Oregon Emerald Official student body paper of the University of Oregon, published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the college year by the Associated Stu dents. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscription rates $1.00 per year. Single copies, 5c. Advertising rates upon request. HARRY NT CRAIN...EDITOR EARL W. MURPHY __'...NEWS EDITOR DOUGLAS MULLARKY .*.CITY EDITOR JEANNETTE CALKINS....BUSINESS MANAGER LAY CARLISLE.....ASSISTANT MANAGER Promptness and accuracy in the matter of delivery is what the Emerald seeks to attain. If you are not getting your paper regularly, make a com plaint, but make it direct to the Manager. Address all news and editorial complaints to the Editor. PHONES Manager 177-J Newa and Editorial Room* 655 Editor 841 Business Office 1197 CONSERVATION VS. SAVING Food conservation! Let’s forget that phrase for a while. / may be (Webster says it is) correct, but Oregon people are tired of that word c-o-n ‘slip some s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n. it makes them think that someone is trying to thing over on them.” Instinctively it brings to mind unpleasant memories ot programs to bottle-up scer.ain natural resources, programs that came too late to seriously effect any bui the western states. Food saving? That is different—every man, woman and child, and this includes University of Oregon students—is behind that movement, or will But just what tfyis Some seem to have be when they understand its meaning and significance, food saving plan of Mr. Hoover’s is they do not know, the idea that they are being asked to live on bread and water that the civilian population of France and Belgium may feast on roast beef and dainty pastries. On the Oregon campus there are nine hundred young men and women, patriots, every one of them, and they have sent, some two hundred fellow students to represent them in the battles that are to come both on land and sea. Ask the nine hundred to save food that the two hundred may be properly fed for the business of fighting and they will live on water alone. TWe neL cessity for such radical economy of foodstuffs, however, has not yet arisen— Mr. Hoover asks nothing so stringent. There is food enough to be had tq feed civilians and soldiers of the United States and all of the nations allied against the kaiser, if it is properly used. Mr. Hoover does not ask that the American people starve themselves. On the other hand he DEMANDS that they be properly fed with good, whole some, nourishing food, and plenty of it. What he is asking is the ELIMINA TION OF WASTE, the utilization of perishable products and their substitu tion for such staples as wheat, sugar, butter and meats wherever possibly.. On the Oregon campus, this is, in the fraternity and sorority houses, dor mitories, boarding houses and other places where students oat, Enough of these staple foods is wasted every day to feed all of the soldiers who have gone from the University for a like period. There is nothing intentional about this waste. It is one of the faults inherited from generations of Amer icans who knew no condition other than that of food aplenty and some to spare. Here, as elsewhere in the country, a food saving campaign involves the subjection of the inborn American trait—to ‘‘live on the fat of the land.” If it is a matter of food saving, Oregon pride in the Yankee doctrinfe of thrift will “put it across,” while c-o-n-s M-v-a-t-i-o-n, chances are, would meet with a conservative reception. SHOWER ROOM FLOOR STILL DANGEROUS Once more, by the serious injury of Leslie Scliroeder yesterday afternoon, attention 1b forcibly called to the dangerous condition of the cement floor in the shower room of the men’s gymnasium. Three years ago this same danger was impressed upon the minds of everyone connected with the Uni versity, when a fall on tills same slick surface resulted in the death of Claude McDonald, of Portland. Immediately following that sad occurrence the floor was wet, hut the remedy has not been effective. Hardly a day goes by but what somoone slips and falls on the wet concrete, and it is remarkable that more are not injured. Tho question of how to eliminate this danger is not an easy one to solve, but some method of making the floor safe must be devised. Student discus sion has resulted in the suggestion of two possible remedies, one being that the floor he covered with porous rubber mats and tiie other that wooden lath gratings be construclod to lay over the slick surface during the hours when tho shower room is in use. Either of these coverings would give a secure foothold, yet they could readily be taken up to allow the floor to be flushed and dried at regular intervals to insure proper sanitation. • • * * * A handful of students turned out in answer to the first call for rooting on Kincaid field; two handfuls made their appearance on the bleachers for the second yell feast; the voices of one-tenth of the students were heard above the rustling of the breeze at the Multnomah gamie. Is there going to be a j singlo freshman at the train Thursday afternoon to see Coach Bezdek and the boys off on their Journey to the camp of the Washington Staters? JOLLY TIME REPORTED BY SENIOR PICNIGERS WILLAKENZIE GRANGE SCENE OF ’18 SPREE; DANCING, STUNTS AND EATS FILL PROGRAM OF EVENING. Judge Condemns Half of Mustache; Solo Dance Given; Singer Pun ishes Crowd. One high anil mighty senior is mi nus a slight protuberance on his up per lip. us a result of the senior pic nic lust Saturday evening. This was only one of the many events that took place at the festive gathering. Starting from the library at 5:80, two big hayracks carried the class to Willakon.'