Oregon
Emerald
EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1918.
NO. 51
New Plays and Signal System
Give Team Chance With Seattle
New Plays and Signal System
Should Give Varsity Good
Chance Against Se
attle Team.
REGULARS IMPROVE
Aggie Games to Follow, Friday
and Saturday, Final Ones
in Eugene.
With but a few days left before the
Washington games, the Varsity basket
ball team is quickly being pounded into
shape to meet the northern aggregation.
Coach Hayward has given the team an
entire new system of signals and some
new plays, which should give the Var
sity a very good chance against the
Seattle team.
During the past few days of this
week, the regulars took a decided leap,
and they are now going in good form.
The passing of the five has been greatly
bettered, and with the remaining days
for signal and shooting practice, Coach
Hayward should have an aggregation
which will match up well with the Uni
versity of Washington five.
Scrimmage has been the headliner
during the week, with the scrubs and
frosh as competition. Different com
binations of forwards have been alter
nated in those positions, but outside of
this the same men have been playing
on the regular five. Medley and Fowler
have been working togther in good style
as forwards, and will probably start
against the Seattle quintet. Grebe and
Morrison have also been playing better
than usual, and both will undoubtedly
he used before the contests are over. A
great deal of competition between these
two combinations of hoopers has pro
moted the interests of the team to a.
great extent and all four men are fight
ing for the chance to down the northern
rivals.
Comfort, at center, is just rounding
into shape again. “Chuck” took a de
cided slump after his return from Camp
Lewis, but is now holding down his
position as a veteran. He should give
ithe Washington jumper a hard battle
at the center of the court.
Steers and Wilson are still maintain
ing their positions at guard. Both have
been holding their men to comparative
ly few baskets in practice against the
scrubs, and have also done their share
of the point-getting. Both are fast men
on the floor, and will give good ae
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EMMA W00TT0N AND
ELMER HALL MARRIED
Prominent Co-ed Wedded to University
Grad and Marine at Astoria
This Afternoon.
News of the marriage of Emma Woot
ton, secretary of the associated stu
dents, to Elmer Hall, a graduate of the
University with the class of 1914, was
contained in a telegram received by
friends of the couple in the University
today. The wedding took place at the
home of the bride’s parents, in Astoria,
this after Moon.
Mrs. Hall is the daughter of Mr. and
Mr6. Thomas Wootton, and is a mem
ber of the senior class. Since enter
ing the University, she has been prom
inent in student body activities, and last
year was editor of the Oregana. She
is a Gamma I’hi Beta and a member of
the girls' glee club, besides belonging to
Theta Sigma I’hi, Kwarna, and Scroll
in Script, honorary societies.
Mr. Hall, who is a member of Sigma
N’u fraternity, was for several seasons
a letter man on the Varsity football
team. Soon after the United States
entered the war he enlisted with the
martne corps, and has since been sta
tioned at Mare Island, where he played
on the famous marine football team of
the past season. He is the son of Jo
seph X. Hall, of Baker. Ore.
The engagement of Miss Wootton and
Mr. Hall was announced last fall. It is
thought that Mrs. Hall will return to
her studies in the University and grad
uate with her class in June.
ORDER OF 0 PLANS FOR
INITIATION OF NEW MEN
Sheehy to Present Sweaters at Assem
bly; to Read Resume of Tra
ditions Be Guarded.
The officers of the Order of the O
met at the Fiji house last Wednesday
night, to discuss plans for the initia
tion of the new members. Only seven
new members will be taken in at this
time, owing to the fact that several
who have been eligible have enlisted.
The new men are Arthur Berg, John
Hunt. Creston Maddock, Carl Nelson
Bill Steers, Ray Couch, and Dow Wil
son.
The presentation of the sweaters will
take place nest Wednesday at the as
sembly hour. At that time James
Sheehy will read a resume of the tradi
tions of the Oregon campus, which the
Order of the O is to protect.
Walter Grebe and Dorris Medley were
chosen for the committee to make plans
for the dance to be given under the
a us (Tees of the Order of the O, some
time in the near future. It will prob
ably be a matinee affair.
FROSH FIVE TO PHY,
HIM SATURDAY
Dean Walker Working to Get
Fast, Steady Team to
IVIeet Swift Moves
of Indians.
Lineup Still Uncertain; Men
Evenly Matched, Says
Coach.
Dean Walker will pit his freshman
squad of basket throwers for their sec
ond game with 'the Chemawa Indians,
nest Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The last set-to resulted favorably for
the frosh and they are working hard
to maintain their start.
“I am looking for a hard, fast, game,”
commented Coach Walker. “The boys
were not up to form in the Roseburg
game, and I am trying some new com
binations to see if I can get them to
play a fast and steadier game. The
reason that we were so successful in
the first game with the Indians was that
we got the start of them in the first
of the game. For a few minutes we
scored fast, and Chemawa was unable
to catch up.”
