Oregon
Emerald
VOL. 19.
EUGENE. OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1918.
NO. 84.
PUIS FOP GUARDS
PROVEJXCELLENT
Three Mask and Buskin War
Productions Meet with
Favor, but Small
Audience.
Professor Reddie, Lyle Mc
‘ Croskey and Norvell Thomp
son Score Hits.
Before an audience which scarcely
more than half filled the Eugene theater
last night, Mask and Buskin chapter of
the associated University players staged
its initial performance of the three one
act plays which were worked up espec
ially to be presented as a benefit fop
the Eugene Home Guard. The second
performance comes this evening.
With Colonel John Leader, command
ant of the University battalion of which
the Home Guard company is a unit,
sponsoring the presentation of this
group oe thi'ee unusually attractive war
plays, and members of Mask and Bus
kin, under the able and willing leader,
ship of Frof. A. Fergus Reddie giviug of
their time and talent, it was hoped to
make the two evenings a source of much
financial benefit to the guards. The
success of the scheme depends largely
on the size of tonight’s audience.
The three plays—“O’Flaherty, V. O.,”
by Bernard Shaw; “The Straggler,” by
Henry Irving; and Percy Gibbon's tell
ing “The Prussian Way”—were admir
ably chosen and grouped for joint pro
duction, each having war for its main
theme.
Standing out vividly among the three
was “The Prussian AVay,” for it was
set apart by its more rapid action, its
more intimate and significant interest
and its superior setting and acting —
there seemed something vivid and alive
in its threat which aroused an interest
less noticeable during the progress of
the other two, and which carried the
■very players themselves beyond the
bonds of self-consciousness.
Au increased number of characters
was one factor responsible for the im
provement, and the consequent decrease
in the apparent bleakness of the stage
was a second and very marked help to
ward that end. The result was much
more speed in catching up cues, and
more rapid action.
The story of the piece is that of a
German subject, seourhged by his cap
tain, and a deserter from the army, who
for revenge will sell a chemical inven
tion for exploding cartridges, bombs and
shrapnel shells at. long distance by means
of powerful electric rays, thus killing
<*ff allied troops while Germany lies
low. His price is that the officer who
whipped him shall be brought there, that
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Draft Takes Dwight Wilson,
President-elect for 1918-19.
Bruce Flegal, Arthur Runquist
and Irving Rowe Also Or
dered to Report.
Dwight Wilson, student body president
elect, Bruce Flegal and Arthur Run
quist were called in the draft this morn
ing. They have been notified to report
nt Camp McDowell, California, May 27.
Efforts made by University authorities
■fo have them exempted because of their
membership in the It. C. T. C. granted
the University recently have failed. It
was found that, probably through a fault
vf organization, the men in all the Uni
versity and college It. O. T. C. bodies
were not exempted when called.
The message received here this morn
ing from the war department relative
to exemption for the three men called
said:
“Xo exemption from draft on account
of merbership in reserve officers’ train
ing corps authorized by the war depart,
tnent.”
Wilson is at present a captain in the
University battalion. Flegal was this
rear a member of the wrestling varsity
baseball team, winning bis letter.
Irving Rowe, eajled on Thursday, left
Friday morning for Camp McDowell hav
ing been ordered to report earlier than
:hose who received their call this morn
mg.
SCHOLAKSHIP OFFERED
TO UNIVERSITY WOMAN
Association of Collegiate Alumnae Will
Decide Award of $25
on May 24.
A scholarship of $25 a year is being
offered by the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae to the University girl who is
found most worthy.
“I do not know how the choice will be
made,’’ said Miss Mozelle Hair, treas
urer of the Oregon chapter and a mem
ber of the committee to select a winner,
“but scholarship and actual fitness for
university training will be important
factors. However the money will not
be given to a girl to whom it will be of 1
no particular help.’’
Miss Hair stated that the scholarship
is usually awarded at the time of the
last meeting of the association which
will occur this year on May 24.
Anyone wishing to apply should hand
her name to the committee the other
members of which are Ilean I-ouise Khr
mann and Miss Mary Perkins, president
of A. C. A.
