Oregon
Emerald
VOL. 19
EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1917
NO. 2
EATON WILL CONTINUE
ON FACULTY PENDING
DECISION OF REGENTS
situation to be placed be
fore BOARD OF REGENTS
FOR EARLIEST POSIBLE
SETTLEMENT
SAYS HE WANTS WAR TO CONTINUE
TILL PRUSSIAN MILITARISM FALLS
Accused Declares All Must Support
Nation's Chief—Not for “Peace
At Any Price.”
* Prof. Allen H. Eaton this even- *
* ing submitted his resignation to *
* President P. L. Campbell. No ac- •
* tion can be taken upon Prof. •
* Eaton’s resignation until after Oc- •
* tober 20, when a meeting of thi •
* Board of Regents will be held, •
* upon the call of Vice-President *
* A. C. Dixon, acting in the absence •
* of Judge Robert Bean, president •
* of the Board. •
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Until his case is taken up for con
sideration by the board of regents,
Allen Eaton, whose dismissal from
the faculty of the University is de
manded in recent resolutions passed
by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce,
will continue his duties as instructor
jn art appreciation. President Camp
bell yesterday anounced that he would
ask for a meeting of the regents at
the earliest possible date, when the
question of Mr. Eaton’s dismissal or
retention will be settled.
In accordance with his announce
ment after the rejection hy the Cham
ber of Commerce, Monday evening,
of his offer to appear before that body
and make explanations, Mr. Eaton last
night made the following statement to
the public through the press:
Thankful for Confidence
“In view of what has recently been
said about me in the’ press, I believe
a statement is now due the public,
from me, telling exactly where I stand.
"First of all, I want to express, what
I can not, my gratitue to those edi
tors, officials, citizens and friends who
have publicly and privately stated
their confidence ip my loyalty to our
country. What this has meant to my
family during my absence they can
not know, but I do.
••Wliat I am about to say is not a de
fense, it is an explanation.
“At midnight of September 14, I
was awakened in my room in New
York City and handed a telegram stat
ing that the Eugene Commercial Club
had demanded my dismissal from the
Oregon legislature and the State Uni
versity because of my connection with
the peace conference held in Chicago,
; could understand how this demand
might be made because of an apparent
difference in opinion, but I did not see,
until I arrived in Portland Saturday,
a copy of the resolution itself, and
I was shocked and pained, beyond ex
pression, when I read that I had been
found guilty of disloyalty to my coun
try.
“The question of whether or not I
should be recalled from the Oregon
legislature, or dismissed from the
State University, these and all other
questions are as nothing compared to
the question of my loyalty to my gov
ernment.
(Continued on page 3.)
ED SHOCKLEY DOES COUNTRY FAIRS
He and Companion Take Many Firsts
and Seconds in Motorcycle
Races
The country fair, always a good con
tributor to the college athlete, was
made to pay tribute also to Ed Shock
ley, physical instructor in the Univer
sity, this summer.
Accompanied by Claude Washburne,
cf the Eugene firm of McMorran &
Washburne, Shockley spent Septem
ber touring the Wilamette valley on
_a mntr>rCypie. and September is Ore
gon’s fair month.
So sometimes Shockley took first
place in motorcycle events and some
times Washburne took first. But al
ways, at Scio and other Oregon towns,
they had first and second.
MANY FROSH MOUSTACHES FILL WHEN
BARBER SETS ROWER INTO ACTION
Length of Beard* Arouse* Interest of
Spectators in Sideline Chairs
of Shop
If the length of beards Is any cri
! terion of Frosh age, the University
of Oregon class of 1921 is as old as
was last year’s freshman, according
to John McGuire of the Varsity bar
ber shop.
This year business in barbering
lines has not only been as good as
usual, but the length has been encour
agingly long to those spectators on
Mac’s sideline chairs who fear the
coming of a babe frosh class.
Several mustaches have even dis
appeared in Mac’s shop since the new
freshman line began to string through
the front door of the Varsity clipping
parlor. Previously these mustaches
had been the envy of Slim Crandall
and other seniors who may soon be
called upon to raise a growth under
their sombrerros.
