tive dramatic ability than any English writer since Shakespeare, “Peppa,” per haps his best-knowTn drama, is seldom .-.taged professionally, since it affords so little opportunity for a star to portray his or her talents to the exclusion of the other members of the caste Eor this very reason, it is considered admirably adapted for presentation by a class in dramatic interpretation. The caste of characters, as announced by Doctor Bates, who will direct the pro duction, is as follows: Pippa, a silk-mill worker.. Helen Bracht Ottima . Eyla Walker Sebald . Earl Fleischmanu Foreign students.'. .Messrs. Sether and Hargreaves Gottlieb .y. Melvin Solve Luttwyche . Earl Murphy Schramm . Russel Fox Jules . George Colton Phene . Evah Hadley Bluphocks . Clayton Baldwin Luigi . Frances Frater Luigi’s mother.Margaret Crosby Poor girls . . .Misses I’urington, Hurd and Hartley Martinez Sierra, author of “The Cradle Song,” is one of the most pop ular Spanish playwrights, although he is ns yet little known in America. His plays have been staged rather exten sively in Europe, and "The Cradle Song” is at present on the repertoire of the Theatre Francnise in Paris. It is said to be one of the most de lightful of Sierra’s dramas, and has been produced in America but once be fore. Doctor Bates staged it in Arizona vMle he was a member of the state university faculty there. At that time, the role of Teresa, the lead, was played l.v Rosahnd Bates. The casre of the “Cradle Song” is as follows: The Dot:or. Ernest Watkins Antonio . . Burt Thompson Slsler Jut. i . Enina Wool ton S;ster Sag-ario _ Ad-.enno Epping Sister Maria Jesus ....Harriett Garrett Sister Marcella . Vivien Kellems Sister Inez . U isarnond Shaw Sister Tornero .... Harriet Polhemus Mother Superior .... Je lunette Calkins Directress of Novices... Helen Glittery ^'icaresg . Bernice Lucas Teresa . Martha Beer fnterlude by . Helen Wilson YELL LEADER IS SATISFIED Dolph Says Students at Saturday Game Had Pep. Says Practice Necessary. Yell-leader Jack Dolph is enthusiastic over the “pep” displayed Saturday by his husky-throated followers. “Being close.” he stated, “I could not tell In>w the yells sounded, but if they were net good it was due to the fault of the lead ers and lack of practice, for the students were willing to work and did work hard. If0the same spirit prevails at rooter’s practice Thursday, at subsequent prac tices, and at all the games, Oregon will surpass in yelling every college on Coe I’acific coast.” Dolph urges everyone to be at K in - kaid field Thursday a* he says “i* neces sary to make every practice yield as much improvement as possible.” Monsignor Intendant Charles Prim Robert McNary “0” IS DESECRATED AGAIN # * # « PAINTED 0. A. C. COLORS * * * « FROSH REPAINT EMBLEM “Attention; Rest pails,” the straw bosses’ voice snapped out. The nine freshman volunteer painters drew up with a jerk. “Squad ready. Forward, march,” again the command and the paint squad was on its way, followed by 75 marching freshmen. The great Oregon “O” Bad been paint ed orange and black, the colors of O. A. C. during the night. The nine were going to paint it back to yellow with the help of the moral and vocal support of the other members of the class. The company, followed by a crowd of sophomores, upper classmen and co-eds, proceeded down 11th street to Willam ette and from there to the corner of ninth. Here the -freshmen drew up in a large circle and gave a big “Oskie.” From here they went to the "O” on Skinner’s Butte. The paint cans were opened, and the “nine” fell to work with plenty of ad vice and gentle hints. The work finish ed, another “Oskie,” and the students fled down the hill and home to supper. It is thought by Nicholas Jaureguy, and several members of the senior class that the painting was done by , town “roughs” and not by students of O, A. C., though these were their colors. EXTENSION WORK GROWS Department Has Already Greatly En larged Its Scope This Year. The etension work of the library has increased very much this year, declares M. H. Douglass, librarian, as there were 560 packages containing 1607 books nnd periodicals mailed to different towns all over the state during the months of January to September, 1916, inclusive. During the same period in 1915 there were 394 packages containing 1068 books sent out. Thirty books were mailed during the week beginning with October 2, 1916. These books go to all classes of peo ple, teachers, ministers and club women being the class that use these books most. Among other classes that receive these books are schools, other libraries, professors, professional men. and debat ing squads. Any responsible citizen of Oregon may borrow books from the Uni versity library. The postage is paid by the library and is then refunded by the recipients of the books. A fine of two cents per day is charged for books kept longer than a month. They may be re newed for a second month if not needed elsewhere. At intervals lists of books on different subjects, such as theology, education, law, medicine, etc., are prepared and sent to persons interested in those sub jects. Monthly lists of new books re ceived are sent to all who desire their names on the mailing list. In this man ner the University library is mnde use ful to all the citizens of the state, and that the opportunity is being taken is shown by the increased circulation of books. Y. M. WORKER WILL VISIT Rex Wheeler, Coming Wednesday, in