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SERIOUS NOW BOYS
The war humor of the last few days and
weeks Is over now. The flash from Wash
ington last night bore a sinister message.
Today we may bn greeting friends for
the last time. No one doubts the loyalty
of the University students to their
country and nation. Though few want war
when war may be avoided, yet in this
time of need that distaste and half-fear
will be crystallized into virile courage,
staunch and true, and our fathers, the
boys of ’01, will proudly watch their sons
march under the banner of Old Glory to
battle as valiantly as they themselves
did a generation ago.
Grasp this hand father, and may there
he infused in me
That blood-courage of ’01, that proved
your loyalty.
Far, far away as this part of the world
has been from the cruz of war's hor
rors we have little felt its seriousness.
But war's circles in the pool of human
ity have been reaching farther and farther
around as the conflict became more se
vere and more engaging. Little by little
the circles have spread and spread in
volving nation after nation. At last those
circles have encompassed this nation.
Today we may bid goodby to loved ones.
Tomorrow we may hid goodbye to life.
Enlistment and mobilization may spell
eternity. God alone knows.
Forth we may fare, to the front to go,
Leaving mother and sweetheart in
sorrow's woe.
A BOOST FJR OREGON
It Is most evident that the question
of abolition of senior examinations will
receive serious consideration from the
faculty tills year. The committee as an
nounced by President Campbell today is
composed of Prof. II. 0. Howe, chair
man, Professors Stafford, Gilbert, Me
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Aliistcr and Morton. In the many
years that the question has come, before
the faculty on a petition this is the first
year it lias been referred to a committee.
The Emerald is pleased with the person
nel of the faculty committee for it is a
group of faculty members who are in
close touch with tin; students and who
may be depended upon to accurately
sound student opinion.
Hut after all it is not so much a mat
ter of student opinion as it is a matter
of' peculiar conditions affecting, not
alone the students, hut more particularly
the University itself. For if ever a suc
cessful commencement is wanted it is
most certainly wanted this year with
the great Oregon pageant to be staged.
As far as faculty and students are con
cerned the nboi ion of senior examina
tions will just about affect both equally.
So then without making personal desires
the paramount issue, let the good of the
University be first considered and in
the interests of the institution to which
we are so loyal let the senior exams be
put aside this year that the great Oregon
pageant may be. a success—a success
ich as the pageant, the “Bridge of the
God»” never had; and that pageant was
an all-state affair.
Every student should be out for the
Greater Oregon rally at assembly Wed
nesday morning. Big prospects are in
store for the future of the University.
But that future will always be in store
unless there is some active co-operation
of the students with the University in
making that future possible. Get out
and do your share.
OREGANA PRICE IS .RAISED
Sales for Annual at $2.50 Reach 522
Sunday; Distribution May 10.
The sale of 1017 Oreganas under the
$2.7)0 limit closed on Sunday t.itli a total
of 522 copies sold. This uumoer exceeds
last year's sales by 100, and out of the
050 printed (eaves 128 to be distributed
to Oregon high schools, Oregana staff
and advertisers.
Following are the number of copies
sold by the respective contestants in the
Oregana contest: Jeanette Calkins. 125;
Henry Thorsott, 70; Wiley Knighton,
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ger, says he is well pleased with re
sults. "We wish to thunk all the solic
itors for their faithful work,” he said.
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| Interpretations of Current Events I
j for the Emerald by John Almack. |
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THE GERMAN RETREAT.
The Germans commenced to retreat
last week from north France where they
have been entrenched since 1014 when
the war began. The French and English
at once moved forward and occupied the
evacuated territory, which is approxi
mately seven hundred square miles in ex
tent.
The Germans explain the retreat by
saying the new line is much shorter than
the old, and can be held by fewer men,
making possible the massing of greater
forces at some, point for an offensive
movement or their use against Petro
grad. At the same time, the allied armies
will be at a decided disadvantage in es
tablishing themselves in the new line ow
ing to the difficulty of moving supplies
over the shell torn desert the Germans
have left behind them. It sounds, how
ever much as if they were whistling to
keep up their courage, and that the real
reasons art! concealed. Candor unmixed
with deception is contrary to German
statesmanship even in dealing with their
own people, so we may expect other ex
planations than the true ones.
Conditions point to further withdraw
als to a line running from Verdun north
along the Meuse to the neighborhood of
Antwerp, or even to the German-Bel
gian frontier. In either case, it will mean
the surrender of the rich mineral de
posits of France, the acquisition of which
was a prime motive for the war. These
would not be given up, nor the risk of
dissatisfaction at home over retreat run
unless there were more potent reasons
than the mere military advantage of the
new line.
The central powers have been losing
in the south, and the peril from that
quarter is great enough to require the
massing of every available man who can
be spared from the west for the defense
of her allies. Further, the withdrawal
is contemporaneous with the Russian
revolution and the fear is well founded
that the contagion of freedom may
spread to the German states, and espe
cially to Hungary. Part of the army
could then be used to put down rebellion.
Strained relations with nations hereto
fore neutral offer the best explanation
for the retreat. A state of war already
exists with the United States; Holland
may break off diplomatic relations any
day. In the event of HolUnd entering
the war, the first line vyduld be unten
able, and further retreat necessitated.
