EMERALD NO 79. 1917 Preliminaries Bring Out Many Who Never Appeared on Lanes Before. Trial Heats to Be Run Off Sat urday Morning; Finals in Afternoon. Interest, as is shown by the mobs of aspirants, runs high in the tryouts for places on the various company track teams Friday afternoon. Those who place in these first preliminaries will qualify for the trial heats which will be run off Saturday morning. The semi-finals and finals will then be staged Saturday after noon. Among those placing in the preliminar ies of the last twro days are numerous students who have never been seen try ing for a place on Bill’s ’varsity track team. Students who were never on the field previously are romping away with places. The n*ost of the events so far have, however, been in the sprints in which, this year, the ’varsity was shy of men. What veterans are left of last year’s team will show up largely in the weights and javelin. Wednesday's afternoon events were staged as follows: Co. 2—220 yards—Wilson, Foster, Fitzgibbon; javelin, II. Huntington. Kun quist; broad jump, Foster, Wilson. Co. 4—220 yards, low hurdles, Furney, Masterson, Haywood. Co. 5—50 yards, Biggs, Fadden, Brun kow; 220 yards, Brunkow, Burns, Pad den; 8SO yards, Jones, Koepp, Jerretsen; shotput, Sims, Dunton. Several events were also pulled off Tuesday afternoon with places given to the following: Co. 1—50 yards. Westerfield, Bro naugh, Knighten; 100 yards, Knighten, Westerfield, Hodson; 440 yards, Atkin son, Hodson. Co. 2—50 yards, Foster, Wilson, How ell; 75 yards, Breeding, Foster, Howell; 100 yards, Wilson, Foster, Fitzgibbon. Co. 6—50 yards, Thompson, Tourtell otte, Mulkey; 100 yards, Thompson, Tourtcllotte, Mulkey. FRESHMEN ELECT FOWLER President Is Chosen for Coming Year; Jessie Garner, Secretary. In the freshman class election this afternoon Ned Fowler was elected presi dent with 125 votes; Doris Slocum, vice president, with 70; Jessie Garner, secre tary, with 75; Jack Dundore, treasurer, with 126; Floyd Stearns, sergeant-at arms, with 60. “IN HIS HOUSE” CANCELLED Absence of Golden Barnett Causes Omis sion of One of Five Plays. Four one-act plays will be given May 19 in Guild hall by the dramatic depart ment instead of five as was previously announced. The play omitted is “In His House” in which Golden Barnett was cast as lead. Mr. Barnett has been called away on account of the death of his father. The invitations are out for the plays. TAKES PART OF WARDEN * # * £ IN SENIOR PLAY FRIDAY E 1 Earl Fleischman. j MRS. BATES WHO TAKES * * «t « ROLE ll\i THE CLIMBERS Rosalind Bates. Annual Junior Dance Will Start on Time Without Fail. New Features Will Be Added and Alphabetical Seating Arrangement Abolished. Ken Bartlett, general chairman of the Junior I’rom committee, has announced the final windup of plans, and for once, in its life, the annual third-year dance is to be run off not only as planned, but likewise on time. There will be some new features, and some old ones; for instance, there will be decorations—many of ’em—with flags, patriotic symbols, and forest greens in predominance. The committee chairmen are keeping all features caged up and refuse to spring them before time. Once more, the girls are to be allowed to sit where, they please; no alphabetical stalls will be placed. Bert Breeding, chairman of the work committees for the entire week-end, has sentenced sixteen men to hard labor from 8 till 12 Saturday placing the decora tions. Following is the list of patrons and patronesses for this last University for mal : Governor and Mrs. James Withy combe, President and Mrs. Prince L. Campbell, Dean and Mrs. John Straub, Dean and Mrs. Eric W. Allen, rrof. and Mrs. John F. Bovard, Dean Elizabeth Fox, Mrs. Mabel Holmes Parsons. Prof, and Mrs. Orin F. Stafford, Prof, and Mrs. IV. F. G. Thaeher, and Trof. and Mrs. A. F. Keddie. Eight-thirty is the time, and the grand march will start then if only three couples are there.