Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920, December 09, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON VOL. 18. EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1916. PETITinil REFERRED TO CUSS MSECS Request for Class Hours Will Be Considered by Commitee. Advisory Council of Six Mem bers Appointed at Faculty Meeting December 7. The petition of the student council for the reinstallation of class hours was referred to a committee of class advis ers, and an advisory council of the faculty was chosen at faculty meeting December 7. The committee consists of Colin V. Dy ment, advisor of the senior class, f chairman, John F. Bovard, junior advisor, D. Walter Morton and Dean Elizabeth Fox, sophomore advisors, and Dean John Straub and Mrs. Mabel Holmes Parsons, advisors of the freshmen. All matters not pertaining to routine matters are re ferred to a committee before discussion in meeting. Karl W. Onthank, secretary to President Campbell, said that the mat ter of class hours will be brought up for action before the faculty on its next meeting, January 11, 1917. The advisory council of the faculty which was chosen to represent the fac ulty which was chosen to represent the faculty consists of three deans and three who are not deans. The members of the council are: H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school of education; Joseph Schafer, dean of the extension division; and Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism; John F. Bovard, profes sor of zoology; Dr. George Rebec, pro fessor of philosophy; and J. D. barnett, professor of political science. The purpose of this council, according to Mr. Onthank, is to create a small advisory board which can meet with the president on matters which do not re quire a general faculty meeting. As the faculty is growing larger each year, this was thought of in an attempt to simplify administration machinery as much as possible. BUILDING FUND GETS $250 Bgzaar in Portland Successful; Pledges to Date Total $9,439.67. The most recent addition to the Wo man’s building fund is $250. This was (given by the Pan-Hellenic society of Portland, and was raised by a successful bazar held recently at the University club. This amount pays half of their pledge to the Woman’s building. Mrs. G. T. Gerlinger, a member of the board of regents, in a letter' to Colin V. Dyment, enumerated the pledges which have been made to the fund. The last public report of this fund was made at the June commencement. At that time, the treasury contained $6,945.67. Since then, the pledges to date have been as follows: La Grande Neighborhood club.$ 75.00 C. N. McArthur . 50.00 Oregon Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers Associa tion . 500.00 Adrienne Epping . 15.00 Vella Winner . 10.00 Mrs. C. A. Dolph . 500.00 Woman’s League University.. 100.00 Monday Book Club. 35.00 Anonymous Pledge (Eugene).. 500.00 Anonymous Pledge (Portland). 100.00 Violet Ortschild . 9.00 Wellesley Club (Portland). 50.00 Mrs. Phoebe Hearst (California) 500.00 Sorosis Club (The Dalles) .... 50.00 $2,494.00 This gives a total of $9,439.67. QUADRANGLE CLUB MEETS Theme of Discussion for Evening Is William James’ “Pragmatism.” The Quadrangle club, which is com posed of about 15 members, held its weekly meeting at the home of Mrs. M. II. Parsons Wednesday night. “Prag matism” by William James was read and discussed. The club which is composed of upper class girls and of which ^V'ellie Cos is president, existed on the campus a few years ago as a secret organization under the name of the Philosophy club. This year it was re-organized as the Quad rangle club. OLD BOOKS BRING $200 ♦ £ # £ SELLERS SHOW EXPERIENCE & 4k £ 1000 VOLUMES ARE SOLD Some of the University students show ed considerable previous pawnshop ex perience on Thursday when they sold their old books to Mr. Haylor of Colum bus, Ohio. These wily students, instead of selling all their books at once, took them up two or three at a time, in this way re ceiving much more for them than they would otherwise get. Of the 1,000 books that were bought, the students re ceived approximately $200. Mr. Haylor attempted to give from 25 to 35 per cent of the list price of the books. The books received were chiefly old high school texts and books used in courses which are now discontinued in the University. About one-third of the books were rejected either because they were old editions or because they were in too dilapidated a condition. Mr. Haylor declared his results in Ore gon were the third best of any univer sity he has so far visited in the west. PRES. CAMPBELL INVITES Meeting of National Education Associa tion Wanted in Portland. President P. L. Campbell recently sent the following telegram to Robert J. Aley, president of the National Educa tional association. “The University of Oregon cordially joins in the northwest’s invitation to the executive committee of the National Education association to hold the next meeting of the association in Portland. The city affords ample ac commodations, and the entire northwest will extend a most hearty welcome.” When President Campbell was in the east last month he extended a personal invitation to President Aley to bring the 1917 convention to Portland saying that the University might be able to co-oper ate somewhat