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/ OREGON EMERALD VOL. 18. EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1917. NO. 60. SUNSHINE BRINGS OUT NEW TRACK RECRUITS Hayward Pessimistic About Chances for a Winning Var sity Team. TRAINER NEEDS MEN IN ALL FIELD EVENTS Only Three Weeks Until Cor vallis Relay; 0. A. C. Has 100 Sprinters Out. (By William Hazeltine) The warm weather the past week has brought out a small army of recruits to help Bill Hayward bolster up the weak spots in his track team. And there are plenty to fill, too. Bill himself is even more pessimistic than usual. “Where are the men to take the places of Fee, Muir head, Peacock and Bostwick?” he asked as he watched a group of runners amble past. “If I can get a team out of that crowd that will win one meet I will be awfully lucky.” Despite Bill’s doleful utterances, the campus refuses to be downhearted. Too many times has the outlook been dark in the early part of the season only to have the squad win the conference meets later by a big margin. It is true though that Bill has his work cut out for him. The second string men last year will have to come through if Oregon’s supremacy on the cinder path is to be maintained. The first year rule puts out a lot of men that could be used to advantage. The return of “Lefty” Furney adds strength in the field events—-the place it is most needed. The big southpaw tossed the shot iu the inert-fraternity meet last spring in the neighborhood of 41 feet. Besides that he is good in the discus and javelin. Leo Cossman has been helping Ken Bartlett heave the Grecian disk every night. He has been developing rapidly under Bill’s coaching. Pete Jensen is also taking a fling at the discus and javelin when he isn’t Ligh-jumping and pole-vqjjlting. In the pole vault George Gates is going the best of the three or four that are out. Bill is hunting high and low for some hurdlers, high and low. Nobody save Tony Goreczky has had any experience over the sticks and he did not run them last year. A1 Bowleg looks promising. A vertible horde of sprinters, fresh men and varsity, keep the track crowded every night. Sore muscles and strained tendons are so common that most of the runners are not up to foim. Goreczky is the only tried and true man of th; bunch with Harold Brock and Mike Harris of the freshman team from last year, to help him out. For the other runs, Bill has a large squad to pick from. In addition to the letter men, Bob Case, Bob Atkinson, Ivan Warner, Jack Montague. Clark Thompson and a host of others are rounding into shape. With only three weeks intervening until the relay races at Corvallis, the squad will have to put in some hard work to win anything. O. A. C. has a monster turnout of over a hundred men including many stars. T^ie week after the O. A. C. games the Columbia meet, which was not held last year on account of the blowing over of the stadium, will take place. Oregon has won the ma jority of these meets i’ the past. DORM PLANS DISCUSSED House mothers of the sororities and Mary Spiller hall met Thursday after noon to discuss plans for the W omen s buliding. Mrs. Weir, of Gamma l’hi Beta was hostess. The women express ed their desire to assume more respon sibility for their different groups. Types of dormitories were talked over, from the small to the large institutional build ings.-S' une—suggested—that—the larger dorm was preferable, while others pre ferred the small Mary Sp'.ller unit type. In speaking of the house mothers and their relation to the students, Iiean Elizabeth Fox said: *'I am eager to see the house mothers placed in such a position that they will be the mature heads of the houses in deed as well as in name. I would like to see the class organizations and the student groups include house mothers more in their plans.” ROBBINS GETS MIXED UP « * * BUT HE GIVES HIS SPEECH « « # # GOT HIS DINNER, ANYWAY E. C. Robbins, professor of economies, was going to give a speech. He was go ing to give it at the Sigma Nil house last Wednesday night. The Sigma Xus had a lovely dinner. The hour for eating passed by and the speaker did not ar rive. The Sigma Xus thought he had for gotten. Meanwhile Professor Robbins prepar ed for the meal. About 0 o’clock he ambled down to the fraternity house where he expected to speak, rang the hell and was admitted. He was relieved of his coat with due ceremony, announc ed that he had decided to change the subject of his speech, and proceeded in to the dining room where he disposed of his evening meal. The boys were very cordial and when the professor rose, they listened to his discussion with much in terest. and applauded vigorously. Then Professor said his farewells and went home. It was not until the next morning that he discovered he had been to the Sigma Chi house instead of the Sigma Nu. FOSTER TO TOUR STATE Will Act as Temporary State Y. M. C. A. Student Secretary. J. D. Foster, secretary of the Univer sity Y. M. C. A., will act as tempor ary state Y. M. C. A. student secretary in an eight-day trip around the state, ad dressing each separa.e college in Oregon. Due to the lack of funds and the state wide hard times of the last few years the Y. M. C. A. of Oregon and Idaho has been unable to support a state student secretary. There is. however, at pres ent a state boy’s secretary, and a state secretary. Foster will fill the temporary vacancy of the state student secretary by appointment by I. B. Rhodes, present state secretary. In the trip to be made by him, Foster will spend one day ia each college as follows: Pacific