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Emerald Suspends Publication Until After Spring Vacation—April 7 to 15 VOL. 18. EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1917 NO. 68. BOARD OF CURRICULA AUTHORIZES COURSE IN HOME ECONOMGS University to Install Domestic Science Department Here Next Semester. FOOD ANALYSIS, VALUES, DIETETICS INCLUDED New School Intended to Fill Local Need of Vocational Subjects for Co-eds. i GROWTH WILL BE GRADUAL C. J. Smith, Rabbi Wise, J. E. Hedges, 0. R. Coshow, A. G. Beals—Execu tives Who Made Decision. A course in Homo Economics for the University was authorized yesterday af ternoon by the state board of higher cur ricula which met in Portlands This course, which will at first be more or less elementary, will be installed next sem ester and will include work in dietetics, chemical food analysis and scientific choosing of food. President P. L. Campbell appeared be fore the board yesterday and presented the case of the school in support of the movement to install this branch of work. Dr. S. P. Capen, of the United States commission, authorized to investigate t education throughout the country, last year recommended the installation of such a department, and considerable de mand for it has alno been felt through out the state. The value of the new course granted to the University suggests itself to the Greater Oregon committee and it is urged upon the students going home for spring vacation to use this as campaign material; pointing out to prospective students the greater value to be derived in attending the University. It is urged that undoubtedly the course strengthens the University and will aid in getting doubtful prospective students coming this way. The attitude 0f the student body was shown by the resolution unanimously adopted at yesterday’s assembly and tel egraphed to Portland to the board, on t ’orsing the movement and asking that jlPjavorable action be taken. The work will be introduced gradually and it is the plan of the school to hav*e within a very few years a well developed department of Home Economics which will supply the present demand for vo cational work for young women. The members of the state board of higher curricula are besides the ex-of ficial members: C. .T. Smith, Portland, chairman; .T. E. Hedges, Oregon f ity; O. R. Coshow, Rosebtirg; Rabbi Ste phen A. Wise, Portland; A. G. Beals, Tillamook. FEW WOMEN WILL REMAIN Majority to Spend Spring Vacation at Their Homes. Following is a list of University women who will remain in Eugene during the i spring vacation: “ Alpha Phi: Jeanette Wheatley and Lu cille Watson. Chi Omega: Xaoni Bernard, Eulalie Crosby. Belle Messick, Mildred Emmett, Vera Olmstead and Gene Reekie. Delta Delta Delta: Hazel Knight and Tula Kinsley. Delta Gamma: Mariam Page, Grace Sage, Rena Adam, Edna Gray. Elizabeth Houston, Marion McDonald, Jennie Huggins and Dora Belie 1 rincis. Gamma I’hi Beta: Lillian Boylen, ^ei niee Robbins, Emma V ootton, Gene vieve Dickey, Harriet Polhemus, and Helen Currey. _Kappa Kiippn G.-ij.iina: Lih.ian Li.tle.^. Eva Von Berg. Hel n J ngberg, Gertrude May and Gladys Sm.th. Kappa Alpha Theta: Lillian Porter, Ruth Rothrock and E.sie 1 itzmaurice. Mary Spiller Hall: Ruth Nye. Ruth Wilson. Marion Bower, Mildred Brown ind Eva Hadley. ^ l'i Beta Phi: Dora Birchard, Ella ' 3ews, Adda Martin, Beatrice Gaylord tui Louyse McCanilliss. RESPECT THE FLAG; DO NOT TREAD ON IT. In this time of national crisis, when the loyalty of every citizen is tested to the utmost, it is fit and meet that the flag receive the greatest of respect. It is to call attention to the exercise of thoughtfulness in this regard that the Emerald mentions an incident occur ing in the unfurling, this morning, of the historic flag that flew at the masthead of the battleship Oregon when it made the world record run around Cape Horn. Intent on her own business a lady rushed to the bus iness office wicket, and, without observing the grand old banner as it half lay, half hung in the lobby, paused not at all but tripped ACROSS and trod upon the stars and stripes. Patriotism demands more thoughtfulness than that. HOI OREGON SPIRIT; SPRING IT ON TOUR FRIENDS Aim of Everyone During Spring Vacation Should Be to Induce High School Students to Come to the University; Get Into the Movement. (By Miri.i n Page) Greater Oregon is to be the aim cf every student who goes home for his spring vacation and each will carry a large surplus of Oregon spirit to distrib ute among his high school friends. The Greater Oregon committee, head ed by Ernest Watkins, began formulat ing the plans for a statewide campaign about a month ago. Lack of funds has been a botliersume drawback, but. al most all lines are being covered now by sub-committees. The plans for this year aim .it securing close personal contact between the men and