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VOL. 19 Oregon o EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1917 NO. 10 EI1S ACCEPT RESIGNATION TENDERED BY ALLEN H. EATON CHARGES AGAINST HIM TRUMPED UP FOR POLITICAL REASONS IS DEFENSE OF ACCUSED INSTRUCTOR. NO APPEAL WILL BE MADE FROM DECISION OF BOARD All Accusations of Disloyalty are Dis missed by Action of the Govern ing Body. At the end of this week Allen H. Eaton’s connection with the Univer sity, as a member of the faculty, will be severed. Meeting in special ses sion Saturday evening, the Board of Regents accepted the resignation of Mr. Eaton, submitted to them follow ing the demand made by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and other civic and patriotic organizations of the city lor the dismissal of Mr. Eaton, be cause of his participation in the Chi cago meeting of the People’s Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace. The resignation was ac cepted in the following words: “Resolved, That it is the sense of the Board of Regents of the Univer sity of Oregon that in accepting the resignation of Allen Eaton, we do not intend to accuse him of intending dis loyalty to his government.” For four hours the regents weighed the evidence on Mr. Eaton’s case be fore announcing their decision. Due to the late arrival of his train from Roseburg, Judge J. W. Hamilton de layed the opening of the meeting until nearly 9:30 o’clock, and the roll call saw four of the thirteen members of the board, Governor Withycombe, Judge R. S1. Bean, W. H. Gore and J. H. Churchill, absent. Those who took part in the deliberations were: A. C. Dixon, acting chairman, Chas. Fisher, Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, L. L. Mulit, C. C. Colt, Judge Hamilton, W. K. Newell, Secretary of State Olcott and Henry McKinney. Chamber Makes Charges. Mr. Eaton devoted an hour to his statement to the regents and had been preceded by delegates from the Cham ber of Commerce, Eugenje post of Spanish-American War Veterans, and a committee from the meeting of mothers of sons in the service, which passed resolutions condemning Mr. Eaton, Firday night. E. O. Potter, rep resenting the Chamber of Commerce, was the first to take the floor, and presented the resolutions passed by the chamber, charging Mr. Eaton with having attended the Chicago meeting and later writing an article in defense of the meeting, which appeared in the Portland Journal. The resolutions also charged that Mr. Eaton had con tinued his association with the coun cil after the Chicago meeting and had gone to its New York headquarters, later receiving a shipment of its mem bership cards. Their petition closed by demanding Mr. Eaton’s dismissal from the University, “not because he has as an individual brought disgrace upon the state, but because of the seed of disloyalty sown by him as a mem ber of the People’s Council for De mocracy and Terms of Peace, and for the effect it will have ujion the minds of the students of the/ University of Oregon and the general public toward the chief educational institution of the state, which we all feel should be a leader in patriotism.” ‘Mr. Eaton has come perilously near being, if he is not, a traitor to his country, as that t/erm is defined in the constitution,” safd J. S. Workman, who acted as spoke/sman for the Spanish war veterans./ He was followed by Mrs. M. E. Watson, representing the mothers. / Eaton Pleads Loyalty. “I agree/with the members of the Chamber of Commerce," said Mr. Ea ton when/ he took the floor, “that in the prosecution of this war everyone should ko all in their power to aid the government and should refrain from any act which would hinder the administration. "i/want to be the last man in the wo/ld to put an obstacle in the way of thf government in this war. I have been charged with being a traitor to my country. It is a serious charge (Continued on page 3.) SLEEPING FROSH PREXY HITS MILL-RACE: — Falls From Canoe in Slumber While Henchman Paddles On. “Prexy” Joe Hammersley, of the frosh class, went canoeing Sunday af ternoon with Martin Sichel, and there- i by hangs a tale. Everything was love ly until the two ‘infants” started on their return trip, when Hammersley j went to sleep in the canoe. He was in the rear, and Sichel was aft paddling.1 The president’s body guard did not notice that his king was asleep nor j did he sees when the boat gave a slight lurch. Suddenly the air was rent with a piercing yell, and upon looking around Sichel discovered “Prexy” Joe swimming around in the creek trying to overtake the canoe. L. BIGBEE IN ARMY; TO GO TO CAMP LEWIS Former Oregon Athlete Will Fill Place on Eleven Under Kenneth Bartlett. Lyle Bigbee, former athlete and out fielder on the Spokane Northwestern league team for the past season, has joined the army and will report at American Lake for training. Bigbee is being counted on to fill one of the positions on the Camp Lew is football eleven, which already num bers three or four ex-Oregon players in its lineup. Kenneth Bartlett, tackle on last season’s championship team, is captain of the soldiers. Bigbee was an all-around athlete while in college, playing football, baseball and basketball. He was cap tain of the latter sport during the 1915 