Oregon
Emerald
VOL. 19.
EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1918.
NO. 48.
TWO UNIVERSITY MEN ON
TORPEDOED TROOP SHIP
Sergeant “Deak” Davies and
Private Harry Barnhart
Listed as Aboard
Tuscania.
WERE WITH COMPANY E,
TWENTIETH ENGINEERS
Names of Oregon Grads Not On
Early List of Survivors
in Their Unit.
Two University of Oregon
graduates, Sergeant Alfred H.
Davies and Private Harry E.
Barnhart, both of Company E,
20th Engineers, may be among
the victims of the German tor
pedo which sank the transport
ship Tuscania, which was carry
ing 2179 American soldiers to
France, off the north coast of
Ireland, yesterday.
In the dispatches relative to
the torpedoing, Company E is
named as one of the three com
panies of the 20th Engineers on
board the ill-fated ship. The
names of neither of the men ap
pear in the list of 26 known sur
vivors of that regiment given
out by the war department at a
late hour today.
That there is a possibility that
other University men were
among those aboard the Tus
cania is admitted by University
authorities today. Three Aero
squadrons, the 100th, 158th and
213th, appear among the other
units announced to have sailed
on the ship. While it is not
known that any University men
were attached to any of these
three squadrons, several former
students, whose company and
regiment destination are not
listed in the Administration of
fices, are known to be in the
aero service and far enough ad
vanced in training to be expect
ed to be sent to the front at any
time.
There is little room for doubt
that Davies and Barnhart were
aboard the Tuscania when she
was hit, however. In a letter
to Harry Crain, dated at Wash
ington, D. C., January 2, Davies
stated that both he and Barn
hart were with Company E, 20th
Engineers, then stationed at
Camp American Universities,
and that they were leaving that
night for the port of embarka
tion.
Sergeant Davies, or "Deak,” as he
was known on the campus, was a mem
ber of the last graduating class of the
rid department of engineering of the
University, the class of 1914. During
his first three years at Oregon he was
a Friendly Hall man, and later was one
of the organizers of the Iota Chi fra
ternity, now disbanded. While a stu
dent he was active in debating and
literary society circles, and was editor
of ‘‘Midnight Doughnut,” and conducted
the "Oregon Boot” section of the Emer
ald during his senior year. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Davies,
of 343 Greenwood avenue, Portland.
Private Barnhart, who is the son of
C. I* Barnhart, of Falls City, Ore., re
ceived his A. B. degree from the Uni
versity in 1913, and last year returned
to the campus to continue his education
in the law department.
Davies enlisted in October last, after
having had three years of practical en
gineering with various railroad cora
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Pastor Scores Germany—
and Three Studes Leave.
Date With Photograph Calls Lind.
Nicol and Fisher Out
Early.
German sympathizers were suspected
at the Methodist church on Sunday morn
ing, when three men arose and left the
church just as Rev. George H. Parkin
son reached the climax in the relation
of an interview he held with a German
Methodist last week in Seattle. The
atmosphere at this point should have
been a little heavy for anyone German
minded.
“Don’t rise in protest to what I have
to say,” shouted the preacher, as the
men were leaving. But it seemed that
nothing would bring them back.
The fact is, that nothing more than a
12:15 date with the photographer was
weighing upon the mind of Herman Lind
and that his two ordnance friends.
Roland Nicol, and Walter Fisher, who
being loath to let him go alone, accom
panied him there.
ORDNANCE MEN SUMMON
STUDENT BODY TO DANCE
Punch, Stunts, Big Orchestra and Other
Attractions Offered Free of
Charge.
Listen! Each and every one of you
student body members! The ordnance
department invite you all to their dance
Friday evening at the men’s gymnasium.
And note: no dressing up! no flowers!
no cost of admission! All that is re
quired is the presence of every single
student of “Mighty Oregon.” Leo Fur
ney says so.
Leo also admits that Hendershott’s
five-piece orchestra is going to spill the
jazz in some fine style. And the punch
he says is—well—quite sufficient. Then
there’s to be one or two features—but
that’s a deep dark secret yet.
