VOL. 19_EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1917
NO. 4
BEZDEK WANES MEM;
OFFEHS CHANCE IG fill
EVERYONE WEIGHING OVER 140
EXPECTED OUT. ONLY 20
RECRUITS ON FIELD
THUS FAR ,
SHY HUNTINGTON NOT TO COME BACK
Doubtful It' a Single Old Letter Man
Will Appear This Season—Re
cruits Show Snap
With the first week ol1 football prac
tice history, Coach Hugo Bezdek
turned his attention last night to sig
nal practice and to working out plays
for the Multnomah game, now but
four days distant. In one short week,
the coach has drilled the rudiments of
the game into the twenty-odd inex
perienced but willing players who have
volunteered to work for the lemon
yellow.
Scrimmage was held for the first
time Saturday afternoon before a
good-sized crowd of fans. The ses
sion developed one fact—that Oregon
will be represented by a scrappy team.
The ’varsity fought like tigers all
through the 60-minute period. Three
times touchdowns were recorded
against the second team in two 15-min
ute quarters. “Chief” Wilson ac
counted for two of the markers, and
Bill Steers plunged across for the
other. Bill also executed a brace of
perfect drop-kicks, one from the 30
yard line.
Frosh Are Stubborn.
The frosh offered more stubborn re
sistance and even managed to score
when Perkins scooped up a fumbled
hall and raced over the line. One
touchdown and a drop-kick—both by
Bill Steers—finished the scoring for
the afternoon.
The ’varsity appeared to better ad
vantage on defense than when they
had the ball. Time and again Bas Wil
liams or Arthur Berg would break up
plays before they got to the line. Lit
tle yardage was gained around the
’varsity ends, and more often Ander
son or Wilson would nail his man for
a loss. The work of the backfield was
rather ragged, and much fumbling was
done.
Steers’ Punting Is Good.
For the most part, only plays of the
simplest order were attempted. Only
two forward passes succeeded, and the
same number were intercepted. Bill
Steers’ punting was up to his usual
standard.
Hope that Shy Huntington might
return was shattered yesterday, when
definite word was received from the
premier quarterback that under no
condition would he be able to come
back. Pete Jensen’s case remains in
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CAN’T ARREST DR. SUN YAT SEN,
ASSERTS OREGON CHINESE STUDENT
Tao Sun Says His Chief is Too Strong
to be Haled Into Court; Not
Worried Over Situation.
The publication of a dispatch from
Pekin, China, announcing that Presi
dent Kwo-chang has ordered the ar
rest and punishment of Dr. Sun Yat
Sen carries no fear to Tao Sun for
his pocket book.
“They can’t do that,” said Sun when
shown the dispatch. “Once they at
tempted to punish Dr. Sun Yat Sen
and the rulers lost control to him.
Again they tried to arrest him, but
the ruler lost his life. Dr. Sun Yat
Sen is in control of southern China
and is too strong a man to be haled
into court by Kwo-chang.
“1 think that my expense money to
continue at the University will keep
coming right along until I finish my
course in political economy next fall.
Then I will go back and help Dr. Sun
Yat Sen.—He is a good man for ClilT
na.”
Sun came to the University this
fall to complete his education before
returning to China. He has been
studying for nine years in Japan and
in America at the direction of Dr.
Sun Yat Sen.
DRILL STILL LACKS TRAINER
ANSWER NOT HERE FROM UEU
TENANT-COLONEL LEADER.
Rushed Ccrdition cv British War Of
fice Thought to be Cause of
Delay.
Selection of an officer to conduct
military drill at the University is as
yet undecided. President Campbell is
still attempting to obtain Lieutenant
Colonel John Leader, of the British
army, a veteran of three wars and of
many campaigns in the present war.
No word has been received from the
British war office as to whether Lieu
tenant-Colonel Leader can be detailed
here. Colonel Leader himself is anx
ious to come and the delay is proba
bly due to the fact that the war of
fice is rushed with more important
matters.