season. He played halfback un der Coach Bezdek two years ago. BUILDING WHICH NOW HOUSES SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION AND LAW IS NAMED AFTER STATE. Memory of One of First Regents Hon ored by Present Board Saturday. The new. women’s dormitory, now nearing completion is to be named H endricks hall, and the building which houses the School of Education and the Law School is to be known as Oregon hall. This was the decision reached by the board of regents at their meeting Saturday night. Hendricks hall is named in honor of Hon. T. G. Hendricks, who was ap pointed a member of the board of re gents in 1873 at the time of the found ing of the University, and remained in office until 1897, a period of 24 years. It is the custom in nearly every state university to name one build ing for the state. This has not been done at the University until the build ing now occupied by the School of Education and the School of Law was named Oregon hall. In speaking of the action of the board in naming the new dormitory after Mr. Hendricks, President Camp bell said: “Mr. Hendricks was for many years actively connected with the University. He was one of those who formulated the bill locating the University at Eugene, and was among those who led the struggle to com plete Deady hall, which was given to the state as a condition of locating the University at Eugene. He was ap pointed a member of the original board of regents in 1873, three years before Deady hall was completed and the University formally opened. He remained on the board of regents for twenty-four years, retiring in 1897. For twenty-one years he was a mem -her of the executive committee of the" board. He was one of the founders and was for many years president of the First National Bank in Eugene. “The naming of the new dormitory for girls for Mr. Hendricks is a fitting tribute to his long and faithful ser ivice to the University.” ORDNANCE MEN ARE CALLED FOUR LEAVE TONIGHT FOR CAMP GREENE. Denn, Knighten, Schade, Garr'etson, Ordered to Report Immediately For Active Service. Acting upon orders received this morning from Adjutant General Wil liams, of the Oregon National Guard, Ordnance Sergeant Joseph Denn, Cor poral Wily Knighten, Martin Schade and William Garretson will leave to night en route to Camp Greene, Char lotte, N. C., to enter the federal ser vice. All of the men are enrolled in the University’s ordnance course, ex cepting Sergeant Denn, who was as sistant instructor in ordnance to Prof. C. C. Jeremiah, stationed here under orders from the war department. These are the first members of the ordnance courseto be called into ser vice, although it was predicted by military authorities at the opening of the school year that a large number of the men would probably be called before the completion of their course. "There is no assurance,” said Prof. Jeremiah today, “that these men will be given their stripes upon entering the service, yet it is probable that that the two who are without rank now will be given It.” KILPATRICK SPEAKS FOR LIBERTY LOAN ON TOUR VISITS TOWNS IN CURRY AND COOS COUNTIES; FINDS EN THUSIASM HIGH IN EV ERY PLACE. Display Utmost Loyalty; German Gives Impressive Speech Against Autocracy and Kaiser. Earl Kilpatrick, of the exten sion department, has just returned from a week’s campaign tour of Curry and Coos counties in the interests of the Liberty Loan drive. Tuesday, October 16, Mr. Kilpat rick delivered a lecture in North Bend, where he met with great success. North Bend was the first city in the state to complete its entire quota. On the night of his visit, Mr. C. D. Stim son, a lumber capitalist, contributed the largest single subscription of $30,000. Wednesday, October 17, was spent in Coquille. The citizens showed a great deal of enthusiasm for the cause, mainly on account of the consistent work of the Coquille Sentinel. The day following, Mr. Kilpatrick addressed the Coquille high school, of which Professor John Almack, a University graduate, is principal, and the same spirit was exhibited. Myrtle Point Apathetic. The next town to be visited was Myrtle Point. Mr. Kilpatrick was out spoken in his criticism of the spirit there. He said, “The attitude of the Myrtle Point people is the most apa thetic of any town I visited on my tour. The press there has not sup ported the drive to any extent.” In the evening the First National Bank of the city called a mass meeting, which resulted in a contribution of $11,860. Friday morning Mr. Kilpatrick ad dressed the Marshfield high school. At noon he addressed the employees of the C. A. Smith Lumber Company, and found the feeling of the citizens an agreeable contrast to that of the neighboring town. Saturday he ad dressed the employees of the new government ship yards. The cam paign closed with a mass meeting in the streets of Marshfield, and the en thusiasm was unparallelled. Foreigners Express Loyalty. There were addresses by a large number of foreign laborers, including English, French, Swedish, Italian, and German citizens, and without excep tion the attitude was one of patriot ism. The speech by a German rep resentative, Mr. Kilpatrick said, was most impressive in its loyalty and de nunciation of the autocracy of the Kaiser. The local