Oregon
EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL
VOL. 19.
Emerald
30, 1918.
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NO. fC *
HE CANDIDATES
APPEAR FDR DPPICES
Four More Women Enter Race
for Student Council;
Adelaide Lake for
Oregana Editor.
NONE NEW FOR PRESIDENT
On Eve of Nominations Indica
tions Point to Competition
for Most Positions.
Sevan new candidates for student of
fices have appeared in the race for elec
tion of nest year’s studen body' officers.
They are: Tracy Byers, Dorothy Rob
ertson, Essie Maguire, Florence Powers,
and Helen McDonald for student council,
Adelaide Lake for editor of the Oregana.
and Morris Morgan for executive com
mittee.
Byers is the third uian to appear for
senior man on the student council. He
has worked on the Emerald staff and
been prominent in dramatics. The other
men out are Henry English and Paul
Spangler. Three men are to be elected.
Miss Robertson has acted as business
manager for the Guild Hall plays this
term. Miss Maguire is president of the
Y. W. C. A. and Miss McDonald is a
member of the cabinet of the Y. AY. C. A.
and on the Emerald staff. The first wo
man to appear for senior woman on the
student council was Helen Brenton. Two
ire to be elected.
Miss Lake is woman’s editor of the
Emerald this term and has been on the
Y. W. C. A. cabinet. She will oppose
Elsie Fitzmaurice for editor of the Ore
gana.
Morgan is a member of the band and
is to run for junior member of the exe
cutive committee. Lawrence Hershner is
out for senior man. A senior and a junior
ire to be elected.
No one has appeared to oppose Dwight
Wilson and Charles Comfort for presi
dent of the student body.
Another candidacy announced this af
ternoon is that of Florence Powers, who
aspires to become one of the two senior
women on the Student Council of next
year. Miss Powers is a member of Delta
Gamma.
Other candidates remain as before.
The remainder of the list is: Edittor of
the Emerald. Douglas Mullarky and
Dorothy Dunniway; secretary of the stu
dent body, Slla Dews and Marian Coffey;
vice-president of the Student body, Geo.
Taylor; student council, Florence Ilemen
way, Nish Chapman, Bill Coleman, Elmo
Madden; executive committee, Lyle Mc
Croskey; manager of Emerald, Harris
Ellsworth; manager of Oregana, Cur
tiss Peterson; athletic council, Arthur
Berg, John Hunt and Ed A Yard.
All nominations will be made in to
morrow’s student assembly at ten o'clock
■n A'illard hall.
FOR PEEKE BISS
Sororities to Adopt Mew System
to Begin Next Fall.
Freshmen Will Name Houses
of Choice and Fresent
List at Meeting-,
Preference bidding- of freshmen wom
en by sororities was adopted by the
University Pan-Helleuic association at
a meeting on Saturday.
The new system, which will be inau
^riierated this fall, provides that a dis.
Interested party receives from the sor
orities all bids for freshmen women.
Tjje freshmen are then notified, and
asked to write the names of the Uni
versity sororities in the order of pref
erence. In this way the person in charge
knows the preference of each woman,
and can communicate to her the name
of the sorority which has sent her a
bid which tallies with her choice.
According to members of the asso
ciation. the new plan will simplify the
bidding question and do away with some
of the difficulties which have arisen
under the present plan.
The system will be used for the first
term of each year only. Open bidding
will be used for the second and third
terms.
Professor and Mrs. Reddie were Sun
dry dinner guests of Dean Louise Ehr
mann. After dinner Professor Reddie
read some selections from Vanity Fair.
COLONEL LEADER BACK
FROM VISIT TO COAST
Battalion Hoad Inspects Home Guard In
Flvo Coos Bay Towns
During Trip.
Colonel John Leader returned to the
campus yesterday afternoon from a five
days’ trip to tbo Coos Bay country. Ha
inspected the home guards at North
Bend, Marshfield, Bntidon, Coquille, and
Myrtle Point, and addressed large audi
ences of townspeople in onch place.
