“Democracy Is Still on Paper;
Must Mingle With Relig
ion,” He Says.
SPENDS FOUR MONTHS
IN ENGLISH HOSPITALS
Asserts Europe Expects United
States to Lead Way To
ward Reform.
Europe in the melting-pot was the
theme of the address delivered in VillarJ
hall at 10 o’clock "Wednesday morning
by John Douglas Adam, college lecturer,
on “East Summer Among the Soldiers
of Europe.” Dr. Adam first sketched
briefly the conditions in London when the
war broke out, and then passed to a
discussion of the ebange which has been
wrought in England s people by the war.
‘‘All classes, noble and plebian, are en
gaged in serving their country as best
they can,” said Dr. Adar: “The people of
Europe have become more serious minded
and are now casting aside superficial
things and considering the spiritual side
of life.” The latter part of the talk was
devoted to showing how Europe expects
America to lead the way toward reform,
since the United States is the only great
neutral nation which vas born Christian.
The first unusual evrent which struck
Dr. Adam’s attention immediately after
the war commenced, he said, was when
he was on his way to the Victoria station
in London, bound for the train, which con
nects with the Channel vessels at Dover.
He saw great crowds of foreigners,
French, Russian, Germans, Austrians,
and Italians, bound for their native lands,
trying to get out of England before it
became too late. They found that it was
impossible even then, ftr, at 10 o’clock,
the time scheduled for the departure of
the train, it was announced that the train
could not start. “Then those streams of
disappointed people thronged back out
of the immense station, many of them not
knowing what to do or where to go,”
said the speaker.
A short time later Dr. Adam saw 1500
business men, bankers, brokers, clerks,
and merchants, lined up in front of the
city hall of London, their baggage scat
tered about them, waiting to enlist in the
army of the king. These men had vol
untarily given up homes, business, and
all there was in life to go to training
camps in order to prepare for service on
the battlefields of the Continent.
In the summer of 1910 Dr. Adam spent
four months in England speaking to
wounded soldiers in hospitals and also to
men home on leave rom the front. “At
that time there was the appalling number
of from 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 men
under arms in Europe, and from five to
six million men dead and wounded,” said
Dr. Adam. Out of the hundreds of
thousands of soldiers in England on fur
lough Dr. Adam saw only three men who
were intoxicated. The sale of liquor
is limited in England, but not prohibited,
as in Russia.
“There are few young men to be seen
on the streets of Loudon now, although
a small number are still around. Most
of these are clad in the blue jeans which
distinguish the wounded soldier home
from the front,” explained Dr. Adam.
“Business goes on as usual, but there
are very few automobiles to be seen, for
they are all in use by the government.
“The time when war is most empha
sized is at night, for the streets are
nearly dark in order to minimize the
danger from raiding Zeppelins. The dim,
lurid light which is furnished accentuates
the darkness, rather than dispels it,”
said Dr. Adam.
The Englishwomen are very democratic
now for they spend a large portion of
their time in nursing wounded men. At
the camp where the wounded men of
Scotland's crack regiment, the Black
Watch, are taken care of. there are 1G
fashionable women working in the rest
hut of the Y. M. C. .... where they coe k,
scrub, and do all manner of heavy work
for the soldiers.
The Europe of today is a disillusioned
Europe, according to the speaker. The
people there are beginning to realize
that “education alone cannot solve the
social problems of the day. The men in
the trenches, knee-deep in ice-water and
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OPEN HOUSE A MISTAKE?
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KNIGHTON EXPERIMENTS
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FACT DISPROVES THEORY
Wily Knighton, junior and one of
Coach Bezdek's bunch of baseball hope
fuls, was weary Sunday night. His feet
ached and his right arm was well nigh
pumped off.
"Open house,” he soliloquized, “open
house is an institution founded upon a
mistaken conception of the efficiency
of the human mind. It is an imposition
upon the fair co-eds of old Oregon, dis
guised as one of the precepts of true
democracy.” Wily, spoke with the con
conviction of one who is an authority:
he had just finished an experiment.
“How can all of those girls be expected
to remember the names and faces of all
the men they meet during an open house?
This afternoon I made the rounds three
times at the Y. W. C. A. Bungalow and
the girls were ‘glad to meet you, Mr.
Knighton’ every time.”
Wily went to town Monday afternoon.