Chuck Dundore, acting in his ca
pacity of senior president, is believed
to have passed his plain duty when
he failed to have Mac save the over
grown eyebrows. Because while they
adorned the frosh faces, they were
as much a joy to fearers of a babe
class as were the long frosh whis
kers.
But, much as they had shown in
marked contrast to the bare lip of
Robert Lees, 15-year-old youngest
freshman, they are gone now. And
Lees has not seenj McGuire about
getting his red hair trimmed. This,
however, may be all right, because
McGuire says that tills fall there has
been a remarkable improvement in
barbering art displayed by entering
men from the remote, distant, or in
terior parts of the state.
“Despite the announcement of Dean
Straub, that there would be am even
larger enrolment coming from, the
smaller towns of the state, I find very
little of tho long, fine-quality pillow
filler on my shop floor,” said Mr. Mc
Guire.
Y. M. G. A. SECRETARY ACTIVE
james McPherson is sucessor
TO J. D. FOSTER
Employment Bureau Alms to Find
a Job for All Men Who Must
Have Employment.
James MacPherson, new secretary
of the University Y. M. C. A. suc
ceeding J. D. Foster, who is now serv
ing in the army, has been busy for
the last month finding employment
for students of the University for this
year. Sixty men have applied for
i work and most of them have been
: given jobs, either temporary or per
manent.
“I have interviewed every business
man in town and they are all willing
to do everything in their power to
help the men get work that will en
able them to pay their expenses,” said
Mr. McPherson.
Besides the employment work, Mr.
MacPherson has had to reorganize
! the Y. M. C. A. cabinet. A large per
| centage of the old cabinet enlisted in
some branch of the government ser
vice, and this left the secretary with
more work upon his hands than he
was able to do.
Mr. MacPherson, through the Y. M.
C A., is starting a campaign for 100
per cent attendance at the Bible
schools of Eugene.
"I believe that every man in the
University should be interested in the
Bible school work,” said Mr. Mac
Pberson.
Mr. MacPherson graduated from
Denison University, Granville, Ohio,
last June, and has been doing ar«y
Y. M. C. A. work in Cheyenne, Wy.,
! this summer.
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RED NECKS FOR MEN, STYLE
'—With a five cent increase in the price
of celluloid .collars comes fashion's
latest decree for University men. It
is that bright red necks will be worn
| this fall. The "saw edge” in men's
neckwear has come back to stay.
ORDNANCE COURSE RAS
HEAVY REGISTRATION
APPLICATIONS ARE ON FILE FOR
SECOND COURSE TO OPEN
DURING NOVEMBER
EARLY SERVICE IN FRANCE IS LIKELY
Many Men With Military Experience
Are Enrolled; Seven States
Represented in Class.
At noon Tuesday registration in the
new ordnance course was halted
because of the fact tha^
the limit of 50 men, set by the gov
ernment, had been passed. Applica
tions now in for the second course to
open in November will necessitate an
extension of the class limit to include
at least 75 men, says Prof. C. C. Jer
emiah, in charge of the work. Several
applications have also been received
for the third course, which is to be
given in January.
The course gives six weeks inten
sive training for service in the Ord
nance Department of the United States
Army and Professor Jeremiah, of the
school of Comerce, who has been de
tailed by the War department to take
charge of this course, has also been
instructed through the Chief of Ord
nance of the War Department at
Washington to continue these courses
until ordered by the government to
8top. Professor Jeremiah will be as
sisted by Mr. C. E. Nelson, Joseph
Denn and Dr. D. V. DeLory.
College Men Wanted
Requirements for the course are
that the men be 21 years of age and
have had sufficient education or bus
iness training so as to grasp the sub
ject. "Men of college training or men
of sufficient actual business experi
ence to enable them to grasp the sub
ject and be relied uporf after com
pleting the course” are wanted, ac
cording to a telegram received from
General Crosier, Chief of the Depart
ment. The tuition fee for the course
will be $20.