At Marshfield, both the home guard
and the regulars welcomed him on his
arrival, and here he spoke to about 1200
people, the largest of his audiences. Ho
traveled between the towns largely by
automobil, except from Marshfield to
Coquille.
"I think this country is one of the
most beautiful I have ever visited,” said
Colonel Leader, “and 1 enjoyed the trip
very much.” He was especially attract
ed to Baudon. because that is the name
of his home town in Ireland.
The towns which the colonel visited
have a total of seven companies, the
group next in size to the Lane county
regiment, which now numbers 27 com
panies.
TO GIVE FOUR CLASS PLAYS
Second Year Dramatio Interpretation
Students Vote to Present Favorites.
“The Sidhe of Banmore,” “The Good
Hope,” “The Beau of Bath,” and "The
Business Meeting,” four of the eighteen
plays presented "for class work this year
' by second year students in dramatic in
terpretation, were chosen by the class to
be presented again sometime in May for
an invitation performance.
The plays, which have been seen only
i by members of the class, are one act pro
ductions managed by the students them
selves. While the stage settings have
been simple, the class is planning more
, elaborate scenes for the public per
formance.
IIESCIIJEET EVENT
Oregon Suffers Series of Un- j
forseen Mishaps and Has
to Be Content
with Third.
Hank Foster Falls on First
Turn of 220; Later Injures
Leg1 in Hurdles.
In the military track meet held last
Friday night in Portland the “Aggies”
carried off the meet by placing at least
once in every event. Oregon, placing
third, had hard luck in the 220 event
when “Hank” Foster fell on the first
turn and was able only to grab fourth
place.
In the hurdles Foster injured his leg
and was forced to forfeit first place to
Hummel. Foster placed first in the 60
yard dash and tied with Hummel in the
ioV hurdles. Still carried off the rest
Oregon’s 13 points by placing third
in the high hurdles.
“Moose” Muirhead and Johnny Mur
phy, formerly stars of the Columbia
University of Portland, who have in
days past set the pace in the high jump
and hurdles, failed to show to advantage
in the meet Friday night. “Moose”
took third in the high jump while
Murphy failed to place in any event.
Webster, formerly star high jumper of
the “Aggies” set a new Northwest
record in this event clearing the bap
at 6 feet 1 5-S inches. Webster wore
the colors of the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club in Friday's meet.
The relay was a dual between the
University of Oregon and O. A. C., as
they were the only two colleges rep
resented. O. A. C. drew the pole and
that advantage enabled the orange and
black to lead all the way.
For the Aggies Radcliffe won the 70
yard hurdles. His time for this
event was f> and 2.5 seconds. Eike!
man. of the O. A. C., took second in
this event. Scea, for the Aggies, took
second in the 400, coming in a close
second to Hummel, who took first in
this event.
Coleman, the “Aggies” all-round ath
lete, won the half mile in the fast time
of 2:07 2-5. He also led in the mile
event but slowed down toward the last
in order to allow his teammate Spriggs
to fini«h firat
Fraternities and Sororities Ex
pext at Least Ten Guests
Each from High
Schools.
Printed Programs to Be Out
Next Week—Arranged
to Interest Preppers.
1
fraternity and sorority houses on tho
campus expect at least ton guests eaeu
from Oregon high schools for Junior
\Y eek-eud. Alumni are also expected, al
though the number at fraternity houses
will not be so large as formerly, due to
the difficulty in obtaining passes from
the military camps.
The organizations are planning to de
vote tho entire week-end to interesting
preparatory school guests in the Uni
versity. The student council has ruled
that no affairs that conflict with. Uni
versity events shall be given, and for this
reason fraternities and sororities will
give no private parties.
“We have planned the week-end,” said
Paul Spangler, president of the junior
class, "in such a way that guests will get
a fair idea of the University. It is the
hone of the class that the program will
prove interesting to preparatory school
guests, as well ns giving enjoyment to
University students themselves.”
Printed programs of the events will be
i out by the first of next week.
FINANCING CO-OP STORE
PROBLEM OF COMMUTE
Jimmy Sheehy, Ray Couch and Emma
Woottcui Hall Discuss Ways
and Means.
