* COURSE in MILITARY - BUCTION FORMED 40 Men Sign Up for Drill and Allied Subjects; Warren D. Smith Heads Classes. FIRST WORK STARTS TUESDAY NIGHT AT 71 $2.50 Each Must Be Paid With in 10 Days; Five Hours Weekly Decided. Practically every man who attended the meeting held this morning in Dr. Straub’s office, responded to the invi tation to devote five hours a week to military drill and allied instruction. The roster made up at the end of the meet ing was signed by 12 men and it is ex pected that this number will be added to when the names of some unable to attend are secured. A tentative program of hours of in struction was made out by those pres ent, resulting in the actual drilling and instruction iu driil work being set for Tuesday evening -r.m 7 to 8 o’clock; sanitation and hygiene, Wednesday evening. 7 to 8 o’clock; special sanita tion for those intending to carry on Red Cross or relief work, Thursday evening, 7 to S o’clock; topography, ge ology, signal practice, and map making, Saturday morning, 1 to 10 o’clock. The problem of — nintaining interest and attendance was discussed and the suggestion of the committee that $2.30 be deposited with the University busi ness office within ten days, and used as a bond to guarantee attendance, twenty-five cents of which should be forfeited for each meeting missed, met with unanimous approval. The fiTSt meeting will fee held Tues day evening in Hayward hall, where the drill work will begun. Each of the evening meetings will be held :a Hayward hall. 4 y 1 Jr. VV arren 1). .amith, who acted as chairman of the meeting, paid tribute to those who have volunteered their services to the work. Among these he named the Rev. Chris Jensen, of Spring field, who has seen active service as signal chief under Admiral Evans in the Asiatic squadron, who will give row, a Eugene physician, who will give an hour a week to advanced sanitary instruction; Dean Straub, whom Dr. Smith, acting un-officio, appointed chap lain of the newly organized body; J. Frederick Thorne, whe saw active ser vice in the regular army in Cuba, and will give both drill and topographical instruction; Coach Hayward, who will give the sanitation .nd hygiene course; H. K. Kingsbury, of the administration i office who has seen actual service in the regular army, and Eric W. Allen, a for mer officer in the Janet Corps of the Wisconsin Agricultural College. “Primarily, this movement,” said President Campbell, “is to show that our hearts are in the right place. Aside from that there is the advantage which will result to everyone taking part .u the work, both in preparation for ev eryday life and preparation for army work if the call ea. ies.” There will be no loafing in the com pany according to Dr. Smith, .vho re peated several time, during the course of his remarks that those who were coming into the work merely for the sake of the credit hat they might get out of it should drop it immediately. The question of credit, he said, would be settled later, but it appeared at the present time there would probably be at least two nour’s credit which could be earned in the week. CAMPUS PLAY TO BE GIVEN Mask and Buskin Prepares Bess Cole man's “Stephanie Steps Out.”_ “Stephanie Steps Out.” a University written and produced play will be the next offering of the Mask and Buskin players. Bess Coleman, a member of the Alpha Phi sorority, is the author. ' Cleve Simpkins is directing the play | and will have the list of players cast ! by next Monday. The play will be giv- 1 en Saturday, April 21. There are eight characters of importance. The play is a j society rtory of a modern type. J ADVICE TO YE SCHOLAR: * # # « BE EARLY—SAVE MONEY; .* # * # BE LATE; PAY A DOLLAR If you don't know what yot want, say so, within ten days, or be fined $1. This is the text of a ne ruling passed by the board of regents at its last meeting to relieve the faculty of the embarass ment of having students continually re modelling their courses. One dollar for every change afte. the 10-day limit has expired is to be exacted as a fine, hereaft r. It was thought by regents that a ten day limit, after registration, would enable students, or dinarily, to decide upon a course and prepare a definite schedule. In the past, delinquency in the mat ter of changing courses has inconven ienced both professors and students. It it for punctuality that the new ruling implying a fine was inaugurated. SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR U. Vocational Conference to Convene Here April 27 and 28. A vocational conference arrang'd primarily for the University women in vocational guidance classes will be held on the University campus Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28. Meetings will begin on Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock and the conference will be con cluded Saturday at 5 o’clock. Some of the speakers asked to be present have already accepted. They are: Miss Ava Milam, head of the O. A. C. domestic science department; Val entino Pritchard, head of the People’s Institute, of Portland; Emily Love ridge. superintendent of the Good Sam aritan hospital, Portland. Miss Eliza beth Fox is expecting acceptances from others soon. Although the conference is chiefly for vocational guidance students, all Uni versity women are Invited to attend. MARINE EXAMS IN JUNE To Be Held at Baker, Klamath Falls and Portland. Mental and physical requirements for persons desiring to enter the United States marine corps as second lieuten ants, together