COLONEL LEADER LEAVES
I FOR WEEK’S LECTURE TRIP
Military Instructor to Speak at Camp
Lewis, Tacoma, and in South
ern Oregon.
Lieutenant Colonel John Leader left
this afternoon for a week’s lecture trip
through Oregon and Washington to as
sist in the lied Cross drive by speaking
on the war and military subjects.
lie motored to Halsey this afternoon
with Dr. George II. Parkinson and gave
his first talk there tonight.
lie is scheduled to speak iu Tacoma
j tomorrow on the war and in Camp Lew
is Monday on technical military prob
| lems. Tuesday and Wednesday he will
spend in Portland talking to Home
Guards and before the State Council of
Defense as well as at several other
! meetings to be arranged. Klamath Falls
high school will have the Colonel to de
j liver the commencement address. Friday
: evening. Saturday, he will speak for
the Red Cross in Medford and Grants
Pass.
MEN'S GLEE CLUB TO DANCE
Country Club Reserved for Thursday
Night, when Jazz Will Hold Forth.
There will be much festivity at the
Eugene Country club next Thursday
night when the T’niversity Men's Glee
club will hold their annual dance. This
dance is to take the place of the origi
nal plan of having n dinner dance at the
Osburn Hotel as a last affair before the
boys break up for the year.
A committee has been appointed con
sisting of John Flinn, who is in charge
of the music, Jack Montague and Paul
Spangler, who <nre to look after the mat
ter of eats, Bill Hazeltine, who made
arrangements for the club house and
Merril Moor, in charge of the programs.
Merril Moor has sent to Portland for
engraved dance programs and John
Flinn says that the music is going to
be real jazz, probably Lyons’ orchestra.
This year the dance is not to be a for
mal affair. They are going to Hoover
ize and make it just a plain party, in
formal, with good, peppy features, the
details of which not one of the men will
divulge. They do say, though, that it
will be original club stuff such as they
would have given had they gone on the
usual trip this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Faguy Cote
have been asked to serve as patrons.
There are only fourteen members of
the Glee Club left this year and these
! men say that the money which is left in
the treasury should certainly be used
for one last blow-out.
McNARY AND GRAY MOVE UP
Appointed as Second Lieutenants of
Companies B and 0.
Additional appointments in the T’ni
versity battalion were announced yes
terday. Robert McN’ary will be second
lieutenant of C. Company and Harold
Gray, second lieutenant of L> Company.
Second Lieutenant Harold Cake and
William Steers appointed Wednesday,
will hold the rank of honorary lieuten
ants at their own request. Their resig
nations were accepted Friday. Their
commissioned rank will be entered upon
their record of service, however, but
during the remainder of their term they
will he permitted to drill as acting non
com’Missioned officers in B Company.
DELTA TAIIS TO MEET
PHI BELTS 1111 FINAL
Last in Doughnut Baseball
Series Promises to Be
One of Season's
Best.
Durno and Medley to Pitch;
Both Teams Working Hard
Under Coaches.
The final game of the doughnut base
'hall league will be played Tuesday of
next week when the Phi Delta Theta
representatives will meet the Delta Tan
Delta team. This game should prove to
be one of the best seen here this year,
including Varsity contests.
Both of the teams appear to be in
good shape and both are confident that
they will be able to take the contest.
Ed. Durno. who will probably pitch for
the Phi Delts, is a good box artist and
should be able to keep the Delt slug
gers pretty much under his control.
In Houston Medley the Delts have a
twirler that is about the best in the
league and the Phi Delts are going to
find that it is no easy job to gather
base hits off of this port-sider. The
infield of the two teams is about a
stand off with the outfield shading a
little to the L'hi Delts. The main thing
in the game is to be who can hit and
who can not. The team that is able to
solve the delivery of the oposing pitch
er is the team that is gaing to have the
best chance to give the cup a rest upon
its mantle piece.
The Delta Tan team handed the Eu
gene High School team a walloping
Thursday evening when they beat them
with a score of G to 2. Mortimer
Brown performed in the boy for the
Delts. Both of the teams played ft
good game and the Delts sure looked
like world beaters in the contest but it
remains to be seen what they will look
like when they face the twirling of Dur
no.
