i
Leaders for Next Year Installed
at Last Assembly of
Term.
PRESIDENT CAMPBELL
TELLS OF TRIP EAST
Brings Message to University
From Secretary of War
Baker.
Twenty newly-elected officers of the
student body for the corning year, raised
their right hands at assembly and took
the following oath of office: “I do here
by solemnly pledge and affirm that I
will perform the duties of the office to
which I have been elected, as they are
set out in the constitution of the Associ
ated Students, to the best of my ability.”
As this was the last assembly of the
year, it took on somewhat the spirit of
a rally through the presence of the
band.
M. F. McClain, gave the following re
port of the students co-operative store;
from September, 1916 till April 10, 1917,
$5,512.04; net profit to April 10, $098.
31; percentage of net profit on gross
sales, 6 per cent; cost of operation, 11
percent of gross sales. Mr. McClain
said that by the end of the school year
there would be enough to take care of
all indebtedness.
Harold Hamstreet read a resolution of
condolence to the family of Mrs. Norton
Cowden, nee Eva Frock, who died re
cently.
Before the installation of the new of
ficers, retiring president Nicholas Jaure
guy spoke of the work of the student
council during the past year, saying that
the student council was increasing in
influence and cooperation both with the
students and faculty and that the trend
seemed to be towards self government.
“We haven’t had a single fight with the
faculty”, said Nick, “and we have pre
sented half a dozen petitions not one of
which has been turned down.” On hand
ing over the gavel to Janies Sheehy, Mr.
Jaureguy congratulated the student body
on its choice of leader for the coming
year.
James Sheeny, the new president, in
responding, spoke of the gratitude due
the outgoing officers and of the course
of action the students should follow for
the coming year. “The rationality of the
faculty and President Campbell was
shown when Secretary Baker confirmed
their advice and asked college men to
stick to their studies,” said Sheehy.
The new president urged that every
student return to college next year if
possible. “The college . trained man
should be reserved for further use” ne
said and we must not give up our amuse
ments and athletics which form the very
backbone of college life. “I believe we
are ready for the honor system in ex
aminations, supervised by n student
board of control. All the students must
take a share in the student body manage
ment and must feel' that they have an
influence. Let 11s never lapse into leth
argy. Lastly, let us rekindle the whole
souled democracy and friendship and
keep alive the indefinable something, the
old Oregon spirit, which has pulled us
through the past and which is vital to
our very existence.”
President Campbell spoke to the stu
dents of his trip in the east and advised
the students to retain their normal life
aa much as possible. “We need to be
steady, to keep hopeful, cheerful and to
maintain good health and good spirits, to
keep the home life as before,” he said.
The message that Secretary of War
Baker had given them to bring back to
their colleges, he said, was that the best
thing the students could do was to stay
with their preparation, as this is a war of
brains.
Harry Crain, the newly elected editor
of the Emerald, said that the Emerald for
next year could have only one policy,
namely, the interests of the student body.
“Let us keep up our student body ath
leties such as football,'' said Crain. "It
will keep the spirit alive, which has died
down to some extent this spring. It is
the entrance of the American spirit into
the war that has meant a big help for the
allies—here at Oregon we've intensified
this American spirit and call it the "Ore
gon Spirit.”
Those who took the oath of office were
James Sheehy, president; Emma A\ oot
ton, secretary; Harry Crain, editor of
(Continued as page tw*)
WAR IDOL? SEEN IN BAKER
* * * «
ARRANGES FOR LECTURE
* * * «
BUT LEAVES HURRIEDLY
The old ad-age that, “yon may fool
all of the people some of the time and
some of the people all of the time, but
you can’t fool all of the people all of
the time,” is again illustrated to those
members of the University student-body
and faculty, as well as other residents
of Eugene and Springfield, who remem
ber the name of Captain J. Edgar
Warner, of Stratford-on-Avon.
Captain ,T. Edgar first presented his
card in this vicinity during Christmas
vacation last when he appeared on the
campus and, for a while, was the wor
shipped hero of many battles. Hi®
stories were blood-curdling and gripping;
when he went with the Canadian regi
ment to France, bomb throwing from
aeroplanes was his delight.
After a fortnight’s sojourn In Eugene,
during which time he was idolized as
motion picture actor, poet, and hero, of
the war, Captain Warner suddenly de
parted. District Attorney Ray had
listened to the captain’s stories and
found them wanting. So has the Girl’s
Honor Guard of Baker, in eastern Ore
gon.