in bringing speakers to the west, by using some of them at summer school. Y. M. C. A. BOARD TO MEET Advisory Committee to Install New Members Monday Night in Deady. The Y. M. C. A. advisory board, which should have met last Wednesday night will hold its monthly meeting next Mon day night in the lecture room of Deady hall. The meeting called for last Wed nesday night was postponed because a quorum was not present. Dr. A. E. Caswell, president of the ad visory board said, “There is not a great deal of business to transact at the next meeting. The principle things are, the in stallation of newly elected members and the financial matters of the Y. M. C. A. “The newly elected members of the Board are Hugo Bezdek and Dr. W. P. Boynton. STUDENT DANCE DATE SET Band, Programs, Punch and Low Rates To Be Features December 15. A student body dance will be held in the gymnasium Friday night, December 15. The affair is in charge of the stand ing committee for student body dances, consisting of Harold Tregilgas, chairman, Martha Beer, and Floyd Westerfield. The band will furnish music for the oc casion. The same plan will be used in the seat ing of the women that is to be followed at the sophomore dance tonight. Six sections will be provided and arranged alphabetically. The girls are to return to the section which includes their initial. The price of admission will be 15 cents a couple. VISITOR FINDS A FhltNU Dr. Charles F. Dole of Boston and A. H. Schroff Are Old Acquaintances. Dr. Chas. F. Dole, who spoke here Thursday, is n route to Honolulu with Mrs. Dole to spend the winter with their son who is in business there. While here Dr. Dole found an old friend among the members of the faculty, A. H. Schroff of the art department. President and Mrs. Campbell entertained Dr. and Mrs. Dole with Dean Eliza beth Fox, H. B. Miller and Dr. Schafer at luncheon Friday at the Osburn. Will Try to Cure Relapse of State and Give It Re newed Growth. Present Runty Stage Due to Undue Values Put on Lands. The Commonwealth aims to pull Ore gon out of the “runty” stage it is now in, back to renewed growth. According to Dean Young two things are necessary to accomplish this; first, to have ideas rightly assimilated by the people, and secondly, to have more people of the right kind come to the country. When a domestic animal is in a runty condition it is brought back to renewed growth by giving it the right food rations. Ideas are the food of the state, so they should be given to the people of the state to assimilate, he declared. Of course the question is raised as to what rations of ideas to prescribe. There is an average of four or five persons to a square mile, outside of Portland, in this state. It is no wonder that roads cannot be built, or schools supported, or water power economically used, but ad ditional people cannot make a living here until we acquire some ideas that will enable us to successfully use our re sources. The Comomnwealth congress has then as its salient factor in the prob lem of promoting Oregon’s development: obtaining of such ideas among Oregon’s people so that they can demonstrate successfully the use of Oregon’s re sources. This done, the right people will flock to Oregon, because of the many advantages in climate and scenery it offers. A few years ago through the Lewis and Clark Centenial Exposition nnd other means of publicity, a large influx of people was started towards Oregon, and everything seemed to promise well for growth into a vigorous common wealth. {But through false and unduly high values put on Oregon lands, and un earned increments siezed by newcomers, the state has relapsed into its present runty stage. So by getting power of mak ing profitable use of Oregon’s resources it must this time be supplemented by earned increment by the newcomers. MAY HOLD SWIMMING MEET Contest With 0. A. C. Girls to Be Ar ranged After Holidays. A swimming meet with the O. A. O. girls will be a feature of the girls’ swim ming classes if the girls continue their present hard work, according to Miss Cummings, head of the department of physienl education. Ed Shockley, men’s instructor in swimming, has also men tioned the matter of a men’s meet with O. A. C., but as yet nothing definite has been decided. The two meets would not necessarily be on the same date, though both will probably be held here. The date of the girls meet will be arranged as soon after the holidays as an open date can be found. CLASS TEAMS ARE FORMED Juniors and Freshmen Girls Handicapped by La:k of Basket Tossers. Basketball practice is held daily in the girls’ gymnasium with four classes re presented. The seniors and sophomores have had no trouble getting girls to play but the junior and freshmen have been handicapped by lack of players. In past years at least three teams of freshmen girls have reported for practice but this year few have turned out. Several women of the faculty have re ported and are practicing with the sen iors. The sophomore and freshmen girls meet every Tuesday nnd Thursday after noon at 5 o’clock. NEW Y. W. HEAD COMING Miss Tirzda Dinsdale of Wisconsin Will Assume Duties Here Next Month. Miss Tirzda Dinsdale will arrive in Eu gene in January to take up her duties as Y. W. C. A. secretary. Miss Dinsdale, whose home is in Galena, Illinois, has had three