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EMERALD 1917 NO. 74. locational Conference Closes Successful Two Days’ Ses sion This Afternoon. Ipportunities IN FIELD IF HOME ECONOMICS CITED Biss Ava Milan, of Oregon Agri cultural College, Delivers Principal Address Today. The Vocational Conference, given un [pr the auspices of Dean Elizabeth Fox’s Vocational Problems Course and the Eu »cne branch of the Association of Col Lgiate Alumnae, closed this afternoon. Miss Fox hopes to make this, the sec |nd conference held at the University, In annual event. “The women of the University, the high school girls and liembers of Women clubs in Eugene have |pemed the conference a privilege, judg nj from their attendance at the meet jig,” Dean Fox said this morning. “I extremely pleased with the attend ee and the spirit shown by the girls.” The first meeting of the conference lesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock in Vil ard hall, where all the lectures were jiven, was opened by President Campbell Iho gave a short introductor,/ talk. “The lev-note of the last four or five years,” |t said, “hau been the fitting of the indi idual into the type of work he is best Ihle to do. None have suffered more from maladjustments than women, hut low many opportunities are opening up for the use of their diversified talents.” Miss Ava Milam, head of the Domestic Science department of O. A. C., gave |he principal talk of the afternoon on [Opportunities Open to Women in the leld of Home Economics.” “I wish to nngratulate the University on the estab lishment of Home Economics here.” she laid, “and I hope that it will he of great ralue to those now in college and those |o come later. “It is natural for women to seek home Iconomics as a profession because they jtnow when they start the demands of the profession. They have faced in minia |nre the problems they will face later as Ital issues. A study of the work in heme economics is important because of (he great number of women who enter the profession, the opportunities for [raining and the traditions which impel [hem in their work.” Miss Milam then gave a short history j>f the home economics work, the prep aration necessary to enter the profes sion, the divisions of the work, and the ppportunities open to trained women. She mentioned opportunities as teach ers of all types of the work in all class es of schools, managerial positions, ex tension work and work of interior deco rators. “The demand grows more insis fent,” she declared, “for well trained, earnest women and the opportunities |irp growing for building up the home and taking it all it should he.” Mrs. George Rebec presided at the Evening meeting. She introduced as the hrst speaker. Mrs. Eric Allen, who gave short talk on “Oregon and A. C. A.” lifter giving n history of the founding of [he Association of Collegiate Alumnae, frs. Allen made the official announce ment that the University of Oregon has peen placed on the accredited list of the '• C. A. and that now graduates of the Diversity of Oregon may become mem bers of the association wherever they mv happen to he. Mrs. George McMath, president of the Iregon Parent-Teachers’ association. pP°kp briefly of the gradual establish ment nf the National association and its Spread to nearly all of the states now. she explained the Parents’ Educational bureau which has been established in Portland, where nearly 6000 babies have cpen examined and measured. Dr. R. W. DeBusk of the Oregon fac % gave the main address of the eve cing on “Personal Preparation for Pro fessional Work.” He restated his topic ®s “Some of the facts which develop *ith the individual and which affect the pboice of an occupation, perhaps uncon ciously.” crisis such as the one we are now Passing through brings U3 face to face Mth our physical condition.” he said. Ml too few times, do we take stock of °ur own physical capital in choosing an Pupation. People often find themselves pt the wrong occupation because they are Physically unfit for it.” Dr. DeBusk pointed out some of the (Continued on page four) GUNS FOR OREGON BOYS * * * « LOOK MILITARY ENOUGH « * * # BUT PERFECTLY HARMLESS The University companies now taking military drill are to have guns. What? Real guns, that will actually shoot? Well, not exactly, but they’ll look like gun.s. They will be wooden Springfields, and at a distance they will have a not un military appearance, it is said. Perhaps the boys’ chests will stick out a bit more proudly with the new “weapons” on their shoulders. Wooden guns have many virtues. They never go otf hair cocked; one is never afraid that the trigger will catch a but ton and shoot the man behind him; in fact, a wooden gun never did do any thing that it wasn’t supposed to do. They work fine to present arms, shoulder arms, and to aim, fire, BANG!