The results may make the movement
more significant than it appears to many
at present. Dissatisfaction with the
course and progress of the war already
exists in the Kaiser’s own dominions;
and with evidences of defeat and the con
sequent probability of bringing war ac
tually into the sacred confines of the
Fatherland may increase it to the ex
tent that the experience of the Czar may
be repeated in Germany. It is generally
remarked nowadays that the Kaiser is
losing confidence in his own ability to
govern the affairs of the world single
handed.
Far reaching effects are certain in
Austro-IIungary. The Hungarians are
allied by neither .blood, religion, inter
ests, nor inclination to the Germans.
They are a race exceedingly proud, free
and impulsive; fond of conquest and
hateful of domination. Alliance with Aus
tria has been one of convenience and ne
cessity; fear of Russia alone has kept
down the long contemplated rebellion.
AVith the Russian menace removed and
German defeat apparent, the time for
the Iluns to strike for their own freedom
is opportune.
Altogether, the German retreat points
to German defeat and the dissolution of
the German Kmpire both, consumma
tions devoutly to be wished.
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PROF. BfQVARD. GOES SOUTH
John F. It'vard. professor of zoology
loaves Tuesday night for Palo Alto, Cal
ifornia. where he will attend the moot
ings of the Pacific division of the Amei
can Association for the Advancement
of Science and the meetings of the
Western Naturalists’ Society, of Which
he is vice-president. Profesor Uovard
will read a paper on "Recent Research
and Theories of evolution.” •Sfcyosi or
eight soeieties will meet in Palo Aito
from April l to April 7.
C. D. RORER TO TALK
P. I'. Uorer. pre-dent of the Rank of
Commerce, will give a talk on banking
to the vocational class Friday morning.
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Ernest Watkins,Margaret Cros
by, Warren Edwards Please.
Lord Loam and Tweeny Bring
Applause; Portland Per
formance Suggested.
(By Ed Harwood)
“The Admirable Crichton,” comeJdy
by J. M. Barrie produced Friday night in
Guild hall by classes in dramatic inter
pretation under the direction of A. F.
Jteddie, has set a high-water mark in
the production of plays at the University.
Although but a first night performance
by amateurs, it was unusualiy smooth
and finished, not only in the acting but
also in the artistic stage settings, and
I the striking lighting effects. It is sug
gested that “The Admirable Crichton”
be taken to Portland in April and pro
duced before the Drama league instead
of four one-act plays, as is the present
plan. The success of “The Admirable
Crichton” is assured, as proved by its
initial presentation; the success of the
four one-act plays is problematical. The
performance Friday is by far the most
successful dramatic effort made this year
and as such, is well worthy of being
given in Portland as a representative
work of the dramatic interpretation de
partment of the University.
Ernest Watkins, as the butler, Mar
garet Crosby, as Lady Mary Lasenby,
Warren Edwards, playing Honorable Er
nest Wooley and Alex Bowen in the role
of Lord Loam, all well known in campus
dramatic work, surpassed expectations
in the splendid quality of thei racting.
Roberta Killam, as Lady Agatha Lasen
by, and Helen Purington, as Lady Cath
erine Lasenby, sustained their parts in
a manner that won them hearty com
mendation. Nor is “Tweeny”, played by
Lillian Bancroft, to be forgotten. The
sympathetic, human manner in which
Miss Bancroft interpreted the character
of the little kitchen servant will not be
forgotten py those who saw the play.
The scenery, 6tage decorations and
costumes designed and executed by Cle
orae Carroll, assisted by Lourene Taylor,
Lillie Miller and Adrienne Epping, were
pleasing and effective. The effects pro
duced by the combinations of orange and
lue colors in the stage decorations in the
first and fourth acts deserve special
commendation.
HILL-TOUT TO SPEAK
Noted Archaeologist Lectures
Tonight on Man’s Antiquity.
Has Spent Greater Part of Life
Studying Subject; Author
of Many Books.
Charles Hill-Tout, fellow of the Royal
Archaeological Society of Canada, will
give a stereoptican lecture on “The an
tiquity of man in the light of modern
discoveries” in Guild hall tonight at 8
o’clock. Mr. Hill-Tout, whose head
quarters are in Abbotsford, British Col
umbia, is travelling under the auspices
of the Archaeological Institute of Amer
ica. He spoke in Seattle Thursday, in
Walla Walla Saturday, and in Portland j
Monday.
“In his address the lecturer, who has '
spent .he greater portion of his life in j
the study of subjects, will present and
treat of the evidences of man’s aniquity
and his evolutions from the lower forms,
sketching his life history as we have
been able to gather it from his fossol
ized remains and from other remains
which he has left behind his.” says a j
letter from the western secretary of the :
iustitue to Prof. F. S. Dunn, head of he
Latin department, who is a member of
the institute.
Mr. Hill-Tout is fellow of the Amcri- !
can Ethnological Society, corresponding j
fellow of the Royal Antliopologieal In- j
stitute and a vice-president of the Arch
aeological Institute of America. 11 is
books have been published by the Royal
Society of Canada, The Folk Lore So
ciety of England, The American Anthro
pologist, The British Association for the
Advancement of Science and the Royal !
Anthropological Institute of Great Bri
tain and Ireland.
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