umvERsmr exodus
Military Committee Wot to Al
low Seven-Eighths Credit
on Withdrawal.
Students May Get Three
Fourths Hours, Take Incom
pletes or Return for Exams.
Appeals to the military committee for
leave of absence from the University to
do farm work increase daily with the
approach of examination week. Because
of the nearness to the end of the semes
ter, the committee has found it inadvis
able to give seven-eights credit instead
ef three-fourths as was proposed, says
Professor E. W. Allen of the committee.
The committee justifies itself in this
stand for a continuance of the three
fourths credit rule, to those who leave
for the farms, on the ground that the
examination week must be considered of
more importance than the work done in
the average week of lectures and recita
tions.
Those who wish to leave toe University
for the farm have three courses open to
them. They can take incompletes on
the work which they have been carrying
during the semester and make them up
at any time within a year; they can ob
tain a leave of absence until examina
tion week and then return and take the
regular examinations; or, they can se
cure three-fourths credit for the work
in which they have a passing grade. Each
tnethod requires a petition to the mili
tary committee.
Most of the students who have so far
petitioned the commitee have preferred
the three-fourths credit rule although
students with good class standings and
whose homes are near Eugene take the
leave of absence with the privilege of
taking the semester examinations. Very
few have taken incompletes for their
work.
COOK GETS PRESIDENCY
A. Dawson, C. Alexander, Wilson and
Byers New Junior Officers.
George Cook decisively won the pres
idency of the class of 1919 for next year
over Ward .McKinney. The vote was
102 to 42.
The results of the other offices are as
follows: vice president, Anna Dawson,
BO, and Helen McDonald, 60; secretary,
[ Caroline Alexander, 88, and Harriet Gar
rett. 55; treasurer, Dwight Wilson, 95,
and A1 Holman, 47; sergeant-at-arms,
Tracy Byers, unanimously elected.
TO REWARD FAITHFULS
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BANQUET FOR EMERALDITES
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INVITATIONS OUT SOON
“All ye who are faithful will be re
warded”, say Adrienne Epping and Lou
ise Allen, the committee in charge.
They refer to the Emerald Staff banquet
next Saturday evening. Invitations will
he given out to those who are deserving
the medals of next week. There will be
between fifty and sixty of the chosen
ones present at this banquet.
The committee in charge of affairs
say the place cards and menus are the
most original and attractive that have
yet graced a banquet table. Everything
Is new and things will be very lively.
When Harold Hamstreet was inter
viewed all he would give to the press
was this proverb, "The soul of the slug
gard desireth and hath nothing, but the
loul of the diligent shall be made fat.”
“Hammie” said that Solomon refered
to the Emerald banquet and to faithful
reporters when he wrote it.
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NOTICE TO SENIORS ♦
The senior picnic will be held ♦
Wednesday at 5 p. m. instead of ♦
Tuesday as previously announced ♦
Charles Newcastle. ♦
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BATTLE LASTS AN HOUR
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GAMMA PHI GETS 2; Y. W. 38
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DOROTHY LIKES TO BAT
In a close hard-fought battle of four
and one half innings the Y. W. C. A.
baseball, team- finally nosed out a vic
tory of 3S to 2 from the Gamma Phi
Beta team yesterday. The reason for
the half inning was that the girls decided
to play until six o'clock. In fact the
game was prolonged a few minutes after
the last outs had been declared against
the Gamma Phis because Dorothy Col
lier desired to bat once more.
Enthusiastic cheering interspersed with
voluminous advice was indulged in bv the
onlookers.
The lineups were: Y. W. C. A. Maude
Lombard, p; Laura Miller, c; Vera Haag,
lb; Miss Tirza Dinsdale, 2b; Helen
Brenton, 3b; Olga Soderstrom, 1 ss;
Helen McDonald, r ss; Mae Harbert, rf;
Claire Gazley, If; Adelaide Lake, sub rf.
Gamma Phi: Naomi Marcellus, p;
Margaret Gross and Peggy Boylen, c;
Marjorie Kay, lb; Marian Grebel, 2b;
Viola Crawford, 3b; Dorothy Dunbar,
lss; Dorothy Collier, r ss; Sara Barker,
If; Helen Mc.Cornack, rf.
Miss Frieda Goldsmith, Umpire; Marie
Badura, scorekeeper.
STUDENTS TO GIVE COMEDY
McCroskey, Holman and Ruth Montgom
ery at the Eugene Tonight.
A one act comedy entitled “A Full
House” and written by James Mott is
the mdded attraction at the Eugene
theater tonight. Lyle MeCroskey as the
nephew, A1 Holman, butler, and Ruth
Montgomery as the aunt, will play the
leading parts.