with application blanks, have just been received by Secretary K. W. Onthank from George Barnett, major general commandant. The examinations in Oregon are to be held a. Baker, Klamath Falls and Portland on June J.O. The final rank of members of any class with relation to each other will be the relative standing on the profession al competitive examination. The pay and allowances of officers of Marine corps are the same as the in fantry of the army. The base pay for second lieutenants ' $1700 per annum and in addition thereto are allowed heat, quarters and light, or commuta tion thereof.” The requirements "or infantry are not so high,” said Mr. Onthank, “but the attractions are not so alluring. GYMNASIUM GIVES RECITAL The second annual dance recital of the department of physical education for women was heid yesterday after noon in Guild hall. The program in cludes eight dances—five group dances by members of the class, two solo danc es, and a pantomime. The five group dances were: “Aut umn Leaves,” by Jeanette Voss, Louyse MeCandliss, Ethel Murray, Evelyn Tregiliges; “Venetian Dance” by Dorothy Dunbar Elizabeth Hales. Maude Lombard, Melba Will iams; “Japanese Dance” by Katherine De Voe, Marian Grebel. Edna Gray, Hester Hurd, Jenny Maguire; “The Spirit of Spring” by Martha Beer, Eliz abeth Hales. Maude Lombard, Melba Williams; “The Russian Dance” by Until Ri„ b., \Tsrrh-i Hm i-, Mowji. \ .,m_ bard, Dorothy Dunbar, Elizabeth Hales. A feature of the program wag the two solo dances— Morning” given by Miss Frieda Goldsmith and “Diana” by Miss Hazel IUder. Both were received with approval. Miss Rader and Miss Goldsmith were also applauded for their excellent work in the pantomime dance "Jean and .Jeanne”. Between dances Miss Winifred Forbes violin. Miss Marian Neil, piano, ren dered selections. IfilKELTOOPEN SEASON BE FRIDAY Portland' Baseball Aggregation Coming Strong; Gloom on Oregon Horizon. Wet Weather and Rathbun’s Sore Arm Put Jinx on Training This Week. The University baseball team will op en the baseball season March 31, when it meets the Mount Angtl College ig gregation on the Cemetery Ridge dia mond. The present wen.her conditions are keeping both teams from outdoor prac tice, however, the Mount Angel squad are coming strong his year, with four of their last years men back. The four regulars that will aeet the University in the first game of the season are Chapel, catcher; Solhcr and Kasberg er. pitchers; and Shandling at short stop. About 25 answered the cell of Coach O’Rourke about a week ago when the first call for practice was given. Among the aspirants are: Spear, Hannigau, Rassier, Bismark, Meechan, Ivirscher, and Glatt who will try out for the vacant places on the team. Hannigan is a star football, basket ball, and baseball man from the Portland Academy. Shandling is an all around man from Jefferson and Vancouver high schools. The personnel of the team that will come to Eugene has not been given out as yet. Captain-elect Pashek has been forced to leave college on account of sickness in his family, and his place has not yet been filled. On the Varsity's baseball horizon gloom threatens to upset the entire training season. Rain, in the form of showers, and equinoctial storms have put the damper on baseball for 10 days or more. The past week has been the most disastrous of any previous training sea son. Just when Bezdek was ready to polish off the final rough spots from the team, the squad was driven indoors by the heavy rains. All indications point to a week or so of baseball in doors. Not content with raising havoc with the practice sessions, old man jinx has hutted in with his sore arm potion. Scoop Itathbun, the only veteran pitch er in college, and around whom Bezdek plans to build his pitching staff, is laid up with a strained elbow. Neither Rathbun nor the trainers can fathom the ailment which has doubled his arm. He may have an x-ray photo taken of the injured salary wing. Little can be accomplished within the limited confines of the gymnasium. The entire pitching corps have been work- 1 ing out nightly in an effort to keep in shape. Huntington, Holcomb, and Macey have endeavored to catch some 1- pitchers that made elbow room at a premium on the gymnasium floor. Wednesday night Bezdek took his twirlers in hand and subjected them to an hour’s mental examination. All the inside points of pitching to batters, siz ing up their weaknesses, and the dis cussion as to what balls to throw dif ferent hitters all came in for their share of going over. “■Control, control—and more control,” shouted Bezdek as l.e watched his pros pects throw to the catchers. “I don’t care how much you have on the ball— if you haven’t control you’re useless. Get in the habit of putting the hall where you want it. Don’t aim—let your arm out freely”. The one redeeming feature of the idle week Wiis the appearance of Dorris I Medley. Medley was in uniform Tues day night and belted the ball in batting practice with .all the ease of a veteran. He is a natural hitter ard promises to keep rival outfielders busy chasing long drives from his big bat. -If-th*-weather-behave*;-Bezdek " should turn out a team the equal of any conference nine in offensive strength. A dandy catcher, a well balanced in field, and an all-around outfield are some of Bezdek’s -trongest assets. If Center comes through as expected, and Wilson and Heywood show varsity abil ity in the pitching line the team will he intact. Continued "<t weather and ill luck are the only