The. captain appeared in Baker last
week as a member of the Canadian regi
ment of France, sent home wounded, and
made arrangements for a lecture before
the Girl’s Honor Guard of that city.
When asked for some proof of his identity
he failed to comply and unceremoniously
left the city. When the girls insisted
that Warner produce some evidence of
his experiences he cancelled the engage
ment and made hurried exit.
RECREATION CAMP ASSURED
Students Wanted to Assist in Establish
ing Living Quarters.
The recreation committee of the Eugene
branch of the National Association of
Physical Education has completed plans
for a permanent summer camp for Eu
gene boys and girls at Oakridge. A
series of encampments of two weeks
each will be held during the summer.
The camp will be situated on the
banks of Salmon river in the heart of
the Cascade mountains. Physical in
struction will be under the leadership
of University students majoring in phy
sical training. A log lodge will be erect
ed, tennis, vollyball, and basketball
courts will be constructed. A baseball
diamond and track field will also be laid
out. The Forrestry services having sup
ervision of the work. The Y. M. C. A.
wants eight University students to vol
unteer their services to help construct
the camp. All of their expenses will be
paid and ample time will be given for
recreation. University men desiring to
do this work see Ed. Shockley, presi
dent, or L. A. Pickett, chairman of the
local branch.
TENNIS TRYOUTS FRIDAY
Nine Women Sign Up for Inter-Class
Games.
Preliminary class try-outs for the ten
nis tournament to be held Field Day,
May 2*3, will begin tomorrow. The fol
lowing have signed up as contestants:
freshmen, Grace Williams, Louyse Mc
caudliss, Helen Engel and Jessie Gar
ner : sophomore- Helen K enton, Maude
Lombard and Ella Dews; juniors, Mar
garet Crosby and Frieda Laird. No sen
iors have yet entered the list.
Caroline Alexander, head of tennis for
field day, says that the. first game play
ed in the finals will he between a fresh
man and a senior. The winner of this
game will play the winner of the sopho
more-junior game.
TWELVE SINGERS GET “O’S’
Junior Members of Girls’ Glee Club Will
Receive "Service Medals.”
Twelve members of the Girl’s glee
club will be presented with block "O’s”
this year. In other words there are
twelve juniors in the glee club for only
the upperclassmen in the past have been
allowed “O’s” in the girl's club, accord
ing to the constitution.
According to this year’s rule the fol
lowing girls will soon appear with glee
club pins: Cora Hosford. Martha Tink
er, Katie Schaefer, Melba Williams,
I'earl Craine, Cleome Carroll, Emma
Wootton, Hester Hurd, Charlotte Ban
field, Erma Keithley. Irene Hugh and
Eva Von Berg.
114 SENIOBS1 011
LIST FOyEGBEES
Total of Graduates This Year
Exceeds That of Last.
Registrar Compiles Names of
Applicants for Degrees and
Issues Them Late Today.
114 seniors, or 15 more than last year,
are prospective applicants for degrees,
according to a list issued from the reg
istrar's office late today. The list is
as follows:
Louise Harford Allen, Alane ijouise
Allen, ,T. Bothwell Avison, Lola Esther
Barr, Frank L. Beach, Karl G. Becke,
June Beebe, Martha E. Beer, Jean Har
riot Bell, Joseph Clark Bell, E. Allen
Bennett, John Arthur Black, Jr., Alex
ander P. Bowen. Bernard B. Breeding,
Karl Clapp Bronaugh, Jr.
Mildred Aileen Brown, William Nor
man Burgard, Loren G. Butler, Frank
Hill Campbell, James H. Cellars, Mary
Hendricks Chambers. Chafles Hnskell
Collier, Clinton Conley, Nellie Cox,
Eulalie Palmer Crosby, Helen Clare
Currey, Frances Marie DePue, Marah
Elizabeth Devauey, Walter Robert
Dimm, Stanley Dorman Eaton, John J.
Elliott, Earl Emery Fleisehmann.