University March 27, Newburg College March 28, Albany Col lege March 29, Willamette March 31, Chemawa Indian School April 1, Philo math College April 2, Read College April 3, McMinnville College April 4. A re turn stay of one day will be made by him in Eugene before again departing for Salem to attend the Ministers Mis sions conference to be held April 6, 7, and 8 at Salem. Foster’s work on this trip will consist of assisting the newly formed cabinets in their organization and work, in out lining the program of the work for the year and in the stirring up of interest in the Minister's Mission conference. Another trip will be made by him in May. HOUSE RULES WILL STAND House rules will not be suspended during spring vacation, is the edict of I>ean Elizabeth Fox who announces the following rules for .egulating co-ed ac tivity for the hemainder of the semester. When house mothers are away during vacations, chaperones whose selection shall be approved by the dean 'of wo men shall be left in charge. All parties shall end by lli during va cation. Visitors shall not remain after 12. University women shall be at their residences by 12 or if attending parties shall return directly after them. Regular college rules shall be in force on Sundays during vacations. Women of the University who wish to go on all-day excursions, or picnics, long rides or walks, long boating parties, or to dine in public places, shall make suitable ar rangements, 1. e., parties of four, or provided with a chaperon. It is permis sible for senior women to dine in public places providing information is left at their places of residence. Women are expected to be off the millrace by 9:15 p. m. For special parties, arrangements shall be made t))r..nrh the dean of women.-— “I appreciate the spirit of unity in the University,” said I»ean Fox. “I feel that when students pull together they may accomplish a great deal. These regula tions are not laid down in a dictatorial spirit, but in the hope that the student body will spontaneously support me. The rules are uesigned to bring to mind the thought of what is proper and right. I feei that they will safeguard any indi vidual against causing criticism harm ful to the University of Oregon.” i Expected to Keep at Task All Summer in High Schools of State. Each Member Will Work for University in Region Where He Lives. Four committees appointed by the Greater Oregon club, which is composed of upperclassmen, are working and will work all summer in various high schools for the up-building of the University. The Greater Oregon club was organ ized for the purpose of advertising Ore gon over the state, and for interesting seniors in accredited high schools, to send students to interview students per sonally and to try and induce them to attend their own state institution in si ad of going outside of the state to col lege. If all the high schools cannot be visited, literature advertising student ac* tivities and courses offered at the Uni versity will be sent to the high schools before the senior classes graduate in May or June. This summer each mem ber of the committees will work for the advancement of Oregon in the part of the state in which he will spend his summer regardless of the fact that he may graduate this June, and may not be back to college next year. The club wishes that all upperclass men who are interested in this extension work would see some members of the committees in charge and tell their plans for furthering the work and making it more effective. According to Kruest Watkins, president of the club, the club will be aided financially by the extension department, which will help the com mittees very much in preparing litera ture and in sending people about the state to advertise by personal interviews with prospective students. PROFESSORS SPEAK AT Y.W. Bezdek, Dean Morton and Missionaries on List of Programs. A musical program with a talk on hymns and their writers by Professor Sweetser, is planned by the program committee of the Y. W. C. A. for a meeting in the near future. They also hope to secure the services of Dean Morton and Coach Bezdek be fore the semester closes but do not ex - pect to hear the latter until after the baseball season. It is planned to have him speak on “Clean Sports.” There will also be two meetings de voted to missions, according to Dorothy Flegel, chairman of the program com mittee. One of these will be in charge of Mrs. Madden, who was once a mis l sionary in Japan. | - SUMMER POSITIONS OPEN Many Requests for Vocation Helps Re ceived by Karl Onthank. Karl Onthank, secretary to President Campbell, has received several letters from different firms asking for men to fill summer jobs, lie has letters from reputable insurance companies, asking for men to work during the summer and letters from various firms asking for men to sell different articles. One letter is from a Northwestern In surance company man. He expects to be in town in a few days and is looking for a live junior to act as the company representative while in college so as to be ready to step into a position after graduation. FIVE GET HONORS IN ART Allen, Brown, Church, Stanton, McGuire Highest In New York Contest. —Fite muilfuio of the CnUomiiy school of architecture received honorable men tion for drawings submitted to the Arts Institute of Design of New York city. The drawings were of a battalion armory and six were sent from this school. Those receiving the reward were: Mary Louise Allen, Kyler Brown, Walter Cruhch. Glen Stanton and JohnMcQuire Mention from this institute is