Owing to the practice of the basket
ball team, the party will be postponed
until 8:.10 or S:4o. But the minute they
are through “she” begins.
Colonel Lender is going to be there,
too. Very much there. And bis staff
t>f patrons and patronesses is going to
inspect proceedings.
Lester Guenther is at the head of the
affairs committee. He is assisted by
Cres Maddock, Anse Cornell, Roland
Nichol, Glenn Dudley, and Leo Furney.
FORMER STUDENT ENGAGED
Miss Gertrude Buell to Marry Salem
Mar. in Near Future.
Announcement of the engagement of
Miss Gertrude Buell, of Eugene, and
Lieutenant Miller McGilehrist, of Salem,
was made at a luncheon given last Sat
urday by Mrs. O. H. Foster, at her
home on Thirteenth avenue east. The
wedding is to be an event of February
16, and will take place in Portland.
Miss Buell is a graduate of the Uni
versity and a memb°r of Delta Delta
Delta. She is the daughter of J. L.
Buell, of Eugene. Mr. McGilehrist is
a graduate of the University law school
and a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
At present he is. stationed at Camp
Lewis.
Until recentlv the bride-to-be has
been teaching school at Hillsboro, but
she has resigned her position, and will
be in Eugene until the date of the wej
ding.
GIRLS STILL ENTER HALL
Several Students Move to Hendricks in
Week; Schroff Lends Painting.
New applications for residence in Hen
dricks Hall are still coming in, accord
ing to Dean Elizabeth Fox, and several
girls have been added during the past
1 week.
j Changes are going on in the hall itself
also. At present new draperies are be
ing fixed in the dining room.
Professor A. F. Schroff, of the school
of architecture, has offered the loan of
a large painting to adorn the wall above
j the fireplace in the living room. The
i scene is one of the Long Islands.
SOLDIER MUSIC CAMPAIGN
DONATIONS ARRIVE EARLY
Popular Song anti Cash Contributions
Are Made Since First Shipment
Saturday.
A large stack of popular music and
generous subscriptions of money to buy
, more have been donated since the week
end for the second shipmut of music to
the soldiers in France.
“We want more people to give.” said
one member of the committee yesterday.
“If they can't give their old music, let
them contribute money to the cause.”
With a part of the money already given,
the committee plans to buy books of old
favorit songs, because it has been dem
onstrated by the small number of those
that people are loath to part with them.
The remainder of the money will be
spent in purchasing really new popular
songs.
“There is no doubt that the results
of this campaign, launched by “The
Emerald,” will furnish much comfort
and pleasure to American boys ‘over
there,’ ” said Harry Craine, yesterday.
HEW “O’PtB PLANNED
Student Council Approves Em
blems for Emerald Staff.
Emblem Ruling Will Come Up
for Vote in Student Meet
ing Next March.
The awarding of the “O" emblems for
service on the Emerald staff, was dis
cussed Tuesday night ut a meeting of
all members of the Emerald news staff,
held in the journalism annex. The mat
ter of the awards will be voted upon by
the associated students at their next
meeting in March, hut it has been fa
vored by the studeut council. Accord
ing to Harry Crain, editor of the Emer
ald, the staff has good reason to expect
the measure to pass.
Not every one, however, upon the
staff would receive his emblem. About
a two-thirds proportion will he success
ful, said Harry Crain. A system of
checkiug on each reporter’s work has
been thought out, and was put into prac
tice for the first time yesterday morn
ing. Special attention will be p;Wd to
whether the reporter submits his re
port in accordance with the time indi
cated upon his systematized assignment
slip. Special favor will he guined by
those reporters who bring in original,
unassigned stories.
A plan was discussed by which the
pins awarded would bear a mark to show
how many years of service the wearer
has spent on the Emerald staff.
If the measure passes, stated Harry
Crain lust night, the emblems will be
awarded at the annual banquet of the
EmerSj staff, to be held at the close
of the year.