Roland Woodbridge Geary, Herman,
Maxwell Gilfilen, Eugene Noon Good,
Garnett L. Green, Marguerite Lucas
Gross, Evah F. Hadley, Elizabeth Hales,
Ada Roberta Hall, Harold Hamstreet,
Mary Evelyn Harbert, Marion Harring
ton, Margaret Mary Hawkins, Mary
Alice Hill, Jennie Frances Huggins,
John W. Huston, Maurice H. Hydo,
Nicholas Jaureguy, Lucy Jay, Helen
Johns, Frederick Edward Kiddle, Walt
er J. Kirk, Mildred G. Bown, Clarence
W. Brumrow, Marion, Elsie MacDonald,
Robert W. Langley, Ethel M. Loucks,
Hazel Knight, Ruth C. Lawrence. Ber
nice Lucas, Harry Lynch, Mae B. Lynch,
Marjorie Edith Machen, Frances Mann,
Helen McComack, Myra Elsie McFar
land, John S. McGuire, Gladys Mc
Knight, Delphie Helen Meek, Frederick
Emil Melzer.
Martin Nelson, Chas. C. Newcastle,
Jr., Mary Ellen O’Farrell, Lynn Albert
Parr,r Chalmer N. Patterson, Arthu
Halrow Pengra, Bernice Perkins, Leah
C. Perkins, Neva Perkins, Vera Evelyn
Perkins, Harriettee May Pohemus, Leo
Allen Potter, Russel Clyde Ralston,
Emmett Rathbun, LoTen C. Roberts,
Ruth Roche, Allen Rothwell, Ellwyn
Rutherford, Benjamin Franklin Seaiefe,
Frances Eleanor Shoemaker, Henry W.
Sims, Floyd F. South, Margaret Norton
Spangler, Wayne J. Stater, Ruby Mapel
Steiwer, Milton Arthur Stoddard, Henrj
L. Thorsett.
Myrtle Grace Tobey, William Paul
Tuerck, Eyl Louene W’alker, Mary
Elizabeth Warrack, Hugh Ernest Wat
kins, Lucile Watson, Harold J. Wells,
Jeannette Wheatley, Dorothy WTheeler,
Helen Lucile Wiegand, Leone Williams,
Marjory Mae Williams, Gustave Winter,
Iva Bell Wood, John Harold Fitzgibbon.
WRITES FROM THE PRESIDIO
H. K. Kingsbury Tells of His Company
and Captain’s Past.
H. K. Kingsbury, formerly of the Uni
versity business office and was assist
ant commandant of the University ca
dets, writes from Presidio where he is
in the officers’ training camps. Mr.
Kingsbury belongs to Company 14,
which is commanded ty Capt. Titus, a
regular army officer and instructor.
When Capt. Titus was 17 years old, he
served as bugler in the Infantry and
when the Americans were in China dur
ing the Boer uprising, he was the first
to gain the top of the wall. He blew
the “charge” over and over until his en
tire command was up or over.
This gained him a Presidential ap
pointmeiu to West Point from which he
graduated as Infantry Captain. Com
pany 14 has more than 150 men. They
are cared for very comfortably at the
Barracks. These are equipped with
shower baths, hot and cold water, and
while the building is old it is in good
condition. It is situated in front of the
Fine Arts building which is being used
as an Arts Museum writh all the prin
cipal exhibit remaining from the Expo
sition.
Wooden Guns Will Be Thing of Past
After Last Drill of Year on Friday
Tomorrow afternoon, for the last time
until another autumn brings the Oregon
campus to life, marching files of student
soldiers will take their places side by
side while military commands echo and
re-echo over cemetery ridge or become
lost among martial chords from the
hand. When the words “Fill in,” ring
out many will answer for the last time.
The last day of the first semester of
military training at Oregon will l>e ded
icated in a fitting manner to the cause
of world democracy and freedom. Wood
en guns, will he relegated to the fate of
cobwebs and dust, perhaps never to be
resurrected. When again the squads
assemble, an altogether different atmos
phere will prevail, one of olive drab uni
forms and Springfield rifles, regular
army officers and strict discipline.
An inducement to make tomorrow’s
drill a display of all that has been ac
quired during the short period of train
ing will be furnished by the women f
the University, who will review the cadet
battalion at the parade park. One of the
most valuable stimulants to ambitions
spirit in drilling at the park has been
the nightly audience of several dozen co
eds on the bleachers.
Since military drill was first insti
tuted on the campus this spring, the
ranks have slowly dwindled in numbers,
not in large numbers, but silently one
by one. Every branch of the United
| States military service has claimed its
share of students.
