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VOL. 20. EUGENE, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING', DEC. 14, 1918. NO. 29. Viost of S. A. T. C. Wi!l Be Back; Greater Oregon Workers Are Busy. The naval unit is going over '.lie top for Oregon and unless all signs fail, com panies A and B will be a close second, according' to statements made by Eddie Durno, chairman of the Greater Oregon committee, and John Houston, who was appointed by Durno to 'nctvn the capac ity of a chairman of the committee for the naval unit. The majority of the tars are coining back next term. Practically all of the freshmen and most of Hie upper class men will return, so Houston said last night, and present indications are that very few of Company A and Company P> men are undecided, the majority of the men will return to Oregon. Greater Oregon Committee at Work. The Greater Oregon committee is com pletely organized ready for work on the campus now. and throughout llie state during the holidays. No more meetings of the committee will be held before Christmas, according to Eddie Durno A sergeant from each platoon of Companies A and B, and of the naval unit was appointed at the meeting of the committee Wednesday night. These men are obtaining the names of the freshmen in each platoon who are j et undecided ,n regard to coming back next semester, fie will write avpersonal letter to the men’s parents, telling them of the many advantages at the ■ University, in order to encourage the boys to return and not .oae the opportunity to get a college ed ucation. The men appointed from A company were Ned Fowler, Nish Chapman. Jack Dundore. William McArthur, Bill Morri son. Company B men are Francis Jacob berger, Arthur Ely, Donald Portwood, Joe Trowbridge, Frank Palmer and Ben ivy. John Houston was chosen from the, aaval unit. Ail ienows who want to return u> Ore gon, but who are unable to do so because ! of lack of enough money, will be assist- j ed by these men in finding work to make their expenses, so Eddie Durno said yesterday. Pamphlets and bulletins giving an out line of the various courses offered by each department may be received at the president’s office or from Durno. All of the naval unit men will take Oregon literature home with them to distribute In the high schools. Outlook Is Bright. Jack Dundore said last night that he was planning on running down to Wash ington high school during the holidays, with s a “goodly supply of literature and enthusiasm for Oregon. Francis Jacobberger expects to carry on a lively campaign at Columbia in Portland during the Christinas vaca tion. With the Greater Oregon committee talking Oregon and the student body talking Oregon, the outlook for a might ier Oregon is very bright. CONDOLENCE IS OFFERED Resolutions Sent Out To Bereaved Fam ilies of Late Students. At the last meeting of the Associated students the following resolutions of Indolence, prepared by a committee beaded by Dorothy Flegal. were adopted: “Whereas. Almighty God in Ilis lu linite 'Wisdom has seen fit to take from >ur midst our late sist r and fellow stu ients and loyal friends. Catharine Heil 'g. Mrs. Delsoll Sage. Mrs. Pauline Pot ter Homer and Rev. A. Wooddy : ind ““ “Whereas, by their death the Univer sity of Oregon has lost four beloved friends, who were always true and con scientious for the welfare of the Univer sity; therefore be it Resolved, That we. the Associated stu dents of the University of Oregon, ex tend our deepest sorow to their be.cav ?d families in our mutual s u-row and less, and be it further "Resolved, That an engrossed copy f these resolutions be sent to the fami lies . ,f the deceased, a copy lie transcrib ed upon the records of the Associated -tii'e r.t ‘body, and a < pv he sent to th-* student nuhlice.tion.’’ I Dr. Boynton’s Dark Optic Demonstration Principle of Physics — That two solids cannot occupy the same space at the same time was proved j anew to Dr. \Y. P. Boynton, professor j of physics, on Wednesday evening of j this week, when he found out that the head of some strange boy and his own light eye could not get into the same small space. It was li o'clock and darkness envel oped the vicinity of Alder and Hilyard. Two bicycles were winding their weary way when, crash! (they were strewn along the wayside, and the right eye of the Oregan professor of physics came in contact with the forehead of an un suspecting hoy hardly yet fifteen years. “I think we were both knocked un conscious for a moment,” said Dr. Boyn ton. “I got up finally and the boy lifted his head and murmured, ‘What hap pened?’ ” May it also be said that the above stated physical law can be testified to by the physics class in general. Not only because it was explained fully, but by an orb black and swollen. « PRISONER ASKS FOR BOOKS limate of State Penitentiary Writes M. H. Douglass, Librarian. An inmate of the Oregon state peni tentiary has written to M. II- Douglass, librarian, asking if he may be consul-, ered one of the eligibles for borrowing books. He saw an article in the Oregon Journal saying that any responsible per son would be loaned books at their re quest. lie says that he wants some books our chemistry as he is particularly interested in that subject. “My address may be considered per manent for four years,” says he. He says that he earns enough money to pay the postage on the books. Mr. Doug lass has sent a list of chemistry books in the library so that the man may choose the ones in which he is particu larly interested. During the last year from January 1, 1918, to December 10, 1018, the li brary has sent out 1,702 books and mag azines, according to figures compiled by Mr. Douglass. Books have been sent to every coun ty in Oregon. Towns in Washington, California, Idaho and New Mexico have also received ’books. There have been 015 different packages sent out- Re quests for books have come from school teachers, pupils, club women, ministers and doctors who are heads of hospi tals. S. A. T. C. SONG BOOKS HERE Hymns for Men’s Voices Will Be Dis tributed Soon. The pocket sized edition of standard hymns which Dr. John Landsbury, dean of the school of music announced would soon be distributed among the S. A. T. O. men has just arrived. The edition of hymns, according to Dr. Landsbury, is the only one of its kind published. It is for men’s voices only. The U. S. army song book usually is sued by the war department has been received by Dr. Landsbury also. This book contains the national airs of the United States and allied nations, several Amer ican folk songs and typical army camp songs, such as "Pack Up Your Trou bles,’’ "The Coast Artillery Song,” "Ar my Trumpet Calls,” “Over There,” "Long Boy,” and "Keep Your Head Down, Fritzie Boy.” A number of these army and folk songs are accompanied by cartoons illustrating | their spirit. WALKER AND HOWE AWAY Both Attending Intercollegiato Confer ence in Portland. Dean II. Walker, graduate manager of the University, and Professor H. C. Howe, are in Portland this week-end at tending a meeting of the moguls of the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Conference. The chief matters to come up at this meeting are getting back to the old ba sis for athletics and drawing up a bas ketball schedule. According to Walker, it is probable that The freshman rule as well as the one year residence rule will be put back into effect and that there will be no great cbange in t>“ e«oferarme '-iiHngs S COLONEL LEADER WILL REMAIN AS FACULTY MEMBER Will Instruct in Military His tory and Science and in Foreign Trades. Colonel John Leader, late of the Royal Irish Rifles, who has been commanding officers of the State Officers’ Training school at the University, will remain as , a member of the University faculty next term. Colonel Header will instruct in military history, military science, and will assist in the school of commerce giving lectures in the foreign trades course. Colonel Lender will also devote con siderable of his time of extension divi sion work, filling the numerous requests that come in to him from all over the state for lectures. The remainder of his time he will devote to the promotion of intra mural athletics in the University. The course in military history and sci ence will be a three hour course sched uled for Monday, Wednesday and Fri day at 2 o’clock., In the lectures to the class in for eign trades, Colonel Leader will talk about the commercial relations with the Orient and will explain nbout the life, history, and the organization of the So cial life of the Oriental peoples. Dur ing Colonel Leader’s experience he has served with most of the allies in some capacity. He has been interpreter in Germany for the British government; served in the Boer war in 1S90 where he earned his rank as captain; in 1902 in terpreter for the British government in Chinese and