con sidered a great honor, according to Pro fessor Louis G. Rosenberg, of the school of architecture. BASKETBALL LETTERS reiu uaie, noms mmimgion, Lynn McCready Get Coveted “O’s ” Request for Freshman Track Coach Presented and Re ferred to Committee. The granting of basketball letters, discussion of a freshman track conch, altering Coach Bezdek’s contract and a discussion of the new athletic field oc cupied the athletic council at its meet ing yesterday afternoon. “0”s were awarded to Ford Cate, Hollis Huntington, and Lynn McCready. It is probable that Dick Nelson and Jay Fox will also be included in this list. Their eligibility for the letter rests upon the interpretation of a clause in the stu dent body constitution. This clause says shat a man earns a basketball letter by playing 10 full halves. If this is inter preted literally, neither of the men will get the reward, but if minutes of play aggregating this amount of time be con sidered full halves, they will be given the "()"s. The matter has been placed in the hands of the executive committee of the council. The contract 'ecently made with Coach Itezdek which permitted him to coach football and then continue his medical studies at the University of Chicago was changed fror’ one-year to a three-year agree-uenf on exactly the same basis as before. A request for a track coach for the freshman team was presented and re ferred to the executive committee. It is understood that Ben Williams and John Parsons are possible candidates for the position. An informal discussion of the new ath letic field was also held. BUILDING TO BEGIN SOON Work on Drill Quarters to Start With Selection of Site. Within a short time tangible evi dences of the recent legislation by the Hoard of Regents will begin to be seen on the campus, when work of installing the journalism department printing press and the erection of some kind of military drill quarters and storage room for equipment will commence. No positive date has been set for com mencing the work on these additions to the campus equipment, yet a committee is considering the available sites for the armory and will take immediate steps toward its erection when the site has been chosen. The only site which the committee has announced as one of those under consideration is the plot of ground immediately east of the men’s gymnasium. This would provide a level spot at little or no expense and at the same time the ground would not be in a position to become wet with drainage water during every rainstorm. It is probable that the drill ground will be covered with a roof somewhat similar to the annex recently added to the girls’ gymnasium. Resides this open shed, a building for the Rousing of arms and equipment will havd to be provided. U. MUSICIANS GIVE RECITAL Program Includes Violin, Piano, Vocal Numbers—Seven Take Part. The University school of music gave a mixed program this afternoon _t the recital hull. The soloists were Reba Macklin, 1'earl braine, and Iva Wood; violinists, Genevieve Rowley, Alice Vun der Sluis; pianists, Elizabeth (lilstrap, Roy Ford. The numbers wen as follows: The .Jolly Workmen.Raynor Elizabeth Gilatrap WttltZ in D .Jacoby Roy Ford “I)u Rist Wie Einc Blume”. . Franz Rubinsteiu Pearl Craine Spring Flowers .McMillan Genevieve Low ley Enchanted Glade . Rarker Reba Macklin Waltz Eantania . Hurleigh Alice Vauder Sluis Vocol Solo . Selected Ivan Wood BEST STORY WINS $10.0C * « *. # MARSHALL OFFERS PRIZE ♦ # # # AWARDS TO BE MADE SOON Edison Marshall, a former student who has become well known ns a short story writer for several magazines, has offered permanent prizes for the two best short stories written during the year by regularly enrolled undergradu ate students. The first prize will be $10 and the second prize. $5.00. The prizes will be conducted under the direction of the department of rhetoric. Each contestant may submit as many stories as he desires hut one person can not receive both prizes. There is no restriction as to length or subject mat ter. The prizes will be awarded by the concensus of opinion, of competent and disinterested judges. They will prob ably be awarded some time in the spring of each year, and the contest will be open until about March 1. Marshall has won a distinctive place in the short story field. He is a charter member of the Tabard Inn chapter of Sigma Upsilon and is at the present time producing a series of hobo stories for the American magazine. lie has spent the last two months on the campus. The final awards of the Spectator short story contest have not yet been made, but it has learned that Leslie Blades’ poem entitled “Blindness" was award *d second prize for poems. The prizes in th.i local short story contest will be awarded next week, ac cording to l’rofessor Timelier. COMEDY TO BE PRODUCED Dramatic Department Will Stage Srtire on English Society. For unique situations, the “Admirable Crichton” which is to lie produced by th* dramatic interpretation department at Build hull on March 30 and 31, stands out distinctly above the average plays. The title role, Crichton, is the biitlet in tile English household of the very democratic lord Loam, who, in follow ing out his ideas of absolute equality among liiN fellow-men monthly re ceives on strictly equal terms, his ser vants at, tea in his drawing-room. This gives opportunity for many funny parts, the various types of servants, every one bewildered and unaccustomed to such receptions, furnishing sonic vary amusing scenes. Later, when the family and their ser vants are shipwrecked on a desert