Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920, October 30, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOregon —f- ■- , - --... - VOL. 19 EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917 NO. 13 FEDERATED CLUBS WILL BACK WOMAN'S BUILDING CONVENTION ADOPTS RESOLU TION BY MRS. GEORGE GER LINGER PROVIDING FOR SEVEN WORKERS. DELEGATES REPORT “ONE GRAND TIME” Dean Fox and Helene DeLano See Cowboy Parade and Sunset Picnic at Prineville. Hereafter the work for the women’s building will have the strong backing of* Women’s Federated Clubs, reports Helene DeLano, who has just returned from the convention of the Federated clubs which was held at Prineville, from Monday until Friday of last week, and to which Miss DeLano was sent as a representative of the Wo men’s League of the University. The resolution adopted in regard to the women’s building was proposed by Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, and calls for seven women from different parts oi the state to work for the proposed building. Previously during the con vention Miss DeLano had reported on the work being done on the campus; for the building and how a large sum of the money already secured is in vested in Liberty bonds. “One grand time,” is the way Dean Elizabeth Fox and Helene DeLano de scribe their stay at Prineville. Some Wild West Features. “Two of our most original enter tainments, said Miss DeLano, were the cowboy parade and breakfast and the sunset picnic. In the cowboy pa rade the Indians, the old stage coach, the first white woman to cross the plains, the sole woman survivor of the Whitman massacre, the cowboys and ranchmen were featured. The parade was led by the high school band. The breakfast following the parade was given in the open. We had broiled meat and the cowboys’ 'flap-jacks.’ The breakfast was much enjoyed by all.” “The sunset picnic was given at the home of one of the big ranchers, where we ate supper on the Ihwn and watched the setting sun.” Student Loan Fund Is Topic. Among the different speakers at the convention were Mrs. Frederick Eg gert, head of the scholarship loan fund for students. Miss Fay Clark, a grad uate of the University, spoke on the loan fund from the standpoint of the student, saying that when a girl had to work all the time during her col lege course it leaves her no time for outside activities. Dean Fawcett, of O. A. C., spoke on the instilling of ideals of womanhood. “Crippled Children’s Law” was the' subject on which Mrs. P. L. Campbell spoke. Other speakers were Mrs. Sa rah Evans, general head of the fed eration, Mrs. Solon Shedd, past pres ident of the Washington state fed eration, and Mrs. Alexander Thomp son, only woman member of the state legislature. NINETEEN MEN OUT AT SOCCER PRACTICE Prospects of Eleven Brighten Under Coaching of Father Moran. Soccer came into its own last night ■when nineteen men turned out for practice. The soccer field had an at mosphere of keen action, and it came as a relief to the few fellows who have been turning out during the last few weeks of torpid practice. Father Mo ran put the fellows through a fairly stiff scrimmage and is now making prospects look better for the coming games with O. A. C., which, so far as is now known, will be played on No vember 10 at Corvallis and on Novem ber 17 on the local field. Some of the older men who were on the field last night were: Sheehy. Fox. Sengstake, Jlaseltine. Pierson, Hartley, Kelley. Bain and Heywood. PLAY POSTPONED “HereSbomes the Bride,” which was booked for the Eugene Theatre for [Wednesday, October 31, has been post poned on account of the illness of the leading lady. SLOUGHY COLLEGE MEN LOSE CHANCES IN ANMI LACK OF ALERTNESS IN ACTION AND ACCURACY IN THOUGHT RESPONSIBLE, SAYS INSTRUCTOR Proper Training in Formative Period of Life Urged as Means of Curing Evil. “Perhaps the most glaring fault noted in aspirants to the Officers’ Re serve Corps, and one that might be corrected by proper attention in our high schools, preparatory schools and colleges, might be characterized by the general word slouchiness.” This is the answer which Lindsey Blaynev, an instructor at Camp Fun ston, gave to Brig. Gen. (then Col.) W. S. Scott, U. S. A., when asked for the cause of so many failures among the candidates for commissions. In a recent issue of the Army and Navy Journal the full answer of Instruc tor mayney is given, extracts rrom the letter to Brig. Gen. Scott are given below. In explaining what he meant by “slouchiness,” Blayney wrote: Indifference Is Noted. "I refer to what might be termed a mental and physical indifference. I have at Camp Funston many other wise excellent men, who have failed because in our school system suffi cient emphasis is not placed upon the avoidance of this mental and phys ical handicap. In the work of the better government military schools of the world, this slackness in thought, presentation and bearing is not tol erated, because the aim of all mili tary training is accuracy. At Camp Funston and other military camps throughout the country mental alert ness, accuracy in thinking and act ing, clearness in enunciation, sure ness and ease of carriage and bearing must be insisted upon for two rea sons: that success may be assured as nearly as human effort can guar antee it with the material and means at hand, and that priceless human lives may not be criminally sacri (Continued on page 4.) “PAT” fifARTHUR TO SPFAK CONGRESSMAN WILL ADDRESS ASSEMELY TOMORROW. Dean Hayes Scheduled to Talk on Needs of Red Cress; Musical Numbers on Program. C. N. “Pat.” McArthur, graduate of the class of 1901 of the University, who is now a representative in Con gress from the third district of Ore gon, will be the chief speaker of this week’s assembly program, which will be held in Villard ball tomorrow at 10 o’clock. During his career in the University Mr. McArthur was prominentyl asso eiat'd in all forms of student activl *'p.'