WOMEN WILL HOLD DEBATE
Eutaxians to Meet Zeta Kappa Psi Next
Tuesday Evening.
Rosamund Shaw and Eva Hansen, de
baters for Eutaxian, will meet Helen
McDonald and Marie Radura, represent
ing Zeta Kappa Psi, next Tuesday eve
ning. The subject of the debate will
be, “Resolved, That the movement of
newspapers in large cities to consoli
date is a salutary movement in national
life.’’ The affirmative will be upheld by
the Eutaxian debaters.
These teams were chosen Tuesday
night at meetings of the respective so
cieties. Harriet Garrett is to act as
substitut for the Eutaxian debaters.
LIBRARY, TOO, AIDS HOOVER
Latest War Economies Bulletins Have
Special Display board.
A food thrift bulletin board is the lat
est plan of the library. The new board
will probably be placed at the right of
the circulation desk, and will be used
to post material received from the gov
ernment and the state library dealing
with food thrift and conservation.
Several large posters have already
been received, as well as a number of
pamphlets telling why it is necessary to
eat less meat and less wheat bread,
I and giving reliable recipes for food sub
I stitntes.
The posters will be posted one at a
! time in the reading room, until the bul
letin board is installed.
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DELAY OF RIFLES NOT
Guns Probably Not Needed Til!
March as Range Is
Now Practically
Afloat.
Sergeant Makes Effort to Get
Pieces From U. S. War
Department.
There has been some delay in obtain
ing the new rifles for the men of the
battalion, according to Colonel John
Leader, commandant.
“This delay is not serious," he said,
“for the rifle range near Spencers Butte
is practically under water, and prob
ably will not he used until some time
iu March.”
Will ltebee, sergeant of the musketry,
is at present negotiating with Brigadier
General Phillips, of the United States
army, in the matter of obtaining rifles,
and expects to hear something pretty
definite about Monday. The govern
ment is willing to supply the battalion
with sub-caliber ammunition nnd a limit
ed number of rifles.
Rifles Hard to Obtain.
Because of the unwillingness of the
government to have citizens purchase
rifles, it. is difficult to obtain them. Ser
geant Rebec thinks that they can be
obtained either directly from the govern
ment or through the aid of the National
Rifle association, and from citizen rifle
clubs.
A plan is on foot to have the men
in the battalion join the National Rifle
association, which includes a fee of 50
cents for each man. After joining 1 hi^?
association, nnd afrer finishing the Uni
versity course and making the distinc
tion of good marksmanship, they will be
entitled to an increase of salary in the
army. -Colonel Leader said that in king
land this would not apply to officers,
but in his opinion it applies in the United
States.
Sergeant Rebec Instructs.
A class iu the non-commissioned of
ficers’ school is meeting Saturday in the
drill shed at 1 p. m., under the instruc
tion of Sergeant Rebec. This class is
following the government course in mus
ketry, and at the last meeting the clean
ing and nomenclature of rifles was
studied. The non-commissioned officers
are giving their men instruction in the
cleaning of rifles now and the makeup
claRs is also doing this work.
FRANKLIN ALLEN FINDS
U. S. NOT SO VERY LARGE
Journalism Graduate of 1913 Working In
New York, Meets Friends of
Dean Eric Allen.
Franklin Allen, graduate of the school
of journalism iu lilld, had occasion the
other day to observe that the United
States is after all not so very large,
lie writes Dean Eric Allen that in the
smoking room of a train going from
Pittsburg to Washington, 1). (J., he heard
the name Eric Allen mentioned. “In
the next breath,” he writes, "I heard
that ‘he’ was in Eugene, Ore., so 1
stepped back into the .moker and open
ly bragged that I, too, knew this jour
nalistic disciple of Eugene, Ore., am]
what’s more, that I hud attended his
classes.”
The speaker was Carl E. Losher, a
man who had not heard from Dean Allen
for years.
