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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1918)
President Campbell Presents Flan for Cadet Corps c j Which Will Keep ; Men Here. TO DEPEND MORE ON DRAFT War Department Realizes Im portance of Keeping Up Educational Status. A portion of the United States army will be trained at the University, if plans, presented to the students by President P. L. Campbell at assembly, materialize. He stated that though the reserve officers’ training corps may be secured at any time, yet the University would lose nothing by not taking it, and if they had it the situation for the Uni versity would be less effective. The plan now is, he said, to organize a cadet corps in the colleges, those stu dents under 21 years being given the honor of being allowed to volunteer. They will thus belong to the army and yet can complete their education, be cause, if called in the draft when they are old enough, they will be furloughed until the college course is completed. The government will put no restriction on the courses to be chosen by these men except a minimum amount of mili tary science will be required. A we II trained student, no matter what the course taken, President Campbell said army officials had found made the best typos of officers. Will Stop Volunteering. “Supplementing this plan,-’ President Campbell explained, "is the plan to cut off all volunteering and dignify the draft. The government assumes that all are ready to answer the call to the colors when it, comes. Practically all the commissioners hereafter will come through drafted men. It is the fair and right thing to do.’’ Men getting commissions in the army will get them on merit, he explained, and a cadet can go up through the com petition in the cadet corps for his com mission, because examinations will be given at the colleges for commissions. (Continued on page three) U. Women Will Get Lectures on Home Service. Various Departments to Unite in Giving’ Talks for Red Cross Work. If there is a sufficient demand a course of lectures for women to pre pare them for practical work at home in co-operation with local Red Cross chapters will be given Tuesdays and jRmrsdays at 1 o’clock in Dr. Clark’s clasfevroom in the library, beginning April UN Lectured will be given by tb« depart ments of ecctspomies and sociology, edu cation, and psychology, and an official representative oK, the northwestern division of the Red Across will talk and give practical field demonstrations dur ing the last two weeks. \ ■\Vhen the standards of giving of a family are low. the purpose oNihe home service committee is to rasie tmcm and also to help reorganize where there\has been disorganization due to exigencies of the war. _The home service committee of the Red Cross also renders service to the families of soldiers by supplying in formation which could not be gained in other ways. The only authentic report of the men who were Inst on the Tus cania came through the home service eommittee, according to Miss Harriet Thompson, who is interested ;n the or ganization of the course on the campus. Dr. De Busk will give a lecture on child welfare; Miss Tingle, on the fam ily budget, and nutrition versus cost; Dr. Gilbert and Professor Crockatt will lec ture on economic and sociological sub jects; and Dr. Conklin on re-education. No credit is offered for the course, which is open to any women outside of the University who wish to take it. All names of those who desire to register in the course should be handed to Mrs. Mabel McClain, at the 1-brary. I EIGHTEEN NEW STUDENTS ENTER FOR SPRING TERM Withdrawal of 70 From University Not Unusual Under Present Condi tions Says Officer. The last lap of the current college year opened Monday with 750 old stu dents registered and IS new seekers after knowledge added to the roll books. This leaves a total falling off of ap proximately 70, since last term's en rollment was about S40. These figures were given out Tues day by Registrar A. R. Tiffany, and are, according to his statement, about what was expected by the faculty. Some students who took out withdrawal cards at the end of the term decided for va rious reasons to return; others who ex pected to return found it impossible to do so, and this has left the balance about even. The office is satisfied, however, for