-- He is known as the “father of football and baseball” in the Univer sity and was editor of the Emerald or two years. He is now a member n' the committee on navy preparation and it is probable that he will deal with some phase of the navy’s prep aration for war in his talk tomorrow. Dean Hayes, secretary of the Eu gene chapter of the Red Cross, will be a speaker of the morning. Mr. Hayes recently returned from a Red Cross conference held in Portland and has many interesting facts and points to tell of in connection with the Red Cross work. He has been active in tlie campaign started by the local chapter to get the University girls to assist the chapter in the Red Cross work. Several musical numbers rendered by Univer itv talent will complete the morning’s entertainment. Mrs. B. Bailey, of nn1o Alto, Califor i:v. ai lived hist Sunday tu-r : nmo hor position as chaperone of Delta Gam ma. Uncle Sam suggests that Downey’s Candy is a food as well as luxury. A full, fresh line. Carroll’s Drug Store, 727 Willamette. Phone 32. BARTHOLOMEW TELLS OF EUROPEAN PRISON CAMPS U. OF O. ASSIGNED SHARE IN RAISING $1,000,000 FUND. OF WHICH Y. M.f. A. WORK ER TELLS NEED. American l'.ti dents Give Money to Fur nish Comforts for Large Army of Captives. h eal’’.;ng that there are six million prisoners of war in the prison camps of Europe today, the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Christian Associa tions have decided to ask the stu dents of America to give one million doliars to be used in providing com forts for these soldiers. The Univer sity of Oregon has been assigned a share in this gift. The vast amount of man power rep resented in this mass of prisoners is beyond the imagination. It would take over a month, day and night, for this enormous army to march by a given place, according to Marshall M. Bar tholomew, Y. M. C. A. worker, who spent the second year of the war n prison camps of Germany and Russia. Mr. Bartholomew has pictured viv idly the condition of these camps since his enforced return to America. He said that idleness, the greatest foe to personality, gets in its most deadly work in the prison camp. Men worn out with months in the trenches and the excitement and strain of war fare, are suddenly thrown into inac tivity and cut off from the world. The result is one of mental, spiritual and moral degeneration. The task of keeping these men up to a point at least above deterioration, and perhaps even to better their stand, is the task of the Christian Associations. Behind the barbed wire of a prison camp settlement are found profes sors, journalists, lawyers, engineers, skilled artisans and men with every talent. These men are ready to help the war-prisoner secretary establish schools in the camp. In one camp where Mr. Bartholo mew worked, there were over live thousand men, forty benches, and only fifteen text-books. vVithin a month, however, seventeen hundred students had enrolled in thirtv-flve courses of study, which included five languages, a course in general science, and math ematics up to and including solid ge ometry. Lectures were also given on various subjects by specialized pro fessors. From 8 in the morning until 0 at night one class after another came into the school and forgot their activity and home-sickness by occu pying their minds with one study or another. In one prison camp where there was a library of 250 hooks, every day ev erv book, including the dictionary, was drawn out. The association, by sending secre taries and books, has in its power to save the lives of many, the sanity of many others, and to preserve the man power of countless thousands by the work it is now carrying on in the pris on camps of Europe. Sig Circle T. O G. Banquet Sunday Evening War High Prices and Food Con servation Cut Down Usual Attendance. As tlie climax of a whirling cam paign for membership, replete with clever suggestions and valuable co operation from their freshman advis or, Abraham Rosenberg, the members of Sig circle of Friendly Hall chapter T. O. C., were honor guests at a ban quet, complete from soup to nuts, at The Varsity, Sunday evening. The affair is an annual event, according to the Grand Master of the order, but due to the war. high prices and Mr. ’ cover’s pie’ for t e conservation of food, it was deemed advisable to limit the attendance at the banquet to members of t':e royal family, or Sig circle. 