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o Oregon Emerald ---■' * ! VOL. 19. EUGENE. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1917. NO. 29. HEW SCHEDULE TO BE OUT WEDISBIT Many Desirable Courses Of fered by Departments for Both Old and New Students. Modeling, Botany, Advanced Accounting, Literature Shows Range of Subjects. New students entering the University at the beginning of next term, will have an opportunity to work out a desirable course, according to A. R. Tiffany, reg istrar. beeanae of the new courses of fered in many departments, and the al most entire continuation of the old courses. Term schedules and announcements mt courses are expected by Mr. Tiffany to come from the state printer, some tine Wednesday, Mr. Tiffany suggests •hat professors offering near courses, make their announcements tomorrow in assembly, in order that the old students may know definitely what is open to them. Some of New Courses A few of the new courses offered are architecture and arts, perspective, by Prof- Percy Adams; modeling, by Prof. Roswell Dosch; botany, pedagogi es! botany, and bacteriology, by Prof. Sweetser; commerce-advertising, which is to be given in co-operation with the psychology department, where it is call- j ed. psychology of advertising; advanced accounting, seminar, by Prof. Drucker; l survey orf Oregon industries, by Shad i O. Krantr. I Dr. Bates, of the English department. 4 offers two new courses, borth of which ere open to freshmen; elementary play writing, and a teacher’s course in Am ’ eriean literature. Other new courses in > , the English department, open to s*pho- - more* and advanced freshmen, are 1 theme writing, by Miss Julia Burgess; and a history of the English language, , jby Miss Mary H. Perkins. New courses in the economics and ■ sociology department are rational world order, (and railway economics, by Prof. F. G. Young. Prof. Peter Crockatt will ' give a course in economic and social history of the United States. To Study Child Psychology Dr- DeBusk wall give courses in child psychology and exceptional children. A. iN. French is offering a course in meth < eds of teaching history. Courses in private corporations and 'fort, both of which are in coneetion .1 with the school of commerce, are offered toy Prof. Robert P. Reeder. The de partment of philosophy also has new courses scheduled. Good Report Submitted to Ex ecutive Committee. Bills Left Over Prom Football Season Are Ordered 3 Paid. The report of M. F. McCTain, manager of the Co-operative store, fot 'the period from April 10, 1917, to December 4, 1917. was submitted to the executive committee al its weekly meeting. Mon day afternoon and approved. The report showed the business to be in a healthy condition. The committee authorized the payment of a few bills, hanging over from the football season. Harold Maison was appointed to fill the place left vacant by Harold Tregilgas. The statement of the business of the Co-operative store follows: Statistics of business for period April 10, 1917. to December 4, 1917, from trial balance of December 4, 1917. Total purchases.$8,390.30 Total cash sales. 8,204.07 Total receipt*. 8411-41 Cash on hand. 1,510 08 Total expense of operation —(tugindiug fceltLu uiu>. :il-1 express) . 1.470.1S Accounts payable. 1,841.00 (This item includes approximately $700.00 merchandise, held or consigned, and $1,000.00 bills not due until Janu ary 1, 1918.) BfBs due December 1, 10 days, were not paid, before taking trial balance. The $1,510.08 on hand will take care of practically all bills that are due. M. F. McClain, Manager. DOUGHNUT LEAGUE HAS FIRST PRACTICE GAMES Sigma Nus Defeat Delta Taus; A. T. 0. Quintet Downed by Kappa Sigs. Lack of Practice Shown. The first practice games of the Dough nut Basketball League were played yes terday afternoon when the Sigma Nu’s defeated the Delta Taus by a 15 to 2 count and the Kappa Sigmas downed the A. T. O. quintet 8 to S. The games were merely preliminary contests to the offi cial schedule which will begin immedi ately after the Christmas holidays. a aecineci lack oi accuracy in snooting was noticed in yesterday’s contests. This was attributed to lack of practice be cause of the earliness of the season. The games after Christmas will be carried on in the sama way that they