After completing this course stu
dent* will be sent to an arsenal for
five weeks practical ordnance work,
after which they will likely be sent to
France. The purpose of this course
is to train men who will act in the
capacity of receiving clerks, shipping
clerks, stores clerks, balance of stores
clerks, and so forth.
The scheduled work Includes train
ing in industrial and scientific man
agement, the receipt, handling and
shipping of ordnance material, con
versational French, and perhaps type
writing.
To Enlist In Army
At the end the six weeks course
the men are compelled to enlist in
the ordnance department of the Ar
my, and are subject to call immedi
ately. If the needs of the ordnance
department warrant men may be
called before completion of their
course, and the director will deter
mine, in that case, which men are
fitted to go.
When called to duty the men are
enlisted as privates. The government
does not guarantee that the men will
receive higher rank, but it is certain
that as soon as the men are called
to duty and* placed on the field they
are given the rank of sergeant, which
carries with it a salary of from $40
to $60 per month, depending upon the
grade, with a 20 per cent increase for
foreign service.
Not Money Making Vocation
The course is not limited to resi
dents of this state, or students of the
University. The only requisite is suf
ficient maturity and assured ability
to profit by the course.
"It is a sacrifice for the country,”
says Director Jeremiah, “and every
man should be made to realize that
the course is not given with the view
that the men will make money after
they enlist.—It is purely a patriotic
move and the men taking the course
must sacrifice something for ,their
country. At the University of Penn-1
(Continued on page 2.)
BRITISH WAR VETERAN
MAY TEACH AT OREGON
LiEUTNANT-COLONEL JOHN LEA
DER MAY BE DETAILED TO
DIRECT'MILITARY DRILL
&OURSE
TRAINING TO BE COMPULSORY FOR ALL
Regulations Call for Tan Shoes and
Matter of Headgear Rests
With Classes.
Lieutenant Colonel John Leader, ot
the British Army, may be assigned
'to the University by the British gov
ernment on request of the United
States War Department through the
British embassy. Colonel Leader was
until recently commanding officer of
the 16tli Royal Irish Rifles, of General
French’s famous Ulster division. His
21 years of active service included the
Boer war, the Chinese war, and ser
vice as military attache and observer
with other armies, including the Jap
anese.
At the outbreal: of the present war
he was directed to raise a regiment,
wlv'» h he did practically single hand
ed, at the same time he trained a
corps of young officers with such dis
tinguished success as to earn the per
sonal commendation of Lord Kitch
ener, Sir Douglas Haig, and his own
commander, General Lord French.
Was At the Somme'
At the head of this command he
fought in France and Belgium for
more than a year, leading his men
through many desperate battles, in
cluding the famous Battle of the
Somme. Invalided, he was placed in
command of the young officers’ train
ing camp, from which he comes di
rectly to Eugene He is a graduate
of the Royal Military College, the
West Point of Great Britain. His va
ried experience of the very latest
methods of European warfare will
work out on the campus into several
interesting military courses besides
the drill. The new drill hall has been
completed Just east of the Men’s Gym
nasium.
Uniforms May Be Secured
It Is probable that modern riflles,
or at least Springfield rifles, will be
secured to take the place of the wood
en guns for the training, as arrange
ments toward this end are progress
ing nicely. The school authorities
plan to get regulation army uniforms
this year. It is difficult to secure
army equipment for university train
ing on account of the unending oall
which is made for every form of army
equipment from the training canton
ments over the United States, but the
university authorities are working in
cessantly on the matter and their ef
forts are being received favorably.
The proposed military training will
among other things necesitate each
and every student at drill wearing
tan shoes, but not necessarily the reg
ulation army shoe. Dean Eric W. Al
len has suggested that students in
tending to purchase shoes should buy
the tan, thus cutting out the expense
of the ektra pair.