years experience as general sec retary of the college Y. W .C. A. at the University of Wisconsin. New Seating Arrangement for Girls Will Be Tried Out. Among Patrons Will Be Gover nor and Mrs. James Withycombe. The annual Sophomore Hop takas place this evening at the Eugene armory. The hall will be decorated with red and white hunting and a special attraction will be the large Illuminated numerals of the class of 1919. Special seating arrangements have been made and the girls will be seated in alphabetical order to enable the men to find their partners more easily. For the feature dance all of the men will be blind-folded with red and white masks and made to stand in one end of the Toom while the lights are turned off and by the light of the illuminated num erals, the girls will choose their partners. The programs will be of green leather tied with ribbons. The patrons and patronesses will be Governor and Mrs. James Withycombe, President and Mrs. P. L. Campbell, Pres ident and Mrs. Kerr, of O. A. C., Dean Elizabeth Fox, Dean and Mrs. John Straub, Mrs. George Gerlinger, Dean and Mrs. D. W. Morton, Professor and Mrs. Ralph H. Lyman, Professor and Mrs. Orin F. Stafford, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Bezdek. 125 STUDENTS EXPECTED Registrar Tiffany Anticipates a Large Enrollment Second Semester. About 125 new students will enter the University next semester, according to the expectations of Registrar A. R. Tif fany. Last year there were but 50 stu dents. Mr. Tiffany' bases his expectations on the fact that since the registration in September was so much above the nor mal that it is quite probable there will be a corresponding increase in February. There were many who were so late send ing in their applications for admission in September that it was impossible for them to enroll then, but it is likely that they will do so in February. The Eu gene high school will graduate 47 pupils at the mid-year, 40 of which will enter the University at that time. The Port land high schools will also contribute a large number. ASSOCIATION IS FORMED Shockley President of Branch of Ameri can Physical Education Association. A Eugene branch of the American Physical Education association has been formed in Eugene. It met Tuesday evening in the City hall. Ed Shockley, of the men’s physical training department of the University, wuh elected president, Dr. Southworth, a local physician, vice president, and Miss Cummings of the women's physical training department, secretary-trpalurer. The purpose of the association is to provide a place where the people of the high school, local Y. M. C. A., and oth ers interested in physical education work may meet and discuss items of interest. Practically all the girls who are majors in physical education are members of the association. TRIPLE B TO HELP NEEDY Xmas Gifts for Eugene’s Poor to Be Dis tributed by Sophomore Girls. Plans for aiding the needy will be dis cussed at the meeting of Triple B'to be held at the Gamma Phi Beta, house at 5 o’clock, December 19. This organisation assisted in making several of the Eugene homes moTe cheerful at Thanksgiving time and the members are planning to do the same line of work at Christmas time on u more extensive scale. At this meeting Miss Elizabeth Fox ■will talk to tbe girls and a musical pro gramme will be given. Ruby Bogue, president of Triple B, requests girls who have coltbes foT which they have no use to bring them to Kathryn Hartley and they will be dis tributed to deserving people. SENIORS STEP OUT IN RAGS # # # « BUT IT WAS A RAG DANCE * # « « SO THEY RAGGED IN RAGS “Some in rags and some iu tatters." But at that the seniors were there with bells on their toes when it came to having a good time. The hardtimes lottery dance at the Sigma Nu house last night was a scream. With a bus the senior couples wera picked up over town last night and when the assembl age came under the spotlight it was a motley array. Checkered suits, tube skirts, rag bags, gunny sacks—in fact everything that could be used in the name of clothing—was in eviuence. Staid and sedate senior girls traveled to their grammar school days while the men emulated anything they could con jure up. The “stepping” started at. 8:30 and lasted to twelve with a lot of pie “a la mode” thrown in for a breathing spell. TO SHOW SCIENCE FILM Motion Picture Brought to Eugene Through Efforts Science Department. A motion picture film, “How Life Be gins,” brought to Eugene by the sci ence department will be shown at the Rex theater all Monday afternoon. It is described as “showing how to present facts of sex life in an accurate, illumin ating and aspiring manner.” All the University faculty and students wishing to go can get tickets free at the Co-op, the library, the botany and bi ology departments. The film tells how plants and ani mals come into existence. The authors, (1. E. Stone, A. II. and .1. A. Long, Ph. 1)., of the University of California, show that all life comes only from life, and all new individuals arise only from other living creatures of their own kind. The reproduction of one celled" animals is shown in the first part of. the picture. A drop of water is placed on a slide and a picture is taken through a microscope of the protozoans and one Is shown to constict in the middle and form two