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« THIS IS THE LAST ISSUE OF THE EMERALD FOR YEAR OF 1916-17 EXAMS ME CHANGE III COMJBEMEtlT Attempt to Complete Program Before Students Leave University. MID-SUMMER NIGHT’S WILL BE ABANDONED Rosalind Bates, Earl Fleisch Tian and Jaureguy Will Con test for Big Award. U Three orations will be given this year for the Failing and Beekman award ,and the contest will be held in Villard hall Thursday May 31. The senior orators who have entered the contest are Ros alind B. Bates, Earl Fleischmann, and Nicholas Jauregny. *i£he complete program, with the ex ception of the music numbers, has been announced as follows: Commencement orchestra. Reading of terms of competitive award from “Deed Gift,” by President Camp bell. Music. Oration, “Tlie Cali to Arms!” by Rosalind Bates. Music. Oration, “The World Made Safe for Democracy.” my Earl Fleischmann. Music.| Ovation, “America Mobilized,” Nich olas Jaureguy. Music. Announcement of awards by President Campbell. The program for Baccalaureate Sun day in Villard Hall was announced this morning by Registrar Tiffany. It is: Processional by commencement or chestra. Music by University Choir. Invocation. Music by University Choir. Scripture Reading Music Prayer Hymn Sermon by Dr. E. H. Lindley, pro fessor of psychology at Indiana Univer sity. Hymn Benediction Postlude, commencement orchestra The program for Commencement with the exception of the music which is yet to be announced by Dean Lyman, will be: Processional, commencement orches tra. Invocation. Address before graduating class by Dean LeBaron Russel Briggs of Har vard University. Music Conferring of Degrees. Recessional by commencement orches tra. Changes made in the previously an nounced program for Friday and Satur day have been made as follows: The Band concert and “Mid Summer Night’s Dream” have been abandoned. The Glee club recital has been changed et> 7 o’clock and the “Peace Pipe” cere monial will be held earlier than 9:30 announced. Saturday the alumnae meeting will be held at 9 a. m., the alumni council at 10 o’clock; and the alumni meeting at 11 o’clock. The Fern and Flower procession has been changed from 6:30 to 7 o’clock Sat urday evening. PORTLAND TEACHERS VISIT One Hundred Pedagogues Tour Campus and Inspect Eugene Schools. One hundred teachers of the Portland Education association which includes both high school and elementary school teachers with Mr. Melendy, latin pro fessor aaf-JeffCHAU! hiltll sclimd as presi dent, visited the University today. A luncheon was given for them at the men’s gymnasium after which they were shown around the campus. In the after noon they were taken about the city in machines to see the different schools of Eugene and other points of interest. The Portland Education association annually visits an educational institu tion of the state in order to keep in touch with all of them. Last year they visited Monmouth. HOUSE PRESIDENTS CHOSEN * * # FIJIS APPEAR UNDECIDED * £ # # BUT M’CROSKY IS WILLING Many of the houses on the campus have elected their presidents for the coining year. Those representing the women's organizations follow: Alpha Phi, Mabel Van Zante; Chi Omega, Leura Jerard; Delta Delta Delta, Olive Risley; Delta Gamma, Marian Neil; Gamma I’hi Beta, Emma Wootton; Kappa Alpha Theta, Ruth Rothrock; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Cora Hosford; I’i Beta Phi, Mildred Steinmetz. Among the men the following are the presidents: Beta Theta Pi. Jack Mon tague; Delta Tau Delta, Fred Packwood; Kappa Sigma, Charles Tisdale; Phi Delta Theta. Henry Proctor; Sigma Chi, Harold Tregilgas; and Sigma Nu, Don Newbury. There seems to be some doubt about who is to be head of the Fiji house. The frosh who answered the telephone said that the seniors were to act together while Lyle McCrosky, on being questioned admitted that he was to run the house. The girls of the Dexter Club are not to elect officers until next fall. Mrs. E. W. Allen Urges Girls to Use Economy in Dress and Living. Louise Allen Gives Report of Woman’s League Pledge to Woman’s Building. Helene Delano was elected to the pres idency of the Womans League at a meet ing of that organization which was held in Villard hall, Thursday at five o’clock. Other candidates for the office were Dorothy Collier and Vera Olmstead. Mildred Steinmetz won the vice-presi dency from Lilly Miller; Roberta Schue bal, the secretary-ship from Helen An derson and Essie Maguire -won out over Beatrice Thurston in the race for treas urer. There were three candidates for the place of sergeant-at-arms, Brownell Frazier, Helen Rhodes and Margaret Mc Kim. Brownell Frazier was elected. Dorothy I’arsons was elected as reporter over Frances Blurock. These new of ficers will assume their duties next fall. A report of the Womans League pledge to the woman’s building was made by Louise Allen, chairman of the commit tee, When the women students return to the University of Oregon next fall they will wear their last year’s clothes, for old clothes art to be fashionable among the