Daily practice is the order of the
two houses and Manager Bill Steers and
Dot Medley, are pushing their proteges
to the limit. There has been some talk
of Steers and Medley playing when the
teams meet next week. As both houses
have enough men to form a team, it is
campus opinion that there is no need
for Varsity men to enter now, although
the regular season is over. The game,
say the fans, will be more interesting if
Steers and Medley stay out as neither
team will gain any great advantage by
the addition, as there is very little dif
ference in the ability of the two.
TO SPEAK ON SHELL SHOCK
Dr. E. S. Conklin to Give Three Public
Lectures on Army Disease.
Three lectures on the army disease
peculiar to the present war, shell shook,
will be given next week by Dr. E. S.
Conklin, bead of the department of psy
chology, in his lecture room in McClure
hall. While the lectures are primarily
for the class in abnormal psychology.
Dr. Conklin will admit visitors. The
lecture subjects follow: .Monday at 11
a. m., “Psychology of the Civilian Turn
ed Soldier;” Tuesday, 11 a. m., “Char
acteristics of Shell Shock Cases;” Thurs
day, 11 a. m., “Interpretations, Treat,
inent and Prevention.”
WOMEN TO DO CLUB WORK
Eight Girls to Spend Eight Weeks in
Y. W. C. A. Camp This Summer.
Eight University women who are plan
ning to do eight weeks’ club work dur.
ing the summer, met Thursday evening
for dinner at the Bungalow, when Mrs.
P. L. Campbell told them of various
forms of patriotic work they might take
up with their girls during their eight
weeks of work. Mrs. George II. Park
inson, who is eight weeks club adviser
for Y. W. C. A., also met with the girls.
Other meetings to discuss other forms
of club work will be held.
OHIO REJECTS HONOR SYSTEM.
Plan Turned Down by Majority of 103
Votes by Students and Faculty.
The adoption of the honor system at
the Ohio State University was recently
voted on by the students and faculty,
and rejected by a majority of 103 votes.
—Ohio State Lantern,
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Fifteen Women Form Unit for
All Sorts of Agricultural
Labor in Oreaon This
Summer. 1
Plan Found Satisfactory in
i
Other Colleges to Be
Used at Oregon.
[ Fifteen University girls who ere
I planning to form an agricultural unit
; for summer work, met Thursday from
| 5 to t! o’clock in the Bungalow to make
their plans. They will work together in
the country during vacation under the
chnperonago of an older woman.
Several places are available for unit
work but the girls have not yet decided
on one. They will take tents and when
one job is finished will move on to the
next place. General farm work, berry
and cherry picking form work they are
seeking.
"The girls feel that by doing this work j
they will be spending their summer
[ profitably as well as making it. possible
j for more men to enlist,” said Miss Tirza
| Hinsdale, campus Y. AV. C. A. secre
| tary.
The next meeting of the unit will be
held next Thursday afternoon at the
Bungalow, when the club will he offi
cially organized. A forewoman will be
elected and the girls will decide upon
the matter of a cook and a chaperon.
HETEROGENEOUS CLASS
STUDIES WAR MINERALS
Chromite, Indispensable to Munition
Plants, Abundant in Oregon,
Says Dr. Smith.
A class in war minerals in which
three real prospectors are enrolled at
present, met last night for the first time
in the geology lecture room, with Dr.
( Warren D. Smith, head of the depart,
ment of geology.
Twelve are enrolled in the class which
will meet every Thursday evening. One
man in the class has prospected from
Washington to Southern California and
■also in Nevada. Another has made coal
1 examinations, and entered the class to
learn s'Mething more about metals. One
Is a bu.ik president, interested in what
he can learn about metals to use as h
basis for forming judgments for invest
ments. Two members of the class 'are
women, one a faculty wife, the other a
student.
Chromite was the subject for discus
sion last night.
Tlie United States produces just one
fourth as much chromite os it needs, ac
cording to Dr. Smith, and since this is
the ease the study of the mineral is be
ing made so that everyone can be on the
look-out and can report to the govern
ment any findings.
j Chromite is a compound of iron,
chromium and oxygen and it is used
principally for the hardening of steel in
the munition plants. Large quantities
I of chromite are found in the eastern
and southern parts of Oregon.