things tt,e can keep Oregon from having a first-class col lege ball club. WILL START II APRIL League of House Organizations Formed and Schedule Announced. Permanent Trophy Goes to Fo rensic Winners Having Three Annual Victories to Credit. Intramural debate, something entirely new in the University, was announced this morning by the Varsity debate coach, K. \V. I’rcscott. The schedule of the intramural series has been com pleted and placed in the hands of the forensic council. The first debate is scheduled for April 17 with Alpha Tnu Omega, Beta Theta Pi and Delta Tau Delta taking part. A permanent trophy which will be awarded' to the winning organization each year will be provided by the For ensic Council. The organization win ning it three times shall become the permanent owner. Each organization will have two teams, an affirmative and a negative. The teams will be composed of two men each. Each speaker will have twelve minutes for his constructive speech and four minutes for rebuttal. There shall be three judges for each debate. Each vote and each victory will count one point. The organisation receiving the largest total of points shall be declared tin' winner. The spring schedule with questions and participants is: April 17 Alpha Tnu Omega, Peta Theta Pi and Delta Tau Delta. Resolved, That the spring vacation at the University of Oregon be abolished. April 18 Friendly hall. Kappa Sigma and Phi Delta Theta. Resolved, That the st . dent body should promote, with their own funds if necessary, a. system of ex tension debates which would ultimately reach every high school in the state with one hundred or more pupils. April 19 Phi Camilla Delta, Sigma Obi and Sig ma Nu. Resolved, That the University calendar should be changed so that the first semester would close nt the be ginning of Christmas vacation. May 18 or May 17 The three winning organizations from the above groups will debate for cham pionship on the question: Resolved, ’I hat the $6,000,000 bond bill for per manent roads should bo approved at the June election. In speaking of the formation of the next league, Coach Prescott said: “In its constructive aspects, the forma tion of an interfraternity debating league is, in my judgment, the most significant step taken by the students in many col lege generations. This means both a greater Oregon and a better type of citi zen turned out by this institution. “This movement is bound to result in a more able student body. That the or ganizations back of the league will make it go can hardly he questioned. In other things that they have undertaken to push through they have invariably shown the characteristic of success. They should not fail this time, for the movement was not imposed upon them from above or without. And it is safe to say that the students who by this league shall be in troduced to the joys of practical public speaking will be spurred on by ambition to make of themselves really efficient speakers. In emergencies, both in stu dent life and later on as citizens who ought to be able to take a lead in the settlement of community and state and national issues, they then will not be the object of their own and others pity be cause of embarrassment, incoherency and utter helplessness." EMERALDS ON EXHIBIT —Copie of the Mine raid containing ad vertisernents of the Central Presbyter ian church will be sent to Dullas, Texas, where they will be placed on exhibition at the genera) assembly of the student educational department of the board of education of the Presbyterian church, according to William Moll Case, psetor of that church Mr. Case has been advertising through • the Emerald columns a series of spec* I ial sermons on timely topics of special I interest to University students. [ ulBRARY GROWING SILENT # # * # NOTES OF WARNING LESS # * # a PERSONAL REQUESTS CURE “You have been reported for causing umoyance by conversing in the Library. iVe request that you be especially care ful in the future to refrain from talking and whispering while in the reading room. Very truly yours”. Has anyone noticed that “billy dews” limilar to the above have not been ap- i penring as frequently ns they have in I die past? In fact, only one-fifth as nuny as were sent out last year have been presented to the library pests, rhe students have no1 become more dutiful or thoughtful either, but the assistants in the library hnve found out hat personal interviews are quite ns ef fectual as the little notes. So they run right after the ta'.kntivc person and raise their objections on the spot. Head Librarian M. H. Douglass also says that the number of chronic offend ers has actually lessened. Only 47 notes hnve been sent out. Some of these hnve gone to the same people more than once. After the third warning a busi ness like interview is usually called for wherein both parties air their grievances and the offender is often requested to arrange to meet his friends nnd do his studying elsewhere. Although the situation lvns improved, the students are getting forgetful again and numerous complaints have been re ceived to the effect that the privilege of using the stack room was being abused. U. TO LIST STUDENTS Office Will Compile Addrosses of Every Former Oregon Grad. A list of all tlie students ever regis tered at the University is being com piled at the registrar’s office. This list will contain approximately 5000 names witli their present addresses. Special effort is being made to get the addresses of all those residing in Ore gon. “This