When he returned the brim of his hat
hung limp over his eyes: every girl he
met but two had said, "How do you do,
Mr. Knighton.”
“Hello, Wily,” said the two excep
tions.
STUDY SOCIETY FORMED
Group of Students and Faculty Men
Start “Cross Roads.”
The Cross Roads club has been organ
ied by several men of the University at
the suggestion of interested faculty mem
bers. Th) purpose of the club is to
bring faculty and students together to
discuss questions of interest to
them. Such topics as the philosophy of
Joseph Conrad, municipal planning, and
the ethics of journalism, which will be
the subject at the next meeting, are
discussed. A committee of three appoint
ed to determine the topic for the even
ing’s talk leads the discussion, and then
it becomes, as Prank Beach, presiding
officer, expresses it, “a free for all
fight,” everyone voicing his own opinion.
The club is patterned after the Quad
rangle club at the University of Michi
gan. Professor E. S. Bates and Profes
sor George Rebec, who were both mem
bers of that organiation, were instru
mental in organiing the Cross Roads club,
of which they are members.
The membership of the club is ie
strioted to 25. The faculty members are:
H. C. Howe, Eric W. Allen, W. 1). Smith,
E. S. Bute,., O. F. Stafford, and George
Rebec. The student mmbers are: Leslie
Blades, Kenneth Moores, Milton Stod
dard, Alfred Shelton, Walter Church,
John McQuire, Charles Prim, Fred Mel
zer, Glenn Brookins, DeWitt Gilbert,
Stanley Eaton, and Frank Beach.
The officers comprise Frank Beach,
squire; Milton Stoddard, clerk; Alfred
Shelton, bailiff; Kenneth Moores, Pro
fessor Howe, Alfred Shelton, Professor
Smith, and Frank Beach, selectmer.
The club meets every other Wednes
day evening in Friendly hall.
LABORATORY GETS MACHINE
Physics Department Receives Tester for
Electric Battery Experiments.
A mercury arc rectifier which is cap
able of changing the alternate current on
the city wires to a direct current has
been received by the physics department.
This machine will be used to demonstrate
electrical problems in the department's
labratory. said Dr. W. P. Boynton, pro
fessor of physics, today.
“I wish to test this machine,"Dr.Boyn
ton explained, “in order to see if it will
not prove a valuable asset for the lab
ratory of the average high school. From
what I already know; of the rectifier I
think it would be useful in charging
storage batteries for labratory use. This
one is the size of those used in garages.
| and will charge from five to six bat
teries.”
CALIFORNIA BEATS 0. A. C.
Southern Basket Tossers Defeat Aggies
28 to 24 in an Extra Time Game.
In a game that went an extra five min
utes for a decision, California defeat 'd
Oregon Agricultural Colli ge, 2S to 24. in
Harmon Gymnasium Tuesday night. The
second contest of the series will be play- I
ed tonight. •— J
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Executive Urges Students to
Make Christian Decision;
Men of Ideals Needed.
Speaker to Leave for Stanford
Tomorrow; Later to Go
to Berkeley.
Governor Janies Withycombe, of Ore
gon, presided at the third address of Dr.
.T. D. Adam, last night at T o’clock in
Villard hall. The executive urged the
students to make a Christian decision,
and with words of encouragement said,
“Young men, you cannot do anything
better than to determine to live a Chris
tian life. We need men of higher ideals.
God speed this splendid work in the Uni
versity of Oregon. No country offers
better opportunities for men of charac
ter and purpose than this of ours.”
The University Men’s Glee Club offer
ed a selection which received prolonged
applause but the shortness of time pre
vented them from singing an encore.
Dr. Adam took for the subject of his
address “Fundamental Contributions to
Progress”, in the explanation of which
he stated that a rearrangement of per
sonality was necessary to realize the
best. The material for this rearrange
ment, the speaker asserted, was found
in the Christ of the New Testament.
Dr. Adam gave fou requoirements
gathered from the men and women of the
New Testament that made for a complete
Christ-like personality. The first one
mentif ..ed was the sense of relationship
to one’s fellow men. “One man has a
grip of his powers,” Dr. Adam asserted,
“But another has not.” The second re
quirement the speaker discussed was the
concentration of the mind upon the life
of Christ. “Mental concentration is the
pulse-beat of character.” Dr. Adam
asserted. The third necessity as dis
cussed by Dr. Adam was that of a free
personality. The speaker said, “Cast off
the mortgage of the past.” As a fourth
requisite the speaker mentioned the
contribution of a new outlook upon life.