Men Are Well Matched.
Coach Walker says that it is impos
sible to say what the exact lineup will
be, since he it, experimenting at present
to get the best possible five. It is pos
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WAR WORK CARRIED ON
BY UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Mrs. Mabel McClain Gives Summary
Showing of Books Sent to Camps
and Money Raised.
The University library has done much
in assisting war work. This is shown by
a summary given by Mrs. Mabel M«»fn«4n
circulation librarian of the library.
The University library, in co-operation
with the Eugene public library, helped
to raise $19,000 in Oregon, for the es
tablishment of libraries in cantonments
and on ships and for the construction of
library buildings. The amount appor
tioned to Oregon was $10,000.
Books and magaines have been col
lected by th<> library in co-operation with
the student council, and have been sent
to Portland where they were distributed
among the various army camps.
Lists of war books have ben sent out
over the stale to members on the mail
ing list of the library. The purpose of
these lists was to acquaint the people of
the state with ideas of the war and the
impending future. Many books have been
loaned over the state as a result of in
terest created by the lists. Selected lists
of books on war subjects have been print
ed in the Extension Monitor.
Assistance has been given in advertis
ing the food conservation campaign, by
selected pamphlets and by posters.
OREM I. C. GAME
TO EIHHIS
Yearly Football Classic Set for
Aggies’ Campus Next Fall
Due to Student Body
Complaint.
Date to Be Decided This Week;
Contest Will Probably Be
on November 9.
The O. A. C. athletic board of control,
which this year has the privilege of nam
ing the place and date of the annual Ore
gou-O. A. C. football classic, decided
that the game to settle the state cham
pionship should be played in Corvallis
next fall. The date was not definitely de
cided but will probably be set for No
vember 9, an open date on the Aggie
schedule.
Last year Oregon chose to play the
game in Portland on Thanksgiving day.
The Aggies have decided to abandon this
practice on account of the exposure, they
say. Complaint from the student body
that the game should bo a campus at
traction was also a factor, it is said.
Definite date for the Oregon-O. A. C.
game will be set some time next week
when A. I{. Tiffany, graduate manager of
the University, and Manager Leach, of
Corvallis, will confer.
For their Portland game this year,
O. A. C. has decided to meet Washing
ton State college on Thanksgiving day
it satisfactory arrangements can be made
with the Multnomah club.
The Aggies’ schedule as arranged
follows:
October 2(5—University of Washing
ton at Corvallis.
November 2—Idaho at Moscow.
November 9—Open.
November 16—California at Berkeley.
November 19—Montana at Missoula
or Corvallis.
l\lon-Commissioned Posts Will
Be Filled This Week.
Appointments to Be Made by
Coolnel Leader; Rivalry
for Places Keen.
Appointments of non-commissioned of
ficers in the University battalion will
be made this week, according to Eric
W. Allen, adjutant of the battalion.
Thirty-two corporals, 20 sergeants, and
several staff members, will be appointed.
“Great interest is being shown by
the University company men in the com
ing appointments,” said Captain Allen.
“There is keen rivalry among the stu
dents.”
Appointments to non-commissioned of
fices are made by Colonel John Leader,
battalion commandant, on recommenda
tion from the company officers. Com
missioned officers are then appointed
by I’resident Campbell, on recomemnda
tion from Colonel Leader. “The com
missioned offices,” said Captain Allen,
“will be filled later.”
Faculty members who are battalioh
instructors will receive commissioned of
fices. The position of sergeant-major
of the battalion is open for appoint
ment. “When the battalion is com
plete,” said Captain Allen, “there will
be four captains, four first lieutenants
and four second lieutenants.”
DR. SCHAFER TO LECTURE
Speaks at Roseburg, Friday, on “World
War and Movement for Democracy.”
Dri Joseph Schafer, head of the his
tory department of the University, W'ill
go to Roseburg Friday night, where he
will lecture on “The World War and the
Movement for Democracy,” before the
high school. Dr. Schafer will remain in
Roseburg Saturday to attend a meeting
or the Schoolmasters’ club.
FRESHMEN TO WEIR
GREEN CAPS IT DRILL
Lieutenant Robert Cosgriff and
Sergeant Arnold Koepke
Excepted for Sake
of Appearance.
Student Council Opposed to
Compulsory Uniforms
Before October.
Freshmen must wear their green caps
during drill hour and at all times, de
cided the student council at its meeting
last night. Exception was made in the
ease of the freshmen who are commis
sioned officers, Second Lieutenant Rob
ert Cosgriff and Sergeant Arnold
Koepke, who need not wear the caps
when in uniform.