Interest of Student Volunteers. Rex Wheeler, graduate of Yale Uni versity, M. A. of Howard University and former student of the language school of the University of Nanking, will be in Eugene on Wednesday and Thursday in the interest of student volunteers. Mr. Wheeler will return to China in December for the purpose of establish ing churches and Young Men’s Christian associations there. The illness of his wife necessitated bis return to America a year ago after a residence of two years in China. He was instructor of the classes on China at the Scabac^ con ference this year and according to 8. D. Foster, general secretary of the Uni versity. was the most popular leader there. Mr. Wheeler will be a guest of presi dent P. L. Campbell, of Joe Bell, vice president of the Y. M. C. A., Paul Spangler, chairman at the Seaback com mittee, James McCallum, president of the student volunteer band, and other members of the Seaback committee. The members of the Seaback delegation will meet at the Y. M. C. A. office on Thurs day at 4 o'clock to meet Mr. Wheeler. WRITES OF VISIT TO OLD VILLJIRD HOME Ada B. Milican Tells of Pleasant Memories Recalled by Mrs. Villard. Wife of Henry Villard, Univer sity’s Friend in 1880, En tertains Westerner. I The following is a letter from Mrs. Ada Millican telling of her visit with Mrs. Fanny Garrison Villard. wi'o of Henry Villard, at her home at Thorwood on the Hudson last summer. Mrs. Millican who is now living at Prineville, Oregon is a former resident of Eugene. She has always been a friend of the University and deeph in terested in the students. Mrs. Millican lias taken an active rart in civic affairs of the state. On several occasions she has lobbied at Salem. “To the alumni, students and friends of the University of Oregon: “As I think of the beautiful campus of tic- University at Eugene with its spreading oaks and ivv- covered halls my thoughts run back to a time, many years .go. when I stood uec n that same, out then far different, sp i. and witnessed the iayiug of the corner stone of Villard heii. ± know that those buildings, wk'ch ;ve s'1' love, have memories store' away of (ti nts that were cnee all im ' >iruu in -'i- life of the University bit whirl, are meaningless to tiit present gesta tion •-f students. "It was with these thoughts in mind ihi»- (.tiring the last summer I visited the home of Fanny Garrison Villard, daughter of William Lloyd Garrison of anti-slavery fame and widow of Henry Villard, one time railway magnate and foremost among the beuefaeto-s of the University of Oregon. “I was in New York as a delegate from Oregon to the convention of the National Federation of Women’s clubs. After the strenuous days of the conven tion a play day was set aside to allow tin delegates to visit the many points of interest around New York. That morning I separated from our party, they going to Tarrytown and I spending the day at West Point. Imugine m.v extreme disappointment on returning to learn that they had been the guests at a reception given by Mrs. Fannie Villard and that my trip to West Point had ex cluded me from the pleasure of meeting that wonderful woman. “I had heard much of Mrs. Villard in connection with equal suffrage and had seen her as she had occupied a place upon the platform at the national con vention. Accordingly I telephoned to her and told her that I had met her husband in Oregon many years ago, that he had won the deepest esteem of the people of Eugene and that 1 would be glad to carry any message to Eugene which she might choose to semi I was delighted to be answered with an invita tion to spend the day with Mrs. Villard at her home at Thorwood. “Thorwood, the Villard estate, is a beautiful place situated on an eminence overlooking the Hudson river. Mrs. Villard drove me about the grounds and expressed her regret that the mist—a veritable webfoot drizzle—which was in the air would not permit of a view of the river. Her house was a charming place, combining culture and art with the warmth of home cheer. “ ‘My husband loved Oregon,’ she said, and then she asked me many questions concerning my state and the University. I spoke at length of Oregon, much to the interest of Mrs. Villard as well as of her grand-cbildren, who listened with rapt attention, especially to stories of the plains of central Oregon. “Mrs. Villard proved to be a woman of extraordinary accomplishment* She is actively interested in the suffrage movement, contributing frequently to the New York Evening l*o$t, whp;h is owned by the Villard family and which was rhe offidsl organ of our national convention. She is thu head of three women's or ganizations and her drawing room was seated with chairs in preparation of n suffrage meeting. "I told her that since the University had a portrait of her husband that .be women at Oregon would be glad to have one of herself. Then she graciously pre sented me with one to give the Univer sity. "Upon parting she presented me with (Continued on page three) LOWELL TO LECTURE HERE ON OCTOBER 13 World Famous Astronomer on Tour of the Pacific Northwest. Will Give Address on “The Far Horizon of Science,” October 13. Dr. Percival Lowell, who is to bo the next noted man to address an assembly at Villard hall, is to appear on the even ing of October 13, and will lecture on “The Far Horizon of Science.’’ Mr. Lowell is a well known author and scientist, rad is a brother of President Abbot. Lawerence Lowell of Harvard university. It was for an earlier mem ber of this family that Lowell, Mass., was named. In 1876, Mr. Lowell was graduated from Harvard ns A. B., cum laude, and reecived the degree of L.L.D. from Am herst in 1907. He accumulated a fortune from manufacturing industries in Massa chusetts, which enabled him to establish his own observatory at Flagstaff, Ari zona. In 1906 he published “Mars and Its Canals,” in which he sets forth his ideas in regard to its probable habitation. His conclusions are based upon personal ob servations. It was Mr. Lowell who con cluded that Mars, due to its climate, is the only other inhabited planet. Among pictures taken of the planet are those which show dark streaks, like water, running to or from a central point. These streaks are seen only at stated intervals, and are probably canals which are filled during seasons which corre spond to our spring and summer. The dark streaks are ^mphisized, he be lieves, by foliage and are only present during the periods of moisture. Among the books Mr. Lowell has pub lished are Chason, The Soul of the Far East, Noto, Occult Japan, Mars, Mars and Its Canals, Mars, Annals of the Lowell Observatory, The Solar System, and numerous contributions to learned societies. He is a fellow of the Ameri can Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a non-resident professor of astronomy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy. Mr. aud Mrs. Lowell are touring the west, and while upon this trip he offered to lecture to the colleges and universi ties on the Pacific coast. The lecture will be free. TO TEACH SIGHT SINGING Weekly Class for Men Will Be Formed by Mrs. Rose Powell. A class in sight singing will be formed under the direction of Mrs. Rose Powell, teacher of methods in public school mus ic, at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Oc tober 17, in thlf r citnl hall of the scnool < * music. This class will be open to men only. Here is a splendid chance, according to Dean Lyman, to learn enough about the reading of vocal music to make the /•let club. ‘‘Two men who took this cm rse last year were able to make the glee this fall,” Bays Mr. Lyman. A similar class for girls is being held on Mondays at ten in the same place. Addit;onal classes may be formed if there is sufficient demand. There is no preparation required, no tuition charged and no credit given. Mrs. Powell requests that applications be made as soon as possible. MISS UPLEGER RETURNS Will Resume Her Duties as Reference Librarian at University. Margaret C. I'pleger, of the reference nnd periodical department in tfie Uni versity library, returned Wednesday from Portland where for some time she was a patient at the Portland Convales cence hospital. Miss Upleger has recov ered from her nervous trouble and is again ready to help students in findng information on any subject. Miss Upleger made a practice last year of keeping a record of various subjects concerning which information was asked. This record is a curious eollection of topics from ‘‘A Walking Trip to Coos Ray” to “Futurism” nnd “Music for Shakespeare's Under the Greenwood Tree.’ BASKETBALL IS UP AGAIN # « # * FLUNKING SENIOR, BEWARE ■ # « * # CONSIDER DANCE PETITION The fate of inter-collegiate basket ball again rests in the bauds of a faculty committee. The faculty committee on athletics, which is composed of the faculty members of the athletic council, namely, H. C. Ilowe, chairman, C. V. Dyinent and Hugo Bezdek, was given the question for consideration at the faculty meeting Thursday afternoon. No Tesults may be expected for sometime because a special meeting of the faculty is not likely to occur soon. Petitions bearing the signatures of almost 700 students were presented. These were referred to the same co n mittee which will probably report at the November meeting. “The faculty seems to be entirely sympathetic with any movement,” said Secretary Onthank, in spenking of stu dent dances, “which will tend to increase democratic spirit as this movement for student dances seems to tend toward.” The petition, was referred to the social affairs committee, which will be appoint ed soon. Since then, the faculty seems to have taken n favorable attitude to ward student dances in the light of their Drobable effect upon the dances given in pliblic halls of Eugene. No more will the senior hanging just over the bring of flunking be able to resurrect high school credits in excess of his admission requirements and apply them toward graduation. This is the edict of the faculty. That excess ma triculation credits which students present at entrance, if they are to be used to ward graduation must be presented be fore the end of the sophomore year. The action was taken because of the con fusion caused by students waiting until their senior year to make application for this privilege. • ’* " 300 MORE BOOKS RECEIVED Text Book Collection Will Be Used by Prospective Tea hers. A recent addition to the text book col lection at the library is a gift of .'100 volumes by W. 11. Dempster, who was former principal of the Eugene central school. He recently moved to Port land. There have also been other text book gifts by Dr. 11. D. Seheldon and professors E. E. DeCou and .1. F. Bo vard. The purpose of this collection is to enable the prospective teachers as well as the students, to judge the relative values of different text books on a given subject. I>r. Sheldon, dean of the school