were a year ago. Two separate leagues will be formed and the winners of the respective divisions will play a three game series to determine who shall hold the cup for the ensuing year. Dean Walker has been appointed to take charge of this branch of the work. This afternoon the Oregon club played the Betas and the Phi Delta were pitted against the Sigma Chis. Tomorrow the Sigma Nus meet the A. T. O. quintet and the Fijis will try their strength against the Dorm aggregation. Ex-Oregon Football Star Is First Lieutenant. Coaching Allentown Eleven Whcih Has Been Beating Eastern Teams. Dr. Earl R. Abbett, class of 1906, of Portland, is in receipt of a recent letter from Dudley R. Clarke, in which he says that he has just received his commission as a first lieutenant, U. S. army ambul ance service. Mr- Clarke is head coach of the football teams at Camp Allen town, Pa., the mobilization headquarters of the army ambulance service, where there are 5,000 men in training for oversea service. “Dud” is remembered as one of Ore gon’s greatest football heroes. He was also a clever baseball player, and always a star in college theatricals. He is a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. For rthe past two years Mr. Clarke i had been engaged in mining at Oatmau, Arizona. Last spring, he enlisted with the Pasadena, California, Red Cross am bulance unit, as first sergeant, and went immediately to Camp Allentown, where he has just received his commission. He had several years’ military training as a member of a Portland company of the national guard. While still serving as sergeant with the Pasadena unit, the company showed its appreciation of “Dud” by presenting him with a gold military watch. The ambulance men’s football team, under Clarke’s generalship, has been winning regularly this fall, defeating the Philadelphia U. S. marines, by a score af 16 bo 0. GRAD GETS COMMISSION Frederick Steiwer, ’05, Made First Lieutenant. Frederick W. Steiwer, 1900, prosecut ing attorney at Pendleton, state senator, is one of the men who has just been tommissioned a first lieutenant, reserve officers’ training corps, at the last Pre sidio trainiaig camp. When in college Steiwer was prominent in oratorical and debating circles, and was managing edi tor of the 1906 class year book- Before attending the V-arsity. he was graduated from O. A. C., where he received mili tary training, and served as bandmaster of the cadet band, art the college. SLIDES OF FIGHTING SHOWN Extension Division Exhibits Pictures Sent by Roy Andrews. The fm-Tisioii dit ini-lit haa jirar—rrr reived a set of 75 slides, showing the work of the Red Cross on the battle fronts of Europe. The slides were made by Roy Andrews, who formerly served in the botany department. Last Saturday night the pictures were shown in Lowell, by Alfred Powers, of the extension division. Mr. Power’s •chedule for thris week is as follows: Thursday night, Sweet Home; Satur iav night, Ada; Sunday, West Ijake. Dr. Landsbury Announces Six Classes to Be Formed for Work Next Term. - I Sight-Singing, Harmony, Pipe, Organ, Piano Will Be Studied. Six new courses will be offered u the school of music, beginning with the j new term. Dr. J. ,T. Landsbury, head of the department, wishes the special at tention of students who are interested in pipe organ to go to the organ de partment, which is now opened, and is headed by John 8. Evans. Those who wish 'to study will have the use of the three manual Austin organ at the Frist Methodist church. For High School Teachers Band organizat' >r and conducting, un- | der Albert Perfect, is a course just ar- | ranged, and will be offered especially j to prospective high school teachers- An opportunity to learn how to ardige. con duct, and maintain a band, or small or chestra, is considered important as a side issue in high school work. In the opinion of Dr. Landsbu ■>", the know ledge will undoubtedly prove a drawing card for a good position. Another course beginning with the new term is sight singing. It is designed for students who arc inte-ested in sing ing. but who cannot read music. It aims to take up the reading in a scien tific manner, and to enable students, who canuot make the glee club, be cause of this lack of knowledge, to ho able to join. For Mixed Gleo Club “We wish a large