—Step out! STUDES REST IN STREET « #. * * LIE ON BACKS FOR HOURS # * # #. CHEMISTRY EXPLAINS IT What is a time killing machine? We don’t know but we do have something in mind that might be one. It's about eight feet long and has a long tube at each end and an electric motor and a few wheels, but mostly it is shrouded in -scrap iron and mystery. You build a fire under it and something is supposed to happen— ask Professor A. E. Caswell what it is— the creation belongs to him. From the rear windows of the journ alism annex one may obtain a bird's-eye view of the continuous performance con sisting of a small cloud of smoke arising from a fire beneath it. Usually there is to be found the figure of a man lying beside the boiler and gazing intently into the mysterious insides. The latter gave rise to the time-killer appellation, as it is estimated that students from the chemistry depart ment when they have nothing t{se to do, can go out and lie down in University street any number of hours at a stretch and be able to state that they have been engaged in experimental research work. The toy is at present the pet of the de partment and is being tried out every afternoon to the accompaniment of much cog-wheel music and considerable smoke. THURSDAY. S :30 p. m.—Canoe Carnival. 9:15 p. m.—Dance at Raceway after Canoe Parade. FRIDAY. S :00 a. m.—Campus Work. 10:30 a. m.—Painting the “O’’. 12:00 m. —Campus Lunch. 1:30 p. m.—-Military Parade. 1 :30 p. m.—Meeting of the Eugene Alumni Association. 2 :30 p. m.—Interfraternity Baseball Championship. 8:15 p. m.—Senior Play. S:30 p. m.—State High School Debate Championship. SATURDAY. 9:00 a. m.—Preliminaries Inter-Company Track Meet. 11 :15 a. m.—Women's Inter-Collegiate Tennis Tournament. 1 :00 p. m.—Doubles Match of Tournament. 1 :30 p. ra.—Girl's Swimming Meet, Freshmen vs. Sophomores. 2 :30 p. m.—Burning Freshman Caps. 2:00 p. m.—Finals, Inter-Company Track Meet. 2 :30 p. m.—Meeting of Eugene Alumnae Association and A. C. A. with Mrs. R. MeMurphey, 202 Willamette Street. 8:00 p. m.—Women's Edition of Emerald Edited by Theta Sigma Phi. 8 :30 p. m.—Junior From. Work Committees For Tomorrow Morning Announced; Report 8:15 Says Chairman Bring along your hammers, picks, shovels, axes, wheelbarrows and other im plements for outdoor use tomorrow, is the appeal of Bert Breeding, chairman of “clean-up” day. All these will be needed for the work planned to be done on the campus. In the past various construction companies operating in the vicinity of the campus have supplied the needed tools. These, however, have moved, and this year the students are left entirely on their own rsources. It behooves all, there fore. Breeding emphasizes, to come armed with some outdoor tool. Axes will be in demand for the work on the portage and bridge. The accompanying list embraces the names of those who will be engaged tomorrow in the different departments of the campus clean-up. and construction work . The name at the head of each group is that of the man in charge of that particular department of the activities. Each man on these committees is urged to report to his leader at 8:15 o’clock tomorrow morning, and the general warning is given that old clothes will be the approved style, for there is more or less rough work to be done. Meeting places for the different groups are announced as follows: Portage, at