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■'* — VOL. 19. Emerald NO. 83. 4 EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY. MAY 16, 1918. CADET CORPS III FALL Var Deoartment Announces Military Training in Col leges for Men Over 18. Enlisted Students to Be Sub ject to Call; Will Co-operate wilh R. 0. T. C. The cadet corps which President P. L. Campbell explained when he returned jom the east recently has been adopt 'd by the war department to go into ef ,eci next year. The announcement re ceived follows; as authorized by Sec-re ary of War Baker: In order to provide military instruc. ion for the college students of the I ni ed States during the present emer ;enoy, a comprehensive plan will be put nto effect by the war department be ginning with the next college year, in September, 101S. The details remain to ie worked out, but in general the plan will be as follows: Equipment to be Provided. Military instruction -under officers rnd non-commissioned officers of the irmy will be provided in every institu ion of college grade which enrolls for nstruction 100 or more able-bodied stu lents over the age of IS. The necessary nilitary equipment will, so far as pos lible, be provided by the government. There will be created a military train ng unit in each institution. Enlistment vill be purely voluntary, but all stu lents over the age of IS will be en •ouraged to enlist. The enlistment will constitute the )tudent a member of the army of the tJnited States, liable to active duty at The call of the President. It will, how gr,i he the policy of the government to call members of the training unit )nm they have reached the age of 21. *nless urgent military necessity compels to earlier call. Students under 18 and Jrm^efore not legally eligible for enlist Jtent, -will he encouraged to enroll in &e training units. Provision will he tfcde for co.operating the Reserve Of fcers’ Training Corps system, which ex ists in about one-third of the collegiate institutions, with this broaded plan. Ywo-Foid Object in View. , The new policy alms to accomplish a ino-fclj object: First, to develop as l^great military asset the large body of wing men in the colleges; second, to irevent unnecessary and wasteful de detion of the college through indiscrim nate volunteering, bv offering to the (Continued on page Two) Vacancies Made Tuesday by Men Leaving Filled. Tipoinlments of Non-coms to Be^Announeed Friday at Drill Hour. Appointments of commissioned offi ers in the University battalion to va ancies left by the men who have gone o Camp Lewis were announced yester lay at drill hour. Clyde Mason was advanced from first sergeant to first lieutenant in Company K. the place formerly held by Lieutenant Oran Jenkins, who is at the training ;amp. Dow Wilson was thansferred from second lieutenant in C Company to k. Charles Waugh was promoted from second to first lieutenant in Company 11. Harold Cake, corporal of Company D. was made second lieutenant of B com pany. In C Company Lyle McCroskey was advanced from first sergeant to first lieutenant. Sergeant S. H. Carter of Company B is now second lieutenant in C Company. Larue Blaekaby was promoted from second to first lieutenant in Company D. Sergeant Bill Steers will be second ieutenant in Company D. William Rebec was promoted to sec ond lieutenant in the Home Guard battal 'oit These appointments together with the leparture of several of the non-commis sioned officers for the camp leave several §aeaneies in the n n-commissioned offi cers. Further promotions will be an nounced tomorrow at drill hour. VARSITY TENNIS GAME WITH 0. A. C. SATURDAY Brown, Heishner, Smith, Laraway, Haseltine and Miller Out for Team. Oregon will be represented by a var sity team for the last time this year when the tennis team meets the O. A. C. racquet wielders on the University court on next Saturday morning. This will be the first tennis tournament between the two schools for two years, the last one being held in 1916 at Corvallis. Although the meet is but two days off no tryouts have been held as yet. Six men have signified their intention of entering in the preliminaries so it is doubtful who will be pitted against the Aggies on Saturday. Mortimer Brown, Lawrence Hershner. Graham Smith. Thurston Laraway. Bill Heseltine and Kirby Miller arc the six who will try out for the singles and doubles. Brown will undoubtedly be one of the three to compete in the singles and together with Hershner should be able to uphold the honor of the Univer sity in one of the doubles events. The latter will probably stand a good show in the singles also. The other places will be hotly contested by the remaining four. Tryouts were to be held this after noon, weather permitting. The tournament will consist of three singles and two doubles. 