Japanese; was sent to the far East at the outbreak of the Russo Japanese war; in 1907 he was sent from Siberia to India and in 190K to Arabia. In 1909 he was married and entered business in British Columbia. GOBS TO BE OUT NEXT WEEK Navy Men Will Enter University as Reg ular Students in January. Thp G2 men iu the naval unit at. the University will be discharged Monday and Tuesday of next week, Ensign AY. Heppenheimer announced this morning. All of the men are asking for release, althought they were given the option of signing for active duty in the navy if they so desired. Nearly all of the 62 will be back at the University for regular college work in January. The meu were paid today up to De cember 1 and will receive their December pay at the homes during the vacation. Al though they will be discharged the first of next week, they will remain at the University until their college examina tions are completed, probably until Fri day, December 20. / Ensign Heppenheimer, who has been in charge of the naval unit here, will go to Bremerton naval station as soon as his men are discharged. He was assigned from Bremerton to take command of the unit here. LAST REVIEW CALLED OFF S. A. T. C. Parade Not Held Because of j Rain; Governor Unable to Come. The last review of the S. A. T. C„ scheduled for this morning, was called off because of the rain, Governor AA’ithy eom.be, who was askel to be present, was not able to come. This was to have been the first for mal review of the year, as well as the last, to which the public was invited, and several' townspeople who came out to the University were disappointed. Col. AV. II. 1’. Bowen, commanding officer, said this morning that the re view might be held early next week. FORMER STUDENT HEARD FROM Henderson Stewart, a student in the University two years ago, was on his way overseas when the armistice was signed. He left college during April vacation to enlist in the field artillery and was sent to Camp Fremont. From there he was transferred to Fort Sill. Stewart's ad dress is 8th Division, 83rd Itegimcut, Battalion “C" Field Artillery OREGON GRAD GETS POSITION Herbert II. Mathews, who received his B. A. from the University In 1913, has recently been dected to a position in the iar l>«fael school in California. Om CAMPAIGN EXPECTED TO TOTAL 800 SUBSCfllPTfOniS Yearbook Wifi Probably Go Over Top Thinks Chair man Dundore. Jack Dundore, chairman of the general campus committee far the Oregnna cam paign, believes that OOO Oregano sub scriptions have already been taken, al though only 1S1 .subscriptions had been turned over to him. Returns from the Oregano campaign had not been totaled this noon, as many of the solicitors had not yet turned in their hooks to their class •hairman. ‘‘But I expect 000 subscriptions when they are all turned in tonight.” said Jack Dundore. "If we have that many it will seem that the students want the Orcgnna badly enough to help ns get 200 more. A one-day campaign will prob ably be held right after the Christmas holidays. It will he carried on by cheek ing over the students who have sub scribed and the names of those who have not will be given to members of a gen eral committee and they in turn are ex pected to bring back the subscription. This will mean practically every student, a subscriber. The best workers <.n all of the committees for this drive will he members for the one-day campaign. I sincerely hope it will not he necessary to carry on another campaign, even for one dny.” Eddie Durno, chalrma'! of the sopho more committee reported that the soph omores did their part in g -tting the 800 subscriptions, for they themselves can turn in 225. Only 12 workers out of the 50 had turned in their books this noon and the highest of these were Alys Sutton S3 .subscriptions; Elmo Madden, 20; Sid Tewksbury, 24; Sid Robinson. 