The play centers around a young man
who is receiving a healthy allowance from
an old aunt as long as he remains
single. ' Consequently when he falls is
love with a chorus girl, he is forced to
marry her secretly. One night while
under the influence of liquor, he tells a
bunch of fellows all about his newly ac
quired wife and how he has out-witted
his aunt. As a result the story gets into
the newspapers and the aunt soon finds
it out. She immediately leaves for her
nephew’s home. The young man finds
out that she is coming and forms a plan
wherein his butler is to act as a count.
The butler is to make love to theold
aunt and get her into his arms when at
the critical moment the nephew is to
arrive on the scene. The plan succeeds
and the nephew discovers his aunt in this
embarrassing position.
WAR CENSUS SET FOR JUNE 5
Term in Jail Faces Man Who Refuses to
Register on Required Day.
Salem, Or., June 19.—According to
Adjutant General White, every man be
tween the ages of 21 and 30 years, in
clusive, must register June 5, for the
war census.
There will be no exception to this
rule. Even if a man belongs to one of
the exempt classes, he nevertheless must
register if he is between 21 and 30 years
of ago. The government will determine
who is to be exempt after its records
are complete.
Registering for the war census should
be no more confusing that casting a vote.
The general plan for gathering data for
the government is based on the ballot
system. If every man is ready, then
census day will pass like clockwork.
The man who tries to evade the pro
vision will face a term in jail without
the option of paying a fine. In almost
every ease throughout the state, the
census will be taken in the regular poll
ing places used on election days.
STUDENTS LEAVE ARTICLES
Forgetful Members of the Fair Sex May
Get Scarfs at Hotel.
At the different student dances given
at the Hotel Osburn this year a number
i.f unrirles were left by the young women
which Mrs. Oeburn is holding until call
ed for. The articles include a number of
handkerchiefs, two chiffon scarfs, one
silver vanity box, one colored umbrella,
one white kid glove. These articles may
be had by the owners if they will call
and describe them.
First Military Information Quiz
Shows Low Grades.
Raw Men Bring Best Results;
Boys Get Another
Chance.
Flunks to the number of 49 were hand- |
ed out among the 200 men registered in
the military information course as the !
result of the first quiz held in the sub- j
ject. There were three “S’s” out of the
total number of papers handed in. A
queer fact was pointed out by Professor
Allen, chairman of the faculty commit
tee on military training, who said that
many of the higher grades were received
by men who have had no previous mili
tary training, while some o. the F grades
were presented to more experienced men.
The test according to Professor Al
len, was straightforward and perfectly
simple, if the text book work had been
covered.
Hope is still held out to the recipients
of the F’s in this first quiz for they will
be given another chance in a later test to
be given before the final examinations.
The class has been conducted during the
past month under the direction of Lieu
tenant Colonel V. A. Caldwell, U. S.
Army, and Captain Williams of the Coast
Artillery Corps, Oregon.
GIVES MONEY TO RED CROSS
Triple B Donates $5; May Have Triple
C Next Year.
Five dollars was the sum of which
Triple B decided to give to the Red
Cross society at their meeting held at
the Kappa Alpha Theta house Inst Tues
day. The society also gave $1.50 which
is to go towards getting the sophomore
class out of debt.
The question of having a Triple C
society next year was brct.ght up but it
was decided to wait till next year before
planning definitely.
Will Succeed W. C. Barbour,
Former President.
Commencement Committees
Appointed by W. C. Winslow;
Miss Hendricks Chairman.
At a meeting of the Lane county alum
ni association in Eugene last Wednesday
evening I^eon Ray, ’12, district attorney,
was elected president to succeed Wen
dall C. Barbour who died last winter in
California.
A committee headed by Miss Norma
Hendricks, was appointed by Walter C.
Winslow, president of the state alumni
association, to nrrangc plans for this
years’ commencement Mrs. Marion
McClain and Miss Anne Whittaker were
nr.'Kje gejie^nl chairmen. Under this com
initfee there will be sub committees.
Karl Onthank, secretary to President
Campbell spoke on “What the University
is doing to help win the war”, and Eb
erle Kuykendall, a doctor of Eugene,
spoke on the work of the Red Cross
Ambulance Corps in Eugene. Several
other speeches were made, followed by
informal discussion of commencement.
Several suggestions were submitted to
the committee, among them the flower
and fern procession.
About 25 members attended.
COPIES OF SONG ARE HERE
Words by Leslie Blades, Music by Hazel
Radabaugh.
