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OFF TO Cl? LEWIS faculty Members Will Receive Intensive Instruction in Order to Assist Col. Leader. STUDENTS MAY GO LATER - ■* ' - Regents to Decide Whether or Not College Men May Leave Campus. With Acting Lieutenant Dean Walker md Private John F. Bovard, professor of zoology, on their way to Camp Lewis, and with the possibility of sending a few students very soon, the University ha» begun its work of providing spe cially trained instructors rto assist Lieu tenant Colonel John Leader in drilling the men here. \v <; After much rushing around to get uniforms and necessary equipment, Dean Walker and Professor Bovard left for Camp Lewis on the 5:25 yesterday aft ernoon. They did not know until Sat urday evening that they were to go, and since one of the conditions of their being allowed tha privilege of special training at the camp was that they be in uniform, ithere was a great race to get ready in time. Cutting and fitting of uniforms was speeded up, and there was scurrying to get leggings and all proper equipment, but at last everything was ready. To Pick Line of Training. Dean Walker and Professor Bovard will report to Brigadier General Freder ick S. Foltz and Colonel E. D. Warfield sit CSrnp Lewis. Just what depaitments of military science they will choose for their intensive training is not known. The decision will be left to their own judgment. Dean Walker will probably specialize in bayonet drill and bombing, md Professor Bovard will study the general scape of the curriculum for com parison with the work here. The mfikary committee selected at first Bill Hayward and Dean Walker is the men to go to Camp Lewis, and then realizing that this would take away ill the athletic department, and kill ath letics qtt Oregon, they asked Bill Hay ward which one of them should go. Although extremely anxious to go him self, he decided to send Walker and take lis own turn later. Students May Be Allowed to Train. Karl Onthank, secretary to the presi 3er»t, has taken np with the regents the possibility of sending a member of the rtudent body to Camp Lewis for inten sive training also. The replies so far irave been favorable. Colonel Leader will choose a member of the junior class probably, since the idea of sending men there for training is to have them re turn to Oregon to instruct the men here, ft is not primarily for their personal benefit. Men subject to the draft, therefore will not be chosen. The University hopes to send a nnm Ver of both faculity and students from »ow on to Camp Lewis. The plan is to have about half faculty and half stu lents. Bill Hayward will take care of Dean SValker's work as far as possible, and Dr. C. H. Edmondson will attend to ?rofessor Bovard’s classes. SHORT STORY CONTEST ON FOR MARSHALL PRIZE _ i All University Students May Enter Com petition for Five and Ten Dol lars Offered by Author. . The annual short story contest for two prizes offered hy Edison Marshall, for mer student at the University, and now a successful magazine writer, is now open to students at the University. All students wishing to enter this contest must have their manuscripts in the hands of Professor W. F. <3. Thacher, who has charge of the contest, by the end of this term. Prizes of $10 and $5, respectively, for the best and second best stories, are offered by Mr. Marshall. He is keenly interested in the short story courses offered by the University, and it is his desire <to stimulate interest in this work among the students. The contest is open to all resident students of the University. Not more than one story can be submitted by a Student. The stories must jbe entirely original, and written without ^assistance or criticism. The only exception to this rule may be if a student has written a story for a class assignment, and may profit by criticism offered in class. In length they are to compare with the average short story of the American magazines. i Stories are to be signed by noms de plume. Accompanying the story should be a sealed envelope containing a slip of paper on which is written (the au thor’s real name and the name of his story. For the sake of identification, the writer’s nom de plume should written on the outside of the envelope. The stories must be written legibly, preferably typewritten, and on one side of the paper only. CALIFORNIA ELIMINATES WASHINGTON IN FOOTBALL U. of W. Refuses to Play Again at Berkeley; Stanford May Hava __ Gridiron Team. The University of California has elim inated the University of Washington from 'its gridiron schedule for next fall. The Berkeley institution wanted Washington to play in Berkeley again, and this Washington refused ito do. Consequently the two universities will not meet next year. California is hopeful that Stanford will return to the American game in order that she may have a “big game” on her schedule. Indications poimt to the fact that Stanford will have an American football team on the fieid, as Santa Clara, which has taken the place of California on Stanford’s rugby schedule, will give up the English sport. - i WILL SPEAK FOR BUILDING Colonel Leader Will Stir Up* Interest in Woman’s Memorial. Iaenterrant Colonel John Leader will go to Portland February 18, at the re quest of Mrs. Irene IL Gerlinger, mem ber of the board of regents, to address a meeting in the city on that date. The meeting will be hedd