representative of the American Federation of Labor made an address in which he empha sized that industrial disturbances on the coast would not be countenanced under any consideration, and that members of the I. W. W. making ap (Continued on page 3.) ■LANCE COMPANY WILL PLAY FOOTBALL OREGON MEN AT CAMP LEWIS FORM TEAM TO MEET ELEV EN REPRESENTING THE WHOLE CANTONMENT NO UKULELE BUT PLENTY REAL MUSIC War Photograph on Hand; Members to Take $6,000 Liberty Bonds, or $50 to the man. Life with the “Oregon Ambulance Company,” as it is generally known among the students of the University, is described in a personal letter re ceived this morning by a member of the student body and turned over to the Emerald for publication. This company includes a large num ber of former students, as well as Eu gene men. The letter follows: ‘The 361st Ambulance Company, first known as the 14th Red Cross Ambulance Company, and later as Ambulance Company A, has received the numerical appellation only late ly; letters to any member of the com-i pany should be addresed in care of 361st Ambulance Company, Lewis Branch, Tacoma, Washington. Football Team Formed, “The latest vent of enthusiasm of the company is a football team the medical and sanitary men are organiz ing to play the all-cantonment team, made up of the picked men of the en tire camp, both officers and enlisted men. These, of course, include old college'"' stars from every corner of the United States, and many of the men wlio held W. S. C. to a scoreless tie recently. The first game is sched uled for next Saturday, October 27, in the Tacoma Stadium. On the med ical unit team, which is picked from men in the four ambulance, four field hospital and base hospital companies here, wil be several old Oregon grid iron hefoes. Kenneth Bartlett and Bill Snyder will play tackles, Orville Monteith and McLeod Maurice will be in the backfield, with the latter call ing signals. Ward McKinney un doubtedly will makei the end position, while Martin Nelson will take a place in the backfield if a substitute is needed. Ernie Vosper also is turning out and at least will make a substi tute. Just now Ernie, who was yell leader at Oregon in 1914-15, is Iso lated in the sick ward with pinkeye, but if he comes out with the right color in time he will make the trip to Tacoma anyhow. oam cook May Play. “Brewer Billie, O. A. C. star, will play fullback. He is top sergeant in field hospital Company B. Sam Cook, who played for Oregon a few years ago, is applying for transfer from an infantry company to Field Hospital Company B, and if he is transferred will play tackle opposite Bartlett, and Snyder in that event will play guard. “First Lieutenant Barry, command ing officer of 364th Ambulance Compa ny, from San Francisco, and formerly coach of St. Mary’s College, near Oak land, is coach of the medical unit team. “Our company now is full up to 122 men and five officers. We had about 96 when we left Eugene September 5, and have recruited the remainder since then. “Music has no small place in our company, with a piano, phonograph, banjo, violin, cornet and no ukulele present. Most any evening after mess it is possible to find Professor Howard Annett (no longer a professor but a soldier and one of the boys) presid ing at the piano, with his fingers “Cho pin,wise," striking off all the most popular rag-time music of the day as accompaniment to the strenuous tenor of ‘Pewee’ Edwards and the lyric ten or of Bill Snyder, others falling in line in any voice they happen to have. Banjo Suppllea "Jaz.” “But the piano is not alone for ac companiment, for Jay Gore gives ‘Jazz’ to the music with his banjo, and Dan Fisher rings out the sweet memories of home on his violin. According to his mood at the time, Jimmy Vance helps out with the cornet. The com pany has purchased a phonograph made especially for the army and na vy and which can be taken with us anywhere. "The company has risen almost to a man to the appeal of Secretary of (Continued on page 2.) ED. SHOCKLEY TO LEAVE SOON SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR HANDS IN RESIGNATION. Will Handle Sale of Chevrolet Auto mobiles from Wasco Agency. Ed. Shockley, instructor in phys ical education for men and wrestling coach, lias handed in his resignation ;uui will leave the University within the next week to become an automo bile salesman for the Barnett Auto Company, of Wasco, Oregon, a posi tion he has been considering for sev eral months. Shockley, who came to the Univer sity four years ago from Portland, where he had been connected with the physical training department of Multnomah club, is rated as one of the best swimming instructors in the Northwest and has earned the repu tation of turning out wrestlers of ability. This year, with six old mat artists back in school, his prospects of turning out a championship team were the brightest of any year since he took hold of the Oregon squad. Also, Shockley must give up the Overland which has been the pride of his heart, for his new job is one of selling Chevrolets. Who is to succeed Shocbley in the physical training department is not known. IIEIIGLEESTERS Ml mi n THIS SEASON NEW MATERIAL PLENTIFUL TO TAKE PLACE OF OLD MEM BERS MISSING, SAYS GRAHAM SMITH. Three Trips