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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1917)
OREGON EMERALD Published each 'Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the college year, by the Associated Students of the University of Oregon. Entered at the postoffice at Eugene as second class matter. Subscription rates, per year, $1.00. Single copies, 5c. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Associate Editor .. Associate Editor ... Managing Editor .. City Editor . EDITORIAL STAFF. HAROLD HAMSTREET .Milton Arthur Stoddard . ...Juba DeWItt Gilbert .Ed Harwood .Adrienne Epplng BUSINESS STAFF. BUSINESS MANAGER. Assistant Manager. Assistants . Circulation Manager. . . Phone, Editor, 565 .,.BURLE D. BRAMHALL .Louise Allen Joe Dean, Lay Carlisle, Jeanette Calkins, Harold Barde ....Paul Reaney Phone, Manager, 841 Departments Sports Editor.James S. Sheuhy Assistants.William Haseltlno, Clifford Sevlts Administration .Earl Murphy Student Activities ...Dorothy Parsons Women s Sports..Helen Hair Forensics .Rosalind Bates Exchanges ...Helen Itrenton General Assignments.John Dundore. Elsie Fltzmaurice, Richard Avlson, Gladys Wilkins, Ross Dalgleisch, Russell Fox, Martha Tinker, Pearl Cralne, Erma Zimmerman, Dorothy Dunlway, Ruclle Saunders, Bert Woods. Arvo Slmola. Florida Hill, Adelaide Lake, Helen Brenton, Beatrice Thurston, Lyle McCfoskey, Tracy Byers, Paul Reaney, Douglas Mullarky, Bill Morrison, Jacob Jacobson, Paul Ellis, Robert Case, Mellld Parker, Nell Warwick, Anne Dawson. A CHANGE IMPERATIVE Two by two the faculty members are lining up for the abolition of senior ex aminations. Realizing the peculiar con ditions that have arisen on the Univer sity campus, they look forward to the abolition of un ancient custom and the substitution of a system, drastic and progressive, that will distribute the work of a senior over the entire semester and in its very nature raise the senior schoia’ship. To invoke this new system means the breaking away from an ancient and time honored custom. But it is this break ing away that spells progressiveneas in capitul letters. It is the eusiest way in the world to follow the line of least resistance. That line in this case is the maintuiuence of the present system of senior examinations. No one who huB followed the question as presented through the Emerald col umns could for a moment get the im pression thut the seniors are looking for un euoy way out of examinations. Th'y are not usking for a hand-me-down di ploma. Their plea i i for justice. They plead justice because of the supera bundance of work that is being inflict ed upon them at graduation time. They point out the fact that instead of the burden < of commencement time being lightened they are being added to. This year the great Oregon pageant, in which the major part of the senior class will take part, is to be a commencement feature. As a suggestion to the faculty thut the plea for justlc? may be serious ly considered the seniors present the plan that some practical means be de vised whereby there will be no 'et-up in the work of the seniors the last se mester and yet eliminate the congestion of the final week. That suggestion of the seniors if ’air enough. It is the piun the Emerald has harped upon as the means of distribut ing the work of a senior his last semes ter over the entire period rather than the last week. For the male members of the student body who insist upon walking across the campus lawn, even to the extent of dodging around the student council “keep off” signs, a hot hand party should be held that would thour oughly warm the west side of their trousers. As for ill jvomen, the exam ple of the men shou.d suffice. Measles and scariet fever have both ered the University of Kansas extreme ly of late. What a feverish time that institution must be having! SYMPATHIES! From now on freshmen will begin wearing their caps the year around. No excuses will be accepted for cold weath er, rain, or bright sunlight.—-Kansas. ALSO A SUMMER RESORT. Some people take college as a first re sort, some as a last resort, and others take it as apleasure resort.—Daily Kan san. WHY? Do all Students Go to the IMPERIAL for their fish and shell fish? There must he a reason! } '-i WHY? — -... 1 1 -—■ r7-.. s*Of ■■*■*..; ■*.«•.. . EASTEIi VACATION /6*k£ - 1 I SUNSET RATES Named Via SUNSET lOGDENOSHASTAl l ROUTES I Southern Pacific Co. To All Points on Lines, in Oregon. One and One-Third Fare for the Round Trip Tickets on sale April 6th and 7th •—Final return limit April 16th. Fare to Portland and return ./... 5? 1.80 Fare to Salem and return .$2.80 Fare to Albany and return .$1.75 SPECIAL TRAIN For the accommodation of students and others will leave Eu gene 1:20 p. m. April 6th., making fast time to Portland, stopping Junction City, Albany, Salem, Woodburn, Oregon City and r,ast Morrison Street, Special will return Leaving Portland, Sunday 7 p. ni. April 15th. JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent Portland “When the Eagle Soared” Gets $10 Prize; “Frankincense and Myrrh” Awarded $5. rhorne Says Several Manu scripts Have Real Mar ketable Value. “When the Eagle Soared,” a short story by Robert Case, won the first prize of $10, offered by James B. Kerr, in the recent University short story contest. “Frankincense and Myrrh” is the title of the story by Emma Woot ton, which was awarded the second prize of $5. • Mrs. M. H. Parsons. Miss Ida Turney, both of the English department and J. Frederick Thorne and Edison Marshall, who are short-story writers, were mem bers of the committee that made the decisions on the 13 stories entered. Edison Marshall ii enthusiastic about the stoTies. “The results of this con test show that there is no scarcity of short-story talent in the University,” said be. “The stories submitted were a revelation of great possibilities in their authors, and prove that the Uni versity has a real literary atmosphere. I doubt that any other school of twice its size could stage so successful a con test from u critic’s point of view. Many of the stories had marketable possi bilities and I took this into considera