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Oregon VOL. 19. EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOV. 6, 1917. Emerald NO. 16. asm PREPARES TO MEET CALIFORNIA Two Weeks of Unbroken Prac tice Remain for Building Machine to Cope With Southerners. SAILORS SHOW BAD SPOTS Several Evenings of Work to Be Devoted to Scrimmages With Visiting Marines. Now for California! With two solid weeks unbroken by any games to bo played, Bezdek’s war riors settled down to a steady grind Monday, to construct a football machine that can withstand the vicious attacks of the Golden Bear when the two rivals meet in the meature event of Homecom ing day, November IT. An entirely new system of play must be taught the Varsity to enable it to cope with the slashing attack of the southerners. By defeating V ashington so decisively, Coach Andy Smith showed that he at least has an eleven which is worthy of meeting the best teams in the northwest and which is possibly the champion team on the coast. Bezdek Pessimistic Like all true football coaches, Coach Bezdek is pessimistic about the -game, and freely predicts that the lemon-yel low will not stand a chance, but never theless. an undercurrent of confidence is running through the student body that the Varsity will not be found wanting when the great day arrives. The Marine game showed up some weak spots which the coach sot about strengthening last night. Baz Williams left a big hole at left tackle when he finally turned in his suit Saturday. Tre gilgas was shifted from right guard to left, and Maddock put in at left tackle. Berg was placed in right guard. An derson showed up none too well at left end Saturday, and Still played his posi tion at practice last night. This change is probably only temporarily as Ander son has played good ball in the previous games. Couch Not Out Ray Couch did not turn out, and “Chief” Wilson occupied his place at left half. With this altered lineup, the Varsity went through a light workout in preparation for their scrimmage against the Marines later on in the week. Oregon was lucky in one thing, that Hot a man was injured in the game Sat urday, although the Marines were the heavier team by at least 12 pounds. The field was soft and spongy which assisted (Continued on page four.) Y. W. C. A. WILL RECEIVE ONE-TWENTiETHOFFUND Miss Dinsdale Explains Stand of Associa tion as Regards War Relief Movement. Opportunity was given the Y. W. C. A. to explain just what part it has in the present money campaign, and what work it is accomplishing in general, when Miss Tirza Dinsdale, secretary of the campus association, spoke before Dean Fox's class in social agencies Tuesday morning. James Macpherson, Y. M. C. A. secretary, will speak for his division of the work at the same class Thursday morning in Deady hall. Miss Dinsdale explained that the Young Women’s Christian association will receive one twentieth of the fund now being raised, and that in addition they are trying to raise four million dollars in the United States. She told of the work being done for the soldiers in the training camps and of the import ant part the young women are taking in the war. The war council takes charge of all work in hand for the soldiers’ at the special request of the Y. M. C. A., whose war council found itself unable to cope ™ith the situation. After a brief sketch of th£ mechanism of the association. Miss Dins dale passed on to the work they do, and just what they spend their money for. The chief war work is with hostess houses, which are being built at- most of the large en campments. for instance Camp Less, at American Lake, Wash., Camp Green, S. C., Camp Jackson, N. C., and three at the Long Island encampment, of which one is for colored troops. The function of the hostess house is to provide a place where the boys may meet their mothers, and the young ladies of the towns, and to arrange for relatives that desire to stay over night on their trips to the camp. The boys get books to read, hear music and meet the townsfolk without having to meet them informally on the streets. Twenty-five hundred dollars is need ed to build one of these houses, and this is one of the first uses made of the money now being raised. Besides that, regular work of the association must be carried on as usual, and workers must be trained for settlement and foreign work. The Y. AY. C. A. co-operate with the Red Cross and with the Y. M. C. A. as much as possible, and takes care of young girls in towns adjacent to the camps, setting them to work, teaching them to knit, and allowing them to help in the hostess work. University of Idaho offers a short course in forestry which runs from No vember until April and is for the pur pose of training forest rangers, guards and wood workers. 2100 people paid to see the conflict and after all expenses were deducted, the student body came out about .