university co-eds next winter. This was the decision made by the M omans League when Mrs. E. W. Allen president of the Pan-Hellenic Alumnae Board of Eugene, spoke to the women last night. Economy in dress and living was the theme of Mrs. Allen’s talk. Immedi ately after Mrs. Allen resumed her chair a resolution that the University women come back to college next year with as few new cloths as possible was made and adopted. In making her appeal to the University women Mrs. Allen suggested that when fathers offered money to their daughters for the purchase of a new suit that the girls refuse the m.ney and ask then fathers instead to buy a Liberty Loan bond. “Such action as this will make your parents realize more than anything else possibly could that your I. nitersity training has been of real worth and has made it possible for you to see values nr«’-y lire.—It is nut fitting that the University women should dress extia'a gantly when every man, woman and .child in the United States has to bear the burden of an enormous tax. Make it possible for the girl who is here at present on a narrow margin to come back to college next fall. Don’t keep her from the training which is at pres ent doubly precious. Gills won t come to the University if they cannot appear as well as any of the others. Make it easy for them,” said rMs. Allen. SENIORS JUUD JUHIORS TO SMOKE PEACE PIPE Glowing Camp Fire Will Enliven Kincaid as Traditions Are Read. Annual Picturesque Ceremony Set for Thursday Night After Oratorical Contest. While members of the junior and sen ior class circle a great crmp fire in the middle of Kincaid field and pass the solemn pipe of peace, the traditions of the' class of 1017 will be formally be queathed to the class of 191S Thursday evening by President Nicholas Jaureguy. This is the second year in the observance of annual pence pipe ceremonies, the innovation having been created last Commencement. In the big vault at the administra tion office is a huge Indian peace pipe, preserved for this solemn, traditional occasion. Last year, the affair was held on the campus just back of Deady hall. The pipe was smoked by every mem ber of both classes while they sat around the flickering flames of a glowing camp fire in the center and listened to speech es by officers of the classes and by the old and new student-body presidents. President-elect, .Tames Sheehy, will receive in behalf of the student-body to be, all those memories, customs and tra ditions, which go to make up cherished campus life and spirit at Oregon. A long list of these valued traditions will be read by “Nick” Jaureguy during the solemn pipe smoking Because of the end of this semester beiug set ahead, the ceremony will be held Thursday evening instead of the original date. The classes will gather on the field immediately following the Fail ing-Beekman oratorical contest. Indian blankets will be in keeping with the spirit of the occasion. Speakers will be, Mildred Brown, Frank Scaiefe, Harold Hamstreet, Nich olas Jaureguy, and Charles Dundore. The outgoing students will appear in caps and gowns. MORTON GIVES ADDRESS Speaks on “Educational Preparedness’’ at High School Commencement. Professor D. W. Morton, dean of the University school of commerce, delivered the commencement address for the grad uating class at North Bend high school on Thursday evening when eighteen stu dents graduated. This year’s class is the largest the school ever sent out. An in teresting fact is that three of the boys who had enlisted were called away and thus were unable to be present at the exercises. The subject of Professor Morton’s ad dress was “Educational Preparedness.” About three hundred fifty people were present at the graduation which was fol lowed by a reception. IMPROVING BOILER ROOM Lay Concrete Floor and Raise Grates in University Heating Plant. Several improvements are being made in the boiler room of the University heating plant in back of the commerce building. A concrete floor is being laid, grates raised and the pit of the fire place lowered. A hopper arrangement has been placed in front of each of the four boilers in order to create a better draft. New doors and new plates have been added to those openings. MUST PAY FOR OREGANAS Last Installment Due From Houses Where Books Were Left. Oreganas at the houses on which the last installment has not yet been paid, will be collected Tuesday night and sold elsewhere. On account of the small num ber of books printed and the large de mand later on it will be necessary to dispose of all extra ones. Students have been given ample time to pay their last dollar so it is understood that all other Oreganas are not desired and can be used to supply the orders of those peo ple who subscribed late. Faculty Will Scatter Will Study and T El ATHLETICS Intercollegiate Sports Make Backbone of University Life Asserts Coach. If War Makes Outside Competi tion Impossible System of Intramural Games Plan. (By Jimmie Sheehy) “We must never give up intercollegi ate athletics if it is at all possible to re tain outside