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mnniMii OREGON EMERALD Official student body paper of the University of Oregon, published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the college year by the Associated Students. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscription rates $1.00 per year. Single copies, 5c. Advertising rates upon request HARRY N. CRAIN . — William Haseltine .. - Robert G. McNary ... . Beatrice Thurston .. Douglas Mullarky .. ~ Melvin T. Solve .... Pearl Craine .... Assistants . EDITOR . News Editor .. Make-Up Editor „ Vv omen’s Editor ... Feature Editor . Dramatic Editor ... Society Editor Elsie Fitzmaurice, Dorothy Duniway, Helen Brenton, Lioth Abbott, Herman — Lind, Bess Colman, Adelaide Lake, Aiex under Brown, Levant Pease, Helen Man* ■; ning, Walter Schade, John Houston. JEANNETTE CALKINS . BUSLNESS MANAGER Catherine Dobie . Circulation Manager Lee Bartholomew .Advertising Manager for January .. Assistants 7 Lyle Bryson, Harris Ellsworth, Eve Hutchison, Madeline Siotboom. Promptness and accuracy in the matter of delivery is what the Emerald seeks to obtain. If you are not getting your paper regularly, ufake a complanit, but make it direct to the Circulation Manager. Address all news and editorial complaints to the Editor. PHONES Manager 177-J Editor 841 News and Editorial Rooms 655 Businesss Office 1200 j*Kt, WHERE THE GIRLS CAN REALLY HELP. Oregon’s basketball team lost to Willamette Saturday night and the week before it lost to the fast and experienced five from the Multnomah Club. There is a possibility that they will lose every game on the schedule, but that is no excuse for the failure of the students to support this activity and support the team that is representing their school. At Saturday night’s game there was a scant hundred men in the bleachers and not half that many women scattered around the balcony. Where the band was nobody knew. Three times during the entire evening the team was given a semblence of weal support and then when the ball was not in play. An out sider might well have judged that, aside from enjoying the sport, the students had no particular interest in either of the teams. What’s wrong? Have Oregon students come to that shade of indifference toward the teams representing their school that they have to be baited with a dance, or a gossip social before they will turn out to back up an Oregon team ? Were the games held on evenings preceding school days there might be the excuse that the time was needed for study, but held when they are the ap parent reasons for the failure of students to turn out is plain in difference and lack of the true Oregon Spirit. There is some thing lacking in the student who will sit around the house, or saunter off down town to a picture show or a dance whenever chore is a basketball game or other contest being played in which a University team is one of the contestants. A large part of the task of supporting the teams must of necessity fall upon the girls this year. It is one of the duties which they are called upon to assume as the ranks of the men become more and more thinned out by enlistments. It is one of the things they must do, for though we are at war and every “nergy of the country must be devoted to the task of winning that war, the colleges of the country, their customs and their tradi tions must be sustained as a vital factor in the nation’s present ■and future welfare. What about it, girls? THE THREE-TERM SYSTEM. How, considered from every angle, is the three-term plan working out here at Oregon? In other colleges where the sys tem has been adopted the opinion seems to be that the advantages of three terms over two are overweighed by the disadvantages. On the local campus arguments for both systems are now and then advanced, but it seems that the question is one that could well bear serious consideration and a frank discussion, inasmuch as the system is really in its experimental stage in the Univer sity. Following is a clipping from the University of Utah student paper in which is discussed the three-term plan introduced in that institution this year: “The Mechanical Engineering Department is wrestling with the difficult task of adapting its course of study to the ‘three ’term plan.’ “It appears from the general layout that much inconvenience will be felt by students who enter late in the school year, and also vho leave before school closes in the spring, as the concentration >f courses will require the classes to go much faster in the sub ects in the fall terms, and spring terms than they do on a ‘two erm” plan. For this reason it will be rather difficult for stu lents who enter late to catch up in their work and for those who rave before the spring term is over, to cover the required sub nets.” • /VINDNAGLE. STAR MILER. NOW U.S. FLYER IN ITALY Former Oregon Runner, Ex-'I6, Re ceives Commission at Cornell; One of Few Physically Perfect. Yore Windnagle, ex ’lti, former star trackuiun at the I'mversity of Oregon, s now stationed tit Foggia. Italy, na a first lieutenant in the aviation corps ol the I'uiteii Slates. Winduagle enlisted when war was declared, and received his commission at Cornell, where he has been attending college since leaving the t’niverait.v of Oregon. Windnagle before entering th< Uni versity of Oregon was the ununstay of tln> Washington high school track team, lie entered Orejton in the fall of lOlL1, and was a member of the I'elta Tau lKdta fraternity. After two rears at Oregon he entered Cornell, where he J was considered one of their best traek i men. In lfHtl he won the national col | legiate one-mile championship. He was I captain of the Cornell track team last | year. Windnagle's younger brother. War ner. is also in the service, being a mem ber >>f the Washington coast artillery. At present he is serving on guard duty somewhere in Montana. Vere Wiudnagle has the distinction of being one of the few men pronounced physically perfect by ihe army doctors 1 upon enlistment. / WttKo UUUHbt la Instructor in Ordnance Makes Arrangements for Classes to Continue for In definite Time. Government Sends Outlines for Study; New Corps to Begin March 11. Lieutenant C. C. Jeremiah, head of the ordnance department at the University, is making definite plans for an ord nance class (to begin every seven weeks. Though there is no special authoriza tion for this, it is understood that there will be a continual series of courses until the war department finds that enough men have been (trained to handle this work. Courses Outlined. Since the government has required the enlistment of the men before the class opens, it has outlined the following courses which will be given in all the schools having ordnance work: Scien tific store handling, 90 hours for the six weeks; ordnance accounting, 80 hours; infantry drill, 36 hours; adminis tration of the ordnance field depot, 15 hours; army organization; military law, 6 hours; military correspondence, 5 hours; principles of accounting, 4 hours; French, 20 hours. The course in military law will be handled by Ralph Moores. Mr. Moores completed the last ordnance course and enlisted, but was immediately detailed here to direct the study of the new course. 80 Applications In. Lieutenant Jeremiah is anxious to receive applications for the next course, which will open March 11. About 80 ■applications have already come in, hot the instructors in ordnance want ns many applicants as possible to give a chance for a more intensive selection. Draft men are eligible for the course if they enter it before their local board has assigned them (to a cantonment. SECTION LEADERS WIN IN DOUGHNUT GAMES (Continued from page one) Dresser and Hoggs played a nice game for the Betas. The Lineup. The lineup of the teams follow: Kappa Sigs (3) I’hi Gamma Delta (‘2) Masterson .F. Sheeley Laird .F. Roberts Still .C..Comstock, Lyman Ellis (3) .G. Bain Maison .G.. Trowbridge (2) Sigma Chi (23) Bdta (5) Leslie (2) .F...‘.Beggs Jenkins (8) .F. Spangler Crandall (7) .C.Martin Breed (4) .G.Dresser (5) Moore (2) .G. Brandenburg Referee: Bill Hayward. Phi Delts Win From Oregon Club 4 to 5 The Oregon Club five was again nosed out in a close game in the Dough nut league Saturday, by the Phi Delta Theta quintet, the final score being 3 to 4. This was the only game played Saturday, the other teams being unable to get together, postponed their games, excepting the Friendly Ilall-A. T. O. contest, which was forfeited by the lat ter to the Dormitory. The only game played was not very fast, and inasmuch as both teams had lost a game, there was very little spirit manifested. The affair was inclined to lag at times, and it was not until well along in ihe last period that any real fight was shown. Just ns Ihe whistle blew for the end of the contest, Johnny Gamble and Kennedy indulged in a little comedy which caused a double foul to be called. Joe Ingram tossed one for the Phi Delts. but the Oregon Club failed to get theirs, so the game went to the Phi Delts. Strachnn