$500 to the good. Home Coming Day to Honor Kahki Clad Alumni Guests With the approach of Oregon’s Home coming clay, November 10, ulans to make the event a complete success, a real Oregon Homecoming, are being vigorously pushed. The old Oregon spirit will be shown the returning alumni. It is not expected that the attendance of old graduates on the campus will be as large this year as formerly, because of the many enlistments and war conditions which have widely scattered the alumni. A step taken by the inter-fraternity conucil last Thursday night to allow fraternities to entertain guests from high schools will, it is believed, bring the Homecoming attendance this year up to the attendance of last year so faT as numbers are cohcerned. Fra ternities were not permitted to enter tain guests last year. It was a general custom several years ago, however. As an added feature of the Homecom ing day program, a soccer game has been arranged between the Oregon and O. A. C. teams. The game will prob ably bring a number of O. A. C. stu dents over to take part in the day’s pro gram. The contest will be held in the morning to leave the afternoon free for the big event of the day, the Ore gon-California football game. Preliminary arrangements for the dance in the evening of Homecoming day have been completed. Music is to be furnished by Hendershott’s 12-piece or chestra. Because of the policy of eeconnmy adopted by all classe at the University, the juniors have decided against decorations for the dance ex cept for .in orchestra stand and punch booth. Alumni will be admitted to the danee free. Special effort is being made by all students and organizations on the campus to have as many of the University's en listed men back for the homecoming program as possible. A number of Oregon men in the service have already signified their intention of returning to their alma mater for the day, if it is possible to get leave of absence for the trip. Because of the large number sta tioned in the Oregon coast artillery ser-i | vice at the mouth of the Columbia and in the Ambulance corps at Camp Lewis it is doubted that all who desire leaves will get them in these particular branches of the service. In the Second Company coast artillery at Fort Stevens, there J are fifty Oregon men. A committee composed of Marguerite | Gross. Farl Murphy and Erma Kiethley has been appointed to co-opeTate with the Portland alumni association of the University to encourage as large an at tendance as possible from Portland and j other parts of the state. Thirteen hundred post cards asking at tendance at the humeci.ming day have been mailed to graduates of the Uni versity by the advertising committee. Circulars, posters and stickers arP now being prepared by the publicity commit- i tee. Eugene merchants have promised to ; co-operate with the University for the Homecoming event by decorating the . streets and business houses with the i lemon-yellow otf Oregon. I 92,000 WAR RELIEF DRIVE STARTS ON OREGON CAMPUS Nineteen Students and Faculty Members Pledge $257.50 at Sunday Meeting in Bungalow; Thienes Wagers His “Pigging” Privileges That Fund Will Be Over Subscribed Thro ughout Country. Nineteen Oregon students and faculty members, who couneiled together on Sunday afternoon at the Y AY. Bungalow to lay plans for the Million dollar cam paign, pledged $257.50. If the rest of the students do as well. Oregon will far over reach her assign ment of $2000. Clinton Thienes, president of the Y. M. C. A., has made a wager with James Maepherson, general secretary of the as sociation, that if the students of America do not give more than a million and a half toward this Student Friendship fund that he will not go out with a. girl from January to June. Clinton urges Oregon to help him win his bet. Others Fill Quota. Monmouth Normal school has raised the $600 asked of it and has it ready to turn in. In addition to this the dormi tory has pledged $511 to support four teen French orphans, and the girls of the school have made 75 garments for these orphans. As has been previously announced. Reed College and McMinnville college have each raised more than three times the amounts apportioned to them. East ern and middle western universities have almost without exception over-reached the amounts apportioned them. It is now up to Oregon to do her part. A card catalogue in the office of the Y. M. C. A., which contains the name of every Oregon student, will systema tize the pledging this week. Dr. John R. Mott, head of the World Student Christian Federation, in a re cent address in Chicago said: "It was my lot to go over to the warring countries in the autumn of 1914, and as I visited the prisoners-of-war camps on both sides of the struggle, I was amazed to find thus early 700,000 prisoners of war in thes? barbed wire enclosures. What amazed me more was to find that nothing was being done for their immediate re lief. 1 said to myself that something must be done, and I left certain sums of money to be used as opportunities of- i fered.” The World Student Christian Federation is the only world organization that both Germany and the allies are still connected with. All Camps Are Opened. Archibald Harte, at the direction of Dr. Mott, obtained permission to try out among the allied prisoners what could be done in two or three camps in Ger many.. On the strength of that England opened her doors to serve the prisoners in the Ilritish Isles. Austria and Hun gary declared that they would wait until the plans proved successful in Germany. Later Germany said: “We will close the doors to you unless you get permission from Russia for a similar service among the German and Austria-Hungarinn pris oners of war in that country.” Finally a cablegram came which said: “Russia gives America permission to work among all prison camps throughout Russia and Siberia on condition that Germany and Austria-Hungary will give the same per mission.” Now the doors are wide open in every country except Turkey. “When T remind you.” said l)r. Mott, "that in no previous war have more than two million men been