This year's military program has boon
an experiment. It has brought to light
many valuable suggestions . concerning
organization, management and discipline.
President Campbell intends to secure be
fore school convenes next September, a
regular army officer, who has seen ser
vice in the present war, to command
cadet drill here. Because it is difficult
to secure an officer of the regular army
of the United States for university in
struction. the president will try to L;et
n man from the Canadian or English
armies, who has been released from duty
because of wounds or other honorable
reason.
When 350 University of Oregon cadets
march out tomorrow it will not be the
same disorganized, undisciplined group
of men that lined up on old Kincaid sev
eral weeks ago for the first days’ drill.
Since that first day’s drill, “squads
right,” “right by squads,” and “on right
into line,” have become child play. Their
manipulation is perfectly mechanical and
it is only w'hen someone loses his at
tention on the bleachers that a serious
raixup occurs in the ranks. Tomorrow
will see the whole battallion drilling s
a unit, with six companies and the band
filling their respective places.
ODD FELLOWS LIKE CAMPUS
Many Here for 98th Convention of I. 0.
0. F.; Concluding Session Today.
Many of the Oddfellows attending the
Convention have sons in the University
and are interested visitors to the cam
pus. They all seem to be well pleased
with the University.
The 98th convention of the Independ
ent Order of Oddfellows will come to a
close this evening. At ten o’clock this
morning the officers for the ensuing
year were elected and the convention
center for the next year determined
upon. Last year the convention was
held in Roseburg.
The Renekas are holding their con- j
vention here also with the Oddfellows
and the attendance of the lodges totals
about 2000.
The Oddreliows expressed themselves
as very grateful to the University Band
for playing in their parade yesterday
afternoon.
LIVE PAPER, CRAIN’S AIM;
Next Year’s Editor Will Make Emerald
Strictly Student Paper.
The first issue of the Emerald next '
semester will be out the second day of ]
school, according to llurry Crain, the |
newly—el noted—editor.—*44—w—to—bt—a-j
strictly student paper, and student ac- I
tivities will be given first considera
tion,” he says “and each issue will con
tain all the campus news which occurs
up to the time the paper goes to press.”
Appointments to the various staffs
have not yet been made. The loss of
many men, due to the demands of the
war, will cause changes. Jeannette Cal
kins, as next year’s business manager,
i has not yet selected her assistant.
BATCHING GROWSTIRESOME
# # # #
WEEK IS LONG ENOUGH
# * *
COMES BACK TO MARRY
Because he claimed he was tired of
batching. Curtiss Marshall, a junior
from the school of architecture came
home from Bremerton, Washington, and
was married Sunday. Marshall was one
of the Oregon men at the navy yards
working on ship building. He had been
away a week then made a flying trip
back to the Baptist church in Eugene
where he was married to Miss Laura
Sehmieding of this city.
The engagement was announced the
Friday a week before the ceremony but
the whole romance culminated so rapidly
the students in the architecture depart
ment had no opportunity to give Marsh
all a send-off. The couple went back
to Bremerton immediately afterward and
will make their home there for the
present.
NEW ‘PAN-HELL’ RULES OUT
Sorority Girls Meet in Villard to Hear
Explanation Made.
Women from all sorority houses, ap
proximately 200 in all, attended the mass
meeting in Villard hall last night when
the latest amendments to the Pan-Hellen
ic rules were read and voted upon as
recommended. Mrs. Erie Alien, local head
of the town association explained the
changes which chiefly involve rushing.
Briefly they are: no rushees shall he ac
companied to and from engagements, ex
cept. of course, at night ; no fraternity
slinll allow a rushee to make a date, be
yond the beginning of her next date; ex
penses of rush week are limited to $2."
exclusive of meals. The last, is a cut
from fffiO allowed last year. Those rules
were adopted by the I’an-IIellcnic ad
visory committee Tuesday night.
Mrs. Allen gave a brief talk, remark
ing particularly on the lack of antagon
ism on this campus so often found else
where. Dean Elizabeth Fox expressed
appreciation of the Oregon spirit of rush
ing.
DEBATE TOMORROW NIGHT
Finals of Interfraternity League Sched
uled on Road Bonding Bill.
The interfraternity championship de
bate will take plaee Friday night be
tween the Betas, Kappa Sigs and Fijis.
The question will be the road hill in
volving a six million dollar bond issue.