enough enrollment to make n mixed glee club, which will I be subsidiary to the main glee clubs, and from which we can draw singer*,'' said Dr. Landsbury. No previous musical Knowledge is re quired and no fee will be charged. The class will meet once a week. A special class in harmony will he begun at the beginning of the new term, under Mr. Evans, and an entirely new class to be offered by him, will be technique of the piano. Mrs. Anna L. Beck will teach a class in public school music. PLAN ENTERTAINMENT FOR THURSTON VISITORS High School Boys and Girls Will Be Guests at Supper and Christ mas Program. Entertainment is being planned for the 21 Thurston High school boys and girls, who will be guests on the campus, next Wednesday. The girls are invited to the Christmas vespers, to be held in the bungalow, at four o’clock. At six o’clock, an informal supper will be given by the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, for the 1\ M. C. A- cabinet, and the Thurston guests. At the Christmas vespers, represen tatives from the different lands, dressed in appropriate costumes, will tell of Christmas, as it is observed in their re spective countries. Christmas songs and decorations will help convey the season’s spirit. Those who are to represent the dif ferent countries follow: Norway.Austrid .Work France.Helene Du Buoy .Sweden.Amy Lagn* Japan.Tashi Otake Africa.Mable Bird England.Janet Knight Mexico.Amelia Esparza Germany.Claire Gazley Russia.Mrs. A. P. R. Dryeker Scotland.Miss Train America.Beulah Keugy VESPERS SUNDAY AT 4 P. M. Second Service of Year to Be Mostly music oy unoir. A vesper sprvioe is to be held next Sunday afternoon, at four o’clock in Yilterd hall. This is the second service of this semester, and the committee ’ hopes that more interest will be taken in it than in the last one held. The speaker of the afternoon is not yet kniwn. Thp program will bp largely < musical, the numbers being in charge of Mr. Evans, of the school of music. CW FOR SOLDIERS TO BE Wi VARIETY Fifty Boxes Yet to Be Pledged for Camp Lewis Men; Mon day Latest Date to Submit Gift. Miss Tingle Will Give Sugarless Recipes; Tooze Thanks Girls. More thnn fifty boxes of candy atilt remain to be pledged if the boys of Com pany Iv under Lieutenant Leslie Tooie are not to spend a candyless Chlrstmas. and the candy with the nickel for freight expenses is to be in Dean Elizabeth Fox’s office by next Monday nt 4 o’clock. “It must he war candy," says Helens DeLano, president of Women’s league, “According to Miss Tingle there should be not more than oue pound of sugar to four pounds of other ingredients. In making the candy not less than three girls must co-operate so as to have a voriety, and it will also be an economy of mater ials. Miss Tingle has several recipes for war candies which can he obtained from her.” Lieutenant Teoze Writes. Miss DeLano has received a letter from I.ieutenant Tooze which is ns t'ollows: “I cannot tell you how very much I appreciate the whole-hearted support of the women of Oregon in their willingness tc co-operate in making Chirstmns more pleasant for the National army men in our company. The ready response with which the suggestion met is character istically Oregoniun. ‘‘I hope you people down there nre really able to appreciate just what gifts such ns those you nre to give mean to the soldiers. All of them nre away from home, many are without homes or close relatives, and n Christmas without re membrances could not be very pleasant. But above all, they will appreciate the spirit of the gift. To them they will he testimonials that the people at home are behind them. Girls to Address Boxes. "I think your suggestion of address ing each man’s box a good one, and I shall send you a complete list of names shortly. We, of course, have snid nothing to our men about the candy, sn we want them to be surprised, but all the officers of the company join with me in thanking the Women’s League for their kindness.” TO RAISE MUSIC STANDARDS Dr. Landsbury Plans Test System to Discredit Poor Teaching. “We propose to get rid of the inef ficient private music teacher, just as fast as we can,” said Dt. John Lands bury, in outlining his policy as president iff the State Music Teachers’ associa tion. “The problem at present before this organization, is that