primarily to stir np interest in the new building for Univer sity women, which it is hoped to start before long. Mrs. Gerlinger is one of the prime movers behind the object, and it is largely due to her efforts that the fund has reached its present pro portions. Emerald Starts Campaign For Music to Send Soldiers The soldiers in the trenches in Trance would he crazy about those old aallads or popular songs than you have liscarded and will probably burn next sleaning day. That is why the Oregon Emerald has started a music campaign n response t® an appeal from Miss Slfalbeth Stewart, a librarian at the t. W. C. A. headquarters in Paris, vhieh was received on the campus and Printed in a former issue. “The Emerald believes thart there is i lot of good music going to waste in jorority and fraternity houses and in Ihe homes of University students,’’ said Adelaide Lake, chairman of the cam oaign committee today. ,fWhat we pro pose to do is to collect some of this ind put it to use.” Headquarters for receiving the music is the Emerald office, in the annex just behind McClure Ilall. One wt-clt &as been set as the time limit for collec tion of music for the first shipment to France, where Miss Stewart will dis tribute it among the huts. Miss Stew art mentions in her letter that the sol diers like songs as, “There’s a Long. Long Trail,” “Little Gray Home in the West,” and “A Perfect Day,” besides the real new popular ones. “If you haven’t popular music, bring classical music or anything that you have,” says ithe committee. Or if you have no music at all, bring money, and the committee will promise to spend it for desirable songs. Members of the commitjtee are: Adelaide Lake, Pearl C raine. and Lucile Messner. ADRIENNE EPPING WORKING TO BE AMBULANCE DRIVER IN FRANCE Motor for Plucky University Girl Who Wants to Help Win War May Be Purchased by Oregonians. A University of Oregou co-ed will be the first Oregon woman to drive an ambulance in Prance, if the plans of Adrienne Epping materialize within the next few months. Miss Epping thinks that she should do something for her coumtry, and as she can drive a motor, she has deter 'mined to try to obtain a machine and to leave for Prance early next spring for active service. She is the only 'eligible member of a family of five, ns her brothers are young children and an older sister is studying at an art in stitute iu the east. Adrienne decided, 'therefore, that the service honor of the Bpping family was vested in her. It is not an idle whim with her, she says, and for the last few months she has investigated the requirements for an ambulance driver, and when latter she was assured by military authorities that ‘she could carry out her purpose, she at once determined to do it. She is backed in her plan by Dean Eric W. Allen, adjutant to Colonel John Leader, Miss Elizabeth Pox, dean of women, Colonel and Mrs. Leader, and other members of the faculty, who have start ed a campaign throughout the state to raise the necessary funds for the pur chase of the ambuhince. Colonel Leader is enthusiastic over Miss Epping’s pluck. He says that French and English wo men are aiding their countries by such work, and ithnt the morale created among the soldiers to see a woman sacrificing her life behind the lines is great. He will back her to the limit, he says. He has written to the war department about obtaining a machine, but Miss Epping ■thinks that this method will take too long, go she has asked the people of the state to supply the necessary funds, by donation, for her motor. She will stay in school until the latter part of May, and in the meantime hopes (that the machine will he ready so that she can leave immediately and be in France by July. Five thousand dollars will buy the ambulance and pay for her transporta tion across the Atlantic, according to Miss Epping. She-has been busy for three weeks, working daily in the Overland garage, learning to tear down, repair and as semble a machine, from the radiator to the tail light, and according to Fred Gippert. foreman of the garage, she has made wonderful strides in the work. She has also become adept in the art of vulcanizing tires during her training. In order that she may be aide to handle a. heavy machine on all kinds of roads, the plucky senior has made arrangements to drive a heavy gravel truck for two weeks over the roads surrounding Eu gene. and is also negotiating with the Booth-Kelly Lumber company about driving one of their heavy lumber trucks for a few days. Miss Epping’s home is in Hood River. She was news editor of the Emerald las; year, has held the woman’s cham pionship in tennis for the last two years, Is a member of the woman’s swimming team, and is also a skilful rifle shot. She killed a bear with one shot several years ago while out on a hunting trip with the family. Several of her most intimntte friends have already started the fund with do nations, and it is expected that the peo ple of the state will answer the call wiifh subscriptions soon. All subscrip tions cun be mailed to Colonel John Ivesider, in care of the University of Oregon. MEN TOW, WOMEN TO MEET WEDNESDAY University™Battalion to Spend Assembly Hour Practicing New “Rough Neck” < Songs. Girls’ Band to Furnish Music at the Woman’s League Meeting. r v At the regular assembly hour on Wednesday, the members of the Uni versity battalion will practice the march songs