The finest asset to personality, said Dr.
Adam, was the power of imagination.
“Imagination,” he said, “is the pioneer
that blazes the trail” to a full realiza
tin of the fullness of life.
After the address in Villard hall, Dr.
Adam gave a short talk to the members
of the Real Stuff club in regard to per
sonal work. He urged them in speaking
to men about their Christianity not to
dwell upon unimportant details, but to
focus their attention and the attention of
their fellowmen upon the figure. Christ.
Dr. Adam will spend the greater part
of Washington’s birthday on the campus
of the University. At 11 o’clock he will
address all interested in Christian work
as a life vocation at the Y. W. C. A.
Bungalow. From 2 until 3:15 he will
hold individual conferences with men of
the campus. From 3:15 until 5:15 he
will hold a group conference in Guild
hall for men and women who will not be
able to meet him otherwise.
The last of the seres of four addresses
will be given tonight at 7. All men and
women of the University of Oregon are
invited to attend the last of the lectures.
Dr. Adam leaves on the 1:50 train,
Friday, for Stanford University, Cali
fornia, where he will spend the coming
week. The following week he will spend
at the University of California, Berkeley,
doing work similar to that done at the
University of Oregon.
SOPHOMORE GIRLS WI N
Beat Juniors at Basketball 12-2 and Are
Champ:on6.
The Sophomore girls’ team defeated
the junior girls at basketball yesterday
afternoon by a score f 12-2. By agree
ment this single ga ne decided the cham
pionship. The line-up fllows:
Sophomores Junius
C. Alexander .... F .E iVewland
II. Rankin.F.M. Crosby
C. Warner.C.M. Williams
It. Bogue.C .C. Ilosford
E. Laird.G.J. Kletzing
H. Garret.G .F. Laird
Practice for a varsity team begins next
week, and all girls interested in basket
ball are urged to try out. This team
will probably meet the Eugene high sch <1
and teams form the girls classes at the
Y. M. C. A.
LETTER MEN REVIVE
ORDER OF THE "0"
Organization Will Become Act
ive After Lying Dormant
Eight Years.
Martin Nelson Elected Presi
dent; Dance Will Be Given
Thursday Night.
The Order of the “O”, an organization
of the letter men in the various major
sports of the University, has been re
vived after lying dormant for a period of
S years.
Last Tuesday afternoon 15 monogram
men gathered in the lecture room of the
gymnasium and elected the officers for
the present semester. They are: Martin
Nelson, of Astoria, president; Kenneth
Bartlett, Estaeada, vice-president; Char
les Huntington, The Dalles, treasurer,
and James Sheehy, of Portland, secre
tary.
The object of the organization is to
unite the letter men in a body and to
make the order a factor in handling
minor points in athletic affairs, us well
as seeing that the traditions of the Uni
versity are lived up to. At present the
ordinary gymnasium men has the same
priveleges as the letter men regarding
the use of the varsity room. In former
years .he locker room was for the ex
clusive use of the wean rs of the “O”.
At Tuesday’s meeting the “O” voted that
signs should be plnced cn the bulletin
boards warning all students to keep out
of the varsity room.
Bill Hayward, who started the first
“O” club In the University was highly
elated when the order was revived.
“Nothing pleases me more than to see
this organization reawakened”, said Hay
ward. “In former years the order was a
big factor in athletic affairs. Since 1908
it has elapsed into a lethargy. The order
of the “O” should rightfully handle the
interscholastic track meet, as well as
having fu'l charge of the varsity room.
I would like to see tae'm uphold the tra
ditions of the University, especially the
matter of. smoking oh the campus.”
As soon as the organization Is perfect
ed iilnns will lie discussed for outlining
its future work. A constitution and by
laws will be drawn uo in the near future.
There is some talk of the order holding
a regular initiation every year for the
new men, followed by a smoker or a big
get-to-gether party.
President Mart-’r Nelson appointed
John B ckett and Whiter Grebe to handle
the details of the first informal Order
of the "O” danee to ne held next Thurs
day night at the Rainbow.