0 i >d owiiv1 1 - h-.’ii'oi an el ini it" set 8t resolutions in appreciaiion of the generosity of the new and prom ising members of tfee organization was passed. Those present were: Melvin T. Solve, Harry N. Crain, Norris H. McKay, J. Arthur Berg and Harold Barde, all retiring members. COLUMBIA HISTORIAN TO SPEAK HERE THURSOAV DR. WILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANE WILL LECTURE IN VILLARD ON “THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY.” Author of Several Works Was Mem ber of Princeton Faculty for Twenty Years. Dr. William Milligan Sloane, Seth Low professor of history at Colum bia University, will give a free lec ture Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in Villard hall, on “The World Safe for Democracy.” “Dr. Sloane is well worth hearing,” said Karl Onthank, secretary to President Campbell, yes terday, “and I hope the students will appreciate this opportunity to hear a good speaker.” Dr. Sloane delivered a series of lec tures at the University of Washing ton this month. “He was a perfect inspiration to all who heard him,” writes Herbert T. Condon, comptrol ler of the University of Washington, a graduate of Oregon in the class of 1892, to Mr. Onthank. “I was charmed with his lectures. Your faculty and students will thoroughly enjoy him. Praised by Student Daily. “As a drawing card for students, I can only refer you to an editorial in our daily, wherein the editor roasted the students here very completely for hot appreciating the great advantage of this series of lectures, as the at tendance of the students was simply disgraceful.” Dr. Sloane has held the Seth Low chair of history in Columbia Univer sity since 1896. He received his A. B. from Columbia in 1868, and his Ph. D. from Leipzig in ’76. He taught in the Newell School for four years, and was secretary to George Baxicroft, the his torian, in Berlin for two years. He was a professor at Princeton for 20 years, 1876 to ’96. Noted As Author. Aside from his prominence as a lec turer and professor, Dr. Sloane has won distinction as an author. Two of his recent books are: “The Balkans, a Laboratory of History,” and “Party Government in the United States,” both published in 1914. His earlier books deal largely with French .his tory. Mrs. Sloane is accompanying her husband, and a banquet or reception will be arranged in their honor, but no plans have been formulated as yet, since the University did not receive word that Dr. Sloane was coming un til late yesterday afternoon. The Sloanes have been visiting in Portland this week. From Eugene, they will go to California, where Dr. Sloane will give a series of lectures at the University of California. ASKS DELEGATES FOR PRODUCERS’ SHOW Oregon Alumni in Portland May Pa rade on College Day. The University of Oregon has been asked to send representatives to Port land to attend the Manufacturers’ and Land Producers’ show, which will be held between November 10 and No vember 24. It is probable that the Portland Alumni association will be represent ed in the parade planned for Novem ber 8, which is high school and col lege day at the show. Slides showing campus and Univer sity life will be furnished by the ex tension division. WALTER GREBE RETURNS TO UNIVERSITY Basebail Letter Man and Musician Ex cused from National Army. Walter (“Squirrel”) Grebe arrived Ust night from Portland and intends -l take up work at the University at once. Grebe was taken in by the ' i'.'t rul v -.ii; I'tat'reu-d tit—A nmrinn he for some time. lie failed in the u’ ysic’1 examination and made haste '0 oretum to Oregon. G -obe°is a senior, a three-year letter man in baseball, and was one of the mainstays of the University band and -orchestra last year. STUDENTS MAY WEAR UNIFORM OE SOEDIER MEN OF UNIVERSITY LIKELY TO BE INSTRUCTED TO GET AR MY SUITS FOR EVERY DAY USE SOON. Faculty Committee to Recommend Such Ruling—Cost May Be Covered in Registration Fee. That every male student in the Uni versity be required to have a regula tion soldier’s uniform next term may be the outcome of a conclusion reached to this effect by a committee of fac ulty members and others who met last night to discuss this matter. Pres ident Campbell, Karl W. Ontliank, Eric \V. Allen, chairman of the committee, Marion McClain, of the students’ co op store, and James Sheehy, presi dent of the student body, were pres ent at the meeting. After discussing the matter, they recommended that every male student in the University be required to have a full U. S. army uniform next term. “Understand that this decision of the committee does not mean that the plan will be adopted,” said Mr. Ont hank this morning. “It is simply the decision of the committee which ha.e been working on the matter. It has linen reierrea uj uie lacuuy ns a whole, who will have to pasa on It, and It is probable that the board of re gents will ratify it before it really be comes compulsory,” he said. To be Bought From. The uniforms will cost approxi mately $20. They will be regulation army uniforms, purchased through the government from the U. S. manufac turing plants. The outfit will include trousers, shirt, blouse, leggings, hat or cap, and may include shoes. It is probable that they will be purchased through the students’ co-op store. The committee reached the decis ion that the uniforms wero neat and appropriate for the men to wear, not only in their hours of military drill, but also in their everyday life, as they are serviceable, attractive and can be bought at a