—well, not really "bang”, but just pretend. On the whole, it is better that they don’t really bang; real war is the place to be shot—practice isn’t. The military affairs committee of the University decided yesterday afternoon upon wooden Springfields because they couldn’t find the other kind. They will be turned out fast, too, four hundred of them from a Eugene planing mill by the first of the week. WORKING ON TEAL STATUE Site Will Be Chosen Soon and Dedicated at Commencement. In a studio at 108 East Fifty-First street, New York, a sculptor is busy on a model. This particular sculptor is of in terest to the University for two reasons: First, he is A. Phimister Proctor, a re cognized leader among American artists whose animal life and Indian studies stand in the front rank; and in the sec ond place, the model is a miniature of the statue of the western pioneer which Mr. Proctor has been commissioned by Jo seph N. Teal, of Portland, to carve for a place on the campus of the University. When this model is finished, the most dofficult part of Mr. Proctor’s work will have been accomplished as the building of the actual statue from the model is a mechanical rather than a creative process. The dedication of the site will be a feature of commencement week, and the location is yet to be chosen. The statue itself will not be in place until several months later. Mr Teal, himself the con of a pioneer, who has donated the statue to the people of Oregon, will come from Portland to attend the dedication cere mony. PINS FOR HONOR STUDENTS Executive Committee Will Organize Work for Next Year. There will be no more banquets or meetings of the Honor Society this se mester according to Ernest Watkins, president of the organization. However he will call a meeting of the executive committee the early part of next week at which time a plan for next year’s work will be laid out, and a pin for the members to wear decided upon. This semester there have been two meetings but very little has been done other than to get the society organiz ed. Next year it is hoped they will be able to start right out with some defi nite work. The members of the execu tive committee who will meet next week are: Ernest Watkins, Dorothy Dunbar, Francis Shoemaker, DeM itt Gilbert and Martin Nelson. CONDITION EXAMS NEXT WEEK Professors are arranging to hold ex amination for those having conditions and incompletes next Monday and Tues day, May 7 $nd S. Hours suitable to them and the students. The rules of the Uni versity also provide that exams for the removal of conditions may be taken at the time of the regular examinations in June. _ COAST ARTILLERY TO HIKE The University men in the Second company, C. A. C., are going on a hike to Spencer’s Butte Sunday. They will meet -n front of the Library downtown at 10 o’clock with their friends. The lunch will be sandwiches furnished by the men. Back Yards and Vacant Lots at Premium for Diamonds. Laggard Teams to Forfeit;; Six Practices Prerequisite to Entrance. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦# ♦ ♦ ♦ . DOUGHNUT SCHEDULE ♦ ♦ May 4; 5 p. in. Theta vs. Triple B ♦ ♦ May 5; I’i Phi vs. Alpha Phi ♦ ♦ May 5; Tri Delt vs. Faculty ♦ ♦ May i); Mary Spillcr vs. Delta ♦ ♦ Gamma. ♦ ♦ May 16; Oregon Club vs. Kappa. ♦ ♦ May 18; Y. W. C. A. vs. Gamma ♦ ♦ Phi. ♦ ♦ winners vs. winners and losers vs. ♦ ♦ losers in each group. •> ♦ * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦# Captains of the Girls’ baseball teams met yesterdny and made out the schedule of games for the women’s doughnut series to be played for the Hayward tro phy cup. If games are not played when sched uled they will be forfeited by the teams failing to put in an appearance. No games can be postponed according to the decision of the captains. Each team must furnish its own bat and a fourteen inch indoor baseball. Intensive practice has begun and riv alry is so keen that the games promise to be well worth seeing. In order to qualify each team must hold at least six practices before its first game and to this end the girls are prac ticing at all hours. It is rumored that the Pi Phis rise in the gray dawn to practice from six to seven A. M. The Alpha Phis