A cable was sent yesterday for a
definite answer, but several days must
elapse before an answer can be re
ceived, on account of the difficulty in
sending cablegrams to England at this
time.
In case of Colonel Leader’s inability
to come, President Campbell has sev
eral capable American and Canadian,
officers in mind for the position.
MISS PECK 10 SPEAK
ON TRADE CONDITIONS
WILL LECTURE ON “THE PROS
PECTS AND POSSIBILITIES
OF SOUTH AMERICAN
TRADE”
Evening Subject to be “The Conquest
of Huascaran,” Open to the
Student Body.
Miss Annie S. Peck, world-famous
mountain climber, author and lecturer,
has been secured to speak before the
students of the University on Wednes
day afternoon and Wednesday even
ing of this week. The lecture on
Wednesday evening will be given in
Villard Hall, under the auspices of
the Woman’s League. Her subject
will be “The Conquest of Huascaran.”
It will be illustrated. Miss Peck is
the only woman who ever climbed
Huascaran, which is the highest point
on the American continent (21.S12
feet), yet attained by any American,
North or South. Her lecture also will
include an account of the partial as
cent of, Mt. Sorata and other explo
rations.
Famed As Explorer.
Miss Peck has won world-wide fame
as a mountain climber and explorer
and recently has returned from her
sixth visit to South America. She is
pronounced by experts of both Amer
ica and Europe as having a fund of
the most accurate *nd instructive in
formation on South America yet pre
sented before the North American
public. In her recent ten months’ tour
of South America she lectured in Span
ish and Portuguese to commercial
bodies and general audiences in all
the leading commercial centers, re
ceiving much consideration from South
American officials and highly appre
ciative notices from the press.
To Aid Woman’s League
Her Wednesday evening lecture will
be open to the entire student body and
to the general public as well, and an
admission fee of twenty-five cents will
be charged, the proceeds to assist the
Woman’s League in its work.
On Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock Miss Peck will speak before
the class in Industrial and Commercial
Service, and Dr. W. D. Smith’s class
in geology, in Villard hall. Her sub
ject will be “The Prospects and Pos
sibilities of South -American Trade.”
This lecture also will be illustrated,
j It will be open to all students of the
j University and to members of the fac
: ulty, and admission will be free. Ar
; rangements have been made for all
I students of the school of commerce to
! attend.
j In her mountain-climbing expedition
to South America Miss Peck has made
a close study of the trade possibilities
in the southern republics and has ac
quired a valuable fund of information
on those subjects.
ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
IS Y. M. G. A. WORKER
WELLINGTON H. TINKER WILL
TALK ON WORK THE ASSO
CIATION .IS DOING IN
THE ARMY
RESOLUTIONS ALSO TO BE GIVEN
Condoler c s at Death of Mrs. Wm. S.
Hayv.a'd, Mrs. Grace Granger,
nr.d Kenneth Kellems.
“The Army Y. M. C. A. at home and
abroad,” is the subject announced by
Welling! H. Tinker, for his talk
at tomorrow’s student body meeting.
Other attTactions will be talks by
President Campbell, Coach Bezdek,
William Hayward, a report of the hour
set for military drill, a letter from'
Mrs. Henry Hillard, and reports from
the various committees of the student
body.
Tinker Prominent.
Wellington Ft. Tinker, at one time
general secretary of the University
of Michigan, and now one of the staff
of the International Committee of the
Y. Mi. C. A., will tell what his commit
tee is doing for the hoys at the front,
and in the various training camps.
While in Eugene, he will he the guest
of the Beta Theta Pi, and much of his
time will be given to personal inter
views.
Harry Crain will give a report of the
decision of the student council upon
the hour set for military drill.
President. Campbell will read a let
ter from Mrs. Henry Villard, after
wards introducing Mr. Tinker.
Resolutions Come Up.
Three resolutions of condolence will
be introduced, to give the students op
portunity for expressing their grief
a it the deaths this summer of Mrs.
Wm. L. Hayward, Mrs. Grace Gran
ger, and Kenneth Kellems, all well
known around the University. The
resolutions will be introduced by Har
old Tregilgas, Kenneth Moores and
Wm. Haseltine respectively.