lined up against each other in warfare, and that here we have more than three times that number in working parties, or shut up within barbed wire enclosures—shut up until the war shall end—you see the tremen dous area, tho strain, Die suffering and the opportunity.” When a Y. M. secretary goes to do (Continued on page four.) FEW RESPOND TO CALL FOR MORE TEXTBOOKS Only 200 Volumes Donated Toward University's Quota of 1000 for Soldier Students. More textbooks and literal reading matter si re wanted to send the boys sta tioned at Fort Stevens and American Lake. Fred Paekwood, chairman. Jesse AVitte and Herman Lind make up the committee in charge of gathering and sending the books. They want help not only from the students, but the faculty and towns people as well. Last Saturday about 20 books were gathered and the commit tee wishes many more before they send them away next Saturday. They want those who have books to donate to either place them on the table at the foot of the basement stairs in the library or inform one of the committee by phone and the books will be called for. The University has been asked to furnish 1000 books. STEVENS MEN STUDY MATH. Extension Courses Prove Popular With Artillerymen—45 Enroll. Since correspondence study has been introduced at Fort Stevens, 45 men have signed up in th,> various branches of the work. The majority are taking ad vanced mathematics since this is very imperative in furthering the men’s know ledge of artillery science. The work is being put in the other camps as rapidly as possible. Posters have been plaeed in the various barracks and most of the men have heard of this line of study through their friends. SOLDIER STUDIES HISTORY TO LEARN CAUSE OF WAR Ben Williams Writes From Fort Stevens for Course; Says He Will Be Star S'udent. “I want to investigate the causes of this here war, so please enroll me in your course on European history since 1815," writes Ben Williams, former sec retary of social welfare of the extention division, from Fort Stevens where he is serving in the coast artillery. His letter continues, “Enveloped find a blank cheek which please fill in to cover fees and text.’ “Am stationed with the Second com pany, C. A. C., here at Fort Stevens. We have been working on the field and const ■artillery, machine guns and mis cellaneous work. The company I am with is a mighty good organization. There is of course considerable specula tion as 'to whether or when we are going to leave. It seems as if we will he here this winter and if so tell Jtr. Schafer that I am going to he one of his best students on Europe since 1815.” “This is beginning to be the evidence of the extension division at the fort.’’ “I defended a fellow on the charge of desertion and larceny at the general court martial a short time ago. I got some good experience, the court got some learned advice, the prisoner got four months, so we all cime out ahead.” .Mr. Williams graduated from the T’ni versit v of Oregon in 1010. In the spring of 1010 he won the northwestern cham pionship for the pole-vault, and in his senior year served as the president of the student body. i - The University of Iowa is advocating a policy of giving their yell leaders let ters saying that they are the most cheerful martyrs in college. EMERALD STAFF ATTENTION! There will be a meeting of all students of the news staff of The Emerald, in Journalism Annex, Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock sharp. This means all of those who have been named as members of the regular staff and those who wish to be con sidered for vacancies that may appear. Your attendance is wanted, not your excuses. o HARRY N. CRAIN, Editor. STUDENT DANCE SATURDAY Jimmy Shcehy Announces tho Second Dance of the Year. Saturday evening. A dance the sec ond one of the year, will be staged in the men's gymnasium under tlio auspices of the student body. Taking advantage of the popular movement now on foot, the dance will be of a simple character, the admission price being reduced to a minimum. 8:30 is the time, says Jimmie nud Jimmie knows. Head of Willamette University Will Outline Plan of Cam paign to Raise Money. Movement Has No Connection With Y. M. C. A. General Army Work Fund. “Tit,. North American Student Friend ship Fund” has been announced as the topic for the address to lie given at the Wednesday morning assembly by T>r. Charles G. Doney, president of Wil lamette University of Salem. He will speak for the Oregon campaign commit tee, which is working to raise Oregon’s quota of the million dollar fund being raised in American colleges and uni versities under the direction of the Stu dent Movement association. The million dollar fund is distinct from the general fund of the Y. M. O. A., which is now being raised for army work. The student friendship fund, unlike th„ Y. M. 0. A. army fund, is 'to be raised entirely from the faculty and student bodies of American colleges. When raised it will lie divided between the Y. M. 0. A., the Y. W. O. A. and a small portion given to various other branches of war relief. Will Bii11 ri Hostoss Camps The portion given 1 ho Y. M. t’. A. will bp devoted to war prisoners’ relief, and genera] army Y. M. ('. A. work. The Y. W. C. A. fund will lie used for the construction of hostess camps at the American training camps where wives, mothers and daughters of soldiers may go while visiting their soldier relatives. The portion of the fund not used in these ways will be devoted to other war relief