may be seen on their front lawn during the noon hour valiantly throwing their big base ball around while the Oregon Club col lects its forces from five to six on the campus. The gym team had an exciting practice game Tuesday afternoon on the Junior High school diamond. The Delta Gammas play on Kincaid field where there is plenty of room to spread out, the Gamma Phis toss a ball around in their back yard where they can keep an eye on the Kappa team just across the way. These practices are showing up some very promising material which ought to result in fast, exciting games, according to the girls’ base ball manager. DRILL HOUR CHANGE IN AIR Battalions’ Vote Overwhelming; Com mittee Will Decide. There will be no change in the hours of drill for the University battalion until serious consideration has bean given the question by the faculty committee on military affairs. This verdict was reach ed by that committee yesterday afternoon after a second vote, taken yesterday in the battalion, resulted in an overwhelm ing majority favoring the change to 7 a. m. In view of the fact that on the previ ous day the men voted equally as strongly in favor of drill from 11:30 to 12:30 o’clock, the action of the committee will be delayed until such time as a strong positive demand comes for a change. The times at which drill could be held that were voted upon by the men yester day were 7 to 8 a. m, 3:15 to 4:30 p. m. and 4:55 to 5:45 p. m. An overwhelming majority favored the morning hour. The fact the change would involve a complete reorganization of the schedule if the drill should be put at 11:30 o’clock, will cause the committee and the faculty to proceed with considerable caution, say members of the committee. PORTLAND TO GET QUARTET University Singers Booked to Appear at Civic League Luncheon. The University Quartet will sing at a CivitTLeague luncheun at the Multnomah hotel in Portland tomorrow noon. The quartet is composed of Jerome Holzman, Robert Scearce, William Vawter and Shirley Rowe. The program will consist of numbers by the quartet; a vocal solo by William Vawter; a violin solo by Robert Scearce; and a piano solo by Dr. Uandsbury who will accompany the quar tet. FIELD Dir PHD FOR JUNIOBWEEK-QIID Track Events, Tugs of War and Wall Scaling Scheduled. Points Will Be Awarded and Cups and Medals Go to Winners. Plans for a big field day between the various companies of the University ba ttalion to take the place of the usual track meets on Junior Week-end are be ing worked over by Coach Bill Hay ward. Bill expects to put the finishing touches on his scheme and have it ready to announce within a few days. The cancellation of the interscholastic as wfcll as the Washington meet left Junior Week-end without any athletic program to offer the visitors. The pur pose of the field day is to supply this as well as to add some sport to the drill. The usual track and field events will be run off and in addition such tests of strength as tugs-of-war and wall seal ing. A goodly number of relay races will also be included. Points will be awarded the same as in a regular track meet with probably six places counting. Some sort of cups or medals will be put up to go to the team winning the most number of points, the team having the greatest number of men in competition and to the individual high point-winners. “The hardest thing is going to be to get the men to train,” said Bill. “The drill takes up most of the afternoon so whatever training is done will have to be at odd moments between classes. I would like to see it made obligatory for everybody to participate in at least one or twro of the events before he obtains credit for the drill.” The action of the interfraternity ath letic council in setting the annual inter fraternity track meet for Saturday of Junior Week-end has thrown an obstacle in the way of the plan. Either the date of the doughnut meet will have to be changed or the field day postponed. In the event that it is decided to hold the field day, preliminaries will have to be run off soon in order to get the races down to the finals by May 12. As changes are being made in the per sonnel of the different companies each night it is difficult to pick the probable winners. Company 2 has an imposing array of talent with Captain Martin Nel son, Hank Foster, Graham McConnell, De Witt Gilbert, and Harold Brock as the mainstays. The Fighting First has it on all the others if the length of the stride is any advantage. Scarcely a man is under the six foot