A report by Lynn McCready, chair
man of the standing committee of stu
dent b°dy dances, and a. short talk by
Helene DeLano, president of the Wo
man’s League, will complete the meet
ing. after a few selections by the Uni
versity band have been given.
DEAN WALKER'S FRESHMAN ELEVEN
IS ROUNDING RAPICLY INTO F RM
Players Working Harder than Ever;
Schedule Soon to be Announced
by Manager Tiffany.
With the signing of Dean Walker
as coach of tho freshman football
| eleven, things begin to look brighter
in the “frosh” camp and the prospect
of a winning team looks less like a
dream with every practice.
Walker is always ready and willing
to work, and he makes the fellows
believe they have the only real team
in the state. It is hUrdly possible
that a team equal to the one last year
can be turned out, but from watching
them at practice it seems that there
is more real work and less “slutting”
on the job than for several seasons.
The “frosh” line looks good, and
while the bacfield is somewhat slow,
this can be remedied in time. The
backfield is light and will have to de
velop a great deal of speed to hold
its own against the gang from O. A. C.
According to Graduate Manager Tif
fany, the proposed freshman schedule
will be one of the stiffest the “frosh”
have enjoyed for several years. As
several of the dates are still hanging
fire, Tiffany was loathe to give out the
schedule at this early date, but prom
ised to release it in time for the next
Emerald.
“Bill” Hayward has little to say in
favor of the infant eleven, summing
up his whole opinion in “the rotten
est bunch of football players I have
ever seen.”
Despite the unkind words of “Bill,”
Walker says he will produce a team
that will “knock ’em dead.”
GLASSES AGE STARTED
IN EXTENSION FIELD
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT OPENING
IN PORTLAND AUGURS WELL
FOR DEPARTMENT
THIS YEAR
SCHEDULE OF COURSES IS ANNOUNCED
Many Professors Will Give Work
Away from Campus During
Coming Semester.
Classes in the University of Oregon
extension division were opened last
Friday and Saturday at the public li
brary in Portland. A large attendance
was noted in all the classes, especially
in Prof. George Rebec’s classes, and
the botany class of Prof. A. R. Sweet
ser. Prof. Sweetser, who is offering
laboratory work in connection with
his course in botany, had an attend
ance of over forty in his opening class
last Saturday, where he had made
1 arrangements for but fifteen. Exact
enrollment figures cannot be compiled
until next week, but present indica
tions point to a record enrollment
and also a large attendance at lec
tures.
Classes Meet in Library.
The extension division offers sev
eral new courses to students this fall.
A1 classes are neld in the public li
brary at Portland unless announced
i differently, and are held weekly un
lea designated otherwise.
The complete program of courses
follows:
“Philosophy of History,” Prof. Re
bec, Friday at 8. “European Drama,”
Mrs. M. H. Parsons, Tuesday at 7:15.
Philosophical Seminar, Prof. Rebec,
Saturday at 8. “Child Development.”
Mr. B. W. DeBusk, Friday at. 8.“Biol
ogy of the Bird,” Dr. J. F. Bovard,
I Friday at 8. “Botany,” Prof. Sweet
ser, Saturday, 9 to 12. "Recent Euro
pean History,” Prof. J. P. O’Hara,
Saturday at 8. “Law of Contracts,”
Dr. E. W. Hope, Friday at 7 at Court
House. “Elementary Music,” Mr. W.
H. Boyer, Saturday at 10, at Tilford
building. “Teaching of Advanced Mu
sic,” Mr. Boyer, Saturday at 11 at Til
ford building.
“Descriptive Geometry” (la), Prof.
P. P. Adams, 6:15 on Friday; “De
scriptive Geometry (lb), Prof. Ad
ams, Saturday at 1:15. “Descriptive
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NEW COURSE IN MILITARY TRAINING
GIVEN BY PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Fitness of Men for Special Work in
Army Service Will be Deter
mined by Examination.