recently printed in the Emerald, while the women of the University will attend a meeting of the Woman’s league, to be held in Villard Hall. Weather permitting, the song practice ■will be held in the bleachers, under the direction of John Stark Evans, instruc tor in the school of mnsic. Colonel Leader is of the opinion that a knowl edge of the “rough neck” songs is very necessary to the success of the drill work, and urges University men to memorize the words. Girls’ Band Practicing. The women’s band will give a musical program at the meeting of the women. Jeannette Calkins, president of the band, says thait the girls are practicing some stirring new selections. Helene Delano, president of the league, will complete her report on the business transacted by the State Fed eration of Women's Clubs, at the con vention held last fall in Prineville. Frances Elizabeth Baker will report on the clean-np campaign, and Dorothy Collier on the University service flag. To Present Flag Plans. Plans for the making of the Oregon •battalion flag will be presented by Gladys Wilkins, chairman of the flag committee. Miss Catherine Winslow, instmetor in physical training, will tell the girls about the inter-class swimming me^t to be held in March. Miss Delano urges all University wo men to be present. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ NOTICE ♦ ♦ All sophomores meet in front of ♦ 9 Johnson Hall tomorrow (Wednes- ♦ ♦ day) morning at 10 o’clock, for ♦ ♦ class picture to go in the Oregana. ♦ ♦ ♦ SECTION LEADERS WIN Sigma Chis and Kappa Sigs | Beat Betas and Fijis 23 to 5 and 3 to 2. Phi Delts Victorious. Inaccurate Basket Shooting Holds Betas Down to Short Score. Two of the six postponed games were plnyed <V' last nighft when the Sigma Chis, leaders of section two, beat the Betas, 211 to 5, and the Kappa Sigs, leaders of section one, defeated the Fijrs by the close sc/vre of 3 to 2. The game in section one was by far the more i interesting, and was one of the hardest fonght games of the season. The Fijis made one great mistake dur ing the evening when they did not allow Trowbridge to shoot the fouls in the ■ first half. The two points gathered by the lasers were m.-ide by Trowbridge on foul shorts, which was the best they could do cut of at least 12 chances. The game was somewhat rough at times, and a good deal of the allotted time was spent in trying to toss fouls, “Doc" Ellis, who scored all of the winners’ points, and Still, were the stars for the Kappa Sigs in last night’s encounter. For the Fijis, Trowbridge and Bain played the most consistent game. j Each Sigma Chi Makes Basket. ! The Kigma Chi-Beta game turned out 1 to be a slaughter of the innocent, with the Betas playing the role of the inno cent. Every member of the Sigma Cbi quintet got at least one basket, and j Jenkins, who was high point man of the evening, gathered four baskets, for a total of eight points. Dresser, for the Betas, had a monopoly on the bas kets for his side, and got all of the five points that they were able (to make. There were times when the game be came interesting, and for the first few minutes it looked as though the Sigma Chis would have to fight for a win. Old Colonel Jinks had a firm hold on the Beta crew again last night, and as a result their basket-shooting was decided ly poor. The conspicuous Sigma Chi players were Crandall and Jenkins, while (Continued on page two) MAKE FRIEMDS OF ALL, IS ADVICE TO REPORTERS Value of Acquaintance Emphasized by C. M. Bristol, Late of Portland, 1 S • ia Address. To know well sonic six or seven hun dred municipal employes, all the way from the mayor to the old man who •sweeps the street on your “heat,” to he able to smilingly back ont of the office of an angry politician who em phasizes his remarks to you by smash ing the plate glass top of his desk— this is just a little glimpse of 'the ron ‘tine of the life, of a city hall reporter, 'as C. M. Bristol,, for several years on the staff of the Portland Journal, who is now enlisted in the third ord nance corps at the University, has seen it. At a combined meeting of the classes in elementary and advanced newswriting in the class room of Dean Uric .W. Alien in the journalism annex, Monday morning. Mr. Bristol told the journalism students some of the actual experiences that come to the person in the newspaper game. “The first duty of a newspaperman is to the public,” said Mr. Bristol. “Break up every game that looks crooked or against the taxpayers. If the city coun cil is holding a secret meeting that you can’t get into, ‘bawl 'em out* in yonr paper, and keep the story before the public until your conscience tells you that you linve sifted down every motive. “The friendship of the 'telephone girl in the city hall is worth half a million dollars," declared Mr. Bristol, in speak ing of news sources. “She is the wisest peTBon in seven cities; always knows what’s going on. “Above all. don’t break a confidence. It’s worth more to you as a news paperman to keep the confidence of your friends than anything else. Even before a court a reporter who expects to ‘come back’ won’t tell where he got his in formation if he has promised not to." Air. Bristol, who was the author of the “mince pie” stories 'that ran in the Journal shortly after Portland became “dry,” recounted other incidents of Portland news stories that were ob tained through his wide friendship and