22; and Lyle Bryson and Caroline Alexander, 20. All the books will be turned in by this evening when they will he counted and the results posted on the library bulletin board. CONDOLENCE IS OFFERED Students Pass Resolutions in Rogard to i Classmates Who Have Died. The Associated Students lmve passed die following resolution prepared by a ■ommittee headed by Helen McDonald: Whereas, Almighty (!od in His infinite wisdom has seen fit to remove from the ictivities of this life our devoted fellow students and former classmates, namely, dlen Walter, Karl Cobb, John Creech, Kmanuel Northrup, Itichanl Shisler, San Ford Sichel, Kenneth Farley, Claude lohnstone, Richard Riddell Sleight, Lee Meadows, Roy Johnson, Karl S- Powell, rhomas Townsend, Turner Neil, Roswell Dosch and John Kelly; Whereas, in their deaths the Univer sity of Oregon has lost staunch and trust ed friends, who were among those who nude the supreme saerifiee of their lives in the cause of democracy; lie it Resolved, that we, the Associated Stu- , Ients of the University of Oregon, ex- : tend to their sorrowing families our leepest and heartfelt sympathies; and be it further Resolved, that an engrossed copy n these resolutions in behalf of onr helove i Friends be sent to their families, a copy >e transcribed on the records of the stu lent body and a copy be printed in the University publication. ENLISTED MEN TO RETURN Registrar Daily Receiving Letters From Former Students. Letters are corning t.', the registrar’s office daily from former University of Oregon men. now in the service, who are planning to return to the University in January. The last received arc from the following, who will be on the campus Jan uary 0, the date of the opening of the new term: Jay H. Fox, of Portland, now at San Diego, California; Wilbur M. Carl, of Portland, stationed at Quantico, Vir ginia; Lieutenant Claude Hill, of Klam ath Falls, now at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; John P. Masterson, of Denmark, Oregon, at Mare Island, Cal.; Roy M. Avery, of Ashland, at Hampton Roads, Virginia; Walton W. Parsons, of Redmond, at Vancouver Barracks, Va.; Virgil DcLap, ■* Klam»th ••bills, at San Pe^ro. U«|. Dr. Conklin Finds 575 Students Afraid of Friday the 13th I l Diversity students have been found to be n pretty superstit ious lot of young people, ns a result of four years of stilly on the part of I>r. Edmund S. Conklin, professor of psychology. Irrational, silly, superstitions like the fear of walking under a ladder, unwilling ness to raise an umbrella in a house, be lief in the good luck sure to follow the picking up of a pin if the point is turned toward one, dread of the unluckinoss at tending Friday the Kith, and all of those funny old notions are believed or prac ticed by at least 575 of Oregon's stu dents. who have been asked in detail why they believe or why they practice these superstitions, Dr. Conklin said this morning. The adolescent class started this prac tice about, four years ago, and Dr. Conk lin is keeping it up. This will be brought out iiu detail with all figures at the meeting of the I’nivorsity science dub Tuesday even ing, December 17, at 8:00 o’clock, when Dr. Conklin will he the principal speak er. The subject, of his address w71 he, “A Study of Adolescent Superstition." The club will meet in room "t. Heady ball, and the public, especially students of the sciences, are invited to attend. A business meeting will be held at 7:50. i "Hill" Hayward, Oregon nainer. will spend tile holidays in the south, but lie will be hard at work. Hayward received an offer to train the Marines and named his terms, which wore accepted by. the Mare Island team. He has also reoeiv- I ed an offer from the Groat Lakes Naval | Training Station to train their aggro- | gation for tin1 clash with the Marines I in Pasadena on New Year’s Day. Hay ward announced this morning that he would accept both offers. Hayward does not know just when he will leave. The Great Lakes team will be in Pasadena December 18, and In order to be on (lie job he will probably pack his grip and board a southbound Southern Pacific train the first of the week. 1 his makes I lay wnrd 8 tail'd holiday season in California, as lie end Unco Uezdek rounded the Marines ir.tj shape for their game with Camp Lewis-last New Year’s day, and Oregon’s team when she heat the University 'f Penn sylvania. The Marines under ’’Lone.ila"” Dietz are going great guiiH this season and have two hig games before them. Christmas they clash with the Camp Lewis eleven and the Great Lakes New Years. The Naval Training station has about th‘ greatest aggregation of foot hill I I:.1 nt ever assembled under one teat. wmr Iii the east the Naval Training team has elenned up everything in sight in eluding the Naval Academy, under the direction of Gilmore Dobie, who for sev eral seasons coached at the University of V’ashington. The Marines have the ■ loir • football talent that the west has to offer and the game will decide the championship of the United States as