withdrawals were to be expected under existing conditions, and new students at this time of year are most unusual. Most of them would rather work dur ing the coming mouths and enter at the beginning of next year. Registration for the coming fall is expected to be normal. HANDBALL VICTORY TO BE DECIDED BY GAME SOON Oregon Club and Phi Gamma Delta Hold Championships in First and Second Divisions. The games of the interfraternity handball series have been finished with the exception of the final championship games. The championship of the first division is held by the Oregon club, and of the second division by Phi Gamma Delta. It is probable that the final championship games will be arranged to be played early next week. Jimmy Sheehy is out of the game at present with an injured hand. Hey wood will be Sheehy’s partner. The Oregon club team will be handi capped in the finals, owing to the fact that Hartley, one of their players, has been drafted, and a substitute will have to play in his place. In spite of this fact, a close and interesting game is ex pected, for there are a number of good players from which to pick a substitute to aid Springer, the other Oregon club player. WOMEN MAY FINANCE HUT U. Girls to Meet and Decide Upon Nurse) Rest House in France. A plea for the establishment in France of a hostess hut for nurses by University of Oregon women, will be made at a woman’s mass meeting, to be held a week from today in Villa rd, with Dean Louise C. Ehrmann and Mrs. Mable Holmes Parsons as chief speak ers. After an explanation of the plan, the women will vote on a measure which will provide that $2500, to cover cost of building, equipping and maintaining a hut for one year, be raised by individ ual subscription from each woman stu dent. Dean Ehrmann hopes that every wo man in the University will interest her self and be, present. “There is a cry ing need,” she said, “for these huts. They provide a place of rest and re laxation for nurses who require just such a place in which to spend a few hours before returning to the strenu ous duties of the hospitals. Helene Delano, president of Woman’s league, says she believes the women will give the plan an enthusiastic re ception. "It is my opinion.” she sail, “that this is one of the big opportuni ties for aiding in the present war. All subscriptions to the fund will be volun tary. It has been suggested that each girl obtain the money either through i pei^onal saving, or earning the needed amount.” \_ COL. LEADER HAS TRENCH MAPS Uses Some for Lectures—Somme Views Are^Eilmed. Colonel Leader has ill the trench maps of the present Germin lines in his office, and anyone who w.shes^to look at them may do so. Some thenL-are be ing used for films to illustrate Colonel Leader’s lectures. He is also having some of his Somme photographs and Bruce Bairnsfather’s cartoons of the war filmed. Bairns father’s cartoons are quite famous in England. The booklets of his drawings, which Colonel Leader has, were pub lished by "The Bystander” in London. EMERALD REPORTERS IS DOUBLE (WEST Besides Race for “0's." Staff Members Will Try for Errorless Copy Prizes. $5 and $2.50 to Be Awarded by Paper at End of Term; Hard Work Urged. A double contest among the members of the news staff of the Emerald com mences with this issue of the paper. Besides the award of 13 "O’s” to staff members making the best records for the year, the Emerald will this term conduct another contest for the benefit of the reporters alone. A first prize of .$5 and a second prize of .$11,30 will be given to the reporters making the fewest errors in their copy during the entire term. The details of this con test are to be explained at a meeting of the staff some time this week. In reality, the contest for t ho “O’s” began with the first issue of the second term. But with very little advantage to the credit of any person yet evident, the decision as to who will ge,t the pins will rest largely upon the work none by those competing for the awards during the coming nine weeks. Accuracy Required. ‘‘Hard and consistent work is the only thing that will insure the members of the staff from disappointment when the pins are given out at the Emerald banquet,” said Harry Crain, the editor, today. “The quality of the writing done will, of course, count for something in the final reckoning, but promptness