According to members of the fac
ulty committee on military agairs, the
uniforms will be the regulation olive
drab, all wool, and will cost the stu
dents about $25. This will include the
hut, service blouse, trousers and leg
gings. It is up to the students to
decide wheher hats or caps will be
imed. If the majority decide upon
caps they will be ordered, otherwise
the regulation hat will be used.
All Students Are to Drill
Nothing definite can be done rela
tive to this matter until a military
director is found. The committee has
decided that every man in the col
lege shall drill and not just freshmen
and sophomores, as the reports around
the iampus have had it. Several hours
for drill have been suggested, among
them being from 5 to 6 P. M., from
4 to 5 P. from 7 to 8 P. M., and
from 11:30 A. M. to 12:30 P, M. An
other set of hours suggested waft one
hour each on Tuesdays and Thurs
days and three hours on Saturday.
Dr. Warren D. Smith has been in!
touch with several ammunition com
(Concluded from page 1.)
UNIVERSITY WOMEN WILL HOLD
MARSHMALLOW TOAST IN BONGALOW
Informal Affair Is Set for Friday
Evening—Two Hundred at
Y. W. C. A. Reception
An informal marshmallow toast for
all women will be in progress Friday
evening at the Y. W. C. A. Bunga
low to parallel the stag mix.
Two hundred women greeted each
other for the first time in this col
lege year at the reception held Wed
nesday afternoon at the Association
home. In the receiving line were Miss
Tirza Dinsdale, general secretary of
the local Y. W. C. A., Dean Elizabeth
Fox, Mrs. F. L. Campbell, Mrs. A. R.
Sweetser, Mrs. J. M. Miller, Mrs. W.
P. Boynton, Mrs. M. H. Douglass, Miss
Mary Watson, Mrs. Sage, and Mrs.
Karl Onthank.
A progressive grand march, in which
the freshmen followed tho lead of
Helene DeLano, president of the Wo
man’s League, and former students
that of Elizabeth Baker, was the means
of many introductions. As a further
means of acquaintance, a double cir
cle was formed witli the freshmen in
the center. Each woman then an
nounced her name, collegiate stand
ing, and home town. Margaret Crimm
directed the introductions.
[ President Ruth Wilson of the stu
dent association called upon Dean For
and Miss Dinsdale, who welcomed tho
new girls to tho campus. Members
of the cabinet then outlined plans of
work for the coming year in their de
partments.
Essie Maguire spoke on member
ship; Dorothy Flegal on meetings;
Mrs. Katherine Johnson on social
plans; Ruth Westfall on social ser
vice; and Helen Brenton on Bible
and mission study.
RUSHED
WOMEN’S DORMITORY
WILL PROBABLY BE READY AF
TER CHRISTMAS VACATION
Three Large Units, With Mary Spil
ler Hall, Will Accommodate
Over 100 Women.
The Women’s Dormitory, which will
be ready for occupancy after Jan. 1,
Is unusually large and well built for
the $50,000 appropriation made by the
state. It will accommodate 115 girls,
and the matron and dean of women
will also reside in tho new building.
There are three large units sepa
rated from each other by fire walls,
and Mary Spiller Hall, which will be
connected with the dining room, will
make a fourth unit. Those units are
divided Into suites which will accom
modate either two or four girls and
each suite will have a dressing room,
study, and sleeping porch, with a bath
between every two suites. A main
corridor runs through the building
and connects tho three divisions with
the reception room on the main floor.
The first floor will have, besides the
reception room, two smaller parlors
and dining room to be used by all of
the girls, while the dean’s apartments
will also be on tills floor.
The whole interior will be deco
rated in a colonial style and all of the
furnishings, which were selected by
Mrs. Gerlinger, of the Board of Re
gents, and Mr. E. F. Lawrence, of Port
land, will lend a 'colonial atmosphere!
throughout the building. A well
equipped laundry, store rooms, and a i
large trunk room have been provided
for in tho basement.
SPANISH BOOKS ABE ON LONG JOURNEY
Grammars On Way from California
to Eugene via. New York
Because they were routed to the
University of Oregon from California
via. New York City, 200 grammars for
beginning Spanish classes have not!