At present there are 11(1 letter men in
school who are charter members of the
newly formed order. Thy are John
Beckett, Charles Huntington, Kenneth
Bartlett. William Snyder, Jacob Ilisley,
Hollis Iluntingtn, Sterling Spellman,
Lloyd Tegart, Clifford Mitchell, John
Parsons, Glenwood Dudley, Basil Wil
liams, Richard Nelson, Harold Maison,
Walter Grebe, William Tuerck. Emmett
Itathbun, Dorris M.'Jley, Oscar Gor
eczky, Kent Wilson, Harold Hanistrect,
Graham McConnell, Martin Nelson, Lewis
Bond, Ellwyn Ilutherfi rd, and James
Sheehy.
LIBRARY LIGHTS ATTACKED
Overhead System Criticised, Though It
Is of Modern Plan.
The library lighting system, installed
(luring the summer, is complained of by
students and faculty members because
of the dimness of the overhead lights and
express almost unanimously their [(ref
erence for the old table lights.
I*- defense of the overhead lighting
system, M. II. Douglass, head librarian,
says, “The semi-direct lamps were in
stalled because of the inefficiency of the
table lights which were never in a state
of perfection. Another reason was the
position of several tallies in remote corn
ers, impenetrated by light.”
Mr. Douglass thinks the fault lies
in the number of th; lights, rather than
in their insufficiency, and prophesies an
increase in the near 'uture. The arrange
ment of the globes and the system itself
is absolutely modern and is used in the
newest buildings. The rays of light fall
both directly and indirectly, spreading
an even glow throughout the library.
PHOTO SHOWS BUSY CUB
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IN PICTURE WITH GENERAL
Among those who felt a personal re
gret at the death of General Frederick
Funston last Monday was George Turn
bull, professor in the school of journal
ism, who ten years ago accidently had his
picture taken with the general.
Mr. Turnbull was then a young report
er on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and
hnd been sent to cover General Fnns
ton’s visit to American Lake near Ta
coma. The General was there to inspect
a joint encampment of regulars and sev
eral guardsmen, and to look over Ameri
can Lake as a possible site for a large
manoeuvre camp.
Wien the photographer turned out the
picture of the General, Mr. Turnbull was
surprised to see himself in the picture
with his eye fixed on General Funston,
his note-book in his hand and his pencil
placed thoughtfully on his lip.
“It was a perfect picture of the cub
reporter at work,, said Mr. Turnbull.
Y. M. WILL CONDUCT CLUBS
University Men to Organize Sunday
School Classes.
A supervised system of Boy's Clubs 'n
the Sunday schools of Eugene is plann >d
by the boy’s committee of the Univer
sity Y. M. C. A. under the direction of L.
A. Pickett, chairman. Their purpose is
to assist in making clubs out of unorg
anized classes in the various Sunday
schools and to place each club under the
supervision of a Christian man attend
ing the University.
Clubs will include classes of boys
whose ages range from 10 to 21. Jun
iors will be from 10 to 14, intermediates,
14 to 17, and seniors, between 17 and
21. Thesj clubs besides carrying on
their own activities will compete in ath
letics with other Sunday schools. Each
club will elect a member to serve on the
division council which will meet once a
month to make plans for activities and to
consider ways of improving the organi
zation. The object of this work is to
bring the boys of the various Sunday
schools closer together and to stimulate
a greater interest in their Sunday school
classes.
University men desiring practical ex
perience in handling boys ere being given
an opportunity to condust this work. All
who are interested are asked to give
their names to J. D. Foster.
OLD GRAD ON CAMPUS
Amy RothMiild ’ll Will Address Woman’s
League Meeting Tomorrow.
Mihs Amy Rothchild, who attended
school at Oregon during 1011 and 1912
and then went to Wellesley where she
graduated with highest honors in 101J>,
will be on the campus Friday and is
scheduled to speak at the Woman’s
League meeting in Villard hail at 1
o’clock, on the work of the Consumer’s
League.
Since graduation Miss Ilothchild has
been connected with the Consumer’s
League and will explain the aims of this
organization and tell of the movement at
Wellesley.
She was one of the founders ol
Kwama, the sophom ire honor society for
women, and to quote -Mrs. I*. L. Campbell
“was very much alive and always push
ing something.” She was one of the
leaders in the campaign to secure the
Y. W. C. A. Bungalow.
Mrs. K. W. Onthnnk, a classmate, says
she was widely knowr. here and hat
hosts of friends.
