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
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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
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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
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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,