A new type of training for national
ervice is being offered by the Univer
sity this fall in a course given by the
psychology department, designed to
prepare students for the psychological
examination of enlisted men.
The course will train students to sci
entifically determine the fitness of
men for the various special lines of ar
my service, such as aviation, gunnery,
or clerical work. The instruction is
being given by the University under
the direction of Surgeon General Gor
gas, and according to Dr. Edmund S.
Conklin, the course gives a training
for which there is a great demand at
this time.
Dr. R. H. Wheeler, formerly an in
structor in psychology in the Univer
sity, has already been called into the
service as psychological examiner
and is now stationed at Ayer, Massa
chusetts.
ORDNANCE COURSE POPULAR
Prof. C. C. Jeremiah, instructor in
ordnance accounting, now being given
at the University by the School of
Commerce in co-operation with the
War Department, has 11.1 applications
for the second class, which will open
about the middle of November. He
expects his present class to complete
it3 work by that time so that the men
may enlist in the government service
j and be assigned to duties at the va
rious arsenals throughout the coun
try.
GLEE CLUB TRYOUT DAYS FIXED
FIRST TEST FOR MEN AND WO
MEN AT 5 O’CLOCK WED.
Mrs. Daise Beckett Middleton and Prof,
o Arthur Faguy-Cote to Meet
Prospects in Music Hall.
Tryouts for both men's and girls’
glee clubs will begin Wednesday at
5 o’clock. Mrs. Daise Beckett Middle
ton, director of the Girls' Glee Club,
will meet the girls in the order of
their arrival in her studio in Music
hall. Arthur Faguy-Cote, who will be
in charge of the Men’s Glee Club, an
nounces a series of three tryouts the
first, to be held tomorow at 5 o’clock
in his studio. In the remaining two
tryouts, to be given on Thursday and
Friday at five, Mr. Cote will meet the
men whom he will be unable to see
tomorrow.
There are several vacancies in both
glee clubs, and this will give a good
opportunity for new material. Men i
have an excellent chance this year,
according to Dr. J. J. Landsbury, dean
of the school of music, because of the
enlistment of many of the old club
members.
DRAMA GLASSES MAY
ENTERTAIN SOLDIEI
PROFESSOR REDDIE PLANS TO
TAKE CASTS TO VANCOUVER,
FORT STEVENS AND
CAMP LEWIS
Rehearsals Begun for “The Strag
gler”—Reddle and J. F. Thorne
Authors of Plays.
Entertainment for enlisted men at
Vancouver, Fort Stevens, and possibly
Camp Lewis, near Tacoma, is likely
to be the main object of the outside
trips to be taken by University stu
dents of dramatics this year.
Tentative plans have been made for
a trip to Portland and Vancouver for
the latter part of October or the first
of November, and Professor Reddie is
considering a second trip to show Uni
versity plays at Portland, Vancouver,
Astoria, Fort Stevens and Seaside.
The latter trip, if succesfully arranged,
will be taken during Thanksgiving va
cation. “Like Falling Leaves,” one of
the best modem examples of the Ital
ian problem play, has been selected
for presentation on the campus No
vember 22 and 23, and will bo used
on the proposed trip Thanksgiving va
cation.
While arrangements have not yet
been completed for tbo first, trip to
Portland, it is practically certain that
casts for three one-act plays will make
the trip about November 1. Tn case
the trip is made, it is prohable, accor
ding to Professor Reddie, that an af
ternoon matinee will be given at the
Little Theater in Portland and an ev
ening performance at the barracks at
Vancouver, where several thousand
soldiers are stationed.
Of the three plays which will be pre
sented on the campus, October 25 and
26, and later on the trip to Portland
and Vancouver, "The Friend of tylan”
was written by J. Frederick Thorne,
and “Sayonara,” a Japanese play, the
name of which means “If it must be
so,” was written by Professor Reddie
several ..years ago. The third play,
“The Straggler," is based on events
of the Napoleonic wars. Rehearsals
for it began Monday.