Three teams will debate at the same
time. The Kappa Sigma affirmative
against the Fiji negative in Professor
Howe's room in Villard, the Fiji affirm
ative agninst the Beta negative in Dend.v
Hall lecture room and tho Ivuppa Sig
negative against the Beta affirmative
in Dean Straub’s room, in the Admiuis
(ration building. The debates will begin
promptly at eight o’clock.
The trophy is a long bronze tablet with
a chain attached and (he. name of the
winners will he engraved on the top.
COUNCIL ASKS “NO EXAMS”
New Members Go on Record Disfavoring
Continuance of Regular Schedule.
Plans for next year worn gone over
and the general outline of the work was
discussed, at the regular meeting of the
student council last night held in Prof.
Gilbert’s room in the library, which was
the first and last meeting of the year for
the newly installed members.
The possible eliminating of student
examinations for this semester wit.li pro.,
vision of an early dismissal by the fac
ulty was discussed ut much length by
the council. The members unanimously
went on record as favoring the plan of
dismissing school by June 1 and that for
mal examinations be done away with.
Those present at lust night’s meeting
were Cora Ilosford, Emma Wootton,
James Sheehy, Harry Crain, Don New
bury, Ituudall Scott, Kenneth Moores,
Lynn McCready, Uurle Bramhall, Lillian
iloylen sad William Steers.
EXAMS BEGIN NEXT
WEEK JOES MILE
Senior Schedule Discarded For
One Originally Planned For
Underclassmen.
DECISION IS REACHED
LATE THIS AFTERNOON
Preparation of Two Sets of
Questions Made Unneces
sary; School Out Early.
All examinations will be held next
week was the decision reached by the
faculty at the special meeting called yes
terday afternoon in Guild hall. Thin
means that the schedule originally intend
ed for the week following Commencement
will be followed and the senior exam pro
gram will he discarded.
Practically all professors are prepared
to give the quizzes to all their classes be
ginning Monday ns it was necessary to
have those for seniors ready next. week.
Considerable discussion arose on the sub
ject but the decision was practically
unanimous. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday are the days set, the Com
mencement program being arranged so n«
to directly follow it.
The agitation for change in the reg
ular schedule of examinations began dur
ing last week with discussion by profes
sors and students. The discussion reach
ed an acute stage last night when tha
student, council met and talked the mat
ter over, finally voting a recommendation
to the faculty for a change. The change
as recommended by tilt' student council
was that there he no discrimination mado
in the senior and underclass examina
tions and that the examinations of both
bodies of students be dispensed with.
This change would mean a week lesa
of school and would not keep the under
class body of students on the enmpua
for the commencement days. The argu
ments for and against the change were
vigorously made by members of the fac
ulty in session in a special meeting thia
afternoon. The faculty were given the
permission of final decision by the exe
cutive committee of the Itonrd of Re
gents. Tt is up to the regents as to
whether tile regular University schedule
shall or shall not be changed and the
faculty have no say in the matter.
President Campbell got in touch with
the Regents over tip' long distance tele
phone this morning and found out what
their renction was to the matter. With
their authority at hand the faculty were
enabled to take action either for or
against.
In arguing for a change the principal
discussion centered on the fact that a
great number of students needed" the time
for work; that the press of work was so
urgent that it demanded the immediate
attention of students. Tt was also said
that, the class work lmd been so disor
ganized that it. bordered on a farce to
maintain the schedule ns would be re
quired in the normal order of things.
On the other hand the opponents of
the change asserted that many of the
underclass students were planning and
would need the time of next week to pre
pare fur final examinations. Secondly
up to this time there has been no sug
gestion of a change from the normal
standard of the University; there has
I een no hysterical outburst nor action
and to date the University is credited
with rational notion and sane purpose. It
was claimed to lessen the standards of
scholarship now would be t<> cheapen tha
University and lower its dignity.
’17 ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE
The commencement announcements
have arrived and were delivered to mem
bers of the class of 1!»17 yesterday after
noon in the Administration building;. Ac
cording to Joe Bell, student chairman
of the announcement committee, approxi
mately 1400 were delivered.
The announcements were obtained
throuL'Ii Nellis llnmlin. from the Hamlin
Idngraving company. They are plain en
graved announcements with the Oregon
seal stamped in the top of the paper.
They read:
The Class of f
Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen /•
announces the
Fortieth
Annual Commencement
Monday, June Fourth
ten o’clock
Villard Hall