living organisms. After this is shown the development of the sea urchin, the swallow-tail butter fly, the frog, and the chick. FORTY BASKETS FOR POOR University Students and Faculty Dis tribute Food to Needy. Approximately 40 basket dinners were distributed to Eugene’s poor Thanks giving by various campus organizations. The s*eiul service committees of the Christian associations had the matter in •barge, under the direction of Miss Bertha Dorris, police matron of Eugene. Each sorority gave at least one basket, some as high as four, while other groups of students not it; houses also contribut ed. The Bartlc Court faculty and the faculty living at Mrs. Brown’s contribut ed two baskets. The fraternities have special plans for Christmas time for poor children of the town and so did not help as organizations with the Thanksgiving baskets. Friendly hull and several groups of men not in houses nssisted. The social service committees worked under the direction of Mrs. Onthank, Frances Shoemaker and Essie Maguire for the women and of J. I). Foster and Henry Thorsett for the men. GIRLS TO SELL SEALS One Member of Each Campus Organiza tion to Handle Red Cross Stamps. Girls in campus organizations have been appointed to aid the sale of red cross seals on the campus. The pro ceeds of the gale will go Jo further the uution-wide fight against tuberculosis. Those appointed are: Olive Itisley, Helen Weigand, Helen McCormick, Lil lian Littler, Erma Keithley, Gladys Ifarbke, l'earl Online and Jeanette Wheatley. PROFESSORS RECOVERING •W. F. G. Tbaeher, professor of Eng lish, who has been ill some time with pneumonia, is recovering and will prob ably resume his work soon after the first of the year. E. C. Robbins, professor of economic history, who is ill at his home at 1 Oil.'! High street, is improving but it is uncer tain when he will he able to resume his class work. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE lion TONI Graduate-Manager A. R. Tif fany Returns From Port land Today. BIG CALIFORNIA GAME IS, SCHEDULED ON CAMPUS Annual State Championship Contest Coes to Portland on Multnomah Field. Here is the Varsity 1017 football schedule: October 20-27—University of Idaho at Eugene. October 20-27—Washington State Col lege at Spokane. November 10—University of Wash ington at Seattle. * November 17—University of Califor nia at Eugene. November 20—Oregon Agricultural College at Portland. This Is the schedule as announced by Mr. Tiffany, graduate-manager, upon his return from Portland tonight where he signed up the last contract with Mult nomah club for the field for the O. A. C. game this afternoon. “The new schedule shows a decided change from those of previous years.” said Mr. Tiffany, “in that the O. A. C. game is taken from the campus and the University of California game sub stituted instead. This is because we think and are sure that the California game next year with Oregon is going to be the biggest game of the season and we want the biggest game on the campus. California plays but one northern game next year and that will be with the Oregon team on the Eugene gridiron.” Another of the big outstanding feat ures of the now schedule is the substi tution of the O. A. C. game with Ore gon for the annual Multnomah game on Thanksgiving day in Portland. Ore gon will again go into the Northwest conference and play though ns yet the dnte to play with the University of Idaho is tentative. The other schedules for the coming sports next season follow: The baseball schedule for 1017 is: April 25-20, University of Oregon vs. University of Washington, at Eugene. May 2-3, University of Oregon vs. Oregon Agricultural College, at Corval lis. May 4-5, University of Oregon vs. University of Washington at Seattle. May 11-12, University of Oregon vs. Oregon Agricultural College at Eugene. May 10-17, University of Oregon vs. Washington State College at Eugene. May 21-22, University of Oregon vs. University of California, at Eugene. The coming season’s basketball schedule is: University of Washington and Wash ington State College determine Washing tion State championship by January 31, University of Oregon and Oregon Agri cultural College determine Oregon State Championship by January 31. The loser in Washington plays Univer sity of Oregon at Kugene, February 2 and 3, and Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis, February 5 and 0. The winner in Washington, if Wash ington State College, jduys University of California and Stanford University, February 2, 3, 5 and 0. Winner in Washington, if University of Washington, plays University of Cali fornia and Stanford in California, Jan uary 30, 31 and February 2 and 8. Winner in Washington, if Washington State College, plays University of Ore gon and Oregon Agricultural College, February 8, 9, and 10. Winner in Washington, if University of Washington,' plays University of Oregon at Eugene, February 5 and 6, and Oregon Agricultural College, Febru ary 8 and 9. Winner of Oregon championship plays University of California and Stanford University in California, February 21, 2rr, 23, and 24. Winner of Oregon championship playa at Seattle, February 15 and 10, and with Multnomuh club at Portland, February 17. Loser of Oregon championship plays at Seattle, February 22 and 23, and at Port (Continued on page four)