competition. Athletics make up the very backbone, the life, and vilil ity of the student body. They are abso lutely essential to the proper develop ment of students—both mentally and physically.” The above is from Hugo Bezdek, who committed himself in forcible terms when asked concerning the chances of Inter collegiate sports being resumed next year. Coach Bezdek is a great believer in all branches of clean athletics as a moulder of men to fight life's battles and to assume roles of leadership. “The colleges throughout the country , must set the pace for the furtherance of athletics”, continued Bezdek, “We must set a high standard of athletics not for a few but for the entire student body. We must develop the student's minds along the right lines. Athletics of any sort bring out by keen competition the best that is in a man.” Should the war exigencies come to a point where intercollegiate athletics would be impossible next fall Oregon, would still go on with her athletics along different lines. Coach Bezdek has in the melting pot a comprehensive scheme of campus athletics, embracing competi tion between the classes. “I don’t like the word ‘intra-mural athletics’ ”, said Bezdek. “I prefer calling them ‘campus athletics!’ We must intensify rather •than specialize—we want every student out in some form of sport.” Coach Bezdek’s plan for next fall is to play a full schedule of class football and soccer games. The men will be re quired to report on the field at least three times a. week and will be outfitted out of the department of Physical Edu cation's funds. Coach Bezdek has enlist ed the aid of Dr. J. A. Moran, a former soccer star in Ireland, to coach the soc cer teams next fall. Stress will be laid on swimming and wrestling during the winter mouths. Providing Oregon is unable to find, competition in intercollegiate sports in the fall, Coach Bezdek intends to go east to complete his work ip medicine at Chicago. He has two more year's work before he receives his M. 1). degree. After that he will return to Oregon and assume complete ehurge of the depart ment of Physical Education. Every man, on entering the University, will receive a physician’s examination. Proper ex ercises will be prescribed to develop the ■ man along the right lines. 3 LEAVE FOR WEST POINT University Men Receive Appointments; Report June 14 in East. Wyville Sheehy, a sophomore of the Phi Gamma Delta house, and Robert Montague, a freshman of the Delta Tau Delta house, have both received appoint ments to West Point and have left in order to report by June 14th. Montague was third alternate under CoiigreHsma.n . McArthur and Sheehy was principal under Chamberlain. On their trip East they will be joined by Ellis Williamson, a freshmtin at the University last se mester, who has also received an ap pointment under Congressman Sinnott. All the boys took their physical exami nation at Vancouver recently but were freed from the final mental examination by their college credits. Montague is ' the youngest of the trio being but 17 ' years of age. East and West; each During Summer The University faculty will be scat tered from Massachusetts to Southern California during the approaching sum mer, and will be occupied with vocations ranging from dignified teaching in sum mer schools to raising garden and spank ing babies, if one is to take their word for it. The list of the movements of many of the faculty follows. This list is incom plete owing to the fact that many of them have not as yet made their plans for the summer. Prof. C. H. Edmondson, assistant pro fessor of zoology will work for the gov ernment on a const survey of the shell fish food supply of the north-west. After that he will go to Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, nnd work out some problems the state has there. Dr. Fred C. Ayer, professor of edu cation will go to Washington and teach in the University. Dr. John F. Bofard, professor of zo ology will go to the Marine Biological station at. Friday Harbor, Puget Sound, and do some government work there. Prof. W. F. Q. Thneher will teach in the University summer school at Eugene and raise garden in his spare minutes. Miss Margaret C. Upleger, reference librarian, is going to Michigan to visit. Dr. F. (i. G. Schmidt, head of the German department, will teach in the University summer school. # Alfred Shelton, assistant in the zo ology department will go to Death Val ley, California. Dr. H. Schwarz, assistant instructor in the German department is going to Berkeley. California. Professors J. P. O’Hara and Mrs. Mable Holmes Parsons will teach in the Portland branch of the University of Oregon summer school. Dean Eric W. Allen, of the school of journalism, will go to the University of Washington as summer school instructor. Trainer “Hill” Hayward says if he is unable to do any work for the country he will go to the mountains. Allen Eaton, of the art department, has an offer to go to the Wyoming Valley in New York where he was last year and help conduct the summer school held there. Mrs. Daise Middleton, of the