the raceway;—Track, on the field—-Tennis courts, at the courts in the back of Kincaid field—Walk between Beady and the Library, in front of Deady—liaising the bridge, at the bridge which is the first one up the Millrace from the Raceway—Frosh to help with the campus luncheon, in front of McClure —Painting the “6”, corner of Eleventh and Alder—Junior Prom, at the Armory. The committees are as follows: PORTAGE—Tuerck. Geo. Cook, Earl Murphy. Lynn Parr, Bothwell Avison, Joe Bell, Alex Bowen, Ralph Boyd, Tracy Byers, Wm. Coleman, Don Davis, Paul Ellis, Frank Fowler Fremont Hodson. Roger Holcomb, Harry Jamieson, Harry Lynch, James McCallum, Jos. B. McCarthie, Carlton McFadden, Walter Dimtu, Jerome Halzman, Forrest Watson, Milton Stoddard, Earl Fleisehmann, Elmer Fletcrer. Horace Foulks, Albert Gambell, Byron Garrett, Ed. Gourdeau, James Gyllenberg, Chandler Harper, Thomas Hardy, Geo. Harris. Virgil Hattan, Hans Mueller. TRACK—Chas. Dundore, Hollis Huntington, Ross Dalgleish, Ralph Tour tellete, Harold Grey, Roy Brown, J. D. Leonard, T.vrell Garner, Walter Church, James Howell, Paul Reaney, Frank Hunt, Bert Clubb, Virgil Alexander, Arvo Simola, Wayne Barbour Harold Barde, Don Belding, Percy Boatman, Harold Brock. TENNIS COURTS (6) AND ROLLING ROAD IN FRONT OF McCLURE— Floyd South, Karl Becke, J. E. Messick. R. F. Milne, Me Leod Maurice, Dean Moore, Wm. Morrison, Charles Nelson, Chas. Newcastle, Clarence Potter, Frank Scaiefe. Randall Scott, Earl Bronaugh, Raymond Burns, Lawrence Herscbner, Herbert Heywood, Lee Waldron, Conrad Cockerline, Fred Coley, Bernard Davis, Frank Davis, Chas. Drake, Geo. Duke, Geo. F. Edwards, Newton Estes, Ben Fleisehmann, Leo Furney, Paul Downard. WALK BETWEEN DEADY AND LIBRARY—J. . Fitzgibbons, Rathbun, Victor Chambers, Walter Meyers, Albert Morrison. Albert Bowles, Burle Bramhall, Charles Collier, Leo Cossman, I). S. Dalgleish Frank Folts, Henry Fowler, Mike Harris, Claude Hill, Thurston Lara way, Harvey Madden, John Kheehy, Henry .Sims, Hugh Thompson, Ray Van Horne, Dwight Wilson, Ernest Watkins, Robert Case, Floyd Alexander, Raymond Allen, Jory Armstrong, Walter Banks, John Barnett, Wendell Bartholomew, Edward Bentley, Ralph Bowden, Howard Bowers, Ezra Boyer, Elmer Brenton, Glenn Brookins, Royce Brown, Hugh Brunk, Clarence Brunkow. James Burgess, Dale Melrose, Clifford Chase. RAISING FIRST BRIDGE UP THE MILLRACE—Martin Nelson, John Beckett, Chas. Beebe, Fritz Melzer, Robert Montague, M. T. Nelson, Russel Ralston, Ellwyn Itutheford, Warren Edwards, Ward McKinney, Joe Scaiefe, Hubert Schenck, Lloyd Still, Chas. Schwering, Chas. Ji^ins, Loren Roberts, Carl Nelson, Geo. Taylor, Kenneth Shetterly, Elmer Howard, Harold Jenkins, Wm. Jenkins, Raymond Jones, Ross McKenna, Elmole Madden, Homer Mornhinweg, Richard Scearce, Robert Scearce, Paul Smith, Paul Spangler, Henry Thorsett, Bertand Woods, Eyler Brown. Earl Heitschmidt. FROSH TO HELP WITH CAMPUS LUNCHEON—'Kiddle, Richard Avison, Ernest Boylen, Herman Edwards, John B. Hunt, Carl Knudson, Lyle McCroskey, Merle Margason,, Jos. L. Parker, Paul Pease, Curtis Peterson, Exerett l’ixley, Donald T. Robinson, Don M. Robinson, Harold White, Clifford Sevits, Irving Smith, Milton Wilson. John Masterson, Mortimer Brown, Chester Adams. PAINTING THE “0”—Shy Huntington, Brick Mitchell, Joe Dcnn, Chas. Tisdale, Wm. Reinhart, Wm. Steers. Ed. Strowbridge, Dow Wilson, Brick Leslie, Jack Benefiel, Stan Anderson, Ken Stam, Arthur Berg, Jay Mulkey, Luther Jensen, George Loughlin, Roland Nichols, Iiueben Mast. DECORATE FOR JUNIOR PROM—Kenneth Bartlett, Tregilgas, Roberts, Kennon, Knighton, Blackaby, Hedges, Couch, Reigard. Gilbert, Sengstake, Larue