OFF TO Cl? LEWIS
faculty Members Will Receive
Intensive Instruction in
Order to Assist
Col. Leader.
STUDENTS MAY GO LATER
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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
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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.
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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.
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♦ 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. ♦
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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
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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.
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OREGON FIVE FILLS'
WEI
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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.
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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.