COLLINS EDITS “REAL STUFF”
“Gleams Through the Mist,’’ which
for the past couple of years have il
luminated the editorial page of the
Portland Oregonian, have faded, and
their author, Dean Collins, Oregon
TO, has stepped Into another field
TTnder the title “Real Stuff,” Collins
is no issuing a trade advertising jour
nal for the Film Supply Co., of Port
land, Seattle and Spokane, the first
number of which has just appeared.
The paper is a four-page weekly, de
voted to the film industry in the Pa
cific Northwest, and brims with
Dean’s typical humor.
BIG UNDERCLASS MIX
IS SET FOB SWOT
NOT TO BE GIVEN UP. BUT DllAN
STRAUB URGES FROSH AND
SOPHS TO OBSERVE
ECONOMY.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED FOR BENT
List of Amusements Includes Girls'
Parade. Cap Rush, Decorating
of Grandstand.
Rumors to the effec t that the annual
underclass mix would not be held this
ytoar so entirely unt'ounde, accord
ing to Dean Straub, adviser of the
freshman class. “The mix will be held
as usual, but 1 will urge both classes .
to economize as much as possible,” he
said.
Harold Grey, general chairman of
the committee, has set the date of the
mix at 1:00 o’clock next Saturday,
October 13. The mix will precede the
Multnomah game, and, according to
Grey, will be the largest and. best ever
held.
The events ol' the day this year will,
include the decorating of the grand
stand by the two classes, feature pa
rade of girls, the cap rush, sandbag
contest, and, if it is possible to get
a ball for the occasion, a pushball con
test.
Sophomore Committee Named.
The committee of sophomores to
take charge of the grandstand decorat
ing was appointed by President Fow
ler at a meeting of the class as fol
lows: Girls—Florence Hemenway,
Gertrude McCabe, Gretchen Colton,
Marjorie Kay, Margaret Mansfield,
Brownell Frasier, Ada Martin, and Al
ico Vander Sluis. Boys—Claire Hol
dridge. Harold Hardy, Harry Jamison,
Si Simula, William Coleman, Morris
Morgan, Oliver Gillenberg.
Dick Avison, Herman Bind, Curtis
Peterson, Flint Johns and Ed. Padden
were appointed a committee on stunts
for tli o day.
Girls appointed to take charge of
the girls’ parade were Ezie Fitzmau
rice, Anna Lee Miller, Grace Hammer
stroin, Era Godfrey, Margaret McKim,
Gene Geisler, Helen Case, Irva Smith.
'flie committee on judging will con
sist of Bill Hayward, Jimmy Slieehy,
Charles Dundore, Cora Hosford and
Kate Shaeffer.
Juniors Urged to be Early.
The junior men are urged to be on
hand early in their corduroys, and the
seniors with their stars and other nec
essary equipment to maintain order
and guarantee both lower classes a
square deal.
The general committee of juniors
in charge of the annual event are Har
old Grey, chairman, Nellis Hamlin,
Thurston Laraway, Dwight Wilson,
George Cook and Bob McNary.
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NEW HOME FOR SPANISH GLASSES
IS MADE IN EDUCATION BUILDING
Room in Commerce Building Found
Inadequate; Prof. J. Harthan De
Fell Begins Extension Classes.
On account of the increusslng popu
larity of the Spanish courses given by
Prof. J. Harthan DeFell, tlie ciuarters
originally assigned for these classes
in the Oompnerce building iiave been
found Inadequate and arrangements
iiave been made to accommodate them
in tho new Education building.
The possibility of developing trade
relations between the United States
and South American countries, where
Spanish is the accepted language, to
gether witli Profesor DeFell’s happy
manner of presenting his subject, is
credited witli having attracted an un
usually large number of students to
the Spanish classes this year
Professor t )f b".• 11 was in Portland
last Friday and Saturday and opened
two extension classes in Spanish, un
der the auspices of the University Ex
tension service. One class is in ele
mentary Spanish and tiie other in ad
vanced Spanish. Both promise to be
come popular and to attract a large
number of students, says Professor
DeFell.