The student council passed a motion
some time ago, allowing freshmen to
discard their caps during drill hour, btjt
decided last night that in order to up
hold the traditions of the college, it
would be better to rescind the former
motion and insist on the freshmen
wearing their mark of distinction on all
occasions.
The action whereby freshmen officers
ar*. allowed to go without their green
headgear was taken in response to a
letter from Lieutenant Colonel John
Leader, asking that this be done, in
order to improve the general appear
ance of the officers between drill hours.
The council also went on record .is
favoring that the system of compulsory
uniforms should not go into effect until
the October semester. The command
ant's office has announced that early in
the spring the regulation olive-drab
United States uniforms will be required,
but the council feels that it will entail
'too great a hardship on many of the
men to get them so soon.
i'lans for a memorial for Oregon men
in the service were discussed, but noth
ing definite was decided upon. The com
mittee, which comprises Ray Couch,
chairman, Cora Hosford, Clinton
Thienes, Frances Frnter, and Dwight
Wilson, will meet with Mrs. George
Gerlinger tomorrow to receive sugges
tions from her.
Since all dates are taken for this
month, the council, following a report
of Chairman Dwight Wilson, favored
holding a student body dance after the
basketball game with O. A. C. If this
date is granted, the dance will take
place after the game, February 22 or 28.
GIRLS’FIVE TO PLAY E. H. S.
First Women's Basketball Game of Year
to Be Saturday at High School.
Tlie Women’s Varsity basketball team
will meet the Eugene high school quin
tet tomorrow night at 7:80 in the higli
school. This will lie the first engagement
in which the University team has com
peted this year, but it is thought it will
prove good practice for the game to be
played with O. A. C. later on. The date
for the latter, however, has not been set.
Albnuy and the Eugene high school
boys will play after the girls’ game is
over.
The University lineup will he as fol
lows: Forwards, Maud Lombard, Hazel
Rankin; guards, Peggy Crim, Frieda
Laird; centers, Eva Hansen, Claire War
ner. Margaret Bailey will be substitute
at Guard.
Miss Charlotte Ballard and Miss Hazel
Rader will referee the game.
JAMES GURNEY VICTIM
OF SINKING OF TUSCANIA
Member of Class of '21 First to Die at
Hands of Nuns; Brother on
Same Vessel Escapes.
James R. Gurney, of Glide, Ore., who
entered the University as a freshman
last October and withdrew soon aftpr
the Thanksgiving holidays to enlist in
the 20th engineers (forest), is one of
the 164 American soldiers who lo»t
their lives in the torpedoing of the troop
ship Tuseania, off the north coast of
Ireland last week, and were buried in
a common grave somewhere on the const
of Scotland.
The only mark on Private Gurney's
grave is the number “60.” In the long
trench-like grave are many who are
known by number only, their bodies hav
ing been so badly mutilated as to make
identification impossible. The news of
the positive identification of Private
'Gurney as on^ °f those lost was car
ried in 'the Washington and English
dispatches of this morning's papers.
Private Gurney is the first University
of Oregon man to lose his life in the
service at the hand of the Germans. lie
was one of the last to leave the eampus
and joiu the colors previous to the
Christmas vacation.
Stephen M. Gurney, a brother of the
former University student, was a mem
ber of the same regiment, and is listed
among the survivors of the Tuseania
disaster.
HARRISBURG HAS U. WEEK
High School Pupils Hoar Speakers From
Colleges.
Several of the high schools through
out the state observe what is known as
University day, but Harrisburg is the
only school on record that has set as de
an entire week in the interests of higher
education.
The week beginning February 11 and
ending February 17. is the week in
which the pupils of Harrisburg’s school
listen to different speakers that are sent
from institutions of higher learning in
the slate.
The speakers that represent the Uni
versity of Oregon are Dr. Joseph
Schafer, who spoke last Monday night
on, “Some of the Aspects of the Great
War.” Dr. II. D. Sheldon, who spoke
Wednesday night on, “Educational Prep
aration After War renditions,” and
Professor Dunn, who will address them
Sunday night on, “Monuments of Early
Christianity.”
WAR ECONOMY DISCUSSED
House Mothers Meet With Miss Tingle
to Discuss Food Problem.
i
Housemothers of the various women’s
fraternities on the campus, met Monday
afternoon with Miss Lilian Tingle, head
of the department, of household arts at
the University to discuss problems in
regard to food economy in war times.
A similar meeting will be held this eve
ning. when Miss Tingle will address rep
resentatives from different houses on
food economy.
In line with this war work, Miss Tin
gle’s class in food economics has pre
pared an exhibit of different nmounts
of vnrious foodstuffs containing 100
calories. Between 21100 and 11400 calo
ries of food are required by each per
son every day, depending on the amount
of work they do. This exhibit shows
how one food may be substituted for an
other and still supply the same amount
of energy and fuel.