Several hundred copies of “Drifting,”
a love song dedicated to the University
of Oregon, words by Leslie Blades and
music by Hazel Radabaugh, both stu
dents have been received by Mr. Blades
from a Chicago printing firm.
Copies have been sold on the campus,
and they will soon be on sale in down
town music stores. After receiving his
M. A. degree in June Blades will take a
trip. He will go to California first where
he intends to sell most of the copies of
the song.
Eastern Fraternities Depleted by Men
Enlisting; Many Compelled to Close
Ohio State University, May 19.—Be
cause only one active man remains in its
bouse, Delta Tau Delta has been forced
to add its home to the list of fraternity
houses closed on account of withdrawal
of members from school for military ser
vice or farm work. Alpha Gamma Kho
and Alpha Zeta, both agricultural frater
nities, closed soon after the announce
ment was made that students could with
draw for farm work. Other fraternities
have been inconvenienced because of
withdrawals of some of their members.
Acacia expects to close its chapter house
because only about one-half of the active
men are here now.
Several fraternities, although they
have not had to close their houses, have
found it ne'cessary to cease serving meals.
Pi Kappa Alpha will stop its meals to
miirrow. Phi Sigma Upsilon, Siyma Xu
and Kappa Sigma have stopped their
meals within the past week. Medical
fraternities are more fortunate in this
respect and have been forced neither to
cease serving meals now to close their
houses. This is due to the fact that the
Council of National Defense has urged
all medical students to continue their edu- *
cation, giving as a reason that every
day’s training makes them that much
more valuable to their country.
University of Indiana, May 19.—Since 1
the departure of the soldiers of the soil
and the,Reserve Officer cadets and other
detachments of military men, the frater
nities have lost u goodly number of mem
bers.
Kappa Sigma is the only fraternity
that has closed its table and it has an
active membership now of only thirteen
men, it was thought best to close. How
ever, the men are not going to sturve
as they have engaged wholesome food at
a nearby house where bread and milk
are not so expensive. Phi Gamma Delta,
Sigma Nu and Delta Upsilon ure as yet
unsettled but think that probably by the""
middle of next week their tables will be
closed, too. This inPthod bpchis the best
one to be both economical and healthy
and in the face of the present situation.
The rest of the organizations believe
that they will he able to keep their tables
going until the close of the school year.
VTCLAIN WOULD BANQUET
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PAYS CASH FOR TICKET
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REACHES SCENE; FOOD GONE
■M. F. McCain, manager of the co-op
store, had a ticket to a grange banquet
it the Hotel Osburn the other day. He
paid cold, hard cash for it. He looked
forward to going to that banquet and
ivith that end in view got off early in the
'veiling and went down town. He stood
around a while and waited. Nobody
from the grange appeared so he waited
some more, l’retty soon the pangs of
lunger began to gnaw and Mr. McClain
grazed anxiously toward the dining room.
\nd still no banquet, had appeared.
The Co-op manager was getting ner
vous, he fondled the meal ticket in 1 is
pocket and finally inquired of a man
when the banquet was to begin.
“Banquet 1” was the reply. “Why they
had that this noon.”
ENJOY ORIGINAL PROGRAM
Eutaxian Entertained With Productions
By Campus Authors
A wholly original program entertained
Eutaxian members nt their meeting last
night. Roberta Schuebel read a one-act
play written by Bess Colmnn, entitled
“Tomorrow at Nine”. Miss Column
wrote the play shortly before spring va
cation. Luceil Morrow read ‘The La
ment of Marie Stuart" in blank verse
which she had written and Hazel ltad
othaugh played “A song without words”,
which she composed herself. Rosalind
Rates read her short story, "l’epita and
tlie Boa Fighter".
Eutaxian will elect officers at its next
meeting and decide what to do with the
money left over after their debts are
paid, including their page in the Ore
g.ina. "Apple I’ie” the stunt which Eu
taxian produced at the Rex some time
ago. swelled the treasury by the addition
ot $25.
ARCHITECTS HEAR TALK
Robert Strong, Portland Estate Manager,
Tolls of Builder’s Duty.
Robert Strong, manager of the Cor
bett estate in 1‘ortlafuJ, spoke to the
architectural students yesterday morning
on the “Relation of the Architect and the
Investor.”
Air. Strong pointed out to tin1 class
that the builder should keep in mind the
interests of the owner. He wont on to
show, that in many cases the designer of
the structure was thinking only of the
scanty and in this way the investor was
the loser. “It is the same in tin? profes
sion of architecture as in any other,”
said Mr. Strong. “The interests of the
■mployer must always be looked out for.”
Nearly all of the students of the areh
tecture department were present at the
ecture.