work now being undertaken thy the Y. W. C. A. Because the friendship fund is to be raised exclusively by the American stu dents, it is being asked that contribu tions be first made to this fund by the students of the University. Contrib utors will be immune from solicitation for the general fund created by the army Y. M. C. A , although contributions can be made to both if desired. To Outline Campaiun Following the lecture to be delivered by Dr. Doney, the friendship fund cam paign for the University will be out lined, and committees to carry on the work here will probably be appointed at that time. Dean Bliznbeth Fox is head of the Oregon committee which lias charge of the friendship fund for the ,'tate. HINES PREPARE FOR TACDMA GAME Beckett and Team Anxious to Win Over Officers and Get Chance at Pasadena. Think Oregon Can Lick 0. A. C. But Doubtful as to Result With Bears. Johnny Beckett and his "first to fight” Marine football team came down to Eu gene Sunday from Portland after their game with Oregon, in order to put in four dnj'R of intensive practice under Coach Hugo Bezdok to prepare them to take on the All-Officers eleven in Tacoma next Saturday. “Intensive” is the correct word to de scribe the Marines’ work. Monday they were out on Kincaid field at 0 o’clock and for three hours charged up and down the field, tried new plays, per fected old ones, improved their inter ference, and all the time Bezdek kept driving them at top speed. In the afternoon they were out again at and scarcely rested until 5. This strenuous program will be followed ev ery day until Thursday when they have to leave for the north. Hope to Play East The object back of all this is that the men are hoping they will be chosen to represent the west in the annual New Year’s game at Pasadena nnd realize that the scores they make on this 40tp will be a determining factor in the selec tion. A possibility also exists that they might be taken east to play «gninst some big eastern teams. v itmu.v urns who am noi go to i'ort lnnd Saturday will have a chance to see the “soldiers of t.ht> sea" in notion nev ertheless, for they are going to serim mago against tlie Varsity a couple of times before they leave. The Marines played California earlier in tlie year and also saw the Bears win from O. A. C. so they can compare Oregon with her two rivals. Against California they are dubious as to the Varsity's chances but they all figure the lemon-yellow can wallop the Aggies. California Too Goo “California is too big nnd powerful for the light Oregon team,” said Hollis Huntington, fullbaek on the tesm that trimmed the southerners last fall. “They were pretty green when we played them but judging from what they did to Washington, they must have improved iift per cent.” “Oregon will lie lueky to hold down tlie Bears,” said Ed Bailey, the big tackle, “but if she doesn't bnait O. A. ! C. there is something the matter. We have always licked the Aggies in the past and we can do it agnin this year.” The Marines are like school boys out on « vacation and are enjoying every i part of their trip. While they are in Eugene they arc being quartered in the \ various fraternity honses nnd the of ficers with them are guests at the Os- , burn hotel. 21 in Party , Tlie party includes Johnny Beckett, captain and manager; Mitchell and Hob (Continued on page four.) Glee Clubs Practice Daily; Combine for Vesper Choir “A <lnn<l.v, hard-working crowd of girls,” is the way Mrs. Daisey Middle ton, director of the Girls’ Glee club, speaks of the members of the club. Both the girls’ and the men's dubs are hold ing practice every afternoon. Once a week the clubs practice together under the direction of ,1. 8. Evans, pinno in structor in the school of music, to make up a vesper choir. Neither Mrs. Middleton nor Arthur Faguy Cote, director of the Men’s Glee club has any definite plans as to when or where the glee clubs will make their first public appearance. Heretofore each club has given its first public recital in Eugene. The men have made their annual tour during Christmas vacation, and the girls have made theirs in the spring. Members of the girls’ Glee club are: Ada Me.Murphey, Eugene; Helen Man ning. Portland; Erma Kiethley, Port land; Minnie Johnston, Portland; Helen Rhodes. Eugene; Charlotte Banfield, Portland; Eugenia Demining, St. Helens; Margaret Mansfield, Pendleton; Cora Hosford, Portland; Helen Bracht, Eu gene; Joy Judkins, Eugene; Gladys Van Nuys, Pnrkdale; I’earl Craine, Bandon; Gayle Roberts, Astoria; Helen Biggs, Eugene; Adelaide Lake, Eugene; Evelyn Grebe, Portland; V'era Derflinger, Junc tion City; Emma Stephenson, Eugene; Helen Watts, Scappoose, Ore.; Emma Wooten, Astoria; Kate Chatham, Ban don; Beatrice Wetherhee, Eugene; Jessie Garner, Astoria; Dorothy Wooten, As toria; Martha Tinker, Eugene; May Corpron, Eugene, Mrs. Crockatt, Eu gene; Melba Williams, Eugene; Eliza beth Bruere, Portland. Members of the Men’s Glee club are: William Haseltine, Portland; William Morrison, Eugene; Harold Grey, Med ford; Merle Moore, Portland; Graham •Smith, Eugene; John Flinn, The Emiles; Thurston Liraway, Hood River; Melvin Solve, Bandon; Don Roberts, Astoria; Loran Ellis, Dallas; Jack Montague, Portland; Julian Leslie, Coquille; Aeie McClain, Lebanon; Curtiss Peterson, Eugene; Paul Spangler, Eugene; Henry Eickhoff, San Francisco, Cal.; Irving Howe, Watsonville, Cal.; Herald White, Pottage Grove; Burton Arant, Mon mouth; W. N. Thompson. Xvssa: N. IL Harris, Portland,