Watch Out! Committee Will
Confiscate Hoarded Music!
If your old music is not collected and
ready for the soldiers by' dinner time
tomorrow night, you may lose your en
tire collection, as a committee, with ex
plicit instructions to confiscate all mu
sic where none is offered, will visit every
sorority, fraternity and hoarding house
at that time. _
The final drive of the campaign for
music for the soldiers is on, announces
the committee in charge, and additions!
members have been added to the work
ing force to clean up the entire campus.
“We want to send at least 115 pounds
of music to France on Saturday,’’ said
Adelaide Fake, committee chairman.
“We think w’e can get that much by
means of the personal canvas to be
made.’’
Houses which have already contribut
ed, should exhaust the possibilities of
the homes of their town members, thij
committee declares, or if no music can
be offered, money will be an acceptable
substitute. Automobiles will be used
in the canvas, and there need bo no fear
of over-burdening the collectors.
Two-collecting squads will be at work
at the same time, and their members
are: First squad, Curtiss Peterson,
Hurry Crain, Bucile Messner, and Pearl
Craine; second squad, Ruth Westfall,
Gladys Wilkins, Bill Haseltine, and Bill
Steers.
Besides giving the soldiers musical en
joyment, the committee feels that it is
putting Oregon on the map for many of
the fighting men. as each piece of mu
sic is labelled, "From the University of
Oregon.”
II DRUB UNIFORM
ORDER IS OPPOSED
Wen Have Already Obtained
Coveralls and Can Not
Stand Extra Cost,
Is Opinion.
SENIORS VOICE OBJECTIONS
One Holds That Graduating
Students Would Be Put to
Needless Expense.
The news that University men will
probably be asked to buy regulation
olive-drab uniforms by spring, has oc
casioned some comment on the campus,
especially among the seniors.
.lames Sheehy, president of the stu
dent body, is of 'the opinion that, in gen
eral the men in the class of 1918 feel
that the purchase of a uniform would
be an unwarranted expense.
Walt for R. 0. T. C. Suggested.
“It is probable,” said Sheehy, “that
seniors would use such a uniform for
only two months. University men have
already been under some expense for
military equipment owing to the par
chase of the coveralls now worn for
drill.”
Charles Dundore, president of the
senior class, thinks that if the battalion
should become a more official company
under federal supervision the uniforms
would then be a greater necessity than
at present. “An R. O. T. C.,” said
Dundore, "would make the men, seniors
especially, feel that the Expense is
justifiable. I think that under existing
conditions the coveralls serve the pur
pose of a uniform.”
Use of Uniform Short.
Melvin Solve, senior, says he thinks
he would not get sufficient wear out
of a uniform to justify the expense^
“For other classes," said Solve, “the
uniform would he of ns much value as
an ordinary suit of clothes*, because
underclassmen and juniors would remain
in the University a greater length of
time than do the seniors."
Anthony Goreczky says that while ho
feels that the uniforms will be some
what of an unnecessary expense for.
seniors, he thinks the battalion should
be in regulation uniform.
Places on Team to Be Decided
Saturday Morning.
Ruth Graham and Three Others
to Meet Washington in
Near Future.
Tryouts for pianos on the co-ed de
bating teams will take place Saturday
morning in Professor It. W. Prescott’s
room in the Administration building.
Those who have signified their intention
of competing are Amy Curson, Marie
Hadurn, Helen McDonald, Rosamund
Shaw. Kileen Tompkins, Harriet Gar
rett, Eva Hanson. Ruth Graham has
already been chosen for the team. Three
others will be chosen and two alter
nates.
The judges will be Walter Myers, Misi
Burgess, nnd Professor Prescott.
The question is the same one sub
mitted by the University of Washing
ton for co-ed debate—"Resolved. That
the tendency of newspapers in the
larger cities to consolidate is a salutary
movement in the national life. The con
testants may support either the nega
tive or the affirmative. The ordor o4
speaking will be drawn for.
In speaking of the question, Frofe*V
Prescott said: "I am still studying the
subject in hope of finding something de
batable. Our faculty in the journalism
department has no suggestion to offer
for the affirmative. Newspapermen
everywhere seem to regard the question ^
as entirely one-sided. I would suggst,
however, that some speakers talk on
th affirmative, for even though the
speaker takes the wonk side of the
question, she is under no handicap if she
can really debate. The judges will ne
able to determine ability irrespective of
side.”
The two teams chosen will debate the
same evening, one at Seattle, the other
Ht Eugene. Whether the University of
Oregon team will support! the affirma
tive or negative at home is not yet
bedded.