island, the comedy situation is carried still further by the mutiny of the ser vants, who, realizing their independence while there, take matters into their own hands, and run affairs. The play, which is throughout a keen satire on English society, is considered one of the best of Barrie's works. MYSTERY SHROUDS CALL Women Plan Meeting to Be Undisturbed by Mas.uline Element. That something important involving the interest of every woman on the cam pus is going to he discussed at a called meeting next Monday of the Woman’s League, is the mysterious statement given out by Jeannette Wheatley, presi dent. She refuses to give any more ueniiiu information and declares that it will he necessary to attend tthe meeting to find out what the co-eds are considering. It has been vaguely whispered about that the subject which caused such heated de bate between the men and the women al the lust student body meeting is to re ceive some attention from the women ai this time when the disturbing element o masculine presence will he dispense! with. So girls, if you would know what if happening, go to Villard hall at 4 o’clocl Monday, March 19. |y. m. to invade marcola : A hike to Wendling to see the Booth 1 Kelly mills, u program before the higl ! school assembly, a basketball game wit' the champion high school tossers of tin county, a reception, a boy's meeting, urn church services are a few of the thingi in whieh several of the Y. M. O. A. fel lows will engage when they go to Mar colu nert Friday to spend the week-end Among those expecting to make tin trip are James MH 'sllum.I tennis Brown Kay Ilausler, Warrcu Gilbert, Chandle Harper, Leo Cossman and Frank Camp bell. WIT WOULD RESULT FROM FOEEEMEBULO? Would Mean an Added Assess ment on Students, Says Graduate Manager. . PROSPERITY TEMPORARY; LEAN YEARS TO COME At Present Student Body Clear of Debt But Stands to Make Nothing. Passage of the “Free Emerald’* amendment nest Wednesday will only mean that the amount diverted to the j subscriptions will have to be raised from ! the students in some way, says Gradu* ate-mnnager A. R. Tiffany. The end of this year will see no surplus and such a move as proposed by the amendment will represent an entirely dead loss of at least $1,000. Some means possibly a special tax, would have to be adopted for the liquidation of this indebtedness. At present the student body is clear of all debt, but stands to make nothing from even a year as prosperous as this one is proving. Lean years arc bound to come and the students have already shouldered a $10,000 debt which will soon be drawing interest. The three fundamental arguments ad* vanced by the party favoring the “free Emeralds” seem to be: 1. That every student should be able to read the Emerald, just ns much as every student should bo able to attend every athletic contest. 2. That, with nn increasing student body and larger games, the revenue from student body tickets and gate receipt* is increasing. .‘i. That the student does not get value received for the eight dollars turn ed over to the student body at the time of registraion. I’lle opposition to the movement voice* its sentiments in this wise: 1. That every one should be able to read the Emerald is admitted, but that tlui present is a hazardous time in which to saddle the student body with addi i tionol debts. *1 'dint 1 hn nf .ii/iii.iiiir nna.lin. 1 who can produce teams able to compete | with those of our larger opponents is increasing; that the longer the bonds of , the athletic field are allowed to run, the i greater will be the interest; that fresh j men activities, necessitated by the three* j year competition rule, demands a lnrgs ! expenditure for couches, equipment and games that ig a dead loss from a busi ness point of view—these contests re turning nothing to the student body; that equipment of nil kinds is costing more; that oratory and debate have ex panded until at present there are four times as many oratorical contests ns there were five or six years ago; that soccer luis become a student activity and that it will continue to develop as an intercollegiate sport and as an added expense; that the activities of the wo men are increasing rapidly and that the money turned over lj them is becoming larger annually; fin illy, that all these expenditures are multiplying in a pro portion much greater than thut under 'vhich tHi* unu«t« nr** «*■•• it ;t (lllllUlU Ulint/tirtutua1, Mild at the same time, wholly erroneous, im pression regarding the nature of tiie stu dent body tax and the student tickets issued at the time of registration seems to have a grip on the campus. No one pays $8. his student body ticket, *5. • is paid for the card which admits one to all intercollegiate 'ontests held on the campus. $5.00 is entirely in the nature of a tax, securing for one the preroga j tive attendant with membership in the I associated students. In the days before the system of har ing student hotly tickets was established, this $5.00 tax was paid and the student received no return for it in the nature __ of free admission to games or contests, this being paid at the gate at the full admission price. Thus the difference be tween what a student would pay out ia actual cash on attending all these games and the $.'5.00 now turned over is a clear gain to the student. Thus, when the student figures out the value received for the $8.00, he signs ■ away with registration he is consider . ing a $5.00 liability which does not exist. • The real basis for such calculation should he $3.00 which actually goes lot the student ticket.