of education, is of the opinion that this collection should be composed of text books out of use as well ns of recent ones, as this gives one a broader knowl edge of text books. The majority of the volumes which Mr. Dempster gave are of historic value, most of them being in use twenty years ago. Those which Dr. Sheldon nnd pro fessors DeCou and Bovard gave, how ever, are more recent. CONTRIBUTE $100 TO FUND Woman's League Makes Pledge for the Year for Woman’s Building. One hundred dollars was added to the fund for the Woman’s building yester day afternoon when the Woman's League of the University of Oregon pledged that amount ns the minimum of their con tribution for the year. Although it has been the custom of Woman’s League during the last four years to appropriate a similar amount to this fund, no defi nite pledge has been made until this year. Itealizing that a pledge of this kind might serve as the necessary inspira tion to other organizations over the state, the lengue decided to specify the nmount of its donation, nnd to contribute ns much more as can be spared from the treasury from time to time. The league has secured the promise of Charlotte Banfield, who holds a pro fessional diplomu from Mrs. Gillespie’s School of Expression in Portland, to read Israel Zangwill's “Melting Pot” at an early date. Miss Banfield has taught in the Gillespie school three years and has given readings in Portland nnd the neighboring towns. She is now a junior at the University of Oregon and has consented to give this entertainment un der the auspices of the Woman’s League as a benefit for the Woman’s building. BEKS MACHINE HOT UP TO NOTCH Saturday’s Game No Cause for Great Joy, Says The Emerald Critic. VARSITY HAS HEAVY SEASON TO WEATHER Fans Cannot Expect an Easy Victory Over Washington and California. ; Jimmy Sheehy. With only the memory of the myriad of touchdowns nnd goal kicks lingering in their minds as a result of the varsity's near three-figured victory over the help less Willinmette eleven, fandom has settled hack in its easy chair contented and satisfied that the lemmon-yellow is the "best ever." , But there is little joy or cause for any outbursts of glee. Bczedek's ma chine made mistakes nnd plenty of them. Not discounting their long-drnwnout, tiresome, running victory over the Methodists, not discounting the feat of piling up 97 markers in some 00 min utes of playing time, it must be added that they were far from being perfect in team organization nnd play. Willamette's utter inability to cope with the varsity leaves the status of the Oregon eleven in the air. They might as well have taken on any one of the near by high schools nnd received more op position than they got Saturday. At times the lemmon-yellow seemed to work with well-night machine pre cision, and looked unbeatable. Again in sports the play was ragged, with "sins of omission and commission” much in evi dence, The interference, upon which depends the success or failure of Bez dek’s system, was far from being ns compact and solid as it must be to fool the heavy conference teams. Slowness of action and some glaring fumbles mar red their work. While the Salemites were panting in rapid breaths in constant pursuit of the varsity hacks, who in turn were winded in their races uf> and down the field, some three scouts from the enemies camps watched the fun with more than passing interest. California saw fit to send a man SCO miles to view Oregon in action. Conch Knickerbocker of Multnomah club and Assistant Coach McClung of O. A. C., through the kindness of one Hugo Bezdek, watched the struggle from the bench. (>. A. C. made good nn <‘iir!ier pre diction in these columns by decisively trimming Idaho 2G to 0 in the latter’s backyard. Coach Pipnl used severnl of his rookie stars and had little trouble in swamping the Moscowites. Evident ly the Aggies have added some polish and team play after their sorry showing against the untrained Multnomah club men the week before at Corvallis. Next Saturday the orange and black faces Diet’;? champion Washington State ma chine at Pullman. On paper O. A. C. is due for a four touchdown beating, despite the Stater's one point defeat at the hands of their alumni. Conch Andy Smith and Eddie Malian have worked wonders with the green but husky California squad. One thing is certain that the blue and gold will know the Tudiments of the game, a phase that was so sadly lacking in their last year’s makeup. They wholloped the Originals of San Francisco lately by a 14 to 0 score. .T. "Jumper” Johnson, a California alumnus, made the statement in a late issue of the Roseburg Times that Ore gon would bn sadly fooled if she ex pected nn easy victory over the Califor nians on October 21. Johnson recently spent severnl weeks in Berkeley and had ample opportunity to view the var sity in its workouts. “They have over 100 men out for the team and have been running roughshod over their opponents.” said Johnson. “Oregon is in line for a big surprise if she epects to have a soft time of it with California.” Ernie Vosper, who attended Oregon for three years, backed up Johnson's assertions in a recent letter to Coach Bezdek. The lcmrnon-yellow is now turning its attention to the Multnomah game, which is on the boards for next Saturday. The clubmen have ordered nightly practice the coming week in nn effort to with stand Bezdek’s machine. Luckily the boys came through the (Continued on page three)