I The executive committee of the stu
dent body, composed of Jimmy Sheehy,
Ray Couch and Emma Wootton Hall,
held their weekly meeting in A. R. Tif
fany’s room yesterday afternoon. The
problem before the committee at the
present time is how to finance the Co
op store, which is about $1,000 behind
In its account.
This decrease, say the committee, is
due to several things. One is the de_
crt i ■. in uttendnuce at the University,
another is the general nature of the
times, and another is the location of
the Co-op store. It is not on the cam
pus and for this reason students do not
patronize it as they would were it on
the campus. There is some talk of put
ting a small building between the library
and Heady on "Hello lane” for a co-op
store.
Tlie executive committee. Registrar
A. It. Tiffany and M. F. McClain, man
1 ager of the si ore, will meet in Mr. Tif
fany's office Wednesday night for a
more detailed consideration of the prob
lem and at that time will decide whether
to borrow the money to tide the Co-oo
over its difficulties.
VARSITY TENNIS TEAM
TO MEET WASHINGTON
Conference Barnes with University and
W. S. C. Are Also
Possibility.
One meet with University of Wash
ington is assured for -the .Men’s Varsity
tennis players and there is a possibility
of a conference meet with Washington,
and Washington State college. If the
conference meet falls through, the dual
1 meet with Washington will be held any
way. The tournaments to decide places
on the Varsity team will be held soon
now that the doughnut tennis is over.
No one has been appointed tennis
manager yet as there are no old players
in college. Among the possible candi
dates for the team are Mortimer Brown,
Tnwrence Ilershner and Graham Smith.
The conference ruling bars freshmen
from competing. It was thought that
a meet with O. A. C. might be arrange 1.
but the Aggies have decided not to
schedule any intercollegiate contests.
WASHINGTON HAS NEW SCHOOL
College of Naval, Military and Aero-i
nautical Science Formed.
The College (if Naval, Military and
Aeronautical Science, believed to be the
only one in the United States, was
created last Thursday by the University
of Washington P.oard of Regents to re
place a department first planned under
the College of Engineering.
STUDENTS TO DOTE
UNIFORM'D' MEASURE
Pacific Coast Colleges and Uni
versitieTAward Same Sized
Letters for All Major
Sports.
Much Opposition Shown by
Students—May Destroy . .
Individual Interest.
After being shoved into the back
ground by student election talk, the
matter of a uniform sized “O” for Oro
gon is again brought into the limelight
by reason of the fact that the present
letter awarding system will either be
continued or done away with tomorrow
wheu the contests of the ballot box are
counted.
New sidelights on the proposition of
a uniform letter have been brought to
light by Walter Grebe who serving in
the capacity of secretary of the Order
of the “O”, wrote to the student body
presidents of different universities and
colleges on the Pacific coast to find out
what kind of letter they gave for major
sports.
As is generally kuown by the students
as a whole, O. A. C. awarded a different
sized letter for different sports prior
to last fall when the student body
voted the change system and award a
regulation size letter for all major
sports. Before the matter was voted
upon Ted Kramer, president of the O. A.
C. student body and many of the most
prominent Aggie athletes were in favor
of the change.
The University of Washington stu
dent body awards a uniform letter for
all major sports, the letter being a
block “W” eight inchi s high on the
high neck sweater and four inches high
on the sweater coat.
“There is absolutely no distinction
between the letters of the major
sports,” says Floyd Ellis president of
the U. of W. student body in a letter
to Walter Grebe regarding the matter.
“Personally I am very much in favor
of the standard sized letter for all major
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DEMAND FOR SUMMER
WORKERS IN SHIPYARDS
Appeal Comes to Registrar’s Office
from Grant Smith-Porter Com
pany in Portland.
C. W. Austrian, employment and in
dustrial Manager of the Grant Smith
Porter Ship Co. of Portland, has just
sent an appeal to the Registrar’s office
at the University for workers for the
summer, and plans to visit the Univer
sity in a short time for the purpose of
obtaining first hand information as to
the prospects for workmen and to ask
for cooperation.