Miss Rothchild will be here one daj
and is to be entertained at Alpha Ph
house.
WILL REPORT STUDENT LIFE
Faculty Committee Ends Investigations
May Suggest Changes in Living.
After an investigation covering sev
eral weeks, the faculty committee on stu
dent living conditions is ubout to give oir
an extensive report of facts ct ncornihj
the status of various forms of University
life. The committee, of which Professoi
.1. F. Hovard is chairman, has visito(
all the fraternities and dormitories ai
well as numerous boarding houses. It ii
expected that some trannformntionii wil
be suggested. ' • ■,
MEN'S GLEE CLUB TO
SING FRIDAY NIGHT
“Syncopated Spasms” and
“Extracts From Grand Op
era” Chief Features.
| RALSTON AND MILLS WILL
I MAKE LAUGHS WITH FACES
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First Time in Years Local Con*
cert Has Been Given
After Tour.
(By Gladys Wilkins)
The Glee Club concert Friday night
is going to be partly spasms and extracts
—“Syncopated Spasms In Song”, and
“Extracts from Grand Opera.” The ex
tracts Dean Lyman swenrs arc as near
professionl brew as extracts get and if
you don’t believe it listen to the cast of
ehracters: The Princess, Graham Smith;
the Fairy, Robert Soearce; the Villain,
Curtis Beach; the Prince, Warren Ed
wards; and the orchestra, Bobby Burns.
Mr. Lyman calls the stunt “one of the
cleverest.”
Russell Ralston, Harry Mills and
Jerome Holzman have the fate of Syn
copated Spasms in their hands and suc
ceeded in getting it across about a mil
lion in every one-night stand on the
club trip. They don’t say a word, it’e
just their faces that make the laughs.
Harry Mills plays the dance tunes for
Holzman and Ralston to jig to—their
feature is faucing dancing and costum
ing, with a few ultra-popular songs
thrown in.
'rite third stunt, composed chiefly of
Merle Moore’s Sleight-of-hand tricks that
aren’t slight at all, is billed as “Optical
} Illusions” and boasts an understudy for
! it’s chief character. Little Billy Morri
son is there but Dean Lyman won’t tell
exactly what he does; he’s sure to be
among those present when it comes to
the jokes.
And speaking of jokes—the local hits
that all the girls shyly half hope will
come, and that the men have been wait
ing for in fidgeting, flustered calm, have
been eliminated; rest in peace.
Dean Lyman says the whole club will
show the experiences and benefit of its
trip and extra practice when Friday
night comes. This is the first time iig
years that the local concert has come
after the tour, and everything possible is
being done to popularize this concert. It
will be in the Rex, and prices have gone
down to 35c and 50c.
Variety, snap and interest character
ize the program—it’s everything from
popular to classic. With Curtis Peterson
to take John Black’s place, and Harry
MUIr at the piano, the club will be even
more evenly balanced than at first. Bill
Vawter, Raymond Burns and Robert
Scearce do the solo work.
STUDENT BUILDING FLYER
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Ian Campbell Making Model Blerlot for
Physics Course.
A model Bleriot monoplane, similar to
| Bleriot’s machine used in his first pas
sage over the English Channel, is being
constructed for the physics department
by Ian Campbell, a freshman, according
!to I>r. W. P. Boynton, head of the physics
j department. The plans aud material for
j construction were purchased two yea's
! ago, ttated I)r. Boynton. Campbell
i worked on the model during his labra
! tory period last semester and has the
! machine nearly completed. A rubber band
; will serve for a motor for the three-foot
j model when it flies.
This machine will be used to demon
! strate the principles of aviation when
| that subject is under consideration in
j the physics classes, declared Dr. Boyn
ton. Several experiments have been
| made with small gliders by his classes,
| and considerable success rewarded theLr
attempts.
COMMERCE SCHOOL NOTES
Dean I). W. Morton returned Tuesday
from Portland, where he addressed hi#
class In practical banking. There are
: I now 70 member* in the class. H. B.
• Miller, director of the School of Com
merce, will give a locture on “Commer
1 eial Oregon,” next Wednesday in the
i Commerce building. Dean Morton is
i going to Salem on Friday to address the
! i Salem Commercial Club on “The New
‘ Type of Buaineae Man.”