and accuracy are to be the two points most insisted upon. Initiative in getting sto ries and turning in ‘tips’ will also play a large part in determining who shall get the awards. “Anyone who looks upon the Emerald as a second consideration might as well not try for a letter.” he said, “for it is only those who are ‘on the job* and looking out for the Emerald’s interest every minute of the day who will get hv. “The news editor has been instructed to take no excuses. When a reporter is assigned a story and does not make good on it, the result will he a black • mark. A definite time for every assign- i ment to he turned in will he given, and failure to got the story in at that time I will mean the same as not getting it in .at all. Few Changes in Staff. “As for members of the upper staff who are competing for letters, they will lie marked on what they fail to do. For them to overlook a story, or to fail in any other detail of their work, will he I as serious as for a reporter to flunk completely on three assignments.” With the exception of the appoint ment of Adelaide Lake as woman's editor, and Douglas Mullarky, assistant news editor, there will he no changes , in the personnel of the news staff this j term. asm in plsys 1L11ETEE FRIMY Eleven Players Will Leave for Salem for Two Games Over the Week End. Captain Sheehy to Play Third Base During- Maison's Absence. Thr varsity baseball season will open tomorrow when the team leaves for Salem where it will Live the first Imt busting bees of the year with the teams of Willamette I'ni ersty anil the Ohem awa Indians tomorrow ami Saturday af ternoons respectively. The team stayed ir F.ugcne during the cr > -• «•' spring va cation practicing every afternoon in preparation for the game which was scheduled with the ship builders in Port land. Mews came Friday that the game would have to be postponed because managers of the ship yard did not think it fit to play a game on a week day and tints delay the ship building program. "Fod" Maison Not in Lineup. “Full speed ahead” has been the ordsr of each day for the past two weeks. The players rallied nobly to the cause and forwent the pleasures of a visit home to stay and practice; good weather reigned and iho team made great improvement in all lines, according to Captain Sheehy.i “Fod” Maison, third baseman letter man who is enlisted in the aviation service and expects a call at any time is at present home and will not be back to play in the Friday anil Saturday games. Captain Slieehy will take his place for these games. Arthur Burg and Dwight Wilson lmve both progressed greatly in the art of sending batters to tile bench during 1 ho past week, according to re ports from over Kincaid way, and will occupy the box in the coming games. The other men who will leave tomorrow are; Herman Lind, first base; Billy Morrison, second base; Walter Grebe, shortstop; Ted i>un^>n, catcher; Run quist, Bill Steers and Dot Medley in the field. “Curly” IVgeleish will accompany the team as utility man. Frosh to Play High School. The freshman team has been cavorting about Kincaid park for the past two weeks and has proved to be a great aid serving as a second team to take the punishing of the varsity. A game has been arranged with the Eugene high school nine to be played on Kincaid park Saturday afternoon. GRAD IN WEATHER DEPARTMENT Roy Stevens, ’16, at Naval Training Sta tion, Pelham Bay, Now York. Roy T. Stevens, ’16, who majored in physics while in college, is now chief quartermaster in the meteorological de partment of the navy, being located at the Fnited States naval training sta tion. Pelham Bay, M. V. Stephens en listed in the navy last spring while tak ing a post graduate course at the Uni versity of Washington. Col Leader Thrills Portland Audiences With War Stories Colonel John Lender says that he now ' considers himself a true silver-tongued orator. IJ.e spent nearly mil of his vaca- | tion week being rushed from one place to another, to address large Portland' audiences on the war and the battle < f the Somme. In eight days, he spoke 11 times. The largest meeting he addressed was that at the auditorium Friday evening, March lit', when he quickly won his way Into the hearts of the men, women and children who packed the huge building. He swayed his audience completely, ! moving them to laughter