Proposed; Eastern Ore gon Tour Is Favored by Ma jority of Club. Selection of material for the men’s glee club has been completed and re hearsals, which will be held dally from this time on, began yesterday afternoon under the direction of Prof. Arthur Faguy-Cote, formerly of the Bennet School of Music, at Lexington, Kentucky, and this year director of :he University of Oregon club. Despite the loss of eleven of the wenty men on the glee club of last fear, prospects are even better this mason than they were for the club ast fall, according to Graham Smith, president. Voices in the club are fully ap to the standard set by the club last fear, when it is conceded that the club ivas the best in the history of the Uni fersity, says Smith, and the material for stunts is much better. Perry Arant Accompanist. Perry Arant, who entered the Uni ferslty this year from Monmouth, where he had been teaching in the nusic department of the state normal school, is one of the new men on the (Continued on page 4.) WITTS HARD TIGHT ENCOURAGING TO COACH DID WELL TO HOLD PULLMAN’S VETERANS BELOW 50 TO 0, SAYS BEZDEK; BANGS’ RUN DECISIVE. STEERS' GREAT DROPKICK BIO FEATURE Scored from 45-Yard Line—Oregon’s Lack of Condition Told Heavily in Final Result. Encouraged by the fine showing the ’varsity made against W. S. C., Coach Hugo Bezdek set about the task, yes terday, of whipping his depleted team into shape to meet the University of Idaho on the local gridiron next Sat urday. The coach was highly pleased with the fight the lemon-yellow dis played against the Staters. “The boys did a whole lot better than I expected,” said Bez. “With the team W. S. C. put on the field, they ought to have beaten us SO to 0. We held them down in nice shape the first half, but Bangs’ long run for a touch down in tiie third quarter was the ‘break.’ We went to pieces after that. I was a little disappointed after the way the first half went, but I haven’t any kicks to make.” W. S. C. As Strong As Last Year. From all reports of the game, Dietz has just as strong a team as last year, and ought to be a strong contender for the coast championship. The line charges low and fast and the backs plunge like bullets. The feature of the contest was Bill Steers’ drop-kick, which netted the 'varsity her only points. The kick was made from a difficult angle on the 45-yard mark, and skimmed over the crossbar with only a foot to spare. It reminded old-timers of Shy Hunting ton’s place kick in that memorable 3-3 game at Corvallis. This was the nearest Oregon got to the Pullman goal during the whole game. The ’varsity's offense was shattered in the first quarter when fullback Hunter had to leave the field on ac count of a twisted ankle, and George Cook, who had never played in the backfleld before, took his place. Less than ten plays from the line were made the entire game. The lemon yellow depended on Bill Steers’ right foot to keep the ball down the field, and the chunky quarter responded no bly. In spite of a bad ankle, his punts averaged nearly 46 yards. Good Work by Tackles. The tackles, Bas Williams and Carl NelBon, were the stars on the line and stopped Bangs and Doane more than once with no gain. Lack of condition told heavily on the ’varsity* and as a result two first string men are laid on the shelf for a week at least. Giles Hunter had to go out in the first quarter with a bad ly wrenched ankle, and “Doc” Macey was helped off the field in the third period with both knees severely in (Continued on page 4.) IN LIBERTY BONDS FIE5T DAY The Liberty Loan campaign on the campus started .with a rush yester lay morning, and this afternoon, with reports from some of the com mittees at work still to come in, $900 lias been subscribed to sustain the cause of democracy. Nearly every house on the campus last night voted to take one or two bonds of the sec and issue at their meetings last night. Subscriptions from the women’s houses lead so far, with a total of $550, every house having invested In a bond and in some cases two. That the women were anxious to do their bit, was also demonstrated by the fact that in one of the houses most of the money was to come from the sacrifice of ice cream, while in other houses it was to come from the entertaln munt fund, or from a personal tax: Mrs. Eric Allen, from the committee of the Eugene Woman’s Loan Fund, spoke at several of the women’s fra ternities during their sessions, ex plaining and answering questions in regard to the purchase of the bonds. The total so far from the men’s houses is $350, although several hous es which have not yet decided are considering the matter. Besides the purchase of the bonds by organizations there have been sev eral individuals who have displayed their enthusiasm In another manner. In some cases where neither one of two persons felt able to buy a bond, they bought one together. Saturday is the llnal day for the purchase of bonds. Below follows a list of the organ izations buying bonds and the amount subscribed for by each: Alpha Phi .,L.... $100 Delta Delta Delta . 100 Chi Omega . 50 Delta Gamma . 50 Kappa Kappa Gamma—.. 50 Gamma Phi Beta . 50 Kappa Alpha Theta ._. 50 Pi Beta Phi . 50 Eutaxian . 60 Alpha Tau Omega . 100 Kappa Sigma . 100 Delta Tau Delta . 100 Sigma Chi . 50