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.”
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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.