/et arrived. The books were ordered
by Prof. H. F. Harthan through the
Students’ Co-operative store two
weeks ago. Monday a telegram was
received from the California publlsh
e’s telling of the mistake.
Spanish classes are being held with
out books pending the arrival of the
new grammars, which is expected dai
ly now.
COUGH HUGO BEZDEK
GiVES FOOTBALL SQIl
‘ONCE OVER’ ON KINCAID
HE IS NOT DISHEARTENED WITH
PROSPECTS FOR A SUCCESS
FUL TEAM THIS YEAR
HUNTINGTON EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
FROM THE DALLES LATE THIS WEEK
Pete Jensen, Ray Couch, and Orville
Monteith Are Possibilities; Six
Last Year's Stellar Frosh Out
(By William Hazeltine.)
Somewhat feigned by his long trip
vrofrs. the cmr n.uit, but none the less
oagei to start the season’s campaign,
Hugo Bezdek, '' o'ball coach extraor
dum v, and .m vn gei of tlie Pittsburgh
Pirales, droppe l ii tc town yesterday
i" on and in three hours was on Kin
caid field giving his squad the once
or er. .
• 02 didn't put on a uniform‘*but con
tented himself who watching the »i«;l«t
worl out from Lite sidelines. The
roach was tar from disheartened by
the ’ack of seasoned men.
“Of courso t .‘t> go ng to be hard to
huilu a team arevud one or two letter
non. but if them men out here get in
and 1-ght I'll huv ■ u team that will be
tbs running all the time,” said the
n an on whom Oregon's hopes rest.
' WV’-e got ‘ > get these boys that
haven't enlisteJ yet, tack in college.
Give no Shy }1 mnhigton, Bill Steers,
Petty Jensen and J ay Couch, and 111
have a backrield Hint the conference
will havo a hard 1'nie stopping.”
Shy Coming Soon
Latest returns from The Dalles in
d'eate that Shy ought to be in Eugene
the latter part of the week. Pete Jen
ton is working in the navy yard at
Bremerton and is undecided about re
turning. Couch is expected any day
by liis fraternity brothers. There is
a baro possibility that Orville Mon
teith, who held down a halfback Job
last year, may return. He has been
working in Alaska for the past six
months and left last, week for the
States.
The turnout last night was composed
of members of last season’s stellar
freshman aggregation. Dow Wilson
and Stan Anderson, the two ends,
Berg, Brown, and Keith Leslie, line
men, and Bill Steers, quarterback, to
gether witli some of the second string
formed one team that charged up and
down the field. Some ITS men were
out, Including the frosh.
Bas Williams, although he is en
rolled in college, failed to show up last
night. The old pinch-hitter, “Dot”
Medley, was out in uniform going
through the practice like a veteran.
“Dot” ought to put up a real fight for
ono of the positions.
Strenuous Program Outlined
Starting with this afternoon, Bez
has outlined * program that for stren
uosity would make the officers at the
Prosidio blush with shame. Two
hours of solid work on preliminary
conditioning processes today and Fri
day, with the first scrimmage of the
season set for Saturday, is his plan.
But one week from Saturday the Mult
nomah clubmen are due for the initial
gamp of the season, so what ordinarily
occupied three weeks has to be done
in eight days.
Training also starts Immediately.
“No smokes, no pie, no cake, and no
(Continued on pago 3.)
CAMPUS MUSIC STORE IS ESTABLISHED
Delays In Obtaining Classical Selec
tions Will be Avoided
A music store, which will-in no way
compote with the merchants down
town, lias been established in the of
vce of the music hull. The store will
handle no popular • music and only
such classical' music as will be iinrne
dintely in the use of the students. The
purpose of the now plan, according to
John J. Landsbury, dean of the school
of music, is to have the music on the
erounds, thus doing away with un
necessary delays.
Miss Jessie Fariss, instructor of pi
ano in the school of music, will be in
charge of the management of the new
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