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Mr. Barron Has Organization “''Tuned Up at Earlier Date Than Usual. The University of Oregon Symphony Orchestra will hold its first concert of the season at tho Eugene Theatre, Sun day, December 15, at 3:30 p. m. The or chestra this year is under the supervision of Robert Louis Barron. He was fi-pupil of Listermnu and Mas Fisehel. For five years he was a teacher in the Sherwood Music School of Chicago, and has done considerable concert work. The program for nest Sunday is as follows: I. Overture, “Titus” .Mozart II. Aria. “Cavatina” from “Faust”. .Gounod III Romance for violin and orchestra.... . Svendsen Miss Alberta Potter V. (a) The Years at the Spring. .Mrs. H. LI. A. Bench (b) A Dream of Spring. .Lucile Thurber (c) Tears .Lucile Thurber (d) The Americans Come..Hay Foster Mr. Faguy-Cote. (a) Ase’s Death .Grieg (b) Norwegian Dance No. 3.Grieg The orchestra is farther advanced this year than usual, in spite of the influenza. A concert has never been given before so early in the year. Mr. Barron is also planning a second concert which he hopes to give in April. CAMPUS ACTIVITIES Again the influenza epidemic has in terrupted campus social affairs and lias closed down all gatherings other than class meetings leaving nothing more en gaging upon the students calendar than examinations. S. A, T. C. men are es pecially put out by the ban ns it has can celled their plans for company dances set for Friday and Saturday nights. Although the Christmas parties arranged by vari ous groups for this week-end had been called off in accordance with the city's ruling, the invited guests who are Ku gene's poor children, will not be forgotten but will be visited in their homes by the girls. Many interesting events have been scheduled for the month of January and students are looking forward with much pleasure to the opening of the new term. * * » Of special interest to University wo men was the Christmas vesper service given by the Y. W. C. A. in the Bungalow yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The re ception room was attractively decorated in fir boughs. William Vance spoke on “Christmas in Syria” and Mrs. Mabel Holmes Parsons read poems from Joyce Kilmer. A musical program was given consisting of a duet by Mrs. Minnie Klump Johnston and Beulah Koagy, a solo by Laura Rand, a violin solo by Pro fessor Robert Barron and a. Finnish song by Ami Lagus. Maliyl Weller presided at the meeting, the last one for this term. ♦ * * Dinner guests at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house tonight are Dean Louise Ehrmann. Miss Tirza Dinsdale. Mrs. Wil liam M. Case and Miss Gertrude Talbot. * * * A number of Delta Delta Delta girls went to Corvallis Saturday to install a chapter of Theta Mu at O. A. C.. return Sweet Cream and Milk “The Best.” WHEN YOU BUY BUTTER, ASK FOR THE L. C. BRAND. Always Fresh and Pure. The Lane County Creamery Phone 117. 48 Park Street. BROKERS BROTHERS. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Fresh, Corned and Smoked Meats. 80 W. 8th St. Eugene, Oregon. Phone 40. Shop Mornings When Possi ble. But Eleven Shopping Days Till Christmas. Christmas Furs With Lots of Charm Especially Priced This Week ;STOLES, CAPES, SCARFS AND SETS AT A 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT TODAY. . 100 New Muffs at Sale Prices Values to $5.50, Sale Price.$ 2.98 | Values to $7.50, Sale Price.$ 4.98 Values to $12.50, Sale Price .$ 8-95 Values to $18.50, Sale Price.$12.75 Values to $30.00, Sale Price.$23.85 | Values to $35.00, Sale Price.$25.35 % Included are cylinder, melon atid pillow muffs of Coney, squirrel, red fox, brown fox, white fox, beaver, opossum, river mink, Japanese mink, Russian fitch, Wolf black, natural wolf, French mole, Hudson seal. The American Boy Store Pendleton Indian Robes ing Sunday. The following girls made up the party: Margaret Spangler, Florence Riddle, Frances Fruter, Doris Churchill, Margaret Mansfield, Myrtle Ross, Kath erine DeVoe, Helen Hair and Winifred Starbuck. * * * Miss Louise Fitch and Miss Mary Per kins were guests at the Delta Delta Del ta house for dinner Tuesday evening. • * * Miss Adn Matthews, of Cottage Grove, and Miss Patty French were dinner guests at the Pi Phi house last night. Miss Matthews came over for the musical comedy, “Have a Heart” at the Eugene theatre last night. * • • . Tre Nu, fraternity of campus business W'omen, entertained a group of friends Sunday nfternoon with a delightful sup per in the rooms of the Bungalow. Christmas decorations were effectively used about the rooms with miniature fir trees surmounting the table where the hostesses themselves served the clever luncheon. Guests of the fraternity girls were: Mrs. A. R. Sweetser, who read to the girls, Joy Judkins. Adelaide Lake, Ethel Waite, Ruby Rogue, Rieta Hough, Eleanor Hildebrand, Madeline Slotboom, Ella Dews. Ruth Flegal, Florence Furu set and Zeta Mitchell. Essie McGuire gave the monthly lesson talk. POEM SENT FROM FRANCE DeWitt Gilbert Writes Chirstmas Greet ing to Dean Straub. John DeWitt Gilbert, ex-’18, and mem ber of Phi Gamma Delta, who is now in France with the 65th artillery, joined with his father. Chaplain William S. Gil bert, in sending the following original Christmas greeting to Dr. and Mrs. John Straub: On Christmas day the leagues of sen Which coldly lie between us Fall back, and we are there with thee As other years have seen us. And what if other days are sad And other days are dreary. This day of days is always glad. This day is always cheery. From France to you at home we call, “Your sorrows deeply bury. May your New Year be happy all. Your Christmas very merry.” It will he remembered that Gilbert wrote the words for “Mighty Oregon” when he was in college a few years ago. HELP DEVASTATED FRANCE Buy a Christmas Card Friday in Front of Library From Committee. Christmas cards, printed and plintedi by the class in design under Miss Helen Rhodes will be on sale in front of the library* December 13, between the hours of 0 a. m. and 4 p. m. The money raised will go to the American com mittee for devastated France. Standardized Postcard Size They will be sold for five cents each. The American Committee for devastated France has been doing reconstruction work in the ruined villages for some time Many prominent women of New York have been active in carrying the work of the committee forward and have given generously both of their time and money. The members of class in charge of the En'e are: Marion Ady, Mildred Oliver, Pauline Porteous, Vera Temple, Mary Alta Kelly, Agnes Brooks and Brownell Frazier. WAGE SCALE TO BE FIXED Women Employees and Employers to Meet at Y. W. Bungalow. Two meetings to decide upon a student wage scale for the women of the Uni versity are scheduled to be held at the Bungalow on Sunday and Tuesday af ternoons. All girl students interested in receiving employment are asked to meet at the Bungalow Sunday afternoon from 3 to 4 o’clock. - At this meeting there wUl be representatives from the Bible University and the high school. Other special representatives are to be Dean Louise Ehrmann, Miss Tirza Dinsdale, campus Y. W. C. A. secretory, and Ma byl Weller, association chairman for practical service. The women who give employment to the girls of the University will meet on Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 4 o’clock, when it is hoped that a satisfactory scale will be set for both employer and employed. This plan of wage fixing was fol lowed last year and proved satisfactory. Delays due to a combination of causes have prevented an earlier decision this year. Patroaize Emerald Advertiser* MISS SCHENK IN DENVER Letter Tells of Library Work She is Doing In New High School. A letter received on rite campus this week from Frances W. Schenk. 'IS, tells of her work as librarian of the North Side High school in'Denver, Colorado. Miss Schenk received her training for this work in the University library un der M. 11. Dpuglnss and in the Eugene public library. She was a major in Greek aud while at the University took work in advanced classes in journalism. The school in which Miss Schenk Is librarian is the largest, newest, and best equipped of five municipal high schools in Denver. It maintains a student cafe teria at noon where lunches may be se cured for a few cents, under the man agement of the department of house hold arts. There are 1500 students in this school, writes Miss Schenk, aud there are 5,000 volumes in the library over which she has complete charge. In her letter MisB Scheuk praised the Em erald, pronouncing it the best yet. FRENCHMAN FROM OREGON Sergeant Glenn Shockley, class of ’IS, and a member of Kappa Sigma frater nity, lias discovered that the world is a small place after all- Shockley is an in structor at an ordnance armament school near Tours, and has been in France since April. Glenn and several other soldier boys recently engaged a guide, to show them about points in southern France. Noticing that tlie Frenchman spoke English without difficulty, Shockley asked him where he'picked it up. Where upon much to his surprise, he was told that his guide had spent several years in Baker, Oregon, in the eighties, where he had worked in the Nelson placer mine. The two hnd a long interesting conversation, ^linker is the home town of Shockley. Shockley’s address is Sgt. Glenn Shockley. Ordnance Armament School, American E. 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