“There are places in Oregon where
the mineral lies in abundance but it has
never been discovered,” said Dr. Smith.,
“The mining is comparatively easy since
it lies close to the surface hut the trou
ble is that no one knows nnything about
j it.”
! VICTOR HORTA TO LECTURE
Belgian Professor to Talk on “German
Kultur” Tuesday Evening.
“Herman Kultur in Theory and Prac
tice.” will he the subject of Professor
Victor Horta’s lecture Tuesday evening
in Dcady hall. Professor Horta is one
of the leading lecturers in the country
today, lie is from Brussels, Belgium
find was formerly head of the architec.
ture department of the University of
Louvain, Belgium. For the past two
years he has been exchange professor
at Harvard University. 11 is descriptions
of war conditions in Belgium are vivid
and stirring. The lecture will lie open to
the Eugene public and the faculty and
students of the University, For the
past six weeks Professor Horta lias
been lecturing for the Archaelogic«l In
stitute of America. After the lecture
Tuesday night in Deady hail the art de
partment will hold a reception in the
studio of the architecture building in
[ his honor.
♦ ♦
♦ With the doubles being played as ♦
♦ the Emerald goes to press, Oregon ♦
♦ is leading in the tennis mateh with ♦
♦ O. A. C. on the local courts this <►
♦ afternoon. The Varsity took all <>
♦ three matches in the singles, with ♦
^ the scores as follows: ♦
♦ Brown vs Hyde, 0-1. 7-5. ♦
♦ Hershner vs. Reynolds, 0-1, ♦
♦ 0-3. 6-1. ♦
♦ Smith vs. Powers, 7-5, 0-4, 10-S. ♦
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ABE ROSENBERG TO MEET
WASHINGTON IN ORATORY
Second Freshman in University's His
tory to Take Part in Interstate
Contest.
For the first time since the days of
Carlton Spencer, in 15)10, a freshman
is again to represent Oregon at the Ore
gon and Washington state oratorical
contest. Abe 10. Rosenberg will meet
the Washington representative, whose
name has not yet been announced, at
the Lincoln High School auditorium in
Portland on either May 31 or June 1,
to compete for the interstate champion
whip. Rosenberg's addrpss, “Your
Name. Honored Yesterday, Loathed To
day, What Shall it be Tomorrow?” is
original. The judges of the contest are
to be the same as they have been for
years, the heads of the English depart
ments of the Universities of Idaho,
Stanford and California.
E. F. Blaine, of Seattle was the donor
of the $101) prize, which is to go to the
winner.
HUNGRY SENIORS FED
BY Y. W. C. A. MEMBERS
Real Breakfast Served to Co-eds at
Home of Mrs. Campbell—Toasts
Follow Delicious Meal.
“We want breakfast!” said the senior
women at the breakfast given for them
this morning at the home of Mrs. P. L.
Campbell by tin1 Y. W. (’. A.
.And the will of the IMS's was obeyed
when members of the association served
what Emma Wont ton Mali called “the
first real breakfast I’ve had in college.”
Essie Maguire, campus president, act
ed as toast mistress and responses were
given by Gladys Wilkins, Miss Mary
Perkins, Miss Tirza Hinsdale, Dean
Louise Ehrmann, Mrs. S. H. Friendly,
Mrs. P. I,. Campbell, Emma Wootton
Hall, Miriam Page, Margaret Crosby,
Helene Delano, Anna Lansbury Reek,
Ruth Ann Wilson and Dorothy Collier.
Mrs. Erie W. Allen gave two readings,
■“Ramey Magee” and “Horn and Haw.”
The affair closed with a serpentine
and “Oskie” by the 125 girls, present,
with nine “rails” given for the senior
class and the Y. W. C. A.
WOMEN’S GLEE CLUB
COMPLETES SEASON
Financial Status ot University Respons
ible for Lark of Concert Trips
During Year.
The women’s glee cluh^if the Uniyer
sity hns finished its season. It will not
take the trip which was planned for
either southern Oregon or lo Portland
and Camp Lewis. The financial status of
the University this year will not allow it.