Franklin Allen has been very success
ful iu his advertising work, lie is now
with the Street Railways Advertising
company in New York city. He says
that so far, he is not very enthusiastk
about New York, but thut he will prob
ably acquire the "habit” soon.
CAMP CUSTER VIEWS RECEIVED
Miss Upleger Gets Pictures of Michigan
Cantonment.
A series of six large pictures of f'am[
Custer, Mich., were received last wee!
by Miss Margaret Upleger, referenct
librarian, from a sister in Michigan, anc
■are now posted on the bulletin boan
by the door in the library. The pic
tures show the infantry and the artil
, lery quarters, the base hospital, ant
give an idea of the size of the camp.
Miss Upleger has several relatives a
Camp Custer, one of whom is a younj
physician who works in the base hos
- pital.
TECHNICAL MAGAZINES
ASKED FOR CAMP LEWIS
Periodicals on Medical and Military
Matters Are Now Needed
Most.
A letter has boon received by M. II.
Douglass. University librarian, from the
librarian at Camp Lewis, asking that
technical periodicals of the better class,
not more than a year old,, be sent to
the camp Magazines dealing with med
ical ami military matters are especially
dt'sired, and a request is made that
veterinary periodicals from as far back
as 1914 be sent.
The letter states that the library is
well supplied at present with electrical,
mining nnd civil engineering magazines.
Mr Douglass announces that any stu
dents having magazines they wish to
give should bring them to the basement
of the library, and they will be scut to
the librarian at Camp Lewis.
KAPPAS TO GIVE HOUSE
DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT
Many Out-of-Town Guests to Enjoy
Hospitality of Local Sorority
Over Week-End.
One of the prettiest and most delight
ful informals of the year will he given
Saturday night by Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Valentine decorations are to be skil
fully and artistically carried out in the
downstair’s rooms. The out-of-town
guests enjoying Kappa hospitality are
Katharine Wilson. Mildren Apperson,
Lois Wilson, Iteunn Morpason, Jeanette
Patterson, Grace Evans, Dorothy La
torette, Audrey Deilschneider, Eleanor
Howland, Agnes Anderson, Bernice
Craig, Louise Gilotto, Evelyn Fitzgib
bons. Esther Warner. Sedonia Pyle,
Blanche Ilelyer, Esther and Margaret
Fell. The men invited for the dance are
Kay Couch, Ilaseltine Schmeer, George
Van Waters, Lester Gunther, .Terry
Backstrnnd, Arthur Linquist, Joe Will
iams, Bill Coleman, Lyle Bain, John
Einneran, La Rue Blaekaby, lto.v Sliis
ler, Glen Stanton, Dow Wilson, Lloyd
Perkins, James Smith, Elmo Madden,
Fred Fritz, Dick Lyon, Joe Ingram, Joe
Trowbridge, Joe Janney, Walter Grebe,
Herbert Ileywood, Ilarry Jameson, Stan
Atkinson, Paul Farrington, James
Sheehy, Rill Steers, Harold Newton,
Carter Brnnden, Lyle McCroskey, Mor
ris Morgan, Herman Lind, Don Robin
son, Henry Foster, Don Roberts, Lav
Carlisle, Houston Medley, and Mr.
lleinoleman.
WOULD HOLD BACK DRAFT
TO TRAIN STUDENTS HERE
Colonel Leader Will Ask Deferred
Classification for Men Until Able
to Get Commissions.
A deferred classlfioation under the
draft lnw will be naked for all men in
the University now drilling in the Uni
versity battalion, uudor Colonel Leader,
This will he sought to make it possible
for the men to continue their training
ut the University until fitted for com
missions.
Carrying out his plan to keep the mer
in training at the University, Colone'
Lender yesterday issued an order re
qulring all men subject to draft call
to give at once their names, addresses
draft classification, and the name an<:
address of the draft board with whicl
they are registered. This information
should be in writing and presented at the
orderly room.
DR. J. H. BOYD TO SPEAK
“Unmasking Germany” to Be Subject ol
Address Sunday at Armory.