0. F. STAFFORD WANTED IN FRANCE AS CHEMIST Receives Offer to Join Technical Divi sion of Gas Service with Americans. Professor O F, Stafford, head of the department of chemistry, has received word from the government that Colonel Bacon has asked that 'Professor Staf_ ford join him in France as part of the technical division of the gas service American Expeditionary Force. Pro fessor Stafford feels, however, that the method he is developing for the utili zation of waste wood by a new distila tion process is needed by the govern ment and that his first duty is to fol low the development through. He will probably finish his experimenting by Oc tober. He wired to Washington, D. C., that if needed in France then or if ur gently needed sooner he would arrange to go. The telegram to Professor Stafford from Washington said in part: “Sure you wish to be placed where you can render your country maximum service. We have no desire to detach yo.u from your present important work unless it is clear that you can be of greater service in France where chemists are now so ur gently needed by our forces. Men who go will be commissioned in the chemical service and assigned to duty under chief of gas service A. E. F.” FIVE GET VARSITY JERSEYS Comfort, Fowler, Wilson, Flegal and Taylor Now “0” Men. Sweaters arrived yesterday for the basketball and wrestling men. They have I been given to the five men to receive them by Manager A. R. Tiffany. Charles Comfort and Ned Fowler were the only ones to get basketball sweaters as Wil son, Medley and Steers, the other letter men, all made th ir emblems in football. Dwight Wilson, Bruce Flegal and George Taylor were the three to get wrestling sweaters. As Taylor is at Camp Lewis his sweater will be sent to him. Through a mistake the “O” placed on the sweat ers was the Roman “O” which was awarded last year and which was changed to a block “O” this fall. The correct "O” will be put on before the men wear them. SERGEANT FAIRLEY TO BE INSTRUCTOR AT SCHOOL Goes to Camp Hancock as Assistant in Sipply Work—Likes Oregon Campus. Ordnance Sergeant Vernon B. Fairley received orders from the wq{r depart ment Tuesday to report to .the ordnance training camp, Camp Hancock, Ga., for duty as assistant instructor in the sup ply school. Since the departure of the fourth ordnance class Sergeant Fairley has been in Eugene, and with Lieutenant Jeremiah has been terminating the business of the ordnance training school at the Uni versity. Sergeant Fairley, who is a graduate of Dartmouth College and two other eastern colleges, says that this is his first trip west and his first visit to a co-educational college. He says that he has enjoyed his stay on the campus very much and that he will carry away a very favorale impression of Oregon men and tha University of Oregon. BRUNK GETS MEDAL ! FOR BEST DEBATER University Senior Wins Pin: Ralph Holzman and Ruth Graham Second and Third. Six Contestants Try for Prize Which Is Given Yearly for Argument. Hugh D. Brunk, a member of this year's 'graduating class and a student, at the Eugene Bible University, won the Alumni Medal contest as the best individual debater, at a tryout held Monday evening in I>ean John Straub’s room in the Administration building. Ralph Holzman won second place and Ruth Graham third. Brunk's reward was a gold pin given annually to the best University debater. After the year’s debates are over, all the participants take part in the Alum ni Medal contest, each speaker consti tuting a team by himself, and three judges decide the contest. Six Try for Prize. Six contestants tried out Monday evening, four men and two women. The men had their contest first on the ques tion which they debated in the triangu lar debate with the University of Washington and British Columbia, “Re solved, That at the close of the pres ent war all the nations should establish an international supreme court with police power to enforce its decrees.” The affirmative speakers on this subject were Day Ra.vly and Ralph Holzman. Those on the negative were Kenneth Armstrong and Hugh Brunk. Two Girls Out. The girls tried out the question with which they debated the University of Washington co-ed team: “Resolved, That the Tendency of the Newspapers in the larger cities to consolidate is a salutary movement in national life.’ Ruth Graham talked for the affirmative and Amy Carson for the negative. At four o’clock in the afternoon the debaters met and drew for sides in the (final contest. Each speaker was given 12 minutes for their constructive speech and five minutes for refutation. Judges Are Alumni. The judges wore Burleigh Cash and IVictor Morris, both instructors in the Eugene High school, and Miss Mary Watson of the University English de partment. The judges must he Uni. versity Alumni. The time keepers and score keepers were Marie Badura and Helen McDon ald. The debate was scheduled to begin at S o’clock, hut due to the absence of one of the judges it was 9 o’clock be fore the contest started. SOPHOMORES NEED CASH, HOLD DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT Jazz Orchestra Will Furnish Stimulus for Steppers—Tax Is 25 Cents Per Couple. The sophomore class at the University are sponsoring a student body dance to be given in the Men’s Gym Saturday night at S:15. “We are going to have a jazz orches tra of three pieces and there won’t be a thing slow about the evening,’’ declared Jack Dundore chairman of the commit tee in charge of the dance. “We want everybody out.” said Stan Atkinson, “and we'll promise a whiz of an evening.” A charge of twenty-five cents per couple will be made, the money being used to defray the expenses of the soph omore class for the rest of the year and to make possible the awarding of letters to members of the class who have repre sented them in athletics. The committee in charge is composed of Jack Dundore, Stan Atkinson and Helen Melissa < ,'ase. CANTEEN CAMPAIGN FIRST No Separate Red Cross Drive for U; Eugene Fund to Include Campus. Recognizing the fact that the women of the University are trying to raise $2000 for the canteen the county cam paign committee for the Second I{ed Cross drive which is to take place from May 20 to May 27 has decided that there will be no separately organized campaign on the University campus. The campus is to he included in the campaign how ever. Eugene is to raise $10,000. CANDIDATES NAMED IN WOMANS LEAGUE Nominating Selections Not Yet Announced by Committee; Roberta Schuebel up for Presidency. Further Plans for Canteen Also Discussed at the Meeting-. With election of officers for Woman's League for next year scheduled to take place Tuesday afternoon at -4:30. specu lation is rife as to possible candidates. The nominating committee. Cora Hos ford, chairman, Ruth Ann Wilson, Dor othy Dunbar, Lurline Brown, and Leura .Terard, appointed by President Helene DeLnno, met this afternoon, but have not announced their selections. The nom inating committee will choose as candi dates for each office as they desire, i Others may he nominated from the floor. Nominations will he made formally at Tuesday's meeting, which Helene De Lano urges every woman in the Univer sitj to attend, and elections will follow directly after the nomination. Secretary Out for Presidency. Roberta Schuebel will run for presi dent. but she is the only woman so far whose candidacy for any office has been definitely announced. Miss Scheubel was awarded the Gerlinger cup for the best, all-around junior woman, being the first woman to receive this cup. As secretary of Woman’s League this year, she has had experience in the association's af fairs and has served on many commit tees. Shi> is the first woman in the Uni versity to take a straight law course. She is a member of Zeta Kappa Psi and Kwania and was on the co-ed debate team last year. Rumor has it that Ruby Rogue may be put up for vice-president. Miss Rogue is a major in the department of physical education and was secretary of the Wo man's Athletic association last yon\r. Another possible candidate for this of fice or for some other Woman’s League office is Harriett Garrett. Canteen Plans Again Discussed Further plans' for the canteen will he discussed at the Tuesday afternoon meeting also. Mrs. Emma Wontton Hall will rend letters received recently from the French government, relative to the establishment of a canteen by the Uni versity girls in France. Robert Scheubel will present her plans for the drive to raise money to equip the canteen. Y. W. TO GIVE SENIOR BREAKFAST SATURDAY Annual Affair Honoring Prospective Graduates to Take Place at P. L. Campbell Home. All senior women in the University will be honor guests of the Y. W. 0. A. nt the annual senior