and then as suddenly to tears, witn his splendid sto ricB of the little human interest things that he had seen in the treiicbes. In the interests of a greater Oregon ' to show the high school pupils who will t soon be college students, what Oregon has to offer, Colonel Leader spoke *o \ five Portland high schools on Monday ; .and Tuesday, March ”5 and 26. ‘'I mver saw a speaker who was better receded,” says James Sheehy, president of the souleiit body, who introduced Col onel Leatasr oh h.s visit to the schools. I ‘•He was caJisd ba'-k after each lecture two or three Kmes, and after he had [ finished, everyone simply swarmed around him.” Pres-dent Sbeehy had announced that anyone who wished to meet Colonel Leader might come to the platform aft er 'he lecture. ‘‘I thought that they might come in orderly fashion,” he suid, ' but as soon as the lecture was over they all flocked to the platform.” The usual method of procedure by the stu dents was then something like this. ‘My name is .Murphy,” or ".My mother was born in Ireland,” or ‘‘I'm from Canada,” or ‘‘I used to live near your home, Col onel Leader.” When Colonel Leader could finally get av av from the plat form, the eager children would foho» him all around the building, anxious that each should be able to grasp hi» hand Colonel Leader reassured them ttbouc the present drive, telling them that it was heralded in the trencher, like a coming circus. He told many of his interesting stories about lit o in thw trenches, and spoke, about the spbrf' in the University battalion. He interested the students not only in all thtit be has done, but ovideutly set them to thinking about. Oregon, for severa1 of them, boys particularly, asked President Sheeny Later, ‘‘How much does it cost to live at Oregon, anyway " hKATS PLEDGE 13 OF 20 THIRD TERM STUDENTS Theta and Pi Phi Tie With Three Each; Beta leads Among Men With Two. Deports from Iho various fraternity houses of the University of Oregon show that 13 of the 20 new students entering j the University this term are pledged to fraternities. Of the women's fraterni ties. J'heta and Pi Phi tie with three each. Beta heads the men’s list with two. Delta (i.tmma. Kappa Kappa (lam ina. Chi Omega and (lamina l’hi Beta each have one new pledge. Sigma Nit and ' Phi Delta Thet each have one. The pledges of the women’s fraterni ties jare: Kappa Alpha Theta—Anna May Bro naugh, of Portland; May Bullock, of Al bany, and Jam Murphy, of Pendleton. Pi Beta l’hi Mary Packwood, of Port land; Margaret Conklin, of Portland, and Bettie Itair Alliuson. of La Grande. Kappa Kappa Gamma—Esther War ner. of Medford. Delta Gamma Mildred Aiimiller, of North Yakima, Wash. Chi Omega-—Gladys Ilolliugworth, of Portland. Gamma Phi Beta—Buena Margason, of Portland. The pledges of the men's fraternities follow: Beta Theta l*i—Pi entice Callison, of Cottage Grove, and Wesley Seeman, of Marshfield. Phi Delta Theta—Bruce Ilillingworth, of Portland. Sigma Xu -Sprague Carter, of Baker. C. V. DYMENTTO DO FUEL ADMINISTRATION WORK Former Oregon Professor Leaves for Washington, D. C., for Sixty Day Stay. Colin V. Dymont, dean of the Uni versity of \\ ashington school of jour nalism, and formerly professor of jour nalism at Oregon, left March 27 for Washington, D. C., whore he will spend (it) days working for the United States fuel administration. The University of Washington Daily sa.vs, regarding his departure: "Mr. Dymrnt will go by way of Van couver, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Buf falo. At Toronto he will stop off to see what remains of the University of Toronto and to send hack a report on the condition of a university that has experienced nearly four years of war. At Hamilton, Out., lie will meet three brothers, whom lie lias inot seen since 1914, stopping off one day. lie expects to be in Washington April 4. “The nature of the work desired by the fuel administration, of which Dr. Harry A. Garfield is chief, Mr. Dymont does not know. The message summon ing him came last Thursday, and asked that he start ‘on the soonest day pos sible.’ Last full he was attached for several weeks to the office of the fed eral fuel administrator for Washington, David Whitcomb. "Tlie chairmanship of the athletic committee, which bias never yet held a meeting under Mr. Dyment's chair manship, will now have to be filled again, pending the return of Dean Ar thur Priest. Places on the war emerg ency committee, and several other camp bodies, will also have to be filled.” SUMMER WORK ANNOUNCED Portland School to Be Held as Usual; Faculty Named. Posters announcing a summer school held hy the University in Portland, are being printed, and will soon be ready for publication. The Portland summer school is a continuation of the exten sion classes^ and will last throughout the summer. These classes are open only to residents of Portland and suburbs. The faculty for !nc coming summer school will be 1 r. George Rebec and Mis. Mu hie Holmes Parsons, of the University of Oregon; Or. II. B Tor r6*-. .f Itocd Ydieg Or. Kdward f. ■'chauii, of Northwestern University; l<r Bruce Cl- - nt the University of Washington;. Professor ‘Miiam A. .Mor ris, of the University of 'nliforniu; and W. 11. Boyer, of Portland. UNIVERSITY OF U AT H SENDS 412 Service Flag Dedic»*»d Recently to Mon who Ki»v» Enlisted The University of Utah him 412 for mer students enlisted in the service of their- country, as is shown h*- the serv ice flog recently dedicated i;t their honor. Starry Banner Dedicated as Band Plays and Student Battalion Stands at Present Arms. PATRIOTIC SPEECHES MADE University Is Dedicated Anew to Work Carried on by Her Sons at the Front. At tlio end of n solemn dedicatory ser vice tin' grout star bedecked service flag representing the (551 University meu now serving their country was mnurled lie fore Johnson hhall, early Tuesday after noon, the University battalion standing at attention and the hand slowly playing the national anthem. Miss Dorothy Col lier. chairman of the service flag com mittee of tlie woman’s league, drew the cord which released the banner. The litters ‘‘1 of t>” outlined in blue stnrs in the centre of the banner, were fring ed at the top by six gold stars symboliz ing the men who have died in the service. The other stars were hanked around those letters. The men who have died in the service are: Kenneth Kellems . .Tames Gurney. Dale Melrose. Frederick Kingsbury. John Kelly. Irvin Ilrooks. Bunting Decks Platform. A platform decked with hunting was I uilt over the stops of Johnson hail. Seated upon this were President P. L. Campbell and Mrs. Campbell, Dean John Straub, Dean Louise Fhrnu nn, members of the board of Higher Curricula, James Shcchy, president of the associated stu dents, and representatives of the wo man's league. President Campbell, who returned Sun day evening fro man extended trip in'the east introduced the speakers to the crowd which encircled the battalion drawn upp in open square. lie spoke of tlio dedication as the proudest and the (Continued on page three) Reservations for Stunt Pro gram Due This Week. Committees, Patronesses and Judges for Gala Event Selected. All reservations fur position on the stunt, program for April Frolic, sched uled to take place Saturday, April 20, in the men’s gymnasium, must he made this week with Mildred Steinmetz, chairman of the committee for the an nua! event. “The girls must get bnsy right away,” said Miss Steinmetz, “or forfeit the right to appear. 1 hope to hear from every organization at once sk> that we can complete our plans." Ituby Bogus, in charge of inviting the patronesses, has selected Dean Louise ('. Fhrmauu, Miss Tirza Dins ditile, Mrs. I*. L. Campbell, Mrs. Mabel Holmes Parsons, and Mrs. John Struiio. Miss Miry Perkins, Mrs. A. H. Schroff, and Mrs. John Leader will act as judges, to award a prize of $1.50 to the University woman appearing in the most original costume. The judges to award the Laraway cup for the best stunt put on by a sorority or organization on the campus, are Miss Mabel Cummings. Mrs. Eric W. Allen, aid Mrs. M. F. McClain. Plans for music are not yet com plete, but it is probable that the «o tnun’s band will play. Margaret CHm will act as floor manager for the danc ing. Miss Stcicnetz has appointed a com mittee of underclassmen, consisting of Grace Hammerstrom, Lyle Bryson, Keba Macklin. Virginia Smith, and Irva Smith, to have charge of decorating the gymnasium. Refreshments are under the supervi siou of Edythe Bracht. who says that ice cream and cake will be served dur ing the evening for the sum of five cents. An admission fee of 10 cents will be charged to everyone in costume, and Vlu cents to onlookers.