women of the Uni versity and high school students, especi ally juniors and seniors, in the towns of the state, to show them that the student of the University are more than satisfied with Oregon. The minute you jump off the train in your home town your friends will know that there’s no place like Oregon for you; they can tell it in ytur handshake and your enthusiasm. But don’t stop there. Tell them there’s no place like it. Let them know just how crazy you are about it. But that’s only a starter. Go on and convince every one of them just how well he would fit in up there at the University—how it’s th' place lie should have decided on years ago. Oh, it’s journalism he wants, is it V Why Ore gon's got the best school of journalism anywhere around, and next year there’s a lot of new equipment coining. Medicine? Law? You can talk hours about either of them. Commerce? One of the most popular courses in the cur ricula has just installed home economics at Oregon and the course will be offered next fall. Just before you leave tell him that you’ll see he gets one of those Oregon pamphlets that tell all about the Univer sity and contain pictures of the campus. Wayne Stater and hii committee promise to have them out right afer spring va cation. A double effort must be made for the progress of the University next year on account of the gaps left in the student body by enlistment in the army. These gaps must be filled before there is an opportunity for increase. The problem is largely up to the students. “It is the students’ opportunity,” said Karl Onthank, secretary to President Campbell. "I think tine student can do as much along that line as ten profess ors. Of course there must be the pro fesors and the institution back of them, but the students’ own personal influence is what counts.” Following this Greater Oregon move ment on the part of the men and women of the University and supplementing it, is University Bay, May 11. which the alumni are working up. Karl Onthank as chairman of tne l rmersity Bay eorn mittee has made arrangements to have an alumnus representative in every town in the state who will drive home the work done by the students spring vacation. Next year the G eater Oregon com mittee plans to begin work call) in the fall and to raise funds by dances and other entertainments to carry out more extensive and elaborate plans. PEACE TEACHER TO FIGHT DR. ROBBINS IS DRILLING # # * * FAVORS EFFICIENT ARMY Before coming to the University of Oregon. l)r. K. ('. Robbins of the de partment of economics, wits engaged for some time in teaching peace and inter national law. Each Tuesday evening Dr. Robbins may be seen in shirt sleeves drilling and perspiring diligently with the hoys at the gymnasium, trying to learn how to fight. He believes that the United Staes should have a strong and efficient army to combat such foes of Democracy as she is now dealing with. Dr. Robbins would be cne of the first to offer his services to the nation in war. LEAH PERIS TO SING Girls’ Glee Club Concert, April 20, Gets Graduate. Soloists Plentiful This Year; Special Stunts and Solos to Be Put On. Through the efforts of Doan Ralph II. Lyman, of the school of music, the Girls’ ttllee club of the University will have the assistance of Miss Leah Perkins in the concert April 20 at the Eugene theatre. Miss Perking graduated from the Uni versity with the February class and is now teaching near Portland. During her college life, Miss Perkins sang in the glee club and was active in other branches of school activity. Her singing is known to the students and townspeople for its unusually high quality. The glee club is bending every effort toward making the coming concert a landmark in the history of the University school of music and the crowning achieve ment of the teaching of Mr. Lyman here. Special stunts have ben provided for the appearance and feature solos are being rehearsed. The club is fortunate this year in having a wealth of splendid solo material to choose from. Faculty Members Urge Students to Use Discretion SK S05 ® ^ m Si S3 Big Wave of Enthusiasm Sweeps Over the Campus fi 1? * m Sfi SS Si Fraternity Houses May Be Depopulated By War ! TORN FLAG IS RAISED HERE ^ ^ ONCE ON OREGON MASTHEAD * # # # NOW ADORNS JOHNSON HALL Through the Spanish-American war flying on the masthead of the battleship Oregon, then several years of oblivion in a storage room on the campus, is the history of the huge flag now suspended as an emblem of patriotism across the main part of the upper floor in the Ad ministration building. In 1911 some of the properties of the battleship were being looked over and discarded and the dag was sent as a gift to the University from Bremerton. It is stained and torn and has but 10% stripes, the lower ones patched together. It is 24 by 12 feet. i WOMAN’S GLEE PLAN TOUR Profits of Trip to Southern Oregon to Be Contributed to Woman's Building. Ail profits made by the Woman’s (5lee club on its trip to be taken the first week in May to towns in southern Ore gon will be contributed toward the Wo man’s building. Twenty-five glee club girls will make the trip and will be ac companied by some woman member of i the faculty. [ The girls will start either Monday, April .’