school of music expects to tour through the east, going as fur as Boston where she will study music. Miss Winnifred Forbes, teacher of violin in the school of music will go to Illinois this summer. L. C. Rosenberg, of the architectural department, is going east although he has not yet decided where. Professor George Turnbull, of the school of journalism, will teach at the University of Oregon summer school and then go to his home in Seattle, Wash ington. PROFESSORS ARE AWAY Dr. Straub and Prof. Dunn Delivering Commencement Addresses. Professor Frederick S. Dunn left Wednesday on a lecture tour in connec tion with the Extension Department of the University. While away he will speak at Marshfield and Bandon. lie intends to return home Saturday. Dr. John Strauh also left Wednesday to he gone until June 2. Dr. Strauh will address the graduating classes of the high schools in the following towns: Castle Hock, Myrtle Point. Bandon, Co quille, Estacada, Sutherlin, and Mon mouth. SPILLER AWARD IS MADE Helen Withycombe Granted 1918 Schol arships by Alumnae Association. Helen WithTComne was granted the Mary Spiller scholarship for 1018 by the Oregon Alumnae Association at its last meeting. The scholarship was given on the basis of a loan this year as Miss Withycombe has won it twice before. The award amounts to one hundred fifty dollars or board and room at Mary Spiller hall for one year. The next meeting of the Alumnae As sociation will be held June 2 at nine o’clock. OREGON HUY ADOPT FOUR SEMESTER YEAR Three Regular Sessions, Octo ber 1 to June 15, and Sum mer School Under Plan. FACULTY CONSIDERS ACT TION AS WAR MEASURE Aim Is for Greater Concentra* tion—Will Change Two and Three Hour Courses. The advisability of dividing the school into three semesters and a summer selioo.l which will mean that the Univer sity of Oregon will open next semester on October 1, will be discussed and de« cided at faculty meeting Thursday after noon. The question wns presented at last Thursday’s meeting, but wns not voted upon. It has been under consid eration for some time and the plan is being worked out by a committee with Professor O. F. Stafford nr chairman. Under the three term system, the year would lie divided into three semesters as follows: October 1 to Christmas; January 2. or thereabout, to early in April; April to June 15. There would also be summer school from June 15 to August 1. In this way, students need take only as many terms ns they have time for. The semesters will be so ar ranged that each will be a complete unit in itself. This will necessitate great re adjustment of the schedules of courses. It is planned to change the two and three hour courses to four or five hour cours es. Greater concentration of work will be the aim. Thus a student carrying five or six subjects under the present system will take three five-hour courses, or two five-hour and a four-four course. If this new plan carries, ns many of the faculty think it will, it will go through as a war measure. Secretary of War, Jfewton I). Baker, recommends such a plan. It will give opportunity to the men and the women, too, who wish to work half of the year to do so and still attend college for six months, getting credit for two out of the three regu lar semesters of the year. Of course, they could not complete college in four years, but by taking an extra year's work and attending summer school, one could graduate in five years. ‘‘It is my opinion that this system will bring a new type of student to the camp us” said Eric W. Allen, dean of the seliool of journalism, in discussing the proposed change yesterday. "It will give opportunities to the boy who works n 'ogging camps and cannot leave his work (luring the college year as it is at present, to choose the semesters con venient for him. The same is true of the buy on the farm who feels at present that ltt. cannot get away." It is not expected that the proposed change will make so much difference to the women of the University. The University of Washington is at present considering much the same plan. The faculty will welcome expressions of opinion from the students uh to the advisability of the change, and ns to the effect it will have on them. Since the new plan will be such a different one thin the present system and since the student body will be §o largely affected, the faculty wish to know how the stu | dents stand on the subject. _& CAMPUS PLAY CALLED OFF Commencement Production of Midsum* mer Night’s Dream Impossible. The custom of having an annual com mencement play will be broken this year as the production of Shakespeare’s "Midsummer_Night’s_Dream’’_to_have. been presented on the Campus June the first, has been called off. The fact that the students who, comprise the large cast, would have had to practise every night during examination week, since it has now been set ahead u week, made it impossible to give the play. A. I’. Reddie, head of the public speak ing department expressed regret that it bad been called off ua the prepara tions had been made for u successful performance.