it h r- never lieon before. CARD SALE IS SUCCESSFUL >23 From Postals Made By Students Given to Devastated Franco. ’! to Ymeriean Committee of Devastat ed France is richer by $25 us a result o; the efforts of nine girls of the art ijepa.tment who gave their time nud v ...it to the making of Christman cards who a they sold Friday Yu front of the library for the purpose of raising money for the orphans of France. The girls were: Marion Ady, Mildred Oliver, Pau line Porteons, Vera '1 cm pie, Mary Kelly, Agnes Brooks, Helen Grunholm, Mrs. Ilohson and Brownell Frazier. Part of the money was obtained from the sale of the Lalirpie medals, a few of Which Miss Helen Rhodes, of the art department, had hi her iKissession, left from a former sale. 'l?he medal was de signed by a French artist and sculptor by the name of Lulique expressly for the American Committee of Devastated France, with the understanding that the money from them be used for relief pur poses in that country. This committee is made up of Amerv iciiu women with have been in France i.nee the beginning re the wer. PROPOSAL MADE TO GIVE MEN SIX CREDITS FOI! SPORTS Faculty Will Vote or. Changes. That Will Make Games Reach All. The Amalgamation of physical educa tion ami military instruction next term in such a. way that all men in the Uni versity will give six hours a week to the combined work, is proposed in changes in the physical education courses, which will be voted 'upon by the faculty at the next meeting. It is proposed, according to resolutions drawn up yesterday, not to make the sports course compulsory, but to increase the number of credits required for grad uation from ISO to 204, making it pos sible to gain 24 of these hours by tak ing part in sports, two hours to be grant ed each term and six a. year. The proposed changes are made “inas much as the present system of games reaches only a very limited number of students and to a great degree only those who are in least need of the advantages of playing games; and inasmuch as the present system IS largely theoretical and lacking in the desired effeet. of mnklng the student interested in his own phys ioal development, which can only be done by competition." The advantages offered by a systematic course in physical education can only be made widespread w'hcn the students re alize the benefits, physical and mental, to be derived from the work, thiuks Dean Walker. It is proposed thht two hours, from to 5:30 five days a week and from 11.110 to 11:30 Saturday mornings should be given over to the work, each student being permitted to choose three periods from the six. Courses in the following games are suggested: handball, tennis, volley ball, association football, hockey, football, basketball, cricket, track athletics, base bull atid soccer. 1’romotion or honors in the course should be given on phys ical ability rather than theoretical skill, according to the plnn suggested. Dean Walker, head of intramural ath letics, will start outlining details of the program on his return from Portland to morrow. Colonel Lender will take a large part in the organizing nnd instruct ing of the work. ART CLUB WILL BE FORMED Students in Architecture Department Plan Organization. Tim students in the nrt and architec ture departments are planning to form a student art club to stimulate interest and. keep track of the current literature on modern art. The oluh, which will not be organized until next term, will hold meetings at Professor and Mrs. Alfred Schroff’s homo and studio. “The organization is to he of a semi-official character,” said Professor Nchroff, “entirely 'with the idea of stimulating the study of art end its various phases." All students interested i.a art are eit gible to membership. CONCERT IS POSTPONED University Symphony Orchestra Vfilt Appear After Holidays. The concert announced to lie given In Eugene theater Sunday afternoon by tha I'niversity Symphony Orchestra has been indefinitely postponed. Professor Robert lemis Barron, conductor, announced this morning. The postponement, he ex plained, was made necessary by health conditions in Eugene. The new date will be announced after the holidays. ♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ LAST EMERALD ♦ . ♦ - « ♦ This issue will be the last of the ♦ ♦ quarter. Publication will be resum- ♦ ♦ id with the opening of the T'ni- ♦ ♦ versify in January. 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