PLENTY OF FUN PROMISED
luniors to Spend Saturday Dancing and
Feasting.
The junior class will go in a body early
■Saturday afternoon from the library in
notor trucks or hay racks to Coburg
>ridge where they will spend the afte
loon and evening at games, baseball and
feasting. Also a dance platform will
jive those who want to dance a chance.
Junior musicians will be asked to fur
dsh the music and a victrola will be taken
ilong so that the musicians will not be
jverworked.
Every junior is urged to go, says Helen
[‘urington. chairman of the picnic com
mittee, and a good time is promised to
ill.
T. W. CLASSES TO SUSPEND
IV4II Devote Remainder of Year to Eight
Weeks Club.
Y. W. C. A. does activities will be sus
pended for the year after next week.
)n Tuesday the Iliblo study class will
nect for the last time and on Wednes
lay the regulur Y. W. C. A. meeting
ivill be the final one for the semester.
Tin-—lemuimler of the term will Te"
ipent in instruction for the leaders of the
Wight Weeks club, an organization of
'iris who carry on Y. W. work for eight
veeks during the summer vacation,
'reparations for the Seabeek conference
vill also Lake up much of the remaining
ime.
CONFERENCE URGES
PRICEJPTION
Commonwealth Body Asks for
Prompt Remedial Action
by Congress. ,$l(
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PEOPLE ASKED TO VOTE
FOR NEW STATE PRISON
Papers Read on Variety of Top
ics of Vital Interest to
Oregon Citizens. ^
Outstanding features of the Ninth an
imal session of the Commonwealth Con
ference were the passage of a resolution
urging congress to take speedy action
to cheek speculation in food prices, and
of another resolution asking the people
of Oregon to vote for the ,$400,000 bond
issue for the construction of a new' pen
itentiary.
Prof. F. O. Young, director of the
conference, expressed himself ns well
pleased with the conference, both in the
material presented in the papers rend
and in the lively interest taken by those
who attended.
'The conference concluded today. Tax
ation and road building problems in Ore
gon, were the themes. Speakers on the
taxation question were Attorney A. Ij.
Y ensue and State Tax Commissioner
Charles V. Galloway. The sessions eon
eluded with a round table conference of
subjects connected with road-construc
tion.
Tho session lust nlgnt was uevoteo
Inrgely to nn address by W. 1>. Wheel
wright of Portland. who was prominently
mentioned in eonneetion with tho appoint*
inrr.i, ns ambassador to Japan. Mr.
Wheelwright explained the aims and
probable methods of the League to En
foree l’eaee. It. W. Montague, a Port
land attorney who has also been promi
nent in establishing the cause of the
League in Oregon helped to explain in
further detail the organization’s pro
posed plan to prevent in future such
conflicts as today’s greatest of wars.
It was insisted hy both speakers that
if such an organization had existed in
August 11114 there would Is- no such
crisis as the world views today.
Mr. Wheelwright explained that,“Com*
plete reorganization of political systems
whereby world peace may be preserved
will bo possible only when this war is
over, when all nations realize the pov
erty and misery created by their savagery
and’crime. Then is the time for the im
mediate beginning of work on the part
of the League to Enforce Peace. v
“The League would not attempt to
stop the present war but would prevent
ull future conflicts.”
Mr. Montague explained the operation
of the league and pointed out that it dif
fered from the Hague and other attempts
at peace pacts in the fact that enforce
ment is supplied.
“If a nation fails to submit its claims
to a conference of the league before mak
ing war,” he said, “the other nations
would use economic and military forces
against the offender.”
Yesterday afternoon’s theme was the
“Planning nn orderly and healthful
growth for the urban and rural com
munity of Oregon.” In this, the third
conference, papers were read by E. B.
M.u-Naughton, architect of Portland and
Marshall N. Dana, of the Oregon Journal
and an illustrated address was given by
Charles II. Cheney, of San Francisco,
secretary of the California City Plan
ning Conference. Mrs. Millie R. Trum
bull of the child labor commission, who
was unable to be present in the morning
session read a paper on ‘‘The Mainten
ance of Our Industrial Standards Dur
ing the War.”
Mrs. Trumbull s paper showed how
the problem of child labor existing in
England is gradually coming up in the
United States.
The main topic, city planning was tak
en iii) by Mr. MacNaughton a new mem
ber of the Industrial Welfare Commis
sion.
“We are coming to realize,” he said,
“that there is more to the ndministra
tion of a model city than to the main- _
tenance of police and fire departments.
We are coming to require parks, band
concerts, etc., which cause higher taxes
but make a better city to live in.”
At the conclusion of the meeting the
members visited the architectural build
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