Mr. Austin outlines some of the ad
vantages of the Grant Smith-Porter
yards in the following way: eight of the
ways are roffed over, there are recrea
tion buildings, modern sanitation, live
athletic committees and teams, splendid
transportation facilities, rooming places,
cooperation between departments and
specially trained foremen.
“Will some active students volunteer
itheir services this summer,” said Mr.
Ausman “And will they have just as
much enthusiasm as though they wore
digging a trench in Prance?—The work
is just as important.”
Mr. Ausman will visit the campus
some time in the near future.
BETAS WiN DOUGHNUT MEET
Dclts Lose Tennis Championship to
Beggs and Brandon.
Beta Theta Pi won the doughnut
tennis championship yesterday by defeat
ing Delta Tati Delta in the final round.
The result was a surprise, os the Deltas
were looked on as favorites for the cup.
The scores were 3-^5, 6-0, 6-1. Mortimer
Brown and Rolin Woodruff played for
the Delta, and George B'»gs and Carter
Brandon for the Betas. Darn way has
been Brown’s partner up to this match,
but he was unable to play yesterday,
and Woodruff substituted for him. The
first set was evenly contested, but In the
last two, the Delts went up in the air
and the Betas had little trouble tu win
ning.
HENDRICKS HALL GARDEN
GROWING, FROSH LEAD
Class Plots Meet with Mishaps, but Still
Flourish—Froshmcn Write
Working Song.
i no neiumcKs nan war garden is
flourishing. Rows of radishes, lettuce
and onions are already making their
appearance. The freshmen will be the
first to have their plot planted, while
sophomores run them a close second.
The seniors were first to put seed in
the ground, but their enthusiasm seems
to have died. Juniors, owing to their
small number, have fallen behind in the
race.
Last week some of the braves of the
University battalion returning from
sham battle walked over the garden
plot. Several prints of number tens
were left in the soft earth but aside
from the indignation of the girls who
saw the ruthless act. little damage was
done. Another catastrophe result’d
when one girl decided to get up early
«nd work on her class plot, her class
mates who worked there last had for
gotten to put up stakes showing where
the ground had been planted, and five
rows of early June peas were hood up.
This as a result, partly explains why
the juniors are behind with their g ir
dening.
The freshmen have composed the
following song, which they sing to the
tune of “On Oregon,” while they work.
On freshmen, on ■freshmen, hoe right
through that ground,
Pile the clods around the sophomore.
make their funeral mound.
On freshmen, on freshmen, work on for
your fame,
IToe freshmen, hoe, hoe, hoe, preserve
your name.
And then we'll hoe, hoe on down the
rows, working for Oregon,
.March through the sophomore plot,
their strength we defy.
We’ll give a long cheer for Head gnrd
ner Brown,
She sure can work the ground,
Sophs may snore from night till noon,
but we will work.
GIRLS' DEBITE CLUB
Women Meet and Appoint Com
mittee to Draw up Con
stitution; Plans Are
Discussed.
Any Co-Ed Interested in Ora
tory Eligible; Men to Start
Organization.
—.—I
Yosordny afternoon saw tin* beginning
of a new organization on the campus,
when twenty-two girls who are interest
ed in debate or oratory met in Profes
sor Prescott’s room at 4 o’clock and dis
cussed plans for an active gilds debate
society.
Helen McDonald ns chairman, called
on Miss Ida Turney, instructor in Eng
lish, and It. W. Prescott, professor of
public speaking to tell some of their
ideals for such a society Ruth Graham
and Marie Badura told of the results of
two rival societies as they had seen them
at the University of Washington.
Club May Bo Bi-Weekly.
It was informally decided to form the
organization and a committee composed
of Itnth Graham, Alice Thurston and
Helen Iluir was appointed to draw up
a constitution and to have it ready nt the
next meeting which will he held next
Monday afternoon in Professor Pres
cott's room at 4 p. m.
It is thought that the club will meet
every other week and stage debates be
tween different members of the organ
ization, after which the discussion will he
thrown open to all of the members. All
girls on the campus are eligible to the
club, but those who were present at
Monday's meeting and those who will be
at the meeting next Monday will make
up the charter members of the club.