Star Josser. Strachan, of the Phi Delts, pulled one of the neatest pieces of basket shooting | seen this season when he threw a per i feet counter from the middle of the floor. Strachan was being checked by an Oregon Club man at the time and the throw was a hard hack-handed shot. Ingram. Strachan. and Kennedy played a good game for the Phi Delts. while Gildigger, Gamble, and Warner showed up to advantage for the Oregon Club. Inter-section Games Postponed. The inter-section games are scheduled for this week, but owing to the large number of postponed games which af fect the leaders, it will he necessary ft' play these off before the championship senes is started. The postponed games f 'MARY ' GARDEN /w THA15 GOLDWVkJ PICTURES ¥ Eugene Theatre ^ednesday-Tlmrsday THE MOST CELEBRATED WOMAN IN THE WORLD FOR HER FIRST SCREEN APPEARANCE MARY GARDEN — IN — THAIS From the famous novel by Anatole France, the story of the Saint who became a Sinner and the Sinner who became a Saint. THINGS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT “THIAS.” 1. An internationally famous story by the foremost living French novelist. 2. Mary Garden’s first operatic prima donna role in America. It marks her screen debut in motion pic tures. 3. A story of passion that has been translated into eighteen languages. 4. Obtained from the author for screen purposes only because Mary Garden appears in it. arc: Sigma Nu vs. Kappa Sigs, Sigma Nu vs. Oregon Club, Sigma Xu vb. Phi Gamma Delta, Kappa Sigs vs. Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Chi vs. Friendly Hall, and Sigma Chi vs. Beta Theta Pi. At least four of these games must he played, as they affect the league leaders. Dean Walker wil try to get these games out of the way the first of the week, so that the championship contests will not interfere with the inter-class games, which will be started in a few days. The lineup: Oregon Club (4) Phi Delta Theta (o) Gildigger .F. Phipps Estes (2) .F.Ingram (1) Warner (2) .C.Strachan (4) Gamble .G.Ward Mandle .G. Kennedy Referee: Dean Walker. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ DOUGHNUT LEAGUE ♦ ♦ Standing of the Teams. (Standings include postponed games played Monday.) Section One. Team—- W. I Kappa Sigs .3 Phi Delta Theta. 2 Oregon Club .... 1 Sigma Nu .0 (Phi Gamma Delta 0 2 Section Two. 0 1 i) 1 T. Pot. 0 1.000 1 0 0 w. Team Sigma Chi.3 Delta Tan Delta. 3 Friendly Hall .. 2 Alpha 'ran Omega 1 Beta Theta Pi.. 0 L. 0 1 1 3 4 T. Pet. 0 1.000 0 .750 0 0 0 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ .666 ♦ .250 ♦ .000 ♦ ♦ .666 .333 .000 .000 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Weekly Lectures on Economy Begin for Quarter. Hoover Urges Courses Under Miss Tingle and Asks Women to Attend. By the special request of Herbert Hoover, national food administrator, Miss Lilian Tingle, head of the domestic science department of the University, will continue in Yillard Hall her series of war economy lectures begun last | quarter. The first lecture will be given ! Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. They i will continue weekly throughout the I present quarter. The subject for next Wednesday’s ] lecture will be on. “War Breads and War Cakes.” Subjects for the rest of the lectures Miss Tingle has cot yet decided upopn. ns these lectures will be based on the material that Mr. Hoover is to send her and which has not as yet arrived. Miss Tingle will give another series of lectures of a similar nature during the third semester. Hoover has sent a telegram to the University urging that all University, as well as outside women, attend this series of lectures. The cooking class under Miss Lilian } Tingle at Mary Spiller hall, is studying ! bread this week, with special emphasis i placed on the minimum use of whet# | flour. The class has studied before the making of quick war breads, but the study this week is to he devoted to yeast breads made principally of barley, rye and potatoes. California's enrollment has dropped ; off DM during the year. This term 4353 registered, as compared with 5334 last January, Kuykendall Drug Store 870 WILLAMETTE STREET. ; PHONE 23. .“K~K /«5W^X‘^“X~X~X**X~X *X“* TRY — Eggiman’s Candy Kitche si For Good Candies and Ice Cream. Springfield. .. 4th and Main Streets. For Sunday Dinner — GO TO — THE RAINBOW LUNCHES AND CONFECTIONERY. 820 WILLAMETTE ST. TELEPHONE 52. FOR REAL FUEL ECONOMY USE GAS For COOKING HEATING Oregon Power Co. PHONE 28. 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