of grannting credits for work done outside the University. There are three ways of doing this,— examining the teacher, examining the student, or outlining a definite course for the work. We can enforce compli ance with our rules by refusing admis sion to the University school of nrusic. to those who cannot pass examinations based on theme. Our aim, in this, of course, is to accredit those who are doing good work, and to protect the public against poor teachers. “To arrange a course that is definite, and ypt liberal enough,—that sums up the whole question.” TEACH MUSIC IN SCHOOLS University Students Organize Glee Clubs Among Children. Pupils in Mrs. Anna Landsbury Beck’s public school music class are very much interested in the first-hand experience in this subject, which they have been getting in the Eugene school*. The girls have visited the ipade schools of the city and formed glee schools among the children. Two girls work together* one as ac companist, and the other as vocal 'iearlier. Prith—Hie school—children—imd the University girls are so enthusiastic about this work, which is a new feature that it will probably be continued. The girls who are doing this work are Rena Adam, Esther Banks, Marie Bart ness, Josephine Getchell, Hester Hurd, Margaret Mansfield, Pern Murphy. Mar ian Neil, Reba Macklin, Anastasia O’Farrell, Hazel Radabaaigh. Oiyle Rob erts. Myrtle Ross, Genevieve Rowley, Olive Zimmerman, Helen Watts. SEVENTY-FIVE MEN FOR NEXT ORDNANCE CLASS Professor Jeremiah Receives Word That 25 More May Be Chosen for January Group. Much joy reigned in the ordnance de l .vrtmont of the school of commerce, Inst night when a telegram was receive! from Senator Charles. L. McNary, au thorizing C. C. Jeremiah, head of Tfte department, to select seventy-five men instead of fifty men, for the next, class in ordnance work, to begin in January. Mr. Jeremiah was forced, when selecting his third class of fifty members from .\ list of over two hundred candidates, to turn down the applications of a great many men, who are well prepared to take the course- Interest will be high now among those men whose applications were formerly turned down to learn who will be accepted in the next bmwh of twenty-five. Word was received from members of the first ordnance corps, who are lo cated at San Antonio. Texas, that the boys like the work they have been given thtwe very much. They find that the' training they received from mother in kitchen duties, are very applicable for | they are required to wash their own dishes- The men from Oregon are camped with the ordnance meh from the universities of California and Chi cago. PLENTY OF JOBS OPEN FOR MEN IN UNIVERSITY Opportunities Numerous for Earning Room and Board Says Y. M. Secretary. Plenty of positions are open for men «vho want to earn their way through college, particularly opportunities for earning both room and board, says James McPherson, secretory of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Maepherson has had some of these desirable positions on his list for a month, and they are still unfilled. If the situation continues as it has been, there will he no difficulty for a boy to get something permanent to do, and Mr. Macpheraon believes that this should be a drawing card in bringing students to the University next term. lie has come across some boys who felt that they could not enter college in the middle of the term, and get enough work to do, but there will he plenty of varied positions, he says. The scarcity of Iflbor in Eugene, caus ed by enlistments, and the University men leaving dally to join the colors, in tensify the situation, and positions and opportunities for nil kinds of work will probably increase as the year goes on. Women except in a very few instances, will not be able to bake over the posi tions left vacant by the men, who have been on the Y. M. employment list. The work largely, is heavy work, such as putting in wood, tending furnaces, etc., and running delivery wagons, and delivering papers. A few positions in stores and odd typewriting jobs, will be the only things open to women. PLEDGES FOR FRIENDSHIP FUND MUST BE PAID NOW Telegram Urging Promptness Received by Dean Fox From Coast Executive. The pledges towards the Student Friendship fund must be paid right away, according