Blackaby, John Daly, Bruce Flegal, Carl Gregg, Dell Hinson, Clarence Lombard, Harold Maison, Walter Matson, Victor Sether, Seth Smith, Glenn Stanton, Sophus Winther, Robert Wright. TAKING CARE OF GUESTS AT THE VARIOUS HOUSES—James Vance, Wayne Stater. Glenn Macy. K. Bartlett, Fred Packwood, Harry Mills, Bob Atkinson, Lo.v Carlisle, Frank Campbell, Cecil McKay, Wily Knighton, John Huston. Kenneth Moores, Chas. Dundore, Jay Fox, Jack Elliot, Floyd South, Loren Roberts, Henry Procter. W. Woodworth, I). C. Roberts, Win. T. Allyn, Herman Lind, Robert BIcNary, (Newberry, Comfort, Holman, Green, Lynn McCreadv. Chas. McDonald, Douglas Mullurky. U. OF W. CO-OP IS VISITED M. F. McClain Investigates Store at Se attle Institution. M. F. McClain, manager of the Co-op, returned from Seattle last Saturday from a fund ilnv trip during which lie visited the Washington University Co-op and studied the conditions there. Their store is from 10 to 12 years old. During the first year they sold not quite half as much us Oregon's Co-op has sold this year. I he Washington Co-op is on the campus in a temporary building some thing like the Journalism annex on Ore- I gon’s campus. The store there is much larger than Oregon’s; the stock in ten nis rackets alone being as valuable as the entire stock of goods carried by Oregon's Co-op. Mr. McClain says of the trip, “I’ve gained some knowledge of store manage ment and co-operative accounting from the experience of the Washington store. that will aid us in simplifying our book keeping system and general cost system and general cost of operation. The Washington store has a fairly large building fund saved out of their earnings to build them a brick or con crete building. This fund would have been used this year if the war had not disturbed conditions, but as things arc now Percy Dearie, manager is waiting a while before starting the building. CO-ED WHO WILL STAR « # * # IN BIG PLAY TOMORROW baa* Bernioe Lucas. Everything in Readiness for Senior Piay, “The Climbers.” Cast Is Exceptional; Many Are Seasoned Veterans of the College Stage. The curtain at the Eugene theatre will rise promptly at 8:15 tomorrow evening on the first act of the Senior play, "The Climbers.” Everything is ready, the east lias had its final rehearsal and Director James Mott has pronounced the 1917 thespians prepared to put over the best Senior play yet staked at Oregon. If you have not yet made your dates for “The Climbers” take a tip from those who know and make them now. The Sen ior play is the one big dramatic event of the college year. It is the only Friday evening attraction of the Junior Week end calendar, and if you miss it you will be sore on yourself for the rest of the semester. You can’t go wrong on “The Climb ers.” Viewed from any angle tomorrow evening’s performance is something you ought to see for your own good. The Clyde Fitch masterpiece is per haps the best known play that has been produced in this country during the pres ent generation. It is the play that Amer icans always refer to when comparing their best dramatic work with that of other nations. As a dramatic composition it is perfect; r.s an acting vehicle some idea of its strength may be gathered from the fact that no less than six of the leading lights on the American stage to day were raised to their present enviable position in stardom by the original pro duction of “The Climbers.” The cnst that will be seen tomorrow evening in “The Climbers” is an excep tional one. For genuine ability and his trionic excellence they surpass any cast that has yet been brought together at one time on the local stage, and it is ex tremely