mark. Kenneth Bartlett. Bob Cnse, Bob Atkinson, Fre mont Hodson, Ernest Watkins and Ivan Warner comprise the track artists. The Third has Don Belding, Johnny Parsons, and Teter Jensen to uphold its colors. The last three companies while lacking in experienced men can not be counted out by any means. The Fourth boosts “Lefty” Furney and Bill Snyder as sure point getters and the Sixth counts on Clark Thompson to keep them in the running. CANNOT FIND A “PREXY” Greater Oregon Committee Postpones Election to May 19. Owing to the minority of members of the Greater Oregon Committee who were present at the special meeting this noon for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year the election was post poned until May 19 Nominations for president were in or der but only one was forthcoming. Har old Tregilgas nominated Ken Moores but the nomination was not accepted. No ether nominations were given and with the suggestion of Nick Jaureguy the election was postponed. A pamphlet is being prepared by the committee advertising the University which will be sent to every junior and senior high school student in the state. C.V.DYMENT PASSES EXAMS Fnrmer University Professor Wants Of ficership in Cavalry. Word has been received in Eugene that Colin V. Dyment, former Oregon journalism professor, passed the physical examination for an officer in the cavalry. During the last semester Mr. Dyment has been head of the department of jour nalism at the University of Washington. GERTRUDE M’CABE HURT # # # * SLIDES FOR HOME AND— # # # # D. G.’S SUFFER CASUALTY Baseball not a dangerous sport? It all depends. Now when Oregon co-eds play it nearly anything is liable to happen. The first casualty occurred in the Delta Gamma team Thursday night. Practice had been hard and fast. First and second bases were full. The excite ment was growing. Edna Grey came to the bat. When the miniature basketball floated her way she swung with all her might. Gertrude McCabe, on second, galvanized into action, she gained third, the pill was not yet in captivity. “Run” chorused the audience from the Phi Delt lawn and the Delta Gamma back porch. Gertrude ran. A fielder retrieved the ball. "Slide” urged the audience. And Gertie slid, ltut the star play was never finished. Gertrude suddenly stopped. Some of the sisters carried her into the house. A doctor was quickly summoned and diagnosed the case as a badly sprain ed ankle. Miss McCabe hopes to be able to get around with the aid of a crutch by Sunday. LANDSBURY ELECTED DEAN Regents Appoint Professor to Take Place of R. H. Lyman. The purchase of 4tX) wooden “guns” was authorized last night by the execu tive committee of the Board of Regents of the University, for the use of the ca det battalion. All efforts of the Uni versity to secure real guns have been iu vain and the securing of the wooden sub stitutes was the alternative chosen by the board. These will be made and turned over to the companies as soon -s possible, in order that the manual of arms can be taken up by the men. J. L. Landsbury was appointed to suc ceed Dean Ralph Lyman, of the school of music, who will tench at Pomona College. California at the end of this semester. As a further precaution against dan ger frojm explosion the boilers in the University heating plant have been in sured for .$10,000 with the provision that they shall be inspected quarterly. The boilers have recently been inspected and found in good condition, according to Karl Onthank, but the proximity of class rooms to the boiler room made the extra precautin seem advisable. Mildred Brown was appointed to serve on full time in the library, to begin July 1. Other routine of business was trans acted last night with the following mem bers present, Mrs. George Gerlinger, Hon. H. K. Newell. Hon. Chas. II. Fish er and President P L Campbell CLUB WORK CLASS MEET Y. W. C. A. Girls Prepare for Eight Week Service This Summer The first preparatory class for lead ers of the eight weeks Y. W. C. A. club work, met Wednesday evening with Mrs. E. C. Robbins. This class is composed of seven girls who were recommended by the local association, and elected by the members of the local field at Seattle. These girls are Lilly Miller, Lois Laugh lin. Helen McDonald, Eva Hadley, Doro thy Wheeler, Dorothy Collier and Essie Maguire. May llarbert, May Oorpron, Hester Hurd, Adda Martin, Goldie Wells and Alice Striker have also expressed their intention of doing Y. W. C. A. work this summer. Each girl who has been successful in this line will receive a certificate at the end of the course. Four requirements are necessary for this certificate: 1. Meetings for eight weeks. 