very moderate price. “It would be a good policy for the men who are thinking of buying new clothes soon to wait for a short time to see what final action is taken on the matter by the University au thorities, and it would also bo wise when purchasing shoes from now on fo buy tan shoos or shoes which can be worn with a uniform,” said Mr. Onthank this morning. May Help Purchase Uniform. The registration fee may be ar ranged so as to include the price of the uniform. Tho committee assures that another committee will bo ap pointed to arrange a system whereby everyone can get a uniform regardless of his financial status.” Some plan will be worked out so that everybody will be provided with a suit, for it is (he desire of the committee in recom mending this action to work a hard ship on no one,” Mr. Onthank said. FROSH GIRLS WILL HAVE BASKET SUPPER Dea.i Fox to Organize Class in Bible Study Thursday at Bungalow. “No upperclassmen allowed,” is the warning being sent abroad in regard to the meeting of the freshman girls, to be held Thursday evening from B 5 to 7 at the bungalow. The meeting is to be a get-together and acquain tance affair, at which a basket sup r-er furnished by the Bible study com mittee will be one of the big fea tures. Every freshman girl is invited to come and bring fifteen cents for the spread. Dean Elizabeth Pox will take this opportunity to organize her freshman class in Bible study. In her class she will use a new work en titled “Student’s Standards of Ac tion.” The sophomore class at Yale has se cured more than $900 toward the pur >■'■■■ <■ nt 11porty nonds. They started i with the intention of securing $1,000. i Two cents a day saving per capita on food will mean $2,'Mini000.00 saved annually for the purchase of Liberty Bonds. COACH SEES 10 HOPE OF DEEEAIIIIC MARINES “ASK JOHNNY BECKETT WHAT SCORE WILL BE," SAYS BEZ; BIG CROWD EXPECTED TO SEE GAME, BAS WILLIAMS LOST TO VARSITY TEAM Star Tackle’s Tlmle All Taken Up by His Ordnance Work; Arthur Berg May Play Position. With one-half of the season’s sched ule out of the way, all eyes are now focused on the three big games Ore gon has yet to play. The first of these comes next Saturday, when the lemon yellow plays Johnny Beckett’s marine team of all-stars on Multnomah field in Portland. Peculiar interest is attached to the contest in view of the fact that no less than five of the marines are old Oregon stars, and some others on the team are from the Northwest. The marines have cleaned up all of their games by lop-sided scores, including two victories over the University of California, 27-0 and 26-0. While a victory over the sailors is hardly to be looked for, Oregon fans feel that the ’varsity will put up a stiff battle from the first whistle to the last, and may possibly spring a surprise. Manage, R. Tiffany, who returned from Portland Friday, where lie had been arranging for the details of the game, said that from all appear ances an enormous crowd would be on hand to see the struggle. Quite a few students are planning to go to Portland, and it is possible a special train will be run. Did Not Outclass Idaho. Although Oregon got away with the long end of the score in the Idaho : game, the most rabid rooter must ad mit that the ’varsity was outplayed for the first half at least, and only poor generalship prevented the Gem Staters from scoring. Coach Bezdek was disappointed with the work of his team. “Our line hasn’t any power,” said the coach. “Idaho made enough yard age to score six touchdowns and fum bling and rotten headwork is all that saved us. We outfoxed them a cou ple of times and that turned the trick. Our chances with the marines? Ask Johnny Beckett what the score will be.” The coach put his men through some light work last night, spending most of the time teaching the backfield and the onds how to gather in forward passes. Five or six times Saturday, Steers threw the hall to a halfback or end only to have him drop it. Against the heavy marine line the ’var sity’s mjiin offonse will be the aerial attack. Practice Bucking Frosh Line. The lino spent the afternoon charg ing the fresh forwards and attempting to break through. Most of Idaho’s yardage was made in straight bucks at tlio line. Trogilgas and Maddock weie both new men and knew little about how to block the charges. lias Williams turned in his suit last night and will be of no further use to the team this year. His work in the ordnance department, will take up all his time from now on. Arthur Berg played left tackle last night, and if his shoulder is in shape will proba bly play the position Saturday. Macey was out in uniform last night for the first time since the W. S. C. game. His injured knee is on the road tc recovery, and lie may be in shape | to get in against the marines. Hun ger's ankle is still giving him trouble, ! and it will be another week at least i before he is on the field again. Registration at Brown shows a de crease of 117 per cent of students en rolled. Only 554 are registered to date. Military courses at Harvard have an enrollment numbering 750 and T+rrm lull ,il ions—wrH—bn formed—m stead of two, as was first planned. The faculty at Williams College has established a course in navigation to be conducted during the first semester of this year.