Those present yesterday were Miss
Tda Turney, Helen Ilair, Irma Iluff,
Klsle Fltzmauriee, Ruth Graham, Mario
Iladurn, llallio Halt, Stella Sullivan,
Mildred Jackson, Roberta Schuebol, Ros
amond Shaw, Jennie Maguire, Alice
Thurston, Gladys Hlinont, Kvelyn Smith,
Amy Carson, Klleen Totnklns, Laura
Monts, Helen Case, Kate Clmtburn, Lil
lie fkhmldlo and Helen McDonald,
Following the exumple get by the wo
meu, the “Phlloginn society” men’s de
bate club which has been Inactive for
seven years, expects to resume activities
immediately. ■
BUSKERS ID FROSH
MEET VARSITY NIKE
| Game Staged on Baseball Field
Marvol — Sheehy and
Steers Pitch for
Regulars. <
SERIES 13 NEARLY THROUGH
Last Contest of Season to Be
Held Junior Week-End
on Home Grounds.
“Buskers” of all descriptions were
out on the university baseball field
yesterday afternoon ns a. result of a
call by Conch Dean Walker for a gen
ernl field slacking off in practice to
break the monotony of the seasou
grind. For more than a month the cnr
sity squad has spent every afternoon
on the field and it was plain that a
change of some kind was necessary for
a day.
'The prize “llnnk Ranch” of the ag
gregation was Captain Sheehy who
posed as a pitcher for two inniugs
’ against the frosh nine. Bill Steers ro
liever him on the mound in the third,
<>ut the first year men found him for
n great many hits. Aided by a number
of errors by the infield, composed of
Dunton at first, Merley at Second,
Steers and Dunton on short and Run
quist at third they succeeded in scoring
u large number of runs.
Grebo Behind The Bat.
Walter Orelie worked behind the hat.
and showed rare form as a future can
didate for warming up pitchers. Ilia
pegs to the bases served to aid the
freshmen considerably in bringing their
total number of runs up to the two
figure mark. Bill Morrison played er
rorless ball in left field, having received
no chances to show his worth in that
capacity while Lind and Dalgleish threw
flies to each other in the other gardens.
Instead of batting in regular order
every man had to wield the willow from
the opposite side of the jflate. “South,
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MILITARY CONCERT-DANCE 1
BY BAND FRIDAY, MAY 3
Regimental Music Makers Will Glva
Classical Selections Followed by
a Hop at Armory.
The dance which is to be given by the
regimental bund of the University at the
nrinory next, Friday evening, May 3, is
to be in the nature of a military “hop.”
Colonel John Leader, \\Jio has nr^r
lacked in ipprooiution of the efforts
of the band, said when approached by
the committee: “I think the band has
done mighty good work, and I am very
glad they are able to give a concert
dance.”
Although I he hand has made numerous
appearances, this will be the first dance
it has given in several years. It has
played at a'-ernbly, and when neded at
any student activities, and the strains of
“Mighty Oregon” have often floated
across Kincaid field while the gridiron
heroes have carried the hall down the
field. But the band has in addition
something far different from that which
is pluyed at drill or athletic contests. The
band membe-s have been working up
some high e’ass concert selections, un
der the direction of Albert Peiieet, for
the program, preceding the dance. In
addition to the numbers by the bam^
Curtiss Peterson will sing and John
Klynn will give the Hula dance, In his
Inimitable way.
And then, when the time arrives td
trip the ight fantastic, there will bo
something different ugain. The baud
will have—well, wait and see.
MORTON TO ARRIVE SUNDAY
Aftor Year's Leave of Abaenoe Will Take
up Work Aaaln Here.
Dean D. W, Morton will orlvo la Eu
gene next Sunday, according to a tele
gram Just received frum him by Kur]
Onthunk, *> cretary to the president,
I b an Morton wui uxpi\tod back at the
beginning of the spring term, but wua
delayed in the east, Whether ho will
take any classes for the rest of this yeut
or not, Karl Onthank doss not know,
but he will work with N>e commerce de
partment. Dean Morton has been away
ou leave for nearly a year.