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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1917)
Monday to Open Eugene Display Week; Houses Dismiss Meetings to See Windows (by Earl Murphy) Those who wait until Easter Sunday to blossom forth in their best bib and tucker will find that their efforts will Tesult in an anti-climax for Eugene will have its Dress-Up AVeek April 1-7, pre ceeded by Window-Display Week begin ning Monday of next week. This then, say the merchants of the city, is the time to don your best and join the throng of window-shoppers. The week of special displays will be opened Monday evening at 8 o’clock when every merchant who has a win dow large enough to hold a display has agreed to prepare his window for the occasion. At the appointed moment all of the street lights will be turned out, the city will be in darkness for several moments and in that interval the veils which will have been hung over the win dows of the business houses during the day will be quickly drawn aside and the competing displays will be exposed to the view of the judges and the citizens. The co-operation of the student body as a whole has been eagerly sought by the window dressers and the merchants, for it is felt by these business men that the assistance of the University people should be given at this time because of the sacrifices that the merchants niada for the monster celebration after the California victory of last fall. Every house on .he enrnpus has post Private dancing lessons for beginners. Gladys Franz, 1201 Alder Street. It is far better to COOK WITH GAS Than to gas with the Cook P!1' r? ^ p ORtGON POViEsi CO. ponf'd its house meeting for that night, and permission will he given the fresh men girls to have dates the same as on a week-end night. This will give all the school people an opportunity to get into the spirit of the affair and back the merchants. The University and Municipal bands will combine on Monday night and will give concerts at various corners in the business section immediately after the windows have been unveiled. These will be repeated on different corners until late in the evening. The windows will be judged on both the artistics and s lling points and a prize cup will be awarded to the window which is the most attractive, and an other to the set of dndows which wins the favor of the judges. These cups are donated by the Itegister and Guard. The judges are to be G. It. McAuslan, of the University School of Commerce, C. J. Fulton, of the Brownsville Wool en Mills store, and A. H. McDonald, manager of the Rex Theater. | DEPUTATION IS AT MARCOLA Program and Talks on University Work Are Part of Program. Under the leadership of Leo Cossman, a Y. M. C. A. deputation lpft here Fri day afternoon for Mareola, where its members are holding meetings this week-end. The personnel of the party is as follows: Frank Campbell, War ren Gilbert, Dennis Brown, Chandler Harper, Ray Hausler, J. D. Foster, Mae llarbert, and Essie Maguire. A special assembly was held Friday in the Mareola high school. Talks, songs, and stunts were given by Miss Maguire and Cossman, Gilbert, Hausler and Foster. The same night the boys of the party played the county championship basket ball team of Mareola. Saturday, the en tire deputation hiked to Wendling and viewed the great lumber mill. Tonight a banquet aud reception will be given tin' deputation in the high school build ing. On this occasi m Mr. Foster will give an illustrated lecture on Univer sity life. Sunday morning there will be a union service of the two churches. .Miss llarbert and Mr. Foster will speak at this meeting and the rest of the party will assist at the program. Sun day afternoon the boys and the girls will hold separate meetings. The party will return Sunday even ing. The University of Michigan has paid out nearly JfHOOO this year in student loans to the members of the senior class, according to a recent statement from the treasurer’s office. Dress Up Phone 25 Press Up in o> c c -C Oh tc w o fm You Will Want to Look Well This Coming Week and You Can For 4 BITS—If You Have Your—4 BITS Suit Cleaned and Pressed at the NE’ER-DO-WELL sr © 3 <t> K5 Of *0 n co co T3 Dress Up Phone 25 Press Up SAVOY MONDAY AND TUESDAY F ARBUCKLE I\YV aro lookiir.g forward to jour patronage on Monday evening as we have ar ranged a program worthy of your support wo will be pleased to see you come. In “BRIGHT LIGHTS” Also showing on Mon day and Tuesday WILFRED LUCAS in “JIM BLUDSCT A thrill and a laugh Co-Stars with little MABLE NORMAN1) In the best comedy they ever attempted; also their In the best comedy they last appearance together in picture comedy. Be Sure and Participate: The main object of display week, is to really display to their best advantage our 1917 Spring merchandise, and to convince you that We Merchants Eugene, carry such lines, as to make it unnecessary for any one to make their purchases outside of Eu gene. March 26th to April 1st is Display Week,week following is National Dress-Up Week. We invrite y°u to view our merchandise and can convince you that you should dress up all week, and join in the Easter Parade on Easter Sunday. Our Stock of Wearables for Men and Women are now at their very best. Accessories too. “GRIFFON SUITS” $16.00 to $30.00 in all the new color effects. Plain and mixed, con servative and fancy models. They represent true economy at these prices. See Schoble Hats and Quaker City Shirts for Spring. Just in—100 doen new neckwear for men at 50<S 75<S $1 and $1-50; representing everything that’s new. See the New Spring Coats and Suits for Women In shades of gold, brass, emerald, French, grey, citron, beryl, muirat, orchid fuchia, rosella, rembrandt, carnival, copen, magen ta, egg, beet red, apple green, chamois and rose, in cloths of burella, velour, radium velours, Bolivia, poiret twills, poplins, serg s, etc. Coats $9.00 to $50.00; Suits $15.00 to $50.00 See *he New Shadow Lawn Green in “Mallin son’s” Indestructable Voile and Georgette This is the new shade selected by the First Lady of the Land, and produced by “Mallinson's” in her honor. We are Exclusive Agents for these Silks De Luxe in Eugene Khaki-Kool, Plain and Fancies, at, yard . .