acquaintance among the ci'ty employes on his “beat.” WILL PLAN TO JUDGE WORK Architecture Club to Meet to Make Final Arrangements. A meeting of the architecture club will be held Thursday afternoon in the drafting room of the architecture build ing. Final arrangements for the judg ing of work to take place February , (1 in the architecture building, will' be made. _ _ OREGON FIVE FILLS' WEI ,*> Second Defeat of Season Witl> Score 27-19 Due to Bad Guarding and Poo: Team Work. Wapato and McKittrick Score for Methodists; Morrison Lemon Yellow Star. < * The Oregon basketball team suffered its second defeat of the season Satur day evening, when it went down in de feat at the hands of the Willamette University five, the final scotc being 27 to 10. The Methodists had the edge on the lemon-yellow representatives from the start, and had the better team work by far of the two. Willamette started off with a rush that carried Oregon off their feet, and by some pretty passing and excellent basket shooting on the part of Wapato and McKittrick, scored 15 points to the Varsity's 9 in the first half. Poor team-work and bad guarding in this pe riod lost for the Oregon men their chance to grab the game. The vork of Morrison featured the first part of the game for Oregon. In the second half the fight b more intense, but Willamette waa to score 12 points to Oregon’s 10, to the fine team-work that marked their playing throughout the game. Mor rison, Oregon’s diminutive forward, was the high-point man in Saturday’s game, scoring 11 points by shooting, 3 baskets and 5 fouls. Wapato, Willamette's big Indian, was a close second, getting 5 naskota for a total of 10 points. Wapato received a gash above his left eye early in the game, but after get ting patched up, was able to continue in the game. Conch Hayward made sev eral changes in the Oregon lineup, giv ing (Parsons, Grebe, and Sisler a chance to woTk, before the O. A. C. game. McKittrick and Wapato starred for the visitors, while Morrison and Com fort played the most consistent game for Oregon. 'Morrinon shot 5 out of 6 chances on fouls. The lineup follows: Willamette (27) Oregon (16) Sparks .F... Morrison (11) Wapato (10).F. Fowler Nickels (0).O. Comfort McKittrick (ll)....G. Steers Dimmick .G. Wilson Substitutions— Oregon: Parsons for Wilson, Grebe (2) for Fowler, Sisler for Parsons. Willamette: Medler for Sparks, Davies for Medler. Beckett Starves to Make Aviation Corps—and Wins A life on the ocean wave is too tame for Corporal Brick Mitchell nnrl First Sergeant Johnny Beckett, after foiiT years of fighting O A. C. and Penn sylvania. They crave excitement—must hare excitement, in fact; so the two famous scrappers have deserted the marines and will fly. The shift caused no mean degree of self-sacrifice and concentration, for Johnny was due to lose five pounds before he could ge<t within the safety zone for aeroplanes, lie refused both food and drink, and as a consequence his transfer papers are on their way. This is the latest news of Oregon students in the south, brought back by Emma Wootton, who returned this morning from a 10-day trip to Kan Francisco and Berkeley, where she vis ited relatives and friends. Other alumni in the marines at Mare Island include Ed Bailey, famous football man, member of Phi Delta Theta at Oregon, who is a sergeant, and Harold Hamstrcet, former Emerald editor, and a .Sigma Chi, was on the gTound waiting for his enlist ment to be accepted. George Cook, ex T8, is in the “boot camp,” or barracks for new recruits, as is Bryant De Bar. An officers’ training camp for marines will probably be opened on February 15, and every member of Johnny Beckett's marine football team which covered it self with glory last fall by boating every thing from east to west, and in which the University of Oregon holds such a large share, contributing no less than five of her own old football men, has been appointed to the camp. The 117th and 118th companies of marines have recently been ordered \to Honolulu, and in order to keep the applicants for the camp in the States until the opening, a new supply company was organised at Mare Island, where the marines are stationed. It is very difficult to obtain a pass to the island at this time, and appeal direct to the commanding officer was neces sary before Miss Wootton was allowed to make the 'trip. While there she saw the tents of the Oregon men, and had only praise for the display of neatness. A large new cement barracks has been built on tbe island which, she says, is very attractive and beautifully kept. This spring, for tbe first time in years, the unused land will be farmed. Speaking of the training which the men are receiving, Miss Wootton said. ‘‘They certainly have wonderful drills and Swedish work nnd general drills. The discipline, too, is extremely strict, and the men are under constant surveil lance, to make sure that they are not drinking. Secret service men keep a close watch on all the cafes in San Francisco, «ml in many of them no in toxicating liquors are served at tables where men in the service are sitting. Colonel Lincoln Karmany, the com manding officer at Mare Island, and his wife, are very fond of the football boys. Mrs. Karmany lost a brother in the batde of the Somme, and is having a volume of his letters published, a copy of which is to be presented to each one of the team member* when it come* oil the press.