breakfast to he held next Saturday nt S a. m., at the home of Mrs. P. U. Campbel. A lottery held last week at the Bun galow determined the couples for the affair, and each honor guest will have as her escort an association member. Essie Maguire, president, will act ns toastmistress, and responses will be given by Gladys Wilkins, Miss Mary Watson and Emma Wootton Hall. Additional guests will include Penn Louise Ehrmann, Miss Mary Watson, Miss Mary Perkins, Mrs. R. TT. Friend ly. Mrs. E. P. Pntson, Mrs. A. Tt. Rwoet ser. Mrs. Elizabeth Prescott and Mrs. P. R. Burnett. Nellie Parker is in charge of general arrangements, and has appointed the following girls to assist her; Helen McDonald. .Toy Judkins, Helen Hall, El sie Fitzmaurice. Eileen Tomkins, Poro thy Flegel. Helen Brenton, Ethel Waite, Florence Hemenway. Kitty Johnson and Frances Elizabeth Raker. BECKETT AND HALL PICKED Former Football Stars Are Chosen for Marine Officers’ Camp in Virginia. Johnny Beckett and Elmer Hall, both former football stars of the University and last year of the Marines team, were among the four men named from the state of Oregon for the marine officers’ training camp nt Quantico, Va. The story of the selection was carried in Tuesday’s United Press reports. Offi cial notification came from Washing- j ton. 1 NEXT DRAFT MAY TAKE TWENTY UNIVERSITY MEN Number Is Certain if Last Quota it Followed; Major Allen Says They May Remain for R. 0. T. C. The University will he required to send -0 men in the next draft which has just been called if the proportion of the last draft is followed out. Oregon is called on to furnish 1500 men and out of this number 72 will be sent from Lane county. In the last draft, three of the eleven men who went to Camp Lewis were undergraduates in the Uni versity and following out the same rate, 20 of the 72 will be students. The local board will at once call the men in class 1 in their order and will have them ready to entrain for Fort Me Itowell Wednesday. May 29. The men will probably enter the artillery branch of the army as Fort McDowell is an artillery training camp. One coutin. gent is now at Fort McDowell and the other two are at Camp Lewis. This is the largest call yet made on Lane coun ty. A possibility exists that the men may be kept from the draft on account of the It. O. T. C. being established at the University. Major Eric W. Allen said that nothing definite is known nbruit it but that the consensus of opin ion is that men whose numbers have been called will be enabled to remain in college under the R. O. T. C. Womjm to Compose Swimming Team at 0. A. C. Chosen. Miss Winslow Predicts Victory for Varsity in Meet Next Saturday. i ' Eleven University women were chosen after the try out held Tuesday night 1 for places on the Varsity woman's swimming team which will contest with O. A. C. in n meet to -he held in Cor vallis next Saturday afternoon at 2:.'!() in the V. M. C. A. tank, commonly known as the O. A. C. hath tub. 'Another final tryout will be held tonight in the University tank to de termine the other members of the team. Those who will try out tonight are Mil dred Dodds, Ella Dews, Edna Rice, Dor_ othy Bennett, Melba Williams and Na omi Robbins. The eleven already chosen and the events in which they will appear are the following: Jeanette Moss, 25 yard free style race, 50 yard free style race, and relay race; Loeta Rogers, back race, dives, and free style race; Helen Nicolai, plunge for distance, 25 yard free style, 50 yard free style, relay; Helen Wood cock, diving, plunge for distance, relay; Marion Coffey, dives, 25 yard free style race, 50 yard free style race, relay; Hope McKenzie, dives; Elizabeth Peter son, side stroke for form, back race, 25 yard free style race, 50 yard free style race and relay; Erma Huff, back race, relay; Ami Marie Lague, breast, hack and crawl for form, buck race; Marion Spoeri, crawl for form, relay; florcnce riddle, stroke for form, breast, side, back 'and crawl. “O. A. C. will surely he a grand win ner if she wins over Oregon this year,” declared Miss Catharine Winslow this morning. “Oregon has some excellent material.” The Varsity team will leave for Cor vallis Saturday morning. Many are planning to motor over in cars and also others are going over to witness the event. Officials for Oregon are the following: Bill Morrison, time keeper; Theodora Stoppcnbach, scorer, Miss Hazel Rader, judge, and Miss Winslow, referee. CO-ED TENNIS MEET — 8. The O. A. C. girls’ tennis team will meet