to announcement made by Dean Elir.nbeth Fox, who has received a telegram from Helen Fulton of San Francisco, who is the Coast executive. "Although the million is pledged,” said Miss Fox, “it will not serve its purpose until paid.” Tlie University has pledged $3,010 and of this amount only between $1200 and $1300 has been paid in. According to word sent by Miss Fulton the western division which includes the whole coast, i,98 pledged $109,330 of which $21,000 has been paid. TOOZE WILL GIVE LECTURES Former Oregon Student Gets Materia! From Library Here. A letter received on M mday from I^atnar Toore, ’16, first lieutenant of in fantry at Camp I-iowis, American Lake, b.v M. H. Douglass, University librarian, asks for books which Tooze is planning to use in preparation for a course of lec tures he will give the men of his com pany. He said in his letter, “I enjoy life here very much, and I like my situation much better than at Devens, Massachusetts.” "SOMETHING HEW" IN NEXT GUILD M Production of “Little Dog Laughed,” Play by Fergus Reddle, to Be Put on for First Time. Thursday and Friday Evenings and Saturday Matinee to Be Scene of Performance. “The Little Dog Laughed,” which will be staged by the class in dramatic in terpretation, the coming week-end, is the biggest, play of the season. The east includes mere than thirty people, besides several children. Rehearsals, which were begun before the last play, are progressing satisfactorily, and the play promises to be In fine shape, by Thursday night. Patrons of Guild hall will nave an op portunity to aee something entirely new, in this production- “The little Dog Laughed,” was written by Professor Reddie, and is now being produced for the first Jtitne. All the ehairaeters ia the first sets are goblina, witches and fairies. Only in the fourth act, do we come back to real people, and reffolar life. The action takes pines in a very old house, in the East, that has long been the haunt of the spirit folk. One summer the old hoarse is rented by regular folks from the city,—and then the play. The entire action takes place in one room. This is to be an enet replies of • room in Profesaor Reddle’s old home in Boston; a room that ie nearly a hundred years old. for the house was built. In 1820. The costuming will be no less a feature than the setting, the characters representing a eat, a eow, and a little dog, not to mention Old Mother Hubbard, and MotheT Goose. "Tie entire cast follows: Mother Goose.Charlotte Banfield Little Dog.Hester Hurd Mary Quito Contrary... .Helen Outtery Peter Piper.Bob lfeNsry Old Mother Hubberd. .Kathryn Hartley Captain Goose.Morris Boeoek Bobby Shaft©.. .flYuey Byers Mies Muffert.Florida Hill Goody Horner-Vera VanSchoonhoren .Tenn Sprat.Cornelia Hess Jackie Horner.Grace Gilmore Jack Sprat.j..Don Reason Thomas Tucker...Lloyd St earn* (^...... John Huston Cow.Byron Garrett Silence. Dorothy Dunbar Prudence.Gladya Diment Margery.Marion Spoeri Hepsibah....Mary Marschnum Faith.Catherine Dobie Little Girl.Ruth MUlor Old I*dy.Jeanette Oalkine Tattle Boy Blue.Elisabeth Thaeher Vivian Kennerly.Anne Appel Miriam Judson.Gretchen Wheeler Harold Kennerly.Robert Coegriff Jim Bradbury.Norrell Thompson Betsy Bradbury.Rath Young T>>nah.Opal Whiteley The Unseen Man.Earl Murphy The Property May-Claire Dalgleieh CLUB TO HEAR CAMPBELL President to Speak to Common* Stu dents at Y. W. C. A. Thursday. “The Higher Ideals in Commereo,* will be the subject of President Camp bell’s address, before the newly formed Commerce chib, at the Y. W. C. 4. bungalow, on Thursday evening. Musis and refreshments will serve as addi tional attractions. This will be tke last meeting of the club before the Christ mas vacation. At the first meeting, in January, A. C. Dixon, manager of the Booth-Kelly lum ber company, will discuss some of the problems affecting the lumber industry in the state. $20 FOR WOMAN’S BUILDING Success of University Potteanf Sale Ea -wiitfie further irtwi: About $20 wee received at the sale I of the postcards for the Women's building, held in four of the downtown stores kuit Saturday. A number of the University women took part in the ante. Next Saturday the gate wCl he enn* tlnued in the Bank of Conraaeree, the First National Bank, Ax Billy's store, MrMorran Jb Washburns, Hill’s, and Wool worth’s.