I)r. John 11. Boyd, pastor of the Firsl
Presbyterian church, of Portland, wil;
speak at the armory Sunday aftornoor
on, “Unmasking Germany.” The lec
ture will be given under the auspices ol
the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C'. A. ir
place of the regular vespers. It wil
be held at the armory in order to ac
commodate a larger number of people.
Karl Onthank, who has heard Dr
Boyd give this lecture, is enthusiasts
over it, and declares everybody who pos
sibly can should attend. Dr. Boyd causei
considerable discussion when he epoki
on this same topic in Portland a fev
weeks ago.
The music program has not been ar
ranged yet, but will probably consist o
two solos.
1 Willis Ilarbke was a Tuesday evenini
* nest of Kappa Sigma.
RUSS CRISIS LAID TO
PACIFISM BY REBEC
Informal Slav Life Proves
Unfavorable to Progress
of Territory and
Industry.
AMERICAN PUSH DISLIKED
U. S. as Huge Smokestack
Grates on Gentle Carriers
of Holy Vessel.
The Russian ns a peaceful, non*
political, religious Slav, of informal so
cial life unfavorable to territorial and
industrial progress, was described m
Wednesday's assembly by Dr. Georgo
l,tehee, instructor in philosophy, who
believes that the present Russian situa
tion is due to the character of the peo
ple of the Slav region.
“The failure of the Slav in the
today," said Dr. Rebec, “may be at
tributed to the fact that he is a pacifist.
Even the national hymn has as its re
frain, ‘Give us peace.’ While the Ger
man is singing a song of hate, the Rua
sian is talking of forgiveness.
Slav Not Economlo Type.
“The Russian is not political minded,"
he continued. “He favors a simple
political scheme, with very little or
ganization, and is not. the industrial and
economic type of man. Individual own
ership does not appeal to the Slav, and
for this renson the Russians do not
aspire to territorial acquisitions.
"Rtissinn social life is very informal,
and admits of the national brotherhood
Idea. Closely allied to this is the love
of religion and veneration for the
church, which dominates the melancholy
soul of every Slav."
Dr. Rebec Is of the opinion that the
new republic of Russia will be of «,
different type from that of the United
States. “The people of the Slav re-,
gion,” he said, “do not sense our type
of legalistic, constitutional government,
or our representative system. Neither
do they approve of an industrial type
of government. The Russian sentiment
on economic progress may be summed
up in a remark made to me by a Rua-s
sian woman, who said, ‘Your country is
like a huge smokestack. I am afraid
of it.’”
Look t<> Peasant.
The Russian peasant, according to
the speaker, may be looked to as ths
question of the future. “I think Rus
sia’s new government, will turn to the
iproletariat," he said. “Rut if this hap
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Wrestlers Preparing for Meet
With Washington.
Coach Says Boys Are in Good
Condition; to Pick Team
Next Week.
Stiff workouts are in order in the new
wrestling room of the gymnasium, wher*
Coach Ed Shockley is rapidly rounding
his men into shape for the Washington
meet, which comes off February 16.
“The men are showing up better than
I ever expected them to,” said Shockley
yesterday. "They are all in pretty good
shape, and if some of them could cut
down a few pounds in weight they would
soon be in the best of condition.”
In speaking of the coming meet, he
said: “Of course, I haven’t had a
chance to see the Washington wrestlers,
but I think the Oregon team can prom*
iso them a very interesting afternoon.
Don’t think that the wrestling team is, op
1 will be a bunch of pickups, for they are
not.”
Just who will be chosen for the team
has not as yet been decided. They will
’ probably be picked Monday or Tuesday*
of next week. At present “Si" Simula,
I “Bearcat” Grey, “Chuck” Dundoro,
' George Taylor, and “Thirsty” Laraway
are showing up to advantage.
The wrestling room has been changed
from its old place on the secoqd floor
^ of the gymnasium, and is now located
directly behind Bill Iluyward’s private
office. The old room is now being used
r by Colonel John Leader and his staff,
as military beadauartera.