?(), or Tuesday, May 1, and the points they expect to make are Cottage Grove, Roselnirg, Ashland, Grants Pass, and Medford. Entertainment will be furnished by woman’s clubs or by Uni versity alumni, according to A. R. Tif fany, registrar. The trip will be con cluded by May 0. R. II. Lyman, of the school of music and director of the glee club, expressed his opinion that war will not interfere with tin1 plans. “If it were the Men’s Glee club, war would make a difference,'’ . h(> said. “But as it is I believe that | people will enjoy hearing the concerts | just the same.” STUDENT DRILL AFFECTED Gretater Part of Men May Be in Army Before Training Here Begins. Declaration of war and mobilization j of troops for training will not hnsten ' preparation for military training in the University, according to Registrar A. E. ] Tiffany. The work will be done, how ever, ns soon as posable It was the or iginal plan of the regents to build the University armory and provide quarters and equipment for drill early this spring so that students could be given training next fall. j If the government asks for recruits and intensive drill begins, it is likely that a major portion of the men of the ‘ University will enlist in already organ 1 izod military units. This would make immediate preparation for drill here un necessary. In the event of universal compulsory training, the University drill will ex empt students from fuither service ex cept in case of warfare. ♦♦ “FIGHTING SECOND” TO HAVE TRACK TEAM ♦ ♦ The men of the Second Company Coast Artillery, to which nearly 50 ♦ ♦ University students alrttdy belong are planning to make it even more ♦ ♦ completely it University company with the declaration of war. While ♦ ♦ whole companies will no oouht he organized from the University in the ♦ ♦ event of extend'd and urgent calls for recruits, the men now in th* com- ♦ ♦ i,any h..n,' that any stndenm win, decide to enlist (hiring or after nnring—♦" ♦ vacation will join their company before it has been filled to war strength. ♦ ♦ The men of th® second company it re planning a track team that will ♦ ♦ take laurels from all other companies and the high schools of towns ♦ ♦ close to Ft. .Stevens. They will not brook the possibility of defeat when ♦ ♦ counting I>on Belding, Wily Knighton, Ernest Watkins, Bob 'age, Lea ♦ Cossman, Charli; Johns and I>e Witt Gilbert among their number. ♦ ♦ The men plan to build up a name for themselves as the ‘‘Fighting ♦ ♦ Second.” Drop Colorless Game by Score of 12-0; Lack of Prac tice Felt. Visitors Start Fireworks Early; Have No Trouble Finding “U” Pitchers. AFTERNOON BULLETIN. The Spokane Indians defeated Oregon again this afternoon by a score of 4 to 1! in a alow game with few features. New ton Center pitched the first seven innings for the Varsity in fine style but four hits being registered off his delivery. He struck out five men. Oregon scored in the seventh on Medley’s single and Shy Huntington’s long three-bagger over Ut schig’s head. Dwight Wilson twirled the last, two innings without allowing a hit. The Varsity staged a near-rally in the ninth. Dick Nelson cracked out a two base hit and scored on Alexander’s sin gle. Alex went to second on a passed ball but was out stealing third. It. H. E, Oregon.2 (1 4 Spokane .4 4 1 Batteries—Spokane, Schorr, Neusel and Marshall. Oregon, Center, Wilson and Holcomb, Huntington. (By .Tunics Sheehy) The Spokane Indians had little trouble in whitewashing the varsity yes terday afternoon in the first appearance of the lemon-yellow tosserg before a college audience. The score was 12 to °. About the only things of interest that enlivened the matinee game was the abil ity of the Northwesters to hit uud score runs, and the inability of varsity to suc ceed ut either task. From a baseball standpoint it was a poor exhibition, yet it served to relieve some of the pres sure exerted by war time exigencies. McGinnis, first up for Spokane, caught one of Itathbun’s fast balls on the seam and drove it to left center for two bases. After IJ'tschig flied out to center field, Happed trippled to right field, scoring McGinnis. Marshall walked and scored along with Harper on Meusel’s crash to left field. Lyle Bigbee all but lifted Dick Nelson from the ground by driving a terrific liner through first base, tallying Meusel. On an overthrow of second. Bigbee wus caught at third at tempting to make the bag. Four runs was the total for the inning. In Oregon’s half of the opening inning