2. Successful plans for study, prac tical work and a good time. 3. One event planned for by the club ir. which the entire community is urged to take part. 4. Some definite community service rendered. CABINET MEETING AFTER DRILL There will be a meeting of the Y. M. C. A. cabinet immediately after drill Monday afternoon. The first lesson in the new series will be discussed and plans made for cooperation with the state Y. M. C. A. in army association work. BLUE BOOK GIVES MORE DETAILS The section of the Oregon Blue Book given over to the University is being made more complete and up-to-date. The new courses, buildings, and especial features that have herc-to-fore been left out are being entered in the new edition now on the press. BETHS SLAUGHTERED BT PBI JITS, 10-1 Losers Fail to Hit Huntington and Their Wild Throws Prove Costly. f DOUGHNUT SERIES ARE ON FOR BIG CUP TROPHY Victors Bunch Blows and Take Advantage of Errors by Opponents. I’hi Delta Theta rang up 10 scores to. the Betas’ lone one Thursday, in the only game played in the doughnut league out of the three scheduled the past week. The victors had things all their own way from the first inning in which they showed four tallies across the plate. Bill Steers and the two Huntingtons ( did tlie heavy work for the Phi Delta. Steers negotiated a couple of circus catches and slammed out a triple and single out of three trips to the plate. Hollis and Shy composed the battery and outside of the fourth inning had the Betas swinging their heads off. The game started with the Phi Dolts at bat. They lost no time in getting under way. Holcomb and Hollis singled, and then Bill Steers hit one over Bart lett's head and both runners came home while Steers pulled up at third. Shy dumped one in front of the plate and made first while Foster was trying to throw Steers out at home. Shy came in later on a series of overthrows. The Betas got men on second and third in their half, but Hollis tightened in the pinch and retired the side runless. The second inning wns uneventful but the Phi Dclts added a couple more in the third on Steers’ single, Shy’s two-bagger and Waldron’s drive through the infield. In the next frame the Betas got their one and only run on hits by Fowler, Paul Foster and White. This seemed to an tagonize the Phi Delta, and they chased another quartet of runs over the platter iu the fifth. Briefly these are the har rowing details. Shy tripled, Waldron singled, Margasen followed suit, Proc ter tripled and scored when Macy heaved the ball into left field iu trying to nab him off base. The hits stood 11 toetaoinshrdlusingla the winners, but Hank Foster fanned seven men to Hollis’ three. Monday Sigma Chi and Kappa Sigma cross bats, and Tuesday Sigma Nu and A. T. O. The line-ups were: Beta—‘Morrison 2b, Boatman ss, Bart lett rf, H. Foster p, Fowler lb, I*. Fob-, ter. cf; White, 3b; Robinson, If; Macy, c. Phi Dolt—Procter If, Holcomb 2b, II. Huntington p, Steers ss, S. Hunting ton c. Maurice lb, Waldron 3b, Banka cf, I’ixley and Margason rf. R. H.E. Beta .OOOlO—l 4 5 Phi Delt.4 0 2 0 4—10 11 3 MARTIAL AIRS INSPIRE GIRLS Co-eds’ Drill in Outdoor Gymnasium Is Proving Popular. Martial music enliveus the military drill taken every day in the woman’s out door gymnasium by a large group of Uni versity women. On Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays the number drilling is much larger than on other days, because many girls are substituting military drill for outdoor work which is to begin next week. The girls as a body are enthusiastic about the drills, perhaps because they feel the swing of the patriotic airs. “Some of the girls say they are crazy about drill,” said Miss Mabel Cummings, head of the woman’s gymnasium. “I can’t see that it is any more attractive than the ordinary exercises. It is the results that I want the girls to be interested in.” About fifteen girls will be left in the class when all of those substituting tho work begin outdoor work next week. Y. M. C. A. UNITS TO MOBOLIZE The Y. M. C. A. under the direction of J. D Foster is organizing Y M. C. A. units to go to mobilization centers and in case of war to the concentration camps to keep the soldiers supplied with literature and amusements. This is along the plan worked out on the Mex ican front last summer and also that adopted in France among the soldiers and prisoners.