doubtful whether any college in the country could produce a better com pany of actors than those who make up the cast of the 1917 play. Most of them are seasoned veterans of the college stage, with from throe to four years dra matic honors attached to their names, and each member is taking full advan tage of the opportunity bis part in the groat play given him to put over the best effort of bis amateur stage career. Seats for the Senior play are on sale at the box office of the Eugene theatre now. Those who want good ones should reserve them at once. Reservations may be made by ’phone. HOLD UP CLASS MEETING ♦. * * # SOPHS PART WITH CHANGE # * ♦ * $10 MORE IN TREASURY AVith hands tightly gripping their pocketbooks, members <«f the sophomore class tried to slip past the three vigi lants stationed at the door of Guild hull yesterday morning and avoid collection of the 25 cent tax levied at the meeting. This was voted in order to make up the treasury deficit of $QW.50 which him been holding over from the freshman year. Over $10.00 was taken in by the com mittee. “’Mac” Maurice reported on the soph omore-freshman dance. The total receipts of the dance were $80.70 and the ex penses were $29.60 leaving a balance of $.'17.10 to be equally divided between the two classes. This leaves the class with a deficit of $.*18.50 which is to be collect ed by canvassing each member. SHEEHV IS ELECTED Portland Boy Named, Defeat ing Harold Tregilgas by 415 to 269. CRAIN AND BRENTON WIN IN EDITORSHIP CONTESTS Emma Wootton Chosen Secre tary; Jeannette Calkins Will Manage Emerald. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ * STUDENT BODY OFFICERS ♦ ♦ ELECTED FOR NEXT YEAR ♦ ♦ President, James Sheehy. ♦ ♦ Vice-president, Ray Couch ♦ ♦ Secretary. Emma Wootton ♦ » Editor of Emerald. Hurry Crain ♦ ♦ Manager of Emerald, Jeannet- ♦ 4t te Calkins. ♦ ♦ Editor of Oregana, Helen ♦ ♦ Rrenton. ♦ ♦ Manager of Oregana, James ♦ ffe Vance. ♦ ♦ Executive Committee, Charles ♦ g Huntington and CharleS Dundore. ♦ ♦ Athletic Council, Clifford Mitch- ♦ ♦ ell, William Snyder, and Dorris ♦ ♦ Medley. ♦ ♦ Senior Men on Student Council ♦ ♦ Don Newberry, Kenneth Moores, ♦ ♦ and Randall Scott. ♦ Senior Women on Student ♦ ♦ Council, Cora Ilosford, and Mar- ♦ ♦ tha Tinker. £ ♦ Junior Men on Student Council ♦ ♦ Burle Brnmhull and Lynn Me- ♦ ♦ ('ready. ® ♦ Junior Women on Student ♦ (S Council, Lillian Boylen. ♦ ♦ Sophomore Man on Student ♦ ♦ Council, William Steers. ♦ ♦ Amendment, passed. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The official announcement of the suc cessful candidates in student body elec tions yesterday afternoon put an end to the suspense which has been felt on the campus for the past aveek. The polls were crowded after assembly hour yes terday morning and between classes throughout the day. At two o’clock the polls closed and the count began immedi ately, but was not finished until fiv* o’clock. Crowds surrounded the bulletin board in Villard hall to get the partial returns as they were posted and considerable excitement was aroused by the largo margins which began to be evident from the first in the case of president, secre tary, editor of the Emerald und Student Council members. James Sheehy won the presidency over Harold Tregiigas by 415 to 200 votes Six hundred und forty-seven votes were cast for Ray Couch the only candidate for vice-president, and he will take his place as second executive unless the war prevents his return to the University next fall. Emma Wootton was elected secretary with 414 'ballots cast in her flavor. *-.-* (Continued on page four) IS THE JOHNNY TROTTER * #. « * !N “THE CUMBERS” PLAY