the University of Oregon tennis team here on June 1, according to a statement made by Miss Catharine Wins low, of the gymnasium department to day. The teams for single and for dou bles will be chosen from the following players: Marjorie Kay, Madeline Slot boom, Maude Lombard, Adrienne Ep ping Majrorie Campbell, Gladys Smith and Frances Elizabeth Baker. JOHN McGNIRE, E X 17 VISITOR Architecture Student Now Draftsman at Bremerton Returns to Campus John McGuire, who graduated last year from the school of architecture of the University, has returned to the campiiR for a visit. He is (row n draftsman in the Puget Sound navy yards, Bremerton, i Wash. j BENEFIT PLAYS DEXL WITH WAR JESTIQIK Three Productions for Horru Guard Fund Portray biases of Army Situations. Col. Leader Praises “Prussia! Way,’’ “O’Flaherty” and “The Stragglers.” The soul of Prussian militarism as bait'd in Percy Gibbons’ “The Prussian Way," is the theme of one of the three plays to be staged in the Eugene the atre, Friday and Saturday nights, for the Home Guard fund; ‘‘O’Flaherty, V. C.", the second play, has for its motif the heroism of an Irish soldier, and tho third play, "The Straggler,” is the story of the patriotism of a man and soldier whose’ days of usefulness for his country are past but who lives once more the glorious fighting days of his youth. "The Prussian Way." or ‘Tlnin Ger man," as it was known before Profess [ or A. F. lteddie dramatized it for stag* I production, is pronounced by Colonel John Leader to be absolutely correct it its interpretation of Prussiauism and its ; methods, and after hearing it read h* was enthusiastic over its possibilities. Interesting, Says Colonel. "I have worked under tho Prussians,’1 said Colonel Leader, “and the atmos phere of ’Plain German’ is real. It ii a splendidly done thing and intensely in. teresting all the way through. It was written by a man who never wrote any thing to any extent whatever befory [ and immediately his story, which is very short, was seized upon aud published 01 the front page of one of the biggest weeklies in tin- country—n magazine i which had been used to paying as high its $11000 for a single little story by a recognized author." In "O’Flnhert.v. V. C.” Mr. Reddle, who plays the Colonel, will play the part in the guise of Colonel Leader and will undoubtedly be a great hit siuce ho is extremely clever at impersonations. Miss Charlotte Ban-field, assistant, in structor in the department of public speaking, has seen the plays rehearsed I and pronounces them splendid, particu larly in the men’s parts, which are very t difficult. I ‘‘Stragglers Second Appearance. ! “The Straggler,” which has been ploy ! cd on the campus this year, has won i nothing but praise from those who saw i the performance in the winter season. It. is a Henry Irving composition, while ‘‘O’Flaherty, V. C,” is by Bernard Shaw, As 'usual in Mask and Buskin produc tions, tho work is being done entirely by class members, from ticket selling and box office managing to settings. The lutter will be in charge of Cleomc Carroll, Xorvell Thompson-, Norman Phillips and Ruth Young, who compose the committee on stage settings. Colonel Leader and other members of the faculty and townspeople are tc sponsor the productions, for which the seat sale opened this morning. The prices are 1.00, 75c and 50c. BELGIAN PROFESSOR TO SPEAK TUESDAY NIGHT uerman Kultiir In Theory and Practice Will Be Subject of Lecture by Victor Horta. Professor Victor Horta, of 'Brussels, Belgium, formally head of the architect department of University of Louvain, Belgium, find for the past two years ex change professor at Harvard university, will speak next Tuesday evening in Bendy hall at 8 o’clock on “German Fvultur in Theory and Practice." Pro fessor Iforta. is coming to the Univer city at the request of Professor Bos well Bosch, of the art department. The lecture will he open to the Eugene pub lic and the faculty and students of the University. Professor Horta is en route to Cali fornia. For the past six months he has been lecturing in the east for the Archaelogical Institute of Ameriea. Two weeks ago he spoke in Portland, "The Cathedrals of Northern France and Belgium." was the subject of his talk before the students at Beed college. After the lecture Tuesday night in Bendy hall the art department of the I Diversity will hold a smnll informal re ception in the studio of the architecture •building in his honor. It is probable that Mrs. Horta will accompany him.