The women’s club of this year was
one of the best that the Univerity has
ever had and an extensive season was
planned for it. The first two semesters
were spent in perfecting a program which
was to be presented the middle of June
but arrangements could not be made and
in order than their efforts might not be
useless, the women sang as a feature
at the Junior Prom.
DRIVE TO OPEN WEDNESDAY
Rev. Spangler to Inaugurate Armenian
Relief Campaign.
The campus campaign to raise the
University’s quota of $100 for the Ar
menian relief fund will begin Wednesday
morning when Reverend A. M. Spangler,
pnstor of the Eugene Congregational
church, will address the assembly to ex
plain the campaign.
The campaign will be carried on on
the campus in conjunction with the cam
pus Red Cross campaign. Although no
University quota has been made for the
Red Cross drive next week, because of
the campaign being made on the campus
to equip a canteen, it is felt that the
campus can raise $200. This amount will
be raised among the men, who, it is
understood, will not he asked to donate
to the women’s canteen fund.
TEN OUT FOR OFFICE
IN IMIS LEIOOE
Roberta Schuebel and Dorothy
Flegel Want Presidency;
Ruby Bogue Is
Unopposed.
Grace Hammarstrom and Eva
Hansen Rivals for
•Secretaryship.
Ten candidates for the six offices in
Woman's League next year were an
nounced yesterday afternoon by the nom
inating committee. Election will be
held Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in Vil
la rd ball.
The committee hns selected Dorothy
Elegel to run against Roberta Schuebel,
who announced her candidacy several
weeks ago, for president. Miss Flegel
has been n member of the Y. W. C. A.
cabinet for the past two years, last year
having charge of arranging all Y. TV.
meetings and planning vesuec programs.
She lias been active in class work, was
head of the juniors for the campui
luncheon, chairman of the committee
which arranged for Junior pictures in
the Oregana and is u member of this
year’s Oregana staff. She is vice pres
ident. of Triple C.
Ruby Rogue is the only woman slated
for vice president by the nominatini
committee. Miss Bogue is a major in
the department of physical education,
was • eretnry of the athletic association
last year and head of golf this year.
For secretary, Eva Hansen and Greet
Hninmerstrom have been named. Miss
Hansen is a major in the department ol
physical education, is secretary of the
athletic association this year and hns
been captain of both the freshman and
sophomore basketball teams and maim,
gor of the sophomore team. She has
been on the varsity swimming, hookey
and basketball teams. She is president
of Triple 15 and a member of Zcta Knp.
pa I*si.
Grace Ilammerstrom is vice president
of Triple R and an active worker in Y.
W. ('. A. on the membership committee.
She is a member of Kwnma.
Reha Macklin and Ethel McGilchrist
are slated for the treasury. Miss Mack
lin had charge of the sophomores for
the campus luncheon. She is a member
of Kwnma and Mu Phi Epsilon. Miss
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Dr. W. H. Slingerland to Arrive
About May 20.
Will Conduct Survey In State
Institutions For Care of
Children.
Dr. W. II. Slingerland, commissioner
nnd field agent for the Russell Sage
foundation, expert in child welfare, is
expected here May HO.
i The extension division will arrange
his itinerary so that he may investigate
all institutions of Oregon where there
are children dependent upon the state.
Tim legislature last fall passed a bill
authorising such an investigation.
Five members of the University fac
ulty, Earl Kilpatrick, director of the
extension division, Dr. E. S. Conklin,
head of the psychology department; Miss
Elizabeth Fox, dean of women; Dr.
George Rebec, professor of philosophy;
and Dr. R. W. DeRusk, professor of
education, were chosen to conduct the
study.
No appropriation was made to meet
the expenses, so the extension division
of the University will finance it and pay
for the immediate expenses aud enter
tainment of Dr. SUn erland. The Rus
sell Sage foundation pays his salary.
He will spend several weeks in Ore
gon and will send a detailed report of
his findings to the extension division.
This report will be used as a basis for
recommendation to the legislature.
Dr. Slingerland bus spent the past
several mouths in demonstrating the
value and importance of special research
and case work in connection with the
Moose institution at Mooseheart, Illi
nois, an institution of several thous
and inmates