$4.00 PussyWillow Plain at $2.75; Fancies at $3.50 Yd. Indestructable Voile, Plain Shades, at yard $2.00 A Double Event Window Display Week and Dress Up Week Georgianna Crepe, Plain Shades, at, yard. .$2.50 Fancy Taffeta, light and dark grounds at $2.00 to $3.50 Yard. Kayser’s Silk Jersey, 36 inches wide in 7 colors White, Flesh, Emerald, Coral, Magenta, and China Blue The Real New Thing Men’s soft cloth hats in all the shades of green, knit fabrics, velours and leather cloth $2.50, $3 and $3.50 each. Agents “Griffon Suits” and Schoble Hats for nen and Young Men. Agents Nemo and Gos sard Lace Front Corsets. Be Fitted Now. Daily Downpour Lessens Pros pects for Varsity Team; Coach Still Hopeful. Foster, Boylen, Mulkey, Hod son, Brown Turn Out as Can didates for Frosh Squad. Unless the continued downpour censes in the near future, Oregon is going to have an aquatic team rather than a track squad. Saturday, Coach Hill Hayward gathered his athletes together and laid down sundry rules for training, but all the rules he can think of are not going to be of any use if the men ean't get out to practice. The break in the elouds last Sat urday brought ont a multitude of run ners. sprinters and hurdlers of all de seriptions. Under Mill’s orders every one was kept busy working away at some event or other. The season seemed nicely under way and then Mon day it started raining and hasn’t let up for longer than .’it* minutes since. The covered shed, which was abandoned last week in favor of the outside track is again doing duty and bids fair to be used for some time. The attention of sill the men i now centered on the relay games to be held in the armory at O. A. C. the evening of April 7. While the relay races are the main features on the program, there will also he sprints, hurdle races ami some field events. The list of intercol legiate events includes: one-mile relay, two-mile relay, 75-yard high hurdles, 75-yard low hurdles. The open events are: one-mile relay (eight nietH. 75 yard dash. Id pound shot put, pole vault. ~trigh—jtttttT’—tend—hr md—lmn;i lies des these will he a special one-mile relay for college freshmen. Coach Hayward is intending to take a team to Corvallis but the number of men has not been leeided upon. Fresh lueu also will he taken provided they show enough form. Among the frosh who appear to he worthy contenders • .r plates are Fos* er, ltoylen. Midkey ami Wilson m the spriuls; llodsou in the quarter X and half mile and Brown in the ahot. Foster is the lad - an John Day high school who finished second in the 220 in the interscholastic meet last Junior week-end. The other three have also prep school records. Hudson's specialty is the broad jump, j but he can do the middle distance runs in fair time also. He has jumped over 21 feet in high school competition. Brown is putting the shot out in good form and with coaching ought to reach JO feet. The illness of Mrs. Hayward has pre vented Coach Hayw. rd from giving his squad any attention the past week. BISHOP HUGHES TO SPEAK Methodist Church Dignitary to Appear at April Vesper Service. Matt S. Hughes, bishop of the Meth odist Episcopal church of the north west, will speak sit the University ves pers Sunday April 1. The subject of his address has not been given out as yet. Bishop Hughes will be here to take part in special meetings at the first Methodist church of this city, but lias consented to give up one of his meetings to speak at the vespers. Bishop Hughes is considered one of the best speakers in America. He was at one time professor of practical the ology at the University of Southern California and is noted as a lveeuni leet- : urer and orator. The meeting will be held in Villa rd hall and there will he special music by the University choir under the direction i of Dean Lyman who will return from the east about March .‘50. There will also be special decorations. — 300 CARDS FOR 15 BOOKS New Set of Greek and Latin Classics Re quires Detailed Indexing. -U-Iil'-U 'be !’■’ ':',-iry -i.t.t.-.l t,, its shelves fifteen volumes belonging to Miller's set of Creek and I.atiu classics a few weeks ago it was necessary to place 300 cards in the index files for the one collection. Each card, though very much like the rest, hail to be done i by itself in order to be found in the index under a specific head. These lit tle thr.-e by five inch strips of cardboard required approximately three days of one person's time to complete. Look Your Best When You Pass PETET PAN next Monday Evening—That’s What we Intend to do. The Peter Pan Kids Eastern Vacation Fares ---- Reduced Round Trips between Eugene and Points on the Oregon Electric. Sale Dates April 6 & 7, Return Limit April 16 THROUGH TICKETS SOLD -TO ALL POINTS San Francisco via North Bank Road and S. S. Northern Pacific. Low one-way and round trip fares, H. R. KNIGHT, Agent Eugene