tion when judging the manuscripts.” Miss Turney is of the opinion that only >ne of the stories showed real workmanship. "I think Mr. Case’s story is the only one that shows care ful work,” said she. “This contest was evidently needed as practice for I think that the most noticeable feature of the collection was the careless structure of the stories.” “The stories showed much imagina tion, held in leash by the bounds of probability,” said Mr. Thorne. “In gen eral. I was surprised at the literary val ue of the material. Some of the best were distinctly marketable. But this contest was noticeable for the usual characteristic of story contests, namely, poor spelling.” Mrs. Parsons says that while she con sidered some of the stories approxi mately professional, they nevertheless showed too much self-consciousness on the part of the authors. “Most of out University writers are still in the chrysalis stage,” she said. Through the efforts of Mr. Marshall who has provided for a permanent cash prize, the short-story contest is now as sured as an annual event. ★—-★ | PRESS NOTICE | *-* Clara Kimball Voting, the screen star supreme, will be seen in the first of her own productions, an adaptation of Rob ert \V. Chambers’ novel, "The Common Law,” at the Savoy theatre on Monday and Tuesday. This picture is expected to prove the greatest of Miss Young’s many successes and is particularly interesting in the fact that it inaugurates the Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation, the first pro ducing organisation ever created in the name of a woman screen star. The production was screened under the direction of Albert Capellani, who has produced a number of Miss Young’s fin est pictures, including "Camille" in which 'lisa Young scored her greatest triumph to date. Mr. Capellani has surrounded Miss Young with a remarkable cast. The leading male role is played by Conway Tcarle, one of the best known of the younger stage stars of the day, while I’aul Oupellain, who has supported Miss Young in several of her pictures, will be seen in another powerful presentation. Others in the cast are Edna Hunter. Lil lian Cook, Julia Stuart. Edward M. Kim ball, Lydia Knott and l>. J. Flnuuigan. SWEEP UP! The University of Illinois has of fered monthly prizes of two dollars each for the best suggestions for more ef ficiency. made by the janitors. 46 Guests (Continued from page one) hers attending will be Fean Junia Todd ‘ of Willamette, l>ean Fawcett of O. A. C., Mrs. Carl Gregg Foney, wife of president I touey of \\ dlamctte. Mrs. Win. E. Kirke. president of the advis ory board at Willamette and other ad- j visory board members. MISS FORBES TO HEAR GANZ Miss Winifred Forbes, instructor in violin in the school of music, is goiujr to Cortland to hear Gauic. the distinguished pianist, and Spalding, the violinist, play tonight. FORMALITY IS TABOO Swell Togs Barred at Soph Frosh Dance Saturday. Freshmen Placard Bearers to Advertise Event; Stepping Starts at Eight. Informality is to be the order of dress it the Soph-Frosh dance to be held next Saturday in the Men’s gym. Stepping will start at 8:15 p. m. to the music of a five piece orchestra. Early indications point to a good size crowd, but in order to insure a large turnout freshmen will be sent out on Thursday carrying placards around the campus urging dates and reminding girls to prepare their bi-sandwich feast. The “feasts” will consist of a minimum of two sandwiches or a maximum of four, the auction of which will take place be tween the eighth and ninth dances. Heads of the committees in charge think it would be a good idea if the ninth dance were left open so that part ners of the auction could dance it to gether. Not more than 15 cents will be allowed to be spent in bidding for the prizes which contain the unknown name of the eo-ed who prepared them. In order to further the informality of the occasion the committee is contem plating placing a ban on programs. Students in charge of the dance are: Roberta Schubel, Helen Bracht and Mac Maurice, representing the sophomores, with Mildred Garland, Doris Slocum and Ned Fowler acting for the freshmen. Corduroys for juniors and seniors, flannel shirts for sophomores and sweat er coats -for freshmen are preferred, but other apparel will not be barred. The committee, however will consider it a misdemeanor to appear in a stiff col lar. PUIIS Lira FIELD Surveying Is Done; Tiling to Go in When Rain Is Over. Foundation Will Be Thick Bed of Gravel; Top Not Decided On. The new athletic field will be laid out to run north and south, with the grand stand on the west sidg and the bleachers on the oast, or in other words, exactly opposite the present field. This is one of the latest developments concerning the construction of the athletic field for which the board of regents and the student body voted respectively $5000 and $10,000. Besides the planning, there has been some work done on the field to date. 10. II. McAllister, Professor of mechan ics and astronomy, formerly dean of engineering, has su”veyed the field and estimated the amount of filling that it will require. The field has been staked off for the drainage tiling and the places where it v ill be laid marked. The amount of tiling also has been estimated. As soon as the weather permits, the field will be drained tffcd the tiling put into place. The field is to be composed of a bed of gravel from one to three feet thick. Over this there is to be a plain surface also about a foot thick, the material for which has not yet been decided on. Both the gravel and the top surface will be crowned making it considerably high er ia the center than at the sides. Wanted.' men to pose for life drawing class. Good pay. easy work. Apply to Prof. Schroff or Doch at Archt. Build in*. Club Shine Where all the Students Go. George MaloS' Easter Cards Bibles Prayer Books and Hymnals SGKWARZSGHfLD’S BOOK STORE One Button Union Suits For Men Simple, practical, a real comfort gar ment. On and off in a jiffy. No buttons to come off. If you have never known real underwear comfort, you can know it now. 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