list will be completed in about two months,” said Karl Onthank. secre tary to the president. "It will date back to the founding of the University, ft will be impossible to obtain as thor ough information as we would like to have regarding many of our former stu dents who have moved away for we have only the old addresses and a num ber have not been card front for sev eral years. Many deaths also have oc curred.’” FROSH TRYOUTS THURSDAY Wil Debate With Sophs on Universal Military Training. ■-- i Frc-hmen tryouts for the coming frosh-soph debate will he held on next Thursday. March 21), at 7 p. in., prob ably in (* 11 i 1<1 hall. Definite announce ment as to the place v/ill be made lat er. The judges will consist of Prof. Prescott, Walter Myers and Miss Bur gess. The above were leeided ut a meeting of the freshmen debate candidates in Dr. DeCou’s office on Thursday after noon. Some H or 10 students were present out of which a team of four will he picked, two affirmative and tw > negative. The tryouts shall consist of a 10 minute speech on any phase of the fid lowing question: “Resolved, that the plan for universal training as laid down by Senator Chanrb rlnin in his bill should be adopted by the United Stutes.” Students will be allowed to select any phase of the question which they wish.” W. C. T. U. GETS OLD PAPER At least fifty po uius of waste paper is burned each day in the various Uni versity boilers. This fact was realized by the W. 3. T. U., memiiers of which requested that they be allowed t collect thia paper and sell it. 11. M. Fisher, superintend ent of grounds, consented to their plan, as he figured that t would not only >• helping them hut also would save the janitors in the various buildings consid erable work each day. He says further that he would have it collected himself and sold if he considered the financial gain amounting to not more than 23c a day, would be worth the extra trouble which it would require. OLD EXJIM CUSTOM IS DISHED BY M No Official Canvass Made Bui Some Sentiment Ex pressed. WOULD INCREASE QUIZZES, SAYS PROFESSOR BOVARD Seniors Having Plan of Raising Senior Scholarship in Mind Urge Abolition of Tests. Faculty opinion on the question of senior examinations, coming from four different departments presents a var iety. No official canvass of tbs faculty has been made on tne subject but the heads of three different departments present ing a largely varying type of study have been consulting with the result that twe are in favor of a system making the final examinations optional with the pro fessors and one is as yet undecided. The school of commerce, according to D. W. Morton, dean, would probably favor the exemption of seniors from the quizzes. Prof. Morton spoke before his class in Investments Thursday morn ing us follows: “I think that, if ths matter is made optional, I shall exer cise the option and relieve my seniors from th(> examinations. I would, how ever, devise some system of more fre quent tests for the purpose of being able to better judge the students. I am thinking of inaugurating short daily quizzes in some of my classes. These would supply the needed information on the knowledge >f the students. l’rof. .1. F. Bovard, head of the zoo logy department would abolish the ex aminations in bis own department if the question should be left to the op tion of the professors. “In my own department,” he says, “the number of seniors is small enough and I know them well enough . o make the giving of examinations really needless. I would, however, increase the number of quizzes coming throughout the semes ter for the purpose of determining their ability more definitely.” Dr. Timothy (Jloran of the Romance language department has as yet ar rived at no definite conclusion or stand on the matter. Most of the other men.hers consulted have not given the proposed change any great thought and are hardly ready to express themselves as taking any spec ial stand on the question, preferring rather to hear the argument of tho committee and the opinions of repre sentatives of other departments of the University. President I\ L. C.impbe'1 is "neutral” and does not care to take sides for or against the measure. lie says, "Though senior exemption from examinations has been presented and defeated in the past, I am sure that the petition will get fair and earnest consideration when it is presented to the faculty meeting. The question lots its good and bad points." The idea of more frequent quizzes during the semester held by so many of the professors is tlso offered by the senior committee in charge of the peti tion. They make an express point that it is not*the purpose of the class to es cape work during the last semester but simply to distribute the burden of it throughout the term, thus allowing en ergy, time and attention to be directed to the other features of the commence ment season. The committee recog nizes the necessity of u standard for grading which, they believe, is suffici ently afforded by semester tests, es pecially when the number is somewhat increased. GOLFERS TO MEET OFTEN Professor Prescott Will Form Classes Next Thursday. Professor It. W. Prescott announces that he intends to reorganize his golf ^ classes so that he will be able to meet i all players three times a week instead of once os he has previously been do ing. In order to carry nut his plan he wishes to have all those who are out for golf to come to the links Tuesday at 4 o'clock. At this time he will divide 'them into ciassee.