Fox singled over short, and went to sec ond on a fielder’s choice. lie died there when Medley and Nelson hit weakly to the infield. The free swinging Spokane sluggers kept the outfielders busy grabbing the long drives off the bats. Bezdek had Uuthhun keep the higi balls which ac counted for the many outputs by the outer works. Two more scores were added by the visitors in the sixth on a walk to catch er Marshall, and successive drives by Ilolling and Coltrin. Kathbun’s arm was fast tiring, ami in the seventh the In dians belted in six more tallies bringing the total to 12. McGinnis, who played a hangup game by a long three buse knock to deep left-center. The varsity proved to be far from polished.. They made several bad plays besides being guilty of five errors. Their hilling was weak an ! thnr base mulling worse. At least two chances to score were thrown away by loose work on the bases. Both Bathbun and Kennon were shy in control; due to the lack of an oppor tunity to work out their arms during the long spell of rainy weather. V irgil Alexander got a big hand from the crowd (Continued on page four) 1 (By Clifford Sevils) Speaking to men at the houses during luncheon today, members of the facility urged careful consideration of every branch of the service before enlisting. England's fatal mistake in sending all her college men to the front at the beginning of the war was pointed out as a move that should be avoided in the United States in the present crisis. The boys were urged by the faculty to join some branch of the nation’s military or naval service, but to use discretion in so doing. It wns pointed out that men with special training along any lino should enter a phase of the service that can best use that ability. For instance, pre-medical students, should offer their services to the hospital corps, which will he in need of thousands of efficient men in case of active warfare. A wide choice of service is allowed those who intend to serve the country in the present great war. Besides the regu lar army and navy, a number of subor dinate branches are open to enlistment and urge men to join. The naval reserve aims to give em ployment to those who have special train ing in some particular line and are un fit, through age or physical defects, to take part in the more strenuous phase of war. Electricians, stenographers and commercial students are especially de sired in this division. Women are taken as well as men in the Naval Reserve corps. The naval militiu, marine corps, caval ry, hospital corps, signnl corps and avia tion corps all need recruits badly, accord ing to military officers of the govern ment. The United States navy, alone, it ^0,000 men short of war strength. While navy recruiting officers were in Eugene yesterday, several University men signed up for regular and reserve corps of the navy service. Through the organization of the wo men’s honor guard, interest has been stimulated among women on the campus in offering material assistance in carry ing the war to a successful close. NUMBER OF MEN ENLISTED MAY MAKE HOUSES CLOSE By John DeWitt Gilbert) Re-convention of the University after spring vneatlon will undoubtedly eee sev eial fraternity houses completely closed — their members having enlisted in the army. Twenty-seven fraternity men have signed up with the Second company and at least an equal number of student# from Friendly hall and Eugene have en rolled. More than one fraternity house has already made plans for closing with the spring vacation. In no case will there not have to be a reorganization of the house and plans made for the continuance of the house with a lessened quota of men. The men are enlisting rapidly, several going in this afternoon. One man whose eves are below normal walked the street this afternoon, taking the physical exam ination at every recruiting office in an endeavor to find some department or ex amination which he could pass. Associated Press reports coming over the wire late this afternoon state that the senntc committee is already consid ering the program outlined by the gen eral staff which requires an nrmy of 2,000,000 men to be raised by the already organized militia and by the principle of University service. If this goes inrto ef fect, and it undoubtedly will to a large extent, the demand upon men between the ages of 18 and 28 will be enormous and immediate. A large proportion of the men not only in the University here but ii: every institution in the country would be called upon peremptorily to go. Many of the students are hastening to enlist now in order that they may enter ths service without the stigma which neces sarily goes with "drafting." What the developments of the next few weeks will bring is very uncertain but it is undoubted that they will fall like a heavy hand on the University in all of (Continued on page three)