.io range, where members of the committee had a big lire go ing and plenty of "hot dogs,” ice cream and other deleetables for the ■hungry ones. Dancing Interrupted by Trials. Dancing started immediately and continued intermittently all evening. The Interruptions were caused by va rious members of the class being haled before Chief Justice “Slim” Crandall and made to explain certain irregu- i la rides of conduct. First on the list was one Garnet j Green, charged with dancing with the same girl all through a Paul Jones. For this heinous crime, he and the young lady were made to give a solo dance heJ’oro the whole crowd. Fred 1’acUwood and Kenneth Moores were both arrested and charged with attempting to gain a handicap in the mustache race. After a long search, the case against Moores had to bo abandoned for lack of evidence, but Fackwood was found guilty as charged and the south side of his lip was shaved. President Sentenced to Sing. l'lte worthy proxy, ‘'Chuck" Dun j dore, violated all proprieties by choos ing to dance with a junior girl who happened in. in place of one of his | own class lie was made to entertain the assemblage by a song, but after ! the first verse, lie was stopped. The punishment was greater for the class than for Dundore. Tao Sun. the Chinese boy from Cali fornia was tiie hit of the evening with his Chinese songs and speech.,, The party broke up about 10:30, af ler a—unanimous dei laion to hold an other picnic soon. Seventy two candidates appeared for football practice at the second workout of the University of Califor nia squad. 335 STUDENTS ENROU III SPANISH CUSSES PROF. HARTHAN DeFELL LIEVED TO HAVE LARGER NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAN ANY OTHER. BE Many Positions Open in South Amen ica for Men Who Can Speak Tongue Castilian. Prof. J. Harthan DeFell, professor of Spanish, estimates that the enroll ment in the Spanish classes is 335, including the extension class in Port land, as well as the classes on the campus. It is believed that this is the largest enrollment in any single department under one instructor on the campus. “The popularity of Spanish courses,” said Prof. Harthan when asked about this condition today, “doubtless is due to the prospective trade relations be tween the United States and South America, where Spanish is the princi pal language spoken.” Many Offers of Positions. “I find that many of the students are preparing themselves for commer cial careers and that they hope to en gage in foreign trade with the South American countries. I know some of them already have offers from bank ing houses, from manufacturers, from importers and exporters who are seek ing bright and capable young men for such positions.” “In fact, when I was in San Fran cisco this summer I learned from the Chamber of Commerce, of which I am a member, that the people engaged in the export trade with South America are unable to find enougli young men who can speak Spanish to take the re sponsible positions that are open both in their home offices and in their South American agencies.” French Class Formed. Prof. Harthan, in addition to con ducting extension classes in Spanish in Portland, also has organized a class in French, in which he already has 50 students enrolled. It is re ported from Portland that his stu dents are enthusiastic over his new ear-training method of presenting the subjeqt. An interesting sidelight in this connection was Prof. Harthan’s discovery on his last visit to Portland that one of his French students is the mother of two of his Spanish stu dents at the University. The zeal with which her boys applied them selves to their Spanish lessons here, prompted the woman to take up French. On account of the heavy demands upon his time for the Spanish work, Prof. Harthan was unable to give any French courses on the campus this year. Side Lights On the Game. The contest Saturday reminded old students of the game with Multnomah two years ago, when the clubmen won 16-7. All three touchdowns in that game were of the flunky variety also. Francis, of Multnomah, re turned one kick-off for a score, Hos kins, of Oregon, fumbled another kick off and a Multnomah man fell on it over the lino, Oregon blocked a Mult nomah punt, which the ’varsity recov ered for their only score. Somebody announced during the game that New York had won the world’s series game by the score of 4-1. The Chicago backers were thrown into dismay and some actually paid their bets on the strength of the re port. Think what they said when they found Chicago had won S-5! The game was remarkably free from injuries, in spite of the brick like condition of the field. “Chief” Wilson’s wrenched collar bone and "Hoc” Macv's injury were the only severe hurts, and they will be all right in a couple of days. Multnomah brought a rooter along with them in the person of Mrs. Con stance Meyer, the famous diver. Mrs. Meyer was very much in evidence w on Multnomah scored their touch down, but somehow or other nobody saw her during the second half. O. A. C. trimmed the Army Post team that Multnomah beat 13-9, by a score of 34-0. Oregon beat Multno mah 14-7. Figure it out yourself. Re ■I'O'inllC)' h urni-nr tl'-it Hi ■> ca..c^T1 j yet young. The officers’ team at Tacoma held W. S. C. to a scoreless tie in the Sta dium. This doesn't look any too good for the ’varsity, as the officers’ line NEW MEN ON SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY JOHN STARK EVANS, A. B. PROFESSOR OF ORGAN ARTHUR FAGUY-COTE PROFESSOR OF SINGING up was composed entirely of old col lege stars. Candy is food. For 72 years Lowney has made the best of candy. Carroll's Drug Store sells Lowney’s Candy. Every package guaranteed. 727 Wil lamette. Phone 62. 7 DEAN FOX MEMBER OF STUDENT WAR FUND EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR OREGON John Rudd, of Portland, Also Appoint ed; Body Plans to Raise Money For War Fund. Dean Elizabeth Fox returned Sun day night from San Francisco, where she went as a delegate to a confer ence of representative educators and students. The meeting was held un der the auspices of the North Ameri can Student Movement, and the pur pose was to plan ways in which the Student Friendship War Fund might be raised. The conference held at San Francis co was for the Pacific coast, and re ports were read from the national con ference, which was held at Niagara. Tentative plans were formed for work on the coast. Dean Fox and Mr. John Rudd, of Portland, were appointed ex ecutives for the Oregon work. Because a state conference had been hastily arranged to meet on Sunday at Salem, Dean Fox returned early enough to attend that meeting also, men of the University of California. While in California, Dean Fox called She also visited Golden Gate park upon the president and dean of wo- and the Presidio. i Johnston’s and Krauses’ Candies Fresh and Quality Assortments Always 5c to $2.00 package University Pharmacy llth and Alder Sts. Try US Go to Eggiman’s Candy Kitchen for Pure Candies and Ice Cream Springfield 4th and Main Sts. Special Bargain Prices on Furniture and Rugs foj* Students Rooms Terms if desired Applegate Furniture Co. 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